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\sl263\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li193\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p34;}{\s1898\sl281\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx204 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p35;}{\s1899\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx204 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p36;}{\s1900\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx204 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p37;}{\s1901\sl287\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx204 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p45;}{\s1910\sl281\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0\tx204 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p46;}{\s1911\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li534\fi0\tx1048 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p47;}{\s1912\sl281\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi499\tx498 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p48;}{\s1913
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li778\fi0\tx1292 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p49;}{\s1914\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li891\fi-891\tx1405 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p5;}{\s1915\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1345\fi0\tx1757 \f20\fs24 TxBr_p50;}{\s1916\sl287\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi482\tx481 \f20\fs24 TxBr_
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r_t135;}{\s1994\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_t136;}{\s1995\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_t137;}{\s1996\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_t141;}{\s1997\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_t142;}{\s1998\sl240\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_t143;}{\s1999\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_t144;}{\s2000\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_t145;}{\s2001\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_t146;}{\s2002\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 \f20\fs24 TxBr_t147;}{
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yana-dharma-sastra:Field3;}{\*\cs2252 Baudhayana-dharma-sastra:Field4;}{\*\cs2253 Baudhayana-dharma-sastra:Field5;}{\*\cs2254 Bengali:Char;}{\*\cs2255 Bengali:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2256 Bengali:Field;}{\*\cs2257 Bengali:Field1;}{\*\cs2258 Bengali:Field2;}{\*
\cs2259 Bengali:Field3;}{\*\cs2260 Bengali:Field4;}{\*\cs2261 Bengali:Field5;}{\*\cs2262 Bhagavad-gita;}{\*\cs2263 Bhagavad-gita:Field;}{\*\cs2264 Bhagavad-gita:Field1;}{\*\cs2265 Bhagavad-gita:Field2;}{\*\cs2266 Bhagavad-gita:Field3;}{\*\cs2267 Bhagavad
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rbha:Field4;}{\*\cs2275 Bhagavat-sandarbha:Field5;}{\*\cs2276 Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu;}{\*\cs2277 Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu:Field;}{\*\cs2278 Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu:Field1;}{\*\cs2279 Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu:Field2;}{\*\cs2280 Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu:Field3;}{
\*\cs2281 Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu:Field4;}{\*\cs2282 Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu:Field5;}{\*\cs2283 Bhakti-sandarbha;}{\*\cs2284 Bhakti-sandarbha:Field;}{\*\cs2285 Bhakti-sandarbha:Field1;}{\*\cs2286 Bhakti-sandarbha:Field2;}{\*\cs2287 Bhakti-sandarbha:Field3;
}{\*\cs2288 Bhakti-sandarbha:Field4;}{\*\cs2289 Bhakti-sandarbha:Field5;}{\*\cs2290 Bhaktivinoda;}{\*\cs2291 Bhavartha-dipika;}{\*\cs2292 Bhavartha-dipika:Field;}{\*\cs2293 Bhavartha-dipika:Field1;}{\*\cs2294 Bhavartha-dipika:Field2;}{\*\cs2295 Bhavartha
-dipika:Field3;}{\*\cs2296 Bhavartha-dipika:Field4;}{\*\cs2297 Bhavartha-dipika:Field5;}{\*\cs2298 Bhisma-parva;}{\*\cs2299 Bhisma-parva:Field;}{\*\cs2300 Bhisma-parva:Field1;}{\*\cs2301 Bhisma-parva:Field2;}{\*\cs2302 Bhisma-parva:Field4;}{\*\cs2303 Bhi
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\f0\fs28 Body text_;}{\*\cs2319\ul0\f7\fs14 Body text (10);}{\*\cs2320\ul0\f7\fs18 Body text (10) + 9 pt;}{\*\cs2321\ul0\f7\fs14 Body text (10) + Small Caps;}{\*\cs2322\b\ul0\f7\fs36 Body text (2)_;}{\*\cs2323\i\ul0\expnd0\expndtw0\f7\fs22\cf0\nosupersub
Body text (2) + 11 pt,Italic,Spacing -1 pt;}{\*\cs2324\f20\fs20\cf0 Body Text 2 Char;}{\*\cs2325\i\ul0\f78\fs20 Body text (2) + Italic;}{\*\cs2326\b\ul0\f7\fs22 Body text (3)_;}{\*\cs2327\f20\fs16\cf0 Body Text 3 Char;}{\*\cs2328\b\i\ul0\f7 Body text (4)
_;}{\*\cs2329\b\ul0\f79\fs12 Body text (5);}{\*\cs2330\i\ul0\f7\fs18 Body text (7);}{\*\cs2331\i\ul0\f7\fs18 Body text (7)_;}{\*\cs2332\i\ul0\f7\fs14 Body text (7) + 7 pt,Not Italic;}{\*\cs2333\i\ul0\f7\fs18 Body text (7) + Not Italic;}{\*\cs2334\ul0\f7
\fs14 Body text + 7 pt;}{\*\cs2335\ul0\f7\fs14 Body text + 7 pt1,Small Caps;}{\*\cs2336\i\ul0\f7\fs14 Body text (8);}{\*\cs2337\i\ul0\f7\fs14 Body text (8)_;}{\*\cs2338\i\ul0\f7\fs14 Body text (8)2;}{\*\cs2339\i\ul0\f7\fs14 Body text (8)3;}{\*\cs2340\b
\ul0\f7\fs16 Body text + 8.5 pt,Bold3;}{\*\cs2341\f20\fs20\cf0 Body Text Char;}{\*\cs2342\ul0\f7 Body Text Char1;}{\*\cs2343\f0\fs28\cf0 Body Text First Indent 2 Char;}{\*\cs2344\f0\fs28\cf0 Body Text First Indent Char;}{\*\cs2345\f5\fs24 Body Text First
 Indent Char1;}{\*\cs2346\f20\fs20\cf0 Body Text Indent 2 Char;}{\*\cs2347\f20\fs16\cf0 Body Text Indent 3 Char;}{\*\cs2348\f5\fs24 Body Text Indent Char;}{\*\cs2349\b0\i\ul0\f0\fs28 Body text + Italic;}{\*\cs2350\i\ul0\f7\fs18 Body text + Italic1;}{\*
\cs2351\b\i0 Bold:Char;}{\*\cs2352\b Bold1;}{\*\cs2353\b Bold:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2354\b Bold:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2355\b Bold:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2356\b Bold:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2357\b Bold:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2358\b Bo
ld:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2359\b Bold:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2360\b\i0\ul Bold-Underline;}{\*\cs2361\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f4\fs36\cf15\cb2\nosupersub Book1;}{\*\cs2362\i\fs22\cf0 BookT
itle;}{\*\cs2363\b\f12\fs48\cf12 Book Title:Char;}{\*\cs2364\b\f12\fs48\cf12 Book Title:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2365\i\fs22\cf0 BookTitle roman;}{\*\cs2366 Brahma-samhita;}{\*\cs2367 Brahma-samhita:Field;}{\*\cs2368 Brahma-samhita:Field1;}{\*\cs2369 Brahma-samh
ita:Field2;}{\*\cs2370 Brahma-samhita:Field3;}{\*\cs2371 Brahma-samhita:Field4;}{\*\cs2372 Brahma-samhita:Field5;}{\*\cs2373 Brahma-vaivarta Purana1,Krsna-janma-khanda3;}{\*\cs2374 Brahma-vaivarta Purana2,Krsna-janma-khanda5;}{\*\cs2375 Brahma-vaivarta P
urana3,Krsna-janma-khanda7;}{\*\cs2376 Brahma-vaivarta Purana4,Krsna-janma-khanda:Field;}{\*\cs2377 Brahma-vaivarta Purana5,Krsna-janma-khanda9;}{\*\cs2378 Brahma-vaivarta Purana6,Krsna-janma-khanda:Field3;}{\*\cs2379 Brahma-vaivarta Purana7,Krsna-janma-
khanda11;}{\*\cs2380 Brahma-vaivarta Purana8,Krsna-janma-khanda:Field5;}{\*\cs2381 Brahma-vaivarta Purana9,Krsna-janma-khanda13;}{\*\cs2382\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-vaivarta Purana, Krsna-janma-khanda
;}{\*\cs2383 Brahma-vaivarta Purana,Krsna-janma-khanda;}{\*\cs2384 Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad;}{\*\cs2385 Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs2386 Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs2387 Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs2388 Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad
:Field3;}{\*\cs2389 Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs2390 Brhad-aranyaka Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs2391 Brhad-bhagavatamrta;}{\*\cs2392 Brhad-bhagavatamrta:Field;}{\*\cs2393 Brhad-bhagavatamrta:Field1;}{\*\cs2394 Brhad-bhagavatamrta:Field2;}{\*\cs2395 
Brhad-bhagavatamrta:Field3;}{\*\cs2396 Brhad-bhagavatamrta:Field4;}{\*\cs2397 Brhad-bhagavatamrta:Field5;}{\*\cs2398 Brhan-naradiya Purana;}{\*\cs2399 Brhan-naradiya Purana:Field;}{\*\cs2400 Brhan-naradiya Purana:Field1;}{\*\cs2401 Brhan-naradiya Purana:
Field2;}{\*\cs2402 Brhan-naradiya Purana:Field3;}{\*\cs2403 Brhan-naradiya Purana:Field4;}{\*\cs2404 Brhan-naradiya Purana:Field5;}{\*\cs2405\f7 Bullets;}{\*\cs2406 Bullet Symbols;}{\*\cs2407\fs28\cf0 Buttons;}{\*\cs2408\f7\cf0 Caitanya-bhagavata10,Madhy
a9;}{\*\cs2409\f7\cf0 Caitanya-bhagavata11,Adi9;}{\*\cs2410 Caitanya-bhagavata12,Madhya:Field3;}{\*\cs2411 Caitanya-bhagavata13,Adi:Field3;}{\*\cs2412\f7\cf0 Caitanya-bhagavata14,Madhya11;}{\*\cs2413\f7\cf0 Caitanya-bhagavata15,Adi12;}{\*\cs2414 Caitanya
-bhagavata16,Madhya:Field5;}{\*\cs2415 Caitanya-bhagavata17,Adi:Field5;}{\*\cs2416\cf0 Caitanya-bhagavata18,Madhya13;}{\*\cs2417\cf0 Caitanya-bhagavata19,Adi15;}{\*\cs2418 Caitanya-bhagavata1,Madhya;}{\*\cs2419 Caitanya-bhagavata2,Madhya3;}{\*\cs2420 Cai
tanya-bhagavata3,Adi3;}{\*\cs2421 Caitanya-bhagavata4,Madhya5;}{\*\cs2422 Caitanya-bhagavata5,Adi5;}{\*\cs2423 Caitanya-bhagavata6,Madhya7;}{\*\cs2424 Caitanya-bhagavata7,Adi7;}{\*\cs2425 Caitanya-bhagavata8,Madhya:Field;}{\*\cs2426 Caitanya-bhagavata9,A
di:Field;}{\*\cs2427 Caitanya-bhagavata,Adi;}{\*\cs2428\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-bhagavata, Adi;}{\*\cs2429\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-bhagavata
, Madhya;}{\*\cs2430 Caitanya-candramrta;}{\*\cs2431 Caitanya-candramrta:Field;}{\*\cs2432 Caitanya-candramrta:Field1;}{\*\cs2433 Caitanya-candramrta:Field2;}{\*\cs2434 Caitanya-candramrta:Field3;}{\*\cs2435 Caitanya-candramrta:Field4;}{\*\cs2436 Caitany
a-candramrta:Field5;}{\*\cs2437 Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka;}{\*\cs2438 Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field;}{\*\cs2439 Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field1;}{\*\cs2440 Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field2;}{\*\cs2441 Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field3;}{\*\cs2442 
Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field4;}{\*\cs2443 Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field5;}{\*\cs2444 Caitanya-caritamrta10,Antya3;}{\*\cs2445 Caitanya-caritamrta11,Adi6;}{\*\cs2446 Caitanya-caritamrta12,Madhya:Field1;}{\*\cs2447 Caitanya-caritamrta13,Antya:Field;
}{\*\cs2448 Caitanya-caritamrta14,Adi:Field1;}{\*\cs2449\f7\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta15,Madhya8;}{\*\cs2450\f7\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta16,Antya4;}{\*\cs2451 Caitanya-caritamrta17,Adi1;}{\*\cs2452 Caitanya-caritamrta18,Madhya:Field2;}{\*\cs2453 Caitanya-cari
tamrta19,Antya:Field1;}{\*\cs2454 Caitanya-caritamrta1,Madhya1;}{\*\cs2455 Caitanya-caritamrta20,Adi:Field2;}{\*\cs2456\f7\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta21,Madhya10;}{\*\cs2457\f7\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta22,Antya5;}{\*\cs2458\f7\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta23,Adi8;}{
\*\cs2459 Caitanya-caritamrta24,Adi11;}{\*\cs2460 Caitanya-caritamrta25,Madhya:Field4;}{\*\cs2461 Caitanya-caritamrta26,Antya:Field2;}{\*\cs2462 Caitanya-caritamrta27,Adi:Field4;}{\*\cs2463\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta28,Madhya12;}{\*\cs2464\cf0 Caitanya-cari
tamrta29,Antya6;}{\*\cs2465 Caitanya-caritamrta2,Antya;}{\*\cs2466\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta30,Adi81;}{\*\cs2467\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta31,Adi10;}{\*\cs2468 Caitanya-caritamrta32,Adi13;}{\*\cs2469 Caitanya-caritamrta3,Madhya2;}{\*\cs2470 Caitanya-caritamrt
a4,Antya1;}{\*\cs2471 Caitanya-caritamrta5,Adi2;}{\*\cs2472 Caitanya-caritamrta6,Madhya4;}{\*\cs2473 Caitanya-caritamrta7,Antya2;}{\*\cs2474 Caitanya-caritamrta8,Adi4;}{\*\cs2475 Caitanya-caritamrta9,Madhya6;}{\*\cs2476\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi;}{\*\cs2477 Caitanya-caritamrta,Adi1;}{\*\cs2478\f7\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta,Adi10;}{\*\cs2479\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta,Adi14;}{\*\cs2480\f7\cf0 Caitanya-caritamrta,Adi8;}{\*\cs2481\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-caritamrta, Antya;}{\*\cs2482\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya;}{\*\cs2483 Caitanya Lila;}{\*\cs2484 Caitany
a Lila:Pen;}{\*\cs2485 Caitanya Lila:Pen1;}{\*\cs2486 Caitanya Lila:Pen2;}{\*\cs2487 Caitanya Lila:Pen3;}{\*\cs2488 Caitanya Lila:Pen4;}{\*\cs2489 Caitanya Lila:Pen5;}{\*\cs2490 Caitanya Upanisad;}{\*\cs2491 Caitanya Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs2492 Caitanya U
panisad:Field1;}{\*\cs2493 Caitanya Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs2494 Caitanya Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs2495 Caitanya Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs2496 Caitanya Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs2497 Canakya-sloka;}{\*\cs2498 Canakya-sloka:Field;}{\*\cs2499 Canakya-sloka:Field1;
}{\*\cs2500 Canakya-sloka:Field2;}{\*\cs2501 Canakya-sloka:Field3;}{\*\cs2502 Canakya-sloka:Field4;}{\*\cs2503 Canakya-sloka:Field5;}{\*\cs2504\i CanCharItal01;}{\*\cs2505 cancharred01;}{\*\cs2506\f1\fs16 CanFileName01 Char;}{\*\cs2507\f6\fs24 CanSnskrt0
1 Char;}{\*\cs2508\f6\fs24 CanSnskrt02 Char;}{\*\cs2509\f6\fs24 CanText01 Char;}{\*\cs2510\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub CDM12;}{\*\cs2511\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\f0\fs28\cf15\nosupersub CDM link;}{\*\cs2512\f80 ChanCharText01;}{\*\cs2513 Chando
gya Upanisad;}{\*\cs2514 Chandogya Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs2515 Chandogya Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs2516 Chandogya Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs2517 Chandogya Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs2518 Chandogya Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs2519 Chandogya Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs2520
\ul0\fs24 Chapter Word Start;}{\*\cs2521\outl\fs16\cf0\up14 ?:Char;}{\*\cs2522  Char Char;}{\*\cs2523\fs24 Char Char;}{\*\cs2524  Char Char1;}{\*\cs2525\fs24 Char Char1;}{\*\cs2526 Char Char11;}{\*\cs2527\f21\fs16  Char Char2;}{\*\cs2528\f7\fs16 Char Cha
r2;}{\*\cs2529\fs16 Char Char21;}{\*\cs2530 Char Char3;}{\*\cs2531 child abuse;}{\*\cs2532 Citation;}{\*\cs2533\i\f5\fs36\cf15 Close1 Char;}{\*\cs2534\f0\fs28\cf0 Closing Char;}{\*\cs2535\f81\fs22 Closing Char1;}{\*\cs2536\f81\fs22 Closing Char11;}{\*
\cs2537\f81\fs22 Closing Char12;}{\*\cs2538\f81\fs22 Closing Char13;}{\*\cs2539\b\i0\strike0\v\f0\fs16 code:Char;}{\*\cs2540\b\v\fs16 code2;}{\*\cs2541\fs28 code:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2542\fs28 code:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2543\fs28 code:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{
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\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Commentary:Char;}{\*\cs2554\v\cf0 Comment:Char:Char;}{\*\cs2555\v\cf0 Comment:Field;}{\*\cs2556\v\cf0 Comment:Field1;}{\*\cs2557\v\cf0 Comment:Field2;}{\*\cs2558\v\cf0 Comment:Field
3;}{\*\cs2559\v\cf0 Comment:Field4;}{\*\cs2560\v\cf0 Comment:Field5;}{\*\cs2561\f7\fs16 Comment Reference;}{\*\cs2562\b\f20\fs20\cf0 Comment Subject Char;}{\*\cs2563\shad\f5\fs24 Comment Text Char;}{\*\cs2564\f0\fs28 Current;}{\*\cs2565 Damodarastaka;}{
\*\cs2566 Damodarastaka:Field;}{\*\cs2567 Damodarastaka:Field1;}{\*\cs2568 Damodarastaka:Field2;}{\*\cs2569 Damodarastaka:Field3;}{\*\cs2570 Damodarastaka:Field4;}{\*\cs2571 Damodarastaka:Field5;}{\*\cs2572 Dana-keli-kaumudi;}{\*\cs2573 Dana-keli-kaumudi
:Field;}{\*\cs2574 Dana-keli-kaumudi:Field1;}{\*\cs2575 Dana-keli-kaumudi:Field2;}{\*\cs2576 Dana-keli-kaumudi:Field3;}{\*\cs2577 Dana-keli-kaumudi:Field4;}{\*\cs2578 Dana-keli-kaumudi:Field5;}{\*\cs2579 Dasavatara-stotra;}{\*\cs2580 Dasavatara-stotra:Fi
eld;}{\*\cs2581 Dasavatara-stotra:Field1;}{\*\cs2582 Dasavatara-stotra:Field2;}{\*\cs2583 Dasavatara-stotra:Field3;}{\*\cs2584 Dasavatara-stotra:Field4;}{\*\cs2585 Dasavatara-stotra:Field5;}{\*\cs2586\f20\fs20\cf0 Date Char;}{\*\cs2587 Date:Field;}{\*
\cs2588 Date:Field1;}{\*\cs2589 Date:Field2;}{\*\cs2590 Date:Field3;}{\*\cs2591 Date:Field4;}{\*\cs2592 Date:Field5;}{\*\cs2593 DateString;}{\*\cs2594 DateString:Field;}{\*\cs2595 DateString:Field1;}{\*\cs2596 DateString:Field2;}{\*\cs2597 DateString:Fie
ld3;}{\*\cs2598 DateString:Field4;}{\*\cs2599 DateString:Field5;}{\*\cs2600\f82\fs24 Default Paragraph Fo;}{\*\cs2601 Default Paragraph Font;}{\*\cs2602 Devanagari:Field;}{\*\cs2603 Devanagari:Field1;}{\*\cs2604 Devanagari:Field2;}{\*\cs2605 Devanagari:F
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ield1;}{\*\cs2614 Drona-parva:Field2;}{\*\cs2615 Drona-parva:Field3;}{\*\cs2616 Drona-parva:Field4;}{\*\cs2617 Drona-parva:Field5;}{\*\cs2618\fs0 Drop Caps;}{\*\cs2619\f0\fs28\cf0 E-mail Signature Char;}{\*\cs2620\f1\fs20\cf0 EmailStyle23;}{\*\cs2621\f1
\fs20\cf0 EmailStyle24;}{\*\cs2622 emoticon_text;}{\*\cs2623\b Emphasis;}{\*\cs2624\f7\fs20\cf0 Emphasis A;}{\*\cs2625\fs8\up18 Endnote Anchor;}{\*\cs2626 Endnote Characters;}{\*\cs2627\fs14\up12 endnote reference;}{\*\cs2628\f19\fs12\up7 endnote referen
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\cf0 Fix This!:Pen2;}{\*\cs2645\b\cf0 Fix This!:Pen3;}{\*\cs2646\b\cf0 Fix This!:Pen4;}{\*\cs2647\ul\cf13 FollowedHyperlink;}{\*\cs2648\f0\fs20\cf0 Font Style110;}{\*\cs2649\b\f0\fs24\cf0 Font Style113;}{\*\cs2650\b\f0\fs52\cf0 Font Style114;}{\*\cs2651
\b\f0\fs16\cf0 Font Style116;}{\*\cs2652\b\i\f0\fs18\cf0 Font Style117;}{\*\cs2653\b\f0\fs18\cf0 Font Style118;}{\*\cs2654\b\f0\fs20\cf0 Font Style119;}{\*\cs2655\b\f0\fs30\cf0 Font Style120;}{\*\cs2656\b\f0\fs22\cf0 Font Style121;}{\*\cs2657\b\f0\fs52
\cf0 Font Style123;}{\*\cs2658\f0\fs28\cf0 Font Style124;}{\*\cs2659\b\f0\fs22\cf0 Font Style125;}{\*\cs2660\b\i\f0\fs20\cf0 Font Style126;}{\*\cs2661\b\f0\fs34\cf0 Font Style127;}{\*\cs2662\b\f0\fs24\cf0 Font Style128;}{\*\cs2663\b\f0\fs22\cf0 Font Styl
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arata29,Virata-parva:Field;}{\*\cs3074 Mahabharata2,Vana-parva;}{\*\cs3075 Mahabharata30,Vana-parva:Field;}{\*\cs3076 Mahabharata31,Udyoga:Field;}{\*\cs3077 Mahabharata32,Santi-parva:Field;}{\*\cs3078 Mahabharata33,Sabha-parva:Field;}{\*\cs3079 Mahabhara
ta34,Bhisma-parva:Field3;}{\*\cs3080 Mahabharata35,Adi-parva:Field3;}{\*\cs3081\f7\cf0 Mahabharata36,Virata-parva4;}{\*\cs3082\f7\cf0 Mahabharata37,Vana-parva4;}{\*\cs3083\f7\cf0 Mahabharata38,Udyoga4;}{\*\cs3084\f7\cf0 Mahabharata39,Santi-parva4;}{\*
\cs3085 Mahabharata3,Udyoga;}{\*\cs3086\f7\cf0 Mahabharata40,Sabha-parva4;}{\*\cs3087\f7\cf0 Mahabharata41,Bhisma-parva5;}{\*\cs3088\f7\cf0 Mahabharata42,Adi-parva5;}{\*\cs3089 Mahabharata43,Virata-parva:Field1;}{\*\cs3090 Mahabharata44,Vana-parva:Field1
;}{\*\cs3091 Mahabharata45,Udyoga:Field1;}{\*\cs3092 Mahabharata46,Santi-parva:Field1;}{\*\cs3093 Mahabharata47,Sabha-parva:Field1;}{\*\cs3094 Mahabharata48,Bhisma-parva:Field5;}{\*\cs3095 Mahabharata49,Adi-parva:Field5;}{\*\cs3096 Mahabharata4,Santi-par
va;}{\*\cs3097\f7\cf0 Mahabharata50,Virata-parva5;}{\*\cs3098\f7\cf0 Mahabharata51,Vana-parva5;}{\*\cs3099\f7\cf0 Mahabharata52,Udyoga5;}{\*\cs3100\f7\cf0 Mahabharata53,Santi-parva5;}{\*\cs3101\f7\cf0 Mahabharata54,Sabha-parva5;}{\*\cs3102\f7\cf0 Mahabha
rata55,Bhisma-parva6;}{\*\cs3103\f7\cf0 Mahabharata56,Adi-parva6;}{\*\cs3104 Mahabharata57,Virata-parva:Field2;}{\*\cs3105 Mahabharata58,Vana-parva:Field2;}{\*\cs3106 Mahabharata59,Udyoga:Field2;}{\*\cs3107 Mahabharata5,Sabha-parva;}{\*\cs3108 Mahabharat
a60,Santi-parva:Field2;}{\*\cs3109 Mahabharata61,Sabha-parva:Field2;}{\*\cs3110 Mahabharata62,Bhisma-parva:Field7;}{\*\cs3111 Mahabharata63,Adi-parva:Field7;}{\*\cs3112\cf0 Mahabharata64,Virata-parva6;}{\*\cs3113\cf0 Mahabharata65,Vana-parva6;}{\*\cs3114
\cf0 Mahabharata66,Udyoga6;}{\*\cs3115\cf0 Mahabharata67,Santi-parva6;}{\*\cs3116\cf0 Mahabharata68,Sabha-parva6;}{\*\cs3117\cf0 Mahabharata69,Bhisma-parva7;}{\*\cs3118 Mahabharata6,Bhisma-parva1;}{\*\cs3119\cf0 Mahabharata70,Adi-parva7;}{\*\cs3120 Mahab
harata7,Adi-parva1;}{\*\cs3121 Mahabharata8,Virata-parva1;}{\*\cs3122 Mahabharata9,Vana-parva1;}{\*\cs3123\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mahabharata, Adi-parva;}{\*\cs3124\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mahabharata, Bhisma-parva;}{\*\cs3125 Mahabharata:Field;}{\*\cs3126 Mahabharata:Field1;}{\*\cs3127 Mahabharata:Field2;}{\*\cs3128 Mahabharata:Field3;}{\*\cs3129 Mahabharata:Field4;}{\*\cs3130 Mahabharata:Field5;}{\*
\cs3131\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mahabharata, Sabha-parva;}{\*\cs3132\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mahabharata, Santi-parva;}{\*\cs3133\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mahabharata, Udyoga;}{\*\cs3134\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mahabharata, Vana-parva;}{\*\cs3135\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Mahabharata, Virata-parva;}{\*\cs3136 Maha-narayana Upanisad;}{\*\cs3137 Maha-narayana Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs3138 Maha-narayana Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs3139 Maha-narayana Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs3140 Maha-narayana Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs3141 Ma
ha-narayana Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs3142 Maha-narayana Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs3143 Maha Upanisad;}{\*\cs3144 Maha Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs3145 Maha Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs3146 Maha Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs3147 Maha Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs3148 Maha Upanisad:F
ield4;}{\*\cs3149 Maha Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs3150 Manah-siksa;}{\*\cs3151 Manah-siksa:Field;}{\*\cs3152 Manah-siksa:Field1;}{\*\cs3153 Manah-siksa:Field2;}{\*\cs3154 Manah-siksa:Field3;}{\*\cs3155 Manah-siksa:Field4;}{\*\cs3156 Manah-siksa:Field5;}{\*
\cs3157 Mandukya Upanisad;}{\*\cs3158 Mandukya Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs3159 Mandukya Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs3160 Mandukya Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs3161 Mandukya Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs3162 Mandukya Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs3163 Mandukya Upanisad:Field5;}{\*
\cs3164 Manu-samhita;}{\*\cs3165 Manu-samhita:Field;}{\*\cs3166 Manu-samhita:Field1;}{\*\cs3167 Manu-samhita:Field2;}{\*\cs3168 Manu-samhita:Field3;}{\*\cs3169 Manu-samhita:Field4;}{\*\cs3170 Manu-samhita:Field5;}{\*\cs3171\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\cb6\nosupersub maroon;}{\*\cs3172\b0\i0\strike0\v0\f0\fs20\cf0\up8 Math Num;}{\*\cs3173 Maya-manusyasya;}{\*\cs3174 Maya-manusyasya:Field;}{\*\cs3175 Maya-manusyasya:Field1;}{\*\cs3176 Maya-manusyasya:Field2;}{\*\cs3177 
Maya-manusyasya:Field3;}{\*\cs3178 Maya-manusyasya:Field4;}{\*\cs3179 Maya-manusyasya:Field5;}{\*\cs3180 memorable prose;}{\*\cs3181 Memorized;}{\*\cs3182 Memorized:Pen;}{\*\cs3183\f7\fs24\cf0 Message Header Char;}{\*\cs3184 missing;}{\*\cs3185 Moksa-dha
rma;}{\*\cs3186 Moksa-dharma:Field;}{\*\cs3187 Moksa-dharma:Field1;}{\*\cs3188 Moksa-dharma:Field2;}{\*\cs3189 Moksa-dharma:Field3;}{\*\cs3190 Moksa-dharma:Field4;}{\*\cs3191 Moksa-dharma:Field5;}{\*\cs3192\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mukunda;}{\*\cs3193 Mukunda-mala-stotra;}{\*\cs3194 Mukunda-mala-stotra:Field;}{\*\cs3195 Mukunda-mala-stotra:Field1;}{\*\cs3196 Mukunda-mala-stotra:Field2;}{\*\cs3197 Mukunda-mala-stotra:Field3;}{\*\cs3198 Mukunda-mala-stot
ra:Field4;}{\*\cs3199 Mukunda-mala-stotra:Field5;}{\*\cs3200 Mundaka Upanisad;}{\*\cs3201 Mundaka Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs3202 Mundaka Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs3203 Mundaka Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs3204 Mundaka Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs3205 Mundaka Upanisad:Fiel
d4;}{\*\cs3206 Mundaka Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs3207 Muslims bad;}{\*\cs3208 my;}{\*\cs3209 my:Field;}{\*\cs3210 my:Field1;}{\*\cs3211 my:Field2;}{\*\cs3212 my:Field3;}{\*\cs3213 my:Field4;}{\*\cs3214 my:Field5;}{\*\cs3215 Nala-naisadha;}{\*\cs3216 Nala-na
isadha:Field;}{\*\cs3217 Nala-naisadha:Field1;}{\*\cs3218 Nala-naisadha:Field2;}{\*\cs3219 Nala-naisadha:Field3;}{\*\cs3220 Nala-naisadha:Field4;}{\*\cs3221 Nala-naisadha:Field5;}{\*\cs3222 Namastaka;}{\*\cs3223 Namastaka:Field;}{\*\cs3224 Namastaka:Fiel
d1;}{\*\cs3225 Namastaka:Field2;}{\*\cs3226 Namastaka:Field3;}{\*\cs3227 Namastaka:Field4;}{\*\cs3228 Namastaka:Field5;}{\*\cs3229 Narada-bhakti-sutra;}{\*\cs3230 Narada-bhakti-sutra:Field;}{\*\cs3231 Narada-bhakti-sutra:Field1;}{\*\cs3232 Narada-bhakti-
sutra:Field2;}{\*\cs3233 Narada-bhakti-sutra:Field3;}{\*\cs3234 Narada-bhakti-sutra:Field4;}{\*\cs3235 Narada-bhakti-sutra:Field5;}{\*\cs3236 Narayana Maharaj;}{\*\cs3237 Narayanatharva-sira Upanisad;}{\*\cs3238 Narayanatharva-sira Upanisad:Field;}{\*
\cs3239 Narayanatharva-sira Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs3240 Narayanatharva-sira Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs3241 Narayanatharva-sira Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs3242 Narayanatharva-sira Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs3243 Narayanatharva-sira Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs3244 Naraya
na Upanisad;}{\*\cs3245 Narayana Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs3246 Narayana Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs3247 Narayana Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs3248 Narayana Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs3249 Narayana Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs3250 Narayana Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs3251 Nataka-ca
ndrika;}{\*\cs3252 Nataka-candrika:Field;}{\*\cs3253 Nataka-candrika:Field1;}{\*\cs3254 Nataka-candrika:Field2;}{\*\cs3255 Nataka-candrika:Field3;}{\*\cs3256 Nataka-candrika:Field4;}{\*\cs3257 Nataka-candrika:Field5;}{\*\cs3258\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\cb2\nosupersub navy;}{\*\cs3259 Nectar of Instruction;}{\*\cs3260 Nectar of Instruction:Field;}{\*\cs3261 Nectar of Instruction:Field1;}{\*\cs3262 Nectar of Instruction:Field2;}{\*\cs3263 Nectar of Instruction:Fie
ld3;}{\*\cs3264 Nectar of Instruction:Field4;}{\*\cs3265 Nectar of Instruction:Field5;}{\*\cs3266\b\strike\f0 New Normal;}{\*\cs3267\f0\fs18\cf0 New Quote Char Char;}{\*\cs3268\i\f0\fs18\cf0 New Sloka Normal Char;}{\*\cs3269\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f62\fs20\cf16\dn18 New Style Sheet;}{\*\cs3270 New to 4.1;}{\*\cs3271 New to 4.11;}{\*\cs3272 New to 4.11:Field;}{\*\cs3273 New to 4.11:Field1;}{\*\cs3274 New to 4.11:Field2;}{\*\cs3275 New to 4.11:Field3;}{\*\cs3276 New to 4.11:Fie
ld4;}{\*\cs3277 New to 4.11:Field5;}{\*\cs3278 New to 4.1:Field;}{\*\cs3279 New to 4.1:Field1;}{\*\cs3280 New to 4.1:Field2;}{\*\cs3281 New to 4.1:Field3;}{\*\cs3282 New to 4.1:Field4;}{\*\cs3283 New to 4.1:Field5;}{\*\cs3284 Niti-darpana;}{\*\cs3285 Nit
i-darpana:Field;}{\*\cs3286 Niti-darpana:Field1;}{\*\cs3287 Niti-darpana:Field2;}{\*\cs3288 Niti-darpana:Field3;}{\*\cs3289 Niti-darpana:Field4;}{\*\cs3290 Niti-darpana:Field5;}{\*\cs3291\f5\fs24 NoIndent Char;}{\*\cs3292 no news;}{\*\cs3293\i0 non-Itali
c;}{\*\cs3294\cf0 [No Paragraph Style] Char;}{\*\cs3295\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f53\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Normal1:Char;}{\*\cs3296 Note:Char;}{\*\cs3297 Note:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3298 Note:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3299 Note:Char:Char:Char
:Char;}{\*\cs3300 Note:Char:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3301 Note:Field;}{\*\cs3302 Note:Field1;}{\*\cs3303 Note:Field2;}{\*\cs3304 Note:Field3;}{\*\cs3305 Note:Field4;}{\*\cs3306 Note:Field5;}{\*\cs3307 Note:Field6;}{\*\cs3308\f0\fs28\cf0 Note Heading Ch
ar;}{\*\cs3309\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\f0\fs20\cf11\up8 Note Num;}{\*\cs3310 Nrsimha-tapani;}{\*\cs3311 Nrsimha-tapani:Field;}{\*\cs3312 Nrsimha-tapani:Field1;}{\*\cs3313 Nrsimha-tapani:Field2;}{\*\cs3314 Nrsimha-tapani:Field3;}{\*\cs3315 Nrsimha-tapani:Field
4;}{\*\cs3316 Nrsimha-tapani:Field5;}{\*\cs3317 Numbering Symbols;}{\*\cs3318 Nyaya-sutra;}{\*\cs3319 Nyaya-sutra:Field;}{\*\cs3320 Nyaya-sutra:Field1;}{\*\cs3321 Nyaya-sutra:Field2;}{\*\cs3322 Nyaya-sutra:Field3;}{\*\cs3323 Nyaya-sutra:Field4;}{\*
\cs3324 Nyaya-sutra:Field5;}{\*\cs3325\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs28\cf0\nosupersub offering title;}{\*\cs3326 OK;}{\*\cs3327 okina;}{\*\cs3328 omniscience;}{\*\cs3329 Optional;}{\*\cs3330\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Optional ;}{\*\cs3331 Optional1;}{\*\cs3332 Optional2;}{\*\cs3333 Optional3;}{\*\cs3334\f7\cf0 Optional4;}{\*\cs3335\f7\cf0 Optional5;}{\*\cs3336\cf0 Optional6;}{\*\cs3337 Optional :Field;}{\*\cs3338 Optional :Field1;}
{\*\cs3339 Optional :Field2;}{\*\cs3340 Padma Purana;}{\*\cs3341\cf0 Padma Purana10,Uttara-khanda19;}{\*\cs3342 Padma Purana110,Uttara-khanda110;}{\*\cs3343 Padma Purana11,Uttara-khanda1;}{\*\cs3344 Padma Purana12,Uttara-khanda8;}{\*\cs3345 Padma Purana1
3,Uttara-khanda11;}{\*\cs3346 Padma Purana14,Uttara-khanda81;}{\*\cs3347 Padma Purana15,Uttara-khanda10;}{\*\cs3348 Padma Purana16,Uttara-khanda15;}{\*\cs3349 Padma Purana17,Uttara-khanda82;}{\*\cs3350 Padma Purana18,Uttara-khanda16;}{\*\cs3351 Padma Pur
ana19,Uttara-khanda101;}{\*\cs3352 Padma Purana1,Uttara-khanda;}{\*\cs3353 Padma Purana1,Uttara-khanda1;}{\*\cs3354 Padma Purana1,Uttara-khanda10;}{\*\cs3355 Padma Purana1,Uttara-khanda16;}{\*\cs3356 Padma Purana1,Uttara-khanda20;}{\*\cs3357 Padma Purana
1,Uttara-khanda8;}{\*\cs3358 Padma Purana2,Uttara-khanda2;}{\*\cs3359 Padma Purana3,Uttara-khanda4;}{\*\cs3360 Padma Purana4,Uttara-khanda6;}{\*\cs3361 Padma Purana5,Uttara-khanda:Field1;}{\*\cs3362\f7\cf0 Padma Purana6,Uttara-khanda9;}{\*\cs3363 Padma P
urana7,Uttara-khanda:Field2;}{\*\cs3364\f7\cf0 Padma Purana8,Uttara-khanda14;}{\*\cs3365 Padma Purana9,Uttara-khanda:Field4;}{\*\cs3366 Padma Purana:Field;}{\*\cs3367 Padma Purana:Field1;}{\*\cs3368 Padma Purana:Field2;}{\*\cs3369 Padma Purana:Field3;}{
\*\cs3370 Padma Purana:Field4;}{\*\cs3371 Padma Purana:Field5;}{\*\cs3372\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda;}{\*\cs3373 Padmottara-khanda;}{\*\cs3374 Padmottara-khanda:Field;}{\*\cs3375 Pa
dmottara-khanda:Field1;}{\*\cs3376 Padmottara-khanda:Field2;}{\*\cs3377 Padmottara-khanda:Field3;}{\*\cs3378 Padmottara-khanda:Field4;}{\*\cs3379 Padmottara-khanda:Field5;}{\*\cs3380 Padyavali;}{\*\cs3381 Padyavali:Field;}{\*\cs3382 Padyavali:Field1;}{\*
\cs3383 Padyavali:Field2;}{\*\cs3384 Padyavali:Field3;}{\*\cs3385 Padyavali:Field4;}{\*\cs3386 Padyavali:Field5;}{\*\cs3387 page number;}{\*\cs3388 Paintings;}{\*\cs3389 Pancadasi Citradipa;}{\*\cs3390 Pancadasi Citradipa:Field;}{\*\cs3391 Pancadasi Citr
adipa:Field1;}{\*\cs3392 Pancadasi Citradipa:Field2;}{\*\cs3393 Pancadasi Citradipa:Field3;}{\*\cs3394 Pancadasi Citradipa:Field4;}{\*\cs3395 Pancadasi Citradipa:Field5;}{\*\cs3396 Panini's sutras;}{\*\cs3397 Panini's sutras:Field;}{\*\cs3398 Panini's su
tras:Field1;}{\*\cs3399 Panini's sutras:Field2;}{\*\cs3400 Panini's sutras:Field3;}{\*\cs3401 Panini's sutras:Field4;}{\*\cs3402 Panini's sutras:Field5;}{\*\cs3403 Participant;}{\*\cs3404 Participant:Field;}{\*\cs3405 Participant:Field1;}{\*\cs3406 Parti
cipant:Field2;}{\*\cs3407 Participant:Field3;}{\*\cs3408 Participant:Field4;}{\*\cs3409 Participant:Field5;}{\*\cs3410\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f1\fs20\cf0\nosupersub Personal Compose Style;}{\*\cs3411\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f1\fs20\cf0\nosupersub Personal Reply Style;}{\*\cs3412 Place;}{\*\cs3413 Place:Field;}{\*\cs3414 Place:Field1;}{\*\cs3415 Place:Field2;}{\*\cs3416 Place:Field3;}{\*\cs3417 Place:Field4;}{\*\cs3418 Place:Field5;}{\*\cs3419\cf4 Place
holder Text;}{\*\cs3420\f47\fs20 Plain Text Char;}{\*\cs3421 Popup;}{\*\cs3422 Popup:Field;}{\*\cs3423 Popup:Field1;}{\*\cs3424 Popup:Field2;}{\*\cs3425 Popup:Field3;}{\*\cs3426 Popup:Field4;}{\*\cs3427 Popup:Field5;}{\*\cs3428\fs18 postbody1;}{\*\cs3429
Prarthana;}{\*\cs3430 Prarthana:Field;}{\*\cs3431 Prarthana:Field1;}{\*\cs3432 Prarthana:Field2;}{\*\cs3433 Prarthana:Field3;}{\*\cs3434 Prarthana:Field4;}{\*\cs3435 Prarthana:Field5;}{\*\cs3436 Prasna Upanisad;}{\*\cs3437 Prasna Upanisad:Field;}{\*
\cs3438 Prasna Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs3439 Prasna Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs3440 Prasna Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs3441 Prasna Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs3442 Prasna Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs3443 Prathama-Caitanyastaka;}{\*\cs3444 Prathama-Caitanyastaka:Field;}{\*
\cs3445 Prathama-Caitanyastaka:Field1;}{\*\cs3446 Prathama-Caitanyastaka:Field2;}{\*\cs3447 Prathama-Caitanyastaka:Field3;}{\*\cs3448 Prathama-Caitanyastaka:Field4;}{\*\cs3449 Prathama-Caitanyastaka:Field5;}{\*\cs3450 Priti-sandarbha;}{\*\cs3451 Priti-sa
ndarbha:Field;}{\*\cs3452 Priti-sandarbha:Field1;}{\*\cs3453 Priti-sandarbha:Field2;}{\*\cs3454 Priti-sandarbha:Field3;}{\*\cs3455 Priti-sandarbha:Field4;}{\*\cs3456 Priti-sandarbha:Field5;}{\*\cs3457\cf0 product_details_values;}{\*\cs3458 Purva-mimamsa-
sutra;}{\*\cs3459 Purva-mimamsa-sutra:Field;}{\*\cs3460 Purva-mimamsa-sutra:Field1;}{\*\cs3461 Purva-mimamsa-sutra:Field2;}{\*\cs3462 Purva-mimamsa-sutra:Field3;}{\*\cs3463 Purva-mimamsa-sutra:Field4;}{\*\cs3464 Purva-mimamsa-sutra:Field5;}{\*\cs3465\f0
\fs28\cf22 Q2 Char;}{\*\cs3466\f0\fs28\cf22 q2-ind Char;}{\*\cs3467\cf0 query_top_v3 t42;}{\*\cs3468\b\f0\fs36 QUESTION;}{\*\cs3469 quotable verses;}{\*\cs3470 Quotation;}{\*\cs3471\i\f20\fs20\cf0 Quote Char:Char;}{\*\cs3472\f14\cf0 Quote Char1;}{\*
\cs3473\f14\cf0 Quote Char2;}{\*\cs3474\f83\cf0 Quote Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3475\f14\cf0 Quote Char Char:Char;}{\*\cs3476\f83\cf0 Quote Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3477\f14\cf0 Quote Char Char Char:Char;}{\*\cs3478\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub r;}{\*\cs3479\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Radha-Mohana Gosvami;}{\*\cs3480\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Raghunatha dasa Gosvami;}{\*\cs3481 Raghu-vamsa;}{
\*\cs3482 Raghu-vamsa:Field;}{\*\cs3483 Raghu-vamsa:Field1;}{\*\cs3484 Raghu-vamsa:Field2;}{\*\cs3485 Raghu-vamsa:Field3;}{\*\cs3486 Raghu-vamsa:Field4;}{\*\cs3487 Raghu-vamsa:Field5;}{\*\cs3488 Ramachandra Lila;}{\*\cs3489 Ramachandra Lila:Pen;}{\*
\cs3490 Ramachandra Lila:Pen1;}{\*\cs3491 Ramachandra Lila:Pen2;}{\*\cs3492 Ramachandra Lila:Pen3;}{\*\cs3493 Ramachandra Lila:Pen4;}{\*\cs3494 Ramachandra Lila:Pen5;}{\*\cs3495 ramanavami fast;}{\*\cs3496\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ramanuja;}{\*\cs3497 Ramayana10,Lanka-khanda3;}{\*\cs3498 Ramayana11,Lanka-kanda3;}{\*\cs3499 Ramayana12,Lanka-khanda4;}{\*\cs3500 Ramayana13,Yuddha-kanda:Field;}{\*\cs3501 Ramayana14,Lanka-khanda:Field;}{\*\cs3502 Ramayana15,Lank
a-kanda:Field;}{\*\cs3503\f7\cf0 Ramayana16,Yuddha-kanda4;}{\*\cs3504 Ramayana17,Lanka-khanda5;}{\*\cs3505\f7\cf0 Ramayana18,Lanka-khanda6;}{\*\cs3506 Ramayana19,Lanka-kanda4;}{\*\cs3507 Ramayana1,Yuddha-kanda;}{\*\cs3508 Ramayana20,Yuddha-kanda:Field1;}
{\*\cs3509 Ramayana21,Lanka-khanda:Field1;}{\*\cs3510 Ramayana22,Lanka-kanda:Field1;}{\*\cs3511\f7\cf0 Ramayana23,Yuddha-kanda5;}{\*\cs3512 Ramayana24,Lanka-khanda7;}{\*\cs3513\f7\cf0 Ramayana25,Lanka-khanda8;}{\*\cs3514 Ramayana26,Lanka-kanda5;}{\*
\cs3515 Ramayana27,Yuddha-kanda:Field2;}{\*\cs3516 Ramayana28,Lanka-khanda:Field2;}{\*\cs3517 Ramayana29,Lanka-kanda:Field2;}{\*\cs3518 Ramayana2,Lanka-khanda;}{\*\cs3519\cf0 Ramayana30,Yuddha-kanda6;}{\*\cs3520 Ramayana31,Lanka-khanda9;}{\*\cs3521\cf0 R
amayana32,Lanka-khanda10;}{\*\cs3522 Ramayana33,Lanka-kanda6;}{\*\cs3523 Ramayana3,Yuddha-kanda1;}{\*\cs3524 Ramayana4,Lanka-khanda1;}{\*\cs3525 Ramayana5,Lanka-kanda1;}{\*\cs3526 Ramayana6,Yuddha-kanda2;}{\*\cs3527 Ramayana7,Lanka-khanda2;}{\*\cs3528 Ra
mayana8,Lanka-kanda2;}{\*\cs3529 Ramayana9,Yuddha-kanda3;}{\*\cs3530\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ramayana, Lanka-kanda;}{\*\cs3531 Ramayana,Lanka-kanda;}{\*\cs3532\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ramayana, Lanka-khanda;}{\*\cs3533 Ramayana,Lanka-khanda;}{\*\cs3534\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ramayana, Yuddha-kanda;}{\*\cs3535\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f7\fs24\cf0\cb11\nosupersub red;}{\*\cs3536 Red background;}{\*\cs3537\ul\cf11 Red on Silver;}{\*\cs3538\ul\cf11 Red on Silver:Pen;}{\*\cs3539\ul\cf11 Red on Silver:Pen1;}{\*\cs3540\ul\cf11 Red on Silver:Pen2;}{\*\cs3541\ul\cf11 Red on Silver:Pen3;}{\*
\cs3542\ul\cf11 Red on Silver:Pen4;}{\*\cs3543\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs0\cf0\nosupersub Reference:Char;}{\*\cs3544\fs2\cf0 Reference:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3545\b\i Ref_Italic;}{\*\cs3546\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\f0\fs20\cf11\up10 RefNu
m;}{\*\cs3547 Refs;}{\*\cs3548 Refs2;}{\*\cs3549 Refs2:Field;}{\*\cs3550 Refs2:Field1;}{\*\cs3551 Refs2:Field2;}{\*\cs3552 Refs2:Field3;}{\*\cs3553 Refs2:Field4;}{\*\cs3554 Refs2:Field5;}{\*\cs3555 Refs3;}{\*\cs3556 Refs3:Field;}{\*\cs3557 Refs3:Field1;}
{\*\cs3558 Refs3:Field2;}{\*\cs3559 Refs3:Field3;}{\*\cs3560 Refs3:Field4;}{\*\cs3561 Refs3:Field5;}{\*\cs3562 Refs4;}{\*\cs3563 Refs4:Field;}{\*\cs3564 Refs4:Field1;}{\*\cs3565 Refs4:Field2;}{\*\cs3566 Refs4:Field3;}{\*\cs3567 Refs4:Field4;}{\*\cs3568 R
efs4:Field5;}{\*\cs3569 Refs:Field;}{\*\cs3570 Refs:Field1;}{\*\cs3571 Refs:Field2;}{\*\cs3572 Refs:Field3;}{\*\cs3573 Refs:Field4;}{\*\cs3574 Refs:Field5;}{\*\cs3575 Rg Veda;}{\*\cs3576 Rg Veda:Field;}{\*\cs3577 Rg Veda:Field1;}{\*\cs3578 Rg Veda:Field2
;}{\*\cs3579 Rg Veda:Field3;}{\*\cs3580 Rg Veda:Field4;}{\*\cs3581 Rg Veda:Field5;}{\*\cs3582 Rk-samhita;}{\*\cs3583 Rk-samhita:Field;}{\*\cs3584 Rk-samhita:Field1;}{\*\cs3585 Rk-samhita:Field2;}{\*\cs3586 Rk-samhita:Field3;}{\*\cs3587 Rk-samhita:Field4;
}{\*\cs3588 Rk-samhita:Field5;}{\*\cs3589\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rupa;}{\*\cs3590 Sad-gosvamy-astaka;}{\*\cs3591 Sad-gosvamy-astaka:Field;}{\*\cs3592 Sad-gosvamy-astaka:Field1;}{\*\cs3593 Sad-gosvamy-astak
a:Field2;}{\*\cs3594 Sad-gosvamy-astaka:Field3;}{\*\cs3595 Sad-gosvamy-astaka:Field4;}{\*\cs3596 Sad-gosvamy-astaka:Field5;}{\*\cs3597 Sahitya-darpana;}{\*\cs3598 Sahitya-darpana:Field;}{\*\cs3599 Sahitya-darpana:Field1;}{\*\cs3600 Sahitya-darpana:Field2
;}{\*\cs3601 Sahitya-darpana:Field3;}{\*\cs3602 Sahitya-darpana:Field4;}{\*\cs3603 Sahitya-darpana:Field5;}{\*\cs3604 saktyavesa;}{\*\cs3605\f5\fs36\cf15 Salutation1 Char;}{\*\cs3606\f0\fs28\cf0 Salutation Char;}{\*\cs3607\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sanatana;}{\*\cs3608 Sankaracarya;}{\*\cs3609 Sankaracarya:Field;}{\*\cs3610 Sankaracarya:Field1;}{\*\cs3611 Sankaracarya:Field2;}{\*\cs3612 Sankaracarya:Field3;}{\*\cs3613 Sankaracarya:Field4;}{\*\cs3614 Sank
aracarya:Field5;}{\*\cs3615 Sankhya-karika;}{\*\cs3616 Sankhya-karika:Field;}{\*\cs3617 Sankhya-karika:Field1;}{\*\cs3618 Sankhya-karika:Field2;}{\*\cs3619 Sankhya-karika:Field3;}{\*\cs3620 Sankhya-karika:Field4;}{\*\cs3621 Sankhya-karika:Field5;}{\*
\cs3622 sanksrit phrases;}{\*\cs3623\i\fs22\cf0 Sanskrit;}{\*\cs3624\i\fs22\cf0 sanskrit-glossary terms;}{\*\cs3625\i\fs22\cf0 Sanskrit roman;}{\*\cs3626 Saranagati;}{\*\cs3627 Saranagati:Field;}{\*\cs3628 Saranagati:Field1;}{\*\cs3629 Saranagati:Field2;
}{\*\cs3630 Saranagati:Field3;}{\*\cs3631 Saranagati:Field4;}{\*\cs3632 Saranagati:Field5;}{\*\cs3633\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sarasvati;}{\*\cs3634 Satapatha Brahmana;}{\*\cs3635 Satapatha Brahmana:Field;}{
\*\cs3636 Satapatha Brahmana:Field1;}{\*\cs3637 Satapatha Brahmana:Field2;}{\*\cs3638 Satapatha Brahmana:Field3;}{\*\cs3639 Satapatha Brahmana:Field4;}{\*\cs3640 Satapatha Brahmana:Field5;}{\*\cs3641\b Screen Items;}{\*\cs3642 sent to L;}{\*\cs3643\f0
\fs28\cf0 Signature Char;}{\*\cs3644\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb15\nosupersub Siksamrta;}{\*\cs3645 Siksastaka;}{\*\cs3646 Siksastaka:Field;}{\*\cs3647 Siksastaka:Field1;}{\*\cs3648 Siksastaka:Field2;}{\*\cs3649 Siksastaka:Field3;}{\*\cs3650 Siks
astaka:Field4;}{\*\cs3651 Siksastaka:Field5;}{\*\cs3652\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\cb3\nosupersub silver;}{\*\cs3653 siva name;}{\*\cs3654\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sloka:Char
;}{\*\cs3655\i\fs18\cf0 Sloka Normal Char1;}{\*\cs3656\b\f7\fs32 Sm\'e3\'een\'ee\'e2\'ee\'ea 1 S\'edm\'ea;}{\*\cs3657\b\i\f7\fs28 Sm\'e3\'een\'ee\'e2\'ee\'ea 2 S\'edm\'ea;}{\*\cs3658\fs0 Small Caps;}{\*\cs3659\fs20\cf0 sm Body;}{\*\cs3660\i\fs20\cf10 sm 
BookTitle;}{\*\cs3661\i\fs20\cf0 sm C body text- bookTitle;}{\*\cs3662\fs20\cf0 sm C body text- regular;}{\*\cs3663\i\fs20\cf0 sm C body text- sanskrit;}{\*\cs3664\b\fs20\cf0 sm Heading-small character;}{\*\cs3665\i\fs20\cf13 sm Sanskrit;}{\*\cs3666 spel
le;}{\*\cs3667\fs28\cf0 Sperscript;}{\*\cs3668 Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka;}{\*\cs3669 Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field;}{\*\cs3670 Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field1;}{\*\cs3671 Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field2;}{\*\cs3672 Sri Caitanya-ca
ndrodaya-nataka:Field3;}{\*\cs3673 Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field4;}{\*\cs3674 Sri Caitanya-candrodaya-nataka:Field5;}{\*\cs3675 Sridhara;}{\*\cs3676 Sridhara:Field;}{\*\cs3677 Sridhara:Field1;}{\*\cs3678 Sridhara:Field2;}{\*\cs3679 Sridhara:Field3
;}{\*\cs3680 Sridhara:Field4;}{\*\cs3681 Sridhara:Field5;}{\*\cs3682 Sri Gauranga-stava-kalpavrksa;}{\*\cs3683 Sri Gauranga-stava-kalpavrksa:Field;}{\*\cs3684 Sri Gauranga-stava-kalpavrksa:Field1;}{\*\cs3685 Sri Gauranga-stava-kalpavrksa:Field2;}{\*
\cs3686 Sri Gauranga-stava-kalpavrksa:Field3;}{\*\cs3687 Sri Gauranga-stava-kalpavrksa:Field4;}{\*\cs3688 Sri Gauranga-stava-kalpavrksa:Field5;}{\*\cs3689 Sri Govinda-lilamrta;}{\*\cs3690 Sri Govinda-lilamrta:Field;}{\*\cs3691 Sri Govinda-lilamrta:Field1
;}{\*\cs3692 Sri Govinda-lilamrta:Field2;}{\*\cs3693 Sri Govinda-lilamrta:Field3;}{\*\cs3694 Sri Govinda-lilamrta:Field4;}{\*\cs3695 Sri Govinda-lilamrta:Field5;}{\*\cs3696 Sri-gurv-astaka;}{\*\cs3697 Sri-gurv-astaka:Field;}{\*\cs3698 Sri-gurv-astaka:Fie
ld1;}{\*\cs3699 Sri-gurv-astaka:Field2;}{\*\cs3700 Sri-gurv-astaka:Field3;}{\*\cs3701 Sri-gurv-astaka:Field4;}{\*\cs3702 Sri-gurv-astaka:Field5;}{\*\cs3703 Srimad-Bhagavatam;}{\*\cs3704 Srimad-Bhagavatam:Field;}{\*\cs3705 Srimad-Bhagavatam:Field1;}{\*
\cs3706 Srimad-Bhagavatam:Field2;}{\*\cs3707 Srimad-Bhagavatam:Field3;}{\*\cs3708 Srimad-Bhagavatam:Field4;}{\*\cs3709 Srimad-Bhagavatam:Field5;}{\*\cs3710 Srngara-bheda-kathana;}{\*\cs3711 Srngara-bheda-kathana:Field;}{\*\cs3712 Srngara-bheda-kathana:Fi
eld1;}{\*\cs3713 Srngara-bheda-kathana:Field2;}{\*\cs3714 Srngara-bheda-kathana:Field3;}{\*\cs3715 Srngara-bheda-kathana:Field4;}{\*\cs3716 Srngara-bheda-kathana:Field5;}{\*\cs3717 Srngara-bheda-prakarana;}{\*\cs3718 Srngara-bheda-prakarana:Field;}{\*
\cs3719 Srngara-bheda-prakarana:Field1;}{\*\cs3720 Srngara-bheda-prakarana:Field2;}{\*\cs3721 Srngara-bheda-prakarana:Field3;}{\*\cs3722 Srngara-bheda-prakarana:Field4;}{\*\cs3723 Srngara-bheda-prakarana:Field5;}{\*\cs3724 st;}{\*\cs3725 start here;}{\*
\cs3726 Stavavali;}{\*\cs3727\cf0 Stavavali10,Vraja-vilasa-stava6;}{\*\cs3728 Stavavali1,Vraja-vilasa-stava;}{\*\cs3729 Stavavali2,Vraja-vilasa-stava1;}{\*\cs3730 Stavavali3,Vraja-vilasa-stava2;}{\*\cs3731 Stavavali4,Vraja-vilasa-stava3;}{\*\cs3732 Stava
vali5,Vraja-vilasa-stava:Field;}{\*\cs3733\f7\cf0 Stavavali6,Vraja-vilasa-stava4;}{\*\cs3734 Stavavali7,Vraja-vilasa-stava:Field1;}{\*\cs3735\f7\cf0 Stavavali8,Vraja-vilasa-stava5;}{\*\cs3736 Stavavali9,Vraja-vilasa-stava:Field2;}{\*\cs3737 Stavavali:Fie
ld;}{\*\cs3738 Stavavali:Field1;}{\*\cs3739 Stavavali:Field2;}{\*\cs3740 Stavavali:Field3;}{\*\cs3741 Stavavali:Field4;}{\*\cs3742 Stavavali:Field5;}{\*\cs3743\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Stavavali, Vraja-vilas
a-stava;}{\*\cs3744 Stotra-ratna;}{\*\cs3745 Stotra-ratna:Field;}{\*\cs3746 Stotra-ratna:Field1;}{\*\cs3747 Stotra-ratna:Field2;}{\*\cs3748 Stotra-ratna:Field3;}{\*\cs3749 Stotra-ratna:Field4;}{\*\cs3750 Stotra-ratna:Field5;}{\*\cs3751\b Strong;}{\*
\cs3752\b Strong Emphasis;}{\*\cs3753\f81\fs14\up12 Style:Char;}{\*\cs3754\i\fs28\cf0 Style 1:Char;}{\*\cs3755\fs24 Style 14 pt;}{\*\cs3756\i\fs24 Style 14 pt Italic;}{\*\cs3757\i\fs28\cf0 Style 1:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3758\f47\fs20 Style1 Char;}{\*\cs3759
\f39\fs28 Style1:Char;}{\*\cs3760\i\fs28\cf0 Style 1:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3761\i\fs28\cf0 Style 1:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3762\i\fs28\cf0 Style 2:Char;}{\*\cs3763\i\fs28\cf0 Style 2:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3764\i\fs28\cf0 Style 2:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3765
\i\fs28\cf0 Style 2:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3766\fs28\cf0 Style 3:Char;}{\*\cs3767\fs28\cf0 Style 3:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3768\fs28\cf0 Style 3:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3769\fs28\cf0 Style 3:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3770\i\fs28\cf0 Style 4:Char;}{\*\cs3771
\i\fs28\cf0 Style 4:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3772\i\fs28\cf0 Style 4:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3773\i\fs28\cf0 Style 4:Char:Char:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Style Body text + (Latin) ScaGoudy 14 pt Char;}{\*\cs3775\f0\fs22\cf0 Style Font S
tyle131 + 14 pt;}{\*\cs3776\b\f0 Style New Normal + (Complex) ScaPalatino (Latin) 14 pt (Latin) Bo...;}{\*\cs3777\f14\cf0 Style Quote Char;}{\*\cs3778\f7\fs28 Style ScaGoudy 14 pt Char;}{\*\cs3779 Subject;}{\*\cs3780 Subject:Field;}{\*\cs3781 Subject:Fie
ld1;}{\*\cs3782 Subject:Field2;}{\*\cs3783 Subject:Field3;}{\*\cs3784 Subject:Field4;}{\*\cs3785 Subject:Field5;}{\*\cs3786\f7\fs24\cf0 Subtitle Char;}{\*\cs3787\i\cf28 Subtle Emphasis;}{\*\cs3788\ul\fs24 Subtle Reference;}{\*\cs3789 Sukla-yajur Veda;}{
\*\cs3790 Sukla-yajur Veda:Field;}{\*\cs3791 Sukla-yajur Veda:Field1;}{\*\cs3792 Sukla-yajur Veda:Field2;}{\*\cs3793 Sukla-yajur Veda:Field3;}{\*\cs3794 Sukla-yajur Veda:Field4;}{\*\cs3795 Sukla-yajur Veda:Field5;}{\*\cs3796 sunday;}{\*\cs3797\b\f0\fs56 
SUPER TITULO;}{\*\cs3798\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sutra;}{\*\cs3799 Svarga-varga;}{\*\cs3800 Svarga-varga:Field;}{\*\cs3801 Svarga-varga:Field1;}{\*\cs3802 Svarga-varga:Field2;}{\*\cs3803 Svarga-varga:Field3
;}{\*\cs3804 Svarga-varga:Field4;}{\*\cs3805 Svarga-varga:Field5;}{\*\cs3806 Svetasvatara Upanisad;}{\*\cs3807 Svetasvatara Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs3808 Svetasvatara Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs3809 Svetasvatara Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs3810 Svetasvatara Upanisad
:Field3;}{\*\cs3811 Svetasvatara Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs3812 Svetasvatara Upanisad:Field5;}{\*\cs3813\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Synonyms:Char;}{\*\cs3814 Synonyms1;}{\*\cs3815\f5\fs28 Syns Char;}{\*\cs3816 Ta
ittiriya Brahmana;}{\*\cs3817 Taittiriya Brahmana:Field;}{\*\cs3818 Taittiriya Brahmana:Field1;}{\*\cs3819 Taittiriya Brahmana:Field2;}{\*\cs3820 Taittiriya Brahmana:Field3;}{\*\cs3821 Taittiriya Brahmana:Field4;}{\*\cs3822 Taittiriya Brahmana:Field5;}{
\*\cs3823 Taittiriya Upanisad;}{\*\cs3824 Taittiriya Upanisad:Field;}{\*\cs3825 Taittiriya Upanisad:Field1;}{\*\cs3826 Taittiriya Upanisad:Field2;}{\*\cs3827 Taittiriya Upanisad:Field3;}{\*\cs3828 Taittiriya Upanisad:Field4;}{\*\cs3829 Taittiriya Upanisa
d:Field5;}{\*\cs3830 Tattva-sandarbha;}{\*\cs3831 Tattva-sandarbha:Field;}{\*\cs3832 Tattva-sandarbha:Field1;}{\*\cs3833 Tattva-sandarbha:Field2;}{\*\cs3834 Tattva-sandarbha:Field3;}{\*\cs3835 Tattva-sandarbha:Field4;}{\*\cs3836 Tattva-sandarbha:Field5;}
{\*\cs3837\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\cb12\nosupersub teal;}{\*\cs3838\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Text:Char;}{\*\cs3839\cf0 Text:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3840 text_exposed_show;}{\*
\cs3841\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Tika:Char;}{\*\cs3842 timestampcontent;}{\*\cs3843\b\f5\cf0 Title1 Char;}{\*\cs3844\b\f5 Title2 Char;}{\*\cs3845\b\f7\fs32\cf0 Title Char;}{\*\cs3846\b\f7\fs32\cf0 Title Char
1,Title Char Char;}{\*\cs3847\b\ul\f14\cf0 Titles:Char;}{\*\cs3848\b\ul\f14\cf0 Titles:Char:Char;}{\*\cs3849 to memorize;}{\*\cs3850\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Translation:Char;}{\*\cs3851 Translation1;}{\*
\cs3852\f47\fs20\cf0 Typewriter;}{\*\cs3853 Udyoga-parva;}{\*\cs3854 Udyoga-parva:Field;}{\*\cs3855 Udyoga-parva:Field1;}{\*\cs3856 Udyoga-parva:Field2;}{\*\cs3857 Udyoga-parva:Field3;}{\*\cs3858 Udyoga-parva:Field4;}{\*\cs3859 Udyoga-parva:Field5;}{\*
\cs3860 uficommentbody;}{\*\cs3861 Ujjvala-nilamani;}{\*\cs3862\cf0 Ujjvala-nilamani10,Sthayibhava-prakarana6;}{\*\cs3863 Ujjvala-nilamani1,Sthayibhava-prakarana;}{\*\cs3864 Ujjvala-nilamani2,Sthayibhava-prakarana1;}{\*\cs3865 Ujjvala-nilamani3,Sthayibha
va-prakarana2;}{\*\cs3866 Ujjvala-nilamani4,Sthayibhava-prakarana3;}{\*\cs3867 Ujjvala-nilamani5,Sthayibhava-prakarana:Field;}{\*\cs3868\f7\cf0 Ujjvala-nilamani6,Sthayibhava-prakarana4;}{\*\cs3869 Ujjvala-nilamani7,Sthayibhava-prakarana:Field1;}{\*
\cs3870\f7\cf0 Ujjvala-nilamani8,Sthayibhava-prakarana5;}{\*\cs3871 Ujjvala-nilamani9,Sthayibhava-prakarana:Field2;}{\*\cs3872 Ujjvala-nilamani:Field;}{\*\cs3873 Ujjvala-nilamani:Field1;}{\*\cs3874 Ujjvala-nilamani:Field2;}{\*\cs3875 Ujjvala-nilamani:Fie
ld3;}{\*\cs3876 Ujjvala-nilamani:Field4;}{\*\cs3877 Ujjvala-nilamani:Field5;}{\*\cs3878\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ujjvala-nilamani, Sthayibhava-prakarana;}{\*\cs3879\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Unindexed;}{\*\cs3880\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f7\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Unindexed Toc;}{\*\cs3881\cf29 Unresolved Mention;}{\*\cs3882 Upadesamrta;}{\*\cs3883 Upadesamrta:Field;}{\*\cs3884 Upadesamrta:Fi
eld1;}{\*\cs3885 Upadesamrta:Field2;}{\*\cs3886 Upadesamrta:Field3;}{\*\cs3887 Upadesamrta:Field4;}{\*\cs3888 Upadesamrta:Field5;}{\*\cs3889\ul\cf10 URL;}{\*\cs3890 used;}{\*\cs3891\f1\fs20 usertext1;}{\*\cs3892 Uttara-rama-carita;}{\*\cs3893 Uttara-rama
-carita:Field;}{\*\cs3894 Uttara-rama-carita:Field1;}{\*\cs3895 Uttara-rama-carita:Field2;}{\*\cs3896 Uttara-rama-carita:Field3;}{\*\cs3897 Uttara-rama-carita:Field4;}{\*\cs3898 Uttara-rama-carita:Field5;}{\*\cs3899 vaijayanti ?;}{\*\cs3900 Vaisesika-sut
ras;}{\*\cs3901 Vaisesika-sutras:Field;}{\*\cs3902 Vaisesika-sutras:Field1;}{\*\cs3903 Vaisesika-sutras:Field2;}{\*\cs3904 Vaisesika-sutras:Field3;}{\*\cs3905 Vaisesika-sutras:Field4;}{\*\cs3906 Vaisesika-sutras:Field5;}{\*\cs3907 Vajasaneyi-samhita;}{\*
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{\info{\title OBV171019}{\author His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami}{\subject Pre-1978 Original Books}{\comment Spiritual & religious teachings.}{\doccomm Copyright 2017, by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Intl. for all BBT publications only.  All ri
ghts reserved.}}
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zine 1966\'971978
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is darkness.\line Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God appears, and God is Light,\line To those poor souls who dwell in Night;\line But does a Human Form display\line T
o those who dwell in realms of Day.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97William Blake, \'93Auguries of Innocence\'94
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna Hare Krishna\'97Krishna Krishna\'97Hare Hare\line Hare Rama Hare Rama-Rama Rama-Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Blessings of Krishna! BACK TO GODHEAD is a bi-monthly publication issued by the International Society For Krishna Consciousness. This p
ublication is principally concerned with promulgating through the medium of essays, poems and articles the truths expounded by Lord Sri Krishna in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0
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n Christ is the \'93property\'94 of the Middle East. God and His truths know neither boundaries nor nationalities. Narrow sectarianism and ethnocentrism are only pitfalls on the path to liberation. God is neither Christian nor Jew, neither Moslem nor Bud
dhist nor Hindu\'97He is beyond all such designations. He is, in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Krishna, the Knower Who is not
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub True devotees of Krishna neither reason nor argue about Him. \'93He who replies to words of Doubt, Doth put the Light of knowledge out,
\'94 wrote Blake. For the devotees, Krishna is an established fact. The devotees do, however, spread \'93Krishna-consciousness\'94 to others, to convince them of Krishna\'92s existence through the \'93science of devotion.\'94 Devotion to God is a \'93yog
a,\'94 a science, and it is to teach this science that Swami Bhaktivedanta has come to America. His method is simple: the chanting of the Holy Name of God, \'93Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare 
Hare,\'94 a sixteen word chant prescribed by Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the 15th and 16th centuries as being especially effective in this age of \'93Kali,\'94 an age characterised by atheism, ignorance, chaos, and disagreement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual foods, dancing, singing and chanting the praises of the Supreme Lord, study of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad-Bhagavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are all parts of this bhaktiyoga method. This method boasts such illustrious adherents as Brahma, Shiva, Laxmi, Kumara, Narada, Vyasadeva, Madhya, Chaitanya, Bhaktisiddhanta and Swami Bhaktivedanta in the Eas
t, and, in the West, many of the Christian saints, St. Augustine, Meister Eckhart, Socrates, Plotinus, St. Theresa, St. John of the Cross, William Blake and Whitman. Now in the West, with a sudden resurgence of interest in God-consciousness, spiritual ed
ucation is needed more than ever. As a confused mankind begins to enter into its third global war in this century, it is the duty of those advanced in bhaktiyoga to speak out and educate the unenlightened. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is partly with such quixotic intentions that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhe
ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is being issued. Following the orders of his spiritual master, His Divine Grace Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada, Swami Bhaktivedanta began the initial p
ublication of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in 1944. This bi-monthly, published from 1944 to 1956 in Vrindaban, India (
Vrindaban, 90 miles southeast of Delhi, was Krishna\'92s playground during His stay on earth.) established Swami Bhaktivedanta as the leading Personalist in India. This issue marks the first publication of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the West. The editors welcome suggestions, essays, poems, letters, and articles concerned with Krishna }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub katha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (topics).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hayagriva Das Brahmachary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rayarama Das Brahmachary\line (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub From The Lectures of Swami A.C. 
Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Notes transcribed by Woomapati Das Brahmachary (Wallace Sheffey)\line From lectures given Sept. 5th and 17th, 1966.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are different yoga systems, but they all have the same goal: realization of the Absolute Truth and re-establishment of our eterna
l relationship with Krishna. We have forgotten this relationship due to our association with material energy. Beginners in yoga should engage themselves in work for Krishna. It is difficult to keep the mind concentrated on the Super-soul without work. If
 a beginner tries to practice sitting in meditation, his mind will wander.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the age of Kali\'97an age of conflict. In this age, meditation is not recommended. Meditation was recommended for past ages whe
n people were more virtuous and more religious. With each succeeding age, people have become less virtuous and less religious. This does not mean that nobody should practice meditation. If one is able to sit perfectly still and keep his mind completely c
oncentrated on the Absolute Truth, he can successfully practice meditation. However, this is not possible for most people today.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nowhere in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does Krishna tell Arjuna to sit idly while he works. Arjuna was Krishna\'92s friend. We can also be Krishna\'92s friends if we work for Him and keep our minds always fixed on Him. We should cease working for 
our own profit and always work for Krishna. We should be thinking of things to do for Krishna twenty-four hours a day. When our minds are fixed on Krishna, we become silent. In this way, whenever we sit still, we will be practicing perfect silent meditat
ion because our minds will remain fixed on Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Work requires a purpose. We are always working, either for our own sense gratification or for Krishna. Practicing yoga means working wi
thout thought of personal interest, but solely for the mission of Krishna. What is this mission? To tell people about Krishna-consciousness, or God-consciousness. Lord Chaitanya told His disciples, \'93Preach this gospel that I teach. Whomever you meet, 
just try to inform him about the message of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 We should inform the world about the m
essage of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . One who does this is on the platform of real yoga..
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man has the choice to elevate himself or to lower himself, in the spiritual realm as well as the material. We are the cause of our own 
happiness or suffering. If I try to elevate myself, I am a friend of myself. If I put myself into Hell, I am my own worst enemy. Other people can instruct us, but it is up to us to decide whether or not we want to follow the instructions. Heaven or Hell 
is our own choice. If I drive a car on the wrong side of the road, it is my own fault if I get into trouble. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spell of illusion is strong. Even Arjuna balked at following Krishna\'92s instructions. Arjuna knew that only Krishna could enlight
en him, but still he hesitated. Krishna never insists that we follow His instructions. He says that this is the way to happiness, but He does not insist. The choice is ours.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My mind is my friend when I can control it. It has been said that when we wake up and when we go to sleep, we should beat our minds a t
housand times with a shoe. When the mind says things like, \'93Why sing \'91Hare Krishna?\'92 Why not take LSD?\'94 we should beat it with the same shoe. However, if we always think of Krishna, no beating will be necessary. The mind will be our best frie
nd.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything we have should be used for Krishna. We should use our tongue to speak of Krishna and to eat food properly prepared and offer
ed to Krishna. We should use our eyes to look at pictures of Krishna, and our ears to hear a master speak of Krishna. We can use our feet to walk to Krishna\'92s temple, and our hands to hold the broom that sweeps the temple floor. We can use our nose to
 smell flowers offered to Krishna. We can use our genitals to produce children whom we will raise in Krishna-consciousness. Even if we cannot follow these suggestions, we can always chant, \'93Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.\'94 We must divert the mind from its
 material engagements and put it into Krishna-consciousness. It is not recommended to meditate on formless void. The mind should be focused on Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mind is restless, so we should chant the Name of the Lord. The sound vibration of the chant is not different from the Lord Himself.
 In the material world, the name of a person is not the same as the person. If I need Mr. Jones it will not do any good to go into a room and simply chant his name. Krishna, however, is not a material person like Mr. Jones. Krishna\'92s Name and Krishna 
are the same. Krishna stays with the devotee who chants His Name. He dances on the tongue that chants \'93Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It does no good to absent-mindedly chant the Name of Krishna while your thoughts are elsewhere. Chanting will bring an uncontrolled min
d under control. A yoga system is a process for bringing the mind under control, not a system for letting the mind wander unrestricted. We can control our minds by always concentrating on Sri Krishna. It is not necessary to go off to some lonely place an
d engage in difficult meditative practices. Not only is this unnecessary\'97it is impossible in this age. But chanting is easy and can be performed anywhere. Everyone can take part in it\'97women, children, scholars, black people, white people\'97everyon
e. Simply concentrate on Krishna. Listen to Krishna\'92s words with the ears and chant His name with the tongue. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are Brahman, but not the Supreme Brahman. It is within our capability to become as good as the Supreme, but we can never become the 
Supreme Himself. We are Brahman, but we are covered. We must take the cover off. It is not a case of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub becoming}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Brahman; we are already Brahman, but we are entangled by illusory energy. The Supreme Lord is never caught up in illusion. A cloud cannot cover the whole sky. Even if the sky appears to be completely covered, we know that the covered part is
 only a small fraction of the entire sky. Similarly, the Supreme Lord cannot be covered by the cloud of illusion. When we are free from material entanglements we discover our real identity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Living entities are in a material position. They can remain in the material world or they can realize their true identity and go to the
 spiritual world. People think that they can be happy in the material world, but they struggle day and night. They struggle on account of their perverted minds. The yoga systems are for purifying the mind. Meditation is too difficult. It is easier to be 
a devotee of Sri Krishna and to be always engaged in His service. One who continues in such bhaktiyoga becomes free from material contamination. As soon as he is free he knows that, \'93I am not this matter. I am Brahman.\'94 As soon as he realizes this 
he feels the highest pleasure. He is filled with joy. Others may see him as poor and penniless, but he knows that he is the happiest man in the world. This realization has nothing to do with material wealth. A man in Krishna-consciousness can cheerfully 
accept poverty. One who is not in Krishna-consciousness, suffers even if he is wealthy. If one is in Krishna-consciousness, he is always happy. Poverty means nothing to him. In Krishna-consciousness, life is so blissful that any condition is a happy cond
ition. This happiness is so great that nobody could ask for anything more. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual happiness is eternal; material happiness is temporary. For this reason, one who wants spiritual happiness must not eat too mu
ch nor indulge in unrestricted sex. When one feels this spiritual happiness, he has no need of material happiness. Material life is diseased life. Seeking material happiness is like seeking to prolong a disease because you think that you will enjoy the d
isease more than good health.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual life is full of knowledge and bliss, and is above death and ignorance. The spiritual man sees the Supreme Lord everywhere and
 in every living being. Because he loves Krishna, he sees Him everywhere. Every living being is situated in Krishna and Krishna is in every living being. The spiritual man does not see cows or men or women or fools; he only sees the Supreme Lord. A man i
n Krishna-consciousness does not walk around in a fog but does his work well, and with the touch of an expert. When one enters Krishna-consciousness he becomes a poet and writes hymns to God. A man of true learning is one who sees every woman except his 
own wife as his mother and treats her accordingly. He sees other peoples\'92 property as garbage, and he has unlimited compassion for all living creatures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna says, \'93He who sees Me everywhere and sees all in Me; I am not lost to him, nor is he lost to Me.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , vi/30) A person in Krishna-consciousness sees everything in relation to Krishna. If I use a tape recorder for sense pleas
ure, it is a material object; but if I use it to record a speech about Krishna it is spiritual. Krishna-consciousness means seeing everything in relation to Krishna and using everything for Him. Even money is spiritual if it is used for Krishna\'92s purp
ose.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna says that when the yogi re-establishes his relationship with Him, then, \'93I will never leave his sight.\'94 The perfection of
 yoga is to see Krishna everywhere. Even though the spiritual man sees Krishna everywhere, he still worships His form in the temple. He does not think that because Krishna is everywhere, it is of no use to go to the temple to worship. If Krishna is every
where, He is also in the temple. Krishna is very kind to us. He lets us see Him everywhere and He lets us worship Him in the temple. The real yogi sees Krishna everywhere and still worships Him at the altar. The real yogi also spreads his happiness to ot
hers. Because he has become happy through Krishna-consciousness he tells others about it so they can become happy too. This is the true meaning of spiritual socialism. This gives the maximum benefits to the most people. Krishna Himself said that no man i
s dearer to Him than one who helps others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one enters the Kingdom of God he will know how unhappy he was in the material contamination. He will not want to go back. Returnin
g to Krishna does not mean becoming Krishna. When a son returns home to his father he does not become his father. We can even become the father of Krishna, but we can never be equal to Him. We will always be subordinate to Him.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poems by Kirtanananda Das Brahma
chary (Keith Ham)
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Savior of the Lotus Eye,\line I am unworthy of Thy Form Divine,\line Whisper but Thy Name sublime,\line Govinda, Govinda, Govind
a.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Krishna of the Lotus Breast,\line Where compassion complete doth rest,\line Just one embrace is all I ask,\line That is enough f
or me.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Lover of the Lotus Lips,\line Press to my heart Thy tongue;\line Enfold Thyself about myself,\line Then shall we two be one.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sprinkle the dust from Thy Lotus Feet\line Over my mortal head;\line Trample my flesh to pieces,\line Then only Thou will be.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Kirtanananda Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna the dew of morning,\line Krishna the flower of noon,\line Krishna the star of evening,\line Krishna the all in all.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna the Knower,\line Krishna the Known,\line Krishna the Subject and Object,\line Krishna is All I know.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Kirtanananda Das Brahmachary\line (Keith Ham)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Flip Out and Stay
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Flip Out and Stay
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary \line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life is a succession of flashes. It is difficult for man, at any time in his history, to see himself as he really is. Events fall upon 
events with stunning rapidity, and from this vantage point, so arbitrarily designated as \'93America, 1960\'92s\'94 we can see that these events have been tumbling from century to century with a snowballing effect and without any direction. Today we sens
e that the universe is truly explosive. Universe. Etymologically the word means \'93one turning,\'94 or \'93one revolution.\'94 Poetically it is easier to think of \'93universe\'94 as meaning \'93one song,\'94 or \'93The Song of the One,\'94 \'93Song of 
Myself,\'94 \'93Bhagavad-Gita,\'94 or \'93The Song of the Lord.\'94 The universe has been described by Pascal as a sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere. Each individual certainly feels this to be so, as it is the nature of
 each living entity to feel that the whole of life is revolving about him and that he is the measure of all things. So thinks the President in the Presidency, the laborer in his shop, the ant in his anthill. To quote Whitman, \'93There is no object so so
ft but it makes a hub for the wheel\'92d universe.\'94 This is the case, and, paradoxically, it is not the case. We constantly have glimpses of a larger Self, a Knower Who is not yet known and Who hints at being the center from which all things emanate, 
an Intelligence that omnipresently pervades creation, yet has, as an observer, His supreme eternal abode in a superior realm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this moment in history we may be inclined to wish that man would only stop\'97stop all his activities\'97and just look at himself. I
t would be much like the ant in the anthill suddenly becoming aware of itself as an ant in an anthill. It would be like stopping the camera of life and focusing on one of the frames of that great film, of capturing briefly one of those elusive succession
 of flashes, or somehow managing, as William James once cited, \'93to kiss your own lips.\'94 Many of us know that those lips will stay there till we reach the other side. Perhaps some me\'97at this stage in their evolution\'97feel that the whole process
 would be too embarrassing. It would be like a government dignitary being caught naked in a harsh light, or being suddenly surprised in the bathroom. After all, evolution is not symmetrically progressive. Some entities seem trapped in the lower cellars f
or millenniums while others, with one birth, zip to the top and flip over the ledge. That final flip has been called liberation by the Hindus, nirvana by the Buddhists, and salvation by the Christians. Though concepts differ as to what the \'93flip\'94 i
s to, the end result seems pretty much the same. There\'92s no return. Or, to use the language of the American LSD \'93hippies\'94: \'93no more bring-downs.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How to flip and flip completely is the question. It is certainly not nobler in the mind to suffer those \'93slings and arrows\'94 of co
ntemporary misfortune. Not at this point at least. If a man does stop and take that long look\'97catch himself between breaths as it were and feel the immensity of the past (decillions of exhausted winters and summers) pushing him into the unknown, etern
ity pushing him into eternity, toward the final merge he always seems to resist (if not }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub always}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , why is he
 still struggling on the material planet?)\'97then man can easily see that the sound and the fury is robbing him of the best that is in him, that he is actually selling out his happiness for one thing or another (a loaf of bread, family honor, social sta
nding, national prestige, or something else illusory) and that in reality, like the ant on the anthill, he doesn\'92t know who he is, what he is, where he is, where he\'92s been, where he\'92s going, or\'97most pathetically\'97who\'92s in charge. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in charge?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, we can pretty much conclude that man isn\'92t. He can\'92t even affect his own destiny as history. In this century alone he hasn
\'92t been able to keep from killing himself in two major wars. Now he\'92s undoubtedly beginning a third in Vietnam and is already unable to stop it. He certainly can\'92t affect the rotation of the earth on its axis, the rising and falling of the tides
, the fire of the sun or the balance of the solar system and its motion within the galaxy. His \'93progress\'94 is a sham\'97automobiles and planes only accelerate his deterioration\'97mass murder by bombs, suicide by speed. Birth, old age, disease and d
eath join hands as firmly now as in prehistoric times. How has man made progress? Certainly none in this age of spiritual malnutrition. The word-pictures Hart Crane, the American poet, gives in \'93The Tunnel\'94 section from }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Brooklyn Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are most graphic depictions of life in contemporary New York: 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some day by heart you\'92ll learn each famous sight\line And watch the curtain lift in hell\'92s despite\'85\line Our tongues reca
nt like beaten weather vanes\'85\line The phonographs of hades in the brain\line Are tunnels that re-wind themselves, and love\line A burnt match skating in a urinal. 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Daemon, demurring and eventful yawn!\line Whose hideous laughter is a bellows mirth\line \'97Or the muffled slaughter of a day in 
birth\'97\line O cruelly to inoculate the brinking dawn\line With antennae toward worlds that glow and sink;\'97\line To spoon us out more liquid than the dim\line Locution of the eldest star, and pack\line The conscience navelled in the plunging wind,
\line Umbilical to call\'97and straightway die!
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O caught like pennies beneath soot and steam,\line Kiss of our agony thou gatherest;\line Condensed, thou takest all\'97shrill gan
glia\line Impassioned with some song we fail to keep.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (From Hare Crane\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Brooklyn Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such is the cry given by \'93the Shelley of our age\'94 over the rooftops of the \'93world\'92s most modern city.\'94 The \'93Shrill ga
nglia\'94 is contemporary civilization and the \'93song we fail to keep\'94 is the Song Divine, the Song of God. Yet New York is the city other cities about the globe seek to emulate. One look at the faces of the occupants of this city tell us they are n
ot of the \'93golden Manahatta\'94 Whitman celebrated. No, those are the inhabitants of \'93the back forks of the chasms of the brain,\'94 the dwellers of the \'93interborough fissures of the mind.\'94 These are men who\'92ve never stopped to look at the
mselves and their position. These are the lost. Lost in the anthill. Lost in the firey mazes of space. Lost in the chaos of the radio static of propaganda. Lost to the archpriests of Moloch. Buddha declared two thousand years ago that everything in the m
aterial universe is \'93on fire.\'94 Yet man still persists. He wants to be God. He wants to lord it over \'93his\'94 little planet. He wants to control. He wants power. That is his karma. That is his illusion. That is his golden vanity. That is his habi
t. That is his hangup. And he trains his children to mimic him. \'93The sins of the fathers are visited on the children to the third and fourth generations.\'94 (Exodus) No wonder so many young collegiates are trying to flip out permanently on super drug
s. Perhaps they see that a creation, which is essentially beautiful, is being misused. Perhaps they sense a part of the truth; that man is not proprietor and lord of the creation, but is a custodian and servitor. Perhaps this is their way of saying, \'93
We don\'92t want any part of this hell you\'92ve made for yourselves.\'94 So they use psychedelics as a springboard to propel themselves into different realms, into realms previously only known to mystics. But the drug \'93flip\'94 is only temporary. It 
is temporary because it is artificial. \'93Oh, satori,\'94 one young LSD user was hear to say. \'93Yes, I\'92ve had that. It wasn\'92t all that great.\'94 One really begins to wonder where all these \'93trips\'94 are leading. And one thinks of old Whitma
n: \'93That I walk up my stoop, I pause to consider if it really be,/ A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books./ Each moment and whatever happens thrills me with joy.\'94 (\'93Song of Myself,\'94 Sec. 24) This is cosmi
c consciousness. This is being awake to ourselves and to the Divine. This is realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Realization is not something we learn in a book or hear in a lecture. Realization is living the life for which man is intended. Realiza
tion does not imply withdrawal; realization is leading life and meeting destiny with opened eyes. Man }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 have an integral place in the universe, a unique and perfect place. If a leaf of grass is the \'93journey work of the stars,\'94 how much more so is man? But man must begin to accustom himself to \'93the dazzle of the Light,\'94 to wake up and see himse
lf in his position\'97his constitutional position. This is not \'93void.\'94 The creation is not void. It is filled with light, motion, and an infinite number of forms and objects. Buddha does not say it is void. \'93Emptiness }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  form,\'94 he says. Each moment we are being shown something by God who is eternally revealing Himself to us. If we would onl
y let Him! We must listen to what He is telling us, to turn off to mankind and tune in to Him. We must learn our lesson well and learn to surrender to Him that He may teach and guide us. It is not necessary to close our eyes and try to think of void in o
ur attempts to \'93reach\'94 God. God is not so hard to reach. He tends to our every need without our asking Him. We can be in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samadhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or highest union with God, every moment of our lives, and while performing the most menial tasks. Our morning breakfast can be an ecstasy\'97without penance or meditation or drugs or laboorious study. The best method in th
is \'93Age of Kali,\'94 an age characterized by chaos, disagreement, ignorance and quarrel, is the simple chanting of the praises and the Holy Name of God\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub continuously}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Krishna\'94 (the Name of God appearing in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) \'93kirtan\'94 (singing, chanting) is the simplest method for this age, introduced in America by this Society For Krishna Consciousness. This is the quickest way to flip out without 
coming down: \'93Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hare Hare! Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama, Rama, Hare Hare!\'94 Your associates will think you mad. That is the first sign of progress. Just let others be mad for maya, the old ephemeral lures of
 women and gold. One doesn\'92t have a choice of being mad in this madhouse society\'97most are already mad for the illusion, for the sham, the cheap, the tawdry, the counterfeit, and are being buffeted by the waves of lust, power, sensual pleasures, etc
. But be mad instead for the Reality. First of all you will begin to notice how beautiful the creation is. Then you will progress into the eternal realms of the Creator, Krishna, Who is Bliss-Knowledge-Absolute. Allow Him and He will reveal things to you
 that have confounded the wise for centuries. Then you will find your eternal abode in Him, an abode in which there is no life or death to escape, but only the bliss of the Kingdom to enjoy. Is this such a mean pursuit for a man? 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Kirtanananda Das Brahmac
hary
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thy Name, Dear Krishna, is music.\line They Name is holy food.\line Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,\line Krishna, Krishna, Hare Hare,
\line Hare Rama, Hare Rama,\line Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jehovah, Jesus, Buddha too,\line All are Thy Names and are blessed too.\line Many Thy Names I know not yet\'97\line What does it m
atter when I know You.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kirtanananda Das Brahmachary\line (Keith Ham)
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Editorial
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Editorial
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the second issue of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back To Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a publication devoted to promulgating bhaktiyoga, the science of God as expounded by Lord Sri Krishna in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The International Society For Krishna Consciousness was incorporated in July, 1966. Over a short four months the Society has expanded sufficiently to warrant larger quart
ers than the small Second Avenue storefront temple. Therefore the Society is presently negotiating for the Temple Emanu-El building on Sixth Street (between First and Second Avenues). This building could provide living quarters for some 75 full time devo
tees, and would give the Society an auditorium for larger mass kirtan (singing and chanting) as well as provide space for other activities. To raise funds for the building and to acquaint more people with the kirtan movement and the philosophy of the }{
\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Society will hold kirtan at the Gate Theater, 162 Second Avenue (between 10th and 11th Streets) o
n the next three Sundays, November 13th, 20th, and 27th, and a kirtan and talk by Swami Bhaktivedanta at Judson Hall, 165 W. 57th Street (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues) November 15th at 8 p.m. The Gate Theater performances will be benefit performance
s for the new building, but admission is free for the Judson Hall concert. Many downtown New Yorkers have become acquainted with \'93kirtan\'94 recently through the Tomkins Square Park meetings over the past four Sundays. Since the weather will not permi
t outdoor kirtan, we hope to be able to offer this program in a new building that will enable more people to participate, without being crowded into a small storefront. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even more New Yorkers became acquainted with the \'93Hare Krishna\'94 chant recently at the November 5th Peace Parade from Tomkins and 
Washington Squares up to Times Square. The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  approximated that some 10,000 parade participan
ts were protesting the Vietnam war, though the number looked closer to 30,000. Poet Allen Ginsberg, a friend of this Society, led the \'93Hare Krishna\'94 mantra during the three hour jaunt, and many in the parade took up the chant. The scene might have 
duplicated Lord Chaitanya\'92s march some five hundred years ago when the Lord led thousands of people chanting \'93Hare Krishna\'94 to the local magistrate\'92s building because the magistrate forbade chanting the praises of Lord Krishna in the streets.
 Poet Ginsberg, wearing white Gandhi pyamas and a stars and stripes top hat, sang the \'93Hare Krishna\'94 chant to harmonium accompaniment at Times Square, and said that \'93Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, R
ama Rama, Hare Hare\'94 was \'93a magic formula chant to the gods of preservation that calms peoples\'92 hearts.\'94 We also feel that when mankind sings the transcendental praises of the Supreme Lord instead of the praises of nationalism and materialism
, he will not only have \'93peace on earth\'94 but will have peace in his heart and soul. 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97The Editors
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub From The Lectures of Swami A.C. 
Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Notes transcribed by Woomapati Das Brahmachary (Wallace Sheffey)\line From lectures given Sept. 13th and 20th, 1966.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We all begin our pursuit of the goal of life from a position of ignorance. Now, an ignorant person does not know of the science of God,
 but if he at least wants to hear of it, this is good. In fact, the Vedic literature is known as \'93Sruti,\'94 which means to learn by hearing. Spiritual science does not require a high education, nor a high intellect. Simply by hearing we can pass over
 the ocean of birth and death. Scriptures are intended to help us in the passage beyond death. The basic principle of spiritual education is that the soul is eternal, but it is constantly changing its bodily dress. Most people don\'92t realize that they 
are eternal. The atheists say that if we want to be happy we should get money so that we can have more food and material pleasures. However, in spite of all our material comforts and scientific advancements, we have not been able to stop the miseries of 
birth, death, old age, and disease. It is these four painful, conditional states that prevent our having any real happiness. Only self-realization can put an end to this suffering. How is this done?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There could not be a material world without God. God is the origin of all creation. Cars and buses do not move themselves; there must b
e a driver. Similarly, the body does not move without the soul. Living beings, as we find them here, are a combination of matter and spirit. Matter cannot develop into a living being without the presence of spirit soul. The mother and father cannot produ
ce a baby unless the spirit soul first enters into the womb to develop into the body of the baby. When cars, trucks, buses, people, animals, insects, or anything else moves, there is a combination of matter and spirit soul in operation. If these objects 
cannot move without the presence of the spirit soul, how can the universe move without the presence of the Super Soul, or God?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No material object moves by itself. Space satellites move with the help of the people on the ground. Machines need men at the controls.
 Without exception, whatever exists\'97moving or non-moving\'97is a combination of matter and soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Matter is characterized as impermanent, by nature mutable. Soul, our true identity, is eternal. We should not cling to what is temporar
y. Even the universe will pass away. We should persist in Krishna consciousness which will bring us to our eternal status and we should tell others about it so that they too can be freed. If they do not listen, still we should do our best. If we have don
e our best, it does not make any difference whether or not we have followers. Not everyone is ready for the perfection of human life. If we preach to animals, for example, they will not understand, because they are not ready. It is the same with people w
ho do not listen. Lord Jesus Christ said, \'93Cast not your pearls before swine.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our eternal lives should be devoted to that which is eternal. When everything else is gone, the Supreme Lord will still exist. Krishna 
says, \'93I existed before creation, and after the end of creation I will exist.\'94 The body vanishes when it dies, but the soul does not. When a baby grows, the baby eventually vanishes and a child appears in its place. The mother is not disturbed abou
t the disappearance of her baby. The child eventually disappears, and an adult appears in its place. Death and rebirth is a process similar to this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is present everywhere. However, this does not mean that love of God is an impersonal love. Love requires a person for an object and
 cannot exist without a beloved. When we love God, He is always present. We can see God everywhere, if we love Him. Spiritual development is the development of the love of God. It is a process of give and take, like courtship. Love of God develops like l
ove between man and woman. We begin by giving everything to God. We should be willing to give everything to God, because everything is already His. Even our bodies and senses belong to God. He gave us senses because we wanted to enjoy sense gratification
. If we give everything to Krishna, Krishna will give Himself to us. When we have Krishna, we do not want anything else.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We say, \'93My body,\'94 or, \'93my sense\'94 because they are given to us to use, but we should know that they really belong to Krishn
a, and we should use them for His purposes. The fragmented consciousness should dovetail itself with the whole. Our body lives on food which is supplied by God, so why should we use it for purposes other than His? All our purposes should be spiritual, be
cause spirit is the basis of all that is and seems to be. There is spirit in anything that grows, even mountains and stones. It is even confirmed by science that the universe is growing, so the universe must have spirit. A dead plant or animal no longer 
has the spiritual spark, so it does not grow. A child is supposed to grow, but a dead child, a child without the spiritual spark, does not grow. We living beings are by constitution spiritual. Our very consciousness is the symptom of this. Krishna is the
 Supreme Spirit, and as such He is the natural and true abode. The real objective of all the strivings of consciousness is the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the scriptures say that Krishna is formless, they mean that He has spiritual form, and that He is also present everywhere. The sun
 can be used as an example: although there is only one sun, and nobody will deny that it has form, it is still seen and felt in many places at the same time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When it is said that Krishna does not have senses, it means that He does not have imperfect senses like ours. The difference between Kr
ishna and the living entities is that Krishna is great, and the living entities are subordinate. We are like small grains of gold dust, while Krishna is a gigantic piece of gold. When Krishna indulges in sense pleasure, it is to please His devotees. Kris
hna Himself has no need of sense gratification. Krishna has no desire to exploit His devotees. He will kindly allow a devotee to be His servant for the sake of granting the devotee his wish to serve. Krishna indulges in sense pleasures in order to return
 His devotees\'92 love. Of course, in His boundlessness, He always returns more than the devotee can give.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the scriptures say that Krishna is beyond words, it means that He is infinite. It does not mean that He has no senses or speech. K
rishna has all the qualities that we have, but His qualities are spiritual and pure and quite beyond measure. Our qualities are also spiritual, but they are covered by material nature, and they are, therefore, evidently limited.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although Krishna\'92s planet is farther away than man can measure, He is also here, on this planet. He is always with His pure devotees
. When we chant His name, He is on our tongues. Krishna is inside and outside everything. People say that Krishna cannot be born in a physical body. Why can\'92t He? If He can manifest Himself everywhere, why can\'92t He manifest Himself in a human womb 
and take birth like an ordinary child?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is simultaneously one and many. He is undivided but He appears to be divided. Those bound to material concepts say that when so
mething is divided it cannot remain whole. They do not realize that Krishna is above the laws of material nature. In the spiritual realm it can be said that one minus one equals one. No matter how much you take from Krishna, He is always complete and per
fect. That is His nature, as He Himself has revealed it to us.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna: the Divine Lover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Krishna: the Divine Lover
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being your slave, what should I do but tend\line Upon the hours and times of your desire?\line I have no precious time at all
 to spend,\line Nor services to do, till you require.\line Nor dare I chide the world-without-end hour\line Whilst I, my sovereign, watch the clock for you,\line Nor think the bitterness of absence sour\line When you have bid your servant once adieu.
\line Nor dare I question with my jealous thought \line Where you may be, or your affairs suppose,\line But, like a sad slave, stay and think of nought\line Save where you are how happy you make those.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1800\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So true a fool is love that in your will,\line Though you do anything, he thinks no ill.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Shakespeare, Sonnet 57)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is the Divine Lover in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This means little to most men today, but when we realize that the entire creation is the Bhagavad-Gita, then we can see that this applies to us. Krishna is our Lover. We are His creatio
n, and He is the Lover of the creation. Like the clever Lover that He is, He hides Himself from us at times so we may long for Him and call to Him. His love for us is actually very great, so great that we cannot begin to comprehend it. It seems to have a
 tinge of the diabolic in it when He hides Himself from us, but actually He does not hide Himself from us. He is before us all the time. We are simply searching for Him always, but do not recognize Him when He is before us. He is the Lover who satisfies 
even our smallest needs. Even our remotest desires come from and are directed to Him. His love is really not a matter of genitals, of material love-making, though that element is present. He is even a coarse, material Lover, if this is the way we want Hi
m. But actually this is symbolic of His real love. If His real love were totally manifest to us, we would melt in its fire. His real love is there, but we have up to now been satisfied only with its symbols, with tokens of His love, and have interpreted 
these on the level of love between humans. Love between humans is on a finite, timely and limited plane. But love between man and Krishna is infinitely more complex. This courtship takes place over millions and trillions of years. For millenniums our ind
ividual souls have been wandering throughout the universe, following desire after desire, chaotic, lost to that eternal Lover who can truly satisfy us. For so many lives we have been confined to wandering in these endless rounds of birth, old age, diseas
e and death. All this time our real Lover has been watching and waiting for us to turn to him. Before the beginning of this particular creation He has been watching our progress, our purification, waiting until we finally face Him, until we finally put a
side our play, make-believe lovers and turn to Him Whom we truly love and Who can truly answer us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Knowing Him, feeling His presence, is an excitement far greater than any teenager\'92s excitement on her first date with the boy she lo
ves. Krishna is not a one-night date, nor is He only a partner for a lifetime. He is the Eternal Lover, His love is not timely, finite or limited. His love is eternal, infinite, and boundless as the great ocean of space. For the soul who loves Him, He pl
ays endless carols of joy. He plays grand symphonies. He is the Lover with the flute. He sings rock and roll songs and strums a guitar. He plays piano, cymbals, drums. His symbolical manifestations are infinite, He sends numberless messengers, but His de
votee is only made impatient by them. His devotee knows that these are only symbols of the Lover, that His avatars are only indications of His courtship. He drops signs and loveletters between cracks in the pavement. He writes His messages across the sta
rs. Or He places them in little corners and crevices for us to stumble upon. These signs only drive the devotee madder for Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We really long to see His face, His true, eternal, spiritual form. We want Him to take us away, to devour us, to treat us as He likes
\'97cruelly or friendly\'97anything rather than neglect or forget us. We would rather be cast in hell and have Him conscious of us than to be put in a paradise of material enjoyments and have Him forget us. For we know it is only He who can satisfy. Ever
ything else is a mockery, a taunt. But then we begin to wonder how we can ever warrant His love. When we look at our miserable sinful lives, we wonder how we can ever be worthy of Him. A beloved must be worthy of the Lover. Our only hope is that our piti
able, hopeless condition makes us more lovable to Him. Our only refuge is in totally surrendering to Him, whether He wants us or not. One who loves someone does not wait for his Lover to move. He moves first, makes the first overtures to his Lover. We mu
st begin to make overtures to Krishna, to think of Him constantly, to pray to Him, to offer everything to Him, to deny all others but Him, to be satisfied with nothing, with no one but Him alone. We must disdain any earthly facsimiles, all symbols. When 
we see beauty on this earth, any bodily beauty, we must remember that it really radiates from Him, that it is only a symbol of His beauty, a minute fraction of His beauty. When we feel the slightest desire or love for anything, we must realize that this 
desire and love are really for Him. When we see splendor and magnificence, we must be all the more aware that these are but His footprints. Many of us know what it means to be in love with another person\'97the anxieties, the tremblings, the sudden heart
beats, the loneliness, the constant dwelling of the mind on the lover, the calling of the beloved\'92s name, the hearing of the beloved in any piece of music, the seeing of the beloved in a painting, the impatience to have the beloved always near, the aw
ful dread lest the beloved be secretly indifferent. All these are on a small, finite scale. All this can be felt by one person to another. All this is felt by one fragment of illusory energy for another fragment of illusory energy. And such feelings only
 last comparatively short times. How much greater must these feelings, thoughts, passions be between the soul and the Divine Lover? Especially when we realize that love for others has really been love for Him\'97disguised.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we shake off the disguise, our love stands naked and unashamed. But our love is finite\'97it can never compare to the love of the 
Divine Lover. That which He feels for us we cannot comprehend. We can dissolve or swim or drown in His ocean of love, but we cannot comprehend it. It is limitless. We can rest or doze on His breast. It is limitless. His shoulders that lift us are mountai
ns, His chest fields of grass and golden flowers. Resting on His Body we are carried eternally. There is no end to His glories and attributes. His glance is the creation, His voice the origin of all sound, His call our friendly awakening. How can we resi
st such a Lover? How unhappy we must be when He is not near, how small and miserable and incomplete. How much would we prefer death to being separated from Him. But we do not really love Him. That we live this miserable life on earth is testimony that we
 do not love Him. But now we should prepare for Him, wait for Him to call and take us out of this vile, loathsome, diseased bodily dwelling. We must wait for Him, as He has waited so long for us. We must prepare for Him. We must prepare to be worthy to m
eet Him for whom we pine, the Lover True for whom we long, to meet Him finally, face to face.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When asked if he were a devotee of Krishna\'92s, Lord Chaitanya said that he was a devotee in name only, that His crying for Krishna wa
s only show for the masses, that if he were actually a devotee, he would have died long ago rather than have tolerated being separated from Krishna for even a moment. If we really love someone we don\'92t sit in a room calling his name. We go after him, 
sacrifice everything to be with him. We all know this to be true. It is in this way that the soul of man longs for Krishna. As long as we are separated from Him due to our entanglement in these physical bodies, as long as we put wife, family, money, coun
try, occupation before Him, we cannot have Him. Even the highest demi-gods do not long for Krishna as man can long for Krishna. The demi-gods enjoy fantastically long lives of material pleasure and, although they are subservient to Him, they do not long 
for Him. They have to take rebirth on earth in a human body for their final liberation into Krishna\'92s Kingdom. But man\'92s life is really ideal for seeking Krishna. His life is too short and too unstable to expect any real happiness on this earth. Ye
t he lives long enough and is sufficiently intelligent to realize all that is necessary for liberation. He gains liberation when he fully understands that Krishna is everything, the Fountainhead that brings into being the entire manifested universe and d
issolves this universe, all within Himself. \'93By Me, in My unmanifested form, are all things in this universe pervaded. All beings exist in Me, but I do not exist in them.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G
ita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 9/4) The man who does not enquire after Krishna is throwing away the most valuable prize in the universe, for he is actually throwing away a jewel for stones and committing s
uicide thereby. He foolishly tries to squeeze a brief seventy years of pleasure out of his body and says, \'93To hell with my eternal spiritual life, to hell with Krishna. Let me enjoy myself while I\'92m living here.\'94 Or, in his frustration he seeks 
after \'93void.\'94 Or he sleeps to forget everything. Such a man is not even on the level of the animal, for such a man betrays his own divine nature, whereas an animal is being true to its nature in leading its animal life. The animal life is meant for
 an animal, but it is not meant for man. Man\'92s life is intended for enquiring after God. Man\'92s life is intended for the pursuit of Ultimate Knowledge, which }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God. Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, is Bliss-Knowledge-Absolute. Our enquiry after these things finally leads us to Him. \'93At the end of many births the man of wisdom seeks refuge in
 Me, realizing that Vasudeva is all. Rare indeed is such a high-souled person.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 7/19) Man is in
tended to ask, \'93Whence this earth and these heavens? And these lands and seas and countries? And myself? My body? How is it formed from this earth, air, water and soil? How from the progeneration of my parents? Did I exist before my body? If so, how? 
And what about after death? How is the mind, the intelligence, different from the body? And how is the soul different from the body? I have heard that my sould is immortal, but what part of me is my soul? And this part of me that is my soul, is this also
 the Supersoul? Is this God? Or is it part of God? And if it is part of God, what then is its relation to God? And how is the soul different from the mind and ego? Does the mind die? Does the ego die? Certainly the body dies, but what about myself? What 
about my individuality, that which makes me different from all other beings in the universe? Does that individuality die? And what is it in me that makes me like every other living entity in the universe? And how is it that I am made in the image and lik
eness of God?\'94 These are questions that should be asked by man. They are not impossible questions without answers. They can be answered simply and lucidly. Many of the answers are explicitly given in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . And many of the answers are shown to us by Krishna, for the answers cannot be given in words.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is therefore man\'92s duty, if he is at all interested in his happiness, to turn to Krishna for knowledge. Krishna is the great Love
r and Friend of all. He refuses no soul that honestly and humbly turns to Him. \'93For those who take refuge in Me, O Partha, though they be of sinful birth\'97women, vaisyas, and sudras\'97even they attain the Supreme Goal.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9/32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But those who do not turn to Him, He casts again and again into diabolic wombs. \'93These cruel haters, these evil-doers, these vilest of men, I hurl always into the wombs of the demons in the cycle of births and deat
hs. Having fallen into the wombs of the demons and being deluded from birth to birth, they never attain Me, O son of Kunti, but go farther down to the lowest state.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 16/19-20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Such souls suffer coun
tless migrations in the 84 lacs species of life. Just because man and the world do not offer the individual soul hope, it does not follow that there is no hope. Much of the desperation and unhappiness in this age, especially in the youth, is due to this 
sense of hopelessness. Hopelessness is the dominant theme of man in the twentieth-century, especially after two major wars, and now, on the brink of an atomic conflagration, man thinks, \'93Oh hell, let me live it up while there\'92s still time. They mig
ht blow it all up tomorrow.\'94 This desire to \'93live it up\'94 is but a shadow of the real desire\'97the desire for eternal happiness and bliss. But due to material contact, this desire has become perverted. Man directs his desire for happiness to the
 earth and not to God. When the subject of God arises most men think it is time for a funeral or a horrible catastrophe. The last words of the Old Testament, \'93Lest I come down and smite the earth with a curse\'94 seem to echo, in most men\'92s minds, 
as the last words of God. But man\'92s conception of God as something remote and even possible malevolent is due to man\'92s alienation from Him. Once man sees Krishna as the Eternal Lover of the creation Who only wants to see His children happy and with
 Him, all these fears, resulting from a sense of severance, vanish. Then man will not hesitate to look at the Lord face to face and yield to the overtures He has so long been making. Krishna consciousness is the beginning of this transcendental renaissan
ce.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Kirtanananda Das Brahmac
hary
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again I am alone,\line Again I sit and wait.\line Where is the heavenly muse?\line Where is my Lotus Lord tonight?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are my senses dead\line That I do not see the Lord of Light?\line That I do not clasp His arm and rest on His sweet-scented breast
?\line My ears are worse than deaf\line That at the sound of \'93Krishna\'94\line I do not sink away and die.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govinda, Krishna\'97awaken me, I plead.\line Cut off these ears,\line Pluck out these eyes,\line That I might hear and see indeed.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Take all I have, my brief life,\line And then I shall live in Thee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Kirtanananda Das Brahmachary\line (Keith Ham)
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)\line                    Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais)
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
 1, No. 03,\line  December 1, 1966
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God appears, and God is light,\line To those poor souls who dwell in Night;\line But does a Human Form display\line To thos
e who dwell in realms of Day.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97William Blake
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By the Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By the Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our Society has been holding Kirtan at a number of places in the city. During November, we were at the Gate Theater on Sundays and at J
udson Hall on Tuesday, the 15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\up12 th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In December, and possibly longer, we\'92ll be at Film Maker\'92s Cinematheque
 every Sunday at 3 p.m. The address is 25 West 41}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\up12 st}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Street, near Sixth Avenue. Admission will be free. Please 
come and bring your friends.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has been circulating satisfactorily, we\'92d like to hear more in the way of comment from our readers, so please consider this an open invitation to give us yo
ur opinion of our magazine, and the philosophy to which it is devoted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In closing, the editors would like to express their appreciation to Poet Allen Ginsberg, for his \'93Reflections on the Mantra,\'94 whi
ch is an excerpt from a forthcoming novel, whose title is as yet undetermined.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare\line Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub                                                           The Editors
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub From The Lectures of Swami A.C. 
Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Notes transcribed from a lecture given September 23, 1966
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paramatman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the Supersoul, is distinguished from }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jivatman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the individual soul tha
t enjoys the fruits of the body. Jivatman is under the spell of the material qualities, and he enjoys of suffers material activities and consequences, but Paramatman has nothing to do with the material qualities. Some people, who do not know, say that Pa
ramatman and jivatman are the same, but they do not understand that Paramatman has nothing to do with material qualities. He may be compared to a doctor in the hospital tending to his sick patients. He himself is not sick. Only a fool would say that, bec
ause the doctor is in the hospital, he too must be sick, so it is the same with those who say that because jivatman and Paramatman live together in the same body, they are the same. Paramatman is never affected by material things like toothaches, even th
ough He is in the same body. The devotee of Krishna must accept the duality of Paramatman and jivatman.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna lives in the body, but He is transcendental. When He comes to earth, He has nothing to do with the material qualities. People i
n ignorance think that because Krishna is manifested in a human body He is just an ordinary man. This is explicitly denied in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93Foolish persons deride Me when I assume this human form of my tr
anscendental nature. They do so without knowing my supremacy over everything created.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , IX/11}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must always distinguish between Paramatman and jivatman. In the Upanishads they are compared to two birds sitting in the same tree. 
One bird (jivatman) is eating the fruits of the tree, while the other bird (Paramatman) just sits and watches. Similarly, Krishna and Arjuna sat in the same chariot, but Arjuna knew that Krishna was the Supreme. We are also in the same chariot with Krish
na, and we too should know that He is the Supreme. Even in the midst of the material world, Krishna is not attached. He does not act out of need, because he has no desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To become like Krishna, we should give up all material desires, and take shelter of Krishna. Everything that we do, we do with His perm
ission. If we want to turn away from Him, He lets us; if we want to suffer, He lets us. We must first realize that we are suffering, and then ask why. When the question \'93why\'94 arises in the mind, it is time to approach a spiritual master who is conv
ersant with the Transcendental Nature, and is fully engaged in spiritual matters twenty-four hours a day. A spiritual master is a man who never leaves his spiritual work to seek sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must know that we are actually qualitatively one with Krishna. When jivatman knows that he is not this body, he becomes like Paratma
n. Jivatman is almost God, but not quite. Jivatman is wonderful, but not equal to God. The quality is the same, but the quantity is far different. For example, the rays of the sun spread all over the sky, but they come from the sun. Likewise, the Brahmaj
yoti illumines far and wide, but it emanates from Krishna. The soul is a spark in the heart, but its energy spreads all over the body. As the earth and sky are illumined by the sun, so the body is maintained by the spiritual spark. As the body is maintai
ned by the individual soul, so the entire universe is maintained by God, or the Super-soul. I am not the Supreme. I merely illumine this body, but the Supreme illumines the entire universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today, the twenty-third of September, is Radha\'92s birthday. She is fifteen days younger than Krishna. When Krishna was a boy, He play
ed with the children of the countryside. Because He was so beautiful, all the girls prayed that someday He would be their husband. Radha loved Krishna the most, even more than the others. She is the symbol of the greatest worship.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna and the girls were of the same age. Because girls are married earlier than boys, the girls were all married before Krishna. Des
pite their marriages, the girls all loved Krishna so much that whenever He played His flute, they would leave their homes and go to Him. This continued until Krishna was sixteen.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the age of sixteen Krishna left His friends and went to live with His real father. All His friends spent the rest of their lives wee
ping and longing for Him. This too, is worship. Radha and Krishna met again during a solar eclipse at Kurukshetra. It was a meeting of love, but they were again separated. Radha is Krishna\'92s beloved. By her blessing, Krishna will accept us. }{\b0\i0
\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also means }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Radha}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , so when we chant \'93Hare Krishna\'94 we chant \'93Radha Krishna.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Reflections on the Mantra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Reflections on the Mantra
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By Allen Ginsberg
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mantram (singular), mantra (plural) is a short verbal formula like Rolling Stones\'92 \'93I\'92m going home,\'94 or Gertrude Stein\'92s
 \'93A rose is a rose is a rose,\'94 which is repeated as a form of prayer meditation over and over until the original thin-conscious association with meaning disappears and the words become pure physical sounds uttered in a frankly physical universe; th
e word or sound or utterance then takes on a new density as a kind of magic language or magic spell and becomes a solid object introduced into the science fiction space-time place where the worshipper finds himself, surrounded by jutting mountain crags o
r city buildings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After several minutes of devoted repetition\'97such as Alfred Lord Tennyson practiced with his own name (a form of worship of a form of
 the Self categorized by one Hindu as Atma Darshan. Self-communion translated\'97one might garland one\'92s own photo with flowers and kneel to worship that particular manifest image of Divinity)\'97it is possible that the awesome physical sound reverber
ating out of the body into the air might serve as a vehicle for the expression of nonconceptual sensations of the worshipper. That is to say, the magic formula pronunciation can be loaded with affects\'97feelings, emotions\'97(Bhakti or devotions is the 
Hindu term) passing through the body of the devotee. Feelings which arise spontaneously all the time, but rarely have suitable channels for direct expression. So that longer stretches of mantra chanting may become the opportunity for realization of certa
in blissful or horrific feelings which are latent and hitherto unrealized\'97tears may arise of which the devotee was not aware earlier. Or gaieties, or Hebraic solemnities. Thus the mantram may serve as an instrument for widening the area of immediate s
elf-awareness of the singer; much as an intense conversation with psychoanalyst or lover, or priest or connection may bring out emotional news; singing (from olden times) deepens the soul of the singer. By deepens the soul, I mean not that the soul is ad
ded to like brick by brick, but that what\'92s already there becomes visible or audible. Well, we all know that about singing. I\'92m just explaining these simplicities to dispel mysterious notions or provincial resentments against the use of oriental tr
icks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Negro spirituals which involve deepening of the expression of a repeated refrain function like mantra. So lovers\'92 cries in moments o
f crisis like \'93Oh I\'92m coming, coming. I\'92m coming. I\'92m coming, etc.\'94 Singing in the bathroom or on lonesome bridges may have some general function of providing situations where full force of feeling is slowly developed and outwardly express
ed in solitude. From Yoruba drum-dance-and-shout worship rituals to electronic folk-rock we have developed Western situations to manifest our fugitive aetherial consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Indian practice of mantra-chanting is ancient and useful to know; but I don\'92t know enough about it technically to be the right g
uru. I wish to explain what I do know through gossip and practice, and hope that scholarly holymen will make allowances for my ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One Oriental idea is suggestive: that the mantra in itself has magic or practical power irrespective of the sincerity or propriety of i
ts pronunciation in a given situation; and that mere pronunciation of the mantra is a meritorious and mysterious art. On this assumption I take liberty to chant and explain mantram publicly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The name of Shiva pronounced accidentally by a dying man asking for a glass of water was, on one occasion of legend cause for his immed
iate release from bondage to rebirth and suffering.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why is that? Because, according to theory, the names of the Gods used in the mantra are }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub identical}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  with the Gods (or powers invoked) themselves. So that one who sings Shiva\'92s name becomes Shiva (Creator or Destroyer) himself. The subje
ctive experience of repeated singing of Shiva\'92s name confirms this theory, as far as I have been able to tell. Obviously it is a subjective experience, not an \'93objective\'94 one. Subjective sensation is what I\'92m interested in recovering contact 
with; and here interpret \'93objectivity\'94 as a retreat from feelable phenomena.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mantram is generally given by a teacher to pupil, and most often is to be kept secret, and recited aloud when alone, or silently wi
th lips or only mentally; and recited continually, until the mind\'92s activities become fixed around the mantram. That way a continuum is begun that deepens till maybe deathbed. Fixing the mind on one point, focusing and deepening in one spot is a class
ical method of yoga meditation. Some mantra are all-India common property, and are universal, public. The late Swami Shivananda (May his self bless us all!) of Rishikesh recommended Hare Krishna as the Maha Mantra\'97Great Mantra\'97for this age, infalli
ble publicly and privately for everyone. He was a large souled man, \'93Vishnu Himself\'94 as one beautiful yogi explained in a hermitage across the river from Shivananda\'92s Ashram. Shivananda was the first \'93accredited\'94 Guru I encountered; a year
 later at the confluence of Yamuna and Ganges rivers called Trivondrum in Allahabad at a great fair of half a million holymen and ladies, I passed by a larger wooden Nepalese structure where a lady saint supposed to be some Northern princess sat enthrone
d, with her attendants and worshipers gathered to one side around a harmonium (hand organ) and heard her smiling enrapt singing of the same Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. Her face had an inner
 smile reflected, eyes half closed, the song had lilt of tenderness and odd inevitable sweet rhythm, and though I did notice it at the time, the song was impressed on my own memory. It came back after many adventures. I never knew her name.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs24\cf8 The Unconditioned State
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE UNCONDITIONED STATE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Rayarama Das Brahmachary \line (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are conditioned beings. Our thinking and communicating are done by means of symbols, such as words and colors and forms. By the use 
of words we try to understand our position in existence. Furthermore, we try to communicate\'97to teach and learn\'97through words. Words are experiences, surely. But they are experiences intended to convey other experiences\'97they are meant to be indic
ators of reality, rather than reality itself. For example, one does not run; one performs a certain action which, for the benefit of communicating with someone else, we call running. This is certainly so on the material plane, where words and actions are
 divisible. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this day and age those who seek to know the Truth Absolute must come to grips with the problem of words. Are words an aid to our und
erstanding of ourselves, or do they constitute an impediment? If we examine this question, we can see that they are either: words are, in fact, neutral tools which can be used, misused, or neglected. The theory that all words are false is patently absurd
. Like the statement \'93I am lying,\'94 it must be untrue if it is true.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although we may use the same words, we each have different meanings for them, therefore the argument is put forth that we cannot accura
tely communicate anything by the use of words. This is because our comprehension depends upon our conditioning, which is different with each of us. Because our conditioning is unique, the meanings we give our words must be unique. This is the problem of 
word communication.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, the conditioned being is bound to fail in his attempts to communicate his experience to others. His experience itself, to be
gin with, is perceived through imperfect senses. But there is One, of Whom it is said:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85 He is the Absolute Truth, and the Primeval Cause of all causes of these manifested universes\'97in creat
ion, sustenance, and destruction. Directly and indirectly He is conscious of all different manifestations, but He is independent of any cause beyond Himself. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I, 1)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is not conditioned. As the Source and Controller of all that is, the Lord is not bound in 
any way. When He speaks, it is from the Absolute level. he is within the heart of the hearer, as well as in the words of the scripture which He has given us to be heard. In that position, His words cannot be considered false.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why then do men disagree as to the meanings of the scriptures? It is because they lack the necessary qualifications for understanding w
hat the Lord says. Those qualifications are given in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This same ancient yoga\line Has been today declared to thee by Me;\line For thou art My devotee and My friend
;\line }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And this is the supreme secret. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IV/3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The supreme secret is that we must devote ourselves to God and to the study of His words. The Vedas, the Koran, the Holy Bible\'97all t
he scriptures of the world are comprehensible on this devotional level, and on no other. Once we have come to this level, we can obtain the knowledge which is revealed to us by God. Nor is this only theoretical knowledge:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is sovereign knowledge, sovereign secret,\line Supreme sanctity, known by }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub direct}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub experience}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\line In accord with the law,\line Easy to practice and imperishable. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IX/2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, using the sovereign knowledge of the Lord, let\'92s examine the problem of conditioning. Conditioning generally means that which ha
s been acquired artificially, or that which is not natural and original with the being. The materialistic thinker assumes that consciousness is a bio-chemical process, and therefore limits his concept of conditioning to that which is intellectually impos
e or adopted following birth. Of course, from this standpoint, there really is no question of an unconditioned state. If consciousness is bio-chemical, it depends upon one chemical interaction or another\'97which is conditioning however you want to look 
at it. Therefore, in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G
ita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Lord clearly states that birth itself is in fact a conditioning.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All beings are born to delusion, O Bharata,\line Overcome by the dualities\line Which arise from wish and hat
e,\line O Conqueror of the foe. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VII/27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Krishna further points to the unconditioned state\'97or the natural state, the attainment of which is the sole purpose of all scri
ptures.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But he who knows the true character of the two distinctions (of the soul)\line From the modes of nature and t
heir works, O Mighty-armed,\line Understanding that it is the modes which are\line Acting on the modes\line Does not get attached. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , III/28)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are, then, not doers of actions. Embodied souls, we have erroneously identified ourselves with the activities of material nature. Th
is is our conditioning. It is a result of attachment, and the process of this attachment is also to be found in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul devoted attains to peace well-founded,\line By abandoning attachment to the fruits of works,\line Bu
t he whose soul is not in union with the Divine\line is impelled by desire,\line And is attached to the fruit (of action) and is bound. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub V/12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are bound not merely by the intellectualizing of experience. We are bound by our very craving for experience on the material plane 
\'96 of which the intellectual process is a part. Having given ourselves over to this material sphere of activities, we are subject to its specific laws, and these condition our every action, thought, word and deed\'97from long before conception in the w
omb, until far after death, as we continue to be reborn, reborn, reborn.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul in nature\line Enjoys the modes born of nature.\line Attachment to the modes is the cause\line Of it
s births in good and evil wombs. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub XIII/21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These modes by which nature manifests itself are not escapable as long as we remain on the material level\'97whether we anesthetize, in
tellectualize or sexualize. Four verses from the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will clarify and explain the conditions of material
 existence:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The three modes\line Goodness, passion and dullness\line Bind down in the body, O Mighty-armed,\line The impe
rishable dweller in the body.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of these, goodness, being pure,\line Causes illumination and health.\line It binds, O blameless one, by attac
hment to happiness,\line And by attachment to knowledge.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Passion, know thou, is of the nature of attraction,\line Springing from craving and attachment\line It binds 
fast, O son of Kunti,\line The embodied one by attachment to action.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But dullness, know thou, is born of ignorance,\line And deludes }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  embodied beings.\line It binds, O Bharata, by developing\line The qualities of negligence, indolence and sleep. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XIV/5-8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92ve underlined the word \'93all\'94 in the eighth verse, because it is ignorance even to be in the modes of goodness or passion. To
 be embodied, and to accept the bodily concept of life, is here said to be ignorance. Under that preliminary ignorance, we are subject to the modes of nature\'97immutable blind laws which take no account of our wishes, as the graveyards ultimately indica
te.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the conditioned state\'97and this is our forlorn position, over which we have almost no control. Almost, but not quite exactly.
 We do have one choice which we can make: that is the choice to withdraw from attachment to material activities, once we understand that they are being artificially imposed upon us.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever pleasures are born of contacts (with objects)\line Are only sources of sorrow.\line They have a begi
nning and an end, O son of Kunti,\line No wise man delights in them. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub V/22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What, exactly, doer the wise mad do? It is a current belief that enlightenment, of liberation\'97or, for our purposes, the unconditione
d state\'97will come, just as death will come, more or less on its own, with no real need for effort. It is believed that the conditioned state cannot be altered by any endeavor of ours. The Lord Himself, however, says differently. In the concluding chap
ter of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus has wisdom more secret than all secrets\line Been declared to thee by Me.\line Having reflected on it fu
lly,\line Do as thou choosest. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub XVIII/63}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although Krishna has all power, and can direct any course of events whatever\'97quite above the controls of nature\'97He prefers that t
he embodied being choose for himself. What Krishna wants is our happiness, which can only really be attained in the unconditioned state. However, He gives us the knowledge and the choice to take or reject it. To further stress this freedom, He says elsew
here:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let a man lift himself by himself;\line Let him not degrade himself;\line For the self alone is friend to the
 self,\line And the self alone is enemy to the self. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VI/5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is friend to all beings. He never wavers and He never turns from us. It remains only for us to befriend ourselves by accepting
 His help. This will free us from bondage to material nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have now seen something of the conditioned status under which we labor, but what is this freedom to which we aspire? What is the unc
onditioned state? It is commonly described as Sat-Chit-Ananda: eternal knowledge and bliss. This is our constitutional spiritual nature, which, through some catastrophic ignorance, we have given up. In this bodily concept of life we are temporary, in ign
orance, and rarely happy for longer than a moment\'92s time. The unconditioned state means that we reach a position of constitutional joy, which no thing can thereafter affect.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the soul is no longer attached to external contacts,\line One finds the happiness that is in the Self.
\line Such a one who is controlled in yoga on God\line Enjoys undying bliss. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub V/21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is further stated:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He who is able to resist\line The rush of desire and anger,\line Even here before he gives up this body,\line
He is a yogi; he is a happy man. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub V/23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The happiness attained in reaching the unconditioned position is full, not empty. It is simply empty of care, sorrow and bondage.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That, on gaining which he thinks\line That there is no greater gain beyond it \'96\line Wherein established h
e is not shaken\line Even by the heaviest sorrow;\line Let that be known by the name of yoga,\line This disconnection from union with pain.\line This yoga should be practiced with determination,\line With heart undismayed. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VI/22-23}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For supreme happiness comes to the yogi\line Whose mind is peaceful,\line Whose passions are at rest, who is
\line Stainless, and has become one in interest with God.\line Thus making the self ever harmonized,\line The yogi, who has put away sin,\line Experiences easily the infinite bliss\line Of contact with the eternal. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VI/27-28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the unconditioned state. This is freedom. It is a state of transcendental consciousness, free from all the designations and ent
anglements which are a part of material consciousness. No materialist philosopher can claim to reach\'97or even to comprehend\'97this sphere. This freedom from designation is made even more explicit elsewhere in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even here (on earth) the created (world) is overcome\line By those whose mind is established in equality.
\line God is flawless and the same in all.\line Therefore are these established in God. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub V/19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is not a state of consciousness into which one comes, and then again goes. It is bliss, it is ecstasy\'97which is never again lost
. Having recovered our natural, constitutional position, the Lord guarantees that we will not fall again. Having revived our full consciousness, we then pass beyond the strict laws of nature, beyond the bewilderment of maya, beyond the clutches of death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How to achieve this state of freedom should be our next concern, now that we\'92ve seen what it is. To help us to achieve it is the pur
pose of all the scriptures and transcendental philosophies of the world. The Lord Himself incarnates upon this earth to aid us in our plight. Without Him, we would assuredly be lost. Furthermore, even the attainment of wisdom is a gift from the Lord. It 
cannot be squeezed out of Him, nor can it be devised by us. In our conditional position, our own prescriptions are the very cause of our bondage. But Arjuna explains the way of liberation for us:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The supreme mystery,\line The discourse concerning the self\line Which Thou hast given }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub out of grace}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for me\'97\line By this my bewilderment is gone from me. \tab (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XI/1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So our problem is how to obtain the Lord\'92s grace, without which no final conclusion to the problems of conditional existence can be 
reached. Arjuna was, we recall, Krishna\'92s friend and devotee. We must somehow elevate ourselves to that level\'97then we too can have the grace of God, and the joy of eternal association with Him in His Kingdom. This Kingdom is described by the Lord i
n these terms:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sun does not illumine that,\line Nor the moon, nor fire.\line That is my supreme abode\line From which th
ose who reach it never return. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub XV/6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord\'92s abode is not illuminated by external means because it is self-illuminated. This material universe is by nature dark, and 
is lighted by means of fire and sun. But the spiritual world is by nature light, and so it requires no illumination.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now to the problem of reaching the state in which we will be free of material designations. We have already seen that this can be done 
by ingratiating ourselves to God. The practice of yoga is one of the more popular methods now in use for spiritual advancement, and we have seen that Krishna Himself approves of yoga practice. But just what is yoga? This is a question worth examining. Th
e hatha, raja, and jnana systems are current, and are quite acceptable. However, regarding this question of methods, Krishna says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And of all yogis,\line He who full of faith worships Me,\line With his inner self abiding in Me,\line Him I h
old to be most attuned. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub
VI/47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This worship of the Lord is called Bhakti Yoga. It is the highest form of yoga. Its practice is outlined throughout the }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Always glorifying Me,\line Strenuous and steadfast in vows,\line Bowing down to Me with devotion,\line They w
orship Me, ever-disciplined. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub IX/14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glorifying God can be done by hearing, reciting, remembering, serving, worshipping, chanting, following instructions, befriending and t
otally surrendering to the Lord. Any one of these methods\'97when perfectly carried out\'97will lead to full liberation, in that each contains all the others. The practice of bhakti is a practice of twenty-four hour meditation on the Lord, in the course 
of all activities. It requires no special time to be set aside. It requires that all one\'92s time be surrendered to the Supreme Reality:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest,\line Whatever thou offerest, whatever thou givest away,\line Whate
ver austerities thou dost practice\line \'97Do that, O son of Kunti, as an offering to Me.\line Thus shalt thou be freed\line From the good and evil results which are the bonds of action.\line With thy mind firmly set on the way of renunciation,\line Tho
u shall become free, and attain to Me. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub IX/27-28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the practice of bhakti yoga\'97devotional service to the Lord. This is the means for qualifying ourselves to receive the Lord
\'92s grace. Then, by the grace of Krishna, we may come to know Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today the use of artificial aids to consciousness expansion is very popular\'97but no one can say that LSD, mescaline or marijuana have
 brought him to the platform where he can \'93experience easily the infinite bliss / Of contact with the Eternal.\'94 The use of a drug or chemical substance is a method which is not prescribed by those who made a science of God-consciousness thousands o
f years ago. Depending on the use of an external object is the very conditioning we are seeking to transcend\'97and cannot be said to be an \'93easy\'94 means of experiencing infinite bliss and contact with the Eternal. If one has been locked away in pri
son, or is confined by some disease to a hospital bed\'97or if one has no money, no friends or no underworld contacts\'97then this means is indeed difficult.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As to whether the use of external chemical substances can actually bring about the fully unconditioned state, we must recall that Arjun
a was freed from the bewilderment of ignorance by God\'92s grace. There was no mention of drugs, Krishna did not need them; nor did Arjuna when he saw the truth. Krishna still doesn\'92t need any chemical substances, and neither do we. Rather, these thin
gs are to be avoided by one who is serious about spiritual life. These are the words of Lord Sri Krishna, which apply quite nicely to this question.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The gateway to this hell\line Leading to the ruin of the soul is threefold:\line Lust, anger and greed.\line 
Therefore, these three one should abandon.\line The man who is released from these,\line The three gates to darkness, O son of Kunti,\line Does what is good for his soul.\line But he who discards the scriptural law\line And acts as his desires prompt him
,\line He does not attain either perfection\line Or happiness or the highest goal.\line Therefore let the scripture be thy authority\line For determining what should be done and what should not \line be done.\line Knowing what is declared by the rules of
 scripture,\line Thou shouldst do thy work in this world. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVI/21-24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The abandonment of scripture, then, is the abandonment of the means prescribed by God to facilitate the recovery of our natural status.
 He Whose knowledge is perfect has given us this way, for our ease and speedy advancement. To follow other paths is merely to waste our time, and to throw ourselves back into the entangling grip of the senses. Super-psychic sensuality is still sensuality
, and will not lead one to freedom from the governance of the material world\'97nature and her three over-interacting, pitiless modes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is only by devotion to God that freedom can be achieved. If one is devoted to God, he manifests his devotion by following the laws o
f God, as they are revealed in scripture. Without making one\'92s devotion practical in this way, one cannot achieve practical results. Theoretical devotion may lead to theoretical liberation\'97but that is of no real value to us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The unconditioned state\'97the consciousness of our real and eternal position in existence\'97must be known by direct experience, or it
 is uncertain and incomplete. The formula given by Krishna is very simple\'97and it can be practiced anywhere, under any circumstances.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Abandoning all duties,\line Come to Me alone for shelter.\line Be not grieved,\line For I shall release thee 
from all evils. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVIII/6
6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Brahmananda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Brahmananda Das Brahmach
ary
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as in the dawning sun\line the shadow a tree throws\line is long,\line but as the sun rises\line it shortens, \line recoiling
 into the tree\line until at noon\line the tree casts no shadow\line but only stands alone,\line ablaze in the purifying light:\line So the shadow I cast\line recedes\line as my Consciousness of Krishna\line rises\line until my shadow dissolves\line and 
I stand\line under His Lotus Feet,\line devoted\line and pure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Brahmananda Das Brahmachary\line (Bruce Scharf)
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WHO IS CRAZY?
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD is published semi-monthly by The International Society For Krishna Consciousness at 26 Second Avenue (between 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\up12 st}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\up12 nd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Streets) New York, New York 10003.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 year subscription (24 issues) $3.00. Phone 674-7428
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)\line                    Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Circulation: Gargamuni Das Brahmachary (Gregory Scharf)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printing: Ranchhor Das Brahmachary (Ronald King)
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
 1, No. 04,\line  December 15, 1966
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IN THIS ISSUE:
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15 cents
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EXPERIENCE OF KARMA YOGA by Stephen Guarino
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By the Mercy of Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By the Mercy of Krishna
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our Society has been holding Kirtan at Film Makers Cinematheque Theater, which is at 125 West 41 Street. Our engagement extends for all
 four Sundays in December, from 3 to 6 P.M. The admission is free and the invitation is open\'97please come and bring your friends.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the time this issue of Back to Godhead is released, our 33-\'9f LP album of chanting should be on sale in various parts of the city.
 The record features our regular Kirtan, as well as some mantra sung by Swami Bhaktivedanta. So natural is the urge to rejoice while listening to this chanting of the Lord\'92s names that everyone\'97company personel and onlookers included\'97began danci
ng during the last session at the recording studio. This is the real meaning of Kirtan: Rejoice, and glory to the Lord!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Within a month of this date Krishna Consciousness should have arrived in full bloom on the West Coast. We\'92re hoping to open a center
 there, in San Francisco, within the next month. In mid or late January, there will be a Mantra-Rock Rejoicing, at which the Swami will appear. Also aiding in our program will be Mr. Allen Ginsberg, who has already rendered much valuable service to Krish
na, especially in propagating the chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantram.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We\'92ll have more to say about the West Coast next issue\'97since that\'92s where the editors expect to be, laying groundwork for the 
Swamiji.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Editors
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub From The Lectures of Swami A.C. 
Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Notes transcribed from a lecture given September 8, 1966
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The energy of the body emanates from the heart. The spiritual spark, or soul, is situated in the heart, and from there it expands to fi
ll the body. The size of this spiritual atom is 1/10,000 of the tip of a hair. It cannot be detected by scientific means, but that doesn\'92t mean that it isn\'92t there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To understand the science of the soul, we must have certain qualifications, which are:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Humility:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We should not try to force others to respect us because we are Krishna Consc
ious. We should preach with humility and respect for others. For example, instead of saying, \'93Every-you know is a lot of nonsense,\'94 we should say, \'93I know you are a learned man, but please forget it for a moment and listen to me.\'94 We should n
ot expect to be always well-received, either. Jesus Christ preached the word of God, and He was crucified for it. Humility includes acceptance of difficulties from others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should preach Krishna\'92s word to whomever we meet, but in so doing, we should not try to manufacture a new religion. People want a
 new religion, but what is there new to preach? We are as old as eternity, so what need have we of the new? Nature\'92s law is not new\'97the sun still rises in the East and sets in the West, as it has always done. We still eat and sleep. God is not new.
 Sometimes, to make people listen, it is necessary to explain the old religion in new terms. This is like putting old wine in new bottles. There is nothing wrong with this, as long as the wine is not adulterated in the process.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Non-violence:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We should give the same liberty to others that we want for ourselves for
 all living beings have the right to live and eat. In nature there is food for all, and every creature has its own allotment. There are different varieties of food for different tastes. Human beings have a responsibility to all creatures. We do not have 
the right to kill any creature, not even the insects.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is also another kind of violence. If we do not do our best to bring Krishna Consciousness to other beings, we are acting violentl
y toward them. If we do not act to relieve suffering in others, we are doing them an injustice. Krishna Consciousness means the real end of all suffering, so everyone has the right to Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Patience}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub simplicity:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We should not try to hurry Krishna up. Our thoughts and our speech should also be controlled. We will see Krishna when He chooses. We should render ser
vice without reservation to the spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purity:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are two kinds of purity: external and internal. External purity is bodil
y cleanliness. Internal purity means keeping the mind always on Krishna. There are times when it is not possible to keep the body clean, due to external conditions, but external conditions need not keep the mind from being clean. We can and should always
 keep our internal purity, regardless of external conditions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Steadfastness:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One who is convinced that he must realize Krishna at all costs will be 
steadfast. Krishna Consciousness requires self control so that one will not be distracted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indifference to sense objects:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Smoking, for example, only serves for sense gratificati
on; it is not necessary for the maintenance of the body. This kind of indulgence is a distraction from Krishna Consciousness. Krishna Consciousness subdues the demands of the senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Self-effacement:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is the elimination of the false self. We must realize that we ar
e not this body. The body should be maintained for the sake of using it in the service of Krishna. If proper food is not available, then other food may be eaten for the sake of maintaining the body. However, improper food may be eaten only when there is 
no other food available.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Non-attachment:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The devotee should regard desirable and undesirable conditions equally
. The householder should be detached from his family. He should take care of his family and fulfill his responsibilities, but he should not let his family stand in the way of his service to Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perception of the evils of birth, death, old are, and disease will guide us to Krishna Consciousness. In Krishna Consciousness, we will
 have transcended all evils, all sufferings, and all delusions.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Acyutananda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Acyutananda Das Brahmach
ary
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These dying temple flowers,\line By the end of this day\line Will see Krishna\'92s abode.\line Are they not luckier\line Than me?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97-Acyutananda Das Brahmachary\line (Charles Barnett)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Experience of Karma Yoga
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Experience of Karma Yoga
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Satsvarupa Das Brahmachary\line (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93material activities subjected to reaction.
\'94 Karma binds us with each act. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93that which connects, links with the Supreme.\'94 Yoga i
s the process of Self-liberation. These two words combine in a single process called Karmayoga which is the seeking-and-attainment of self realization (liberation) through action.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone has to act. According to Lord Krishna,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is forced to act helplessly according to one\'92s acquired qualities of the modes of material nature
, and thus nobody can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub III/5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone has to do something, but by the grace of Krishna we can be freed from that place where every action is followed by bondage. If
 a man is fixed in God-consciousness he does not engage himself in action that is binding, like excessive food indulgence or drug addiction or sexual promiscuity. For instance, no Krishna conscious man should pursue sexual encounters for once he moves in
to such activities, misery will claim him since he is bound to his action. Without Yoga, Karma is entanglement\'97action quickly becomes binding and one suffers the good or bad consequences. The lives of such }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karmis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  lead either to aimless chaotic activity on the phenomenal level or directly to hell. The real way out of the action-nightmare is Karmayoga. In
 the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Krishna says,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85 if a sincere person tries to control the sense organs and begins Karmayoga in Krishna consciousness, wit
hout being attached, he is far better. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub III/7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is \'93far better,\'94 he is \'93sorrowless\'94 because he does not suffer the consequences of his action.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A simple way to begin is to give all you earn to Krishna. That is a start. It releases you at once. If all you earn goes to Krishna, yo
u are saved from a whole area of materialism. Let the world know that any money coming into your hand is going to Krishna\'97and you are free from great danger.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Karmayoga, when you are working for Krishna, you can do your office tasks, speak to people on business, and do whatever you duty hap
pens to be, for it all becomes part of your single aim: to return to God. The more God-conscious you become, the more effectively you can function. Whereas formerly you found yourself trapped, once you take to Karmayoga and sacrifice every act to Krishna
, then your main objective is not to get out of trouble but to love God. Then no powerful mundane personality will awe or frighten you. You can do your work well and unafraid because you work unattached. And your work goes well.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can you control your sense organs? In the matter of techniques, sincerity is what is needed. In spiritual effort, when you try hard
 you succeed. As you work, chant the name of God, \'93Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare.\'94 This means \'93Hail God,\'94 please accept me, be associated with my humble dealings on Your behalf.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sitting at your desk, waiting for the elevator, answering the phones\'97make these moments moments of decision and re-affirm your purpo
se. Are you Karma-yogi? Then don\'92t let your sense wander! Remember: }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why have you come here? Why are you working? Why are you living? Who do you love?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Make all your answers\'97Krishna. Control is gained by being thoughtful of your position. This \'93thoughtfulness\'94 is the beginning of God-consciousness. Wherever you are God offers this consciousne
ss and you must not fail to grasp it. Aim your heart to this end. When the crowd goes mad, as so often happens, you will not be swept away\'97if you remember Krishna. Remember, you are in control only because Krishna is controlling\'97receive His rays. T
hat is real control. Work for Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is not a punishing technique. The punishment is dealt by the material nature. According to the Bhagavad Gita we are in these bodie
s because we desired to have sensual enjoyment and because we more or less hate God.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All beings are born to delusion O Bharata (Arjuna) overcome by the dualities which arise from wish and hate, 
O conqueror of the foe (Arjuna). (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub VII/27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material world is a prison. Factories are producing artificially needed items, and offices are producing artificially created servi
ces, at the great cost of daily brute labor. The karma yogi, who is forced by his original desire into one of three modes of material nature (goodness, passion, ignorance) is, by way of his control and sacrifice, receiving a sublime touch unknown to the 
ordinary fruitive worker. He is a tiny speck of God; he realizes this and takes it seriously. In the presence of the Supreme he is asking for the touch of association, and nothing more. The advanced form of Karmayoga is called Bhaktiyoga, namely \'93devo
tional service to God.\'94 As he serves God with his body, words and intelligence, and guided by the principles of the revealed scriptures, the Karma or Bhakti yogi is developing a personal individual relationship with the Supreme. He is not working for 
his own gain, nor for a formless impersonal concept, but for the Supreme revealed Lord, and the actuality of his position is that he feels the touch of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process leads to Krishna. It is a question of realizing the Godhead. If God is realized only through His grace you should at least
 try to see that this Grace is open to you. As stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam, we are bewildered by the Lord:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one can understand, oh Lord, your transcendental pastime which appears to be human, and is misleading. (SB, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.8.28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is bewildering of course, that you, O Soul of the Universe, have to work although inactive, have to take birth although 
unborn and are the vital force. Still you yourself descend amongst the animals, men, sages, aquatics. They are verily bewildered. (SB, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.8.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When you work for God, the wages are the chance of understanding Him. Our brains are tiny. To realize the Personal God is most difficul
t. We have His Word (scripture), His Form (Sri Krishna), His devotees (Lord Chaitanya and the disciplic succession)\'97and today, most easily available and life-saving, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Holy Na
me for chanting.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we are nonetheless stupid and covered up by contamination. Without Grace the human brain can conjecture about God for eternity and get nowhere. Nonsense-babbl
ing is endless, fools crowd the streets and governments, waves of illusion throw us around like flies\'97therefore we must be wary and take shelter of the Supreme Lord. Faced with this material nature, and yet in sight of Divine Light, the Karma yogi has
 said, \'93Let me work for Him. God is a person not like me. But yet like me. Let me do His work here. Since I must act, let my actions be for Him\'97I am nonsense, but He is the True Reality of which everything on earth is a mistaken reflection.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A karma yogi does not lose heart. He is not staggered or made \'93punchy\'94 by labor. There is not the taste of dread despair in his l
abor\'97not the terror of the abyss, not the wholesale nausea over having to live, not the mad fear of Yamaraj, the Death messenger\'97at worst the path gets very hard, but the Karma yogi does what he can, and beyond that point the Supreme provides. The 
Lord\'97as revealed in the Bhagavad-Gita\'97has promised protection and deliverance to such a devotee:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Come to Me alone for shelter. Be not grieved, for I shall release thee from all evils. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVIII/66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karma yoga is the fulfilling of His promise in reciprocal love, through the energy of His work.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Brahmananda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Brahmananda Das Brahmach
ary
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To think, \'93I am chanting Krishna\'92s Name,\'94\line is to think of oneself\line and not of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should chant Krishna\'92s Name\line without thinking.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To be self-conscious\line is to be unconscious.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Consciousness\line of Krishna\line is not thoughts\line but Knowledge\line of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Brahmananda Das Brahmachary\line (Bruce Scharf)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Process of Surrender in God Realization
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE PROCESS OF SURRENDER IN GOD 
REALIZATION
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Hayagriva das Brahmachary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. Having thus disciplined yourself, and
 regarding Me as the Supreme Goal, you will come to Me. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IX/34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surrendering, in thought, all actions to Me, regarding Me as the Supreme Goal, and practising steadiness of m
ind, fix your heart, O Arjuna, constantly on Me. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVIII/57}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surrendering all unto the Supreme Lord is a difficult if not impossible task for must people. This is because they are not aware of the
 peace such surrender brings. There are many kinds of surrender: there is surrender in war, when the defeated side surrenders in order to preserve whatever life and property remain. This is a willful surrender to a superior force\'97some thing like a ple
a for mercy in the hope of avoiding death and total devastation. Then there is surrender in a totally hopeless situation, the surrender of a man, for instance, facing an unavoidable death. And there is also willful surrender to some thing overwhelmingly 
pleasant\'97like the surrender to a lover, or surrender to some desire or to the senses. Such surrenders are qualified by extraneous desires and circumstances, but there }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a total and perfect surrender\'97the surrender unto the Will of the Supreme Lord. In the West, Christ is an example of complete surrender unto the Father\'97He was aware of His impending
 crucifixion long before it took place, but He surrendered totally and willfully. On the cross His last words were, \'93Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit.\'94 (Luke, 23/46) In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arj
una also surrendered unto the Supreme Lord by engaging himself in the battle of Kurukshetra and killing those he did not want to kill, only because Lord Krishna commanded him to do so.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since there are many kinds of surrender, there are many degrees of completeness because some types of surrender are more total than oth
ers. By and large they all entail abandonment of certain designations: of birth and parentage, of career and material possessions, of mind, of the body and its senses, of doctrines and concepts. Abandonment of delusion followed by submission to the Divin
e, to the Will of the Father, is the process of surrender. Such a surrender, when it is total, is in reality the abandonment of momentary misery and darkness for an eternity of bliss and light.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We seldom think of it, but every night when we go to sleep we surrender consciousness and all its concomitants\'97birth and parentage, 
possessions, mind, body, senses and conceptualization. Our individual consciousness fades as we push off in the night into the somnolent state. It is only our conjecture that we will awake the next morning in the same bed and in the same body. It is conj
ecture and faith. So surrender and faith do not belong to a few people only\'97rather they belong to all men, for all men surrender everything when they go to sleep and all men have faith in something, even if it is nothing more than rising the next morn
ing. But this is usually surrender and faith in ignorance. When a man does not know what he is surrendering to or what he has faith in, then he is in ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the process of perfect surrender? Surrender in knowledge principally involves the abandonment of the modes of ignorance and pas
sion and the misconceptions arising from them. The surrender of birth and parentage means that one relinquishes the false notion, resulting from identification with the body, that he is the son of (for example) Mr. and Mrs. Jones, born at a particular ti
me, that his age is such and such, and that he is an American or Russian or Indian because he is born in that particular place. All these designations are attached to the gross body. In actuality, he is spirit-soul, forever free, unborn, unbegot and eter
nal, not \'93belonging\'94 to parents or nation, but the sole property of the Supreme Lord. Christ even addressed his earth-mother, \'93Woman, what have I to do with thee?\'94 (John, 2/4) and also said, \'93Who is my mother, or my brethren? \'85 Behold m
y mother and my brethern! For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother (Mark, 3/33\'9635) To say that one is an American or Indian or whatever is the grossest ignorance, for such thought implies identification
 with the gross body instead of the Supreme Spirit Man was born\'94 \'85 not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.\'94 (John, 1/13) In this regard, misconceptions result in bondage and finally reduce one, by identifi
cation with the body, to the status of an animal who might say, \'93I am a pig and I belong to Mr. Jones\'92 farm.\'94 Society encourages this attitude in its insistance on \'93birth certificates\'94 and \'93identification papers,\'94 etc. Such are the s
hackles of delusion. In truth, all things are the property of the Creator, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and all things have the tag of the Super-soul. The man in knowledge says, \'93I am not this body. I am spirit-soul, a part and parcel of the Su
preme Soul. I have neither beginning nor end. My bliss is in my eternal relationship with the Supreme Spirit, God.\'94 One can maintain this only after surrendering the false designations of birth and parentage which are attributed to ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surrender of nationality and nationalism, like surrender of parentage and birth, follows when one no longer identifies with the gross b
ody and the designations attached to it. In this age, especially, nationalism is one of the greatest tyrannies. For the sake of country and \'93freedom,\'94 men are willing to commit innumerable atrocities and transgressions against the laws of God. The 
first commandment, \'93I am the Lord Thy God, Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me,\'94 explicitly forbids man to place the commands of his country before the commands of the Lord. In this age, however, the trend is to make the State god. Worship o
f the State is forced upon the people by brute power, and to encourage this the State promotes atheism and atheistic doctrines. Communism, as practised in Russia and China, is such an atheistic doctrine denying the existence of God and advocating worship
 of the State. Many people in the United States fear that this country\'92s pursuit of materialism is quickly leading it into the same atheistic position. When the disciples of the Pharisees asked Christ whether it were lawful to give tribute to Caesar, 
Christ asked them whose image and superscription they saw on the coin, and they said, \'93Caesar\'92s.\'94 Christ then said, \'93Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar\'92s; and unto God the things that are God\'92s.\'94 (Matt, 22/21) H
ad a man in transcendental awareness, who sees God every where, been asked whose image he saw on the coin, he would have automatically said, \'93God\'92s.\'94 A wise man knows that all things belong to God and that God is omnipresent. Of course Christ ha
d an apt reply for the ignorant men who were trying to trick Him, but He would not have given the same reply to a holy man or an incarnation like Himself, for they would have said, \'93Nothing belongs to Caesar. All things belong to God and it is our dut
y to render everything unto Him.\'94 In the tradition of spiritual communism, no allegiance, no money, no rendering of any kind is given to the State, but all thing are rendered unto the Supreme Lord. Therefore the abandonment of nationalism in total sur
render to God-consciousness is revolutionary in the truest and most radical sense. Even in the face of death, one should be willing and prepared to maintain his belief in the truth that all things belong to God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surrender of one\'92s career, of one\'92s material possessions, etc. is also very difficult for most people who are trained to place va
lue in these things. Regarding material possessions, Christ said;
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break t
hrough and steal But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub also. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Matt, 6/19\'9621)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the rich young man asked Him what he could do to have eternal life, Christ said, \'93If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor,
 and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.\'94 (Matt, 19/21) The reason for the relinquishment of worldly possessions is easy to understand. We should not be attached to that which is ephemeral and illusory, but to that which is ete
rnal. Only the Reality, the eternal, can bestow real happiness upon us. It is ignorance to search for happiness in a dungheap. But the glitter of materialism deludes many, despite constant and consistent warnings from the authorities and the scriptures. 
Material possessions also give rise to other false conceptions, the sense of \'93I\'94 and \'93mine\'94, when in truth all thing belong to the Supreme Lord. Private property is non-existent among truly God-conscious people. The earth and its possessions 
belong to the Lord. He alone creates them, He alone preserves them, and He alone destroys them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, surrender of the body and sense enjoyments born of passion and ignorance appears like poison at first to people who have bee
n trained to believe that the body and sense enjoyments are to be cultivated. Of all sense-enjoyments, the sex drive is the strongest in all creatures and is the greatest bind to the material world. There have been many examples of great saints and sages
 falling prey to sexual temptation. Many of the demi-gods, who are themselves attached to sex-enjoyment, send beautiful creatures to tempt holymen into sexual play. \'93The turbulent senses violently carry off the mind even of a wise man striving for per
fection,\'94 Krishna tells Arjuna. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 2.60) We may of ourselves be able to somewhat restrict our sexu
al activities, but the desires will still remain. Lord Jesus Christ said, \'93Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.\'94 (Matt, 4/28) The only solution is to re-direct the sex-drive into desi
re for the Supreme Lord. We must dovetail all our desires to Him. The desires themselves come from the Lord, and it is He only who can satisfy them. We must have desires\'97they are healthy\'97but we must learn to understand what these desires are really
 for. Observing that Socrates had an eye for beautiful youths, Diotima, Socrates\'92 teacher, suggested that if he knew what the beauty in youths really represented, he would be after something else\'97namely, eternal Beauty, undefiled by human contact.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93This, my dear Socrates,\'94 said the stranger of Mantinea, \'93is that life above all others which man 
should live, in the contemplation of beauty absolute; a beauty which if you once beheld, you would see not to be after the measure of gold, and garments, and fair boys and youths, whose presence now entrances you \'85 But what if man had eyes to see the 
true beauty\'97the divine beauty. I mean, pure and clear and unalloyed, not clogged with the pollutions of mortality and all the colors and vanities of human life\'97thither looking, and holding converse with the true beauty simple and divine? Remember h
ow in that communion only, beholding beauty with the eye of the mind, he will be enabled to bring forth, not images of beauty, but realities (for he has hold not of an image but of a reality), and bringing forth and nourishing true virtue to become the f
riend of God and immortal, if mortal man may.\'94 (From Plato\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Symposium}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Furthermore, the impossibility of satisfaction in sexual relations is apparent when we recognize such happiness to be conditioned\'97an
 orgasm lasts only a few brief seconds, there are many impurities and imperfections between partners, and the body grows old and eventually decays, leaving one impotent and sexually undesirable. Shakespeare also was aware of the futility and squalor behi
nd every sexual act.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Th\'92 expense of spirit in a waste of shame\line Is lust in action; and till action, lust\line Is perjur\'92d, murd\'92rous, 
bloody, full of blame,\line Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust;\line Enjoy\'92d no sooner but despised straight,\line Past reason hunted, and no sooner had \line Past reason hated, as a swallow\'92d bait\line On purpose laid to make the taker mad
;\line Mad in pursuit and in possession so;\line Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;\line A bliss in proof, and prov\'92d, a very woe;\line Before, a joy propos\'92d; behind, a dream.\line All this the world well knows; yet none knows well\line T
o shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub                     (Shakespeare, Sonnet 129)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one begins to understand that one is really seeking the Lord when looking for happiness in sex-enjoyment, than one can begin to 
make progress in properly directing this drive. There is also sexual enjoyment in the spiritual world but it is far different. Transcendental sex enjoyment is eternal, infinite, undefiled by material contact and indescribable. The love men and women expe
rience on earth is but a limited and perverted reflection of the great ocean of love and bliss that is in the spiritual world. But a man will not set aside one pleasure until he receives a greater one. Therefore Krishna says, \'93The objects of the sense
s fall away from a man practising abstinence, but not the taste for them. But even the taste falls away when the Supreme is seen.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 2/59) So the surrender of sexuality is easy when a greater pleasure awaits a man, but impossible when he gets nothing in return. \'93Rama\'94 means \'93Enjoyer.\'94 Krishna and His consort Radha represent the pleasur
e principle on the transcendental plane. One who abandons earth-lovers for the Divine Lover is never disappointed. \'93Not the desirer of desires attains peace, but he into whom all desires enter as the waters enter the ocean, which is full to the brim a
nd grounded in stillness.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 2/70) A man who is constantly aware of the unchangable Reality withi
n never looks outside for enjoyment. For him no agitation is created by the objects with which he comes in contact during his life on earth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Incidently, in this connection hatha yoga has led many people astray in its emphasis on body development. Many hatha yoga teachers only
 incidentally mention union with the Supreme Lord as the goal of all yoga. Instead they advertise that their students look and feel younger longer and enjoy healthy sex lives into their old age. Instead of liberating the individual soul from attachment t
o the body, hatha yoga more often has the opposite effect in that it fosters bondage to the flesh through emphasis on the body. Christ said, \'93That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John, 3/6) St. Pau
l also warned, \'93Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall be also reap. Far he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
\'94 (Galatians, 5/7\'968) Like hygiene and college gym courses, hatha yoga is a materialistic science. Real yoga is not concerned with maintaining and repairing a faulty, obsolete engine, but with doing away with the engine altogether.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are other pitfalls of sense gratification\'97for example, overindulgence in food is often a pitfall for the man who has only succ
eeded in sublimating the sex-drive. There are many other material enjoyments too that must be relinquished before man is totally free. The body also must be surrendered, as Christ surrendered His body at the crucifixion. Many men surrender their bodies t
o the armies of the world without taking a second\'92s thought. Socrates surrendered his body when he drank the hemlock. He also preached the immortality of the soul.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And when you see a man who is repining at the approach of death, is not his reluctance a sufficient proof t
hat he is not a philosopher but a philosoma, not a lover of wisdom, but a lover of the body, and probably at the same time a lover of either money or power, or both. (Socrates, from Plato\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Phaedo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Socrates considered the body an unnecessary encumbrance for the man in pursuit of wisdom, for it is always getting in his way. All men 
know that the body must eventually be surrendered, but the wise, established in the eternal and unmanifested Self, neither fear nor avoid this surrender.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In surrendering the body unto the Supreme Lord, one surrenders \'93the Field\'94 with its constituents: I-consciousness; understanding,
 or the determining faculty; energy; the ten senses, namely ears, eyes, nose, tongue, skin, hands, feet, vocal organ, and the organs of evacuation and generation; the mind; the five objects of senses, sound, sight, touch, smell, taste; desire; hatred; pl
easure; pain; the aggregate, the combination of the body and the senses, intelligence; and fortitude, the state of mind that maintains body and mind. Finally Krishna advises the total and complete surrender of all doctrines and concepts. \'93Abandon all 
dharmas and come to Me alone for shelter. I will deliver you from all sins; do not grieve.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18/66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This then is the epitome of devotion to the Supreme Lord\'97the willful surrender of everything into His hands. In the West we are given the example of Christ as perfect sacrifice and surrender.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surrender can either be gradual or sudden. This is the age of Kaliyuga, an age characterized by disagreement, ignorance and sudden deat
h. In this age it is best not to waste time. Mankind is already on the brink of a nuclear holocaust. Total surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord is the only solution. In the Fifteenth Chapter of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord Krishna gives the example of the Asvattha Tree. \'93Asvattha\'94 literally means \'93that which does not endure till the next day.\'94 Bec
ause of its changing nature, the entire phenomenal (material world is compared to the Asvattha tree.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They speak of an imperishable Asvattha Tree with its root above and branches below. Its leaves are the Veda
s, and he who knows it knows the Vedas. Above and below spread its branches, nourished by the gunas (goodness, passion and ignorance). Sense-objects are its buds; and its clustering roots spread downward in the world of men, giving rise to action. Its tr
ue form is not comprehended here, nor its end, nor its origin, nor even its existence. Having cut down this firmrooted Asvattha with the strong ax of detachment, one should pray, \'93I take refuge in that Primal Being from whom has streamed forth this et
ernal activity,\'94 and seek that Goal from which they who have reached it never return. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 15/1-4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such is the true method of perfect surrender.
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 1, No. 05,\line  January 1, 1967
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IN THIS ISSUE :\line KRISHNA THE END OF KNOWLEDGE by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By the mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By the mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The editors of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\nosupersub Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , along with our revered teacher, Swami Bhaktivedanta and our godbrothers of the Society, wish to express our deep hopes for a happy New Year\'97one in which pe
ace and enlightenment may bless the hearts of all men. This, of course, is not just a holiday greeting, but the fervent motivation of our lives in devotional service the year round. Praise be to Krishna for giving us such a sweet task.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The picture which follows our cover in this issue is the product of our new art director, Jodavani Devi Dasi. It portrays Lord Sri Chai
tanya Mahaprabhu and His disciples during kirtan. When He was present on this earth four hundred and eighty years ago, Lord Chaitanya introduced the ancient practice of Samkirtan as the remedy for the ills of our present age, and it is this remedy that i
s being promulgated by this Society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our record album, tentatively titled \'93Krishna Consciousness\'94, has yet to appear, but we\'92re hoping to have it released within t
he next two weeks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our San Francisco activities have been postponed until late in January, but a temple and center there are now being established. So it 
looks to us as though Krishna Consciousness is destined to grow and to influence events on the American West Coast. We hope this is but the modest beginnings of a world-wide movement. The influence of the kirtan movement stands to reason\'97after all, wh
o has more influence than the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Editors
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. 
BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Notes transcribed from lectures given September 20, 22, 1966.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad-Gita is an authoritative statement given to Arjuna by Lord Krishna. It must be borne in the mind that the Bhagavad-Gita wa
s spoken on a battlefield. Before the battle, Arjuna declined to fight with his own kinsmen. After the Bhagavad-Gita was spoken, he changed his mind and fought. There was not much time for this discussion\'97one hour at the most\'97for the opposing armie
s were already lined up, and eager to begin the combat.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After hearing about the yoga of meditation, which requires going to a secluded place and sitting perfectly still with the eyes focussed
 on the tip of the nose, Arjuna said, \'93Dear Krishna, I think this system is too difficult for me, on account of my agitated mind.\'94 In the material world our minds are agitated. The nature of the material world is such that we cannot be free from an
xieties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God has many names, according to His different activities. Arjuna here addresses Krishna as \'93Killer of Demons,\'94 because Arjuna se
es his own mind as a demon. The sum and substance of any yoga system is to control the mind. Arjuna said that his mind was so agitated, that it was impossible for him to practise meditation. Now, Arjuna, a great warrior, was a personal friend of Lord Kri
shna, and he was able to understand the Gita in less than an hour whereas today people can\'92t understand it in an entire lifetime. If Arjuna, who was so intelligent and spiritually receptive that he could understand the Gita in an hour, said that medit
ation was too difficult for him, what about us? We are not even in the same category as Arjuna, who was Krishna\'92s friend, and who was so intelligent. If it was impossible for Arjuna, can it be possible for us? It is impossible to still a hurricane, an
d it is equally impossible to still the mind by force. We can control the mind, however, by always thinking of Krishna. Krishna Consciousness is the perfect form of yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meditation was good in a former age, when people lived millions of years. In the age after that the best method was sacrifice. After th
at, it was temple worship. Today, the best method is to chant the Name of the Lord, especially \'93Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.\'94 Today, we don\'92t live long. We are unfortunate, d
isturbed and unintelligent. The whole world is fighting. In times such as these, how can we perform anything as difficult as meditative yoga? Bhakti yoga\'97Krishna Consciousness, and \'93Hare Krishna\'94\'97is recommended for the present age. Meditation
 for the sake of impressing others or yourself will never be successful for even Krishna said that meditation was too difficult in this age. Meditation requires renunciation, but today, even renunciation is too difficult.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Krishna Consciousness there are only four things that must be renounced: illicit sex, intoxication, gambling, and meat-eating. These
 four activities agitate the mind. Renunciation of these is easy in Krishna Consciousness for the process of bhaktiyoga is so easy that these four things become distasteful. Krishna Consciousness does not completely discourage sex, but it discourages sex
 outside of marriage. One who is serious about spiritual advancement cannot encourage illicit or promiscuous sex. If we really want to control the mind it is not necessary to give up sex and food altogether. We can eat food that is properly cooked and of
fered to Krishna, and we can get married. Keeping the mind always in Krishna Consciousness is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samadhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Wh
en one is in Krishna Consciousness, he is leading a renounced life, even if he is not a monk. Success in any form of yoga is not possible without control of the mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once we start on a yoga system, we must stick with it. The desire for spiritual advancement should be there. Out of many men, only a fe
w will try for perfection. Out of thousands of these, only a few will reach it, for it is a difficult process. However, if you want to be a physician, you must study until you graduate. Spiritual advancement is just like that\'97except that the rewards a
re eternal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna asked Krishna, \'93What happens to one who starts to study yoga and then gives up?\'94 Krishna replied that when a cloud gathers
 together, there is a possibility of rain, but if the wind blows the cloud away, there is no rain. There may be thunder and wind, but there will be no rain. Similarly, if one starts the yoga process and quits, he will not have success. Arjuna asked this 
question so that, in the future, people would not get discouraged and quit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means one who has complete and perfect riches, stren
gth, knowledge, renunciation, beauty, and fame. Famous people come and go, but God is always famous. God, or Bhagavan, is One Who has the above attributes in completeness and perfection. Krishna is the proprietor of all riches but He can renounce them at
 a moment\'92s notice. We receive spiritual knowledge from Krishna, but He Himself had no need of a spiritual master. We must believe One Who is in complete knowledge. We accept the authority of the newspaper, so why insist on seeing before believing the
 Bhagavad-Gita? The Gita comes from the highest authority, therefore we must make an attempt to study the Gita well suffer no degradation, even if he fails. One who makes an attempt to study the Gita will never be vanquished. This the Lord guarantees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is self-realized, he makes no distinctions between man and animal, or lower and higher. Ideas of high and low, and other pairs
 of opposites, belong to the material world. When one is in the transcendental position, and sees Krishna everywhere, he is fit to enter into the Kingdom of God. He knows the Supreme Soul, the workings of nature and of the body, and the relationships of 
these to each other. When one is in his relationship with the Supreme Lord, all things are of equal value. This is not to say that the living entity is seen as equal to the Supreme Lord, or that all distinctions are obliterated. This would be equivalent 
to being proficient in a language and not being able to distinguish nouns from verbs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. The realized man therefore sees all things as part of the Supreme Lord. He sees all thi
ngs as Spirit Soul, in different dress. One who is bound to the material world in order to become fit to enter into the Kingdom of God. Krishna comes Himself, or sends His Son or servants to help us\'97but people still prefer to live on the level of cats
 and dogs. They want to exploit nature for business purposes, and live sensuously like animals.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The work of nature goes on under the direction of God, to give a chance to the conditioned souls. This world\'92s miseries remind us th
at we cannot be happy outside of the Kingdom of God. We have no control over the rain or the snow. We should understand that we are helpless\'97that whatever we do, we are forced to do. Even the blinking of our eyes is controlled by material nature. We h
ave no independence. We are continually being slapped by material nature, and we keep asking for more. The intelligent person knows he is being slapped and kicked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The condition of the world has deteriorated because we have fools for leaders and teachers. We must first realize the helplessness of o
ur situation before we can surrender to God. We cannot get material nature to stop slapping us, just as a prisoner cannot stop the harassment of prison life. Wen must be released from the prison of this material nature, for material nature condemns us. W
hen we decide to return to God, spiritual nature helps us. Just as we are free to move on land, but not in the water, so we are truly free in the spiritual world, but not in the material world.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Flowers for Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Flowers for Krishna
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By Rayarama Das Brahmachary\line (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why does sunlight fade the carpet but not flowers?\line And who is the sun?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Behold the countless eyes of day,\line Numberless daisies ashiver with ecstasy upon the meadow field.\line The meadow is a pure, r
adiant meadow.\line Sacrifice is love, I think.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I?\line No, not a balloon full of laughing gas\line Which has but to burst to fill the ether with merriment\'97\line Although that
 is nearly adequate.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I?\line A flower too! A flower too!\line O, make me a sacrifice!\line Make me love!
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I?\line An eye of day.\line Surely, what the simple daisies do I can do,\line What can I give who am already given beyond measure?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O, it is a kind of merging,\line For the lover and the beloved quite forget themselves\line In their passion.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna: The End of Knowledge
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA: THE END OF KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By Hayagriva Das Brahmachary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the end of many births the man of wisdom seeks refuge in Me, realizing that Vasudeva is all. Rare indeed i
s such a high-souled person. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub VII/19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today, for the majority of students attending universities and institutions of higher learning, the question of the end of knowledge, t
he destination of the long pursuit, hardly ever comes to mind. One\'92s eyes are usually fixed on graduation day and the diploma that signifies entrance into a good-paying job. For most, the goal of knowledge is money and the material pleasures it buys.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The more intelligent see the goal in the pursuit itself\'97as in a literary education, the goal is the enjoyment of literature itself, 
or, as in mathematics, the goal is in postulating and proving certain theorems. Nothing more is desired. It is like the pleasure a man gets in building a cabinet, or a painter in painting a picture. The act itself is its own reward. So for the more intel
ligent, education itself is its own reward\'97the neither need nor seek extraneous compensations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet the true artist, the true technician, always honest with himself, never allows his perspectives to stray too far, never allows hims
elf to be too attached to his work. Seeing himself as a man in time and space, seeing his work and the earth in their relationship to the universe, in time and space, seeing all works, even the grandest\'97the earth itself and the entire material univers
e\'97to perishable, he is not attached. He is happy in his work mainly because of his detachment. He is like the child who happily makes sand castles so diligently on the beach yet leaves them when his father takes him home. He doesn\'92t care if the wav
es wash them away. It is a matter of always having things in perspective. This may be said not only of a man\'92s work or art; it may be said of a man\'92s entire life. 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He who bends to himself a Joy\line Doth the winged life destroy;\line But he who kisses the Joy as it flies\line Lives in Eter
nity\'92s sunrise.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1800\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (From William Blake\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gnomic Verses}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Knowledge\'94 itself is elusive. The wisest have always claimed to know nothing. One is always getting the impression that mankind 
is still in kindergarten, especially as one gradually becomes more certain that \'93This life\'92s five windows of the soul/Distorts the Heavens from pole to pole.\'94 (Blake, From }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
The}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everlasting}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gospel) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Socrates was always claiming to know nothing, and Whitman echoed him: \'93I cannot tell how my ankles bend, 
nor whence the cause of my faintest wish. That I walk up my stoop, I pause to consider if it really be.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Song}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Myself}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 24) The time arrives when man sees himself and his \'93accomplishments\'94 as nothing more than the dabblings of a child, fabrications to pass the time, games to distract.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is at this point that \'93knowledge\'94 begins to break down. Man begins to question, \'93What is this \'91knowledge\'92 I\'92ve bee
n so long pursuing? What are its purposes, its categories? Am I on the right path in this pursuit, or am I deluding myself?\'94 If such a man is fortunate, he will turn to a scripture such as }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for guidance, and he will see that Krishna Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, divides knowledge into three \'93gunas\'94 or qualities: sattva, 
rajas, and tamas\'97namely, goodness, passion, and ignorance.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The knowledge by which one indestructible Substance is seen in all beings, undivided in the divided\'97know t
hat that knowledge is of the nature of sattva (goodness). (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVIII/20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such is the knowledge of the good or holy man who sees \'93the touch of the One in the play of the many.\'94 Such a man is never delude
d for behind the play of maya he always sees One Actor\'97the Supreme Lord. That this knowledge is rare today accounts for the abundance of misery in this kaliyuga, this age of ignorance, chaos and disagreement. Transcendental knowledge is in the mode of
 goodness automatically. Those who cultivate knowledge beyond this body culminating in the firm conviction that \'93I am not this body, I am spirit-soul,\'94 begin from the mode of goodness, or sattva. Knowledge in goodness is the starting point for self
-realization. Men seeking transcendental knowledge have nothing to do with knowledge in the modes of passion and ignorance. Rather, people who see their own interest as separate from spiritual knowledge are in the inferior modes.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But that knowledge through which one sees in all beings various entities of different kinds as differing from
 one another\'97know that that knowledge is of the nature of rajas (passion). (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVIII/21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A man whose knowledge is in the mode of passion comprehends different souls dwelling in different bodies in constant conflict with one 
another. This point of view immediately places such a man in the position of defending \'93that which is mine\'94 and working for his own benefit, for he sees diversity, and is involved in the struggle which is born out of diversity. Such a man very vigo
rously struggles to maintain his particular interest against the interests of others. He is also constantly trying to improve conditions in the material world, and of course conditions are continually overwhelming him. He does not understand that he will
 never be happy in the material world any more than a fish will be happy on land, for in truth he is not matter, but spirit. He will never be happy on this earth, regardless of the number of gadgets he may devise for his convenience and material comfort,
 for he is still confined to the prison-house of birth, disease, old age and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, Krishna speaks of \'93knowledge\'94 in ignorance:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1080\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the knowledge that is confined to one single effect as if it were the whole, and is without reason, with
out foundation in truth, and trivial\'97that knowledge is declared to be of the nature of tamas (ignorance, or dullness). (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVIII/22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a man is simply happy with a little food, a place to sleep, some sex enjoyment and a few other pleasures to make life \'93tolerabl
e.\'94 He considers his body to be the cause of effects and of things into which he comes into contact, and he is therefore a slave to his body, working always with his body comfort in mind. Such men are on the level of the animals\'97they have no desire
 for improvement either in this world or in the next. Their conception of the universe is strictly physical and they have no idea of a Supreme Spirit behind the material guise. Of them it is said, \'93the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness compr
ehended it not.\'94 (John, I/5)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A brief review of the fields of contemporary knowledge reveals passion and ignorance to be the two predominant modes. In the \'93humani
ties,\'94 for instance, history (from the transcendental viewpoint) truly becomes a pack of lies perpetrated on the dead, so much senseless conjecture and family gossip. Of what use is history? Its only justification is that man can learn from it and it 
can give man a sense of direction; in this century alone there have been two major wars and thousands of books have been written about them, horrors that might well have been forgotten have been dug up, revitalized and dealt to the public in tons of news
print. Still mankind rushes stubbornly into a third holocaust. History only teaches that it teaches nothing. That most historians are cynics is testimony to this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Speculative philosophy becomes the most useless of all gestures\'97stacks and stacks of words that are only good for burning on a cold 
night. Rationalizing, speculation, intellectualizing a la Western philosophic tradition have only led\'97at most\'97to dry and dusty treatises and pipe-arguments. Similarly, literature may contain some beautiful stories, but in this century it so often c
onsists of many stylistic conceits and materialistic nonsense\'97students had rather dissect the jittery personalities of Faulkner, Pound, Hemingway than road their works. After so many years, man has finally become wary of words and those who use them. 
\'93Were you thinking that those were the words, those upright lines? Those curves, angles, dots?/ No, those are not the words, the substantial words are in the ground and sea,/They are in the air, they are in you.\'94 (Whitman, \'93A Song of the Rolling
 Earth\'94) In the realm of words, poetry, often accused of being the most senseless and useless mode of man\'92s expression, seems to be the only one worth retaining. Poetry is the music of words, and music of transcendental praise does not belong to th
e sphere of \'93knowledge.\'94 But history which only records struggle on the material plane, and philosophy that is filled with vain speculation, and literature that also depicts materialistic struggle and is written to amuse without enlightening and is
 the work of authors desirous of money and fame\'97such fields of knowledge are in the modes of passion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like history, philosophy, and literature, science has only succeeded in implementing man with encumbrances that mainly serve to divert 
his energy. For example, because there are so many automobiles, man feels the need to travel more and more. Now man is spending so much energy to reach the moon\'97for what specific reason, no one can really say, save for the psychological need he must f
eel to escape earth. However, advanced yogis and those advanced in Krishna-consciousness know that such vehicular interplanetary travel is most difficult, if not impossible. Space travel is not difficult\'97the gross materialists are simply going about i
t the wrong way. Furthermore, science has principally helped man to destroy himself most effectively. In the realm, science has proved itself most helpful and progressive. Extermination. When God gave man gunpowder He knew the little bangs would grow int
o bigger and bigger ones. In this field, science is most adept. \'93They murder to dissect\'94 is now a bland statement. Always what Hart Crane called \'93the iron dealt cleavage,\'94 iron, metal, science cutting flesh. It is a familiar story. Yet these 
madmen, masters of extermination, receive large financial grants from universities and foundations to further pursue the annihilation of the race. They are always trying to kill God, but God cannot be killed. Yet science, the pursuit of the firecracker, 
is considered knowledge. At its best when it attempts to satisfy the material desires of man by helping him attain adequate food and shelter or curing his physical diseases for a short duration, it is knowledge in the mode of passion. And when science sh
ackles man with modern \'93conveniences\'94 or frivolous gimmicks or when it exterminates man by monstrous bombs and military devices, then it is asuric\'97it is knowledge in the mode of ignorance and darkness. Although modern man places all his hopes in
 science, the wise know this to be the knowledge of the madhouse.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And while mentioning madhouses, the lunatics of psychology, one of the latest \'93departments of knowledge,\'94 are known to be on the 
loose, supported by a considerable amount of police-power. These \'93PhD\'94 testgivers, judgers of sanity, can haul any citizen off the streets of (for example) New York City, throw him in Bellevue Observation Ward, and keep him there \'93indefinitely.
\'94 If the unfortunate soul happens to manage a squeal of protest, these heavy-handed soul-searchers throw him into their own Bellevue Kangaroo Court then clap him away into a rat-infested State bedlam supervised by doctors and orderlies whose sadism wo
uld have afforded Kraft-Ebing some juicy histories. Many sensitive and intelligent men are broken by the doctors of psychology who manage them much like they manage their white mice. Either conform to the madness of contemporary civilization or you\'92re
 \'93psychotic,\'94 they tell modern man. So this latest branch of \'93knowledge,\'94 in the mode of darkest ignorance, is affording man one of the biggest detours on his road to happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many examples of similar diversions can be given: mathematics are concerned with number games. No mathematician has ever been able to p
rove that one equals one, and besides, reducing everything to an equation helps no one. Politics is an animal farm for the power-hungry, the vanity of vanities, and business and finances are simply the arts of throat-cutting. In that sense they hold hand
s with science. Sociology is concerned with the dying and anthropology with the dead. The language into which one is born affords a sufficient number of confusing symbols without one\'92s trying to learn others. Most comparative linguists never manage to
 master their own native tongues. And astronomy. One glance at the sky and any fool can tell you the stars are innumerable. All these fields of knowledge are in the modes of passion and ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such are the branches of \'93knowledge\'94 offered by man, a poor serving indeed, hardly worthy of consideration let alone a lifetime
\'92s devotion. The principle of money-making keeps most of them in business, and behind the money-making principle is the principle of sense-gratification. And sense-gratification mainly includes eating, merry-making, sleeping sex-life and defending. So
 take these away and the whole structure of \'93knowledge\'94 collapses. It\'92s all really rather basic after all. But the veneer, glossed by centuries of deceit, is thick indeed, and many are entrapped. The real problems of birth, old age, disease, and
 death go unsolved and untouched. So it is said that \'93Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How to get out? How to put an end to trickery and delusion, the fruits of false knowledge? Krishna says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the end of many births the man of wisdom seeks refuge in Me, realizing that Vasudeva is all. Rare indeed i
s such a high-souled person. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub VII/19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By Me, in My unmanifested form, are all things in this universe pervaded. All beings exist in Me, but I do no
t exist in them. \line And yet the beings do not dwell in Me\'97behold, that is My divine mystery. My Spirit, which is the support of all beings and the source of all things, does not dwell in them.\line As the mighty wind blowing everywhere ever rests i
n the aethereal space (akasa), know that in the same manner all beings rest in Me.\line At the end of a cycle all beings, O son of Kunti, enter into My Prakriti (nature), and at the beginning of a cycle I generate them again.\line Controlling My own Prak
riti, I send forth, again and again, all this multitude of beings, helpless under the sway of maya. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IX/4-8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fools disregard Me when I assume a human form; for they are unaware of My higher nature as the Supreme Lord o
f all beings. Being of the deceitful nature of fiends and demons, they cherish vain hopes, perform vain actions, pursue vain knowledge, and are devoid of judgement.\line But the great-sould men, O Partha, who are endowed with the divine nature, worship M
e with undisturbed minds, knowing that I am immutable and the origin of all beings.\line Ever glorifying Me, always striving with self-control, remaining firm in their vows, bowing before Me, they worship Me with love and unwavering steadiness.\line Othe
rs, again, offer the oblation of knowledge and worship Me either as one with them or as distinct from them; and still others in various ways worship Me, whose form is the whole universe. (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IX/11-15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore worldly knowledge, by the standards of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is concerned with }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the il
lusion, or the play of God. All things that are perceived by the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell) and by the mind are ephemeral, illusory. While the human being is in contact with them, they seem real enough, but when they are past they have no
 more reality than dreams. One can easily understand this by thinking of the past years in one\'92s life. Now those past years are no more tangible than dreams. Similarly, this moment that is now passing is seemingly real, but in the future, with retrosp
ection, it will also have that dream-like quality. World War II is now over. Now that it is over it only seems like a bad dream. This is the nature of all things in the material world. They are here one moment and gone the next. It is impossible to hold 
onto them for any length of time. Because they do not endure, because they are all ephemeral, they are called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , illusion. Life itself, then, is maya. As long as we are perceiving things through these bodies, we are entangled by maya. Life is very much like being rushed through a a tunnel of dreams. We plunge in one side (birth) and are cast into the 
tunnel\'92s darkness. While rushing through this darkness all kinds of illusory forms glash past\'97sounds, sights, tastes, touches, odors \'85 all confront us, all kinds of men and women, countries, lands, earths, solar systems and all the paraphernalia
 of the material universe presents itself to us. Then suddenly we come out the tunnel (at death) and are once again in the Light. It is this Light, not the tunnel, that is the Reality. Those who are concerned with knowledge of the tunnel are deluded. The
 tunnel universities and tunnel occupations and pastimes are not for wise men. The truly wise are concerned with the Reality. The Reality is the Kingdom of Krishna, of God, which is the true and eternal abode of Bliss-Knowledge-Absolute. It is in this Ki
ngdom, not in the tunnel, that we are free and blissful. The tunnel is only darkness, confusion and pain. One has often heard that this world is darkness and that we see, as it were, \'93through a glass darkly.\'94 This is what William Blake meant when h
e wrote:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This life\'92s five windows of the soul\line Distorts the Heavens from pole to pole,\line And leads you to beli
eve a lie\line When you see with, not thro\'92, the eye\line That was born in a night, to perish in a night,\line When the soul slept in the beams of light.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1440\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (William Blake, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Everlasting Gosp
el}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since our concerns are not really with the tunnel, since our real happiness cannot be found in the tunnel, what are we to do? Are we to
 kill ourselves to get out of our miserable condition? No, we have no right to do this. Even our own material body does not belong to us: we have no right to put an end to it. \'93Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run 
away,\'94 Socrates said. \'93A man should wait, and not take his own life until God summons him.\'94 Socrates was one of the few philosophers in the West to understand that the body is the abode of darkness.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The body is a source of endless trouble to us by reason of the mere requirement of food; and it is liable als
o to diseases which overtake and impede us in the search after true being: it fills us full of loves, and lusts, and fears, and fancies of all kinds, and endless foolery, and in fact, as men say, takes away from us the power of thinking at all. Whence co
me wars, and fightings, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lusts of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the sake and in the service of the body; and by reason of all these impediments we have n
o time to give to wisdom; and, last and worst of all, even if we are at leisure and betake ourselves to some speculation, the body is always breaking in upon us, causing turmoil and confusion in our enquiries, and so amazing us that we are prevented from
 seeing the truth. It has been proved to us by experience that if we would have pure knowledge of anything we must be quit of the body\'97the soul in herself must behold things in themselves: and then we shall attain the wisdom which we desire, and of wh
ich we say that we are lovers; not while we live, but after death; for if while in company with the body, the soul cannot have pure knowledge, one of two things follows\'97either knowledge is not to be attained at all, or, if at all, after death. For the
n, and not till then, the soul will be parted from the body and exist in herself alone. In this present life, I reckon that we make the nearest approach to knowledge when we have the least possible intercourse or communion with the body, and are not surf
eited with the bodily nature, but keep ourselves pure until the hour when God himself is pleased to release us. And thus having got rid of the foolishness of the body we shall be pure and hold converse with the pure, and know of ourselves the clear light
 everywhere, which is no other than the light of truth. (Socrates, from Plato\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Phaedo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To come out the tunnel of darkness into the light of truth therefore is the end of knowledge. The light of truth emanates from God, Kri
shna, Who is the abode of all wisdom and truth. Our happiness then is in surrendering to the Godhead who will put an end to all the false \'93knowledge\'94 of the tunnel. The light of His truth scatters ignorance and darkness as the sun in the material u
niverse scatters the darkness of night. While we are in the tunnel, we have certain guidebooks to follow that will lead us into the light. The Gospel of Christ is such a \'93guidebook.\'94 The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is another guidebook. The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Koran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and Buddhist sutras are also authorised guidebooks. We should be careful, however, to make certain our guidebook is authorised scripture and not mere human speculation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As long as we are in the tunnel of darkness thinking ourselves these bodies and administering to the demands of these bodies, we will n
ot be happy. We will be like diseased men scratching their sores, making their disease worse. The \'93knowledgeable\'94 man, PhD, MD, or LSD, who thinks himself this body and who attaches importance to its fame and administers to its desires, is a first 
class fool with a skin disease. He does not deserve to be listened to, regardless of his teachings. The wise man knows that he is under the spell of illusion due to material contact. He surrenders himself to the Lotus Feet of Krishna and becomes automati
cally freed from material contamination. He cries \'93Hare Krishna, Hare Rama\'94 at the Lotus Feet of the Lord, imploring liberation from his diseased condition. And, if he is sincere, real knowledge is communicated to him by Krishna, knowledge that }{
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\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spirit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ever}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub blissful}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ever}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub free}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and my joy is in eternal association with the Supreme Lord. This is real knowledge and is transcendental to knowledge in the mode of goodness, passio
n and ignorance. It is the beginning of Krishna consciousness. The process of chanting clears away the dirt of materialistic \'93knowledge\'94 and makes one eligible to receive real knowledge from the Supreme Lord. It is only in this transcendental knowl
edge that this life becomes worth living and in which the next life is eternally blissful.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Society's activities and kirtan have been recently filmed by CBS for presentation on the "Eye on New York" program to be televised 
in three to four weeks. Many of the Society members spoke of their experience with Krishna Consciousness. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Society is continuing negotiations for a new building, but nothing definite has been ascertained.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During Swamiji's absence, kirtans will continue to be held at the temple during the usual times. There may or may not be group discussi
ons.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The picture appearing in this month's issue of Back to Godhead depicts Lord Chaitanya and His disciples flying high. The artist is Jadu
rani Devi dasi, who is currently painting twenty-four canvases of Lord Vishnu in various four-handed positions.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Editors
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. 
BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Notes transcribed from a lecture given Wednesday, December 7, 1966.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "On The Teachings of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you want Lord Krishna, then there is no other way except by devotional service. As for yoga, ritualistic performances, and the study
 of Vedic or other scriptural literature-all these forms are recommended to help us further ourselves. But, if you want to be in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you have to engage in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya gives evidence of this from the Vedic literature. There is a verse in this connection in Srimad Bhagavatam. In it, Lord 
Krishna is instructing Uddhava. Uddhava was a great devotee\'97even greater than Arjuna. (There are three classes of devotees. The first class devotees are represented by the Gopis, the dancers of Vrindavan. Uddhava was next, and Arjuna represents the th
ird.) Uddhava was instructed just as Arjuna was. In Srimad Bhagavatam, Krishna says that God is one, and that to act in devotional service is also one. Now, your body has nine holes or openings; two ears, two eyes, the mouth, the nose and the genitals. I
f you want to supply foodstuff to the body, there is only one way\'97through the mouth. You can't supply food through the genitals. Similarly, if you want God, there is one way, bhakti. The foolish say that any path we accept will bring us to God. They a
re misguiding you. You can't reach God by any other means than by devotion. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Impersonal, localized and universal\'97these are all forms of realization, but they are not perfect. If you want to know perfection, as
 its existence is stated in all Vedic literature, then read Lord Chaitanya who points out that, in the Srimad Bhagavatam, the way is called bhakti. You can never know the Lord fully, but you can know Him partially. The highest peak of human perfection ca
n be reached by bhakti.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process of devotional service is very dear to one who is acting in transcendental service. It is not simple. Belief in God is not 
sufficient. The ultimate goal is to attain love of God. To believe in God is not the end. You should further develop yourself to become God's order-supplier\'97that is the way to perfection. Generally, people keep God as }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  order-supplier, and they ask and thank God for daily bread. The ultimate devotion, however, is rendered when we supply for God. 
Yasoda was so advanced that Krishna as a child was dependent on her. The mother's system was, "If you become naughty, I shall punish you." The Lord says that when His devotee makes Him dependent on him, then He is pleased. The devotee wants to serve God
\'97that is why God depends upon him. The mother is safe in keeping the child in perfect order. We must see that He is always in order. Thus, although nobody can conquer Him, His devotee can conquer Him by pure love. Such is the process of devotional ser
vice.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya confirms that if you want to know Krishna, then devotional service is the only way. Devotional service is transcendental
. While we are in the material world, we have this material body. So here this practice is apprenticeship. Of course, the same situations will be there in the spiritual kingdom. Though this is really only practice, even in practice we will feel the trans
cendental flavor. In this apprenticeship, if one follows the proper course, what is the result? Just as when a poor man gets sufficient money, all his sufferings are gone at once and as soon as the sun is in the sky, the darkness immediately goes away, s
imilarly, as soon as get a taste of devotional service, our whole life becomes happy at once. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person in Krishna Consciousness can't be distressed by material activities. By execution of devotional service, you devote your activ
ities to God, and thus develop your love of God. As soon as you get a taste for Krishna, you lose your taste for material life. As soon as you develop your love for Krishna, all this is gone. As long as you have a tinge of taste for the material world, y
ou have to undergo transmigration from one body to another. The material body is meant for miseries-the threefold material miseries, and the specific miseries of birth, death, disease and old age. Krishna says that love for God begins after many births, 
when one surrenders unto Krishna. Therefore, we have a great opportunity before us, and we must get ourselves out of material contamination now. With this belief and determination you will make advancement. As you are determined, your taste for associati
on with devotees will develop. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then you have to execute devotional service according to the prescription of Lord Chaitanya. As soon as your devotional service and pre
scribed duties are performed, you become free from all material activities. You first have the taste, then you gradually develop and become fully in trance. You can't attain love of God immediately. Nevertheless, the love of God is there within you if yo
u become submissive by hearing and if you practice chanting the tongue should be engaged in glorifying God and in eating Krishna prasadam. As soon as you confirm your submission by engaging the tongue, your service will actually start. Taste Krishna pras
adam, speak of Krishna, and chant for Krishna. As you engage yourself, God will reveal Himself to you. You have to please Him by attaining the devotional service attitude. If you execute devotional service, you will develop love. As you develop love for 
Krishna, you are freed from material contamination. As you develop your love of devotion, you develop your freedom. One should not think, "Now I am happy," or, "I have become liberated." These are the by-products. Becoming happy is not the end. The ultim
ate goal is to be absorbed in love of God in which you are crying in torment because of separation from Him. That means reaching perfection. If you love someone and they die, you will see everything barren and naked. But when you give your attachment to 
Krishna, that love will never be finished. That is the perfection of life. That is the love of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chanting 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chanting 
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Satsvarupa Das Brahmachari (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we were chanting\line Hare Krishna \line and the light of the sky\line was going in and out\line My pleasure was so
\line great I was afraid\line lest I be swept to Indra's heaven\line and there given a chariot ride\line down the length of the rainbow.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whereas here on earth,\line standing on Houston Street,\line I can chant the Holy\line Name of Krishna and\line He is with m
e\line (kindly dancing on my tongue),\line Who is the Source of Everything.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On Peace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON PEACE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By Rayarama Das Brahmachari
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna delivered the message of the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra, just as two titanic armies were about t
o clash. The trumpets and conch shells heralding the battle had already been blown, and the bows were drawn tight with their arrows ready to fly. The horses were nervous, the warriors tense with anticipation of mortal combat. It was at this point that Ar
juna had second thoughts. Although he was convinced of the righteousness of his cause and had the direct sanction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, he became sickened at the prospect of leading his army into civil war. He could see no good r
esult coming from the battle. He decided to leave the field\'97ruined and dishonored\'97and to adopt a life of poverty, although he was by birth and upbringing a prince of splendid position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At that point, Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, advised Arjuna to fight. The course of the conversation which followed betw
een these two is the instruction of the Bhagavad Gita. This may seem an unlikely tree from which to pluck the fruit of peace\'97but we shall soon see that the fruit is there, and that it is well within our reach.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To begin His instructions to Arjuna, the Lord made clear the difference between the body and the soul. Arjuna's misgivings were all on 
the level of material consciousness\'97he was considering the ills, comforts and relationships of the body. Krishna politely called him a fool for this, and then explained that the living entity\'97the real being\'97is not matter at all. The real person 
is the soul., the pure spirit that dwells within the body. Krishna speaks of the soul in these terms:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He who thinks that this slays\line And he who thinks that this is slain\'97\line Both fail to perceive the truth:\line This o
ne neither slays nor is slain.\line He is never born, nor does he die at any time,\line Nor, having being, will he cease to be.\line He is unborn, eternal, permanent and primeval.\line }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub He is not slain when the body is slain}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Gita, II/19-20)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is to this real person, and not to the material covering, that Bhagavad Gita is addressed. The material covering\'97the body\'97is b
orn, and is quite as ephemeral as a flicker of sunset color. Of the soul, however, these things are not true. Again, Lord Sri Krishna says:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Weapons do not cut this self,\line Fire does not burn him,\line Waters do not wet him,\line Nor does the wind make him dry.
\line He is uncleavable. He cannot be burnt.\line He can neither be wetted nor dried.\line Though he pervades the body, he is eternal, unchanging, and immovable.\line He is the same forever. (Gita, II/23-24)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the real person, who has by mischance fallen into this ocean of material misery. Here, he is not at home. He has identified him
self with the body, and is therefore suffering the pangs of disease, old age, death and rebirth. All the impermanence and insecurity of the ever-changing material universe are his\'97although he is in fact "eternal, unchanging and immovable\'85the same f
orever."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before we can actually consider the problem of peace, we must make clear this distinction between matter and spirit. This is what Krish
na did for Arjuna, before going on with the teaching of Bhagavad Gita. And so this distinction is necessary for our further understanding also. The great acharya and our grand spiritual master Sri Srimad Bhakti Sidhanta Sarasvati Goswami used to tell the
 following brief story to his disciples, to illustrate this point:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once a man fell into a lake. Being unable to swim, he shouted and cried for help, flailing desperately in the water. A well-meaning pas
serby, seeing the man's plight, leapt into the lake and swam to him. The rescuer, upon reaching the drowning man, took off the man's coat and then brought it back to shore. He was very proud of himself, but the people on the shore jeered at him for being
 a terrible fool. He had brought the drowning man's coat to safety, but the man himself had by now gone down to his death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as a person casts off worn-out garments\line And puts on others that are new-\line Even so does the embodied soul cast 
off worn-out bodies\line And takes on others that are new.\line (Gita, II/22)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as we would deride the fool who brought the drowning man's coat to shore\'97so we must deride the doers of good deeds in our prese
nt society, who ignore the soul\'97the true, imperishable person\'97and make prodigious efforts towards the relief of the body. Fortunes are cast into the fire for saving people's bodies, but in the end everyone surely dies. Meanwhile, the real living en
tity within goes on suffering indefinitely, neither its disease nor its very existence being regarded.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This applies to our present strivings for peace in the world as well. All our grave and earnest efforts are being directed at the body
\'97to prevent its death on the field of battle\'97yet no one can stay the hand of death, nor turn the sun back on its course, nor stop the coming of dusk. We think that conditions in Vietnam are pitiable, but we ignore the pitiable conditions on the Bow
ery, in Harlem\'97and, yes, even in Levittown. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all suffering at the hands of material nature, because it is alien to us. No man can live contentedly in the midst of the North 
Atlantic, nor can a whale find a peaceful home on the Great Plains. The eternal spirit soul, in similar fashion, is out of its natural environment when, under the cloud of illusion, it accepts the bodily concept of life. Its plight is duly noted by the L
ord:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entities are\line Eternal fragmental portions of Myself.\line They are dragging on in a bitter struggle for exist
ence in material nature\line With the six senses, including the mind. (Gita, XV/7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because we are eternal, we seek eternal surroundings. But we have accepted material nature, and so our strivings for happiness, securit
y and peace are carried out here, where they cannot be brought to success. In the Eight chapter of Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says, "The basis of all created things is mutable nature." (Gita, VIII/4). As the basis of the created\'97or material\'97world, muta
bility is not separable from the material world. Just what this mutability consists of and how it acts is elsewhere described by the Lord, in discussing the three modes by which nature manifests itself.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goodness prevails, overpowering\line Passion and ignorance, O Bharata.\line Passion prevails, overpowering goodness and igno
rance.\line Even so ignorance prevails, overpowering goodness and passion. (Gita XIV/10)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the working of nature\'97both within man and within the whole context of material creation. Just as there are many men today wh
o are laboring dearly for peace\'97so there are even more men (obviously) who are laboring for war. This is an eternal process, according to Lord Sri Krishna. At one time the forces of goodness prevail, at another the powers of passion, and then again
\'97as in a dark or stagnant age-the forces of ignorance are most prominent. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This revolving wheel cannot be stopped. It is not a phenomenon peculiar to human activities, but a universal law\'97the mutability of m
aterial existence. Even on a much higher scale, the very cosmos itself is subject to this restless activity. Here is the Lord's description of cosmic evolution:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the coming of day\line All manifested things come forth from the unmanifested\line And at the coming of night\line They mer
ge in that same unmanifested.\line This very same multitude of existences\line Arising again and again\line Merges helplessly at the coming of night, O Partha,\line And streams forth into being at the coming of day.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li3600\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Gita, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub VIII/18-19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What peace then shall we find here? Here, there is only a perpetual struggle to survive, where survival is assuredly impossible. The Ut
opian concept of a world without war\'97a world of material peace and comfort\'97is an imagination. There is aplace of true peace and, more than comfort, eternal ecstacy\'97but it is not here in the sphere of cosmic evolution.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, we have already seen that the living entity is not matter. Although he has identified himself with the body, he is actually et
ernal, and lives on after the annihilation of the body. He lives on, in fact, beyond the annihilation of the very universe\'97through cosmic days and nights without end. His real position lies outside the spinning modes of material nature.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The master (of the body) does not act,\line Nor does he cause others to act,\line Nor does he connect work with its fruit.
\line It is nature that accomplishes these things. (Gita 5/14)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disturbance, turbulence and unrest, the grim struggle for existence, the savage grappling for impossible survival\'97these are nature's
 actions. The real living spark does not participate. He merely lends his consciousness, and therefore he suffers. But, when he can withdraw his attachment, and fix himself in his real nature\'97then he is free, for he has broken his artificial ties with
 nature. Being established in one's real identity, we must therefore conclude, is the meaning of peace. No aspect of body consciousness can bring peace, because the body is only an artificial covering\'97itself the cause of our unhappiness, subject by it
s very constitution to the limits of day and night, and day and night again, and on and on again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can have real peace. We can withdraw ourselves from our attachment to matter, and fix ourselves in ourselves as we really are\'97ful
l of knowledge, blissful and eternal. This real peace can be had first of all in personal terms\'97immediately and directly for the individual. The Lord, in His infinite kindness, appeared on this earth to help us find the way to peace. Here is His formu
la for the individual:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest,\line Whatever thou offerest, whatever thou givest away,\line Whatever austerities
 thou dost practice\'97\line Do that, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), as an offering to Me.\line Thus shalt thou be freed\line From the good and evil results which are the bonds of action.\line With thy mind firmly set on the way of renunciation,\line Thou shal
t become free, and attain to Me.\line (Gita IX/27-28)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Renunciation is the path of freedom to peace. Renunciation does not mean holing up in a cave or in a jungle. It is much simpler than th
at. Renunciation means offering everything to God. Everything already belongs to God, but we have foolishly set ourselves up as independent lords and masters\'97and so we are in agony life after life, never resting, never happy and never at peace. Even i
f we come to know some flickering shadow of these things, the hand of death touches us, and all is gone\'97the millionaire, the general, the movie star and the madman\'97all must go then and there, and none may have even a moment's delay, whatever his as
sets. But the man who understands the Lord\'97this man finds peace which is sweeter than all April's blossoms\'97and which will never end. This formula is given most explicitly in the Fifth chapter of Bhagavad Gita:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And having known Me as the Enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities,\line The great Lord of all the worlds,\line The friend of 
all beings,\line He attains peace. (Gita, V/29)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These three items of knowledge, then, will bring us peace: First, that God is the Enjoyer of everything, and that everything is meant f
or His enjoyment. Second, that God is the Lord and Master of all worlds. And, third, that the Lord is friend to all beings, whatever their aspect. If we accept these principles, we have drawn ourselves out of the entanglement of material nature. If the n
ations of the world and their government will accept these principles, then we can actually have world-wide peace at once. There will be no need to battle over some land, some sky, some jewels or some influence if we realize that all these things are the
 property of God. It is because we imagine them to be ours that we are killing each other for them. We come to this earth naked and we go empty-handed\'97and while we're here we struggle ferociously for some clods of clay. But these things are not ours. 
They will never be ours. They are God's, and we are also God's. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern civilization is deeply engrossed in the search for peace, but for all the efforts made, no peace has been found. Nations are eng
aged in vicious warfare\'97and individuals are likewise so engaged in the course of their daily lives. In Sweden today there is no war, and yet the people are committing suicide in appalling numbers. No armies are contesting the roadways in New York or C
alifornia, but you cannot count the dead which pile up on them everyday. There is no more peace in Stockholm or in the Bronx than there is in Vietnam\'97only the fashion of the struggle and its attendant agonies are different. This is because we have fai
led to recognized the Lord. Our godless civilization is a disaster on every account.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a Sanskrit verse which translates approximately like this: "Eating, sleeping, defending and mating are instincts common to ani
mals and men. But the extra instinct, which distinguishes the human from the animal, is his religious instinct." Human life is characterized by its highly-developed consciousness. Unless we use this developed consciousness to find out the answers to the 
problems of existence, then we are using only our animal instincts. In other words, without at least a serious enquiry into the nature of our being, our life cannot be said to be human.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This society as it stands today, then, is not human society. It has cast aside all interest in God and the spirit, and has bent all its
 energies to sophisticating and elaborating upon the gratification of those simple instincts which we hold in common with the dogs, the hogs and the buffalo. Because war disturbs one's ability to enjoy his animal propensities, our society has decided to 
find some means to abolish war. It has not taken any consideration of the Lord, however, That would also mean giving up our deep attachment to those propensities which we share with the less-conscious animals. However, without god-consciousness, we are n
o more than sophisticated dogs. This is why the United Nations is a failure, and why it will continue to fail. There is no more hope of a workable peace coming from the General Assembly than there is from the city pound.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The leaders who are attempting to guide our civilization away from disaster are unmindful of God. Being ignorant of God, they are thems
elves blind to all truth, and at the mercy of the modes of nature. They cannot possibly accomplish anything but deviltry. The words of this writer will be less trenchant than the following three verses from Bhagavad Gita, in which the Lord Himself speaks
 on this subject:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deluded by these\line Threefold modes of Nature,\line This whole world does not recognize Me,\line Who am above them and imp
erishable.\line This Divine maya (illusory energy) of Mine,\line Consisting of the three modes, is hard to overcome.\line But those who take refuge in Me alone\line Cross beyond it.\line The evil-doers, the foolish,\line The lowest of Mankind\'97whose mi
nds are carried away by illusion\line And who partake of the nature of demons\'97\line These do not seek refuge in Me.    (Gita, VII/13-15)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Krishna doesn't mince His words. We may know then, on His authority, that most of the leaders\'97intellectual as well as administr
ative\'97of our modern world, are evil-doers, fools, the lowest among Mankind\'97and that their knowledge has been carried away by illusion (in other words, they are mad). Do not expect peace in our time. These men who now lead us are particularly qualif
ied only for the grim mischief which we have already so lavishly tasted in this Twentieth Century. As to whether these men are likely to bring about peace in spite of their poor qualifications\'97by chance, as it were\'97here are two more verses which pr
etty nicely examine this possibility:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The deluded despise Me\line Clad in human body,\line Not knowing My higher Nature\line As Lord of all existences.\line Parta
king of the deceptive nature of fiends and demons,\line }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their aspirations are vain,\line Their actions vain and their knowledge vain\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And they are devoid of judgment. (Gita, IX/11-12)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fact is that there are probably at least as many atheists campaigning for peace as there are engaged in war right now. Bhagavad Git
a says that all of these men are devoid of judgment. We can expect no good from them. The Lord Himself avows this, and the events of history attest to the truth of His words.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even if a political peace can be established, it will not mean that peace has come to Mankind. Peace is a thing of the heart, the mind 
and the soul. Peace can be absent from the placid shores of some sylvan meadow stream, and it can also be had in the midst of brutal violence and mayhem. Even so slight a thing as a smile on the rush-hour bus is a conquest of material nature. Peace is an
 inner quality. It is a gift of God bestowed upon those who are wise enough to accept Him as the Supreme Enjoyer, Lord of all world, and Friend of all beings.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great-souled (mahatmas), O Partha\line Who abide in the divine nature,\line Knowing Me the imperishable source of all be
ings,\line Worship Me with undistracted devotion.  (Gita, IX/13)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are the qualifications which we should look for in our leaders. They are rarely found, to be sure, but if we actually want peace 
among men, then we must seek out such people. Of course, even the present leaders of the world can quickly attain the status of great-souled. Let them take up the chanting of the Lord's Holy Names, to purify their minds. Let them recognize the Lord's sov
ereignty of God, and the sacredness of all that belongs to Him. Let them make it their business to propagate God-consciousness among the people whose earthly destinies they wish to guide. These measures will bring peace to this planet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And, if we want peace within\'97the real peace which affects the soul and not merely its outer covering of the body\'97then we must our
selves bow down with undistracted devotion to the Lord. This is what Arjuna did. Thereupon, though he waded into the monstrous melee at Kurukshetra, he was free from the good and evil reactions of his deeds, because he acted not on his own behalf, but at
 the bidding of the Lord, Sri Krishna. Arjuna the warrior continued to be a warrior, but he was at peace, in worshiping God. We too need not retreat from the world in order to find real peace. We need only turn to the Lord. In Him lies the end of all pur
suits. The words of Arjuna, upon seeing the Lord's Universal Form, well apply to us, as well as to all creatures in all ages:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And why should they not do Thee homage, O exalted One, Who\line art greater than Brahma, the original father?\line O Infinit
e Being, Lord of gods,\line Refuge of the Universe, Thou art the Imperishable,\line The being and the non-being and what is beyond even that.\line Thou art the first of the gods, the Primal Person,\line The Supreme Resting Place of the world.\line Thou a
rt the knower and That which is to be known and the Supreme Goal.\line By Thee is this universe pervaded, O Thou of Infinite Form!\line Thou art the wind, the destroyer, \line The fire, the sea-god, the moon and the grandsire of all.\line Hail, hail to T
hee a thousand fold!\line Hail, hail to Thee again and yet again!\line Hail to Thee in front, hail to Thee behind,\line And hail to Thee on every side, O All! \line Boundless in power and immeasurable in might,\line Thou dost penetrates all and therefore
 Thou art All!\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Gita, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11.37-40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XI/37-40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who recognizes these truths has found the genuine splendor of all existence\'97and he has found peace as well. He is not a weakling
 or a fool; he is a realist in the highest sense of the word. Let the madmen whose fingers have closed on the gold and the flesh of this world have their brief game of play. We must seek Reality. One who is sincere in his quest for peace will look to the
 root cause of the world's distress\'97and he will find it in the hardness of his own heart. So, let's pry open the doors that have sealed off the pure, radiant chambers of our hearts. Let's pray for peace with these words of Arjuna:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thou art the Father of the world, of the moving and the unmoving.\line Thou art the Object of its worship, and its venerable
 Teacher.\line None is equal to Thee. How then \line Could there be one greater than Thee in the three worlds,\line O Thou of incomparable greatness?\line Therefore, bowing down and prostrating my body before Thee, \line Adorable Lord, I seek Thy grace.
\line Thou, O God, shouldst bear with me as a father with his son, \line As a friend to his friend\'97as a lover to his beloved.\line (Gita, XI/43-44)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Some Questions to Lord Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SOME QUESTIONS TO LORD KRISHNA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (questions probably not conducive to enlightenment)
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From Hayagriva Das Brahmacari (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is it true\line That Thou art blue\line And art the Supreme\line Godhead too?\line \line I also hear\line You like to toy
\line About Vaikuntha\line As Cow Boy.\line \line Swamiji says\line You always wear\line A peacock feather\line In Thy Hair\line \line And that Thy Feet\line Are colored red\line And leave a lotus\line Where'er You tread\line \line And that eternally
\line You play\line Upon Thy flute\line The Vedic Way.\line \line And that in battle\line You gave the Gita\line To Arjuna \line That we might read 'er.\line \line But is it true?\line May we traverse?\line Within Thy Mouth\line The universe?\line \line 
O Lord Divine,\line Who dares to doubt it?\line Thy cosmos shouts\line Thy praise throughout it.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because, O Lord,\line The Milky Way\line Is but cow's milk\line You drank one day.\line \line And I believe \line We really
 float\line Within Thy Belly\line Like a boat.\line \line And time will come\line When You'll discharge\line Our galaxy\line Upon Thy yard.\line \line Then we'll look up\line To see Thy Face\line And Thy true Form\line With all its Grace.\line \line "Wel
come," You'll laugh\line And give a kick\line And like a cow boy\line Play a trick.\line \line Lasso devotees,\line Corral and tie\line All those who to\line Vrindavan fly.\line \line And call to us,\line "Come on, ladies!\line I've made rice, dhall,
\line And chopaties."\line \line Then I will know \line That it is true\line That Thou art blue\line And Godhead too.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chanting
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHANTING
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By Satsvarupa Das Brahmacari (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we go chanting\line Hare Krishna \line outdoors,\line under the blue sky,\line with drums and cymbals\line through the
 streets,\line who can measure\line the essence of that?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From a cloud hung a\line waterspout, the sun\line was going in and out,\line buildings, faces, and\line cars, people-seemed
 the same\line stopping to look at us\line in awe.\line "We are unbustable," said\line Achyutananda;\line He meant when\line we chant\line Hare Krishna \line We are unbustable and made\line 100% pure\line by virtue of the Holy Name\line Of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *********************************************************
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This world\line like a pit of a fruit\line spat out of My Lord's Mouth\line and the uneaten flesh\line that clung thereto
\line became our forest & crops\line & the juice the sea\line & the Lord spitted the Heavens\line And we germs from this Mouth\line Oh how Glorious Our Lord\line His mere touch Infinite Wonder\line Our existence the breath of His Bliss\line We the recoil
 of His Wisdom\line And on that one day my Lord\line He ate just 1,000 of such\line fruits in an hour\line as He walked through His garden\line toward the place of His bath.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97By Ravindra Svarupa Das Brahmacari
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bob Lefkowitz)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTRODUCTION TO BHAGAVAD-GITA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An introduction to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Geetopanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Bhagavad Gita as It Is. Swamiji is presently working on a complete translation of the text of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Now this introduction is available. 35 cents
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KRISHNA THE RESERVOIR OF PLEASURE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every man is seeking pleasure in life. But he does not know where it is. This small booklet will give an idea of the perpetual pleasure of Krishna Consciousness. Pr
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WHO IS CRAZY?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is illusioned by the temporary wonders of material energy is certainly a crazy man. Practically all men in material activities are insane in various de
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD is published semi-monthly by The International Society For Krishna Consciousness at 26 Second Avenue (between 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)\line                    Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Circulation and Printing: Gargamuni Das Brahmachary (Gregory Scharf)
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
 1, No. 07, February 1, 1967
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FEATURING :
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1080\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PSYCHEDELICS AND KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS\'97a statement
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1080\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAN OF WISDOM by Satsvarupa Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1080\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DOUBT, THY NAME IS BONDAGE by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Regarding Psychedelics
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Regarding Psychedelics
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The following is a letter received by the editors which pretty well speaks for itself:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dear Editors,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In your December 1st issue of Back to Godhead, you ask for comments by your readers when they feel it necessary, and I would herewith l
ike to offer a humble observation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Far too far often I find your philosophy hyper-critical of LSD and other psychedelic chemicals. Speaking personally, I would be much mo
re likely to join in your celebration if it were not for the fact that I do not wish to be made to feel guilty about my past ingestions of these mysterious sacraments. Furthermore, in all honesty, I am sure you will admit that the majority of people now 
deeply interested in Krishna Consciousness would never have been so were it not for the spark of spiritual curiosity ignited in them by their LSD sessions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is an age of machine misery and computerized death, and any avenue of spiritual seeking which the American people seek to trod is 
far better than its alternative. Don't choke yourself off by participating in an undeclared war against acid and grass. People will come to you without this. No doubt more than you are presently receiving. Let the beauty of your quest speak eloquently fo
r itself, and let all people you reach be proud of their own humble search. Too many of us have been guilty for too long, and we are tired of it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I hope I have made my point. I think it is an important one. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Peace and love,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco, California.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First of all, we would like to express our gratitude and appreciation for this sincere and well-put comment. We've withheld the write
r's name rather than chance hurting him in some way. In response to his questions, Hayagriva Das (Howard Wheeler) has written the following essay entitled, "Psychedelic Drugs and Krishna Consciousness," which will also be published as a separate pamphlet
. We hope this question and answer will clarify our position for all who are in doubt of it. We will be glad to hear more and more from our readers on this subject.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And now, Mr. Wheeler's essay:
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Psychedelic Drugs and Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS AND KRISHNA CO
NSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Due to the recent psychedelic drug movement in America, many people have come to us and asked about the Society's stand regarding LSD, 
gunga (marijuana), peyote, mescaline, psylocibin, yage, etc. in reply, we would like to say that as a society, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has nothing to do with drugs or drug intoxication. We are neither for nor against the use o
r repression of such drugs. We are not qualified to judge positive or negative effects, and therefore our policy is one of non-interference, especially in regards to legalization, administration, etc. Believing that people naturally do what they like, we
 feel that it is not our mission to condemn the actions of others but to suggest, in a positive way, their adopting Krishna Consciousness and chanting the Maha (Hare Krishna) Mantra. Drugs and drug movements are not our concern. We are interested in the 
eternal Reality, which is Krishna, the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, members of the Society and those seriously pursuing Krishna Consciousness, following the Vedic Way and the injunctions of the 
Spiritual Master (guru) Swami A.C Bhaktivedanta, do not take intoxicants such as alcohol and drugs. Our authorities are the Spiritual Master, the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and, of course, Lord Krishna\'97and none of these recommend the use of drugs for spiritual development.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are a number of reasons we do not encourage psychedelic drugs for those who are interested in pursuing Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1) We believe that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub our natural state of consciousness is one 
of ecstasy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Therefore it is not necessary to attempt to alter our consciousness by a chemical process. In actuality, we are eternally in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samadhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in union with God, being His eternal parts and parcels. This is our constitutional position-it is not a position brought about by fast
ing, vigils, drugs, self-mutilation, etc. the position is already }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we do not see our position or
 understand it, it is due to our ignorance. They way our of ignorance is Krishna Consciousness, which helps us to attain our natural unconditional state of freedom and bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda) in Krishna. To the best of our knowledge, drugs only construct
 a reliance on a material substance and lead to bondage to that substance\'97therefore, for our purposes, they do not lead to unconditional freedom, but to spiritual regression.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2) Drugs, as an artificial means of exhilaration, are not new. Psychedelics in the form of peyote and "magic" mushrooms have been known
 to American Indians for hundreds of years, and thousands of years ago, "soma" and similar drugs are recorded to have been used in India. Over the centuries, psychedelics have been known to and rejected by great saints, mystics, sages, incarnations and s
piritual leaders. 130 years ago, the American transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson was also aware of attempts to attain cosmic consciousness by abortive, artificial means:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub It is a secret which every intellectual man quickly learns, that beyond the energy of his possessed and consc
ious intellect he is capable of a new energy (as of an intellect doubled on itself) by abandonment to the nature of things; that beside his privacy of power as an individual man, there is a great public power on which he can draw, by unlocking his human 
doors, and suffering the ethereal tides to roll and circulate through him; then he is caught up into the life of the Universe\'85.For if in any manner we can stimulate this instinct, new passages are opened for us into nature; the mind flows into and thr
ough things hardest and highest, and the metamorphosis is possible\'85This is the reason why bards love wine, mead, narcotics, coffee, tea, opium, the fumes of sandalwood and tobacco, or whatever other procurers of animal exhilaration. All men avail them
selves of such means as they can, to add this extraordinary power to their normal powers.\line (From Essays, 2nd Series, "The Poet.")
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, Emerson makes it clear that he does not condone such artificial means, which he considers to be used by an inferior type of ma
n. He also deems the results to be imperfect and temporary, for in actuality deterioration and dissipation are provoked by reliance on external stimuli.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Never can any advantage be taken of nature by a trick}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the Creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub That is not an inspiration, which we owe to narcotics, but some counterfeit excitement and fury}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . Milton says that the lyric poet may d
rink wine and live generously, but the epic poet, he who shall sing of the gods and their descent unto men, must drink water out of a wooden bowl\'85His cheerfulness should be the gift of the sunlight; the air should suffice for his inspiration, and he s
hould be tipsy with water. \line (From "The Poet")
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3) The great mystics, incarnations, sages, religious leaders, etc through the ages never used drugs in their spiritual undertakings nor
 advocated their adherents taking them. This includes Lord Krishna, Brahma, Vasudeva, Narada Muni, Shakara, the great Indian Acharyas, Lord Chaitanya, Lord Buddha, Lao Tzu, Huang Po, Confucius, Mohammed, Socrates, Plato, Lord Jesus Christ, His apostles a
nd disciples, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John of the Cross, innumerable other Christian saints and mystics, the metaphysical poets, Milton, Dante, William Blake, the American transcendentalists, Emerson, Thoreau, Emily Dickinson and Whitman
\'97the list can extend indefinitely. And typically, the principle religions of the world\'97Buddhism, Taoism, Mohammedism, Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism\'97forbid the use of drugs by their adherents. Obviously, drugs are not necessary for spiritua
l realization, and they are not recent discoveries. Children feel no need for them; nor will adults if they only see things as they truly are. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4) Krishna Consciousness involves a firm belief in Krishna, the Supreme Lord, Who is the Absolute Controller and Proprietor of all thin
gs. He has not given any indication that drugs provide a legitimate means for reaching Him. He sets down the way by which man may reach His Supreme eternal Abode in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gi
ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and no mention is made of drugs. Quite the contrary, He condemns those who follow their own way to the exclusion of Scriptures (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , IX/3; XVI/23-24).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5) From our personal observation of LSD-users who have come to the Society under the influence of or shortly after an LSD "trip," we ha
ve found them to been generally confused, disoriented, and badly in need of help. Their conversations have not indicated them to be enlightened beings. Many have had to resort to hospitalization, psychiatrics, etc. Not only are the drugs'results artifici
al and imaginary, but it they tend to make the user think himself to be further spiritually progressed than he actually is. Many young "avatars" have dropped by the Society to teach Swami Bhaktivedanta about God. In fact, some have claimed to be the Shin
ing, Omnipotent One.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6) The effects of the drugs are only temporary; the drug user is "up" shortly after taking the drug, but after a few hours he "comes do
wn." Krishna Consciousness teaches how to "stay high forever" without bringdowns, by chanting one's way into eternity. Nor do drugs free one from material hankerings such as food, sex desires, etc..,but sometimes rather provoke desires. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7) Some members of the Society experienced psychedelic drugs extensively before meeting Swami Bhaktivedanta, and they now no longer tak
e them. Some consider their previous drug experiences as a kind of spiritual "undergraduate" study and now consider Krishna Consciousness to be graduate school study. Krishna Consciousness teaches one how to swim in the spiritual ocean without water-wing
s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In conclusion, we would like to encourage the positive and age-old method of Krishna Consciousness, approved by the great acharyas (spi
ritual masters) of India, as a true method of spiritual advancement and development. The results are eternal. Through sincere practice, one can come to know his relationship to God, to the world, God's relationship to the Universe and to the individual s
oul, and ultimately one can attain realization that one is not matter but spirit soul eternally related to the Supreme, and, through Krishna's grace, reach His supreme and eternal Abode. We encourage psychedelic drug users to finish their experimentation
, graduate once and for all, and take up God realization under a qualified spiritual master such as Swami Bhaktivedanta. Then they can chant their way into eternity and face God independent of "sugarcubes."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Issued by:
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society\line for Krishna Consciousness \line 26 Second Avenue\line New York, New York
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For further information, write the Society.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By the Mercy of Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BY THE MERCY OF KRISHNA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We hope that the foregoing letter and reply have clarified the position of the Society on the issue of psychedelic drugs. (The reason f
or the somewhat confused numbering of pages is that the bulk of our magazine is typed on stencils far in advance of publication, and the present additions caught us off guard. Sorry.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We would like to express our appreciation for the fine work of our art directress, Jadurani Devi Dasi (Judy Koslofsky), whose picture o
f Lord Krishna follows our cover.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The opening of the Radha Krishna Temple at 518 Frederick Street in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury district has been a very satisfying s
uccess. The West Coast certainly seems certainly seems to be fertile ground for the growth of Krishna Consciousness. Regarding the arrival of Swami Bhaktivedanta on Monday, January 16, at San Francisco airport, here is an excerpt from a letter sent by on
e of the editors, who was present:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "There were well over fifty people, chanting and holding flowers. Great crowds had gathered to learn of the d
ignitary. They must have been quite amazed as Swami\'97with a smile as broad as San Francisco Bay\'97came through the door. He walked through a gauntlet of well-wishers who each bestowed a blossom into his hands. Then we marched to the parking lot chanti
ng and holding hands. It was ecstasy in itself; I can't describe how beautiful it was. But, naturally, nothing could surpass Swamiji himself for beauty, as he soon showed us. For, while we were waiting for the baggage to arrive, he raised his hands and b
egan to dance, with Ron holding his umbrella over him to keep off the sunlight. Allen Ginsberg was there also, and he joined us, as everyone began to dance and sing. As he danced, Swamiji took handfuls of the flowers which had been given him, and distrib
uted them to just about each and every person there."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Six days after his arrival, the Swami initiated four devotees, and on the following day performed a wedding ceremony, at which a hundre
d and fifty guests were present. Kirtan is being held at the Frederick Street Temple on the same schedule as here on Second Avenue, so if you happen to be out that way, do stop in and join the chanting. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although we haven't had any words on the Mantra Rock Dance at the Avalon Ballroom as yet (it is in progress even as this is being writt
en, Sunday, January 29), we feel confident that the affair will be a great success. The kind participation of Allen Ginsberg, the Greatful Dead, Moby Dick and a number of other celebrities is duly noted and much appreciated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub More on California next issue.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna\line The Editors.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On Chanting Hare Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON CHANTING THE HARE KRISHNA MAN
TRA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA,
 RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally Krishna Conscious entities, but due to our association with matter\'97since time immemorial\'97our consciousness i
s now adulterated by the material atmosphere. The material atmosphere, in which we are now living, is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , or illusion. Maya means that which is not. And what is this illusion? The illusion is that we are all trying to be lords of material nature, while actually we are under the grip of the stringent laws of material nature. When a servant artif
icially tries to imitate the all powerful master, it is called illusion. We are trying to exploit the resources of material nature, but actually we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities. Therefore, we are engaged in a hard struggle to 
conquer the stringent laws of material nature, but we are ever more dependent on it. This illusory struggle against material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our eternal Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare is the transcendental process for reviving this original pure consciousness. By 
chanting this transcendental vibration, we can cleanse away all misgivings within our hearts. The basic principle of all such misgivings is the false consciousness that I am the lord of all I survey.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original energy of the living entity. When
 we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. This simplest method is recommended for this age. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by the simple chanting of this }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mahamantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the great chanting for deliverance, one can at once feel a transcendental ecstasy coming through from the spiritual stratum. In the material
 concept of life we are busy in the matter of sense gratification as if we were in the lower animal stage of life. A little elevated from this status of sense gratification, one is engaged in mental speculation for the purpose of getting out of the mater
ial clutches. A little elevated from this speculative status, when one is intelligent enough, one tries to find the Supreme Cause of all causes\'97within and without. And when one is factually on the plane of spiritual understanding, surpassing the stage
s of sense, mind and intelligence, he is then on the transcendental plane. This chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower status of consciousness\'97namely sensual, menta
l, and intellectual. There is no need, therefore, to understand the language of the mantra, nor is there any need for mental speculation, nor any intellectual adjustment for chanting this }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Mahamantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is automatic, from the spiritual platform, and as such anyone can take part in vibrating this transcendental sound vibration without any previous qualif
ications. In a more advanced stage, of course, one is not expected to commit offenses on grounds of spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the beginning, there may be the presence of all transcendental ecstasies\'97which are eight in number. These are: 1) being stopped a
s though dumb; 2) perspiration; 3) standing up of hairs on the body; 4) dislocation of voice; 5) trembling; 6) fading 7) crying in ecstasy; and 8) trance. But there is no doubt that chanting for a while takes one immediately to the spiritual platform, an
d one shows the first symptom of this in the urge to dance along with the chanting of the Mantra. We have seen this practically. Even a child can take part in the chanting and dancing. Of course, for one who is too entangled in material life, it takes a 
little more time to come to the standard point, but even such a materially engrossed man is raised to the spiritual platform very quickly. When it is chanted by a pure devotee of the Lord in love, it has the greatest efficacy on hearers, and as such this
 chanting should be heard from the lips of a pure devotee of the Lord, so that immediate effects can be achieved. As far as possible, chanting from the lips of non-devotees should be avoided. Milk touched by the lips of a servant has poisonous effects.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words Krishna and Rama are forms of addressing the Lord Himself. Both Krishna and Rama mean the Supreme Pleasure, and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the supreme pleasure-energy of the Lord. The Supreme Pleasure Energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material energy called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is also one of the multi-energies of the Lord. We the living entities are also the energy\'97marginal energy\'97of the Lord. The living entities are described as superior to material energy. When the superior
 energy is in contact with the inferior energy, an incompatible situation arises, but when the superior marginal energy is in contact with the Superior Energy, called Hara, it is established in its happy, normal condition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These three words, namely Hara, Krishna and Rama, are the transcendental seeds of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mahamantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The chanting is a spiritual call for the Lord and His Energy to give protection to the conditioned soul. This chanting is exactly like th
e genuine cry of a child for its mother's presence. Mother Hara helps the devotee to achieve the Lord Father's grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this Mantra sincerely.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel an hypocrisy as is the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mahamantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ********************************************************************************************
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These red berries of devotion\line Mark the sweet names of God\line And in touching them I pluck the fruit of paradise.
\line These red berries of devotion\line Are clusters of my soul's delight\line Gathered on a branch of the Real Tree, Whose Roots\line I cannot fathom.\line Sacred as the flute of Krishna's atmosphere\line A treasure most sublime,\line I praise these sp
arkling young red berries of devotion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li5040\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rayarama Das Brahacari
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Man of Wisdom
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE MAN OF WISDOM
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Satsvarupa Das Brahmachary\line (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Bhagavad Gita, those "virtuous ones" who actually come to God, are of four kinds: "The man in distress, the seeker for
 knowledge, the seeker for wealth, and the man of wisdom." (Gita, VII/16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The distressed, who ask sanctu
ary at the Feet of the Lord, are quickly given ease and shelter. This is a fact: the life of devotional service leads one out of the entanglements of the perishable world. Refuge is granted through worship. For those in distress (anyone without Krishna C
onsciousness is in some measure of distress) God's mercy grants peace, the easing of their burden. Whatever the frustration, whatever the pain, whatever the loneliness, loss or tragedy, it is balmed with the sincere and faithful hearing of the Vedic mess
age (scripture).People in distress, however, are liable to come and go. With the rise of new "opportunities," or after a period of rejuvenation in association with the Lord and His devotees, the distressed may leave the Supreme's service in order to make
 a fresh attack on the mazes of illusion, thus falling back into the clutches of the temporary, material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second "virtuous one" is the man who is seeking knowledge. He is curious to know God. God is All-Famous, and so the curious man bec
omes interested, and wants to know Him. Curiosity is a good reason\'97as any reason is\'97to turn to God, but if such a man applies only his curiosity to the Godhead, his intellectual enquiry will soon show itself to be endless, since the Divine Person c
annot be measured by our human potencies. The Ruler of all universes and planets, the Source and Proprietor of Life and Wisdom will be enquired after by the speculative, knowledge-seeking man in birth after birth, until at long length the seeker conclude
s that "Vasudeva (Krishna) is All." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  VII/19). Only then does the imperishable wisdom begin.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a similar way, the seeker for wealth (whose virtue is in turning to God to satisfy his desires), will probably never actually be sat
isfied, not even by a deluge of gold. Neither will he ever advance closer toward God, until he goes beyond wanting God to be his order-supplier. In the Gita Lord Krishna says, "But temporary is the fruit gained by these men of small minds." (Gita, 7/23) 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That leaves us the man of wisdom. "Of these, the wise one, who is ever in constant union with the Divine, whose devotion is single-mind
ed, is the best. For I am supremely dear to him, and he is dear to Me." (Gita, VII/16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Why is the man o
f wisdom dear to God? Because he wants nothing in return. The man of wisdom puts aside his desires for those things for which others are searching, and seeks Krishna's pleasure. He realizes that his true, original life is beyond the color of this tempora
ry world of sense-pleasure, sadness, wealth-hankering and puffed-up knowledge-seeking. The wise man knows that he is transcendental, like Krishna. Krishna is above, and unaffected by, the pangs of bondage; and we are Krishna's parts and parcels. While of
 course Krishna has the power to bestow gold and to dry up our tears of misery, asking for these things is like praying in hell-fire for a sumptuous meal and a woman, rather than asking for release from the flames. Krishna is transcendental, and when we 
pray to Him it is for mere association with Him. Never mind the list of special requests for our particular situation on Earth. Just pray to see Krishna. Krishna is the fullest Enjoyer and the wise man has the single desire to become His devotee. We have
 a chant in praise of Krishna: "Hare Krishna, Hare Rama." This chant bestows the very wisdom we are speaking of. Therefore, the wise man's position is to withdraw from all material attachment, both good and evil, and to chant the Holy Name of God. This i
s the wise man's single need and prime duty.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How does the wise man subsist? He subsists on the nectar of transcendental service to the Lord. He feeds and cares for his body as you 
would care for the upkeep of a functionary push-cart. He eats for Krishna, after first offering his food to Him. He works at Krishna's business and talks on Krishna's behalf. Krishna says in the Gita, "Whose devotion is single-minded is best." Single-min
ded devotion is best because Krishna says so, and he is the Single Supreme Person. Devotion to that to which }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we are inseparably connected}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is, after all, wise. Since we are all parts of the Godhead, our constitutional function is to serve as His parts, just as the hands serve the body, of which they are part. The hands never try to consume food themselve
s, absorbing it through the fingernails. Nor do they make a request of the body that they be given their "independence." Yet, the hand performs well in its own miraculous sphere, making music, typewriting, grasping weights. Why, therefore, are we clamori
ng to God for special benediction? We already have the blessings of function: to serve the Eternal eternally. The wise man is aware of his natural, original position and is using both body and soul in the service of his Lord. If we frantically try to con
sume God's gifts for our own enjoyment, we will very quickly reach the fruitless end of this mortal road, and will have to begin again: and, if we are not wise, the next time we will again meet the end of the road. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To do transcendental service is to surrender our will unto His will. But no, we have to learn it again and again, stubbornly\'97we have
 to learn that we actually have no business apart from God. We are wise when we reach the conclusion that God is the Bestower and is truly All. "Vasudeva is all that is." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  VII/19)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "When thou hast known it, thou shalt not fall again into this confusion, O Pandava, for by this thou shalt se
e all existences without exception in the Self, then in Me. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IV/35}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our independence from Him is our illusion. Similarly fantastic is the pursuit of our own gratification, the desire for love apart from 
Him, or wealth apart from Him, or happiness apart from Him. The wise man leaves the mirage in favor of the Reality. Absolute Reality is to willingly serve the Lord. We are already His servitors; we cannot avoid the work. All miseries stem from }{\b0\i0
\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub forgetting}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  this factual situation: There is the Lord, and there are ourselves\'97and we are }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His own}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is dear to us because we are dear to Him. Love is the key. And the wise man loves God. 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Doubt, Thy Name is Bondage
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DOUBT, THY NAME IS BONDAGE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By Hayagriva Das Brahmacari\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub But the man who is ignorant and without faith and always doubting goes to ruin. Nor this world nor the world 
beyond nor happiness is for the doubting soul. (Krishna in the Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IV/40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the sun and moon should doubt\line They would immediately go out.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li3240\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97William Blake
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Doubt has been called the shadow of truth. At the very beginning of one's spiritual life, a devotee is invariably beset by a legion o
f doubts. These doubts, disguised as demons of innumerable colors and forms, all have one purpose: to obscure the light of truth from the vision of the devotee. Francis Bacon once wrote, "In contemplation, if a man begins with certainties he shall end in
 doubts; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." In this age especially one is inclined to disbelieve and doubt\'97to doubt Scripture, to doubt God, to doubt oneself. This age is called "Kaliyuga" and is characterized by 
strife, doubt, ignorance, chaos and disagreement. So at the outset of one's spiritual life, needless to say, innumerable doubts will present themselves. These demon doubts always surround the threshold of Knowledge-Bliss-Absolute. As the neophyte stands 
at this threshold, confused and fearful, the doubts assail him and tell him to turn back, not to jump into the ocean of Divine bliss, and the timid soul, afraid of being hurt, hardly believing that it is eternal bliss and knowledge awaiting him, often fi
dgets at the threshold and sometimes turns back in fear and disbelief.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Doubt is directly opposed to faith on the battlefield of the soul. Doubts and disbelief are the enemies of faith. If we have faith in a
 particular man, then we trust him in all kinds of ways, but if we have doubts about a man, then we trust him with nothing. Our relationship to the Divine is similar: our faith and trust in Him is inversely proportionate to the degree of doubt. The more 
we trust Him, the more He reveals Himself to us, and the more He reveals Himself to us, the less we doubt. In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna stands out as a man with a great deal of faith in Krishna. He was offered a choice between commanding a great army wit
hout Krishna or a small army with Krishna as his chariot-driver. He chose Krishna as his charioteer and rejected the large army because he had faith in Krishna. Nonetheless, before the battle of Kurukshetra, even with Krishna as his charioteer, he was be
set with fears and doubts. But after Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to him he engaged in the fearful battle and said, "My delusion is gone. I have regained my memory through Your grace, O Krishna. I am firm; I am free from doubt. I will act according to
 You word." (Gita, XVIII/73}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Of course, Christianity affords the classic example of "Doubting Thomas" w
ho would not believe until he actually placed his fingers in the wounds of Christ. "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." (John, XX/29)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Doubt and fear are interrelated. They are both the sons of ignorance. They are all to be found in the realms of darkness. Knowledge is 
the sunshine that triumphantly disperses darkness and its consorts. Because this age of Kaliyuga is an age characterized by darkness, ignorance and disagreement, doubt and fear are predominant at this time. Kaliyuga, thankfully, does not last forever, bu
t when mankind is in the midst of it, it seems interminable. Yet even in this age it is possible to transcend these inferior modes\'97one can transcend when one is in Krishna consciousness, God-consciousness. It has been calculated that Kaliyuga lasts 43
2,000 years and that we have now been through 5,000 years of the yuga, but those in Krishna Consciousness are transcendental to all this darkness, for they are in the realms of eternal light, bliss and knowledge. Nonetheless, to arrive at the transcenden
tal platform in this age, one has to disentangle oneself from the Kaliyuga labyrinth. It is during the disentanglement that maya, illusion, doubt, ignorance and dispair make their most vigorous assaults.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the West, especially, so much doubt is due to the method of approach: empiricism, the pursuit of knowledge by observation and experi
ment, which began spreading like a disease in the 17th century in Europe and was well established by the 18th. Locke and Hume were the great "observers" of the phenomenal world and the methodology resulting from their speculative philosophies fostered th
e skepticism that gradually corrupted faith for the Western mind. In the 18th century, William Blake, a Christian visionary and a personalist, blasted the European skeptics and the method of scientific empiricism in some brilliant verse. For example:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau;\line Mock on, mock on; 'tis all in vain!\line You throw the sand against the wind,
\line And the wind blows it back again.\line And every sand becomes a gem\line Reflected in the beams divine;\line Blown back they blind the mocking eye,\line But still in Israel's path they shine.\line The Atoms of Democritus\line And Newton's Particles
 of Light\line Are sands upon the Red Sea shore,\line Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Universities today, however, the empiricists are considered more "respectable" than Blake, and the words of scientists are considere
d more potent and reliable than the Word of God as revealed in Scripture. Man is now in the material universe; he wants to "know" this universe, and as far as he is concerned, science is his best tool. Science is based on empiricism, and doubt is the bas
is of empirical proof. The knowledge that man is now seeking to acquire is, according to the Gita, knowledge in the modes of passion and ignorance because science is concerned with knowledge of the material universe, and this knowledge acquired by scienc
e is being used by man to lord it over the material nature. This has "progressed" to such an extent that there have been recent attempts to institute a religion based on chemicals (psychedelic drugs) and the empirical process of psychology. Vain men are 
trying to used their tiny brains to puncture a realm that can only be known through faith, devotion, and the grace of God. As a result the Supreme has strictly confined them to the material universe and the limited knowledge associated with it, which is 
no more than knowledge in the modes of passion and ignorance. They are only scientists and they know nothing of the transcendental spiritual realms that compose three fourths of the creation. Because they are recalcitrant children of darkness, they have 
been confined to material nature and their attempts to break out of it through super drugs and sputniks will always prove futile because their scientific methodology, based on doubt and empiricism, will continue to drag them back to the material world. T
hinking the physical, material universe the all in all, they set about conquering it like children and blatantly deny the spiritual (non-empirical) worlds and, in addition, deny God, devotion, and the Scriptures that point to the spiritual worlds. The sc
ientist never acknowledge that he automatically accepts so much on faith\'97his very breath, for example, that makes it possible for him to pursue science and the empirical path.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such respected "oracles," great-grandsons of old Europe's age of skepticism, have succeeded in instilling doubt in the minds of the you
ng, especially in universities, and have taught them to disbelieve the Scriptures and the Supreme Lord. As a result, general disbelief in the unseen is common. Not that the Supreme Lord is unseen, but His material energy (maya) serves as a guise. "Veiled
 by My maya born of the gunas, I am not revealed to all. This deluded world knows Me not as the unborn and eternal." (Gita, VII/25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This maya, illusory energy, is the property of the Lord Himself and is kept under His control. "Controlling My own Prakriti (Nature), I send forth, again and again, all this multitude of beings, helpless under the sway of 
maya." (Gita, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IX/8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). He is therefore the Unseen Player behind the play. Science and the empirical 
method teach man to doubt the unseen, and as a result man frantically searches for signs that can be scurried off to the laboratory for analytical investigations. Christ said, "A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign," and Whitman (a "dis
reputable" mystic and poet) wrote in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Song of Myself}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journ
ey-work of the stars\'85and a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels\'85.And to glance with an eye or show a bean in its pod confounds the learning of all times." Of course this is roughly dismissed as "sentimentalism" by the learned 
scientists and empiricists.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what do they give in return? Legions and generations of "sullen mopers and doubters." They briskly dismiss the Scriptures, guideboo
ks to the Divine, and replace them with analytical textbooks. Totally under the dictates of their senses, they teach their students to trust their senses only. Altogether dismissing the Real, which they think the unreal, they substitute the unreal which 
they call the "real," and label this process as education. In addition, because so many ignorant religionists in this age are indiscriminately citing the Scriptures, people are naturally repelled\'97they associate the ignorant proponents of the Scripture
s with the Scriptures themselves and consequently turn away altogether from the authorized guidebooks. Since institutionalized religion only offers a closed door intellectually, many turn to the scientists and professional academicians for guidance. Of c
ourse, these men are only too happy to be gurus, and they lead their followers cheerfully into the swamp of materialism and delusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Due to this insurmountable barrier, constructed by centuries of rationalization, speculation and conceit, God-realization has become in
creasingly difficult. First of all the inherited wall of ignorance and passion must be reduced to ruble. This is a hard task indeed for a lonely soul caught in the involvements of the social order. It necessitates a great deal of stamina, conviction, cou
rage, and knowledge. The masterminds of deceit are clever in their defense of materialism and in their attacks against the Supreme Lord and the spiritual worlds. Krishna says, "Men of demoniac nature know not what to do and what to refrain from doing. Pu
rity is not in them, nor good conduct, nor truth. They say, 'The world is devoid of truth, without a moral basis, and without a God. It is brought about by the union of male and female, and lust alone is its cause: what else?' Holding such a view, these 
lost souls of little understanding and fierce deeds rise as the enemies of the world for its destruction." (Gita, XVII/7-9). Typically, these demoniacal creatures, who instill doubt in others, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub cannot answer for death}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which poses an inevitable end to their bodies and material possessions. For them, death is an embarrassing subject, an inevitability that 
is somehow to be overlooked or avoided. The recognition of death and its inevitability, the sensing of one's finite self, the body and its constituents, to be moving towards death, can be the first step in reducing the wall of ignorance and passion to ru
bble. Doubts may still remain, but at least a man conscious of the inevitability of death and its implications may be able to see through the shallow guise of materialism and its allurements. The perception of one's miserable material condition and the d
esire to escape death }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mark the beginning of the spiritual life. At this point one may approach a spir
itual master. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, the doubts are immediately transferred to the spiritual master. Because there are so many unqualified, self-proclaimed g
urus, the neophyte is naturally dubious in the beginning. His way of thinking has been so conditioned by science and the materialists that he may often see the guru as "quaint" or "old-fashioned" or perhaps just short of mad. Of course, there is the init
ial difficulty of finding a competent spiritual master in this age of Kaliyuga, but if, through the grace of the Supreme Lord, one is so lucky, then one's trust is strengthened through increasing association and gradually, by the help of the guru and thr
ough the grace of the Supreme Lord, the darkness of one's doubts are one by one dispelled by the light of knowledge. In this process, the Supreme Lord may speak in several ways to dispel fear, ignorance and doubt\'97through the guru, through the Scriptur
es, or directly. In this matter, Lord Krishna speaks through the Bhagavad Gita: "Now listen to the wisdom of yoga, armed with which, O son of Pritha (Arjuna), you will break through the bonds of karma. In this no effort is ever lost and no harm is ever d
one. Even very little of this dharma saves a man from the Great Fear." (Gita, II/39-40) This Great Fear is caused by the seemingly endless circle of birth and death, the net that is continually entrapping the materialists, scientists and speculative phil
osophers who turn from the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord alone can grant liberation from this cycle to which the individual soul has been confined since time immemorial. He only grants this to the soul who, in all sincerity, turns to Him and surrenders 
to Him. "Take refuge in Him alone with all your soul, O Bharata. By His grace will you gain Supreme Peace and the Everlasting Abode." (Gita, XVIII/62}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the process of surrender, innumerable doubts continually assail the neophyte, especially as he approaches the threshold of liberatio
n. Maya, the material nature, is very strong, and the memory of one's past karma, the ghosts of habit, still linger before the candidate for liberation, trying to get him to retreat while retreat is possible. They are constantly reminding the individual 
soul of his weaknesses and imperfections, which in truth may still be there and are recognized by the neophyte. In this regard, the attempts of the neophyte toward purification and perfection of self are continually thwarted by his lower nature. Krishna 
warns of this: "There is no creature here on earth, nor among the gods in heaven, who is free from the three gunas born of Prakriti." (Gita, XVIII/40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore Krishna does not expect perfection of the individual living entity: "One ought not to give up the work to which one is born, O son of Kunti, though it has its imperfections; for all undertaki
ngs are beset with imperfections, as fire with smoke." (Gita, XVIII/48}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Rather, the process is one of su
rrender and devotion to the Supreme Lord who grants liberation through His boundless Grace, not through the "earnings" of the devotee. This Grace enables one to come to Him despite one's imperfections. "For those who take refuge in Me, O Partha, though t
hey be of sinful birth\'97women, vaisyas, and sudras\'97even they attain the Supreme Goal." (Gita, IX/32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 even Lord Jesus Christ, the symbol of perfection in the Western World, deprecated His human nature to teach others. When addressed as "Good Master," Christ said, "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God." (Matt, XIX/17) Theref
ore recognition of one's imperfections due to material contact should not be an impediment on the path back to Godhead. One should run roughshod over them, trampling them and the creeping doubts they nourish.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But how does one run roughshod over imperfections and doubt? How does one win the bout to rout out doubt, clearing the road back to Kri
shna? Once it is clear that doubt is the hell of the human soul, and that, as Petrarch once wrote, "The end of doubt is the beginning of repose," we can then begin to recognize doubt }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  doubt, as a keen eye can recognize weeds in a garden, and we can begin to uproot the cause of unhappiness. Seeing that doubting the Supreme Lord, His words as revea
led in Scriptures, His emissaries, and ultimately our very selves, only leads to a self-defeating unhappiness, we can be therefore }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub willing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to discard our doubts. As Krishna says in the Gita, "The man who is ignorant and without faith and always doubting goes to ruin. Not this world nor the world beyond nor happiness is for doubting soul." (Gita, IV/40}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to dispel doubts is a big step toward taking the leap of faith, that "terrifying" plunge out the open threshold of material existence and into the spiritual ocean. Partly the disbelief of one's own 
ability to attain self-knowledge, doubt is conquered swiftly by knowledge imparted by the Grace of the Supreme. Krishna says: "Solely out of compassion for them (His devotees), I, dwelling in their hearts, dispel with the shining lamp of wisdom the darkn
ess born of ignorance." (Gita, X/11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Once the Supreme is seen, then the darkness of doubt is scattered b
y His light. The process of seeing God is the process of God-realization, Krishna Consciousness, and is most easily accomplished in this age through the process of bhakti-yoga, or devotional service which basically entails chanting the Holy Names (Hare K
rishna, Hare Rama), in addition to working detached from the fruits of labor, reading the Scriptures, following the regulations of the spiritual master, and totally surrendering to the Supreme Lord. This process may be gradual or sudden, but as one progr
esses in the dharma one chooses to follow, doubts, fears and ignorance are overcome. "With sins destroyed, doubts dispelled, senses controlled, and devoting themselves to the welfare of all beings, the sages attain freedom in Brahman." (Gita, V/25)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore recognition of doubt and disbelief as fetters binding one to unhappiness is the first step in cutting these fetters. In our p
resent state of material bondage, we are bound by nature to the flesh. We can hardly, out of our own efforts, break loose from the grip of a force that has been binding us since time immemorial. Surrendering to the to the Supreme Lord, Krishna, we must p
etition Him to release us. Recognition of our release from material bondage is the process of enlightenment. 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub This enlightenment of the devotee perfectly enables him to distinguish the spirit from the matter because the k
not of spirit and matter is unlocked by the Lord. This knot is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ahamkara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  which falsely obliges a li
ving being to become identified with matter. As soon as, therefore, this knot is loosened, the cloud of all doubts are at once cleared. He sees his Master and fully engages himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, making a full terminati
on of the chain of fruitive action. In the material existence, a living being creates his own chain of fruitive work and enjoys the good and bad effects of those actions life after life. But as soon as he engages himself in the loving service of the Lord
, he at once becomes free from the chain of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  and all his actions no longer create reactions in the m
aterial energy. 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1440\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Swami Bhaktivedanta, Purport, Srimad Bhagavatam, Vol. I, p. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 133}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub .)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process of breaking free is the process of liberation. This is achieved through devotional service to the Supreme Lord, for it is 
the Supreme Lord only Who awards liberation. Liberation is incomplete as long as one has not surrendered to Vasudeva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. "At the end of many births the man of wisdom seeks refuge in Me, realizing that Vasudeva is all. Rar
e indeed is such a high-souled person." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Gita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  VII/19) transcendental service of the Lord carries us int
o eternity. At death, all material connections are severed, but this transcendental service continues. Although this cannot be "proved" to the empirical scientist, it is revealed beyond the shadow of a doubt to the devotee by the Supreme Lord. "Proclaim 
it boldly, O son of Kunti, that My devotee never perishes." (Gita, IX/31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  knowledge that the Lord keeps 
His word in this matter dispels all fear and doubt. This is beyond all mundane considerations, and the devotee is advised not to engage in idle debates with mundane word-wranglers, for "He who replies to words of doubt/Doth put the light of knowledge out
." (Blake.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no doubt in the ocean of Divine Bliss. Doubt, fear and ignorance belong to this relative world which is the abode of darkness,
 the perverted reflection of the spiritual world. Doubts and fears assail the man who is about to break away from material bondage. In the spiritual world, the Kingdom of God, doubt is impossible because there we are in the abode of Bliss-knowledge-Absol
ute, having been lifted, through grace, into a region where we can come to know the fullness of our nature and God Himself. Acting as a sort of quaint American guru, the poet Whitman in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Song Of Myself}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  delineates his own spiritual fears and doubts and exhorts the young nation to take the spiritual plunge willingly.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Down-hearted doubters dull and excluded,\line Frivolous, sullen, moping, angry, affected, dishearten'd atheistical,\line I 
know everyone of you, I know the sea of torment, doubt, despair and unbelief \'85.\line Be at peace bloody flukes of doubters and sullen mopers ..\line Each who passes is considered, each who stops is considered,\line     not a single one can it fail ...
.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ..........................
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ....Dear son,\line Long enough have you dreamed contemptible dreams,\line Now I wash the gum from your eyes,\line You must 
habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of \line        every moment of your life.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Long have you timidly waded holding a plank by the shore\line Now I will you to be a bold swimmer,\line To jump off in the 
midst of the sea, rise again, nod to \line        me, shout, and laughingly dash with your hair.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, we might recall the example of Sir Isaac Newton who saw himself as a child on the seashore, and his discoveries nothing but th
e colored shells. He realized he had no knowledge of the great ocean that lay before him, yet he perceived what he could with the faith of a child, and the knowledge he thereby acquired shed light that has dispelled a great deal of ignorance, fear and do
ubt. How much more light a fully surrendered devotee of the Supreme Lord could shed to dispel doubts and ignorance would be, in comparison, inestimably greater. But he must first be willing to take the plunge and splash in.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTRODUCTION TO BHAGAVAD-GITA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An introduction to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Geetopanishad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Bhagavad Gita as It Is. Swamiji is presently working on a complete translation of the text of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Now this introduction is available. 35 cents
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KRISHNA THE RESERVOIR OF PLEASURE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every man is seeking pleasure in life. But he does not know where it is. This small booklet will give an idea of the perpetual pleasure of Krishna Consciousness. Pr
ice: 35 cents
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WHO IS CRAZY?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who is illusioned by the temporary wonders of material energy is certainly a crazy man. Practically all men in material activities are insane in various de
grees. How to cure this increasing epidemic is suggested here. Read it and be cured of all craziness. Price: 25 cents
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A long play (33 1/3) record recorded by Pixie or the Society chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra. Also recorded are mantras sung by Swamiji. Available from the Society
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)\line                    Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais)
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
 1, No. 08,\line  February 15, 1967
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IN THIS ISSUE:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SOUL by Rayarama Das\line EIGHT PRAYERS OF LORD CHAITANYA
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By the mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By the mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is our great pleasure to report that the Mantra Rock Dance, held at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco on January 29 in order to r
aise funds for the Radha Krishna Temple there has proved a great success. The assistance of poet Allen Ginsberg is noted, and deeply appreciated. As a result of this success, the spread of Krishna Consciousness on the West Coast is steadily gaining momen
tum. The Swami has given lectures at the Christian Yoga Society\'92s ashram, and to other groups in that area. Furthermore, the construction of an ashram in upper California is now being planned.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The picture which immediately follows our cover this issue is more of the fine work of our art directress, Jadurani Devi Dasi (Judy Kos
lofsky). It portrays Krishna, hiding in a tree, with His girl friends, the Gopis, below. Krishna had taken the girls\'92 clothing while they were bathing, and would not return it unless each came to ask for hers personally. This is meant to teach us that
 we must be willing to stand naked before the Lord, if we want His association.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the close of this issue, (again, forgive our numbering of pages) we have added the only writings of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the o
riginator of the Samkirtan movement. These eight prayers have been rendered into English by Swami Bhaktivedanta, and into verse by Hayagriva Das (Howard Wheeler). We hope to publish them again, in the near future, along with an essay on Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna,\line The Editors.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. 
BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Notes transcribed from lectures given December 21, 22, 1966.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lectures on the Chaitanya Charitamrita
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Liberation from material bondage is called Nirguna. As soon as we are transcendental to the three modes (gunas) of material mature, we 
are liberated. There is a Vedic injunction that living in the city or village is for those in the state of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  (passion); living in the forest is for those in the mode of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (goodness); and those who
 live in the liquor store or gambling casino are in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (ignorance). When you live in a temple of Krish
na, that is Nirguna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only Vishnu is actually Nirguna. The three gunas cannot affect Vishnu (Narayana, Krishna). Those in touch with Krishna are similarly ab
ove the modes\'97so it is quoted from the Srimad Bhagawatam by Lord Chaitanya. It must be accepted that we are transcendental and liberated from the modes if we are engaged for Krishna. Such a person }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub liberated}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . But Krishna-consciousness is also a declaration of war against Maya. Maya is so powerful, how can you hope to save yourself? Yet, if you simply adhere to Krishna consciousness, there will be no power to get you into the province of personal
 sense-gratification which is maya\'92s domain. In the spiritual world there is only activity for the pleasure of the Supreme Lord. No power in the world can drag you down if you are situated in the Supreme. If you simply think, How can I serve Krishna?
\'97even then you will become liberated, so what to speak of actually doing something?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although it may be snowing outside, you have the means to stay inside and be protected. Similarly, Vishnu and Vishnu bhakta (devotion) 
are not affected by the modes. The foolish think that Krishna is one of us. Whereas it is He who provides and He who is the Proprietor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is the Original Lord and Vishnu is His plenary expansion. In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna Himself says, \'93There is nothing Supreme 
over Me.\'94 In Brahma Samhita it is said that, \'93Govinda is the Original, and from Him come all other Vishnu expansions.\'94 This is like the original candle from which one can light innumerable candles. These others may be of equal power, but you hav
e to accept the one as original. When Krishna came, He was completely free from all rules and regulations. Rama, on the other hand, took only one wife and later banished her when public criticism was turned against her\'97thus Rama followed the codes and
 regulations for a King. Krishna, however, called girls at night to come and dance with Him. He followed no rules or regulations; for Him there is no law. Other incarnations came to fulfill some particular purpose, but they did not exercise full power. I
t is widely confirmed that He is the Supreme Person. Not even Radha, His Eternal Consort, nor the Gopis could control Him when He wanted to leave Brindaban.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shiva and Brahma are order-carrying servants of Krishna. Krishna is the only Master, and everyone else is His servant. We are servants 
of the servants of His servants, thus extended a million times. He who realizes this is liberated. But he who thinks that he is God is a dog. Lord Chaitanya said, I am not a Brahmin, I am not a Hindu, I am not a Sannyasi\'97I am the servant\'92s servant
\'92s servant. When you learn that, you will be in Krishna consciousness. Liberation is not to become God, but the dog of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Realization means to know, \'93I am not this matter.\'94 That is all right, but what are your activities? Liberation is to have activit
ies based on realization, in other words, devotional service. When you give up your obligation to Maya, you then become obliged to Krishna consciousness. One just doesn\'92t say \'93I am American,\'94 or \'93I am married\'94\'97there must be some activit
ies of an American or a married person. Just to say \'93I am Brahman\'94 is insufficient. What are your activities? Nonsense? Do you mean to say Brahman means nothingness or death? There are activities which turn on Brahman realization. But those with li
ttle brain substance cannot see beyond the giving up of the world. Therefore, after giving up the world and family and taking sannyasi (the renounced order), they again come down and open hospitals, do philanthropic work, and take up the worship of man. 
Those sannyasis who open hospitals are applauded, and those who preach Krishna are thought of as third class and old fashioned by people in general.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Explanation of Krishna\'92s \'93separation\'94 from the Gopis: This is a spiritual matter and cannot be understood in terms of material
 or physical separation. The Gopis\'92 intense crying when Krishna left Brindaban is spiritual and eternal. On the spiritual platform, there is no difference between crying for Him and being with Him. If there were separation, how could it be transcenden
t? To be crying for Him they are fixed on Him, thinking of Him. This is absolute. Lord Chaitanya also cried for Krishna. To actually cry for Krishna is the most perfect realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Chaitanya Charitamrita, Lord Chaitanya quotes from the Srimad Bhagawatam and Brahma Samhita in which Brahma says, \'93I am appointed
 by the Supreme Lord, and Shiva is also an appointed agent. We are under the control of the Supreme Lord. Actually, nobody is free or independent of God. Furthermore, nobody is equal to or greater than He.\'94 This is spoken by Brahma to his disciple Nar
ada who said, \'93So far as we know, you (Brahma) are the Supreme; yet sometimes you meditate and worship.\'94 In answer to this, Brahma informed him of his real position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The energy of the Lord is said to be in three forms, whether conceived of materially or spiritually. Perceived materially, the energies
 are divided into goodness, passion and ignorance. On the spiritual plane, the energies are divided into spiritual, material and marginal potencies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya goes on now to discuss the six kinds of incarnations. These are: Purusha, Leela, Guna, Manantra, Yuga, and Saktavish. Th
us far he has discussed Purusha, Leela and Guna avatars. Now he explains Manu and Yuga. He is telling Sanatan Goswami, his disciple, that there are countless avatars of Manu. They come in one day of Brahma. One day of Brahma is equal to 1,000 yugas or 4,
300,000 of our earth years. Similarly one night of Brahma has the same duration, and he lives 100 years, consisting of such days and nights. Within these twelve hours of a day of Brahma there are fourteen Manus. In one such month there are 420 Manus, in 
one such year, 5,040. So there are 504,000 Manus in one Brahma lifetime. And there are innumerable Brahmas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, these incarnations can\'92t be counted. What is more, all these Manus and Brahmas live during one outgoing breath of Maha Vi
shnu. There is no way of measuring the power. Because our intelligence cannot cope with this, we dismiss our source as void, or else we speculate endlessly on it. But we have evidence from Vedic literature, on which we can to some extent gauge the size a
nd scope. Evidence comes in three forms: (1) Higher authority, which is the surest; (2) Direct perception, which is often not available; and (3) The age-old tradition of parampara, or disciplic succession of knowledge. The source of evidence of my father
\'92s identity is my mother. I must hear this from her. Similarly, we hear of the Supreme from Mother Vedas. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Manu avatars are rulers. Manu is the father of man. He gives directions on how to live to the conditioned souls\'97who are conditio
ned because they wanted to enjoy material nature. The Manus say, \'93Enjoy in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub way}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and you can come back to Godhead.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Manu}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Smriti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Manu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are law books of the Hindus. So for those who are serious, the sages and saints, such as Manu, point the way. After each and every dissolution, Manu comes. There is one Manu avatar in each universe. They have names, b
ut they are uncountable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Yuga incarnations occur in every millennium. There are four Yugas, the Satya, Treta, Dwapara and Kali Yugas. When 1,000 yugas pass,
 that is 12 hours of Brahma. Each Yuga is divided into four. The Satya Yuga lasts 18 lacs, or 1,800,000 years. The Treta Yuga lasts 1,100,000 years; Dwapara lasts 800,000 years and the Age of Kali lasts 432,000 years. At present, 5,000 years of Kali Yuga
 have passed. There are 427,000 years of Kali yet to go. Kali Yuga means the age of quarrel, hypocrisy and ignorance. This situation will grow more intolerable as the yuga progresses. One should know that earth is a condemned place. If one is satisfied w
ith a condemned condition, as the Bowery bum is satisfied lying in the road, he cannot make progress. We are always in the grip of Nature, and consequently we are suffering the three-fold miseries of material existence. Spiritualists are said to be pessi
mists, and this is actually quite true. One must be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature offers us an ideal place, where we can go after the leaving of this condemned place. We must try for it. Try for K
rishna. Unless one tries, he is defeated. We are born ignorant, and if one is educated more and more into ignorance, as we are today, then all is defeated. One should ask\'97is there a remedy? The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedanta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sutra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  states: \'93Now (in the human form) it is time for you to inquire into your Brahman life.\'94 This is the knowledge that I am not this body, I am spirit-soul. But to simply know this without living according to one\'92s knowledge is pointles
s. To }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub act}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  like Brahman is to be a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vaishnava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The act is called Bhakti, or devotional service. As soon as you begin activity in Krishna consciousness, you at once attain Brahman. The more you act, the m
ore firmly you become situated in spiritual life. In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says, \'93My dear Arjuna, declare it to all the world, that my devotee never perishes.\'94 We should try to follow this concept as it is found in the Vedic literatures, and under
 the proper guidance.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Brahmananda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Brahmananda
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Day After Day, Life After Life\'94
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To go to Krishna\'92s Abode\line a ladder is provided.\line We must pull ourselves up\line rung by rung.\line There is Maya
\line                                          swirling like smoke\line                                          above, around, below.\line By simply\line                                           chanting\line Krishna\'92s Name\line with sincerity,\line
                    submission,\line                                             and purified desire,\line we clear away the smoke\line and see standing rungs above us,\line Beloved Swamiji.\line How easy it is then to pull ourselves up\line one more run
g.\line                     But if we forget\line                                           Krishna\line and say, \'93Oh, I have advanced another rung,\'94\line the smoke quickly engulfs us\line and Swamiji is lost\line                                   
                from our sight.\line So we stand there;\line we cannot fall off the ladder,\line                              (This is Krishna\'92s Mercy.)\line we just stand there\line                                            on whatever rung we are o
n.\line We only need to remember\line                               always,\line \'93I am not the provider;\line Krishna is the Provider,\'94\line                                      and the smoke melts away,\line                                        
                      and we see\line Swamiji\line standing there\line a few rungs above us,\line looking down,\line bright-eyed              and smiling,\line beckoning us to reach up\line one more rung towards\line                                      
  Krishna.\line Again it is so easy\line to pull ourselves up\line one more rung.\line And no matter how many rungs\line we pull ourselves up,\line standing there always\line                                           above us is\line Swamiji,\line helpin
g us\line                                        to help ourselves\line get out of this foreign place\line and go back\line                                         Home,\line Back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li3960\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Brahmananda Das Brahmachary\line (Bruce Scharf)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Ranchhor
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Ranchhor
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Set adrift again\line perverse ocean of duality\line                          (diseased)\line                          bill
owing the sails\line                          (leading to hell)\line ever entangling web of hate\line minds sullied with repeated contamination\line                            hearts overladen with dust\line from the harvests of senses unrestricted\line 
                            wastelands of forgetfulness\line imperfect, illusioned,\line                             clouded,\line                                             covered \'85\line This Maya\line proportionately miserable\line lurking (hands 
out stretched)\line awaiting those mode accomplices\line                                 (of unreality)\line attached to the darkness of ignorance \'85\line                                 Krishna\line                                 all pervading Lord
\line shine on the lotus seeds\line (that are Your devotees)\line till they bloom\line                              (with the fragrance of You)\line and drift upstream through the modes\line empowered by Your spotless disciples\line                      
      resting at Your Feet\line perfect (in full remembrance)\line eternal\line                    knowledgeable\line                                            blissful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li3240\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Ranchhor Das Brahmachary\line (Ronald King)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Brahmananda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Brahmananda
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What if every person on this planet\line only chanted and sang and danced and lived\line HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE\line RARE RAMA HARE RAM
A RAMA RAMA HARE HARE\line every hour\line                    of every day\line of every life?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Brahmananda Das Brahmachary\line (Bruce Scharf)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Transmigration of the Soul
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SOUL
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Rayarama Das Brahmachary\line (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transmigration of the soul, sometimes called reincarnation, is a much misunderstood phenomenon. This is because the doctrine has of
ten been presented by philosophers who do not actually believe in the existence of the individual spirit soul. However, transmigration has no meaning except on this basis. In trying to explain the infinite variety which we actually see around us in terms
 of abstract Oneness or Void, these philosophers have twisted the Vedic teachings quite out of shape. Justifiably, therefore, most people cannot grasp this concept\'97they either get a very vague picture of it, or they laugh it off as ridiculous.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transmigration of the soul is, however, presented very lucidly and scientifically in the Bhagavad Gita, that marvelous battlefield 
conversation which sums up the essence of Vedic knowledge in the space of seven hundred verses. Bhagavad Gita was taught by Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It stands to reason that the doctrines of the Supreme Divine Person do not l
end themselves easily to impersonal philosophical speculation. This is why the impersonalist thinkers so befuddle their readers when they try to use the Gita\'92s authority to back up their own theories. If we are to learn from Bhagavad Gita, as from any
 scripture given man by God, then we must put aside our preconceptions, and accept what is said to us\'97as it is spoken.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the impersonalist philosopher makes the claim that everything is one, the Lord Himself draws a line of distinction for us:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Earth, water, fire, air,\line Ether, mind,\line Understanding, and false ego\'97\line This is the eightfold d
ivision of My nature.\line This is My lower nature.\line Know My }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub other and higher nature\line Which is the soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub ,\line By which this world is upheld, O Mighty-armed.\line                            (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VII/5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This means that Lord Krishna manifests His creation through two energies. The one\'97matter\'97is called lower because it is mutable, and because it depends upon th
e other for its existence. The other energy is the soul, which is called higher because it is immutable, eternal, and because it depends directly upon the Lord Himself\'97The Supreme Energetic\'97for its existence and activities. Futhermore, the lower na
ture has no independent consciousness, whereas the higher nature is composed of an infinitude of individual, independent sparks of consciousness, identical in quality with the Lord Himself, Who is the Supreme Soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A basic difference between God and the individual soul now comes into view: the Supreme Consciousness is all-pervading, but the individ
ual consciousness is limited. Although the Lord is the awake indweller in all manifestations, the individual living entities are each subject to a limited range. They too can extend their consciousness, but on a smaller scale. This they actually do when 
they adopt the material concept of life, and identify themselves with the body, which is nothing but matter, or lower energy. Unlike the Lord, however, the living entities tend to forget themselves while in contact with matter. For this reason, they are 
classified in a third category, as marginal energy, although they are constitutionally spiritual. This forgetfulness is the source of all woe, and the mechanism of all bondage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul, being eternal, does not die when the body dies, even though it imagines itself to be the body. It simply goes on to take up h
abitation in another form. Lord Krishna describes this as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Just as a person casts off worn-out garments\line And puts on others that are new,\line Even so does the embo
died soul cast off worn-out bodies,\line And take on others that are new. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub II/22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although this may seem a very far-fetched notion to the man who hasn\'92t given it much thought\'97and even more so to one who hasn\'92
t make the distinction between body and soul\'97it is actually a principle which we see illustrated for us every day of our lives\'97and in our own lives at that. This is how the Lord puts it for us to comprehend:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub As the soul passes, while in this body,\line Through childhood, youth and age,\line Even so is its taking on 
of another body.\line The wise are not perplexed at this. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub II/13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even modern medical science agrees that the body is perpetually changing. And yet, there is that constant \'93I,\'94 that has been here
 since my first memories, and I am still unchanged. In this way we can see that the change of body is always occurring. The change from one body to another is only a bit more emphatic in that, in the process, we lose most of the remembrances of past life
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The factors guiding this change from one body to another can also be understood in terms of the daily processes of the organism. The fo
od I take today will determine the structure and soundness of my body tomorrow. Good, nutritious food will assure me a healthy, strong body. Poor or careless diet will assure me ill-health, and unclean food will result in disease. Food determines the nat
ure of the body. In changing from body to body, it is conscious association that acts as the determining factor.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Thinking of whatever state\line He at the end gives up his body,\line To that state does he attain, O son of 
Kunti,\line Being always absorbed in thinking of it. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VII/6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living being thus puts in an application, so to speak, in terms of its devotion. That to which it is devoted is given it in full. T
he much talked-about genetic code is actually the application blank-stamped by nature and approved by the Lord, Who is willing to let everyone have what they want.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All this is accomplished through the agency of the three modes by which material nature manifests itself. Because the soul has lost con
sciousness of its real identity, and has given itself over to nature, it is limited to nature\'92s means of expression, which consists of the modes. The situation is outlined in the Thirteenth Chapter of Bhagavad Gita:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The soul in nature\line Partakes of the modes born of nature.\line Attachment to the modes is the cause\line 
Of its births in good and evil wombs. (Gita, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XIII/21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The three modes are goodness, passion and ignorance. They may be characterized as follows: Goodness applies to duty, purity, health and
 knowledge. Passion is the principle of attraction, avarice, lust, anger and activity. Ignorance is the principle of inertia, negligence, indolence, stupor and blindness. All three are material manifestations, not found on the spiritual platform. As rega
rds the transmigration of the soul from one body to another, the modes work in this way:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Those who are established in goodness rise upwards;\line The passionate remain in the middle regions;\line Th
e dull, steeped in the lower events of the modes,\line Sink downwards. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XIV/18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The concept of rising applies to more highly developed consciousness, and therefore sinking applies to less developed consciousness. Th
is is the principle of karma, or worldly activity. Those who devote their lives to, and work in accordance with, a particular mode or concept, will quite naturally cling to that concept at the time of death. By concept, I do not mean some abstraction. I 
mean that to which one is actually actively devoted, irrespective of his announced public philosophy. Thus, one\'92s activities in this life prepare the ground for the next birth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The results of actions performed under the influence of the different modes is more fully described elsewhere in the same chapter by Sr
i Krishna.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub When the embodied soul meets with dissolution\line When goodness prevails,\line It attains to the pure worlds
\line Of those who know the Highest.\line Meeting with dissolution when passion prevails,\line It is born among those attached to action.\line If it is dissolved when ignorance prevails,\line It is born in the wombs of the deluded. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XIV/14-15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus we learn that pious activities will lead one to rebirth on heavenly planets. Activities in passion will usually lead to rebirth on
 earth, or on similar worlds where greed and lust are the dominating forces. Those who have given themselves over to ignorance, meanwhile, take birth among the lower animals, plants, and even among living stones, such as mountains.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before going into greater detail about these births and the modes which determine them, let\'92s examine the actual occurrence of trans
migration, as the Lord describes it to Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The living entities are eternal fragmental parts of Me.\line They are dragging on\line In a bitter struggle f
or existence in material nature,\line With the six senses, including mind.\line When the soul takes up a body\line And when he leaves it,\line He takes these (mind and senses) and goes\line Even as the wind carries perfumes from their places.\line (Gita,
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XV/7-8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the mind forgets its past activities when it is brought to a new birth, it does retain impressions. This is why some people ha
ve been able to recall events from their previous lives. This is not to be confused with the phenomenon of organic misfunction called deja-vu, in which we actually experience the same thing twice within a thousandth of a second. These impressions of past
 lives are real, and they have a strong influence on our present actions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mind and the senses are actually very subtle forms of matter, which we keep as long as we remain in material nature, or until the perio
d dissolution of the universe. The body is the gross covering of the soul, and mind and the senses are the subtle. It is through the medium of the mind that the spirit surrenders consciousness of itself, and loses its identity. Mind is the seat of the se
nses, and mind, having become the focal point of consciousness, is also the tape on which our activities are registered, determining\'97according to the modes\'97what our next birth will be. This is why control of the mind is essential to spiritual and w
orldly progress alike. The yoga process is actually nothing more than the science of controlling the mind. The system of bhakti yoga also tackles this problem, but on a slightly different level.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having obtained some idea of what transmigration is and how is works, let\'92s examine the influence of the modes of nature upon our ac
tivities, and learn what effect these have upon the cycle of rebirth. Lord Krishna says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The fruit of good action\line Is said to be of the nature of goodness and pure;\line The fruit of passion is 
pain,\line And the fruit of dullness is ignorance. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XIV/16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who devote their lives to hellish activities can expect to take rebirth in a hellish situation. This is the justice which is a co
nstitutional part of nature, and from which no being is exempt: \'93\'85 For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall be also reap.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Galatians, V/7)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To many people, the idea of eternal damnation has always stood as a most unreasonable proposition in the teaching of Lord Jesus Christ.
 It is incomprehensible to them how the Lord can give frail man a single chance to choose his way, and then cast him forever into hell. Modified by the principles of reincarnation, however, the prophecy of the gnashing of teeth takes on new meaning. Here
 is Lord Krishna on this subject:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Given over to self-conceit, force and pride,\line And also to lust and anger,\line These malicious people des
pise Me,\line Dwelling in the body of themselves and others.\line These cruel haters, worst of men\'97\line I hurl these evil-doers only into\line The wombs of demons\line In this round of births and deaths.\line (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVI/18-19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for those who, though bound by material nature and unable to give up their attachment to it, nevertheless follow the scripture and h
ave some faith in God, things are different. The fruits of goodness are presented in these terms:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The knowers of the three Vedas who drink the soma juice and are cleansed of sin,\line Worshipping Me with sac
rifices, pray for the way to heaven.\line They reach the holy world of Indra,\line An enjoy in heaven the pleasures of the gods.\line Having enjoyed the spacious world of heaven,\line They return to the world of mankind when their merit is exhausted.
\line Thus conforming to the doctrine enjoined in the three Vedas, and still desirous of enjoyments,\line They obtain what is subject to birth and death.\line (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IX/20-21}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the fruit of actions performed in the mode of goodness\'97that is, according to scriptural law and with faith in God. However, 
it is worth noting that this is the type of birth gained by those who still love this material world, and like all things material, it is perishable. Even on the highest of all material planets, the Brahmaloka, where life is immensely long, and where the
re are ample facilities for pleasure on a scale unimagined here, still the law of birth and death continues. Even for Brahma himself, whose life span is coequal with the life span of the universe, birth, death, old age and pain exist.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub From the realm of Brahma downwards,\line All worlds are subject to return to rebirth.\line But on reaching Me
, O son of Kunti,\line There is no return to birth again. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VIII/16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as the craving for the fruits of material activities leads one on to take his next birth in this material situation, and then on a
nd on again\'97so there are spiritual activities too, and these lead one, by association, to take his birth in the spiritual world, in his natural, constitutional and final form as pure spirit soul. Just what these spiritual activities are and how the as
sociation with one\'92s own true spiritual self can be established is enunciated in all the scriptures of the world.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub These whose thoughts\line Are set on Me,\line I straightway deliver\line From the ocean of death-bound existe
nce, O Partha.\line On Me alone fix thy mind,\line Let thy understanding dwell in Me.\line In Me shalt thou live thereafter.\line Of this there is no doubt. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XII/7-8}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And so it is that God guarantees eternal life to those who accept His association. Actually, we are all servitors of the Lord in our tr
ue position as His spirit soul parts and parcels. Therefore, returning to our conscious, natural status means returning to our relationship of service to God. If we do not worship God, then we worship some other thing, for we are by nature worshipful. Ma
intaining these secondary relationships keeps us from Him, and thus from our own full consciousness of Self. Further information of birth in the spiritual world\'97the Kingdom of God\'97is given elsewhere in Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Those who are freed from pride and delusion, who have conquered the evil of attachment,\line Who, all desires
 stilled, are ever devoted to the Supreme Spirit,\line Who are liberated from the dualities known as pleasure and pain and are undeluded,\line Go to the eternal state.\line The sun does not illumine that,\line Nor the moon nor fire.\line That is My supre
me abode,\line From which those who reach it never return.\line                                               (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XV/5-6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Kingdom of God is not artificially illuminated, because it is self-effulgent. There is no dead matter of any kind there. All things
 are fully alive, fully aware and awake\'97and all things are fully, blissfully engaged in the service of God. This answers the question as to why so few men go there, or even aspire to that state: it is for those who serve. All who dwell there, includin
g the Lord Himself, are full of love, and are engaged in devoted service. Men in their foolishness do not seek this position, nor have they any taste for it\'97and therefore they do not attain to it. But the one who realizes the sweetness of devotion and
 who recognizes his real position as the servitor of God, will associate with God by means of transcendental loving service here during this life, and will then take his next birth according to that association.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must, now, realize that all men buy and pay for their own sufferings. Who plants thistles and expects to harvest grain? We do, all o
f us. In actuality, the unhappiness of this earthly existence is what we want and what we ask for. The Lord merely supplies our demands.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub As men approach Me,\line So do I accept them.\line Men on all sides\line Follow My path, O Partha. (Gita, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IV/11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nevertheless, because of His unbounded love and mercy, Krishna advents Himself\'97or sends His representatives from the spiritual sky
\'97here on earth, in order to give us knowledge of these things, and to offer the wandering lost souls an opportunity to return home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub For the protection of the good,\line For the destruction of the wicked\line And for the establishment of righ
teousness,\line I come into being from age to age.\line He who knows thus in its true nature\line My divine birth and works,\line Is not born again when he leaves this body,\line But comes to Me, O Arjuna.\line (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IV/8-9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are the beloved children of the Lord of All Existences, and we can have anything we want from Him. This is the secret of God\'92s lo
ve for all beings. What we have to do is to understand our real position, so that the real being can have real happiness by knowing what to ask for. Death is actually a birthday party, at which Krishna presents us with just what we wanted, in the form of
 rebirth. Understanding this, the sublime and infinite kindness of God, what can we want beyond His association? He Himself is the dearest of all delights, and His service is the most joyful of all activities.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Hayagriva
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Hayagriva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Second Avenue Samadhi
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Standing outside the storefront\line of Swamiji\'92s Society\line for Krishna Consciousness,\line I look up and down\line Manhatta
n\'92s Second Avenue\line at derelicts\line Puerto Ricans\line and\line sundry fruitive laborers\line and wonder.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna, I think\line and look at the\line COSMOS PARCELS EXPRESS CORPORATION\line sign\line across the way\line like the ver
y\line cosmos itself\line in its white and green\line aggression,\line and at the\line Gonzalez Funeral Home and\line Weitzner Brothers Memorials Corporation\'92s\line heavy tombstones\line broadcasting death\line to all,\line and at the\line Red Star Ba
r\'92s\line Seagram\'92s 7 sign blinking\line red and yellow relief for\line exhausted karmis, poor\line fruitive laborers.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna, I think,\line and walk down the sidewalk\line past the revolving\line red, white and blue\line Mobil Gasoline Sign
\line buzzing and ringing bells of gas pumps\line feeding the dumb, steel chariots\line of Detroit.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Rama, I think,\line wondering what Swamiji\line must think\line of (God bless) America,\line and walk on down
\line the sidewalk\'92s silent\line cigarette butts\line that stare up like\line little crushed universes\line of capitalism.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And think\line Hare Krishna\line on the corner of Houston Street\line and Second Avenue\line where I stand a long time\line thinki
ng\line Hare Krishna,\line hands in my pockets and\line watching \line the dying sunlight fade\line over buildings and off\line the far silver parapets\line of the\line Brooklyn Bridge\line that reaches over\line the river\line like an altar\line to Kris
hna.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hayagriva Das Brahmachary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Becker
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by B. R. Becker
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Death paddled his dory past my fishing pole\line And he missed me, for who could this body be?\line Time leaped along a lin
e of light that years ago\line            yearned to be with me.\line And he missed me too,\line or when will the stars stop spinning?\line I pour my spirit from a cup for God to drink.\line He will wassail and I will kiss the flowers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97B. R. Becker
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Eight Prayers of Lord Chaitanya or Lord Chaitanya\'92s Mission
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub EIGHT PRAYERS OF LORD CHAITANYA
\line or LORD CHAITANYA'S MISSION
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya (1486-1535) introduced the Samkirtan movement of chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Rama in India and is considered to be a complete incarnation of Krishna 
Himself. He is known, therefore, as Krishna Chaitanya. The Eight Prayers, or Instructions are Lord Chaitanya\'92s only literary contribution. All other Chaitanya literature is written by His disciples.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                         1.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Thy Name, O Lord!\line Glory to Thee, O Krishna!\line Glory to Samkirtan!\line Chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna
, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare,\line Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare\line my heart is purified,\line the dust of this world\line swept away,\line and the fires of birth and death\line extinguished.\line Through Thy Names alone, O Krishna,\line I
 am liberated\line from the binds of the flesh,\line for Thy Names spread the rays\line of the benediction moon,\line rejuvenate transcendental knowledge,\line expand the ocean of transcendental bliss,\line and enable all to taste\line the true nectar of
 the pleasure \line that all desire,\line for by hearing Thy Name alone, O Krishna,\line all men are blessed.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                             2.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because only Thy Names, O my Lord,\line can bless all Thy creations,\line Thou hast millions of Names\line like Krishna, Ra
ma, Govinda,\line Madhusudana, Nandanandana, Devakinandana,\line Yasodanandana, Radharamana, Gopinath,\line and in Thy Names, my Lord,\line Thou hast imparted\line Thy transcendental energies\line giving grace to all\line to chant Thy praise\line without
 difficulty,\line making Thyself\line so easily approachable, O Lord,\line by Thine omnipotence,\line by Thy compassion.\line Truly all misfortune and unhappiness\line is due to neglect\line of Thy Holy Names,\line O Krishna.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                      3.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chanting Thy Names, O Lord,\line in all humility,\line mindful of my own\line insignificance,\line as tolerant as the grass
,\line forbearing as the tree, prideless, unattached,\line like a leaf in the wind,\line offering respect to all\line without requiring\line respect for myself\'97\line in such a state, O Krishna,\line I can sing Thy Name\line eternally.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                       4.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Nandanandana, Supreme Lord,\line I do not pray for wealth,\line beautiful women, disciples of my own,\line nor for object
s of sense enjoyment\line nor for materials, O Lord\'97\line I pray only\line that I may serve\line at Thy Lotus Feet\line with causeless, unalloyed devotion\line life after life after life.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                       5.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet somehow, O Krishna,\line although Thy eternal servitor,\line I have fallen into this ocean\line of birth and death\line
and am now tossed and overwhelmed\line by the tumultuous waves\line of material existence.\line O Krishna, kindly lift me\line from these waters of misery and death\line and place me as one of the atoms\line at Thy Lotus Feet.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                       6.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O my Lord, when shall my eyes\line praise Thee with tears of Love\line flowing constantly by chanting\line Thy Holy Name?
\line And when, O Krishna,\line shall my voice falter\line and my hair rise\line and I tremble to vibrate\line Hare Krishna, Hare Rama?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                       7.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Feeling Thy separation, O dear Lord,\line to me a moment is a millenium.\line When may I see Thee, at last, O Krishna?\line
Now, as Thy rain,\line tears flow down my cheeks.\line I am lost without Thee\line in a vacant and empty world\'97\line O Thou Shining One,\line Answerer of all, be merciful.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                        8.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O dear Krishna, You may crush me\line as a woman at Thy Feet\line or handle me roughly\line by Thine embrace\line or break 
my heart\line by Thy absence,\line for Thou art free, O Lord,\line to do as Thou pleasest;\line but still Thou are always\line my worshipful Lord\line unconditionally,\line for Thou art no other\line than my Lord of life.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita is widely recognized as the compendium of all Vedic wisdom, yet there are few who have the necessary qualifications to understand and teach this all-i
mportant scripture. Swami Bhaktivedanta\'97who is a devotee in the line of disciplic succession from Arjuna\'97is one of these few. His introduction to the Geetopanishad, or Bhagavad Gita as it is, is a classic in its own right.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TWO ESSAYS\line By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In WHO IS CRAZY? And KRISHNA, THE RESERVOIR OF PLEASURE, the Swami explains the illusion of materialism, and the process of acquiring true vision in the perpetual b
liss of Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
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ung by the Swami in praise of his spiritual master. Available from the Society.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By Srila Rupa Goswami\line translated with commentary\line by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti Rasamrita Sindhou}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97literally \'93the ocean of the pure nectar of devotional s
ervice\'94\'97was written by Srila Rupa Goswami, who was a disciple of Lord Chaitanya, the originator of the Samkirtan movement. Lord Chaitanya is considered to be a full incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The work of His disciple reflect
s, as the title infers, the very finest essence of transcendental life\'97a life of pure love of Godhead. In two parts, a total of sixty pages. 50 cents.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SRIMAD BHAGAWATAM
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasadeva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The original and genuine commentary on Vedanta philosophy by the author of the Vedanta Himself, Vyasadeva\'97now available for the first time in English with an aut
horized commentary by Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is the post-graduate study of the Bhagavad Gita, or the Science of Krishna. This book of transcendental knowledge contains information of classical Hindu culture, philosophy, sociology, economics, politics, aesthetics and Divine Love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This unique edition of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has been greatly appreciated by all learned societies of philosophy and theosophy and approved by the Indian State and Central Government Departments of Education, and by the United States Government. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Swami Bhaktivedanta\'92s edition contains Sanscrit, Sanscrit transliteration, English equivalents, translation and elaborate commentaries. Published by the League o
f Devotees, New Delhi, India, 1962-65. Price: $16.80 for 3 volumes (1200 pages). Postage paid by the Society.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD is published semi-monthly by The International Society For Krishna Consciousness at 26 Second Avenue (between 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Circulation: Gargamuni Das Brahmachary (Gregory Scharf)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Printing: Gargamuni Das Brahmachary (Gregory Scharf)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *************************************
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
 1, No. 09,\line  March 1, 1967
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IN THIS ISSUE:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE ORIGIN OF THE CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT\line THE SPIRITUALIZATION OF ENERGY by Hayagriva Das
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By the Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By the Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We\'92re very happy to be able to report that Swami Bhaktivedanta has been lecturing at various places in and around San Francisco duri
ng his visit there, including the Berkeley campus.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A donation of land has made it possible to begin plans for an ashram in Northern California.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A third Krishna Consciousness center has now been opened\'97this one in Montreal, Canada. Although we don\'92t have much to report on a
ctivities there as yet, we expect to make great strides in spreading the Samkirtan movement when that city\'92s World\'92s Fair, called \'93Expo 67,\'94 opens in April. We\'92re hoping to have the Swami present at that time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness has taken to the television airwaves both in San Francisco and New York. In the former case, a local station, KPI
X, carried a program on the Haight-Ashbury section on Tuesday evening, February 21, in which Samkirtan and the temple were mentioned. In the case of New York, the station is CBS and the program \'93Eye On New York.\'94 Unfortunately, as this is being wri
tten, it\'92s too early for us to say any more than that. In our next issue, however, we\'92ll be able to consider the response to these endeavors.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the meantime\'97wouldn\'92t you like to send us a letter? Our post man needs the work, and what\'92s more we\'92d like to hear from 
you. Let us have your comments, suggestions and criticisms regarding the Samkirtan movement in general, and Back to Godhead in particular.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Editors.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. 
BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Notes transcribed from a lecture given September 4, 1966
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To begin to understand the Truth, one must surrender oneself, because surrender is the beginning of spiritual life. Ultimately, we must
 surrender to God. To do this, one should find a bonafide spiritual master and question him, just as Arjuna questioned Lord Krishna. The disciple should also render service to the master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material life is based on false ego. One thinks, \'93I am this,\'94 or, \'93I am that,\'94 leading ultimately to \'93I am God.\'94 Man 
is an insignificant spiritual spark, but he is puffed up with imaginary thoughts of what he is. He thinks he is moving the sun, but he cannot overcome even a toothache.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two kinds of energy: prakriti and purusha. Prakriti is the passive or female principle, and purusha is the active or male pri
nciple. Purusha is the enjoyer; prakriti is the enjoyed. Purusha is the predominator; prakriti is the predominated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Living entities are prakriti. They may think that they are the enjoyers, but their true function is to be enjoyed. They think that they
 are the predominators, but their true function is to be predominated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Living beings are a form of energy. Where there is energy, there must be a field for the energy. The body is the field and the soul is 
the knower and the owner. One thinks, \'93This is my hand,\'94 or, \'93This is my ear,\'94 but who is this \'93I?\'94 It is pure spirit soul. That which is \'93mine\'94 is the field. Every individual soul has a different field of activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna said, \'93Know Me as the Knower of all fields.\'94 So there are two knowers, Krishna and myself. But Krishna knows more than I.
 Although I know what goes on in my body and mind (to an extent), I do not know what goes on in yours. In this way, my knowledge is limited. Krishna knows everything that goes on everywhere. His knowledge is not limited, and that is the difference betwee
n us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna sits with everyone as a friend. It is like two birds in a tree. One bird eats the fruit of the tree while the other bird sits a
nd watches. We are like the bird that eats, while Krishna is the other bird, watching and waiting for us to turn to Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People who worship a Personal God accept this duality of individual soul and Super Soul. When the individual entity dovetails his own c
onsciousness with the Supreme Consciousness, he becomes superconsciousness. In the spiritual world, all consciousnesses are in resonance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is all-pervading. He is in all of the many universes. He is in every atom and in every living being.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poems
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poems
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To doubt\line                                 is to say, \'93God is wrong.\line I will find my own answers.\'94\line But do
 you know\line                             who you are?\line                             where you came from?\line                            why you are here?\line To know the answers\line                                  to all questions\line all you n
eed to know \line is that you are a fragment\line                         of Krishna.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Brahmananda Das Brahmachary\line (Bruce Scharf)
\par }\pard 
\s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 \par \pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'93Good Help Nowadays\'94
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After all, it }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kaliyuga.\line But still, I do wish\line As I hear of the beauty of the Lord\line That I could learn to praise Him.\line And when I hear of the kindness of the Lord,\line I long to glorify Him.\line But my mo
uth is barren and my voice is cracked,\line And all I know of is stone\line \'97if a man can be stone.\line So I must beg my Lord\line To give me the means\line And the method\line And the strength\line And the will\line To serve Him.\line And after all 
that, O Krishna\'97\line What is there left that I can do for You?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rayarama Das Brahmachary\line (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard 
\s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 \par \pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These waters speak of our Lord\line they are continually descending down\line as 
a man bowing\line as a man bowing.\line like a cup emptying.\line Yet in reverence & humility\line the fulfillment & recognition\line as a man bowing\line like a cup emptying\line these waters run down from the mountains\line into the sea\line and speak 
of our Lord\line for it is only by running into the sea\line that the river never grows dry\line it is only by devotion to the Lord\line that a man never dies\line Yet the river is without salt\line and man without memory\line but he has been remembered
\line from all eternity\line indeed the cup cannot be emptied\line from all eternity Neither can the cup be turned\line upside down or right side up\line for gravity clashes in other realms\line and the river descends in praise\line like a man bowing
\line bowing in His Love.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rabindrasvarupa Das Brahmachary\line (Bob Lefkowitz)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Spiritualization of Energy
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SPIRITUALIZATION OF ENERGY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93The world is charg\'92d with the grandeur of God . . . .\'94\line \'97Gerard Manly Hopkins
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Mantra to be sung at the top of your lungs to whatever tune you like from dawn to dawn to dawn without cessation forev
er and ever and ever into eternity.)
\par }\pard 
\s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 \par \pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA\line KRISHNA KRISHNA\line HARE HARE, HARE RAMA\line 
HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA\line HARE HARE\line All that we ever see\line Is God\'92s blissful energy.\line O God\'92s blissful energy!\line O God\'92s blissful energy!\line God\'92s blissful energy\line All just for you and me.\line O God\'92s blissful energy.
\line Blissful, blissful energy!\line Wipe your eyes\line So you can see,\line Blow your cool,\line Don\'92t play the fool\'97\line Can\'92t you see?\line We\'92re His very\line E N E R G Y\line Energy!\line Sing it, shout it,\line Tell the entire\line W
orld about it.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chant it, rant it!\line Dance, enhance it.\line Don\'92t sit and sigh,\line Let\'92s all get high.\line Don\'92t feel moros
e,\line Have a double dose\line Of \line Energy!\line Energy!\line It\'92s always, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub always\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ALWAYS fre
e!\line FREE! FREE!\line Don\'92t be suspect,\line It\'92s direct\line From God to thee,\line And it\'92s FREE!\line ENERGY! E N E R G Y!\line Blissful, blissful\line E N E R G Y!\line HARE KRISHNA! HARE KRISHNA!\line KRISHNA! KRISHNA!\line HARE! HARE! H
ARE RAMA!\line HARE RAMA! RAMA! RAMA!\line HARE! HARE!
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93\'91Hare\'92 means \'91the energy of the Lord.\'92 So when we sing \'91Hare Krishna,\'92 we are saying, 
\'91O Lord, O the wonderful energy of the Lord, O Lord please accept me who am no more than the straw in the street.\'92\'94\'97- Swami Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna, the Supreme Lord, is Energetic. In fact, Krishna is the Energetic Supreme Person. Everything is His energy; everything we come
 into contact with during our brief lives is energy, and what\'92s more it\'92s Krishna\'92s energy. This may sound staggeringly simple (or staggeringly unacceptable) but the degree of our realization of this fact will account for our happiness in this w
orld and in whatever spheres we encounter after death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as man is concerned, the Lord\'92s energy can be broken into three categories: material energy, marginal energy, and spiritual e
nergy. Material energy is called inferior or external energy, Prakriti, or Nature. Spiritual energy is called superior or internal energy, Purusha, or Spirit. The combination of the two creates marginal energy. Liberated souls without material bodies are
 examples of spiritual energy. Man, as a conditioned embodied soul, is an example of marginal energy. He is both matter and spirit. And a rock or a piece of metal is an example of material energy. All are emanations of Krishna, the Indwelling Spirit of a
ll things. The process we are interested in involves transferal of ourselves from inferior, material energy (Nature) into the realm of superior, spiritual energy (what has been called the Kingdom of God). This transferal has been referred to as \'93salva
tion\'94 by the Christians and \'93liberation\'94 by the Hindus.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Krishna has explicitly stated that Nature, His external, inferior en
ergy, is under His control. \'93Prakriti, under My guidance, gives birth to all things, moving and unmoving; and because of this, O son of Kunti, the world revolves.\'94 (Gita, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub IX/10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Again, He states that Nature Herself }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rests}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in Him, that He, in brief, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub contains}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nature.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub As the mighty wind blowing everywhere ever rests in the akasa (ethereal space), know that in the same manner 
all beings rest in Me. At the end of a cycle all beings, O son of Kunti, enter into My Prakriti (Nature), and at the beginning of a cycle I generate them again. Controlling My own Prakriti, I send forth, again and again, all this multitude of beings, hel
pless under the sway of maya. (Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IX/6-8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is Nature, Prakriti, that is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or illusion, because it is a perverted, temporary covering of the eternal Reality. All phenomena meeting our senses is termed maya. This includes our very bodies, the bodies of others, all t
he boys and girls and men and women and animals and aquatics and fowls and insects, the earth and grass and trees, plains, deserts, mountains and oceans, the towns and cities, roads and junctions, signboards, railroads, highways and skyways with all conc
omitant paraphernalia: clouds and rain and snow and hail and sun, moon and stars and whatever visible through microscope or telescope, on earth or down in the deepest seas or in the highest material planet or sun and whatever else visible or invisible fr
om the tiniest atom to the largest whirling galaxy\'97all this and whatever else comes to mind is God\'92s blissful energy, is His Prakriti, or Nature, which He controls, and all, without exception, is maya, illusion, and is therefore subject to the rigi
d elementary laws governing creation, maintenance and destruction. All this phenomena, which in its entirety comprises the material universe, has been said to be \'93on fire.\'94 The material universe has been likened to a forest fire because it is by na
ture always changing and raging. There is no peace for embodied beings in such a place. It has not been designed for peace or happiness. It is called, therefore, Krishna\'92s inferior energy. It is blissful for Krishna because Krishna is not attached to 
it\'97it has consequently been described as His }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or \'93play.\'94 But for the embodied, conditioned
 beings, caught in the ocean of maya, this \'93play\'94 can be very painful and terrifying. This is because this multitude of beings, not perceiving the eternal Reality behind the play, is \'93helpless under the sway of maya.\'94 Some men, however, throu
gh God\'92s grace, have been able to perceive the Omnipotent One, the Living God, shining in all His effulgent glory behind His maya. The poet Coleridge in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Destiny}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nations}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  writes of \'93the clouds that veil His blaze,\'94 in some sublime poetry revealing his knowledge of the One Reality governing the play of the many:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For all that meets the bodily sense I deem\line Symbolical, one mighty alphabet\line For infant minds; and we in this low w
orld\line Placed with our backs to bright Reality,\line That we may learn with young unwounded men\line The substance from its shadow.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This phenomenal universe, a \'93mighty alphabet for infant minds,\'94 passes across the Face of the Supreme like clouds passing across 
the sun. Yet every particle of this universe, being His creation, reflects a bit of Himself, however pervertedly. From this shadow of Reality we may briefly deduce the substance, and by so doing turn from the shadow to the substance. Socrates, in the fam
ous parable of the cave in Book VII of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Republic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , speaks of mankind as being chained in a cave with their backs to the blazing fire of Reality, only capable of making out shadows of one another which the fir
e throws on the opposite wall of the cave. When at first confronted with the blazing light of Reality, men, not accustomed to it, turn away, their eyes dazzled, for they are used to the cave and require to grow accustomed to the upper world. But once the
ir sight is accustomed to the sight of the upper world, they would disdain returning to their prior condition. The shadows, thrown on the wall of the cave, are analogous to the illusory energy of Krishna. The light of the upper world is His superior ener
gy. Our process, in the spiritualization of energy, is a process of moving out the cave, of turning from maya, the inferior energy of Prakriti, to the spiritual light of the Imperishable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Gita, Krishna Himself differentiates between His two energies: Prakriti, or Nature, His inferior energy; and Purusha, or Spirit,
 His superior energy.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, false ego\'97such is the eightfold division of My separat
ed material energies. Besides these there is another energy of Mine which is superior, which is the living entity, by which the world is utilized. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VII/4-5}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prakriti, therefore, is indefinable and beginning less nescience in which conditioned souls have been entangled since time immemorial. 
Conditioned souls are, in actuality, Purusha, or spirit soul, and as such they have no business being entangled in matter. They are Purusha in so much as they are part and parcels of the Supreme Lord. It is the Self, or Spirit-soul, entangled in Prakriti
, Nature, that brings about birth, suffering and death. Krishna informs us:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Prakriti is said to be the cause of the generation of the body and the organs, and Purusha is said to be the 
cause of the experience of pleasure and pain. Purusha, embodied in Prakriti, experiences the gunas (the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance) born of Prakriti. It is attachment to these gunas that is the cause of his (the soul\'92s) birth in good and
 evil wombs. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XIII/20-21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Furthermore, to insure us that all individual entities in the material universe are deluded by Prakriti, Krishna says, \'93There is no 
creature here on earth, nor among the gods in heaven, who is free from the three gunas born of Prakriti.\'94 (Gita, XVIII/40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If this is the case, then how is liberation possible?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Liberation from Prakriti is possible through the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritualiza
tion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub energy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Krishna assures us, \'93He who knows Purusha and Prakriti, along with the gunas, is not born again, howsoever he may co
mport himself.\'94 (Gita, XIII/23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is this possible? Through a) Knowledge, b) Performance of duties 
with renunciation of the fruits of labor, c) Devotion to Krishna, and d) Grace given by Krishna to His devotee. Combined, these constitute a sure formula for flipping our of material energy and into spiritual energy. Of course this involves a process of 
change; up to this point your life has been like a deflated balloon. The process of spiritualization, whereby you turn the material energy in your life into spiritual energy, is like blowing up the balloon and blissfully watching it pop. It was Newton wh
o discovered that every object or body in the universe attracts every other body or object. This is not only true of heavenly bodies\'97it is true of ourselves. The attraction of energy for energy is basic and natural. This attraction largely operates on
 the basis of the sex drive. Now the process for eternal happiness is in redirecting all energies to Krishna. Our energies must not be attracted to Prakriti (maya), the illusory energy of Socrates\'92 cave. Rather, all energies should be one hundred perc
ent directed to Krishna and His eternal Spiritual Kingdom. This is what the spiritualization of energy entails. It is a turning from the illusion to the Reality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have mentioned that liberation is made possible by a) Knowledge. In regards to Knowledge, that is, the ability to distinguish between
 the Reality and the illusion, Krishna says, \'93Even if you are the most sinful of sinners, yet by the raft of Knowledge alone will you be borne over all sin. Verily, there exists no purifier on earth equal to Knowledge.\'94 (Gita, IV/36}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 38) In describing the man of knowledge, Krishna characterizes him in this way:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a yogi, and he has perfor
med all action. He whose undertakings are all free from desires and self-will, and whose works are consumed in the fire of Knowledge\'97he, by the wise, is called a sage. Giving up attachment to the fruit of action, ever content, and dependent on none, t
hough engaged in work, he does no work at all. Free from desire, with body and mind controlled, and surrendering all possessions, he incurs no sin through mere bodily activity. Satisfied with what comes to him without any effort on his part, rising above
 the pairs of opposites, free from envy, and even-minded in success and failure, though acting, he is not bound.\line                                                                                                                                         
               (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IV/18-22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The man in true knowledge, according to Krishna, is always in communion with the Supreme Lord. His life has been purified through desir
elessness and renunciation of the fruits of action (not action itself). }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sees}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reality}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub behind}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub form}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Supreme}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spirit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub behind}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guise}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'93The knowledge by which one indestructible Substance is seen in all beings undivided in the divided\'97know that that knowledge is of the nature of sattva (goodness).\'94 (Gita, XVIII/20) For him, energy is already spir
itualized. It is only a matter of seeing properly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Knowledge can be acquired through b) Performance of duties with renunciation of the fruits of labor, and c) devotion to Krishna. Krishn
a says that \'93He who neither hates nor desires may be known as constantly practicing renunciation.\'94 (Gita, V/3)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Krishna further states that renunciation of action is not possible without the performance of action. In practicing Krishna-consciousness and spiritualizing one\'92s life, one does not sit stock still in a room staring at the wall. Rather
, one is always engaged in action, devoting one\'92s action to Krishna and surrendering the fruits of action to Him. Action is not separate from knowledge; rather, they are intimately related. \'93It is children, and not the wise, that speak of the path 
of knowledge and the path of action as distinct,\'94 Krishna says. \'93He who is firmly set on one reaches the end of both.\'94 (Gita, V/3)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How does one spiritualize energy through renunciation of the fruits of action? First, we recognize that nothing belongs to us. All thin
gs belong to Krishna, for He is the proprietor of all energy. For instance, when typing an essay, a man in Krishna consciousness is not performing the same action as a man who is bound by the sense of \'93I\'94 and \'93mine,\'94 although an observer may 
not see a difference. A man on the spiritual platform sees the typewriter as Krishna\'92s, the paper and ink as Krishna\'92s, the words as Krishna\'92s and the fingers that type as Krishna\'92s. In his action he sees nothing but Krishna\'92s energy at wo
rk. For him there is nothing but God\'92s blissful energy. He is not attached to this action because he sees \'93the inaction in action,\'94 that is, he knows that it is simply the senses busy with their objects: or, illusory energy at work. He knows tha
t the real Self remains inactive. In this way he is free from all taint of ego, for he is not the doer. Krishna instructs us in this way:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93I do nothing at all,\'94 thinks the yogi, the knower of Truth; for in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling
, and tasting; in walking, breathing, and sleeping; in speaking, emitting, and seizing; in opening and closing the eyes, he is assured that it is only the senses busied with their objects. He who works without attachment, resigning his actions to Brahman
, is untainted by sin, as a lotus-leaf by water.\line A selfless man who has renounced the fruit of his action attains peace, born of steadfastness. But the man who is not selfless and who is led by desire is attached to the fruit and therefore bound. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub V/8-10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Detached action is made easier through practice. Through such detached action, one becomes purified from actions in the modes of passio
n and ignorance. Then one is in a better position to execute pure devotional service to Krishna. It is through pure devotional service\'97chanting of the Holy Names, \'93Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama R
ama, Hare Hare\'94\'97that one receives grace from Krishna enabling liberation from the material energy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regarding such devotional service, Krishna is outspoken in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He makes it clear that the wisest man worships Him (Krishna) alone.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa79\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub All beings, from their very birth, O Bharata, are deluded by the spell of the pairs of opposites arising fro
m desire and aversion. But the men of virtuous deeds, whose sin is ended, are free from the delusion of the pairs and worship Me with firm resolve. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VII/27-28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub That Supreme Purusha (Spirit), in whom all beings abide and by whom the entire universe is pervaded, can be att
ained, O Partha, by whole-souled devotion directed to Him alone. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8/22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa180\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub There are two beings in the world: the Perishable and the Imperishable. The Perishable comprises all creatur
es, and the Imperishable is said to be the Unchanging.\line But there is another Being, the Highest, called the Supreme Self, who, as the Immutable, pervades and sustains the three worlds.\line As I surpass the Perishable and as I am higher even than the
 Imperishable, I am extolled in the world and in the Vedas as the Supreme Personality.\line He who, undeluded, knows Me thus as the Supreme Personality\'97he knows all, O Bharata, and he worships Me with all his heart. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XV/16-19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How then is worship and devotional service carried out? There have been many methods used. Meditation, sacrifice and temple worship wer
e common practice in more religious ages. In this age of irreligiosity, however, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a 15th century incarnation of Krishna, has suggested the method of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Samki
rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , that is, a method of bhaktiyoga utilizing the Maha Mantra, the chanting of \'93Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The greatest spiritualizer of all energy is this Maha Mantra, the Great Hare Krishna Mantra, which obliterates all materialistic dust b
y dint of transcendental sound vibration. As Lord Chaitanya and Swami Bhaktivedanta are always pointing out, the words \'93Hare Krishna\'94 and Krishna are non-different. Lord Chaitanya said, \'93In these transcendental Names (Hare Krishna, Hare Rama) yo
u have invested all your transcendental energies . . . .\'94 Because Krishna is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient, He is present in the very sound of His Holy Names. When we say the word \'93Krishna,\'94 Krishna is there by His sound representation
. We are always anxious to \'93see\'94 God. But why do we put such stress on }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub seeing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God? As He reveals Hi
mself to us, we will see more and more of Him, but we should take advantage of the fact that we can also \'93hear\'94 Him through His sound representation. Hearing Him is just as good as seeing, tasting or feeling Him. As the origin of sound, He is sound
 personified. Religion has actually been defined as the worship of God through sound. The transcendental sound vibrations of the \'93Hare Krishna\'94 Mantra provide the quickest and most effective means for purifying our lives, spiritualizing energy, and
 making us eligible for \'93promotion\'94 to the spiritual Kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one chants the sixteen word mantra (HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE 
HARE) one should be careful to follow certain rules in regard to the chant. One should }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub never}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Blaspheme the Lord or His devotees
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Consider the Lord and the demigods on the same level or as
sume that there are many gods
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Interpret the Holy Name (All personal interpretations, bei
ng conceptualizations of the inconceivable, will of necessity lead one astray. Lord Chaitanya suggested chanting the Holy Name with all humility, thinking oneself lower than the straw on the street and begging the Lord to accept him.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Minimize the authority of the Scriptures or of the spiritu
al master under whom one is studying
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Commit sin on the strength of chanting
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Instruct the glories of the Name to the unfaithful or demo
niac
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Compare the Holy Name with material piety or mundane goodn
ess (The Holy Name is transcendental to all worldly conceptions of sanctity.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Be attentive while chanting the Holy Name (This is a matte
r of personal, mental discipline. The tendency of the mind to wander will render the chant less effective. One should concentrate on each syllable as one emits it, fully aware that the sound representation of the Supreme Lord of the Universe is passing t
hrough one\'92s body.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Be attached to material things, especially while engaged i
n chanting. (One should be oblivious to one\'92s circumstances or surroundings when chanting. The mind should be totally fixed on the Supreme Lord.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the rules are consistently broken, then the Lord will render the chant ineffective, for one is then not worthy to chant His Name. Th
e Maha Mantra is not the \'93hit song of the week,\'94 but the hit song of Eternity, and as such should be chanted with all due reverence and concentration. If one keeps the rules 20% of the time, then the chant will work 20%. If he keeps the rules 50% o
f the time, then the chant will work 50%, and so on up to 100%. Also, the more frequently one chants, the more effective the chant becomes. One need not chant in a temple with instruments and other devotees, though this is highly desirable. One can chant
 softly to oneself while at work or walking down the street or on the bus or subway or in the privacy of the home. And if no supplementary instruments (such as cymbals or harmoniums or drums) are available, one can always clap one\'92s hands softly. The 
hands and the voice are the original instruments of praise, and as such are especially pleasing to Krishna. In such a simple way we can be transferred out of Prakriti, material energy, into Krishna\'92s spiritual realm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It has been argued that in actuality there are no distinctions between material and spiritual energy, that in reality all energy is spi
ritual energy. If this is the case, then why does Krishna, in the Bhagavad-Gita, make the distinction between Prakriti, his inferior nature, and the jiva (living entity), His superior nature? True, once we are pure, liberated devotees of the Supreme, we 
are in the spiritual kingdom, having overcome the inferior modes of Prakriti. One whose primary thought is serving the Supreme, in whatever condition he may be, is liberated. In his Purports to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Srimad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , Swami Bhaktivedanta clarifies this point.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub There is no difference between matter and spirit for the Lord, although there is a gulf of difference between
 the two in the case of the conditioned living being. As for the Lord, there is nothing except spiritual existence, so also there is nothing except spiritual existence for the pure devotee of the Lord in his intimate relation with the Lord. (}{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , Vol. II, p. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 696}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As to what constitutes a pure devotee, Swami Bhaktivedanta writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'85 those who see everything in the Lord and everything of the Lord and also sees in everything an eternal r
elation with the Lord so that there is nothing within his purview of sight except the Lord\'97are called the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mahabhagwatas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , or the first grade devotees of the Lord. Such first grade devotees of the Lord are perfect in all respects. \line (Bhaktivedanta, Purport, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , Vol II, p. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 708}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Himself speaks in this way of His pure devotee: \'93He who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, to him I am never lost
, nor is he ever lost to Me.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , VI/30) Even Lord Chaitanya, God Himself incarnated as a devotee, 
lamented the inadequacy of His devotion, often saying that if He really loved Krishna He would have died long ago rather than endure separation for a moment. So even Lord Chaitanya taught separation from the Supreme Lord due to His descent into material 
nature. Until we reach the absolute transcendental levels, we must admit to the duality of matter and spirit, for we are conditioned souls and conditioned souls, entangled in material nature, are marginal energy, a combination of matter and spirit. One m
ight ask how spiritual energy can ever be under the grip of material energy. Well, that is the very conditioning of conditioned souls\'97if they weren\'92t under the grip of the material energy they would be unconditioned. This is the difference between 
conditioned souls and the Supreme Lord. Krishna, who controls Prakriti, is never under the control of maya. That would mean that maya, the inferior energy of Krishna, is stronger than Krishna. No, Krishna is never illusioned. It is the conditioned indivi
dual souls that have fallen under the influence of the material nature through contact with it. The process of renunciation and devotion is the process of making oneself eligible to receive the Lord\'92s grace which will free the individual soul from the
 entanglements of material energy. It is this process that is called salvation, or liberation. A devotee who considers the Supreme Lord to be his ultimate aim and takes refuge in Him will certainly be transferred to the eternal spiritual realm. This is t
he promise of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Fix your heart on Me, give your love to Me, worship Me, bow down before Me; so shall you come to Me. This is 
My pledge to you, for you are dear to Me.\line Abandon all dharmas and come to Me alone for shelter. I will deliver you from all sins; do not grieve. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVIII/64-65}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is Krishna\'92s promise not only to Arjuna but to all devoted men. Because, in this age, we have fallen below the status of even a
 warrior like Arjuna, Lord Chaitanya incarnated Himself to introduce the Samkirtan method of spiritual realization. This method of chanting \'93HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE\'94 is the 
quickest and most direct way to Krishna. The chant is an instant spiritualizer, transforming the singer into spiritual energy and clearing the way easily to his ultimate liberation for returning home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Work-Prayer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Work-Prayer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dear Lord, as I begin this day,\line assure me that Your energy is in\line Your Name. I ask no boon but to\line be allowed 
to do everything for\line You, and transform the mundane\line into actual service acceptable\line to Your mercy in Your inconceivable\line Power.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the Job,\line A Second Essay on Karma Yoga
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Satsvarupa Das Brahmachary\line (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the few minutes before 9 A.M. the office }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karmis}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are rushing to each other for idle talk. Pray that you will have no business with anyone which will divert you from those thoughts that lead like arrows back to home, back to Godhead. Th
e work begins, and hopefully the chant is in everything and everything is in the chant.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma yoga is not only a matter of the paycheck going to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and not to the sense gratification of the worker. It has to be 
done favorably. (The Lord doesn\'92t }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub need}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  your karma yoga at the office; your joy in the morning doesn
\'92t sustain Him, nor do you cause the planets to float in space. But your faith and devotion please Him\'97\'93My devotee is dear to Me.\'94 (Bhagavad Gita, XII/14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . You must establish moment to moment links with the Supreme. Therefore, the practice of penances in mind, speech and body is prescribed, and we shall see why.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Gita declares }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub purity}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uprightness}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub continence}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub non-violence}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be the penance of the body. \'93The utterance of words which }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub give}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub offense}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub truthful}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pleasant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bene
ficial}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94 is said to be the penance of speech. Serenity of mind, gentleness, silence, self control, the purity of mind\'97is called the penance of the mind. (Bhagavad Gita, XVII/
14-16) These penances, performed without expecting reward, put one in the nature of goodness. Goodness is the level from which we can most easily progress to the Transcendental. If you are shackled in the illusion of nonsense-talk, or is you are gambling
 with co-workers on the outcome of sports, and \'93killing time\'94 whenever possible, then you are not likely to be performing actions acceptable as yoga (toward union with God). Be absorbed. The work is the medium. \'93Hard to understand is the way of 
works.\'94 (Gita, IV/17)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the actual eating-up of work and work-time commences\'97that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not merely a sentiment or spiritual r
ecreation, that your love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not merely a good-time, speculative, \'93fair-weather\'94 friendship\'97these truths get tested in the fire of work. To the limited eye, what is going on in the office is simply the action of fruitive worke
rs engaged in mundane turmoil. The boss is saying he is God, and he is applying the full force of his authority upon the workers and clerks. Of course in some instances, the boss-worker relationship is going smoothly. Whether he is favored or oppressed b
y his boss does not concern the karma yogi; he is really not concerned this way or the other with the prevailing mundane temperament. It is part of a karma yogi\'92s skill that he is able to perform work expertly. He maintains an even temperament under f
ire, and as a constant activity of work he avoids all embarrassment. To the karma yogi, this desk, these drawers, these forms and files are the paraphernalia of a sacrifice. He is practicing celibacy, and concentration, and meditation and worship. \'93He
 who is trained in the way of works \'85 he is not tainted by works, though he works.\'94 (Gita-V/7)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The true yoga of the Bhagavad Gita, in which one takes a firm seat covered with sacred grass, a deerskin and a cloth one over the other
, in a solitary place, for the purpose of the purification of the soul\'97is a way leading to the same realization (love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba) for which the karma yogi, in his shirt, pants and neck-tie, is ever intent on. In the Chapter of the True Yoga (VI
) the Lord describes him at his task:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Serene and fearless, firm in the vow of celibacy, subdued in mind, let him sit, his mind turned to Me and
 intent on Me alone.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VI/14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93With the heart undismayed,\'94 and disconnected from union with pain, the karma yogi makes his hymn to K\'e5\'f1\'eba while fully e
ngaged in the tasks of the office. Because he is using the body\'97which includes the mind\'97to perform these tasks, his senses are occupied with the sense objects in sacrifice: by offering each act to God, he \'93is not touched by sin, even as a lotus 
leaf (is untouched) by water.\'94 (Gita, V/10) Even in the beginning stages, a sincere devotee can practice such work in relaxation and with no uneasy sense of being scrutinized by the world. The devotee is confident that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Fixed in the assured protection of the Supreme Lord, there is no worldly power that can drag him down. The medium of work is a constant purification, a form of penance, and its end-aim is to achieve love through His service. As long as he works, h
e can\'92t go wrong.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma yoga has been described by Swami Bhaktivedanta as yoga for those who are addicted to work and activity; in this sense it is being
 practiced by the man who \'93can\'92t stop\'94 fruitive work itself, but who is enlightened enough to dovetail his labor with the pleasure of the Supreme. This description of karma yoga places it in a transitional stage between material and spiritual li
fe. The direct, karma-less service is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or devotional service. Bhakti is loving service of man to the Supreme Lord; such a devotee in bhakti performs only the Lord\'92s work in the world, as a
 direct, confidential servant, who is compact in love for his influential Master. We can understand that the karma yogi is on the path to bhakti. He (the karma yogi) is working behind enemy lines (with the karmis) and waiting for the day when the Supreme
 Lord will bring him closer into confidence. Man cannot presume to speed up his approach to God\'97he can\'92t take K\'e5\'f1\'eba by \'93storming\'94 His abode. A man in karma yoga turns over his work to the Supreme Personality, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Who is r
ealized within his heart\'97where he perceives that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub himself}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub part}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . And it is also realized personal
ly in that ecstatic inconceivable name of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97found kindly dancing on the karma yogi\'92s t
ongue when saying the Maha Mantra:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare.\line Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Average workers who are trapped in the material (non-spiritual) concept of work believe that they themselves are matter, and the work i
s matter, and so they slug it out\'97one piece of matter against another\'97for a fixed rate of pay, for a certain number of hours a day. They will make demands for reduced hours and more pay and better lighting, but they make no demand for karma yoga, }
{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub relieve}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub them}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hopeless}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub labor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a fellow worker we humbly invite each and every employee at any job whatsoever to take to this process of dove-tailing with God-cons
ciousness\'97in action. The principles of karma yoga are sound. The results are definite and immeasurably good. Try it whole-heartedly for one week\'97chant the Holy Name all day and sing it at lunch hour, and chant yourself to sleep at night. See for yo
urself. No one will have to tell you.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Flood
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Flood
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl323\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An infinite ocean of bliss!\line Is it milk?\line Or pure love energy?\line Dancing, on a sea of chimes,\line Arms stretche
d out\line In a rain of sweetness;\line Legs, dancing for God,\line Dancing to His tune;\line Alan, leaping to the chant\line Like a drunk Cossack.\line Everyone\'92s astonished\'97\line At last\'97\line This is Krishna Consciousness!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Daniel Clark
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Two Fools
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Two Fools
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a short dialogue\line                            by Daniel Clark
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fool Number One:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Am I talking to Krishna?\line Am I talking to an angel?\line Am I talking to my wife?\line Am I talking to myself?\line One
 moment without you is an agony in Hell.\line And even more hellish is the fact that I don\'92t know it\'92s happening.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fool Number Two:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fool searches to do something for himself alone.\line Afterwards he sees his stupidity and thinks,\line \'93Was I searc
hing for the ground floor of experience?\'94\line \'93A base of pure physicality upon which all else may be built?\'94\line \'93A definition of my individual existence?\'94\line Then he feels again the all-encompassing negation, the denial.\line He knows
 where the physical ends if it is followed.\line It ends in Hell.\line It is a planet, it exists somewhere out there,\line There is a head magistrate, officers, and so on,\line A specific \'93training course\'94 for each capital transgression;\line And a
fter Hell, release; perhaps as a rock.\line The fool gets another chance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fool Number One:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There must be a memory of something like that,\line Somewhere in my head, and at times I escape to it.\line It\'92s easy to
 escape into memories,\line To try to make the present into an ideal that turns out to be Hell.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fool Number Two:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The past is suffused with Hell,\line The present is suffused with Hell,\line The future is suffused with Hell.\line Hell is
 the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reductio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ad}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub absurdam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of material life.\line Stop tryi
ng to prove you can do it alone.\line You can\'92t, you need Krishna, you need your wife,\line Your idea is a grotesque joke without them,\line Your conception of God is pretty stupid if God didn\'92t give it to you.\line Give up;\line Give up this silly
 notion that you have to prove something to somebody.\line God loves you as you are;\line Anyway, He knows all about your schemes,\line And finds them unpleasant.\line Is there any other reason He doesn\'92t give you all His love?\line Take off your mask
, face it;\line You don\'92t exist,\line You are only part and parcel of Krishna,\line Yes, and your wife too;\line How else can you love each other?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fool Number One:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All that confuses me.\line Crying is better,\line Giving up even the attempt to understand,\line Giving up hope of liberati
on, love,\line Giving up hope of hope, and crying.\line Crying is better, because somehow in crying I know\line Krishna loves me.\line All I can do is call His Name,\line And hope He hears me:\line Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare;
\line Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Following our Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Following our Cover
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is a picture of Vasudeva, Who is a plenary expansion of Krishna (in other words, a fully empowered incarnation representing the Lord engaged in one of His eternal a
nd infinite pastimes). With Vasudeva is Lakshmi, His consort, Who is further identified as the Goddess of Fortune. The stencil was drawn by our art directress, Jadurani Devi Dasi, who is further identified as Judy Koslofsky. She\'92s good fortune to us.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE ORIGIN OF THE CIVIL DISOBEDI
ENCE MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (and excerpt from the introduction to the First Volume of }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Srimad}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagwatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The
 following is part of the life-sketch of Lord Chaitanya Who lived in the Sixteenth Century in India and is considered to be the fullest incarnation of Krishna.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord was then married with great pomp and gaiety and began to preach the congregational chanting of the Holy Name of the Lord at Na
badwipa. Some of the Brahmins became envious of His popularity and put many hindrances in His path. At last these Brahmins complained about the matter before the Muslim Magistrate at Nabadwipa. Bengal was then governed by Pathans and the Governor of the 
Province was Nawab Hussain Shah. The Muslim Magistrate of Nabadwipa took the complaints of the Brahmins seriously, and at first he warned the followers of Nemai Pandit (Lord Chaitanya) not to chant the Name of Hari loudly. But Lord Chaitanya asked His fo
llowers to disobey the orders of the Kazi and they went on with their Samkirtan party as usual. The Magistrate then sent constables and broke some of the Mrindangams (drums) which were being used in Kirtan. When Nemai Pandit heard of this incident, he or
ganized a civil disobedience movement at Nabadwipa. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pioneer}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub civil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub disobedience}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
in}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cause}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He organized a procession of one hundred thousand men with thousands of Mrindangams, and the procession passed over the roads of Nabadwipa without any 
fear of the Kazi who had issued the order. At last the party reached the house of the Kazi, who went upstairs out of fear of the mass movement. The men, assembled there at the house of the Kazi, showed a haughty disposition, but the Lord asked them to be
 peaceful. At this time the Kazi came down and pacified the Lord by addressing Him as his nephew. He said that Nilambar Chakrabarty was called by him \'93Chacha\'94, or \'93uncle,\'94 and as Srimati Chachidevi the mother of Nemai Pandit became his sister
. He asked Nemai Pandit whether a sister\'92s son can be angry with his maternal uncle. Why should be not be respected? In this way, the whole incident was mitigated, and there was a long discussion of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Koran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and Hindu }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  between the two learned scholars. The question of cow-killing was also raised by the Lord and they properly replied with reference to the order of Koran. The Kazi also questioned the sacrifice of cows mentioned in the Vedas, and 
the Lord replied that the sacrifice of cows mentioned in the Vedas is not considered cow-killing. In }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 sacrifice an old bull or cow is sacrificed to give it a fresh, younger life by the power of the Vedic Mantra. In the Kali Yuga (the present age of discontent) such cow sacrifice is forbidden on account of the absence of learned Brahmins able to conduct 
such ceremonies. In the Kali Yuga, therefore, all }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yajnas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (sacrifice) is forbidden because it is a useless
 attempt by foolish men. In the Kali Yuga only the Samkirtan process is recommended for all practical purposes. The Kazi was convinced, and he became a follower of the Lord. He declared that thenceforward no one was to hinder the Samkirtan Movement start
ed by the Lord. The Kazi\'92s crematorium is still existent within the area of Nabadwipa, and all Hindu pilgrims go there to show their respects. The Kazi\'92s descendants were residents of Nabadwipa, but they never objected to Samkirtan, even during the
 days of the Hindu-Muslim riots.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
 1, No. 10, March 20, 1967
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IN THIS ISSUE :
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SHANKARACHARYA'S MEDITATION ON THE GITA\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICAN POETRY-\line PART 1 EMERSON by Hayagriva Da
s Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By the Grace of Krishna--
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By the Grace of Krishna\'97
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub March has already been an eventful month for all three centers of the Society\'97in San Francisco, Montreal and New York.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swami Bhaktivedanta led kirtan at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. to the delight of some 400 stomping, dancing, chanting stude
nts. The local Palo Alto newspaper caught up the student enthusiasm for Swamiji and the Hare Krishna Mantra by reporting that a new dance called \'93The Swami,\'94 a \'93trance dance,\'94 has replaced the \'93twist\'94 and \'93frug.\'94 The students at S
tanford danced for 70 minutes with fervor, hands held over their heads a la Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even more successful have been the Sunday Golden Gate Park kirtans in San Francisco which have been led by Swamiji and devotees weekly.
 Banners, kettle drums, cymbals, trumpets, mridangam, bongos, tambourines and voices have been attracting some 500-700 at the park kirtans every Sunday. A \'93love feast\'94 in the San Francisco center has also initiated a Pacific Ocean Sunset Kirtan hel
d at the beach every Tuesday at sundown. Lord Krishna freely provides all splendor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The new center at 3720 Park Avenue, Montreal, Canada has been throwing Mantra Rock Dances for temple benefit, utilizing local rock and 
roll bands and lights. The Mahamantra, Kirtanananda reports, \'93is being made an }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub integral part}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the da
nce.\'94 San Francisco devotees have also been chanting the Mahamantra at local dances. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The New York center is engaged in negotiating for a large building in the downtown Manhattan area. This building would be an important 
spiritual center for New York and the nation, and as such warrants the work and contributions not only of full-time devotees but of all people interested in spiritual rejuvenation in America. HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, HARE R
AMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Editors
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. 
BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Notes transcribed from a lecture given December 21, 1966.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya is describing the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leela Avatars}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There are innumerable avatars: Rama Nrsimha, Kalki, etc. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub some names are mentioned. All the incarnations, and especially the Leela avatars, descend to settle disturbances caused by demons.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are, for these purposes, two types of men: devotees and demons. The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub devas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (devotees) are demigods; they are completely Krishna conscious, and are entrusted with universal management. The demons or }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (atheists) are meant for creating disturbances. When the number of asuras greatly increases and life becomes intolerable for th
e devas, then the Lord comes in the form of one of His plenary expansions. As stated in the Bhagavad Gita, \'93Just to deliver the faithful and to annihilate the unfaithful, I come in every millenium.\'94 This is the function and purpose of the Leela ava
tars.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya tells Sanatan Goswami that He will now speak of incarnations of material qualities, the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guna Avatars}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Each quality of material nature is controlled by the Supreme Lord in His expansions as Vishnu, Who is a full plenary exp
ansion of God with 94% of the known godly qualities; Lord Shiva, a pure devotee, has 84% of the godly qualities, and Brahma, who is a living entity (like ourselves) with 78% of the godly qualities. Each one is a part and parcel of the Lord (Krishna). The
 guna avatars are in charge of material affairs. Lord Shiva is the avatar of Ignorance\'97but }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not i
gnorant, just as a prison official visiting the prison is not subject to its rules. Similarly, Brahma creates and initiates\'97passion comes from Brahma. Vishnu maintains these and all plural eternals in the material sphere\'97but He is the singular eter
nal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the constitution of Brahma? There are innumerable living entities. Many of them are devotees, but they want to enjoy the materi
al world and take favor from God. Brahma is in this position. Sometimes Krishna Himself becomes Brahma, when suitable living entities are not available. Just as a diamond has the power to illuminate, its power to shine being derived from the sun, so the 
powerful creator Brahma inherits power from the Supreme Lord. Brahma\'92s power is tiny in comparison; it is not originally luminous like the sun. This material universe is created by him at certain intervals, stays for some time, and then is destroyed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As with Brahma, sometimes when Lord Shiva is not available, Krishna accepts management of the modes of ignorance. Shiva is a direct exp
ansion of God, but because He is in the department of ignorance he is not quite God. Shiva means auspicious. His business is destruction. There is a popular statue of Shiva dancing, surrounded by the fires of annihilation. Material energy is under the co
ntrol of Shiva. Shiva is the father and material energy (Durga) is the mother. Because, unlike Krishna, Shiva has this connection with illusory energy, Shiva is not quite God. He stands between the living entity and Krishna. Lord Chaitanya quotes the Bra
hma Samhita on Lord Shiva: \'93If you mix something sour with milk, it becomes yogurt; such is the difference between Krishna and Shiva.\'94 Once made into yogurt it cannot be changed back into milk, although it has the same constitution. Those who worsh
ip Shiva cannot derive the same benefits as those in Krishna consciousness. Shiva is not different from Krishna, but he is altered by his association with matter\'97as he takes on the jobs of destruction and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (ignorance) management.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vishnu is never in touch with material energy. Vishnu is beyond the material worlds. Sankaracharya accepted this Supreme position of Na
rayana (Vishnu), although he was an impersonalist. Therefore, Vishnu\'92s Body is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , full of knowledge, eternal, and blissful.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Teachings of Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the instruction of Lord Chaitanya to Sanatan Goswami we can understand the Science of God in the matter of His transcendental Form, 
His opulences, and His devotional service\'97for everything is being described to Sanatan Goswami by the Lord Himself. At the time Sanatan fell at the feet of the Lord and with great humility asked about his real identity. He spoke as follows: \'93I am b
orn of a lower family, my associations are all abominable, and I am fallen and the most wretched of mankind. I was suffering in the dark well of material enjoyment, and I never knew the actual goal of my life. I do not know what is beneficial to me altho
ugh in the ordinary way I am what is known as a great learned man; in fact, I am so much of a fool that I even accept that I am a learned man. You have accepted me as your servant and you have delivered me from the entanglement of material life; now you 
can tell me what my duty is in this liberated state of life.\'94 In other words, we see by this plea that liberation is not the final word of perfection; there must be activities in liberation. Sanatan clearly asks, \'93You have saved me from the entangl
ement of material existence; now after liberation, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what is my duty}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? Kindly explain it to me.\'94 Sanatan 
further inquired \'93Who am I? Why are the three-fold miseries always giving me trouble? Finally, tell me how I will be relieved from this material entanglement? I do not know how to question about spiritual advancement of life, but I beg that you kindly
, mercifully let me know everything that I should know.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the process of acceptance of a spiritual master by the disciple. One should approach a spiritual master and humbly submit to hi
m and then inquire from him about one\'92s spiritual progress. The Lord was pleased by Sanatan\'92s submissive behavior and He replied to him as follows: \'93You are already benedicted by Lord Krishna, therefore you know everything and you are free from 
all miseries of material existence.\'94 The Lord further replied that because Sanatan was in Krishna Consciousness, naturally, by the grace of Krishna, he was already conversant with everything, but, \'93Because you are a humble devotee you are asking me
 to confirm what is already realized by you. This is very nice.\'94 These are the characteristics of a true devotee. In the Narada sutra it is said that one who is very serious about developing his Krishna Consciousness, by the grace of the Lord, has his
 desire for understanding Krishna very soon fulfilled. The Lord said, \'93You are a suitable person for protecting the devotional service of the Lord, therefore it is my duty to instruct you in the science of God, and I will explain to you one of the ord
ers.\'94 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the duty of a disciple approaching a spiritual master to enquire about his constitutional position. In response to that spiritual
 process, Sanatan has already asked, \'93What am I and why am I suffering from threefold miseries?\'94 The threefold miseries are called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhyatmic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhibhautic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhidaivic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Adhyatmic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means pertaining to the body and mind, therefore there are two kinds of miseries suffered by the living entity: sometimes he is suffering bodily, and sometimes he is distressed mentally\'97both are miseries. We are put into miseries
 even in the womb of the mother. And there are also many forms of misery that take advantage of our delicate body and give us pain. Miseries inflicted by other living entities are called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub adhibhautic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There are many living entities such as bugs born of eggs, that give us miseries while we are sleeping in bed. There are many living entities, like cockroa
ches, that sometimes give us pain, and there are other living entities born on different kinds of planets, and they also give us miseries. So far as }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhidaivic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  miseries are concerned, they are offered by the demigods from the higher planets. For instance, sometimes we suffer from serious cold weather, sometimes we suffer by the thunderbolt, sometimes earth
quakes, tornadoes, droughts and all other natural disasters. So we are always in either of these three kinds of miseries. Sanatan\'92s enquiry was, \'93What is the position of the living entities? Why are they always put into these three kinds of miserie
s?\'94 Sanatan has admitted his weakness; although he was known by the mass of people as a great learned man (and actually he was a highly learned scholar in the Sanskrit language)\'97and although he accepted the designation of a very learned man given h
im by the mass of people, yet he did not actually know what his constitutional position was, and why he was subjected to the threefold miseries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The necessity of approaching a spiritual master is not a fashion, but is for him who is seriously conscious of the material miseries an
d who wants to get out of them; it is the duty of such a person to approach the spiritual master. We find similar circumstances in the Bhagavad Gita. When Arjuna was perplexed by so many problems, whether to fight or not to fight, he accepted Lord Krishn
a as his spiritual master. There also it was a case of the Supreme Spiritual Master instructing Arjuna about the constitutional position of the individual entity. In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we are informed that the c
onstitutional position of the individual entity is spirit soul; he is not matter, therefore as a spirit soul he is part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, Absolute Truth, Personality of Godhead. We also learn that it is the duty of the spirit soul to surren
der, for only then can he be happy. The last instruction of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is that the spirit soul is to surrender completely unto the Supreme Soul, Krishna, and in that way realize happiness. Here also, 
Lord Chaitanya in answering the questions of Sanatan is repeating the same truth, but without giving him information of the spirit soul which is described in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He begins from the point where Krishna ended his instruction. It is calculated by great devotees that Lord Chaitanya is Krishna Himself. And as He ended His instruction in the }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , from that point he begins His instruction again, to Sanatan. The Lord said to Sanatan, \'93Your constitutional
 position is that you are pure living soul. This material body is not the identity of your real self, neither is your mind your real identity, nor your intelligence, nor is false ego the real identity for self. Your identity is that you are eternal servi
tor of the Supreme Lord, Krishna. Your position is that you are transcendental. Superior energy of Krishna is spiritual in constitution, and inferior external energy is material. In other words, you are between the material energy and the spiritual energ
y, therefore your position is marginal. In other words, you belong to the marginal potency of Krishna. You are simultaneously one with and different from Krishna because in a sense you are spirit, therefore you are not different from Krishna; but because
 you are only a minute particle of Krishna, you are therefore different from Krishna.\'94 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This simultaneous oneness and difference always exists in the relationship between the living entities and the Supreme Lord. From the m
arginal position of the living entity, this \'93simultaneously one and different\'94 is understood. The living entity is just like a molecular part of sunshine, whereas Krishna is compared to the blazing and shining sun. Lord Chaitanya compared the livin
g entities to the blazing sparks from the fire, and the Supreme Lord to the blazing fire of the sun. The Lord cites in this connection a verse from Vishnu Purana in which it is stated that everything that is manifested within this cosmic world is but a d
ifferent energy of the Supreme Lord. For example, as the fire emanating from one place exhibits its illumination and heat all around, similarly the Lord, although situated in one place in the spiritual world, is manifesting His different energies everywh
ere, and the whole world of cosmic representation is but different manifestations of His energy. The energy of the Supreme Lord is transcendental and spiritual, and the living entities also belong to that energy, but there is another energy which is call
ed hard-working material energy, which is covered by the cloud of ignorance and therefore divided into the three modes of material nature. Lord Chaitanya quoted from Vishnu Purana that all inconceivable energies are there in the Supreme Personality of (s
ic:) ceivable energy is there in the Supreme Lord, and the whole cosmic manifestation is acting due to the same inconceivable energy of the Supreme Lord. For example, as the heat of the fire is all perceivable, similarly the inconceivable energy of the S
upreme Lord is always perceivable by an intelligent person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord says that the living entities are also known as }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kset
rajna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or \'93knower of the field of activities.\'94 In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the 13th Chapter the living entity is described as }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ksetrajna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the
 body is described as the field of activities, and the living entity is the knower of that field. Although the living entity is constitutionally conversant with spiritual energy, or has the potency of understanding, he is being covered by the material en
ergy, and he consequently understands this body to be himself. This is called false ego. In material existence, under this false ego, the bewildered living entity is changing his different bodies and suffering different kinds of miseries. The knowledge o
f understanding his true position is present to various extents in different varieties of living entities. In other words, it is to be understood that the living entity is part and parcel of the spiritual energy of the Supreme Lord. The material energy i
s inferior energy, and therefore man has the potency to uncover this material energy and utilize the spiritual energy. It is stated in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that the superior energy is covered by the inferior energy. Due to this covering, the living entity is subjected to the miseries of the material world, and, according to the different degrees of obscur
ation, is proportionately suffering material miseries. Those who are a little enlightened are suffering less, but on the whole, everyone is subjected to material miseries on account of being covered by the material energy. The Lord also quoted from the }
{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 7th Chapter, in which it is stated that earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intelligence, and ego, a
ll combine together to form the inferior energy of the Supreme Lord. But the Superior Energy is the real identity of the living entity; on account of that energy the whole material world is working. The cosmic manifestation, made of material energy or ma
terial elements, has no power to act unless it is moved by the Superior energy, the living entity. So actually, the conditional life of the living entity is forgetfulness of his relationship with the Supreme Lord in Superior energy. When that relationshi
p is forgotten, conditional life is the result. Only when man revives his real identity, that of eternal servitor of the lord, does he become liberated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (PART II OF LORD CHAITANYA\'92S TEACHING WILL APPEAR IN NEXT ISSUE)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ************************************
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Last night I saw\line In a dream orchard\line Hanging from the branches of the trees\line In place of fruit\line Clusters of
 golden finger cymbals\line Which tingled in the breezes \line As if they were thousands of tiny frozen lotus flowers\line Shimmering and tingling;
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and flocks of devotees in streaming yellow robes\line danced up and down between the rows of trees\line with upraised arms t
hat looked like the curved necks\line of swans\line and heads tilted and eyes that looked lost\line because they had found\line bliss\line which only Krishna can bestow\line to His pure devotees;
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and beneath one of the trees sat Swamiji \line as if enthroned \line beating His drum intently\line smiling, placed
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and chanting \line HARE KRISHNA\line While all the yellow-robed marionettes swirrled about him\line Chanting\line HARE KRISH
NA\line And the timbriled trees tingled from each breath of Krishna
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh Krishna, if in my next thousand births\line This dream is all You reveal to me of Your Kingdom\line Then it would be enou
gh.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Brahmananda Das Brahmachary\line (Bruce Scharf)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Invocation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INVOCATION
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Meditation on the Gita
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Sri Shankaracharya
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Purports by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\line Text rendered into verse\line by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Sri Shankaracharya\'97or Shankara\'97is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Shiva, according to Padma Puranam. Appearing in India in the 6th century A.D., he s
ingle-handedly drove the Buddhist philosophy out of India and re-established Vedic culture, all in his short lifetime of 32 years. Although he took up the impersonalist guise to better battle the Buddhists-impersonalism is much akin to Buddhism-the comme
ntary rendered below, as well as other writings, reveal him to be, in actuality, devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna. Shankara\'92s most famous treatise is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Vivekachudamani}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and his other words include }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarirak Vhasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prayers for Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .)
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li2880\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (1)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Bhagavad Gita,\line Through Thy eighteen chapters\line Thou showers upon Man\line The immortal nectar\line Of the Wisdom 
of the Absolute\line O Blessed Gita\line By Thee Lord Krishna Himself\line Enlightened Arjuna.\line Afterward, the ancient sage Vyasa\line Included Thee in the Mahabharata\line O Loving Mother,\line Destroyer of Man\'92s rebirth\line Into the darkness of
 this mortal world,\line Upon Thee I meditate.
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li2880\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (2)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Salutations to thee, O Vyasa.\line Thou art of mighty intellect,\line And thine eyes\line Are large as the petals\line Of t
he full-blown lotus.\line It was thou\line Who brightened this lamp of Wisdom,\line Filling it with the oil\line Of the Mahabarata.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Sankaracharya was an impersonalist from the materialist point of view. But he never denied the spiritual form known as Sat-Chit-
Ananda Vigrata or the Eternal all-blissful Form of Knowledge which existed before the material creation. When he spoke of Supreme Brahman as impersonal he did not mean that the Lord\'92s Sat-Chit-Ananda Form was to be confused with a material conception 
of Personality. In the very beginning of his commentary on the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he maintains that Narayana, the Supr
eme Lord, is transcendental Personality, and He has nothing to do with the material Personality. Lord Krishna is the same Supreme Personality and has no connection with the material body. He descends in His spiritual eternal Form, but foolish people mist
ake His body as like unto ours. Sankara\'92s preaching of impersonalism is especially meant for teaching foolish persons who consider Krishna to be an ordinary man composed of matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No body would care to read the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if it had been spoken by a material man, and certainly Vyasadeva wouldn\'92t have even bothered to incorporate it into the history of the Mahabharata. According to the above verses, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mahabharata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the History of the Ancient World and Vyasadeva is the writer of this great epic. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is identical with Krishna; and because Krishna is the Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no differ
ence between Krishna and His words. Therefore the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is as worshipable as Lord Krishna Himself, both be
ing Absolute. One who hears }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93as is\'94 actually hears the words directly from the lotus 
lips of the Lord. But unfortunate persons say that the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is too antiquated for the modern man who want
s to find out God by speculation or meditation.
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li2880\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (3)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I salute Thee, O Krishna,\line O Thou, Who art the refuge\line Of ocean-born Lakshmi\line And all who take refuge\line At T
hy lotus Feet.\line Thou art indeed\line The wish-fulfilling tree\line For Thy devotee.\line Thy one hand holds a staff\line For driving cows,\line And Thy other hand is raised\'97\line The thumb touching the tip\line Of Thy forefinger,\line Indicating D
ivine Knowledge.\line Salutations to Thee, O Supreme Lord,\line For Thou art the Milker\line Of the ambrosia of the Gita.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Sankaracharya explicitly says, \'93You fools, just worship Govinda and that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  spoken by Narayana Himself,\'94 yet foolish people still conduct their research word to find out Narayan; consequently they are wretched and 
waste their time for nothing. Narayana is never wretched nor }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Daridra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; rather, He is worshipped by the God
dess of Fortune, Lakshmi, as well as all living entities. Sankara declared himself to be \'93Brahman,\'94 but he admits Narayana or Krishna to be the Supreme Personality Who is beyond the material creation. He offers his respects to Krishna as the Suprem
e Brahman or }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because He (Krishna) is worshipable by everyone. Only the fools and enemies of
 Krishna who cannot understand what }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is (though they make commentaries on it) say, \'93}{\b0
\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not personal Krishna to whom we have to surrender ourselves utterly, but to the unborn, beginningless Eternal who speaks through Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Whereas Sankara, the greatest of the impersonalists, offers his due respects to Krishna and His book }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the foolish say that \'93it is not to the Personal Krishna.\'94 Such unenlightened people do not know that Krishna is Absolute and that there is no diff
erence between His inside and outside. The difference between inside and outside is experienced in the dual material world. In the Absolute World there is no such difference because in the Absolute everything is spiritual (Sat-Chit-Ananda) and Narayana o
r Krishna belongs to the Absolute World. In the Absolute World there is only the factual Personality, and there is no distinction between body and soul. 
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li2880\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (4)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Upanishads\line Are as a herd of cows,\line Lord Krishna, Son of a cowherd,\line Is their Milker,\line Arjuna is the ca
lf,\line The supreme nectar of the Gita\line Is the milk,\line And the wise man\line Of a purified intellect\line Is the drinker.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unless one understands spiritual variegatedness, one cannot understand the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that Krishna\'92s Name, Form, Quality, Pastimes, Entourage and Paraphernalia are all }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anandachinmoyarasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97in short, everything of His transcendental association is of the same composition of spiritual bliss, knowle
dge and eternity. There is no end to His Name, Form, etc., unlike the material world where all things have their end. As stated in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , only fools deride Him, whereas it is Sankara, the greatest impersonalist, who worships Him, His cows and His pastimes as the Son of Vasudeva and pleasure of Devaki.
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li2880\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (5)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thou Son of Vasudeva,\line Destroyer of the demons Kamsa and Chanura,\line Thou Supreme Bliss of Mother Devaki,\line O Thou
 Guru of the Universe,\line Teacher of the Worlds,\line Thee, O Krishna, I salute.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sankara describes Him as the Son of Vasudeva and Devaki. Does he mean thereby that he is worshipping an ordinary material man? He worsh
ips Krishna because he knows that Krishna\'92s birth and activities are all supernatural. As stated in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  (4th Chapter), Krishna\'92s birth and activities are mysterious and transcendental and therefore only the devotees of Krishna can know them perfectly. Sankara was not such a fool that he would accept Krishna as an ordinary man and at the
 same time offer Him all devotional obeisances, knowing Him as the son of Devaki and Vasudeva. According to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , only by knowing the transcendental birth and activities of Krishna can one attain liberation by acquiring a spiritual form like Krishna. There are five different kinds of liberations. One who merges into the spiritual auras of Krishna, 
known as impersonal Brahman effulgence, does not fully develop his spiritual body. But one who fully develops his spiritual existence becomes an associate of Narayana or Krishna in different spiritual abodes. One who enters into the abode of Narayana dev
elops a spiritual Form exactly like Narayana (four-handed) and one who enters into the highest spiritual abode of Krishna, known as Goloka Vrindaban, develops a spiritual Form of two hands like Krishna. Sankara, as an incarnation of Lord Shiva, knows all
 these spiritual existences, but he did not disclose them to his then Buddhist followers because it was impossible for them to know about the spiritual world. Lord Buddha preached that void is the ultimate goal, so how could His followers understand spir
itual variegatedness? Therefore Sankara said }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma Satya Jagat Mithya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or material variegatedness is fal
se but spiritual variegatedness is fact. In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Puranam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Shiva has admitted that He had to prea
ch the philosophy of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or illusion in the Kaliyuga as another edition of the \'93void\'94 philosophy o
f Buddha. He had to do this by the order of the Lord for specific reasons. He, however, disclosed his real mind by recommending that people worship Krishna for no one can be saved simply by mental speculations composed of word jugglery and grammatical ma
neuvers. Shankara instructs further: }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaja Govindam, Bhaja Govindam, Bhaja Govindam Mudhamate; Prapte sannihite khalu marane nahi nahi, raksati du krim karane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'93You intellectual fools, just worship Govinda, just worship Govinda, just worship Govinda. Your grammatical knowledge and word jugglery will not save you at the time of death.\'94 
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li2880\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (6)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of that terrifying river \line Of the battlefield of Kurukshetra\line Over which the Pandavas victoriously crossed,\line Bh
ishma and Drona were as the high banks,\line Jayadratha as the river\'92s water,\line The King of Ghandara the blue water-lily,\line Salya the shark, Kripa the current,\line Karna the mighty waves,\line Ashvatama and Vikarna the dread alligators,\line An
d Duryodhana the very whirlpool\'97\line But Thou, O Krishna, wast the Ferryman!
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li2880\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (7)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May the spotless lotus of the Mahabharata\line That grows on the waters\line Of the words of Vyasa\line And of which the Bh
agavad Gita\line Is the irresistably sweet fragrance\line And its tales of heroes\line The full blown petals\line Fully opened by the talk of Lord Hari,\line Who destroys the sins\line Of Kaliyuga,\line And on which daily light\line The nectar-seeking so
uls,\line As so many bees\line Swarming joyously\'97\line May this lotus of the Mahabharata\line Bestow on us the Highest Good.
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li2880\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (8)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Salutations to Lord Krishna,\line The Embodiment of Supreme Bliss,\line By Whose grace and compassion\line The dumb become 
eloquent\line And the lame scale mountains\'97\line Him I salute!
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Foolish followers of foolish speculators cannot understand the meaning of offering salutations to Lord Krishna, the embodiment of Bliss
. Sankara himself offered his salutations to Lord Krishna so that some of his intelligent followers might understand the real fact by the example set by their great Master Sankara, the incarnation of Lord Shiva. But there are many obstinate followers of 
Sankara who refuse to offer their salutations to Lord Krishna, and instead mislead innocent persons by injecting materialism into }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and confusing innocent readers by their commentaries and consequently the readers never have the opportunity to become blessed by offering salutations to Lord Krishna, the cause of all causes. The greatest di
sservice to humanity is to keep mankind in the darkness about the science of Krishna or Krishna Consciousness by distorting the sense of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li2880\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (9)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Salutations to that Supreme Shining One\line Whom the creator, Brahma, Varuna,\line Indra, Rudra, Marut and all divine bein
gs\line Praise with hymns,\line Whose glories are sung\line By the verses of the Vedas,\line Of Whom the singers of Sama sing\line And of Whose glories the Upanishads\line Proclaim in full choir,\line Whom the Yogins see\line With their minds absorbed
\line In perfect meditation,\line And of Whom all the hosts\line Of gods and demons\line Know not the limitations.\line To Him, the Supreme God Krishna, be all salutations\'97\line Him we salute! Him we salute! Him we salute!
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By recitation of the ninth verse of his meditation quoted from }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sankara has indicated that Lord Krishna is worshipable by one and all, inc
luding himself. He gives hints to materialists, impersonalists, mental speculators, \'93void\'94 philosophers and all other candidates subjected to the punishment of material miseries-just offer salutations to Lord Krishna, Who is worshipped by Brahma, S
hiva, Varuna, Indra and all the other demigods. He has not mentioned however the name of Vishnu because Vishnu is identical with Krishna. The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upanishads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are meant for understanding the process 
by which one can surrender unto Krishna. The yogins try to see Him (Krishna) within themselves by meditation. In other words, it is for all the demigods and demons who do not know where the ultimate end is that Sankara teaches, and he especially instruct
s the demons and the fools to offer salutations to Krishna and His words, the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , by following
 his footprints. Only by such acts will demons be benefited, not by misleading their innocent followers by so called mental speculations or showbottle meditations. Sankara directly offers salutations to Krishna as if to show the fools, who are searching 
after light, that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub here is the light like the sun}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But the fallen demons are like owls that will not open 
their eyes on account of their fear of the sunlight itself. These owls will never open their eyes to see the sublime light of Krishna and His words the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . They will, however, comment on the Gita with their closed owl-eyes to mislead their unfortunate readers and followers. Sankara however discloses the light to his less intelligent followers 
and shows that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and Krishna }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is the only source of light}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This is all to teach the sincere seekers of Truth to offer salutation to Lord Krishna and thus surrender unto Him without misgivings. That
 is the highest perfection of life and that is the highest teaching of Sankara, the great learned scholar whose teachings drove the void-philosophy of Buddha out of India, the land of knowledge. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Om Tat Sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s2160 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SSR}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness in American Poetry
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICA
N POETRY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagriva Das Brahmachary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part I: Emerson  }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 [II, III, IV]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the past 130 years the United States has swiftly travelled a long way down the road of materialism and atheism and has done a great 
deal in bringing the rest of the world down that road with them. It is a dead end road, but anyone jumping off that bumbling, rambling bandwagon is likely to encounter squatting along the roadside as fine a company of transcendental \'93bums\'94 as one c
ould ever want to meet\'97Emerson, Thoreau, Miss Emily Dickonson, Whitman, and \'93roaring boy\'94 Hart Crane. There are some others, but these are the principle American transcendental waysiders who keep their fires of love and canned beans of joy and b
liss warm for the hungry, wearied traveller.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is little doubt in the minds of most truly intelligent man that America has been betrayed by the money-hungry, power-hungry athei
st class of men. They have initiated that rambling bandwagon of capitalism that is presently wending its merry way to hell under the banners of Progress, Prosperity, Materialism, Power, and Sense Enjoyment. Even the countries that have previously boasted
 considerable God-consciousness, such as India, are now scrambling to get on the bandwagon. As a result, the devotees of the Supreme Lord are feeling more isolated and generally \'93out of it\'94 socially. They lock their doors, close their windows, and 
chant softly in order not to disturb their atheist neighbors. At least this is the cast in the big American cities. There is no transcendental hero or bearded bard of Fifth Avenue sounding his \'93barbaric yawp all over the roofs of the world.\'94 The ho
llow men with heads of straw are holding the wagon reins, and even a whisper frightens them. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This calamity is largely due to there never having been sufficiently powerful spiritual leaders in America. Although some of the early 
settlers came to this country seeking religious freedom, the New World soon came to represent a challenge of material conquest\'97gold and land\'97rather than a spiritual promise. The Christian Church was imported from Europe, and spasmodically\'97with J
onothan Edwards, Edward Taylor, and the revivalists of the 1830\'92s and 50\'92s\'97the air was surcharged with spirituality. But after the Civil War this country began to ascend the ladder of Material Progress: the bumbling, rambling bandwagon started r
olling down the open road to chaos, and the sages started jumping off. Since then the real spiritual gurus have been chased out, killed, or cancelled amid the waves of official materialist propaganda, or perhaps given quaint roles in the Great American C
ircus. What great poets and sages America has given birth to have had to attain their realization in a secular way, and with God\'92s help and grace. With many it was a lonely battle\'97there were no systems planned for them. For the American, the cosmic
 way to spiritual universe was uncharted, and the few who managed to make their ways to it were often eccentric poets, polite mendicants, hermetic spinsters, mad geniuses\'97in short, the American \'93transcendental bums.\'94 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From a spiritual point of view, India is most fortunate in its }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub parampara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system of God-realization, a system of disciplic succession steming from Brahma, the creator-god. This system utilizes the guru-brahmachary (student) princip
le of desseminating transcendental knowledge from generation to another. Krishna speaks of this is the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The eternal yoga I taught to Vivasvat (the Sun god); Vivasvat taught it to Manu (the father of mankind); and 
Manu taught it to Ikshvaku (ancestor of the earth-warriors). Thus handed down from one to another, it became known to the royal sages. But through long lapse of time, this yoga has been lost to the world. (Gita, }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IV/1-2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To re-establish this yoga on earth, Krishna spoke the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagava
d Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to Arjuna. In the West, the best example that can be given of disciplic succession is the Roman Catholic Church which traces its papal history directly from Christ and St. 
Peter, the first Vicar of Rome. Such systems are useful, especially for guiding the mass of people who look to higher authorities in spiritual matters. The dangers of such a system are also obvious: the system may become regimentalized, it may deviate fr
om the original teachings, it may become corrupt and die, it may become narrow and secular\'97in which cases the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system stumbles over itself and deals a death blow to God-consciousness. The system is legitimate, but man is frail and subject to error.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There was never such a system in America. America is a new country\'97not even 200 years old\'97a baby compared to Vedic culture and ci
vilization. The saints, sages and poets of this country do not generally work out their salvation or progress in God consciousness through the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system, or, for that matter, through any orthodox religious system. Many seem to have been directly favored by the Supreme Who endowed them with prophetic powers and Who gave them poetic powers with wh
ich to praise Him and direct grace by which to attain Him. In fact, direct revelation\'97always the Supreme\'92s gracious gift\'97seemed natural in a country where individualism and the new, free man were spiritual ideals. One often hears in Whitman and 
other transcendentalists the sigh of relief for their release from the rotting philosophic, literary and religious traditions of Europe. And the Supreme Lord seems to have taken many of them by the hand, showing them how to \'93celebrate\'94 Him and just
ify His ways to man. God is not limited and neither are His ways, and although man may be confined to stringent systems and rules, He is beyond all rules and reveals Himself to whomever He pleases. The tendency of many religionists to place the Supreme u
nder the regulations of their religions is vain and silly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord has been directly praised by many great poets in the West\'97notably Dante, the English metaphysical poets, St. John o
f the Cross, Milton and Blake\'97great Christian poets who managed to utilize the orthodox terminology of religion and the Bible as the basis of their poetry. Other poets, although secular in their approach, wrote of the Absolute in different ways, often
 using the medium of Nature. This is the case for Wordsworth in his famous \'93Ode: Intimations of Immortality,\'94 and Keats\'92 reciprocal serenade between himself and the Supersoul in \'93Ode to a Nightengale.\'94 Byron in \'93Childe Harold\'92s Pilgr
image\'94 uses the ocean as a symbol of the Absolute, and it is easy to see Krishna as Coleridge\'92s Kubla Khan. The \'93unseen presence\'94 of Shelley\'92s West Wind is addressed as \'93Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere;/Destroyer and preserver.
\'94 In fact, one might say that all the major English poets (especially of the 19th century) had to plug into the Supreme Consciousness for their inspiration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In America, the poets\'92 Krishna or cosmic consciousness was given a boost by the \'93transcendentalist\'94 movement in the early 19th
 century. Prior to this time, Edward Taylor (1645-1729), a New England Puritan poet, wrote excellent metaphysical poetry in praise of Christ. No major force emerges, however, between Taylor and Emerson, the first superior literary mind of the 19th centur
y.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his introduction to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Emerson writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should now we also 
enjoy an original relation to the universe? And a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs. The sun shines today. There are new lands, new men, new thoughts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a capsule statement of the zeit-geist catching hold in the literary circles of New England during the 1830\'92s\'97a new land, 
a new man, a new relation to God. This relationship to God is intimately tied up with the land and Nature which serve as springboards into the realms of the eternal. Emerson describes his mystical experiences in this way:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Standing on the bare ground\'97my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space\'97all mean 
egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am a part and parcel of God. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental: to be brothers, to be a
cquaintances, master or servant, is then a trifle and a disturbance. I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. (From }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Nature}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Emerson was also aware of attempts to attain this cosmic consciousness by abortive, artificial means:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub It is a secret which every intellectual man quickly learns, that beyond the energy of his possessed and consc
ious intellect he is capable of a new energy (as of an intellect doubled on itself) by abandonment to the nature of things; that beside his privacy of power as an individual man, there is a great public power on which he can draw, by unlocking, at all ri
sks, his human doors, and suffering the ethereal tides to roll and circulate through him; then he is caught up into the life of the Universe, his speech is thunder, his thought is law, and his words are universally intelligible as the plants and animals.
. For if in any manner we can stimulate this instinct, new passages are opened for us into nature; the mind flows into and through the hardest and highest, and the metamorphosis is possible. (From }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Essays}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 2nd Series, \'93The Poet\'94)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regarding narcotics and the psychedelics of his day, Emerson writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub This is the reason why bards love wine, mead, narcotics, coffee, tea, opium, the fumes of sandalwood and toba
cco, or whatever other procurers of animal exhilaration. All men avail themselves of such means as they can, to add this extraordinary power to their normal powers. (From \'93The Poet\'94)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, Emerson makes it clear that he does not condone such artificial means, which he considers to be used by an inferior man. He al
so deems the results to be imperfect and temporary and imaginary, for in actuality deterioration and dissipation are provoked by reliance on external stimuli.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Never can any advantage be taken of nature by a trick. The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of th
e Creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body. That is not an inspiration, which we owe to narcotics, but some counterfeit excitement and fury. Milton says
 that the lyric poet may drink wine and live generously, but the epic poet, he who shall sing of the gods and their descent unto men, must drink water out of a wooden bowl.. His cheerfulness should be the gift of the sunlight; the air should suffice for 
his inspiration, and he should be tipsy with water. (From \'93The Poet\'94)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In \'93The Poet,\'94 as in other essays, Emerson is prophesying the great poetic vindicator of his philosophy\'97Whitman. Emerson\'92s 
philosophy draws a great deal on Plato and the Bible, but the English romanticists and German philosophers of the 19th century also find their ways into his works. He envisions the self-reliant man in direct relationship with God, free from all \'93anima
l exhilarations\'94 such as narcotics, society, and materialism, and also free from the intellectual shackles of the Old World, intoxicated instead with \'93air and water\'94 in the great virgin woods of America. In this way he struck the theme for the t
ranscendental man in America\'97and Thoreau and Whitman were to be the most famous embodiments of his vision.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This liberated man is a man free from all encumbrances. He is dependant on no one. He stands alone with his Creator upon the new and fe
rtile American landscape, and he is the epitome of rugged individualism. Emerson\'92s famous \'93Self Reliance\'94 essay advises in this way:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more th
an the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages.. Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string. (From \'93Self Reliance\'94)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later, Whitman was also to exhort his reader to see the direct revelation: 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on t
he spectres in books, You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self.\line (From \'93Song of Myself,\'94 section 2)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Emerson felt that part of man\'92s slavery is due to his attachment to the past\'97his functioning on old premises, theories and action
s\'97in short, his enslavement to karma. Break them off, he advises, and disregard apparent contradictions.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity, yet when the devout motions of the soul come, y
ield to them heart and life, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub though they should clothe God with shape and color}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . Leave your theory, as Jo
seph his coat in the hands of the harlot, and flee. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. (\'93Self Reliance\'94)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Abandonment of mundane conceptualization and open acceptance of the infinite diversity of the Creator and His creation are considered b
y Emerson to be characteristics of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahatma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the great-souled man. In Whitman\'92s words, \'93Do I con
tradict myself?/ Very well then I contradict myself,/ (I am large, I contain multitudes.)\'94 (\'93Son of Myself,\'94 51) This great souled man has no time for fault-finding, scoffing, argumentation or lamentation. He is blissful, ecstatic, absorbed in K
rishna-consciousness. Nor is he attached to anything on the earth.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit.. People wish to be settled; only as far as the
y are unsettled is there any hope for them. (Emerson\'92s \'93Circles\'94)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is non-attachment as practised by the free man who does not anchor however calm the waters. For him the universe is not a house fo
r sleepers. It is an open road for travelling souls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the poetic strain is everywhere apparent in Emerson\'92s essays and philosophy, he was not able to completely express his thou
ghts in his own poetry. This remained for Whitman to do. Emerson did write poems, but he is remembered instead for his essays, which represent him better. Emerson did write a poem called \'93Brahma,\'94 that appears to be influenced by certain verses in 
the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , especially Krishna\'92s injunction: \'93He who looks on the Self as the slayer, and he who look
s on the Self as the slain\'97neither of these apprehends aright. The Self slays not nor is slain.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , II/19) Emerson actually paraphrases this verse in \'93Brahma,\'94 his best poem:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2160\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (1)
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the red slayer think he slays, \line Or if the slain think he is slain, \line They know not well the subtle ways I am the
 doubter and the doubt,\line I keep, and pass, and turn again.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2160\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (2)
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Far or forgot to me is near; \line Shadow and sunlight are the same; \line The vanished gods to me appear; \line And one to 
me are shame and fame.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2160\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (3)
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They reckon ill who leave me out; \line When me they fly, I am the wings;\line I am the doubter and the doubt,\line And I th
e hymn the Brahmin sings.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2160\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (4)
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The strong gods pine for my abode, \line And pine in vain the sacred Seven;\line But thou, meek lover of the god!\line  Find
 me, and turn thy back on heaven.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That the above poem was influenced by the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not surprising, for it is reported that Emerson\'92s copy of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was more \'93widely used than the one in the Harvard College Library.\'94 No doubt Emerson was fully competent to deliver lectures on Krishna consciousness, but he was not competent to celebrate his great ide
as in poetry, for his own poetry is too often stilted and sing-song. And although Henry David Thoreau, Emerson\'92s youthful disciple, also tried verse, the ascetic of Walden Pond is also best remembered for his }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Walden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and other essays. The poetry of the new God consciousness of 19th century America had to wait for the 1855 \'93yawp\'94 of another man.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Next Issue: KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICAN POETRY, Part II: Henry David Thoreau and Emily Dickinson)
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Samsara Blues
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Samsara Blues
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I got those Samsara Blues,\line Thinking good or bad? Win or lose?\line All that smokin\'92 and talkin\'92 meth\line Just t
urns the wheel of birth and death.\line I\'92ll never attain liberation\line By mere sense gratification\line LSD and marijuana\line Won\'92t get me to Nirvana,\line And meditating on the Void\line Only gets me paranoid\line Remembering I\'92m not this b
ody,\line Telling her I\'92m Brahmachary,\line There\'92s really nothing to control\line \'91Cause I\'92m eternal spirit soul.\line Fixed up in Krishna Consciousness,\line Who cares about the Maya mess?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So forget that Uncle Sam Thing,\line Just keep chanting, chanting, chanting\line Hare Krishna Hare Krishna\line Krishna Kri
shna Hare Hare\line Hare Rama Hare Rama\line Rama Rama Hare Hare.\line In material entanglement what calms me?\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.\line Krishna chase away those Samsara blues!\line That\'92s what I said.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Hari Das Brahmachary\line (Harvey Cohen)
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors welcome poems, songs, essays. Please mail contributions to Editor, c/o International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 518 Fredrick Street, San Francis
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita is widely recognized as the compendium of all Vedic wisdom, yet there are few who have the necessary qualifications to understand and teach this all-i
mportant scripture. Swami Bhaktivedanta\'97who is a devotee in the line of disciplic succession from Arjuna\'97is one of these few. His introduction to the Geetopanishad, or Bhagavad Gita as it is, is a classic in its own right.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasadeva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The original and genuine commentary on Vedanta philosophy by the author of the Vedanta Himself, Vyasadeva\'97now available for the first time in English with an aut
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On Our Cover 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub On Our Cover 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the Lord, Sri Krishna, in full battle array. As Creator of all that be, God is no stranger to violence. It too is His play-for He ha
s the full knowledge of the eternal, indestructible nature of all living entities, and His warrior spirit is on the same plane as His loving attitude. Warrior or lover, Krishna is Absolute. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God accepts men in whatever relationship they crave to have with Him. If, like the atheists, they wish for there to be no God, then Kri
shna hides Himself from them, and gives them proofs to uphold their sentiments. If one wants the Lord as his friend, however, he finds Krishna always with him, kind and loving and playful. And if, as so many do, you want Krishna as your father, He will s
upply you fully with all needs, as indeed He does anyway.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, if one seeks to be the enemy of God, he will find God neither impotent no unwilling to join the contest. And, just as most indom
itable, most implacable Foe. He never turns from any proposition, for He is full in renunciation, and neither fears nor longs for anything. Furthermore, those who die by the Lord's hand directly attain to immediate salvation, which is so ardently sought 
after by others.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By the Mercy of Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By the Mercy of Krishna
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The above picture is reproduced from the front pages of the Boston Globe, April 27, 1967. It shows Rayarama Das and Brahmananda Das hol
ding kirtan at the Franklin Park zoo Be-in of the previous day. This was Boston's first such gathering, and a great number of people joined in the chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare H
are. Such encouraging interest has added impetus to our hopes of establishing a center in that city. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please forgive the late appearance of this issue, which is in fact out of sequence, as it carries Part II of Hayagriva Das' Krishna Con
sciousness In American Poetry, the third part of which appeared last issue. Back to Godhead has been undergoing considerable transformations, of which we'll speak at greater length shortly. Before that, here are some ISKCON bulletins:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *The Society's record album, KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, has been selling wonderfully well wherever it has reached the public, and is alread
y on sale as far away as London.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *The great Love Feast which the New York Temple was planning has come to nothing, but a different program of monthly\'97though modest-f
eats is still being considered.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *The Ratha Yatra Chariot Festival will begin on July 9 with a parade through New York's streets to a beach-provided a suitable beach ca
n be found.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *The San Francisco Temple's Chariot Festival is all set; we'll publish details next issue.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *As shown on our second page, New York's Tompkins Square Park on the Lower East Side at 7th Street and Avenue A will again resound with
 the chanting of the Maha-Mantra on Sunday afternoons, beginning May 7, at 3pm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This brings us back to Back to Godhead. Last issue we promised that, although the cover was about to be changed, the price was not. Now
 we feel like those politicians who've promised to do away with the taxes: once in office, they find things to be not what they had hoped for: Beginning with the May issue, No.13, Back to Godhead will be offset printed from cover to cover, and will inclu
de considerably more pictorial material than it has in the past. Printing will greatly aid circulation, as many stores flatly refuse to carry mimeographed work. It will also, unfortunately, force us to raise the price of the magazine. This and future edi
tions will contain more than double the present amount of material, and will appear monthly rather than semi-monthly. After reviewing the May Back to Godhead, why not write and tell us what you think of the change? We'll be hoping to hear from you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Editors.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. 
BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Notes transcribed from a lecture given December 21, 1966.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Krishna says, Although I am equal to everyone and no one is My enemy or My special friend, and there is no particular favor for an
yone, still\'97and "still" here indicates that there }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a special case\'97for anyone who is engaged in My
 service, so I am engaged in his service. In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , God states that He also becomes a devotee to us. L
ove is not one-sided; it is reciprocal. Although God is great, He takes part in our lives. It is clearly stated in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that He takes pleasure in serving the devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Someone may say, If a devotee is engaged in the service of the Lord, but his behavior isn't up to standard, what happens to him? Of cou
rse, a devotee is in the process of developing the 26 saintly qualities\'97but the one all-important qualification is that he be a devotee. If he lacks other qualifications but is unflinching in devotion, if his conduct is not good but still he does not 
divert his attention to demigods and others, fixing it only on Krishna\'97then the Lord says that he is to be reckoned as }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in view of his Krishna consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means honest, religious and pious. I
f I have a bad character but think Krishna consciousness is the right course of action and I take to it, then, even if I can't lose my bad habits, I am considered honest, pious and religious according to Krishna. One may now say, Although one may call hi
m a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he's not a hundred percent so. But Krishna says, Yes, he is a hundred percent }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , regardless of whatever else he may be, if he is devoted to Me. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must not cling too tightly to the rules and regulations of Vedic culture. All people should be given a chance to develop Krishna Con
sciousness. Rupa Goswami, a great Acharya, said, "The first business is to see that, somehow or other, people become Krishna conscious. As far as rules are concerned, if one takes to this line, then regulations will follow, just as the servant follows hi
s master." The Lord says that, because one has taken to Krishna Consciousness, he will very soon become a pious man. If you take to Krishna Consciousness very sincerely\'97chanting, and with rules and regulations\'97you will very soon become a pious man.
 If you want to sit on the high court bench, you have to have many credentials, along with the proper background and training; but with Krishna Consciousness, if you'll just sit on the bench, all education will follow. You will relish Krishna Consciousne
ss so much that you will readily give up all nonsense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole world is chasing after sense gratification, but the man in Krishna Consciousness will very quickly give it up. You don't have
 to train yourself to stop sense gratification. Just chant and hear\'97you will enjoy this so much that you will automatically give up what is not conducive to spiritual life. Chant Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Ra
ma, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. In this fashion, a man will easily attain to perfect, eternal blissful life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear Arjuna," the Lord says, "Declare it boldly to the world, that My devotee never perishes." Why doesn't He Himself tell it? Kris
hna has promised that He will protect His devotee. God can violate His own promise, but He will protect the devotee who will spread His word. At the battle of Kurukshetra, Krishna was on one side with Arjuna, while His soldiers were on the other side. He
 declared, "I shall join Arjuna, but I shall not fight. I shall simply take some work: I shall drive Arjuna's chariot." But in the fight, when Arjuna was hard-pressed by Bhisma, the Lord broke His word. Bhisma had been accused by his comrades of not figh
ting hard enough because he had so many dear relatives in Arjuna's camp. And so he promised that he would kill all five enemy leaders\'97the Pandava brothers\'97on the next day of battle. For this purpose he had five special arrows which Duryodhana kept.
 Now, Krishna sent Arjuna to Duryodhana\'97who was king of the opposing forces\'97after that day's battle. Arjuna went to the king's camp and was received. He now asked Duryodhana to fulfill the promises of a boon he had made, and Duryodhana agreed to do
 whatever Arjuna asked. Arjuna asked for the five arrows, which were promptly handed over to him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aware of Krishna's hand in this, Bhisma resolved to kill His devotee or else force Him to break His promise and fight. On the battlefie
ld the next day Bhisma fought Arjuna so fiercely that Krishna had to grab the wheel of the their shattered chariot and run up to him, demanding that he stop. "It were better I break My promise," said the Lord, "than that you kill Arjuna."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the Lord said, "You are My devotee\'85You tell them that anyone who takes to Krishna Consciousness will never be destroyed." What is
 destruction? When we lose our spiritual consciousness, we lose our identity. As a spiritual being you have eternal bliss and all knowledge, but here you are in a wretched condition, already destroyed\'97without bliss, eternity or full knowledge. Unless 
you revive your spiritual awareness, you are destroyed by illusory energy. But whosoever takes to this process will never return to this material world of sense gratification and misery. Soon or later he will be taken up by the Lord, according to how he 
approaches Krishna Consciousness. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material existence is ignorance of the spiritual world. We are being kicked around like footballs from body to body\'97in one birth Ame
rican, then Indian, then Chinese, etc. This process of Krishna Consciousness is the only way to attain full spiritual life. Eternity, bliss and knowledge are awaiting us. Why should we refuse them? Nor is this a mere theory. Don't think that }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is imaginary\'97people have taken it for thousands of years; in its written form it is 5,000 years old
 and, before that, it was taught to the sun-god millions of years ago. The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is followed by all great 
acharyas. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Take to this process and you will be saved from the material world. If you are thrown in the ocean, it is practically your destruction 
even if you swim well. To struggle here in the material world is also your destruction. Get out of the ocean. Krishna promises that He will take you from the ocean of birth and death. Save yourself from destruction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, someone may ask, "Is there any qualification? Krishna appeared to be Hindu, and the acharyas are very learned; how can one take to
 Krishna Consciousness if he is not learned or belonging to a particular creed? But Krishna says that even women (who are generally considered to have small endowment for spiritual advancement), sudras and vaishyas (the lower classes) and even lower can 
come too. Lord Krishna surpasses all formalities of social structure. All can come. There is no bar to spiritual consciousness. If you simply take to Krishna Consciousness, the Lord is there, and He will give you all protection. One in Krishna Consciousn
ess is already liberated. This is its beauty. Never mind what you are. Take to it. You will reach the perfection of life. Your progress is guaranteed. Just take to this process.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prayer to Vishnu
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRAYER TO VISHNU
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the morning\line after heavenly porridge,\line we go out the door,\line down the street\line flying with the Maha-Mantra
\line through dual atmosphere\line of sad and glad,\line trying to forget all that nonsense\line           and just fight for\line            reaching Krishna.\line Soaring with the Maha-Mantra\line into all that sad-glad material \line          blue sky
 and flags\line          and karmis hurrying to work\line Vishnu! Guide me, protect me,\line Keep me assured to expect \line             Mercy in You.\line How do I keep my mind on You?\line With mace and conch shell and\line lotus and disc,\line You, Gr
eat, kind, Unattached Ruler of\line Universal Good,\line let me turn within to You\'97\line soul of me, turn to Vishnu!\line let me dwell in Him,\line and the rest can go on and on.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sighing faces at work,\line the demigod bosses,\line bowing to the temporal Office\'85.\line it can go on and me with i
t,\line but give me strength\line to bear for You\line acts in Your Name,\line and since I'm unconcerned,\line it can go on to the end.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I say I want to\line get out\line to where\line You are\line just to be at Your Feet\'97\line but what do I do? Why\line do
n't I answer every question\line with Vishnu? Why do I flinch\line when they ask me why I'm flowering\line just by the thought of You\line \'97You the Indweller in all of us\'97\line even the office boys who think\line existence is a kind of joke which
\line they control.\line Vishnu-in-me!\line Enable me\line to turn a braver face to You\line and then to talk out everywhere\line for You and say:\line "everyone should turn to\line Godhead and yearn }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for that}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ."
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Empower me, try me\line with the courage\line to do much more\line so that at least\line I can begin\line at the foot of Lo
ve.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Satsvarupa Das Brahmacary \line (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Supreme Gift is Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Supreme Gift is \line KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is an invitation to all Men and Women of Good Will to Benefit the Human Race and all other Inhabitants of planet Earth by distributing the Peace and eternal Bl
iss of KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wherever you live, you can do this work. This is called the Devotional Service of the Lord, and it is simply a matter of finding others who may be receptive to the 
philosophy and practice of Love of Godhead. Inquire at your neighborhood Shops to see if the storekeepers will retail Back To Godhead Magazine, or our record album, "KRISNA CONSCIOUSNESS." Speak with your Friends and Relatives about Krishna consciousness
. Perhaps you can hold Kirtan with them at regular Meetings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kirtan means Chanting the Lord's Praises\'97such as the Maha-(Hare Krishna) Mantra\'97and reading from authorized Scriptural literature
, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Holy Bible, Koran, Chaitanya Charitamrita, and others of the 
same stature. This will Purify consciousness, and the active participation will immensely benefit All concerned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most valuable Asset for Spiritual Life is the ability to Serve the Lord actively. Take this opportunity. See for yourself whether the effect is simply Abstract 
Theoretics, or the practical experience of Sublime Love. And you may have the added Satisfaction of Knowing that Humankind cannot fail to be Elevated by your Labors, be those Labors great or small. 
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We were doing it together\line and there was no imperfection\'97\line the Prayer in our hearts,\line and Krishna: there was
 only\line One Sea of Ecstasy
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We were bowing down\line and there was no effort.\line Before us the Prasadam offering\line was alive, the plate and food e
cstatic.\line The altar was fashioned of Ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The flowers, candle, the very flame,\line all were made of ecstasy. Everything\line a maddening sweet Scent, breathing,
\line bursting our pores in universes of pleasure,\line drowning, a blissful rush of fragrant waves.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We were borne on Ecstasy, Thoughts of\line Krishna swelling over and over, washing us away\'85
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, how did we get there? In that bed,\line moving, awakening only for a brief\line remembering murmur (falling asleep
\line I promised not to forget):
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later you said you had a dream\line about giving Christmas presents\line or something? (Yes, it is December).\line But was 
I not there also? Oh Krishna\'85
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now it is noon and you say there\line was no dream at all, that you\line were agreeing only to please me!\line "Surely, you
 have only forgotten\'85"
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2160\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rupanuga says, "Oh Maya, Maya,\line Maya, such a Thief you are!\line Stealing memories and leaving\line dreams that disappe
ar."
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Rupanuga Das Adhikary\line (Robert F. Corens)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Two in One
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Two in One
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and if I saw God in the woods?\line and I see God in cement\line and God in the sky\line And God in the headlights?\line wo
uld that be good?\line or would that be bad?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and if I saw the woods in God?\line and I see cement in God\line and the sky in God\line and the headlight in God?\line would
 that be good?\line or would that be bad?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and if I saw the air in God?\line and I see God in the air?
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li4320\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Daffi
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Teachings of Lord Chaitanya 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA 
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part II
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nobody can trace out the history of the living entity's entanglement in material energy; therefore the Lord says that it is beginningle
ss. Beginningless means that conditional life exists prior to the creation\'97it is simply manifested with and after the creation. Due to this forgetfulness, the living entity, although spirit, is suffering all kinds of miseries of material existence. It
 is to be understood here also that there are other living entities who are not entangled in this material energy. Such living entities are situated in the spiritual world, and they are called liberated souls. They are also always engaged in Krishna Cons
ciousness and in devotional service. The activities of those who are under the conditions of material nature are taken into account, and in their next life, according to such activities, they are offered different grades of material bodies. In the materi
al world the spiritual soul in conditional life is subjected to different rewards and punishments. When he is rewarded he is elevated to the higher planets due to his righteous activities, and there he becomes one with the many demigods; and when he is p
unished for his abominable activities he is thrown into different kinds of hellish planets, and there he suffers the miseries of material existence more acutely. The Lord gives a very nice example of this punishment; formerly a king used to punish a crim
inal by dunking him in the river and then raising him again for breath, and then again dunking him in the water; now, material nature punishes and rewards the individual entity in just the same way. When he is punished he is dunked into the water of mate
rial miseries, and when he is rewarded he is taken out of it for some time. Elevation of the living entity to higher planets or to a higher status of life is never permanent. He has to come down again to be drowned in the water. All this is going on in t
his material existence. Sometimes he is elevated to the higher planetary system, and sometimes he is thrown into the hellish condition of material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this connection the Lord recites a nice verse from }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad 
Bhagavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub taken from the instruction of Narada Muni to Vasudeva, father of Krishna. In this quotation fr
om the nine sages who were instructing Maharaja Nemi it is stated that forgetfulness of the relationship with Krishna is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Actually, maya means that which is not. It has no existence. Therefore that the living entity has no connection with the Supreme Lord is a false conception. He may not believe in the existence of God, or he may think he ha
s no relationship with God, but these are all so-called "illusions," or maya. Due to his absorption in this false conception of life, man is always fearful and full of anxieties; in other words, such a Godless concept of life is maya\'97therefore one who
 is actually learned in the Vedic literatures surrenders unto the Supreme Lord with all devotion and accepts Him as the Supreme Goal. When a living entity becomes forgetful of the constitutional position of his relationship with God, then he is at once o
verwhelmed by the external energy, and this is the cause of his false ego or identifying his body as self. His whole conception of the material universe is due to his false conception of Body. He therefore becomes attached to this body and the by-product
s of this body. To get out of this entanglement he has simply to perform his duty\'97to surrender unto the Supreme Lord with intelligence, with devotion, and with sincere Krishna consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A conditioned soul falsely thinks himself happy in the material world, but if he is favored by an unalloyed devotee\'97by hearing instr
uction from an unalloyed devotee\'97he gives up the desire for material enjoyment and becomes enlightened in Krishna Consciousness. As soon as one enters into Krishna Consciousness, his desire for material enjoyment at once is vanquished, and gradually h
e becomes free from material entanglement. For example, because there is no question of darkness where there is light, Krishna consciousness is like the light that dispels the darkness of material sense enjoyment. One who is engaged in Krishna Consciousn
ess generally has no desire for material enjoyment. A Krishna Conscious person is never under the false conception that he is One with God. He does not think that he would be happy by working for himself. He engages all his energy in the service of the S
upreme Lord, and thereby becomes released from the clutches of illusory energy, or material energy. In this connection the Lord quotes a verse in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 7th chapter, to the effect that the material energy containing the three modes of material nature, is very strong. It is very difficult to get out of the process of material energy, but one
 who surrenders unto Krishna easily comes out from the clutches of Maya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord continued to teach that the conditioned soul, for each and every moment in which he is engaged in some fruitive activity, is f
orgetting his real identity. Sometimes when he is fatigued, when he is tired of material activities, he wants liberation and wants to become one with the Supreme, but other times he thinks that by working hard for his sense gratification he will be happy
. In both cases he is covered by material energy. For the enlightenment of such bewildered conditioned souls who are working in false identification, the Lord has presented before us so many Vedic literatures, like the Vedas, the Puranas, Vedantasutra
\'97all intended to guide the human being back to Godhead. Lord Lord has presented further instructions advising that when a conditioned soul is recognized by the mercy of the spiritual master and when he is guided by the Supersoul, he takes advantage of
 the various Vedic literatures, becomes enlightened, and makes progess in his spiritual realization. It is understood that Lord Krishna is always merciful to His devotees, therefore He has presented all these Vedic literatures by which one can understand
 his relationship with Krishna and can act in that relationship with the result that he is benefited with the ultimate goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually every living entity is destined to reach the Supreme Lord, and every one can understand his relationship with the Supreme Lord
. The execution of duties to attain perfection is known as devotional service, and in fullness such devotional service becomes love of God, the factual goal of life for every living entity. The living entity is not intended to achieve success in religiou
s perfection or economic development or sense enjoyment. Religiosity, economic development, sense enjoyment, and liberation should not actually be desired by the living entity. The real desire of the living entity should be to achieve the stage of loving
 transcendental service of the Lord. The All-attractive features of Lord Krishna help one in attaining Krishna Consciousness, and when one is engaged in Krishna Consciousness he can realize the relationship between Krishna and himself. In this connection
 the Lord quotes one story from the commentary of Mahabharata which occurs in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fifth Canto. The story involves the instruction of Sarvajna to a poor man who came to Sarvajna to have his future told. When Sarvajna saw the horoscope of the poor man he was at once asto
nished that the man was so poor, and he said to the poor man, "Oh, why are you so unhappy? I see from your horoscope that you have some hidden treasure left to you by your father. The horoscope, however, states that your father could not disclose his hid
den treasure to you because he died in a foreign place. But now you can search out the hidden treasure left by your father and be happy." This story is cited because the living entity is suffering due to his ignorance of the hidden treasure of the father
. The hidden treasure of the Father, Krishna, is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub love of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In every Vedic literature the condition
ed soul is advised to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub find that hidden treasure}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which is known as love of God. As stated in the }{\b0\i0
\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita, Vadaisachasarvai aham evavedyam. A conditioned soul, although he is the son of the Wealthiest\'97t
he Personality of Godhead\'97does not realize it. Therefore the Vedic literature is given to him to help him search out his father and his paternal property.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarvajna further advised the poor man, "Don't try to dig on the Southern side of your house to find the hidden treasure. If you do so t
hen you'll be attacked by a poisonous wasp and you will be baffled in finding the treasure. The search should be to the eastern side where there is actual light which is called devotional service, or Krishna Consciousness. On the Southern side there is r
itualistic performances of the Vedic scripture, and on the Western side there is speculative empiric knowledge, and on the Northern side there is the yoga system or meditational process of self realization. If somebody searches for his ultimate goal by t
he ritualistic process then he will be baffled. Such a process involves performance of rituals under the guidance of the priest who takes money in exchange of service. A man thinks he'll be happy by such performances, but actually that will not make him 
happy. Even if he does gain some result therefrom, it is only temporary and his material distresses will continue, so he never becomes happy by such a ritualistic process\'97the hidden treasure on the Northern side is compared with one's self-realization
 by dint of the  meditational process. By the meditational process, even if one attains perfection-he thinks he is One with the Supreme Lord\'97this merging into the Supreme by the living entity is something like the great serpent swallowing up the small
er serpent. From practical experience we see sometimes that the big serpent swallows up a smaller serpent, and the merge into the spiritual existence of the Supreme is analogous. The small serpent is, therefore, searching after perfection, and he is unde
rstood to be swallowed by the big serpent. Digging on the Western side is compared to the hidden treasure protected by }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yakasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is the evil spirit that protects hidden treasure. The idea is that hidden treasure can never be delivered by one who asks favor of Yakasa for attaining the hidden treasure\'97the result is that he will simply be killed. The Jnan
is or the yogins are analogous to the serpent relationship of the meditational process. The speculative process of self-realization, or yoga perfection of self-realization, is suicidal in this case. Actually one has to dig for the hidden treasure from th
e Eastern side which is called devotional service in full Krishna Consciousness. That is the perpetual hidden treasure, and when one attains to that achievement, he becomes perpetually rich. One who is poor in devotional service and Krishna Consciousness
 is always in need of material gain. Sometimes he is suffering the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," and sometimes he is baffled; sometimes he is following the philosophy of monism and therefore losing his identity, and sometimes he is swallowed
 up by the big serpent. By giving up all these things and becoming fixed in Krishna Consciousness or devotional service to the Lord, he achieves the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 My Subway Song of Love
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub MY SUBWAY SONG OF LOVE
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A formidable endeavor,\line To enter the labyrinthine depths\line And pass among the shuffling, shuttling\line Subway mob
\'97\line Shoving, scuffling, rushing with the hour\line In a gray atmosphere which only merchant greed will adorn,\line In a foul, burnt-iron, screeching hell.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here beneath the surface\line So little as a smile can signify the conquest of material nature\'97\line But few emerge victo
rious.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet, swaying and jolting in our passage as we span a borough,\line Are we not like posies in the wind?\line Are we not touch
ed and kissed and tickled\line In a passion we ourselves cannot abate?\line O, do you hear the whine in the clatter?\line Some poor, sun-starved deity is wandering these passages with us,
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And he is singing the song of our hearts,\line He is the herald of our Spring, the crier of our own true need:\line Is Krish
na Among You? Is Krishna Among You?
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, yes! He is here! But\line Everything blurs somehow,\line The lights flicker from time to time,\line And when they're ba
ck the crowds are milling-like shadowy sheep.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are the boys with their books and bragging\line Pretty as their own pretty dreams.\line There I see the girls with the
ir giggles and their hairdos and in their\line                 eyes I spy the calm wisdom possessed by veterans of a \line                 thousand mock-tea parties, awaiting their time to come,\line                 not to be seen with basketballs and gu
ns, and not distracted.\line The mother's careless hand upon the child's cheek takes my eye\line The old man's grumbling, and the embarrassed lady of means\line Quite thrill me by their tragic play.\line Oh yes, this is a tragic playground.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fellow passengers, I regard you all fondly,\line Wink and smile, don't let me embarrass you\'85\'85\line This is only the pr
elude to my message.\line In a moment I shall rise and go to each and every one,\line (Nor will I miss a single car throughout this train)\line And in each ear I shall whisper something special that I know, and share it,\line                          for
 I love you dearly.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I will say:\line Don't tell anyone else, but\line It's all much sweeter than you feared.\line Yes, yes indeed, my dear, my p
al,\line Just don't believe }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub them}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  no matter what they say.\line They have deceived you and told you monstr
ous lies\'85\line It is not all in the eyes, it is not all in the thighs.\line It is all in the heart.\line Krishna, Who is all\line Is in your heart.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The glory of the Lord shimmers even in this dirt,\line This hell is as splendid as the glittering night skies,\line And the 
shadows of the subway do not diminish us,\line But have themselves become sublime.
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li5040\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Rayarama Das Brahmacary\line          (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ****************************************************
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Close your eyes to all this\line Roaring illusion\line And dance in the white light uncontaminated\line By shades of birth 
and place.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The cymbal sound is clear,\line We need no yearning clarion call\line Here, breathing the springtime\line Winds of His immort
al laughter.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Night Shower Sutra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub NIGHT SHOWER SUTRA
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bathroom light bulb bulging energy\line Blissfully from the ceiling,\line White tile walls radiant,\line I strip naked, cha
nting,\line chanting, I prepare my billionth bath\line maneuvering myself behind rubber-plastic curtains\line and into the tub as if\line for the first time\line and turn on hot and cold water\line simultaneously and watch with joy\line the ceiling burst
 into countless\line water-drop universes.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Krishna is water! Hare Hare Hare!"\line I chant joyfully, while the light bulb\line like Vivasvan, sun-god, pours his ener
gy,\line blissful, blissful, blissful kilowatts\line all out for Lord Bhagavan }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in excelsus\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub while eac
h joyous drop spurts\line to mirror Mr. Sun-bulb\line showering dear mythical body\line with a water orgy,\line showering hairs and flesh\line with warm water sensation.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sensation is emptiness,\line emptiness sensation\line says Lord Buddha-woodha. Ah-cha!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sensation is not different from Krishna, I add,\line nor is Krishna different from sensation,\line }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indeed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Krishna , Krishna }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sensation,\line }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub water}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sensation,\line Shower sensati
on over Hayagriva's feathers,\line giving a shower ecstasy\line over the millennium,\line a bathroom satori,\line a washtub samadhi,\line free of charge.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is soap, I think, grabbing the Ivory,\line slippery on my belly as I lather\line watching with awe\line a trillion 
rainbow'd soapbubbles\line run down my pubic tangle\line while Niagara\line falls down my back.\line "Hare Krishna, Hare Rama," I sing,\line chanting the white cosmic bathtub\line and universal gurgling drain\line and soap and wondrous water shower\line 
and washrag and bulging light bulb
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and billowing steam clouds and my own\line miraculous body,\line certain my nightly shower\line greater indeed than Rome,
\line more glorious than Greece,\line dwarfing indeed, St. John's \line tiny revelation,\line as I lather my beard\line with decillions of bubbles\line while holy waters flow to my voice\line sacred, sacred, sacred, sacred, sacred waters\line and I think
ing,\line Next shower I'll have to bring \line my fingercymbals.
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li5040\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Hayagriva Das Brahmacary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Prana
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I breathe His Name\line An for a lasting second He's there\line Now gone . . . inhale.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now He stays for one whole breath\line At a time \line Now Gone . . . I inhale.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How marvelous this situation, that\line He shows Himself in these\line          Interval distances of my lungs.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This vital air supplied by Him\line Is so precious . . . \line         I chant like a bellows,
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna, Krishna, and spiritual \line Blazes ignite, scorching my delusions,\line          Leaving my ancient self pure and
 vibrant.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I wipe my eyes and wake up\line To this eternal spring morning.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Did all that dark, clouded suffering really happen,\line Or did I just close my eyes\line For a moment?
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li5040\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Achyutananda Das Brahmacary\line             (Charles Barnett)
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 HARE KRISHNA
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prayer of Self Study
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRAYER OF SELF STUDY
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of bondage I come,\line Yet must free myself and awaken.\line Forgive me my inexcusable cravings, my petty wants\line For de
nying the greatness and the Gift which\line              has been bestowed upon me.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life in the fullest awakefulness in Thee\'97\line My gift; my opportunity.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet I pursue my dreams, and remember not\line              my every deed; engrossed\line              are my many false selv
es\line              in this sensual play.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hear me, Krishna, bearer of Lofty contemplations, that \line I might transform these scattered games\line                int
o my search for Thee\'97the \line                 Self True in Thee.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I deny not that in my separation\line I made myself a glutton by the wealth of \line                my passions.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now let Thy grace and divine love strip me naked\line                  unmercifully! I seek no mercy, for I know well\line  
                the deadly lies, and am fearful.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let me view now! Now let me see the sickness\line and tormented state of my being\'85\'85\'85my deceiving lies told!\line Le
t this be my work, my prayer, my meditation.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Open me true to those facts\line Which my false selves have long hidden away fearfully.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May I prepare myself for the glimpses of truth in my inner soul,\line The shattering pulses agone in the \line              
     bubbling waters of creation,\line The bursting bumble-bee's hum\'85..the\line                   piercing ecstatic Bliss.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I be a son lost! You son of spirit\line Sent to bear body; this fleshy burden\'85..
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Forsake me not then, Golden Godstar above,\line Reawaken me in spirit, that I may \line                      perceive Thine 
Infinite forms.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are also millions and millions\line upon this tiny earth-bubble\'97and they the many\line have forgotten the life of s
pirit, and the hurdle to overcome:\line this illusion we have long assumed to be \line                                     the Reality.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O these little ones\'85\'85\'85\'85.the universe created around them, for them!\line Give unto these, Krishna, the gift to r
ealize their\line might step out to the threshold of our\line             Infinite Holy Godstar.
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li4320\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Devakananda Das Brahmacary\line                (Ronald Hoyt)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ****************************************************
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the valley of the heart\line lies the seed of the spirit\'97
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Water thy seed\line With rains of love.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seek the source\line which shines within\line as the flower faces\line the sun\line and drinks thereof.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the wind blows,\line sway as gently\line as the tree stretches\line from side to side,\line keeping thy roots\line roo
ted in God.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Open the heart\line singing songs of love,\line rejoice in the Name of the Lord\line as the bird that sings\line at the sig
ht of the sky.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li3600\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Harsha Devi\line     (Hope Patrick)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Just See What a Nice Thing it is.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Just See What a Nice Thing it is
.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This birth of you and I\line is just a footstep \line along the way.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So it is with this child before me,\line who is hearing Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.\line It will not go in vain\'97\line it wil
l act,\line because it is spiritual\'97\line not material\'97\line spiritual.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just see what a nice thing it is\'85.\line he tried to take the cymbals from his mother's hands\'85.\line he wanted to play
\'85.\line he tried to dance\'85.\line so he just sat and beat his tow tiny hands together and gurgled,\line applauding Krishna in his fashion,\line as we chanted Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is such a nice thing,\line how it delights the children,\line and what to speak of you and me?"
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li3600\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Brahmananda Das Brahmacary\line                    (Bruce Scharf)\line (Rendered from Swami Bhaktivedanta's lecture)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness in American Poetry: Part II
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICA
N POETRY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Hayagriva Das Brahmacary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part II: Thoreau and Dickinson
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thoreau made Emerson's injunction of "plain living and high thinking" famous when he set out to live outside Boston on an isolated tr
act of Emerson's land surrounding Walden Pond. Since then, Walden has come to symbolize American asceticism. During most of Thoreau's mature years, he and Emerson were good friends, and Thoreau even lived in the Emerson home, relieving the Concord sage o
f many practical duties. Thoreau believed in Emerson's transcendental philosophy, and his passionate temperament carried this philosophy to the limit of rebellion against society and initiated his retreat into the woods at Walden. It was also due to Thor
eau temper and arrogance that his friendship with Emerson ran into some rough weather, nonetheless the two men generally weathered these storms. Thoreau was an ardent admirer of Indian literature, and when Whitman's }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leaves of Grass}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was first issued in 1855, Thoreau went to Whitman with Emerson's compliments, and observing that "Song of Myself" was "remarkab
ly like the Hindus," asked the poet whether he was acquainted with such writings. "No," Whitman said. "Tell me about them." Thoreau supplied Whitman with a list of books for reading, and included the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Walden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , Thoreau writes in this way about the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Thus\'85..the sweltering inhabitants of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta drink at my well. In the morning I bat
he my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , since whose comparison 
years of the gods have elapsed, and in comparison with which our modern world and literature seem puny and trivial; and I doubt if that philosophy is not to be referred to a previous state of existence, so remote is its sublimity from our conceptions. I 
lay down the book and go to my well for water, and lo! there I meet the servant of the Brahmin, priest of Brahma and Vishnu and Indra, who still sits in his temple on the Ganges reading the Vedas, or dwells at the foot of a tree with his crust and water 
jug. I meet his servant, and our buckets as it were grate together in the same well. The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges. (From }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Walden}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Walden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Thoreau even wrote at greater length about the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and it is clear that the w
ords of Krishna figured prominently in the transcendentalist movement. The transcendentalist ideal was to attain union with God through "plain, healthy living," avoidance of the frills of society and all forms of artificial intoxication, avoidance of dog
matic "Church religions," and abandonment to the direct revelation of the Supreme\'97Who usually spoke through His Nature, or Prakriti, revealing His Supreme Purusha, or what Emerson called, "the Over-Soul." "The overpowering reality," Emerson says, "is 
that unity, that oversoul within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other\'85Within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related; the Eternal 
One." For the transcendentalists, direct contact with Nature was as good as direct contact with the Divine, for it served as a springboard to ultimate realization of Him. Nature was a wise, familiar and loving guru.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just six years before Emerson's }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was published in 1836, the greatest peotress in literary history was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Though she had little contact with the New England transcendentalists, Emily Dickinson wrote poems o
f transcendental love that reveal her qualifications as a New England gopi. For example:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (1)
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wild nights! Wild nights!\line Were I with thee,\line Wild nights should be\line Our luxury!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (2)
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Futile the winds\line To a heart in port\'97\line Done with the compass\line Done with the chart.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (3)
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rowing in Eden!\line Ah! The sea\line Might I but moor\line Tonight in thee!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is love that figures prominently in Dickinson's poetry, love for the creation\'97evinced in her Nature poems\'97and love for the Cre
ator\'97expressed in her poems of the soul, death, time, eternity and Christ. She writes:
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Love is anterior to life,\line Posterior to death,\line Initial of creation,\line The exponent of breath.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Her poems are intimate, intensely personal, and as one reads them one feels oneself to be actually transgressing, breaking into an elde
r sister's packet of love poems. Emily Dickinson became a recluse early in her life and seldom left her father's house in Amherst. She never intended that her poems be published, but after her death in 1886 her poems were salvaged and published in a seri
es of three volumes. She never married, and though she was reportedly once interested in Rev. Wadsworth, her interests seem wholly absorbed in transcendental matters. Capable of expressing her most subtle thoughts in verse, she is never at a loss for the
 perfect metaphor. Compared to Whitman, her style seems tinsel and delicate, but her poems\'97for all their delicate appearances\'97carry the weight and deliver the wallop of poetic genius. Poetically, she is far superior to Emerson, Thoreau and the othe
r New England transcendentalists. One pictures her standing with fearless love and faith before the Infinite, actually handling God, Nature, eternity and death with a feminine finesse. This is enabled by her capacity to surrender. 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My rivers run to Thee:\line Blue sea, wilt welcome me?\line My river waits reply.\line Oh sea, look graciously!
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I'll fetch thee brooks\line From spotted nooks,\'97\line Say, sea,\line Take me!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Her love poetry is unmistakably directed to the Divine:
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I envy seas whereon he rides,\line I envy spokes of wheels\line Of chariots that him convey,\line I envy speechless hills
\line That gaze upon his journey\'85.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At times she actually seems to chastise God when He appears to be far from her, leaving her to stand alone before death. For example:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1) I know That he exists\line Somewhere in silence.\line He has hid his rare life\line From our gross eyes.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2) Tis an instant's play,\line 'Tis a fond ambush,\line Just to make bliss\line Earn her own surprise!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3) But should the play\line Prove piercing earnest,\line Should the glee glaze\line In death's stiff stare,
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4) Would not the fun\line Look too expensive?\line Would not the jest\line Have crawled too far?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Certain poems reveal her experiencing doubt and also wondering about her own sanity, but she always emerges from these bouts victorious
, with a firm faith in the Divine and the immortality of the soul.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I never saw a moor,\line I never saw the sea;\line Yet know I how the heather looks,\line And what a wave must be.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I never spoke with God,\line Nor visited in heaven;\line Yet certain am I of the spot\line As if the chart were given.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That she "never spoke with God" is doubtless claimed for the poem's sake, the atheist class that turns from God, and considers this cla
ss of men to be pitifully drowning in their own ocean of disbelief.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The maker's cordial visage,\line However good to see,\line Is shunned, we must admit it,\line Like an adversity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For her, as for Whitman, the "kelson of the creation is love."
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who has not found the heaven below\line Will fail of it above.\line God's residence is next to mine,\line His furniture is l
ove.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As with Emerson and Thoreau, her transcendental exhibition is often stimulated by direct contact with Nature, and she gets drunk with a
ir and water.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I taste a liquor never brewed,\line From tankards scooped in pearl;\line Not all the vats upon the Rhine,\line Yield such an
 alcohol!
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Inebriate of air am I,\line And debauchee of dew\'85\'85
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub She writes poems celebrating the intimate details of Nature; the bee, the bat, the hummingbird, the robin, the butterfly, the flowers, 
the snake, the plants, grass, spiders, the rat, squirrel, jaybird, the rainbow and the wind\'97all are equally wonderful to her. Some of her Nature poetry is even cosmic, as the beautiful poem beginning "The moon was but a chin of gold\'85."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet Nature is held in perspective. Throughout her poetry, death is her constant companion, and she often considers her sojourn on this 
earth as a sojourn in exile. Her real life and true lover are in eternity.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not in this world to see his face\line Sounds long, until I read the place\line Where this is said to be\line But just the p
rimer to a life\line Unopened, rare, upon the shelf,\line Clasped yet to him and me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub She pictures herself as sailing on a "wondrous sea" toward the eternal shore where there are no storms and all ships at rest. While she
 is at sea, she prays, "Grant me, O Lord, a sunny mind,/ They windy will to bear." For her, eternity is revealed in the exquisite solitude of the Soul.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Soul's superior instances\line Occur to Her alone,\line When friend and earth's occasion\line Have infinite withdrawn
\'85.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eternity's disclosure\line To favorites, a few,\line Of the Colossal substance\line Of immortality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Death is the coachman of the carriage that carries her into eternity, and therefore is honored and glorified.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because I could not stop for Death,\line He kindly stopped for me;\line The carriage held by just ourselves\line And Immorta
lity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This carriage rides her past all the phenomena of the physical, material universe, off into a superior, timeless realm.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since then 'tis centuries; but each\line Feels shorter than the day\line I first surmised the horses' heads\line Were toward
 eternity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In another poem, she likens death to the Spirit's discarding an old over-coat.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Death is a dialogue between\line The Spirit and the dust.\line "Dissolve," says Death. The Spirit, "Sir, \line I have anothe
r trust."
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Death doubts it, argues from the ground.\line The Spirit turns away,\line Just laying off, for evidence,\line An overcoat of
 clay.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To what degree she saw Christ as her Savior from the clutches of death is not certain. However, a number of poems indicate that she acc
epted Christ as her Savior, and one poem actually implores His help. 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At least to pray is left, is left.\line O Jesus! In the air\line I know not which thy chamber is,\'97\line I'm knocking ever
ywhere.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thou stirrest earthquake in the South,\line And maelstrom in the sea;\line Say, Jesus Christ of Nazareth,\line Hast thou no 
arm for me?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That Emily Dickinson is an excellent candidate for "gopi-hood" is undebatable. She seems to have had fewer personal problems than Thore
au and Emerson whose experiences in cosmic consciousness appear at times to have shaken their stolid New England personalities. She is definitely unattached to her earth life, considering the life to come as the great promise. She lets the Lord know she 
is "ready to go" on that carriage ride into Eternity in this way:
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1) Tie the strings to my life, my Lord,\line Then I am ready to go!\line Just a look at the horses\'97\line Rapid! That will
 do!
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2) Put me in on the firmest side,\line So I shall never fall; \line For we must ride to the Judgment,\line And it's partly d
own hill.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3) But never I mind the bridges,\line And never I mind the sea;\line Held fast in everlasting race\line By my own choice and
 thee.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4) Good-bye to the life I used to live,\line And the world I used to know;\line And kiss the hills for me, just once;\line N
ow I am ready to go!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Emerson, Thoreau and Dickinson represent the major forces in the transcendental movement in America in the last century. Rebellion had 
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Swami Bhaktivedanta\'92s edition contains Sanscrit, Sanscrit transliteration, English equivalents, translation and elaborate commentaries. Published by the League o
f Devotees, New Delhi, India, 1962-65. Price: $16.80 for 3 volumes (1200 pages). Postage paid by the Society.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Circulation: Gargamuni Das Brahmachary (Gregory Scharf)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Printing: Gargamuni Das Brahmachary (Gregory Scharf)
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
 1, No. 12,  April 21, 1967
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FEATURING:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CHRIST AND KRISHNA - Questions and Answers\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICAN POETRY - WHITMAN
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By the Mercy of Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BY THE MERCY OF KRISHNA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, you didn't miss the April First issue of Back to Godhead. We did. There's a long story involved, but suffice it to say that we're v
ery sorry to have done so. We'll certainly print that edition, and put it into circulation, as soon as possible. It contains Part II of Hayagriva Das's "Krishna Consciousness in American Poetry," dealing with Henry David Thoreau and Emily Dickinson, and 
so we know it will be especially valued by our readers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The pictures in this issue are of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the founder of the Sankirtan movement, in the ecstasy of chanting the lord
's Names. They are the work of our prolific art directress, Jadurani Devi Dasi (Judy Koslofsky). Incidentally, we are very happy to announce the arrival of two new devotees, from our San Francisco temple, who have joined the art department. They are Gaur
asundara Das Adhikary and his wife, Govinda Devi Dasi (Gary and Bonnie McElroy.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the Swami's return to New York on April 9, we've had two initiation ceremonies on Second Avenue, adding five devotees to our rank
s. They are Damodara Das Adhikary (Dan Clark), Maha-Purusa Das Brahmacary (Mark Babbitt), Dwarkadish Das (Donald Dogherty), Madhusudana Das (Michael Blumert), Purusottam Das (Paul Auerback), and, from the Montreal center, Pradyumna Das (Paul Sherbow.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Swami's arrival at Kennedy Airport, by the way, was a grand event. More than two hundred well-wishers were on hand, and we had kirt
an for more than two hours. To all who were present, we offer our thanks for your inspiring enthusiasm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now that Summer is at hand, the New York temple will resume its Sunday afternoon Kirtan program at Tompkins Square Park on Seventh Stre
et and Avenue A, from 3 to 6 P.M. We also plan to have a giant love feast late in the same month, with poet Allen Ginsberg in attendance. More on this as things develop.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On July 9, both the San Francisco and the New York centers will hold the great Chariot Festival, which includes a parade to the edge of
 the sea, the distribution of a vast quantity of blessed food along the way, plenty of chanting, and the introduction, in that dramatic fashion, of the worshipable Lord Jagannatha Swami\'97of Whom we'll have much to say in future issues.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Incidentally, Swami Bhaktivedanta will be at Lewison Lounge in City College, to hold kirtan and deliver a brief lecture at noon on May 
4. If you are free, why not come and join us?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next issue, our magazine will have a new cover, mathead, and the first of a series of somewhat different layouts. But the price, the na
me, and our earnest endeavors will be unchanged.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Until then, Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Editors.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Come to KIRTAN
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Come to }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KIRTAN
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The practice of bhakti yoga through singing, dancing, philosophy and the distribution of Prasadam-spiritual food!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chant
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub **HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA**
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub **KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE**
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub **HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA**
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub **RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE**
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Join us at the Radha Krishna Temple
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In New York: 26 Second Avenue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In San Francisco: 518 Fredrick Street
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Montreal: 3720 Park Avenue
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Services: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:00 PM
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub                                Every morning at 7:00 AM
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Questions and answers
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (Questions asked by congregation and devotees and answered by Swami A.C Bhaktivedanta, New York, Sept.-Dec. 1966)
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the relationship between Christ and Krishna?
\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Don't you know? What does it say in the Bible? Christ is the Son of God.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is also God.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Yes, the Father and the Son are One. The Son serves the Father and They are qualitatively One.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then they are the same?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Where do you get "the same?" The Father is the Father and the Son is the Son. If you are the son, then you and your father are one. But if you say, "I am not only the Son but the Father also," then y
ou are speaking nonsense. How can you be the son }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the father?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, but according to the Catholic position they are O
ne. It's inexplicable. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: If it's inexplicable then why did you ask? But there is an explanation, and I'm giving it to you. Christ is the Son of God and He is One in the Fat
her. But he is the Son and continues to be the Son, and the Father continues to be the Father. You can't say the Son and Father are equal. 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You say Arjuna was a soldier and he didn't want to fi
ght, but Krishna was there and He told him to fight. Arjuna had Krishna to tell him to fight, but who can we listen to today?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Arjuna belonged to one of the four social cas
tes into which civilization was divided: Brahmin, Ksatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra. The Ksatriyas class is meant to fight. In fact, the word means "to hurt." They are there to protect the weak from being hurt. If I go out onto the street and someone attacks m
e and you do not come to my aid, then you are not in the Ksatriya spirit. There is always weak and there is always strong and there is always fighting. The Ksatriya class is meant to fight. Krishna asked Arjuna to fight against those who had been harassi
ng the weaker Pandavas, and Arjuna's objection was on family grounds. In the two World Wars, Germany attacked the weaker countries and you went over to help the weaker countries fight. That was Ksatriya spirit. There will always be fighting and Ksatriyas
.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But who do we have for authorities today?\line }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: By what authority is a man hanged? You have the law books. You have the authority of the Scripture. But the real point is to become engaged in Krishna Consciousness; then He will di
ctate from within you what is Absolute beyond question. Also, there is in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a list of offenses for which it is no sin to kill. If a man tries to set fire to your house\'97kill him! Don't stand by and say, "Oh, I'm a non-violent man," while he burns down your hous
e. That is nonsense. If a man comes to kidnap your wife\'97kill him. There are similar injunctions. You should fight in these cases. Why not? 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the difference between karma yoga and bhakti 
yoga?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Karma yoga is for those who are too much addicted to their activities. With karma, you do something, there is a result and you enjoy or suffer. Those who are too muc
h addicted to their activities are advised to link these activities with the Supreme. Then that is yoga. Karma yoga is a transition stage; bhakti yoga is direct and is for those who are not addicted to karma but who are engaged directly in the service of
 the Lord. Sometimes ordinary karma and bhakti appear the same. We (in bhakti) have nothing to hate in the material world. Everything has its Source in God. For the bhakti, there is no materialism. The materialist is one who doesn't realize the Source. F
or the advanced devotee there is nothing material.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is Lord Jesus Christ mentioned as an avatar in Vedic 
literatures?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Yes. There it is mentioned that there are innumerable avatars who can be identified by their symptoms. Jesus Christ displayed these symptoms. He spoke of the 
Absolute Truth. He didn't bother with temporary things. 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can a man believe Krishna is dead?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Yes. Why do you say "}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  man?" Many men b
elieve that way.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can they say it and actually believe it?\line }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Yes, if they have no knowledge of God science. If they do not see the signs. But one in Krishna Consciousness knows, "Yes, He is here."
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nietzche can say, "God is dead" but yet "Krishna live
s." Is this because Krishna is consciousness?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: God isn't dead. God and Krishna are the same.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But some men call God wrong things.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Neither God is dead nor Krishna is dead. They are the same thing.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person can say God is dead, but can he act that way
 in fact?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: There is no question of disbelief. I'll give you a crude example. Everyone is under Government's laws, do you agree?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Someone may say, "I don't care for law," or someone may say, "God is dead," but the law and God will nonetheless act upon him. If someone says, "I don't care for law," he will be placed in prison and forced to obey 
laws. Those who refuse to believe God are put into the material world to suffer reactions of sins under the laws of Nature. Those who obey Him live peacefully and are eligible to be transferred to the spiritual kingdom of bliss, eternity and Knowledge. A
 person can accept or not accept\'97it doesn't matter. Either in the spiritual or material energy, God will act upon him. A man trying to enjoy the material world is treated to the "drowning man" punishment by Nature. By this process a man is plunged int
o the river until he is almost drowned, then he is pulled out by the hair. His gasping for breaths of fresh air is his enjoyment\'85.then at once he is again plunged into the water, and so on and on in an endless cycle.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You mentioned the two different worlds. What relation
ship the two different worlds?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Let's take a circle to represent the entirety of the two worlds. I say a "circle," but it is limitless. The circle is the Brahmajyoti effulg
ence. Within this great circle, down in one section, is a little circle. This little circle represents the material world. The remainder of the large circle is filled with spiritual planets of which the topmost is Krishnaloka. Dwelling in bliss in the nu
mberless Vaikuntha planets are the devotees of adoration. Those of pure love who forget that Krishna is greater than them get transferred to Krishnaloka. In Vaikunthaloka they wear diamond necklaces and worship the Lord as Narayana in full opulence and a
doration. In Krishnaloka, Goloka Vrindavan, they wear simple cowerd dress. There they do not know who is Krishna and who is an ordinary boy. Although all function in equal freedom from contamination in these spiritual planets, there is differentiation. 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the reflection of the Original is valueless, isn't
 revelation valueless since it is maya?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Yes\'85.if it doesn't lead one back to the Original. People are engaged in the reflection and they don't return to the Source, and 
that is due to ignorance. We are in the reflection and are being baffled, but we don't question why we are being baffled. There is a song, "I thought I was building my cottage safely, but it was burnt to ashes." Anything we do here is patchwork. How long
 can you have happiness? It will soon vanish. This sense of the transitory nature of material existence should come to one. One's life is a failure unless he develops spiritual knowledge. Fight with maya and go to do real tree\'97that should be the aim o
f knowledge. 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You say the reflection itself has no value\'97but its
 value is in the spiritual world?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Yes. Because it is reflection, you can't touch it or use its fruit. Similarly, the material world is a reflection of spiritual happiness.
 But when we go to enjoy the material world, we are frustrated. We are struggling in the reflection with no knowledge of the spiritual world. People are also falsely thinking that this reflection is all. Their lives are failures because they have no spir
itual knowledge of the true source. The aim of knowledge is the Source.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is the attainment of love of Krishna without knowing 
Him possible?\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: Yes. In the Bhagavad Gita, it is stated that if you love, He will dictate within you. One who is so engaged in love of Krishna, Krishna shows him special fav
or. He becomes compassionate and dissipates and destroys the darkness due to ignorance. Because Krishna is situated in everyone's heart, He dictates information. He who loves Krishna does not remain in ignorance and engage himself in nonsense. He becomes
 perfect in knowledge. 
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can you reach love through understanding?\line }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A: If you love, understanding will come. Both ways. Some of us here understand nicely\'97no one understands perfectly\'97but even a person who does not understand Krishna due to strong
 material attachments\'97is given intelligence in order to understand Him.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Swami A.C Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part III
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually all the Vedic literature directs the human being toward the perfect stage of devotion. The path of fruitive activities, specul
ation, knowledge and meditation do not actually lead one to the perfectional stage, but the Lord actually becomes approachable by the process of devotional service; therefore one is recommended throughout all the Vedic literature to accept the process of
 devotional service. Lord Chaitanya quotes in this connection a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11th Ca
nto, 14th Chapter, in which the Lord says, "My dear Uddhava, neither philosophical speculation no yoga achievements,  nor penances can give Him such pleasure as can devotional service practiced by the living entities. He can be achieved alone by devotion
al service, and He is dear only to the devotees. If a person born in the lower or lowest family of humanity is a devotee, then he becomes freed from all contamination. Devotional service is the only path to achieve the Supreme Personality of God."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is also the only perfection accepted in all Vedic literature. As a poor man, upon receiving some treasure, becomes at once happy, 
similarly when one attains devotional service, automatically the pains of material existence are vanquished. As one advances in devotional service, one attains love of Godhead, and as he advances in the love for the Supreme he becomes free from all mater
ial bondage. Disappearance of poverty and liberation from bondage are not, however, the end results of love of Krishna. Actually, the love of Krishna or love of God exists in relishing the reciprocation of loving service. In all Vedic literature one will
 find that attainment of this loving relationship of the Supreme Lord by the living entities is the function of devotional service. Our actual functin is devotional service, and our ultimate goal of achievement is love of Godhead. Therefore in all Vedic 
literature Krishna is the ultimate center. By knowledge of Krishna, all problems of life are solved.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord said that according to Padma Purana, there are different Puranas for worshipping different types of demigods, but such indicat
ions for worship only bewilder persons into thinking that the demigods are Supreme. And yet if the Puranas are scrutinized and studied it will be found that Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the only object of worship. For example, in the }
{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Markandio Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , there is mention of Devi worship, worship of the goddess Durga or Kali. But in that same
 }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chandika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is also stated that all these demigods\'97whether in the shape of Durga or Kali\'97are diffe
rent energies of Vishnu. Therefore, even the study of the Puranas will reveal Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to be the only object of worship. The conclusion is that directly or indirectly all types of worship are more or less indicating a w
orship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna. In the Bhagavad Gita it is confirmed that anyone who worships other demigods is in fact only worshipping Krishna because the demigods are different parts of the body of Vishnu or Krishna. That such w
orship of demigods is really irregular is clearly stated in the Bhagavad Gita: }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Abidhipurvakam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub confirms this also by the question: What is the object of worshipping different types of demig
ods?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Vedic literature there are three divisions of ritualistic activities; one is called karma-kanda, or purely ritualistic activities; a
nother is called upasana, or speculating on the Supreme Absolute Truth. What then is the purpose of the ritualistic sections of Vedic literature, and what is the purpose of different mantras or hymns indicating the worship of different types of demigods?
 And what is the purpose of philosophical speculation on the subject of the Absolute Truth? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub replies that all these different methods defined in Vedic literatures indicate the worship of the Supreme Lord, Vishnu. They are all indirect ways of worshipping the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sacrifices contained in the ritualistic port
ion of the literatures are to satisfy the Supreme Lord Vishnu because }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yajna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is specifically meant to sati
sfy Vishnu. Vishnu's Name is also Yogesvara, or Lord of the Yogis. The neophytes are not all on the transcendental level; therefore according to their situations in the different modes of material nature they are recommended to worship different types of
 demigods so that gradually they may rise to the transcendental plane and be engaged in devotional service of Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For example, it may be said that some of the neophytes are attached to flesh eating, and for them, t
he Puranas prescribe that they can eat flesh after offering it to the deity Kali. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The philosophical sections of the Vedic hymns are meant to enable one to distinguish the Supreme Personality of Godhead from Maya. Afte
r indicating the position of Maya, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is approached in pure devotional service. That is the purpose of philosophical speculation. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad Gita in the 7th Chapter, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bahunam janmanam ante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85 "The philosophical speculators and empiric philosophers, after speculating for many, many births, ultimately
 come unto the Supreme Lord Krishna, and accept that Vasudeva is everything." Therefore all Vedic rituals and different types of worship or philosophical speculation are all ultimately aiming at Krishna. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord then told Sanatana Goswami about Krishna's multiforms and His unlimited opulence; he also described the nature of the spiritua
l manifestation, the material manifestation, and the manifestation of the living entity. He also informed Sanatana Goswami that the planets in the Spiritual Sky, known as Vaikunthas, and the universes of the material manifestation are to be known as diff
erent types of universes, for they are creative manifestations of the two different types of energies, namely the material energy and the spiritual energy. Therefore as Krishna Himself is concerned, He is directly situated in His spiritual energy, or spe
cifically in His internal potency. To help us understand the difference between the manifestation of the spiritual energy and the material energy, there is a clear analysis in the Second Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the two manifestations. Also, Sukadeva Goswami, by commenting of verse one of the Tenth Canto, makes a clear analytical study as follows. Lord
 Chaitanya accepts Sukadeva Goswami as an authorized commentator on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore He q
uotes his writing in this connection, and He explains that in the Tenth Canto of the Bhagavatam the life and activities of Krishna are described because Krishna is the shelter of all other manifestations. Therefore Sukadeva Goswami worshipped and offered
 his obeisance unto Krishna, the Shelter of everything. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This purport maintains that in this world there are two different principles; the one principle is the origin, or the shelter of everyt
hing, and the other principle is the deduction from the original principle. The principle on which everything rests, as it is confirmed in the Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub begins }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janmadyasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and in the Vedanta Sut
ra the same aphorism appears, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janmadyasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Truth is the shelter of all manifestations. That
 Supreme Truth is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asraya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . All other principles which remain under the control of the }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asraya-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the Absolute Truth, are called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Asrita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or subordinate corollaries and reactions. The purpose of the material manifestation is to give the conditioned soul a chance to become liberated and return to 
the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asraya-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the Absolute Truth. So everything that is created in the cosmic creation is depende
nt on the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asrita-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the Supreme Absolute Truth. As such, in the creative manifestation or the Vis
hnu manifestation, and in different types of demigods and manifestations of energy, the living entities, the material elements\'97everything, is dependent on Krishna, the Supreme Truth. In the Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything, directly and indirectly, is indicated to have Krishna as the Supreme Shelter. Therefore the analytical study of Krishna is the perfect k
nowledge, as it is confirmed in the Bhagavad Gita. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya described the different features of Lord Krishna in the following manner, and asked Sanatana Goswami to hear attentively
: He said that Krishna originally is the Son of Nanda Maharaja and He is the Absolute Supreme Truth. He is the cause of all causes, Lord and He is the origin of all emanations and all incarnations, but there in the Vraja or Goloka Vrindavan He is just li
ke a young boy. His form is eternal, full of bliss and full of knowledge Absolute. He is the shelter of everything, and He is the Proprietor or Master of everything. In this connection  Lord Chaitanya gives evidence from Brahma Samhita, fifth chapter, fi
rst verse, which states that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His Body is full of knowledge, eternal and blissful. He is the original Person known as Govinda and He is the Cause of all causes. Therefore, Krishna is the Original Personali
ty of Godhead; He is full of all six opulences and His abode is known as Goloka Vrindavan, the highest planetary system in the Spiritual Sky. Lord Chaitanya also quotes a verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the First Canto, third chapter, in which it is stated clearly that all the incarnations described in that particular verse are either direct expansi
ons of Krishna or are indirectly expansions of the expansions of Krishna. But the Krishna Name mentioned there is the Original Personality of Godhead, and He appears on this earth, in this universe or in any other universe when there is a disturbance cre
ated by the demons, who are always trying to disrupt the administration by the demigods. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To understand Krishna, there are different processes: the process of empiric philosophical speculation, the process of meditation in th
e mystic yoga system, and the process of Krishna Consciousness, or devotional service. Accordingly, in these different process, 1) by empiric philosophical speculation, the feature of impersonal Brahma or Krishna is understood; 2)by the process of medita
tion of yogi mysticism, the feature of the Supersoul all-pervading expansion of Krishna is understood; and 3) by devotional service in full Krishna Consciousness, the Original Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is realized. In this connection Lord Chaitany
a quotes first from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First Canto, 2nd chapter, which states that those who are know
ers of the Absolute Truth describe the Absolute Truth in three features: some describe the Absolute as impersonal brahma, and some describe the Absolute Truth as the localized all-pervading Supersoul, and some know that the Absolute Truth is the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, Krishna. In other words, Brahma, the impersonal manifestation, and Paramatma, the localized manifestation, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are One and the same, but according to the different processes adopted He is realize
d in different features known as Brahma, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Impersonal Brahma realization is simple realization of the effulgence emanating from the transcendental body of Krishna. We compare this effulgence of the transcendental body of Krishna to 
the sunshine\'97just as the sun disc is there, the sun planet is there, and the sun god is there, and the sunshine is the shining effulgence of that original sun god, similarly, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br
ahmajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the spiritual effulgence or impersonal Brahma, is nothing but the personal effulgence of Krishna. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To support this version Lord Chaitanya quotes one important verse from Brahma-Samhita where Lord Brahma says, "I worship the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead, Govinda, by Whose Personal effulgence there is the unlimited manifestation of the Brahmajyoti, and in that Brahmajyoti (the impersonal manifestation of Krishna's Bodily effulgence) there are innumerable universes, each full of innum
erable planets." Lord Chaitanya further describes that the Paramatma all-pervading feature situated in everyone's body is but a partial manifestation or expansion of Krishna, but because Krishna is the Soul of the soul, there He is called Paramatma, or t
he origin of Paramatma. In this connection Lord Chaitanya quotes one verse from Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub concern
ing the talks of Maharaja Pariksit, while hearing about the transcendental Pastimes of Krishna in Vrindavan, inquired from his spiritual master Sukadeva Goswami as to why the inhabitants of Vrindavan were so much attached to Krishna. To this question Suk
adeva Goswami answered that Krishna should be known as the Soul of all souls; he is the Soul of all individual souls and He is also the soul of the localized Paramatma. He was present in Vrindavan for the benefit of all human beings and therefore He was 
acting just like a human being to attract persons to Him and to show that He is not formless. He is also as good as other human beings, but He is the Supreme and other living beings are all subordinate to Him. All living beings therefore can enjoy spirit
ual bliss, eternal life and full knowledge in His association. Lord Chaitanya quotes also a verse from Bhagavad Gita in which the Supreme Lord speaks to Arjuna about His different kinds of opulences, saying that He Himself enters into this universe by on
e of His plenary portions, just like Garbohodaksayee Vishnu, and He also enters in each universe as the Ksirodaksayee Vishnu and then expands Himself as Supersoul in everyone's heart. Therefore, He says, if anyone wants to understand the Supreme Absolute
 Truth in perfection, he must take to the process of devotional service in full Krishna Consciousness. Then it will be possible for him to understand the last word of the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (PART IV OF LORD CHAITANYA'S TEACHING WILL APPEAR IN NEXT ISSUE)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poems
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poems
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This mandarin child waits for hidden dragon \line Sleeping sound in hollow mountain pine.\line Wanting yet in breath of bowi
ng lower,\line Reverence serves to further keeping still.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At dawn the dragon yawning breath like thunder\line Vibrates waves of gentle wind and fire,\line Spinning dusty clouds are b
urst in shower\line Arousing subtle bloom of mandarin child.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sweetly Krishna rains on fond surrender\line Swelling empty lake with endless water,\line Joyous singing spirit mounts the d
ragon\line Bowing ever still this mandarin child.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Haladhar Devi Dasi
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li5040\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (Holly Lefkowitz)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On Being Crazy
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON BEING VERY CRAZY
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That's right, look at me,\line all of you,\line peeking over your HOUSEWIFE STABBED IN QUEENS,\line and your stock market scores,
\line     and your baseball scores,\line     and your Viet Nam scores;\line Just keep looking at me,\line as I sit across from you,\line fingering these ripe, red beads,\line chanting\line Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you.\line Don't snicker, please.\line Consider me\'97\line I love.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is it so very strange for a lover\line to sing his Beloved's Name?\'97\line especially when by singing\line flowers sprout out of 
his eyes\line and planets fall out of his mouth?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I hope I am disturbing you\line with these round, golden chimes\line that I ring\line to the sound\line of His Names.\line Madam, 
you have now stopped fretting about your declining body. And, my dear girl, you have stopped wondering if he's going to ask you.\line Young man, you have stopped worrying about no knowing who you are.\line And you, sir, have now stopped escaping into las
t nights' vapid sexual promise.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now you are all hearing \line HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA\line a lullaby\line bringing warm tides of peace.\line I am singing for us
 all\line     Glories to Govinda\line     on our way to work.\line How beautiful amid the subway roar vibrate the Names of God!\line HARE KRISHNA HARE RAMA.\line The living of your spiritual life has begun now\line with this instant of listening,\line th
ousands of births rendered unnecessary, cancelled\line with this rebirth.\line Understand God \line        LIVES\line                   in the Transcendental,\line and singing His Name\line uncovers the transcendental spark of Him\line that is each of us
,\line and we are purified to see Him\line everywhere,\line and to learn\line how to love Him.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, sing with me.\line Sing the names of the Lord.\line Sing.\line what better way to praise Him?\line Oh no, don't fall back into
 your everydaythesame newspapers,\line Please, look at me\'97HARE KRISHNA\line listen\'97HARE RAMA\line watch me, I'm dancing\line out the door,\line singing HARE KRISHNA HARE RAMA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE\line down the platform,\line dancing my way to 
work\'85.\line You're right, I'm crazy,\line blissfully,\line from love\line of Krishna\line and the joy of chanting His Names.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here I am rattling Krishna's spinal cord in this cloth bag,\line and they think }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I'm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  crazy!
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li5040\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Brahmananda Das Brahmacary\line                   (Bruce Scharf)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness in American Poetry: Part III
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICA
N POETRY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Hayagriva Das Brahmacary\line (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part III: Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 [I, II, IV]
\par }\pard \s2057 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O joyous seer!\line Recorders ages hence, yes, they shall hear\line In their own veins uncancelled thy sure tread\line And read
 thee by the aureole 'rond thy head\line Of pasture-shine, Panis Angelicus!\line (Hart Crane's homage to Whitman, in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aside from Shakespeare, more books have been written }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub about}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Walt Whitman than any other American or British writer. The interest generated by Whitman testifies to his universal appeal and to the complexity of his thought, poetry, and person
ality. In high schools in American today many of his poems are required reading and hardly a college student of American literature has not read his "Song of Myself." There are many varying interpretations of him, naturally, but undoubtedly he emerges mo
st strongly as a mystical, intensely spiritual man, for his poetry and life reveal him as such. Living in 19th century America (1819-92), he was influenced by the transcendentalists (especially Emerson), witnessed the Civil War as a stretcher-bearer in t
he Washington hospitals, and lived to see and abhor the encroaching materialism that he feared was undermining the young nation's spirituality. But in addition, as a poet, seer and sage, he experienced much more\'97for he was a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahatma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the true sense, and was even adept at cosmic travel. He know well that the "great Camerado" is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and his "Song of Myself" is something of an American }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Song of the Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , though it is not accepted as authorized Scripture. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whether or not Whitman possessed certain unusual spiritual powers is beside the point. His sense of cosmic consciousness seems as highl
y developed as Christ's and Buddha's\'97at least his }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leaves of Grass}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  testify as strongly in his case as t
he Evangelists and the Sutras do for Christ and Buddha. Actually, all men are eternal, but the point is they don't know it. as Whitman writes: "I am the mate and companion of people, all just as immortal and fathomless as myself, (They do not know how im
mortal, but I know.)" (SofM,7) "Song of Myself" reveals Whitman to be fully aware of both his divinity and immortality, and indicates that he was at a highly advanced state of God consciousness. This state seems to have been precipitated by a revelation 
(or illumination) that occurred at the age of about 36, when the Supreme Lord touched him one June morning in the woods, and was sustained throughout his life to greater and lesser degrees. This initial illumination gave birth to America's greatest poeti
c outburst\'97"Song of Myself," a hymn of joy celebrating the Creator, the creation, and the immortality of the soul. Other poems in Leaves of Grass shed additional light on his philosophy and science of God, but only his first major poem, the "Song of M
yself" of 1855, is considered here. It is this poem that provoked Emerson's unconditional praise ("I greet you at the beginning of a great career") and brought Thoreau to Whitman's Brooklyn printshop with lists of Hindu writings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the poem's opening lines. Whitman strikes the theme of the unity of the creation, the "song of me rising from bed and meeting the su
n," proclaiming the creation to be non-different from the Creator.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I celebrate myself, and sing myself\line And what I assume you shall assume,\line For every atom belonging to me as good bel
ongs to you. (section 1)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The "Self" speaking here is Bhagavan, using the poet as a mouthpiece, Paramatma speaking through jivatman. This cosmic "I" is non-diffe
rent from His creation, for He permeates every atom, and every atom belongs to Him\'97yet He is also beyond this creation which He spins as a spider spins its web. "and these tend inward to me, and I tend outward to them\'85And of these one and all I wea
ve the song of myself." (Sec.15)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The vision of the unity of the creation, the insight that the creation rests in the Creator, is communicated to the jivatman, Walt Whit
man, by Bhagavan in an overwhelming mystical experience. In this experience, Bhagavan functions in the rasa of lover, and Whitman the beloved, in what is an early climax in the poem and one of the greatest statements in our literature of the exquisite be
auty and wonder of the entire creation, from the grand pervading Spirit of God to the seemingly insignificant "mossy scabs" and "pokeweed."
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I mind how once we lay such a transparent summer morning,\line How you settled your head athwart my hips and gently turn'd o
ver upon me,\line And parted the shirt from my bosom-bone, and plunged your tongue to my bare-stript heart,\line And reach'd till you felt my beard, and reach'd till you held my feet.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swiftly arose and spread around me the peace and knowledge that pass all\line the argument of the earth,\line And I know tha
t the hand of God is the promise of my own,\line And I know that the spirit of God is the brother of my own,\line And that all the men ever born are also my brothers, and the women my sisters and lovers,\line And that a kelson of the creation is love,
\line And limitless are leaves stiff stiff or dropping in the fields,\line And brown ants in the little wells beneath them, \line And mossy scabs of the worm fence, heap'd stones, elder, mullein and poke-weed. (Sec.5)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Throughout this creation, the Self functions unattached. The dates, wars, sicknesses, etc. "come to me days and nights and go from me a
gain,/ But they are not the Me myself." (4) The finite Whitman is ofter jolted and bruised in the game, the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  or play of the Lord, but his true Self is always the untouched and unattached Witness within:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Apart from the pulling and hauling astands what I am, \line Stands amused, complacent, compassionating, idle, unitary,\line 
Looks down, is erect, or bends an arm on an implacable certain rest,\line Looking with side-curved head curious what will come next,\line Both in and out of the game and watching and wondering at it. (4)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This Supreme Self is not a part of the material creation, though the material creation is His song. "I am not an earth nor an adjunct o
f an earth." (7) This Self, in which Whitman has seen his own }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be integrally one, is totally full 
and self-sufficient in itself.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I exist as I am, that is enough,\line If no other in the world be aware I sit content,\line And if each and all be aware I s
it content,\line One world is aware and by far the largest to me, and that is myself. (20)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Whitman, the individual body and soul are no less wonderful and worshipful than the Supreme. As part and parcel of the Supreme, he 
sees himself }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as good as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Supreme, as eternal and as divine. "Walt Whitman, a kosmos, of Manhattan the 
son," he described himself, then goes on to delight in the miracle of himself, which is the miracle of any man, and, indeed, of life itself. "Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle." (24) He sees his individual s
oul as journeying in eternity through countless cosmic changes, traveling from the infinity of the past to the present.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Immense have been the preparations for me,\line Faithful and friendly the arms that have helped me.\line Cycles ferried my c
radle, rowing and rowing like cheerful boatmen,\line For room to me stars kept aside in their own rings\'85\line All forces have been steadily employ'd to complete the delight me,\line Now on this spot I stand with my robust soul. (44)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is his soul that ascends "dazzling and tremendous as the sun," and that laughs "at what you call dissolution," and that looks at the
 crowded heavens and questions, "When we become the enfolders of those orbs, and the pleasure and knowledge of everything in them, shall we be filled and satisfied then?" and answers, "No, we but level that lift to pass and continue beyond." (46) for it 
is his soul that is "tenon'd and mortis'd" in the granite of eternity. With a clean sweep of his hand, he absorbs previous incarnations, "outbidding" them and bestowing equal divinity on the average, common man:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Magnifiying and applying come I,\line Outbidding at the start the old cautious hucksters,\line Taking myself the exact dimen
sions of Jehovah\'85\line Buying drafts of Osiris, Isis, Belus, Brahma, Buddha\'85\line Taking them all for what they are worth and not a cent more,\line Admitting they were alive and did the work of their days\'85.\line Accepting the rough deific sketch
es to fill out better in myself,\line bestowing them freely on each man and woman I see\'85\line The supernatural of no account, myself waiting my time to be one of the Supremes\'85\line By my life-lumps! Becoming already a creator\'85 (41)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The surety of this conviction results from his perception of the omnipresence of the Supreme Lord. He sees the creation "lav'd" all ove
r by the Creator, as a fish by the water of the ocean.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why should I wish to see God better than this day?\line I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment
 then,\line In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass,\line I find letter from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign'd by God's name,\line And I leave them where they are, for I know that whereso'er I go \line Othe
rs will punctually come for ever and ever. (48)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord, for such a devotee, is common, actually cheap. He is the one Great Commodity that can be purchased without money, for
 it is love alone that finds and binds him. "I or you pocketless of a dime may purchase the pick of the earth." The Lord is eager for His creation to love Him, and He gives Himself freely.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is commonest, cheapest, nearest, easiest, is Me,\line Me going in for my chances, spending for vast returns,\line Adorn
ing myself to bestow myself on the first that will take me,\line Not asking the sky to come to my good will,\line Scattering it freely forerver. (14)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet Whitman intimates that the Creator has His own Superior Abode, where He "waits" for all in eternity.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My rendezvous is appointed, it is certain,\line The Lord will be there and wait till I come on perfect terms, \line The grea
t Camerado, the lover true for whom I pine will be there. (45)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interestingly enough, Whitman envisions a purification process by which his individual soul can return to God "on perfect terms." The s
oul leaves the body, as Krishna says, "As the wind carries away the scents from their places." (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , XV/
8) but before he can go to Krishna, he must qualify. Krishna is the "steady and central," the "lover true," "the Great Camerado" Who satisfies completely. In His ocean of bliss, Whitman's individual soul debouches.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I ascend from moon, I ascend from the  night,\line I perceive that the ghastly glimmer is noonday sunbeams reflected,\line A
nd debouch to the steady and central from the offspring great or small. (49)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A quotation from "Passage to India," a later poem, should throw considerable light on the relationship between }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jivatman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the individual soul) and Paramatma, the Supreme Soul:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bear me indeed as through God regions infinite,\line Whose air I breathe, whose ripples hear, have me all over,\line Bathe m
e O God in thee, mounting to thee,\line I and my soul to range in range of thee.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Thou transcendent,\line Nameless, the fibre and the breath,\line Light of the light, shedding forth universes, thou center
 of them,\line Thou mightier center of the true, the good, the loving,\line Thou moral, spiritual fountain-affection's source\'97thou reservoir,\line  (O pensive soul of me\'97O thirst unsatisfied-waitest not there?\line Waitest not haply for us somewher
e there the Comrade perfect?)\line Thou pulse\'97thou motive of the stars, suns, systems,\line That, circling, move in order, safe, harmonious,\line Athwart the shapeless vastnesses of space,\line How should I think, how breathe a single breath, how spea
k, if out of myself,\line I could not launch, to those, superior universes?
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swiftly I shrivel at the thought of God, \line At Nature and its wonders, Time and Space and Death,\line But that I, turning, 
call to thee O soul, thou actual Me,\line And lo, thou gently masterest the orbs,\line Thou matest Time, smilest content at Death,\line And filest, swellest full the vastnesses of space.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ("Passage to India," section 8)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Whitman, the soul, after death, retains its individual identity and becomes a great fish swimming in God's ocean of bliss. For him,
 faith in the Supreme Lord means faith in his individual soul. Bathing in the light of God, the individual soul itself takes on the divine properties of creator, launching "superior universes." But this is never through any separate, individual or derive
d power\'97it simply results from God's using the living entity as an agent, as a powerhouse of electricity uses an electric bulb to diffuse its light. The lightbulb sheds the light, but it is dependent on the "pulse," the "motive of the stars, suns, sys
tems," which is the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is apparent that this God consciousness is also synonymous with "cosmic consciousness," for the universe figures prominently in "Son
g of Myself," and though it is considered wonderful, it is not considered as wonderful as the eternal soul. The universe is created, maintained for a while, and then destroyed.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I open my scuttle at night and see the far-sprinkled systems,\line And all I see multiplied as high as I can cipher edge but
 the rim of the farther systems.\line Wider and wider they spread, expanding, always expanding,\line Outward and outward and forever outward\'85\line There is no stoppage and never can be stoppage,\line If I, you, and the worlds, and all beneath or upon 
their surfaces, were at this moment reduced back to a pallid float, it would not avail in the long run,\line We should surely bring up again where we now stand,\line And surely go as much farther, and then farther and farther\'85(45)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through all the cosmic changes, the soul remains the same forever. Whitman exhorts men and women to maintain their placidity through al
l these cosmic changes, for their souls remain untouched by them.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheel'd universe, \line And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul s
tand cool and composed\line before a million universes. (48)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whitman himself is not frightened by the cosmic }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leela}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in fact he is delighted by it, and seems to have had an ability for "astral traveling," like Narada Muni, the Eternal Spaceman.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To me the converging objects of the universe perpetually flow, \line All are written to me, and I must get what the writing 
means. (20)\line My ties and ballasts leave me, my elbows rest in sea-gaps,\line I skirt sierras, my palms cover continents,\line I am afoot with my vision. (33)\line I hear you whispering there O stars of heaven,\line O suns\'97O grass of graves\'97O pe
rpetual transfers and promotions,\line If you do not sway anything, how can I say anything? (49)\line I depart as air, I shake my white locks at d runway sun,\line I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags., (52)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as the methods of God consciousness are concerned, Whitman was too much of an individualist to have anything to do with institut
ionalized religion. Like Thoreau and many other transcendentalists, he was strictly secular. Fulfilling Emerson's image of the free man independent of the past and of the past's institutions, Whitman declares, "No friend of mine takes his ease in my chai
r,/ I have no chair, no church, no philosophy\'85" (46) By surrendering everything to God, he takes on responsibilities and actions but relinquishes fruits and results. He holds "creeds and schools in abeyance," and permits to speak "Nature without check
 with original energy." (1) It is this social independence that has made orthodox religionists wary of him.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why should I pray? Why should I venerate and be ceremonious?\line Having pried through the strata, analyzed to a hair, conse
l'd with doctors and calculated close,\line I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones. (20)\line Divine am I inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touched from,\line The scent of these arm-pits aroma finer than prayer,\line This 
head more than churches, bibles, and all the creeds. (24)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This attitude is not due to irreverence or irreligiosity, but is the logical outgrowth of his enlightenment. Krishna Himself says, "To 
the enlightened Brahmin all the Vedas are of as much use as a pond when there is everywhere a flood." (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , II/46) Having reached shore, Whitman simply discards his raft. Consequently he has been criticized by religionists who profess godliness but whose hearts are in the wrong place due to ignorance and entanglement. Such hypocrites disgust Whit
man.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think I could turn and live with animals, they're so placid and self-contained\'85\line They do not lie awake in the dark 
and weep for their sins,\line They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God\'85\line Not one kneels to another, not to his kind that lived thousands of years ago\'85.(32)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For him it is not the outward show that is important\'97rather, by their fruits ye shall know them, and the fruits of the soul are joy 
and bliss, not lamentation. "What have I to do with lamentation?" He makes it clear, however, that he is not anti-church or anti-religion.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I do not despise you priests, all time, the world over,\line My faith is the greatest of faiths and the least of faiths,
\line Enclosing worship ancient and modern and all between ancient and modern\'85\line Drinking mead from the skull-cup, to Shastas and Vedas admirant, minding the Koran\'85\line Accepting the Gospels, accepting him that was crucified, knowing assuredly 
that he is divine\'85.(43)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like many true devotees, Whitman considered it a great virtue "to argue not concerning God," knowing Him to be beyond words and theosop
hies. "Knowing the perfect fitness and equanimity of things, while they discuss I am silent, and go bathe and admire myself." (3) It was possibly the vain discussions about God that drove him out the churches into the open fields and lonely night-time be
aches of Long Island. "Logic and sermons never convince,/ The damp of the night drives deeper into my soul." (30) And least of all does he advocate discussions with atheists and non-believers.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Backward I see in my own days where I sweated through fog with linguists and contenders,\line I have no mockings or argument
s, I witness and wait. (4)\line Writing and talk do not prove me,\line I carry the plenum of proof and everything else in my face,\line With the hush of my lips I wholly confound the skeptic. (25)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whitman has been accused of a childish, "unrealistic" optimism and of a total disregard of evil forces in the universe. He was well awa
re of evil forces\'97he did not stay in a closet, but was active in the Civil War. The evil forces were there, but in actuality he was transcendental to them. Since the Supreme Lord is in control, evil also has its place. One of Whitman's greatest assets
 is his ability to absorb evil without being tainted by it. "I am not the poet of goodness only, I do not decline to be the poet of wickedness also." (22) Like the Supreme Himself, as a poet he purifies what was previously indecent, revealing the divine 
function behind the guise.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through me forbidden voices,\line Voices of sexes and lusts, voices veil'd and I remove the veil,\line Voices indecent by me
 clarified and transfigur'd.\line I do not press my fingers across my mouth,\line I keep as delicate around the bowels as around the head and heart,\line Copulation is no more rank to me than death is. (24)\line I am the poet of the Body and I am the poe
t of the Soul,\line The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me,\line The first I graft and increase upon Myself, the latter I translate into a new tongue. (21)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing himself in all creatures, seeing the perfect unity of the creation as a "song of myself," he does not criticize the mysterious w
ays of God, nor does he judge men heavily. Whenever he sees a man falling prey to a vice, he sees himself doing the same. This divine quality of tolerance and forgiveness possibly turned him away from the hypocrites of religion who are prone to criticize
 and condemn others for the faults that are in themselves. Whitman does not believe in criticizing and condemning (knowing this is not in man's jurisdiction), but in helping\'97or as Christ said, "I came not in of the world to condemn the world, but that
 the world through Me might be saved." Good and evil exist within the modes of Prakriti (Nature) and Whitman knows his real Self to be beyond the modes.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What blurt is this about virtue and about vice?\line Evil propels me and reform of evil propels me, I stand indifferent,
\line My gait is no fault-finder's or rejecter's gait,\line I moisten the roots of all that has grown. (22)\line Whoever degrades another degrades me,\line And whatever is done or said returns at last to me. (24)\line In all people I see myself, none mor
e and not one a barley-corn less,\line And the good or bad I say of myself I say of them. (20)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This echoes Christ's "Judge not that ye be not judged, for wherein ye judge another thou condemn'st thyself." Whitman was a }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahatma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who believed in a merciful God who wants men to love Him, not in a God Who created a world just to condemn i
t. Whitman does not condemn or lament. With open eyes he regards the demoniac and atheistic and considers with wonder that such absurdities and incongruities can be.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What behaved well in the past or behaves well today is not such a wonder,\line The wonder is always and always how there can
 be a mean man or an infidel. (22)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Throughout "Song of Myself," Whitman discourages man in looking for signs and wonders. It is the sage who seeks the Divine and miraculo
us in all things. His method or Krishna Consciousness involves seeing God every second in the most commonplace and generally accepted things. He stresses the great miracle of the commonplace, of daily life. "A\'85clod, a stone, and gold are the same." (G
ita, VI/8) to him because he sees all things reflecting the Divine.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The bull and the bug never worshipp'd half enough,\line Dung and dirt more admirable than was dream'd\'85.(41)\line I cannot
 tell how my ankles bend, nor whence the cause of my faintest wish\'85\line That I walk up my stoop, I pause to consider if it really be,\line A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. (24)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He chooses the most commonplace, most handy phenomena as the great symbol to bind the creation\'97the grass, which grows among all peop
le irrespective of color, caste, or creed. Grass is the Great Democrat of the vegetation, and as Whitman's }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leaves of Grass}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it accepts and welcomes all.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the grass that grows wherever the land is and the water is,\line This the common air that bathes the globe. (17)
\line I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars\'85\line And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven,\line And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery,\line And the cow crunching with depr
ess'd head surpasses any statue,\line And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels\'85 (31)\line And to glance with an eye or show a bean in its pod confounds the learning of all times\'85 (48)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like Emerson, Whitman saw the haunting past as one of man's greatest enemies. The past is completed and the future uncertain, so these 
only serve to divert man's mind and energy from the overwhelming importance of the eternally exfoliating present. "This minute that comes to me over the past decillions,/ There is no better than it and now." (22) Whitman declared that the man in Krishna 
Consciousness must be aware of the constant miracle and wonder of the present, and not allow his mind to wander over the past or things to come. Death comes }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , birth comes }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , liberation comes }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the vision of God comes }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or, as Christ said, "The kingdom of God is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at hand}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ." "The clock indicates the moment, but what does eternity indicate?" Whitman asks, and the answer is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . Guru Whitman instructs the neophyte:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams,\line Now I wash the gum from your eyes,\line You must habit yourself to th
e dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life. (46)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being at "one" with the creation necessitates acceptance of the moment as being the best possible; happiness lies in the delight of sud
denly awakening to find yourself }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub here}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  after so many trillions of years. The is eternal, and we are eterna
l. Only appearance change.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end,\line But I do not talk of the beginning o
r the end.\line There was never any more inception than there is now,\line Nor any more youth or age than there is now,\line And will never be any more perfection than there is now,\line Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now. (3)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whitman also believes in the transmigration of the soul, from lower forms of life and from body to body. "And as to your Life I reckon 
you are the fore." (49) When he sees animals, he is reminded that he was doubtless one himself in the past. The animals "bring me tokens of myself\'85I wonder where they get those tokens,/ Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them?" (3
2) In fact, he sees his body and his spirit as integral with all the forms of the creation, that he incorporates the lower forms then "distances" them in his evolution toward the Godhead. 
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I find I incorporate gneiss, coal, long-threaded moss, fruits, grains, esculent roots,\line And am stucco'd with quadrupeds 
and birds all over,\line And have distanced what is behind me for good reasons,\line But call anything back again when I desire it. (31)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the future, he does not put returning to earth again out of the question. "Believing I shall come again upon the earth after fiv
e thousand years\'85(43)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for death, Whitman, the courage teacher, welcomes it as joyfully as anything else. In fact, he is called the poet of "death and lila
cs" because of his frequent and beautiful treatments of death throughout }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leaves of Grass}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . ("What is final
ly beautiful but love and death?) "I know I am deathless," he proclaims. (20) The Supreme Lord Himself accompanies the soul through the passage of birth and death, so why fear? Rather, there is cause for welcome.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Has any one supposed it lucky to be born?\line I hasten to inform him or her it is just as lucky to die, and I know it.\line
I pass death with the dying and birth with the new-wash'd babe, and am \line not contained between my hat and boots.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord witnesses the passing of the individual soul through various dresses (bodies) and knows its history of rebirths, as Krishna af
firms in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "Many a birth have I passed through, O Arjuna, and so have you. I know them all, but y
ou know them not." (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , IV/5) Even in this lifetime, Whitman was well acquainted with death, witnessing
 innumerable deaths of soldiers in the Washington hospitals. In fact, he muses that the leaves of grass may even transpire from the breasts of young men. This is not morbid; life and death are one, inextricably woven.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The smallest sprout shows there is really no death,\line And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the
 end to arrest it,\line And ceas'd the moment life appear'd.\line All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses,\line And to die is different from what anyone supposed, and luckier. (6)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life is an omnipresent force, and death simply a transition to another form of material existence or, possibly, liberation and union wi
th the Great Camerado.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me.\line And as to you Corpse I think you a
re good manure, but that does not offend me,\line I smell the white roses sweet-scented and growing,\line I reach to the leafy lips, I reach to the polishe'd breasts of melons. (49)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the conclusion of the poem, Whitman magnificently describes the parting of the soul from the body. "I depart as air," he begins, the
n finally concludes, "I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If his bodily remains to Nature, his spirit returns to the eternal abode. His concluding lines remind one of Krishna's "Abandon all dharmas and come to me alone for shelte
r." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XVIII/66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,\line Missing me one place search another,\line I stop somewhere waiting for yo
u. (52)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the ultimate promise of the Supreme\'97an eternal abode of peace, knowledge and bliss\'97that Whitman is indicating. He was aware
 that Krishna is waiting }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for all His children to return to Him. By Krishna's grace, he was communic
ated this knowledge to write for an American audience\'97and world audience\'97in an age of materialistic chaos and anti-spiritualism. In such a difficult age, Krishna sends His blessings in many ways, and it is by His grace that we find joyful Walt loaf
ing along the American roadside like a polite old mendicant, offering his }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leaves of Grass}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to the dizzy an
d wearied Twentieth Century traveler, offering indeed a "matchless gift" and promise:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you see O brothers and sisters?\line It is not chaos or death\'97it is form, union, plan\'97it is eternal life\'97it is h
appiness. (50)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (NEXT ISSUE: KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICAN POETRY, Part IV: Hart Crane's }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the 20th Century.)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem to Walt Whitman
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub POEM TO WALT WHITMAN
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You too found Him all attractive,\line And your thoughts of Him you called Leaves of Grass\line For His green handiwork bend
s beneath His Feet,\line And you knew well those leaves of life\line Transpire from the breasts of the dead.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those leaves of grass for you\line Were tokens designedly dropped by the Lord, His handkerchief,\line "Bearing the owner's N
ame somewhere in the corner,\line That we may stop and look and say }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whose}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?"\line And those }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leaves}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of yours, dead Greybeard,\line Were leaves you dropped so graciously for me.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I first found them ten years ago\line When at sixteen, on the Atlantic beach, the Florida sands,\line Beneath the baking sun
 I read\line Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking\line And marveled at it all.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And today, in Golden Gate Park,\line The Great Camerado spread a carpet\line Of young April grass,\line And we sat upon the 
delicate leaves\line To sing to Bhagavan, His Song of Myself.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And looking at the grass,\line Shining radiant, green in the sun, I thought\line Of Time and Life and Death,\line All the li
ving and all the dead,\line And chanted Hare Krishna\line Just to feel the cosmos vibrate,\line And feeling a sudden terror\line When it did.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just when I feared everything would pop,\line I thought of you,\line Who "smilest content at death,"\line And chanted much l
ouder\line To see His light and leaves of grass\line Play before me, an endless carillon, endless miracle.\line Then I felt giddy with joy.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How lucky I am, camerado,\line To have such a great friend like you\line Reach across the century\line Just to comfort me.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
 1 No. 13,\line  June, 1967
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On the Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub On the Cover
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami the Swami, who has recently suffered ill health, first began publishing Back to Godhead Magazine in the 1940\'92s. Now 
72 years old, he is the founder and revered teacher of the International Society For Krishna Consciousness. In addition to his continuing essay on The Teachings of Lord Chaitanya, this issue contains some letters to, and replies by, Swamiji, as well as a
n address written by him, and delivered by his disciple, Kirtanananda Das, at Tompkins Square Park on Sunday, June 4.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All glories to Guru Maharaj.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By The Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By The Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the first edition of Back To Godhead to come off our presses. Although the difficulties involved in operating an offset press, 
especially in view of our inexperience, are great\'97we nevertheless feel that this is only the first ray of a glistening future for the Society\'92s publications department.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our mission is to spread the Samkirtan movement, as it was inaugurated by Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu about 480 years ago. We mean to
 avail ourselves of every opportunity to do this, for it is the Lord\'92s pleasure to have us thus devote ourselves to His loving service; and what\'92s more, this is the only real act of love which one living entity can offer to another\'97that is, the 
knowledge of Infinite God. And so we hope to perfect our publishing operations to the finest possible level of art and skill in every facet. And, because this is all in praise of Krishna, it is our delight, not our task, to do so.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another medium which well served the Lord recently was television. On Thursday evening, May 25, Swami A. C. Bhaktivedanta and several o
f his disciples appeared on the Alan Burke Show, on New York\'92s WNEW\'97channel 5. The program was extremely well-received, and Mr. Burke\'92s kindness and respect toward the Swami was most appreciated. Our deep thanks go to him for this great service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna\line                                                        The Editors
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part IV\'97The Forms of Krishna\'92s Manifestations and Incarnations
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By devotional service one can understand that Krishna first of all manifests Himself as Sayamrupa, His Personal Form, then as Tadekatma
rupa, and then Avesarupa. In these three features He manifests Himself in His transcendental Form. The feature of Sayamrupa is the form in which Krishna can be understood by one who may not understand His other features. In other words. the form in which
 Krishna is directly understood is called Sayamrupa, or His Personal Form. The Tadekatmarupa is that form which most resembles the Sayamrupa but has some differences of bodily features. This Tadekatmarupa is divided into two manifestations, called the Pe
rsonal expansion and the Pastime expansion. As far as Avesarupa is concerned, sometimes Krishna empowers some suitable living entity to represent Him; when a living entity is acting as a representative of the Supreme Lord, he is called Avesa avatar, or S
aktavesh avatara. His Personal Form is again divided into two: Sayamrupa and Sayapraksa. As far as His Sayamrupa is concerned, it is in that form that He remains always in Vrindaban (also called Pastime Form) with all the inhabitants of Vrindaban. That P
ersonal Form is again divided into two, known categorically as Prabhavav and Braibhava Forms. For example, Krishna expanded Himself in multi forms in the Rasa Dance, and when He danced with the Gopis, He expanded Himself in multi forms to dance with each
 and every Gopi who took part in that dance. Similarly, He expanded Himself also in 16, 000 forms at Dwarka when He married 16,000 wives.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are some instances of great mystics also expanding their bodily features in different way, but that sort of expansion by yoga pro
cess is not applicable to Krishna. There are instances in the Vedic history such as Saubhary Rishi, a sage who expanded himself into eight forms by the yoga process, but that expansion was not actually into eight forms\'97it was simply a manifestation, f
or Saubhary remained one. But as far as Krishna is concerned, when He manifested Himself in different forms each and every one of them was a separate individual. When Narada Muni visited Krishna at different Palaces at Dwarka, he was astonished, and yet 
Narada is never astonished to see the expansion of the body of a yogi since he knows the trick himself. But in a verse in the Srimad Bhagawatam states that Narada was astonished to see the expansion of Krishna. He explains his wonder as to how the Lord w
as present in each and every house of the 16,000 palaces with His queens. Krishna Himself was in a different form with each queen, and He was acting in different ways. For example, in one Form He was talking with His wife; in another Form He was engaged 
with His children and yet another Form He was performing some household work. These different activities are called actions in the Lord\'92s different emotions, and when He is in these \'93emotional\'94 Forms, the expansions are known as Vaibhavapraksa. 
Similarly there are other unlimited expansions of the Forms of Krishna, but even when they divided or expanded in such unlimited Forms they are still one and the same. There is no difference between one Form and another; that is the Absolute conception o
f the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Srimad Bhagawatam it is stated in the 10th canto, 40th chapter that at the time when Akrura was carrying both Krishna and Balara
ma from Gokula to Mathura, he entered into the water of the Yamuna and could see all the spiritual planets in the spiritual sky\'97he saw there the Lord in His Vishnu Form along with Narada and the four Kumaras, and he saw how they are worshipping. This 
is described in the Srimad Bhagawatam as \'93Form.\'94 It is stated in the Bhagavat Purana that there are many worshippers who are purified by different processes of worship, as the Vaisnav, or the Aryan who also worship the Supreme Lord according to the
ir convictions and their spiritual understanding; each process of worship involves the understanding of different Forms of the Lord mentioned in the Scriptures, but the ultimate idea is to worship the Supreme Lord Himself. In the feature of His Vaibhavap
raksa, the Lord manifests Himself as Balarama. The feature of Balarama is as good as Krishna; the difference is that Krishna is blackish and Balarama is whitish. The Vaibhavapraksa Form was also displayed when Krishna appeared in the four handed form of 
Narayana before Devaki when He was appearing in this world, and by the request of His parents He transformed Himself into a two handed Form. Therefore, sometimes He becomes four handed and sometimes He becomes two handed. When He is in a Form of two hand
s that is actually Vaibhavapraksa, and when He is four handed that is Vravhavabilasa. In His Personal Form He is just like a cowerd boy and He thinks Himself, but when He is in the Vasudeva Form He thinks Himself as the son of a Ksatriya, and He feels Hi
mself also as a Ksatriya or a princely administrator.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Form, Opulence, Beauty, Wealth, Attractiveness, and Pastimes are fully exhibited in His Form as the Son of Nanda. In some of the Vaisna
v literature it is found that sometimes in His Form as Vasudeva He becomes attracted to the Form of Govinda in Vrindaban; sometimes as Vasudeva He desires to enjoy like Govinda, although the Govinda Form and the Vasudeva Form are one and the same. There 
is a passage in the Laleeta Madhava 4th chapter in which Krishna addresses Uddhava as follows: \'93My dear friend, this Govinda, Form as a cowherd boy attracts Me. I wish to be like the damsels of Vraja and be attracted by this Govinda Form.\'94 Similarl
y, in the Laleeta Madhava, 8th chapter, Krishna says: \'93O how wonderful it is, Who is this Personality? Exactly after seeing Him I am attracted by Him, so that now I am desiring to embrace Him just like Radhika. When this Form of Krishna becomes a litt
le differentiated, it is called Tadekatma.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this Tadekatmarupa or Form there are two divisions also: one is called Svamsa. Both in the Vilasa and Svamsa forms also there are ma
ny differential features which are also divided into Prabhava and Braibhava. As far as Vilasa Forms are concerned, there are innumerable Prabhava Vilasa. Krishna expands Himself as Vasudeva, Samkarsan, Pradyumna, Aniruddha. Sometimes the Lord thinks Hims
elf a cowherds boy, and sometimes He thinks Himself the son of Vasudeva, a Ksatriya, and this \'93thinking\'94 of Krishna is called \'93Pastimes.\'94 In His Prabhava Prakasa and Prabhava Vilasa He is in the same Form but appears differently as Krishna an
d Valadeva. As mentioned above, His expansion as Vasudeva, Samkarsan, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha is in the Original Chaturvuha, or four armed Forms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are innumerable four armed Formal manifestations in different planets and different places. For instance, this four Formal manife
station is both in Dwarka and Mathura eternally. And from these four Forms originally there are the principle twenty four Forms, named d7ifferently in terms of the different adjustments of the symbols in the hands\'97and they are called Baibhivabilasa. T
he same four Formal manifestations of Krishna is in each planet of the Spiritual Sky, called the Narayan loka or Vaikuntha loka. In the Vaikuntha loka He is manifested in a four handed Form called Narayan. And from each Narayan there is a manifestation o
f the four formal Forms as mentioned above. Therefore Narayan is in the center, and the four formal Forms are surrounding the Narayan Form. Each of the four Forms again expands in three different Forms, and they all have their different names, beginning 
from Keshava, and they are twelve in all. Such Forms are understood by different names according to the different placements of the symbols in the hands of Narayan. As far as the Vasudeva Form is concerned, in the four formal Forms they are three, namely
 Keshava, Narayana, and Madhava. The three Forms of Govinda are known as Govinda, Vishnu, and Sri Madhusudana. It should be noted however that this Govinda Form is not the same Govinda Form as manifested in Vrindaban (as the son of Nanda). Similarly, Pra
dyumna is also divided into three Forms known as Trivikrama, Vamana, and Sridhara, and similarly there are three Forms of Aniruddha known as Hrisikesa Padmanabha and Damodara.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub End of Part IV
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poems by Vidyapati
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub POEMS BY VIDYAPATI
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Vidyapati (1352-1448) a famous and popular court poet of Mathila, India, wrote these Radha-Krishna love songs which find their corresp
ondence in the West to the poems of St. John of the Cross as songs of bhakti between the soul of man and his Creator. In Bengal, Vidyapati\'92s use of Radha and Krishna as ideal lovers led many Bengalis to regard him as a Vaishnava. Bengali scholars visi
ting Mathila brought back copies of his songs, and in the 15th century Lord Chaitanya read them with enthusiasm. In fact, Jayadeva, Chandidas and Vidyapati were Lord Chaitanya\'92s favorite poets. Chaitanya freely adopted the songs of Vidyapati as Vaishn
ava hymns. The poems rendered below are excerpted from }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Love}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Songs of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidyapati, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Translated by Deben Bhattacharya, George Allen Unwin Ltd. , London, 1963.)
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Black Stone
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your glances tempt their love.\'85\line O Krishna, Krishna,\line You are known to be wise.\line How can I tell You what is 
right?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gold is tested on the black-stone,\line The love of a man by his nature.\line Fragrance reveals the flower and its pollen
\line And the eyes and the tears\line The dawn of love.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nights of Joy
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O friend:\line How can you ask me\line What I feel?\line In talk, love always grows,\line Is always new.\line Since I was b
orn\line I\'92ve seen his beauty\line With insatiate eyes.\line His gentle voice\line Brushed my ears.\line Thrilled, I long for more.\line Nights of spring\line Passed in joy,\line Yet still the game of love\line Has new delights.\line I\'92ve held Him 
to my heart\line A million ages,\line Yet longing flares again.\line A host of lovers,\line Their love reduced to ashes,\line Know nothing of its power\'85.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My Body Hid My Body
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My eyes encountered Him\line And left me.\line The lotus snubbed the sun\line And fled away.\line The moon and the night-li
ly\line Unite in love.\line Madhava I saw today,\line But with art I hid my passion.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shyness dropped}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with my clothes.\line My body hid my body.\line My heart was another\'92s.\line Krishna I saw Everywhere.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sorrow
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Clouds filled the sky\line And the God of love,\line Piercing her heart, withdrew.\line Leaning vk fortnight\line Radha fad
es.\line Is she the pale crescent moon\line Of the wet monsoon sky?\line Krishna, You have turned Your face away,\line Inflicting pain unbearable.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ecstacy
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Her hair, dishevelled,\line Veils the beauty of her face\line As evil shadows eat the glowing moon.\line Strings of blossom
 in her hair\line Wantonly play\line As flooded rivers\line Twine about their twins.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Exquisite today,\line This sport of love,\line As Radha rides on Krishna.\line Beads of sweat glisten on her face\line Like
 pearls on the moon,\line A present to her\line From the God of love.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With all her force\line She kisses her lover's lips,\line Like the moon swooping\line To drink a lotus bloom.\line Her neck
lace dangles\line Below her hanging breasts;\line Like streams of milk\line Trickling from golden jars.\line The jingling bells around her waist\line Sang glory to the God of love.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Smiles and Laughter
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Blue lotuses\line Flower everywhere\line And black }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub kokilas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sing\'85\line King of the seasons,\line Spring has come\line And wild with longing\line The bee goes to his love.\line Birds flight in the air\line And cowherd
-girls\line Smile face to face\'85\line Krishna has entered\line The great forest.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New To Love
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New to love,\line I shrank from loving\line Yet the night grew And all was done.\line I did not relish\line Sweets of dalli
ance.\line My shyness warred against my will\'85\line He seized my garland,\line Held my hair\line And pressed his heart\line Against my smothered breasts\line But, in my clumsy innocence,\line Alone, with none to aid,\line I could not please.\line He wa
nted everything\line In one great rapture\line And to my painful shame\line I gave so little.\line The spell of passion went.\line I said\line Nothing.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eyes of Danger
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To gaze on Krishna was my greatest wish,\line Yet seeing Him was filled with danger.\line Gazing has bewitched me, no will 
remains,\line I cannot speak or hear.\line Like monsoon clouds,\line My eyes pour water.\line My heart flutters.\line O friend, why ever did I see Him\line And with such joy deliver Him my life?\'85
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Master of Love
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My Krishna is so very clever.\line With no effort on his part,\line He broke my all-resisting pride.\line Today He came gar
bed as a yogi\line To mystify me by an exquisite act\'85\line But He was overwhelmed at seeing my face.\line When He begged the jewel of My pride,\line I knew how cunning was His ming.\line And then what He said\line I am too shy to repeat.\line No one e
ven knew\line That this was the master of love.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Quest
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So long our world was new,\line We were one like fish and water.\line Such was our love.\line A sharp word passed between u
s.\line My dear love smiled\line And gave no answer\line Krishna, in the same bed with me,\line Seemed in a far-away land.\line In the forest where no one moves,\line My love now smiles,\line My love now speaks.\line I shall dress as a yogini\line And lo
ok for my love.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bold Love
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am going today, dear friend,\line And shall not fear the elders at home.\line Words will not trouble me.\line With sandal
 paste my skin will glisten.\line I shall deck myself in pearls.\line My eyes look brilliant with no mascara.\line I shall cover my body in white\line And walk with leisured steps.\line When the sky is lit with the smiling moon\line From staring eyes I s
hall not flinch\line Nor shall I hide.\line So much did I conceal\line From fear of others,\line Even the currents of my love.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub War of Youth
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Two armies were engaged in war\line As childhood merged in youth.\line Knotted, the hair of Radha fell.\line At times, she 
hid her limbs,\line At times, released her charm.\line Her eyes in innocence roved here and there.\line The skin about her rising breasts\line Was tinged with red.\line Her feet became\line As restless as her heart.\line The god was waking up in Radha.
\line His eyes were closed with love.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Waves of Lightning
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Her feet showered lotuses.\line The glitter of her body\line Brought waves of lightning.\line The enchanting beauty\line Ha
s entered my heart.\line Her eyes opened\line Like lotuses in flower.\line Her widening smile\line Cast nectar-spells on all.\line Her sidelong glances\line Issued darts of love.\line I saw her beauty\line Only in a flash\line But thinking of it\line Fil
ls three different, worlds.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the River
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hold my hand.\line Caress me, Krishna.\line I will give you\line A wondrous garland.\line The friends are gone,\line But wh
ich way, Krishna,\line I do not know.\line I will not walk\line With You, Krishna,\line But at the river\line By the lonely bank\line There I will meet You.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness in American Poetry: Part IV
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN AMERICA
N POETRY 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IV: Hart Crane\'92s }{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  }{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Bridge}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  and the 20th Century }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 [I, II
, III]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The victory of the North in the Civil War was also a victory of industrialism in America, for the industrial North had proved the impor
tance of the machine\'97the machine meant power. Henry Adams, in his }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Education,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  proclaimed the Dynamo to 
be to the modern age what the Blessed Virgin Mary was to 13th century Europe. The machine was to be the new God, and the scientists the priests. What Crane was to call the "iron dealt clevage" had already cut across the new nation. In his }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Democratic Vistas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (1871). Whitman warned America of spiritual degeneracy and cautioned that science without spiritua
lity would only lead mankind into chaos. In his 1872 Preface to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leaves of Grass}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he indicates the true fu
nction of science:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub With Science, the Old Theology of the East, long in its dotage, begins evidently to die and disappear. But (t
o my mind) Science\'97and may be such will prove its principal service\'97as evidently prepares the way for One indescribably grander\'97Time\'92s young but perfect offspring\'97the New Theology\'97heir of the West\'97lusty and loving, and wondrous beaut
iful. For America, and for today, just the same as any day, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub the supreme and final Science is the Science of God}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub \'97what we call science being only its minister\'97as Democracy is or shall be also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Crane was familiar with all of Whitman\'92s writings, and the following excerpt from and 1876 Preface is also indicative of Crane\'92s 
attitude toward science and its spiritualization:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Only \'85 joyfully accepting Modern Science, and loyally following it without the slightest hesitation, there
 remains ever recognized still a higher flight, a higher fact, the Eternal Soul of Man, (of all Else too,) the Spiritual, the Religious\'97which it is to be the greatest office of Scientism, in my opinion, and of future Poetry also, to free from fables, 
crudities and superstitions, and launce forth in renewed Faith and Scope a hundred fold. To me the worlds of Religiousness, of the conception of the Divine, and of the Ideal, though mainly latent, are just as absolute, in Humanity and the Universe as the
 world of Chemistry, or anything in the objective worlds.\line                                      (Whitman, 1876 Preface to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Leaves of Grass)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ironically, today the greatest, of the modern scientists proclaims the spiritual to be the most important single fact in life, and the 
source of all true science. Albert Einstein:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The most beautiful and most profound emotion we can experience is the sensation of the mystical. It is the so
urce of all true science. He to whom emotion is a stranger, who can no longer stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms
 my idea of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his essay \'93Modern Poetry,\'94 Hart Crane calls Science \'93the uncanonized Deity of the times\'94 that \'93seems to have automati
cally displaced the hierarchies of both Academy and Church.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was Hart Crane (1899\'961932) who directly took up Whitman\'92s job of creating a poetry of vision that extends beyond civilizations
 and histories into the grand significance of man in his relationship with the eternal. Crane has been called the greatest poetic genius that America has produced, \'93the Shelley of our age,\'94 as Robert Lowell called him, for in his short, chaotic lif
e he was able to create a poetic myth that extends and endures beyond narrow literary confines. Crane was also one of the first great poetic geniuses to bump heads with the Machine Age\'97and he refused to let the mechanical chaos of the 20th Century tri
umph. In \'93Modern Poetry\'94 he writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The function of poetry in a Machine Age is identical to its function in any other age; and its capacities for
 presenting the most complete synthesis of human values remain essentially immune from any of the so-called inroads of science. \'85 For unless poetry can absorb the machine, i. e. , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub acclimatize}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  it as naturally and casually as trees, cattle, galleons, castles and all other human associations of the past, then poetry has failed of its full contempor
ary function.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Crane\'92s job, as he saw it, was to inject his vision of God into}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub machinery. He sees Science and its Machine capable of taking two paths\'97the road to Hell (symbolized by the subway in \'93The Tunnel\'94) or the road to God (symbol
ized by the Brooklyn Bridge). He recognizes, the Brooklyn Bridge as a magnificent technological achievement that is capable of \'93singing\'94 God. When Crane wrote }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bridge, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his magnus opus, he lived in Brooklyn, and his apartment window afforded him a scenic view of the East River, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Coincidently, his apartment was the same apart
ment the bridge\'92s architect used during its construction. Musing out the window at the Bridge, that gateway to Whitman\'92s \'93golden Manahatta\'94 the harplike \'93altar\'94 soon came to represent a unifying force in Crane\'92s roaring life, and in 
his greatest poem Brooklyn Bridge metamorphosizes into \'93Thou steeled Cognizance\'94, the symbol of the Absolute in a technological age of chaos. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a long poem divided into eight sections, \'93Ave Maria,\'94 \'93Powhatan\'92s Daughter\'94, \'93Cutty Sark\'94, \'93Cape Hatteras\'94, \'93Three Songs\'94, \'93Quaker Hill\'94, \'93The Tunnel\'94
, and \'93Atlantis\'94. Together they represent an odyssey of the soul through the horrors and paltry, sensual joys of the tunnel of life and the soul\'92s subsequent release into the eternal bliss of the spiritual realms. Throughout the soul\'92s odysse
y the Bridge is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but it is removed from all struggle. It awaits the sojourner as the eternal Realit
y. \'93I stop somewhere waiting for you\'94, is the promise, for God awaits all in eternity; He waits for the individual soul to turn from Maya, and turn to Him. In the opening Poem, the Bridge, as the symbol of Godhead, is presented in triumph through 
\'93white rings of tumult\'94, as Krishna is surrounded by His Brahmajyoti effulgence. The picture is one of eternality, omnipotence, and freedom.,
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How many dawns, chill from his rippling rest\line The seagull\'92s wings shall dip and pivot him,\line Shedding white rings
 of tumult, building high\line Over the chained bay waters Liberty\'97
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The City and its \'93chained bay waters\'94 are bound however by an inextricable workday business karma. In his Wall Street office, man
 falls from his realization of this vision.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, with inviolate curve, forsake our eyes\line As apparitional as sails that cross\line Some page of figures to be filed
 away;\line \'97Till elevators drop us from our day \'85
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point Crane likens the phenomenal creation to a motion picture cinema with mankind bending toward the screen, as the deluded me
n in Socrates\'92 cave watch with fascination the illusory reflections thrown on the wall of the cave, unaware that the reflections are only dream fantasies and that in actuality their faces are turned from the bright Reality. But the true nature of \'93
Maya\'94 as a reflection of the Reality is revealed to \'93other eyes,\'94 namely the poet and seer, though hidden from the multitudes, for the Divine reserves the right to disclose Himself only to His chosen.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think of cinemas, panoramic sleights\line With multitudes bent toward some flashing scene\line Never disclosed, but haste
ned to again,\line Foretold to other eyes on the same screen;
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile the great Magician Whose creation is merely a \'93sleight of hands\'94 trick, stands in His Supreme Abode across the harbor, 
eternally \'93unspent\'94 by dint of His own freedom.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And Thee, across the harbor, silver-paced\line As though the sun took step of thee, yet left\line Some motion ever unspent 
in thy stride,\'97\line Implicitly thy freedom staying thee!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna saw "the heroes of the mortal world rush into Thy (Krishna\'92s) fiercely flaming mouths," (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , XI/28)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but in the age of Kali the heroes are reduced to one mad \'93bedlamite\'94 jumping from the Bridge\'92s parapets. This is also a prefiguration of Crane\'92s suicidal jump from the back of a boat in 1932.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of some subway scuttle, cell or loft\line A bedlamite speeds to thy parapets,\line Tilting there momently, shrill shirt
 ballooning,\line A jest falls from the speechless caravan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Amidst this madness, the gift of the Divine lies in His pardon and in the relative anonymity of the individual soul.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And obscure as that heaven of the Jews,\line Thy guerdon \'85 Accolade thou dost bestow\line Of anonymity time cannot raise
:\line Vibrant reprieve and pardon thou dost show.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then the Bridge is addressed as \'93harp and altar, \'93 which it tends to resemble. The forces surrounding this Absolute are forces of
 cosmic, not human, fury. No human toil can ever conceive or construct a miracle that is the answer to all prayers, the cry of all lovers, the fulfillment of all desires and prophecies.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O harp and altar, of the fury fused,\line (How could mere toil align thy choiring strings!)\line Terrific threshold of the 
prophet\'92s pledge,\line Prayer of pariah, and the lover\'92s cry,\'97
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Its \'93swift unfractioned idiom\'94 is a monolithic omnipotence that has power to condense eternity. To the sigh of stars, the }{\b0
\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is indicated. It is the personal figure of the Deity that lifts night in His powerful arms.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again the traffic lights that skim thy swift\line Unfractioned idiom, immaculate sigh of stars,\line Beading thy path\'97co
ndense eternity:\line And we have seen night lifted in thine arms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the poem\'92s conclusion, the Cognizance, Who is eternally awake as His creation (the river, the ocean, the prairie) flows eternally
 beneath Him, is petitioned to descend into the iron age, and, by His descent, to give mankind a new myth by which to worship Him.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Sleepless as the river under thee,\line Vaulting the sea, the praries\'92 dreaming sod,\line Unto us lowliest sometime sw
eep, descend\line And of the curveship lend a myth to God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the \'93Ave Maria\'94 section of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Deity is invoked by the New World 
\'93discoverer,\'94 Columbus, as he sails back to Spain. Columbus, like Whitman in a later day, is a mystical explorer, a seer and leader, who knows Krishna to be as an ocean \'93athwart lanes of death and birth.\'94 As an explorer, he enters into the Cr
eator\'92s \'93burning blue\'94 savannahs and petitions His assurance that his \'93sail is true,\'94 Without such faith, man can accomplish nothing. Crane\'92s Columbus knows the Creator to be omnipotent and omnipresent, and fittingly praises His \'93tee
ming span\'94 and \'93primal scan\'94 that surveys all in His domain from the sacred Ganges to the Chan.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Thou who sleepest on Thyself, apart\line Like ocean athwart lanes of death and birth,\line And all the eddying breath bet
ween doth search\line Cruelly with love thy parable of man\'97\line Inquisitor! incognizable Word\line Of Eden and the enchained Sepulchre,\line Into thy steep savannahs, burning blue,\line Utter to loneliness the sail is true.\line            \'85 O Tho
u\line Within whose primal scan consummately\line The glistening seignories of Ganges swim;\'97\line Who sendest greeting by the corposan,\line And Teneriffe\'92s garnet\'97flamed it in a cloud,\line Urging through night our passage to the Chan;\'97\line
Te Deum laudamus, for thy teeming span!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub White toil of heaven\'92s cordons, mustering\line In holy rings all}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sails charged to the far\line Hushed gleaming fields and pendant seething wheat\line Of knowledge,\'97round thy brows unhooded now\line \'97The kindled Crown
! acceded of the poles\line And biassed by full sails, merideans reel\line Thy purpose\'97still one shore beyond desire!\line The sea\'92s green crying towers a-sway, Beyond\line And kingdoms\line                            naked in the\line             
                                     trembling heart\'97\line                 Te Deum laudamus\line                                                  O Thou Hand of Fire
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, God is presented surrounded by dazzling lights. Images like \'93seething wheat of knowledge\'94 are typical of Crane who telesco
pes two interrelated ideas in one phrase. For man, God is both bread (sustenance) and knowledge. Again, His omnipotence is stressed in such phrases as \'93meridians reel Thy purpose.\'94 The \'93Hand of Fire\'94 is God\'92s Shiva (Destroyer) aspect. Colu
mbus is well aware that God can enable him to return with news of his discovery or kill him with one swift stroke. Kingdoms naked in the trembling heart\'94 echo Christ\'92s \'93The Kingdom of God is within you.\'94 As in other instances, Columbus prefig
ures a later figure in the poem, Whitman, as a seer and man of faith. In the second section of the poem we are shifted again to the Twentieth Century in a part entitled \'93The River\'94 which is none other than the river of life. Here we are given a gra
phic picture of the wild, bumbling 20th Century Express that roars its way to hell to jazz rhythms. The Express is the 20th Century machine run wild without spiritual direction.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub           \'97while an EXpress makes time like\line Science\'97Commerce and the Holy Ghost\line Radio Roars In Every Home W
e Have The Northpole\line Wallstreet And Virginbirth Without Stones Or\line Wires Or Even Running brooks connection ears\line and no more sermons windows flashing roar\line Breathtaking\'97as you like}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it \'85 eh?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub               So the 20th Century\'97so\line whizzed the Limited\'97roared by and left\line three men, still hungry on the 
tracks, ploddingly\line watching the tail lights wizen and converge,\line slipping gimleted and neatly out of sight.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The three men are mendicants, \'93hobo trekkers\'94 who have jumped off the wild American bandwagon that is bumbling its way toward 
\'93Progress\'94 and Materialism. These are the transcendental waysiders with whom Crane identifies, outcasts who somehow know something of God, though they cannot articulate their knowledge
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Each seemed a child, like me, on a loose perch,\line Holding to childhood like some termless play. \'85
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like Whitman, these hobos \'93confess no rosary or clue,\'94 but their wanderings have put them in intimate contact with the Deity.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet they touch something like a key perhaps.\line \'85 They know a body under the wide rain \'85\line They lurk across her,
 knowing her yonder breast\line Snow-silvered, sumac-stained or smoky blue\'97\line Is past the valley-sleepers, south or west.\line \'97As I have trod the rumorous midnights, too,\line And past the circuit of the lamp\'92s thin flame\line (O Nights that
 brought me to her body bare!)\line Have dreamed beyond the print that bound her name.\line Trains sounding the long blizzards out\'97I heard\line Wail into distances I knew were hers.\line Papooses crying on the wind\'92s long mane\line Screamed redskin
 dynasties that fled the brain,\line \'97Dead echoes!. But I knew her body there,\line Time like a serpent down her shoulder, dark,\line And space, an eaglet\'92s wing, laid on her hair.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They travel over the body of God (here referred to in the feminine gender) that contains and reconciles both time (the serpent) and spa
ce (the eagle). Contrasted with the wandering mendicants is the \'93Sheriff, Brakeman and Authority,\'94 repressive forces in the 20th Century, that \'93smile out eerily what they seem\'94 and joke at heaven\'92s gate.\'94 Such absurd men who try to lord
 it over the creation are borne down the river of life despite themselves. Crane\'92s condemnation of the 20th Century American materialists is severe\'97he sees them as \'93grimed tributaries to an ancient flow\'94 (a flow that could be Vedic civilizati
on). Without God they can \'93win no frontier,\'94 make no progress, but only \'93drift in stillness.\'94
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Down, down\'97born pioneers in time\'92s despite,\line Grimed tributaries to an ancient flow\'97\line They win no frontier 
by their wayward plight,\line But drift in stillness, as from Jordan\'92s brow.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The River of Life is much greater than any tributary civilization, and it sweeps all along with it in its course. This is also a River 
of dreams whose unity or \'93knit of identity\'94 rests in the Self that is the same in all. Man is eternal in this river, for each man is the father of his father endlessly reincarnated.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The River, spreading, flows\'97and spends your dream.\line What are you, lost within this tideless spell?\line You are your
 father\'92s father, and the stream\'97\line A liquid theme that floating niggers swell.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The theme the River sings is the Song of God as it heaps itself free from its bed to flow into the great Gulf of the Supreme Lord.}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The dream of life, of history, pours into the sea, its only will is in rapidly flowing unchecked, in spendin
g itself of its confines and meeting and praising God in His great Gulf.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85 Ahead\line No embrace opens but the stinging sea;\line The River lifts itself from its long bed,\line Poised wholly on
 its dream, a mustard glow\line Tortured with history, its one will\'97flow!\line \'97The Passion spreads in wide tongues, choked and slow,\line Meeting the Gulf, hosannas silently below.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the \'93Cape Hatteras\'94 section of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Whitman is canonized by Crane as 
the great American poet-sage-guru-seer-saint who could perceive the Deity beneath the inherent sweetness of the earth and, like Columbus, the great Navigator, maintain his vision of the Godhead despite innumerable impediments\'97in Whitman\'92s case, the
 Civil War, industrialism, and the incipient madhouse of the Stock Exchange.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Saunterer on free ways still ahead!\line Not this our empire yet, but labyrinth\line Wherein your eyes, like the Great Na
vigator\'92s without ship,\line Gleam from the great stones of each prison crypt\line Of canyoned traffic \'85 Confronting the Exchange,\line Surviving in a world of stocks. \'85Sea eyes and tidal, undenying, bright with myth!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Crane also states that it was Whitman who inspired }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our Meistersinger, thou set breath in steel;\line And it was thou who on the boldest heel\line Stood up and flung the span 
on even wing\line Of that great Bridge, our Myth, whereof I sing!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The poet\'92s and humanity\'92s duty, as Crane sees it, is to meet the challenge Whitman gives them.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85 To course that span of consciousness thou\'92st named\line The Open Road\'97thy vision is reclaimed!\line What heritag
e thou\'92st signalled to our hands!\line \'85                        O joyous seer!\line Recorders ages hence, yes, they shall hear\line In their own veins uncancelled thy sure tread\line And read thee by the aureole \'91round thy head\line Of pasture-s
hine, Panis Angelicus!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Crane calls for a cohesive force in the Machine Age, one that will empregnate science and machinery with the. vision of God. The airpla
ne pilot, \'93Falcon-Ace,\'94 carries with him the hope of the race, and the Vedic injunctions are also in his veins, written in his wrists.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                         Remember, Falcon-Ace,\line Thou hast there in thy wrist a Sanskrit charge\line To conjugate infinit
y\'92s dim marge\'97\line Anew \'85 !
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next to last section of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93The Tunnel,\'94 stands as the most graphic depi
ction in verse of the hell man has constructed for himself in the 20th Century. The New York City subway comes to symbolize mankind\'92s tunnel of horrors that result from the improper use of the machine. \'93The Tunnel\'94 does serve a positive function
, however, for as in Dante\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Divine Comedy, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one gets to heaven by going }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub through}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  hell. Hence the Blake quotation heading this section: \'93To find the Western path/ Right thro\'92 the Gates of Wrath.\'94 It 
is in this tunnel that we hear the cries and bellows of a chaotic demonic mankind caught in the endless rounds and boroughs of samsara.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some day by heart you\'92ll learn each famous sight\line And watch the curtain lift in hell\'92s despite \'85
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our tongues recant like beaten weather vanes. \'85
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The phonographs of hades in the brain\line Are tunnels that re-wind themselves, and love\line A burnt match skating in a ur
inal. \'85
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In these \'93back forks of the chasms of the brain\'94 and \'93interborough fissures of the mind,\'94 Crane sees Edgar Poe, poet laurea
te of the tunnel of horrors, riding like a ghost with Death in his eyes \'93below the toothpaste and the dandruff ads.\'94 As the train bends to a scream before diving under the East River, Crane delivers the most vehement accusation ainst the iron age i
n verse:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Daemon, demurring and eventful yawn!\line Whose hideous laughter is a bellows mirth\line \'97Or the muffled slaughter of a 
day in birth\'97\line O cruelly to inoculate the brinking dawn\line With antennae toward worlds that glow and sink;\'97\line To spoon us out more liquid than the dim\line Locution of the eldest star, and pack\line The conscience navelled in the plunging 
wind,\line Umbilical to call\'97and straightway die!\line O caught like pennies beneath soot and steam,\line Kiss of our agony thou gatherest;\line Condensed, thou takest all\'97shrill ganglia\line Impassioned with some song we fail to keep.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'93shrill ganglia\'94 is contemporary civilization without a living spiritual myth, and the \'93song we fail to keep\'94 is the So
ng of God. The section ends on a note of triumph, however. The subway rises up the slope from under the River and emerges in the open air where Crane sees the Bridge standing as a great Word promising eternal life.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And yet, like Lazarus, to feel the slope,\line The sod and billow breaking,\'97lifting ground,\line \'97A sound of waters b
ending astride the sky\line Unceasing with some Word that will not die \'85!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'91Word\'94 is the dharma that releases man from what Krishna called \'93the Great Fear,\'94 death and the endless cycles of rebir
ths. Crane asks \'93Or shall the hands be drawn away, to die?\'94 and the reply is that Shiva, the destroyer aspect, the \'93hand of Fire,\'94 only gathers us to God. \'93Kiss of our agony Thou gatherest, / O Hand of Fire/gatherest\'97\'94 leads logicall
y into \'93Atlantis,\'94 the great promise of the poem, which is a wonderful, tumbling description (the only one given in American verse) of the wonders of the spiritual universe. In \'93Atlantis,\'94 the lost mythical city, the Bridge is celebrated in a
ll its beauty, majesty, omnipotence, eternality, and knowledge. Religion, myth, science and technology merge to make a new and joyous music. \'93Music is then the knowledge of that which relates to love in harmony and system,\'94 Crane quotes Plato, then
 sings the Absolute.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through the bound cable strands, the arching path\line Upward, veering with light, the flight of strings,\'97\line Taut mil
es of shuttling moonlight syncopate\line The whispered rush, telepathy of wires.\line Up the index of night, granite and steel\'97\line Transparent meshes\'97fleckless the gleaming staves\'97\line Sibylline voices flicker, waveringly stream\line As thoug
h a god were issue of the strings. \'85
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And through that cordage, threading with its call\line One arc synoptic of all tides below\'97\line Their labyrinthine mout
hs of history\line Pouring reply as though all ships}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at sea\line Complighted in one vibrant breath}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub made cry,\'97\line \'93Make thy love sure\'97to weave whose song we ply!\'94
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85\line White tempest nets file upward, upward ring\line With silver terraces the humming spars,\line The loft of vision, p
alladium helm of stars.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85\line Like hails, farewells,\'97up planet-sequined heights\line Some trillion whispering hammers glimmer Tyre .......
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bridge is seen through a vision of blazing light, which is none other than the white, pervasive light of love. It is the Bridge tha
t yokes \'93wave to kneeling wave,\'94 unifying the creation in one mighty song of itself. \'93The vernal strophe chimes from deathless strings!\'94
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From gulfs unfloding, terrible of drums,\line Tall Vision-of-the-Voyage, tensely spare\'97\line Bridge, lifting night to cy
cloramic crest\line Of deepest day\'97O Choir, translating time\line Into what multitudinous Verb the suns\line And synergy of waters ever fuse, recast\line In myriad syllables,\'97Psalm of Cathay!\line O Love, thy white, pervasive Paradigm \'85!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bridge is beyond this relative world of time and space. It defies all mundane conceptions, logic, explanation, or description. Cran
e\'92s verse\'97a fusion of images\'97is peculiarly adept to give a sense of its wonder and power. It is the Bridge that controls the creation from lark\'92s northward flight to the glowing star. And it is the Bridge that leads man lovingly from the real
ms of time into the realm of eternal bliss.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Thou steeled Cognizance whose leap commits\line The agile precincts of the lark\'92s return;\line Within whose lariat swe
ep encinctured sing\line In single chrysalis the many twain,\'97\line Of stars Thou art the stitch and stallion glow\line And like an organ, Thou, with sound of doom\'97\line Sight, sound and flesh Thou leadest from time\'92s realm\line As love strikes c
lear direction for the helm.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swift peal of secular light, intrinsic Myth\line Whose fell unshadow is death\'92s utter wound. \'85
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As in Whitman, the Bridge is a secular force in the New Age of the Machine. Without its unifying influence, man dies. Science is only a
 \'93minister\'94 to this eternally young Deity, assigning Him a new beatitude, a new attribute as the God of Science and the Machine Age.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Forever Deity\'92s glittering Pledge, O Thou\line Whose canticle fresh chemistry assigns\line To rapt inception and beatitu
de,\'97\line Always through blinding cables, to our joy,\line Of thy white seizure springs the prophecy:\line Always through spiring cordage, pyramids\line Of silver sequel, Deity\'92s young name\line Kinetic of white choiring wings \'85 ascends.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Crane, at this point, sees his own chaotic life as a transgression against the Deity and, begging His pardon, bequeaths himself to His}
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dazzling light while proclaiming the Deity Everpresent beyond the realms of time, unified as One Song, On
e Bridge, reconciling time and space omnipotently in Himself.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85\line Unspeakable Thou Bridge, to Thee, O Love.\line Thy pardon for this history, whitest Flower,\line O Answerer of al
l,\'97Anemone,\'97\line Now while thy petals spend the suns about us, hold\'97\line (O Thou whose radiance doth inherit me)\line Atlantis,\'97hold thy floating singer late!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So to thine Everpresence, beyond time,\line Like spears ensanguined of one tolling star\line That bleeds infinity\'97the or
phic strings,\line Sidereal phalanxes, leap and converge:\line \'97One Song, one Bridge of Fire! Is it Cathay,\line Now pity steeps the grass and rainbows ring\line The serpent with the eagle in the leaves....!\line Whispers antiphonal in azure swing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bridge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was the only great poem of God consciousness in America to follow Whitman\'92s \'93Song of Myself,\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f8\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and Crane\'92s early death no doubt cut short some even greater works. Today, thirty-seven years after }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bridge\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  publication (1930), no poet in America has taken up the work begun by the transcendentalists, Whitman, and Crane: which is the work of all true poetry, the harmonization of God with the age. Today the poets in America are too busy with p
rotest poems to positively affirm the Presence of the Supreme Lord Who is also the Lord of the Space Age. A true poet shows how God is visible in every age. Many of the young poets have jumped off the bumbling rampaging American bandwagon and are sitting
 alongside the American roadside like transcendental mendicants, but they don\'92t offer warm fires of love and truth. They simply grumble that the 20th Century Express is going too fast and in the wrong direction. No one is saying, \'93Here, this way.
\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is now indicating the direction. In American poetry the way has already been trod to a point. The post-war \'93Be
at\'94 poetry was a betrayal of Whitman\'92s and Crane\'92s positive vision. Now a poetry of the New Consciousness is needed, especially since the youth are discovering that the grand poetic vision is true and are beginning to explore \'93inner space.
\'94 Nor can the dry, corncob, speculative poetry of the Academy delineate this vision. A true poet is needed. \'93Nature and Man shall be disjoin\'92d and diffused no more,\'94 Whitman wrote in \'93Passage to India.\'94 The true son of God shall absolut
ely fuse them.\'94 The fusion of Nature, God, the machine, Science and Man should be begun from the pivot of a solid and timeless theology, such as is set down in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , not by recent concoctions of self-proclaimed avatars. May we soon hear a new strong voice singing in America to justify Whitman\'92s vision\'97
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the seas are all cross\'92d, (as they seem already cross\'92d,)\line After the great captains and engineers have a
ccomplish\'92d their work,\line After the noble inventors, after the scientists, the chemist, the geologist, ethnologist,\line Finally shall come the poet worthy that name,\line The true son of God shall come singing his songs.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem to Hart Crane
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub POEM TO HART CRANE
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How many dawns you stood to watch the Bridge\line Usher the sun from Brooklyn to New York,\line Or how many dawns the Beaut
y of His Face\line Entranced you with that white pervasive smile,
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I know not; nor have these quick forty years\line Changed the Changeless\'97the Twentieth rolls on,\line The hustler\'92s a
t his corner and the boys\line Still wind themselves to Wall Street\'92s karmic tick.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aloft new steel-winged astronauts doth soar,\line While underground demonic subways roar\line And sweltering masses adverti
se our doom\'97\line Here no tokens of the heart, nor love can bloom.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, Grecian sex and rum would drive you mad\line As they did yesterday. Greenwich Village\line Still sells bodies, books, 
and promises new fads,\line Though \'93Bolero\'94 and the bottle you might trade
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For rock \'91n\'92 roll and cubes of LSD\'97\line Have to keep up\'97Twentieth Century Limited,\line You know, roars fast t
o keep your prophecy:\line \'93Kiss of our agony, thou gatherest,
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Hand of Fire\'97gatherest,\'94 and now the bombs\line Multiply like weekly subway ads\line While Bowery bums blow spindri
ft off their beer.\line That typewriter won\'92t type Sanscrit, Hart! Oh
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Take a boat. Why not? The season\'92s ripe,\line His sovereign Smile is beckoning on His foam\'85\line Why even now I catch
 His breezes fresh,\line Gifts of seahorse couriers winged home.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The bottom of the sea is cruel,\'94 you say,\line But knowing Greybeard\'92s promise you take off\line Your coat and ju
mp\'97O brave, eternal, true\line Is His strong azure Breast that catches you.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Radha Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Radha Krishna
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the days when the Infinite Lord dwelt at Vrajabhumi as boy, He was the darling of all the much-blest people of that neighborhood. Ea
ch had some particular rasa toward Krishna\'97that is, some sublimely sweet relationship. The highest of these relationships was that experienced by the Gopis, Krishna\'92s girl friends, who were of approximately the same age as Himself. The Gopis\'92 lo
ve for Krishna stood above the purest performance of ritual devotion, and beyond even His supreme capacity to reciprocate. They are considered to stand at the height of all perfection among living entities. And the foremost of these maids was Radharani. 
She is the Lord\'92s pleasure potency, His Eternal Consort, and His Most Beloved. In the Maha Mantra, the word Hare is another name for Radha.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How I Met Swami Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOW I MET SWAMI BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Haridas Das Brahmachary \line (Harvey Cohen)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I knew right away that he was my teacher. It was like something that happens in books.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In September 1965 I went up to Ananda Ashram, an hour and a half out of New York City. I went there mostly to get out of the city. The 
Indian guru who presided at the Ashram I had met before in New York at a Yoga Society. Many of my friends were involved with him studying Raja Yoga, a form of meditation. They were very enthusiastic and tried to persuade me to come uptown with them to th
eir meetings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To tell the truth, although I liked their teacher personally, I could never meditate successfully. My mind would always wander after a 
few minutes. All kinds of images drifted into my consciousness, and I would feel I wasn\'92t normal or as serious as the others who seemed able to sit calm and immobile for great periods of time. \'93It was such a good meditation,\'94 they would exclaim 
after a session. I couldn\'92t figure it out.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyhow, I had to have a change from the city for many reasons. My friends said the Ashram was peaceful and beautiful with a big lake an
d woods. I took a bus and felt gradually better as I got further from New York. It was a holiday weekend, Labor Day, and I didn\'92t have a reservation. I didn\'92t know you needed a reservation for a Yoga Camp. Arriving at two in the morning didn\'92t m
ake my reception any warmer but the person in charge let me in and gave me a bed. I was beginning to get that feeling again\'97that I was an outsider and not ready for Yoga discipline.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next day everyone got up early and went to morning meditation. The guru was resplendent in golden Indian style jacket and his devotees 
were already deeply into it when I entered the room. All the cushions were taken and I picked a spot in the back of the room where I could lean against the wall to facilitate my meditation. I noticed some of my friends, eyes closed in lotus position. Sea
ted at one side was an older Indian man in saffron dyed thermal underwear and wrapped in a pinkish wool blanket. He seemed to be muttering to himself and I later discovered that he was praying. It was Swami Bhaktivedanta. His forehead was painted with a 
white V-shaped sign and his eyes were half shut. He seemed very serene.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There was a lecture by the guru of the Ashram and a girl read from book. Then another meditation, this time with everyone concentrating
 on a circle drawn on the wall. I couldn\'92t do it. The circle kept changing it\'92s size and shape, and after a while began to fill with strange forms. My attention drifted to the faces around the room and all of them seemed involved with the circle. I
 looked out the window through the lacy curtains to the lake. It was green and misty and beautiful, and even if I couldn\'92t get interested in Raja Yoga I felt happy to be out of New York City and into the country.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It began to rain. We left the meditation room and filed to the dining room a few hundred yards away in another building. The morning se
ssion was evidently success from the conversation at breakfast. There was a Swedish nature film scheduled which I had seen, so I went to my room, sat on the single mattress on the floor and began to read. The rain was increasing and beating against the w
indows. It was peaceful and I was glad to be alone. I read for a while. Suddenly I sensed someone standing in the doorway. Looking up I saw it was the Swami. He was wrapped in his pink blanket. \'93Can I come in?\'94 he asked. I nodded yes and he asked i
f he could sit in the chair in the corner. \'93What are you reading?\'94 he smiled. \'93Kafka Diaries\'94 I replied, feeling a little embarrassed. \'93Uh.\'94 he said, and I put the book down. He asked what I was doing at the Ashram and if I was interest
ed in Yoga. \'93What kind of yoga are you studying?\'94 \'93I don\'92t know much about it\'94 I answered, \'93but I think I\'92d like to study Hatha Yoga.\'94 This didn\'92t impress him. \'93There are better things than this,\'94 he explained. \'93There 
are higher, more direct forms of yoga. Bhaktiyoga is the highest\'97it is the science of God devotion\'94. The Swami continued, \'93We are all dependent. No one is independent. Everyone here is thinking \'93Who am I?\'94 I can answer that in one second, 
I am a servant. We are all servants. Servants of what? Of whom? Servants of God. All of us are serving someone or something, a boss a cat or dog, our family, our country. Why don\'92t we admit this? We should serve the highest master. We should serve the
 Supreme Lord. This is our constitutional position and the only way to be happy and become liberated from material bondage.\'94 As he spoke I got the overpowering realization that he was right. He was speaking the truth. And it was as if I had never hear
d it before. All of my questions were answered without having to ask him anything. I felt he read my soul. A creepy ecstatic sensation came over me that this man was my teacher that all my life was a mere preparation to this moment. His works were so sim
ple and yet they seemed to come from the deepest wisdom. I lost all sense of time and place. It was truly a turning point in my life and I knew it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After that for the rest of the weekend I kept looking at him. He sat so calmly and had such dignity and warmth. He asked me to visit hi
m when we returned to the city. The room he occupied was a tiny office in the back of the Yoga Society in uptown Manhattan. I began to go there regularly and we sat facing each other on the floor, just him and me in this little office with his typewriter
 and a new tape recorder he had purchased on top of two suitcases, a box of books he had brought from India and a color reproduction of dancing figures which he looked at often. I told Swami Bhaktivedanta that I was an artist and he asked me to \'93pleas
e paint this picture\'94 which he explained was of Lord Chaitanya and his disciples dancing and chanting}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
praises to Krishna, the Supreme Lord. The painting was called Samkirtan. Whenever I came to visit him, Swami would always be happy to see me. He became my mother and father as well as my teacher and friend. I told him the most intimate things about mysel
f. We chanted Hare Krishna together in his room many nights that winter in New York. Praise to Krishna, praise to God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I couldn\'92t wait to get the train uptown from my apartment in Greenwich Village so I could see him. Everything and everyone I knew gr
adually receded into the hum of the city, and Swami Bhaktivedanta became the most important person in my life. I stopped seeing the woman psychologist I had gone to for therapy after the sudden death of both my parents. My relationships with friends bega
n to change. They no longer were my center. Krishna was becoming my center and Swami Bhaktivedanta was showing me the way. It was as if the cloud that had been covering my soul was slowly lifting and the light within me was beginning to shine out. The wh
ole world seemed to shift around me. Going home from those unforgettable evenings with Swamiji I chanted on the train, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and didn\'92t care what anyone thou
ght.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haridas Das Brahmachary (Harvey Cohen)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 All Glories to Lord Ramachandra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ALL GLORIES TO LORD RAMACHANDRA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Rama appeared on this planet many long ages ago. He is the Lord as the Perfect King, for He was King of this world, known then as 
Ilavativarsha. Lord Rama\'92s life, and His war against the atheist King Ravana, are the subject of the famous Ramayana.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Ogre's Lament
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE OGRE'S LAMENT
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gnarled within\line And gnarled without,\line I am the lumbering, lusting\line Brute denizen of this concrete swamp,\line T
he minion of immemorial shadow.\line I am the killer and the coward,\line I the beast of rages,\line The blind and ugly madman\line Chasing other madman\line Through the death-choked catacombs of Time.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And now, as a burrowing mole might chance upon the noon sun all ablaze,\line I have come to You, O Krishna,\line And my sav
age throat,\line Clogged with ghastly carrion,\line Cannot cherish You.\line O, I am a lover who cannot love!\line I am a fool addressing Wisdom!\line I am the gloomy grotesque, daring to praise the glistening Pinnacle of beauty!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I croak and shamble,\line Beetle my brows,\line And groan at the prospect:\line How (O how!) - I would adore You\'97\line I
f I only might? If only I were other than I am!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor does it lessen my grief to realize\line That in Your infinite splendor\line Even I am bathed,\line As the sun baths the
 deep pits of Earth in passing over them.\line No. I remain inconsolable!\line My heart is bleeding,\line And the blood is like a tortured sea\line Being churned by the white hot blasts\line Of Your unimagined loveliness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rayarama das Brahmachary\line        (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna and the Vedic View:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA AND THE VEDIC VIEW:
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Swami Responds
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In some of your writings, you use the term Krishna, the Divine Lover. Do you mean that Krishna is the Universal Erotic Principle? Or is
 Krishna a symbol for universal brotherhood?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely,\line Len Berkowitz
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Berkowitz,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It might be more accurate to say that eroticism\'97by which I assume you mean sexual activity\'97is a reflection of Krishna\'92s Eterna
l Pastimes. Krishna is our eternal Lover, regardless of what body we may be in, if any. Sex must refer to the material body, but Krishna is unlimited, and His love is also unlimited. Neither time nor space can effect Them, as they do the body. As for bro
therhood\'97that presupposes a common father. As Krishna, God, is our common Father, an understanding of our relationship to Him must produce the true sweet brotherhood which our present civilization so sadly lacks.
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swamiji,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you claim that the Vedic mythology is actually true?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Roger Cagloff
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Cagloff,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you claim it isn\'92t?
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the relationship between God and the material universe?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maureen McShane
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Miss McShane,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material universe is shining from the body of the Lord. We are as the sunlight, He the Sun.
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92ve heard that you believe in many gods. Is this true? How can you say that Krishna is God, if you follow many gods?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely, Kay Duffield
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Miss Duffield,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The demi-gods are like the ministers of state. Each fulfills a particular function, controlling a particular agency of Nature, so to sp
eak. And Krishna, God, is like the King. God is One, but His energies, agencies and agents are infinite. Some are very powerful, like Brahma, the creator of this material universe, and some are relatively insignificant, like the dust of the roadside, or 
a flea. But all are God\'92s, and only He should be followed\'97nobody else, ever.
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swamiji,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What are the upper planets? Is this the Christian heaven, or Kingdom of God?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours truly,\line Ronald Holmes
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Holmes,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature informs us that there are three planetary systems in the material world\'97the upper (heavenly) planets, the middl
e planets, and the lower, or hellish planets. This earth, for example, is a middle planet. The Kingdom of God, however, is Spiritual. It is transcendental to matter, and exists in the spiritual sky. The material planets are also within the spiritual sky
\'97but in a section which is covered by the unfortunate cloud of Illusion.
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Could you please answer a question for me: Is there such thing as a spiritual sky? And if so, what is meant by the term? I\'92ve heard 
it used, but think maybe it\'92s a mistranslation of some Hindu concept. Thanks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li5760\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yours,\line Sutton Dale
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Dale,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual sky is not a concept, but a fact. Nor is it Hindu; it is beyond any material designation whatever. In the Bhagavad Gita a
nd other Vedic writings this sky is described as being self-illuminated. That is to say, every atom of that sky is alive, conscious. Sky, or space, is considerably more extended than our modern scientists would have us believe. That is because their inst
ruments are faulty and limited. But don\'92t be fooled: you can yourself experience the spiritual sky, just as you can now perceive the blue vault over this planet. It simply requires finding out how to do so.
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the Causal Ocean?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your friend,\line Judy Johnson
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Miss Johnson,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can you picture a deep-sea fish wondering, What is the atmosphere? The outer wrapping is difficult to see from the middle of the inside
.
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92ve heard a little about your Krishna Consciousness movement, and frankly I\'92m more than a bit skeptical. What is Krishna? Is it 
the Hindu concept of the Absolute Truth, like Om? Is it Void? Or is it a fearful character, like Jehovah? Another thing that bugs me is, how come Krishna isn\'92t even mentioned as one of the Hindu Trinity?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours,\line Harry Fox
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Mr. Fox,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please rest at ease\'97Krishna is not a fearful character. In the Bhagavad Gita, He declares Himself to be the dearest Friend to all li
ving beings. Om is the sound representation of Krishna. Like the Jewish Jehova, Krishna is a Name of God. But, again, let me assure you, He is your good Friend. In fact, He is your eternal Lover. You have simply forgotten Him. My movement is simply the w
ork of an emissary come from your Divine Lover\'97hoping to make you remember Him. As for the Void and the Hindu Trinity: do not lose sleep over them. They will not bite you. I shall take up those topics another time, when space permits.
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have been chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra for a week. Am I liberated now?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mrs. Jean McGillis
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mrs. McGillis,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When you eat a good meal, do you have to ask the waiter if you are full? Keep chanting.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your well-wisher\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Wheeler,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A number of days ago, I read an article in the \'93National}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Insider\'94 called: \'93The Secrets Of Krishna Consciousness.\'94 I quote you: \'93The Communists say that everything belongs to the State, we know that everything belongs to God. 
The key word is consciousness\'97and I attained it purely by chanting the 16 words over and over again. It is the vibrations you see. \'85\'94 Frankly, I don\'92t see. When you speak of consciousness, I assume that you mean awareness. Now I know that my 
awareness changes in quality, that is, my awareness varies in intensity. Or I would say that my perception varies in sharpness. Now my question is this: are you saying that your perception of the world, what is, or reality has changed; or are you saying 
that your consciousness change has allowed you to perceive a different world from the one which you perceived before the change in consciousness? Let me put it another way. A number of years ago, the thought came to me that God is not a person; it came t
o me that God is a state. It seemed to me that one is always in the state of God, but that most of the time we do not perceive ourselves as being in this state. Am I making any sense to you? You spoke of consciousness expansion. What did you mean by it? 
I assume that you mean that you are less distracted and more able to perceive the world without projecting your own feelings and what have you onto it. Am I right or wrong.?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suffice to say, I would be very grateful any information that you could give me on Krishna Consciousness. I agree with Swami Bhaktiveda
nta when he says that \'93Modern civilization is paying too much attention to the body and not enough attention to studying the nature of consciousness\'85\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li5760\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sincerely yours,\line Stephen V. Crosby, Jr.\line Penn. State College
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Crosby,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Reality of God is eternal and does not change. It is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat 
Chit Ananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that is, eternal bliss and knowledge Absolute. It is also Consciousness and Intelligence. It is also }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub beyond }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Consciousness and Intelligence. As the Supreme Personality, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (i. e. Krishna), and He is pure Spirit, or Sou
l (Purusha) which is imperishable, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent. Nothing can really be predicated about Him. He }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, in regards to our individual consciousness\'97this can be changed. In fact, it is constantly being changed from day to day, hour t
o hour, moment to moment. We are conditioned beings and imperfect. Our senses are imperfect. We do not always perceive the omnipresent Spirit, but this does not mean that He is not there. Our imperfect senses \'93get in the way\'94. This is what is meant
 when it is said that the Supreme is \'93veiled by Maya, or Illusion.\'94 The Lord\'92s Prakriti, or material energy, emanates from Him, and entangled in this energy, we lose sight of the Origin, the Ultimate Source which is the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead, Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process of changing our consciousness to God Consciousness is the process of chanting the Holy Names of God: Hare Krishna, Hare Kri
shna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. This is simple and scientific and sublime. For example, music changes your consciousness very quickly. If you hear rock and roll, you might think of sex. If you hear Bach\'92s 
Mass in B you may have a religious ecstasy. These sounds remind you of certain things\'85 they change or direct your consciousness to these things.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, chanting Hare Krishna directs our consciousness to Krishna, and turns it away from Maya. The more you chant, the more your c
onsciousness changes, the more God conscious you become. Then God will reveal Himself to you. It is a matter of preparing yourself to \'93see\'94 the Supreme. Who are you that the Supreme should stand before you? What is man that God should be mindful of
 him? First we must qualify ourselves.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I could write interminably about the chant, but will stop here. By consciousness expansion I mean seeing God in everything, as the eter
nal Reality underlying all forms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li5760\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sincerely,\line Howard Wheeler
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LORD CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The innovating spark behind the present Samkirtan Movement was Lord Chaitanya, Who appeared in India approximately 480 years ago. Chait
anya is the perfect Form of Radha and Krishna, together as One. His mission was to teach devotional service of God, and to provide in Himself the perfect example of such transcendental life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the opposite page we see Lord Chaitanya, along with His disciples, Nityananda Prabhu (first on the reader\'92s left), Adwaita Prabhu
 (next on the left), Gadadhar (first on the right) and Srila Srivas. These great benefactors of the human race passed nearly all their time in the ecstasy of chanting the Holy Names of God: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Ram
a, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 I Wanted to
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub I WANTED TO
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Damodara Das
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I sat on a suburban hillside\line And watched, across a small valley,\line The opposite rise of land,\line Covered with low
 gray houses.\line Where I was in the grass,\line By a Black Birch tree\line With Branches good for toothbrushes,\line Two pheasants slowly picked\line Their way through the dry leaves.\line Across on the other hill,\line Dim noises crackled from the roa
ds\line And rooftops. Robins whistled.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It gently faded into brilliance.\line I held the light back from me,\line Not desiring the Void any more,\line Only trying 
to understand it.\line Seven years ago used beer\line To hold Revival Meetings.\line Six years ago I used a lunatic system\line Of \'93Time and Energy\'94 to forget God.\line Five years ago I used Bartok\line To make a window disappear.\line Four years a
go I used logic\line To prove everything was nothing.\line Three years ago I used film\line To eliminate the blood problem.\line Two years ago I contemplated mist.\line One year ago I saw the Void.\line Brittle, metallic stupidity.\line The buzzing crash
 of electrons.\line But now Swami told us\line Something more that included\line The mute impersonal glare.\line Swami told us the truth,\line And this was just illusion.\line Swami told us about people,\line And this was just physics.\line Swami told us
 about love,\line And this was just eternity.\line God takes care of this, somehow,\line All this ignorance.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why was it illusion?\line It appeared to be all-inclusive.\line There was first the physical,\line Then the rattling of the
 physical,\line Then the dissemination into light.\line But it didn\'92t include\line What Swami told us.\line And he told us the truth.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I remembered the crashing electrons.\line I paid attention and realised\line The crashing was in this body,\line Not in the
 hillside over there.\line In my sense of it, the sight of it,\line The sound of it, smell, touch, taste.\line It appeared to be all-inclusive\line Because this body was a network\line With a beginning and an end.\line Void-consciousness was body-conscio
usness.\line And the hillside didn\'92t give a damn.\line The hillside was still there,\line Going about its business,\line And I was wrapped up in this body.\line My senses only wanted to sense themselves.\line To get to the hill I needed faith.\line Go
d made the hill and it was not Void.\line He put it there,\line I couldn\'92t deny it.\line I relaxed beyond my senses,\line I relaxed into faith in God.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Staring at a hillside,\line Gathering sense impressions,\line Arranging them on a sheet of\line Celluloid in front of me,
\line Pulling it, stretched,\line Away from the hillside,\line Forced up to me.\line Then it burned and disappeared\line In a hard shining fire.\line But the hill was still there.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I went to the temple that night\line Only because I wanted to.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dancing there was Swami;\line Chanting, there was Swami;\line Sitting, there was Swami;\line Who else told us the truth?
\line The truth is\line Hare-Krishna-Hare-Krishna\line Krishna-Krishna-Hare-Hare\line Hare-Rama-Hare-Rama\line Rama-Rama-Hare-Hare;\line Him.\line Swami told us that.\line Everything else is extra.\line Swami told us that too.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Damodara Das Adhikary\line         (Dan Clark)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 An Address to American Youth
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub AN ADDRESS TO AMERICAN YOUTH
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Delivered Sunday, June 4, at Tompkins Square Park \line by Kirtanananda Das Brahmachary)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My dear young beautiful boys and girls of America. I have come to your country with great hope and a great mission. My Spiritual Master
, Om Vishnupad Paramhansa Paribrajaka Acharya Sri Sriman Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj, asked me to preach this cult of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in the Western World. That was the seed-giving incident. Gradually the seed fructified, and
 I was prepared to come to the Western World. Still, I do not know why I was so much attracted by the land of America. But from within Krishna dictated that instead of going to Europe I should better go to America. So you can see that I have come to your
 country under order of superior authority. And even after arriving here, when I perceived that some of the youngsters are being misled, confused and frustrated\'97this is not the condition in your country only, but in every country, the young people are
 neglected, although it is they who are the flower and future hope of everyone\'97so I thought to myself that if I go the American youth with my message and they join with me in this movement, then it will spread all over the world and then }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the problems of the world will be solved. How I would like to be with you in person today, but Krishna has preve
nted that, so please pardon me and accept my blessings in this written form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process of Samkirtan\'97this singing and dancing\'97is so nice because from the very beginning it places everyone on the spiritual
 platform. There are different platforms or levels to our existence: the bodily platform, the mental platform, the intellectual platform, and the spiritual platform. When you stand on the spiritual platform then all the problems created by the necessitie
s of the body, mind, intellect, and ego become solved. Therefore I appeal to you to join this movement most seriously. The process is very simple: we ask everyone to come join with us in chanting, hear something of the philosophy of life taught by Lord K
rishna, take a little prasadam (foodstuff that is prepared and offered to the Lord), and peacefully, with refreshed mind go home. That is our mission.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We do have certain restrictions; practically, they are not restrictions, but something better in place of something inferior. The other
 day, Mr Alan Burke questioned me on his television program, \'93Swamiji, why do you insist on marriage?\'94 And I answered him, \'93Unless one becomes peaceful in home life, how can he make any advance in any other area of life or knowledge? Therefore e
veryone should get married\'97just to be happy and peaceful.\'94 You are all beautiful, nice educated boys and girls\'97why shouldn\'92t you}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub get married and live happily? If you live peacefully, regulated lives, eating nothing but Krishna prasadam, then the tissues in your brain will develop for spiritual consciousness and understanding.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, if you are not agreeable to these simple restrictions, still I request you to join the chanting with us. Everybody can do that
, and that will gradually clarify everything, and all problems will be solved, and you will find a new chapter of your life. Just this week I have received a letter from a girl in New Jersey who has had such an experience. She writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Dear Swamiji,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub You don\'92t know me by name, but I am the girl who joined your parade in Washington Square this past Saturday.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub When I first saw your group I thought you were all crazy. Either that or on dope of some kind. After listening 
and talking with some you I realized that it was neither of those. You people plainly believed in what you were doing and I admired you for that much; but my curiosity drove me further and I had to find out why. So I followed you and as I did, the chant 
you sang began to take hold. The next thing I knew I felt free of myself and I was singing too. I didn\'92t know where I was or where I was going but I was too elated to care. It wasn\'92t until we stopped that I learned where I was.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub By that time I had picked up bits and pieces of what Krishna Consciousness was about. One of your members asked
 me to visit your temple and I followed you still further, hoping to discover just what it was that made you feel so strongly about something I\'92d never heard of.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub After having taken a meal with you and reading your literature I left; but not alone. I took with me a new awar
eness of life. It occurred to me how futile my desires for the material things in life were: that a new dress, or big house or color television were not important. If only people would open their eyes to the endless number of pleasures God has already gi
ven us, there would be no need to look any further.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub You people are truly lucky. You may have had to do without many things but because of this you are able to en
joy the simple God-given treasures of the world. Because of your beliefs, you are the wealthy; and I thank you for sharing a bit of that wealth with me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we invite you to please chant with us\'97it is such a nice thing; come to our temple if you like; take a little prasadam; and be hap
py. It is not very difficult if you  just chant this HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE. That will save you. Thank you very much, and God bless you.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is the post-graduate study of the Bhagavad Gita, or the Science of Krishna. This book of transcendental knowledge contains information of classical Hindu culture, philosophy, sociology, economics, politics, aesthetics and Divine Love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This unique edition of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has been greatly appreciated by all learned societies of philosophy and theosophy and approved by the Indian State and Central Government Departments of Education, and by the United States Government. Swami Bhaktivedanta
\'92s edition contains Sanskrit, Sanskrit transliteration, English equivalents, translation and elaborate commentaries. Published by the League of Devotees, New Delhi, India, 1962-65. Price: $16.80 for 3 volumes (1200 pages). Postage paid by the Society.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub CIRCULATION: Gargamuni Das Brahmachary (Gregory Scharf)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub PRINTING: Purushottam Das Brahmachary (Paul Auerbach)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1584\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jaigovinda Das Brahmachary (Jeffrey Havener)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Artists
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Artists
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE ARTISTS whose work so beautifully graces our pages are, to begin with, Jadurani Devi Dasi, directress of the Art Department. Jadurani Prabhu\'92s work appears on th
e inside cover, and on the back cover. Her other work includes a prolific, output of oil paintings on such subjects as Yasoda Krishna, Radha Krishna, Narayana (a series of twenty-four canvases), Guru Maharaj, Narada Muni, and numerous others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The pictures of The Bridge, Radha Krishna, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and Lord Ramachandra were drawn by Gaursundar das Adhikary (Gary 
McElroy) and his wife Govinda Devi. In addition to their illustrations for Back To Godhead, they\'92re engaged in creating a slide film strip on the life of Prahlad Maharaj.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to these}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  fine servants of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol.
 1 No. 14, 1967
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On the Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub On the Cover
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kaliya was a many-headed serpent who dwelt in a pool of the River Yamuna, and whose poison was so potent that the entire river thereabo
uts was polluted. But when the Supreme Lord appeared at Vrindavan as a cowherd boy, five thousand years ago, He sanctified the Yamuna and drove Kaliya from its waters. At first the mighty serpent thought to slay this mere foolish child, but then the Chil
d began a dance upon the viper's heads, and with every touch of Krishna's feet, a head was crushed. At length, Kaliya repented his evil deeds, and took center of the Lord, realizing how truly blest he was\'97for even the demigods of the highest planets e
ver crave to be in contact with the dust of the feet of God.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By The Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By The Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As must be widely known by now, Swami Bhaktivedanta, our beloved spiritual master, was stricken with severe illness in May. Although he
 has been unable to make public appearances since that time, the work which he instituted has continued in all three of the temples devoted to the preaching of Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is by the grace of the spiritual master that the darkness of illusion is expelled from the heart and mind of the fortunate student, 
and so it is that the Swami is held in utmost reverence by his disciples.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To be sure, Krishna regards the service of His pure devotee as greater than service rendered directly unto Him. And we whom the Lord ha
s graced by contact with the Swami have no desire but to serve our teacher with all our powers, and to aid in his work of propagating the great Samkirtan Movement. The work of the genuine spiritual master and the service of God are in no way different.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We ask all men of good will to join us in praying Lord Krishna to allow Swamiji to remain on this planet, where his inspiration is so d
esperately needed!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li7200\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Editors
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. 
BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I offer my obeisances unto my spiritual master who has opened my eyes in the midst of darkness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are in the darkness of material nature and it is the duty of the Spiritual Master to open our eyes to the light. In our conditional 
state, we cannot see things as they are. But, by the mercy of the Spiritual Master, we can come to see things, through aural reception. The first way to receive knowledge is by direct perception, through the senses. For example, if I see you playing a dr
um, that is a kind of knowledge acquired.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, of all forms of learning, the first class perception is to receive knowledge from direct authorities. According to Vedic liter
ature, hearing from authority is perfect knowledge. Direct sensual perception is imperfect. For example, if a motorman sees a car, he knows what it is, but if a child sees it, he can't know. Simply by use of the senses, we can't know anything certainly. 
The child is not an expert, as the motorman is. In medicine, if you wish to be a doctor, you must study with a doctor. So, if in material things authority is necessary, how can we learn of God on our own? The Vedic recommendation is that, if you wish to 
have transcendental knowledge, you must go to a Spiritual Master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But whom shall I accept for my Spiritual Master? There are two qualifications to look for: first, he must be one who has heard perfectl
y from his master. And what is the proof of this? That, secondly, he lives fully in the knowledge he has received. Bhagavad Gita is the science of God. In other scriptures, there is a concept of God. But, take this example: We can see that the flower is 
red, and the leaf is green. But a botanist will give you far more perfect and subtle knowledge. So, there is theoretical knowledge and practical knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The science of God means that we should have, of course, knowledge of the Lord. We cannot have full, practical knowledge of God. Even w
ith a leaf, we cannot know }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  about it. This is because, by nature, we are limited. In Bhagavad Gita you
 will find it stated that we are small particles. In Padma Purana the measurement of the soul is given as the tip of the hair divided by 100, and then again. But we have no way to imagine such things. Sometimes we imagine there is no soul. That soul is w
ithin you, but persons with less intelligence say there is none.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic way to understand is to learn from authority. A child must depend upon its mother in order to know who its father is, and the
re is no recourse to her authority. So, similarly, the Supreme Father\'97God\'97what is He? How can we know? We can know through the Vedic literature, the merciful mother. The Vedas are called mother, and Smriti, the additional Scriptural literature, is 
called sister. We must learn of God from the authority of God. Bhagavad Gita is accepted in Indian theological society. There are two divisions in this theological community: the personalist and the impersonalist. The personalists are divided into four, 
but all four are personalists. All bona fide impersonalists follow Shankaracharya. Now in his commentary on Bhagavad Gita, Shankaracharya says, \'93The Supreme Personality of Godhead is Krishna.\'94 If we want to learn of God, we have Bhagavad Gita, whic
h is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is best to accept authority, but questions and doubts are not forbidden. The means of study are outlined in Bhagavad Gita. First you
 must surrender to a man of knowledge. We have to search out such a person. But simply finding a Spiritual Master is not enough. Next comes inquiry. And, too, there must be service. This is described in every Vedic writing. The same process is always fol
lowed: find a bona fide Spiritual Master, surrender, query, and serve.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna is the Spiritual Master and Arjuna is the pupil. Krishna and Arjuna are of the same age. They are related, as
 cousin-brothers, and Krishna's sister is Arjuna's wife. Krishna is playing like an ordinary man. So, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Krishna and Arjuna were talking as friends, but when the talks got nowhere, Arjuna accepted Krishna as his Spiritual 
Master. Only this surrender to one in higher knowledge can resolve our bewilderment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita is also known as Geetopanisad. At the end of each chapter you will find: ity srimad bhagavad gita supanisatsu, etc. Out o
f many Upanisads, nine are very important. But Bhagavad Gita is the essence of all Upanisads. In others, there is a faint idea of God, but in the Gita this God is clearly described. In Isopanisad, the glaring effulgence of the Lord is spoken of. This eff
ulgence is like the sunshine, which can obscure our view of the sun. The effulgence blocks our vision of the Lord. The sun, which we see every day, is unapproachable. There is no way for us to go to the sun planet. What then to speak of God? There is a G
od-planet also, but it is far, far away. The generally accepted name is Bhagavad Gita, but I have named it Geetopanisad, because that is used at the end of each chapter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some American lady asked me for a good translation, but I could not offer one. There are many Bhagavad Gitas in English, but the commen
taries are poor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How to understand Bhagavad Gita as it is, is mentioned in 4th chapter, first 3 verses. This yoga was first spoken to the sun god, then 
to his son Manu, then to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  son Iksaku, and then to Mankind. Now Krishna says that, in the course of tim
e, that line of knowledge was broken. There were many scholars then, but still Krishna says that Bhagavad Gita was lost. Ordinary scholarship is insufficient for understanding Bhagavad Gita. Arjuna was nothing more than a fighter. He was neither a schola
r nor a Vedantist. He was not even a Brahmin. He was a great fighter. Spiritually, however, he was Krishna's friend. It is naturally understood that the mystery of Bhagavad Gita was given to Arjuna because of this friendship toward the Lord, and Arjuna's
 understanding is presented in the 10th chapter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As on a medicine bottle there is a dosage direction, so the Gita should be studied according to the directions of the Gita. This is don
e through disciplic succession. Arjuna was accepted as the next in line from Krishna. If we follow him, then our understanding is necessarily perfect.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The First Days of Spring
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE FIRST DAYS OF SPRING
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The aroma of the chant is a bee,\line Buzzing, calling, a magnet pulling\line Me away from wife and friends,\line Forgetful
 of all but Krishna,\line A baby\'97\line God is a cowherd boy, a baby,\line All of us are babies, crying\line For our mother, Krishna,\line A little bee, buzzing,\line And stinging me, a cruel lover,\line When I scream so hard for You\line And You don't
 let me see You\'97\line My body is exhausted, my voice broken\'97\line Look what You've done to me!\line I can't understand You, but I love You\'97\line Do what You want with me\'97\line I'll never know why You cheat me,\line It only seems to be cheatin
g because I'm a fool,\line Do whatever You want\'97\line Ruin me\'97\line Your sting is all I ask for,\line And perhaps a glimpse, now and then,\line Of Your Lotus Feet\'97\line Krishna\'97
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Damodar das Adhikary \line         (Dan Clark)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Deliverance of the Fallen
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE DELIVERANCE OF THE FALLEN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mercy is kindness delivered from the Supreme Power. People are partaking of mercy whether they acknowledge it or not; Krishna's Mercy s
hines into all the acts of the universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our position as living entities is that we have sensual bodies. According to Vedic wisdom we have these bodies because we wanted them:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93All beings are born to delusion Bharata, overcome by the dualities\line which arise from wish and hate, O
 Conqueror of the foe.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (7/27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In delusion, hating God, we thought we could better enjoy ourselves as lords of matter\'97and so, at our wish, we have been put into th
ese bodies which are bound by the three-fold miseries (those arising from the body and mind, those inflicted by other living entities, and those inflicted by Nature). Chief among these are the miseries of birth, death, old age and disease. And yet this v
ery state of temporal life, beset with unavoidable misery, is revealed, on thoughtful examination, to be the mercy of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In our original constitutional position we are infinitesimal fragments of the Supreme Consciousness:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93The living entities are eternally fragmental parts of Me. They are dragging on in a bitter struggle for e
xistence in the material Nature, with the six senses including mind.\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 15/7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We cannot lose this status, even entangled in the delusions that led to our desiring the perishable body, we cannot lose our eternal pa
rt and parcel constitution. Being put into material bodies is God's mercy, and being given the chance to return to Him is also His mercy. This constantly radiating mercy of the Lord is without cause. We are His fragmental portions and He is compassionate
 toward us, even if we make ourselves strangers and enemies to Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His mercy is clearly seen in the Sanskrit word }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Maya means \'93what is not.\'94 It also has a second meaning\'97\'93God's  grace\'94. It works this way: Maya is the illusory energy, the material world. Maya is what is perishable, wha
t we living entities take as the real and the all-in-all. These 60 to 100 years of life, the family ties, the working hard for a living, the struggle to get on, the struggle to enjoy with mind and body, the attachment to matter as the final substance\'97
these temporal things work as illusion when we think of them as permanent. In other words, when we forget God and look on the world without Him, we are in illusion. When we do not transcend this world, that is Maya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But Maya is also \'93God's  grace.\'94 If we want illusion, it is granted to us. God has the power to smash us into powder for being di
sobedient sons, but as we go on, forgetful of Him, constructing our Times Squares of the world and living for the \'91enjoyment\'92 of our blunt, misery-bound senses, the Supreme Lord gives us\'97does not deny us\'97this freedom for mischievous self-dama
ge. He has shown us the approach to Himself\'97to Him Who is defined as }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eternity, knowledge and bliss in their fullness\'97and we choose 
instead to mate and sleep, to defend and eat alone. And for this revolt we are given more mercy; we are given more and more of what we want, even if what we want is the lower animal status, or hell. And so the transmigration of the eternal individual sou
l progresses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we live demoniac lives we are granted more of the same\'97that is, mercy. The godly rise and reach His abode. The demons refute thei
r eternal portion and come back to this world to enjoy the pangs of duality (i. e. pleasure and pain, life and death, heat and cold, etc.) If you study it, you can see that the world is all-merciful: whoever wants problems, has them. The Lord has granted
 you the facilities to spend your life as you wish. You have His instruction and can lift yourself or be your own enemy. In the Bhagavad Gita Sri Krishna states:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Fixing thy thought on Me, thou shalt, by My grace, cross over all difficulties; but if, from self-conceit
, thou wilt not listen, thou shalt perish.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 18/58}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Bhagavad Gita)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After many births a person may find himself disillusioned with Maya and the pleasures of the body, or if he is so fortunate he may have
 gained some devotion toward the transcendental Lord of all life\'97and such a person may desire to go back to Home, back to Godhead where there is real pleasure in association with Krishna.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Those men of virtuous deeds in whom sin has come to an end, freed from the delusion of dualities, worship
 Me steadfast in their vows.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7/28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Bhagavad Gita)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To live for the pleasure of the merciful Lord is called devotional service. Everything is God's; the flowers, the grains, the morning, 
the opportunity contained in a human life, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  goes back to Him, just as the streaming sunlight, w
hich penetrates every corner of darkness, can be followed back to its source in the sun. Life in devotional service is the offering of the consciousness in everything we do, as a gift to Krishna. We are assured in the Bhagavad Gita that He will accept ou
r gesture.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Whosoever offers to Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, that offering of love, of the p
ure of heart I accept.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9/26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Bhagavad Gita)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we offer our food to the Lord that is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prasadam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which in Sanskrit means \'93mercy\'94. When we offer our speech, our bodily acts and our human consciousness, this is also devotional service, and releases us from the bondage of 
birth and death and brings inner peace and equipoise to all our hours. This service is the secret of yoga, described as the \'93plus\'94 to life or the link with Godhead. Once it is attained, one never comes back to the perishable and sorrowful. This is 
confirmed by scriptures: 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Achieving that transcendental devotional service a man becomes perfect, immortal and peaceful.\'94 (Narad
a Bhaktisutra, Code 4)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Great souls who are engaged in devotional service and attain the Supreme Lord do not again come back to t
his miserable material conditional life.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (8/15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Bhagavad Gita)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But how does this state come about? If, admittedly, long long ago we chose these bodies for sensual enjoyment, in ignorance\'97how does
 enlightenment come about? That too, is Krishna's mercy. We don\'92t grow wise automatically. Whenever anyone takes a step away from dullness or ignorance, that is a manifestation of His mercy. That is why a yogi or a devotee is called a }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fortunate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  man. Every individual life is an opportunity for one to realise his actual goal and purpose\'97those who d
on't miss the opportunity are receiving the mercy of the Lord. Swami Bhaktivedanta writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Such pure devotional service of the Lord cannot be achieved without the mercy of the pure devotee or the 
bona fide Spiritual Master, and the Supreme Lord Himself. If some body is fortunate enough to find a pure devotee for his Spiritual Master, then that Spiritual Master by his causeless  mercy imparts the knowledge of pure devotional service\'85 only by th
e combined mercy of the Supreme Lord and the Spiritual Master.\'94 (from the Purport to Code 8, Narada Bhaktisutra)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present age is called Kali Yuga, a period of 432,000 years symptomized by quarrel and disorder. Evidence of Kali Yuga is seen in pe
ople's turning away from God. In our own country, the USA, and in this city of New York, we can see the proud citadel of Maya in its arrogant, temporal victory. Witness the flags and towers of uptown buildings dedicated completely to the 80-100-year life
 span of economics, politics and sense pleasure. The insidious illusion and perversion of mass advertising has dulled millions into daily acceptance of a nightmarish war on the integrity of the human mind. Add to this the administrative cheating, the pro
motion of political wars, the disillusionment of the nonconformists and the bewilderment of the drug-takers\'97and you have perfect ingredients for Kali Yuga. And it is supposed to get worse.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simultaneously, we are witnessing the mercy of Swami Bhaktivedanta's Samkirtan movement. Swamiji is in the line of disciplic succession
 from Lord Chaitanya, Who originated the movement of chanting the Lord's Holy Name 500 years ago in India. Chaitanya's movement is the magnanimous light of Supreme mercy shining through the death-fog of Kali Yuga. Lord Chaitanya offers to all Mankind the
 invitation to sing God's Name, and join with Him in our original association.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even an intelligent man is pelleted and polluted by the constant force of mass media; and so it grows increasingly difficult for him to
 see his real obligations in this life. But we do have obligations. We all have the human form of life\'97and our single purpose should be to realise ourselves and to discover the ultimate goal for which we are living. That goal is Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By chanting God's Name in the age of Kali Yuga, The Lord is conveniently available to everyone\'97through the Mercy of Lord Chaitanya. 
Swami Bhaktivedanta writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Lord Chaitanya is especially merciful to the innocent, unsophisticated person. His name is Patitpama, or 
the deliverer of the most fallen conditioned soul.\'94 (from }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Teachings}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  of Lord Chaitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya is offering every man, woman and child this gift: simply chant the Lord's Name, and you will see that with this chanting
, comes everything else truly desired-the blessing of the full moon of pleasure and peace. Through the magnanimity of Lord Chaitanya what is available is the greatest gift\'97Love of Godhead, and it is simply handed over. This strong, helping hand of Lor
d Chaitanya is so direct that many may miss it; they think their entanglement and the world's entanglement to be so complicated that any direct solution is a hoax. But nothing is too complicated for God. Nor do those who have seriously tried the chant sp
eak of it except in terms of strength and ecstasy and constant revivification, as though they have drunk of a secret, magic water from an eternal source.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The people who have taken to chanting in this age are fortunately released from all desires and impure hankerings even while moving in 
the midst of materialistic insanity. Those who are constantly chanting the Lord's Name are not troubled by impersonal conceptions of void or atheism, nor do they foolishly think themselves God. It is said that Krishna Himself takes control of such surren
dered souls and brings them further to Himself, The All Attractive. In the Vedic scripture Srimad Bhagawatam, set down 5000 years ago, it is stated:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93In this age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient brain substance worship the Lord, Who is acco
mpanied by His associates, by performance of Samkirtan Yajna (Sacrifice by chanting the Holy Name.\'94 (Srimad Bhagawatam \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  11.5.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1st}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  canto)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, note that the gift is \'93endowed.\'94 Mercy is operating. We begin to chant and the highest reciprocation between the Supreme L
ord and His infinitesimal sparks is at once established and grows ever greater, more intimate, and more pure. Instead of spending our time engrossed in the senses and the temporal world, we are singing His Name; and as we sing we realise that He is the g
iver of all abilities, even the misspent. Then, how fortunate to be singing the Name of the Source\'97while at the Feet of the Source itself! The Lord has endowed His Name with His full presence. Hare Krishna, Hare Rama is a sound incarnation. It is not 
an ordinary thing. It is not a laborious exercise. Nor is the chant a secret guarded by a few priests. In this age of severely limited concentration, Samkirtan is the auspicious way to God. Here indeed is the highest mercy for the living entities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li11520\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvarupa das Brahmachary \line         (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Bhaktajan
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Bhaktajan
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub High ring - low moan\line Chanting the sacred mantra\line Propelling the spiritual part of us\line into oblivion\line While
 the illusion of this material day\line Slowly drifts into the now meaningless mire of the material world.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Years go by\line Frantic searches for possession of the vanishing things\line of earth,\line while an oblivion, so staggeri
ng, is waiting for those whose good fortune\line it is\line to be able to comprehend the Consciousness of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Giant servant in a land of midgets,\line who claim to have freedom.\line They are servants of things that vanish before the
ir eyes\line Tomorrow, cherished things will vanish\line And hands will clap for the magician\line And eyes will cry for the loss\line Singers\'92 beautiful voices - dry with age\line While spirits and God throw thousands of\line enlightenments into thei
r path - only\line to be over-shadowed by the rain forest of the physical,\line the perishable worshipped\line while the never ending is ignored
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But, there are those who have tasted the\line Nectar of Krishna's sweet fruit\line And, have lost taste for everything else
\line For them this world, too, is bliss.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktajan das Brahmachary \line (John Kinney)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 My Position
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub MY POSITION
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i've grown accustomed to the birth\line of infants\line who grow into children;\line                                       
     mature;\line                                                                      and die\'97\line like i am doing.\line And, i've grown accustomed to the bloom of the earth every spring\line and its demise every winter.\line The oceans i've crossed
, the far-away mountains, the sky,\line the nightly stars,\line the concrete cities and the atomic bomb;\line my body\line that is steadily running down\'97\line there is nothing that surprises me;\line it is all part of this life\line on this planet.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But when i hear\line that universes,\line infinite in number,\line (which means i cannot conceive how many)\line are create
d by a single exhalation of breath\line of Mahavishnu, who is\line only a single portion\line of You;\line or that You\line as Baby Krishna\line contain all\line these uncountable-by-me universes within\line Your mouth:\line then for me to consider mysel
f a god\line is perverse.\line Look what i rule!\'97\line these few square inches i stand upon\line on this planet;\line and for only the next 50 years,\line or the next few minutes,\line (what control do }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have?).
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i deserve this punishment of standing here on my square inch kingdom,\line suffering separated,\line with death being no es
cape but only a reinstatement\line into the suffering.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh my Lord God,\line i do not know Who You are!\line i hear\line that You are All-Knowledge, All-Bliss, Absolutely. i am lo
wer\line than the dust on the temple floor\line which serves\line by being walked upon by the Lotus Feet\line of my Spiritual Master;\line yet i think myself gorgeous, proclaiming\line myself the enjoyer\line of this body,\line and other bodies, and what
 i perceive\line with these senses;\line and enjoying them\line (trying) like anything.\line i am a fly that rubs its hands together and drools\line over a piece of excrement.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is it any wonder that i suffer from not knowing who i am!\line i have not surrendered.\line i have not surrendered.\line i 
am a strutting lord, thinking (deep-down) i know\line what puffed-up Brahma (the four-headed one) cannot know.\line Only Your pure devotees know.\line So, i sit here,\line chanting\line Your Holy Names, weeping\line for You\line Who i do not know.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmananda das Brahmachary \line             (Bruce Scharf)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Thakur Haridas Part 1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THAKUR HARIDAS
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 From the book \'93Sree Krishna-Chaitanya\'94
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Professor Sannyal
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It will not be out of place at this stage to introduce the great personality who is the practicing teacher (Acharya) of the chanting of
 the Holy Name, the special Divine Dispensation for the Age of discord (Kali Yuga), the establishment of which is one of the Purposes of the Appearance of Lord Chaitanya in this world. Thakur Haridas is the eternal associate of the Supreme Lord and appea
rs in the Company of the Lord whenever and wherever the Lord Himself chooses to make His Appearance. Thakur Haridas plays a different role in the different Avataras of the Lord. In this Avatara he is the Acharya of the Holy Name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Holy Name is both the Method and Object of worship of every pure soul. In the Kali Age nothing less than the Name Himself can effec
t the deliverance of fettered souls. This Teaching of Lord Chaitanya is exemplified by the life of Thakur Haridas. In order, therefore, to be able to understand the method and object of worship that can alone be acceptable to a highly controversial Age l
ike the present, which is least disposed to take anything on trust, it will be necessary to follow attentively the events of the life of the Acharya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fashionable theology at Nabadwip, which was the cultural centre of Bengal at the time of the Appearance of the Lord was frankly ath
eistical. The Philosophical School of the New Logic (Naba Nyaya) may be described as the attempt of our empiric reason to deny the necessity as well as practicability of all worship. The jiva is himself discovered to be both worshipper and worshipped. Wo
rship itself is supposed to be but a concoction of the jiva's own erroneous speculations. The position to which one of the most highly developed systems of the Philosophy of Logic led the people of Nabadwip, at the time of the Appearance of the Lord, and
 through them was accepted by people all over the country, was exactly what was specifically the worst fitted for understanding the uncompromising pure form of worship which it was the Will of the Lord to propagate by the life of Thakur Haridas. Whatever
 name might be borne by the different systems of speculative philosophy they are in common agreement as regards the logical necessity of atheism. Even the Geeta and the Bhagavatam were taught at Nabadwip at this period as Scriptures of atheism. It gives 
us an idea of the audacity and range of activity of the New School of Logic of Nabadwip that it could devise interpretations even of the unambiguous texts of the Bhagavatam itself in favour of their theory of rankest atheism. It is only to be expected in
 these circumstances that the Scholarship and acumen of Bengal should be generously recognised in all parts of the country and abroad and even by the atheistical Vedantists of Benares, who have always claimed for themselves the theological leadership of 
philosophical atheism in India.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thakur Haridas made his appearance in the village of Budhan in the District of Jessore in East Bengal. This has made that part of the c
ountry since then a centre of the worship of Godhead by means of the Kirtan. Thakur Haridas was born in a Muhammedan family. He comes into the light of our definite narrative under his changed name of Haridas, which means literally 'the servant of Hari';
 Hari being the Name of Godhead in the Scriptures. So Haridas must have given up his family and society in some manner that is not definitely known to us, had been the recipient of the mercy of a Vaishnava and had already made extraordinary progress on t
he path of pure devotion, although he was in the first flush of youth when he is found living as a recluse in the forest of Benapole in he native District of Jessore. In the depth of the forest he resided in a solitary hut, worshipped the holy Tulasi, ch
anted daily the Holy Name three lacs (300, 000) of times night and day and ate food cooked in the homes of Brahmanas, which he obtained by begging.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Hindu Chief, who was in charge of the Local Administration of that part of the country, bore the name of Ramchandra Khan. He was on
e of the greatest of atheists and a hater of the servants of Vishnu (literally, the One All-pervading Lord). Haridas was treated with great reverence by the people, and Ramchandra Khan found this intolerable. He could not rest till he had actually devise
d a plan for effecting the humiliation of Thakur Haridas. For this purpose he did not hesitate to stoop to the basest of devices.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramchandra Khan, finding that Haridas was reputed to be absolutely free from all vices, hit upon a plan of creating in him the vice by 
exposing which he hoped to accomplish his ruin. He summoned to his help the most famous harlots and told them to destroy the chastity of Haridas who was under the vow of continence as an ascetic. One of the harlots, who was young and possessed great beau
ty, undertook to effect his ruin in the course of three days. Ramchandra Khan pressed her to take an armed footman (paik) who was to catch him red-handed and bring both of them for punishment. But the harlot proposed that she should at first go by hersel
f and after being with Haridas once take the paik to capture him on her second visit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That harlot, having put on her best attire, then presented herself at nightfall at the solitary cell of Thakur Haridas. After making he
r obeisance to the Tulasi she went up to the entrance of the cell and bowing to the Thakur remained there standing. She then sat down at the doorstep, exposing her body to the view of Haridas, and made confession of her uncontrollable passion for him pra
ying to be favoured by his intimate society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thakur Haridas agreed to fulfill her wish after he}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had finished chanting the due number of the Names, bidding her in the meantime to wait and listen to the Samkirtana of the Name which he chanted. The harlot on this assurance remained sea
ted there as Haridas went on with his loud chant of the Holy Name till break of day. The harlot came away disappointed when it was morning, and informed Ramchandra Khan that Haridas had promised to enjoy her society and that the promise would be carried 
out when she met him next night.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the harlot presented herself before Thakur Haridas on the second evening he expressed his request that as on the previous occasion h
e could not keep his promise to her for the reason that he must complete the chant of the due number of Names. He would however, certainly fulfill her desire after the chanting of the due number of Names had been completed; and he accordingly bade her wa
it there and listen to the chanting of the Name. The harlot made obeisance to the Tulasi and the Thakur and sat listening to the chanting of the Holy Name. But she naturally grew restive as the night was drawing to a close. The Thakur, noticing her impat
ience, told her that he had taken the vow of chanting a crore of the Name in course of the month. He had expected to finish the full number that night but could not do so although he had chanted Him the whole night. The number would be certainly complete
d by the next night and then the vow would be fulfilled and he would be in the position to enjoy her company. The harlot reported accordingly to Ramchandra Khan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the third evening the harlot duly made her appearance and, after making obeisance to the Tulasi and the Thakur, sat at the entrance 
of the cell listening to the chanting of the Holy Name, chanting the Same herself, till the close of that night. The mind of the harlot was changed by chanting the Holy Name all night in the company of Thakur Haridas. She now fell prostrate at the Feet o
f Thakur Haridas and confessed to him everything regarding the plot of Ramchandra Khan. She said she had committed endless sin as she was a harlot by trade. She begged the Thakur to save her, who was so vile, by his mercy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haridas Thakur replied that he knew everything about the Khan and would have left the place three days ago. He had delayed his departur
e by three days on her account. The harlot then prayed that he might mercifully instruct her as to how she was to get rid of the miseries of the worldly life. Thakur Haridas then tendered her this advice: 'Give away everything of your household to the Br
ahmanas. Come and stay here in this cell. Chant constantly the Holy Name. Worship the Tulasi. You will then obtain the Feet of Krishna in no time'. After saying this and instructing her in the Holy Name the Thakur rose up and left the place, chanting the
 Name of Hari.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then that harlot on obtaining the command of the Guru gave away to the Brahmanas all the wealth that she had. With shaven head and a si
ngle piece of cloth to wrap her body in, she lived in that cell and took the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Holy Name three lakhs of tim
es in course of every night and day. She worshipped the Tulasi, ate uncooked food by chewing, and often fasted. The senses were controlled and love of Godhead manifested itself. She became a famous devotee and a great spiritual teacher; and Vaishnavas of
 the highest order often came thither to have a sight of her. The people were astonished by this wonderful behaviour of the quondam harlot and bowed with reverence whenever they spoke of the greatness of Haridas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the above theme is the subject of the highest importance to the present Age I have tried to keep scrupulously to the words of Sree K
aviraj Goswami in describing this famous event of the life of Thakur Harides. The chanting of the Holy Name of Krishna imparted by a pure devotee rescued a youthful harlot who had tried to seduce the saint at the instigation of a most profligate atheist.
 By this process the harlot was not merely rescued from a life of shame but became a devotee of the Lord fit to lift others to the plane of perfect purity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of the Holy Name can, therefore, reclaim the worst of sinners. The Holy Name has to be heard with reverence from the lips 
of a pure devotee. The Holy Name has to be received as a Sacrament from a pure devotee by complete submission at his feet. The Holy Name so received has to be constantly chanted by being free from all offence. The Tulasi has to be worshipped. All earthly
 possessions and all association with worldly people, especially in matters of food, clothing and residence, must be disowned. By this method, in a short time, the highest spiritual state is realisable. That state consists in serving exclusively the Feet
 of Krishna. This is the special Divine Dispensation for this Age of discord announced by the spiritual Scriptures and promulgated by the Supreme Lord, Sree Krishna-Chaitanya, through His eternal servant, Thakur Haridas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The obvious objection to the above, that is likely to suggest itself to those who are too strongly addicted to the concerns of this wor
ld, is that it does not sufficiently appeal to the rationalistic imagination. The scheme seems to be dry and sterile. It also appears to be both meaningless and impracticable. Every admittedly futile speculation, despite its futility, seems to be more wo
rthy of the serious consideration of the worldling than any transcendental proposition. Appearances are decidedly against the acceptance of the teaching of Thakur Haridas by the average merely intellectual worldling.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the first place Thakur Haridas seems to ignore wholly the life that is ordinarily led by people all over the world. The new life tha
t is proposed has apparently no point of contact with the life previously led by the disciple after election. This is not likely to appeal to those to whom the theory of materialistic evolution has become as it were the very breath of their nostrils. 
\'91Is a real gap or abrupt revolution possible in the world of life?\'92 \'91Can there be any such thing as the absence of proper purpose anywhere on the part of anybody in this fair world?\'92 Such and similar questions are bound to rush into the brain
 of all mental speculationists the moment they are asked to take the Holy Name of Krishna to the exclusion of every worldly function. The proposal seems to be so puerile and so queer and so utterly destructive of all that is near and dear to the heart of
 the average man!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is for this reason that the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are on principle opposed to discuss spiritual subjects with persons who do not really seek the Truth. Those who think that for them there is no driving necessity for such a quest are not likely to foll
ow seriously any elucidation of propositions that have nothing to do with anything in which they feel really interested. The complete denial of any place to empiric conclusions, in the life that is proposed for the novice, is a staggering blow to most pe
ople who feel instinctively that they should refuse to listen to what obviously amounts to nothing short of an incitement to the commission of suicide.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual purpose itself cannot, however, be explained away nor whittled down by means of clever interpretations. The actual doings
 and sayings of Thakur Haridas stand in the way of those who try to do so. The Thakur literally acted as he taught. He acted also in accordance with the plainest meaning of his words. So there can be no ambiguity whatsoever.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The harlot's condition was not essentially different from any other worldling. The irrepressible desire for complete renunciation of th
e world is the natural and inevitable result of the appearance of any real inclination for the spiritual life. The awakened worldly mind understands the necessity of committing mundane suicide in order to be reborn as the immaculate soul for the purpose 
of realising the life eternal. The material mind is not a figment of the empiric imagination. It is a real envelope and has to be completely discarded. It will not do to imagine this enveloping darkness as possessing anything in common with the light. Th
e material mind is like a sheet of impenetrable darkness that completely shuts out the light of the soul. The soul is by his nature self-effulgent and has nothing to do with the material mind which acts as a screen to cut off the light of the soul from t
he view of the observer who uses the mind for such a purpose. This is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fact}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and not a hypothesis like the 
so-called 'truths' and 'facts' conceived by the material mind in the vanity of its ignorance. The spiritual realisation of the categorical difference and relation of utter incompatibility between mind and soul' is the first unique experience on the thres
hold of the awakened spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The harlot was not 'converted' by speculative arguments addressed to the mind but simply by listening to the Name of Hari from the lips
 of Thakur Haridas and chanting the Same herself in his company. She had apparently the advantage of possessing at the very outset a natural regard for Thakur Haridas and for his advice and also for the holy Tulasi. This was the only antecedent condition
 of her redemption. Was it, therefore, blind and traditional faith that actually saved her in this crisis?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The answer must be in the negative. Those who are most officiously given to the cult of blind faith are not necessarily attracted towar
ds the actual devotee. The affinity for the true soul is itself a spiritual, that is to say perfectly self-conscious, impulse. It must be most carefully distinguished from the blind, material impulse which is so common and which, as a matter of fact, is 
the worst form of obstacle in the way of the realisation of the spiritual life. The instinctive affinity of the harlot for Haridas is an activity of the soul and as such is, therefore, perfectly moral, perfectly self-cognisant and categorically different
 from the sensuous sentimentality that ordinarily passes in this world as 'blind' faith. Faith is the instinctive attitude of the soul towards the Truth and can, therefore, never be blind. It is the blind who in their blindness confound true faith with t
he counterfeit ware with which alone they happen to be, unfortunately for themselves, only too familiar.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real faith can alone lead one to the presence of the pure soul. The material mind cannot reach the proximity of a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The harlot possessed the spiritual faculty by which it was possible for her to really approach Thakur Haridas. The }{
\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that this true instinctive reverence for sadhus is the result of previous unconscious associat
ion with the pure devotees of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the proper unconscious association with sadhus also sensuous sentimentality is often the chief hindrance. The sensuous sentimentali
st seeks the gratification of his own senses. He, therefore, is least disposed to serve the sadhu on the account of the latter. It is going against his grain. The sadhus accordingly keep away from philanthropists, as these are not willing to learn to get
 rid of their sentimentality. A pseudodevotee, who parades his false sentimentality, readily enough obtains the cheap reverence of all worldly persons as his due, by misunderstanding of the purpose of the Scriptures. Such a person is not likely to bow to
 the sadhu, as he really wants to be served himself. Plain worldly people are likely to be more easily benefited by the process of unconscious association with the sadhus. Those who bring with them any previously formed notions regarding the nature of th
e sadhus, find it difficult to get rid of those false sentiments which stand in the way of their associating on a proper footing with the real sadhus. The only natural way of associating with the devotees of Godhead consists in doing whatever the sadhu w
ants one to do and in the way that he advises, without expecting any desirable or undesirable result to oneself therefrom. The harlot possessed something like this natural faith in sadhus by reason of her previous unconscious association with the devotee
s of Godhead.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub End Part I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [II, III]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by Madhusudan
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by Madhusudan
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dear Krishna,\line You supply all devotees with\line sufficient amount of You\line to always help us keep our minds off evi
l Maya\line and on Your Holy Name, Fame and Form\'97\line and we never come }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub down\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from the sweet suff
icient amount\'97\line As we chant we only proceed }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from that point,\line at Your pleasure\'97\line For
ever\'97\line Love
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li5760\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Madhusudan das Brahmachary \line          (Michael Blumert)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Kirtan
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Kirtan
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Samkirtan means singing the Glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. In the picture on the opposite page, we see Kir
tan as it was performed on the shore of the Pacific in March, 1967. Leading the Kirtan is Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, founder of the International Society For Krishna Consciousness. The San Francisco Radha Krishna Temple holds Kirtan at th
e beach every Tuesday night, for the pleasure of the Lord and the benefit of all living beings.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Great Whirling Disc of Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub great whirling disc of Krishna
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sitting i a sunlit time ago\line ocean feet over\line                       norte churned up water\'97\line your wishes are
 plump oranges\line                                                 and magic flowers.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you that the spray nuzzles\line              in among the conch shells\'97\line well wisher to the several hebrew turtles
\line             may they live a thousand eons!\line (just my toes scraping coral\line                                            barracuda unborn mind)\line the spirit omnipresent\'85\line                                         (it was the arm\line li
fting the sailboat over the barbwire moon.) \line            simply. simply. more slowly.\line did you not hear the gods\line                                        flying round the landed quest?\line your flowers blew in on the wind\line             and
 made a roof\line                                    for my house of palm.\line bengal poet is a sandcrab\line              shell shaped food for cosmo\line                                                            Krishna beings\line vegetables and fru
its from seas\line                                                  enormous heart.\line happy Herdsboy\'97ocean melting unity.\line                  our bicycles shall gobble up\line                                                            tibetan tra
ils
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li5040\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Ted J. Berk
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Great Delusion of the Grand Ascension or the Call of Maya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE GREAT DELUSION OF THE GRAND 
ASCENSION \line or \line THE CALL OF MAYA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Rupanuga das Adhikary (Robert Corens)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of life's great delusions is that Self-realization is an automatic process, that simply by staying alive for sixty or a hundred yea
rs we will come to know what life is all about. This silly conceit remains, in old age as in youth, generally unfulfilled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Psychology and other techniques have convinced us, through endlessly speculative exercises, to believe that self-realization (note the 
small S) involves a mere material display of our potency. After all, what is the materialist\'97gross or subtle\'97doing, but materializing ideas (his own or more likely someone else's)? Nothing is actually created by us; all is a play between the senses
 and their objects. The play of Maya is going on, and it is Krishna alone who is the actual and Supreme Enjoyer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this country, we are presently preoccupied with conditioned and false ideas of what our \'93real\'94 needs are and our labors are me
ant to guarantee some bodily or mental comfort. Unfortunately, people striving in such a system, even though unhappy and miserable, continue to the graveyard in their search for merely the smallest bit of material peace or pleasure. Their efforts are fol
ly because real happiness is transcendental to the material world. Most people,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bewildered by many thoughts, entangled in the meshes of delusion and addicted to the gratification of desires
 \'85 fall into a foul hell. (Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 16/16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Describing the wisdom of Yoga to Arjuna, Krishna says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub In this, O joy of the Kurus, the resolute (decided) understanding is single; but thoughts of the irresolute (
undecided) are many-branched and endless. (Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 11/14)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must decide whether to choose God and to love Him, or not; and this is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  choice of our lives. Krishna gives us the power to concentrate upon}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Him. If we choose not to think of Him, our minds continue out of control, lost in the impermanent flux of our desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great delusion of the grand ascension is that, by concocting our own intellectual adjustments and mental speculations, we can rise 
up to knowledge of or union with the Absolute Truth, God. For example, it is often thought that God is some great esoteric secret, properly cherished deep within. However, knowledge of Krishna is public not private, and readily available to those who tru
ly seek It. The sentimental need for privacy is material only, an excuse for personal unauthorized concoctions. If we want a confidential relationship with Krishna, we must take shelter of Him, chanting His Holy Names.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are so many practicing impersonalists in the world, striving to merge into or }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub become}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Krishna. Such persons are transcendentalists who haven't really leaped into the Spiritual Ocean. Either they are afraid of accepting their eternal i
ndividuality, or they want to be God, which for them means merging with the Effulgent Rays of Lord Krishna's Body. They are mistaking their true position. Swami Bhaktivedanta calls this }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub spiritual}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suicide}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,
 or giving up the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub natural}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  position of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0
\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is the realization of our eternal (Sat) feature only, with ignorance of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (full knowledge) and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (complete bliss). Thus His Maya shields the Personality of Godhead, Krishna, from those who do not want Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a misfortune begins with the prevalent conception that Self-realization is an ascending process. Actually, the complete revival of
 our God Consciousness depends }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub always}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  upon the Grace of Krishna Himself. This is a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub descending}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; it comes down to us from the Spiritual Platform and does not arise from our material level. We cannot know God by some mechanical process, which would automatically place a false limitation upon Him. To the 
impersonalist, whose concept of God is limited in that it is incomplete, Krishna remains hidden behind His glaring Effulgence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now we can see how far this delusion of ascension reaches, for it keeps the conditioned souls milling about in the impermanent worlds o
f fantasy and false promise, and can eventually drag the impersonally realized soul down from the Golden Effulgence of Krishna and back into the material ocean. Our eternal position is that of part and parcel. Our perfection is to realize our }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub individual }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub relationship as spirit soul, in sweet loving service of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If w
e choose to lose ourselves in speculative worlds or even in His Loving Rays, then we fall far short of our true destination. As a man heading home after an over-extended absence settles for another vacation, we choose foolishly and poorly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This faith in the ascending process accounts for the skeptical notion that the Maha Mantra is just too easy, too good to be true. After
 all, we complain, how can one know God simply by chanting His Names? The ascending process is supposedly \'93progress,\'94 which means it is needlessly complicated. The puffed-up and pompous living entity, who has this misconception of what it means to 
be independent or \'93free,\'94 must fill his life with pointless confabulations, unworkable fantasies, arbitrary \'93goals,\'94 and other nonsense, merely to lend meaning to such independence. All the same, no amount of philosophizing can disentangle us
 from our material inheritance, which is never actually at our disposal anyway, but is under the complete control of Lord Krishna. We possess the illusory freedom of drowning in the material turbulence while thinking we are flying. Our actual freedom is 
in complete surrender to, and dependence upon, Lord Krishna. Of course, we cannot change our allegiance from the material to the spiritual instantly, but we can make an immediate start by chanting HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, H
ARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE. Simply by }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reading}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  this line you have started.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those much enamoured of the ascending process are too blinded to accept the bona fide Spiritual Master, whose Grace is necessary for sp
iritual advancement. They cannot accept the Divine Grace of the Spiritual Master because they do not believe that it is by Krishna's kindness, distributed through the pure devotee, that He may be known. The Spiritual Master is the living proof of Krishna
's Divine Grace; in fact, He }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Divine Grace itself.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Learn by humble reverence, by inquiry and by service. The men of wisdom who have seen the truth will instruct
 thee in knowledge. (Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4/34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual Masters who teach impersonalism are generally descended from Shankaracharya. Factually, Shankaracharya, like Lord Buddha, tau
ght his disciples what they were able to comprehend; he himself was a pure devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna, as is verified in his }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meditation}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You fools, just worship Govinda (Krishna)! Just worship Govinda! Just worship Govinda! Your grammatical knowledge and word 
jugglery will not save you at the time of death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One engaged in Krishna Consciousness is automatically on the Spiritual Platform when serving, chanting, or reading the Scriptures. When
 the first Syllable of the Maha Mantra, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE dances on our tongue we immediately transcend impersonality as well as the material worlds. As our practice and sin
cerity increase, our position becomes factually revealed to us without a doubt.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub To those who are constantly devoted and worship with love, I grant the concentration of understanding by whic
h they come to Me. Out of compassion for those same ones, remaining within My own state, I destroy the darkness born of ignorance by the shining lamp of wisdom. (Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10/
10-11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can struggle with Krishna, rebels with no cause but our own illusion. If we want, Krishna will even be our Enemy and smash us, for H
e gives us only what we desire; He enjoys everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who engage in the ascending process are actually struggling with Krishna, thinking \'93I can do it on my own,\'94 or \'93to ask f
or help would show weakness,\'94 or \'93surrendering would mean slavery\'94 and on and on. So they flee into the worlds of geegaws, mandalas, psychedelic pacifiers and other material activities. Behold the great Wall Street monopoly set, who are all mere
ly wasting their living energies in games of money. Their least and greatest efforts are alike spent on the wholly perishable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna informs us that we have only the right to act, and no right to the fruits of actions; for the fruits belo
ng to Him as Sacrifice. Only the number one fool believes that his private machinations are worth the risk of eternal knowledge and bliss, no matter how fancy and glittering the outcome may appear. In reality he ascends nowhere, but becomes more deeply e
ntangled by the tentacles of his activities. Maya, the illusory energy of the material world, is never more fascinating or seductive than when she appears to a man as his own personal reward and pleasure. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the ascending process, the call of Maya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man did not, with his puny intellect, discover or invent the Scriptures, the Word of God, That contains all that can be asked. Krishna 
Himself, by His Causeless Mercy, tells us how to come home to Godhead. This great gift descends from the Spiritual Sky. Otherwise, we could never know it. Transcendental concepts are not from the material plane and can certainly not be improved upon, muc
h less replaced by the pitiful endeavors of embodied souls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our actual position\'97the position of all living entities\'97is Sat-Chit-Ananda. Why settle for less? Krishna facilitates our returnin
g to Godhead because He Loves us and wants us to come Home. Swami Bhaktivedanta's instructions, the Maha Mantra, the Scriptures\'97all are Krishna's Divine Grace.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let us go to Him\line Who is always waiting,\line By the Touch of our Beads,\line In the Taste of the Prasadam Feast,\line 
At the Ends of our tongues,\line In the sweetness of our music,\line For the Sweat of our works:\line No atom moves without His Grace,\line No man lives without His Love,\line Whose Home is Goloka Vrindabana,\line Whose Name is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KRISHNA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \line HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA\line KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE\line HARE RAMA HARE RAMA\line RAMA RAMA HARE HARE!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Suradas
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SURADAS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Suradas, the blind saint, sat chanting the Holy Names of God, there approached him, daily, a Child of splendid beauty, who brought a
 good portion of food and milk. Gentle Suradas gladly accepted the food, and blessed the Boy, Whom he could not see, never realizing that it was Krishna Himself. For the Lord takes delight in rendering service unto His devotees. But the devotee seeks onl
y to serve the Lord, never to be served by Him\'97and so Krishna played this secret game of love. This is the sublime nature of competition in the spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On Installation of the New Deity
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON INSTALLATION OF THE NEW DEITY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 to Hayagriva das and Upendra das
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I don't know\line if it's Monday\line Wednesday or Friday\line I'm up on my feet\line dancing\line \'97our temple has a new
 }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Murti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Blackish Krishna\line Lord of the Dance\line \'97oh now we can\line really sing and play\line \'97this Murti is\line }{\b0
\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub real}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God-brother!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His toes and palms are pink and\line His foot is black\line His leg is crossed in curving posture\line His robes are bright
 yellow\line His chest is grand\line His eyes are huge\line His crown is gold\line His arms are bent holding a black flute\line He stands in the heart of our\line temple surrounded\line with incense and flowers\line and barefoot dancing servants\line wea
ring faded yellow robes\line play cymbals and organ,\line Sing His }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kirtan\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna!\line Hare Kr
ishna!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Take heart, here's new\line singing to the evergreen\line Cupid.\line He is Shyamsundar and\line shining like a fresh rain 
cloud.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvarupa das Brahmachary \line        (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How I Met A.C. Swami Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOW I MET A.C. SWAMI BHAKTIVEDAN
TA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Brahmananda das Brahmachary\line (Bruce Scharf)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In my second year of college I took LSD. In my third year of college I read Whitman and Henry Miller, paused, and continued eating drug
s. In my fourth year, one summer day by the seaside, I first read the Bhagavad Gita and learned that spiritual life meant not to take drugs but, as Krishna ordered, \'93Surrender unto Me.\'94 But, how do you surrender to God? What does \'93surrender\'94 
mean? And who is God?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So I read Ramakrishna, Lao Tzu, Buddha, and countless countless commentaries and interpretations and concluded that spiritual understan
ding was not a home-study course. I had to live it. I had to find a spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I hung around the oriental bookstores, looking for my guru; thinking the old lady at Orientalia a sage; seeing people who passed me on 
the street and wondering, \'93Are you my guru? Are you my guru?\'94 Uptown I wandered to the swamis who sat enthroned with harems of soggy old ladies fanning them with their talk. Still, they were swamis. I spoke to one who told me to either get married 
or stop fornicating. It seemed natural. I stopped searching for that ultimate satisfaction in sex, and immediately I felt liberated from having to play the \'93male\'94 role. I stopped eating meat; it came naturally, but still I was feeling for my guru.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One evening an old drug friend came by with a leaflet, saying that he had just been to a storefront several blocks away where there was
 this swami who spoke bad English into a tape recorder, and Allen Gineberg was there. The leaflet read, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Incorporated}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97and offered ecstasy through }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub transcendental}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sound}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vibrations}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Right?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So I went. And I chanted HARE KRISHNA, not knowing what I was singing. It just sounded very pretty. And after the service I walked the 
streets, singing HARE KRISHNA; only I couldn't remember the tune or the proper order. So, I sat in Washington Square, while some guys near me were panting over a stick of pot, and I sang HARE KRISHNA to my own tune that was so wrong I had to eliminate th
e final HARE HARE. It was such a beautiful experience, so beautiful in fact that I actually did not want to realize I was enjoying it, because as soon as you examine it and say, \'93It's nice,\'94 you are thinking about it. This is something you just wan
t to experience purely without any self-consciousness. It's called \'93bliss.\'94 I knew I would never be the same again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I went back the next morning and learned the tune and the words properly, and it was even better. The next day my job as an elementary 
school teacher was to begin. How could I go to a job? I just wanted to sit in that bare storefront and sing HARE KRISHNA. So that morning I paced the streets thinking my parents had spent all this money for my education, and I was trying to be responsibl
e, and it was to be my first real job. I wandered into a church. It was so quiet. I started humming HARE KRISHNA and then chanted softly so as not to disturb the handful of worshippers there, and at once the ties of family and responsibility snapped. How
 foolish of me to hesitate in giving up everything. I fancied myself so free and I was binding myself to what other people would think of me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I walked straight back to that storefront and asked a Minerva-haired fellow if I could speak with the Swami. We crossed an open courtya
rd where a tall, thin boy with eyes that never seemed to blink sat typing in the summer morning sunshine, like a scribe in a Lower East Side monastery.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upstairs A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami sat in faded saffron robes on a mat with a typewriter, stacks of papers, and a yellow tin box before 
him. He greeted me with a smile that was gigantic, like an ocean, and such jolly eyes, and I had the feeling he had been expecting me. I told him my desire to give everything up, my job, my family, my responsibilities, everything, and be his student. 
\'93It is not necessary to renounce your activities. Just change your }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ! You keep your job an
d your responsibilities, but just chant HARE KRISHNA. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is Krishna Consciousness.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I agreed, declaring that all my wages were his. \'93Thank you very much,\'94 he said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later I feared I had been too hasty, but chanting burns away all doubts. I am no longer Bruce Scharf who went to college, read great bo
oks, took drugs, had sexual experiences, and wondered who he was and what he was doing here. Now I am Brahmananda das Brahmachary who is struggling to serve his Spiritual Master sincerely and submissively. It is so difficult yet so natural.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna and the Vedic View:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA AND THE VEDIC VIEW:
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Swami Responds
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Could you please explain the Vedic concept of Universal Time? It seems to me that this is a bewilderingly complex system of thought.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours truly,\line Henry Langdon
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Langdon,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Universal Time is no more complex than the relationship of a second to a minute to an hour to a day. History is divided into series of 
four Yugas, or sub-Ages. Each complete series is 4,200,000 years long. One thousand of such complete ages make one day of Brahma. Brahma is the creator of this Universe, and his life span is co-equal to it. Brahma's day is a thousand ages, and his night 
is also a thousand ages. And Brahma lives one hundred years. Thus, we can calculate the duration of this universe at something over three hundred billion years. I hope this answers your question.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How long does it take to attain perfection in Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you, \line Walter Arden
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Arden,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One second is more than enough. The perfection of Krishna Consciousness is found in complete surrender unto the Personality of Godhead,
 Lord Sri Krishna. If you are capable of such surrender, then don't delay even one more heartbeat. The Maha (Hare Krishna) Mantra will help you to be able to surrender, by giving you direct experience of the Lord's presence. By thus understanding His Bea
uty, Kindness and other Attributes, you will realize the value of His association, and will at once surrender for His sake.
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\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is it necessary to have a spiritual master in order to achieve Krishna Consciousness? Or is the chant alone enough?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely,\line Helen Lee
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Miss Lee,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chanting will put you directly in touch with the Source\'97Krishna Himself. But the spiritual master is Krishna's direct representative
, and he too is of incalculable value for your spiritual progress.
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\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swamiji,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why was this material world created, if God truly loves us?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours,\line N. Ogden
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear N. Ogden,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you think the government builds its prisons in hopes that they'll be filled? But there is a need. As the criminal must be removed fr
om moral society, so the living entities who reject God must leave the spiritual realm, where all adore Him.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You say that unalloyed service to the Lord is the purest devotion. But how can we always put faith in Krishna's mercy, and at the same 
time never ask Him for anything?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you,\line Marie Moskowitz
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Miss Moskowitz,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We need never ask for the Lord's mercy. It is given us freely and abundantly at all times. Even the atheist enjoys it. But what we must
 have is God's loving service, if we are to know true happiness. Make this loving service the object of your every prayer, and see the result yourself.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swamiji,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What's wrong with pleasure?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D. T. Mervin
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear D. T. Mervin,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Until you serve Krishna, you cannot know what pleasure is.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one has rejected God, will God still take him back?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours,\line Miss Anita Keough
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Miss Keough,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all here due to mistakes. Krishna only cares for our love.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is it necessary to pursue all the different yogas in turn in order to reach the Ultimate?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours truly,\line John Ble
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Ble,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You can walk the stairs to the top of the Empire State Building if you like. But the elevator is also there. Try chanting Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do so many people neglect the Lord, if He is the center of everything?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thanks,\line Brendan Jones
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Jones,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do some men lie down on the Bowery Street? There is independence, and independence means one can choose wisely }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  foolishly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ever your well-wisher,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From an April Morning Talk by Swami
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM AN APRIL MORNING TALK BY SW
AMI
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a nice example\line When I was flying from San Francisco\'97\line The plane was flying\line Above the cloud ocean.
\line When I came first from India\line I saw the water ocean\line And the cloud ocean is just the same,\line Round all round.\line Above the cloud is the sun\line And though we came down through the cloud\line And everything in New York is cloudy,\line 
Still, above the cloud\line The sun is shining.\line Cloud cannot cover the whole world\'97\line It can't even cover\line The whole United States,\line Which is not even more\line Than a speck in the universe.\line From the sky\line The skyscrapers are v
ery tiny;\line From God's position\line All this nonsense becomes insignificant.\line I, the living entity,\line Am very insignificant,\line And my tendency is to come down.\line The sun hasn't got\line The come-down tendency.\line The Supreme Lord doesn
't come down\line To Maya, or under the cloud.\line But we have the tendency\line To be controlled by Maya.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you know how Maya kicks?\line The she-ass kicks the male ass\line When he comes for sex.\line Among the cats they fight 
and whine.\line These are the teachings of Nature\'97\line She tricks. It is like the capture of an elephant.\line He is caught in the forest\line By use of a trained she-elephant \line Who leads him\line And makes him fall into a pit.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub versified by Damodara das Adhikary \line                    (Dan Clark)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part V
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of these twelve different Forms of Lord Krishna are known as the predominating deities of the twelve months. According to the Vaish
nav almanac, the months are called by different Names of Krishna. This calendar begins from the month of Margasirsa, which is equivalent to late October-November. The month of November is known by the Vaishnavas as Keshava, December is called Narayan, Ja
nuary is called Madhab, February is called Govinda, March is called Vishnu, April is called Vasudevan, May is called Trivikram, June is called Vamana, July is called Sridhas, August is called Hrisikesa, September is called Padmanava and October is caIled
 Damodar. This Damodar is different from the Damodar in Vraja. The Name Damodar was given when Krishna was bound by ropes by his mother\'97but the Damodar Form in the month of October is a different manifestation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, the Vaishnava community marks different parts of the body, and each mark is known by one of these twelve different Names of 
the Supreme Lord. The mark on the forehead is called Kesava, and for the belly, the breast, and the arms there are different names; the Names that are used for the months are also used for this purpose.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The four formal Forms, the Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna and Aniruddhya, are also expanded in the Vilasa Murti. They are eight in num
ber, and their names are Purushottam, Achyuta, Nrisingha, Janardana, Hari, Krishna, Adhoksha and Upendra. Out of these eight names, Adhoksha and Purushottam are the Vilasa or Forms of Vasudeva. Similarly, Upendra and Achyuta are the Vilasa Forms of Samka
rshan; Nrisingha and Janardana are the Vilasa Forms of Pradyumna; and Hari and Krishna are the two Vilasa Forms of Aniruddhya. This Krishna is different from the original Krishna. All these twenty-four Forms are known as the Vilasa manifestations of Prav
hav (four-handed) Form, and they are differently named according to the different position of the symbolic representations, that is, the mace, the disc, the lotus flower and the conchshell. Out of these twenty-four Forms, there is also a division of Vila
sa and Vhaibhava. Names mentioned herein, such as Pradyumna, Trivikram, Vamana, Hari, Krishna\'97are also different in features. Then in regards to the Prahava Vilasa of Krishna, which is Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna and Aniruddhya, there are in total
 twenty further variations. All of them preside over Vaikuntha planets in the Spiritual Sky and are situated in eight different directions; although each of them is eternally in the Spiritual Sky, some of them are manifested in the material world also. I
n the Spiritual Sky all the planets dominated by the feature of Narayan are eternal, and the highest topmost planet in the Spiritual Sky is called Krishna Loka. That Krishna Loka is divided into three different portions: 1. Gokula, 2. Mathura and 3. Dwar
ka. In the Mathura portion, the Form of Keshav is always situated. This is also represented on this earthly planet. In India there is a place called Mathura where Keshav Murti is worshipped; similarly there is a Purushottam Form in Jagganath Puri and in 
Orissa; and in Prayag or Allahabad there is Madhav Brindu Madhar, and, similarly, there is the Form of Madhusudan in Mandhar hill. In Anandanrnya there is the Form of Vishnu, and in Mayapur, the birthplace of Lord Chaitanya, there is the Form of Hari. So
 there are also many other Forms situated elsewhere on this earthly planet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not only in this universe, but in all the other universes, such Forms are distributed all over. On this earthly planet also it is indic
ated that all the portions of the whole earth are divided into 7 islands or continents, it is understood that on each and every island there are similar Forms, but at the present moment they are found only in India. They are indicated to be in other part
s of the world, but at the present there is no information where they are situated. But from Vedic literature we can understand there are Forms in other parts of the world. These different Forms of Krishna are distributed all over the world and the unive
rses to give pleasure to the devotees. Not that the devotees are only born in India, but in all other parts of the world there are devotees who have simply forgotten their identity. Such Forms-incarnate have come not only to give pleasure to the devotees
, but to reestablish the devotional service and other activities vitally concerning the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Some of them are incarnations as mentioned in the scriptures, such as the Vishnu incarnation, Trivikram incarnation, Nrisingha incarna
tion and Vamana incarnation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Siddartha Samhita there is a description of the 24 Forms of Vishnu named differently according to the different positions of the
 symbolic representations in the 4 hands. In ascribing the different nomenclatures to the different descriptions of Vishnu Murti, the counting should begin 1. with the lower right hand and then rising to the 2. upper right hand, then 3. to the upper left
 hand and then 4. down to the lower left hand. In these 4 hands are held the four representations: club, wheel conch shell and lotus flower; all in varying positions. Thus in this fashion Vasudeva is represented by 1. club, 2. conchshell, 3. wheel and 4.
 lotus flower. Similarly, Samkarshan is represented by club, conch shell, lotus flower and wheel. Pradyumna is represented by wheel, conch shell, club and lotus flower. Aniruddhya is represented by wheel, club, conch shell and lotus flower. In the Spirit
ual Sky also, the representation of Narayan is calculated as follows, at 20 in number: Hrisikesha is represented by conch shell, wheel, flower and club. Narayan is represented by conch shell, lotus flower, club and wheel. Sri Madhava is represented by cl
ub, wheel, conch shell and lotus flower. Sri Govinda is represented by wheel, club, lotus flower and conch shell. Vishnu Murti is represented by club, lotus flower, conch shell and wheel. Madhusudan is represented by wheel, conch shell, lotus flower and 
club. Trivikram is represented by lotus flower, club, wheel and conch shell. Vamana is represented by conch shell, wheel, club and lotus flower. Sridham is represented by lotus flower, wheel, club and conch shell. Hrisikesh is represented by club, wheel,
 lotus flower and conch shell. Padmanava is represented by conch shell, lotus flower, wheel and club. Damodar is represented by lotus flower, wheel, club and conch shell. Purushottam is represented by wheel, lotus flower, conch shell and club. Sri Achyut
a is represented by club, lotus flower, wheel and conch shell. Sri Nrisingha is represented by wheel, lotus flower, club and conch shell. Janardan is represented by lotus flower, wheel, conch shell and club. Sri Hari is represented by conch shell, wheel,
 lotus flower and club. Sri Krishna is represented by conch shell, club, lotus flower and wheel. Adhoksaja is represented by lotus flower, club, conch shell and wheel. Upendra is represented by conch shell, club, wheel and lotus flower.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayasirsa Pancharacha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , there are sixteen Forms and they are also different in name according to the different positions of the wheel and club. The conclusion is that the Supreme Original Personality of Godhead is Krishna
\'97He is called Leela Purushottam and He is principally in Vrindaban as the son of Nanda. It is also learned from the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayasirsa Pancharacha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that nine Forms are protecting two Puris known as the Mathura Puri and the Dwarka Puri, and they are in the 4 Forms like Vasudeva, Samkarshan, Pradyumna, and Aniruddhya; and besides these four Forms there are Narayan 
Forms, Nrisingha Forms, Hayagriva Forms, Varaha Forms and Brahma. The above descriptions are different manifestations of the Prakhas and Vilasa Forms of Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now Lord Chaitanya is informing Sanatan Goswami that there are different forms of the Svamsa also; Svamsa Forms are divided into the Sa
mkarshan division and incarnation division. From the Samkarshan division come the three Purusha avatars, namely the Karanodakshayee Vishnu, Garbhodakshayee Vishnu and Khirodakshayee Vishnu; and the other division, also called avatar, includes the Lord's 
incarnation as Fish, as Tortoise etc. There are 6 kinds of different incarnations: 1. the Purusha avatar, 2. the Leela avatar, 3. the Guna avatar, 4. the Manu avatar, 5. the Yuga avatar, and 6. the Saktavesh avatar. Out of six kinds of Vilasa manifestati
ons of Krishna there are 2 divisions based on His age. They are called Balya and Pauganda. The original Form of Krishna as the son of Nanda enjoys Himself in the two Forms of His childhood, namely Balya and Pauganda.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion is that there is no end of the expansions and incarnations of Krishna. Here Lord Chaitanya describes some of them to San
atan just to give him an idea how the Lord is expanding and how He is enjoying. This is confirmed in the Srimad Bhagawatam, in the 1st canto, 3rd chapter. It is said there that there is no limit to the emanations of incarnations of the Supreme Lord, just
 as there is no limit to the number of waves in the oceans. As far as the incarnations are concerned, the first incarnations of Krishna are as the 3 Purusha avatars, namely the Maha Vishnu avatar, Garbhodakshayee avatar and Khirodakshayee avatar. This is
 confirmed in the Shastrasirsa Stotra. Krishna's energies}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs26\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are also divisable into three: His energy of t
hinking, His energy of feeling, and His energy of acting. In His energy of thinking He is the Supreme Lord; in His energy of feeling He is Lord Vasudeva; and in His energy of acting He is Samkarshan Valaram. Without thinking, feeling and acting there is 
no possibility for the creation. Although there is no question of the creation of the Spiritual world, there is nonetheless creation of this material world; both the Spiritual world and the material world are manifestations of the active energy of the Fo
rms of Samkarshan and Balarama of Krishna. In the Spiritual world, the Vaikuntha planets and the Krishna Loka planet are situated in His energy of thinking. Although there is no creation of the eternal Spiritual world, still it is to be understood that t
he Vaikuntha planets are depending on the thinking energy of the Supreme Lord. This thinking energy is described in the Brahma Samhita, 5th chapter, 2nd verse; where it is stated that the Supreme Abode known as Goloka is manifested just like a lotus flow
er with hundreds of petals. Everything is manifested by the Ananta, Balarama, or Samkarshan Form. The material cosmic manifestation and the different universes are manifested through Maya, or material energy. The material nature of the material energy is
 not the cause of all this cosmic manifestation. Rather, it is caused by the Supreme Lord's different expansions through the material nature; without superintendence of the Supreme Lord there is no possibility of any creation. The Form by which the energ
y of the material nature is created is called Samkarshan. It is understood that under the superintendent energy of the Supreme Lord this cosmic manifestation is created. The example is given of the iron which becomes red hot in contact with fire\'97when 
it is red hot it becomes also like fire. In the Srimad Bhagawatam, 10th canto, 46th chapter, it is said that Rama and Krishna is the Origin of all living entities. These two Personalities enter into everything. It may even now appear that they are differ
ently situated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A list of the incarnations occurs in the Srimad Bhagawatam, 1st canto. They are as follows: 1. Chaturdasham, 2. Narada, 3. Nara, 4. .Ma
thsa, 5. Yajna, 6. Naradayan, 7. Kardemenkopeel, 8. Dutakria, 9. Hayasesha, 13. Hansa, 11. Dukupria or Eprishnee Garva, 12. Hrisha, 13. Prithu, 14. Narasingha, 15. Kurma, 16. Dhanantari, 17. Mohini, 18. Vamana, 19. Parkava, 20. Radavendra, 21. Vyas, 22. 
Brahma Balarama, 23. Krishna, 24. Buddha, 25. Kalki. Out of these 25 Leela avatars almost all of them appear in one day of Brahma, which is called a Kalpa, and therefore they are sometimes called kalpa avatars. Out of these, the incarnation of Hanghan Mo
hini is not permanent, but Kapila, Notatria, Risha, Nonanaree and Vyas are 5 eternal Forms, and they are more celebrated. The incarnation of Tortoise, Fish, Naradayan, Baraha, Hayagriva, Rishnagumbra, Valumbera, Baladeva are considered as incarnations of
 Vaibhava. Similarly, there are three incarnation of the qualitative modes of Nature. They are called Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of the Mananta avatars there are fourteen in number: 1. Yoga, 2. Beevu, 3. Shutersan, 4. Hari, 5. Vaikuntha, 6. Arjed, 7. Vaman, 8. Sad
voboma, 9. Risha, 10. Vishuction, 11. Darmashetu, 12. Sudama, 13. Jodeshel, 14. Behead bama. Out of these fourteen incarnations of Mananta, Yoga and Vaman are also Leela avatars. The balance are Mananta avatars. These fourteen Mananta avatars are also kn
own as Bhaiva avatars.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The four Yugas are also described in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagvatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : in the Sattya Yuga the incarnation of God is white; in the Treta Yuga the incarnation of God is red; in the Dwapara the incarnation of God is blackish; and the incarnation in the Kali Y
uga is also blackish but sometimes, in a special Kali Yuga, the color is yellowish or golden. As far as the Saktavish avatars are concerned, they are Kapila and Deshaga, the Shresh avatar, Ananta, Brahma (sometimes the Lord Himself becomes Brahma), Juter
shan (as the incarnation of Knowledge), Narada (as the incarnation of devotional service), King Prithu (as the incarnation of administrative power), and Barshnav (as the incarnation of subduing evil principles).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The One Real Eloquent Art of the Worlds
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE ONE REAL ELOQUENT ART OF THE
 WORLDS
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Saraswati\line is playing her vina\line inspiring the\line speech makers and musicians\line But only God-praise is\line swe
et.\line Somehow they get at\line her, though,\'97the others\'97\line from her generosity flows\line measured lyrics, sounds, forms\line of swan and river and\line lotus and dye.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But for me the pure One,\line Krishna, is all\line I want to know,\line and my divine teacher\line is he who shows\line me 
Krishna-direction.\line First teacher is my Spiritual Master\line Swami Bhaktivedanta father of light,\line and then my God-brothers and sisters,\line by their slightest actions in His favor\'97
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'All we want to do\line is please Him.\line Anything else is\line less than that.'\line Also bugs are teachers\line running
 up the sides of\line bowls accompanied\line by God.\line And sunlight is a teacher.\line Everything shows me\line I am God's,\line all atoms are His.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every painting reflects a piece of His Nature,\line Every voice is raised by Him,\line He knows the minor spirits and demon
s,\line He observes the wasted lives.\line He is all\'97and you Mr. Artist, what is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  proficiency?
\line Grab a broom and sweep\line the temple floor.\line Learn\'97know God is in clear\line water and fragrant air\line and beyond all the suns\line and moons.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Begin serving the Lord\'97\line            and you can know what it is all about\line              He is within you\line   
           He is everywhere\line              He is the Supreme\line         Person and He dwells in the Spiritual Sky\line Everything you need is in the\line }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and\line can be learned at the feet of a Spiritual\line Master who is a pure servant of God\line like Swami Bhaktivedanta.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Very soon you'll\line learn the topmost eloquence\line         \'97it's }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub                (God-Praise)\line Good wherever you go.\line If you learn it\line you'll see the Promise\line God made to man, Learn it now\line for wherever you go.\line }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Chant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub always}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\'97\line the one real art of the worlds:\line Hare Krishna Hare Krishna\line Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
\line Hare Rama Hare Rama\line Rama Rama Hare Hare
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvarupa das Brahmachary \line        (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Human Welfare Activities
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HUMAN WELFARE ACTIVITIES
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once, when I met the founder of a human welfare society, I suggested a little improvement on it by keeping all the items of the plan in
 touch with the plannings of the Bhagavad Gita. The whole theme of the Bhagavad Gita is to do everything in relation with the wish of the Supreme Lord. Arjuna was sufficiently educated in politics, sociology, family affairs, education and all that is req
uired for human welfare, but he was lacking in the sense of service for the Supreme Lord. So far as Arjuna was personally concerned, he was actually quite cognisant, but he assumed the role of a common man who did not know how to work according to the pl
an and desire of the Lord. That was the beginning of Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna pretended to become a pious man, and he desired to be nonviolent, refraining from the painful acts of bloodshed on the battlefie
ld. Such a pious attitude, without knowing the desire of the Supreme Lord, was condemned by Sri Krishna. He described such a psuedo-pious attitude as befitting an unadvanced person. Piety, non-violence and all such good qualities are judged in terms of t
heir }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub purpose}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . A small boy, without knowing the effect of his pious activity, gave to his ailing brother s
ome pieces of foodstuff when his brother asked for it. The ailing brother was suffering from typhoid fever and as he was a child, he asked his younger brother to give him the food. The younger brother, without knowing the result of his charitable work, g
ave this to the suffering brother. When the whole thing was disclosed to the mother, the charitable younger brother was severely punished for the food could well prove fatal to the diseased boy. This is our practical experience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply to do charitable work without knowing the effect of it is to act in the mode of ignorance. So far as charities, penances and sac
rifices are concerned, they are all of three qualities: Charity done in full cognisance of the authoritative injunctions is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sattvik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or in goodness. Charity done with the purpose of getting something in return is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rajasik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or in the mode of passion. And charity done in darkness, without knowing its effect, done under some superior pressure or request, is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tamasik
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or in the mode of ignorance. The same applies to other good works also. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tamasik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  charity and Sattvik charity are two different items altogether. One leads to degradation while the other leads to elevation. Therefore simple charity, penance and sacrifices may not be always good, unl
ess accompanied by a descriptive and discriminative knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human welfare activities in full scientific knowledge will certainly elevate the status of human society. Now, the aim of welfare activ
ity must be first of all ascertained. This means we must consider the aim of life. Is the aim of life to live for a number of long years? The Bhagawatam says no. It is not such. Because, so far as longevity is concerned, the life of some tree is far long
er than that of a human being: The longest duration of life of the human being is not more than 100 years. But in the vegetable kingdom some trees live more than one thousand years. A human being will answer that the tree may live for one thousand years 
but the signs of life are absent there. The main sign of life is breathing. The Bhagawatam, in answer to this, will say that there are many many big bellows which can breathe more vehemently than a man. So breathing is no special qualification. There are
 beasts who can produce more children than the human being. They also eat sumptuously according to their own standard of life. And so, according to Bhagawatam, which is the practical commentary on the Vedanta Sutra, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the only aim of life should be to hear the message of the Supreme Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wherein only lies the sum total welfare of human society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Bhagavad Gita the ultimate instruction is to surrender unto the will of the Supreme Lord, and in that manner the surrendered sou
l is protected in all ways by the Lord from all the frailties of human life. Arjuna understood this principle and he altered his decision to leave the battlefield. Therefore, to know the Supreme Lord and to know our eternally existent relationship with t
he Lord }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not mean to give up all activities}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But to know Him, our relationship with Him and our dutie
s to Him is the highest knowledge. And to impart this knowledge to one and all is the highest welfare activity in human society.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Our Prayer
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub OUR PRAYER
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE;\line Our obeisances to You, Golden One, Prince of Him, Gouranga.
\line Obeisances to Your pure disciples.\line Obeisances to our grand master, Bhaktivinode Thakur.\line Obeisances to Guru Maharaj, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati.\line Obeisances to all our spiritual masters past, present, future:\line Join us, please, in ou
r plea\line To the Lord of everything that is,\line Krishna,\line You, Who spin planets and hatch ant eggs\line While You play Your flute and dance.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So unworthy are we to ask anything.\line Constantly we wander to Your Maya\line And forget it is Yours.\line What humility 
do we have?\line Why do we not surrender to You instantly?\line Yet, Lord, only to Your mercy can we turn.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our Father, Our Master, Our Child, Our Sweetheart, Our Friend,\line Swamiji\line Is stricken\line By Your Maya. Please,
\line We beg,\line Ask, Your servant, to restore His Body\line So He can fix us up\line Properly\line In Your Service.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We do not know how to serve You.\line Let Him, Who has sacrificed }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to You,\line Teach us.\line To take Him from us\line Is to pull the breast,\line Swollen with You,\line From our infant mouths.\line HARE RAMA, HAR
E RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmananda das Brahmachary \line            (Bruce Scharf)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Govinda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GOVINDA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My dear friend, if you still have an inclination to enjoy material life with society, friendship and love, then please do not see the b
oy named Govinda Who is standing in a three-curved way, smiling, and skilfully playing on His flute with His lips brightened by the full moonshine.
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita is widely recognized as the compendium of all Vedic wisdom, yet there are few who have the necessary qualifications
 to understand and teach this all-important scripture. Swami Bhaktivedanta\'97who is a devotee in the line of disciplic succession from Arjuna\'97is one of these few. His introduction to the Geetopanishad is a classic in its own right.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 25c
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WHO IS CRAZY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? and KRISHNA, THE RESERVOIR OF PLEASURE, the Swami explains the illusion of materialism, and the process of acquiring true vision in the perpetual bliss of Krishna Consciousness.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A 33 \'9f long playing record on the Happening label, in which the devotees perform Kirtan (chanting the Hare Krishna Mantrum), and which further includes mantras sung 
by the Swami in praise of his spiritual master. Available from the Society.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ALSO AVAILABLE AT OUR TEMPLE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Incense\'9730 sticks. . .............. 25c
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Wooden Beads, with a booklet which offers a fast, easy way to string them, and which further explains their general value in chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra. 1 pac
kage.. . . .$1. 50
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Indian Hand Cymbals. .........1 pair...$1.25
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97HARE KRISHNA lapel buttons. . ... 10c each
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SRIMAD BHAGAWATAM
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasadeva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The original and genuine commentary on Vedanta philosophy by the author of the Vedanta Himself, Vyasadeva\'97now available for the first time in English with an authori
zed commentary by Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is the post-graduate study of the Bhagavad Gita, or the Science of Krishna. This book of transcendental knowledge contains information of classical Hindu culture, philosophy, sociology, economics, politics, aesthetics and Divine Love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This unique edition of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has been greatly appreciated by all learned societies of philosophy and theosophy and approved by the Indian State and Central Government Departments of Education, and by the United States Government. Swami Bhaktivedanta
\'92s edition contains Sanskrit, Sanskrit transliteration, English equivalents, translation and elaborate commentaries. Published by the League of Devotees, New Delhi, India, 1962-65. Price: $16.80 for 3 volumes (1200 pages). Postage paid by the Society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Available from the International Society For Krishna Consciousness, 26 Second Avenue, New York, New York, 10003.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub * * * * * * * * *
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD is published monthly by the International Society For Krishna Consciousness at 26 Second Avenue, New York, New York, 10003. 1-year subscription (12 issu
es) $4. 00. Phone 674-7428.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub CIRCULATION: Gargamuni Das Brahmachary (Gregory Scharf)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub PRINTING: Purushottam Das Brahmachary (Paul Auerbach)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1584\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jaigovinda Das Brahmachary (Jeffrey Havener)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Karmi Office
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KARMI OFFICE
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karmis spread a\line mental blanket\line out over the office\line talking to each other\line so smart\line and clever\line 
Never praising the\line One.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not even seeing in\line their actions that\line He is all\line or they may even\line say it but it means\line nothing becau
se\line they have no\line knowledge of God\line and they have no knowledge\line of God\line because\line they do not }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub serve and\line try-to-love}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am packed in\line here like any other\line BUT I PRAISE THEE\line DIVINE SELF\line I PRAISE THEE\line BY THY NAME\line AN
D FORM\line HARE KRISHNA
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvarupa das Brahmachary \line        (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine. Vol 
1. No. 15, 1967
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On the Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the wedding day of Vasudeva to the maid Devaki, her mighty brother Kamsa learned by a mystic voice that her eighth son}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would prove, in time, to be his slayer. For the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Earth then was oppressed by evil, and the Lord had promised to Appear, to drive out the cruel and vicious leaders and restore the reign of righteousness. Kamsa well r
ecognized his own preeminence amongst the forces of darkness. He now pitted himself against God, Who had chosen the virtuous Devaki to bear Him, and imprisoned the couple. But God's will cannot be shackled, nor His purposes obstructed. There in the palac
e, He came to Devaki, and through the glance of Vasudeva He entered her, and thenceforth she}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub showered lig
ht like the sun, for the Source of all brightness}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was with her. And when the time came, whilst all the wo
rlds rejoiced and the stars glittered and the blossoms opened themselves unafraid\'97though the hour was midnight\'97and the fragrances of heaven and earth intermingled to form a sublime atmosphere\'97at last He came, the Eternal, the Ineffable, the Prim
eval Person. Though unborn, the Lord took birth through Devaki\'97first in His four-handed form, and then, upon her request, He assumed His Primal Form, as Lord Krishna, Refuge of the Universes, the Babe of Mathura.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By The Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By The Mercy of Krishna:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The reaction to our recent editions of Back To Godhead, beginning with issue no. 13, has been very satisfying, and ought to guarantee t
he continuance of this move toward an ever finer magazine. We feel that a large measure of this success is due to the fine work of our art staff, headed by Goursundar das Adhikary (Gary McElroy) and Jaigovinda das Brahmachary (Jeffrey Havener). Goursunda
r's wife Govinda Devi Dasi, is his close collaborator in all projects. In addition to these three, there are Haimavati Devi Dasi (Helena Kary) and Jadurani Devi Dasi (Judy Koslofsky). In the future issues, as we (hopefully) gain on our deadlines, we hope
 to make even more elaborate presentations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This issue falls just after the Appearance Days of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, and of our Spiritual Master, Sri Bhaktivedanta Swami,
 and so is especially devoted to celebrating Their Glories.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swami Bhaktivedanta has returned to Vrindavana in India, in hopes of recovering his health, which has recently suffered severe setbacks
, and prolonged uncertainty. In our next issue, we'll present the story of the Swami's departure, but for now it may cheer one and all to know that Swamiji's health is improving markedly. We have hopes of seeing him back in America within the next six mo
nths. Thanks be to God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Editors
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. 
BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Friday evening, Dec. 30, 1966
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna is advising Arjuna. \'93I am speaking to you a still more confidential part of knowledge, because you are
 My dear friend.\'94 As stated in the 4th Chapter, the Bhagavad Gita is spoken to Arjuna because of his one qualification\'97he was a devotee. The Lord says that the mystery of Bhagavad Gita is very confidential. Without becoming an unalloyed devotee you
 cannot know it. In India there are 645 different commentaries on Bhagavad Gita. One professor has even pictured Krishna as a doctor and Arjuna as the patient, and has interposed his own commentary in that way. The people have taken it that everyone is p
erfect, and he can interpret scripture in his own way. As far as we are concerned, we agree to read Bhagavad Gita according to the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parampara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system of disciplic succession. It is being taught by the Supreme Person because, \'93You are My dear friend. I desire that you become prosperous and happy. So I speak to you.\'94 He wants everyone to be happy and pea
ceful and prosperous, but they do not want it. The sunshine is open to everyone, but if someone wishes to remain in darkness, what can the sunshine do for him? So the Bhagavad Gita is open to everyone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are different species of life. Lower and higher grades of understanding exist; that is a fact. But Krishna says anyone can come t
o Him. If he has lower birth or whatever, it doesn't matter. Bhagavad Gita is transcendental subject matter. Everyone can understand, provided he goes along with this basic principle. The principle is stated in the 4th Chapter: Bhagavad Gita is coming do
wn: \'93I first of all instructed this yoga system to the Sun-god Vivaswan, who taught it to Manu, who taught it to Ikshaku.\'94 From him the disciplic succession is coming down, but \'93in course of time the disciplic succession was broken.\'94 Arjuna i
s made the new disciple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the 2nd Chapter Arjuna surrenders: \'93So far, we have been talking as friends, but now I accept you as my spiritual master.\'94 Any
one following the principle in this line must represent Arjuna. Krishna is speaking as the spiritual master of Arjuna. And Arjuna says, \'93Whatever You are speaking, I accept.\'94 Read it like that. Not, \'93I like this so I accept. This I don't like, s
o I reject it.\'94 Such reading is useless nonsense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the teacher must be a representative of Krishna, His devotee; and the student must be like Arjuna; then the study of Krishna conscio
usness is perfect and otherwise it is a waste of time. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagawatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated: \'93If anyone w
ants to understand the science of Krishna, he should associate with pure devotees. When discussions take place between pure devotees, the potential of spiritual language will be revealed.\'94 Scholarly discussion of Bhagavad Gita is futile. In the Upanis
hads it is stated, \'93To one who has got firm faith in God and similar faith in God's representative all the import of Vedic language will be revealed.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must have the qualification of being a devotee. Become dear to God. My spiritual master used to say, \'93Don't try to see God. Just 
act in such a way that God will see you.\'94 We have to qualify ourselves. By your qualification God Himself will come and see you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who can perceive God is transcendental to all material demands. We are always dissatisfied in the material world with circumstances
 that won't continue. Happiness is temporary, temporary plight will also exist only for some time, cold, heat, duality, all this is coming and going. To get in the Absolute stage is the process of Krishna consciousness. He is seated in everyone's heart, 
and as you become purified He will show you the path and in the end when you quit this body, you will go to the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Nobody knows Me,\'94 He says. \'93My influence, My power and extension. Even the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maharishis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (great thinkers) don't know.\'94 \'93I am the Original Person of all demigods and the Original Person of all rishis.\'94 There are so many foref
athers whom we don't know, nor do we know Brahma and the demigods. What little do we know? We can't reach that foremost platform where we can touch God by our own methods. We gather knowledge by limited senses and Krishna can't be reached by the mind (th
e center of these senses). Imperfect senses can't reach The Perfect Knowledge. Mind and sense manipulation can't reach Him. However, if you engage your senses in Service of the Lord, then He will reveal Himself through your senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People can say, What is the use of understanding God? What is the use? Let Him stay in His place, let me stay in my place. But in the S
hastras it states that pious activities will raise us to beauty, knowledge, good birth, and that by impious (sinful) activities we suffer. Suffering is always there, pious or impious, but a distinction is nevertheless made. But he who knows God becomes f
reed from all sinful reactions. If we reject God, we can never be happy.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Monday evening, Jan. 2, 1966
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya says that nobody knows Him. What to speak of human society, if you take the demigods who are more advanced and intellige
nt, they don\'92t know either. The seven great sages whose planet is near the North Star\'97they also do not know. Krishna says: \'93I am the Original, the Source of all these demigods.\'94 He is the Father of everything. Not only the origin of the demig
ods but of the sages\'97and the universe itself. The Srimad Bhagawatam describes how the Universal Form took place and everything is emanating from Him. Also the origin of Paramatma and Impersonal Brahmajyoti is in Him. \'93Of everything, of any concepti
on, I am the Source.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Absolute Truth is realized in 3 phases. It is One non-dual Truth in 3 phases. Brahman\'97the glowing effulgence; localised Supersou
l; and Bhagawan\'97the Supreme Person. There are many expansions of the Supreme Person\'97all planets are emanations from the Superior Deity, as is stated in the Puranas, Upanisads, Bhagwat\'97all is summarized in the Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If nobody knows the Supreme Person of God, how can He be known? He can be known when the Supreme Lord comes before you and reveals Hims
elf to you. Then you can know. Our senses are imperfect, they cannot realize the Supreme Truth. When you adopt a submissive attitude, and you chant, then realization begins from the tongue. To eat and vibrate sound is the business of the tongue. If you c
an control your tongue for Prasadam and make sound vibration of the Holy Name\'97by surrender of the tongue you control all other senses. If you cannot control your tongue, you cannot control the other senses.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You taste and become spiritually advanced. You can have this process}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at your home: offer food to Krishna and chant the Mantra and offer obeisances:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Namo Bramanya devaya\line go brahmana hitaya cha\line jagat hitaya Krishnaya\line Govindaya namo nama.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone can offer food, and take it with friends, and chant before the picture of Krishna, and lead a pure life. Just see the result\'97the whole world will become
 Vaikuntha, where there is no anxiety. All is anxious with us because we have accepted this material life. Just the opposite is so in the Spiritual world. No one knows how to get out. Taking an intoxicant doesn't help; the same anxieties are there when y
ou are finished being drunk. If you want to be free and want life eternal with bliss and knowledge, take to Krishna. No one can know Him, but still there is a way. This is the process of Krishna consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Srimad Bhagawatam it is stated, nobody can conquer Him or approach Him, but He becomes conquered. How? Let persons remain in their o
wn position, but let them give up nonsense speculation through volumes of books. Thousands of books are printed and read, and after 6 months are thrown away. This way and that way\'97how can you know the Supreme by speculation with your blunt senses? Giv
e up research\'97throw it away\'97just become submissive, acknowledge yourself that you are limited and subordinate to both material Nature and God. Nobody can be equal to or greater than God. So be submissive. Try to hear about the glories of the Suprem
e Lord from an authorized source. Authority is handed over by disciplic succession. If we can understand by the same authority as Arjuna, that is authority.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is always ready to reveal Himself. You just become Krishna conscious. Follow the path traversed by the great Acharyas, then everyth
ing will be known. And, although He is unconquerable, He can be known in your home, even though the sages themselves don't know Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you take to this process and follow its principles, what will be the result?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as you understand, you will know the Supreme Lord as the Cause of all Causes, but He Who is not caused by any other cause. He i
s the Master of all planets. This is not accepting blindly. God has given you the power of reason, the power of arguing\'97but don't argue falsely. If you want to know the transcendental science you must surrender. Surrender to authority and know Him by 
signs. Don't surrender to a nonsense. Find one who is coming in disciplic succession: who is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fully convinced about the Supreme Absolute Truth}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If you find such person, surrender and try to please him, serve him and question him. Surrender unto him is surrender to God. But question to learn, not to waste time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process is there, but if we waste time by intoxication we will never see Him, the Unconquerable. Follow the principles and slowly b
ut surely, without any doubt, you will know as you go along. You'll know you're on the proper path. \'93Yes, I'm making progress,\'94 you'll say. And it is very easy, and you can execute and be in a happy mood. Study, take part with music, Prasadam,\'97a
nd nobody can cheat you by this process. But if you want to be cheated\'97then go to the cheaters.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Try to understand Krishna consciousness from the authoritative source, and apply it in your life. Amongst the dying mortals, you become
 the most intelligent because you are freed from sinful actions. If you act only for Krishna, then you are freed from all reactions. There can be no anxiety over what is auspicious or inauspicious, because he is in touch with the Most Auspicious. This is
 the process. Ultimately we can get in touch with Krishna. Life will be successful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone can adopt it. It is very simple.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wednesday evening, January 4, 1967
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is a nice formula presented by Krishna Himself: that one should understand the position of Krishna. He is unborn and without any C
ause. We have got the experience that we are born and we have a cause. Our father is our cause. If someone poses himself as God, he has to prove that he is unborn and uncaused. Our practical experience is that we are born. Krishna is not born\'97we have 
to understand this. Understanding this is to be firmly convinced that He is the Cause but is not caused, and since he is not caused He is the Proprietor of all manifestations. Whoever understands this simple philosophy is not illusioned.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we are illusioned. We are claiming ownership of the land. Yet, before my birth the land was here, and after my death it well be her
e still. How long will I go on claiming, in body after body\'97\'93This is my land! This is my land!\'94 Is it not nonsense?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should know that whatever we are doing in the material concept of life is illusion. You have to understand whether you are illusione
d or not. And all conditioned souls are illusioned. He who learns to be disillusioned gets free of all encumbrances. If you want freedom from all bondage you have to understand God. There is no neglecting this; it is the prime duty of the human form of l
ife.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of millions of entities, one may be enlightened. Generally we are all born fools. As soon as I take birth, I am nurtured by parents
 and educated to falsely claim some land as my own. National education means to make you more foolish. Am I not foolish? I am changing my body and dress\'97here, changing, changing, you have so many minds and dresses\'97why do you claim this one? Why don
't you understand: \'93This dress is nice, but next moment I may be in another.\'94 You are in the grip of Nature. You can't say what dress you will have: \'93Nature, make me American.\'94 No, material nature controls. If you live like a dog\'97here, tak
e a dog's dress! If you live godly\'97here, take God! I may be able to dictate to my students, but I can't dictate to the Government. And even the Government cannot dictate to Nature. Out of many fools somebody tries to understand }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what I actually am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97dog? American? Russian? This real enquiry goes on. If you enquire, you have to ask someone besides yourse
lf. Crossing the street in a place you don\'92t know, you have to ask the policeman or some gentleman. For }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what I am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  you have to go to some authority. What is a spiritual master? He is a person conversant with the science of Krishna. Nobody enquires, but if a man does he can make progress and come to this understanding: Krishna is the Cause of all Causes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The followers of scripture and higher authority enquire of Krishna. Those addicted to sinful activities can't enquire\'97they go on in 
intoxication. The righteous, pious man inquires and goes to God. Facility is given to people in the process by the authority\'97to make people happy, not to exploit them. The purpose of ISKCON is this: to understand the science of God. You want happiness
. Here it is. You are distressed due to sinful reactions. If there is no sinful reaction, there is no suffering. One who knows Krishna without doubt is relieved of all reactions. Krishna says, \'93Come to Me and I will give you freedom from all reactions
.\'94 Don\'92t disbelieve it\'97He can give you shelter\'97He has all power. If I give you that promise, I have no such power and I may have to break my promise. But if you associate with Krishna consciousness your dormant relationship with Krishna will 
be evoked. You have got a relationship with Him. There is no question of disbelieving, it is simply foolishness, the dormant relationship is there. We want to serve Krishna but simply by the spell of Illusion we think we have no connection with Him. We g
o on doing all \'93independent\'94 nonsense, and we are always anxious. When we associate with these dormant feelings for Krishna, we will be joyously engaged in Krishna consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93God is unborn\'94 indicates that He is different from the material world. We have no such experience of an unborn being here. This 
city was born. Our history is filled with such dates. Spiritual nature is unborn\'97at once we can see the difference. The material nature is born. You have to understand, if Krishna is Unborn, then He is spiritual and not like one of us. Krishna is not 
like some extraordinary person who was also born. He is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub born}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So how can I decide that He is an ordinary man? \'93Those who are fools and rascals think of Me as an ordinary man,\'94 Krishna says in Bhagava
d Gita. He is different from everything in this world. He is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97without any cause.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna may be spiritual, we will admit, but there are other spiritual bodies. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have a spiritual body like Krishna's but it is born. It is not exactly born. It is like the sparks of the fire\'97the sparks are not born apart from the fi
re\'97it is actually not born, it is there. We are not born\'97we are the sparks come out of the Original Form. Even though we are not born, still the spark is come of Krishna: so we are different, we are not Krishna. Simultaneously we are one and differ
ent; the sparks of the fire are fire but they are not the original fire. So far as quality is concerned, we are the same. It is like the difference between father and son. Father and son are different and nondifferent, at the same time. The son is an exp
ansion of the father, but he cannot claim he is the father\'97this is nonsense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because Krishna is declaring Himself to be the Supreme Proprietor, therefore He is different from anyone. If I am the proprietor of New
 York State, I am still not New York State. In every step there is duality. No one can say we are completely and in every way one with God. Analytically studied, you can understand Krishna and your position in a nice way. Then at once you become free fro
m sinful reactions. This process will help you: Chant Hare Krishna and cleanse your mind, and you will catch up the message. One has to be qualified. If you chant and hear, you will approach God. All things will become clear and illuminated. We welcome y
ou to participate.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Yasoda and Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub YASODA AND KRISHNA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of the states of love manifested between God and His devotee, one of the most exalted is that exhibited by Yasoda and Krishna: although
 He is the Supreme Absolute Truth, Krishna accepts the role of Son before His fond worshipper, and she with great concern feeds Him, thinking His health may suffer should He not eat well.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Separation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SEPARATION
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What difference will it make?\line if I go down to the river to look for You\line in the stream of the water\'97\line or if
 I sit down here before Your picture,\line Either way it is the same because\line I have Your Name to recite over and over\line and it seems I have actually done both,\line by thinking of the river I have gone there\line and I've come back to where I hav
e not left\'97\line sitting before Your picture.\line Everything seems empty and vacant\line because I am not worthy\line and do not really have You as my Lover and Friend.\line Or I do not understand\line that You Love me beyond what I can measure\line 
\'97I cannot realize that.\line I think only that You should love me\line more than anyone\line and then I think I am unspeakably low.\line Nothing saves me but Your Name\'97\line Not so much the literature of great learned Goswamis\line delineating the 
12 categories of relationship to You,\line and not by saying the word }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can I bring it about.\line But to say \'93KRISHNA,\'94 and say all the words of the mantra\line together, HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA\line HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE\line 
\'97and actually saying it hundreds and thousands of\line times, alone with You\'97then I\'92m pacified.\line Though the truth is I am lazy and\line as empty handed as any impersonalist philosopher,\line still recitation of Your Name is a balm\line to th
is separated soul who is trying to come back\line just on Your Name.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvarupa das Brahmachary \line       (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Getting Across
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GETTING ACROSS
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A weak, starving man was walking\line Slowly through a landscape of\line Dead trees and barren thorn bushes.\line On his ba
ck was a large sack\line Filled with heavy grey stones.\line He had nothing except these stones.\line He loved his stones;\line One was round, one was square,\line And one was like a pyramid.\line He took them out every now and then\line To feel them. Th
en he\line Put them back into the sack\line And stumbled slowly on.\line One day he came to a river;\line The first he had ever seen.\line On the other side was an amazing\line Lush landscape of rich mountains,\line Waterfalls, fruit trees, birds,\line G
ardens, and brilliant golden\line Temples with happy children\line Laughing, playing with deer.\line Strong men with clear eyes\line Came to the edge of the river\line And shouted to him,\line \'93Come over here! Come over here!\line Just swim across the
 river!\'94\line But the man said,\line \'93I can't! I'd have to leave\line My stones! I couldn't swim\line With my stones! I'm too weak!\'94\line \'93Leave them! Don't be foolish!\line We have stones here\'97perfect stones,\line Diamonds, dazzling rubie
s!\'94\line \'93Yes, but my stones are round,\line Square, and one is a pyramid!\'94\line \'93We have better stones here\'97\line What are you waiting for?\'94\line \'93But, I'd have to give up my stones!\'94\line \'93We just said, we could give\line You
 better ones!\'94\line \'93Yes , but they're not mine!\'94\line \'93Why should that bother you?\line What you have is nothing!\line Look at all the beauty here!\'94\line \'93Well, suppose you swim to me\line And carry me over to your side.\'94\line \'93W
ith your stones?\'94\line \'93Yes, with my stones.\'94\line \'93No, we can't do that.\line Nothing can get those stones\line Across the water. They belong\line Over there; but you do not!\line You belong over here!\'94\line Just then the man turned\line 
To his side of the river\line To see a thin creature\line Loaded with stones\line Jump into a thick mist downstream\line And drown. It was screaming,\line \'93Nothing! Nothing!\'94 as it died.\line Another one came, quietly,\line And walked calmly in to 
drown.\line It had no stones, but said, \'93Nothing.\'94\line The man looked at the mist,\line And at the temples,\line And he looked at himself.\line Then he remembered something\line He had forgotten, a long time ago.\line He threw his stones away\line
And swam back across the river to get it.\line The people greeted him with dancing,\line And he found he was in the home of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Damodara das Adhikary \line          (Dan Clark)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How I Met A.C. Swami Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOW I MET A.C. SWAMI BHAKTIVEDAN
TA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I had a \'93normal\'94 childhood, had fights with the kids on the block, envied my older brother for his associations with pretty girls
, and tried to be a number one lover myself, all through my school days.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I started taking marijuana in my senior year in high school. After my first semester of college, at the age of 17, I went travelling th
rough Europe and North Africa trying to squeeze some enjoyment out of all I came across.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After running out of money I came back to the Village, where I somehow came upon the joy-spreading chanters of HARE KRISHNA in Tompkins
 Square Park. My feeling about it was that it was nice; however, at this time I did not think that there was anything serious in these names of God\'97I thought that these were merely words. I also thought it strange to have a rug in the middle of a park
. I did not inquire further.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I began drowning myself in psychedelic drugs such as LSD and DMT, thinking myself a very advanced creature. At the same time I became s
erious about my relationship to everything around me, and asked questions as to who I was and where I was going. I then went to the Haight-Ashbury area in San Francisco, to live with some people I had met in the Village.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I got too serious about bodily relationships with people and the world, thinking that I was this body and relating to everything in thi
s manner. In trying to be a \'93virtuous creature,\'94 I was seeking the perfection of life in these relationships, through drugs\'97which I truly felt to be the answer to the problems of Mankind. I deemed myself one of the discoverers of the newly-found
 panacea. Such is an example of illusion. In my quest for knowledge\'97that is, in finding the answers to my questions\'97the question, Who is God? arose. This was the supreme quest. Then during one \'93trip\'94 I was sure I had realized God, and afterwa
rd desperately tried to put what I thought to be my new knowledge to practical use. I soon entered a mental hospital.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I was then delivered back to New York and started sessions with a therapist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One day, by the grace of God, I came upon the temple storefront. The first thing that struck me was that the people were so warm and fr
iendly and had no arrogance of attitude. They answered my numerous questions completely, for as I have learned, this is a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub complete}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophy and the practical method is guaranteed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After coming to service once, I returned for each one after that. Dancing and chanting the praises of Lord Krishna is so nice. Our kind
 Lord reveals Himself to His devotees in proportion to their devotion. Much of the revelation comes automatically during chanting, for the chanting of the Lord's Name is our meditation and a most important part of the process of God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the time I came, Swami Bhaktivedanta was at the San Francisco temple, but his message is so fine that I was attracted to Krishna and
 to the Swami by the teachings he had given to his disciples.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some time later, as Swamiji was arriving at the airport, I and some of my God-brothers-to-be were preparing the feast. We were very anx
ious to meet our guru. Finally, we were told that he was downstairs in the temple, and we hurriedly fumbled there to greet our Spiritual Master. He was clad in saffron robes and grandly sitting on his throne-like altar. He was a magnificant sight, as I b
eheld him every morning at Kirtan. Never have I met a person who exhibited the godly qualities of this man. It is my pleasure to try to be the loving servant of my Spiritual Master, and through him to learn to serve Krishna.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhusudan das Brahmachary \line           (Michael Blumert)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Thakur Haridas Part 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THAKUR HARIDAS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Part II }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [I, III]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 From the book \'93Sree Krishna-Chaitanya by Professor Sanyal
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [In Part I, Professor Sanyal has described how Thakur Haridas was accosted by a harlot, at the instigation of Ramchan
dra Khan. Instead of falling to the woman's wiles, however, the Thakur converted her to the path of Krishna Consciousness.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The immoral life that was being actually led by the harlot did not stand in the way of her redemption. The point is made absolutely cle
ar by the fact that she went to Thakur Haridas for the purpose of seducing him. This shows also that her instinctive faith in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was not coloured by any conventional moral sentiments. This was an adventure. Too rigid empiric morality obstructs spiritual awakening more effectively than even confirmed immorality. This is due to want of humility and spi
rit of submission to the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that is sure to be engendered more or less by the dogmatic professor of co
nventional morality. True morality is never possible prior to spiritual awakening. That which passes as morality in the society of worldlings, is only a hypocritical, and, therefore more dangerous form of immorality. The moral instinct proper, which belo
ngs to the soul, must not be confounded with this hypocritical immorality and its conventions. The harlot was not hampered by the conventions of a hypocritical morality. She possessed an open mind with a natural liking for the society of really pure soul
s, although she herself was actually leading a life that is condemned by moralists. But as it is not possible for a person to be really and fully moral before he realizes the nature of his true self, the case of the harlot, instead of being worse, was in
 certain respects better than that of the conventional moralist who is rigidly committed to the casuistical defence of the unspiritual life that he actually leads.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not, of course, intended to undervalue the principle of morality in any way. That instinct, in its pure form, as in the case of e
very other instinct, belongs to the soul. The form in which it passes current in the world is only the perverted reflection of the real principle and is not conducive to spiritual life. Its apparent advantages are strictly confined to this perverted exis
tence. Whatever tends to reconcile us to the worldly life, stands self-condemned for that very reason. Empiric morality is fully open to this charge of pandering to the unspiritual life. As a matter of fact neither conventional morality nor conventional 
immorality are praised by the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as, by themselves, they stand without any relation to the Truth. As
 soon as our conduct gets related to the Truth it assumes its natural state which has nothing to do with either the conventional moral or immoral principle of this world. To call spiritual conduct merely moral in the ordinary conventional sense of the wo
rld, would, therefore, be wholly misleading. Spiritual conduct is no doubt perfectly wholesome, being free from all affinity with the unwholesome things of this world. The so-called 'moral' conduct based on worldly experience owes all its value to its wo
rldly utility. This fact categorically differentiates spiritual 'purity' from worldly morality. There is, of course, no possibility of immoral conduct on the spiritual plane. In the absence of all possibility of immorality there is no scope for worldly m
orality in the realm of the Absolute. The Kingdom of Godhead accommodates all varieties of conduct by endowing all of them with perfect wholesomeness. Can such conduct be appropriately called 'moral' in the conventional sense of the term?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For instance, the trade of the harlot is in this world generally held to be utterly immoral. Is it possible for the 'ethical' mind to c
onceive of a state of existence that is infinitely higher than any conceivable worldly moral excellence?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those fanatics who, grossly misunderstanding the nature of the subject treated by the spiritual Scriptures, set up as orthodox and unco
mpromising 'believers' in the 'letter' of the Scriptural texts and try to 'reform' the 'abuses' of this world by immoral regulations that are profanely attributed to Godhead Himself on the strength of such silly and mischievous interpretation, deserve to
 be put into the pound in the company of those 'innocent' creatures that are mercifully denied the quality of voicing their 'notions' for harming everybody. There are hypocritical pedants who affect to hold up their nose at the very sound of the name of 
a harlot and forthwith prescribe penitential punishment of the most atrocious kind for }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reforming}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  their }{
\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub morals}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in 'obedience' to the injunctions of the Holy Scriptures. The Devil is also permitted to quote the S
criptures for his purposes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fanatics and hypocrites were in possession of the stage of the tragic drama of worldly life at the time when Thakur Haridas emerged bef
ore the bewildered vision of those pseudo-religionists and began to supply by his actual conduct the real explanation of the only purpose of all the Scriptures, by electing the harlot as the fittest and the very first object of the Divine Grace. He was n
aturally opposed by the renegade Brahmana Ramchandra Khan, who, in order to exploit the letter of the Scriptures for the accomplishment of his villainy, gave it out as his 'duty' to put down by all means a Muhammedan who had the temerity to set up as the
 expounder of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the Hindus!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This brings us to the principle of hereditary caste. The teaching of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Shastras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub belongs exclusively to the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub twice-born}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  themselves lay down elaborate rules by which to constitute t
he community of the Brahmanas who are to be the only teachers of them. This last part of the system had been allowed to pass out of the memory of the people, and, in its place, had been substituted by gradual and insidious steps and by general connivance
, the principle of heredity. The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hereditary}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Brahmanas by the strict }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastric}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  test are no Brahmanas at all. Ramchandra Khan was the champion of this corrupt system, not for any real regard born of sincer
e conviction for the merits of the system itself or from any knowledge of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but, as it always
 happens in such cases, from malice and insolence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If Haridas Thakur would practice the function strictly reserved for hereditary Brahmanas then the whole system of caste based upon the 
principle of heredity is challenged at its source. If a Muhammedan can become a Brahmana. the present social system of the Hindus, which is claimed to be part and parcel of the Religion, is utterly demolished. This was bound to agitate profoundly all cas
te-Hindus.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor was this all. The chanting of the Holy Name of Krishna was also practiced with a loud voice. This was an entirely novel mode of wor
ship to the Hindus of that time. The new out-caste apostle of the eternal religion, in opposition to all current rituals and forms of worship, was declaring to admiring Hindus an apparently new form of worship as the one enjoined by the }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Could all the contemporaneous Hindus be so utterly mistaken that they required to be imparted }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ab}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub initio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the knowledge of the fundamentals of their own religion by a Muhammedan, against the teaching of all the hereditary Brahmanas, the exclusive teachers of the same by the rules of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  themselves?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is quite easy to imagine the intense consternation and hostility that were naturally aroused in an Age of casuistical fanaticism by 
the preaching of the simple doctrines of the Religion of the Truth. The chanting of the Holy Name of Godhead is the only sacrament of the true religion prescribed for the present Age. This simplification is in keeping with the spirit of all the other sac
raments authorised by the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The other sacraments are not suitable for this Age which is too addic
ted to sceptical argumentation }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nauseum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . As soon as one realises the true nature of the soul, all his activities are thencefoward naturally and necessarily performed on the spiritual plane. The narro
w ceremonial view of the sacrament is due to the imperfect spiritual vision of the observer. The sacrament may, therefore, differ in the different Ages in its external appearance, which is, however, the only view that is open to the novice for whose spec
ial benefit it is ordained.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of the Holy Name is liable to the least objection even as sacrament, from a casuistical Age. The Mercy of Godhead must be 
sought willingly, nay with the keenest hankering that is born of positive liking, for obtaining real touch with Him in order to serve Him by means of the spiritual senses of the pure soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sacrament implies a real mutual personal relationship between the Lord and His servant. It is definite, concrete and loving, but in
 the spiritual (not abstract, notional or concocted i. e., purely mental) sense. The personality, senses and functions of the soul are not comprehensible to, nor admissible by the mind. The mental refusal to recognise the substantive existence of the sou
l, is the greatest curse of this Age of dogmatic empiricism. This piece}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of dogmatism must be got rid of.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The empiric reason is confronted to a fight at its own weapons when it is summoned to admit the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rationale}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the worship of Godhead by means of His Name only. The Name of Godhead must not also be supposed to connote or denote anything of t
his world, in no shape, neither as precept nor concept. This should in all conscience more than satisfy the passion for abstraction of even the Moslem iconoclast.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next point is that the Name of Godhead must be admitted as true and not as a mere concoction of the material mind. The Scriptural N
ame of Godhead is not a thing of this world. The Scriptural Name is Himself Divine. The Scriptural Name requires to be served with the tongue by an attitude of humble supplication for manifesting His Divine Nature to the pure serving essence of our soul.
 Even the most rabid iconoclast need have no cause of complaint against such service. It is this pure service that was practiced by Thakur Haridas, which, he maintained, was the only sacrament enjoined by the Scriptures as suitable for this Age of wrangl
ing sophistry (Kali Yuga.) The implications of this position will be more fully developed in course of this Narrative at the proper stages.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the service of Godhead is the eternal function of the individual soul in the state of grace, it transcends all mental and physical a
ctivities. The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  accordingly reserve the service of Godhead to those who are twice-born. The terms
 Brahmana (one who has knowledge of Godhead as }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Great}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and Dwija (twice-born) applied to persons who a
re eligible for the service of Godhead, refer to the individual soul in the state of grace and not to caste. If Thakur Haridas be regarded as a Moslem born, it is then the physical body that is denoted by the Name Thakur Haridas. If Ramchandra Khan claim
ed to be a Brahmana on the strength of his seminal birth in a Brahmana(?) family, he also supposed his physical body to be Brahmana. The objection of Ramchandra Khan to Thakur Haridas, on the strength of such foolish interpretation of the }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , was met by Thakur Haridas with pity and indifference. Ramchandra Khan did not possess the good fortune of 
the harlot, whom he made the dupe of his deviltries, to be enabled to listen to the Holy Name of Godhead from the lips of Thakur Haridas. A Brahmana, who claims to be such by right of seminal birth, is less fit for spiritual service than even an open-min
ded harlot.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From Fulia, Thakur Haridas moved off to Chandpur. The village of Chandpur was situated in the present District of Hughly in the neighbo
urhood of Tribeni. Balaram and Jadunandan Acharyas, the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub purohits}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (family-priests) of Hiranya and Gobardha
n Mazumdars of Tribeni, had their residence in the village of Chandpur which lay to the east of Tribeni. The word 'Mazumdar' is the equivalent of 'Majmu adar', the title of an accountant of the royal revenues under the Nawabs. Balaram Acharya was the dis
ciple of Thakur Haridas and regarded himself as his servant. Haridas stayed with Balaram Acharya in the latter's house. Balaram Acharya with great care made arrangements for the residence of the Thakur in the village. Haridas lived there in a hut and acc
epted the alms of food at the house of Balaram Acharya. The boy Raghunath Das, son of Bobardhan, was at this time studying under Balaram Acharya. Raghunath used to go to Thakur Haridas for a sight of the saint. Haridas was merciful to the boy. Thakur Har
idas's mercy was the cause of subsequent attainment of spiritual enlightenment by Raghunath Das. The following event occurred while Thakur Haridas was staying at Chandpur.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One day Balaram Acharya, by his humble supplications, induced Thakur Haridas to repair to a gathering at the house of the Mazumdars. Th
e two brothers stood up on seeing the Thakur and, falling at his feet, offered him a seat with great respect. There was present in the assembly a very large number of Pandits, Brahmanas, and other worthy people. The two brothers Hiranya and Gobardhana we
re also very learned persons. All present spoke highly in praise of Thakur Haridas. This met with the hearty approval of the brothers. It was known to all that the Thakur recited the Holy Name three lakhs (300,000) of times daily. The Pandits accordingly
 talked about the greatness of the Name as Thakur Haridas assumed his seat in their midst.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some of the Pandits said that the cure of all sinfulness automatically results from uttering the Name of Godhead. Others expressed the 
view that the individual soul (jiva) is freed from the miseries of this life by uttering the Name. Haridas declared that those two were not proper fruits of chanting of the Name. Love to the Feet of Krishna is aroused by taking of the Name. Haridas said 
that the condition of a person who realises such love is described in a sloka of the Bhagawatam (Bhag. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.2.35
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4n \'e4sth\'e4ya naro r\'e4jan
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na pram\'e4dyeta karhicit
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e4van nim\'e9lya v\'e4 netre
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na skhalen na pated iha
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which (means); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4sth\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97accepting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nara
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a man; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4jan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97O King; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na pram\'e4dyeta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is not bewildered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karhicit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ever; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4van}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97running; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nim\'e9lya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97closing; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97or; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub netre}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97his eyes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na skhalet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97will no
t trip; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na patet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97will not fall; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on this path.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O King, one who accepts this process of devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead will never blunder on his path in this world. Even while running wit
h eyes closed, he will never trip or fall.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.2.35). \'93A person, who is habituated to serve Krishna in the ways enunciated above (viz., hearing, chanting, etc.,) loses all 
control over his mind and, by reason of realising the quality of love by chanting the Name of Krishna, experiences an anxious restlessness of the heart. He loses all consideration for the opinion of the people and laughs, cries, shouts, sings and dances 
at intervals.\'94 Salvation and destruction of sinfulness are only attendant results\'97\'93Just as the rising of the Sun dispels all darkness, so also no sooner does the Name of Hari manifests Himself than He forthwith destroys all the sins of the perso
ns who utters His Name.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haridas requested the Pandits present to explain the above sloka. All the Pandits desired Thakur Haridas to elucidate its meaning to th
em. Haridas who had recited the sloka now said that even before the Sun actually begins to appear darkness is dispelled by his approaching light and the fear from thieves, ghosts and demons is also destroyed; and, on his actual appearance, all useful act
ivities begin to be performed. In like manner sins and other evils are destroyed by the reflected light of the approaching Sunrise of the full manifestation of the Name; while, on the actual appearance of the Name, love to the Feet of Krishna is aroused.
 Salvation is a trivial result which is effected by the dim reflection cast by the Name as His Appearance draws nigh. The devotee does not wish to accept salvation which is at first offered by Krishna. Haridas quoted the two following slokas of the Bhaga
watam in support of his contention (Bhag. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.3.42}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; 5.19.2): \'93If the dying Ajamila could attain to the r
ealm of the Vaikuntha by calling upon Hari, which happened to be the name of his son, who can estimate the effect if the Name is chanted with faith?\'94 \'93My own,\'94 says Krishna, \'93Never accept the different forms of salvation, e. g., attainment of
 My realm, attainment of power and wealth and fame similar to Mine, the privileges of dwelling near Me, even the favour of becoming one with Myself; all of which privileges I offer them unreservedly. They covet nothing except My service.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gopal Chakravarti was a Brahmana who belonged to the household of the Mazumdars, being employed to carry letters and money to the king.
 He had to go up to Gauda and appear before the Padishah himself in connection with the discharge of his official duties. He used to convey twelve lakhs of rupees annually to the king. He was, in his early youth, very handsome and a very good scholar. Go
pal lost his patience on hearing that salvation can be obtained by the dim refection of the Name. He then spoke in great anger.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Pandits who are in assembly here,\'94 said Gopal. \'93All of you have heard the conclusion announced by one whose trade is to amuse
 people by dance and song. Emancipation, which is unattainable by means of knowledge of the Brahman in crores of births, is held by him to follow automatically the manifestation of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dimmest}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  reflection of the Name.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point Haridas entreated Gopal not to entertain any doubt on the subject, as the Shastras themselves declare that liberation fro
m the bondage of the world results at once from the appearance of the dim reflection of the Name. The bliss of liberation is utterly trivial in comparison with the happiness of loving service. It is for this reason that the devotees do not accept liberat
ion. The Thakur then quoted the sloka of Haribhaktisudhodaya (H. Bh. S. 14-31): \'93Teacher of the universe, to me, immersed in the pure ocean of bliss by meeting Thee, the bliss of the attainment of the knowledge of the Brahman (the Great }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nourisher}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) appears to be as contemptible as the tiny speck of water filling a hole in the ground indented by the hoo
f of cattle.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Brahmana now became furious. He shouted out that he would assuredly cut off his nose if liberation does not result from the dim ref
lection of the Name. On hearing the blasphemy the members of the assembly gave vent to their sorrow at the behaviour of Gopal. Mazumdar reproved him severely. Balaram Acharya expressed his indignation by remarking that the offender was a fool fit only fo
r hair-splitting sophistry and was perfectly ignorant of the principle of devotion. How could he go the length of insulting even Thakur Haridas! He was doomed to perdition beyond all help.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haridas rose to leave the place as he heard the words of the Brahmana. Mazumdar forthwith severed all his official connection with Gopa
l and with all the assembled persons fell prostrate at the feet of Thakur Haridas. Haridas smiled and spoke sweet words. He said that none of them had done anything offensive except that Brahmana. The Brahmana was also not to blame. His addiction to cont
roversial discussion was the cause of his strange behaviour. The greatness of the Name is not realisable by futile discussion. How could he, therefore, understand those principles? He then bade them depart to their homes in peace, expressing the wish tha
t no one might come to grief by his connection with himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranya-das came back to his house after receiving this assurance of pardon and forbade Gopal to cross his threshold. In course of thre
e days the offending Brahmana was attacked with virulent leprosy. His very prominent nose rapidly melted away. The fingers of his hands and feet, rivalling the champaka buds in their delicacy, all shrivelled up and dissolved away by the corrosive force o
f the malady. On beholding this all the people were filled with great wonder. They praised Haridas and made obeisance to him with reverence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Krishna Kaviraj Goswami concludes the above account with the pregnant observation that although Haridas did not feel offended by th
e conduct of the Brahmana yet did Godhead award the offender the punishment due to his transgression. It is the nature of the devotee of Godhead that he ever pardons the faults of the ignorant. It is Krishna's Nature that He cannot bear any calumniation 
of His devotees even through ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haridas was grieved at heart on hearing of the misery of the Brahmana. He apprised Balaram Acharya of his intention to leave the place 
and proceed to Shantipur.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The account is prefaced by Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami with the remark that the event narrated is most wonderful for the reason that it 
contains the clear elucidation, from the lips of the Acharya himself, of the Divine Dispensation of the present Age. The reader must not forget the point, which is the centre of interest of the whole narrative detailed in this work, viz., that Thakur Har
idas is the Acharya, or the practicing teacher, authorized by Godhead to promulgate the congregational chanting (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Samkirtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) of the Holy Name, which is the mode of worship that alone can demolish the worst form of atheism in the name of 'free' thinking which is unfortunately so prevalent nowadays all over the world; and which is the terrible but inevitab
le natural consequence of the exclusive worship of Mammon by all the resources of mind and body.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub End\'97Part II
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Deliverance
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DELIVERANCE
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Be born again.\line This time a perfect child.\line This time immortal.\line This time happy, forever blissful
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Be born again!\line This time let your crying ring\line out to the stars!\line This time just scream in eternal ecstasy,
\line \'93I' m back. I'm back!\'94\line This time, you fool, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just worship Govinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\line Just worship Govi
nda, Just worship Govinda!!
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li5760\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Purushottam das Brahmachary \line              (Paul Auerbach)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pradyumna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRADYUMNA
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pradyumna, Pradyumna,\line Pradyumna Prabhu, walking in the park.\line Pradyumna walking in the park.\line Yellow and blue,
 shaved head Prabhu,\line Walking in the park through the families.\line Pradyumna walking through the families.\line The grass is green, bright green\line Where Pradyumna walks, blue and yellow,\line Chanting on his beads, walking,\line Walking through 
the families\line In Montreal, walking to the temple,\line Prabhu walking so nicely, walking\line To the temple among the citizens\line Who do not notice he is chanting,\line Chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,\line On his beads as he walks, Krishna
\line Krishna, to the temple, Hare Hare,\line Straight to the temple, Hare Rama,\line Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Krishna kirtan,\line Hare Hare, walking to Krishna's temple.\line Yellow and blue on a green field,\line A Brahmachary flag for Lord Krishna.\line
But still the people do not sing,\line Do not follow him, the children do not\line Laugh and dance with flowers at his feet.\line How can they ignore the call, Krishna's call,\line The urge to sing His Name, the urge\line To follow Pradyumna Prabhu, a de
votee\line Of The Lord, walking, Pradyumna Prabhu,\line Walking in the park, Pradyumna!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Damodara das Adhikary \line           (Dan Clark)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In Krishna's Abode
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub IN KRISHNA'S ABODE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The streets and houses are made of touchstone,\line And all the trees are fulfillers of desire.\line The cows give limitless nectarlike milk,\line And the Lord is s
erved by many fair goddesses of Fortune.\line O! I worship that Cowherd Boy,\line Who is the Supreme Enjoyer
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna and the Vedic View:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA AND THE VEDIC VIEW:
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Swami Responds
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As simply as possible,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub could you tell me what the real essence of your message is? I find all philosophers to be long on wind but short on solid meaning. Please try to be clear. Thank you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub John M. Taylor
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Taylor,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I shall try: My message is that humankind can find real\'97not theoretical or abstract\'97peace and happiness only through association 
with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And this association is established most quickly and easily through the congregational chanting of the Lord\'92s Holy Names. My followers and I sing the Maha Mantra\'97Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, 
Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. However, other authorized Names, such as Jehovah, Jesus Christ and Allah are quite acceptable, as God has a limitless supply of Personal Names. I hope this is lucid, and further hope you will take up
 this practice of Kirtan, or singing the Lord\'92s Names.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who is Narada Muni? When you say on your record album cover that he\'92s a spaceman, do you mean that he uses a flying saucer?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours truly,\line Marjorie Sherman
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Miss Sherman,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada is one of the principal saints mentioned in Vedic literature. As stated on the record cover it was he who delivered the Maha Man
tra to Earth. Narada Muni doesn\'92t use a flying saucer, because his body is completely spiritual, and therefore has no limitation in material time or space.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If God loves us, why doesn't He stop warfare?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely,\line Elizabeth Arthur
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Miss Arthur,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord presents Mankind with all means of understanding His Fatherhood, and our brotherhood toward one another. But He doesn't imping
e upon the minute quantity of independence that we have. If we choose to ignore Him, He permits us. Greed treachery and warfare are natural results of this ignorance. As for the major horror of war, death: that is merely an illusion. The living entities 
are by constitution eternal, in spite of material appearances. But great suffering is undeniably there, due to our unfortunate ignorance .
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are there any esoteric principles in Krishna Consciousness, revealed only to advanced students?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you,\line Ben Ordway
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Ordway,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why not take up Krishna Consciousness and see?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ever your well-wisher,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Highest Sense
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE HIGHEST SENSE
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Every second of human life is meant for making an ultimate solution of the problems of life, i. e., repet
ition of birth and death and revolving in the cycle of 84 lakhs of different species of life.\'94\'97Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have only minute\line independence but it\line overwhelms us. The\line energy of our body we\line run like a crazy machi
ne\line to hear it roar only\'97\line the fingertips the ears\line the monkey we are\'97what\line                     nonsense without }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spirit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like a dog we run\line 2 miles one way and\line return 2 miles the other way,\line stopping at hotels and\line motels, slam
ming and opening\line the car door and eating\line any junk put on the counter and talking\line about the newspapers and \line the radio\'97what\line                rubbish without cultivation of the soul!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are driving the\line machine but we\'92re so o
bsessed\line we think \'93I am the machine\'94\line and we waste\line our power and only a few times a day\line we have to think \'93What is God?\'94\line but we dismiss it, \'93Who cares?\'94\line throw Him away! We are God!\'94 and\line the highest ple
asure is to\line park our machine in some\line garage with another machine\line and run our engines\line together and we\line call that Love.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The aim of life is spirit\line even the hogland fools should know it\line this is the highest pleasure:\line the soul as th
e only Sense.\line Drive those cars into towns\line in the morning and at night\line and use the hotels\'97for }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kirtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  parties to stay overnight\line and chant Hare Krishna and give out great\line prasadam feasts of sweet rice, halavah and pouris\line offered to Lord Sri Krishna's Senses\line and use the main ballroom and the hall and the theater\line and th
e public park and the downtown road\line for mass dancing to the sound of voice and cymbals\line and drums of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kirtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and let the neons light up:\line GLORIES TO GOVINDA\line and speed the cars and planes\line to cities like Dwarka built just to please Him\line and turn the Love for cats and dogs and machines\line into Krishna Who reciprocates His devotees
\line as Friend and Master and Lover\'97He\line will hear this rejoicing of\line victory over matter\line and will release us from this\line nasty world, which even if transformed,\line will have to perish\line when only Krishna will be standing\line in 
a nicely curved position,\line dark blue like a rain cloud,\line and playing His flute.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvarupa das Brahmachary \line         (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Truth and Beauty
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TRUTH AND BEAUTY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It has often been argued whether truth and beauty are terms compatible with one another. One would agree willingly, some say, to expres
s the truth, but since truth is not always beautiful\'97indeed it is frequently rather startling and unpleasant\'97how is one to express truth and beauty at the same time?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In reply to this we may inform all concerned that Truth and Beauty are indeed compatible terms. Truth which is Absolute is always beaut
iful. It is so beautiful that it attracts everyone, including itself. Truth is so beautiful that many sages, saints and devotees have left everything for its sake. Mahatma Gandhi, the idol of the modern world, dedicated his life for experimenting with Tr
uth, and all his activities were targetted towards Truth only.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why Mahatma Gandhi?\'97every one of us is drawn by an urge towards Truth, because it is not only beautiful, but possesses all power, al
l resources, all fame, all renunciation and all knowledge as well.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, people have no information of the actual Truth, and 99.9 per cent of men in all ranks of life are following the principl
es of Untruth in the name of Truth and its quest. We are actually attracted with the beauty of Truth, but we are, since time immemorial, habituated to love untruth in the name of Truth. And therefore, to the mundane thinker, Truth and Beauty are incompat
ible terms. Mundane Truth and beauty are explained as follows:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A man fell in love with a beautiful girl. He was very powerful and strongly built, but his character was doubtful. The girl, meanwhile,
 was not only beautiful in appearance, but also saintly in character. As such the beautiful girl did not like the proposal of the powerful man. The powerful man, however, insisted upon his lustful desires, whereupon the beautiful girl requested the man t
o wait for only seven days and after that she fixed up a time when they could meet. The strong man agreed, and with high expectations began to count the hours, waiting for the moment when he was fixed to meet the girl.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The saintly girl, however, in order to manifest the real beauty of relative Truth, adopted a means which is very instructive: She took 
a very strong dose of purgative medicine, and for seven days continually she passed loose stool and vomitted all that she ate. All the loose stool and the vomit she stored up in suitable reservoirs. As a result of this laxative medicine, the so-called be
autiful girl became lean, thin as a skeleton, and turned gloomy of complexion, with her beautiful eyes pushed into the socket of the skull.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the appointed hour, she was waiting anxiously to receive the man in love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The man appeared on the scene well-dressed and well behaved, and asked the waiting girl, who was depressed in appearance, about the bea
utiful girl who had called him there. The man could not recognize the waiting girl, as the same beauty whom he was asking for. The girl was in a pitiable condition, and the foolish man, in spite of repeated assertions, could not recognise her. All due to
 the action of the medicine.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At last the girl told the powerful man the story of her beauty, that she had separated the ingredients of beauty, and stored them up in
 the reservoirs. She told him that he could have and enjoy the juices of beauty stored up in these reservoirs if he wanted them. The man agreed to see the juices of beauty, and thus he was directed to the store of loose stool and liquid vomit, which were
 emanating unbearable odors. Thus the whole story of the liquid beauty was disclosed to him. The characterless man, by the grace of the saintly girl, was now able to distinguish between the shadow and the substance, and thus he came to his senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the real position of every one of us who are attracted by false material beauty. The girl above-mentioned developed a beautiful
 material body as she desired in her mind, but she was actually apart from that temporary material manifestation of body and mind. She is in fact a spiritual spark, and so also is the man in love, who was attracted by the false skin of the girl.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many great thinkers, poets, artists and people in general, are deluded by the outward beauty and attraction of the relative truth, and 
are unaware of the spiritual spark which is both Truth and Beauty at one and the same time. The spiritual spark is so beautiful that on its leaving the body no one any longer wishes to touch it, even though the body may be decorated with the most costly 
jewels.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And because we are all after a false, relative truth, we find it to be incompatible with real beauty. The truth is so permanently beaut
iful that it maintains the same standard of beauty as it is for millions upon millions of years. Besides that, the spiritual spark is indestructible. The beauty of the outer skin can be destroyed in a few hours time by one small dose of strong purgative,
 but the beauty of Truth is always the same, and is indestructible just as it is. Unfortunately, mundane writers are ignorant of the beautiful sparks of spirit, as well as of the fiery resources of these spiritual sparks and their interrelations of trans
cendental pastimes. When these pastimes are displayed here by the Grace of the Almighty, the foolish persons who cannot see beyond the gross senses mistake such pastimes of Truth and Beauty as being within the same field as the store of loose stools and 
liquid vomit. Thus they come to despair, and then declare that Truth and beauty cannot be accommodated at one and the same time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mundane thinkers do not know that the Whole Spiritual Entity is the beautiful Person attracting everything as the Prime Substance, 
the Prime Source and the Fountainhead of everything that be. And the infinitesimal spiritual sparks, as parts and parcels of the Whole Spirit, are qualitatively the same\'97beautiful and eternal entities. The difference is that the Whole is eternally the
 Whole, and the parts are eternally the parts. Both of them are the Ultimate Truth, Ultimate Beauty, Ultimate Knowledge, Ultimate Energy, Ultimate Renunciation and Ultimate Opulence.
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. Real literature is that which describes this Ultimate Truth and Beauty.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Evolution and the Human Mission
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Rayarama das Brahmachary\line (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Long before the advent of Linnaeus, the existing species of life had been analyzed and categorized in the uniquely scientific scriptura
l literature of India. And, at about the same distance in time from Darwin, a presentation of the evolutionary process was made. In both instances, the earlier work was by far the more exhaustive, although it was done in mind of spiritual values, and wit
h scant heed to the speculative studies of the material world which are so much a part of the scientific tradition to which Linnaeus and Darwin belonged. Indeed, the Vedic analyses are cosmic in scope, depending as they do upon the revelations of seers w
hose minds were attuned to the absolute knowledge possessed by God. Their theses are complete, and are meant to point out and define the specific place of human life in the universal order, as well as to indicate the role for which the human being is int
ended.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To begin with, the living entities are divided into eight million, four hundred thousand species. Although not all of these species exi
st on any one planet, they are to be found within this universe as a whole. What\'92s more, no species may ever be said to be extinct\'97not even those seemingly progressive developments like eohippus which have so enchanted Charles Darwin's successors. 
Occasionally, a breed of beings will disappear from one planet, or appear on another where it was not before known to exist\'97but the Vedic literature rules out the concept of extinction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (At this point, we may clearly see that the man who is dependent upon and faithful to the limited scope of vision of empirical science 
may not in good humor proceed with us. We shall later take up the particular limitations of the individual living entity, and explain why he therefore ought not to rely upon the knowledge acquired by his senses and their mechanical extensions such as the
 telescope, spectroscope, and radio wave transmitters. But for the moment, we must simply say that Vedic knowledge was delivered by entities far more developed than any earthly doctorate can attest to, and leave skepticism unappeased.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Padma Purana classifies the species of life thusly: 9,000,000 aquatic; 2,000,000 vegetable; 1,000,000 crawlers (such as worms and r
eptiles); 1,000,000 birds; 3,000,000 four-legged beasts; and 400,000 humans. These divisions are not made in the same spirit as are those of modern science, needless to say. For example, gorillas and monkeys are considered human, as are the demi-gods of 
the heavenly planets. And just as we are advanced above the apes, so are the demi-gods advanced over us\'97and often the gap is greater. Furthermore, those humans whom we see before us on this planet are divided into various more-or-less fixed gradations
 of primitive and civilized. For, so far as the Vedic seers are concerned, the civilized life of Earth is the penultimate in the evolutionary process.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How so, when the demi-gods are admitted to be more developed than we?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The answer to this question is also the answer to another question: What is meant by advancement? The biologists, anthropologists and e
cologists of today's repute do not recognize the concept of advance and recession, at least not officially\'97for they say that it is anthropomorphic, unpragmatic, impractical. Within their range of vision this is certainly so. Without some spiritual und
erstanding, no conclusion or goal can ever be perceived in anything, to be sure. But to the man who has some spiritual understanding a sure and unshakable goal is ever before him, its banners hailing his attention at every turn. This goal is spiritual pe
rfection, self-realization as it is most often termed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How is self realized? How is self obscured? The key word here is consciousness. That the dog has a soul may be a fact, but the dog has 
no consciousness of this, and therefore he suffers. So it is with all living beings. Spirit soul being the true and constitutional position of the creature, its realization in the form of direct experience means the attainment of Truth, of Reality, and, 
therefore, one's life can only actually begin at this point. To one without spiritual enlightenment, Truth is an elusive phantom, and so is happiness. Consciousness of Truth, of one's real identity, then, is the goal of life, for all beings seek immortal
ity, knowledge and bliss, whatever their station.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The very wealthy, even on this Earth, do not generally turn to spiritual life, because they are engrossed in material enjoyment. They c
onsider the spiritualist or transcendentalist to be the crier of sour grapes, as though they with their riches can avoid the death which he whom they have derided has transcended. As Lord Jesus Christ said, a camel may pass through the eye of a needle wi
th greater ease than may a rich man go to God. Yet the opulences of this planet are mere baubles as compared to the abundance to be found on the heavenly planets, where dwell the demi-gods. And, therefore, they for all their highly developed bodies and m
inds, are not so fortunate as we\'97for we have the more inclusive vision of life and death, which is inevitable for them as much as for us. And, with our vision, is increased the opportunity to transcend the mortal state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The development of spiritual consciousness is possible only to the human species\'97and especially so for the civilized humans. This ad
vanced, comprehensive consciousness is, in fact, the only quality which actually distinguishes man from the other creatures. For the pig and the horse and the ant all have sex life, all eat foods which please them, all sleep and all have weapons. And the
y have their politics, as well. We cannot conclude that human life is merely the manner of living of a sophisticated swine. No, for Man has the ability to wonder\'97and the ability to find out, too. Therefore, in the Vedas it is said that, when a man fir
st questions, \'93What am I? How am I here?\'94\'97then his human life begins.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This human status is attained after millions upon millions of births. To be sure, the living spirit soul must progress through the bodi
es of each and every one of those eight million four hundred thousand species, before he can achieve civilized existence. This is a long, excruciating transmigration through a universe of never-ending frustration, pain and defeat. For the living entity c
annot know eternal life, knowledge, or bliss complete as long as he identifies himself with matter; and no understanding of one's true identity is possible at any stage below the human. Thus, all life in this material world means vanquishment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, before continuing with the subject of evolution and the meaning of that study in terms of human purpose, we must wonder, after all
: How }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub did}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it begin? How }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I here? In the Bhagavad Gita, the Lord explains,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub All beings are born to delusion O Bharata,\line Overcome by the dualities\line Which arise from wish and hate
,\line O Conqueror of the foe. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VII, 27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entity wishes to become the Lord, the ruler and master\'97and so he is given a domain in which he may fulfill his longings:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub In ancient days the Lord of creatures\line Created men along with sacrifice and said,\line By this shall ye b
ring forth, and this shall be unto you\line That which will yield the milk of your desires. (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub III, 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub
)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So Krishna, the God Who loves all beings, has given us what we craved, and by sacrifice we had the means to be eternally joyful even he
re, without His direct association. But the living entity cannot be what he is not\'97he cannot be God. Whereas the Lord is in all ways perfect, His fragmental portions suffer from certain constitutional imperfections, which are chiefly classed as four: 
the living entity is certain to make mistakes, he is envious, he is subject to illusion, and his senses are imperfect. With these unfortunate shortcomings, having gone so far to sunder the loving relationship with God, it is easy to see how the state of 
paradise, known both to Judaic and Vedic scriptural history, was lost.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the eternal religion of all beings to serve. By eternal religion it is meant that this is something which cannot be taken from th
e entity\'97something which he manifests at all times. Bugs and behemoths, trees and tigers\'97all creatures are engaged in service. Indeed, the Lord Himself, the Prime and Primal Being, is also the Prime and Primal Servant, giving to all creatures their
 sustenance in every way both direct and indirect. Because of our natural position of servitude, turning from the service of the Lord means that we must turn to some other service. This is the service of Maya, Illusion, for only God\'92s service is true.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus we can see that, wilfully, we have made our own beds in this world of defeat.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Until the spirit soul enters upon the human platform, he remains blind and innocent of sin. He simply goes on from birth to birth, spec
ies to species, until he has risen to the level where his body permits the flowering of long-dulled and suppressed consciousness. At this point, intractable evolution ceases, for the greater consciousness leaves the entity literally master of his own fat
e. He may choose to end the material entanglement in which he has so long been caught, he may choose to continue human existence, or he may hurl himself back into the sea of raging mortality from which he has barely just emerged. Brief though it be, this
 human life is supremely important.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process by which the human makes his choice and by which that choice is fulfilled is called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Karma means an action and its attendant reaction. I chop a tree\'85 it falls. That is karma. In a similar sense, the manner in which I l
ead this human life creates a certain effect which is manifested in my next birth. The culmination of one\'92s life is its final moment:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Thinking of whatever state\line He at the end gives up his body,\line To that being does he attain, O Son of 
Kunti,\line Being ever absorbed in the thought thereof. (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VIII, 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the vital, crucial decision, but one may not make it at that last instance. Indeed, the mind will cling to its ways\'97and so r
eflect the life it has known. And in this lies the tragedy or triumph of Man. If he has lived as a goat, then he will get the body best suited to his wishes. And, has he lived as a friend to the eternal God, then he will have birth in that eternal associ
ation, and end rebirth altogether.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the crux of all Vedic philosophy: one can end the round of birth and death. It can be done. One must simply sever his ties to m
aterial existence in the proper manner. Here is the formula:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Save work done as and for sacrifice\line This world is in bondage to work.\line Therefore, O Son of Kunti, do
 thy work as a sacrifice,\line Becoming free from all attachment. (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub III, 9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, the Bhagavad Gita says that the only means of liberation from the forest of action-reaction is to act without regard for the fruit
s of work. In other words, to work for God. Give Him your money, give Him your intelligence, give Him your energy. Again, Sri Krishna says,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Those who, laying all their actions on Me,\line Intent on Me\line Worship, meditating on Me,\line With unswer
ving devotion;\line These whose thoughts\line Are set on Me,\line I straightway deliver\line From the ocean of death-bound existence,\line O Partha. (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XII, 6 & 7}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the way. Those not willing to follow it cannot hope to gain God's association. That a strong attachment to money, sex-life or f
ame exists is understood. But that attachment must be transferred to God. If it is not, then the individual\'92s consciousness can never be fixed upon Him. For those who, like Nietzsche, want to go on in the sea, the Lord has no anger. But He has pity, a
nd so He explains our plight to us for our own consideration:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub At the coming of day, all manifested things\line Come forth from the unmanifested\line And at the coming of n
ight they merge\line In that same, called the unmanifested.\line This very same multitude of existences\line Arising again and again\line Merges helplessly at the coming of night, O Partha,\line And streams forth at the coming of day.\line But, beyond th
is unmanifested,\line There is yet another,\line Unmanifested eternal being,\line Who does not perish.\line This Unmanifested is called the Imperishable.\line Him they speak of as the Supreme Status.\line Those who attain to Him return not.\line That is 
My supreme abode.\line This is the Supreme Person, O Partha,\line In Whom all existences abide\line And by Whom all this is pervaded;\line Who can, however, be gained by unswerving devotion. \line (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VIII, 18-22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And so we can see that the perfection of human life, indeed the goal of goals in all this Universe, is to transcend the material encage
ment and to enter into the eternal Abode of Krishna\'97through devotional service. This is the purpose to which a man ought wisely to dedicate his life. Otherwise, that life is necessarily dedicated to death, for only by God's grace can we cross the chas
m of doom inherent in the flesh. Once spiritual life begins, once the transcendental consciousness is awakened, death has been conquered and life fulfilled beyond the sweetest of dreams.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These concepts are not new ones, nor are they Indian, nor even Vedic. They are found in the Bible and the Koran as well as in other gre
at scriptural literature. The scientist may only examine the phenomenon of mortality, but he may never fully comprehend, much less overcome it. This is the domain of the spiritualist. How then has it come about that our world has turned from God? Why are
 people by the millions accepting post-dated checks from the men of science, whose finest pragmatic accomplishments are to move some tons of dead earth from one spot to another at great speed?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we speak of the common good among men, the first and most general thought to arise is that of politics. After all, isn't every pol
itician from the President to the town dogcatcher promising Utopia in exchange for your vote? Those who are genuinely moved to aid their suffering fellow men are, of course, as rare as rubies in the Arctic\'97yet even the few who have such sentiments sim
ply serve as agents of Illusion if they have no spiritual understanding. And at their heels follow their people, sheep to the block. If Mankind's mortal sufferings are to be relieved, we must have leaders of a higher caliber, men of intelligence, who can
 see what the mission and purpose of human life actually are. Without such vision, no one can help his fellow man or himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ideal leadership is outlined in the Bhagavad Gita, by Lord Krishna. There He says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub As the unlearned act from attachment to their work\line So should the learned also work, O Bharata,\line But 
without any attachment,\line With the desire to maintain the world order.\line Let him not unsettle the minds\line Of the ignorant who are attached to action.\line The enlightened man doing all works in a spirit of yoga,\line Should set others to act as 
well. (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub III, 25 & 26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is good leadership. Those who are themselves mad for riches and fame cannot be expected to serve the people wisely. Those who are 
limited by the bodily concept of life are blind men, and those who imagine themselves outside God's shelter are worse:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The evil-doers who are foolish, lowest of the humans,\line Whose minds are carried away by illusion\line And 
who partake of the nature of demons,\line Do not seek refuge in Me. (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VII, 15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a current fashion to exercise any limitless number of theories as to why the United States is declining so noticeably in moral vi
gor. The answer stares the historian in the face from the page of every letter and document written by the Founding Fathers: they believed in God\'97most of them actually and ardently. This is what America lacks today, and nothing more, twist though you 
may for a different explanation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who has the true welfare of his fellow man in mind ought to make all strenuous efforts to lead them to the gateway of God's Kingdom
. Here, in devotional service, lies the end to suffering; lies peace, plenty and life eternal. What more can one hope to offer? This is release from the age-long cycle of birth and death, and this is what all beings crave despite their delusions.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub At the end of many lives\line The man of wisdom resorts to Me,\line Knowing that Vasudeva (Krishna) is all th
at is.\line Such a great soul is rarely to be found. (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Offer the fruit of wisdom, ripened for millennia, to your fellows. This is the real act of love, this is the true public service. And, 
in the process, you will yourself be freed:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Having come to Me\line These great souls do not return to rebirth,\line The place of sorrow, impermanent,
\line For they have reached the highest perfection.\line (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VIII, 15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Great-souled, the Mahatma, is a perfected being, a human who has gone all the way to the goal, having turned to the Lord. He is the
 final, finished product of evolution, and he has transcended that process by which he has risen\'97by dint of his own willingness to love, and with the grace of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Becoming a great soul, though the breed is a rare one, is not difficult. One simply chooses to dissociate from material activities and 
to take up the spiritual line. Krishna Himself will guide you from there.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Abandoning all duties,\line Come to Me alone for shelter.\line Be not grieved,\line For I shall release thee 
from all evils.\line (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVIII, 66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the way to perfection. And, unless he takes this proffered gift, a man's living is vain and wasted and dedicated to death. In t
he Brahma Vaivarta Purana, it is couched in these rather straightforward words:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93There are 8,400,000 species of life among living entities. If one living being, having passed through thi
s long cycle of births, comes to the human standard, and then foolishly misuses it, he has simply spoiled everything.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All glorious news! The chariot pushes it's way \line across Creation to deliver us back.\line Behold the mighty driver with all the universe \line streaking through
 His hair. It's Krishna! Our Lord.\line So full in bliss, let our arms fly up. Let us \line jump, leap, prance into the dance of the jivas.\line Dance Hare Krishna, Hare Rama! We're free \line again at last. O thunderous joy, leave your \line body behind
, we're free again at last!\line Yes, my mother, my friends. It was always \line so easy. The purple trees, the golden fields \line were always ours to begin with. Simply chant \line Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.\line Then ripened with love, we'll gather for 
Krishna \line to pluck us up. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna.\line The task is ended at last.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li5760\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Purushottam das Brahmachary \line             (Paul Auerbach)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Name
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE NAME
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now\'97it is a joy to say His Name\line and hear of His Fame\'97\line Sometimes, I just can't say His Name enough!\line 
\'93Say it faster, faster\'97Krishna, Krishna\line Harder, harder\line Think deeply, concentrate\'97Krishna\line I'm Yours\'97\'94\line When I suddenly remember to\line continue saying Krishna\line it's like a long-needed\line soft cool breeze\line on a 
hot afternoon\'97\line My obeisances forever to You, Krishna\line My obeisances forever to You, Swamiji\line I shall always chant the Name of the Lord\line in order to feel the\line soft cool breeze\line of His presence.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li4320\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Madhusudan das Brahmachary \line         (Michael Blumert)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Kirtan
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Kirtan
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is the awakening to joy on a plane of experience far beyond the mundane or the physical\'97the sublime bliss of t
he pure spirit soul in a conscious ecstasy of love for the Perfect Object of Love, the Supreme Godhead, Sri Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kirtan means the praise of Krishna in song, dance, music and the taking of spiritual food. It is the mature status of the eternal livin
g entity, the final pleasure of all pleasures which waits at the end of myriad quests through an ocean of births and deaths.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kirtan is the sweet fruit of virtuous life, the drink from the nectar of true love, the joy ineffable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kirtan is practiced at all Radha Krishna Temples\'97in San Francisco at 518 Frederick Street\'97in Montreal at 3720 Park Avenue\'97in N
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita is widely recognized as the compendium of all Vedic wisdom, yet there are few who have the necessary qualifications
 to understand and teach this all-important scripture. Swami Bhaktivedanta\'97who is a devotee in the line of disciplic succession from Arjuna\'97is one of these few. His introduction to the Geetopanishad is a classic in its own right.
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es) $4. 00. Phone 674-7428.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub EDITORS: Hayagriva Das Brahmachary (Howard Wheeler)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rayarama Das Brahmachary (Raymond Marais)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ART DIRECTION: Goursundar das Adhikary (Gary McElroy)\line                                  Jaigovinda das Brahmachary (Jeff
rey Havener)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub CIRCULATION: Gargamuni Das Brahmachary (Gregory Scharf)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub PRINTING: Purushottam Das Brahmachary (Paul Auerbach)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1584\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jaigovinda Das Brahmachary (Jeffrey Havener)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TYPING: Madhusudan das Brahmachary (Michael Blumert)
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our special gratitude to Goursundar Das Adhikary and his wife Govinda Devi Dasi for their portrayals of Thakur Haridas, Kri
shna Loka, Lord Chaitanya and Nityananda (on the back cover), and the Appearance of Lord Sri Krishna, which is on the front cover. Also to Jadurani Devi Dasi for Yasoda and Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub              All glories!
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\v\f12\fs24\cf12 [VOL II No 1.]}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12  No. 16, 1968
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 35c
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On the Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the mad demon, Hiranya Kashipu, roamed this world\'97long before the dawn of our modern recorded history\'97he was a scourge to th
e righteous, including his own son Prahlad. When the five-year-old boy took to praising the Lord, his father sought to kill him, and there was no one who might dare intervene, not even among the demigods of heaven. Yet Prahlad would not succumb to his fa
ther\'92s threats, and so Hiranya Kashipu attacked him. It was then that the Lord appeared as Nrishingha Deva, Terror Personified, the half-lion half-man Incarnation Who tore the mighty demon apart with His claws. Even as Krishna, the Supreme Godhead, wi
ll respond to the devotee who seeks His protection\'97so will He respond to one who desires to be His enemy. And, as Krishna is the perfect Protector, so is He also the perfect Enemy. Krishna is All-Perfect, not one-sided. Yet even in striking His enemie
s, the Lord acts in love, for He is absolute\'97the very measure and standard of Love and Goodness. So upon Hiranya Kashipu as upon Prahlad, Nrishingha bestowed His Infinite Mercy. The difference lay only in the desire of the recipient. On our cover, we 
see Nrishingha receiving the loving respects of the boy Prahlad, as well as those of Garuda the Eagle of Vishnu, Lord Shiva, Lord Brahma the Four-Headed, and Narada Muni, the greatest of sages.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Credits
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The photo of Swami Bhaktivedanta at J. F. Kennedy Airport courtesy Air India.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 By The Mercy of Krishna,
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub By The Mercy of Krishna,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In trying to arrange for Kirtan (the singing of the Lord\'92s Sacred Names) at the beautiful Reis Amphitheater in Lower Manhattan, we r
ecently met with a solid rebuff. The Amphitheater is situated in a city-run project, and, according to the New York City Housing Authority Management Manual: \'93\'85 No one is permitted to use the community facilities for religious, political or controv
ersial purposes of any kind. Non-sectarian purposes alone are permitted.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We might argue that Shakespeare\'92s plays (which are permitted) are religious, political, and undeniably controversial. In fact, it
\'92s to be wondered just what\'97other than air and water\'97could be construed as acceptable in \'93the community facilities.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But it is the underlying concept\'97of religion as an arena of petty squabblers, while the atheist stands aloof and unattached\'97which
 is worthy of our notice. This insidious philosophy has been gnawing at the entrails of modern civilization for many a long year, until today we find its banners unfurled in the Supreme Court decision forbidding God in the government-run classroom, as we
ll as in the Housing Authority\'92s carefully (if inanely) worded manual.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the Founding Fathers saw to the separation of Church and State with the good intention of having each operate unhampered by th
e other, they never considered God to be a sectarian concept. Nor did they, apparently, consider Godlessness to be a platform of aloof and serene indifference .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atheism is a sect, to be sure. And the imposition of Godlessness upon the American people by members of its own Government is the trium
ph of this vicious minority over the mass of human society.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From The Lectures of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM THE LECTURES OF SWAMI A.C. 
BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Evening, April 10, 1967
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today I shall speak before you of the history of a boy devotee. His name is Prahlad Maharaj. He was born in a family which was stubborn
ly atheistic. There are two kinds of men in this world: one is called demon, and the other is called godly, or the demigods. What is the difference between them? The main difference is that the demigods or godly persons are devoted to the Supreme Lord, a
nd the demons are atheistic. They do not believe in God. They are materialists. These two classes of men are always there in this world. At the present moment, due to this Age of Kali, the number of demons has increased, but the classification is there f
rom the history of the Creation. This incident which I am narrating to you occurred very, very long ago, a few million years after the time of the Creation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This boy Prahlad Maharaj happened to be the son of the most atheistic person and the most materially powerful as well\'97so you will be
 interested to hear this history. This boy, because the society was materialistic, had no opportunity to glorify the Supreme Lord. The characteristic of a great soul is that he is very eager to broadcast glorification of the Supreme Lord. Just like Lord 
Jesus Christ: he was very much eager to broadcast the glorification of God, but people crucified him; people misunderstood him. Demoniac people. This is going on. Now Prahlad Maharaj was a five-year-old boy and, when he was in school, as soon as there wa
s some recreation period, when the teacher was off, he would say to his friends, \'93My dear friends, come on, we shall speak something of Krishna Consciousness.\'94 I am just opening a scene, this is Srimad Bhagwatam, 7th Canto, 6th Chapter. The devotee
 Prahlad is saying: \'93My dear boys, my dear friends, this is the time, in this young age, to prosecute Krishna Consciousness.\'94 Before that he had discussions with his little friends, but they said, \'93Oh we shall now play\'97why take up Krishna Con
sciousness?\'94 In answer to which, Prahlad Maharaj is stating, \'93If you are intelligent then you must begin Krishna Consciousness from this childhood!\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam offers knowledge\'97scientific knowledge about God. Bhagwatam means the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Dharma mea
ns the regulative principle to understand Krishna Consciousness. Why? Because this life, this human form of life, is very rare. It is a great opportunity: \'93My dear friends, you are born as civilised human beings, so this is the greatest opportunity.
\'94 Although it is temporary\'97I do not know what is the length of my life. By calculation the human body is meant to exist in this age, not more than a hundred years. But as the Age of Kali advances, duration of life, memory, mercy, religiousness ther
e are so many things, and they are all decreasing. Although it is temporary, yet you can achieve the highest perfection of life while in this human form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why is this so important? This is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  opportunity\'97you can understand what is the Supreme Lord, the All-Pervading Lord. For other life forms, it is not possible. By the gradual evolutionary process we are coming to this plane, and so thi
s is the opportunity, this human form of life. By Nature\'92s law, a life is ultimately given to you so that you can promote yourself to the spiritual life and go back to Home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ultimate goal of life is Vishnu. In another verse, Prahlad Maharaj will say: \'93The people who are in this material world, enamore
d by the material energy, do not know what the goal of human life is.\'94 Why? \'93They have been enchanted by the glaring external energy. They have forgotten that they are spiritual energy.\'94 This is explained later on; but here he says, \'93This lif
e is an opportunity to understand the ultimate goal of my perfection, Vishnu.\'94 Why should we be very anxious to know Vishnu, or God? Prahlad Maharaj gives a reason: \'93Because Vishnu is the dearmost Person. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we have forgotten.\'94 We are all seeking for some dear friend\'97everyone is searching in this way. A man is searching for dear friendshi
p in woman, and woman is searching for dear friendship in man. Or else a man is searching in man, and woman is searching in woman\'97this is going on, searching after some dear friend, some sweet friend. Why? Because I want some co-operation of that dear
 friend to help me. This is part of the struggle for existence, and this is natural. But we do not know that our most dear friend is Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We are searching after some dear friend, but we do not know who this dear fri
end can be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who have read Bhagavad Gita will find this nice verse in the Fifth Chapter: \'93If you make friendship with Krishna, the Supreme 
Lord, then you can understand perfectly that everything that exists in this world or another world is all the property of Krishna\'97and He is the Proprietor and He is the Enjoyer of Everything.\'94 Why are you performing austerity? Why are you performin
g religious rituals? Why are you giving in charity? Why are you engaged in righteous activities? All these formulas\'97whatever you have manufactured\'97are meant for pleasing the Supreme Lord and nothing more. By your actions, by your righteous activiti
es, when the Supreme Lord is pleased, you will get the result. The result is the thing. If you want to gain by your actions either material happiness or spiritual happiness, if you want to live in this planet or if you want to go to the other planets\'97
the moon planet, the sun planet\'97there are so many planets\'97whatever you like; if you want to be a human being, if you want to be a tiger, cat, dog, nonsense\'97whatever you like, you will get. You will get: therefore He is the most sincere Friend.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub want}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Him}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ! But the intelligent man does not want anything which is materially contaminated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Bhagavad Gita you will find that Krishna says, you can elevate yourself to the highest planet, which is known as Brahmaloka\'97w
here the duration of life is millions and millions of years. You cannot figure it; your arithmetic will be ineffective. The statement in the Bhagavad Gita is that Brahma\'92s duration of life is so great that four million, two hundred thousand years make
 one day to him. Krishna says, whatever position you may like, beginning from the ant right up to Brahma, you can have. But the repetition of birth and death will be there. But if, some way or other, by discharging Krishna Consciousness in Devotional Ser
vice\'97\'93if you come to Me, then you don\'92t have to come back again to this miserable material existence.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahlad Maharaj said the same thing: that we are searching after the most dear friend, Krishna, the Supreme Lord. Why is He the most de
ar Friend? By nature He is dear. Why? Well, what is the dearmost thing within yourself? Have you analyzed? You are yourself the dearmost thing. I am sitting here, but if there is fire alarm, I shall at once take care of myself. \'93How can I save myself?
\'94 You forget your friends, you forget even your children\'97\'93let me first of all save myself.\'94 Self preservation is the first law of Nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atma, self, of the grossest type means this body, and in the subtler sphere the mind is atma, and in the real sense atma means the soul
. We are all very fond of our atma, either this body or this mind or the soul. In the gross stage we are very fond of protecting this body, and in a subtler stage we are very fond of protecting the mind; and, above this mental, intellectual plane, where 
the atmosphere is spiritualised, there we understand: \'93I am not this mind, and not this body. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aham Brahmasmi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97I am the part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. That is the platform of real understanding.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, Prahlad Maharaj says that, of all living entities, Vishnu is the Supreme Well-Wisher. Therefore we are searching after Him. It\'92
s just like the child crying. What is it longing for? It is longing for the mother. But it has no language to express this. By nature it has its body, born of the mother\'92s body, and so there is an intimate relation with the mother\'92s body. The child
 won\'92t like any other woman. The child is crying, but when the woman who is the child\'92s mother comes and takes it up, at once it becomes pacified. It has no language to express all this, but the real demand is there. Similarly, we are trying to pro
tect this body. Everyone is. This is self preservation. It is a natural law of the living entity, just as eating is a natural law and sleeping is a natural law. I am defending the body because within the body there is soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is this soul? The soul is the part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. As you want to protect this hand or this finger, because it is 
the part and parcel of this whole body, so therefore we are trying to save ourselves because this is the defending process of the Supreme. The Supreme does not require any defense\'97it is our Love towards Him, now perverted. Just like the finger and the
 hand toward the whole body: as soon as I want the hand to come here, it comes, and as soon as I want the finger to play on the drum, it plays. This is the natural position. We are searching after God, to be dovetailed in that Supreme; but we do not know
 it, under the spell of illusory energy. That is our mistake. Now, here is an opportunity, in human life. You have come to understand about Krishna Consciousness, about your real goal of life, because you are human beings. I cannot invite the cats and do
gs to sit down here. That is the difference between cats and dogs and human beings. A human being can understand the necessity of life. If I lose the opportunity, it is a great catastrophe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahlad Maharaj said, \'93God is the dearmost Personality of All. We have to search after God.\'94 Then, what about these material nece
ssities of life? Prahlad Maharaj replied to this, \'93You are after sense gratification, I know that.\'94 This sense gratification is achieved by the contact of this body. A hog has got his certain type of body, and his sense gratification is eating stoo
l. The thing which is most obnoxious to you\'97because you at once, after evacuating, leave that place to get free from the bad smell\'97but the hog is waiting. As soon as you evacuate, he will at once enjoy. Why are other animals not attracted? Because 
the form of pleasure-seeking is due to that particular body. We have different types of sense gratification according to the particular type of body. It is said here, \'93My dear friends, sense gratification is achieved according to the particular type o
f body.\'94 Everyone who has this material body, is subject to sense gratification. Don\'92t think that the hogs eating stools are unhappy. No, they are getting fat in that way. They are very happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, if a hog can achieve sense gratification, why not a human being? But that is not our achievement. That is by Nature, it is given; 
the facilities of the hog\'92s body are offered by Nature, and the facilities of a dog\'92s body are also offered by Nature; and, too, the facilities of the human body are also offered by Nature, or God. Why should you bother yourself for facilities whic
h you are destined to receive in any case, by Nature\'92s law? In every form of life these bodily demands are supplied, by the arrangement of Nature. How is this gratification arranged? Just as it is arranged for distress: Do you like fever? No. Why does
 it come? I do not know. But it does come, does it not? Yes. Did you try for it? No. So how does it come? By Nature. That is the only answer. Similarly, if miseries come by Nature, your happiness also comes by Nature. Don\'92t bother about it. That is th
e instruction of Prahlad Maharaj. If you can attain the miseries of life without effort, similarly, you can have your happiness of life also without effort.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, what is your real business in this human form of life? You have to cultivate this Krishna Consciousness. Other things will be obt
ained by Nature\'92s law, or God\'92s law. Even if I don\'92t try, whatever I have to achieve by my past work and through my particular type of body, will be supplied. At any stage or form of life, facility is given for sense gratification. As you do not
 try for misery, so also happiness will take place outside your control. Your real business, therefore, is to seek out the higher goal of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li5040\ri1440\fi-1800 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editor\'92s Note: This is the first of a short series of lectures on the life and teachings of Prahlad Maharaj, d
elivered by the Swami in April and May of this year.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Narada Muni
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub NARADA MUNI
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of the greatest of saints, author of the famous Bhakti Sutra, or Philosophy of Divine Love, Narada Muni is also the Deliverer of th
e Maha (Hare Krishna) Mantra to the planet Earth. Empowered by God with the freedom to travel throughout the material and spiritual Creation in his eternal Form, carrying his stringed vina and clapper, Narada fills the ether with the singing of the glori
es of the Lord; and visits innumerable planets, often undertaking to preach the gospel of transcendental love.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Divine Name Sets the World A-Spinning
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE DIVINE NAME SETS THE WORLD A
-SPINNING
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who can understand the power of The Name?\line The simple pronouncing of It\line Clears the mind of all dirt,\line Softens 
the heart, gladdens the heart,\line Makes the sincere person laugh,\line Relax, feel the Bliss of God\'92s association,\line Cry, see Govinda\'92s Lovely Form before him,\line Makes the devotee bow down\line At the merest glimpse of Krishna\'92s Lotus Fe
et,\line Sing, dance, lose consciousness of himself,\line Until all he can do is chant, chant,\line And go mad with this chanting,\line And go mad without the chanting\'97\line Watch out for The Name of Krishna!\line It will make you a madman!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li3960\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Damodara das Adhikari\line         (Dan Clark)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How I Met A.C. Swami Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOW I MET A.C. SWAMI BHAKTIVEDAN
TA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One evening in the summer of 1966 a friend and I were waiting for a downtown bus on Second Avenue between First and Second Streets. We 
were going to a Fulton Street loft to rehearse music for a mixed-media show. My friend had gone into a luncheonette for a moment when I noticed, through the window of a storefront across the avenue, an orange-robed Indian man with a shaved head lecturing
 to a small group of young people. I remembered reading a short article in the Village Voice a few weeks before about Swami Bhaktivedanta, who had come to the United States to spread the devotional practice of chanting mantras of God\'92s Name. So I gues
sed this must be the same Swami. When I saw him, I imagined myself walking across the street, going into the storefront, sitting down, chanting, and renouncing all worldly connections. But it was only my imagination, I told myself\'97after all, I was mar
ried, I was in the process of going to a rehearsal, and I didn\'92t know anything about the Swami anyway. So my friend and I got on a bus. \'93Imagine!\'94 I said to him. \'93A holy man in a Second Avenue storefront!\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was a very intriguing situation for me. I had been involved in various impersonal philosophies, and especially Buddhism, for a few y
ears. And by this time a little psychedelic seasoning had been added. My interest had always been with the traditional forms, and not \'93new\'94 organizations. So I knew how important it was to have a good guru, and how important it was to obey him stri
ctly. Of course, I considered myself an impersonalist, and the Swami taught that God\'92s highest aspect is as a person. So I lost interest.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna has a big bag of tricks, though, and by His grace I began to tire of chemical wonderlands, rigid discriminatory eliminations an
d material analyses. For such a long time I had been saying, \'93Not this, not that,\'94 just as Lord Buddha had suggested, and had arrived at a potpourri system of my own speculations gleaned from various books I had read, all culminating in Nothing, th
at big impersonalist Void, the source of many a searcher\'92s \'93wipe-out.\'94 God, I thought, was on the third or fourth level down (depending on what day it was). Now, how is anybody to get out of such a jailhouse of intellectualization?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for myself, I started to think that, psychologically speaking, I needed a devotional tonic. This was an ignorant way of putting it. 
Simply, impersonalism didn\'92t satisfy my desire to know the Absolute. But for myself at that time, I felt that all that eliminating was getting stale, and what I needed was some group chanting.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So on a mid-October Sunday afternoon my wife and I went over to Tompkins Park to find out what this Krishna Consciousness was all about
. By this time I had read an article in the East Village Other about Swami and his followers, and knew they would be chanting in the park. I expected to hear \'93Hare Krishna\'94 droned out in a low, single-toned way, like most Buddhist chants. But then 
I heard the cymbals: one-two-three, one-two-three: a kind of intoxicating flamboyance, considering what I was used to, and very magnetic. I walked a little faster, and saw heads bobbing up and down, arms waving. What was this? No black-robed Zens here! T
hen I heard it. A song! A beautiful, endless song! Hare Krishna! Hare Krishna! I had to get closer to it, so I pushed through the onlookers. And there he was, Swami, the center of all this whirling-dervish ecstasy, surrounded by every kind of outlandish 
hippie and frustrated office worker imaginable, scrutinized by solid neighborhood Ukranians and ragged Puerto Rican kids; Swami, banging on a drum, seventy-odd years old, in complete control of this transcendental songfest. How could I keep from chanting
 at once? It was impossible. And even though I\'92m pretty shy, I even found myself dancing a little. Hare Krishna!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From that point on the fire of devotional service began to melt my icy Buddhist intellect. I found it hard to accept most of the philos
ophy at first, but the plain fact of the matter was that Swami gave better answers and better explanations than anyone else. After a while\'97two or three months\'97there was only one possibility: he was right!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So it took me a long time to \'93meet\'94 Swami. I guess the first time I really met him was one morning the next April just after he h
ad returned from opening the San Francisco temple. He had been away from New York for some time, and I had been very anxious to ask him to initiate me. And that morning I finally asked him. And just when I asked him, I realised that Swami Bhaktivedanta w
as my Spiritual Master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to Sri Guru!
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li5760\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Damodara das Adhikary \line            (Dan Clark)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prayer to Maharaj Prahlad
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRAYER TO MAHARAJ PRAHLAD
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Child Prahlad remembering\line Lord Nrisingha is safe\line from all harrassment.\line No elephant will crush him underfoot,
\line No snake will bite him,\line No fire will burn him.\line The blissful sweet boy-devotee\line is protected by the soothing rays\line of Lord Nrisingha\'92s Lotus Feet.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maharaj Prahlad may your remembrance\line protect me who am at\line Krishna\'92s doorstep proclaiming\line devotional servi
ce in this town of demons.\line May your holy sweet smile,\line the grace of you surrounded\line by the soft light of\line fierce Nrisingha-remembrance\line guide me also, through\line the hazards and riots of\line your enemies who care nothing for the L
ord.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May I grow to relish\line thoughts of Nrisingha\'92s nails\line and His dear beauty, His Power\'97\line May I take shelter 
with the half-lion half-man Krishna!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvarupa das Brahmachary \line        (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Giver of the Holy Name
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE GIVER OF THE HOLY NAME
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Without Krishna\line it\'92s like being deep asleep in a nightmare\line with no inkling of how to get out.\line So you act 
out the nightmare.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Reality Krishna comes with a sword,\line the Son of a prince, riding a white horse.\line You just take Him in the Form o
f the Name:\line HARE KRISHNA! and you\'92re released from the nightmare.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then you can begin }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs26\cf0\nosupersub loving}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs26\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub service.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But who will give you that one Name?\line Where is there such a dear friend\line who will say it to you?\line Oh you have t
o seek for him!\line Look for him wherever he is and go there.\line He is the Spiritual Master\line who can open your eyes\line from the darkness of ignorance\line by His Divine Grace.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvarupa das Brahmachary \line        (Stephen Guarino)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Everything for Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub EVERYTHING FOR KRISHNA
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let my fingers feel the beads, with which I repeat and count His Holy Name\line Let my eyes behold the sight of His Lotus Feet
\line Let my ears hear the sounds of His Glory\line Let my nose smell the incense offered to Him with love\line Let my tongue taste the remnant food eaten with His Holy Mouth\line Let me always engage my body in activities which are centered around Him.
\line Whatever I may possess at a time, let me give it in His Service,\line For I am that eternal perceiver behind this fleeting matter; not that I am finger or nose or eye,\line Which I may possess only for a while and then by the Laws of Nature must gi
ve up\'97\line That constant \'93I\'94 remains while the possessions always change.\line These fleeting things I can never keep for myself.\line The only thing I can keep forever is my choice to love Him or not.\line Krishna is one companion Who, if I ch
oose, will never leave my consciousness.\line He is the Eternal Friend of everyone, giving the Choice:\line I may choose another forgetful body,\line Or use this one to understand the Divine.\line Let me act for Krishna, talk for Krishna and think of Kri
shna\line Forever and with love.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhusudan das Brahmachary \line           (Michael Blumert)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Essence of Water
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE ESSENCE OF WATER
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub           I find, Oh Govinda\line Thy Presence in this bowl of water\line      It sits there, upon Thine Altar\line And the
 bowl sighs with contented\line                       Bliss\line And I,\line               I faint with love\line              By just knowing this.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Mrinalini devi dasi \line  (Maureen Conley)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Cartoon-Bhaktisiddhanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SRI BHAKTISIDDHANTA TELLS OF THE
 GRAND PROCESSION-}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub (Comic Book style)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [The scene is: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srila Bhaktisiddhanta is si
tting with a group of disciples around a campfire in the woods with a small cottage in the background.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kamal:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Swamiji
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktisiddhanta:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, Kamal?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kamal:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I often see two men try with equal determination to reach this stage of Krishna
 consciousness! Yet\'97one fails and the other succeeds! How is this?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktisiddhanta:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, Kamal\'97I understand your puzzlement! Let me answer you with a 
story\'97the story of the grand procession!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (The scenes change to that which is being described as follows:)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Once, a young man was to be married, and so his family men and he set out on the day before the ceremony in wonderful array\'97as is the Hindu custom! They proceed
ed with lavish gaiety towards the brides village, which was some distance away! Now in Bengal, where this took place, there are many rivers\'97for it is there that the sacred Ganges floods the plane as it reaches out to the sea\'97like a grasping hand wi
th its fingers outstretched. Upon approaching one such river at nightfall...."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Young man:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ho Boatman! Take us to the village of
 Gudara\'97and you will earn your week's wages in one night!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boat man: A marriage eh?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Young man's father:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Certainly! Can you not see h
ow my son is become a great Lord for today? But tomorrow he shall be the slave of the lovely maiden Opal!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boat man 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ha!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boat man:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Well, well! Climb aboard you jolly bun
ch come on! We'll take you to your goal! We have a fair wind to help us too!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boat man 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And strong backs as well!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boat man:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We ought to reach Gudara by morning! W
ork those oars lads!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Young man's father:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Let's take some rest, my fri
ends and children!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Young man: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aye! We'll have loud doings tomorrow
\'97but as for now\'97I'm... Tired....!"
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktisiddhanta:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "And so the wedding party yielded itself to sleep, while the boatmen 
laboured at their oars. But then, when morning broke upon them....." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Young man:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Yawns) wha\'97? What is the meaning 
of this!!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boat man: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I\'97I just can't understand it!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Family member:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Eh? What's wrong?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Young man:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Look! We haven't moved so much as a y
ard from our starting point last night!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Family member: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can it be?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Young man: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Are you trying to amuse yourselves at
 my expense? What do you say, man?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boat man:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I'm more baffled and angry\'97than you
 are my boy! Don't forget that while you slept, we've been working hard\'97all night long!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boat man 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : We even had the breeze to favour us!
 I cannot\'97
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Family member:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Look there! There's the answer! T
he anchor! It's been sunk deep in the riverbed all this time!
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktisiddhanta:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (laughing) Ha! Ha! That is the answer to your question gentle Kamal! 
Those who are anchored in the material world\'97anchored by their desire for sense gratification\'97they can never comprehend Krishna consciousness! They may work very hard\'97they may have all the apparatus\'97even give the appearance of moving forward
\'97but no real progress is theirs! One's attachment must be completely transferred to Krishna, the transcendental Lord! Only then can we have spiritual life!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poems
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poems
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Cool Day with Dark Storm Clouds
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Krishna must have such fun\'97\'94\line She said\'97Jadurani Devi Dasi\'97\line She had never touched a cow before,
\line And now, in the fields\line She is smiling as twelve cows\line Nuzzle her and lick her hands\'97\line She is chanting the Name\line Of her beloved Gopala,\line And the cows gather around her\line In a semicircle, watching, blinking,\line Their head
s brushing the pale green blanket\line Draped over her shoulders\'97\line And she sings His Name\'97\line And her eyes say,\line \'93Krishna is so beautiful\'97\'94
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li4320\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Damodara das Adhikary \line          (Dan Clark)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These waters speak of our Lord\line they are continually descending down\line as a man bowing\line as a man bowing.\line li
ke a cup emptying.\line Yet in reverence & humility\line the fulfillment & recognition\line as a man bowing\line like a cup emptying\line these waters run down from the mountains\line into the sea\line and speak of our Lord\line for it is only by running
 into the sea\line that the river never grows dry\line it is only by devotion to the Lord\line that a man never dies\line Yet the river is without salt\line and man without memory\line but he has been remembered\line from all eternity\line indeed the cup
 cannot be emptied\line from all eternity Neither can the cup be turned\line upside down or right side up\line for gravity clashes in other realms\line and the river descends in praise\line like a man bowing\line bowing in His Love
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Rabindasvarupa das Brahmachary \line              (Bob Lefkowitz)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BHAKTI SIDDHANTA SARASWATI PRABH
UPADA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada was born in 1873 at Jagganath Puri. His father, Kedar Dutta Bhaktivinode Thakur, was magistrate o
f the city and superintendent of Jagganath temple. Once, during the Rathajatra Car Festival, the car stopped in front of the family\'92s house and, taking the opportunity, the mother of Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati came out with the baby and put him on the
 Lotus Feet of Jagganath. A garland from the hand of Jagganath fell down on the baby.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhupada was educated in Calcutta and became professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. In his childhood he once took a mango which was 
meant as an offering for the Deity. When his father rebuked him, saying that he should not have taken the fruit which was meant for the Lord, the child took it very seriously and thought himself a great offender, promising not to take mango again through
out his whole life. He was know as Bimal Prasad Dutta before his renunciation, or sannyasi. On account of his writing a book on astronomy known as \'93Sruya Siddhanta,\'94 he received the title Siddhanta Saraswati. And, when he took sannyasi, preaching t
he gospel of Lord Chaitanya, he was known as Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati. He was acclaimed a great scholar in Calcutta, and the celebrated Dr. Kalidas Nag used to call him \'93a living encyclopedia.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thakur Bhaktivinode trained his son in childhood for preaching, and after taking sannyasi Prabhupada started the Gaudiya Mission Instit
ution. All the Gaudiya Maths in different parts of India, plus one in London and another in Berlin\'97altogether 64 branches\'97were started by him. At present his worthy disciples have increased the number of preaching centers in different parts of the 
world. So Thakur Bhaktivinode was the initiator of Krishna Consciousness, working from Mayapur, the birthplace of Lord Chaitanya. And Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati was the priest of the movement. Today, his disciples are continuing to expand this great work
 wherever they can be heard.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Another Burst Via Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ANOTHER BURST VIA KRISHNA
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let thy soul shine forth\line In the coming of this new age.\line Krishna Kirtan is getting in full drone,\line with the so
und of\line joyous voices and people dancing like\line Merry Madmen chanting Hare Krishna.\line Mass chanting\'97Loud-Long-Hot-Fast-Hari Vol!\line Where is the end or the beginning?\line Only in us, not in Krishna\line We need only be aware that we\'92re
\line part of His Foreverness\line So let\'92s always chant His Name and forever\line Partake of His Absoluteness\'97and\line Tell people everywhere\'97Hare Krishna\line Let thy soul shine forth\line Display it for everyone\line This is the }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub way}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be\line Happy\line Forever\line Think of Krishna always\'97GOD IS\'97\line WE ARE\'97only in relation to Him.
\line Begin the course of \'93Full Knowledge.\'94\line Krishna Kirtan is the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub way}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be\line Happy\line Fo
rever!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhusudan das Brahmachary \line          (Michael Blumert)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Thakur Haridas Part 3
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THAKUR HARIDAS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Part III }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [I, II]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 from the book \'93Sree Krishna-Chaitanya\'94 by Professor Sannyal
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [In Part II, Professor Sannyal described the gathering of great learned Pandits to hear the teachings of Srila Thakur Haridas, at which time Gopal Chakravarti arose
 in offense against the Saint. Consequently, Gopal was stricken by leprosy\'97the circumstances of which will be described in Part III.] 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The world is gratuitously assumed by a pseudo-rationalism to be the only reality and the attempt is therefore made to ascertain the met
hods by following which we can attain the gratification of the senses, which function appears to be the relationship naturally subsisting between ourselves (?) and the world. The senses are assumed to be an integral and undetachable part of ourselves. Th
e mind is identified with the senses on the one hand and with the soul on the other. The senses connect the mind, or the soul, by this assumption, with the external world. The senses are the eyes of the whole system. All pain and pleasure suffered by the
 mind are due to the way in which the mind directs the senses in their relations with the world. The mind cannot apparently know by intuition, at any rate ordinarily, all the consequences of any particular mode of employment of the senses. The mind can, 
indeed, try to guess about them. But it can never be quite sure about any occurrence till after actual experience. This uncertainty is supposed to be reducible to certainty if it could be possible to know from experience the uniform \'93laws\'94 that are
 assumed to govern all phenomenal occurrences under all circumstances. This hypothesis of the uniform operation of the \'93laws\'94 of Nature has been built up by the accumulated \'93experiences\'94 of the race. But as the occurrences themselves present 
an infinity of complications it has not been possible to attain to anything like certainty in isolating the single threads of the web in order to be certain to reproduce all the occurrences of Nature in the Laboratory.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Assuming that the above object of scientific endeavour will be realisable in practice in the long run, its success should make it possi
ble for us to prolong the possibility and scope of sensuous enjoyment }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub infinitum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we fail to be perfectly \'93happy\'94 by the complete elimination of \'93pain\'94 by the proper employment of the \'93fo
rces\'94 of Nature in the way that is calculated to produce such a result under the then-known \'93laws of Nature,\'94 our labors should still have really no abiding value for ourselves. But has our \'93experience\'94 up to the present moment taken us an
 inch towards the realisation of unmixed or lasting pleasure? Is \'93pleasure\'94 really different from \'93pain\'94? Or is it only different by circumstance? That which is food for the goose is food for the gander, is not found to be more true than most
 hypotheses. Variation, which is sought to be eliminated, is found on close inspection and analysis to be itself the indispensable condition of the pleasures. We are, therefore, left inevitably to the present condition of necessary and complete ignorance
 in order to have any \'93pleasure\'94 at all by our dealings with the world by means of our senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is argued that pleasure and pain might themselves by enriched, deepened and broadened by more experience and that it is worth our wh
ile to help this process in a conscious manner. To this the answer would be that the better and more detailed realisation of our utter ignorance, in the midst of the mockery of a civilization that is claimed to be based upon knowledge, would be a self-co
ntradiction that is not likely to appeal to the assorting instinct of our rational nature and is calculated to make our condition no better than it is. Civilized wickedness and filth are not preferable to any nuisance of the uncivilized state. Satan, who
 may be allowed to possess the perfection of worldly culture, is probably more miserable than the uncivilized Gond. It would be difficult for the unbiased reason of man to choose between materialistic savagery and materialistic civilization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Ignorance is misery,\'94 says one of the wisest of proverbs. Increase of ignorance is not any decrease of misery. Ignorance is supp
osed to be the state of all empiric knowledge which is improperly assumed to be alone available to man. Our very nature is sometimes supposed to be incapable of real enlightenment. This axiom of pessimism is exploited for advising man to turn a deaf ear 
to the Teacher of the Absolute. It is even more disastrously utilized for condemning the devotees themselves.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It cannot be otherwise. The soul is in this case identified with the mind-cum-body. Abandonment of the mind, therefore, appears as equi
valent to the abandonment of the soul, or to self-immolation. The mind seems to be our all. Groping in perpetual ignorance appears as our inevitable function, miscalled \'93Search for the Truth.\'94 Empiric enthusiasts imaginatively describe this process
 as the \'93eternal quest.\'94 These metaphors and denunciations do not, however, help us in any way; but, on the contrary, they only tend to obstruct the process of the real quest.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gopal Chakravarti is a typical Brahmana of the pseudo-Vedantic School of Shankara. He has no doubts regarding the goal of the Vedanta. 
According to him the attainment of the Knowledge (?) of the Brahman, Who possesses no distinctive function at all that is capable of being defined, is the goal. By the attainment of the knowledge of the real Nature of the Brahman, the individual soul is 
freed from all the miseries of his apparent existence which only seems to be limited and is, therefore, only supposed to be miserable. As there is only One Entity, the Brahman, Who is ever (?) free from all defects and all merits, the goal can be no othe
r than complete absorption (?) into the One. On the attainment of this desirable goal there is no difference between the devotee, devotion and the Object of devotion. The service (?) of the Brahman is thus only a temporary means to a final end, which mea
ns being different from the end and is, therefore, necessarily terminable with the attainment of the goal. It is the highest form of religion to try to realise, by the appropriate methods, the knowledge of, and absorption into, the undifferentiated Brahm
an. When the individual soul becomes one with the Brahman the state of separate existence and necessity for any kind of distinguishable function terminate together. According to Gopal Chakravarti and his associates this knowledge of the Brahman is higher
 than service and the termination of both knowledge and service is the highest goal. Gopal is quite sure that this is the only teaching of the Scriptures. It may be observed at this place that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Shankara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not discard the principle of worship, but declares its tentative necessity which is terminable on self-realisation which, according to him, is identi
cal with complete absorption into the One.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thakur Haridas distinguishes between devotion, work and knowledge. The soul in the bound state desires one of two alternative functions
: If he is optimistic he wants greater scope for enjoyment. If he happens to be pessimistic, he hankers for emancipation from the misery of mundane existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The latter, the pessimist, sometimes thinks that real emancipation is impossible so long as the consciousness of one\'92s being differe
nt or separate from the One persists. It is to this extreme school of atheistic Vedantists, advocating unification with the Brahman, that Gopal Chakravarti, like most cultured people of his day as well as of this, happened to belong by his empiric predis
position. According to this school fruitive work leads to empiric knowledge and the latter to the third position of inexpressible oneness with the Brahman. Devotion or service is classed under fruitive work, which is assigned a lower position than empiri
c knowledge. The process of advance to the goal of complete unification with the One, according to this school, is devotion (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub blind}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  faith rendering possible utilitarian work of a low order) (Bhakti?) leading to work of a higher order (Karma), which, in its turn, leads up to empiric knowledge of the uselessness of all knowledge and all activity terminati
ng in perfect absorption into the One.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haridas is neither a pessimist nor an optimist. He is an absolutist. He is convinced that the theory of complete absorption into the On
e is logically unsound and opposed to the real teaching of the Scriptures. The alternatives of enjoyment and abstention from enjoyment exhaust, indeed, the possibilities of function of the mind and body; but they have no application to the soul who is lo
cated beyond the reach of body and mind. The soul is substantially different from the mind and body. The soul is the substantive reality while the mind is only his perverted reflection in the mirror of limited existence. The mind is the material shadow, 
so to say, of the soul who is the spiritual substance. The mind is a material phenomenon galvanised into the appearance of self-consciousness by the impulse communicated to it by the deluded soul. Mind is the shadow of the perverse soul mirrored in matte
r. This description is, and can be, but an imperfect and misleading analogy of the relationship that actually subsists between mind and soul. The shadow of the material substance is not categorically different from the substance itself, both of them bein
g material phenomena. The shadow of the soul in this case is, however, categorically different from the soul, being a material phenomenon pure and simple. The soul in his spiritual or natural condition is categorically different from material phenomena. 
The soul is self-conscious itself. There can be no such thing as ignorance in the soul. There can be no such thing as genuine self-consciousness in the mind which is non-soul. The apparent self-consciousness of the mind is really a state of complete igno
rance which is given its shape and color by the qualities of matter: grossness, limitation, perishability, changeableness, etc. These unwholesome traits are non-existent and impossible in the soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul is capable of forgetting his real nature, mistaking himself to be a material entity. The soul is not above one possible weakne
ss, willful rebellion against the Truth. It is a real blunder on the part of the soul to choose to be a rebel. But the soul is perfectly free to refuse to serve the Truth, i.e., Godhead. He thereby proves deliberately false to his own substantive nature,
 because it is the constituent function of the soul, in his natural state of perfect spiritual existence, to be the exclusive servant of the Truth. The soul who rebels against Godhead is punished by his exile to the phenomenal world and by incarceration 
in the double material case of mind and body. This point will be further elucidated later.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fruitive work and empiric knowledge are functions of the mind and, therefore, purely material phenomena. By means of such work and know
ledge the deluded soul cannot realise his natural function for the plain reason that they are not his proper function at all. By means of work and knowledge the soul only moves in a vicious circle of material existence which is seemingly conscious but is
 really one of absolute ignorance. This is the explanation why, by means of the undifferentiated knowledge of the Brahman, freedom from the fetters of work and knowledge of this anomalous existence can be attained by crores of years of endeavour. This is
 what Gopal says. The delay is, however, not due to the complexity of the process, as he supposes it to be. So long as a person continues to suppose that an impersonal all-pervasive Entity is the goal of knowledge one is not yet freed from the real ignor
ance of his spiritual function. This must be so, because Truth is not impersonal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Neither is Truth a person in the sense in which the mentalists, including Shankara, apparently want us to understand the term. Spiritua
l personality is categorically different from the distorted empiric notion of the same. Until the nature of the Personality of the Truth is properly grasped, one continues in the deluded state which is also the state of limitation (bondage). Therefore Go
pal Chakravarti is right, although he is unaware of it, in holding that the chance of emancipation of a person who has attained to the notion of Godhead as an impersonal and inactive, although all-pervasive and transcendental, Entity, is very slight. Gop
al does not understand that his ideal person is also necessarily no less deluded than himself if he supposes his condition to be the goal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The interpretation of the text relied upon by Gopal Chakravarti, said Thakur Haridas, is that of a person who does not understand the N
ature of the Name by reason of his having no access to Him. The deluded person is no longer consciously contradicting himself and is not, therefore, insincere in the sense of being double-tongued. He is certainly to be pitied. Neither can his conduct be 
regarded as sincere inasmuch as it is opposed to his real nature of which he only happens to be ignorant by his own conscious perversity. The empiric casuist who affects to believe in the impersonal nature of the Truth is only pushing his conscious perve
rsity of the choice of untruth to its logical conclusion. If the deliberate error is not ignored his conduct cannot be regarded as consistent, being altogether untrue .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gopal Chakravarti\'92s source of error lay deeper than the plane on which he stood and was, therefore, naturally incomprehensible to hi
m in his condition of cultured perversity. The Vaishnavas, who alone understand the real cause of the worldly ailment, alone possess the true spirit of toleration. Thakur Haridas showed his toleration of the rank atheism of deluded Gopal Chakravarti by a
bstaining from disturbing him further. This toleration really means the withdrawal of his causeless, apparently aggressive, mercy from a deluded soul whose opposition to Godhead is likely to be increased by the process. It is the greatest possible misfor
tune that can befall a conditioned soul to miss the special mercy of the Vaishnava by his successful opposition to the Truth. The apparent intolerance of a Vaishnava is as helpful to a person as his tolerance of evil. The Vaishnava never cooperates with 
the offending soul in his sinful activities. He does not agree to be false to himself and his eternal Master to please the confirmed apostate. Such sympathetic toleration of evil is a grave offence against the Truth notwithstanding the significant fact t
hat it alone is relished by the pantheistic school of the pseudo-Vedantists.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The point reached marks almost the limit of rational discussion toward the spiritual issue which is open to the empiricist. He cannot p
roceed further without discarding the method of empiricism by giving up completely the process of his unaided effort. It was not possible for Gopal Chakravarti to retrace his steps by any other method. That he was not at all prepared for this is proved b
y his offensive conduct towards Thakur Haridas who had, therefore, no other alternative but to leave him to the mercies of Maya. But the actual good will of Haridas towards the offender bore its fruit in the swift punishment, that could be intelligible t
o the sufferer himself, that smote him in the form of leprosy. Gopal was, thereby, afforded an excellent opportunity of revising his impersonal doctrine. But he was of course free to avail of it or not.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Godless attitude is an attitude of absolute confidence in one\'92s own judgment }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and power}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The atheist is not at all disposed to submit to another in any circumstances. He has to be compelled to submit to non-God because he can consist
ently submit only to compelling force. Such submission alone is appreciated in the state of sin and ignorance which is a radically false position and necessarily entails constant irrational conduct on a really rational being unnaturally disposed to accep
t the same through the no less unnatural fear of punishment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Holy Name of Godhead is not a thing of this world. The Name of Godhead is identical with Godhead Himself. The Godhead appears in th
is world in the Form of the Name on the lips of His pure devotees. He appears as the transcendental Sound on the spiritual lips of the soul in the state of grace.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Name of Godhead appearing on the lips of a pure devotee as the Transcendental Sound, is perceptible as such only to the spiritual e
ar. These statements are likely to appear absurd and puerile to the dogmatic impersonalist. Can the soul, he will persist to ask, have lips and ears? Can the soul have senses? But\'97can the empiricist know, even if he have?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendentalists maintain that the soul has an infinity of senses of which the physical senses are a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub perverted}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reflection}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There cannot even be the shadow of existence of the physical senses if there were no substantive spiritual senses. But there are also the spiritual senses themselves as distinct from but not unrelated to the
ir corresponding shadowy reflections in this phenomenal world. This is involved in the very definition of the Absolute. The spiritual sense is categorically different from the physical sense. The spiritual senses are perfect and self-conscious, there bei
ng no interval or barrier of time or space between the sense and its possessor. The spiritual body is indivisible and perfectly self-conscious in every part and is identical with the owner of the body. All this is incomprehensible to us although it is pe
rfectly consistent with the fundamental principles of indivisible substantive existence, that are also acceptable to the empiricist. The empiricist, although he may sometimes, under pressure of his own logic, seem to agree with the conclusions of transce
ndentalism, finds it impossible to adopt them in practice. The absolute conduct is not possible on the mundane plane to which he finds himself strictly confined by his own postulates backed by the real Deluding Potency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one is merely disposed to regard any sound as transcendental, such wish alone will not make the sound of his choice to become really
 transcendental. Similarly, if a person is disposed to regard a transcendental Sound as an occurrence of the mundane atmosphere such attitude will not also affect the subjective nature of the transcendental Sound. There is real difference between the tra
nscendental Sound and mundane sound. The transcendental Sound is identical with the object denoted by the sound. The mundane sound is separated from the object denoted by it by the intervals of time and space. To hear the mundane sound of the name of a L
ion is not the same thing as to }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub see}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the beast. On the spiritual plane the very word \'91Lion\'92 is ident
ical with the animal. The animal is fully realisable by and in the hearing of his name. Whereas the real nature of the mundane animal, denoted by the mundane sound, ever remains a thing unknown.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Name of Krishna is identical with Godhead. But the Name of Krishna does not manifest Himself on mundane lips nor to the mundane ear
. The Name Krishna appears in His Form of the Transcendental Sound on the spiritual lips of His devotees and is heard by the spiritual ear of the submissive soul by the Grace of Krishna. The Name Krishna is identical with the Possessor of the Name. The N
ame Krishna appears to the listening ear, as He is, only by degrees. As soon as the dormant soul catches the first faint reflection of His Light he is at once completely free from the bondage of ignorance and sin. It is the Name Who comes of His Own acco
rd to our fettered soul. The bound }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or living entity, has no access to the Presence of Krishna on hi
s own initiative. Krishna\'92s Approach is heralded by the harbinger of Light whose first glimmerings on their appearance put an end to all misconception regarding the categorical difference between light and darkness .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless and until the soul becomes aware of the true nature of spiritual existence by being so enlightened by the Source of all consciou
sness, he is sure to mistake the mind for his real self and the mental function as the only knowledge. If at this stage he does not wilfully shut his eyes but keeps them turned towards the growing Light he gradually and in due course obtains the sight of
 the concrete Source of all light. This is the mode of Appearance of the Holy Name. The sight of Krishna is alone capable of inspiring love for Krishna. This the position of Thakur Haridas as explained by himself to the Pandits who were in assembly at th
e house of the Mazumdars.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thakur Haridas mercifully explains that the different concrete forms of the so-called \'91liberation\'92 concocted by the mentalists as
 their unknowable }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub summum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bonum}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the outcome of the desire for sensuous gratification. If one could live in the happy realms of Krishna described in the Scriptures, the empiricist supposes that such a person 
should be enabled to enjoy more good things than are available on the Earth if his condition is really worth having. The same desire for extended opportunities of sensuous enjoyment happens also to be the real motive behind the formulation of the other 
\'91forms\'92 of the empiricist\'92s \'91saved\'92 existence. The grossness of the ideal of liberation is fully unmasked when one is told that the salvationist\'92s \'93final\'94 form is to become the equal of Godhead by merging with the Object of his }{
\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub worship}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is to this unnatural and profane position that the unchecked speculations of the mentalists are logically bound to lead in the long 
run. Thakur Haridas ascribes the grossness of the ideal to the attitude of the empiric thinker, the insatiable desire for sensuous pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The desire to enjoy is categorically different from, and wholly incompatible with, the desire to serve, to love. If one feels a real de
sire to serve Krishna he would lose all taste for his own enjoyment. All impurity, unwholesomeness and misery are fortunately and mercifully ordained by the Lord as the inevitable consequence of the insatiable desire for selfish enjoyment. But the soul w
ho turns away from immediate enjoyment by considerations of greater prospective enjoyment in the sequel, cannot also for that very reason realise the condition of loving devotion to the Feet of the Lord, however strongly impressed he may profess to be of
 the desirability of such a state. He is, no doubt, free to think that he really desires it; but at the same time he is wholly incapable of ever attaining to it by such desire. But, says Thakur Haridas, he may nevertheless attain to love for Krishna by t
he Chanting of the Holy Name, by the Grace of the Holy Name Himself. This is the special Dispensation for the Age which is so irremediably speculative; and there is no other way open to this Age for attaining to the loving service of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haridas refers to the texts of the Scriptures to prove the truth of his statements. This is the only proper use of the }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shastras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The Shastras bear witness to the Truth of the realisations of all really pure souls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is one other fact which is worthy of our notice. The Pandits of the learned assembly, headed by Hiranya Mazumdar, the master of t
he house, took the side of Thakur Haridas. They not only strongly censured the conduct of Gopal Chakravarti in the open assembly but Hiranya Mazumdar thought it his duty to renounce all further connection with a Brahmana who could be guilty of an act of 
discourtesy to the devotee of Godhead. Nevertheless the Pandits and Mazumdar himself felt themselves involved in the sin of Gopal Chakravarti by the unhappy circumstance of their having had to hear most reluctantly the blasphemous words uttered by Gopal 
in their presence. For this sin the only expiation, prescribed by the Shastras, was to seek in all humility the pardon of Thakur Haridas, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not for the offender}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but for themselves. This is not mere courtesy, but an unavoidable necessity if one really wants to serve the Truth. Any association, deliberate or accidental, with untruth tends to obscure our visi
on of the Truth, Who is, indeed, a very Jealous Master. Those who are disposed to serve the Truth with causeless, loving devotion, throw to the winds all considerations of ignorant propriety or ignorant justice and are never satisfied by serving the Trut
h by all their senses at all times and in all circumstances. By the grace of Thakur Haridas this instinct of loving devotion actually manifested itself in the conduct of those who had listened with faith to the Absolute Truth from his pure lips.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Raghunathdas Goswami was a child at this time. He used to visit the Thakur in his hut during his stay at Chandpur. The boy was the 
fortunate recipient of the mercy of Thakur Haridas. This is considered by Sri Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami as the real cause of Raghunath Das\'92s subsequent unique devotion to the Feet of Sri Chaitanya. The mercy of a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  acts equally on all persons, irrespective of age, sex or condition\'97all of whom have an equal chance of being benefited by ass
ociating with a real }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The interests of the soul are not capable of being adversely affected by any 
worldly conditions. The boy\'92s soul has no defect of immaturity any more than that of an old man the advantage of maturity. Such maturity or immaturity has no relevancy in one\'92s associating with a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The boy\'92s soul, equally with the soul of the old man, may or may not be disposed to listen to the words of a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for the genuine purpose of acting up to the same. It is as necessary for a child to associate with a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as for an adult; but in neither case can one be sure of obtaining the mercy of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with whom he may choose to associate. The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is kind to one who is really inclined to serve Godhead. It is the function of a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to foster one's inclination for the service of the Lord by means of his conduct and words. The articulated sound is, however, the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu
\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub unambiguous weapon to fight all un-Godliness. It should puzzle the muddled brain of the whole race of self-conceited empiricists to understand why and how the }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub need have no other work except talking about almost anything to whom he likes. Any person who is spoken to by 
a }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , even for the tiny space of a second, has every chance of attaining the real object of life which
 is unattainable by infinite endeavour by any other method. Nay, it is our duty to listen to a real }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, if we are fortunate enough to meet him, in preference to all other duties, which are not only of secondary importance, but are a positive obstruction on the path of the highest and only good. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub End\'97Part III
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 All Glories to Lord Sri Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ALL GLORIES TO LORD SRI KRISHNA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, beyond Whom nothing exists and before Whom nothing is equal. Bei
ng and non-being, void and variety rest in Him and He is the Possessor of all opulences: wealth, fame, beauty, knowledge, strength and renunciation. He is the Goal of all seeking, the Maintainer of all existences, the well-wishing Friend to all living en
tities. And His loving Service is the highest state of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs30\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bliss.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Urge to Roar the Holy Name
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE URGE TO ROAR THE HOLY NAME
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Earth was green and abundant\line But very quiet, very sad;\line Then by the urge of the devotees\line The subterranean
 rocks and fires\line Began to rumble, then to roar\line The Holy Names of God;\line The whole Earth sang like a bell\line And was happy at last:\line Pink and silver flowers sprouted\line On every tree, every bush;\line Devotees in iridescent golden rob
es\line Danced on hillsides, chanting loudly,\line And in temples incense burned\line And sweet fruits were offered\line To graceful Radha Krishna deities.\line That was the power of The Name!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li3600\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Damodara das Adhikary \line          (Dan Clark)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Swami's Departure
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SWAMIJI'S DEPARTURE
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Brahmananda das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A girl who had been coming to Kirtan wants to be initiated 30 minutes before Swamiji is to leave for the airport. He says Yes, so while
 all the devotees are rushing about, making last minute preparations, Swamiji sits on his white sheet in his room, chanting the Lord\'92s Names on her beads, bringing another soul Back to Godhead, fulfilling his Master\'92s mission up to the last minute,
 serving Krishna always.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He emerges from His apartment, smiling, a transcendental mother who has just delivered another child into eternal life. As he has done 
so many times before, he descends the stairs, taking each step gracefully, and sweeps across the courtyard\'97a young bride going to join her beloved. Entering the temple, before the painting of Guru Maharaj he offers his obeisances, prostrating himself 
on the floor, humbly, as an atom of His Lotus Feet. And, walking to the waiting taxi, he embraces Achyutananda, and then Gargamuni, who stoops to touch his forehead to the pavement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some devotees have already left by subway, and some by our chariot, and some ride with him in the taxi. Brahmananda sits in the front c
rying, and Swamiji reaches over and slaps him on the back\'97a father giving his loving son support, a pal, and Rayrama only rivets his eyes to Swami, ever-attentive, and Kirtanananda, sparkling, sits beside the most beautiful man in the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swami says in the taxi, \'93There is no question of separation. The sound vibration fixes us up together, even though the material body
 may not be there. What do we care for this material body? Just go on chanting HARE KRISHNA, and we will be packed up together. You will be chanting here, and I will be chanting there, and this vibration will circulate around this planet.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And Swamiji says, \'93I may be going, but Guru Maharaj and Bhaktivinode are there. I have asked them to kindly take care of all of you,
 my transcendental children. The grandfather always takes care of the children much better than the father. Do not fear.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And Swamiji says, \'93I think this is what Krishna desires. I have come to you, but now in this old age I may be going there to Vrindab
an, and you may be coming there to me and be trained up, and we will spread this movement all over the world. Rayrama\'97you will go to England. Brahmananda\'97you want to go to Japan or Russia? That\'92s all right. \'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And Swamiji says, \'93When Kirtanananda sees Vrindaban, he will not be able to understand how I could have left that place to come to t
his place. It is so nice. There are no motor cars there like here, rushing Whoosh! Whoosh! and smelling. Only there is HARE KRISHNA. Everybody, always chanting. Thousands and thousands of temples. I will show you, Kirtanananda. We will walk all about the
re, and I will show you.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And Swamiji says, \'93I can understand you feeling separation. I am feeling for my Guru Maharaj.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the cab pulls up to the terminal, the chariot also pulls up behind it, and devotees pour out, chanting, cymbals clashing, chanting H
ARE KRISHNA HARE RAMA, into the Air India terminal. And the ticket man runs out from behind his protective counter and demands excitedly, \'93What is the meaning of this?\'94 \'93We want to ride in your airplane,\'94 one devotee says. \'93Oh, yes, yes. I
 see,\'94 says the man. \'93Air India?\'94 asks Swamiji. \'93El-Al?\'94 says the man, misunderstanding, thinking the robed Brahmacharys to be Arabs of some kind. \'93El-Al is over \'85\'94 \'93No, Air India. We want to go to India.\'94 \'93Oh, yes, yes. 
I see.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And Kirtanananda stands at the counter, while Swamiji sits in a nearby chair chanting; dispatching all the paper business, Kirtanananda
 a beautiful young American Brahmachary in his black suit and red tie and his budding flag. He gives the man his passport, and the man looks at the identification picture taken two years ago of a bearded, run-down youth and now at this beautiful Brahmach
ary standing before him. \'93Are you sure you are Keith Gordon Ham?\'94 \'93That was taken before I met the Swami. I have changed.\'94 \'93Yes, yes. I see.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upstairs we all go to the lounge. The milling people spread apart, and Swamiji sits in a chair, and all his disciples nestle together a
t His feet. \'93Kirtanananda, why not play the record? They will enjoy.\'94 And Swamiji sits and looks at all the awe-struck people and smiles his unforgettable, oceanic smile. So the portable phonograph is set up and HARE KRISHNA, HARE RAMA is vibrated,
 filling what was a lounge with Sat-Chit-Ananda. The devotees dance and sing, and Swamiji, enthroned, just smiles contentedly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the record ends, Hansadutta asks, \'93Should we collect?\'94 \'93Why not?\'94 says Swamiji. So Hansadutta jumps up and says, \'93O
ur mission is to spread Krishna Consciousness. We have a temple in New York. We are always badly in need of money. Please help us.\'94 And a solitary soldier steps foward and offers Hansadutta his hat, so Hansadutta goes around to all the people that are
 waiting, standing by the bar, drinking and smoking intoxicants, killing both time and themselves, and allows them to benefit by sacrificing for God\'92s service, and the soldier\'92s hat becomes filled with dollars and coins.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And Swamiji says, \'93Our traveling is very auspiciously beginning. We had a nice Kirtan, and we had a nice collection. It is all Krish
na\'92s Mercy.\'94 And a young airport exec-on-the-move rushes over and says that collections are not allowed in the terminal, while the bar\'92s cash register rings. \'93But you are collecting,\'94 says Brahmananda. \'93Yes, this is the Age of Kali,\'94
 says Swami.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The other side of the record is played, and the devotees cry and cry. Swamiji leans over and looks into Goursundar\'92s pained eyes and
 says, \'93Everything all right?\'94 in the way that only Swamiji can say it, which automatically makes everything all right. And Swamiji turns to admire steadfast Rupanuga. \'93You look just like Rupa Goswami. Very beautiful.\'94 \'93Himavati, you must 
come to Vrindaban and carry a water pot on your head like those Indian girls there in the picture. Can you learn? That will be nice. Nice young village girls.\'94 \'93You look beautiful, Swamiji,\'94 says Brahmananda. \'93Oh? No trace of disease?\'94 ask
s Swamiji. \'93No, no. You\'92re beautiful. Kirtan makes it go away.\'94 \'93That\'92s all right.\'94 And then Swamiji says, \'93When Vivekananda came to this country his picture was taken with so many old ladies. I have seen it circulated in India.\'94 
And Swamiji smiles knowingly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suddenly the time arrives for Swamiji to leave. The disciples prostrate themselves, declaring their obeisances. Swamiji arises and pats
 them on the head\'97a mother blessing her brood. Swamiji goes to silent and sad Jadurani and clasps her chin with his kind hand. \'93You are doing very nicely. You go on doing your painting work. It is a great service you are doing. Krishna will be plea
sed.\'94 Then he glides out the door, and the devotees swarm after him like protective drone bees following their queen. The devotees try to get past the gate and go with their Master, but the guard prevents them. Adwaita sees a door that promises the ob
servation deck, but which is barred by a shiny steel turnstile, demanding a dime. The devotees duck under and jump over the gate, like an army storming a barricade.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Outside, a gentle rain is washing the airfield, and the devotees race across the wet deck; and there, below, are Swamiji and Kirtananan
da walking across the field! The devotees scream KRISHNA! KRISHNA! Swamiji turns and waves and then climbs the movable stairway; on the top he turns and uplifts his arms, pausing for a long moment, blessing his transcendental children, standing there, ma
jestic, having come to this iron land and sown the seed of HARE KRISHNA, a space-age Narada Muni, saffroned and beautiful\'97Gouranga!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our Master, our Friend, our Father, our Mother, our Child, our Sweetheart is gone! The devotees cry frantically; they can only utter HA
RE KRISHNA! A pack of madmen, not caring for anything. Loving, chanting, increasing the ocean of transcendental bliss; jumping up and down, gorging themselves with the taste of the full nectar which is their only desire. Bhaktas, the greatest of all yogi
s. And out pops Kirtanananda from inside the plane onto the platform, and he stands there and dances to HARE KRISHNA\'97dances while all around him are the whines of the great airliners and the scurry of the attendant vehicles and the scampering ground c
rews; the flashing lights and the evening rain. Dancing, arms uplifted, beseeching the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the devotees dance with him, their Prabhu, tears of Love decorating their eyes, flowing in torrents, all of us in ecstasy. A stewar
dess reaches out of the plane and taps Kirtanananda on the shoulder several times before he realizes it, and he dances into the plane, and the plane is sealed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The motors whine, the tail flaps move, the lights flash, and the devotees scream and cry, Damodar growling out HARE KRISHNA, HARE RAMA,
 and Adwaita clashing his cymbals wildly like a machine running out of control. The devotees pull back as the exhaust blasts out from the plane, but Jadurani stays there, the smoke and the gas and the heat singeing her face; dancing, choking HARE KRISHNA
, HARE RAMA. With a great roar the airliner moves forward, and the devotees rush to the railing and then run down the deck, screaming KRISHNA! KRISHNA! as the plane moves away from its roost into the night, and becomes only a distant light.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees wait and watch. It has stopped raining. Govinda says that raindrops are the tears that the Gopis are shedding for their Kr
ishna, and we can understand that. The devotees wait and wait, but they cannot see the plane. Their eyes are not able to see it, but they know it is there. And the devotees wait and watch until one devotee says Let\'92s go back, and they walk off relucta
ntly, looking behind, trying to see but not being able to see. And the next morning at Kirtan Brahmananda reads:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I do not know anyone except Krishna as my Lord, and He shall remain as such even if He handles me roughly in His embrace; 
or He may make me broken-hearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything, but He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna and the Vedic View
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA AND THE VEDIC VIEW:
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Swami Responds
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami Bhaktivedanta,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92ve read that your Krishna Consciousness is a non-sectarian science of the soul. How is it, then, that you follow some particular c
oncept of God\'97Krishna rather than a more universal concept, such as the One, or the All-Pervading Light? I like your movement very much, but I do feel this to be a clear contradiction in your philosophy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yours truly,\line   Owen Darcy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Mr. Darcy,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you for your interest, and for your question also. I assure you that Krishna is not a concept: He is the Supreme, Original Person
. Everything that exists is His energy, and He is the sole Energetic. He pervades His energy because He has complete and limitless control over it. All that exists, then, is of Him, from Him, possessed, pervaded and maintained by Him\'97therefore He is t
he One, All-Pervading, and the Resting Ground of the Universes. But He is more even than this. He is thus held to be an Individual: the Whole is more than the sum of the parts. This omnipotence is called the Lord\'92s simultaneously one and different Nat
ure.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have always read that self-realization can only be attained by cutting oneself off from human society. Do you agree with this? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you,\line Jereld Penne
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Penne,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, I don\'92t agree. In India also this was long held to be true but my Spiritual Master, Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati taught that o
ne can use the implements of modern civilization for the service of the Lord, and thus attain to the highest perfection. This was his great contribution. In the Bhagavad Gita, as well, Lord Sri Krishna says that he who preaches the message of God to his 
fellow men is the most dear devotee (Chaps. XVIII, verse 68). One must, of course, be among one\'92s fellow men in order to do this.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is Krishna really Nirvana?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you,\line William Guttenroth
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Guttenroth,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nirvana is the negation of material life; Krishna is the positive joy of spiritual existence.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your philosophy states that the soul or Self is eternal, and that God, the Supreme Self, is also eternal. If this is so, then how is Go
d to be considered the Creator ?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely,\line Mary Welch
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Miss Welch,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Creator means the Source, and creation means the emanation from that Source. The Creator and the creation are both eternal\'97but the c
reation depends upon the Creator, and not vice versa. It is like the sun and the sunlight. They are always together, but the sun is supreme and independent, while the sunlight is subordinate. Still, they are not separable, as we are eternally inseparable
 from God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ever your well-wisher,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Hare Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Join us in Kirtan\'97the ecstasy of Krishna Consciousness\'97at our temples:
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare: These sixteen words, comprising in themselves the essence of Kris
hna Consciousness, have been sung by the holy men of India since time immemorial. Today, the Maha, or Hare Krishna, Mantra has been found on the lips of the leaders of the new generation movements in East and West alike; it has been called the \'93Hippie
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Widely recognized as the compendium of all Vedic wisdom, the Bhagavad Gita is much read but little understood. Here the Swami\'97a devotee of Lord Sri Krishna in th
e line of disciplic succession from Arjuna\'97offers a classic introduction to this sublime Scripture, and reveals the true meaning of Lord Krishna\'92s Appearance in this world. $.50
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On the Back Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE BACK COVER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to establish the principles of Devotional Service in this Age of Discord, the Lord appeared upon the Earth near the close of t
he Fifteenth Century, in the Form of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Sri Chaitanya displayed in Himself the perfection of Krishna Consciousness, and it was He Who urged the singing of the Holy Names of God as the single most effective means for the developmen
t of spiritual life in modern times. Because He is a complete incarnation of the Supreme Godhead, Krishna, He is known as Krishna Chaitanya. Sri Nityananda Prabhu is the direct manifestation of the Lord, His eternal Companion, sometimes known as Balarama
-Nityananda. Together, these Two spread the Samkirtan movement throughout India, and today its momentum continues, until, as Lord Chaitanya predicted, every city, farm and village of the world will ring with the sound of God\'92s praises.
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I. No 2. }{\b\v\f12\fs40\cf12 [#17]}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 , 1968
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Editorials
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is undoubtedly the most naive editorial you will read about the rioting at Columbia University:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsweek (May 6) reported: "In the office of [Columbia President] Kirk some students \'85 broke into his stock of liquor and cigars 
\'85" But are they really to blame for imitating their seniors? If the foremost person of such a great university is engaged in smoking and drinking, it is hardly to be wondered at that his students tend toward licentiousness and disrespect. A teacher ou
ght to be a paragon of the virtues he extolls, or at least ardent in his efforts. (And, what\'92s more, he ought to be extolling virtue.) When he is himself immoral (and drinking liquor is every bit as immoral as smoking marijuana), then he can hardly be
 expected to elevate those under his charge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present state of chaos in education throughout the world is no more than the natural result of the aims (or, rather, aimlessness) o
f the modern educational system. And this is no more than a reflection of the aimlessness of today\'92s civilization. On paper, in text books, it would seem that Mankind has just about reached the penultimate peak of knowledge, pleasure, comfort, securit
y and power that he has ever known throughout countless millennia of evolutionary existence. And what we may call the older generation (those who lived through the Depression and fought the Second World War) are certain that this is so. Only the young, w
ho are naive enough to wonder why their elders don\'92t live up to the pretty ideals they preach, and why their lives are actually wretched and unhappy, seem to recognize the facts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For although modern civilization is a boom on paper, it\'92s a bust in practical terms. Even the naked primitives of the forest and des
ert are happier than modern civilized man, and it would be difficult to find an era anywhere in history as full of discontent as this one. Life carried on simply for the unlimited gratification of material and temporary senses is not worth living, and ha
s no capacity to satisfy the intelligent human being. Without a transcendental purpose\'97without a direction toward final answers, toward the eternal and the Absolute\'97the human mission must always go unfulfilled, and human desire must always stand un
satiated and restless. Life not devoted to eternal fulfillment can only be devoted to death as its ultimate goal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Civilization must serve the higher purposes of human life if it is not to decline into bestiality. And education must be made to lead t
he young members of society upward toward perfection in self-knowledge\'97in other words, toward the confrontation with, and love of, God. Unless these conditions are met and accounted for\'97unless the schools can be elevated above the standard of facto
ries for producing factory workers\'97both education and civilization will continue to degenerate to the lowest stages of disorder, ineffectiveness and hopelessness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And, above all, the men who govern and control education ought at least to be required to keep their personal lives free of vice and co
rruption, and should themselves be engaged in the higher pursuits of human consciousness. Or is there a double standard for students and teachers? Or are we so debased today that we don\'92t expect austerity from those who claim the respect and hold the 
positions of austere men? Or is the "advancement" of the human condition just an advertising slogan?
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ___________________________________________________
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The aimlessness of materialistic civilization is again nicely demonstrated in the rising crime rate so much in today\'92s headlines in 
the United States. It seems never to occur to those who worry about these things that, instead of spending millions more on police to crush, and settlement houses to palliate, they might better direct their energies toward making more sensible laws.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the Law that makes criminals by defining what is right and what is wrong, what is legal and illegal. The present abominable state
 of near-chaos and utter disrespect for law and order is the result of stupid, impractical statutes created by businessmen for the sake of keeping and evolving nothing more than economic prosperity. But human life is meant for more}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub than amassing bank balances, drinking Coke and staring dumbly at a television screen. Human life must target its energies upon
 the loving service of God if it is to be rewarding and happy. And if the laws of society disregard the Supreme Lord and the principles of religion, and ignore this single valid aim of civilization, then they can never be practical or successful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man cannot live as a dot on a statistical chart. Man cannot live as a mere economic unit, acting the role of an ant in a hill. Unless t
he deeper, more genuine and, ultimately, far more pressing need of man\'97the need to approach and know God, the Absolute Truth\'97can be fulfilled, then society will not be stable. And any attempt to regulate society simply for the sake of good business
, though it may seem practical, will never work.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ___________________________________________________
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A note on yogis:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are engaged in spending sums of money for Yoga lessons, private mantras, meditation courses and the like should stop at least
 once a day and ask themselves what it\'92s all about. What is Yoga? What is its goal? If you don\'92t know, then you must not know what you\'92re doing, or what you\'92re paying for.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The real Yoga system, as it comes down to us from the sages of ancient India, was meant to lead the practitioner to the stage of Samadh
i, or trance, the mind having been fixed upon God in the Form of Four-Armed Narayana within the heart. The aim is to break all attachment with the bodily concept of life, and to identify oneself correctly as a pure, spiritual living entity, rather than a
s a product of material Nature. This is self-knowledge, or self-realization. It is a very difficult stage to attain, and impossible for one whose mind is concentrated on losing weight, retaining or increasing virility, achieving good health, or developin
g some occult powers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At one time, the men of the Western world made their ways to the East\'97some in order to loot it, some to preach religion there. Now t
he trend seems to be reversed, but modern values being what they are, it\'92s difficult to know the exploiters from the missionaries. Before paying out hard-earned money or giving away precious time, be discriminating, and examine what you\'92re going in
to. If the goal is not pure consciousness, Krishna or God Consciousness, then it is not Yoga, but nonsense.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He\'92s A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, the Acharya (Holy Teacher) from India, who came to the U. S. in 1965 and touched off a major revolution.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Swami\'92s revolution affects not the external things of the world. It strikes at the very root of being\'97at consciousness. He has called his movement Krishna
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You owe it to yourself to know what A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is saying to the people of America and India. These are his writings:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ESSENCE OF THE VEDAS: BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every serious student of Yoga, Transcendental Meditation and the mystic sciences of the Orient looks to the Bhagavad Gita as the single imperative item on his books
helf. Find out what the Swami, whose translation of the Gita will be published by Macmillan Co. in October, 1968, has to say about this Scripture and Its immortal, urgent message. Price: 50c
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ON CHANTING THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Maha or Hare Krishna Mantra has been found on the lips of the leaders of the new generation movements in East and West alike; it has been called the \'93Hippie 
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On the Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 The Battle of Kuruksetra
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern historians differ as to the age of the various Vedic Scriptures, but the Scriptures themselves seem to agree that they were formally compiled five thousand y
ears ago. Vyasadeva, the greatest of great sages, took the vast and voluminous teachings of the Absolute, which had been handed down by word of mouth since time beyond measure, and committed everything to writing for the benefit of modern man. It is on t
his literature that the Hindu religions of later times have been based. One of the more important of the works thus handed down to us is the Mahabharata, the chronicle of the last ages of Earth up to the commencement of the present era, called Kali Yuga,
 or the Age of Dissension.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most significant event in the previous age was the Appearance of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna, upon this planet, and the display b
y Him of His eternal Qualities, Pastimes, and Paraphernalia. Among His other acts, the Lord took part in the Kurukshetra War as Charioteer for His beloved friend Arjuna, and it is engaged in this activity that He is pictured on this month\'92s cover.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unwilling to take the part of an active combattant, Sri Krishna offered to lend His army to one side in the conflict, and His Personal 
friendship to the other. Arjuna\'92s enemies chose God\'92s energy, while the devoted Bowman chose God\'92s friendship. This is a lesson to Mankind, one he seems never to comprehend: for it was Arjuna who triumphed at Kurukshetra, after eighteen days of 
bloody fighting. Thus the great devotee broke the power of the atheist King Duryodhana, and established the just reign of his own brother, Yudhisthira.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yudhisthira\'92s nephew, Maharaj Parikshit, was the last ruler of this world before the onset of Kali Yuga. In a sense, the Battle of K
urukshetra marked the real ending of Dwapara Yuga, the Middle Age, though the virtues of both Yudhisthira and his nephew staved off the darkness for some time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub More important than the Battle or the flux of the Ages of Earth, however, is the transcendental message of love, devotion, peace and su
preme glory which is revealed in the great dialog between Krishna and Arjuna which took place just before the onset of the fighting. This dialog is called The Bhagavad Gita. This is the science of the Eternal, which the Lord chose to deliver in this fash
ion at Kurukshetra, and one who studies this science, like Arjuna, will know \'93opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality,\'94 and will stand beyond the clutches of Death. And, again like Arjuna, the devotee by his love can engage the Supreme
 Lord to steer him through all danger.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Credits
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Press, an organ of The International Society For Krishna Consciousness.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CIRCULATION AND SUBSCRIPTIONS: Jairama Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri0\fi-2160 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ART EDITORS: Goursundar Das Adhikary\line Jaigovinda Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS: Goursundar Das Adhikary and Govinda Devi Dasi (cover);
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li3960\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jaigovinda Das Brahmachary (Perfection In Yoga);\line Jadurani Devi Dasi (The Passing of Bhisma).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi-1440 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PHOTOS: Guru Das Adhikary (pages 26-28);\line M.S. Murthy (pages 16-19).
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MAHAJANAS-Bhisma
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\par }\pard \s1084 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Recounted In The Most Perfect Ripened Fruit Of All Vedic Literature}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam
\par }\pard \s1084 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Written}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by Satsvarupa das brahmachary
\par }\pard \s1084 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustrated}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by Jadurany Devi Dasi
\par }\pard \s1084 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lettered}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by Jia Govinda das brahmachary
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the opening scene depicted is Bhisma lying on his 'bed of arrows' on the battlefield of Kurukshetra surrounded by the Pandavas and ot
her saints)
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5000 years ago, at the close of the bloody battle of Kurukshetra, Bhismadev, one of the greatest authorities on Krishna
 consciousness, lay dying from his wounds.....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sage:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For a deathbed Bhisma has only the arrows that have pi
erced his body! .............But all do bow before him!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Saint:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kneeling in veneration, caption shows the following as his thoughts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Just see how great is Bhisma! Only to catch a glimpse of him, yogis and saints from ma
ny planets have gathered here! ..........Even the Supreme Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna himself}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has come to pay respects! Although He is God, He appears now among us as our family member!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To assure his Mahajan devotee, Krishna appears in his 4-armed form as Narayan, controller of the cosmos...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Krishna is the chariot driver of Arjuna, Bhisma's enem
y}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and still He pays respect to this great warrior!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Saint 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Chariot driver?? Krishna is God! Yet see how humble
 He acts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub just to please His devotee!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All glories to Bhismadev! Please accept my obeisanc
es!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If God is humble to him, then Bhisma's fame is even mo
re wonderful than I can imagine!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  O most exalted Lord, by your presence alone I have l
ost all bodily pain! But}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now I am at the very brink of death! ..........And so I beg You}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub let me see You as you were}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pierced by arrows from my bow! Were are they not like bitings of Your sweetheart in the joys of love play? .............To face You in battle as an opponent was my highest pleasure and
 glory! 
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Kindly stay by me now}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and let me see You as You were at Kurukshetra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the chario
t driver of Arjuna!"
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Caption now shows Arjuna and Krishna in the chariot)
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Draw up my chariot, O Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so that I may see whom I am fighting}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and what their strength is!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is Bhisma, your grandfather! There is Drona, 
your former military teacher! And there is Duryodana, the King! ...........These are the chief men you must slay!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub recalling events}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) "Meanwhile Duryodana and I looked on....."
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Caption now shows Bhisma and Duryodana, in responsive mood)
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Krishna is pointing us out! Do you see Him}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His body the colour of a fresh blue rain cloud?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What are you saying, Bhisma? We must move our for
ces}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at once!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later after the day's fighting.......
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone knows our army would be already destroye
d but for you! You alone are my fighting force! And yet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I sense your real affection does not lie on o
ur side! Only political entanglement forces you to fight with the loving Arjuna! Yes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and I fear your 
soft heart is holding you back from your full fighting strength?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No! You speak falsely, Duryodana! You insult me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Please, grandfather Bhisma! My only concern}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Enough! Here}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I give into your care these five enchanted arrows which will seal the fate of Arjuna and his brothers!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the morning, return them to me, and}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by tomorrow night}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they will rest in th
e hearts of the Pandava brothers!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows the following as Duryodana's happy thoughts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) At last! I have given rise to the great warrior's rage! And thus I now hold the very lives
 of my enemies in my hands!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, that night}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as was the custom in those chivalrous days....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Arjuna visiting Duryodana's camp}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana's officer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Behold}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the valiant Arjuna comes to visit in our camp!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana's officer 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hail to you, mighty armed bowman!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana's officer 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Will you feast with us this night}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ere dawn come and find us foes again?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nay, kind warrior! Tonight my purpose is grave}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and I would speak of it to Duryodana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your King!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana's officer 4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  King Duryodana? Then}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub follow me, Arjuna!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Moments later....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Duryodana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have come to remind you of a favour you once promised to grant me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why, yes! I remember my promise! What is it you w
ish?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This only, good cousin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that you turn over to me five special arrows which I know you now possess!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The arrows?! ..........But}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very well, Arjuna!.........Rather than break my word}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  here}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tak
e the prized shafts!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And then, when morning came...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is by the trickery of Lord Krishna that those arr
ows were taken! But}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my promise of violence upon the Pandavas requires no special weapon's! Who can bl
ock the fury of my attack? None save Lord Krishna Himself!.................Though He has promised not to take a fighting part in the battle}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ............}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He will have to take up arms}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if He truly wishes to spare Arjuna!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Bhisma in the battle:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fallback soldiers! ........One fighting general is w
orth a  hundred sleeping rascals!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pandava soldier: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fleeing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) The old lion is an entire phalanx by himself!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Run home boys}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and tells Arjuna he is doomed! ............Here}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub taste the wrath of a warrior!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pandava soldier 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (fleeing) Back! Get back! Nothing can sto
p him!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pandava soldier 3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He's heading straight for Arjuna's chario
t!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If I have ever earned fame as a weapon wielder......
..Now let me hit the ultimate target! (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His thoughts as he positions his arrow:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Fly arrows}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and pierce the body of the Lord!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows the arrows flying towards Lord Krishna, then.
..}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And, as I battled on..."
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pandava soldier 4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub panicking}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Behold}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is hit!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pandava soldier 5:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He'll be killed!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pandava soldier 6:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You dolts! You forget that He is the Supr
eme Person}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God himself! He cannot be truly harmed! ..............It is all but a sublime plaything}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the past time of the Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by which the devotee is pleased!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna now you must die!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lay on mighty grandfather}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and we shall see who dies and who lives!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thinks the following}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Krishna must keep his word not to fight .......... And yet He has promised to always protect his devotees!.......... As for Bhisma}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my vow is made! Only He can stop me now!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption now shows Bhisma about to kill Arjuna with his 
sword}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Though you be no unworthy warrior, Arjuna}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now breathe your last! (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thinks the
 following}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :) Krishna I shall stay Your devotee! Will you not come to stop me?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So be it Bhisma!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Warrior:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Behold you! Lord Krishna is taking up a weapon! ...
........ But}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He has promised not to lend His strength to either side!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No!!.......... God has broken his promise!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Get aside, Arjuna!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Warrior:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Look! He's rushing for Bhisma like a lion enraged!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bhisma now wishes to force Me to personally fight h
im! And so I shall}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ........... Though I [break] my promise}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub never shall I see my devotee crushed! ............... As you have wished with all your heart and soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so I am here}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to kill you! ............ You wanted to see how I would protect My devotee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ........... now}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stop fighting at once}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or die!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yes! I surrender! Do whatever You wish with me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All glories to you, great Bhisma! ........... You a
re my pure devotee! ......... And}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because you have surrendered}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from this day forth you will always have Me before you in My personal form}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ....... For you have aspired}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the very destination of your life}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that I should come to you!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yes! Let me see that Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who came to kill me with the shattered wheel, breaking his own promise in order to save his devotee! Let me see the Divine Lord, by whose merciful glance all who died on that grim battlefield of liberat
ed, gaining eternal bliss in the spiritual sky!"
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows the rasa dance}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :) 
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "He is a self-same Lord who}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the sound of this flute}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub attracted the damsels of braja
 the gopis, to the rasa dance in the moonlight! At this last stage of my life, I pray to have the mercy of those gopis who were as one with the Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for lover and the beloved become like equals!"
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Merging into thoughts of the Lord, and full with his glorious presence, Bhisma breathes his last.....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Surely}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma will not return to this mortal world! He has worshipped Lord Krishna as the origin of all life, and so he will attain to the transcendenta
l abode, Vaikuntha!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogi 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As yogis, we can understand that Bhisma has attained
 a spiritual form}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .... And he will take part with the Lord eternally in blissful and all-knowing acti
vity!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sage:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How awesome is the stature of mahajan Bhisma!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhisma is famous as both warrior and devotee throughout the universes! Men and demigods alike appear at his passing and
 honor him by beating drums}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and they drop rainstorms of flowers in their respect for this great depart
ed soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhismadev!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Book Review
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Book Review
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SAINT WHO WASN'T
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SIDDHARTHA, a novel by Hermann Hesse; 153 pps; New Directions Books, $1.15.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SIDDHARTHA could only have been written by a European scholar, and even though the setting is India, circa the start of the 5th Century
 B. C., and the characters are all Indians and, in fact, even though the Message and Meaning of the book are suposed to be timeless and without designation\'97every line and page seems to crackle with European Heaven, European Hell, European misconceptio
ns about both Vedic doctrine and Hindu everyday life, and above all, European cynicism regarding \'93reality.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To begin with, Hermann Hesse\'92s conception of the Hindu era in which his characters live is straight from an encyclopedia. There are,
 it would seem, two streams of religious or philosophical thought through which Siddhartha wades during his lifetime: one is the polytheism of his family and the established Brahminical order; the other is the impersonal \'93merging\'94 into the Absolute
, dear to the ascetics. There is never a trace of Vaishnavism in SIDDHARTHA the book, nor the least tendency toward worship of one Supreme Being within the heart of Siddhartha the character. This is no small omission, for we must understand that Vaishnav
ism\'97the Devotional Service of God\'97has always been and remains even today the mainstream of Vedic thought.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Except for scholars. The scholars have taken Sankaracharya as the greatest thinker in Vedic history, and they have developed and lauded
 his theories regarding the impersonal, immutable, undifferentiated nature of the Absolute with such fervor, that the people of the West\'97who are, after all, at the mercy of the scholarly sect\'97have come to believe that Sri Sankara\'92s teaching is T
HE Hindu philosophy. Other than the sublime impersonal, the scholars see only a bewildering pantheon of \'93many gods,\'94 which seems to be such an annoyance to them that they\'92ve never bothered to look into that \'93pantheon\'94 very seriously or ope
n-mindedly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beginning with F. Max Muller, and even going back before him, the prejudices and arrogances of the narrowly scholastic community have f
iltered out the devotional aspects of Vedic culture in bringing the Sacred texts of India to the West. And so it isn\'92t surprising that Hermann Hesse\'97who clearly is an armchair mystic\'97should seemingly know nothing of the monotheistic sects which 
form the real living core of Hindu philosophy; and it\'92s also not surprising that God the Person barely gets a nod in Hesse\'92s book. This is, however, a meter of the superficiality of the man\'92s \'93search\'94 for Truth\'97and the search of Siddhar
tha and the search of Siddhartha\'92s creator can hardly be separated. Otherwise, there would be no scope in a magazine of philosophy for the review of a novel. We aren\'92t interested here in aesthetics, style, or even imagery. We\'92re simply anxious t
o approach the Truth, the Absolute.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why review SIDDHARTHA at all, then? The reason is that the book has had a tremendous influence upon people young and old\'97but especia
lly young\'97who are themselves in search of Truth, or at least of something better than hard-rock, aimless materialism. For Siddhartha the character is a searcher, a discontent, a wanderer, always anxious to find something final\'97peace. (And isn\'92t 
that our old friend European War-Weariness dominating Siddhartha\'92s thoughts? Maybe not. We all do want peace, some way or other.) And in this sense Siddhartha is very much representative of modern man, and, far more, of modern youth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet the book SIDDHARTHA is not written as a probe, but rather as a dogma. The dogma? Reject all dogmas. And in this SIDDHARTHA the book
 fails to fulfill any meaningful purpose in human society, and fails furthermore in living up to the faith of those who may read it with the hope of finding a direction there for themselves. For although, in his wanderings, Siddhartha studies with forest
 mendicants, and encounters none other than Lord Buddha Himself, he rejects them all for a life of sin. The moral here may escape you, but that\'92s only the half of it. The other half is that the author himself never really lets us in on what Lord Buddh
a is teaching. There\'92s a great deal of talk about how He looks\'97holy fingers, holy hands, etc.\'97but hardly more than the most superficial glance at His doctrine. The same with the forest mendicants. Their teachings are refuted, but never examined.
 How they look we are told, and also how they suffer, but not what they believe in.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The real principle of spiritual understanding\'97like the pursuit, practically speaking, of any branch of knowledge\'97is to hear the t
eachings of a realized soul, an expert. Knowledge is acquired by hearing. To walk out of a classroom because a teacher doesn\'92t appear to be knowledgeable would be an act of awful folly. And to accept or reject spiritual knowledge because someone looks
 \'93holy,\'94 or doesn\'92t, is also foolish. Yet this is as far as Hermann Hesse lets us go in understanding any philosophy but his own. Even the conversation between Siddhartha and Gotama Buddha is one-sided, and all the Buddha really gets to say is t
o watch out against being too clever. At least He looks perfect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The plot of the book is simple if perplexing: Siddhartha has a restless impulse to fulfill himself, and, feeling that he\'92s exhausted
 the store of knowledge that his father and home-town teachers can give him, he sets off into the forest with a band of wandering ascetics. After some time, this life also seems to be leading him nowhere, and so he leaves the ascetics to go to see Gotama
 Buddha, Whose reputation is at this time stirring all India. But one look at the Buddha (looks count for everything here, please remember), and Siddhartha knows that he can only gain wisdom through his own experience. In a chapter which is oddly entitle
d \'93The Awakening,\'94 Siddhartha leaves the Buddha, and then wanders off into\'97sin. Yes, having come to the conclusion that he\'92s every bit as good as Lord Buddha, Siddhartha sinks into worldliness. There\'92s no mention of the Buddha falling into
 worldliness, and the reader is left to wonder where any equality between these two can exist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After a life of sensuousness, in which he accomplishes nothing, Siddhartha realizes how low he has fallen, and leaves this situation to
o. He comes at length to a river, and to a ferryman who has apparently reached perfection by listening to the gurgle of the waters. Here Siddhartha stays, and here he too reaches \'93perfection.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Throughout this book, beginning with the last sentence of the very first paragraph, Siddhartha is constantly having \'93awakenings,\'94
 as the author calls them. Immediately afterward, however, Siddhartha drops like a torpedo into sin and nonsense\'97\'93Sansara.\'94 What passed for an awakening to Herr Hesse was clearly his own invention. That first paragraph says, for example, that th
e hero \'93Already \'85 knew how to recognize Atman within the depth of his being, indestructible, at one with the universe.\'94 Casually, just like that. Again this is a display of the author\'92s ignorance of the science of the Absolute, for Atman is S
elf, and Siddhartha at this point is only a boy, and hasn\'92t even yet begun his search for himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor, as he rolls into full gear, does he ever really succeed in his quest. Leaving the Buddha, with that assumption of equality between
 them (a pretension never once mitigated by a tinge of humility throughout this book), Siddhartha goes, not to heaven, but to a harlot\'92s bed. He falls into sin, and here the philosophy of Hermann Hesse really begins to reveal itself. Like Rasputin, he
 seems to have felt that sin is good for a man. As good as virtue, anyway. At the end, fully enlightened, Siddhartha says (among a great many other unfortunate things): \'93\'85 it seems to me that everything that exists is good\'97death as well as life,
 sin as well as holiness, wisdom as well as folly.\'94 \'93\'85It was necessary for me to sin, \'85 I needed lust, \'85 I had to strive for property \'85 in order to learn to love the world \'85 to leave it as it is, to love it and be glad to belong to i
t.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, you\'92re better off just looking, just staying at the surface, if you want anything \'93holy\'94 out of this. For, to follow this
 philosophy through, we must assume that sinfulness teaches us\'97after some time, of course\'97to \'93love the world.\'94 But, according to the great Teachers whom Hesse is aping, loving the world was the very cause of sin\'97and neither the one nor the
 other has ever been highly esteemed by the Buddha, Lord Jesus, Lord Chaitanya, or any other sacred Teacher of validity. What\'92s more, by Herr Hesse\'92s definition, we should assume that Adolf Hitler\'97the greatest sinner of our time if ever there wa
s a sinner\'97was really our greatest saint, the world\'92s number one lover. Too bad we didn\'92t know it at the time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The idea that one can come to wholly accept the world exactly as it is, and live peacefully in this way, was not new with Hermann Hesse
. Nor has the failure of such a philosophy in practical terms discouraged increasingly more men\'97today especially\'97to accept this doctrine. Yet this is a concept of life which must ever be wholly intellectual, for one who actually did accept everythi
ng would have nothing to say to anyone; and if that were so, books like SIDDHARTHA would never have come into existence, and we\'92d never have heard of such a philosophy in the first place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To help the world, to live happily in this life or any other, to live at all, one must act, and action means discrimination between thi
s and that, up and down, left and right, good and evil. Those who have no capacity to discriminate because of a lack of knowledge or of real values on the Absolute platform, have two choices to make: they can go with things, or pretend that it\'92s all i
llusion. From the latter. Siddhartha goes to the former state of consciousness, and readers of the book may find themselves at a loss to figure out whether anything was accomplished after all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indeed the (again ludicrously one-sided) dialog between Siddhartha and his lifelong friend Govinda at the end of this book is an item-b
y-item refutation of every principle of religion, morality and spiritual life ever handed down by the great Teachers of Mankind. If such a philosophy of sin, laissez-faire, and atheism (\'93[I had] to learn to love the world, and no longer compare it wit
h some kind of desired imaginary world, some imaginary vision of perfection \'85\'94) is popular and sells a lot of copies in an age when God is reputed to be dead (He certainly was for Hesse) and when moral decay is rotting human civilization like an un
checked cancer, no one should be surprised.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But popularity doesn\'92t certify Truth, and the intelligent reader should reject the rampant speculations and back-and-forth enlighten
ments\'97as well as the life of sin-virtue\'97which the book SIDDHARTHA recommends. Siddhartha may have come to love the world, but he certainly never reached knowledge of the Absolute or of himself, for his creator never had such knowledge to imbue him 
with. Yet there is an Absolute Truth, an Absolute Knowledge, a Supreme Person\'97and it is unfortunate to say the least that so many people are deluded into wasting their precious time sentimentalizing over a specious display such as this, rather than ta
ke up the real study of God as it is found in the Scriptures Hesse so blithely refutes. If only he would have studied them first. Who knows that he mightn\'92t have had an \'93awakening\'94 or two himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rayarama Das Brahmachary
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub _______________________________________________________________________
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub theatrical costumes-antique clothing-for sale and rent-mon.-fri. 2-9 sat. 12-10
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs48\cf0\cb1\nosupersub transformations
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upstairs at 121 second avenue between 7th street and st. marks place 533-8470
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dear Swamiji
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I offer my respects unto the Lotus\line Feet of my Spiritual Master,\line Who is always herding cows\line In Goloka Vrindab
an with His\line Dearmost Friend, Krishna.\line Sometimes He is running barefoot\line Through the forest chasing cows\line And sometimes He is hiding behind\line A tree waiting for Krishna to\line Return with the spoils from\line Mother Yasoda\'92s butte
r pots.\line I offer my respects unto the Lotus\line Feet of my Spiritual Master, Who is\line Always thinking of what He can\line Do in service of His Dearmost\line Friend Krishna and never wanting\line Anything in return.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harsharani Devi Dasi
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna's Dishes
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Krishna's Dishes
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The woods are so dark and rich and deep and calling me tonight. \'93Come out. Come out of the temple and walk amidst our splendor,\'94 
say the trees. The moon is a white sliver and it rocks me back and forth: \'93Come out, come out, come out and see the twinkling heavens.\'94 The sunset burns the hill it sets behind\'97so warm, so golden. There has never been such a sunset or such air. 
Have I ever smelled the air so pure as on this night? So clear, so soft, so fragrant\'85 Ah, but I must wash some dishes for Krishna\'85 In that small task all the wonders of this night are revealed to me. I am so fortunate to be washing Krishna\'92s dis
hes\'85
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li4320\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Himavati Devi Dasi
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Butter Thief
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Butter Thief
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This\line Lord Krishna\line Blackish, plump\line Standing on the shoulders\line of His pals,\line His two hands around the
\line covered bowl of butter\line hanging on ropes from the ceiling,\line has stolen my understanding.\line Yasoda is ducking out the door.\line He reaches two hands for the bowl.\line The Selfsame One God Who descended\line as the Hog, and Nosed out the
 Globe when the\line Earth was put in a filthy place by demons,\line The Same One Lord Who\line As Nrisingha the half-man half-lion\line Split apart a pillar and leaped\line for grabbing demon Hiranakasipu\line in His Nails of Lotus Palms,\line has stole
n my understanding.\line Pious sage-monkeys of Vrindaban\line reach out paws to\line receive butter from His Hand.\line He stands on the backs of His pals,\line His arms held over His head,\line hands around the butter-bowl.\line All Glories to the Maste
r of the Universe!\line When is Krishna coming to steal my soul?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Satsvarupa Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Return of Swamiji
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Return of Swamiji
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Madhavendra Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Photos by M.S. Murthy
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 17, 1968\line John F. Kennedy Airport
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just hearing that Swamiji was coming back to New York, the devotees, having felt separation from their Spiritual Master, were filled no
w with so much bliss. Their joyful shouts of \'93Haribol!\'94 filled the temple at Kirtan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the day Swamiji was to arrive, the temple was swarming with activity like a beehive. After morning Kirtan, Hansadutta and Brahmanand
a gave everyone some task to help prepare things. The brahmacharinis made garlands of flowers, and the brahmacharys cooked a feast. Others made a banner, cleaned the temple, arranged for transportation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By noon all preparations were finished and the devotees took Prasadam, their spiritual food. Gargamuni called from San Francisco to say
 that Swamiji was on the plane, flying to us. In this way the Swami encircles the world with Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A bus and a van arrived to take us to the airport. All the transcendental paraphernalia was loaded into the van. The devotees filed out
 of the temple, and a joyous Kirtan started. At this time many friends of the Society were arriving, anxious to meet Swamiji with us, and so there was a nice crowd.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally Brahmananda got everyone onto the bus. The caravan to Kennedy Airport began, a saffron-robed brahmachary driving a van of devot
ees, all chanting Hare Krishna along the Van Wyck Expressway. Arriving at the Airport, the devotees paraded into the American Airlines Terminal, before them a green-and-yellow banner displaying the Holy Names of God. Inside the Terminal, chairs were push
ed aside and a rug was put on the floor. A garlanded painting of Radha-Krishna was set upon an easel, and surrounded by vases of flowers. In front of all this, candles and incense were lighted. Hansadutta, playing a mridangam drum, led Kirtan. A crowd of
 spectators and American Airlines officials watched as the devotees danced in ecstasy to the Holy Names of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally Swamiji\'92s plane arrived, and the Swami stepped out into the Terminal Building and walked over to the seat prepared for him, 
as all the devotees offered their obeisances. Brahmananda, Purushottam, Rayarama, Balai, and Himavati offered garlands to him, and gasped with joy as Swamiji touched their heads in approval.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then Swamiji was offered his khartals, and he led Kirtan. After this he lectured to the assembled people:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93God has got millions and trillions of Names,\'94 he said. \'93Lord Chaitanya recommended that we chant the Name of God. He chanted 
Hare Krishna, and so we also chant Hare Krishna. But if you don\'92t like the Name Krishna, you can chant any Name of God that you have got. This chanting of the Lord\'92s Names is the only means to peace and prosperity in the world.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swamiji would have like to talk a little longer, but the Airline officials said they must prepare for the next flight, so everyone got 
up to leave.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There was a procession out of the airport, Annapurna and Kanchanbala strewing rosewater and rose petals in Swamiji\'92s path as he walk
ed to the car followed by news reporters.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the car, driving toward Manhattan, with its giant skyline flashing up above the horizon, the discussion turned to Maya, Illusion. 
\'93Maya seems to be getting stronger these days,\'94 Mr. Kallman said, as he drove the Swami along.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swamihi replied, \'93It\'92s not that we have to worry about Maya. It\'92s a question of how we are related to Maya.\'94 Mrs. Kallman w
as sitting in the front seat with her husband and the Swamiji gave this example: \'93Mr. Kallman, if I relate to Mrs. Kallman as Mrs. Kallman, then the relationship is all right, is it not? But if I approach her not as Mrs. Kallman, then there must be so
me trouble.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swamiji was looking out of the car window, and he saw the Empire State Building looming over the city. \'93The situation of Maya is lik
e the Empire State Building. It is very nice,\'94 the Swami said. \'93One should look at the Empire State Building and think: It is a very nice building, if only it was used for Krishna\'92s purposes. Not that modern civilization is bad, but it should be
 used for Krishna\'92s purposes.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He went on to say: \'93The achievements of modern civilization are like Zeros. So many nice things, all just like Zeros. There are so m
any Zeros, but they still only add up to Zero. But then, if One is added, all the Zeros have some value. That One that has to be added is Krishna. If Krishna is there, so many Zeros with One in front of them will add up to a very substantial accomplishme
nt.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now they were in front of the temple. Swamiji got out of the car and went inside where all the devotees and friends of the Society were
 sitting. Upon seeing Swamiji, everyone bowed down to pay obeisances to him, and he went upstairs to his apartment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sitting in his room, many garlands still about his neck, Swamiji said: \'93Now I am home! I can never forget this apartment, because th
is is where I started my mission.\'94 He was beaming happily, looking about the small three-room flat which his disciples had painted and cleaned only days before. \'93When I left, I was very much fearful that the Society would diminish. But instead, it 
has increased. I am very much pleased.\'94 Swami gave Brahmananda and Rayarama a garland each, and come downstairs to speak at Kirtan. Our joy cannot be described in words or pictures or photos. The pure devotee was pleased. It was a most auspicious day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 To Rupamanjari, Who Knows the Heart of Lord Chaitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub To Rupamanjari, \line Who Knows 
the Heart of Lord Chaitanya
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Dear Gopis!\line O purest of the Pure\line So dear to Krishna,\line Who can help you look for Him,\line When suddenly He 
leaves\line The Sacred Rasa Dance,\line Black Cloud adorned with lightning,\line Disappearing in the dark\line Tangled wood.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Dear Lalita, Visakha,\line Kantchenbala, where did He go?\line Did you see a hint of gold\line Beyond those whispering tr
ees, wet\line With the shimmering drops of moonlight?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Watching for soft red sparks of ruby,\line For lights of white pearl, always\line Searching His Sweet Name,\line Krishna, K
rishna, Krishna!\line Krishna, Krishna, Krishna?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Listening for His maddening Flute, and\line The soft step of His Lotus Foot,\line Red palm aglow in the quietly loving gras
s.\line Filling your nostrils with the blissful\line Cool night breeze, to catch\line The warm Fragrance of Him,\line Infinitely surpassing the essence\line Of blue lotus and honey.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeking in every bower\'92s heart.\line Ah, but RADHARANI knows\line His hiding place.\line Did you pass by the wonderful
\line Four-Armed Narayan, with\line His Mace, Disk, Conch, and Lotus\line Who tried with all His Might\line To hold His disguise?\line Yet two arms kept fading\line Before the Glories of Radha\'92s Love,\line Revealing a Beautiful Cowherd Boy,\line Smili
ng, as He raised a flute\line To His lips.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rupanuga Das Adhikary
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Food for the Soul
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Food for the Soul
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Himavati Devi Dasi
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub       In Bhakti Yoga, all activities can be turned to spiritual advancement. This article describes how to spirituali
ze your eating\'97and enjoy ecstasy at every meal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is a way of life that is practiced twenty-four hours a day. It fulfills the needs of the spirit, the mind and the
 body. We are pure spirit soul encased in these material bodies: the subtle body of mind, and the gross body, of which the five senses are a part. The need of spirit is to become uncovered and return back to home, back to Godhead upon leaving this body. 
The way this is achieved is by chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra and by regulating the needs of the body, which are eating, sleeping, fearing and mating.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surrender is the first step. Surrender to a pure soul, the Spiritual Master comes with chanting and hearing this Mantra, and eating Kri
shna Prasadam, food specially prepared and offered to the Lord, then distributed to friends and family. These two activities produce attachment to Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here we will discuss Krishna Prasadam. Prasadam is spiritual food because it has been offered to Lord Krishna through the chanting of t
he following mantras three times each in front of the picture or statue of the Deity:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Namah om Vishnupadaya Krishnapresthaya bhutale srimate Bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine.\line Namo maha badanaya Krishna prema pr
edayate Krishnaya Krishnachaitanya namine goura tvishe namah.\line Namo brahmanya devaya go brahmana hitaya cha jagat hitaya Krishnaya Govindaya namo namah.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna eats the food and then we take the remnants. The good taste of the food is thus enhanced, and the body and mind become healthy 
while the soul remains engaged in service to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says that you may offer Him a leaf, a flower, some water, some fruit; and, if offered with love as a
 devotee of Krishna, then He will accept such an offering. Elsewhere in the Bhagavad Gita, He says that when something is given to Him in sacrifice, that activity is Him, and that He becomes the offering. So you can easily see that eating this Krishna Pr
asadam is most beneficial for making progress in Krishna Consciousness. Eating Prasadam is associating with Krishna Himself, just as chanting His Name is associating with Krishna, the Supreme Personality, the All-Blissful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prasadam is first of all prepared specifically for Krishna, in the way that He likes it. The Spiritual Master therefore gives all the r
ecipes and methods of preparation to his disciples according to the system of \'93parampara\'94 (disciplic succession), and so we may be sure that we are preparing what is acceptable to Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything used during preparation is clean. All fruits, vegetables, nuts, rice and other grains that can be washed are washed, and all
 utensils, pots and dishes are washed before using. Anything that drops on the floor is washed. The cook\'92s hands are kept clean. So, during preparation, don\'92t touch your hair, clothes, body, garbage can, floor, etc. Since the food is being cooked f
or Krishna there should be no tasting or smelling, except when urgently required.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Prasadam is all prepared place on a nice metal (preferably silver) platter, along with yogurt and cold water in nice metal bowls. 
Place on your altar and offer to Lord Krishna. After chanting the mantras you may remove the food and \'93take\'94 to your heart\'92s content.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now you\'92re ready to cook for Krishna. Following are four recipes for a nice noon meal:
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Food for Krishna: Recipes for the Transcendental Pleasure of the Lord
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Food for Krishna: \line Recipes 
for the Transcendental Pleasure of the Lord
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Yamuna devi dasi & Himavati devi dasi
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Egg Plant Puki
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 lb. butter\line 1 tsp. cumin seed\line 1 tsp. salt\line eggplant\line \'bc cup turmeric powder\line \'bc cup water
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melt butter in pan; add cumin seeds. Brown (don\'92t burn). Cut eggplant in wedges, dip into batter\'97made of turmeric powder, salt and water. Cover all sides of e
ggplant nicely. Then place in pan over medium heat to deep fry each side. Cook until soft all thru. Remove and drain in colander.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Dry Potatoes
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boil potatoes until cooked thru (test with knife). Peel, cut into large pieces and brown in a little butter and cumin seed, with a pinch of turmeric and salt.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Strawberries and Yogurt
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Half cup plain yogurt (not skim milk) 4 strawberries cut up into little pieces and 4 teaspoons sugar, mix, serve cold.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Parvata
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Fried Bread)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Make dough; 3 parts whole wheat flour to 1 part white flour and water as desired. Let stand, then knead to medium soft consistency (15 minutes at least). Make large
 balls (2-inch diameter) and roll out about 8 inches round so it\'92s nice and thick. Spread top with melted butter and fold in half. Roll out again, spread top with butter again, fold into quarter. Rollout again, then melt enough butter to fry one in a 
pan (medium low flame). Fry on each side, pressing with spoon turning frequently until it turns reddish. Then it\'92s done.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Perfection in Yoga
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Perfection in Yoga
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Subal das Adhikary
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Bhagavad Gita (VI/2) Krishna defines Yoga as \'93linking oneself with the Supreme.\'94 Yoga means to get into touch with the Sup
reme Lord. That Supreme Lord is Bhagavan Sri Krishna, as is stated in Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.28}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The ultimate knowable object in the revealed Scriptures is Sri Krishna, the Personality of Godhead. The purpo
se of performing sacrifices is to please Him; the mystic paraphernalia are performed for realizing Him; all fruitive activities are ultimately rewarded by Him only. He is the Supreme knowledge, and all severe austerities are performed just to know Him. R
eligion means to do devotional service unto Him. And He is the Supreme Goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva, Sri Krishna, is all-in-all. The whole purpose of this human form of life is to realize Him, and to re-establish our relations
hip with Him. Yoga is not meant for any other purpose, such as gaining mystic powers, recognition, wealth, or any other material benefits. The loving service of Govinda, Krishna, is itself the indescribable nectar to be derived from its practice.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And, of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshipping Me in transcendental loving servi
ce, is most intimately united with Me in Yoga. (B.G. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VI/47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How does one go about achieving this relationship? In the Sixth Chapter of Bhagavad Gita, Krishna gives an outline of the Yoga system, 
consisting of going to a secluded, sacred place; laying out a special seat; meditating, etc. And Arjuna, a great devotee, rejects it as impractical and unendurable. If Arjuna rejects this system, then who today can take it up? Actually, no one. Or, if we
 must yield a step for argument\'92s sake, perhaps one or two men out of billions. As for the rest of humanity, Yoga is not for them, as it is thus outlined. We are five thousand years into the Age of Kali, this Age of Chaos and Destruction. Man\'92s lif
e span is shortened, he lives in surroundings which are unconducive to spiritual growth, and his mind is in turmoil. How can he hope to sit in meditation, controlling the mind and senses?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, the factual perfection of Yoga is available to everyone, by chanting HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, H
ARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE . This is the simple and sublime method recommended by great authorities for this Age. By chanting this Maha Mantra, or the Great Chanting for Deliverance, one is immediately placed on the spiritual platform, sur
passing all lower levels of existence. And Krishna is present before you. Krishna being Absolute, His Name is non-different from His Form, Pastimes, Entourage, or Abode. Through this chanting, one can experience the transcendental bliss derived from asso
ciation with the Lord, and gain full knowledge of spiritual matters.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all servants by nature, and Krishna is the Master of everything by His Divine Nature. We are always serving Him, whether indirec
tly through the agency of His illusory energy, Maya; or directly under the guidance of His bona fide representative. Krishna Consciousness is the direct transcendental loving service of the Lord. It is not merely a method for achieving some higher goal: 
it is itself the perfection of all Yoga systems, the final goal of all life, and especially the goal of human life. The devotee desires no reward. Love of God is its own reward. He simply desires to be blessed, life after life, with the service of Krishn
a and the rememberence of His Holy Names.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this moment, when so many people are becoming infatuated with Yoga, many are being misled into every manner of nonsense and evil by 
the so-called spiritual leaders, who desire cheap adoration from the innocent public. In the Bhagavad Gita (III/6) Krishna says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub One who restrains the senses and organs of action, but whose mind dwells on sense objects, certainly deludes 
himself, and is called a pretender.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his purport to this Verse, our Spiritual Master, A C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, has written:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub There are many pretenders who refuse to work in Krishna Consciousness, but make a show of meditation, while a
ctually dwelling within the mind upon sense enjoyment. Such pretenders may also speak on dry philosophy, in order to bluff sophisticated followers. But, according to this verse, these are the greatest cheaters. For sense enjoyment one can act in any capa
city within the social order, following the rules and regulations of a particular situation of life, and thus make gradual progress in purifying his existence. But if any man makes a show of becoming a yogi, while actually in search of the objects of sen
se gratification, he must be called the greatest cheater, even though he sometimes speaks of philosophy. His knowledge has no value because the effects of such a sinful man\'92s knowledge are taken away by the illusory energy of the Lord. Such a pretende
r\'92s mind is always impure, and therefore his show of yogic meditation has no value whatsoever.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are faced today by many pretenders who claim to be spiritual leaders, holy men, swamis, etc. But most of these men fall under the he
adings of intoxicant leaders, mental speculators, and atheists who do not have an iota of devotion in them. It is necessary to choose a spiritual master in order to make progress, but we must be careful and use discrimination, or else we will be badly mi
sled. The true spiritual master is Krishna\'92s bona fide representative, and only he can impart to us the highest good.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A spiritual master must receive his knowledge from someone who is in a line of disciplic succession, originating from Lord Sri Krishna.
 He must hear this knowledge correctly, realize it for himself, and then impart it to the student without changing it. This is the only way to gain true knowledge. The spiritual master is well versed in spiritual matters, and is the embodiment of religio
us practices. These are some of the identifying characteristics of Krishna\'92s representative. And, by surrendering to him, one can achieve the perfection of Yoga, devotion to Krishna\'97and even Krishna Himself.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs48\cf0\cb1\nosupersub consciousness
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Come to Kirtan Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7 PM, and every morning at 7 AM.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Join us in chanting the joyful Hare Krishna Mantra at any of these centers:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston\'9795 Glenville Avenue, Allston\line Buffalo\'9715 LaSalle street\line Los Angeles\'975364 West Pico Boulevard
\line Montreal\'973720 Park Avenue\line New York City\'9726 Second Avenue\line San Francisco\'97518 Frederick Street\line Sante Fe\'97411 B West Water Street
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Service - Knowledge - Liberation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SERVICE - KNOWLEDGE - LIBERATION
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Brahmananda Das
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Service of the Absolute Truth\line means to render service\line unto the Absolute Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The neophyte devotee has no capacity to approach\line the Absolute Personality of Godhead with his present,\line           
              imperfect,\line                                           material senses.\line By submissively serving the bona fide spiritual master\line who is a bridge between the Lord\line and the neophyte,\line he is automatically fixed up into\line 
                                the transcendental service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And, by so doing even for some days\line the neophyte gains\line knowledge which leads him\line ultimately\line to extricat
e himself from the perpetual habitation\line in the material world after world after world\line and be promoted\line to the transcendental world\line to be one of the liberated associates\line of the Lord\line in the Kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri4320\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [versified from the lectures of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami by his disciple Brahmananda Das Brahmachary]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami & Allen Ginsberg: A Conversation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami \line and Poet Allen Ginsberg
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 discuss the Krishna Consciousness\line movement in the Swami's Frederick\line Street apartment in San Francisco.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami & Allen Ginsberg: A Conversation
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Recorded by Guru Das Adhikary
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swamiji had come to San Francisco in late January, 1967 for the opening of the Krishna Consciousness Temple there, at 518 Frederick Str
eet. Allen Ginsberg had always shown friendly and helpful interest in the Society; and he agreed to attend a giant \'93Mantra Rock Festival,\'94 which the temple members were planning to hold in the Avalon Ballroom. And so, a few days before that event, 
the good poet came to early morning Kirtan (7 A. M.), and later joined the Swami upstairs in the apartment his pupils had rented for him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We were sitting in the glow of this holy man, munching on Indian sweetballs cooked by the Swami, when Allen Ginsberg came through the d
oor, a warm smile on his face.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Swami offered him a sweetball: \'93Take.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa266 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They sat in silence for a few moments, radiating mutual love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SWAMIJI: Allen, you are up early.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GINSBERG: Yes. The phone hasn\'92t stopped ringing since I arrived in San Francisco.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SWAMIJI: That is what happens when one becomes famous. That was the tragedy of Mahatma Gandhi also. Wherever he went, thousands of people would crowd about him, cha
nting, \'93Mahatma Gandhi ki jai! Mahatma Gandhiki jai!\'94 The gentleman could not sleep.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GINSBERG: (smiling) Well, at least it got me up for Kirtan this morning.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SWAMIJI: Yes, that is good.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A few days before, the San Francisco Chronicle had published an article called \'93Swami in Hippie Land,\'94 in which the reporter had
 asked: \'93Do you accept \'91hippies\'92 in your temple?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa266 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Swami had replied, \'93Hippies or anyone\'97I make no distinctions. Everyone is welcome.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SWAMIJI: Allen, what is this \'93hippie?\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GINSBERG: The word \'93hip\'94 started in China, where people smoked opium lying on their hips. [He demonstrates.] Opium and 
its derivatives then spread to the West, and were looked down upon by the people in power, who were afraid of the effects. As a result, the hip people created their own culture \'85 language, signs, symbols.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco is a spiritual \'93shivdas\'94 [meeting ground]. The word hip has changed into hippie today. But basically, Swamiji, the 
young people today are seekers. They\'92re interested in all forms of spirituality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SWAMIJI: Very nice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GINSBERG: The hippies will all fall by at one time or another.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was some discussion regarding New York\'92s Lower East Side and the Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco\'97both of which
 are locations of Krishna Consciousness temples, and are well-known to Allen Ginsberg. Then:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SWAMIJI: You have not had LSD, Allen?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GINSBERG: I have had it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SWAMIJI: It is dependence, Allen.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GINSBERG: It\'92s like a car\'97a mental car\'97to resolve certain inner things.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SWAMIJI: Krishna Consciousness resolves everything. Nothing else is needed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They then discussed the upcoming dance at the Avalon. Allen Ginsberg felt that certain mantras would be more palatable to American ea
rs than others, and that he would like to try his tune at the dance. Swamiji agreed: \'93Very nice.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Poet Ginsberg said he was not yet ready to become a devotee, but that he chants the Maha Mantra every day, and will do so until he leav
es this Earth. The Swami thanked him for the work he\'92d already done in spreading the Kirtan (Krishna Conscious) Movement, and assured him that, if he chanted Hare Krishna daily, \'93everything will be perfect.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Allen Ginsberg then prostrated himself, and, touching the Swami\'92s feet, he symbolically wiped the dust from them onto his forehead. 
Then, with a few sweetballs in a paper bag under his arm, he took his leave.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Can You Dream Hare Krishna?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Can You Dream Hare Krishna?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes this Hare Krishna\line if you practice in dream\line that you are chanting Hare Krishna\line you are dancing in the t
emple\line you are seeing Lord Jagganath\line you are seeing Krishna\line you are talking with Swamiji\line or your friends, it is simply practice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just like a businessman sees in a dream\line he is dealing with some customer. Why?\line The whole day he has done that.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole day and whole night\line if you engage simply in chanting Hare Krishna\line you will be in Krishna Consciousness\line very easy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub versified by \line Satsvarupa Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Living and Dying Absurd
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LIVING AND DYING ABSURD
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 an analysis of materialistic madness\line by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Evening lecture on the teachings of the boy Prahlad Maharaj, April 12, 1967]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahlad Maharaj is instructing his young friends: \'93My dear friends, material enjoyment means agitating the senses. You have this mat
erial enjoyment\'97sense enjoyment\'97my dear friends, and your only thought is how to enjoy these senses, that\'92s all. By contact of this body.\'94 In possession of a particular body we have particular senses and we enjoy. Just like a camel: a camel e
njoys thorny twigs. Camels are very fond of thorny twigs. Why? Because when they chew the thorny twigs blood comes out of the tongue, and they are tasting their own blood. And the camel is thinking it is very nice. He is eating thorny twigs, and the twig
 is cutting his tongue and blood is oozing out. He is tasting his own blood, but he thinks, \'93I am enjoying.\'94 This is sense gratification. Sex life is also like that. We are tasting our own blood, and we think we are enjoying. This is our foolishnes
s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every living entity has contracted this material body; he is a spiritual being but because he has a tendency to enjoy, to make exploita
tion of this material energy, he has contracted a body. There are different varieties of life. There are 8,400,000 species of living entities, each with a different body. According to the body, they have their senses in order to enjoy a particular type o
f pleasure. Prahlad Maharaj says this body and its particular type of enjoyment go together. Suppose you are given the thorny grass or twigs: Ladies and gentlemen, here is very nice food, it is certified by the camels, it is very good. Would you like to 
take? \'93No! What nonsense are you offering me?\'94 Because you have got a different body, you have no taste for that. But if you offer it to a camel, because he has that particular type of body, it is a very nice thing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is going on\'97one man\'92s food is another man\'92s poison. If you are offered something which is not your food, you cannot take 
it. These different kinds of enjoyment are according to the particular type of body. That is the conclusion. The stool-eater hog will not accept any nice foodstuff such as cake. Give him stool, and it will be very nice. If you are offered the stool, you 
say, \'93What are you offering?\'94 Because you have got a different body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are different kinds of material enjoyment, but those who are actually intelligent know that this particular type of enjoyment is 
due to this body. Actual happiness, however, is that which is not enjoyed by these material senses. Actual happiness is enjoyed by the spiritual senses. Now these are covered by matter, and therefore we are entrapped. Now Prahlad Maharaj says, Whatever i
t may be, you can have this sense enjoyment in any type of body. Then what is our enjoyment? Eating, sleeping, defending and mating. But this sort of sensual enjoyment\'97whether you have a dog\'92s body, or a hog\'92s body, or a god\'92s body\'97whateve
r you are in this material world, you have some sort of enjoyment offered by the Supreme Lord. Such material happiness is had by the arrangement of Nature. As you get miseries without your endeavor, similarly you will get your material enjoyment without 
trying for it. This is the conclusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, you should not endeavor to achieve material happiness. It will come. The lower animals have no business, no profession, but 
still they eat; they live. So Prahlad Maharaj says, You need not make your endeavor for achieving material pleasure. That will come. Because you have this body, it is predestined that this bodily enjoyment\'97as you are fit to enjoy\'97will come. How wil
l it come? There is happiness and misery: If misery comes without calling for it, so happiness will come without calling for it. This is the philosophy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, we should not be very anxious to aggravate or increase our material happiness. Always in civilization those who have no spir
itual happiness are hankering after these sense enjoyments. So Prahlad Maharaj says, Your life is limited. Although it is very valuable, it is also very limited. And our duty is, in some way, to dovetail ourselves in Krishna Consciousness, and to act acc
ordingly. You should not be very busy aggravating your material sense enjoyment. You cannot increase it. There are so many different kinds of body, and they are guided by Nature\'92s law: you have to eat like this, you have to live like this, you have to
 sleep like this\'97this is already arranged.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our higher intelligence comes with this human body: we have higher consciousness. We should try for the higher enjoyment of life, which
 is spiritual enjoyment. And how can that spiritual enjoyment of life be achieved? You should not waste your time simply hankering after material enjoyment. Then, what is to be done? One should engage himself in the Supreme Lord, Who gives the pleasure o
f liberation. We should turn our attention to achieving the Lotus Feet of Krishna, Who can give us liberation from this material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How long do we have to engage ourselves? Prahlad Maharaj says, We are now in the material entanglement. This material entanglement is t
hat I have this body. I will quit this body after a few years, and then I will have to accept another body. Once you take up one body and enjoy as your body\'92s senses dictate, then you prepare another body by such sense enjoyment; and you get another b
ody as you want it. There is no guarantee that you will get a human body. That will depend on your work. Did you work just like a god? You get a god\'92s body. This is not in your hands; it is in the hands of Nature. Our duty is not to speculate on what 
we are going to get after what we have been\'97don\'92t take account of this. At the present moment, let us understand that we have this material body. Now if we want to have our spiritual consciousness or Krishna Consciousness developed then we should a
t once engage ourselves\'97dovetail ourselves\'97in this Krishna activity. That is auspicious for further progress of your life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How long should you do it? So long as this body does not stop working. We do not know when it will stop functioning. The great saint, P
arikshit Maharaj, got seven days notice: \'93Your body will fall in a week.\'94 But we do not know when our body will fall. Just after going on the road, there may immediately be some accident. We should always be prepared that death is there. We should 
not be very optimistic that everyone is dying but I shall live. Why will you live if everyone is dying? Your father has died, your mother has died, your sister, your other relatives \'85 why should you live? You will also die. And your children will also
 die.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, before death comes, so long as we have this human intelligence, let us engage in Krishna Consciousness. This is the prescrip
tion by Prahlad Maharaj.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material body is called \'93purusam.\'94 Everybody is anxious to enjoy. Purus means to enjoy, or enjoyer. There is nobody in this 
material world who does not like to enjoy sense gratification. Therefore, either male or female\'97the body may be what it is\'97but the desire, the ambition, is to enjoy material life. So it is called purusam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We do not know when it will stop, but let us immediately engage in Krishna Consciousness and act according to that. And if I immediatel
y engage myself in Krishna Consciousness, then what about my living? That arrangement is there. I am very happy to inform you that one of our students in a branch is so confident: there was some disagreement. One student said \'93You are not looking afte
r how we will maintain the establishment,\'94 and he replied, \'93Oh, Krishna will supply. \'91I take charge.\'92 \'94 This is a very nice conviction, it is very good; I was glad to hear it. If cats and dogs and hogs can get food, and we are going to be 
in Krishna Consciousness and fully devote our service to Krishna, will He not arrange my food also? Is Krishna so ungracious? No. He looks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Bhagavad Gita you will find that the Lord says, \'93My dear Arjuna, I am equal to everyone. Nobody is the object of My envy and 
nobody is My special friend, but for one who is engaged in Krishna Consciousness, I have got special attention.\'94 Just like a father whose small child is completely dependent on the mercy of the parents: The parents have special attention for that chil
d. Although the parents are equally good to all the children, to the small children who are always asking, \'93Mother!\'94 they have great concern. \'93Yes, my dear child? Yes?\'94 This is natural.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are completely dependent on Krishna, He Who is supplying food to the dogs, birds, bees\'97to 8,400,000 species of life\'97why sh
ould He not supply to you? This conviction\'97this is called surrender. Not that, because Krishna is supplying my food, I shall now sleep. No, you have to work. One should engage himself in Krishna Consciousness\'97that is required.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now calculate our duration of life. In this age it is calculated that we can live at most to a hundred years. Formerly, the human being
 used to live up to 100,000 years. In the Satya Yuga, or Age of Goodness, they used to live 100,000 years. In the next age, Treta Yuga, they used to live for 10,000 years, and in the next, called Dwapara Yuga, they used to live for 1,000 years. Now in th
is Age, called Kali Yuga, the estimation is for 100 years. But gradually, as the Kali Yuga progresses, we are reducing our duration still further. Anyone can understand that. Suppose my grandfather lived 100 years, my father lived for 90 years, so I am g
oing to live for 70 years and my son is going to live for 50 years and his son is going to live for 30 years. This is the progress of our modern material civilization. And we are very proud that we are happy, and increasing our civilization. The result i
s that you come here to enjoy material life, and the duration of life is shortened. This is called Maya, Illusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now accepting that we live for 100 years: Those who have no information of spiritual life, their life is reduced; and one who has not c
onquered sense enjoyment, or who is unable to control the mind, his age is also reduced. Those who are too much addicted to sense gratification, according to this calculation, their utmost life is 50 years. Even if he has 50 years, because he has no info
rmation of spiritual life, his night is wasted by sleeping and sex life. That\'92s all. He has no other business. And in the daytime, what is his business? \'93Where is money? Where is money? Because I must maintain this body.\'94 And when he has money: 
\'93Now let me speed for my children, for my wife.\'94 Then where is your spiritual realization? At night you spend your time in this way, and by day spend in this way\'97is that your mission of life? How horrible such a life is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The average person is illusioned in childhood\'97playing football, sporting. Up to twenty years, easily, you can go on like that. Then 
when you become old, another twenty years you cannot do anything. When a man becomes old, then his senses cannot function. You have seen many old men; nothing to do, simply resting. Just now we have received a letter from our student that his grandmother
 is suffering for the last three and a half years, paralyzed. So in old age, everything is finished, as soon as you get sixty years old. Therefore, the beginning to twenty years is spoiled; and even if you live for a hundred years, another twenty in the 
last stage of life are also spoiled. So forty years of your life are spoiled in that way. And in the middle age there is very strong sex appetite: So another forty years can be lost. Forty years, twenty years, and twenty years\'97eighty years gone. How l
ong are you going to live?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the analysis of life by Prahlad Maharaj. We are spoiling our life instead of using it.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Editorials
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Item 18 of Pope Paul VI\'92s encyclical on birth control, \'93Humanae Vitae,\'94 begins: \'93It can be foreseen that this teaching will
 perhaps not be easily received by all\'85\'94 The Pope\'92s words have rung true, for his stand against \'93conjugal acts made intentionally infecund\'94 goes directly counter to the grain of our licentious civilization. A storm of controversy has arise
n, and the Pope has been widely denounced as a reactionary\'97all in the name, we take it, of the poor starving people of Peru and India.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The idea behind the birth control debate seems to be that it is wholly impractical to ask people to do something which they are determi
ned not to do. We refer to the Pope\'92s admission that his stand \'93undoubtably requires ascetical practices\'94 of his followers. Apparently no small number of people both Catholic and outside the Church were hoping to get a clear go-ahead on unlimite
d sense enjoyment without so much responsibility as a dignified cat or dog would accept. And the fact that they looked to the Pope for sanction in the first place indicates surprisingly abusive disrespect for his high office and person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever we may think of people who imagine that they can coerce their ways into the kingdom of God with placards and protest letters, 
we must wonder if it wouldn\'92t be more worthwhile for them to use such determination to follow their supposed leader rather then to oppose him? They might find themselves capable of far more asceticism than they thought. We also must wonder if these sa
me people who ardently demonstrate for the Pill ever take such effort in preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ\'97or in following its tenets themselves. But, as The Bhagavad Gita\'97one of the most authoritative of India\'92s Vedic Scriptures\'97states, p
assion has the power to steal intelligence away.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sex life, according to the Vedic wisdom, is the greatest cause of material bondage because it is the greatest pleasure of material life
. Therefore it must be restricted, and the restriction is to marry and to have sex only for the purpose of generating children. Furthermore, these children are not meant to be mere products of lust\'97which is called demoniac birth\'97but should be conce
ived with the full loving intention to deliver them into the hands of God so that they can have liberation from the bondage of material Nature. The Christian doctrine is clearly identical in its essentials, although there are several minor points of diff
erence along the way.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To say that people will not follow such a teaching cannot refute the teaching itself. Krishna, or God, is not relative but Absolute. Hi
s doctrines and rules\'97such as the restrictions on sex life\'97are not meant to take all the fun out of life; the rules are meant as guideposts to help the conditioned soul reach his ultimate destination, the confrontation by direct experience with the
 Absolute Truth. One may follow or ignore the guidepost as he chooses\'97but if he wants to reach the goal, common sense will force him to follow it. Nor will a democratic consensus change the way, any more than a Gallup poll could put New York City on t
he West Coast.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The path of sin means any path which does not lead to knowledge of Krishna. Sin has no other meaning. And virtue, or saintliness, means
 any course of thought or action which will lead to Krishna. The center, the criterion, then, is Krishna\'97God. Those who are so intent today upon changing all the rules have apparently lost sight of this. Until God returns as the only and absolute cent
er of gravity in their lives, nothing that they do can be considered worthwhile or happy, be it with or without ecclesiastical approval. And if Krishna is placed at that center, then even the most rigorous asceticism will be joyful and will lead them to 
fulfillment. It is not a question of how much sex one is allowed to have, but of how much one wants God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub _______________________________
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another part of the same message by the Pope is well worth noting:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub On this occasion, we wish to draw the attention of educators, and of all who perform duties of responsibility
 in regard to the common good of human society, to the need of creating an atmosphere favorable to education in chastity, that is, to the triumph of healthy liberty over license by means of respect for the moral order.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The main reason why it appears impractical to ask people to practice sexual abstinence today is that the modern social atmosphere is li
terally drenched in sexual stimuli. This is because sex sells anything, and our upright businessman\'92s world will do anything to sell, however degrading or depraved it may be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If children are raised in a moral, religious atmosphere and are not hounded and battered by sex-sale gimmicks throughout their lives, t
hen restraint will not be difficult for them as they grow older. But if sensual connotations pervade their minds almost from the very moment of birth, then they will necessarily crave sex to an exaggerated degree from the earliest point of puberty and ev
en earlier.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today\'92s bold and daring underground revolutionaries whose stock-in-trade is primarily sex\'97and who proclaim themselves liberated b
ecause of their sexual \'93frankness\'94\'97do not realize that they are actually only displaying the chains placed upon their minds from birth by a rapaciously greedy industrial society, one which has trained its every facility\'97from movies, magazines
, television and comics to subway ads and public health services\'97upon them to induce them to buy, buy, buy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the so-called generation gap is nothing more than the magnitude of hypocrisy exhibited by those who have created this hellish atmos
phere in expressing surprise at its effects. As The Holy Bible says, the sins of the father are visited upon the son.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If human civilization is to endure at all, there must be a radical alteration of this pattern of indoctrination\'97through-sex into lim
itless consumption. This is a problem which today\'92s public-spirited governments and philanthropic groups might take up to actually benefit mankind. But it is more likely they will prefer the Pill to any real solution of our human ills\'97and will push
 ahead as busily as possible to create their Utopian world of sub-human industrial sex-slaves. All in the name, to be sure, of freedom.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The reader may note that, with only a few exceptions, the names of those who produce and contribute to BACK TO GODHEAD are, to say the 
least, not Anglo-Saxon. The reason for this is that they are spiritual names, awarded to his disciples by the Spiritual Master at initiation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna, the Supreme Lord, is described in the Vedic Scriptures as having innumerable Names, each of Which is fully as powerful as God 
Himself. Being transcendental to material Nature, and non-dual, God and His Names are not separable. Thus the Name of God is God, and God is His Name. This is the spiritual significance of the Maha Mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Har
e Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. By singing God\'92s Names, one comes into actual direct contact with God, and in this way one\'92s consciousness can be purified of its false material associations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aside from Krishna\'97Who is the Original Godhead\'97the Lord has many, many other Names, some of Which are found in Vedic literature, 
such as Madhusudana, Narayana, Damodar, Vishnu, and so on. When a student takes formal initiation under the guidance of a Spiritual Master, the latter gives him a Name of the Lord, followed by the word \'93das\'94\'97the servant of.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual initiation means the actual beginning of spiritual life\'97real life\'97and so the spiritual name awarded at that time is the
 real name of the pupil from that moment onward.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Names of very great devotees and saints are also sometimes awarded, such as Rayarama, who was a disciple of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, 
and Madhavendra, who was Lord Chaitanya\'92s grand-Spiritual Master. This is, of course, quite like the Christian tradition of naming children after the saints at baptism, except that spiritual initiation must be chosen freely by the pupil\'97normally af
ter a period of preliminary study with the Guru. And spiritual initiation must be asked for by the pupil, never vice versa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It should be noted that these Names of God are not Indian, though they are known and revered particularly in that country. The Lord app
eared many times in India, but He is no more a product or property of India than is the Sun of the East, where it first appears. Lord Jesus Christ, in the same sense, can not be held as a Judaean god or culture figure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor does the acceptance of the spiritual name imply Indianization on the part of the pupil. The process of spiritual realization entail
s the rejection of all material and bodily designations such as nationalism, sectarian religious faith, sex, race, or social status. The Names of Krishna, being transcendental and sublime, have nothing whatever to do with locality or era.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word \'93brahmachary,\'94 signifying a knower or pursuant of Brahman, the Absolute, is given to denote an unmarried student living 
a regulated, celibate life of full service to the Spiritual Master. \'93Adhikary\'94 denotes a married man. And the words \'93devi dasi\'94 denote women, either married or not.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE BOOK (ON THE TABOO AGAINST KNOWING WHO YOU ARE)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by Alan W. Watts; 148 pps. Collier Books, 95 cents.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE BOOK purports to be a reinterpretation of Vedanta, one of the ancient Scriptures of India. This is necessarily like re-writing Th
e Bible, and it wouldn\'92t be possible not to come up with at least a few solid statements of deathless value.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, being an interpretation rather than a presentation, and being full to the brim with independent speculations, THE BOOK often f
ails to serve any valid purpose. In its negative principles, it does stand up well. Alan Watts does tell us quite a bit about the taboo against knowing who you are. And when he stays close to his title in this way he has something to say. It is only when
 he goes on to try positive concepts that he becomes elusive.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He says, for instance, that there is, after all, no reason to awaken from illusion anyway. Knowledge and ignorance, life and death, ple
asure and pain are all parts of a \'93game\'94\'97the Game of Black-and-White\'97which the One Being is playing with Himself. But this would leave no reason for THE BOOK to have been written, and so Mr. Watts tells us \'93that it is part of \'91things ta
king their course\'92 that I write.\'94 After which, all criticism is apparently expected to die down with a bewildered \'93Oh.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But this dodge is really insufficient to justify either THE BOOK or the philosophy behind it. It is, in fact, the sort of thing one mig
ht expect to hear from a slick Uptown Swami after a clever but self-defeating lecture on Oneness, rather than from a renowned thinker of a more serious order. The idea that God, or the Absolute, or whatever, is so limited that He must create agony and st
upidity to keep Himself amused\'97while any one of us could probably do better\'97is really both naive and absurd. Again, Mr. Watts advises us to remember that this is only a way of putting it, not the real thing exactly. Exactly what the real thing is h
e doesn\'92t say.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After politely leaving aside this flaw, if we plunge along into THE BOOK, we\'92ll come to some very nice passages in which the writer 
has outlined the endless complications of materialistic existence. He tells us about college administrations and their troubles (an interesting critique in that THE BOOK is copyrighted 1966, and therefore in some ways prophesies the events of this year);
 he tells us how difficult it is to take a walk in these days of police-state-ism; how society has ganged up together to agree to accept falsehood as truth\'97and how in this way modern man has become divided against both himself and his environment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But once more, the positive side of all this just doesn\'92t stand scrutiny, for all the twistings and turnings of the author\'92s reas
oning. The basic concept of identity to which Mr. Watts points is Oneness\'97everything is one, and cause and effect are simply manifestations of that same one, are themselves one, and thus there really is no cause and effect: things just take their cour
se. This is a philosophy dear especially to the debauched, degraded and depraved of every generation\'97not only today, but as far back as Rome, Egypt, and before even that. By this philosophy, no sin or crime, no evil or shortcoming need be accounted fo
r. It simply happens, takes place, and no one is to blame . All is One, so who could be blamed ?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet this is always a philosophy by which none can actually live. It\'92s a mental exercise, an excuse for atrocities at worst, a parlor
 conversation ploy at best\'97never a philosophy of life. No one steps before an onrushing train, careless of death, and simply shrugs, \'93It\'92s all One.\'94 Even Mr. Watts must cross at the green if he wants to enjoy his royalties. No one wears a cot
ton boll in place of a cotton shirt, on the consideration that there is no cause and effect. Even the author has to make concessions here: \'93The point is not that we should forthwith abandon penicillin or DDT [i.e., in abandoning our attempt to conquer
 Nature]: it is that we should fight to check the enemy, not to eliminate him.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, don\'92t take your troubles or triumphs too seriously, but go on with them anyway. Don\'92t try to make a permanent sol
ution. \'93We must learn to include ourselves in the round of cooperations and conflicts, of symbiosis and preying, which constitutes the balance of nature\'85\'94 he writes; and yet, wouldn\'92t we be the only species who didn\'92t take it all seriously
? And wouldn\'92t that be just as absurd as attempting totally to subdue Nature? What is lacking here is an understanding of the fact that what specifically qualifies human consciousness and sets it apart from that of the beasts is its very ability to se
ek out a final solution\'97its determination to pursue and uncover the Absolute, or God. And if modern man has gone mad, it is because he is attempting to find that solution through the exploitation of material Nature, rather than through the development
 of spiritual life. To abandon the pursuit of a solution wholly is simply another form of defeat.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The advice that we should take things as they come is, in itself, no more than any backyard washerwoman would say after hearing of her 
neighbor\'92s arthritis, old age and abuses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the idea of Oneness never will explain how all these varieties we experience came about, or what to do with them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This goes even further into the realm of the absurd when the author quotes Erwin Schrodinger as saying that, \'93eternally and always t
here is only now, one and the same now; the present is the only thing that has no end.\'94 But the present keeps changing here in this material world, and even though it has no end, it certainly isn\'92t always the same. Therefore, to adjust the mind to 
such a concept of non-differentiation is not to approach reality but, rather, to ignore the world as it is. And, even if the world is only an illusion, then that illusion itself, with all its varieties, still must require an explanation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the actual Vedic sources, the material world with its varieties is illusory in that it is temporary. The real or spiritual
 world is eternal. But still, the material does exist. It exists as the reflection of the real, perverted through the individual\'92s deluded consciousness. And, just as a mirror cannot show even false grapes without real grapes existing, so this materia
l illusion can only reflect actual varieties. And, in the same sense, ego\'97one\'92s sense of individuality\'97is only a reflection of actual and immortal individuality, which exists in the spiritual world, in the Kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That there are varieties\'97blues, reds, yellows, ups and downs, ins and outs, I\'92s and Thou\'92s\'97which never disappear or are cor
rupted\'97essences, in other words\'97is perhaps inconceivable to the mundane intellect; but it is the very dependence upon mundane intellectual scholarship which is the basic fault in Alan Watts\'92 writings from beginning to end.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic system, along with all authentic Scriptural systems of God realization, enjoins strict and rigorous personal discipline upon 
those who wish to understand the Truth. Simply to read some words in a book without comprehending the practical facts by realization is incomplete, and must lead to the sort of distortions and contradictions of which THE BOOK is guilty. Truth must be per
ceived and manifested on three levels: in the mind, in the speech, and in action. Unless all three are absorbed in the Absolute, then realization, the direct personal experience of the existence of the Absolute, cannot be had.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is by service to a spiritual master who is himself realized in a particular study or discipline that one is able to advance in un
derstanding, just as an apprentice learns from a master, rather than from a manual. Without this service and without the guidance of a realized soul, no valid comprehension can be attained. The purely scholastic approach has been likened to bees licking 
on the outside of a bottle of honey: they may see it and smell it, but they can\'92t really taste it, and so fail to get satisfaction. To go on blithely reading books which are crying out for you to engage your activities in spiritual life, and then to w
rite your own theses about them, while never having followed their injunctions, is the height of arrogant foolishness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet this would seem to be Mr. Watts\'92 system, and he writes off as \'93myth\'94 any passages that might tend to disturb him or his re
aders into active commitment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again we\'92re left with nothing to live by. When THE BOOK has been read, it can be forgotten without loss or bother, for it has said n
othing. Again, the author is aware of his own shortcomings, and so he has slipped in a chapter called \'93So What?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But \'93So What?\'94 is also just a dodge. Its principal passage reads: \'93If, then, after understanding, at least in theory, that the
 ego-trick is a hoax and that, beneath everything, \'91I\'92 and \'91universe\'92 are one, you ask, \'91So what? What is the next step, the practical application?\'92\'97I will answer that the absolutely vital thing is to consolidate your understanding, 
to become capable of enjoyment, of living in the present, and of the discipline which this involves.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever \'93consolidate your understanding\'94 may mean, becoming capable of enjoyment is no stranger to us. The only trouble is that 
everyone is already trying to enjoy in one way or another, from the President down to the neighborhood street sweeper\'97and yet no one is succeeding. Simply to tell people that they must learn to enjoy might make you popular, but it isn\'92t a \'93pract
ical application\'94 after all. How to enjoy remains the real problem.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bind and double bind, triple bind, quadruple bind\'97they weave themselves like the glittering tentacles of a fabulous serpent througho
ut the mental corridors of THE BOOK. We\'92re told that, to enjoy, we must stop trying to enjoy. But that takes an effort too\'97that\'92s also trying to enjoy. And trying not to make an effort not to try to enjoy\'85? So it goes on, the mind twists on t
hrough the labyrinths of illusion, seeking an out, but never finding more than a new path that brings us back to the old starting point: you are not this body. Negative and true.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But for the positive, we\'92ll all be better off if we turn to the real Vedanta Itself. For there, and in the associated Vedic Scriptur
es, positive statements are made very succinctly by great sages who actually lived with their minds, words and deeds fixed on God, on the Supreme Transcendence. You are not this body, they agree. You are spirit soul\'97Absolute\'97Brahman. They also say 
this, and they say it in a straight-forward fashion. And there is Param Brahman, a Supreme Spirit, as well.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for knowing one\'92s absolute or spiritual nature in full, the sages tell us to find a realized spiritual master, submit to him, ser
ve him and inquire of him regarding Truth. He, being in knowledge, can reveal and explain, and can offer the example of perfection by his own life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Alongside this, how involved and subtle the writings of Mr. Watts necessarily appear. One almost gets the impression that, above all el
se, his interest is to avoid criticism; and perhaps this explains the vagueness and negativity of his approach, like a wounded man waving his sword to confuse his enemy in hopes of avoiding a blow, but never of delivering one.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Watts further displays a surprising ignorance of the principles of devotional service when, on page 79, he states that the idea tha
t everything belongs to God and should be used for God is a kind of stewardship, based on the hope of future reward. For it is devotion itself, manifested in this world as loving service to God, which is the topmost perfection of human consciousness, and
 of life. There is, in authentic devotional circles, no question of reward greater than love of God itself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Turn from this, Mr. Watts advises us, because the individual ego is a hoax perpetrated upon us by the ignorant. And turn from the Void 
concept as well\'97that also is illusion. Approach life with \'93the fullest collaboration with the world as a harmonious system of contained conflicts\'97based on the realization that the only real \'91I\'92 is the whole endless process.\'94 Again, if y
ou\'92ll pardon our bluntness, So What? The words sound meaningful, and yet there seems to be something missing: the meaning itself. On and on, Mr. Watts offers mental adjustments which will, supposedly, make you happy. Like weight-watching, if you tend 
toward materialistic fads, you can give THE BOOK a try. But it doesn\'92t promise to offer anything final. Death is still there, life is still there, unfulfilled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perhaps the words of Sri Shankara Acharya, who also invented an interpretation of the Vedanta many hundreds of years ago, and who is st
ill widely renowned for his gigantic scholarship, will best serve to cap off our consideration of THE BOOK. He wrote:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You intellectual fools I Just worship Govinda [Krishna]! Just worship Govinda! Just worship Govinda! Your grammatical knowledge and wor
d jugglery will not save you at the time of death!
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Nationalism of Pure Consciousness
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SNESS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a man enters the room of a friend, the friend receives the man with all cordiality, and offers him the best couch for his comfort. The friend may accept this w
elcome and sit along with his host in all security. Does this mean that the man who has entered the house of his friend should consider the sitting room to be his own property? Certainly, he will not think so unless he has gone mad. Still, his consciousn
ess of the fact that none of the paraphernalia of the friend\'92s sitting room belongs to him does not disturb him in the least in sitting down securely. With this pure consciousness of facility, along with his friend who is actually the proprietor of th
e sitting room, he is comfortable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if the man, after some time, madly thinks that because he was allowed to enter into the parlor of his friend he has therefore becom
e its proprietor\'97then what will be his lot? The natural consequence of this unlawful desire of the intruding friend will be police action, instigated by the real proprietor of the room, and trouble will disrupt the friendly relationship. And if the ma
n then leaves the room, being unable to occupy it as his own, and impertinently tells his friend that he is renouncing the right of proprietorship in disgust\'97certainly the proprietor friend will laugh at him, wondering when and how the proprietorship 
of the room could have been awarded to the intruder in the first place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the real position of the conditioned soul who enters into any given position of life in the cycle of birth and death. The livin
g entity simply changes his dress according to the price of the dress he has paid for. In the shop of material Nature there are 8,400,000 different types of dresses, and the living entity is allowed to put on any one of them according to the price he is 
able to pay.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leaving aside all other dresses, let us consider the dress of the human body. In the dress of the human body a living entity is more pu
zzled than in the dress of the beast, due to the particular garment. The dress of the human body is also exhibited in 400,000 varieties, or species. There are many different dresses of humanity, and almost all of them are no more civilized than the jungl
e beasts. As such, they have very little idea of the civilized form of national sentiment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of the 8,400,000 different dresses exhibited by the living entities, only the highest civilized human being is conscious of nationa
l feeling. This national feeling has created the different civilized nations of the world, but because almost every one of those nations is guided by the sense of nationalism through impure rather than pure consciousness, they are always busy making pact
s and blocs for the security of each one\'92s position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impure consciousness of nationalism has kept all the big heads of the world\'92s nations ever active for an amicable adjustment of 
everyone\'92s national interest. They have now made a United Nations Security Council, and are trying in vain to find the right adjustment. The impure consciousness of every nation has made it impossible to come to the safety point, and what is needed, t
herefore, is to awaken pure consciousness by the propagation of spiritual education, leading back to Godhead. This work was undertaken by the Lord Himself in the Form of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is pure consciousness? The idea of pure consciousness is specifically described in the Scripture called Ishopanishad, where it is 
said:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Everything that we see in this material world or in matter belongs to the domain of the Supreme Lord. You can
 therefore enjoy what has been offered to you by Him, but you must not accept any other\'92s property.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entity, in any of the above-mentioned eighty-four hundred thousand varieties of dresses, enters into the domain of the Lord.
 The agent of the lord, material Nature, gives him all facilities to live in that domain, and provides}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hi
m with all the comforts of air, light, shelter, food, drink, residence, and all facilities for acquiring knowledge. The lower grade living beings, such as the aquatics, the plants}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and trees, the reptiles, birds, beasts and beastly human beings living in the jungle take all the facilities offered by Nature, and make progressive evolution by a gradual process
: From aquatics to plant life, from plant to reptile, from reptile to bird, from bird to beast. The human form of life is evolved out of the life of the beast.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As guests of the material Nature, all these non-human living entities do not bother much about conventional civilization, and do not mi
shandle the products of material Nature . But civilized man, because of his developed consciousness, can and does mishandle the laws of Nature, thinking in terms of proprietorship over his particular place of appearance (country, city, etc.), and thus be
comes entangled in the matter of designations. Civilized man thus makes an error in the name of advanced civilization. These civilized nations forget completely that the particular places offered to them for residential purposes all belong to the proprie
torship of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord is the proprietor of all the \'93Lokas,\'94 or planets. In The Bhagavad Gita Krishna makes this statement:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I am the Beneficiary of all sacrifices and penances, and I am the Supreme Lord of all the planets and univers
es. I am the benevolent friend of all living beings, and, when knowing this, one can enjoy perfect peace.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The so-called civilized nations have forgotten the fact that the places of residence particularly specified for them by the Supreme Lor
d do not belong to them, but remain the property of the Supreme Lord. He has given the nations particular places of residence and comfortable life in order to make progress in the matter of pure consciousness. The Lord has not allowed us to remain in suc
h places simply to create a hell by developing a training ground for hooligans, ruffians, demons and unbelievers. He is the Supreme Friend of all living entities, and therefore He has made the codes of Scripture, such as the Vedas and Puranas, to guide t
he civilized nations. Without such codes, they may become diverted by the influence of Maya, or impure consciousness, to consider the places of their appearance to be their own property.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The particular place of residence allotted to us must be protected from the disturbing forces of demons and nonbelievers\'97not as the 
proprietors of the land, but with full consciousness of servitorship toward the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of an impure consciousness, Sri Arjuna\'97in the epic of the Mahabharata\'97declined to fight on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. He
 forgot for the time being that he was not the proprietor. The Supreme Proprietor is Sri Krishna, and Arjuna is only a servitor. This fact was explained in The Bhagavad Gita from different angles of vision, and ultimately, when the illusion of proprietor
ship was dissipated, the pure consciousness of Arjuna was awakened by the mercy of the Lord, and Arjuna agreed to abide by the order of the Supreme Lord. His attitude of nonviolence, adulterated with a sense of proprietary right, was condemned by Sri Kri
shna at the very inception of the idea. It is sheer nonsense to conceive of the devotees of Godhead as so many inert elements within society. Real devotees of the Lord, like Sri Hanuman (of the Ramayana) are neither violent nor nonviolent on their own ac
count\'97but they can be both violent and nonviolent in the service of the Lord. This is the criterion of pure consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nationalism in pure consciousness, as it was exemplified by Sri Arjuna and Hanuman, brings in real peace to the world. Such pure consci
ousness is aroused by devotional activities. Unbelievers in the supremacy of the Absolute Lord cannot have pure consciousness. Nationalism, however, guided by the principles of devotional service\'97of which Sri Arjuna presented the typical example\'97is
 the goal of our life. [END]
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\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chanting the praises of the Supreme Lord, Narada flies to visit the forests of Priya, in order to take this bath in the Ganges...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suddenly, a hideous site meets his eyes...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who has done this to one of the Lord's creatures?.
....... some fool has committed this awful sin and he will have to pay for it!........... Others! And they are all half alive!................. Who could have done this wrong?..................... Some soul is preparing a dark future for himself by infli
cting such pain on these animals! (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Narada finding the hunter. Thinks the following:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) At eac
h step the horror grows greater!......... Ah! Here is the wretch}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a hunter!............ This man is cr
azed! I must speak some sense to him!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Ha! Another deer is about to fall by the arrow of M
rigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the enemy of the beasts!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada strikes his transcendental Vina, a gift from Krishna, and all the trapped animals run away.....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : What's that sound? What's happening?......... My an
imals! They're gone!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hunter! I have come to you!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Who are you? I've never seen anyone like you! What 
have you done to me? (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Mrigari facing Narada. Thinks the following:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Never in my life have I
 felt such a sweet sensation! My heart grows.. light!.................. This must be some truly saintly person!......... Though I am still Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I cannot hold an ill thought against him!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am Narada and I have come to ask if you can help m
e find my way!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : And I am Mrigari! And you have just ruined my kill!
................. They have all escaped! Why did you do it?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As I was coming down the path, I saw the creatures k
icking with pain! Who has done these sinful acts?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Sinful acts?? Why, what you saw was quite all right
! It was done by me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You half killed this poor rabbit, and say it's all r
ight?................ If you want to hunt the animals, why don't you kill them at once? ................Don't you know that when you half kill them you cause them great pain?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : What's the difference, my lord? Besides, my father 
taught me this! Why, when I see a wounded rabbit flapping, it gives me great pleasure!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hunter, I beg of you one thing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and please say you will grant it!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Yes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anything! I have never met anyone as wonderful as you!...................Would you like a pelt? Come on}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub come to my house! I'll give you deer, tiger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whatever you want is yours! Just continue to speak with me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I don't want such things! What I want is this: pleas
e don't half kill the animals anymore! To kill them out right is bad enough!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Kill}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub half kill! What is the difference, my lord?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hear me, or Hunter! All the pains that you give to t
hese poor animals, you will have to suffer, pain by pain, one after another}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in your future lives!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "Will I suffer for every deer I've left groanin
g.....?" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The caption now shows Mrigari being attacked by the deers he has killed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, Mrigari! The soul does not die? It travels from b
ody to body!.............. We animals are still angry! And now you can taste what you once give us}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deer 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My iron horns!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deer 3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My club!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "Will I suffer for every boar I've run through 
with a pole?" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The caption now shows Mrigari being attacked by the boars he has killed}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boar:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Poles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and arrows, O enemy of the beasts!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boar 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You shot me in the back}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub while I was enjoying the sunshine!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boar 3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mrigari! Remember one baby for}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on the outskirts of Priya? It was like this!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boars 1-3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Every soul whose body you have killed may return 
and do the same to you!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "For every rabbit I've shot at?.........." (}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The caption now shows Mrigari with a rabbit at his ear}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rabbit:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Remember? You left me shafted between the shoulders!
........ You said "What's wrong? I did this! It's all right! What sinful?" ........ Remember, Mrigari?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "It cannot be so!" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The caption now shows a huge lion grabbing Mrigari's head}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "But it is! You have to face the reaction for each a
nd every sinful deed!"
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : O, master! How can I get rid of all these offences?
........ I surrender at your feet! Please}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub save me from the reactions that are awaiting me!.......... 
just direct me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I can tell you the real path}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if you want to follow!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Yes! Whatever}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I won't hesitate!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then break your bow, and I will then disclose it to 
you!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Breaking his bow, the dreaded hunter now follows the Mahajan's instructions! He gives away his money and valuables, and wears
 just one cloth....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : My past deeds are like bad ominous dreams! Now at l
ast I'm awake! ............ But how can I ever break all my bad habits?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  O Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you will see! Krishna is very kind}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He will give you all facility to come to Him! You have sincerely surrendered}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and that is enough!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The hunter and his wife construct a small thatched house on the bank of the nearby river.....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wife:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now you make the joyful! What you speak to me of Narad
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what you do}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this is freedom!.......... Only now have we become more than just another pair of forest animals!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Come! Assist me in carrying out the order of my spi
ritual master!.............. Join me, my dear one, and taste this sweet devotional service which Narada has given us!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He chants Hare Krishna, and depends upon charity for grains\'97but only takes what is required for himself and his wife......
He keeps the sacred Tulasi plant by his house, and waters it daily....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The caption now shows Mrigari's wife in conversation with s
ome of the village women}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Village woman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From our windows we used to see your husband 
stalking in the woods}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub covered with blood and cursing!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Village woman 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now his face has such a lustre? And he's so
 joyful... And calm.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wife:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is all Narada's grace! See this Tulasi plant?......
...... My husband has heard from Narada that if we simply water this tree we will be purified because the Tulasi is beloved by God himself!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing the miracle of the hunter turned devotee, the villagers come to him every day with food...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Village elder:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Have you seen Mrigari?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Villager:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and he is no fraud!............. He understands everything! I tell you we're fortunate just to know him whose spiritual master is Narada!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No fewer than ten to twenty eat with Mrigari every day.....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Village woman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All glories to you, good friend! We can no lo
nger call you enemy of the beasts.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Villager:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We'll call you Sage! Here is some food we'd like t
o offer you, O sage!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Please}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub call me the pupil of Narada! I am nothing else!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kirtana\'97the singing of God's holy names\'97suddenly breaks forth in the ex-hunter's yard, like a spring shower come to a l
and of drought...!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The caption now shows devotees chanting in ecstasy}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hari vol!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hari Hari vol!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One day, as Narada and his friend Parbut Muni are passing through the Priya forest...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have a disciple living nearby in these woods, Parb
ut! Let's stop in and see how he's doing!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parbut:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I'm always happy to see a devotee of Lord Krishna! L
ead the way, my good Narada!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shortly....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wife:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mrigari! Mrigari! Look!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Yes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yes! I see them! My spiritual master has come!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Mrigari starts across the field...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinks the following}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Ants! I almost crushed them!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Dear brothers, don't fear}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I shall not harm even one of you!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All glories to you, Mrigari! You are a good devotee!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parbut:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is truly wonderful how a devotee of the Lord will
 not give pain even to the ant!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Please accept my obeisances, Guruji}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Holy Sir! I would prostrate myself before you, but I see many ants here, and I cannot cause them pain!..........
. Here, let me remove them with my cloth!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is everything all right, my boy?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Oh, yes, Gurudeva! See how nicely the Tulasi has gr
own?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wife:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Holy Narada! Please come and take prasadam with us!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A short while later...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parbut:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have a very nice place here! I can see that you 
have greatly improved, and I'm very pleased by your ardent service!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Sir, as you are a friend of Narada's you must know 
we are always in bliss from chanting this Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this mantra given us by Narada!.
................ You must know how sweet this chanting is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so that we are always singing the names of 
Krishna!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ex-hunter and his wife begin to feel ecstasy\'97and they give vent to their feelings by chanting... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The caption now shows Mrigari and his wife dancing and chanting}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All glories to the assembled devotees!............ A
ll glories to Sri Sri Radha Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parbut:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Narada, you are truly a touchstone!............ Just
 by your association, you have given this lowly wretch of a hunter the highest perfection of human life}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub love of God!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are you getting enough food, my boy?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Oh, yes master! I have enough to feed twenty people
 daily!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narada:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right! Then just carry on your devotional
 service as you are doing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you and your good wife Krishna will bless you and make you happy!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The caption now shows Narada & Parbut departing and Lord Kr
ishna blessing Mrigari's hermitage}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrigari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : The great sages may speak of Krishna, who is the Su
preme Personality of Godhead! And the demigods may know Krishna, who is the supreme controller! ............. But I cannot know Krishna! So far as I am concerned, I can only worship my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes from the darkness of ignoran
ce, by his divine mercy!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The End
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Evolution\'97The God That's Failling
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Evolution\'97The God That's Fail
ling
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Rayarama Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recently, some college students ardently proclaimed a certain comic book writer to be their modern mythmaker, in honor of h
is exciting and weird superhero tales. This proclamation led me to reflect that, after all, a myth is supposed to be something that people believe in, or once did. My Webster\'92s Dictionary defines the word like this: \'93a usually traditional story of 
ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people, or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon \'85 an ill-founded belief held uncritically especially by an interested group.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Clearly comic book stories don\'92t fit this definition because they never pretend to be, or to have been, real. They are tales, but no
t exactly myths. If we want to consider the actual mythology of modern times, we have to look into the present beliefs which are \'93held uncritically\'94 by modern man. There are many such beliefs, and the strongest and most fixed would seem to be typif
ied by the commercial slogan: \'93Doctors recommend.\'94 For this is the Day of Science. Science rules supreme in judgement and in reverence over civilized man\'92s every thought, word and deed, just as the oracles, omens and stars once influenced the li
ves of the Babylonians and Greeks. In education, for example, tremendous amounts of money are going towards scientific research, to the almost utter neglect of other areas of learning. In fact, many large corporations find that their top scientific minds
 can\'92t write reports in simple intelligible English.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In an article entitled \'91The Humanist Heartbeat Has Failed,\'94 in the May 24, 1968 issue of LIFE, Professor James H. Billington rema
rks that. \'93A paltry one out of every thousand dollars of government funds given for basic research in 1966 went to the humanities. The much smaller amount given by private foundations to support research and teaching was some 23 times greater in the s
ciences than in the humanities.\'94 These are big odds, and it isn\'92t rash to draw the conclusion that science is today valued above all other studies and pursuits.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Science itself, of course, is neither bad nor good. It is a tool, like a scalpel: and if it\'92s used for cutting throats instead of ca
ncers, the fault lies in the heart and mind of the man\'97or men\'97who are controlling it. Science\'97the attempt to comprehend and adjust to, or control, material Nature\'97has accomplished some nice feats: disease control, communications, heating, tra
nsportation. It would be as senseless to condemn these things as it would be to put a scalpel on trial for murder. At the same time, it would be equally senseless to laud these things as though they had given life some meaning, as though they had contrib
uted to any real advancement in the human condition of consciousness. This would be like awarding the Nobel Prize to an iron lung.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Quality Of Life
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All who live must die\'97even the Universe itself lives and dies\'97and so to prolong life is not to insure it against the end. \'93Dea
th comes when it will come,\'94 and even the greatest scientific genius cannot hold life longer than his due. Some years ago the foremost physicist of India died in a simple plane crash\'97and all the inventions of science (including the plane itself) pr
oved of no avail to him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So it is not to avoid death that we should work, but to instill into what life we have some real quality\'97to use this life well and w
isely. Otherwise it is a living death, even at its best. According to the great Scriptures of the world\'97the Bible, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, and others\'97the highest perfection of human life is reached in confrontation with God, followed by submission, l
ove, and eternal association. Eternal association means that, in awakening to the existence and love of God, the living being becomes freed from the entanglements and designations of the material world, of which the body and its attendant annihilation ar
e primary.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It would seem a simple matter to recognize the fact that life without goals, life without quality, life without value\'97is quite like 
the life of a machine. It is robot life. And an educational system which is devoted to fitting the human mind for a specified place in the modern machine complex is a school for the living dead. And, as I will try to prove, the replacement of God by evol
ution in the modern school system, and thereby in the thinking processes of modern man, has produced only zombies. But with one flaw: human beings don\'92t like to act the part of zombies, and the alternative is likely to be revolt, corruption, and the r
uin of what civilization we have.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Evolution And Society
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Instead of pleasing God, modern children are taught to \'93please evolution,\'94 as it were. They are taught that the human race was th
rown up out of Chaos by blind chance (\'93or God, if you like,\'94 the teachers used to tell us. I don\'92t know if they can still say things like that in an American public school). Blind chance may just as easily throw us away again, and so the obvious
 necessity in the grim struggle for survival is to find a way to defeat both blind chance and all other competing species at the same time. Thus, we are taught, Mankind has constructed society, and society has so far proved the most effective step toward
 permanence that evolution has ever taken.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Society in this sense means the banding together of creatures of like mentality and structure for the purpose of prolonging the lives o
f the individuals of the community or species. This is done, apparently, by crippling, castrating or annihilating all other species of life. It is a concept of sophisticated bestiality, more ferocious in both fact and theory than the ravages of plague or
 the march of an ant army. And it is based on ignorance as utter as that of an ant\'97no, more profound yet, because the ant is at least acting as an ant. The human consciousness is capable of \'93graduating\'94 from the school of evolution into the \'93
workaday\'94 world of spiritual life, and unless it is used in this way, it\'92s not human at all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the great ignorance here is the idea that killing other creatures, or trying to control the intricate functions of Nature, will lea
d to eternal existence either for oneself or one\'92s race or species. This is like trying to tune in a television station on a radio receiver. The body is product of material Nature, and the first law of Nature is change. Therefore the body, in one form
 or another, must die. It is only the soul\'97or consciousness, if you like\'97which goes on, because this consciousness, in its purified state, is independent of Nature.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Immortality
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These attempts at prolonging life and putting off death are reflections of the irrepressible tendency of all forms of life to gravitate
 toward immortality. This is because of the eternal nature of the soul, which inhabits each living form. The form is temporary, but the soul is not, and it is trying, in ignorance, to get back to its original position. And, in its ignorance, the struggle
 for survival, the competition with other life forms, goes on, and consumes the energy, the attention, the hopes of the creature, until it dies and takes a new body, to try again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now the difficulty in trying to \'93please evolution\'94\'97that is, develop oneself so that the race, if not the individual, can conti
nue to survive\'97is that no one really knows what will work and what won\'92t in the long run. Many a modern moralist has tried to construct an ethical system on such foundations, but the fact that evolution remains a theory, remains uncertain in so ver
y many of its details, must frustrate every effort at coherence and consistency. No one knows what activities of the human race will \'93eliminate it from evolution,\'94 as Lecomte de Nouy has rephrased sin. And no one knows what activities will help it 
to survive. There are no known principles here, the theories of life origins change almost monthly, and so the attempt to establish a \'93moral\'94 system, or any system whatever, must come to nil.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Morality means how to act towards some goal. But if the goal is unknown, uncertain, untried, unstable, and unfriendly\'97then where is 
the scope for a workable morality? And yet, without morality, without mutually agreed-upon patterns of behavior, society cannot exist. And society, we have been told, \'93pleases evolution\'94\'97it will help us to survive .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we come to a double bind, an irreconcilable fault in the whole scheme of materialistic moralizing. We are trying to \'93please evolu
tion\'94 without knowing what it wants.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Theory And Process Of Evolution
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That there is evolution, and that there is a goal, an end, to the process, is not refuted here. In fact, the concept of evolution can b
e found in The Padma Purana, one of the Vedic Scriptures of vast antiquity. In this Purana, it is stated that the living forms in this Universe first arose as the aquatic animals, then evolved to the land vegetables, then on to reptiles, insects, birds, 
beasts and, at the end, humans. Even the most skeptical scholar cannot date The Padma Purana later than a good many hundred years before Darwin, and so this is a surprising example of scientific theory very slowly catching up to what was already presente
d by revelation long ago.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Evolution, according to the Vedas, is the process of the gradual development of consciousness from body to body, until the civilized hu
man form is reached. Development of consciousness means that consciousness is more comprehensive, not merely different: a tree may experience the warmth of the sunlight and the cold of the night, but he will never experience running or jumping. The human
, however, experiences in principle all that the tree has known, and more. In this way complete consciousness, or the perfection of conscious development, means to experience the sum total, the Absolute Truth. And the Absolute Truth is God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the goal of evolution is for the living being, after innumerable lifetimes of experience within body after body (The Padma Purana li
sts 8, 400, 000 species), to come to an awareness of his actual, transcendental position in relationship to Krishna, the Godhead. This direction of development, then, is \'93natural.\'94 It is the obvious and intended course of progress for the human lif
e form. All other life forms are only like the grades in a school, leading to the senior year. And, from that senior grade, one is expected to go forward out of school, not merely to remain fixed, or even to fall behind.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Human Purpose
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the human life form is possessed of this advanced consciousness, it is \'93natural\'94 for human beings to seek a direction, a 
way out of the struggle for survival, a solution to the riddle of immortality vs. death. One cannot, as so many philosophers would like to, blunt off the edge of this sword of awareness, become directionless, and at the same time find happiness. For happ
iness means fulfillment, and fulfillment for human life means the attainment of complete consciousness, unaffected by the conditions of time or Nature. This is the ultimate perfection. And, I must restate for emphasis, the drive toward this perfection is
 \'93natural\'94 in man.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, the general drift of materialistic civilization has always been toward the fulfillment of these same drives, but through the explo
itation of Nature rather than through the development of spiritual consciousness. The discovery and development of the theory of evolution is, after all, only an outgrowth of man\'92s attempt to achieve immortality and full knowledge on his own. This exp
loitation of Nature, however, always leads to frustration. Take nuclear energy for an example: along with all the promise of a superefficient, wonderfully comfortable world comes the terrible reality of the Bomb.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material Nature is endlessly changing, and the patterns would seem to be quite without limit. Therefore the plans which are laid toward
 the control and utilization of Nature are generally defeated: There is always at least one factor that no one thought of, and this changes everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A nice example of this is the theory of evolution itself: It is at basis a try at clocking the changes of Nature in order to get one ju
mp ahead, and in this way insure preservation of the species, if not of the individual. And yet, as this article is meant to prove, the theory itself has become a factor in the dissolution of modern civilization. This is that double bind again, which is 
inescapable so long as one\'92s footing remains firmly on the material platform. As soon as everything becomes automatic and predictable, life has lost its zest, and human nature will tend to blaze a new trail, even over the ruins of what went before, in
 its inexorable pursuit of the Absolute . This is why over-sophistication is generally the precursor of decline in any society. When people have fooled themselves into imagining that they know everything, they have lost their reason to live. Not because 
full knowledge is a bleak state, but because they don\'92t actually know, and the \'93everything\'94 they foolishly accept, out of pride or by education, is utterly unfulfilling. In this sad situation, oblivion becomes a welcome prospect.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Spiritual Fulfilment
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unlike material pursuits, which must end in defeat, spiritual life is an eternal adventure. There is, in the awakening of full consciou
sness, a satisfaction unparalelled by any experience of the mundane world, as the words of all great saints and mystics attest. And, in the development of loving relationships with God, there is an eternal competition to give pleasure rather than to take
\'97a competition between the devotee and Krishna, Who happily responds. And there is a security in the faith in eternal life which no concept of materialistic philosophy can establish.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Faith is, of course. the whipping boy of modern science. But no scientist has ever produced a theory or concept to remotely approach it
 in terms of human happiness. On the contrary, modern cynics are little more than dead stones compared to those who actually believe in God, in goodness, and in the immortality of the soul. The hopeless condition of modern mentality is a result of this l
oss of faith, and if this is progress, one must sincerely wonder where it\'92s pointing. Not that faith is ever absent. It has simply, now, been fixed in the material concept of life\'97in science, evolution, and so forth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point, we can see that the goals of the materialist and of the spiritualist are, to a degree, the same: eternal life (for self 
or race, as you like), full knowledge, and bliss. And we can further see that the latter two, happiness and knowledge, are qualities of awareness, or consciousness . It takes no more than the proper adjustment in one\'92s consciousness to have happiness 
and knowledge\'97and eternal life too, though this will be less apparent. However, if one involves one\'92s consciousness simply in understanding the mechanics of the material universe, the driving of awareness away from self and into the complexities of
 an unpredictable machine can only result in ignorance and misery\'97and death, too, though this again will be less apparent.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Morality
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, how to reach one\'92s goals, as mentioned before, is called morality. We should understand this point clearly: one doesn\'92t just
 behave. One acts toward some goal. He may desire to please parents, society, evolution, teachers,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God, l
ust, etc. But, always, one\'92s conduct, at least in the human form of life, has direction. And this conduct and its direction are called morality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today, morality as we\'92ve known it has collapsed because the goals are anything but clear, and not really desirable. People, in being
 asked to \'93please evolution,\'94 are asked to submit blindly to the good of the whole, according to the principles of an unsure theory. It is not the sort of request an intelligent person could comply with, and so our present youth, the first real tar
get of full-scale evolutionism, has revolted, has lost hope, and is on the verge not only of smashing the old society, but of replacing it with a blind and vicious, utterly licentious anarchy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No real morality can be built along materialistic lines. This is because in the end materialism offers nothing but death to its devotee
s. Educated away from God, facing the bleak prospect of sacrificing their lives to an uncaring force of Nature, it is little wonder that modern youth has rejected the old standards, and is hurling all its energies into grasping sense gratification to the
 fullest for what little time it may have. This is, after all, the intelligent thing to do under the circumstances.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The \'93Moral\'94 Populace
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who imagine themselves to be moral, but who have no understanding of the existence of God, are indeed more damned than those whos
e lives are devoted to unlimited sex and liquor. At least the sinful haven\'92t deceived themselves, and can therefore be saved by reasonable arguments. The self-righteous, convinced of their own perfection, are unapproachable by man or God. They are the
 truly evil in society, the worst of men, and it is of them that anarchy and all the other corruptions of society are spawned.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From such \'93moralists\'94\'97and it would seem that hardly any other kind exists today\'97revolt and ruin spring in full virulence, a
nd not, please note, from the \'93wicked.\'94 Not that the criminal elements of society are \'93good.\'94 But they are, after all, at the mercy of the \'93good,\'94 who have taught them the arbitrary rules of good and bad. Only when God sets the standard
 and that means God as He presents Himself in Scripture\'97can the real values of human life, of all life, be set.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This may seem Utopian, but please understand that it isn\'92t the faithful who are the ranting visionaries of today. The evolutionists 
and materialists in general are far more extravagant when it comes to building Utopias than any mystic out of Arabia. The only difficulty is that the materialistic Utopias have a way of failing to workout. Look, if you need an example, into any grade sch
ool textbook, and read about New York City. How wonderful it must be! So many giant buildings, so many bridges, so many trains, so many museums and monuments, so many people, millions of dollars, tons of food, dozens of restaurants, hundreds of theaters,
 scores of parks, zoos, gardens. The millennium. Then take a walk through the streets of New York City. Talk to the people. The balloon will break with stunning speed. As the saying goes, \'93I wouldn\'92t wanna live there.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the frustrating nature of materialistic success. There is, in fact, no success without God. And, for one whose heart is set on 
God, there is no failure.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Individuality
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub More than all else, the basic shortcoming in educating children to \'93please evolution\'94 is that no scope is admitted for the indivi
dual\'92s hopes and desires. All must be sacrificed to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Whole, to the country or race or species or l
ife force. Such a philosophy is far more grim than the grimmest Calvinism, far more hopeless and barbarian than the mythologies of the Norse.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The highly developed consciousness which is \'93natural\'94 to human life is thus diverted, and like a sword turned back by an iron buc
kler, it may well cut the man who holds it. Prevented from pursuing his real direction, modern man\'97and more especially modern youth\'97is restless and empty, hopeless and angry, anxious and tragic and dangerous.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No philosophy, no morality, no system of thought or discipline has ever arisen which can, pragmatically, take the place of that real re
ligion which is a vehicle for reaching God. In God consciousness the individual has his specific, eternal relationship with the Creator, Lover, Friend and Father of all. And acting as friend, child, lover and creature of God, the individual is able to}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub benefit all who live, by offering to them the opportunity to advance out of the struggle for survival, an
d into the transcendental position of love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way. Krishna Consciousness fulfills the needs, completely and eternally, of the individual, the community\'97both human and uni
versal\'97and of the Whole, which is the desire of the Supreme Godhead, Sri Krishna. This is not merely an alternative to chaos and anarchy. Such an alternative would necessarily be mundane. This is a final solution for the living being. It is the end of
 evolution.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For this issue we\'92ve chosen a few nice sweet preparations for you to enjoy.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Simply Wonderful
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (This name was given to this preparation by our Spiritual Master, who made this comment upon tasting these easy-to-make, quick-to-prepare sweets.)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 cup sugar\line \'bd cup butter\line 1 cup powdered milk (non-instant)\line \'bc cup water\line \'bd vanilla bean
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chop up vanilla bean and heat in butter. Then add all ingredients and rub together. Work into small balls. Offer to Krishna and ENJOY!
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Halavah (2 servings)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 cup farina\line \'bd cup butter\line 1 cup sugar\line 1-\'bd cups water
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melt butter over low heat, add farina and stir constantly for 35 minutes. While you roast the farina, bring water and sugar to boiling point in a separate pot, and 
simmer. When the farina is thoroughly roasted (be careful not to burn) put into sugar water and stir until firm. Now your halavah is ready to offer and serve. It\'92s a delightful breakfast treat.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Puris
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puris are wonderful with rose petal jam. This recipe will make 10-12.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sift white flour, add ghee and sift again so that butter is distributed evenly. Then add water and make a soft dough. Knead for 15 minutes. Roll into balls 1-\'bd i
nch diameter, then roll out each ball, using oil on your rolling pin and board. This will prevent sticking, and make for easier handling. Fry on high heat in ghee, once on each side. (Ghee is made by clarifying fresh sweet butter: Place a pound of butter
 in a small pot and let it stand on lowest heat for 8 hours. Then skim impurities off the top. The impurities can be used for frying vegetables.)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Rich Molasses Bread
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1 teasp. grated orange or lemon peel\line \'bd cup sugar\line 2-\'bd cups buttermilk\line \'bd cup chopped walnuts\line 2-\'bd teasp. baking soda
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter pan and sprinkle flour. Combine all dry ingredients in bowl. Combine all wet ingredients in separate bowl. Then add wet to dry, 
stir quickly, pour into pan and bake for 15 minutes. Then turn heat to 325 degrees and bake 1 hour. This bread can be served with rose petal jam, butter, or cream cheese.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Press, media organ of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Editorial offices: 243 East Tenth Street, New York, New York, 10003. 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All material copyright \'a9 1968, ISKCON PRESS.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MANAGING EDITOR: Rayarama Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li3240\ri0\fi-3240 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Madhusudan Das Brahmachary\line Jairama Das Brahmachary\line Jayadvaita Das Brahmachary\line Bali Mar
dan Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR: Nayana Bhiram Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR: Damodar Das Adhikary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRODUCTION CHIEF: Brahmananda Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ADVERTISING: Purushottam Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The recommended process for God realization in this Age is chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra: \line Hare Krishna, Hare 
Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub                                                      \'97A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Editorial
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Editorial
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GENERATIOCIDE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The world over, students, faculties and/or parents are in revolt, determined to alter their educational systems. Generally speaking, go
vernments and school administrations are willing to make small changes, but not the sweeping ones which will satisfy the opposition. Students For A Democratic Society, for example, which spear-headed the Columbia revolt in New York last spring, has annou
nced itself determined to bring down the existing university structure wholesale\'97but only in that it represents the entire American competitive-imperialist system. The SDS members have at least recognized the true dimensions of their struggle, althoug
h it seems naive of them to have assumed that the U.S. is THE enemy of human rights.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The truth is that each and every organization, regardless of its size or purpose or location, is ultimately brutal, exploitative and op
pressive\'97including SDS itself\'97unless it can see beyond the limits of material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Materialism means not merely unbounded acquisitiveness. It means the acceptance of material Nature as supreme, and therefore assumes th
at man must work out his destiny within the bounds of Nature. But Nature, as Darwin pointed out, imposes an unpitying competition of her own upon all beings within her grasp. Therefore even the socialist, even the pacifist must kill to prolong his life, 
must inflict pain on someone or something (like cattle or chickens) to secure his own pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The dream of a society without competition, in which human beings can develop to their utmost potential, is natural. It is the gravitat
ion of intelligent beings toward spiritual awareness\'97for spiritual awareness entails relationships of love and happiness, without hatred, envy or deprivation. But such a spiritual awareness cannot be had through submission to the brute force of materi
al Nature. It is only possible\'97for both individuals and societies\'97through the understanding of the distinction between spirit and matter, and of the exalted position of the Supreme Spirit, Sri Krishna. This understanding is the fruit of Krishna con
scious meditation upon the Holy Names of God: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is something stupendous, something real and gigantic and possibly wonderful waiting}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the half-shadows of tomorrow\'92s dawn for mankind\'92s young generations. The question is whether the dawn will break in splendor or tragedy, wh
ether the young will carry forward the blight of atheistic ignorance to its awful conclusion in a world of death, or whether they will turn instead to spiritual enlightenment, both glorifying the future and forgiving the past.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as their stated endeavors to build something finer and more sane go, we can only applaud and commiserate with SDS and the many s
imilar student activist groups. But to accomplish the reality of a new and just society, we must urge with all sincerity that such revolutionaries add the practice of Krishna Consciousness to their lives and movements. The rejection not only of materiali
stic social systems, but of the entire scheme of material life, is the real revolution by which the world can hope to see a better day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Parts & Parcels
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Parts & Parcels
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Nayana Bhiram Das
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In September, 1965, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\'97a holy man in the renounced order of life\'97landed in New York and introduced the Hare Krishna movement to the West
. The movement is based on the chanting of the holy names of God: HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE. It has from time to time known great popularity in India, and now the Swami has set out t
o spread its influence in America. By July, 1966 Swamiji had already attracted enough young disciples to form the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. located in the East Village at 26 Second Avenue. In the religious corporation papers, it is
 noted that one of the main purposes of the society in propagating Krishna Consciousness is \'93to develop the idea within the members and humanity at large, that each soul is part and parcel of the quality of Godhead (Krishna).\'94 The present column, d
evoted to the activities of the various Krishna Consciousness temples is therefore named Parts & Parcels in keeping with the Society\'92s mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Hare Krishna centers are constantly being opened in order to fulfill Lord Chaitanya\'92s prophecy that Hare Krishna will someday be sung in every village and to
wn throughout the world. Our latest center is called New Vrindaban, and is considerably more ambitious than any of our past endeavors. Located outside the Appalachian mountain town of Moundsville, 10 miles south of Wheeling, West Virginia, its purpose is
 \'93to serve as a holy place of transcendental pastimes, dedicated to Krishna, the Personality of Godhead.\'94 New Vrindaban consists of 133 acres of land, including a stream with a waterfall and bathing ghats, woods, fields, and pasturage; and a knoll 
called \'93Goverdan Hill.\'94 Only a house and a barn stand there now, but plans for the future are evolving quickly. As with all centers of Krishna Consciousness, this one is not located in the material world, but is spiritual by virtue of the work done
 there in devotion to God. Vrindaban in India is where Lord Krishna displayed His childhood pastimes as a cowherd boy, and one special feature of New Vrindaban is cow protection. Because of the great endeavor to build a spiritual city in the wilderness, 
with the dynamic determination to create a new and perfect human society, New Vrindaban will not be like the numerous country club ashrams popular with Yoga groups nowadays. Hayagriva Das Brahmachary, co-founder of the project, invites anyone interested 
to communicate with him c/o the Hare Krishna Temple at 26 Second Avenue in New York
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Nayana Bhiram Das Brahmachary
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the topmost opulence\line and all the courtiers and fools, jesters, politicos\line who ever packed great emperors\'92 palace rooms,\line hobnobbing and scra
ping before the throne,\line are no more than figs to this, the transcendent glory\line of my Godbrother Jadunandan and I\line sitting before the altar late Sunday,\line under the throne of Jagganath Lord of the Universe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are servants sitting in the court of\line the Supreme. We are here!\line Jagganath is worshippable Krishna\line \'97and we are here! All Glories to Jagganath\'92
s kindness!\line All Glories to our Spiritual Master, whose mercy has\line placed us at Your Lotus Feet, liberated and joyful!\line Now, let us refresh You with some service!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Satsvarupa Das Adhikary
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem of Narottama das Thakur
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub poem of narottama das thakur
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although I have come to this human form\line My Lord I have passed my life uselessly.\line I did not care to serve Radha an
d Krishna\line Yet I have swallowed poison carelessly.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna comes straight from Krishna Loka,\line But with chanting I have no connection.\line Day and night I\'92m burni
ng in this dark world\line Without working to make the correction.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Krishna has appeared as Sachi\'92s Son,\line Balarama has descended as Nityai.\line By chanting, the wretched have all
 been saved,\line Including even Jagai and Madhai.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh my dear Lord, O Son of King Nanda,\line Together with Brishabanu\'92s daughter\'97\line \'93I\'92ve no shelter but Radha
 and Krishna,\'94\line Humbly prays Narottama Das Thakur.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Super Consciousness
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is the highest Yoga performance by trained devotional yogis. The Yoga system, as is stated in the standard Yoga practice formula given by Lord
 Krishna in The Bhagavad Gita, and as recommended in the Patanjali Yoga discipline, is different from the nowadays practiced Hatha Yoga, as is generally understood in the Western Countries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real Yoga practice means to control the senses and, after such control is established, to concentrate the mind on the Narayana Form of 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. Lord Krishna is the Original Absolute Personality, the Godhead, and all the other Vishnu Forms\'97with four hands, decorated with conch, lotus, club and wheel\'97are plenary expansions of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita it is recommended that we should meditate upon the form of the Lord. For practicing concentration of the mind, one
 has to sit down in a secluded place sanctified by a sacred atmosphere, and the yogi should observe the rules and regulations of Brahmacharya\'97to live a life of strict self-restraint and celibacy. Nobody can practice Yoga in a congested city, living a 
life of extravagance, including unrestricted sex indulgence and adultery of the tongue.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have already stated that Yoga practice means controlling the senses, and the beginning of controlling the senses is to control the t
ongue. You cannot allow the tongue to take all kinds of forbidden food and drink, and at the same time improve in the practice of Yoga . It is a very regrettable fact that many unauthorized and stray so-called yogis now come to the West and exploit the l
eaning of the people towards Yoga. Such unauthorized yogis even dare to say publicly that one can indulge in drinking and at the same time practice meditation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Five thousand years ago, in The Bhagavad Gita dialog, Lord Krishna recommended the Yoga practice to His disciple Arjuna, but Arjuna fla
tly expressed his inability to follow the stringent rules and regulations of Yoga. One should be practical in every field of activity. One should not waste his valuable time simply in practicing some gymnastic feats in the name of Yoga. Real Yoga is to s
earch out the four-handed Supersoul within one\'92s heart, and to see Him perpetually in meditation. Such continued meditation is called Samadhi. If, however, one wants to meditate upon something void or impersonal, it will require a very long time to ac
hieve anything by Yoga practice. We cannot concentrate our mind on something void or impersonal. Real Yoga practice is to fix up the mind on the Person of the four-handed Narayana Who dwells in everyone\'92s heart.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SUPERSOUL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes it is said that, by meditation, one will understand that God is seated within one\'92s heart always, even when one does not k
now it. God is seated within the heart of everyone. He is not only seated in the heart of the human being, but He is also there within the hearts of the cats and dogs. The Bhagavad Gita certifies this with the declaration of the Lord: Iswara, the Supreme
 Controller of the world, is seated in the heart of everyone. He is not only in everyone\'92s heart, but He is also present within the atoms. No place is vacant, no place is without the presence of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The feature of the Lord by which He is present everywhere is called the Paramatman. Atman means the individual soul, and Paramatman mea
ns the individual Supersoul. Both Atman and Paramatman are individual Persons. The difference between Them is that the Atman, or soul, is present only in one particular place, whereas the Paramatman is present everywhere .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this connection, the example of the Sun is very nice. An individual person may be situated in one place, but the Sun, even though a 
specific individual entity, is present over the head of every individual person. In The Bhagavad Gita this is very nicely explained. Therefore, even though the qualities of all entities, including the Lord, are equal, the Supersoul is different from the 
individual soul by quantity of expansion. The Lord or Supersoul can expand Himself into millions of different Forms, while the individual soul cannot do so.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supersoul, being seated in everyone\'92s heart, can witness everyone\'92s activities, past, present and future. In the Upanishads t
he Supersoul is said to be sitting with the individual soul as a friend and witness. As a friend He is always anxious to get the individual soul back to home, back to Godhead. As a witness, He is the endower of all benedictions that result from the indiv
idual\'92s actions. The Supersoul gives all facility to the individual soul for achieving whatever he may desire. But he instructs His friend, so that he may ultimately give up all other engagements and simply surrender unto God for perpetual bliss and e
ternal life, full of knowledge. This is the last instruction of The Bhagavad Gita, the most authorized and widely read book on all forms of Yoga.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The last word of The Bhagavad Gita, as stated above, is the last word in the matter of perfecting the Yoga system. It is further stated
 in The Bhagavad Gita that a person who is always absorbed in Krishna Consciousness is the topmost yogi. What is this Krishna Consciousness? Just as the individual soul is present by his consciousness throughout the whole body, so the Supersoul, or Param
atman, is present throughout the whole creation by His super consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This super consciousness cannot be imitated by the individual soul, who has limited awareness: I can understand what is going on within
 my limited body, but I cannot feel what is going on in another\'92s body. I am present all over my body by my consciousness, but I am not present in any other\'92s body by my consciousness. However. the Supersoul or Paramatman. being present within ever
yone, situated everywhere, is conscious of every existence. The theory that the soul and the Supersoul are one is not acceptable, because the individual soul\'92s consciousness cannot act in superconsciousness. This super consciousness can only be achiev
ed by dovetailing individual consciousness with the super consciousness; and this dovetailing process is called surrender, or Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the teachings of The Bhagavad Gita we learn very clearly that Arjuna in the beginning did not want to fight with his brothers and 
relatives, but after understanding The Bhagavad Gita, when he dovetailed his consciousness with the super consciousness of Krishna, it was Krishna Consciousness. A person in full Krishna Consciousness acts by the dictation of Krishna, and so Arjuna agree
d to fight the Battle of Kurukshetra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the beginning of Krishna Consciousness this dictation of the Lord is received through the transparent medium of the Spiritual Master
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is sufficiently trained and acts with submissive faith and love for Krishna, under the direction of the bona fide Spiritual Ma
ster, the dovetailing process becomes more firm and accurate. At this stage Krishna dictates from within. From without, the devotee is helped by the Spiritual Master, the bona fide representative of Krishna, and from within the Lord helps the devotee as 
Chaita Guru, being seated within the heart of everyone.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MYSTIC POWERS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To simply understand that God is seated in everyone\'92s heart is not perfection. One has to be acquainted with God from within and wit
hout, and thus to act in Krishna Consciousness. This is the highest perfectional stage for the human form of life, and the topmost stage in all Yoga systems.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For a perfect yogi there are eight kinds of super-achievements:
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'95 one can become smaller than an atom,\line \'95 one can become bigger than a mountain,\line \'95 one can become lighter 
than the air\line \'95 one can become heavier than any metal,\line \'95 one can achieve any material effect he likes (create a planet, for example),\line \'95 one can control others like the Lord,\line \'95 one can travel anywhere within (or without) the
 universe freely,\line \'95 one can choose his own time and place of death, and take rebirth wherever he may desire.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But when one rises to the perfectional stage of receiving dictation from the Lord, that is more than the stage of the material achievem
ents above mentioned.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The breathing exercise of the Yoga system which is generally practiced is just the beginning of the system. Meditation on the Supersoul
 is just a step forward. Achievement of wonderful material success is also only a step forward. But to attain direct contact with the Supersoul and to take dictation from Him is the highest perfectional stage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The breathing exercises and meditation practices of Yoga are very difficult in this age. It was difficult even 5,000 years ago, or else
 Arjuna would not have rejected the proposal of Krishna. This age of Kali is called the Fallen Age. At the present moment people in general are short-living and very slow in understanding self-realization or spiritual life. They are mostly unfortunate, a
nd as such, if somebody is a little bit interested in self-realization, he is misguided by so many frauds. The only actual way to realization of the perfect stage of Yoga is to follow the principles of The Bhagavad Gita as they were practiced by Lord Cha
itanya Mahaprabhu. This is the simplest and highest perfection of Yoga practice.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SUPREME KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya practically demonstrated Krishna Consciousness Yoga simply by chanting the Holy Names of Krishna, as they are mentioned 
in the Vedanta, Srimad Bhagwatam, and many important Puranas. The largest number of Indians follow this Yoga practice, and in the U.S.A. also it is gradually growing in many cities. It is very easy and practical for this age, especially for those who are
 serious about success in Yoga. No other process can be successful in this age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The meditation process in right earnest was possible in the Golden Age of SatyaYuga because the people at that time lived for a hundred
 thousand years on the average.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you want success in practical Yoga, take to the chanting}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and feel for yourself how you are making progress. One should know for himsel
f how much he is progressing in Yoga practice.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita this practice of Krishna Consciousness is described as Rajavidya, the king of all erudition; Rajaguhyam, the most 
confidential system of spiritual realization; Pavitra, the purest of all that is pure: Susukham, very happily performed; and Avayam, inexhaustible.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 BHAKTI YOGA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who have taken to this most sublime Bhakti Yoga system, this practice of devotional service in transcendental love of Krishna, ca
n testify to how they are nicely enjoying its happy and easy execution. Yoga means controlling the senses, and Bhakti Yoga means purifying the senses. When the senses are purified, they are also, automatically, controlled. You cannot stop the activities 
of the senses by artificial means, but if you purify the senses they are not only kept back from rubbish engagement, but also they become positively engaged in transcendental service to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is not manufactured by us through mental speculation. It is the injunction of The Bhagavad Gita, Which says that,
 when we think in Krishna, chant in Krishna, live in Krishna, eat in Krishna, talk in Krishna, hope in Krishna, and sustain in Krishna, we return to Krishna without any doubt. And this is the substance of Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MAHAJANAS-Vali & Vamana 1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs48\cf1\nosupersub MAHAJANAS \line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GREAT SOULS IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf1\nosupersub (Comic Book style)
\par }\pard \s1084 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs44\cf0\nosupersub VALI AND VAMANA
\par }\pard \s1084 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Written}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by Satsvarupa das brahmachary
\par }\pard \s1084 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustrated}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by Jadurany Devi Dasi
\par }\pard \s1084 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lettered}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by Madhusudan das brahmachary
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the sublime Srimad Bhagwatam comes the narrative of Vali Maharaj\'97one of the Mahajans\'97the great authorities in th
e science of God realisation...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa360\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Far back in cosmic history there was a great war in which Vali Maharaj, leader of the dreaded Asuras, conquered the h
eavens in a shattering campaign against the forces of King Indra....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Indra! Can you hear my heart pounding with the thrill
 of battle? Indra! You and your demigods are doomed!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vali's guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub :  Yes, my pupil! We fly undefeated through the very streets and courtyard's of Indra's heaven! You have listened well to my advice!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali & Warriors:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Attack! Attack! O, see how the celestial's
 are stricken with fear!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Behold the might of our awful foe, O Vrihashpati! Ho
w has he gained such power, my teacher? Please, tell me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vrihashpati:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   He has gained knowledge of the Absolute from t
he race of Brahmins, O king Indra! Except for God Himself, neither you nor any other can now defeat him!................. He has acquired his powers by sacrifice to the Brahmins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the mighty all wise priests!................. He will surely be consumed by his own madness in the end! But for today}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is we who must flee!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   You are our spiritual master, and we shall abide by 
your decision! But this is no happy choice!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Demigod:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Come, my people! Let us assume animal forms}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and leave these heavens at our will! Surely}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in time}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub we will regain our place}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by the grace of the Lord!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soon afterwards, Aditi, wife of the great Sage Kasyapa, mother of Indra and other celestial's, bewailes the exile of he
r children...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aditi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Aditi in veneration before her husband sage Kasyapa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) I do adore thee, O husband! As you are my guru, do be pleased to think of my well-being!
 Do good to my sons who have been robbed!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kasyapa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Do not adore the husband or the son, for they have
 no power to help you, Aditi! Just worship the world's true teacher, God himself}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Vishnu! Only he 
can lead us to success! .............. Listen to me, and I will tell you the correct way to please the Lord, if you so desire it!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With reverence, Aditi steadfastly follows Kasyapa's instructions....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aditi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Aditi sitting worshipping Sri Vishnu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) salutations unto the one Lord, the invisible Godhead, Vishnu! Be pleased by my prayers and offerings! (
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Aditi offering food to a Brahmin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )....... Kindly take this food, good Brahmin!..............
.. Kasyapa has told me that when you are pleased, the Lord is most fully pleased!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After 12 days of penance, fasting and constant chanting, Aditi beholds the Almighty Personality of Godhead....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aditi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   O infinite Lord! Glory to you!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Vishnu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Mother of the gods, I know of your desire to ha
ve your son Indra reinstated!........... But the Asuras cannot be so easily brought down, as they have pleased the foremost Brahmins!............. Yet, since you worship Me, I shall now become your Son}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and protect you and your children!.................. Go now to your sinless husband, and think in your mind that I am centered in him! All will be foll
owed by My arrangement!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shortly....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aditi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Aditi rejoicing before her husband sage Kasyapa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Rejoice in the Lord, Kasyapa! I have performed all the sacrifices}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and He who is the universe has promised to appear}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as our Son!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kasyapa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinks the following:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) The Lord is here}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub within me! By my yoga power I can understand the part I am to play! (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A radiant Lord Vishnu is behind Kasyapa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Celestial gifts are offered to the Lord....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aditi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Here, dear son }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [Vamana]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub take this cloth}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and an umbrella for the weather!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vrihashpati:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   As priest of heaven, I have given the sacred t
hread to thousands of boys! Now}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord himself shall become a qualified Brahmin!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aditi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Every Brahmin must have a water jug}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and prayer beads!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   My dear parents and teachers have made such a cerem
ony!......... Now I can tell you Brahmaji, that I am going forth to the place where Maharaj Vali is! He is of that princely order which is always ready to give in charity!............... I am going to approach}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and beg something! And just see how this will completely accomplish the purpose of my mother!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile, at the Palace of the Asuras, King Vali and his teacher, Sukara, are engaged in a new sacrifice....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Hurry along! Bring out more rice! Isn't the clarifi
ed butter prepared yet?............... Such quantities of grain offered into the fire! This makes 100 sacrifices in the last two months! Our King Vali shall never be vanquished!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, Vali and his conquering hordes are in for a surprise\'97and we're in for a delightful story\'97but space w
on't permit it this issue. Why not join us next month for Maharaj Vali's confrontation with }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana The Dwarf}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
?
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Official Electric Globe Direction Finder
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE OFFICIAL ELECTRIC-GLOBE DIRE
CTION FINDER
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Rayarama Das }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men will follow in his footsteps. And whatever standa
rd he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.\'94 The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub III,21
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here are some headlines from The New York Times on a moderately slow news day (September 5, 1968): FATAL BOMBING IN TEL AVIV STIRS MOB ATTACK ON ARABS; VIOLENCE PAN
EL TO STUDY CHICAGO; U. S. REASSESSING POLICIES IN WAKE OF PRAGUE CRISIS; OFF-DUTY POLICE HERE JOIN IN BEATING BLACK PANTHERS; KEISINGER WARNS U.S. ON RUSSIANS\'97SEES MILITARY THREAT RISING STEADILY, HE TELLS LODGE; SPLIT AMONG MILITARY LEADERS SHAKES A
RGENTINA; FIGHTING RENEWED NEAR SAIGON\'97ENEMY DEATH TOLL IS PUT AT 146. These are, of course, only the more sensational and ominous developments, those of a somewhat international character. And, being a slow news day, very little was printed about Nig
eria\'92s cruel war with Biafra, about China\'92s brutal and enervating Cultural Revolution, France\'92s development of thermonuclear power, that same nation\'92s student unrest, the continuing Korean crisis, the imminent civil war in Southern Rhodesia a
nd South Africa, the armed border confrontation between India and China, and the literally innumerable other incidents and near-incidents of violence and warfare which plague today\'92s world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Americans of late\'97and most especially since the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy\'97have taken to scouring their conscienc
es to determine if the U.S. is really as violence-ridden as it seems to be. But events on the newsfronts of the world suggest that there is no single nation or culture which has a monopoly on violence or brutality. And it is increasingly clear that no na
tion today is devoid of them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dispute\'97difference of opinion, conflict of interest\'97is everywhere present in the world at all times. But the resort to unpitying 
violence in the form of riots, guerilla warfare, armed aggression, and the threat of holocaust seems especially rampant now, while respect of any sort for law and moral order is disappearing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is civilization changing\'97or dying? Perhaps the process of change brings us near to death, like a caterpillar during metamorphosis. I
f this is so, then whether in change or the throes of death our situation remains critical and dangerous, and the type of men we choose to lead us now may well decide the fate of the human race for many thousands of years to come.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With this elementary consciousness of our position in history, let us consider here what sort of men are fit for contemporary world lea
dership, what qualities we ought to seek in them, and what the aim of their leadership should be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One thing is sure: those who have led us in the past cannot lead us today and will not lead us in the future. This is because the wor
ld has changed. As Marshall McLuhan has indicated, electric technology\'97and specifically the rise of the new mass media\'97has irrevocably altered the course of civilization. It is not only that warfare has become prohibitively ferocious, but that peop
le all over the world are now linked at least as closely as most next-door neighbors were a century ago. Contemporary man finds himself too much in sympathy with his common fellows to blithely contemplate their torture or annihilation by the superbly arm
ed warriors of gigantic governments\'97even their own\'97much less to sing rousing battle hymns about the whole thing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perhaps the most striking instance of the new world unity among men which is arising can be found in the spontaneous student revolts wh
ich have suddenly afflicted the nations. The first true generation of the mass media has determined, it would seem, to tolerate the \'93old politics\'94 no more, whether it can offer a ready, reasonable alternative or not. Co-ordination among such \'93un
derground\'94 or youth movements has generally developed after, not before, they were set in motion in the various corners of the globe. In this sense theirs is a true mass movement, a spontaneous revolution.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the schism between \'93old\'94 and \'93new\'94 politics? What is its basis? Again, McLuhan has pointed out the situation, thoug
h he seems uncertain himself of the obvious implications.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'93old\'94 politicians are those who cheer their national flags, sing their traditional anthems, attend their traditional churches
, make the traditional pledges during the traditional speeches, hate their traditional enemies, and offer peace and prosperity for their people. The old politics, in a word, is nationalism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nationalism, or sectionalism, is the obvious cesspool from which the diseases of war and famine arise. It is, to be sure, the bedrock o
f the United Nations and the cornerstone of our modern governments\'92 world views. Yet it is the real reason people starve in India while the U.S. pays its farmers not to produce, and it is the glaringly apparent reason why Russia and the United States,
 under the absurd banners of \'93world\'94 communism and democracy stand ready to obliterate life on this planet. Nor is any detente likely to change matters in the long run, even if a temporary nuclear accord can be reached. For other nations want power
 too, and the fact that it is simply power to destroy blindly\'97and entails inevitably being destroyed in turn\'97does not deter them. Thus France and China are anxiously, avidly joining in the H-bomb race, and others can be expected to do so in the nea
r future\'97Israel, West Germany, India, Italy, Japan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nationalism is the old politics because it views men with narrow common interests as kindred, to the exclusion of others, and because
 it sanctions all the evils that men can work upon one another, so long as the victim stands outside one\'92s own community. But electric technology has made the world one community, and so the old lines of thought cannot apply. Nationalism is the politi
cs of ignorance and ceaseless war, of misery, greed, rape, murder and starvation. Electric technology\'97the television, the photo-filled newspaper and the movie house do not permit the sort of insulation and indifference to such things that a single sim
ple headline used to allow. And they tend to break down the degree of callousness\'97of alienness\'97that men of different nations used to be able to feel toward one another.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are, by virtue of modern technology, one world family with a thousand governments, and this is the canker that rots us. The \'93new
\'94 politics, then, the politics by which we must be guided if we are to survive, is not just a matter of personal integrity, as the popularity of Eugene McCarthy and George Wallace in America seems to clearly indicate. It is true that the unpitying cam
era cannot help but reveal liars and frauds, as it has done for many during the current presidential race in the U.S., but this is only the beginning, only the first fruit of electric technology. The real and ultimate result is the consciousness within t
he minds of the world\'92s people that they are one and not many.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the new politics can then be seen to be the politics of world unification, the politics of a higher consciousness of brotherhood tr
anscending the limits of race, nation or creed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Genghis Khan wrote a lawbook by which he hoped to perpetuate the world government which his tremendous conquests had established. Alt
hough himself a nomadic shamanist, it is interesting to note that the first of the laws in his \'93Yassak\'94 reads:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is ordered to believe that there is only one God, creator of heaven and earth, who alone gives life and death, riches an
d poverty as pleases Him\'97and who has over everything an absolute power.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Mongol warlord understood, as all the great men who have attempted to unite the world under one government have understood, that without a principle transcendin
g earthly ties\'97that is, transcending sectionalism\'97no universal government could endure. As Napoleon put it: \'93No society can exist without morality; there is no good morality without religion.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The reader may wonder if I mean to hold up Genghis Khan or Napoleon Bonaparte as examples of the world leader required by our times. Th
e answer is no. First of all, though the Mongol\'92s concept of world government was in many ways admirable, events most certainly demonstrated him a failure, for his empire did not endure, much less continue to expand, long beyond his death. Like Machia
velli, he conceived that men are best ruled by fear as opposed to love, and it was with this conviction that he initiated his campaigns of terror against the peoples of Asia and Europe. What we need today is neither a terrorist nor a Machiavellian, for t
he mass media no longer permit such extravagances within the human community. Indeed, dissimulation and terrorism are the very things now to be cast off by the human race if it is to live.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, Napoleon\'92s hopes of uniting Europe foundered on two principles: the first being his own self-interest, the second his irrepre
ssible tendency to place France and her people at the forefront of the world. He made France not the liberator but the despoiler of those who had suffered under the abuses of the Old Regime, and in the end it was the people, not the rulers, of Europe who
 defeated him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The world leader required by our times\'97the man or men for whom history and technology have conspired together to set the stage\'97ca
nnot be a Frenchman or a Mongol, nor an American, Chinaman or Russian. He must stand above the designations of sectionalism, and he must be able to elevate the people of the world with him. And he must have at heart not his own aggrandizement, but the tr
ue and transcendant welfare of all the people of the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are not ordinary qualifications, and they are not found in men the way that Napoleon\'92s military genius or Augustus\'92s admi
nistrative skill were found. They must be consciously, intentionally developed. Everyone accepts certain designations of family, race, religion and nationality from birth, without question. Even where one of these concepts is absent, another is present. 
But the true universalist cannot accept such exclusive designations. He must be capable of going beyond these things, he must be capable of comprehending the essence of the life force itself. In other words, he must be a man with knowledge of spiritual, 
or absolute, existence\'97a self realized soul. And this self realization is a matter of serious personal determination.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we examine the causes of nationalism, we will see that it stems ultimately from the identification of oneself with the body. The bod
y is born in a particular place, with certain relationships, loyalties, debts and duties already existing to absorb one\'92s interest. But the relationships of the body, like the body itself, are all ephemeral. One who accepts himself as having no spirit
ual existence beyond the space-and-time limits of the body cannot possibly avoid identification with one or another of the exclusive groups to which his body belongs. He cannot, therefore, be a true world leader.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The point to be noted is that spiritual knowledge is the requirement\'97the absolute requirement\'97for the man who would unify our wor
ld, establish peace and justice and, still more, happiness. I say it is the absolute requirement because without it such great men as Alexander, Genghis Khan, Napoleon and who knows how many first-rate administrators, executives, humanists, autocrats and
 demagogues have failed to do the job. For, though the Mongol and the Corsican correctly realized that religion was the ultimate means of unification, they were themselves not truly religious. They sought to use religion to cement together their empires,
 and here lay their basic error.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Religion must never justify its existence by service to a state or society, nor allow itself to be prostituted in that way. Religion is
 not a means to a stable society. It is a pathway to knowledge of God, it is the means of developing love of God. It is liberation from material existence, not a material device or adjustment. When it loses this orientation, when religion no longer serve
s to bring the individual to direct experience of the existence of God, then it is false and useless\'97a true opiate of the people.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The religion from which a stable and happy society springs is not, oddly enough, the false, society-oriented religion. Such a religion 
is ever the harbinger of revolution and disintegration, as witness Christendom these last few hundred years. Only the true religion which strives, and exhorts mankind to strive, after face-to-face knowledge of God can actually bring about peace and stabi
lity in the world. One who does not himself believe in God\'97much less know Him by his own serious devotional endeavors\'97cannot, therefore, create union among men by means of religion. Such leaders offer only the tradition, the hollow tasteless husk o
f a creed, and it is in turning from this in search of something better that the world so often finds itself in ferment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The truth is that it is society which must be made to justify itself in terms of the spiritual advancement of its people, as both Gandh
i and Toynbee have foreseen. And the world leader who will succeed in uniting the human race is the man who can affect this change in disposition. He cannot be a man interested in self-aggrandizement, for knowledge of God leads one to glorify God only, t
o serve and love and obey God only. Nor can he be a man of any section, with any special, narrow interest to serve, for God is one without a second, as He is described in all the world\'92s authentic Scriptures; and all that exists is His. All beings wit
hout exception belong to Him, are His beloved children, and therefore must be treated with the utmost regard, and must be offered the full happiness and peace of spiritual perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One with this consciousness of God as the Supreme Father of all, as the Possessor of all and the Friend of all, is fit for world leader
ship today, and only such a spiritually advanced person can hope to overcome the strictures of sectional interest in establishing the world union which electric technology has made practical, and history essential, for our survival.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are, and always have been, innumerable doctrines of a grand and sweeping nature which call for peace, disarmament, brotherhood,
 and harmony, but modern history has not found one which will work. Neither communism, socialism, capitalism, totalitarianism, democracy, nor whatever is really acceptable for the welfare of all. If communism excludes individual enterprise, capitalism is
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system for the exploitation of the poor. And no scheme, whether economic or political, has taken accou
nt of the welfare of living beings other than humans. Based ultimately on personal avarice, existing only to adjust the exploitation of the world\'92s wealth for the benefit of many or few, such grand and all-inclusive world views falter at one point or 
another, such as Russian national predominance within the communist movement, or American\'97and before that British\'97industrial hegemony among the democracies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present writer, however, has no such scheme to offer. The Krishna Consciousness movement which I serve has indeed a dialectic, and 
what\'92s more an outright science of societal organization, but the point and essence of this essay is that the world cannot be \'93saved\'94\'97that is to say unified\'97by schemes. It must be saved by men, and only men who have made themselves perfect
 in the science of God realization are fit for such a task. To be perfect in God realization means to have purified one\'92s consciousness from the false designations of the material concept of life, and to have risen to the platform of spiritual awarene
ss. Such awareness is universal in scope. and does not recognize the petty and vicious pretensions of sectional society, nor even of human society as opposed to other life forms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This purification of consciousness has been outlined scientifically within the context of the Vedic Scriptural writings of India. and i
t is to these Scriptures that the leaders of tomorrow\'92s world must look if they are to achieve the required consciousness of universal love. Other Scriptures are, to be sure, not excluded by such a study, and it is exactly because they are all-inclusi
ve, rather than exclusive, that the Vedic writings have real value for us now.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic wisdom can be summarized in a simple phrase: The single worthwhile goal of life is to develop love of Godhead. And the system
 for the development of that love is presented in many different ways. Especially recommended for this age, where the strains of life seem not reduced but magnified by electric technology, is the chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra\'97Hare Krishna, Hare 
Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. By constant repetition of this transcendental sound vibration it is possible to arrive at the position of purified awareness of God. Such an awareness necessarily entails awa
reness of the eternally existing relationships between all creatures and their Creator and thereby endows one with the intelligence required for true world leadership.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a scheme not for societies so much as for individual people, and its value lies here. For if the people, individually, can find
 satisfaction, fulfillment and happiness in the advancement of spiritual life, then society will necessarily be peaceful and stable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can therefore see that a perfect society is a natural and inevitable by-product\'97but not the goal\'97of true religion. And the wor
ld leaders of tomorrow are those who will encourage the people in this pursuit of God consciousness\'97and who will themselves pursue it, thereby offering their lives as examples.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The business of such world leaders can be outlined simply:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 to pursue with heart and soul the quest for personal fulfillment in devotional service to God,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 to unify the world under one government,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 to institute a system of law based on spiritual goals, which will have as its guideline the great Scriptures of the 
world,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'95 and to create an atmosphere of God consciousness for the actual benefit of all beings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Utopian? Electric technology has made each one of these goals wholly practical, while the outcries of the new generation for a way of l
ife more sane, more hopeful and more intimately fulfilling show that the human race is ready, if not waiting.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Rishikesh
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Rishikesh
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 In the Himalayan foothills stands the "place of sages"
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  rishikesh Sacred Temple City of the Ganges
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 photos and story
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jayagovinda Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Text explaning photos:]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri4320\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [RIGHT: RISHIKESH, NESTLED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE HIMALAYAS, FACING OUT ACROSS THE GANGES RIVER; BELOW LEFT: NRISHIN
GHA DEVA, THE HALF- LION HALF-MAN DEITY AT A TEMPLE IN RISHIKESH; BELOW RIGHT: THE LAKSHMAN -JHULA FOOTBRIDGE WHICH ALL PILGRIMS TO RISHIKESH MUST CROSS. IT SPANS THE GANGES FROM THE CLIFFS OF LAKSHMAN-JHULA TO SWARGASHRAM.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Formerly Rishikesh was a special retreat of the \'91\'91sadhus,\'94 the saintly wise men, reserved for \'93tapasya,\'94 the performan
ce of austerities. But today this type of meditation has been replaced by the singing of sacred mantras and hymns during joyful gatherings known as Kirtans. Entire families attend and participate, and all throughout the day the town\'92s atmosphere is en
livened by this singing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the authentic, carefully preserved Vedic writings called \'93Shastras,\'94 or Scriptures, there is a prophecy regarding the present 
age of industry and science, and a special mantra is offered for God realization in this era: HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE. And so by following a natural tendency to sing and dance, peo
ple are able to act in accordance with the Scriptures, and thus make progress in spiritual understanding while they enjoy life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Much of the population of Rishikesh is made up of pilgrims, visiting this as one of a series of holy places in the area of the Himalaya
s. Everyone takes a dip in the sacred Ganges before retiring to rooms provided free of cost to weary travelers by the different temples. Whether rich or poor, no distinction is made. There are many such places in India, maintained by the wealthy for the 
spiritual upliftment of the population in general. This principle is quite firmly established throughout the country, and is one of the main causes for the existence of a more spiritually oriented population. The most common Indian has some knowledge of 
the existence of the spirit from which consciousness emanates, and is trained to act, in some way, to uplift himself to the spiritual platform. The result is a genuinely happy people, for all that one is led to believe in the West; and a population with 
a deep sense of security as well\'97which may surprise many westerners, but is quite true.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How the sacred Ganges came into being makes a very nice story: Vamana, the Dwarf Incarnation of God, kicked a hole with His foot in the
 shell of the universe, and a drop of the Causal Ocean leaked in. This droplet was caught by Lord Shiva, a powerful demigod and great devotee of the Lord. Shiva kept it in his hair for some time and then released it, and it became the River Ganges, which
 runs down through all the fourteen worlds.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the early morning and evening hours at Rishikesh the hills ring with bells, announcing the temple worship of Lord Narayan and Lord S
ri Krishna, two forms of the Supreme God. People rise with the sun and flock to the temples to see the performance of a ceremony where symbolic items\'97the five-light ghee lamp, the water-filled conch, and a pretty folded handkerchief\'97are passed befo
re the deities\'92 eyes, along with the chanting of Sanskrit mantras and verses of praise.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The deities are called \'93Archa Vigraha,\'94 a form of incarnation of God. They are made in the image of God, according to the descrip
tions of Him found in Scripture, and He enters into their forms in order to accept the worship of His devotees. The deities are carefully attended, exactly like living persons: they are fed, bathed, clothed, and offered beds for taking rest.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The temple ceremony ends with the splashing of the ceremonial waters on the crowd. Just raise your hand and the \'93Pujari\'94 the prie
st, will give you a liberal sprinkling. Then there comes distribution of delicious sweets called \'93prasadam,\'94 food which has first been offered to and accepted by the deities. During this distribution the deities are fanned and given rest. Everyone 
then returns to his ordinary business, inspired by the sight and worship of the deities. And everyone will surely return again and again to experience that inexplicable feeling of goodness from having stood in the sacred}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub presence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The deities are sometimes considered to be like clocks: The clock is a representative of time, and by looking at the clock one can see 
time . Even if he destroys his clock, however, and cannot see it, time itself is not destroyed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rishikesh is a heaven in itself, and the beautiful Deities at Swargashram, a temple situated on a nearby peninsula along the Ganges, ma
ke it even more perfect, with God Himself to preside over it. It is a place of matchless scenery, and a place where the soul is at home.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [Text explaning photos:]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li4320\ri4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [LEFT: PARAMATMAN NAKIRTAN TEMPLE. FAMOUS FOR ITS LIFE-SIZE WAX STATUES OF THE DEITIES, SAINTS AND YOGIS, SOME OF WHI
CH CAN BE SEEN HERE IN NICHES ALONG THE WALL; BELOW LEFT: PILGRIMS REFRESH THEMSELVES IN THE COOL SACRED WATERS OF THE GANGES; BELOW RIGHT: FAMILIES MAKE ABLUTIONS IN THE GANGES AT DAWN]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li4320\ri4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [RIGHT: THE FIRST PHOTO EVER PERMITTED OF THE SUBLIME DEITIES AT SWARGASHRAM, A TEMPLE COMPLEX ACROSS FROM RISHIKESH.
 THE DEITIES ARE, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: KRISHNA, RADHA, NARAYANA, LAKSHMI, RAMA AND SITA; BELOW RIGHT AND LEFT: A "PUJARI" OR PRIEST PERFORMS "ARTI," FORMAL WORSHIP OF THE LAKSHMI-NARAYANA DEITIES.]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Three Features of the Absolute
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THREE FEATURES OF THE ABSOLUTE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Subal Das Adhikary
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are three classes of transcendentalists, according to the degree of realization of the absolute truth. One class of transcendenta
lists are the devotees, who have realized the Absolute Truth to be the Supreme Person, or God. A second class of transcendentalists are the yogis, who have realized the Supersoul Feature of the Absolute Truth, or all-prevading consciousness. And the thir
d class of transcendentalists are the philosophers, who generally can only realize the impersonal feature of the Absolute.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavan, the Supreme Person, is held to be the ultimate in the Absolute Truth, according to the Vedic writings, which define and delin
eate the aspects of the Supreme in systematic and scientific fashion. Paramatman, the Supersoul, is a partial manifestation of the Supreme Person, and Brahman is the glowing bodily effulgence of the same Supreme Person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Impersonal Brahman realization is often compared to knowledge of the sunshine. A higher realization is to understand that there is a lo
calized sundisc; and the study of that feature is compared with knowledge of the Supersoul. The highest realization is to know of the sun planet and its inner workings. This compares with intimate knowledge of the pastimes of}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Original Person, Sri Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These three features of the Absolute Truth are simply different perspectives of the same One Reality, according to the angle of vision 
of the seer. From a distance a mountain may appear to be a gray cloud, but as we get closer to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it we can 
distinguish different features, such as villages, rivers, or wooded areas. And, when we have reached the mountain, we can distinguish individual blades of grass, rocks, and animals.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we realize the Supreme Person, this includes realization of His partial manifestation and of His effulgence, both being emanations
 from Him. However, simply realizing His effulgence, or partial manifestation, does not include realization of His Personal feature. In The Brahma Samhita, one of the most important Vedic Scriptures, it is said:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, only the tip of the toe of Whose Lotus Feet is approached by the yogis 
who aspire after the transcendental, betaking themselves to Pranayama [breath control] by drilling the respiration: or by the jnanis [philosophers], who try to find the non-differentiated Brahman through the process of elimination of the mundane, a proce
ss extending over thousands of millions of years.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Realization of Brahman or of Paramatman is, therefore, incomplete realization, and the systems of Yoga and philosophical reasoning are 
also incomplete. That the only way to know the Supreme Absolute Truth perfectly is through devotion is the message of The Brahma Samhita, as it is of all the great Vedic Scriptures which have come down to us from the remotest antiquity.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub BRAHMAN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalists generally cannot realize the spiritual focus of the Supreme Person. Being frustrated in one\'92s attempts at sense g
ratification on the materialistic sphere, \'93by the process of elimination of the mundane,\'94 that is, by saying \'93not this, not that,\'94 (neti, neti) one may \'93try to find the non-differentiated Brahman.\'94 Intellectually, through reason and log
ic, one speculates on the absolute Truth. Due to a poor fund of knowledge, however, such a philosopher tends to misinterpret the Scriptures, and comes to deny the Personal feature of the Lord. This process can go on for \'93thousands of millions of years
,\'94 as the soul progresses from birth to birth to birth. Finally, after achieving realization of the non-differentiated Brahman, the Absolute Nature he tries to merge with It, desiring to lose his individuality\'97to become God. This is called spiritua
l suicide, because we are all eternally individual living entities. This absolute individuality is confirmed in The Bhagavad Gita, by far the most widely revered of all the Vedic Scriptural texts, in the words of the Supreme Person Himself:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub In fact, there never was a time when I was not, nor when you and all these kings were not. Nor hereafter shal
l We cease to be. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.12}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Again:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The soul is never born, nor does it die; nor does it exist by coming into being. For it is unborn, eternal ev
erlasting and primeval; even though the body is slain, the soul is not. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Further, in The Brahma Samhita, it is said:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The same soul is eternal and exists for all eternity, without any beginning, joined to the Supreme Lord by th
e tie of eternal kinship.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is possible to \'93merge\'94 with the impersonal Brahman, and to temporarily suspend our individuality. If we see an airplane fly ve
ry high into the sky, it may go out of our sight and thus seem to have merged with the sky. However, the fact is that if the airplane does not land on another planet, it must again return to earth. Similarly, if we do not reach one of the innumerable tra
nscendental planets within the spiritual sky, we must again at some time take our birth in this material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the nature of the individual soul to be situated on a planet, be it material or spiritual. In this way he can enjoy the variegate
dness of life. Spiritual variegatedness, we should understand, is far superior to its material reflection. Variety is, after all, the basis of pleasure and happiness. And the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is known as Sat-Chit-Ananda Vigraha, 
\'93eternity and bliss in the fullest perfection.\'94 When we realize the impersonal Brahman, we realize only His Eternal (Sat) quality, without approaching the Knowledge (Chit) and Bliss (Ananda) aspects of the Absolute.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE OPULENCE OF GOD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalist further thinks that he can become God by merging with the impersonal Brahman. This is a dangerous form of atheism. Th
e thought that someone can become God should be seen as patent nonsense. Is God so insignificant that a dog can become God? God must be eternally God, and we are eternally His parts and parcels\'97His servitors. Qualitatively we are indeed the same as Go
d\'97one with Him, as is frequently said\'97but quantitatively there is a vast difference. The Vedic wisdom says that Krishna, God, possesses six opulences in full: all wealth, all fame. all beauty, all power, all knowledge and all renunciation. We also 
possess these six opulences, but in very minute quantities. If anyone can actually show that he possesses these qualities in full, then he must be accepted as God. If not, then he has no claim to divinity. If you claim to be God, then you must demonstrat
e that you are God, and not simply live like a dog.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The qualities of Krishna, the Godhead, have also been seen as sixty-four in number by great sages. And the living entity is said to pos
sess 78% of these qualities. He can never possess all 100%.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, if we say we are God, but that we have temporarily forgotten, this is also insubstantial. God never forgets. If God were subject t
o forgetfulness or Maya, Illusion, then Maya would be more powerful than God. So what then would be the meaning of the word \'93god\'94?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wanting to become God is the very cause of our downfall into the material existence. We must realize that we are always subservient to 
God. We are eternally His infinitesimal parts and parcels. It is because we are so infinitesimal that we are subject to delusion by the material energy of the Lord. He, however, is always transcendental and in full control of His illusory energy, even wh
en He appears amongst us, as He sometimes does. This is confirmed in The Brahma Samhita by the following two verses:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The Lord of Gokula [Krishna] is the transcendental Supreme Godhead, the Own Self of Eternal Ecstasies. He is 
superior to all superiors, and is busily engaged in the enjoyments of the transcendental realm, and He has no association with His mundane potency. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5.6]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Again:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The external potency, Maya, who is the shadow of the Chit [intelligence] potency, is worshipped by all people
 as Durga, the creating, preserving agency of this mundane world. But I adore the Primeval Lord Govinda, in accordance with Whose will Durga conducts herself. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5.44]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we take a drop of water from the ocean and analyze it, we will find that its chemical composition is the same as that of the ocean. 
In the same way, we are microscopic samples of God, but can we say that the drop of water is the ocean? In the Upanishads, the measurement of the spirit soul is given as one ten-thousandth the ultimate tip of a hair. Yet, we tend to become so inflated as
 to claim to be God. We are like sparks from a fire. The sparks are indeed fire, but when they fly out of the fire they are subject to extinction. Similarly, we can only remain in our transcendental position by remaining in contact with Krishna, the Supr
eme Whole.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 YOGA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through practice of the eightfold Yoga system\'97Astanga Yoga, that is, which consists of posture, controlling the breath, concentratio
n, meditation, etc.\'97the yogis can realize the partial manifestation of the Supreme Person, Which is known as the Supersoul, or Paramatman. This Paramatman is situated in everyone\'92s heart as the indwelling Witness and Guide. In the Upanishads the re
lationship between the individual soul and the Supersoul is compared to two birds sitting in one tree. One bird is eating the fruit of the tree, while the other bird simply sits and watches. The individual soul is compared to the eating bird, and the Par
amatman to the bird who is watching. The Paramatman witnesses all our actions, and awards us the fruits of these actions:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub That Supersoul enters into the bodies of the created beings and, according to the modes of material Nature, c
auses the living beings in different bodies to enjoy, by the subtle mind and the effects of Nature. (Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1:2:3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is also waiting to help us go back to home, back to Godhead, should we decide to turn to Him for guidance. He is our dearmost Friend. But the conditioned souls h
ave chosen to ignore Him. Still, He is so kind as to stay with us constantly, and to try converting us to our real and happy state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Realization of the Supersoul is a step higher than realization of the impersonal Brahman. It recognizes both eternity (Sat) and knowled
ge (Chit). Yet the bliss, Ananda, of full spiritual realization is still missing. Narada Muni, a very great saint, says in The Srimad Bhagwatam:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub It is true that by practicing restraint of the senses in the Yoga system one can get relief from the disturba
nces of desire and lust; but that is not sufficient to give the satisfaction to the soul which is derived from devotional service to the Personality of Godhead. Only devotional service to the Personality of Godhead can fully satisfy the soul, by developi
ng love of Godhead, unalloyed Prema, which is the perfectional stage of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Sixth Chapter of The Bhagavad Gita, Krishna describes the Yoga system to Arjuna, and Arjuna rejects it as being too difficult. A
rjuna was such a very intelligent man that he understood The Bhagavad Gita in about an hour, as it was spoken to him by Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Today men are studying The Gita for lifetimes and still cannot understand it. Also, Ar
juna had the qualification of being Krishna\'92s friend and devotee. Yet he said:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O Madhusudana [Krishna], the system of Yoga which You have summarized appears impractical and unendurable to me
, for the mind is restless and unsteady.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub For the mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it is, it seems to me
, more difficult than controlling the wind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the great-souled Arjuna rejected this system as being too difficult for him 5,000 years ago, how can we, who are far inferior to Arj
una and who are living in an age that is very unconducive to spiritual practice, hope to perfect this system of Yoga? Our duration of life is shortened, we have poor memory, meager intelligence, and are unfortunate in so many ways. This Yoga system was t
he recommended}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means for spiritual realization in the \'93Satya Yuga,\'94 or Golden Age of a long-gone an
tiquity. Now we are in the midst of a new age, called \'93Kali Yuga,\'94 which is characterized by quarrel, chaos, and heavy iron industry. And for realization in this age the chanting of the Holy Names of God is recommended by many authorities and Scrip
tures. According to Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Who appeared some 500 years ago in India:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub In the Age of Kali there is no other religion than glorifying the Lord by utterance of His Holy Names, and th
at is the injunction of all the revealed Scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Satya Yuga, by practicing the Yoga system\'97with devotion\'97one could realize Krishna, the Supreme Person. But even then there wer
e many pitfalls along the way. For example, some yogis might become attracted by the development of their mystic powers. The yogi who misuses these powers for personal gain surely brings his spiritual progress to a halt.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Other yogis, having realized the Paramatman, think that they have realized the Absolute Truth in full, and therefore do not go on to re
alize the Supreme Person, of Whom the Supersoul is only a partial manifestation. Others are caused to fall down by attraction for material sense enjoyment. The senses are artificially controlled by the Yoga system, but as soon as some opportunity for sen
se enjoyment presents itself, the senses may again exert themselves to take advantage of it. Another mistake is to falsely identify the individual soul with the Supersoul, and again come to the faulty conclusion that one is God Himself.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DEVOTIONAL SERVICE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The really intelligent transcendentalist will immediately take shelter of the Lotus Feet of Krishna, and serve Him with devotion. In th
is way he can know the Supreme Absolute Truth in full, as the Supreme Person. Krishna is unknowable, but through His Grace, He may reveal Himself to his devotees. Scriptures, and the great saints, the mahatmas, tell us over and over again to simply surre
nder to God, and in this way reach the perfection of life. Krishna is Sat-Chit-Ananda Vigraha, the form of eternity, knowledge and bliss in perfection. He is calling mankind to go back to home, back to Godhead, trying to wake him up from the gross dream 
of material life. He offers man a very simple process, and the only possible obstruction to achieving the goal is man\'92s own failure to accept it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of this devotional process, Lord Krishna in The Bhagavad Gita says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Surrendering all duties, seek refuge in Me alone. I shall absolve you of all sins, so do not grieve.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And, in The Srimad Bhagwatam, the great sage Vyasadeva writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Thus the enlivened man, affected by contact with devotional service to the Lord, can positively have scientif
ic knowledge of the Personality of Godhead, liberated from all material association.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Eternal Dharma
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ETERNAL DHARMA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The religion nobody has to join
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvarupa Das Adhikary
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is the science of God realization. By this science, we can understand that all living entities are parts and parc
els of God. As samples of the Whole, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we share the same qualities as He. God is all blissful, and so, originally, we are blissful. As He possesses all knowledge and as He is eternal, similarly we, in our natural positio
n, are eternal and knowing. According to all authoritative Vedic Scriptures, such as The Bhagavad Gita (Song of God), Srimad Bhagwatam, and Upanishads, as well as The Holy Bible and Koran, the difference between God and the living entities, or parts and 
parcels, is that God is great and we are small. He is infinite and we are infinitesimal. Since we are small parts and parcels of the Supreme, we are apt to be covered by ignorance; when this occurs, our bliss and eternity become temporarily suspended. Th
is ignorance is due to the misuse of our free will. And true freedom for us is to act with dependence on God, Who is the Absolute Truth, the Source from Whom everything emanates. At the ultimate stage, the goal of life for all human beings is to attain l
ove of God as the topmost perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this current age, material science is predominating over all subjects, including the tenets of religion. It is, therefore, a very en
livening matter that we can understand the principles of eternal religion, or \'93Dharma,\'94 from the point of view of the modern scientist. The materialistic scientist, however, too often takes for granted that the ultimate source of energy is simply a
 material combination. By execution of the spiritual science of devotional service in Krishna Consciousness, one can understand the true position of matter as a mass of ingredients only, whereas the spirit is the Creator and mover. The Creator may remain
 unseen in the background, but that does not mean that there is no Creator. All beings must learn the necessary information whereby they can admit the existence of a gigantic intelligence behind the gigantic form of the material universe. The Supreme Bei
ng, Who has such a gigantic intelligence\'97quantitatively greater than ours\'97is the ultimate Creator, the all-attractive Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The eternal religion, called in Sanskrit \'93Sanatan Dharma,\'94 has no history of beginning or end. By the analytical processes of mod
ern science, we can see that Sanatan Dharma is the business of all the living beings of the Universe. This Sanatan Dharma, being without bounds, is necessarily non-sectarian. When a man professes to belong to a particular faith with reference to time and
 the circumstances of birth, then he claims to be a Hindu, Moslem, Christian, Buddhist, etc. These are non-eternal designations. A Hindu may change his faith to become a Moslem, or a Moslem may change his faith to become a Christian. But in all circumsta
nces, the change of religious faith does not allow a person to change his eternal engagement\'97the engagement of rendering service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Service, according to the Vedic sources, is the eternal \'93Dharma,\'94 or religion of the living entity. Whatever position one may be 
in\'97in terms of time or space\'97he is always rendering service to someone outside himself. This is true not only for man, but for all species of life without exception. And because it is an eternal engagement, the \'93religion\'94 of service can never
 begin or end or be transmuted. Its existence is absolute, just as the spiritual existence of the living being himself is absolute.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness means rendering direct and favorable service to the Source of everything. Only by the process of direct service t
o the Lord can the living entity become free from the transmigration of the soul through the world of material miseries, characterized by disease, old age, birth and death. Only by loving service can he go back to Godhead, back to the eternal spiritual r
ealm, and take part in the eternal pleasure prevailing there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this present age, called theAge of Kali (hypocrisy and quarrel), the method of liberation prescribed by the Scriptures is to chant t
he Holy}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Names of God continually. God}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or Krishna is non-different from His Name, because He is Absolute and all-powerful. Therefore He is in His Name. God is everywhere, and so He is present in His Name. 
The utterance of the Name \'93Krishna\'94 is the establishment of a transcendental sound vibration. By this simple process of chanting the Absolute Names of God, as contained in the Maha Mantra or Great Chanting\'97HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRI
SHNA, HARE HARE/HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE\'97one\'92s life will become sublime. It is only a question of taking one\'92s already existing \'93religion,\'94 or tendency to serve, and consciously redirecting it to the perfect object of ser
vice, Krishna. Such purified consciousness is the ultimate state of spiritual achievement for the living entity.
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The recommended process for God realization in this Age is chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare 
Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Editorial
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Editorial
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Changing Guards
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The trouble with elections is that they tend to give us the distinct sensation that things have changed simply because our representati
ves in government have changed. Year after year, century after century, institutions, administrations and world leaders come and go with all their sackloads of systems, credos, experiments and cure-alls, while the common man plods on, never really gettin
g what he wants out of it all: some final satisfaction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Leaders have always exercised power\'97as much in Egypt of the Pharoahs as in modern America\'97by popular consent. That consent is som
etimes directed toward an institution, as in the case of a monarchy, rather than toward a specific individual, which applies in a democracy, but it is always essential for effective government. And popular consent indicates that the world's leaders and g
overnments reflect no more than the desires of the populace. Therefore, to consider why the people don't get the real satisfaction that each being seeks in life, we must not consider leadership as an entity apart and by itself. The habit of historians to
 place the blame for the world's ills solely\'97or even mainly upon our Neros, Attilas and Stalins is misleading. We must consider both the governed and the governor together\'97they cannot be separated\'97in order to get a valid picture.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, if our leaders are offering us what we want, and if we're following men who have, really, no more than that to qualify them, then 
we must recognize the fact that we are not unhappy merely because of our leaders: we are unhappy because of what we want. In this our leaders most certainly conspire with us, but they are not guilty by themselves. We are asking for\'97and our politicians
 are promising to deliver\'97our own enslavement, frustration and death. That is to say, we are seeking, to conquer material Nature, and all our victories in this struggle are Pyrrhic to the final degree.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic teachings, there are two reasons for our determination to defeat Nature, to bend her to our will and exploit her
 and ravage her: The first is that we each desire to be God. Because of this we have left the eternal spiritual association of the actual Godhead, and by His kindness He has given us the material world in which to enjoy according to our own choices. Unde
r the illusion which each creature possesses\'97the ant and the platypus no less than Caligula or Hitler\'97that he is the center of existence, we are being constantly engaged in the struggle to exert our supremacy. And because that supremacy does not fa
ctually exist, we are continually subjected to defeat in one form or another.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second reason for the struggle against Nature which is put forward by the Vedic sages is incompatibility. The living force is by co
nstitution spiritual, spirit being described as unchanging, eternal, knowing and blissful. When the spiritual living entity takes on the form of a material body, he tends to falsely identify himself with that body\'97like a man in a dream who has forgott
en his real self. Material Nature is basically mutable, and unconscious except when the life force is present. Therefore, when any creature accepts himself as a product of material Nature, he makes it impossible to achieve the fulfillment of his real and
 constitutional position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What we must seek, then, if we are to find satisfaction, is a means of purifying consciousness in order to regain spiritual, total awar
eness. And the struggle for supremacy over Nature, which our leaders today assume without a second thought to be the real goal of human society, must be abandoned. The Krishna Consciousness Movement exists simply to offer this spiritual alternative to ma
nkind, and our method\'97the chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra\'97is a scientific and transcendental approach to this real and most basic problem of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We strongly urge all men at all levels of the human community to take up this process, and to thereby adopt an actual program of releas
e from the bitter struggle with Nature Compared with the tremendous amount of time and money thrown into the democratic election process, this is an exceedingly easy, inexpensive proposition. Yet it means actual release, whereas our political upheavals o
ffer no more than a change of guards at the gate of the material prison.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Transformed hippies clad in saffron robes... chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra\'94\'97so ran a recent story in the London Evening Standard. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the end of August three householders, their wives and a baby named Saraswati left New York for London to open the first Krishna Consciousness center in Britain. 
Almost simultaneously, a center was opened on the Continent, in Berlin. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Londoners, living in the capital of what was once the world\'92s mightiest and most far-flung empire, have long been exposed to an endless variety of self-styled yo
gis, swamis, sufis, and mystic teachers, all professing to impart the gems of Oriental wisdom. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Inevitably, however, their gems have proved to be nothing but colored glass. The emergence of Krishna Consciousness in London this year is somewhat different. Altho
ugh this movement first began in India, the majority of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\'92s students are Americans. And, what\'92s more, the teaching of Krishna Consciousness does not recognize nationality as a valid index to one\'92s identity
. Because it sees all beings as the children of God, this teaching will be familiar to Westerners in its closeness to Christian philosophy, but because of the scientific presentation of spiritual knowledge characteristic of the Vedic literature, Krishna 
Consciousness also offers something new to the people of the West. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The initial response and enthusiasm in London has been entirely encouraging. Kirtan\'97chanting to the transcendental sound vibration of HARE KRISHNA\'97is now bein
g held regularly at 7p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays at The Arts Lab, 182 Drury Lane. Hundreds joined in for a recent Kirtan performed at the Middle Earth Roundhouse, with devotees billed as the \'93Radha Krishna Temple, \'94 the Fugs and other groups being 
on the same program. Chanting was conducted until dawn.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Origin of the Hare Krishna Movement
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Origin of the Hare Krishna M
ovement
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Great Apostle of love of God and the Father of the Sankirtan Movement, advented Himself in the City of Nabadwipa in Benga
l, India. This was in February, 1486, by Christian reckoning.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the will of the Lord there was a lunar eclipse on that evening. It is the custom of the Hindu public to bathe in the Ganges or any o
ther sacred river during the hours of eclipse, and to chant the Vedic mantras for purification. When Lord Chaitanya was born during the eclipse, then, the whole of India was roaring with the holy sound of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare
 Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These sixteen Names of the Lord are mentioned in many Puranas and Upanishads, and they are described as \'93Tarak Brahman,\'92\'92the N
ames for this age. It is stated in the \'93Shastras, \'94 the accepted Scriptures, that offenseless chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord can deliver a fallen soul from material bondage. There are innumerable Names for the Lord both in India and elsewhe
re, and all of them are equally good because all of them indicate the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But because these sixteen Names are especially recommended for this Age, called Kali Yuga, it is better for people to take the path of the great Acharya
s, the saintly teachers who attained success by practice of this system.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This coincidence of the Lord\'92s Appearance and the lunar eclipse make it clear what the mission of the Lord was to be. That mission w
as to preach the importance of chanting the Holy Names of God in this Age of Kali, or Quarrel. The present age witnesses quarrel even over trifling things, and therefore the Shastras have recommended that a common platform can be found in the performance
 of Kirtan, also called Sankirtan, the congregational chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord. Accompanied by melodious music and dancing, people can hold meetings, Kirtans, for glorifying the Lord in their respective languages. And if such performances a
re executed in anoffenseless manner, it is sure and certain that such persons will gradually attain spiritual perfection without any of the effort of undergoing rigid methods of Yoga or asceticism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During Sankirtan the learned and the fool, the rich and the poor, the Hindu and the Moslem, the Englishman and the Indian, the common m
an and the priest\'97all can give aural reception to the transcendental sound vibration of Hare Krishna, and thereby cleanse the dust from the mirror of the mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Srimad Bhagwatam it is stated that, \'93in this Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient brain substance will worship
 the Lord and His associates by performance of Sankirtan Yajna (sacrifice).\'94 So Lord Chaitanya and His inauguration of the Sankirtan Movement were not concoctions, but present the fulfillment of what is stated in revealed Scripture, just as the Appear
ance of Lord Buddha, Shankara Acharya and all such Avatars are foretold in Vedic literature. And to confirm the Lord\'92s mission, all the people of the world will accept the Holy Name of God as the common platform for the Universal Religion of Mankind.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Advent of the Holy Name thus took place along with the Advent of Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. When the Lord was on t
he lap of His mother, the Child would at once stop crying as soon as the ladies surrounding Him chanted the Holy Name, clapping their hands. This peculiarity was observed by the neighbors of the Lord with awe and veneration. Sometimes the young ladies to
ok pleasure in making Him cry, so that they could then stop Him by chanting Hare Krishna, Hare. Rama. From His very childhood, then, the Lord began to preach the importance of the Holy Name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the age of 16 He became the greatest scholar in all India, known as Nimai Pandit. He was then married with great pomp, and began to 
preach the Hare Krishna Movement at Nabadwipa. Some of the Brahmins there soon became envious and put many hindrances in His path, at length complaining to the Moslem magistrate about Him. The Kazi, as this official was called, took these complaints seri
ously, and he at first warned the followers of Lord Chaitanya not to chant the Name of Krishna loudly. But Lord Chaitanya asked His followers to disobey the orders of the Kazi, and they went on with their Sankirtan parties as usual.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Kazi then sent constables who broke some of the mridangas (drums) while Sankirtan was taking place. When Lord Chaitanya heard of th
is, He organized a civil disobedience movement at Nabadwipa. He was the pioneer of civil disobedience in India\'97and for the right cause. He organized a procession of a hundred thousand men, with thousands of mridangas and khartals (hand cymbals), and t
he procession passed over the roads of Nabadwipa without any fear of the Kazi.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At length the party reached the house of the Kazi, who fled upstairs in fear of the masses. The men assembled there showed hot tempers,
 but the Lord asked them to be peaceful. At this the Kazi came down, and a very nice discussion was held, concerning the Koran and the Hindu Shastras.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Kazi questioned the Lord about cow sacrifice, which is prescribed in the Vedas, and the Lord replied that the sacrifice mentioned i
n the Vedas is not cow killing. In that sacrifice an old bull or cow is killed to give it fresh, younger life by the power of the Vedic mantras. In the Kali Yuga, however, such cow sacrifice is forbidden on account of the absence of learned brahmins who 
can conduct the ceremony. In the Kali Yuga all sacrifices are forbidden because they are useless attempts when undertaken by the unlearned. In the Kali Yuga only the Sankirtan form of sacrifice is recommended for all practical purposes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Kazi was convinced by the authority of Lord Chaitanya, and at once became a follower of the Lord. He declared that, thenceforward, 
nobody might put hindrances in the way of the Hare Krishna Movement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Following this incident, the Lord began to preach and propagate Sankirtan more vigorously than ever. In the course of His 
preaching work, He used to send out all His followers every day, including Srila Nityananda Prabhu and Thakur Haridas, two chief figures of His party. They would go from door to door and preach the cult of Srimad Bhagwatam, the science of love of Krishna
. One day, as they were out on the road, these two came upon two brothers named Jagai and Madhai. Born the sons of a respectable brahmin, the brothers had fallen to the most despicable position through low association. They were debauchees of the first o
rder, meat eaters, woman hunters, and dacoits.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At once, upon learning of these two, Thakur Haridas and Nityananda Prabhu decided that, if they could be delivered by the Holy Name, Lo
rd Chaitanya would be all the more glorified. With this in mind they at once approached the two brothers, requesting them to chant the Holy Name of Krishna. The drunken brothers became enraged at this, however, and attacked Nityananda Prabhu. Both Nityan
anda Prabhu and Haridas Thakur hurriedly left the place, with the drunkards chasing them for a considerable distance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next day Nityananda Prabhu again came to see the brothers, but as soon as he approached them he was struck on the head with a piece
 of earthen pot, and blood spilled forth. Srila Nityananda was so kind toward them that instead of protesting against their heinous act, he said, \'93It doesn\'92t matter that you have thrown things at me. Still I request you to chant the Holy Name of th
e Lord. \'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of the brothers was astonished at this behavior of Nityananda Prabhu, and he at once fell down at his feet, asking pardon for his s
inful brother. The other was again attempting to hurt him, but Jagai checked him and implored him to also fall down at the feet of Nityananda Prabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile the Lord, having heard of His devotee\'92s injury, at once rushed to the spot determined to kill the pair, but Nityananda Pra
bhu reminded Him of His mission\'97 namely, to deliver the hopelessly fallen souls of the Kali Yuga. The brothers Jagai and Madhai were, after all, typical examples of the present day population. Because of Nityananda\'92s intervention, and due to their 
own sincere surrender at that pure devotee\'92s feet, Lord Chaitanya at length was pacified, and the brothers became welcome devotees of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For this purpose of delivering the debased population of the Kali Yuga, Lord Chaitanya appeared, and out of His causeless mercy He gave
 us the simple method of self realization: chanting the Holy Name of God: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. And, He said, there is no other way in this era.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Lord was once asked by the great Mayavadi sannyasi, Prakashananda Saraswati, what was the reason for His diversio
n to the Sankirtan Movement, instead of studying the Vedanta Sutras as is the duty of a sannyasi, the Lord replied very humbly as follows:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb86\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The reason for My diversion to the Sankirtan Movement from the study of the Vedanta is that I am a great fool. And, because I am a
 great fool, My Spiritual Master forbade Me to play with Vedanta philosophy. He said it would be better for Me to chant the Holy Name of the Lord, and that that would deliver Me from material bondage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In this Age there is no religion other than glorifying the Lord by the utterance of His Holy Name, and that is the injunction of al
l the revealed Scriptures. So on the order of My Spiritual Master I chant the Holy Name of Krishna, and I am now mad after this Holy Name. Whenever I utter it, I forget Myself completely: sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry, and sometimes I dance like a m
adman. I thought within Myself that I may have actually gone mad by this process of chanting the Holy Name, and therefore I inquired from My Spiritual Master about it. I told him, \'91I have become mad by chanting the Holy Name. What does this mean ? Ple
ase let me know. \'92
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My Spiritual Master then informed me that it is the real effect of chanting the Holy Name that it produces transcendental emotion, 
which is a rare manifestation. This transcendental emotion is the sign of love of God, which is the ultimate end of life. The love of God is transcendental even to liberation (mukti), and as such it is called the fifth stage of spiritual realization\'97s
tanding above the stage of liberation. The actual result of chanting the Holy Name of Krishna is to attain the stage of love of God, and it was good that I was favored with such a blessing.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although Lord Chaitanya is Krishna Himself, for our example He has presented Himself as a great fool. God is full in six opulences, inc
luding all knowledge, and therefore He is never a fool. We can, however, follow the merciful example of Lord Chaitanya and take up this chanting with all determination, and we will in that way reach the ultimate perfection of life, which is love of God. 
Everything is there. We need only accept what is coming down to us in the line of disciplic succession from Krishna and from Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Lord was traveling through the jungles of Jhalikanda (Madhya Bharat) on His way to Vrindaban, all the wild animal
s also joined with His Sankirtan Movement. The wild tigers, the elephants, bears, and deers all accompanied the Lord, and the Lord attracted them into His Sankirtan Movement. By this He proved that, by propagation of the Hare Krishna Movement, even the w
ild beasts can live together in peace and friendship\'97what to speak then of men, who are supposed to be civilized? No man in the world will refuse to join the Sankirtan Movement when he actually understands it, nor can the Lord\'92s Sankirtan Movement 
have any restriction of caste, creed or color. Herein is direct evidence of the greatness of His mission, for He admitted even the wild animals to partake in Sankirtan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, although the Lord was the greatest scholar of Vedanta at the meager age of 16 years, still His only request was that, in this Age o
f Kali, you simply chant Hare Krishna and your life will be sublime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya left only 8 slokas, or verses, of His instructions to the general mass of people, which are known as Sikshastak. These a
re included herein:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Glory to Sri Krishna Sankirtan, which cleans the heart of all the dust accumulated for many years. Thus the fire of conditio
nal life, of repeated birth and death, is extinguished. This Sankirtan movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction Moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge, it increases the ocean of 
transcendental bliss, and it helps us taste the full nectar for which we are always anxious.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub two
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O my Lord! Your Holy Name alone can render all benediction upon the living beings, and therefore You have hundreds and milli
ons of Names, like Krishna and Govinda. In these transcendental Names You have invested all Your transcendental energies, and there is no hard and fast rule for chanting these Holy Names. O my Lord! You have so kindly made approach to You easy by Your Ho
ly Names, but, unfortunate as I am, I have no attraction for Them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub three
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One can chant the Holy Name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street, more
 tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and ready to offer all respects to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the Holy Name of the Lord constantly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub four
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O almighty Lord! I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor have I any desire to enjoy beautiful women, neither do I want an
y number of followers of mine. What I want only is that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life\'97birth after birth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub five
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Son of Maharaj Nanda, I am Your eternal servitor, and although I am so, somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of b
irth and death. Please, therefore, pick me up from this ocean of death, and fix me as one of the atoms of Your Lotus Feet.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub six
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O my Lord! When shall my eyes be decorated with tears of love, flowing constantly while I chant Your Holy Name ? When will m
y words be choked up when uttering the Holy Name ? And when will all the holes of hair on my body have eruptions by the recitation of Your Name?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub seven
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment twelve years or more, and tears are flowing from my eyes like 
torrents of rain. I am feeling all vacant in the world, in the absence of You.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eight
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I do not know anyone except Krishna as my Lord, and He shall always remain as such, even if He handles me roughly by His emb
race; or He may make me broken-hearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, but He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MAHAJANAS-Vali & Vamana 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs48\cf1\nosupersub MAHAJANAS \line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GREAT SOULS IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf1\nosupersub (Comic Book style)
\par }\pard \s1084 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs44\cf0\nosupersub VALI AND VAMANA
\par }\pard \s1084 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub WRITTEN BY SATSVARUPA DAS BRAHMACHARY\line ART BY JADURANY DEVI DASI\line LETTERED BY MADHUSUDAN DAS BRAHMACHARY
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The story of Vali and Vamana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub conclusion: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub previous}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1080\ri720\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub having conquered Indra's celestial Kingdom, the Asura King Vali and his brilliant teacher, Sukara, take residence in th
e demigod's palace, unaware that the Supreme Lord has incarnated as Vamana the dwarf in order to restore the cosmic balance between God and demons\'85
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Opening caption shows a fire sacrifice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sukara is very strong and offerings to Vishnu! ....
.... You can see for yourself}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it's the key to Maharaj Vali's success!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next caption shows Sukara conversing with Vali in the celes
tial Kingdom}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I advise you my dear Vali, to keep up these sacrific
es to Vishnu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and to the Brahmins!............... In that way you will retain your favourable position
 and make gain!..................... You should offer everything to Vishnu! Do you understand me, my student?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, master! There is nothing difficult for me in thes
e instructions}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it gives me pleasure to offer charity!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  O King! There is a golden person}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a Brahmin boy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub approaching to see you!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmin 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who is this? Has the sun himself come to our sacr
ifice?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Beautiful Brahmin boy! You appear to be the epitome of
 the best Brahmins!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Thinks the following:) Hmmm! Can this be the Lord H
imself}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub come in the guise of a beggar to take everything from us?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Brahmin boy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think You wish something of me!............ So, be pleased! You have come to the world's greatest ruler! ............ This ground belongs
 to me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but You have blessed it by walking on it with Your feet! Come now! Take gold, or houses, or fo
od, or girls, or elephants}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whatever you like!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinks the following:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) The fool!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I ask of you only a piece of land that I can cover w
ith three footsteps!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinks the following:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Now I'm sure of it! This Brahmin is Vishnu himself! ........... I must stop Vali's generosity}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or we'll lose everything!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What? You come to me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I who can give you a planet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and You only ask for an insignificant space of ground?......... Come}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ask more! You should never have to beg again, having once come to me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  O good King! He who would be dissatisfied with three
 footsteps of land would not be satisfied even with a planet! ........... Only he who has controlled his desires can be joyful!................ I want just three footsteps, please!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All right! All right, then! Take what you wish!.......
.... But allow me to touch the water that has washed Your feet to my head}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to confirm my promise?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vali}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stop! This Boy is the Supreme Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Vishnu Himself! He has come to take everything from you!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have promised Him}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Never mind! Simply do as I say!............ He is th
e all-powerful God in the guise of a Brahmin!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub master}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub you yourself told me to give everything to Vishnu!........... And}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have given my word!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Obey me! You won't be able to fulfill His wish and s
o you'll have to go to hell for breaking a promise! ...(}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinks the following:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).... And}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if he gives everything to Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where will I live?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You may be my teacher}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but I cannot deny this Brahmin boy!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sukara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub receive my curse}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you stupendous fool!....... May you lose everything!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Good Brahmin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub please take as You desire from me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Very well, then, good King! I shall take the pieces 
of land I have requested!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mmediately, the Brahmin boy begins to grow\'97to 
transform himself into the form of the cosmos...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmin 3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Wha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? Who can this be??
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmin 4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Behold him! He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He can only be}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Almighty Himself!!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The caption now shows Vamana transformed into Vishnu}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmin 5:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Look! With one footstep He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is covering the whole earth!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmin 6:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The birds are on His knees! The mountains around 
His waist! The sun itself is His eye!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmin 7:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How fortunate we are to see Him!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His second footstep has covered heaven}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and He's reaching right through to the top of the universe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the home of Lord Brahma?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As they behold the Lord's gigantic form, the demigods begin to sing his praises....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Demigod:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jai Vishnu! Jai Vishnu!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Demigod 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Victory to Vishnu!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Demigod 3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The master of all beings has taken on the univers
al form! All glories!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Gandharvas, the heavenly singers, praise Vamana with their voices....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows devotee with harmonium singing the following:
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gandharva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  O refuge of the universe...!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the universal form of Vishnu fully expands, the auspicious demigod, Lord Shiva, arrives to offer his adoration....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Lord Shiva with Parvati and bull}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shiva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your foot, Almighty Lord, has broken through the top 
of the universe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and some water from the causal ocean has fallen through!......... Please allow me to 
carry it down to earth in my hair}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lest it smash that the world to pieces!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vishnu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do so}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it shall be called the river Ganges! Take care of her, good Shiva!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile, in the palace of the Asuras....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows fighting with sticks with a huge eagle overhe
ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asura:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This isn't Vishnu! This figure is some wicked illusio
n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meant to trick us out of our kingdom! .......... The wicked Brahmin boy has deprived our King of al
l!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asura 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Let's attack him and destroy him in the name of Val
i!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Stop! No one can harm the Almighty! Retreat to the und
erground regions}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for your causes is lost!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Demigod:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At them, demigods!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the command of the Lord, his eagle, Garuda, binds Vali in a noose....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vali}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you promised Me three footsteps! Now make good your word!........... This earth I covered with one foot! And I span the heavens with my second st
ep! Now}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if you have no more to give}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then your word is false!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali's wife:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  O God! I fear for my husband}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and plead for him!.......... I realize all these worlds are created by You for Your sport!.......... How vicious
 these mortals are to think themselves masters! How can they make any gift to You!................ But even though he may be unworthy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub please spare my poor Vali!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At that moment, Vali speaks up for himself...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I still have something, my Lord! Here}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub put your foot on my head! It is now Yours entirely!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Vishnu from the cosmos placing his foot on Va
li's head}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And thus Vali's promise to the Lord is kept....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Vali gives himself to the Lord, the Lord resumes his graceful form as the Brahmin boy....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I'm very pleased with you, Vali! Cursed by your fami
ly teacher, deprived of your wealth, deserted by your army}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bound}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and yet you're not confused or angry!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My only fear is that I should break my promise! I can 
see that all this wealth means nothing!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point Brahma, chief of the demigods, steps forward...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  O You who possesses the form of the universes}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub please released this good man, this Vali!........... Why should he be so badly treated?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Brahma, this Vali understands My intention comp
letely! I have just favoured him!........... I took away the wealth which was causing him, to be infatuated! Vali is my pure devotee!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Great Lord Brahma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I offer my respects to you!......... Like you, I have now become a devotee of Vishnu, even though you may think me an Asura!......
.... But I am no longer an Asura! I am in knowledge of my eternal position as part and parcel of God!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then be pleased O Lord, to grant Vali his freedom in
 answer to my prayers!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Very well then, dear Brahma!.......... Good King Val
i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you may proceed to Suta loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a planet so wonderful that it is wished for even by the celestial's!.............. You will always see Me there}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as Lord Vishnu! ........ And, by the sight of Me, you'll always be happy!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Caption shows Vali released) You shower me with mercy
! I will always be Your servant!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having won back the heavens, Indra request Vamana the Dwarf to rule, for the welfare of all....
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vamana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If my mother, Aditi, and my father, Kasyapa, will pe
rmit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and if it is the pleasure of all you good souls}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then I must obey!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kasyapa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, You may go, holy Son!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aditi:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All glories to the incarnation known as Vamana!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vali is called a Mahajan\'97a spiritual authority\'97because he rejected a guru who was not Krishna conscious! He dwells 
still on Suta  loka\'97never out of the sight of his worshipable Lord\'97the God of all the universes.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub C
aption shows Vali with Vishnu sitting together on thrones}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1084 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Just Like a Ghost
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Just Like a Ghost
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Goursundar Das Adhikari
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Battle of Edge Hill was fought centuries ago in England when Cromwell\'92s Roundheads met the army of King Charles I. Blood, they s
ay, ran in rivers. After the field was cleared, silence reigned until, two months later, a crowd of thousands of Northamptonshire residents, including clergymen and special aides sent by the King, stood watching as strange, ghostly figures performed the 
same awful fight all over again. In England today, near the battlefields of the War of the Roses, people still sometimes hear the sounds of artillery exploding, soldiers shouting, metal crashing, and the wounded crying horribly. No one is sure where it c
omes from.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All sorts of similarly \'93impossible\'94 events challenge the aloofness of our comfortable modern scholars and scientists. Unknown, un
explainable phenomena cover so much of the four dimensions with which science is busy that it is curious anyone can remain indifferent to them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ghosts are denied any existence in the modern scheme of things, but nevertheless the exploits of such beings are widely reported in new
spapers, periodicals and books, and on television as well. And the case for the reality of the \'93spirit world\'94 is being championed today by a small group of investigators called Parapsychologists. Parapsychology encompasses all the inexplicable happ
enings that other branches of research choose to ignore, and rather well-documented volumes from all the ages of history represent evidence that this is no meager or faddish endeavor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the \'93Saturday Evening Post,\'94 July 2, 1966, a very interesting account was presented of the strange experiences of Joe Hyams an
d his wife, actress Elke Sommers. They had purchased a house in 1964, and right from the start report was made of a stranger on the premises who could not be identified. He appeared one night in the bedroom of Mrs. Hyams\'92 mother, but again vanished. F
requent noises in the dining room proved inexplicable. Mr. Hyams found that, although he would make sure to lock a certain window at night, it often was found unlocked again in the morning. He also heard the front door open and close, even when he was al
one in the house with it tightly fastened on the inside. The chairs in the dining room often sounded as though they were being pushed around, but when he went to investigate, the room would appear empty and quiet. The noises were recorded on a tape recor
der hidden for the purpose.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Hyams left the house for a time, and had it placed under a detective\'92s surveillance. One night all the lights went on and all th
e windows and doors of the deserted house were opened. The detective could not find the reason for this. Later, the house was put in the charge of a family friend. He kept the place locked up, but always found the front door open when he came back to the
 house. Then a repairman observed a large gentleman in the dining room who seemed to evaporate into space.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Hyams solicited the services of several mediums, people purportedly attuned to the psychic world, who reported the presence of a ta
ll man in his fifties, a doctor who had died of a heart attack and was determined to remain in the house. Mr. Hyams further found that the previous owners had also had eerie experiences in the house. By the second year of Mr. Hyams\'92 ownership, over th
irty mediums, sensitives and investigators had checked the place and agreed unanimously that it was haunted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York City is full of haunted houses. In a book entitled \'93True Experiences with Ghosts,\'94  edited by Martin Ebon, a Mr. Wainw
right Evans has given his description of one such house, 422-1/2 West 46th Street. When Miss Ruth Faison Shaw moved into that residence, she inquired of its history and found that it had once been the coach house of George Clinton, first governor of New 
York. The governor\'92s coachman had lived in the rooms above the stables with his young wife. One evening the pregnant wife saw an apparition of the \'93Old Moor. \'93 This \'93Old Moor\'94 had been hanged on the Battery for mutiny at sea, and buried in
 what was then a field close to the house. The coachman\'92s wife was terrified, came running down the stairs, fell and died. The baby was saved and raised by the coachman, who observed that whenever the child was ill, an apparition of his mother lingere
d nearby.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later, one of Clinton\'92s granddaughters, Margaret, used to play in the house. She very much enjoyed dressing in old-fashioned clothes
 and running down the stairs, pretending to be a ghost. One day she, too, fell and died, and needless to say she also became a ghost. Her figure was frequently seen in later years\'97running down the same staircase. When the building became older and was
 abandoned for a time, local vagrants would often sleep there, until one night they fled away in fear, having seen the ghost of little Margaret.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Miss Shaw stayed at 422-1/2 for some time without noticing anything strange. But then one afternoon to the good woman\'92s shock she to
o beheld Margaret running down the stairs. The little ghost was frequently seen by Miss Shaw from then on, always re-enacting her ghostly drama.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thousands of encounters of this nature have been reported, and it is far from rational to dismiss them simply by deprecating the char
acter of the observer. The real basis for objection to their stories seems to be, in the final analysis, simple incompatibility with official modern scientific theory. Actually, so-called scientists themselves are cornered when pressed for sound explanat
ions from their side.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All modern science appears superficial when real problems of conscious existence are raised, as in the case of the presence of ghosts. 
The essential, genuinely rational science aims at the liaison of self consciousness and eternal Truth. The pursuit of anything less, although it may befool all the scholars in the world, is an intolerable waste of the human life span and energy. The man 
who is really intelligent will try to free himself from the somewhat inflated designations of the organization of prejudice currently worshipped by its votaries as Science. And we should recognize clearly the fact that materialism can be every bit as sup
erstitious an act of faith as unsubstantiated spiritual and psychic phenomena.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nearly all people have some contact with the world of ghosts. My Spiritual Master, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, has mentioned several in
teresting stories, one of which relates to a disciple of his grand Spiritual Master, Srila Jagannath Das Babaji Maharaj. The disciple had detected some strange festival being performed in the jungle at the dead of night, and although cautioned not to go 
there, he could not resist a closer inspection. He came upon a big feast being served, and was offered many nice foods including rasgolla, sandesh, hallavah, and paratas, very tasteful dishes popular in India. The young man accepted a whole sackful of fo
od, and left the place. Then, when he was ready to eat, he sat down and opened the bag. He was amazed to find it full of stool. Later, Srila Jagannath Das Babaii explained to him that this was the prank of ghosts, who often appear at night in various for
ms to do mischief.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My Spiritual Master has also told of an interesting adventure he once had as a boy. His family lived for a while in a very large house 
where a young gentleman had killed himself. Swamiji several times saw the man\'92s translucent form passing close by. The ghost was well known, as he had frequently been seen by many people. A school teacher who was holding classes in one wing of the hou
se also informed him that the place was haunted. She said that the ghost had talked with her, and she knew his sad history: The ghost had been a debauchee in his previous life, and had squandered a huge family fortune. Later, overcome by remorse, he had 
committed suicide.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fashionable members of American society affectionately known as \'93hippies\'94 often trace a close connection to the world of gh
osts. The ancient Vedic literature informs us that ghosts are attracted to places and persons dominated by intoxication and uncleanliness, as they have greater influence over those whose minds are weakened or crippled by intoxication.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Intoxication is actually a prolonged process of committing suicide. Suicide means destroying the physical body, be it quickly or slowly
. And nearly all intoxicants, such as coffee, liquor, L.S.D., marijuana and tranquilizers, are harmful to the human organism to one degree or another. Ghosts, in fact, usually are the victims of suicidal folly, being encouraged by the delusion of materia
listic nihilism. Due, however, to the fact that the living entity is eternal, the search for self-annihilation yields only more troublesome entanglement with the laws of material Nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The superintendent of this department of ignorance is Lord Shiva, who is often described as the leader of a huge army of ghosts. The ex
perience of ghostly phenomena\'97such as the Delirium Tremens of the alcoholic\'97is only too well known to those habituated to intoxication.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic teachings, the living entities are not simply material combinations. They are eternal spiritual sparks manifesti
ng their presence within bodies of matter. The agency which connects a material body to the living spirit force is technically known as the mind. The mind is a temporary extension into the field of matter projected by a living being. The mind is the cond
uctor of living activities in relationship to the material body. The Vedic analysis is therefore helpful in describing the situation of material existence as the incarnation of living souls within material minds and bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The souls enter and exit various temporary habitations at the historical reference points known as birth and death. At death the unusab
le body must be abandoned. The subtle body, the mind\'97which is also material\'97then receives a replacement body, according to its cravings and condition at that moment. By too intensive a focusing of consciousness on the past stages of life, one may s
ometimes fail to progress to anew body. In such a state one remains with only a subtle or mental body. The soul, conditioned by matter yet existing without a gross physical body, remaining only in subtle, mental form, is known as a ghost.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ghostly life is said to be most unpleasant. The unfortunate ghost is troubled by a variety of material cravings, which he has not the n
ecessary body to satisfy. For example, the desire for palatable food remains, but there is no tongue or stomach to manage it. The pressures of such frustrated hankerings often drive miserable ghosts to extremes. Essentially no more then disembodied minds
, they usually become demented, and try tormenting those who still have physical bodies. Many ghosts even try to control normal people\'92s bodies, or else to scare them to death, so that they will also become ghosts. One who dies in great horror, or too
 greatly attached to his physical body, his environment, or his possessions, or by suicide, becomes a ghost.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a lesson in this which we should try to perceive. One\'92s living, from day to day, should be carefully considered, and direct
ed not by the events of the past or the fallacies of materialistic hope, but by the consciousness of that which is real and eternal, that which lies beyond the dualities of material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The only recourse to an existence of recurring hope and sorrow, happiness and then pain, is to somehow surrender at the Lotus Feet of K
rishna, the Supreme Controller of all existences. The soul has a realm natural to it and compatible with it, which lies beyond the twisted world of matter. That spiritual sky, described at length in many of the Vedic writings, such as The Srimad Bhagwata
m, is to be attained only by Krishna\'92s Grace, through His representations here. The primary service to be rendered by us in order to gain the Lord\'92s grace is the chanting of transcendental sounds which will invoke Krishna Consciousness. The vibrati
on of the Hare Krishna Mantra, the most exalted of transcendental vibrations, provides some interesting side effects in that it drives away ghosts, with all their sinister intentions, and insures the chanter that he himself will not have to accept such a
 horrible existence in the future. Of course, the value of the chant in terms of stimulating spiritual emotion far outweighs any such negative considerations, but the fact of its exorcising power remains.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The real purpose of the mantra is to offer the highest benediction to all the fallen, miserable living entities, in the form of pure lo
ve for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who determines to penetrate the vast, haunted cosmic facade will be able to do so by adopting this method . And, by perfection of the chanting process, he will in due course attain the eternal loving associa
tion of Lord Krishna.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Dr. Spock & The Good Guys & The Bad Guys
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Dr. Spock & The Good Guys & The 
Bad Guys
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Rayarama Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On Tuesday evening, October 8, Dr. Benjamin Spock received the Gandhi Peace Award at the Community Church of New York. This award is a 
far-distant poor relative of the Nobel Prize, which went this year to the less controversial figure of a French jurist. There was no big money gift at the Community Church, as is the case at the Oslo affair, though there was a nice medallion, the weight 
of which pleased Spock. Nor was there any press to speak of at the Gandhi Award, the New York Times didn\'92t do a \'93Man in the News\'94 piece on Spock as it did on Rene Cassin, the world\'92s governments didn\'92t\'97and wouldn\'92t dare\'97praise the
 American pediatrician on the floor of the U.N. General Assembly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are other differences, far deeper ones, between these two personalities and their approaches to peace; though, as we\'92ll see, t
he differences don\'92t go quite deep enough.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The eminence of M. Cassin stems essentially from his part in formulating the United Nations\'92 Declaration of Human Rights. This docum
ent is such a marvel of compromise and euphemism that not one member of the General Assembly voted against it when it was adopted in 1948\'97the year Russia sealed her iron curtain across Eastern Europe. The Declaration deals with such glossy fancies as 
the universal right to life, liberty and security of person; freedom from arbitrary arrest; freedom of movement, residence, speech, press, assembly and worship. These were the human rights which M. Cassin and his associates felt could be accepted by all 
nations, religions and races unanimously. And they were\'97in theory. On paper, where nobody has to get serious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The United Nations, naturally, has no power to enforce laws, much less standards of morality, upon its member states, but the Declara
tion was meant to focus the weight of world opinion on specific issues. In the words of one writer: \'93\'85when the Assembly of the United Nations gives its judgment, that judgment has a thundering authority as the voice of mankind.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'93thundering authority\'94 theory is the bedrock of the United Nations and its mission of peace today. It is a forum rather than 
an actual court of universal justice, and the notion that such a forum carries real power is the latest thing in opiates for the people. Of course, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, the Dominican Republic and Vietnam, the Middle East and quite a number of othe
r conflicts\'97more than fifty in all since the Second World War ended\'97have shown us that forums don\'92t mean all that much. Men like Rene Cassin construct their wonderful compromises and legalisms, and try to speak to mankind in terms of fair play a
nd honor, while the people who actually run things go on with their brutal business unaffected.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Dr. Spock on war and peace
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Spock has a somewhat different attitude toward peace. He cares less and less, apparently, for what passes in the world as legality.
 In his speech accepting the Gandhi Award, he urged those present to become more aggressive in their efforts for peace. \'93We must stop wringing our hands and become active,\'94 he declared. All those left of center tend, in his estimation, to be hyperc
ritical of one another, while the rightists\'97the hawks\'97\'93keep their eyes right on the ball,\'94 which means power and money.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Spock entered the war-and-peace business officially in 1962 when he joined the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy. Before
 that, he had achieved great fame as a pediatrician. His book, \'93Baby and Child Care,\'94 has sold over 20 million copies, and rivals The Bible as the all-time American bestseller. It has gone into twenty-six foreign language editions, and has made Spo
ck the almost unquestioned authority on the subject of child-raising in the Western World, as well as much of the East.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spock\'92s concern for children led him naturally to consider the world in which they have to live, and he has found the prospects none
 too bright. He has said: \'93I think it\'92s no longer sufficient to protect children from just the familiar physical diseases and the usual emotional stresses. Now the greatest danger to life\'97by far\'97is from nuclear disaster.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of his decision to engage actively in the peace movement, the Doctor has commented: \'93Kennedy said the United States had to resume te
sting to stay ahead. And obviously you can\'92t stop testing if you\'92re behind. It seemed clear that the buildup would continue until there was a nuclear war or a nuclear accident. It made me realize that there wouldn\'92t be peace and disarmament unle
ss people demanded it.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Demanding peace has now become Spock\'92s primary business. He has twice been arrested for his agitation, and in the more recent instan
ce has been convicted of conspiracy to aid and abet U.S. draft resistors. As he has not scrupled to break the law, he has likewise not scrupled to work with any and everyone who will strive for peace. In replying to criticisms of his seeming lack of disc
rimination, he has said: \'93My usefulness to the peace movement is in recruiting people from the middle of the road \'85 I\'92m willing to cooperate with anyone who\'92s halfway responsible and wants to end this terrible war.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'93terrible war,\'94 of course, is Vietnam, America\'92s most excruciating blunder in a long, long time, wherein the \'93military-
industrial elite\'94 sought to establish a base for American forces on communist China\'92s southern flank\'97and neglected to consider that the people who live in that region might object.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Spock said, however, in his speech at the Community Church, that Vietnam \'93is not an exception or an aberration. It\'92s only one
 example of the increasingly imperialistic tendency of the United States,\'93 extending into the military, economic and industrial affairs of the world. Actually, he might quite as accurately have added that Vietnam represents only a single episode in th
e vast drama of exploitation and brutality which has marked as much of mankind\'92s history as modern researchers have been able to reveal.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Peace in any time
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As mentioned above, there has been no real shortage of major violent conflicts since the close of World War Two, and we all know that t
here was no shortage of them before that. In other words, the world never lacks a war, even though nowadays we don\'92t call them by that name, ever, though it has become fashionable not to \'93declare war,\'94 thus committing oneself to \'93victory\'94
\'97and possibly annoying one\'92s people with a sense of insecurity that might make them question their leaders.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Spock, Senator Eugene McCarthy and quite a sizable number of others raised their voices against the Vietnam War in the U. S. recent
ly, and as a result they toppled Lyndon Johnson from his pinnacle of power, forcing him to think the wiser of running in the 1968 election. And yet a measure of the futility of the peace movement\'92s endeavors can be witnessed in the fact that not one o
f the three serious presidential candidates is running on a peace platform. In fact, the most \'93dovish\'94 of the three is the Vice-President, the very man most committed to defending the administration\'92s policy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The peace movement\'97and by this I mean not only the present McCarthy\'97and Spock-led insurrection, but the cause of world peace itse
lf, going back at least to the Hague Conferences which preceded the First World War, and following through the League of Nations which preceded the Second, right up to our own United Nations\'97the peace movement has proved itself a dismal failure. In fa
ct, the more vocal and determined our peace advocates are, the more horrifying and all-inclusive grow the wars that punctuate their protestations, until today we await, half-expectantly, the moment when someone presses The Button, and our glittering civi
lization goes up in a white hot flash.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The reasons for this are not very apparent: The way men feel in their hearts is not a topic for newspaper headlines. But it is necessar
y to understand that nations cannot be peaceful if their individuals are belligerent, they cannot be sane if their people are mad, they cannot be stable if their inhabitants are disgusted and discontent. The international situation that confronts us toda
y is only a magnification of the interpersonal situation of exploitation, deception and malice which forms the daily atmosphere of our lives. And so long as the more basic problem remains unsolved, the larger one will not be solved either.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Spock has reached much the same conclusion, as he pointed out in a recent interview. \'93It seems to me,\'94 he said, \'93that I se
e that the problems of America and the problems of the world are moral problems.\'94 And, further: \'93Man can\'92t live without a moral sense. He is a naturally religious person, or at least a believing person. When he becomes disenchanted or cynical he
 turns rotten very fast. He has to have moral, ethical and preferably religious beliefs.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The trouble here, of course, is not morality itself. It\'92s not as though Lyndon Johnson and Dean Rusk have declared themselves agains
t it, and have launched a policy of deliberate evil upon the world, or that they don\'92t believe in anything. Quite the contrary, they\'92re fully convinced, it seems clear, that theirs is the truly moral course, and the prosecution of Spock and numerou
s others in the courts is a natural corollary to such a concept of morality. And the conflict now existing between the hawks and the doves is not a matter of the moral vs. the amoral; it is a question of whose morality is correct.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This was made glaringly apparent in a Meet the Press interview last January, when Douglas Kiker of NBC News asked the Reverend Wm. Coff
in, one of Spock\'92s co-defendants in the conspiracy case, whether he was \'93advocating\'94 that young men turn in their draft cards in protest of the war. The Rev. Coffin replied: \'93\'85if you came to me as a student at Yale and said \'91Should I tu
rn in my draft card\'92 the last thing I would ever tell you to do is turn in your draft card. That is such an eminently personal decision that you have to make it yourself.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The point of most of the newsmen\'92s questions on that occasion, and the point which led to the conviction in court, the point Rev. Co
ffin seemed strangely to avoid, is whether men can decide for themselves what is moral and what is not. The legalist, the \'93Establishment,\'94 says that men cannot, that society depends upon men agreeing among themselves as to what they may and may not
 do\'97and then sticking to the agreement. The peace activists, strangely enough, do not disagree with this view, with the exception of a small anarchist element. What the peace activists say, however, is that a small group\'97America\'92s \'93military-i
ndustrial elite\'94\'97have usurped the power of agreement from the people, and are forcing a war upon them which they do not desire, and that this \'93elite\'94 is, therefore, damaging society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To go on from here any further into the pros and cons, the moralities and amoralities of the particular Vietnam issue can only involve 
us in the sort of bickering which everyone else has so fruitlessly engaged in for so many long years. Instead, let\'92s step back a pace and examine the situation in a slightly different light. This is the light of spiritual knowledge, as it is conveyed 
to us not by our individual \'93consciences\'94\'97which I do not doubt both Johnson and Spock possess equally\'97but spiritual knowledge as it is found in the scriptural teachings of the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For what the Rev. Coffin failed to establish in his rather lame retorts to the Meet the Press panel was that morality is not created by
 men, whether in a mob or alone. In any dispute between two parties to which no compromise or solution can be found, there must be a resort to a third party\'97a higher, standard authority, who can judge the situation properly. And the authority in quest
ions of morality can only be God, the Absolute Truth. To realize why this is so, why an ordinary handshake between the President and the pediatrician can\'92t solve things, to see how there could be an irrevocable right or wrong beyond the letter of the 
law, we must inquire into the nature of morality itself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Public morality means the good of the people. And according to the standard Scriptures of the world, the real good, the very perfection
 of human life, lies in each being\'92s personal confrontation with the Godhead, known in the Vedic writings as Sri Krishna. Because Krishna is absolute\'97that is, because He is the supreme good for every single being at every single moment without limi
t in time or space\'97knowledge of Krishna is the only worthwhile goal of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No government can, therefore, offer anything to its people which is beneficial\'97neither money nor power nor peace\'97if it fails to o
ffer an approach to God. And any dissenting movement, regardless of the particular situation, must be judged by the same standard. Now, if God realization is the only true goal of human existence, then morality\'97the good of the people\'97indicates what
ever way of life will bring them to this stage. And, except in terms of this pursuit of God realization, \'93morality\'94 does not exist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Further, the approach to God cannot be created at a convention of human minds; it has already been outlined by God Himself, as He has d
irectly addressed mankind through The Holy Bible, The Koran, The Bhagavad Gita, and the other Scriptures of the world. Therefore what is necessary now, for Dr. Spock and the Rev. Coffin quite as surely as for President Johnson and his allies, is to look 
into the directions and teachings of the Scriptures. The solution to the problems of war and peace can be found there, because the single valid, irrevocable standard of morality can be found there: the guidance and revelation of God, Who declares Himself
 in The Gita to be the Friend and Maintainer of all creatures without exception or discrimination. Without reference to this standard of morality, neither the doves nor the hawks can actually claim morality as their own.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Institutional humanism
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first mantra of Sri Ishopanishad, one of the oldest of the Upanishads, states:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should t
herefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to Whom they belong.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a call for a change in consciousness, not a change of institutions. It states that one must recognize the supremacy of God in the practical terms of ownersh
ip, and that Krishna\'92s ownership extends to every being and object. Simply to pray to God to supply us with peace, after we\'92ve prayed for Him to supply us with plenty, is not the pure consciousness recommended in Sri Ishopanishad.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, in The Holy Bible, when asked what the first commandment of the Lord might be, Jesus Christ replied:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is th
e first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Love here is not an intonation or formality. It is advised to love God \'93with all thy heart,\'93 no simple matter. But Jesus Christ taught that, with this as the 
first business of life, the pure love of other beings could be achieved.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like the message of Sri Ishopanishad, this message of Lord Jesus implies the ownership of God over man. To love God completely is to gi
ve oneself into His hands completely, to serve Him and follow Him completely.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It will be unnecessary, I think, to labor the point. There is a real fulfillment for human beings, and that fulfillment lies in the rea
lm of transcendental bliss, the ecstasy of love of God. It has nothing to do with material prosperity, with material peace or war. And to achieve this state of fulfillment, one must recognize\'97in the most concrete of terms, terms of property rights\'97
that God is supreme . If Americans, if Vietnamese, if peace workers and military strategists alike can give up their false concepts of ownership, if the United Nations can stop trying to parcel out the world\'92s wealth as though it were the exclusive po
ssession of mankind, then peace will prevail. Otherwise, the situation that presents itself is one of thieves trying to divide their spoils with equanimity. Being thieves in the first place, equanimity can never realistically be expected.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this sense we must also look at the present labors of the peace movement as no more than karma\'97the reverse side of the coin of wa
r. One man is trying to exploit Nature through battle, another through law, another through human consensus, another through fair play. Someone offers communism. Someone offers compassion. Someone offers freedom of the press. The problem, however, lies n
ot in our systems, but in our directions. Until the human race gives up all its schemes for exploiting Nature, it will never be free of the evils of Nature. It will never be able to release itself from the dualities of pleasure and pain, affluence and po
verty, war and peace, which are a part of Nature. And, furthermore, these schemes cannot be given up unless there is something better, something more desirable, to replace them. This most desirable of objects is love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That the Rev. Coffin wastes his valuable time testing the constitutionality of worldly laws is therefore a commentary upon the pointles
sness of the peace movement. That Dr. Spock stands at his side, trying to create in a nation\'92s institutions a kind of humanism which its people do not feel in their own hearts, with his clinical advocacy of \'93preferably religious\'94 convictions, pu
nctuates the problem. The secular atmosphere of the Community Church auditorium, with its images only of Gandhi and Schweitzer, with its hymnals that proclaim true worship to be the \'93celebration of life,\'94 where God is only called upon to help us pu
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Food For Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Food For Krishna\line THE STANDA
RD YOGA DIET
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by\line Uddhava Das Brahmachary 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The simple and tasteful way to translate your eating into spiritual bliss, according to the teachings of the great sages of India. This is the Vedic method of condu
cting the ordinary affairs of life in transcendental consciousness.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Pictured here and on the following two pages are the steps in chapati preparation]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The simple diet of the yogis consists of a combination of milk products, grains, fruits and vegetables. All the nourishment to carry on
 the normal activities of life can be obtained from these four sources. The person who cooks these items, before tasting anything himself, offers the meal to God, and thereby serves another, higher purpose of life\'97to please the Supreme Lord. Since Yog
a means linking one\'92s consciousness with the Absolute Truth, this method of eating is perfectly suited to it, and has been practiced by sages throughout history.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this world it is impossible to cease all activity. One must think, breathe, talk, and eat. As Krishna Consciousness teaches one to p
erform these activities in order to please the Lord, the yogi eats only what is pleasing to Krishna. In the revealed Scriptures of all religions God Himself tells man what he may eat, so that he can know what is pleasing to the Lord. In The Bhagavad Gita
, Krishna says to offer Him a fruit, a leaf, a flower, or some water. He doesn\'92t ask for meat. So the devotee does not eat meat, simply because Krishna does not eat meat. It is not so much for health or for moral principles perse, because if Krishna d
esired, then the devotee would eat meat. But by serving Krishna\'92s will in this way, both the devotee\'92s health and his moral strength are automatically served. The devotee also does not eat such vegetables as onions, garlic and mushrooms, because Kr
ishna does not like them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The point of all actions in Krishna Consciousness is to please Lord Krishna, and so the diet of the yogi is selected according to Krish
na\'92s desires. In this third installment of Food for Krishna, we offer recipes for the yogi\'92s mainstay or basic diet.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub YELLOW RICE
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 cup white rice\line 2 cups water\line 1 teaspoon salt\line \'bd teaspoon turmeric\line sweet butter
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wash rice carefully in cold water and drain. Measure water into a pot along with the salt, turmeric and rice. Stir nicely and cover
 tightly. Cook over a low flame for twenty minutes. Garnish with sweet butter to taste, and offer to Krishna. Serves 4. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub CHAPATIS
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2 cups whole wheat flour \line \'be cup water (app.) \line sweet butter
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mix flour and water to make a dough, and knead for ten minutes to a consistency less than the feel of your ear lobe (see photo on p
revious page). Make the dough into one-inch balls, and then roll out into 1/8-inch thick circles (see photo opposite). Pre-heat a skillet to medium-high, and place a chapati on the dry skillet. Watch closely: in a few moments the edges will curl up sligh
tly. Cook a few seconds longer, until the whole chapati begins to puff up. Remove from skillet with tongs, and hold over an open high flame, turning often. If chapati has been made correctly, it will puff up like a balloon (see photo above). Now it\'92s 
done.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brush finished chapati with sweet butter and put into a covered pot to keep it warm. When all are finished, offer to Lord Krishna. 
Serves 4-6.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub BANANA NECTAR
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3 cups powdered milk  \line 4 cups water\line 2 very ripe bananas\line 6 tbsp. honey \line 1 tbsp. butter\line cinnamon\'97
a pinch \line nutmeg\'97a pinch \line coriander\'97a pinch \line ginger\'97a pinch \line 1 vanilla bean 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Place water in pot. Stir in milk. Beat with hand mixer for one minute. Place on medium heat. Smash up the ripe bananas and add to m
ilk. Stir in honey. Melt butter in small cup. When butter is hot, place one finely chopped vanilla bean into it. Let cook for a few minutes, don\'92t burn, then stir into milk. Let nectar come to a boil. Remove from heat. Add cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg,
 and ginger. Stir. Allow to cool before offering to the Lord. Serves 4-5. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub STRING BEANS & EGGPLANT
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 large eggplant, chopped\line \'bd lb. stringbeans\line \'bc cup oil\line 1 tsp . cumin seeds\line \'bd tsp. crushed chili
 peppers \line \'bd tsp. salt \line \'bd tsp. turmeric \line \'9f cup water
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boil stringbeans in water until soft. Drain and set aside. Place oil in frying pan, heat till smoking. Add cumin seeds and crushed 
chili pepper and cook until burnt. Add chopped eggplant and stir. Add the water, stir, and cover the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the eggplant is soft as butter. Mix in the cooked stringbeans, add the salt and turmeric. Cook five minutes, with
 lid off, then offer to Sri Krishna. Serves 2-3.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub DAL
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 cup split peas \line 4-\'bd cups water \line \'bd cup sweet butter\line 3 tablespoons vegetable oil\line 1 teaspoon salt 
\line 1 teaspoon cumin seeds \line \'bd teaspoon chili peppers \line 1 tablespoon turmeric 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wash split peas nicely in plenty of cold water and drain. Measure water, split peas and turmeric into pot, stir and cover. Heat to 
boiling, then lower flame and cook, stirring occasionally, until medium thick soup forms (about 1 hour). Stir in salt, cover and set aside. Place oil into a small pot, or metal measuring cup. Heat over flame until smoking. Add cumin seeds and chili peppe
rs, and cook until burnt.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub CAUTION: This next step must be done with care: With a pair of tongs, drop this hot cup upside down into soup, cup and all. (The co
ver of the pot makes a good shield to guard your face against the hot soup, which tends to splatter.) Add the butter and offer. Serves 4.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Guru
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Guru
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by sudama das brahmacary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was a very hot day in Oregon, in August of 1968. I awoke rather early, which for me and the people I was around at that time was somewhat unusual. Usually, comin
g down from last night\'92s drugs, everyone would rise sometime after noon. On that day, as on every day, I awoke with a feeling of separation, a searching for, a longing for\'85
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All my friends at that time were also into this feeling of separation, searching for something and someone to say what we all wanted to
 hear, that would guide us out of material existence, the Maya that we were all living under. Someone to answer the questions in our minds. We were all, I think unhappy; yet we would smile and pretend to one another that everything would work out, that t
he world would be all right very soon. We didn\'92t know that there is no happiness in material existence, or that drugs and sex are only temporary, or that our search for complete sense gratification on the material plane would run us, like everyone, fu
rther and deeper into the pit of mundane existence. Instead of progressing out of the concept of the body, we all thought that putting drugs inside the body would be the answer to our search. The unfortunate thing is that most of my friends still think a
nd feel that way.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On that early-rising day, I started out for a walk through the woods, mostly to get away from all the nonsense, and also to read. Most 
of the books that had held my interest during the past three or four years had dealt with Eastern thought, astrology, occultism, Zen, Tibetan and Hatha Yoga, etc. But most of those books that I had come across I could not finish. They were all lacking so
mething.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A friend of mine, who was living on the farm where I was a guest at the time, had his school bus\'97made into his home\'97parked nearby
 in the woods. He had a small library there, and I set out for the bus knowing that it would be deserted just then. I entered the bus and went straight for the bookshelf. Every book on the shelf I had seen before, except for three brown hardbacks entitle
d \'93Srimad Bhagwatam,\'93 volumes 1, 2, and 3, by A. C . Bhaktivedanta Swami. There was dust covering the three volumes. I picked them up and dusted them off and started reading the very first page that had print on it:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93All Glory to Sri Guru and Gouranga.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The language hypnotized me, to say the least, and I couldn\'92t put the book down. After about two days of reading, I began to feel out
 of place around my friends. My only thoughts were of those books and that author. I knew that it was time for me to leave Oregon. I started making plans to go to India and search out this Swami Bhaktivedanta.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The day of my departure from Oregon, I asked my friend for the volumes, which he was not reading. At first I was afraid he would refuse
 me the books, but I thought that if I was meant to read them, they would be mine. I had grown very attached to them. His answer to me was yes: \'93The books are yours now, take them with you.\'94 I was overjoyed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I took a plane to Los Angeles to see my family. I told them of my plans to go to India and seek out the Swami. They were all for my hap
piness and my journey, and gave me as much help as possible. I was to leave in a month. Then I went to San Francisco to make arrangements for my trip.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While reading the first volume I had seen, \'93Radha Krishna Temple, Vrindaban U. P.\'94 as the publisher\'92s address. Now I remembere
d that there was a Radha Krishna temple in San Francisco, and so I walked to the temple and saw a devotee by the name of Sachisuta Das Brahmachary. I asked him when services were held, and he told me that they had Kirtan in the mornings at 7 a.m., and Mo
ndays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. I returned the following Monday morning, to find out with surprise that the same Swami Bhaktivedanta I was planning to go and find would be arriving in about two weeks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During those next weeks the temple became my home, and all the devotees I felt were my true friends. I surrendered myself to Krishna an
d to Swamiji, and was welcomed by all the devotees. The Sunday of Swamiji\'92s arrival came, and when I saw my Spiritual Master, tears came flowing. My tears of ecstasy have not yet stopped, nor will they ever.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Knowledge Implosion
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Knowledge Implosion
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Nayana Bhiram Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub More than one out of every five American adults, 25 million in all, are actively engaged in some form of educational pursuit, according to a recent Carnegie Corpora
tion Survey. The above figures do not include unmarried people under 21, who make up most of an additional 5 million undergraduate students. And it doesn\'92t speak of public school students at all. As more people are engaging their leisure time in educa
tional activities, naturally greater sums are being spent on books. Publishers in the U.S. report sales of last year\'92s books to have totalled $1.2 billion, a 10.6% increase over the previous year, and the general trend over the past fifteen years is i
n this direction. The printing industry has also been affected by the upsurge of interest in learning, to the extent that it now produces 16,000 printed sheets of paper an hour. The fact is that the world in general and the United States in particular ar
e witnessing an unprecedented demand for knowledge, ranging from the latest in technology to the most obscure of trivia. There are many reasons put forward for this, such as prosperity, economic rivalry in cold war competition, technological advancement,
 etc. Media analyst Marshall McLuhan credits television with having whetted the world\'92s appetite for more knowledge in depth. With its \'93stress on participation, dialogue, and depth,\'94 McLuhan observes, tv is largely responsible for the crash prog
ramming in education. Its appeal to the tactile rather then visual sense has brought on the great inundation of paperback books.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Setting aside the medium itself, and venturing into the forbidden realm of the message, what is it that people are learning; and just w
hat, if anything, do they expect to find out? According to Sigmund Freud, all questions that children ask can be reduced to one: \'93Where do I come from, and who am I?\'94 The pioneering psychoanalyst asserted that a child wants to find out about the pr
ocess of sexual reproduction, but because of an insufficient fund of knowledge, cannot comprehend its full significance. Hence the child asks so many questions. Sex, however, does not provide a real solution to our quest for an ultimate source or absolut
e identity. Sex is the vehicle of material birth, but not the key to the source. It does not tell us the origin or nature of consciousness, which is the real \'93I\'94 that the child is asking about.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first principle of Krishna Consciousness, as found in The Bhagavad Gita and other Vedic sources, is expressed in the Sanskrit formu
la, \'93Aham Brahmasmi.\'93 I am not this body, but pure spirit soul. Therefore, any ultimate answers, in order to give complete satisfaction to the individual, must of necessity relate to the spirit, and also to the Supreme Spirit, or Godhead, Lord Sri 
Krishna. This is explained in the First Canto of The Srimad Bhagwatam, where in addressing the sages of Naimisharanya, Suta Goswami says that there is \'93public welfare\'94 even in just asking about God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no benefit or public welfare in material questions and answers, because ultimately they cannot save us from\'97nor clearly exp
lain\'97death. This is illustrated in the story of the scholar and the boatman: In India, where there are many rivers, travel by ferryboat is not uncommon. Once there was a pedantic scholar who, while being ferried across a river, kept plaguing the boatm
an with his useless questions:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Do you know astronomy?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No,\'94 replied the poor boatman, \'93I\'92m ignorant and don\'92t know anything about astronomy.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Oh,\'94 scoffed the scholar.\'93 Then 20% of your life has been wasted. Do you at least know any literature?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The boatman again had to admit, \'93No. In fact, I can\'92t even read.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Then 50% of your life has been wasted.\'94 And so on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While the two were thus engaged, a tempest arose and smashed at the boat, which began to capsize. All at once the scholar lost his comp
osure, and started yelling for help.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Can\'92t you swim?\'94 enquired the boatman.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The poor puffed up scholar had never learned.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Now, one hundred per cent of your life has been wasted!\'93 the boatman cried through the foaming storm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone who studies this and that branch of knowledge, without taking up Krishna Consciousness, the ultimate inquiry into knowledge of t
he Absolute, has simply wasted 100% of his life. Only knowledge of Lord Sri Krishna, the Godhead, can save one from death. Information on the material platform is always becoming obsolete because this material world is only temporary, both in its totalit
y and in its parts. Whatever is here is here for some time only, and then it passes away. So this human life with its valuable asset of developed consciousness should not be wasted in dabbling at mental play.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eating, sleeping, mating, and defending are aspects of cat and dog life as much as of human. The human form, however, is meant for more
\'97for self realization. This term means to understand that I am part and parcel of God, Sri Krishna, and that my true nature is to render loving service to Him. The aim of education, as well as the overall aim of civilization itself, should be this sel
f realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unesco, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is currently pursuing a massive campaign to combat illi
teracy, and has proposed that no less than $480 million be spent in the next ten years in order to make 330 million adults literate. Simply propagating literacy for its own sake, however, is of little real benefit to anyone so long as the basic questions
 regarding identity, being, and God are neglected. What good is learning about material Nature if one does not know how to escape from its miseries? Instead of eradicating ignorance, the U.N. is actually spreading it so long as it tries to impose upon ma
nkind a sophisticated world view centered on the economic exploitation of Nature, rather than to offer an inquiry into the origin of material Nature itself. And beyond this lies knowledge of the distinctions between matter and the spiritual living force.
 Ignorance can only really be eradicated by the propagation of Krishna Consciousness, which teaches these things. This method of God realization is simple and sublime, and anyone can take it up, just by chanting the names of God: Hare Krishna, Hare Krish
na, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya, Who was an incarnation of Krishna Himself, posed as one of the many fools of the present age in introducing this chanti
ng of Hare Krishna. His Spiritual Master had told Him, He once explained, that He could not understand the Vedanta philosophy, and so was forbidden to tamper with it. Certainly, the Lord was no fool, but He was setting an example for us to follow. For if
 He, as the greatest scholar of His day, agreed not to engage in mental speculation, then we certainly should not do so.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is another story of Lord Chaitanya and an illiterate brahmin whom He met one day as He was walking through a wood. The brahmin wa
s holding a volume of The Bhagavad Gita in his hands and was weeping emotionally. When the Lord enquired why he was weeping, the brahmin opened The Gita and pointed to an illustration of Krishna driving Arjuna\'92s chariot, at which he wept anew.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Although I cannot read,\'93 explained the brahmin, \'93I\'92m holding this Gita and seeing how the Lord is so merciful! He is drivi
ng Arjuna\'92s chariot just like a servant, because of His love for His pure devotee.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Ah! You are the true Bhagavad Gita scholar!\'94 Lord Chaitanya exclaimed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the pedants, scholars and fools who try to study the Vedic writing do not know that to surrender to Krishna in love is the final 
teaching of the Vedas. In The Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says: \'93I am the Knower, the Compiler, and the Goal of the Vedas. \'93As Lord Chaitanya pointed out, this understanding is the real aim of all education.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern educational systems are generally a failure because, even though seemingly advanced in terms of paraphernalia, the emphasis is o
n material advancement rather than spiritual, and the people are therefore more miserable than ever, despite the wondrous achievements of technology. People are more miserable because any attempt to exploit and lord over material Nature is doomed to frus
tration and failure. And any system which encourages people to hope for the conquest of Nature and the glorification of man in the place of God is merely an agency of torment, aggravating the misfortunes of the material condition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real advancement in education comes through hearing of the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna and His pure devotees. Krishna C
onsciousness, therefore, is the highest form of education. There is no question here of learning something alien. Rather, this science will revive the dormant Krishna Consciousness already present in our hearts. We have only to try it\'97to inquire and s
erve\'97and we will realize our eternally blissful and fully knowledgeable nature. When we are Krishna conscious, we can see Krishna in everything, and understand that everything belongs to Him. This is real knowledge.
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e U.S. Post Office declared Eros \'93obscene\'94 and drove it out of business (and, incidentally, obtained for Ginzburg a five-year prison sentence, which has since been appealed).
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etnam, cigarette advertising in the mass media, and Detroit\'92s ruthless disregard for car safety (Ralph Nader was a Fact discovery). The intellectual community was galvanized by Fact and bought\'97devoured!\'97over half a million copies, despite the fa
ct that Fact was not available at most news stands (most newsdealers found it too controversial) and it was priced at a steep $1.25. But certain Very Important Persons got mad at Fact\'97including Barry Goldwater, who sued the magazine for $2 million\'97
and it, too, was driven out of business.
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nic, futuristic bimonthly of intellectual pleasure.\'94 This magazine, he predicted, \'93will be my wildest yet, and most universally wanted.\'94
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ip of over one million, while its growth rate is one of the phenomena of modern publishing. Newsdealers report deliveries of copies sold out within a matter of minutes. Dentists report that Avant-Garde is the magazine in their waiting rooms most frequent
ly purloined. And librarians order duplicate\'97and even triplicate\'97subscriptions in order to provide replacements for worn-out copies (and perhaps to obtain fresh copies for their own personal delectation). Everywhere, citizens who are normally uprig
ht, respectable,and law-abiding are being tempted to beg, borrow, steal copies of Avant-Garde, the most spellbinding and desperately sought-after magazine in America today.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What makes Avant-Garde such a tutti-frutti frappe of a magazine? Why is it in such insane demand? How does it differ from other magazin
es? The answer is threefold:
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First, Avant-Garde is such rollicking great fun. Each issue really socks it to you with uproarious satire, irreverent interviews, madca
p cartoons, cherry-bomb editorials, deliberately biased reportage, demoniacal criticism, x-ray profiles, supernova fiction, and outrageous ribaldry. From cover to cover, Avant-Garde is a careening joy ride of intellectual pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Second, Avant-Garde stones readers with its mind-blowing beauty. It brings to the printed page a transcendental new kind of high. This 
is achieved through a combination of pioneering printing methods and the genius of Herb Lubalin, who is Avant-Garde\'92s art director (and, incidentally, America\'92s foremost graphic designer). In just the first few months of its existence, Avant-Garde 
has won more awards for design excellence than any other magazine in the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Third, Avant-Garde captivates readers with articles that have something to say. They\'92re more than just filler between advertisements
, as in most other magazines. Perhaps the best way to prove this is to list for you the kinds of articles Avant-Garde prints:
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Will the Vote for 18-Year-Olds Move America to the Left?
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An Evening with New York's Scandalous Orgy-and-Mystery Theater
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yevtushenko's Epic in Defense of Dr. Spock 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Love Poetry of Eugene McCarthy
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Living High on \'93The Hog Farm\'94\'97A visit to America's most successful hippie kibbutz. 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pre-Mortem\'97At Avant-Garde's invitation, 28 celebrities (including Art Buchwald, Harry Golden, Woody Allen, and Gore Vidal)
 dictate their own obituaries.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In Gold We Trust\'94\'97A satire on America's changing spiritual values, by Dan (\'93How to Be a Jewish Mother") Greenbur
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub London's "Theatre of Eros\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My Son, the Revolutionary\'97A study of family backgrounds of young American radicals. 
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Coming Attxaction\'97\'93Sex is the closest I can come to explaining the way I sing," says San Francisco rock songstress Jani
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Live Wires\'97A report on the three super charged wire services that supply news to the nation's 200 underground newspapers. 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R. Buckminster Fuller's Plan for a Floating City in Tokyo Bay
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fractured Hip\'97Hilarious malapropisms by squares attempting to sound ultra-cool.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Pedernales River Baptism-a-thon: A Fugs Happening
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Making a Scene\'97Stills from Andy Warhol\'92s film Romeo and Juliet in which superstar Viva falls victim to an unplanned gan
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Credits
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Press, media organ of The International Society For Krishna Consciousness, 26 Second Avenue, New York, New York. Editorial offices: 2
43 East Tenth street, New York, New York 10003. All material copyright\'a9 1968, ISKCON Press.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER: A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MANAGING EDITOR: Rayarama Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ASSISTANT EDITORS: Madhusudan Das Brahmachary
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR: Nayana Bhiram Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR: Damodar Das Adhikary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRODUCTION CHIEF: Brahmananda Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ADVERTISING: Purushottam Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CIRCULATION: Jairama Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The recommended process for God realization in this Age is chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare 
Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The recommended process for God realization in this Age is chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare K
rishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Editorial
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Editorial
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 2001: A Credibility Gap
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do them there scientists have the right to play God? In the November 16 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, there is an article entitle
d \'93We Scientists Have the Right to Play God,\'94 in which Dr. Edmund R. Leach of King\'92s College, Cambridge, says they do.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First off, Dr. Leach dispatches the original God with a few deft strokes of the pen: \'93Our idea of God is a product of history.\'94 
\'93Everyone now knows that the cosmology that is presupposed by the language of Christian utterance is quite unrelated to any empirical reality.\'94 And: \'93The God of Judeo-Christianity is, in all His aspects \'85 anthropomorphic.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the latter two sentences, however, the Doctor displays the usual fault of the modern atheist, in that he attacks the somewhat limite
d presentations of Judaeo-Christianity, but ignores the far more comprehensive, systematic and scientific approach to spiritual reality found in the Vedic writings of India. These writings, as we have frequently tried to demonstrate in BACK TO GODHEAD, n
ot only do not contend with most of the findings of modern science (e.g., evolution and nuclear physics) but outline these concepts in great detail, and then go far beyond them into realms which today\'92s researcher would dare to look upon only as \'93s
peculative.\'94 Furthermore, they bridge the gap between science and faith, and emphatically support the basic teachings of all the world\'92s great religions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, in his eagerness to play God, Dr. Leach has no time for anything as troublesome as an exhaustive examination of more Scriptu
res. He wants to get on to the much more serious business of Dreaming Up Tomorrows, which is about all our scientists today can do to justify themselves, what with The Bomb and chemical-biological warfare\'97not to mention the industrial ghetto\'97repres
enting past and present achievements.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Leach makes two very fundamental errors in the course of his article, and these are well worth looking into: First, he assumes th
at scientists can, if they choose, create a new morality by which civilization will be benefitted. Second, he concludes that man\'97that life itself\'97is no more than an organic, material \'93mechanism.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In regard to the first error, we should recognize the fact that scientists need money from outside their own community in order to carr
y on their researches. And this money can only come from industry and government, sometimes through the medium of the university, sometimes not. In any case, the fact is that our present world economic systems\'97in both Russia and the West\'97have prove
d themselves unable to remain healthy and stable without resort to imperialism and other means of exploitation to stimulate them. For example, even as this is being written, the bombing halt in North Viet Nam is causing slowdowns at a number of American 
plants. Total peace will lead, inevitably, to a state of widespread unemployment with which our economic policymakers are unable to contend\'97short of involvement in another crisis situation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, as the governments and industries of the world must, under the present system, commit themselves to war and exploitation in order 
to survive, we cannot deny the fact that their wealth is going to be channelled toward that end in the future as much as in the past. And our scientists are by no means likely to leave their fold in any sizable numbers, to starve in, perhaps, the manner 
that artists in the past have starved. In the case of the scientists, this would make work itself impossible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even when it does turn to projects of peace, however, the value of modern science to man remains highly questionable. Take, for example
, the enormous amounts of wealth that our nations are throwing away today in order to place a few experimenters on the admittedly barren wastes of the Moon.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As to the second error\'97the concept of life as a \'93machine\'94\'97we suggest that if this is so, morality as an independent functio
n of the human mind, which Dr. Leach asserts it is, cannot exist. Unless something lies outside the machine, all is mechanical, is it not? Our moralizing, our thinking, our very being must all be geared and determined.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The failure of science to inquire further in this direction\'97into the nature of pure consciousness and its distinction from matter
\'97is, we strongly urge, the reason why men like Dr. Leach continue to offer us all the rosy tomorrows we could ever hope to ask for, while presenting in reality such things as nuclear weapons and fallout, chemical and biological devices of incredible h
orror, defoliates, napalm and far more (remember where LSD began?) as the practical results of their endeavors. If we were scientists ourselves\'97psychologists, that is\'97we might put forward some rather sharp hypotheses as to why such a gap between pr
omise and performance exists.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But this might be more easily explained by recognizing the fact that scientists have done nothing but \'93play\'94 God for two hundred 
years and more. It\'92s nice for Dr. Leach, of course, to urge the scientific community to look for a moral code to govern itself. It\'92s only high time\'97if not too late\'97for these men to rejoin the human race. We only wish to suggest that such an e
ndeavor begin, however, by discarding the narrow-minded anti-religious prejudice which has so long held science back from a serious study of spiritual life and values.
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\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Backstage at New York\'92s FilImore East, Purushottam and Gargamuni, two students of the Krishna Consciousness Yoga system, met Carl Wilson, his brother Dennis, and 
Mike Love\'97three members of the critically acclaimed Beach Boys rock group. The discussion, taped for BACK TO GODHEAD Magazine, went like this:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: I\'92d like to discuss transcendental meditation with you. First of all, are you practicing any form of medit
ation now?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Yes, I am.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: How did you first get into meditation practice?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Well, I was introduced to transcendental meditation, and I found it to be a great thing for me. You know, nowadays we don\'92t really have a feeling of well b
eing as much as they did at other times. Of course, it isn\'92t something that we really know about, you know. You just meditate, and through a long period of time you develop something, a state of awareness that is really good. It\'92s really just natur
al. But I definitely feel the influence and the help of it when I do meditate. And when I don\'92t, I miss it. I stopped meditating for about a month, a month and a half, and then I really noticed it. I really did.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Do you have any special object of meditation? What do you consider to be the goal in meditation, the supreme state?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Bliss consciousness. I\'92m sure that all forms of meditation are really designed to do the same thing. To bring you to a higher state of awareness. Something
 above the everyday life. To bring you closer to God and like that.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Do you believe that the power of a mantra could actually bring you to a supreme realization?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Well, I know that it\'92s worked for others. For myself I don\'92t know. Because I haven\'92t\'97I\'92m not at that state right now. And I certainly wouldn
\'92t say so if I didn\'92t experience it for myself. But I know that if I were to stay with meditation a long time, just to meditate\'97I think that I could reach a state like that. Yes. Because I\'92ve always felt the Divine Power running through me. A
nd I felt the love a lot. And, you know, that\'92s the thing\'97that I\'92ve always felt things like that for a long time. And I never really tried to categorize them or try to pin them down. And when I found meditation I felt it more, and I felt it all 
the time. It wasn\'92t just a once-in-awhile thing. That\'92s an important thing. That you can feel it whenever you want.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: What part do you think the Spiritual Master or Guru plays in bringing the disciple to this point? Is he essential, or is he\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: I think he\'92s an important instrument. He can be a great help.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: In what way?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Well, because he\'92s teaching somebody to be like that. He can bring you up to his level. That\'92s his position. I mean, if he knows and you don\'92t, then 
you\'92ve got to listen to him or else how are you going to learn? He should be able to guide you, right? And know all about the spirit. Like what you read about in Scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Do you hold as valid authority the words of the saints and sages in the Scriptures?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Yes, I do. One thing I do think is that a lot of them are grossly misinterpreted, though. Just like the Bible, for instance. The grossest misinterpretations. 
It\'92s hard to believe! Like we were singing a song the other day, \'93Didn\'92t It Rain.\'94 Do you know that one?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: It\'92s a spiritual, you know. An old Negro spiritual. And it was about it raining and flooding and all that. In the song they make it into just a story, I gu
ess. I don\'92t know why they have to misinterpret it. I don\'92t know what made them think of it the way they did. But, you know, of course, we could experience the same thing. I think that maybe now people would try to \'85 to say it like it is. To say
 simply that, well, you know, people were treating the earth bad, and they were abusing it and putting a lot of pressure on the earth in different places. Like in Manhattan, and like in Los Angeles for example. It\'92s just, you know, it\'92s just a bad 
thing to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub do to Nature. It\'92s sinful, really.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: How do you think one can tell if a Scripture is being interpreted correctly or incorrectly? How would you judge it?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: It\'92s hard to say. I wouldn\'92t know for myself, but I think that the spiritual master could help you with this if you want to know what it\'92s saying exa
ctly. I mean if he knows then he can tell you where it\'92s at. Do you agree?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Definitely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Actually, I\'92ve never really gotten into the Bible that much, or any Scripture. I\'92ll tell you, I did read THE PROPHET, and I think that that is a beautif
ul thing. I haven\'92t yet been into any of the things that your Guru has written. I\'92d like to, though. You know, even before meditation and the whole thing, I was really inclined to \'85 to feel things, and feel things deep. And \'85 I would have fee
lings that something was or wasn\'92t real, you know. And to myself I knew it. I don\'92t know why. But I just felt that. You can\'92t explain it. Cause, possibly, from a different incarnation, you just know, you retain knowledge. And it gets through to 
you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: You believe in reincarnation?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Definitely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: And that the soul is an eternal part of God?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Oh, yes. Of course.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: If you accept that you are not just a body but are spirit soul,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub what do you think is the purpose of your taking births in the material world? Have you ever thought about that?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Yeah, I\'92ve thought about it. I\'92m sure there are a lot more reasons than we would ever dream about. I don\'92t really know, though.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Do you think that meditation could help you in someday realizing this?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Sure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: In what way?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Well, I think that it would help, you know, that you could rediscover yourself. A lot of the point is to get out of illusions of forgetting about the spirit. 
I know then you would become evenly balanced, you know, and gain greater happiness and peace. At that point I think you would know more about who you are and why you\'92re here. And, I mean, in a lot of cases, if you balance yourself, you can only go str
aight ahead. It takes control, though.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Do you try to control your mind?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Well, at this stage I don\'92t know if I can control my mind or not. I don\'92t think I can control what I think. I can\'92t help it, you know. That\'92s just
 the way it is, so I don\'92t get hung up about it. But I do know people think too much about things that turn out to be just not worth thinking of. I know meditation can get you more on the right track of forgetting illusions and thinking of the spirit 
and things like that. Of course, I\'92m not in that state. I don\'92t control my mind. I wouldn\'92t want to try to say what it would be like. I haven\'92t been there, you know. If I find out at some point that I\'92m able to control it, and that I would
 be happier, or that I could get along better, you know, and it\'92d be a better atmosphere, I suppose I\'92d always try it. But nobody\'92s ever laid that on me, so I don\'92t know.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Do you feel that the people who are in the youth movements which are trying to change the world, do you think that if they had a better understanding o
f what life is, and what truth is, that this understanding would help them achieve better results?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Definitely. But the problem is people are gonna be on different levels all the time. So you can\'92t tell them all what it\'92s gonna be because a lot just ar
en\'92t ready to listen. It\'92s an individual thing, itsn\'92t it? For instance, not everybody\'92s at the same place at the same time, so you can\'92t say, \'93OK kids, uh, let\'92s do this!\'94 cause that\'92s not the way it is, and it\'92s never gonn
a be that way. I mean, there\'92ve been a lot of writings saying that there\'92s going to be a holocaust, and then there\'92ll be only the good souls left. I guess that\'92s their karma, those that are worth it probably will be around after this kind of 
thing happens. But you can\'92t plan it. Maybe Scriptures know it, but I don\'92t.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Do you have any special feelings about any particular Scripture? Do you regard any one with special reverence?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Well, I\'92ve always felt that Christ was a really great person. A great spiritual leader. I think that, you know, people misinterpret, and they \'85 people b
lew it \'85 they\'92re not doing what he wanted. He probably said to worship and get to know}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub abou
t God and Truth. Like in Yoga you get into that. Of course, I can\'92t say what the right interpretation of the Bible should be, right? Because I haven\'92t really read}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it enough, so I wouldn\'92t be dumb enough to say, \'93Now, like here. It\'92s like this.\'94 Because I really don\'92t know.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: In your meditations, have you ever chanted the Hare Krishna Mantra?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: No, I never have. Is it a thing you have to be initiated into?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: No. It\'92s for everyone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: [pointing to Purushottam\'92s bead bag] Are these things here something to\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: They\'92re prayer beads.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Oh, prayer beads. You keep your beads in them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: Yes. The idea is to engage all of the senses in the process of meditation. To help us to engage the mind on the chanting, we use the sense of touch. Ince
nse helps us to engage the sense of smell. For the eyes we look at pictures of Krishna. So in that way, every sense becomes engaged. To engage the sense of taste, we eat food that we offer. We offer our food to the Lord. We cook vegetarian meals that com
e out of the Vedic Scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Are you vegetarian?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: How do you like it?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: Oh, it\'92s great!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: You know, I got on a vegetarian thing, and sometimes I \'85 like I had meat tonight, you know, and it was, you know, it was \'85 I don\'92t know. [laughs] It
\'92s hard to know what to think about things like that. It\'92s kind of confusing, isn\'92t it?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: You discussed before the spirit soul being reincarnated.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wouldn\'92t you say that it\'92s wrong to kill animals because they\'92re spirit}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub souls also?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Certainly ! I think it\'92s wrong to kill a flea, or a fly or anything. A plant or a \'85 you know. Everything is part of Nature. I don\'92t like to kill anyt
hing. Sometimes I really think it\'92s wrong to eat meat. Yeah, see now, that\'92s a thing that I think about a lot.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: [entered a few minutes before, and now joined in the discussion] Hey man, a piece of wheat growing in the field has just as much right to be alive as a rabb
it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: Yes, that\'92s true.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: I guess everything\'92s relative. How does your Guru look at that?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Well, we learn from The Bhagavad Gita that everything is here for Krishna and is created by Him just for His pleasure. So we use everything in serving 
His pleasure. We offer all of our food to Him before we eat it and that absolves us from the sin of killing plants. Krishna doesn\'92t like to eat meat, so we don\'92t offer it, and therefore we don\'92t eat it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Is Krishna \'85 He was here on the Earth, wasn\'92t He? Is He still here now?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Krishna\'92s actually always here, but He was visible to everyone on this planet 5,000 years ago. In the Vedic Scriptures the process is described wher
e we can realize Krishna as the Supreme Person and Creator. At that stage you can see that Krishna is always in everything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Oh, I see. Yeah.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Were you ever religious, in the usual sense of the word?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: I don\'92t know if I could say I was religious at all, but, you know, I \'85 I always knew that there was a Supreme Being, and I always had a lot of peace of 
mind about that. And I\'92ve always thought of God as the Protector. I\'92ve always known little stupid things, like I\'92d never get hurt doing this or that, and I\'92d never \'85 I\'92ve always known that nothing would ever happen like in a car or a pl
ane or something, you know. Something on that level. I\'92ve always known that inside. I know that meditation can probably make someone feel it more.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: So why are we in this situation? Why is it like that?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Because we deserve it. Because you get EXACTLY what you deserve, no matter what happens at any time. You\'92re always gonna get exactly what comes to you. Bec
ause you reap exactly what you sow. Is that what your Swami says?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Well, yes. He says that if we desire material life then we have to accept the dualities of the material world. And there has to be death and competitio
n for living. But Krishna is waiting for us, and as soon as we turn to spiritual life we can transcend and be free of the material miseries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Yeah, well, I\'92d like to see how your meditation goes. It\'92s Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, right?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Little cards were given to Carl and Dennis, on which were written the Maha Mantra. For about five minutes everyone cha
nted together. Dennis danced, while Carl sat on the couch concentrating on his card.]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: You do that over and over again?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: What do the words mean?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: \'93Hare\'94 means the energy of God. Krishna and Rama are different names for God. This chant is described in Vedic Scriptures as the most perfect mea
ns of God realization, because it can be done anytime or anyplace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: Don\'92t you know you are God? You don\'92t ever have to do nothing! You\'92re IT! You\'92ve always been here. There\'92s only one thing happening and its r
ight now. And you\'92ll never do nothing else. Never, really. Everything IS for a purpose. Everything just IS, you know. And then that\'92s all there is to it. Everything IS, right? So\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: But what he\'92s saying, Dennis, is like people are waiting around and thinking, \'93Well, something is going to happen here,\'94 right? And so I think that
\'92s the point they\'92re trying to make. I think\'97of course I may not understand\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: There\'92s only one thing wrong, man, and it\'92s right now. This sound you hear right here \'85[claps] \'85 it\'92s the most important thing you\'92ve ever
 heard, because the sound is right now.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: The sound is gone but you\'92re still here, you know.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: Why do I want to know something? I\'92m here! Hallelujah! The only thing that\'92s happening is right now, you know, and that\'92s why this is here sound, m
usic, your thing that you\'92re doing! What\'92s important? Everything is the same. It\'92s all important. God\'92s in everything!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Do you really see that?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: Everyone does, man. It\'92s like that. You don\'92t have to do anything. It\'92s already there. That\'92s the beauty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: Then why are so many people unhappy in the world?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: Because that\'92s what they want to be. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and if someone sees sorrow and bitterness and all that crap, you know\'97well,
 you have to stay clear!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: The point they\'92re making, Dennis, is helping people like that out of it. Like, in other words, good will towards men. I mean, it just is true that God is a
ll great, and there\'92s no such thing as unfairness, because that just doesn\'92t happen. Really. Because that\'92s impossible. Either that, or the whole thing about a Supreme Being is a hype. Right?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: You are the Supreme Being. You got to see it. You are what you see. Right?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: It may sound nice to say that I am God, but it\'92s not what God Himself says, and what realized souls say in the Scriptures. Christ didn\'92t say that
 we ARE God but that we should worship God. The Vedic Scriptures say that the spirit soul has the same nature as God qualitatively, but not in the same quantity. In other words, we have the same qualities of bliss, eternity and all knowledge as God. But 
in the material world, we\'92ve fallen into illusion, and God can never fall into illusion and suffering. Or else how can you call Him God?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Yeah, but you see, I can\'92t picture it. I\'92m not there yet, where I really know that. I think you\'92d have to be very advanced.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MIKE LOVE: [entering end seeing the interviewer\'92s beadbag] What\'92s that?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Those are his prayer beads.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: Is this bag just a thing to protect them?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MIKE: It doesn\'92t matter what it is, then?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: No. It\'92s just a tradition, over thousands of years. This is just a kind of bag\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: Is there any importance in that tradition?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: Well, yeah. Tradition helps us to become more God conscious. Not that it\'92s a tradition that we have to abide by, but it\'92s a means of helping.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: They\'92re just there to help anyway.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DENNIS: Suppose somebody came up with a bag that was just a little bit better? I mean, if that\'92s just a function, it could be a little more subtle.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GARGAMUNI: Right, right. There\'92s no set rules.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: You know, there are lots of people trying to be happy, trying to turn other people on to good things. Like there are people faking acid, people doing this, pe
ople doing that. Everybody \'85 everybody wants the same thing really.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: Would you say that drugs would ultimately be a help or a hindrance for someone who\'92s seeking realization?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: Well, I know that grass helped me. You know, I smoked grass.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURUSHOTTAM: At the ultimate stage of realization, do you think that grass will still be necessary?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CARL: In some way, I think it helped me. But I didn\'92t say anything about realization. I know drugs aren\'92t natural like a chant can be. They can\'92t be really
 where it\'92s at. It\'92s really actually upsetting your nervous system to take drugs and stuff like that. They are unnatural to have in your nervous system. That thing of karma \'85 Maybe some people don\'92t really think they should be happy, or maybe
 somewhere in their soul they know that they\'92re supposed to be, because everybody knows what\'92s happening. It\'92s probably hidden somewhere. Anyway, we\'92re all from the same place, really. We all know the same thing, I think, if we know anything.
 I mean, we\'92re all from the Universe, right? Like I said before, right now I can\'92t see anything. I\'92m not going to tell anybody where it\'92s at, because I wouldn\'92t want to say I know.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Showtime ended the discussion at this point.]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Book Review
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Book Review
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Avoid Fanaticism\'97Believe In Nothing
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE TRUE BELIEVER by Eric Hoffer; Harper & Row, 1966, 151 pps; $.60.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eric Hoffer, a self-made man, a longshoreman\'97philosopher, has been chosen by President Johnson to serve on a committee studying viol
ence in the United States. No doubt this book, written just prior to the outbreak of the Korean War, served as one of his qualifications. Anyway, LBJ \'93likes\'94 Hoffer and the feeling is mutual; and so it appears that Hoffer has been accepted by the E
stablishment as a reasonable man. Even though he gives a first impression of fierce independence, to be sure, he ends up supporting the political powers that be every time. His attitude, reminiscent of the Objectivism of Ayn Rand, another popular rough-a
nd-tough individualist, might be labelled Cynicism. To take up Cynicism, all we have to do is profess belief in this ultimate value: our own individual self-interest. The subject of THE TRUE BELIEVER is Mass Movements, and more particularly, the kind of 
persons who attach themselves to large-scale revolutionary, nationalistic, or religious uprisings. Hoffer calls such men fanatics, and he doesn\'92t like \'91em. They are \'93ruthless, self-righteous, credulous, disputatious, petty and rude.\'94 True Bel
ievers are anti-present and pro-future: they can\'92t stand reality and are ready to give themselves to an impossible dream. They are anti-self, and only want to dissolve their existence in a larger corporate identity. A mass movement\'92s program is not
 important. Any cause will do for the fanatics.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hoffer\'92s favorite adjective for the villains of his piece is \'93frustrated\'94\'97the assumption being they aren\'92t strong enough
 to face themselves and make a go of it in the world, so in their weakness they are driven to chasing illusions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But\'97and this is a crucial exception to his main trend of thought\'97he admits that, given the heroic efforts of fanatics, \'93\'91Th
ings which are not\'92 are indeed mightier than \'91things that are.\'92\'94 Now, to Hoffer, this must be a terrifying prospect: could it be that these misfits really obey a law higher than the status quo he defends? Is that apparent illusion actually a 
more fundamental reality? Again, near the end of the book, he says, \'93A genuine popular upheaval is often an invigorating, renovating and integrating process \'85 a miraculous instrument for raising societies and nations from the dead\'97an instrument 
of resurrection.\'93 It\'92s hard to think that all these religious terms are lost on Hoffer. Elsewhere he states that \'93religiofication\'94 is necessary for a movement to be successful\'97and, through all the psychological and political reasoning, thi
s chord sounds most strongly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When he decides to praise movements, Hoffer usually prefaces his sentences with \'93Strangely enough,\'94 or \'93It is strange to think
\'85\'94 So, putting them all together, he sees that radicals can cause an invigorating and strangely miraculous resurrection for the sake of things which do not exist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes; very strange that so much energy can be motivated by illusions and come out creating things positive. Without True Believers, the 
world becomes stagnant. But, for Hoffer, the only reason men become fanatics is their own individual stagnation\'97this is the main point of the book.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He doesn\'92t mince around here. For example: \'93People with a sense of fulfillment think it is a good world and would like to conserv
e it as it is, while the frustrated favor radical change.\'93 In another place he points to \'93men of outstanding achievement\'94 and \'93people who live full, worthwhile lives\'94 as the opposite numbers of the man-with-a-cause.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Exactly who is \'93outstanding\'94 is not clearly stated, but there is certainly a suggestion that it is the financially comfortable mi
ddle class, which fears change the most. Why are they being praised? Ah, but here Hoffer chooses to employ the \'93objectivity\'94 of the social scientist. Though he gives no end of examples to bolster his use of the words \'93frustrated misfits\'94 for 
the extremists, he gracefully declines from giving affirmative examples for the \'93worthwhile\'94 folks who made his book a best-seller. Apparently he doesn\'92t want to sway our opinion. As a matter of fact, he gives only the most unflattering motivati
ons for the conservatism of the \'93inert Mass,\'93 indicating a certain lack of respect for them; but he certainly is affectionate toward their respectability as such, their contentment with \'93things as they are.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyway, in a group called The Worst, part of a social structure of Hoffer\'92s design, he gathers all those who are an easy mark for 
a mass movement\'92s recruiting program: \'93failures, misfits, outcasts, criminals, and all those who have lost their footing, or never had one, in the ranks of respectable humanity.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These unfavorable prospects \'93join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility \'85 to escape from an ineffectual self \'85 t
o seek refuge from the anxieties, barrenness and meaninglessness of an individual existence.\'93 The message is clear. And the fanatic becomes dangerous, building a program of hate based on \'93the delight of the frustrated in chaos and the downfall of t
he fortunate.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE TRUE BELIEVER is studded with examples, most of them, on the face of it, quite convincing. It seems, for instance, that Martin Luth
er often found it easier to concentrate on his prayers if he thought about his enemies rather than his friends; Hitler originally had plans to be a painter and architect, but felt himself to be a failure; and so on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hoffer\'92s bias is not his alone. Whenever one dissenter decries a deplorable situation, many others, eager to protect their hard-earn
ed gains, will point out the critic\'92s personal failings and assert his cause to be simply a cover-up, a means of escaping the ugly reality of his own existence. It\'92s an old trick. And it\'92s one of the main reasons why so many people saw in Robert
 and John Kennedy the hopes of changing our world. Being in so many ways favored, they seemed to stand above the suspicions elucidated so clearly in THE TRUE BELIEVER.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This general assumption is all too often extended to mean that there are no causes worth fighting for, that there is no reality transce
nding the most mundane aspects of materialistic living. \'93Ordinary\'94 life is indeed boring, but the cynic must affirm it, idolizing those who have somehow beat the game \'93in commerce or industry,\'93 as Hoffer puts it. The ideal, like that of the P
ractical Organization he speaks of, is always one\'92s own self: self-interest, self-reliance, selfadvancement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Cynic believes that the fanatic is actually just as interested in himself, but can\'92t admit it because he\'92s afraid of himself.
 Such thinking reveals a conception of \'93self\'94 infinitely less vital than that revealed in the True Believer\'92s activities. Certainly, most people\'97conservative and radical alike\'97are unwilling to ask the question, \'93Who am I?\'94 But to lim
it the driving force behind those who would change the world to a simple neurotic deficiency doesn\'92t begin to explain, for instance, why mass movements are necessary in human history as an \'93invigorating, renovating, integrating process.\'93 Aren
\'92t there, after all, worthy causes?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Given these attitudes, the Cynic is doomed to a dull, secular, middle-of-the-roadism. Any established institution is OK. An army, for i
nstance: Hoffer says an army might be like a mass movement, except that it \'93deals mainly with the possible.\'93 Whereas a mass movement runs on \'93passion and enthusiasm,\'94 an army depends on \'93unimpassioned mechanism\'94 in a \'93sober atmospher
e.\'93 Since an army is a practical organization, then it must be sober. But I doubt Vietnam GI\'92s, shooting methedrine into their veins before they go out to drop napalm on people would agree. Furthermore, few commanders would be likely to tell you th
at the morale of their troops means nothing; and morale is no more than the intensity of passion and enthusiasm which the men feel in pursuing victory.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If a person is disgusted with the social situation around him, and I think it only reasonable to say that many human societies have had
 the gravest faults, he is naturally going to try to find a means to change it. So he might first go to the Communists, then to the Nazis, then to the Christians. Trial-and-error is involved. So, as Hoffer points out (with a quite different argument in m
ind), the Nazis found it easier to recruit from the ranks of young Communists than from the uncommitted youth. But wasn\'92t this because the Communists were already convinced that a radical step was necessary\'97and not, as Hoffer would have it, because
 they were willing to join any cause, no matter what its program?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'93frustrated\'94 person\'92s analysis of things might be shared by a number of groups; he wants to find the one group whose solut
ion he agrees with. And he wants to find a group, because if you want change, that\'92s the way to do it\'97you can\'92t change the world by yourself. To pass this off as a desire to lose real, \'93individual\'94 identity in a fog of false group identity
 is absurd. It\'92s quite easy to retain one\'92s own personality even though political or religious convictions are shared with others. I do not doubt that Mr. Hoffer has managed to remain unsubmerged in his service to Lyndon Johnson, for example.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also, if the fanatic is frustrated, if he has never had a firm footing, if he seeks refuge, he is really no different from anybody else
 in these respects. Why single him out as unique? Or does our middle-class tranquilizer epidemic have no place in Mr. Hoffer\'92s thinking?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, where is Eric Hoffer himself in all this? Probably he would like to be found in a group he calls the Creative Poor. As such, he 
would be free from the siren song of mass movements because \'93Nothing so bolsters our self-confidence and reconciles us with ourselves as the continuous ability to create; to see things grow and develop under our hand, day in, day out.\'93 Self-interes
t becomes self-glorification. The longshoreman becomes the Sunday painter, playing God, watching things grow and develop under his hand. And what is it that distinguishes the creative man? How does he hold his own? It\'92s \'93his critical faculty.\'94 M
r. Hoffer doesn\'92t elaborate on Criticism, but something tells me it\'92s close to that Cynicism he also holds so dear. How it differs from the sort of criticism which inspires mass movements of revolution is, however, unclear.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another name for democratic man, in Hoffer\'92s jargon, is \'93the gentle cynic.\'94 You know the type: he accepts no truth as absolute
, he always keeps a skeptical attitude, his only frame of reference is his own panoply of ever-shifting desires. He\'92s good for business.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Creativity amounts to nothing more than watching his thoughts change, day in, day out. There is no desire to reach a goal. Nor does he 
care about answers: this book \'93does not shy away from half-truths so long as they seem to hint at a new approach and help to formulate new questions.\'93 New questions. But no answers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lastly, who is the \'93self\'94 who\'92s so important to this philosophy? Here is the crux of the problem. It is \'93our true transitor
y self\'94 which is real, according to Hoffer, and not \'93the eternal self we are building up.\'93 We live within \'93the overwhelming reality of life and death.\'93 Another term for self, as he uses it, is, when you get right down to it, body. Who am I
? Hoffer says, I am this body. What is my self-interest? My bodily interest; namely protecting myself from attacks, keeping my stomach full, getting enough sleep, and having sex.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man is, however, bound to get frustrated by such a belief. He is bound to run away from a concept of self that admits only the most gro
ss and ultimately dissatisfying of pleasures. If his culture teaches him that he is just a blob, just a combination of chemicals, only a body\'97hold onto your hats. He\'92s going to explode. That\'92s one good reason why there\'92s violence in the Unite
d States today. Most of the population is laboring under the conception that they are no more than body. And that isn\'92t natural. So, yes, people do get very frustrated. And they certainly do try very hard to escape from that kind of self. They\'92ll d
o anything to change the material conditions that go along with that gross bodily view of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But, of course, all there is to turn to in most cases, is more materialism. Therefore, Hoffer has good reason to be cynical. Monarchies
, representative democracies, socialist dictatorships, welfare states\'97all have, in their turn, claimed to be the only proper form of government, but still the people are in revolution. Nations have formed, split up and recombined, but still people can
not find their sense of completeness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On this planet there are three and a third billion humans, and countless billions of other living beings. And we\'92re all trapped
\'97in the limited consciousness so well typified by Eric Hoffer\'92s book; trapped by its view, and by the views of the radicals it criticizes as well\'97we\'92re all trapped until a truly liberating movement is undertaken, a movement of liberation from
 materialism, and deliverance into the higher reality of spiritual consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, Hoffer spends a great deal of time criticizing religious movements, along with all others. Yet he sees that for any great change t
o take place in society, \'93religiofication is an indispensable factor.\'93 And, as explained previously, the upheavals themselves are \'93miraculous resurrections.\'93 Mass movements are religious inasmuch as they express man\'92s desire for an end to 
material suffering. But they fall short of their goal if they cannot propose a positive plan for spiritual activity, a plan that cuts through the limitations of man\'92s puny speculative abilities. Such a plan must come, not from man, but from God. Of co
urse, only a fanatic would say such a thing. But then, if there is a God\'97and for all his cynicism, Hoffer never tries to say there isn\'92t\'97then maybe it\'92s the cynics and skeptics who are the fanatics, trying as they do to escape that ultimate R
eality.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 An Open Letter to Pope Paul VI from A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub An Open Letter to Pope Paul VI f
rom A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li4320\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON RADHA KRISHNA TEMPLE\line 3720 Avenue Du Parc\line Montreal 18\line Quebec, Canada\line December, 1968
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Pope Paul VI\line Vicar of Jesus Christ\line State of Vatican\line Rome, Italy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your Holiness:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please accept my respectful humble obeisances at your Lotus Feet. I beg to introduce myself as an Indian monk, following the Vedic principles of religious life. At 
the present, I am in the renounced order of Sannyas, aged 72 years, and am preaching God consciousness all over the world. I came to America in 1965, and since then I have many followers belonging to both Christian and Jewish faiths. And I have establish
ed a number of Krishna Consciousness temples in the USA and Canada. In the coming months, I am scheduled to go to London on this mission, and maybe I can visit other cities of European countries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My mission is in the line of Lord Chaitanya, Who is personified Love of Godhead, and Who advented Himself 482 years ago in India, and preached God consciousness all
 over the country. His mission is to revive God consciousness all over the world, on the basis of Srimad Bhagwatam (The Science of God). The principle of Srimad Bhagwatam is that any religious faith which helps a man to develop love of God, without any m
otive, and without being hampered by any material condition, is transcendental religion. And the best process or the easiest process, in this age especially, is to chant the Holy Name of God. From this definition of religion as we find it in the Srimad B
hagwatam, the criterion of religion is how it helps people to develop their dormant love of God. This is not artificially invoked, but it is aroused from within, due to bona fide association with devotees, and by hearing about God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The human form of life is especially meant for this purpose, namely, to invoke the dormant love of God, because a higher development of consciousness is found in th
e human body. Animal propensities for sense gratification are equally found in both man and animals. But the special significance of human life is to achieve love of God as the prime perfection of life. Unfortunately, at the present moment people are mor
e concerned about the principle of sense gratification, or the animal part of human life, and they are gradually declining in God consciousness. This tendency is very much increasing, and because Your Holiness is the head of a great religious sect, I thi
nk we should meet together and chalk out a program for cooperation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human society cannot any longer be allowed to continue a Godless civilization at the risk of decreasing truthfulness, hygienic principles and mercifulness. Because,
 on account of the decline of these principles at the present moment, the duration of life, strength and memory of the human being is decreasing. Human society is gradually devolving in the matter of religiousness and justice; and \'93might is right\'94 
is gradually taking the place of morality and justice. There is practically no more family life, and the union of man and woman is gradually coming to the standard of sexuality. I understand it from reliable sources that people are trying to get Your Hol
iness\'92 sanction for the contraceptive method, which is certainly against any religion of the world. In the Hindu religion, such contraceptive method and abortion are considered equivalent to murder.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, in the matter of sex, the human society is gradually becoming even less than the animals. As a result of unrestricted sense gratification, even in ordina
ry dealing a man cannot trust another man, because the cheating propensity of man has increased beyond imagination. The attraction of young boys for young girls is no longer even a matter of love, but exists only on the basis of sexual potency. And as so
on as there is a slackening of sex life, there is immediately a divorce petition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India, which was once the land of religion and Brahminical culture, things have deteriorated to such an extent that a man in a higher caste is recognized simply 
by putting a piece of thread on his body as a sign of sanctity. The so-called Swamis are cheating the public because the public wants to be cheated by some cheap method of self-realization. They are practicing so-called Yoga for the matter of reducing fa
t and keeping the body fit for sense gratification. And today, if someone has no sufficient money, it is very hard for him to get justice from the court. And if anyone can simply bluff by so-called advancement of knowledge, he is offered the doctorate de
gree. If a man is falsely proud, he is accepted as civilized.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By frustration, people are gradually becoming communists and hippies, and the guardians of society must now take up the situation very seriously, without further de
lay.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Krishna Consciousness movement is meant for overhauling the whole situation. We are creating men of character, and we are training our disciples to become lover
s of God, or Krishna. From the very beginning, they are trained to refrain from the following four principles of degradation: 1) sex life outside of marriage, 2) meat eating, or the eating of any animal food, 3) all forms of intoxication, and 4) gambling
 and idle sports. Our teachings are based on the authorized movement of Lord Chaitanya: on the principles of The Bhagavad Gita, as the beginning, and Srimad Bhagwatam as the graduation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I do not wish to prolong the body of this letter further, but if you think that my meeting with you will be beneficial for human society at large, I shall be very m
uch pleased if Your Holiness will grant me an interview. Thanking you in anticipation of an early reply, I am
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours in the service of the Lord,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [signed]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Glories of Lord Ramachandra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Glories of Lord Ramachandra
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 This special 12-page section can be pulled out\line to form a separate booklet\'97compliments of BTG.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvarupa
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Art by Ric Estrada
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Millions of years ago, according to Vedic sources, the Supreme Lord appeared on this planet as the Warrior Rama Chandra, in order to execute His Will and display th
e Pastimes of the Personality of Godhead. As is stated in The Bhagavad Gita, \'93From time to time I come, in order to vanquish the demons and rescue the devotees.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Pastimes of Lord Rama are revealed in the famous Vedic Scripture called The Ramayana, written by Sri Valmiki. Before being empowere
d to write The Ramayana, Valmiki had been a plunderer; but, by the grace of the great saint Narada, he became a Vaishnava\'97that is, a worshipper of the Personality of Godhead. Narada had first asked Valmiki to please chant the Name of the Lord, but Val
miki had replied that he would not. He was a murderer, and so what had he to do with chanting God\'92s Name? Narada then asked him to meditate on his murders, by saying the name of \'93Mara,\'93 which means Death. Valmiki agreed to this, and meditated on
 \'93Mara.\'93 By rapid repetition of the word\'97Mara, Mara, Mara\'97he found himself saying Rama, Rama, Rama, and by the power of reciting the Holy Name of God his heart became purified.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Ramayana is written down as an historical epic, but it contains all the information of the original Vedas. Vedic literature such as
 The Ramayana and The Mahabharata (of which the famed Bhagavad Gita is a chapter), are especially recommended for this age, even more so than the highly intricate Vedas, or the philosophical theses of The Vedanta Sutra\'97all of which are prone to misint
erpretation by the fallen mentality of this Age of Quarrel.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So diminished is the capacity for receiving God consciousness in this age that The Bhagavad Gita, which was set down 5000 years ago and
 was especially intended for the less intelligent, is today not understood by the greatest so-called scholars. These men generally attempt interpretations of The Gita leaving out the importance of the Personality of Godhead, Krishna, Who is the essence, 
Speaker, and Goal of The Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Rama Chandra appeared on this Earth as a man. This means that he actually walked the Earth. What is written in The Ramayana, we sh
ould note here, is best understood as it is. When the Pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead are narrated, there can be no question of allusion to a higher principle. Allegory means that there is a truth higher than the literal sense of a given t
ext. But the highest realization of spiritual perfection is that the Absolute Truth is a Person\'97which precludes any possibility of going beyond Him. God means the Highest Reality. He is the One from Whom everything emanates. Although he appeared as a 
man out of kindness to His devotees, Rama Chandra is the Supreme Lord. His history is, therefore, very marvellous and filled with wondrous feats, as we\'92ll see.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra was the son of King Dasarath, in the line of King Ikshaku, the first ruler of Earth, and an early recipient of the Bhakt
i Yoga system of The Bhagavad Gita. Lord Rama was the darling of His father and mother, Queen Kausalya, as well as the hero and darling of all Ayodha, the capital of what was then the single world kingdom.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama had all the admirable qualities of leadership, even from earliest youth. Rama Chandra possessed all physical strength, all beauty,
 religious wisdom in submission to Truth, fame for prowess with weapons, royal wealth, and complete renunciation. He played the part of a human, and yet His stature as a human was praised by all His contemporaries as being worthy of the gods.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Inseparable from Rama was Lakshman, His younger brother. Lakshman was born of Sumitra, one of the 350 queens of King Dasarath. His posi
tion is like that of Rama\'92s Own Self, and nothing is dearer to Rama than Lakshman. Together, the two Brothers appeared}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on Earth to vanquish the almost invincible atheist King Ravana and his numberless host of Rakshasa (man-eating) warriors.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra is described as being of greenish hue, His bodily lustre like fresh green grass. And Lakshman is golden-hued. Lakshman is 
as attractive and as formidable a warrior as Rama Himself. During the course of one of the blood-drenched battles against Ravana\'92s army, Lakshman was rendered unconscious by Rakshasa magic, and at that time Rama gave vent to a spontaneous expression o
f love for Lakshman: \'93If I lose kingdom\'97that I can bear, but I could not bear the loss of Lakshman! I cannot go on if Lakshman is lost to Me!\'93 Lakshman was likewise dedicated to the service of his Brother, and had no other pleasure than to do th
e bidding of Rama Chandra.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 RAMA'S FIRST CAMPAIGN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While Rama was still a Boy of 16, the famous yogi, Viswamitra, approached King Dasarath and asked that the Boy be allowed to travel on 
a military campaign against two Rakshasas who were attacking the hermitages of saintly persons, interrupting the performance of sacrifice. Why did the sage Viswamitra ask for the Boy Rama? Because no one was equal to Him, even though He was as yet untrai
ned in the use of the principal weaponry, bow and arrow. After some hesitance by Dasarath, who was loathe to have his Son part for a dangerous mission, Rama Chandra went forth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we take military history as an evolution of progressively more deadly weapons, we may slight the figure of Rama, possessing no more 
than a bow and arrow. But the enemies of Rama were allowed no such miscalculation as to His ability to destroy. He stood before them like a hill of nuclear missles. He discharged His feathered arrows in sheets which blotted out the blue of the sky and wh
ich entered the hearts of the enemy in unlimited numbers at incredible velocity. So we shouldn\'92t think of Rama the Archer as quaint or dated. His bow, a gift from the demigod Indra, was a supreme Army and Air Force in itself. His arsenal included many
 varieties of deadly arrows, charmed by the Science of Mantra, or sound vibration. Once released, those arrows could not be turned back, no matter where the adversary fled for shelter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the final battle against Ravana, Lord Rama Chandra resorted to a nuclear weapon, the Brahmastra fire weapon, whose released heat is 
said to frighten the denizens of the uppermost planets of the material universe. And this Brahmastra, too, was a winged arrow affixed to a bowstring. \'93Among the weapon wielders, I am Rama,\'94 Lord Krishna says in The Gita. God is the greatest Warrior
, and He possesses the means to release the ultimate weapon.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On this boyhood military campaign against \'93the Rovers of the Night,\'93 Rama discharged two wind weapons, killing one Rakshasa and l
anding the other a few thousand miles away in the ocean.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Viswamitra, being pleased with young Rama and Lakshman, narrated many wonderful things to them, about the Appearance of the Lord as the
 Dwarf Vamana, about the origin of the sacred River Ganges\'97and about a worshipable bow kept by King Janaka, the father of Sita. This Janaka is mentioned in The Bhagavad Gita as having attained perfection by carrying out his occupational duties as a Ks
hatriya King. Once, for his part in ameliorating the anger of Lord Shiva the Destroyer, Janaka was presented with a most formidable bow. The bow was so mighty, in fact, that no one could even bend it in order to string it. Janaka made offerings of flower
s and prayers before the bow given him by Lord Shiva, acknowledging that the personality who could string the sacred bow must be an extraordinary power. In view of which, King Janaka offered the hand of his daughter Sita to the man who would come and ben
d the bow.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sita, of course, had many suitors, and all failed to win her. Her dowry was valor. Of all chaste and beautiful young women, she was the
 topmost jewel, and was very dear to Janaka. Viswamitra brought Rama and Lakshman to Janaka\'92s palace just to show them the bow given by Shiva. A large assembly of people were gathered to see the weapon, as Rama Chandra took it up in His hand, and aske
d Janaka, \'93What would you have Me do with it? Shall I string it now?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes, \'93 Janaka assented.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At once, Rama easily bent the bow until it cracked in two pieces, making a thundering explosion which rendered all present unconscious,
 except for Viswamitra, Rama and Lakshman! At that time the gods showered flowers from the sky upon Rama Chandra, and there was cheering in the heavens. King Janaka then agreed, with great pleasure, that his daughter should be married to the mighty Rama 
Chandra
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SITA AND RAMA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sita, the wife of Rama, is not considered an ordinary being. It is understood that, as Lord Rama Chandra was Vishnu, the Supreme Lord H
imself, so Sita was actually Lakshmi, the Goddess of Fortune, who serves eternally at the Feet of Vishnu in the spiritual sky. Being the daughter of the royal saint Janaka, she is also sometimes called Janaki. Actually, Janaka found Sita when she was a b
aby. He had been plowing a field, and he upturned her in a clod of earth. It is stated in The Ramayana that Sita came to Earth for the destruction of Ravana, who was a villifier of married women. As Rama Chandra was the greatest Warrior and Expounder of 
religion and morality, so Sita was the greatest beauty among women, and the most chaste.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can the Infinite Lord be sufficiently praised? And who can completely describe the loveliness, in every feature, of His chaste wife
, the Goddess of Fortune?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We shouldn\'92t think that, as we desire a woman, so Rama Chandra desired a woman, and thus married one with the desires of an ordinary
 husband. Sita is Lakshmi, the Goddess of Fortune, and Rama is Lord Vishnu, the Personality of Godhead, and we cannot understand His transcendental position by judging Him on the plane of inebriated sex desire. Sex desire, lust, is the characteristic con
dition of the ordinary mortal who is at the mercy of the laws of Nature. He is put under these stringent laws out of his wish to enjoy as a lord rather than render service to the Supreme Enjoyer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, however, is transcendental to the material laws. What we have here in the material world as sex des
ire is indeed a reflection of the Lord\'92s desire to enjoy loving affairs. But His loving affairs have no taint of contamination, no limitations of cheating, of old age, or of death. Here, sex pleasure is false in that it is merely a counteraction to th
e usual condition of misery, and it is temporary. But when the Lord enjoys loving affairs it is in a state of continual bliss in mutual service, and this expands unendingly into greater and greater bliss, each party exhibiting selfless devotion to the ot
her. It is understood that by the process of purification in devotional service, we too can reciprocate transcendental love with God, and that is the perfection of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalist philosophers whose propaganda is so rampant in this age cannot appreciate the Divine Couple or the Lord\'92s loving a
ffairs. These are displayed in the Persons of Radha and Krishna, Lakshmi and Narayana, and in Sita and Rama. The position of the impersonalist is necessarily loveless. Love means persons. No one can love the Void or a non-person. Therefore, impersonal ph
ilosophy is merely the negative side of reality, the denial of material inebriety. The impersonalists accept neither sex as being absolute, but the Vaishnava or Personalist has two sexes, Radha and Krishna, or Sita and Rama. Without understanding the rea
l situation of the Supreme Person and His Transcendental Nature\'97His Activities and His devotees\'97such an impersonalist yogi or philosopher is forced to come down from his temporary suspension in the impersonal Void, and again he may enter into entan
glement with the material inebrieties which he only theoretically declares to be false.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Valmiki compares the sight of Rama and Sita together to the moon and the brightest star. The Rama Chandra worshipper, therefore, never 
makes the mistake of thinking Sita an ordinary wife. Throughout The Ramayana, the poetry again and again turns to images of the various moods of natural beauty in the jungle, in the sky, and in the night with its wonderful galaxies for comparisons to the
 loveliness of Sita. And always the worshipper addresses first Sita, and then Rama\'97Sita-Rama.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Growing old, King Dasarath decided to confer the kingdom on his eldest son, Rama. On the release of this news, the Kingdom of Ayodha 
turned to joyous preparation for the coronation of the beloved prince. The Ramayana (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ayodhya Khanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) sta
tes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The streets were crowded with men. People were going in mobs and there were constant shouts of joy, like the 
roar of the sea. All the places were filled to their utmost capacities. All the highways were swept and watered, garlands hung on every gate, and flags streamed from every house. The whole city was anxiously waiting for the morning of the coronation cere
mony.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The night before, Janaki and Rama Chandra were initiated into the observance of a fast, and were given mantras to recite. They worshipp
ed Narayana, and lay down on a bed of grass within Vishnu\'92s shrine.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE BANISHMENT OF RAMA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Ramayana goes on to relate fateful events: \'93Queen Kaikeyi had brought up an orphan girl named Manthara, who served Kaikeyi as a 
maidservant. \'93Kaikeyi was one of King Dasarath\'92s wives, and Manthara was her hunch-backed maidservant. It was she who sowed the evil seed of the great personal ordeals related in The Ramayana. Amidst universal joy, Manthara alone heard the news of 
Rama\'92s coronation with a feeling of rage. With malicious intent she entered the room of Queen Kaikeyi and proposed to her that the coronation of Rama Chandra was a calamity to the Queen. Kaikeyi was the mother of Dasarath\'92s next oldest son, noble B
harat. Manthara cunningly outlined how Dasarath had recently sent Bharat away on a visit to his uncle, in order to install Rama Chandra. And, after installation, Rama Chandra would surely see that Bharat was killed. With crooked logic, Manthara predicted
 all the grief ahead for Kaikeyi, and in this way implanted evil wrath into the Queen\'92s heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Queen Kaikeyi was now convinced that Rama Chandra must be eliminated. She was very dear to Dasarath, and she was able to strike telling
ly by binding him to a promise. Once Dasarath had fallen badly wounded on a battlefield, in a clash between Indra and some Asuras (demons), and Queen Kaikeyi had nursed him as he lay unconscious. At that time he had promised her two boons, but she had sa
id she would ask for them at a later time. By that service rendered by her, and by the oath of Dasarath, Kaikeyi wrought long and bitter grief upon Ayodha.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lying down in a room in her palace called \'93the chamber of wrath,\'94 Kaikeyi awaited Dasarath, and when he came and found her there,
 she infected the coronation day, like a snake biting a calf, by demanding the following two boons: 1. Let Rama Chandra be banished to the forest for 14 years, and 2. Let Bharat be installed as king. Dasarath fell unconscious at her words. He soon regain
ed his senses, understood what she was saying, and again fainted away.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Awakening a second time, he cried out in torment: \'93Oh how sad! How painful! I suffer from your words, being oath-bound to you! I suf
fer now as a man does for misdeeds committed in a previous birth!\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may think, what is this \'93truth,\'94 what is this \'93promise,\'93 if it wreaks such evil? Why didn\'92t Dasarath simply say, \'93
No! Never! I will not banish Rama. Rama is dearer than truth!\'94 But he did not. He had made a promise, and as a Kshatriya (warrior) he must stand by it. His religion was truth. Because he had promised Kaikeyi a boon at a time when she had saved his lif
e, therefore he must now grant her promise, whatever it might be\'97in this case a fate worse than death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are other examples in the Vedic literature of extreme sacrifices to truth, and Kaikeyi mercilessly cited them for Dasarath: A Kin
g named Saivya once promised a pigeon who had flown into his arms that he would protect him from a pursuing hawk. The hawk, who was actually a demigod in the form of the predator, demanded flesh from the king\'92s body as substitute for the pigeon, and K
ing Saivya agreed, cutting the flesh from his own body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But was that the same as banishing Rama Chandra? How could Dasarath banish the rightful heir to the throne? For what offense? Rama was 
the absolute darling of every living entity in Ayodha. He was the outright Destroyer of the demons. He and His wife were comparable to the moon and the brightest star! When the people came to say, \'93Where is Rama Chandra?\'93\'97what then? In short, Da
sarath was ruined, and the Kingdom of Ayodha with him. Dasarath lamented bitterly, and prepared himself to be condemned by his peers and by the future. Still, he was bound to the truth of his promise.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra was called to court by Dasarath. Rama was about 26 years old, and it was His Coronation Day. He rode in His chariot to ans
wer His father\'92s call. The Ramayana states that Rama Chandra came out from His palace surrounded with an effulgence of glory, just as the moon emerges from behind the dark blue clouds. Lakshman stood by Him with a chowri fan. Elephants and horses foll
owed His chariot; and music, shouts and cheers were continually heard. As He passed the windows of beautiful women, they rained flowers on His Head. Some of them praised Kausalya, the mother of Rama Chandra, and others said that Sita was the gem of all w
omen, and must have practiced great penances in former births or she would not have had such a husband as this king-to-be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But on entering His father\'92s presence, Rama found the old King looking miserable and sad, seated on a sofa with His Queen Kaikeyi. S
he personally delivered the cruel message to Rama Chandra. Dasarath fainted away in grief at hearing again the wish of Kaikeyi, but he could not deny it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Magnanimous Rama Chandra, however, was not a bit pained to hear her shameful words. He only replied: \'93Very well. I shall go from her
e and proceed to the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dandaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Forest for 14 years with an unwavering mind.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra proceeded to inform all those gaily preparing for His Coronation that He was at once leaving for a mendicant\'92s life in 
the forest. His natural cheerfulness did not leave Him, but He was troubled to have to tell His mother, and He thought both parents might die at His separation from them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fateful news soon spread. It spread to the women in Rama\'92s palace, and they began to cry bitterly. The queens and other royal la
dies wailed, for He Who used to serve them and Who looked on them as His mothers, and Who never grew angry with them but had sweet words for all\'97that Rama was going to the forest!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No! Dasarath should never have forsaken Him!\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When He approached His mother Kausalya, she was still informed only of the Coronation, and she fell at His Feet and offered Him a seat 
and some refreshment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra, with clasped hands, said to her, \'93Mother, you don\'92t know what a great calamity is descending upon you and Janaki an
d Lakshman. I don\'92t require a seat anymore, for I am now bound for the forest, and shall live there for 14 years on fruits and herbs. Father has ordered My exile, and Bharat\'92s installation.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kausalya fainted on the ground like a tree felled by an ax. Valmiki describes how, with difficulty, she told Rama that He must fight to
 win the crown. But Rama Chandra told His mother that it was beyond His power to disobey His father\'92s orders. He could not follow any desire which went beyond righteousness. Similarly, Lord Jesus Christ once taught: \'93If you gain the whole world, bu
t lose your immortal soul, what have you gained?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra said to Kausalya: \'93Father is our preceptor. Who, having any regard for righteousness, will disobey his orders, even tho
ugh they may be given from anger, joy, or lust? I cannot act against My father\'92s vows. This life is not everlasting, and so I would not wish to acquire even the world by an unjust means.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lakshman was not consoled. He was brooding and overwhelmed with grief at this turn of events. Lakshman argued that Rama Chandra must no
t submit; he suspected, in fact, that the whole story of promised boons was just a plea by the King in order to install Bharat, and thus satisfy the lust of his Queen Kaikeyi. Lakshman was prepared to hack to pieces with his sword the King and his whole 
army. He was ready to bring the whole world under the sway of Rama Chandra. Rama replied that he thought the best course for Himself was to obey His father\'92s orders. Rama\'92s mother gradually, with great sorrow, offered her blessings and prayed that 
she would someday see Him coming back.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra then took leave of His mother and went to Janaki\'92s quarters.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub She also knew nothing of Rama Chandra\'92s exile. She was in a state of joyfulness over His installation as King. She was worshipping t
he deities when He entered with His head hanging down in shame. On telling Sita of His exile, Rama Chandra said that she must stay behind and live under the rule of Bharat. Janaki, who was always sweet in speech, replied to Him with an offended air. How 
could He say such infamous unworthy things, especially as He was a hero versed in Vedic science?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93If You repair to the forest, I shall go in front of You and make smooth the path by crushing the thorns under my feet. I shall not 
leave Your company, nor will You be able to dissuade me. I shall feel no sorrow in passing a long time with You.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But Rama Chandra, thinking of the factual hardships of forest life told her about the reality of the situation: Prowling animals, shark
s, crocodiles in muddy rivers, sometimes no drinking water, no bed, hunger appeased by fruits fallen on the ground, matted locks, bark for clothes, observance of the rules of asceticism, three baths daily, flowers offered on the sacred altar by picking t
hem with your own hand, blasts of wind, reptiles roaming free, great pythons, scorpions, mosquitos, penance, the necessity for bold action\'97this is the business of forest life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra said it was too dangerous, but Sita entreated Him that, as a devoted wife, she was happy in His happiness, and sorry only 
in His sorrow. With Rama, she assured Him, she would find the hardships heavenly. Rama Chandra finally relented and admitted that He was by no means unable to protect her in the forest. And, formerly, many royal saints had repaired to the forest with the
ir wives. So He would follow their example. He advised her to at once give away her beautiful clothes and valuables, and to be ready to leave.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lakshman, who had been there while Rama Chandra spoke with Sita, caught hold of his Brother\'92s Feet, as it was unbearable for him to 
be separated from Rama. Rama tried to dissuade him from joining Him. He asked him to stay in the kingdom and keep an eye on the court. But nothing could turn Lakshman. He replied that Bharat would maintain the kingdom, but he must be given leave to join 
Rama Chandra. He would go before Sita and Rama Chandra as Their guide, and would procure Their foods; and They could enjoy while he would do everything else required, whether Rama was asleep or awake. Rama was pleased, and ordered Lakshman to prepare for
 departure at once.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, the whole kingdom could not join Rama Chandra in exile. But the people were sorely distressed. Indeed, they proposed to 
join Him by the thousands, but Kaikeyi would not allow if: If everyone went with Him, it would be no exile at all. No, Rama Chandra must go with only Sita and Lakshman. But the people lamented that the city would become deserted without Him, all religiou
s institutions would be destroyed and dirt and filth would cover the yards, and rats would roam free. Rama Chandra. hearing them carry on, was not moved.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shortly after Rama Chandra\'92s departure his father died of grief. He could not live with Rama in exile, and with his last breath he c
ried the Names of Rama, Lakshman and Sita. Young Bharat was at once called back from his uncle\'92s house by special messengers, who told him no more than to come at once. Bharat arrived before his mother, Queen Kaikeyi, and learned first that his father
 was dead, and then that his Brother was exiled on the wish of his mother. Bharat was shaken with remorse, and called Kaikeyi a murderess. To Bharat there was no question of assuming the throne without Rama Chandra and Lakshman. After performing the fune
ral rites for his father, he set out without delay, with an army behind him, to bring Rama back and himself take the place of the Exile in the forest. Only in that way could he hope to remove the stain of his mother\'92s action.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SITA AND RAMA IN THE JUNGLE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Forest life for a royal prince was supposed to be an abominable insult, but Rama Chandra managed to cheer Sita by pointing out to her t
he beauty of the natural setting. A jungle is generally supposed to be a place in the mode of goodness, just suitable for the cultivation of spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Shastras, or Scriptures, describe life in the liquor shop as being in the mode of ignorance; residence in the city is said to be in
 the mode of passion; and residence in the forest is in goodness. But even the so-called mode of goodness is not transcendental to material consciousness. Only a temple of God is specifically helpful for the purpose of transcendental consciousness, or li
nking with the Personality of Godhead. The forest is actually suitable for material habitation, and for the exploitation of raw resources such as trees and plants. Of course, when the Personality of Godhead was in the forest, it was the most perfect temp
le and shrine. Picking a leaf, or roaming with Janaki, Rama is in perfection, as He is the Supreme Lord, even though acting as a human.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are cautioned not to think that if we repair to the jungle we will be like Rama Chandra, or that we will become renounced and saintl
y by such an act. The forest, in other words, is in itself not conducive to thoughts of the transcendental Lord. It is a place of monkeys and trees and good areas for making material habitation. Spiritual life, however, does not mean to become neatly sit
uated in natural surroundings which may or may not be more pleasant than the shops and streets of the city. Spiritual life means to serve and please the will of the Supreme Lord. To be thinking of the activities of the Supreme Lord, and to hear authorize
d information like The Ramayana and The Bhagavad Gita\'97about His inconceivable greatness and His loving intentions toward the living entities\'97is not attained by automatically putting on rough clothing and plying through the jungles with difficult st
eps.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even to sit alone in a yogic posture in the jungle, with forced concentration on the spirit soul, may not be successful if the heart is
 still impure and the mind roaming to objects of the senses. Lord Krishna has said that He is not to be found in the jungle or in the hearts of the yogis in meditation, but there where His devotees are chanting His Name: Hare Krishna, Hare Rama\'97\'94I 
am there.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So-called holy men who go to the forests to become sannyasis, renouncers, and do not actually follow the authoritative paths for becomi
ng God conscious are therefore called \'93monkey sannyasis.\'94 Simply living like a monkey in a tree is not holiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra was actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Anything He did was perfect, because He is the Person Who is the Source
 of all perfection. We simply have to offer a submissive hearing of His activities, and we will ourselves be situated in transcendental meditation. He is the Lord, as Rama Chandra the Ideal King, and His life is an example of the rigid morality by which 
we can find the way back to home, back to our original loving relationship with God. Rama Chandra is Himself full spirit, portraying activities on Earth for the vanquishment of Ravana, and we have only to fully comprehend any Pastime of His in order to c
ontact the honey of God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once Sita and Rama were resting on rocky ledge after straying through the hills, and a bold crow came at Sita and threatened to strik
e her with its claws. She chased him but he came again and again, tearing at her until, Valmiki describes, \'93her cheeks were glowing with rage and her lips quivering in anger. Frowns darkened her lovely brow.\'93 Rama Chandra tried chasing the bird but
 it paid no heed and flew at Sita even more. Then He fixed an arrow with mantras, and aimed it at the crow. The bird sprang up and flew, but the arrow followed wherever the bird went. The crow then flew back to Rama and pleaded for its life. Rama Chandra
 was always prepared to protect the surrendered entity, but since He had already released his fatal weapon, the crow was asked to give up some part of its life so that the weapon would not go in vain. The crow gave up an eye and the arrow struck at once.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After some time, Bharat and his army arrived in the vacinity. One soldier climbed a tree and saw smoke issuing from a cottage. Bharat
 and a few others then went forward on foot, and Bharat beheld Rama\'92s cottage. Valmiki describes it:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub He found there the formidable bow plated with gold. The quiver was full of sharp arrows flaming like the sun.
 There were swords in golden sheathes, and gloves spangled with gold. There stood a spacious altar, and fire was burning at its northeast. Bharat found there Lotus-eyed, Fire-like, Effulgent Rama, seated on a hide with bark and a black deerskin, and with
 matted locks on His head.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The brothers embraced. Bharat told of Dasarath\'92s death and pleaded for Rama Chandra to return and take the kingdom. Rama Chandra rep
lied to His younger brother that none of us have an independent existence, just to do as we please. We are subject to death, all of us. Rama told him to note how people are pleased to see the seasons change, though they do not realize it means their life
 duration is shortening. And on any walk a person takes, and when he returns, death is with him, and walks with him and rests with him. So in all circumstances, intelligent people subdue grief. He told Bharat to return and take charge, because that was t
he wish of their father.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama Chandra said, \'93Let me pursue My duties here.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharat pleaded that he was only a boy, and Rama must rule over him. But Rama was firm in keeping His father\'92s pledge. He cited to Hi
s brother a Vedic proverb: He who saves his father from the hell named \'93Put,\'93 and he who saves his father from all sorts of difficulties, is \'93Putra,\'93 or the true son. Bharat relented, but took back with him Rama Chandra\'92s sandals, promisin
g to dedicate the kingdom to the sandals of Rama, and to wait in ascetic observance for the expiration of the 14-year exile.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE WAR WITH RAVANA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first clash with Ravana took place through his sister, Surpanakha. She was a hideous monster who wandered across the cottage of Ram
a, and was struck with lust on seeing the Lord. She delivered some low insults to Sita, and for that Lakshman cut off her ears and nose. Running back to the camp of Ravana, she howled for revenge, and the death-struggle thus commenced.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ravana had almost everything. Through long performance of austere penances he had gained great power; he had received specific boons fr
om Lord Brahma, the topmost demigod, so that he would never be vanquished by any race of demigods, or any power or personality except man. But, of course, no mere man could stand against his onslaught. For the sake of war-mongering he had conquered the d
emigods Kuvera and Indra. He reigned in a vast island kingdom called Lanka, and possessed all material opulence. He and his \'93Rovers of the Night\'94 roamed about killing and eating the flesh of solitary hermits engaged in spiritual practices in the fo
rest.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ravana made a career of violating beautiful women wherever he found them, and had a large harem of hundreds who had surrendered to his 
material effulgence of wealth and strength.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ravana believed himself unvanquishable. He did not care for God. Perfect materialist that he was, he challenged even the existence of G
od. He had a plan where he wanted to deport men to the heavenly planets by means of a staircase structure reaching to Indra\'92s Paradise, so that people could go there without qualifying themselves by performing pious works. He challenged anything and e
verything good, and listened to no cautious counsel about the bad reaction which follows sinful activities. Valmiki says that Ravana\'92s mentality was such that he was living for death. In challenging Rama by the abduction of His wife Sita, Ravana surel
y chose death, and raced headlong towards his inevitable meeting with it. Therefore, there was no fear of sin in Ravana: until such time as he was actually cut down by a superior power, he would violate the authority of the Lord as far as possible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can understand, therefore, that for all his highly developed intelligence, Ravana was ignorant of the soul. By such ignorance one 
thinks that this one lifetime is all, and that death is the finish of everything. And so one may beg, borrow, or steal if one wishes. And if someone tells him that there will be a reaction in the next life, based on his present behavior, he will disregar
d that. This is the ignorance by which the conditioned living entity is covered over, and by which he cannot realize his original situation of Sat-chit-ananda\'97transcendental eternal bliss, and full knowledge in the loving service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as anyone, from the tiny ant up to the conqueror Ravana, takes the attitude that he is the lord and the center, then the materi
al Nature awards him this bodily covering, by which he can go on acting in illusion, ignorant of his real dependence on the Soul of souls, God. Under the illusion that he is independent, he then engages in a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub further}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  struggle to conquer the material Nature. Ravana\'92s case is extraordinary because, in defiance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he act
ually did conquer a significant part of the universe. But, as we shall see, his victory, like that of all the worldly conquerors of history, was fleeting, and his every step was actually a step on the path towards his ultimate destruction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From Ravana\'92s kingdom, 14,000 Rakshasa warriors poured forth to slay Rama and Lakshman. En route, Ravana\'92s troops experienced a d
ownpour of evil omens from Nature. Blood showered upon them with dreadful noise. The beautiful horses pulling their chariots suddenly tumbled. Vultures attacked their royal flags. Birds, beasts and jackals howled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The demigods situated in the sky prayed amongst themselves: \'93May victory attend the cows, Brahmins and those who are held in high re
gard by Him. Let Rama conquer just like Vishnu with His disc.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Valmiki writes that, \'93As the planets move towards the sun and the moon, so the fierce Rakshasa army rushed towards Rama and Lakshman
, in lust of battle.\'93 Rama was informed of their coming. While doom was presaged to the Rakshasas by dark clouds and raining blood, the shafts of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Chandra were flaming in war-delight, and His gold-plated bow throbbed with ruthless energy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The 14,000 warriors were demolished by Rama Chandra, alone and on foot. His arrows, resembling fire with smoke, covered the whole sky, 
and He discharged them and fired more with a speed that the enemy could not follow. One man-eater survived, and ran back to Ravana with the news that Rama Chandra had devoured them with shafts like a five-mouthed serpent. He said that, wherever they had 
fled, they had found Rama Chandra stationed before them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ravana was outraged, and reminded the lone survivor of 14,000 that Vishnu Himself couldn\'92t be safe by doing injury to Ravana. But th
e survivor who had been through the hell of slaughter pleaded that his Lord Ravana just listen to him with attention regarding Rama Chandra\'92s valor as he had experienced it. He humbly submitted to his chief that Rama Chandra could bring down the stars
 and planets and raise the submerged Earth by His arrows, and could destroy all creatures and create them anew. Rama Chandra was simply unslayable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The survivor also offered to Ravana that he had seen the beautiful wife of Rama, called Sita. He said that no woman could be equal to h
er in beauty. She was in the bloom of youth, and most graceful. Her beauty struck one with such deep wonder, the Rakshasa concluded, that if Ravana could somehow enchant Rama into the forest and take her away, it would be the one way to vanquish Him, for
 He surely could not survive separation from His wife.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE KIDNAPPING OF SITA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To implement the abduction of Sita, Ravana called on his warlord, Maricha. This Maricha was the same Rakshasa who had been carried 1000
 miles through the air and thrown into the ocean by the wind arrow of the inexperienced 16-year-old Rama on His first military expedition. Ravana asked Maricha to take the form of a golden deer, to frisk in front of Sita. When Sita should wish to have th
e deer for her own, Rama and Lakshman could be induced to follow it and, at that time, Sita might be carried off.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maricha was filled with alarm on hearing such talk from Lord Ravana. He reported to his chief that the proposal was impossible. For one
 thing, \'93as Indra is the king of the gods, so Rama Chandra is King of all.\'93 Nobody should dare to take Sita away, as she was protected by chastity and devotion. Maricha knew that Rama Chandra was death-like, and he advised Ravana to desist from his
 thoughts of crossing the Lord. The King of the Rakshasas, irritated that his subordinate had even attempted to dissuade him, told Maricha that he must perform this service or be killed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then Maricha, in the form of a wonderful deer with silver spots and the sheen of jewels, appeared before Sita in the forest. His hoofs 
were made of blue stones, and he had a little tail that shone like the rainbow. He walked this way and that, browsing on creepers end sometimes galloping. In so many ways, he drew the mind of Sita, who asked Rama Chandra to catch him for her. Rama Chandr
a was, of course, cognizant that this might be the Rakshasa magic of Maricha, but He decided to go after the deer, and if it was actually Maricha, He would kill him. Rama firmly ordered Lakshman to stay behind with Sita. Then He pursued the deer. It beca
me elusive, and even invisible. Rama resolved to kill it. He shot one deadly shaft which entered Maricha\'92s heart like a flaming snake.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His counterfeit guise gone, Maricha, in the hideous form of a huge Rakshasa bathed in blood now rolled upon the ground. But with his la
st breath, he remembered the advice of Ravana, and cried out loudly, \'93Alas Sita! Alas Lakshman!\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Waiting with Lakshman in their cottage, Sita heard the cries and believed it was Rama, and that He was in some danger. She told Lakshma
n to go at once and help Him. Lakshman dismissed the idea that Rama Chandra could be in danger. Besides, he knew his duty was to remain and protect Sita. But Sita, in great anxiety over Rama, began to speak very strangely. She told Lakshman that she knew
 he was not going to help Rama out of lust for her, and that in fact he had long been waiting to be separated from Rama so that he could fulfill his own desire for enjoying Sita. Lakshman could not bear to hear such unfair words, and he took his leave of
 Sita to seek out Rama Chandra. In that way, Ravana was able to find Sita alone, and he carried her off by force.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It may be asked, how could two invincible heroes be tricked by the magic of illusion into leaving Sita alone? How could Sita, with the 
purity of her chaste insight, accuse Lakshman of being lustful? And, as Rama Chandra is God Himself, how could it come to pass that Ravana carried off Sita by force in his chariot, and was able to cause bitter lamentation for Sita and Rama? These are not
 very easy questions, it would seem. The aggregate is: how can someone under the direct protection of the Supreme Lord come under any illusion, or fare badly?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we take it from The Bhagavad Gita, we can know that the pure devotee is never under the power of illusion. The Lord promises that on
e who surrenders to Him is straightway delivered from illusion. Maya, the illusory energy, cannot act upon one who is surrendered to the Person of the Absolute Truth. This Maya is the external energy of the Lord, intended as a reformatory measure for tho
se souls still desirous of lording it. As its source is divine, this Maya cannot be overcome by any amount of scholarship, technology, or material intelligence. But, as stated in the Seventh Chapter of The Gita, he alone who surrenders to the Lord is rel
eased.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A pure devotee is attached to service of the Supreme Person, and is therefore no longer falsely identifying his perishable body as his 
self, or claiming material possessions as his own. The devotee is under the internal, spiritual energy of the Lord, called Yogamaya. This means that he is being personally cared for by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, due to his constant association b
y word, thought and deed with the Yogamaya energy This is just like sunshine. The sunshine is there for everyone, but it cannot benefit one who stays hidden indoors. One who partakes of the sunshine experiences no darkness, because darkness cannot exist 
where the sun is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, if the devotee is freed from all contamination and darkness, why was Rama Chandra banished from His kingdom? Why was Sita, who is L
akshmi the Goddess of Fortune, kidnapped by Ravana? Why was Lord Jesus Christ crucified? Why was the pure saint Thakur Haridas beaten? Why was Lord Krishna shot in the foot by a hunter? And why did Krishna\'92s devotees, the Pandavas, have to undergo so 
many ordeals? These things, the devotee understands, are working according to some plan of the Lord\'92s Will, to facilitate His mission in this world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This example was given by Rama Chandra when He responded with even mind to His banishment: \'93I must obey My father in this. Who are W
e to try to get control for self interest over what is being sent to Us by the law of God? We must accept what is sent by God.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surrender means that the Lord can do with us as He likes. The surrendered soul is waiting for the Lord\'92s Will. He will go back to Go
dhead at the time when the Lord is pleased to take him. He knows that there must be some plan of the Lord behind what is happening and, as far as he\'92s concerned, the devotee will never be removed from his position of unconditional loving service unto 
the Personality of Godhead. In this case of Rama\'92s banishment and Sita\'92s abduction, we can understand that these activities had to be carried out in order to fulfill the mission of Lord Rama in coming to Earth\'97the slaying of the demon Ravana for
 the relief of the faithful demigods.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similar occurrences of a devotee in a position of mundane frustration are explained by Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami as the basis 
for the presentation of great transcendental literatures like Srimad Bhagwatam and The Bhagavad Gita. In the case of Srimad Bhagwatam, the Emperor Parikshit, who was usually a man of irreproachable behavior, delivered an insult to a brahmin, and was sent
enced to death within 7 days. This death curse brought about his revival of God consciousness, and made possible his meeting with the sage Sukadeva Goswami, who narrated the entire Srimad Bhagwatam to him, filled as it is with the Pastimes of Lord Krishn
a. In this way all humanity was benefitted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami writes, \'93By placing Arjuna and the Pandavas in a position of frustration through the intrigues of th
eir cousins, the Battle of Kurukshetra was engineered by the Lord in order to incarnate the sound representative of the Lord, The Bhagavad Gita.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In short, we should understand that these unusual circumstances of the apparent distress of Rama and Sita are ordained and serve the Lo
rd\'92s purposes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On a chariot pulled by asses, Ravana of ten heads and twenty arms flew through the sky with his arm around Sita. Sita was protected fro
m gross sexual violation by her power of chastity. Also, Ravana had at one time in his career received a fell curse from the yogi father of a girl he had violated: if Ravana ever attempted to again enjoy a woman by physical force, his head would split in
to pieces.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By this act of abduction Ravana completely sealed his doom beyond a doubt. Not only would he die for capturing another\'92s wife, but h
e would not even be able to enjoy her in the meantime, not for a moment. Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami nicely explains the relationship between Sita and Ravana: \'93The Goddess of Fortune is called Chanchala. Chanchala means that she is not steady. Ra
vana took away Lakshmi, Sitaji, to his place and instead of being happy by the grace of Lakshmi, his family and his kingdom were vanquished. So Lakshmi in the house of Ravana is Chanchala, or not steady. The Ravana class of men want Lakshmi only, without
 her husband, Narayana [or Rama Chandra]. Therefore they become unsteady by Lakshmiji. And so materialistic persons find fault on the part of Fortune. Of course, in the spiritual sky Lakshmi is fixed in the service of the Lord, and in spite of her being 
the Goddess of Fortune, she cannot be happy without the grace of the Lord.\'94 From this we can also understand that Sita\'92s essential beauty is that she is associated with the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unable to forcibly have his lust satisfied, Ravana gave Sita a tour of opulent Lanka. He showed her the swans and ponds, and his harem.
 He showed her how thousands of mighty Rakshasas awaited his word. And he described Rama Chandra as a weak outcaste who would never be able to come to Lanka. He asked Sita to rule over Lanka, and he would become her slave. Though she was weighted down wi
th sorrow and deeply absorbed in anxious thoughts, Sita seared Ravana by telling him that for this reckless outrage he would be destroyed by Rama and Lakshman.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the face of his lion-like ferocity, she told him, \'93How can the consort of a swan, one who sports with her mate amidst lotuses, fa
vor with her glance a water crow, who is straying amongst weeds and bushes? This body is now useless to me. You may chain it or destroy it. I shall not preserve it any more, nor will I ever bear the stigma of unchastity. I am the devoted wife of Rama, an
d you will never be able to touch me.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ravana could only threaten Sita that if after twelve months she did not favorably turn to him, he would cut her into pieces and have hi
s cooks serve her to him for a feast.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ALLIANCE WITH THE MONKEYS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the absence of Sita, Rama Chandra was plunged into unalloyed grief. He was crazed, and His understanding appeared clouded. He was go
ing through the forest asking the flowers and trees if they had seen His love. He feared she had been eaten by the Rakshasas. He and Lakshman searched everywhere. Rama questioned the sun: \'93Where has My darling gone?\'93 He asked the wind if she were d
ead or alive or stolen, or had he seen her on any path?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lakshman attempted to draw off Rama Chandra\'92s despair by sensible words, but he was paid no attention. Finally the brothers found si
gns of Sita, pieces of clothing torn while resisting Ravana, and ornaments which had fallen from her as she rose up in his chariot. They also found the bloodied dying body of Jayatu, the ancient King of Birds, who had made a valiant attempt to stop Ravan
a\'92s night. Frothing in his last blood, Jayatu informed Rama Chandra that it was Ravana, the King of the Rakshasas, who had taken Sita. The brothers got further information that they could obtain the help needed to find Ravana\'92s kingdom by making al
liance with Sugriva, the King of the Vanaras, a monkey race who lived in the Pampas region of rivers and lakes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This chief of the monkeys, Sugriva, beholding Rama Chandra and Lakshman within his province, was at once fearful. The Vanaras were taki
ng refuge from their enemy Vali, who was the chief\'92s brother, and Sugriva thought that Rama and Lakshman had come to do some harm, as they appeared so formidable with their weapons. The monkeys ranged from peak to peak, and joined their leader for a c
onference on what to do about the two mighty young men who were walking amongst the trees and lakes. The chief counsellor to the King, named Hanuman, assured Sugriva that their enemy }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub V\'e4li}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  had no access to the Pampa region. Therefore, why should they fear these two godlike warriors?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hanuman approached Rama and Lakshman on behalf of the king, and with eloquent words invited them to meet with the monkey chieftain. Ram
a was at once delighted with the eloquent speech and appearance of Hanuman, and a meeting was arranged. Seated on giant Sala leaves, Rama, Hanuman, Lakshman and Sugriva spoke out their hearts and concluded a pact of honorable friendship.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sugriva narrated how he had become confined to this region of the Pampas in fear of his life, having been deprived of his kingdom by hi
s brother Vali. Rama Chandra acknowledged that the expression of friendship is good service, and He agreed to kill Vali, who had also abducted the wife of Sugriva. Rama accepted the hand of Sugriva in embrace, and the monkey chief promised to aid Rama in
 His search for Sita by employing his vast, worldwide army of Vanaras.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sugriva, however, had some doubts that Rama could actually subdue }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub V\'e4li}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In order to assure him, Rama Chandra shot one arrow which traversed through seven palm trees, a rock, through the innermost region of the Earth and in a minut
e returned to Rama Chandra\'92s quiver! He then set out, and soon met }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e4li}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and slew him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After some delay, while Sugriva tasted the sensual pleasures of his regained kingdom, he mobilized his forces and sent them out to all 
quarters in search of Lanka, where Sita was imprisoned. But after months of futile searching, the armies began to lose hope. Some returned, and some dispersed in foreign lands. It was Hanuman alone who received information that the Kingdom of Lanka was a
n island far across the Indian ocean.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hanuman is eulogized by all sages and scholars of the Vedic Science of God, for Hanuman is the ideal servitor. He simply wanted to ca
rry out the order of Rama Chandra effectively. His career in finding Sita and battling the Rakshasas on behalf of Rama Chandra sets the highest spiritual standard, surpassing all mechanical yogic practitioners and speculative philosophers and scholars in
 search of the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is clearly stated in the Teachings of Lord Chaitanya, by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, that at the last stage the highest spiritual perf
ection is favorable service unto the Personality of Godhead. The exact example of Hanuman is not to be imitated, but his service attitude is to be followed. That is, each of us has some capacity. Hanuman had the capacity of enormous physical strength and
 agility. He used every ounce of that strength, not in pursuit of sense gratification or for conquering some land or women, but in humble devotional service to the Lord of the Senses, Whom he worshipped exclusively as Lord Rama Chandra. We should do like
wise.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There cannot be any exaggeration in praising the stature and exploits of this formidable monkey warrior. He is not great because he was
 wonderfully powerful, but because he used all his strength\'97even his anger\'97in discharging service unto the Personality of Godhead in the matter of vanquishing Ravana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hanuman resolved to travel through the air in search of Janaki. He was the son of the wind god, Vayu, and thus had the facility for fli
ght. Passage across the ocean is arduous, even for one who can fly like the wind, but Hanuman made it in one leap. His monkey brothers had gathered to watch him off. With a great contraction of strength, Hanuman stood at the edge of the sea and grasped a
 mountain in his arms. He held his breath and tightened all his limbs. He then spoke these words to his brothers: \'93I shall reach Lanka with the velocity of the wind, just like an arrow shot by Rama, and if I do not find Janaki there I shall at the sam
e speed go to the region of the gods. And if I do not meet with success even there, then I shall uproot Lanka itself and bring Ravana here in bondage.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With these words he sprang up with ease. Like Garuda, the Eagle of Vishnu, Hanuman flew over the water, raising great waves by his spee
d, and exposing the aquatics below, who fled in fear. At times Rakshasas rose from the sea for his destruction, but he was not deterred in his mission. Sri Valmiki says that when Hanuman landed in Lanka and went over the city wall, it appeared as if he h
ad planted his left foot on the crown of Ravana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The perfection of Hanuman in action is open to anyone who will use to the full his own personal capacities in serving the Lord. There
 is a nice story that occured at the time Rama Chandra and the monkeys were building a bridge across the ocean to reach Lanka. Hanuman and the other Vanaras were hefting huge boulders and throwing them into the sea. In the course of such tremendous labor
, Hanuman spied an insignificant spider, who appeared to be brushing some specks of dust into the water with its back legs. \'93What are you doing, worthless?\'94 Hanuman asked of the spider. \'93I am helping Rama Chandra build His bridge,\'93 the spider
 replied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hanuman was about to move the spider out of the way of his own serious work, when Rama Chandra interposed, saying, \'93What are you doi
ng, Hanuman? This spider is worth as much as you are by doing his utmost for Me.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The gist of this is that the topmost position of loving service unto God is made manifest by directly applying whatever you have in the
 way of words, thoughts and energy. And that will be accepted by the Lord as first class devotion.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HANUMAN IN LANKA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hanuman was delighted to observe the City of Lanka. For protection, he reduced himself to the size of a cat, and then proceeded to walk
 into the city, taking careful note of how everything was situated. As a servitor, he was very concerned at every moment, lest he be caught and ruin the project. Hanuman reflected that, \'93Emissaries proud of their education or intelligence sometimes be
come the cause of failure.\'93 The taking of the city of Lanka and the vanquishing of Ravana appeared to be nearing success, but it could be marred by such an agent as himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93If I lose my life,\'93 thought Hanuman, while walking down the populated way amidst the nightlife of Lanka, \'93great obstacles wil
l crop up for the fulfillment of my Master\'92s object.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Still no more than the size of a cat, he walked along the roof of a seven-storied building and saw at a short distance the palace of Ra
vana, surrounded by a glittering wall. The palace was guarded by armed Rakshasas, whom Valmiki describes as \'93never shrinking from anything on account of moral principles.\'93 Treading past noisy drinking parties and quiet gatherings, past big mansions
 with spacious halls, Hanuman gained access at last to the inner chamber of Ravana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The time was past midnight, and the monkey warrior observed a virtual sea of beautiful women, sleeping under the influence of drink. Ha
numan was looking for the one woman described to him as Sita, and there was no question of his being moved by a harem full of disheveled beauties. Hanuman\'92s agitation was, rather, that time was passing, and he had not yet found Sita. In the center of 
the chamber, on a crystal dais, he saw an elaborately decorated bedstead, and upon the bed lay Lord Ravana himself. Ravana was spread out in intoxication, \'93like an elephant in sleep.\'93 Lying like that, his body smeared with red sandal, and wearing b
right cloth, he presented the perfect spectacle of a sensualist in royal power.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But where was Sita?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hanuman paced up and down the city wall. He began to think that his leap across the ocean had been in vain. This is the frustration of 
the transcendental servant. He does not see all indifferently as One, as the impersonalist philosophers would have it. When engaged in the transcendental service of the Lord, any obstacle unfavorable to the discharge of that service is a source of frustr
ation and even anger, until it is removed. Hanuman was proceeding with the work of Rama Chandra. He was prepared to go to any lengths, and in Hanuman\'92s case the wish of his heart was not mere bravado. He had been blessed with the most intense individu
al yearning for actual service of the Lord. Actually, there is no impediment in serving the Lord, and once we decide that we belong to God we cannot be stopped from serving Him. We can always chant His Holy Name. God, being omnipotent, is truly in no nee
d of our services, but He is most pleased by the individual who makes an effort on His behalf.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally the noble monkey found Sita in the heart of the dense Asoka forest, seated under a tree. Wracked with grief, but still radiantl
y beautiful, with tears flowing down her face, she is described as \'93Lakshmi without the Lotus.\'93 She was seated on the ground like an ascetic, wane, and sad for the absence of Rama Chandra. She was undergoing a continual, harrowing nightmare of sepa
ration from Rama. Hideous Rakshasa monsters of misshapen form danced in a ring around her, telling her rumors of Rama\'92s weakness and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hanuman\'92s first step was to communicate with Sita and assure her. He was certain this was her because of the information he had rece
ived about her appearance. He had to approach her, gain her confidence that he was not another Rakshasa, and convey to her that Rama and the Vanaras would soon be on their way to her rescue, so that she must not give up her life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hanuman began to speak to her from his place, concealed within the branches of the tree. Janaki was delighted to hear him. She had some
 doubt, but Hanuman was very sweet of speech, assuming a large form, reddish and clothed in white. And he recited to her the history of King Dasarath and Rama Chandra and Lakshman and Sita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Listening to this being who so cheerfully pronounced the Name of Rama, Sita began to shake off her ascetic firmness. She was becoming c
onvinced that she was beholding Rama Chandra\'92s messenger, and that was as good as seeing Rama Himself! She thought for a time that Hanuman might be another mirage, but the monkey told her things too treasured to be Rakshasa deceit. Rama Chandra had gi
ven to him the utmost confidence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With folded palms, Hanuman approached Sita and gave her a ring from Rama. In blissful exchange, Sita offered that Hanuman should ask Ra
ma, \'93Do you remember the time We were wandering in the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dandaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Forest and a crow was disturbing me, a
nd You shot him with an arrow?\'94 Sita then received all of Hanuman\'92s speech like honey. When: however, he related Rama Chandra\'92s grief at her separation, she received it like poison. Assuring her that she would soon be re-united with Lord Rama, H
anuman finally left. In parting, Sita told him that she could only live one more month like this, and then she would give up her life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before heading back with his message, Hanuman decided to gauge the enemy\'92s power. He understood that he had been given no direct ord
er to do this, but he reflected in his mind that there is no guilt if the servant, while accomplishing the main objective, does something else in addition. Thereupon, in a miraculous display of prowess, Hanuman broke down all of the trees in the Asoka fo
rest except the one under which Sita was seated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He then sat upon the main gate of Lanka and, uprooting a bolt, shouted out that he was Hanuman, a Vanara, and the servant of Rama Chand
ra! Frightened Rakshasas rushed out to see him expanding himself to gigantic size, ranging the sky, determined to fight. Hanuman single-handedly destroyed thousands of Rakshasa warriors and top military personalities, and set fire to every house in the c
ity, declaring again and again: \'93None of you will survive when you make an enemy of Rama Chandra!\'94 Then he flew back across the ocean, and landed with a great noise upon a mountain peak.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SIEGE OF LANKA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Without delay, the Vanaras under Sugriva mobilized, and built the miraculous bridge of stones across the ocean. In this connection, A.C
. Bhaktivedanta Swami has written that, as the Supreme Lord floats countless planets in space as though they were no more than little cotton swabs, certainly He can float one bridge of stones upon an ocean.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In millions, with all military equipage, the army marched across the ocean and into Lanka under the very nose of the Lord of the Raksha
sas. Even up to the last moment Ravana was oblivious to the warning that he didn\'92t have a chance in his plan to keep Sita and oppose the wish of Rama Chandra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In hand-to-hand combat, great heroes from both sides fought to the death day after day, with thousands of fatalities among the troops. 
Finally, one by one, the great Rakshasa chieftains, such as Kumbhkrana, Narantaka and Indrajit, the son of Ravana, fell before the unlimited powers of heroes likeHanuman, Lakshman, Sugriva and Rama Chandra. At the last, Rama Chandra slew Ravana with a Br
ahmastra released from His bow.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Valmiki tells of the origin of this weapon: It was handed down by Lord Brahma, and passed from sage to sage. The Brahmastra was smeared
 with fat and blood, and smoked like doomsday fire. It was hard and deep sounding, and when shot by Rama Chandra it cleft Ravana\'92s heart in two, depriving him of life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE TRIAL OF SITA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Immediately after the victory, with Lanka under the control of Rama\'92s party, Sita was brought before Him for a joyful reunion. Befor
e the thousands of people gathered, however, Rama Chandra said that He could not take her back because she had lived with Ravana in his house, and had been touched by Him. Janaki was mortally ashamed of her own existence, hearing Lord Rama make such an a
ccusation before the multitude. Speaking in defense of her chastity, Sita asked Lakshman to prepare a funeral pyre. As the flames leaped up to a great height, she approached the pyre and bowed down, praying to the fire god, Agni, that if she was actually
 devoted to Rama the fire might protect her. Then she leaped into the blaze.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At once, Lord Brahma himself, foremost of all the demigods, descended from the sky and demanded of Rama, \'93Why have You done this to 
Sita?\'94 And Brahma addressed Rama Chandra as Vishnu Himself, the Omnipresent and Omniscient, Who had descended for the destruction of Ravana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Agni then appeared from the fire, carrying Sita, who was completely unharmed, even her garland and dress being unburnt due to her purit
y. And thus all those present could be satisfied that Sita had retained her sanctity even though long in subjection to Ravana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Years later, however, after the happy end of the ordeal, when Rama Chandra was ruling over a joyous Ayodha, He chose to banish His wife
 again. His subjects had begun speaking against Sita\'97of the time she had spent with Ravana. And so Rama sent her away in order to prove Himself an ideal king, Who wanted to make His subjects always happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Rama Chandra\'92s whole program was based on the concept of the ideal king, and it is in that light that we can best understand Hi
m. As the perfect ruler, Rama Chandra followed the principles of morality and ethics just as they should be followed by the perfect human king or ruler. Rama Chandra submitted Himself to those principles, though He was actually the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and not subject to any moral code. And in this instance He showed that a good leader must think only of the welfare of his people, setting aside his entire life for that purpose, with no private pleasures withheld.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami explains the mood of the Lord in His Appearance as Rama Chandra thusly: \'93The comparative studies on
 the life of Krishna and Rama Chandra are very intricate, but the basic principle is that Rama Chandra appeared as an ideal king, and Krishna appeared as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although there is actually no difference between the Two. A simi
lar example is that of Lord Chaitanya. He appeared as a devotee and not as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although He is Krishna Himself. So we should accept the Lord\'92s mood in His particular Appearance, and we should worship Him in that mood. Ou
r service should be compatible with the attitude of the Lord. Therefore, in the Shastras, there are specific injunctions, such as: To worship Lord Chaitanya, the method is chanting Hare Krishna.\'93
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obstacles in life. He will live happily with his near and dear ones, and get his desired boons from RamaChandra, the eternal Vishnu, the Personality of Godhead.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This year, give yourself more than just a toy. Give yourself awareness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna\'92s Holiday Snacks
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Krishna\'92s Holiday Snacks
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Coconut Honey Balls
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 lb. grated coconut\line 8 oz. cream cheese\line \'9f lb. butter\line 8 oz. cottage cheese\line 1 small pinch camphor\line
\'bd cup finely chopped figs\line \'be cup honey\line \'bd cup finely chopped walnuts
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Melt butter in frying pan. Add a very small pinch of camphor and stir. Add coconut and fry over low heat, stirring constantly till coco
nut is light brown. Mix in figs and walnuts. Mix in honey and set aside. When cool fold in cream cheese and cottage cheese. Roll mixture into little balls and refrigerate overnight. Makes about 72.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Choody Noodles
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2 cups chick-pea flour\line \'9f cup water 1 tsp. Salt\line \'bd tsp. cayenne pepper\line 1 qt. vegetable oil
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mix all dry ingredients thoroughly. Mix in water to make a thick dough. Heat oil in large 2-qt. sauce pan. Just before oil begins to sm
oke squeeze some of the dough through a ricer into the hot oil. Cook for about 5 minutes. Noodles should be a very light brown color. Repeat this process until all the dough is used up. Makes a large bowl of noodles.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Pakora
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3 cups chick-pea flour\line \'bd tsp. baking soda\line \'bd tsp. Salt\line 1 large cauliflower\line \'bd tsp. Turmeric\line
2 qts. vegetable oil\line \line }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub massala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :\line \'bd tsp. cayenne pepper\line \'bd tsp. Coriander\line \'bd
 tsp. ground cumin seeds\line \'bc tsp. Cloves\line \'bc tsp. Ginger\line \'bc tsp. Cinnamon\line \'bd tsp. turmeric
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Make massala by mixing dry ingredients together in a cup. Break cauliflower into large thumb-sized chunks. In 1 qt. of water add turmer
ic. Boil cauliflower in the turmeric water until tender, but NOT mushy. Drain and allow to cool. In a separate bowl, mix together chick-pea flour, baking soda, salt, and massala. Add enough water to make a thick batter. Beat batter for two minutes. Heat 
2 qts. oil in large heavy pot or deep fryer until smoking. Dip pieces of cauliflower into batter, coating them completely. Allow excess batter to drip off. Carefully and gently place these in the hot oil and turn to cook all around. Pakora is done when i
t is hard. Hardness may be tested by tapping one to see if it is firm. Remove to drain on paper towel. Makes about 40-50.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Poppers
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Heat 1 quart of oil in a frying pan. Place popper into oil making sure it submerges completely. Poppers take about 3 seconds to cook. R
emove immediately with tongs. Popper will expand to about twice original size. Let excess oil drip off.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub NOTE:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Poppers, known also as poppadam, or paparh, may be purchased at most Oriental spice shops, or Krishna Consciousness temples in New York, Los Angeles and San Francis
co.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Food for Krishna
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This year instead of the usual holiday treats, you can enjoy a few of the very special dishes we students of Krishna Conscious Yoga pre
pare on feast days in our kitchens. First, the delicate flavor of Coconut Honey Balls will fill your mouth with bliss and leave a clean refreshing aftertaste besides. Next, when you\'92re relaxing, try a few handfuls of Choody Noodles. These crunchy litt
le morsels can be the hit of your holiday season. The famous \'93tempoura\'94 of Japan actually originated in India as Pakora. Be careful to make a liberal portion of this dish. You\'92ll understand why with the first bite. Poppers, our final treat, are 
the fastest cooking preparation in the world. They\'92re completely done in about three seconds, which is how quickly your guests will want to eat them, once they get a taste. Remember, all these foods are made entirely with vegetable products.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Whose God is God?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Whose God is God?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Rayarama das
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the morning of Friday, July 3, 1187 A. D., Guy of Lusignan, crowned king of Jerusalem, led his army of Frankish Crusaders out from their camp at Sephoria and mar
ched eastward to the relief of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee, then under siege by the forces of Saladin, Sultan of Egypt. This was the greatest army the Christians of the East had ever assembled, consisting of 1,200 knights, about 2,000 light native cav
alry, and close to 10,000 infantry. Saladin, camped at Kafr Sebt somewhat south of Guy\'92s line of march, had likewise the greatest army he had so far commanded\'97a mainly mounted force slightly more numerous than the Franks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Though by our nation-in-arms standards of today these were minute quantities of men, they were nevertheless about to fight one of the d
ecisive battles of world history, a battle with significance to the student of spiritual enlightenment as much as to the student of military or political affairs. For this was a \'93religious\'94 war, as indeed the entire Crusading movement was a \'93rel
igious\'94 phenomenon; and the uses and misuses of religion in this context are important to us in enquiring into the nature of relations between God and man.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE BATTLE OF HATTIN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Had the Christian leaders possessed the least regard for strategy, they could not have chosen to move as they did on this day, for the 
road before them was devoid of water\'97except for one well which proved to be empty\'97and almost devoid of shade. It was the hottest part of the year, and the heavily armored knights almost at once began to suffer the pangs of thirst, quickly exhaustin
g their drinking supplies. Yet Tiberias lay near, not twenty miles forward, and the very thought of Eschiva Countess of Tripoli, who was alone commanding the defense of the castle there, fired them with enthusiasm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Saladin, who had learned of his enemies\'92 movement along the northern road, had meanwhile brought his camp to the village of Hattin i
n their path, and joyfully sent out swarms of skirmishers to hamstring the Crusaders. This they did by riding in upon the vanguard, which was commanded by Raymond Count of Tripoli, Eschiva\'92s husband, loosing sheets of arrows, and then riding off befor
e the Christians could close upon them in counter-attack. They pursued the same tactics upon the flanks and rear, thus pinning Guy\'92s mighty cavalcade down in the merciless heat of the desert.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By afternoon the harried, desperate Frankish force reached the plateau above Hattin, Saladin\'92s headquarters which barred the way to 
Tiberias. Between the Crusaders and the village lay a hill with two peaks, called the Horns of Hattin. The northern summit was believed to be the Mount of Beatitudes mentioned in the New Testament, from which Jesus Christ had delivered his message of ble
ssed peace to the world. It was soon to be a scene of carnage and agony for those who wore his emblem.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About this time Count Raymond rode in from the van to urge King Guy forward, asserting that, unless they reached the Sea of Galilee or 
the River Jordan that day, all would be lost. Guy agreed, but then received word from his rearguard, commanded by Gerard of Ridfort, Grand Master of the Knights Templars, that the troops in that quarter could go no farther. Guy now reversed his previous 
decision, and ordered his men to camp below the Horns. Hearing this, Raymond rode back from the front crying, \'93Ah, Lord God! The war is over! We are dead men, and the kingdom is fallen!\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Sultan of Egypt was of the same mind. He had long prayed for the opportunity to catch his opponents out in the open, away from thei
r impregnable castles, and now at last his moment had come. He exploited it to the full, offering the Franks no rest throughout the night. His men set fire to the brush on the hillside, thus sending billows of fumes into the camp of the already thirst-ch
oked Christians. They kept up a constant bombardment of arrows, and rent the night air with cries of \'93Allah Akbar!\'93 (God is most great!) and \'93La ilala il Allah!\'94 (There is no other god but God!)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the morning the Crusaders found themselves utterly surrounded. Though Count Raymond was able to fight his way some distance forward 
with his knights in the vanguard, the infantry panicked in the face of Saladin\'92s relentless archers, and fled up the Horns. Guy, unable to draw them down, at last pitched his tent near them, on the summit of the northern peak. He now made use of one o
f the most potent stimulants to morale any commander ever possessed: he raised as his standard the True Cross, the very one on which Jesus Christ had been crucified. Inlaid with gold and jewels, it had long been the sacred trust of the kings of Jerusalem
, and had more than once before accompanied these fierce men of the West in battle. Today it was nearly all they had left in the way of strategies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sight of the Cross sent a shiver of hope through the heartsick Christians, and they rallied round Guy\'92s red tent, supplicating t
he sacred object, begging for a miracle to save them. While the rank and file thus turned to the God they claimed to serve, Guy turned to Count Raymond, and asked him what to do. Almost alone among the Frankish leaders, the Count of Tripoli had from the 
start opposed the dangerous expedition to relieve Tiberias, but jealous and headstrong counsels had turned Guy from his advice. Now the fate of the army was placed in his hands.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Raymond at once organized his knights as best he could and charged against the Moslem ring that encircled them. Taki ed-Din, the Sarace
n commander of that section, gauging the fury end desperation of this attempt, ordered his forces to part before the Christian onslaught. After the breakout had been accomplished, he moved his men back into place. Thus Raymond escaped, but the bulk of th
e Christian army, along with its leaders, remained pinned down on the Horns of Hattin. Unable to even consider a rear attack upon the enemy with his meager and exhausted forces, Raymond rode on, while Saladin mounted assault after assault upon the Franki
sh camp.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Terrific fighting took place at this point, the cornered Crusaders battling with such ferocity that we are told the Sultan himself once
 blanched and pulled at his beard in dismay. But in the end the triumph was his, an almost unqualified triumph, which entailed the annihilation of Christian military power in the Holy Land. Furthermore, the True Cross had fallen into the hands of the Mos
lem.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To many Christians this was a disaster not only of exterior political importance, it was a personal calamity of the soul, for Christian
 men had fought under the shadow of the Holy Cross in the Christian cause\'97and lost to the infidel. Was its power, then, less than the power of the worldly sword? To many, this seemed the case. More than any other single event, the Battle of the Horns 
of Hattin marks the point at which secular power began its ascendancy over the Church in the West, for it marked the point at which Popes, divine decrees, miracles and faith had failed. Unable to conceive that Islam might be \'93right\'94 and Christianit
y \'93wrong,\'93 people preferred to think that men were suddenly on their own in the world, with God on no one\'92s side.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE QUESTION OF THE CRUSADES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And yet, even the least discerning of readers will have wondered if there wasn\'92t more to the story of the True Cross\'92 failure tha
n appears on the surface. And there was. A close examination of events leading up to this epic confrontation reveals several interesting and significant facts:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Guy had been made king in violation of sacred oaths taken by all the leading barons and churchmen of Jerusalem, including himself. T
hey had promised the dying leper-king, Baldwin IV, that they would leave the choice of a successor in}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs26\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the
 hands of the rulers of Europe, while Raymond was to act as regent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. Saladin had gathered his army to attack the Christians only after they repeatedly violated truces made with him in good faith. It wa
s their practice to attack the rich caravans which passed along the road between Damascus and Mecca, plundering and slaughtering without conscience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. The great army which opposed the Saracens at Hattin had originally been gathered not for that purpose, but to destroy Raymond of Tri
poli, the rightful ruler (as regent) of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Only last minute developments forced these two factions into alliance against the Moslem threat.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. The Holy Cross, whose loss so bereaved all Christendom, seems to have been less highly regarded before the battle. Heraclius, Patria
rch of Jerusalem, had declined to bring it on the campaign when ordered to do so by Guy, because he preferred to remain in the Holy City with his mistress, the fabulous Paschia de Riveri. Therefore he sent the holy relic in the care of the Prior of the S
epulchre instead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub More could be said, but I think the point is made. The \'93Christian\'94 cause was hardly Christian. The Crusaders, whatever their orig
inal motives may have been, had by 1187 devolved into little more than merciless robber barons who covered their vicious activities with a cloak of religious sanctity. Yet calling oneself a Christian, and even sporting the relics of Christianity, is not 
the same thing as being a follower of Christ, as Christ himself declared in his Gospels.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally speaking, all people tend to accept the faith into which they are born as \'93true,\'93 and use that faith as a symbol of per
sonal superiority and, when pressed\'97as the Crusaders at Hattin were pressed\'97they will expect the God Who nominally leads their sect to protect them. This sort of religious consciousness is, of course, hypocritical to a fine degree. It makes God the
 servant of man, which is the reverse of what is actually taught in the great Scriptures of the world. And, when God fails to sanctify our actions, fill our pockets, and protect us when retribution for our misdeeds arrives, our faith is broken like a fra
gile bubble. This sort of faith, the sort which was defeated in 1187 by the loss of the True Cross, is not real faith to begin with. It is, more correctly, a social convention meant to justify our personal desires, a tool and not an honest belief in the 
supremacy of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Still, the whole question of the Crusades remains. Why are there different faiths in the first place if, as all civilized religions agr
ee, there is only one God? And, granted that different faiths represent different ways of worshipping the same God, why do the various devotees of that God come from time to time to swords\'92 points?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In considering the second question we should remember that Saladin, like all good Moslems, thought the Christians no more than pagans b
ecause of their worship of the Virgin Mary, a clear instance of demigod worship in the eyes of the Arabs. And the Christians, of course, held the Saracens to be infidels simply because they revered Lord Jesus as a prophet and not as the only Son of God. 
Yet members of the two faiths, with all the grim and pitiless hatred between them, never doubted that both were ultimately following the same God. This is the great madness of the Crusades, and it has been to many a skeptic proof positive of the harmfuln
ess and senselessness of strong religious convictions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present writer suggests that the solution to the riddles indicated by the Crusades cannot be found in the standard teachings of Chr
istianity or Islam, nor in those of Judaism. No faith which holds itself as \'93true\'94 to the exclusion of all others can adequately explain co-existing religions. In the Vedic writings of India, however, the enquirer may be surprised to find that all 
religions and forms of worship are explained and, what\'92s more, accepted; while the basic teaching of love of Krishna, the Supreme Godhead, is maintained as \'93true.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic religious viewpoint has generally been regarded by scholars as bewilderingly liberal. In the words of one writer, \'93It affi
rms almost everything and denies almost nothing.\'94 This, however, does not so much indicate how blindly superstitious the people of India have been as it shows the truly universal scope of the Vedic writings. And it is because of their scope, as well a
s the systematic and scientific approach to spiritual wisdom which they present, that these writings offer us the hope of solving our religious riddles, both old and new.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a Vedic analysis, for example, of the stages of consciousness possessed by worshippers of God. The least developed devotee rec
ognizes only two principles in existence: himself and God. All else is excluded, or condemned. Of course, his identification of God as, more or less, his own private possession extends to his family, his society, his nation and culture. He and his belong
 to God, and God belongs to them\'97exclusively. It is not difficult to see that this rudimentary worship of God, held to be highly imperfect by the Vedic standard, is the sort typified in the men of the Crusades. And this sheds some light upon their act
ual position, for they did truly worship God, but their understanding of Him, of His ways and His will and service, were imperfect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not a far step from this narrow, elementary concept of God to the point of outright hypocrisy. First of all the Lord is the ruler
 and protector of one\'92s life and community; next He becomes the symbol of their special superiority, and at last He is an excuse for their inebrieties\'97the servant rather than the master. For this reason the elementary stage of God consciousness, th
ough it is surely transcendental and entails \'93salvation\'94\'97that is, release from the bondage of material Nature\'97can be seen to be a dangerous, unsteady platform. In this position, the risk of falling into unabashed hypocrisy is always present.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ADVANCED CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next stage of devotion recognizes four principles: God, His devotees, those who hate or oppose Him, and the innocent, who can be sw
ayed either way. The man who has advanced to this stage of consciousness is held to be highly beneficial to society. He is sane in the surest sense, capable of distinguishing right from wrong, and is able to preach the philosophy of God consciousness to 
the world without mangling or perverting it, as tends to happen with devotees in the less advanced stage. He does not hold a Moslem to be different from a Christian, but judges men on the basis of their love for God, and not on the specific way they go a
bout developing that love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While making it a point to oppose the atheistic section of human society, the devotee in the second stage of advancement attempts to br
ing the innocent\'97generally the greater portion of humanity\'97to an awareness of spiritual life and values. This is his primary endeavor, and is held in all the world\'92s great scriptural texts to be the most elevated form of service to the Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The final or most advanced form of devotional awareness is very, very rare, and is known as the stage of pure, unadulterated love of Go
d. At this point, the devotee sees all beings of whatever shape or form or position\'97human and non-human alike\'97as servants of the Supreme Godhead. Even the atheist, even the inanimate objects of Nature are visible to him as instruments of the will o
f God, aspects of the Lord\'92s perfect plan of Creation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a pure devotee is considered fully merged in transcendental love for God, and in this position he is unable to preach or to chasti
se, for he sees no ill or harm, no opposition to the supremacy of God. Yet his association, the very sight of him, is enough to awaken the spiritual emotions of love which lie dormant in every being. And this applies not only to humans but to all creatur
es, as was exhibited by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, the Perfect Devotee, Who drew even the beasts of the jungle into the service of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The worshipper who reaches this platform of pure consciousness is, therefore, the most miraculous of men, for he offers to others\'97by
 his very existence\'97the hope of ultimate perfection, and the taste of true spiritual bliss.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GOD AND DEMIGOD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedas further explain why it is that different religions worship God in different ways, and why the various religions often have di
stinctly different concepts of God. This is an extremely valuable contribution to our religious understanding, for these seeming inconsistencies have been the greatest unsolved problems of theologians in modern times. Many thinkers have, of course, tende
d to gloss over them by embracing monism, the concept that God is really a blank, featureless light or state of unity, and that our concepts of Him are ours alone, and do not actually describe the Absolute. But this is contrary to the direct teachings of
 our Scriptures, for the God of the Bible, of the Koran and of at least the larger portion of the Vedic writings is a Person. We can, if we like, simply reject these Scriptures, or any sections of them that don\'92t fit our needs, but this course inevita
bly leads away from knowledge of the Absolute. The Absolute cannot, by definition, be relative, and once the wisdom which is coming from the Absolute is cast aside, only relativity\'97each man conjuring up a God of his own\'97remains.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic wisdom offers the religionist a third alternative between monism and narrow sectarian prejudice. It states that, though all s
tandard Scriptures come to man from the Absolute, the presentation which is made depends upon three things: the time in history at which this knowledge is delivered, the place of delivery, and the character of the people to whom it is delivered. An examp
le of this may be found in the question of meat-eating. In the first chapter of the Holy Bible, Adam is told by God, \'93Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit 
of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.\'93 This, of course, was at the time when Adam was in Eden, where there was no lack of fruits and herbs to keep him healthy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later in the Bible, after the Flood, we read:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. An
d the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand they are delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shal
l be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all these things.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When living conditions had changed, man was permitted to live by eating meat. However, in the earlier, abundant state, this was not allowed. Likewise in the Vedic t
exts, which were presented in the generally affluent lands of India, meat-eating is forbidden except under special circumstances. The like ought to apply, as well, to our affluent contemporary civilization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the rituals and methods of devotion change, however, the Vedic writings state that the essence of all forms of religion is the
 same: to develop love of God. Even Buddhism, which preaches ultimate nihilism, cannot dispense with devotion to the Buddha. And in the theistic religions, of course, this principle is always paramount.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point the question arises: Whose God is really God? We can agree that love for God is the universally true core of religion, 
but to which of the many distinct forms of God should our love be directed? Lord Rama Chandra, Lord Sri Krishna, the Buddha, Allah, Jehovah, the Father of Christianity, Vishnu, the Lord of Light adored in Zoroastrianism\'97these are clearly distinct conc
epts. And by our normal methods of reasoning we cannot elude the fact that, if only one of them is \'93true,\'93 the others must be false.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We return, then, to that Vedic viewpoint which \'93affirms almost everything and denies almost nothing.\'93 The Vedic view is that, tho
ugh there is one Godhead, and though that Godhead has a specific form, He remains unlimited. And, because of His absolute or unlimited nature, He expands Himself into limitless other forms. And all of these forms of God, by the Vedic standard, are equall
y God. None is false, and none are in opposition to the others. They offer various aspects of the inconceivable varieties of opulence, beauty, power, splendor and wisdom of the One God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is not, it should be noted, polytheism. Nor is it demigod worship, for these direct expansions of Godhead are carefully distinguis
hed from the agencies of material Nature. They are not temporary\'97born at some time and meant to die at some time\'97and they are not restricted as to power or place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What this view of the limitless forms and opulences of God presents us with is a system of thought leading to actual realization of the
 full nature of the Absolute through love, without making it a matter of faith to disparage other worshippers of God. And it is, further, the only view of the Absolute which actually affirms its \'93absoluteness\'94\'97all others impose limitations upon 
God which, in the final analysis, must be seen as inappropriate.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 TOWARD UNIVERSAL RELIGION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The writer, then, suggests that it is possible to resolve the quandaries into which religious man has fallen by reference to the Vedic 
sources, the oldest and most comprehensive Scriptures existing in the world today. I would further state that without such a broad-minded reference, religion in this age of intensive analysis and comparison is doomed to become the province solely of crac
kpots, fanatics and scholars\'97a realm apart from the life of the common man. These Vedic Scriptures do not reject, but rather uphold all the great, civilized religions of the world. And it is by this reference that contemporary man can hope to reach a 
true, consistent and workable understanding of the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A byproduct of such an understanding is tolerance, but not the sort of tolerance which is based on ignorance, the sort of tolerance whi
ch amounts to no more than a practical rejection of the supremacy of God. The tolerance which this more enlightened understanding gives us is the tolerance of knowledge, the tolerance of the man who has advanced beyond the elementary stage of devotional 
consciousness, and can see that all who worship God are devotees\'97that God is pleased by love and not by rituals.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And, further, the most elevated state of consciousness, in which all things are bathed in the aura of transcendental service, though mo
re difficult, is also entirely achievable through the proper pursuit of the wisdom of the Vedic way.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is, therefore, by the purification of consciousness through devotional service to God\'97by strengthening rather than by weakening f
aith\'97that true religious tolerance is achieved. And, for the purpose of this purification, the Vedic sources recommend the chanting of the sacred Names of God. The Hare Krishna Mantra\'97Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Ram
a, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare\'97is, of course, the standard mantra, or hymn, for this purpose. But other standard Names of God\'97Allah, Jehovah, etc.\'97are also quite acceptable for the same purpose. By chanting in this way, the devotee will arri
ve at a state of pure bliss in the loving association of God, and will be able to rise up to a clear and positive comprehension of the nature of the Absolute.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This, we must realize, is the way to universal religion. Universal religion, which implies a harmony and love among men that quite dizz
ies the imagination, does not consist of codifying or standardizing ritual, nor even of getting everyone to accept the same exact Scripture, or the same form of God. It consists, in the final analysis, of a comprehension of the truly infinite, unbounded 
and all-attractive nature of the Supreme Lord, a comprehension that can only come to man through loving service in purified consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a universal religion would not by any means entail the dissolution of Islam, of the Christian Church, of the Parsi community, of H
induism or of Judaism. It would, in fact, uphold and strengthen them, and provide them with something more than mere negative exclusiveness as a cohesive force. And it is exactly this kind of universal religion which the world today must have if sanity, 
not to speak of human fulfillment, is to be attained.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Transcendental Sound Vibrations
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TRANSCENDENTAL SOUND VIBRATIONS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub three of the most exalted of the great Vedic hymns\'97as sung by the sages of India since time immemorial
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Allegro }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [musical score]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha - re Krish - na Ha - re Krish - na Krish - na Krish - na Ha - re Ha - re Ha - re\line Ra - ma Ha - re Ra - ma Ra - ma Ra - ma Ha - re Ha - re Ha - re [Ed-one Har
e too many]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub legato }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [musical score]
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SRI RAM
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moderato }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [musical score]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Ram Jai Ram Ja - ya Ja - ya Ram\'97 Sri Ram Jai Ram Jaya Ja - ya Ram \'97
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GOVINDA JAI JAI
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Allegretto }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [musical score]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Go - vin-da Jai Jai Go-pa - la Jai Jai Ra-dha ra-ma-na Ha-ri Go-vin-da Jai Jai
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 then you find yourself tired and bored. So you put them down and go out and buy another. That\'92s the way it is with everything\'97the pleasure is always temporary.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the HARE KRISHNA mantra is different. So different you may not believe it. HARE KRISHNA is a transcendental sound vibration. Transcendental means that it has no
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You will never tire of this record}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you simply try it once, you\'92ll want this sou
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A spoken explanation of the mantra is also included. 
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\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We pray on Sunday that we may have light,\line To guide our footsteps on the paths we tread.\line We are sick of war, we do
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Peace Formula
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Peace Formula
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon other\'92s property as though it were one\'92s own, and to thereby create 
an unnecessary disturbance of the Laws of Nature. These laws are very strong. No living entity can violate them. Only one who is Krishna conscious can easily overcome the stringency of the Laws of Nature, and thus become happy and peaceful in the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a state is protected by the Department of Law and Order, so the State of Universe, of which this earth is only an insignificant frag
ment, is protected by the Laws of Nature. This material Nature is one of the different potencies of God, Who is the ultimate Proprietor of everything that be. This earth is, therefore, the property of God, but we the living entities, especially the so-ca
lled civilized human beings, are claiming God\'92s property as our own, under both an individual and collective false conception. If you want peace, you have to remove this false conception from your mind and from the world. This false claim of proprieto
rship by the human race on earth is partly or wholly the cause of all disturbances of peace on earth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Foolish and so-called civilized men are claiming proprietary rights on the property of God because they have now become Godless. You ca
nnot be happy and peaceful in a Godless society. In The Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says that He is the factual Enjoyer of all activities of the living entities, that He is the supreme Lord of all universes, and that He is the well-wishing Friend of all 
beings. When the people of the world know this as the formula for peace, it is then and there that peace will prevail.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, if you want peace at all, you will have to change your consciousness into Krishna Consciousness\'97both individually and col
lectively\'97by the simple process of chanting the Holy Name of God. This is a standard and recognized process for achieving peace in the world. We therefore recommend that everyone become Krishna conscious by chanting: HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHN
A KRISHNA, HARE HARE/ HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is practical, simple and sublime. Four hundred and eighty years ago this formula was introduced in India by Lord Sri Chaitanya, an
d now it is available in your country. Take to this simple process of chanting as above mentioned, realize your factual position by reading The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, and re-establish your lost relationship with Krishna, God. Peace and prosperity will b
e the immediate worldwide result.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Are You Free?
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a person becomes incompatible with the rest of society, he either remains unhappy in that society, or he seeks to escape to a life of greater freedom. This is 
what is happening in the Western world today. People who become frustrated by living under the unnatural restrictions of the material world have tried to escape these bonds and to achieve a freer life. But then, inevitably, as soon as an intelligent man 
gets tired of the transitory pleasures gained by some new material endeavor, he is again at a loss, and is forced to wonder about the nature of real happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many people are under the illusion that they were really happy in their youth. But once the fourfold miseries of material life\'97birth
, disease, old-age and death\'97manifest themselves, the evanescence of that previous happiness becomes apparent to them. For some the illusoriness of life becomes so obvious that they try to subjugate the mind, to avoid being bothered with thoughts of t
heir hopeless condition, by the use of intoxicants and other means.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the teachings of the Vedic sages and Scriptures, all the miseries that we experience are due to our false conception of: 
\'93I am this body.\'93 We are not this body, but pure spirit soul\'97divine sparks of living energy. The gross material body is similar to an automobile. The automobile runs very nicely with a driver, but once the driver has left it, there is no movemen
t. It is just dead matter. We are the drivers, and our bodies are just dead matter, machines which we as living forces are activating.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God has given man the choice, however, to be God conscious, and thus unaffected by material Nature, or to be matter conscious, and thus
 subject to the fourfold miseries of material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is our eternal position? We can see on this earth that our principal occupation is serving: The administrator serves the citizens,
 the employee serves the employer, a man serves his senses, his dog, his wife, his children, his car, etc. It is worthwhile for us to ask here: What satisfaction is gained from all this service? And the answer can only be: Transitory happiness at best. I
t is therefore not surprising that people are frustrated, that they don\'92t treat one another kindly, or with sincerity. We are all servants, but we have nothing to serve in the material world which will give us the happiness we are looking for.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, we should not look to the material world for real, much less eternal peace, love, bliss and knowledge. Whatever you may have
 gained materially will not do you any good at death. And since we are all going to die, to leave this body, we must consider what there is which will transcend death itself. This sort of reasoning brings us to realize that the only person who can give u
s everything we want is God, because He is the Supreme source of everything. He has everything to give, and He is all-attractive. We all have an eternal relationship of love with Him, which we have simply forgotten due to material attachment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The easiest and fastest way of reviving our original relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is by chanting His 
Holy Names: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. This chant is the sublime method for achieving full God consciousness, and it quickly brings one to a state of ecstasy and bliss. It can be pr
acticed by anyone, regardless of age, race, religion or nationality, and therefore offers a real basis for the brotherhood that men have so long been seeking. What\'92s more, by delivering us to the platform of pure, unconditioned consciousness, the chan
ting of Hare Krishna sets us free to act in terms of spiritual reality.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Press, media organ of The International Society For Krishna Consciousness, 26 Second Avenue, New York, New York. Editorial offices: 2
43 East Tenth street, New York, New York 10003. All material copyright\'a9 1969, ISKCON Press.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRODUCTION CHIEF: Brahmananda Das Brahmachary
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CIRCULATION: Jairama Das Brahmachary
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The recommended process for God realization in this Age is chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare 
Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.\'94
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cover: Sri Vishnu Murti, one of the many forms of God described in the Upanishads. Painting by Jadurany Devi Dasi.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Editorial
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Editorial
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Poor Little Rich World
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The United States is about to enter a stage of cultural and economic ascendancy so colossal that all the rest of the world (with a very
 few nations excepted) will soon stand as primitives in American eyes. Such is the conclusion drawn by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber in his celebrated book, \'93The American Challenge.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That \'93rest of the world,\'94 meanwhile, has also been talked about lately. On an American lecture tour, scientist-philosopher-writer
 C . P. Snow has made the grim prediction that an age of harsh famine is about to descend upon the less advanced nations\'97comprising most of the human race.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is both unrealistic and trite to say at this point that the U. S. must be prepared to share its wealth if humanity is to be saved fr
om darker times. (We say \'93darker\'94 because this decade\'97in fact, this whole century\'97has hardly been bright by anyone\'92s standards.) Nor is it true that a change in institutions, such as socialization, will make much difference. Recent events 
in Eastern Europe have demonstrated how powerful the sense of national existence is, in spite of 50 years of \'93world socialism\'94 in Russia, and 20 years of the same in Czechoslovakia and elsewhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What could save mankind from a bitter and barbarous future\'97in which America will be barbarized no less than her neighbors, in many w
ays aside from simple association\'97is a change in the world view of contemporary man. Western thinkers have recently returned from a 2,000 year idyll with the teachings of Jesus Christ, and have reverted to various systems of consciousness which\'97eit
her pragmatically, as in the Church and the ecumenical movement, or overtly, as in scientific atheism\'97exclude God from the center of existence. But that no such system has produced a single formula for contentment is a readily observable truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are sufficient resources in the world, if taken as a whole, to support the human community adequately. But what \'93adequate
\'94 means is to be questioned. And, as we go into 1969 with all our schemes for the relief of poverty and suffering, we may also ask what \'93rich\'94 means, what \'93poor\'94 means, what \'93happy\'94 means, what \'93wretched\'94 means\'85
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The answers to these questions, if we obtain them, could decide the course of human history.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We at BACK TO GODHEAD have made it our policy to offer mankind these answers, as they are to be found in the Vedic scriptural literatur
e of India, because we have discovered that that is where the answers lie. In the realization of the supremacy, the beauty and the loving kindness of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the fulfillment of the individual human life is to be had. 
We say this not because it is written somewhere. We could hardly speak reasonably to an analytical, skeptical generation in such terms. But we say it because it is entirely possible for each individual to achieve that realization, that direct, personal c
onfrontation with the Lord, for himself. And we hold the Vedic texts as sacred because, in quite pragmitic terms, they work, they do lead the way to God realization\'97\'94Krishna Consciousness,\'94 as our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktive
danta Swami, has styled it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fulfillment of the individual means the fulfillment of the nation and race. This fulfillment can be economic as well as spiritual, 
as the Vedic writings do not neglect to state. We urge our readers to study these writings with no more than an open mind; we neither ask nor require a suspension of the reasoning faculty. \'93Sri Ishopanishad,\'94 presented in two parts beginning this i
ssue, is an example of the sublime and exquisite wisdom of the ancient seers as it can be applied to the problems of our time. Such texts, if studied by the serious members of the human community today, can offer the way to a future for all men\'97for al
l life on this planet\'97which will be both bright and supremely rewarding. And, as Lord Chaitanya, the Apostle of Love of God, has said, \'93there is no other way.\'93
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature and scientific laboratories alike produce a vast supply of chemicals which are capable of altering man\'92s consciousness. The a
verage \'93straight\'94 American adult consumes three to five of these mind-altering drugs in the course of each day, and they therefore play an important part in determining the structure of contemporary society. Some social groups, for example, functio
n in coffee consciousness, others in beer consciousness, and still others in psychedelic consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Basically, contemporary society is divided into two. One group, comprised mainly of the middle-aged, uses such drugs as alcohol, cigare
ttes and tranquilizers, while the younger generation has more generally adopted marijuana, LSD, mescaline, and various other psychedelics. The older drug users generally prefer \'93depressants,\'94 drugs which tend to limit and decrease consciousness; an
d, according to their standard of morality, the use of such drugs is perfectly acceptable. Doctors, lawyers, clergymen, politicians, teachers\'97all the supposedly respectable leaders of society\'97set the example, and the masses follow along with them. 
Until recently, this social group seemed to be so firmly established, along with its social mores, that it represented the only \'93sane,\'93 \'93realistic\'94 and \'93respectable\'94 members in our modern civilization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, during the past few years a psychedelic revolution has been taking place. The world\'92s youth has turned to a group of drugs 
which tend to expand consciousness rather than limit it, and which produce a stimulating rather than sedative effect. As may be expected, this new type of drug produces a whole new social outlook, which is directly challenging the established social orde
r. The establishment, in turn, is fighting back in an effort to keep from being toppled over.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a lecture before the American Psychological Symposium, one of the foremost spokesmen for the new drug movements, William S. Burrough
s, said: \'93Alcohol is a sedative drug similar in action to barbiturates. Yet because of purely verbal associations we do not think of alcohol as being a drug because it is our national drug.\'94 This statement is supported by the fact that 93 million a
dult American citizens drink, and six million of them are confirmed alcoholics. The per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages in the U. S. today is approximately 24 gallons per year.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Establishment people are quick to point out the dangers, real or imagined, of drugs like LSD and marijuana, while at the same time igno
ring the dangers of alcohol. Yet every year drinking takes a toll of 25 thousand lives on the American highway and causes a million injuries. What\'92s more, the most common example of psychosis in connection with drugs is not caused by LSD or marijuana,
 but is the permanent breakdown caused by excessive use of alcohol, which accounts for no fewer than 20% of the patients in U. S. mental hospitals. Furthermore, facts show that 50% of our prison population committed its crimes while drunk. Thus, while th
ere is a direct connection between alcohol and crime, there is so far no evidence that psychedelic drugs have similar effects.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SMOKE FROM THE BOTTOMLESS PIT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1604, James I, King of England, tagged smoking, \'93a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, danger
ous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fumes thereof nearest resembling the horrible stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.\'94 Today some 60 million Americans smoke millions of pounds of tobacco every year at a cost of about $9 billion. Tobac
co is taken primarily, of course, in the form of cigarettes (528 billion consumed each year), which are supplemented by pipe tobacco, cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco. In spite of an anti-smoking campaign in the U. S. in recent years\'97a result of quit
e conclusive evidence linking cigarette smoking to a variety of diseases\'97there has been little progress made in stopping the habit. This is largely due to the fact that all of $232 million were spent on television advertisements alone last year, not t
o mention various other media, in order to promote smoking.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caffeine is another very popular intoxicant. Americans consume coffee at the rate of seventeen pounds per year for every man, woman and
 child in the nation. This amounts to millions of pounds of pure caffeine. In addition, sedatives, stimulants and tranquilizers are used by about 20 million Americans, most of whom are members of the upper and middle classes, and most over thirty.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE NATURE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to see this subject more clearly, we should consider anything which is more than the basic requirement for maintaining a healt
hy body to be a narcotic drug. Of course, this would include baseball, television, chewing gum, and quite a good deal more that we tend to think of as harmless if not actually beneficial. But our radical definition of narcotics must be evaluated from the
 spiritual rather than the material point of view.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally speaking, Americans have been trained to think of \'93narcotic\'94 as meaning \'93addictive.\'94 The dictionary definition, h
owever, classifies as narcotic anything which, in small doses, causes relief or stimulation, but which in excess results in stupefaction, indolence, lethargy, coma or convulsions. Narcotic drugs are therefore necessarily associated with the abnormal and 
unhealthy condition of the body. They are used either to relieve pain, which is itself abnormal, or to create an abnormal state of consciousness in an otherwise healthy organism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the very meanings of such terms as \'93normal\'94 and \'93healthy\'94 must now come into question. For, according to the scriptural
 sources which offer the science of spiritual self realization to us, our true and original identity is that of pure spirit soul. It is the spiritual platform of awareness that is, therefore, the \'93normal\'94 and \'93healthy\'94 state for the living be
ing. By the terms of such a transcendental definition of self, we who exist in the material world, under the material conception of life, are conditioned spirit souls, drugged by the body itself, and thus made to forget who we are. At some point we start
 identifying with the body and its desires, and thus we become more and more intoxicated by material Nature as we try satisfying the demands of the senses. So, quite factually; we are all drugged.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People of advanced intelligence ordinarily try regaining their original unconditioned consciousness, and, according to those who have s
ucceeded, this is a state of unalloyed ecstasy, in which there is no need for any kind of intoxication. The great mystics, incarnations, sages and religious leaders throughout the ages have never used drugs in their spiritual undertakings, nor advocated 
their adherents taking them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, today\'92s young have turned to such chemicals for spiritual awakening. They have grown up in a materially prosperous and secu
re society, which has been unable all the same to satisfy them. The young have looked upon the pleasures of their parents\'92 generation and its whole social structure as dry and empty, and have searched elsewhere for fulfillment. And they have discovere
d psychedelic drugs. Psychedelics (literally, \'93mind-manifesting\'94) are not new. They have been known for centuries. Peyote and \'93magic\'94 mushrooms were used by the American Indians since before the time of Columbus, and there is even mention of 
a beverage called soma in the ancient Vedic civilization of India, whose antiquity can hardly be calculated. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Both young and old are now, as they have been always, looking for pleasure. They are going about it in different ways, with varying mea
ns, varying outlooks, and varying results\'97but the basic principle of pleasure beyond the ordinary or \'93normal\'94 confines of bodily material existence remains constant. What\'92s more, this constant pleasure principle holds true not only for humani
ty. In Robert S. de Ropp\'92s famous book, \'93Drugs and the Mind,\'93 he describes some experiments which have been conducted using rats with electrodes embedded in the pleasure and pain areas of the brain. This involves the use of an arrangement called
 a Skinner box, and Dr. James Olds has described the results of these experiments as follows:
\par }\pard \s1257 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Electrical stimulation in some of the regions of the hypothalamus actually appeared to be far more rewarding to the anima
ls than an ordinary satisfier such as food. For example, hungry rats ran faster to reach an electric stimulator than they did to reach the food. Indeed, a hungry animal often ignored available food in favor of the pleasure of stimulating itself electrica
lly. Some rats with electrodes in these places stimulated their brains more than 2,000 times per hour for 24 consecutive hours!
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 TRANSCENDENT ECSTASY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the great Vedic writings, human life is meant not simply to find mechanical ways of stimulating various areas of the brain
 (which is itself only an instrument of consciousness), but is meant for reaching the ultimate spiritual ecstasy, which is transcendental to all material conditions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An example of such spiritual ecstasy and its transcendence over material conditions is found in the life of the great saint, Haridas Th
akur. Haridas was sentenced by the governor of his province to be whipped in all 24 streets of the town until dead. He was given this cruel punishment because he was himself a Moslem, but had taken up the practice of chanting the Holy Names of the Lord: 
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare. Both the Moslem priests and the caste brahmins were jealous of him, and looked upon him as a renegade from his own sect. Two brutelike men were given the job of whipping him, and they beat him sever
ely in all the ordained 24 streets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haridas, during all this, went on with his chanting, and experienced great ecstasy. He was completely oblivious to any physical sufferi
ng because his consciousness was fixed on the spiritual platform, which is far beyond the physical, and is unaffected by it. In the end, he went on to continue his work of chanting in devotional service, and the attempt to destroy him failed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to great saints such as Haridas Thakur, real pleasure is not to be found in the whole of this material creation. In compariso
n with spiritual bliss, all that we know here is suffering. Our situation is compared to that of a man stranded in the middle of the ocean, swimming very hard to keep from being dragged under by the big waves. He naturally thinks of how much he is suffer
ing. Then, when the waves calm down and he doesn\'92t have to struggle so hard, he may think he\'92s enjoying. Actually, of course, this is not enjoyment . It is simply a less intense form of suffering, since he is still stranded in the middle of the oce
an.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE QUEST FOR ECSTASY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many users of psychedelic drugs are, without question, sincerely looking for a way to get out of this ocean of material misery. They wa
nt to make a permanent solution to all their problems. And this, after all, is the primary occupation of the human being, as is declared in all the great scriptures of the world. Human life is not meant for working hard in factories, going to meaningless
 baseball games, or dumbly watching a television screen. It is meant for finding out such things as who you are, what the purpose of your life is, what God is, and what your relationahip with God is. Human life begins to reach fulfillment only when this 
stage of inquiry is attained. Few enough know what questions to ask in order to get the ultimate answers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic sources, until a person starts looking for the answers which will make a final solution to all the problems of l
ife\'97such as birth, death, disease and old age\'97he is actually no better than an animal. Man and the animals have four principles in common\'97eating, sleeping, mating and defending. The thing that is uniquely man\'92s, however, and which differentia
tes him from the animals, is his highly developed consciousness. Before attaining the human form of life, the spirit soul passes through birth in eight million other species. As it progresses through the stages of evolution, its consciousness and intelli
gence grow. And, in the civilized human form of life the final stage of evolution is arrived at. This great achievement should surely not be wasted on mere animalistic sense enjoyment, but should be used for final and ecstatic spiritual realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The modern forms of Judaeo-Christian faith in the West have failed to satisfy youth\'92s desire for direct communion with God. Therefor
e, many of the young have turned to drugs as the key to spiritual awareness. Most members of the psychedelic movement do consider it religious, and a number of groups have incorporated as churches. One thing is certain\'97the movement is large and ever-g
rowing . There is no lack of people looking for pleasure through drugs and willing to experiment in their quest. Authorities estimate that over ten million Americans have used marijuana, peyote, and LSD. Most of these are in the high school and college a
ge groups. According to United Nations statistics, in 1951 there were 200 million marijuana users throughout the world\'97a number equal to the entire population of the U.S.A. Yet marijuana has only really become popular in the \'91Sixties, and what astr
onomical figures represent the 1969 usage can only at this point be guessed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great souls whose teachings form the basis of the world\'92s authoritative religions have always maintained that the body is a sour
ce of pain and suffering. The Bhagavad Gita, one of the most important books on the science of ecstasy, describes the soul as Sat-chit-ananda, a form which is eternal, full of knowledge, and full of bliss. Somehow or other we in the material world have f
allen into Maya, illusion, and are accepting something which is false in place of reality The body is not the true identity of the living being, but we foolishly accept it as ourselves. Therefore, when the body is hungry we think we are hungry, and when 
the body is in pain we think we are in pain. This is the material concept of life. When we break with the false ego, the interknitting junction between spirit and matter, then we are liberated from the threefold miseries\'97miseries caused by the body an
d the mind, by other living entities, and by natural phenomena.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Drugs such as LSD may sometimes help to break this false identification with the body, but the chemically-induced state of \'93ego loss
\'94 does not last for very long. Such at least is the program for a \'93trip\'94 outlined in \'93The Psychedelic Experience,\'94 a classic \'93manual based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead\'94 by Timothy Leary, Ralph Metzner, and Richard Alpert, three of
 the early leaders of the psychedelic movement. Furthermore, the process of ego loss does not necessarily lead one to positive knowledge of who or what he really is. Some therefore identify with the mind, which is the subtle material body, and others thi
nk they are God, while still others think that they are nothing\'97Void. Most cannot see beyond the interplay of cells, molecules, atoms, DNA, and the nervous system, because it is precisely the material senses, and not the spiritual, which are affected 
by drugs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a popular theory in the psychedelic movement that everything is merely an extension of the body, mind, or nervous system. \'93I
t\'92s all one\'94 is the common phrase. Actually, this is true. Everything is one in the sense that everything emanates from one source, Krishna, and it is His energy which is acting in various ways, according to His direction. However, although everyth
ing is one, we find within this one infinite amounts of variegatedness and individuality. We are all individual spiritual living entities, scattered throughout the material creation. Constitutionally we are parts and parcels of Krishna, the Supreme Whole
. We therefore have the same qualities as Krishna, but we possess them in very minute quantities, while He possesses them in full.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, complete bliss is one of Krishna\'92s qualities. He is known as the Reservoirof all pleasure, and by establishing contact with Him
 through service the living entity can regain his own natural state of bliss. This ecstasy is eternal. When achieved, there is no coming down again to the material platform of existence. Such a state of supreme consciousness is not available through arti
ficial means. In The Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says that He can only be reached through devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The recommended method for reviving this natural, forgotten attitude of devotion to Krishna is to chant His Names: Hare Krishna, Hare K
rishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. This mantra, when properly chanted, immediately raises one to the spiritual plafform, and puts the living entity in direct touch with the Supreme Lord. Krishna is a Person, b
ut He is present everywhere. Just as there is fire potentially present in wood, so Krishna is suffused throughout His creation. We simply have to know how to find Him. It\'92s really very simple. When we call His Name, He comes.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PSYCHEDELIC LEADERSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On a successful LSD trip a person may think he has reached the Godhead. Sometimes, as is detailed in the Book of the Dead, a person wil
l reach the \'93Clear Light,\'94 which is described in the Vedic texts as Krishna\'92s glowing bodily effulgence, called the \'93Brahmajyoti.\'93 This effulgence permeates the whole spiritual sky, just as the sunshine permeates this whole universe. Reali
zation\'97that is, direct perceptual experience\'97of the Clear Light is devoid of all variegatedness, however, and such a state of consciousness is therefore very unnatural for a living being who is eternally individual and who is accustomed to varietie
s for enjoyment. A person can remain in the Clear Light for short periods of time, but then he must come down again to the material platform in order to experience the varieties required for full enjoyment. In this sense, of course, the Clear Light itsel
f becomes no more than a \'93variety,\'94 a change from ordinary consciousness. It is a \'93high,\'94 but not a final, unending or supreme state of ecstasy. The only way to remain permanently fixed on the spiritual plane is through realization of the Sup
reme Personality of Godhead. Through this realization we can experience spiritual variegatedness, which is said to be far beyond any impersonal realization of the Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to achieve this topmost realization, it is necessary to have the guidance of a spiritual master who is a bona fide representat
ive of Krishna. The psychedelic movement does not have such leaders qualified in the devotional line. Quite the contrary, these members of the psychedelic movement have, in the final analysis, practically nothing to offer mankind. They themselves have to
 continue taking drugs in order to feel any ecstasy. Their state of bliss is, after all, a temporary intoxication which one has to pay money for. How spiritual can it be? True spiritual ecstasy is both eternal and free to everyone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Sidney Cohen, another major figure in the drug movement, has suggested that religious experience may one day be redefined as \'93
a dyssynchromy of the reticular formation of the brain.\'94 This is the rather peculiar direction in which scientists are heading. They conduct experiments involving psychedelic drugs, and then they try fitting the results to suit their needs. Because a 
drug may allow someone to experience something different from \'93normal\'94 consciousness, the scientists conclude that the experience is, in the first place, due entirely to the drug, and, in the second, that it is equivalent to the religious ecstasies
 of the mystics and saints.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his book, \'93The Varieties of Religious Experience,\'94 William James took note of exactly this point when he wrote: \'93Medical ma
terialism finishes up Saint Paul by calling his vision on the road to Damascus a discharging lesion of the occipital cortex, he being an epileptic.\'93 In this way scientists with an atheistic bias have tried to rule out the existence of a transcendent G
od Who exists beyond all material concepts, by holding the very evidence of direct confrontation with God to be no more than a chemical aberration within the body\'97in other words, an hallucination.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even the argument against the validity of drug experiences can be questioned. As one thinker has pointed out, simply because we see som
ething through a window doesn\'92t mean the window caused the view. Similarly, psychedelic drugs may often open a window in the mind to let us see what is already there. However, it is only through Krishna\'92s Grace that one can actually have full knowl
edge of what lies outside that window. And He may choose to reveal Himself or not, without reference to drugs or the laws of Nahure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Timothy Leary, self-styled \'93high priest\'94 of the psychedelic movement, has written: \'93a final comment about the disciplined yo
ga of psychedelic drugs. They are not shortcuts: they do not simplify. They answer no questions; they solve no problems.\'93 What value they can have, then, aside from the pleasure-giving potency present in such other narcotics as tobacco and alcohol, mu
st come into question. On the other hand, the standard system of devotional service is the shortest and simplest method for reaching God. It does answer all questions and solve all problems.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ECSTASY AND THE LAW
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Legislation will never be successful in stopping people from using drugs, because there is a basic human need for pleasure. The pleasur
e derived from drugs, quite apparently, is greater than most people\'92s fear of the law. Whether people are running to or from reality is not important for the law to consider. The important thing is that people are looking for pleasure. Whether it be t
hrough beer, pot, coffee, LSD, baseball or television, the basic need is the same. To condemn one form of intoxication and not another is mere hypocrisy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Millions of dollars are spent every year to induce people to drink liquor and smoke cigarettes, while millions are spent elsewhere to s
top people from using psychedelics. Both pursuits could well be abandoned for the general benefit of mankind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With the insight which transcendental devotional service to God provides, it is possible to create a far wiser and more effective syste
m of law than now exists\'97one which could actually solve (imagine it!) the problems of our day. Such laws should be designed to curb the desire within the people for using drugs, rather than simply to repress and prohibit their actions. Instead of legi
slating negatively, there should be positive legislation to encourage the propagation of Krishna or God consciousness. Krishna Consciousness, devotional service, burns out the desire to use any kind of drug because it provides everyone with the natural a
nd unbounded ecstasy of love of God. Everything and anything that falls short of this endeavor may be found lumped together in the teachings of the Vedas under a single heading: ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Celebrations
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Celebrations
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Nayana Bhiram
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the \'93Bhakti Rasamrita Sindu\'94 (The Waves of the Nectar of Devotion), by the great saint Srila Rupa Goswami, there are listed 64
 forms of \'93Upasana\'94\'97service and worship of the Lord. Of these 64, the following three are considered to be of the essence of spiritual life:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Submission to the Spiritual Master, or Guru,\line 2. Receiving initiation and training from him, and\line 3. Affectionatel
y serving him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the study of God realization known as Krishna Consciousness, the most important celebration for a devotee to take part in is his own
 acceptance of initiation from the Spiritual Master. Initiation is the formalized ritual of entering into a new stage of existence. Even in our modern-day secular society the fundamental events of changing status\'97birth, marriage, and death\'97are cele
brated by ritual which recognizes, at least formally, man\'92s link with the Supreme. Spiritual initiation, however, is not the same as our wedding or funeral ceremonies, which clearly indicate events related to the body. Surrendering at the feet of the 
Spiritual Master is a spiritual event. As His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Spiritual Master of the Hare Krishna Movement, once explained to a disciple: \'93We [Guru and students] are all eternal associates.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He added, further, that the Spiritual Master continues to teach in the material world until all his disciples have been delivered into 
the spiritual sky. For this reason, the Spiritual Master is cautioned by most authorities not to accept too many disciples. And, for the sake of the beloved Spiritual Master, it is incumbent upon the initiated disciple to remain fixed in transcendent Kri
shna Consciousness through performance of devotional service. In this way, a reciprocal relationship of spiritual love is established.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The initiation ceremony includes the following rites: First, water sacraments and sanctification of the initiate\'92s japa (chanting) b
eads by the Spiritual Master. There are 108 beads, usually hand carved from the sacred Tulasi plant. They stand for the 108 Gopis, the Spiritual Maidens with whom Lord Krishna displayed His transcendental pastimes. After sanctification, the beads are ret
urned and the initiate is informed of his spiritual name. Unlike material names, which refer to the body only, spiritual names refer to the true self, and are eternal. In general, they are names of Krishna, His Associates, or great saints. They are all a
ppended with \'93Das\'94 or \'93Devi Dasi\'94 (the servant of), the former for boys and the latter for girls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The initiate also receives a string of Tulasi neck beads, which is one of the marks of a Vaishnava, a devotee of the Lord, and which ac
ts as protection against Yamaraj, the demigod of Death. These neck beads are never removed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In addition to the usual deity offerings of sweet scents, flowers, incense, candles and eatables, an impressive fire sacrifice is kindl
ed at such ceremonies, upon which ghee (clarified butter), grains (barley and sesame) and whole bananas are sacrificed. Each initiate, as well as others taking part in the ceremony, throws handfuls of grain into the fire at the prescribed times. In the V
edic age, when wealth was measured in the number of cows and grains, tons of butter and grain were sacrificed to Lord Vishnu, and this was the recommended process for God realization. In Kali Yuga, the present age of quarrel and discord, when the earth i
s poor and men are not engaged in agrarian occupations, the recommended process is \'93Sankirtan,\'94 the chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fire sacrifice marks the climax of the initiation ceremony, and is followed by joyous singing and ecstatic dancing before the deiti
es. Upon conclusion, Prasadam\'97food prepared and offered to the deities\'97is distributed, and feasting begins.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In addition to the initiation ceremonies depicted above, there are many other celebrations within the scope of Krishna Consciousness, t
he more frequent and elaborate being marriages and installations of the deities in their temples. Both of these also utilize the fire sacrifice.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deity worship, one of the most important aspects of devotional service, is probably the least understood by nondevotees and neophytes a
like. Composed of apparently material elements, the deity may look like an idol to one with limited knowledge, but it is actually a Form of the Lord incarnate, called \'93Archa-Vigraha.\'93 The philosophy of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu teaches that God is 
simultaneously one and different from His creation. Krishna is in every atom, and He can assume various transcendental forms for our benefit, to make it easier for us to worship Him. In no way is the Lord ever subject to, or contaminated by, the laws of 
material Nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the picture above, a devotee helps to place Balarama.  one of three Jagannath deities.  in position above the altar in ISKCON's New 
York temple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to pictures in essay:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At left,  Brahmananda, President of the New York temple, twines initiation beads around the neck of his new God brother
-to-be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, opposite page, sanctifies the japa beads of the new initiate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above,  the Spiritual Master returns the sanctified beads to the new disciple: ''Your name is Vamanadev."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At left, His Divine Grace performs the fire sacrifice.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above, opposite page, A.C.  Bhaktivedanta Swami bathes the Radha Krishna deities on milk before installation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below, opposite page, the garlanded Radha and Krisnna, installed in the New York temple.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the best-known Jewish thinkers of recent times is Martin Buber. Called a poet, mystic and existentialist, the late professor has written a number of apprecia
tions of Hasidism, a mystical Jewish folk movement begun in 18th century Europe, and far more widely read is his treatise on the \'93philosophy of dialog,\'94 I AND THOU.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before beginning the text of I AND THOU, the author cites the following line from Goethe: \'93So, waiting, I have won from you the end:
 God\'92s presence in each element.\'94 The idea is supposedly not pantheistic, not that various items are gods, but that, according to Buber, \'93a divine spark lives in every thing and being, but each such spark is enclosed by an isolating shell.\'94 H
ow to find that spark and confront God directly is the problem, and not a new problem to be sure. Tennyson expressed it when, having plucked a \'93flower from the crannied wall,\'93 he exclaimed in perplexity: \'93if I could understand what you are, root
 and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buber says one can know God through personal relationship\'97with either Nature, other men, or \'93spiritual beings.\'93 Such a relatio
nship is what Buber calls the \'93I and Thou\'94 relationship. It is reciprocal, and therefore dialog.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The nature of reality is taken here to be twofold\'97or, rather, to be approachable in two distinct ways: The I-Thou relationship is me
eting the world, supposedly as it is, with one\'92s whole being. It is contrasted with the relationship called \'93I-It.\'94 The I-It relationship means taking the world as a tool for one\'92s own aggrandizement. Such a relationship applies to the false 
world of things to be used and possessed\'97a world within which most of us live. In I-It consciousness, I am not, paradoxically, an \'93I\'94 but an \'93it\'94\'97another thing to be used. On the other hand, as I relate to Thou, I become truly I.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Needless to say, the I-Thou relationship is the more desirable of the two. Yet, although in Buber\'92s estimation it is a vehicle for l
ove of God, at times I-Thou sounds more like an end. Nearly everyone wants to have a nice loving relationship with other living entities, and to feel love of God. Unfortunately, however, such a state of consciousness is not possible under the material co
ncept of life, where everything is based on either immediate or extended self-interest and sense-gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buber\'92s method of exposition is not so clear and straightforward as he seems to believe it is. Speaking in the first person singular
, at times the author assumes a pose of affected simplicity, like Khalil Gibran, in his \'93Prophet,\'94 and at other times an abstrusely philosophical one resembling Nietzsche\'92s \'93Zarathushtra.\'94 This pseudo-poetical style of spirituality no doub
t accounts for much of the volume\'92s success. Most people think that mystical awareness means something misty and obscure\'97rather than clarity and light. And so, when an author speaks in vague spiritual commonplaces and platitudes, it is to be expect
ed that he may attract a number of followers. To pin down more precisely what Buber is advocating, however, we must turn to his less known posthumous volume, THE WAY OF MAN.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A brief but concise exposition of Buber\'92s thoughts, THE WAY OF MAN is clearly a product of maturity as compared to his earlier I AND
 THOU. The author takes six Hasidic stories to illustrate the steps in attaining to \'93The Way\'94\'97the way to achieving God realization. This idea of The Way is, of course, borrowed from Taoism, to which Buber is indeed much indebted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as the first step in God realization is concerned, Buber agrees with almost all spiritual authorities that it is to ask, Who am 
I? So long as a person does not venture onto this path of self-inquiry, he cannot hope to attain the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second step is called here The Particular Way, and this means that each man has his own individual means of attaining the absolute.
 Buber asserts that God says, \'93whatever you do may be a way to me, provided you do it in such a manner that it leads you to me.\'94 (Exactly where this tautologous quotation of God\'92s comes from is not explained.) \'93But what it is that can and sha
ll be done by just this person and no other, can be revealed to him only in himself.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, what Buber is advocating here is what is known as \'93doing your own thing\'94\'97a popular doctrine, no doubt, but it 
can be spiritual suicide for anyone who is serious about self realization. For according to The Bhagavad Gita, which is one of the most widely revered texts covering the science of God realization, no progress can be made without surrendering oneself to 
a bona fide spiritual master. And, as long as one is engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Lord through the transparent medium of the spiritual master, it doesn\'92t matter what one\'92s specific activity is. In this way, though the Vedic standard
 does permit everyone to act according to his individual nature, it requires that that action first be dovetailed into devotional service under the master\'92s direction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thirdly, after advising one to do his own thing, Buber further advises the spiritual seeker to unify his soul, which is nothing less th
an to realize that soul means \'93the whole man, body and spirit together.\'94 Buber\'92s lack of distinction here between body and soul is an error of serious significance, and can only be attributed to a poor fund of knowledge. Understanding that \'93I
 am not this body\'94 is essential to the attainment of spiritual knowledge, and is the most elementary teaching of the Vedas: \'93Aham Brahmasmi\'94\'97I am Brahman, pure spirit soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita, Lord Sri Krishna explains the eternal nature of the soul to Arjuna, his pupil, in the following terms: \'93Never 
was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings, nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.\'94 (II.12) So, according to authoritative scriptural sources, we learn that our true position is that of eternal spirit soul, that we are
 coeval parts and parcels, and servants, of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fourth and fifth points of Buber\'92s Way go together: making peace with oneself, and thus making peace with the world. This is a v
ery nice sentiment. Psychologists have been trying since long before Freud to establish peace within man\'92s heart. And we have today the United Nations trying to make peace in the world. Both in vain. It is very easy for humanists like Martin Buber to 
advocate peace\'97individual and collective\'97but as for offering a practical method to attain it, they are completely baffled in their attempts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a practical peace formula is offered, however, in the Gita Mahatma, an authorized commentary on The Bhagavad Gita: \'93Let there b
e one hymn for chanting, and let there be one occupation for the human race, namely transcendental loving service to the Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buber\'92s last points are \'93not being preoccupied with the world,\'94 rightfully understanding that the \'93earth is the Lord\'92s,
\'94 and thus hallowing it for God\'92s sake. Again, what is meant by \'93hallowing\'94 is not explained, and it is doubtful whether the author himself knows. Like so many materialists who advocate dealing with the \'93here and now\'94 of this earth, Bub
er fails to realize that this material world is only temporary and, in that sense, illusory. Not that it doesn\'92t exist, but that it is always changing, hence impermanent, and thus unreal. The point in Krishna Consciousness, the Vedic science of God re
alization, is to be attached neither to oneself nor to the material world, but only to Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The material world is recognized in the light of such transcendental devotion to be only a manifestation of Krishna\'92s e
nergy, and the true spiritual process is to go directly to the source.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although an irnpersonalist, at times Buber does come close to the personalist conception. In his writing on Hasidism, he states that 
\'93God, no matter how infinite he is comprehended as being, is still Person and remains Person.\'93 Were it otherwise it would not be possible for the I-Thou dialog between man and God to exist. Nevertheless, because Buber does not know very much about 
God as a person, his idea of dialog is quite roundabout. That is, one can \'94converse\'94 with God through the medium of other entities. Why not directly, this reviewer wonders?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the serious pursuit of God realization, which is really only another way of phrasing dialog with the Absolute, one can learn about t
he name, fame, and pastimes of the Supreme Lord. The Krishna Consciousness system, for example, follows the teachings of the Srimad Bhagwatam and other Vedic scriptures. Since God is non-different from His Name, one need only chant His Holy Names to asso
ciate with Krishna. The effect is blissful. As original Krishna conscious entities, we can attain our natural position of full knowledge, full bliss and eternity simply by associating with the Lord by chanting His Names: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krish
na Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. This is a real, direct I-Thou relationship\'97and it is eternal, not fleeting like the chance meeting of eyes of a child and a cat, as Buber for some reason chooses to see it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A. C . Bhaktivedanta Swami has written: \'93God is situated in everyone\'92s heart. God is not away from us. He is pre
sent. He is so friendly that, in our repeated change of births, He remains with us. He is waiting to see when we shall turn to Him.\'94 We have simply to turn to Krishna in order to revive our dormant love of Godhead, which has for so long remained burie
d within our hearts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to picture in essay:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ''GOD'S PRESENCE IN EACH ELEMENT'' Martin Buber
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sri Ishopanishad
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Sri Ishopanishad
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Rendered into English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most ancient of Indias famed Upanishads speaks with surprising relevance to the problems of technological man in this new and important translation. The author 
one of the most distinguished teachers of Vedic religion ancl thought, has also translated such profound texts as The Bhagavad Gita (published this year by Macmillan) and the Srimad Bhagwatam. As founder and Guru of the Krishna Consciousness Movement in 
the West he is able to add the practical insights of his experience among today\'92s young spiritual seekers to an understanding of the eternal, sublime wisdom of the Vedas.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Invocation
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete. And because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as t
his phenomenal world, are perfectly equipped as a complete whole. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete by itself. And because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete ba
lance.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Purport
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Complete Whole, or the Supreme Absolute Truth, is the complete Personality of Godhead. Impersonal Brahman forms an incomplete reali
zation of the Absolute Complete, and so also is the conception of Paramatman, the Supersoul. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is Sat-chit-ananda Vigraha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : impersonal Brahman realization is the real
ization of His Sat, or eternity aspect, and Paramatman, Supersoul realization, is the realization of His Sat and Chit, eternity and knowledge aspects. But realization of the Personality of Godhead is realization of all the transcendental features, Sat, C
hit, and Ananda, or bliss. In the Personal concept, this is realized in complete form (Vigraha). And so the Complete Whole is not formless. If He is formless, or if He is less than His creation in any other thing, He cannot be complete. The Complete Whol
e must have everything, both within our experience and beyond our experience. Otherwise He cannot be complete.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Complete Whole Personality of Godhead has immense potencies, and all of them are as complete as He is. Therefore this phenomenal or
 material world is also complete by itself. The twenty-four elements of which this material universe is a temporary manifestation are completely adjusted to produce complete things, necessary for the maintenance and subsistence of this universe. No extra
neous effort by any other unit is required for this maintenance. The universe has its own time, fixed by the energy of the Complete Whole, and when that time is complete this temporary manifestation will be annihilated by the complete arrangement of the 
Complete.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is complete facility for the small complete units, namely the living beings, to realize the Complete; and all forms of incomplete
ness are experienced only on account of incomplete knowledge of the Complete. The human form of life is a complete manifestation of the consciousness of the living being, which is obtained after evolving through 8,400,000 species of life in the cycle of 
birth and death. If a human being does not realize his completeness within the Complete in this life of full consciousness, he loses the chance of realizing his completeness, and is put again into the cycle of evolution by the law of material Nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because we do not know that there is a complete arrangement in Nature for our maintenance, we make efforts to utilize the resources of 
Nature to create a so-called complete life of sense-enjoyment. This misleading life of sense-enjoyment is called illusion, because the living entity cannot enjoy the life of the senses without being dovetailed with the Complete Whole. For example, the ha
nd of a body is a complete unit so long as it is attached to the complete body. When the hand is detached from the body, it may appear like a hand, but actually it has none of the potency of a hand. Similarly, the living beings are parts and parcels of t
he Complete Whole; and as long as the parts and parcels are detached from the Complete Whole, the illusory representation of completeness is not enough to bring the desired result.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The completeness of human life can only be realized when the human form of life is engaged in the service of the Complete Whole. Any se
rvice in this world, whether social, political, communal, international, or even interplanetary, will remain incomplete unless and until it is dovetailed with the Complete Whole. And, when everything is dovetailed with the Complete Whole, the attached pa
rts and parcels also become complete in themselves.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra One
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept
 only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to Whom they belong.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic knowledge is infallible because it comes down through the perfect disciplic succession of spiritual masters beginning with th
e Lord Himself. The Vedic knowledge is received from the transcendental sources, and the first word was spoken by the Lord Himself. The words spoken by the Lord are called \'93Apouresheya,\'94 not delivered by any person of the mundane world. A living be
ing of the mundane world has four principal defects, which are: 1. that he must commit mistakes, 2. he must sometimes be illusioned, 3. he must try to cheat others, and 4. he is endowed with imperfect senses. With these four principles of imperfection on
e cannot deliver perfect information in the matter of all-pervading knowledge. The Vedas are not known like that. The Vedic knowledge was originally imparted into the heart of Brahma, the first created living being, and Brahma in his turn disseminated th
e knowledge to his sons and disciples, who have continued the process down through history.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord being \'93Purnam,\'94 or all-perfect, there is no chance of His being subjected to the laws of material Nature, while the livi
ng entities and inanimate objects are all controlled by the laws of Nature, and thus, ultimately, by the potency of the Lord. This Ishopanishad is a part of the Yajur Veda, and as such it contains information as to the proprietorship of all things that e
xist within the universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This point is confirmed by The Bhagavad Gita, in the Seventh Chapter, where \'93Para\'94 and \'93Apara Prakriti\'94 are discussed: The 
elements of Nature\'97earth, fire, water, air, sky, mind, intelligence and ego all belong to the inferior or material energy of the Lord, whereas the living being, the organic energy, is the superior energy, the \'93Para Prakriti,\'94 of the Lord. Both t
he Prakritis or energies are emanations from the Lord, and ultimately He is the Controller of everything that exists. There is nothing in the universe which does not belong either to the Para or the Apara Prakriti, and therefore everything is under the p
roprietary right of the Supreme Being.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Being, the absolute Personality of Godhead, being the complete Person, has the complete and perfect intelligence to adjust 
everything by His different potencies. The Supreme Being is often compared with fire, and everything\'97organic and inorganic\'97is compared with the heat and light of the fire. The fire distributes energy in the form of heat and light, and likewise the 
Lord displays His energy in different ways. And He remains the ultimate Controller, Sustainer and Dictator over everything. He is full of all potencies, the Knower of everything, the Benefactor of everyone, and is full of all inconceivable opulences: pow
er, wealth, fame, beauty, knowledge and renunciation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should therefore be intelligent enough to know that except for the Lord no one is the proprietor of anything, but should instead ac
cept the things which are set aside by the Lord as his quota. The cow, for example, gives milk, but she does not drink the milk. Her milk is designated as food for the human being. The cow eats grass and straw but does not drink her own milk. Such is the
 arrangement of the Lord, and we should be satisfied with the things that have been very kindly set aside for us by Him. We should always consider to Whom the things that we possess actually belong.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Take, for example, our dwelling house, which is made of earth, wood, stone, iron, cement, and so many other material things. If we thin
k in terms of Sri Ishopanishad, then we must know that we cannot produce any of the above-mentioned building materials ourselves. We can simply bring them together and transform them into different shapes by our labor. A laborer cannot claim to be the pr
oprietor of a thing just because he has worked hard to manufacture it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is always this great quarrel between the laborers and the capitalists in present-day society. The quarrel has now taken an intern
ational shape, and the world is in danger. Men face each other in enmity just like cats and dogs snarling. Sri Ishopanishad cannot give advice to the cats and dogs, but It delivers the message of Godhead to man through the bona fide Acharyas, or holy tea
chers. And the human race may take this Vedic wisdom from Sri Ishopanishad: that no one should quarrel over material possessions. One must be satisfied by whatever privileges are given to him by the mercy of the Lord. There can be no peace if the communi
st or the capitalist or any other party claims to be the proprietor of the resources of Nature, which are entirely the property of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The capitalist cannot curb down the communist simply by political maneuvering, nor can the communist defeat the capitalist simply by fi
ghting for the stolen bread. If they do not recognize the proprietorship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then all the property which they claim to be their own is stolen, and therefore they shall be liable to punishment by the laws of Nature. The 
Bomb is in the hands of both the communists and the capitalists, and if both do not recognize the proprietorship of the Supreme Lord, it is sure and certain that, ultimately, The Bomb will ruin both parties. Therefore, in order to save themselves, both m
ust follow the instruction of Sri Ishopanishad, and thus bring peace to the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human beings are not meant forquarreling like cats and dogs. They must be intelligent enough to realize the importance of human life, a
nd to realize the aim of human life. The Vedic literature is meant for humanity and not for cats and dogs. Cats and dogs can kill other animals for food and for that there is no question of sin on their part. But if a man kills an animal for the satisfac
tion of his uncontrolled taste buds, he is responsible for breaking the laws of Nature, and therefore he must be punished.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a standard of life for human beings which cannot apply to the animals. The tiger does not eat rice, wheat or cow\'92s milk bec
ause it has been given its quota of foodstuff in the shape of animal food. There are many animals and birds who are either vegetarian or non-vegetarian, but none of them transgress the laws of Nature as they have been ordained by the will of the Lord. Am
ongst the living beings\'97whether animals or birds or reptiles\'97there is strict adherence to the laws of Nature, and therefore there is no question of sin for them, nor are the Vedic instructions meant for them. Human life alone, then, is a life of re
sponsibility.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is also wrong to consider that simply by becoming a vegetarian one can save himself from transgressing the laws of Nature. Vegetable
s also have life. One life is meant to feed another living being, and that is the law of Nature. One should not be proud of being a strict vegetarian. The point is to recognize the Supreme Lord. The animals have no developed consciousness to recognize th
e Lord, but a human being is sufficiently intelligent to take lessons from the Vedic literature, and thereby know how the laws of Nature are working, and derive profit out of such knowledge. If a man neglects the instruction of the Vedic literature, his 
life is very risky. The human being is therefore required to recognize the authority of the Supreme Lord. He must be a devotee of the Lord. He must offer everything to the service of the Lord and partake of only the remnants of foodstuff offered to the L
ord. That will make him able to discharge his duty properly. In The Bhagavad Gita the Lord directly states that He accepts the vegetable foodstuffs from the hands of a pure devotee. Therefore a human being should not only become a strict vegetarian, but 
he should also be a devotee of the Lord, and offer to the Lord all his food, and only then partake of the \'93Prasadam,\'94 or mercy of God. Such a devotee can properly discharge the duty of human life. Those who do not do so are eating only sins, and th
us will be subjected to the different types of distress which are the result of the various sins. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  3.13]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The root of sin is deliberate disobedience to the laws of Nature, through not recognizing the proprietorship of the Lord. Disobedience 
to the laws of Nature or disobedience to the order of the Lord will bring ruin to the human being. On the other hand, if one is sober and knows the laws of Nature, without being influenced by unnecessary attachment or abhorrence, he is sure to be recogni
zed again by the Lord, and thus become eligible for going back to Godhead, back to the eternal Home.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Two
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may aspire to live for hundreds of years if he continuously goes on doing work in that way, because that sort of work wi
ll not bind him to the law of karma. And there is no alternative to this way for man.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one wants to die, and everyone wants to live for as long as he can drag on. This temperament is not only visible individually, but a
lso it is visible collectively in the community, society and nation. There is a hard struggle for life in every class of living entities, and the Veda says that this is quite natural for the living being. The living being is eternal by nature, but due to
 his bondage in the material existence he has to change his body from one to another. This process is called transmigration of the soul. This transmigration is also called \'93Karmabandhana,\'94 or being bound by one\'92s own work. The living entity has 
to work for his livelihood because that is the law of material Nature, and if he does not act according to the prescribed duties of his particular life he transgresses the law of Nature, making himself bound more and more in the cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The cycle of birth and death is present in life other than the human form. When the living entity gets the chance for human life, howev
er, it is his chance to get free from the chain of the law of karma. Karma, Akarma, and Vikarma are principles very clearly described in The Bhagavad Gita. Actions which are done in terms of the prescribed duties mentioned in the revealed Scriptures are 
called \'93karma.\'94 Actions which make one free from the cycle of birth and death are called \'93akarma.\'94 And actions which are performed by the misuse of one\'92s freedom, thereby directing oneself toward the lower regions of life, are called \'93v
ikarma.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of these three categories of activities, the one which makes one free from the cycle of further bondage to karma is preferred by intell
igent men. Ordinary men want to perform good work in order to be recognized and to achieve some status of life in this world or in heaven, but more advanced men want to be free altogether from the actions and reactions of work. Intelligent men know well 
that both good and bad works are equally causes of the material miseries of life. They therefore seek to do work which will free them from the reactions of good and bad work. This freedom from good and bad work is ascertained herewith in Sri Ishopanishad
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The instruction of Sri Ishopanishad is better explained in The Bhagavad Gita, sometimes called The Geetopanishad, the cream of all th
e Upanishads. In The Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [3.9-16]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Personality of Godhead says that no one can attain the 
state of \'93Naiskarma\'94 or akarma without beginning the prescribed duties mentioned in the Vedic literature. The Vedic literature can regulate the working energy of the human being in such a way that one can gradually realize the authority of the Supr
eme Being. When one realizes the authority of the Personality of Godhead, it is to be understood that he has attained the stage of positive knowledge. At this purified stage of life, where the modes of Nature\'97namely goodness, passion and ignorance\'97
cannot act, one is enabled to work on the basis of Naiskarma, or work which does not bind one to the cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Factually, no one has to do anything more than to render devotional service to the Lord. In the lower stage of life, however, one can n
ot at once adopt the activities of devotional service, nor can one completely stop reactionary work. A conditioned soul is accustomed to working for sense gratification, for his own selfish interest, immediate or extended. An ordinary man wants to work f
or his own sense enjoyment, and when the principle of sense enjoyment is extended from the individual to include the collective society, nation, or humanity in general, it assumes various attractive names such as altruism, socialism, communism, nationali
sm, humanitarianism, etc. These isms are certainly very attractive forms of Karmabandhana, the bondage of one\'92s own work, but the Vedic instruction of Sri Ishopanishad is that, if you actually live for any of the above isms, make them God-centered. Th
ere is no harm in becoming a family man, an altruist, socialist, communist, nationalist, or humanitarian\'97provided all such activities are executed in relation with \'93Ishavasya,\'94 the God-centered conception.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God-centered activities are evaluated in The Bhagavad Gita as being so rich that even a little bit of them can save one from the greate
st danger. The greatest danger of life is to glide down again into the evolutionary cycle of birth and death. If some way or other a man misses the spiritual opportunity offered by his human form of life, and thus glides down again into the evolutionary 
cycle, it must be considered the most regrettable incidence, although foolish man cannot see this, due to his defective senses. Sri Ishopanishad advises us, therefore, to exert our energy in the Ishavasya spirit, and in that engagement we may wish to liv
e for many, many years. Otherwise, one\'92s long life is no better than that of a tree, which is also a living being, and which lives for hundreds and hundreds of years. There is no point in living a long time like the trees, or breathing like the bellow
s, or begetting children like the hog and the dog, or eating like the camel. Even a humble life, with God-centered activities, is more valuable than the colossal hoax of so-called altruism or socialism without any relation to God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When activities such as altruism are executed in the spirit of Sri Ishopanishad, every one of them becomes a form of Karma Yoga, as is 
recommended in The Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.5-9]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . And that guarantees the executor against the dangers of the e
volutionary process of birth and death. Such God-centered activities, even though half-finished, are still good for the executor, because they will guarantee him the human form of life in his next birth. In this way he can have another chance to improve 
his position on the path of liberation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Three
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The killer of the soul, whoever he may be, must enter into the planets known as the worlds of the faithless, full of darknes
s and ignorance.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A human life is distinguished from animal life on account of its heavy responsibilities. Those who are cognizant of these responsibilit
ies and work in that spirit are called \'93suras,\'94 the godly. And those who are either neglectful of the responsibilities or who have no information about them, are called the \'93asuras,\'94 or demons. There are only these two kinds of human beings a
ll over the universe. In the Rig Veda it is stated that the suras always aim at the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord Vishnu, and act accordingly. Their ways are as illuminated as the path of the Sun.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Intelligent human beings must always remember that this particular form of body is obtained after an evolution of many millions of year
s of transmigration of the soul. This material world is sometimes compared with an ocean, and this human body is compared with a solid boat, designed to cross over the ocean. The Vedic Scriptures and the Acharyas, or saintly teachers, are compared with t
he expert boatman, and the facilities of a human body are compared with favorable breezes, which can help the boat smoothly ply to the desired destination. If, with all these facilities, a person does not fully utilize his human life for self-realization
, such an asura must be considered \'93Atmaha,\'94 a killer of the soul. The killer of the soul is destined to enter into the darkest region of ignorance to suffer perpetually, and here is a warning by Sri Ishopanishad in clear terms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are swine, dogs, camels, asses, etc., whose economic necessities are just as important as ours. But the economic problems of th
ese animals are solved under nasty conditions, while the human being is given all facilities for comfortable life by the laws of Nature, because the human form of life is more important than animal life. And why is man given a better life than the swine 
and other animals? Why is a highly placed servant given all the facilities of comfortable life, rather then an ordinary clerk? The answer is that the highly placed officer has to discharge duties of a higher nature. Similarly, the human being has higher 
duties in life than the animals who are engaged always in the business of feeding their hungry stomachs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The modern soul-killing civilization has only increased the problems of a hungry stomach. We approach some polished animal, a modern ci
vilized man, and he says that he wants to work for the satisfaction of the stomach and there is no necessity for self-realization. But the laws of Nature are so cruel that in spite of his eagerness to work hard for his stomach, there is always the questi
on of unemployment, even after denouncing the prospect of self-realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are given this human form of life not to work hard like the ass, the swine and the dog, but to attain the highest perfection of life
. If we do not care for self-realization, it is by the law of Nature that we have to work very hard even though we do not want to do so. In this age the human being has been forced to work hard like the ass and the bull, pulling carts. These are some of 
the examples of the regions where an asura is sent to work, revealed by this verseof Sri Ishopanishad. If a man fails to discharge his duties as a human being, he is forced to transmigrate to the planets called \'93Asurya\'94 in the degraded species of l
ife, to work hard in ignorance and darkness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [6.41-43] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is also stated that the half-self-realized men who in their previous lives could not complete the process of approaching Godhead but had sincerely tried for it\'97in other words, those who failed to 
attain success in realizing their relation with God\'97are given the chance of appearing in the family of \'93Suchi\'94 or \'93Srimata.\'94 Suchi means a spiritually advanced Brahmin, and srimata means a Vaishya, or member of the mercantile community. Th
is means that such fallen candidates are given a better chance for culturing self-realization on account of their sincere efforts in past lives. If the fallen candidates are given the chance of taking birth in respectable noble families, we can hardly im
agine the state of those who have completely achieved success in the attempt.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply to make an attempt for realizing God is to guarantee that the next birth will be in a noble family. But those who do not make an
y such attempt at all, and who want to be covered by illusion, too materialistic and attached to material enjoyment, must enter into the darkest region of hell, which is confirmed in all the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such materialistic asuras sometimes make a show of religiousness with the ultimate aim of material prosperity. The Bhagavad Gita, howev
er, rebukes them as men called great on the strength of false perfection, empowered by the votes of the ignorant and by material wealth. Such asuras, devoid of self-realization and the conception of Ishavasya, the Lord, are sure to enter into the darkest
 regions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion is that we are not meant only for solving economic problems on a tottering plafform, but we are also meant for solving t
he problems of the material life into which we have been placed by the conditions of Nature.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Four
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead, although fixed in His Abode, is more swift than the mind, and can overcome all others running. T
he powerful demigods cannot approach Him. Although in one place, He has control over those who supply the air and rain. He surpasses all in excellence.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord, Who is the Absolute Personality of Godhead, is not knowable even to the greatest philosopher through mental speculati
on. He can be known only by His devotees through His mercy. In The Brahma Samhita it is said that the non-devotee philosopher who can travel at the speed of the mind, or at the velocity of the air, and who can travel in space for hundreds of years, will 
find the Absolute still far, far away from Him. As described in the Upanishads, the Absolute Personality of Godhead has His transcendental Abode, known as Krishna Loka, where He remains, engaged in His Pastimes. But by His inconceivable potency He can si
multaneously reach every part of the creative energy. In The Vishnu Purana this potency is compared with the light and heat of the fire. The fire can distribute its light and heat from one place, and similarly the Absolute Personality of Godhead, althoug
h fixed up in His transcendental Abode, can diffuse His different energies everywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such energies are innumerable, but principally they are classified into three: the internal potency, the marginal potency, and the exte
rnal potency. In each and every one of them, there are hundreds and millions of sub-headings. The dominating demigods who are empowered to have control over the administration of natural phenomena such as the air, light, rain, etc. are all classified wit
hin the marginal potency of the Absolute Person. The living beings, including humans, are also products of the marginal potency of the Lord. The material world is the creation of the external potency of the Lord, and the spiritual sky, where the Kingdom 
of God is situated, is the manifestation of His internal potency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The different energies of the Supreme Lord are represented everywhere by His different potencies. Although there is no difference betwe
en Him and His energies, still one should not mistake the energy for the Supreme Truth. The Supreme Lord expands Himself by His different energies, but one should not wrongly conclude that the Supreme Lord, being thus distributed everywhere, has His Pers
onal existence solely in the impersonal Brahman. Men are accustomed to reach conclusions only according to their own capacity to understand. But the Supreme Lord is not subject to our limited capacity to understand Him. It is for this reason that the Upa
nishads warn us that no one can approach the Lord by his own limited potency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita, the Lord says that no one, not even the great rishis and suras, can know Him. So what is there to say of the asur
as, who are not even qualified to understand the ways of the Lord? All these words mentioned in Mantra Four of Sri Ishopanishad suggest very clearly that the Absolute Truth is ultimately the Absolute Person; otherwise there would have been no necessity o
f mentioning so many varied things in support of His personal features.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Individual parts and parcels of the potencies of the Lord, although having all the symptoms of the Lord Himself, have limited spheres o
f activities, and therefore are all limited. The parts and parcels are never equal to the whole. Therefore the parts and parcels cannot appreciate the full potency of the Lord. Foolish and ignorant living beings who are parts and parcels of the Lord, und
er the influence of the material energy, try to make a conjecture on the transcendental position of the Lord. Sri Ishopanishad warns them not to make any mental speculation about the identity of the Lord. Try to know the Transcendence from the superior s
ource of the Vedas, which is already in knowledge of the Transcendence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every part of the Complete Whole is endowed with some particular energy to act, and forgetfulness by that part of his particular activi
ties is called Maya, Illusion. Sri Ishopanishad has therefore, from the very beginning, warned us that we should be careful to play the part designated for us by the Lord. This, however, does not mean that the individual soul has no initiative of his own
. Because he is the part and parcel of the Lord he must have the initiative of the Lord as well. Proper use of one\'92s initiative, active nature, with intelligence to understand that everything is but the potency of the Lord, can lead one to the revival
 of his original consciousness, which was lost on account of association with Maya, the external energy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All power is obtained from the Lord, and therefore each particular power must be utilized to execute the will of the Lord, and not othe
rwise. The Lord can be known by one who has adopted a submissive attitude. Perfect knowledge means to know the Lord in all His features, to know about His potencies and how such potencies are working by His will. These things are exclusively described by
 the Lord in The Bhagavad Gita, which is the essence of all the Upanishads.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Five
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord walks and does not walk. He is far away, but He is very near as well. He is within everything, and again He
 is outside of everything.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is an explanation of the Supreme Lord\'92s transcendental activities by His inconceivable potencies. There are two sets of contrad
ictory words mentioned herein to prove the inconceivable potency of the Lord. He walks, and He does not walk. These two phrases are contradictory. If someone can walk then it is improper to say that he cannot walk. These contradictions show the inconceiv
able power of God. With our limited fund of knowledge we cannot accommodate such things, and therefore the Lord is conceived in terms of our limited powers of understanding. The impersonalist philosophers of the \'93Mayavada\'94 school accept only the im
personalist part of the Lord\'92s activities, and refute His Personal feature. The Bhagawat school, however, accepts the Lord in both ways, i.e., as Personal and impersonal. And the Bhagawats also accept His inconceivable potencies. Without inconceivable
 potency there is no meaning to the words \'93Supreme Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should not take it for granted that, because we cannot see God before our eyes, there is therefore no personal existence of the Lord
. To refute this sort of argument, Sri Ishopanishad warns us that the Lord is far away from us, but He is very near to us also. The Abode of the Lord is beyond the material sky. We have no means to measure even the material sky. If just the material sky 
is so far, far away from us, then what of the spiritual sky, which is beyond the material sky altogether? That the spiritual sky is situated far, far away from the material world is further confirmed in The Bhagavad Gita. But, in spite of the Lord\'92s b
eing so far away, He can at once, within less than a second, descend before us with a speed more powerful than the mind or the air. He can walk so quickly that no one can surpass Him. This fact has already been described in the previous verse.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Personality of Godhead thus comes before us, however, we neglect Him. This negligence on the part of the foolish people is con
demned by the Lord in The Bhagavad Gita. The Lord says that the foolish deride Him, taking Him to be one of the mortal beings. But He is not a mortal being, nor does He come before us with a body produced of material Nature. There are many so-called scho
lars who say that when the Lord descends, He does so in a body of matter, just like an ordinary living being. Such foolish men place the Lord on a level equal to that of the ordinary man, not knowing His inconceivable power.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because He is full of inconceivable potencies, God can accept our service through any sort of medium, and He can convert His different 
potencies according to His own will. The unbelievers argue that the Lord cannot incarnate Himself, or if at all, He descends in a form of material energy. This argument is nullified if we accept His inconceivable potencies as realities. Even if He appear
s before us in the form of some material energy, it is quite possible for Him to convert the material energy into spiritual energy. The source of the energies being one and the same, the energies can be utilized suitably according to the will of that ene
rgetic Source. For example, the Lord appears in the Form of Archa, or Deities supposedly made of earth or stone. These forms, engraved from wood or stone or any other matter, are not idols, however, as is held by the iconoclasts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the present state of our imperfect material existence we cannot see the Supreme Lord on account of our imperfect vision. But still, 
those devotees who want to see Him by means of material vision are favored by the Lord, Who appears in so-called material form to accept the devotees\'92 service. This does not mean that such devotees, who are in the lowest stage of devotional service, a
re worshipping an idol. In fact, they are worshipping the Lord, Who has agreed to appear before them in a particular way which is approachable by them. This Archa Form is not fashioned in terms of the order or whim of the worshipper. It is eternally exis
tent with all Its paraphernalia. This can be actually felt by a sincere devotee, but not by an atheist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita the Lord says that He treats His devotee in proportion to the degree of surrender made by the devotee. He reserves
 the right not to expose Himself to anyone and everyone, except those who surrender unto Him. Therefore, for the surrendered soul, He is always within reach, whereas for the non-surrendered soul, He is far, far away, and cannot be approached.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two words in the revealed Scriptures which are important in this connection: Saguna and Nirgun\'97with qualities and without 
qualities. Saguna does not mean that the Lord becomes subjected to the laws of material Nature when He appears, although He has qualities and appears in the material form. For Him there is no difference between material and spiritual energies, because He
 is the Source of such energies. He is the Controller of the different energies, and as such He cannot at any time be under their influence, as we are. The material energy works according to His direction, and therefore He can use the material energy for
 His purpose, but without ever being influenced by any of the qualities of His energies. Nor for this purpose does He become a formless entity at any time. Ultimately He is the eternal Form, the Primeval Lord. And the impersonal representation, or Brahma
n effulgence, is the glow of His Personal rays, as the Sun\'92s rays are the glow of the Sun god.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the boy saint Prahlad Maharaj was in the presence of his atheist father, his father asked him, \'93Where is your God?\'94 The chil
d Prahlad replied that God resides everywhere. The father then angrily asked whether his God was within the pillar of the palace, and the child said yes. At once the atheist king broke the pillar in front of him into pieces, at which the Lord appeared as
 Nrishingha (the halfman, half-lion Incarnation) from within the pillar, and killed the atheist king. This means that the Lord is within everything, which is created by His different energies. And by His inconceivable power He can appear at any place in 
order to favor His sincere devotee. Lord Nrishingha appeared from within the pillar not at the order of the atheist king, but by the wish of the devotee Prahlad. An atheist cannot order the Lord to appear, but to show mercy to His devotee the Lord can ap
pear anywhere and everywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita confirms this, in the statement that the Lord appears to vanquish the unbelievers and to protect the believers. To va
nquish an unbeliever, of course, the Lord has sufficient energies and agents who can do the work, but to favor the devotee is a pleasing task for Him, and therefore He descends as an incarnation. He does so only to favor His devotees, then, and not for a
ny other purpose.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Brahma Samhita it is said that Govinda, the Primeval Lord, enters everything by His plenary portion. He enters the universe as w
ell as the atom of the universe. He is outside in the Virata Form, and He is within as \'93Antaryami.\'94 As Antaryami He is witness of everything that we are doing, and He gives us the result of our actions as Karma Phal. We ourselves may forget what we
 have done in previous lives, but because the Lord is the witness of our actions, the result of our actions is always there, and we have to undergo the reactions all the same.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In fact there is nothing except God within and without. Everything is manifested of His different energies, like the heat and light of 
fire, which means there is a oneness among the diverse energies. In spite of this oneness, however, the Lord enjoys in His Personal Form all that is enjoyable to the little senses of the little part and parcel living entities.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Six
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A person who sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord, and sees all entities as His parts and parcels, and who sees t
he Supreme Lord within everything, never hates anything, nor any being.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is an explanation of the \'93Maha Bhagwat,\'94 the great personality who sees everything in relation to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead. There are three stages of realizing the presence of the Supreme Lord: The \'93Kanistha Adhikary,\'94 the person who is in the lowest stage of realization of the Lord, goes to one place of worship, such as a temple, church, or mosque, in terms o
f his particular type of religious faith, and worships there in terms of the scriptural injunctions. Such devotees think that the Lord is there at the place of worship and nowhere else. Such devotees cannot recognize who is in what position in the devoti
onal line, or in terms of realization of the Supreme Lord. They follow the routine formulas and sometimes quarrel among themselves, estimating one particular type of worship better than another. These Kanistha Adhikarys, in the lowest stage of devotion, 
are called materialistic devotees, or those just trying to transcend the material boundary to reach the spiritual plane.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next above these Kanistha Adhikarys are the \'93Madhyam Adhikarys,\'94 the devotees who are in the intermediate stage of devotional ser
vice. These Madhyam Adhikarys observe four principles in relation to the Supreme Lord, which are as follows:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. They see, first of all, the Supreme Lord;\line 2. They see next the devotees of the Lord;\line 3. They see also the inno
cent, who have no knowledge about God; and at last,\line 4. They see the atheists who have no faith in the Lord, and who hate those in the devotional line.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Madhyam Adhikary devotee behaves differently toward the different above-mentioned four principles. He adores the Lord, considering 
Him the object of love, and he makes friendship with those who are in the devotional line. He tries to awaken the dormant love of Godhead in the hearts of the innocent people, but he does not approach the atheists who deride at the very Name of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above the Madhyam Adhikary there is the \'93Uttam Adhikary\'94 devotee, who sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord. He does no
t make any particular discrimination between the atheist and the theist, but sees in every one of them the part and parcel of God. He knows that there is no difference between a vastly learned Brahmin and a dog in the street, because both of them are of 
the Lord, though in different embodiments due to the different qualities of material action. The Brahmin particle of the Supreme Lord has not misused the little independence given him by the Lord, but the dog particle has misused his independence, and th
us he has been punished by the law of Nature, being encaged in the ignorant form of a dog. Without considering the respective actions of the Brahmin and the dog, the Uttam Adhikary tries to do good to both. Such a learned devotee of the Lord is not misle
d by the material bodies of the Brahmin and the dog, but he is attracted by the spiritual spark within the respective entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who imitate an Uttam Adhikary in terms of the sense of oneness or fellowship, but who behave in terms of bodily relationships, ar
e false philanthropists. Therefore the concept of universal brotherhood must be learnt from the Uttam Adhikary devotee of the Lord, and not from a foolish person who has no proper vision of the individual soul and of the Supersoul\'97the plenary expansio
n of the Supreme Lord, Which dwells everywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this Mantra of Sri Ishopanishad it is clearly mentioned that one should \'93observe,\'94 or see. This means one must follow the prev
ious Acharya, the perfected Teacher. \'93Anupasyati\'94 is the exact Sanskrit word used in this connection. \'93Anu\'94 means to observe. One should not try to see things as he does with the naked eye. The naked eye cannot see anything properly, due to i
ts material defectiveness. One cannot see properly unless one has heard from a superior source. And the highest source is the Vedic wisdom spoken by the Lord Himself. This truth is coming in disciplic succession from the Lord to Brahma, from Brahma to Na
rada, from Narada to Vyasa, and from Vyasa to many of His disciples. Formerly there was no necessity of recording the message of the Vedas, because people of earlier ages were more intelligent and had sharper memories, and they could follow instructions 
simply by hearing once from the mouth of a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At present there are many commentaries on the revealed Scriptures, but most of them are not in the line of Srila Vyasadeva, Who origina
lly taught the Vedic wisdom. The final, most perfect and sublime work of Srila Vyasadeva is The Srimad Bhagwatam, Which is the correct commentary on the Vedanta Sutra. Similarly, there is The Bhagavad Gita, Which is spoken by the Lord Himself and Which w
as recorded by Vyasadeva. These are the more important of the many revealed Scriptures, and any commentary which does not conform to the principles of The Gita or The Srimad Bhagwatam is unauthorized. There is complete symmetrical agreement between the U
panishads, Vedanta, the Vedas, The Bhagavad Gita and The Srimad Bhagwatam. Therefore, no one should try to reach any conclusion about the Vedas without being instructed by members of the line of Vyasadeva, or at least those who believe in the Personality
 of Godhead and His diverse energies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only one who is already in the liberated status, according to The Bhagavad Gita, can become an Uttam Adhikary devotee, and can see ever
yone or every living being as his own brother. This cannot be seen by politicians who are always after some material gain. Imitation of this liberated status is to serve the outward body (for fame, or some such reward) but is not service to the spirit so
ul. Such imitators have no information of the spiritual world. The Uttam Adhikary sees the spirit soul of an entity, and serves him as spirit, which includes matter automatically.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Seven
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who always sees all living entities as spiritual sparks, in quality one with the Lord, becomes a true knower of things. 
What is there as illusion or anxiety for him?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Except for the two more advanced devotees described above, no one can correctly see the spiritual position of a living being. The livin
g entities are qualitatively one with the Supreme Lord, as the sparks of the fire are qualitatively one with the nature of the fire. But sparks are not fire as far as quantity is concerned. The quantity of heat and light present in the fire is not equal 
to the quantity of heat and light in the sparks. The Maha Bhagwat, the great devotee, sees oneness in the sense that everything is the energy of the Supreme Lord. And as there is no difference between the energy and the energetic, there is the sense of o
neness. Without heat and light there is no meaning of fire, and yet heat and light from the analytical point of view are different from fire. But in synthesis, heat, light, and fire are all the same one thing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Sanskrit words found here, \'93Ekatwam anupasyata,\'94 mean to see the unity of the living entities from the viewpoint of the revea
led Scriptures. Every individual spark of the Supreme Whole has almost eighty per cent of the known qualities of the Whole, but they are not as good as the Supreme Lord. These qualities are present in minute quantity, as the living entity is but a minute
 part and parcel of the Supreme Whole. This is like the drop of water and the ocean: The quantity of salt present in the drop is never comparable to the quantity of salt present in the complete ocean. But the quality of the salt present in the drop is eq
ual in quality, in chemical composition, with that present in the ocean.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the individual living being were equal both in quality and in quantity, then there would be no question of the living entity\'92s be
ing submerged by the influence of material energy. It has already been discussed in previous mantras that no living being, even the powerful demigods, can surpass the Supreme Being in any respect. Therefore \'93ekatwam\'94 does not mean that a living bei
ng is equal in all respects with the Supreme Lord. It means, in a broader sense, that there is one interest, just as in a family the interest of all the members is one. In a nation, although different individual citizens are there, the national interest 
is one. Therefore, the living entities being parts and parcels of the same Supreme family, the interest of the Supreme Being and that of the parts and parcels is not different. Every living being is the son of the Supreme Being. As it is said in The Bhag
avad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.5\'966]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , all living creatures, including birds, reptiles, ants, aquatics, trees, and so on,
 all over the universe\'97all are emanations from the marginal potency of the Supreme Lord. And therefore all of them belong to the same family of the Supreme Being. There is no clash of interest in spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual entities are meant for enjoyment. By nature, by constitution, every living being\'97both the Supreme Lord and each diff
erent part and parcel\'97is meant for enjoyment eternally. The living beings who are encaged in the material tabernacle are also seeking enjoyment always, but they are seeking their enjoyment on a platform which is not meant for them. Aside from this mat
erial world, there is the spiritual platform where the Supreme Being is enjoying with His innumerable associates, without any trace of material qualities. That platform is called \'93Nirguna.\'94 On the Nirguna platform there is no clash of enjoyment. He
re in the material world there is always a clash between different individual beings, because here the center of enjoyment is missed. The center of enjoyment is the Supreme Lord, Who is the center of the sublime and spiritual Rasa Dance. We are all meant
 for joining Him, and for enjoying life with one transcendental interest and without any clash. That is the high platform of spiritual interest, and as soon as such a perfect form of oneness is realized there can be no question of illusion or lamentation
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maya, or illusion, means a Godless civilization, the result of which is lamentation. The Godless civilization sponsored by the modern p
oliticians is always full of anxieties, and that is the law of Nature. No one can surpass this law, as is stated in The Bhagavad Gita. Only those who surrender at the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord can overcome the stringent laws of Nature. If, therefore
, we wish to get rid of all sorts of illusion and anxiety and create unity of all diverse interests, we must bring God into all our activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The results of our activities must be used to serve the interest of the Lord, and not for any other purpose, because only by serving th
e interest of the Lord can we feel the \'93Atmabhuta\'94 interest mentioned here in Sri Ishopanishad. This and the \'93Brahmabhuta\'94 interest mentioned in The Bhagavad Gita are one and the same thing: The Supreme Atman, or Soul, is the Lord Himself, an
d the minute Atman is the living entity. The Supreme Atman or Paramatman alone maintains all the individual minute beings, because the Supreme Lord wants to derive pleasure out of their affection. The father extends himself by his children and maintains 
them in order to derive pleasure. If the children of the father are obedient to his will, family affairs will run smoothly with one interest and a pleasing atmosphere. Exactly the same thing is transcendentally arranged in the Brahman, or Absolute family
 of the \'93Param Brahman,\'94 the Supreme Spirit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Param Brahman is as much a Person as the individual entities are. None of them are impersonal. Such transcendental personalities ar
e full of transcendental bliss, knowledge and life eternal. That is the real position of spiritual existence, and as soon as one is fully cognizant of this transcendental position he at once surrenders unto the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Being, Sri Krishn
a. But such \'93Mahatmas,\'94 Great Souls, are very rarely seen, because such transcendental realization is achieved only after many, many births. Once attained, however, there is no more illusion or distress, no more of the misery of material existence,
 and there are no birth and death as we experience them in the present status of our life. That is the information we get from this mantra of Sri Ishopanishad.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Eight
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such a person must know in fact the Greatest of all, Who is unembodied, omniscient, beyond reproach, without veins, pure and
 uncontaminate, the self-sufficient Philosopher Who is awarding everyone\'92s desires since time immemorial.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is the description of the transcendental and eternal Form of the Absolute Personality of Godhead. The Supreme Lord is not formless
. He has His own transcendental Form Which is not at all similar to those of the mundane world. The living entities in this world have their forms embodied by the material Nature, and they work like any material machines. The physiological and anatomical
 structure of the body of a living being must have a mechanical construction, with veins and so forth in the embodiment. But in the transcendental body of the Lord there is nothing like veins. It is clearly stated here that He is unembodied. That means t
hat there is no difference between His body and soul, nor does He accept a body by the law of Nature as we do. In the material concept of bodily life, the soul is different from the gross embodiment and subtle mind. The Supreme Lord is apart from any suc
h compartmentalized arrangement, however. There is nothing like a difference of body and mind in the Supreme Lord. He is the Complete Whole, and His mind and body and He Himself are all one and the same.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Brahma Samhita there is a similar description of the body of the Supreme Lord. He is described there as the \'93Sat-chit-ananda 
Vigraha.\'94 This means that He is the eternal Form fully representing transcendental Existence, Knowledge and Bliss. The Vedic literature states clearly that He has a completely different kind of transcendental body, and thus He is sometimes described a
s formless. This formlessness means that He has no form like ours, or that He is devoid of a form which we can perceive. In The Brahma Samhita it is further said that the Lord can do anything and everything with any one of the parts of His body. It is sa
id there that with each and every one of the parts of His body, such as the hand, he can do the work of the other senses. This means that the Lord can walk with His hands, He can accept a thing by His legs, He can see by His hands and feet, and He can ea
t by His eyes. In The Sruti Mantras it is said that He has no hands and no legs like us, but that He has a different type of hand and leg, by which He can accept all that we offer Him, and walk faster than anyone anywhere. These things are confirmed in t
his mantra of Sri Ishopanishad by the use of words like omnipotent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord\'92s Sri Vigraha, His worshipable form, Which is installed in the temples by authorized Acharyas who have realized the Lord in
 terms of Mantra Seven, is also nondifferent from the Original Form of the Lord. The Original Form of the Lord is that of Sri Krishna. Sri Krishna expands Himself by an unlimited number of Forms like Valadeva, Rama, Nrishingha, Baraha, etc.\'97and all of
 These are one and the same Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, the Archa Vigraha Which is worshipped in the temples is also an expanded Form of the Lord. By worshipping the Archa Vigraha 
of the Lord, one can at once approach the Lord, Who accepts the service of the devotee by His omnipotent energy without any reproach. The Vigraha of the Lord descends by request of the Acharyas, the holy teachers, and works exactly in the original way by
 His omnipotent energy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Foolish people who have no knowledge of these mantras of Sri Ishopanishad, or of any other Sruti Mantras, consider the Sri Vigraha Who 
is worshipped by the pure devotees to be made of material elements. To the imperfect eyes of the foolish people, or to the Kanistha Adhikarys, this Form is considered material. But such people with little knowledge do not know that, the Lord being omnipo
tent and omniscient, He can transform matter into spirit and spirit into matter as He desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [9.11\'9612]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Lord regrets the fallen condition of men with little knowledge, who regard the body of the Lord as material because He descends like a man into this world. Such poorly informed persons do not know
 the omnipotence of the Lord. To the mental speculators, therefore, the Lord does not manifest Himself in fullness. He can be appreciated only in proportion to one\'92s surrender to Him. And the fallen condition of the living entities is due entirely to 
forgetfulness of our relationship with God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this mantra, as well as in many others in the Vedas, it is clearly mentioned that, from time immemorial, the Lord is supplying. The 
living being first of all desires, and then the Lord supplies the object of desire in proportion to the degree of qualification. If a man wants to be a high court judge he must not only have acquired the necessary qualifications, but he must also depend 
upon the disposition of the authority concerned, who can award the title of high court judge. Simple acquisition of the qualifications of a high court judge is not sufficient in order to occupy the post. This must be awarded by some superior authority. S
imilarly, the Lord awards enjoyment to the living being in proportion to his qualifications\'97in other words, by the law of Karma. Those qualifications, however, are not sufficient without the mercy of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ordinarily the living being does not know what to ask for from the Lord or what post to qualify himself for. When the living being know
s his constitutional position, however, he asks to be accepted into the transcendental association of the Lord, in order to render transcendental loving service unto Him. Instead of asking for this, the living being under the influence of material Nature
 asks for many other things, and his mentality is described in The Bhagavad Gita as divided, or splayed, intelligence. Spiritual intelligence is one, but the opposite number is of many varieties. In The Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.5.30\'9631]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said that persons who are captivated by the temporary beauties of the external energy forges their real aim of li
fe, which is to go back to Godhead. Forgetting this, one tries to adjust things by various plans and programs, which are compared with the process of chewing already chewed refuse. But the Lord is so kind that He allows the forgetful living being to do s
o without interfering in his activities. If a living being wants to go to hell, the Lord allows him to do so without interference, and if he wants to go back to home, back to Godhead, the Lord also helps him to do that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is described here as \'93Paribhu,\'94 the greatest of all. No one is greater than, or equal to Him. Other living beings are describ
ed here as beggars who ask from the Lord, and the Lord supplies their desirables. If other entities were equal to the Lord in potency, or if they were omnipotent or omniscient, there would be no question of begging from the Lord even for so-called libera
tion. The real liberation of the living being is to go back to Godhead. Otherwise, liberation as conceived by the impersonalist remains a myth, and the begging business for sense gratification has to continue eternally, unless the beggar comes to his sen
ses and realizes his constitutional position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is self-sufficient. When Lord Krishna appeared on Earth 5,000 years ago He displayed the full manifestation of Godhe
ad by His various activities. In His childhood He killed many powerful demons, and there was no question of acquiring such power by any extraneous endeavor. He lifted Goverdhan Hill without any practice of weightlifting. He danced with the Gopis without 
any social restriction, and without any reproach. Although the Gopis approached Him with feelings of amorous love, the mixing of the Gopis and Lord Krishna has been worshipped even by Lord Chaitanya, Who was a strict Sannyasi and rigid follower of discip
linary regulations. To confirm this, Sri Ishopanishad says that He is \'93antiseptic\'94 and \'93prophylactic,\'94 pure and uncontaminate. He is antiseptic in the sense that even an impure thing in the estimation of the mundane world can become purified 
just by touching Him. The word prophylactic refers to His association, and is mentioned in The Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [9.30\'9631]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There it is said that a scrupulous devotee may appear in the beginning to be \'93durachara,\'94 not well behaved. Yet he is still to be accepted as pure because he is on the right path. That is the prophylactic nature of the Lord
\'92s association.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is \'93Apapabidham,\'94 that is, nothing like sin can touch Him. Even if He may do something which appears to be sinful, such 
actions are all good, as there is no question of the Lord\'92s being affected by sin. In all circumstances He is \'93Suddam,\'94 most purified, often compared to the Sun. The Sun exacts moisture from many untouchable places of the earth, and itself remai
ns pure. In fact it purifies obnoxious things by its sterilizing effect. If the Sun is so powerful, although only a material object, we can imagine the purity and strength of the All-powerful Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Nine
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are engaged in the culture of nescient activities shall enter into the darkest region of ignorance.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this mantra there is a comparative study of \'93Vidya\'94 and \'93Avidya.\'94 Avidya, or ignorance, is undoubtably dangerous, but Vi
dya\'97knowledge which is misguided\'97is still more dangerous. In modern human civilization this explanation of Sri Ishopanishad is more applicable than at any other time in the past. Modern civilization has advanced considerably in the matter of mass e
ducation, and yet the resuIt is that people are more unhappy than before on account of too much stress on material advancement, without any taste for the most important aspect of life, the spiritual aspect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So far as Vidya is concerned, the first mantra of Sri Ishopanishad has explained very clearly that the Supreme Lord is the Proprietor o
f everything, and forgetfulness of this fact is called ignorance. The more a man forgets this fact of life, the more he is in darkness; and in view of this, a Godless civilization directed toward the so-called advancement of education is more dangerous t
han a civilization in which the mass of people are less advanced.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are different classes of men, called \'93karmis,\'94 \'93jnanins\'94 and \'93yogis.\'94 The karmis are those who are engaged in t
he activities of sense gratification. Almost 99.9 per cent of the people in modern civilization are engaged in the activities of sense gratification under the flags of various activities such as industrialism, economic development, altruism, political co
nsciousness, and so on. But all these activities are more or less based on the satisfaction of the senses, without any reference to the sort of God consciousness described in the first mantra of Sri Ishopanishad.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the language of The Bhagavad Gita, people who are engaged in gross sense gratification are \'93Mudhas\'94\'97in darkness like the as
s, the symbol of stupidity. People who are simply engaged in the pursuit of sense gratification, without any real profit in life, are in the estimation of Sri Ishopanishad worshipping Avidya. And those who play the role of helping this sort of civilizati
on in the name of educational advancement, are doing more harm than those who are on the platform of gross sense gratification. The advancement of learning by the Godless people is as dangerous as a valuable jewel on the hood of a cobra. The cobra decora
ted with such a valuable jewel is quite as dangerous as one which is not so decorated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, the advancement of educational activities by a Godless people is, according to the Hari Bhakti Sudhodaya, a decoration for a dea
d body. In India as in many other countries, some people follow the custom of leading a procession with a decorated dead body for the pleasure of the lamenting relatives. In the same sense, modern civilization is a patchwork of activities meant to cover 
the perpetual miseries of material existence. Such activities are targetted toward sense gratification, but above the senses there is the mind, and above the mind there is the intelligence, and above intelligence there is the soul. Therefore, the aim of 
education should be self realization, realization of the spiritual values of the soul. Any education which does not lead to such a realization of life must be considered \'93Avidya,\'94 or nescience. And to culture such nescience means going down to the 
darkest region of ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such mistaken educators are known in the Vedic language by four names:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Vedabadarata,\line 2. Maya Apahritajnana,\line 3. Auri Bhavam,\line 4. Naradhama.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedabadarata people pose themselves as very learned in the Vedic literature, but unfortunately they are completely diverted from the purpose of the Vedas. In Th
e Bhagavad Gita it is said that the purpose of the Vedas is to know the Personality of Godhead, but these Vedabadarata men are not at all interested in the Personality of Godhead. On the contrary, they are fascinated by such results as the attainment of 
heaven.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As is said in Mantra One of Sri Ishopanishad, we should know that the Personality of Godhead is the Proprietor of everything, and we mu
st be satisfied with our allotted portion of the necessities of life. The purpose of the whole Vedic literature is to awaken this God consciousness in the forgetful living being, and the same principle is presented in various ways in the world\'92s vario
us Scriptures for the understanding of foolish mankind. Thus the ultimate purpose is to bring one back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the Vedabadarata people, instead of realizing the purport of the Vedas, take it for granted that side issues such as the attainment
 of heavenly pleasure for sense gratification\'97the lust for which is the very cause of their material bondage in the first place\'97is the ultimate end of the Vedas. Such people misguide others by misinterpreting the Vedic literature, and sometimes the
y condemn the Puranas, which are authentic Vedic explanations for laymen. The Vedabadaratas make their own explanations of the Vedas, neglecting the authority of the great teachers, called Acharyas; and they tend to raise some unscrupulous person from am
ong themselves as the leading exponent of Vedic knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These men are especially condemned by this mantra of Sri Ishopanishad with the very appropriate Sanskrit word \'93Vidyarata.\'94 \'93Vi
dya\'94 means Veda, because the Veda is the original in all knowledge; and \'93rata\'94 means engaged. Vidyarata means engaged in the study of the Vedas. As such, the so-called Vidyaratas are condemned here because they do not know what the purpose of th
e Vedas is, on account of disobeying the Acharyas. Such Vedabadaratas are accustomed to finding meaning in every word of the Vedas to suit their own purposes, without knowing that the Vedic literature is not a collection of ordinary books which everyone 
can understand, unless trained through the chain of disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One must approach a bona fide spiritual master in order to understand the transcendental message of the Vedas. That is the direction of
 the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Katha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Upanishad }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}
{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MU}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But these Vedabadarata people have their own Acharya, who is not in the chain of transcendental disciplic succession. Thus they will progress into the darkest region of ignorance by misinte
rpreting the Vedic literature, even more so than those who have no knowledge of the Vedas at all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'93Maya apahritajnana\'94 class of men are self-made \'93Gods.\'94 Such men think that they are themselves God, and there is no ne
cessity of worshipping any other God. They will agree to worship an ordinary man if he happens to be rich, but will never worship the actual Personality of Godhead. Such foolish men cannot recognize their own foolishness, regarding the question of how Go
d can ever have been entrapped by illusion. If God were ever entrapped by illusion, then illusion would be more powerful than God. But they also say that God is all-powerful. If God is all-powerful, then how can He be overpowered by illusion? The self-ma
de Gods cannot answer all these questions very clearly, but they are satisfied that they have become God themselves.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Ten
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The wise have explained to us that one result is derived from the culture of knowledge, and it is said that a different resu
lt is obtained from the culture of nescience.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The culture of knowledge can be practically conducted in the following way, as is advised in The Bhagavad Gita (Thirteenth 
Chapter). There it is said that:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. One should become a perfect gentleman himself, and learn to give proper respect to persons other than himself.\line 2. On
e should not pose himself as a religionist simply for name and fame.\line 3. One should not become a source of anxiety to others by the actions of his body, mind or words.\line 4. One should learn forbearance, even if there is provocation from others.
\line 5. One should learn to avoid duplicity in his dealings with others.\line 6. One must have a bona fide spiritual master who can lead him gradually to the stage of spiritual realization, and to such an Acharya or spiritual master he must submit himse
lf with service and relevant questions.\line 7. One must follow the regulative principles enjoined in the revealed Scriptures, in order to approach the platform of self realization.\line 8. One must be fixed up in the tenets of the revealed Scriptures.
\line 9. One should completely refrain from practices which are detrimental to the interest of self realization.\line 10. One should not accept more than what he requires for the maintenance of the body.\line 11. One should not falsely identify himself w
ith the material covering of the gross body, nor consider as his own those who are related with his body.\line 12. One should always remember that, so long as he has a material body, he must face the miseries of repeated birth, death, old age, and diseas
e. There is no use in making plans to get rid of these miseries of the material body. The best thing is to find out the means by which one may regain his spiritual identity.\line 13. One should not be attached to more than the necessities of life require
d for spiritual advancement.\line 14. One should not be more attached to wife, children and home than is ordained in the revealed Scriptures.\line 15. One should not be happy or distressed in regard to the desirables and undesirables created by the mind.
\line 16. One should become an unalloyed devotee of the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, and serve Him with rapt attention.\line 17. One should develop a feeling for residing in a secluded place with a calm and quiet atmosphere favorable for spiritua
l culture, and thus avoid congested places where the non-devotees congregate.\line 18. One should become a scientist or philosopher, and make research into spiritual knowledge\'97not material knowledge\'97recognizing that spiritual knowledge is permanent
, whereas material knowledge ends with the death of the body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These eighteen items form a gradual process for developing real knowledge. Except for these eighteen items, all other items whatever ar
e grouped within the category of nescience. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, a great Acharya, said that all the forms of material knowledge are merely external features of the illusory energy, and by culturing them one becomes no better than an ass. Here in Sr
i Ishopanishad the same principle is repeated. Material advancement of knowledge means actually converting a human being to the status of an ass. Some materialistic politicians, under cover of spiritual garments, do decry the present system of civilizati
on as satanic, but unfortunately they do not care for the culture of real knowledge which is described in The Bhagavad Gita, and therefore they cannot change the satanic situation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the modern setup of things, even a boy thinks himself self-sufficient, and pays no respect to elderly men. Thus, due to the wrong ty
pe of education imparted by our universities, boys all over the world have become the cause of headache to the elderly people. Therefore Sri Ishopanishad warns very strongly that the culture of nescience is different from that of knowledge. The universit
ies are, so to speak, centers of nescience only, and therefore the scientists are busy discovering lethal weapons to wipe out the existence of other countries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub University students today are not given instructions on the regulative principles of Brahmacharya, the spiritual process of life, nor d
o they have any faith in the respective scriptural injunctions. Religious principles are taught for the sake of name and fame only, and not for the matter of practical action. Therefore there is animosity not only in the social and political fields, but 
in the field of religion as well.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nationalism in different parts of the world has also developed on account of this nescient education of the people. They have no inform
ation that this tiny earth is just a lump of matter floating in immeasurable material space along with many other lumps. In comparison to the vastness of space, these material lumps are like dust particles in the air. Because God has kindly made these lu
mps of matter complete in themselves, they are perfectly equipped with all necessary arrangements for floating on in space. Our sputnik drivers are very proud of their achievements, but they do not look to the Supreme Driver of these greater, more gigant
ic sputniks called planets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are innumerable suns occupying space, with innumerable arrangements of planetary systems. We small creatures, as the infinitesima
l parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, are trying to dominate these unlimited planets by repeated birth and death, but are generally frustrated by old age and disease. This span of human life is scheduled for about 100 years, although it is gradually d
ecreasing to the limit of 20 or 30 years of life. Thanks to the culture of nescient education, befooled men have creased their own nationalisms within these olanets in order to grasp at sense enjoyment for these few 20 or 30 years. Such foolish people ar
e drawing up various plans to make some demarked portion of earth as perfect as possible, which is ultimately ridiculous. And for this purpose each and every nation has become a source of anxiety for the others. More than 50% of their energy is spoiled i
n defense measures, with no caring for the real culture of knowledge, and they are falsely proud of becoming advanced in both material and spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Ishopanishad warns of this faulty mode of education, and The Bhagavad Gita gives instructions as to the development of real knowled
ge. In this mantra there is a hint that the instruction of Vidya, knowledge, must be gained from the \'93dheera.\'94 Dheera means undisturbed, not disturbed by material illusion. No one can be undisturbed unless and until he has perfect spiritual realiza
tion. When one is perfectly spiritually realized he has no more hankering for anything acquired, nor does he lament for anything lost. Such a dheera has realized that the material body end mind which he has acquired by chance material association are for
eign elements, and therefore he simply makes the best use of a bad bargain.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material body and mind are bad bargains for the spiritual living entity. The living entity has different functions in the living 
world, but this material world is dead. So long as the living spiritual sparks manipulate the dead lumps of matter, the dead world appears to be a living world. But actually it is the living souls, the parts and parcels of the Supreme Living Being, which
 move the world. The dheeras are those who have come to know all these facts by hearing of them from superior authorities, and who have realized them by following the regulative principles.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To follow the regulative principles, one must go under the shelter of a bona fide spiritual master. The transcendental message comes do
wn from the spiritual master to the disciple with the regulative principles, and not in the hazardous way of nescient education. One can become a dheera only by such submissive hearing. In The Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna became a dheera by submissively hearing
 from the Personality of Godhead. The perfect disciple must be like Arjuna, and the spiritual master must be as good as the Lord Himself. These are the processes of learning Vidya, knowledge, from the dheera, the undisturbed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Adheera,\'94 one who has not undergone the training of a dheera, cannot be an instructive leader. Modern politicians who pose thems
elves as dheeras are themselves adheeras. One cannot expect perfect knowledge from them. They are busy with their own remuneration in dollars and pounds. How can they lead the mass of people to the right path of self realization? One must hear submissive
ly from the dheera in order to get actual education in life.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub End of Part One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The concluding 8 mantras of Sri Ishopanishad will appear in the next issue of BTG.
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sp. Sage\line \'bc tsp. Thyme\line 1 tsp. turmeric
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub COVERING:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5 cups white flour\line 6 tbsp. Butter\line 1-\'bd cups water
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Make massala by mixing dry ingredients together in a cup. Then, in a 4-quart saucepan heat oil till smoking. Add cumin seeds and crushe
d red peppers. Cook till black. Break cauliflower into small pieces, add and stir. Add massala and mix well. Add peas and mix well. Add salt. Add water and cover. Cook for about 3 hours, stirring occasionally. When done, mash vegetables into a pulp with 
fork. Set aside to cool.
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-inch diameter balls. Roll balls out into circles 4 or 5 inches in diameter, and about 1/8 inch thick. Cut circles in half and fold into cones as shown in figures 1 through 3. Seal this fold with a little water on finger. Stuff the cone to the top. Then 
seal cone by folding down the loose flap, stretching dough as it is folded (figure 4). Finished samossa should look like a fat little triangle. Make all samossas in this way. Let them set about half an hour before deep frying.
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r about 15-20 minutes or till golden brown. Stir frequently while frying. Makes about 60.
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n Love
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf0\nosupersub majestic men's store
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub st. marks pl. & 2nd ave. GR 5-1620
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SLACKS-JEANS BODY SHIRTS SWEATERS LOVE
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ________________________________
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kirtan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Attend Bhakti Yoga and mantra meditation classes, lectures on The Bhagavad Gita and related Vedic literature, chanting the 
Hare Krishna Mantra\'97every Mon., Wed. & Fri. (or write for details) at any of the following Krishna Consciousness Temples:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston\'9795 Glenville Avenue, Allston\line Buffalo\'9715 LaSalle Avenue\line Hamburg\'972 Hamburg 19, Eppendorfer WEG 11
, West Germany\line Honolulu\'97No. 4 Leilani Bldg, 1649 Kapiolani Blvd.\line Los Angeles\'971975 South Lacienega\line London\'9722 Betterton Street, W2\line Montreal\'973720 Park Avenue\line New York City\'9761 Second Avenue\line New Vrindaban, W. Va.
\'97RD3 Moundsville\line North Carolina\'97107 Laurel Avenue, Carrboro\line San Francisco\'97518 Frederick street\line Santa Fe\'97411 B West Water Street\line Seattle\'975516 Roosevelt Way, N. E.\line Vancouver\'97271 East Georgia Street
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ____________________________________________
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf0\cb1\nosupersub limbo}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IS HERE NOW
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4 SAINT MARK'S PLACE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 59TH ST. AND 3RD AVE 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 24 SAINT MARK'S PLACE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOR THE OLD OR NEW, WAY IN OR FAR OUT IN CLOTHING, GO DIRECTLY TO LIMBO.UPTOWN 688 9443 VILLAGE 6749658
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub _________________________________________
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf0\nosupersub paradox restaurant
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub open everyday from 1-11
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub brown rice, vegetables & apple cider
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 64 East 7th Street\line (between 1st & 2nd avenues)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Credits
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Press, media organ of The International Society For Krishna Consciousness, 61 Second Avenue, New York, New York. Executive and editor
ial offices: West Coast\'971975 South LaCienega, Los Angeles, Calif.; East Coast\'97504 East Sixth Street, New York, New York 10009. All material copyright\'a9 1969, ISKCON Press.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER: A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MANAGING EDITOR: Rayarama
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BUSINESS MANAGER: Subaldas
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ART DEPARTMENT
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DIRECTOR: Damodar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRODUCTION: Madhusudan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aravinda
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub COMPOSITION: Jayadvaita
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ADVERTISING
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EAST COAST: Nayana Bhiram
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WEST COAST: Purushottam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The recommended process for God realization in this Age is chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare
 Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cover: Lord Chaitanya and associates dancing in ecstasy at Kirton. Oil painting by Jadurany Devi Dasi.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Editorial
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Editorial
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'93youth market\'94 is a businessman\'92s term which refers to the fact that, if you can find something which will get a lot of ki
ds excised, you can exploit them (and their parents) right into the poorhouse with it. In the process, you will become rich as Croesus, or even Walt Disney. Among the very biggest youth market items, of course, is music. Not just any music, but, today, 
\'93message\'94 music\'97the kind that purports to offer a fresh insight into reality, the kind that is supposed to be relevant to the listener\'92s life and environment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is certain that, the problems of physical security having been largely overcome by their forbears, the newer generations have turned
 their attention toward other and more introspective matters. How to pay the bills is less of a concern to the young of today than how to be \'85 something, anything, someone, anyone. This is natural. Man is endowed with the intelligence to inquire after
 Truth Absolute, and as soon as the gross material needs of the body can be taken care of, such inquiry must arise. It must arise, that is, if the human being is to pursue the fulfillment of his own destiny.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is sad is that the ever-flexible business world has not only rolled with the punch (an inquiry into values must inevitably view ex
ploitative commercialization as a form of insanity), but has actually managed to congeal the amorphous spiritual interests of youth into a \'93market.\'93 One method by which this is done is through the elevation of a young songwriter/musician/singer (in
 the manner of Bob Dylan) to the position of demi-prophet for the young masses. Such artists become the idols of youth, worshiped as much for their intellectual abilities as for their good looks or musical excellence. They say a great deal about life and
 society, and it is all said with the utmost earnestness even when the artist protests too much that he has no message. And it sells records by the billions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The artists themselves are not exactly frauds, however. They often believe, it seems, in their own messages\'97which is another tragic 
aspect of the situation. For we have now hundreds of young creative people who have become \'93leaders\'94 of society in a very real sense, and who themselves believe in their own rights and abilities to lead. Yet when expressing themselves, it will be s
een that few if any of our musical idols have got anything of importance to say. Clothed in new and generally obscure idiom, much that they write merely rehashes the eternal platitudes: love, peace, and in the end a stoical acceptance of death as the ine
vitable annihilation of self.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How to love, how to obtain peace, any practical program for the spiritual and moral regeneration of a Hollow Man civilization\'97these 
things are as lacking from the flashy songs of the new generation singers as they are from the mad acts of sheer destruction fostered by SDS and the black militants on campus. This is because, as we hope the whole world will soon discover, the positive s
ide of life is entirely spiritual, and cannot be found, cannot be approached except through the actions of spiritual existence: devotional service to Krishna, the Supreme Spiritual Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is our further hope that those who are serious about the problems (and answers) to life will inquire further into the science of God
 realization called Krishna Consciousness before taking it upon themselves to preach platitudes which (whatever their sales potential) have no relevance to the actual plight of humanity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Parts & Parcels
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Parts & Parcels
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Two letters to the London Hare Krishna temple
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct. 15, 1968
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Swamiji,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please accept my humble obeisances. I am writing to you because within one week I have been influenced by Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It started when I went to a rock \'91n roll dance in London. I knew that the advertised \'93Radha Krishna Temple\'94 was 6 devotees from the Temple in San Francisco
, as I had read previously about it in the \'93New Yorker\'94 magazine. Because of certain feelings, I did not join in\'97at first. However, I saw the devotees chanting, and those magic words, HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA
 HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE!! So I finally gave in, and joined them, repeating over and over again. It certainly felt good afterwards.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Two days later, I went to Kirtan, at the devotees\'92 private house. This time it hit me! I was lost in bliss, divine bliss! Soon, I learned all the devotees\'92 na
mes, Mukunda, Janaki, Shyamsundar, Malati, Gurudas and Yamuna. They invited me back again and after only 4 days since I first experienced chanting, they invited me to perform with them. I was overwhelmed!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, Krishna Consciousness really had a hold on me, and I can\'92t believe it\'92s all happened so Fast! Tomorrow I am going to move in with them, as Mukunda told m
e, for someone just entering into Krishna Consciousness, association with devotees is very important. I have shaved my head, so I am complete with a sika, and I hope you can understand how happy I am feeling at this moment. Although I know very little ab
out Krishna or His life, I am so eager to learn. Already names like Lord Chaitanya, or Bhagavad Gita are starting to mean something to me. I am determined to devote my whole being to Krishna, and although we have not met, I long for the day we do\'97beca
use if it were not for your Divine Grace, I would not be writing this letter and I would not be so happy at this moment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I chant every day, naturally, and I am concentrating hard on chanting 16 times round the beads in 2 hours. I have also given up stimulants (which played a considera
ble part in my previous life), swearing, pre-marital sex, in any way. I gave up meat eating, over 6 months ago, because, after I had thought very hard about it, I decided that eating meat was really eating a warmed up corpse! And I like to see animals fr
ee and alive and I don\'92t want them to die for me, it is as simple as that.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I can honestly say that Krishna Consciousness is the light in my darkness\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I remain, influenced,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mr. Andy Anderson
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb626\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stratford, England
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My beloved God-brothers, Mukunda dasa, Shyamasundar dasa, and Gurudasa, and the Brahmachari (who was with us in the pick-up while going from Herne Hill to Drury Lan
e), and God-sisters.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am grateful to you for giving me an opportunity to meet you on last Tuesday afternoon. I am impressed by your enthusiasm to spread Krishna\'92s knowledge in this 
world, for which it will be indebted to you and in future you will be remembered as great pioneer-saints.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Success is yours; because Krishna dwells in your hearts and therefore His Shakti (power) is behind you. I
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub look forward to the day when we shall have our own Krishna Temple in this city where we can chant His Holy Names, perform Puja (worship) and exchange our spiritual 
experiences.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please do not think of me as a stranger. Ours is the only true relation\'97that of Krishna Consciousness. All others (worldly) are Mithya (imaginary). I should cons
ider it a favour if you could kindly keep me informed of your activities. But when Swamiji\'92s arrival date is fixed, please do let me know.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You are the real charmers; with Krishna\'92s Names on your tongues you are performing the Wonder of Wonders\'97turning beastly humans into Godly}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saints, for which you deserve Krishna\'92s special grace. As you are Jnanis (those who know), it is not for me to r
emind you that no service goes unrewarded by Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, my beloved God-brothers and God-sisters, Godspeed to you,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lakshmidasa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Pleasure Principle
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Pleasure Principle
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Uddhava
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All conscious activity, whether in the course of duty or in defiance of duty\'97depending upon the individual temperament\'97is regulated by what Freud called the 
\'93pleasure principle.\'94 Few will argue the fact that whatever action a living entity does, he does to produce a certain amount of pleasure in his life. With this in mind, we would like to consider what the highest form of pleasure\'97the ultimate sta
te of conscious existence\'97may be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the teachings of Lord Krishna in The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, we learn that the relationship we have with Nature is maintained thro
ugh the five senses of seeing, tasting, touching, smelling and hearing. This relationship is kept under control by the mind and intelligence, and it is kept in perpetual motion by desires for pleasure. This means that if one has a desire, say for a parti
cular type of food, by his intelligence he can decide how to obtain that food, and through the mind one then sets his senses in motion to get the wanted morsel: the ears to hear of where it maybe, the nose to smell it, the eyes to see it, and the fingers
 to bring it to the mouth where the tongue can taste it. Doing this, one is satisfied for some time and finds himself in a state known as pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If, however, there is some desire which the senses are not able to obtain, or for some reason one\'92s surroundings cannot supply what 
one longs for, then one finds oneself in a state known as displeasure or misery. So, pleasure can be described as that condition where sense desire is fulfilled, and misery as one where it is not. It logically follows, then, that the highest state of ple
asure is where the senses can be fully satisfied all the time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For this state of pleasure to be obtained, two things are necessary\'97a body or set of senses able to obtain the desire, and surroundi
ngs that can constantly supply what is desired. Man has always been working towards these two goals: to have a perfect body set in perfect surroundings. What keeps him working so hard in this direction, of course, is the fact that his present body and su
rroundings are incapable of producing for him a constant state of pleasure. We should now wonder why our bodies and environment cannot bring us this state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great minds of science teach us that everything in the universe is composed of units of energy which they call atoms. This is tru
e of both our bodies and our surroundings. Biologists tell us that the cells in our bodies are always dying and that new cells are always being born to replace the ones that fail. In this way, all the cells in the body are replaced every seven years. Thi
s can be noticed as a baby turns into a young boy, who turns again into a young man. At the end of life this same person has the body of an old man, and soon after that, after death, there is no body left at all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The environment of the living entities is made up of matter which is also changing. Man\'92s surroundings are his house, his clothes, h
is food, his associates, his job, his philosophy, his country and so on. A man may get some enjoyment from these objects, but what if his house burns down, he loses his job, he has no food, or some other equally depressing calamity occurs? Then he finds 
himself in a state of misery unless or until he can adjust to the circumstances.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Adjustment is the main business of the human being. To be in a state of pleasure he must constantly adjust to his own changing tastes a
s much as to his changing environment. Always his mind and body are changing and always his environment is changing. What chance, then, is there for him to ever find permanent pleasure in this world?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What naturally follows is for man to find an escape from this frustrating existence in one way or another. Contemporary society has oft
en been described as a drug-addicted society. Millions of people wake up in the morning and reach instantly for a cigarette, go to the bathroom and take bromides to combat the effects of last night\'92s alcohol. Their breakfast consists of coffee and mor
e cigarettes. At work on their coffee breaks\'97more cigarette smoke enters their lungs. Lunch consists of plastic-wrapped sandwiches treated with at least one chemical preservative. At night one may relax with a nice drink of alcohol and more cigarettes
 or, as it is becoming more fashionable to do, a polite puff or two of marijuana. Occasionally the body reacts unfavorably to all these drugs, so we go to a doctor who prescribes more drugs to make us still more nervous.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aside from these oral methods of forgetting the perpetual frustrations of the world, there are also mental pathways of escape such as t
he movies, literature, music and television.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This desire to escape from the frustrations of material existence is not a new or exclusive activity of modern civilized society. It is
 age old, as old as the material universe itself, for that is the basis of this frustration\'97the incompatibility of the living soul in a world of dead matter, the machine of Nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, today\'92s escapism is a perverted reflection of the first step back towards spiritual life. Disentanglement from mundane dua
lity is called, in the teachings of Lord Krishna, \'93Nirvana.\'93 A simple definition of Nirvana is a state free from suffering. This state is very inviting to the living entity because it offers, above all, peace. But we learn in The Bhagavad Gita that
 if one does not try to go further\'97beyond Nirvana\'97he misses the whole point of spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a living entity escapes from the sufferings of this world it is called Nirvana. When he works to go beyond Nirvana he is on the pa
th to self realization; or in other words, understanding what his real, positive identity is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As mentioned above, our connection with material Nature is through the five senses, the mind and intelligence. If we analyze, though,
 asking, What am I? we will come to some surprising revelations about the senses. Am I this hand ? No, because if this hand is cut off I remain. Am I this body? No, because this body is always changing, while I remain. As we go on in this way, we can dis
cover that the mind is always changing in the form of changing tastes and impressions, and that intelligence changes because we learn to do things differently; but at every step, I\'97my real self\'97remain unaltered.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eventually, by this process of reasoning, one can come to the conclusion that he is pure consciousness that does not change. We can tel
l that this consciousness does not change because always, at every step, we are wishing we had three abilities: to live forever, to know everything, and to always be happy. Our desire for these three things never really changes, and we exist as something
 conscious of the desire for these three items.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material body cannot supply these three items; the mind cannot \'93think\'94 one into eternal life, intelligence cannot construct a
ny plan whereby one can live forever. The only reasonable conclusion is that I am consciousness, and that I am not sure of the exact nature of this consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whenever there is a discussion about eternity, full knowledge and complete happiness, God automatically enters into the conversation. G
od is generally described as eternal, all-knowing and completely content\'97One without a second. Because the living entity has a desire for these three properties, we can understand that there must be some relationship between himself and God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Fifteenth Chapter of The Bhagavad Gita, the Lord speaks of the living being as a fractional part of His Own Self. If we can acce
pt this teaching, then we can see that, since the living entity is part of God, the position of eternity, knowledge and happiness is constitutionally his. Still, the material body does not live forever, cannot know everything and is not always happy. The
refore, this material body cannot be accepted as the constitutional situation of the living entity, and this material world is not his real home. His real home is the perfect place and his real body is the perfect body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The further teaching of Lord Krishna in The Gita, and of all the world\'92s great scriptural writings, is that we can be in that perfec
t place with that perfect body simply by becoming fully aware of our relationship with God. This awareness of God is called Krishna Consciousness or God consciousness. Within this process of developing total awareness, one must have active service, and t
hat activity is the ultimate message and conclusion of all spiritual considerations, including this essay.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The highest pleasure of the living entity is to love God. All scriptures confirm this truth directly; In every holy book of the world t
here are passages where God instructs that the highest joy of life is to love Him, and this indicates that the Lord\'92s presentation of scripture to mankind is for the purpose of offering him lasting ultimate pleasure\'97not out of need, because Krishna
 is the supreme independent Source of all being, but out of a desire to benefit the living entities whom He loves.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Nine Points Toward a Spiritual World Civilization
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub NINE POINTS TOWARD A SPIRITUAL W
ORLD CIVILIZATION
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Rayarama
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 1. }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The spiritual welfare of the people must be seen as the highest aim of human civilization
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That people gather together for mutual benefit is an old schoolbook axiom. Whether it is true, as Rousseau and others have declared, th
at this is the original basis of human society, it is surely one good reason people stay together. And the concept of the \'93social contract\'94 is to a large extent the underlying principle of modern civilization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, just what it is that does benefit the people may be questioned. Contemporary man has directed his institutions as well as much
 of his individual life\'92s energy toward the development of material comforts and luxuries, in what he calls \'93the conquest of Nature.\'94 To be sure, the laws of Nature\'97survival of the fittest, the very struggle for existence itself\'97are cruel,
 and it is truly in the character of man to attempt to reverse or escape them. In a sense, civilization is the leaguing together of men in order to transcend the bonds of Nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But a perpetual warfare to subdue the material world, being warfare after all, must keep us in the very bondage we want to avert. The m
aterialist who assumes on the one hand that matter is all-in-all, and on the other that he can rise above the laws of material Nature by conquest, is laboring under an obvious misconception. If nothing lay outside the boundaries of Nature with her harsh 
strictures, then all attempts to surpass Nature would be patently impossible. And so, the very fact that we wish to conquer matter indicates an unspoken faith in our existence above and beyond it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fact is that man does strive to escape the laws of Nature\'97to seek a life of eternity and ecstasy which instinct perceives as pos
sible even when reason has rejected its plausibility.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Further, we should face the reality that the gigantic machine complex we now call civilization\'97being no more than a grotesque, lifel
ess mockery of the organic world\'97has not made us content. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami has likened the accomplishments of technological man to zeroes, which take up space on a page but do not have value. Even a million zeroes all added to
gether amount to nothing. It is only when a number\'971, for example\'97is added to the left that the zeroes become substantial. With a numeral 1 before them, of course, a million zeroes add up to quite a lot.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, in terms of the Swami\'92s equation, civilization today is not so much a failure as it is unfulfilled. It lacks that 1, and that 1 
is found through the understanding that \'93man does not live by bread alone,\'94 that there are spiritual values which lie outside the scope of Nature, and which are the true values for humanity to live by. That 1 is Krishna, God, the Supreme Spirit .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Given this center of gravity, human civilization is capable of rising to incalculable heights. It is capable of offering real fulfillme
nt to its members, on the platform of spiritual\'97that is to say, eternal and blissful\'97consciousness, in the love of God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 2.}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Society should be organized to promote spiritual fulfillment in the populace.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A civilization which claims to exalt individualism but which tries to blanket everyone with the same laws, customs, responsibilities an
d rights is clearly self-contradictory. The Vedic writings offer us a science of societal organization which is capable of meeting men\'92s seemingly contradictory needs for both communal security and individual character development. That this great sci
ence once degenerated into the caste-by-birth system and thus served to weaken and corrupt Hindu civilization should not be taken as a final judgment against it. It did, after all, offer a sufficiently strong structure to uphold the most long-lived civil
ization of which we have any knowledge, one not yet perished from the world stage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This system, correctly called \'93Varnashram Dharma,\'94 gave two sets of outlines for social organization, one vertical and the other 
horizontal. The four divisions by occupation, or \'93caste,\'94 offered, originally, not restrictions but opportunities for young students to take up certain types of work at an early age\'97according to exhibited inclination. This sort of individualized
 preparation for a life-long career is capable of standing amongst the most progressive concepts in education today.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to training in the Vedic system, one might take up the career of an administrator or soldier (Kshatriya), that of an intellec
tual or priest (Brahmin), that of a businessman or farmer (Vaishya), or that of a laborer or servant (Sudra). These are not divisions of society which have disappeared. They exist today as much as in the past. And it might be seen that a more stable and 
happy populace could be created by the introduction of specialization at an earlier level than we find in our contemporary school system. The present method of imparting a little dose of everything\'97and a great dose of nothing\'97into each student rega
rdless of his personality has been so widely criticized by the eminent educators of this century that it is unnecessary to take up the matter at any greater length here.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The horizontal divisions of society advised in the Vedic writings are likewise four: student life, household life, retired life and the
 renounced order. The vertical caste system was meant to promote material well-being and security, and it was from this stable platform that man could rise to achieve his true purpose, in the quest for God realization, the ultimate fulfillment. This was 
done by progressing through the four stages of life:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. The word for student life in the Vedic context is \'93Brahmacharya\'94, and it is significant that the same word means celibacy. For
 student life in terms of spiritual fulfillment is a time not only of occupational training, but a formative period when it is possible to instill a sense of detachment in the young. This, of course, is in direct contradistinction to our present curricul
um, which seeks to stimulate ambition, aggressiveness and competition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. Passing from student life, a man who follows the Vedic principles may either enter directly into the renounced order\'97the complete
 submission to God in devotional service\'97or he may marry and take up his career. As a householder, he is expected to support the entirety of the community, for students, the retired and the renounced order are not involved with practical affairs. Such
 responsibility perhaps helps dim the glamor of householder life, which might otherwise prove too great an entanglement in material existence. It also permits the other members of society to take up the business of spiritual advancement in complete serio
usness, for, of course, the benefit of all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3 & 4. The retired man is a householder who, at late middle age, tries to loosen his attachments by making pilgrimages with his wife, a
nd by leaving all business affairs in the hands of his children. This is a preparation for the final stage\'97the renounced order of life\'97when utter detachment from family and home is undertaken. The mendicant in this last stage lives solely at the me
rcy of God, his mind, activities and words fixed on transcendence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, in the Fourth Chapter, Lord Krishna states that these divisions of society were created by Him from the 
beginning. They are not unnatural or oppressive conditions. They cannot, all the same, be imposed upon mankind by statute or constitution. They will develop naturally as the transcendental consciousness of humanity advances, in accordance with the first 
of our points. They are mentioned here mainly because they do offer a practical pattern for social organization at a time when the world sorely needs an alternative to such tasteless proposals as capitalism, Communism, socialism and other materialistic c
ages on the one hand, and the sort of narrow religious intolerance and brittleness represented by feudal Europe (and caste-Hindu India) on the other. The principles of Varnashram will be found, in the end, to present far the most adaptable, practical and
 spiritually wise concept of human civilization ever to have existed.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 3. }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The true aim of education must be seen as the direct realization of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Contemporary education in the West sees learning more or less as a weapon in the national, racial and personal competition which forms 
the basic world view of materialistic man. But in the Vedic concept, where spiritual welfare is the true standard of success, education has a somewhat different purpose. The brahmin, or intellectual, is one who knows of \'93Brahman\'94\'97the Absolute. H
e may or may not be versed in worldly affairs\'97as in our own society, the scholar is here the guardian of practical as well as theoretical wisdom\'97but he must be in knowledge of God, following the principles of regulated life found in the Vedas. And 
his foremost duty is to impart this knowledge of God to his fellow man\'97with or without remuneration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Direct realization\'94 is a way of saying that mankind need not dream or speculate or theorize about God. God is not an abstraction
. He is a reality, and \'93realization\'94 means to experience the absolute reality of God directly for oneself. One who can teach this process of personal confrontation with Krishna, the Godhead, is a true intellectual and a true teacher\'97and a true b
enefactor of the human race.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed largely with this purpose in mind. A.C . Bhaktivedanta Swami, who founde
d the organization, has written: \'93As for the administrative class of men, the mercantile class and the laborer class, there are many institutions for training. But to train a first class intellectual in spiritual life there is no institution the world
 over. So this Krishna Consciousness movement is trying to help human society on this point. We have therefore taken a large tract of land in West Virginia, which we\'92ve named New Vrindaban. We want to train students to become first class intellectuals
, and to instruct the whole of human society about the aim of life, which is Krishna Consciousness\'97God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 4. }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Centers for the study and practice of love of Krishna should be opened throughout the world
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are six recognized stages for rapid advancement in God realization. These are: 1) faith\'97the determination to follow the princi
ples of spiritual life in the first place; 2) association\'97the practice of congregating with people of like determination; 3) following the rules and regulations\'97specifically, to chant the Names of God (the Hare Krishna Mantra) and to avoid meat-eat
ing, intoxication, gambling and unmarried or illicit sex; 4) doubts disappear\'97which is a result of following regulative precepts; 5) attachment to the Lord develops\'97from which point one is securely fixed in the Absolute Truth; and 6) love of Krishn
a\'97the final, sublime perfection\'97appears within the heart. Of these six, the second is mentioned here as a specific point toward the advancement of world civilization. The association with other devotees of God, and especially with saintly persons w
ho can teach the message of love of Krishna, is extremely important for one who is serious about spiritual advancement. Without the sort of association that such centers of Krishna Consciousness will provide, it is very difficult to maintain the high sta
ndards required for spiritual perfection in a world given over largely to material sense gratification, garbed occasionally, it is true, in the hypocrite\'92s cloak of ritualistic or traditional religion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The foregoing four points, if accepted by even a small percentage of the world\'92s population, will inevitably lead to a general det
achment from the material concept of life. As a result of this detachment, our other points will develop rather naturally:
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 5. }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 All natural resources must be viewed not as objects for man\'92s exploitation, but as the exclusive property of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This point, along with 6, 7 and 8 are developed at considerable length in \'93Sri Ishopanishad,\'94 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\'92s trans
lation with commentary, elsewhere in this issue. It may be worthwhile only to mention here that, based as these points are on the universal conception of God at the center of existence, they offer the transcendental viewpoint required to carry through th
e sweeping programs of reform in the areas of conservation, ecology, poverty, famine, justice and disarmament\'97as well as political unification\'97which are essential for the continuance of human life on this planet.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 6. }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The entire world economy must be taken as a single unit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is an extension of the ideals of the Common Market, the Socialist Commonwealth and even of the American Federal system. It is a so
lution to innumerable problems within the world, a solution so imperative, so logical and\'97thanks to modern technology\'97so practicable that one wonders why it doesn\'92t make political news. The reason is probably that the spiritual basis for such a 
concept has long been lacking from our world. And, when it was present in such forms as Islam and Christianity, the God-centered concept became not a goal, but a tool in the hands of the greedy. The proper way to world unification, however, can be found 
in the science of Krishna Consciousness, and must be based on the five points preceding this one. In this way, the process will be effective.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 7.}{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0  False standards of wealth must be abandoned in the world economy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present writer shudders at the thought of even mentioning the complex system of trade and coinage now plaguing the world. But the f
act of its artificiality\'97and of its continual decline into crisis\'97ought to bring a good many thinkers to question this system, and to seek a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub better one, one offered as an outgrowth of the God-centered concept taught in Sri Ishopanishad. By the standards of this concept, men will seek to simplify rather than complicate the physical and material aspe
cts of life, in order to create free time which can be devoted to the practice of God consciousness. The serenity of a civilization so oriented is worth considering.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oddly enough, the burgeoning of electric technology has not ruled out this concept of society, but has actually made it possible on a
 scale never before practical. The security and comfort once available only in the city can today be extended to all the corners of what Marshall McLuhan has termed the \'93global village.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even within our great megalopolises, the \'93neighborhood\'94 still testifies to the tendency in man toward small, simplified units of 
society. Only the formal conceptualization\'97and the political acceptance\'97of the neighborhood or village as a real administrative unit is lacking today. Yet this is surely the solution to the dilemma of \'93urban sprawl,\'93 and more and more groups 
both professional and lay are recognizing the fact.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 8. }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The personal rights of all life forms must be seen as sacred, to the same extent that man\'92s rights are sacred.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Volumes have been, can be and will be yet written on this subject. But the Vedic directions (again outlined more fully in Sri Ishopanis
had) are simple: all living beings are the children of God, and Krishna, God, doesn\'92t favor one above another. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami has written: \'93The foolish idea that plants or animals or other living entities have no life is 
the basic cause of human sin.\'93 He has further said: \'93Animals are the less intelligent children of God, and because they cannot make protest, you kill them. But no father permits the intelligent sons to kill the useless sons. The father loves all th
e children, and if the intelligent ones use their intelligence cruelly against the others, there will be punishment.\'93
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 9. }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The simple, effective structure of village life should be encouraged through decentralization of congested urban areas and the implementation of agricultural li
fe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The overall principle governing human life and civilization, from the spiritual viewpoint. is simplicity. Material needs can be summed 
up in four categories: eating, sleeping, mating and defending. To satisfy these needs in the most basic fashion, thus liberating time and energy for the quest of spiritual realization, is the goal of Vedic organizational schemes. This is a goal obviously
 determined by the understanding that it is realization of God\'97complete absorption in the eternal, transcendental pastimes of love of Krishna\'97which is the ultimate and actual fulfillment of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The brilliant success of the capitalist economic system in the West\'97especially in the U. S. offers a useful contrast to this Vedic s
ystem. The industrial development of the West has served the purpose of liberating great quantities of time, but because of a basically materialistic concept of life, the people of the western nations have so far failed to develop any positive principle 
or meaning to existence, as the rampant nihilism exhibited in the young seems to demonstrate. What is required now\'97and quite desperately required\'97is this positive recognition of the supremacy of God, and of the unrivalled importance of the quest fo
r realization of God as the essential business of human life. And we need quite rationally and pragmatically\'97words chosen deliberately\'97to dare to construct a new, far more spiritual world civilization to serve these highest interests of man.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Teachings of the Golden Avatar
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Teachings of the Golden Avatar
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f63\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This important figure in the field of devotional service appeared in India in 1838, and with the help of his son, Sri Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami, rej
uvenated the Hare Krishna Movement begun nearly 400 years earlier by Lord Chaitanya. It was Srila Bhaktivinode who first urged that this message be preached to the Westem world, and he was the first true devotee to write in English on the subject of Vedi
c religion. The article published here was written in 1896, and the lucidity and simple force of the great Thakur\'92s presentation go far to show us the transcendental timeliness of his mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f63\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu\'97properly known as the \'93Avatari,\'94 or Source of all incarnations of God\'97appeared in India in 1486 A.D. In a previous issue (no. 
20), we published a brief sketch of His life and activities in initiating the Hare Krishna Movement, in chanting and dancing to the Lord\'92s Names. In the present article, we examine the precepts of this sublime Apostle of Love of Krishna, as they come 
to us from one of the great saints in Chaitanya\'92s line of disciplic succession.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya teaches us in the first place that the rational attributes of men are not capable of approaching the divine sphere of spirit. \'93Jukti,\'93 as He st
yles reason, is quite incompetent in such a matter. \'93Ruchi,\'94 as He styles the religious sentiment in man, even in very small quantity has the power to comprehend it. It is inspiration which can alone give light to spiritual matters. Inspirations co
ming down from heaven through purified blessed souls have exhibited themselves in the form of the Vedas. The Vedas, together with their explanatory notes, the Puranas, are therefore the only evidence in matters of spirit, and are eternal in nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic truths should, then, be accepted as the only truths in higher matters. Reason, while sincerely helping inspired truth, may be acc
epted as auxiliary evidence. The Vedas teach us, according to Chaitanya, nine principal doctrines, which are:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1) Hari, the Almighty, is one without a second.\line 2) He is always vested with infinite power.\line 3) He is the ocean of
 Rasa [the transcendental bliss which forms the essence of any relationship].\line 4) The soul is His \'93Vibhinnangsha,\'94 or separated part.\line 5) Certain souls are engrossed by \'93Prakriti,\'93 His illusory energy.\line 6) Certain souls are releas
ed from the grasp of Prakriti.\line 7) All spiritual and material phenomena are \'93Vedavedprakash\'94 of Hari, the Almighty [simultaneously one and different with the Lord].\line 8. Bhakti, devotional service, is the only means of attaining the final ob
ject of spiritual existence.\line 9) \'93Prem,\'94 pure love in Krishna, is alone the final object of spiritual existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must explain these points one by one:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Hari the Supreme Being is one without a second. In Aryan theology the creative principle of the Deity is personified in Brahma, and 
the destructive principle in Shiva. Indra is the head of some lower elements, in terms of administration. Hence, they are not the Almighty Himself, but are different representations of different attributes. They have obtained their powers from an origina
l Fountainhead. Hence, they are subordinate beings in the service of Hari or Bhagavan, the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then again there are three distinct philosophical ideas of the Deity, i. e., (i) the idea of the negative Brahman of the pantheistic sc
hool, (ii) the idea of a universal soul, \'93Paramatman,\'93 of the yoga school, and (iii) the idea of a personal Deity with all His majesty, might, glory, beauty, wisdom and supremacy combined in His Person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ideas of Brahman and Paramatman are included in the idea of Bhagavan. Spiritually, therefore, Bhagavan is Hari, the Supreme Being. 
Human ideas are either mental or spiritual. The mental idea is defective as it has relation to the created principles of matter. The spiritual idea is certainly the nearest approach to the Supreme Being.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then again, the spiritual idea of Bhagavan is of two sorts. In one sort, the person of the Deity is overpowered by His own majesty, and
 in the other, His personal beauty overpowers all His majesty. The first idea is represented in the great Narayana of Vaikuntha, Who is the Lord of Lords and God of Gods. The second is represented in the all-beautiful Krishna with Radhika, who is the rep
resentative of His \'93Hladini,\'93 or superior ecstatic energy. Krishna appears as man amongst men, and is again generally accepted as God above Gods. Krishna attracts, loves and produces ecstasy in all souls. His person and personal attachments are all
 purely spiritual and have no relation to the material world. The material senses of man cannot approach Him. It is the spirit in man which can see Him directly and commune with Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul, fettered in matter, has from its own degradation lost its right to see Krishna and His spiritual \'93Lila\'94 [pastimes] in t
he spiritual world, but Krishna out of His Own Supreme Power and prerogative may appear with all His Vrindaban Lila before the eyes of all men. The rational man can hardly conceive of or believe in Krishna and His Lila. As his spiritual essence improves,
 however, he sees and loves Him with all his heart.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SPIRITUAL PROCESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In our small compass, we can hardly treat this subject fully and exhaustively. We therefore leave this point to our readers with these 
words: Give up the shackles of matter slowly. Cultivate your spirit inwards. Give up prejudices which you have acquired from the so-called rational thinkers who deny the existence of spirit. Be humble in yourself and learn to respect those who work towar
ds spiritual attainments. Do these with your heart, mind and strength in the company of spiritual people alone, and you will see Krishna in no time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is not an imaginary Being, nor have you a right to think that He is a material phenomenon fancied to be the Supreme Being by fo
ols. Krishna is not understood by the process of distinguishing the subjective from the objective, nor is He to be accepted as an imposition on the people set up by designing men. Krishna is eternal, spiritually true, reflected on the human soul when it 
is relieved of all pressure of gross matter, and He is the subject of love which proceeds from the soul. Accept Him as such and you will see Him in your soul\'92s eye.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Words fail to describe that Transcendental Being. The highest, best and most spiritual ideal of the Divinity is in Krishna. To bring ar
guments against Him is simply to deceive oneself and deprive oneself of the blessings that God has kept in store for man. Hence, all descriptions of His Name, person, attributes and Lila should be accepted spiritually, giving up the material portion whic
h words must necessarily convey.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. Hari is always vested with infinite powers. By infinite powers must be meant powers which know no bounds either in space or in time,
 as His powers alone created space and time. His powers are identified with His person. In material objects, there is a difference between the person and the powers, between the thing and its attributes, its name, its form and action: but it is a spiritu
al truth that in spirit the thing is identical with its name, form, attributes and action. This truth cannot be subjected to dry reason which deals with gross matter alone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is supreme will in Himself, and He exercises His supreme power at His pleasure, which submits to no law, because all law has pr
oceeded from His will and power.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Power is known from its exercise. In this world we have experience of only three of the attributes of Krishna\'92s power. We see the ma
terial phenomena and we understand that His power has the attribute to create matter. This attribute is styled in the Vedas as \'93Mayashakti.\'94 We see man and we understand that the Supreme Power has the attribute to produce limited and imperfect soul
s. The Shastras [scriptures] call that attribute \'93Jiva-shakti.\'93 We conceive of One Who is Spiritual and Supreme in His realm of eternal spirits. We understand that His power has an attribute to exhibit perfectly spiritual existences. The Vedas call
 that attribute by the name of \'93Atma-shakti,\'94 or \'93Chit-shakti.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All these attributes together form one Supreme Power which the Vedas call \'93Para-shakti.\'94 In fact that power (shakti) is not disti
nguishable from the person of that Being. Still, the powers are separately exhibited in their separate actions. This is styled \'93Achintya-Vedaved-prakash,\'93 or the inconceivable simultaneous existence of distinction and non-distinction. Hari being wi
ll above law, He exercises His infinite powers, while He Himself remains unaffected. This is not understood, but felt in the soul as intuitive truth.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DIVINE ECSTASY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. He is the ocean of \'93Rasa.\'93 Rasa has been defined to be that ecstatic principle which comprehends the various forms of love and
 affection which can be exhibited between the living being and the Lord. The process of exhibiting of Rasa relates to its exhibition in man while still enthralled in matter. But Rasa itself is an eternal principle identified with the Supreme Hari. Hari i
s the ocean of Rasa, and in the human soul only a drop of the ocean can be conceived.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rasa naturally is spiritual, but in man, who is subject to Maya, the progenitor of matter, it has been identified in a perverted state 
with the sensual pleasure of man in his connection with material objects, the soul losing itself in mind and the mind acting through the senses, enjoying the perverted Rasa in the five different objects of the senses. This is the soul\'92s going abroad w
ith \'93Avidya,\'94 or ignorance of the spiritual self.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the soul looks inward it obtains its spiritual Rasa, and the perverted Rasa wanes in proportion to the development of the spiritua
l Rasa. In spiritual Rasa the souls towards each other, and all towards the all-beautiful, have their unfettered action in Vrindaban, rising above material time and space. Hari, the Infinite Supreme Free Will, has eternal ecstasy in His spiritual power o
r \'93Chit-shakti.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Hladini attribute or Chit-shakti (spiritual wisdom) produces all bhabs\'97relations and affections. The \'93Sandhini\'94 attribute 
of Chit-shakti produces all existence (other than the free will), including the \'93Dhams\'94 (abodes), individualities, and other substances in connection with the action of the spiritual Rasa. All these exhibitions are from Chit-shakti, the spiritual p
ower.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Mayik or material creation, including time, space and gross objects, has no place in Chit-jagat, the spiritual world which is all t
he same as Vrindaban. Maya-shakti [illusory energy] is a perverted reflection of the Chit-shakti. Hence the particularities in the mayik (material) world have semblance with the particularities in the Chit-jagat or spiritual universe, but are not substan
tially the same. The Chit-jagat is the model of the Mayik-jagat, but they are not identical.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must guard ourselves against the idea that man has imagined Chit-jagat from an experience of the Mayik-jagat. This idea is pantheist
ic, and it may also be styled atheistic. Reason, not spiritualized, has a tendency to create such a doubt, but one who has a wish to enjoy spiritual love must give it up as misleading.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The eternal Rasa of Krishna exists spiritually in Chit-jagat, the spiritual world. To we who are in the netherworld there is a screen w
hich intervenes between our eyes and the great spiritual scene of Krishna Lila. When by the grace of Krishna that screen is drawn up, we have the privilege to see it, and again when it pleases the Almighty to drop the screen, the great Vrindaban Lila dis
appears. Taste the subject and your conviction will be the same as mine. Brethren! Do not give up such an important subject without due and liberal examination.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. The soul is His \'93Vibhinnangsha,\'94 or separated part. By soul are meant all sorts of souls, whether animal, human or celestial. 
It must be understood that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu believed in the very liberal theory of transmigration of the soul. Certain readers may reject this idea on the ground that certain forms of faith do not support that theory, and because it is therefore in a
ntagonism with the dogmas of certain sectarian creeds. Indeed, it is a matter which reason cannot dare to meddle with.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Candidly examining, we do not see any strong reason to disbelieve the theory of transmigration. On the other hand, our unprejudiced min
d is inclined to stand for it. The belief that the human soul has only one trial in life is evidently illiberal, unjust and contrary to the belief that God is all good. When our spiritual sentiment supports the theory and the Vedas, the receptacles of in
spiration, have taught us the fact of the continual existence of the soul in different stages in creation, we cannot but give up the idea of disbelieving in the theory of transmigration of the soul. However educated and scientific a man maybe, he is alwa
ys liable to a creeping error. That which holds good regarding a man holds good also regarding a nation or sect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul, according to Chaitanya, is an atomic part of the Divine Soul. It is a sort of God\'92s power to produce beings who are spirit
ual in essence but liable to be enthralled by Maya when they forget their position as eternal servants of the Deity. God here is compared with the Sun, and the souls are said to be the atomic portions of that Sun\'92s ray, unable to stand freely unless t
hey are protected by another competent attribute of God\'92s power.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the word \'93part\'94 is not meant portions cut out of a piece of stone by an ax: part is meant to be understood as one lamp lighted
 from another, or gold produced from an alchemic stone, as was believed by the ancients. The souls are also compared with separate atomic emanations of the burning fire. Each soul has drawn from its Fountainhead a proportionate share of the Lord\'92s att
ributes, and consequently a small proportion of free will.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub souls are naturally located between the Chit-jagat and Mayik-jagat. Those who chose to serve their God were protected from fall by the interference of the Hladini attribute of the Supreme Chit-shakti. They have been admitted as etern
al servants of the Deity in various ways. They know not the troubles of Maya and the \'93karmachakra,\'93 the rotative principles of Mayik action and its result. Those who wanted to enjoy were grasped by Maya from the other side. They are in Maya\'92s Ka
rmachakra, which ends only when they again see their original position as servants of the Deity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These souls, whether liberated from Maya or enthralled by her, are separate responsible beings dependent on the Deity. Hari is the Lord
 of Maya, who serves His pleasure. The soul or \'93Jiva\'94 is so constructed as to be liable to enthrallment by Maya in consequence of want of power when unassisted by the Hladini-shakti of the Deity. Hence there is a natural and inherent distinction be
tween God and Jiva, the individual soul, which no pantheistic maneuver can annihilate. Please avoid the misleading question, \'93When were these Jivas created and enthralled?\'93 Mayik time has no existence in spiritual history because it has its commenc
ement after the enthrallment of Jivas in matter, and you cannot, therefore, employ Mayik chronology in matters like these.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. Certain souls are engrossed by \'93Prakriti,\'93 or His illusory energy. Prakriti, God\'92s Maya, Pradhan, Prapancha and Avidya are 
different names for the same principle on account of its different phases and attributes. Maya is not an independent Shakti from the supreme Swarup Shakti [Free Will or Power]. She is simply a reflected and outward phase of the supreme power, and serves 
God in executing His penal order on those who become ungrateful to Him. In fact, Maya is in charge of God\'92s house of correction. Those living beings who, in abusing their free will, forgot that they were eternal servants of the Deity and thought of en
joying for themselves, were grasped by Maya for their penal servitude and correction.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MAYA\'97THE NATURE OF ILLUSION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maya has three attributes: Satwa, Rajas and Tamas [goodness, passion and ignorance]. These attributes are just like chains used to tie 
up the ungrateful souls. Maya then applies a double case on the spiritual form of the soul. The double case is described by the words Linga and Sthul. The Mayik existence has twenty-four substances: the five elements (earth, water, fire, air and firmamen
t); the five properties (sound, touch, sight, taste and smell); and the ten \'93Indrias,\'93 i. e. the five receiving senses (the eye, ear, nose, tongue and touch) and the five working organs such as hands, legs, etc. These twenty form the Sthul, or oute
r case.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Mana, the Buddhi, the Chitta and the Ahankar, i. e . the mind, the understanding, the attention and the perverted ego, compose the 
Linga-deha, or inner case.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After encasing the spiritual form of the soul, Maya employs the fallen souls to work. Mayik work is composed of Karma, Akarma and Vikar
ma. Karma is conventionally good action done to obtain virtue, such as the performance of duties enjoyed by the Varnashram Dharma [the Vedic system of civilization]. Akarma is the omission to do duty. Vikarma is sin or crime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma procures heavenly elevations up to the Brahma Loka planet. Akarma gives an unpleasant state on earth. Vikarma hurls down souls to
 hell. The fallen souls travel from body to body with their Linga-deha doing Karma or Vikarma, rising up to the heavens, and again coming down at the exhaustion of their virtues, going down to hell, and after suffering punishment, again rising up to the 
platform of work. Thus the state of the fallen souls is deplorable in the extreme. They enjoy and suffer massacre and murder, and go on in this state, sometimes smiling as the princess and sometimes suffering in ruin. The world is, therefore, a prison or
 a house of correction, and not a place for enjoyment as some people assert.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6. Certain souls are released from the grasp of Prakriti. Jivas are travelling in the path of Mayik existence from time out of mind, ex
periencing all sorts of pleasure and pain. How to get rid of this unpleasant state of existence? No, Dharma (performance of duty), yoga (development of powers of the Sthul and the Linga), Sankhya (the division of substances under the categories and simpl
e knowledge that one is a spiritual being) and Vairagya (abnegation giving up all enjoyments of the world) are not the proper means by which one can actually get what he wants.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a man comes in contact with a Vaishnava, whose heart has been melted by \'93Haribhaktirasa,\'94 it is then that he loves to imbibe
 the sweet principle of Bhakti, devotion, by following his holy foot-steps. By constant study of Krishna-Bhakti he slowly washes off his Mayik condition, and in the end obtaining his true nature, he enjoys the sweetest unalloyed Rasa, which is the ultima
te status of the soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsanga, or the company of spiritual people is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the only means to obtain the ultimate object of man. Bhakti is a principle which comes from soul to soul, and like electricity or magnetism in gross matter, it conducts itself from one congen
ial soul to another. The principle of Bhakti is sincere and entire dependence on the Deity in every act of life. The principle of duty is no part of Bhakti, as it acts as gratitude for favour obtained and it works like an obligation which is contrary to 
natural love. The principle of morality in the mortal world, though good in its own way, does scarcely give spiritual consequence in the end. Faith in the supreme beauty of the Deity, a desire for the eternal unselfish service of that Being and a consequ
ent repulsion of every other thought of pleasure or self-aggrandizement are the three principles which constitute Shraddha, or actual hankering after Bhakti. Bhakti by nature is Ananya, exclusive.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is it chance, then, which brings Bhakti? No, Sukriti, or good work, is the prime moving principle. Good work is of two classes. One cla
ss, passing as morals, includes those works which bring virtue and aggrandizement. The other class of good work includes all acts which have a tendency to bring spiritual culture. This latter class of good work brings one in contact with a sincere Vaishn
ava, from whom one at the first imbibes Shraddha, or faith in spirit, and being then capable of receiving Bhakti, one obtains a flash of that principle from the Vaishnava who is the actual Guru of the man.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DOCTRINE OF "ONE AND DIFFERENT"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7. All spiritual and material phenomena are Achintya-Vedaved-prakash of Hari, the Almighty. Metaphysical discussions are perfectly usel
ess here. The Vedas go sometimes to establish that Jiva, the individual living entity, is distinct from the Deity, and sometimes that Jiva is the same as the Deity. In fact, the Vedas always tell the truth. Jiva is simultaneously distinct from and identi
cal with God. This is not understood by the rationalist. Hence it must be said that in the exercise of His powers beyond human comprehension, God is distinct from Jiva and the world, and again identical with them at all times.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedanta teaches us the Shakti-parinamvad doctrine, and not the erroneous Vivartavad of Shankara Acharya. Shankara\'92s teachings ar
e explained in different ways. Some say that the world and Jiva have emanated from God, and others establish that Jiva and the world are but developments of the Godhead. Shankara, in order to avoid Brahma-parinam, i. e. transformation of the Godhead into
 the world, established that Vyas [Compiler and Author of the Vedic literature] teaches us Vivartavad, which is this, that God undergoes no change whatever, but it is Maya which covers a part of the Deity (just as a pot encloses a part of the firmament) 
and creates the world; or, that God is reflected on Avidya, or ignorance, while in fact nothing else than God has yet come to existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are worthless and abstruse arguments. It is plain that the Vedanta teaches us that God is unchangeable and is never subject to mo
difications. His power alone creates Jiva and the material world, by its own Parinam (modification). The example is in the action of the alchemist\'92s stone, the power of which is manifested in the form of gold, while the stone remains always unchanged.
 Thus Chit-shakti, the Supreme Will, goes in the form of the Chit-jagat, the spiritual world, with all its particularities of eternal Rasa; and Jivashakti, the individual living force, goes in the form of innumerable Jivas, some staying in Vaikuntha as a
ngels and others moving in this world in various shapes and forms and under very different circumstances. Maya-shakti, the material energy, creates numerous worlds for the habitation and entertainment of the fallen souls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vivartavad is no doubt an error and is quite opposed to the teachings of the Vedas. Now Shakti-parinamvad [the doctrine of change and v
ariety existing in the energy of the unchanging Godhead] alone is true, and supports the fact that spiritual love is eternal. If Vivartavad were true, the natural consequence would be to declare spiritual love a temporary principle.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8. Bhakti is the only means of attaining the final object of spiritual existence. Karma as it is cannot directly and immediately produc
e spiritual results. When it does, it does so by means of Bhakti. Hence Bhakti is independent, and Karma (action) and Jnana (philosophy) are dependent principles. Jnana, the knowledge that man is a spiritual being, cannot directly bring the ultimate obje
ct. When it does, it does so with the assistance of Bhakti. Bhakti, therefore, is the only means to obtain the ultimate. Bhakti is thus defined. Bhakti is cultivation of a friendly sentiment for Krishna, free from all desires other than those for its own
 improvement, unalloyed by such other ingredients as Karma and Jnana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It will be seen that Bhakti is itself both a feeling and an action. Bhakti has three stages, viz ., Sadhana-Bhakti, Bhab-Bhakti and Pre
m-Bhakti. Sadhana-Bhakti is that stage of culture when the feeling of love has not yet been roused. In Bhab-Bhakti the feeling awakes, and in Prem-Bhakti the feeling is fully set to action. Bhakti is a spiritual feeling towards the spiritual object of lo
ve.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sadhana-Bhakti is of two sorts, one is called the Vaidha-Sadhan-Bhakti and the other is Raganuga-Sadhan-Bhakti. The word \'93Vaida\'94 
is from Vidhi, or rule. Where Bhakti is to be roused by the rule of the Shastras [scriptures], there the Vaidhi-bhakti works as long as the feeling is not roused. Where one out of natural tendency loves Krishna, there is a principle called Rag, which is 
no other than a strong desire to serve the Lord of the hears. One who is tempted by the beauty of this process to follow Him has a tendency to cultivate his feeling for Krishna. This is Raganuga-sadhan-bhakti. This latter class of Sadhana is stronger tha
n the Vaidhi Sadhana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cultivation of the friendly feeling for Krishna is performed in nine different forms:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. To hear of the spiritual Name, form, attributes and Lila [pastimes] of Krishna.\line 2. To utter and sing all those.
\line 3. To meditate on and reiterate all those.\line 4. Service of His Holy Feet.\line 5. Worship.\line 6. Bowing down.\line 7. Doing all that pleases Him.\line 8. Friendship.\line 9. Resignation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of all these forms, Kirtan, singing the Name and glories of Krishna, is the best. Humble knowledge is necessary in these forms of worsh
ip and fruitless discussions must be avoided. There are some who start at the theory of worshiping Srimurti [the incarnation of God in the apparent form of material elements, such as in a painting or sculpture]. \'93Oh,\'93 they say, \'93it is idolatory 
to worship Srimurti. Srimurti is an idol framed by an artist and introduced by no other than Beelzebub himself. Worshiping such an object would rouse the jealousy of God and limit His omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence!\'94 Would tell them, \'93Br
ethren! Candidly understand the question and do not allow yourself to be misled by sectarian dogmas.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is not jealous, as He is without a second. Beelzebub or Satan is no other than an object of imagination, and the subject of an alle
gory, an imaginary being, should not be allowed to act as an obstacle to Bhakti. Those who believe God to be impersonal simply identify Him with some power or attribute in Nature, her laws and her rules. His holy wish is law, and it would be sacrilege to
 confine His unlimited excellence by identifying Him with such attributes as omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience attributes which may exist in created objects such as time and space.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God\'92s excellence consists in having in Him mutually contradicting powers and attributes ruled by His supernatural Self. He is identi
cal with His all-beautiful Person, having such powers as omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence the like of which cannot be found elsewhere. His holy and perfect Person exists eternally in the spiritual world, at the same time existing in every create
d object and place in all its fullness. This idea excels all other ideas of the Deity.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IDOLATRY AND WORSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chaitanya Mahaprabhu rejects idolatry as well, but considers Srimurti worship to be the only unexceptionable means of spiritual culture
. It has been shewn that God is personal and all-beautiful. Sages like Vyas and others have seen that beauty in their souls\'92 eyes. They have left us descriptions. Of course, word carries grossness of matter. But truth still is perceivable in those des
criptions . According to those descriptions one delineates a Srimurti and sees the great God of our heart there with intense pleasure. Brethren! is that wrong or sinful? Those who say that God has no form either material or spiritual, and again imagine a
 false form for worship are certainly idolatrous. But those who see the spiritual form of the Deity in their souls\'92 eyes, carry that impression as far as possible to the mind and then frame an emblem for the satisfaction of the material eye for contin
ual study of the higher feeling are by no means idolatrous.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While seeing a Srimurti, do not even see the image and you are a pure theist. Idolatry and Srimurti worship are two different things; b
ut, my brethren! you simply confound one with the other out of hastiness. To tell you the truth, Srimurti worship is the only true worship of the Deity, without which you cannot sufficiently cultivate your religious feelings. The world attracts you throu
gh your senses and as long as you do not see God in the objects of your senses, you live in an awkward position which scarcely helps you in procuring your spiritual elevation. Place a Srimurti in your house. Think that God Almighty is the guardian of the
 house. The food that you take is His \'93Prasad\'94 [mercy]. The flowers and scents are also His Prasad. The eye, the ear, the nose, the touch and the tongue all have a spiritual culture, you do it with a holy heart, and God will know it and judge you b
y your sincerity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satan and Beelzebub will have nothing to do with you in that matter! All sorts of worship are based on the principle of Srimurti. Look 
into the history of religion and you will come to this noble truth. The Semitic idea of a patriarchal God both in the pre-Christian period of Judaism and in the period of Christianity and Mohamedanism is nothing but a limited idea of Srimurti. The monarc
hic idea of a Jove amongst the Greeks and of an Indra amongst the Aryan Karmakandis of India is also a distant view of the same principle. The idea of a force and Jyotirmaya Brahma of the meditators and a formless energy of the Shaktas is also a very fai
nt view of the Srimurti.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In fact, the principle of Srimurti is the truth itself, differently exhibited in different people according to their different phases o
f thought. Even Jaimini and Comte, who are not prepared to accept a creating god, have prescribed certain phases of the Srimurti, simply because they have been impelled by some inward action from the soul! Then again we meet with people who have adopted 
the Cross, the Shalgram shila, the lingam and such-like emblems as indicators of the inward idea of Srimurti. Furthermore, if the Divine compassion, love and justice could be portrayed by the pencil and expressed by the chisel, why should not the persona
l beauty of the Deity embracing all other attributes be portrayed in poetry or in picture or expressed by the chisel for the benefit of man? If words could indicate time and sign could tell us a history, why should not the picture or figure bring associa
tions of higher thoughts and feelings with regard to the transcendental beauty of the Divine Personage?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimurti worship is divided into two classes, the ideal and the physical. Those of the physical school are entitled from their circumst
ances of life and state of mind to establish temple institutions. Those who are by circumstances and position entitled to worship the Srimurti in mind have, with due deference to the temple institutions, a tendency to worship, usually by Sraban and Kirta
n, and their church is universal and independent of caste and color. Mahaprabhu prefers this latter class and shews their worship in His Shikshastak [His eight prayers]. Worship, then, without intermission, with a feeling of resignation and in a very sho
rt time you will be blessed with Prem.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9. Prem in God is the final object of spiritual existence. The Karma-margis, fruitive workers, declare that enjoyment in this world and
 in the heavens hereafter is all that a man requires. Karma, or action, is of two sorts, i.e. Karma done with a view to obtain a material result and Karma done with a view to please God. With the Karma-margis both sorts of Karma have the object of procur
ing enjoyment. Here is the line of demarcation between Bhakti and Karma. Bhakti aims at procuring the principle of Prem-Bhakti as the final principle of all actions, while Karma aims at self-enjoyment as the ultimate goal of action.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Jnana-margis, on the other hand, cultivate spiritual knowledge to obtain Mukti, salvation, as the final aim of such cultivation. Mu
kti is found to be of two sorts. In one sort of Mukti total absorption of the soul in God is effected\'97i. e., the annihilation of the separate existence of the soul from God. In the other sort of Mukti the soul stands eternally separate from God, and w
hen salvation ensues, the soul goes to Chit-jagat, obtaining residence in the Chit region of the Deity, residence closely by the Deity, attainment of a spiritual form like that of God Himself, and attainment of powers similar to the powers of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The latter class of Mukti is inevitable when it pleases the almighty to \'93rant us that state. But then, after obtaining that Mukti, w
e serve God with pure love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first sort of Mukti is rejected by the Bhaktas, the devotees, as not worth taking, in consequence of its tendency to annihilate the
 highest principle of love. The second class of Mukti cannot be the ultimate object as it acts like an intermediate result of our spiritual disenthralment. Besides that, a hankering after Mukti spoils the action of spiritual cultivation, being a strong d
esire for something other than the improvement of Bhakti. It has a tint of selfishness which is not in keeping with the unselfish principle of pure Bhakti.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must therefore cultivate Bhakti being always free from the two contending principles, i. e., a desire for fruitive results, and a de
sire for Mukti or salvation. We must depend on Krishna to give us Mukti or not as it pleases Him. We must pray for continual development of our religious sentiment of Bhakti alone. Pure love is the final object of our own existence.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 VARIETIES OF DIVINE LOVE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rati, as explained above, is the unit of the principle of pure spiritual love for Krishna. Mixed up with Ullas (zeal), it becomes Priti
, pure love. Priti, creates exclusive love for Krishna and repulsion for things and persons other than Krishna and His connections. When the idea that Krishna is my own is added to Priti, it becomes Prem. Here commences the idea that God is my own Lord a
nd I am His servant. Add confidence to Prem and it becomes Pranaya. Here arises the relationship of friendship with Krishna. In Pranaya, the idea of respect loses its hold.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Add to Pranaya the idea that Krishna is my exclusive and dearest Object of love and it curiously turns out into Mana. Krishna with all 
His greatness and power exhibits a sort of submission to it. Excessive melting of the heart being added, Prem turns out to be Sneha. Here ensues the relation of a son and parents between Krishna and the worshiper. In this stage, too much weeping for Kris
hna, want of satiety with communion and a desire to watch the interest of Krishna naturally occur.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Desire added to Sneha is Rag. In this stage a moment\'92s separation is unbearable. Here commences the relation of husband and wife bet
ween Krishna and the worshiper. Distress attending upon want of mutual interview is happiness. Rag again, seeing its object as new at every moment, and being itself new at every moment, converts itself into Anurag. In this stage reciprocal subjection and
 a strong desire to accompany the lover everywhere are the principle features.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anurag, infinitely rising in an astonishing state, mounting as if to madness, becomes Mahabhab. This is indescribable! From Rati to Mah
abhab the whole principle is what we have called Sthayibhab. Added to the other varieties of loving relationships with Krishna, the Sthayibhab becomes Krishna Prem Rasa, the eternal ecstacy or beatitude.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have a perverted picture of this noble Rasa in human life, as human life in thraldom of Maya is but a perverted reflection of the sp
iritual life. When the soul alone acts towards its proper object, the spiritual Hero Krishna, the Rasa is pure; when the mind and the senses act upon a wrong object, Rasa is degraded and becomes hateful. The perverted Rasa gives a clue of the noble spiri
tual Rasa to man in general; hence these arguments and descriptions have been attempted in words which correspond with words directly meaning the features of the perverted Rasa. We ask our readers to take care to make a nice distinction between spirit an
d gross matter; otherwise a fall is inevitable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who studies the Name, forms, attributes and the Lila of Krishna as described in the Srimad Bhagwatam with sincere heart, mind and s
trength, in the company of one who has realized the spirit, is expected to know it by the influence of Bhakti. One who is apt to rationalize everything closely does scarcely acquire the truth in matters of spirit, as by the law of God reason in its prese
nt state can never reach the sphere of the spirit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is needless to go further on this subject. Those who will have the opportunity to go as far as we have stated, will make a further e
nquiry from their heart and the all-beautiful Lord will then help them to realise the spirit and to rise higher and higher in its realm. But as long as the mind is confounded with the spirit, there is no way to rise beyond matter and its relations. The g
reat mistake that most of the western philosophers have generally made is to identify the mind, the perverted ego (Ahankar) with the soul or spirit. We are sorry for that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To summarise man in his present state, the different principles in him are: (i) the Sthul principle, or gross matter composing his body
, (ii) the Linga principle, or sublimated matter appearing in the form of mind, attention, rationality and the perverted ego (by which one confounds oneself with the material world). This state has been caused by the influence of Maya, the illusory energ
y, with the object of correcting the soul in his wrong intention to enjoy, in consequence of forgetfulness of Nature as God\'92s servant. (iii) Man in fact is solely independent of Maya and her connection. The only way to get rid of the present difficult
y is by the influence of pure Bhakti imbibed from a true devotee. Bhakti, as a means, elevates the man up to the all-beautiful Krishna; and again as an end, maintains him with eternal Krishna-prem.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While located in the Maylk world man must live peacefully with the object of cultivating the spirit. In his society he must lead a pure
 life, avoid sins and do as much good as he can to his brother man. He must be himself bearing difficulties of life with heroism, must not brag of any goodness or grandeur due to him. Marriage with a view to peaceful and virtuous life and with a view to 
procreate servants of the Lord is a good institution for a Vaishnava.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual cultivation is the main object of life. Do everything that helps it and abstain from doing anything which thwarts the cultiva
tion of the spirit. Have a strong faith that Krishna alone protects you and none else. Admit Him as your only guardian. Do everything which you know that Krishna wishes you to do, and never think that you do a thing independent of the holy wish of Krishn
a. Do all that you do with humility. Always remember that you are a sojourner in this world and you must be prepared for your own home. Do your duties and cultivate Bhakti as a means to obtain the great end of life, Krishna-priti. Employ your body, mind 
and spirit in the service of the Deity. In all your actions, worship your Great Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus we have said before our English-knowing readers a summary of Mahaprabhu\'92s precepts. If it be necessary we shall try to supply m
ore informations treating these subjects in English in a short time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our gentle readers will now find that Chaitanya Mahaprabhu preached pure monotheism and chased out idolatry. We have shewn that he make
s a nice distinction between Srimurti-worship and idolatry. He tells us that idolatry is the worship of things and persons that are not God Himself. When the sannyasis of Benares addressed Him as the God Almighty, Mahaprabhu told them that it was the wor
st of sins to address a Jiva as God. And again He has several times denounced the worship of a form or image other than the true image of God (after which man was created). Its representative emblems are to be used in worship of the true image of the Dei
ty. God is one without a second, \'93There is none to vie with Him\'94 is the motto of Mahaprabhu\'92s religion.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CHAITANYA'S RELIGION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It will also be seen that Mahaprabhu shewed in his character and preached to the world the purest morality as an accompaniment of spiri
tual improvement. Morality as a matter of course will grace the character of a Bhakta [devotee]. If it is not seen in the character of one who presents himself as a Krishna-bhakta, his sincerity may be doubted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are four classes of thoughts, viz., atheistic, pantheistic, indifferent and theistic. Chaitanya\'92s religion rejects the first t
hree as inimical to religion. He preaches pure theism alone and advises men to avoid the three others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He preaches that Varnashram Dharma, including the institution of caste, is simply a social institution introduced by the Rishis [sages]
 to do good to man in society. They should be allowed to decorate the Aryans so long as they do not oppose spiritual improvement. By sending Pradyumna Misra, a rigid brahmin, to Ramananda Rai for spiritualisation, He has shewn that one who is aware of Kr
ishna-tattwa may be Guru, be he a Sudra, Brahmin or Sannyasi.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He preaches the equality of men in the enjoyment of the spiritual aggrandizement. He preaches universal fraternity amongst men, and spe
cial brotherhood amongst Vaishnavas who are, according to Him, the best pioneers of spiritual improvement. He preaches that human thought should never be allowed to be shackled with sectarian views. He tells us that a man should earn money in a right way
 and by sincere dealings with others and their master, but should not immorally gain it. When Gopinath Pattanaik, one of the brothers of Ramananda Rai, was being punished by the Raja for immoral gains, Chaitanya warned all who attended upon Him to be mor
al in their worldly dealings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In His own early life He has taught the Grihasthas [householders] to give all sorts of help to the needy and the helpless, and has shew
n that it is necessary, for one who has power to do it, to help the education of the people, especially in the case of the brahmins who are expected to study the higher subjects of human knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The religion preached by Mahaprabhu is universal and not exclusive. The most learned and the most ignorant are both entitled to embrace
 it. The learned people will accept it with a knowledge of spiritual values. The ignorant have the same privilege by simply uttering the Name of the Deity and mixing in the company of pure Vaishnavas. The principle of Kirtan invites as the future church 
of the world, offering to all classes of men without distinction of caste or clan the highest cultivation of the spirit. This church, it appears, will extend all over the world and take the place of all sectarian churches which exclude outsiders from the
 precincts of the mosque, church or temple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chaitanya, as a teacher, has taught men both by precepts and by His holy life. There is scarcely a spot in His life which may be made t
he subject of criticism. His sannyas, His severity to junior Haridas and such like acts have been questioned as wrong by certain persons, but as far as we understand, we think, as all other independent men would think, that those men have been led by a h
asty conclusion or a party spirit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chaitanya was an undaunted Hero in the execution of His resolutions. When He was told by some malicious brahmins that the Emperor was s
ending an army against Him, He said He wished that the reigning prince should take cognizance of what He was doing. He was amiable to everybody and stern in the discharge of His duty. Brahmananda Bharati, a religious brother of Keshab Bharati, His Guru, 
appeared to Him in a tiger\'92s skin. He would not bow down to him until he gave up the skin-dress and wore a linen koupin and Bahirvas. He said that the person before Him was not the Bharati. How is it that His Guru should put on an animal skin? The san
nyasis should not support the killing of beasts for the sake of their use. Bharati understood that Chaitanya did not like that and changed his apparel; and Chaitanya bowed down to him in shewing His respect to His Guru\'92s brother.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chaitanya pressed on His disciples to enter into the spirit of the Shastras without confinement to the words themselves. Pandit Devanan
da did not understand the spirit of Bhakti while reading the Bhagwat, but when he understood the spirit Chaitanya embraced him and pardoned him for all that the Pandit had done before.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chaitanya was a jolly Being throughout His life. Though descended from the Eastern Bengal people, He joked with them while a young boy 
in such a manner that they became angry with Him. While Ballav Bhatta (a pandit of great renown) brought an improved commentary on the Bhagwatam to shew Him and said that he would not submit to Sridhar Swami [whose commentary is standard and authorized i
n the line of disciplic succession] the Lord said it was an unchaste woman alone who disregarded her swami (husband). This was a taunt which mortified the Pandit and dissuaded him from uttering disrespectful expressions about Sridhar Swami, the commentat
or of the Bhagwatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We leave it to our readers to decide how to deal with Mahaprabhu. The Vaishnavas have accepted Him as the great Lord Krishna Himself. S
ome have considered Him as the Bhakta-avatar. It is at the request of some Vaishnavas that we have composed the Smaran Mangal verses in the form of a prayer for daily recitation at the time of worship. Those who are not prepared to go with them, may acce
pt Nimai Pandit [Chaitanya] as a noble and holy Teacher. That is all we want our readers to believe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Readers! If you are inclined after a study of these pages to identify Chaitanya with Krishna we would beg you not to accept Him as God 
incarnate, for we think that God need not be in a carnal coil like the fallen men. His supreme power can bring Him down to the netherworld with all His glory and particularities without the assistance of the lower energy\'97Maya, who has created the mate
rial coil. If we believe otherwise we would commit the sin of lowering His spiritual power.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We make no objection if you do not believe His miracles, as miracles alone never demonstrate Godhead. Demons like Ravana and others hav
e also worked miracles which do not prove that they were gods. It is unlimited Prem and its overwhelming influence which would be seen in none but God Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Noble readers! Pardon us for intruding on you with these pages. As servants of Chaitanya, it was our duty to propagate His supreme teac
hings and in doing a duty we are entitled to pardon for any trouble we have given you. We are natives of Bengal and in couching our words in a foreign language we might have been liable to mistakes for which you will please forgive us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In conclusion, we beg to say that we should be glad to reply to any questions which our brethren would like to address us on these impo
rtant subjects. We feel great interest in crying to help our friends to seek the way to spiritual love.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prabhupada
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word Prabhupada is a term of the utmost reverence in Vedic religious circles, and it signifies a great saint even among saints. The
 word actually has two meanings: first, one at whose feet (Pada) there are many Prabhus (a term meaning \'91\'91master,\'94 which the disciples of a Guru use in addressing each other). The second meaning is one who is always found at the Lotus Feet of Kr
ishna (the Supreme Master).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the line of disciplic succession through which Krishna Consciousness is conveyed to mankind, there have been a number of figures of 
such spiritual importance as to be called Prabhupada:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada executed the will of his Master, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and therefore he and his associate Goswamis ar
e called Prabhupada. Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur executed the will of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, and therefore he is also addressed as Prabhupada. Our Spiritual Master, Om Vishnupad 108 Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj has, in t
he same way, executed the will of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada in carrying the message of love of Krishna to the Western world, and therefore we American and European humble servants of His Divine Grace, from all the different cent
ers of the Sankirtan Movement, have followed in the footsteps of Srila Rupa Goswami Prabhupada, and prefer to address His Grace our Spiritual Master as Prabhupada, and he has kindly said \'93Yes.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text under picture:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Devotees at the former New York Hare Kris
hna Temple
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 New Vrindaban
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub NEW VRINDABAN
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 a spiritual concept of community life
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagriva
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One practical aspect of the Krishna Consciousness Movement is now taking form in the hills of West Virginia. This is a report on the development\'97and the philosoph
ical background\'97of that important project.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93You have New York, New England and so many \'91new\'92 duplicates}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub of European places in the USA\'97why not import New Vrindaban in your country?\'94 \'97A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, in a letter to his disciples
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text side of pictures:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  At far left, top, is His Holiness Kirtanananda Swami, at bottom
 Hayagriva\'97the two founders of New Vrindaban.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, a spiritual community united in the pursuit of Krishna Consciousness, is now taking shape under the guidance of our Guru Maharaj, A. C . Bhaktivedant
a Swami. Now the hills of West Virginia are vibrating daily with the Maha (Hare Krishna) Mantra, and it is certain that the forests, fields and mountains are no longer in West Virginia\'97they have entered the spiritual sky of Vaikuntha. By the mere touc
h of sound, everything at New Vrindaban is Krishna-ized. And by the mercy of the spiritual master, America is seeing a resurgence of God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conception and purpose of New Vrindaban are best set forth in the letters of Swamiji himself. Primarily, the place is intended to s
erve as an amiable location for reviving our dormant God consciousness. In New Vrindaban, remembrance of Krishna is easy because the atmosphere is conducive: \'93We can remember Krishna in every moment. We remember Krishna while taking a glass of water, 
because the taste of water is Krishna. We can remember Krishna as soon as we see the sunlight in the morning, because the sunlight is a reflection of Krishna\'92s bodily effulgence. And as soon as we see moonlight in the evening, we remember Krishna, bec
ause moonlight is the reflection of sunlight. Similarly, when we hear any sound, we can remember Krishna because sound is Krishna, and the most perfect sound, transcendental, is Hare Krishna, which we have to chant 24 hours. So there is no scope of forge
tting Krishna at any moment of our life, provided we practice in this way.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The atmosphere of New Vrindaban is suitable for such a remembrance process\'97it is cosmic, rural, woodsy. Under the Milky Way, Kirtan
\'97the chanting of Hare Krishna to the accompaniment of musical instruments\'97expands. Orion, Saggitarius, Virgo\'97all vibrate to the cymbal rhythm, the sounds loosed in the night, broadcast from the mountains of planet earth. The firmament revolves a
round Vrindaban\'97the Maha Mantra twirls it about.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life revolves about the Maha Mantra\'97the charting of the Holy Names. There is Kirtan, group chanting, every morning and evening. Arit
ik\'97cymbal clashing, offering to the Deity\'97is performed before dawn and four times throughout the day. The morning Kirtan is usually over before sunrise. Then morning \'93Prasadam,\'94 food first offered for the pleasure of the Lord, is taken, usual
ly cereal, and the day\'92s chores begin. There is much work at New Vrindaban, and all participate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The system and purpose of New Vrindaban is set forth specifically in the letters of Swamiji:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Vrindaban conception is that of a transcendental village, without any of the botheration of the modern industrial atmosphere. My id
ea of developing New Vrindaban is to create an atmosphere of spiritual life where people in the bona fide divisions of society\'97namely, Brahmacharies [celibate students], Grihasthas [householders], Vanaprasthas [the retired], and Sannyasis [renounced h
oly men] will live independently, completely depending on agricultural produce and milk from the cows.\'94 (8/17/68)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93To retire from activities is not a very good idea for the conditioned soul. I have very good experience, not only in our country, b
ut also in your country, that this tendency of retiring from activities pushes one down to the platform of laziness, and gradually to the ideas of the hippies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One should always remain active in Krishna\'92s service, otherwise strong Maya [illusion] will catch him and engage him in her serv
ice. Our constitutional position being to render service, we cannot stop activity. So NewVrindaban may not be turned into a place of retirement, but some sort of activities must go on there. If there is good prospective land, we should produce some grain
s, flowers and fruits, and keep cows, so that those living there may have sufficient work and facility for advancing in Krishna Consciousness. In India, actually, Vrindaban has now become a place of the unemployed and of beggars. Kirtanananda has already
 seen it. And so there is always a tendency toward such degradation if there is no sufficient work in the service of Krishna.\'94 (7/14/68)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the beginning, as Swamiji suggested, the program at New Vrindaban has been geared to enable the student to progress along the path
 of devotional service, and so there is work going on all the time. And the program is sufficiently diversified to accommodate a variety of talents, dovetailing them in Krishna\'92s service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As in the many transcendentalist farms of 19th century America, the concept of life at New Vrindaban is that of plain living and high
 thinking.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Vrindaban does not require to be modernized, because Krishna\'92s Vrindaban is a transcendental village. They completely depend on 
nature\'92s beauty and nature\'92s protection. The community in which Krishna preferred to belong was the Vaishya community, because Nanda Maharaj [Krishna\'92s foster father, with whom He spent His childhood while on Earth] happened to be a Vaishya king
, or landholder, and his main business was cow protection. It is understood that he had 900,000 cows, and Krishna and Balaram used to take charge of them, along with Krishna\'92s many cowherd boy friends. Every day, in the morning, He used to go out with
 His friends and cows into the pasturing grounds.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93So, if you seriously want to convert this spot into New Vrindaban, I shall advise you not to make it very much modernized. But as y
ou are American boys, you must make it just suitable to your minimum needs. Nor should you make it too much luxurious, as generally Europeans and Americans are accustomed. Better to live there without modern amenities, and to live a natural, healthy life
 for executing Krishna Consciousness. It may be an ideal village where the residents will have plain living and high thinking.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93For plain living we must have sufficient land for raising crops, and pasturing grounds for the cows. If there is sufficient grains 
and production of milk, then the whole economic problem is solved. You do not require any machines, cinema, hotels, slaughter houses, brothels, nightclubs\'97all these modern amenities. People in the spell of Maya are trying to squeeze out gross pleasure
 from the senses, which it is not possible to derive to our heart\'92s content. Therefore we are confused and baffled in our attempt to get eternal pleasure from gross matter. Actually, joyful life is on}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spiritual platform, and therefore we should try to save our valuable time from material activities and engage it in Krishna Consciousness. But at the 
same time, because we have to keep our body and soul together to execute our mission, we must have sufficient (not extravagant) food to eat, and that will be supplied by grains, fruits and milk.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The difficulty is that the people in this country want}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to continue their practice of sense gratification, and at the same time they want to become transcendentally advanced. This is quite contradictory. One can advance in transcendental
 life only by the process of negating the general practice of materialistic life. The exact adjustment is in Vaishnava philosophy, which is called \'91Yukta Vairagya.\'92 This means that we should simply accept the bare necessities for the material part 
of life, and try to save time for spiritual advancement. This should be the motto of New Vrindaban, if you at all develop it to the perfectional stage.\'94 (6/14/68)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regarding New Vrindaban\'92s cow protection program, Swamiji has written:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93We must have sufficient pasturing ground to feed the animals all round. We have to maintain the animals throughout their lives. We 
must not make any program for selling them to the slaughter houses. This is the way of cow protection. Krishna by His practical example taught us to give all protection to the cows, and that should be the main business of New Vrindaban. Vrindaban is also
 known as Gokula. Go means cows, and Kula means congregation. Therefore the special feature of New Vrindaban will be cow protection, and by doing so, we shall not be the losers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In India, of course, a cow is protected, and the cowherdsmen derive sufficient profit by such protection. Cow dung is used for fuel
. Cow dung dried in the sunshine is kept in stock for utilization as fuel in the villages. They get wheat and other cereals produced from the field. There is milk and vegetables and the fuel is cow dung, and thus they are self-sufficient, independent, in
 every village. There are hand weavers for the cloth. And the country oil-mill (consisting of a bull walking in a circle around two big grinding stones, attached with yoke) grinds the oil seeds into oil.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The whole idea is that people residing in New Vrindaban may not have to search for work outside. Arrangements should be such that t
he residents will be self-satisfied. That will make an ideal ashram. I do not know whether these ideals can be given practical shape, but I think like that, that people may be happy in any place with land and cow, without endeavoring for the so-called am
enities of modern life\'97which simply increase anxieties for maintenance and proper equipment. The less we are anxious for maintaining our body, the more we become favorable for advancing in Krishna Consciousness.\'94 (6/14/68)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the development of buildings, Swamiji has given specific instructions for temples and living quarters. At present New Vrindaba
n includes 133 acres (with more land available in the future) of pasture, forest, ponds, mountains and streams. So there are varied settings for numerous buildings. Swamiji advises:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Concentrate on one temple, and then we shall extend one after another. Immediately the scheme should be to have a temple in the cen
ter, and residential quarters for the Brahmacharies or Grihasthas surrounding it. Let us go ahead with that plan at first.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Also, you will be pleased to note that I\'92ve asked Goursundar to make a layout of the whole land, and I shall place 7 different t
emples in different situations, as prototypes of Vrindaban. There will be seven principle temples, namely, Govinda, Gopinath, Madan Mohan, Shyamsundar, Radha Raman, Radha Damodar, and Gokulananda. Of course, in Vrindaban there are, more or less, big and 
small, about 5,000 temples; that is a far distant scheme. But immediately we shall take up constructing at least 7 temples in different situations, meadows and buildings. So I am trying to make }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs22
\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub plan out of the description of the plot of our land. And the hilly portions may be named Goverdhan. On the Goverdhan hillsides, the pasturing grounds for the cow
s may be allotted.\'94 (8/23/68)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In conclusion, New Vrindaban is a means of attaining life\'92s ultimate goal in the service of the Lord, Sri Krishna. The sincere parti
cipants can thereby please the spiritual master by progress in Krishna Consciousness, and when the spiritual master is pleased, Lord Krishna is pleased.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Now we can work with great enthusiasm for constructing a New Vrindaban in the United States of America. People who came here from E
urope to this part of the world named so many new provinces, just like New England, New Amsterdam, New York. So I also came to this part of the world to preach Krishna Consciousness, and by His Grace and by your endeavor, New Vrindaban is being construct
ed. That is my great happiness. Our sincere endeavor in the service of the Lord, and of the Lord\'92s assistants, to make our progressive march successful\'97these are two important things to be followed in the spiritual advancement of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I think it was Krishna\'92s desire that this New Vrindaban scheme should be taken up by us, and now He has given us a great opportu
nity to serve Him in this scheme. So let us do it sincerely and all other help will come automatically. I am very glad to notice in Kirtanananda\'92s letter that he has realized more and more that the function of New Vrindaban is nothing physical or bodi
ly, but purely spiritual and for the glorification of the Lord, Sri Hari [Krishna]. If we actually keep this view before us, certainly we shall be successful in our progressive march.\'94 (8/23/68)
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sri Ishopanishad: Part 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Sri Ishopanishad
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Rendered into English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the final 8 verses of this major Upanishad, the ultimate message of the Rig Veda\'97human fulfillment through unwavering consciousness of God\'97is systematically
 concluded. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1-10]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Eleven
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influenc
e of repeated birth and death, and enjoy the full blessings of immortality.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the start of the material world everyone is trying for a permanent life, but the law of Nature is so cruel that no one has avoide
d the hand of death. No one wants to die. That is a practical fact. Nor does anyone want to become old or diseased. But the law of Nature does not allow anyone immunity from death, old age or disease. The advancement of material knowledge has not solved 
these problems of life. Material science can discover the nuclear bomb to accelerate the process of death, but it cannot discover anything which can protect man from the cruel hands of death, disease and old age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the Puranas we learn of the activities of Hiranya Kashipu: This king was materially very much advanced, and by his material acquis
itions, by the strength of his nescience, he wanted to conquer death. He underwent a type of meditation so severe that all the planetary systems became disturbed by his mystic powers. He forced the creator of the universe, the demigod named Brahma, to co
me down to him, and then he asked him for the benediction of becoming an \'93Amar,\'94 one who does not die. Brahma refused to award this, however, because even he, the material creator, who has command over all the planets, is not himself an Amar. He ha
s a long duration of life, as is confirmed in The Bhagavad Gita, but that does not mean that he doesn\'92t have to die.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Hiranya\'94 means gold, and \'93kashipu\'94 means soft bed. This gentleman was interested in these two things, money and women, and
 he wanted to enjoy this sort of life by becoming artificially immortal. He asked Brahma many things indirectly in hopes of fulfilling his desire to become an Amar. He asked benediction that he might not be killed by any man, animal, god, or any living b
eing within the categories of the 8,400,000 species. He also asked that he might not die on the land, in the air, in the water or by any weapon whatsoever. So on and on, Hiranya Kashipu thought foolishly that this would guarantee him against death. But i
n the end, although Brahma granted him all these benedictions, he was killed by the Personality of Godhead in the Form of a half-man, half-lion. And no weapon was used to kill him except the nails of the Lord. He was killed on the lap of the wonderful Li
ving Being Who was beyond his conception.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole point here is that even Hiranya Kashipu, the most powerful of materialists, could not become deathless by his various plans. 
What, then, will be accomplished by the tiny Hiranya Kashipus of today, who make plans which are throttled from moment to moment?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Ishopanishad instructs us not to make one-sided attempts to win the struggle for existence. Everyone is struggling hard for existen
ce, but the law of material Nature is so hard and fast that it does not allow any to surpass it. In order to have permanent life one must be prepared to go back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process of going back to Godhead is a different branch of knowledge, and it has to be learnt from the revealed Vedic Scriptures, s
uch as the Upanishads, Vedanta, Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagwatam, etc. Therefore, to become happy in this life and to get a permanent blissful life after leaving this material body, one must take to this sacred literature and obtain transcendental knowled
ge. The conditioned living being has forgotten his eternal relation with God, and he has mistakenly accepted the temporary place of birth as all-in-all. The Lord has kindly delivered the above-mentioned Scriptures in India and other Scriptures in other c
ountries to remind the forgetful human being that his home is not here in this material world. The living being is a spiritual entity, and he can only be happy by returning to his spiritual home, with the Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead, from His Kingdom, sends His bona fide servants to propagate this mission of going back to Godhead, and some
times He comes Himself to do this work. All living beings are His beloved sons, His parts and parcels, and therefore God is more sorry than we ourselves are for the sufferings which we are constantly undergoing in the material condition. The miseries of 
the material world are also indirect reminders of our incompatibility with dead matter, and intelligent living entities generally take note of these reminders, and side by side engage themselves in the culture of Vidya, or transcendental knowledge. Human
 life is the best opportunity for the culture of spiritual knowledge, and the human being who does not take advantage of this opportunity in human life is called a \'93Naradhama,\'94 the lowest of human beings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The path of \'93Avidya,\'94 or material advancement of knowledge for sense gratification, means repetition of death and repetition of b
irth also. The living entity, as he is spiritually, has no birth or death. Birth and death are concerned with the outward covering of the spirit soul, the body. This is compared with the putting on and taking off of outward garments. Foolish human beings
 who are grossly absorbed in the culture of Avidya, nescience, do not mind this cruel process, but, being enamored of the beauty of the illusory energy, they do the same thing over repeatedly, without learning any lesson from the law of Nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The culture of Vidya or transcendental knowledge is essential for the human being. Unrestricted sense enjoyment in the diseased, materi
al condition of the senses must be restricted as far as possible. Unrestricted sense enjoyment in this bodily condition is the path of ignorance and death. The living entities are not without spiritual senses. Every living being in his original spiritual
 form has all the senses which are now material, covered by the body and the mind. Activities of the material senses are perverted reflections of spiritual pastimes. The engagement of the spirit soul under the material covering is the diseased condition 
of the soul. And real sense enjoyment is possible when the disease is removed. In our pure spiritual form, freed from all material contamination, pure enjoyment of the senses is possible. The aim of human life should, therefore, not be perverted sense en
joyment, but should be to cure the material disease. Aggravating the material disease is no sign of knowledge. It is the sign of culturing Avidya, ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The degree of a fever must not be increased from 105 to 107 for good health. The degree is to be reduced to the normal state of 98.6. T
hat should be the aim of human life. The modern trend of material civilization is to increase the degree of the feverish material condition which has therefore reached the point of 107 in the form of atomic energy, with the foolish politicians crying tha
t at any moment the world may go to hell. That is the result of the advancement of material knowledge, and of the neglect of the most important part of life, the culture of spiritual knowledge. Here is a warning in Sri Ishopanishad that we must not follo
w such a dangerous path leading to death. On the contrary, we must side by side develop the culture of spiritual knowledge so that we may become completely free from the cruel hands of death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This does not mean that all civic activities for the maintenance of the body should be stopped. There is no question of stopping activi
ties, as there is no question of wiping out one\'92s temperature altogether when trying to recover from a disease. We have already tried to explain the matter by the expression \'93to make the best use of a bad bargain.\'94 The culture of spiritual knowl
edge has to be done with the help of this body and mind, and therefore maintenance of the body and mind is required if we are to reach our goal. The normal temperature should be maintained at 98.6 degrees, but it should not be foolishly increased to the 
degree of 107. The great sages and saints of India wanted to maintain the normal temperature by a balanced program of material and spiritual knowledge. They never allowed the misuse of human intelligence for diseased sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human activities diseased by a temperament of sense gratification have been regulated in the Vedas under the principles of Salvation. T
his system is found in four divisions: religion, economic development, sense gratification and salvation. At the present moment the people have no interest either in religion or salvation. They have only one aim in life, sense gratification, and in order
 to fulfill this end they have different plans for economic development.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Misguided man thinks that religion should be maintained for its contribution to economic development, and that economic development is 
required for sense gratification. And in order to guarantee further sense gratification after death, in heaven, there is some system of religious observances. But this is not the purpose of the principles of salvation. The path of religion is actually fo
r self realization. Economic development is required just to maintain the body in a sound, healthy condition. A man should live in a healthy condition of life with a sound mind just to realize Vidya, true knowledge, which is the aim of human life. This l
ife is not meant for working like an ass or for the culture of Avidya or for sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The path of Vidya is most perfectly presented in The Srimad Bhagwatam. The Bhagwatam directs a human being to utilize his life in the m
atter of enquiring about the Absolute Truth. The Absolute Truth is realized step by step as Brahman, Paramatman, and, at last, Bhagavan, the Personality of Godhead. This Absolute Truth is realized by the broad-minded man who has attained knowledge and de
tachment, having followed the 18 principles of The Bhagavad Gita described above. The central point in these 18 principles is the attainment of transcendental devotional service to the Personality of Godhead. Therefore it is recommended for all classes o
f men to learn the art of devotional service to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Religiousness, economic development and sense gratification without the aim of attaining devotional service to the Lord are all differe
nt forms of nescience, as will be shown hereafter in Sri Ishopanishad. Thus, to culture Vidya, especially in this age, one must always hear and chant and worship with concentrated attention, targetted on the Personality of Godhead, Who is the Lord of the
 transcendentalists.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Twelve
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are engaged in the worship of demigods enter into the darkest region of ignorance, and still more so do the worshi
pers of the Absolute.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Sanskrit word \'93Asambhuti\'94 means those who have no independent existence. \'93Sambhuti\'94 is the Absolute Personality of Godh
ead, Who is absolutely independent of everything. In The Bhagavad Gita, the Absolute Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, positively describes Himself in the following words: \'93I am the Supreme Cause of the powers delegated to the demigods, the great s
ages and the mystics. And because these are endowed with limited powers, it is very difficult for them to know how I appear Myself, by My own internal potency, in the form of a man.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All philosophers and great \'93Rishis,\'94 or mystics, try to distinguish the Absolute from the relative by their tiny brain power. How
ever, this can only help them to reach the point of negating relativity, without realizing any positive trace of the Absolute. Definition of the Absolute by negation is not a complete concept. Such negative definitions lead one to create a concept of his
 own, and one then imagines that the Absolute must be formless and without qualities. But these negations are simply the opposite numbers of the relative forms and qualities, and are themselves therefore relative. By such a concept of the Absolute one ca
n at the utmost reach to the impersonal effulgence of God, known as Brahman; but one cannot make further progress to the stage of Bhagavan, the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such mental speculators do not know that Krishna is the Absolute Personality of Godhead, and that the impersonal Brahman is the glaring
 effulgence of His transcendental body, while Paramatman, the Supersoul, is His all-pervading representation. They do not know that Krishna has His eternal Form, with transcendental qualities of eternal bliss and knowledge. The dependent demigods and gre
at sages imperfectly realize Him as one of the powerful demigods, but they consider that the Brahman effulgence is the ultimate Absolute Truth. Krishna\'92s devotees, however\'97who by dint of their unalloyed devotion surrender unto Him\'97can know that 
He is the Absolute Person, and that everything emanates from Him only. Such devotees continuously render loving service unto Krishna, the Fountainhead of everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita it is also said that only bewildered persons, driven by a strong desire for sense gratification, worship the demig
ods for the satisfaction of temporary problems. A temporary relief from a certain difficulty by the grace of some demigod is the demand of less intelligent persons. The living being is in the material entanglement, and he has to be relieved from material
 bondage entirely to obtain permanent relief on the spiritual plane, where eternal bliss, life and knowledge exist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita it is said that the worshipers of the demigods can go to the planets of the respective demigods. The Moon worshipe
rs can go to the Moon, the Sun worshipers can go to the planet of the Sun, and so on. Modern scientists are now trying to go to the Moon with the help of rockets, which is not really a new attempt. The human being with his advanced consciousness is natur
ally inclined to travel in outer space and to reach other planets, either by sputniks, by mystic powers, or by worshiping the particular predominating deity on that planet. In the Vedic scriptures it is said that one can reach other planets in any of the
 ways mentioned above, most generally by worshiping the demigod presiding over the particular planet. But these planets are temporary residential places; the only permanent planets are the Vaikuntha Lokas, found in the spiritual sky, where the Personalit
y of Godhead predominates. The Bhagavad Gita confirms this as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Even though one may rise to the highest planet, Brahma Loka, one has to come back again. But if someone attai
ns to Me (in the spiritual world), he doesn\'92t have to take birth again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Ishopanishad suggests that one remains in the darkest region by hovering over the material planets, whatever his means may be. The 
whole universe is covered by the gigantic material elements, just like a coconut ball half-filled with water. As it is airtight and fully covered, the darkness within is dense, and therefore planets like the Sun and the Moon are required to illuminate th
e inside of the universe. Outside the universe there is a vast expansion of unlimited Brahmajyoti space, full of Vaikuntha Lokas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The biggest and the highest planet in the Brahmajyoti is the Krishna Loka, or Goloka Vrindaban, where the Personality of Godhead, Sri K
rishna, resides. Lord Sri Krishna never quits this Krishna Loka where He dwells with His eternal associates, and yet He is omnipresent throughout the complete material and spiritual cosmic situation. This fact has already been explained in Mantra Four of
 Sri Ishopanishad. The Lord is present everywhere, as the Sun is. A man can move through space with the highest possible speed, and still he will find that the Sun is there, although the Sun is situated in its own undeviating orbit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The problem of life, however all this may be, cannot be solved by going to the Moon. There are many pseudo-worshipers who become religi
onists for the sake of name and fame only. Such pseudo-religionists do not wish to get out of this universe and reach the spiritual sky. They want only to maintain the status quo in the material world, under the garb of worshiping the Lord. And the athei
sts and the impersonalists lead such foolish pseudo-religionists into the darkest regions by preaching the cult of atheism. The atheist directly denies the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the impersonalist supports the atheist by pre
aching the impersonal existence of the Supreme Lord. So far as we have gone through Sri Ishopanishad, we have not come across any mantra where the Personality of Godhead is denied. It is said that He can run faster than anyone. Those who are running afte
r the planets are certainly persons, and if the Lord can run faster than all of them, why should He be considered impersonal? The impersonal conception of the Supreme Lord is another face of ignorance, due to an imperfect vision of the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And so the ignorant pseudo-religionists, the manufacturers of so-called incarnations\'97directly violating the Vedic injunctions\'97are
 liable to enter into the darkest region of the universe, on account of their business of misleading those who follow them. These impersonalists generally pose themselves as incarnations of God to the foolish, who have no knowledge of the Vedic wisdom. A
nd if such foolish men have any knowledge at all, it is more dangerous in their hands than ignorance itself. Such impersonalists do not even worship the demigods as is recommended in the scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the scriptures there is a recommendation for worshiping the demigods under different circumstances, but at the same time it is said 
that there is no real need for this. In The Bhagavad Gita it is clearly stated that the results of worshiping the demigods are not permanent. The whole material world is not permanent, and therefore anything achieved here within the darkness of material 
existence is also impermanent. The problem, then, is how to obtain real and permanent life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord states that, as soon as one reaches Him by devotional service\'97which is the one and only way to approach the Personality of 
Godhead\'97there is complete freedom from the bondage of birth and death. In other words, the path of salvation, or getting out of the material clutches, fully depends on the principles of knowledge and detachment. And the pseudo-religionists have neithe
r knowledge nor detachment from material affairs. Most of them want to continue in the golden shackles of material bondage, under the shadow of altruistic and philanthropic activities, and in the name of religious principles. By false religious sentiment
s they present a make-show of devotional service, indulging in all sorts of immoral principles, and still pass as spiritual masters and devotees of God. Such violators of religious principles have no respect for the authoritative Acharyas, the holy teach
ers in the strict disciplic succession; and to mislead the people in general they themselves become so-called Acharyas, without even following the principles of the Acharyas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These rogues in human society are the most dangerous elements and, for want of religious government, they pass on without being punishe
d by the law of the state. They cannot, however, avoid the law of the Supreme, Who has clearly declared in The Bhagavad Gita [16.19\'9620] that these envious demons, in the garb of religious propagandists, shall be thrown down into the darkest region of 
hell. It is confirmed in Sri Ishopanishad that the pseudo-religionists are heading toward the most obnoxious place in the universe after finishing with the spiritual mastership business, which is simply for the matter of sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Thirteen
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that one result is obtained by worshiping the Supreme Cause of all causes, and that another is obtained by worshi
ping what is not supreme. All this was heard from the undisturbed authorities who clearly explained it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this mantra of Sri Ishopanishad the system of hearing from the undisturbed authorities is confirmed. Unless one hears from the bona 
fide Acharya, who is never disturbed by the changes of the material world, one cannot have the real key to transcendental knowledge. The bona fide spiritual master, who has also heard the \'93Sruti Mantras,\'94 or Vedic knowledge, from his undisturbed Ac
harya, never manufactures or presents anything which is not mentioned in the Vedic literature. In The Bhagavad Gita it is clearly said that the worshipers of the \'93pitris,\'94 or forefathers, reach the forefathers, the gross materialists who make plans
 to remain here in this world remain here, and the devotees of the Lord, who worship none but Lord Krishna, the Supreme Cause of all causes, reach Him in His Abode in the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here also in Sri Ishopanishad, it is said that different results are achieved by different modes of worship. If we worship the Supreme 
Lord, certainly we will reach the Supreme Lord in His eternal Abode, and if we worship demigods like the Sun and Moon, we can reach these respective planets without any doubt. And if we want to remain here on this wretched planet with our planning commis
sions and our stop-gap political adjustments, we can certainly do that also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nowhere in authentic scriptures is it said that whatever you do and whatever you worship you will ultimately reach the same goal. Such 
foolish theories are offered by self-made masters who have no connection with the \'93Parampara,\'94 the bona fide system of disciplic succession. The bona fide spiritual master cannot say that for everyone who has his own mode of worship\'97be it worshi
p of the demigods or of the Supreme\'97worship leads to the same goal. For a common man it is very easy to understand that a person starting by train from Bombay can reach the destination for which he has purchased his ticket, and nowhere else. A person 
who has purchased a ticket for Calcutta can reach Calcutta. But contemporary so-called masters preach that, whatever spiritual ticket you may purchase, it will take you to the Supreme Goal. Such mundane and compromising offers attract many foolish creatu
res to become puffed up with their manufactured methods of spiritual realization, but the Vedic instruction doesn\'92t uphold them. Unless one has received knowledge from the bona fide spiritual master\'97one who is in the recognized line of disciplic su
ccession\'97one cannot have the real thing as it is. The Bhagavad Gita says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Thus, O chastiser of the foe, the Yoga principles [of The Gita] were known to the great kings. But, the Param
para system being broken, these principles appear now to be lost.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Sri Krishna was present in this world, the Bhakti Yoga principles defined in The Bhagavad Gita had become distorted, and so t
he Lord had to re-establish the disciplic system, beginning with Arjuna, who was the most confidential friend and devotee of the Lord. The Lord clearly said to Arjuna that it was because he was His devotee and friend that the principles of The Gita were 
understandable to him. In other words, no one can understand The Gita who is not a devotee and friend of the Lord. This means that only one who follows the path of Arjuna can understand The Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the present moment there are many interpreters of this sublime dialogue who have nothing to do with Arjuna or Lord Krishna. They int
erpret the verses of The Bhagavad Gita in their own ways, and postulate all sorts of rubbish in the name of The Gita. Such interpreters believe neither in Sri Krishna nor in His eternal Abode. So, then, what can they explain about The Bhagavad Gita?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.20, 23]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clearly says that only those who have lost their senses worship the demigods. Krishna ultimately advises that one should give up all other ways and modes of worship, and fully surrender unto Him only }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.66]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Those persons who are cleansed of all sinful reactions can have such unflinching faith in the Supreme Lord.
 Others will continue hovering over the material sphere with their paltry ways of worship, and thus will be misled from the real path, under the false impression that all paths lead to the same goal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this mantra the Sanskrit word \'93Sambhavat,\'93 worship of the Supreme Cause, is very significant. Lord Krishna is the Original Per
sonality of Godhead, and everything that exists has emanated from Him. In The Gita the Lord explains Himself. He says there that He is the Creator of everyone, including Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. And because these three principal deities of the material 
world are created by the Lord, He is the Creator of all that exists in the material and spiritual worlds.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e4la-t\'e4pan\'e9 Upani\'f1ad }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (1.24), it is stated:
\par }\pard \s2105 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo brahm\'e4\'eba\'e0 vidadh\'e4ti p\'fcrva\'e0 yo
\par }\pard \s2105 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-vidy\'e4\'e0 tasmai g\'e4 p\'e4layati sma k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \s2105 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4\'e0 hi devam \'e4tma-v\'e5tti-prak\'e4\'e7a\'e0
\par }\pard \s2105 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mumuk\'f1ur vai \'e7ara\'ebam amu\'e0 vrajet
\par }\pard {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning of creation Parame\'e7vara first manifested Brahm\'e4, and then, in the forms of Matsya, Hayagr\'e9va and other incarnations, He delivered the
 Vedas from sinking into the ocean of devastation. He gave instructions to Brahm\'e4 on spiritual science. He is the supreme worshipable deity, and He is self-manifest in His eternal form as \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All devotees take shelter of Him.}}}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atharva-veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is similarly said that One Who existed before the creation of Brahma, and On
e Who enlightened Brahma with Vedic knowledge, is Lord Sri Krishna. \'93The Supreme Person desired to create the living entities, and thus Narayana created all the beings. From Narayana, Brahma was born. Narayana created all the Prajapatis. Narayana crea
ted Indra. Narayana created the eight Vasus. Narayana created the eleven Rudras. Narayana created the twelve Adityas.\'93 This Narayana being the plenary manifestation of Lord Krishna, Narayana and Krishna are one and the same.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are later readings also which say that the same Supreme Lord is the Son of Devaki. His childhood with Devaki and Vasudeva and His
 identity with Narayana have also been confirmed by Sripad Shankara Acharya, even though Shankara does not belong to the Vaishnava, or personalist, cult. There are still other readings, also in the Atharva Veda, such as this: \'93Only Narayana existed in
 the beginning, and there was no existence of Brahma or Shiva, nor of Agni, the fire, nor of water. There were no stars, there was no Sun, no Moon. He does not remain alone. He creates as He desires.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Mokshadharma it is said: \'93I created the Prajapatis and the Rudras. They have not complete knowledge of Me because they are al
so covered by My illusory energy.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Varaha Puranam it is said: \'93Narayana is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and from Him the four-headed Brahma became manife
sted, as also did Rudra, who later became omniscient.\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus all Vedic literature will confirm this view that Narayana or Krishna is the Cause of all causes. In The Brahma Samhita also it is 
said that the Supreme Lord is Sri Krishna. He is \'93Govinda,\'94 the Delighter of every living being, and He is the Primeval Cause of all causes. The really learned person will know all this by the evidence of great sages and the Vedas, and will thus de
cide to worship Lord Krishna as all-in-all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Persons are called \'93Buddha,\'94 or really learned, who fasten themselves only to the worship of Sri Krishna. This conviction can be 
established when one hears the transcendental message from the undisturbed Acharya, with faith and love. One who has no faith in, or love for, Lord Krishna cannot be convinced of this simple truth. Such faithless persons are described in The Bhagavad Git
a as \'93Mudhas,\'94 foolish as the ass. It is said that the mudhas deride the Personality of Godhead because they don\'92t have complete knowledge from the undisturbed Acharya. One who is disturbed by the whirlpool movements of the material energy is no
t qualified to become an Acharya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before hearing The Gita, Arjuna was disturbed by this whirlpool\'97the reaction of family, society and community affection\'97and thus 
he wanted to become a philanthropist and a nonviolent man of the world. But when he became Buddha, by hearing the Vedic knowledge of The Bhagavad Gita from the Supreme Person, he changed his decision and became a worshiper of Lord Sri Krishna, Who had Hi
mself designed the Battle of Kurukshetra. Arjuna worshiped the Lord by fighting with his so-called relatives, and thus became a pure devotee of the Lord. Such achievements are possible only by worshiping the real Krishna and not by worshiping some fabric
ated \'93Krishna\'94 inaugurated by foolish men who are without knowledge of the intricacies of the science of Krishna described in The Gita and in the Srimad Bhagwatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedanta Sutra, the \'93Sambhuta\'94 is the source of birth and sustenance, and the reservoir after annihilation. The S
rimad Bhagwatam, the natural commentary upon the Vedanta Sutras by the same author, comments that the source of all emanations is not a dead stone, but is \'93Abhijna,\'93 or fully conscious. Therefore, the Primeval Lord Sri Krishna says in The Gita that
 He is fully conscious of the past, the present and the future; and no one, including demigods such as Shiva and Brahma, knows Him fully. Those who are disturbed by the tides of material existence cannot know Him fully. Such half-educated spiritual maste
rs try to make some compromise, and make the mass of human beings the object of worship. They do not know that such worship of the masses is not possible, nor are the masses perfect. This is something like pouring water on the leaves of the tree, instead
 of watering the root. The natural process of worship is to pour water on the root of the tree from which the leaves grow. But today\'92s disturbed leaders become more attracted by the leaves than the root, and therefore, in spite of perpetually watering
 the leaves, all is drying up for want of nourishment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Ishopanishad advises us to pour water on the root, the Source of all germination. Worshiping the mass population by rendering bodil
y service which can never be perfect is less important than service to the soul. The soul is the root generating different types of bodies in terms of the law of Karma, or material reaction. To serve only the human being by medical aids, social amenities
 and educational facilities, while cutting the throats of poor animals in slaughterhouses, does not add up to any valid service to the living beings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living being is perpetually suffering from the material disease of birth, death, old age and disease, in different types of body. T
he human form of life is a chance to get out of this entanglement of material existence. This can be done simply by re-establishing the lost relationship of the living entity with the Supreme Lord. And the Lord comes personally to teach us this philosoph
y of surrender unto the Supreme, the \'93Sambhutam.\'94 Real service to humankind is to teach surrender unto the Supreme Lord, and to worship Him only, with full love and energy. That is the instruction of Sri Ishopanishad in this mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The simple way to worship the Supreme Lord in this age of disturbance is to hear and chant about His great activities. The mental spe
culators, however, think of the activities of the Lord as imaginary, and therefore they refrain from any such hearing process, and invent some jugglery of words, without any substance, to divert the attention of the poor innocent mass of people. Instead 
of hearing the activities of Lord Krishna, they prefer to advertise themselves by inducing their followers to sing about the pseudo-spiritual master. In modern times, the number of such pretenders has increased in considerable numbers, and it has become 
a problem for the pure devotees of the Lord to save the mass of people from the unholy propaganda of these pretenders and imitation incarnations of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Upanishads indirectly draw our attention to the Primeval Lord Sri Krishna, and The Bhagavad Gita, which is the summary of all Upani
shads, directly points out Sri Krishna. One should, therefore, hear about Krishna as He is in The Gita or in the Srimad Bhagwatam, and that will gradually help him in cleansing his mind of all contaminated things.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagwatam says: \'93By hearing the activities of the Lord, one draws the attention of the Lord towards the devotee. And the Lord, b
eing situated in the heart of every living being, helps the devotee by giving him proper direction.\'94 The Bhagavad Gita also confirms this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This inner direction by the Lord cleanses the heart of the devotee of all dirty things which are produced by the material modes of pass
ion and ignorance. The non-devotees are under the direction of passion and ignorance. By passion one cannot become detached from material affinity, and by ignorance one cannot know what he actually is, and what the Lord is. Thus, in the state of passion,
 there is no chance for self realization however much one may play the false part of a religionist. For a devotee, by the grace of the Lord, the modes of passion and ignorance are removed, and he at once becomes situated in the quality of goodness, the s
ign of a perfect brahmin. This stage of brahminical qualification can be earned by anyone and everyone, provided he follows the path of devotional service under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master. The Bhagwatam says that any lowborn living enti
ty can be made purified under the guidance of a pure devotee of the Lord, because the Lord is so extraordinarily powerful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first sign of brahminical qualification is that the candidate becomes happy, and becomes enthusiastic in the matter of devotional s
ervice to the Lord. This unveils before him, automatically, all about the science of God. And, thus knowing the science of God, he gradually becomes loosened from his material attachments, and his doubtful mind becomes crystal clear, by the grace of the 
Lord. In this stage only can one become a liberated soul, and see the Lord in every step of life. That is the perfection of \'93Sambhutat,\'94 as described in this mantra of Sri Ishopanishad.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Fourteen
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should know perfectly well about the Personality of Godhead and His transcendental Name, as well as the temporary materi
al creation with its temporary demigods, men and animals. When one knows these, he surpasses death, and the ephemeral cosmic manifestation with it; and in the eternal Kingdom of God he enjoys his eternal life of bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human civilization, by its so-called advancement of knowledge, has created many material things, including space capsules and atomic en
ergy. But it has failed to create a situation in which man need not die, take his birth again, become old, or suffer from diseases. Whenever these questions are raised by an intelligent man before a so-called scientist, the scientist very cleverly replie
s that material science is progressing, and that it will ultimately be possible to render man deathless and ageless. Such answers by material scientists prove their gross ignorance of material Nature. In material Nature everything is under the stringent 
laws of matter, and must pass through six stages of existence: birth, growth, duration of life, transformation, deterioration, and death at last. Nothing that is in contact with material Nature can be beyond the above-mentioned six laws of existence, and
 therefore no one, whether demigod, man, animal, or tree, can survive forever here in the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The duration of life may vary in different species. Lord Brahma, the chief living being within this material world, may continue his li
fe for millions and millions of years, while the minute germs may live just for some hours; that does not matter. No one in this material world can survive eternally. Things here are born or created under certain conditions, they stay for some time, and,
 if they have life then they grow, create generations, then dwindle gradually, and at last are annihilated. By that law even the Brahmas (there are millions of Brahmas in different universes\'97each one bigger than the last) are all liable to death, eith
er today or tomorrow. Therefore, the whole material world is called \'93Martya Loka,\'94 the place of death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material scientists and politicians are trying to make this place deathless because they have no information of the deathless spiri
tual nature, due to their ignorance of the Vedic literature. The Vedic literature is full of knowledge matured by experience . But modern man is averse to receive knowledge from the Vedas, Puranas, and other scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Vishnu Purana we have information that Lord Vishnu, the Personality of Godhead, possesses different energies, known as \'93Para,
\'93 superior, and \'93Apara,\'94 or \'93Avidya\'94\'97inferior. The material energy in which we are at present involved is called the Avidya, inferior, energy; and the material creation is made possible by such energy. But there is another, superior ene
rgy called the \'93Para Shakti,\'94 where everything is different from this material inferior Nature. That nature is the eternal or deathless creation of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the material planets\'97upper, lower and intermediate, including the Sun, Moon and Venus\'97are scattered over the universe }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8.20]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . These planets exist only during the lifetime of Brahma. Some lower planets, however, are vanquished after the end of one day of Brahma, and they are again recreated during the next daytime of Brahma. 
Time calculation on the upper planets is different from that of ours. One of our years is equal to twenty-four hours, or one day and night, on many of the upper planets. The four ages of Earth (Satya, Treta, Dwapara, and Kali) make a duration of twenty-t
wo thousand years and five months in terms of the time of these upper planets. Such a length of time multiplied by one thousand is one day of Brahma, and one night of Brahma is the same. With such days and nights accumulating into months and years, Brahm
a\'92s life is estimated at one hundred years. And at the end of his life, the complete universal manifestation becomes vanquished.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living beings residing in the Sun and Moon, as well as those in the \'93Martya Loka\'94 system\'97which includes this Earth and man
y planets below the Earth\'97are all merged into devastating water during the nighttime of Brahma. During this time no living beings or species of life remain manifested, although spiritually they continue to exist. This non-manifested stage is called 
\'93Avyakta.\'94 And again, when the entire universe is vanquished at the end of Brahma\'92s lifetime, there is an Avyakta state. But beyond these two non-manifested states there is another, spiritual atmosphere or nature, where there is a great number o
f spiritual planets, existing eternally even when all the planets within this material universe are vanquished.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The cosmic manifestation within the jurisdiction of the various Brahmas is a display of one-fourth the energy of the Lord, and this ene
rgy is called inferior. The spiritual nature beyond the jurisdiction of Brahma is called \'93Tripadavibhuti,\'94 three-fourths the energy of the Lord, and is the superior energy, or \'93Para Prakriti.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The predominating Supreme Person in the spiritual nature is Lord Sri Krishna. He can be approached only by unqualified devotional servi
ce }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8.22]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and not by anything else, such as the processes of Jnana (philosophy) and Yoga (mysticism), much less that of Karma (fruitive work). The \'93karmis,\'94 or fruitive workers, can elevate the
mselves to the \'93Swarga Loka\'94 planets, including the Sun and the Moon. Jnanis and yogis can reach still higher planets, such as the Brahma Loka; and, becoming still more qualified by devotional service, they are allowed to enter into the spiritual n
ature, either in the illuminating cosmic atmosphere of the spiritual sky (the Brahman), or on the planets, according to qualification. It is certain, however, that no one can enter into the spiritual planets called Vaikunthas without being trained in dev
otional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the material planets, everyone from Brahma down to the ant is trying to lord it over material Nature, and this is called the materia
l disease. So long as this material disease continues, the living entity has to undergo the process of changing bodies, whether in the form of a demigod, a man, or an animal; and ultimately has to endure the unmanifested condition during the two kinds of
 devastations: the night of Brahma, and at the end of Brahma\'92s life. If we want to cease the process of repeated birth and death, and the concomitant factors of old age and disease, then we must try to enter into the spiritual planets, and Lord Krishn
a by His plenary expansions is the dominating Figure on each and every one of them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one can predominate over Krishna. And anyone trying to predominate over material Nature is called a conditioned soul, being subject 
to the laws of material Nature, suffering the pangs of repeated birth and death. The Lord comes here to re-establish the principles of religion, and the basic principle is to develop the attitude of surrender toward Him. The Lord teaches this in the last
 portion of The Bhagavad Gita, but foolish men have tactfully misinterpreted this prime teaching, and have misled the people in diverse ways. They have been urged to open hospitals, but are not interested in educating themselves to enter into the spiritu
al kingdom by devotional service. They have been taught to take interest only in temporary relief work, which can never bring about real happiness for the living entity. They start varieties of public and semi-governmental institutions for tackling the d
evastating power of Nature. But they don\'92t know how to pacify insurmountable Nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many men are advertised as great scholars of The Bhagavad Gita, but they overlook the factual method presented there to pacify material
 Nature. Powerful Nature can only be pacified by the awakening of God consciousness, as is clearly mentioned in The Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Ishopanishad, however, teaches in this mantra that one must know both the \'93Sambhuti\'94 and the \'93Vinasa\'94 perfectly, side b
y side. By knowing the Vinasa alone\'97the temporary material manifestation\'97you cannot save anything: In the course of Nature, there is devastation at every moment. No one can be saved from these devastations by any efforts of hospital-opening. They c
an be saved only by complete knowledge of the eternal life of bliss and awareness. The whole Vedic scheme is meant to educate men in this art of achieving eternal life. People are often misguided by other, temporarily attractive things based on sense-gra
tification, but that sort of service which thus misleads them is most degraded.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You must save your fellow man in the right sense. There is no question of liking or disliking the truth. It is there. If you want to be
 saved from repeated birth and death you must take to the devotional service of the Lord. There can be no compromise in this matter of necessity.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Fifteen
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O my Lord, Sustainer of all that lives, Your real face is covered by Your dazzling effulgence. Kindly remove that covering a
nd exhibit Yourself to Your pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita, the Lord explains about His Personal rays, called \'93Brahmajyoti\'94\'97the dazzling effulgence of His Personal 
Form\'97as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is immortal and imperishable, eternal, the constitutional pos
ition of ultimate happiness. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 14/27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman, Paramatman and Bhagavan are three angles of vision of the same Absolute Truth. Brahman is the phase of the Absolute Truth most
 perceptible to the beginner. Paramatman is the phase of the Absolute Truth for those who have progressed. And Bhagavan is the ultimate realization of the Absolute Truth. This is confirmed in The Gita, where the Lord says that He is the ultimate concept 
of the Absolute Truth. He is the source of the Brahmajyoti, as well as of the all-pervading Paramatman feature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As He says that He is the ultimate reservoir of the Brahmajyoti, or impersonal conception of the Absolute Truth, so also He says in The
 Gita that there is no need of explaining His unlimited potency: it can be summarized in short that, by His one plenary portion\'97the all-pervading Paramatman\'97He maintains the complete material cosmic creation. And in the spiritual world also He main
tains all manifestations. Therefore, in the Sruti Mantra of Sri Ishopanishad, He is addressed as \'93Pusan,\'93 the ultimate Maintainer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, is always full with transcendental bliss. When He was present at Vrindaban in India}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5,000 years ago, He always remained in transcendental bliss, even from the beginning of His childhood pastimes. The
 killing of varieties of demons, such as Agha, Baka, Putana, and Pralamba were also pleasure excursions for Him. When He was within His village He was enjoying with His mother, sisters and friends as the naughty Butter Thief, and everyone of His associat
es was enjoying celestial bliss by His stealing. The Lord is known as the Butter Thief, but the term is never used in a derogatory sense. The term Butter Thief, in the case of the Lord, is used with the understanding of the pleasure of His pure devotees.
 Everything that was done by the Lord at Vrindaban was for the pleasure of His associates there. Such manifestations were created by Him to attract the dry speculators in the transcendental line, as well as the acrobats of the so-called Hatha Yoga system
, trying to find the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of the childhood play of the Lord with His playmates, the cowherd boys, Sukadeva Goswami in the Srimad Bhagwatam said:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead, Who is perceived as the impersonal Brahman of bliss, Who is worshiped as the Supr
eme Lord by the devotees, and Who is considered an ordinary human being by the mundane, played with the cowherd boys who had achieved that position after a huge accumulation of pious deeds.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the Lord is ever engaged in transcendental loving activities along with His spiritual associates in the various relationships of 
\'93Shanta,\'94 calmness, \'93Dasya,\'94 servitorship, \'93Sakhya,\'94 friendship, \'93Vatsalya,\'94 paternal affection, and \'93Madhurya,\'93 conjugal love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said that the Lord never goes out of the Vrindaban Dhama, and so it may be asked how He manages the affairs of His different crea
tions. This is answered in The Gita: He pervades all the material creation by His plenary part, known as the \'93Purusha\'94 incarnation. The Lord has nothing to do with material creation, maintenance and destruction, but He causes it to be done by His p
lenary expansion, this Paramatman or Supersoul feature. Every living entity is known as \'93Atman,\'94 soul. The principal Atman, Who controls them all, is \'93Paramatman\'94\'97Supersoul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole system of God realization is a great science. The materialists can only analyze and meditate on the twenty-four factors of th
e material creation. They have very little information of the Purusha, the Lord. The impersonal transcendentalists are simply bewildered by the glaring effulgence of the Brahmajyoti. If one wants to see the absolute Truth in full, one has to penetrate be
yond the twenty-four material elements and the glaring effulgence as well. Sri Ishopanishad hints at this direction, praying for removal of the \'93Hiranmaya Patra,\'94 the dazzling covering. Unless this covering is removed, and unless one can perceive t
he Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is, factual realization of the Absolute Truth can never be achieved.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Paramatman feature of the Personality of Godhead is divided into three plenary expansions, collectively called \'93Vishnu Tattwa.
\'94 The Vishnu Tattwa within the universe (one of the three principal deities\'97Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) is known as the \'93Kirodakshayee Vishnu.\'93 He is the all-pervading Paramatman in each and every individual living entity. And the \'93Garbhodak
shayee Vishnu\'94 is the collective Supersoul of all living entities. Beyond these two there is the Karanadakshayee Vishnu lying in the Causal Ocean. He is the Creator of all the universes. The Yoga system teaches the serious student to meet such Vishnu 
Tattwas after overcoming the twenty-four material elements of cosmic creation. The culture of empiric philosophy helps one to realize the impersonal Brahmayoti, which is the glaring effulgence of the transcendental body of Lord Sri Krishna. This is confi
rmed in The Bhagavad Gita as well as in the Brahma Samhita (5.40):
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub In the millions and millions of universes, there are innumerable planets, each and every one of them differen
t from the others by cosmic constitution, and all of them situated in a corner of the Brahmajyoti. This Brahmajyoti is the Personal ray of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Whom I do worship.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This mantra of the Brahma Samhita is the position of factual realization of the Absolute Truth, and the Sruti Mantra of Sri Ishopanisha
d under discussion is a confirmation of this mantra as a process of realization. It is a simple prayer to the Lord to remove the Brahmajyoti, so that one can see the real face of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perfect knowledge means to know the root of Brahman. The root of Brahman is Lord Sri Krishna, and in scriptures such as the Srimad Bhag
watam the science of Krishna is perfectly elaborated. In the Bhagwatam, the author, Srila Vyasadeva, has established by realization that the Supreme Truth is described either as Brahman, Paramatman or Bhagavan. But he has never said that the Supreme Trut
h is anywhere described as \'93Jiva,\'94 the ordinary living entity. Therefore the living entity is not the all-powerful Supreme Truth. Otherwise, there would be no need of prayer by the entity for the Lord to remove the dazzling cover in order to see Hi
s real face.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion is, therefore, that in the absence of potent manifestations of the Supreme Truth, the impersonal Brahman is realized. Si
milarly, when there is realization of the material potencies of the Lord, with little or no information of the spiritual potency, it is called Paramatman realization. Therefore, both Brahman and Paramatman realization of the Absolute Truth are partial re
alizations. But when one realizes the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, in full potency after the removal of the Hiranmoya Patra, as is prayed for in this mantra, then he realizes that \'93Vasudeva sarvam iti\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Lord Sri Krishna, known as Vasudeva, is everything: Brahman, Paramatman and Bhagavan. He is Bhagavan, the root, and Brahman and Paramatman are His branches.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [6.46\'9647] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is a comparative analysis of the three grades of transcendentalists, known as \'93jnanis,\'94 the worshipers of the impersonal Brahman, the yogis, or worshipers of the Paramatman feature, and bhak
tas, or devotees of Lord Sri Krishna. It is stated in The Gita that amongst all types of transcendentalists, one who is a jnani, who has cultured the Vedic knowledge, is supreme. Yet the yogis are still more than the jnanis. The yogis are far superior to
 fruitive workers as well. And amongst all kinds of yogis, \'93the one who constantly serves the Lord with all his energy is topmost.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The summary is that a philosopher is better than a laboring man, and a mystic is far superior to a philosopher. And of all the mystic y
ogis, one who is following Bhakti Yoga, who is constantly engaged in the service of the Lord, is the highest. Sri Ishopanishad directs us toward this perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Sixteen
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O my Lord, O primeval Philosopher, Maintainer of the universe, O regulating Principle, Destination of the pure devotees Well
-wisher of the progenitors of mankind, please remove the effulgence of Your transcendental rays, so that I can see Your Form of Bliss. You are the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead, like unto the Sun, as am I.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Sun and the Sun\'92s rays are one and the same qualitatively. Similarly, the Lord and the living entities are one and the same in q
uality. The Sun is one, but the molecules of the Sun\'92s rays are innumerable. The Sun\'92s rays constitute part of the Sun; the Sun and the rays conjointly are the complete Sun. Within the Sun planet there is the Sun god, and similarly within the supre
me spiritual planet, Goloka Vrindaban, from which the effulgent Brahmajyoti is emanating, there is the eternal Lord, as is stated in the Brahma Samhita:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental Abode of Lord Krishna is the land of touchstones, of which the houses are built, shaded by
 desire trees. The Lord is engaged there in herding the surabhi cows, and is always served and surrounded by thousands of Goddesses of Fortune, who wait upon Him with all respect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The description of this transcendental Abode of Lord Krishna is in the Brahma Samhita, and the Brahmajyoti is described there as the su
preme rays from that planet, just as the Sun\'92s rays come from the Sun globe. Unless one surpasses the Brahmajyoti glare, one cannot have any information of the land of the Lord. The impersonalist philosopher, being blinded by the dazzling Brahmajyoti,
 cannot realize the factual Abode of the Lord, nor His transcendental form. Affected by such a poor fund of knowledge, the thinkers cannot understand the all-blissful transcendental form of Lord Krishna. Sri Ishopanishad, therefore, offers this prayer to
 the Lord to remove the effulgent rays of the Brahmajyoti, so that the pure devotee can see His all-blissful transcendental form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By realization of the impersonal Brahmajyoti, one experiences the auspicious aspect of the Supreme; by experience of the Paramatman, or
 all-pervading feature of the Supreme, one experiences a still more auspicious enlightenment, and by meeting the Personality of Godhead face to face, the devotee experiences the most auspicious feature of the Supreme. Being addressed as the Philosopher, 
the Maintainer, the Well-wisher, and so forth, the Supreme Truth cannot be considered impersonal. That is the indication of Sri Ishopanishad. The word Maintainer is especially significant: The Lord maintains His devotees specifically, although He is the 
Maintainer of one and all beings. By surpassing the impersonal Brahmajyoti, when the devotee sees the personal aspect of the Lord and His most auspicious eternal form, then the devotee realizes the Absolute Truth in full. Srila Jiva Goswami says in his B
hagwat Sandharva as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The complete conception of the Absolute Truth is realized in the Personality of Godhead, because He is Almigh
ty, with full potency in transcendence. In the Brahmajyoti the full potency of the Absolute Truth is not realized, and therefore Brahman realization is only partial realization of the Personality of Godhead. O learned sages, the first letter of the word 
\'93Bhagavan\'94 is twice significant: first in the sense of \'93one who fully maintains,\'94 and second in the sense of \'93guardian.\'94 The second letter Ga\'97means guide, leader or creator. The letter Va (or Ba) means that every being lives in Him, 
and He also lives in every being. In other words, the transcendental sound Bhagavan represents the infinite knowledge, potency, energy, opulence, strength and influence, all without any tinge of material inebrieties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord fully maintains His unalloyed devotees, and He guides such devotees progressively on the path of devotional perfection. As Lea
der of His devotees, He ultimately awards the desired result of devotional service by giving Himself to His devotees. The devotees of the Lord see the Lord eye to eye by the causeless mercy of the Lord, and thus the Lord helps His devotees to reach the s
upermost spiritual planet, Goloka Vrindaban. As Creator, He can create all the necessary qualifications in His devotee so that the devotee can ultimately reach Him. The Lord is the Cause of all causes, and there is no cause of Him, for He is the Original
 Cause. As such He enjoys His own Self by manifesting His own internal potency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The external potency is manifested not exactly by Himself, for He expands Himself as the \'93Purushas,\'94 and it is in these forms tha
t He maintains the features of the material manifestation. By such expansions does He create, maintain and annihilate the cosmic manifestation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entities are also differentiated expansions of His Self, and because some of the living entities desire to be lord, imitatin
g the Supreme Lord, He allows them to enter into the cosmic creation, with the option of fully utilizing their propensity for lording it over. On account of the presence of His parts and parcels, the living entities, the whole phenomenal world is stirred
 into action and reaction. The living entities are given full facility to lord it over material Nature, but the ultimate controller is the Lord Himself in His plenary feature of Paramatman, the Supersoul, which is one of the Purushas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, there is a gulf of difference between the living entity known as \'93Atman,\'94 and the controlling Lord, known as \'93Param
atman\'94\'97the soul and the Supersoul. Paramatman is the controller, and Atman is controlled; therefore they cannot be on the same level. The Paramatman fully cooperates with the Atman, and thus He is known as the constant companion of the living being
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This all-pervading feature of the Lord, Which exists in all circumstances of waking and sleeping, and also in potential states, and fro
m Which the Jiva-Shakti (living force) is generated\'97as both the conditioned and the liberated souls\'97is known as Brahman.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the Lord is the Origin of both Paramatman and Brahman, and therefore He is the Origin of all living entitles, and all else that ex
ists. One who knows this engages himself at once in the devotional service of the Lord. Such a pure and fully cognizant devotee of the Lord is fully attached to Him in heart and soul, and whenever such a devotee assembles with similar devotees, they have
 no other engagement but to glorify the Lord in terms of His transcendental activities. Those who are not as perfect as the pure devotees, those who have realized only the Brahman feature or the Paramatman feature of the Lord, cannot appreciate the activ
ities of such perfect devotees. But the Lord always helps such pure devotees by supplying necessary knowledge within their hearts, and by His special favor He dissipates all the darkness of ignorance. This the philosophers and yogis cannot imagine, becau
se they more or less depend on their own strength. As is stated in the Katha Upanishad, the Lord can be known only to those whom He favors, and not to anyone else. And such special favors are bestowed upon His pure devotees only. Sri Ishopanishad here in
dicates such favor of the Lord, beyond the purview of the Brahmajyoti.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Seventeen
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let this temporary body be burnt into ashes, and let the air of life be merged with the totality of air. Now, O my Lord, ple
ase remember all my sacrifices, and because You are the ultimate Beneficiary, please remember all that I have done for You.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This temporary material body is certainly a foreign dress, and in The Bhagavad Gita it is clearly said that, after the destruction of t
he material body, the living entity is not annihilated, nor does he lose his identity. The identity of the living entity is never, therefore, impersonal or without form; but on the contrary, it is the material dress which is formless, and which takes a s
hape according to the form of the indestructible person. No living entity is originally formless, as is wrongly supposed by persons with a poor fund of knowledge. Here also in Mantra Seventeen of Sri Ishopanishad, the principle that the living entity exi
sts after the annihilation of the material body is supported.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material world there is wonderful workmanship by material Nature in the matter of creating different varieties of bodies for the
 living beings, in terms of their propensities for sense gratification. The one who wanted to taste stool is given a material body which is quite suitable for eating stool\'97that of a hog. Similarly, the tiger has such a body that it can live by enjoyin
g the blood of other animals, and by eating their flesh.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human being is not meant for eating stool or flesh, because the shape of the teeth is different. Nor does he have any desire to tas
te stool, even in the most aboriginal state of life. Human teeth are so made that they can chew and cut fruit and vegetables, with two canine teeth so that one can eat flesh also. The material bodies of all animals and men are foreign to the living entit
y, and change according to the desire of the being for sense gratification. In this cycle of evolution one changes bodies one after another: from aquatic life\'97when the world was full of water\'97to vegetable life, from vegetable life to worm life, fro
m worm life to bird life, from bird life to animal life, and from animal life to the human form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The highest development of life is this human form when it is possessed of a full sense of spiritual knowledge, and the highest develop
ment of spiritual sense is described in this mantra of the Veda: one should give up this material body to be turned into ashes, and allow the living air to merge into the eternal reservoir of air. The living being\'92s activities are performed within the
 body by movements of different kinds of air, and this is called, in sum, the \'93Prana Vayu.\'94 The yogis generally study to control the airs of the body, and the soul is supposed to rise up from one circle of air to another till it rises onto the \'93
Brahmaranda,\'94 or highest circle of air. Then the perfect yogi can transfer himself to any planet he likes. The process is to give up one material body and then enter into another body, and the highest perfection of such a bodily change is possible whe
n the living entity is able to give up this material body altogether, as is suggested in this mantra. He may then enter into the spiritual atmosphere, where he develops a completely different quality of body\'97a spiritual body\'97which never has to meet
 death or change.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here in the material world one has to change his body, forced by material Nature on account of his different desires for sense gratific
ation. These desires are represented in the various species of life, from the germs to the most perfect material bodies, those of Brahma and the demigods. All of these have bodies of matter in different shapes, and the intelligent person sees oneness not
 in the variety of bodies, but in the spiritual identity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual spark which is the part and parcel of the Supreme Lord is the same either in the body of a hog or in the body of a demigo
d. There are different bodies according to the pious and vicious activities of the living entity. The human body is highly developed, with full consciousness of the constitution of the body; and the most perfect man, according to the Vedic scriptures, su
rrenders unto the Lord after many, many births of culturing knowledge. The culture of knowledge reaches perfection only when the knower comes to the point of surrendering unto the Supreme Lord, called Vasudeva. But even after attaining knowledge in the m
atter of one\'92s spiritual identity, unless he comes to the point of knowing that the living entities are eternal parts and parcels of the Whole, and that they can never become the Whole, one has to fall down again into the material atmosphere, even aft
er having been at one with the Brahmajyoti.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Brahmajyoti emanating from the transcendental body of the Lord is full of spiritual sparks. The spiritual sparks being individual i
dentities, with the full sense of existence, sometimes desire to become the enjoyers of the senses, and thus are given places in the material world to become false lords, under the dictation of the senses. This sense of overlordship is the material disea
se of the living being, and under the spell of such sense enjoyment he transmigrates through the different shapes of body manifested in the material world. The sense of becoming one with the Brahmajyoti is not, therefore, mature knowledge. The sense of s
urrendering unto the Lord completely, and developing the sense of spiritual service, is the highest perfectional stage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this mantra the living entity prays to enter into the spiritual Kingdom of God after relinquishing the material body and the materia
l air. The devotee prays to the Lord to remember his activities and the sacrifices he has performed, now before his material body is turned into ashes. This prayer is made at the time of death, with full consciousness of his past deeds and of the ultimat
e goal. One who is completely under the rules of material law remembers the heinous activities performed during the existence of his material body, and therefore he gets another material body after death. The Bhagavad Gita confirms this truth. It states 
that, at the time of death, the mind carries with it the propensities of the dying animal, and the next life is obtained in terms of that mental state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unlike the simple animals, who have no developed mind, the human being can remember the activities of his passing life like dreams at n
ight, and therefore his mind remains surcharged with material desires, and he cannot enter into the spiritual kingdom with a spiritual body. The devotees, however, by practice of devotional service to the Lord, develop a sense of love for Godhead. And ev
en if at the time of death a devotee does not remember his godly service, the Lord does not forget him. This prayer is to remind the Lord about the devotee\'92s sacrifices, but even if there is no reminder, the Lord does not forget the devotional service
 of the pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord clearly describes His intimate relationship with His devotees in The Gita. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur explains The Gita\'92s ve
rses in this connection:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub One should accept a devotee who is on the right path of the saints, even though such a devotee may seem of lo
ose character. One should try to understand the real import of the words \'93loose character.\'94 A conditioned soul has to act in double functions, namely one for the maintenance of the body, and again for self realization. Social status, mental develop
ment, cleanliness, austerity, nourishment and the struggle for existence, are all for the maintenance of the body. And the self realization part of his activities is executed in his occupation as a devotee of the Lord, and he performs action in that conn
ection also. These two different functions go along parallel lines because a conditioned soul cannot give up the maintenance of the body. The proportion of activities for maintenance of the body decreases, however, in proportion to the increase in devoti
onal service. And so long as the proportion of devotional service does not come to the right point, there is a chance for an occasional exhibition of worldliness. But it should be noted that such worldliness cannot continue for any length of time because
, by the grace of the Lord, such imperfections will come to an end very shortly. Therefore, the path of devotional service is the only right path. Being on the right path, even an occasional occurrence of worldliness does not hamper one in the advancemen
t of self realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And, in The Gita Itself, Krishna says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub One who is engaged in devotional service, despite the most abominable action, is to be considered saintly bec
ause he is rightly situated. Very shortly does he become righteous, and attain to lasting peace. O son of Kunti, it is My promise that My devotee will never perish. O son of Pritha, anyone who will take shelter in Me, whether a woman or a merchant or bor
n in a low family, can yet approach the Supreme Destination. How much greater then are the brahmins, the righteous, the devotees and saintly kings! In this miserable world, these are fixed in devotional service to the Lord. Engage in My service, and surr
ender unto Me. Completely absorbed in Me, surely will you come to Me. (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.30-34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such facilities of devotional service are denied the impersonalists because they are attached to the Brahmajyoti feature of the Lord. T
hey can neither penetrate the Brahmajyoti, as is suggested in the previous mantras, nor do they believe in the Personality of Godhead. Their business is mostly concerned with semantics, the jugglery of words of mental creation. As such the impersonalists
 pursue fruitless labor, which is confirmed in The Bhagavad Gita in the Twelfth Chapter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the facilities suggested in this mantra of Sri Ishopanishad can easily be obtained by constant contact with the Personal feature of
 the Absolute Truth. Devotional service to the Lord consists essentially of nine transcendental activities on the part of the devotee:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. hearing about the Lord,\line 2. glorifying the Lord,\line 3. remembering the Lord,\line 4. serving the Lotus Feet of the
 Lord,\line 5. worshiping the Lord,\line 6. offering prayers to the Lord,\line 7. serving the Lord,\line 8. friendly association with the Lord,\line 9. surrendering everything to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These nine principles of devotional service, either in sum total or one by one, can help the devotee to be constantly in touch with God, and therefore at the end of
 life it is easy for the devotee to remember the Lord. By adopting only one of these nine principles it was possible for the following renowned devotees of the Lord to achieve the highest perfection:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. By hearing only, Maharaj Parikshit, the hero of Srimad Bhagwatam, achieved the desired result.\line 2. Just by glorifyin
g the Lord, Sukadeva Goswami, the speaker of Srimad Bhagwatam, achieved his perfection.\line 3. By praying, Akrura achieved the desired result.\line 4 . By remembering, Prahlad Maharaj achieved the desired result.\line 5. By worshiping, Prithu Maharaj ac
hieved perfection.\line 6. By serving the Lotus Feet of the Lord, the Goddess of Fortune, Lakshmi, achieved perfection.\line 7. By personal service to the Lord, Hanuman achieved the desired result.\line 8. By friendship, Arjuna achieved the result.\line 
9. By surrendering everything that he had, Maharaj Bali achieved the desired result.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, the explanation of this mantra and of practically all the mantras of the Vedic hymns is summarized in the Vedanta Sutras; and
 then again they are properly explained in the Srimad Bhagwatam. Srimad Bhagwatam is the mature fruit of the Vedic tree of wisdom. In the Srimad Bhagwatam this particular mantra is explained in the questions and answers of Maharaj Parikshit and Goswami S
ukadeva at the very beginning of their meeting. As hearing and chanting of the science of God is the basic principle of devotional life, so the complete Bhagwatam is heard by Maharaj 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parikshit and chanted by Goswami Sukadeva. Maharaj Parikshit enquired from Sukadeva because Sukadeva was a greater spiritual master tha
n any great yogi or transcendentalist of his time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maharaj Parikshit\'92s question was, \'93What is the duty of every man, specifically at the time of death?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The answer by Goswami Sukadeva was that everyone who is desirous of being free from all anxieties should always hear about and glorify 
the Personality of Godhead, Who is the Supreme Director of everything, the Extinguisher of all difficulties, and the Supersoul of all living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So-called human society is generally engaged at night in the matter of sleeping or sex indulgence. And during the daytime men are engag
ed in earning money as much as possible, or else in shopping for the family maintenance. People have very little time to talk about the Personality of Godhead or to make any enquiries about Him. They have dismissed the case of God\'92s existence in so ma
ny ways, especially by declaring Him to be impersonal\'97that is, without any sense perception. But the Vedic literature, whether the Upanishads or the Vedanta Sutras or The Bhagavad Gita or the Srimad Bhagwatam, in every scripture declares the Lord to b
e the sentient Being, supreme over all other living entities. And His glorious activities are identical with Himself. One should therefore not indulge in hearing and speaking of the rubbish activities of worldly politicians and the so-called big men of s
ociety, but should so mold his life that not a second is wasted without engagement in godly activities. Sri Ishopanishad directs us towards such activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless one is accustomed to this devotional practice, what will he remember at the time of death when the body is dislocated, and what 
will he pray to the Almighty Lord for, remembering his sacrifices in life? Sacrifice means sacrificing the interest of the senses. One has to learn this art by employing the senses in the service of the Lord during one\'92s lifetime, so that one can util
ize the result at the time of death.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mantra Eighteen
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O my Lord, powerful as the fire, Omnipotent One, now I do act to offer You all obeisances, falling at Your Feet on the groun
d. O my Lord, please lead me in the right path to reach You, and, as You know all of what I have done in the past, please make me free from the reactions to my past sins, so that there will be no hindrance to my progress.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This surrendering process and praying for the causeless mercy of the Lord leads the devotee progressively on the path of complete self 
realization. The Lord is addressed as the fire because He can burn anything into ashes\'97including the sins of the surrendered soul. As described in the previous mantras, the real or ultimate aspect of the Absolute is His feature as the Personality of G
odhead. His impersonal feature of the Brahmajyoti is a dazzling covering over the face of the Lord. Fruitive activities, or the \'93Karmakanda\'94 path of self realization, is the lowest stage in this endeavor. As soon as such activities become even slig
htly deviated from the regulative principles of the Vedas, such activities are transformed into \'93Vikarma,\'94 or acts against the interest of the actor. Such Vikarma is enacted by the illusioned living entities simply for sense gratification, and thus
 such activities become hindrances on the path of self realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Self realization is possible for the human form of life, but not for other forms. There are 8,400,000 species or forms of life\'97of wh
ich the human form, with the qualifications of brahminical culture, presents the only chance to obtain knowledge of the Transcendence. Brahminical culture means truthfulness, controlling the senses, forbearance, simplicity, full knowledge, full faith in 
God\'97and not to become simply proud of one\'92s high parentage. To be the son of a brahmin is a chance to become a brahmin, just as being the son of a big man is a chance to become a big man. But such a birthright is not everything, because one still h
as to attain the brahminical qualifications for himself. As soon as one becomes proud of his birth as the son of a brahmin and neglects to acquire the qualifications of a real brahmin, he at once becomes degraded and drawn from the path of self realizati
on, and his life-mission as a human being is defeated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita it is assured us by the Lord that the \'93Yogabhrastas,\'93 or souls fallen from the path of self realization, are
 given a chance for rectification by taking birth either in the families of good brahmins, or in the families of rich merchants. These are the higher chances for self realization: to become a rich man\'92s son, or to become the son of a good brahmin. And
 if these chances are misused by the illusioned human being, the result is that such a man loses the good chance of human life offered by the Almighty Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The regulative principles are such that one who follows them is promoted from the plane of fruitive activities to the plane of transcen
dental knowledge, and from transcendental knowledge he becomes perfect, after many, many births, when he surrenders unto the Lord. This is the general procedure. But one who surrenders at the very beginning, as is mentioned in this mantra, at once surpas
ses all the stages of progression by simple adoption of the devotional attitude. As is stated in The Gita, the Lord at once takes charge of such a surrendered soul and makes him free from all the reactions to his sinful acts. In the Karmakanda activities
 there are many sinful actions, and in \'93Jnanakanda,\'94 the path of philosophical development, the number of such actions is less. But in devotional service to the Lord, the path of \'93Bhakti,\'94 there is practically no chance of sinful reactions. O
ne who is a devotee of the Lord attains all the good qualifications of the Lord Himself, not to mention becoming a brahmin. A devotee automatically attains the qualifications of an expert brahmin authorized to perform sacrifices, even though such a devot
ee may not have taken his birth in the family of a brahmin. Such is the omnipotence of the Lord that He can make a man born in the family of a brahmin as degraded as a lowborn dogeater, and He can also make a lowborn dog-eater more than a qualified brahm
in, simply on the strength of devotional service .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The omnipotent Lord, being situated within the heart of everyone, can give directions to His sincere devotee as to the right path. Such
 directions are especially offered to the devotee, even if he desires something else. For others God gives sanction to the doer only at the risk of the doer, but in the case of a devotee the Lord directs him in such a way that he never acts wrongly. In t
he Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [11.5.42]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said that the Lord is so kind upon His devotee that, even though he 
sometimes falls into the entanglement of Vikarma\'97acts against the directions of the Vedas\'97the Lord at once rectifies the mistakes of the devotee from within his heart, because such devotees are very dear to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here in this mantra the devotee prays to the Lord to rectify him from within his heart. To err is human: A conditioned soul is very oft
en apt to commit mistakes, and the only remedial measure for such unknown sins is to give oneself up to the Lotus Feet of the Lord, so that He may guide the devotee. The Lord takes this charge for the fully surrendered souls, and thus all problems are so
lved simply by surrendering oneself unto the Lord and acting in terms of the Lord\'92s directions. Such directions are given to the sincere devotee in two ways. One is by means of the saints, scriptures, and spiritual master; and the other is by the Lord
 Himself, residing within the heart of everyone. Thus the devotee is protected in all respects.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic knowledge is transcendental and it cannot be understood simply by mundane educational procedures. One can understand the Ve
dic mantras only by the grace of the Lord and the spiritual master. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7U}{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.23]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If one takes shelter of a bona fid
e spiritual master, it is to be understood that he has obtained the grace of the Lord. The Lord appears as the spiritual master for the devotee. And so the spiritual master, the Vedic injunctions, and the Lord Himself from within all guide the devotee in
 full strength, and there is no chance of such a devotee falling again into the mire of material illusion. The devotee, thus protected all round, is sure to reach the ultimate destination of perfection. The whole process is hinted at in this mantra of Sr
i Ishopanishad, and the Srimad Bhagwatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [1.2.17-20]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  still further explains this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hearing and chanting of the glories of the Lord are themselves acts of piety. The Lord wants everyone to do this, because He is the Wel
l-wisher of all living entities. And by practicing this hearing and chanting of the glories of the Lord, one becomes cleansed of all undesirable things within himself. His devotion becomes fixed upon the Lord. At this stage the devotee acquires the brahm
inical qualifications, and the resultant reactions of lower qualities become completely vanished. He becomes fully enlightened by such devotional service and thus knows the path of the Lord and how to attain Him. All doubts become diminished, and he beco
mes a pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f27\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to Sri Ishopanishad, in the matter of realization of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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who takes to a Krishna Prasadam diet, which strictly rules out meat, fish or eggs of any kind, soon forgets that he has abandoned such so-called \'93good foods.\'94 Cooking for Krishna stands as one of the great arts of life. The care and affection with 
which each dish is prepared for the Lord is unmatched in even the finest cuisines of the world. But don\'92t believe it because we say so. Find out for yourself. Anyone who would like the great experience of tasting Krishna Prasadam may drop in at any of
 our Krishna Consciousness centers for a lunchtime meal. On Sunday afternoons Krishna\'92s devotees will welcome you to a great love feast devoted to Krishna and serve you a plate of food you will never forget. Usually, this plate will contain fifteen to
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ple chutney will certainly satisfy anyone\'92s sweet tooth. Then again, perhaps you\'92ll favor the coconut dust or the bread chutney featured in this month\'92s issue.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 coconut dust
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 lb. grated coconut (5-\'bd\'976cups)\line \'9f cup butter\line \'bc tsp. Turmeric\line a few tiny grains of camphor\line 
\'bd tsp. Salt\line 1 tsp. Coriander\line 1-\'9f cups sugar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over medium heat melt \'9f cup butter in a large skillet. Turn heat to high and stir in a very few grains of camphor, 1 tsp
. of coriander, and \'bc tsp. of turmeric. Stir well for ten seconds. Quickly stir in 1 lb. of grated coconut and mix till all coconut is yellow. Add \'bd tsp. salt and stir constantly till coconut is light brown. Stir in 1-\'9f cups sugar and cook for f
ive more minutes. Remove to a platter, and serve in small cups with spoons. Makes about four (standard) cups.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 bread chutney
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4 cups flour\line 2 tsp. Salt\line 1-\'bd tsp. baking soda\line \'bc cup butter\line 2 cups water\line 3 tbsp. Sage\line 1 
tbsp. Salt\line \'be tbsp. black pepper\line 1-\'bd cups water\line 1 tsp. ground cumin\line \'bd cup butter\line \'bd tsp. celery seed
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a large mixing bowl sift together 4 cups flour, 2 tsp. salt and 1-\'bd tsp. baking soda. Blend in butter till evenly mix
ed. Stir water in slowly and mix well. Knead dough 10-15 times. On a buttered pan place 1-\'bd\'972 inch lumps of dough and bake in a hot, 400 degree oven till light brown. When biscuits are cool, break into small crumbs. To these crumbs add 3 tbsp. sage
, 1 tbsp. salt, and \'be tbsp. black pepper. In a large skillet melt \'bd cup butter. Stir in 1 tbsp. ground cumin and \'bd tsp. celery seed. Cook on high heat till seeds are dark in color. Stir in crumb mixture till well mixed. Add water and stir well. 
Cook for 2-3 minutes more. Serves 8.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Press, media organ of The International Society For Krishna Consciousness, 61 Second Avenue, New York, New York 10003. Executive and 
editorial offices: 504 East Sixth Street, New York, New York 10009. All material copyright\'a9 1969, ISKCON Press.
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DIRECTOR: Damodar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRODUCTION: Aravinda  Greg Marchetti  Madhusudan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub COMPOSITION: Jayadvaita
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The recommended process for God realization in this Age is chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare
 Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cover: Krishna and Arjuna at the Battle of Kurukshetra. Ink and dye by Rohini Kumar and Damodar.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness Temples
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub krishna consciousness temples
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Attend Bhakti Yoga and mantra meditation classes, lectures on The Bhagavad Gita and related Vedic literature, chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra\'97every Monday, Wedne
sday and Friday (or write for details) at any one of the following Krishna Consciousness Temples:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston\'9795 Glenville Avenue, Allston
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo\'9715 La Salle Avenue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hamburg\'972 Hamburg 19, Eppendorfer WEG 11, West Germany
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hawaii\'97P. O. Box 506, Kaaawa, Oahu
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles\'971975 South La Cienega
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London\'9722 Betterton Street, W2
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal\'973720 Park Avenue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York City\'9761 Second Avenue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, W. Va.\'97RD3 Moundsville
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub North Carolina\'97107 Laurel Avenue, Carrboro
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Francisco\'97518 Frederick Street
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Santa Fe\'974llB West Water Street
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle\'975516 Roosevelt Way, N.E.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver\'97271 East Georgia Street
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna The Chariot Driver
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Krishna The Chariot Driver
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagriva
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 What are the purposes, the practices\'97and the fruits\'97of spiritual surrender?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna the Chariot Driver holds the reins of His chariot, the Creation. He is no inexperienced charioteer. He is very adept at driving
 the universe through space. As the Absolute Controller, He is able to drive all chariots along even the roughest roads, and for the man who recognizes and accepts His mastery, He is the perfect Guide and Guru.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Jagannath Swami!\'94 Guru of the Universe! Shankara\'92s accolade is no extravagance. Full knowledge, as an attribute of the Divine
, predicates everything from the proverbial blade of grass that doesn\'92t stir without His will, to colonies of ants in the deepest forests, to grains of sand shifting on the shores of all the worlds, to the grand panoramas of history\'97a colorful tabl
eau in time\'97cosmic phenomena defying man\'92s imagination\'97such as the births and destructions of galaxies. All are being guided under the expert hand of this Charioteer, Who sweeps through everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who have read The Bhagavad Gita know that in that scripture Lord Sri Krishna appears as Chariot Driver to Arjuna, a warrior about
 to engage in the Battle of Kurukshetra. Krishna\'92s role here is neither coincidental nor subsidiary\'97rather, as the Driver, He is in control. Riding in the chariot, Arjuna is the prototype of the ideal man. Sickened by the prospect of fighting again
st his kinsmen, Arjuna from the very beginning bows to Krishna, requesting that He guide him through his difficulties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Now I am confused about duty, and have lost all composure because of weakness,\'94 Arjuna tells Krishna. \'93In this condition I am
 asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.\'93 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  2.7] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This attitude of surrender enables Krishna to drive Arjuna to vic
tory.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not only in the Gita, but in all Vedic literature we learn that \'93Iswara,\'94 the Supreme Lord, is the Ultimate Controller. The Creat
ion is His chariot which He drives in whatever way He likes. Aware or unaware, every living entity is controlled by Krishna: \'93The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone\'92s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who ar
e seated as on a machine, made of material energy.\'94 (BG }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XVIII/61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All entities are, in fact, being driven by the Supreme Lord on a chariot ride through eternity. Whether or not the entities enjoy this 
ride depends on their knowledge and acceptance of, faith in, and love for, the Driver.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For instance, the surrendered soul recognizes that Krishna is the Driver, the Ultimate Controller, and therefore he dovetails his will 
to Krishna\'92s will, and allows Krishna to drive him with complete faith. The rebellious soul, on the other hand, tries to take the reins from Krishna and drive according to his own whims\'97and as a result he gets lost or cracks up. \'93One who becomes
 conscious of Me passes over all the obstacles of conditional life. If, however, one does not work in such consciousness, and acts through false ego, not hearing Me, he is lost.\'94 (BG XVIII/58}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this way, Krishna advises not only Arjuna, but all men.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna, as the Supreme Enjoyer, the Supersoul, is the male or dominant principle\'97the Driver. The Creation, as \'93Prakriti\'94 or
 Nature, is the female or receptive principle\'97the driven. These principles can be found functioning in the relationship between the devotee and the Lord. In the poems of Saint John of the Cross, for example, we find the Christ in the role of the bride
groom and the devotee as bride. And, of course, this relationship is found in innumerable other Christian poems. Most noted perhaps are John Donne\'92s \'93Batter My Heart Three-Person\'92d God\'94 (\'85for I/Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,/
 Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.\'93); the poems of George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Edward Taylor, Blake and Gerard Manly Hopkins.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This concept also holds true, of course, in the devotional poetry directed at Krishna, in the poems of Vidyapati, Jayadeva and Chandi
das, where the devotee\'92s role is that of the beloved, the receptive, and the Lord is the Divine Lover, the Supreme Energetic. This principle can be found functioning not only in the religious and poetic spheres, but in all relationships in the materia
l universe (from the physicist\'92s positive-negative electrons to the cosmos-void theories and yin-yang opposites) as a reflection of this spiritual reality. Ultimately the spiritual principle is epitomized in the worshipable forms of Radha and Krishna,
 as the Enjoyed and the Enjoyer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some of the great devotees of Krishna have assumed quite naturally their constitutional role as the enjoyed. Lord Chaitanya actually wo
rshiped Krishna in separation and assumed the role of Radha in weeping for His separated Lover. Even the sight of a peacock or the sound of a flute would send Him into a swoon. This is considered the highest form of devotion. It is certainly the most int
ense, for it employs an explosive segment of the human condition\'97the sexual.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Strong sexual passions are often considered impediments to spiritual life\'97and in most Yogas they are\'97but in Bhakti Yoga these ma
y be easily transformed, because lust for material sex gratification may be properly channeled into love for Krishna. After all, it is pleasure that everyone is seeking, and Krishna, as the Reservoir of all pleasure, can satisfy in all capacities. The pr
ocess involves directing the libidinous drive from Maya, the temporary, to Reality. Once Maya is seen as the imperfect reflection of the Absolute Beauty\'97or beauty clogged and tainted by mortality and temporality\'97then the path is cleared. Absolute B
eauty by definition is all-attractive, an attribute of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The image of the chariot and the chariot driver is a dynamic one, as opposed to the static Vedantic philosophy of \'93oneness with Br
ahman.\'94 The chariot presupposes movement, progress from one state of being to another state of being. In his fallen state, subjected to the material miseries of life, eternal \'93oneness with Brahman\'94 remains for man only an idealistic philosophica
l supposition that is very much divorced from personal experience. But the chariot ride from mundane material consciousness to cosmic spiritual consciousness spurs the imagination and is, coincidentally, more in line with current theories of evolution. T
he chariot ride with Krishna as the Driver is not a wistful speculation but an exciting promise. Krishna, eternally blissful, is not static or stationary, but dynamic and energetic, and He drives His Creation at a rapid pace. He is, indeed, having fun.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are, of course, those people who maintain that Nature has no driver, no director, and that the universe indeed is a runaway chari
ot bumbling along a path of creation and destruction. From generation to generation these theories of universal anarchy have arisen. They have gone under various names, and were even current five thousand years ago when Krishna instructed the Gita to Arj
una.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During Krishna\'92s time, philosophers who expounded these theories were known as the \'93Lokayitik\'94 and \'93Baibhasikas.\'94 They m
aintained that life symptoms take place at a certain mature condition of the material combinations. The modern material scientists and materialist philosophers think similarly. According to them, the body is a combination of physical elements, and at a c
ertain stage the life symptoms develop by the interaction of physical and chemical combinations. How is this so? Oh, it just happens that way, these scientists and philosophers will answer. Which means they don\'92t know. Rebellious by nature, they hate 
and fear notions of an Absolute in any sphere. Nature, the universe, the Creation has no boss, they claim. We\'92re free! Anything goes! Although under the grip of material Nature, they claim they are free, and that the chariot has no driver.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Currently, many pseudo-religions, manufactured by drug-taking messiahs, have become fashionable in America, and they adhere to this phi
losophy. It is not surprising that they often find themselves sharing much common ground with certain nihilistic non-devotional Buddhist sects (such as Zen) that also deny an Ultimate Controller. Of course, their assertions are directly opposed to Lord K
rishna\'92s instructions in the Gita:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O son of Kunti, at the end of the millennium every material manifestation enters unto My nature, and at the b
eginning of another millennium, by My potency I again create. The whole cosmic order is under Me. By My Will is it manifested again and again, and by My Will is it annihilated at the end. This material Nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunti
, producing all the moving and unmoving beings; and by its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again. (Gita, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub IX/7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what does Krishna say of those who think the chariot is driver-less and that life simply \'93happens\'94 by the lucky interaction
 of certain physical and chemical combinations?
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The foolish mock at Me, at My descending like a human being. They do not know My transcendental Nature, and M
y Supreme domination over all that be. Those who are thus bewildered are attracted by demonic and atheistic views. In that deluded condition, their hopes for liberation, their fruitive activities, and their culture of knowledge are all defeated. O son of
 Pritha, those who are not deluded, the Great Souls, are under the protection of the Divine Nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible. (Gita, IX/11-13)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Absolute is at the very core of life. He is the Driver who determines, from moment to moment, what will come within the purview of 
our senses. And it is He Who holds our life, our happiness, our immortality in hand, as He holds the chariot\'92s reins. When we see Krishna in control of our very thoughts, then revelation is at hand. We may prepare to be touched by Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All suffering is caused by opposition to Him. The rebellious mentality current today simply generates human suffering, because it at on
ce rejects all notions of an Absolute in the universe. Why? As one young student told me: \'93I\'92ve had no experience with anything Absolute. I don\'92t even know what you mean when you say Absolute.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93That doesn\'92t mean there isn\'92t an Absolute,\'94 I replied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93As far as I\'92m concerned, there isn\'92t an Absolute,\'94 he said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But that doesn\'92t matter. Being Absolute, the Absolute doesn\'92t require your belief or disbelief. But why do you reject what yo
u don\'92t experience? Every day, aware or unaware, you accept a great deal that you don\'92t experience. You are forced to accept a great deal on faith. Until you recognize your relationship with the Absolute, why not accept Him on faith too?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But I can\'92t accept the Absolute like that,\'94 the student assured me. \'93If there is an Absolute, He would make Himself known.
\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Maybe He is,\'94 I said. \'93And maybe you\'92re trying to shut Him out.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But if He\'92s Absolute, then I can\'92t shut Him out.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93True,\'94 I said. \'93So why not open up to Him?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You\'92re juggling words,\'94 He said. \'93Words don\'92t mean anything.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The glory of God is beyond words,\'94 I said, \'93but words can direct you to that glory. Besides, words have a glory all their own
. The Gita, the Bible, the Buddhist Sutras\'97are all truly glorious, and who can deny their meaning? And in describing the Absolute, the Absolute is glorified by words. Being Absolute, He is one with words, and so St. John begins his gospel, \'91In the 
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.\'92\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just words,\'94 he said finally.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes,\'94 I said. \'93And man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93More words,\'93 he said. \'93Everything\'92s a word.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93That\'92s right,\'94 I said. \'93And you\'92re a word too. One of the best of words.\'94 And to completely befuddle him I quoted Wh
itman: \'93Were you thinking that those were the words, those delicious sounds out of your friends\'92 mouths? No, the real words are more delicious than they. Human bodies are words, myriads of words. Air, soil, water, fire\'97those are words, and I mys
elf am a word with them.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I might have tried to tell my friend more, but at this point he was openly antagonistic to all words, and finally took recourse in an
 angry silence. I remember at the time he was going to school in Boston and he had come to New York to enjoy the psychedelic scene and take some LSD. He was open to chemicals, it seemed, but not to words. At least not my words. Subsequently, I have praye
d that he has not become an inarticulate psychedelic vegetable. And I have thanked Krishna for His mercy upon Me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mercy. Another word. A word that sounds beautiful to me, at least. The Eternal Charioteer, spurring the chariot along complex and myste
rious paths, is the dispenser of all mercies. In the Srimad Bhagwatam (II/5/29) it is said, \'93Your glory, O Lord, is revealed in the world. And yet he alone to whom You grant mercy from Your Lotus Feet may feel a little of it. And to none else will You
 reveal Yourself, though he might seek You forever.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To obtain this mercy we can surrender to Krishna and ask Him to be our Charioteer. Surrender must be in love and faith. Krishna told th
e Gopies, \'93People obtain liberation from the world only through loving faith in Me. So the love you bear for Me is a great joy to you, for it is through this love alone that I shall be attained.\'93 (Srimad Bhagwatam, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1745 
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.82.31
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-\'e7uka uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nandas tatra yad\'fcn pr\'e4pt\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-purogam\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tatr\'e4gamad v\'e5to gopair
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ana\'f9-sth\'e4rthair did\'e5k\'f1ay\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-\'e7uka\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7ukadeva Go
sv\'e4m\'e9 said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nanda\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yad\'fcn}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Yadus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4pt\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97arrived; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97finding out; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pura\'f9-gam\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97keeping in front; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agamat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he went; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5ta\'f9}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97accompanied; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gopai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97by the cowherds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on their wagons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub stha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97placed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arthai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose possessions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub did\'e5k\'f1ay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97w
anting to see.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j
a learned that the Yadus had arrived, led by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he immediately went to see them. The cowherds accompanied him, their various possessions loaded on their wagons.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub X/82/
31). To taste the pleasure of the Absolute, we must be as the Gopies, we must lay our souls open to Him so He can drive through. He is within, and He will dictate to whomever turns to Him with a sincere heart, for He is within the hearts of all. Once we 
offer our bodies as chariots, then the Charioteer will drive from the heart and lead us to His abode.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Brahmin's Prayer
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A BRAHMIN'S PRAYER
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Janardan
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deluding Maya, killing every spark\line Of true intelligence with ribald jest\line Or dry morality, not heeding lest\line Th
eir castles built today should turn to dust\line As all within this world of matter must.\line With bitter sorrow torturing their mind,\line At death they\'92ll have to leave their loves behind\line And in their following birth they may not gain\line A h
uman body but be forced again\line To serve their evolutive prison terms\line As helpless beasts, aquatics, plants, or germs\line All for not having found, within the span\line Of human life the goal reserved for man.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That goal, which having reached, no higher goal\line He counts, in which established he can\'92t fall\line Even if most grie
vous sorrows round him rage\line But freed forever from the body\'92s cage\line He tastes the highest pleasures without end.\line To that alone if they would only lend\line Their mind and senses and inteligence\line With single, unswerving, loving dilige
nce,\line Then they would drink the nectar of Your grace\line And gazing on Your smiling Lotus Face\line O Madanmohan, they would be redeemed!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But I am powerless, although I\'92m deemed\line A learned Brahmin\'97all my arguments\line Cannot convince these souls to im
plement\line A plan befitting human status. How\line Can I then serve You? All my knowledge now\line Is empty wind if it cannot recall\line But one of these blind men from Maya\'92s thrall.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 God's Playground Vrindaban
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GOD'S PLAYGROUND VRINDABAN
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 a vision of the spiritual sky\'97the land where Krishna, the Supreme Lord, appeared to man 5,000 years ago to reveal His pastimes
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 photos and text by Jaya Govinda
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today there is a seeking for a particular type of surrounding, or \'93spiritual atmosphere\'94 for meditation, especially among groups 
of people interested in meditation and the nature of existence. Even for those who are simply desiring relaxation, or repose in old age, there is a necessity for some kind of place with a meditative mood. Certainly, for clear uninterrupted thought, medit
ation, one must become freed from everyday anxieties and the nervous mechanical nature of today\'92s cities and industrial towns.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being a city-dweller from birth, I have found, as I\'92m sure many others have, that the forests with their varieties of flora and faun
a rather set the stage for meditation. They are not the creations of man; they are superior in some way to man\'92s creations. They might represent to us, if we wish it, the grace and beauty existing in the movements of the cosmos.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To be sure, there is always some superior force present which makes the seasons change, the rains come, the planets revolve; and that f
orce is more perceivable in natural surroundings, of which the forest is only one example. That superior force or life force gives animation to non-living material, and it is that force to which we are attracted when we seek a rural environment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In our own experience we may find that when this superior living force leaves a person, the remaining material, the dead body, bears li
ttle attraction for us, although when the same body was occupied by the life force, that person might have been a close relation. This life force is sometimes called the \'93soul\'94; and the universe also has a soul, we may call it the Supersoul, which 
causes the phenomena of Nature to occur.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The presence of spirit-soul in mutable matter is recognizable by six symptoms: birth, growth, consumption, reproduction, old age and de
ath. And there is also a seventh and more important symptom\'97consciousness. When we associate with that superior spiritual nature of things, or when we associate with others also seeking after that superior nature, we feel uplifted because we are appro
aching closer to this basic truth of existence\'97which is existing within both ourselves and the world around us as a controlling force.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srila Vyasadeva, compiler of the Vedas, author of the Puranas, Upanishads, Mahabharata, and ultimately of the Srimad Bhagwatam\'97who l
ived about 5,000 years ago\'97describes in all these writings how one may gradually come to the awareness and understanding of this superior nature by which the cosmic manifestation is functioning so perfectly. In his most mature stage, he composed 12 ca
ntos or books, each larger then the preceding, to form an immense literature called Srimad Bhagwatam. In this he described the nature of a spiritual realm existing outside of this world of matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It would be very difficult for us to understand that spiritual realm when we have available to us only information of this temporary an
d mutable world. Therefore we must accept the information given us directly from the place where the spiritual energy predominates; a realm which, fortunately, lies outside the scope of our limited mundane sense perception. Srila Vyasadeva was a personal
ity incarnated from that place specifically for the purpose of delivering such information. In the Srimad Bhagwatam, then, one may find in the later cantos a lucid description of a place called Goloka Vrindaban. This is the supreme abode of the Lord, Who
 is the Source of all cosmic manifestations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is described as eternally youthful. He is not burdened by the maintenance of all the planets, but, by His omnipotenc
e, He maintains them effortlessly and at the same time enjoys childlike sports as a cowherd boy, in eternal Vrindaban. He has many companions and lovers there, amid beautiful fields and surroundings described as \'93all-conscious.\'94 In that spiritual w
orld, of which the material sphere that we know is a perverted mirror-reflection, the nature of people, places and events is permanent or eternal, all-blissful and full of all knowledge. These are the qualities of the higher spiritual nature, of the spir
itual living entities when they are out of contact with the inferior, mutable Nature of this world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a verse in the scriptural text called Brahma Samhita which says of Vrindaban: \'93The houses are made of touchstone [a substan
ce which turns iron to pure gold]. There are thousands of trees, called desire-trees, from which one may obtain anything whatever. The Lord is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Lakshmis, Goddesses of Fortune, and the Lord is constantly attending the
 Surabhi Cows, which give an unlimited supply of nectar-like milk. I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, Who is the Cause of all causes.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course the absolute center of attention in the spiritual world is Govinda or Krishna. In that sublime realm walking is dancing, and 
speaking is sweet song. It is a realm meant for all living beings to dwell in. We ourselves cannot even conceive of the wonders of this universe of matter; and so it may be difficult for us to conceive of another, transcendental realm where there is no d
eath.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is stated in The Bhagavad Gita that all living beings are meant to enjoy some relationship with the Lord directly, either as frien
d or lover, parent or son. But a small percentage of living beings have come to be trapped in this world that we now find ourselves in. We might assume, therefore, that the Supreme Lord is a cruel and punishing Personality, having placed us on this plane
 of death, and that He freely inflicts all manner of pains upon us. For example, a mother\'92s son having been harmed in an auto accident, the mother might ask: \'93O Lord, why have You so cruelly harmed this boy?\'94 The mother is attentive to the idea 
of \'93innocent youth.\'93 But actually the child\'92s life force\'97his real self\'97is existing unchanged in its superior form of spiritual energy, and only the temporary body has been affected, being of a mutable nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual form is in a state of false identification and is governed, as a result, by impure or ignorant desires. Because of these 
impure desires he is forced to transmigrate from body to body, until such a time as he may desire to awaken to the higher platforms of spiritual consciousness. Therefore, he whom we are seeing as \'93young\'94 is in reality a spiritual entity who has bee
n allotted a certain body, like a shell covering his true self, and who has also been allotted certain circumstances, according to past deeds.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who makes inquiry into the spiritual cause for all this manifested world becomes acquainted with the spiritual life force within hi
mself, and therefore he need not lament for himself, even though death is approaching. Those who seek after spiritual understanding can know for a fact that the Lord is most kind and merciful to have given them this human life with which to reach Him and
 understand Him. And it is only those who are not using their lives in this way who fail to understand the kindness of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord can be known by direct experience, through the process of chanting the Holy Names: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna
, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. In the attainment of such knowledge one experiences the sweetest love and the fulfillment of life, a state of bliss that he could never have even hoped for in his fallen state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord might well leave the inhabitants of this world to suffer and rise up, going round and round on their own blind groping efforts
. But His kindness is so great, and His desire to see the living beings out of this morass of birth, death, old age and disease is so strong, that He Personally descends from time to time into our view to lift the veil of illusion which renders invisible
 the spiritual reality, the eternal Truth of His own Personage and realm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That spiritual realm, the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna and all His eternal associates, the enactment of His eternal pastimes\'97all this is
 sometimes made manifest in the material world. And the location for such a manifestation is described as entirely nondifferent from that location in the spiritual realm. Thus the Vrindaban which we find as a small village in north central India today, a
nd pictured on these pages, is in reality the very Vrindaban of the spiritual sky, the supreme abode of the Lord. At this location the Lord reveals His eternal pastimes, although He has not left that original locality in the spiritual sky. This is done b
y the Lord\'92s omnipotence, and it is as though a dimensional window has opened, making the spiritual realm visible to beings of this mundane world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When this manifestation takes place, Krishna creates a spiritual locality for those beings who are attracted by the higher spiritual na
ture. For those persons who are advanced in the matter of self realization, especially by the process of chanting the Holy Names, the Lord reveals His eternal pastimes at Vrindaban, and He may also reveal the nature of an individual\'92s eternal relation
ship to Himself. You might say that Vrindaban is a pleasure reserved only for devotees of the Lord, because they alone are able to relish the transcendental aspect of that most sacred place on Earth. And anyone may come to the devotional stage whereby he
 can understand Vrindaban simply by chanting the Holy Names of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photos p9:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Previous page:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Bierla Temple on the outskirts of Vrindaba
n.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A type of home of which one will see many in Vrindaban.
 Through the archway is the door to the house. Just outside is a miniature temple containing the houshold's private deity. In this way it becomes a simple matter to worship the deity, offer food to Him and chant before Him as part of the daily routine. T
hus there are said to be 5,000 temples in Vrindaban.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A view of the spot where Krishna subdued the many
-headed watersnake, Kaliya. This snake with his poisonous breath was rendering unconscious all the cows and cowherds on the nearby fields. The vegetation became shrivelled, and all the neighboring fish were dying. One day, as the snake raised his many he
ads from the water, Krishna pounced on him from a nearby tree. Apparently just by dancing, Krishna crushed one by one the many heads. until at last the serpent was defeated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .Yamuna River flowing past Vrindavan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photos p11:
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Looking up at the tower of Madan Mohan Temple.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right top:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A beautiful temple graces the skyline of Vrindaban
.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right bottom:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The spot known as Visram Ghat, the sacred area 
where Krishna came to rest after killing the demon King Kamsa. It is a square area with four giant staircases leading down to a square pool in the middle. The walls from the pool are honeycombed with many staircases, passages and archways, with great old
 trees overhanging the walls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photos p13:
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some of these "Samadhis," where the remains of the grea
t saints are kept, are built like tiny houses and are no more than 1ft. high. The Samadhis are worshiped by bowing, placing garlands and circumambulation of the Samadhi grounds. No shoes are allowed in this sacred area; in fact, the very ground is consid
ered so holy that after doing their morning rounds, the devotees will take a pinch of earth and pop it in their mouths!
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This passageway leads to a circular well, the ope
ning of which is seen in the furthermost recesses of the photo. Lord Chaitanya has taken bath in this place. It is a spot where the Gopis (Krishna's most loving devotees) used to congregate, all crying in separation from Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above right: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The garden where Krishna and His perfect devotee
s, the Gopis, displayed their loving pastimes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photos p15:
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Govindaji Temple. This temple once stood many stori
es high, but the upper stories were demolished during Moslem rule.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right top:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The deities of the Chaitanya Math Temple, on Janma
sthmi (Krishna's Appearance) Day, 1968. On the left is the Chaitanya Mahaprabhu form of the Lord. He is placed beside Radha and Krishna because He is the embodiment of Them both, come to this world to deliver the fallen souls by propagating the chanting 
of the Holy Names of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right bottom: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New temple construction work at Krishna Janmast
han, His Appearance or birth place. Many temples have stood at this location to mark the advent place of the Supreme Lord, but they were all completely destroyed during the period of Moslem rule in India. A gigantic mosque was built to prevent any furthe
r marking of the spot by the devotees of the Lord, but now a colossal task has been undertaken\'97to construct a building completely covering the mosque, with giant towers and many huge gates. The construction, partially completed, is visible in the phot
o as the white work outside of the steep wall of the mosque, which is marked by round, pointed domes.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Easy Journey to Other Planets
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 What the Vedic literature of 5,000 years ago has to say about the aspirations of space-age man
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every living being, especially civilized man, has a longing to live forever, and that happily. This is quite natural for him, because in his original state a living
 being is not only eternal but also joyful. The present conditional state of his life is diseased, formed by the struggles with recurring birth and death; and therefore he is neither happy nor living forever.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The desire to go to other planets which has now become prominent is also quite natural, because the living being has got the original r
ight to go to any part of the material or spiritual skies, full as they are with unlimited globes of varied qualities. One can best fulfill his desire by the process of Yoga\'97the means by which one can join himself to the planets as he likes, where lif
e is not only eternally blissful but also full with varieties of enjoyable energies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone who can go to such planets will never come back to this miserable sphere of birth, death, old age and disease. And one can attai
n to that stage of perfection by his individual effort very easily, practicing at his own chosen place, simply by following the prescribed method of Bhakti Yoga under proper guidance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An attempt has been made herein, in these days of technological advancement, to give information to the people in general, and more esp
ecially to those interested in spiritual life, as to how one can transfer oneself to other planets by the process of Bhakti Yoga, the highest of all Yoga systems.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 antimatter
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern materialistic science has discovered what it terms antimatter, dating back at least to the experiments of Drs. Emilio Segre and 
Owen Chamberlain in 1955 and 1956. But the anti-material concepts of such wranglers of gross materialism are generally defective because they do not recognize either the scope of matter (Nature) itself, nor can they perceive what the reverse of the mater
ial condition might be. There are many theories regarding different types of antimatter\'97universes in variant vibratory fields, galaxies composed of atomic particles opposite in magnetic properties to our own, even one brilliant concept of a universe l
ying, as it were, beyond the horizon of the speed of light\'97but all of these types of \'93antimatter\'94 are actually only variations of matter. They are not truly anti-material, because they rest on imperfect analyses of what matter itself is to begin
 with.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the same, there are three generally recognizable points widely agreed upon, which must be considered in a discussionof antimatter. 
These are that 1) there is an anti-material atom or particle which is another form of energy, but which possesses qualities the reverse of the material atom; 2) there is an anti-material world of which we have some kind of experience; and 3) these two di
fferent worlds may clash at a certain period, which may bring annihilation to both.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of these three items, we students of theistic science agree with numbers 1) and 2), but we cannot agree with the third, because alt
hough matter as it is constituted is subject to annihilation, antimatter\'97if it is free from all material symptoms\'97must be also free from annihilation by its very nature of existence. If matter is destructible or divisible, antimatter must be indest
ructible and indivisible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We shall try now to discuss these three points from the angle of authentic scriptural vision.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most scientific, authentic and recognized scripture of the world is the Veda. The Veda\'97originally one\'97has been divided into f
our\'97Sama, Yajur, Rig and Atharva. The subject matter of the Vedas is very difficult and dry for ordinary understanding, so to make these grave matters more easily comprehensible the four Vedas are again explained in the history of Mahabharata and in t
he eighteen Puranas. The Ramayana is a historical epic which also contains all the necessary information of the Vedas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore the four Vedas, the original Ramayana (by Sri Valmiki), the Mahabharata and the Puranas are all Vedic literature. The Upanish
ads are parts of the four Vedas, and the Vedanta Sutra is the cream of the Vedas. And to summarize all these Vedic writings, The Bhagavad Gita is accepted as the cream of all Upanishads and the elementary explanation of the Vedanta Sutra. The conclusion 
is that from The Bhagavad Gita alone you can have the essence of all the Vedas, as the Gita is spoken by Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He descends to this material world from the anti-material sphere from time to time just to give
 such complete information of that superior form of energy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The superior form of energy of the Personality of Godhead is described in the Gita as \'93Para Prakriti,\'94 superior nature. The scien
tists have discovered that there are various forms of matter, but the true concept of matter and antimatter is described most perfectly in The Bhagavad Gita as two forms of energy. Nature is an energy which creates the material world, and the same energy
 in her superior form creates the anti-material world. And living entities belong to the superior energy group. The inferior energy or material energy is called \'93Apara Prakriti,\'94 the lower nature. So, in the Gita, the creative energy is presented i
n two forms, namely Apara and Para Prakritis, superior and inferior natures.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 life as antimatter
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Matter itself has no creative power. When it is manipulated by the living energy, material things are produced. Matter in its crude for
m is therefore the latent energy of the Supreme Being. Whenever we think of energy it is natural that we should think of the source of energy. For example, we may think of electrical energy, and along with it we think of the powerhouse where that energy 
is generated. Energy is therefore not self-sufficient, but is dependent upon its source.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fire is the source of two other energies, namely light and heat. Light and heat have no independent existence without fire. Similarly, 
the two ultimate forms of energy\'97inferior and superior\'97are derived from a third source, call it by any name. But that source of all energy must be a living being with full sense of everything, or else it would be lacking the very elements of its cr
eation. That Supreme Living Source is the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, the all-attractive Being.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Vedas, the Supreme Absolute Truth is called \'93Bhagavan,\'94 or the full-fledged Living Being who is the Fountainhead of all en
ergies. The discovery of two forms of energy by scientists\'97even if they could distinguish matter from spirit, the true antimatter\'97is not the end of progressive science. One has to go still farther in the subject and thus discover the source of the 
two opposite particles or atoms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can we explain the anti-material particle? We have experience of material atoms, but we have no experience of anti-material atoms. 
The Bhagavad Gita, however, gives a vivid description of the anti-material particle as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub That which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul. Only 
the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction\'85(}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub II/17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This description of a living being within the gross material body asserts that energy does indeed exist in two forms. And when one of t
hem, the anti-material particle, is absent from the material body, the latter becomes useless for all purposes. As such, the anti-material particle is undoubtedly a superior energy to the material particle.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of heat and cold, happiness and distress, and their disappearance
 in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed. O best among men [Arjuna], the person who is not di
sturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation. (The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub II/14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The anti-material world is suggested here as liberation, freedom from matter, and the intimation is that in the anti-material world the
re is no such experience of seasonal changes. Everything there is permanent, blissful and full of intelligence. But when we say it is a world, we mean that it does have its forms and possesses the paraphernalia of different categories beyond our material
 experiences.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The discovery of these two forms of energy now leads us to seek out the specific qualities of antimatter. The description given in the 
Gita is as follows, and our scientists can make profitable research on the basis of this valuable information:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub For the soul there is never birth or death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, et
ernal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub II/20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is the beginning of the description of the anti-material particle. The perfection of science will come when it is possible for the
 material scientists to know the qualities of the anti-material particle and to liberate it from the painful association of nonpermanent material particles. This liberation of the anti-material particle is the highest stage of scientific progress.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 creation and destruction
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The suggestion of the scientists that there may exist a world of anti-material atoms and that a clash between that world and this would
 result in the annihilation of both is partly true. Such a clash is in fact continually going on between the material and anti-material particles. But in that continuous clashing, the annihilation of the material particles is taking place at every step w
hile the nonmaterial particle is only trying to get out of it all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We think therefore that the theory of the annihilation of both worlds is wrong in conception. This is further explained in The Bhagavad
 Gita as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones; similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving
 up the old and useless ones. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (II/22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything that is annihilated is also created at a certain stage. As the material body is created so also the material world is create
d. And because the anti-material particle is never annihilated, so also it is never created. This is corroborated in the Gita in the different verses cited above. This principle is applicable to the entire anti-material world as well. When the material w
orld is obliterated, the anti-material world exists in all circumstances. This fact will be explained more elaborately later on in this article.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The anti-material scientist may also know from The Bhagavad Gita that, \'93Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that, of the
 non-existent there is no endurance, and of the eternal there is no cessation. Seers have concluded this by studying the nature of both.\'94 (II/16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The atomic scientists may think of annihilating the material world by their development of nuclear weapons, but they are unable to do t
he same in terms of the anti-material world. The anti-material particle and its properties in this connection are clearly explained in the following lines:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, no
r withered by the wind. This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, all-pervading, unchanging, immovable and eternally the same. It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable, immutabl
e and unchangeable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body. (The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub II/23-25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus, in the Gita and in all other Vedic writings the superior energy or anti-material principle is accepted as the vital force, the li
ving spirit\'97called in the Sanskrit \'93Jiva.\'94 This living principle cannot be generated by any sort of combination of material elements.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material elements\'97namely earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intelligence and false ego\'97all these eight material principles
 are described as inferior energies, whereas the living force or the anti-material particle is described as the superior energy. And they are all called energy because they are all controlled by the Supreme Living Being, the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The materialists have long been limited within the boundary of the eight material principles mentioned above, but it is encouraging tha
t they have now a faint idea of some anti-material principle and of an anti-material world also. We hope that with the progress of time such materialists will be able to estimate the value of the anti-material or spiritual world, where there is no trace 
of material principles. The very word anti-material suggests that the principle is completely different from all material qualities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mental speculators, in two groups, see this anti-material principle in two different and equally erroneous ways. One group (the gro
ss materialists) denies the truly anti-material principle, admitting only the disintegration of material combinations at a certain stage. The other group accepts the anti-material principle as completely, painstakingly opposite to the material principle 
with its twenty-four categories (as described in various Vedic texts).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second speculator is known as the \'93Samkhyaite,\'94 or the speculator who scrutinizes the material elements with minute analysis 
and synthesis. And at the end of such studies, the Samkhyaites can accept only a nonactive principle as antimatter, or the Absolute.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The difficulty for both of the above mental speculators is that they speculate with the help of the inferior energy, without any source
 of information from the superior. It is therefore necessary that one should rise to the plane of the superior energy, and from that transcendental position only can one realize the true position of the anti-material principle.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 the giver of knowledge
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the platform of the material world one cannot estimate the real position of the anti-material world. But the Supreme Lord, Who is 
the Controller of both the material and anti-material energies, descends out of His causeless mercy, and gives us complete information of the anti-material world; and thus we can know what the anti-material world is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord and the living entities are both of the same anti-material quality. We can thus form an idea of the Supreme Lord by an
 elaborate study of the living entities. Every living entity is an individual person. Therefore, the Supreme Living Being must also be the Supreme Person. In the Vedic literature the Supreme Person is very rightly declared to be Krishna. This Name\'97Kri
shna\'97of the Supreme Lord is the only intelligible Name of the highest order. Because He is the Controller of both the energies\'97material and anti-material\'97the very word Krishna signifies that He is the Supreme Controller.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita the Lord offers this fact as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego\'97altogether these eight comprise My separa
ted material energies. Besides this inferior nature, O mighty Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine which are all living entities who are struggling with material Nature and who sustain the universe. Of all that is material and all that is spiritual
 in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VII/4-6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord\'92s inferior and superior energies manifest the material and spiritual worlds, and as such He is the Absolute Truth. In the G
ita Krishna further explains this fact as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are str
ung on a thread. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub VII/7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Long, long before the modern discovery of any principles of antimatter, then, the subject was delineated in the pages of The Bhagavad G
ita. And from the Gita it appears that this philosophy was first taught to the presiding deity of the Sun-globe. This means that the principles of the Gita were spoken by the Personality of Godhead long, long ago\'97at least 140 million years in the past
. Modern science has just very lately discovered a partial truth long fully available in The Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The suggestion of the anti-material world mentioned in the Gita, along with other Vedic sources of data, lead us to assume without the 
slightest doubt that the anti-material world is the world situated in the anti-material sky. This spiritual sky is likewise mentioned in the Gita as the Sanatan Dham or the eternal abode.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Exactly like material atoms, the anti-material atoms form the basis of the anti-material world with all its paraphernalia. The anti-mat
erial world is inhabited by anti-material living beings. \'93Living being\'94 means anti-material in the first place, therefore in the anti-material world there is nothing like inert matter. Everything there is a living principle and the Supreme Self. Th
e denizens of the anti-material world reside there with eternal life, eternal knowledge and eternal bliss, qualified exactly like God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 death on the higher planets
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material world the topmost planets are called Satya Lokas or Brahma Lokas. In this group of planets, beings of the highest talen
ts live. The presiding deity of the Brahma Lokas is called Brahma, the first living being created in this material world. Contrary to the popular fallacy of a \'93Hindu trinity,\'94 Brahma is a living being like so many of us, but he is the most talented
 personality in the material world. He is not in the category of God (as Vishnu is), but he is in the category of the living entities dominated by God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God and the living entities both belong to the anti-material world. The scientist, therefore, will do well to research into the constit
ution of this anti-material world\'97how it is administered, how things are shaped there, who is the predominating personality there and so on. In the Vedic literature, especially in the Srimad Bhagwatam, these subject matters are elaborately dealt with,
 and The Bhagavad Gita is the preliminary study of the Bhagwatam. These two important books of knowledge must be thoroughly studied by all men of the scientific world. They will give them many, many clues with which to go forward in the matter of scienti
fic discoveries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two classes of men, namely the trascendentalist and the materialist. The transcendentalist gathers knowledge from the authori
tative scriptures like the Vedic literature. The Vedic literature is properly received from the authoritative sources, who are in the line of disciplic succession. This disciplic succession is also mentioned in The Bhagavad Gita. It is said there that hu
ndreds of millions of years ago the principles of the Gita were spoken to the presiding deity of the Sun-globe, who delivered the knowledge to his son Manu, from whom the present generation of man has come down. The Manu again delivered the transcendenta
l knowledge to his son, known as the King Ikshaku, who is the forefather of the dynasty in which the Personality of Godhead Sri Rama appeared.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This long chain of disciplic succession was broken during the advent period of Lord Sri Krishna 5,000 years ago, and then the same chai
n was again reforged, with Arjuna as the first disciple of Godhead in this age. The transcendentalist of this age, therefore, gathers knowledge from the disciplic succession of Arjuna so that without troubling himself in the matter of materialistic resea
rch work, he acquires the truths of matter and antimatter in the most perfect way, and saves time and botheration\'97unlike the gross materialist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The gross materialist who does not believe in the words of the Personality of Godhead is an unfortunate creature. He may be very talent
ed, educated and advanced in knowledge to some extent, but he is at the same time bewildered by the influence of material manifestations, without any knowledge of the anti-material realm. It is a good sign therefore that the materialistic scientist is gr
adually progressing towards the region of antimatter, and it may be possible for him to make further progress and thus one day know\'97better late than never\'97the details of the anti-material world where the Personality of Godhead resides as the Predom
inating Figure. There are many individual entities who live there with Him in equal status, but who are predominated over as servitors. In the anti-material world there is no difference between the predominated and the predominator, but yet the sense in 
perfection of the predominator and the predominated prevails there without any of the inebriety of the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The nature of the material world is destructible. The assumption of the physical scientist about the annihilation of the two worlds\'97
namely, the material and the nonmaterial\'97by a chance clash is thus partially true as far as we get it from The Bhagavad Gita. The material world is a creation of changing modes of Nature, called by the names Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas (goodness, passion 
and ignorance). It is created by the Rajas (passion) mode, it is maintained by the Sattwa (goodness) mode and it is annihilated by the Tamas (ignorance) mode.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These modes are present everywhere within the material world, and as such at every second, every minute and every hour of creation, mai
ntenance and annihilation are taking place all over the universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The highest planet of the material world, the Brahma Loka, is also subjected to these modes of Nature, although the duration of life on
 that planet\'97on account of a predominance of the Sattwa (goodness) mode\'97is said to be 4,300,000 x 1000 x 2 x 12 x 100 (about 310 trillion) years, as we know years on this planet. But with all these long periods of time, the Brahma planet is destruc
tible. In comparison to the eternal life in the nonmaterial world, these countable years on the highest planet of the material world form a quite negligible span.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Speaker of The Bhagavad Gita, the Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna, asserts therefore the importance of the anti-material world, 
which is His abode. He says that all the planets within the material world are destructible at the end, and that all the living beings docilely dwelling on these planets are also destroyed\'97bodily\'97along with the destruction of the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entities are anti-material particles. And, unless they elevate themselves to the region of the anti-material spiritual world
 by a rigid culture of anti-material activities, then at the time of dissolution such living entities remain within the material world in the nonmanifested state. Again, they later resume their material shape along with the rebirth of the material world.
 Only those living entities who take to the loving service of the Personality of Godhead during the manifested stage of material life can be transferred to that anti-material world, after quitting the material body. Life immortal is obtained by those who
 go back to Godhead by the practice of anti-material activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What are these anti-material activities? The anti-material activities are just like medicinal doses. When a man falls ill he goes to th
e doctor. The physician prescribes some medicines, and when they are carefully prescribed by the expert physician such medicinal doses cure the ailments of the suffering patient.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the foolish materialist does not put himself under the expert transcendental physician. Otherwise he would be cured of his material
 disease, which puts him under the tribulations of repeated birth, death, illness and old age. Such a foolish materialist can best put himself under the treatment of \'93Back to Godhead,\'93 and thus transfer himself to the anti-material world where ther
e is eternal life without birth or death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The annihilation of the material world takes place in two ways:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Partial annihilation takes place at the end of every 4,300,000 x 1000 solar years, or at the end of every daytime of the Brahma Loka, t
he topmost area of the material world. During the ensuing nighttime of partial annihilation, the higher planets of the material world are not annihilated, but all else is. Then, after a period of 4,300,000 x 1000 x 2 x 30 x 12 x 100 (about 310 trillion, 
as above) solar years, the whole cosmic manifestation is closed up and merged into the anti-material body whence the material principles originally emanate. Over and over again matter emerges, is manifest and again merges back into that body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The anti-material world, however, which is far away from this material sky, does not cease to be at any time; it only absorbs the mater
ial world. It may be that a clash takes place between the material and anti-material worlds, as has been suggested by the scientists, and that as a result of this clash the annihilation of the material world occurs\'97but so far as antimatter is concerne
d, there is no annihilation at all, even when all the material worlds are obliterated.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 antimatter as devotion
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This eternally existing anti-material world is nonmanifested to the material scientist. He can at best only have information of its exi
stence as being contrary to the modes of material Nature. Full details of the anti-material realm can be known only from those infallible sources, the liberated authorities who have thoroughly realized the constitution of the anti-material principle.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This information of the anti-material world is therefore had by the aural reception of a submissive disciple of the Personality of Godh
ead. The Vedas or the Vedic knowledge was thus imparted into the heart of Brahma, the first living being in the created material world, and Brahma educated the great saint Narada in this transcendental wisdom.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So it is also with The Bhagavad Gita. The philosophy of the Gita was spoken by the Personality of Godhead long, long ago to the presidi
ng deity of the Sunglobe, and when such knowledge was misinterpreted by breaking the chain of authoritative aural reception, it was repeated by the Personality of Godhead on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. At this time Arjuna took the place of Brahma and
 of the Sun god to receive transcendental knowledge from Sri Krishna. In order to drive out the misgivings of the gross materialist, Arjuna asked all relevant questions about the Lord, and all relevant answers were given by the Lord to the full satisfact
ion of a layman.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are too captivated by the glamor of the material world cannot accept the authority of Lord Sri Krishna on account of their po
lluted life and unclean habits. Therefore, one has to become thoroughly clean in habit and heart before one can understand the details of the anti-material world. And Bhakti Yoga\'97which means the process of purification by devotional service, as enunci
ated in the Gita\'97is the detailed and scientific program of spiritual activity for all beings, from the beginner neophyte to the highest perfection of the line.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The details of the anti-material world are many times more extensive than the details of the material world. The material world is only
 a shadow representation of the anti-material, and intelligent men who are clean in heart and habit will be able to know the facts about the spiritual sphere from the texts of The Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagwatam and similar Vedic scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basic points of anti-material knowledge areas follows: The presiding Deity of the anti-material world is Sri Krishna, the original 
Personality, as well as His expansions into many plenary portions. Such Personalities of Godhead can be known only by anti-material activities, commonly called Bhakti Yoga or devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead is the Supreme Truth and He is the whole anti-material principle. Material principles as well as anti-materi
al principles are emanations from His Person. He is the root of the complete tree. When water is poured onto the root of a tree the branches and leaves of the tree develop automatically. And in the same way when Sri Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, i
s worshiped, all the details of all the worlds are given into the heart of the devotee, without laboring in the materialistic way. This is the secret message of The Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 journey to godhead
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process of traveling to the anti-material world is different from materialistic processes. The individual living being, that anti-m
aterial particle who is now embarrassed by material association, can enter the anti-material world very easily by practicing anti-material activities, while continuing to reside in the material sphere. But those who are gross materialists and depend on t
he limited strength of experimental thought by mental speculation or on material science cannot enter into the anti-material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The means of approach to the anti-material world is shrouded by hardships for the gross materialist. The mechanical planes, missiles an
d rockets that are now being thrown into space cannot even yet approach the material planets in the near regions. The planets situated in the anti-material sky, meanwhile, are far beyond the entire material cosmos of our experience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The yogis who have perfectly controlled their mystic powers can give up their material bodies at will at some opportune moment, and thu
s are able to enter the anti-material world through a specific thoroughfare which connects the material and anti-material. Such yogis are able to do this only in accordance with the prescribed method given in The Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [8.24]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Those who know the Supreme Brahman pass away from this world during the influence of the fiery god, in the li
ght, at an auspicious moment, during the fortnight of the moon and the six months when the sun travels in the north.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The different deities are powerful directing officers appointed to the administration of cosmic affairs. Foolish people who are unable 
to perceive the intricacies of cosmic management deny the concept of personal control over fire, air, electricity, day, night, etc. But the perfect yogis know how to satisfy the unseen administrators of such affairs of the material world. Such yogis take
 advantage of these administrations and leave their material bodies\'97at will\'97at opportune moments, so that they can enter the anti-material world, or else travel to the higher planets of the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the higher planets of the material world one can enjoy a more comfortable and pleasant life for thousands of millions of years, but 
all the same, life on those higher planets is not eternal. Those who desire eternal life enter into the anti-material world by their yogic or mystic powers at opportune moments which are arranged by the administrators of cosmic affairs, beings unseen by 
the gross materialists of this planet earth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are not yogis but die at some opportune moment because of their previous pious acts\'97sacrifices, charity, penances, etc.
\'97can rise up to the higher planets after death, to later return to this planet. The periods for such a death are called \'93Dhooma\'94: nighttime, the moonless fortnight and when the sun passes to the south.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To summarize the whole subject, The Bhagavad Gita recommends that everyone adopt the means of devotional service or anti-material act
ivities if he wants to enter the anti-material world. People who adopt the means of devotional service as prescribed by the expert transcendentalists will never be disappointed in their attempts to enter the anti-material world. The obstacles are many, b
ut the devotees of the Personality of Godhead can easily overcome such difficulties if they follow rigidly the path chalked out by the transcendental devotees who have gone before them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such devotees, the passengers who are progressing in the journey of life towards the anti-material Kingdom of God, are never bewildered
 in their attempts. No one can be cheated if he adopts the guaranteed path of devotion for entering the anti-material world. One can easily attain all the results that are derived from the mystical studies of the Vedas, from performing sacrifices, practi
cing penances or disposing of charities\'97simply by the performance of devotional service, technically known as Bhakti Yoga or Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti Yoga is therefore the panacea for all purposes, and it has been made easy, especially for this iron age, by the Lord Himself in 
His most sublime, liberal and munificent appearance as Lord Chaitanya, who urged the chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra as the perfection of Bhakti. By His Grace one can quickly pick up the principles of Bhakti Yoga through chanting and attain the summa
ry disappearance of all misgivings in the heart, as well as the extinction of the fire of material tribulations, with a further chance for the development of transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 MAHAJANAS-Bhisma
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs48\cf1\nosupersub MAHAJANAS \line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GREAT SOULS IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf1\nosupersub (Comic Book style)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a repeat from issue 17
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Food for Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Food for Krishna
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Uddhava
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this month\'92s spiritual food article we are presenting two preparations that come down to us from the ancient line of disciplic su
ccession. These preparations are as old as the Vedas themselves, and just like the Vedas their taste is ever refreshing and new. Either of these may be served as a main or a side dish. Also, with a little water added, each can become an excellent sauce f
or rice or Chapatis (unleavened wheat cakes).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CUDDY
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 qt. plain yogurt\line \'bd qt. Water\line 2 tbsp. Turmeric\line 1 tsp. Salt\line \'bd cup ghee or melted butter\line 2 cu
ps chick-pea flour
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Make a thin batter of chick-pea flour, \'bd tsp. salt, 1 tbsp. turmeric, and \'be to 1 cup of water. Heat ghee or butter in a small ski
llet until hot. Ghee should cover entire bottom of skillet. Place small spoonfuls of batter in hot ghee. Small circles will form. These are called Pakoras. Cook Pakoras for less than a minute on each side. Save about \'9f cup of batter. Then, with a mixe
r, blend together yogurt, remaining water, turmeric, salt and batter. Cook mixture slowly in a separate pot until it begins to bubble. Mixture will thicken slightly. Gently stir in Pakoras, and the preparation is complete. Serves 5\'966.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MAHA BRINJAL
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2 large eggplants chopped\line 4 large tomatoes chopped\line 1 bunch (lb.) finely chopped spinach\line \'bc cup ghee or mel
ted butter\line 1-\'bd tsp. cumin seeds\line \'bd tsp. crushed red pepper\line \'bd tsp. Salt\line \'bd tsp. turmeric
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Over high flame heat ghee or butter in large skillet till smoking. Add cumin seed and red peppers. Cook for two minutes. Stir in eggpla
nts. Cover and cook until eggplants are soft as butter. Stir in salt and turmeric. Add tomatoes and cook with no cover for ten minutes, maintaining original high flame all the while. Add spinach. Cover and steam for ten minutes. Remove cover, reduce flam
e to medium low and cook, stirring frequently, till preparation has the consistency of a thick paste. Serves 3 or 4.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Transcendental Sound Vibrations
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Transcendental Sound Vibrations
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the repeated singing of these important mantras accompanied by any number of musical instruments will lead to the purified consciou
sness of spiritual awareness 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Mukunda
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 
\par \pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub VOICE|}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [MUSICAL SCORE]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub MUNJIRA KHARTALS|}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [MUSICAL SCORE]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HA___  RE____ KRISHNA    HA___  RE____ KRISHNA    KRISHNA    KRISHNA   HA  RE'   HA   RE     HA   RE    RA   MA    HA   RE   RA    M
A    RA__ MA__  RA__ MA__    HA   RE  HA   RE \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \} DRONE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub The Great Mantra}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a variation on the Hare Krishna melody
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub VOICE|}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [MUSICAL SCORE]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub MUNJIRA KHARTALS|}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [MUSICAL SCORE]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SRI   KRISHNA    CHAI  TAN  YA   PRABHU NITYA  NAN___DA   SRI  A  DWAI  TA  GA DA __   DHAR _________ SRI  VA_____ SA Dl\line GOUR__
___BHAKTA    VRIN DAM    BHAJA
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\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a sublime mantra invoking the blessings of the Lord and His four associates
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\par \pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book makes available for the first time in the English language an authoritative translation and commentary on the world\'92s most 
popular book of spiritual science. It contains complete information for lifting one from a life of gross materialism to the highest plane of transcendence. THE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS is valuable reading for the novice as well as for those who are more ad
vanced on the spiritual path.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita, also known as the Geetopanishad, was first spoken by Lord Sri Krishna to His disciple Arjuna some five thousand year
s ago, just prior to the great Battle of Kurukshetra. This teaching, then, is in the form of a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna. It is complete in seven hundred verses, and Vyasadeva, the compiler of the Vedic literature, included it in his great epic
, the \'93Mahabharata.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita is handed down to \'93Parampara,\'94 or disciplic succession. Krishna taught the Gita to Arjuna because the previou
s succession had been broken through the course of time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Fourth Chapter, Krishna says to Arjuna, \'93That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me t
o you because you are My devotee as well as My friend; therefore, you can understand the transcendental mystery of this science.\'94 Arjuna was not a great scholar or yogi. He was a warrior, having many worldly responsibilities, and he was being taught w
hile sitting in his chariot on the battlefield, just as the battle was to begin.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There were many great sages, saints and yogis living at that time\'97some present at the field of war itself\'97but Arjuna was chosen t
o receive this knowledge because he had the special qualification of being Krishna\'92s devotee and friend. Therefore, he could understand this transcendental science.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are a number of editions of The Bhagavad Gita on the market. Some are commented upon by the devotees and some by nondevotees. O
nly the commentaries by the devotees can be considered real. Those of the demon nondevotees are worthless. Most editions of the Gita are, therefore, worthless, because they have not been received through submissive hearing from a bona fide spiritual mast
er, one who is a devotee in the line of disciplic succession originating from Krishna. Therefore, the authors of such commentaries are unable to unfold this sublime science to the public. The American market especially is glutted with worthless commentar
ies on the Gita, and all the readers of those editions are being misled. THE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS was written primarily to adjust this anomaly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is a bona fide spiritual master in the line of disciplic succession, and he possesses the sam
e two qualifications that Arjuna did. He is Krishna\'92s devotee and His friend. Swami Bhaktivedanta is widely recognized as one of the great spiritual leaders and authorities of our time, and in this work he presents the Gita in a manner which is compre
hensible to the modern reader, without deviating from Krishna\'92s original teaching, which makes THE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS unique.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Gita, Krishna speaks as the supreme authority because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Origin of all knowledge. He 
speaks directly about Himself and therefore The Bhagavad Gita hits right on the Absolute Truth. It is not a parable, as some commentators would have us think.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One commentator, for example, writes that, \'93Strictly speaking we cannot give any description of Brahman.\'94 But Krishna is the Supr
eme Brahman, the Supreme Spirit, and in the Gita He describes Himself very nicely, as well as describing everything within His Creation, both spiritual and material. Scholars have many different viewpoints regarding the Absolute Truth, but they generally
 come to no factual conclusions because they do not accept Krishna as the Supreme Person. The Bhagavad Gita, as it is presented by Krishna, is authoritative because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If this were not so, His book would be as usele
ss as the writings of the so-called learned scholars, because anything done by a conditioned living entity is bound to be imperfect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita is, however, recognized as an authority on transcendental science. It is for this reason that scholars and philosophe
rs comment on it in the first place. But in order to put forth their own ideas, they twist Krishna\'92s words to suit their own purposes, and The Bhagavad Gita, which is one of the most beneficial teachings for spiritual realization, becomes as poisonous
 as milk touched by the lips of a serpent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One must accept Krishna and His teachings as Arjuna accepts them if one wants the vision of reality which the Gita offers. Arjuna accep
ts Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and accepts His teachings as they are spoken, without inventing any interpretation of his own.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally speaking, there are two groups of commentators on The Bhagavad Gita. One group is known as the impersonalists and the other
 group is the personalists. The personalists accept Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and they are His devotees. They present His teachings without any distortion and direct the reader to a clear understanding of Krishna. The impersonalists,
 on the other hand, do not accept Krishna as the Supreme Person, and they try diverting the mind of the reader away from Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An example of this unscrupulous type of commentary is to be found in the thirty-fourth verse of the Ninth Chapter. Krishna says there: 
\'93Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, engage your body in My service; and surrender unto Me. Completely absorbed in Me, surely will you come to Me.\'94 And, a well-known commentator writes: \'93It is not the personal K\'e5\'f1\'eba to whom we ha
ve to give ourselves up utterly but the Unborn, Beginningless, Eternal who speaks through K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 This shows how little intelligence he has. Krishna is Himself the Unborn, Beginningless Eternal. This is the very message of the Gita. Why inven
t something else?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no difference between Krishna\'92s inside and His outside, as He is all spiritual, and therefore one without a second. If such
 foolish writers do not agree with Krishna\'92s philosophy, it is to be wondered why they don\'92t simply write their own books, instead of commenting on The Bhagavad Gita. The reason, of course, is that no one would listen to them. And so they use the G
ita because it is a very highly respected spiritual authority, and then try to draw some new and invalid meaning out of it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Most of these less intelligent commentators also say that to know God is to be God. They are claiming to be as good as Krishna, and peo
ple in general have shown themselves very willing to accept this because they are told that they are God also. Krishna must be very great if everyone wants to be like Him. However, not one of these \'93Gods\'94 can speak anything remotely resembling The 
Bhagavad Gita, nor can they display the Universal Form which Krishna showed to Arjuna in the Eleventh Chapter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna not only said that He was God, but He also practically demonstrated it, so that the nonbelievers would accept Him, and because 
He knew that in the future there would be many imposters claiming to be God. Before accepting such a misrepresentation of God, then, one should ask to see His Universal Form. In this way people will not be so easily misled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion of Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta regarding this matter is that one who understands that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead is liberated, and \'93one who does not understand the real nature of the Lord as the eternal, blissful, all-knowing Personality of Godhead is certainly Fool Number One.\'94 Swami Bhaktivedanta accepts The Bhagavad Gita in the same way that Arjun
a does: Krishna is the Supreme Lord and all living entities are His parts and parcels in an eternal relationship of servant and master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the great commentators on the Gita, such as Ramanujacharya, Madhyacharya, Lord Chaitanya, Siddhanta Saraswati, and now A.C. Bhaktiv
edanta Swami in the present age, hold Bhakti Yoga\'97devotional service to Krishna\'97to be the highest goal of spiritual realization as well as the most direct means for reaching this goal. The entire Bhagavad Gita is directed toward establishing the li
ving entity in a direct relationship with Krishna, and toward teaching him to act in Krishna Consciousness. And, as this is the original goal of the Gita, it is also the unquestionable purpose of this new and important presentation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many Yoga systems discussed in The Bhagavad Gita\'97Karma Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Dhyana Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga, etc.\'97but t
hey are all stepping stones to Krishna Consciousness. Bhakti Yoga is different, in that it is both the means and the goal itself. At the end of the Sixth Chapter, Krishna says, \'93of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me 
in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in Yoga, and is the highest of all.\'94 Devotional service to Krishna can therefore be seen as the most confidential part of knowledge and the essence of The Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is declared that one who does not understand the instructions of The Bhagavad Gita is faithless and misusing his intelligence. On 
the other hand, anyone who reads THE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS and follows the simple process prescribed therein is sure to attain the highest perfection in a short time. Krishna says that anyone who knows Him knows everything, and so His final advice is to
 surrender unto Him. By utilizing this great science presented to us by Swami Bhaktivedanta, the whole human mission can be fulfilled, and it is therefore to be hoped that intelligent men will take full advantage of this book.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Parts & Parcels
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Parts & Parcels
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 London Yatra
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In January 1969 the sound of HARE KRISHNA vibrated across Britain\'92s \'93Today\'94 program on Thames television as millions of viewer
s throughout the country began to fall in love with the holy sound of HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/ HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The small temple temporarily located in West Central London at 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden, has barely been able to contain the 
ever-increasing crowds at morning and evening Kirtans. Wherever and whenever Prabhupad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\'92s servants chant the Holy Names in the streets of London, they are cordially received. Perhaps the people had heard us in December at the R
oyal Albert Hall, where over 2,000 chanted, and not less than 100 people leapt into the space between the front row and the stage to dance in ecstasy. Or maybe they had attended one of our Kirtans at the Middle Earth Round House in Chalk Farm, or at the 
Arts Lab in Drury Lane; or heard us on John Peel\'92s \'93Night Ride\'94on Radio One; or read about us in Phil Oakes\'92 \'93Atticus\'94 column in the Sunday Times, which began with the aphorism, \'93Hare Krishna is good for you.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Visitors from all over England, from the U.S., from Holland, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Africa, Japan, India, Canada, Italy, Scot
land and Australia frequent our present headquarters on Betterton Street. The temple is easily accessible via Holborn, Covent Garden, Leicester Square, and Tottenham Court underground stations, and on a number of central buses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Very soon the British Isles will be transcendentally pervaded by the sound of HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/ H
ARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Cartoon-Bhaktisiddhanta
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SRI BHAKTISIDDHANTA TELLS OF THE
 GRAND PROCESSION-}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub (Comic Book style)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a repeat from issue 16
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Study in Mysticism
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A STUDY IN MYSTICISM
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An explanation of the mystic techniques offered by the great \line Teachers of Vedic wisdom\'97and their value to contemporary man.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga means the connecting link between the soul and the Supersoul, or the Supreme and the minute living creatures. Lord Sri Krishna is 
that Supreme, the Personality of Godhead. Being, therefore, the ultimate object of Yoga, Krishna\'92s Name is \'93Yoga Iswara,\'94 the Master of Yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the conclusion of The Bhagavad Gita it is said: \'93Where there is Krishna and where there is Arjuna, the greatest of bowmen, there,
 undoubtedly, is victory.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita is a narrative spoken by Samjaya, the secretary of Maharaj Dhritarashtra. This is just like airwaves from the radio: 
the play is going on in the auditorium, but you can hear from your room. So, just as we now have such a mechanical arrangement, at that time there were also certain arrangements, although there was no machine. Anyway, the secretary of Dhritarashtra could
 see what was going on at the battlefield, and he was in the palace telling this to Maharaj Dhritarashtra, who was blind. Now, the ultimate conclusion made by Samjaya was that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Yoga performance is described, it is said that Krishna\'92s Name is Yoga Iswara. No one can be a better yogi than the Master o
f Yoga, and Krishna is the Master. There are many different types of Yoga. Yoga means the system, and yogi means the person who practices that system. The object of Yoga, the ultimate goal, is to understand Krishna. Therefore, Krishna Consciousness means
 to practice the topmost type of Yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This topmost Yoga system was described by Krishna in The Gita to His most intimate friend, Arjuna. In the beginning, the Lord said that
 this system can be practiced only by a person who has developed attachment for it. This Krishna conscious Yoga system cannot be practiced by an ordinary man who has no attachment for Krishna, for it is a different system, and the topmost\'97Bhakti Yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are five types of direct attachment to God, and there are seven types of indirect attachment. Indirect attachment is not Bhakti. 
Direct attachment is called Bhakti. If you are attached to Krishna by the direct method, it is called devotional service, and if you are attached to Krishna by an indirect method, it is not devotional service. But that is also attachment. King Kansa, for
 example, was the maternal uncle of Krishna; and there was a warning that Kansa would be killed by one of his sisters\'92 sons. So he became very anxious about the sons of his sisters, and he decided to kill his sisters. Devaki, Krishna\'92s mother, was 
saved by her husband, Vasudeva, by a compromise. The Lord\'92s compromise was that He had Vasudeva propose to the brother-in-law: \'93You are afraid of the son of your sister. So your sister herself is not going to kill you.\'94 He requested, \'93Don\'92
t kill your sister. Save her, and I promise that all the sons born of her will be brought to you, and if you like you can kill.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva did this in order that his poor wife might be saved. And Vasudeva thought, \'93When Devaki\'92s son is born, Kansa may have a 
change of heart.\'94 But Kansa was such a great demon that he killed all the sons of Devaki. It was told that the eighth son of the sister would kill him. So, when Krishna was in the womb of His mother, Kansa was always thinking of Krishna. You may say t
hat he was not Krishna conscious, but actually he was. Not directIy, not for love\'92s sake, but as an enemy. So, that is not devotional service. One in devotional service is Krishna conscious as Krishna\'92s friend, Krishna\'92s servant, or Krishna\'92s
 lover.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You may want Krishna as your lover, you may want Krishna as your Son, you may want Krishna as your Friend, you may want Krishna as your
 Master, you may want Krishna as the Supreme Sublime. These five different kinds of direct relationship with Krishna are called devotion, or Bhakti. They entail no material profit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The concept of accepting God as a Son is superior to the concept of accepting God as a Father. There is a distinction. The relationship
 between father and son is that the son wants to take something from the father. The father\'92s relationship with the son is that the father always wants to give something to the son. Therefore, the relationship with God or Krishna as Son is better then
 the relationship with Krishna by one who thinks, \'93If I accept God as my Father, then my business will be to ask for my necessities from the Father.\'94 But, if I become the father of Krishna, then from the beginning of His Childhood, my business will
 be to serve Him. The father is the parent of the child from the very beginning of his birth: therefore the concept of Vasudeva and Devaki is so sublime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna\'92s foster mother Yasoda is thinking, \'91If I do not feed Krishna sumptuously, He will die.\'94 She forgets that Krishna is t
he Supreme Lord, that He is sustaining the three worlds. She forgets that only one Lord is supplying the necessities of all the living entities. This same Personality of Godhead has become the Son of Yasoda, and she is thinking, \'93If I do not feed Him 
nicely, He will die.\'94 This is love. She has forgotten that it is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Who has appeared before her as a little Child.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This relationship of attachment is very sublime. It requires time to understand, but there is a position where, instead of asking, \'93
Oh God, please give us our daily bread,\'94 you can instead think that God will die if you do not supply bread to Him. This is the ecstasy of extreme love. There is such a relationship between Krishna and His devotee Radharani, the greatest devotee, the 
greatest lover of Krishna. Mother Yasoda is His lover as a parent; Sudama is His lover as a friend; Arjuna also as a friend\'97there are millions and billions of different kinds of direct devotees of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the various Yoga systems lead to Bhakti Yoga, and Bhakti Yoga can be practiced by persons who have developed attachment to Krishna. 
Others cannot practice it. And, if anyone is able to develop that attachment, the relationship will be that he will understand God, Krishna, perfectly. However we may try to understand God by our different theories or speculations, it is still a difficul
t job. We may say that we have understood God, but it is not possible to understand Him as He is, because we have limited senses, and He is unlimited.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said in the Srimad Bhagwatam that our senses are imperfect, all of them. We cannot understand even the material world perfectly. 
You have seen so many planets and stars in the sky at night, but you do not know what they are. You do not even know what the moon planet is, though men have been trying for so many years to go there in sputniks. Even this one planet, Earth! We do not kn
ow what varieties there are even on this planet! If you go to the sea, to the sky, your perception is limited. Our knowledge is, therefore, always imperfect. On that we must agree. If we foolishly think that we have acquired all forms of knowledge, and w
e have advanced in science, this is another foolishness. It is not possible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And, when it is not possible to understand even the material things which we daily see with our eyes, what can we say of the spiritual 
world and Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead? He is the Supreme Spiritual Form, and it is not possible to understand Him by our limited senses. Then why are we bothering so much for Krishna Consciousness, if it is not possible? If these imperfec
t senses cannot realize Krishna as He is? The answer is that, if you become submissive, if you develop the spiritual attitude of following Krishna, and you are as a servant or a friend, as a parent or as a lover\'97if you begin to give service to the Sup
reme Lord\'97then you can begin to know Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your service begins with the tongue. How? By the tongue you can chant Hare Krishna, and by the tongue you can taste Krishna \'93Prasada
m,\'94 spiritual food. So, the beginning of the process is very nice. You chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare\'97and whenever Prasadam is offered to you by Krishna, by His kindness, you
 accept it. The result will be that\'97if you become submissive, and if you begin this service, chanting and eating Prasadam\'97Krishna will reveal Himself before you.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 knowing krishna
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You can\'92t understand Krishna by speculation; that is not possible, because your senses are imperfect. But if you begin this process 
of service, then it will be possible\'97one day Krishna will reveal to you: \'93I am like this,\'93 just as Krishna is revealing to Arjuna. Arjuna is a devotee, and he is submissive, and he is in contact with Krishna as a friend. Therefore Krishna is rev
ealing to him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita was spoken to Arjuna\'97not to any Vedantist philosophical speculator. In the beginning of the Fourth Chapter, you wi
ll note that Krishna says, \'93I am speaking to you that ancient system of Yoga.\'94 It is atated, \'93Unto you.\'94 Arjuna was a Kshatriya, a fighter. He was a householder, not even a Sannyasi, not a renouncer\'97but these are no qualifications to under
stand Krishna. Then what is the qualification? This: \'93One who has developed the service spirit, with love and devotion, can understand Me.\'94 No other. Not Dr. Radhakrishnan or similar great learned persons; but a child can understand Krishna, if he 
has full faith in Him. So faith and devotion qualify one.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply by such faith and service you will understand that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Just as the writer is preachin
g Krishna Consciousness: he is not wasting your time or his own, because he is in full faith that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Theoretically or practically, you should accept Krishna, that He is the Supreme Person. Theoretically, there 
is the revealed scripture. You will understand from the Vedic literature, from the great devotees in the past and in the present.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the present, there is Lord Chaitanya. Lord Chaitanya is the great authority. None is greater. He was mad after Krishna. And then, a
fter Him, His six disciples, the Goswamis, have left us an immensely valuable literature\'97especially Jiva Goswami. They have written volumes on Krishna. So, under disciplic succession, we have come to this point; and if you like past history, then go b
ack a long, long time to Vyasadeva. He is known to have written the Srimad Bhagwatam and other literature on Krishna. Srimad Bhagwatam is nothing but a description of Krishna. Vyasa is also the writer of The Bhagavad Gita. The Gita was spoken by Krishna,
 and noted down by Vyasa who put this Gita into the Mahabharata, his chronicle of events in the previous age of world history.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So Vyasadeva accepts Krishna as the Supreme Person. In the Srimad Bhagwatam he has given the description of the different incarnations
\'97there are twenty-five of Them. And, in the conclusion, he says that the descriptions that are given of different incarnations are all parts of the representations of God. But Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. He is not part, but 
100%\'97100% God. So, there is the evidence of authority.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And, practically, if we believe the \'93Shastras,\'94 the scriptures, then we can see: Who can be more powerful than Krishna? Who can
 be more beautiful than Krishna? Who can be more famous than Krishna? Krishna appeared five thousand years ago, but His knowledge, which He gave in the form of The Bhagavad Gita, is still worshiped. It is worshiped not only by the Hindus or the Indians, 
but is read all over the world. In your country there are at least 50 different editions of The Bhagavad Gita, written by different men. Similarly, in England, in Germany, in France and in all other countries, you will find hundreds of editions of The Gi
ta. So, who can be more famous?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many other evidences, if you believe in Shastra: that Krishna married 16,108 wives, and He provided each one of them with a b
ig palace, and each one of them had 10 children, and from the 10 children there were many other children born. So we have the evidence of revealed scriptures; and in the Brahma Samhita also, Krishna is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This
 is a very old book, supposed to have been written by Brahma, the first living being in the universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In that Brahma Samhita it is said, \'93Iswara Parama Krishna.\'94 Iswara means God. There are many gods. It is said that there are many
 demigods, and there is the Supreme God. So Brahma Samhita says \'93Iswara Parama Krishna\'94\'97He is the God of gods. \'93Iswara Parama Krishna,\'94 and then: \'93Sat-Chit-Ananda Vigraha\'94\'97and His body is eternal, and full of bliss and knowledge. 
And next: \'93Anadi\'94: He has no beginning, but He is the beginning of everyone. \'93Anadi gadi Govinda.\'94 Go means senses, Go means cow, and Go means land. So He is the Proprietor of all land, He is the Proprietor of all cows, and He is the Creator 
of all senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are after sense pleasure, but our perfection of sense pleasure can be achieved only when we reciprocate our pleasure with Krishna. T
herefore, His Name is Govinda, the Supreme Original Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The same Personality of Godhead spoke to Arjuna in The Gita. Personally, about Himself. How can you say that somebody, by his thinking,
 by speculation, can say something about God that is more important than what is being said by Krishna Himself? It is not possible. No one can speak better than Krishna about God, because God Himself is speaking. If you speak about yourself personally, w
ho can say more than you? So, if you have faith, if you believe theoretically or practically in Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then, by the speeches that are delivered by Krishna in The Bhagavad Gita, you can understand God. There is no d
ifficulty.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And, if you believe Krishna, then the result will be that you can understand God\'97how He is working, how His energies are acting, how
 He is manifesting, what is this material world, what is the spiritual world, what are the living creatures, what is their relationship\'97so many things are to be found in God\'92s literature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole Vedic literature deals with three things: the first is your relationship with God; then, next, after you understand your re
lationship with God, how to act in the spiritual way. Just as a man or woman may not be related, but as soon as the relationship is established that one is husband and the other is wife, then the dealings begin.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once they understand their relationship with God, people generally believe that God is the Father, and the son\'92s business is to ask 
father for whatever he needs. But that is really a lesser relationship. If you understand God perfectly, then there are intimate relationships also. Your intimate relationship will be revealed when you are perfectly liberated. Each and every living creat
ure has a particular relationship with God, but we have, for now, forgotten. When that relationship is revealed in the process of devotional activities, or Krishna Consciousness, you will know that that is the perfection of your life. Krishna Consciousne
ss is a great science, it is not a sentimental speculation regarding love. It is based on scientific propositions described in The Bhagavad Gita, in the Vedas and in the Brahma Samhita; and it is accepted by authorities like Lord Chaitanya, Ramanuja Acha
rya, Madhya Acharya, Narada, Asita, Vyasa\'97there are so many authorities. Krishna Consciousness is not an ordinary love-making or money-making business; it is reality, and if you stick to it seriously, your life will be perfect.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 the goal of transcendental meditation
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita, the Sanskrit word \'93Mam\'94 is frequently used. This word means \'93unto me.\'94 Krishna, the Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead says, \'93unto Me\'94\'97Krishna. We cannot interpret this in a different way. When I say, \'93Bring me a glass of water,\'94 it means that I am the person in want of the glass of water, and if you supply to me and not to others, then it is
 right. When Krishna says, \'93unto Me,\'94 that means Krishna. But philosophers are still interpreting\'97they say \'93unto something else.\'94 Even grammatically this is wrong.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who has developed attachment to Krishna is Krishna conscious. They say if you have attachment for your lover you always think of he
r. That is lover consciousness. It is natural. It is stated that a woman who has another lover besides her husband shows herself very attentive to her household duties, but is always thinking, \'93When shall my lover and I meet in the night?\'94 This is 
an example: It is possible, in spite of our false engagement, if we love somebody, to think of him always. If materially it is possible, why not spiritually? That is the whole teaching of The Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Gita Krishna says to Arjuna, \'93As a fighter you have to fight. You cannot step away from the fighting. It is your duty.\'94 No
wadays I have practical experience that the draft board of your country is calling for boys to join the army, but they are not willing. They are not willing because they are not trained as \'93Kshatriyas,\'94 warriors. They are trained as \'93Sudras\'93 
laborers, or else as \'93Vaishyas,\'94 businessmen. Therefore, the caste system is very scientific. A section of people should be trained as \'93Brahmins,\'94 men of knowledge. Those who are intelligent enough in the society should be picked and trained 
in higher philosophical science. And those who are less intelligent than the Brahmins should be given military training. We require everything in society\'97not only military men. How can everyone be a military man? Because they are sending Sudras, ordin
ary workers, to Vietnam, these are unnecessarily being killed. Any country which is very proud of scientific advancement, and yet does not know how to organize its society, is a fool\'92s society.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 organization of society
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita Krishna says that there are four divisions of society: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Sudra. That is natural. Som
e are inclined toward spiritual advancement, and these are the Brahmins. Now we are training boys who are spiritually inclined, and they are unnecessarily being forced into military service. The foolish have no knowledge that some boy is being trained up
 in higher science. Why should he be destroyed when he is being perfected? The intellectual persons, those boys who have brahminical qualifications, are restrained in Brahmacharya student life: they don\'92t take to meat-eating, they don\'92t take part i
n intoxication, they don\'92t take part in gambling, they don\'92t take part in illicit sex. They are being trained as complete Brahmins, the highest intellectuals, the most purified persons in society. If there is one Brahmin in a whole family, then the
 whole family\'97the whole society\'97becomes sanctified. But today they have no knowledge of how to train a Brahmin, or how to train a Kshatriya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the other fields of action, in the work of Sudras and Vaishyas, there is nice training. If anyone wants to be a businessman, there a
re colleges or technological schools. That\'92s very nice. But why should everyone be dragged into technology? Just as in your body: for proper maintenance we require the head, the arms, the belly and the legs. All these parts of the body are required. Y
ou cannot say, \'93We do not require the head.\'94 That is nonsense\'97we require everything. Suppose there is a body without a head\'97it is a dead body. If the body is now intact but there is no head, it is called a dead body. The head is to be conside
red the intellectual part of the body. Similarly, if there is no Brahmin in the society, it is a dead body. If there is no spiritual man in the society, it is a dead society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore Krishna says, \'93I have created the four divisions of society, according to quality and work.\'94 If someone is working as a
 Brahmachary (celibate) Brahmin, and has acquired the quality of understanding Krishna, the Supreme Lord, then why should he be called for army action? The arm of the body is the Kshatriya. Of course that is required: to protect the country, to protect t
he society, a military arrangement should be there. No one will disapprove. But not the Brahmins. It is putting a race horse before the work cart. A race horse is required for different purposes. The other beasts of burden\'97asses, mules and oxen\'97are
 required for pulling carts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I say this frankly\'97everybody may read it\'97that any society where there are no spiritual persons or Krishna Consciousness is a rasc
al society, because it has no head. Where there is a headless man, there is a dead body. And if there is no brain, there is no head; if the brain is not working properly then he is a madman; if he has no head at all, then he is a dead man.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you think in a dead society or a mad society that there can be any peace ? No. If the society is full of madmen, then where is the q
uestion of peace? Therefore Krishna Consciousness is the most important study in present-day society. The men who are leading the society, the President and the Secretary of Defense should have the intelligence to understand this science of the soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The other day when I was coming to your country I met a secretary of the Japanese Government in Tokyo. I wanted to explain to him that 
he should cooperate with this movement, but he said, \'93Oh, we cannot co-operate with any religious movement.\'93 He is one of the chief secretaries of that Government, and he is such a fool. He is taking this movement as a religious movement, just like
 we have so many sentimental religions. But this is not sentimental. This is the necessity of society: that a class of men should be Krishna conscious. Otherwise the society is doomed, it is going to hell.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And, when such rascals are at the head of the government, how can there be peace? How can you expect peace in a dog\'92s society? The d
ogs are by nature howling\'97\'94Woof! Woof! Woof!\'94 as soon as they see other dogs. So do you mean to say there will be peace if you turn human society into dog society, into cat society, into tiger society? The tiger is very powerful; he can kill man
y other animals. But does that mean he is a very important animal? No, he has no use in society. And now we are very powerful, and we have good weapons to fight with, and we can kill many people. But these are no qualifications for good men or good socie
ty.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not meant to manufacture a society of monkeys or tigers or asses\'97or rascals who work very hard. Do you mean to say a society 
of asses will derive any benefit from life? No.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 justice and peace
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For those who have developed an attraction to Krishna, attachment can be developed. Before my coming to the West, there was no movement
 like this Krishna Consciousness, but now it is developing. Krishna was not born in your country, you do not accept Krishna as your religious God. But Krishna is so attractive that, although you are a foreigner, you are not foreign. To Krishna you are no
t a foreigner. He claims everybody. We make Him foreign, but this is our foolishness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Gita Krishna says, \'93My dear Arjuna, there are many different forms and different species of life undoubtedly. But I am their 
Father.\'94 Just see how Krishna is universal. He is claiming not only human society, but animal society, bird society, beast society\'97everyone. He says, \'93I am the Father.\'94 So how can Krishna be foreign? It is a mental concoction. They say Krishn
a is Indian or Krishna is worshiped by the Hindus, and therefore He is one of the Hindu gods; and they think that Krishna is saying, \'93Yes I am the Hindu God, yes, I am Indian.\'94 But He is like the Sun: if you say it is an American Sun, that\'92s wro
ng. The Sun is the Sun. Why American Sun or Indian? Nothing is American or Indian; that is all artificial.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93This planet belongs to the humans, that\'92s all.\'94 This is your Communism. This present Communism is defective because the Russi
ans say that Russia is for the Russians or China is for the Chinese. Why not for others? Just think in terms of human communism! Why human communism? Living being communism! If you take this world as belonging to human society, that is defective. It belo
ngs to everyone ! It belongs to the tree community, it belongs to the beast community. They also have a right to live. Why should you cut the trees? Why should you send the bulls to the slaughterhouse? This is injustice. How can you gain justice by yours
elf doing injustice?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have no Krishna Consciousness. We do not know that Krishna is the original Father, and that we are all His sons. The tree is my brot
her, the ant is my brother, the bull is my brother. The American is my brother, the Indian is my brother, the Chinese is my brother. Therefore we have to develop Krishna Consciousness. We talk all this nonsense of universal brotherhood and the United Nat
ions\'97all nonsense. Either you acknowledge the Father, or else you have no idea of how to realize brotherhood or humanity. Therefore, they are talking for years and years. They are the same fools. Can\'92t you see the U. N.? They have headquarters in N
ew York. They are simply talking nonsense, that\'92s all. That is their business. So unless there is full Krishna Consciousness, there cannot be any improvement of the world condition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna says that you have to develop your attachment for Him. Begin at the beginning, but you can do it; it is not artificial. I have 
a few sincere students here, just developing; they are not complete, but they are developing Krishna attachment. Otherwise, why should they waste their time chanting Hare Krishna? They are doing it, and it can be done. You can develop love for anything i
f you try for it. But Krishna development is very natural. Because Krishna is not a thing belonging to a particular type of religion or sect. Krishna claims, \'93I belong to everyone.\'94 Therefore, originally, we were all connected with Krishna, but we 
have simply forgotten. This process of chanting is to evoke your remembrance of Krishna. It is not that we are inducting something artificial into you. No, Krishna is already connected with you, but you have forgotten. And we are trying to give you the p
rocess\'97how you can revive your original consciousness. So you can come to our temple; that is the beginning. You can see Krishna or Krishna\'92s devotees, you can chant Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is not different from His Name because He is Absolute. He is non-different from His words. The Name Krishna and the Person Kris
hna are not different. Because everything is Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oneness, the philosophy of monism or pantheism, is imperfect. When that Oneness comes in understanding Krishna, that is perfection. If 
Krishna is the Supreme Absolute Truth from Whom everything is emanating, then everything is Krishna. Just as you have a gold mine and you are preparing so many golden utensils and ornaments and many other things. But they are all gold because the origina
l is gold. So you may name it \'93earring,\'94 but you have to add \'93gold\'94\'97golden earring. You may name it \'93necklace,\'94 but it is gold, because originally it came from the gold mine. Similarly, originally, everything is coming from Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If He is Supreme, the Absolute Truth, then nothing is different from Him. Just as, whether you say earring or necklace or bangle or wri
stwatch, these are all made of gold, and so they are gold. But, at the same time, you cannot say that this is all gold\'97you must say, \'93this is a gold necklace, this is a gold earring.\'94 The \'93Mayavadi,\'94 or impersonalist, will say that everyth
ing is Brahman. But \'93everything is Brahman\'94 is not right.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is very nicely explained in The Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [9.4]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in the Thirteenth Chapter: \'93I am expanded all over. That is My impersonal feature.\'94 Krishna is everywhere in His impersonal feature, but still He is a Person. The Mayavadi philosopher
 thinks that if Krishna has become everything, then where is the possibility of Krishna here, apart? This is complete rascaldom, because it is thinking in a material way, and there is no spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material way, suppose you take a piece of paper and tear it into particles and throw it all over. The original paper has no exis
tence. This is material. But we get information from the Vedas that the Absolute Truth is so perfect that if you take away the whole, still the whole remains. One minus one equals one. The material way of thinking is one minus one equals zero; but spirit
ually it is not like that. Spiritually, one minus one equals one, and one plus one equals one also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is everything. The Mayavadis, the impersonalists, see our deities here and say, \'93Oh, they have installed some wooden forms a
nd they are worshiping them as God.\'94 But one who knows Krishna science understands that Krishna is everything; and therefore He can appear in everything. With electricity, the current is everywhere along the line, so wherever you touch you will feel i
t. Similarly, the Krishna current in His impersonal Form is everywhere, and it is the technician who knows how to use the force. Before we have a phone installed, we have a telephone conversation, and we simply inform the person, before we even talk mone
y, that he should come immediately to find out where the connection can be made. And he comes out and does his work; and we do not notice, because he knows the technique. So, one must know how to connect with Krishna. Krishna is everywhere\'97this is Kri
shna Consciousness. But one must know how he can derive Krishna from the features of Krishna\'92s form in wood or iron or metal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everywhere you have to learn how to contact Krishna, in everything. That is explained in the system of Yoga. Krishna Cosciousness is al
so Yoga, the perfect Yoga, the highest of all yogic aystems. A yogi may come and we can challenge him, saying that this is the top Yoga system, though at the same time it is very simple. You don\'92t have to exercise your body over a period of weeks befo
re you feel some power. But in Krishna Consciousness you won\'92t feel tired. All of our students are simply anxious to be overloaded with work in Krishna Consciousness. \'93Swamiji, what can I do?\'94 And they are actually doing it. In the material worl
d, if you work for some time you\'92ll feel weak.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, I am not exercising myself. I am an old man of 72 years. I was ill, I went back to India, but I want to work. Actually, I co
uld retire from all these activities, but so far as I can, I want to work, I want to learn day and night. At night I will work with the dictaphone, and I am sorry if I cannot work. It is not an idle society. No, we have sufficient engagements: editing pa
pers, selling papers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply find out how Krishna conscious you can be. If you want to be really at peace, if you want to be happy, then develop Krishna Cosc
iousness. And the beginning is to develop attachment for Krishna. The process which we have prescribed is chanting and dancing before the deities, and offering \'93Prasadam,\'94 spiritual food. This will make you more Krishna conscious.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 yoga process
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Yoga system as it is described in The Bhagavad Gita is different from the bogus Yoga system which is going on in the West these day
s. The Yoga systems which have been introduced into the West by so-called yogis are not bona fide. Yoga is difficult: the first thing is to control the senses. That is the position of the yogi: he is not allowed to indulge in sex life. If you indulge in 
intoxication, if you indulge in meat eating, and if you indulge in gambling and sporting\'97all nonsense\'97you cannot at the same time become a yogi. I was astonished when a yogi came here, having advertised in India that you can be a yogi even though y
ou may be addicted to drinking. This is not the Yoga system. This is not standard. You can call it Yoga, but it is not the standard Yoga system.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Yoga system is especially difficult for this age. In the Srimad Bhagwatam we understand that yogic transcendental meditation means 
to concentrate one\'92s attention on the Superself, Vishnu. He is situated in your heart. And, in order to concentrate your attention, you have to control the senses. The senses are working just like enfuriated horses. If you cannot control the horses of
 your carriage, it will be dangerous. Just imagine that you are seated in a carriage and your horses are so furious that they are dragging you to hell. Then what is your position?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Yoga system means to control these senses. The senses are also compared to serpents: The serpent does not know who is its friend an
d who is its enemy. It bites anyone. And, as soon as the serpent bites, the result is death. Similarly, if the uncontrolled senses work in their own way, then you should know that you are in a dangerous position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It has been said that, when one becomes too sensuous, he loses his temper, he loses his identity, he forgets himself. Enfuriated by the
 senses, a man will attack even his children, even his daughter. Therefore, for those who are advancing in spiritual life\'97not only for them but for everyone\'97the Shastra, the scripture, says that you should not sit in a secluded place even with your
 mother, even with your daughter or your sister. Why? Because the senses are so strong that if they become enfuriated, you will forget whether she\'92s mother, sister or daughter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You may say that this may be true only for some foolish persons, but Shastra says no\'97you should not sit in a secluded place even wit
h your mother, sister or daughter, because the senses are so strong that, even though you may be very moral, you may still be attracted by sex.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our position in this world, our suffering in this world, is due to the body. This body is the cause of all miseries, and the ultimate
 goal of life should be to get out of this material body, and be situated in the spiritual body. This is a foreign atmosphere. The soul is free spiritually, but it has been conditioned by this material atmosphere. And the body is of this matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A human being is fit to enquire as to whether I am this body or something else. This can be understood very easily. I am not this body,
 because at the time of death the body remains\'97although everyone cries, \'93Oh, the poor man is gone !\'94 The man is lying there. Why do you say he is gone? He is lying there. At that time, we can come to our senses, that the body is not the man. The
 real man is gone. The childhood body is changed to the youthful body, and the childhood body is gone. Similarly, the boyhood body is gone, and you\'92ll have to accept a body like mine an old man\'92s body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The body is changing. Not only year after year, but at every second the body is changing. Still, you are situated there. This is very s
imple to understand. And because the body is there, we are suffering. Everyone is trying to get out of suffering, in any field of action: in the economic field, in the political field, or any field of activity, social or national, everyone is trying to g
et out of misery. There is no other activity. Either nationally or socially, individually or collectively\'97we are all suffering, and this suffering is due to the body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga means to enquire, What am I? If I am not this body, then what am I? I am pure soul. Now, if my bodily activities or sensual activi
ties are incorrect, I will not be able to understand myself. Therefore, the purpose of Yoga is to understand oneself\'97what I am\'97and The Bhagavad Gita says that we are all grand fools. Why fools? Since we have this body, we are fools. If somebody inv
ites you to come to his apartment, but you know it is full of danger, do you think you would like to go there? \'93Oh no,\'94 you will say. \'93I am not going there. If it is full of danger, why shall I go?\'94 Similarly, don\'92t you think that the body
 is full of danger? Then, why are you going there, taking repeated birth? When you are flying in a plane, you are always fearful that there may be a crash. And what is this crashing? It is due to the body. The soul cannot be affected by crashes. But you 
are always afraid.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul is ever-existing, and the body will not exist. And because you are existing and the soul has accepted the non-existing body, t
herefore you suffer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The problem, then, is how to get out, just as you try to get out of a fever. The fevered condition is not your permanent life. Permanen
t life is enjoyment, but due to the fever you cannot enjoy life. When you are sick you cannot go out, you have to rest and take so many medicines and formulas. But we don\'92t want that\'97\'93Why should I be a sick person?\'94 But you are diseased. Simi
larly, we should always know that this bodily conditional stage of the pure soul is a diseased condition. And anyone who does not understand this truth, that \'93I am pure soul,\'94 is defeated in all his activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Jesus Christ taught like that: If you lose your soul and gain the whole world, what do you gain? People do not know what they are,
 and yet they work just like madmen. Just see, all these people are working, and they are madmen. They are not Americans or Indians, Germans or Japanese. They are nothing of the kind. They have been given a chance to come to this naughty place, this Eart
h; and so, being born in a particular place they have a particular kind of body\'97and they are mad after that.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 liberation
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita says that, just as we change our outer garments, so this body is changed. Transcendental meditation means the yogic p
rocess of getting out of this material embodiment. Just as you are repeating changes of dress, so you are repeating birth and death, and this is the cause of your miseries. If you do not understand this, then all your activities end in defeat.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga means to get out of this embodiment, and it means to know oneself. This body is born of the parents. Similarly, as pure soul, you 
are also the source of its birth. We do not mean birth beginning historically from a certain day, and ending on a certain day. No; the soul is not like that\'97it has no beginning, and it has no end. But in The Bhagavad Gita it is said that the soul is p
art and parcel of God: God is eternal, God is full of joy and bliss. The position of the Absolute Person, the Godhead, is Sat-Chit-Ananda Vigraha: full of bliss, eternal, and full of knowledge. And, because we are also part and parcel of the Supreme, we 
have partial blissfulness, eternity, and we are full of knowledge\'97according to our infinitesimal size.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human beings are understood to be the most intelligent of all living creatures, but they are misusing their intelligence. How? They
 are misusing their intelligence by devoting it to the animal propensities. These animal propensities are: eating, sleeping, mating and fearing. You can analyze the trend of modern civilization: everyone is busy with these four principles of animal life.
 They are sleeping and creating some cushions for comfortable sleep. They are creating palatable dishes for the eating propensity. They are exciting sex very nicely, for the mating necessity. And they are defending their country with so many atom bombs
\'97that is the fear propensity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But these symptoms you will find among the animals. They are also sleeping according to their own ways, and they are defending. You can
 kill your enemy, or he can kill you, but there is actually no defense. You cannot defend yourself; wherever you drop the bomb, it will hurt you, due to nuclear radiation. So this is not the solution of your problems. The solution of your problems is to 
get out of the conditioned state of life. That is called Yoga\'97to link yourself to the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a Supreme. This material Creation is so nice\'97don\'92t you think there is a Friend behind it? The sky is so beautiful, the f
oodstuff is being produced, the Sun is rising in due course, the Moon is rising in due course, supplying heat for your health, supplying heat to the planetary systems. Everything is arranged very nicely, and yet the fools say there is no brain behind it;
 it is all happening automatically.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fact is that there is God, Krishna, and we are all parts and parcels of Krishna. We have been conditioned in some way or other in t
his material atmosphere. But now we have this human form of life, and so we have to get out of the entanglement. But getting out is not possible. You cannot get out of the entanglement of the material body unless you develop your Krishna Consciousness. K
rishna Consciousness is not artificial\'97don\'92t think that. This International Society of ours is not another political tool. This is the greatest necessity of the human being. Krishna Consciousness, God consciousness, is there within you. Don\'92t yo
u find, when there is a Kirtan performance, that the more innocent a person is, the sooner he begins to chant and dance? Immediately, the child begins to clap, begins to dance. This is within them; and it is very simple, this Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, unless you develop Krishna Consciousness, there is no rescue from the entanglement of conditioned life. This you have to understand
. This is not some sentiment. No, it is a great science. You have to understand it nicely. Then the human form of life will be successful, and otherwise it is defeated. You may become a very great nation, but that is not the solution to the problem of li
fe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the grace of Krishna, I am able to serve you with my life\'92s energy. I left the United States in 1967 in poor health; but life a
nd death\'97everything\'97depends on Krishna. I thought, Let me go back to Vrindaban, because Vrindaban is a sanctified place where Krishna Consciousness is very strong. I thought that I might go there and die in Krishna Consciousness. Of course, if you 
are always in the atmosphere of Krishna Consciousness, then here also you can have Vrindaban. Vrindaban is not a particular place that is called Vrindaban. Krishna says, \'93It is not that I live in the Kingdom of God, Vaikuntha; nor is it that I live in
 the heart of the yogi.\'94 The yogi wants to find out where Krishna is within the heart. But Krishna says, \'93I am not in the abode in the spiritual sky, nor am I in the heart of the yogi.\'94 Then where are You? Krishna says, \'93I stay where My pure 
devotees are chanting My glories.\'94 That is Vrindaban.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, if that is Vrindaban, then I am there. There is no difference. Wherever there is electric light, there is electricity. It is natura
lly understood. Similarly, wherever there is Krishna Consciousness, it is Vrindaban. We can create Vrindaban by the mercy of Krishna, if we chant Hare Krishna. Perfect this Krishna Cosciousness, try to understand the philosophy behind it. It is a science
, not a bluff. We can speak from any angle of vision.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is the great necessity of human society. Learn it and appreciate it, comprehend and assimilate it\'97and teach it
. It is very simple. If you offenselessly chant Hare Krishna, everything will be revealed from within. Because Krishna is sitting within you. If you are strong and have faith and conviction in Krishna, as well as the spiritual master\'97the transparent m
edium to Krishna\'97then Krishna is there. The Vedas say that if you have implicit faith in God and implicit faith in your bona fide Guru who teaches you Krishna Consciousness, then the result will be that all the Vedic scriptures will be revealed author
itatively.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process is spiritual; it does not require any material qualifications. The speculators who are not realized souls are covered in de
lusion, and are simply wasting their time. Whatever they may do in their official class, they remain the same foolish rascals. But our Krishna conscious students will feel a change in their lives, a change in happiness\'97and a change in youth, also This
 is reality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I shall request you, my dear young girls and boys, to take to Krishna Consciousness very seriously, and you will be happy, your life wi
ll be perfected It will be the sublime addition to your life. It is not a bluff. I have not come here to collect some money. Money is supplied by Krishna. I am going back and forth to India\'97not only I but my students as well\'97and for a rich man ther
e would be many expenditures. It would cost $10,000 for such trips. But our business is Krishna, and He will supply. I do not know where the money comes from, but Krishna supplies. In Krishna Consciousness, you will be happy. You are the young generation
, you are the flower of your country and society. Practice Krishna Cosciousness, this most sublime system of transcendental meditation. Be happy and make others happy. This is the real mission of life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 identity and meditation
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita says that out of many thousands of human beings, one may try to make perfection of his life. Man is an animal, but he
 has one special prerogative, rational thought. What is that rational thought? Reasoning power, argument. Now, reasoning power is there in dogs and cats as well. Suppose a dog comes up to you; if you say, \'93Hut!\'94\'97he\'92ll understand. The dog will
 understand that you don\'92t want him. So, he has some reasoning power. But what is the special reasoning power of the human being?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So far as the bodily necessities are concerned, the reasoning power is there even in the animal. If a cat wants to steal some milk from
 your kitchen, she has very nice reasoning power: she is always looking to see when the master is out and she can take. So, for the four propensities of animal life eating, sleeping, mating and defending\'97there is reasoning power even in the beasts. Th
en, what is the special reasoning power of the human being, by which he is called THE rational animal?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The special reasoning power is to inquire, \'93Why am I suffering?\'94 This is special reasoning. The animals are suffering. But human 
beings are making scientific advancement and philosophical advancement, cultural advancement, religious advancement\'97progress in so many lines\'97because they want to be happy. \'93Where is the point of happiness?\'94 This reasoning power is especially
 given to the human being. Therefore, in The Gita, Krishna says, \'93Out of many men, one may know Me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally, the people are just like animals. They simply do not know anything beyond the necessities of the body: how to eat, how to sl
eep, how to mate and how to defend. And The Bhagavad Gita says, out of many thousands, somebody may develop this reasoning power: \'93Why am I suffering?\'94 He asks this question: \'93Why am I suffering?\'94 I do not want to suffer, but suffering is for
ced upon me. Suppose I do not want too much cold\'97but too much cold and too much heat are forced upon us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When there is some impetus to awaken this reasoning power, it is called \'93Brahma Jijnasa.\'94 This is found in the Vedanta Sutra. The
 first verse says that now, this human form of life, is meant for asking the question of how to solve the problem of suffering.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So Krishna says that this special prerogative of the human being awakens not very easily, except by some association. Just as we have t
his Krishna conscious association. If we attain such association, where nice things are discussed, then that awakening of reason\'97that special prerogative of the human being\'97will come. So long as this question does not arise in one\'92s mind, he sho
uld understand that whatever activities he is doing will all lead to his defeat. He is simply leading an animal life. But, not when these questions arise: Why am I suffering? What am I? Am I meant for suffering? Am I meant for troubles?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am undergoing troubles by Nature\'92s laws and by the state\'92s laws. So the question of freedom is how to become free from all thes
e troubles. The Vedanta Sutra also says that the soul\'97my actual self\'97is by nature joyful. Yet, I am suffering. Lord Krishna further says that when these questions arise, gradually one comes to God. Those who have awakened to these questions are sai
d to be on the path of perfection. And, when the question of God and our relationship with God comes, that is our final perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, Krishna says that out of many thousands of people one may try to make perfection of this life; and out of many millions of such pe
rsons on the path of perfection, only one may understand Krishna. So understanding Krishna is not very easy. But it is also the easiest. It is not easy, but at the same time it is the easiest. It is the easiest if you follow the prescribed forms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has introduced this chanting of Hare Krishna. He has not exactly introduced it; it is in the scriptures. But 
He has especially propagated this formula. In this age this is the easiest method of self realization. Simply chant Hare Krishna. It can be done by everyone. In my classroom, I am perhaps the only Indian. So, it is imported from India, but that does not 
mean it is Indian. My students are all Americans, they are taking part in the chanting very nicely, chanting and dancing. That means that, in any country, in any place, this thing can be performed. Therefore it is the easiest. You may not understand the 
philosophy of The Bhagavad Gita. That is also not very difficult; but still, if you think that you cannot understand, you can still chant very easily: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we want to understand God, Krishna, this is the beginning. The easiest beginning\'97simply chanting. Now, there are many students 
of my ISKCON institution. This institution is open a little over a year, but some of the students, by simply chanting, by the Grace of Krishna, have advanced in such a way that they can talk about the science of God, and they will very easily answer thos
e human questions. So, this is the easiest method of transcendental meditation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna says that out of many millions of people, one may understand Him. But, by the chanting of this Hare Krishna as introduced by Lo
rd Chaitanya\'97chanting and dancing\'97you can understand Krishna within a very short time. Knowledge begins not from Krishna, but from things which we are accustomed to see every day.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 advancement in knowledge
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Land is gross. If you touch it, you can feel its hardness. But, as soon as the land becomes still finer, it is water, and the touch is 
soft. And then again, from water to fire, still finer. After fire or electricity the air is still finer; and after air, the sky, ether, is finer still. Beyond ether, the mind is still finer; and beyond the mind, intelligence is still finer. And, if you g
o beyond intelligence to understand the soul, it is finer still.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From these elements people have discovered so many sciences. There are many scientists, for example, who are soil experts; they can say
, by analyzing a particular type of earth, what kind of minerals are there. Somebody seeks out oil, somebody seeks out gold, somebody seeks out mica\'97so many things. This is knowledge of gross things\'97the earth. If you go to finer substances, then yo
u study water, or liquid things, such as petrol and alcohol. Go still finer, and from water you will go to fire and electricity. If you study electricity, you have to study all sorts of books. And, from this finer fire, you will come to air. We have so m
uch advancement in our airplanes; we are studying how they move, how they are made\'97now sputniks and jets\'97so many things are being discovered.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next comes the study of the ethereal: electronics, ethereal transformations from one thing to another. Then, finer still, is the mind
\'97psychology and psychiatry. But for intelligence, rationalism, there is only a little philosophical speculation. And what about the soul? Is there any science of the soul? The materialists have none. Material science has advanced to the study of ether
, or the mind and intelligence, but there is no advancement beyond that. Beyond intelligence, they do not know what exists. But in The Bhagavad Gita you can find this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita begins at the point after intelligence. When Arjuna was perplexed at the outset, his intelligence was perplexed\'97wh
ether to fight or not to fight. Krishna begins The Gita from the point where intelligence fails. How does knowledge of the soul begin? It is just like a child playing. You can understand this child\'92s body is now so small, but one day this child will b
e grown up, like you or me. But the same soul will continue. So, by intelligence, you can understand that though the body is changed, the soul is there. The same soul which was existing in the body of the child is still continuing in the body of the old 
man. Therefore the soul is permanent, and only the body has changed. This is a very easy thing to understand. And the last change of this body is death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As at every moment, every second, every day, every hour, the body is changing, so the last change is when one cannot act with the body,
 and so he has to take another one. Just as, when my cloth is too worn out or old, I cannot put it on; I have to take a new cloth. It is similar with the soul. When the body is too old or unworkable, I have to change to another body. This is called death
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the beginning of The Gita, when the preliminary knowledge of the soul is there. And you wil find that there are only a few who 
can understand the existence of the soul as permanent, and of the body as changeable. Therefore Bhagavan, Lord Krishna, says that, out of many, many millions of people, one may understand it. But still, the knowledge is there. If you want to understand i
t, it is not difficult. You can understand it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ego
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, we should inquire into the existence of the ego, the finest material substance. What is ego? I am pure soul, but with my intellige
nce and mind I am in contact with matter, and I have identified myself with matter\'97and this is false ego. I am pure soul, but I am identifying falsely. For example, I am identifying with the land, thinking that I am Indian, or that I am American. This
 is called \'93Ahamkar.\'94 Ahamkar means the point where the pure soul touches matter. That junction is called Ahamkar. Ahamkar is still finer than intelligence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna says that these are the eight material elements: earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego. False ego me
as false identification. Our nescient life has begun from this false identification\'97thinking that I am this matter, although I am seeing every day, at every moment, that I am not this matter. Study your own child, and you will see that the soul is not
 matter. Soul is permanently existing, while matter is changing. This misconception, this illusion, is called Ahamkar, false ego. And your liberation means when you are out of this false ego. What is that status? \'93Aham Brahmasmi.\'94 I am Brahman, I a
m spirit. That is the beginning of liberation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, one may be suffering from disease, from fever, and the temperature may come down to normal, 98.6 degrees. So he is now norma
l, but that is not the cure. Suppose for two days he has a 98.6 degree temperature, but with a slight change of diet, a slight change of behavior, the temperature rises immediately to 100. Relapse. Similarly, simply understanding, simply purifying the mi
nd, rejecting this false Ahamkar identification\'97I am not this body, I am not this matter; I am soul\'97this is not liberation. It is only the beginning of liberation. If you stick to this point, and continue\'97just as you might continue your activiti
es and keep your temperature at 98.6 degrees\'97then you are a healthy man.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For example, in the West now there is some propaganda for taking intoxication. The people want to forget the bodily existence. But how 
long will you forget? There will be a relapse. You can forget for one hour or two, by intoxication, and think that I am not this body. But unless you are actually on the platform of understanding yourself by knowledge, it is not possible to continue. Sti
ll, everyone is trying to think, \'93I am not this body.\'94 Because they have experience that, by bodily identification, they are suffering so much, and so, \'93If only I could forget my bodily identification!\'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is only a negative conception. When you actually realize yourself, that \'93I am Brahman,\'94 simply understanding Brahman will no
t do. You have to engage yourself in the activities of Brahman. Otherwise you will fall down. Simply flying very high is no solution to the problem of going to the Moon. Even if you go 25 million miles, still you are limited. So this will not do. If you 
at all want to go high, you must have shelter. If you can take rest there, then you cannot fall down. But if you have no rest, then you will have to fall down. The airplane goes so high, seven miles, eight miles up from the Earth, but it comes down immed
iately.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, simply understanding Ahamkar meas no more than understanding the false identification. Simply understanding that I am not matter, I
 am soul, is not perfection. The impersonalist, the Void philosopher, simply thinks of the negative, that I am not this matter, I am not this body. This will not stay. You have to not only realize that you are not matter, but you have to engage yourself 
in the spiritual world. And that spiritual world means to be working in Krishna Consciousness. That spiritual world, that functioning of our real life, is Krishna Cosciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub False ego I have already explained. It is neither matter nor spirit, but the junction\'97where the spirit soul comes into contact with 
matter, and forgets himself. It is just as, in delirium, a man is diseased and his brain becomes puzzled, and gradually he forgets himself and becomes a madman. He is gradually forgetting. So there is the beginning of loss, and there is one point where h
e forgets. That beginning point is called Ahamkar, or false ego.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Transcendental meditation, chanting the Maha Mantra\'97Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, 
Rama Rama, Hare Hare\'97is the process not merely of putting an end to this false conception of the self, but goes beyond that, to the point where the pure spirit soul engages in his eternal, blissful, all-knowing activities in the loving service of God.
 This is the height of conscious development, the ultimate goal of all living entities now evolving through the cycles and species of material Nature.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Two Poems by Bhaktivinode Thakur
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Two Poems by Bhaktivinode Thakur
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Poem on the Passing of Thakur Haridas
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He reasons ill who says that Vaishnavas die\line When thou art living still in Sound!\line The Vaishnavas die to live and living
 try\line To spead the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub holy life }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub around!
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Invoking the Name of Krishna
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O when will that day be mine,\line When, my offenses ceasing,\line The relish for the Holy Name,\line Will be communicated 
to my heart\line By the power and mercy of the Name?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deeming myself more lowly than the blade of grass,\line Summoning in my heart the quality of patience,\line Offering honor 
to all, desiring none for myself,\line When shall I taste the essence\line Of the Rasa of the Name?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wealth, following, the beautiful maid of poesy,\line I shall not ask from thee for making me happy.\line May Thou, O Gaura 
Hari, give me at every birth,\line Causeless devotion to Thy Feet!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In articulating the Name of Sri Krishna,\line The hairs of my body will be startled,\line My voice will grow thick,\line Pa
llor and shivering will manifest themselves,\line And tears constantly overflow my eyes.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O when at Nabadwip by the bank of the celestial stream,\line Guilelessly calling upon the Names of Gaura and Nityananda,
\line Shall I roam about\'97running, dancing, singing,\line Giving up all thoughts, like one mad!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O when will Nityananda out of pity\line Free me from the temptations of the world,\line Afford me the shade of His Own Feet
,\line And give me access to the congregation\line Of the chant of the Holy Name?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When shall I secure and gather the Rasa\line Of the Name of Hari,\line Be overwhelmingly intoxicated with the Rasa\line of 
the Name,\line And by touching the feet of those immersed\line In the Rasa of the Name,\line Be constantly plunged into the luscious Rasa\line of the Name of Hari?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O when will my compassion for all fallen souls manifest itself?\line And forgetting my own pleasures, with a lowly heart,
\line By the method of humble persuasion, this Bhaktivinode,\line Will set out to preach the Divine Command!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Devotion and Rationalism
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DEVOTION & RATIONALISM
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Hanumanprasad Poddar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mr. Poddar is widely known for his beneficial work as Controlling Editor of India\'92s leading religious magazine, KALYA
NA KALPATARU, and is the motivating force behind the renowned Gita Press.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gross rationalism is the order of the day, and to raise one\'92s voice against the same may be regarded as a betrayal of thickheadedness. To those of my readers, ho
wever, who have a devotional temperament, I venture to submit with great humility my views on the subject, which are directly concerned with the path of Devotion. By opposing rationalism I should not be misunderstood as totally denouncing reason. Wisdom 
consists in making use of reason, which is essential for devotion; but, in the event of our reasoning faculty developing to such an extent that it may give rise to wrong notions in our mind and sap the vital fluid of reverence for sacred things, a wise d
evotee would do well to bid adieu to such reason, and fall back upon faith.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By \'93gross\'94 rationalism I mean sophistical or perverse reasoning, which is a great hindrance on the path of Devotion. An excess of
 reasoning in spiritual culture involves greater risk of fall than blind faith. Those who are given to reasoning, squander away the most valuable time of their lives in hairsplitting. They cannot remain steadfast in any spiritual discipline whatsoever. T
hose, however, who are equipped with faith utilize their time in traversing a considerable distance of their journey towards their destination.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramakrishna Paramhansa used to repeat a parable in this connection: Two friends visited a mango grove. One of them busied himself in ta
king measurements, counting the number of trees comprised therein and assessing its value, while the other sat down and began to enjoy the very best mangoes, with the permission of the keeper of the grove. Now let us decide who is the wiser of the two
\'97the man who kept himself busy in counting the trees or he who ate the mangoes. Reason tells us that the latter is undoubtedly the wiser, inasmuch as be chooses the substance and derives satisfaction. Similarly, it is by betaking oneself to God with a
 devout heart that one secures genuine bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Truth cannot be realized by unremitting study of the Scriptures, by passing examinations, testing scholarly knowledge, by dint of intel
lectual power, or by outwitting unsophisticated folk in verbal jugglery by enmeshing them in the cobweb of sophistry. The subtle reason which is necessary for investigating truth cannot be had by reasoning: it can be had only with the help of pure faith 
flowing from a guileless heart and by surrendering oneself to the Lord; for the divine faculty can be attained by Divine Grace only. To quote the words of the Lord Himself, the following are eligible for obtaining such faculty from the Lord:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Those who have their mind fixed on Me alone, who have dedicated their very lives to Me, who talk of Me at eve
ry moment, trying to edify one another, who are ever contented and pleased,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub On those ever united (with Me) and remembering Me with love I am pleased to confer that intellectual equipmen
t by means of which they are enabled to reach Me. (Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub X, 9-10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is this intellectual equipment that we should verily acquire. That is the supreme art and the highest science. For without it we can
 never grasp the real truth, and without comprehending the real truth we cannot secure supreme happiness. We may feel gratified to think that the promotion of arts and crafts and the progress of scientific discoveries and inventions have advanced our mat
erial welfare; but what is the value of this welfare in our mortal existence? Death is bound to come and with it the extinction of all earthly happiness and prosperity as something belonging to dream-life. No amount of technical and scientific knowledge 
can arm us against the horrible pangs of death. A holy man was once pleased to narrate a parable in this connection, which is reproduced below:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once upon a time a young man who had just finished his education and had acquired proficiency in several arts and sciences was crossi
ng a stream by means of a boat. He looked at the azure sky and asked the boatman whether he knew astronomy. \'93No,\'94 said the boatman, \'93I have never heard this name.\'94 The youth observed that the boatman had wasted a quarter of his life, and piti
ed his lot. Not long afterwards the youth came in sight of beautiful green fields and trees rich with foliage on the banks of the river, and enquired of the boatman if he had a knowledge of Botany. The boatman again replied in the negative, on which the 
young man remarked that he had recklessly wasted half of his life if he had not learnt Botany. The young man then gazed on the swift-running stream and asked the boatman if he knew Mathematics. To this the boatman again gave a negative reply, adding that
 he did not know even the rudiments of a science, and that he made his living on rowing. The youth took him to be a damned idiot and spoke to him scornfully thus:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93What do you know about these sciences, a fool as you are? You have wasted three-quarters of your life.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While the conversation was thus going on, a furious storm came up all of a sudden. The waters of the river rose high, the boat began to
 toss about and was in no time filled with water. Seeing danger ahead, the boatman jumped into the water and began to swim. The young man, who could not swim in spite of all his scientific knowledge, now realized the seriousness of the situation, his own
 helplessness, and the futility of his versatile knowledge, and the words \'93God! save me!\'94 escaped from his lips even against his will. The boatman, while swimming, asked him whether he did not know swimming. The young man piteously replied that he 
did not.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The boatman felt great sympathy for the young man and said, \'93Indeed, I am very sorry for you. Your whole life has been wasted. Pleas
e remember the Lord now.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as one who does not know swimming cannot but be drowned when left to himself in water, however proficient he may be in the various
 arts and sciences, so no amount of secular education or learning can enable us to cross the ocean of worldly existence, which is full of misery. It is therefore futile and foolish to pride on these. The goal of human life is to learn that art and acquir
e that proficiency which can enable us to cross the unfortunate ocean of metempsychosis, and to secure everlasting freedom from the pinching bonds of sins and afflictions, grief and doubt, disease and death; and this cannot be acquired by reasoning. Subt
le reason or the higher form of devotion is that art. By this alone can one fully realize the essence of truth of the Divine Principle and secure immunity from afflictions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reasoning or intellectual power alone cannot enable one to apply one\'92s mind to devotion. In fact, devotion is not capable of being p
ut to the test of reason. Mahatma Gandhi, while writing on the glories of the Divine Name in one of the old numbers of the KALYANA observed that the greatness of the Divine Name cannot be proved by reason; it can only be realized by means of faith. He is
 perfectly right in saying so. When even the greatness of the Divine Name cannot be conceived by reason, how ridiculous it is to seek to know God, whose Maya (enrapturing power) makes the world appear totally different from what it really is, by means of
 intellect or reasoning. The fact that a particular individual cannot prove the existence of God by means of reasoning does not negate His existence. However much man may take pride in disproving God, engrossed as man is in sensuous pleasures, his intell
ect clouded by infatuation; however much he may prattle and pride on his intellectual capacity, his doing so cannot make any difference in the existence and perpetuity of God. Of course, one who is proud of his intellectual powers and is infatuated}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the charms of Maya is carried away far from the possibility of realizing the truth. It is futile to endea
vour to bring round those who regard God as disproved, even though His existence is patent at every step. They will not be persuaded to believe in Him even if He were to appear in Person before them. When Lord Sri Krishna manifested His wonderful Univers
al Form in the Court of King Dhritarashtra and kept the whole assemblage spell-bound, Duryodhana, due to his captious nature, refused to believe in His divinity. Besides this, God does not feel the necessity of convincing the dialecticians of His existen
ce by appearing before them in Person. They alone are able to realize Him through His Grace who betake themselves to the Lord with reverence and naive faith. It has been well said by Goswami Tulasidas:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub He alone is able to know You to whom You make Yourself known.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The incredulous who give undue importance to their reasoning faculty, dismiss the revelations of devotees from Prahlada and Dhruva down
 to Tulasidas, Suradas, Mira, Narasi, Chaitanya and others of the mediaeval times as fictitious. To these people they are the outcome of the wild imagination of dreaming poets or stories concocted by the blind followers and admirers of the devotees thems
elves. For them it is just like that. The existence of God is a fact realized and substantiated by eminent saints and seers through a prolonged course of austere penance. God, however, would not care to get Himself substantiated. Hence it is impossible f
or those who do not recognize Him to attain Him. But no one should be misled to think that unbelievers are exempt from the operation of the Divine Laws. Under the Divine Dispensation, Nature (Prakriti) invariably causes the good and evil cosequences of t
heir actions to accrue to them, and they are bound to reap the fruits of their actions even though unwilling to do so. Of course, those who do not recognize His existence are no longer afraid of Him, and absence of the fear of God is the principal factor
 in encouraging an individual to indulge in sinful deeds. Those who do not entertain any fear of divine retribution do not scruple in perpetrating the most heinous crimes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man is saved from falling into sin mainly by five kinds of fears: (1) fear of God, (2) fear of morality, (3) fear of society, (4) fear 
of state laws and (5) fear of bodily harm. Man abstains from committing adultery, for instance, for fear of displeasing God, destroying merit, incurring opprobium in society or being ostracized, being convicted by a court of law and spoiling bodily healt
h. Out of these five considerations the first two are the most important; for it is these considerations which deter a man from committing mental sins of horrible nature. A man will surely forbear from a sinful act as soon as he comes to realize that God
, Who is omnipresent and the inner Controller of all, is witnessing it, or that it will destroy his merit. But where both these considerations are absent there is no scruple left to deter him from committing mental sins at least. The absence of these two
 considerations is also helpful in inciting one to commit even bodily sins or those pertaining to speech. One who is Godfearing and scrupulous continues to regard himself as guilty even though he may be acquitted by a court of law or exonerated by societ
y.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are quite a number of cases in which the true facts never come to the notice of the Government or society. Even if the Government
 or society suspects a particular individual, he is held not-guilty in the absence of sufficient ocular proof. That is why habitual offenders who do not entertain fear of God or morality persist in their sinful activities by evading the law or destroying
 tangible proof incriminating them. Fear of Government or society does not prove effective in putting a stop to their crimes. That is why the tendency to perpetrate crimes by evading the law, as well as the number of crimes, is increasing with great rapi
dity, notwithstanding the fact that fresh enactments are being added to the Statute Books every day with a view to check crimes. The main cause of this deplorable state of affairs is that fear of God and the Divine Law has more or less disappeared, with 
the consequence that our life has become unbridled, licentious and sinful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ever-new accretions to the body of laws, while they enable accomplished offenders to escape scot-free through their resourcefulness
, are proving a source of great hardship to unsophisticated innocent folk who are unable to defend themselves and prove their innocence and are ignorant of legal chicanery. The result is that in course of time they find themselves compelled by force of c
ircumstances to acquire a criminal tendency. It is regretable that the world is fast drifting towards such a deplorable state of affairs. It is absence of fear of God and the Divine Law that makes even those who proclaim themselves theists and believers 
to cast amorous glances at ladies even in places of worship, and thus aggravate their sins. Imposters in the garb of Acharyas, missionaries and religious heads, are engaged in exploiting the masses in the name of God, and sacrifice the interests of their
 country and community at the altar of personal gain in a clandestine way by posing as patriots and servants of their community. Things are going from bad to worse day by day even as fear of God and the Divine Law is gradually diminishing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fear of injuring one\'92s health is the only consideration that is effective in deterring men from committing sins. But, in the first i
nstance, all sins do not involve the risk of injuring one\'92s health; and, secondly, one can succeed to a certain extent in arming oneself against this risk. Although it is true that hypocrisy is fast gaining ground under the names of God and Religion, 
and true lovers of God and truly religious men can be counted on fingers, and although it is equally true that the existence and growth of an empty Godless rationalism is largely traceable to the above-mentioned facts, it must be admitted that such a typ
e of rationalism can never enable the world to grasp the real truth. It will gradually tend to extinguish the faint light of faith that still lingers in the minds of sincere people, and the result will be a reign of unbridled license all around. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is equally true, on the other hand, that a religion which rests on blind faith cannot exist eternally. But this is not the case with
 our religion. This eternal God-inspired religion, founded by Indian sages and seers\'97which can easily stand as a universal religion embracing as it does the truths of all other religions of the world\'97is not so hollow and does not stand on flimsy gr
ounds. The fundamental truths of this religion can be grasped only with the help of a highly refined intellect or mental faculty, and such a faculty cannot be acquired by mere reasoning. It can be had only by long practice of devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real worship of God is not possible without faith. One may not have studied the sacred books, one may be lacking in scriptural knowledg
e, yet he can approach God by mere faith. Hence it is that even those who are inferior in birth, social status, learning, riches, physical strength, appearance, reputation, merit and so on, but who are exclusively and faithfully devoted to the Lord and r
egard Him as the sole Object of their love, have been recognized as eligible for betaking themselves to the Lord, to whatever sex they may belong. This is what Prahlada says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I hold the pariah who has dedicated his mind, speech, activity, money, nay, his very life to God Vishnu, the 
Supreme Lord, far superior to a Brahmin endowed with twelvefold virtues; for whereas the former can purify his whole ancestry, the Brahmin who is puffed up with pride cannot. (Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7:9:7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God can be attained by those alone who betake themselves to the Lord with supreme faith, as is corroborated by the Lord Himself:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub They who with their mind fixed on Me and constantly engaged in remembering Me worship Me, with faith supreme 
endowed; these, in My opinion, are the best of yogis. (Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XII, 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The concluding verse of the same chapter, which has been designated as Bhakti Yoga, runs:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The devotees who endowed with faith and sole devotion to Me, partake of this life-giving wisdom as stated abo
ve, (in other words, who worship Me in accordance with the precepts laid down in the previous verses), are surpassingly dear to Me. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Gita XII, 20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The above exposition establishes it beyond doubt that worship is impossible without faith, that without worship one cannot feel the Div
ine Grace, that no one can attain God or the real truth without His Grace, and that without realizing God one cannot be rid of afflictions for all time to come.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It therefore behooves us all to guard against falling into the meshes of sophistical reasoning, and to acquire faith by moulding our co
nduct in accordance with the principles inculcated in the Scriptures dealing with Devotion; and, developing the faith thus generated into supreme devotion, to engage in genuine worship of God in order that we may be able to attain Him Who is the Supreme 
Goal of human existence as early as possible. The span of our life is very short, and time once gone never comes back. Let us then be up and doing, losing no time in vain and frivolous pursuits.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prahlad Maharaj
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Prahlad Maharaj
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Satsvarupa das
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 From the most ripened vedic wisdom, S}{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 rimad Bhagavatam }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 comes this story of sublime devotion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahlad Maharaj was a boy who, at 5 years of age, preached to his school-fellows of their urgent need for taking to Krishna Consciousness without delay. Prahlad was
 the son of a very powerful atheist king, Hiranya Kashipu, and so from the moment of his birth he was in the hands of \'93Daityas,\'94 or enemies of God. The nurses who picked him up, the court attendants, his mother, the court children\'97all were obses
sed with the illusion that the body is the self, and there was no talk of Krishna, the Supreme Spirit. Like most boys born into our contemporary civilization, Prahlad\'92s chances for hearing any truth about the Supreme Personality of Godhead were almost
 nil.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And yet, every day, when the teacher would take a recess and leave the palace schoolroom, this 5-year-old boy would address his fellows
 in this way: \'93My dear atheist friends, now is the time to prosecute Krishna Consciousness, while we are still young. Listen, my fellow demons\'97we have to start now! I know you want sense gratification, but we have to start Krishna Consciousness imm
ediately or we\'92ll never get out of the material entanglement. This material life will soon become too complicated and we won\'92t be able to get out\'97we\'92ll be like silkworms trapped in our own cocoons!\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Understandably, when Prahlad spoke the boys would only say, \'93Let us play, Prahlad! We\'92re only children. We\'92re only 5 years old
! We can do Krishna Consciousness when we get older.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes,\'94 Prahlad would respond, \'93I know you want to play. But just listen a moment. There\'92s no need to try so hard for sense 
happiness. That happiness will come without any endeavor, according to whatever body you have. That arrangement is already made by Nature and will come of itself, just as misery will come. But there\'92s a need to develop an understanding of what the dea
rmost thing in life is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Each of us is looking for his dearmost friend. That dearmost friend is the Supreme Lord, Krishna. He\'92s in everyone\'92s heart an
d He\'92ll make us satisfied forever. We can just chant His Name, \'91Hare Krishna,\'92 and we\'92ll be linked with Him and He\'92ll dictate to us how to come to Him.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gradually the boys began to listen. \'93Where did you get this excellent knowledge from?\'94 they asked. \'93You\'92re like us, only 5 
years old\'97and like us you never leave the palace grounds. It\'92s not possible for you to go and take some instructions outside. And our teachers never have taught us this. Where did you learn it?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The answer was that Prahlad had learned Krishna Consciousness from the foremost sage of Vedic times, Narada Muni, and he had learned 
it while still in the womb of his mother. It had come about that Prahlad\'92s mother was pregnant at the time of a great war between the demigods and the demons. The demigods were led by Indra and the demons by the party of Hiranya Kashipu. The victoriou
s demigods eventually swept over the cities of the demon king and ransacked his deserted buildings. King Indra himself had entered the palace of Hiranya Kashipu, and was leading off Prahlad\'92s mother, the Queen, when Narada appeared and interposed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Do not take her! It is not right, for she is chaste,\'94 he said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indra answered, \'93I\'92m not doing anything wrong, good Narada. But she is carrying a child within her womb who is Hiranya Kashipu
\'92s son. She is therefore carrying a snake, and I just want to keep her in custody until the child is born and we can take him away. I had no other purpose.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No,\'94 Narada protested. \'93She is carrying a great soul within her womb. Don\'92t try to kill him, Indra. Nor in fact could you 
kill him, since he is a great devotee.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Solely on the word of the pure saint Narada, Indra relinquished his design and the Queen was allowed to go with the saint to his hermit
age. Narada gave her shelter at his ashram, and as he was a very great devotee he spoke the spiritual science of Krishna Consciousness to her daily. Prahlad, who had developed within her womb to the point of consciousness, heard all these discussions, an
d he did not forget.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, every human child attains a confrontation with God just before the time of birth. It is stated in the Srimad Bhagwatam that t
he process of development within the womb is extremely painful for the child, as he has to live in a cramped position, near gastric fire and stool and urine. Just at the time of birth, conditions become unbearable and he then prays to the Supreme Lord, w
ho is seated within his heart as the Supersoul. The child promises that if the Lord will just get him out of this predicament, he will become a sincere devotee of Godhead and so will never again have to take mortal birth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once he is out, however, with the shock of entering into the material world the living entity loses all memory of his promise to God. A
nd, in addition, from the first moment after birth he is in the hands of nurses, friends and relatives who are themselves under the illusion that the goal of life is sense gratification, and who mistake the body as the self. So the child forgets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But Prahlad did not forget Krishna. He told his \'93Daitya\'94 fellows just how life is wasted: \'93Non-believers, just look! How lon
g can you live? Say, at most, 100 years. And the first 20 years are all spent in playing ball and sporting. That\'92s 20 years wasted with no spiritual development. Then during the middle 40 years sex is very prominent, and those years are all spent in t
he pursuit of sex pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Sex life begins when you meet a girl and you think, \'91She\'92s nice.\'92 And then when there is sex, the root of attachment is ma
de. Then you get married and you have children. You must earn to support your family and for all the work you are doing you need some recognition, some prestige. So you must labor for that, and at the same time serve your family so that they can expand i
n wealth and material happiness. Under such conditions there is no chance of getting out of material, deathbound existence. There is no time for finding out Vishnu, God, the dearmost thing in life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93So calculate: 20 years in sporting, 40 years in sex life and married life. Then at the end of life, the last 20 years are feeble an
d invalid. Or, even if a man has good health he remains enamored up to the last moment, playing with his fond grandchildren and making no preparation for spiritual life. So where is the time for Krishna? If a man spends his life in this way, always attra
cted to the nonpermanent and forgetful of his real self-interest, the eternal Vishnu within the heart-then at the time of death he will fall back among the struggling, lower species of life and have to take another body as an animal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93This is why, demon brothers, we have to take action in this youthful age, while we are still unattached to such things. Only by cut
ting free of the material consciousness of life can we realize who we are: I am not this body! I am eternal spirit soul! Come, put your faith in the authority of Narada, and you can derive the same benefit as I have!\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The news of Prahlad\'92s preaching ultimately reached back to Hiranya Kashipu, and he called his son\'92s teachers before him. \'93Wh
at is this Hare Krishna?\'94 he demanded to know. \'93I understand all the boys are chanting some nonsense about God. Tell me now\'97what are you teaching my Prahlad?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Srimad Bhagwatam states that at this time Hiranya Kashipu had come to dominate all the planetary systems by ruthless force. He had 
gained such great power by performing an excruciating austerity: he had stood on his toes with his arms upraised, and remained in that position uninterrupted for 125 years. Hiranya Kashipu had so frightened the demigods by this that they had run to their
 supreme leader, Lord Brahma, the prime living entity and creator of the material universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93What can this man want?\'94 they asked Lord Brahma. \'93Please go and grant him some boon so that he may be satisfied\'97before he 
becomes too powerful and causes great disturbances!\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahma at once approached Hiranya Kashipu and asked him what his wish was. The demon king asked to be made immortal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You must ask for something else,\'94 Lord Brahma replied. \'93I myself am bound sometime to die.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thereupon Brahma conferred a boon upon Hiranya Kashipu which made him invincible in all the material worlds: he would never be killed b
y man or beast, nor at night, nor in the daytime. He would never be killed on earth, nor on the sea, nor in the air, nor by any weapon.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With this power conferred upon him\'97assuming himself unconquerable\'97Hiranya Kashipu took up the business of dominating all the univ
erse for his personal pleasure. So great was his might that it is said the demigods would tremble at the mere upraising of his eyebrows.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahlad\'92s teachers, however, had committed no offense before Hiranya Kashipu. \'93Sir,\'94 they explained, \'93we do not know where 
your son has learned this Hare Krishna from, but he is ruining our whole school! We have only taught mathematics, economics, history and the other subjects\'97so we don\'92t know where he has got it from. But he\'92s preaching to the other children every
 day, whenever he can.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranya Kashipu then called his son before him. The father was a materialist and he wanted his son to get a good education so that the 
boy would be advanced in the attainment of money and beautiful women. The very name of the demon king indicates this. \'93Hiranya\'94 means soft bed, and \'93Kashipu\'94 means gold. These were the basic principles of his life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The father now sat Prahlad on his knee and with affection asked his boy, \'93What is the best thing you have learned from your teachers
?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahlad replied honestly to his father. \'93O foremost of atheists,\'94 he said openly, \'93I haven\'92t learned anything good at all f
rom my teachers. But I do know the best thing.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Oh? And what is that best thing?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I have heard that the best thing is to leave this dark well of material life and to take shelter of Krishna, the Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This answer caused the break that could not be repaired, for the father was a determined atheist, and the son a firm devotee of Krishna
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Tell me,\'94 Hiranya Kashipu continued. \'93What is this teaching that you could not learn from our Brahmins? What is this teaching
 of Krishna?\'94 he demanded.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The boy replied, \'93My dear atheist father, if I told you you could not know, and so I cannot even bother. If you took courses in it, 
still you would not understand, because you are too attached to sense gratification.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranya Kashipu grew enraged at this and threatened his son, but Prahlad was unflinching. He simply remembered the teaching of Narada, 
and took shelter in thinking of the form of Krishna. To every question and demand of his father Prahlad answered in terms of love of Krishna, his Protector. The father, who was unaccustomed to the slightest hint of insubordination, finally took hold of t
he boy and personally dragged him outdoors to a nearby cliff. With uncontrollable fury he threw Prahlad into the abyss. However, all-pervading Krishna caught hold of his devotee and saved him from the intended destruction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranya Kashipu now became all the more livid with angry determination, and he set to work to destroy the life of Prahlad by one mean
s or another. He set a great pot of water boiling and thrust the boy into it, but Prahlad was not hurt. He tried to freeze the boy in a snowstorm and he tried to have him torn apart by the winds of a hurricane\'97but Prahlad was in direct spiritual commu
nion with Krishna, and so he was at all times protected by the intervention of his worshipable Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranya Kashipu, obsessed, threw his son into a pit of snakes, but they did not harm him. He placed Prahlad under the foot of an elepha
nt, but with his trunk the pachyderm picked the child up and placed him on his back for a triumphant ride. The fierce king forced Prahlad\'92s mother to administer poison to the boy in his food, but it would not take effect. In a seething fury of frustra
tion, Hiranya Kashipu finally picked the boy up in his own hands and hurled him to the floor, as though to smash him like a rock. Prahlad, in meditation upon Krishna, the Soul of souls, remained unhurt even by this attack.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Where do you get your supernatural powers from?\'94 Hiranya Kashipu screamed, standing over his son.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93From the same place you do,\'94 Prahlad replied mildly. \'93From God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranya Kashipu began to foam. \'93God!? What is God? Where is your God?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My God is everywhere,\'94 Prahlad said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Everywhere?\'94 Hiranya Kashipu drew his sword.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes, everywhere.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Is He in this pillar?\'94 Hiranya Kashipu cried, pointing with his weapon to a nearby column of marble.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes,\'94 said Prahlad evenly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this the mighty demon drew back his sword and struck a single unimaginable blow at the mute column. Then, just as his sword fell upo
n it, the pillar burst into a thousand pieces and, with a roar that deafened half the cosmos, a most wonderful being leapt out from within. This was Lord Nrishingha, a form of God manifesting Ferocity Personified. As God is perfect in all things, He was 
not unable to answer the dread challenge of Prahlad\'92s father, and there now ensued a brief but terrible struggle.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Half-lion and half-man in appearance, Nrishingha fell upon Hiranya Kashipu, who struck back with all the fury of his being. But he was 
as nothing against the boundless might of God. Lord Nrishingha quickly caught him up with His nails and stretched the angry, incredulous demon across his lap, and then tore him apart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranya Kashipu died instantly upon that blood-drenched lap. In this way, as Nrishingha was not a man, and as the time was twilight\'97
neither night nor day\'97and as the king was killed on the lap of the Lord, which was neither sea nor air nor land-and as he was torn apart by no weapons but the claws of Nrishingha\'97so none of Brahma\'92s promises to Hiranya Kashipu were broken. And y
et he was vanquished.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahlad, unafraid, bowed down and offered his profound obeisances before this form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'93O my Lo
rd,\'94 he prayed, \'93I know that You have thousands of forms, and that there are as many forms of the Supreme Person as there are species of life in the world.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way Prahlad worshiped at the Lotus Feet of the fierce half-man half-lion appearance of Sri Krishna, from whom all things emanat
e. As Nrishingha, He appears as the Source of all ferocity, just as in the Original Form of Radha Krishna He is the Source of all Love. To Prahlad, the long hard nails of Lord Nrishingha and His fierce aspect carried no terror.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The rays from Your Lotus Feet,\'94 he prayed, \'93are more soothing than 10,000 autumnal moons. What I truly fear is the reaction o
f birth and death in this world, which is whirlpool of bad things. I do not fear Your nails, O Lord and Protector! But I fear this world of Karma, where the remedies we seek for our ills are worse than the ills themselves. And only by taking shelter of Y
ou can we become fearless and satisfied.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord then was very pleased, and He requested that His devotee ask for his heart\'92s desire.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahlad replied, \'93Don\'92t ask me to take anything, my Lord. Worship is my duty. If I should take something in return, then I have b
ecome a merchant.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the Lord again asked Prahlad to name something that he wished for. Prahlad, as a devotee, had no personal desire, but the thing he 
thought of now was his father. So he prayed in Nrishingha\'92s presence that his father might be pardoned for his offenses and granted liberation. The Lord assured the child Prahlad that not only would his father be liberated from the hellish conditions 
of life in the material world, but that many generations of his family, both in the past and into the future, would be granted liberation. Such is the purifying influence of a pure devotee in a family.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For ourselves, just to hear the narration of Prahlad\'92s activities is auspicious, because just as he fixed himself onto the Lord in r
emembrance, so can we and thus derive that full, eternal, blissful freedom from evil which the Lord promises mankind in The Bhagavad Gita:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Give up all varieties of religiousness, and just surrender unto Me; and in return I shall protect you fro
m all sinful reactions. Therefore, you have nothing to fear.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub XVII/66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Food For Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Food For Krishna
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Uddhava
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cinnamon Apple Pastries are a great treat either served by themselves or as a dessert. The dishes they complement best are vegetable pr
eparations such as Sweet Pepper. And to finish the meal off I\'92m passing down a preparation given to the Krishna conscious students once in a lecture by our Spiritual Master. The original recipe had an ingredient called \'93Misri,\'94 but misri is extr
emely hard to find in the United States, so we are substituting white sugar for it. \'93Kiba\'94 is a Sanskrit word meaning come and see, so Kiba Taste means come and experience the nice taste of this preparation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CINNAMON APPLE PASTRY
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4 cups white flour\line \'bd tsp. baking soda\line \'bd cup butter\line 1 bar butter\line 1 cup water\line 4 cups finely ch
opped apples\line 1 cup raisins\line 3 cups sugar\line 1 tbsp. Cinnamon\line 2 tbsp. Coriander\line 1 tbsp. salt
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sift flour and baking soda together. Add butter and rub together till well mixed. With water make a stiff dough. Take a small amount of
 dough and roll into a rectangular shape twice as long as it is wide (a nice size is 3\'94 x 6\'94) and paper thin. Rub entire surface with your stick of butter, except for a half-inch border on all sides. Spread a thin layer of apples and raisins on but
tered area. Mix together the portions of sugar, salt, cinnamon and coriander in a bowl. Spread a generous amount of this mixture over apples, keeping some aside for later. Roll up rectangle of dough with apples, etc. inside. Rub entire pastry with butter
. Sprinkle with sugar-spice mixture. Perforate 5 times with a fork and bake at 375 degrees for 35-45 minutes. Makes about 1 dozen.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SWEET PEPPER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Over a high flame heat butter or ghee in a large skillet. When it smokes add fresh ginger. Cook for two minutes. Stir in chopped celery
. Cover and cook till celery starts to become soft. Add peppers, cover and cook until tender. Add spinach, cover and steam for ten minutes. Remove cover. Stir in sugar, then salt. Cook until most of water is gone. Turn off heat. Add black pepper. Serves 
5-6.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'bd cup butter or ghee\line 1 tbsp. Salt\line \'bd tbsp. black pepper\line \'bd quart finely sliced celery\line 1 tsp. Fin
ely chopped fresh ginger\line \'bd cup sugar\line 1 quart finely chopped peppers\line 1 quart finely chopped spinach
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 KIBA TASTE
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 cup plain yogurt\line \'bd cup sugar\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 1}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub /}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\dn6 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tsp. black pepper\line tiny pinch of cake
 camphor
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix all ingredients well and see the taste. Serves 2-8.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Transcendental Sound Vibrations
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Transcendental Sound Vibrations
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Mukunda
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub VOICE|}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [MUSICAL SCORE]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub MUNJIRA KHARTALS|}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [MUSICAL SCORE]
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HA    RE    KRISHNA    HARE    KRISHNA    KRISH__NA    KRISHNA   HARE   HARE_____  HA   RE    RA   MA    HA__   RE  RA    MA    RA__ MA  RA   MA    HARE  HA___  RE 
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [MUSICAL SCORE]
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HA    RE    KRISHNA    HARE    KRISHNA    KRISHNA    KRISHNA   HARE   HARE    HA   RE    RA   MA    HARE___ RA    MA    RA__ MA  RA MA    HARE  HA___  RE 
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ting.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Credits
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Press, an organ of The International Society For Krishna Consciousness.  Executive and editorial offices: 504 East Sixth Street, New 
York, New York 10009. All material copyright\'a9 1969, ISKCON Press.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER: A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MANAGING EDITOR: Rayarama
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DIRECTOR: Damodar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRODUCTION: Aravinda 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub COMPOSITION: Jayadvaita
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The recommended process for God realization in this Age is chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare
 Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cover: The Absolute Truth, Radha Krishna, and the Creation. For full explanation see page 15. Acrylic by Murlidhar.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness Temples
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ay and Friday (or write for details) at any one of the following Krishna Consciousness Temples:
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lt Way, N.E.\line Vancouver\'971250 Grandville Street
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Parts & Parcels
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LOS ANGELES SANKIRTAN
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the eternal Vedic calendar, this material world is now well advanced into the Age of Kali, the iron age of quarrel, during which the attractiveness of 
the temporary manifestations of material Nature constantly increases. Consequently, living entities taking human birth here are immediately drawn by their senses to work toward securing material objects for the purpose of sense enjoyment. By engaging in 
such fruitive activities and taking temporary pleasure in the results, these living entities develop a strong identification with the material bodies in which they are situated. It is stated in all the revealed scriptures that the true identity of the li
ving entity is eternal spirit soul, which is wholly transcendental to material Nature. This spirit soul is described as being an infinitesimal and subordinate part of the all-knowing and blissful Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. But as a resu
lt of this material entanglement, the soul is thinking he is the body and that he can be happy by enjoying its senses. Due to this attachment to the ever-changing material Nature, with its endless cycle of creation, maintenance and destruction, and its d
ualities (such as heat and cold, pleasure and pain) the living entities are sometimes enjoying and sometimes suffering in ever-varying situations. In addition, everyone is sure to suffer the fourfold miseries of old age, disease, death and rebirth. As th
e body decays and dies, the spirit soul transmigrates to a new form, suited to enjoy according to the desires he manifested in the old.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This deluded existence is certainly frustrating to the fallen conditioned soul, who has by his own nature an eternal desire to enjoy. Being transcendental to the ma
terial Nature, he can derive no satisfaction from the temporary engagement of his senses in material sense gratification. According to the scriptures the soul finds true bliss and the perfection of existence when he is fully engaged in the transcendental
 loving service of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, due to their captivation by material attractions, the human entities in this dark age are wasting their lives and intelligence by acting only accordi
ng to the bodily propensities for eating, sleeping, mating and defending, and they are therefore falling ever more deeply into the complexities of material existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing this fallen and miserable condition of the living souls in this age, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, out of His causeless mercy, appeared here 500 years 
ago in Bengal, India, in the Golden Form of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Rather than appearing in His original form as the Personality of Godhead, the Lord appeared as a perfect devotee Of Lord Krishna in order to set a perfect and practical example. We ca
n therefore follow this example in reviving our blissful spiritual consciousness as loving servants of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya taught that engagement in devoted service for the pleasure of the Lord is the most effective method for clearing away our material contamination and 
reviving our Krishna (God) Consciousness. He particularly emphasized that Sankirtan, the congregational chanting of the Holy Names of the Lord, is the most essential part of this process, teaching that without this chanting there is no way to revive our 
spiritual consciousness in this age. He was therefore constantly engaged in chanting the Maha Mantra, or Great Chanting for Deliverance\'97Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare and He instructe
d his followers to attempt to follow this example.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord instructed His disciples to go out to the people in general and preach this philosophy of devotional service, and to encourage all to chant the Holy Names.
 He taught that work done in spreading this Krishna Consciousness process is the most pleasing service to Lord Krishna, who desires that all the fallen souls should turn to Him in order to be eternally blissful in His service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1966 one pure devotee, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who is in direct disciplic succession from Lord Chaitanya Himself, came to the United States in
 order to spread Krishna Consciousness throughout the Western World. Since his coming he has mercifully accepted several hundred followers as his disciples. He has instructed these disciples to continue his work by publicly engaging in Sankirtan activiti
es for the glorification of Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The basic principle underlying these Sankirtan activities may be explained as follows: the Lord's Name, Krishna, means All-attractive. It can be understood from thi
s that the Lord's Name, His form, His pastimes, His service and all other personal qualities are perfectly attractive in themselves. In most circumstances it is therefore not the policy of devotees engaged in Sankirtan to attempt to convince people they 
should engage in devotional service by logical argument, although the perfectly complete Vedic philosophy is available for that. Rather, we simply attempt to expose people to our activities in Krishna Consciousness, and we invite them to participate with
 us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Contact with Lord Krishna by any means immediately brings a feeling of true spiritual pleasure to the soul of the conditioned living entity. This taste of real sati
sfaction after ages of frustration in seeking happiness from the material energy, where it is not to be found, changes the course of that living entity's meanderings in material existence. This revived higher taste for spiritual activity will lead one ba
ck to Lord Krishna's association, until he can engage fully in the activities of devotional service, permanently ending his material entrapment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Krishna is so attractive that, if a person hears the Lord's Name but once, even by chance, or takes a bit of Prasadam (the spiritualized remnants of foodstuffs
 offered to the Lord), the course of his life is permanently altered and he is sure to return to Krishna's association in the near future. It is the bliss of Krishna conscious activities which is the strongest argument in bringing people back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of spreading Krishna Consciousness is found in the activities of the devotees at the Los Angeles Radha Krishna Temple, who are engaged in a full program 
of Sankirtan throughout the greater Los Angeles area. We are working under the loving guidance of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, in order to attract all people to participate in praising and serving the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The present Los Angeles Temple is a small church containing a number of large rooms. This building has been renovated by the devotees to include a beautiful temple 
room, where worship of the installed Deity is performed; and also a nicely decorated activity room for informal gatherings and the taking of Prasadam. These rooms are decorated with beautiful pictures of Lord Krishna, Lord Chaitanya, Their associates and
 Their pastimes. Throughout the week public services are held in the temple, which include the chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra and lectures by the devotees on The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, which forms the essence of all Vedic literature, as translated 
and explained by His Divine Grace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On Sunday afternoons a special festival is held which includes chanting Hare Krishna, the offering and distribution of a feast of many delicious Prasadam preparatio
ns, and, frequently, simple plays and transcendental puppet shows depicting stories from the Vedic writings. All these activities are designed to inform the guests about the philosophy of devotional service to the Lord, and especially to involve them in 
these transcendental, blissful activities of devotional life. The basic principle again is that if the devotees make Lord Krishna's temple and the activities carried on there very pleasing to the Lord, then He will attract increasing numbers of people to
 participate in these affairs.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition to these events, it is the business of the devotees to go out and attempt to contact as many people as possible in the large Los Angeles community. This
 is done in order to expose them to the Holy Names and to preach Krishna Consciousness, as well as to invite them to attend our temple events.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This work is primarily done by Sankirtan parties of 5 to 20 people, who travel wherever there are numbers gathered for the pursuit of enjoyment. These parties publi
cly chant Hare Krishna and talk about Krishna Consciousness to those who gather to watch and listen. In Los Angeles these parties visit downtown shopping areas, entertainment centers and parks, and also colleges and universities. As the summer season adv
ances, these activities have also been extended to the many beach communities along the west Coast.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An example of how these Sankirtan parties operate is found in their evening activities on Hollywood Boulevard, the main entertainment center in Los Angeles. A group
 of perhaps 10 devotees arrange themselves attractively on rugs along the sidewalk and chant Hare Krishna and dance to the accompaniment of traditional Indian musical instruments. Attracted by the beautiful sounds, dress and appearance of the dancing dev
otees, a crowd of interested onlookers soon gathers to watch and listen. Between Kirtans (chants) one of the devotees preaches to the crowd, explaining briefly this process for the glorification of the Supreme Lord, and inviting the people to join in the
 singing. Throughout the evening other devotees circulate through the crowd talking to people individually about Krishna Consciousness and inviting them to the temple, selling Back to Godhead Magazine and taking collections for the maintenance of temple 
activities and the propagation of Krishna Consciousness. Although the money collected in this way, to be used for the service of Lord Krishna, could be secured by other means, these collections are taken for the spiritual benefit of the contributor. Even
 if a person is not interested in chanting Hare Krishna or visiting the temple, if he can be induced to simply give a contribution, that offering is accepted by the Lord through His devotee as an act of service, and such an activity revives that person's
 dormant taste for devotional service to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees from this temple are also beginning to teach courses on Krishna Consciousness at several colleges and universities throughout the area. This is done in ord
er to help young students understand that the perfection of education is to know the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, who is the Fountainhead of all knowledge. The knowledge that we are all living parts of the Supreme Person and that, therefo
re, it is our constitutional, blissful nature to act in devotional service, is to acquire truly beneficial education.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also forthcoming is a weekly program on a popular F.M. radio station (KPFK-WBAI) which will enable us to reach a wider audience with this most auspicious message. T
here are no restrictions on the means which can be used to spread Krishna Consciousness. The devotee strives to utilize everything available to him for the pleasure of the Lord, and in this way everything becomes spiritual. In these ways the Sankirtan mo
vement daily presents more and more members of the Los Angeles community with the chance to engage in Krishna Consciousness. These activities lead to a positive, blissful life of spiritual realization, culminating in one's eternal loving relationship wit
h Lord Krishna. The gradually growing response from the people of Los Angeles is encouraging to the devotees, as it indicates that the Lord is pleased by our service. It is ultimately Lord Krishna who calls the fallen souls to Godhead, and when He is ple
ased by His devotee's service, He rewards him with ever-increasing opportunities to further His purpose. As it is this service itself which is the highest bliss of spiritual life, we members of the Los Angeles Sankirtan Party take this opportunity to exp
ress our eternal gratitude to our Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, for giving us this work of spreading Lord Chaitanya's Sankirtan Movement.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rebatinandan
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Ohio:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founding of the Ohio State University Yoga Society and the establishment of a new ISKCON center in Columbus, Ohio, by Hayagriva and Pradyumna, two disciples of 
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad, was undertaken on direct instructions from Srila Prabhupad in the fall of 1968.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since then, devotees from nearby New Vrindaban Ashram, along with some sincere students, have helped spread the movement all over Ohio. Kirtans on the OSU campus an
d weekly love feasts have attracted many to inquire into the chanting-and-hearing meditation on the transcendental sound vibration of the Hare Krishna Mantra, recommended by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as the most efficacious method for attainment of spirit
ual realization. Devotees chanted with Poet Allen Ginsberg and a beautiful gathering of one thousand students at Ohio Wesleyan, and the response to Kirtan, the philosophy of The Bhagavad Gita and our Prasadam feasting has been very enthusiastic at Ohio U
niversity in Athens.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The headquarters of Krishna Consciousness activities for Columbus and the surrounding region are newly located in a large house at 318 East 20th Avenue, Columbus, w
here ecstatic chanting and the teaching of all aspects of a functioning spiritual life are offered to those who wish to join in experiencing it. Classes are 7 a. m. daily, and 7 p. m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Pradyumna
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness means giving. Please give.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness means givi
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THANK YOU. HARE KRISHNA!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Beyond the Universe
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BEYOND THE UNIVERSE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Using the Vedic scriptural writings of India, the author makes an important contribution to our knowledge of man, his 
universe and the destiny of his life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The scientist has no information of the velocity of mind and intelligence."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Brahma Samhita, one of the oldest and most important of Vedic scriptures, in the fifth chapter, there is a description of varieg
ated planetary systems within the material world. And in The Bhagavad Gita such planetary systems\'97in thousands and millions of material universes\'97are considered to be one fourth part of the complete creative energy of Godhead. The major three-fourt
hs of the Lord's creative energy is manifested in the spiritual sky, called "Paravyoma," or the "Vaikuntha Loka."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The declaration of the Brahma Samhita is widely confirmed by material science today, both as regards varieties of habitable planets wit
hin the universe, and also insofar as there is the theoretical acceptance of an anti-material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Brahma Samhita there is not only an infinite number of habitable planets within the universe, as is confirmed by most 
leading contemporary astronomers, but there is also an infinite number of universes. And all these infinite universes with their infinitude of planets are floating on and are produced of the Brahman effulgence emanating from the transcendental body of Go
vinda, Lord Sri Krishna. This is the Primeval Lord who is worshiped by Brahma, the presiding deity of the universe where we are residing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Various astronomers throughout the world have asserted their belief that beings capable of reason can and do dwell on the different pla
nets throughout the universe. Such eminent minds as Drs. Nikolai Zhirov and Vladimir Alpatov of Russia, as well as Sir Harold Spencer Jones of England (author of the erudite "Life on Other Worlds") have expressed their agreement that life can adapt to th
e various atmospheres\'97such as that of Mars\'97which are to be found on the planets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This adaptability of organisms to different varieties of planets is described in the Brahma Samhita as "Vibhuti bhinnam," i. e., each a
nd every one of the innumerable planets within the universe is endowed with a particular type of atmosphere, and the living beings on some are more perfectly advanced in science and psychology on account of a superior atmosphere for life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Vibhuti" means specific power and "Bhinnam" means variegated. Scientists who are attempting to explore outer space and are trying to r
each other planets by mechanical arrangements should realize that organisms adapted to the atmosphere of the Earth cannot long exist under the atmospheric influences of other planets. As such, attempts to establish colonies on the Moon and on Mars will b
e an ultimately futile endeavor on account of the different atmospheres prevailing on those planets, as described in the Brahma Samhita.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 INTERPLANETARY TRAVEL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Individually, however, one can attempt to go to any planet he desires. But this is only possible by psychological changes within the mi
nd of a particular person. The mind is the nucleus of the material body. The gradual evolutionary process of the material body depends more or less on the psychological changes in the mind. The change of bodily construction of a caterpillar into a butter
fly, and in modern medical science the conversion of a man's body into that of a woman or vice versa\'97all depend more or less on the psychological change of the mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita it is said that, at the time of death, if anyone concentrates his mind upon the form of the Personality of Godhead
, Sri Krishna, and thus doing relinquishes his body, he at once enters into the spiritual existence of the anti-material world. This means that anyone who strives constantly for psychological changes within the mind, going from master to the spiritual fo
rm of Godhead by the performance of the prescribed rules of devotional service, can easily attain to the Kingdom of God in the anti-material sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And in the same way if anyone desires to enter into any planet of the material sky, he can go there just after quitting the present bod
y\'97i.e., after death\'97and enter into the atmosphere of the particular planet he desires. Thus if someone wants to enter the Moon planet as science is now attempting to do, or the Sun planet or Mars, one can do so simply by performing certain acts mea
nt for that purpose.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad Gita confirms this in the following words: "In whatever condition one quits his present body, in his next life he will att
ain to that state of being without fail." (VIII/6}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the Mahabharata, of which the Gita is a par
t, we find the story of Maharaj Bharata, who in spite of a life of severe penances foolishly thought of his stag at the time of death, and thus became a deer in his next birth. But because of his life of austerity, he was granted clear consciousness of h
is past. This is a very important point. The atmosphere created at the time of death is but an aftereffect of the actual deeds which one performs during his life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Gita the process of entering into the Moon planet is mentioned. There it states that materialistic men who have no information o
f the Kingdom of God are generally mad after the acquisition of wealth, fame and adoration. Such men are interested in progress and welfare work for the family and for self-satisfaction, and they may extend these activities into social or national welfar
e. Such men obtain the desired object by material activities, through the prescribed mechanical or ritualistic discharge of duties, and are thus inclined to satisfy the "Pitris," or the bygone forefathers, as well as other controlling gods by sacrifices 
such as are presented in the revealed scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Addicted to such acts of sacrifice and ceremonial observance, such men enter the Moon planet after death. When a person is thus promote
d to the atmosphere of the Moon he gets the necessary strength to enjoy the drinking of Somarasa, a celestial beverage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Moon planet is the place where the demigod Chandra is the predominating deity. The atmosphere and amenities of life there are far m
ore comfortable and advantageous than those that we have here. But, reaching there, if a person does not utilize the opportunity to get promotion to still better planets, then he is degraded and is made to come down again to this planet or some other sim
ilar to Earth. And even though such materialistic persons may attain to the topmost planetary system, they ultimately are annihilated at the time of the periodic general disappearance of the cosmic manifestation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So far as the planetary systems in the spiritual sky are concerned, there is an unlimited number of such \'93Vaikunthas\'94 there, and 
the ratio is that that manifestation of the lord's internal potency is three times greater than this material sky, which is manifested by the external energy.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE YOGA OF SPACE TRAVEL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The poor materialist is busy making his political adjustments in a place which is most insignificant in the evaluation of God. Not just
 to speak of this planet Earth, the whole universe with its innumerable planets has been compared by one saint with a grain of mustard seed amongst all the mustard seeds packed in a bag. But the poor materialist makes his plans to live here comfortably, 
and thus he wastes his most valuable human energy on a cause which is never to be realized. Instead of wasting time in that plan-making business, a plain and simple life with high thinking after spiritual matter would save the misguided human being from 
perpetual unrest, the only gift of matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even if a materialist wants to enjoy developed material facilities, he can transfer himself to the many, many other material planets wh
ere he can experience more and more advanced material pleasures. The best plan of life is to prepare oneself for going back to the spiritual sky after leaving this body; but yet if anyone wants to enjoy the largest amount of material facilities, one can 
transfer himself to other planets\'97not by means of playful sputniks, which are simply childish entertainments\'97but by psychological effects and by learning the art of transferring the soul through mystic powers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Yoga system is also materialistic inasmuch as it teaches one to control the movements of air within the body. The spiritual spark o
r soul is floating on air within the body, and inhalation and exhalation are the waves of that air containing the soul. Therefore the Yoga system is the materialistic art of controlling that air. By practice of such Yoga, the soul with all its energy and
 consciousness can be transferred from the stomach to the navel, from the navel to the chest, from the chest to collarbones, from the collarbones to the eyeballs, and from there to the cerebellum. From the cerebellum the expert yogi can convey his own so
ul to any planet he desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The velocity of light must be taken into consideration by the materialscientist as the highest speed theoretically attainable by any ob
ject in travel, but the scientist has no information of the velocity of such forms of matter as the mind and intelligence. We have some experience of the velocity of the mind, because, in a moment, we can transfer the mind to places hundreds and thousand
s of miles away. Intelligence is a still finer form of matter. And finer than even intelligence is the soul, which is not matter at all but is spirit or anti-material, and which is many, many times finer and more powerful than intelligence. We can thus b
arely imagine the velocity of the soul and how quickly it can travel from one planet to another by its own strength, without any help from any sort of material vehicle.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our animal's civilization of eating, sleeping, fearing and sense-gratifying has misled contemporary man and he has forgotten how powerf
ul the soul is. The soul is in fact a spiritual spark which is many, many times more illuminating, dazzling and powerful than the Sun, the Moon or electricity. Human life is spoiled by not realizing this as one's own true identity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How the yogis can travel to all the planets of the universe is described in the Srimad Bhagwatam as follows: When the vital force is li
fted to the cerebellum there is every chance of this force bursting out from one of the bodily holes like the eyes, nose or ears. These places are known as the seventh orbit of the vital force. The yogis can, however, block these holes by complete suspen
sion of the passing air, and then the yogi carefully concentrates the vital force in the middle position, in between the eyebrows. At this point the yogi can think of which of the planets he wants to go to after leaving this body. He can decide either to
 go to the abode of Krishna in the Vaikunthas, which are transcendental places and from which no one is required to come back to the material world, or if he wants to travel to the higher planets in this universe, he is at liberty to do so.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For a perfect yogi, one who has attained success in the practice of leaving this material body in perfect consciousness, the process is
 as easy as it is for an ordinary man to go from one place to another. As we have already indicated, the material body is just a covering of the spiritual soul. Mind and intelligence compose the inner covering, and the gross body of earth, water, air, et
c. is the outer covering of the soul. Any advanced soul who has realized himself by the yogic process (which means, literally, the linking up of matter with spirit) can leave these shirts and coats of the soul in perfect order as he desires. Such a one h
as complete freedom by the grace of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is so kind upon us that we can live anywhere, either in the spiritual sky or in the material sky, and in any planet thereof. T
he misuse of this freedom makes one fall down in the material world and live a conditioned life, subject to the threefold miseries (those imposed by Nature, by other living beings and by the bodily condition itself.) To live a miserable life in the mater
ial world is a choice of the soul, as is nicely illustrated in Milton's "Paradise Lost," and is not a matter of chance. And from the material world, also by his own choice, one can go back to home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE UPPER PLANETS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The soul is a spiritual spark many times more illuminating, dazzling and powerful than the Sun."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So in that critical time of placing the vital force between the eyebrows, one has to decide where he wants to go. If he is completely r
eluctant to keep any connection with the material world, he can do so and within less than a second he can reach the transcendental Vaikuntha sky and appear there in a spiritual body just suitable for the spiritual atmosphere. One has simply to desire to
 leave the material world both in finer and grosser forms, and then fix the vital force at the topmost part of the skull and leave the body from the hole of the skull called "Brahmarandhra." That is the highest perfection in practicing the Yoga system.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the yogi is endowed with free will, and as such if he does not wish to get completely free from the material world, but prefers to 
enjoy a life of "Brahma Pada, " or to occupy the post of "Brahma," and if he wishes to see the place of materially perfect beings called "Siddha Loka," where every living being has full capacity to control gravity, space, time, etc.\'97then he doesn't ha
ve to leave the mind and intelligence (finer forms of matter), but can simply give up the grosser matter and thus go up to the highest place of the material universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sputniks and other man-made mechanical planets will never be able to carry human beings very far in interplanetary space. The reaso
n is, again, that in the higher planetary systems the atmosphere is different from here. Each and every planet has its particular atmosphere, and if anyone wants to go to any planet anywhere within the material universe, he has to get his material shirt 
and coat (his body) made exactly adaptable to the climatic condition of that planet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is just like this: If a person wants to go from India to Europe, where the climate is different from India, then one has to change h
is dress accordingly. Similarly, a more complete change of dress, to the extent of changing the body itself, is necessary if we want to go up to the transcendental planets of Vaikuntha, or even to the upper worlds of this universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we want to go to the highest material planet we need not change the finer dress of mind, intelligence and ego, but we do have to cha
nge the gross dress of earth, water, fire, air, etc. When we go to a transcendental planet, however, we require to change both the fine as well as the gross body and we have to arrive in the spiritual sky completely in spiritual form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The change of dress will automatically take place simply by desiring it at the time of death. This desire, however, is possible only if
 we practice it during the conscious state of life. Such desires, when practiced in relation with the material world, are called fruitive actions, or Karma. When such desires are conducted in relation to the Kingdom of God, they are called divine or devo
tional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One can prepare himself for an easy journey to the Vaikuntha or anti-material planets, where life is free from birth, death, disease an
d old age, by pursuit of the following principles:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. The desiring candidate must accept a bona fide spiritual master in order to be trained scientifically to use the senses in
 devotional service. The senses are made of matter, and as such it is not at all possible to realize the Transcendence through the material senses. Therefore the senses have to be spiritualized by the prescribed method offered by the proper guide, who is
 himself Krishna conscious, or perfect in anti-material activities.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. When the choice of a bona fide spiritual master is made, the candidate must take rightful initiation from the spiritual ma
ster, which is the beginning of spiritual training.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. The candidate must be prepared to satisfy the spiritual master in every way. A bona fide spiritual master who is fully cog
nizant of the effects of spiritual science, learned in the spiritual scriptures like The Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta, Bhagwatam, Upanishads, etc.\'97and who is also a self realized soul, having made tangible connection with the Supreme Lord\'97is the transpar
ent medium to help the willing candidate on the path to Vaikuntha. He must therefore be satisfied in all respects, because simply by his good wishes a candidate can make wonderful progress in the line.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. This service of the spiritual master is meant for the intelligent class of candidates who can place relevant questions bef
ore the master in order to clear the way. The spiritual master shows him the way not whimsically, but on the principles of authorities who have actually traversed the path. The names of such authorities are also disclosed in the scriptures and we have si
mply to follow them by the direction of the spiritual master. The true spiritual master never deviates from the path of the authorities.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. The candidate must always try to follow in the footsteps of the great sages who have practiced the method and obtained suc
cess. This must be taken as the motto of life. Not to imitate them, but to follow them sincerely, in terms of the particular time and circumstances.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6. The candidate must be prepared to change his habits in terms of the instructions contained in the books of authority, and 
he must be prepared to sacrifice sense enjoyment as well as sense abnegation for the satisfaction of the Lord, as Arjuna did.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7. The candidate should live in a spiritual atmosphere.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8. He must be satisfied with as much wealth as is sufficient for maintenance only. He should not try to amass more wealth tha
n is necessary for maintenance in the simple way.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9. He must observe certain fast days, such as the eleventh day after the growing and again after the waning moon (called Ikad
asee).
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10. He must show respect to the banyan tree, the cow, the learned Brahmin and the devotee.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11. One should avoid offenses in the discharge of duties, in devotional service and in chanting the Holy Name (the Hare Krish
na Mantra).
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 12. He must leave the company of nondevotees, i. e., not associate with them intimately.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13. He must not create unlimited disciples. This means that a candidate who has successfully reached up to the 12th stage can
 also become spiritual master himself, just as a student becomes monitor in the class. He should have, however, a limited number of disciples.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14. He must not pose himself as a vastly learned man, simply quoting the statements of books. He must have solid knowledge fr
om others.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15. A regular and successful practice up to the 14th item will enable the candidate to have equilibrium of the mind even if t
here is a great trial of material loss or a great material gain in life.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16. And the next stage is that the candidate does not become afflicted by any lamentation or illusion.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 17. He does not deride another's mode of religion or worship, neither does he indulge in deriding the Personality of Godhead 
or His devotees.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 19. He must not indulge in topics regarding the relations of man and woman, or in the useless topics of others' family affair
s.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20. He must not inflict pain either in the body or in the mind of another living being, whosoever he may be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The latter ten items are negative injunctions while the first ten are positive. Out of these twenty the first three positive items are 
imperative and most essential for the desiring candidates. There are 44 other items to be followed by the desiring candidates, but Lord Chaitanya, the great Avatar of Godhead whose mission was to deliver the souls of this age, selected only five items fr
om them as being most important, having regard for the conditions of the present mode of life. These five are as follows:
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. To associate with devotees. The association of devotees is made possible by hearing them attentively, by asking them relev
ant questions, by supplying them with foodstuff and accepting foodstuff from them, by giving them charity and accepting from them whatsoever they offer.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. To chant the Holy Name of the Lord in all circumstances. The chanting of the Lord's Name is an easy job and the most inexp
ensive attempt also. One can chant any Name of the Lord from among His innumerable Names at any time, and try to make it offenseless. There are ten offenses in the method of such chanting of the transcendental Name, and those offenses must be avoided as 
far as possible. But at all cost the Holy Name of the Lord can be chanted without any restriction at all times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. One should hear the transcendental topics enunciated in The Bhagavad Gita. This hearing is made possible through platform 
lectures as well as through press propaganda. And this item includes the other two items above.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. One should make his home at Mathura or the birthplace of Lord Krishna or should make his home as good as Mathura by instal
ling the Deity of the Lord at home to be worshiped by all the members of the family after proper initiation from the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. To worship the installed deity with attention and devotion so that the whole atmosphere at home becomes the replica of t
he Lord's abode. This is made possible by the direction of the spiritual master, who knows the transcendental art and can guide the candidate in the proper method.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The above-mentioned five items can be adopted by any man in any part or place of the world. Thus one can prepare himself for going back
 to home, back to Godhead by the simple method recognized by such authorities as Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who specifically advented Himself to deliver the fallen souls of this age.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 TRANSCENDENTAL LOVE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A human being has no obligation save and except spiritual realization in his life."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole process of transferring oneself to the spiritual sky is to gradually liquidate the material composition of gross and subtle c
overings over the spirit soul. And the last-named five items of devotional activities are so spiritually powerful that their performance by a devotee, even in the preliminary stage, can very quickly promote the sincere executor to the position of \'93Bha
va\'94\'97emotion on the spiritual plane which is above the intellectual status of the mind. And complete absorption in such spiritual emotion is the perfect change which makes the candidate perfectly fit to be transferred to the spiritual sky just after
 leaving the present material tabernacle.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such emotional perfection of the devotee\'97that is to say, the development of love of God\'97causes him to be situated on the spiritua
l platform even from outset, although he may remain superficially fixed in the way that an iron made red hot completely ceases to an iron, and acts like fire. These things are made possible by the subtle cohesion of the Lord's inconceivable energy, a rea
lm of action which material science has very little scope to calculate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should, therefore, engage himself in the task of devotional service with absolute faith, and to make that faith a steadfast affair 
the candidate should seek the association of standard devotees of the Lord. This will gradually develop into factual devotional service to the Lord, causing the disappearance of all material misgivings like a flash of lightning.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All these different stages of spiritual realization will be personally felt by the candidate and that will create in him a firm belief 
in this means of making positive progress, resulting finally in sincere attachment for the Lord and His abode. That is the gradual process of evolving love of God, the prime necessity of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many instances in Vedic history of great personalities\'97both kings and sages\'97who attained perfection in this line. Some 
of them attained success by adhering to just a single item of devotional service with faith and perseverance. Some of the more important examples of such devotees are as follows:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Emperor Parikshit attained the spiritual platform simply by hearing from a great authority, Sri Sukhadeva Goswami.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. Sri Sukhadeva Goswami attained success in this matter simply by recitation ad verbum of the transcendental message, as he h
ad received it from his great father, Srila Vyasadeva.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. Emperor Prahlad attained success in this matter simply by remembering the Lord constantly, in pursuance of the instruction 
of Srila Narada Muni, a great saint and devotee.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. Lakshmiji, the Goddess of Fortune, attained success simply by sitting and serving the Lotus Feet of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. King Prithu attained success simply by worshiping the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6. Akrura, the charioteer, attained success simply by chanting prayers for the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7. Hanuman (Mahabir), the famous nonhuman devotee of Lord Sri Rama Chandra, attained success simply by carrying out the orders
 of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8. Arjuna, the great warrior, attained the same perfection simply by making friendship with the Lord, who delivered the messag
e of The Bhagavad Gita to enlighten Arjuna and his followers.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9. Emperor Bali attained success by surrendering everything unto the Lord, including his personal body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are the nine standard items of devotional service to the Lord, and a candidate can make his choice to adopt any one, two, three, 
four\'97or all the items together\'97as he likes. As all these forms of service are rendered to the Absolute, the services themselves are Absolute and there is thus no real difference in quantity or quality, as in the case of inert matter. These are diff
erent varieties on the spiritual platform, where everything is identical with everything else.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Emperor Amburish stands as a very prominent example of devotion because he adopted all the above nine items in his practical life, and 
he also attained the supreme result. He engaged his mind just on the Lotus Feet of the Lord, his words in describing the spiritual world, his hands in cleansing the temple of the Lord and his ears in submissively hearing of the words of Lord Sri Krishna.
 He engaged his eyes in visualizing the Deities of the Lord, his body in touching the bodies of the devotees, his nostrils in smelling the flowers which had been first offered to the Deities, his legs in visiting the temple of the Lord and all his energy
 of life in the services of the Lord without the least desire for sense gratification. All these activities helped him to attain the perfect stage of spiritual life, a stage beyond the vision of the most brilliant experiment in material science.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is therefore incumbent on all serious human beings to adopt these principles of spiritual realization for the perfection of life. A 
human being has no obligation whatsoever save and except spiritual realization in his life. In the modern setup of things, human society is very busy in the discharge of national duties. But, in fact, national, social or humanitarian duties are obligator
y only to those who are bereft of the spiritual duty.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as a man takes his birth in any part of the globe he does not only have national, social and humanitarian obligations, but also
 has his obligations to the demigods who supply air, light, water, etc. He has obligations to the great sages who have left behind them a vast treasure house of directions in the conduct of human life. He has obligations to all kinds of living beings, to
 his forefathers and family members, and so on and so forth. But as soon as one engages himself in the single duty of spiritual perfection, he automatically liquidates\'97he in fact fulfills perfectly\'97all other obligations without any separate effort.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A devotee of the Lord is never a disturbing element in society, but on the contrary he becomes an asset to all others. As far as possib
le no devotee is attracted by any sinful action, and as soon as a man becomes a devotee he can do inestimable service to his society, bringing peace and prosperity to all concerned, both in this life and in the next. Even if by chance a devotee may commi
t something undesirable, the Lord Himself rectifies that in no time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, there is no necessity for a devotee to culture superfluous knowledge or abnegation. A devotee can safely remain at his place
 and execute devotional service smoothly in any order of life. There are instances in history where the cruelest man became the most kind-hearted simply by the execution of devotional service. Knowledge and abnegation follow automatically in the life of 
a pure devotee without any extraneous effort by him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ETERNAL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This spiritual art and science of devotional service is the great contribution of the Indian sages to the rest of the world. Everyone, 
therefore, who has taken his birth in India has an obligation to make his life perfect by adopting the principles of this great art and science, and then to distribute this to the rest of the world, to offer mankind the ultimate aim of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human society is destined to reach this stage of perfection by the gradual development of knowledge. Many Indian sages have already rea
ched this position, while other men still have to tread on the path for many more thousands of years. It is this writer's hope that the true sages of India today will make a serious and sustained effort to give the world this sublime information immediat
ely, in a systematic way, so that they may not only save humanity's time and energy for this progress of life, but also so that all men may immediately take advantage of this human form of life\'97a form which they may well obtain again only through the 
labor of millions of years.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many writers of philosophy and even of fiction advocate the concept of the eternal life of man. They contribute various literary sugges
tions to the rest of the world indicating that scientific progress can help man to live forever. But they do not generally believe in the concept of a Supreme Being as the Creator. We welcome the suggestions of such writers because we know that any actua
l progress in scientific knowledge will certainly take man to the spiritual sky, and that the advancement of knowledge will ultimately inform the scientist that the Supreme Creator exists, full with inconceivable potencies that lie beyond the calculation
 of material science.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As suggested hereinbefore, although every living being is eternal in form, one has to periodically change his outer coverings of gross 
and subtle matter. This changing process is technically known as life and death. So long as a living being has to wear the shackles of material bondage there is no relief from this changing process, which continues even at the highest stage of material l
ife.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our fiction writers may go on with their imaginings, as fiction writers are apt to do, but the saner section of the people, in studying
 natural law, will not agree that man can live forever within this material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A naturalist can observe the overall action of material Nature by simply studying fruit on a tree. A small fruit develops from a flower
, and it continues to develop more and more. It stays for some time and then it becomes full grown and ripen. After the ripe stage it begins to dwindle day by day, and on some day it falls down from the tree to the earth and begins its decomposition. And
 at last it becomes dust, leaving behind its seed, which again springs up to become a tree and produces many, many fruits which in due course meet the same fate already described.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, a living being (the spiritual spark which is part and parcel of the Supreme Being) takes its organic form in the womb of the
 mother just after sexual intercourse. It grows little by little within the womb, and afterwards outside the womb, gradually becoming a child, a boy, a youth, an adult and so on. In old age a man begins to dwindle, and at a certain period he falls down i
n the grip of cruel death in spite of all the good wishes and desires of all sections of humanity, fiction writers included. So, by comparison, there is no difference between the two organic bodies\'97namely, the man and the fruit. As such the man may le
ave behind him seeds in the form of numerous children, but by Nature he cannot exist permanently within the material body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can our writers ignore the law of material Nature? No material scientist can change the stringent rules of Nature, however boastful
 he may be. No astronomer can change the course of the planets, although he can manufacture a toy planet under the name and style of Apollo. Foolish children may give much credit to the flying of a modern space capsule, but the saner section of the peopl
e will give more credit to the Creator of the truly gigantic "capsules"\'97namely, the stars and planets. If a small playful capsule has a creator in Russia or the West, why should the Creator of these gigantic capsules not exist in the spiritual sky? If
 a toy spaceship requires the assistance of so many scientific brains, why should we not believe in the existence of a more perfect and subtle brain which has created the gigantic spaceships? So far we have received no good answer from the nonbelieving c
lass of men with their poor fund of knowledge about this suggestion of the Supreme Creator.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These unbelieving men put forward their theories of the Creation with so many doubtful wordings, some of which are as follows: "It is h
ard to understand \'85 Our imagination cannot conceive of it \'85 But it is quite possible that \'85 " etc., which shows that the ideas put forward by such men are not based on authorized and scientific data. They are simply hypotheses resulting from imp
erfect induction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we can give an authorized account from The Bhagavad Gita of how, within this material world, there are living beings who possess a 
duration of life covering 1,000 x 4,300,000 x 12 x 2 x 30 x 100 solar years of our calculation. We call The Bhagavad Gita authorized because this book of knowledge has been widely accepted by India's great sages even in modern times, and by many of the g
reatest spiritual personalities, such as Sri Shankaracharya, Sri Ramanujacharya, Sri Madhyacharya, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and so on.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 VARIETIES OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One should not be illusioned by the gigantic universes, but must learn of the gigantic brain behind these manifestations."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even possessing so long a duration of life does not guarantee deathlessness within matter. Therefore, all material shapes are subject t
o the law of change although potentially the material energy is conserved. Potentially everything is eternal, but in matter the form, or phase as the scientists sometimes call it, takes place, remains for some time, develops to full maturity, becomes old
, begins to dwindle and at last disappears. That is the position of all material objects. The current suggestions of the scientists that beyond the material sky there may be some other form, lying outside the boundary of visibility, strange and inconceiv
able, is a faint idea of the basic principle of the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This basic principle of spirit is present within all living beings. When the spiritual principle is out of the material body, then no c
hange takes place in that body. Within the body of a child the same spiritual principle is there, and therefore changes take place in the body and it develops. But if somehow or other the spirit has to go away, the same body may be preserved by chemical 
adjustment; but there will be no more development.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This law is applicable in every material object. Matter transforms from one shape to another when it is in contact with the spirit. Wit
hout spirit there is no such transformation. The whole universe is developed in this way. It emanates from the energy of the Transcendence, and on account of the spiritual force the body develops into gigantic forms like the Sun, Moon, Earth, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are fourteen divisions of planetary systems, each different from the others in dimension and quality, and everywhere the same pri
nciple of development holds good. Therefore the spiritual force is the creator, because, entirely on account of this principle, transformation, transition and development take place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So far as life is concerned, we can know definitely that life is not generated by any kind of material reaction, like a chemical combin
ation. Material interaction, set in agitation by a Superior Being, creates a favorable circumstance for accommodating the spiritual living force, and the superior energy handles matter in a suitable way by the free will of the spiritual being. For exampl
e, building materials do not automatically react and then turn into the suitable shape of a residential house. The living spiritual being handles the matter suitably by his free will and thus constructs a residential house.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And so matter is only the ingredient, while spirit is the creator. The creator may remain unseen in the background, but that does not m
ean that there is no creator. Such a faulty conclusion will be made by a men with a poor fund of knowledge. One should not therefore be illusioned simply by the gigantic form of the material universes, but must learn to admit the existence of a gigantic 
brain behind all these material manifestations. The Supreme Being who has such a gigantic brain, quantitatively greater than ours, is the ultimate Creator, the all-attractive Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. For one who does not have the necessary in
formation about the Creator, there is definite information of Him in the Vedic literature, and especially in the Srimad Bhagwatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a capsule is thrown into outer space, a child may not understand that it is sent aloft by some scientific brain, but an older man 
knows fully well that there is a brain behind the machine. Similarly, a less intelligent person may not have any information of the Creator and His eternal abode in the spiritual world, but actually there exists a spiritual sky more spacious with spiritu
al planets more numerous than in the material one. From The Bhagavad Gita we get information that the material planets are only one-fourth of the Creation\'97or a third the number of spiritual planets. Such information is extensively available in the Bha
gwatam and other Vedic writings.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A UNIVERSAL SOCIALISM
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If living energy could be generated in the physical laboratory by the interaction of chemical compositions, why then are creatures not 
being manufactured by the boastful material scientists? We should know definitely that the spiritual force is distinct from matter, and that it is not possible to produce such energy by any amount of material adjustment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At present the Russian nation, though undoubtedly very much advanced in many departments of technological science, is of all nations mo
st glaringly lacking knowledge of spiritual science. The Russians have yet to learn from the superior brain in order to make a perfect society of progressive humanity, and the practical breakdown of their so-called Communist system can be traced to this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Srimad Bhagwatam a socialist philosophy is most perfectly described which our Russian brothers have yet to learn. The Bhagwatam 
directs that whatever wealth arises, either by agriculture, mining or otherwise, is supposed to be given by the ultimate Creator, and therefore every living being has a right to partake of such wealth. It is said there that a man can possess only as much
 wealth as will be sufficient to maintain his body, and if he desires more than that, then he is liable to be punished. It is further said there that all living beings who live with man, like cats, dogs, camels, cows, mice, monkeys or even serpents\'97al
l should be treated as one's own children.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I believe that no nation on the globe can conceive of socialism so perfectly as it is thus described in the Srimad Bhagwatam. Living be
ings other than humans can be treated as brothers and children only when one has a full conception of the Creator and of the actual constitution of the living being.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The principle of deathlessness is possible in the spiritual world. A desire for eternal life or deathlessness is in fact the sign of 
one's dormant spiritual life and the aim of human civilization should be to develop the fullness of spiritual awareness. It is possible for every human being to transfer himself to that spiritual realm by the process of Bhakti Yoga, as described above. T
his is a great science and India has produced many scientific writings for such a perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti Yoga is the eternal religion of man. At a time when material science is preponderant over all subjects, including the tenets of 
religion, it will be a greatly enlivening event if we can see the principles of this eternal religion from the point of view of the modern scientist. Even Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the famous philosopher and former President of India, admitted at a world rel
igion conference held some time ago in Delhi that religion will not be acceptable in modern civilization if it is not offered from the scientific point of view. And in reply to all these different propositions the writer is very glad to put forward in th
is article for the lovers of Truth the firm idea that Bhakti Yoga is the eternal religion of the world, and is meant for all living beings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sripad Ramanujacharya has explained the word "Sanatan," eternal, as that which has neither any beginning nor any end. And when we speak
 of "Sanatan Dharma," eternal religion, we may take it on the authority of Sripad Ramanujacharya that this has no beginning and no end. The thing which has no beginning and no end cannot be sectarian or limited by any boundary. In the light of modern sci
ence it will be possible for us to see Sanatan Dharma as the business of all the people of the world\'97of all living entities of the universe. Noneternal religious faith may have some beginning in the annals of human history, but there cannot be any his
tory of Sanatan Dharma because it continues always within the history of the living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a man professes to belong to a particular type of faith with reference to the particular time and circumstances of his birth, thus
 claiming to be a Hindu, Moslem, Christian, Buddhist or member of any other sect, such designations are not Sanatan Dharma. A Hindu may change his faith to become a Moslem or a Moslem may change his faith to become a Hindu or a Christian, etc. But in all
 circumstances such a change of religious faith does not allow one to change his eternal engagement\'97rendering service to others. A Hindu or a Moslem or a Christian, in all circumstances, is the servant of someone and thus, while to profess a particula
r type of faith is not to be considered Sanatan Dharma, the constant companion of the living being\'97the rendering of service\'97is itself Sanatan Dharma, the true eternal religion.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE FOUNTAINHEAD OF EXISTENCE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita there are several references in this matter of "Sanatanam." Let us see some of the statements of the Gita and try 
to take the import of Sanatan Dharma from the authority.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is one reference to the word Sanatanam in the 10th verse of the Seventh Chapter, in which the Lord says that He is the original F
ountainhead of everything and, therefore, Sanatanam\'97the Eternal or Unchanging. The Fountainhead of everything is described in the Upanishads as the Complete Whole. All emanations from that Fountainhead are also complete in themselves, and in spite of 
many such complete units having emanated from Him, this Eternal Whole and Eternal Source does not diminish in quality or quantity. This is nature of the Unchanging.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anything that wears or tears under the influence of time and circumstances is not Sanatan. Therefore, anything which has a circumstanti
al change in whatsoever form or quality cannot be accepted as Sanatan. The Sun is disseminating its rays for hundreds and millions of years and yet there is no perceptible change in the formation or radiation of the Sun. That is a materially created obje
ct, but the substance which is never created cannot, therefore, have any change in form or quality, even though He may be the seedling Source everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord claims to be the Father of all species of life. He claims all living beings, regardless of form or species, as parts and parce
ls of Himself. And The Bhagavad Gita is meant for all these beings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita there is information of the Sanatan nature of the Supreme Lord, of His abode which is far away from the material s
ky, and of the Sanatan nature of the living beings. He also gives information that this material world is full of miseries in the shape of birth, death, old age and disease, and even up to the topmost planet of the universe\'97that is to say, in the Brah
ma Loka\'97the same miseries are current in some form or other. Only in His own abode is there no misery at all. In that abode there is no need of light from the Sun, nor from the Moon, nor from fire. And the life there is perpetual, with full knowledge 
and bliss. That is called Sanatan Dham\'97the Eternal Abode.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is quite natural, therefore, to conclude that the living entities must go back to home, back to Godhead to enjoy life in the Eternal
 Abode along with the "Sanatan Purusha," the eternal Lord, Sri Krishna; and further to conclude that they must not rot in this miserable land of material existence. There is no happiness in the material sphere, even including the Brahma Loka, and the pla
ns and activities to elevate oneself to the higher planes within the material universe are done by those who are less intelligent. The less intelligent men also take shelter of demigods and various objects of devotion other than the Lord Himself, and der
ive some benefit which is to endure for a limited period. In this way all such noneternal religious principles are only temporary measures for the temporary benefit of the less intelligent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The intelligent person gives up all such engagements of religiousness and takes shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; and ther
e is the absolute assurance of immunity from sin from the part of the Almighty Father. Sanatan Dharma\'97eternal religion\'97is, then, the process of Bhakti Yoga, by which one can know the eternal Lord and His Eternal Abode, and by that process only can 
one go back to the Sanatan Dham, the Kingdom of God, to take part in the eternal enjoyment prevailing there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are followers of the eternal religion of devotional service to God may henceforward take up the principles of Sanatan Dharma 
in the spirit of The Bhagavad Gita. There is no bar against anyone taking up these eternal principles, and even those who are less enlightened can go back to Godhead in this way. Such is the verdict of the Srimad Bhagwatam, as well as of the Supreme Lord
 Himself in the Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People should be given the chance to take advantage of this opportunity, and, because The Bhagavad Gita was spoken in the land of "Bhar
atavarsha," every Indian has the responsibility to broadcast the message of real Sanatan Dharma in the world. The misguided men of the world, especially at the present moment, are suffering greatly in the darkness of the material atmosphere, and the resu
lt is that the so-called advancement of learning has only helped foolish mankind to discover lethal weapons in the form of nuclear bombs. Humanity is practically on the verge of ruin because, as soon as there is a declaration of war, no one knows what wi
ll happen to the human race on earth. The eternal religion will teach man about the real aim of life, and all will benefit by such propagation of Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On Our Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON OUR COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The painting on this month's cover of BACK TO GODHEAD was originally commissioned by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant
a Swami for the dust jackets on his 60-volume masterwork, "Srimad Bhagwatam." The present version is by Murlidhar, a young disciple studying in Los Angeles, California. Following is His Divine Grace's explanation of the picture:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. The original spiritual planet, resembling a huge whorl of lotus flower, is called "Goloka Vrindaban," and is the abode of Lord Krish
na, the Original Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. This original planet is throwing out a spiritual ray or effulgence, called the Brahmajyoti, which is the ultimate goal of the impers
onalist philosophers. This is the White Light or dazzling Brahman so prominent in mystic and philosophical treatises, often accepted as the ultimate formless state of the Absolute Truth. The Brahmajyoti is due to the illuminating Vaikuntha planets, and t
hus there is no need of sun, moon or electricity there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. Within the unlimited Brahmajyoti there is an unlimited number of spiritual planets, just as there are innumerable material planets w
ithin the rays of the material sun. These spiritual planets are dominated by plenary expansions of Lord Krishna, and the inhabitants there are ever-liberated living beings. They are all four-handed. The Lord is known there as Narayana, and those planets 
are known as Vaikunthas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. In some corner of the spiritual sky, or Brahmajyoti, a spiritual cloud arises, and this covered portion is called the Mahat Tattwa, 
or total material substance. The Lord, by His expansion as Maha Vishnu, then lies down in the water of that Mahat Tattwa. This water is called the Causal Ocean, or Karana Jal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. While Maha Vishnu is sleeping within the Causal Ocean, innumerable universes are generated within the bubbles of His breathing. Thes
e universes are floating, scattered all over the Causal Ocean. They stay only during the period of Maha Vishnu's outgoing breath.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6. Into each and every universal globe the same Maha Vishnu enters as Gharbodakshayee Vishnu, and He lies down there on the Garbha Ocea
n, on the serpent-like Sheesha incarnation. From His navel a lotus stem sprouts and on this lotus Brahma, the lord of the material universe, is born. Brahma creates all living beings in different forms, in terms of their desires within his universe. He a
lso creates the sun and moon, and the other demigods who are to work under him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7. The sun in every universe is situated almost in the middle, and as there are innumerable universes so there are millions and billion
s of suns and moons, distributing profuse light, heat, temperature and rays all over these universes. All of them are, however, compact within the compass of the Mahat Tattwa, as explained above. The suns and the moons are required within the universes b
ecause the universes are dark by nature. The Vedas instruct us to go out of the darkness altogether, and to approach the glowing effulgence of Brahmajyoti.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Goverdhan Hill
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub goverdhan hill
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 photos and text by Jaya Govinda
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Little known to most of the world, there is a spot in India where the Supreme Godhead, Krishna, once displayed the eternal pastimes of His spiritual kingdom. This is the 
story of that place as it still endures.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text relating to photos:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the background of this photo is the low, plateau-like Goverdhan Hill which Lord Krishna once picked
 up with one hand. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub right: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An old palace at the foot of Goverdhan Hill.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goverdhan hill is inseparable from Krishna, the Supreme Lord. Goverdhan was manifested in the land called Vrindaban when Krishna appeared there to display His incre
dible array of transcendental pastimes from the spiritual world. Krishna always remains the unbound blissful Supreme Entity, and everything and every living being is His creation. All living entities are only expansions of His own Self, and bear His own 
subtle and transcendental qualities when they are in a reciprocation of action with Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the spiritual realm, which exists outside the purview of the entities in this temporal or mundane world, even inanimate objects have
 consciousness; and every being's action, whether as a young boy or as the soil beneath Krishna's feet, is a part of an intense love relationship between himself and Krishna. This eternal relationship is ever-increasing in its fulfillment and is unbounde
d by time or space.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every object of the eternal realm is simply a manifestation of love for the Lord, coming originally from Himself. There is no lack of t
he necessary implements of service, because those implements have become manifest by the sentiment of serving the Lord in some particular way. Thus there is never any frustration in the eternal realm, because every deed is performed as an act of devotion
 to the Lord. In short, the only thing which does not exist in this realm is the absence of love for the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything being the Lord's manifestation, at the same time both conscious and active, it is to be understood that the Lord is omnipote
nt. And one of His energies, called His internal potency, is created to give pleasure to His own Self in the form of conscious and independently acting living beings. From the Vedic writings we can understand that the beings of this temporal world are or
iginally a part of this internal potency.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna advented Himself in this world for the purpose of recalling the fallen living entities to their original place in 
the spiritual world, and also in order to please the hearts of His devotees here on earth. When He came, He told Vishnu, Brahma and Shiva (the three ruling powers of this universe) that they could all incarnate as mountains; and so Brahma incarnated as a
 hill in Varsana (Radha's home), Shiva incarnated as a hill in Nandagam (Krishna's father's home), and Vishnu incarnated as Goverdhan Hill, a hill in Braja where Krishna engaged in childhood pastimes with the cowherd boys and girls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma is Krishna's special agent for the creation of this material world. Shiva is a form of the Lord that results from the Lord conta
cting the energy of this material world we see. This is often compared to milk turned into yogurt. Though made of milk, it can never be turned back to milk again. Shiva's position is like that. Both these agents have some direct connection with the mater
ial sphere of activities, but the third party, Vishnu, has no connection with this material world. Still, He is not a complete form of the Lord, for Krishna is the embodiment of more qualities than even Vishnu. He will reciprocate not only a feeling of s
ervitude for Himself, but feelings also of friendship and of filial and amorous affection. Vishnu is an expansion of Krishna for the purpose of ruling, and He is created by Krishna in the way that one candle lights another candle. When Krishna lifts Gove
rdhan, then, we might say it is the Lord lifting the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being especially merciful, Krishna allows the Brijbasis, the residents of Braja (Vrindaban), to gaze on His Eternal blue moonlike face 
for 14 days without a moment's interruption, and to drink the limitless ambrosial nectar emanating therefrom. Meanwhile, He accomplishes the equally supramundane purpose of protecting all the residents of Braja from the torrential rains sent by Indra, th
e vain king of the heavenly planets of this cosmos.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The story of this event is as follows: Krishna's father Nanda was in the custom of performing sacrifices to please the demigod of the h
eavens, Indra, in order to receive good rains for his crops. But seven-year-old Krishna told him there was no need to perform sacrifices for Indra, that it was Indra's duty to supply rain anyway. Therefore His father stopped the sacrifices, and the peopl
e resumed their usual work. Meanwhile, Indra, who was not receiving his sacrifices, became angered and sent torrential rains down upon the Brijbasis. At that time it was the Lord's grace to perform the superhuman feat of lifting Goverdhan on His little f
inger, to act as an umbrella for His friends and kinsmen. He thereby showed that simply to follow the Lord's advice is better than following all the scriptural injunctions, because He remains supreme over all the demigods, who are only His agents. And He
 will protect His devotees personally in all circumstances.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, the scriptural injunctions are not without purpose. But they are meant to help one attain to love of the Supreme Lord, which
 is the be-all and the end-all of existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During the 14 days of torrential rain, all the residents of Vrindaban were protected by standing under the umbrella of the uplifted hil
l. By the end of that time Indra, realizing his mistake, came down to earth and bowed down before the Lotus Feet of Sri Krishna, his worshipable Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text relating to photos:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In a manner similar to Krishna and the cowherd boys, children still tend herds of cows in the fields a
nd forests surrounding Goverdhan Hill today. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub right: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Black-faced monkeys such as are frequently to
 be seen along the Parikram path. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next page:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A view of Krishna Kunde (His bathing place).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goverdhan hill is inseparable from Krishna, the Supreme Lord. Goverdhan was manifested in the land called Vrindaban when K
rishna appeared
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text relating to photos:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A small Gopal (Krishna as a cowherd boy) Murti (Diety) seated atop a mountain of rice representing Gov
erdhan Hill during a special Goverdhan holiday, }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub right: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here Krishna once made the Ganges come up 
from the ground when He desired to take a bath. This pond is the result.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Goverdhan also gives unlimitedly to Krishna. And when Krishna and His cowherd friends come to Goverdhan, Goverdhan prepare
s many lush groves and clear silver streams for them. Soft grasses and gently-stirring breezes lure the Lord closer. And when Krishna comes, all Nature sighs in ecstasy, and with a quickened pulse-beat, all living things become a harmony of joy. All the 
creatures of the forest\'97even those most shy of animals, the deer and the small birds\'97come out to frolic with Krishna and the cowherd boys. There is no fear, but only unbounded love, in the presence of Krishna. Nature then abounds in a wealth of bea
uties, many colored butterflies fill the air, and the earth sprouts forth with love all its wealth of flowers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here Krishna and the cowherd boys play at many games. Finding in the woods many types of colored clay, they smear their arms and faces 
with it, and make designs on one another with much laughing and joking. Some follow the brooks after the frogs, imitating their way of jumping, and others chase through the fields after the shadows of the birds flying overhead, or stand imitating the way
 of the cranes. Looking into the clear ponds, they make faces into the reflections. And a group of boys, finding a deep cave, shout insults into it to hear the cave's echoed reply. They discard their clothing and instead wear suits of leaves and flowers,
 and decorate themselves by wearing pretty flower garlands around their necks and in their hair. Then Krishna sits beneath a tree whose branches, laden with fruit, droop heavily, almost touching the ground. The cows and deer all flock around Him to lick 
His moonlike face, and the honey bees fly nearer, attracted by the unfolding red petals of His ambrosial lips.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Krishna and the boys walk together with the cows, returning home at the end of the day, sometimes Krishna plays His soul-enchantin
g flute. And, receiving the ocean of nectar that outpours from its silvered strains, all the animals of the forest stand like stone, transfixed by the coursing of His music which, like a living vine, twists gently about the very heart of Creation. All na
tural laws are crumpled and melted by this sweetness, and the rocks begin to flow like liquid, and the brooks and streams sit stilled by the music which penetrates to the very core of existence. Mother Earth heaves a sigh, relieved of her burdens, as the
 cowherd boys dance together with Krishna, frolicking all the way home. And this is the nature of the pastimes of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today, people erect tiny houses of bricks or stones all around Goverdhan Hill. It is their prayer to be born in that most 
holy of places. And people press their faces into the holy dust of this land for miles around. And even this extreme form of worship is not for any personal benefit in terms of material remuneration, but is conducive only to Bhakti, or love for the Lord,
 which is to be understood as the greatest benediction on the living entity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do devotees of Goverdhan and Krishna ceaselessly offer their bowing obeisances? And why do they constantly sing the Names of the Lo
rd with loving affection? It is because we have all become trapped in a world of temporal things, which is not our natural position; and the Lord in His blissful compassion has enacted the pastimes of Goverdhan to present us with the key to the shackles 
of birth and death and illusion. We are thus invited by Him to enter into that spiritual realm of bliss and happiness for which we were all created. Of course, it is not possible for anyone to imitate these pastimes of the Lord, but if we hear about them
 from the authorized source, the disciplic succession, then we can partake eternally of that full life which is to be had in the highest and most blissful of all realms, the Abode of the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text relating to photos:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A scene along the "Parikram" (circumambulation) path on Goverdhan. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub right: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishna's bathing place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Hare Krishna Explosion
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE HARE KRISHNA EXPLOSION
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The joyful history of a dynamic transcendental movement
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagriva
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text relating to photos:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  HAYAGRIVA\'97HOW
ARD WHEELER\'97IS AN INSTRUCTOR OF ENGLISH AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE NEW VRINDABAN COMMUNITY IN WEST VIRGINIA }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Opposite page:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad speaking at a Kirtan in Tompkins Square Park, October 1966. Courtesy EVO.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare vibrates from a walkup temple on New York's Lower East Side, from the sidewalks of Haight Ashbury, from Golde
n Gate Park, from a London flat, from student quarters in Hamburg and Amsterdam, from a storefront in Santa Fe, an exbowling alley in Montreal, a sprawling university campus in Ohio, from Old Vrindaban in India to New Vrindaban in the West Virginia mount
ains, and from Boston and Buffalo to Los Angeles, Seattle and Vancouver and across the Pacific to Hawaii.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. The voices chanting the magic vibrations are invariably young. The chanting, accompanied by
 khartals (small hand cymbals), tambourines and drums, is often loud and frenetic. The dancing is vigorous. The middle-aged and elderly usually stand in doorways or look through windows, watching in amazement, unaware that they are witnessing a process o
f spiritual realization that has been practiced on this planet for thousands of years. They do not understand. No one really understands. The chanting just spreads. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna \'85
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a brief three years, the chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra has exploded all over the Western world. Its chief propagator is a 73-y
ear-old Indian monk, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came as a nearly penniless stranger to America in 1965 to spread the transcendental message of The Bhagavad Gita. Whoever encounters Prabhupad, as he is called by his disciples, is immediately struck by 
his sincerity and magnetism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I first met him in 1966 on a bright July morning in New York City. At the time I was living in a low-rent apartment on Mott Street near
 Houston, on the Lower East Side. That particular July morning I remember hurrying down Houston and across Bowery, past the numberless bums and drunks, on my way to see friends at Tompkins Square. It was after I had crossed Bowery (just before Second Ave
nue) that I saw Prabhupad strolling down Houston, head raised, seeming a million miles away. A 70-year-old man, he looked around 50 and ambled along like a man in his 30's. He was wearing the traditional saffron-colored robes of a sannyasi, monk in the r
enounced order, and quaint white shoes with points. Coming down the street, he looked like the genie that popped out of Aladdin's lamp. I was fresh from a trip to India, and Prabhupad reminded me of the many holy men I had recently seen walking the dirt 
roads of Hardwar and Rishikesh and bathing in the Ganges. But Houston Street wasn't the Ganges.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I had to stop him, so I asked the most stupid, obvious question: "Are you from India?" and of course he stopped and beamed cordially, "
Oh yes. And you?" I thought he mistook me for a Sikh because of my beard. I told him that I had just returned from India and that I was very interested in his country and Indian thought. He smiled happily and told me that he had been in New York almost t
en months. Although an old man, his eyes flashed with the freshness of a child's, and I was immediately charmed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He seemed to anticipate my questions and took a lively interest in my India trip. Then he told me, "I've a place around the corner. Per
haps you can see it and tell me if it's suitable. I plan to hold some classes." We walked around the corner of Second Avenue, and he pointed out a small storefront building between 1st and 2nd Streets next door to a filling station. It had been a curiosi
ty shop, and someone had painted the words "Matchless Gifts" over the outside door. At the time I didn't realize how prophetic the words were.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "How is the area for having classes ?" he asked me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I think it's all right," I said. I knew he wouldn't attract wealthy or influential New Yorkers downtown, but I thought the EastVillage
 hippies would be interested enough in Indian philosophy or whatever he was offering to give him some patronage. I really didn't know what he intended to do, but I told him that his storefront was suitable just to reassure him. I recalled how hospitable 
the Indians were to me, and I wanted somehow to return their hospitality. I told him I would drop in to his classes with some of my friends, and he told me to come any Monday, Wednesday or Friday night at 7. Then we parted, and I hurried off to see my fr
iends.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92ll never forget the first night I went to see Prabhupad. Four of my friends were sufficiently interested to attend his "class." 
When we began chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra for the first time that July night, I was reminded of the services of the monks up in Hardwar. We played khartals and answered Prabhupad with the sixteen word chant: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krish
na, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Prabhupad led the chant, sitting on a dais clanging khartals rhythmically.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It is not necessary to understand the words of the mantra," he told us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just chant and listen."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He explained, however, that "Hare" was an address to the universal energy, "Rama" meant Enjoyer, and "Krishna" meant all-attractive and
 indicated the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Godhead. His lecture was our first introduction to what he called "Krishna Consciousness," that is, God consciousness. I think at the first meeting my friends were more impressed than I was, for I was afraid his
 approach was a little too esoteric to appeal to most Americans, but after the first two weeks I didn't care about his mass appeal. I became conscious that I could learn something. I remember asking him about using psychedelic drugs for self realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You don't need to take anything for your spiritual life," he told me. "Your spiritual life is already here."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I knew he was right. He seemed naturally in a state of exalted consciousness, a state many try to trigger via psychedelics, and he prom
ised he could teach me the same. "Krishna is Absolute," he told me. "Krishna and Krishna's Name are nondifferent. They are the same. You may not realize this at first, but the more you chant the clearer this will become. Now everyone is claiming God is d
ead or that I am God.' You just chant. Eventually you will have God dancing on your tongue."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I was willing to give it a try. When he talked about Krishna, he spoke with authority. He seemed the only person who actually knew beyo
nd the shadow of all doubt what was really happening in the universe. He had the Vedas and Lord Krishna behind him, and he certainly made sense. My friends and I attended more meetings, and we found ourselves rising sleepily at 6 a.m. to attend morning c
lasses too.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I hoped to get Prabhupad the support of many of the Lower East Side youth (whom the press was just beginning to call "hippies"), and kn
owing that poet Allen Ginsberg was in town, I sent him an invitation to one of our "Kirtans," as the ceremony of chanting and hearing a lecture is called. One evening he arrived in a Volkswagen bus accompanied by Peter Orlovsky. He brought a harmonium
\'97a hand-pumped Indian reed organ\'97as a gift and joined in chanting. One night he even came with the Fugs, a popular rock group. The East Village Other gave Prabhupad a cover story and then The New York Times printed a story on the "new Lower East Si
de Swami," quoting Ginsberg that the mantra was instant "ecstasy." Prabhupad's classes were suddenly being transformed into a movement. During the night meetings the small storefront was packed. Kirtans were getting livelier. The music was sounding bette
r and better, and people were loosening up and even dancing. The chanting, khartals, drums and harmonium were so loud that the inevitable complaints from neighbors started coming in. Curious New Yorkers crowded about the storefront window. Some laughed. 
Some cursed. One even threw a rock through the window, and the neighbors upstairs poured boiling water through the floor. We were in ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhupad had prodigious energy. He was up every morning before any of us. He pounded the drum, exhausted everyone at Kirtan, chanted
 hymns, danced, delivered lectures, translated books, cooked and supervised all affairs. And he was triple the age of any one of us. To help spread the movement, Ginsberg suggested chanting in Tompkins Square Park where the hippies were starting to congr
egate. For four consecutive Sunday afternoons we held Kirtan in the center of the park. Prabhupad kept the rhythm of the Hare Krishna Mantra by pounding a small bongo drum somebody had given him. One Sunday he played the drum two hours incessantly, and h
is disciples practically fell out.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The crowd accepted us at first with mild enthusiasm, but they gradually warmed up, and finally the Kirtans expanded into three-hour mar
athons. Many of the youth would join in and dance. Some of the old Ukranian and Polish residents would stare uncomprehendingly, then walk away, shaking their heads and grumbling. Many people stood for hours on the hard concrete to join in the chanting. P
oet Ginsberg joined every Sunday. I recall one Sunday when a New YorkTimes reporter asked me to bring Ginsberg over to talk to him. Ginsberg was absorbed in the chanting, but I asked him anyway. It was the only time I ever saw him annoyed. "He shouldn't 
interrupt a man worshiping," he said. "Tell him that." And he went right on chanting.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There were fifteen initiated disciples by that time, and our fervor was fresh. I remember writing up handbills and passing them out at 
Tompkins Square during our Kirtans. They were glaring, evangelical, ambitious:
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Stay High Forever
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub STAY HIGH FOREVER
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 No More Coming Down
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Practice KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Expand your consciousness by practicing the
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSCENDENTAL SOUND VIBRATION
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE KRISNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This chanting will cleanse the dust from the mirror of the mind and free you from all material contamination. It is practical, self-evident, and requires no artific
ial aid. Try it and be blissful all the time.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TURN ON
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub through music, dance, philosophy, science, religion and prasadam (spiritual food.)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TUNE IN
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AWAKEN YOUR TRANSCENDENTAL NATURE!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REJOICE IN THE OCEAN OF BLISS!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The process of Sankirtan (chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare; Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare) brings about transcendenta
l ecstasy.
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\par \pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DROP OUT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of movements employing artificially induced states of self-realization and expanded consciousness. Such methods only lead to spiritual laziness and chaos. }{\b0\i0
\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub End all bringdowns}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , flip out and stay for eternity. Bhaktiyoga has been practiced for many centuries and 
is authorized by India's great acharyas. Swami}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta is in the bonafide line of Krishna's
 disciplic succession. He has especially come to this country to spiritually guide young Americans.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, Inc.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 26 SECOND AVENUE (between 1st and 2nd Streets) NEW YORK, N.Y.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Phone: 674-7428
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Acharya: A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meetings every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f10\fs26\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7 P.M..
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every morning at 7 A.M.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub YOU ARE CORDIALLY IMVITED TO}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f10\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub COME AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb626\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5000 hippies, teenieboppers and Hell's Angels stood reverently when Prabhupad entered
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I don't know what the Polish housewives thought about staying high forever, but most of the young renegades from middle-class suburbia 
liked the idea. I remember literally throwing those handbills to thousands in '66 at the November 5th Peace Parade from Tompkins and Washington Squares to Times Square. That was a marvelous parade. Some 30,000 joined the three-hour jaunt for world peace 
that brisk autumn morning. Poet Ginsberg, wearing white Gandhi pajamas and a stars and stripes top hat and playing a portable harmonium led the Hare Krishna Mantra. Hundreds in the parade took up the chant. Some were so electrified that they continued ch
anting on into the night, the world peace issue seeming insignificant in the light of the "Maha Mantra," the Great Hymn. Prabhupad's injunction came to mind: "Take up Krishna Consciousness and peace in the world will automatically come."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In January '67 we descended on Frisco and opened up the Radha Krishna Temple on Frederick Street, smack in the middle of the Haight Ash
bury scene. During the spring and early summer of '67, Haight culture was at its peak. We were flying high with the mantra, and thousands opened up to us. We splashed in the Haight pond with a mammouth mantra-rock dance at the Avalon Ballroom. Prabhupad 
and Ginsberg danced on stage with upraised hands. Multi-colored lights swirled across huge wall slides of Krishna and Rama. The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape and Big Brother blared away. Even Tim Leary garlanded one of us and salaamed, "A beautiful night, a 
beautiful night."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Five thousand hippies, teenieboppers and Hell's Angels stood reverently when Prabhupad entered and listened attentively while he talked
. After the chant, someone in the crowd asked him about death. "Oh, death is not such a wonder," I remember Prabhupad replying. "Death is there, of course. But it is life that's the constant wonder. And this is life."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later, at the Frederick Street center, Prabhupad told his audience that the real life for which man is intended is "to praise his Creat
or through song, through dance, through study of scripture, through meditation, through renounced action." Many of the young found some of the disciplines hard at first, but they were encouraged by Krishna's injunction in the Gita: "That happiness which 
is like poison in the beginning and nectar at the end is of the nature of goodness."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And many tasted nectar at the beginning. Every Sunday we chanted in Golden Gate Park and hundreds joined, holding hands and dancing in 
a ring. At any time of the day I could walk down Haight Street playing khartals (the small hand cymbals) and chanting and pick up at least a dozen enthusiasts. People were also attracted by our free Prasadam (food) program\'97we would feed dozens daily. 
The Radha Krishna Temple quickly became a dynamic influence in Haight Ashbury life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shortly after the Frisco center opened, the movement really began to explode. People were chanting the mantra at all sorts of gatheri
ngs: sit-ins, demonstrations, be-ins. Prabhupad was whizzing via jet from the West Coast to the New York center. Then some of his disciples began opening centers in other areas: Montreal, Boston, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Seattle, Columbus, Vancouv
er, Hawaii and in Europe\'97London and Hamburg.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At Prabhupad's advice, we purchased some 135 acres of land in the mountains near Wheeling, West Virginia and are now developing a trans
cendental community named New Vrindaban, modeled after Vrindaban in India, where Lord Krishna sported as a Youth. Last winter The Macmillan Company published Prabhupad's translation of The Bhagavad Gita As It Is. Throughout last year Prabhupad delivered 
lectures on Krishna Consciousness at Harvard, MIT, the University of California and innumerable other colleges and universities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point many who have never heard of Krishna, Rama, The Bhagavad Gita or A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who always equated swamis with
 crystal-ball gazers, might ask how so many Americans\'97especially young Americans\'97are being swept up in a movement whose basic philosophy is spiritualistic.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The answer is simple, though many may not find it credible. There is an old Hindu proverb which says, "By the grace of Krishna one gets
 Guru, and by the grace of Guru, one gets Krishna." Krishna, by definition, is all-attractive. As the Supreme, Krishna is the repository of all beauty, all wealth, all fame, all power, all knowledge and all renunciation. Prabhupad has the power to delive
r Krishna to his students. This is a spiritual power given by Krishna. When his students dance and chant Hare Krishna, they are actually participating in bliss. They are actually experiencing Krishna Consciousness. There are many swamis who come to Ameri
ca with a familiar storehouse of Oriental claptrap. They woo rich women and take money as favors, or charge for "initiation." Swami Bhaktivedanta simply delivers the goods.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "How do you know he's not a phoney like all the others?" one girl at Ohio State asked me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "How do you know an electric wire's live?" I asked her.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I don't know," she said. "I'm not an electrician."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You don't have to be. Just touch it and you can feel the current. The real Guru is a transparent medium. You just meet him and you'll 
feel the current going through you. That's because he's plugged in to the real Powerhouse."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The girl simply looked at me skeptically, but later I sew her chanting with closed eyes. She was already feeling the current.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just vibrate Hare Krishna once," Prabhupad has often said, "and your spiritual life has begun. There is no expense. And if there is so
me gain, why not try it?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who would want to doubt him?
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Food for Krishna
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Food for Krishna
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Uddhava
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is eternally situated on the transcendental plane, and all items associated with Him are fixed in that desirable location. In t
hat spiritual atmosphere, no entities exist for the slightest moment without their consciousness merged in thinking of how they can please the senses of Krishna, and for this purpose they have mastered the art of preparing nice foodstuffs, which they alw
ays offer to the Lord with love. By Krishna's mercy we on the transitory plane can also learn this great art and enter into the spiritual activities of direct devotional service to God. The spiritual master is expert in preparing these foodstuffs, and is
 always offering instructions to us with love. So, following his example, we are offering to everyone some suggestions for preparing foodstuffs for the Lord, to be offered, we hope, with love.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Bhava Sakti
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'bd lb. cream cheese\line \'bd lb butter\line 2 cups flour\line crushed fruit
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let cream cheese and butter soften in large bowl, mix together when soft. Add 2 cups flour, mix and make into cough. Separate dough int
o 4 parts and chill. Roll each part out on floured board and cut into small triangles. Fill each triangle with small amount of crushed fresh fruit such as pineapple, strawberries, cherries, mango, figs, or raisins. Fold two of the sides together over the
 fruit to form a little cup. Bake 10 minutes at 400 degrees or until light golden in color. Sprinkle with confectioners sugar. Makes about 3 doz.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Lime Puffies
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4 cups puffed rice\line \'bc cup butter\line 3 tbsp. Sugar\line 2 tbsp. fresh squeezed lime juice\line salt to taste
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a large frying pan over a medium high name fry puffed rice, stirring constantly, until gently golden brown. Set aside. In a smaller 
pan melt butter. When butter bubbles stir in sugar and lime juice. Cook gently for one minute. Allow butter to cool for about ten minutes then mix well with puffed rice and salt to taste. Serves 4-5.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Dahi
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3 cups yogurt\line 2 cups cold water\line 1 cup sugar\line 2 cups fresh fruit juice
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Squeeze pineapples, tomatoes, oranges, lemons, papayas, watermelons in any combination to make two cups of juice. Then thoroughly mix a
ll of the ingredients together. Serve cold. Makes about 7 cups.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Brahmin and the Mercantile Man 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE BRAHMIN AND THE MERCANTILE M
AN
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Birbhadra
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Birbhadra is an 11-year-old devotee shown here before a painting of one of the great saints in the disciplic succession
, Gour Kishore Das Babaji Maharaj.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Long, long ago there once lived brahmin devotee of Lord Krishna. One day a mercantile man came to the brahmin's house and said, "My dea
r brahmin, will you marry my daughter? She is very pretty and so nice. Please marry her."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The holy brahmin said, \'93I cannot marry her on my own free will. I can only marry her at Krishna's will. If Lord Jagannath will come 
to witness this marriage, the big Lord Jagannath which is six feet tall, I will marry your daughter." Of course, the huge Jagannath Deity installed in the temple was never seen to move at all, except by pure devotees who can see transcendentally.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, the mercantile man went happily home and told his son all that happened: "O my sons, I have good news! A holy brahmin has said he w
ill marry my daughter. Isn't that nice?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sons said, "Oh, father\'97what have you done? This brahmin has no money! What have you done? You cannot allow this marriage to take
 place."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But I have promised," said the mercantile man. "I cannot go back on my word."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "We have a plan," said the sons. "Just do as we say and all will be well. Go out through the village and tell everyone you meet that th
e brahmin is crazy and that you never said he could marry your daughter. They will all believe you over him, and he will become the laughingstock of the village."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And so it happened. When next the brahmin walked down the village road all the people laughed at him. He asked them why they were laugh
ing, and they aaid, "Oh, you're the one who thinks you are going to marry the rich man's daughter! You are so crazy!" And immediately they would fall into fits of laughter, because everybody knows that no rich man would marry his daughter to such a poor 
fellow.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the day came for him to marry the mercantile man's daughter, the brahmin went to Lord Jagannath and said, "O Lord Jagannath! If Yo
u want me to marry the mercantile man's daughter, please witness this marriage."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Jagannath replied, \'93I want you to be married to her, so I will witness this marriage. Go to the gate now\'97but you must not lo
ok back."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the brahmin walked to the gate he heard the beautiful sound of Sri Krishna's ankle bells and he knew that the Lord was walking behin
d him; but he would not turn around. Finally at the gate he could resist the sound of the bells no longer; it was too beautiful. He looked back and immediately Lord Krishna turned back into His wooden incarnation, Lord Jagannath!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At once all the village heard the news and came to see Lord Jagannath standing before the gate. They all knew that the brahmin could no
t have picked up Lord Jagannath and moved Him out of the temple, for He was too heavy. Those that had laughed before laughed no longer. They knew now that this was not just a poor man, but a very holy brahmin, and that the Lord had bestowed great mercy u
pon him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The wedding took place that very afternoon with great feasting and rejoicing in the Holy Name of Hari. Through the association of such 
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e Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
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iday at 7 P. M. at any one of the following ISKCON Temples:
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston\'9795 Glenville Avenue, Allston
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo\'9715 LaSalle Avenue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Columbus\'9718 East 20th Avenue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hamburg\'972 Hamburg 19, Eppendorfer WEG 11, West Germany
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hawaii\'9751-576 Kam Highway, Oahu
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles\'971975 South La Cienega Boulevard
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London\'9740 Gauden Road, S.W. 4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal\'973720 Park Avenue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York City\'9761 Second Avenue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, W. Virginia\'97RD3 Moundsville
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub North Carolina\'97605 Airport Road, Chapel Hill
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia\'9745-24 Regent Street
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Francisco\'97518 Frederick Street
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Santa Fe\'97411 B West Water Street
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle\'975516 RooseveltWay, N.E.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver\'971250 Grandville Street
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As of press time, a new Krishna Consciousness center is being opened at Laguna Beach, California. Check local phone directory in this area.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mission of ISKCON is to spread unalloyed love of Godhead as taught by the bona fide disciplic succession and the authorized Vedic literature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To join ISKCON write N.Y. Center (Att: Membership Chairman) for details.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub COVER: Srimati Radharani and Lord Krishna in the Pushpa Yatra Festival Puppet Show at ISKCON Los Angeles.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is published by ISKCON Books, an organ of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Executive and editorial offices: 61 Second Avenue, New York, New York
 10003. All materials copyright 1969, ISKCON Books. Printed in Japan.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Buffalo Lectures of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Buffalo Lectures of A.C. Bha
ktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For those who have developed the urge for hearing the spiritual message, the message becomes purified without any doubt. The idea is that Krishna or God, in His Sup
ersoul form, is situated in everyone's heart. And He is sitting like a friend, not as an enemy. Because God is the Father of everyone, so He is always friendly, merciful. Just like when an invalid son is there: the father is always looking for when the s
on will be cured, will come back home. That is the father's desire; and, similarly, we are not so much anxious to approach God, but God is very anxious to recall us from this dungeon house of material existence. Therefore He sends Lord Jesus Christ, or H
e comes Himself, or He sends His confidential devotees. This is going on\'97not only in the human society, but in other societies also. In animal society, in bird society there are incarnations of God and messengers of God. That information we have.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So God is always anxious to accept us. In the Upanishads it is said that God and the living entity are sitting in one tree, just like t
wo birds. One bird is eating the fruit of the tree, and the other bird is only the witness. There are these descriptions in the Upanishads, of how God is always looking to see when I shall turn my face towards Him. He is always sitting, waiting, in my he
art. And when we hear about Krishna from The Bhagavad Gita or the Srimad Bhagwatam, at that time God becomes very pleased.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This applies not only to The Bhagavad Gita or Srimad Bhagwatam, but to any literature that is giving information of God, any scripture
\'97say the Bible\'97from which one hears about God. God becomes pleased that now this living entity is coming towards Him, now this son is coming home. He becomes very glad.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is nicely explained in the Gita: when Krishna sees that a man is trying to learn about Him, by hearing and chanting about God, He 
is pleased, and He offers help. Even if you do not understand the purport, still it is pious activity. Just if you have the conviction. It is not that everyone who goes to church follows all the rules and regulations, and understands the Bible, or that e
veryone who goes to the temple understands everything. But going there and giving aural reception to the transcendental message from different scriptures about God, that will make one pious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So in reading The Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagwatam, sometimes you may not understand, because it is originally in Sanskrit. But we de
votees try to explain the message as far as possible, and if you will kindly come here and simply try to hear, then gradually you will become pious. You'll be pious, even if you do not achieve anything else. "Pious" means you become freed from sinful rea
ctions. This Hare Krishna chanting, even though you do not understand it, if you simply come and chant and dance with us, it will make you pious. You will achieve piety or sinlessness; it is so nice.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what is the benefit of becoming pious, or achieving piety? That is explained in the Gita: By repeated transmigration from one bod
y to another in this material world, we are simply accumulating reactions to sinful activities. That's all. So long as we have no information of God, no information of Krishna, we are simply living like animals and accumulating sinful reactions. And our 
hearts are polluted, contaminated. There is so much misunderstanding between human nations, human bodies, this man and that man; it is due to our accumulated contamination in the heart. You are my enemy or you are my friend\'97for what? Because you have 
got a body and its relationship to mine is contaminated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally, everyone is envious of everyone else. Everyone thinks of others as his enemies. I see in your country so many signboards
\'97No Tresspassers, No Peddlars\'97that means everyone is an enemy. Otherwise, why should I restrict? No admission. That is the way of nation to nation also. America is my enemy, Russia is my enemy\'97so China is thinking. So this world is full of envio
usness and hate, because every one of us has accumulated past sinful activities, which are stocked up now in our hearts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The result, if you try to hear about Krishna, is that Krishna will help to cleanse away these contaminated things, accumulated during y
ears and years of darkness. Because the very hearing is piety, therefore it will act on your heart. And how will it act? All the contaminated things within my heart will be cleansed away. Just like, when you have accumulated so many unclean things, if yo
u set fire to them, all these unclean things will be turned to ashes, and everything will be disinfected. Simply one fire, one match. You gather all the garbage together, all varieties of contaminated garbage, and if you set fire to that garbage all will
 be cleansed. It is just like our contaminating so many things daily, and then the sunshine purifies it. This is also a medical process: sterilization. So, as there is in the material world a sterilizing process, this is a spiritual sterilizing process: 
simply hear of Krishna, then all nonsense things within the heart will be pure, cleansed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And who cleanses? The Lord Himself is sitting within you. He'll cleanse your heart. He'll cleanse your heart; you cannot. You have no
 power, you see. You have been so much contaminated that you have no power. But He'll take charge. In The Bhagavad Gita it is also said that, "you just surrender unto Me. I shall give you protection from all sinful activities." So if God, Krishna, gives 
you protection, then you are safe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our sufferings are due to our sinful activities. And what do we mean by sinful activities? Sinful activities means acting in ignorance.
 When a living entity is in ignorance, he commits sinful activities. Therefore knowledge is so valuable. This crude example I can give you: I have come from India. In India, the motor cars are driven on the left side, and in your country I see it is on t
he right. Now, if I drive my car here in the Indian way, to the left side, then I become a criminal, I become subject to arrest. And if I say in the court, "I did not know that in your country the law is different," that is no excuse. That means I became
 a criminal because I was in ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, all sinful activities are due to ignorance. Therefore we should know things as they are. And how can you know things as they
 are? You have to approach a superior person who himself knows things as they are. That will make you free from all sinful reactions. And this hearing process is very important. If you have a chance to hear from a person who can present things very nicel
y, or rightly, then you get knowledge, and you become free from all sinful reactions. It is a logical conclusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Himself takes charge of cleaning the heart, and when He Himself takes charge, everything is purified. In The Bhagavad Gita it
 is said that Krishna is sitting within your heart, but that He talks to you when you become a devotee. Otherwise He is simply Witness; that's all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You cannot do anything without the sanction of the Lord sitting within, but He gives sanction. Just like a persistent child: he wants t
o do something wrong, and his parents say, "All right, you do whatever you like." Similarly, God is always ready to give us good advice, but we do not follow Him. Because we have a little freedom, we misuse it; and at that time He gives sanction: "All ri
ght\'97you do it. That is your wish." But God is not responsible for the action or reaction. The sinful action and its reaction or the pious action and reaction\'97these are not the creations of God. They are created by you. You are independent. You can 
act as you like. God only gives you His sanction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is always situated in your heart, and He is helping you as you like, as you are asking. But if you are surrendered, if you say, "No
w, from this day, my dear Lord, I shall act according to Your instruction," then He takes charge. Otherwise you are free. You can do whatever you like, and the action and reaction will have to be suffered. I do not know\'97I was a student in Scottish Chu
rches College in Calcutta. That was a missionary college. So I attended Bible class half an hour, and I remember one very great scholar and missionary priest, Dr. Altman. He was my professor, professor of psychology, and he was also taking class in the B
ible. I remember once in that class\'97I do not know whether in your Bible the law of karma is admitted or not\'97but he protested that, "In your Hindu system the law of karma is there, and if one has done something sinful, therefore he is punished." So 
he inquired, "What is the evidence that you have done something?" At that time I was a student, I could not reply. But after studying The Bhagavad Gita and other Vedic literature, I was prepared to answer him. Here it is. Here is the Witness. You may for
get what you have done, but Krishna is not forgetful\'97He is always sitting within you. So, when you have done as you wanted to do, He reminds you, "All right, you did this."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In The Bhagavad Gita and in all Vedic literature it is affirmed that the Lord is sitting in the heart. As soon as we surrender unto Him
 He takes charge, and He says, "I have taken charge of one who has pursued this Krishna Consciousness, or devotional service, seriously and sincerely." And He's within. He says, "I give that devotee the needed intelligence." What kind of intelligence? Th
at by which he can come quickly back to home, back to Godhead. That is Krishna's taking charge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A child does not know his way in life. He is a soul surrendered to his parents. The parents take charge of him, and the parents know ho
w this boy should be raised, how his life will be fruitful\'97so many things. The boy is free, though he is completely in the hands of his parents. Similarly, if we surrender unto Krishna, who is sitting within our hearts, then He takes charge of us. And
 He says, "Just to favor them [such devotees] specifically." God is good, but He is especially kind and merciful to the devotees. That is not unnatural. You may ask, "Why is God specifically merciful and kind to the devotee?" But it is not unnatural. Sup
pose in the street so many children are playing: If there is some danger, and if someone goes and picks up his own child, you cannot say that that is not good. "There are other children, why do you not take care of them?" It is natural, and no one can bl
ame him: "Oh, you did not take up the other child. Why?" Nobody blames him; it is natural. It is good that his child is given first care. Similarly, everyone is the child or son of God\'97that's all right; but one who has taken to the service of the Lord
, he gains the special interest of God. Just like in your Bible it is said that Lord Jesus is the only son. Because he has given his life for God's service, therefore he's taken such special care of. So this is the process of Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna says, "Because a devotee has surrendered unto Me, and I am sitting within him, I take charge of him." And even though one is ig
norant or does not know any of the Vedic literature, if he is not learned\'97still, he will be made learned. That is stated in The Bhagavad Gita, that in order to show them special favor, He eradicates the darkness of ignorance. How? "I am sitting within
, and I enlighten him with the torch of knowledge, which is very awesome, just like sunlight." Sunlight is very bright; you don't require to see the sun with the help of a lamp. Similarly, Krishna within, the Supreme Lord, enlightens the devotee. This is
 the secret of knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You cannot acquire knowledge through your deficient senses. But, if you surrender unto God, the knowledge will be revealed. Even if you
 cannot understand what God is. After all, it is very difficult. You cannot know, even in this material world, what things are going on. So how can you know or understand God? God is so great, unlimited. But if He reveals Himself unto you, then you can u
nderstand. That is the process. This revelation is possible when you are surrendered. If you are surrendered, if you have given up everything for God, then He is in your heart and will give you all knowledge, all help, everything. It becomes simple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So it is explained in the Gita that He cleanses and He directs. Just like the father says, "Oh my dear son, do this, do this." And th
e child becomes expert, although he is not expert. The guidance is expert. And who can give better guidance than God? So if God gives you knowledge, who can give you better knowledge than Him? He is better than anyone. So surrender unto Him. He is within
 you, and He will give you intelligence and knowledge 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, what is the effect of such knowledge? The cleansing process means cleansing off the influence of material nature. The material wo
rld is working under three modes\'97the mode of goodness, the mode of ignorance and the mode of passion. There are certain entities who are in goodness, there are certain entities who are in passion and certain entities who are in ignorance. When God tak
es charge of you, then it is automatically understood that you are transcendental even to goodness. Spiritual quality is transcendental to goodness. That transcendental platform is not very easily attained, but at least the qualify of goodness is immedia
tely achieved. Material goodness is immediately achieved. That is explained in the Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The hearing process in spiritual life means hearing about God. Not hearing the newspaper or any political news. No. You must hear the w
ords of God, the words of Krishna. In this way the cleansing process progresses daily by such hearing about God. And the result will be that you'll enhance your devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Uttama Sloka" means God. "Uttama" means very nice and transcendental. "Sloka" means verses. Just like when you offer prayers to the Lo
rd, they are selected words and very nice verses. Therefore another name for God is Uttama Sloka. So, to that Supreme Personality who is offered nice verses, unto Him a devotional attitude becomes fixed. That is the second stage of spiritual life, and th
e third stage comes when one is fixed in devotional service unto the Supreme Lord. At that time the modes of passion and ignorance\'97the whole world is moving under passion and ignorance\'97these modes become cleansed away.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are hankering to possess so many things. This is called passion. And when we are in loss of something we cry for it. This is ignoran
ce. And the material disease is that everyone is hankering for something which he does not possess, and lamenting when he has lost his possessions. This is the material disease. The materialists have only these two businesses; no third business. Simply h
ankering after something which one does not possess, and when that possession is lost, lamenting, "Oh, I have lost it!" So this is ignorance. What you have lost? What have you brought that you have lost? You came empty-handed. What did you possess in the
 beginning? Then why are you crying? This is called "sudra," unnecessarily lamenting. Unnecessarily lamenting. Suppose you had millions of dollars, and if you have lost that, then there is reason. But if you did not possess anything, where is the cause f
or lamenting? That is ignorance. What did you possess? What is your proprietorship? Nothing! This is ignorance. But still I am proclaiming myself the proprietor, the master of this body\'97but I cannot keep it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore I must know that I possess nothing. Everything is given to me for my use; that's all. This is knowledge. And as soon as we co
me down to this idea that we can possess, it is ignorance. Because I try to possess falsely I am wasting my life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These modes of material nature\'97passion and ignorance\'97are pushing me to acquire and possess. You can possess something because y
ou have a body. You must possess something, but then there is greediness. Say I have one thousand dollars income, and I live very nicely. Then I want two thousand dollars. And if I get that, again I am hankering, "No, four thousand dollars! No, eight tho
usand dollars. No, ten thousand dollars! No, a million dollars!" There is no limit to the impetus of the modes of passion. But when a person becomes a devotee, a surrendered soul, he is freed from these two material modes of nature, passion and ignorance
. Then the mode of goodness is there. He becomes situated on the platform of goodness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is not disturbed by the modes of passion and ignorance, then it is understood that he is on the platform of goodness. The hear
t is no longer influenced by passion and ignorance. Then he remains in goodness. And as soon as he comes to the platform of goodness, he remains happy. If you want to become happy, then you have to elevate yourself to this platform of goodness. Then you 
will feel happiness. When one is on the platform of goodness, or when one is transcendental, he has no more hankering or lamenting.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next stage, when there is no more lamentation or hankering and you are situated in goodness, is transcendental. Now, how we have co
me to the platform of goodness? It is due to devotional service. We are reading and hearing Srimad Bhagwatam and the Gita, and, by dint of engaging ourselves in devotional service, we can be elevated to the platform of goodness, and become jolly. Then on
e can understand the transcendental science of God; not before. Then one can understand. So you have to elevate yourself to this platform of goodness by starting devotional service. Then, when your heart is free from all material anxieties, just as in th
e clear sky you can see the sunlight very nicely, so when you are posted in that position, you'll understand the science of God. It is a science. It is not a hobby or a sentiment. It is not a religious sentiment. Religious sentiment without philosophy is
 ignorance, and philosophy without religious sentiment has no value. Philosophy without religious sentiment is dry speculation; simply wasting time. And religion without philosophy is fanaticism. So both should be combined. Then it is the science of Godh
ead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are trying to open so many centers to teach this science. And, if you take the time to simply hear of this, you will be benefitted. 
We are not charging anything, there is no fee. So why not come? The world is suffering for want of this knowledge, Krishna Consciousness. Men are becoming less than animals. So this is not progressive civilization. If you want to save human society, then
 you must take to Krishna Consciousness. Otherwise you are doomed. Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Fathers and Sons
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Fathers and Sons
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvarupa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is said that one's body is an inheritance from one's father, that the sins of the father are visited on the son, that in terms of progress we stand upon our fath
ers' shoulders. So many "truths\'94 have defined the relationship of father to son; but at the ultimate issue, all these affairs of father-and-son are unreal, because they are material. This relationship, which seems so firm and certain, is actually just
 an illusion, because it is temporary. This is the conclusion of the great sages who have developed and passed down to us our knowledge of spiritual life. The real father is the spiritual master. One who is liberated from identification with temporary ex
istence factually experiences that his "guru" is his spiritual father forever.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami once explained the transcendental situation of father-and-son in a letter to one of his disciples: "You have a
ccepted me as father, so I have also accepted you as my dear and real son. This relationship of father and son on the spiritual platform is real and eternal, while on the material platform such a relationship is ephemeral."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the relationship of the bodily father, the son asks for something and the father gives. That is, something material is exchanged. If
 one is so fortunate, however, as to receive "second birth" by initiation under a bona fide spiritual master, then he receives the spiritual gift of eternal life through chanting the Holy Name of God. By chanting the Holy Name of God and hearing the scri
ptural teachings, the student can have his eyes opened from the blindness of material life. From the blessings of the guru-father, the disciple-son derives all knowledge of reality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most crucial thing to be learned, the first important gift of the spiritual master, is that we are eternal spirit soul, part and pa
rcel of God, the Supreme Person. The true situation is not, as the bodily father may tell us, that we were created by him, according to his plans, and that we are thus his private investment or possession.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, all beings live under the plan of Krishna, the Supreme Father. Individually\'97fathers and sons alike\'97we are coming here o
n our own, by a choice of free will we wander down the ages, taking various births among the 8,400,000 species of creatures, taking different bodies in life after life, living in different countries, on different planets, being born of countless differen
t fathers\'97all according to the works we perform. The Vedic scriptures say that if we lead pious lives we will be born into aristocratic, rich or beautiful families. The Bhagavad Gita specifically states that if we take up Krishna Consciousness or Yoga
 practice, but fail to execute it perfectly, then at the time of death we will be transferred to the higher or heavenly planets; and when the results of our piety are used up, we are again born on some earthly planet\'97in the families of yogis, so that 
we can continue our spiritual progress.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To be born into the family of a brahmin or yogi should be very advantageous to spiritual life, but of course we can always spoil such a
n opportunity, just as a rich man's son can turn to idling and intoxication. This is why the term "born brahmin," and the whole latterday caste-by-birth system, is a misconception of the spiritual path. The qualities of a brahmin (intellectual or priest)
 or of a Kshatriya (soldier or statesman), etc., do not depend on material birth, and even the most lowly-born person can advance unimpeded to perfection simply by chanting in the association of a pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his letter to a disciple, my own spiritual master explains what the guru, the transcendental father, can do for his spiritual son:
 "Although I cannot give you anything as a father, still I pray to Krishna for your more and more advancement in Krishna Consciousness."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through the spiritual master we learn the actual relationship that exists between God and the individual living entity. The Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, who is Father, Mother and Friend of all life, is usually approached by Christians as the Father, and is prayed to more or less as a Supreme Order Supplier. God is the Great Supplier of bread. This is, however, an elementary conceptio
n of the Personality of Godhead. Only through the grace of the spiritual master, who has very scientific, realized information about the Absolute, can we advance beyond the idea of God as no more than a material father, a supplier from whom we demand. To
 learn to love God as a friend and playmate\'97or even as a lover\'97comes only through the process of devotional service to the spiritual master. To please the guru-father is the perfect way to liberation, happiness and still greater freedom in the serv
ice of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is also possible, of course, that the man who brought you into this world through the shelter of your mother's body could also impar
t to you the same spiritual instruction that is coming from the spiritual master. In such a case, he is not exactly a "material" father. When a devotee of Godhead marries, under the guidance of his spiritual master, his marriage is not material but spiri
tual. Such a marriage is not undertaken for sense gratification, but in the service of Krishna. The issue of such a union is not, therefore, comparable to the offspring of cats and dogs\'97that is to say, productions of accident and lust.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said in the scriptures that no one should become a spiritual master, father or husband unless he can deliver his charge from the 
clutches of death. This means that unless he can free his disciples, his son or his wife from material consciousness he should not take on the responsibility of master or parent. The mission of the real father is to impart spiritual wisdom. We can say, t
hen, that the father who brings a child into the world for Krishna conscious purposes is not material, as he is not operating in temporary, illusory consciousness, which is held to be the standard of material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An important example of such a transcendental father is the great saint Thakur Bhaktivinode, who appeared in India during the ninetee
nth century. A perfect example of productive, spiritual household life, Srila Bhaktivinode fathered 12 Krishna conscious babies, the most notable among them being Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, founder of the Gaudiya missionary movement. Bhaktisiddhanta was 
the guru of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, the spiritual master of the present Krishna Consciousness Movement. Just as anything-an airplane, money, talent, etc.\'97can be used in the service of Krishna and thus made spiritual, so sex and fatherhood can work t
his way.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb238\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a question one may ask at this point. Since Lord Chaitanya, the incarnation of God who played the role of the perfect devote
e, gave up his wife and only then took spiritual sons\'97disciples\'97what is the purpose of procuring only one, or even a dozen souls for the service of Krishna via the complicated and laborious method of material childbirth? If the only true sons are s
piritual, why not adopt sannyas, the renounced order, at once and make many disciples? A.C. Bhaktivedanta
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swami has generally encouraged his students, both boys and girls, to marry and raise Krishna conscious children. He has said that, alth
ough we are canvassing for Krishna, we are after quality and not quantity. It is not by votes that one goes Back to Godhead. If a spiritual master can find one precious soul and carefully train him in Krishna Consciousness from the very start of life, th
en there is a very good chance for him to become a devotee or future spiritual master. In this way, to raise one individual in pure consciousness can benefit many people.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It should also be noted that one does not stop his personal service to Krishna by becoming a father or mother. Everyone serves Krishna,
 and every devotee, regardless of whether he is married or unmarried, can be a true guru in the style of Lord Chaitanya by simply persuading whoever he meets, anywhere in the world, to chant Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is stated in the Srimad Bhagwatam that in previous, more congenial ages, yogis or devotees would first attain spiritual perfection, 
and only then find a wife and produce some children. Their purposes for having children were: 1) to bring a fallen, conditioned entity into the world, and then to enlighten him so that he could develop love for God and transfer to the spiritual world at 
the time of death; or 2) to bring into the world a ray of Vishnu Himself\'97to have a liberated, saintly child, as did Srila Bhaktivinode.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ultimate perfection of such spiritual fatherhood is to be the instrument for the appearance of an incarnation of God. Such was the 
case of the yogis Kardama Muni and Devahuti, through whom Kapiladev, the Teacher of the sublime Samkhya Philosophy, entered this world. The mother and father of Krishna Himself achieved the ultimate in this perfection of parenthood. One devotee sings in 
this way to Nanda Maharaj, the worshipable foster father of the Supreme Lord: "People have taken shelter of the Vedic literature from fear of material life. Let them worship Sruti or Mahabharata. I am not going to do that. I shall worship Nanda Maharaj, 
because he has captivated the Supreme Lord into crawling as a child in his courtyard.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Chaitanya Charitamrita Madhyalila XVIII
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And the Lord Gouranga [Chaitanya], while going to Vrindaban, made tigers, deer and birds on the way through the forest utter the name of Krishna, and intoxicated th
em with the ecstasy of Divine Love and they danced with Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "So the Lord went through the solitary forests and He sang the Holy Name "Krishna" all along. And the denizens of the forest-tigers and
 elephants-saw Him and they allowed Him to pass without any harm. And the Lord marched on in His deep ecstasy of love through them all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And on another day a more wonderful occurrence took place and lo! it was this: the Lord went to take His bath in a stream of the fores
t, and a whole herd of elephants came to drink water in the very same stream. The Lord was saying His prayers just then and the elephants stood before Him. The Lord saw them all and they, too, saw Him. And as the Lord saw them, He threw water at them, sa
ying 'Chant the Holy Name Krishna! Krishna! O elephants!' And at that very same moment all those elephants whom the water touched jumped up and began to run about in ecstatic love, and chanted the Holy Name of Krishna all about. And some of the elephants
 acted more wondrously still, for they fell down on the ground and shrieked in sheer ecstatic love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And now some peacocks saw the Lord passing through the forest and they followed Him, uttering with His Holy Self the Name of Krishna, 
and danced in holy joy. And the Lord saw this and He uttered the Holy Name (Hari) more loudly still. And as the trees and creepers of the Jharikhanda forest heard His voice they were deeply pleased.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And on another occasion as the Lord was passing through the forests singing loudly the song of the Holy Name, some does came near to H
is sacred Self. And they followed the Lord as He walked to His left and right, and the Lord saw this and was pleased. He rubbed their bodies out of love, and read out the following verse from the Holy Bhagwatam: 'Blessed are the does, for they marched al
ong with the deer following our Holy Lord all along.' And the Lord said to them, 'Sing ye, O animals, the Holy Name of Krishna!' And as the Lord spoke thus, so the tigers and elephants and deer chanted the Holy Name and danced in ecstasy and wept in holy
 love."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Great Soul Who Walks Among Us
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Great Soul Who Walks Among Us
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Notes on the teachings of a pure Devotee \'85 taken by Satsvarupa    Photos by Gurudas and Goursundar
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swamiji has said that what is important is sincerity. Not the rules and regulations, but sincerity. To the sincere devotee, Krishna fro
m within the heart reveals, and everything is taken care of.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are in ignorance, darkness. The Vedic literature is light. They take this spot life as everything. They do not know where they w
ere before they were born, they do not know what body they will have to take after death. But they are absorbed in this spot life. They do not know that the soul does not die.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93When Krishna was at Dwarka He had a headache one day, and He told His servant that He could be cured only by the dust from a devote
e\'92s feet. The servant went out to the devotees, but they were shocked and said, \'91No, Krishna is God,\'92 and they dared not put the dust of their feet on His head, because they would be sent to hell. No devotees gave the dust of their feet. But the
 servant went to Vrindaban to the Gopis, Krishna\'92s purest lovers, who quickly gathered: \'91How is Krishna?\'92 The servant told them, and they at once scraped the dust from their feet and collected it for Him. \'91You gave the dust of your feet?\'92 
said the servant. \'91Aren\'92t you afraid you\'92ll go to hell?\'92 \'91We are prepared to go to hell!\'92 they said. \'91We don\'92t care! But Krishna must be cured!\'92 That\'92s love. The less you care for yourself and care only for Krishna, that\'92
s a good sign.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93They see someone innocent and right away they exploit. I trust you, I lay my head on your lap, and you cut my head off\'97that is c
ivilization. If they exploited for good purpose\'97but they exploit only for sex and liquor, the most abominable things. They have no other information or pleasure. But just because they have nicely washed pants and shirt they are respected."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Man thinks he is free, but he is like the cow tied up with a long rope that is fastened at one end; however we may fly we have to come
 back. We are all under conditional Nature, you cannot surpass it. But anyone who takes to Krishna Consciousness is freed from material Nature. If we believe Bhagavad Gita, Krishna Consciousness is so sublime that it is transcendental to goodness also
\'97it has nothing to do with matter. It is simply on the spiritual platform."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Someone had asked Swamiji what about people who said that Form limits God. He replied that that was another nonsense.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Lord is conscious. He may appear to be limited because He has a Form, but His potency is unlimited. He is the Absolute Truth. The 
sun is like this. It appears limited in the form of the sun planet, but the effects of the sunshine are unlimited. By their material calculation the impersonalists say if God is all-pervading, how can He be localized? He, however, has spiritually unlimit
ed potency. The localized sun has energy all over the Universe. The Lord and His energy are inseparable, but the Lord is Personal and localized."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He said his Guru Maharaj, Sri Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami, liked daring devotees who did not compromise. Those who compromise he
 called good-for-nothings .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All is one does not account for variety. Red flowers, blue flowers, white flowers, all are one, all are Krishna, but there is union in
 variety, many in one. Krishna is everything and everything is Krishna. You can believe. You don't have to have philosophical understanding. It's the source of wood that determines the by-product. Men go to work with a saw and hammer and some talent to m
ake a piece of furniture, and they say they created it. God supplied it. We supply nothing."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swamiji said these people who think "I am God" really just sit around smoking, and they need to have some spiritual recreation, so they
 say, "All is void." And they smoke and sit and talk in this way, and then do all nonsense. They are of the society of the cheaters and the cheated. They go to some yogi, take postures, get told something nice, pay 5 dollars, and leave.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All is spirit from Krishna. Just as a fingernail is skin, but cut it and it doesn't hurt. Matter is a form of spiritual energy in whic
h we forget Him."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "They try to kill devotees. They tried to kill Lord Jesus Christ and His religion is now dominant over most of the world. They tried to
 kill Krishna, and now He is still growing from 5000 years ago. They put Prahlad under the elephant's foot, and the elephant lifted him up and carried him in triumph."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The whole world is a butchershop. Whoever isn't giving Krishna Consciousness to another is butchering him. The mother is butchering, t
he father is butchering, the friend is butchering."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Mahatma is he whose heart and soul have become great for serving the Great."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Parts & Parcels
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PARTS & PARCELS
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 BEATLE JOHN LENNON WITH MONTREAL DEVOTEES
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Bibhavati Dasi
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As devotees of Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we are not supporters of the cult of Beatle worship. So when John 
Lennon and his wife Yoko and their small daughter Kyoto came to Montreal, we were in the position of being able to relate to him with all the real respects due another human being rather than a demigod. It was a very auspicious occasion for me, because i
t confirmed that the living entity can never be satisfied by material wealth, fame and power. If he is sufficiently intelligent he will always be searching for something more. I rejoiced to think that the object of our attention is Krishna the All-famous
, and not some other human being exhibiting some partial qualities of fame, wealth and power.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is one of the manifestations of this upside down, twisted state of affairs in Kali Yuga, the Age of Quarrel, that corporate beings a
re made into gods by the unscrupulous priests of the mass media. Few people, if offered a ticket on the roller-coaster ride to fame, riches and power are able to refuse. Neither could John Lennon, at first. But so temporary are the satisfactions obtained
 by material pleasures that the living entity quickly becomes disillusioned\'97if he is intelligent. The happiness to be obtained by "making it" and finding all worldly success has been seen by John Lennon for exactly what it is, transitory and unreal. B
y Krishna's mercy he has been showered profusely with all the better fruits of karmic action, and thus has come quickly to realize this. For most people it takes a little longer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is how he talked about it last week from his hotel room in Montreal, in conversation with the writer and her husband Ishan: "\'85a
nd I found out what being famous was like. It's a drag responsibility. So then I spent a long time looking; meditation in India and all that. It was all okay, you know, but it wasn't the answer. And then I met Yoko, and we worked our sort of thing out be
tween us, fell in love and that. And then we asked, 'What do we went out of life?' And we want Krishna Consciousness. We want peace. The same peace formula that your spiritual master tells about, and the other kind too, that the housewives understand."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I wished that all the millions of struggling karmis, working so hard to clutch success, could be with us at that moment to hear how it 
feels to be a demigod: 'We're very narrow, very shy and very straight and ordinary, but we're in an abnormal situation and we use it to the best of our ability."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub John was very interested in New Vrindaban, especially the school system planned for it. He asked us when such a community would be set 
up in England. "I mean I don't want to leave any of me kids or me friends' kids in the hands of the devil. I'm not sure about sending them away at the age of five, but if I do send them away I want it to be to a place where they'll be turned on. We have 
a nice cottage at the back of our property that would be perfect for a school if you'd like to use it."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The hotel room filled up with crude vibrations as the reporters and guests circled the large bed on which John and his wife were reclin
ing. As cigarette smoke and liquor fumes became thicker, sometimes feelings became dark. But John and Yoko did not seem to mind the surroundings. Perhaps they viewed it as a kind of austerity necessary to get full coverage from the news media, which they
 are attempting to exploit for their goal of spreading peace.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees, however, found the atmosphere less tolerable and chanted constantly when not having Kirtan. On the last day of our visit 
the hotel threatened to have John Lennon thrown out if the mridungas (our drums) did not stop playing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hansadutta spoke to John Lennon on several occasions, praising the sublime Lord Chaitanya, telling of Prabhupad, always stressing the p
urity of the Vedic injunctions and the necessity of adhering to the instructions of a spiritual master in the line of disciplic succession. But John was not always able to accept everything, and arguments broke out over small things\'97like shaved heads.
 Nevertheless, I feel certain that John Lennon truly respects the basic principles of ISKCON. Here is a part of my conversation with him:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Writer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Don't you find yourself picking up the v
ibrations from the uptight people who come in here?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub John:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We're stronger than they are and we're pro
tected.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Writer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Where do you get your strength?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub John:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Writer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hari Bol!
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoko:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's where we get it from, you know. We'
re not denying it.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub John:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don't mind arguing with a few discipl
es. But Hare Krishna's where it's at. And whether we get round to chanting, only time will tell. It's not where we're at right now, but we fully believe in it. You see we're protected by Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to Sri Krishna, the All-Famous!
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WEST GERMANY:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is an article printed in Hamburg's "Welt am Sontag" on May 11, 1969, about our center there:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He calls himself "Jaya Govinda,\'94 he looks like a tibetan monk, speaks the American idiom of the West Coast and works as a gardener i
n the Botanical Gardens of Hamburg. He is the president of the first Krishna Society on the European Continent, which will hold this Sunday at 5:00 a feast of Indian food and lectures in its temple, on Eppendorfer WEG 11.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Three Americans and one German from Augsburg, who lived in America for 15 years, have come to Europe to spread the teachings of Krishna
. This is said to be the oldest Indian method for spiritual realization. In America there are more than a thousand adherents, Allen Ginsberg and Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon have interest in Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Victory for Krishna (which is what Jaya Govinda means), Servant of Krishna (Krishna Das) and Best Prayers for Krishna (Uttama Sloka) ar
e the names of these young people, with ages ranging from 19 to 25 years, who, on Mockeberg Street, held an open meditation hour and distributed leaflets. In the leaflet it was announced that one may visit the temple Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings
. It said, "We serve a specially cooked Indian feast."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What will await the visitor? From the outside the temple gives the effect of a hippie locale. The big window pane is painted deep blue.
 Just after you enter, a bearded young man requests you to take off your shoes. I sat next to a young couple who were likewise barefooted, sitting against the wall. The room is painted white, with wall-tapestries, and there is an altar. The meditators, c
lose to half a dozen, are sitting on the floor, with crossed legs, singing: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This verse\'97an Indian mantra, as a young man later clarified\'97is always practiced in the temple: it is painted on the walls, spoken
 and sung. A drum played by a young man with a shaved head gives the rhythm, a continuous monotone is coming from a harmonium, and two cymbals clang. After half an hour, refreshments are served\'97pieces of apples. And now, one may ask questions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They call themselves "devotees.\'94 Their regulations: no cigarettes and no alcohol. The four did not give their names of birth. A vene
rable Guru in the U.S., A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, is their teacher. In the U.S. there are quite a number of temples established, and in furthering this work, these young men have come to Europe. Is Hamburg a good missionary area? May I know? Uttama Sloka
, the 22-year-old German, answered: "We are interested in the young people. Even rockers.\'94 [Rockers are the Hells Angels of Europe.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And how do the four missionaries live? "We do not need much," answered Krishna Das, a thin 19-year-old from San Francisco, and apart fr
om Uttama Sloka the only devotee who can speak German. "The gardener is working mostly for the rent and maintenance. I myself am an apprentice to a Hamburg goldsmith. Yet he does not know that he has a devotee as an apprentice."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 OHIO NEWSLETTER:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Columbus, Ohio, ISKCON, 318 E. 20th Ave: Prabhupad A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami arrived Friday, and our Kirtan at the Columbus airport attr
acted attention in local papers ("Undoubtedly the most exotic procession ever to grace the airport portals"\'97Citizen Journal). Guests crowded the new Hare Krishna center to hear a talk delivered as soon as Prabhupad arrived. Kirtans have been lively. P
oet Allen Ginsberg arrived and spent the night and next day at the temple conversing with Prabhupad and chanting. He was especially impressed with the Aratrik ceremony, especially the music, which was "the most beautiful I've heard in years."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Several days later Prabhupad and Ginsberg filled a campus auditorium (which seated 750) to twice the capacity. Students flooded the sta
ge and aisles, and when we started chanting they immediately responded. Within five minutes the chant was out of our control. Over 1500 students were roaring Hare Krishna, standing in their seats, waving their arms, dancing in the aisles and on stage. Gi
nsberg, sweat pouring down his face, chanted and danced ecstatically. When his garland broke in the melee, we seized the flowers and started throwing them to the students who clambered for them. Then Prabhupad stood on his dais and all the students rose 
to their feet. He gave his garland to Kirtanananda and indicated that we were to throw the flowers to the audience. The students grabbed them, then joined arms to dance. Prabhupad began jumping up and down and the dais bounced.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All this went on for thirty minutes. Then Ginaberg gave a talk to introduce Prabhupad, and then Prabhupad talked. The students were att
entive, though hot and exhausted from the chanting and dancing. Then, remarkably enough, we had a second Hare Krishna Kirtan which was as wild as the first. The sound rose to a grand cataclysmic roar and the stage thundered with dancing. NBC-TV shot film
 during the whole Kirtan. Some students wept with joy. Afterwards Ginsberg said that he had never before seen so many students "burst out their skins" and chant and dance so vigorously and responsively. Hayagriva was reminded of a Kirtan at Stanford U. i
n Palo Alto in '67, at which the students similarly flipped out to the mantra, though the crowd was much smaller. Our only regret was that we did not get a larger hall to accommodate the crowds that were standing outside. We approximated over 1500 manage
d to cram into the auditorium. The following day all the students were talking about it. It seems that Ohio State had never before so completely broken out of its robotic regimen.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A LETTER FROM A NEW VRINDABAN DEVOTEE:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We had great agricultural dreams up until Prabhupad arrived, but he is not very much interested in agriculture now. We had cleared four
 acres for plowing, but now we will have only a small garden. Prabhupad said we should devote our time to two things, the cows and the building of living quarters. We have one cow at present but there are three more coming this month. There is constant w
ork going on to clear pastureland.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhupad said, "When you get married you say 'This is my wife.' What is the philosophy behind this? It is that in exchange for her ser
vice I must give her protection. In the same way a cow gives milk so you give her protection. This is cow protection. This is my cow, I must give her protection." So Prabhupad wants us to keep four or five cows and chant Hare Krishna. He says if you have
 one or two bowls of milk and some grains daily, you can never starve.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So once we can keep some cows nicely, when and if we get more help we can have agriculture on a larger scale and build a new temple. Ri
ght now there is a big house which contains a temple and living quarters for Prabhupad. I have fixed up the chicken-coop nicely for Satyabhama and myself, the pig pen has been remodeled for four or five brahmacharis. The top of the barn has been partiall
y remodeled for brahmacharis and will be further remodeled. The frame of what used to be a corn-crib is still standing, and will be made into a two-story brahmachary dwelling. The lumber for the barn and corn-crib projects has been obtained from a house 
we tore down in Wheeling. We rented a truck yesterday, and brought the wood as close as we could, now we must build a two-wheel horsecart to carry it the final two miles up our road. Kirtanananda Maharaj purchased the wheels and frame at an auction last 
week, and Nara Narayan Prabhu began building the cart today. Prabhupad requested that we fix up the road also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I don't think we appear to be as busy as we actually are. You probably think we go slam, bang, boom and have a house put up. Well it's 
not like that at all. New Vrindaban is indeed developing into a community, but slowly by city standards. Prabhupad wants us to be independent\'97that is, not dependent on the outside. He wants us to cut our own lumber and make our own bricks, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I must go and work on the barnyard fence now. Don't forget that with Prabhupad here new and unexpected projects may begin anytime. The 
situation is always changing.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Paramananda
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Mystic Experience and the Name of God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub MYSTIC EXPERIENCE AND THE NAME O
F GOD
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Achyutananda
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taking into account the many descriptions of Godhead found in ancient books, scriptures and the eternal wisdom heard by disciples from their venerable masters, the 
Absolute Truth may be defined as follows: He is by Himself and for Himself; He has all knowledge, strength, opulence, fame, beauty and renunciation; He is the Fountainhead of limitless energies and the Fountainhead of infinite qualities all of which are 
identical with Himself. He has infinite forms, all of which have equal powers and qualities; and He has infinite Names with which He is identical. And, He is beyond the scope of the organic senses. We cannot see Him, hear Him, touch Him, smell or taste H
im with our eyes, ears, hands, noses or tongues. The Name of God can only be spoken through spiritual lips; in which case, in our Krishna Consciousness society, which preaches the group chanting of the Name of God, exactly what are we all doing? Why chan
t the 16-word mantra of Hare Krishna if God's Name is beyond our power to utter? This sensible question deserves a sensible answer, and to do justice to this common inquiry we can only go to the writings of those souls who actually have had spiritual bod
ies, senses and faculties\'97and who had regular intimate communion with Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivinode Thakur is one such spiritual entity whose poems, writings and powerful, inspiring personality is moving mountains of darkn
ess from the hearts of the devotees. He has written, "O Harer Nama [the Name of God], You enter my ear, my tongue and penetrate my heart and tears spring from my eyes, turning the dust at my feet to clay. Thus the impressions of my steps are left so that
 others will follow my way." So it is not by his own initiative that anyone may chant the Name, but it is the Name which takes the initiative and out of His own prerogative descends to the soul of the aspirant.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Name pierces all the physical, mental and intellectual boundaries up to the soul, then the full Personality of Krishna\'97with
 all His qualities, forms, etc.\'97is realized. It is just like this: on a cloudy day we cannot see the sun, but it is due to the sunlight itself that we see the clouds. When by the heat of the sun the clouds break, the clear light is seen and then the f
ull sphere of the sun is seen at last, revealing the world, myself and of course the full sun itself. Krishna descends to our consciousness in the same manner. First as a principle\'97that is to say, by our reason we come to the knowledge that we and thi
s world must have a creator who is different but not apart from us. Then if the seeker is more fortunate, a firm belief can become lodged in his mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the Divinity comes down through the chanting of the Name, real spiritual experience enters one's senses, and sometimes he feels or s
ees God everywhere. Where the devotee is determined to seek after God above and beyond anything else, it is a sign that Krishna is piercing his finer sentiments until, face to face, the devotee sees Krishna, having totally surrendered to Him. Those learn
ed in the science of Krishna declare this stage to be "Samadhi," or trance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a state is very rarely to be found in any person, and yet nowadays we frequently read about states which resemble samadhi achieved
 by quite a number of mystical people. How can we be sure of authenticity?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are eight symptoms which precede samadhi, which are as follows: 1) stunned sensation, 2) chills, 3) what we know as goose bumps o
r horripilations, 4) trembling, 5) perspiration, 6) tears, 7) choking and 8) trance. But just by seeing these outer signs, can we conclude that a person is really in samadhi? No. And many cases of such tricks or accidents of nature occur. Once a scholar 
was reading this description to some elderly religious women. He noticed that all through his discourse one women was weeping constantly. He thought that she might be approaching that rare state, and afterwards bowed to her and praised her devotion. But 
the old grandmother said, "No, I am not a devotee. I had a son\'97he died last year. You look just like my boy!\'94 With that she departed the temple, leaving the foolish scholar baffled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must never judge the true contact with God by material or outward symptoms, though they may resemble the eight sattvik, or pure, sym
ptoms of samadhi. Once a yogi came to a village and displayed his power of walking across the surface of a river. All the people showered coins and praises on him, but one wise old man approached him and said, "Swamiji, you have two cents worth of power!
"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "How is that?" the yogi retorted, amazed by such denseness and arrogance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Because for two cents I can take you across the river on my boat!"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No matter how wonderful the feats of magic or of nature may look, we must always weigh them on the scales of eternal, blissful knowledg
e. At this moment huge waves are crashing together in the ocean. Niagara Falls is discharging billions of kilowatts of energy, even galaxies are colliding somewhere, causing inconceivably blinding light and explosions terrible enough to dwarf 1000 megato
n hydrogen bombs\'97but sitting aloof from any of this temporary if grand phenomena, the soul of man remains untouched. No matter how great the impressions of phenomena are, they are only elements changing energy into other elements, and cannot pierce to
 the true depths of the soul. But if one man makes 1 per cent of spiritual progress, he has made eternal progress which benefits all beings. For when Krishna actually does descend to any soul, He can project His energy to all things near and far.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's inconceivable spiritual potency is such. When His chanting was vibrated, even trees and wild animals forgot 
their conditional natures and danced in ecstasy. Any of the supremely fortunate people who witnessed His pastimes became powerhouses of divine energy, each and every one capable of continuing the smooth flow of Krishna Consciousness to all, as that consc
iousness itself descended from Krishna's realm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No personality, incarnation, saint or great emperor has revealed such vibrant outbursts of direct contact of God as Chaitanya Mahaprabh
u. Sometimes He would, in the transcendental feeling of separation, be endowed with all the eight above-mentioned symptoms. Raising Himself to full height, He would crash to the ground wailing for Krishna. The devotees often feared all His bones broken t
o splinters. After chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra, Chaitanya sometimes began to roll to and fro. Rivers of tears flowed from His eyes. And then He gave an extremely confidential teaching: "I have no trace, not a tinge of love for Krishna in Me\'97for i
f I did, how is it that I could remain alive within this body?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not to speak of the trances and "experiences" recorded by many curious seekers of "bliss consciousness," cosmic and "expanded" consciou
sness, Lord Chaitanya, in the ecstasy of love of God, felt His own love hopelessly inadequate. He made light of the many symptoms He exhibited, and when He spoke at all it was not of Himself, but of the pure love of God which was His life and mission.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, if it is possible to connect oneself with the current of blissful consciousness, what is the method? There are many doors\'97but w
hich one leads to the goal? We are not yet possessed of pure intelligence, so how can we know which way is right? Again the answer descends from Krishna, enriched by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and revived by Bhaktivinode Thakur, whose potency was infused into 
Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, who in turn bestowed his great love and mercy and sublime wisdom upon Prabhupad Bhaktivedanta Swami, the writer's own divine master. Now available for all, regardless of rank or status and free of charge, the same primeval Kris
hna Consciousness is being distributed by Prabhupad's Society. Carried along spiritual currents, the Name divine, the Maha Mantra comes, as we spread the glorious chanting of Hare Krishna.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness in Hawaii
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN HAWAII
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Goursundar
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "That which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul."\'97
Bhagavad Gita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  II/17
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone can understand what is spread all over the body: it is consciousness, the energy of the soul. When souls depart from bodies, bod
ies become dead. Half a millennium ago in the circle of Gauda in India, Sri Krishna Chaitanya appeared and taught Krishna Consciousness or spiritual happiness to all comers. And now Krishna Consciousness has come West.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone wants to be happy. Different people expect to be happy by submitting to different circumstances in life. But sometimes the sus
picion flashes across our minds that things just aren't what they appear to be. We also want knowledge. We read books, newspapers and magazines. We listen to speeches and we philosophize. If we can get more knowledge we can probably get more satisfaction
. Due to ignorance we often make mistakes for which we must suffer. But if we want really complete knowledge, we have to search for the primary causes or origins of existence. If we are too frenzied to spend time asking such questions, we should expect t
o have to play the parts of mindless fools in the continuing pageant of history
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The modern world is sometimes supposed to offer evidence that man is progressing towards greater material happiness. Materialism is oft
en opposed to theism, which is generally agreed to have declined. People widely believe that the advancement of material science is more rewarding than the enlargement of spiritual science, and that they are actually en route to unlimited luxury via mate
rialism. But men with no understanding of the real significance of life are no better than animals. Their society will always be brutish, even if it be decorated with tons of trinkets and perfumes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In physics there is the concept of a space-time continuum through which bodies move. By careful study we see that the bodies of living 
entities change within these space-time continuums. What is commonly called growth or aging is actually a progressive charging of the body. But although the body is changing, the individual soul remains intact. We had our infant bodies, but now our bodie
s are changed. We can remember the activities of our childhood bodies, but those bodies have vanished. The bodies are passing away, but we are remaining. Therefore we must be different from these bodies. We do sometimes wonder what the images in mirrors 
really have to do with us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul is different from the body; the soul is eternal. And the truly natural existence is spiritual\'97eternal. Yogis are trying to 
come from materialism to this eternal point by meditation: "I am not this body." By concentrating the mind in meditation, one should seek answers to such questions as, \'93What am I? How am I here? Where am I going? How can I achieve lasting happiness, u
ncut by the various miseries such as birth, disease, old. age and death?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are questions to be considered by one seriously seeking complete philosophy. At the point of asking such questions, spiritual lif
e can begin. These questions are thoroughly discussed in The Bhagavad Gita As It Is and associated Vedic texts. This process of understanding is known as self-realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this present span of time, known as Kali Yuga (the Age of Quarrel, Chaos and Hypocrisy) the chanting of mantras is described as bein
g the secret of liberation from this mundane world. In the Vedic texts the chanting of the Maha Mantra, or Great Hymn\'97Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare\'97is especially recommended for s
elf realization in this age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic texts, written in the ancient Sanskrit characters, are accepted by most authorities as the oldest writing known to man. And t
his Krishna science has been elaborated by great spiritual personalities throughout the untold ages.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness has been established in the West by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came alone to the United State
s to fulfill the order of his spiritual master to teach through the medium of the English language.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness in Hawaii is currently established at 51-576 Kam Highway in Kaaawa (just before the Crouching Lion Inn), phone no
. 237-8544. Classes are held at 7 a.m. daily and at 7 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A Love Feast, consisting of very fine vegetarian foodstuffs, prepared according to old East Indian recipes, is held every Sunday at noon, along with chanting and dan
cing. Everyone is invited to come.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Boston Weddings
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BOSTON WEDDINGS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Photos and Text by Uddhava
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most important celebration in the study of God realization is the initiation ceremony, when the student agrees to live by the order
s of the spiritual master who has understood the necessity for a program whereby one can gain control over his sensuous activities. In Krishna Consciousness we use the word control because we do not teach that one should cease his sensuous activity, but 
that he should perform that activity in the pursuit of higher spiritual life. Then that same activity, when performed under the regulative principles of the spiritual master, becomes devotional service or Bhakti Yoga. This devotional service when perform
ed with a pure heart has not only the power to simply release one from the sufferings of this material world, but also to raise one to the platform of love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After a boy is initiated into Krishna Consciousness he is called a "brahmachari," a renounced student. A brahmachari is by Vedic custom
 supposed to be very austere. He should simply lie down on the floor to take rest, he should strictly regulate his eating and sleeping, and he should have no association with the opposite sex. After some time as a brahmachari, a boy may decide whether he
 wants to remain in this renounced order of life or if he wants to become a married man. Present-day society is not designed for developing spiritual life\'97there is too much intermingling of men and women\'97and so our spiritual master, His Divine Grac
e A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, recommends that most of the brahmacharis become responsible married men and raise Krishna conscious families.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Accepting a wife is also considered renunciation, because the student is voluntarily sacrificing his tendency toward unrestricted sex l
ife for a program of regulated restraint to develop his spiritual consciousness. When a brahmachari decides to marry, the system is that he should consult his godbrothers and ask their advice. If they agree that marriage is the best thing for his spiritu
al advancement, then he should submit his plan to the spiritual master for approval. Upon approval of the spiritual master an eligible girl is chosen, either by the spiritual master himself or by the brahmachari's godbrothers. It is best if neither the b
oy nor the girl has choice in selecting this lifelong companion. Marriage is not for sense gratification, and therefore the partner should not be selected on the basis of sexual attraction, but on the couple's desire to work hard together for the spiritu
al master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On May 8th of 1969, the Krishna conscious society had a wedding of three couples at the Boston Radha Krishna temple, as depicted on the
se pages. The couples learned of the marriage one day prior to the actual ceremony. Krishna Consciousness means simple living, and so there was no problem preparing for the event in such a short space of time. The boys gathered together enough money to p
urchase new saris for their prospective brides, and the women on the day of the ceremony made garlands of flowers for themselves and their prospective husbands. Someone was put in charge of collecting the necessary items for the ceremonial fire\'97rice f
lour colored with dye, small pieces of wood for fuel, sesame seeds, barley and bananas to sacrifice in the fire, and clarified butter to make the fire burn brightly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master and the couples to be married sat down on opposite sides of the fire pit, each bride sitting to the right of her g
room. A flower garland was first offered to the spiritual master and then the couple was offered flower garlands. Much sweet smelling incense was lit and the spiritual master began by reciting auspicious mantras and sipping three small spoonfuls of water
 from his hand. All the couples followed the sipping of the water. When the mantras were said the spiritual master delivered a lecture stressing the importance of married life:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Married life for Krishna Consciousness is all right. My spiritual master was a strict celibate all of his life, but he used to say tha
t if he could raise children in Krishna Consciousness then he was prepared to indulge in sex life one hundred times. In The Bhagavad Gita Krishna declares that sex life based on religious principles is a representation of Himself. The regulative principl
e that married couples should follow regarding sex life is that it should be avoided except for the propagation of children, and then only indulged in once a month until pregnancy. If the couple does not desire children then sex life should be avoided co
mpletely. This is known as natural birth control. In our Krishna Consciousness society we are not teaching the cessation of activity, but the regulation of activity. It is natural for young boys and girls to be attracted to each other and to desire enjoy
ment, but they should not act unrestrictedly on the platform of dog or cat consciousness. Let them be married and live peacefully. In all forms of life there is eating, sleeping, defending and mating. The human form also indulges in these activities, but
 in the human form there is a fifth activity which distinguishes it from the society of the animals. This we call religiousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "True religiousness begins when one asks himself, \'91Why am I suffering? Who am I? What is my true position?' If someone, no matter wh
o or what he is, sincerely looks for the answers to these important questions and if he has accepted a bona fide spiritual master, then he is said to be on the path of religiousness. Our Krishna conscious society is meant for supplying the answers to the
se questions as they are answered by the Supreme Lord Himself in various scriptures such as The Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagwatam, Chaitanya Charitamrita, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Parents, please give your blessings to your children. Let them be happy for the benefit of society, country and humanity.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhupada then asked the parents to repeat these words in giving away their daughters: "She has been in my charge for so many years, n
ow I hand her over to you.\'94 The man accepts this offer by answering, "I accept her as my wife for my entire life. I agree to protect her and provide for her needs." Next the woman confirms the marriage by agreeing to serve her husband and provide for 
his comforts in this life. The smiling couples then trade flower garlands and change their sitting arrangement: the wife sits to the left of the husband and the husband covers his wife's head with the loose part of her sari. The distinguishing mark of a 
married woman is the red streak of pigment found in the part of her hair at the center of her head. This is now placed there for the first time by her new husband.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When all the couples have been married in this manner, it is time to light the sacrificial fire. The colored rice flour is sprinkled ac
ross the earthen bed where the fire will burn so that a colorful arrangement of lines is produced. In the center of this is placed a burning splinter which has been dipped in ghee (clarified butter) and lit by a candle. This is followed by more splinters
 dipped in ghee, the pieces becoming larger and larger until the flames are rising two feet into the air. All of the happy newlyweds are crowded around the hot fire. Sweat appears on their brows but they can barely move back because of the crowds of frie
nds and relatives behind them pushing forward to reach the sesame seeds and barley, which has just been mixed with ghee, and which is being offered for everyone to throw in the sacrificial fire. The spiritual master is chanting sets of mantras to please 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna, and everyone is loudly repeating these. Each set of mantras is ended with "Shaha!" This is the signal, everyone answers with an ecstatic "Shaha!\'94 and for a moment the temple appears to be raining sesame
 seeds and barley as everyone throws their small handful into the fire.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the mantras are chanted, the spiritual master motions for the couples to stand. They are handed bananas which they place between 
their folded hands. With heads bowed in submission they repeat the beautiful mantra being chanted by the spiritual master, and at the end place their bananas in the fire. Ghee is poured over the bananas and the names reach higher into the air. By this ti
me the temple is filled with smoke and no one can tell if the tears in the eyes of the devotees are caused by smoke or by the bliss of the joyous occasion. All the couples now bow down, their heads to the sesame-seed-covered floor, and by a mantra offer 
their obeisances, their minds, their hearts, their lives to the spiritual master, who simply says, "Thank you very much. Chant Hare Krishna.\'94 Hearing this the devotees leap into the air, grab at cymbals and drums and begin loud chantings of the Hare K
rishna Mantra. By now everyone's eyes are full of tears and sweat is pouring from their brows as the flames of the fire shoot three and four feet into the air. But nothing will stop these merry madmen from having their Kirtan in praise of Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The crackling of the bananas, the heat and smoke from the fire just add bliss to the already ecstatic chanting and dancing scene. Many 
are jumping into the air yelling, "Hari Vol!" Others are beating furiously on drums, crashing together small hand cymbals, or simply clapping their hands together loudly. Hare Krishna chanting continues for half an hour or so and is ended by a nod of the
 head from His Divine Grace. Everyone falls to the barley-covered floor and prostrates himself before His Divine Grace, who is chanting respects to all of the greater teachers and holy places where Lord Krishna had His pastimes. All then assume the sitti
ng position and the temple quiets down, except for a few devotees who can't quite check their crying or laughing in ecstasy. They sit slowly shaking their heads from side to side in disbelief that there could be such bliss in praising the sweet Lord, Sri
 Krishna. With a broad smile on His face Prabhupada asks the married couples if they are happy. They simply nod, "Of course!" is in their eyes. In their minds they are thinking: if only I had something more than my whole life to offer my spiritual master
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace is now offered a plate of Prasadam (food offered to Lord Krishna) and His eyes sparkle as he sees the sweetballs, samo
ssa, Kachori, Radha Ballabhi, Rasgolla and fifteen other preparations. He takes a few small bites and asks that everyone be fed. Seconds, thirds and even fourths are being demanded by even guests who have never before seen a Prasadam feast. At some time 
during the feast His Divine Grace rises to leave. All immediately fall to the floor offering obeisances, and then jump up to accompany him to the door yelling "Hare Krishna! Hari Bol!\'94 On his way out he turns, throws his hand in the air, and says agai
n in a majestic voice, "Chant Hare Krishna!\'94 The devotees, feeling his love, return to the feast, some still shaking their heads in bliss, others saying softly, "Hare Bol,\'94 or "All glories to Prabhupada." After some time the guests slowly begin to 
leave and the newly married couples prepare to leave for their respective new homes to join together in long and happy lives in praise of the sweet Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sree Vyas Puja Homage and Offering
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SREE VYAS PUJA HOMAGE\line AND O
FFERING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This "Sree Vyas Puja Homage" was read by Abhay Charan Das (His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami) before the members of the Sri Gau
dlya Math in Bombay in February, 1936 on the occasion of the birthday anniversary of His Divine Grace Prabhupada Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur. His Divine Grace Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati was very fond of the poem by Abhay Charan and was especi
ally pleased by the lines: "Absolute is sentient Thou hast proved, /Impersonal calamity/Thou hast moved." The speech was published later in 1936 in The Harmonist, the publication of the Gaudiya Math. It is noteworthy that the same spirit of preaching has
 been maintained by His Divine Grace over the past 33 years. This is testimony to the eternality of the message of Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Sree Vyas Puja Offering
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Adore adore ye all\line           The happy day.\line Blessed than heaven,\line           Sweeter than May.\line When He ap
peared at Puri\line           The holy place,\line My Lord and Master\line           His Divine Grace.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh! my Master\line             The evangelic angel\line Give us Thy light,\line             Lite up Thy candle.\line Strugg
le for existence\line             A human race.\line The only hope\line            His Divine Grace.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Misled we are\line          All going astray,\line Save us Lord\line          Our fervent pray.\line Wonder Thy ways\line  
         To turn our face\line Adore Thy feet\line           Your Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Forgotten Krishna\line          We fallen souls,\line Paying most heavy\line          The illusion's toll.\line Darkness ar
ound\line          All untrace.\line The only hope\line          His Divine Grace.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Message of service\line          Thou hast brought.\line A healthful life\line           As Chaitanya wrought.\line Unknown
 to all\line           It's full of brace.\line That's your gift\line            Your Divine Grace.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Absolute is sentient\line          Thou hast proved,\line Impersonal calamity\line          Thou hast moved.\line This give
s us a life\line          Anew and fresh,\line Worship thy feet\line         Your Divine Grace.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Had you not come\line          Who had told\line The message of Krishna\line          Forceful and bold.\line That's your r
ight\line          You have the mace.\line Save me a fallen\line          Your Divine Grace.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The line of service\line         As drawn by you,\line Is pleasing and healthy\line         Like morning dew.\line The olde
st of all\line         But in new-dress\line Miracle done\line         Your Divine Grace.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Abhay Charan Das
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Sri Vyas Puja Homage
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Saksad haritvena samasta sastrai\line Ruktastatha bhabyata eve sadbhih\line Kintu prabhoryah priya eve tasya\line Vande guroh sr
i charanaravindam.\line }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the revealed scriptures it is declared that the Spiritual Master should be worshipped like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and 
this injunction is obeyed by pure devotees of the Lord. The Spiritual Master is the most confidential servant of the Lord. Thus let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the Lotus Feet of our Spiritual Master.\'94
\par }\pard \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On behalf of the members of the Bombay branch of The Gaudiya Math, let me welcome you all, because you have so kindly joined us tonight
 in our congregational offerings of Homage to the Lotus Feet of the world-teacher Acharyadeva, who is the founder of this Gaudiya Mission and is the President Acharya of Sree Sree Viswa Vaishnab Raj-Shabha,\'97I mean my eternal Divine Master Paramhansa P
aribrajakacharya Sree Sreemad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sixty-two years ago, on this auspicious day\'97the Acharyadeva made his appearance by the call of Thakore Bhakti-Vinode at Sree Kshetra
 Jaggannathdham at Puri.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gentlemen, the offerings of such a homage as has been arranged this evening to the Acharyadeva is not a sectarian concern, because when
 we speak of the fundamental principle of Gurudeva or Acharyadeva, we speak of something that is of universal application. There does not arise any question of discriminating my Guru from that of yours or of any one else's. There is only one Guru who app
ears in an infinity of forms to teach you, me and all others. The Guru or Acharyadeva, as we learn from the bonafide scriptures, delivers the message of the absolute world, I mean the transcendental abode of the Absolute Personality where everything non-
differentially serves the Absolute Truth. We have heard so many times that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahajana yena gatah sa pantha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
(Traverse the trail which your previous acharya has passed.), but we have hardly tried to understand the real purport of this sloka, and if we scrutiniously study this proposition we understand that }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahajana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is one, and the royal road to the transcendental world is also one. In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Katha Upanishada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tad vijnartham sa gurumevabhigachhet.\line Samit panih srotriyam brahmanistham.\line }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MU}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In order to learn that transcendental science, one must approach the bonafide Spiritual Master in disciplic succession, fixed in the Absolute Truth.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus it has been enjoined herewith that in order to receive that transcendental knowledge one must approach the Guru. Ther
efore, if the Absolute Truth is one, about which we think there is no difference of opinion, the Guru also cannot be two. The Acharyadeva to whom we have assembled tonight to offer our humble homage, is not the Guru of a sectarian institution or one out 
of many differing exponents of the truth. On the contrary He is the Jagatguru or the Guru of all of us; the only difference is that some obey Him wholeheartedly, while others do not obey Him directly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  it is said\'97
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acharyam mam vijaniyat navamanyeta karhichit.\line Na martabuddhyayasueta sarvadeva mayo guruh.\line }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub g. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 11.17.27}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One should understand the Spiritual Master to be as good as I am," said the Blessed Lord. "Nobody should be jealous of the Spiritual Master or think of Him as an o
rdinary man because the Spiritual Master is the sum total of all demigods.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is, the Acharya has been identified with Godhead Himself. He has nothing to do with the affairs of this mundane world. He does not descend here to meddle with 
the affairs of temporary necessities but to deliver the fallen and conditioned souls\'97the souls or entities who have come here in the material world with a motive of enjoyment by the mind and the five organs of sense perception. He appears before us to
 reveal the light of the Vedas and to bestow upon us the blessings of full-fledged freedom after which we should hanker at every step of our life's journey.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental knowledge of the Vedas were first uttered by Godhead to Brahma the Creator of this particular universe. From Brahma the Knowledge descended to Na
rada, from Narada to Vyasadeva, from Vyasadeva to Madhwa and in this process of disciplic succession the transcendental knowledge was being transmitted by one disciple to another till it reached Lord Gauranga or Sree Krishna Chaitanya Who posed as the Di
sciple and Successor of Sree Ishvara Puri. The present Acharyadeva is the tenth disciplic representative from Sree Rupa Goswami, the original representative of this transcendental tradition in its fullness from Lord Chaitanya. The knowledge that we recei
ve from Him is not different from that imparted by Godhead Himself and the succession of the Acharyas in the preceptorial line of Brahma. We adore this auspicious day as Sree Vyas-Puja Tithi because the Acharya is the living representative of Vyasdeva, t
he Divine compiler of the Vedas, the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puranas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Mahabharata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . One who interprets the Divine Sound or }{\b0\i0
\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sabdabrahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by his imperfect sense perception cannot be a real spiritual Guru because in the absence of 
the empiricist's proper disciplinary training under the bonafide Acharya, the interpreter is sure to differ from Vyasdeva (as the Mayabadins do), the prime authority of the Vedic Revelation, and therefore, such irrelevant interpreter cannot be accepted a
s the Guru or Acharya howsoever he may be equipped with all the acquirements of material knowledge. As it is said\'97
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sampradaya vihina ye mantraste biphalamatah.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Padma }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Unless you are initiated by a bonafide spiritual Master in the disciplic succession, the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that you might have received is without any effect.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand one who has received the transcendental knowledge through the bonafide preceptor in the disciplic chain by aural reception and has sincere regard 
for the real Acharya must needs be enlightened with the revealed knowledge of Vedas which is permanently sealed to the cognitive approach of the empiricists. As it is said in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S
hetaswatara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Upanishada,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasyadeve parabhakti yatha deve tatha gurou.\line Tasyaite kathitha hyarthah prakasante mahat manah.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7U}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the Spiritual Master, simultaneously, are all the imports of Vedic Knowledge automatically
 revealed.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, our knowledge is so poor, our senses are so imperfect and our sources are so limited that it is not possible fo
r us to have even the slightest knowledge of the absolute region without surrendering ourselves at the Lotus Feet of Sree Vyasdeva or His bonafide representative. Every moment we are being deceived by the knowledge of our direct perception\'97they are al
l the creation or concoction of the mind which is always deceiving, changing and flickering. We cannot know anything of the transcendental region by our limited perverted method of observation and experiment. But all of us can lend our eager ears for the
 aural reception of the transcendental sound transmitted from that region to this through the unadulterated medium of Sree Gurudeva or Sree Vyasdeva. Therefore gentlemen, we should surrender ourselves today to the Feet of the representative of Sree Vyasd
eva for the elimination of all our differences bred by our unsubmissive attitude. It is accordingly said in Sree }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tad biddhi prani patena pari prasnena sebaya\line Upadeksanti te jnanam jnamna tatva-darsinah.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Just approach the wise and bonafide Spiritual Master. Surrender unto him first and try to understand him by enquiries and service. Such a wise Spiritual Master wil
l enlighten you with transcendental knowledge because he has already known the Absolute Truth.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To receive the transcendental knowledge we must completely surrender ourselves to the real Acharya in a spirit of ardent enquiry and se
rvice. The actual performance of the service of the Absolute under the guidance of the Acharya is the only vehicle by which we can assimilate the transcendental knowledge. Today's meeting for offering our humble services and homage to the Feet of the Ach
aryadeva will enable us to be favoured with the capacity of assimilating the transcendental knowledge so kindly transmitted by Him to all persons without distinction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gentlemen, we are more or less all proud of our past Indian civilization, but we actually do not know the real nature of that civilizat
ion. We cannot be proud of our past material civilization which is now thousand times greater than in the days gone by. It is said that we are passing through the age of darkness or the Kaliyuga. What is this darkness? The darkness cannot be due to backw
ardness in material knowledge, because we have now more of it than formerly. If not we ourselves, our neighbours at any rate have plenty of it, and therefore, we must conclude that the darkness of the present Age is not due to lack of material advancemen
t, but that we have lost the clue to our spiritual advancement which is the prime necessity of human life and the criterion of the highest type of human civilization. Throwing of bombs from aeroplanes is no advancement of civilization from the primitive 
uncivilized way of dropping big stones on the heads of the enemies from the tops of the hills. Improvement of the art of killing our neighbours by inventing machine guns and by means of poisonous gases is certainly no advancement from primitive barbarism
 priding itself on its art of killing by bows and arrows, nor does the development of a sense of pampered selfishness prove anything more than intellectual animalism. True human civilization is very different from all these states, and therefore, in the 
}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Katha Upanisada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there is the emphatic call\'97
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Uttisthata jagrataprapta varan nibodhata\line Khurasya dhara nisita duratyaya\line durgam pathastat kavayo vadanti.\line }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub KU }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.3.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Please get up, awake and try to understand that boon of life which you now have in this human form of life. The path of spiritual realization is very difficult and
 is sharp like the razor's edge. That is the opinion of learned transcendental scholars.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus while others were yet in the womb of historical oblivion, the sages of India had developed a different kind of civilization whic
h enables us to know ourselves. They had discovered that we are not at all material entities, but that we are all spiritual, permanent and nondestructible servants of the Absolute. But because we have against our better judgment chosen to completely iden
tify ourselves with this present materialised existence, our sufferings have multiplied by subjection to the inexorable law of births and deaths and consequent diseases and anxieties. These sufferings cannot be really mitigated by any provision of materi
al happiness because matter and spirit are completely different elements. It is just as if you take an aquatic animal out of water and put it on the land, supplying all manner of happiness possible on land. The deadly sufferings of the animal are not cap
able of being relieved at all till it is taken out of its foreign environment. Spirit and matter are completely contradictory things. All of us are spiritual entities. We cannot have perfect happiness which is our birthright, however much we may meddle w
ith the affairs of the mundane things, unless and until we are restored to our natural state of spiritual existence. This is the distinctive message of our ancient Indian civilization, this is the message of the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , this is the message of the Vedas and the Puranas and this is the message of all the real Acharyas and of our present Acharyadeva in the l
ine of Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gentlemen, although it is imperfectly that we have been enabled by His Grace to understand the sublime messages of our Acharyadeva Om V
ishnupada Paramahansa Paribrajakacharya Sree Sreemad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj, yet we must admit that we have realized definitely that the Divine message from his holy lips is the congenial thing for the suffering humanity. All of us sh
ould hear him patiently. If we listen to the Transcendental Sound without unnecessary opposition, he will surely have mercy upon us. The Acharya's message is to take us back to our original home and back to God. Let me repeat, therefore, that we should h
ear Him patiently, follow Him in the measure of our conviction and bow down at His Lotus Feet for releasing us of our present causeless unwillingness for serving the Absolute and all souls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About this spiritual existence we learn from the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that even after the destruction of the body, the Atma or the soul is not destroyed; he is always the same, always new and fresh; that fire cannot burn, water cannot dissolve, the air can
not dry up or the sword cannot kill him; that he is everlasting and eternal and this is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub by the sloka,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasya atmabuddhi kunape tridhatuke\line Svadhih kalatradisu bhouma ijyadhih\line Yattirthabuddhih salile na karhichid\line Janes
u abhijnesu sa eva gokharah.\line }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10.84.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Anyone who accepts this bodily bag of three elements (bile, mucous, and air) as his self and who has an affinity for an intimate relationship with his wife and chi
ldren, and who considers his land as worshipable, and who accepts the waters of the holy places of pilgrimage but never takes advantage of those persons who are in actual knowledge, is no better than an ass or cow.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But unfortunately in these days we have all been turned foolish by neglecting our real comfort and have identified the mat
erial cage with ourselves. We have concentrated thereby all our energies for the meaningless upkeep of the material cage for its own sake, completely neglecting the captive soul within. The cage is for the undoing of the bird, and not the bird is for the
 cage. The poisoned shirt is for the death of the wearer who is never meant for wearing the coat. Let us, therefore, deeply ponder over the thing. All our activities are now turned towards the upkeep of the cage and the most we do is try to give some foo
d to the mind by arts and literature. But we do not know that this mind is also material in a more subtle form. This is stated in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhumi rapoanalobayuh kham buddhi manoreva cha\line Ahamkara iti ayam me bhima prakritirastadhah\line }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7.4]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Earth, fire, water, air, sky, intelligence, mind and ego are all My separated energies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have scarcely tried to give any food to the soul as distinct from the body and mind, and therefore we are all committing suicide i
n the proper sense of the term. The message of the Acharyadeva is to give us a warning halt to the procedure of such wrong activities. Let us, therefore bow down at His Lotus Feet for the unalloyed mercy and kindness He has bestowed upon us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gentlemen, do not for a moment think that my Gurudeva wants to put a complete brake to the modern civilization, which is an impossible 
feat. But let us learn from Him the art of how to make the best use of a bad bargain and let us understand the importance of this human life which is fit for the highest development of true consciousness, and let us not neglect it. The best use of this r
are human life should not be avoided. Says }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagwatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Labdhu sudur labhamidam bahu sambhavante\line Manusyamarthadamanityamapiha dhirah\line Turnam yateta napatedanu mirtyu yavat
\line Nisreyasaya visaya khalu sarvatah syat.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 11.9.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This human form of life is obtained after very many births, and although it is not permanent it can offer the highest benefits. Therefore, a sober and intelligent 
man should immediately try to furfill his mission to attain the highest profit in life before another death occurs. He should avoid sense gratification which is available in all circumstances.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let us not misuse it in the vain pursuit of material enjoyment, or, in other words, for the sake of only eating, sleeping,
 fearing and sensuous activities. The Acharyadeva's message is conveyed by the words of Sree Rupa Goswami\'97
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anasaktasya visayan yatharham upajunyatah\line Nirbandhah Krishnasambandhe ~bavairagyam uchyate.\line Prapanchikataya budclltya 
hari sambandhi bastunah\line Mumuksabhili parityago vairagyam phalu kathyate.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brs.}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.255-256}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One is supposed to be situated in the full renounced order of life if he lives in accordance with Krishna Consciousness. He should be without attachment for sense 
gratification and should accept only what is necessary for the upkeep of the body. On the other hand one who renounces things which could be used in the service of Krishna Consciousness, under the pretext that such things are material, does not practice 
complete renunciation.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And the purport of these slokas can only be realized by fully developing the rational portion of our life and not the anim
al portion. Let us try to understand from this transcendental source of knowledge as to what we are, what is this universe and what is God and what is our interrelation, at the Feet of the Acharyadeva.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The message of Lord Chaitanya is the message for the living entities and the message of the living world. Lord Chaitanya did not bother
 Himself for the upliftment of this dead-world which is suitably named as the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Martyaloka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the world whe
re everything is destined to be dead,\'97but He appeared before us 450 years before to tell us something of the transcendental universe where everything is permanent and everything is for the service of the Absolute. But recently Lord Chaitanya has been 
misrepresented by some designing persons, and the highest philosophy of the Lord has been misinterpreted to be the cult of the lowest type of society, and we are glad to announce tonight that our Acharyadeva with His usual kindness saved us from this hor
rible type of degradation, and therefore, let us bow down at His Lotus Feet with all humility.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gentlemen, it has been like a mania for the cultured or the uncultured society of the present day to accredit the Personality of Godhea
d in His mere impersonal feature and to stultify the Personality of Godhead as having no sense, no form, no activity, no head, no leg, and no enjoyment. This has also been the pleasure of the modern scholars due to their sheer lack of proper guidance and
 true introspection in the spiritual realm. All these empiricists think alike, as if all the enjoyable things should be monopolised by the human society, or by a particular class only, the Impersonal Godhead being a mere order-supplier for their whimsica
l feats. We are happy that we have been relieved of this horrible type of malady by the mercy of His Divine Grace Paramahansa Paribrajakacharya Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj, our eye-opener, our eternal father, our eternal preceptor and our 
eternal guide. Let us, therefore, bow down at His Lotus Feet on this auspicious day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gentlemen, although we are like ignorant children in the knowledge of the transcendence, still His Divine Grace my Gurudeva has kindled
 a small fire within us to dissipate the invincible darkness of the empirical knowledge, and we are so much so on the safe side that no amount of philosophical argument of the empiric schools of thought can deviate us an inch from the position of our ete
rnal dependence on the Lotus Feet of His Divine Grace\'97and we are prepared to challenge the most erudite scholars of the Mayavada school on this vital issue that the Personality of Godhead and His transcendental Sports in Goloka alone constitute the su
blime information of the Vedas. There are explicit indications of this in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chhandyogya Upanishada }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub espe
cially in the text\'97
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Syamatsavalam prapadye sabalatsyamam prapadye.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4ndogya Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e7y\'e4m\'e4cchaba\'f6ha\'e0 prapadye \'e7abal\'e4cchay\'e4ma\'e0 prapadye.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a\'e7ve iva rom\'e4\'ebi vidh\'fcya p\'e4pa candra iva r\'e4hormukh\'e4t pramucya.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dh\'fctv\'e4 \'e7ar\'e9ramak\'e5ta\'e0 k\'e5t\'e4tm\'e4 brahmalokamabhisa\'ecbhav\'e4m\'e9ti abhi-sa\'ecbhav\'e4m\'e9ti.}}}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.13.1]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For receiving the mercy of Krishna I surrender unto His energy (Radha), and for receiving the mercy of His energy I surrender unto Krishna.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and in the Rigveda Samhita\'97
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tadvisnoh paramampadam sadapasyanti surayah\line Diviva chahsuratatam visnoyat paramam padam.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g Veda}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.22.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Lotus Feet of the Lord Vishnu are the Supreme Objective of all the demigods. These Lotus Feet of the Lord are enlightening as the sun in the sky.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This plain thing so vividly explained in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which is the central lesson of the Vedas, is not understood, nay even suspected, by the most powerful scholars of the empiric schools. Herein lies the secret of Sree Vya
sa Puja. We are glad to meditate on the transcendental Pastimes of the Absolute Godhead; we are proud to feel that we are His eternal servitors which make us jubilant and dance with joy. All Glory to my Divine Master for it is He Who has, out of His unce
asing flow of mercy, stirred up within us such a movement of eternal existence. Let us bow down at His Lotus Feet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gentlemen, had he not appeared before us to deliver us from the thraldom of this gross worldly delusion\'97surely we should have remain
ed for lives and ages in the darkness of helpless captivity. Had he not appeared before us, we would not have been able to understand the eternal truth of the sublime teaching of Lord Chaitanya, had He not appeared before us, we could not have been able 
to know the significance of the first sloka of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmasamhita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lsvara parama Krishna sachchidananda vigrahah\line Anadivadir govindah sarva karana karanam.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Krishna who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the Origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the Pr
ime Cause of all causes."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Personally I have no hope to have any direct service for the coming crores of births of the sojourn of my life, but I am confident that some day or other I shall be
 delivered from this mire of delusion in which I am at present so deeply sunk. Therefore, let me with all my earnestness pray at the Lotus Feet of my Divine Master to let me suffer the lot which I am destined to do for all my past misdoings, but to let m
e have this power of recollection, that I am nothing but a tiny servant of the Almighty Absolute Godhead, realised through the unflinching mercy of my Divine Master. Let me, therefore, bow down at His Lotus Feet with all the humility at my command.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ABHAY CHARAN DAS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For Members, Sree Gaudlya Math, Bombay.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Book Review
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BOOK REVIEW
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 TEACHINGS OF LORD CHAITANYA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami; 292 pp., ISKCON Books, $5.95.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, foremost teacher of the Vedic science of spiritual realization in the world today, was born Abhay Charan De on Sept. 1, 1
896 in Calcutta. He attended the University of Calcutta, majoring in philosophy, English and economics, and after finishing his education took up the management of a large chemical firm. It was in 1922 that he met his spiritual master, His Divine Grace S
ri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj. From the beginning Srila Bhaktisiddhanta instructed him to bring the message of Lord Chaitanya to the Western World. In 1933, Abhay Charan De was initiated by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, and in 1944 he bega
n Back To Godhead, a semi-monthly magazine in the English language, as a first step toward fulfilling his spiritual master's order. He was recognized as Bhaktivedanta in 1947, and in 1954 he became Vanaprastha, retired from family life. In 1959 he entere
d the renounced order of spiritual life, sannyasa, and now he is known as A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was in September of 1965 that His Divine Grace arrived in the United States, seeking further to fulfill the mission given him by his
 Guru Maharaj. By July of 1966 he had gathered some disciples to him, and he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Now this society has branches in the major cities of the U.S., Canada, Britain and Germany. His Divine Grace is the au
thor of a number of other books, including "Srimad Bhagwatam" (complete in 60 volumes), "Nectar of Devotion," and the recently published "Bhagavad Gita As It Is.\'94 He has also made two LP record albums\'97"Krishna Consciousness" and "Govinda.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Swami writes out of his daily experiences with the authority of a master, so that his books are both learned and practical, instruc
tive as well as deeply moving. The present volume is a study of the sublime philosophy of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Chaitanya advented Himself in Mayapur in the town of Nadia on February 18, 1486, and from the time of His appearance He made everyone cha
nt Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Lord Chaitanya is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna Himself, advented in the present age of Kali Yuga in the garb of a devotee in order to ex
perience the bliss of devotional service and to spread love of Godhead to everyone. TEACHINGS OF LORD CHAITANYA is based on the "Chaitanya Charitamrita" by Krishnadas Kaviraj Goswami. Chaitanya Charitamrita, the topmost book in the field of spiritual sci
ence, deals with the life and precepts of Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CHAITANYA begins with the Lord's instructions to Rupa Goswami on the bank of the Ganges at Prayag. He began His teach
ing as follows: "My dear Rupa, the science of devotional service is just like a great ocean, and it is not possible to show you all the length and breadth of the great ocean. But I shall simply try to explain about the nature of the ocean by just taking 
a drop of it; and you can thus taste it and understand what is that ocean of devotional service.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chaitanya Mahaprabhu went on to teach that the human form of life is a very rare thing, and that it should not be wasted in the animal 
propensities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending. It should rather be utilized for spiritual realization. In order to do this one must receive the mercy of a bona fide spiritual master who imparts the science of devotional service to the student. T
he student receives this knowledge through submissive aural reception, and then it is his duty to faithfully carry out his master's instructions. In doing this one must be careful to avoid all offenses and obstacles on the path to pure devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sriman Mahaprabhu has explained the symptoms of pure devotion, the stages of devotional service and the development of the various "ras
as,\'94 or mellows (flavors) existing between the devotee and Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya gave all this information to Rupa so that he could write books on the subject, and one of his principal works is "Bhakti
-Rasamrita Sindbu" (literally, "The Ocean of the Pure Nectar of Devotional Service"), which A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is very kindly preparing for us now under the title "Nectar of Devotion,\'94 soon to be published.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Both Rupa and his elder brother Sanatan were important government ministers, but after meeting Lord Chaitanya they both retired from go
vernment service and became His followers. Sanatan had great difficulty in doing so, because his service was very valuable to his Moslem ruler. He was thrown in jail, but while the governor was off fighting in a neighboring province Sanatan escaped and m
ade his way through the jungles to Benares, where he joined the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord instructed Sanatan in the process of devotional service, explaining that the living entity is of superior spiritual energy, bu
t is in a marginal position. That is, sometimes he is controlled by spiritual nature and sometimes by material. If the living entity maintains his natural relationship of eternal part and parcel servitor to the Lord, he remains under the control of the s
piritual potency of the Lord. And if he forgets his relationship and tries to be independent of the Lord, he is put under the control of the inferior material potency. The only way for the materially conditioned souls to achieve perfection, therefore, is
 through devotional service or Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are three features of the Absolute\'97the impersonal Brahman effulgence, the localized Paramatman (Supersoul) manifestation and t
he Supreme Personality of Godhead. Krishna is the origin of all these forms, and He has an infinite number of personal forms, such as Vishnu, which are eternally existent in the spiritual sky. These forms are also found on this planet and within this uni
verse. Lord Chaitanya described His various types of "avataras," or incarnations, to Sanatan Goswami, and the account of this teaching in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's book will come as a distinct contribution to man's understanding of the varieties exhibit
ed by the Absolute Truth in relation to the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is the greatest of the great. No one can surpass His opulence. He possesses all fame, all beauty, all strength, all knowledge, 
all wealth and all renunciation. He is manifesting the material and spiritual universes simply through His energy. Lord Brahma, the topmost demigod in the universe, admits that he cannot conceive how great Krishna is. And it is the verdict of all Vedic l
iterature that devotional service to this Supreme Personality of Godhead is the only thing worthwhile. In order to achieve such a state of perfection, one must be favored by a great soul, a pure devotee of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya described to Sanatan some of the godly qualities of a devotee, as well as his behavior. The Lord also enunciated the dev
otional practices by which one reaches perfection. There are sixty-four items of devotional practice, and by their adoption one's devotional service gradually becomes pure. Lord Chaitanya explained devotional service according to the regulative principle
s, and He also described devotional service in attachment, which is a higher stage. The ecstasy of the Lord and His devotees, which is enjoyed according to their particular relationships on the transcendental plane. is described by the Lord to Sanatan, a
s well as the transcendental qualities of Radha and Krishna. All this and more is to be found in TEACHINGS OF LORD CHAITANYA, and the book therefore offers us a most unique insight into the very highest principles and concepts of transcendental existence
. It is unlikely that any other work in the English language can approach this sublime achievement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Lord finished His instructions, Sanatan offered his most humble prayers and asked for the Lord's benediction so that His teach
ings might fully evolve within his heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya next explained the famous "Atmarama" verse from Srimad Bhagwatam. He had previously explained it to Sarbabhouma Bhattach
arya, but at Sanatan's request He explained it again, and the Lord gave 61 different explanations of the verse. The Lord has complete knowledge which far surpasses that of any mundane scholar, no matter how great he may be. Sanatan could understand that 
Lord Chaitanya was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna Himself, and he fell down at His feet and offered Him praise.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Lord then replied to Sanatan Goswami, 'Do not try to eulogize Me in that way. Just try to understand the real nature of Srimad Bha
gwatam.\'92\'94 In this way, Lord Chaitanya did not like to be called God. His role was to act as a devotee of the Lord and to set the example of pure devotional service. He empowered Sanatan Goswami to write many books on the subject of devotional servi
ce, and Sanatan kindly carried out His order. We who are the benefactors of such sublime gifts must offer all glory to Sanatan Goswami and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu !
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While the Lord was staying at Benares He was strongly criticized by the mayavadi (impersonalist) sannyasis who resided there. Accordi
ng to their principles, "Singing, dancing, and playing on musical instruments are strictly prohibited; they are called three kinds of sinful activities. The mayavadi sannyasi is supposed to engage his valuable time in the matter of Vedanta study. When th
e mayavadi sannyasis in Benares saw that Lord Chaitanya was indulging in singing, dancing and playing musical instruments, and was always chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, they co
ncluded that this sannyasi was not educated and, out of sentiment, He was misleading some of the followers. Shankaracharya has said that a sannyasi should always be engaged in studying Vedanta, and should be satisfied simply having one cloth and nothing 
more. Lord Chaitanya was neither studying Vedanta in formality, nor did He cease from singing and dancing, and so He was criticized by all the sannyasis at Benares, as well as by their householder followers.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While two of the Lord's followers were discussing the mayavadis' criticism of Him, a brahmin came and invited Lord Chaitanya to his pla
ce, where he had also invited all the other sannyasis. The Lord accepted the invitation, taking the opportunity to meet the mayavadi sannyasis, and the next day went to the house of the brahmin. He offered His respects to all the sannyasis assembled ther
e and they returned His respects, as was usual. The Lord then had a conversation with Prakasananda Saraswati who was the chief amongst the impersonalist sannyasis.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya humbly explained His chanting of the Holy Name\'97Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Har
e Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare\'97which had been instructed to Him by His spiritual master. The Lord also gave the true explanation of the Vedanta Sutra, and refuted the impersonalist philosophy which tries to draw some concocted meaning of its own from Ve
danta Sutra. Lord Chaitanya said that Srimad Bhagwatam by Srila Vyasadeva, who also authored Vedanta Sutra, is the real commentary on the Vedanta. And Bhagwatam is the all-glorious description of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Chaitanya refused
 to attempt any indirect interpretation of the Vedanta Sutra, and then put forth the direct interpretation of each of the verses. Prakasananda and his students admitted the defect of Shankaracharya's indirect interpretation, and accepted the teaching of 
Lord Chaitanya to be correct.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One day after this incident, as He was on His way to visit the temple of Viswonath and Bindumadhav, Lord Chaitanya began charting and d
ancing in the streets. "Thousands of people were gathered around Him, and there was a roaring following the vibration of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. This vibration was so tumultuous that Prakasananda Saraswati, who was sitting nearby, came immediately along wi
th his disciples, and as soon as he saw the beautiful body of Lord Chaitanya and His nice dancing, along with His associates, he also joined and began to sing with Him: Hari! Hari! All the inhabitants of Benares were struck with wonder by seeing the danc
ing of Lord Chaitanya in ecstasy.\'94 When Lord Chaitanya stopped His chanting and dancing, Prakasananda Saraswati immediately fell at His feet and offered humble prayers to the Lord, begging His mercy and forgiveness. In this way all of Benares took up 
the chanting of the Holy Name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After taking sannyasa, Lord Chaitanya went to Jagannath Puri on the east coast of India. There He met with Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya, th
e greatest logician of that time. Sarbabhouma took compassion on the young sannyasi, and he wanted to teach the Lord Vedanta Sutra, feeling that, without such instruction, it would be difficult for the handsome young man to continue in sannyasa. The Lord
 agreed, and Sarbabhouma spoke to Him about Vedanta Sutra continually for seven days. Lord Chaitanya did not say anything during all this time, and on the eighth day the Bhattacharya enquired as to why He was so silent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya then criticized the mayavadi sannyasis who hear Vedanta Sutra simply as a formality and without any understanding. He we
nt on to say that He understood the codes of Vedanta Sutra, which are not very difficult, but that Bhattacharya's explanations obscured the real meaning. This was because Bhattacharya was trying to expound some particular doctrine of his own through the 
codes. Therefore he was giving indirect meanings and hiding the true meanings of the Sutras.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All Vedic evidence affirms the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be the final concept of the Absolute Truth. Realization of the Supreme
 Person is higher than impersonal Brahman realization or localized Supersoul realization. Vedic literature, according to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, is meant for three things\'97telling us of our relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, showing us
 how to act according to that relationship and, finally, to achieve love of Godhead as the highest perfection of life. Lord Chaitanya showed many defects in the mayavadi philosophy. By the force of His arguments and His explanation of the Atmarama Sloka 
in 61 different ways, the Lord converted Sarbabhouma into a staunch and pure devotee. Lord Chaitanya showed His mercy to the Bhattacharya, and the Bhattacharya was melted by it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was on His tour of southern India, at the bank of the river Dudabundee, He met with Sri Ramananda Roy, who
 was the governor of that province. The Lord had been requested to see this great devotee by Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya, who had previously thought Roy rather mad.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya inquired of Ramananda Roy, \'93Please quote some verses from scripture about the ultimate goal of life for the human bei
ng." Thus begins the most moving and ecstatic section of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's book, taking the reader step by step on a sublime journey to indescribable heights of transcendental consciousness. Ramananda Roy quoted several verses, which the Lord re
jected. Then, "Ramananda Roy said that devotional service without any attempt at cultivation of knowledge or mental speculation is the highest stage of perfection," and to confirm this, he gave evidence from the Srimad Bhagwatam, Tenth Canto, 14th Chapte
r.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya immediately accepted this prescription presented by Ramananda Roy, and asked him to go further in advanced devotional se
rvice. Ramananda Roy mentioned several stages of devotion, and finally concluded that love of Radha and Krishna is the highest attainment. Ramananda Roy described the Holy Rasa Dance and Radharani's special attractiveness for Krishna. He also discussed t
he most confidential dealings of Radha and Krishna, and how to gain Their service and association.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These talks between Lord Chaitanya and Ramananda Roy are on the highest spiritual level, and in order to reach this level one must appr
oach a bona fide spiritual master. A spiritual master is "a qualified person conversant with the science of Krishna.\'94 One should approach such a spiritual master with an attitude of submissive hearing and service. Then one will be eligible to achieve 
perfection. One can only approach Krishna through His representative, the spiritual master. This is also the verdict of Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After ten days of high level discussions with Ramananda Roy, Lord Chaitanya left that place, inviting Ramananda Roy to join Him at Jaga
nnath Puri, where they could spend the rest of Their lives together discussing Krishna. "After the departure of Lord Chaitanya, Ramananda Roy became overwhelmed by separation from the Lord; and he decided to retire from service just to meet the Lord agai
n at Jagannath Puri."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya is the most magnanimous appearance of Godhead, and everyone should take advantage of His sublime instructions which are 
so nicely presented to us by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami in TEACHINGS OF LORD CHAITANYA. If one is fortunate enough, he can place his faith in this book, and can enter into the transcendental association of Radha and Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prayers to the Six Goswamis
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRAYERS TO THE SIX GOSWAMIS
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by SRINIVAS ACHARYA
\par }\pard \s1773 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 1
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Goswamis, named Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Ji
va Goswami and Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami, who are always engaged in chanting the Holy Name of Krishna and dancing. They are just like the Ocean of Love for God, and as such they are popular both with the gentle and with the ruffians, because they are not 
envious of anyone; and whatever they do, they are all-pleasing to everyone. As such, they are respectful to all, because they are fully blest by Lord Chaitanya. Thus they are engaged in missionary activities meant to deliver all the conditioned souls in 
the material universe. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 2
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Goswamis, named Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Ji
va Goswami and Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami, who are very expert in studying all the revealed scriptures scrutinizingly, with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. On account of this they are honored all ov
er the three worlds, and they are worth taking shelter of because they are in the mood of the Gopis [Krishna\'92s most perfect devotees], and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of Radha and Krishna. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 3
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Goswamis, named Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Ji
va Goswami and Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami, who are very much enriched in the matter of understanding Lord Chaitanya, and who are thus expert in narrating His transcendental qualities. They can puirfy all conditioned souls from the reactions of their sinful
 activities by pouring upon them the transcendental songs about Govinda [Krishna]. As such, they are very expert in increasing the limits of the Ocean of Transcendental Bliss, and they are the saviors of the living entities from the devouring mouth of li
beration. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Goswamis, named Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Ji
va Goswami and Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami, who kicked off all associations of aristocracy as insignificant. In order to deliver the poor conditioned souls, they accepted loin cloths, treating themselves as mendicants, but they are always merged in the ecst
atic Ocean of the Gopis' love for Krishna, and bathe always and repeatedly in the waves of that Ocean. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 5
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Goswamis, named Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Ji
va Goswami and Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami, who were always engaged in worshiping Radha Krishna in the transcendental land of Vrindaban, where there are beautiful trees full of fruits and flowers, having under their roots all valuable jewels. The Goswamis a
re perfectly competent to bestow upon the living entities the greatest book of the goal of life. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 6
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Goswamis, named Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Ji
va Goswami and Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami, who were engaged in charting the Holy Name of the Lord and bowing down in a scheduled measurement. In this way, they were utilizing their valuable lives, and in executing these devotional activities they conquered
 over eating and sleeping, and were always meek and humble, enchanted by remembering the transcendental qualities of the Lord. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 7
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Goswamis, named Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Ji
va Goswami and Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami, who were sometimes on the bank of the Radha Kunda lake on the shores of the Yamuna, and sometimes in Bansibhat. There they appeared just like madmen in the full ecstasy of love for Krishna, exhibiting different tr
anscendental symptoms on their bodies, and sometimes being merged in the ecstasy of Krishna Consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1773 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 8
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances unto the six Goswamis, named Sri Sanatan Goswami, Sri Rupa Goswami, Sri Raghunath Bhatta Goswami, Sri Raghunath Das Goswami, Sri Ji
va Goswami and Sri Gopal Bhatta Goswami, who were chanting very loudly everywhere in Vrindaban, shouting as follows: "O Queen of Vrindaban\'97Radharani! O Lalita [Her associate]! O Son of Nanda Maharaj [Krishna]! Where are You all now? Are You just on th
e Hill of Goverdhan? Or are You under the trees on the bank of the Yamuna? Where are You?" These were their moods in executing Krishna Consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text describing photos on p32:\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above 
and left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Butter-churning Festival in Los Angeles.\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Music festival in Hawaii. Chanting on the beach in Atlantic City. Kirtan in a Santa Fe park.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text describing photos on p33:\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This P
age:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Buffalo.\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Prabhupada and devotees at an immense kirtan at the  university of Buffalo.\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Center Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Rupanuga Das teaching Bhakti Yoga, University of Buffalo.\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Center Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Rupanug
a Das speaking to an art festival crowd.\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bottom:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Kirtan on the University lawn.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Partial Table of Contents
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Including the only writings left by Lord Chaitanya, eight short verses that have changed the lives of millions and inspired hundred
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The task that His Divine Grace has undertaken in translating and commenting on the Srimad Bhagwatam, The Bhagavad Gita and the Tea
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2880\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Prof. Edward C. Dimock\line University of Chicago
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya, ''The Golden Avatar,'' appeared 500 years ago and over flooded all of India with the ecstasy of love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub As you read this book you will taste a drop of that nectar. One drop will transform your life.
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\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 50c
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub NEW YORK CITY\line SANKIRTAN PARTY
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON New York City
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON New York City
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this Age of Kali, characterized by chaos and quarrel, the pursuit of spiritual life is considered to be difficult. Handicapped by sy
mptomatic disturbances of the age (short life span, poor memory, and political turmoil), few if any can take up the path of self-realization by means of meditative yoga, temple worship or study of the Vedas. These methods were prescribed in other ages fo
r spiritual advancement. Despite the problems which beset us in this age of quarrel, we can take advantage of the process of Samkirtan Yajna or congregational chanting of the Holy Names of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub continued on inside back cover
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON Boston
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub continued from inside front cover
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process is especially recommended for self-realization in this age. By performance of Samkirtan, one can achieve the perfection of human life, and the process 
is so simple that anyone can take it up without qualification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, an incarnation of Krishna, advented Himself on this planet 500 years ago in India for the purpose of deliver
ing the conditioned souls from the clutches of material nature. Lord Chaitanya's appearance in the Age of Kali has particular significance because His purpose was to introduce, by His personal teachings, the most practical means of self-realization in th
is age\'97the performance of Samkirtan. Lord Chaitanya, accompanied by His associates, spread the transcendental sound vibrations of Hare Krishna throughout India by holding Samkirtan in the streets of the cities. His purpose was to reach the mass of peo
ple, and in this respect His unique movement was in contrast with temple worship, for in this way anyone anywhere could benefit from the transcendental sound vibrations of Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, spiritual master of ISKCON, is in the line of disciplic succession from Lord Chaitanya. Unde
r the directions of his spiritual master, he has come to America to spread the Samkirtan movement to the Western world. His Divine Grace has instructed his disciples to follow the example of Lord Chaitanya in chanting Hare Krishna in the streets of the c
ities and preaching Lord Chaitanya's message of Samkirtan. By following these instructions, the Society, which began as a storefront on the Lower East Side of New York City, has grown to include twenty centers in major cities of the West. Each day a Samk
irtan party from each center goes out into the streets of its respective city to chant Hare Krishna, accompanied by traditional instruments including mridunga (Indian drum) and kartals (cymbals), and to distribute literature about this important movement
. His Divine Grace says that Samkirtan is the life and soul of the Hare Krishna movement, and we, his disciples, can appreciate this insight by practical experience. Membership is rapidly increasing, and many people are taking up the charting of Hare Kri
shna due to the influence of Samkirtan. This process can be adopted by anyone at any stage of life, for anyone can chant Hare Krishna. Although simple to perform, this Samkirtan movement can bestow upon its sincere followers the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li4320\ri0\fi-360\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Rishi Kumar\line (ISKCON\'97New York)
\par }\pard \s753 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Text for picture p3
\par }\pard \s753 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 SRI SRIMAD A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI\line THE FOUNDER ACHARYA OF ISKCON AND GREATEST EXPONENT\line OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE WESTERN WORLD.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness Temples
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness Temples
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, wanted the Hare Krishna Mantra to ring in every town end city of the world to make 
one world of fully Krishna conscious servitors. His pure devotee His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami is fulfilling this Great Dream.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BERKELEY\'972710 Durant Avenue\line BOSTON\'9738-40 North Beacon St.\line BUFFALO\'9715 LaSalle Avenue\line COLUMBUS\'97318 East 2
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Friday at 7 P. M ., and every morning at 7 A.M.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Books, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 61 Second Avenue, N.Y., N.
Y. 10003. All material copyright \'a9 1969, ISKCON Books. Back to Godhead is available by subscription.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub      Founded in 1944 by
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is the International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhupada A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India on t
he order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhupada is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Chaitanya appeared in India, and from there back still further-5000 year
s\'97to the time when Krishna first spoke The Bhagavad Gita to His disciple Arjuna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no financial
 charge for learning Krishna Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of Hare Krishna. The gist of devotional service to Krishna is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with the interests of the Supreme
 Enjoyer, the Lord, Sri Krishna. The writer writes articles for Krishna, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The householders raise children in the science of God, a
nd husband and wife live in mutual cooperation for spiritual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in Krishna Consciousness means regular chanting in the
 temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of Krishna from Srimad Bhagwatam, and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of Krishna. Sankirtan\'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. Krishna Consciousne
ss is not an idler's philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the service of Krishna, anyone who takes part will experience the state of "Samadhi," ecstatic absorption in God-consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness is non-sectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by chanting 
the Holy Name of God and by hearing The Bhagavad Gita. Without knowledge and realization and loving service to the One Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the Sankirtan Movement, and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction
 made by Lord Chaitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare Krishna, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can real peace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA,\line KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/\line HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA,\line RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF ISKCON WRITE: ISKCON-NEW YORK FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The OSU Yoga Society Presents
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The OSU Yoga Society Presents
\par }\pard \s2059 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SWAMI A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA
\par }\pard \s2059 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chanting magic word formulas
\par }\pard \s2059 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA HARE RAMA
\par }\pard \s2059 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub transcendental pastimes                                              ecstatic illuminations
\par }\pard \s2059 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FREE to ALL                                                          FREE to ALL
\par }\pard \s2059 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub 8 PM MONDAY MAY 12}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\up12 th
\par }\pard \s2059 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HITCHCOCK HALL AUDITORIUM
\par }\pard \s2059 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub WOODRUFF & NEIL
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WELCOMES PRABHUPAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [EDITOR'S NOTE: On the night of May 12, 1969 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and poet Allen Ginsberg filled a camp
us auditorium at Ohio State University in Columbus to twice the capacity. About two thousand students flooded the stage and aisles, and soon after His Divine Grace led the chanting, the students jumped from their seats, crowded the stage and danced and c
hanted ecstatically to a mantra most of them had never heard before. His Divine Grace jumped up and down on the dais and threw flowers from his garland at the students who scrambled for them and then joined arms to dance. Poet Ginsberg was surprised at t
he student response and afterwards said that he had never before seen so many students "burst out their skins" to chant and dance so vigorously. The night was testimony to the immediate power of the mantra\'97one can feel its power without being acquaint
ed with the philosophy and without even previously hearing the mantra or even knowing what the words mean. The following two speeches were delivered to the students immediately after the chanting. The first, given by poet Gineberg, is an introduction to 
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's samkirtan movement. The second is A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's introduction to the simplest and most effective method of God realization\'97mantrayoga. His speech is an epitome of the basic principles underlying Krishna Conscious
ness and a challenge to the students to pursue a path of knowledge which is superterrestrial.]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ALLEN GINSBERG'S SPEECH
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The amazing thing was that everybody was able to get up and dance after sitting frozen, not knowing quite what to do. When ancient rhyt
hms are flowing through everybody's body, then certainly everybody desires to dance and sing rather than be frozen. But such is the nature of our conditioning in this which is called the Kali Yuga according to Hindu theology, Hindu religion, Hindu belief
, Hindu metaphysics, Hindu cosmography \'85 probably corresponding to what in our Western tradition we know as the Gnostic tradition through Paraceleus, Jacob Boehme and William Blake. This is an Orient version of what may be the same tradition, suppress
ed in the west when the CIA took over religion in 313 A.D. [laughter and applause] when Constantine, Caesar, made a deal with the church to suppress all alien thoughts and heresy and to formulate a square version of heaven and hell.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Kali Yuga concept is one that you can now in a sense interpret ecologically. If you have been following the scientifical pronouncem
ents of doom possibility coming over television, radio and slick magazine lately, as well as from the underground press, you'll notice that there's increasing attention to the fact that our own fecal materials, the waste products of our robots, have now 
so polluted Lake Erie that it's now a great lake of green-blue slime, biologically dead, that our atmosphere, the planetary atmosphere, is increasingly polluted with carbon wastes, and that we are so sunk in our attachment to automobile exhaust fumes, to
 sulphur wastes from great steel factories producing metals that can be sent flying to explode on the other side of the planet with the collaboration of the science faculties of such universities as this, [applause and laughter] that we find ourselves in
creasingly sunk into what is called the materialistic habit like the junkie stuck on his junk, people hooked on matter and on their own identity in matter, taking their own identity from their faces, noses, bodies and immediate physical city complex arou
nd them, not realizing another sweeter, deeper but wilder or "transcendental" identity than the identity of the one-dimensional man that Marcuse has talked about. So what we are proposing here is a modern-minded view, or some indications of a modern West
ern, i.e. Gnostic-Marcuse view of Kali Yuga as applying to our own situation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As it stands, I read in the paper today, the prognosis (according to U Thant in today's paper, according to the head of the U .N.) is t
hat mankind has almost ten years to reverse the political, social, moral, emotional course of the planet and alter our technology, alter our consciousness radically enough to preserve human existence on the planet. [applause] This is not only official U.
N. pronouncement, but it's also the pronouncement of most of the ecologists, biologists and ecosysthenic students of the planet who are presently considering the ecological disruption that we have caused through our greed and destructiveness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Oriental analysis has it, however, that we have a good deal more time. The Kali Yuga or the age of heavy metal entanglement, Iron A
ge, lasts 432,000 years, and we are only 5,000 years into it. So there is 427,000 years to go. In a conversation with Swami Bhaktivedanta today I was enquiring more about the details of the theology which I found in a book called the Bhagavat Purana. He 
explained that according to Hindu analysis we are 5,000 years into the descent from a lighter age, the Age of Brass, the disappearance of Lord Krishna, the Preserver, or the Supreme Form of the Preserver aspect of the universe, of ourselves or of Vishnu.
 The disappearance of Krishna historically is 5,000 years ago. We are 5,000 years into the Age of Iron, and we have 10,000 years in which to chant Hare Krishna, which is to say repeating the Name of the aspect of preservation, hope, that particular vibra
tion of dancing joy, transcending our cosmo-political worries. We have 10,000 years for that play, before there is a total descent into one-foot-tall monsters who will eat each other up for meat because all the vegetables have disappeared because the DDT
 has completely cleared out any biological life form except mammals who go around eating each other at that point.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have known Swami Bhaktivedanta for about three years, since he settled in the Lower East Side New York, which is my territory or my n
eighborhood. It seemed to me like a stroke of great intelligence of him to come, not as an uptown swami [laughter], but as a real down home street swami [laughter] and make it on the street in the Lower East Side and also opening a branch on Frederick St
reet in San Francisco, right in the center of Haight Ashbury neighborhood. The people who were tripping in Haight Ashbury several years ago, coming down, wanting some more permanent eternal reassurance, formula, ritual, magic, hope, feel, or truth, zeroe
d in on the Frederick Street rug laden, perfumed, incensed ashram where chanting would be heard at dawn, as they were coming down off a trip all night. A great many people who were hung on acid or other varieties of chemical psychedelics found it much mo
re stable to practice a prolonged ritual, or sadhana, following the instructions of Swami Bhaktivedanta which are old classical Indian style instructions for rituals, daily living, diet, sexuality, book-consciousness, apparel, hand gestures, a very compl
icated, ritualized yoga, a very ancient one also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I thought Swami Bhaktivedanta made a great move in coming to the Lower East Side and to Haight Ashbury and then, naturally because peop
le dig chanting, centers formed in other parts of the United States so that there are small street level houses or store front centers in Vancouver, in L.A., in Montreal, up in Buffalo, down in\'97there are some Buffalo chanters here\'97"Chant," incident
ally, comes from the word "enchant," by the way, which means to make a magical spell about oneself. There's a Santa Fe center also. In other words, the importation of a very strange Oriental form, almost a hard-shelled Baptist Oriental form in the sense 
of its traditionality and its fundamentalism, its reliance on ancient texts and interpretation of ancient texts by a long tradition of teachers \'85 it's strange that so far out and ritualized an Indian form should take root in the United States a little
 more naturally than the more protestant Vedanta Society or the extremely rigorous Zen groups that have taken root. I think partly it's due to the magnanimity or generosity by the old age charm, wisdom, cheerfulness of Swami Bhaktivedanta, his openness o
f heart, his willingness to come down onto the street and his sense of his own divinity and the divinity of others around him that it's been possible for the bhakti-yoga cult of India to be planted very firmly here in America so that now there are commun
es or ashrams functioning on the basis of the Krishna rituals, which are in some respects a model for all those anarchists and political people who are interested in establishing indigenous American communes. The regulations on food, on sexual relations,
 which generally cause much confusion in mutually held pads, the regulations on sleep and thinking process are an interesting model to study for those who are interested in forming affinity groups or large family communes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I will have my turn at language tomorrow because I am giving a poetry reading at the student union. So, I will cut myself off now and b
e brief and leave the rest of the evening to Swami Bhaktivedanta who will give a language explanation or whatever he wants to say, of the cultural or metaphysical or religious roots. So the rest of this evening Swami Bhaktivedanta will explain his Divine
 Self and then we will continue chanting. [applause]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HIS DIVINE GRACE A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI'S SPEECH
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Om ajnana timarandhasya jnananjnana salakaya chaksurumilitamyena tasmai sri gurave namah. My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much
 for your coming here and participating in this samkirtan function, or, as it is called, samkirtan yajna, sacrifice. There is a statement in Srimad Bhagavatam }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 11.5.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Samkirtanai yajnai jajantihi sumedhasah. In this age, as poet Ginsberg has explained to you, in this age which is called Kali Yuga, a
 very degraded age from the spiritual point of view and from the material point of view also, people are reduced in their duration of life, in their merciful tendency, in their strength and in their stature. If you study it scrutinizingly, you will see t
hat your stature is reducing, your memory is reducing and your duration of life is reducing in this Kali Yuga. There are many symptoms. So Bhagavat recommends performing this sacrifice or samkirtan for self realization in this age. The samkirtan yajna is
 so nice that at once you get transcendental ecstacy, and from spiritual consciousness you'll try to join. Even a child desires like that. This is the effect of the samkirtan yajna. Lord Chaitanya, the inaugurator of this movement five hundred years ago,
 says that if you chant this mantra, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, HareHare/HareRama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare then the first installment of your gain will be that all the dirty things in your heart will be cleansed. Ceta darpana ma
rjanam. Then when we are in clean heart, the next stage will be Bhava maha davagni nirvapanam. The problems of material existence will be solved, and when we are spiritually steady on this platform of samkirtan yajna, then our original consciousness, Kri
shna Consciousness and its concomitant joyfulness begin. This is also explained in Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.54]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
: brahmabhutah prasannatma na socati na kanksati samah sarvesu bhutesu mad-bhaktim labhate param. It is said there that when one comes to the platform of pure spiritual consciousness or Krishna Consciousness he becomes completely joyful\'97brahmabhuta pr
asannatma. Prasanna means joyful; atma means soul. And the symptom is na socati na kanksati: he neither laments nor hankers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In material existence we have two diseases: hankering for things which we do not possess and lamenting for things which are lost. But a
ctually we do not possess anything. Everything belongs to God. That is the Vedic injunction: Isavasya idam sarvam. Whatever we see is the property of the Supreme Lord, and this claiming that "This is my property and this is my body, this is my country, t
his is my home, this is mine, this is mine\'97" is called illusion. Actually we do not possess anything. So when you actually come to spiritual consciousness, you understand that nothing belongs to you. Brahmabhutah prasannatma na socati na kanksati. Kan
ksati means hankering and na socati means lamenting.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then the next stage is Sama sarvesu bhutesu. Then you can see everything or every living entity on an equal status. People are trying t
o come to that platform of oneness, but that is only possible when you come to the spiritual platform or Krishna Consciousness. On the material platform it is not possible. Practically we see that the United Nations is trying to come to oneness of all na
tions, but they have failed. Simply the flags are increasing. Instead of being united, we are increasing our flags. So, if you actually want oneness then you must come to that platform of brahmabhutah prasannatma\'97joyfulness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is hankering after joyfulness, but how can that joyfulness be obtained? That is explained in the Srimad Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [1.2.6]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  : Savai punsam parodharma yato bhaktiradhokshaje ahaitaki apratihata yaya atma prasidati. Atma means sou
l, yourself. Here we are all hankering after peace and tranquility. How is this possible? Bhagavat says Yaya atma suprasidati. Suprasidati means becoming completely satisfied. How is this possible? Savai punsam parodharma. That is the first class occupat
ional duty by which you develop your love of God. That is first class, the test of religion. Every religion has some conception of God. That's all right. But if by following the principles of that religion you see that you are developing your love for Go
d, then that is first class. Otherwise Bhagavat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [1.2.8]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says it is simply wasting time laboring. Dharma 
svanusthitam pumsam visvaksena kathasu yat. Note padayet ratimyadi srama eva hi kevalam. The Bhagavat says that if you are a very nice man, very honest in your occupational duty, that is all right. But if by discharging your occupational duty you do not 
develop your eagerness to understand what is God and what is love of God, then Bhagavat says that it is simply laboring and wasting time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And why should we try to increase our love of God? That is also explained. Ahoituku apratihata yaya atma suprasidati. We should love Go
d without cause, without any cause. But we go to the temple and chant with a motive. We go there and pray, "God, give us our daily bread. I have come to You for my bread." This is not love of God. This is love of bread. [applause and laughter]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has given a nice example of love. He's playing the part of Radharani. Radharani is the conjugal consort of Kris
hna. Our Krishna Consciousness is not dry. You see the picture of Radha and Krishna. Krishna is a boy sixteen-years-old and Radharani a young girl, a little younger than Krishna. They are enjoying. Radha Krishna pranaya vrikriti ahladini saktirasmat }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.5]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There are different potencies of God. Parasya sakti vividaiva sruyate. In the Vedic literatures }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7vet.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you will find that God has many energies. Parasya shakti. Shakti means energy, power. Vivedaya\'97multifarious. Parasya shakti natasya sama adhikascha drisyate\'97this is the injunction of the Vedas: Y
ou cannot find anyone equal to or greater than God. Nobody can be equal to God; nobody can be greater than God. Then it is not God. Natasya sama adhikascha. Sama means equal. Odhica means greater. They have analyzed who is God. The great sages, the liber
ated sages are not fools and rascals who will accept anyone as God. No. They will test. And this is the test. If you find somebody who is neither lower than anyone nor equal to anyone, then he is God. There are many other definitions of God. Analytical s
tudies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So try to understand God. This is the only business of the human form of life\'97not that we have simply to eat, sleep, mate and defend
. That is animal business. The animal knows how to eat, how to sleep, how to mate and how to defend, in its own way. So that is common formula for human beings or animals. But there is one other facility in the human society or in the human being. He can
 understand God, what is God. If I explain to a human being, however illiterate or uneducated he may be, if he simply has these two ears he will understand what God is. Therefore the Vedic information is called Sruti. Just try to hear. You don't have to 
be educated or literate. God has given you these two ears and you can learn. You simply have to learn from the authorized sources and then you will understand God. And when you understand God then you develop love of God, and when you develop love of God
 without any motives and without any impediments, then you will find Swamin kritarthosmi baram na yache }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 
Madhya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 22.42]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . I have no more demands. I am completely satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Try to come to this platform, the transcendental stage. You cannot be happy simply by material advancement. That is not possible. That 
is explained in the Srimad Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.5.5]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Parabhavastat abodha jatam. Everyone of us are rascals, b
orn ignorant, but we have the capacity to take the message of God from authorized sources. That we have. So Bhagavat says: Parabhayastat abodha jatam. All living entities are born ignorant, and whatever they are doing for the advancement of society, cult
ure, education is only for their ultimate defeat if they do not enquire about what they are. Parabhavastat abodha jatam yabanna jijnasita atmatattvam. Atma tattvam means so long as we do not enquire, "What am I? What is God? What is this material nature?
 What are these activities? What is our relationship?"\'97if these enquiries are not there, then all our activities are simply defeat. Parabhavastat abodha jatam yabanna pritimoyee vasudeve. As long as one does not develop his dormant love of God\'97Namn
echyate deha yogenatavat\'97he will not be able to get out of these repeated births and deaths, the transmigration of the soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This transmigration of the soul, these repeated births and deaths, is a diseased condition of the spirit soul. That you do not know. An
d in our educational system there is no department of knowledge teaching what the soul is, what is after death or what was before birth. There is no science. It is very lamentable. Education in the name of simply eating, sleeping and mating is not educat
ion. Not if my bodily conception continues. The Bhagavat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.84.13]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says: Yasya atma buddhi kunape tridh
atuke. Anyone who is thinking that his body of flesh and bones is Self\'97he is an ass. [applause and laughter] Khava means ass. And because they conceive this body to be the Self, they don't even have common reason. This bag of flesh, bone, blood, urine
, stool and secretion\'97can this be soul? Can this be Self? Yet they are exercising this body to try to find out the soul. The soul is there, but you cannot see it by material instrument. It is very fine. It is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of your
 hair. This is explained in the Vedic literature. So how can you find it with your material eyes? You cannot see it, and because you cannot see it you are concluding that there is no soul. That is ignorance. There is soul, and this body has developed on 
the platform that there is soul, and that soul is migrating from one body to another. That is called evolution, and that evolutionary process is going on through 8,400,000 species of life. There are aquatics, birds, bees, plants and so many species of li
fe, and now we have this developed consciousness, this human form of life. We should properly utilize it. That is our Krishna Consciousness movement. We're simply educating people, "Don't waste your valuable life, this human form of life. If you are miss
ing this chance, you are committing suicide." This is our propaganda.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So don't commit suicide. Take to this Krishna Consciousness. The process is very simple. You don't have to take difficult processes lik
e the yoga system or the philosophical speculative systems. Those are not possible in this age. I am not simply speaking from my own experience, but I am taking the experience of these acharyas and these stalwart sages. They say, Harer nama harer name ha
rer namaiba kevalam, kalau nasteva nasteva nasteva gatir anyatha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  17.21]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If you want to realize yourself, if you want to know what your next life will be, if you want to know what God is, if you wan
t to know what your relationship with God is, then all these things will be revealed to you, this real knowledge will be revealed by your simply chanting this mantra\'97Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Ram
a, Hare Hare. It is practical. We are not charging anything. We are not bluffing you, saying, "I shall give you some secret mantra and charge you fifty dollars." No. It is open for anyone. Please take it. That is our request. We are begging you\'97don't 
spoil your life. Please take this mantra and chant it wherever you like. There is no hard and fast rules you have to follow. Wherever you like, whenever you like, in any condition of life, just like we chanted one half hour before. Chant in any condition
 and you will feel ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So you can continue chanting this Hare Krishna mantra. It is given to you free. But if you want to know what this Hare Krishna mantra i
s, through philosophy, through knowledge, through logic, then we have volumes of books. Don't think that we are simply dancing sentimentalists. No. We have background. So try to understand this Krishna Consciousness movement. I have especially come to yo
ur country to deliver you this good message because if you accept this, if you can understand this science of Krishna Consciousness, then other parts of the world will also follow and the face of the world will be changed. That is a fact. Therefore I req
uest that you take this Hare Krishna mantra with you and chant wherever you live, in whatever condition you are in. You don't have to change.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has recommended: Sthane stitha srutigatam tanubang manobhi. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu discussed spiritual realization w
ith one of His great devotees, Ramananda Roy, and Ramananda placed before Him many theories expounded in the Vedic literature, and at last Ramananda gave this verse from Srimad Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [10.14.3]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Jnane prayasam udapasya namato eva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Don't foolishly try to speculate to understand the Unlimited. It is not possible." By your tiny senses you cannot understand the Unlimited. It is not possible. Therefore the first recommendation is Jnane prayasam udapasya: 
don't try to be a speculator to understand the Ultimate Truth. Lavandar\'97just become meek and humble. Sanmukharitam bhavadiyavartam-and try to receive the message from the authorized sources. Sthane sthita srutigatam manoghi\'97in whatever condition yo
u work, you don't have to change. You simply hear. Then a day will come when you will be able to conquer the Supreme Lord who is unconquerable. God is great. Nobody can conquer Him. But if you simply follow this process in whatever condition you are in, 
if you simply try to hear about God from authorized sources, then one day you will be able to conquer God \'85 within your hand.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is also confirmed in the Brahma Samhita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.33]}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Advaita achyuta anadiananta-rupam, Vedesu durlabha adurlabha atmabhaktai. You cannot find where God is simply by searching the Vedas or the scriptures. You have to conquer Him by your l
ove. He'll reveal Himself to you. That is also explained in The Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Tesam satata yakt
anam bhajatam pritipurvakam dadami buddhiyogam tat yena mam upayantite. Everything is clearly explained there. Please try to read this Bhagavad Gita As It Is. It is the science of God. You will understand and you will realize. And chant this Hare Krishna
 mantra. This mantra will cleanse your heart, and after your heart is cleansed, if you read one chapter of Bhagavad Gita, you will gradually understand what is God, what you are and what your relationship with God is, and when you understand all these th
ings and develop your love of God, then you will become perfectly happy. So we want to see you all happy. That is our program. }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarve}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sukhino bhavantu. Everyone of you become happy. But you must take the path of happiness. This is the path\'97Krishna Consciousness. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Ram
a, Hare Hare. Thank you.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and poet Allen Ginsberg\'97Conversations
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI AND AL
LEN GINSBERG\'97Conversations
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li1080\ri1080\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [EDITOR'S NOTE: The following conversations between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and poet All
en Ginsberg took place at the Radha Krishna Temple in Columbus, Ohio May 11, 12 and 14, just before and just after the meeting with the Ohio State student body. These conversations, packed with gems\'97anecdotes, theology, reminiscences, candid remarks, 
exhortations, Vedic allusions, wisdom, humor, prophecy and joy\'97are important because they contain succinct yet complete answers to questions many Westerners, and especially young Americans, find themselves asking\'97either verbally or emotionally\'97a
bout Krishna Consciousness. They are also important because they reveal some of the major concerns of the most important ambassador of The Bhagavad Gita to ever come to the West and this century's most famous American poet. The conversations are directly
 transcribed from tape recorder and are included in their entirety in two installments.]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [It is about 9:30 at night, May 11, 1969 at the Radha Krishna Temple, a large three-story house, in Columbus, Ohio, the
 "All-American City." Disciples of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada usher Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky into Prabhupada's room. Allen has just flown in from Louisville, Kentucky and is concluding a long tour of college poetry readings before retir
ing to his upstate New York farm. Prabhupada, recently arrived from the Boston temple, is initiating the new Columbus center. When Allen enters, Prabhupada smiles broadly.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Hare Krishna. [He offers obeisances.] So, we will sing tomorrow.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Is this your first visit here?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: The first visit, yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Do you have the whole house?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes, they are doing very nicely. At noon we had some meeting in the university [Ohio State]. Kirtan. Wherever we go, kirtan and speaking. You have seen 
our book Lord Chaitanya's Teachings? [He hands Allen a copy.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: No, I haven't seen that. That's new.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: ISKCON published. Printed where?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Japan.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Printed in Japan. Beautiful. Very industrious. It's marvelous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: The next book is coming. Nectar of Devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: What will that be, your own writing?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No. It is authorized translation of Rupa Goswami's book Bhakti-Rasamrita Sindhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Whose?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Rupa Goswami. Lord Chaitanya's principal disciple. There are six Goswamis, direct disciples of Lord Chaitanya, and three other confidentials. So amongst
 the six Goswamis, Rupa Goswami is the principal. He was finance minister in the government of Nawab Hussain Shah in Bengal. But when Lord Chaitanya started His movement he was captivated and he resigned from government service and joined. He wrote immen
se literature. I was just saying, Narottam Das Thakur says, "Ruparaghunatha pade haive akuti kave hama bujhava se jugalapiriti." One can understand the conjugal love of Radha and Krishna when he goes through the literature presented by these Goswamis. So
 this first book is Bhakti-Rasamrita Sindhu, The Ocean of Nectar of Devotion. That is a very authorized book using quotations from various Vedic literatures about Radha Krishna, and of the different stages of relationships with Krishna, shantarasa, vatsa
lya, admiration. God is great. This is also one stage, appreciating the greatness of God. Then further development, dasya, willing to serve. "Oh, God is so great. I must serve." Because every one of us is serving somebody. Why not serve the Supreme? Nobo
dy is free from service because we are constitutionally servants. Either you become a servant of the great or maya. Just like in any condition of our lives we have to abide by the laws of the state. If we say that we won't abide, then we come to the pris
on house. We will be forced. Similarly, maya and Krishna. If we don't abide by Krishna, then come to maya. We cannot be free. That is not our position. Freedom is frustration.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Do you remember a man named Richard Alpert?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: He used to work with Timothy Leary in Harvard many years ago. Then he worked in India and found a teacher and is now a disciple of Hanumanji, a devotee of Ha
numan. We were talking about maya and the present condition of America and he said that his teacher in India told him that LSD was a Christ of the Kali Yuga for Westerners in that as the Kali Yuga got thicker and thicker that also salvation would have to
 be easier and easier and\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: That is a very nice testament, that in the Kali Yuga salvation is very easier. That is the version of Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub also. But that process is this kirtan, not LSD.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Well, the reasoning there was that for those who would only accept salvation in purely material form, in chemical form finally, completely material form, Kri
shna had the humor to emerge as a pill.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: The thing is that when it is material form, then where is the salvation? It is illusion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: The subjective affect is to cut out attachment. During the\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: If you have attachment for something material, then where is this cutting attachment? LSD is a material chemical. So if you have to take shelter of LSD,
 then you take help from matter. So how are you free from matter?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: The subjective experience is that while in the state of intoxication of LSD, you realize that LSD is a material pill, and that it does not really matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: That is risky. That is risky.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So, if LSD is a material attachment, which it is, I think, then is not the sound, the sabda [sound incarnation], also a material attachment?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No. Sabda is spiritual. Originally, just like in Bible it is said, "Let there be creation." This is sound. This is spiritual sound. Creation was not the
re. The sound produced the creation. Therefore sound is originally spiritual. And from sound, sky developed, from sky air developed, from air fire developed, from fire water developed, from water land developed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Sound is the first element?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: What was the first sound, traditionally?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: The Vedas say OM. So, at least we can understand from your Bible that God said, "Let there be creation," so this is sound, and there is creation. God an
d His sound are nondifferent \'85 Absolute. I say, "Mr. Ginsberg." This sound and you are a little different. But God is not different from His energy. Sakti saktimatorabheda. Shakti (energy) and shaktimakt (the energetic) are nondifferent. Just like fir
e and heat. They are nondifferent, but heat is not fire. You cannot differentiate heat from fire or fire from heat. But fire is not heat.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Well, the sound Krishna\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes, is not different from Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Under all circumstances?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: All circumstances, yes. But it is a question of my appreciation, of my realization. That depends on my purity. Otherwise this Krishna sound and Krishna 
are nondifferent. Therefore, if we vibrate the sound Krishna, then immediately we are in contact with Krishna, and Krishna is pure spirit and immediately I become spiritualized, just like if you touch electricity, immediately you are electrified. And the
 more you become electrified, the more you become Krishnized. So when you are fully Krishnized, then you are on the Krishna platform. Tvaktadeham punarjanma naiti mameti kounteya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.9]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Then when you are fully Krishnized, you no more come back to this material existence. You remain with Krishna. The impersonalists say "merging." That is less intelligent. Merging does not mean losing individuality. Just like a green bird en
ters a green tree. It appears to be merging, but the bird has not lost his individuality. There is still individuality. Similarly, Krishna says in the Second Chapter of Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [
2.12]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that \'93I, you, Arjuna, and all these people assembled\'97it is not that they did not exist previously, neither is it that they will not exist." This means I, you and a
ll these persons were all individuals in the past. In the present we see, practically, and in the future they remain individuals. And individually we are, in our present existence, every one of us, individual. You have your individual views; I have my in
dividual views. We agree on a common platform \'85 that is a different thing \'85 but we are individuals. That is our nature. Therefore there is disagreement sometimes. So the individuality is never lost. But our proposition, bhakti marga, is to keep ind
ividuality and agree. Our surrender means we agree with Krishna in everything, although we are individual. If Krishna says that we have to die, we die, out of love. But we are individual\'97that we cannot deny. But, "Why should I die?" That prerogative I
 have got. Just like Arjuna was told, "Now I have taught you Bhagavad Gita. Now whatever you like, you do." Yatha ecchasi tatha kuru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  18.63]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . "As you like.\'94 He doesn't touch individua
lity. But Arjuna voluntarily surrendered\'97"Yes!\'94 Karisye vacanam tava. "Yes, I shall do what you ask.\'94 He changed his decision. First he decided not to fight, but then he agreed. Karisye vacanam tava. This agreement\'97this is oneness. That onene
ss does not mean to mix up homogeneously. No. He keeps his individuality and Krishna keeps His individuality. This is oneness\'97not to lose individuality. We cannot lose our individuality. We are individually made, originally. Krishna is individual, we 
are individual, everyone is individual. Merging means merging in that total agreement. That is liberation. Totally, without any disagreement. And that is the perfection: to keep individuality and agree with God in total agreement. That is perfection. And
 imperfection? So long as we are in rebellious condition, that is material. Because one who has a slightest desire to disagree with Krishna cannot live there [in Krishna's abode]. There the only predominant figure is Krishna. So those who are trained ful
ly to agree with Krishna are accepted as associates. Bhagavad Gita says }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Bahunam janmanam
ante jnanavan mam prapadyate. "After many, many births of cultivating knowledge in spiritual life, the fully conversant wise person surrenders unto Me." Bahunam janmanam. "Fully unto Me." How does he surrender? Vasudevah sarvamiti. "Ah! Krishna is everyt
hing!" The Vedanta Sutra gives hint: janmadyasya yatah. What is Brahman? What is the Supreme? Janmadyasya yatah. The answer is "Brahman is That or He who is the original Source of everything." But we have to find out Who is the original Source. So that r
equires wisdom. So when one is perfectly wise after many, many births, after culture, he sees, "Here is the Origin\'97Krishna!\'94 Vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabhah. "That mahatma, that great soul, is very rare to be seen." So we are giving the
 short cut process. What one has to attain after many, many births, we are simply saying surrender to Krishna. That is Krishna Consciousness. This is the greatest boon or contribution to the human society. And if actually one is wise, then he will take o
ur word that if one has to come to this point after many, many births, that Krishna is everything, Vasudeva sarvamiti, why not accept it immediately?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Do you take rebirth literally?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes. What is the difficulty?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: I just don't remember having been born before.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: You don't remember your childhood? That does not mean you had no childhood. Do you remember when you were a small boy? What did you do?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Certain things. Not very small, but\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Or when you were in the womb of your mother? Do you remember?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: No.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Does it mean that you were not?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: No, it does not mean that I was not.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Then that you do not remember is not a reason. That is explained in Bhagavad Gita: Dehinasmin yatha dehe koumara youvana jara tatha dehantaram prapti dh
eeras tatra na muhyati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [2.13]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Although I do not remember what I did in my mother's womb, it doe
s not mean that I had no little body. The body changes. I am there. Therefore I change this body, I remain. That is just common sense reasoning. I'm changing my body every day, every moment. Your childhood body and this body are not the same. You have ch
anged this body. But that does not mean you are a different person.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: But I have really never seen or heard anything but what I see and hear now. What I see and hear is what I can remember. I have never heard any reasonable or 
even thrilling description of previous incarnation or previous births.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: You have never heard?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: I have never heard anything sensible sounding about it, anything that actually makes me think, "Ah, that must be."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: And why not? Your body in the mother's womb from the first day of the father and mother's sex life comes just like a pea. Then it develops. So from the 
pea you have come to this point. The body is changing, so what is the astonishment if you change this body and again take another pea body? What is the difficulty to understand?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Well, the difficulty to understand would be to understand that there is any permanent being, or any continuity of any form of consciousness from one body to 
another.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Then you have to consult. Just like when you cannot understand something, you consult some great authority. Is it not?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Not enough to make me dream of it at night. No. Not enough to make me love it. Words are not enough. Authority is not enough to make me love it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: You do not accept authority?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: [Emphatically] Not enough to love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No. \'85 love, apart from love\'97consult, consult.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: No, it's not that I don't accept authority\'97it's just that I can't even understand an authority that says that I am there when I don't feel myself there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Suppose when you are in some legal trouble you go to a lawyer. Why do you say you cannot understand? When you are diseased you go to a physician. The au
thority you accept.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: In America we have had a great deal of difficulty with authority. Here it is a special problem.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No, that is misunderstanding. Our authority we have to accept. The child has to accept authority. He always asks, "Mother, what is this? Father, what is
 this?" That is the beginning point. Ask, ask, ask. That is the way of acquiring knowledge. Tat vijnartham sagurum ebam abhigacchet. The Vedic injunction is that if you want to understand that science you must go to guru.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: And you understand your previous lives from the descriptions in authoritative texts or from introspection?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No. We have to collaborate. Just like in The Bhagavad Gita it is said sucinam srimatam gehe yogabhrasto 'bhijayate. "One who could not finish this Krish
na Consciousness takes birth in two places, either in a very rich family or in a very pure brahmin family, a brahminical culture family." So from my life I experienced that when I was a very little child, six or seven years old, I was very much fond of K
rishna, and I got the opportunity of these two things. Although my father was not very rich, he was pure Vaishnav. He was a great devotee of Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: In Calcutta?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: In Calcutta. And accidentally, I was born in a very rich family. You have seen that picture in my Calcutta, dancing? Kashi Molik's family? They are very
 aristocratic family. I did not belong to that family, but I was born in that family. And from the very beginning the Kashi Molik family has a nice Radha Krishna temple. So I was standing before the Deity and I said, "Ah, here is Krishna. Ah, people say 
He is dead. How is that?" And then I asked my father, "Oh, I shall worship Krishna. Give me Deity." So my father gave me Radha Krishna and whatever I was eating, I was offering. So the statement of the Shastras and my factual experience collaborate. We h
ave to take an instance like that, you see. Sadhu shastra guru vakya. We have to test everything from three physicians: the spiritual master, scripture and holy man. Scripture means a writing just like the Bible. What is the Bible? Scripture. Why is it s
cripture? It fully contains the instruction of sadhu, holy man, of a spiritual master, Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore it is scripture. Scripture means the statement of a liberated holy man. That is sadhu. Therefore scriptures should be tested through the h
oly man and the spiritual master. The spiritual master should be tested through scripture and holy man, and holy man should be tested through spiritual master and scripture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: What is the difference between holy man and scripture?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No difference. But one has to test whether he is holy man. Then he has to collaborate it with the statement of the scripture. A spiritual master has to 
be tested whether he is holy man and whether there is collaboration with the statements of the scripture. Sadhu sastra guru vakya tinete kariya aikya. Just like in the law court, the experienced lawyer is speaking and giving evidence. Sadhu Sastra. And t
he judge is giving judgment. Here is a statement, here is a law book. So the judge is also testing how the lawyer is speaking and how it is collaborating with the law book. Similarly, everything has to be tested in that way. The scripture should be consu
lted, and we should not accept any man as spiritual master or holy man if he does not collaborate with the statements of the scripture. He should be rejected.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: What should we sing tomorrow? Have you thought of an arrangement for the program?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: As you like.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HAYAGRIVA: We have the auditorium which will seat at least one thousand. Then maybe five hundred or more can stand or sit on stage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: So how are you feeling about chanting?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: I have been chanting steadily all along now. I enjoy it more and more. Lately Peter and I have been chanting together on stages and lately we have been singi
ng Ragupati Raghava Raja Ram. Is that part of your canon also?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No, there is no harm, but this chanting of Hare Krishna mantra is recommended in the scripture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: The Hare Krishna is the most pleasing of the chanting as far as I am concerned. Do you want to do that continuously or do you want any other, like Gopala?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: I think that this Hare Krishna should be chanted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: See, we have two and a half hours.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: In the beginning we should have kirtan and at the end we should have kirtan and in the middle we can speak. You can speak about Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: I think you had better speak because you are more eloquent on it, and you understand in the language what you want to say.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: I will speak. You will also speak.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: You might not like what I say. [laughs]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: So you say how you are experiencing. That is all right. Yat yat bibhutimat sattva. You have Krishna's blessings upon you. You are not ordinary man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: I am not certain that I am worthy of that.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: That's all right. But I know that you are not ordinary man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Well \'85 I recently stopped smoking, by the way, finally. With a car crash I quit. But I haven't stopped eating meat. So what is the\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: You remain with us for about three months. Then you forget. You remain with us. [everyone laughs] With your associates just come to New Vrindaban and we
 shall live together.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: You have a farm there?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes. And you will forget everything. Fully Krishna conscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: We have a farm also now in upstate New York. We have a vegetarian table also in the farm. We have a cow, goats. But\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: From an economic point of view, if one man has a cow and four acres of land he has no economic problem. That we want to start. He can independently live
 in any part of the world. Simply he must have one cow and four acres of land. So let the people be divided in four acres of land and a cow and there will be no economic question. All the factories will be closed. [everyone laughs]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   [At this point, Allen and some of the New Vrindaban members discuss some of the problems of farming.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: There is a proverb that agriculture is the noblest profession. Is it not?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: And Krishna was a farmer, cowherd boy. Yes, and in Vedic literature you will find that the richest man is estimated by the possession of grains and cows
. If he has sufficient quantity of grains, then he is rich. And actually that is a fact. Keep cows and have sufficient grains and the whole economic problem is solved. As for eating and sleeping \'85 you can take some wood and four pillows. Of course in 
your country it is cold, but in India all year they are lying under the sky.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Men lived this way for 20,000-30,000 years. Till the 19th Century.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: We have to think, "Plain living, high thinking.\'94 The necessities of this bodily existence should be minimized\'97not unhealthy, but healthy to keep o
neself fit. But the time should be utilized to develop Krishna Consciousness, spiritual life. Then his whole problem is solved.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So tomorrow we will be chanting. Now the next question I had in mind, we'll be doing kirtan, then language, speech, then end with kirtan.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Language is also kirtan. Kirtan means glorifying. That is kirtan. Just like Sukhadeva Goswami continually spoke to Maharaj Parikshit. That is also state
d: Sri visnu sravane pariksit avavad vaiasakikirtane. The son of Vyasadeva, Sukhadeva Goswami, became liberated simply by kirtan. But what is that kirtan? He never played musically; he simply explained Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is also kirtan. This is called samkirtan.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   [At this point,. Allen and Hayagriva discuss the technical plans and the music for the chanting scheduled at Ohio State the next night. Finally Allen changes the 
subject to poetry.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Let's check the pitch of the harmoniums tomorrow. [to Prabhupada] I have been learning to write music. My guru was a poet named William Blake. You know Blake
?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes, I know Blake.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So, I have been writing music. He is a lot like Kabir. I have been learning to meditate music in singing songs by William Blake, which I have written music t
o. So those are in the wind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: I can give you so many songs.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Would you like to hear one of the Blake songs?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   [Allen and Peter harmonize and sing Blake's "To Tirzah." Prabhupada listens with open-eyed amusement and delight.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN AND PETER:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Whate\'92er is born of mortal birth\line Must be consumed with the earth,\line To rise from generation free;
\line Then what have I to do with thee?
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Thou, Mother of my mortal part,\line With cruelty didst mould my heart,\line And with false self-deceiving te
ars\line Didst bind my nostrils, eyes and ears;
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Didst close my tongue in senseless clay,\line And me to mortal life betray:\line The death of Jesus set me fr
ee:\line Then what have I to do with thee?\line It is raised\'97a spiritual body!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: He believed in spiritual body. That is nice. That is Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: He apparently fits into the West into what is called the Gnostic tradition, which has similar bhakti ideas related to the Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Simi
lar cosmology. He was my teacher.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: He did not give much stress to this material body?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: No, at the end of his life he didn't.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HAYAGRIVA: Blake died chanting.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   [Allen and Peter then sing Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper." Afterwards one of Prabhupada's disciples announces that it is five to eleven.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Let everybody retire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: So, Mr. Ginsberg, you take first of all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   [Prabhupada offers him two flower garlands from the picture of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati. They are put around Allen's neck and Allen offers obeisances.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Thank you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   [The next day, May 12th, Allen comes in early in the morning, having spent the night at the temple. Prabhupada immediately suggests that he write poetry on the su
bjects and pastimes of Krishna. He mentions one of the peculiar qualifications of a devotee, that of lunacy.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: The poet, the lover and the lunatic. [He laughs] So the Krishna lover is also another kind of lunatic or poet, you see.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Except that it [writing of Krishna] would mean concentrating all my consciousness on the one single image of Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Not image.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Or the one single thought or name or feeling or awareness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: So for that we have varieties of duties. You are seeing that all these boys are always engaged. Similarly, everywhere they are always engaged in Krishna
. We even want extra time for the service of Krishna. Twenty-four hours are not sufficient for us. Yes, then we shall see that we are sleeping, wasting time. The Goswamis used to sleep for one half hour only, and that was sometimes forgot.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: [laughs] To dream?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Always engaged! Thousands of books they have written. If there was no writing, there was chanting, dancing, talking \'85 engaged in Krishna Consciousnes
s always. That we have been taught by our Guru Maharaj\'97twenty-four hours engagement with Krishna. So maya has no scope to enter in our minds. She always remains here, therefore here is fire, I cannot touch. Bhaktidas says, Bhakti yadistaee bhagaban st
hiratarasyat daivena phalatidivya kishora murti. Mukti mukulitanjali sevate asman dharmartha kama samaya pratiksa. Vilvamangala, a great devotee, executed devotional service for seven hundred years. He lived for seven hundred years in Vrindaban. In that 
picture you have seen Surudas?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Surudas? The poet?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes, he is known as Surudas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Teacher of Tulsidas? Or student of Tulsidas?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: He may be different, but Vilvamangala Thakur was also blind. You know the story of Vilvamangala? Vilvamangala Thakur, in his previous-life, elevated him
self to the loving stage of Krishna. Not exactly \'85 the stage just previous\'97bhava, ecstasy. But somehow or other he could not finish, so according to the instruction of Bhagavad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [6.41]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he was given birth in a nice brahmin family. Sucinam srimatam gehe \'85 a rich family and at the same time a brahmin family. But richness generally or s
ometimes leads down to wine, women and intoxication. So by bad company he became a woman hunter, prostitute hunter. He was too much addicted to one woman\'97Chintamani. So his father died and he did not marry what in your country is called a girl friend 
and in our country is called a prostitute. So he was nuts about that prostitute, Chintamani. He was performing the rituals, but he was thinking of his girl friend Chintamani\'97"When I shall go there\'97" So he asked his servants, "Oh, give me some food 
and I shall go to Chintamani." Anyway, he performed rituals, or did not perform, for his mind was there, and he took some nice foodstuffs, and then he went. There was a big river and it was raining heavily, and the river was flooded, so he thought, "How 
shall I go to the other side?\'94 One dead body was floating and he thought it was a log, so he took the help of the dead body and went to the other side. And it was heavily raining, and then when he reached Chintamani's home, he saw the door was locked.
 So he jumped over the wall by taking the tail of a serpent, and when he reached inside the locked door, Chintamani was astonished and asked, "How did you come?" So he told her he had to cross the river. He said everything like, "Oh, I cannot stay withou
t you.\'94 So, she was very much inquisitive. "Oh, how did you come? How did you jump over this wall?" He told her everything. So at that time Chintamani thought, "Oh, this man is so much addicted to me." Then she told him, "If this much attraction you h
ave for Krishna, oh, how nice your life would be." So immediately he took to sannyas because he was addicted to that position in his previous life. Immediately he left. He was going alone to Vrindaban, and on the way he saw another beautiful woman. His b
usiness was to be attracted by woman, so he again became attracted, and he followed her. This woman, after entering her home, told her husband, "This man has been following me from a distant place." Then the husband asked him, seeing he was a rich man, a
 brahmin, "What is this?" And he said, "Oh, I've been attracted by your wife, by the beauty of your wife!\'94 "All right, come on! You enjoy my wife. You are brahmin.\'94 So he was received well, and at night he was given a place. Then he asked that woma
n, "Mother, will you give me your hairpin?" So he took the hairpin and pushed it in his eyes. "Ah, these eyes are my enemy." Then he became blind, and in that blindness he was worshipping Krishna and Krishna was coming to him, and he'd sing, dance and su
pply milk. So this Vilvamangala Thakur wrote one book, Krishna Karnamritam, which is very valuable. That was very highly esteemed by Lord Chaitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: What century is that?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Vilvamangala Thakur was some seven hundred years ago. There are many poets. He was a great poet. If you read this Krishna Karnamritam poetry, oh you wil
l find \'85 [laughs] There are many nice poets.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Jayadev I know. And I know some Baul poetry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: You just try to read this Narottamdas Thakur especially. That song you were reading last night, "Nitai Pada Kamala,\'94 is Narottamdas Thakur's. Oh, for
 the Vaishnav, to become poet is another qualification. Vaishnav has twenty-six qualifications. [laughs] And one of them is to become poetical. All the Vaishnavas are poets. [laughs]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REKA: Because they are so deep in love with God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Poetry comes out of deep love for something.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   [One of Prabhupada's disciples, Hrishikesh, reads a list outlining the twenty-six qualifications for a devotee.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Whose list is that? Is that an old list or did you make that up for young Americans?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No. It is taken from Vaisnava Shastra. This is a test to see whether you are becoming Krishna conscious or not. You have to test yourself, whether you a
re developing these qualities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: I am slowly developing all qualities except sanity. [all laugh]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Insanity for seeking Krishna, that is required. Yes, unless you become insane after Krishna \'85 Just like Lord Chaitanya. His wish was to become insane
 after Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Is Kabir in the Vaishnav tradition? What tradition is he in actually? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: He is impersonalist on the whole. And he has some Vaishnav thought, that's all. Perverted thoughts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So who is the most perfect of the Vaishnav poets? Mirabai? Have you used her songs here?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes. In India she is very popular. Most of her poems are written in Hindi and some of them have been interpreted. Mirabai was a devotee. She saw Rupa Go
swami and she has written many poems.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Oh, she was a contemporary of Chaitanya?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Did they meet?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No. She appreciated the fact that Lord Chaitanya is Krishna, and she has written a song that "Now You have left aside Your flute and now have taken a sa
nnyasi garb.\'94 In that way she has written nice poetry. "And where is Your hair and peacock feather? Now You are bald headed." In this way she appreciated. Her life was also excellent. Her father gave her a small Krishna doll to play with and she devel
oped love of Krishna as husband.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: What position does Ananda Mayima have now?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: She is also impersonalist. She is not a devotee. There are many impersonalists. They take advantage. They say, "Chaitanya's path and Sankara's math.\'94
 Follow the principle of Chaitanya, but ultimately take the conclusion of Sankara. That means\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: What was the conclusion of Sankaracharya?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Sankaracharya's conclusion was to defeat Buddhism. They did not know it, but actually when there was too much animal killing and people became almost at
heists under the shadow of Vedic rituals, Lord Buddha appeared. He wanted to stop man from the sinful activities of killing unnecessarily under the plea of Vedas. So he invented ahimsa, non-violence. And because people will give evidence, so they use the
 Vedas. They are not following actually the Vedic rituals, but they are just like crooked lawyers who take advantage of law books. So Lord Buddha said, "I do not follow Vedic rituals; I have nothing to do with Vedas. This is my own formula." Jayadeva has
 written one prayer, so Vaishnavas will understand how God is great: Nindasi yajnabidhe rahaha sruti jatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Da\'e7\'e4vat\'e4ra-stotra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . "My dear Lord, now You have appeared as Lord Buddha. You are decrying the Vedic rituals.\'94 Sruti jatam means Vedic. Why? Sadaya hridaya darsita pasughatam. "You are so compassionate to see the poor animals being killed unnece
ssarily." Kesava dhrite buddha sarira jaya jagadisa hare. "All glories to Jagadisa. You have now assumed the form of Lord Buddha. And You are playing His pastimes.\'94 So Lord Buddha is accepted as an incarnation of Krishna. In Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is stated that He is the ninth incarnation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Who was eighth?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Eight was Valadeva, Krishna's elder brother, Balaram.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Buddha is ninth and Valadeva is eighth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: The tenth is KaIki.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: What is Kalki's nature?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Kalki's nature is described in Bhagavatam. He'll come just like a prince, royal dress with sword and on horseback, simply killing, no preaching. All ras
cals killed. No more preaching. [Allen laughs.] You laugh, but they will have no brain to understand what is God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: There'll be no brain to understand God?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: They'll be so dull ... so dull.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: It requires brain to understand, just like in the Bhagavat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.2.20] }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is stated Evam prasanna manaso bhagabat bhakti yogatah \'85 fully joyful by Bhakti Yoga. Bhagavat tattva vijnam muktasamgasya jayate. And freed from all material contamination. 
He can understand God. Do you think God is such a cheap thing that everyone will understand? Because they do not understand they present some nonsense. "God is like this, God is like that, God is \'85\'94 And when God Himself comes and says, "Here I am. 
Krishna," they don't accept it. They create their own God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So, Kalki comes at the end of Kali Yuga?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Is Kalki connected with the Kali Yuga cycle?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes, Kalki. Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So He would come at the end of the Kali Yuga to end the Yuga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Then Satya Yuga will begin.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Which is?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Satvic means pious. People will be pious, truthful, long living.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Are those the people who remain or whatever new creation comes out of destruction?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Some of them will remain. It will not be completely extinguished. Some of them will remain, the pious. Paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskritam. All m
iscreants will be killed and out of them there must be some pious to remain.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Do you think of this in terms of an historical event that will occur in the lifetime of your disciples?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No. This will happen at least 400,000 years from now, at least. So at that time my disciples will be with Krishna. [Everyone laughs joyfully.] And those
 who will not follow them \'85 they will see the fun. [laughs]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Will people still be chanting Hare Krishna in 400,000 years?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No. Hare Krishna will be finished within 10,000 years. There will be no more Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So what will be left?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Nothing. There will be I shall kill you and eat you, and you shall kill me and eat me. That will be left. There will be no grain, no milk, no sugar, no 
fruit, so I will have to eat you, and you will have to eat me. Full facility for meat eating. [Everyone laughs.] Krishna is very kind. [Laughter again] He will give facility. "All right, why cows and calves? You take your own son."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Just like serpents, they eat their own offsprings. Tigers. So this will all happen. There will be no brain to understand, no preacher, nothing else. So,
 go to the dogs. And then Krishna will come. "All right, let me kill you so that you are saved."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Do you see it as actually a historical thing in 10,000 years for the chanting or the diminishing chanting of Hare Krishna?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Well, then do you think that more people would chant Hare Krishna? Or fewer?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Oh yes, more people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Until?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Up to 10,000 years.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Then?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Then diminish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So what is the purpose of right now in a world increase?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: People will take advantage of this, up to 10,000 years.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: This is like the last rope.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: The last gasp. [laughter]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: So, the sooner we take shelter of Krishna Consciousness \'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Then according to Vedic theory, when did this Yuga begin?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Kali Yuga has begun 5,000 years ago.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KIRTANANANDA MAHARAJ: This wave within Kali Yuga in which Hare Krishna increases and then diminishes lasts about 10,000 years, and that began five hundred years ago
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: The duration of Kali Yuga is 432,000 years. Out of that we have passed 5,000 years. There is balance of 427,000 years. Out of that, 10,000 years is noth
ing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes. Where is all this stated?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Vedic literature. Bhagavat Purana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Bhagavat Purana has the detailed analysis of what goes on in the Kali Yuga? There are some translations of that?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: In the Twelfth Canto, Kali Yuga descriptions are there, and you will find now all the descriptions are coming true. There is one statement: Svikarameva 
hi udbahe. "Marriage will be performed simply by agreement.\'94 And that is being done. And, Labanyam Kesadharanam. "People will think that one becomes very beautiful by keeping a bunch of hairs.\'94 That is coming true. These are written there. All thin
gs are there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: In the Bhagavat Puranam is there also provision for the Chaitanya cult?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Oh yes. Krisna barnam tvisa a Krisnam. That is in the book Teachings of Lord Chaitanya. It is the first quotation there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So it is on this quotation from Bhagavat Puranam that Chaitanya built His system?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: No, no. That is a program already presented, and He came to execute the program, just like our meeting is already programmed. I come and execute it. Tha
t's all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: It is said, \'93In the Kali Yuga the Supreme Lord comes as One Who always chants the Holy Name of Sri Krishna, Who is Sri Krishna Himself, Whose complex
ion is yellow.\'94 You'll see this in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11th Canto, 5th Chapter, 32 verse. So we
 have accepted Lord Chaitanya as Krishna not impractically. There are evidences in Upanishads, Mahabharata, Puranas, in Bhagavat, all Vedic scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Well, then within this period of 10,000 years, only those who hear Krishna's Name can worship Krishna by chanting.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Kirtanateva Krisnasya muktasamga param brajet. That is also stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So also only those who practice Krishna chanting can get moksha? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Can be immediately liberated and go back to home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: And everybody else gets involved deeper and deeper in the Yuga. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes. So if anyone believes in the Shastras, he should take to this Krishna Consciousness. That is intelligence\'97to take advantage of authorized script
ures. You will find in the Bhagavata that there is history of Chandragupta and that Germans will become kings, that means English occupation, Mohammedan occupation, Kikitesu, meaning the Bihar province in India. Bhavisyati \'85 because Bhagavat Puranam w
as written 5,000 years ago and Lord Buddha appeared about 2,600 years ago. So therefore it is stated Bhavisyati. "In future, just in the beginning of the Kali Yuga, the Lord will appear as Buddha, his mother's name will be Anjanasuta and his business wil
l be to cheat the atheists."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: To cheat the atheists?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes. Sanmohaya suradvisam. Suradvisam means atheist. Suradvisam\'97those who are envious of the Lord's devotees \'85 that means atheists. So, to bewilde
r \'85 what is that bewildering? The atheists became so much absorbed in this animal killing that they forgot everything about God. So they say, "What is God? It does not matter.\'94 Lord Buddha says, "Yes, there is no God. There is no God. Void. But wha
t I say, you follow. Yes, that is all right." But He is God. Is this not cheating? [laughs]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Well, yes, except that He claims to neither be God nor not God. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: But He does not say that I am God; He says that there is no God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: No, He doesn't saythat there is no God either. He says\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: That's it, that's it anyway. [laughs]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: All conceptions of the existence of the Self as well as all conceptions of the non-existence of the Self as well as all conceptions of the existence of the S
upreme Self, as well as all the conceptions of the non-existence of the Supreme Self are equally arbitrary, being only conceptions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes, that is jugglery of words, but the principle is that they did not believe in God. So still the Buddhists say they don't believe in God. But they ar
e worshipping God, Lord Buddha. There are so many temples. In the same way as we worship. This is transcendental cheating.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Transcendental cheating. [laughter]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Just like sometimes the father has to cheat his child. That is not cheating. That is welfare. But apparently he likes cheating, you see. The child is in
sistent on some point. "Yes, yes, you are right. But you do it like this and you are a very good boy." But in Vaishnav Vedic literature He [Buddha] is God. The godless are worshipping God in a different way. If there is nothing, why should they worship B
uddha?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Well, strictly speaking, one does not worship Buddha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: There are big, big temples in Burma and Japan\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: But the practice in the temples is\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Maybe. That is a little different, that is all. But the temple worship, the God is there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: In Zen Buddhism and in\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: That is later invention. Originally, the statue of Lord Buddha was worshipped all over.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Originally there was no Buddha, there was a wheel for the doctrine, the dharma, a wheel and then a parasol.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: But we can see from historical, archaeological evidences that\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Then when the Europeans came to India\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: It is not a question of Europeans.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN:\'97then they made a statue of a human faced Buddha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REKA (Bengali lady): No, no. It was much different than that. Because I saw the great posture of Buddha, the way He died in a little village, I saw Buddha in the ni
rvana, a twenty-two foot gold statue, just the way he lied when He died. Paranirvana pose, exactly twenty-two feet long. And it was made just after His death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: What I had understood was that like the Jews and the Muslims, in the original first few centuries of Buddhist meditation, made use of a wheel for the dharma 
or parasolor a bo tree as the image of Buddha, but no\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REKA: When Buddha died, they started making statues of Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes, that is the archaeological evidence. Archaeological evidence is that Buddha statues are worshipped.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: The museum at Mathura has the earliest human statues which\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Buddha is worshipped by the statue. That is historical. And there are many temples in Burma, China, Japan, Buddhist temples. But these Buddhist temples 
began not exactly after Buddha's disappearance, at least 1,000 years later. That is a fact.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes, that is much later.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes, much later. Because when Buddhism was driven out of India, then in Japan and China the Buddhists became Taoists. That is almost after 1,000 years. 
Otherwise, all India was Buddhist, the whole of India. Sometimes the Jagannath temples are sometimes interpreted (actually it is not so) to be Buddhist.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: I think I told you I had darshan with Jagannath.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Oh?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes, I got inside the temple. I was silent and made believe I was a madman. I had long hair and white pajamas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Just like some Punjabi.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So I went inside and when anybody came to ask me anything I was afraid of opening my mouth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: There is no enemy of the dumb. Bobarsatrunai.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So I just kept my mouth closed and got down on my knees and touched their feet, so they all thought that I was crazy and they kept away from me. [Laughter]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: So you had a nice view of Jagannath?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes. It was very beautiful. I was there, with Peter also, for about a week. Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: So, you were there several times?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: One time. I was afraid to go in and out many times. I figured I got away with it once and I didn't went to\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: In that Aquarian Gospel it says that the Lord Jesus Christ lived in the Jagannath Temple. He was thick and thin with the priests. One preacher was very 
friendly. And he was discussing philosophical subjects with them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: So according to the Aquarian Gospel Christ was in Jagannath Puri.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes. And He saw Rathayatra, as we are performing in San Francisco.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: So Lord Jesus Christ saw.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: We went to Mathura also. We were on the road several days. In Vrindaban for about a week.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: You stayed there in Vrindaban?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes, for about a week.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: You have seen Vrindaban nicely?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Well, we went from one temple to another, sang, sat by the River, went to the little garden where the tree is and met two bhakti devotees I mentioned, Sri Ma
ta Krishnaji and Banki Behari.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Banki Behari?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes. They translated from Mirabai into English. Good translations. They were published in the Barati Vidya Bhavan series. They have about four or five books.
 One Sufis, Yogis, Saints, Poets, like Muktesvara. And then another of Mira, two volumes of Mira and then a life of Mira. And one on the Kumbha Mela.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: They're good scholars?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes, good scholars. They know Blake also. They know English.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: In which year have you been in Vrindaban?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Oh, 1962 in Vrindaban.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Oh, at that time I was there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: Yes, we probably passed on the street. [both laugh] You were there then? 1962?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: Yes, I left Vrindaban in 1965. From 1956 I was there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: I would like to go and live there for a while and stay. I liked it when I was there. It would be a good place to live.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HAYAGRIVA: Are you going there next year?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALLEN: I think pretty soon I will be going back. I have to stabilize the farm. Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   [Allen offers obeisances and takes leave.]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 "Krishna's Number One"
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub "KRISHNA'S NUMBER ONE"
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS\line WRITE THEIR REACTIONS TO\line HARE KRISHNA
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Editor's Note: Below are excerpts taken from the essays of sixteen Ohio State University freshman students who wrote
 their reactions to Hare Krishna and A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami for their freshman English class. These are interesting testimonies because they come not from San Francisco hippies or New York mystics, but from Mid-Western, middle-class, middle-brow Americ
an teenagers who are just beginning their college careers. Out of about a hundred similar themes, these statements are typical. They verify Lord Chaitanya's teaching that Hare Krishna is for all types of men in all places at all times.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It was with eager anticipation that I entered Hitchcock Hall Auditorium on May 12. All around me were different types of people, of al
l ages. There were a few adults, perhaps professors, who were still in their business suits. Many students were dressed in skirts and sweaters or jeans and a shirt. But there were many shudents who had come barefoot, wearing bells and beads. Downstairs, 
the entire stage was filled, and all the people reminded me of a can of sardines, it was so crowded. My mind wandered as I looked at all the faces, and I wondered what they were thinking, expecting. The magical chanting began and people all around the st
age were beginning to sway with the beat of the drums, clapping their hands and chanting the words, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna. At first, most of the people in the balcony hesitated to join in the chant and clap their hands. It was as if we in the balcon
y were separated from those people on the ground floor, as if we were just watching, but not participating. Gradually, however, we too began to feel the beat of the drums awakening within us, and before I knew it, the entire audience in the balcony was a
lso caught in the magical rhythm of the chant. People around me were standing, as if mysteriously enticed out of their seats by a strange force. I too was hypnotized by the beat of the drums and rhythmic chanting of the words. People below us were joinin
g in circles, wildly lost in their own gyrations, conscious only of the drums and the complete content that overwhelmed them. To me, it was as if I were really 'high,' and able to release all my inner anxieties and frustrations. I was swept with exhilira
tion and it was a great feeling to know that I could scream the words as loud as I wanted, and nobody would care. Flowers were thrown to the audience. It was as if everyone had taken a 'magical mystery tour.' Before I realized where the time had gone, th
e evening was over. As Mardel and I slowly left our seats and walked down the stairs, we saw many people milling about the building. Little was said between us, for we were each engrossed in our own thoughts, still not entirely believing what we had just
 witnessed and participated in. Yet we both know that, indeed, something magical had occurred, if only because of the satisfaction that we carried home with us in our hearts."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Marilyn Byrne
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It is hard to begin to write of a night, of an experience, where so much has happened at once, an experience in which one actually fee
ls a part of a large group, an experience which draws one from his chair and moves his lips to a chant, and an experience which provokes one to thought. To have all this in one night is a rarity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I arrived at the scene of the meeting, Hitchcock Hall, about a half-hour early, hoping to get a good seat. When I entered the building
 I was truly surprised. It was packed. The halls were packed; so were the seats, the aisles, the balcony, and the stage. I pushed my way through the crowd into the auditorium and finally squeezed into a seat. I was really tight until the session began.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I looked around at the huge crowd and after sizing it up (hip, straight, curious) I looked to the stage. The first person I noticed wa
s Mr. Wheeler (my English teacher) on stage close to Swami Bhaktivedanta. He beat out the rhythm on a large drum for the chanting. Also on stage I saw Allen Ginsberg, who was discussing microphone difficulty with one of the sound equipment people. Most i
mpressively and most importantly sat Swami Bhaktivedanta, surrounded by his pupils and a mass of people on the stage. While I was looking around I noticed the noise, people talking, doors buzzing, and mikes screeching, but soon quiet was indeed heard. Th
e Swami was seated and the meeting began.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The first chant began, led by the Swami. The chant, Hare Krishna, was sung slowly until the words were memorized, and then it began to
 gain in strength and speed. The chanting, coupled with the reaction of the mass of people, made me tingle. At first I thought the people dancing on the stage were phony, but by chanting and dancing and concentrating on the chant I suddenly felt free and
 happy. Just to forget the problems I had and express myself in such a way (chanting and dancing) was a unique and indeed pleasant experience. I can say that for the first time in a long time I felt I had no problems. The mantra was quite effective. From
 the chanting the program moved to Allen Gineberg's introduction to the Swami and the message and philosophy of Swami Bhaktivedanta."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Julie Fishley
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I was a little hesitant at the beginning of the chanting of Hare Krishna, but after seeing that everyone else was joining in I did the
 same. It was fantastic. The more I repeated the words of the mantra the better I felt. A strange feeling seemed to seize control of my entire body. My mind became disconnected from material matters, and all of my energy seemed dedicated to achieving wha
t the Swami later said was a complete state of consciousness. The musical instruments seemed to fit all of the chanting together into a perfect rhythm which made me want to clap and dance. I thought the chanting of Hare Krishna to be a truly different ex
perience, and I must say it really turned me on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Swami Bhaktivedanta's speech was very stimulating. It helped me find something that I have been searching for for a long time. He said
 when you find God you will be filled with the love of God and you will be satisfied. The Swami's speech inspired me to search deeper for the love of God. He said that one would need a clean heart and an open mind. I am now trying to accomplish this, and
 I must say it is an extremely hard thing to do. I believe I am gaining a new outlook on life, and it is a very wonderful feeling. I received a great deal of understanding from this meeting and when I left I had really gained something."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Jeff Hunsaker
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I found worth in the speeches. I think that the Swami really makes good sense. His speech involving materialism was excellent. It made
 me reflect upon myself and my goals. I wholeheartedly agree with him on the subject. It made me realize that most people only concern themselves with monetary possessions. They work and strive all of their lives for money and everything concrete which i
t can buy. There are so many important things of value which money cannot buy. No one truly appreciates them until they are gone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Fortunately, I happened to notice a few of my friends in the audience. They have been repeatedly warned against materialism. When I di
scovered the nature of the speech, I suspected that they would immediately be rude and 'turn off' the Swami. It was interesting to note their reactions. They sat perfectly still and paid full attention to the Swami. It seemed that he had a sort of hypnot
ic control over them. Later, I asked them what they thought of the purport of the speeches. Two of them thought they were good and were beginning to realize their 'mistake.' The other one listened, but is too deep in materialism to take heed to advice. T
o get through to two out of three persons deserves credit."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Sandra Homer
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Only a few of the more daring joined the chanting in the beginning, but as it went on, those less daring were made to feel left out an
d soon joined the others. Those on stage were in their zenith; their faces flowed with wide smiles. To sit there and merely watch gave one an inner desire to stand up and become a part of this. More and more of the audience gave in to this desire and beg
an clapping their hands and chanting as the session went on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Suddenly a summit was reached and the atmosphere overwhelmed everyone\'97the constant clanging produced by the Swami, the incessant rh
ythm of the drum, the buzzing background sound of the sitar and the clapping of the audience caused an emotional catharsis, as if everyone were summoned by a divine force. They all rose at once, and started chanting. The inner emotion proved overpowering
, and I found myself rising and clapping my hands as I began to chant. It was wonderful. Everywhere there were smiling faces and happiness poured over everyone like a sparkling liquid. At the end, everyone sat down; I was left with an empty feeling as if
 something had been taken away from me. I wanted to chant some more."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97George Sims
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "During the middle of the chant, I found myself almost lost in the continuous rhythm of Hare Krishna. Obviously the chanting had the sa
me effect on most of the audience. The same people who walked into Hitchcock Hall sure that they could not be moved by the chanting, left the building feeling a little removed from mundane reality. I found the entire evening an enlightening experience, a
nd I feel that anyone who believes in anything as strongly as those who believe in Krishna consciousness should be respected for it."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Judith Hirsh
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I was impressed most by the Swami's philosophy of God. I understood this philosophy to mean that the only way to happiness is through 
God. He said that one cannot achieve happiness from liquor, drugs, cigarettes, and other vices which are entirely material and cannot make one spiritually content. One must have spiritual enlightenment, and this can be had through the chanting of Hare Kr
ishna. This chant excites the soul and, in a way, gets one \'91high,' but this is a spiritual highness and not like getting high on alcohol or drugs. I was expecting the Swami to preach some new type of religion and a new God, but was surprised when he d
id not. He said it was not actually a religion at all but a science."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Steve Pottmeyer
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I was very skeptical as I entered the auditorium where the Yoga meeting was to be held. Knowing very little about the subject, I did n
ot know what to expect. My first reaction was one of surprise at the large number of people that filled the auditorium. Many of the students were dressed in absurd 'hippie' costumes, but they appeared as bewildered as I was. I had recently read an articl
e about Allen Ginsberg and easily identified him on the stage. The Swami and his disciples then drew my attention, and I studied their strange garments and shaved heads. After some technical difficulties, the Swami began to chant. At first only the peopl
e on the stage joined him, but gradually the contagious melody spread through the crowd. The people on the stage began clapping their hands and dancing and some of the people in the audience followed suit. Soon I was lost in the excitement of the crowd a
nd amazed at the hypnotic effect of the chanting as I timidly joined them."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Charlotte Beaudis
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The shouting at first was unbearable, but I continued to chant softly and soon found myself shouting too.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "After about ten minutes the whole room shook with the vibrations from everyone's screaming throats. A large circle was formed on the s
tage and people were dancing around and chanting over and over again 'Hare Hare, Hare Krishna.'
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Clapping and yelling I felt a release within myself. Whether it was one of freedom, rebellion or the mere excitement of so many scream
ing people, I did in fact realize a definite change in my inner feelings, in my consciousness. As the chanting died down, I left the room, and as I started to walk home the whole world seemed very tomb-like to me. It was too still without the chant pierc
ing my ears. I walked home asking myself how one. man and one chant could have so much control over so many people."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Jean Amrein
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Being caught right in the center of all the commotion on stage, I became one of the many who made up the largest 'turned on' groups ev
er. It felt great and wonderful to free the soul and lift a heavy load from my mind after a trying day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "After waiting in the lobby of the overcrowded auditorium for more than a couple of hours and becoming impatient, instinct overtook my 
sense and I followed my nose to find a way to get closer to the Swami and the origin of the action. I ended up on the backstage scene where I was no more than ten feet from the Holy Man himself. The setting was breath-taking. There was a mound of golden 
cushions about the glowing spirit. There were hundreds of people and glaring, blaring television lights in front of me. On a silver platter beside the Swami were fruits like jewels and a goblet of gold, holding a thirst quenching liquid. About this majes
tic set were situated the musicians and devotees who played the 'Pied Pipers' music, leading the followers in the chanting. Giving the stage players no room were the followers who were enchanted and enticed. All wanted to become closer, yet ever closer t
o Krishna and Rama.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I have had the experience to being 'turned on' before, but never like this. The sensation grabs one's soul and mind and carries them t
o far off places like a great and ever flowing river."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Vance E. Nichols
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I was most impressed with the overall affect mantra produced. The evening of May 12th, 1969 was the first time I ever witnessed unity 
among all types of people. Even though many persons there were ignorant of the interpretation of the chants, everyone joined.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I never knew mantra existed before, and I certainly am glad I was exposed to it. My one experience with mantra enhanced my belief in m
y fellow man. I needed someone like Swami Bhaktivedanta to see that unity and compatibility among people is possible. Swami Bhaktivedanta and mantra made me aware of a larger purpose of life, one with a greater meaning in terms of true goals.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Barb Ponieski
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The chanting of Hare Krishna had a marvelous effect upon me. While chanting Hare Krishna all else was forced from my mind and all I
 could do was chant and dance. Nearly everyone in the auditorium was dancing and chanting, and there was a feeling of love and peace circulating through the auditorium.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Mark Poling
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Monday night meeting with Swami Bhaktivedanta and Allen Ginsberg was the first of its kind that I ever attended. Upon entering the
 Hitchcock Hall auditorium I was shocked at the whole audience standing and chanting Hare Krishna. This chant continued for fifteen minutes with every person, including myself, participating. By participating I soon forgot all my conscious worries and th
oughts. It was as though my mind was free to roam as it pleased. No one special idea or thought stayed with me for more than several minutes. I was completely caught in the rhythm of the chant and enjoyed every minute of it, as did the entire audience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The stage in the auditorium was jammed with people captured by the powers of the Hare Krishna chant. Men and women alike were swaying 
back and forth and dancing wildly across the entire stage. In the audience the scene was practically the same. Every living soul was clapping his hands, stamping his feet and chanting Hare Krishna to the beat of the cymbals and drums on the stage. The au
dience seemed to forget about its problems, classes, and everything else while this chanting was in progress. Allen Ginsberg and Swami Bhaktivedanta kept the whole group of lively people enjoying the whole evening.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Milton Watson
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Monday evening May 12 was an evening that I will remember for a very long time. The Ohio State Yoga Society produced an event by which
 people could release themselves from the problems of the world and participate in a new light. Swami Bhaktivedanta was very impressive and preached a self-releasing speech. The audience reacted to his speech in many ways. I saw some people laugh, some m
editating deeply, and even some in a trance-like expression.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The chant was about enjoyment in the fullest sense and was directed to the Supreme God. I also detected restlessness for peace, and a 
sense of love for all. The audience was quick in response to the Swami's encouragement to join in. People were practically hypnotized, 'leaping out of their skins' as Mr. Ginsberg stated. In addition, the audience showed enjoyment, and there was a feelin
g of a released pressure. The chanting was in a tempo that was very distinct and gave the impression of power, and at the same time released worries by giving supreme enjoyment. Hence, I feel that the Yoga Society was a huge success in its attempt to try
 out a belief that is new in Columbus."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Michal Peters
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The audience rose to their feet and began chanting and clapping. The entire audience seemed to be awed and enchanted by the chanting. 
I felt a sense of tranquility and friendliness between everyone present. I was amazed the way everyone joined in and chanted without hesitation. Allen Ginsberg and Swami Bhaktivedanta were greatly respected by the audience, as shown by the silence when t
he Swami spoke and by the responsive chanting of the masses. Although it was hard to understand the Swami, he was graciously received when he spoke."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Neal Levitt
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For many the evening was a totally new experience, for others a link in the chain leading to the realization of where to fit in the pu
zzle of life. We are obligated to Allen Ginsberg and Swami Bhaktivedanta for revealing a new course for students to follow."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Lynn Miller
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, the Samkirtan Party chanted with relaxed bliss, vibrating Krishna's Holy Names as the TV crew wound around them with cables 
and microphone cords, straining to record the bliss of Lord Chaitanya's movement. At first they were confused by the repetitive chanting and the party's colorful appearance\'97and the interviewer reflected this confusion. But as the joyful sounds worked 
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The TV show, appearing on a Sunday night at 10:30, devoted its first 25 minutes to a variety of entertainments and causes that aptly co
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON Hamburg
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON Hamburg
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness came to Hamburg in October, 1968. Two Americans and one native German formed the team for the first center in Cen
tral Europe. The Hamburg Krishna Consciousness center will especially occupy itself with the task of translating and publishing the great volume of Krishna Consciousness literature into the German language. The German branch of ISKCON Press was begun in 
April with the purchasing of a large offset press (now known as "Radha Press"), and since that time the staff has been built up to put out a regular monthly edition of Back to Godhead, which, translated into German, becomes ZURUCK ZUR GOTTHEIT. The first
 major work to be published by ISKCON Press will be BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS as published by Macmillan & Co. last year. The work for this began in August.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nord Deutsch Rundfunk, the major television station of Northern Germany, filmed Kirtan in Hamburg's streets for a one-hour special prog
ram in October. The cameras also came into the temple to record the colorful festivities within.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photos}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Shivananda das outside the
 displaywindow with one of the friends of the temple before going out for Samkirtan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li4104\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kirtan is held in front of the "Rathaus," an old building in Baroque style architecture which is still functioning as Hambur
g's City Hall.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON LONDON 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photos}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Kirtan at Albert Hall   Kirtan 
at Oxford   Kirtan at the "Art Lab" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    Interview with the B.B.C.   Kirtan at St. Pancras Hall, London
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2]    }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Two London Brahmacharies   Kirtan at the "Middle Earth Round House"   Lucester Hall overfloods w
ith spectators.   First annual convocation, Jan. 4, 1969
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord Shiva, the Pure Devotee
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LORD SHIVA, THE PURE DEVOTEE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvarupa Das Adhikary\line (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once, at the dawn of the universal creation a great sacrifice was performed by the leaders of mankind,\'97namely Marichi, Dakha and Bas
istha. All great personalities, powerful sages, philosophers and demigods, along with their followers assembled. Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva were also present. When Dakha, the leader of the Prajapatis (the first progenitors of the universe), entered into 
the assembly his bodily luster was so bright that practically everyone else present seemed insignificant. Influenced by Dakha's luster, they gave up their places and stood in respect. Lord Brahma is considered to be the first living entity of the univers
e and the creator of all the material planets and entities. Lord Brahma is directly empowered by the Original Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna or Vishnu, and so he was logically presiding at the head of the assembly. Although Lord Brahma did n
ot rise to honor Dakha, he adequately welcomed him with words and asked him to take a seat of honor. Lord Shiva alone remained seated without showing any respect to the effulgent Prajapati. Dakha was very offended seeing Lord Shiva sitting there, and ins
tead of taking his seat, Dakha began to speak strongly against him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So begins the history of a great sacrifice and misunderstanding between Dakha and Lord Shiva, which resulted in widespread destruction.
 It is fully related in the Fourth Canto of Srimad Bhagwatam, the Vedic scripture which deals exclusively in the narration of the transcendental Pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, and His pure devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Shiva is a pure devotee of Lord Krishna, who is accepted as the Supreme Lord by the purport of all Vedic literature, Upanishads, P
uranas and Vedanta Sutra, and by the disciplic succession of spiritual masters. The intelligent human being who worships the Supreme Lord Krishna or His immediate expansion, Vishnu, is called a "Vaishnava.\'94 And in the Vaishnava Purana it is stated tha
t Sambhu (Lord Shiva) is the greatest Vaishnava: "Vaishnavanan natan Sambhu." Lord Shiva himself declares, in the Shiva Purana, that one should take to devotional service of the Supreme Lord Vishnu. Being a pure devotee and a confidential deputed agent o
f Krishna, Lord Shiva is beyond reproach in all his actions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But Dakha spoke against Lord Shiva: "All sages and brahmins and firegods present here, please hear me with attention as I am speaking a
bout the manners of gentle persons. I am not speaking out of ignorance or envy.\'94 Dakha very tactfully presented to the assembly that he was going to make a sensible speech, and not out of enviousness. Although he was speaking like a man in ignorance b
y intending to attack Lord Shiva's behavior, and although all present were perfectly aware of the exalted position of Lord Shiva, yet Dakha was so envious that he tried to cover his poisonous statements with a plea for gentleness and nonenviousness. He t
hen launched verbally into Lord Shiva and said that he has ruined the good name of the demigods and that he is unclean. Dakha then stated, "Although Lord Shiva has already accepted a position subordinate to me, by marrying my daughter, yet he is not resp
ectful to his father-in-law.\'94 The fact was that Lord Shiva's wife, Sati, was the daughter of Dakha and they had married under the instructions of Lord Shiva's father, Lord Brahma. Since Lord Shiva was actually the son-in-law of Dakha, one might ask, w
hy did he not stand up and pay respects when Dakha arrived, and that might have prevented the total holocaust which, as we shall see, soon followed. The answer is that at the time Dakha entered, Lord Shiva was meditating, as he always is, on the Form of 
the Supreme Lord who dwells in the hearts of all creatures. As the greatest Vaishnava, he was in trance of ecstasy, meditating on the One God of all Being and Nonbeing who is alone factually worthy of all our reverence. In meditation, he might not have s
een Dakha enter the arena of the sacrifice. But Dakha took the opportunity of cursing him because he was holding an envious attitude toward him for a long time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, those who are self-realized think of everybody as a temple of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as He resides in everyone's
 body. The respect paid to the body is not paid to the material body, but to the Presence of the Supreme Lord within the body. By offering obeisances to the Supersoul, Lord Shiva had already offered respects to the Supersoul of Dakha and there was no nee
d of offering respects to Dakha's body. But Dakha, not being a transcendentalist, could not appreciate Lord Shiva's irreproachable behavior. To be always in meditation on the Supreme Lord is not a conjurer's trick or something to be imitated. Nor is it a
nything like meditating on the impersonal void. Just as we are persons, but limited to our individual bodies, so the Supreme Lord Krishna is an individual Person, but He is at the same time one and different from the creation. He is Single, One without a
 second, and yet He is all-pervading. By His Mercy He is present in everyone's heart, giving the intelligence and pure memory whereby one can go back to Him for personal association in eternal bliss and all knowledge. Lord Shiva then was fixed in mind on
 the Absolute and therefore he should not have been reproached. Dakha however was thinking only in bodily, materialistic terms, and considered his body insulted by the behavior of his exalted son-in-law. Before the great assembly he vilified Lord Shiva.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dakha said: "Shiva remains in the filthiest places like the crematorium, and his companions are ghosts and demons and he remains like a
 madman. He never bathes regularly and puts a garland made of the skulls of dead bodies around his neck for ornamentation. He is very dear to the crazy beings in the mode of ignorance. On the request of Lord Brahma I handed over my chaste daughter to him
 although he is devoid of all cleanliness and his heart is filled with nasty things."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The name Shiva is auspicious, and yet those who do not bathe regularly are supposed to be in association with the ghosts and crazy crea
tures. Lord Shiva appeared like that, but his actual transcendental position is that he is very kind to persons who are in the darkness of the mode of ignorance, the drunkards and the unclean. He is so compassionate on the lowest of the low that he gives
 such creatures shelter and gradually makes them elevated to spiritual understanding. This is the explanation of Lord Shiva's transcendental position, according to the authoritative literature. It is stated in the Vedas that Lord Shiva is all-auspicious,
 so by his association even the most fallen souls can be elevated. In the creation of the Supreme Lord there are different kinds of living creatures, some of them are in the quality of goodness, some in the quality of passion and some in ignorance. Lord 
Vishnu takes charge of the persons who are advanced Vaishnavas or Krishna conscious, Lord Brahma takes charge of the persons who are very much attached to material activities, but Lord Shiva is so kind that he takes charge of persons who are grossly in i
gnorance and whose behavior is less than the animals.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dakha cursed Lord Shiva out of envy and called him the lowest of the demigods and not worth being offered oblations or taking part in t
he sacrifice. One of the great commentators on the Srimad Bhagwatam, Sri Viswanath Chakravarty, says in regard to this curse of Dakha by which Lord Shiva was cut off from participating in the sacrifice, that it was an indirect blessing for Lord Shiva. As
 the greatest devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead it is not worthy that Lord Shiva should eat and sit with materialistic persons like the demigods who might be a distraction to his prosecution of devotional service. So he was saved from the cal
amity of their non-Krishna conscious association.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dakha was a very powerful mystic brahmin, but under the deadly influence of anger, he declared he could not bear to carry on in the pre
sence of the unclean Lord Shiva, and so he left the area of sacrifice. All the sages and Lord Brahma requested Dakha, "Please do not leave our company"\'97but in spite of all requests Dakha left the place under the effect of cruel anger. In the Bhagavad 
Gita it is advised that anyone interested in spiritual advancement must avoid lust, anger and passion, but Dakha was attacked by all three. Nandikesvar, one of the chief associates of Lord Shiva, also caught the evil influence of anger, and he prepared t
o curse Dakha as well as all the brahmins present there who merely sat by and tolerated the cursing of Lord Shiva. Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta writes of this situation: "There is a longstanding dissension among the neophyte Vaishnavas and Shivites, by whi
ch they are always at loggerheads. Some brahmins are not admirers of Lord Shiva and might enjoy his being cursed, but this is due to their ignorance of Lord Shiva's position (as the greatest Vaishnava).\'94 Nandikesvar in his anger did not follow the exa
mple of Lord Shiva who was silent and tolerant. Nandikesvar could not tolerate the insult to a Vaishnava and he countercursed Dakha and his followers, stating that whoever supported Dakha would be bereft of transcendental knowledge of the soul and devoid
 of knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He called Dakha a pretentious householder, with only superficial knowledge of the Vedas; and such a person, he stated, although following the rules and regulations of the Vedas, will be attached to the
 temporary material sex happiness as the all-in-all, with no knowledge of the spiritual, eternal, blissful life. Lord Shiva's aide further deemed that whoever attacked Lord Shiva would be doomed to continue seeking happiness in the nescience of materiali
stic education and working for mundane rewards, and would therefore continue perpetually in the cycle of birth and death. Such attacks on the brahmins are applicable to the so-called brahmins of the present Age of Kali who claim brahminical or spiritual 
status simply on the basis of heredity or birth in a family of brahmins. In the scripture Vedanta Sutra, it is stated that the human form of life is meant for realizing the Supreme Brahman or Absolute Truth and that is the real business of a brahmin. But
 the so-called brahmins cursed by Nandikesvar were more interested in living for maintaining the perishable material body and elevating their family position. And worst of all they refused to recognize the pure devotee of the Lord, in the personality of 
Lord Shiva. Ignited by the envy of Dakha, Nandikesvar wrongly cursed all the brahmins present in a nondiscriminate condemnation. The whole issue became so complicated that those who were not strong enough forgot their positions, and cursing and counter-c
ursing went on in the great assembly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a reaction to Nandikesvar's cursing, the brahmin sage, Brighu, delivered a brahminical curse to all followers of Lord Shiva, as foll
ows: "One who takes the vow of satisfying Lord Shiva or who follows those principles certainly becomes an atheist, as he becomes diverted from the scriptural injunction." It is understood that the devotees of Lord Shiva sometimes imitate the characterist
ics of Lord Shiva rather than follow his example. Lord Shiva once drank an ocean of poison, so the followers of Lord Shiva, without being able to drink even a fragment of poison, imitate him and take intoxicants.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brighu delivers the curse that if somebody follows such principles of intoxication, he must become an infidel against the principles of
 Vedic regulation. Lord Krishna Himself declares in the Bhagavad Gita that He descends and corrects the regulative principles when there is too much general disregard of the prescribed rules for spiritual progress. So anyone seriously interested in prose
cuting spiritual life has to follow the footsteps of the Supreme Lord, the scriptures and the teachings of His deputed controllers or Mahajans. We have to follow their example, and we are warned not to imitate Krishna or His controllers. Lord Krishna lif
ted Govardhan Hill in His Childhood Pastime while on earth, and no human being can possibly imitate Him in this. Lord Shiva is a Mahajan or authority in Krishna Consciousness and his unusual activities on behalf of Krishna may be completely independent o
f the injunctions of the scriptures. But his followers may not assume his stature. The Srimad Bhagwatam plainly states, "One should not try to drink an ocean of poison, imitating Lord Shiva.\'94 Brighu further states that the followers of Lord Shiva will
 turn against the conclusion of the scriptures. It is confirmed in the Padma Purana that Lord Shiva himself (as Sri Shankaracharya) was ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to preach impersonal philosophy for a particular purpose, just as Lord B
uddha preached the philosophy of nirvana for a particular purpose. These purposes are mentioned in the scriptures, in those instances where it is required to preach some philosophical doctrine which is against the Vedic conclusion. In the Shiva Purana, L
ord Shiva says to his wife Parvati, "In the Kali Yuga, in the body of a brahmin [Shankara], I will preach the Mayavadi [impersonal] philosophy in order to baffle the atheists.\'94 So it is found that the followers of Lord Shiva are mostly Mayavadi impers
onalists who believe in becoming one with the Supreme. Lord Shiva himself, however, by virtue of austerity and devotion, is more conversant with the actual constitutional position of the individual soul and the Supreme Soul. As stated in the Chaitanya Ch
aritamrita, Krishna is the Supreme Soul and we are His Parts and Parcels; our position is qualitatively one with God, but eternally subordinate in quantity. The most elevated persons, the pure devotees, engage their lives, minds and intelligence in all v
arieties of service to the Whole Spirit, Krishna. Lord Shiva, as the greatest Vaishnava, was fully aware of all such intricacies, but Brighu cursed both Shiva and his followers as one in fault. He said, "The vow of worshiping Lord Shiva is so foolish tha
t they imitate and keep bunches of hair on their heads and live the life of wine and flesh indulgence and do not take baths.\'94 Brighu's point is that those who live without any spiritual regulation are foolish and become devoid of transcendental knowle
dge. He curses Nandikesvar and says, "Not due to my cursing shall you become an atheist, but you are already situated as an atheist and therefore condemned."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the cursing and recursing was going on, Lord Shiva was silent and sober and didn't speak a word. Lord Shiva is described as alwa
ys tolerant, but he became sorry at the unnecessary anger. In order to stop them, he left the arena of the sacrifice, and his disciples followed.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Dakha's Second Sacrifice
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thereafter Dakha began another performance of sacrifice, and he deliberately did not invite Lord Shiva. Generally, although such sacrif
ices were meant for pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu, yet all the demigods, and especially Lord Brahma and Lord Shiva, were always invited; otherwise the sacrifice was not complete. But Dakha, being very proud of his position as chief 
of the Prajapatis, and envious and inimical to Lord Shiva, thought to avoid them. He could understand that the purpose of sacrifice is to please the Supreme Lord. His supposed logic in avoiding Lord Shiva was that if Vishnu is satisfied by his sacrifice,
 then what was the need of satisfying His followers? But Lord Krishna says, "Worshiping My devotees is better than worshiping the Lord Himself." And in the Shiva Purana it states, "The best mode of worship is to offer oblations to Vishnu, and better than
 that is to worship the devotees of Krishna.\'94 Dakha's Shiva-less sacrifice was therefore inauspicious from the start.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But, many sages and demigods from all parts of the universe, with their wives nicely dressed and decorated, were attending the sacrific
ial ceremony. When Sati, the daughter of Dakha, saw that from all directions the beautiful wives in fine clothing were going there along with their husbands in airplanes, she too became anxious to go and approached her husband, Lord Shiva. She proposed t
o him that if he would desire to go to the ceremony, then they could go. Being a woman, Sati had some attachment for dressing up and participating in social functions and meeting her relatives in the assembly. But Lord Shiva was a different personality, 
and not interested in material enjoyment. Sati pleaded that she was not so transcendentally advanced as her great husband and therefore still had a strong desire for a nice social, family gathering; so she begged that they might dress with ornaments and 
go there like the others. But on hearing reference to Dakha's sacrifice, Lord Shiva remembered the heart-piercing malicious speeches delivered at the last sacrifice, and he became sorry at heart. There is a question raised here: Why did a liberated perso
nality like Lord Shiva feel so unhappy due to the cruel words of Dakha? The answer is that Lord Shiva is an expansion of Vishnu, assigned as controller of the material quality of ignorance. Although he is completely self-realized and enlightened, yet bec
ause he is in charge of the material mode of ignorance, he is sometimes affected by the pleasure and pain of the material world. In the spiritual world one may also feel sorry, but in that absolute existence, either pleasure or so-called pain is full of 
bliss. When the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna appeared on the Earth in Vrindaban, He had childhood pastimes in which He was chastised by His foster mother Yasoda, and He sometimes cried. But His shedding tears is not in the mode of ignorance. Al
so, when Krishna played with the cowherds girls, the gopis, it sometimes appeared that they were distressed, but actually that feeling was full of bliss. The temporary material world is declared by the Vedic knowledge to be a perverted reflection of the 
eternal Kingdom of God, so every variety of feeling that exists here in the material world also exists originally in the spiritual world. But in the spiritual world all the varieties of apparent pleasure and pain are perceived as eternal bliss, whereas i
n the material world, there is a dualistic perception of pleasure and pain due to the contamination of the modes of passion and ignorance. Lord Shiva is self-realized but due to his contact while in charge of the material mode of ignorance, he could feel
 sorrow. His position is therefore unique. He is sometimes called almost-God. He is compared in the Brahma Samhita to yogurt. Lord Vishnu the Supreme Personality of Godhead is compared to milk. Yogurt is also milk, but due to fermentation it has become c
hanged. That is the position of Shiva: he has the full godly qualities but he is changed because of contact with matter. Only Vishnu the Supreme Personality of Godhead is 100 percent transcendental and above the material manifestation. Even when He enter
s the material atmosphere He enters as the Purifier and spiritualizes all matter in contact with Him. As the greatest worshiper of Vishnu, Lord Shiva willingly accepts the position of serving as controller of the mode of ignorance, and he is called the s
helter of the most fallen.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Shiva could foresee that as soon as Sati would reach the house of her father, Dakha, being so puffed up with the mistaken identifi
cation of the body as the self, would be angry with her although she was faultless. Therefore he ordered her not to go. As the wife of Lord Shiva, she would certainly be insulted by Dakha and his followers; Shiva told her that no one can bear such family
 insults and that it would be equal to her death if she went. But Sati made womanly pleas. She addressed her husband as he who has no equal in the material world. She knew that no one can match Lord Shiva in his equality to everyone, so why then wasn't h
e acting equally toward her by letting her go to the ceremony? It is described that Sati took shelter of a woman's last weapon\'97weeping\'97and she began walking back and forth in the rooms, like a swinging pendulum, divided in mind whether to obey her 
husband or to go to her father's sacrifice. At one point she begged her husband calling him Blue-Throated One. Lord Shiva is known widely by this name for a compassionate feat he once undertook. Once some demons and demigods took a sea journey in order t
o churn the ocean for the purpose of producing nectar. The first effect at churning, however, produced only poison, but Lord Shiva in anxiety that some less strong persons might drink it, took the ocean of poison himself and held it in his throat\'97whic
h turned blue. Sati called him Blue-Throated and intimated, "You are so kind to others, why not to me?" Finally Sati forcibly left her husband's protection and started out alone towards Dakha's house.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Shiva saw Sati bent on going, he sent his men with her, and he also followed seated on his bull and accompanied by thousands 
of disciples. When Sati reached Dakha's house she was greeted only by her mother and sisters. Dakha, her father, completely ignored her. On account of her association with Lord Shiva, he forgot all his affection for his own daughter. Such is the material
-familial conception of love, that even by the slightest provocation all intimate affection is gone and a whole relationship is finished. Sati was grieving over this insult and at the same time, as she looked over the arena of sacrifice, she saw that the
re was no oblation or sacrificial offering being made to Lord Shiva. At once she became angry and looked as if she were about to burn her father just with her eyes. Whenever one offers oblations in the fire, Lord Shiva is one of the demigods honored by t
he chanting of the mantra, Namah Shivayah Swaha. But under Dakha's instructions the brahmins deliberately omitted Shiva's offering and were not uttering that mantra. She became doubly insulted. The followers of Lord Shiva, the ghosts, were ready to do ha
rm to Dakha, but Sati stopped them in the name of her husband. She was so angry and sorry, however, that she began to condemn Dakha and his sacrifice, speaking in the presence of the large gathering. Anger is usually abominable and leads to the destructi
on of intelligence. But Sati's anger was special. Regarding such anger, which is transcendental, Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta writes as follows: "When Vishnu and the Vaishnava are insulted, one should be angry. Lord Chaitanya, who is the preacher of nonvio
lence, meekness and humility, became angry when the Vaishnava Nityananda was insulted by Jagai and Madhai, and He wanted to kill them. That should be the attitude when Vishnu and the Vaishnava are blasphemed or dishonored. One should not be tolerant when
 a person is offending Vishnu or a Vaishnava.\'94 So Sati spoke personally to Dakha in her devotional anger:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Lord Shiva is the most beloved personality of all living entities\'97he is universal. Nobody is his enemy, nobody could envy him\'97on
ly one who is envious by nature. Only you could find fault in him. If somebody has just a little good quality Lord Shiva magnifies it, but you have found fault with such a great soul." Lord Shiva is so magnanimous that he grants his followers whatever th
ey desire. He is sometimes called Asutos, or one who is satisfied very easily. Once a devotee of Lord Shiva asked the irregular benediction from Lord Shiva that whoever the devotee would touch, that person's head would fall off. Lord Shiva granted him as
 he desired. Such a benediction was not very good because the devotee tried to touch the head of Lord Shiva as soon as he was given the power. Still, Lord Shiva considered the devotee's good quality, that he had come to him and worshiped him and satisfie
d him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sati continued before her father and all persons gathered: "Lord Shiva is the friend of all living entities. He fulfills all desires of
 the common man as well as the higher personalities who are seeking after transcendental bliss. You think yourself superior to Lord Shiva as his father-in-law and you call him inauspicious for associating with the demons in the burning crematorium, with 
the locks of hair thrown all over his body and garlanded with human skulls\'97but greater personalities than you, such as Lord Brahma, honor Lord Shiva by accepting flowers offered to his feet. So you do not know that he is always transcendental. He must
 be, otherwise, why would such a person like Brahma worship him?" Offering many arguments based on authoritative Vedic information, Sati as a chaste wife, faithfully defended her husband from the slander of her father, Dakha. She certainly spoke in the s
pirit of eulogy as it was her duty to elevate Lord Shiva to the highest position; but it was not on sentiment, but by facts. Lord Shiva is not an ordinary entity. Someone may take the narrative of Sati as imaginative and conclude that there is no such pe
rson as Lord Shiva, but that is not the conclusion of the pure devotees who accept the authority of scriptures and the living chain of spiritual masters in disciplic succession. Doubt-ridden and cynical persons think that there can be no one as wonderful
 as Lord Shiva. This is because they themselves are limited in body and mind, and they ascribe their limitations to all personalities. Actually it is not so wonderful that there are powerful controllers of universal affairs such as Lord Shiva and Lord Br
ahma and other demigods. Even in common affairs the president of the country is the final authority in government, and yet he has agents who assist him in his mission. Similarly, the Supreme Controller, God, or Krishna, expands Himself into qualitative i
ncarnations like Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva and He also empowers ordinary living entities with unusual powers and long duration of life in accord with His inconceivable will. In common affairs or in the workings of nature, men of a poor fund of knowledge
 see everything as happening automatically. But mature examination to the end of things reveals that there is also personal control behind the wonderful happenings in government, science and nature. The space ships are not flying independently across the
 sky without the control by the brains of great scientists on earth; the staggeringly complex electronic computers cannot work without the human touch. Similarly, the gigantic space satellites called planets are controlled by a Great Intelligence or God.
 If artists study and labor so hard to paint the image of a flower, and never duplicate its original freshness and beauty, then who can seriously think that the thousands of varieties of natural flowers are produced "automatically" without the touch of t
he superior Artistry? Storms at sea, the movements of the luminaries in the sky as well as the movements of our hands and fingers, can all be traced to a power beyond our limited selves, to a Supreme Controller, the Cause of all causes, the Personality o
f Godhead. The wisdom of submissive reception of authoritative scripture enables one to understand what is inconceivable to the mundane senses and mental speculations of strictly materialistic scientists or philosophers. Those who hear and live in the sp
irit of devotional service have it revealed to them through the heart, with complete sane conviction, that there is a Controller. And to them it is understandable that for His Pleasure He can expand into multi-energies and personalities for control of un
iversal affairs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the Vedic literatures describe Lord Shiva as the agent of destruction. When annihilation is due in the cyclical course of time, aft
er a fabulously long time span by human standards, it is Lord Shiva who is the personal destroyer of the world systems. And until that time he willingly serves as the master of the mode of ignorance and offers his compassion to the most degraded souls so
 that they can be gradually elevated and have hopes of going back to Home, back to the Kingdom of God. We have specific information about the character of Lord Shiva from Vedic literature, the scripture which is likened to the mother of the conditioned s
ouls. In ordinary life, the mother is the sole authority for knowing who one's father is. So if we want that information on how the controllers of the universe are acting, where they reside and what they are doing, we have to turn to the authority or mot
her, Vedic scriptures. It is not a question of imagination, but of knowledge. The impersonalists or atheists who say that the scriptures are merely stories can never gain entrance into the Pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His associates
 like Lord Shiva.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sati was not merely talking. She was deeply mortified to be so intimately connected to Dakha who had committed offenses at the lotus fe
et of Lord Shiva. Sati said to Dakha: "I have this body produced by you. And I am therefore connected with you and very much ashamed. I shall not any more bear this unworthy body which is received from you who have blasphemed Lord Shiva. If someone takes
 poisonous food, the best thing is to vomit." As the potency of Lord Shiva, his wife Sati could have easily killed Dakha. But to best save her husband from ill fame, as if he had no power to himself fight Dakha, she decided to give up her own body. The V
aishnava feels personally at fault for even hearing blasphemy against Lord Krishna or His pure devotee. The body being the source of her unhappiness, she decided to quit her body at once. Dressed in yellow garments, Sati sat on the ground facing the nort
hern side, closed her eyes and became absorbed in the mystic yoga process. She took the required sitting posture, and then carried the life air upwards towards the navel and gradually raised it to the heart and towards the pulmonary passage, and from the
re she raised the life force between her eyebrows; meditating on the lotus feet of Lord Shiva, she became cleansed of all taints of sin and then quit her body in blazing fire by meditation on fiery elements. Srimad Bhagwatam states, "When the body of Sat
i was annihilated by anger, there was a great tumultuous roar heard all over the universe." Most astonishing was that Dakha remained disrespectful and unmoved by his chaste daughter and made no attempt to stop her death. Dakha was supposed to provide for
 all living entities, and his own daughter deserved the most respectful treatment. While the assembled persons were still talking among themselves about the passing away of Sati, Lord Shiva's attendants made ready to kill Dakha and rushed at him with the
ir weapons. As they were coming forward forcibly, the sage Brighu saw the danger and immediately uttered mantras and hymns by which the destroyers of sacrificial performances can be killed. As soon as Brighu offered oblations in the fire thousands of dem
igods became manifested in the fire and they began to attack the ghosts and attendants of Lord Shiva, scattering them in all directions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Shiva was at a distance from the sacrifice, but when he was informed that his wife was dead due to Dakha's insult and that his ass
ociate soldiers were driven away he became angry. The Srimad Bhagwatam describes his fury: "Lord Shiva in anger pressed his lips with his teeth and from the bunch of hair on his head he snatched a piece of hair that blazed like fire, and laughing like a 
madman he dashed the hair to the ground. Then appeared a personality as tall as the sky, equipped with thousands of weapons and arms, of a black color and as bright as three suns.\'94 Lord Shiva sent this gigantic demon of personified anger to kill Dakha
. In Bhagavad Gita Krishna declares, "Of generals I am Lord Shiva,\'94 so he is the most formidable of commanders. Led by the demon of anger his army swept into the sacrificial arena and prepared to plunder everything in sight. Seeing the approaching arm
y, the brahmins and their assembled women were filled with anxiety, all due to the danger created by Dakha. In fact the wife of Dakha foresaw, "This is the same Lord Shiva who at the time of dissolution destroys the worlds." So there was no comparing the
 tiny power of Dakha to that of Lord Shiva. Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami writes, "At the time of dissolution, Lord Shiva with his trident in hand dances over the rulers of different planets and his hair is scattered like the clouds over all direction
s, and he deluges the different planets with torrents of rain. "
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The followers of Lord Shiva are described as running around the sacrificial arena with bodies like shark-fish. They pulled down the pil
lars of the altars, entered residential and kitchen departments, broke pots and urinated on the sacrificial ground. Some of them blocked the way of the fleeing sages and shackled the women. Two priests who had shown their teeth during the cursing of Lord
 Shiva had their teeth extracted by the soldiers of Lord Shiva, and a continuous shower of stones was set up, so that all the members of the sacrifice were in miserable condition and running for fear of their lives. It is described that such horrible fig
hting was not exactly on an inimical basis; everyone present was very powerful, and they all wanted to show their strength by Vedic mantra or mystic power.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally Dakha was beheaded by the giant-like personality created by Lord Shiva. The party of Lord Shiva gave out joyful exclamations an
d the brahmins in charge of the sacrifice also exclaimed in grief at the death of Dakha in such a manner. Dakha's head was thrown on the sacrificial fire and the whole area was set on fire by the followers of Lord Shiva who then departed for their master
's place in Kwelas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The defeated and injured demigods, priests and all members of the sacrificial assembly then approached Lord Brahma with great fear. The
y offered their obeisances and spoke in detail to him of all that had happened. Lord Brahma already knew what had happened, and having known beforehand he did not attend the sacrifice. When he had heard everything from the members, he replied: "You canno
t have happiness if you blaspheme great personalities like Lord Shiva.\'94 Lord Brahma said it was good for Dakha that he had been killed, otherwise, without that punishment, he would have committed more and more offenses and would be entangled in future
 lives. Knowing Lord Shiva's easy, compassionate nature, Lord Brahma advised: "If you go to him without any reservation of mind and surrender unto him and ask to be excused at his Lotus Feet, he is very easily pleased and it will be nice. He has recently
 lost his wife and is afflicted by the unkind words of Dakha. So go and beg his pardon, who is so powerful that by his anger all the planets can be destroyed."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After instructing all the demigods, Lord Brahma took them along with him and left for the place known as Kwelas Hill, the abode of Lord
 Shiva. Srimad Bhagwatam describes Kwelas as having different kinds of mountains, filled with valuable trees and plants and deer. There are different types of waterfalls with transparent water. Peacocks, cuckoos and other birds are always vibrating as if
 in rhythmic tune. There are many varieties of flowers, animals like the forest cow and buffalo, and plenty of decorated lakes. All the demigods were struck with wonder at the opulence of Kwelas. Under a huge banyan tree where it was silent and with unbr
oken shade, Lord Shiva sat as grave as time eternal, and the demigods approached him. He was encircled by famous saintly persons like the four Kumaras and Narada. Lord Shiva sat with his left leg on his right thigh and his right hand raised in the positi
on of teaching or Tarkamudra, with the fingers opened and the second finger raised. He was instructing the saint Narada, and it is understood that if Narada was forming the audience, the topic must have been bhakti, or devotional service to Krishna. Brah
ma very respectfully payed obeisances to Lord Shiva on behalf of the party of the demigods. Lord Brahma requested that the priests whose limbs had been broken by the jaws of Lord Shiva's soldiers be restored by Lord Shiva's grace. "Please accept your por
tion of the sacrifice and let it be properly completed." Lord Shiva was pacified by this, and he spoke as follows: "My dear father, Brahma, I do not mind the offenses created by the demigods because they are childish and less intelligent, and I do not ta
ke a serious view of it, but whatever I have done is just to punish them in order to set them right." By this, Sambhu (Lord Shiva) expressed his desire for everyone's welfare and asserted that he had chastised only in the way a father punishes his son, n
ot as an enemy. All the priests' injuries were gradually healed and even Dakha was revived to life by Lord Shiva's placing the head of a goat on his trunk. Although he had a goat's head and a human trunk, Dakha was revived in his previous individual cons
ciousness, because it is not the head or bodily construction that makes individuality but the spirit soul whose symptom is consciousness. When he saw Lord Shiva, just by his presence, Dakha became purified in mind. Tears rolled from his eyes and he was f
inally sorry and affected by the death of his daughter Sati. He could hardly express himself in prayers, overwhelmed with nonduplicitous love and respect for Lord Shiva. "Although I was punished by you for my ignorance, I understand that you have not wit
hdrawn your mercy. I know both yourself and Lord Vishnu are kind to the friends of brahmins."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After begging forgiveness from Lord Shiva, and with the permission of Lord Brahma, Dakha again began the sacrifice in the regular way w
ith fire and oblations. And first they offered oblations of the Holy Name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vishnu, in order to make the whole situation purified. Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta writes in this matter: "Performance of sacrifice is a very 
difficult task. In this present Age of Kali (Age of Quarrel) those who are intelligent know it is neither possible to perform the costly sacrifices nor to invite the demigods to participate. Therefore in this age, the Srimad Bhagwatam recommends Samkirta
n Yajna (chanting of the Holy Names) as the means to keep the balance of social peace and prosperity and attain spiritual perfection. Samkirtan Yajna means to chant the Holy Names, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare R
ama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and invite people and distribute Prasadam. This sacrifice will please all the demigods, and there will be peace and prosperity. The difficulty of performing Vedic rituals is that if you do not satisfy even one demigod out of ma
ny hundreds and thousands, just as Dakha could not satisfy Lord Shiva, then there is disaster. But in this age the performance is simplified by the chanting of Hare Krishna. And by pleasing Krishna all the demigods become satisfied automatically."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sacrificial arena had been desecrated by the followers of Lord Shiva and the recitation of the Name of Vishnu was required to sanct
ify the procedure. Of course Lord Shiva was now present, and he is all-auspicious, but because in the past his followers had broken the arena and passed urine and done many obnoxious things, so only by chanting the Name of Vishnu in devotion was purity f
ound again. And as complete benediction to this famous Yajna, Lord Narayan (Vishnu) appeared there, seated on the shoulder of Garuda His birdcarrier, and illuminated the whole arena. Lord Vishnu is described as of a beautiful transcendental blackish hue,
 dressed in yellow garments and many ornaments and appearing in an eight-armed form bearing conch, shell, wheel, club, lotus, arrow, bow, shield and sword and being extraordinarily beautiful. Just His smile was pleasing to the whole world and captivated 
the audience of Dakha, Brighu and all present.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Shiva, beholding the personified object of his constant meditation, bowed and spoke in ecstacy before the Supreme Controller of th
e worlds. He said: "My dear Lord, my mind and consciousness are always fixed on Your Lotus Feet, which are the Source of all benedictions and fulfillment of desires. They are worth worshiping. With my mind fixed in meditation on Your Lotus Feet I am no l
onger disturbed by persons who blaspheme, claiming that my activities are not purified. I do not mind their accusations and I excuse them out of compassion, just as You are compassionate to all living entities." So here is the key to the character of Lor
d Shiva. By his own declaration the most powerful personality in the material world never forgets his transcendental relationship as servant of the Lord; and he continues always in Krishna Consciousness in order to remain free from material afflictions. 
Without such personal meditation on the Supreme Lord, no one can be free of contaminating material activities, characterized by the disadvantages of birth, death, disease and old age and the struggle for existence. In the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna assu
res that the dedicated soul who serves with love will never be vanquished by the material devastations. He says: "You simply surrender unto Me and I will give you protection.\'94 The practical example of Lord Shiva's worship is that liberation means, not
 some negative, temporary abeyance of trouble by meditation on the void, but practical eternal engagement in loving service to the Personality of Godhead. Those who cannot surrender their own personality, by submissive hearing, unto the Supreme Person mu
st return again and again to the round of birth and death for attempted enjoyment and suffering in the material world. That is the verdict of the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagwatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the grace of Lord Vishnu the sacrifice was completed to His full satisfaction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, out of so many incidences that make up Lord Shiva's eternal career, and prove him glorious, there is one activity which is off
ered as his most glorious pastime in association with the Supreme Lord Krishna. This activity is stated in the Third Canto of Srimad Bhagwatam: "The blessed Lord Shiva becomes all the more blessed by bearing on his head the holy waters of the Ganges, whi
ch has as its source the water that washed the Lord's Lotus Feet. His Feet are like a thunderbolt hurled to shatter sin stored in the mind of the devotee meditating on him." The gist of this incident is a reference to the entrance into the material world
 of the sacred river Ganges which flows through many planetary systems. Lord Shiva carried this water down in his hair when it first emanated from the Causal Ocean which is the outside covering of this universe. By carrying this water, the auspicious Lor
d Shiva becomes even more auspicious. No one should laugh at or attempt to criticize Lord Shiva's unconventional activities or foolishly attempt to imitate him as a so-called Shivite. Lord Shiva is great for doing humble service unto the Greatest. He is 
no voidist or impersonalist speculating on the Absolute as we often hear him described. With half-closed eyes and beautiful austere form, seated in meditation, he fixes his mind on the dearmost object, his Lord. And that is why he is called the greatest 
Vaishnava.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prabhupada
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paramhansa of the nectar lake\line Did You Your own True Love forsake,\line Leaving His sweet and fragrant breast\line To co
me to this world of birth and death?
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Or is this a helping hand You lend\line While this world of matter You transcend?\line I am perplexed. Please, let it be kno
wn:\line Have You come to take me home?
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My feeble memory cannot recall\'97\line Did I once in anger slip and fall?\line If there is Truth, then tell me, where?\line
From this I'll turn: go with You there!
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tell me please of life's true goal\line So I may cleanse the dust from my soul,\line And from this humbly let me start\line 
To nourish the spark of life within my heart.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your blessings I crave as now I see\line Your love can teach infinity\line And of the mercy that therein lies\line For this 
my twice-born soul does cry.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So tell me please of Vrindaban\line and the Blue Boy, yes, the Gentle One\line Known as Krishna, Devaki's Son.\line To His A
bode I long to run!
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KRISHNA! Yes that is the Name\line And the reason why to Your Feet I came.\line I pray I'll hear KRISHNA wherever I go\line 
With sounds of cymbals and HARI VOL!
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now tell me of His jewelled throne\line And how He dances with His Gopis alone,\line Oh, and how His flute notes fill the ai
r.\line Tell me this in loving prayer.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I see in nectar that You swim\line While herding Surabhi cows with Him\line Tell the beauty of His lotus flowers\line And Hi
s Strength and Fame and Mystic powers!
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And of devotees whom He holds so dear\line In Vaikuntha His abode where there is no fear.\line Do tell! Are His features lik
e the moon?\line Tell it sweetly, lest I swoon.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now unto Your Lotus Feet I'll cling\line Lest I be whipped by Maya's sting.\line Even the dust at Your Grace's Feet,\line As
 I bow down, tastes nectar-sweet.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Paramhansa of our land,\line I see in glory You do stand.\line Ten thousand times a day I beg\line Let me thank You for Yo
ur helping hand!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ALL GLORIES\line TO SRI GURU AND GOURANGA!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Patit Uddharan\line (ISKCON\'97New York)\line Tell the beauty of His lotus flowers\line Read Guru Purnam\'97July 24, 19
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us from eternity.  They were first uttered by Lord Brahma, the creator of the Universe, millions of years ago.  Meditating upon the absolute mercy of Lord Sri Krishna, he humbly prayed, "I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, the first Progenitor who is y
ielding all desire."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now these prayers are recorded by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who is the Acharya for this age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you attentively hear this record you will experience the Reality of Lord Krishna who is the Absolute Truth, the Supreme P
ersonality of Godhead.  All Glory to Sri Radha and Krishna.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recorded with sarod and tampura played by George and Ann Ruckert of the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Send this coupon or facsimile today !
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SIXTY-ONE SECOND AVENUE, NEW-YORK N.Y. 10003
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub        Please rush me postage paid___Govinda album(s). Enclosed please find a check or money order. Price per album: $5.00
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Name_____________________________________________\line Address___________________________________________\line City_________
_________State____________Zip__________
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine no. 2
9, 1969
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Magazine of The Hare Krishna Movement
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 50c
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Boston Samkirtan
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Boston Samkirtan
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97By Satsvarupa das Adhikari
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Boston center has been eager to fulfill the wish of our beloved Spiritual Master Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta. Coming in the line fro
m Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, who so much stressed the public chanting of the Holy Names, our Guru has always instructed us that the best preaching of Love of God is the chanting of the Holy Names of God in the parks and in the streets. The benefit to eve
ry living entity\'97not just the humans\'97is inconceivably great. Just by hearing the Name of God one can be saved from the greatest danger, and his door to liberation, for eternal association with Krishna, will be opened. Lately, we have received lette
rs from His Divine Grace emphasizing the importance of the chanting party: "Regarding your questions about Samkirtan party, I think you should try to always have Samkirtan going on. All other things are subsidiary. This chanting is our life and soul, so 
we must arrange our program so that there will be as much chanting on the streets and at college engagements as possible.\'94 (from letter of May 15, 1969)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We usually reach Boylston Street every day by 12 noon. Boston is very busy during the day, and at noon on Boylston we are able to reach
 thousands by chanting and instruct them in the sublime teaching of blissful eternal life lived with Krishna. His Divine Grace has written us, "Not only does chanting liberate us from all material impediments and diseases, but even in our conditioned sta
te we like to hear the sweet melodious sound of the chanting. Only a person who is committing suicide or who is addicted to animal killing cannot relish the sweetness of this chanting. But even if they take to this chanting, they will become liberated.
\'94 (letter of May 13)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After Boylston Street, we take the Samkirtan van, which is a completely spiritualized vehicle used only in the service of the Transcend
ental Lord, and [continued on inside back cover] drive to nearby Harvard Square, Cambridge, where thousands await the Deliverance of the vibration from the spiritual sky, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. About our transcendental van, Prabhupada has written us, i
n his letter of May 13th, "Now you have got a nice carriage and thus you can go anywhere you like." Harvard Square is supposed to be busier per square foot, and its real estate more commercially desirable than any other area in the country. In order to c
hant in such a crowded area without causing any civil difficulty, we had to inform the police of all our activities beforehand. Regarding this matter, Prabhupada Bhaktivedanta has written us, "Try to keep nice peace with the police as far as possible. Be
cause our method is to be more tolerant than the tree and humbler than the grass on the street. We don't mind for so-called prestige. If keeping peaceful we can execute Krishna conscious duties, that is all we want.\'94 (letter of May 31st)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scriptures declare that the Maha mantra is an incarnation of Krishna, or God, for this age. Under the order of our Guru, we appear 
sometimes at Fenway Park and sometimes along the Charles River, and every Sunday about 10,000 people who gather at the Cambridge Commons are exposed to the Hare Krishna benediction. We go wherever people gather, and sometimes, when we begin chanting wher
e nobody is around, a crowd automatically gathers to hear the Names and see the dancing in glorification of Krishna. At all such gatherings we pass out wallet-sized cards which say, "We humbly request, you chant this mantra and your life will be sublime:
 Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya said the chanting would be spread to every town and village in the world. So we at least must spread it to every street 
and person in the Boston area.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness Temples
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness Temples
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Call or write the ISKCON Center nearest you for a schedule of Bhakti Yoga instruction and Krishna conscious festivals. Sing, dance,
 eat prasadam, and discuss transcendental philosophy.  This is the perfection of life\'97Krishna consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub CANADA
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vancouver          260 Raymar Street No. 305
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Montreal             3720 Park Avenue
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ENGLAND
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                                       7 Bury Place, Bloomsbury
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub GERMANY
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hamburg              Eppendorfer WEG 11
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub JAPAN
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kyoto                   100 Satonouchi-cho
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub UNITED STATES
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Berkeley                2710 Durant Avenue
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Laguna Beach       130 Woodland Drive
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Los Angeles          1975 S. La Cienega Boulevard
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco       518 Frederick Street
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Colorado
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boulder                  623 Concord Street
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hawaii
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Honolulu               P .O. Box 10015 , Waialae, Kahala
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ohio
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Columbus              318 E. 20th Avenue
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pennsylvania
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philadelphia           4524 Regent Street
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Massachusetts
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boston                   38 North Beacon Street
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Michigan
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Detroit                   74 West Forest Street
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buffalo                    15 LaSalle Avenue
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York City       61 Second Avenue
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub North Carolina
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chapel Hill             409 West Rosemary
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seattle                    5516 Roosevelt Way NE
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington, D.C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub            21-54 Newport Place NW
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub West Virginia
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Moundsville           New Vrindaban, RD 3
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Books, an organ of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 61 Second Avenue, New York, 
N.Y.  All materials copyright \'a9 1969, ISKCON Books. Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder: His Divine Grace A. C . Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: Satsvarupa Das Adhikary (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva Das Adhikary (ISKCON\'97Columbus)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhupada A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India on t
he order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhupada is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Chaitanya appeared in India, and from there back still further\'975000}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub years\'97to the time when Krishna first spoke The Bhagavad Gita to His disciple Arjuna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no financial
 charge for learning Krishna Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of Hare Krishna. The gist of devotional service to Krishna is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with the interests of the Supreme
 Enjoyer, the Lord, Sri Krishna. The writer writes articles for Krishna, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The householders raise children in the science of God, a
nd husband and wife live in mutual cooperation for spiritual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in Krishna Consciousness means regular chanting in the
 temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of Krishna from Srimad Bhagwatam, and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of Krishna. Sankirtan\'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. Krishna Consciousne
ss is not an idler's philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the service of Krishna, anyone who takes part will experience the state of "Samadhi, " ecstatic absorption in God-consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness is non-sectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by chanting t
he Holy Name of God and by hearing The Bhagavad Gita. Without knowledge and realization and loving service to the One Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the Sankirtan Movement, and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction 
made by Lord Chaitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare Krishna, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can real peace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA,
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Vedanta: Its Morphology and Ontology
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE VEDANTA: ITS MORPHOLOGY AND 
ONTOLOGY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97By Sri Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2520\ri0\fi-2520 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text below photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  SRILA BHAKTISIDDHANTA 
SARASWATI GOSWAMI MAHARAJ. THE SPIRITUAL MASTER OF SRILA A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI AND FOREMOST SCHOLAR AND DEVOTEE IN THE RECENT AGE.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97A lecture delivered on the 27th August, 1933 at the Saraswati Assembly Hall of Sri Gaudiya Math, Calcutta on the occasion of the Advent Celebrations of Srila Th
akur Bhaktivinode.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa360\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [EDITOR'S NOTE: His Divine Grace Paramahansa Paribrajakacharya Sri Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj, 
Founder of the Gaudiya Math, is the Spiritual Master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. It was He who sent Bhaktivedanta Swami to the Western world to deliver the message of Krishna Consciousness. Srila Bhakti Siddhanta is highly regarded thro
ughout India, for during His lifetime He founded hundreds of centers in all parts of the country and had literally thousands of followers. This lecture, delivered three years before His Disappearance Day from this mortal world, commemorates the Advent of
 His own Father and Spiritual Master, Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, the Great-grandfather of the Krishna Consciousness Movement in America.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glory to Guru and Gauranga!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dear Friends\'97I stand before you as a teller. I am going to tell you now a few words more on the Vedanta and specially its ontologica
l aspect, morphology being a former changeable part of the same. My telling craves a reciprocity of your listening to my sound through your aural reception. Sound is the main substratum of the Vedanta which deals with a subject unapproachable by our pres
ent crippled imperfect senses. The ear cannot work as a receptacle unless we are willing to admit a sound, and this admittance depends on our taste and previous experience. This prior experience invites affairs within the phenomenal range, but the Vedant
ic sounds have a different aim. So our reciprocal situation will crown our efforts with success.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many of our friends pose themselves as knowers when they have a true taste for knowledge. To acquire such knowledge they utilize their 
senses to associate with the conception of objects and their components. These knowers claim a subjective position to consider the synthetic as well as analytic values of their determination. The objects before them are known as phenomena which serve to 
engage their attention to scrutinizing the knowledge of the causes and the laws of all phenomena by their empiric and intuitive reasonings. This is, in other words, philosophising the object by mental speculation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the knowledge of a being is restricted to phenomena, it passes by the name of natural philosophy, but the psychological dealing of
 sentiments discloses a branch of knowledge known as mental philosophy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the philosophical speculations in connection with our sensuous perception are no bar to our wrangling over them. The outward repres
entations in all cases, if reasoned, need not exactly identify themselves with the true objective stand; as for instance, our impression of a star is much more augmented when we are conversant with the coaching of an adept of astronomy or when scientific
 methods predominate over our erroneous convictions. The deceptive outward manifestations are not necessarily to be accepted when such delusions are detected by our true activity. The seeming reasons often carry us to a wrong direction and we are not fav
ored with the Truth, and seeming truths are found tobe efficacious in particular circumstances with susceptibility of transformation. So ontology of unchangeable formation need not be neglected for alternative changing features.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The methods of thinking of different people of different countries are not the same. So we cannot expect identical results in philosoph
y. Happiness and virtue have been selected as the essence of philosophical speculation by both the Hellenic and Hebraic Schools, whereas in China they were meant for the preservation of loyal society and local constitutional Government. The mystic philos
ophy of the mediaeval Europe in its different varieties has invited apathetic reflection in the judgment of considerate persons. The animistic conception of Persia as well as impersonal idea have brought out criticisms from the Indian philosophers. The s
avage conception of philosophy as well had no favor with the critical and ethical arguments.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For a long time Indian Philosophy had been mentioned in six different phases bearing dissimilar methods of exposition and in the unroll
ing evolutionary process we have had a few dozen of philosophic views coming to us for our speculative considerations. Mind has been noticed as the functional agent of agreeing or disagreeing with a standard position of its finitudinal range. It is terme
d conscience or Buddhi when it is fixed. The egotistic function of mind in respect of mundane objects is called Ahankar or worker's activity of lording it over a partial phenomenal aspect. The Jiva or soul is different from phenomenal denomination, but t
he fettered condition of an individual soul has association with the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The five old schools of philosophy of India do not vouchsafe to bear the same character with the Vedanta philosophy. Some super-sensuou
s methods are marked by the comparative studies though in the beginning such warnings need not be offered to the students of the Vedanta. The science of the Vedanta philosophy has also dealt with the aspects of formation concerning the constant changes o
f form resulting from an unfolded development and permanent unalterable elements in ever-altering forms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedanta deals with a theme beyond the finite views of phenomena. The subjects dealt within that particular philosophy are not confi
ned to any part of the material space, any definite span of time or any object of sensuous perception made up of any substance of this Universe. The activities of a being are measured in time, the playground of a being either linear, superficial or cubic
al is accommodated in space and the limited subjectivity or fleshy tabernacular entity is confined to phenomenon. The Vedantic scheme is quite different from such limited structural monuments though some people attempted to bring Vedanta within the priso
n bars of their senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Though Vedanta deals with ordinary language quite dovetailing the views of ordinary intelligentsia to gradually heave them up to the su
persensuous regions where senses cannot work by their present implements or cannot help them by the words of their credulous friends, still the transcendental topics are imparted slowly through the linguistic and rationalistic attainments to differentiat
e the plane of transcendence and the undesirable transformable plane of enjoyments. As it is helping the journey of understanding, we need not stick to a stagnant view in order to gratify our senses at the cost of rationality and harmonious language exac
tly fitting our whims. So the method of studying this particular philosophy should never be confined to the same process of confusing the transcendence with our present plane of thought.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Absolute becomes the goal of a sentient being, such sentientism has a character other than the nature of phenomenal restrictio
ns. But when it tends to limit activities to finite things of phenomena, we find a temper of lording it over the finite things which have mundane relativity among them. All activities of a spirit towards the direction of transcendental Absolute are to co
me under devotion or Bhakti, whereas the gratification of senses leads to an activity known as Karma of the actor. The Absolute has an unalterable complete situation void of all sexological divisions as well as of the three positions of the observer, obs
ervation and the observed; they become the functions of the gnostic or jnanins. The factor of time cannot have any supremacy over the Absolute.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unlike phenomena where everything is liable to transformation during the course of time, the Absolute does not undergo any change, wher
eas the opposite element has a shaky position. The Absolute cannot be enjoyed by sensuous exploitations to bring any profit to mind and body. All the profits accrued by offering our services to the Absolute are never meant for our temporary happiness dep
riving others of the benefit. The theme of the Vedanta actually deprives the human frame and subtle body of the Bliss which is wrongly incorporated with the unalloyed absolute infinitesimals. By the word absolute infinitesimal I mean the individuation of
 the identical quality and not the quantity. The stuff of the Absolute is not liable to any change. No factor of time would have any cogent potency to mutilate it. No space is reserved for it like material entities. The Absolute when analyzed will go to 
show a division between the parts and the whole. The character of the Absolute will differ from non-Absolute as estimated by the properties of perfection and imperfection. The undesirable experience of regions of imperfection and inadequacies need not be
 carried over to the eternal aspects of origin, nature and ontological essence of the Vedanta.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The knowledge of the Vedantic field need not be restricted to the mere elementary formula excluding the Smarta elucidation and to treat
ises of such workers as have deviated from the strict path of Sruti. The untenable sectional views need not be included under the category of the Vedanta. The different inculcations offered by the explanations of the creative actors and destructive explo
iters should not be confused with the Satvata Puranas and Pancharatras.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Besides the Smarta development of the Vedanta we have to deal with the various treatises written by the Vedanta scholars to enlighten u
s on the very points in our practical life. So we find that the Vedanta includes four-fold aspects which pass by the names of (1) Sruti Prasthan, (2) Nyaya Prasthan, (3) Smriti Prasthan and (4) Prakarana Prasthan. The first two series are accepted by imp
ersonalists, with a very few quotations from books known as Smriti, whereas they do not admit the whole arena of Smriti for their Vedantic advancement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Upanishads are Scriptures accepted as the Vedas or Srutis. They are not only the Vedas but considered as the acme of the Vedic lite
rature. The rational version of the Upanishads are philosophical in comparison with the adorative songs of Samhitas towards a pantheon of Vedic gods. Though the various Upanisadic mantras have apparently conflicting features, they are reconciled by the a
phorisms of Sri Vyas in his Uttar-mimansa philosophy under different systematic logical categories known as Nyayas or Adhikaranas. Each theme of an Adhikaran has been fully dealt with by Panchanga or five-fold positions of logical system to meet all oppo
sing controversies. The aphorisms have met with all polemical views of different philosophical systems which prove to go against the truth of the Srutis, and again the aphorisms are supported by the Upanishad-Mantras followed by Smritis and reasons offer
ed in favor of the citatory passages termed as Bhashyas and their commentaries by erudite savants.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The leaders of interpretations have given us first hand information regarding the classified subjects, Nyayas or Adhikaranas briefly tr
eated in the Sutras. Among these interpreters we find contending views of wranglers in offering their explanations Some of them differed with others in grouping together the Mantras under the same heading of a particular subject, and sometimes their view
s were found palpably varying with one another due to designed observations. They are liable to contract fourfold defects of misconception, inebriation, organic shortcomings and inclination for deception which do not permit them to have correct views. To
 illustrate this I give here a short discourse of the leaders of the different interpretations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The early Bodhayana School, Tanka, Drabida, Bharuchi, Audolomy, Yamunachary and others have left for Ramanuja their opinions which are 
thoroughly different from the observations of Acharya Sri Shankar. For a comparative study we should survey the views entertained by the different leaders who have written their Bhasyas of the aphorisms prompting separate systems.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shankar and Shrikantha are more or less analogous to each other, though Shrikantha has admitted the personality of Brahman in Shiva for
 some time, apart from henotheistic views, unlike Ramanuja whose conception of the Personality of Brahman in Vishnu-nomenclature is not a transitory element to be dissolved in indistinctive phase of Brahman. The Shrikantha cult merged in the system of Sh
ankar together with his follower Appyaya Dikshit whose conversion to Shankara view has destroyed more or less his former writings of Shivarka Manidipika and Nyaya Rakshamani. According to Shankara his adoption of the illusory theory of Maya has explained
 the unreal positions of Jiva or individual soul and material world, whereas the theory of devotion or Bhakti has been accepted by theists as the sole medium of reaching the eternal destination. Shankara's targetted salvation\'97Nirvana, can be had throu
gh inflated unalloyed knowledge of an individual, free from the reference of eternal existence and beatitude, by annihilating himself to the non-perspective situation of Brahman where he should have no retention of individuality of his unalloyed entity s
ave and except assumption of a hallucinative universality dispelling all empiric ignorance and bitter experience of defective designative finiteness. This would give him a theoretic relief of his existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhva's eternal associative duality always maintains eternal devotional aptitude which is the common basis of all the four inculcators
 of Positive Truth. Maya or delusive energy is to be abandoned or overpowered by devotion which will give eternal relief to conditioned individual soul or spirit. Individual spirit is never to indulge itself in the imaginary inflation for becoming the un
iversal non-designative Spirit. Individuals are eternally atomic isolated numberless entities. They have eternal cognitional, volitional and emotional attributions in them. They are prone to be forgetful of the direction of service towards their Eternal 
Master, the Fountainhead. In salvation they are never to lose their eternal special individuality, and this temporary captive individuation in the present sheath should never be considered as permanently neglecting the eternal ontological transcendental 
form. The individual souls and matter are not temporary production, but they are emanated from Brahman and both of them are reciprocated to each other. The Personal Body of Brahman known as Vishnu is the very center of all energies and attributes, be the
y temporary or eternal. He is all-potent and His Service is the eternal function of the individual spirits. The worldly pretensions of Maya are traced in the unusual desire of elevationists and salvationists. The devotees have no such pretensions like th
e fictitious believers of enjoyment or the salvationists like the Vedanta interpreter Shankar. Madhva's interpretation of the Efficient Cause is not challenged by his opponents, but his conception of material cause of the world has been misunderstood by 
the Mayavadins to be different from the unique situation of Brahman. The phase of the material cause is not isolated from Brahman but the yieldings of the material cause should in no case be confused as identical with Brahman The material cause has produ
ced this phenomenon to befool conditioned Jivas or individual captive spirits, who have by their indolent mood behaved as enjoyers, but the real cause should be traced to have emanated from Him through one of His conflicting potencies for that purpose wh
ich is misunderstood by a hasty idealistic conception for outward reading. A true insight should surely convince a student of the Vedanta endowed with a true theistic mood that the unique existence of Brahman has brought forth simultaneously the phenomen
a of sentients and insentients.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ontological view will surely tell us that Eternal Brahman is the all-pervading Supreme Cause of all manifestive eternal and transfo
rming domains. All the Vedantic literatures, viz., Sruti, Nyaya, Smriti and Prakarana tend to delineate the Personality of the Unique Owner of all Eternal manifestations and their opposites and the conception of His Personality need not be morphologized 
by worldly temporal transforming attributes and at the same time He should not be denied His Spiritual Form, Attributions and spiritual eternal innumerable transcendental Qualities and unending and unrestricted Pastimes. Owing to His supersensuous situat
ion, frivolous attempts should not be directed against Him by our anti-theistic exploitations. He should be approached through Sruti or pure aural reception of transcendental sounds which should not be confused with mundane sounds which are temporary and
 meant for the gratifications of our senses. The mundane sounds are to submit to our inspectorial staff of senses whereas cogent transcendental sounds are enriched with super-delegated powers of Divinity to regulate the previous conviction of an enjoying
 captivated object who poses himself as a subject to lord it over the phenomena. The mind and all other wrong activities of senses are to be regulated by means of devotional temperament to proceed to the Region of eternal transcendental Beatitude. The ap
proaching activity along the path of devotion will empower all individual captivated entities to throw off the thraldom of this enjoying region.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Over this, we can trace as well the development of the Vedantic aspects in the history and in many ritualistic works, known as Satvata 
Pancharatra, all of which went to show an advanced thought of the practical Vedanta. Moreover the commentators on the Puranas and the Pancharatras also give us facility to drink deep into the conception of the Transcendental Truth which will form an eter
prize of the Vedantic extension. Some of the Prakarana books have significance of tending towards the impersonal goal. The analytical development has given us a long list of arguments refuting pure impersonalists where we find a foliage of 'Rasa' apart f
rom its indolent aspects. This is no doubt a valuable addition to the Vedanta library. Vigilant writers will come up in the field of the Vedanta in its dualistic phase, vehemently protesting the pent up ideas of indolent pantheists by their synthetic pro
paganda towards the Absolute. This process may appear to us as an inductive process leading to pantheistic vision in the long run shaping convergently to one point. Many schools of philosophy in their progress tend to convert themselves to one thought wh
ere specification is utterly denied; in other words, they speak of many things which will be proselytized to one thing viz., indistinctive monism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some of the adventurers have been found to transform the substratum itself or proselytize their mundane exploitive journey to the theor
y of misconception. The analytic process meets the synthetic aspirant at a point, and we find a combined attempt of their development in literatures which are also included later on in the Vedantic School. Dvaitadvaita scholars of the Bhaskara and the Ni
mbarka schools have given us such views. The empiric starting from a perishable plane aiming at the indestructible direction could bring for us a cumulative view of the terminus. The system of the Vedanta philosophy should always look forward to approach
 the Absolute and not to any non-absolute search. The mundane morphological march need not be considered identical with the transcendental morphology which cannot in any case show its transiency and altering phases.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The origin of the Vedanta is innate in knowledge and inseparable from the same, though its practical phases may insist on tracing the c
ause where it submits to inspection. Nature seems to undergo a transformation, but a vigilant eye could easily discern the unalterable situation, as she has two apparent aspects viz., measurable and immeasurable. The measurable attributes vary according 
to the temporality and permanency of the measurer. Transcendental measurement is perfect and true and not liable to become a victim of mundane controversy arising out of transforming, imperfect, unretentive and finite relativities. The purpose or essence
 of the Vedanta is not conflicting as it has been reduced by wranglers to polemic exploitations which simply dissuade the puzzled entity of the observer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Absolute Infinity and absolute infinitesimals are not at loggerheads with one another. So the subjectivity and the objectivity desc
ribed in the Vedanta Philosophy have different denominations from the present conception of the limited idealists who disown all types of objectivity. If we have a keen watch over the transcendental object we can eliminate the grossness and mundane subtl
eties. The new state of spirit need not have any relation with mundane manifestations. The unalloyed soul should not be disturbed by cutting asunder the transcendental links inseparable with the entity of the unalloyed spirit. We should not anthropomorph
ize our present crippled ideas when we traverse the Vedantic path. The potency of the Personality of the Transcendental Absolute (Purushottama) need not be restricted, out of our poor experience of this world which is of a faulty nature. The apotheotic c
onception should not prevail in the region of transcendence, as that plane is not to be confused with the world of three dimensions. The passionate views of imperfect limitations, if carried over to that region, would give a speculative transitory result
 which we should avoid for the safety of this particular philosophy. The origin of the Vedanta need not be epistemologized from the limited experience of phenomena. Of course our restless mind cannot resist such temptations, but we should be cautious not
 to disturb the peace and the harmonious system of transcendence. We are to approach, and not to mutilate, the reciprocal entities of transcendence. Our initiative faculty shows an unlimited scope of designing and shaping things according to our whims, b
ut those are of no use, if such whimsical orders are not carried out by the transcendental Authority for reasons best known to Him. We have marked that our mind is offered viands for its consumption in the fettered situation and with the same we cannot u
tilize our mind and mental activities however ethical, may they impress on us here for our future movements in the eternal path of welcoming our volitional and cognitional enterprizes. An empiric mind with its intuitive aspirations cannot possibly work, 
unless helped by the spiritual Power Who does not bear the same demeanor of the present phenomenal impressions. It would be better for us if our exploited innovations do not accompany us during our acceptance of the conception of the Transcendence. Our p
resent conscience and mind with all their paraphernalia cannot possibly claim the suzerainty of the Transcendence when our poor ego is quite adaptable to and contented with the dolls of the universal phenomena. We have got an enjoying caliber when we tre
ad on the worldly path receiving help of our gross body and flickering mind. We have noticed that phenomena have direct connection with the mind and their paraphernalia. The mundane phenomena have a perishable value, whereas the distinctive character of 
phenomena beyond our conception, is not identical with our present store of knowledge. The phenomenal objects require modification and our different philosophical speculations require rectification, whereas the transcendental Region does not submit to su
ch regulative admonition and chastisement. We are to approach the transcendental Truth Who does not require any aggressive exploitation from any quarter. The summum bonum of all knowledge, beatitude and unending time should not be mutilated for the safet
y of our eternal entity, which is absolute infinitesimal and not Absolute Infinity, as the inflation of our quantitative eternal ego is not expected to go beyond our own. The imperfection of grossness and subtlety should not claim to have their location 
in that region, as Parabyoma is never meant to accommodate the special characteristics of worldly phenomena. The subject matter of the Vedanta is not an innovation, so the origin was lying dormant in spirit, and the Vedantic sound need not have any origi
nation in this material world. The transcendental Sound, though specified to exhibit a differentiative character, is not to be enjoyed by our enjoying senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must necessarily convince ourselves that the essence of the Vedanta philosophy should terminate in the principle of devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The last aphorism of the Vedanta Sutras tends to the impressions that Sound will bring us to the Region wherefrom a return journey alon
g the path of knowledge is not possible. It goes to show a process leading to the Transcendence, where no foreign invasion can be invited to form an opposite party who can persuade a sojourner to shift himself from the transcendental termination. The pla
ce is not meant for an indolent being to benumb his unending progressive activity by dissociating his connections with the transitory dark and undesirable element. By the constant chanting of the Transcendental Name the aim of spiritual aspiration will b
e fulfilled, and no other process can remedy the evil of accepting the undeserving position of a worldly enjoyer. The whole line of our religious associative transaction should terminate in our activity of being an instrument of the transcendental Sound.
 The constant uttering from the lips of a transcendental devotee can only help a man to get rid of his limited activity for the limited perishable objects. The aural receptive entity is not to exert its influence to impede the course of the transcendenta
l Sound who would be pouring in with the purpose of regulating the erring ego.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So an eternal devotee should not cease to chant the Eternal Name of Hari constantly without any interruption. The interceding\'97repell
ing and covering\'97energy of the Absolute will otherwise act on him. The anti-devotional attitude will keep a reader of the Vedanta far off from the Absolute Truth. The sincere student of the Vedanta is expected to realize the presence of the Object of 
his eternal devotion and to be emotional. The mellow quality will display some symptoms which will bear testimony to his transcendental realization; otherwise it would prove his impervious character resembling that of stone or adamant, or in other words,
 he would be considered to be an unsuccessful reader of the subject. The conception of the Absolute Truth will never be in his possession, if he confines himself to his sensuous activities bearing a form to lord it over the worldly phenomena.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If he cares to learn from others the real nature of their experience to bring himself in touch with the objects that have not been with
in the range of his senses, he will profit much by such association and try to add to the store of his knowledge, which he could not have gathered by his attempts through the senses. When he welcomes the unprecedented nature of the Vedanta working in him
 his sensuous aggrandizement, he erroneously thinks himself amply awarded by the acquisition of experience of an expert who is running after an impersonal object void of all sorts of designation. He can avail himself of a partial view of indeterminate no
n-designative plane where the triple forms of mundane qualities are not expected to preponderate in exhibiting their significance. The Transcendental Sound becomes his engagement, he having secured the position of setting himself free from the egoistic e
xploitations of the phenomenal plane. Such a position would offer him the conception of the Absolute to Whom his only duty would be to offer his eternal services. This stage is known as regaining the true function after the expiry of his term of imprison
ment as an enjoyer. Now he is in his proper health to engage himself as the eternal servitor of the Absolute, knowing his own position. The full conception of the Absolute will give him the facility of serving the eternal Master in the highest capability
 of devotion. In the Dahara Chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad, we find that all these passionate activities are fulfilled when true salvation is acquired. The passionate activities are proselytized to most perfect engagement with the Absolute. So eterna
l full recognition will render a servitor exactly fitting the Great Consort for Whom every unalloyed spirit should have her only activity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Consort Absolute will wait for the consort servitor. The parent servitor will meet the Child Absolute, the object of his or her onl
y engagement. The eternal friend servitor will regain his position as such. The personal attendant servitors will meet their Master and offer their confidential services, for sheer love. The confidential service offered by the neutral entity will indirec
tly be directed to the Absolute without any cognisance on the part of the unalloyed individual spirit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The different readings of the Vedanta under true guidance will give us the result that Personality of Godhead is not approached by iden
tifying oneself with the transcendental Effulgence (Brahman) coming out from the transcendental Body of the Absolute and that the all-engrossing features (Paramatma or Universal Godhead) are but a part of the Absolute in Whom a freed soul does not merge.
 After such association the devotional aptitude will have a free play to join as a transcendental factor of His pastimes. He is the very Emporium of all potencies and the resortive ocean of all sorts of love. The detachable border-land potency, though li
able to come under the clutch of a disposition to enjoy Nature's products and to welcome them as temporary servitors, can get a true direction by exchanging the enjoying mood for eternal devotion. Both the transcendental manifestation as well as the tran
sformable mundane manifestations are simultaneously incorporated in the Absolute and differ from Himself like the rays of the sun and the glowing disc. The isolated individual phase of the servitor is eternally associated with Him. The analogy is drawn f
rom the sun. The spirit, the glowing disc, the emanated rays and the penumbra are four aspects concerning the sun and inseparable from the existence of the sun. So the manifested world has association with the integral position of the Absolute. True devo
tion should be the method of reaching Him, where all activities of the freed souls should tend finally to the eternal service to please their Absolute Object of service. The one phase of harmony of the Absolute need not be metamorphosed into rupture, by 
courting different phases of the goal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya, by inculcation of His loving attitude towards absolute infinitesimals has disclosed the reading
 of the Srimad Bhagavatam as a standard light-house in our journey of life through the rough waters of the phenomenal ocean.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Renouncing temperament with all uncongenial phenomena has been ordained by instructing philosophers and theologians. The imaginary idea
s of blind salvationists who had no occasion to witness the Absolute Truth have not been approved by the Supreme Lord, but He has advised us to acquaint ourselves with the reading of Krishna's Pastimes and to direct our services to the Adokshaja; and in 
that case our feeble limbs and senses cannot claim to approach Him unless we have a true serving mood. We would fail to offer our services to Him, if we think that our present acquisitions are enough to approach Him Who has however reserved the right of 
not being exposed to the mundane activities of the enjoyers of matter and motion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vyasa, when he had an adorative temperament and sat for Samadhi with his devotional aptitude, witnessed, with his spiritual eye, the fu
ll transcendental Form of the Absolute incorporating the negative energy of Nescience which has the power to cover the senses of individual spirits who have been apathetic to their Master and indulged in their enjoying mood, posing as lords with predilec
tions for embracing the triple mundane energy. Though the border-land potency is more powerful than the triple qualities of transformable nature and prefers to wait to serve at their command, still its predilecting nature can at any moment throw off the 
clutch of, and the affinity for, the phenomena, if she comes to know the desirability of her turning towards her master-the Eternal Fountainhead, the transcendental Bhagavan Krishna, which will give her permanent release from her exploitive march of cour
ting the most undesirable position of an enjoyer here. This fact of devotional instruction had not been imparted before to the undeserving humanity, but the kind-hearted writer of the aphorisms in his genuine commentary Srimad Bhagavatam exposed the trut
h for the benefit of deserving souls. He was like a kindhearted shepherd of the congregation of individual souls who were sheep under his protection. He managed to hand over the cattle to the transcendental Cowherd to learn the nature of worship and desi
rability of flocking to Him. None was so kind to mankind as He, to disclose the fact that the object of service to any other phase of Krishna would not be so profitable as to target the object of unalloyed devotion to Krishna Who will, by the bye, help t
hem to cut off their connection and the unusual affinity with the perishable objects. The unalloyed soul will be rescued from all apprehension arising out of the apathetic mood lying latent in the individual soul. The devotional engagement will enable us
 to comprehend the real position of self and no tempting nature would be able to win over the heart of the individual soul, dissuading him from his spontaneous transcendental loving service. The individual soul will be set free by his devotional practice
s to endure the affliction of separation of tempting things and will prefer to appreciate the only desirable object and to court His sweet pleasure, His sweet beatitude.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In closing up my telling, I offer my sincere sympathy to my friends who have allowed me to speak before them about the morphological an
d ontological aspects of the Vedanta Philosophy as inculcated by the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya Who is ever kind to all humanity in all its stages. The Supreme Lord is the Manifest Form of all true, and His transcendental benign instructions will
 surely attract us to offer our eternal services when we refuse to submit to the foreign associations which are our temporary bearings, viz., the gross tabernacle and the subtle entity. He is so kind to us as to send His transcendental messengers to this
 world for heaving us up to His presence and to accept our transcendental candidature, though we are His undeserving, indolent eternal slaves to carry His true wishes to our friends.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There follows 4 pages of blissful photos, titled "NEW YORK SAMKIRTAN."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prabhupada at New Vrindaban
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA AT NEW VRINDABAN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada arrived at New Vrindaban, West Virginia on the morning of May 21st, 1969. It was h
is first visit to the mountain ashram, which is the first community in the West dedicated to Krishna conscious living. Prabhupada walked swiftly up the two mile road proclaiming that he enjoyed the walk, and quietly entered into country life for one mont
h. In the morning he would usually take walks around the property and point out sites for building constructions. Sometimes in the late morning he would lie outside in the sun, and in the evening he would sit in a favorite spot beneath a persimmon tree a
nd look out over the mountains. "You don't get tired outdoors like you do inside," he once said. He especially enjoyed the milk fresh from Surabi Gai. He urged us to develop the acreage so that civilization can see that all man needs is a little land and
 a cow to live properly.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 [The following two talks were given on the nights of May 23 and June 22.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Glory to the Sri Krishna Samkirtan which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years together. Thus the fire of condition
al life, of repeated birth and death, is extinguished. This Samkirtan movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction Moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of t
ranscendental bliss, and it helps us to have a taste of the full nectar for which we are always anxious.\'94 In this Sri Krishna Samkirtan we feel cleansed for having washed in the ocean of transcendental bliss. Now present here at this meeting is an old
 man (I am 74 years old) and a child one year old. Yet everyone, beginning from the child up to the old man, can take part in this Samkirtan movement. Actually we can see practically that everyone is taking part in it. It is such a nice yoga system that 
there is no need for any material qualifications. If there are material qualifications, that is all right\'97we need not neglect them. We can dovetail all our material qualifications by rendering service to Krishna. That will make our material position s
uccessful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All these children here at New Vrindaban are very fortunate. They are learning automatically how to chant, how to eat prasadam, how to 
say beads. They are very fortunate to have this tendency for Krishna consciousness, and it is the duty of the father and mother to raise children in Krishna consciousness so that the children can be saved from further bondage to birth and death. The Bhag
avatam says that one should not become a father unless he is able to save his child from the impending mouth of death. Without Krishna consciousness no one can be saved from the cycle of birth and death. It is not possible. We are not this material body,
 but somehow we have contacted it, just like we contact some infectious disease. So long as we do not develop this Krishna consciousness we will never be able to free ourselves from contact with this material body. We may have a very nice body or a very 
bad body\'97that doesn't matter. There are many insects and germs which live for five minutes only, and there are living entities in Brahma Loka who live for five millions of years\'97but that doesn't matter. There are all varieties of life present here 
within this universe, and in Krishna's creation we will find both the gigantic and the minute. We can see here in New Vrindaban that there are very big trees and also very small ones, some so small and insignificant that we trample over them without even
 knowing it. So in the living condition there are so many varieties of life and so much changing of bodies, but the problem is not to promote ourselves from a small body to a big body, from an ant's body to an elephant's body, but to free ourselves from 
all material bodies altogether. Actually we have a spiritual body\'97satchitananda vigraha\'97a body just like Krishna's\'97and our goal should be to attain that. So this Krishna consciousness will give us this opportunity, and those who are grihastas, f
amily men, have the duty to raise their children in Krishna consciousness so their children can take full advantage of the rare human life. Now in this New Vrindaban we will have a community of such enlightened fathers and mothers, and of sannyasins and 
brahmacharies. Actually we make no such distinctions. Whoever is in Krishna consciousness, whoever can understand the science of Krishna, can become a Spiritual Master, a teacher. In New Vrindaban we should live in such an ideal way that people will lear
n what human life and what human civilization actually are. What is the purpose of civilization? This we must teach the world. Thus I request those who are conducting New Vrindaban to develop this community in such a way that it will be exemplary.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now this little one-year-old child is dancing and trying to chant Hare Krishna on beads. They have this natural tendency; they are simp
ly to be instructed. They must have association of devotees, then there will be a new growth of superior population. They will not be like cats and dogs, but will actually be demigods. "Demigod" means devotee of Krishna, that's all. And "asura" (demon) m
eans non-devotee. So there is a sufficient population of asuras in this world, and thus the people are not happy. This demonic civilization is actually killing the human race, and therefore it is the responsibility of Krishna conscious people to save the
 ignorant and the innocent. This human form of life is meant for ending all the miserable conditions of material existence, but people are being misguided, just like animals. It is not a good civilization. So one of the major advantages of New Vrindaban 
is that it is out of contact with the asuric civilization. It is Krishna's desire that no man of ordinary interest will come here. It is beyond the reach of the ordinary class of men. [Prabhupada laughs] Just like Hayagriva's father says, "I'll never wal
k up that road again." [Laughs]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So these nice children have come here, and I have especially requested Swami Kirtanananda to take care of them and also for this nice m
otherly girl, Satyabhama, and her husband to help. If you can just make one child Krishna conscious that will be a great service. Krishna will be very pleased. Many children will come here, for this place is very nice and Krishna will give us all opportu
nity. I will also come again, for I like it here, but first I must finish a little work which is still remaining\'97I want to go once to London and Germany\'97and then I'll entrust the whole preaching work to you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now let us cooperate. In New Vrindaban the women's business will be to take care of the children, to cook, to clean and to churn butter
, and, for those who have the knowledge, to help in typing. No other hard work\'97that's all. But for the men, there is hard work\'97working in the field, taking care of the animals, collecting food, constructing buildings. So in this way we should coope
rate. The girls who are here should prepare nice prasadam so that the boys can get their prasadam regularly. That is the duty of women. If men are given good prasadam on time, then they will work hard. And the churning business is for the girls\'97that w
ill keep their health very nice. Yasoda, the mother of Krishna, although very exalted and so materially rich that she had many maidservants, still took pleasure in churning. And in Los Angeles recently there was a butter ceremony and people churned twelv
e pounds of butter at the meeting. So our Krishna consciousness movement is very appealing. We churn butter and have festivals and dance Hare Krishna. Just cooperate and try to improve this New Vrindaban scheme. It will certainly develop if you are since
re, for Krishna will send all help. Someday it will actually be a replica of Vrindaban. Kirtanananda Swami was in Vrindaban and so has an idea of what it is like. Now we have already instituted one Kesi Ghat here. So with cooperation this is all possible
. Krishna will help you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now we shall discuss the compilation of Srimad Bhagavatam by Vyasadeva. There are millions of verses compiled by Vyasadeva\'97the Pur
anas, Vedanta Sutra, the Mahabharata. Mahabharata alone contains more than a hundred thousand verses. Similarly, there are other Puranas, and besides that the Upanishads. Vyasadeva is the editor and the compiler of all these Vedic literatures, but even a
fter compiling all these he was not satisfied. Even after presenting the Vedanta Sutra in which he summarized all the Vedic knowledge, he was not satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedanta Sutra contains the codes of all Vedic knowledge. Sutra means codes. The Vedanta Sutra }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1] }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub begins with the words, "Athato brahma jijnasa.\'94 This is translated, "Now one should enquire after the Supreme Absolute Truth." This is the first injunction, and this verse can be expla
ined in volumes of books, and there are so many different commentators who have explained this one verse. Someone says we should enquire after karmakanya, after finishing the sense gratificatory processes. Or after this, or after this. But the word is "a
thato," a very significant word meaning "now, therefore." "Therefore" means that you have enjoyed your material life as much as possible but are still confused and unhappy. In America you have just produced hippies. Frustration. Because the Americans hav
e failed to achieve the highest pleasure of life despite their arranging all kinds of material facilities, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub therefore}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they should be eager to understand, and they should enquire what is the cause. So brahma jijnasa\'97what is the greatest happiness? Now you are enjoying material happiness, but you are not satisfied. You are confused. So you should e
nquire into the greatest happiness. Now we are trying to find out the Original Source of this cosmic manifestation. Why are we hankering after happiness? Why are we confused? What is the Original Source? The Original Source, it is replied immediately in 
the next sutra, either of happiness or of distress, of everything, is that wherefrom everything emanates. Distress emanates from it and happiness also emanates and these cosmic manifestations also emanate. The sky also emanates\'97everything emanates fro
m the Supreme Source. How is it that both distress and happiness emanate and knowledge and ignorance also emanate? That is fullness. And how does everything emanate from that Original Source? That is explained in the Bhagavad Gita and in the Bhagavatam a
lso. In Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says, "I am the Source of everything. I am the Source of happiness, and I am the Source of distress. I am the Source of all this, of Brahma, Vishnu\'97everything, for there is no Source beyond Me.\'94 You will also fin
d in the Bhagavad Gita that all dualities such as happiness and distress are reconciled in Krishna. "I am situated in everyone's heart, and from Me there is remembering and forgetting."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So why does one man forget and another man remember? Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says that the actual constitutional position of all living en
tities is that of eternal servitude to God. That is the position of everyone. All entities are made for that purpose, but we forget, and that forgetfulness is also from the Supreme. Why does Krishna allow one to forget? Because one wants to forget. We al
l have a tendency to imitate. If we see someone is enjoying himself, we think, "Oh, why shouldn't I enjoy myself like him?" This is natural. We have the independence to think in that way. Similarly, among living entities whose business is to serve, there
 are those who want to imitate and become Krishna. Actually their position is that of a dog, but they want to become God. When living entities want to imitate in this way, they are immediately put into the clutches of Maya. Maya says, "All right you enjo
y. Try to become God." So in this material world everyone is trying to become God. I am trying to become God, and you are trying to become God, and so there is competition between gods. We have forgotten that we are dogs in our efforts to become God, as 
if God is such a cheap thing that anyone can become Him. This tendency to try to become God is actually asuric. We have the example of Hiranya Kashipu. As soon as his little child would say, "Krishna, Narayan," Hiranya Kashipu would immediately become an
gry. "Oh, who is this Narayan?" he would ask. "Oh, He is God," his little child would say. "Oh, who is God? I am God. Are you trying to respect some other God?" This philosophy is always present, and now it is very prominent. Everyone is trying to become
 God. There are so many swamis coming to your country and saying, "Oh, I am God, you are God, he is God, that is God, this is God.\'94 So all this is going on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the lower stage they are grossly under the impression that I am this body, I am this mind or I am this intelligence, or I am God or 
so many other things. But the Bhagavatam explains the nature of the Supreme. The Supreme is that from which everything is emanating. And what is one of the characteristics of the Supreme? "He knows everything." There are many so-called incarnations of Go
d who do not even know what is going to happen the next moment. So this Srimad Bhagavatam gives the characteristics of the Supreme. It is the proper explanation of the Vedanta Sutra. The author himself, Vyasadeva, in the Fifth Chapter of the First Canto 
of Srimad Bhagavatam, explains how this commentary on the Vedanta Sutra (Srimad Bhagavatam) originally came to be written. After compiling huge volumes of Vedic literature, including the Vedanta Sutra, Vyasadeva was not satisfied. He was still morose. So
 Narada Muni, his Spiritual Master, could understand that he was seeking something. "Why am I morose?" Vyasadeva asked him. "I have tried to give knowledge to the people as far as possible, as I have known it from reliable sources, but I am still not sat
isfied." At that time, when Narada came to see him, Vyasadeva received him well, for it is the duty of the disciple to give a good reception to the Spiritual Master. And when he was seated nicely, he began to speak to Vyasadeva. "My dear son of Parasara,
 do you think that you'll be satisfied by identifying yourself with this material body or with this mind? That is not possible. You have compiled so many books based on this concept of life. Some living entities are considering that they are the body, an
d others are considering that they are the mind, and yet others are considering that they are the intelligence. But the self is none of these, for he is above them. He is transcendental. Unless one comes to that position there is no question of satisfact
ion."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So this was the first point Narada Muni made. Vyasadeva was very great, born of a great father and very learned and fortunate. Yet, all
 of his books were based on the concept of the body and the mind. Therefore he could not find happiness. After the Battle of Kurukshetra, Vyasadeva wrote the Mahabharata, the history of this planet, and in it he deals with the four interests of human bei
ngs\'97dharma, artha, kama, and moksha. In a human society, or at least in a peaceful human society, people must have religion (dharma) and some good economic development (artha), and they must have some nice arrangement for sense gratification (kama), a
nd after they have failed to become satisfied with these, they next need liberation (moksha) from the material bondage. So these are the four basic needs of humanity. But Narada indicates here that these are not the highest. There is a final interest and
 ultimate need, and that is given in Srimad Bhagavatam. Becoming liberated is not final. Merging into the existence of the Absolute is not the ultimate. Therefore in the Srimad Bhagavatam we find from the very beginning that these four principles (dharma
, artha, kama, and moksha) are cast aside. The great commentator, Sridhar Swami, says that one should not even aspire for liberation. That should be the position of the devotee. Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu said that he cared nothing for liberation. Life af
ter life he only wanted Lord Krishna's causeless devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam should be studied very carefully, scrutinizingly. There are eight commentaries which are authorized, and there are ma
ny ordinary commentaries which are not, but actually Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad Gita are within themselves illuminating, just like the sunlight. One does not need a lamp to see the sunlight, and similarly one does not need commentaries to understand 
these great works which are self-illuminated. Simply if you try to understand them word by word, you will attain enlightenment. Yet, there are acharyas who can help. Here we can see that Vyasadeva, the great sage, is enquiring from Narada, and that is th
e duty of the disciple. Just like Sukha Goswami says, one should be inquisitive and one should enquire from a Guru, a Spiritual Master, who can actually give right knowledge. The Spiritual Master is one who can answer all questions. And what should one e
nquire? Should one enquire about the rate of stocks just like a businessman? No. That is also explained in Srimad Bhagavatam\'97one should enquire about that which is beyond this darkness. Only when one is inquisitive to understand the spiritual worlds s
hould he accept a Spiritual Master. Otherwise there is no need. A Spiritual Master is not a fashion or a fad. One should be very serious and make enquiry and then assimilate the answers. After hearing and assimilating, one should distribute the knowledge
 to the world. That is the order of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So Narada tells Vyasadeva that he has written very well and that his knowledge is very wonderful. He gives him all credit for having en
quired about Brahman, not about ordinary things. Brahman means that which is eternal, not temporary. So Vyasadeva has enquired, assimilated and delineated many wonderful things in the history of the Mahabharata, and he has set forth all information conce
rning the four principles of perfection. The Bhagavad Gita is also contained in that Mahabharata. Yet after setting down all of this, Vyasadeva was morose. Here, out of respect, Narada addresses Vyasadeva: "My dear prabhu, you have done such wonderful th
ings, and you are so very learned. You have enquired about transcendental subject matter, and you have compiled so many fine books. Therefore why are you lamenting?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This discussion between Narada and Vyasadeva is given in the First Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, and it is very interesting. In it Narada
 indicates that Vyasadeva is unhappy because he has not dealt with the transcendental pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna. But the Srimad Bhagavatam, which deals with these pastimes, is the completion of Vyasadeva's work and is consequently the cream of Vedic k
nowledge. Vyasadeva felt incomplete before writing it. Therefore it is not possible to have complete Vedic knowledge without studying it. We shall further discuss this conversation between Narada and Vyasadeva at another lecture.
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part I (Continued in Issue No. 31)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from doubt and delusion, forgiveness, truthfulness, self-control and calmne
ss, pleasure and pain, birth, death, fear, fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, satisfaction, austerity, charity, fame and infamy are created by Me alone." (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub X/4-5}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just before relating His various opulences to Arjuna, Lord Sri Krishna gives this list of conditions and qualities by way of an introdu
ction. In no way is this list complete, but what is given should be considered to be of special significance. Krishna is the Original Cause of everything, and consequently He is the Cause of all good and bad qualities and all states of existence. Because
 of our limited perception, whatever we see in this phenomenal world has a dual nature: good and bad, pleasure and pain, hot and cold, joy and sorrow, and so on. "O son of Kunti, the non-permanent appearance of heat and cold, happiness and distress, and 
their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed." (Gita, II/14) Actually these st
ates are alloyed qualities of the Supreme Lord. They exist in Krishna in full, and they are seen in part in the living entities.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 INTELLIGENCE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is real intelligence? At the risk of seeming facetious, it can be stated that there are two kinds of intelligence: stupid intellig
ence and intelligent intelligence. The first variety is material, the second spiritual. Sometimes we say that a person is an intelligent driver. This means he knows how to drive a car well. Or a man like Henry Ford takes a few scraps of metal, assembles 
them and makes a machine that can run down the road. This may be an example of technology and may take some intelligence, but according to the Gita, this is mundane or material intelligence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So what is real intelligence? Real intelligence is to know and understand that Krishna is the Supreme and I am part and parcel. It is t
he ability to analyze things in their proper perspective, to understand the finer activities of nature and how things work in nature. A child may be interested simply in the anatomical or the automatic in watching a train run down a track or in watching 
a baseball player hit a ball, but one who is actually intelligent tries to understand the active principle behind the train and the body. A child thinks that a motor car in the street is running of its own accord, or if he sees a record player he wonders
 what a fine discovery it is because there is music coming out of it. In the same way the scientists observe nature and wonder how so much is happening, and most often they spend their time observing and describing an infinitude of natural functionings. 
They may be keen observers like the hawk, but what conclusions do they draw from hundreds and hundreds of years of research? They already admit that despite all their research they have not even scratched the surface in their investigation of natural phe
nomena. And they will simply go on observing for millions and millions of years. In this way they will compile volumes and volumes of books of observations, but there will be no cohesive vision to unify them. There is a proverb that says, "The fox knows 
many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.\'94 Mundane scientists, educators and professional men, like the fox, may have billions of scraps of information at their fingertips, but they have no unifying vision like the hedgehog. The hedgehog know
s that its quills will protect him against a million foxes, and similarly a man of vision knows that he can withstand countless mundane wranglers. For instance, Lord Jesus Christ was more certain of one thing than anyone in the world. He knew that God th
e Father was the Supreme and that He was His son and servant. He was not so much interested in the workings of nature, for He knew the principle behind nature and His relationship to it. And because He knew this and could express this and because He sacr
ificed His life for this, He has influenced the lives of countless millions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the gross observation of nature is not intelligence. Simply watching the machine run is not enough. We must try to find out who is w
orking the machine. Philosophers and scientists are not working of their own accord but under the spell of material energy. They are subject to birth, old age, disease and death. They are subject to the functionings of their bodies and are dependent on t
he resources in nature for their very existence. Everything is being carried on completely independent of them. No man can keep his heart beating after that organ is exhausted. No man can give air to the earth and no man can make the sunrise in the morni
ng or stop it from setting in the evening. All of the workings of nature are conducted by a Force beyond nature, by a Super natural. In the Gita, Krishna asserts this Super natural to be Himself. "This material nature is working under My direction, O son
 of Kunti producing all the moving and unmoving beings; and by its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again." (Gita, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IX/10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Nature, then, is simply the agent. The real worker is Krishna. Therefore one who has real intelligence, real buddhi, knows that he is just an instrument in the hands of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The English word "know" comes from the Sanskrit word gnanum by way of the Greek word gnosis. Real knowledge is the ability to understan
d and discriminate between spirit and matter. This is not the type of knowledge that is taught in universities. The reference here is to transcendental knowledge of which the universities are in dire need. In the Fourth Chapter of Bhagavad Gita Lord Kris
hna says that work done in a spirit of renunciation culminates in transcendental knowledge and that one should try to learn the truth by approaching a Spiritual Master, inquiring from him submissively and rendering service unto him. Because the Spiritual
 Master has seen the truth, he can impart knowledge to his students. And what is the fruition of this knowledge? It is stated very plainly. "When you have thus learned the truth you will know that all living beings are My parts and parcels\'97and that th
ey are in Me and are Mine." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IV/35}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This knowledge is priceless and bestows the highest benefits. Sri Krishna says that such knowledge will bear even the most sinful of sinners across the ocean of mise
ries. "In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature fruit of all mysticism. And one who has achieved this enjoys the Self within himself in due course of time. A faithful man who is absorbe
d in transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses quickly attains the Supreme spiritual peace.\'94 (Gita, IV/38-39)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore if one wants to be free from all doubt and delusion he must cultivate spiritual knowledge. The first step in cultivation is t
o understand the difference between matter and spirit and by thus understanding transcend the material platform of body consciousness, of thinking that I am this body. There is something in the body which is working the body. Matter is animated due to th
e touch of spirit. It is dependent on spirit. We must be able to distinguish between the two. Unfortunately today in all of our universities study is restricted to matter only, and spirit is neglected. An automobile is given all attention, but the man, t
he driver, is neglected. In the Second Chapter of Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna elaborately explains that Arjuna is not that body and that the soul exists apart from the body. We are a combination of matter and spirit in our contaminated state. In actualit
y, we are all spirit, superior energy, but because we wanted to enjoy material nature we became embodied in the inferior energy. Therefore the conditioned living entity is called the marginal energy of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Knowledge of the inferior energy is temporary because matter is temporary. We may become chemists or engineers in this life and acquire
 so much knowledge, but at death all of this knowledge will be finished. We will no longer be chemists or engineers. But because the spirit soul doesn't die, whatever knowledge we acquire about the spirit soul does not die with the body. It is retained a
nd carried into our subsequent lives. If we develop 10% spiritual knowledge in this body, when we get our next bodies we will continue from 11%. Of course the best thing is to finish it 100% now because human life is meant for the elevation of the spirit
, not for the exploitation of matter for sense enjoyment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna consciousness is dormant within every living being. If one approaches a mahatma, a Spiritual Master, this dormant knowledge can
 be awakened. In Srimad Bhagavatam it is said that the living entity is a spiritual spark that wanders not only from one body to another but from one planet to another. He is wandering in his search for Absolute Knowledge, and he does not know that his b
est course is to find a Spiritual Master who is well versed in the scriptures, who has realized Krishna and who chants His glories, Hare Krishna. In order to cross the great ocean of material nescience, one must have a good ship, a good captain and a fav
orable atmosphere. To cross this ocean we already have a very good ship, this human form of life. This kind of ship is not always obtainable. We have come to this stage by gradual evolutionary process from aquatics, birds and animals. So we should use th
is opportunity, and if we have a good captain, a Spiritual Master to steer us, then the atmosphere of Krishna consciousness will be supplied by the Lord. So if there is no hurricane and if there is a good ship and a good captain delivering the message of
 Bhagavad Gita, take advantage and cross. As soon as one becomes fully conscious of his position apart from the gross material body, then he becomes free from material consciousness. One should acquire this knowledge of spirit slowly but surely. One shou
ld not blindly accept but use his developed consciousness. This knowledge also depends upon one's mode of living. Therefore one has to develop the other positive qualities enumerated.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FREEDOM FROM DOUBT AND DELUSION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Fourth Chapter of Gita Krishna says, "But ignorant and faithless men who doubt the revealed scriptures go to ruin and perish. Fo
r the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next." (Gita, IV/40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Doubt has b
een called the shadow of truth. At the very beginning of one's spiritual life, a devotee is invariably beset by a legion of doubts. These doubts, which are but demons of innumerable colors and forms, all have one purpose: to obscure the light of truth fr
om the vision of the devotee. Francis Bacon once wrote, "In contemplation if a man begins with certainties he shall end in doubts, but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." In this age, especially, one is inclined to disbel
ieve and doubt\'97to doubt scripture, to doubt God, to doubt oneself. This age is called Kali yuga and is characterized by strife, doubt, ignorance, chaos and disagreement. So at the outset of one's spiritual life, needless to say, innumerable doubts wil
l present themselves. These demon doubts always surround the threshold of Knowledge-Bliss-Absolute. As the neophyte stands at this threshold, confused and fearful, the doubts assail him and tell him to turn back and not jump into the ocean of Divine blis
s, and the timid soul, afraid of being hurt, hardly believing that it is eternal bliss and knowledge awaiting him, often fidgets and sometimes turns back in fear and disbelief.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Doubt is directly opposed to faith on the battlefield of the soul. Doubt and disbelief are the enemies of faith. If we have faith in a 
particular man, then we trust him in all kinds of ways, but if we have doubts about a man, then we trust him with nothing. Our relationship with the Divine is similar: our faith and trust in Him is inversely proportionate to the degree of doubt. The more
 we trust Him the more He reveals Himself to us, and the more He reveals Himself to us, the less we doubt. In the Bhagavad Gita Arjuna stands out as a man with a great deal of faith in Krishna. He was offered a chance between commanding a great army with
out Krishna or a small army with Krishna as his chariot driver. He chose Krishna as his charioteer and rejected the large army because he had faith in Krishna. Nonetheless, before the Battle of Kurukshetra, even with Krishna as his charioteer, he was bes
et with doubts. But Lord Krishna dispels all these doubts with the light of knowledge. He tells Arjuna, "Therefore the doubts in your heart risen out of ignorance should be slashed by the weapon of knowledge. Armed with yoga, O Bharata, stand and fight."
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Gita, IV/42)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  After Krishna spoke the knowledge of Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna, Arjuna said, "My delusion i
s gone. I have regained my memory through Your Grace, O Krishna. I am firm, I am free from doubt, I will act according to your word.\'94 (Gita, XVIII/73}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Doubt, fear, and delusion are interrelated. They are all the sons of ignorance and are all to be found on the roads of darkness. Knowledge is the sunshine that triumphantly disperses darkness and its c
onsorts. Doubt is due to delusion. One is deluded who thinks that that which is unreal is real and who therefore does not know the nature of reality. Matter is illusion and spirit is reality. Therefore one who knows and can distinguish between matter and
 spirit is not deluded. Knowledge, therefore, as stated above, is understanding the nature of matter and spirit. Just as Krishna dispelled the doubts of Arjuna on the battlefield, the Spiritual Master imparts knowledge to his disciple and dispels the dou
bts that destroy his spiritual life. "If the sun and moon should doubt, they'd immediately go out," Blake wrote. Lord Krishna proclaims that just a little advancement in the Dharma He is teaching can "protect one from the most dangerous type of fear." (G
ita, II/40) So if one doubts the knowledge imparted by Lord Krishna and the Spiritual Master, one remains in ignorance and continues to be deluded about the nature of matter and spirit and so confuses his body with his Self and fears death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Etymologically the word "fear," coming from the Anglo-Saxon faer, literally means "a sudden attack," and it is akin to the Old High Ger
man word fare which basically means "ambushed, snared, or entrapped." So we are entrapped by material nature and are constantly being attacked by it. And because of this we are always in a fearful condition in the material world. Fearfulness is due to wo
rrying about the future. When a person has no knowledge about the next life, when he thinks his body is all in all, then he is always in anxiety to protect that body from the onslaught of other living entities, from natural catastrophes and from diseases
 arising from the body itself. Therefore fear is due to one's absorption in illusory energy. It is often said that all fears boil down to the basic fear of death. At death only the gross material body dies. So it is only when one identifies himself with 
the gross body that he fears death. Fear is therefore due to ignorance of one's real identity. Conversely, fearlessness is due to one's knowledge of his constitutional position. One who is in Krishna consciousness has no fears because his activities are 
non-material and assure him of going to the spiritual sky, back to Godhead at death. He is established in the Divine consciousness apart from the body consciousness, and because he has knowledge of the next life he is never in anxiety. His eternality is 
asserted by Lord Krishna Himself, "Proclaim it boldly, O son of Kunti, that My devotee never perishes.\'94 (Gita, IX/31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  Krishna also says that He is both the personification of fear and death itself, Yamaraj. Because a bhakta always sees Krishna, death is not something unknown or strange to him, and because he knows the constitution of the soul, he knows 
that death is simply a transition to life. With the Names of Krishna on his lips, he fears nothing, for Krishna says that His Names contain all His potencies. And in the Srimad Bhagavatam it is said that the vibration of Krishna's Names strikes terror in
to fear itself.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FORGIVENESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We cannot expect that all men will be first class. There may be men in goodness or in passion or in ignorance, but one should always be
 tolerant and forgiving. In Krishna consciousness one doesn\'92t really have any connection with this man or that man. He is simply connected to the philosophy and the process of life. On a ship one may not find everyone to his liking, but he should none
theless sit down firmly in his cabin and take advantage of the crossing. The minor offenses of others should be forgiven as a penance. Lord Chaitanya says that if one wants to chant Hare Krishna he should become as tolerant as a tree. Everyone commits of
fences against trees. People cut them down, snatch leaves from them and break twigs and branches. But still the trees supply fruits and flowers and shade. To chant the Hare Krishna mantra, one should be as forgiving and forebearing as the grass which doe
s not protest even though it is trampled down. After all, offenses are committed against the gross body. How is it possible to offend the ever blissful soul? Puffed-up artificial honor is simply connected with the body. Whether one is a king or a poor ma
n, whether one is honored or insulted, kingdom, poverty, insult and honor will all be finished at death. One should realize that he is spirit and has nothing to do with honor or dishonor. Becoming God conscious is declaring war against material nature. A
nd so material nature puts all impediments in one's way.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may be insulted, but one should never become disturbed by this. Ananda, one of Lord Buddha's disciples, was once asked by Lord Budd
ha what he would do if, when going to a town to preach the dharma, the inhabitants insulted him. Ananda replied, "Oh, I would bless them for not injuring me." Then Lord Buddha asked what he would do if the inhabitants threw stones at him and injured him,
 and Ananda replied, "Oh, I would bless them for not killing me." Finally Lord Buddha asked what he would do if they killed him, and his disciple replied, "Oh, I would bless them for delivering me from all the sufferings of this material world." Similarl
y, Lord Jesus Christ was crucified because He preached God consciousness. And yet while He was dying on the cross, He said, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.\'94 Lord Jesus, by His very life and teachings, emphasized the importance of
 forgiveness in this age of Kali. Similarly, Lord Krishna says that the wise man is always forgiving and is the same both in pleasure and pain, honor and dishonor. In Srimad Bhagavatam Maharaj Parikshit insulted Samika Rishi by placing a dead snake on hi
s shoulder, but the sage considered this unimportant and readily forgave him. However his son, Sringi, who was puffed-up with brahminical powers, did not forgive Maharaj Parikshit, but cursed him, and for this Sringi was condemned. The best policy then i
n this age of Kali is to forgive others as one would have himself forgiven by Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 TRUTHFULNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word "truth" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word treowe and originally from the Sanskrit word derew, both meaning "tree.\'94 The idea i
s that one who is truthful is as firm, upright and strong as a tree. When one is truthful, he does not misrepresent the facts, but presents them fully for the benefit of others. Of course it is conventional from the social point of view to speak the trut
h only when it is palatable to others, but this is not what is meant by truthfulness. One should always speak the truth under all circumstances, although it may seem to be unpalatable at the time. Flattery, like insult, is directed to the body. How can o
ne flatter the spirit soul? So, neglecting to be truthful for the sake of flattering others is indulging in a type of sense gratification. In the Srimad Bhagavatam it is said that the Absolute Truth is that from which everything emanates. So we should un
derstand what the Absolute Truth is, and we should always speak according to that understanding. Then we will be speaking truthfully. Lord Jesus Christ has said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." The truth frees us because whe
n we tell the truth we do not become entangled by trying to compromise with material situations, which are always changing. Because we know the Absolute Truth, which is, "God is great and we are subservient," we have a center for speech, thought and acti
on and so are straightforward in all our dealings. By not becoming entangled in a chain of lies, we are set free.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we don't accept our subservient position before God then we have to do it before material nature. It is a false notion that we are i
ndependent. We cannot be absolute. Nature's law forces us to starve, forces us to take breath, forces us to get sick and die. Materialistic ideas of independence and freedom are but the wishful pipedreams of feverish brains. In America the slaves thought
 that when they would be set free, all their problems would be solved, but the Emancipation Proclamation was just the beginning of their problems. Similarly, India, although eating well under British rule, was hankering for independence. But now that she
 is free she is starving and begging. So what is this independence? It is simply illusion. We are all put under the jurisdiction of material nature. Our freedom only comes when we are subservient to the Absolute Truth. When one serves the government he p
artakes of the opulence of the government, and when one serves the Absolute Truth he partakes of the qualities of the Absolute Truth and so becomes truthful and free from illusion. He speaks of the Absolute Truth for the benefit of others, and he does no
t invent but bases his statements on scripture. It is often said that God is truth and is referred to as Absolute Truth because He is never at variance with truth. This is to say that He is never false or in a state of illusion, nor can there be any dupl
icity in Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meister Eckhart once wrote, "What is Truth? Truth is something so noble that if God could turn aside from it, I could keep to the truth
 and let God go.\'94 This means that the concept of "God," which is the concept of Absolute Controller, is not as important as Absolute Truth. Out of helplessness we yield to the Absolute Controller, but out of love we yield to the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SELF-CONTROL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A swami is one who can control the senses. Generally we are all servants of our senses. Our eyes will make us turn from something horri
ble to look at something beautiful. Our nose will make us avoid stench and sprinkle ourselves with perfumes and lotions. Our ears will make us avoid unpleasant sounds and buy phonographs and go to concerts to hear the music we like. Our hands and sense o
f touch will make us buy expensive clothing to cover our bodies and make us hunt for sexual partners. And our tongue will make us go to the grocery store to buy expensive foods and make us go to restaurants to partake of the concoctions of special chefs.
 And our mind will make us buy intoxicants so we can get dizzy, have hallucinations, and feel "happy" for a moment. And all of these senses combined make us work very, very hard throughout our lives to serve them nicely. Then when we are under their cont
rol and serving them very nicely, they suddenly all leave us at death. "An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and 
so the wise man does not delight in them." (Gita V/22) So the senses are hard ungrateful masters who are never satisfied. They drag the self into the darkest regions of the universe and make him endure all kinds of ignominies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The attraction the senses have for their objects is called lust. And in the Third Chapter of Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna tells Arjuna, "
It is lust only which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath; and which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world," (Gita,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub III/37) that turns one from the Divine. "As fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, similarly, the living entity is covere
d by different degrees of this lust. Thus, a man's pure consciousness is covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which veils the real knowledge of the living entity and bewilders him. Therefore, O Arjuna, best of the Bharatas, in the very begin
ning curb the great symbol of sin [lust] by regulating the senses, and slay this destroyer of knowledge and self-realization." (Gita, III/38-41) Throughout the Gita, self-control is of central importance, and Krishna emphasizes that the man who is in com
munion with Him can control himself. As long as one is under the control of the material senses there is no question of mukti or liberation. And of all the senses the mind is the strongest, for it controls the other senses. After Lord Krishna gives instr
uctions in Samkhya yoga in Chapter Six of the Gita, Arjuna says that this yoga appears impractical and unendurable to him because the mind is restless and unsteady. "The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it 
is, it seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind." (Gita, VI/34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Lord admits that it is 
very difficult to curb the restless mind but, "It is possible by constant practice and by detachment." (Gita, VI/35) He then tells Arjuna that "one who strives by right means to control the mind is assured of success." (Gita, VI/36) The mind is central t
o the control of other senses. "One should engage oneself in the practice of yoga with undeviating determination and faith. One should abandon without exception all material desires born of ego and thus control all the senses on all sides by the mind." (
Gita, VI/24)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not possible to control the senses by denying them absolutely. Activity is the symptom of the living entity. Lord Krishna says th
at one cannot remain inactive for even a moment. Therefore the senses must be engaged. In the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna enumerates ways whereby the mind and senses can be engaged in self realization and thus controlled. There is the very difficult path 
of meditation, Samkhya yoga, according to which one must select a seat in complete solitude, sit erect and cross-legged, refrain completely from all sex life, stare at the tip of his nose, regulate his breathing, shut out all external objects and go into
 a trance meditating on the Super Soul within. This was recommended for the previous age and is practically impossible now. It is certainly impractical for Westerners whose legs ache after about fifteen minutes of lotus posture, what to speak of days. An
other method for controlling the senses is Karma yoga, which is the process of engaging the senses in action and work in a spirit of detachment and renunciation. And a third method is Jnana yoga, by which the senses are engaged in the study of scripture.
 All of these culminate in Bhakti yoga, which is the highest, easiest and most profitable method for this or any age. In Bhakti yoga, the senses are controlled by total devotion to the Supreme. One classic example of total devotion was Maharaj Amburish w
ho adopted all the processes of devotional service and attained perfect success. It was he who engaged his mind on the Lotus Feet of the Lord, his voice in describing the spiritual worlds, his hands in cleansing the temple of the Lord, his ears in submis
sively hearing the words of Lord Sri Krishna, his eyes in visualizing the deities of the Lord, his body in touching the bodies of the devotees, his nostrils in smelling the flowers offered to the Lord, his tongue in tasting the food offered to the Lord, 
his legs in visiting the temple of the Lord, and all the energy of his life in executing the services of the Lord without in the least desiring his own sense gratification. All of these enabled him to be completely successful in controlling the senses. I
t should be noted that he did not control his senses by trying to negate them, by trying to meditate on the void or even by practicing austerities. For, after all, he was speaking and working, associating with others, eating, traveling about, smelling fl
owers. He led a life of full engagement. Yet his senses were perfectly controlled because they were absorbed in the service of Krishna. So it is not that we have to deny our senses. In fact, this is not possible. But we must engage our senses positively,
 following in the footsteps of Maharaj Amburish. One who can control his senses in such a way is called a swami, for the senses are actually acting under his order. "Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material
 senses and check the force of desire and anger, he is a yogi and is happy in this world." (Gita, V/23)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is also said that next to the mind the most difficult sense organ to control is the tongue, for when one can control the tongue, he 
can control all the other senses. And if he cannot control the tongue, all the other senses run riot. The tongue is controlled by chanting Hare Krishna and eating prasadam, spiritual food. The business of the tongue is to vibrate the transcendental sound
s and to taste the transcendental food. In this way, it will be restricted from idle talk, meat-eating, smoking, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not stones but men, and our senses are superior to dull matter. Lord Krishna says, "Mind is higher than the senses; intelligence
 is still higher than the mind; and he, the soul, is even higher than intelligence. Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to the material senses, mind and intelligence, one should control the lower self by the higher self and thus by spiritual streng
th conquer this insatiable enemy known as lust." (Gita, III/42-43) The material senses which belong to the lower self are actually reflections of the transcendental senses which belong to the higher self. The process of total devotional engagement of the
 senses as practiced by Maharaj Amburish transcendentalizes our senses. "For one who has conquered his mind, it is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy." (Gita, VI/6)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CALMNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once the senses are controlled, one becomes calm. He does not always worry about making money in order to be able to buy things to grat
ify them. Because the mind and the senses are controlled by engagement, the self is not disturbed by the dictation of the senses. He hears them but tolerates them as a man may tolerate a nagging wife. The desires of the senses may come and go, but he is 
always calm because he knows that they are controlled against their will by devotional engagement. It is not possible to stop the flow of desires, but it is possible not to be disturbed by them. Lord Krishna says, "A person who is not disturbed by the in
cessant flow of desires\'97that enter like rivers into the ocean which is ever being filled but is always still\'97can alone achieve peace, and not the man who strives to satisfy such desires. A person who has given up all desires for sense gratification
, who lives free from desires, who has given up all sense of proprietorship, who is devoid of false ego\'97he alone can attain real peace.\'94 (Gita, II/70-71)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person in the Divine consciousness is also calm because he is established in Krishna who is the Ultimate Security. As stated before, 
he is not fearful of death because he knows his identity beyond the body. Rivers are turbulent when they are running to the sea, but their waters become calm when they enter the great ocean. When the individual consciousness is severed from its relations
hip with the Divine, it is restless and turbulent, but when it enters the great ocean of the Divine consciousness it becomes calm.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub continued in issue number 31.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Uttara Dasi
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just at the end of night, when all is still\line And hung with blindness, breeding dark decay,\line The sun, with rays of c
leansing, living light\line Moves forth on the horizon, and brings day;
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So an Acharya comes, bearing the light\line Of love of God, the clearest beams of all.\line He is our Shelter from the eyel
ess night\line Of nescience, and we know we shall not fall.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we but keep His teachings in our hearts\line We shall love Krishna by this one life's end,\line The Master's order is ou
r life and soul\line For He is Krishna\'92s confidential Friend.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I therefore offer this most humble prayer\line That Srila Prabhupad make my faith strong;\line He is the sun; illuminating 
all:\line Go back to Godhead back where you belong!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What It Means to be Spiritually Deprived
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SPIRITUALLY 
DEPRIVED
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97By Rupanuga das Adhikari\line (ISKCON\'97Buffalo)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The symptoms of spiritual deprivation are the same for everybody in the material world. Consider that we are all subject to birth, dise
ase, old age, and death. We suffer from the three-fold miseries: miseries inflicted upon us by our own minds and bodies, by other living entities (viruses, mosquito bites, wars), and by Nature in the form of hurricanes, floods and other dangers and incon
veniences. In addition, we are always imperfect, prone to make mistakes, and illusioned, and our memory is poor. Our senses are blunt and imperfect, we cannot see through a piece of paper a tiny fraction of an inch thick, and at night we are blind withou
t artificial lighting. Any scientist knows that we are capable of perceiving only a minute portion of the known vibratory spectrum of the material world, great areas of which are invisible to our senses and our inventions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A sane man should accept this as the description of the human condition and as the actual plight of his personal self. Failure to recog
nize this is the work of illusion, and because we are illusioned we make mistakes and cannot be perfect no matter how hard we try. All because we have forgotten God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual deprivation is forgetfulness of God. This is the only reason that what we see around us is happening at all. What we see arou
nd us, this material world, is the embodiment of our forgetfulness. At a time not traceable even in the Vedas, the most ancient of scriptures on this planet, we desired to be imitations of the Supreme Lord. We wanted to lord it over our private domains, 
and that Supreme Personality of Godhead, infinitely kind in His Love, gave us what we desired. But since such desire to be as powerful as the Supreme was born of illusion, what else could be reaped but another illusion, this material world, this reflecti
on of the Kingdom of God? Because we wanted to forget our relationship with God, He gave us this world in which to live out our forgetfulness. We will remain here until we remember that we are actually His servants and recover our love for Him, our Maste
r. Our personal realization of this is called Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must begin our recovery from the disease of forgetfulness by understanding that we are deprived, mired in this material misfortune, 
bound in this body by the immutable laws of nature. Can this misery be doubted? Ask any man if he is happy and contented. If he says yes, we automatically do not believe him, because experience teaches us that whatever happiness comes our way is only tem
porary. Yet it is our illusion, as with the drunk lying in the Bowery and the pig eating stool, to be thinking that we are happy. Or, if we do admit that we are mostly unhappy, we do not know what to do about it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mention God and we are embarrassed, flying into impersonal and abstract concepts such as "Society," "moral responsibility," "existentia
lism" or some political issue. This instant depersonalization, when the mind refuses to concentrate on thoughts of God, is speculation leading away from our Real Self. Afraid of becoming personal about our real business, we seek shelter in ultimate voidi
sm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this perpetual struggle to cope with happiness and misery, adjustments can be made, but never permanently; there is neither victory 
nor escape, only certain defeat in death or rebirth. Our misery and happiness automatically accrue to us by the control of nature. Nature or Maya\'97the material energy\'97controls us, and Krishna The Supreme Personality of Godhead controls Maya. Krishna
 tells us:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The whole cosmic order is under Me. By My Will is it manifested again and again, and by My Will is it annihil
ated at the end.\line This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunti, producing all the moving and unmoving beings; and by its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again. (BG/IX, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub and }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We control nothing, not even our own minds and bodies. As long as we think that we are of this matter, then we serve matter. As long as we serve matter, we are out 
of control, quite beserk. In the Bhagavad Gita Krishna says,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub One who is not in transcendental consciousness can have neither a controlled mind, nor steady intelligence, w
ithout which there is no possibility of peace. And how can there be any happiness without peace? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (II/}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 66}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are merely the guests of time and space until we start to remember Krishna; then He will allow us a little control and our Self-realization, our Spiritual Life b
egins.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Until that time, a person manufactures his own brand of deprivation\'97with considerable cooperation, especially from the "psychotherap
ist" or "psychoanalyst." It is our misfortune that we can produce no better offer for guidance than these bogus spiritual masters (or the fashionable heir-apparent, the psychedelic guru). Although psychological theories center around deprivation as the p
rimal cause of mental disturbance, the conception is material only. Therefore, any adjustment must necessarily be temporary, and where then is the cure? It is sought in the realignment of our desires. It is said in explanation that our desires are still 
attached to our parents, and our search for love and happiness will fail because it is still infantile. Therefore we must detach such desire from that parent who never fulfilled it, and re-attach it to someone or even something else which will. Hopefully
 another woman, a wife or a husband.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are a number of variations on the theme, but the premise is the same: deprived of love we are unable to develop and to give love,
 and thus we cannot be happy. The skill of the therapist is to manipulate the so-called unconscious desire and to re-attach it consciously to the fulfilling object. Yet still there is the anxiety that always goes with desire, and there is no cure for fru
stration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All this is only sexual and economic adjustment and is a reflection of the real life taking place right now on the Spiritual Plane, whe
re every living entity is eternally in exchange of love with God. On the material plane, the embodied soul takes all Krishna provides in love for us, but gives nothing in return. Krishna is in love with us, but we are not in love with Him. There is no qu
estion of being deprived of God's love; rather we are in love with our own desires, our minds and bodies. As Swami Bhaktivedanta says, we are merely tasting our own blood.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a fact that the history of bodies as worked out in ancestry and family relationships, communities, organizations and countries, h
as nothing to do with us. It all goes on quite automatically, in order to provide us with a particular body, time, and space so that our individual desires can be facilitated. As spirit-soul we are related only to the Supreme, and we are all brothers bec
ause our positions are the same although individual: we are the servants of the servants of the servants of servants of servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna. "Relatives" and relativity belong to the material world. The spirit-soul 
knows no generations, only the transcendental connection between the disciple and his Spiritual Master, and all the Spiritual Masters in the line of Disciplic Succession, all the way up to Krishna Who is the Supreme Guru. There is no other family tree.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all disturbed by involvement in the turmoil of this material world. Insanity is the condition of the material mind and senses, i
t is only the matter of degree which remains to be gauged. There are a number of people whom we would all agree are insane, because they hear voices and see things and tell crazy stories. Are they not sleeping? Dreaming? But are we awake, with our privat
e worlds of fantasies and confabulations? Who is Crazy? It is only a matter of degree.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Obviously, the insane man is the opposite of intelligent. But who is intelligent? Do we know who we are, where we came from, where we a
re going? Where are the sages who can tell us the meaning of life? Intelligence means how well we know God. Knowledge of the Absolute Truth is the only real knowledge there is.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The living being is by constitution transcendental to material engagements, but he is now imprisoned by the e
xternal energy and therefore he thinks himself one of the material products, due to such unholy contact. And due to this unholy contact, the pure spiritual entity suffers all material miseries under the modes of material nature. The living entity miscons
trues himself as a material product. This means that the present perverted way of thinking, feeling, and willing of the living being under material conditions is not natural for him, but that he has his normal way of thinking, feeling, and willing as muc
h as there is a difference between a normal healthy man and the diseased man. (Srimad Bhagavatam, Vol. I, Chap. 7, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Text 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the final analysis, all misery, all disease, all frustration and dissatisfaction are symptoms of spiritual deprivation because exist
ence in matter is itself this deprivation. The psychiatrist senses this as a separation, a lack of love, but he has no knowledge of love of Godhead. And it is not that God fails to give us His love, for it is always within our hearts, but that we fail to
 return it. Our anxiety comes from this separation, all other separation is illusion. The love that our parents perhaps never gave us was a love between body and body; it was a thing of identifications, or material attachments between material bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, there is only one problem for all of us, the body. Our problem is that we think that we are this body or matter. That is the
 only real disease. But we are not this body; we are spirit-soul and our real attachment, our real desire is the Spiritual Love of Godhead. If we love God we automatically love all living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can choose God anytime we want, or we can remain separated and disturbed. The facility for separation is worked out in the arrangeme
nt of the immutable laws of Karma which govern the transmigrations of the soul. Karma means that to every action there is a reaction leading to further action-reaction, good for good and bad for bad, continuously involving further commitment and entangle
ment. The aggregate of these activities, including past lives, determines the type of body we take, birth after birth after birth. Living a miserable life, we take a miserable birth because we get only what we want. Our desire has always been our destiny
. Unfortunately, the tendency is often downward: in the Vedas are described lower planets where the only light is provided from jewels in the heads of serpents.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no end to this samsara, or wheel of birth and death; we have been so engaged since time immemorial. What does the therapist ar
med with shock treatments and the fantasies of sons and lovers know of this? What does the self-appointed guru think he is doing? Prodding the Supreme Personality of Godhead with a pill? Such is the power of our ancient bad habits.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We cannot by such imagination free ourselves. We cannot cure ourselves merely by changing the objects of our material desire because by
 doing so we remain only on the material plane, this distorted reflection of the Spiritual World. It is a choice we must make: love of God or love of matter. There is no half-way house. As soon as Krishna sees that we are trying to revive our love for Hi
m, He will help us. And just as anxiety goes with desire in the material world, so anxiety will accompany our desire for Krishna Consciousness, but this anxiety has now become an aspect of our transcendental love of Godhead. We must give up the symptoms 
of spiritual deprivation, and develop the symptoms of God-realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can develop these symptoms by thinking about the Supreme Person\'97His Name, His Fame, His Pastimes. This process of being so engage
d in the Goal of all life is called bhakti, or devotional service. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness demonstrates and teaches, under the expert guidance of a Spiritual Master, how to develop a taste for this love of Godhead. By hearing,
 chanting, remembering, serving, singing, dancing, reading, eating, and telling others, our distorted consciousness becomes purified. It is not that we have to stop our work, whatever it is, but that we have enough faith to chant HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISH
NA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we can follow this, then no longer disturbed we gradually become peaceful. The bleak duality of the pleasure-pain world cannot engag
e us, our illusions lose their grip on us: deprivation ends as we recover the memory of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami assures us that "advancement can be tested by the decreased taste for material consciousness: th
ere will be no more taste for material miseries and happiness. YOU WILL BE CURED."
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Man's Link to God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub MAN'S LINK TO GOD
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97By Kirtanananda Swami\line (ISKCON\'97New Vrindaban)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Love. Love is a very pleasing word, for everyone wants to love or be loved. It is the natural propensity of the living entity, and wher
e there is no natural object of love we sometimes find perverted objects of love. A mother cat deprived of her kittens may nurse a mouse, or a dog may nurse a kitten. Similarly we see so many childless women, with no object of love, loving dogs and cats 
as if they were their own children. Love there must be, but love for what? That is the question. Everyone is actually loving something, either his wife, or family, or country, or party, or hobby, or some intellectual pursuit, or at last his senses. Some 
object there must be. Everyone is loving something.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what about the Absolute Truth? Why not love the Absolute Truth, Krishna? Actually, love for Krishna is dormant within each of us, b
ut because we have no conscious love for Him we are frustrated in various objects of love, and, therefore, in the material world, love is 99.9% frustration simply because the love isn't in the right place. When you love Krishna you love everyone, but the
 converse is never true. If you water the root of a plant, all the leaves and branches are nourished; but it is not the same thing to simply water the leaves and branches. Therefore we must learn to love Krishna, for only those who love Him perfectly can
 love others. They are called liberated souls, and they live in the spiritual world eternally. Such eternally liberated souls never come back to this material world; but the eternally conditioned souls have been groping their way through these sundry pla
netary systems since time immemorial. For us there is no exit, for in this wandering, forgetful condition we have forgotten our love of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This love of Krishna is not something vague or illusory, nor is it impersonal. Actually, love can never be impersonal, for love means a
n exchange between two persons. But the Supreme Lord is a person, and the living entity is a person, and in such loving transcendental affairs, it may be forgotten who is God and who is not, but the center is always Krishna. Without Krishna the eternally
 liberated soul feels mad. He wants to think Krishna. He wants to dream Krishna. He wants to eat Krishna. He wants to do everything for Krishna. Simply Krishna. The spiritual world means simply loving Krishna. That is all. That love for Krishna is pure a
nd true; so if anyone thinks he has tasted pleasure in a perverted love affair of the material world, just imagine the pleasure of a perfectly centered love affair with the Absolute Truth Sri Krishna\'97a sat chit ananda love affair. That is the perfecti
onal stage: the lovable object is eternal; the lover is eternal; the bliss is eternal. Unfortunately, in our conditioned state we have forgotten this love of Godhead, and we now think it is our business to hate God. Sometimes we think, "Oh my God, foolis
h people are gathered to worship God.\'94 By nature we are all lovers of God. But here is the illusory world, and in this maya, we think that He is our enemy. This is maya, what is not. But because we have forgotten Krishna, we think we are adverse to Hi
m; therefore we are perpetually entangled in the threefold miseries; not only threefold, they are sevenfold: they are the miseries of birth, old age, disease, and death, and the miseries of this body, the miseries of nature, and the miseries inflicted by
 other living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those in ignorance may not understand the miserable condition they are actually in. Indeed they may think they are happy, but that does
 not actually alleviate their condition. The drunkard lying in the gutter may think he is happy, but he is simply intoxicated. Actually he is in a miserable condition, and when the intoxication ceases he will be fully conscious of it. Likewise, the condi
tioned living entities may be intoxicated, thinking they are happy for some brief moment, but the inevitable result is that the intoxication wears off and they are again miserable. This is called samsara, or the entanglement in miseries. Sometimes we try
 to compensate for this miserable condition of so-called enjoyment, but the result is a more and more hellish life. We are going round and round in various species of life, eating nasty things, acting fiendishly, and on account of our ignorance we are tr
ying to lord it over the material nature, but actually we are becoming more and more entangled in her complexities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a painting of the goddess Durga riding a lion with a trident in her hand, piercing the breast of a demon. The lion she rides i
s a symbol of raja guna, passion, full of anger and lust. Satya guna, goodness, is full of knowledge, and tama guna, ignorance, is complete forgetfulness, like the Bowery drunkard\'97neither angry, lustful, knowledgable-simply lying in the gutter. The de
mon's characteristic is to challenge the Lord. And the trident represents the threefold miseries of material nature So whether it be the miseries of bedbugs or other troublesome creatures, or the miseries of famine and pestilence, or the miseries of this
 body, we are all under the control of this material nature, and the trident is pressing against our chest. Those who are enlightened know that this is a miserable condition, whereas others say, "That is all right." "We are enjoying very nicely." In this
 way we are being kicked, like a football, thrown first to the party of lust and then to the party of anger. If the football thinks, "I am free, I am moving of my own accord," what is that freedom? Simply the freedom to be kicked; as the ball is kicked b
y the player, so we are being kicked by the power of lust and anger, the concomitants of material nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way we are passing our lives. But if by chance we get the association of a saintly person, a pure devotee of the Lord, then by 
His mercy, this illusion becomes vanished. Therefore it is advised that everyone should seek the association of a saintly person, so that this ghost of ignorance may be removed; simply by taking shelter of a saintly person the kicks of material nature ca
n be stopped. Actually, the trouble is in our mind, and it is there like a knot. It is called the mental knot of matter, and by the instruction of the Spiritual Master it is cut. That instruction is sometimes called the sword of discrimination, and in th
e second chapter of Bhagavad Gita, Krishna very elaborately explains this knowledge to His disciple Arjuna. In the 16th, 17th, and 18th verses Krishna says: "Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the non-existent there is no endurance, 
and of the eternal there is no cessation. Seers have concluded this by studying the nature of both. That which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul. Only the material body of the indestructible, imme
asurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction. Therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real knowledge, therefore, is to be able to distinguish that which is eternal from that which is temporal, to perceive the difference b
etween body and soul, to know that matter is not spirit. Matter is dependent on spirit\'97that is knowledge; and Real Intelligence is to understand the finer activities of this nature and how things are happening. A child is interested simply in the anat
omical or automatic. He thinks a motor car is running in the street on its own accord. He sees a tape recorder or a microphone and thinks no more of it than the surface appearance. But not one of these instruments works unless the spirit soul touches the
m. That is intelligence. To know the spirit soul that is behind the body as the activating principle is called buddhi. Try to find out who is working the machine. Simply grossly seeing is not intelligence. Unfortunately our men of high standing, our writ
ers, our teachers, our leaders have become more interested in technology than Ultimate Knowledge. They clap very loudly at the latest convention and say "How wonderful" to the newest invention, but where is the scientist who can bring forth a substance a
nd say, "Here, inject this in my body when I die and I will come back again." If they could do that, there would be no scarcity of scientists or any other great brains. The truth is that the so-called scientists and philosophers are not working of their 
own accord but under the spell of material energy. In Bhagavad Gita, Ninth Chapter, tenth verse, Krishna says, "This material nature is working under my direction.\'94 So nature is simply the agent, or the efficient cause, but Krishna is the real Cause. 
Similarly, He tells His disciple, Arjuna, that it is actually He Himself who has killed all the soldiers and kings on the battlefield, and He simply invites Arjuna to be His instrument for victory. So buddhi or knowledge means to understand that we are s
imply an instrument in the hands of Krishna; and therefore, work in Krishna consciousness means to work on the account of Krishna; but if you try to work against Krishna, frustration is inevitable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, real knowledge is not book knowledge, nor is it specific knowledge. Some of us at our ashram, New Vrindaban, in West Virgini
a, have had experience recently that in spite of all of our so-called intelligence, we sometimes cannot even control a cow or a horse or hitch a wagon; but any old farmer in the neighborhood can do any of these things. Similarly, I cannot build a nest li
ke the bird, or make a dam like the beaver. These specific activities may be technology, but they are not knowledge. Knowledge is to know matter from spirit. There is something in the body by which the body works, but that something which pervades the bo
dy and makes it work, that is unknown to modern educators; and modern education takes account only of the material side; and the result, therefore, is that today we have a civilization of fools. The automobile is designed and redesigned, but the driver i
s neglected, so much so that a caption in Scientific American magazine read, "For manufacturing matter, a soul is killed."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real intelligence means that one gives more attention to the spiritual side of existence, for that is the active principle. Only this k
ind of discrimination between matter and spirit or between the temporal and the eternal can create a really advanced civilization, technically called an Aryan civilization. This word Aryan is a Sanskrit word which means advanced, advanced in spiritually 
based civilization and knowledge. When Arjuna declined to fight on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra, Krishna said that he was acting like a non-Aryan because he had lost his knowledge and become like the non-Aryan. That knowledge which he was neglecting wa
s spiritual knowledge, knowledge that he was not that body, that he was pure spirit, part and parcel of the Supreme Whole, Krishna. A non-Aryan civilization, conversely, means a civilization based on the ideas of bodily sense gratification, and that is t
he unfortunate modern condition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But this human form of life is not meant merely for sense gratification. In the human form of life, the soul has developed consciousnes
s, developed by a long, slow process of evolution\'97from aquatics, to birds, to beasts, to man. If in this human form of life we are using this developed consciousness simply to carry out the engagements that all other animals carry out, namely, eating,
 sleeping, defending, and mating, how can this be called advanced civilization? Rather it is a civilization fit for dogs and hogs. On the contrary, this human form of life is meant for ending this material entanglement, and, therefore, we require a civil
ization that promotes God consciousness, Krishna consciousness, or love of Godhead. Today, however, people have forgotten this, and they have forgotten how to love God, and so they think God is dead. Now, inevitably, material nature is kicking them: war,
 pestilence, overpopulation; yes, overpopulation because no one is graduating. If I open a school and admit 100 new students every year, but never graduate a single soul, my schoolhouse will soon be bursting at the seams. Because we have forgotten the pa
th back to Godhead, back to home, this human form of life is becoming crowded; no one is being promoted and we are being blocked; and so by nature's course there is some pestilence, some war, something to break it up. We have received the greatest gift o
f God, this human form of life, which is meant to develop our spiritual consciousness; and God has given us so many great books of knowledge, but who has any use for them today?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we follow the animal propensity, just like a hog after a sow, we cannot consider ourselves civilized. We must be sober, distinct fro
m animal life, jealous of this body achieved after so many millions or trillions of years of births. There are so many varieties of bodies, and why is this form of man so rare? Because from here we can attain the highest perfection. But still we are only
 attached to money. Money may deliver us a substance for some time, but it is not permanent. But if we are sober and ask how we shall use this most valuable life, that will be our perfection. We do not know how soon death will come, and so we should not 
neglect this life. Prahlad Maharaj was instructed by the great sage Narada and became a teacher of Krishna consciousness at five years of age, whereas a 300 year old tree or a 5 million year old stone may have no utilization. A five-year-old boy who has 
this knowledge has perfection. Don't say, "Oh I am so young, let me enjoy for now. I will become Krishna conscious when I am old." Your next breath is not assured, and the Bhagavatam warns that one should not be puffed-up because of long duration of life
, for that is only in comparison to the cats and dogs. "Don't you see the tree?" Bhagavatam says, "It lives 500 years or 1,000 years. "Yes," you may say, "but it can't breathe." "Oh don't you see the bellows? It breathes.\'94 "Yes, but the bellows can't 
enjoy sex life," you may say. "Oh, dogs and hogs, don't they enjoy sex life? Don't they eat? Why are you so proud, man?" Rather our pride should be in Krishna consciousness, otherwise we are simply animalistic. Only Krishna consciousness is freedom from 
bewilderment. Therefore, take advantage of your intelligence, reason and knowledge in Krishna consciousness. Don't spoil your life. Act for Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON Hawaii
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON HAWAII
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE KAM DAY PARADE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Govinda Dasi
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Kam Day Parade is a yearly event commemorating the reign of the Hawaiian King Kamehameha. This parade is known to draw thousands, s
o we were naturally anxious to take advantage of this opportunity for propagating Krishna consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite the uncertainty due to rainy weather, the boys started into town the day before the parade, collecting banana leaves, flowers, 
etc. for decorating our truck to make it look like a float. They worked nearly all night on it, and meantime the girls made trimming and painted signs for decoration, so that by morning the truck was no longer recognizable as a 1960 GMC pickup, but was r
ather a beautiful flower-laden Krishna consciousness float.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We arrived at the Magic Island Fairgrounds at 8:00 next morning, and finished the decorating, then got in line at 10:00 and waited two 
hours for our turn to move out. At noon the announcer called out through his microphone: "The Hare Krishna Temple\'97step out!" So we began our five mile march down the main street of Honolulu, before 55,000 people, TV cameras, etc. Goursundar, Balabhadr
a, Turyadas, and Sudama, and a new boy named Charles were dancing and chanting before the float; Jadurany, Jayasri and Govinda Dasi sat atop the float singing and tossing flowers to the crowd; and Vamandev was driving the truck beneath its layers of leav
es and flowers. Our procession was bewildering to most of the people, but a number of young people chanted as we passed, many adults clapped, dozens of children scrambled after the flowers tossed down by the girls, and many simply gazed in awe\'97for we 
were undoubtedly the most unusual and unexpected float in the parade! The other floats bore Hawaiian hula dancers, ukulele players, actors appearing as Hawaiian kings and queens, etc., but we had nothing to do with Hawaiiana, so the officials seemed a bi
t embarrassed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As we reached the end of the march, the Iolani Palace Gates, we approached the largest part of the crowd, including the government offi
cials. We went right up to the speaker stand, then off to the side and the parade was over. We were escorted by motorcycle patrolmen back to Magic Island to dismantle the float. We were televised again on the evening news broadcast.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was a successful appearance since many thousands heard the Holy Name, along with khartal and mridanga, and saw the small procession 
of devotees for the first time in their lives.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 KIRTAN HAWAIIAN STYLE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jimmy Hendrix, we were told, is the biggest in the rock business, so there were thousands of people, mostly young, expected at his show
s at the Waikiki Shell. Sure enough, the Shell was jam-packed on Friday night, May 30; the gate was 26,000 in all. It was crowded both inside and outside when we arrived there with our cymbals, bells and guitar.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There were only four of us, Sudama, Turyadas, Barbara, and myself. Goursundar and Balabhadra had gone to Maui and the Big Island, Hawai
i, to search out land or a suitable house for a temple and/or ashram there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We sat down just beside the ticket office and gate and began chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama
, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, with the sound of Hendrix's mammoth amps rumbling in the background. Very soon a circle of fifty or so people gathered; some joined, some stared, some left and were replaced by others. This went on for a couple of hours
, with more and more remaining to join us in chanting. In fact, we began to hear Hare Krishna singing coming from within the Shell\'97and as we learned later, Hendrix's equipment was not working properly, so it was a bad show, and everybody inside began 
to chant Hare Krishna along with us. The show was called off early and re-scheduled for Sunday. The people began to stream out the gate, and many joined us, forming a circle which got larger by the minute. I got up and began to dance around the circle, i
nducing others to join us. A few joined at first, and many others stood around clapping and singing loudly Hare Krishna. Then as the show was closing down, thousands of kids streamed out the mouth of the Shell, looking for excitement. They found it. Hund
reds began crowding around, loudly singing, and began dancing madly, dancing round and round, jumping up into the air, arms upstretched crying, "Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare!" The frenzy of the mob increased in tempo, and almost instantly there was an ocea
n of arms and heads, waving and shouting, "Rama Rama, Hare Hare!" Everyone was radiant, smiling, joyfully relishing the beauty of Krishna Samkirtana. A little boy climbed a tree above to see the singing ocean, and I handed him a picture of Lord Chaitanya
 to hold up high above the crowd. The mob, unknowingly, was performing the greatest yajna (sacrifice) for spiritual upliftment in the present age of Kali! I lifted up my arms to reach up to Lord Chaitanya's Merciful Lotus Feet, and hundreds also began li
fting their arms, swimming in the Ocean of Mercy surrounding the Lotus Feet of our Preceptor, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj. It was so beautiful to witness this Ocean of Mercy flowing so freely for all. All were glorifying Chaitanya M
ahaprabhu with Harer Nama Samkirtana. The crowd's pace heightened, and the police were pushing them, trying to make way for the remainder of persons leaving the Shell. The chanting crowd was now so large that it was blocking the gate, so Sudama and Turya
das started a parade to lead the mob into the park to continue chanting on the grass beneath the full moon and banyan trees. The whole mob followed them to the park, and I remained to gather the Hare Krishna banners, scattered instruments, magazines, etc
. In the park the chanting continued at a heightened pace, and I began selling BTG magazines. Then four police cars screeched up, blue lights blinking, and insisted that we disperse. I explained patiently that being a religious organization we were chant
ing the Names of God, etc., but they were interested only in park permits (which, incidentally, are not available at all), so we had to leave. Turyadas, Sudama and I began to lead the mob in a parade to the sidewalk. Then Sudama turned and gave a short t
alk and invited everyone to our Sunday Love Feasts in Kaaawa. "You don't need a permit. There's seven acres of land. Just come and we can chant Hare Krishna all day and all night!" The crowd nodded and roared. Then we were given a ride home by some very 
interested young people.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next night there were only three of us, and we began chanting outside in the same spot. This time we displayed a big sign, advertis
ing the Hare Krishna Love Feast, and a brightly colored Hare Krishna Mantra Banner. We hung these high from the tree's limbs so that when the mob gathered they could see the banners. This time, the same thing happened. Just as quickly\'97hundreds were da
ncing and roaring to the sound of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna. There was once a break in the chanting (which was long out of control), and due to the instigation of others the crowd began chanting, "We are one, we are one \'85," but very quickly, within f
ive minutes, they tired of this and returned to resounding loud vibrations of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. The tumultuous chanting and dancing mob once again overwhelmed the gate keep
ers, so Sudama led them in a parade into the park, where the chanting continued for some time until once again the police came, complaining of our permitless trespassing in the public park.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because Friday night's audience was dissatisfied with the show, Hendrix jammed on Sunday for free\'97so there were lots and lots of peo
ple there on Sunday, and we were there again too. By now, everyone was talking about Krishna's Bliss, and the "far-out chanting things" of the two nights before, so we had no trouble getting our crowd. This crowd wasn't so rowdy, but was standing togethe
r, all two hundred, singing loudly, but peacefully. One boy held up candles and incense. This time there was only Turyadas, Frankie and I, so Turyadas stood in the middle of the chanters strumming the guitar, while I chanted round the outside playing cym
bals, and Frankie sold BTG magazines. Everything was nice; everybody was chanting and loving it, but once again, the police started complaining and pushing the crowd to break it up. The police were very unsympathetic and not interested in Krishna conscio
usness. We had to stop at their insistence. But we had already made our main propaganda and met with overwhelming success on all three nights.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HEROINE GOVINDA DASI
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [EDITOR'S NOTE: The title for this article was suggested by our Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant
a Swami Prabhupada]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hawaii: The Pleasure Fair was a program for young people, held in the Waikiki Shell (a huge park and amphitheatre) on June 20 and 21, 1
2 noon till 12 midnight, which drew over 12,000 youth both days. There were musical performances, arts and crafts displays, distribution of young peoples' publications, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goursundar, Balabhadra, Turyadas, and Frankie went in early on Thursday, June 19th, the day before the Fair opened, in order to constru
ct our booth. They got a donation of small planks, which they nailed together to build a simple shed roof frame which they covered with canvas. The walls were made of bamboo screens. The next day they again came early and decorated the booth with altar, 
cloths, banners, etc. It was undoubtedly the nicest booth in the whole Fair. We got an electrical extension so that we could play the tape recorder and also use it as an amplifier in our kirtans there. We had a dozen friendly musicians for whom we got fr
ee passes to play with us on stage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the first day of the Pleasure Fair, we were supposed to open up the whole event at 12 noon with kirtan, but due to the Fair's openin
g later than scheduled, we went on stage at 2:30. It was a really beautiful kirtan performance. Goursundar played rhythm guitar, Turyadas bass and Turya's nice friend, John, played lead guitar, with drums, cymbals, flutes, sitar\'97and several giant ampl
ifiers. We could be heard for blocks around! It was a beautiful band! People very much appreciated it, and many boys and girls sang along with us. The shell is like an outdoor acoustical amphitheatre. The stage has a huge concrete shell-shaped backing, w
hich, along with the giant amplifiers, sends out sound clearly a great distance\'97so Hare Krishna was vibrating throughout the Fairgrounds, as well as in the outlying park where thousands could hear. So the first on-stage performance of the Hare Krishna
 Temple band was a huge success.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then after kirtan, we opened our booth, where Lord Jagannath stood on a silk-covered altar bearing flowers of all sweet sorts. We offer
ed and distributed noon prasadam to all passers-by, and we held kirtan off and on all day, talked with people, played kirtan and lecture tapes, Govinda album, and distributed coconut luddu prasadam. Many hundreds of youth passed, stopped, and gazed at th
e merciful Lord Jagannath. Toward evening many people came and stood in a circle by our booth chanting. We had aratrik announced on stage through the amplifiers, so everyone heard that at 8:00 a beautiful ceremony as is performed each evening in the anci
ent temples of India, aratrik, would be performed at the Hare Krishna Temple booth. Many came to see the beautiful ceremony, and Lord Jagannath seemed very pleased with all the people standing and clapping.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One young man, known widely as Sai, came by our booth and bowed to make offering of fruit to the Lord. He chanted with us, and invited 
us over to his yoga tent to chant Hare Krishna. So at 9:00 we had a Hare Krishna parade over the hill. But up on the hill, where thousands of youth were roaming, the parade stopped and we were playing instruments and singing, and within minutes, a huge c
rowd of several hundred was jumping up and down, arms upstretched, dancing and chanting Hare Krishna joyously. This glimpse of Lord Chaitanya's Mercy brought tears to the eyes of the devotees. This went on until we were asked to move on, because it was s
uch loud singing that it was drowning out the group performing down on the stage, despite their amplifiers! So we had a big parade\'97chanting Hare Krishna\'97across the Fairgrounds. We tried to get to Sai's booth, but the cops stopped us for some reason
, so we all went back to the Hare Krishna Temple booth! (Lord Jagannath was happy to receive so many chanters.) We had a beautiful kirtan at our little outdoor temple. Sai later came to our Sunday Love Feast, and chanted with us, took prasad, and invited
 us to his ashram to hold a big Samkirtan party in the future.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goursundar, Balabhadra, and Turyadas remained overnight at the Fairgrounds with Lord Jagannath, and Sudama, Jadurany, Jayasri and mysel
f all came home about 2 a.m. to rest for Saturday's 12 hour engagement there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we arrived back at the Fairgrounds on Saturday noon, we learned that Jesse (the boy who promoted the Fair) wanted to have a parade
 all the way down the Waikiki beach to advertise his Pleasure Fair. So we took up the idea, and began immediately to build a Jagannath Car (Vamandev did it in less than an hour!) and covered it with silks, and flower garlands, so that within an hour we h
ad a very beautiful carry-car for Jagannath\'97to be borne on the shoulders of Balabhadra and Turyadas. We led the parade. About a hundred followed the cart out the Fair gates and down the side walk-Jagannath was going to the beach! We walked along the b
each, chanting, playing mridanga and kartals, and hundreds of people saw the Lord's parade. Some joined, some chanted, some only clapped, and many did nothing but watch the procession in wonder. We went down the full length of Waikiki beach and returned 
to the sidewalk of Kalakaua, the busiest street in Honolulu, all singing loudly Harer Nama. Many, many more saw in awe the Lord's Pleasure Ride. We went through the International Marketplace, where hundreds heard the echo of the chanting\'97and, as we we
re told later, a radio microphone in the International Marketplace was lowered and the echo of our kirtan went over the air to hundreds more! Back on Kalakaua a number of "hippies" joined us, dancing and chanting down the sidewalk. On approaching the She
ll fairgrounds, we invited them all to our Temple booth, where they joined us for aratrik and kirtan. We offered some apple juice (donated by Jesse) and distributed it to all the people in the parade. It was all very beautiful-everything perfectly timed,
 due to Lord Jagannath's Mercy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At our booth we chanted and played recordings all day, and hundreds of people came throughout the course of the evening. There was a co
nstant turnover of young people. We would take turns leading kirtan, with the help of the recorder as amplifier, and many joined us, asked questions, read our literature, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Toward evening, I was crossing the hill and, passing an enclosed tent, I peeked in to see an altar with a man's picture, flowers, candl
es, etc., and learned that it was a booth glorifying a prominent "incarnation" of God. A young man inside was giving an informal talk to a dozen or so persons, so I stopped in to see what he was saying. He was speaking of love of God, and how this could 
be achieved by a process of elevation through sense gratification, yogic powers, etc. At the highest point, he said, we understand that we are God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I was astonished to hear these things, so I questioned him. "What scriptures do you follow?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He said, "His own writings."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Who is this man you are worshiping?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He said, "He is an avatar of God, he is Rama and he is Krishna."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The so-called incarnation he was speaking of actually has none of the qualifications of God, and I was becoming angry that such an ordi
nary mortal was being passed off as the Supreme Lord. I began to speak loudly so that all could hear: "You have no scripture, you have no disciplic succession, you are blindly following the teachings of this rascal! What proof do you have that this man i
s God? Has he shown you any evidence? Krishna lifted Goverdhan Hill as a Child when He appeared on this planet, but this man has not done any wonderful thing. Rather, I see by his picture that he is old and wrinkled and ugly, ready for death to take him;
 and yet you so foolishly believe that he is God. In the Vedas, the avatars\'92 appearances are fully described along with the birthplace and philosophy of each avatar. There is no mention of this rascal! You say that he is the last avatar of this age, b
ut the Vedic authorities say that Kalki will come in 427,000 years. You fail to mention Lord Chaitanya, who appeared 486 years ago, and propagated the Samkirtan movement all over India, who drenched the universe in love of Godhead. His mission, His golde
n color\'97everything\'97was described by Vyasadeva, the compiler of all the Vedas, 5,000 years ago. But instead of accepting the authorized incarnation of Lord Chaitanya, you believe the word of an ordinary man who tells you, \'91I am God, and you can b
ecome God too,\'92 without even asking for scriptural evidence or proof of his lordship. This is very unfortunate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the last half-century, so many of these cheaters have come to this country from India to mislead the people, proclaiming, \'91I am 
God,\'92 and holding in their hand a cigarette or a wine bottle. What kind of foolishness is this? We are all suffering in this material world, kicked this way and that like dogs, and yet you say you are God? You can never become God! You are conditioned
, controlled by God. God is supreme, you are minute. Qualitatively you are one with God, you have in your pure spiritual state godly qualities, but you can never become quantitatively as great as God. We are simultaneously one and different\'97qualitativ
ely one but quantitatively different\'97like the gold ring and the gold mine. The quality is the same, but one is far more vast. Krishna states it plainly in The Bhagavad Gita: \'91My dear Arjuna, all these living entities are My parts and parcels.\'92 B
ut instead of accepting Krishna\'92s words as they are, you are listening to some fool who will only mislead you. He can never give you any proof of his lordship. Krishna showed His Universal Form. He said to Arjuna, \'91You just surrender unto Me!\'92 B
ut rather than do that simple thing, you choose to follow the imperfect speculations of some so-called swami, and consequently you are being completely misled."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The young man was very astonished to hear that we could never become God. He tried to argue, but was defeated on every point. Appearing
 like a fool before so many people, the boy was very upset and tried to compromise and stop the argument. He said, "All right, I will come down to your booth and we can discuss it further," and he called in one senior student to talk with me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A girl in the crowd was upset because I wasn\'92t "emanating love." I told her, "How can I emanate love? This rascal is misleading so m
any people, and I am feeling compassion for them on account of their innocence. If the boy next to you was trying to kill you, should I not say something to stop him? Or do you think I should stand quietly, emanating love, and watch him murder you?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub She insisted, "I am everywhere, I am everything," but I showed her that this was not possible. "You are finite, and are confined to you
r body. You cannot experience the pains and pleasures of my body, nor at any time in the future will such awareness come to pass. Why don\'92t you take Krishna\'92s teaching in Bhagavad Gita?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub She said, "Krishna was one man only, and there are many others to listen to. It doesn\'92t matter which way you do it; it\'92s all the 
same thing."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I showed her the flaws in her thinking. In every Veda Krishna is established as the Supreme Personality of Godhead; never is He said to
 be just an ordinary person; this is stated plainly in The Bhagavad Gita and confirmed by Vedic authorities. But the girl was unable to abandon her misconceptions about the identity of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The senior student arrived on the scene, holding a cigarette. So I questioned him: "You claim to be God, but I see that you are serving
 Maya: does that mean Maya is greater than God?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He said, "It doesn\'92t matter what I do, I can do anything, smoke 25 packs a day. That doesn\'92t change anything. It\'92s love that m
atters."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I said, "You cannot share your love between God and Maya. If you really love God there will be some symptoms, and I see only symptoms o
f service to Maya." I led him to our booth, and he began to tell me how he had been searching for God over nine years, and was still perplexed. "I\'92ve been studying for over nine years with so many different mental speculators, and I\'92m tired of inte
llectual games; I don\'92t want to argue."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I told him, "O.K. You\'92ve tried these rascals for nine years, now you try Chaitanya Mahaprabhu," and I put on a kirtan tape. He sat a
nd listened to it, and the younger student also came down the hill and joined him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He asked me if there was any kind of literature about our movement. I showed him The Bhagavad Gita As It Is and Back to Godhead; he wan
ted to buy a Gita but had little money, so he bought a Godhead. He admitted, "This way may prove better," and said that he would like to learn more about Krishna consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suddenly, a man came to our booth and began arguing that it is possible for something to generate from nothing (there was no necessity 
of a God or Creator), so Goursundar challenged him and told him that something can never originate from nothing. He offered evidence: we have no experience of something which has been spontaneously generated from nothing. Sometimes, in India, a scorpion 
is found in a bag of rice, and the less intelligent people think that the rice has produced the scorpion; but those who are intelligent can understand that actually the scorpion must have come from an egg laid by a mother scorpion. Similarly, some people
 may think that life has been spontaneously generated from matter, but those who are intelligent know that all life is the creation of God. The man was unable to defeat these arguments, and he became so angry that he struck Goursundar on the chin.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goursundar was bleeding, and we were scheduled to appear on stage again. It took fifteen minutes to bandage Goursundar\'92s chin, and t
hen we appeared on stage chanting Hare Krishna as the grand finale of the Fair. There were thousands of young people in the audience who appreciated our amplified kirtan. Afterward, we took Goursundar to the hospital, where he had to have ten stitches in
 his chin.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having received bona fide spiritual knowledge from our Spiritual Master, it is our responsibility to spread this knowledge, even though
 there may be some inconvenience or even some danger of bodily harm. At least, because I have a girl\'92s body, when I shout and defeat the impersonalists, they may become very angry but they never hit me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not only did we have the opportunity of defeating the impersonalists and atheists who take pleasure in misleading innocent people, but 
thousands of people were able to enjoy the actual spiritual bliss of chanting Hare Krishna\'97Supreme Pleasure at the Pleasure Fair.
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\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boulder}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                      623 Concord Street
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\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Honolulu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                    P.O. Box 10015 , Waialae, Kahala
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ohio
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\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pennsylvania
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philadelphia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                 4524 Regent Street
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Massachusetts
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boston}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                         38 North Beacon Street
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Michigan
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Detroit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                          74 West Forest Street
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buffalo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                           15 LaSalle Avenue
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York City}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub              61 Second Avenue
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seattle}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                             5516 Roosevelt Way NE
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa94\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington, D.C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub            21-54 Newport Place NW
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub West Virginia
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Moundsville}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                    New Vrindaban, RD 3
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Books, an organ of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 61 Second Avenue, New York, 
N.Y.  All materials copyright \'a9 1969, ISKCON Books. Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder: His Divine Grace A. C . Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: Satsvarupa Das Adhikary (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva Das Adhikary (ISKCON\'97Columbus)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What is The International Societ
y for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhupada A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India on t
he order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhupada is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Chaitanya appeared in India, and from there back still further\'975000 y
ears\'97to the time when Krishna first spoke The Bhagavad Gita to His disciple Arjuna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no financial
 charge for learning Krishna Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of Hare Krishna. The gist of devotional service to Krishna is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with the interests of the Supreme
 Enjoyer, the Lord, Sri Krishna. The writer writes articles for Krishna, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The householders raise children in the science of God, a
nd husband and wife live in mutual co-operation for spiritual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in Krishna Consciousness means regular chanting in th
e temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of Krishna from Srimad Bhagwatam, and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of Krishna. Sankirtan\'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. Krishna Consciousne
ss is not an idler's philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the service of Krishna, anyone who takes part will experience the state of "Samadhi," ecstatic absorption in God-consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness is non-sectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by chanting t
he Holy Name of God and by hearing The Bhagavad Gita. Without knowledge and realization and loving service to the One Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the Sankirtan Movement, and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction 
made by Lord Chaitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare Krishna, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can real peace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF ISKCON WRITE: ISKCON\'97NEW YORK FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Rathayatra Parade San Francisco
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub RATHAVATRA PARADE\line San Franc
isco
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by}{\b\v\f0\fs22\cf0  }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Purushottam Das Brahmachary and Sudama Das Adhikary (ISKCON Los Angeles)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On July 27th, 1969, at the corner of Haight and Ashbury, a massive three ton car stood above a huge crowd of people; they had gathered 
from all around the country to witness the third annual Rathayatra Car Festival held by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The Krishna Consciousness devotees had constructed the two and a half stories high car, called a }{\b0\i0\ul
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which was to transport the Deities Lord Jagannath, His Sister Subhadra, and Brother Balaram to the ocean. The
 three Deities were already on the upper level of the car and were smiling upon all members of the crowd.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The bottom level contained several devotee-musicians and loudspeaker equipment. The second level consisted of a narrow walkway running 
around the one and a half story high Orissan dome, which was covered in magenta-pink silk and embellished with a giant, golden lotus. All sides of the cart were decorated with trappings of silks, satin, and heavy brocades in different colors. From the se
cond level, two huge pots were spewing transcendental flavored clouds of frankincense over the crowd. Thirty twenty-five foot long garlands of carnations, gardenias and roses were wound around the gold railings and around the columned first level.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of the Hare Krishna Mantra was already nicely underway as everyone stood around the car on Haight Street, anxiously awaiti
ng the arrival of the spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. Suddenly the Krishna Consciousness devotees began madly jumping up and down in an extraordinary ecstasy, crying out "Prabhupada! Prabhupada! All Glories to Sri Guru! All G
lories to Srila Prabhupad! Haribol! Haribol!" Then His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada emerged from a car which had cautiously nuzzled its way through the crowds up to the side of the great }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  car. Purple velvet steps were lowered onto the street by the devotees, and the Golden Guru rose up onto the ratha's opulent throne, just below 
the Deities. Garlands of roses and gardenias were placed around his neck, and quantities of rose petals were tossed at his lotus feet. Then hundreds of people fell down on the ground, paying their humble obeisances and respects to His Divine Grace, for t
he inevitable ecstasy which was to take place on that Holy Day. Beneath the Lotus Feet of Lord Jagannath, the Lord of the Universe, His Divine Grace spoke the following words:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This ceremony that we are performing today is performed every year at this time in Jagannath Puri. The temple there is very tall, and 
from the historians' point of view it is more than 2,000 years old. I was reading a book called the Aquarian Gospel. From that book I can understand that Lord Jesus Christ also lived in the Jagannath Temple for some time. So it is to be concluded that Lo
rd Jagannath was worshipable even by Lord Jesus Christ, and Lord Jesus was attending this Rathayatra Festival in Jagannath Puri. It is also learned from this book, Aquarian Gospel, that Lord Jesus Christ got his spiritual inspiration from Lord Jagannath.
 So Lord Jagannath is so pleased that He has come to your country. Because Lord Jesus Christ loved Him, and because Lord Jagannath loved Lord Jesus Christ, therefore He has come to your country. Please receive Him adequately. You will be happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Another special significance of Lord Jagannath is that when Lord Chaitanya renounced His family life at the age of 24 years, His mothe
r requested that He make His headquarters at Jagannath Puri. So Lord Chaitanya had quarters at Jagannath Puri and lived there for 18 years. He took }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sannyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at 24 years old. For six years He travelled all over India, and the last 18 years He lived at Jagannath Puri. He was regularly attending this Jagannath Car Festival every year, and many thousands of de
votees assembled in that Festival wherein Lord Chaitanya and His devotees chanted the Hare Krishna Mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This inauguration of Rathayatra Ceremony will bring a new chapter in the history of the world\'97it is that potent. It is stated in th
e Vedic literature that anyone who sees Lord Jagannath seated on this car will no more have to take birth within this miserable material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Perhaps you saw in the San Francisco Chronicle that when I landed at San Francisco airport a reporter asked me my opinion of the landi
ng of your American people on the moon. I asked him whether I should give my frank opinion. He said, "Yes." So I replied that it is "simply a waste of time." If you actually want to transfer yourself from this planet to another planet, then you must foll
ow the principles of the Bhagavad Gita. In the Bhagavad Gita you will find a nice verse which says that there are innumerable planets, not only in this one universe, but there are innumerable universes also. In each of these universes there are millions 
and trillions of planets, and each planet has a different atmosphere. So even if you go to the moon, you will not be happy there, because everywhere in the material universes the four principles of material conditioning are always present. They are birth
, death, old age and disease. But Krishna says that, if one goes back to My Supreme Planet, which is called Goloka Vrindaban, he will never have to come back to this miserable condition of life. This Krishna consciousness movement is to take you to the h
ighest state of eternal bliss and knowledge. It is not a sentimental movement, but is the practical means of perfect spiritual realization. If within this life you practice Krishna consciousness, then you will very easily be able to go to Goloka Vrindaba
n and have your blissful life, eternal and full of knowledge. You should start this process today. Simply chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. I request you to follow this car of Lord J
agannath, and make progress in your life to Goloka Vrindaban, instead of wasting your time for the moon planet. Thank you very much."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After this divine message was presented, there were shouts of "All Glories to Prabhupada, the Golden Vaishnava! Jai! Jai!" and obeisa
nces were again offered. The ratha then began to roll down Haight Street towards its destination, through Golden Gate Park to the Great Ocean Highway. Thousands present began chanting Hare Krishna, the Great Chanting for Deliverance: Hare Krishna, Hare K
rishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Approximately 100 Krishna devotees were dispersed among the constantly increasing crowd, some holding flags, banners and instruments. A 10 foot high picture of Sri Chaitanya 
Mahaprabhu, the Incarnation of Krishna who inaugurated the Hare Krishna Movement 500 years ago in India, was being carried 100 feet in front of the ratha. On the ratha the musicians and singers were leading the ecstatic chanting with mridungas, kartals a
nd harmoniums. The ratha was being pulled by many men, by means of long ropes which extended in front of the car; and ropes behind the car were used to slow it down while going downhill.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the joyous procession proceeded through Golden Gate Park, the crowd increased to about 8,000 persons, many of whom had, by chance, b
een in the park and were drawn by the transcendental sights and sounds of the parade. The ecstasy in all hearts culminated when the mighty ratha halted at the entrance of a bridge above the road in the park. Thousands swarmed into the echoing bridge and 
breathlessly beheld His Divine Grace stand up from his throne. With arms upraised, he began to dance before the Lord of the Universe. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Namah Om Vishnu Padaya Krishna Presthaya Bhuta
le/ Srimate Bhaktivedanta Swamin Iti Namine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Everyone was then crying and screaming out the Hare Krishna Mantra, along with fervently felt obeisances to His Divine Grace. There ca
n be no adequate description given here of the splendrous dance done by His Divine Grace at this time, or of the joy experienced by all of those who witnessed this holy scene. As Prabhupada has often instructed\'97and proven\'97to his disciples throughou
t the world, the constitutional position of every living entity is to be ecstatic and joyous in glorifying and rendering loving service unto Krishna (one of whose Names is Jagannath). The many persons who were for the first time coming into contact with 
the Hare Krishna Movement also got a taste of the nectar pouring forth from Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ratha then proceeded past the bridge and along its pilgrimage to the ocean. At the ocean, another 2,000 people who had been awaitin
g the arrival of the car joined the crowd, now numbering approximately 10,000. When the ratha finally came to a halt, Prabhupada delivered another message regarding the importance of developing spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear American boys and girls, I thank you very much for your taking part in this great ceremony known as Lord Jagannath's Rathaya
tra Ceremony. This ceremony is performed every year for the last 2,000 years or more in India, and in your country perhaps this is the third year of performing this great Rathayatra Ceremony. We are also performing this ceremony in Boston, London, New Yo
rk and Columbus. The purpose for this Krishna consciousness movement is for invoking your dormant love for Jagannath, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Every one of us, not only human beings but every living entity including birds, beasts and aquatics,
 is part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And just like a son has the right to inherit the property of his father, so we have the prerogative to achieve the status of our Father, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This status is called 
}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat-Chit-Ananda Vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means eternal, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means compl
ete in knowledge, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means bliss, and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means person. As we are all persons, so the Supreme Personality of Godhead is also another Person, but He is very, very great. And He being the greatest, He su
pplies the needs of all other individual persons. We have a relationship with Lord Jagannath, and we are meant to participate in His qualities of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat-Chit-Ananda Vigraha}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This material life is just the opposite conception of our life with Lord Jagannath. This body is full of misery, it is temporary, and there is no complete knowledge. This Hare Krishna M
antra will gradually lead you to the status of your Supreme Father, Krishna. Don't think this is any sectarian movement. It is the postgraduate study of all religions. In the Srimad Bhagavatam it is said that the first-class religion is that which teache
s you to invoke your dormant love of Godhead. Now our love is distributed in so many different channels, but this love should all be concentrated upon Krishna, the Supreme Lord. Kindly chant this Hare Krishna Mantra\'97we do not charge anything. This is 
not a business; we are giving you everything for free. So please take part in this movement. Come with us. We simply request you to chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and come with us
; and you will see how your life will be sublime. You will feel eternity, all blissfulness, and you will know everything. I have spoken about landing on the moon; but if you come to Krishna consciousness, you will know not only what is on the moon, but y
ou will know the condition of all the planets in the material sky, and you will want to go back to Goloka Vrindaban in the Spiritual Sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If you would like to understand this science of Krishna consciousness, we have many books, such as Bhagavad Gita As It Is, Srimad Bhag
avatam, Teachings of Lord Chaitanya, Nectar of Devotion, plus we have a monthly magazine, 'Back To Godhead.' But if you have no time to read, kindly chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
 In this mantra the whole spiritual power is given. It is for everyone. Our only request is that in whatever condition of life you are in\'97it doesn't matter\'97you don't have to dress like us, no; wherever you are, remain there, but just chant this Har
e Krishna Mantra. Thank you very much."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many of the Krishna devotees had been at the ocean for several hours and had managed to put together 10,000 plates of delicious, sump
tuous, transcendental Krishna Prasadam\'97foodstuffs offered to and eaten by Jagannath and left as Divine Remnants for His part and parcel children to taste in bliss. While many of the crowd's members went to the shore to bask in the glory of chanting be
neath the open sky, several thousand others gathered into the Family Dog Auditorium where His Divine Grace had been escorted. He was seated on a stage that had been transformed into an altar to Krishna, complete with pictures, incense, candles, and thron
e. Kirtan was held and all the people who were newly exposed to the chanting actually felt spiritual bliss. The chanting by the ocean proceeded into the night, and finally the crowd began to disperse. Since this Rathayatra Day Ceremony, many new people h
ave decided to dedicate their lives to the pursuit of Krishna Consciousness, and it is hoped that by the Mercy of Lord Jagannath many more will come to understand the reality and the utmost importance of spiritual life in Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Rathayatra Lecture
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub RATHAYATRA LECTURE
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada\line (Delivered at The Family Dog Auditorium, San Francisco)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My dear boys and girls, I thank you very much for joining us on this Rathayatra Ceremony. I am going to sing an Indian song and then I 
will explain it. Even if you don't understand the language of the song, still, if you kindly hear patiently, the sound vibration will act. The song begins
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu Dayanoramoray}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The author's name is Narottam Das Thakur. He wrote many songs. We are gradually translating them into English, and will have them in our magazine, "Back To Godhead.
" The purport of this song is\'97Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu Dayanoramoray\'97my dear Lord Chaitanya, please be merciful upon me. I do not find anyone as merciful as You. You can see the picture of Lord Chaitanya on the altar\'97that is Lord Chaitanya d
ancing. He, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared as a devotee. You have heard of the Bhagavad Gita. In that scripture the last instruction given by Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is that He is asking everyone, "My dear sons, please 
understand, God is Father." That is accepted in every religion. Especially in your Christian religion: God is the Supreme Father. In the Vedas also it is said, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya nityanam c
haitanyas chaitananam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , etc. The Supreme Absolute is also a living entity like us. Your material father, from whom you have this body, he is also a person, and you are also a p
erson. You are the son of your father. Similarly, although you cannot see God, you can understand from the version of the Vedas and authoritative scriptures that, if God is the father, then He must be a Person. He must be a Person, because I am person. W
e have to study by analogy, by our reason, our intelligence. You have experience in this life that your father is a person, and you are also a person. The relationship is that I am his son, he is my father, yet both of us are persons. None of us is imper
son. Such a conclusion is nonsense. How can my father become imperson if I am a person? This idea is nonsense. Therefore the knowledge of those who are impersonalists is not yet perfect. They do not actually know what is the situation of their Father.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Father is a Person. It is confirmed in the Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
nitya nityanam chaitanyas chaitananam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; He is the Supreme Eternal of all eternals. We are all eternal. Each living entity is eternal. Death means the end of this body. We are dying
 at every moment as our bodies change. So this death means death of this body, not of the spirit-soul. The spirit-soul is eternal. God is eternal, and I am His son, you are His son; you are also eternal. Just as a small particle of gold is also gold, sim
ilarly the part and parcel of the Supreme Lord is also God. It is said that we are partly God, and He is the Supreme God. That is stated in the Vedas: }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya nityanam chaitanyas cha
itananam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; He is the Supreme Eternal among all the eternals, and He is the Supreme Living Creature among all living creatures. Supreme, that is the difference. The quality of God a
nd the quality of you and I is the same. If you chemically analyze a small portion of the ocean water, you will find the same chemical composition as in the vast ocean. Similarly, as a living entity you have all the qualities of God in minute portion. Th
erefore He is Supreme. We have all the qualities of God, but in very minute portions. So He is Supreme. We are subordinate. Therefore in the Vedas it is said that the living entities are maintained by the Supreme Lord. That you can understand by your pra
ctical experience. There are millions and trillions of living creatures. The human society is only a small portion of all the living species. If you take a portion of a drop of the Pacific Ocean, how many aquatics are there? There are, in total, 900,000 
species of aquatics. There are 8,400,000 species of living creatures, and all of them are being maintained by God, the Supreme Lord. We are also being maintained: but because we have become "advanced in knowledge," therefore, the result is we have forgot
ten God. This is the result of our education. The more you become advanced in so-called knowledge the more you forget your relationship with God. Actually, this is not knowledge. In the Bhagavad Gita it is said that the knowledge is already taken away by
 Maya from those who are atheists, or Godless. They are so-called men of knowledge, wise men. But actually they are fools, rascals the atheists. This is the statement of Bhagavad Gita. They are called }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Naradhamas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the lowest of mankind. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means man, and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhamas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means lowest. The lowest grade of man denies the ex
istence of God. As we are forgetting our eternal relationship with God, so we are gradually degraded to the lowest position of living creatures. Our knowledge has no value. Anyone who is atheist, who has no knowledge of God, has no good qualifications. T
hese are the statements from the scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Krishna Chaitanya Prabhu Dayanoramoray. In this age we ask the Mercy of Lord Chaitanya because we have all forgotten our relationsh
ip with God. We still have dormant love for God. Just as a son and father\'97the son may forget, he may become a crazy fellow and go out of home, but that does not mean that his relationship with his father is broken. That is not possible. Even if he is 
a crazy fellow, when the father dies the son may still have the right to inherit the property of the father. The relationship is that strong. We may try to forget God due to our craziness, but the relationship cannot be broken. God is so kind, He comes H
imself, He sends His bona fide servant, He sends His son. In so many ways He is always canvassing, "My dear sons, do not suffer in this abominable condition of material existence. Come back to Me. Come back to Home. Enjoy eternal life, blissful life, lif
e of knowledge." That is God's business, therefore He is all-merciful. In spite of our being disobedient and forgetful, He does not forget. He says, "Whenever there are discrepancies in the religious processes, and when there is predominance of irreligio
usness\'97I incarnate." As for what is religion and what is irreligion, that is stated in the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna says, "I come to establish religion," and again He says, "Give up all sorts of irreligion." Religion means surrendering to the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead. Any other religion is not religion, but is bogus. We have concocted so many religious principles, but real religion is that which teaches to surrender to God, to love God. That is real religion. That is what we are teaching. Our Kri
shna consciousness movement is no sectarian movement. We don't say that this is Christian religion or Hindu religion or Mohammedan religion or Buddhist religion. These religions develop in different parts of the world under different conditions. They giv
e some idea of our relationship with God. But real religion is that which teaches how to love God. If by following certain religious principles you develop your dormant love of God, then that is first-class religion. That development is without any reaso
n. It is not that you love God because He supplies bread: "Oh God, give us our daily bread." No, there is no exchange like that. There is no reason why I should ask. God is great, I am His part and parcel; it is my duty to love Him. When you develop this
 consciousness, it is called Krishna consciousness. Try to understand this philosophy of Krishna consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not a new thing. Krishna consciousness philosophy was taught 5,000 years ago. Bhagavad Gita is the philosophy of Krishna consciou
sness. Although it was written down 5,000 years ago in history, within the Bhagavad Gita it is stated that It was spoken some millions of years ago to the Sun-god. Apart from that reference Bhagavad Gita is eternal, because it teaches what is your relati
onship with God, what is your eternal duty to God, and what is the ultimate end of life. The last instruction of the Bhagavad Gita is that one has to give up all sorts of rascaldom or concocted religion. One simply has to surrender to God. That is religi
on. We have developed this human form of life after passing through many millions of lower grades of life, and now we have to develop this Krishna consciousness, love of God. Take this Krishna consciousness movement very seriously\'97we have volumes of b
ooks to convince you of your relationship with God, and what is your duty, what is your ultimate goal of life\'97these things are all very nicely explained in the Bhagavad Gita. But, unfortunately, so-called scholars and so-called wise men misinterpret t
he whole thing. That is why the Lord appeared as Lord Chaitanya 500 years ago, to establish the correct principles of Bhagavad Gita. He showed that even if you do not understand the process of religion, then simply chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krish
na Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. The results are practical. For example, when we were chanting Hare Krishna, all the members who were assembled here were joining in, but now when I am talking about philosophy, some are l
eaving. It is very practical, you can see. The Hare Krishna Mantra is so enchanting that anyone can take part in any condition and if he continues to chant, gradually he will develop his dormant love of God. His heart will be cleansed of all dirty things
 and gradually he will be freed from the material concept of life, and he will be joyful. He will see everyone as sons of God, and then he will begin his loving transcendental service to Krishna. Our only request is that you try to understand this Krishn
a consciousness movement. It is very simple. We are requesting everyone to chant the Hare Krishna Mantra and take Prasadam. When you are tired of chanting, the Prasadam is ready. You can immediately take Prasadam. And if you dance, then all bodily exerci
se is Krishnized; and all of the attempts of the yoga processes are attained by this simple process. So chant, dance, take Prasadam\'97even if you do not at first hear this philosophy, it will act, and you will be elevated to the highest platform of perf
ection. Thank you very much.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Holy Rathayatra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOLY RATHAYATRA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Lord Jagannath's Triumphal Ride To The Sea
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Nara-Narayan Viswakarma
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suddenly, at noon on the 27th of July, a frenzied storm of 10,000 young and old chanters startled the heart of San Francisco. A sea of 
people poured around the corner of Haight and Ashbury Streets in the dazzling noonday sun, completely surrounding the thirty-five foot high, brilliantly decorated Rathayatra car. The brightly painted wooden vehicle had wheels eight feet high and a twenty
 foot tall magenta satin dome decorated with gold, painted with lotus flowers and topped with a fringed flag on a spire. Below, amidst multi-colored wooden columns decorated with gold lotuses, fringed flags and swinging strings of Vedic cowbells, sat a d
ozen musicians playing drums, cymbals and a hand organ, filling the whole area for blocks around with amplified charting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. The car rolled heavily to the 
intersection and stopped\'97emitting clouds of fragrant frankincense and myhrr from large sensors on the car's second level, high above the crowd. At the front of the car, upon a palanquin decorated with a gold-scalloped canopy and magenta draw-curtains,
 were the beloved Jagannath Deities: Krishna, Subhadra and Balaram. Smiling, Their Arms extended and Eyes blazing, the three Deities presided over the chanting mass of people; Their garlanded silk-clad Forms welcomed all who had come to pay them homage. 
The car had stopped for an important reason, although the excited crowd almost pulled it away several times in their anxiety to begin dancing all the way to the sea. They were, however, persuaded to wait, as the spiritual master of the Krishna consciousn
ess movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami\'97saffron-robed and smiling\'97stepped from a nearby automobile. He was at once guided through two protective rows of robed devotees toward velvet-cushioned, rose-petalled steps extending up to a g
iant red throne set on golden lions' claws. The spiritual master's throne was decorated with hundreds of roses and carnations and covered with a gold-fringed magenta canopy. The whole front of the car, consisting of a large platform holding the throne, w
as upholstered with pink satin and draped with carnations, rich bunting and flags. As His Divine Grace stepped up the stairs, his ecstatic, weeping disciples pressed their heads on the petalled cushions where his feet had walked. They cried out, "Prabhup
ada!" a name which indicates a soul so great that even great spiritual masters can take shelter at his lotus feet. He sat down on the throne, located right under the three Jagannath Deities on the front of the car, and gazed over the wildly chanting devo
tees and participants. Spectators were gathering to witness the Festival. Many stopped their cars, left their parcels and baby-carriages and approached to find out what was attracting so many people. The spiritual master pressed his palms together, and, 
after smiling his Blessing on the assembled crowd, began to speak as follows: "My dear American boys and girls, I thank you very much for taking part in this great ceremony known as Lord Jagannath's Rathayatra. This ceremony is performed every year for t
he last two thousand years or more in India. Today this inauguration of Rathayatra ceremony will bring a new chapter in the history of the world. It is stated in the Vedic literature that anyone who sees Lord Jagannath seated on this car will no more hav
e to take birth within this miserable world. It is that potent. This Krishna consciousness movement is to take you to the highest state of eternal bliss and knowledge. It is not a sentimental movement, but is the practical means of perfect spiritual real
ization. If within this life you practice Krishna consciousness, then you will very easily be able to go to Goloka Vrindaban, and you will have your blissful life, eternal and full of knowledge. So today you should start this process. Simply chant Hare K
rishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. I request you that you follow this car of Lord Jagannath, and make progress in your life to Goloka Vrindaban, instead of wasting your time for the moon planet. 
Thank you very much."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When he had finished speaking, a signal was given and the crowd picked up the thick ropes fore and aft of the car and surged forward, g
uided by the enthusiastic directions of saffron-robed devotees. Thus the tilting and creaking 8,000 pound wooden car began its ponderous five mile journey to the sea.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the car found its way up Haight Street to the entrance of Golden Gate Park, His Divine Grace's voice soared in resonant tones leadin
g the chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Rama, accompanied by the musicians inside the car. The turbulent, dancing crowd was swaying in the power of the mantra, walking backwards, unable to take their eyes off the magnificent car shimmering in the sunlight o
r the Divine Passengers riding in glory above their heads. Certainly this day "opened a new chapter in the history of the world." The spiritual master was hailed and glorified, and that alone brought an epoch of hope to the benumbed and frustrated world,
 so torn as it is with false hopes and desires. Higher and higher his voice rose announcing to all sentient beings the all-protecting nature of the Lotus Feet of Lord Sri Krishna, the factual Refuge for all in this miserable world. "Hare Krishna, Hare Kr
ishna," the crowd chanted back, bewildered, yet grasping at this ray of hope, bliss, eternal supreme knowledge. A devotee with a peacock fan fanned Lord Krishna on the second level of the car, and the all-pervasive incense curled in wafts through the con
fused, yet thrilled throng. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna. Groups had started to dance in circles in the midst of the river of people, and everywhere sticks of incense were sending up thin trails of smoke and fragrance. Hare Krishna! Bobbing heads were chan
ting everywhere, and incense sticks were seen moving up and down in the hands of shaved-headed devotees. Hare Krishna flags and banners waved above the heads of the crowds. The giant voices were amplified so loud that it seemed the car itself was chantin
g. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Waves of transcendental emotion flowed through the thousands, each exposed to the direct vibration of the mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rejoice, rejoice in the Lord! Out of the nihilistic hearts of today's youth flowed the nectar of love, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. Washed 
and washed with the shudders of transcendental ecstasy, the many-voiced crowd seemed to chant with one voice. The mantra was sung first, like nectar, from the lips of the spiritual master, and then the reply came from thousands of mouths chanting in repl
y\'97Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. Where was the end to all this? No matter how ecstatically one chanted, there always seemed to be a higher level to which one could go; and the chanting rose and rose in the sublime. There were no enemies that day. Stolid-loo
king citizens walked side by side with stooped and bearded youths, while small children rode on the shoulders of their fathers or asked to ride upon the car. Elderly ladies also rode upon the car, swaying back and forth, their eyes closed and hands clapp
ing softly, singing the transcendental words. Overhead the cow bells clanged their varied tones. To the side, the mounted policemen astride their chestnut horses eyed the spectacle with genuine wonder. The car, the chanting, the wild yet stately processi
on, the joyful people, the richly decorated and garlanded Deities smeared with fragrant oils and fanned with a peacock feather fan\'97what was it all about? The spiritual master seated with his legs folded beneath him upon the sumptuous red and golden th
rone sat perfectly serene in knowledge of it all, of all that had been done and was yet to be done. Who was he? He sat clapping his hands slightly, eyes almost shut, his form exasperatingly yet exquisitely beyond the mental grasp of the mundane mind. Loo
king around the crowd, one could see that he was the object of it all. His divine glance had brought us all. We were once like blind and stumbling refugees; now we knew that happiness lay in the glorification of the Transcendental Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Jagannath! Lord of the Universe! Hari Hari Vol! There was no doubt as the chanting reached new peaks, for every heart could hear b
eyond its limited reach\'97at least on that one day. Each person knew that beyond material woe lay the divine nectar released for once by the chanting of the Holy Name. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami purified us all with the chanting of Hare K
rishna, personally distributing the Holy Name of the Lord, offering to everyone the nectar of love of God. Shining and pure, the Holy Jagannath car directed its ponderous self through the churning, swaying throng. Rumbling and trembling, seemingly fixed 
in place, it moved with great resolve to the sea. To the sea! Would we ever get there? Miles and miles the massive domed car rolled on. No one knew if he was really tired. It was hard to say. The hot crowds, the endless marching, dancing, labored breathi
ng; yet the chant constantly suspended us and carried us on. Such ecstasy! Everyone was a bit surprised. Who had ever done such a thing before? Were we all bewitched? But No. It was easy to see. This was no satanic orgy or bohemian cavort, nor was it a c
ollege frolic. Rather it was a transcendental event never before seen in this whole land, a giant colorful festival solely for the pleasure of the Supreme Lord. Unlikely perhaps, but there it was, as lovely as could be!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About halfway through the park, when the chanting had reached its peak, the whole procession came upon the low arch of a bridge spannin
g the roadway. Somehow, above the roar of the chanting, the order was given just in time: "Stop the car!" The car stopped, and everyone looked relieved. The devotees who had been there the year before smiled to themselves as they saw the baffled crowd ga
zing at the thirty-five foot car in front of the fourteen foot opening. No one knew what to do! Some laughed and others cried, while the majority never let up on the chanting of the Holy Name. The devotees from last year smiled again as they remembered h
ow the car had been a bit too tall, and, while the devotees had leaped and chanted hoping for a miracle, one had climbed up and lowered the top with a saw. This year everyone gathered around the car and clapped their hands. The chanting crescendoed and m
elted the hearts of everyone present. When nothing could be heard but waves of Hare Krishna, Hare Rama, Prabhupada stood up on the front of the car, his garlands swaying back and forth. He began to dance and then leap up and down, exhorting the now-whirl
ing mass of devotees by his stance and gesture. In this whirling ecstasy akin to madness he was leading us higher and higher, dragging us out of our sins and reviving our Krishna consciousness. By his divine example we were soaring in transcendental blis
s. Each gesture revealed new truth, and as our appetite for self-knowledge grew, so did the vibrancy of his leading chant. Greater and greater rose the chanting, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. How perfect he is, and how fallen we are. We let loose our hearts a
nd shouted, "Hari Vol [chant the Name]!" Through the chanting few noticed that an internal mechanism had lowered the dome of the car, and with the spire adjusted to the side the car barely made it under the bridge. When Prabhupada had seated himself once
 again in his blissful composure, the car started under the bridge, with Hare Krishna echoing forever under the tunnel. On the other side, there was the sun again and the freely moving ecstasy picked up with no more anxiety. As the ocean appeared before 
us, some of us recalled that the gopis paying their obeisances to Krishna is compared to the thundering of the ocean waves on the shore. And through our minds flowed the remembrance of the great prayer to the spiritual master: "The spiritual master is al
ways engaged in chanting and hearing the Message of Lord Chaitanya (Hare Krishna Mantra), and sometimes he is dancing in ecstasy. Sometimes he feels quivering in his body on account of spiritual trance. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus fee
t of such spiritual master." Down the Great Highway the car swept on, the sea breeze billowing the magenta dome and causing the flags to flap in wild array. It was quite ordinary now to see cars stop by the side of the road, fascinated drivers climbing o
ut from behind the wheel to join in the tumultuous, jubilant procession. On and on we went, the cymbals clashing and drums thundering through the hidden speakers on the car; and Prabhupada's voice leading us onward, onward.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The oceanside dance hall showed just ahead, with crowds already gathering at the doors, waiting for the promised mass-chanting, and esp
ecially the feasting. The day before, the women devotees spent long hours into the night preparing spiced sweet rice, "simply wonderfuls" (powdered milk, sugar and butter, rolled into balls with nuts and raisins and spices), hot spiced apple chutney, fre
sh fruit salad and a huge piece of watermelon for every plate. During this preparation, the last decorations were being put on the car by the brahmacharies while thousands of flowers were strung.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the cart's arrival at the ocean auditorium, the doors opened and the feast was seen in the courtyard. Fifteen thousand paper plates 
loaded with relishable foodstuffs ranged along the walls and in numerous rows over the entire courtyard. Guests swarmed into the giant hall where an altar had been set up with the Deities presiding in Their palanquin, and Prabhupada seated on the red thr
one. No one seemed willing to stop chanting, and His Divine Grace Swami Bhaktivedanta led everyone again in chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Rama. Meanwhile many of the guests congregated on the beach around large bonfires, where watermelons were cut open and
 plates were distributed. Even hours later guests were delightedly distributing simply wonderfuls to the incredulous Sunday beachcombers. Back at the auditorium, Prabhupada finished the chanting and gave a short talk on the importance of Krishna consciou
sness as a means of achieving the supreme goal\'97love of God. Then everyone feasted, and gazed with admiring glances at Prabhupada and the magnificent altar. No one had feasted like that before. So many people ate sumptuously, yet not a single animal ha
d been killed. Everything was prepared from food grains, vegetables and milk products, yet no one was dissatisfied. It was glorious and abundant. Again the devotees recalled the prayer to the spiritual master: "The spiritual master is always offering fou
r kinds of delicious foodstuffs, analyzed as that which is chewed, licked up, drank and swallowed. Four kinds of prasadam are offered to Krishna, and when the devotees are eating Bhagavat Prasadam, the spiritual master is satisfied. I offer my respectful
 obeisances unto the lotus feet of such spiritual master." Everyone was satisfied.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Note on Krishna Consciousness:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is a group of mostly young people who are dedicating their lives to living the teac
hings of the topmost Vedic transcendental scripture, The Bhagavad Gita As It Is, under the direction of their spiritual master; His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada came from Vrindaban, India three years ago just to impart this knowledge 
to the western world. Hitherto the Bhagavad Gita, as well as other Vedic teachings, were beyond the scope of comprehension as presenting a practical way of life for the average American. But when His Divine Grace, who is acharya (one who teaches divine l
ife by example), came to this country, his scholarly knowledge as well as his ability to perfectly live the divine scriptures immediately drew hundreds of disciples to him. The Rathayatra Car Festival is only one of many such occurrences which are emergi
ng untainted from the scriptures under his masterful guidance. The huge crowds that gathered chanting Hare Krishna and dancing in ecstasy are an excellent example of the magnetism of these transcendental festivals. Everyone had a glorious time; the festi
val and feast were over only eight hours after the beginning of the march to the sea. The guests all went home at peace with themselves, carrying to their various abodes the transcendental vibration, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama, the endless song of Krishna's
 Abode. As for the devotees, they were already planning the next festivities to be held, in Los Angeles, in New York, in Boston\'97and throughout the twenty-five Krishna conscious centers around the world, which are all being carefully guided by His Divi
ne Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just like the cloud pours water on the forest fire to extinguis
h it, so the spiritual master extinguishes the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respecfful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such spiritual master."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhupada writes in }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93\'85 as it is said in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmanda Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'91A person who sees the Lord\'92s Rathayatra Car Festival, and then stands up to receive the Lord, can curb down all kinds of sinful results from his body.\'94 Many people stood that day, July 27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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 On the car sat Lord Jagannath, the Lord of the Universe, and Prabhupada, the Lord\'92s best friend. Thousands of people stood alongside the road or came to their windows or stood on elevated places and rooftops to watch the Rathayatra Car Festival pass 
by.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Journey to the Sea
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub JOURNEY TO THE SEA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Sukadeva Das Brahmachary (ISKCON\'97Los Angeles)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There was great excitement in the San Francisco temple. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, affectionately known as Prabhupada, had given a lectu
re the night before, and the chants had been sung with much enthusiasm. Now today was the Jagannath Car Festival. Through the mercy of the spiritual master the disciples are able to enjoy transcendental bliss, and therefore the temple was very much elate
d.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Food was being prepared in large, shining-new barrels, as there were no pots large enough to hold all the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prasadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means spiritual food because it has been offered to God. The scriptures state that food which has been offered to Krishna takes on all His power. So we were prepared to distribute Krishna to thousands.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The women's quarters were filled with carnations and gardenias, to be for garlanding the large car. And a special garland would be made
 to be placed around the neck of our spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone was busily working to make sure that everything was perfect. All the last minute details were checked. This year our ingenious
 Godbrother Nara-Narayan Das had installed a movable top which could be raised and lowered; the previous year there had been trouble with the top of the cart hitting telephone wires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The car was being moved by 11:00 a.m. On top of the car were placed the Jagannath Deities. According to the sanskrit scriptures, there 
are two types of Deity worship, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirguna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub saguna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Nirguna worship means without possessing the power of the Supreme, or idol worship, (the word nirguna also means that Krishna's qualities are beyond estima
tion), and saguna means possessing the powers of the Supreme. Krishna consciousness engages in saguna Deity worship; therefore, by the mercy of the Supreme, the Deities have all the power of the Supreme Lord Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord "Jagannath" means He is the Lord of the universe. Along with His Brother and Sister, Jagannath was placed on top of the car where 
a devotee undertook the auspicious assignment of fanning Them with a peacock feather fan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the car's topmost level, devotees passed along a walkway adding final decorations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below the Jagannath Deities was a magnificent throne for His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. Someone might ask, "Why is there a 
throne for the spiritual master? Does he think that he is God?" The answer is definitely "No." The spiritual master is honored and worshiped with all the honor due to the Supreme Lord only because he is a bona fide representative of the Lord. His Divine 
Grace never states that he is Lord Krishna. He has always made plain to his devotees that he is a servant of Lord Krishna. This is one of the symptoms of a pure devotee. The throne that His Divine Grace sat upon was a deep velvety red and as the day was 
relatively clear it could be seen for quite a distance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Directly behind the throne of His Divine Grace there was a large section for the musicians. Included in the ensemble were harmoniums, k
artals (hand cymbals), mridangas (sweet drums) and singers of the Hare Krishna Mantra. To enhance the music of these performers there were microphones and amplifiers, and the chanting could be heard very clearly and for a considerable distance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The large steel barrels of food, dozens of watermelons, thousands of "simply wonderfuls" (the name given to a favorite recipe of the de
votees by His Divine Grace), as well as other assortments of fine Indian vegetarian foods cooked in savory butter, were already moved to their destination. Everything done in Krishna consciousness is acted through the sanction of higher authorities as re
vealed in the scriptures. The prasadam was cooked directly from recipes found in Vedic scriptures, and the effort and care taken by the devotee-cooks was primarily for pleasing the transcendental Senses of the Supreme Lord Krishna. All of this food was t
aken to the Family Dog Auditorium, the site of the feast. Rathayatra Festival is also called the march to the sea. The festival-march was to start at Haight and Ashbury streets and to end at the seaside auditorium.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right on schedule the cart began moving at Haight and Ashbury Streets. Meanwhile the prasadam, which had already been taken by truck to
 the ocean auditorium, was being arranged for mass-serving. Inside the auditorium devotees were sweeping the floor and decorating the stage with flowers. A place onstage was reserved for the throne of His Divine Grace. The auditorium was brilliant with r
ed and white flowers, all carefully placed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Radha Krishna temple was empty and silent save for a few people. Outside the temple, the Jagannath Car had been moved to the design
ated place to wait for union with His Divine Grace. Everyone was waiting for Srila Prabhupada to arrive, and the assembled devotees could feel the auspiciousness of this event.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace was driven by auto to Haight and Ashbury Streets, and a giant hush fell over the crowd as his car pulled up beside the
 Jagannath Cart. The devotees immediately bowed on sight of him and paid their obeisances to the eternal guru. Prabhupada was helped up to the altar. He took his seat and sat with a majestic stature. Prabhupada always has this majestic presence, projecti
ng his confidence in his movement and his confidence that Sri Krishna will help him spread Krishna consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The streets were filled to capacity and at first the predominant sound was the wind. San Francisco is very windy and that was the preva
iling sound whistling through the hills; but then His Divine Grace's voice was heard. He spoke in calm yet commanding tones. His words are always precise and clear every time he speaks. He speaks like a surgeon, cutting away all unnecessary words and spe
aking only of the Supreme Absolute Truth, Sri Krishna. Prabhupada never speaks nonsense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After a short lecture, the march to the sea began. People were dancing and singing the Hare Krishna Mantra all the way to the sea. The 
entire atmosphere was one of happiness and bliss, and His Divine Grace exhibited his most wondrous smile. Working together as a team, the devotees pulled the car slowly and smoothly over the route. The leader of the car expertly guided it through the str
eets, spreading the glories of Krishna by singing His Holy Name. At certain points along the route devotees were seen dancing in flower patches, and flowers were continually distributed. As with the foodstuffs, the flowers were offered to Krishna, and th
us they were spiritualized, prasadam. They had all the power of Krishna. Anyone who took a flower would have his door to liberation opened wide, even without his knowing it. According to the Vedic authorities, the chanting of Hare Krishna is the special 
Mercy given by Lord Krishna to the people of this Age of Kali. People are not capable in this age of going to the woods and meditating for a hundred or a thousand years or following the rules and austerities of the bona fide Yoga system. Krishna has said
 that by chanting the Holy Name, Hare Krishna,\'97or just by taking prasadam\'97you can very soon become self-realized. On the day described, thousands took part in the special dispensation of the Holy Name and thousands accepted prasadam of foodstuffs a
nd flowers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The car joyously reached the auditorium, and His Divine Grace gave another lecture. During his talk he sang a special chant which he do
es not usually sing. Then the auditorium was filled with the transcendental sound vibration of Hare Krishna. Any person of any sensitivity could surely feel the vast amount of energy and happiness that was radiated by the chanting of the Holy Names of th
e Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the chanting gradually subsided, the prasadam was served by the devotees. While the foodstuffs were being distributed a lovely girl 
devotee was singing a prayer to the spiritual master:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Namah Om Vishnupadaya Krishna Presthaya Bhutale\line Srimate Bhaktivedanta Swamin Iti Namine.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami who is very dear to Krishna on this earth due to his tak
ing shelter of the transcendental Lord." This young girl's voice was dominant over the murmer of the crowd, and one could feel her overwhelming affection for her spiritual master. Another devotee sat with Srila Prabhupada's shoes in his hands until Prabh
upada was ready to leave.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may ask, "Why are these people being so humble and subservient to their spiritual master?" Some examples may be cited: If a servant
 of a king does his duties and sweeps the palace and is always there when the king calls for him, then the king will give him nice foodstuffs, nice shelter, and thus the servant is enjoying; only by satisfying the king can the servant be happy. Or, if a 
man is working in an office and he reports to work on time, never makes any mistakes on the forms, is willing to do anything for his boss, then he gets monetary gain and respect and prestige in his company. Similarly, if the spiritual master is satisfied
, he will bestow his mercy upon you and you will advance spiritually. It is stated throughout the Vedic scriptures that there is no spiritual advancement without the mercy of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This Car Festival is only one of the many festivals that are held throughout the year in different cities. Each Sunday at 4:00 in Los A
ngeles there is a love feast comprised of 15 courses of vegetarian foodstuffs prepared directly from the holy scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna consciousness is more than a religion. It is the postgraduate of all religions. All religions are trying to become aware and co
nscious of God. All religions are trying to become Krishna conscious. The devotees of all the Krishna consciousness temples humbly request that if anyone has any questions, no matter how mundane, please go to one of the temples and inquire about this tra
nscendental science. Please also look forward to the festivals that will also be taking place in the future. If you can do none of these we humbly request you simply chant Hare Krishna and your life will be sublime. Hare Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Eyes Smeared with the Ointment of Love
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub EYES SMEARED WITH THE OINTMENT O
F LOVE
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Another Version of the Rathayatra Festival
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Lalita Devi Dasi (ISKCON\'97Los Angeles)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On July 27th, 1969 in San Francisco the most powerful spiritual celebration the bay area has ever known, the Rathayatra Festival, took 
place. I cannot do justice to the splendor and power of this magnificent celebration in a written article, for words cannot describe the nectarean beauty of the holy day glorifying the Jagannath Deities. I will try, however, to reflect a glimmer of what 
took place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every year for the past 2,000 years the Rathayatra Car Festival has taken place in Jagannath Puri, India. The transcendental Rathayatra
 Car carries worshipable Forms of Lord Krishna who is Lord Jagannath, accompanied by His Brother Balaram and His Sister Subhadra. The brightly colored Deities are enchanting to behold; and on this auspicious day they are brought out from the temple and c
arried on the carts from the town to the ocean, with millions of souls chanting and dancing and beholding the splendor of God on His jaunt to the ocean. Sometimes many devotees are so carried away that they throw themselves under the wooden wheels of the
 cart and kill themselves. Actually, no one dies; only the body is killed. The soul lives eternally and is unchanging. Actually everything rests in Krishna and He is in full control of everything. It is simply His causeless mercy that He allows His devot
ees to pull Him regally to the sea for Rathayatra, so that countless living entities can get the chance for liberation by viewing the cart, singing, dancing and taking His prasadam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through the mercy of our spiritual master, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, this wonderful celebration of God is becoming popular in the Unite
d States. This is the third year in a row that the Rathayatra Festival has taken place in San Francisco. We fortunate souls who are able to take part in such heavenly celebrations are truly grateful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The day of the festival was, at first, a bit foggy, but warm. At noon, hundreds of people were gathered at Haight and Ashbury Streets, 
waiting for the wonderful celebration to begin. All of a sudden the sounds of kartals, drums and chanting could be heard; then out of the blue the most beautiful sight came moving down the street. A huge 5,000 pound wooden cart, with a purple silk canopy
 and a golden lotus flower decorating the front, was carrying the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His relations and devotees. Multicolored flags fringed with gold tassels were dangling all around the cart. Pictures of Krishna and Prabhupada were on th
e cart, and these were carried in the hands of devotees. They came marching joyfully along the street with saffron robes and gleaming shaven heads, chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Har
e. Pulling the cart were the world's greatest men, who had worked heart and soul to create this cart for God to ride upon. This is confirmed in the Vedic scriptures, that the greatest are they who have become devotees of the Supreme Brahman\'97Lord Krish
na\'97and who constantly engage their energy in His transcendental loving service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The cart, with devotees surrounding it, stopped and waited on the corner of Haight and Ashbury for the spiritual master, His Divine Gra
ce A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, to make his appearance. He is the only spiritual master who is offering pure love of God, Bhaktiyoga. He has taken us fallen souls under his fatherly arm and given us jewels of love and truth. Blessed be this pure devotee of 
God. Prabhupada stepped out of his auto and spoke a few words about Krishna consciousness and about men landing on the moon. He said going to the moon was a waste of time, because the only planets worth going to were Krishna Loka and the Vaikunthas, whic
h are impossible to reach by material pursuits. They can only be reached by pure devotees of Krishna. One should hanker for the Kingdom of God, Krishna Loka, not landings on material planets which are temporary and destined for annihilation, as are all m
aterial universes. Only spiritual planets are eternal, as is the nature of our soul. The sound of the spiritual master's voice can enlighten one more and more each time one hears it, as it is coming straight from the transcendental world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhupada mounted his throne and his lovely neck was bedecked with sweet-smelling flower garlands. Then the cart began to move down Ha
ight Street. The procession entered Golden Gate Park, and we danced, with the chanting building louder, and everyone constantly stealing glances at the Deities and Prabhupada. When we got to the tunnel the cart stopped at the entrance and there seemed to
 be hundreds more people now. Prabhupada stood up before the tunnel-bridge and spoke, then chanted and then began to jump up and down. His ecstasy is purely transcendental, as if God is lifting him in His own Arms. Prabhupada is so merciful to let us beh
old his joy for God in that manner. All the people in the tunnel and all around began to jump up and down chanting Hare Krishna. Krishna's love seemed to be pouring all around the area like falling rain, washing away the dust in our hearts and bringing i
n new light, pure joy of the sound of God's Name, Hare Krishna, Hare Rama.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At times I pulled the rope to the cart and felt a renewed closeness with my Godsisters and Godbrothers. We later marched down Irving St
reet and passed the house where I grew up. Life seemed to flood fuller into my heart, for I was once a lost little girl crying for a love that was pure, and now through Prabhupada I have found a way to love God\'97who is the purest. I lifted my eyes and 
arms to the skies in a prayer of thankfulness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we got closer to the beach it seemed as if thousands more had joined in. All the people had literally danced and chanted the whole
 way, about three miles, not growing tired, but being reborn from the energy given off by resounding God's Name. The more you chant God's Name the more love and energy He gives you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the beach the holy cart found a resting place after much going back and forth. Prabhupada went into the auditorium to lecture on Kri
shna consciousness and to hold kirtan. Some of the devotees went inside while the other devotees served spiritual prasadam on the ocean wall. Barrels and barrels of sweet rice, simply wonderfuls, fruit salad and apple chutney were served to thousands of 
people. It seemed as if the entire city was being served prasadam by devotees. I never saw so many eating together. Everyone had blissful expressions on their faces, because they were tasting the most delicious foodstuffs, Krishna's mercy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Inside the Family Dog Auditorium, Prabhupada was imparting the essence of Krishna consciousness to the audience and telling them the im
portance of the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra, the benediction moon in this Age of Kali. He was humbly requesting everyone to take part in this movement and to see how nice it is. The devotees were on a platform facing Prabhupada, and all sang and danced as P
rabhupada led kirtan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing Prabhupada sitting there and beholding his beauty and chanting to him my humble obeisances brought me mounting pleasure. More an
d more I could realize that only Prabhupada's teachings can save our fallen souls from misery and lift us to the spiritual platform of loving service to Krishna. Prabhupada is a bona fide representative of God on this planet earth, and we must surrender 
fully to him\'97and only then can we begin to know Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next there was a beautiful puppet show about Krishna and His friends and some demons who try to kill Krishna. The puppets sang Hare Kri
shna and were accompanied on flute so beautifully sounding, as if Krishna Himself were playing in Vrindaban Forest in the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhupada left after the puppet show. and the feasting and chanting continued in the auditorium and on the beach.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I left I caressed the transcendental cart of Lord Jagannath and did not want to part from it, for this colorful transcendental cre
ation was Krishna Himself. I will never forget this Rathayatra Festival, for it brought me closer to my most dearly beloved spiritual master, to Radha Krishna and to the dear devotees\'97and the whole world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next year I pray it will be a worldwide festival so all of God's children can behold the truth and beauty of their Creator and begin th
e march back to home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Prabhupada says, "It is stated in the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhavisya Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : 'A person who
 follows the Rathayatra Car while passing the rathas in front or from behind, even if born of a lower grade family, will surely be elevated to the position of achieving equal opulences as Vishnu.\'92\'94 Thousands of people stood and watched the Rathayat
ra Car Festival pass by and thousands more followed the car, chanting and shouting and dancing Hare Krishna all the way from Haight and Ashbury to the beach. As Prabhupada explains to us, it is not necessary to understand how it is that when you touch fi
re you get burned; whether you understand or not the result is the same, you still get burned. Similarly, when one stands up while the Rathayatra Car is passing or one follows the Rathayatra Car Festival one gets liberated whether he understands or not.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Rathayatra, London
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub RATHAYATRA, LONDON
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LONDON IMPRESSIONS,\line JULY 27, 1969
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Ramatanu Das Brahmachary (ISKCON\'97London)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A tree waiting patiently for so many years in a quiet English forest, a green spark of Krishna consciousness wishing somehow to serve t
he Primeval Lord. Then of a sudden, this tree, humble and anonymous, patient and silent, by the grace of Sri Krishna is transformed into wooden planks, and the strong work-worn hands of Prabhu Shyamasundar begin, with the knowledge of having carved so ma
ny nice Jagannath murtis, to transform these boards into the mighty holy car of Lord Jagannath.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the backyard of an ordinary English neighborhood. But soon the red-headed five-year-old who lives next door begins to repeat afte
r us as we affix oversized wooden carriage wheels to the frame \'85 "Hare Kr\'97-ishna" \'85 smiling, feeling the devotion, asking his mother if he can join our procession. Sometimes Prabhu Malati sends down orange drink and }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prasad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and Indian boys stop after their day's work to paint a wheel or sand the frame. To work directly for Krishna is so irresistable
 that it is not work at all! Such a large noble creation being pushed through the twilight streets, first in the western world, this car bearing the ever brightly smiling Personality of Godhead. Then after six hours journey over the historic bridges we a
rrive at Hyde Park, and humbly lay the garlanded flowers at the Lotus Feet of the Deities, the frame swaying as we place the ladder against it to staple the red and yellow satin, the Hare Krishna banner and the other bunting of this most happy of vehicle
s. People from everywhere gather about to take pictures, other banners of Indian communities being carried in, east and west singing to Lord Krishna. Small children and gray-haired grandmothers with }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilok }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all wanting to pull the rope that will send dancing the grand Lord of the Universe. Then the conch is sounded (she who was laid so nicely upon the shore
 just for this service of being sounded for the Lord) and with the transcendental broom sweeping away the material dust, we dance towards Trafalgar Square, the street resounding with "Hari Vol! All Glories to Lord Jagannath!" Prasadam is given freely to 
all and all become friends of Sri Krishna\'97the sweetest and most loving of friends. People in cars who may have been thinking only of this mundane world hear the chant and see the devotees, arms upraised ecstatically, calling to the Father and to Srila
 Prabhupada, and they become relieved of all anxiety. Prabhu Mataji from eternal Vrindaban, her eyes closed, shawl overhead with her friends around her, also chants the Maha Mantra, as so many cameras record the joy that cannot be manufactured but which 
must come by pleasing God in full surrender.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a glorious massive samkirtan through central London that when we arrive with the hundreds and thousands in Trafalgar Square we wan
t only to chant and chant. We see many leading happy kirtans, many dancing and savoring transcendental bliss \'85 so involved, so uplifted that at dusk, still full of the strength which the blessed Lord constantly renews, we finally thank our so kind bro
thers and sisters and leave for our dwelling places with but one thought \'85 O dear Krishna, let me ever be refreshed by the nectar of serving You!
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's p30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub RATHAYATRA New York and Boston
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord Jagannath is Krishna Himself
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LORD JAGANNATH IS KRISHNA HIMSEL
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Satsvarupa Das Adhikary
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The nature of God is that He has unlimited qualities. It is not that He is without qualities. In the Bhagavad Gita, the Supreme Person 
describes Himself: "Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution." In the Sanskrit of the Vedic scriptures His qualities are described as "nirguna," that is, they are beyond e
stimation. We can at least know that everything which we are seeing now is His quality, His energy. Therefore earth, stone and wood are His energy, and all colors are His energy. They are described as belonging to the Lord's external or inferior, materia
l energy. But when this energy of the material world is combined according to authoritative direction, and a shape of the Supreme Lord is carved or shaped from it, then it is no longer material, it is spiritual. That is the version of all Vedic literatur
es. In this way, by the Mercy of the Absolute, a firm, easily worshipable link can be set up between the spiritual kingdom and those spirit souls who have temporarily fallen into the ignorance of material suffering.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Twelfth Chapter of Bhagavad Gita, Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead is asked by His disciple Arjuna, "Which form of wor
ship is more perfect, devotional service unto Your Personal Form, or deliberation on Your impersonal unmanifested effulgence?" The Lord clearly declares, "He whose mind is fixed on My Personal Form, always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcen
dental faith, is considered by Me to be most perfect." He further states, "For those whose minds are attached to the non-manifested, impersonal Feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that unmanifested discipline is a
lways difficult for those who are embodied." Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta elaborates on this point as follows: "It is very difficult for the embodied individual to simply theoretically understand that he is not the body. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-yogi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  accepts the Deity of Krishna as worshipable because there is some bodily conception fixed in the mind of everyone, 
which can be applied. Of course, worship of the Supreme Lord in His Form within the temple is not idol worship. The Form of the Lord even in the material qualities, such as when made of stone, wood, or oil paint, is not actually material. That is the Abs
olute Nature of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A crude example may be given here: We may find some mailboxes on the street, and if we post our letters in these boxes, they will natu
rally go to their destination without any difficulty. But any old box, or an imitation, which we may find somewhere, which is not authorized by the post office, will not do the work. Similarly, God has an authorized representation in the Deity Form, whic
h is called "Archa Vigraha." This Archa Vigraha is an incarnation of the Supreme Lord. God will accept service through that Form. The Lord is omnipotent and all-powerful; therefore, by His incarnation as Archa Vigraha, He can accept the service of the de
votee, just to make it convenient for the man in conditioned life.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the transformation of matter into spirit in the Deity Form of the Lord is an act done out of His kindness. In His Universal Form, as
 described in Chapter Eleven of the Gita, Lord Krishna manifests Himself as the entire cosmic manifestation, including all life and planetary systems. He is the Greatest of the great and He is also the Smallest of the small. For the ease of His parts and
 parcels who are estranged from Krishna Consciousness and trapped in the material world, He descends as incarnation in the Form of the most merciful Deity, such as Lord Jagannath. The Absolute Truth is inconceivable, beyond the reach of the philosophers'
 speculation, but the devotee who is willing to go back to Godhead can have easy access to Him. He can offer Him foodstuffs and eat the sanctified remnants, he can dress Him and glorify Him on the Rathayatra car journey. None of this is done whimsically 
or with any material sentiment, but strictly according to the rules chalked out by the great spiritual masters, who have themselves never disdained the presence of the Lord in the Deity Form. In a recent Deity installation ceremony at the Los Angeles tem
ple, Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta said, "The difference between idol worship and Deity worship is life. If there is no life, then it is idol worship, heathenism. And when there is life, feeling, then it is Krishna. We must think, 'Here is Krishna. I have to 
serve Him, I must do it very nicely.' If you think Jagannath is a wooden idol then He will remain a wooden idol to you forever. But if you elevate yourself to the higher platform of Krishna Consciousness, this Krishna will talk with you. At the time just
 after Lord Chaitanya, the Deity of Madan Mohan used to talk to the great devotee Sanatan Goswami. Sanatan had no temple. He was hanging his Deity on a tree. Madan Mohan was talking with him: 'Sanatan, you are bringing only a dry chapatti to offer Me, th
is chapatti is stale and if you don't give it a little salt, how can I eat?' Sanatan replied, 'Sir, where shall I go? Whatever I get I offer You. Kindly accept. I cannot move. I am an old man.' So Krishna had to eat whatever was offered. Because the devo
tee was offering, He could not refuse. Because the real thing is not what you offer, but your feeling: 'Krishna, kindly take. I have no qualification. I am rotten, false. But I have brought this thing for you, please take.' In that way it will be accepte
d."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Jagannath is especially liberal and accessible to the aspirant devotee of Godhead. As for the history of the Appearance of the mer
ciful Lord Jagannath, our spiritual master, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, has often told the incident: Five thousand years ago, a great devotee and king named Subal requested a sculptor from one of the upper material planets to carve him a Form of Krishna co
mmemorating Krishna's Appearance on His chariot at Kurukshetra when He was joined with His Brother Valaram and Sister Subadra. The sculptor certainly accepted the commission, but stated one positive condition. He said he must work in absolute privacy in 
his studio. King Subal agreed, and the work began. The king, however, grew impatient after what he thought was too long a time, and finally he could wait no longer but approached the sculptor's place and actually forced open the door. On sight of the kin
g, the demigod sculptor disappeared, leaving behind the Deity Forms of Jagannath, Valaram and Subadra exactly as we know them today from the Rathayatra Festival. The king simply accepted the Forms of the statues as complete: "These will be my worshipable
 Deities." In other words, the king was in Krishna Consciousness. As in so many of such incidents involving devotees and seeming accidents, the whole thing was an arrangement by the Lord. This is most significantly confirmed in that Lord Chaitanya, the A
vatar of Krishna Himself as a Devotee, has solidly taken Lord Jagannath as nondifferent from the Absolute Truth. In his biography of the life of Lord Chaitanya, Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta relates that "At Puri when He entered the temple of Jagannath He [Lo
rd Chaitanya] became at once saturated with transcendental ecstasy and fell down on the floor of the temple unconscious." Prabhupada has said that Chaitanya was in such convulsive ecstasy that He could only utter, "Jag, Jaga," but He was thinking, "Oh, K
rishna, for so long I have wanted to see You, and now I can see You." Bhaktivinode Thakur, the great householder devotee in the line of disciplic succession from Lord Chaitanya, emphasized in an essay, "The Golden Avatar" (which appeared in issue number 
25 of Back to Godhead), that he who can see the incarnation of the Deity within the shape of stone or wood is the perfect theist. And this is accessible not only to the stalwart realized saints, but to any person making a sincere offering with devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On another occasion Bhaktivinode Thakur conclusively affirmed the Jagannath Deity as nondifferent from the Form of Absolute Truth. Some
 hundred years ago, the devotee Bhaktivinode was the magistrate of the city of Puri in India. At that time a yogi was going around the city proclaiming that he was himself God, Sri Vishnu, and he was getting some less intelligent people to accept him as 
the Supreme Lord. The yogi had developed the useless talent of breathing fire from his mouth and he was getting a lot of attention. As magistrate, Bhaktivinode called the man before him. "You say you are Lord Vishnu?" "Yes I am," the man insisted. Bhakti
vinode also held the position of caretaker of the large Jagannath temple at Puri and he therefore invited the yogi, "If you are Vishnu, then why don't you go live with Lord Jagannath at the temple?" "What?" the yogi was disdainful of the suggestion, "Go 
live with some wooden idols?" At this gross mistake in transcendental reasoning, Bhaktivinode was convinced the man before him was not God but an imposter, and he had him imprisoned for false teachings. It is further told that, immediately after imprison
ing this false "Vishnu," Bhaktivinode's family members became seriously ill. This continued for one or two days, and the townspeople began to speculate that maybe the fire-breathing yogi was actually God and that Bhaktivinode had committed a great blasph
emy. But the Thakur was unflinching in his faith and assured his family that all would be well. After a few days their illness passed and the yogi finally confessed from prison that he had been indeed an imposter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let us finally stop petty arguments and accept that the unlimited Supreme Lord can, if and when He likes, enter any Form and any place,
 and He is not prohibited from entrance simply by the desire of the atheists. So many people facilely declare that "God is everything" and "God is everywhere." Why then do they not admit that He is also present in the temple and in the sculptured or pain
ted Form of Lord Jagannath? For this is the actual case, according to the foremost transcendental authorities, the scriptures and the spiritual masters of Vaishnavism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By and large, the people of this age are unfit to enter into spiritual affairs with the Lord; they cannot see anything beyond matter. I
n the Srimad Bhagwatam, Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta writes of Krishna's solution to the predicament: "Because such fallen souls cannot see anything beyond matter, the Lord condescends to enter into each and every one of the innumerable universes as Garbhoda
kshayee Vishnu. The Lord grows a lotus stem from the lotus-like depression in the center of His transcendental abdomen and thus the first living being in the universe is born, by the name of Brahma. Therefore the Lord is known as 'Pankajanavi.' The Panka
janavi Lord accepts the Archa Vigraha\'97His transcendental Form\'97in different elements, such as a form within the mind, a form made of wood, a form made of earth, a form made of metal or jewel or painting or sand. All such forms of the Lord are always
 decorated with garlands of flowers in a soothing atmosphere in the temple of worship, in order to attract the attention of the nondevotees who are always engaged in material wranglings. All the great Acharyas have established such temples of worship in 
all places just to favor the nondevotees, and one should not pose himself as having transcended the stage of temple worship, while actually being in the lower grades of society."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have it from the authoritative source of Srimad Bhagwatam that even the great impersonalist philosophers and yogis, who have already
 cut free from all bodily conception of self and fixed themselves in the Brahman conception of the Absolute Self, can become devotees of the Personal Form of Krishna simply by visiting the Archa Vigraha in the temple. This was the case with Sukdeva Goswa
mi, who was fixed in the impersonal conception and later, as the narrator of Srimad Bhagwatam, became the number one speaker on the Pastimes of Lord Krishna. Also, the four Kumaras, who were accomplished yogis, traveled by mystic powers to the gates of t
he Spiritual Abode of Narayan, Lord Vishnu, in the Spiritual Sky; and although not qualified at first to enter into His Pastimes there, just by smelling the flavor of the dust of His Lotus Feet, their minds became changed and they became Personalist devo
tees of Godhead. This is the power of the merciful Lord and His Archa Vigraha incarnation. He is always ready to take the souls out of their endless attempts to speculate about Him and to instead fix them up as joyful eternal servitors in the perfection 
of spiritual consciousness.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/ HARE RAMA, HARE RAM
A, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally Krishna conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is no
w adulterated by the material atmosphere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna is the transcendental process for reviving this original pure consciousness. By chanting this transcendental vibration, we
 can cleanse away all misgivings within our hearts. The basic principle of all such misgivings is the false consciousness that I am the lord of all I survey.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original natural energy of the living enti
ty. When we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. This simplest method is recommended for this age. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by the chanting of this Mantra, one can at once feel a , transcendental ec
stasy coming through from the spiritual stratum. There is no need to understand the language of the Mantra, nor is there any need for mental speculation, nor any intellectual adjustment for chanting this Maha Mantra. It is automatic, from the spiritual p
latform, and as such anyone can take part in vibrating this transcendental sound without any previous qualifications. One shows the first symptom of this in the urge to dance along with the chanting of the Mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word "Hare" is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words "Krishna" and "Rama" are forms of addressing the Lord H
imself. Both Krishna and Rama means the Supreme Pleasure, and Hara is the Supreme Pleasure-Energy of the Lord. The Supreme Pleasure Energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother's presence. Mother Hara helps the devotee to achieve the Lord F
ather's Grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this Mantra sincerely.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as is the Hare Krishna Mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Send this coupon or facsimile today !
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please rush me Postage Paid the following records checked below:
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stereo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $5.00
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] 2. HARE KRISHNA ALBUM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mono}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $3.00
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] 3. HARE KRISHNA 45 rpm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Apple stereo no. 1810}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $1.25
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] 4. HARE KRISHNA 45 rpm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub L.A. Samkirtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $1.00
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Enclosed find check or money order for the amount of_______
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine no 31
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 request you, simply chant\'97HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE, HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE\line HARE and your life will be sublime.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo's p3:
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T OF SRILA THAKUR BHAKTIVINODE
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What is The International Societ
y for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhupada A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India on t
he order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhupada is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Chaitanya appeared in India, and from there back still further\'975000 y
ears\'97to the time when Krishna first spoke The Bhagavad Gita to His disciple Arjuna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no financial
 charge for learning Krishna Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of Hare Krishna. The gist of devotional service to Krishna is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with the interests of the Supreme
 Enjoyer, the Lord, Sri Krishna. The writer writes articles for Krishna, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The householders raise children in the science of God, a
nd husband and wife live in mutual co-operation for spiritual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in Krishna Consciousness means regular chanting in th
e temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of Krishna from Srimad Bhagwatam, and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of Krishna. Sankirtan\'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. Krishna Consciousne
ss is not an idler\'92s philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the service of Krishna, anyone who takes part will experience the state of \'93Samadhi,\'94 ecstatic absorption in God-consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness is non-sectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by chanting t
he Holy Name of God and by hearing The Bhagavad Gita. Without knowledge and realization and loving service to the One Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the Sankirtan Movement, and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction 
made by Lord Chaitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare Krishna, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can real peace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA,
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRISHNA, THE SUPREME PERSONALITY
 OF GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Excerpt from a work in progress by \line His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada\'92s forthcoming book, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub KRISHNA, The Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , will contain all the transcendental Pastimes of Lord Krishna when He appeared within the u
niverse 5,000 years ago, as revealed in the ultimate scripture, }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [From Chapter Eight: Lord Krishna appeared as a Child, the Son of Vasudeva and Devaki, and was transferred to the home 
of Nanda and Yasoda so as to escape being killed by Devaki\'92s brother, the demon Kansa. When Krishna was one year old, His foster father Nanda Maharaj called in the astrologer-sage Gargamuni to foretell the Child\'92s future.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gargamuni was an astrologer and he could understand everything past and future; therefore he said: \'93I know everything about His Ac
tivities and Name, but others do not know. This nice Child will be very pleasing to all the cowherdsmen and cows. Being very popular in Vrindaban, He will be the Cause of all auspicity for you. On account of His presence He will overcome all kinds of cal
amities of material existence without any opposing elements.\'94 Gargamuni continued to say: \'93My dear King of Braja, in His previous births, this Child many times protected righteous persons from the hands of rogues and thieves wherever there was poli
tical disruption. Your Child is so powerful that anyone who will become a devotee of your Boy will never be troubled by any enemies. Just as demigods are always protected by Lord Vishnu, so the devotees of your Child will always be protected by Narayan t
he Supreme Personality of Godhead. This Child will grow in power, beauty, opulence\'97in everything\'97on the level of Narayan the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore I would advise that you protect Him very carefully so that He may grow without an
y disturbance.\'94 Gargamuni informed Nanda Maharaj that, because he was a great devotee of Narayan, so Lord Narayan had given a Son who was equal to Him At the same time he indicated, \'93Your Son will be disturbed by many demons so be careful and prote
ct Him from all future disturbances.\'94 In this way, Gargamuni convinced Nanda Maharaj that Narayan Himself had become his Son. In various ways he described the transcendental qualities of his Son. When Gargamuni had gone back to his home, Nanda Maharaj
 began to think of himself as the most fortunate and he was very satisfied to be blessed with such a Son.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Within a very short time, both Balaram and Krishna began to crawl by Their hands and knees and were moving hither and thither. When Ram
a and Krishna were crawling like that it was very pleasing to the mothers. Their bells fixed up on the waist and ankles sounded very fascinating and They moved around very pleasingly; and sometimes, just like ordinary children, being afraid of others, th
ey would immediately reach to Their mothers for protection. Sometimes They would fall over the clay and muds of Vrindaban. The crawling Children, Krishna and Balaram, would approach Their mothers smeared with clay and saffron. They were actually smeared 
with saffron and sandalwood pulp by Their mothers but after crawling over muddy clay Their Bodies were also smeared with clay. As soon as They would come crawling to Their mothers, Yasoda and Rohini would take Them on their laps and covering the lower po
rtion of their saris, they allowed Them to suck the breast. When the Babies were sucking the breast the mothers would see small teeth coming within the mouth and they would be intensified with joy seeing their Children growing. Sometimes the naughty Babi
es would crawl up to the cowshed, catch the tail of a cow, and stand up. The calves, being disturbed by such catching, would immediately begin running here and there, and the Child would be dragged on clay and cow dung. Yasoda and Rohini would call all t
heir neighboring friends, the gopis, to see this fun. By seeing the Childhood Pastimes, the gopis would be merged in transcendental bliss. And in their enjoyment they laughed very loudly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Both Krishna and Balaram were restless, and the mothers Yasoda and Rohini tried to protect Them from cows, bulls, monkeys, water and bi
rds; at the same time they had to execute their household duties. Always anxious to protect the Children and to execute their duties, they were not situated in tranquility of mind. In a very short time both Krishna and Balaram began to stand up and sligh
tly move on Their legs. When Krishna and Balaram began to walk, other friends of the same age joined Them and together They began to give the highest transcendental pleasure to the gopis, specifically to Mother Yasoda and Rohini.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to enjoy further transcendental bliss, all the gopis assembled and went to Mother Yasoda to lodge complaints against the restl
ess Boys. While Krishna was sitting before Mother Yasoda the elderly gopis began to lodge complaints against Him, so that Krishna could also hear. They said: \'93My dear Yasoda, why don\'92t you restrict your naughty Krishna. Every day your Krishna along
 with Balaram comes to our house both morning and evening, and before the milking of the cows they let the calves loose, and the calves drink all the cows\'92 milk. When we go to milk the cows we see there is no milk and we come back with empty pots. The
 calves have already drunk all the milk. If we try to warn Krishna and Balaram against doing this, They simply smile charmingly and then we cannot do anything. Another complaint against your Krishna and Balaram is that They find great pleasure in stealin
g our stock of yogurt and butter from anywhere we keep it. When Krishna and Balaram are caught stealing the yogurt and butter They say: \'91Why do you charge Us for stealing? Do you think that butter and yogurt are in scarcity in Our house?\'92 Sometimes
 They steal the butter and yogurt and milk and distribute it to the monkeys, and when the monkeys are fed well and do not take anymore, then your Boys chide, \'91This milk and butter and yogurt are useless\'97even the monkeys won\'92t take it.\'92 And Th
ey break the pots and throw them hither and thither. If we keep our stock of yogurt, butter and milk in a solitary dark place, your Krishna and Balaram find it out in the darkness by the glaring effulgence of the ornaments and jewels on Their Bodies. If 
by chance They cannot find the hidden butter and yogurt, They go to the little babies and pinch their bodies so that they cry, and then They arrange to reach it by piling all kinds of wooden carts over the grinding machine; and in that way They reach the
 pot of butter and yogurt. And if They cannot reach the hanging butter and yogurt by piling up carts, They make a hoIe in the pot, We think therefore that you\'92d better take all the jeweled ornaments from the Body of your Child.\'92\'92 On hearing this
 Yasoda would say. \'93All right, I will take all the jewels from the Body of Krishna so that He may not see the butter hidden in darkness.\'92 Then the gopis would say, \'93No, no, don\'92t do this. What good will you do by taking out the jewels? We do 
not know what kind of Boys these naughty Boys are, but even without ornaments They spread some kind of effulgence so that even in darkness They can see everything.\'94 Then MotherYasoda would inform them: \'91\'91All right. keep your butter and yogurt ca
refully so that They may not reach the place.\'94 In reply to this the gopis said. \'91\'91Yes, actually we do so, but because we are sometimes engaged in our household duties, these naughty Boys enter our house somehow or other, and spoil the whole thin
g. Sometimes being unable to steal our butter and yogurt, out of anger They pass urine on the clean floor and sometimes They spit on it. Just see your Boy now-He is hearing this complaint. The whole day They make arrangements how to steal our butter and 
yogurt. and now They are sitting just like very silent good Boys. Just see His face.\'94 After hearing all the complaints, Mother Yasoda desired to chastise her Boy, but when she saw the pitiable face of Krishna she began to smile. and stopped chastising
 Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another day, when Krishna and Balaram were playing along with Their friends, all the friends combined together with Balaram and lodged 
a complaint to Mother Yasoda that Krishna had eaten clay from the earth. On hearing this complaint from the boys. Mother Yasoda caught hold of Krishna\'92s hand. Krishna was very afraid of His mother and saw her in a very attractive outlook. She said: 
\'93My dear Krishna, why have You eaten earth in a solitary place? Just see, all Your friends including Balaram are complaining against You.\'94 Being afraid of His mother, Krishna would reply: \'93My dear mother. all these boys including My elder brothe
r Balaram are speaking lies against Me, I have never eaten or taken any clay. I know My elder brother Balaram, while playing with Me today, became angry and therefore He has also joined with the other boys to complain against Me. They have all combined t
ogether to complain, so you may be angry and chastise Me. If you think They are truthful then you can see within My mouth whether I have taken clay.\'94 His mother replied. \'91\'91All right, if You have actually not taken any clay then just open Your mo
uth, I shall see.\'94 When the Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna was so ordered by His mother, He immediately opened His mouth, just like an ordinary boy. Then Mother Yasoda saw within that mouth the complete opulence of creation. She saw the entire
 outer space in all directions, mountains, islands, oceans, seas, planets, air, fire, moon and the stars. Along with the moon and the stars she also saw the entire elements like water, sky, the extensive ethereal existence along with total ego and their 
products of the senses: she saw the Controller of the senses, all the demigods and the objects of the senses like sound, smell, etc. and the three qualities of material nature. She also could experience that within His mouth were all the living entities,
 eternal Time, the material nature, the spiritual nature, activity, consciousness and the different forms of the whole creation. Yasoda could find within the face of her Child everything meant for cosmic manifestation. She also saw within the mouth, hers
elf, taking Krishna on her lap and Him sucking her breast. By seeing all this she became struck with wonder and began to think whether she was dreaming or actually seeing something extraordinary. She began to think within herself that actually she was ei
ther dreaming or seeing the play of the illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. She thought she had become mad, and deranged in her brain, so that she was seeing all those wonderful things. She was thinking, \'93It may be cosmic mystic pow
er attained by my Child and therefore I am perplexed with such visions within His mouth. Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead under whose energy the conception of bodily self and bodily possession are conceived.
\'94 She said: \'93Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Him, under whose illusory energy I am thinking that Nanda Maharaj is my husband and Krishna is my Son, and all the properties of Nanda Maharaj belong to me, and all the cowherdsmen and women a
re my subjects. All this misconception is due to the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord. So let me pray to Him that He may protect me always.\'94 When Mother Yasoda was thinking in that high philosophical way, Lord Krishna again expanded His internal en
ergy just to bewilder her with material affection. Immediately Mother Yasoda forgot all philosophical speculation and accepted Krishna as her own Child. She took Him on her lap and became overwhelmed with familial affection. She thus began to think, \'93
Krishna is not understandable to the masses through the gross process of knowledge but can be received through the Upanishads and the Vedanta or mystic Yoga system and Samkhya philosophy.\'94 She began to think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as he
r own begotten Child. Certainly Mother Yasoda had executed many, many pious activities as a result of which she got the Absolute Truth Supreme Personality of Godhead as her Son who sucked milk from her breast. Similarly, Nanda Maharaj also must have perf
ormed many great sacrifices and pious activities so that Lord Krishna became his Son and addressed him as father. But it is surprising that Vasudeva and Devaki did not enjoy the transcendental bliss of Krishna\'92s Childhood Pastimes, although Krishna wa
s their real Son. The Childhood Pastimes of Krishna are glorified even until today by many, many sages and saintly persons, but Vasudeva and Devaki could not enjoy such Childhood Pastimes personally. Why Vasudeva and Devaki could not enjoy the Childhood 
Pastimes of Krishna is explained by Sukadeva Goswami to Maharaj Parikshit as follows.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the best of the Vasus, of the name Drona, along with his wife Thara were ordered to increase progeny by Lord Brahma they said unto
 him, \'93My dear father, we are seeking your benediction.\'94 Drona and Thara took benediction from Brahma that in the future\'97when they would take birth again within the universe\'97the Supreme Lord Krishna in His most attractive feature of Childhood
 would absorb their whole attention. Their dealings with Krishna would be so attractive that simply by hearing Krishna\'92s Childhood Activities with them anyone can very easily cross over the nescience of birth and death. Lord Brahma agreed to give them
 the benediction, and as a result the same Drona appeared as Nanda Maharaj in Vrindaban, and the same Thara appeared as Mother Yasoda, the wife of Nanda Maharaj.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way, Nanda Maharaj and his wife, Mother Yasoda, developed their unalloyed devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, havi
ng gotten Him as their Son. And all the gopis and cowherdsmen who were Associates of Krishna naturally developed their own different feelings of love for Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, just to fulfill the benediction of Lord Brahma, Lord Krishna appeared along with His plenary expansion, Balaram, and execute
d all kinds of Childhood Pastimes\'97in order to increase the transcendental pleasure of all residents of Vrindaban.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CHAPTER NINE\line Benedicting the Gopis
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once upon a time, seeing that her maidservant was engaged in different household duties, Mother Yasoda personally took charge of churni
ng butter. While she was churning butter she was also singing the Childhood Pastimes of Krishna and enjoying transcendental feelings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The end of her sari was tightly wrapped while she churned, and on account of her intense love for her Son, milk was automatically dripp
ing from her breasts which were moving as she labored very hard, churning with her two hands. The bangles and bracelets on her hands were tinkling as they touched against each other. Her earrings and breasts being shaken, there were drops of perspiration
 on her face and the flower garland which was on her head was dispersed here and there. Before this picturesque sight of Mother Yasoda, Lord Krishna appeared, as a Child. He felt hungry, and by increasing the feeling of love for His mother, He wanted Her
 to stop churning\'97He was indicating that her first business was to let Him suck her breast. He indicated in such a way that His mother knew she must breast-feed Krishna first, and churn butter later.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mother Yasoda took her Son on her lap and pushed the nipples of her breasts within the mouth of Krishna. And while Krishna was sucking 
the milk, she was smiling enjoying the beauty of her Child\'92s face. Suddenly, the milk pan which was on the oven became swollen with milk and began to overflow. Just to stop the milk from spilling on the ground, Mother Yasoda at once put Krishna aside 
and went to the oven to save the milk. Left in that state by His mother, Krishna became very angry and His lips and eyes became reddened in rage. He pressed His teeth and lips, and taking a piece of stone He immediately broke the butter pot. Taking butte
r out of it, and with false tears in His eyes, He began to eat the butter in a secluded place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the meantime, Mother Yasoda returned to the churning place after setting the overflowing milk pan in order. She saw the broken pot i
n which the churning yogurt was kept and she could not find her Boy. She concluded that the broken pot was the work of her Son, and she began to smile because she thought within herself: \'93The Child is very clever. After breaking the pot He has gone aw
ay from this place fearing that I may punish Him.\'94 When she sought all over she found a big wooden grinding mortar which was kept upside down and she found her Son sitting on the grinding mortar. He was taking butter which was hanging from the ceiling
 on a swing and He was feeding it to the monkeys. She saw Krishna looking this way and that way, in fear of His mother because He was conscious that His behavior would not satisfy her. After seeing her Son so engaged, she very silently began to approach 
Krishna from behind. The Son, however, found out that His mother was coming with a stick in her hand and immediately He got down from the grinding mortar and began to flee away in fear of His mother.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mother Yasoda chased after Him to all corners, just to capture the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is never approached even by the e
xpert meditational mind exercises of great yogis. In other words, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, who is never caught hold of by yogis and jnanis, was playing just like a little Child of a great devotee like Mother Yasoda. Mother Yasoda, how
ever, could not follow her fast-running Child so quickly, on account of her thick waist and heavy body. Still she tried to follow the Child as fast as possible. Her bunch of hair became loosened and the flower in her hair fell to the ground. Although she
 was tired, she somehow reached her naughty Child and captured Him. When Mother Yasoda captured Krishna, Krishna was almost on the point of crying. He smeared His hands over His eyes, which were anointed with black eye-cosmetic. The Child was repeatedly 
seeing His mother\'92s face while she stood over Him; and His eyes became too restless from fear. Mother Yasoda could understand that Krishna was being unnecessarily afraid and for His benefit she wanted to stop such fearfulness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being the topmost well-wisher of her Child, Mother Yasoda began to think within herself, \'93If the Child is too fearful of me, I don
\'92t know what will happen to Him.\'94 Mother Yasoda threw away the stick in her hand. But in order to punish her Child she thought to bind His hands with some ropes, without knowing the influence of her little Child. It was actually impossible for her 
to bind the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Mother Yasoda was thinking that Krishna was her tiny Child\'97she did not know that the Child had no limitation. There is no inside or outside of the Child, nor beginning or end. He is unlimited and All-Pervadi
ng. Practically, He is Himself the whole cosmic manifestation. Still, Mother Yasoda was thinking of Krishna as her Child; although He is beyond the reach of all senses, she endeavored to bind Him up to a wooden grinding mortar. But when she tried to bind
 the offensive Child, she found that the rope she was using was too short\'97by two inches She gathered more ropes from the house and added to it, but at the end she found the same shortage. In this way, she connected all the ropes available at home, but
 when the final knot was added she saw that it was still too short. Mother Yasoda was smiling, but astonished\'97how was it happening?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In attempting to bind her Son, she became too tired and was perspiring. The garland on her head fell down. Then Lord Krishna appreciate
d the hard labor of His mother, and being compassionate to her, He agreed to be bound up by the ropes. Krishna playing as a human Child in the house of MotherYasoda was performing His own selected Pastimes; otherwise, nobody can control the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead. The pure devotee surrenders himself unto the Lotus Feet of the Lord, and He may either protect or vanquish the devotee\'97but for his part, the devotee never forgets his own position of surrender. Similarly, the Lord also feels transce
ndental pleasure by submitting Himself under the protection of the devotee. This was exemplified by Krishna\'92s surrender unto His mother, Yasoda.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is the Supreme Bestower of all kinds of liberation to His devotees, but the benediction which was bestowed upon Mother Yasoda w
as never experienced even by Lord Brahma or Lord Shiva or the Goddess of Fortune.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead who is known as the Son of Yasoda and Nanda Maharaj is never so completely known to the yogis and jn
anis, but He is easily available to His devotees. And it is the devotees alone who appreciate Him as the Supreme Reservoir of All Pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After binding her Son, Mother Yasoda engaged herself in the household affairs. At that time, bound up to the wooden mortar, Krishna cou
ld see a pair of trees before Him, known as arjuna trees. The great Reservoir of Pleasure, Lord Sri Krishna, thus thought to Himself: \'93MotherYasoda first of all left me without feeding Me sufficiently of her breast milk, and therefore I broke the pot 
of yogurt and distributed the stock butter in charity to the monkeys. Now she has again bound Me up to the wooden mortar. So I shall do something more mischievous than before.\'94 And thus He thought of breaking down two very tall arjuna trees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a story behind the pair of arjuna trees. In their previous lives the trees were born as the human sons of Kuvera, and their na
mes were Nalakuvera and Manigriva. Fortunately, they came within the vision of the Lord. In their previous lives they were cursed by the great sage Narada in order to bestow on them the highest benediction of seeing Lord Krishna. This benediction of curs
ing was bestowed upon them on account of their forgetfulness by intoxication.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CHAPTER TEN\line Deliverance of Nalakuvera and Manigriva
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The story of the cursing of Nalakuvera and Manigriva and their deliverance by Krishna, under the all-blissful desire of the sage Narada
, is here described, as follows.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The two great demigods Nalakuvera and Manigriva were sons of the treasurer of the demigods, Kuvera, who was a great devotee of Lord Shi
va. By the grace of Lord Shiva, Kuvera\'92s material opulence had no limit. And as a rich man\'92s sons often become addicted to wine and women, so these two sons of Kuvera were also addicted to wine and sex. Once, these two demigods, desiring to enjoy, 
entered the garden of Lord Shiva in the province of Kwelasa on the bank of Mandakini Ganges. At that place they drank much and were engaged in hearing the sweet singing of beautiful women who accompanied them in that garden which was full of fragrant flo
wers. In intoxicated condition, they both entered the water of the Ganges which was full with lotus flowers; and they began to enjoy the company of the young girls exactly as the elephant enjoys with the she-elephants within the water.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While they were enjoying in the water, all of a sudden Narada the great sage happened to pass that way; and he could understand that th
e demigods Nalakuvera and Manigriva were too intoxicated and could not even see that Narada was passing. The young girls, however, were not so intoxicated as the demigods, and they at once became ashamed on account of being naked before the great sage Na
rada. They began to cover themselves with all hastiness. The two demigod sons of Kuvera were so intoxicated that they could not appreciate the presence of sage Narada, and therefore did not cover their bodies. On seeing the two demigods so degraded by in
toxication, Narada desired for their welfare and therefore he exhibited his causeless mercy upon them by cursing them The great sage was compassionate upon them and therefore wanted to finish their false enjoyment in intoxication and associating with you
ng girls; and he wanted them to see Lord Krishna eye to eye. He conceived of cursing them as follows. He said that the nature for material enjoyment is due to an increase in the modes of passion. A person in the material world, when favored by material o
pulence of riches, generally becomes addicted to three things\'97namely intoxication, sex life and gambling. Such materially opulent men, being puffed up with accumulation of wealth, become so merciless that they indulge in killing animals by opening reg
ular slaughter houses. And they think that they themselves will never die. Such foolish persons, forgetting the laws of nature, become too puffed up with the body, without knowing that this material body\'97even if advanced in civilization up to the posi
tion of demigods\'97will finally burn into ashes. And while living, whatever the external condition of the body may be, within there is only stool, urine and various kinds of worms. Thus being engaged in jealousy and violence to other bodies, they cannot
 understand the ultimate goal of life; and without knowing this goal of life they generally glide down to the hellish condition of life in their next birth. Foolish persons commit all kinds of sinful activities on account of this temporary body, but they
 are unable to consider whether this body actually belongs to them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally it is said that the body belongs to the persons who feed the body. It is therefore to be considered whether this body belongs
 to me personally or to my master, to whom I render service. The master of slaves claims full right to the body of the slave because the master feeds the slave by supplying foodstuff. It may be questioned then, whether this body belongs to the father who
 is the seed-giving master of this body. The next question is whether this body actually belongs to the mother, because when the child is within the womb of the mother, she develops the child\'92s body by her own blood and secretion. Sometimes a grandfat
her, a mother or father gives his daughter in charity to a person with a view to getting back the daughter\'92s child as their son. The body may also belong to a stronger man who forces another body to work for him. And at the end of life the body belong
s to the fire, because the body is given to the fire and burned to ashes. Or the body is thrown into the street to be eaten by the dogs. Before committing all kinds of sins for maintaining the body, one should be considerate and understand to whom the bo
dy belongs. Ultimately it is concluded that the body is a product of the material nature, and at the end it merges into the material nature; therefore, the conclusion should be that the body belongs to the material nature. One should not wrongly think th
at this body belongs to him. For maintaining a false possession why should one indulge in killing? Why should one kill innocent animals for maintaining the body? When a man is infatuated with the false prestige of opulence, he does not care for any moral
 instruction, but indulges in wine, women and animal killing. In such circumstances, a poor man is better situated. Because a poor man thinks of himself in comparison to other bodies. A poor man does not wish to inflict injuries to other bodies because h
e can understand more readily that when he himself is injured he feels pain. As such the great sage Narada thought that the demigods Nalakuvera and Manigriva were so much infatuated by false prestige that they should be put into a condition of life where
 there is no opulence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person who has some pinprick in his body does not wish others to be pricked by pins; a considerate man in the life of poverty does no
t wish others to be also put into that condition of life. Generally it is seen that one who has come up from poverty-stricken life and becomes wealthy creates some charitable institutional at the end of his life, so that other poverty-stricken men may ta
ke advantage. In short, a compassionate poor man can think of others\'92 pains and pleasures by comparing himself in that condition. A poor man can hardly become puffed up with fake pride, and he is freed from all kinds of infatuation. He can remain sati
sfied by whatever he gets for his maintenance by the Grace of the Lord. To remain in poverty-stricken condition is a kind of austerity. According to Vedic culture, therefore, the brahmins as a matter of routine keep themselves in poverty-stricken conditi
on, to save themselves from the false prestige of material opulence. False prestige out of advancement of material prosperity is a great impediment to spiritual emancipation. A poverty-stricken man cannot become unnaturally fatty by eating more and more.
 And on account of not being able to eat more than he requires, his senses are not very turbulent. When the senses are not very turbulent he cannot become violent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another advantage of a poverty-stricken person is that a saintly person can easily enter his house and he can get the advantage of the 
saintly person\'92s association. A very rich, opulent man does not allow anyone to enter into his house, therefore the saintly person cannot enter. According to the Vedic system, a saintly person takes the position of a beggar mendicant, so that on the p
lea of begging something from the householder, he can enter any house. The householder who has forgotten everything about spiritual advancement, because he is too busy in maintaining the family affairs, can get some advantage for spiritual emancipation i
n the association of a saintly person. There is a great chance for the poor man to become liberated on account of association with the saintly person. What is the use of persons who are puffed up with material opulence of wealth and prestige, if they are
 bereft of the association of saintly persons and devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? The great sage Narada, therefore, thought that it was his duty to put those demigods into a condition of life where they could not be falsely proud of their
 material opulence and prestige. Narada was compassionate with their fallen condition and wanted to save them from such pitiable life. They were in the modes of darkness and therefore unable to control their senses, addicted too much to sex life; and it 
was the duty of the saintly person to save them from such abominable condition of life. In animal life, the animal has no sense to understand that he is naked. But Kuvera was the treasurer of the demigods, a very responsible man, and Nalakuvera and Manig
riva were two of his sons. Yet they became so animal-like and irresponsible that they could not understand, on account of being intoxicated, that they were naked. To cover the lower portion of the body is human civilization, and when a man or woman forge
ts this principle of human civilization, he or she is no more than an animal. Narada therefore thought that the best punishment for them was to make them immovable living entities, or trees. The trees are, by nature\'92s laws, immovable; although the tre
es are covered in the modes of ignorance, they cannot do harm. The great sage Narada thought within himself that, although they would be punished to become trees, yet, by his mercy, they would continue to keep their memory and could understand from what 
condition of life they had come to be put into that condition of becoming trees. After changing the body a living entity generally forgets the condition of his previous life, but in special cases, by the Grace of the Lord, there may be an exception. Thus
 Nalakuvera and Manigriva still continued to remember their former condition of life, even after being put into the life of immovable trees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sage Narada therefore contemplated that the two demigods should remain for 100 years, in the time of the demigods, in the form of trees
, and after that they would be fortunate enough to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face by His Causeless Mercy. And thus they would be again promoted to the life of demigods and great devotees of the Lord. After this, the great sage Narada
 returned to his place known as Narayan Ashram and the two demigods turned into trees, known as twin arjun trees, grown in the courtyard of Nanda Maharaj. The two demigods were favored by the causeless mercy of Narada and given the chance to grow in Nand
a\'92s courtyard and see Lord Krishna face to face.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Child Krishna was bound up with the wooden mortar, He began to proceed towards the growing trees in order to fulfill the foret
elling of His great devotee Narada. Lord Krishna thought within Himself that Narada was His great devotee, and the trees standing before Him as twin arjuna trees were actually the sons of Kuvera. \'93I must now fulfill the words of My great devotee Narad
a.\'94 After thinking this, Child Krishna began to proceed through the passage in between the two trees, and although He passed through the space between the trees, the wooden mortar fell down horizontally and was stuck between the two trees. Taking this
 advantage of the mortar being stuck, Lord Krishna began to snatch the rope tight in His waist. As soon as there was a great jerking on account of pulling the rope, the two entire trees, with all branches and limbs, fell down immediately with a great sou
nd. Out of the broken, fallen trees came two great personalities shining like blazing fire. All sides became illuminated and beautiful by their presence, and the purified bodies immediately came before Child Krishna and bowed down to offer their respects
 and prayers in the following words: \'93My dear Lord Krishna, You are the Original Personality of Godhead, Master of all mystic powers. Learned brahmins know very well that this cosmic manifestation is an expansion of Your potencies which are sometimes 
manifested and sometimes unmanifest. You are the Original Provider of the life, body and senses of all living entities. You are the eternal God, Lord Vishnu, who is All-Pervading, the principal Controller of everything. You are the Original Source of the
 cosmic manifestation which is acting manifestedly under the spell of the three modes of material nature\'97goodness, passion and ignorance. You are living as the Supersoul in all the multi-forms of living entities, and You know very well what is going o
n within their bodies and minds; therefore You are the Supreme Director of all activities of all living entities. But although You are in the midst of everything which is under the spell of the material modes of nature, You are not affected by such conta
minated qualities. Nobody under the jurisdiction of the material qualities can understand Your transcendental qualities. Your transcendental qualities existed before the creation, therefore You are called the Supreme Brahman who is always glorified by Hi
s Personal internal potencies. In this material world You can be known only by Your different Incarnations. Although You assume different types of Bodies they are not anything of the material creation. Such Bodies are always full of transcendental potenc
ies of unlimited opulence, strength, beauty, reputation, wisdom and renunciation. In the material existence, there is a difference between the body and the owner of the body, but because You appear in Your Original Spiritual Body there is no such differe
nce between Your Self and Body. When You appear Your uncommon Activities indicate that You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and such uncommon Activities are not possible by any other body in the material existence. You are that Supreme Personality
 of Godhead, now appeared to cause the birth and death as well as liberation of the living entities and You are full with all Your plenary expansions, and can bestow on everyone all kinds of benediction. O my Lord, the Source of all auspicity and goodnes
s, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You. You are the All-Pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Source of peacefulness and the Supreme Person in the dynasty of King Yadu. My Lord, our father, known as the demigod Kuvera, is Your servant. Simi
larly, the great sage Narada is also Your servitor, and by their grace only we have been able to see You Personally. We therefore pray that we may always be engaged in Your transcendental loving service by speaking only about Your Glories and hearing abo
ut Your transcendental Activities. May our hands and other limbs of the body be engaged in Your service and our minds always be wrapped up at Your Lotus Feet and our heads always bowed down before the All-Pervading Universal Form of Your Lordship.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the demigods Nalakuvera and Manigriva finished their prayers, the Child, Lord Krishna, the Master and Proprietor of Gokula, being 
bound up to the wooden grinding mortar by the ropes of Yasoda, began to smile and said as follows: \'93It was already known to Me that My great devotee-sage Narada had shown his causeless mercy by saving you from a very abominable condition of being puff
ed up due to extraordinary beauty of opulence in the family of demigods. He has saved you from gliding down into the lowest condition of hellish life. All these facts are already known to Me. You are very fortunate because you were not only cursed by him
 but you had the greatest opportunity to see him. If somebody is able, by chance, to see face to face a great saintly person like Narada, who is always equiposed and merciful to everyone, then immediately that conditioned soul becomes liberated, simply b
y seeing such a personality. This is exactly like being situated in full light of sun: There cannot be any impediment of vision. Therefore, O Nalakuvera and Manigriva, your lives have now become successful because you have developed ecstatic love for Me.
 This is your last birth within the material existence. Now you can go back to your father\'92s residence in the heavenly planet, and by remaining in such attitude of devotional service you will be liberated in this very life.\'94 After this, the demigod
s circumambulated the Lord many times and bowed down before Him again and again, and thus they left the place and the Lord remained in the condition of being bound up with ropes at the grinding mortar.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CHAPTER ELEVEN\line Killing the Demons Basasula and Bokasura
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the two twin yamalarjuna trees fell down on the ground, making a sound like the falling of thunderbolts, all the inhabitants of Gokula, including Nanda Maharaj
 and other cowherdsmen, immediately came to the spot. They were very much astonished to see how the great trees had suddenly fallen. But without finding any cause of their falling they were puzzled. They also saw Child Krishna bound up to the wooden mort
ar by the ropes of Mother Yasoda, and they began to think it must have been caused by some demon, otherwise how was it possible? At the same time they were very much perturbed on account of such uncommon incidences always happening in relation with the C
hild Krishna. While the elderly cowherdsmen were thus contemplating, the small children who were playing there informed the men that it was due to Krishna\'92s pulling down the wooden mortar with the ropes in which he was bound up. \'93Krishna came in be
tween the two trees,\'94 they explained, \'93and the wooden mortar was topsy-turvied and stuck in between the trees. Krishna began to pull the rope and the trees fell down. When the trees fell down. out of the broken trees two very dazzling men came out 
and they began to say something to Krishna.\'94 The cowherds did not believe the statement of the children, that the trees fell due to Krishna\'92s pulling the rope. They could not believe that such things were at all possible. Some of them, however, bel
ieved and said to Nanda Maharaj, \'93Your Child is different than all other children, maybe He might have done it.\'94 Nanda Maharaj began to smile, hearing about the extraordinary abilities of his Son. He came forward and untied the binding just to free
 his wonderful Child. After being freed by Nanda Maharaj, Krishna was taken onto the laps of the elderly gopis. They took Him away to the courtyard of the house and began to clap, eulogizing the wonderful Activities of Krishna. Krishna began to clap alon
g with the eulogizing, just like an ordinary child. The Supreme Lord Krishna being completely controlled by the gopis, began to sing and dance, just like a puppet in their hands.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes Mother Yasoda used to ask Child Krishna to bring her the wooden plank for sitting, and although the wooden plank was heavy and not to be carried by the Ch
ild, still somehow or other Krishna would bring that plank before His mother. Sometimes while worshiping Narayan, His father would ask the Child to bring his wooden slippers and Krishna with great difficulty would take the slippers on His head and bring 
them before the father. When He was asked to lift some heavy article and was unable to lift such article He would simply move His arms. In this way, daily, at every moment, He was the Reservoir of All Pleasure to the parents. When the Lord was exhibiting
 such childish Activities, in exchange, between the inhabitants of Vrindaban and Himself, He wanted to show the great philosophers and wisemen searching after the Absolute Truth how the Supreme Absolute Truth Personality of Godhead was controlled and sub
ject to the desires of His pure devotees. One day, a fruit vendor came before the house of Nanda Maharaj. After hearing the canvasser\'92s voice\'97\'93If anyone wants fruits please come and take from me!\'94\'97Child Krishna immediately took some grains
 in His palm and went to get fruits in exchange. In those days the exchange was barter, therefore Krishna might have seen His parents exchange fruits and other things by bartering grains, and so He imitated. But His palms were very small and He was not v
ery expert to keep them tight, so the grains were falling down. The vendor who came to sell fruits saw it and was very much captivated by the beauty of the Lord, so \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Clarification on the Vendor Gender
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BY: BRAHMANANDA DAS\line Mar 10, 2012 \'97 INDIA (SUN) \'97 In Srimad Bhagavatam 10th Canto translated and commentary by Srila Prabhupada, in Chapter 11, sloka 11, 
the word "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phaki-vikrayini}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " is translated as "the aboriginal fruit vendor who was an elderly woman
." I hope this answers Buddhi's doubts.\line On a side note, for the painting, Murlidhar das used a photo of Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, as a model; the resemblance is clear. One can only speculate as to why Murli did this. Perhaps it was
 to acknowledge Indira Gandhi 's participation in Srila Prabhupada's pastimes.\line Tejyas das had arranged for Srila Prabhupada to meet with Indira Gandhi. On the day of the meeting there was a security crisis, the Bangladeshi PM had just been assassina
ted in Dacca and Gandhi feared for her life. She cancelled all appointments that day and stayed in her residence, which was under heavy military lockdown. But she agreed to go ahead with meeting Srila Prabhupada, which made it special.\line When we went 
to her residence, us foreigners and the car were not allowed to enter the front gates, so Srila Prabhupada had to walk unaccompanied up the lengthy roadway, and he met her in private. Srila Prabhupada later told us that Indira Gandhi was in acute distres
s; so Prabhupada must have preached to her. Wish I was the fly on the wall for that.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he immediately accepted whatever few grains were left in His palm and filled up His hands
 with fruits. In the meantime, the vendor saw that \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Diving Deeper into the Vendor Gender
\par \pard BY: DHRUVA MAHARAJA DASA\line Mar 11, 2012 \'97 JAGANNATHA PURI DHAM, ORISSA (SUN) \'97 After reading Brahmananda prabhu's nice explanation, I referenced Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti's Sarartha Darsini for further clarification, and found this 
in his commentary:
\par \pard "The Pulinda woman selling the fruits became overcome with affection, and filled Krsna's hands with pilu an other fruits. Being greedy for the fruits, Krsna somehow managed to hold them all in His small hands by the influence of His aisvarya-s
akti. In return, the Punlinda woman received all types of wealth including the treasure of\line krsna-prema from Sri Krsna, who possesses the power to bestow all fruits."
\par \pard Thus Visvanatha Cakravarti's comment clarifies even further that the female fruit vendor came from the Pulinda tribe, which is described as an aboriginal tribe near Vraja. Regarding these women, Srimad Bhagavatam 10.21.17 states: pur.a. pulind
ya urugaya-padabjaraga...
\par \pard "The aborigine women of the Vrndavana area become disturbed by lust when they see the grass marked with reddish ku\'f1kuma powder. Endowed with the color of Krsna's lotus feet, this powder originally decorated the breasts of His beloveds, and 
when the aborigine women smear it on their faces and breasts, they feel fully satisfied and give up all their anxiety."
\par \pard Further explanation about how these women came to Vraja is also noted in the Gargasamhita.\line A translation of pertinent verses was previously posted on Sampradaya Sun here .}his whole basket of fruit had become filled up with jewels. The Lo
rd is the Bestower of all benediction; if somebody gives something to the Lord, he is not the loser, he is the gainer by a million times.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo's p12-13:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MONTREAL
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,\line Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare\line Hare Rama, Hare Rama,\line Rama Rama, Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 States and Attributes of the Creation 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub STATES AND ATTRIBUTES OF THE CRE
ATION
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 -by Hayagriva Das Adhikary \line (ISKCON-Columbus)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part two. [Continued from Issue Number 29.]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PLEASURE AND PAIN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pleasure is a general term which is applied to any feeling of satisfaction which is agreeable to the living entity. This feeling may ra
nge from a sense of bodily gratification to a positive sense of spiritual happiness. In psychoanalysis \'93the pleasure principle\'94 maintains that the living entity automatically adjusts his mental and physical activities to secure pleasure and to avoi
d pain. Pain is the sensation one feels when hurt mentally or physically. It can be manifest due to a physical wound, distress, great anxiety, suffering, anguish, grief and so on, or it can be caused by the body being attacked, or loved ones being lost, 
or by disappointments, etc. As far as pleasure is concerned, the position of the conditioned living entity is difficult because he is dwelling in the abode of pain and suffering, the body, which lives in the land of suffering\'97the material universe. De
luded, the living entity tries to lord it over objects in the material universe but is ultimately always frustrated. It is like a men trying to enjoy a picnic in the middle of a blazing forest fire. In His famous \'93Fire Sermon,\'94 Lord Buddha paints a
 vivid picture of the situation: \'93The ear is on fire; sounds are on fire; the tongue is on fire; tastes are on fire; the body is on fire; things tangible are on fire; the mind is on fire; ideas are on fire; mind-consciousness is on fire; impressions r
eceived by the mind are on fire; and whatever sensation, pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent, originates in dependence on impressions received by the mind, that also is on fire. And with what are these on fire? With the fire of passion, say I, with the 
fire of hatred, with the fire of infatuation; with birth, old age, death, sorrow, lamentation, misery, grief and despair are they on fire.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ignoring this mighty conflagration, man tries desperately to enjoy himself in this world. He does not seek a Guru who, like a raincloud
, can extinguish this fire. Rather, he throws fuel on it by flocking to cities to seek pleasure on all fronts, and despite continual frustration he tries again and again to gratify his desires which are infinite and insatiable. Not only men, but all orga
nisms seek pleasure. The pleasure principle is universal. It extends from microscopic beings in the lowest states of life to the great demigods in the heavenly planets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This principle is not unnatural. Mundane pleasure is but a reflection of the infinite pleasure which exists in the spiritual worlds. Lo
rd Krishna has been called the Reservoir of all pleasure\'97satchitananda\'97Knowledge-Being-Bliss-Absolute. The pleasure that the conditioned being is seeking is really there in Krishna in the spiritual life, but due to a poor fund of knowledge he seeks
 pleasure in other things. Lord Krishna is called Govinda, the Enlivener of senses, for He gives total pleasure to the total senses of all created beings. Once in contact with Him, the soul becomes satisfied. Otherwise it is always hankering after more a
nd more pleasure. In the material worlds the highest pleasure is derived from sex, or, some may argue, from a psychedelic mental inebriation. But, in either case, sex or inebriation are temporary. The happiness derived from them cannot satisfy because th
ey exist external to the human being and are therefore subject to being used up. Consequently one is always looking for more sex partners or more drugs. Real pleasure is not relative, is not dependent on exteriors, but is inherent constitutionally within
 the soul. Real pleasure is experienced by the soul when it is in contact with the Super Soul, Sri Krishna. That is an interior pleasure which is eternal. The soul is automatically in contact with Krishna when one chants Hare Krishna, for by dint of the 
omnipotency and omnipresence of the Divine, the word \'93Krishna\'94 and Krishna Himself are non-different. So when one chants Hare Krishna, he has Krishna dancing on his tongue, and this is the supreme pleasure. This vibration is eternal, and the soul c
an partake of it apart from the body, for it is vibrated eternally in the spiritual spheres.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore pleasure or happiness should always be derived from that which is favorable to the cultivation of spiritual knowledge, Krishn
a consciousness. And that which is painful is that which is unfavorable for the cultivation of such knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Birth and death here refer to the birth and death of the body, for the soul, being eternally situated, being unborn, is not subject to 
birth and death, though he may be entangled in them. Lord Krishna establishes this fact in the very beginning of Bhagavad Gita. \'93For the soul there is neither birth nor death. Nor having once been does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-
existing, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.\'94 (Gita, II/20)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The jiva soul, though unborn, struggles very hard in the tree of the material body. Under delusion he thinks himself that tree. And in 
order to enlighten him, his constant companion, the Super Soul, sings the Bhagavad Gita to him. In the Svetasvataro Upanishad it is said that two birds are sitting in the same tree. One of the birds, the individual soul, eats the fruit of the tree, and t
he other bird, the Super Soul, simply witnesses. The bird who is eating the fruit is so intent on enjoying the tree that he has forgotten his loving relationship with the other bird. The whole purpose of Bhagavad Gita is to awaken the materially absorbed
 soul to that relationship. As long as he is interested in enjoying the fruits of the tree, he will be entangled in birth and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By revival of our relationship with the Super Soul, all desire for enjoying the fruits of the tree of material life is vanquished. Then
 we are able to enter into our eternal relationship with Krishna in the spiritual world which is the realm of eternality beyond time and pure existence beyond birth and death. The quickest and simplest method for reviving this relationship and attaining 
this state is the chanting of the Holy Name of Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Repeatedly in the Gita Lord Krishna says that He is the Super Soul, Paramatma, seated in the hearts of all. \'93One who sees the Super 
Soul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies, and understands that neither the soul nor the Super Soul is ever destroyed, actually sees.\'94 (Gita, XIII/27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Factually knowing the identity of all living entities to be unified in Krishna, the person in Krishna consciousness does not commit violence against others. \'93He is a perfect yogi who, kno
wing that the Self dwells in all, sees the equality of all living entities, both in their happiness and distress, O Arjuna!\'94 (Gita, VI/32) Non-violence does not simply extend to injuring another person physically. One who is non-violent does not put a
nother into misery or confusion. The human body is meant for spiritual realization, and one who does not further this end or who impedes this end actually commits violence on the body. Of course in this age of Kali the whole world is fraught with violenc
e. Violence arises out of anger, and anger arises when one\'92s lust is frustrated. Therefore non-violence will automatically come when we control our senses and learn to tolerate the comings and goings of lust and desire.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mahatma Gandhi tried to show that Bhagavad Gita is a treatise on non-violence in order to serve his own political ends, and to do this 
he had to force an allegorical interpretation on this Scripture. Somehow or other he had to answer for the fact that the Bhagavad Gita was spoken on the battlefield and that Krishna specifically told Arjuna to kill Drona, Bhisma and every other enemy he 
could get his hands on. In his attempt, Gandhi stated that the Battlefield of Kurukshetra is only a symbol for the human body where the spiritual war between good and evil is waged and that Krishna simply represents the Divine voice in man and Arjuna the
 mortal voice. The triumph of the Gita then is that the Divine voice wins out. Somehow or other Gandhi ignored the fact that Kurukshetra was a real battlefield and that it is presently existing in India under the same name. Also, in relegating the Bhagav
ad Gita to mere symbolism he relegates the entire Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavatam as well, for if Krishna is only a character in a fable, then these literatures are no more important than fairy tales. In order for Bhagavad Gita to make sense we mus
t understand that it was not spoken by an ordinary man and that Krishna is not just another ordinary character in fiction. We must come to the understanding that the Speaker of the Gita is the omnipresent eternal Reality who is the very Light of the ligh
t by which we presently read His Divine instructions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, should one conclude that just because Krishna told Arjuna to go out and fight that we have license to kill at our whim or at the w
hims of unscrupulous politicians? Arjuna was a kshatriya. The word kshatriya denotes one who protects others from harm. This is the duty of the kshatriya. It is not that he attacks innocent men and women; rather, he fights for a higher cause against othe
r kshatriyas who are capable of defending themselves. Nor is it that he stays in the back lines and sends his men out to be killed. In the Dwapara yuga, when Arjuna was a kshatriya, the head of the state would fight in the very front line, and at his dea
th the war would cease. Who could imagine today\'92s presidents, premiers and prime ministers personally engaged in battle? Besides, Lord Krishna is very specific that Arjuna should fight, not for his own sense gratification, but for the sake of the Supr
eme. \'93Considering your specific duty as a kshatriya you should know that there is no better engagement for you than fighting on religious principles; so there is no need for hesitation. O Partha, happy are the kshatriyas to whom such fighting opportun
ities come unsought, opening for them the doors of the heavenly planets. If, however, you do not fight this religious war, then you will certainly incur sin for neglecting your duties and thus lose your reputation as a fighter.\'94 (Gita, II/31-33) There
fore Arjuna should fight because Krishna desires the battle. For one in Krishna consciousness there is no consideration for personal happiness, profit or gain, victory or defeat. Everything is performed for Krishna as a matter of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today there are no kshatriyas, no specific class of fighters. Men are simply drafted out of society from all walks of life and inducted
 en masse into the armed forces where they are trained to spray napalm on innocent civilians, including children, and even on defenseless soldiers, and to drop atomic bombs to annihilate the population of entire cities. This is not in the kshatriya spiri
t. Perhaps the only kshatriyas in the West were the knights of the Crusades, for they at least fought in hand to hand combat against other soldiers for religious principles. Certainly the large global wars of this century are demonically inspired and dem
onically waged.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is in Krishna consciousness is certainly non-violent. He knows that he does not have the right to kill even an ant, for he know
s that the Super Soul is dwelling in all living entities. He will fight in battle only if he is a kshatriya and only if Krishna or the Spiritual Master tells him to. Nor is it that one imagines Krishna to give instructions according to one\'92s own desir
es. It is standard practice to claim that God is \'93on our side\'94 and that we are fighting for God, when in actuality we are only fighting for our own stomachs or a vague concept. No. The best course in the age of Kali is renunciation of violence beca
use no war is being waged on religious principles. Therefore Lord Chaitanya, Lord Jesus Christ and Lord Buddha, all Kali yuga avatars, advocate non-violence as the best course in this age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Non-violence does not mean that I will sit idly by and let someone kill me. Why should I permit another person to commit violence again
st a body that is in Krishna\'92s service? If I am devoting my life to spreading Krishna\'92s message, then I should defend it. Self-defense is not considered violence, and according to the Vedas one is allowed to kill the following aggressors: one who a
ttacks suddenly with a deadly weapon, a house-burner, a poison giver, a plunderer or an agricultural usurper and an enticer of one\'92s wife.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Non-violence, then, does not mean that we become as passive as stones, nor that we wage war for some vaporous cause such as \'93freedom
 now\'94 or \'93down with the Communist or fascist pigs,\'94 nor for any other political or ideological concept or slogan. Non-violence means that we benefit others by spreading the message of Krishna consciousness and that we protect ourselves and other
s from senseless violence.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 EQUANIMITY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Equanimity refers to freedom from the dualities of attachment and aversion and thus transcendence of the three material modes. This imp
lies an inherent evenness of temper and a disposition which is not disturbed even in the most trying circumstances. In order to attain this, one must be a master of self-control by having his senses engaged in devotional service. Once one engages in devo
tional service he automatically acquires all these good qualities, such as forgiveness, truthfulness, self-control, calmness, fearlessness, non-violence, equanimity, charity, austerity, satisfaction and the rest. The characteristics of the man who has tr
anscended the modes of nature by devotional service are outlined in detail in the latter part of Chapter Fourteen of the Gita: Such a man is established in equanimity. \'93The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: He who neither hates nor desires the deve
lopment of the three qualities of illumination, attachment, and delusion, who is transcendentally situated, remaining neutral through all the reactions of the qualities, thinking that they may work, but that he is transcendental; he who looks equally upo
n happiness and distress, upon a pebble, a stone, or a piece of gold, who is equal toward the desirable and the undesirable, steady and well-situated in defamation or in adoration: he is said to be transcendentally situated, when he treats equally both h
onor and dishonor, both friend and enemy, and is not engaged in material activities. That is the position of transcendence over the three modes of Nature.\'94 (Gita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XIV/22-25)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SATISFACTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is satisfied, all his needs, expectations, wishes or desires are fulfilled. The English word satisfaction comes from the Latin
 words satis and facere which mean \'93to make enough.\'94 When one is hungry and enough food is made, he will be satisfied because all his demands will be answered.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today in modern America the theme song of the general populace, and especially of the youth, is \'93I can\'92t get no satisfaction.\'94
 This is because human desires when unchecked are insatiable. When one desire is fulfilled it goes away for a moment but returns shortly afterwards with ten friends. It is especially impossible to satisfy the youth who are demanding a greater variety of 
sense objects to gratify their desires. We all know of the alcoholic who is no more satisfied with twenty drinks than with one drink, or the LSD user who always needs a few micrograms more to obtain the bliss of paranirvana. American society affords a mi
llion daily examples of frustration in a frenetic search for satisfaction. The real hunger is internal, and man is trying to satisfy it by externals. There is no satisfaction outside the satisfaction of the soul in its blissful relationship with the Supe
r Soul Sri Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is in Krishna consciousness is always satisfied with whatever is obtained by the grace of the Supreme Lord. If Krishna sends a 
palace with unlimited opulence, it can be used in Krishna\'92s service; and if Krishna sends nothing but a tree, the devotee is satisfied to simply lie on the ground beneath it. Because he is in a transcendental relationship with Krishna and is receiving
 pleasure from the reservoir of pleasure, his material needs are cut to a minimum. He is therefore satisfied with whatever is available. His real satisfaction comes from simply sitting on the planet earth and having the Names of his beloved Lord roll off
 his tongue
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 AUSTERITY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the English language, the word \'93austerity\'94 has negative connotations. It comes from the Greek word austeros meaning \'93dry or
 harsh.\'94 One who is austere is expected to be stern, rigorous or harsh and severe. His bearing is expected to be grave and sober, and his morals are expected to be very strict. In fact, in the west the ideas associated with the word austerity are so n
egative that when we hear of an austere person, we automatically wish to avoid him But this is not what is meant by austerity here. Krishna consciousness is not dry or harsh, but one\'92s activities are regulated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First, it is important to understand what Lord Krishna does not mean by austerity. In the Middle Ages, among Christians, self-laceratio
n and flagellation were fashionable methods to purge oneself of sins. But in the Gita Lord Krishna condemns such bodily violence. \'93There are those who undergo severe penances and austerities not mentioned in the scriptural injunctions; this they do ou
t of pride, egoism, lust and attachment They do such things impelled by passion. Those who torture the material elements of this body and the Super Soul within it are to be known as demons.\'94 (Gita, XVII/5-6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Austerity refers to the observation of specific rules and regulations, such as rising early, taking baths, attending ceremonies of wors
hip and so on. It may be that these regulations are troublesome because someone is addicted to sleep or dislikes bathing in cold water, but one should nonetheless practice them. The trouble that is suffered is called penance or austerity. In the Bhagavad
 Gita Lord Krishna sets forth a general program for the regulated life. \'93There is no possibility of one\'92s becoming a yogi, O Arjuna, if one eats too much, or eats too little, sleeps too much or does not sleep enough. He who is regulated in his habi
ts of eating, sleeping, working, and recreation can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.\'94 (Gita, VI/16-17) One can easily recognize these injunctions as the principles underlying the Greeks\'92 metronariston, philosophy of the Go
lden Mean, the happy medium which is the safe and prudent way between extremes, and the Eightfold Path (right understanding, right aspiration, right speech, right conduct, right vocation, right effort, right alertness and right concentration) of Buddhism
. In fact, Lord Buddha Himself underwent severe austerities almost to the point of starvation and finally proclaimed such self-punishment to be contrary to the Dharma.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Seventeenth Chapter of the Gita Lord Krishna says that austerity is basically threefold\'97austerity of the body, austerity of t
he tongue, and austerity of the mind. \'93The austerity of the body consists in this: worship of God, the demigods, the twice-born, the Spiritual Master, and of wise and experienced teachers; and the practice of cleanliness, celibacy and non-violence.
\'94 (Gita, XVII/14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Spiritual Master directs the student by example and by specific instructions in
 the austerity of the body. The body is not created by Krishna to be tortured but to render service unto Him. Therefore the first duty of the body is to worship the Supreme with the total senses like Maharaj Amburish.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Austerity of speech consists of speaking truthfully and beneficially and avoiding speech that offends. One should also recite the V
edas regularly.\'94 (Gita, XVII/15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One should not say things that would cause mental agitation to other
s, nor should one engage in frivolous, nonsensical speech. In speaking of spiritual matters, one should refer to the scriptures to establish the truth, and one\'92s speech should be palatable without being compromising so that others can derive the great
est benefit. Fault finding and upbraiding others only lead to emnity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93And serenity, gentleness, silence, self-control and purity of thought are the austerities of the mind.\'94 (Gita, XVII/16}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Detaching the mind from the objects of the senses is austerity for the mind. When the mind is removed from the
 service of the senses by engagement of devotional service, it becomes serene.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This threefold austerity practiced by men whose aim is not to benefit themselves materially but to please the Supreme is of the nature 
of goodness.\'94 (Gita, XVII/17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The whole purpose of austerity is outlined here. In Krishna consciousne
ss everything is done for the pleasure of Krishna. By watering the root of the tree the branches are automatically served. Often people perform penances and austerities to attract the attention of others and to receive honor and veneration as great saint
s and sages. Such persons who are in the modes of passion allow subordinates to worship them and offer them riches. And although this may endure for a while, Lord Krishna says that the results are not permanent. \'93Those ostentatious penances and auster
ities which are performed in order to gain respect, honor, and reverence are said to be in the mode of passion. They are neither stable nor permanent.\'94 (Gita, XVII/18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We also have the example in the Srimad Bhagavatam of the great demon Hiranya Kashipu who performed very severe austerities to make himself immortal. Because he underwent great penances t
o achieve the impossible, namely eternality of the material body, he was finally killed by Lord Krishna in the form of Nrishingha. Lord Krishna proclaims such austerities to be in the modes of ignorance. \'93And those penances and austerities which are p
erformed foolishly by means of obstinate self-torture or to destroy or injure others are said to be in the mode of ignorance.\'94 (Gita,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XVII/19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Austerity, then, is not simply a matter of being harsh and dry or of torturing oneself. Austerity should be performed according to rule
s and regulations under the guidance of a Spiritual Master for the sake of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CHARITY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One can perform charity, like austerity, in one of the three modes of material nature. Lord Krishna says, \'93There are also three kind
s of charities. That gift which is given out of duty at the proper time and place and to a worthy person and without expectation of return is considered to be charity in the mode of goodness.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XVII/20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  The Vedas do not recommend that one give charity indiscriminately. It is best given to those who are engaged in spiritual activities. Charity is regarded as a means of spiritual perfection, and it is suggested that one give charity at holy p
laces during specific times, such as during eclipses or at the end of the month. It is also recommenced that one have no consideration for recompense. In America there are so many charitable institutions for the poor, and compassion often dictates that w
e give to them, but most often we see that the poor engage in objectionable activities such as drinking, meat-eating, gambling and sexual promiscuity. Obviously charity will simply encourage them to continue their debasing habits. Therefore the best poli
cy according to the Vedas is to give charity to one engaged in Krishna conscious activities, specifically to one who is spreading the message of Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Charity in the inferior modes is to be altogether avoided. \'93But charity performed with the expectation for some return or with a des
ire for fruitive results or in a grudging mood is said to be in the mode of passion.\'94 (Gita, XVII/21) When people give charity in order to elevate themselves to higher planets they are expecting some return. This is discouraged. Some people give grudg
ingly out of a sense of obligation, and their gift is in the mode of passion because it is motivated by social convention. \'93And charity performed at an improper place and time and given to unworthy persons without respect and with contempt is charity 
in the mode of ignorance.\'94 (Gita, XVII/22) When one walks down the Boweries of America one sees innumerable drunken derelicts and mendicants who are begging for money. According to the Vedas, charity that is given in places where people indulge in int
oxication, illicit sex or gambling is considered to be in the modes of darkness. This charity does not benefit anyone, and to give to such persons is to simply commit violence against them, for the gift only encourages their harmful activities. Actually,
 all mundane charities are harmful because the gifts are given to benefit the gross material body. The real gift, the matchless gift, is the message of Bhagavad Gita. Since the living entity is not the material body but the spirit soul, charity to the bo
dy is not directed to the individual, but to his corpse. Real charity is awakening someone to the awareness that he is the servant of the Supreme Lord and that his happiness lies in re-establishing his transcendental relationship with the Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FAME AND INFAMY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Practically every teenager in America wants to be a famous rock and roll star. It is natural to want to be well-liked or well-known. Ac
tually one of the opulences of Krishna is total fame. Being the totality of everything, complete fame goes to Him alone. Because we are minute reflections of Krishna, that tendency to enjoy the opulence of fame is in us minutely. However, fame is inciden
tal to Krishna, whereas the living entity is always hankering for it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Chaitanya Charitamrita Lord Chaitanya tells Ramananda Roy that the greatest fame to be had in the world is the fame of being kno
wn as a devotee of Krishna\'92s. Being known as anything else is infamy. This should be our standard for judging real fame in the world. Worldly fame, like every other worldly opulence, is temporary. Who were the most famous popular singers of the last c
entury? Who were the greatest actors during Shakespeare\'92s day? During Caesar\'92s day? Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage\'97what are they? Mere dream bubbles. And if empires pass into oblivion, what to speak of personal fame?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of these qualities and attributes are found throughout the universe in both human and demigod society. If the self of man is to b
e his friend instead of his enemy, then he will develop the positive qualities and attributes. One who engages in devotional service to Lord Krishna automatically develops the positive attributes. The purport of this verse, however, is that \'93All these
 were created by Me alone.\'94 Krishna is the origin of all qualities and all attributes, be they good or bad from the material point of view. What is seen in the material universe is but a minute reflection of what exists in Him in full. In order to bec
ome godly, man must develop those attributes which detach him from the world consciousness and establish him in the love for the Divine. This is the real objective of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's p18-23:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2160\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna,\line Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare\line Hare Rama, Hare Rama,\line Rama Rama, Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Honolulu Branch\line New York Branch\line Los Angeles Branch \line Boston Branch\line New York Branch\line Honolulu Branch
\line Boston Branch
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON BOSTON\line Iskcon Honolulu\line ISKCON New York
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Adventures of the Boar Incarnation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ADVENTURES OF THE BOAR INCARNATI
ON
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Satsvarupa Das Adhikary\line (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 I: Introduction
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a story in the Vedic scriptures of a time when the great sage Narada went to visit the Supreme Lord Narayan (Krishna) in the S
piritual Kingdom of Vaikuntha. Narada was travelling on the earth at the time for the purpose of spreading the Hare Krishna Mantra, and before leaving, he met a brahmin on the road. The brahmin learned that Narada was going to see Lord Narayan, so he req
uested that Narada find out his spiritual status: how long, how many more births would he have to undergo before he would be liberated from material existence? Narada agreed to inquire about the brahmin\'92s position. Further on he was hailed by a cobble
r who was tending his craft while sitting under a large tree by the roadside. The cobbler paid his respects to Narada and asked the great sage to please find out how many births more he would have to spend in the miseries of repeated birth and death befo
re he would attain final liberation. In the Vaikuntha planet, in the Presence of the Supreme Lord, Narada reported his missionary activities to Narayan and received all the necessary information for carrying on his loving devotional service. He then inqu
ired about the two conditioned souls he had met on the earth planet. When the Lord was asked about the brahmin He said, \'93Oh he will have to spend many, many more lifetimes before his liberation.\'94 Narada noted the reply, and then asked about the cob
bler. On hearing mention of that cobbler, the Lord smiled, \'93Please tell him that he will be liberated in this very lifetime!\'94 Then Narayan added, \'93And when you tell them, if they ask what I was doing, please tell them I was threading an elephant
 through the eye of a needle.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Narada approached the brahmin on the earth planet the brahmin enquired what the Lord had said. Narada told him, and the brahmin be
came morosely silent. This brahmin was a rigid practitioner of the scriptural regulations; he took three baths a day and never failed to perform the proper rituals, so he was surprised to hear that he had a long way before being liberated. He then asked 
what the Lord was doing. When Narada told him that Lord Narayan was threading an elephant through the eye of a needle, the brahmin became outraged with disbelief: \'93What? Go away! You haven\'92t been to see Narayan. This is just some nonsense you are c
oncocting!\'94 And the brahmin turned away from Narada. Narada next approached the cobbler. On seeing Narada Muni, the man jumped up from his place under the tree and ran to the devotee-sage:\'94You have just seen the Lord. So tell me when I am to be lib
erated.\'94 Narada was pleased to tell the cobbler that he would be liberated in this very lifetime. The cobbler turned ecstatic and began jumping for joy. Very soon he would be with the Lord! He then asked Narada what Lord Narayan was doing. Narada repl
ied, \'93The Lord was threading an elephant through the eye of a needle.\'94 The cobbler became still more ecstatic. \'93Ah, how great my Lord is!\'94 he exclaimed. Narada asked him further, \'93How is it you have such faith that you can believe the Lord
 was doing such an impossible thing?\'94 The cobbler answered unflinchingly, \'93Impossible? Just see this large, spacious tree we are sitting under. Do you know that such a big spreading tree came out of a seed no bigger than a pin? So if the Lord can p
ut such a big tree into a tiny seed, why can\'92t He thread one elephant through a needle\'92s eye?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purport is clear. The cobbler had more than a blind faith in God. He had understanding that God means Param Brahman, the Greatest, 
and the Greatest means that He can do anything. So many impersonalists will admit that God means the unlimited, the infinite, but as soon as they hear that the Lord descends as Avatara and acts in a way indicative of His unlimited potency, they take it d
ifferently. They say it is a myth or allegory, or they criticize. The mental speculator tries to put God within the restrictions of the understanding of the tiny human brain. This is his error. Rather, the Vedic process for understanding the Absolute Tru
th is to receive it as it is. The Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, is inconceivable, therefore we cannot measure Him. But we can hear from authorized sources of His Activities. Everyone should be interested in this transcendental hearing, beca
use everyone is intimately connected as part of the One Supreme Lord. By listening, our heart can become cleansed and we can have revealed to us the practical, loving intent of the Lord in His multi-incarnations. If we can understand His Pastimes, all ou
r problems will be solved. By understanding Krishna\'92s Appearance in the world, we reach the perfection of life by leaving this temporary world of ignorance and misery and going back to Home, back to Godhead. That is the version of the Bhagavad Gita.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is in this spirit that the great sages and transcendental scholars of the Vedic literature request we listen to the Activities of th
e incarnation of the Lord as Boar, or the Baraha Avatara.
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 II: The Holy Boar Rescues Planet Earth
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At a time far remote from present history, in the Swetabaraha millennium, just at the dawn of the creation of the material world, Lord 
Brahma was approached by the presiding Manu. The Manu asked Brahma to do something about the earth planet, which had fallen to the bottom of the Garbhodak ocean which fills half of the universe. Lord Brahma, being the chief administrator of the affairs o
f the material universe, is the direct representative of Krishna. Brahma was presented by the Manu with this calamity: earth had fallen to a filthy place and had to be rescued. Lord Brahma gave it his full attention and meditated as follows: \'93While I 
was engaged in the matter of creation, the earth was inundated by deluge and went down into the depths of the ocean. What can we, who are engaged in this creation, do? Better let the Almighty Lord direct us.\'94 The chief entity, Brahma, was perplexed, b
ut not discouraged. With full faith in Krishna, his thinking suddenly bore the solution of his duty, by the Grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is all narrated in the spotless Vedic literature, the Srimad Bhagavatam, Third Canto: \'93All of
 a sudden, while Brahma was engaged in thinking, a small form of a Boar came out of his nostril, and the measurement of the creature was not more than the upper portion of the thumb. While Brahma was observing Him, the Boar-like form became situated in t
he sky in a wonderful manifestation, grown suddenly into a gigantic form like a great elephant. Brahma, along with great brahmins like Marichi, began to argue as to what it was. Brahma exclaimed: \'93Is this some extraordinary entity come in the pretense
 of a boar? It is very wonderful.\'94 As he was the supermost person in the universe, Lord Brahma could guess that the wonderful Appearance of the Boar was an Avatar of Vishnu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a form was never before experienced.
 The symptoms of the incarnation of Godhead are so uncommon that even Brahma became perturbed. While these sages and demigods were deliberating, the Lord as Boar resounded a tremendous sound which echoed in all directions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said that the sound of the Voice of Baraha was gorgeous to the devotees of the upper planets, but to the demoniac, who also heard
 it, it was the most dangerous sound-the sound of doom to their rebellion. Lord Vishnu is declared by all the Vedic literature as transcendental. The Lord as Boar is also the Supreme Lord, or the Vedas incarnate. Those elevated, pious intellectual beings
 on upper material planets (such as Siddha Loka and Brahma Loka) replied to the Lord\'92s Voice by praying to Him with Vedic hymns. The earth planet was submerged in the mire on the bottom of the ocean, but on hearing the sound of the Lord as Baraha, the
 devotees knew that He was present for the earth\'92s deliverance. They understood that Vishnu was appearing as a Boar because a boar can get something out of a filthy place. The Bhagavatam describes the Voice of the Boar and the chanting of the devotees
 as enacted on a cosmic scale. They reciprocated vibrations of love back and forth through the regions of all outer space.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And it is stated that of all the Vedic hymns vibrated in that concert between the Supreme and His loving servants, the most important was the Brihanaradiya Purana verse, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama H
are Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Srimad Bhagavatam relates: \'93He resounded again in reply to the Vedic prayers by the great devotees. The Lord is the Object of the Ve
dic prayers, and thus He understood that the devotees\'92 prayers were}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meant for Him.\'94 As the mantras 
were being properly recited, the Lord was pleased. Before entering the water to rescue the earthly planet, the Lord Boar flew down from the sky, slashing with His Tail and quivering His hard Hairs. His very Glance was luminous, and}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He swatted the clouds in the sky with His Hoofs and His glittering white Tusks. Although the body of a boar is material and co
ntaminated, that is not the case with the Boar Form of the Lord. Nor is it possible, of course, for an earthly boar to assume a gigantic form and perform so many wondrous activities. Baraha is the One Lord Who is without a second Who comes for Pastime fu
nctions. As stated in the Fourth Chapter of Bhagavad Gita, the Lord is One, and yet He is appearing in multi-incarnations The example is given that He is like the Vaidurya stone which changes colors but is one. These things are understood by submissive h
earing and inquiry and by devotional service to the One Lord. Bhagavad Gita clearly states that whoever understands how the Lord appears and disappears on the material scene is at once liberated. This is the proper application of the Sanskrit expression,
 \'93Tatvamasi,\'94 \'93You are that too.\'94 In his purports to the Gita, Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta writes: \'93Anyone who understands Lord Krishna to be the Supreme or who says unto the Lord, \'91You are the same Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godh
ead,\'92 is certainly liberated instantly, and consequently his entrance into the transcendental association of the Lord is guaranteed.\'94 When we speak of Krishna, it is to be understood that Krishna includes all the Avataras. Baraha is mentioned in th
e list of incarnations in the Srimad Bhagavatam: \'93The Supreme Enjoyer of all sacrifices accepted the Boar Incarnation for the welfare of the earth. He lifted it from the nether regions of the universe.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (S.B.,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1/3/7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In any of His eternal Forms, Krishna is God. This is to be understood. When He is playing as Child Krishna on the lap of His mother, Ya
soda, He is God; when He appears as the half-lion half-man Form of Nrishinghadeva He is God; and as Baraha, in the Form of a Boar, He is the same transcendental Supreme Lord. Just as wood is wood, fire is fire, so by the law of designation God is God. He
 is always God in any Form He takes; and these Forms are all described in the authoritative Vedic scriptures. The materialistic mentality not only thinks that the form of a boar cannot be spiritual or transcendental, but he thinks that the human form is 
always material. According to the Bhagavad Gita, this inability to accept Krishna as He presents Himself, or is presented by a pure representative, is a disease. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami cites this in his purport to the 10th verse of the Fourth Chapter o
f Bhagavad Gita: \'93It is very difficult for a person who is too materially affected to understand the Personal nature of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Generally, people who are attached to the bodily concept of life are so absorbed in materialism that it
 is almost impossible for them to understand how the Supreme can be a Person. Such materialists cannot imagine that there is a transcendental Body which is non-perishable, full of knowledge and eternally blissful. In the materialistic concept, the body i
s perishable, full of ignorance and completely miserable. Therefore people in general keep this same bodily idea in mind when they are informed of the Personal Form of the Lord For such materialists, the Form of the gigantic material manifestation is sup
reme; therefore they imagine that the Supreme is impersonal.\'94 Since we are now hearing or reading of Lord Baraha, let us spend the time for the highest benefit and thus take shelter of Srila Vyasadeva, the author of the Vedic Shastra; in this way we c
an best receive the Activities of the incarnation of Boar, as they are told.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Lord Boar penetrated the water with His Hoof, which was sharp like arrows, and found out the limitation of the ocean, although it w
as unlimited. He saw the earth lying as it was in the beginning of creation, as the resting place for all living beings, and He Personally lifted it.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thereupon Lord Boar killed the demon within the water, just as a lion kills an elephant.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic philosopher devotee, Jiva Goswami, the topics told of Baraha in the Third Canto of Bhagavatam are of different m
illenniums. The topics of Baraha\'92s rescue of the earth from the mire is of the Swetabaraha millennium, and the topics of His killing the demon Hiranakya are of the later Caksus millennium in His second Appearance as Boar. In one incarnation His bodily
 hue is described as whitish, and in the other it is reddish. In either case, just by His glancing over His devotees, all of them felt transcendental happiness. The Body of the Lord is always transcendental in all cases. His assumption of the Form of Boa
r is only His Pastime. Just as when Krishna played the part of a human being, He was the perfect human being, so He assumed the Form of a Boar and found the earth by smelling, like a perfect boar, and he rescued it by lifting it up on His tusks. Yet His 
Body is the Vedas Personified.
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 III: The Fight With Hiranakya
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the Boar was coming out of the water, He was attacked by the powerful demon, Hiranakya, who had been travelling through all the thre
e worlds and planetary systems, conquering whomever he met, out of bellicose madness. Hiranakya was the twin-brother of the demon Hiranya Kashipu. The pair were born into this world specifically to take up the role of personal combatants or enemies of th
e Supreme Lord in His respective incarnations of Lord Baraha and Lord Nrishingha, the half-lion half-man Avatara of the Satya Yuga. As the Reservoir of all desires, the Lord also has a fighting spirit, from which comes all fighting spirit as found in the
 material world. For instance, the natural fighting spirit sometimes displayed by young boys wrestling is but a perverted reflection of this original desire of the Lord. The fighting of the Supreme Lord, however, doesn t result in the destruction of the 
enemy, but works for his liberation. Sometimes people are suspicious because Lord Krishna taught His transcendental philosophy on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. But, as stated by the devotee Bhismadeva, all those who took part in the Battle of Kurukshet
ra and were killed while seeing the Form of the Personality of Godhead, Krishna, gained their eternal liberation. Even being kicked by Krishna is eternally auspicious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the demon brothers appeared, born from the womb of Diti, the very pores of the earth and the sky and the animals and plant kingdom
s virtually cried out with omens of evil portent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Supreme Lord fights, He does not fight with an ordinary mortal or nondevotee. Rather, He exchanges this rasa only with His dev
otees. By the Grace of the complete revelation of Vyasdeva, the compiler of the Bhagavatam, we are able to understand that Lord Baraha picked His own servant, a doorman of the palace in the spiritual planet, Vaikuntha, and this servant descended in the f
orm of Hiranakya and took on the demoniac life for the purpose of battling with the Lord in hand to hand combat.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranakya was broad and strong, golden-haired and covered with ornaments. He is described as being so tall and big that he blocked the 
view of the sky. And his prowess was not that of an ordinary man because in fighting he appeared almost on an equal level with the Lord. But his mentality was all demoniac: he travelled for the purpose of fighting with all peace-loving creatures. Whereve
r he could find anyone with a fighting reputation he would challenge him to fight. He thus made the demigod Indra flee before him, and he challenged Varuna the god of the water. Varuna advised Hiranakya that if he were really so desirous of battle he oug
ht to fight with Lord Vishnu, and he told the demon that at the present moment the Lord had taken the Form of a Boar, and he told him where he could go to meet Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The demon came upon the all-powerful Personality of Godhead in His incarnation as Boar, as the Lord was bearing the earth upwards on th
e end of His tusk. The Bhagavatam says that \'93the reddish Eyes and Hoofs of the amphibious beast robbed the demon of his splendor.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Your power is only mystic!\'94 the infatuated demon roared to the Supreme Lord. \'93Today I shall enliven my kinsmen by killing you
, oh fool.\'94 This is the demoniac mentality. The Lord is invisible to the eyes of the common man, but His energies are everywhere, acting in various ways. The demons think that God is actually hiding Himself and working by mystic power, and if he can f
ind Him out then he can kill Him. The demoniac are anxiously trying to kill God by words and \'93philosophy.\'94 The idea underlying this is that if one is materially powerful enough, he can kill God by weapons. Actually, the demoniac cannot understand a
t all how God is working. They can neither kill Him nor touch Him. He can be present everywhere and still remain at His eternal Abode.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The demon continued hurling insults, but the Lord Boar patiently bore them while He carried the earth to safety on His tusks. \'93When 
You are smashed by my mace,\'94 the demon challenged, \'93then the sages and devotees who offer You devotional service will cease to exist.\'94 It is well-known by everyone that the demons do not like the fact that the devotees worship the Lord in the pr
escribed ways recommended in the scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord Boar was pained by the abusive words of the demon, but He carefully placed the earth on the water of the universe and enabled 
it to float by its own power. Then He turned to the business of fighting the demon who was delivering furious insults. The Lord is no myth, but is actually present in multi-incarnations. As He is the Source of all sentiency and feeling, He has feeling Hi
mself, and He is therefore never pleased by insults. According to Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta, \'93God is as sentient as we are, and He is satisfied by our prayer and dissatisfied with our harsh words against Him.\'94 In order to give protection to His de
votee, He is always ready to tolerate all kinds of insults by the atheists. Therefore He patiently placed the earth in a safe place and prepared to dispatch the demon. The Lord said to Hiranakya: \'93We are creatures of the jungle, and we are searching a
fter dogs like you. One who is freed from the entanglement of death does not fear the insults of the kind in which you are indulging because you are bound by the laws of death.\'94 Baraha knew that Hiranakya\'92s position was a false one. The demon doesn
\'92t believe in God; he thinks that he can defy the material laws and be freed of birth and death. No one, however, has ever been able to achieve freedom from death, not by any advancement of science nor by mental speculation, Yogic power or sheer brawn
, as possessed by Hiranakya. \'93Give up your nonsensical talking,\'94 Lord Baraha went on. \'93You are supposed to be the commander of many soldiers, so now you can take prompt steps to overthrow us.\'94}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranakya became so angry and agitated that he began to tremble \'93like a challenged cobra.\'94 The Lord had asked him to fulfill his loud promises to ki
ll Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hiranakya then sprang upon Baraha and dealt Him a blow with his powerful mace. The Lord dodged that blow by moving aside a little. The 
Personality of Godhead then exhibited His anger and rushed to meet the demon who was hissing and shaking with rage and holding his mace to deliver another blow. The Lord then struck at Hiranakya, but the expert demon protected himself with a maneuver of 
his mace. In this way, they began to strike at each other with their huge maces, each seeking his own victory.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahma, accompanied by his followers and other demigods, came to see the terrible fight for the sake of the world. The Lord is des
cribed by the demigods as \'93Yajna,\'94 or \'93the Body full of worshipful offerings.\'94 As learned devotees, the demigods never consider the Lord to have the body of an ordinary boar. He can assume any Form, and He has all such Forms eternally. All fo
rms actually emanate from the Original Form of Krishna, as declared in the Srimad Bhagavatam. So this Boar Form is always Vishnu, transcendental. Lord Brahma addressed Him thus: \'93This demon has proved to be a constant pinprick to demigods, brahmins, c
ows and innocent persons. He has attained a boon from me and has turned to be a demon and is always wandering over the earth looking for a fight. My dear Lord, there is no need of playing with this serpentine demon who is very skilled in cunning tricks a
nd arrogant and most wicked. Kindly kill him. The dark evening is fast approaching.\'94 It is said that upon hearing the words of Brahma the creator, words which were free from all sinful purposes and were as sweet as nectar, the Lord heartily laughed an
d \'93accepted his prayer with a glance ladened with love.\'94 The prayer of Brahma was pure, whereas Hiranakya had prayed and performed austerities in order to derive power in the form of a boon from Brahma. It is said in the Bhagavad Gita that those wh
o undergo severe penances and austerities not mentioned in the scriptures, out of pride, ego, lust and attachment, do such things impelled by passion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord then aimed His mace at the chin of His enemy who was stalking in front of Him. But He was instead struck by the demon\'92s mac
e, and His mace slipped from His Hand. It is described that the demigods became alarmed at this. Hiranakya, however, respecting the law of combat, did not strike an unarmed foe. The Lord\'92s anger was kindled by this, and He invoked His Sudarshan discus
, which is the personal ultimate weapon used by the Personality of Godhead. As the discus revolved in His Hand, the demon sprang into the air, saying, \'93You are slain!\'94 and threw His mace. The Lord knocked it down with His left Foot. The demon picke
d up his mace and aimed it again. The Lord stood firm and caught the flying mace and offered it back to the demon to try again. This humiliated the demon, and he took a trident and hurled it furiously. The Lord, however, tore it to pieces with His Sudars
han, which has a sharp-edged rim. Hiranakya then struck the Lord with his hard fists on His Chest. The Bhagavatam says that this was felt by the Lord as an elephant feels the striking of a wreath of flowers. In other words, the Lord desired the fighting 
in order to enjoy transcendental bliss. The demon then began to conjure tricks on a full scale, as was in his power. The skies were filled with winds and stones were discharged from caves. Puss, hair and blood rained from the skies. At this, Lord Baraha 
at last discharged His Sudarshan. At the moment the weapon left His Hand, a shudder ran through the heart of Diti, mother of Hiranakya, and her breast ran with blood. When the demon saw that his whole magic show was dispersed by the Presence of the Perso
nality of Godhead, he tried to embrace Him with his arms in order to crush Him. But to his amazement he found that the Lord had again eluded him. Finally, the Lord slapped him at the base of the ear, and though struck indifferently, Hiranakya\'92s eyebal
ls bulged out of their sockets, his body wheeled, and he fell down like a gigantic tree uprooted by the wind, his arms, limbs and head broken and scattered.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is described that when the demigods approached the battle area, they saw the so-called corpse of the demon Hiranakya was still rosey
-hued, as if full of life. Then it was noticed that the demon\'92s body was still touching Lord Baraha\'92s Body, and therefore the Soul of souls was giving him life. Lord Brahma remarked, \'93Oh what blessed death is here!\'94 The Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, Who grants liberation in any incarnation, is so inconceivably}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great that His kick brings the gr
eatest benefit to the \'93victim.\'94 Because He is inconceivably great, we are warned against thinking that we understand what it is to be a devotee of the Lord, or how it feels to be a friend of Krishna, or to act as His parent when He is partaking of 
His Childhood Pastimes. And certainly, no one should pretend to grasp the understanding of what it is to exchange loving affairs with the Lord. Most persons actually have no concept of God, or at most they may have heard that \'93God is great.\'94 Yet th
e mystery of the Pastimes of the Chief of all persons is open to everyone who will hear His Pastimes as presented in the Srimad Bhagavatam and related intact by His pure representatives.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Dullards and Slugs
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DULLARDS AND SLUGS
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Materialistic Demeanor Revisited
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Goursundar Das Adhikary (ISKCON\'97Hawaii)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our eighth year of \'93primary education\'94 passed in an American Dependent School in Okinawa. During that eventful year we heard that
 we would have to decide for ourselves what had caused our existence, that the average man used less than one fourth the potential of his brain, and that God was never to be discussed in school.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our studies of physical science had culminated in the visualization of the fleshy structure of the human brain. Electrical impulses fla
shing on the circuitry inside a man\'92s head are supposed to be responsible for all thinking, feeling, and willing. Life, memory, and the living zone are strange. The head is filled up with thoughts. The mind projects itself outside the body. We wondere
d, \'93What would we be thinking if we were using all the power of the brain?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We had encountered sectarian religionists whose shallowness had turned us toward the camps of the atheists. We passed amidst the \'93hu
manists\'94 and received many promises which were never to be fulfilled. Burning in despair we went past childhood\'92s end. The prospects for enjoyment which had been pointed out to us by our teachers proved inadequate. After exhausting many the sauri o
f philosophy, we realized we had been deceived all along, from the earliest beginning. We felt doomed, not for not knowing answers, but for not even being able to frame proper questions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We had secretly designated ourselves as atheists. But as our intelligence matured, we saw through the hypocrisy of our so-called religi
ous friends. We saw them as atheists to a man. It was then that we began to seriously study: What is religion? How are all things related? Who is God?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We had glimpsed the desolation in store for the materialists. We knew the agony of the \'93Underground Man\'94 and the pretenses of the
 \'93Absurd Man.\'94 We had followed the avant-garde of pop culture in \'93new\'94 explorations. All of these things sickened us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We had long felt as if we were being watched. We were fortunate. Everything was fully explained by our spiritual master and we began to
 realize the unique situation of Absolute Knowledge. We had to surrender ourselves in his service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Humanism is the atheist\'92s disease. The people of the world are atheists. It is for this reason that they have been transferred here.
 People hypocritically express pity at the plight of \'93Fellow Man.\'94 They feel noble when they stoop to sympathize with another person\'92s sufferings. They hear gravely how a soldier has been run over by a tank, how his mother suffers, and how nothi
ng can console her. But when it is brought to their attention that daily they have been feeding on the carcasses of slaughtered innocent animals, they become angry. So their brand of compassion is very limited in scope. Personal gratification comes first
. In fact, the motive for humanistic efforts is the enhancement of sensual pleasures in a particular sphere or select group of living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Collectively they blame God when their pleasure turns to pain. They want to live in this hostile world hoarding all the treasures which
 can captivate their senses, and somehow escaping all distress. They intend to massacre an unlimited number of animals in order to taste the bloody bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The humanists are ever ready to calumniate, assault, and assassinate the humble servants of God, but they maintain many sectarian views
 meant to righteously dress up their selfish desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Waikiki at three o\'92clock in the morning is real. }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaga
vad Gita }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is old and cannot cope with the new.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub new}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? Is life or death new? Is pleasure-pain or hot-cold new? Is the Sun or the Moon new? Is the earth new? Is eating, sleeping, mating, and fighting new?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Darwinian theory of evolution has reassured everyone: Man is the Pinnacle of evolution. And when he becomes bored with himself, he 
can escape into intoxication.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our materialistic friends have the conviction that religion is one of man\'92s inventions. Somehow they have taken man as all in all. T
hey see religion in terms of apotheosis, anthropomorphism, zoomorphism, theanthropism, therianthropism, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The pseudo-Christians, pseudo-Buddhists, etc. do not protest the slanders of the modern \'93enlightened\'94 thinkers, being eager to fe
ed on the scraps from their dissecting tables, cherishing as they do aspirations for the utmost enjoyment of the senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotee of God admonishes them: this world is not your real home, neither is it lovable\'97if you are not a fool, do not try to rem
ain here, decrying God for making your life miserable. Do not waste time artificially discriminating material goodness and badness. \'93What is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.\'94\'97New Testament, Luke 16/15.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This life is bound to be predominated by pain. The world is a vacuum without the sight of God. The people are all after phantasmagoria,
 clashing with one another in their struggles to possess shadowy things which will soon cease to exist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This fool\'92s paradise is not cherished by liberated souls. Beyond the material creation is another existence known as anti-material n
ature. \'93There is another, eternal Nature, which is transcendental to the manifested and non-manifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.\'94-}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 8/20. God\'92s playgrounds are there in the spiritual kingdom.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are puffed up with material knowledge. They wish to show off their experience of the world. They always waste time discussing tr
ansitory things. But they do not find the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  interesting. \'93There is no need for Eastern rel
igion.\'94 People do not understand spiritual science, but they remain complacent. Krishna and His devotees canvass and teach. But people crave mammon. \'93Krishna\'92s Presence mocks the world of man.\'94\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavat Purana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 10/70/40.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Does man have free will?\'94 we have been asked. Does a crazy man have free will? No. Everyone has his will, but under material bon
dage it is never free. \'93The place of action, the doer, the senses, the endeavor, and ultimately the Supersoul: these are the five factors of action.\'94\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 18/14
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A man is the servant of his senses led by the mind. All these are conditional. \'93The bewildered individual soul, under the influence 
of the three modes of Nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which are in actuality carried out by Nature.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 3/27. Is a man free to serve his senses? No He is obstructed by Nature at every turn.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man has the potential to exercise his free will in spiritual existence. But he has thrown it away and come to be the dog of Maya. Man s
till has the option of surrendering to God and manifesting his freedom in harmony with the absolutely free Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93If one has no free will, can he be blamed for his misdeeds?\'94 Yes. All misbehavior is the result of aversion to God\'92s Will and
 is bound to be chastised. The demoniac people, those in revolt against God, have chosen to do evil. Their lives follow the standard aberrations of the conditioned soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the wrongs which a man commits are his sole responsibility, and he need not further degrade himself by the cowardly business of try
ing to shift the blame. Man has the opportunity to have liberation. The other living entities in the material world who are wearing different dress, viz. bodies of aquatics, plants, animals, etc., will have to wait until they attain human forms. The eter
nal soul is only temporarily covered by material bodies. The majority of the inconceivably great number of individual souls are fixed in the transcendental realm. The miscreants are serving time in matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By taking the initiative to oppose God, the conditioned soul has plunged himself into the world of ignorance, hiding his vision from th
e sight of God. By the continuing sequence of actions and reactions technically known as karma he is being buffeted by Nature\'92s laws. He can be released in the end by sincere devotion to God through His Grace. \'93Give up all other duties and surrende
r unto Me [Krishna]. Do not fear, I shall protect you from all sinful reactions.\'94\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 18
/66.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Does God enjoy punishing miscreants?\'94 No. Miscreants are malicious, and for everyone\'92s good their wrong impressions have to b
e regulated. \'93How can God allow the gruesome things of this world to exist?\'94 All worldly problems are posed by transient phenomena distinct from the real self of the living entity. The soul can never be maimed or killed. But the false possessions (
including bodies) to which he has become attached are bound to disintegrate. The material world is satisfying the whims of its residents and blocking the real manifestation of happiness, i.e., the Vaikuntha, the spiritual abode where there is no misery. 
Krishna always offers us happiness without depriving us of our individual will. Our infinitesimal will characterizes our existence as individuals. And we are never to cease to be individuals. Krishna has assured us of that fact.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93For the soul there is never birth or death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, 
undying, and primeval He is not slain when the body is slain.\'94\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2/20.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must have the right self-determination apart from the impressions of the changeable body and fickle mind in order to realize the pro
per conception of God and the soul. We have to engage ourselves as the subservients of God and regain our real nature lost in material excesses. We have to serve the regulative sound vibrations manifesting themselves in the limited disclosure of this net
her world for our benefit. We cannot obtain spiritual enlightenment, which is identical with loving devotion to Krishna, if we choose to actively or passively resist serving the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have heard that God is great. God must mean the absolutely All-powerful. His greatness is His absolute goodness. If God is God, He m
ust be great. Nothing can happen without God\'92s sanction. Everything that occurs is His Will because every occurence must not be contrary to His Will. So everything that occurs must be good. But the material world being the resort of creatures opposed 
to the Will of God, it is natural that there appear in it a conditional goodness. In fact, the whole material creation is an extraneous manifestation to the real Nature of God. It is an adjustment for counteracting the mischief of the living entities who
 have gone abroad in false identifications of themselves. The strictures of birth, disease, old age, and death are operative only on the outer covering layers, the bodies of conditioned souls, which have nothing to do with their eternal identities. So we
 must know the position of the soul in the first place. If we realize our existence apart from the temporal affairs and our impending changes of body, we can adopt the humble attitude of true inquisitiveness which will help us in entering the regions of 
true theism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Historians and philosophers have long puzzled over the meaning of life to no avail. But we have nothing to profit from their imaginary 
explanations which cannot give us any relief from the miseries of the world. The self-realized soul can understand how conditional life is non-cooperation with Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We individual souls are emanations qualitatively like Krishna, but quantitatively unequal to Him. God is the Infinite Absolute. God mus
t be One. We have the qualities of our Fountainhead, who is the Background or Support of all existence. Aquinas says that God should be known as \'93He Who Is.\'94 This is so because His Existence is the pre-requisite for all subsequent existence. He is 
the prime Progenitor of all manifestations, which do exist. Our perceptions, both of ourselves and of things outside ourselves, are possible because we all exist in Him. \'93I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, who is the Absolute Substantive Principle 
being the Ultimate Entity in the Form of the Support of all existence.\'94\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 5/41.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is the Infinite Absolute, and we are infinitesimal absolutes, His eternal servitors. Our tiny will cannot be good when it opposes G
od. The intervening emanation which nullifies any possibilities of our ushering evil into God\'92s sphere of absolute goodness and which acts as a corrective agent to rectify us through limited indulgence is the material creation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is actually clearer to us than our own selves. He is all-attractive, and He is the Inner Soul of all souls. Without Krishna, no
 real happiness can be found.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nescience on the part of wayward souls subservient to the non-cognitive or non-soul is accommodated within the material creation. The i
ndolent soul does not transmogrify nor fall from his constitutional eternal fixture, but by his apathetic egoism, i.e. by allowing his conception of himself ascendance over Godhead, he blinds himself to the nature of his own identity\'97with its inherent
 tendency to fall down. He assumes the mentality of aspiring to lord it over, and he is at that point overwhelmed by Maya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maya is God\'92s good adjustment which impounds the erring souls, confining them in bodies like strait-jackets to obstruct their suicid
al commission. Maya is material Nature. Maya means forgetfulness of God. Maya means the measuring tendency (by elevating oneself to the Judge\'92s seat). Maya means what has no reality in itself. And Maya means mercy. These may be understood as esoteric 
truths.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By God\'92s inconceivable power we have been gifted with the erroneous determinations we have warranted. But at the same time we are be
ing urged to reconsider our misjudgements. We have voluntarily come into the material aggregate elements to seek our fortunes. But the material manifestation actually enforces impotence upon us. We are left to our own conclusions. Can we, lacking as we d
o absolute knowledge and power, be independently happy? We are personalities meant to augment the perfection of God\'92s sovereign Will.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna\'92s relationship to the world is mysterious. Is He Transcendent or Immanent? If He is Transcendent, has He no concern for the 
world? If He is Immanent, then has He spread Himself everywhere and ceased to maintain His distinctive Identity? These questions were long debated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has taught us the truth of Krishna\'92s inconceivable oneness with and distinction from His multifarious energ
ies (}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Achintya Bhedabheda Tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). \'93In My transcendental Form I [Krishna] pervade all creation. All thi
ngs are resting in Me, but I am not in them.\'94\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad Gita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 9/4. Krishna is distinct from the cosm
os and the living entitles (j}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ivas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and at the same time He is always identical with them, which can be un
derstood only by His Grace.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93He is an undifferentiated Entity, as there is no distinction between potency and the Possessor thereof. In His work of creation of 
millions of worlds, His potency remains inseparable. All the universes exist in Him, and He is present in His Fullness in every one of the atoms that is scattered through the universe, at one and the same time. Such is the Primeval Lord whom I adore.\'94
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 5/35. Although His inconceivable energy is all-extending, still He maintains His all-
attractive medium size, manifesting His Supreme Personality in His eternal Form. \'93Krishna, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful spiritual Body. He is the Origin of all. He has no other origin, and He is the prim
e Cause of all causes.\'94\'97}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma Samhita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 5/1.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is the sole Object worthy of being worshiped by all souls. If we were to fabricate any fanciful idea of worship we would become
 idolators. The Vedic injunctions are the instructions of Krishna, and they state that chanting the Holy Names of Krishna is the sacrifice which we should all be performing in the present age. We should abandon all crippled conceptions known as monism, d
ualism, pluralism, deism, pantheism, etc. and qualify ourselves as pure theists. Our only asset upon which we can rely is our devotion to God. At the moment of death, all our sophistry and false prestige, all our material opulence and attachment will bet
ray us. We should not waste our lives in the pursuit of perishable things. We should instead travel the path which will take us back to Home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has solved for all time the problem of re-establishing our relationship with Krishna. He has assured us that K
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E RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the Introduction:
\par }\pard \s1272 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "The perplexities of life appear like a forest fire, which takes place without being set by anyone.  The man 
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna's Light vs. Maya's Night
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Kirtanananda Swami (ISKCON\'97Columbus)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Light and dark. Day and night. These are the dualities of the material world, and they are the archetypes of the gulf between the thing
s of this world and the things of the spirit. Jesus Christ said, \'93I am the Light of the world,\'94 and St. John said, \'93Men love darkness because their deeds are evil.\'94 Lord Krishna, in Bhagavad Gita states: \'93What is night for all beings is th
e time of awakening for the self-controlled; and the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2/69}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what is the distinction between \'93all beings\'94 and a \'93sage\'94?
 That is explained in the Seventh Chapter of the Gita: \'93After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the Cause of all causes, and all that is.\'94 Therefore we may conclude that knowledge of theAbs
olute, Krishna, is Light, and ignorance is darkness, or Maya; and that is actually what Maya means\'97that which is not. Krishna is just like the sun, for where the sun is there is no darkness. But Krishna is also the Original Sun, and therefore eternall
y full of knowledge; therefore ignorance and illusion can have no existence in Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If, however, one is not in the light of Krishna Consciousness, of knowledge of the Absolute, then there will be some manifestation of d
arkness, such as excessive sleeping (more than six hours), laziness, intoxication, or madness; but a person in Krishna Consciousness never exhibits these things. His qualities are listed in the Eighteenth Chapter of the Gita as \'93peacefulness, self-con
trol, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness\'85\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How, some may ask, can mere knowledge of Krishna change the spectrum of one\'92s qualities so radically\'97literally from black to whit
e. And that too Lord Krishna answers in the Bhagavad Gita: \'93All states of being\'97be they of goodness, passion, or ignorance are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything\'97but I am independent. I am not under the modes of this materia
l Nature.\'94 (7/12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Here Krishna definitely claims to be the author of all states of being, be they goo
dness (knowledge or light), passion (mixed), or ignorance (darkness). They are all Krishna\'92s energy, but knowledge means to be in direct contact, whereas ignorance can make no claim at all, being covered by the cloud of illusion. The sun is always shi
ning, but when a cloud intervenes, the sun\'92s pure qualities of light and heat are distorted. Similarly, the pure qualities of Krishna, as exhibited by Himself and His pure devotees, are distorted by the conditioned soul under the illusion of material 
nature. Again in the Fifteenth Chapter Krishna states that \'93remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness\'94 all come from Him\'97but how? By our desire. That is the whole import of the Gita: \'93In all activities, and for their results, just depend upon 
Me, and work always under My protection. In such devotional service, be fully conscious of Me.\'94 (18/57) There is an old proverb in India: \'93He finds God quickest whose yearning is strongest,\'94 and Meister Eckhart admonishes us that even in those t
imes when we feel no desire for Him, we can at least desire to desire Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as we have that sincere desire, Krishna fulfills. Actually, He is more anxious that we regain the Heavenly Kingdom than we ours
elves, and if we recall the story of the prodigal son, we\'92ll remember that while he was \'93still a long way off\'94 his father \'93ran and fell on his neck\'94 and embraced him. Krishna says that He is the father of all living entities, and He is not
 willing that any perish. So the difficulty is not on Krishna\'92s part. He is eternally present everywhere by one of His energies. Krishna has innumerable energies, all of which are like Himself\'97Absolute; and He can appear to us by any one or more of
 these transcendental energies, and deliver the same effect as with any other or all energies. That is His greatness, called omnipotence. Wherever He is, He is Absolute. He can be present in Person, He can be present by representative, or He can be prese
nt by potencies. For instance, He can be present by His Name. Krishna\'92s Name is not different from Himself. In the relative world, of course, this is not true; if someone goes to my room and calls, \'93Swamiji, Swamiji,\'94 and I am not there personal
ly, it will do no good. I cannot answer. I am now limited to the sensory responses of this body. By mechanical technology I may be able to extend my voice to California, or even to the moon, but I can never extend it everywhere. But Krishna cannot be lim
ited, either in time or extent or in any other way. That is Absolute. So just imagine how great He is. He may not be present, but still He is present by His Name, otherwise great acharyas like Lord Chaitanya would not have bothered chanting His Holy Name
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The presence of Krishna\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  potency, however, can also be demonstrated practically. Take some beautiful word like }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rose}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Gertrude Stein could repeat it three times, \'93A rose is a rose is a rose,\'94 and still have a nice line of poetry, but one more repitition would have spoiled the whole thing. Or take the name of any famou
s personage, John, Julius, Mary or anything else, say it twenty times and you are bored. But you can chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare twenty-four hours a day and not get tired. It is
 the difference between relative and Absolute; Hare Krishna is coming directly from the spiritual platform where everything is eternal, and therefore each time you say Hare Krishna it is as new and fresh as the first time you heard it. So keep Krishna pr
esent by His Name; then what is the possibility of ignorance and delusion? Keep Him always on your tongue, and rigidly keep chanting offenselessly. Then He is surely with you, and there is no danger, no ignorance, no Maya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna is present not only by His Name; He is also present by His Fame. His Pastimes and Leela are also identical with Him, as are His
 Associates; therefore, when we speak of Narada, Vyasadeva, Lord Chaitanya, the Goswamins or other pure devotees, Krishna is there. Thus the whole of Srimad Bhagwatam is Krishna\'92s Presence\'97the discussions of the sages, the adventures of the Pandava
s, the fighting at Kurukshetra, as well as the events of His own life\'97everything is Krishna. It is just like a magnet: there may be one original magnet, but as soon as another piece of iron comes in contact with it, it too becomes a magnet. Everything
 that comes in contact with Krishna becomes Krishnized, or spiritualized, and regains its original transcendental purity. That is the greatness of Krishna Consciousness and the Bhagavad Gita\'97they teach us how to make all our activities, even apparentl
y mundane ones like fighting, spiritual. Just put everything in contact with Krishna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is an actual fact, but one has to realize it. The sun is present in the sunshine, although millions of miles away, and Krishna is 
the Sun of suns eternally emanating His Spiritual Energy, Brahmajyoti; and it is actually on this eternal effulgence from Krishna Loka that all other fires and light depend. Therefore Krishna says, \'93I am the light of the moon.\'94 \'93Of lights I am t
he radiant sun.\'94 \'93I am Agni, fire.\'94 Actually, however, the entire material and spiritual creation rests on this Brahmajyoti, and for that reason many transcendentalists are content to bask in its shine. They are called impersonalists, and their 
enquiry stops there. But the personalists want to know the Source of that glowing effulgence. The last verse of the Fourteenth Chapter of Gita states: \'93And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is immortal and imperishable, eternal, the cons
titutional position of ultimate happiness.\'94 Krishna alone is final.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must have the realization that Krishna alone is Absolute. This will come: it is simply a question of realization. And that realizati
on will come as we associate with one of Krishna\'92s energies. It has the same effect as meeting Krishna Personally, because He is Absolute, and there is no difference between seeing Him and hearing of Him. At the present stage of civilization we are pu
tting almost all of the stress on visual perception, but do we really suppose that spiritual understanding will come through our material eyes? We have many senses, and even on the mundane level the eye is not the most important The greatest part of the 
learning process is dependent on hearing, and it is the aural sense which is first to react to calamity, even during sleep. Hold a piece of paper with some message on it in front of a sleeping man and he will never wake up, but call him and he immediatel
y responds. On the Absolute or Spiritual platform we will gain the same understanding from all the senses, but hearing is best. When Krishna was present on this earth 5,000 years ago, so many could not understand Him, even though He was in range of their
 eyes. But one who has heard of Krishna by disciplic succession can understand perfectly. Therefore hearing is more important than touching, tasting or smelling, or even seeing. Sound can always reach us, even in sleep. So by Vedic principle, hearing is 
knowledge, and in the Bible also it is said \'93Faith cometh by hearing.\'94 And Lord Jesus frequently said: \'93He who hath ears to hear let him hear.\'94 Hearing from the authentic source is all-important, and if we hear in this way about Krishna, His 
Name, His Fame, His Associates, His Abode, His Pastimes or Activities, then He is present.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whereas Krishna is the light of Truth, Maya is the darkness of illusion and ignorance. Maya can no more come before Krishna than darkne
ss can approach the sun. Maya is actually a servant of Krishna, but due to the shameful nature of her work she has no access to that Great Person. Her task is also thankless for she is always dealing in miseries. She is always discharging her duty by inf
licting the four-fold miseries of material existence, namely, birth, old age, diseases, and death, but no one appreciates it. It is something like the police\'97unless they become ruthless they cannot execute their duty, and when they do, everyone dislik
es them. Even if a policeman should come to one of our kirtans to hear about Krishna, we would be very suspicious of his real intent. That is the nature of their work\'97no one likes them. So too, Maya can neither approach Krishna, nor is she liked by th
e conditioned soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conditioned soul, illusioned by Maya, thinks like a madman: \'93I am,\'94 \'93It is mine,\'94 \'93I am lord of all I survey,\'94 
\'93This is my country,\'94 \'93These are my children,\'94 \'93My home,\'94 \'93My father.\'94 Simply \'93me and mine.\'94 But Ishopanishad tells us that nothing is ours\'97everything belongs to Krishna! And Krishna Himself states: \'93With a single frag
ment of Myself I pervade and support these entire universes.\'94 (B.G.,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10/42) The whole world is mov
ing under a false impression (Maya) because men are claiming Krishna\'92s property as their own.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu tells us that if we wish to escape this great snare of Maya (\'93I,\'94 \'93me\'94 and \'93mine\'94) then we 
have to take to the process of Krishna consciousness. Krishna consciousness means association with Krishna, either with His Name, His Devotee, His Messages\'97every one of His energies which is Absolute. For this present age Lord Chaitanya has especially
 recommended the chanting of Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. This chanting at once removes the cloud of illusion from our minds and reveals that eternally effulgent form of Krishna. We ca
nnot imagine where there is sunshine and darkness simultaneously, nor can we imagine Krishna and Maya: but where Krishna is not, Maya is sure to be. So we must be very careful to chant Krishna\'92s Name always. This is the only path, and the more we make
 progress by chanting inoffensively, the more the consciousness of \'93I\'94 and \'93mine\'94 will vanish in exactly the same way that hunger and weakness disappear after sufficient food has been eaten. It is not a question of denial but satisfaction, an
d the more one is in Krishna consciousness the more satisfied he becomes. This is fact. Full Krishna consciousness may not come all at once, and some \'93weakness\'94 may linger for some time. But that does not matter, for we will surely attain the goal 
by Krishna\'92s Grace.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we fail to make progress on the Path, it is due to lack of surrender. In his book Teachings of Lord Chaitanya, Swami Bhaktivedanta o
utlines six phases of surrender: 1) accepting everything favorable to the discharge of devotional service; 2) rejecting everything unfavorable to devotional service; 3) being convinced that no one can protect him but Krishna; 4) accepting only Krishna as
 his maintainer, not demigods; 5) being conscious that his desires are not independent, and that unless Krishna fulfills them they cannot be fulfilled; and 6) always thinking himself as the most fallen, so that Krishna may take care of him. If we think o
f Krishna as an ordinary man, then there will be doubts, and the Path will be blocked; but if we clear our doubts, as we have a right to do, by approaching a self-realized Spiritual Master and inquiring of him submissively, he will instruct us about Kris
hna and all doubts will subside. We must not miscalculate the Lord because He sits on the lap of Mother Yasoda. He is still God. When Krishna was three months old, a great demon, a friend of Kansa, came to Vrindaban in the form of a beautiful young damse
l. She quickly made her way to Nanda Maharaj\'92s house and asked Mother Yasoda if she could please feed the beautiful young child. Being pure and simple, Krishna\'92s mother consented, not knowing that it was a well calculated plan of Kansa\'92s for dis
posing of the Lord. Being God Absolute, the Lord knew perfectly well that the demon\'92s breasts were filled with poison, and so He sucked her breasts, but also sucked out her very life, and she fell over dead in her original huge demon form. Yasoda scre
amed, \'93O God has saved my child.\'94 God is on her lap, but she says, \'93God has saved my child.\'94 That is called yogamaya. Her connection was one of love only. This can happen by supernatural Grace only, but these things must be studied, seen, and
 heard through the line of pure devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless we hear of Krishna perfectly, we cannot surrender perfectly; and how much we have surrendered, He knows. God is much more intell
igent than we. Prabhupada says, \'93He is at least two inches more intelligent\'97always.\'94 That is God eternally \'93two inches beyond.\'94 If we sincerely practice this Krishna consciousness, we can be linked on to that \'93two inches beyond,\'94 but
 if we refuse to surrender and continue to doubt. then we will never understand Krishna and difficulties will forever disturb us. If we simply revive our transcendental consciousness by chanting Hare Krishna, surely we will live in bliss eternally.
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li216\ri0\fi-216 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  HARE KRISHNA MANTRA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub recorded by the Radha Krishna Temple of London, produced by George Harrison on Apple label no. 1810.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $1.25 stereo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ******************************* 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li216\ri0\fi-216 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  HARE KRISHNA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace plays the lead mridungam drum and the Samkirtan Party of Los Angeles sings a new and inspiring  arr
angement. 
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ******************************* 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CHANTING THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA \line by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental vibration established by the chanting of HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE/ HARE RAMA, HARE RAM
A, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. As living spiritual souls, we are all originally Krishna conscious entities, but due to our association with matter from time immemorial, our consciousness is no
w adulterated by the material atmosphere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare Krishna is the transcendental process for reviving this original pure consciousness. By chanting this transcendental vibration, we
 can cleanse away all misgivings within our hearts. The basic principle of all such misgivings is the false consciousness that I am the lord of all I survey.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krishna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind. This consciousness is the original natural energy of the living enti
ty. When we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived. This simplest method is recommended for this age. By practical experience also, one can perceive that by the chanting of this Mantra, one can at once feel a , transcendental ec
stasy coming through from the spiritual stratum. There is no need to understand the language of the Mantra, nor is there any need for mental speculation, nor any intellectual adjustment for chanting this Maha Mantra. It is automatic, from the spiritual p
latform, and as such anyone can take part in vibrating this transcendental sound without any previous qualifications. One shows the first symptom of this in the urge to dance along with the chanting of the Mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word "Hare" is the form of addressing the energy of the Lord, and the words "Krishna" and "Rama" are forms of addressing the Lord H
imself. Both Krishna and Rama means the Supreme Pleasure, and Hara is the Supreme Pleasure-Energy of the Lord. The Supreme Pleasure Energy of the Lord helps us to reach the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This chanting is exactly like the genuine cry of a child for its mother's presence. Mother Hara helps the devotee to achieve the Lord F
ather's Grace, and the Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this Mantra sincerely.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No other means of spiritual realization is as effective in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy as is the Hare Krishna Mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Send this coupon or facsimile today !
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please rush me Postage Paid the following records checked below:
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stereo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $5.00
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] 2. HARE KRISHNA ALBUM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mono}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $3.00
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\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Apple stereo no. 1810}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $1.25
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] 4. HARE KRISHNA 45 rpm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub L.A. Samkirtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $1.00
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Great Chant
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Great Chant
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Sung with thousands of others, or while sitting in solitude, the Maha Mantra awakens love of God, the ultimate end of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O my Lord! Your Holy Name alone can render all benediction upon the living beings, and therefore You have hundreds and millions of Name
s, like Krishna, Govinda, etc. In these transcendental Names You have invested all Your transcendental energies, and there is no hard and fast rule for chanting these Holy Names. O my Lord! You have so kindly made approach to You easy by Your Holy Names,
 but, unfortunate as I am, I have no attraction for Them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One can chant the Holy Name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street, more tolerant t
han the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and ready to offer all respects to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the Holy Name of the Lord constantly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O my Lord! when shall my eyes be decorated with tears of love, flowing constantly while I chant Your Holy Name? When will my words be c
hoked up when uttering the Holy Name? And when will all the holes of hair on my body have eruptions by the recitation of Your Name?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Sikshastak, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub verses 2, 3 & 6)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo's back-page:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "IN THIS AGE OF KALI PEOPLE WHO ARE ENDOWED WITH SUFFICIENT BRAIN SUBSTANCE WILL WORSHIP THE LORD, WHO IS ACCOMPANIED
 BY HIS ASSOCIATES, BY PERFORMANCE OF THE SAMKIRTAN YAJNA OF CHANTING HARE KRISHNA."\line \'97SRIMAD BHAGWATAM
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine no. 3
2, 1970
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 50c
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On The Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub On The Cover
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the cover is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu leading a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9r
tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  chanting party through the streets of Puri in India, 480 years ago. The five-thousand-year-old Vedic scriptures foretell the appearance of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu: \'93In the 
age of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kali}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Supreme Lord comes as one who always chants the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose comple
xion is golden.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 11/5/32) Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was about twenty years o
ld when He began His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, and yet He led crowds of hundreds of thousands in ecstati
c chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The key to the success of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement is that it is simply joyful\'97it is pleasing to the Lord and it is pleasing to the devotee. In the present 
age blissful, eternal spiritual life is available to anyone who sincerely chants the names of God. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu distributed this universal benediction all over India, even encouraging the wild animals in the jungles to dance and swoon in ecstas
y at the singing of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A Vai\'f1\'ebava poet in the disciplic line of Lord Caitanya expresses his desires to fully appreciate this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement: \'93When will the time come when there will be shivering of my body simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Caitanya? And when will tears glide down from my eyes simply by chanting
 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!\'94 Just as the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement was started by young boys, so it
 is appealing mainly to young people of today. The disciples of A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, a spiritual master in direct descent from Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, are spreading the present Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement among the youth of the Western cou
ntries, and the devotees are now spreading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub throughout the whole world. This dynamic }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement has as its goal the awakening of the dormant love of God in all people of all rac
es and religions. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chanters are practically demonstrating all over the world that the understanding of one\'92s joyful relationship with God is revealed by the chanting process. And this is due to the mercy of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabh
u, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and who is revealed only through the mercy of His pure devotee, the spiritual master. Lord Caitanya and all the spiritual masters of the disciplic succession kindly request: \'93Please chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Pioneer of the Program for Benedicting the Entire World with K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness by the Instructions of Lord Caitanya
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boston\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Massachusetts\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 40 North Beacon Street\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boulder\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Colorado\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buffalo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 40 Englewood Ave.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Columbus\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ohio\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 318 E. 20th A
venue\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Detroit\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Michigan\cell\sl240\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hamburg\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub West Germany\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 65 Bartelsstrasse\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2016 McKinley St.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Laguna Beach\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
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omsbury\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Los Angeles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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ka Ave.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Montreal\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3720 Park Avenue\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paris\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
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\nosupersub 416 South l0th. St.\cell}
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hode Island\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20 Doyle Steet\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Saint Louis}{\b0
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souri\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4558 Laclede Avenue\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco
\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 518 Frederick Street\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Santa Barbara\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0
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}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5516 Roosevelt Way\cell}
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\s2057 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub _________________________________________
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paintings on cover and page 24 by Jadur\'e4nidev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Boston). Magazine layout and design by Aravinda das Brah
mac\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Boston).
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 38 N. Beacon St., Boston, Mass
. 02134. All material \'a9 1970, ISKCON Press. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is available by subscription. Printed in J
apan.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founded In 1944 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb360 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhup\'e4da A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, who came fro
m India on the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhup\'e4da is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Caitanya appeared in India, and from there back still fur
ther\'975000 years\'97to the time when K\'e5\'f1\'eba first spoke The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to His disciple
 Arjuna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no fi
nancial charge for learning K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . The gist of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with the interests of the Supreme Enjoyer, the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The writer writes articles for 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The householders raise children in the science of God, and husband and wife live in mutual co-operation for spiri
tual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness means regular chanting in the temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of Krishna. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is not an idler\'92s philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the service of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, anyone who takes part will experience the state of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , ecstatic absorption in God-
consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is non-sectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by cha
nting the Holy Name of God and by hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Without knowledge and realization and 
loving service to the One Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Movement, and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction made by Lord Caitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can re
al peace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE/\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,
\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF ISKCON WRITE: ISKCON\'97BOSTON FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 London Town Town Lecture
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LONDON TOWN HALL LECTURE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [This lecture, delivered September 15, 1969 at Town Hall in London, is His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhupada\'92s first public address in Eng
land.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for your coming to this meeting. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtan }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement is very authorized, according to the Vedic literature. Most of you are well acquainted with the studies of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you will find that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93After many births, the man of wisdom seeks refuge in Me, knowing that V\'e4sudeva is everything.\'94 After many, many births. Of co
urse at the present moment they do not believe that there is birth after death, but it is not a question of whether you believe or do not believe. The truth is there. So there is birth after death. You do not die after finishing this body; you simply acc
ept another body. That you can experience daily. In your childhood you can remember that you had a body just like a child\'92s. Now you are grown up, and so where is that body? That body is gone. Now you have a new body, but you know that you once had a 
childhood body. Actually transmigration of the soul is a very simple subject. Any sensible man can understand it. And in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the very beginning of the instruction, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that those who are sober and intelligent are not bewildered when a living entity changes his body. Change of body is going on at every moment, at e
very second, imperceptively. Medical science also accepts that at every second our bodies are changing. That is a fact. Our bodies are changing every moment, and the final change is called death. But actually there is no death. You simply accept another 
body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that after many, many births of struggle or attempts to acquire knowledge, when one comes to the summit point 
of understanding, he understands that the Origin of everything is V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And the first aphorism of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says that this human form of life is meant for inquiring about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Brahman. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am not this body. I am spirit soul.\'94 And when one understands that he is spirit soul, he at once becomes joyful. That is the sign of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-bh\'fcta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as one realizes that he is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Brahman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that he has nothing to do with this material world, then all anxieties immediately leave. Finished. And in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you will also find that the spirit soul and the Supreme Soul are both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub blissful. By nature they are blissful, always wanting to enjoy. That is the nature of spirit. But at the present moment, because we have forgotten that 
we are spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and have identified ourselves with something else, something which is transitory, we are suffering.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually we are not products of this material world, but we are thinking, \'93I am American, I am Indian. I am Englishman. I am German.
 I am Chinaman. I\'92m Russian, or I am a cat or dog.\'94 There are so many. These are all designations. But by realizing \'93I am }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am part and parcel of the Supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub qualitatively I
 become one with God, just as a particle of gold is also gold. So qualitatively I am one with God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please understand I mean God, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba means all attractive. Without being all attractive
, one cannot be God. God must be all attractive, all opulent, all merciful, all luminous, all renounced, all beautiful. These are the qualifications of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cultivation of knowledge is not easy for everyone. That is also stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of many millions of human beings, one may be interested to know what is the aim of life, one may ask, \'93Why am I suffering?\'94 Eve
ryone is suffering. That is a fact. In this material world nobody can be happy. If one is thinking he is happy materially, he is a fool. Nobody can be happy here, for this is the place for distress. It is certified by the scriptural law: This place is fo
r misery. And we also learn that it is temporary. Even if we accept that although this is just a miserable place, we shall stay here, nonetheless, we shall not be allowed to stay. One day death will come and immediately kick us out. We have seen that the
 great President of the United States, Mr. Kennedy, who was supposed to be the happiest man in the world, was kicked out within a second. In our country, Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi was a very popular leader, but in a second he was removed from the field. So we
 do not know when we shall be removed immediately by the freaks of nature. Therefore, the intelligent man should try to know his constitutional position. \'93I want to stay, but some super power kicks me out of this place. Why?\'94 This is the question. 
The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  instructs that human beings should not remain ignorant. You should question why y
ou are suffering these threefold miseries. \'93I do not want death. Why does death overcome me?\'94 An intelligent man should always keep before him the four principles of misery: birth, death, old age and disease. These are the instructions of the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is maki
ng progress in knowledge must keep before him these four problems. You may be very much proud of your scientific advancement of knowledge, but here is the real science. If you overcome birth, death, old age, and disease, then you are advancing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, that after properly executing your duty as Indian or American or Englishman or scientist or businessman or father or mother, if you do not develop your anxiety to inquire about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then you have wasted your life This is the beginnin
g of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People are interested in studying }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not a matter of speculation. It is to be studied from the authorities. So if after executing your duties very properly, you do not develop your consciousness to know about yourself or the Supreme Self, then whateve
r you have done is simply a waste of time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This message of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, is to warn you, \'93Don\'92t spoil this opportunity, this hu
man form of life. Don\'92t spoil it.\'94 Eating, sleeping, mating and defending are common to the animals and the human beings. You eat; the animals eat. You sleep; the animals sleep. You mate; the animals mate. You are afraid of your enemy; animals are 
also afraid of their enemy. So by discovering very palatable dishes to eat, or fashionable dresses for sex life or atom bombs for defending, by advancing in these principles only, you are no better than the animals. You are only as good as animals.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Sanskrit, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means constitutional position which you cannot change. For instance, sugar is sweet. If you say, \'93Oh, this sugar is salty,\'94 it is not sugar. So sweetness is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of sugar. That is real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not that today I accept Hinduism, the next day I accept Christianity, or the next day I accept Mohammedanism. These are not }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you cannot change.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not possible to change. And what is that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma?}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93You give up all speculative nonsense. Just surrender unto Me.\'94 To surrender unto the Supreme Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is real religio
n. And all sects and faiths are rituals to lead one to that point. Real religion is surrendering unto the Supreme Lord. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that after many, many births, when man is actually intelligent, he surrenders unto the Supreme Lord. The
n he is mah\'e4tm\'e4. And what are the symptoms of mah\'e4tm\'e4? Those who are mah\'e4tm\'e4s are not under the control of this material nature. They are under the control of the spiritual nature. And what are the symptoms of one under the control of t
he spiritual nature? That is also explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is fully surrendered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and always engaged in glorifying His activities. The mah\'e4tm\'e4 is also always very careful about executing devotional service. He is always o
ffering obeisances. In this way he enjoys and is satisfied. These are the signs of mah\'e4tm\'e4. There are so many theories on how to become liberated, how to become a mah\'e4tm\'e4 how to become a religionist, how to become a philosopher, but real succ
ess in life is to become broadminded. Mah\'e4tm\'e4 means broad-mind. They do not think \'93I am this, or I am that, I am Hindu; I am Muslim; I am Christian; I am Indian I am German; I am Englishman.\'94 No. The mah\'e4tm\'e4 is freed from all designatio
ns. When I think \'93I am Englishman, or I am Indian,\'94 this is only my designation, because as soon as I change this body and accept another body, then all of this is immediately finished. Just like President Kennedy. President Kennedy and his philoso
phy are all finished. Now you do not know where Mr. Kennedy is and what he is doing. But he has a body; that is a fact. That I have already explained. But now you do not know where he is, nor does he know that he was President, or this or that. This is c
alled illusion, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says, \'93My dear friends, my dear brothers, why are you being washed away by the waves of this illusion? Yo
u\'92ve been thrown into the ocean and are being washed away by the waves.\'94 Similarly, by the waves of this material nature we are being washed from one body to another, but actually we do not want this. Actually, every one of us wants a permanent bod
y, a permanent position, a permanent life, a blissful life, a life of knowledge. But you do not know how to get it because you do not care to know. Everything is here. You don\'92t have to study many books; just study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have therefore published th
is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  without any nonsensical interpretations. As it is. When you attain this k
nowledge, you\'92ll know what you are meant for.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This movement is meant to revive your original consciousness. Original consciousness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And the other con
sciousness which you have now acquired is superficial, temporary. \'93I am Indian, I am this, I am that.\'94 These are all superficial. Real consciousness is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm
\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya, who started this movement 500 years ago in Bengal, India, immediately informs you
 that your real identity, your real constitutional position, is that of being part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God. From this you can understand what your duty is. This hand is part and parcel of your body. What is the duty of this hand? To serve the
 body. That\'92s all. The hand cannot enjoy independently. It is not possible. If you cut off this hand from this body and throw it into the street, nobody will care for it. It becomes ugly and useless. But so long as it is attached to this body, it is w
orth millions and trillions of dollars. If there is any trouble with it, you will spend any amount to save it, but when this hand is detached from this body, you don\'92t care if it is trampled upon by any man. So this is our position. We are part and pa
rcel of the Supreme Lord. If we remain attached to the Supreme, then we have value. Otherwise we have no value. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just be attached to Me. Then your all problems are solved.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is there. You can see that there are now twenty branches in Europe and America and the boys and girls
 are neither Hindu nor Indian. In the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, I am the only Indian. How is it others are taking it? Because it is there. It is in you. It is in me, in everyone. We simply have to invoke it, that\'92s all. And that
 invoking process is this Sa\'eck\'e9rtan Movement. If you chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, your heart will become cleared and you will under
stand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This movement is neither manufactured, nor bogus, nor bluff. It is genuine and authorized. Try to understand this philosophy. We are te
aching no new philosophy. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as it is, that\'92s all. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is read all over the world, but unfortunately there are many rascal interpreters who are poisoning the whole thing
. But just try to understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as it is, and the goods will be immediately delivered.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in describing the condition of this age of Kali, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said that at the end of this age the condition will be ver
y horrible. So after explaining the difficulties of this age, Kali-yuga (of which 5,000 years we have already passed and of which 427,000 years are still remaining), \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, \'93My dear King, I have explained to you the difficulty
 and resultive condition of this age, Kali-yuga, but there is a great opportunity in this age. And what is that? Simply by chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, one can become freed from all contamination and be eligible for promotion to the spiritua
l kingdom which is beyond this dark region.\'94 This material world is darkness. For instance, there is no sun now. It is dark, so we have to illuminate by electric light, by moonlight, by so many things. Actually, the nature of this world is darkness. T
herefore the basic injunction is, \'93Don\'92t remain in this darkness. Go to that effulgent region.\'94 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says the same thing. Everything is there in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So our requ
est is that you read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is my request. I am not charging anything; I 
am not making a profession. This Sa\'eck\'e9rtan Movement is free. Not that it is a secret thing and if you pay me something then I shall give you some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is an open secret. If you chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no loss, but there is great gain. You can try it. We are f
reely distributing it by chanting. Join with us and try to understand this philosophy. We have a monthly magazine, \'93Back to Godhead,\'94 and many publications, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As It Is, Teachings of Lord Chaitanya.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you want to understand this movement through philosophy, science, argument, we are prepared. But if you simply chant, there is no need of education nor philosophiz
ing. Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, and you will gain everything. Thank you.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 London Airport Press Conference
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LONDON AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [The following is a press conference given upon Prabhup\'e4da\'92s arrival in England, September 11, 1969. These are the first words he spoke to his English audience
.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: I am personally not very much fond of receptions. I want to know how people give reception to this movement. That is my purpose.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: How long will you be in England?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: I am coming here for the second time. Last time in 1967, when I was going to India, I stayed here for two days and then went away. Practically this i
s the first time I have come.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: And for how long now?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: That I do not know. I have so many fathers and mothers to take care of me. So as long as they keep me here I can stay.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: Can I ask if this is a very special welcome for you, or is this a performance that you do each day?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: No, wherever I go, I have my disciples. In the Western countries, I have about twenty centers, especially in America and Canada. The American boys ar
e very enthusiastic. I got in Los Angeles and San Francisco a very great reception, and at the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 Festival about 10,000 boys and girls followed me for seven miles.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: What are you trying to teach, sir?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: I am trying to teach what you have forgot. That is God. Some of you are saying there is no God. Some of you are saying God is dead, and some of you a
re saying God is impersonal or void. These are all nonsense. I want to teach that there is God. That is my mission. Any nonsense can come to me; I can prove that there is God. That is my mission. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is a challenge to the ath
eistic people. There is God. We are sitting here face to face; similarly you can see God face to face if you are sincere and if you are serious. But unfortunately we are trying to forget God. Therefore we are embracing so many miseries of life. So I am s
imply preaching that you be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and be happy. Don\'92t be swayed away by this nonsense, by the waves of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or illusion. That is my mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: Is this chanting essential to the sustenance of your faith?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: This chanting is the process of clearing the dust accumulated on the heart. Our relationship with God is eternal. It cannot be broken. But due to the
 contact of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we are trying to forget Him. But if we chant this Holy Name of God, Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will not act, and we shall very quickly understand our relationsh
ip with God. That is the process. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is said that those who are miscreants, rascals and the lowest of the mankind and atheistic do not know what is God. But those who are virtuous or those who are inquisitive will try and understand what i
s God. So my appeal to you is that you try to understand this movement, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is not a bogus movement. It is scientific, authorized. Any scientist, any philosopher, any logician may come, and we shall prove that there is God an
d that we have an eternal relationship with Him. So if you want happiness, then you must take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Otherwise the human race is doomed. Anyone who has no God consciousness has no qualifications, however academical
ly rich he may be. His only qualification is mental concoction, that\'92s all. So we reject all this nonsense. We simply accept a sincere soul who wants to dedicate his life for God\'92s service. These boys and girls who are following me are very elevate
d; they are not ordinary boys and girls. They have taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Their quality is greater than that of any mundane erudite scholar. For one who has developed K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, love of God, all good qualities will auto
matically develop in him. Bring anyone in this world to test any one of our boys. You will find how much difference there is in their character, in their feeling and consciousness. If you want peaceful society, then you must make people God conscious, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Then everything will be automatically solved. Otherwise your so-called United Nations will not help.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: Mr. Billy Graham makes people God conscious in a different way. Can you tell me what you think of him?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: I do not know what is Billy Graham, but I am following the Vedic principles, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as it is. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that you give up all nonsense occup
ations and simply surrender unto Him, and He will take charge of you and give you protection. This is our philosophy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: Can I ask you several questions about your general attitude about things going on around us? For instance, what do you feel about man going to the moon?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: This is simply a waste of time. I already commented on this when I was in San Francisco. The reporters asked me this very question and I gladly repli
ed that it is simply a waste of time and a waste of money. That\'92s all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: What about something very much nearer to ourselves in this country, and that is of war, or civil disturbance going on, between Christians.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: We are not Christian nor Hindu nor Muslim. We are God\'92s servants. That\'92s all. With anyone who is God\'92s servant, there is no disagreement. Bu
t when one is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  servant, servant of illusion, then there is disagreement. That syst
em of religion is first-class which teaches how to love God. That\'92s all. It doesn\'92t matter whether it is Christian religion, Mohammedan religion or Hindu religion. We can see if the follower of the religion has learned how to love God, then his rel
igion is perfect. Otherwise it is useless.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: So you don\'92t think it\'92s worth going to such places as Ireland and trying to talk to the people out there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: This is our talking: first-class religion is that which teaches how to love God. Try to understand this. This is a simple process.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: Yes, but don\'92t you think it\'92s worth going over there to help them?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: We can see. Suppose you are Christian. If you have developed your sense of loving God, then you are perfect. But instead of loving God, if you have d
eveloped your sense of loving dog, then you have wasted your time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Prabhup\'e4da is suddenly informed that his car is waiting, and he prepares to leave the terminal.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: I just want to know how old you are.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: I am 74 years old. I was born in 1896.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: Whereabouts?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: In India. Calcutta.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: Are you married, sir?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: Yes, I have my sons, and they have sons. My wife is living. But I have no connection with them. I am a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'85 renounced order.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: You say you have no connection with your family.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: No.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: Why?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: Because I have taken }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . I have dedicated my life for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: I see.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: That is the Vedic system: a certain portion of your life you should simply dedicate for God. That is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: To do this, did you have to divorce?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: No. There is no question of divorce. We do not even know what divorce is. In our country there is no divorce. Wife and husband, once combined, there 
is no question of separation, in all circumstances, either in distress or in happiness. Our modern politicians have introduced this divorce law, otherwise, according to Hindu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M
anu-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub there is no divorce law.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: When did you renounce your family?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: In 1959.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: How are they managing without you?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: They are managing. My sons are grown up and are earning. My wife is also a rich man\'92s daughter; she has some property. So they have no problems.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub REPORTER: Do you ever see them at all?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUP\'c4DA: I cannot see, at least, my wife. But if my sons and daughters come to see me, I can see them. But my wife I cannot see. That is the system of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot see his wife again. Renunciation means renouncing connection with woman, renouncing sex life. That is renunciation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Prabhup\'e4da is escorted to a car which takes him from the airport to the London temple.]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pras\'e4dam: Food for the Body, Food for the Soul and Food for God.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRAS\'c4DAM: FOOD FOR THE BODY, 
FOOD FOR THE SOUL AND FOOD FOR GOD.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Sw\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means food for the body, food for the soul and fo
od for God. More specifically, it is food which has been sanctified by special selection and preparation and then offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, in love and devotion. Cooking for God? How absurd that sounds to the sophisticates of this modern age! How a
nthropomorphic! Even most transcendentalists will smile a smile of condescension at the suggestion: cooking for God! But why not? We cook for every conceivable nonsensical purpose. Why not cook instead for the Lord? Why shouldn\'92t this most important a
nd central activity of life be dedicated to the Supreme? Why not cook transcendentally?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not so naive as to suggest that God needs our food, but we are suggesting that we need God to bless the energy of our hands, and
 thus to sustain us by means of daily bread. He does this by accepting and eating the food which we prepare and offer to Him, and then giving it back to us in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4d
am.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water, I will accept it. O son of Kunt\'e9, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as 
well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 9/2
6-27) Of course, He doesn\'92t need food; He is Supreme, Absolute. He is full of all opulences, namely, wealth, fame, beauty, strength, knowledge and renunciation. He is never in need or want of anything. Still, He asks His devotee to offer Him these sim
ple fruits of the earth. The key word is devotion. Twice it is used: \'93If in full devotion a pure devotee offers a little leaf, a little flower, a little fruit with a little water, because he offers it with great devotion, the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead accepts them and eats them.\'94 So it is not as if the Lord were in need of something; He is fully satisfied in Himself. Indeed, He is EVERYTHING. So whatever we are offering Him, be it a grain or a fruit, it is already His; it is not, and never wa
s, \'93ours.\'94 But out of His Causeless Mercy, He is so kind to His devotees that any small offering given }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub He accepts and eats. The Lord is not hungry for our food, but for our hearts; He is not wanting for our substance, but for our consciousness, our love, our union.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is why }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is \'93mercy.\'94 In shopping, in preparation, in eating, we are given a chance to remain conscious of Him, to be engaged in His transcendental loving service. This is why the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotion, is so stressed\'97it is this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bha
kti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which makes the Supreme Lord \'93transcendentally hungry.\'94 Even the greatest banquet cooked by the most renowned chef has no appeal to one who is not hungry; so, too, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'92s acceptance of our gifts is dependent upon His being \'93hungry\'94; and only our love and devotion can do that. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 writes: \'93The devotee is so humble and submissive to the Supreme Lord that
 whenever he prepares something for the Lord, he takes all care to finish the preparation nicely. And for such offering a devotee asks nothing. It is the exchange of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub love. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub love }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is accepted by the Supreme L
ord, and He eats \'85 Therefore, devotional service is the only way to offer anything to the Supreme Lord, to understand the Supreme Lord, to be in the confidence of the Supreme Lord, and to go back to the Supreme Abode of the Supreme Lord.\'94 Devotiona
l service begins with the chanting of the Lord\'92s Holy Names, as in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4 Mantra: HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE/ HARE R
\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA, R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the first great activity of transcendental service, and the next is to prepare and offer food to the Lord. There are a nu
mber of reasons for doing so. First of all, K\'e5\'f1\'eba commands it: \'93The devotees of the Lord are released from all sins because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat 
only sin.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All living bodies subsist on food grains; food grains are produced from rains, rains come from
 performance of sacrifice, and sacrifice is born of man\'92s work.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 3/13-14). Here, then,
 the Lord asserts that EVERYTHING belongs to and comes from Him alone. It is already His, but He invites us to take it and offer it to Him }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub first}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and then eat the remnants for our bodily demands.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, because everything belongs to Him, we have no right to take anything we please, but only what He allots us; and our allotmen
t, according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is what can be offered to Him: a leaf, a fruit, etc. At no point does He ask us to offer meat, or fish, or eggs; but, on the contrary, the prohibition against a
nimal slaughter is so strong that even if one has only an indirect dealing with animal slaughter, such as selling or transporting, he is guilty of murder and must pay a murderer\'92s price. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1/7/37}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore, we cannot offer Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba animal flesh, and to do so is an offense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If I am preparing a dinner for my friend and I know he does not like spinach, I do not fix spinach. I go to all pains to prepare only t
hose things which he likes. That is the meaning of friendship. If one has no regard for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s wishes, how can he claim to be the Lord\'92s friend? If we want to cook nicely for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must dovetail our desires with His desires, 
and that is clearly expressed in the above-quoted verses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is another reason why we must offer our food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba if we wish to make spiritual progress. Not only are we thieves if 
we do not, but we become further implicated in the wheel of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by sinful reactions. That every
 action has a reaction is as true in regard to our personal behavior as in the laboratory test tube. The slaying of life automatically provokes a like result upon the slayer, and if I sustain myself on another\'92s life, at some point my life will be dem
anded in return. That is nature\'92s law.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This applies equally to those who take animal life and to those who take plant life. Life is life, and the slayer will be slain. Then w
hat is the difference? The difference is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says we may offer the leaves and flowers to Him, and by accepting them He also accepts all the sinful reactions, leaving the purified remnants, free from all reactions, for our consumption. But
 those who eat that which is not offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or that which K\'e5\'f1\'eba will not accept, are left with all the reactions on their own heads. That is why the Lord says: \'93The devotees of the Lord are released from all sins because they 
eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin\'85\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  3/13)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, the devotee\'92s primary concern is not for himself, nor even for liberation, but always for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore suita
ble foodstuffs\'97suitable, that is, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97are the concern of the pure devotee: vegetables should be fresh and appealing to the eye, grains should be wholesome, fruits large and sweet, and milk fresh and pure. Obviously, living under the 
conditions of the modern metropolis, these are often impossible to procure\'97at least on our budgets; but we must do the best we can. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 No canned foods\'97please!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having selected the items for preparation, our next concern is cleanliness. Since it is the Supreme for whom we are engaging our energy
, we want to be super-hygienic\'97not for ourselves, but for Him. Wash your hands thoroughly as soon as you come into the kitchen; wash the food as you prepare it; use nothing that touches the floor or other contaminated areas, such as the sink and garba
ge pail, unless it can be cleansed. In all preparations, use only fresh things; no left-overs should be mixed in (they should not even be in the kitchen, but rather kept in a specific area of the dining room). Remember, we are cooking for the Supreme, an
d that which has been offered once should not be offered a second time. And, as good Vai\'f1\'ebavas, we refrain from using garlic, onion, mushroom, and from mixing salt with fresh milk (although there is no restriction with any other kind of milk cultur
e).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, and probably hardest for American cooks, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub don\'92t ta
ste the food during preparation\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not even to see if it is seasoned properly. I know that it is difficult, but it is worthwhile; we are cooking for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He must be
 the first to relish it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the food is nicely prepared, we offer it back to the Source from which everything emanates. If we remember that His \'93hunger
\'94 is proportional to our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub love, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the offering is sure to be successful. Simply place }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub love, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and a generous portion of each item to be offered, on a plate or metal tray, along with a glass of fresh water, and se
t it before the Deity. Then prostrate yourself and pray:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Lord, this material body is a place of ignorance, and the senses are a network of paths to death. Somehow, we have fallen into this o
cean of material sense enjoyment, and of all the senses the tongue is most voracious and uncontrollable; it is very difficult to conquer the tongue in this world. But You, dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are very kind to us, and have given us such nice }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub just to control the tongue. So now we take that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to our full satisfaction, and glorify You, Lord\'97R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and in love call for the help of Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4na
nda.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 KITTRIE
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 cup}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rice\line 1 cup}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub split peas\line 2 potatoes\line 1 cauliflower\line 8
 cups water\line 1 teasp. red pepper\line 1 teasp. Cumin\line 1 teasp. Salt\line 1 teasp. Turmeric\line 4 teasp. ghee or sweet butter
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First wash rice and vegetables thoroughly. Measure water and pour into a pot. Add the rice, split peas, potatoes and cauliflower, then turmeric and salt. Boil light
ly on high flame, with the pot covered. After 25 minutes, mixture should reach a thick consistency, with no water remaining in the pot.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now in a separate pot heat ghee on very high flame. When the ghee begins to smoke, add cumin seeds and red pepper, and add mixture to kittrie. Stir in nicely. Serve
s four.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CUDDY (Sauce for Kittrie)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 cup yogurt\line 3 cups water\line \'bc cup chick pea flour\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 teasp. Salt\line 1 teasp. Turmeric
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (chaunch)\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'bd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub teasp. red pepper\line \'bd}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub teasp. cumin seeds\line 2 teasp. ghee or sweet butter
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix yogurt, water and chick pea flour in a pot. When mixed, heat on a medium flame. Add turmeric and salt. Stir frequently. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaunch (spicing process):
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a separate pot, heat ghee until it smokes. Then add cumin seeds, red pepper and asafetida. Add mixture to cuddy and stir. Serves four.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CHAPORRIES
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2 cups whole wheat flour\line approx. \'bd cup water
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mix flour with water and knead until dough reaches a soft consistency. Make into balls about the size of golf balls, and with a rolling pin roll into a circular sha
pe about \'bd inch in diameter. Deep-fry in ghee or vegetable oil (preferably ghee) until blown up like balloons. Serves four.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SWEET RICE
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 gallon whole milk\line 1 cup rice\line 2 cups sugar
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wash rice thoroughly and add to milk, while stirring on a medium high flame. Stir constantly, until it reaches the consistency of pudding. Then stir in sugar. Make 
sure that nothing sticks to the bottom of the pot while cooking. Takes approximately 45 minutes. Refrigerate and serve cold. Serves four.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SPICED VEGETABLES
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2 potatoes\line 1 cauliflower\line 1 teasp. Salt\line 1 \'bd cups water\line \'bd teasp. crushed red pepper\line 1 teasp. c
umin seeds\line 4 teasp. ghee or sweet butter
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cut potatoes and cauliflower into small pieces. Heat ghee in frying pan over a very high flame, until it begins to smoke. Now add cumin seeds and red pepper, and le
t brown. Add potato and cauliflower to ghee and sprinkle on turmeric and salt. When all is mixed, add water. Cook vegetables in covered pot until soft. Serves four.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PERA OR LADDU
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 cup chick pea flour\line \'bc lb. sweet butter\line 1 cup powdered sugar
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melt butter on low flame. When butter is melted, add chick pea flour. When flour starts to tan (which takes about ten minutes), add powdered sugar and continue stir
ring until sugar has mixed in evenly with flour. Let cool, then roll into little balls. Serves four.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recipes contributed by \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m
\'e4 das Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Avat\'e4ras of Godhead
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE AVAT\'c4RAS OF GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97}{\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Nayana Abhiram das Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literatures such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7r\'e9m
ad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, Padma Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc. all confirm Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the original manifestation of Godhead. This is proclaimed in the open
ing verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as follows: \'93Oh my Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Son of Vasud
eva, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I meditate upon Thee because Thou art the Absolute Truth, the Primeval Cause of all causes, and the Creator, Maintainer and Destroyer of these manifested universes. It is Thou only who imparted first the Ved
ic knowledge unto the heart of the original living being, Brahmaji.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 declares: \'93I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, the First Progenitor who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, w
ho is surrounded by millions of purpose-trees and who is always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lak\'f1m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Vai\'f1\'ebava teachings, there are five fundamental manifestations of God. They are the Lord, His expansion, His internal
 energy, His perfect devotee and His Avat\'e4ra. An }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Avat\'e4ra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by definition, is one who descends from t
he Spiritual Sky in order to perform a specific function which cannot be accomplished by any ordinary living being. Whenever Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba advents Himself on the earth, it is to succor the devotees and annihilate the demons. For example, at the daw
n of creation, when the demons threw the Earth planet into the muddiest regions of the nether world, K\'e5\'f1\'eba advented Himself as Var\'e4ha, the Boar Incarnation, defeated the demon Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a with one slap of His hoof and scooped the eart
h from the mud with His tusks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are innumerable Avat\'e4ras of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub C
aitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they are classified as follows:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Three Puru\'f1a Avat\'e4ras: Kara\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1nu and K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y
\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. The first Puru\'f1a incarnation, Kara\'ebodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu or Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, is the expanded four-armed Form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93Vi\'f1\'ebu\'94 means He is all-pervading, omnipresent and omniscient, and \'93Puru
\'f1a\'94 means that He is the Supreme Enjoyer. The Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is the Lord of all material creation, the Creator of countless millions of individual souls (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and the source of thousands of Avat\'e4ras. Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu reposes in the vast expanse of water known as the spiritual Causal Ocean, in which He remains in a state of divine sle
ep called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga-nidr\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu is so boundless that in one exhalation the pores of His skin
 secrete bubbles containing seeds of myriad universes. With each inhalation the universes are consumed within His Body and with each exhalation they are sent forth again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu enters into each universe as His plenary portion Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. Upon entering each universe a
nd finding it empty, Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu perspires and fills half of it with an ocean of sweat. The Lord then rests on Ananta, an expansion in the form of Infinite Couch bearing seven serpent heads. From the navel pit of the Garbhodaka
\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu springs the stem of a lotus, upon which is born four-headed Brahm\'e4, the father of all living entities, including the various demigods. Within the lotus stem are located the 14 divisions of planetary systems, with the earth pl
anets in the middle.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu is the next further expansion of Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu who enters into every ato
m and every individual soul in each universe. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that
 He is present in everyone\'92s heart and from Him come memory and forgetfulness. This presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in the Form of the K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or Supersoul. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is described that He is the size of the thumb and is seated in the human heart. The idea of the Lord\'92s accompanying every living entity as Supersoul is His Causeless Mercy. Everyone in the material world is under
stood to be here due to forgetting his superior loving relationship with the Supreme Lord. Because every living entity has a minute amount of free will, K\'e5\'f1\'eba allows them to come into this material world of ignorance, for an attempt to enjoy in 
rebellion against the Supreme Lord. But it is His great kindness that He accompanies His parts and parcels wherever they go. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Katha Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gives the example that two birds are dwelling within the tree of the body. One bird (the individual living entity) is engaged in tasting the different fruits of the tree of the body\'97sometimes bitter, someti
mes sweet. The other bird (the Supersoul, Vi\'f1\'ebu) is witnessing, aloof, and simply waiting for the time when the other bird will turn to Him as friend. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means to turn to the Supersoul or God within the heart and receive d
ictation from Him. This dictation from within, along with the dictation of the spiritual master from without, forms the parallel tracks for sure success in going back to the Kingdom of God. According to the authorized Yoga system as taught in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and Pata\'efjali }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga-
s\'fctras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the goal of Yoga practice is to see this Form of Vi\'f1\'ebu in the heart. He is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as very beautiful, of transcendental bluish hue, four-armed, bearing conch, wheel, lotus flower and club. The yog\'e9 is advised to meditate not on some
 abstract target or void but\'97when his vision is purified\'97he should fix on the smiling face of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Vi\'f1\'ebu the all-powerful Lord is seen in the heart of the perfect yog\'e9. It is described that His glance of compassion for his yog\'e9-
devotee ends all agony at being in the material world; His smile dries up the ocean of tears which is present in material life; and Lord Vi\'f1nu is all-attractive just for the good of the sages, so that to see His eyebrows vanquishes the god of sex.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. Three Gu\'eba Avat\'e4ras. Vi\'f1\'ebu, Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva, incarnations of Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, preside respecti
vely over the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. They are also in charge of the creation, maintenance and destruction of the material universe, by the Will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Of the three Gu\'eba Avat\'e4ras, only Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is considered th
e Personality of Godhead, as He contains 96 percent of the attributes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in full. Lord \'c7iva possesses 78 percent of the divine attributes in full, and Lord Brahm\'e4, who is the most powerful of the conditioned living entities, possesse
s 78 percent of the godly attributes, in partial form. Lord Brahm\'e4 is called \'93the unborn\'94 because he is born of the navel of Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu without the assistance of Vi\'f1\'ebu\'92s wife, the Goddess of Fortune, Lak\'f1m
\'e9. Brahm\'e4 is the first living entity to enter the universe, and after a period of meditation, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs him through the heart how to create the various planetary systems and how to begin the business of populating the planets an
d working the cosmic order. Brahm\'e4 is actually a post, like President, and can be filled by any qualified living entity. The pure devotees of Godhead do not, however, desire to become Brahm\'e4 or to go to his planet, because despite his position of f
abulous management and administrative responsibility, Brahm\'e4\'92s loving service to the Lord is tainted by the desire to be the number one administrator of universal affairs. The pure devotee doesn\'92t desire such opulence; he doesn\'92t even desire 
liberation. The devotee is actually willing to take the most lowly birth, even as an ant, so long as he is in association with the Lord or His pure devotees who are always chanting the Holy Name, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As Gu\'eba Avat\'e4ra of the Lord, Lo
rd Brahm\'e4 is in charge of creation and the modes of passion; people desirous of worldly advancement can pray to him for boons and material facilities, which are ultimately granted by Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, through Brahm\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The maintenance of the universe is continued by Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu (Ks\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9) who is in control of the mode of goodness 
by which the living entities journey back to Godhead. Despite His all-pervading presence amidst the material world, Vi\'f1\'ebu is completely transcendental to the laws of material nature, unlike Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva who partially are under th
e influence of material conditioning. Even the impersonalist sage \'c7a\'eckara admits, in his commentary to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is completely transcendental to the material nature. This transcendental position is a qualification
 of the Personality of Godhead, and no one under the jurisdiction of the stringent laws of material nature can measure or estimate the potency of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Those in knowledge of the transcendental science do not accept the cheap imitators who cla
im to be God or who offer to transform their disciples into God for a fee. These imitators are bound up under the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance, and are being kicked by the material nature\'92s strict laws in the form of birth, death, old age 
and disease\'97and yet they refuse to worship Vi\'f1\'ebu but try instead to usurp His position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The unique position of Lord \'c7iva is that he is almost the Personality of Godhead. He has the qualities of Godhead, but due to his co
ntact with matter, as administrator of the modes of ignorance, he has become changed. The example given in the scriptures is that Lord \'c7iva is compared to yogurt and the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is compared to milk. When milk comes into
 contact with acid, it becomes yogurt. Its ingredients are still milk, but it can no longer be used as milk. Although yogurt comes from milk and is nothing but milk, it can never become milk again. Lord \'c7iva is actually declared as the greatest Vai
\'f1\'ebava (worshiper of Vi\'f1\'ebu) and he is therefore fully liberated, but it is just his compassion that he accepts contact with the material modes of ignorance in order to elevate the fallen souls who are suffering under the grip of ignorance. 
\'c7iva\'92s associates are among the most fallen\'97ghosts, drunkards and drug takers\'97and he mercifully uplifts them gradually to the platform of Vai\'f1\'ebavas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. Four Yuga Avat\'e4ras. These are incarnations of the millennia. According to Vedic calculations, there are four ages which rotate li
ke calendar months: Satya, Tret\'e4, Dv\'e4para and Kali. The present Iron Age of quarrel and chaos, Kali-yuga, is only 5,000 years old and is scheduled to last another 427,000 years. Conditions in the Satya-yuga, the first age in the cycle, are such tha
t people live a long duration of time and 100% of the population is in the mode of goodness, so that God consciousness is very prominent. This happy condition gradually declines throughout the yugas until the end of the Kali-yuga when the population is a
lmost entirely atheistic, demoniac and intent on wiping out the devotees of Godhead. The Avat\'e4ra of the Satya-yuga is called Hayagr\'e9va, the horse incarnation. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appears at the end of Dv\'e4para-yuga and is described as hav
ing the hue of a fresh rain cloud and more beautiful than thousands of cupids. Strictly speaking, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not an Avat\'e4ra, since He is the Original Supreme Personality of Godhead. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub confirms this as follows: \'93All the above mentioned incarnat
ions are either a plenary portion or a portion of the plenary portion of the Lord, but Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Original Personality of Godhead; and all of them advent themselves in all the planets whenever there is disturbance by the atheist
s; and the Lord incarnates to protect the theists.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 1/3/28}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The incarnations of each yuga are of different colors, as follows: Satya-yuga, white; Tret\'e4-yuga, red; Dv\'e4para-yuga, black; and K
ali-yuga, yellow. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is considered the most magnanimous because he freely bestows love of Godhead. It is said that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba last appeared in His Original Form on this planet, the separation of His beloved R\'e4dh\'e4r
\'e4\'eb\'e9 was felt so intensely that He wanted to come back as His own devotee so He could feel the ecstasy of separation. Therefore Lord Caitanya is considered as an Incarnation of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a prescribed form of worship for each yuga. In the Satya-yuga the recommended process was meditation. Having peaceful atmosphe
re of godly civilization and hundreds of thousands of years of life duration, people could practice the meditation system with success. In this way, unbroken meditation for 10,000 years was not uncommon. In the Tret\'e4-yuga the recommended process of Go
d realization was to offer costly sacrifices; in the Dv\'e4para-yuga it was temple worship; and in the Kali-yuga the process recommended by the scriptures is the chanting of the Holy Names. Lord Caitanya successfully pushed this easiest, most sublime met
hod, as is being carried on by the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement of A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, a spiritual master in direct disciplic succession from Lord Caitanya. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself recommends the chanting in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93They [the great souls] are a
lways engaged in chanting My glories. Endeavoring with great determination, offering homage unto Me, they worship Me with devotion.\'94 (9/14) \'93\'85 Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the Holy Names.\'94 (10/25) And in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated tha
t no other means of God realization will be effective in the Age of Kali, except the chanting of the Holy Name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. Twenty-five L\'e9l\'e4-Avat\'e4ras. These are incarnations in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba displays specific Pastimes. In His 14th incarnati
on, the Lord appeared in the half-lion, half-human Form, as N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, in order to save the boy Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j from his demoniac father, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. There is a prayer by Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva: \'93Oh my 
Lord, Your hands are very beautiful like the lotus flower, but with Your long nails You have ripped apart the wasp Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. Unto You, Lord of the Universe, do I offer my humble obeisances.\'94 Sometimes nondevotees ask why the Lord appears in
 such a fierce aspect as N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva. For answer, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states that the Absolute
 Truth is that from which everything is emanating. Therefore everything we see here in this material world has its natural original source in the Spiritual Sky, in the Supreme Person, but exists here only in the form of a perverted reflection. In the lov
ing affairs of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba we see one aspect of the Absolute Truth and in N\'e5si\'e0ha\'92s ferocious anger we see another aspect. The devotee Prahl\'e4d, in offering prayers to the Lord as half-lion and half-man, prayed, \'93I am not
 afraid of You, my Lord, but I am afraid of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am afraid of the birth and death cycle.\'94 It is un
derstood from the Vedic literatures that even the victim of N\'e5si\'e0ha\'92s attack, the demon Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, received the utmost benefit and attained eternal liberation upon his destruction in the lap of the impartial Supreme Lord. The demon Hir
a\'ebyaka\'e7ipu wanted to exchange with the Lord as enemy, therefore the Lord was there in His most formidable aspect to exchange and personally kill him. Those who are in favorable relationship with the Supreme find His reciprocation of boundless love 
and happiness. Those who want to hear nothing of God as the Controller find themselves moved further and further away from Him; and in regard to their rescue from the material nature, the Lord is silent in their case. Therefore He is impartial and yet He
 can favor the devotee by giving him the inner intelligence and facility to advance to the position of an associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as Lord R\'e4macandra in the 18th l\'e9l\'e4 incarnation. The mission of Lord R\'e4ma in coming to the earth wa
s the slaying of the demon R\'e4va\'eba for the relief of the faithful demigods. R\'e4ma displayed Pastimes as all ideal King, and therefore, although He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He subordinated Himself to the moral codes and ethics of per
fect human law. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Sw\'e4mi advises that we must worship the Supreme Lord in the attitude He has taken. In order to fulfill his vow of truth and honor to his father, Lord R\'e4ma allowed Himself to be banished to the forest for fourteen y
ears. R\'e4macandra\'92s superhuman feats as warrior and His saintly life of moderation are related in the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub coinpiled by Valm\'e9ki.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. Fourteen Manvantara Avat\'e4ras. From Lord Brahm\'e4, the demigods like Manu became incarnated for generating the living entities wi
thin the universe. The Manus are rulers and their loving service to the Lord is to carry out the necessary business of populating the universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6. \'c7akt\'e4ve\'e7a Avat\'e4ras. There are innumerable indirect empowered incarnations springing from Garbhodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1
\'ebu, such as the Kum\'e4ras and N\'e4rada. N\'e4rada Muni is all intimate servitor of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and is an incarnation of devotion; he travels, without the aid of spaceship, throughout the material universes distributing the nectarean messa
ge of Love of God, especially through the chanting of the mah\'e4-mantra. N\'e4rada is the spiritual master of Vy\'e4sadeva who compiled all the Vedic scriptures. In his previous life, N\'e4rada took birth as the son of a maidservant. His mother was at o
ne time waiting on some traveling devotees of the Lord, and just by taking the remnants of foodstuff from the devotees\'92 plates, the boy N\'e4rada gained self realization. He attained to His eternal spiritual body within that very lifetime and began hi
s preaching throughout the limitless creation of his worshipable Lord. The scriptures contain numerous instances of persons, even of the lowest sinful character, who gained enlightenment just by seeing the sage N\'e4rada in his travels. Other examples of
 \'c7akt\'e4ve\'e7a Avat\'e4ras often include travelling mendicant spiritual masters like the six Gosv\'e4mins of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and, in the modern age, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode Th\'e4kur and Paramha\'e0sa \'c7r\'e9la Bhakti Siddh\'e4nta Sarasvati Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j, of whom His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 is the leading disciple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4d Mah\'e4r\'e4j offers a prayer to the Lord: \'93Oh my Lord, You manifest as many incarnations as there are species of life
\'97namely, the aquatic, the vegetable, the reptile, the birds, beasts, men, demigods, etc.\'97just for the maintenance of the faithful and the annihilation of the unfaithful. You advent Yourself as such in accordance with the necessity of the different 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yugas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kali-yuga }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have incarnated Yourself garbed as a devotee [Lord Caitanya].\'94 Information concerning the Avat\'e4ras described here can be found in authoritative scriptures, and is reconfirmed
 by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of disciplic succession and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or saintly person who follows the prescriptions of this faultless literature. The devotee conversant with the transcendental science never accepts a cheap
 imposter as God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalist speculator makes much repartee about how he is God or one with God. He may even admit to the various Avat\'e4ras of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba but then say that he too is the Personality of Godhead or that we are one with Him. The learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Swami does not make such mistakes in transcendental reasoning. He recently spoke clear conclusive words on this subject: \'93You may say we are all one. That is all right. Are you not one with President Nixon? H
e is American; he is a human being. In so many qualities you are one. But you cannot claim that you are President Nixon. Every living entity is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Chief }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as you 
are all Americans but your President is the chief American. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Chief }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub You are all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but He is the Chief }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In so many respects and qualities you are one with God, but that does not mean you are God. God is one. Just as in spite of your becoming an Ameri
can or a human being you do not identify yourself with President Nixon because you have full knowledge of President Nixon and yourself. And as soon as you say, \'93I am God,\'94 that means you have no full knowledge of God. That very assertion immediatel
y shows that you know nothing about God. God is so great, but you are claiming that greatness. That means you do not know how great He is. A tiny factor claims that he is God without having that greatness. That means insanity, the same as if you claim th
at you are President Nixon. But how great God is! How much greater than President Nixon! Do you deny to become one with President Nixon and yet accept yourself to be one with God? How insane you are! One is claiming that \'91I am God\'92 and his follower
 accepts that he is God. This is insanity.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9 Dh\'e4m M\'e4y\'e4pur}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ,}{\v\f0\fs24\cf8  }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Most Holy Abode
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 DH\'c4M M\'c4Y\'c4PUR,
 THE MOST HOLY ABODE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Acyut\'e4nanda das Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The archetype pattern of all universal harmony, the scheme of the universe, is the beautiful Form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within the lotus. I
n }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one of the oldest known books, it is inscribed, \'93The whorl of that transcenden
tal lotus is the realm wherein dwells K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Like a diamond, the central supporting Figure of Self-luminous K\'e5\'f1\'eba stands as the transcendental Source of all potencies.\'94 It is described in lucid detail: \'93There is a mysterious quadr
angular place named \'c7vetadv\'e9pa, surrounding the outskirts of this lotus.\'94 And further on: \'93Let me tell you the mystery. In Navadv\'e9pa the identical realm of Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana on the bank of the Ganges, Gauracandra who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, the Entity of pure cognition, who has two hands, who is the Soul of all souls, who has the supreme great personality as the great meditative }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and who is beyond the three-fold mundane attributes, makes the process of pure unalloyed devotion manifest in this mundane world. He is the sole Godhead, the Source of all forms, the supreme soul, and 
is Godhead manifesting Himself in yellow, red, blue and white colors. He is the direct Entity of pure cognition, full of the Spiritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cit }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Potency. He is the figure of a devotee, the bestower of devotion, and cognizable by devotion alone. The self-same Lord Caitanya, Gauracandra, who is no other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, in order to taste the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the Pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, is manifest in the eternal Realm of Navadv\'e9pa i
dentical with V\'e5nd\'e4vana.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Absolute Person has the power to make Himself known to the non-absolute finite beings without in any way limiting His unbounded pow
ers and dimensions. God cannot be confined to the 3 dimensions of height, breadth and depth, which are limiting this world; but by His own inconceivable power He can come and sport with men as their equal and yet maintain His complete divinity, just as t
he governor can visit the prison house and speak to the prisoners without at all being obliged to obey the orders of the warden. Fools think that because the governor is in the penitentiary that he is also a prisoner, but he can exercise all of his power
 as a governor and still be in the prison.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navadv\'e9pa means \'93Nine Islands.\'94 It is the most ideal arrangement of the Supreme Lord to create His Abode in this scheme. In th
e chart, the nine islands of Navadv\'e9pa, the supreme Realm, the Kingdom of God, is shown. Antardv\'e9pa (literally, the central island) within which \'c7r\'e9 M\'e4y\'e4pur is situated, forms the first of the Nine Islands and the starting point of the 
pilgrims who parade the islands each year on the day of Caitanya\'92s divine Appearance day. S\'e9mantadv\'e9pa is the next Island that the pilgrims reach. The house of the grandfather of Caitanya is on this island. The third is Godrumadv\'e9pa. Brahm
\'e4, Indra, and other demigods took the shape of hills on this island to witness the supramundane activities of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya. This island contains the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhajana-ku\'f6\'e9r}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the hut used for spiritual practices and austerities, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the temple of holy trance, of \'c7r\'e9mad Saccid\'e4nanda Bhaktivinode Th\'e4kur, one of the discoverers of the \'93Home of God\'94 and a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the line of Caitanya\'92s disciples. The fourth is Madhyadv\'e9pa. It contains the h
ills formed by the seven \'e5\'f1is who also have their abode in the heavens comprising the seven stars of the Big Dipper constellation. \'93That which is above, so is below,\'94 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub teach. Also adjoining the area is the forest of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, considered to be the hub of the universe. Next to Madhyadv\'e9pa is Koladv\'e9pa. M
any }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the present protectors of Vai\'f1\'ebava doctrines are established here. It is said 
that if one performs devotional austerities here it is assured that he will reach the Ultimate Goal\'97Love of Godhead. This is the special significance of all the islands that the unbounded and causeless mercy is distributed freely by Caitanya, whereas 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba merely revealed the Absolute activities leaving the explanations and intrinsic meaning for the future }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Caitanya. The sixth island is \'c5tudv\'e9pa which today is the site of the famous Gad\'e4dhar-Gaur temple. The seventh island is Jahnudv\'e9pa, where the learned scholar of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e4sudeva Sarvabhauma lived. Modadrumadv\'e9pa and Rudradv\'e9pa comprise the eighth and ninth islands and have special importance
 only to those sages who are still able to perceive the pastimes of Caitanya in their developed spiritual trance. (see map and chart)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many current stories of miraculous occurrences connected with the sites. But the most startling miracle of all is the fact th
at the persistent local tales are now found to be confirmed in their details by the topographical descriptions of the old writers. For example, we read in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ratn\'e4kara }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the courtyard of \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa, where \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya inaugurated the chanting of HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA HARE HARE HARE R
\'c4MA HARE R\'c4MA R\'c4MA R\'c4MA HARE HARE and where in the early days of the Movement Caitanya used to chant daily the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all through the nights in the company of His close associates, was situated one hundred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhanus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (200 yards) to the north of the \'93House of God.\'94 According to the scripture, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-bh\'e4gavata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Muslim governor was offended at hearing the chanting and ordered his men to break the drums and instruments of the \'93hindu heathens.\'94 The site is always referred to as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Khol bhangar danga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the mound on which the drums were broken. (see picture, \'c7r\'e9vas Angen) Today the house of \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa is a temple, established b
y His Divine Grace Bhakti Siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, and the images of Caitanya and His associates are worshiped three times daily with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . (see photo\'97the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at \'c7r\'e9v\'e4s Angen)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The actual site of the Appearance of Lord Caitanya, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga-
pitha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was identified by the famous saint Caitanya-d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j, about eighty years ago. It appears that the actual site was known as such to the few Vai
\'f1\'ebavas who cared to be informed about it and had also been visited by them for their devotional purposes. The place was noted by the inhabitants of adjoining villages for alleged peculiarities. They maintain that the place used to be always overgro
wn with the sacred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a plant which is a dearly beloved devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba containing many
 medicinal and spiritual potencies. For this reason, people instinctively desisted from any act of defilement or occupation for the purpose or erecting a dwelling. This reverence was also observed by the local Mohammedans to give final conclusion to the 
prophecy that all faiths would one day recognize the Supreme Truth as Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Appearance of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya came about in the following way. In Navadv\'e9pa there dwelt a most generous and pure-hearted }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devoted to the zealous performance of all spiritual and enlightening duties. The name of the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was \'c7r\'e9 Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra. \'c7ac\'e9-dev\'e9, his most faithful consort, was 
the embodiment of Devak\'e9, the mother of the Supreme, herself. One night Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra awoke and triumphantly exclaimed to \'c7ac\'e9, \'93I had a dream that a realm of light entered my heart and from my heart it passed into yours. I believe i
t is a sign that a great personage is about to be born.\'94 Other indications of some divine occurrence were to be seen. His body and the dwelling house appeared to be shining, and all people showed him honor and respect at all places. \'c7ac\'e9-dev\'e9
 noticed the figures of heavenly beings in the sky who appeared to her in the attitude of prayer, and no one else could see them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya made His auspicious Appearance in this world on the 23rd day of Ph\'e4lguna, corresponding to the 18t
h of February of 1486. He was born in the evening just with the rising of the full moon, which was then in eclipse. It is the custom of the Hindu public to bathe in the Ganges and other sacred rivers and chant the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for purification. Thus when Lord Caitanya was born the whole of lndia was roaring with the holy sound of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature joined with man and the gods to pay homage to the Moon of Nadia (Caitanya). The spotted lunar
 disc hid its face in shame under the excuse of eclipse, on the Appearance of the \'93Perfect Moon\'94, absolutely free from all spots. On that blessed moment of nativity of the exquisitely beautiful Baby, the most auspicious influences of all the favori
ng constellations were shed in unstunted profusion. Strange forms of celestial beings appeared to be lying prostrate on the bare earth in the act of adoration or dancing in wild ecstacy chanting}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari Bol Hari Hari Bol!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beneath the pure fresh breeze of a N\'e9m tree, the Supreme Lord was born. (See photo, Caitanya\'92s Birthsite.) Today the advent groun
ds are kept sacred by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya\'92s devotees. All may come and meditate on this Divine spot. To step under the spreading bows of the N\'e9m tree, which still stands, is like walking into an air conditioned room. The founder, discoverer, and pas
t spiritual master of the devotees of Caitanya predicted that some day Europeans and Americans would come by the thousands to live near the holy site of the Ultimate universal Teacher Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He stated they would dance in ecstacy side by 
side with the Indian devotees, and their shouts of JAI \'c7AC\'c9-NANDANA! (Glory to the Son of \'c7ac\'e9!) would shake the whole universe, drenching all the inhabitants with Divine Love and ecstacy unbounded. His Divine Grace Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m
\'e9, the founder of our movement in the west, has also said, \'93When the languages of trees and animals will be learned we will also teach them the chanting of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 We in India should make all arrangements for the thousands of devotees who will soon be coming back to M\'e4y\'e4pur, Navadv\'e9pa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photos p15:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left: The great k\'e9rtana of Caitanya at \'c7r\'e9v\'e4s Angen. Every evening, the Lord would have k\'e9rtana with on
ly His most intimate associates, until all were exhausted by the unlimited energy of Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right: \'c7r\'e9v\'e4s Angen, the house of \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4s Pa\'ebdit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Far right: A realistic topographical view of Navadv\'e9pa, "Nine Islands"\'97the supreme abode as it appears at the mu
ndane level. The outlined area is \'c7r\'e9 M\'e4y\'e4pur, the birthplace of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next page: The holy birthsite of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya. Walking beneath the Neem tree which shades the sit
e is like walking into an air-conditioned room.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lust and Love
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LUST AND LOVE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Subal d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the illusory material nature, is duping people in
to accepting lust in place of love. Lust is what traps the living entities, who are spiritual by nature, in this material world. It makes us accept temporary mixed happiness in place of eternal spiritual bliss. Through the attraction of the senses for th
e objects of the senses we try to enjoy and find happiness where there is no happiness. Therefore, we are forced to take our births again and again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Vedit literature }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the author, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-d\'e4s Kavir\'e4j, defines lust and love as follows: \'93Lust means to satisfy the sense
s of this body, and love means to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s [God\'92s] senses.\'94 Real love is selfless and has no other object than pleasing the beloved. The thought of selfish pleasure never enters into this. All thoughts are directed towards the pl
easure of the beloved. It will go on growing regardless of whether it is reciprocated or even if our beloved spurns us, or any other factors which cause the ending of love in the material world. Lord Caitanya prays to the Supreme Lord as follows: \'93I d
o not know anyone except K\'e5\'f1\'eba as my Lord and He shall remain my Lord even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything, but He is always my worshipful Lor
d, unconditionally.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Love exists in the spiritual world in its pure and perfect form. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states that this world is a perverted reflection of the Spiritual World. It is natural for the living entities to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but due to }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the illusory energy, they are accepting something else in place of the greatest. K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a is offering us unlimited pleasure, but in ignorance we are taking the temporary sense pleasures as the all in all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness revives the dormant love of God that is within each of us; once that love is tasted, all t
he illusory substitutes fall away. Love in the material world is misdirected, generally having a false idea of oneself as its object. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness redirects that love to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the real Beloved of everyone. As we are all eternall
y parts and parcels of the whole Spirit, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, loving Him is our actual self-interest. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, was Personally present and walked the earth planet 5,000 years ago, He displayed wonderful Childhood an
d Youthful Pastimes in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where He attracted all living entities to His blissful nature. The residents of the village He lived in, who saw Him daily, were madly in love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the sage who first spok
e the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (narration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Pastimes), was asked by his disciple, \'93Why was K\'e5\'f1\'eba so dear to everyone in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, more so than the natural sons of the mothers and fathers?\'94 \'c7ukadeva answered this question: \'93B
ecause K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Soul of all souls.\'94 He is therefore factually the most dear, and loving Him is ultimate self-interest. Without Him, all life ceases.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Humans and the lower animals have four common activities that are necessary for maintaining the body\'97namely, eating, sleeping, matin
g and defending. But the humans have a higher intelligence and more developed consciousness than the animals. The human form of life is meant for searching out higher truths. Until a person starts asking questions\'97\'93What am I?\'94 \'93What is the pu
rpose of life?\'94 \'93What is God?\'94\'97he is no better than the animals. Most people are simply engaged in satisfying the four animal propensities without any concern for spiritual development. This is a complete waste of a most valuable life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature describes that there are 8,400,000 species of life, and only 400,000 species are of the human form. Before attaini
ng this human form, we have passed through all other 8,400,000 species. This is known as transmigration of the soul. As we progress higher and higher through the various species of life beginning from the aquatics, to the plants, worms, reptiles, birds a
nd beasts, our consciousness slowly develops just like a flower. The flower starts out as a small bud. Gradually it blossoms forth, until it is finally full-blown. The aquatics have a very limited consciousness, and this consciousness expands as we progr
ess to higher and higher species of life. The human form is compared with the fully developed flower. Only in the human form of life can we escape from the cycle of birth and death known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and revive our loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the perfection of human life\'97love of God. If we can attain such purified consciousnes
s then we are fit to be transferred beyond all these material universes to enter the kingdom of God on eternal, blissful spiritual planets in the spiritual sky. Unfortunately no one today is serious about ending }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; they do not think there is a next life or eternal planets, and so they feel they are \'93free\'94 to beg, borrow or steal and th
ere will be no reaction to sinful activities. But the fact is that by our present actions we are determining our future, next birth. As far as the lover of God or pure devotee is concerned, however, he is not even aspiring after liberation from }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his unalloyed devotion, he finds the highest bliss in selfless loving service, simply carrying
 out K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s wish as expressed through the spiritual master. Again Lord Caitanya prayed: \'93Oh almighty Lord! I have no desire for accumulating wealth, nor have I any desire to enjoy beautiful women, nor do I want many followers. What I want
 only is that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life, birth after birth.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The animals have much easier access to sense enjoyment than we do. This is because the animals are meant for unrestricted sense pleasur
e. We are not. We are meant for spiritual development. The dogs will have sex right out on the street in front of everyone. Is this what we want our society to develop into?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness recognizes the necessity of eating, sleeping, mating and defending, but these activities should be restric
ted and simplified in order to leave time and energy for spiritual pursuits. This body is a vehicle for going back to Godhead, back to home. Therefore, we should treat it as such. For example, if we have an automobile, we have to keep it operating nicely
 so it will get us where we want to go, but we don\'92t want to spend all our time polishing it. The vehicle is there to serve us, not for us to serve it. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states: \'93He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, working and recreation can mitigate all material pains by practicing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6/17)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system, a man\'92s life is divided into four parts: student, householder, retired and renounced orders of life. The student
\'92s life is the first part. It is meant for creating a spirit of detachment through knowledge, renunciation and devotion. During this period, the student remains celibate, studies under the spiritual master and serves him. For those who fail to develop
 sufficient detachment during that first stage, the second stage is householder, or married life. Sex is allowed under certain restrictions, and a sense of detachment is also present. The third stage is the retired life. During this period the householde
r leaves home to prepare himself for complete detachment. The wife can accompany him as a voluntary servant, but there is no more sex life. The renounced order of life is the final stage. When the man becomes fully detached from sex life, he sends his wi
fe home to be taken care of by the oldest son, and he becomes a mendicant. Also, those students who did not enter married life go directly to this stage. Of course, sex life is forbidden for the mendicant also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can see that sex is only allowed under certain restricted conditions. It is advised that this system be practiced by all civilized m
en for spiritual attainment. It is a gradual process for giving}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up attachment to the sense pleasures and
 developing attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An example is given wherein the sensualist is compared to the camel. The camel is a desert animal, and it relishes eating thorny twigs.
 The thorns cut the camel\'92s tongue and there is discharge of blood. The camel thinks he is eating a very tasty twig, but actually it is the taste of his own blood that he is enjoying. We are also tasting our own blood and thinking how nice it is by in
dulging in sex and various other sense pleasures. This material world is actually a prison house. We should be working towards getting free and entering into the real life that waits for us outside the prison boundaries. In the spiritual world, we can en
joy this life of freedom which is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge. As long 
as we are attached to the temporary pleasures of this world, however, we cannot enter into the spiritual world. The more we indulge in material sense pleasures the longer we prolong our term of imprisonment and deny ourselves eternal bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We all want to enjoy, to be lords of the material nature, but constitutionally we are not enjoyers. We are secondary enjoyers. We enjoy
 by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Enjoyer. Serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like pouring water on the roots of a tree. By watering the leaves and branches of a tree, there will be no effect; but when water is given to the root, all the leaves and branches
 of the tree are satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is looking for some happiness, some pleasure and enjoyment. This is true even in the animal society. We all want happiness bec
ause it is our nature to be happy and joyful. We are not meant to undergo sufferings, but we are suffering because we are trapped in the material world and identifying with these material bodies. There is real happiness to be found. We simply do not know
 where to find it. Therefore, we are accepting so many substitutes. Real happiness waits for us in the spiritual world. It is pure unalloyed bliss with no trace of suffering. By accepting the authority of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as handed down in disciplic succession by \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Bhakti Siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, and A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, one can easily become a liberated person and attain spiritual bliss.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure, but is always in trance, enjoying the pl
easure within. In this way, the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme. An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery which are due to contact with the material senses, O son of Kunt\'e9, s
uch pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them. (Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5/21-22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub describes the goal:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Before giving up the present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material senses and check the 
force of desire and anger, he is a yogi and is happy in this world. One whose happiness is within, who is active within, is actually the perfect mystic. He is liberated in the Supreme, and ultimately he attains the Supreme. (Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5/23-24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Transcendentalists who have had a taste of spiritual bliss cast aside the temporary, mixed pleasures of this world. They are no longer 
attracted by them because they have found the real, superior quality pleasure. Indulging in sex life is like chewing the chewed. The example is given that, in India, the people eat sugar cane. They chew on it and suck out the sweet juice. Then the chewed
 cane is thrown in the street. Nobody wants it anymore. Similarly, we\'92ve been chewing on the material pleasures for millions of lifetimes. But there is really no juice there, just the same thing, over and over again. The intelligent man will see that 
they are tasteless and cast these \'93pleasures\'94 aside. Why go on chewing the chewed? Unlimited happiness awaits us in loving service unto the Transcendental Absolute, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photos p19:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9man Acyut\'e4nanda das Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, pictured at microphone, is now visiting Calcutta. We have there a ver
y enthusiastic friend for preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: Mr. B.K. Ghosh, M.A., LL.B., who is a great admirer of Caitanya philosophy, and is holding sa\'eck\'e9rtana meetings every Sunday in different places throughout Calcutta and suburbs. Recen
tly at one meeting, Acyut\'e4nanda was guest speaker on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy. Presiding was the Honorable Mr. P. B. Mukherjee, Justice of the Calcutta High Court, sitting to the left of Acyut\'e4nanda. Gradually this nice center of the
 International Society for Krishna Consciousness is growing, with the prospect of headquarters at M\'e4y\'e4pur, the birthsite of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Los Angeles\'97Bliss!
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LOS ANGELES-BLISS!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub photos by Gargamuni das Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Los Angeles center is known as the best }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub center. That is because the Los Angeles devotees have taken with the utmost seriousness the spiritual master\'92s order: the chanting of H
are K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the parks and streets is to be taken as the life and soul of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. As a result the devotees are always feeling transcendental bliss from the reservoir of pleasure, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead. In the morning the L.A. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub party chants and dances on the streets
 of downtown Los Angeles, and in the evening they go to the area of Hollywood Boulevard. On special occasions and nice sunny days, they are found to be gathered at Griffith Park in the city. All are invited to visit the Los Angeles center and experience 
spiritual ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Love of God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LOVE OF GOD
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Any child who is given an impression of the Lord from his very childhood can certainly become a great devotee of the Lo
rd.\'94\'97\'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9. The fortunate children born of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious parents or those children fortunate enough to once see Prabhup\'e4da or to pass the fire offering during }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or to attend a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub feast or enjoy with the devotees on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub in the streets can at once become attracted to transcendental loving service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Children are known to sense the real, genuine impression of a way of life, and so they may, when guided by their parents tow
ards association with devotees, immediately learn the art of spontaneous love of God and thus end the suffering of thousands of births and deaths in the material world.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Liberation at Last
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LIBERATION AT LAST
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recently I spoke to an acquaintance who is practicing \'93meditation\'94 and I asked him the goal of his practice. The answer was, \'93
Liberation. To merge with the one.\'94 Expressions such as \'93annihilation of the ego\'94 and \'93merging with the Supreme\'94 are commonly passed back and forth in this age of the widely attended Yoga and meditation class. Regarding liberation, one sig
nificant question is\'97what is liberation? And also, we want to know\'97what are the chances of a person actually gaining liberation? For answers, we best go to the source of the very concept of liberation and the place where all its techniques are elab
orately and carefully taught; that is, the scriptural literature of India, called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga techniq
ue and meditation are given in gist in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spoken by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Person
ality of Godhead, and expounded further in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is considered the postgraduate study of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Liberation generally refers to freedom from the bodily concept of life. But unless there is positive, non-bodily activity or spiritual 
activity, then liberation is a merely theoretical, lip-service liberation. To sit in a posture of meditation and think, \'93I am moving the moon, I am moving the sun, I am moving the stars,\'94 and then 10 minutes later to be dictated to by the tongue
\'97\'93I must have a cigarette\'94\'97is not liberation; nor at the time of death can such a \'93yogi\'94 be expected to be liberated to the spiritual sky. Without practical devotional service to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Giver of Liberation, the idea o
f liberation is just a negative concept of material life. The Vedic literature describes four material categories of civilized life, and liberation is among them. The first is religiousness. This means to perform sacrifice, churchgoing or pious acts with
 the aim of being rewarded by promotion to a heavenly material planet. The aim behind such acts is personal gratification; by being religious I will be rewarded. It is noted by A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4mi in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that nowadays the church, mosque or temple
 is an empty place because the people believe that they can get their desired economic ends without making prayers to God. Therefore, the second material activity of civilized persons is economic development\'97building, making money, doing business. The
 third activity is sense gratification culminating in sex life. In fact, sex life is the essential background for the first two material activities. The fourth, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or liberation, is a little different, although it is a material activity. After being frustrated by all the material activities and seeing that either failure or success are really failure d
ue to the disadvantages of birth, death, disease and old age, a person desires liberation. He desires to become One with the Supreme. He is too bitter with all his experiences to be happy in material life. But in itself this is only a negative concept. B
y such liberation he thinks he wants to lose the individuality which has caused him so much pain, and instead, to merge with the Oneness of spiritual existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The background for understanding liberation starts with gaining true identity of the self. In the beginning stages it expresses itself 
in the desire to be One with the Spirit. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realization. If someone is actually realized in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is a great thing. It is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-bhuta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stage, and it is characterized by joyfulness. The joyfulness is due to understanding that, \'93I am not this body.\'94 This is carefully described by Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba in the Second Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entity is there declared to be spirit-soul, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Third Chapter Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals that for full realization of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you have to work in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3/5}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, \'93Nobody can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.\'94 And in his Purport to that verse, A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 writes, \'93This is not a question of embodi
ed life; it is the nature of the soul to be always active. The proof is that without the presence of the spiritual soul there is no movement of the material body. The body is only a dead vehicle to be worked by the spirit soul and therefore it is the nat
ure of the soul itself to be always active, and cannot stop even for a moment. The spirit soul has to be engaged in the good work of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, otherwise it will be engaged in occupations dictated by the illusory energy.\'94 When one r
ealizes \'93I am }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that means he has no death, just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a joyful position, \'93I am not this perishable body, that is not my self, I am spirit soul.
\'94 That is all well and good, but then, what do I do? It is not that the liberated state is without activities. This question was asked by San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the learned disciple of Lord Caitanya: \'93You have said that I am already liberated, 
now what are my duties in the liberated state?\'94 The impersonalists, however, do not like to take up the devotional service path; they are simply desirous of merging into the One, described as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub effulgence. That destination is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not material, it is the spiritual effulgence coming from the Body of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba; it is eternal spiritual light. This
 light illumines the spiritual world and the naturally dark material world is lit by its reflection. And to merge in this light is the goal of the impersonal liberation. A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, who is a fully realized devotee of the Personalit
y of Godhead, states the disadvantages of aiming at the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the topmost goal: \'93In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spirit souls on account of their impersonal views are devoid of a body, exactly as here in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there are ghosts who are devoid of any gross bodies. The ghost, being devoid of a body, suffers terribly because he is unable to satisfy his senses. The spirit souls in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub although they have no desire for sense gratification, feel inconvenience like the ghost; and they fall
 down again in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  atmosphere and develop a material body. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub therefore it is said that that intelligence of persons who are impersonalists and do not develop the dormant devo
tional attitude is not pure; because for want of a spiritual body, they come down again to the material world. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is clearly said by the Lord that the only way of not coming back to the material world is to be promoted to the spiritual planets. For the 
impersonalists there is no such assurance of not falling down in the whole Vedic literature. The conclusion is that without developing the spiritual body and without being situated on one of the spiritual planets, the so-called liberation is also illusio
n, or it is not complete. A spirit-soul who falls down from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the Kingdom of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may have a chance of associating with a pure devotee, and then he may be elevated to the spiritual planets of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha or to the Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-jyoti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is no direct promotion to the spiritual p
lanets.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub many questions regarding liberation are asked by Devah\'fcti the mother of the incarnation of Godhead Kapiladeva. Lord Kapila 
spoke the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy whereby the material entanglement is analyzed and found to be not the true identify of the spirit soul. Lord Kapila describes to His mother that liberation from material entanglement can be considered in three different
 ways. As expounded by philosophers like Lord Buddha it is annihilation or cessation of material existence altogether; and after the cessation of material existence there is void. Then another concept, according to the \'c7ankarite school, is that the ma
terial existence is false, and therefore one has to transfer oneself into the spiritual existence and that is not void but spiritual existence without variegatedness. This is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
rahma-jyoti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devah\'fcti, however, asks not only for freedom from matter, not only to be situated in the spiritual existence without variegatedness, but to be always associated wi
th the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As expounded by Kapiladeva this is actually the goal of the Yoga system. Some target at impersonal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub some aim at the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realization and some aim direct
ly at the Supreme Personality of Godhead. By understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all other features including His different energies and manifestations become understood. As A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 once said, \'93When you get to t
he top, everything is included. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-Yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where it is said that after many, many births of 
understanding. when one comes to understand that V\'e4sudeva the Supreme Personality of Godhead is everything, he is a Mah\'e4tm\'e4, a great soul\'97and that is very rare. It is further explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that the Lord is called H\'e5s\'e9ke\'e7a, the Master of the senses. The senses and mind are naturally inclined to work, but when they are mater
ially contaminated they work for some material benefit or for the service of the demigods, but actually they are meant for serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 writes to this point in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93When the senses, without any reason, without any material profit and without any selfish motive, are engaged in the
 service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, that is devotional service and that service spirit is far, far better than salvation }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (mukti). Bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then, begins after liberation. Without being liberated nobody can engage the senses in the service of the Lord. When the senses are engaged either in material activities or by Vedic injunction, it is for a mot
ive of personal gratification, but when the same senses are engaged in the service of the Lord, there is no motive, and that is the natural, original inclination of the mind. When the mind is not deviated but fully engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
 for devotional service of the Supreme Person, that is beyond the most aspired after liberation from material encagement.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a nice example regarding liberation in the case of a man who is confined to bed with a fever. His fever is compared to materia
l activities. To bring down the high temperature of the fever can be accomplished by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realization.
 Having brought the fever down, the man may be still lying in bed, in convalescence. Of course, full health is not enjoyed until he can get up from the bed and resume his normal activities. Those who are impersonalists or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayavadis, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub however, do not desire to get up from the bed of convalescence, but are content simply that their fever has gone down. They
 are described as afraid that because activities in the feverish state were so bitter, painful, if they take up activities again, it will be painful again. In this way the impersonalists fail to take up transcendental loving service of the Personality of
 Godhead in individual spiritual form. Refusing to take up full healthy activities, one puts himself in the dangerous position of facing a relapse in health: the patient who doesn\'92t resume his normal activities cannot expect to stay fixed in inactive 
convalescence, rather he will fall ill again. It is commonly experienced that those }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the impersonalist path, after declaring \'93all is false\'94 but failing to take on the act
ivities of real liberation, fall down to the material platform and become engaged sometimes in humanitarianism and material welfare work, opening hospitals, etc. For failing to take on the greatest service, preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to those
 in the clutclies of illusory matter, the impersonalist }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub falls back into feverish material act
ivities. The failure is his neglect of the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukunda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the Giver of Liberation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The endeavor to get liberation from the material encagernent is automatically served in devotional service. A devotee doesn\'92t have t
o try separately for liberation. \'c7r\'e9 Bilvama\'ecgala explains, \'93If I have unflinching devotion unto the Lotus Feet of the Supreme Lord, then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or liberation serves me as my maid servant.\'94 Liberation is no problem at all. The impersonalists are after }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and they undergo severe penances and austerities to attain it, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub passes liberation by engaging his senses and especially chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare and accepting 
the remnants of foodstuff offered to the Personality of Godhead. As soon as the senses are controlled in the tongue, the other senses follow automatically and the perfection of the Yoga principle is there. The devotee Prabh\'e4nanda says that for a devot
ee sense control is as easy as anything, the pleasures of gorgeous life and fabulous duration of the upper planets is just phantasmagoria, and the pleasure of merging into the Supreme is seen as hellish. Lord Kapila states before His mother: \'93A pure d
evotee who is attached in the activities of devotional service and always engaged in the service of the Lotus Feet of the Lord does not ever desire to become One with Him. Such devotees are unflinchingly engaged and always glorify the Pastimes of the Lor
d.\'94 Liberation becomes of no consequence and is realized as a material desire tainted with selfishness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are five kinds of liberation stated in the Vedic scriptures. One is to become otic with the Supreme Personality of Godhead or to 
forsake one\'92s individuality and to merge into the supreme spirit. A devotee never accepts such kind of liberation. The other four kinds of liberation are: to be promoted into the same planet as the Supreme Lord, to achieve the same opufence as the Lor
d, to associate personally with the Supreme Lord, and to attain the same bodily feature as the Supreme Lord. The pure devotee does not aspire to any of the five kinds of liberation, and especially he rejects the prospect of merging with the impersonal ef
fulgence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as being hellish. A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da writes in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Many so-called devotees say that we may worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the conditioned state but ultimately there is no personality, the Absolute Truth is impersonal. One can imagine a perso
nal form of the impersonal for the time being and as soon as one becomes liberated, the worship is stopped\'97that is the theory. Actually, if the impersonalists merge into the Personal luster of the Supreme Person that is no different from His Personal 
Body, but that sort of oneness is not accepted by a devotee. The devotees are simply wanting to be fully engaged in reciprocatory loving devotional service.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aside from its desirability, what are the chances of the meditators really attaining liberation? The answer is stated in the Twelfth Ch
apter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub He whose mind is fixed on My Personal Form, always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental fai
th, is considered by Me to be most perfect. But those who fully worship the unmanifested, that which is beyond the perception of the senses, the all-pervading, inconceivable, fixed and immovable\'97the impersonal conception of the truth \'85 at last achi
eve Me. For those whose minds are attached to the nonmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme Lord, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that unmanifested discipline is always difficult for those who are embodied. (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 12/2-5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Speaking as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Kapila, the incarnation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, makes clear that there is no salva
tion outside of direct reference to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu (K\'e5\'f1\'eba): \'93The terrible fear of death and birth can never be forsaken by anyone or by resorting to any other shelter than Myself, because I am the almighty Lord the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead, the original Source of all creation, and also the Supreme Soul of all souls.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may try to understand the Absolute Truth by mental speculation or through the mystic Yoga process, but unless he comes to surrender
 his attempts cannot give him liberation. That is the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 prayed 
to the Lord: \'93They think they are liberated or one with God, but in spite of thinking in such a puffed-up way, their intelligence is not laudable.\'94 In spite of austerities, then, if there is no surrender unto the Personality of Godhead, the intelli
gence is understood to be not clear. The nondevotee transcendentalists can go to the brink of spiritual realization in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realization, and they are suspended in the effulgence; but because they have no transcendental activities they fall down.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for devotional activities, Lord Caitanya prescribed five items as the sum and substance of performing devotional service. These are:
 1. to associate with devotees; 2. to read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; 3. to worship the Deities; 4. to c
hant the Holy Name; 5. to live in a holy place. As the perfect devotee, Lord Caitanya described His own desires, transcendental to the desire for liberation from the chain of birth and death: \'93O Almighty Lord, I have no desire for accumulating wealth 
nor have I any desire to enjoy beautiful women; neither do I want numbers of followers. What I want only is that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life birth after birth.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Liberation does not mean to grow four heads and four arms, but to change the consciousness, to live in understanding. The bodily encage
ment means sense gratification, and when that is dissipated in favor of pleasing the transcendental senses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then liberation is there. Finally, the pure devotee never thinks that he is fit for liberation. He prays, \'93My dear Lord, I ma
y be born anywhere, that does not matter; but let me be born as an ant in the house of a devotee.\'94 A pure devotee does not pray to the Lord for liberation from this material bondage. A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4mi describes the mind of the devotee: 
\'93He thinks he is fit for being sent into the lowest region of all considering his past life, his mischievous and miscreant activities. Anyone in this material world must have committed so many misdeeds. If I am trying to become a devotee it does not m
ean I was 100% pious in my past life.\'94 Therefore the devotee is always conscious of his real position. He knows that only for the purpose of attaining his full surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord makes the suffering of the devotee shorter. Ultimat
ely, even his attainment of the topmost spiritual planet, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka, is not desired by the devotee; he goes there but he does not desire it. His desire is simply to work in service mood for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotees. Liber
ation then is not the goal of spiritual life, but it is an automatic by-product of devotional service. With that understanding we can achieve success.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba l\'e9l\'e4: The Divine Forms and Pastimes
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA L\'c9L\'c4: THE D
IVINE FORMS AND PASTIMES
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \'97}{\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pastimes, His appearance and disappearance, are continuous and eternal throughout the universe. As far as thes
e pastimes are concerned, there is no stoppage. It is hard for the common man to understand how K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (pastimes) can be eternal. To our conception He was present on earth 5,000 years ago, and now He is gone. We compare Him to ourselves. We remain on this planet for 100 years at the most and then, like a bubble, we pop and disappe
ar. Although this is true for ourselves, we should not}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub compare our condition to that of the Absolute God
head. His Body is eternal, blissful and full of knowledge, whereas ours is mortal and full of misery and ignorance. Consequently we cannot understand how}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are eternal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba intends to reveal Himself on the earth or any other material planet, He first sends His parents and devotees. Then 
He manifests Himself in His different ages: as an infant, a young boy, and a youth. He is never old or middle-aged. Because His Body is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , changeless, He looked like a young boy on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, although He was a grandfather.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are revealed beginning with the killing of P\'fctana and extending through to His disappearance. There a
re innumerable universes, and in all of them these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are revealed. Lord Caitanya compares the p
rogression of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  with the progression of the sun across the sky. Just as the sun in 24 hours 
passes over all the continents of the earth, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the 14 }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manvantaras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pass over the various universes. When the sun passes over a continent, it appears that this great orb ha
s a rising and a setting. It comes and it goes. But in actuality the sun is constantly shining and is fixed. It is only from the perspective of the earth that it appears to rise and set. Similarly, to the human perspective the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of K\'e5\'f1\'eba appear to come and go, but in actuality they are always being enacted. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are always taking place somewhere in the universe, just as somewhere on earth the sun is always shining, although i
t is not always seen in any one place. So the orbit of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  passes through var
ious spheres and is manifest on the earth after certain millions of years.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba sports in infinite }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  throughout the universe, He still sports eternally in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the spiritual sky. Goloka and Gokula are expansive, like the Body of the Lord, and through His will the
se regions are revealed all over the universe. Goloka is revealed in the eternal abode of His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Lord Caitanya says that just as a drama has three stages, the high, the middle, and the low, so Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revealed in three stages. This revelation is full in Dv\'e4rak\'e4, fuller in Mathur\'e4, and fullest in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When He first
 descends, He is seen in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and the pastimes there, being the original, are the most important and sacred.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are fourteen Manus in one day of Brahm\'e4, and as the orbit of K\'e5\'f1na\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  circulates, He is seen on the earth once during a day of Brahm\'e4. There are seventy one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yugas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or ages, and in the twenty-eighth }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in the Dv\'e4para yuga, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears. Thus He appeared on this earth 5,000 years ago. While He was here He remained 125 years, and while He was on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra He was 100 years 
old, yet His eternal Body appeared as that of a fresh youth\'92s. During every second of these 125 years, this sequence of pastimes was appearing in all other parts of the infinite universes. Although these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are always occuring with clock-like precision, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always aloof from them. One would stand a better chance counting th
e dewdrops on the grass or the rays of the moon and stars than counting the virtues, powers and energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as they are revealed throughout the creation. Neither Lord Brahm\'e4 with all his heads nor Lord Ananta with his thousand mouths can describe them. Lord Caitanya hints that perhaps even Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot know
 them all, and therefore He is thirsty to taste them. Infinite orbs whirl incessantly in His bosom like so many particles of dust, all moved by time. And the holy scriptures only cry out, \'93Not here. Oh, He is not here.\'94 And no one sees the end. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub testifies: \'93We do not know how the Lord celebrates, nor if we could travel th
roughout the whole creation could we know this, for He is celebrating as He pleases. His jubilations extend through infinite forms of energy.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, \chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.14.2
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asy\'e4pi deva vapu\'f1o mad-anugrahasya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svecch\'e4-mayasya na tu bh\'fcta-mayasya ko 'pi
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ne\'e7e mahi tv avasitu\'e0 manas\'e4ntare\'eba
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4t tavaiva kim ut\'e4tma-sukh\'e4nubh\'fcte\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97even; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vapu\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the body; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mat-anugrahasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which has shown mercy to me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-icch\'e4-mayasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which appears in response to the desires of Your pure devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97on the other hand; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcta-mayasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a product of matter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97even; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na \'e9\'e7e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I am 
not able; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub tu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avasitum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97to estimate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manas\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with my mind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub antare\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which is controlled and withdrawn; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
\'e4k\'f1\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97directly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim uta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what to speak; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within Yourself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of happiness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anubh\'fcte\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Your experience.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub My dear Lord, neither I nor anyone else can estimate the potency of this transcendental body of Yours, which has shown such mercy to m
e and which appears just to fulfill the desires of Your pure devotees. Although my mind is completely withdrawn from material affairs, I cannot understand Your personal form. How, then, could I possibly understand the happiness You experience within Your
self?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub X/14/2).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba creates worlds both visible and invisible to the mundane senses. In the spiritual sky, which is invisible to us, th
ere are infinite worlds with Deities, expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, presiding over each. This is doubtlessly very wonderful, but His pastimes in V\'e5nd\'e4vana with the cowherd boys and girls are no less wonderful because in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s sup
reme Abode, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka, He similarly sports with an infinite number of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In that Abode each cowherd boy has millions of cows, each of which yields limitless milk. In the same way 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba presides over millions and millions of Brahm\'e4s, who create under His Divine order infinite worlds.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In one instant Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba created both the visible and invisible worlds and created lords to preside over each of them. These 
lords preside over various planets as the cowherd boys preside over cows. All these creations proceed from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and all of them find their being in Him. When Brahm\'e4 once witnessed the breadth of the material creation, he was in awe and
 prayed, \'93Whoever says he knows the glory of K\'e5\'f1\'eba let him talk; I know nothing of it. Wonderful is the work of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but of His glory I know nothing. And whoever says he knows all about it actually knows nothing. Oh Lord, I kn
ow nothing of Your infinite glory.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the ethereal forms of the three Puru\'f1as (the Karanodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Garbhodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu
 and the K\'f1\'e9rodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu) are wonderful, the two-armed form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that dwells in V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the purest and most sublime. In this form He reveals the sublime sweetness of His own Self, and it is in this form t
hat He celebrates Himself in the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the dance with the exquisitely beautiful }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below the Ultimate Planet of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, floating in the rays emanating from His Body, are infi
nite spiritual planets where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba dwells in four-armed forms known as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. In these planets the six opulences of knowledge, wealth, fame, power, beauty, and renunciation are present. This is the middle holy presence of the Lo
rd, and is comparable to Mathur\'e4. Below these heavenly Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets a river called Viraj\'e4 flows which is a Divine river flowing from the sacred Goddess of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda
s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This eternal river is full of glories and nectar. On its upper bank extend the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets and on its lower bank lies the outer palace of the Lord, a region known a
s the Dev\'e9-dh\'e4ma. Many created beings dwell here. The goddess Lak\'f1m\'e9 protects this region, and the goddess of illusion serves the Lord here as a maid. This region is visible to the material eye, whereas the region of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha plane
ts, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paravyoman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the region of Goloka are invisible. Being regions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  energy, they are far above physical creations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in these spheres are infinite, the highest pastimes are those in which He jubilates in hum
an form. There are pastimes in which He plays as a lion, a fish, a boar, a horse, a bird, and so on, but the human form is His very Self, and in this form He appears as a youthful cowherd boy, eternally in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kai\'e7ora }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub age, an age corresponding to the adolescent age of sixteen. He carries a flute, which He plays from time to time, and dances masterfully. 
It is the mercy of the Lord that He reveals this form on earth, for this is the very same sublime Self which dwells eternally in Goloka. The Lord\'92s beauty is so overwhelming that He wonders at it Himself and desires to taste it. This beauty is so subl
ime that it glories in itself, for it contains all the components that we call beauty. Each of His Limbs has a halo of its own. He often stands with one leg bent before the other, and this makes His Body curve gracefully in three bends. His eyes send for
th knowing, playful glances that pierce the soul like arrows. The Lord not only completely overpowers the minds of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with His sacred beauty, but He charms even Cupid, the god of love himse
lf. His love is transcendental and is far superior to all the powers of sexual desire. He jubilates in this transcendental love and so supersedes all mundane cupids.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is with this very transcendental Self that He plays in the holy V\'e5nd\'e4vana with His friends who are cowherd boys like Himself a
nd who also have bodies full of eternality, bliss and knowledge. When describing the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in these pastimes, Lord Caitanya in ecstasy sang the following verse: \'93On the ocean of My Lord\'92s eternal youth, the waves of beauty are fo
rever rolling. As the mighty ocean contains whirlpools, so the ocean of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s eternal youth contain whirlpools expressing deep and sudden emotions. There are also sweet whirlwinds on the ocean, and these are the sweet tunes flowing fro
m the flute of the Lord. As the whirlwinds of nature sweep away autumnal leaves, so the whirlwinds of sweetness from the ocean of the Lord\'92s eternal youth sweep away the souls of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and draw them towards the Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chastise their creator L
ord Brahm\'e4 for giving them only two eyes, for two cannot satisfy them when the Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is before them. They need more in order to better perceive His multiglorious Form. And it is written in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The two ears of the Lord are adorned with earrings made in the shape of crocodiles, the two cheeks of the Lord are br
ight and beautiful, the smile of the Lord is charming, and His dance is wonderfully attractive. Indeed, He is so charming that both men and women desire to gaze on His Form forever. Their eyes are never satisfied, and so they criticize their creator for 
giving them only two eyes, and they become angry at him for this defect.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
9/24/15) Similarly, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub said, \'93O, Lord, in the daytime You go away to feed the cows in the ho
ly V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and we do not see You then. How can we bear this separation? A moment of this time seems to us to endure for centuries, and when You return in the evening we look at You with wistful eyes and see Your face so bright and beautiful and 
Your hair so gorgeously adorned. It is painful for us to blink our eyes, and we regret that we have only two eyes. At that time we speak ill of the creator for not giving us more eyes. Indeed, we feel that his power is extremely limited.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10/31/15)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The beauty of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana is ethereal and can only be compared to the most lustrous cosmic phenomena.
 In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya sings of His beauty in this way: \'93O, the face of Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is like the brightest full moon and like a king sitting in glory on his throne. And this throne is the body of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. His face sits like a king of moons among so many moons. All His beautiful limbs are like moons, and 
the moon of His face seems to coutrol them all. His two cheeks are pretty, brighter than the brightest of jewels. And They also look like two moons. Another moon is the half moon on the forehead of the Lord with a point at its center. This point is so br
ight that it appears like yet another moon shining among the others. And the white nails of His hands are also like so many moons, and when the Lord blows His flute these little moons dance upon its holes, and it appears that the tune proceeds not from t
he flute but from these beautiful nails of the Lord. And the nails of His Feet are also like moons which seem to dance as the Lord walks, and the tinkling sounds proceeding from His ankle bracelets seem like so many songs sung}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by these moonlike nails. The ears of the Lord are adorned with two earrings resembling crocodiles. His two eyes are like two l
otuses, and it seems that His regal moonlike face makes His ears and eyes dance in their places. The eyebrows of the Lord are like bows, His nose is like an arrow, and His ears are like the strings of the bow. With these weapons, His face, which is like 
the moon, pierces the hearts of the beautiful maidens of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Thus the King of V\'e5nd\'e4vana jubilates, a King of moons, distributing rays and light from His face. And to some this moon gives sweet, soft smiles. And to others He gives necta
r from his lips.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As mentioned before, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to earth, He does not leave this eternal Abode which is V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When His }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was enacted on this earth 5,000 years ago, He brought V\'e5nd\'e4vana with Him, and today V\'e5
nd\'e4vana is still present in India and is visited by pilgrims as a holy town. The Lord is not so limited that V\'e5nd\'e4vana exists only in a certain part of the spiritual sky and no place else. No, V\'e5nd\'e4vana is in the heart of the devotees and 
is manifested wherever K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees sport. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s fullest manifestation is V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and when He is there He is at full freedom. Therefore there is no question of V\'e5nd\'e4vana being bound by concepts of time or s
pace. Lord Caitanya\'92s disciples often told Him, \'93Wherever You are, O Lord, there is V\'e5nd\'e4vana.\'94 Nor can material scientists understand the nature of such a place. They cannot even understand the material sky nor reach its limits. How then 
is it possible for them to pierce the outer universal covering and ascend into }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para-vyoman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the self-effu
lgent sky? If they were to enter the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para-vyoman }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they would be amazed to see countless millions of expans
ions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba there. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, and as such He is like the original candle which lights so many millions of other candles which are His countless expansions. The candles all have the same 
quality, yet one candle is the original one. There is no question of void, the question of nothingness, for there are billions of great spiritual planets which are trillions of miles in area, and over each planet preside entities which are }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in their essence. Everything there is Absolute and spiritual. There spiritual planets float in the
 effulgence emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Body which sports in the supreme planet of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are the most sublime. It is from V\'e5nd\'e4vana that the songs of His flute iss
ue and spread like lightening in all directions. This song is heard in all the planets of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has where it reacts with a terrific super-atomic force and penetrates into the ears of all inhabitants to enchant them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The boys who are playing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and herding cows in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are not ordinary living entities. They are highly deve
loped sages who have acquired perfection by the accumulation of pious activities in past lives. For those who are under the spell of materialism, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an ordinary boy, but these cowherd boys in V\'e5nd\'e4vana accept Him as their Master, and
 their Supreme Lovable Object. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very fond of p
laying with these boy friends who are unlimited in number. Each of these boys carries a cane for herding cows, some fruit and lotus flowers, and they are beautifully dressed. In Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana everyone is just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as in the 
Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets everyone resembles the four-armed N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba expansion. In these worlds of the Absolute, everyone is the same. Consequently, all the individual boys and girls who sport in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana enjoy K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s sp
iritual bliss. Similarly, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are not ordinary cowherd girls, but are great sages who transform 
themselves in order to enjoy conjugal love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya spoke of them in this way: \'93Oh what penances did the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub perform to eternally enjoy the beauty of the Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba? They drink His beauty with their eyes and they fill their eyes, their limbs and their hearts with celestial visions of His beauty. O, blessed a
re they, for they enjoy that sublime beauty which is the sweetest in the creation and which has no equal. Even the Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Ruler of the heavenly planets of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para-vyo
man, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not possess such beauty. The goddess of glory known as \'c7r\'e9 Lak\'f1m\'e9 illustrates the truth of this, for she is dear to Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and is the very fl
ower among women created by the Lord, yet even she hankers after \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s beauty. All attributes and all species of sweetness are but shadows of His inner sweetness and inner attributes. The pure love of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is like a glass that reflects this sweetness and these attributes. As the Lord sees these reflections, His sweetness i
ncreases and so does the love of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And both His sweetness and their love grow and grow as tho
ugh competing with one another. And though both attain new brilliances, neither admits defeat in this wonderful competition.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya instructs that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba primarily exists in three forms known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svayam-r\'fcpa, tadek\'e4tma-r\'fcpa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4ve\'e7a-r\'fcpa. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svayam-r\'fcpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  form, Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba appears as a cowherd boy in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There are two manifestations of this form: (1) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and (2) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaibhava. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prabhava-prak\'e4\'e7a is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exhibited when, as in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dance, He manifests 108 bodies, and when, as at the marriage ceremony at Dv\'e4rak\'e4, He manifests Himself in 16,108 identical forms. \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said, \'93O King, it is a g
reat wonder that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifested Himself simultaneously in so many identical forms and married 16,108 queens at Dv\'e4rak\'e4.\'94 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaibhava-prak\'e4\'e7a }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s assuming different roles, sentiments and shapes according to situation. Although these manifestations are identical in form, they have different name
s according to their shape, colors and weapons. For instance \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaibhava-prak\'e4\'e7a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifested as His elder brother. \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma and \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba are identical in all respects except complexion. And sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibits Himself with two arms and sometimes with fo
ur arms }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (vrabhayavilasa) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the Son of Devak\'e9; and in one form He assumes the sentiment of a cowherd b
oy and in another, as V\'e4sudeva, He appears as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (warrior). However, the greatest ecstasy i
s experienced in His original Form as a cowherd boy in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
there is greatest in respect to loveliness, sweetness, and power. And for this reason, V\'e4sudeva hankers after the loveliness of Govinda, the cowherd boy. This original manifestation very much enchanted V\'e4sudeva who expressed His desire to taste it 
while witnessing the Gandharva dance at Mathur\'e4. \'93Oh Uddhava, this dancer, by dancing in honor of the lovely forms of Gop\'e4la at V\'e5nd\'e4vana, has so charmed Me that I am eager now to assume the sentiment of one of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to taste the sweetness of My beauty.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub La
lita-m\'e4dhava, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4/10)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These forms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are manifested in different shapes, sentiments, dresses and abodes. There are two types: (1) }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vil\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and (2) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4\'e0\'e7a. Vil\'e4
sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can be divided into two forms: (1) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and (2) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaibhava. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chief manifestations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava-vil\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are \'c7r\'e9 V\'e4sudeva, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma assumes the sentiment of a co
wherd boy and that of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at Mathur\'e4 and Dv\'e4rak\'e4. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vil\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in respect to differences in complexion and dress. Lord Caitanya explains that V\'e4sudeva, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, P
radyumna and Aniruddha form the primary quartet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s expansions. They are four-armed expansions. None are equal to them, and they are the source from which innumerable quartets are manifested. These four dwell eternally at Mathur\'e4 an
d Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and form what is known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava-vil\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. From them 24 oth
er forms have been manifested in the spiritual planets and are called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaibhava-vil\'e4sa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They have d
ifferent names according to the various weapons they hold. In the second quartet Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba dwells as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para-vyoman. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Other quartets are manifested from this one, and they rule their own planets in the vast spiritual sky. These quartets include forms of V\'e4sudeva (Ke\'e7ava, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and M\'e4dhava), the forms of 
Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba (Govinda, Vi\'f1nu, and \'c7r\'e9 Madhus\'fcdana), the forms of Pradyumna (Trivikrama, V\'e4mana, and \'c7r\'e9dhara), and the forms of Aniruddha (H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, Padman\'e4bha and D\'e4modara). Each of these twelve manifestatio
ns is assigned a month of the year, and each is recited by the devotee while adorning twelve parts of his body with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub marks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The principle quartet also has eight }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  forms, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vil\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of V\'e4sudeva (Adho
k\'f1aja and Puru\'f1ottama), of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba (Upendra and Acyuta), of Pradyumna (N\'e5si\'e0ha and Jan\'e4rdana) and of Aniruddha (Hari and K\'e5\'f1\'eba).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The above 24 forms (the principle quartet, their twelve corresponding forms and eight }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vil\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub forms) are the chief forms of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhava-vil\'e4sa. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They have different names according to the weapons they hold.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vaibhava-vil\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to the different forms and dresses 
of these 24. All of these 24 dwell in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para-vyoman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spiritual sky, and live in three forms in separate
 Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets in eight directions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para-vyoman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Although they dwell eternally in the spi
ritual sky, some of them have their abodes in this universe. Above the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para-vyoman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is the glory of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Loka.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way these four-armed expansions manifest in the spiritual universe. In order to protect religion and grant bliss to the devotee
s by destroying all impieties, they also manifest in the material universe. Some of them are regarded as incarnations, namely Vi\'f1\'ebu, Trivikrama, N\'e5si\'e0ha and V\'e4mana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  shapes, there are those in the Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba category and incarnations. The former include the Puru\'f1a Avat\'e4ras (Kara\'ebodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, Garbhodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu and K
\'f1\'e9rodaka-\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu) and the latter, the incarnations, include the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4 avat\'e4ras.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4ve\'e7a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub forms are the greatest of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and are the demigods mentioned in th
e Eleventh Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Jan\'e4rdana enters them by His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jn\'e4na-\'e7akti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (knowledge potency). These include the four Kum\'e4ra brothers, N\'e4rada Muni, Brahm\'e4, the serpent Ananta
deva, P\'e5thu, Para\'e7urama, and countless others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hearing the pastimes of the Lord is the same as hearing the song from His flute. Even if one has fallen into the whirlpool of material 
existence, he will become attracted to the Supreme Lord of V\'e5nd\'e4vana simply by hearing of His pastimes. By hearing of the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, studying the forms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, learning of the opulences of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and reading t
he words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the soul can be directed to that glorious planet of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana where he can finally attain eternal transcendental association with K\'e5\'f1na. The first step of awakening is to hear the song of His flute which plays the glories of His pastimes.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c9\'e7\'e4vasya: God-centered society
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c9\'c7\'c4VASYA: GOD-CENTERED 
SOCIETY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by R\'fcp\'e4nuga d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The immediate result of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare
 R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare has been the phenomenal growth of a unique federation of urban communes in the United States, Canada and Europe based on Vedic philosophy and centered around self-realization as the goal of community life. This transc
endental federation, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), is held together by mutual agreement to accept the principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotional service as the goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Society is in the greater society but definitely transcendental to it. Its members, ordinary people without qualification of specia
l training or talent, are free of the anxieties of the greater population. This freedom is due to their gradual realization that the actual standard of life is the pleasure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the natural Object of all daily act
ivities and affection. By mutual endeavor the entire Society is thinking of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba from one engagement to another, whether cooking, cleaning, eating, working in an office, or chanting His Holy Names in the city streets. Such a purified 
mentality gradually springs up, free from the materialist\'92s acute concern for the result of his work and free from competitive struggles carried on between friends, neighbors, communities and countries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, all activities are directed toward the Absolute Truth who is the Chief Person, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is natural 
to engage in His transcendental service, because He possesses all the attributes of the Perfect Leader: all beauty, all strength, all wealth, all intelligence, all fame and all renunciation. This is confirmed in all essential Vedic literature, including 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This literature also informs us that originally we are parts and parcels of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and
 by nature transcendental, eternal persons, full of knowledge and bliss. We come under the conditions of suffering because of our forgetfulness of our relationship with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. It is recommended that we return our attention to Him by me
ditation on His Holy Name, whose association gradually changes the quality of our consciousness from haphazard pleasures and pains to steady variegated bliss, our original uncontaminated perception. For the purpose of realizing such a nice conclusion, th
e Vedic concept of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4sya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or God-centered society, has been instituted at ISKCON.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The growth of ISKCON demonstrates the feasibility of self-realization on a mass scale. The secret of successful self-realization is God
-centered communal life. ISKCON grows because it practices devotional service or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the princip
le of developing actual love of Godhead and thus love for all living entities. As the Reservoir of Pleasure, K\'e5\'f1\'eba dispenses all satisfactions according to the individual member\'92s sincerity. As the All-attractive, He fascinates His servants t
o higher realms of bliss, revealing more and more of Himself to His sincere devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally, society\'92s energies are being expended in all directions, attempting to solve so many problems like violence, war, inflati
on, crime, old age, disease, etc. Consider that the problems remain unsolved and the energy dissipated. In fact, the complexities are increasing (with no shelter on the moon). The energy would be better spent on curing the disease rather than its symptom
s. As stated in the Vedic scriptures, the disease behind all material distresses is ignorance of God. There is then one single problem\'97how to best serve the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the all-attractive Source of Love and the Object of lov
e.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The test of ISKCON\'92s activity is to observe the participants and see that they are satisfied, friendly, and unusually jolly. A perso
n advancing on the spiritual path naturally loses his affinity for the anxiety-producing stimuli of the material world-glitter, which is endlessly alternating between happiness and misery. Such persons are being freed, astounding as it may seem, from the
 unchangeable laws of birth, death, old age and disease, which ordinarily block everyone\'92s real desires to be eternal, full of knowledge and blissful. Their satisfaction comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, who is equal to every living entity, impartial
 in His Love. But just as a father feels some special affection for his obedient and affectionate son (though he takes care of the rascal sons as well), K\'e5\'f1\'eba encourages His devotee to go on. The devotee tries to please the Lord\'92s Senses rath
er than his own. His growing freedom is the result of knowing that he (a spirit soul) is not his body or mind but a transcendental person on the way back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These transcendental communes are unique because the members are practicing the highest Yoga principles in the midst of urban confusion
 and glut. Yoga is the process of connecting with God. There have been a number of Ved\'e4nta societies, self-realization groups, etc., in this country for years, mostly practicing some form of mental or physical exercise only. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the basic book of Yoga practice, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that to practice any Yoga other tha
n }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (devotional service) requires special circumstances. One must take refuge at a sacred place
, away from the mass of people, make a special seat, practice difficult breath control and meditation, arrange the body in special positions, practice celibacy, etc. Such endeavor must continue for lifetimes to reach the Supreme Goal, and it is possible 
only for one in millions. Yoga systems other than the regulated principles of Bhakti-yoga, though bona fide, are not intended for the current city civilization. Five thousand years ago, Arjuna was a superior man in all respects, living in conditions far 
more conducive to self-realization than today, and yet he insisted, in answer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s explanation of these Yoga systems, that such practices were beyond his capacity. In numerous places in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains Bhakti as the real principle and process of Yoga. Bhakti-yoga has two irresistable aspects for the 
urban citizen: it is both easy and sublime. Easy because it can be practiced at all circumstances and sublime because it offers immediate results due to association with the Supreme Transcendental Person, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 It is this easy applicati
on to daily city life that is so fortunate; quite naturally, spiritually-minded persons come together and form a transcendental society, when such means are so readily available by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme P
erson K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the actual Proprietor of the world. Proprietor, owner, means controller as well. With some little meditation, i.e. with a thoughtful consideration of the subject matter, we can see that we do not even own our very bodies. If we di
d then we would be able to control their getting old and diseased. Our very bodies and minds, what to speak of other entities such as mosquitoes and robbers or natural events like hot weather and hurricanes, inflict pain upon us. No one should take serio
usly the mad scientists\'92 promise of eventual immortality through our future progeny. Nor should a man think he lives on in his children. When the individual father and individual mother have an individual child, they expand by body not by soul. In the
 Second Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is clearly explained that consciousness is the symptom of t
he spirit-soul, and it is explained further that the self or spirit-soul is eternal and individual, but that his bodies are always changing. We are not the owners of these changing bodies, or of any material object. We are renting everything we have.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even without full understanding, a person may engage what is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such a reformed thie
f is free of the anxiety of worrying about how to enjoy the fruits of his work, knowing well for whom he is working. Rather, he enjoys that service as its own reward and leaves the result, successful or not from the mundane viewpoint, to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
Satisfied by such work in devotion, he continues until reaching twenty-four-hour-a-day association with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, while still in the temporary body This, of course; is the highest stage, beyond our present comprehension, but devotional service
 is also the method by which to reach the highest stage. Devotional service is the end as well as the means. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises that such a faithful soul abides in Him and goes to Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everywhere there is a natural division of labor, but the purpose or goal of labor (work of any kind) is misunderstood. According to Cha
pter Three of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the sole beneficiary of all work, all sacrifice.
 Therefore, the community that works in devotional service is free of worry. All efforts are directed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the community members are free of the tremendous burden of trying to satisfy their temporary senses. In contrast, the greater soci
ety is directing all or most of its energy toward satisfaction of the temporary senses, which occupation has been an historical failure. No one has succeeded in remaining always happy by the path of gratifying the senses, yet everyone is still trying. Th
is is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or illusion. The greater society functions in this illusion: everyone is working 
for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In the ISKCON community everyone works for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should be concerned with relieving their neighbors of their material ills. Therefore, it is the greatest welfare work to remind the
 greater society of its Leader, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This reminder is the purpose of the missionary work of ISKCON. To this end, radio, T.V., newspapers, magazines, lectures, festivals, door-to-door canvassing, mass }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the city streets are all utilized and completely open to investigation as an open secret. As s
uch activities increase, more and more of the material atmosphere which is intoxicating the greater society is purifica. The potency of transcendental works and sounds should not be underestimated. The doubtful are spiritualized by association and the at
heists will die their usual death. Transcendental vibrations are encircling the planet. When the waves of bliss reach every nation, the entire world will be one nation under God. All intelligent persons should join that eternal nation now. No special bir
th, no visa is needed to enter that natural state, only serious desire.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The pattern of a transcendental earth is being designed in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious centers. The presiding tendency of the world is
 to imitate the West, the U.S. specifically, and this is facilitating the spread of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In this way, the nationalistic pride of the U.S. and all nations may be dovetailed in Transcendence. Happiness will come when peace comes, a
nd peace will come only after the quality of world-consciousness is changed from material to spiritual, from body-family-state-nation-race-earth consciousness to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97or God\'97consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the greatest example of devotional service, indicates, in opposition to the prevailing cultural prejudices
, that divisions of labor and national boundaries are useful for the administration of material needs, but that chanting the Holy Names of God and the practice of devotional service is the natural unfettered business of all human beings regardless of bir
thplace or occupation. In all scriptures this path of devotional service is verified, and this is proof that it is not some sectarian concept. Lord Jesus Christ taught pure devotional service, love of God, as the highest aim of life. When he was question
ed as to the prime duty or first commandment for human beings, he answered, \'93to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, and mind.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conception of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4sya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or God-centered society is clearly explained in the first mantra of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 I\'e7opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should t
herefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to Whom they belong.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub War and other endless competition is based on the nationalistic premise that land and other energies belong to the human beings who can
 occupy them successfully. This is a conceited assumption of fragile-bodied men. If I cannot keep my own body from decaying, how then can I be the proprietor of the land in which my body will be buried? Actually, the real knowledge is \'93nirmama,\'94 no
thing is mine. Not even this body, what to speak of my so-called possessions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This illusion of the temporary tenant that he is the proprietor, the landlord, goes against reasonable experience. The so-called Russia
ns, Americans, and Hindus, all leave this temporary residence as they came\'97naked and empty-handed. True, a man has his possessions that come naturally by honest labor, they are his quota. But he can only use his money, his car, his clothes, friends, e
tc., he cannot keep them. If a man or a nation tries for more than what comes to them by honest labor, in other words, becomes greedy, then there is nothing but trouble. The problems growing from material hankerings can be avoided, but not by planning co
mmissions and varied governments, as is proved by history and confirmed daily.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the solution is neatly expressed in the following verses:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O son of Kunt\'e9 [Arjuna], all that you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me. Thus you will be freed
 of all reactions to good and evil deeds; and by this principle of renunciation you will be liberated and come to ME. (Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Nine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub By following his qualities of work, every man can become perfect. Now please hear from Me how this can be don
e: By worship of the Lord, who is the Source of all beings, all-pervading, man can become perfect, doing his work. In all activities, and for their results, just depend upon Me, and work always under My protection. In such devotional service, be fully co
nscious of Me. (Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Eighteen}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the standard of peace and happiness\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97using K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s energy in His service. Actual 
freedom. K\'e5\'f1\'eba-karma or K\'e5\'f1\'eba-activities lead the members of this spiritual community to higher and higher states of pure consciousness and liberation from anxiety, an atmosphere unknown in our present condition. The greater population 
has its ideas of what liberation means, but it does not detect that activities centered about gratifying the temporary senses lead only to further bondage and, inevitably, to nihilism, impersonalism and cynicism. But in contrast, the activities of the li
berated person are chosen according to a standard that is transcendental to mere sense gratification, and the results cannot be imagined or pretended. There is an opportunity for spiritual advancement, to work for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and give the results
 to Him. But if we cannot understand for whom we are actually laboring in this world, then our efforts can never satisfy us, no matter how hard we may work.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The standard of success in life is the satisfaction of the Supreme Sentient Being \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the result is knowledge
 and bliss, the eternal heritage of every living entity. One is liberated shortly after going to work for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and after continuing his activities for some time, he lives with Him everywhere in sight; and at the end of the body he goes to 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s planet, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1969, the prevailing standard of life all over the world is material well-being. In this most advanced civilization men are very res
tless, and there remains a vacuum in everyone\'92s heart. That is because the symptoms of actual material advancement, such as good shelter, enough to eat, cleanliness, adequate clothing, education and a regular job, are actually dependent upon healthy s
piritual advancement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental citizen knows the actual standard of life. He sees all boundaries, flags, and political consciousness as illusions o
nly, in what is clearly God\'92s country. Therefore he serves God, not illusion (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). He is the m
ost loyal, because always he wants to relieve his neighbor of his material miseries, and he becomes expert at the office because he worships Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba by his work. These transcendental citizens have come together to tell others in the anxious c
ities the news about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is a great relief to hear this news of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a great leader in the eternal history of this Transcendental Samprad\'e4ya (community), has said, \'93If you hear that K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness is to be purchased in the marketplace, then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at once }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go there and purchase it!\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some people contend that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness consists of hallucination, self-hypnosis, emotional contagion, etc., without a re
al look at the evidence. Everyone is fond of speculating or guessing about everything, based on previous experience or lack thereof, as if that process guaranteed some final and true conclusion. Little children are famous for disliking some food preparat
ion, especially vegetables, they have never seen or tasted! Likewise, speculations and hypotheses are like the bee licking the outside of the jar of honey; one cannot speculate about the taste of honey. The transcendental flavor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness\'97devotional service\'97is beyond guessing, as is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, the sincere investigator has three opportunities for studying the validity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: he can meet and 
talk to the devotees, he can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and experiment for himself, and he can read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As 1t Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and try to understand the philosophy. Also, if so fortunate, he can hear a lecture by the Founder and \'c4c\'e4rya (one who teaches by example) of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da. Pra
bhup\'e4da and the members of the International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness are forever inviting our friends and guests to join in the vibration of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and know for yourselves. Please accept this invitation, intelligent peopl
e! It is scientific, provable, testable, most palatable! Accept our fervent humble plea! There is no harm, no expenditure. No force: in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Thus I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's p30:\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7
\'e4v\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the distribution of a love feast at the London center (left) and discussion about K\'e5
\'f1\'eba at the Boston temple (right).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Transcendental Sound Vibration
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE TRANSCENDENTAL SOUND VIBRATI
ON
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Jadur\'e4ni dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sound has form eternal. According to the S\'e4\'ebkhya philosophical system disclosed to the world by Lord Kapiladeva at the dawn of cr
eation, the whole material world is produced by sound. This is also a scientific fact and scientists are now engaged in researching the importance of sound. In the physical sciences, such as electronics, they are studying sound, and discovering that the 
material sound vibration has great power. As one can perceive the existence of air by the medium of touch, he can understand the existence of ether or space simply by clapping his hands\'97by sound. Sound means there is space batween the two objects\'97b
etween the speaker and the person receiving the information. According to the stringent laws of nature, everything is already established; there is nothing new we can create\'97by sound we develop our intimate relationship with the world. For example, st
ones and cement are already here; but by hearing we can understand how to utilize them and can construct a house. If material sound has so much power we should try to understand the power of the spiritual sound, because real, original sound is coming fro
m the Spiritual World. This material world can be compared with a record player. The sound is originally coming from a person and the record player is simply reproducing that sound, and is not the original source. Whatever sound there is in the material 
world, the original sound is produced from the spiritual sky\'97from God. In the Bible it is said, \'93Let there be creation,\'94 and simply by dint of this sound vibration, the whole creation is flowing out; God\'92s Word is sufficient. During the autum
n months the leaves fall to the ground in only a few days. And again, at the beginning of spring, everything immediately becomes green. If we were to decorate even one tree or take all the leaves off that tree it would take months. But God does not requi
re any engineering work. Simply His Words, \'93Let there be creation,\'94 are sufficient.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As sound is the cause of this material world, it is also its destruction. That same sound which destroys this cosmic manifestation elev
ates one to the spiritual sky, which is conspicuous by the absence of the qualities of the material sky. While the material sky is described as a temporary, miserable existence of ignorance, everyone in the spiritual world is living eternally in full bli
ss and knowledge. The sound that elevates one to the spiritual world is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4
ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not a whimsical invention, manufactured by some individual. It descends from the spiritual sky. It is recommended in Vedic l
iterature such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba, Agni Pur\'e4\'eba, Var\'e4ha Pur\'e4\'eba, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a transcendental sound vibration, and the fortunate
 chanter or hearer of these nectar-like words relishes at every moment the goal of his life, association with the Supreme Lord of all the worlds, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As material sourld vibrations develop our intimate relationship with this world of
 nescience, the transcendental sound vibration revives our full knowledge of the infinite spiritual space. If someone hears a friend\'92s voice on the telephone after a long period of separation, he immediately remembers everything about the friend\'97wh
ere they ate together, what they did together, etc. If he is so fortunate as to hear the transcendental sound \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 he can at once remember everything about his own blissful spiritual identity. It is unfortunate that in this age people a
re not interested in hearing God. They want to see God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not only is hearing as good as seeing, hearing is actually better. Prabhup\'e4da A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta says that we are seeing so many 
things around us every day, yet we do not understand them. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on this earth 5,000 years ago, everyone saw Him but only a handful understood Him as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Five thousand years later we are hearing abou
t K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other authoritative literatures; and if we hear submiss
ively we can understand everything about His transcendental nature. If one is fast asleep at night and a burglar enters within his house, he can apprehend the villain only by hearing. The other senses are for the time being not working. A child learns in
 the beginning of its training by hearing. \'93This is a watch, this is your father.\'94 Prabhup\'e4da gives the example of milk. If I smell milk, I can understand that it has a nice aroma; if I taste it I can understand that it tastes sweet; by touching
 it I know it is wet and cold, and by seeing it I can understand it is white. But simply by hearing, \'93This is milk,\'94 I immediately know everything. I know it is sweet, it is white, wet, cold and aromatic. Also by sound I can know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, th
e Reservoir of pleasure, the Fountainhead of all knowledge and eternal life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Within the material and spiritual worlds there is nothing in existence but the Supreme Lord and His energies. Therefore anyone in knowl
edge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, is in knowledge of everything. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the power of the Lord
, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the Supreme Powerful. There is actually nothing within our vision except Hare and
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Lord being absolute there is no difference between His Name and His actual Form. As it is stated in the Vedic literatures, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Name is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V
igraha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Name Itself has form. Even in this material world sound has form, or it would not be possible for it to travel through the air in the form of waves. We can speak to a 
friend thousands of miles away over the telephone because sound has travelled through the telephone wires. As it is possible for ordinary material sound to have form, then why not spiritual sound? In fact, the Name K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the subtlest form of 
God, and K\'e5\'f1na Himself is dancing on the tongue of the sincere chanter. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IV/9, \'93I descend in every millenium to vanquish the demon and to protect the devotee.\'94 But in this age the Lord is especially compassionate with the fallen condition of the people and He comes not to vanquish them, but to recla
im them. He comes in the Form of the Holy Names. Therefore, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Sa\'eck\'e9rtan Movement is also considered by the great authorities to be an incarnation
, invested with the same potencies as the Lord Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Name and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself are identical His Name is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It has taste. In the material world there is difference between the form and the name. The word mango is different from the form
 of the mango and one cannot taste the sweet mango fruit simply by chanting \'93mango, mango, mango.\'94 But the devotee who knows that there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His Name chants always }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and by ex
periencing the sweet mellow of these Names, realizes that he is always in the Lord\'92s Company.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Name is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; It is eternal. In the material world our names are not eternal. They belong to these temporary bodies and therefore are also temporary. When we leave our body and are forced to accept a new
 one, we are forced to change the name. But millions of years ago, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba delivered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub to the Sungod, His Name was K\'e5\'f1\'eba; 5,000 years ago, when He delivered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, His Name was K\'e5\'f1\'eba; and today also It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one can contact the Eternal, he also becomes eternal, immortal and therefore fearless.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mind of the ordinary person is always filled with fear and anxieties, because he has not realized his eternal spiritual nature. But
 when the mind is fixed on the Absolute Reservoir of pleasure, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is immediately elevated to the Absolute platform. When the senses are engaged on a particular object, the mind is automatically engage
d and therefore by sincerely chanting and hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (great) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the mind is fully absorbed in spiritual thought and is thus freed from the pangs of temporary material li
fe. The example is given of an elephant who has suffered in the forest fire and enters the river to get himself pacified. If persons who are suffering in the forest fire of material existence will only enter into the nectar-like river of Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, they will forget all the troubles of material existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this collection, Narottama-d\'e4sa Th\'e4kur, a great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4
c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the line of Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava Samprad\'e4ya, has written in his song \'93Nitai Pada-kamalam\'94 that the whole world is suffering under the blazing fire of 
material existence; in order to get relief from the fire one should take shelter of the Lotus Feet of Nity\'e4nanda by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba (Nity\'e4nanda is another Name for R\'e4ma), because it is as cooling as millions of moonrays combined tog
ether. During the summer months a man works long, hot, tiring hours at his job and in the evening he feels new life by taking shelter of the cooling rays of the moon. The Lotus Feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda offer the relief of millions of moons. Under this 
shelter one immediately finds a peaceful atmosphere. If one has not contacted Nity\'e4nanda that person should understand that he has simply spoiled his valuable life. The Th\'e4kur uses harsh words and says that such a human being who has never uttered 
the Holy Name of Nity\'e4nanda (Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba) has to be considered an uncontrolled animal, because he does not know that all of his education, his family, name or national prestige cannot help him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is some pleasure here in this material world but that pleasure is flickering and all our activities are tested at the time of dea
th. When we enter into a new body by force, our family, education, etc., cannot protect us and will have proved useless. The very word Nity\'e4nanda means eternal pleasure. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nitya }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means eternal and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mea
ns pleasure. The man who is mad after false prestige is thinking, \'93Who is Nity\'e4nanda! What can He do for me?\'94 He accepts something which is not. He accepts this body as himself. As the conclusion of his song, Narottama d\'e4sa prays to Lord Nity
\'e4nanda, \'93I am very unhappy in this material world. Please make me happy by placing me at the corner of Your Lotus Feet.\'94 The Th\'e4kur is desiring: \'93When will the time come that there will be shivering of my body simply by chanting the Holy N
ame of Lord Caitanya [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]? And when will tears from my eyes glide down simply by chanting, \'91Hari, Hari,\'92 and when will I be favored by Lord Nity\'e4nanda so that all desires for material enjoyment will appear to me very insignificant? W
hen shall I become free from the desires of bodily demands and thus be able to visualize the transcendental land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana [the Supreme Spiritual Abode]?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on this earth, He taught the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and offered realization by knowledge. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was spoken especially for the less intelligent class of men 5,000 years ago, but in this age everything has degraded so miserably that even the greatest scholars spend their entire lifetime studying }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and still they cannot understand it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya and Lord Nity\'e4nanda are also K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma but They came here especially to deliver love of God and there
fore have offered that simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dancing for K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can achieve the goal of self-realization in a very short time. The process is simply joyful and one should chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba with firm faith that by 
chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba his existence will become purified. One devotee prayed that Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so powerful that it melts even stone\'97it melts the heart of stone-hearted men. When Lord Caitanya chanted in the forests of India the birds 
would cry and even the tigers would accompany Him in chanting and dancing. In fact, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba has so much power because it is descending from the lips of Lord Caitanya. Of course we are not Lord Caitanya and cannot expect to enthuse the animals
, but at least we can enthuse the human beings. Practically, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mantra is more merciful than K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Prabhup\'e4da says that if R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba were to come to the temple, he would have to make so many 
elaborate preparations, dress beautifully, spend vast amounts of money for decoration and food, but Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that there are no requirements and no conditions. You can chant it anywhere at any time and there are no hard and fast 
rules. And the result is the same\'97association with the Absolute Truth, R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Prabhup\'e4da also tells a story that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was on earth His devotees put Him on one side of a scale because they wanted to see how mu
ch gold would be needed on the other side to outweigh K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The more gold they put, the heavier K\'e5\'f1\'eba became. Then one devotee had an idea. He wrote \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 on a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leaf and placed it on the opposite side of the scale and immediately it outweighed K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , First Canto, mercifully informs i
ts reader that everyone who has accepted this material body is \'93rotting in the kingdom of material energy,\'94 and its stringent laws of birth, old age, disease and death are very difficult to surpass, but anyone chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is at onc
e relieved from its clutches. Those who are merged in the nectar of hearing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba are liberated. They have no fear of material conditioned life. This world is described as an ocean of miseries. There are dangers at every step, but for one i
n K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness that ocean appears as large as a puddle of water made by the imprint of a calf\'92s hoof in the mud.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Moreover, for the devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that peaceful condition is simply a by-product. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the ocean is always calm even though many rivers flow into it. But as soon as there is a rise of the full moon no 
one can stop the tide from rushing wildly toward the shore. Similarly, the pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1na is calm even with the coming of desire and anxieties in the mind, but when the new moon of K\'e5\'f1\'eba arises by the chanting of the Holy Names, no 
one can stop him from dancing and shedding tears in ecstasy. Lord Caitanya prayed in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , \'93Oh my Lord, when shall my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly by chanting Your Holy Name? And when will all the hairs of my body have eruptions by the recitation of Your Name?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The highest perfection is to be continuously thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth; in Yoga terminology such state of absorpti
on is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is the facility of the sound of the Holy Name that by chanting it with the to
ngue and hearing it with the ear the mind is fixed on the Absolute Truth. Not that we want to apply the mind to anything and everything. By applying oneself to the vibration of the transcendental sound, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one enters into realization of
 his eternal nature as spirit soul, servitor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We want to be always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Pastimes. Once one of A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta\'92s disciples wrote to Prabhup\'e4da as follows: \'93I understand that on one hand the highe
st meditation is thinking of these Pastimes, such as K\'e5\'f1\'eba stealing butter, K\'e5\'f1\'eba upholding the Govardhan Hill, playing with the cowherdsboys, with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and later speaking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  at Kuruk\'f1etra. On the other hand we have so often been told to simply listen with attention to the pure sound vibration of the words \'91Hare\'92 and \'91K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'92\'94 The student therefore asked, \'93Should I try, while chantin
g, with separate endeavor to think of the Pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as I have heard them from lectures and in the literature?\'94 Prabhup\'e4da\'92s answer is printed here for the benefit of all persons: \'93Hearing the vibration of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
automatically reminds one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Pastimes. Both of them arise simultaneously in the mind when one is sincerely chanting. You cannot make a distinction between listening to the sound and thinking of the Pastimes. The process is to hear, an
d then K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Pastimes, Form, Qualities, etc., will automatically come into mind.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ideally, at the time of death, when whatever we do is tested, we should be uttering this immortal sound vibration, \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.\'94 A great devotee, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Kula\'e7ekhara, however, prays as follows: \'93My dear Lord, just now I am quite healthy, and it is better that I die immediately so that the swan of my mind can seek entrance at the stem of Your Lotus Feet.\'94 
The image is that of the swan, whose sporting pleasure is to duck his head and neck under the water and entangle himself in the stem of the lotus. Mah\'e4r\'e4j Kula\'e7ekhara is saying to the Lord: \'93Now I am not disturbed in mind and I am healthy, so
 if I die immediately chanting and thinking of Your Lotus Feet then I am sure that my performances of Your devotional service has been perfect. But if I have to wait for my natural death then I do not know what will happen; because at that time, the bodi
ly functions will be dislocated and my throat will be choked up with cough and I do not know whether I shall be able to chant Your Name. Better let me die immediately.\'94 We personally recall Prabhup\'e4da remarking, \'93These bodies are temporary. They
 will not exist. But this sound vibration will go on.\'94     END
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commentary by A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the mature ripened fruit of this tree. It narrates the transcendental pastimes of the transcendental Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that this nectarean fruit is relished even by those who 
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD\'97The knowledge that leads one nearer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the major scriptures of the world indicate that Godhead, or the absolute truth, is not impersonal, but is a person. From the mo
st authoritative sources, the famed 108 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of India, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the absolute truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They were first uttered millions of years ago by Lord Brahm\'e4, the creator of this universe. Now they are sung by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 
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\'eba Movement.
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or of this universe, now recorded by His Divine Grace accompanied by sarod and tamboura.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8. THE HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA ALBUM (33-1/3 rpm)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An actual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  service recorded live in 1968 at San Francisco's R\'e4dh\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple. Also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vande Ham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  monaural $3.00 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9. HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA MANTRA (45 rpm)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded by London's R\'e4dh\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple and produced by George Harrison on Apple label (no. 1810)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stereo $1.25 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10. HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA (45 rpm)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recorded by the Los Angeles }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Party in a new transcendental arrangement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stereo $1.00
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11. JAPA-MALA PRAYER BEADS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sacred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  wood beads strung by devotees in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  medita
tion. $3.00 each
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cloth protective bags for beads, large size, double-ply. $2.00 each
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tulasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  wood counter-beads for marking rounds. $.50 each
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Complete set of above three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa-m\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  items. $5.00
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please enclose payment with your order. All orders mailed Postage Paid.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p3:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA JAGANN\'c4THAD\'c4SA B\'c4B\'c4J\'c9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who rediscovered Lord Caitanya's birthsite (which is now the city of M\'e4y\'e4pur, India) and is the spiritual master of Bh
aktivinode Th\'e4kur
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhup\'e4da A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India o
n the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhup\'e4da is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Caitanya appeared in India, and from there back still further\'975
000 years\'97to the time when K\'e5\'f1\'eba first spoke The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to His disciple Arjuna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no fi
nancial charge for learning K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . The gist of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with the interests of the Supreme Enjoyer, the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The writer writes articles for 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The householders raise children in the science of God, and husband and wife live in mutual co-operation for spiri
tual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness means regular chanting in the temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is not an idler\'92s philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the ser
vice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, anyone who takes part will experience the state of "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ," ecstatic absorpt
ion in God-consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is non-sectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by cha
nting the Holy Name of God and by hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Without knowledge and realization and 
loving service to the One Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the Sa\'eck\'e9rtan Movement, and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction made by Lord Caitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can real peace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE/\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,
\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF ISKCON, WRITE TO ISKCON BOSTON FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON CENTERS
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\nosupersub Laguna Beach\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 130 Woo
dland Drive 92651\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub London\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub England\cell\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7 Bury Place Bloomsbury, W.C. 1\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Los Angeles}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Califo
rnia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3764 Watseka Ave.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Montreal\cell\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3720 Park Avenue\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New V\'e5nd\'e4vana\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub West Virginia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub RD 3, Moundsville 26041\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York City\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 61 Second Avenue 10003\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub American Center 261, Bd Raspail 14c\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philadelphia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pennsylvania\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 45-24 Regent St. 19143\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20 Doyle Steet\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 518 Frederick Street\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Santa Barbara\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6654 B
 del Playa, Goleta 93017\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seattle\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington
\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5516 Roosevelt Way NE 98105\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub St. Louis}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mis
souri\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4558 Laclede Avenue}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sydney\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Austrailia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 26 Hordern's Pl., Pott's Pt.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tokyo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Japan\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. 6-16 2 Chome Ohhashi, Meguro-Ku\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Toronto\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 40 Beverley St., Ontario\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vancouver\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 260 Raymar Street No. 305, British Columbia\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D.C.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2015 Q St. N.W. 20008\cell}
\row \pard
\s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
ton, Mass. 02134. All material copyright \'a9 1970, ISKCON PRESS. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $5.00 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 (5th Chapter)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 BRAHMA-SA\'c0HIT\'c4 (
FIFTH CHAPTER)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 First Installment
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With commentary by \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and translation and purport by Paramaha\'e0sa Parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya (108) \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktisiddh
\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Editor\'92s Note: This is the first inst
allment of the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, the Hymns of Brahm\'e4, including a foreword by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, the translator and commentator, and the first two verses and purports of the Fifth Chapter of this work. Brahm\'e4 is the fi
rst created entity in this universe, born out of a lotus flower sprouting from the navel of the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Great God, and he is the greatest of the demigods, being directly empowered by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to create the sola
r and planetary systems and all life that dwells therein. Despite his great power, at his birth Brahm\'e4 knew neither his whereabouts nor his identity. Therefore the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, imparted Vedic knowledge into his heart, and th
ese hymns are Brahm\'e4\'92s articulation of that knowledge. It is not surprising then that the Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 is in praise of Govinda (K\'e5\'f1\'eba), the primeval Lord who is the very origin of Brahm\'e4.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 renders, in his foreword and purports, detailed information
 which reveals his great scholarship and devotion. The greatest exponent of Vai\'f1\'ebavism in this century, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta founded the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Mission in India. He is the spiritual master of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktived
\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 and therefore the grand spiritual master of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in the West.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FOREWORD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The materialistic demeanor cannot possibly stretch to the transcendental autocrat who is ever inviting the fallen conditioned souls to 
associate with Him through devotion, the eternal serving mood. The phenomenal attractions are often found to tempt sentient beings to enjoy the variegated position, which is opposed to undifferentiated monism. People are apt to indulge in transitory spec
ulations even when they are to educate themselves about a situation beyond their empiric area or experimental knowledge. But often the esoteric aspect obliges them to trace out Immanence in their outward inspection of transitory and transformable things.
 This impulse moves them to fix the position of the immanent to an indeterminate impersonal entity, no clue of which can be discerned in moving earth and heaven through man\'92s organic senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The lines of this booklet will surely help such puzzled souls in their march towards the personality of the Immanent lying beyond their
 sensuous inspection. The very first stanza of this publication will revolutionize their conservative ideas when the nomenclature of the Absolute is put before them as \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 The speculative minds will tend to offer some other attributiv
e name to designate the unknown object. They will prefer to brand Him by their own experience as the \'93creator of this universe,\'94 or \'93the entity beyond phenomena,\'94 which are far removed from any object of nature and void of all transformation.
 So they will urge that the very fountainhead should have no conceivable designation other than that which would indicate an invisible, inaudible, untouchable, non-fragrant and imperceivable object. But they will not desist from contemplating on the obje
ct with their poor fund of experience. The interested enquirer will be found to hanker after the records left by erudite savants in lieu of incompatible hallucinatory views of savage demonstration. In comparing different names offered by mankind\'92s dif
ferent schools of thought, a particular judge would naturally decide in favor of some nomenclature which will suit best his limited and specific whims. The slave mentality of an individual will no doubt offer invectives to those who would appeal to him t
o explain his decision. To remedy this evil, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hymns }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) of the accepted progenitor of the phenomena would help greatly for they offer a nomenclature which is possessed of adequate pow
er to dispel all imaginations conjured by those who experience phenomena through tentative exploitations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first hymn will establish the supremacy of the Absolute Truth, if His substratum is not shot by the bullets of limited time, ignora
nce and discomfort by those who recognize Him as an effect instead of accepting Him as the prime cause. But earnest seekers will be satisfied to note that the object of their determination is the par-excellent Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba who ha
s eternally embodied Himself in His ever-present, all-blissful, all-pervasive form of perfected knowledge, the very fountainhead of all prime causes, or unending non-beginning time, the supplying fosterer of all entities, namely, mundane and transcendent
al.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The subsequent lines will determine the different aspects of the Absolute, which are but emanations of the supreme fountainhead K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, the most attractive entity of all entities. Moreover, the etymology of the nomenclature \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 indicates a plane of uninterrupted, unending, transcendental felicity and indicates that He Himself is the source of the two compone
nts which go by the names of \'93efficient\'94 and \'93material\'94 causes. The very transcendental name \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 enotes the embodiment of all the transcendental eternal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub rasas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (nectarean pleasures) as well as the origin of all eclipsed conceptions of interrupted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
rasas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (perverted relationships) found in the mentality of animated beings which are successfully depicted by literati and rhetoricians for our mundane speculation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are a full elucidation of the origination of phenomena and noumena. These hymns of the incarnated prime potency deal fully with the henotheistic speculations of different schools, which are busy giving
 the outer coverings of esoteric concoctions without referring to the true, eternal aspect of the transcendental, non-transformable and imperishable manifestation of the Immanent. These hymns also deal with different partial aspects of the Personality of
 the Absolute, who is quite separate from the conception of the enjoyers of this phenomenal world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A very closely attentive comparative study of all prevailing thoughts and conceptions will relieve and enlighten all\'97be one a mate
rialist, a downright atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, a naturalist, or a pantheist\'97busy with knowledge of mere three dimensions by speculative exertions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This booklet is only the fifth chapter of the Hymns of Brahm\'e4 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) which were recorded in a hundred chapters. The Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya picked up this chapter from the temple of \'c4dike\'e7ava at Tiruv
attar, a village lying under the government of Travancore, for the assurance of all God-loving, and especially K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loving, people in this conditioned world. This booklet can easily be compared with another book called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Though it has reference in the pantheon of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  corroborates the same idea of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees should note that these two books point to the identical K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is the Fountainhead of all transcendental and m
undane entities and who exhibits a manifestation of plenary variegatedness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aspersions and calumniation are confined to the limited world, for the Transcendence cannot admit such \'93angularities,\'94 being at a
n angle of 180 degrees, that is to say, void of any angular discrepancies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The publisher is carried away to the realm of gratitude when his stores of publication are scrutinized. \'d6h\'e4kur Bhaktivinoda has g
iven an elucidating purport to the conception of the most sublime fountainhead of all entities, and one of his devout followers has rendered that from Bengali into English for propagatory purposes. The background of the purports and translations are trac
ed to the writings of \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a contemporary follower of the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The materialists often go on to say that the provincial conception of theism has depicted the transcendental unity as diversity, but we
 differ from these erroneous considerations, for we get a prospective view of the manifested Transcendence which eliminates all historiographies and allegorical interpretations. Our enjoying mood should take a different direction when we take into accoun
t the Transcendental Entity who absorbs all the frailties and limitations of nature. So we solicit the happier mood of the scrutinizers and beg them to pay special attention to the importance of manifestive transcendence in K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was found necessary to publish this small book for the use of English speaking people who are interested in the acme of transcendent
al truth in all its manifested phases. The theme delineated herein is quite different from the ordinary heaps of poetical mundane literature which are confined to our limited senses. This book was found in South India some four centuries ago, and it is a
gain brought to light in the very same country after a long time. It is just like the worshiping the Goddess Ganges by offering her own water.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Siddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Gau\'f2\'e9ya Math, Calcutta, August 1, 1932}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 VERSE ONE
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9\line sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9\line an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9\line sarva-
k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97-Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97supreme; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97eternal; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bliss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97body; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an\'e4di\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no origin; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4
di\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97prime cause or origin of all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Govinda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of causes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. H
e has no other origin, and He is the Prime Cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the exalted Supreme entity, and he has His own eternal name, eternal form, eternal attribution and eternal pastimes.
 The very name K\'e5\'f1\'eba implies His love-attracting qualities. His eternal name expresses Him to be the acme of attraction.  His eternal, beautiful heavenly blue-tinged body glows with the intensity of ever-existing knowledge, He holds a flute in H
is two hands.  Although His inconceivable spiritual energy is all-extending, He maintains His all-charming medium size by dint of His spiritual senses.  His all-accommodating supreme subjectivity is nicely manifested in His eternal form (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Concentrated eternal presence (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
at}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) uncovered knowledge (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) 
and inebriating bliss (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) have their beauty in Him.  The mundane manifested portion of His own Se
lf is known as all-pervading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4, \'c9\'e7vara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Superior Lord) or Vi\'f1\'ebu (all-fostering)
.  Hence it is evident that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the sole Supreme Godhead.  His unrivalled, unique spiritual body of super-excellent charm is eternally unveiled by innumerable spiritual senses and unfathomable attributes which keep their own proper location
 and yet at the same time, adjust and extend by His inconceivable reconciliatory powers.  This beautiful spiritual figure is identical with His own Self.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This very intensely unified entity of eternal presence and joyful cognition is the charming goal, the transcendental form. It follows 
that the conception of the indistinguishable formless magnitude (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), which is an indolent and lax p
resentment of cognitive bliss, is merely a penumbra, an intensely blended aura of the three concomitants, namely, the blissful, substantive and the cognitive. The transcendental manifested form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His original feature, is the primordial b
ackground of the infinite }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and of the all-pervasive Oversold.  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as truly envisioned
 in His variegated pastimes as the owner of transcendental cows, the chief of cowherds, consort of milkmaids, ruler of the terrestrial abode Gokula and the object of worship by the transcendental residents of Goloka, is Govinda.  He is the root cause of 
all causes which are predominating and predominated agents of the universe.  The mere glance of His projected fractional portion (namely,the personal Over-soul or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) in the sacred originating water gives rise to a secondary potency, nature, which creates this mundane universe.  This Over-soul's intermediate energy brings forth the individual s
ouls which emanate like rays from the sun.
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book is a treatise on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so the preamble is enacted by chanting His name in the beginning.
\par }\pard 
\s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 \par \pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 VERSE TWO
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sahasra-patra\'e0-kamala\'e0\line gokul\'e4khya\'e0 mahat-padam\line tat-kar\'ebik\'e4ra\'e0 tad-dh\'e4ma\line tad-anant\'e4\'e0
\'e7a-sambhavam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sahasra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one thousand; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub patram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97petals; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kamalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a lotus flower; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gokula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Gokula, where there are many c
ows; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4khyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97named; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahat}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97highest}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; padam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97station; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kar\'ebik\'e4ram}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the whorl of a lotus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97abode; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ta
t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97that; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97plenary e
xpansion of Baladeva; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a specific part; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambhavam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97originated from.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [The spiritual place of the transcendental pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described in this verse.] \line The super-excellent residence
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is known as Gokula, has thousands of petals and corolla like that of a lotus sprouted from a part of His infinitary aspect.  The whorl of the leaves are the actual abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s1207 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gokula, like Goloka, is not a created mundane plane\'97unbounded character forms the display of His unlimited potency and His multiple
 manifestation. Baladeva is the mainstay of that energy. The transcendental entity called Baladeva has two aspects, namely infinite spiritual manifestation and infinite accommodating space for insentient gross things. The uni-quadrantal delineation of ma
terial universe will be dealt with in the proper place. The tri-quadrantal extensions of the transcendental infinitary field of the Almighty are characterized by unlamenting, nonperishing and non-apprehending unlimited situations which are fully spiritua
l and majestic and are exfoliating. This very majestical extension refers to the manifested, lofty, rich feature of the vaster unlimited region (or greater atmosphere) which has its resplendent location wholly beyond the realm of mundane nature. It abide
s on the further shore of Viraj\'e4 surrounded by the halo of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the indistinguishable entity. This 
majestical power of unlimited spirit emanates on the upper portion of the luminous sphere into the most charming Gokula, or eternally existing Goloka, which is exceedingly beautified by the assorted display of effulgence. Some designate this region as th
e abode of the Supreme N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or the original fountainhead. Hence Gokula, which is identical with Goloka, is on the supreme plane. The same sphere shines as Goloka and Gokula respectively, depending on its upper (or transcendental) and lower 
(or mundane) situation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 instructs us as follows in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub B\'e5had-bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which embodies the final essence of all the books of instructions: "He displays His pastimes here in this land as He used to do in Gol
oka. The difference between the two planes lies only in their locations as high and low; that is, in other words, K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays exactly the same part in Goloka as He exhibits on the mundane plane of Gokula. There is practically no difference betwe
en Gokula and Goloka save that what exists in the shape of Goloka in the upper region is the same as Gokula on the mundane plane when K\'e5\'f1\'eba shows His various activity there." \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 also gives the same instructions in th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavat-sandarbha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of his Six Treatises: "To ascertain the plane of Goloka: V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the e
ternal abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Goloka and V\'e5nd\'e4vana are identically one, and though both are identical, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inconceivable energy has made Goloka the acme of this spiritual kingdom, and Gokula of the Muttr\'e4 province, forming a pa
rt of the mundane plane, is also a manifestation of tri-quadrantal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vibh\'fcti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (conducting majesty)." Poor
 human understanding cannot possibly conceive how the extensive tri-quadrantal, which is beyond human comprehension, can be accommodated in the limited nether material universe of a uni-quadrantal disclosure. Gokula is all spiritual, hence it's condescen
ded position in the region of material space, time, etc., is in no way restricted but unlimitedly manifested with its full boundless proprieties. But conditioned souls are apt to attribute material conceptions to Gokula, due to their miserable senses try
ing to bring it down to the level of their intellect. Though the eye of an observer is impeded by a cloud when gazing at the sun, and though the tiny cloud never really covers the sun, still the clouded eye apparently observes the sun to be covered by th
e cloud. In just the same way, the conditioned souls with their obscured intelligence, senses and decisions, accept Gokula as a piece of measurable land. We can see Gokula from Goloka, which is eternal. This is also a mystery. The attainment of final bea
titude is the success of attaining one's eternal self. The success in identifying the true self is finally achieved when the conditioned soul's screen of gross and subtle coils is removed by the sweet will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However, the idea of Goloka i
s seen to differ from Gokula till the success in unalloyed devotion is achieved. The transcendental plane of infinite spiritual manifestation, having thousands of petals and corolla like those of the lotus, is Gokula, the eternal abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [To be continued in next issue]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7ukadeva's Instructions
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7UKADEVA'S INSTRUCTIONS
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 [delivered as a lecture by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 before the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Boston, December 22, 1969]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Text related to photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da arriv
ing from London with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , at Logon Airport, Boston.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92m pleased that you are doing things just to my satisfaction. Stick to this principle, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba will bless you. Our line 
of action is not difficult: chanting sixteen rounds regularly, trying to follow the four restrictive principles, taking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reading the books, speaking, discussing about the subject matter of devot
ional service. This is the process.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am speaking tonight about Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j, of whom I have spoken several}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub times before. As you know, he had only seven days to meet his death. He was a young man, but somehow or other he was cursed by a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boy that he would meet death within seven days. According to Vedic culture one should prepare very nicely bef
ore death for going back to Godhead. This is Vedic culture. In the modern civilization, they do not know what is going to happen after death. But our Vedic culture is not so blind. Vedic culture is based on the aim of human life, not aimless life. Aimles
s life is animal life. They are governed by the laws of nature. They are going on, transforming from one body to another; and ultimately they are coming, by the evolutionary process, to the human form of life. Especially this civilized human form of life
 is very responsible. One has to make his choice whether he wants to continue his materialistic way of life and change bodies one after another. That is a very risky job. We should always remember that in our next body we may be given a body of a tree. J
ust see, in this part of the world, what a condemned life they are leading\'97forced to stand in the snowfall. You have a house; you can protect yourself. They cannot even move. So there is possibility of getting such life. We should be very responsible 
about how to avoid such laws of nature. We can enter any form of life out of 8,400,000 species that are evolving. We should always remember that if by chance we slip down to one of them, then we have wasted our time. This is responsibility.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Labdhv\'e4 sudurlabham ida\'e0 bahu sambhav\'e4nte }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 11.9.29]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Bahu sambhav\'e4nte
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means after many, many appearances. This present body is one of the appearances\'97it will never appear again. You or I may have to appear again in a different body, but this hum
an form of life is a great opportunity. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bahu sambhav\'e4nte. Bahu}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means many, and}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sambhav\'e4nte }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub appearances. Then, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub labdhv\'e4 sudurlabham. Su }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means very costly, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub durlabham 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to gain with very great difficulty. This responsibility must be there in the human form of life. \'93After many, many appearances one can achieve this human form of body, an
d can achieve a great success in this life.\'94 This is the hint given. Therefore, for that great success, everyone should try his best. One must not think, \'93Now that we are young men, young boys and girls, let us enjoy life.\'94 That facility is very
 easy to obtain in your country. In the schools, colleges, in society, the young boys and girls have ample facility for enjoying material life. Material life means sex life. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says you should immediately try for the ultimate success of your life. Don\'92t spoil your life. If we become absorbed in the course of the 
materialistic way of enjoyment, then naturally we have to take birth again in another body, not necessarily of human form. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that unless we purify our mind and consciousness, we must accept a material body and again accept all miserable conditions that we are undergoing with this body. This is not a pessimistic view of life. This is a f
act.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only responsible persons can understand. San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 were ministers of government. Their societ
y was very aristocratic, and they were very rich. But wealth and aristocratic society could not satisfy their desire. They left their enjoyable posts and followed Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu for the ultimate solution of life. The examples are many. Lord 
Caitanya\'92s direct disciples are all very important men. For example, Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara, Lord Caitanya\'92s secretary, was a very learned man, a Ved\'e4ntist. And the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s\'97San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Raghun\'e4th
ad\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'97were very important and rich men of that time. Raghun\'e4thad\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 happened to he the son of a very big landlord or zamindar. In those days, five hundred years ago, his father\'92s income was 1,200,000 rupees. He 
was the only son of his father and uncle, but he did not like to enjoy the father\'92s property. He joined Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and is known as Raghun\'e4thad\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Gop\'e4la Bhatta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 (a very learned
 scholar and philosopher, the nephew of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9) were all very important men of society. They joined Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to make their lives successful, and we should take their example for our own success. The successful life means
 to change our consciousness to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is success. All you young boys and girls, you are fortunate. I\'92m not bluffing you; actually you are fortunate. You have come to the right place where you can learn K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness. This is the greatest boon of life. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that you should try very quickly to fa
ce this business. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j was aware that he was going to live for seven days, but we do not know whether our life will last for seven days or seven minutes. It may end at any moment; there is no guarantee. Don\'92t think that we shal
l take up this business of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in old age. From the example of Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j, we can take the lesson that we do not know when we shall die. But before death we have to become competent in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss. What is the competence? To be twenty-four hours a day, always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the last stage of his life Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j got the association of a big K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious personality, \'c7ukade
va Gosv\'e4m\'e9. He asked him, \'93My dear sir, I\'92m now going}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to die; what is my duty? Please tell m
e.\'94 Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j was born in the family of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2us. He is the grandson of Arjuna. Arjuna\'92s son, Abhimanyu, died in the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, He was a sixteen-year-old boy at that time, but he was married. Fortuna
tely, when he died, his wife was}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pregnant. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j was the posthumous child. He was
 born after the death of his father; he never saw his father. His grandfather raised him. All the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava boys died in the battlefield. Of the whole family, only the five brothers remained alive, and this child who was in the womb of his mother.
 Otherwise, all the members of the whole Kuru family died in the battle\'97it was such a big fight. This child was also hit by atomic energy, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but K\'e5\'f1\'eba saved him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted the descendant of His devotee to live on. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas are a very good K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious family. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to give prote
ction to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious men and families. That you know from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So th
e child was saved, even in the womb of his mother, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba could also have saved him from the curse by a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boy, but Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j did not like the idea. He took it very seriously: \'93I have offended the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and he has cursed me. That\'92s nice.\'94 How liberal he was! He accepted and immediately prepared for death. After all, he was a great devotee. In his childhood he was playing with R\'e4
dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deity. Just like our child-devotee, Dvar\'e4k\'e4dish d\'e4s. He is playing with Jagann\'e4tha. That is very nice. My father also gave me Deities in my childhood, and I had the opportunity to serve R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba from ch
ildhood. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j asked \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to recite to him about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although he was very anxious to know about his duty, he was thinking that his only duty was to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the last stage. Therefo
re, he asked his spiritual master if he could hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba at this last point of his life. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was ,very glad that the King was already anxious \'c7ukadeva was just going to advise him to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he
 found that he was already anxious to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and even from childhood he was playing with R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities. From the womb of his mother he saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After his birth he
 was searching after that figure who saved him. Therefore, his name was Par\'e9k\'f1it, or \'93Examiner.\'94 Many people were present after his birth, and he was looking all around thinking, \'93Where is that form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 Therefore his nam
e is Par\'e9k\'f1it. When he inquired from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 if he could hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 replied: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'e9y\'e4n e\'f1a te pra\'e7na\'f9
 k\'e5to loka-hita\'e0 n\'e5pa \'e4tmavit-sammata\'f9 pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0 \'e7rotavy\'e4di\'f1u ya\'f9 para\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.1.1]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M
y dear King, you are very fortunate. Your question about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is welcome. You are inquiring about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so this very question is very important. And this is not only good for you, it is good for all the human society. Because you have
 questioned, I shall reply. Questions and answers about K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so important that in the future these questions and answers will be discussed in the human society.\'94 Actually it is being done now. We are discussing the same incidence. And he
 said, \'93This question is so authorized that those who are interested in self realization will approve it.\'94 \'c7ukadeva is saying, \'93Yes, this is a nice question. It is not a bogus question. This type of question should be inquired.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole world is full with questions and answers, these questions and answers about K\'e5\'f1\'eba are approved by those who are self
 realized; they are not appreciated by the bodily realized. There are two classes of men. The bodily realized make up 99.9 percent of the population\'97always thinking of the body And there is another class called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tmavit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , self realized K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons. There are many kinds of subject matter for hearing, but this is the sublime subject
 for hearing, questions and answers about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means sublime, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rotavya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means worthwhile hearing. Why is it sublime? \'c7ukadeva said: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rotavy\'e4d\'e9ni r\'e4jendra n\'e5\'eb\'e4\'e0 santi sahasra\'e7a\'f9 apa\'e7yat\'e4m \'e4tma-tattva\'e0 g\'e5he\'f1u g\'e5ha-medhin\'e4m. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This 
matter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such exalted transcendental knowledge that there are 18,000 verses and you can realize great transcendental importance in each verse and each word. This }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavat Pur\'e4\'ebam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this old history of the world, is spotless. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is also history. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j was cursed by a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He was a king, Emperor of the world, and we are hearing how he met his death. These things are described in the history. But it is not ordinary his
tory, not what we generally mean by chronological history. It is the history of the most important, or at least one of the most important kings of the world. This history of his life and death is historical fact.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.1.2]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93My dear King, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rotavy\'e4d\'e9ni r\'e4jendra n\'e5\'eb\'e4\'e0 santi sahasra\'e7a\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For ordinary men there are many, many su
bject matters for hearing.\'94 Just as in the newspapers there are many varieties of news, but they are meant\'97for whom?\'97for ordinary men. They are not meant for us; we don\'92t care for what is happening in the newspapers. Although, early in the mo
rning, everyone else is anxious to read them, the boys and girls of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement do not care for the newspapers. This is the very fact which is stated by \'c7ukadeva. What is the newspaper? The Sanskrit word is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rotavy\'e4d\'e9ni. \'c7rotavya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means that thing which is to be heard. Unless there is some news, what will you hear? So thi
s word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rotavy\'e4d\'e9ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means subject of news. He addressed the King: \'93Dear Emperor, there are ma
ny varieties of subject matters for hearing by the human being.\'94 But what class of human being? There are many different kinds of knowledge for those who are fools and rascals without any self realization. They are called blind. They have eyes, but th
ey have no introspection for the value of life. Therefore, he says they have eyes like the eyes of the peacock feather. They have no introspection. Therefore, Vedic culture says you should see through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (scripture). Don\'92t try to see by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub these }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eyes. These are only valueless eyes. They are conditioned in so many ways, so don\'92t believe the eyes. See through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7
\'e4stra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub See through the spiritual master and through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Try to see through these\'97this is perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The subject matter for hearing for the ordinary person means for those who are engaged in family matters. But does it mean to become a 
family man is bad? No, it doesn\'92t. But if you become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hamedhi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is particularly mentioned as b
ad. In family life there are also two classes of men, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hamedhi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, we can see that each and every word of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has new, enlightening meaning. There is a difference between }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5
hastha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hamedhi. G\'e5hamedhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub means ordinary persons Whose household life and home have been made the center of the householder\'92s existence. Earlier tonight I was seeing the rooms of our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5has
tha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub householders, our boys and girls, and their things are scattered. If you go to another person\'92s home, you will find his apartment nicely decorated with chairs, cushions and
 sitting pads. But they have no vision about self. Here, we see their household affairs and their resting places are not so nicely decorated, but their aim is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the difference between }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hamedhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha. G\'e5hamedhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means they simply want to decorate their apartment and children and wife; that is their aim of life. They have no other business. They are blind to the value of life; whereas a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not blind about the value of his life. He\'92s simply looking forward, how to become successful in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness. Those who are blind to the point of self realization have thousands of subject matters of hearing in the newspapers. The ordinary householders have made their aim of life to decorate the apartment, that\'92s all\'97work day and night and have g
ood dress, good apartment, that\'92s all. They think that this is successful. For them there are many thousands of news items. Why do they have thousands of varieties of news? What is their mode of life? This will be explained. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 
is describing their mode of life: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nidray\'e4 hriyate nakta\'e0 vyav\'e4yena ca v\'e4 vaya\'f9 div\'e4 c\'e4rthehay\'e4 r\'e4jan ku\'f6umba-bhara\'ebena v\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.1.3]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93At night they are wasting their duration of life either by sleeping or by sex life.\'94 That\'92s all. This is their business at
 night. Then at daytime, what is their business? In daytime they are always busy: \'93Where is money, where is money, where is money?\'94 Then they are getting money. And as soon as there is money, they immediately have a program of how to spend it perfe
ctly. They will spend thousands of dollars for family and relatives, but if you ask a dollar for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness they will say, \'93I do not have any.\'94 So for these persons, there are varieties of material nature. This is the program for 
their life: at night either sleeping or going to the night club or dancing club, sex life, that\'92s all. Not that these things are new. These are old things. People are long accustomed to all these things; it is human nature. And yet they are thinking, 
\'93We are in the modern days.\'94 What do they mean by modern days? Nothing has changed by putting the old wine in new bottles. Practically this is going on. So the question is why are they wasting their life? That is answered also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.1.4]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deh\'e4patya-kalatr\'e4di\'f1v \'e4tma-sainye\'f1v asatsv api te\'f1\'e4\'e0 pramatto nidhana\'e0 pa\'e7yann api na pa\'e7yati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deha}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means this body. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Apatya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means his children. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kalatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means wife. Just as the nation thinks it is well-protected when it has good defense measures, so an ordinary man thinks that if he has a strongly built body and a very faithful wife, nice children, good bank 
balance, some property, securities, these things will give him protection. \'93Yes,\'94 he believes, \'93they will give me protection. I have nice children, I have nice wife, I have a good bank balance, I have so many properties, so why shall I go to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? I am well-protected. These boys and girls have no bank balance, they have no home; therefore they should go.\'94 But actually they are blind. How are they blind? They are thinking that these things will give them protection. 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pramatta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means crazy. Their craziness is thinking that these things will give them protection. No. }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 pramatto nidhana\'e0 pa\'e7yann api na pa\'e7yati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Because he is crazy, he does not see the des
truction of these things, although he is seeing others destroyed at every moment. \'93My father has died, naturally I shall die, naturally my sons also will die,\'94\'97so why are you so anxious for protecting this family? Everyone will die. They can see
 daily that the things they are working so hard for will be destroyed; but still they do not see, although it has been destroyed previously in history. Many empires have been destroyed previously in history. Many empires have been destroyed. The British 
empire, the Roman empire, the Egyptian Empire\'97all have been destroyed. Also, the Indian empire is now gone where formerly Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j was the emperor of the world. They see that these things cannot give one protection when he is calle
d for death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j was preparing. It was not that his good soldiers, children, wife, country, or bank balance could protect h
im. No. Nobody can give any protection. For example, when you fly in the sky you have to protect yourself. And if you are crashing in the airplane, nobody\'97neither the birds or other airplanes\'97can save you. You have to come down. Similarly when deat
h will come, nobody will be able to give You protection. You cannot say, \'93My good state, good family or bank balance or this or that will protect me.\'94 No. That\'92s all. Finished. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is giving right instructions to Par\'e9k
\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j. The rascaldom news of ordinary persons is not meant for hearing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore he concludes: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tasm\'e4d bh\'e4rata sarv\'e4tm\'e4 b
hagav\'e4n \'e9\'e7varo hari\'f9 \'e7rotavya\'f9 k\'e9rtitavya\'e7 ca smartavya\'e7 cecchat\'e4bhayam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh
\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.1.5]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cecchat\'e4 abhayam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If one is actually expecting that he shall be protected, there should be no more fearfulness. 
\'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is instructing that if you simply divert your attention to the varieties of newspaper or any other information of this world, which is for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hamedh
i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , whose business is to sleep at night and work hard at daytime, that will not give you protection. What you have to do is hear about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n, hari \'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva addresses Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j as the descendant of Bh\'e4rata. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j happened to be descend
ant of the Kuru dvnasty, which was begun from King Bh\'e4rata. There are two or three Bharatas in the history of the Vedic literature. One Bharata is Lord R\'e4macandra\'92s younger brother. Bharat\'92s mother wanted to make him King. Therefore, by palac
e diplomacy, R\'e4macandra was sent to the forest. He was faithful to his brother, but by his mother\'92s diplomacy Lord R\'e4macandra was sent to the forest. This is one celebrated Bharata. Another Bharata is the forefather of the Kuru dynasty. And anot
her Bharata was the son of \'c5\'f1abhadeva, by whose name this whole planet is called Bh\'e4ratavar\'f1a. \'c7ukadeva is addressing Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j as the descendant of King Bharata. He says, \'93You have to talk and hear about }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarv\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the supersoul sitting in everyone\'92s heart. He is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Personality of Godhead, full with all opulences.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , this word,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub every 
word of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suggests volumes of meaning. And He is called Hari, which means He who
 can take away all your sufferings. And He\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the supreme controller.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So instead of diverting your attention to the varieties of news of this world, you must always hear about Him. Hear, and then preach. A
fter hearing, the next thing is spreading. Therefore, we have our disciples like Kirtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j who will preach. Pushing out the news of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. First of all hearing, then spreading and thinking. Always be thinking, or else what wi
ll you preach? You hear, you think of it, you preach; this is the business. Those who are actually seeking protection in the bank balance, or in this or that\'97they will never succeed. Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4j was advised by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m
\'e9, \'93This is your business\'97become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.\'94 He was at the point of death. But you cannot take to this business all of a sudden. Even if it is advised. You must practice it. You cannot become a good soldier on the battlefield. 
You have to receive military training before going to the battle. So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is training, for when you ultimately meet death.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, Part 1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub OBSERVING THE ARMIES ON THE BATT
LEFIELD OF KURUK\'d1ETRA - PART 1
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Kirtan\'e4nanda Sw\'e4m\'e9 (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Editor\'92s note: This is the first of a series of eighteen essays on the chapters of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has sometimes been calle
d the perfect theistic science. Actually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means \'93Song of God,\'94 but becau
se it is a song sung by the Supreme Himself, it is also a science. There are many scriptures in the world, and as St. Paul said, \'93All scripture is given by inspiration and is profitable\'85\'94 But that does not mean that there is not variation in scr
iptures. Some scripture is spoken by holy men or prophets, some is spoken by confidential agents, and some is spoken by God\'92s son; therefore in the Christian Bible we will sometimes see that the words of Lord Jesus Christ are marked in red just to emp
hasize their importance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or Song is coming directly from the Father, it has the greatest potency. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the words are actually the very words of the Father, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Secondly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the perfect theistic science because of the audience. Two factors are always important in any transcendental transmission: the speaker and the audience. In this case, the audience is Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'92s intimate friend and pure devotee. So since the speaker is perfect and the hearer is perfect, we can readily understand that the transmission is also perfect. Therefore we can expect to find in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the epitome of all scripture, and that is factually the case\'97whatever we find in some other scripture, we also find explained in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Factually, of course, Arjuna is not in need of any teaching. Being and eternal associate of the Lord and
 a pure devotee, he is always in full knowledge. But for the sake of the conditioned souls who are in need of a perfect transmission, the Lord has chosen Arjuna to receive this message on the basis of that one qualification\'97\'93you are My devotee and 
My friend.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IV
:3)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is as if the Lord is purposely clouding the mind of Arjuna so that he will ask the questions which all beclouded living entities wis
h to ask. By Arjuna\'92s asking questions for the benefit of all living entities, the Supreme Lord can give the answers that will save all His children and bring them back to their eternal position, back to home, back to Godhead. So two aspects of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are to be considered: one, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord is speaking, and two, Arjuna, for the b
enefit of the conditioned soul, is hearing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The way in which Arjuna understood }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  provides the standard for our understanding. Arjuna was actually present before the Lord, and his understanding is stated to have been correct. So if we can arrive at the same understanding 
that Arjuna had, we are assured of the same result, as if we were standing personally before K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In fact, we }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be standing personally before the Lord, for that is the nature of this supreme spiritual science: one who actually understands it comes into K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s presence\'97not in some theoretical sense, but actually, practically.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The First Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is devoted to setting the scene. But this \'93setting the scene\'94 is not peripheral to the meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When one deals with transcendental literature, it must be understood that each and every word is transcendental and therefore absolute or infinite. As such, the whole import of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can be understood at any point if we but try to understand in the perfect disciplic succession c
oming down from Arjuna. From the very first verse, the whole nature of the conflicts can be understood: Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra said to Sa\'efjaya, \'93After assembling in the place of pilgrimage at Kuruk\'f1etra, what did my sons and the sons of P\'e4
\'eb\'f2u do, being desirous to fight?\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1:1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) First we may note that the question arises from the blin
d Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra is blind not merely physically, but spiritually; therefore he is full of perplexities. And the person he is addressing, Sa\'efjaya, is the only person who can provide the answer. Sa\'efjaya, as a bona fi
de disciple of Vy\'e4sa, has special vision, which alone can enlighten the blind. Unfortunately, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra does not ask a very profound question, or one that is ultimately very important. Instead, he is content to know the outcome of the ba
ttle at Kuruk\'f1etra. Materially minded men, even though in the presence of one who can bestow all transcendental knowledge, are content to know something in relation with this perishable body: either how to eat better, or sleep better, or defend better
, or mate better. So Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra is enquiring about Kuruk\'f1etra because the battle affects his sons.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub It is specifically mentioned that Kuruk\'f1etra is a holy place, a place of pilgrimage, and therefore the effect of such a sanctified place is troublesome to the old man. He has some suspicion that it may work against his sons\'97all of whom 
are equally blind spiritually\'97to the advantage of the righteous P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. How would the battle come out? That was Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s only concern. This is further borne out in the next verses, where it is revealed that his sons have
 only this concern as well. They are looking over their forces and the forces of the opposition, trying to make some comparative estimate. They are calculating who has more strength, but from the way they calculate we can understand their true position. 
Calculation is all right\'97that is wise but how to calculate: that is the question.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So in the tenth verse, Duryodhana makes his estimate: \'93Our strength is immeasurable, and we are perfectly protected by Grandfather B
h\'e9\'f1ma, whereas the strength of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, carefully protected by Bh\'e9ma, is limited.\'94 These adjectives \'93immeasurable\'94 and \'93limited\'94 are very important. Like Mr. Worldly-minded, Duryodhana thinks that the outcome will be
 determined by the size of the forces involved. He sees that he has more men, a more experienced general, a superior phalanx arrangement, and greater military advisors. All these material calculations tell him \'93we will win,\'94 and so he is boasting t
hat \'93our forces are immeasurable,\'94 whereas the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas appear to him to be \'93limited.\'94 Even before the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, this shortsighted materialistic vision of Duryodhana was revealed when he was given the choice of having 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s soldiers or K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself on his side. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had promised to give one side only Himself and the other side His thousands of men, horses and equipment. Duryodhana quickly grabbed the many men, but Arjuna, for the
 P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, desired only to have Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba drive his chariot. When the two sides, the Kurus and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, approached Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba for help, Duryodhana, counting numbers, said, \'93Give me Your forces,\'94 but the P
\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, knowing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme Person, said \'93Please be with us Yourself.\'94 So from the very beginning here we see that the atheists have no understanding of the person K\'e5\'f1\'eba; they are more interested in His 
energy, or what He possesses and what He can bestow, than in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. But Arjuna knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he wants Him to be his chariot driver as well as his Lord and master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All this is more elaborately explained in the accounts of the blowing of the trumpets, bugles and conchshells. \'93After that, the conc
hshells, bugles, trumpets and horns all suddenly vibrated simultaneously, and the sound was tumultuous. On the other side, both Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna \'85 sounded their transcendental conchshells.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1:13-14) Again the same type of calculation is there: the Kurus\'92 battle cry is tumultuous, physically it is overwhelming, materi
ally it is deafening. But that is all. And on the other side there is simply the word \'93transcendental.\'94 Transcendental means that it has all of the potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all powerful, and anything that He touches or is associ
ated with is all powerful. Where K\'e5\'f1\'eba is, the goddess of fortune is. So how can there be any hope of victory for the merely \'93tumultuous\'94? And actually this is so, for we read in verse nineteen, \'93The blowing of all these different conch
shells became uproarious, and, vibrating both in the sky and on the earth, it shattered the hearts of the sons of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra.\'94 There is no indication that the tumultuous sound of the Kurus\'92 disheartened the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, but it is
 very clearly stated that the \'93transcendental\'94 sound of the conchshells shattered the hearts of the sons of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As indicated in the very first verse, it is the characteristic of materialistic men to be always fearful, to be always in a state of un
certainty. \'93Oh, how will it come out?\'94 But that is not true with K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotee, for the devotee who has K\'e5\'f1\'eba by his side knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in control. \'93What does it matter whether the battle is successful or no
t? I am merely fighting by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s side.\'94 For him there is no fear; he is residing with the Lord, who is the dispeller of all inauspiciousness. Certainly one who has taken shelter of the feet of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba has nothing to
 fear. Whereas the Kurus have put their faith in military might, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava devotees have put their faith in the Personality of Godhead. This is the real import of the first half of the First Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As long as such confidence remains in the heart of a devotee, there is never any problem. But in the second half of the First Chapter, 
we find the difficulty that arises when the devotee seeks to emulate the practices of the atheist. For our benefit, a cloud of doubt begins to arise in Arjuna\'92s mind. Therefore he tells K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'93Please place my chariot between the two armie
s so that I may see who is present here, who is desirous of fighting\'85\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1:21-22) Now Arjuna is making the same mistake that Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra made, namely forgetting who is present before him, in this case, driving his very chariot. Arjuna is thinking, \'93Let me calculate. Let me see who 
is here. Let me use my eyes to see what is going on. Let me judge for myself.\'94 Then we can see that a whole string of perplexities follow, for after seeing all his friends and relatives assembled there for battle, he became overwhelmed with compassion
 and said: \'93My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, seeing my friends and relatives present before me with such fighting spirit, the limbs of my body are quivering and my mouth is drying up.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (G\'e9t\'e4, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1:29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Actually this kind of compassion is very nice, and it is one of the
 qualities of a devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scriptures say that a devotee who has genuine faith in the Lord has all the good qualities to be found in the demigods, but a nonde
votee has no good qualification, no matter how materially advanced he may be either through education or culture. But we shall see that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that Arjuna\'92s compassion is misguided; it is misdirected because it is not under the contr
ol of the Supreme. There is nothing wrong with any emotion (what to speak of compassion) if it is directed toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service. But no matter how fine the emotion or how elevated the sentiment, if it is not in the ser
vice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then it is merely sense gratification\'97useless, if not harmful. Therefore we find that Arjuna\'92s compassion was not in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and consequently its result was not good: his body began to tremble, his hai
r began to stand on end, he could no longer hold his bow G\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9va, and he said, \'93I am forgetting myself, and my mind is reeling. I foresee only evil, O killer of the Ke\'e7\'e9 demon.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1:31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) By material calculation there could be only evil from such a situation, that is correct, but notice the pronoun: \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub foresee.\'94 And in the next verse: \'93I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do not see how any
 good can come from killing my own kinsmen in this battle.\'94 And again, \'93Nor can }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , my dear K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, desire any consequent victory, kingdom, or happiness.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1:32}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) This whole calculation is based on \'93I.\'94 And what \'93I\'94 is that? It is the \'93I\'94 of the senses devoid of the consciousness that H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the 
proprietor of the senses. Without knowing that one\'92s self-interest is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the conditioned soul is attracted by the bodily relationships of this \'93I.\'94 And in such a condition, Arjuna could no longer remember his duty; nor could he reme
mber his relationship to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If Arjuna had just remembered, \'93Oh, my dear friend K\'e5\'f1\'eba is driving my chariot. Let Him take control. Let me simply be His 
servant,\'94 then there would have been no such question or doubt arising in his mind. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actually driving Arjuna\'92s chariot, and yet because of his forgetfulness, Arjuna is questioning Him: \'93What will happen if I commit this sin? Sur
ely I will go to hell.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a story that once Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had a headache, and He proclaimed that nothing would cure it save the dust from a devote
e\'92s foot. So N\'e4rada was dispatched to find some dust, and he immediately went to some of the great demigods like Brahm\'e4, \'c7iva, Indra, etc., but none would oblige him. They pleaded, \'93Oh, what would happen to me? What a great offense to put 
the dust of one\'92s foot on the head of the Almighty Lord.\'94 So no one would give him any dust. Finally he went to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, when they heard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s plight and His request, said, \'93Here, take this!\'94 and immediately produced some dust from their feet. He asked them if they were not afraid of going to hell for this act, and 
they replied, \'93We\'92ll go to hell. That\'92s all right. But please take this to K\'e5\'f1\'eba right away.\'94 That is the position of a devotee\'97he cares neither for heaven nor hell, simply the pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93Whatever K\'e5\'f1
\'eba wants is what I want.\'94 That is devotion. But when we forget, then we must make so many material calculations, just like Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, who wants to count his forces. He wants to see whether they\'92re lined up properly; he is calculati
ng the sound, \'93Oh, it is tumultuous!\'94 But what about K\'e5\'f1\'eba? The devotee only thinks about what K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants. We will see, at the end of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that this is the understanding that Arjuna reawakens to: \'93My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your mercy, and now I 
am fixed without any doubt, prepared to act according to Your instructions.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18:73) When we h
ave reawakened to that platform, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our Lord, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everything, that whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants, that we will do\'97then there is no more calculation, there is no more uncertainty, there is no more hesitancy to 
act for the Supreme. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.    }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub [Parts 2, 3, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub , 5, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6, 7, 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Addresses to the Grand Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ADDRESSES TO THE GRAND SPIRITUAL
 MASTER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following addresses of worship unto Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, were submitted by the students of Bhaktived\'e4nta 
Sw\'e4m\'e9, the foremost disciple of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta. They were mailed to Prabhup\'e4da Bhaktived\'e4nta on the Appearance Day of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, and Prabhup\'e4da has requested they all appear in BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I humbly offer my most respectful obeisances to the divine lotus feet of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 on this blessed day, his appea
rance in this mortal world. O most divine representative of our Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you have so mercifully sent our beloved Prabhup\'e4da, who has delivered us from the wretched sinful life we were engaged in. I have no words from this contami
nated mouth with which to glorify your holy name. But I humbly offer my most sincere thank you for sending His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, our most blessed lord and saviour Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j. All glories to \'c7r\'e9 Guru.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Madhav\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard 
\s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \par \pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am just a particle of dirt that has been lustfully lingering in this material world since time immemo
rial in the darkness of nescience. Somehow or other I was blown by the wind and dropped in the infinite ocean of transcendental mercy of the disciplic succession. At this most auspicious time, I respectfully offer my most worthless obeisances at the divi
ne lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j, whose divine teachings are eternally benedicting the fallen conditioned souls with the absolute transcendental message, love of God, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
I only pray to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba that I am always humble and submissive at the pure lotus feet of His Divine Grace and never give up the shade of his feet for the miserable existence of sense gratification and mental speculation that is ever tempting m
e, the most fallen.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you, your Grace, for sending Prabhup\'e4da here, thus saving me from the most miserable condition of existence. All glories are u
nto you, O the spiritual master and servant of Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9. You are the deliverer of Lord Caitanya\'92s message, and it was your divine order that sent our beloved \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to deliver the western countries, which are full 
with impersonalism and voidism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to \'c7r\'e9 Guru and Gaur\'e4\'ecga!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to Prabhup\'e4da\'92s Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j! Your ser
vant,
\par }\pard \s753 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li20\ri560\fi1020\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Svar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivinode had one son whose name was Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta;\line The divine spiritual master of A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta.\line
As a child he was placed before Lord Jagann\'e4thaj\'e9;\line The Lord\'92s garland fell upon him mercifully.\line He recited the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at the age of seven,\line Which clearly shows that he was sent from heaven.\line As a spiritual master he was very strict;\line He allowed no nonsense and mystic yogic tricks.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our Prabhup\'e4da was reluctant to see him that day;\line However, being persuaded by his friend, he went anyway.\line Just
 that second of association with \'c7r\'e9la Sarasvat\'e9,\line Was the beginning of Prabhup\'e4da\'92s service to root the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-v\'e4d\'e9.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Go to the Western world and preach this teaching there;\line Every town and city will chant as is Caitanya\'92s prayer.\'94\line Their intimate relationship developed thick and thin;\line Prabhup
\'e4da would chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the room with him.\line And so it came to pass from this world Sarasvat\'e9 de
parted,\line But not before he told Prabhup\'e4da to get started.\line It is his order only that Prabhup\'e4da is here,\line Who taught us Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba which brings our love so near.\line As we have accepted Prabhup\'e4da in humble submission,
\line Now Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta is our grandfather in disciplic succession.\line We can only thank you, dearest grandfather Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta,\line Thank you for giving us Prabhup\'e4da, the topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li7200\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'c7aradia dev\'e9d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PRABHUP\'c4DA'S GURU MAH\'c4R\'c4J
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Th\'e4kur,\line Upon this earth his mercy has poured.\line He is in Lord Caitanya\'92s disciplic succession,\line Spreadin
g love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is his eternal mission.\line By his grace he has sent \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da here,\line To teach us about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is so dear.\line He will surely bring us, without any fear,\line To serving the Lord, our only natur
al career.\line We must follow his teachings, all of us,\line To rid the mind of material dust.\line This is for sure the only solution,\line To be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and not in illusion.\line So please surrender, everyone!\line To \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivi
node\'92s transcendental son,\line Spiritual master of our Prabhup\'e4daj\'e9,\line \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li2880\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 L\'e9l\'e4\'e7ukadev\'e9d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O venerated paramaha\'e0sa,\line as I speed throughout\line these next million births,\line I beg it be\line at the sacred 
feet\line of he who churns always\line within the nectar of your lotus ways.\line And tho, today\line I prostrate bound,\line and this chalise\line can but eclipse\line your effulgent glories,\line still, as the father\line pardons to teach his son,\line
I beg you link me\line upon your golden chain,\line O great and perfect one.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li2160\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Karu\'ebamaya d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 JAGAT N\'c5SI\'c0A GURU
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Humble obeisances are due unto you O Prabhup\'e4da. You are spiritual master of this planet and you have come to the children of Kali yuga to replace a life worse t
han death with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of ecstasy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Remembrance in loving obeisance must always be given unto my grand spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who is always engage
d in assisting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of V\'e5nd\'e4vana as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'efjari. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because he is very dear to Govinda Gop\'e4la, he has come to establish Lord Caitanya\'92s teachings of traditional Vai\'f1
\'ebavism in preparation of Kali yuga\'92s golden age.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O eternal ray of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O thou messenger of Govinda\'92s flute,\line Thy blessed countenance I did recall when once I wal
ked a wayward route.\line Effulgent was thy personage, thou did beg I seek my Lord\line So the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wit
hin my heart could breathe their last by the mercy of His sword.\line Prabhup\'e4da has told us thou art an evangelic angel K\'e5\'f1\'eba sent\line He told us as a surrendered soul he is thine serving instrument.\line As electric current, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'92s blessing flows through the heart of devotee pure,\line And in the following of your most blessed footprints all glories are found for sure.\line Durga\'92s jailhouse tower of void is now lying crumbled in the dust,\line Now open wide Vaiku\'eb\'f6h
a\'92s gate, and dovetailed is our lust.\line Your touchstone fingers have picked us up to protect us with your might,\line And in the presence of your brilliance vanished now despair of night.\line Secure thou were in knowledge that the great chain must
 stay unbroken:\line Thus you ordered this sublime tradition spread to where the English tongue is spoken.\line In the woods of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana Prabhup\'e4da said K\'e5\'f1\'eba sent him here,\line Though thanklessly\'97I yearn to bathe thy feet with
 my ungrateful tears.\line Just as a fish spends its time eating waste up from the ocean floor,\line Any remnant of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your devotee leaves behind is mine in glory to devour.\line This aquatic bathes in nectar now, while poison}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was my wash before;\line Each grain of dust your foot has touched is nectarine and I your omnivore.\line As the grandfather showers his mercy upon the gurgling babe\line With more mercy than the parent I beg you bless me in 
that way.\line But my lord and master Prabhup\'e4da desires sons who see }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in each test;\line There
fore within his holy lotus heart your dream of world }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may rest.\line The hypocrisy of Kal
i yuga the American Vaisnavas do deplore;\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub its mighty cure more fierce than Lord N
\'e5si\'e0ha\'92s roar!\line Eyes that pierce can see your grand swan\'92s bliss is as sweet as lotus flowers,\line And your miracle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness surpasses Brahm\'e4\'92s powers.\line O master of my master, O modern \'c7ukadeva,\line T
hy sweet will alone our shelter be from Yamar\'e4j\'92s fiery grave.\line Just as all the rivers of the world do serve the ocean blue,\line So all pious men of Kali yuga shall do service unto you.\line Never must I think I am surrendered servant of the f
eet of your Divine Grace;\line Prabhup\'e4da alone serves thy feet for the deliverance of the human race.\line He is the surrendered soul of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s swan, he the pure devotee\line Because Prabhup\'e4da loves \'c7r\'e9 Jagat Guru, and thus spo
ke he: \'93Gurudev loves me.\'94\line Heaven\'92s damsels I may be offered or the liberation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soma-rasa,\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub But I would fall from these senseless ventures believing all I thought mine lost;\line I would suffer flaws and then reactions but I\'92d never suffer worse\line If somehow from you I were removed, O uplifter of the universe!\line }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is written clearly upon thy face,\line And millions offer homage unto the lotus feet of yo
ur most holy grace.\line Grandfather thou art of a generation of righteous saints and kings\line Who likewise will teach others of the power your greatest disciple brings.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li5760\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Patit Uddharan d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beloved Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j\line I worship your grace\line Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta\line Shelter to the race\line and Bhaktived
\'e4nta\line You taught my guru;\line You have spoken the truth.\line Your words are still new,\line Your back straight as youth.\line You are so austere: You keep every rule.\line And the rascals fear you\line The impersonal fools!\line But Prabhup\'e4d
a does love you,\line And we him do love\line And the love goes on through\line To K\'e5\'f1\'eba above.\line He is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana,\line We the material well;\line Disciple\'92s chain we grab on,\line Back to Him, done with hell.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li2880\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories, all glories to Your Divine Grace\line \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah
\'e4r\'e4j,\line Beloved spiritual master of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.\line All glories, all glories to Your Divine Grace\line \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j,\line Who came to expound the teachings of 
\'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\line All glories, all glories to Your Divine Grace\line \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j,\line Founder of Gau\'f2\'e9ya Math Samprad\'e4ya and\line Rejuvenator of pure }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cult.\line All glories, all glories to Your Divine Grace\line \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh
\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j,\line O ray of Vi\'f1\'ebu; Son of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode Th\'e4kur.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dearest Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my most prostrated obeisances at your transcendental lotus feet time and time and time again. You have so kindly given me
 the opportunity on this most auspicious day\'97that of your appearance\'97to write this pitifully inadequate appreciation of your unlimited mercy. All glories, all glories to you. I am so very much indebted to you, for if it weren\'92t for your causeles
s mercy, I wouldn\'92t have come to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, my beloved spiritual master, or have known at all who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nor would I have had the strength to stay in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You are my guardian, my grandfather, and I 
know that you are always looking after me. I am so very fallen, but still you are always there to help me. You are always so mercifully answering my prayers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I remember the eve of my initiation; my body was ill and I couldn\'92t rest\'97doubting that initiation was the right thing. And so I w
as chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba vigorously, praying to someone to please help me over this dilemma. And though I didn\'92t know you (but had just once seen your picture), still I could feel your presence that night so strongly, and I know it was you who 
was guiding me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After initiation, for some months I was still suffering from that most disgusting infection: impersonalism, and from within I knew that
 if I just prayed to you to give me strength to forget my past life I would see the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Absolute Truth. And to this day I am still praying to you every evening: Your Divine Grace, please don\'92t let me fall down, but he
lp me to surrender myself cent per cent at the lotus feet of your spiritual son, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. And just looking at your picture, your erect unflinching posture, gives me all the strength I need to battle any impersonal calamities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I became agitated in mind due to sex impulse, again I prayed to you, the most perfect Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, for strength not to give i
n to bodily impulses, but instead fix my mind on the form of the Lord. Again you gave me sufficient strength. Whenever I have been very much distressed I have turned to you through prayer, and I know you are always with me and guiding me back home, back 
to Godhead. Eternally your most unworthy servant,
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Aravinda d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my most humble and respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of His Divinc Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, my spiritual master, who ha
s come to the Western world, which is so full of voidness and impersonalism. He has come to deliver the benediction of Lord Caitanya\'92s K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, under the direct order of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sar
asvat\'e9 Th\'e4kur, our spiritual grandfather. He lives forever by his divine instructions, and the follower lives with him. Let us all become followers of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da! While t
he mental speculators spend countless lifetimes licking the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bottle of honey, 
he has }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub opened }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this bottle and distributed the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness honey to his confident
ial servitor. By the Divine Grace of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, unlimited numbers of fallen souls afflicted with skin disease can be fully liberated from all bodily misery and go directly back to Godhead, and nations of dead men have been revived an
d are now dancing and chanting in ecstasy. Against all opposition, he has definitely established that anyone from any part of the universe can become a qualified Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebava simply by following the regulative principles of devotional ser
vice. Thus he has sent His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da to create Vai\'f1\'ebavas all over this planet. I pray for the mercy of the disciplic succession, that I may have a stout broomstick and a heavy shoe, with which to b
eat my rascal mind 100 times, morning and evening, so that I may have a chance for executing the sacred order of my beloved spiritual master. I pray to become their instrument.
\par }\pard \s753 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li0\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PRAYER TO GURU MAH\'c4R\'c4J
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh grand spiritual master, please forgive me for this broken expression in my own words, unto you who is very dear to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4
\'eb\'e9 and beyond my contaminated understanding. One day in the hospital my spiritual master, your foremost disciple and spiritual son, said he didn\'92t know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he just knew you, his Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j. During those days he also offered f
lowers to a picture of you, and I could understand that when you accept it, it is as good as accepted by the Lord. It is now many years since your disciple who is now the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4
rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the age, Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, first wrote, \'93The Lord is sentient thou hast proved, impersonal calamity thou has moved.\'94 He, the world\'92s Prabhup\'e4da, is
 certainly now your most prominent, faithful son. He has captured the western world at your command. We, your grandchildren, joyfully sing Gauranga\'92s praises where only yesterday we were drug-infested, obscene and miserable. How has he done this? He s
ays, \'93I have done nothing extraordinary. I am following the instructions of my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So in Prabhup\'e4da\'92s example we see it is practically true: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sat guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is so potent that simply to do what he asks can conquer the world. And now we are engaged in stabilizing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness all over the world, and 
many are coming. It is as if we are trying to distribute a langero mango free of charge, and many are suspicious of love of God; but if we persist, as did our Prabhup\'e4da, then success is guaranteed. On your appearance day I simply pray, grandfather }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that you allow all Prabhup\'e4da\'92s sons and daughters to remain steadfast at your feet, and let us,
 through thick and thin, remain the personal servants of Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, our eternal father. Please be kind to bless us in this way. All glories to Vai\'f1\'ebava Samprad\'e4ya! All glories to Si\'e0ha Guru our learned guide!
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. You are known as \'c7r\'e9ngha Guru, and therefore the impersonalists were afrai
d to approach you. Two weeks before your disappearance from this mortal world you wrote one letter to Prabhup\'e4da instructing him to deliver the sublime teachings of Lord Caitanya to the west. Thousands of years of penances and austerities may not libe
rate a conditioned soul who has fallen into the dark well of material existence; but one word from the pure devotee, and he is at once freed. You saved Prabhup\'e4da from engagement in material affairs by honoring His Divine Grace with transcendental lov
ing service of the dust of your lotus feet. He said you are like an ocean and have pulled him out of material existence. Now by your grace Prabhup\'e4da is the most powerful personality in the three worlds, as he can deliver the Supreme Personality of Go
dhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You were born in one place, Prabhup\'e4da was born in another, and we were born in still another, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba has brought us all
 together to push on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The grandfather takes better care of the children than the father, and therefore you must be even more merciful than our most merciful 
Prabhup\'e4da. So my dear Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j, I only pray to you that in some birth I may develop a tiny fraction of the love for Prabhup\'e4da that he has for you. I pray that I may remain a tiny part in his gigantic plan of dragging all of us back to G
odhead. Your servant,
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa540\fi0 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet. On this day of your appearance, I want to please offer my prostrated obeisa
nces to you again and again, for it is by your mercy only that I am having bestowed upon me the mercy of your beloved disciple, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, who is teaching me how to love the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 Before finding Prabhup\'e4da, I had nothing, and now, being given the opportunity to serve him, I have everything. Prabhup\'e4da has said so many times that he has come here to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness simply because you have ordered him to d
o so. So actually, I have you to thank for everything, for it is completely by your grace that Prabhup\'e4da has come here. So, please, on this day of your appearance, accept my repeated obeisances again and again and again. Always your servant,
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Arundhati dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\line Your garlanded picture on the wall in front of me:
\line You are looking very beautiful and grave,\line You whose mind is fixed on Lord Caitanyadev.\line By your mercy, for love of you, Prabhup\'e4da is here;\line Your message, love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is ringing loud and clear.\line I want to thank you o
n this auspicious day\line For sending our dear Prabhup\'e4da to save us from our ways.\line I am especially the most wretched devotee of all,\line And it is by your mercy only I do not fall.\line And I pray, dear \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat
\'e9,\line That I may serve Prabhup\'e4da from now until eternity,\line That I may one day become humble and sincere,\line And learn to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to whom you are so dear.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\li5760\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Balaid\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da, you are like a touchstone,\line The land of Cint\'e4mani Dh\'e4m is your home.\line Your holy self is far more than
 royal,\line Your nectar love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is true and loyal.\line From the golden lotus-flowered succession you have come to here,\line Saint Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta\'92s divine instruction has been captured by your lotus ear.\line By the infallible lin
e of perfected spiritual masters with the transcendental view,\line \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta is so beautifully transcendental, just like you.\line Oh, \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, my Prabhup\'e4da loves you so,\line I offer all obeisa
nces to you, from myself so very low.\line I see in your book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Relative Worlds, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a great thing about you:
\line Even the greatest English erudite scholar, next to you is but a fool.\line You are the greatest of all the learned men,\line To Goloka Vrnd\'e4vana, a saving hand you lend.\line You are so kindly and completely, showing us all,\line We puffed up so
uls, don\'92t know anything at all.\line By your mercy, my dear grandfather, master, we are having a sweet taste\line Of this beautious K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you\'92ve sent our Prabhup\'e4da, so full of divine grace.\line It\'92s so wonderful!! W
hat your disciple, Prabhup\'e4da, says is really so,\line This nectarean chanting is making our love for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba grow.\line Your messages of Goloka and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4tri
ka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prayers, so sweet and true,\line All obeisances, all obeisances, all obeisances unto you.\line Oh, Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j of my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j, although I have no right, let me
 make one crying plea,\line Although you are showing freely the blissful devotional sea,\line I am still lost, absorbed in envy, greed, I\'92m so perverted, I cannot see,\line Oh Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j of my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j, never let me fall from the ser
vice of thee.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa540\li7200\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Vaiku\'eb\'f6han\'e4tha d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When will this mind cease to reflect the horrors of my lust,\line Just chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba vanishes the dust.\line My
 thoughts they are so selfish to satisfy my needs,\line By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba uprooting all bad seeds,\line This illusioned fallen soul I am, a victim of Kali\'92s prey,\line The mercy of his lotus feet I need in every way.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j, I beg to present my prostrated obeisances unto your divine lotus feet on this, your appearance day
.
\par }\pard \s753 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa540\li7200\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I journeyed in a labyrinth of darkness with ignorance and passion at each step, and the glitter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as my only illusory refuge, I screamed for mercy, for a light of truth. Amidst this world of confusion and sleep I heard an
d echoed a sound that seemed to come from the remotest corner of my heart. It was Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By chanting and hearing, the maze dissolved, and in its place dawned the sweetest, purest, most glorious sense of eternal bliss and divine link with the all-attractive Supreme Personality, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. And now by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s causeless mercy, I am guided toward the supreme destination, back to Godhead. Thank you, Your Divine Grace, for saving me. Thank you for giving us Prabhup\'e4da. On this sacred day of your appearance, I muster al
l the gratitude of my unworthy self and offer obeisances unto your holy lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Manmohin\'e9 dev\'e9d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We cannot hope to begin to praise you, and yet by the inconceivable mercy of your transcendental son, Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, we 
are writing these meager words for this auspicious day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories, all glories, all glories to the Appearance of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You come as the son of Bhaktivinode Th\'e4kur, just to show us what the transcendental product of household life should be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are eternally Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, and yet the numbers of children you have fathered are uncountable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By your causeless grace upon the western world, so many souls from this land of license are entering the sublime path of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being so attracted to your beloved son.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply because he heard you, all the nectar of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is flowing across oceans to our parched ears.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We do not know you, and yet you are caring for us even better than our own spiritual father.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we are very much desirous of taking shelter at your lotus feet, but we are afraid to approach you, having not an ounce of austerity 
or intelligence. But because our spiritual master is so kind upon us, he is giving us the opportunity to address your holiness in this way. So may we appeal to you\'97help us keep ourselves for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are so much a prey to the agitations of t
his mind-body, and you are the perfect master of the senses, so only you can help us look within for the treasure of our lives. Please pull us out of the mire or our ignorance, and even if you must drag us by the hair, kicking and screaming, like childre
n balking at the sternness of their wise grandfather, please, please help us be ourselves again. Restore this battered consciousness to its natural condition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We know that if you will be kind upon us, only then will Lord Nity\'e4nanda cast His blissful glance over our unbowed heads. Since you 
are so dear to \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, help us heal these broken tools for Her service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is unto your lotus feet, O Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j, the deliverer of the science of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and the personified teachings of Lord Caitanya, that we offer our most respectful obeisances.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite these pitiable and unworthy appeals, may we be your eternal servitors.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Mur\'e4ri d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, L\'e9l\'e4vat\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Subhadr\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh my dear \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, you are the ocean of transparent mercy who has sent
 your loving disciple \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to flood the world with Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba love of God vibrations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We were demons envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and unhappy, but now by your mercy Prabhup\'e4da has come and dissolved this madness with the 
magic wand of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to Your Divine Grace\'92s l
otus feet! All glories to he who is always serving at your lotus feet! All glories to \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Repeat! Repeat! Repeat!
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Nanda Ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, Jahnavadev\'e9d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to you, \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, preceptor of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Siddh\'e4nta Thou truly art the conclusion of
 the ripest fruit upon the Vedic tree. By your sweet grace you have set us free.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You the unflinching lion, who having quelled the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-v
\'e4d\'e9\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deathly trance, now a conquering hero, have taken the regal stance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your presence has outshone illusion\'92s most deceptive maze, and your greatest gift has been to send us the shelter of \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da\'92s unflinching gaze.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glory to you, who are not different than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glory to you, nectarean moon, distributor of Vi\'f1\'ebu\'92s rays.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I humbly bow at \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s lotus feet, knowing that a father is most pleased when honor is given to his son, so kin
dly accept this worthless gift.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My service to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from now on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Naran\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I beg to ask of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da to kindly convey my humble obeisances unto the dust of
 the lotus feet of His Divine Grace Om Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da Paramaha\'e0sa Parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da. Even my obeisances are worthless. But you purify everything by engaging it in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s transcendental loving service, thus making a fallen soul such as I worthy to serve superior authorities. So therefore I am coming to you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and eligible for going back to Godhead, but I am forgetful and in my ignorance I forget who I am
 and what the purpose of life is. Please force me, Prabhup\'e4da, to always remember my constitutional position. Please force me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Brahm\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We offer our humble obeisances unto His Divine Grace Om Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da Paramaha\'e0sa Parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sa
rasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like a thunderbolt, His demeanor is straight and bold, fearless. His grace, like a rose, is soft and sweet. His spiritual son, Prabhup\'e4da, is merciful and kind. 
Please help us to know your mercy. Your ungrateful servants,
\par }\pard \s753 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa540\li0\ri560\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'c7ac\'e9suta d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, Indumati dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Humble servants we are of Bhaktived\'e4nta Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who presses holy head to your feet, the sheltering refuge. Oh the most regal lion }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9! You whose roaring of the message of Lord Caitanyadeva will pierce this dark jung
le of Kali. Then the jackal that is our mind on hearing such a roar may run to relinquish the eatable thing it has stolen from the lion to enjoy in fearful secrecy. But we are calling in faint voices upon the mercy of your regal strength to catch the jac
kal and destroy him and take back your due, our eternal service unto your lotus feet, Oh most beloved Gurudeva.
\par }\pard \s753 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa540\li0\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, Rukmi\'ebi dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Peculiar Canons Of Distaste
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The materialistic demeanor will not insure\line that this phenomenal existence will not recur.\line But what will, my friend
s, I\'92m sure,\line is listening to Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Th\'e4kur.\line Infinitesimal absolute is not supreme,\line But disassociated from the Absolute by his foolish dream\line Between two infinite dominions he trod,\line And started thinki
ng, \'93Perhaps I\'92m God.\'94\line Transcendence regrets these fallen ways,\line But facilitates with this phenomenal phase.\line Those who exhibit distaste for this mundane sod\line Will do well to follow Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\line Variegated positions of the Absolute resemble\line Plural phases of this transitory ensemble.\line So we offer an anthropomorphic suggestion,\line And discredited transcendence as a cultural extension.\line But these conceptions are philosphical pr
etensions,\line Concocted in whole by our limited inventions.\line But for those who truly wish to see,\line The Lord has sent \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9.\line His teachings are there, regardless of caste,\line So find them quickly, time
 is slipping fast.\line This one life will soon be past;\line Only what\'92s done for K\'e5\'f1\'eba will last.
\par }\pard \s753 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa540\li4320\ri0\fi0\tx20\tqdec\tx9360 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Uddhava d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sa\'eck\'e9rtan
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtan
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means singing and dancing about the glories 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of God. It is nothing manufactured or concocted; it is not a \'93new religion.\'94 The most ancient Vedic scriptures of India recommend that for the present Age of Quarrel, this simple method will be the only su
ccessful one for bringing God consciousness to the people in general. Actually, religion cannot be manufactured. Religion means to follow the codes or laws of the One without a second, the One God who is glorified by all the true religions of the world. 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was brought to the U.S. in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, w
ho has recently said, \'93Don\'92t think that these boys and girls are dancing out of religious sentiment or fanaticism. We have the highest philosophical and theosophical background.\'92\'92 The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is based on science and on th
e authority of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But its beauty is that it is all simplified. The first result from chanting is 
that one becomes freed from all material misgivings by realizing his real self as eternal spirit soul. This means blissful, loving union with the all-blissful Godhead. One\'92s whole body, mind and intelligence become joyful! It is guaranteed the sincere
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chanter will feel symptoms of the highest ecstasy and the perfection of the human form 
of life: love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (The pictures on this page were taken at the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba centers in New York City and Vancouver, British Columbia.)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LOVE OF GOD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One devotee has prayed, \'93O my Lord, at the time of death it will be so difficult to think of You, because my throat will be choked u
p in death rattle, and I may not have time to calm my mind from pain in order to think of You. So now, while I am in healthy frame of mind and blissfully chanting Your holy name, let me die at once.\'94 But Prabhup\'e4da has also said, \'93Death is not s
uch a wonder, and it is life that\'92s the constant wonder and this chanting is life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So while the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chanters have solved the gravest problem of existence\'97the death problem\'97they are also free from 
all fearfulness and are enjoying the fullest extent of happiness in the here and now. Please chant this mantra!
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These pictures were taken at the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba centers in Berkeley and San Francisco, California
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE PEACE FORMULA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A hundred devotees from east coast Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba centers were present in Washington, D.C., during the mass peace demonstrations o
f November 15, 1969. Reference to the Godhead, a program which is completely ignored by the materialistic peace marchers, was energetically propagandized at the peace rally by the disciples of A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9. They distributed thousands
 of pamphlets of Prabhup\'e4da\'92s essay \'93The Peace Formula,\'94 which presents the following practical propositions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The great mistake of modern civilization is to encroach upon other\'92s property as though it were one\'92s own, and to thereby cre
ate an unnecessary disturbance of the laws of nature. These laws are very strong. No living entity can violate them. Only one who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious can easily overcome the stringency of the laws of nature, and thus become happy and peaceful in 
the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93As a state is protected by the department of law and order, so the state of Universe, of which this earth is only an insignificant 
fragment, is protected by the laws of nature. This material nature is one of the different potencies of God who is the ultimate proprietor of everything that be. This earth is, therefore, the property of God, but we the living entities, especially the so
-called civilized human beings, are claiming God\'92s property as our own, under both an individual and collective false conception. If you want peace, you have to remove this false conception from your mind and from the world. This false claim of propri
etorship by the human race on earth is partly or wholly the cause of all disturbances of peace on earth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Foolish and so-called civilized men are claiming proprietary rights on the property of God because they have now become Godless. Yo
u cannot be happy and peaceful in a Godless society. In the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He is the Supreme Lord of all universes, and that He is the well-wishing friend of all beings. When the people of the world know this as the fo
rmula for peace, it is then and there that peace will prevail. We therefore recommend that everyone become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious by chanting: HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA HARE HARE/ HARE R\'c4MA HARE R\'c4MA R
\'c4MA R\'c4MA HARE HARE.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Opulences of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE OPULENCES OF K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (lSKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has innumerable expansions. As far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is concerned, there are six opulences which are always
 present\'97knowledge, wealth, fame, strength, beauty and renunciation. He has these opulences in totality, whereas created beings have them in part only.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the world there have been men who have been considered very rich in knowledge\'97Socrates, Plato, Sir Isaac Newton, Galileo, Francis
 Bacon, Da Vinci, Einstein, etc. History has afforded us innumerable geniuses whose thoughts have profoundly affected human civilization and who have been considered very expert from the human point of view. But it is remarkable that in their own eyes th
ey feel like dwarfs before the great storehouse of knowledge which governs nature. Isaac Newton used to consider himself to be no more than a little boy playing on the seashore and observing multicolored shells washed up on the beach. The shells were all
 he knew of what inhabited the inaccessible depths of that great ocean.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So no man can claim to have all knowledge. Even if a man has all knowledge about his particular field (indeed the more a man pursues a 
subject the more he realizes he knows nothing about it), he is still ignorant of other fields of knowledge. No one knows everything in this material world. Even the demigods, whose knowledge is fantastic from the human point of view have limited knowledg
e. Lord Brahm\'e4, for instance, creates this universe and so thoroughly knows every object in it, but when he rose out of the lotus flower springing from the navel of the Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, he looked about in total confusion and began to meditate to f
ind out what he was, where he was, and why he was. So even his knowledge is limited. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin, for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and sages.\'94 (}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub X:2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is only K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, who has total knowledge of everything. He is the Self seated in the hearts of all. He is i
n the heart of the great Brahm\'e4 and in the heart of the tiny atom. \'93O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies; and to understand this body and its owner is called knowledge; that is My opinion.\'94 }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XIII:2) The living entity is the knower of his particular body, but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supr
eme knower, proprietor and dweller in all bodies. Therefore, He is the super knower, the omniscient, the embodiment of total knowledge. He is both the knower and that which is to be known. He is addressed by Arjuna: \'93Knowing everything, You are all th
at is knowable.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XI:38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WEALTH
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There have been fabulously wealthy men in history and wealthy empires, but from the point of view of K\'e5\'f1\'eba the total wealth of
 the earth is insignificant. The earth is merely one planet in a solar system, which is but one of sextillions of solar systems in the universe, which is only one of countless universes in the material creation, which is only a tiny cloudy spot in the al
l-pervading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-jyoti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which there are countless spiritual planets. And this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-jyoti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is emanating from the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This effulgence is simply a by-product and is in no way His real opu
lence. So the wealth of the Supreme Godhead defies the imagination. Arjuna saw everything concentrated in His body on the battlefield. \'93Whatever you want to see, you can see in this body all at once,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba told him. (G}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XI:7) Total wealth then means that He contains and owns everything.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FAME
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the demigods who are in charge of the various universes know and worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Being the supreme omnipresence, He is know
n and extolled in all the three worlds. Though it may appear that some planets are ignorant of Him due to the influences of the age of Kali, His fame is total, and His countless names are chanted in all spheres.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fame of any man or nation is temporary or illusory. Today we have completely forgotten the nations that dwelled on this earth only 
six thousand years ago, and because we have forgotten them, we claim that no civilizations were existing then, although man is known to have been walking upright on this planet for at least a million years. Yet man\'92s vanity would have him think that h
is fame is eternal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like the other opulences, fame is incidental to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets hundreds of millions of Lak\'f1m\'e9s se
rve at His feet. \'93I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, who dwells in abodes built with spiritual gems, surrounded by millions of purpose-trees, and who is always served with great re
verence and affection by hundreds of thousands of Lak\'f1m\'e9s or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V:29) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the totality of everything. He is known in all the worlds, and so has total 
fame.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 STRENGTH
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The average man has hardly the strength to lift his own weight. And at most his intelligence has only enabled him to detonate a hydroge
n bomb which is not even able to destroy the earth. The strength of one who is able to lift all the worlds out of the Causal Oeean and drain that ocean itself is inconceivable. Upon seeing the splendor of the Lord\'92s universal form, Arjuna extolls His 
might: \'93O great one, who stands above even Brahm\'e4, You are the original master. Why should they not offer their homage up to You, O limitless one, O refuge of the universe? You are the invincible source, the cause of all causes, transcendental to t
his material manifestation \'85 O limitless form, this whole cosmic manifestation has come from You \'85 I offer my respects from the front, from behind and from all sides. O unbounded power, You are the master of limitless might!\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub XI:37}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 40)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there are innumerable accounts of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s battles with great demons which celebrate the strength of the Lord. It is always notable that after playing with the demons for a while, He kills them
 easily in an off-handed manner. There are demigods whose strength is unlimited from the human point of view, but the strength and power of the demigods are insignificant compared to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. After giving a brief account of some of His opulen
ces in the Tenth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93But what need is there, Arjuna, for 
all this detailed knowledge? With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support these entire universes.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub X:42)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the Supreme Lord is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asamardha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means that no one is greater than Him because no creature can move without His aid, for He is the prime mover. \'93Furthermore, O Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no be
ing\'97moving or unmoving\'97that can exist without Me.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub X:39) Being the strength in all beings, He is therefore the embodiment of total strength.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 BEAUTY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The absolute beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sung in praises by great sages who incarnate themselves as cowherd girls }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (gop\'e9s) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in order to enjoy loving exchanges with Him. His supreme original form, as exhibited in the forests of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana, is that of a youth of around sixteen years of age. He descended on earth as the embodiment of love, all spiritual in essence, and He attracts men, women, and all that move and move not. He comes with laughter and with loving glances, and He wea
rs brilliant yellow cloth and garlands and plays His flute. In the forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana He sports with the cowherd girls, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who worship Him with the holy sentiment of transcendental love. Since He is love incarnate, He enchants even the heart of the God N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, and the divine Lak\'f1m\'e9 transformed herself into the hai
rs on His chest so that she can always be near His heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so supremely lovely that He attracts Himself and even desires to embrace His own form. Upon seeing the beauty of His fresh, youthful, brightly shining limbs reflected 
upon a pillar of pearls, He yearned for Himself like R\'e4dh\'e4. \'93I bestow joy to all,\'94 He says, \'93but who can bestow joy upon Me?\'94 His love\'92s power instills joy, and R\'e4dh\'e4 is the essence of this love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the figure of beauty itself. It is tinged with color of blue clouds. The bottoms of His hands and feet ar
e pink. His torso is bare, but from His neck hangs a garland of flowers, beautified with a locket in the shape of the moon. From His waist a cloth of dazzling gold hangs in folds. His flowing black hair reaches His shoulders. He wears a golden, bejeweled
 crown topped by peacock feathers. His eyes are as large as the petals of a full blown lotus, and His hands and lips play lightly upon a flute. Being the embodiment of supreme absolute beauty, He is ultimate majesty and beauty, perfect in every respect. 
His eternal form is incomparable and is worshiped throughout the creation. His very name, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, means He who attracts everyone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a play written by this author and based on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,
 Lord Caitanya praises the beauty of the Lord in this way: \'93His beauty is an ocean of nectar whose waves flood the arid hills of the soul. His words delight the ear. His arms and legs surpass the coolness of a thousand moons. Oh, His beauty enchants m
y senses so! How sweet the fragrance of His lips! My five senses ride my mind like a horse and drive the mind at once five different ways. And He dances through my mind, and my mind, overjoyed, responds to Him, His speech, His touch, and my mind is ridde
n to madness, death. Yet I cannot blame my senses, for the Lord attracts them so. Oh, the waves of His beauty cover the mountains of my yearning soul! His speech ravishes my ears with mischief, and His touch, O His touch is cool, and His limbs, so fragra
nt, soft, strong, intoxicating, surpass the color of the blue lotus. His lips mixed with the sweet camphor of His smile grow sweeter. His color is sweeter than the nimbus, and His cloth brighter than lightning. What autumnal moon compares to His face cov
ered with locks of hair? Rainbows of peacock feathers crown His head, and stars wreath His neck like pearls. Oh, the Lord kills the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with love. His chest is broad and high, and small hairs adorn it. These hairs are Goddess Lak\'f1m\'e9 who transformed herself to dwell always on His breast. And this breast is a robber who steals a trillion hearts. Oh
, He enchants the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with shining cheeks and crocodile shaped rings hanging from His ears and His s
harp side glances full of smiles. Yes, He is a clever hunter and they His prey whom He kills at will. And His arms are soft but strong and lethal as blue cobras, for they pry open the doors of the soul and inject the painful venom of love. Even the god o
f love now pines for Him.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna tells K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'93You are the unborn and all pervading beauty.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , X:12) Therefore, all beauty that is seen in the material world is but a reflection of that absolute beauty existing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Tenth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna says that \'93neither the gods nor demons, O Lord, know Thy personality. Indeed You alone know Yourself by Your potencies.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , X:14-15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  He then requests K\'e5\'f1\'eba to tell him in detail of His divine powers by which He pervades all the worlds and abides in them. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba replies, \'93Yes I will tell you of My splendorous manifestations; but only of those which
 are prominent, O Arjuna, for My opulence is limitless.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , X:19) Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then p
roclaims that He is the self seated in the hearts of all and is the beginning, middle and end of all creatures. After establishing this, He begins to enumerate specific incarnations and phenomena which is He Himself. He mentions demigods, animals and nat
ural wonders like the Him\'e4layan Mountains and the Ganges. Among all living entities in the world, He is the greatest. He is wind, death, fire, unexhaustible time, the spiritual science of the self, the flower-bearing spring, splendor, victory and adve
nture, the generating seed of all existences, the rod of chastisement, statesmanship, silence, wisdom, the holy fig tree, the ocean, the thunderbolt, the monarch among men, the greatest among elephants and serpents and other animals, and so on. At the co
nclusion of this brief account of some of His opulences, He says, \'93O mighty conqueror of enemies, there is no end to My divine manifestations. What I have spoken to you is but a mere indication of My infinite opulences. Know that all beautiful, glorio
us and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.\'94 (G\'e9t\'e4, X:40-42)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 RENUNCIATION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sixth opulence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is perhaps the most awe inspiring. It is renunciation\'97the opulence by which the Lord can reject
 all others. \'93There is nothing whatever that is higher than I. Everything rests upon Me as pearls are strung on a thread.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 7.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And like a string of pearls, all of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s opule
nces can be taken off and thrown away while K\'e5\'f1\'eba remains complete in Himself. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is much more than the sum total of His creation. \'93In My transcendental form I pervade all this creation. All things are resting in Me, but I am
 not in them. Yet, everything that is created does not rest on Me. Behold My mystic opulence. Although I am the maintainer of all living entities and although I am everywhere, still My self is the very source of creation.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , IX:4, 5)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being the embodiment of perfect renunciation, as taught in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba creates everything in a spirit of detachment. \'93The whole cosmic order is under Me. By My will is it manifested again and again, and 
by My will is it annihilated in the end. O Dhana\'efjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. I am ever unattached, seated as though neutral.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IX:8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9) Also in the Fourth Chapter Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that works do not defile Him because although He creates everything, He has no yearning for the fruits of His creation. One who knows the nature of His cr
eation and of His renunciation is not bound by works.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The hand of the Lord is in every sphere of activity, yet He remains neutral. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said, \'93The lord of Gokula is the transcendental Supreme Godhead, the own self of eternal ecstacies. He is the superior of all
 superiors and is busily engaged in the enjoyments of the transcendental realm and has no association with His mundant potency.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V:6) The material nature, which is a perverted reflection of the spiritual potency, is located on the other side of the river Viraj\'e4 which surrounds the Brahman-dh\'e4ma which is the boundary of Mah
\'e4-vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. It is said that material nature is actually ashamed to appear before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when He wishes to create through material nature He does not mingle with her but simply glances her way. \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba never consorts
 with His illusory energy. Still her connection is not entirely cut off from the absolute truth. When He intends to create the material world, the amorous pastimes in which He engages by consorting with His own spiritual (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) potency, Ram\'e4, by casting His glance at the deluded energy in the shape of sending His time-energy, is an auxiliary activity.
\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V:7) Therefore the material creation has only indirect contact with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. It is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub potency that carries His glance to the inferior energy. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there
fore complete within Himself. All of His opulences can be renounced totally at any moment, and in no way by such renunciation is He any the less. This is the meaning of total renunciation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply by studying the opulences of K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a great soul. These opulences are described in detail in the various Vedic literatures\'97in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, Brahma-sa\'e0
hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and so on. The results of such studies are quickly perceived. One immediately comes to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the factual proprietor of everything and that the 
highest benefit derived is love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. \'93He who knows in truth this glory and power of mine engages in unalloyed devotional service. Of this there is no doubt. I am the Source of everything; from Me the entire creation flows. Knowi
ng this, the wise worship Me with all their hearts.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub X:7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Understanding how things exist as separate from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is of no value. The knowledge, wealth, fame, strength, beauty and renunc
iation of a man who is unaware of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are worthless. One must come to understand that all these things exist in the Supreme Lord and that they are His gratuitous opulences. By studying the opulences of K\'e5\'f1\'eba we can come to understand 
why He is worthy of our worship. We may adore the beauty, wealth, fame, knowledge, strength or renunciation of a person, but when we come to understand that these are only fragmental and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of all of them, then we direct ou
r adoration to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus our thoughts should always dwell in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We can become completely satisfied only by thinking of Him, surrendering our lives to Him and speaking of nothing but Him. \'93The thoughts of the wise men dwell in M
e. Their lives are surrendered unto Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightening one another and conversing about Me.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  X:9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The wise are always so engaged because K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is their all in all. Therefore the truly wise are the most opulent, for they belong to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba belongs to them. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Narada
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub N\'c4RADA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you have read or heard even a small sampling of the vast Vedic literature, you have come upon the name of N\'e4rada, who
 is depicted on the back cover of this issue of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is a great }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (devotee) of the Supreme Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Etymologically analyzed, }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or the Lord (K\'e5\'f1\'eba), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means deliverer. N\'e4rada is the deliverer of the Lord and the Lord\'92s message. Of course there are countless preachers,
 gurus, evangelists, mendicants and religious representatives traveling all throughout this planet, but N\'e4rada Muni is eminently distinguished. His pupils include the greatest devotees. Also, he is not restricted to one planet, but has the facility to
 travel to any part of the universe without the aid of a spaceship. Most importantly, N\'e4rada teaches the topmost process of God realization\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , devotion to God\'97and he is coming in the unbroken line of disciplic succession originating with the Supreme Lord Himself. These qualifications of the sage N\'e4rada are described in Vedic litera
tures such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba, etc., where N\'e4rada is called the 
eternal spaceman.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Long ago, as will be described here, N\'e4rada attained the spiritual perfection of liberation from the round of birth and 
death in the material world. He is thus eternally unconditioned, existing in his eternal, spiritual body. In this way, he is almost as good as the Supreme Lord Himself. N\'e4rada is the deliverer of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or Great Chanting for Deliverance. He is described: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni bajaya }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e9\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  r\'e4dhik\'e4 r\'e4ma\'eba n\'e4me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . \'93N\'e4rada Muni plays the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e9\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 The Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 Hare Hare Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare\'97is the potent benediction for the present spiritually deprived age, Kali Yuga, in which other spiritual processes are not possible. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First Canto, Chapter 6, text 34, states: \'93It is personally experienced by N\'e4rada Muni that for persons who are al
ways full with cares and anxieties on account of desiring contact of the senses with sense objects, constant chanting of the transcendental activities of the Personality of Godhead is just the suitable boat for crossing the ocean of nescience.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most people in this age are not very serious about spiritual advancement and cannot undertake rigorous, austere disciplines
, but anyone can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba or simply hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Not only can N\'e4rada travel wherever the Lord desires him to go, carrying the first-class spiritual process, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (devotional service), but he is an especially empowered authority who can convince the most fallen. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu reveals N\'e4rada Muni as an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7aktyave\'e7a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub category. N\'e4rada is not considered the Personality of Godhead Himself, but he is directly empowered with an opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in order to carry out the Lord\'92s will. N\'e4rada, the
n, is technically a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7aktyave\'e7a avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potent with the opulence of devotion. The basis o
f his teaching is expressed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pa\'efcar\'e4tra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada explains that nobody can check the thinking, feeling and willing activities of the indiv
idual. Therefore, if someone is desirous of getting out of the frustrating, death-bound life of material consciousness, he must change the subject matter of his activities, which is not to say he must renounce them. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta
 Sw\'e4m\'e9, as spiritual master in disciplic succession from N\'e4rada, writes: \'93Instead of talking in politics of a dying man, one may discuss the politics administered by the Lord Himself; instead of relishing the movie actors he may turn his atte
ntion to the activities of the Lord with His eternal associates, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada reco
mmends }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or activities of the purified senses, as the process by which one can cross the oc
ean of birth and death, the source of all miseries, and be promoted to the transcendental position. We are already thinking, feeling and willing; if we simply begin to think, feel and will on behalf of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, under the guidance of a spiritual ma
ster, then we will at once feel transcendental ecstasy and reject the material platform of life. He assures us from his own experience that devotional service activities will be successful. It is advised that we can experience the same success as N\'e4ra
da if we begin to follow the path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the footsteps of this great sage, who is the dearm
ost devotee of the Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the First Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gava
tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [1.5.23]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni relates to his pupil Vy\'e4sadeva the incidences of his previous birth, before he became the immortal sage we all know as N\'e4rada: \'93O Muni [Vy\'e4sadeva], in
 my past life, during the last millennium, I was born as the son of a certain maidservant engaged in the service of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who were following the principle of Ved\'e4nta. When they were living together during the four months of the rainy season I was engaged in their personal service.\'94 In his previous life, then, N\'e4rada was engag
ed in devotional service at the earliest age. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that to do service for His servants is more valuable than direct service to Himself. N\'e4rada\'92s parentage was insignificant as his mother was just a maidservant. N\'e4rada was aut
omatically given the most rare opportunity of rendering personal service to devotees of the Lord. Because some holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were used to staying at the place where his mother was a servant, N\'e4rada, at less than five years of age, was in contact with them, and thus his door to liberation was opened. He states that the devotee }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub blessed him with their causeless mercy. They found this poor boy to be without any attac
hment to sporting habits; he was not naughty, nor did he speak more than required. Thus, although the devotees are impartial by nature, they were able to shower their full downpour of mercy in the form of transcendental knowledge and devotional service o
nto this uneducated young boy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The boy N\'e4rada\'92s association with the pure devotees was consummated the moment he took up the remnants of their foods
tuff. By so doing, all his sins were at once eliminated. As servant, the boy was cleaning up for the devotees, and noticing some remnants of food on their plates he asked their permission to take, and they of course encouraged him. As pure devotees, thes
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-ved\'e4ntas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (knowers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub through devotional service) ate only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or foodstuffs which are first offered to the Supreme Lord with prayers. It is understood that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is not ordinary food, but once accepted by the Lord it becomes as good as the Lord Himself, by His mercy. So the boy took this mercy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-ved\'e4ntas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and became infected with their qualities of purity. Having associated with them, and having once eaten the remnants 
of their food, N\'e4rada advanced into transcendental life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then began to hear from them about the absolute truth. This is the way in which N\'e4rada gained eternal life, unlimited
 knowledge and unfathomed bliss, with facility to travel anywhere in the material worlds. Simply by hearing attentively authentic information about the Personality of Godhead from a bona fide authority, all his past sins were cleaned off and he was liber
ated from mundane association. N\'e4rada relates to his pupil Vy\'e4sadeva: \'93O Vy\'e4sadeva, in that association and by the mercy of the great Ved\'e4ntists describing the attractive activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I purified my aural reception. Th
us hearing attentively, step by step my taste for hearing of the Personality of Godhead became manifest.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.5.26]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our spiritual master has told us many times that love of God is natural, original with us; however, due to our false attrac
tion to the perishable material world and illusion of the body as our self and material things as our possessions, this consciousness is now dormant. So the wonderful change that occurs by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba or hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s
 activities is not an artificial imposition on the mind, but is the natural return to our original consciousness. We may not be able to completely realize this at first, but very quickly the consciousness of the sincere chanter changes, and his material 
anxieties and desires fade away. N\'e4rada described how he developed definite realization of the Personality of Godhead as the absolute reality and how his attention became uninterrupted in hearing about the Lord. By hearing about the absolute, one beco
mes associated with the supreme light which dissipates all ignorance. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-ved\'e4ntas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were
 never speaking mundane topics of politics or sensuous affairs before N\'e4rada; nor were they teaching him negative concepts of reality, such as speculations on the concept of void or the impersonal aspect of the absolute truth. They were constantly eng
aged in chanting about the pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, who possesses inconceivable potencies; and by submissively hearing, the son of the maidservant felt his ignorance being removed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9, writes: \'93By ignorance only the conditioned sou
l wrongly thinks that he is a product of the material nature and that the Personality of Godhead is also a product of matter. But in fact, the Personality of Godhead and the living being are transcendental and have nothing to do with the material nature 
When nescience is removed, then it is perfectly realized that there is nothing existing without the Personality of Godhead. As the gross and subtle bodies are emanations from the Personality of Godhead, the revival of transcendental knowledge permits one
 to engage both of them in the service of the Lord.\'94 The gross body can be engaged in rendering service, cleaning the temple, distributing K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature and bowing down in the temple, and the subtle mind can hear and think of the
 transcendental pastimes of the Lord. The realization by which one can change his activities into transcendental activities develops without apprehension in execution of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh
akti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub path. N\'e4rada grasped this at once by his superior attraction for the Supreme Personality of Godhead\'97through the most effective method of hearing from pure souls. As
 N\'e4rada tells it, \'93The flow of my devotional service began.\'94 Devotional service is natural to everyone, but it is choked up and suspended due to our being covered by modes of passion and ignorance. In N\'e4rada\'92s case, the pure sound vibratio
n of unadulterated devotees speaking the glories of the Supreme Lord at once removed the material coverings and his devotional service thus began. Or in other words, the eternal being who was residing in the body of the maidservant\'92s son woke up, and 
the ultimate goal\'97love of God\'97became manifest in his heart. N\'e4rada\'92s position before his teachers is a model for the disciple who wishes to attain success even within one lifetime: \'93I was very much attached to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-ved\'e4ntas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was gentle in behavior, and all my sins became eradicated in my heart. I had strong faith in them
; I had subjugated the senses and was strictly following the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-ved\'e4ntas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with body and min
d.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eventually the rainy season and the autumn passed, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-ved\'e4ntas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub left the place where N\'e4rada and his mother were living. But the confidential part of knowledge, devotional service unto the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead, had been implanted in N\'e4rada\'92s heart. Knowledge of the absolute truth\'97permanent and blissful behind all temporary shows\'97is not a cheap or easily attainable thing. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub out of millions of men one may know the absolute truth, the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the immortal sage N\'e4rada told these things to Vy\'e4sadeva, his disciple became anxious to know how the boy passed 
the duration of his previous life and how he finally quit his body and attained a spiritual body of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (eternal life, bliss and knowledge) as N\'e4rada Muni the eternal spaceman. N\'e4rada related that after his initiation by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-ved\'e4ntas }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub there was a tangible change in his life, but as he was only five years old and the only child of his mother, he was bound to her with the tie of affection. Instead of being depende
nt on the Supreme Lord who is the only independent controller, the boy was dependent on his mother\'92s care, and she looked after him as if she were his maintainer. But N\'e4rada relates: \'93Once upon a time the poor woman, my mother, while engaged in 
milking a cow at night, was fatally bitten on the leg by a serpent as influenced by the supreme time.\'94 In this way, the sincere soul who was being looked after by his mother had her withdrawn from the world by the supreme will, and he was thus put com
pletely at the mercy of the Lord. \'93I took it as the special mercy of the Lord, who always desires benediction for His devotees. Thinking in this way, I started for the northern side.\'94 This may seem surprising: a five-year-old boy, suddenly left all
 alone in the world, takes it as an auspicious direction from God. We find that most people when they are put into natural frustration and loss bewail the cruelty of their plight and even presume to be critical of the absolute will. But the devotee sees 
in every step the special mercy of the Lord. Bewailing our material losses is due to our ignorance of the real purpose of human life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 has written on this point: \'93Mundane prosperity is a kind of material fever and by the 
grace of the Lord, the feverish material temperature of the devotee is gradually diminished and spiritual health is obtained step by step.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.6.10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So the orphaned boy at once to
ok the daring step of making God his only shelter and maintainer. He did not spend time trying to make some economic adjustment for his future comfortable living, but he took to traveling. \'93I passed through many flourishing metropolises, towns, villag
es, animal farms, mines, agricultural lands, valleys, gardens and forests. I passed alone through many forests full of pipe, bamboo, sharp grass, weeds and caves difficult to go through alone. I visited the dangerous, fearful forests deep and dark, the p
lay-yards of snakes, owls, jackals.\'94 The boy was not making a whimsical youth\'92s journey by these travels. It is the duty of a mendicant to have experience of all varieties of God\'92s creation. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to travel alone through all forests, hills, towns, etc., to gain faith in God and strength of mind, as well 
as to enlighten the inhabitants with the message of God. In the present age this is not possible for the ordinary man, but it was possible for N\'e4rada, who was finishing his last lifetime before his liberation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93After that, under the shadow of a banyan tree in a forest without any human habitation, I began to meditate upon the su
persoul situated within myself, using my intelligence as I learned by hearing from liberated souls. With my mind transformed into transcendental love I began to meditate upon the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead. Tears rolled down from my eyes, a
nd immediately the Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, appeared on the lotus of my heart.\'94 It is understood that N\'e4rada was not performing a concocted meditation, but he had received knowledge from authoritative sources on how to
 meditate on the supersoul who is dwelling within every living being. There are five stages of transcendental development leading to love of God described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhak
ti-s\'fctra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or an initial interest in or liking for the Supreme Lord. After that, one practices the prescribed rules and regulations of devotional service which clear away misgivings and personal deficiencies. Then one develops firm
ness, or standard faith in the reality of transcendental life; then comes attraction, and then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4va, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the stage prior to unalloyed love of God. N\'e4rada Muni in his previous birth was able to attain the highest stage shortly after his departure from home. The tears from his eyes indicate his feelings of separation in transcendental love for 
the Personality of Godhead, after which he actually was able to perceive the actual presence of the Lord by his developed spiritual senses. A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta writes of spiritual ecstasy such as that perceived by N\'e4rada: \'93Spiritual feelings of h
appiness and intense ecstasy have no mundane comparison. Therefore it is very difficult to give expression to such feelings. We can just have a glimpse of such ecstasy in the words of the pure devotees.\'94 \'93O, Vy\'e4sadeva, at that time, being exceed
ingly overpowered by feelings of happiness, every part of my body became lucid being absorbed in the ocean of ecstasy.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.6.15-16]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada describes the form of the absolute truth as he saw Him: \'93The transcendental form of that Lord, as it is, is pe
rfectly apt to the desire of the mind.\'94 N\'e4rada did not experience the Lord as formless, but His form is not like anything in this material world. It is described that all the differently cut and shaped forms that we are seeing all through our life 
do not banish all our mental disparity and dissatisfaction. But the special feature of the transcendental form of the Lord is that once it is seen, one is satisfied forever, and no material form holds any more attraction for the seer. So the Lord\'92s fo
rm is like nothing we see now in matter. Another great devotee, Mah\'e4r\'e4j Par\'e9k\'f1it, was able to see the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba even while he was in his mother\'92s womb. On being born into the world, Par\'e9k\'f1it (the word means \'93examiner
\'94) was always looking this way and that way, his eyes bulging to see again the form of the Lord among all the unsatisfying forms and shapes of the material atmosphere.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada saw the form of God, he was completely satisfied in his being, and then the same form was no longer present to hi
s vision. \'93Not seeing that form again, I suddenly got up, being perturbed in mind, as it happens when one loses that which is desirable.\'94 Desiring more than anything to see again the form of the Lord, N\'e4rada tried to concentrate his mind on his 
heart, but he could not see Him anymore, and so became grief-stricken. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes: \'93There is no mechanical process to see the form of the Lord. It completely depends on the causeless mercy of the Lord. Just as the surf rises out 
of its own accord, the Lord also is pleased to be present out of His causeless mercy. One should simply wait for the opportune moment and go on discharging the prescribed duty in devotional service of the Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not at N\'e4rada\'92s command, but by that same causeless mercy, the transcendental Supreme Personality of Godhead, seeing 
N\'e4rada\'92s attempt in a lonely place, spoke unto him, just to mitigate his grief. \'93O N\'e4rada, I regret very much that during this lifetime, you will no longer be able to see Me. Those who are incomplete in service or still immature in being free
d from all material dirt can hardly see Me. O virtuous one, you have only once seen My Person. This is just to increase your hankering for Me, because the more you desire Me, the more you will be freed from material desire. By service of the absolute tru
th even for a short time, a devotee\'92s intelligence becomes fixed firmly on Me. As a result he goes on to become My associate in the transcendental world after giving up the present deplorable material worlds. Intelligence engaged in My devotion can ne
ver be defeated at any time. Even at the time of creation, as well as at the time of annihilation, your remembrance will continue by My mercy.\'94 How wonderful is the devotee N\'e4rada, that the Lord, the supreme authority personified by sound, unseen, 
spoke to him, seeing him so sad for lack of the Lord\'92s presence! Again, this is the special gift of N\'e4rada, and the ordinary devotee, what to speak of the non-devotee, should not claim to have access to the voice of the Supreme Lord. We are so puff
ed up and presumptuous in matters of the absolute truth, although it is the field of endeavor which, more than any other, requires us to give submissively and humbly aural reception to the bona fide authorities. For this age the authoritative Vedic liter
ature recommends the sound vibration of the Lord\'92s holy name, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is as good as the personal presence of the Lord. If this were not so\'97that the Lord is present Himself when His name is uttered\'97then how could He be consider
ed absolute? Absolute means that He is present in His name, His fame, and His devotee. If we wish to exchange transcendental love with the absolute truth we have to qualify ourselves by the purifying process of chanting His holy name. There is no difficu
lty on His part in coming to us when He wills. It may be very difficult for an ordinary subject to get an audience with the king; but if the king desires to see any citizen, what is the difficulty in his coming? As \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvat
\'e9, spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta, said, \'93Don\'92t ask to see God, rather act in such a way that God can see you.\'94 Such elevated standard\'97the perfection of human life\'97is easily attained by constant chanting and 
associating with devotees and the first result of this process is the loss of misgivings. Misgivings means lamenting over something lost and hankering for something we don\'92t have. These vanish when the superior taste derived from executing spiritual d
evotional service begins under the authorized spiritual master.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Blessed all along and taking each occurrence as an opportunity to increase his hankering for the Lord, the servant boy who 
was to become N\'e4rada finished the days of his life in chanting and remembering the pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in traveling for distributing the Lord\'92s message of back to Godhead, with no thought of material gain.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the course of time, while fully absorbed in thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, N\'e4rada reached that point, commonly called de
ath, when the change of body suddenly occurs. N\'e4rada told his pupil: \'93Being freed from all material taints, I met with death just as lightning and illumination occur simultaneously.\'94 It is told further that just as the illumination follows the l
ightning, the devotee changed his material body after death and evolved a spiritual body by the will of the supreme. The material body is a product of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , earned by our accumulation of material desire, action and reaction. It is temporary and subject to miseries, and it is unenlightened. The spiritual body residing dormant within the material bod
y, is eternal, blissful and in full knowledge. It is understood from authorized scriptures that even while in the material body, a pure devotee\'92s body becomes surcharged with spiritual energy by the constant engagement of his senses in the service of 
the transcendental eternal Lord. It is like an iron rod in contact with fire: after a while the iron rod acts not like iron, but like fire. The material body is afflicted with inebrieties and is taken on by the living entity as a result of his desires to
 enjoy temporary sense gratification, without understanding his real position\'97that he is eternal servant of the Lord and meant to please }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub senses. Therefore when the devotee\'92s body becomes engaged in devotional service he becomes surcharged with the transcendental qualities. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 writes on this
 important matter, so often misunderstood by neophytes: \'93Change of the body means stoppage of the reaction of the qualitative modes of material nature (goodness, passion and ignorance) upon the person of a pure devotee. There are many instances in the
 revealed scriptures where Dhruva and Prahl\'e4da and many other devotees were able to see the Personality of Godhead face to face apparently in the same body. This means the quality of a devotee\'92s body changes from material affinity to transcendence.
 By the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba the devotee becomes exempt from the karmic reactions of his work.\'94 In order to understand how the body of a devotee becomes spiritualized, we have to understand that consciousness is the sign of life. The sensation you 
have when you are pinched means you have consciousness. This consciousness, which is spread all over the body, is eternal, though the body of flesh and blood is perishable. Consciousness is a symptom of the presence of the soul, which is located in the h
eart. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If an ordinary conditioned human being meets a pure devotee and his consciousness is changed from the polluted desire to
 enjoy with the body, and he instead starts to use the body as a vehicle for service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then his body becomes spiritualized. Any material object, a telephone, a typewriter, becomes spiritualized if used in the direct service
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for propagating the Lord\'92s transcendental message. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 has written that, in the eye of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the body of the converted or reclaimed devotee who 
has changed his standard of consciousness from material to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is as good as the eternal spiritual body of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the spiritual sky who has never fallen under the conditioned state. The example \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has given is that of a gold box and a gold-plated box. The gold box is compared to those who hav
e never fallen to the material world. But once a fallen soul takes a bona fide spiritual master and becomes one hundred percent engaged in devotional service, then he too becomes liberated, even while remaining in the present body and he is thus compared
 to a gold-plated box. The Lord accepts the gold-plated box as equal to and as good as the gold box.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada describes his position then to Vy\'e4sadeva: \'93At the end of the millenium, when the Personality of Godhead Lor
d N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba lay down in the water of devastation, Brahm\'e4 began to enter into Him along with all creative elements, and I also entered through His breathing. After expiration of a period of 4,300,000 x 1000 years when Brahm\'e4 awoke to create 
again by the will of the Lord, all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5\'f1is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like Mar\'e9ci, A\'ecgir\'e4, and Atri were cre
ated from the transcendental body of the Lord, and I also appeared along with them.\'94 N\'e4rada\'92s entrance into the body of the Lord at the time of annihilation and re-entrance into the material cosmos occur in the same transcendental body, which is
 described as being just like the Lord\'92s, without any difference between body and soul. Therefore when N\'e4rada appears in the universe as the son of Brahm\'e4, born from his heart, it is understood that this is not the forced birth of a conditioned 
entity, but a transcendental pastime of the devotee. N\'e4rada\'92s appearance and disappearance in the world are in the same category of transcendence as that of the Lord, who appeared on the earth as the son of Vasudeva.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub living the order of celibacy without the complication of family life. He is the greatest emblem of devotional service and therefore the most learned. And he is worshipable. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93Among sages I am N\'e4rada.\'94 His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e9\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is charged with transcendental sound and was handed to him by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as stated in
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Li\'ecga Pur\'e4\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub v\'e9\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is therefore identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the glories of the absolute truth as chanted by N\'e4rada are also nondifferent from the Lord. Th
erefore the presence of N\'e4rada means Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada is called the original spiritual master. His disciples, surrendered souls who first heard K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness from his lips, include Vy\'e4sadeva, the compiler of all the Vedic scriptures, V\'e4lm\'e9ki, the author of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4j, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4j, and many others.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Thus I travel, constantly singing the glories of the Lord.\'94 N\'e4rada is traveling, vibrating his instrument, the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e9\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by his own free will. He is not being forced. His devotional service is free; he off
ers it out of his free will and he is free to travel when he likes. By his surrender unto the Lord he has attained complete freedom of life. The illusion of persons in the material world is that they are free, whereas actually they are bound up by the st
ringent laws of nature. We can only try to imagine, at this point, the unlimited freedom of N\'e4rada, whose freedom is as good as the Lord\'92s.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let us all help N\'e4rada Muni with his welfare work of the spirit. Encourage everyone you meet to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will enliven the planet, will bring us all a life of transcendental bliss, and help us to have a taste of the full nectar for which we have been anxious from time immemorial.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Descent of the Holy Name
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY NAME
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Achyutananda d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97India)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B.R. \'c7r\'e9dhara Mah\'e4r\'e4j sat on the roof of his quarters in Navadv\'e9pa. The now very old }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was in a very contemplative mood, and to approach him in this state disturbed me. He motioned that I should sit in front of h
im, so I timidly went and sat down on a grass mat. There was no one to be seen anywhere. \'93There are many things to see from up here by which we can remember Caitanya,\'94 His Holiness said. \'93This Ganges, this forest, the temples, His favorite tree,
 banana. What do you want?\'94 \'93Can you explain how, if the name is a spiritual thing, how are we all chanting it?\'94 I asked, feeling very foolish. After some silence he began to say, \'93Nitai Caitanya, Nitai Caitanya,\'94 and then began:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It cannot be uttered by a material tongue, nor can a material ear hear the name. He [the name] is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [beyond experimental knowledge], having reserved the right of not being exposed to organic senses. All the experience, k
nowledge and memories that we have are gleaned with the help of mundane senses. Our tongue is comprised mostly of earth and water elements; the nerve endings extending to all parts of the body carry charges of electricity, also a material element. If an 
object is too far away, it is not touchable, seeable, tastable, etc.; if an object is too close, it is also imperceptable; we can\'92t see our own }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mark or eye make-up. When the senses are extended by microscopes and telescopes, these instruments have more range, but are still limited to the material sphere. The telescope cannot penetrate the outer
most covering of the universe; the microscope lens is composed of atoms and therefore cannot see the atom or anything smaller than the atom. Likewise, the system of mental speculation is also inefficient to perceive the spiritual element. Mind is a mater
ial element whose density is very slight. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub VII:4) Higher abstractions are no more sp
iritual than hard rocks. There is a common belief that by extending the potency of the mind we can conceive of the infinite, but this process is defective. If the infinite can be confined in a limited mind, then it is not infinite. I don\'92t even know h
ow many hairs are on my own head. Mental speculators grind their brains over abstract aphorisms of Zen and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub and think that by their own power they can achieve something like infinity. The result is mental masturbation. The mind explodes and dies of exhaustion. And the reaction is deplorable: total forgetfulness of the self and the infinite.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93There are channels by which the infinite descends. He is all power, glory, beauty, knowledge, wealth and renunciation. He is domina
nt, all-extending, free, and autocratic. The infinite cannot be contained in a limited sphere, but if He is really infinite then He has the power of making Himself known in all His fullness to the finite mind. When, out of His own perogative, He takes th
e initiative and reveals Himself to the devotee, there is actual perception of Godhead, self realization, transcendental revelation. By the channel of transcendental sound He comes, by vibrating the spiritual tongue of the pure devotees representing Him 
to the world. The spiritual element vibrates the spiritual tongues of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat-guru\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub audience, which h
ave hitherto never been vibrated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Sat-gurudeva utters Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Our material ears hear some sound that resembles the transcendental name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, our eardrum moves the liquid of the inner ear, half water and half air, which vibrates the ethereal element and touches our mind. At this point, soul has still been untouched, and there has been no genuine spiritual experience. By hearing with the mind
\'92s impressions, we enjoy the sound of the cymbals, the beat of the chant, the pleasant company and effect of listening and hearing. But it doesn\'92t stop here. Piercing the mind, the original sound uttered by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moves our intellect, and we consider the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy. For millions of years, sages chanted this on the banks of ma
ny holy rivers. Ideas flood everywhere about the possible effects of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This, while being quite 
blissful, is not spiritual revelation in the true sense. Beyond the intelligence is the spiritual element\'97soul, myself. That sound, having cut through all my senses including the mind and intellect, now vibrates the finest sentiments of my own real ex
istence. This is the perception of the holy name on the spiritual plane with my spiritual ear. Then, the soul inspired, recapitulates, sending vibration back into the intelligence, mind, etc., out to my external tongue and we say, \'91Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba
.\'92 That Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is He. And we dance in ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Sounds, sounds, sounds,\'94 His Holiness repeated slowly. \'93Sounds, catch hold of the sounds. Seize the sound waves traveling wit
hin the ether, and your happiness is assured in spiritual life. One }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has explained in his }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that massive epidemics are due to contamination of the ether by impure sound. When the lawyers and pl
eaders in court begin to tell lies in the name of justice, these sound vibrations contaminate the ether, which in turn contaminates the air and water which people breathe and drink, and epidemic is the result. When four-headed Brahm\'e4 creates the unive
rse, the seed ingredient is sound, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'91OM.\'92 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And from that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'91om\'92 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e4yatr\'e9-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is born. In this sound, the fourteen planetary galaxies sprout like whorls of spiraling stars and planets, with the sun situated in the very center of the universe. Each planetary system is composed of a different soun
d uttered by Lord Brahm\'e4. Each galaxy provides the infinite }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with their particular spheres of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (action), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (religious functions), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub artha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (economic
 development), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (sensual enjoyment and suffering), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (facility of liberation). It is the function of Brahm\'e4 to provide these different galaxies and planets according to the sinful and 
meritorious deeds of the innumerable. Lord Brahm\'e4 utters a different sound for each planetary system and his engineer, \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7vakarma, creates the planets according to those sounds. The subtle elements and gross elements are distributed in th
is way. In our planet, the predominating elements are earth and water. In other worlds, only water is found. On the sun, fire is the prominent element. If a spiritual individual, under the effects of illusion, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , wishes to end his gross existence, he may enter a planet of air, ether, mind or intelligence and live as a ghost.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The individual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is also endowed with a particle of creative power. And the ordinary individual as well creates his tiny sphere of influence by sound. Some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'e9vas\'92 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spheres of influence are no bigger than their own craniums, and some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have influence over a community, a nation, or even a whole planet. The beauty and harmony of their particular spheres of influence depends on the quality of sound they produce.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93When one nation tries to conquer another nation, the first points to capture are the radio stations, the newspapers, the journals
\'97the lines of communication. By sending out its manifesto by sound, the government can move the former leaders from their posts and capture the country. Then, also by sound, the new government becomes established. If there should be any defect in that
 sound, then the whole thing is ruined. That is why there is so much alteration in the world situation. The sound of all these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is, to quote the Bible, \'91Babel.\'92 Nonsensical sounds are entering and contaminating the ether, the air, the water, and the very molecular structure of each and every person, place and thing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93A person\'92s mind is composed of two functions, technically termed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'eckalpa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vikalpa. Sa\'eckalpa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the mind\'92s desire to join thoughts into concepts, theories and tableaus of theories. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vikalpa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the mind\'92s function of rejecting thoughts, simplifying and limiting experiences which are gathered through the sense s of sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. Both functions are controlled by sound. Here is an experiment: Clos
e your eyes. When I repeat a number, you will see the number flash before your mind like a cash register. One\'85 Three\'85 Seven\'85 Four\'85 The processes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eckalpa}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vikalpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  respectively make the tho
ughts come and go. This is a very simple form of the mind\'92s process. On a more complicated scale, there is the very risky business of intentionally invading the sound waves with defective sound. The lines of communication are filled with impure sound 
from the earliest of schoolbooks to the most advanced so-called philosophy. The White House filibusters are another excellent example of intentional pollution of sound channels. If we were to infuse spiritual sound into the ether, saturate the ether with
 the transcendental sound vibration of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  would purify, enlighten and saturate every being with its potencies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In Lord Caitanya\'92s eight verses, which comprise the final message of all spiritual instructions, the first verse gives five effe
cts of the transcendental sound of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, as follows:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It wipes the material dust f
rom the mirror of our mind. The mind is like the intermediate connecting medium between the spirit and that material external covering called the body. The soul has no material activity. When covered by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or illusion, the soul remains dormant in a state of suspended animation. The magnitude of the soul is so great, however, that it infuses consci
ousness on all sides. Through the mediurn of the mind, the senses act and we \'91know\'92 things. If this \'91glass,\'92 the mind, is put out of focus by the external nature, we suffer confusion, pain, disease, and death. Yes, death is a state of mind on
ly, as the soul has no death. By the mind we mistakenly think \'91O! I\'92m dying!\'92 \'91I\'92m drowning!\'92 \'91I\'92m giving birth!\'92 \'91I\'92m sick!\'92 etc. When the mind is cleansed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahamantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the mind is forcibly purified. All the material concoctions, which are the cause of our suffering, are forcibly murdered, starved to death. They t
hrive on material sense pleasures. Flooding the mind with transcendental sound is just like stepping on the pin of a bomb: All those misconceptions of material suffering and enjoyment are shattered, murdered, and the material mind is conquered wholly, le
aving no enemies behind. The mind then reflects the spiritual knowledge, quality and energy of the soul itself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Bhava-mah\'e4-d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'ebam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fire of
 conditional life is thus extinguished. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nirv\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which most people}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are trying to understand from Buddhist texts, means extinguishing the fire of material existence. This body has been burning from the
 very beginning of time by the process of digestion. Biologists all declare that the body is a burning organism, giving off heat, water vapor and carbon dioxide. After seventy or more years, our body is consumed by that smouldering digestive fire, and we
 move into another body, only to burn up that one too. It is like chain smoking: with the lit end of the cigarette you light up a fresh cigarette, and on and on. By the potency of the transcendental sound, the cause of that fire is extinguished.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93\'c7reya\'f9-kairava-candrik\'e4vitara\'eba\'e0 vidy\'e4vadh\'fcj\'e9vanam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental sound then spreads the light of benedictions, peaceful suggestions and fearlessness, and no more anxieties invade the mind. We approach the world after coming out of the womb with many deep-rooted fears: Is there s
afety? Is there happiness? Is there peace? The answer is the basic seed. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Om }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in this case means one big sp
iritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yes. Om, yes\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a positive answer. Simply by negating the mind, the questions of the soul are not
 satisfied; something positive must be given. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub floods the mind with suggestions of the t
ruth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93\'c4nand\'e4mbudhi-varddhana\'e0 pratipada\'e0 p\'fcr\'eb\'e4m\'e5t\'e4sv\'e4danam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A full draught of an ocean of blissful nectar is served to the soul, who has been thirsty from time immemorial.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Sarv\'e4tma-snapana\'e0 para\'e0, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vijayate}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sa\'eck\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This point has a twofold meaning, one external and one internal. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarv\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The holy name bathes all souls with spiritual bliss, knowledge and love. The transcendental sound completely overcomes the soul with His sublime potencies. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has many meanings, as given by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means the supreme absolute truth, the body, the mind, the intelligence, endeavor, conviction and nature. By uttering the pure sound of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one invades the very cause of everything that exists. The mind, body and soul, and even nature itself can be c
hanged into transcendental nature by one exclamation of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Capture the sound waves which are the cause of every item of existence and saturate them with Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The result will be the total transformation of energy. An }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , temple, and all the paraphernalia in them are all divine. The environment in which we live in
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not the same as the one in which we were born. It is \'91there,\'92 it is Goloka, an
d the more we progress in our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the more He will reveal Himself to us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One of the supreme forces in the descent of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagat-guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , has written a beautiful verse in description of this process: \'93O Hari N\'e4ma, You enter my ear and touch my heart, and tears flow from my eyes and fall to the ground; making soft clay, my footprints are left for my successor
s to follow my way.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It must be noted that if the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is bogus, then that name will not touch the spiritual spark within the coverings of mind and body. It may sound the same, but it is not\'97just as milk and whitewash look the same, but they are altogeth
er different.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Now many such artificial }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are about, and this fact is, as it were, camouflaging the genuine devotees. If someone finds a treasure beneath a tree and marks the tree with his initials and then comes back to find every tree marked 
with the same initials, he is unable to recall the original tree.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'91\'91The original sentiments invoked by the name are concentrated, blissful recollections of the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These s
entiments are in all souls and are five in number: the neutral sentiment, the serving sentiment, the sentiment of friendship, parental sentiment, and the sentiment of intimate love. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akhila-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the ocean of all transcendental sentiment. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye yath\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 prapadyante, t\'e4\'e0s tathai
va bhaj\'e4my aham: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I reciprocate all the different services rendered within the sphere of these different sentiments, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasas.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba uses the neutral devotees, who do not take active engagement in His interest, at His own sweet time and liking. If He wants to play 
the flute He picks it up, and He sets it down when He likes. To His servants, He is the noble master. In this relationship there is more facility to please the master, to bring His food, His favorite clothing. Yet there is still some hindrance, since He 
may tell the servant to be gone, and the servant must obey out of duty. The friendship }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has two stage
s. The first stage is friendship with feeling of respect and reverence. Arjuna has this type of friendly relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He begs forgiveness from K\'e5\'f1\'eba for unknowingly calling Him in jest or for associating with Him without bow
ing down, etc. When the friendship is more developed, the respect and honorable formalities disappear. Jumping on K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s shoulders, wrestling and playing as though K\'e5\'f1\'eba were their equal, Sud\'e4m\'e4, \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 and the ot
her cowherd boys revel in endless sports. Sometimes they even consider K\'e5\'f1\'eba their inferior: \'91Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba; He\'92s the youngest one of us. He\'92s also the lightest. We can all overcome Him in wrestling, so go lightly with Him.\'92 As 
sugar cane juice is concentrated into molasses and then into crystal, so also the friendly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  with add
ed feelings, develops into parental affection. \'91K\'e5\'f1\'eba is my son,\'92 says Mother Yasod\'e4. \'91I must always look after His needs and protection. If I don\'92t see Him for even five minutes I get so scared. I see huge trees falling on Him an
d horrible demons capturing Him. Oh, there You are! Why do You scare Your mother like that? Always stay in my presence, I can\'92t stand to have You out of sight.\'92 Even punishment of the beloved is seen in this intimate relationship.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93As concentrated sugar becomes rock candy, so the parental exchange of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub rasas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  condenses into conjugal love, in which there is complete dedication to the desires of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with no tinge of desire for one\'92s own pleasure. \'91
I am Yours\'92\'97complete unconditional surrender. \'91If you trample my body underfoot or embrace me fondly, for Your pleasure I am happy. If You want to throw me into hell and keep me far from Your company, I am prepared to go. If You forget me, I can
not forget You; You are always my beloved.\'92\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By this time His Holiness had become exhausted. After forty years of lecturing previous to the use of microphones, his voice had become
 very thin. We were only one inch apart, face to face.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just then the loud gong began to toll in crescendo, reaching four loud blasts and reverberating into silence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Go down now. It\'92s time for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Could you follow my words?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes,\'94 I said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Did you like it?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93That\'92s all right. Go down now.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sa\'eck\'e9rtana and Puppet Show at Griffith Park
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SA\'ccK\'c9RTANA AND PUPPET SHOW
 AT GRIFFITH PARK
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Lalit\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Los Angeles)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Los Angeles }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Party usually goes to the downtown area to preach and chant during the week, but since it was Thanksgiving Day, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Party was held at Griffith Park where large crowds of people gathered to enjoy the sun, music, friendship and dancing. The devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba do not celebrate Thanksgivin
g only one day a year: we give our prayer of thanks every day and every waking moment. We try to show our gratitude to the Lord by offering Him loving service eternally.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Sa\'eck\'e9rtana Party arrived at Griffith Park on this sunny day, the purpose of its members was to spread the holy name of G
od to their brothers and sisters. According to the scriptures, everyone is searching for God but most of us are temporarily trapped in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or illusion. The mass of colorful devotees advancing on the scene was beautiful to the eye; and for the ear there was the sound of transcendental conchshell, sweet }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  drum and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kartals}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (hand cymbals)\'97and the loud and sweet singing of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-attractive, His name is transcendentally powerful; thus large crowds were immediately attracted. The paraphernalia brought to the park and on all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  parties includes a large picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and one of Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master. When one looks upon these pictures he can actually 
see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Prabhup\'e4da themselves! The picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the divine person K\'e5\'f1\'eba are nondifferent. Our transcendental paraphernalia also includes incense, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Magazine, cards and leaflets. We are engaged in inviting people to sing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to visit the temple of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are bringing paraphernalia to attract all the senses. Through seeing pictures of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Prabhup\'e4da and seeing the devotees in person, one is attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the sense of vision or of sight. By hearing the 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one is attracted by the sense of hearing. By smelling the incense and flowers
 offered to God, one is attracted by the sense of smell. By tasting the spiritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or food of
fered to God, one is attracted by the sense of taste. By touching the instruments used for God, or clapping one\'92s hands or touching }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  beads, one is attracted by the sense of touch. We want to share these jewels of transcendence with all living entities so they can become self realized and worship God in full joy. If all the senses are not utilized f
or the satisfaction of God, they will be used for the satisfaction of the temporary body and thereby trap us in the cycle of birth, death, old age and disease. If one is bound by the temporary pleasure of this body, he will not be able to transcend this 
material nature upon leaving this body. And what\'92s more, he risks being thrown into a lower form of life, like the plant or animal, and may be forced to live on more hellish planets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the devotees placed themselves in an auspicious spot at Griffith Park, about three hundred people gathered around in a big circle;
 and the devotees began to sing and dance with great ecstasy. A few of the spectators began to sing and dance, and more and more joined as time went on. Soon a group of about thirty people joined hands and held a circle-dance, intertwining among the devo
tees and the crowd. The joy of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that one is spontaneously attracted and can immediately feel the joy emanating from God. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that K\'e5\'f1\'eba dwells as supersoul in the heart of every living entity; the moment one starts to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the love of God lying dormant in his h
eart is at once revived. Our souls are crying out to be revived, so let us tend to the needs of our souls by singing the names of God. The people who were sitting and listening were certainly being spiritually benefitted by hearing the sound of God\'92s 
name, and we encouraged everyone please sing the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ! God is pleased when we sing 
His name, and in this age of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kali }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is no other way to please God. If we call out to K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
nd praise His energy and pray for His mercy, He will protect and guide us back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By showing the picture of Prabhup\'e4da to the men and women and children at Griffith Park, we introduced them to the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whose teachings are available to everyone on this earth. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 is 
here to teach us how to enter the kingdom of God. He holds the secret treasure and is bringing it out in the open for all. We cannot fully appreciate the nectar of transcendental fruit until we know something of the creator of that fruit. The more you lo
ve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more He will love you and guide you back to home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the circle-dance, the puppet show began. Vi\'f1\'ebujana d\'e4s is an expert puppeteer, and he put on a beautiful puppet show tha
t attracted not only the children but the adults as well. In addition, the show carried the highest knowledge. The puppets were sleeping in their beds in the tent until they were aroused to put on their show. They looked lovely in their brightly colored 
clothes of silk and satin covered with pretty jewels. With perfect precision and illuminating facial expressions, Vi\'f1\'ebujana put on a puppet show that normally would have taken five people to perform. He flashed back and forth like lightning, expres
sing the quality of each puppet, and thus the puppets became alive. Everyone there couldn\'92t help but be amazed. The devotees were excited like little children and were making some of the sounds of the different puppets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The play was about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  girlfriends of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. R\'e4dh\'e4, who is the most beloved }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Her associates Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 and Lalit\'e4 are talking amongst themselves. R\'e4dh\'e4 is saying to Her friends; \'93Oh dear friend Lalit\'e4, sweet Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4, Oh search out that K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 And H
er friends call out: \'93\'c7y\'e4masundara, are You near Your beloved river Yamun\'e4 resting Your blue body?\'94 \'93Search near the Govardhana Hill, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4 says. \'93My beloved does not know where to place Himself. He cannot distinguish bad places from good.\'94 Lalit\'e4 and Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 console Her. \'93Oh dear Queen R\'e4dh
\'e4, be patient, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not localized, He is all-pervading. He is in the sky, He is in the water, He is the supersoul in everyone\'92s heart.\'94 R\'e4dh\'e4 says, \'93Alas for us, fair }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what have we to offer this Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He owns our very soul?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub other puppets were presented. The last part of the puppet show was the exciting story of Bak\'e4sura, the voracious stork. His voice was ferocious, as he was a terrible demon. One day K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Gop\'e4la and o
ther cowherd boyfriends were playing and looking for something exciting to do. Gop\'e4la found a cave and said, \'93Let\'92s play in here.\'94 The cave was actually the huge mouth of Bak\'e4sura, and the demon stork was planning to devour K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
and His cowherd boyfriends. As soon as they stepped inside, the stork closed his mouth and said, \'93Now I\'92ve got You, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You and Your friends. There is no way out.\'94 The boys were not scared, because they knew K\'e5\'f1\'eba would save
 them. Within the stork\'92s mouth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded His body to gigantic size, thus suffocating the demoniac stork to death. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends began to rejoice and sing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The puppet show was captivating and th
rilling. Afterwards many people chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba with us, and there was some preaching of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The crowd seemed to enjoy themselves.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was a blissful day at Griffith Park; it is so nice when many people and children join in and share this great joy of God. The joy th
at we all felt was just a drop of nectar from the vast ocean of the eternal bliss of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You will be seeing more and more of the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the parks, colleges and market areas. Whenever you hear the ringing o
f the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kartals, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the sound of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub drum and the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, join in with us and help to spread love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text on back page related to photo's:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the front cover, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord of the universes, is appearing as a cowherdboy in V\'e5nd
\'e4vana. He is, worshiped by Lord Brahm\'e4, the fourheaded creator of this universe, whose song of praise to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , can be found on page 3
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On this page: N\'e4rada Muni, son and disciple of Lord Brahm\'e4, who first brought the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra t
o this planet earth.  (See page 25)
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4, 1970
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most comprehensive and authoritative Vedic scriptural literature is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead), the mature contribution of \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, the compiler of the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Of the twelve cantos of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Tenth Canto is considered the most confidential, since it describes the transcendental pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of God
head. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a summary study of the Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the original speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9m
ad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , has declared that there are three classes of men and that the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be relished by each of them. The liberated soul who is no longer in
terested in mundane topics most certainly hears about K\'e5\'f1\'eba with the highest pleasure. The person who is trying to become liberated will also enjoy these topics of the Personality of Godhead, which purify anyone who hears them. And even the gros
s materialist will enjoy hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba because of the resemblance between His affairs with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  and the loving affairs of ordinary boys and girls. This presentation of the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a rare opportunity for all mankind to become attracted to the transcendental world of the Personality of Godhead and to thus derive
 the highest benefit. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 400 pp. 84 full-color plates $8.00
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The subject matter is love of God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  teaches us where to place our love so that all can become happy; it instructs us how to love the ultimate reservoir of love, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in five different transcendental mellow
s. The presentation of this authoritative information about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and our relationship to Him is simply the mercy of His pure devotee, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for the present age, who is coming in disciplic succession from Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 404 pp. 4 full-color plates      softbound, $3.95
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA \line A Treatise on Factual Spiritual Life
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For thousands of years, all over the world, sincere souls in search of spiritual realization have accepted the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as their most basic and profound text. Lord Caitanya, the most munificent incarnation of Godhead
, appeared 500 years ago to demonstrate by example how to live the teachings of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 in the present age. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  recounts the words and deeds of this great saint. Lord Ca
itanya was famous as a scholar and spoke authoritatively on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , liberation and }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Still, He is better known as the divine origin of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, d
istributing love of God simply by singing the holy names. In His profound discourses on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and in His ecstatic }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa
\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  festivals. Lord Caitanya was an example to all of how to attain the ultimate goal of life\'97love of God. This most advanced work on spiritual science can bring the
 reader into loving reciprocation with the Absolute Truth. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 292 pp., 11 pp. illus.; hardbound $5.95
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SRIMAD-BHAGAWATAM
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are compared to a desire tree because they contain all things knowable by mankind about both mundane necessities and spiritual realization. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the mature ripened fruit of this tree. It narrates the transcendental pastimes of the transcendental Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is st
ated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that this nectarean fruit is relished even by those who are alread
y liberated from materialistic life. Great sages have declared that by careful reading of this master work, one's life will be a complete success.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published in Delhi, India, by The League of Devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canto 1   1200 pp., 3 Volumes $16.95
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now being serialized by ISKCON Press\'97the continuation of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's mighty project of translating and commentating o
n the twelve cantos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The first four chapters of the Second Canto are now av
ailable in four small volumes, at $1.00 each:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The First Step in God Realization}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97authorised teachings on how to meditate upon the conception of the universal form of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord in the Heart}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97full descriptions of the Supersoul, the localized representation of the Supreme Lord residing in every living entity's heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97the importance of temple Deity worship and the guidance of a spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Process of Creation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97further teachings on the nature of the cosmos.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE BHAGAVAD-GITA AS IT IS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now for the first time this renowned scripture is being brought to the West as it is\'97as taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and underst
ood by His disciple Arjuna\'97in a unique translation and commentary by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the supreme authority on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and He initially delivered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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an attain to his rightful position, full of bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 318 pp., softbound $2.95
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \line {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SRI ISOPANISAD\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The knowledge that leads one nearer 
to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the major scriptures of the world indicate that Godhead, or the Absolute Truth, is not impersonal, but is a person. From the most a
uthoritative sources, the famed 108 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of India. {\*\bkmkstart Sri Isopanisad}{\*
\bkmkend Sri Isopanisad}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  supplies revealed evidence that the Personality of 
Godhead is the creator, maintainer and destroyer of everything that exists. The author's transparent commentaries reveal that the Supreme Lord is \'93unembodied\'94 and \'93formless,\'94 since His form is not a material form which is subject to birth, di
sease, old age and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the present age of discord, {\*\bkmkstart Sri Isopanisad}{\*\bkmkend Sri Isopanisad}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  revives the dormant hope of all living beings\'97to transcend this conditioned state and gain the eternal, blissful ass
ociation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 135 pp., softbound $1.00: hardbound deluxe edition $3.00
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Any of the above books may be obtained postage paid* by sending payment in check or money order to:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON Press, 38 North Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 02134
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li5760\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *$.50 additional for countries outside USA.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo p3:\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caita
nya, the central figure, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, came specifically to introduce the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  five hundred years ago, as the easiest and most sublime process of God realization in this age of Kali.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhup\'e4da A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India o
n the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhup\'e4da is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Caitanya appeared in India, and from there back still further\'975
000 years\'97to the time when K\'e5\'f1\'eba first spoke the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no fi
nancial charge for learning K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The gist of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with 
the interests of the Supreme Enjoyer, the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The writer writes articles for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The hous
eholders raise children in the science of God, and husband and wife live in mutual co-operation for spiritual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness means regular chanting in the temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sa\'eck\'e9rtan\'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Consciousness is not an idler\'92s philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, anyone who takes part will experience the state of "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ," ecstatic absorption in God-consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is non-sectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by cha
nting the Holy Name of God and by hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Without knowledge and realization and 
loving service to the One Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the Sa\'eck\'e9rtan Movement, and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction made by Lord Caitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can real peace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE/\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,
\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF ISKCON WRITE:  ISKCON\'97BOSTON FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb360 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON CENTERS
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 Angeles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3764 Watseka Ave.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mo
ntreal\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3720 Park Avenue\cell}
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\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New V\'e5nd\'e4vana\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub W. Virginia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub RD 3, Moundsville 26041\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York City\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 61 Second Avenue 10003\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paris\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub France\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philadelphia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pennsylvania\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 416 South 10th St. 19147\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20 Doyle Steet\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
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54 B del Playa, Goleta 93017\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seattle\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washing
ton\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5516 Roosevelt Way NE 98105\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub St. Louis}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Missouri\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4558 Laclede Ave., Apt. no.5  631 10}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sydney\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Austrailia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 298 Birrell St. Bondi, N.S.W.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tokyo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Japan\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. 6-16 2 Chome Ohhashi, Meguro-Ku\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Toronto\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 40 Beverley St., Ontario\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vancouver\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 260 Raymar Street No. 305, British Columbia\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D.C.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2015 Q St. N.W. 20008\cell}
\row \pard
\s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
ton, Mass. 02134. All material copyright \'a9 1970, ISKCON PRESS. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $5.00 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Poem by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da on His First Arrival in the USA
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Poem by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4d
a on His First Arrival in the USA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master and founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prab
hup\'e4da, is now engaging thousands of men and women in America and throughout the world in the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub transcendental loving service to God. Prabhup\'e4da had no personal motive in first beginning ISKCON; he so vigorously preaches the philosophy of God consciousness simply because he has been ordered to do so by his own spiritual master, 
\'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da first arrived in the United States in 1965 with seven dollars, a letter of intr
oduction to an Indian family in Pennsylvania, and a suitcase with some volumes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub In the following poem, written in Bengali on the day of his arrival in the USA, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da addresses the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, asking Him His purpose in sending His servant to America. The translation from Bengali was do
ne by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da himself.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 1
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are so kind upon this useless soul, but I do not know why You have brought me here. Now You
 can do whatever You like with me.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 2
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But I can guess that You have some business here, otherwise why should You call me to this demoniac place?
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 3
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Most of the population here is covered by nature's modes of ignorance and passion, and I do not know how they will be able t
o understand the transcendental message of V\'e4sudeva.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 4
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But I know that Your causeless mercy can make everything possible because You are the most expert mystic.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 5
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, I am simply praying for Your mercy so that I can be able to convince them about Your message.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 6
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All living entities have come under the control of the illusory energy by Your will, and therefore, if You like, by Your wil
l they can also be released from the clutches of illusion.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 7
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If You so desire, I wish that You may deliver them ; just by Your desire they will be able to understand Your message.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 8
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The words of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are Your incarnation, and if they receive them in submissive aural reception, repeatedly, then they will be able to understand Your message.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 9-13
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First Canto, Second Chapter, verses seventeen through twenty-one, it is said: \'93For anyone who gives aural reception to the always auspicious transcendental messages about You by hearing an
d chanting, You become a special well-wisher, and thus, remaining within his heart, You clear up all inauspicious understanding. When such inauspicious understanding is almost cleared up, a person realizes the importance of devotional service. In that st
age of understanding, the influence of the modes of ignorance and passion becomes almost nil, and the resultant action of passion and ignorance can no more attack the heart; thus he becomes joyful, being situated on the platform of goodness. When, by din
t of devotional service, he thus becomes jubilant due to awakening the modes of goodness, he becomes liberated from material contamination and is able to understand the science of God. In this stage of liberation, all misgivings in the heart, or the bond
age of the material network, become cut to pieces, and by the science of God he is elevated from all sorts of doubts. At this stage the result of past activities becomes vanquished because of his realization of the Supreme Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 14
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the process of becoming liberated from the influence of the modes of ignorance and passion, and thus they can become
 freed from all inauspicious things accumulated in the heart.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 15
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But because I am very unfortunate, unqualified, and the most fallen, I am therefore seeking Your benediction so that I may b
e able to convince them about this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 16
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Somehow or other, You have brought me here to speak about You. Now it is up to You to make me a success or failure, as You l
ike.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 17
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are the Lord of the whole creation, so if You like You can make my power to speak suitable, so that they can understand.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 18
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By Your causeless mercy only my words may become transcendentally pure, and I am sure that when such a transcendental messag
e penetrates their hearts, certainly they will feel engladdened and thus become liberated from all unhappy conditions of life.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 19
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am just like a puppet in Your hands; You have brought me here, and now You can make me dance as You like.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub 20
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have no devotion, nor have I any knowledge, but still I have been designated Bhaktivedanta. Now if You like You can just f
ulfill the real purport of Bhaktivedanta.
\par }\pard \s2063 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ________________________________________________________
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most unfortunate, insignificant beggar, Bhaktivedanta Swami, onboard the ship Jaladuta, Commonwealth Pier, Boston, Massa
chusetts (U.S.A.). Dated 18th September, 1965.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Hari Kirtana: The Yoga for the Modern Age
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HARI K\'c9RTANA: THE YOGA FOR TH
E MODERN AGE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'97by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjana\'e0 bhava-mah\'e4d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'eba\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e7reya\'f9 kairava candrik\'e4 vitara\'eba\'e0 vidy\'e4vadh\'fc j\'e9vanam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardhana\'e0 pratipada\'e0 p\'fcr\'eb\'e4m\'e5t\'e4sv\'e4dana\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sarv\'e4tma-snapana\'e0 para\'e0 vijayate \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sa\'eck\'e9rtanam
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'e0 vijayate \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sa\'eck\'e9rtanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, when He was only a sixteen-year-old boy, introduced this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement 500 years ago in Navadv\'e9pa, India. It was not that He manufactured some religious system, just as nowadays so many religious systems are being manufactured. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually religion cannot be manufactured. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4
k\'f1\'e4d-bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.3.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Religion means the codes of God, the laws of God, that\'92s all. Certainly 
we cannot live without obeying the state laws, and similarly, we cannot live without obeying the laws of God. And in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [4.7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Lord says, \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati bh\'e4rata abhyutth\'e4nam adharmasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\'94 and there is a predominance of irreligious activities
, \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 s\'e5j\'e4my aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\'94 at that time I (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) appear. And in the mater
ial world we can see the same principle demonstrated, for whenever there is disobedience of state laws, there is the advent of some particular state officer or police man to \'93set things right.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is worshiped by the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. There were Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s: R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, San\'e4tana Gosv
\'e4m\'e9, Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. There are three meanings of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub go. Go }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means land, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub means cow,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  go }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means senses. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means master. So }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means that they were masters of the senses. When one becomes master of the senses, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he can make progress in spiritual life. That is the real meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9. Sv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not mean that he is servant of the senses, but master of them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of these Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, was the head, and he compiled a nice verse in honor of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4pra
bhu. He says,
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 anarpitacar\'e9\'e0 cir\'e4t karu\'ebay\'e4vat\'e9r\'eba\'f9 kalau
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 samarpayitum unnatojjvala-ras\'e4\'e0 sva-bhakti-\'e7riyam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 hari\'f9 pura\'f6a-sundara-dyuti-kadamba-sand\'e9pita\'f9
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 sad\'e4 h\'e5daya-kandare sphuratu va\'f9 \'e7ac\'e9-nandana
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vidagdha-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kalau }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means this age, this age of Kali, the Iron Age, which i
s very much contaminated, an age of quarrel and disagreement. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that in this age of Kali, when everything is disagreement and quarrel, \'93You have descended to offer the highest love of God.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Samarpayitum unnatojjvala-ras\'e4m. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And not only the topmost, but a very brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or transcendental humor. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pura\'f6a-sundara-dyuti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Your complexion is just like gold, like the luster of gold. You are so kind that I bless everyone [The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s can bless because they are masters of the senses] that this form of the Lord, Lo
rd Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, may always remain dancing in everyone\'92s heart.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 first met Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu at Pray\'e4g, Lord Caitanya was chanting and dancing in the street 
\'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 At that time also he offered one prayer. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Namo mah\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93O You are the most munificent of all incarnations because You are distributing love of Godhead.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  19.53}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya kr\'f1\'eba-caitanya-n\'e4mne gaura-tvi\'f1e nama\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You are K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself because if You were not K\'e5\'f1\'eba You could not distribute Krs\'eba-prema or love of God, for love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not so easily acquired. But You are distributing 
this love freely to everyone.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement was inaugurated in Bengal, India, and in Navadv\'e9pa. In this sense, the Bengalis are very fortunate that in their country this movement was inaugurated by Lord Caitanya who predicted, }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prithivite achhe yata nagar\'e4di gr\'e4m sarvatra prach\'e4r haibe more n\'e4ma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In all the villages and 
towns all over the world, everywhere, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement will be preached.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CB Antya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  4.126}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is His future prediction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So by the grace of Lord Caitanya, this movement is already introduced in the Western countries, beginning from New York. Our }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement was first introduced in New York in 1966. At that time I came and began to chant this 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra in Tompkins Square. I was chanting there for three hours with a small m\'e5da\'ecga (drum), and these American boys assembled and gradually joined, and so it is increasing. First of all it was started in a New York storefront, 
26 Second Avenue, then we started our branches in San Francisco, in Montreal, Boston, in Los Angeles, in Buffalo, in Columbus. We now have twenty-four branches, including one in London and one in Hamburg. In London they are all American boys and girls, a
nd they are preaching. They are not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , nor are they Ved\'e4ntists, nor Hindus, nor Indians, 
but they have taken this movement very seriously. Even in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub London Times }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there was an article headlined
, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba Chant Startles London.\'94 So we have many in the movement now. All my disciples, at least in this country, are Americans and Europeans. They are chanting, dancing, and are issuing a paper}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Back to Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now we have published many books, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, Teachings of Lord Caitanya, \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not that this movement is simply a sentimental movement. Don\'92t think that these boys 
are dancing out of some religious sentiment or fanaticism. No. We have the highest philosophical and theosophical background.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As an illustration, let us consider Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. While He was preaching, He went to Benares, the seat of m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d
\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The followers of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya are mostly seen in Benares. When Caitanya
 Mah\'e4prabhu was there, He was chanting and dancing. Some of the people very much appreciated this, and so He quickly became famous. One prominent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, leader of many thousands of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , was informed: \'93Oh, from Bengal one young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has come. He is so nicely chanting and dancing.\'94 Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 was a great Ved\'e4ntist, and he did not like the idea. He said, \'93Oh, he is a pseudo-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is chanting and dancing, and this is not the business of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny
\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sh
ould always engage himself in the study of philosophy and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then one of the devotees who did not like the remarks of Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 came back and informed Lord Caitanya that H
e was being criticized. So the devotee arranged a meeting of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and there was a phi
losophical discussion on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  between Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 and Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4p
rabhu. These accounts and philosophical discussions are given in our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is re
markable that Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda himself with all his disciples became Vai\'f1\'ebavas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had a great discussion with S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, the greatest logician of that tim
e, who was also M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9, impersonalist, and he was also converted. So Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s movement is not mere sentimentalism. There is a very rich background if one wants to understand this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement through philosophy and logic. There is ample opportunity, for this movement is based on science and on the authority 
of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But it is all simplified. That is the beauty of this movement. Whether one is a great schol
ar or philosopher or a child, he can take part without any difficulty. Other systems of self-realization, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  process or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  process, are also recognized, but it is not possible to practice them in
 this age. That is the verdict of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5te yad dhy\'e4yato vi\'f1\'ebu\'e0\line tret\'e4y\'e4\'e0 yajato makhai\'f9\line dv\'e4pare paricary\'e4y\'e4\'e0\line kala
u tad dhari-k\'e9rtan\'e4t\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 12.3.52}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satya-yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Golden Age, it was possible to execute the meditation process. For instance, V\'e4lm\'e9ki Muni meditated for sixty thousand years to get perfection. But where is our old age? Besides that, for the meditation pro
cess, as described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one has to select a secluded place, he has to execute it a
lone, he has to sit down in a rigid posture, he has to lead a life of complete celibacy and so on. There are many rules and regulations. Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  meditation is not possible. But if one is satisfied by imitating, that is a different thing. If one, however, wants perfection, then he has to execute all the eight stages of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If this is not possible, then it is a waste of time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the ultimate goal of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  process or meditation? Contact with the Supreme, the Supersoul, the Supreme Lord, is the aim and object of all yoga processes. Similarly, philosophical research, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  process, also aims at understanding the Supreme Brahman. These are recognized processes, undoubtedly, but according to aut
horitative description, they are not practical in this Iron Age of Kali. Therefore one has to take to this process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Anyone can practice without pre-qualification. One doesn\'92t have to study philosophy or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This was the purport of Lord Caitanya\'92s meeting with Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophy was thoroughly discussed between Lord Caitanya and Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 first of all asked Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, \'93I understand that You were a very good
 scholar in Your early life [Lord Caitanya was actually a very great scholar. His name was Nimai Pa\'eb\'f2it, and at the age of sixteen He defeated one great scholar from Kashmire, Ke\'e7ava K\'e4\'e7m\'e9r\'e9.], and I understand that You are a great S
anskrit scholar, and that especially in logic You are a very learned scholar. You were also born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub family, and now You are a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How is it that You are chanting and dancing and not
 reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta?\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This was the first question asked by Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, and Lor
d Caitanya replied, \'93Yes, the reason is that when I was initiated by My spiritual master, he said that I am fool number one. \'91You don\'92t discuss }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta,\'92 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he told me. \'91You will simply spoil Your time. Just take to this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and You will be successful.\'92 \'94 That was his reply. Of course Caitanya Mah\'e4prab
hu was not a fool, and certainly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not for fools. One needs sufficient education, and one mus
t attain a certain status before he can understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In each and every word there are volumes o
f meanings, and there are many commentaries by Lord \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya and R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, huge volumes in Sanskrit. But how can we understand}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ved\'e4nta? }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not possible. It }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be possible
 for one person or two persons to understand, but for the mass of people it is not possible. Nor is it possible to practice yoga. Therefore, if one takes to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s method, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the first installment of gain w
ill be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all the dirty things will be cleansed from the heart simply by chanti
ng. Chant. There is no expenditure, and there is no loss. If one simply chants for one week, he\'92ll see how much he will progress in spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are attracting many students simply by chanting, and they are understanding the entire philosophy and becoming purified. This Societ
y\'92s movement started only four years ago, 1966, and we have so many branches already. The American boys and girls are taking it very seriously, and they are happy. Ask any one of them. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are cleansing the dirty things from the heart, simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Hare Hare, Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next point is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhava-mah\'e4d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'ebam
:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as soon as the heart is cleansed of all dirty things, then all the problems of material existence are i
mmediately solved. This world has been compared with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4v\'e4gni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means a blazing fire in the forest. In this material existence no one wants unhappiness, but it comes by force. That is the law of mater
ial nature. No one wants fire, but wherever we go in a city the fire brigade is always active. There is always fire. Similarly, there are many things that no one wants. No one wants death\'97there is death. No one wants disease\'97there is disease. No on
e wants old age\'97there is old age. They are there, against our will, against our desire.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus we should consider the state of this material existence. This human form of life is meant for understanding, not for wasting valua
ble life like animals by eating, sleeping, mating and defending. That is not advancement of civilization. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that this body is not meant for working hard simply for sense gratification.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4yam deha dhabhaj\'e4m nrilike kast\'e4n k\'e4man arhati bidbhujam ye }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.5.1]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To work very hard and satisfy oneself by sense gratification is the business of hogs, not human beings. The human being should learn }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Especially in India, so many great sages, so many great kings, and so many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have passed their lives in great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in order not to go further to sleep. Lord Buddha was a prince who gave up everything and engaged himself in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is life. When King Bharata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, under whose name India was named Bh\'e4ratavar\'f1a, was twenty-four years 
old, he gave up his kingdom, his young wife and young children and went away for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When Lord Caita
nya Mah\'e4prabhu was only twenty-four, He gave up His young wife, mother, everything. There are many, many examples. India is the land of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but we are forgetting that. Now we are making it the land of technology. It is surprising that India is now no longer propagating this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , for India is the land of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma: dharma-k\'f1etre kuruk\'f1etre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.1]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But it is not only in India; everywhere in this Age of Iron everything is degraded, degraded in this sense: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ye\'eb\'e4lp\'e4yu\'f1a\'f9 sabhya kalav asmin yuge jan\'e4\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.1.10]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this age of Kali the duration of life is diminished, and men are not moved to understand self-realization, and if they are, they are invariably misled by so many d
eceitful leaders. The age is very corrupt. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s process of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the best and the simplest method. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harer n\'e4ma harer n
\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam/ kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In th
is age of Kali there is no other religion than glorifying the Lord by utterance of His holy name, and that is the injunction of all the revealed scriptures. There is no other way, there is no other way, there is no other way.\'94 This verse appears in }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no other alternative. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam. Kalau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'85 in this age, Kali, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4sty}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva n\'e4sty}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva n\'e4sty}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva gatir anyath\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no other alternative for sel
f-realization. So we have to accept it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is another version in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was
 informed by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 of the faults of this age in the Twelfth Canto, third chapter, and now all the symptoms of the age of Kali are apparent. In the conclusive portion, however, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaler do\'f1anidhe}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4jann asti hy eko}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4n gu\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'93My dear King, t
his age, Kali, is full of faulty things, but there is one good opportunity.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  12.3.51] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is that? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4d eva
 k\'e5\'f1\'ebasya mukta-sa\'ecga\'f9 para\'e0 vrajet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'93Simply by chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, one can become liberated and go back to Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is practical and authorized, and one can also test himself to see how he is advancing simply by chanting. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness movement is not something new, something that we have introduced or manufactured. It is authorized on the Vedic principles, authorized by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  like Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and others. And the method is very simple; there is no loss. We are not charging anything, we are not asking for fees and giving the people some secret }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and promising them that within six months they will become God. No. This is open for everyone\'97children
, women, girls, boys, old people\'97everyone can chant and see the results.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To further this end we not only are establishing New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, our commune, but are establishing New Navadv\'e9pa and New Jagann
\'e4tha Pur\'e9 in America. We have already started New Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 in San Francisco, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  Festival is going on. This year also there will be a great ceremony of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 in London. There will be three cars for Jagann\'e4tha, Subhadr\'e4 and Balar\'e4ma, and They will be taken to the River Thames. And in America they have imported New England and New York, so why not New V\'e5nd\'e4vana? We should especially establish th
is New Vrnd\'e4vana because Lord Caitanya recommended }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4dhya bhagav\'e4n k\'e5\'f1\'eba tad dh\'e4ma v\'e5nd\'e4vanam.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, in the V\'e5nd\'e4vanadh\'e4ma of Vrajabh\'fcmi, is the Supreme Worshipable Deity, and His place V\'e5nd\'e4
vana is also worshipable. The Western boys and girls are taking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and they should have a place like V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Sv\'e4m\'e9 K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda, who went to V\'e5nd\'e4vana with me two years ago, knows what Vrnd\'e4vana
 is like, so I have instructed him to construct at least seven temples. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, there are 5,000 temples of Radha-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the most important temples are seven, established by the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. Our program is to live in New Vrnd
\'e4vana, depend on agriculture and cows as an economic solution, and peacefully execute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97that is the V\'e5nd\'e4vana scheme. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Yukt\'e4h\'e4ra-vih\'e4ra\'e7 ca yoga bhavati siddhida\'f9.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This human form of life isn\'92t 
meant for increasing artificial needs. We should be satisfied just to maintain the body and soul together, and the rest of the time we should enhance our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that after leaving this body we won\'92t have to take another materi
al body but will be able to go back home, back to Godhead. That should be the motto of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material life means eating, sleeping, mating and defending, and spiritual life means something more than this. This is also the differe
nce between animal life and human life. In animal life, the common formula is eating, sleeping, mating and defending. A dog eats, a man also eats. A man sleeps, and a dog also sleeps. A man has sex life, and the dog also has sex life. The dog defends in 
his own way, and man also defends in his own way, maybe atomic bombs. These four principles are common to human beings and animals, and advancement of these four principles is not human civilization but animal civilization. Human civilization means }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I
n the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1] }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the first aphorism is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Now is the time for inquiry about Brahman.\'94 That is th
e human life. As long as one is not spiritually inquisitive, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jij\'ef\'e4su \'e7reyo uttamam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he i
s an animal because he lives according to these four principles, that\'92s all. He must be inquisitive to know what he is and why he is put into these miseries of life, birth, death, old age, disease. Is there any remedy? These matters should be question
ed. That is human life; that is spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual life means human life, and material life means animal life. That\'92s all. We have to make the adjustments that are recommend
ed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Yukt\'e4h\'e4ra-vih\'e4rasya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . 6.17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  For instance, this does not mean that because I am going to be a spiritual man I shall give up eating. Rather, my eating should be adjusted. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes what class of food is first class, in goodness, and what class of food is in passion, and third class, in ignorance. We have to raise ourselves to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattvic }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (goodness) platform of human civilization, then revive our transcendental consciousness or Krs\'eba consciousness. E
verything is there in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately we do not consult them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eva\'e0 prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogata\'f9 bhagavat-tattva-vij\'ef\'e4na\'e0 mukta-sa\'ecgasya j\'e4yate }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Unless one is liberated from the
 clutches of these three modes of material nature, he cannot understand God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prasanna-manaso. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He must be 
a Brahman realized soul. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4 na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . These injunctions are there, so one should take advantage of these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and preach. That is the responsibility of intelligent men. The mass of people know that God is great, but they do not know how great God actually is. That we will find in the Vedic literature. That is our duty in this Iron A
ge. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana, param }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vijayate}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e7r\'e9-kr\'f1\'eba-sa\'eck\'e9rtanam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub glorification of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Contents of the G\'e9t\'e4 Summarized, Part 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CONTENTS OF THE G\'c9T\'c4 SUMMA
RIZED [PART 2]
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Sw\'e4m\'e9 (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana) }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 [Parts }{\b\v\f0\fs22\cf0 1}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs22\cf0 3}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22
\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 4}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs22\cf0 5}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 6}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs24\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 7}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs24\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 8}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'efjaya said: \'93Seeing Arjuna full of compassion and very sorrowful, his eyes brimming with tears, Madhus\'fcdana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 spoke the following words: My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the progressive values of life. They do not lead to higher planets, but to infamy.\'94 Having set the scene in the First Ch
apter with Arjuna\'92s display of misdirected compassion, here in the Second Chapter, K\'e5\'f1\'eba at once begins His instruction. The Second Chapter is sometimes called \'93the contents of the G\'e9t\'e4 summarized,\'94 for actually in its compass, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the whole purview of the transcendental message. It will be repeated in so many ways, but it is actually all here in nutshell. However, the Second Chapter deals more extensively with one particular subject than any other, and that is 
the nature of the individual soul and its constitutional position, or its relationship with Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The point should again be made that compassion is one of the most noble human emotions, materially considered, but compassion wrongly p
laced is ignorance. Arjuna\'92s compassion is ignorance because it is displayed in contradiction to the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is personally present before him; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba uses the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kutas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wherefrom. Wherefrom have these impurities come? And \'93impurities\'94 is the next important word. These impurities which have overcome
 Arjuna are not befitting a man who knows the progressive values of life. The problem which K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pointing out is not inherent in the nature of the individual soul; it is something external\'97wherefrom. Somehow or other a covering has come o
ver the consciousness. As long as these impurities are present, one cannot know the progressive values of life. One who knows the progressive values of life knows what is matter and what is spirit and knows what will help one to cultivate the knowledge o
f matter and spirit. A civilization that is based on this knowledge is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aryan. Aryan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not mean 
blond hair and blue eyes; it is not so cheap. An Aryan is one who is conscious that he is not the body, who is in full knowledge that he is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and who therefore knows that his duty is to extricate himself 
from the impurities which are covering that consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna was deviating from the great Vedic tradition of his forefathers who maintained a progressive God conscious civilization aimed at
 helping all living entitles to go back to home, back to Godhead. Instead, he was thinking like the non-Aryans, the materialistic men, about bodily relationships. \'93Oh, this is my family! These are my relatives, and this is my country!\'94 All such des
ignations are false because they belong only to this body, which is temporary, and since it is temporary, it is ultimately frustrating, or confusing. Therefore Arjuna quickly came to the conclusion, \'93Now I am confused.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As was pointed out earlier, atheistic men are always confused because they make their senses the standard, and the senses are like wild
 horses running in different directions. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93The intelligence of the irresolute is many-branched.\'94 And Arjuna frankly admits, \'93Now I am confused about duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am
 asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.\'94 This is the point at which spiritual life begins. Without coming to the conclusion that I know nothing, I am in no positio
n to receive spiritual knowledge. Unless I empty myself of all false opinions, I will not be very receptive to the absolute message. One cannot fill a cup that is already full. If the conditioned soul is still under the illusion that he knows something, 
or can somehow or other figure it out, he cannot make spiritual progress. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub actuall
y begins when Arjuna says, \'93My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am confused. I know nothing. Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.\'94 The first qualification, therefore, is surrender. But surrender to what? Actually everyo
ne is surrendered; I see some of my friends surrendered to their wives, I see others surrendered to a sport, or to their senses, or to drugs. Some have even surrendered to a dog. Surrendered to what, or to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whom? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna gives us the perfect example\'97he surrendered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one wants to surrender for the purpose of knowledge, one must surrender to someone who is in knowledge. Now knowledge of the Absolut
e is not so cheap that just anyone in the street has it. One must test very carefully to see if the symptoms are there. All of the Vedic literatures advise us to approach a bona fide spiritual master to get rid of the perplexities of life which happen wi
thout our desire. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.34 says: \'93Just try to learn the truth by approaching, a spiri
tual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.\'94 The qualification of the spiritual master is that he has see n the truth. And what is that tru
th? That is answered in the Seventh Chapter, 19th verse: \'93After many, many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.\'94 So that is 
the qualification of a spiritual master: he has found out K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he has surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of all causes and all that is. So if one is fortunate enough to find such a soul who is in conta
ct with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who thinks K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who walks with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who talks with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who sleeps with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who eats with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose whole life is devoted to spreading the knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is
 most fortunate because he has a chance to solve all the problems of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And just what are the problems of life? Birth, old age, disease and death. These are the miseries of material nature which are plaguing
 us like a burning fire, and he who has not solved them is known as a miser, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Garga Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated: \'93He is a miserly man who does not solve the problems of life as a human, an
d who thus quits this world like the cats and dogs, not understanding the science of self-realization.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'eb. Up. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.8.10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This example is actually very appropriate, for a miser take
s something that has some potential value and simply hides it, or effectively wastes it. This human body is the most valuable gift because there is developed consciousness in it. One can ask, \'93Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Who is 
God? What is His nature?\'94 The animals cannot ask such questions. But if we simply spend our life fulfilling our animal desires or economic needs in the matter of eating, sleeping, defending and mating (as do all the animals), then this human life is e
ffectively wasted, and we are misers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna is acting like a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like a miserly man, because he is overly concerned with his wife and family, country and society. These exist simply on the basis of skin disease.\'94 He is not thinking about the ultimate solution to b
irth, old age, disease and death. Arjuna forgets, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba never forgets. That is the qualification of a spiritual master\'97he does not forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore he can save one from death. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that no one should become a spiritual master, or a father, or teacher, unless he can save his dependents from 
death. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original spiritual master, and He can make a solution to all problems, including death. So how K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke and how Arjuna heard should guide us in making a final solution.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mundane scholars who deride K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Person say that one need not surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally, but to s
ome unborn, unmanifest within. They do not know that there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s within and without, and one who has no such understanding is the greatest pretender and the greatest fool.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having surrendered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna now takes the position of a disciple and listens, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba assumes the role
 of supreme teacher and speaks authoritatively. There is no question, no hesitancy, and He begins by chastising His disciple: \'93While speaking learned words you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief.\'94 Indirectly He is calling Arjuna a fool, b
ecause \'93those who are wise lament neither for the living nor the dead.\'94 To be a wise man means more than to parrot a few phrases, and to be an enlightened man calls for enlightened living. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba now develops the central theme of 
the chapter, namely the spirit soul is eternally existing as His own part and parcel.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.\'94 In bo
th the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4
\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is affirmed that the Lord is the maintainer of innumerable living entities and that by His plenary portions He is alive in the heart of every living ent
ity and is eternally maintaining them individually, both in the conditioned and liberated states. The impersonalist idea that after death one again merges into the Supreme and loses his individuality is here refuted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is t
he supreme authority, and He says, \'93Never was there a time, past, present, or future.\'94 Furthermore, this point is central to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s argument. He is telling Arjuna that there is no cause for lamentation, because whether one is in this b
ody or that body, the individuality is still there. If one could lose his individuality, then there would be cause for lamentation. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is telling His disciple that there is no cause for lamentation because in spite of all such apparent bo
dily changes the individual soul is there eternally. In verse 20 He says: \'93For the soul there is never birth or death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying, and primeval.\'94 If individuality w
ere only an illusion, as the impersonalists maintain, then how could K\'e5\'f1\'eba say this? Can something which is temporary and illusory, likened by the impersonalists to a ripple on the water, which is here for an instant and soon gone, be described 
as \'93unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying, and primeval\'94?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor can it be argued that the individuality K\'e5\'f1\'eba is referring to pertains to the body only. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has already condem
ned His disciple for such a bodily conception, so how could He Himself have resorted to it? Again in verses 23-25 K\'e5\'f1\'eba affirms that the soul can never be divided, cut into pieces, burned, moistened, withered, or dissolved. It is \'93eternally t
he same.\'94 I have my individuality now, and I have it eternally; the only difference is that now it is exhibited through matter, and when the impurities mentioned in the first verse are removed, that individuality is exhibited in its pristine purity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is reinforcing the concept of the eternal individuality of the soul in so many ways. It is eternally His own part and pa
rcel. It cannot be cut into pieces. Since it can never be cut into pieces, it is eternally fragmental, just as it is \'93eternally the same.\'94 Where is the ground for maintaining that someday the part can become the whole\'92? That is not }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and that is certainly not the way Arjuna understood it. This concept is repeated in many places
 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and in many different ways just to confirm the stability of the conception of the soul. Rep
etition of something is necessary in order that we understand it without error.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just to reassure his disciple. K\'e5\'f1\'eba presents the argument from another angle. He suggests that just for the sake of argument 
Arjuna should suppose that the soul is not eternal. Still there is no reason for lamentation. Suppose this consciousness is just a result of a chance combination of matter, as modern scientists and anthropologists are inclined assert, that at a certain p
oint in evolution consciousness appears for some}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub time, and at another point it disappears due to the dec
omposition of matter. If all of these bodies on the battlefield are but a lump of chemicals, then why all the concern, for in battle who would withhold some chemicals in order to achieve victory? According to this theory there are so many entities genera
ted out of matter every instant, and so many other entities are simultaneously annihilated. So why is this a cause for lamentation and the abandonment of one\'92s prescribed duty? Whether one accepts the Vedic conclusion that the soul is an atomic fragme
nt of the supreme consciousness eternally or thinks that it is just a bunch of chemicals, there is no cause for lamentation or the abandonment of duty, what to speak of a duty being personally directed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord \'c7r\'e9
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is making it clear to Arjuna that He does not accept this atheistic philosophy and that neither should he, and that it b
ehooves him to carry out his duty in the tradition of all great Vedic warriors. \'93O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any creature. Do thou fight for the sake of fighti
ng, without considering happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat, and, by so doing, you shall never incur sin.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.30, 38) K\'e5\'f1\'eba here definitely asserts that there is no cause for lamentation because in fact no one can be slain. Secondly, Arjuna should fight simply for the sake of fighting because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is requ
esting this. The materialistic man is forever bewildered, being concerned with victory, gain and happiness, but the devotee is not concerned with these things. Happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat are the same to him. Whatever K\'e5\'f1
\'eba desires\'97that is the devotee\'92s rule. It is not that he will be K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotee when he is victorious or when there is some gain. That is not devotion: that is business. Unfortunately most people, even most religious people, simply 
want to do business with God. \'93Give me this day, and I will do such and such.\'94 That is not love of God, that is love of whatever one is bargaining for. Whatever condition K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants, even if K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to send the devotee to hel
l, the devotee also desires. It is known as \'93dovetailing desire\'94 when one makes K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s desire his desire. \'93Do thou fight for the sake of fighting\'94 simply because K\'e5\'f1\'eba has willed it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Supreme, and His re
asons for desiring anything are supreme. So we can rest assured that there is divine justice in the battle, just as we understand that when the surgeon amputates an infected limb, it is not violence but mercy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is perfect, and whatever He d
oes is perfect. Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba favors no one, not even his devotee, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims all living entities as His children. Thus we can rest assured that whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ordering is best for everyone concerned.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first 38 verses of Chapter Two deal with what is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
\'e4\'eckhya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophy, or with the analytical study of matter. By means of this analytical study, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba has shown Arjuna that the living entity is eternally part and parcel of Himself and that any impurity concerning this knowledge is temporary or illusory. Now the same thing will be shown by means of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namely that one can come into perfect understanding of his relationshi
p with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba by means of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or renounced work. It says in verse 40 that even a little ad
vancement on this path can protect one from the greatest harm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two main points one should note about this type of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
yoga:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the first is that one must work. It will be more elaborately explained in the Third and Fourth Chap
ters that work is necessary, but here K\'e5\'f1\'eba is briefly outlining the fact that renounced work is superior to inaction, but not work for the fruits of one\'92s action. Verse 47 states, \'93You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you
 are not entitled to the fruits of action. Neither consider yourself the cause of action, nor be attached to inaction.\'92\'92 Actually there are three concepts here: one is prescribed action, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the second is prohibited action, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vikarma:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the third is inaction, or the failure to perfor
m prescribed action. One of these is auspicious, and the other two are inauspicious; one will help one to advance spiritually, and the other two will degrade him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises Arjuna to fight according to his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or prescribed duty, but not to be anxious about the results, either success or failure. Simply \'93fight for the sake of fighting\'94 for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Verse 51 states, \'93The wise, engaged in devotional service, take refuge in the Lord and free themselves from the cycle of birth and d
eath by renouncing the fruits of action in the material world. In this way they can attain that state beyond all miseries.\'94 Whereas the atheists are always anxious, those in devotional service take refuge at the lotus feet of the Lord. If one knows th
at the Lord is the factual doer of every action and is the proprietor of every result, where is there room for either pride or despondency? The Lord is the supreme enjoyer, enjoying the fruits of all actions; therefore it is said that He takes as much pl
easure in the sting of an arrow that pierces His transcendental foot as He does in the love bites of His lovers in the bowers of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the supreme enjoyer, takes transcendental pleasure in all the actions of His devotees, as
 long as they are dedicated to Him in love. That is the only qualification. He has nothing to fear, nothing to gain and nothing to lose, but He is always reciprocating with the devotee who is working on His account. That is the first half of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97to be engaged for the Lord. And the second half automatically follows, namely that one withdraws his senses 
from the multitudinous sense objects. \'93One who is able to withdraw his senses from sense objects, as the tortoise draws his limbs within its shell, is to be understood as truly situated in knowledge.\'92\'92 (58) Without sense control, no }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system can be complete. We can see today that there are so many so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  societies where they are sitting this way or that, or pushing their noses, exercising and reducing, but where is the spiritual pr
ogress. Where is the love of Godhead? When Lord Jesus was once journeying down the road, he saw a fig tree in the distance and went in search of some figs, for he was hungry. But when he came close he saw that there were no figs, only leaves, and so he c
ursed the fig tree, and it withered up and died. So we must produce fruit. It is not enough simply to have a form of godliness. There must be some fruit, and that fruit is love of Godhead. Unless we develop that dormant love of Godhead, which is within a
ll of us, we will be cursed. Why? Because we have been given this valuable form of life, this human body. If we are simply wasting it on the objects of the senses, then we are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k
\'e5pa\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub misers. We are lower than dogs, for at least the dogs are following their nature. But since we have this dormant tendency to love God, and we are not following it ou
t, we are not as advanced as the dogs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why control the senses? Because that dormant love of God cannot develop until my senses are controlled. In the Vedic literature it is s
aid that the individual is a passenger in the car of the material body. Intelligence is the driver, and mind is the driving instrument, but the horses pulling the car are the senses. These senses are wild horses, pulling in so many ways uncontrollably, a
nd unless they are controlled by the tight rein of the mind, there is no possibility of gaining that equilibrium known as peace. Actual advancement is dependent on remembering our original position as part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Revival of that me
mory of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is explained in verses 62-63: \'93While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises. From anger, delusion arises, 
and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool.\'94 So it is not possible to revive that memory of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness until th
e senses are controlled; nor is it possible to develop attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba unless we are detached from matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But detachment from matter and attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba can at once be accomplished by devotional service. The purest, simplest fo
rm of devotional service, especially benedicted for this age, is the chanting of this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. 
It is the special mercy Lord Caitanya, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, that in this Iron Age of Kali, an age of quarrel and destruction, He has especially empowered His name with His full potency, so that by associating with the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a one actually associates with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no need to wait for death to be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba we can be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba every instant through His name. We can also be with Him via His form, pastimes and qualities because they pertain to
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are absolute. On the transcendental plane there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name, fame, form, associates and entourage. If we will simply associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then our consciousness becomes K\'e5\'f1\'ebi
zed, and our life becomes sublime.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Guru: Via Media to God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE GURU: VIA MEDIA TO GOD
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Hayagr\'e9vad\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is always best to assume that we are in the modes of ignorance, and at least we will be right on that point. When knowledge is stagg
eringly finite, humility is the best policy. On the spiritual path one tries to make progress to the modes of goodness and then transcend, for it is not always possible to transcend the modes all at once. God alone is perfect, and we are always imperfect
, even in our so-called liberated state. It is because we are imperfect that we have to take shelter of the perfect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya advises that we take shelter of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who is a holy man of spotless character, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is scripture, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who is the perfect spiritual master. The scriptures
 should be the guidelines for the other two. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is liberated because he follows scriptures, and the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is pure and honest because he accepts scriptural principles. The insistence on the authority of
 the scripture is to discourage people from inventing their own religions and to warn others against following such fabricators.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, only God can establish a religion that is bona fide. Religion refers to man\'92s relationship with God or the Supreme Absolut
e Truth; it is neither a mere ritual, nor a set of regulations, nor a conglomeration of mental speculations concocted by man. Actual religion is to know God and one\'92s relationship to Him. And this is not possible unless God reveals who and what He is 
and reveals man\'92s relationship to Him. It is not that we can artificially say, \'93Oh, I think God is this, so I think if I do this or this I will become God, and then I\'92ll be happy.\'94 One who invents in this way may be well intentioned, but he i
s actually misguiding himself and others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is to reveal to man what God is and to establish man\'92s relationship with God. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93In order to deliver the pious and annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish t
he principles of religion, I advent My self millennium after millennium.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  4.8) The }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like a play enacted for this purpose. Arjuna, who is actually an elevated devotee, puts himself on
 the level of an ignorant man in order that K\'e5\'f1\'eba may reveal His Divine Self to him and enunciate the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub of Kali Yuga. In the beginning of the Eleventh Chapter, Arjuna requests, \'93If You think, my Lord, that I am able to behold Your cosmic form, O Lord of all mystic powers, then please reveal to me Your universal Self.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  11.4) K\'e5\'f1\'eba then reveals to Arjuna \'93whatever you want to see,\'94 contained in His body all a
t once. He shows him \'93hundreds of thousands of varied divine forms, multicolored like the sea.\'94 In an attempt to describe this unprecedented sight, Sa\'efjaya said, \'93If the radiance of thousands of suns were to burst forth all at once in the sky
, that might resemble the mighty splendor of the Lord.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  11.12) Actually, the form revealed
 on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, which is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-rupa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or universal form, is not the ult
imate form of the Lord. Arjuna, being K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotee, knew that this form was not ultimate. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-rupa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a material form revealed in the material universe to those who cannot easily accept the personal two-armed form of the Lord as ultimate. Therefore, the Lord reveals Himself impersonally as the cosmos, containing all varieties of l
iving beings, mountains, forests, earths, planets and so on. This was revealed as an example whereby man can have some criteria for verifying an incarnation of the Lord. If someone is claiming to be God and is trying to establish a religion, then one has
 the right, like Arjuna, to request to see his universal form. If he reveals this universal form, then one would have no doubts about offering him worship. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba played word games with Arjuna by telling him, \'93This is My univers
al form that is before you, O Arjuna, but you cannot see it now because your vision is faulty.\'94 No, Arjuna requested to see the vision, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba delivered it immediately. Our Vision of God is not dependent on our limited perception, otherwis
e we would never see Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba delivered not only the vision but the means whereby Arjuna was to see it. \'93But you cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore do I give you divine eyes, so that you can behold My mystic opulence.\'94 (}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  11.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually Arjuna was not interested in seeing this form, for being a pure devotee he was interested only in the personal two-armed form 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not possible to render service or enter into a loving relationship with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Upon seeing this form, Arjuna, though a great warrior, trembled and lost all equilibrium, being}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub unable to understand the fierce form displayed. Therefore, after the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was rev
ealed to him, Arjuna requested to see once again God\'92s personal form. \'93After seeing this universal form which I have never seen before I am gladdened, but at the same time my mind is disturbed with fear. Therefore please reveal Your form as the Per
sonality of Godhead.\'92\'92 (G}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11.45)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned to His human-like form, which \'93even the demigods are ever eager to see.\'94 Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a revelation to show man the extent and opulence of the Supreme and to give him a guideline with which to reject imposters who cl
aim to be God without having the powers of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The rest of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is devoted to the outlining of the various paths wherein one can enter into a relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba by means of meditation on the Supersoul within the heart, study of the scriptures (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), work in a spirit of renunciation }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (karma-yoga), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the culmination, devotional service unto the Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bhakti-yoga). }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba establishes a science of religion by showing what God is and how man can relate to Him and ultimately attain Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only God is able to establish religion in this way, and because of this Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. This means that spiritual masters acknowledge Him to be the ultimate authority. One is not really a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if he doesn\'92t follow the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
for guidance, for by manufacturing his own way he is liable to mislead others. A guru is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not a man who 
writes his own scriptures and gathers disciples for his own glorification. When San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 asked Lord Caitanya how one}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can know whether or not the guru is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya answered, \'93The medium is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The medium is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whether the guru is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must be determined through the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4stras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An incarnation never says, \'93I am an incarnation.\'94 Nor does an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub canvass for students. Because of his superior qualities, he is automatically accepted. The scriptures give evidence that at
 such and such a time an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will descend from K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s abode, his father\'92s name wil
l be this, His birthplace will be that, and so on. All these evidences were given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fo
r Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, but Caitanya never claimed to be an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub although He is the Supreme Godh
ead Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aside from being foretold by scriptures, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can be verified by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is 
to say he himself may not be mentioned in the scriptures, but he must follow in a line of disciples from an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub who is mentioned. For example, our spiritual master is in the disciplic succession stemming from Lord Caitanya in the Fifteenth Century. Of course, Lord}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya, being an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub could h
ave begun His own disciplic succession, but He accepted the succession coming from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Brahm\'e4, N\'e4rada, Vy\'e4sa, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub never contradicts scripture. This means that he never contradicts Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Offer Me fruits and grains,\'94
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub doesn\'92t say that
 one should offer Him meat, eggs and wine. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Worship Me,\'92\'92 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub doe
s not say worship the void. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Surrender unto Me,\'94 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not say surrender unto one\'92s own mental speculations. Like the wheels of a train, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba run down the same track.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may ask. \'93Why is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub necessary? Isn\'92t scripture enough?\'94 Actually the Protestant movements within Catholicism asked this very question, and 
they ultimately rejected the Pope as their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and relied completely upon individual interpretation of the Bible. Before this, the Church of Rome had remained unified for 1500 years, but as soon as they rejected their unifying head, the Pope, they did not simply splinter into two
 or three groups but into hundreds and hundreds of various Protestant sects. Christianity lost its power due to this faction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The rejection of the Pope by the Protestants may be justified, for since the time of Peter the divine powers of the Papacy have been st
eadily declining due to corruption, and during the Babylonian Captivity the line of disciplic succession was broken. Granted the Catholic Church has been plagued with nepotism and simony, but this does not mean that the process of disciplic succession un
der a singular head should be rejected per se. The Pope or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f85\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should be rejected, however, if he contradicts scripture or the divine holy sages }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (s\'e4dhus) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who write scripture under the dictations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Factually the Protestants argued that because the Pope and the Church had, in their worldliness, deviated from the message of Christ, they were 
fully justified in rejecting them and relying solely upon scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is an understandable course but a very dangerous one, especially when one is following the Bible for scripture. The Bible is fille
d with many allegories, proverbs, metaphors, parables and paradoxes and consequently can be interpreted in infinite ways. Therefore, Protestantism, with the doctrine of individual interpretation, could not remain unified. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Everlasting Gosple, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub William Blake poked fun at the inevitable diversity of Biblical interpretation in this way:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vision of Christ that thou dost see\line Is my vision\'92s greatest enemy.\line Thine has a great hook nose like thine,
\line Mine has a snub nose like to mine.\line Thine is the friend of all mankind;\line Mine speaks in parables to the blind.\line Thine loves the same world that mine hates;\line Thy heaven doors are my hell gates.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ...............................................................
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Both read the Bible day and night,\line But thou read\'92st black where I read white.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Due to imperfect senses and due to a tendency to cheat, which are characteristic of every man, the scriptures are better received through a perfectly realized mediu
m. If one wants to study chemistry, mathematics, geography or physics, he does not simply check a chemistry or physics book out of the library and sit down and begin reading. No, he buys the books, attends the lectures in the university, takes notes of t
he professor\'92s lectures, does the assigned reading, takes the examination, and finally writes a thesis under the guidance of his professor. If mundane science is so difficult that one needs a teacher in addition to the textbooks, how much more does on
e need a teacher for the supreme science\'97the science of God. Not to speak of physics or chemistry, if one wants to learn how to drive a car, he does not simply sit down with a textbook. He has someone who knows how to drive a car teach him. If a teach
er is needed just to learn about a mundane exterior process, how much more does one need a teacher to understand the mystical interior process of self-realization? So just as professors and textbooks are necessary for the understanding of a material scie
nce, the guru and scriptures are necessary for the understanding of the spiritual science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'93Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you be
cause he has seen the truth.\'94 (G}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.34)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Personally I have had practical experience in trying to understand the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  both alone and with a guru. When I was teaching at Ohio State University in 1964, my officemate, Dr. Mohan Lal Sharma, who was Punjabi, gave me a n
umber of Hindu scriptures to read. We were both interested in the literature of Nineteenth Century American Transcendentalism (Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Hawthorne), and in order to show me a mystical background that extended beyond the Bible, he loaned 
me a copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Viveka-c\'fc\'f2\'e4ma\'ebi.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I read the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  twice and was very interested, but somehow or other I could not understand the meaning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba either as a person
 or a force. \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya made much better sense to me because he insisted on the Self much as Whitman did, but I misinterpreted this to mean my own finite self in perfection. After all, according to \'c7a\'eckara, nothing exists but the Self
. I was right in the sense that I did not exist apart from the Self, but I was wrong in relegating the Self to my own finitude. When I read in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said that He was the Self seated in the hearts of all, I identified this Self with the Self in Sa\'eckara and so considered K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be none other than a pe
rsonified spokesman for my own finite self. The idea that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was God delivering a message to me, a finite creature who was but a part of Him, never crossed my mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1965, in}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York, I re-read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the third time in a different translation, and just because there was a cover picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba standing in a chariot and instructing Arjuna, I conceptualized K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the higher Self that was w
ithin me instructing the lower self. In both cases, I was relegating the Infinite to my own finitude. I remembered nothing about the first reading, and the second reading left me so dissatisfied that I put the book aside for the Zen Teaching of Huang Po.
 Because I could not superimpose the Personality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on my own finite personality, I found impersonal discourses in terms of the one mind to have more meaning. But this only carried me so far, and I got very tired of walking down St. Mark
\'92s Place saying to myself, \'93That which you see before you is the one mind\'97begin to reason about it and you at once fall into error.\'94 As a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , this has limitations. At this point, I felt a sudden urge, a deep need, to find someone who could teach me something about realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Feeling I had exhausted all American literary and psychedelic possibilities, I left for India in 1965 with some vague notions of findin
g a guru who could direct me. I only emerged from this trip in 1966 with the conviction that India didn\'92t have the answer and that she was only capable of giving me the dysentery. However, on the trip I read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub again and was told by a Nepalese boy who played a
 flute that wherever the flute is played K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present. Although he called himself a Buddhist, his eyes lit up when he spoke of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it was obvious that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was much more real to him that the Tath\'e4gatas of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'fctras,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which he probably neve
r read. And when in India, while trying to sleep on a train from Bombay to Delhi that stopped at every station where the sounds of hawkers, music and cows would awaken me, I somehow strongly felt that the sounds I was hearing were weaving themselves into
 a song which was the song of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This was a song not only of India, but of the entire c
reation. Somehow or other, I realized the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but not Bhagav\'e4n. I heard the Song, but knew not
hing of the singer. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was still a perplexing question mark that I preferred not to give much thought to.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was only after I returned from India that I met His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da walking down Houston Street 
near Second Avenue. After listening to him talk about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  every morning for several m
onths, K\'e5\'f1\'eba suddenly became more than a name in a book. He became that person for whom I have always yearned.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I feel safe in saying that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would have always remained enigmatic to me had not the explanations of the spiritual master and the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which he delivered to me o
pened that locked door. Actually we are all prisoners of conditioned life, and no amount of literature within the prison can free us. We can only be freed by someone from the outside. Then once freed we can read these great literatures in their true ligh
t.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guru, s\'e4dhu, \'e7\'e4stra.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These can always be compared, and they should never contradict. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are the servants of the Lord. And the scriptures are the words of the Lord. They do not contradict because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center of all of them. The Protes
tants used to complain that the Pope came between the individual and God and obscured God. But this is not the case with the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a transparent medium through which God is perceived. He 
actually delivers his disciples to God. He is likened to a cowherd boy who leads the cows down to the water. Once the cows are at the reservoir, they drink of the waters of the Lord themselves. In the same way the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leads the soul out of the slum of conditioned life, down the nar
row streets of purification, on to the broad avenues of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into the heavenly city of God. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say, \'93By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba one gets }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and by the grace of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one gets K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 When K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees that a student is sincere, He sends the spiritual master who can instruct him in the ways of purification so
 that finally he may be able to attain ultimate happiness\'97the reestablishment of his eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Nonviolence
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub NONVIOLENCE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by D\'e4modara d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Washington, D. C.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub War is inevitable: an eye for an eye, dog eat dog, kill or be killed. Human history is a history of wars. Lust, anger and greed run amo
k in our minds, and for the sake of power and increased facilities for sense gratification, we become less than the animals. War is misery; and after victory there is still more misery, for the victor must protect himself against new opponents.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Violence does not necessarily mean political warfare. It can be seen in smaller groups as well, in wars of minds, personalities and ego
s. Each combatant is trying to successfully lord it over the others, hoping he can thereby satisfy himself. Even within the individual there is war, as he strives to overcome his conflicting desires
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even the millions of viruses, bacilli, and microbes within the body are engaged in a fierce struggle to gain predominance. Just to walk
 outside on a cold, rainy day is to participate in another war, defending ourselves against the attacks of an unfriendly environment. Where does it end? Death itself is the greatest opponent, the fact that frustrates a lifetime of aspirations. Who can co
nquer death? No one. Material life is war, and from the very beginning of hostilities, our defeat is sure. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (11:27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93For one who has taken his birth, death
 is certain; and for one who is dead, birth is certain.\'94 So it is not so that when death comes we can at last have peace. No. Not at all. That is just the beginning of more conflict and misery. The mothers of the war dead may wail for peace, the poets
 may sing the longing for peace in their funeral dirges of a war-torn world; but as long as there is birth and death, there must be war. And love, unless directed toward the all-blissful resolution of all struggles, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, cannot end t
his war.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba has kindly spoken the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to His friend Arjuna just for our sake. He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tells us how to achieve actual nonviolence, how to be liberated in the supreme peace, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman-nirv\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub . Oddly enough, however, He is simultaneously telling Arjuna to engage in fighting as a warrior on the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Even more baffling to us, He is asking him to kill his teacher, his cousins, and other intimate and vener
ated associates! At this point, we might well conclude that we have come to the wrong place to study nonviolence. It is the assurance of all Vedic authorities, however, that nonviolence can be achieved by following the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , so let us take the counsel of these great souls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna offers the best arguments for nonparticipation in the fighting. He pleads that he has no desire to enjoy the fruits of victory, 
especially when those with whom he would want to share the fruits will be dead. He states that he cannot contradict the will of the revered persons standing against him. He says that it is sinful to kill them and that their greed is no excuse for his sin
king to their level. Arjuna thinks that the family, with so many of its members destroyed will become corrupt and irreligious, polluting the community. He concludes that he would rather be killed unresisting than engage in killing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna declares: 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing ourselves to commit great sinful acts, driven by the desire
 to enjoy royal happiness.\'92\'92 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1:45}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He throws down his bow and arrows and announces his plan to become a beggar, hoping thereby to practice a nonviolent life. This is what
 we would expect from a spiritually advanced person like Arjuna, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, exhorts him to fight. Throughout the entire }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He repeatedly encourages Arjuna to do battle.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What\'92s more, in the most spectacular section of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Eleventh Chapter, K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals His universal form to Arjuna, who exclaims in terror as he sees the soldiers on the warfield being killed by the all-pervading p
erson:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Every one of them is rushing into}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Your mouths, his head smashed by Your fearful teeth. And some I see being attacked between the teeth as well \'85 I see You devouring all people in Your blazing mouth
s and covering all the universe by Your immeasureable rays. Scorching the worlds, You are manifest.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 11:17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So it seems that, of all destructive persons, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supreme. And yet another name of His is Hari, which means one who 
can rescue us from the miseries of material life. How is it that He who is supremely violent can also be supremely peaceful?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The key to understanding this transcendental point is knowledge of the difference between matter and spirit. In our present situation, 
this refers to the difference between the body and the person. The person, or spirit soul, is not the same as his material body. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the person is a spiritual}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body covered u
p by a series of layers called false ego, intelligence, mind and body. The violence rejected by Arjuna and then shown to be inevitable by K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes place on the bodily level. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wastes no time telling this to His friend:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul. Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurea
ble and eternal living entity is subject to destruction; therefore, fight, O descendent of Bharata.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 11:17-18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must remember that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not an ordinary general building morale in his troops. He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead
 and is not concerned with material victories or defeats. His only concern is that all living entities come back to Him and enjoy with Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The self slays not nor is slain.\'94 says K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And by His instructions, K\'e5\'f1\'eba begins to turn Arjuna\'92s consci
ousness from a limited vision of a grassy plain filled with temporary bodies to a sublime understanding of spiritual activity\'97developing the life of the eternal body in peaceful devotional service to Him. \'93Free from attachment and aversion,\'94 Arj
una will ride into battle, knowing that his apparent violence is really nonviolence. Following the Supreme Lord\'92s order, he is beyond the actions and reactions of the material nature, so he is doing no violence to himself; and inasmuch as all the warr
iors have been already vanquished by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His form as inevitable time, Arjuna is only acting as K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s instrument. It would be absurd to consider this attitude as being on the same level as the Nazi Eichmann\'92s statement, \'93
I just followed orders.\'94 Eichmann followed Hitler, the dying politician, and Arjuna is following K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme eternal Person. The difference is obvious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet it cannot he denied that swords and bows and arrows were being used, blood was flowing, and material bodies were}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dying on the battlefield. In a material sense, it certainly was violent. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
\'e4da explains this nicely in his purports of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93For the administration of justice, so-called violence is permitted. A surgical operation is not meant to 
kill the patient, but is for his cure.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Still, this nonviolence is not what we have been accustomed to call nonviolence . Our acquaintance with the doctrine has been by way of
 an ethical, moral arrangement. Although the basis of this arrangement is material consciousness, at least it is the most justifiable aspect of materialism, the mode of goodness. Relative goodness, however, can easily blind us to the persistent violence 
of the world of birth and death. The humanitarian is kindly toward all those living beings of his species, but he does not hesitate to eat a cow or a chicken and burp complacently. Would he eat a human? No. Why does he eat a chicken? Because he is not br
oadminded enough to extend his magnanimity to communities with bodies unlike his. In other words, he claims to be philanthropic, but actually he is selfish. He is helping out the people who are like him and eating the people who are not like him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, in response to this particular problem, we find that many people have at least become vegetarians, which is certainly laudable. But
 there is still a problem. It is not that easy to jump out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stringent punitive system. 
Even if we restrict our diet to vegetables, fruits and grains, we must accept a reaction from killing a potato or hurting an apple tree, because even these nonmoving living entities are people; they just have simpler bodies than you or I. They have life,
 and they can feel pain. So we still are left with our hands dirtied by violence, in spite of our good intentions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, in politics, many have tried nonviolence as a means toward their particular ends. Gandhi is the most familiar example. But i
n the last days of his life Gandhi was distraught because his passive resistance had simply engendered violence, even among his own followers; and he himself was killed by an assassin\'92s bullet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even though such material nonviolence is pathetic in its failure to achieve its avowed purpose of peace, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does advocate n
onviolence of this more generally recognized variety as a code of conduct. In the seventh verse of the Thirteenth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He mentions it, along with humility, pridelessness, tolerance, simplicity, and other good character traits, in \'93an aggregate called knowledge.\'94 So Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba certainly has a high regard for nonviolence
. But let us look at \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s purport to the verse to clarify the concept:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'91\'91Nonviolence is generally taken to mean not killing or destroying the body; but actually nonviolence m
eans not to put others into distress. People in general are trapped by ignorance in the material concept of life, and they perpetually suffer material pains. So, without elevating people to spiritual knowledge, one is practicing violence. One should try 
his best to distribute real knowledge to the people, so that they may become enlightened and leave this material entanglement. That is nonviolence.\'94 [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 13.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So ours is not}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a passive process. A devotee does not want to disturb other people. He does not want to hurt them. He wants to help them get out of suffering. He offers vegetarian foodstuffs to the Supreme Lord, and even though there is som
e killing and pain involved, the offering enables the plant to advance to a higher stage of life in his next birth. As for humans, he asks them to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and feel the bliss of association with the Lord. Now, Arjuna was asked by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba to kill, but that was an extraordinary circumstance. Since the Supreme Personality of Godhead was personally present on the battlefield, all who died there in His presence were liberated from the material world. So there is no question of viole
nce. K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave them the greatest gift.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nonviolence, as also humility, tolerance, etc., is not meant to be taken as an isolated aspect of moral behavior. It is one facet of a 
transcendental process of purification from material contamination. Part of that material contamination is the mode of goodness; so the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should be able, when the occasion arises, to reject even moral behavior and do what is necessary to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Devotees are usually vegetarian, but if they must eat a dog to stay alive to serve K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, then they will eat a dog. It is not recommended to eat dogs, however, and similarly it is not recommended to be violent in a bodily sense. Actually it is possible to become completely liberated from attachment to sense gratification only a
fter the point of being elevated to the material mode of goodness. S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, \'93As }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soon as loving service is irrevocably fixed in one\'92s heart, the effects of nature\'92s modes of passion and ignorance, such as lust, desire and hankering, disappear from one\'92s heart, and one becomes fixed in the 
mode of goodness which makes him completely happy. When a person of enlivened mind is thus affected by the contact of devotional service to the Lord, he can, in the stage of liberation from all material association, gain positive scientific knowledge of 
the Personality of Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Development of the mode of goodness may make a person completely happy on the material platform, but we can understand from the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other Vedic sources that this happiness is still on the temporary platform, and, conditi
oned by material happiness in the mode of goodness, one is obligated to continue in the material struggle for existence. However, if one can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by contact with devotional service, he becomes eligible to escape entirely from the con
flicts and miseries of the material world and return to his eternal position in the spiritual world. So the separate cultivation of nonviolence, or any other individual quality in the mode of goodness, is of no particular value. Nonviolence should be und
erstood as merely a small part of a transcendental whole. If one takes to the process of devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he automatically develops all the transcendental qualities characteristic of the modes of goodness and can, in ad
dition, free himself from all material conditioning. We must not be misled. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da clarifies this in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [6.37]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93To pursue the transcendental path is more
 or less to declare war on illusory energy.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supremely destructive. In His form as material time, He is killing millions of bodies daily. But that is all part of 
our desire; and part of His subsequent plan is to show us that real enjoyment is enjoyment according to His desire, not according to our plan for satisfying a miserable material body. So in the end, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s activities are all nonviolent becau
se His only purpose is to give peace. (The only place where there is no war is in the spiritual sky, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba has His abode.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must declare war on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or illusion, and on her influence over our activities, if we are to become purified. Once having attained K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness, however, there is no more war. The pure devotee is not touched by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He sees how the material nature is serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba nicely deluding the fallen souls again and again until they slowly learn to take shelter of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and beco
me freed from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub laws.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our present separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not caused by innocence or lack of knowledge. We are aware of what we\'92re doing. We env
y K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We hate Him and the thought of bowing down to Him; we want to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are rebellious criminals; this world is a jailhouse where we continually riot, living like dogs and hogs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To get out, we have to listen to the spiritual master, who is sometimes compared to a king visiting a penitentiary\'97he is not subject
 to its laws. But many people are trying to get out the wrong way. They are accepting the advice of puffed-up philosophers who claim it is possible to storm the gates separating them from the world of freedom. These philosophers are telling the inmates, 
\'93You are God. Everything is perfect. Everything is love. It doesn\'92t make any difference. Nothing exists. We are all one. Do whatever you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub want to do.\'94 Of course, such philosophers used to live very strict lives, reading difficult literature, restraining their diet and their sex life, in order to be always situated in the highest aspect of thi
s kind of consciousness, which is called merging with God. Actually they are no different from the usual egotistical inmates of the cosmic prisonhouse, but they have rarified their egotism to an amazing extent. The inmates in general, however, do not hav
e the ability to do this, and the result is that their envy of God, instead of being controlled, becomes whipped up by the philosophers\'92 statements, and they indulge in an unrestricted riot of sense gratification, imagining that thereby they can get o
ut of the grey walls of the prison.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These philosophers, who maintain that God is impersonal energy or impersonal nothingness and that everything and everyone is therefore 
God, are murderers. They are not murdering bodies; they are murdering souls,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub people. They are casting so
uls down and down, farther into hell, by their demonic doctrines of rebellion against K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So if we are looking for real violence, we can find it here. Of course, these persons are very often outwardly gentle and magnanimous, dressed in robes,
 calling themselves holy men, revered by crowds of followers. But what they most seek after is nothing but spiritual suicide, annihilation of their personality in the radiance of the supreme. Violence means destruction, and the worst form of violence is 
destruction of reality, or the spirit. To think of myself as God is to commit violence, both to myself and others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The pathway to this violence is material. A man may take up religion in order to get some material benefit, a business deal with God
\'97it\'92s common enough. Then, having achieved his economic benefit, he can take up advanced sense gratification. And finally, after having been through all the \'93kicks\'94 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he tires of it all and seeks liberation from matter. He is then ready to listen to the philosopher who will tell him he is God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fighting ends when one surrenders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His representative. We must admit: \'93I am not God, I am fool number one.
\'94 That is self realization. \'93I am lower than the straw in the street. I am the most fallen, so please, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, come to me first.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is beyond us, inexplicable; if we surrender to His grace, then He will gladly pull us out of
 the material mire and wash us in the ocean of spiritual bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the fighting about? We are fighting against ourselves and against God. How silly it is. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has won anyway. He has k
illed our bodies millions of times, in hopes that we\'92ll learn something from it. So let\'92s give up this vain fighting! Surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Then there will be peace.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, when the great devotee Bh\'e9\'f1madeva was lying on a bed of arrows, ready to give up his body, he 
spoke many verses to the Lord, who was next to him. In one verse, Bh\'e9\'f1ma says: 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Let Him, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who awards salvation to other
s, become my ultimate destination. Being wounded by my arrows, His shield was scattered and His body was smeared with blood from the wounds, and He therefore moved towards me in an angry mood as if he were my aggressor.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1:9:38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the previous verse, Bh\'e9\'f1madeva had said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba ran at him \'93just like a lion goes to kill an elephant.\'94 This
 is actual nonviolence, because Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s mind was always fixed on the form of the all blissful Lord. Bh\'e9\'f1ma wanted to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a valiant warrior, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba, out of His boundless mercy, gave to His pure devotee what the
 devotee wanted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we follow Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, we will have peace. The following is a description from the authoritative scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the peaceful atmosphere of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s eternal spiritual planet, Goloka, the ultimate destin
ation of the devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93In K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s abode the ground is made of touchstone, and the trees are all desire trees, giving
 any fruit that you desire for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And the cows that they have are all surabhi, giving fountains and fountains of milk endlessly. And R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are seated on a throne decorated with all valuable jewels. They are served by
 hundreds of thousands of girls who are all goddesses of fortune. I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the source of all sources.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5:29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sa\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SANKIRTAN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes friends look at pictures of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which are gathered from various cities, and they become curious to recognize the locale: \'93Oh, that is downtown New York.\'94 \'93That must be Seattle.\'94 \'93There is Vancouver.
\'94 \'93There\'92s Hawaii.\'94 But as long as there are devotees chanting the holy names of God, it is misleading to say that they are in New York or Seattle or Vancouver or Hawaii. The version of the Vedic literatures is that the chanters of the name o
f God become immediately situated in the spiritual sky. Our real self is not our body; real life is proven by consciousness, which is a symptom of the spirit soul. (For example, at the time of death, the body is still there, but bereft of consciousness i
t is considered lifeless.) The real self, spirit soul, has his eternal abode in the kingdom of God, and he can go there when he becomes purified and develops his love for God. This abode of God cannot be reached by a mundane geographical journey or by pu
rchasing an airplane ticket, but one does not have to wait until the time of death to experience the spiritual sky. By purifying the senses of his present body, one can feel his original nature, which is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eternity, bliss and knowledge. This is most easily done by chanting the holy names of God, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare R\'e4ma. Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has declared, \'93I am not in the heart of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , an
d I am not in the forest where the sages are meditating, but I am present where My devotees are chanting My glories.\'92\'92 When His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da visits any city and gives instructions in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss, that city becomes a place of holy pilgrimage. Similarly, when his disciples who are sincerely following the regulative principles of devotional life chant in the streets of New York or Hawaii, those streets lose their mundane identification and becom
e holy sites because of the fully empowered appearance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, in His sound incarnation. In other words, because God appears in His name, wherever the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is carried on, the atmosphere becomes puri
fied and transcendental. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub party is a transcendental festival for all people, inviting
 them to enter the spiritual sky in fully blissful consciousness. Everyone can achieve love for God, and this can be practically experienced by the practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone can then experience that he is not a part of Broadway or Hollywood Boulevard or Waikiki, which are temporary places soon to perish, nor is one ultimately a part of Christiani
ty or Hinduism or any national or racial designation, which are subject to change with the change of the body. One\'92s pure self is eternally the servant of God, and to be engaged in the loving service of God is our natural eternal activity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On these pages: mah\'e4 sa\'eck\'e9rtana in New York City, with blissful New York and Boston devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the left: ecstatic sa\'eck\'e9rtana in Hawaii and on the right: mah\'e4 sa\'eck\'e9rtana, with devotees from the Se
attle and Vancouver temples
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Prayers of Akr\'fcra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE PRAYERS OF AKR\'dcRA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra, a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, achieved perfection by his notable prayers. In his book }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da describes nine proce
sses of realizing God. It is said that perfection of human life and entrance into the spiritual kingdom are guaranteed by execution of any or all of the nine items of devotional activity, and it is recommended that we execute these processes, following i
n the footsteps of great devotees. A partial list of the nine great devotees who achieved success simply by perfecting one process reads as follows: Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it achieved perfection by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hearing }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 achieved perfection by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reciting }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. Akr\'fcra, the char
ioteer of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, achieved perfection by praying to the Lord.\'94 The Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  the transcendental literature containing the most full descriptions of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, includes Akr\'fcra\'92s long prayer, composed spontaneously in the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead when Akr\'fcra was carryin
g K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma by chariot from V\'e5nd\'e4vana to Mathur\'e4. The circumstances under which he prayed are very wonderful because they involve the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was raised incognito as a cowherd boy in V\'e5nd\'e4vana in order to prevent His being killed by His uncle, Ka\'e0s
a, who had heard an omen that the child had come into the world to kill him. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sixteen, the sage N\'e4rada went before Ka\'e0sa and revealed to him K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s real identity and whereabouts. In fear of his life, the demon Ka
\'e0sa then arranged for the killing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His elder brother Balar\'e4ma. Ka\'e0sa was the ruler of Mathur\'e4 Province, and he at once arranged for a gala wrestling match and ritualistic sacrifice to be performed in the heart of the city
. Ka\'e0sa called for Akrura and asked him to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to invite K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His father, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and the cowherd men to join in}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the festivities at Mathur\'e4. Ka\'e0sa was the ruler of all the citizens of Mathur\'e4, and he considered Akr\'fcra to be his trustworthy agent. On the instructions of Ka\'e0sa, Akr\'fcra se
t out for V\'e5nd\'e4vana in his chariot, thinking that although he was on a mission for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s enemy Ka\'e0sa, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as Supersoul present in everyone\'92s heart, would know his real feeling. Akr\'fcra was a devotee of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and as he traveled all day in his chariot he remained wrapped in thought, anticipating the sight of the beloved Supreme Lord. He was certain that simply seeing the Lord would cleanse him of all sinful reactions and make his life perfect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just outside of V\'e5nd\'e4vana he observed the footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which are decorated by special markings\'97a lotus flower
, a rod, a flag and an umbrella. Akr\'fcra lost all mental equilibrium at the sight of the actual footprints of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he jumped out of his chariot and fell onto the ground, shedding tears and crying, \'93How wonderful it is! How w
onderful it is!\'94\'97touching his head onto the footprints of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When they learned that Akr\'fcra had come to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba away to Mathur\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s most intimate devotees, the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cowherd girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, were put into madness of grief at the idea of separation from t
heir beloved. They cried out against the cruelty of providence and also expressed displeasure with Akr\'fcra: \'93You are cruel, although your name is not cruel.\'94 (Akr\'fcra means \'93not cruel.\'94) K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His brother Balar\'e4ma, as well
 as His father and mother, Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, and many of the cowherd men, accepted the invitation to attend the wrestling match in Mathur\'e4, and thus they prepared to go, bringing offerings of butter and milk products. Akr\'fcra took K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and Balar\'e4ma in his chariot and, despite the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s\'92}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  blocking his way in a desperate attemp
t to keep K\'e5\'f1\'eba from leaving, set out on the journey to Mathur\'e4 bearing his two glorious passengers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is described that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma asked Akr\'fcra to stop the chariot after some time so that They might bathe in the
 River Yamun\'e4. When They had finished Their bathing, Akr\'fcra requested that He might bathe also. While R\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba waited on the chariot, Akr\'fcra entered the water of the river. To his surprise, however, he saw the two brothers, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, within the water of the Yamun\'e4. He was certainly confused, since he had just left Them sitting in the chariot. Akr\'fcra at once emerged, returned to the chariot and, indeed, saw the two brothers seated as before. He was
 then doubtful as to what he had seen in the water, and he returned to the river. This time he saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the water in His expansion-form of Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, the source of the universe, and he saw Balar\'e4ma as the white A
nanta, or snake incarnation, which is always present with Vi\'f1\'ebu, serving as His hood or couch while the Lord is resting on the causal water. It is described that Akr\'fcra saw \'93the four-handed Supreme Personality of Godhead, smiling very beautif
ully with His beautiful face. He was very pleasing to all and was looking toward everyone. Surrounding His Lordship were His intimate associates like the four Kum\'e4ras, demigods like \'c7iva and Brahm\'e4, and devotees like N\'e4rada and Prahl\'e4da
\'97all offering prayers to the Lord.\'94 Seeing the situation of the Personality of Godhead, Akrura was overwhelmed with great devotion, and he experienced transcendental shivering in his body. Maintaining his pure consciousness, however, he bowed his h
ead before the Lord and, with folded hands and faltering voice, began to compose his prayers: \'93My}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dea
r Lord, I pay my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the supreme cause of all causes and the original inexhaustible personality, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra first acknowledged K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the source of all sources. Certainly this must be a quality of God. Scrutinize any ob
ject in the material or spiritual worlds and trace out its origin or source\'97ultimately all things go back to one absolute source, or God. As the controller, He controls all other sources; all sources emanate from Him, and He Himself needs no source ot
her than Himself. This is not offered as a research proposition, but is to be accepted as the Vedic conclusion. That the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the source of all sources, although inconceivable, can be accepted on the strength of higher author
ities. Just as if one wants to know who one\'92s father is, the only authority for that information is his mother, the authority for transcendental knowledge is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scripture. Transcendental knowledge originates from the Personality of the Absolute Truth and descends through His pure devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the source of all sources, God is also the source of knowledge about Himself. Man cannot know the source of all sources by his specu
lative mental power. It is not a matter for research. It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that if one}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rides on the airplane which runs at the speed of mind (it can take you to India in a second), and if one
 travels at that speed for millions of years, he will}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub find the spiritual sky to be unlimited. It is not 
possible even to approach it. If we attempt to reach this knowledge of the cause of all causes by inductive reasoning, we cannot reach the goal. We }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go on experimenting, thinking, \'93There may be some cause existing somewhere which I have not traced back to God.\'94 In Sanskrit this is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4roha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the ascending process, and it cannot work for reaching, transcendental knowledge. But it is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body. He is t
he origin of all. He has no other origin, and He is the prime cause of all causes.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is an authoritative scripture and is accepted by the disciplic line of spiritual masters. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very difficult to understand, one can very easily learn about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the authentic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and from the devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As the cause of all causes, God is also the cause of bringing the Vedic l
iterature into the world, and He is the cause of the pure devotees who move among fallen souls distributing love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And because He Himself is beyond any cause, the Lord bestows causeless mercy upon the living entity. Causeless mercy does 
not depend on the qualification of he who is receiving it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy is called causeless because it is not given for any return benefit, but only out of love, whereas in the material world there is always motive or cause. K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
nd K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotees are causeless in their mercy. So Akr\'fcra\'92s prayers, although moved by the deepest needs of the heart, are based on the version of the Supreme Lord, as He is, as revealed by scripture and by His pure devotees from time
 immemorial.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra prays, \'93You are the original inexhaustible personality.\'94 God is a person; one cannot}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pray to imperson, and void cannot respond to one\'92s prayers. Because they are under the influence of the stringent laws of the mate
rial energy, the impersonalists find this sublime faith in the Supreme Person to be very distasteful. The impersonalist philosophers think in a material way about the Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they conclude that He 
cannot be the Absolute Truth. They understand the last word in the Absolute Truth to be the impersonal eternal spirit, Brahman. They understand the Absolute Truth to be distributed everywhere as impersonal. To them, personal identity means materialism, f
alseness and illusion. They wish to merge with the Brahman. But according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , tha
t Brahman is but the effulgence of the Supreme Person: \'93\'85 and I [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is immortal and imperishable, eternal, the constitutional position of ultimate happiness.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That the Absolute Truth is a person is affirmed throughout the Vedic literature: \'93Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease t
o be.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93O my Lord, O primeval philosopher, maintainer of the universe, O regulating principle, destination of the pure devotees, well-wisher of the progenitors of mankin
d, please remove the effulgence of Your transcendental rays so that I can see Your form of bliss. You are the eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead, like unto the sun, as am I.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mantra 16)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is the chief person, infallible, and His body is nondiffercnt from His soul. He is a person unlike ourselves, who are but parts and 
parcels of the whole. Because the Absolute Truth has to be inexhaustible, the impersonalists with their material way of thinking cannot accept that He can be a person. But although every person in the in the material world is mortal and subject to the de
fects of illusion, c heating, and limited knowledge, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a perfect person, possessed of inexhaustible potencies. That is the verdict of all Vedic literatures and the direction of all scriptures. He did not exhaust Himself by creation of the
 material cosmos. Although He has distributed Himself everywhere, His personality has not become lost. That distribution of Himself is not a very difficult job for God. Even the sun, a material object, has been distributing unlimited energy for countless
 years, and it has not become diminished in heat or bereft of its individuality. If we take a piece of paper and rip it into tiny pieces, we may say that the identity of the whole paper is lost, but in the realm of Absolute, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is distributed
 and yet remains aloof from that distribution. Although nondifferent from the creation which is His energy, He is whole and separate from it. This is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93In My transcendental form I pervade all this creation. All things are resting in Me, but I am not in them. Again, everything that is created does not rest on Me. Behold 
My mystic opulence: Although I am the maintainer of all living entities, and although I am everywhere, still My Self is the very source of creation.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.4-5) Although all creation, spiritual and material, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s energy and His energy is nondifferent from Himself, He is aloof from everything and is the eternally enjoyi
ng Original Personality. This is the sublime doctrine of simultaneous oneness and difference expounded by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Similarly, the living entity, part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is also one of the energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and is qualit
atively nondifferent from Him. But at no time can any of the qualitatively equal parts become quantitatively equal to or greater than the whole.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra\'92s prayers continue thus: \'93You are the cause of all causes. The elements of this cosmic manifestation\'97earth, fire, ai
r, sky, egoism and the total material energy, as well as nature, the marginal energy, the living entities, mind, senses, sense objects, and the demigods who control the affairs of this cosmic manifestation\'97all are produced from Your body. You are the 
Supersoul of everything, but no one knows Your transcendental form. Everyone who is in this material world is influenced by the modes of material nature. Demigods like Lord Brahm\'e4 who are covered by the influence of material nature do not exactly know
 Your transcendental existence, which is beyond the cosmic manifestation and the three modes of material nature.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra\'92s prayers of personal expression concur with the version of the standard Vedic literatures. Knowledge of the spiritual sky
 or of the Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot be concocted or self-made. It is stated that for such knowledge we have to take assistance from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as accepted by Akr\'fcra, is confirmed by the highest authority, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All classes of transcendentalists who accept the authority of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub even the impersonalists generally known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4ntists }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub who are led by \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the highest authority. Although \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya is supposed to be an impersonalist, in his commentary to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he reveals himself to be a covered personalist. He writes as follows: \'91\'91K\'e5\'f1\'eba, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the Supreme Personality of God
head, is beyond this cosmic manifestation.\'92\'92 This is what Akr\'fcra also prays as he beholds the transcendental form of \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu reclining on the snake-couch of \'c7e\'f1a Ananta on the Causal Ocean.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beholding Vi\'f1\'ebu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra beholds the spiritual form of the Absolute Truth. Very beautiful in bodily feature and surrounded by hosts of devotees and demigods, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, is the chief person, the source of all per
sons, and yet He is not like one of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub souls who are under the influence of the limiting materia
l energy. He is not covered up; His spirit is not encaged in a body of matter which grows old and is subject to disease and death. There is no difference between His inside and His outside.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu is the controller of this material world, and unlike the countless living entities who pervade all the material planets in 
the bodies of germs and in gigantic bodies, He is not controlled by time, and He is not subject to transmigration in different deteriorating bodies. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every millenium in My original 
transcendental form.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 4.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba does everything at His own will, and by that will He sometimes appears in the material world. Nevertheless, He remains unaffected by its material laws
, just as a king visiting a prison is not affected by the laws of the prison.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Except for You,\'94 Akr\'fcra prays, \'93everyone is being carried away by the waves of material nature.\'94 The material nature is
 so powerful that even the demigods like Brahm\'e4 are in illusion and do not have knowledge of the spiritual sky and of the nature of the spiritual Personality of Godhead. But by the mercy of the Supreme, if anyone in any species of life surrenders to H
im sincerely, he is freed from the deluding energy (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and from the stringent laws of nature, an
d he can be brought up to the spiritual level. This was the special benediction of Lord Caitanya for the especially fallen souls of the present age. Simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Ha
re R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, the unfortunate souls of Kali-yuga can cross over millions of births of wandering and attain a spiritual status beyond the material modes. This is achieved simply by switching their dependence from de
pendence on matter and the energy of illusion to dependence on K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual energy. And this is done by the guidance of the expert pure devotee or spiritual master. Following the spiritual master and transferring from dependence on il
lusion to dependence}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the practical experience of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra prays that the Lord is the universal form. \'93My dear Lord, the fire is Your mouth, the earth is Your feet, the sun is Your 
eye, the sky is Your navel, the directions are Your ears, space is Your head, the demigods are Your arms, the oceans and seas are Your abdomen, and the winds and air are Your strength and vitality. All the plants and herbs are the hair on Your body, the 
clouds are the hair on Your head, the mountains are Your bones and nails, and the days and nights are the twinkling of Your eyelids.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra pays his obeisances to all the different incarnations, such as the fish incarnation, Lord R\'e4ma, Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, L
ord V\'e4manadeva, Lord Buddha and Lord Kalki.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally Akr\'fcra admits that he himself is helplessly in illusion regarding spiritual knowledge: \'93My dear Lord, I am also no differ
ent from these conditioned souls. I am falsely thinking myself happy by possessing my home, wife, children, property and effects: in this way I am acting as if in a dreamland because none of these are permanent. I am a fool to be always absorbed in such 
thoughts, accepting them as permanent and true. My dear Lord, on account of my false identification, I have accepted this nonpermanent material body, which is a source of all kinds of miserable conditions. Being bewildered by such a false concept of life
, I am always absorbed in thoughts of duality, and I have forgotten You, who are the reservoir of all transcendental pleasure. I am bereft of Your transcendental association, just like a foolish creature who leaves a lush oasis to search for water in the
 desert. The conditioned souls want to quench their thirst, but they do not know where to find water. They give up a spot where there is actually a reservoir of water and run into the desert, where there is no water. My dear Lord, I am completely incapab
le of controlling my mind, which is now driven by unbridled senses, attracted by fruitive activities and their results. My dear Lord, Your lotus feet cannot be appreciated by any person in the conditional stage of material existence, but somehow or other
 I have come near Your lotus feet, and I consider this to be Your causeless mercy upon me. You can act in any way You please because You are the supreme controller. I can thus understand that it is only by Your causeless mercy that when a person becomes 
eligible to be delivered from the path of repetition of birth and death he becomes attached to Your causeless devotional service.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes that while Akr\'fcra was offering his nice prayers to the Supreme Lord, the Lord disappeared from the vision, just as a dramatic actor changes his dress and assumes his original feature. After the di
sappearance of the Vi\'f1\'ebu form, Akr\'fcra came out of the water and walked back to the chariot where K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were sitting. Upon seeing Them, Akr\'fcra was struck with wonder. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then asked him whether he had seen s
omething wonderful in the water or in space, and Akr\'fcra said, \'93My dear Lord, all wonderful things that are happening within this world, either in the sky or in the water or on the land, are factually appearing in Your universal form. When I have se
en You, what wonderful things remain to be seen? There cannot be anything more wonderful than Your transcendental form.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba had seen that Akr\'fcra, approaching from the water, was dumbstruck, and therefore He had asked him, \'93Have you s
een anything wonderful?\'94 But Akrura\'92s expression indicated that there was nothing more wonderful to be seen than the original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra had seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s universal form, and yet upon seeing the original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba seated on the chariot as
 a cowherd boy with two arms holding a flute, K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a bluish hue, wearing beautiful garments and a peacock feather, His hair decorated with flowers, a flower garland around His neck, and accompanied by His brother Balar\'e4ma, who wore blue c
lothing and whose complexion was whitish, Akr\'fcra felt that this was the greatest thing and that what he had just seen in the water could not compare to it. The devotee Arjuna expressed the same feeling after K\'e5\'f1\'eba revealed the universal form 
to him on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. After seeing this manifestation, which contained the entire material cosmos, consisting of time and space and innumerable forms, Arjuna requested that he again be allowed to see the original form of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, having frightened Arjuna with His uni
versal form, displayed His real four-handed form and at last showed Him His two-handed feature, thus encouraging the fearful Arjuna. When Arjuna thus saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original aspect he said, \'93Seeing this humanlike form so very beautiful, I a
m now settled in mind and am restored to my original nature.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The statement of the Vedic literature is that one who knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everything, and once one has seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba he ha
s seen everything wonderful. The appreciation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original form is the highest perfection of spiritual life, beyond awe of His multipotencies, the cosmic manifestation or universal form, the impersonal Brahman, and even the Vi\'f1
\'ebu form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra could see this original form, but others cannot. The ability to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba is proportionate to the service offered to
 the Lord; in that proportion He reciprocates. For example, even in our material world everyone is serving something. The materialists are serving }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the illusory energy, and therefore they sec only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , not K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The impersonalists are serving that concept of K\'e5\'f1\'eba which is imperceivable, and therefore they cannot perceive Him. The most recognized transcendentalist, however, is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotee, who is serving the personal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore knowledge of how to discriminate between matter and spi
rit is not sufficient: one must }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub serve }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Spirit, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra\'92s prayers began with philosophical glorification of the Supreme Lord as the total origin and cause of everything and the e
nergetic source of all energy, and the prayers end with the fervent, personal plea that the Lord allow the individual devotee to become attached to His lotus feet in an attitude of loving service. It is very significant that an elevated devotee of Godhea
d like Akr\'fcra does not pray that the Lord grant him material benefits such as daily sustenance, a wife, wealth and good health. (These are already granted by the Lord in accordance with the form of species of body in which one is appearing in this mat
erial world.) Nor does the pure devotee pray to God for improvement of the material welfare of the people in terms of temporary prosperity or advancement of the national cause, nor does he pray for temporary cessation of a particular war while neglecting
 to pray for the solution to all war\'97the world-wide development of God consciousness. It is stated by the Vedic scriptures that the highest benefit will be derived by all living entities when they submissively hear about and glorify the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead. When one praises the naturally praiseworthy glories of God according to authoritative understanding of His transcendental qualities, and when others give their submissive aural reception to these prayers or chants or glorification, then
 it is guaranteed that all involved will move very quickly toward the perfection of life, love of Godhead, and then follows an eternal life of bliss and knowledge in the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub _____________________________
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The painting on the cover shows Akr\'fcra in the Yamun\'e4 River, offering his prayers to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is being worshiped by
 great sages and demigods.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the Absolute Necessity for Mankind in this Age
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS IS 
THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY FOR MANKIND IN THIS AGE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Jananibas d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Columbus)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let me first offer my obeisances to my spiritual master, His Divine Grace Om Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da Paramaha\'e0sa Parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4ry
a 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j Prabhup\'e4da, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub for this age, who has opened my eyes with the torchlight of knowledge, having rescued me from the fires of material birth and death. Let me also offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, who is 
more magnanimous than any}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  avat\'e4ra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub even K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, because He is bestowing freely what no
 one else has ever given, pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Let me offer my obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the well-wisher for the cows and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4h
ma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as well as for all living entities in general. Let me offer my repeated obeisances to Govinda, who is the pleasure reservoir of all the senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is the absolute necessity for mankind in this age. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the only s
cience that is informing us of our true, eternal position as spirit souls, living entities, constitutionally part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is presenting the problem of our suffering clearly:
 we have desired to enjoy independently of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore He has put the eternal spirit soul in the temporary material body where he can enjoy all he likes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness gives absolute solution to all suffering; through dev
otional service to the Supreme Lord the soul, conditioned by material energy, can get rid of lustful contamination and then go back to home, back to Godhead, and return to his original, blissful, constitutional position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let us examine how we know the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chapter 10, verse 3, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93He who knows Me as the unborn, as the beginningless, as the Supreme Lord of all th
e worlds\'97he, undeluded among men, is freed from all sins.\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Chapter 10, verse 12, Arjuna says, 
\'93You are the Supreme}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the ultimate, the supreme abode and purifier, the Absolute Truth and the eternal Divine Person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervading beauty.\'94 So Arjuna accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as God.
 But who is Arjuna who declares this? We learn in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub appears, that Arjuna is a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is a pure devotee? A pure devotee is an
 individual fully engaged in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of devotion or of love. This means he renders uninterrupted, unmotivated devotional service to the Lord. For a pure devotee there is not a moment\'92s lapse i
n his unqualified loving consideration of the Lord. A devotee is not engaging in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for any selfish r
eason. He wants nothing for himself and everything for the Supreme Self. And because of the unstinting affection the devotee gives to the Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals His personal form, paraphernalia and pastimes to the devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna, then, has received knowledge by revelation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself that He is the Personality of Godhead. We shall see that
 an ordinary man cannot sanely make this claim to another man, because he does not possess the required opulences or qualifications of the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We learn in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that Arjuna was a pure devotee whose realization of Self was taken away; he was put into gross ignorance during the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra so that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub could be delivered to him by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who advented Himself on earth at that time. So in Chapter 10, verse 3, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He
 is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and in verse 12 Arjuna concurs. But this is not simply a private agreement between friends. In verse 13 Arjuna says, \'93All the great sages such as N\'e4rada, Devala, and Vy\'e4sa proclaim this of You, and now You
 Yourself are declaring it to me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The goal of spiritual realization is only one, love of God; the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and all Vedic literature stands as a single comprehensive whole towards this transcendental understanding. All the sacrifices of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are finally aimed at the Supreme Person, Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is presented in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the complete exposition of the Absolute Truth, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is accepted by all classes of transcendental scholars. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93I am seated in everyone\'92s heart: I am the compiler of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and I know
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is.\'94 The goal of Ved\'e4ntic study, therefore, is to know the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 and this is also confirmed by the leading \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the impersonal school, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4ry
a, who wrote in his commentary of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] is alone above t
he cosmic manifestation \'85 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Devak\'e9, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\'94 The sage Par\'e4\'e7ara declared that the Personality of Godhead can be defined as possessing in full the six opulences of all wealth, all stren
gth, all knowledge, all fame, all beauty and all renunciation, and in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the 
activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveal that He possesses these opulences in full, and His activities cannot be imitated by any man claiming to be God for gathering the cheap adoration of the public.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must investigate how }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is authoritative and who are these sages Arjuna rnentions. The means to understanding this authority is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sampra
d\'e4ya. Samprad\'e4ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to the chain of disciplic succession. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-git\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chapter 4, verse 1, it is stated, \'93The Blessed Lord said, \'91I instructed this imperishable science of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the sun-god, Vivasv\'e4n, and Vivasv\'e4n instructed it to Manu, the father of Mankind, and Manu in turn
 instructed it to Ik\'f1v\'e4ku.\'92\'94 Verse 2 continues, \'93This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way. But in course of time the succession was broken, and theref
ore the science as it is appears to be lost.\'94 Verse 3 goes on, \'93That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me to you because you are My devotee as well as My friend: therefore you can understand the transcendent
al mystery of this science.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is coming down to us through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samprad\'e4ya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub through a
 chain of spiritual masters. The bona fide spiritual master is such that he never deviates from the instructions of the previous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What was first spoken by the supreme authority, that is, the word of God, is being carried down perfectly by the disciplic succession with all care not to adulterate or malinterpret it. In Chapter 4, verse 34 
of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Lord says, \'93Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual
 master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.\'94 There is, then, a succession of spiritual masters, self-realized individuals known as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-m\'e4dhva-gau\'f2\'e9ya samprad\'e4ya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub of which the present }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (divine representative) is His Divine Grace Trida\'eb\'f2i 
Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Om Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j Prabhup\'e4da. He is known to his many disciples as Prabhup\'e4da, meaning the master at whose lotus feet all other masters must pay homage. 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has seen the truth. He is a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He renders uninterrupted, unmotivated transcendental loving service to the Supreme Person. The truth that he sees is the same Eternal Truth spoken of by by Arjuna,
 N\'e4rada, Asita, Devala, Vy\'e4sadeva and so many other liberated sous, and because he sees the Supreme Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can impart this knowledge to others. The teachings that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swam\'e9 Prabhup\'e4d
a imparts today are the same undistorted teachings of his spiritual master. His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4j Prabhup\'e4da, who speaks only the word of his spiritual master, who is speaki
ng only his spiritual master\'92s, etc., in a line of succession traceable to the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means knowledge. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are understood to have been revealed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the heart of Brahm\'e4, the demigod empowered with the ability to create this material universe. Lord Brahm\'e4 gave this Vedic knowledge to N\'e4rada Muni. Approximately 5,00
0 years ago, N\'e4rada Muni gave this Vedic knowledge to Vy\'e4sadeva. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This incarnation of God played the part of a disciple and became instructed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must understand that \'c7rila Vy\'e4sadeva, as God, already 
knew this Vedic knowledge. Still he came to earth and learned it. Why is this? This is part of the Lord\'92s pastimes. In Chapter 9, verse 11 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93The foolish mock at Me, at My descending like a human being. They do not know My tran
scendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.\'94 In Chapter 4, verse 7, the Lord says, \'93Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise in irreligion\'97at that time I desc
end My Self.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the Lord descends to this material world and plays with us as a human being, He is still the Supreme Lord. \'c7rila Vy\'e4sade
va is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who was given Vedic knowledge on the earth planet by N\'e4rada Muni. He descended at a time when men were degenerating. Their minds and memories were becoming more and more deficient, their lifetimes shorter, etc. H
owever, before this time the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub were given orally and remembered word for word by the farther-reaching minds of men who had highly developed memories. Due to the degeneration of man\'92s memory, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva divided the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and put them in book form: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5k, S\'e4ma, Yajus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Atharva Vedas.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He also compiled the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  appears, and in the mature stage of his realization he compiled the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  containing the direct pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees. Vy\'e4sadeva is recognized as an incarnation of the Lord by all the great realized souls as well as by scripture. The word that he 
set down 5,000 years ago is recognized as the supreme authority on all matters, and it has come to us through the chain of disciplic succession culminating today in His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for this age. His Divine Grace speaks only according to the scriptural authority, and the teaching he gives is 
identical with that of every other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the chain going back to \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, the incarnation of the Lord. That is the basis for authoritative knowledge of Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chapter 18, verse 64, K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, \'93Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaking to you the most confidential part of
 knowledge. Hear this from Me, for it is for your benefit.\'94 And in Chapter 11, verse 54, the Lord says, \'93My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you; and I can thus be seen directly. Only in
 this way can you enter into the mysteries of My understanding.\'94 Arjuna, engaged in undivided devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His very dear friend, is a pure devotee of the Lord. And by dint of such qualification he is viewing the Supreme Absolu
te Truth. This Supreme Truth can only be understood by devotional service. And the pure devotee, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the disciplic succession, is the representative devotee for teaching this word of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore we must understand this word only as it comes from the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and none other.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many, many individuals translating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from Sanskrit into English, but only one is a pure devotee. All the others are academicians, impersonalists, puffed-up scholars, etc. Only one person is following the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub perfectly. This is His Divi
ne Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swam\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da. Because he is practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s word perfectly and is a realized soul of the highest degree, his word is as good as the Lord\'92s word.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Second Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord tells the preliminary understanding of all spiritual life, as He introduces knowledge of the eternal individual self 
and its relationship to the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord says, \'93That which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul.\'94 (2:17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his purport to this sloka, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, \'93This verse more clearly explains the real nature of the soul, which is spread all over the body. An
yone can understand what is spread all over the body. It is consciousness. Everyone is conscious about the pains and pleasures of the body in part. This spreading of consciousness is limited within one\'92s own body. The pains and pleasures of one body a
re unknown to another. Therefore, each and every body contains an individual soul, and the symptom of the soul\'92s presence is perceived as individual consciousness.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now in the 7th Chapter, 5th verse, the Lord says, \'93Besides this inferior nature, O mighty Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine
 which are all living entities who are struggling with material Nature and which sustains the universe.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s purport to this verse reads, \'93Here it is clearly mentioned that living entities belong to the superior nature (o
r energy) of the Supreme Lord. The inferior energy is manifested in different elements, namely earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intelligenee, and false ego. Both forms of material Nature, namely gross (earth, etc.) and subtle (mind, etc.), are product
s of the inferior energy. The living entities, who are exploiting these inferior energies for different purposes, are the superior energy of the Supreme Lord. Energies are always controlled by the Lord; they have no independent existence. They are never 
equally powerful, as men with a poor fund of knowledge think. The difference between the living entities and the Lord is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as follows: \'91O Thou Supreme Eternal! If the embodied living entities were eternally all-pervading like You, then
 they would not be under Your control. But if the living entities are accepted as minute energies of Your Lordship, then they are at once subjected to Your supreme control. Therefore real liberation entails surrender by the living entities to Your contro
l, and that surrender will make them happy. In that constitutional position only can they be controllers. Therefore, men with limited knowledge who advocate the monistic theory that God and the living entities are equal in all respects are actually misle
ading themselves and others.\'92 \'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We understand the living entity, then, to be soul, consciousness, reincarnated in many bodies through many different births. The soul i
s of a superior nature to the body. Its nature is that it is spirit. Everyone can see that the gross physical body is good for eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. And that is all. Subtler still is the spirit soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is situated within the body, pervades it with consciousness, and leaves it to enter a new body at death. The spirit soul is ent
irely under the control of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the distinction is always there in transcendental life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, is the whole, the individual living beings are His parts and parcels, and the impersonal aspect of spirit, 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also subordinate to His personality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna on the battlefield of 
Kuruk\'f1etra, just before the great battle between the Kurus and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas 5,000 years ago. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas are sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, and their cousins and brothers are known as Kurus, whose father, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, challenge
d the Vedic scriptural injunction and denied the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas a share in his inheritance. The Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was present on earth in His original form during those years, and He tried to prevent a war. But since the living beings want
ed to fight, the all-merciful Lord gave them their opportunity. So on this battlefield, Arjuna, a P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava, was put into ignorance so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his friend, could speak to him the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna had been an archer of great reputation, but when he obse
rved the soldiers lined up to fight, he saw his relatives, teachers and friends on the opposite side, and in ignorance, he grew terribly fearful that he would have to fight against his endeared ones. When the Lord saw this, He said, \'93My dear Arjuna, h
ow have these impurities come upon you? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the progressive values of life. They do not lead to higher planets, but to infamy.\'94 That is the 2nd verse of the 2nd Chapter, and the Lord goes on to re-enlighten Ar
juna of his true, eternal nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Chapter 2, verse 20, the Lord says, \'93For the soul there is neither birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to 
be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.\'94 Then in sloka 21: \'93O Partha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, unborn, eternal, and immutable kill anyone, or cause 
anyone to kill?\'94 Now the question should arise, \'93How is the soul situated, and what does it do?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In sloka 25 of Chapter 2, the Lord describes the soul as invisible, inconceivable, immutable, and unchangeable. Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\'92s purport says, \'93As described above, the magnitude of the soul is such that, for our material calculation, he cannot be detected even by the most powerful microscope; therefore, he is invisible. As far as his existence is concerned, no one can est
ablish his stability beyond the proof of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or Vedic wisdom. We have to accept this truth because 
there is no other source for understanding the existence of the soul, although it is a fact by perception. There are many things we have to accept solely on grounds of superior authority. No one can deny the existence of the father, based upon the author
ity of his mother; there is no other source of understanding the identity of the father, except on the authority of the mother. Similarly, there is no other source of understanding the existence of the soul except by studying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, the soul is inconceivable to h
uman experimental knowledge. Unlike the bodily changes, there is no change for the soul. As eternally unchangeable, he remains atomic always in comparison to the infinite Supreme Soul. The Supreme Soul is infinite, and the atomic soul is infinitesimal.
\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Chapter 15 of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , verse 7, the Supreme Lord says, \'93The living entities in this conditional world are My living fragmental parts, and they are eternal. But due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six
 senses, which include the mind.\'94 Here it is stated by the Supreme Person Himself that the living entity is eternally fragmented. He is not the same as God, as the monistic theory holds. He is His fragmental part and parcel\'97eternally. Then in sloka
 number 8, the Lord says, \'93The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life, as the air carries aromas. Thus does he take one kind of body and again quits it to take another.\'94 The purport states, \'93Here the living
 entity is described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the controller of his own body. If he likes, he can change his body
 to a higher grade, and if he likes he can move to a lower class. Minute independence is there. The change of his body depends on him. The process is that, at the time of death, the consciousness he has created will carry him on to the next type of body.
 If he has made his consciousness cat-like or dog-like, he is sure to change from his human body to a cat\'92s or a dog\'92s body. And if he has fixed his consciousness to godly qualities, he will change his body into the form of a demigod. And if he cha
nges his consciousness into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he will be transferred to the K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka (the planet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba) in the spiritual world.\'94 Then in verse 9, \'93The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a partic
ular type of ear, sense of touch, tongue, and nose, centered about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s purport says, \'93Consciousness is originally pure, like water. But if we mix water with a c
ertain color, it changes. Similarly, consciousness is pure, for the spirit soul is pure. But consciousness is changed according to the association of the material qualities. Real consciousness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When, therefore, one is situ
ated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, that is his pure life. Otherwise, if his consciousness is adulterated with some type of mentality, in the next life he gets a corresponding body.\'94 Therefore, in answer to the question of what the atomic soul is to
 do, the answer is that as part and parcel of the Supreme Soul, he is to serve the whole, and in serving, his own pleasure is also derived.       }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [part 2]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Intelligence to Love K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE INTELLIGENCE TO LOVE K\'c5
\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Jayadvaita d\'e4s Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 (lSKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation from old age and death take refuge in Me in devoti
onal service. They are actually Brahman because they entirely know everything about transcendental activities.\'94\'97Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.29
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is meant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub most intelligent persons. Although it is 
available for everyone, those who are not intelligent will not be interested in this transcendental movement, but will continue to engage their energy in the pursuit of the flickering, illusory happiness of the material platform of activities. Despite an
y material qualifications they may have, they are wasting the opportunity afforded by this human form because they have not taken the opportunity to learn about spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thc human form is specifically meant for self-realization. Eating, sleeping, mating and defending are the sole activities of the animal
s, and these activities are carried on by human beings as well. Because the animal is limited in intelligence, his activities cannot extend beyond the limit of these four divisions of bodily necessities. The animals must therefore continue to engage in t
heir pastimes of sense gratification, without any thought of understanding what is spirit and what is matter. But because human beings have a more highly developed consciousness, they can try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Animals will not b
e interested in the discussions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-git\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other Vedic literatures, but human beings should 
give attention to this literature, for it offers complete knowledge concerning the perfection of individual existence. Our present existence is characterized by the four inevitable miseries of birth, death, old age, and disease. We are trying to enjoy li
fe by accumulation of wealth, fame, education, etc., but all of these acquisitions bring only temporary happiness. Despite great material advancement in the fields of science, politics, education, economics, etc., we have still been unable to conquer the
se four material miseries, and therefore all of our enjoyment must come to an end. A person may be very beautiful, very well-educated, very wealthy, or very famous, but with the inevitable advent of old age he must become miserable, and whatever enjoymen
t is left to him must be abruptly ended by the arrival of death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although we wish to go on enjoying unrestrictedly, old age and death are inevitable. Why? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub instruct us that human life is meant for solving this problem, and the answers are to be found in the Vedic literature. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gives us information that our suffering is due to being situated on the bodily platform
 of life. We are thinking that our bodily existence is our real existence, and we have no knowledge that our actual identity is spirit soul. This is explained in the Second Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our real position is transcendental to all material conditions. \'93For the soul there is never birth or death. Nor, having once been, does he eve
r cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
So, actually, I am not this body. This body is temporary, while I am eternal; but because I am falsely identifying myself with the bodily existence, I must suffer from the miseries of material duality. As pure spirit soul, it is my original constitutiona
l position to enjoy eternal life, but in material life I am always subject to the changes of body which must take place in the material world. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\'e4nta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, in his purport of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has written: \'93Change of body by the atomic individual soul is an accepted fact. Even some 
of the modern scientists who do not believe in the existence of the soul \'85 have to accept continuous changes of body which appear from childhood to boyhood, and from boyhood to youth, and again from youth to old age. From old age, the change is transf
erred to another body.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The materialistic person tries to establish a permanent settlement in the material world. \'93The demoniac person thinks: \'91So much w
ealth do I have today, and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine now, and it will increase in the future, more and more. He is my enemy, and I have killed him, and my other enemy will also be killed. I am the Lord of everything; I am 
the enjoyer. I am perfect, powerful and happy. I am the richest man, surrounded by aristocratic relatives. There is none so powerful and happy as I am. I shall perform sacrifices, I shall make some charity, and thus I shall rejoice.\'92 In this way, such
 persons are deluded by ignorance.\'94 (Bg. 16.13-15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The materialistic person, although he may be rejoi
cing in material opulence, is nonetheless not exempted from the miseries of old age and death. Therefore, rather than persisting in a false spirit of enjoyment under the miserable conditions of material life, intelligent persons try for liberation from t
hose miseries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By careful analysis one can understand that although his body is constantly changing, he is eternal. This understanding is expressed by
 the Vedic aphorism }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am not this body; I am spirit soul.\'94 This is the beginning of liberation. A self-realized person knows that he is eternal spirit soul and is therefore transcendental to all material conditions. But although a living entity m
ay realize that he is Brahman, spirit soul, such realization is not sufficient for gaining steady liberation from the clutches of the material energy. One may understand that he is Brahman, but unless he then engages himself in the activities of Brahman,
 he will not be able to maintain a transcendental position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the laws of nature, the materialistic person who has no knowledge of the spirit soul is obliged to act on the bodily platf
orm of sense gratification; his anxiety is increased to an unlimited extent by his misguided attempts to satisfy the insatiable desires of his senses. The person who knows that he is an eternal spiritual entity distinct from his temporary material coveri
ng may understand the futility of such engagement in fruitive action for the sake of sense gratification, but nevertheless he must also continue to act. \'93Even a man of knowledge acts according to his own nature, for everyone follows his nature. What c
an repression accomplish?\'94 (Bg. 3.33}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Even a person who has gained the understanding that he is diffe
rent from his temporary material body must nonetheless continue to act according to his nature, as it is the constitution of the spirit soul itself to be always active. But one must know how to act in such a way that his activities do not obligate him to
 continue in the entanglement of materialism. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93I
ntelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation from old age and death take refuge in Me in devotional service.\'94 One should engage one\'92s senses in the service of the master of the senses, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This devotional service to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is recommended in all the Vedic literatures as the eternal activity of the living entity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the living entity is the eternal part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore his eternal constitut
ional position is that he is the servant of the Supreme Lord. Because the conditioned living entities are adverse to this principle of service to the Supreme Person, preferring to adopt an attitude of so-called independence,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they have become entangled in the complexities of service to the material nature;}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and old age and death are the rewards for the living entities who foolishly indulge in such misdirected service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The solution to the ever-present problems of material misery is not to try to artificially renounce activity, but to revive our dormant
 love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead and to perform all activities on His behalf. It is stated in the Vedic literature that in this current age of quarrel and dissension, the only practical process for reviving this transcendental attitude of lov
ing service towards the Supreme Lord is the method of chanting His holy names. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the great apostle of love of Godhead, has declared that this chanting process cleanses the heart of all material dirt accumulated for years togeth
er. Thus the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death, becomes extinguished. And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub informs us that in this age, persons who are endowed with sufficient brain substance will participate in this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By this chanting
 process, our consciousness becomes purified, and in purified consciousness one can engage himself in transcendental activities in service of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not practical to artificially renounce activity, but to become free from material limitations one should adopt the authorized pro
cess of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One should revive one\'92s dormant love for God and perform all activities on His behalf. It is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that there is no material reaction to such activities performed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service, and one who bec
omes conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba passes over all the obstacles of conditioned life. The intelligent person who understands the uselessness of material activities and understands that he is Brahman, pure spirit soul, should engage in the pure spiritual ac
tivity of transcendental service to the Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalist philosophers do not accept this proposal of transcendental service to the Supreme Person because they refuse to admit
 the personal identity of the Absolute. They obstinately insist that the impersonal Brahman, the manifestation of undifferentiated spiritual energy, is the ultimate feature of the Absolute Truth, although authoritative Vedic literatures such as }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Brahma-sa\'e0h
it\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inform us that this impersonal Brahman is actually the personal ray of the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead. The aim of the impersonalists is to annihilate their individual identity by merging with the impersonal effulgence; but, because neither knowledge nor activity is possible without the existence of individual identity, if they achieve their desir
ed goal they immediately become ineligible to understand anything about the transcendental activities of the spiritual world. In addition, it is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that for those whose minds are attached to the nonmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, adv
ancement is very troublesome. Therefore intelligent persons who}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are endeavoring for liberation will reje
ct the difficult and limiting path of trying to merge with the impersonal effulgence of the Supreme, but will instead engage themselves in loving devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People who are too attached to the material concept of life will also neglect this proposal of devotional service}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the Supreme Lord, because they cannot understand how the Supreme can be a person. In the materialistic concept of life, the
 body is temporary, full of ignorance, and full of misery, and persons who are too absorbed in materialism cannot conceive of a transcendental body which is exactly the opposite.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, the Supreme is a transcendental person, and He has a spiritual body which is eternal, full of bliss and knowledge. And, becau
se the living entity is part and parcel of this Supreme Person, he also has a similar spiritual body, which is unaffected by the material energy although temporarily covered by it. As the transcendental body of the Supreme Lord is not subject to the mate
rial conditions of birth, death, disease, and old age, similarly the original spiritual body of the living entity is not subject to these fourfold miseries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can only be understood by His devotees; others cannot understand. This is confirmed in the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One ca
n understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God. Though engaged in all kinds of activities, by My mercy,
 the pure devotee reaches the spiritual kingdom in the end, without any pain.\'94 (Bg. 18.55-56}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By engaging in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord, one can attain to the spiritual kingdom. Because the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead is a person, He has His form, His abode, His activities, His associates, His pastimes\'97but these are all transcendental. The material world with which we are currently associated is merely a perverted reflection of the transcendental abode of t
he Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the material activities in which we are currently engaged are a perverted reflection of spiritual activities in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is eternally present in His transcendental abode, enjoying variegated spiritual pastimes in association with those eternally l
iberated souls who are His}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotees. This abode of the Supreme Lord is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as being without need of sun, 
moon or electricity, and in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is more explicitly described: There are palaces made of touchstone, and the trees are all desire trees. Although these trees can grant the fulfillment of all desires, the devotees in the Supreme Lord\'92s abode do not have any 
desires to fulfill\'97yet still they have variegated transcendental desires for serving their Supreme Lord. The Lord is eternally present on His supreme planet, enjoying transcendental pastimes as a cowherd boy,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and He is always surrounded by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune who serve Him with great reverence and affection. The }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub confirms that when
 one develops pure love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he becomes eligible to enter into this spiritual world, and it is also stated there that one who attains to the abode of the Supreme Lord is never required to return again to this miserable 
material existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Intelligent persons who are endeavoring for liberation from the miserable conditions of material life can, taking shelter of the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in devotional service, relish transcendental activities in eternal exchange of love with Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Mah\'e4mantra and the German Expedition
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE MAH\'c4MANTRA AND THE GERMAN
 EXPEDITION
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Gurud\'e4s Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97London)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The most ecstatic g
roup in the world\'97the London devotees, on Oxford Street.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the golden }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the embodiment of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the aspect of a devotee, appeared 484 years ago to deliver the pure essence of the Vedic literatures to the entities 
of this Age of Quarrel. He brought God consciousness from behind locked doors into the streets and into the hearts of everyone. He showed the importance of sincerity in our service to God. This eternal loving service is the highest religion, over and abo
ve any limited sectarian faith.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Five centuries ago, people came from everywhere to join Him in singing the holy names, \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare R\'e4ma.\'94 He wa
lked throughout India, and everyone who came to chant with Him experienced God dancing on their tongues: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many people became overwhelmed with happiness and felt, \'93I must give this to my friends.\'94 Although He agreed that this was a nice
 proposal, Lord Caitanya insisted that it must be given in its pure and unpolluted form. For this reason He taught the six great Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana how to impart this love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba purely, and thus they instructed the impeccable }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  B
hagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today these scriptures have reached us without adulteration through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  disciplic line, which hands us the precious fruit from the top of the Vedic tree, branch by branch, each spiritual master cradling the fruit so as not to damage it. This line of t
eacher-disciple is alive today in His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, who, at the request of his spiritual master, has brought this divine message of singing, dancing and offering spiritual foodstuffs to the glory of the Lord
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On request of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, his disciples are carrying this joyous spiritual plan to everyone they meet, thus fulfilling t
he prophecy of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu that the holy names will be sung in every town and village.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ways of illusion are very deceiving, like the shifting sands, but this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can solidify and pacify the restless mind and body, and in this way the years of collected dust covering the soul are swept away. \'93When one is en
lightened with the knowledge by which nescience is destroyed then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun lights up the daytime. When one\'92s intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misg
ivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.16-17)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Haribol!\'94 is now being heard in the streets of London, the concertgebouw of Holland, on the riverbanks of Paris, and in the sin-
filled Raperbahn of Hamburg. This process, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is for everyone, everywhere, irrespective of birth or material qualifications. Simply serve with your God-given talents, be sincere in chanting the holy names, and soon all entanglements will fall away. The devotees ar
e overjoyed at the prospect that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da may be pleased with our minute service. And when we serve sincerely, others see the results and feel, \'93Oh, I would like to serve also.\'94 With this feeling, all temporary nonsense falls away.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub George Harrison also wants to join us in serving \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. So we sang together in his house and constructed an altar a
nd sang again, and the whole atmosphere was transformed: ecstatic tears flowed from all eyes, and we offered holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and partook of the remnants, and everyone experienced a little more of the unending bliss of devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When George asked how this feeling c
ould go on and on, we told of chanting all the time and serving with our natural talents. He knew his engagement to be music and so decided we must record \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 so others could experience this bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was done in 1968 at E.M.I. studios, and the holy sounds reached around the world to the mountains of Mexico, the fjords of Norway, t
he shores of Italy, and behind the Iron Curtain, where the record became the number one hit in Yugoslavia, what to speak of all other universes, both spiritual and mundane. Amid the glitter of temporary sense indulgence, this pure sound was heard. The mu
sic industry had never encountered a sound as simple or as happy. The president of Capitol Records wrote: \'93Dear George, I am hooked on \'91Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'92 \'94 At their jobs, both young and old would sing along, many not realizing that they w
ere singing, so deeply had the sound penetrated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba! May we serve You, K\'e5\'f1\'eba! My heart, once dirty, now cries like a child to be clean again. E
ven the young gang members stalking the streets would see us and sing, maybe mocking \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 at first, as the children mocked Lord Caitanya, who merely covered His ears, pretending to be bothered by their mocking cries of Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba so that they would chant the holy names more. Lord Caitanya\'92s message is in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parties, in which devotees come together in groups and sing and dance the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the villages and towns. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pritivit
aj jata nagar \'e4di gr\'e4m. Sarvatra prachar haibe mor N\'e4m: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In every town}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and village, My name will be sung by all creatures.\'94 This is our movement. We do not keep the precious jewel just for our own benefit. No, we distribute it freely. As the powers of purification an
d liberation lie in these sixteen words\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97why should we keep this to ourselves?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many people from all parts of the world were exposed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness through the recording media and invited us to chan
t and speak on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy. When there came the opportunity to go to Germany, we accepted the invitation, as some of our sincere Godbrothers were already there to begin a new K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness center. Joining with t
hem, we chanted in colleges and clubs, stores and marketplaces. The first night we chanted in the Star Club in the famed sin-filled Raperbahn and changed the atmosphere. The next day we chanted in the marketplace of Kiel, passing out literature announcin
g a K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness concert that night at the university and selling the German edition of \'93Back to Godhead,\'94 called \'93Zuruck zur Gottheit.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next day we had the transcendental pleasure of witnessing the \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple come to life in
 Hamburg. The installation ceremony of the Deities was relished by all, and nice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was offered.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then again the next day off to Munden and Hereford, walking into the dens of apathetic youth to whom sex and intoxicants are the only o
utlets to their searchings. At one engagement we turned off the red lights of passion and darkness, put the house lights on, and began to chant, and we jumped into the audience singing (for no one is merely the audience). In this process we are simply a 
room full of spirit souls singing to our beloved One, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, crying for our divine father, mother, friend, advisor, protector, confidante, savior; everything that we love and relate to personally is enclosed in this transcendental name. We 
all started jumping and crying Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then the chant ended. We paid our obeisances to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and started to leave, but they wanted more. So we chanted more, and again we went to leave, but still t
hey wanted more chanting. So again we began holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and they were jumping and shouting, 
\'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!\'94 Everything is purified by association with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'93Glory to the \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtanam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which cleanses the heart of all the dust accu
mulated for years together. Thus the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death, is extinguished. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge, it increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it helps to hav
e a taste of the full nectar for which we are always anxious.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We invite everyone to join with us when you see us in the streets. If you haven\'92t experienced this yet, you soon will, for these hol
y names will be sung in your town or village, as prophesized by Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please join with us in glorifying the Lord of the universes by singing His names.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93O my Lord, You are so kind that in Your name You are my constant companion.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON Around the World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON Around the World
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In no country is K\'e5\'f1\'eba foreign. The chanting of God\'92s holy names is natural to every land. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord Himself declares, \'93I
 am the father of all living entities.\'94 Therefore, since K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be foreign or alien anywhere, it is not surprising that the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is attracting sincere souls all over the world. Because God consciousness is dor
mant in the hearts of all living entities, glorification of God is therefore the only totally universal movement. ISKCON\'92s temples in Tokyo, Sydney, London and Paris, staffed mostly by American students of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swam\'e9 
Prabhup\'e4da, have met with instant success simply by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the spiritual master of our spiritual master, said that when there is fire in a house, because of the urgency of the message, one 
can make himself understood by the residents of the house, even in a foreign language. Indeed, if during a fire one wanted to first learn the language of the residents, all would be finished. Similarly, time is short in the human form of life, and the pr
ime necessity of life is to develop loving service to God. Therefore the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chanters are being nicely understood even in so-called foreign cultures. The devotees of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Sw\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da are distri
buting this bliss free of charge to all who will take it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pictures: left, Sydney, Australia; right, England; below, Tokyo.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The occasion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pictured above was a press conference held in Paris by George Harrison, who helped \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples find a suitable temple location in the French capital. Joyous 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  festivals are now held daily in the streets and universities of Paris.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back page:
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 ve\'ebu\'e0 kva\'ebantam aravinda-dal\'e4yat\'e4k\'f1am
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 barh\'e4vata\'e0sam asit\'e4mbuda-sundar\'e4\'ecgam
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 kandarpa-ko\'f6i-kaman\'e9ya-vi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7obha\'e0
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute, with blooming eyes like lotus petals with head decked with
 peacock's feather, with the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and His unique loveliness charming millions of Cupids.
\par }\pard \s9 \qc\sb180 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 a\'ecg\'e4ni yasya sakalendriya-v\'e5ttimanti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 pa\'e7yanti p\'e4nti kalayanti cira\'e0 jaganti
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4nanda-cinmaya-sad-ujjvala-vigrahasya
\par }\pard \s9 \qc {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi\line }{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 [}{\i\f0\fs24\cf0 Bs.}{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0  }{\i\f0\fs24\cf0 5.32}{\i0\f0\fs24\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth, substantiality and is thus full of the most d
azzling splendor. Each of the limbs of that transcendental figure possesses in Himself, the full-fledged functions of all the organs, and eternally sees, maintains and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Recordings of these prayers are available on 45 RPM (Apple Records $1.25) and 33 1/3 RPM (ISKCON media Stereo $5.00).
 Send order to ISKCON Press.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine no. 3
5, 1970
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb180 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advertisement
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BOOKS 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'971\'97\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book is especially intended for those who are engaged in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The text is flooded with necta
rean stories, philosophy and poetic verses about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pure devotees\'97all taken directly from the Vedic literatures. It is a summary study of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras
\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and it teaches us how to stimulate our original love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that we can enjoy our blissful life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'972\'97\line \'c7R\'c9MAD-BHAGAVATAM
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are compared to a desire tree because they contain all things knowable by mankind about both mundane necessities and spiritual realization. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the mature ripened fruit of this tree. It narrates the transcendental pastimes of the transcendental Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'973\'97\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya, the most munificent incarnation of Godhead, appeared 500 years ago to demonstrate by example how to live the teachings o
f }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the present age. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  recounts the words and deeds of this great saint. Lord Caitanya was famous as a scholar and spoke authoritatively on the highest as
pects of the science of love of Godhead. He is the divine origin of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement and distributed love of God simply by singing the holy names.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'974\'97\line \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the most authoritative sources, the famed 108 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upa
ni\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of India. {\*\bkmkstart Sri Isopanisad}{\*\bkmkend Sri Isopanisad}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  supplies revealed evidence that the Personality of Godhead is the creator, maintainer and destroyer of everything that exists. The author's transparent commentaries reveal that t
he Supreme Lord is \'93unembodied\'94 and \'93formless,\'94 since His form is not a material form which is subject to birth, disease, old age and death.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,   The Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most comprehensive and authoritative Vedic scriptural literature is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead"), the mature contribution of \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, the compiler of the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Of the twelve cantos of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Tenth Canto is considered the most confidential, since it describes the transcendental pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of God
head. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a summary study of the Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which appear to be like those or an ordinary human being, can only be properly understood with the he
lp of a bona fide spiritual master fully realized in the knowledge of their transcendental nature. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is such a spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'975\'97\line THE BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now for the first time this renowned scripture is being brought to the West as it is\'97as taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and underst
ood by His disciple Arjuna\'97in a unique translation and commentary. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the supreme authority on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and He initially delivered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
G}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  so that all persons could reach the perfection of life and be liberated from all suffer
ing. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is passing on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy in its full potency, as it is, so that everyone can attain to his rightful position, full of bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the Introduction: "The perplexities of life appear like a forest fire which takes place without being set by anyone. The man in ma
terial perplexities is he who does not understand the problems of life. Out of many many human beings, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is directed to the one who seeks to understand his position."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'976\'97\line EASY JOURNEY TO OTHER PLANETS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book is an authentic discussion on the techniques and practice of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system by which one can leave this body for travel to anti-material planets where life is blissful, eternal and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'977\'97
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS: THE TOPMOST YOGA SYSTEM
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book presents the most authorized process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practice in God realization, without any deviation from the original Vedic scriptural literature. In this present volume, the author forcefully exposes the speculative systems which d
epart from love of God as the ultimate goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'978\'97\line THE FIRST STEP IN GOD REALIZATION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book marks the continuation of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da's mighty task of translating all twelve can
tos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub The First Step in God Realization}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  comprises the First Chapter of the Second Canto, in which the sage \'c7ukadeva advises his disciple Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it to 
meditate on the universal form of God, in which the entire physical universes are seen as parts of the gigantic body of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'979\'97
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e transcendental form of Param\'e4tm\'e4, the localized representation of the Lord who resides in the hearts of all living entities.
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e First Step in God Realization                                           *\cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                                                                *Dona
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhup\'e4da A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India o
n the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhup\'e4da is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Caitanya appeared in India, and from there back still further\'975
000 years\'97to the time when K\'e5\'f1\'eba first spoke the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no fi
nancial charge for learning K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The gist of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with 
the interests of the Supreme Enjoyer, the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The writer writes articles for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The hous
eholders raise children in the science of God, and husband and wife live in mutual co-operation for spiritual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness means regular chanting in the temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sa\'eck\'e9rtan\'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Consciousness is not an idler\'92s philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, anyone who takes part will experience the state of "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ," ecstatic absorption in God-consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is non-sectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by cha
nting the Holy Name of God and by hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Without knowledge and realization and 
loving service to the One Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the Sa\'eck\'e9rtan Movement, and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction made by Lord Caitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can real peace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
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\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
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\cellx2880\cellx5760\cellx11520\pard\intbl
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Baltimore\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maryland}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boston\cell\sl240
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\sl240
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Los Angeles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Montreal\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paris\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
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outh 10th St. 19147\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Provincetown\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Massachuset
ts\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 104 Bradford St. 02657\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3689 Park Blvd. 92103}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Fran
cisco\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 518 Frederick St. 94117
\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Jose\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Santa Barbara\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 613 E. Victoria St. 93103\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seattle\cell\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5516 Roosevelt Way N.E. 98105\cell}
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\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub St. Louis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Missouri\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4544 Laclede Ave.,  63108}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sydney\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Austrailia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 298 Birrell St. Bondi, N.S.W. 2026\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tokyo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Japan\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub No. 6-16 2 Chome Ohhashi, Meguro-Ku\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Toronto\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 40 Beverley St., Ontario\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vancouver\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 260 Raymur St.
 no. 305, British Columbia\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D.C.}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2015 Q St. N.W. 20008}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
ton, Mass. 02134. All material copyright \'a9 1970, ISKCON PRESS. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $5.00 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Vy
\'e4sat\'e9rtha appeared in the Fifteenth Century in India. His place in the disciplic succession of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is as follows: He was the guru of Lak\'f1m\'e9pati, who was the guru of M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, who was the guru of \'c9\'e7
vara Pur\'e9, who was the guru of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who distributed love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to all peoples everywhere through the process of chanting the holy name, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha was a great writer, the author of many b
ooks, and has been called "the best of the knowers of the purpose of the Vedic scriptures."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Highest Love
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE HIGHEST LOVE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one protects the tender creeper of devotional service nicely, then gradually it will produce the fruit of unalloyed love for God. Un
alloyed love for God means love that is not tinged by desire for material benefit, for mere philosophical understanding, nor for fruitive results. Unalloyed love is to know, \'93God is great, I am His part and parcel, and therefore He is my supreme lovab
le object.\'94 This consciousness is the highest perfection of human life and the ultimate aim of all methods of self-realization. If one reaches this point\'97God is my only beloved, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only lovable object\'97then one\'92s life is per
fect. And when one tastes that transcendental relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then one feels real happiness. The devotional creeper wi11 then be so strongly protected that just by catching it, one will be able to reach the supreme destination. If one c
limbs steadily up a tree, one eventually comes to the very top. Similarly, if one can achieve love of Godhead by catching that devotional creeper, there is no doubt that one wi11 reach the transcendental abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and will associate with Hi
m personally, just as we are associating here, face to face.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is not fictional or imaginary. He is as real as we are. (Actually, we are under illusion; we are living as if this body were our fa
ctual self, although this body is not at all reality, but only a temporary manifestation.) We dare to presume that there is no God or that He has no form. This mental speculation is due to a poor fund of knowledge. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His abode exist
, and one can go there, reach Him and associate with Him. That is a fact. Spiritual life means to be in association with the Supreme Lord and to exist in bliss and knowledge eternally. Such eternal association means to play with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to dance 
with and love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Or K\'e5\'f1\'eba can become your child\'97whatever you like.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HOW TO LOVE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are five primary relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba: as a passive devotee, as a servant, as a friend, as a parent, and as a lover.
 The cows in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s abode are also liberated souls. They are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surabhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cows.}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many popular pictures showing how K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves the cows, how He embraces and kisses them. That pa
ssive relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Their perfect happiness is achieved when K
\'e5\'f1\'eba comes and simply touches them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Other devotees are inclined to actually give service. They think, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to sit down. I will arrange a place for Him.
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to eat. I wi11 get Him some nice food.\'94 And they actually make these arrangements. Other devotees play with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as friends on equal terms. They do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God; to them, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is their l
ovable friend, and they cannot forget Him for a moment. All day and all night, they think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At night, when they are sleeping they think, \'93Oh, in the morning I shall go and play with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 And in the morning they go to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s house and stand by while K\'e5\'f1\'eba is decorated by His mother before going out to play with His friends in the fields. There is no other activity in K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka (K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s abode). There is no industry, no rushing 
to the office or any such nonsense. There is sufficient milk and butter, and everyone eats plentifully. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very fond of His friends, and sometimes He enjoys stealing butter for them. One can actually live this way, and that is the perfecti
on of existence. We should hanker for that perfectional stage of life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the process to attain it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But as long as one has even a slight attachment for this material world, one has to remain here. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very strict. He does
 not allow anyone to enter into His association who has any tinge of the material conception of life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  must be free from material contamination. Do not think, \'93I am a very learned scholar. I shall find out what is the Absolute Truth by mental speculation.\'94 That is nonsense; one can go on and on speculating and wi11 never find the source
 of all sources. It is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93One can go on speculating about the Absolute Tru
th for millions and millions of years, and still it wi11 not be revealed.\'94 One can rot in this material world as he is and can go on speculating, but that is not the right process. Here is the process\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya says that to render devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the highest perfectional stage of life, and compared to this,
 other things for which people are hankering in this material world are like bubbles in the ocean. Generally, people are after rewards, and therefore they become religious. They say, \'93I am a Hindu,\'94 \'93I am a Christian,\'94 \'93I am Jew,\'94 \'93I
 am Mohammedan,\'94 \'93I am this, I am that, and therefore I cannot change my religion. I cannot accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 This is called religiosity, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . With such a materialistic, sectarian idea of religion, they will rot in this material world, stuck to rituals and faith. They are under the impression that if they follow their religious principles
, they wi11 get material prosperity. Of course, if one sticks to any kind of religious faith, he will get facilities for material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do people want this material prosperity? For sense gratification. They are thinking, \'93I shall have a very nice wife. I shall hav
e very good children. I shall have a very good post. I shall become president. I shall become prime minister.\'94 This is sense gratification. And when one is frustrated and has seen that to be rich or to attain the presidency cannot give him happiness, 
after squeezing out all the taste of sex life, when he is completely frustrated, then perhaps he takes to LSD and tries to become one with the void. But this nonsense cannot give happiness. Here is happiness: one must approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Otherwise, 
it wi11 end in LSD\'97confusion and roaming in impersonal void concepts. People are frustrated. They must be frustrated if they do not have genuine spiritual life because a person is spiritual by nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can anyone be happy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Suppose one is thrown into the ocean. How can he be happy there? That is not for us. On
e may be a very good swimmer, but how long will he be able to swim? He eventually becomes tired and drowns. Similarly, we are spiritual by nature. How can we be happy in this material world? It is not possible. But men are trying to remain here, making s
o many temporary adjustments for survival. This patchwork is not happiness. If one really wants happiness, here is the process: one must attain love of Godhead: Unless one can love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, unless one finishes with love for cats, dogs, country, na
tion and society and instead concentrates his love on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no question of happiness. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has given a very nice example in this regard: There are many drugs which saturate one with ideas or hallucinations. But R\'fcpa
 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that unless one tastes that final drug of love of Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he w
ill have to be captivated by meditation, impersonal monism, and so many other distractions.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA'S DESIRE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu describes that to attain unalloyed love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one has to execute devotional service, or K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Consciousness. One has to engage oneself exclusively in serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The highest perfectional stage of unalloyed devotion is to be free from all material desires, all mental speculation and all fruitive activities. The basic principle of
 unalloyed devotion is that one cannot maintain any desire other than to become fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Even if one knows that all other forms of God are also K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one should not worship any other form, but should concentrate on the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba form. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has many forms, but one only has to worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His form with the flute as in the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deity. Simply concentrate on that form, and all mental speculation and fruitive activities will 
fall away. One has to cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness favorably, and that means to execute service by which K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes satisfied. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not attained by manufacturing one\'92s own way. I may think that I am doi
ng something in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but who has sanctioned it? For instance, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , Arjuna hesitated to fight for certain moral reasons, but he was viewing the situation from the platform of fruitive activities, on which one has to enjoy or suffer the results. He was considering that if he killed his family members he woul
d then be subjected to many reactions. This conclusion, however, was not sanctioned by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The law of action and reaction in the material world is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but devotional service transcends }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unalloyed love must be free of all tinges of fruitive activities (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and all tinges of mental speculation and material desire. That unalloyed devotional service should be favorably fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Favorably means in acco
rdance with what He desires. K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired that the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra take place; it was all arranged by Him. Arjuna was told, \'93You are thinking in your own way, but even if you do not fight, rest assured that because it has been arrang
ed by Me, none of these warriors who are assembled here are going back to their homes. They will be killed here. It has already been arranged.\'94 God\'92s desire is such that one cannot change it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has two qualities: He can protect, and He
 can also kill. If He wants to kill someone, there is no power in the world that can protect him, and if He protects someone, there is no power in the world that can kill him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s desire is supreme. Therefore, we have to dovetail our desi
res with K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. Whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires, no one can make null and void because He is the Supreme Lord. Therefore, our duty is to dovetail our acts with K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s desire, not to manufacture an action and then declare \'93I 
am doing this action in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94 We have to be very careful to ascertain whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually wants it. Such authorized knowledge is instructed by the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In our prayers of praise to the s
piritual we are singing daily, \'93If the spiritual master is satisfied, then God will be satisfied.\'94 And if one dissatisfies his spiritual master, then there is no way for him to please God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, as far as possible, one has to execute the order of one\'92s spiritual master. That will enable one to progress. That is the
 essence of the favorable execution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In my old age, I have come to America, and I am trying to teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because my spiritual master gave me an order that I must do it. It is my duty. I do not know
 whether I shall be a success of failure. It doesn\'92t matter; my duty is completed if I can present before you whatever I have heard from my spiritual master. This is called the favorable execution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness. Those who are actuall
y serious should take the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their entire life and soul. One who sticks to this principle is sure to progress. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu spoke in that way, and my spiritual master used to 
say, \'93The spiritual master is the transparent via media.\'94 For example, I can see the letters of this book very nicely through these transparent eyeglasses, without which I cannot see because my eyes are defective. Similarly, our senses are all defe
ctive. We cannot see God with these eyes, we cannot hear Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba with these ears, we cannot do anything without the via media of the spiritual master. Just as a defective eye cannot see without the via media of spectacles, so one cannot appro
ach the Supreme Lord without the transparent via media of the spiritual master. Transparent means that the via media must be free of contamination. If it is transparent, one can see through it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In unalloyed love of Godhead we have to engage our senses\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
sarvendriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , all the senses. This means that sex is also to be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The conception of God as a father or mother does not allow the engagement o
f one\'92s sex in the service of the Lord because there is no sex relationship with the father and mother. But in the conception of God as a lover, there is sex engagement also. Therefore, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gave the most perfect information of our e
ngagement with the Supreme Lord. In other religious conceptions of life, God is at the utmost taken as the father or mother. Many worshipers in India take goddess Kali to be the representation of God. Of course, that is not sanctioned, but the belief is 
there, and also in the Christian religion the conception of God is as a father. But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu informs us that one can even have sex engagement with the Lord. This information is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s unique contribution. In this materi
al world, sex engagement is considered to be the highest engagement, the greatest pleasure, although it exists only in a perverted form. No one, however, has conceived that there can be sex engagement in the spiritual world. There is not a single instanc
e of such theology anywhere in the entire world. This information is given for the first time by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu: one can have the Supreme Personality of Godhead as one\'92s husband, as one\'92s lover. This is possible in the worship of Radha and 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but no one, especially the impersonalists, can understand Radha-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The impersonalists have no idea; they cannot even conceive that God has form. But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that not only does God have form, but He has sex
 life also. This is the highest contribution of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One can serve the Supreme Lord in various relationships, but in the material world those relationships exist only as perverted reflecti
ons. What is our engagement in relationship to this material world? What are our ideas of society, friendship and love? They are all based on the material conception of life. In our society, someone is engaged as a father or mother to a son, and others a
re engaged as husband and wife, lover and beloved. There are other rasas (relationships) also, such as to be engaged with another as an enemy. There are twelve different relationships, out of which five are predominant. The other seven are indirect relat
ionships, such as, for example, to be someone\'92s enemy. There is usually a relationship between enemies, even between a murderer and the one he murders. As far as our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is concerned, however, even if one establishes a rel
ationship as His enemy, then his life is successful. Therefore, when one engages his senses with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a relationship can be established in one of twelve different varieties, of which five varieties are direct and seven are indirect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the arena of Ka\'e0sa, there were many big wrestlers prepared to kill Him. In fact, He was invited ther
e to be killed. His enemy, Ka\'e0sa thought, \'93Soon the boys will come. We have tried for sixteen years to kill them, but that boy K\'e5\'f1\'eba could not be killed. But now I have invited Him as a guest, and when He arrives He will fight with these w
restlers, and they will kill Him.\'94 The demoniac or atheistic people are always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God in terms of killing Him. Therefore they present their theories that God is dead. They think that if God becomes dead, then they will be fr
ee to act however they please. But as far as their actual activities are concerned, God may be dead or alive, but God\'92s agent, the material energy, is so strong that no one can do any wrong. As soon as anyone does something wrong, there is immediate p
unishment. It does not require the presence of God. God may be dead or alive, but the material energy is sufficient to punish anyone who violates the material laws, even to the slightest degree. God has set these conditions, but foolish people do not und
erstand.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya, however, speaks of favorably engaging all the senses in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in pure devotional life. One shoul
d favorably engage one\'92s senses and should do whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants. Yet even if one engages one\'92s senses against the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba but still thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is also advantageous. The demon P\'fctan\'e4, for example,
 thought of killing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just as the occupation of godly persons is to serve God, so the demons and atheists are always prepared to kill God. P\'fctan\'e4 thought, \'93I shall kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is only a child.\'94 This is another mistak
e of the demoniac. They think K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God to be an ordinary child or man. So in this way P\'fctan\'e4 was thinking: \'93Let me smear my breast with poison, and when the child goes to suck my milk, He wi11 die.\'94 As we study this, we see that 
she approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His enemy, and yet He accepted her as a friend because He is so merciful. He did not take the demoniac portion of her mentality, but He accepted her. Every living entity is conditioned but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not. A doctor 
or psychiatrist treats madmen, but he does not become mad. Sometimes a patient may become angry with him or call him ill names, but the doctor is sober and simply treats him. Similarly, if someone treats K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his enemy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does n
ot become his enemy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P\'fctan\'e4 came to poison K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but He took it otherwise. He thought, \'93I have sucked her breast milk. Therefore she has 
become My mother.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba treated her as His mother, and therefore she became liberated to the same position as K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s real mother, Ya\'e7od\'e4. The conclusion is that the highest perfection is to establish a favorable relationsh
ip with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but even if one engages himself unfavorably, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that He at least gives one salvation. All the enemies killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba were immediately liberated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Two classes of men may merge into the impersonal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he who is intentionally aspir
ing to merge into the impersonal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may enter, and those who are enemies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and a
re killed by Him may also do so. Therefore, the devotee concludes, why should I accept a condition which is offered even to God\'92s enemies?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu recommends pure devotional service. There should be no desire to fulfill one\'92s own material desires, there sh
ould be no attempt to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by experimental philosophy, and there should be no fruitive activities to derive material benefits from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The only desire should be to serve Him favorably, as He desires. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba wan
ts something, then we should do it. Suppose I were to ask a disciple, \'93My dear student, please give me a glass of water.\'94 It is then his duty to give me a glass of water. If he thinks, \'93Prabhup\'e4da wants a glass of water, but why not give him 
something better? Why not a glass of hot milk?\'94 that is not service. In his consideration, hot milk is very palatable and is better than water, yet because I have asked for water, he has to give me water, not milk. That is favorable service. One has t
o understand what K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants. When there is that intimate relationship, then one can serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba most favorably. And as long as there is not that intimate relationship, one must take information of what K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants through the
 transparent media of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava never thinks that he has a direct relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya says, \'93I am the servant of the se
rvant of the servant of the servant\'97a hundred times the servant of the servant\'97of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 We have to agree to become the servant of the servant of the servant. This is the process of disciplic succession, and if one wants real transcend
ental love of God, then he has to adopt this process. Because people do not accept this process, they therefore do not develop real love of God. They speak of God, but actually they do not love God; because there is no cultivation of pure devotional serv
ice, they love dog.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SPIRITUAL SENSES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may say, \'93love of God,\'94 but unless we adopt this principle, then we will have to love dog, not God. That is the mistake. Caita
nya Mah\'e4prabhu says that if one really wants love of God, then one has to follow the process of pure devotional service. It is not that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is speaking out of His own mental concoction, but His statements are confirmed in Vedic scri
ptures such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These two books, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are very authentic scriptures meant for devotees. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu quotes from a verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra: h\'e5\'f1\'e9kena h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevanam bhaktir ucyate.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub This is the definition of pure devotional service. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9kena h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevanam. H\'e5\'f1\'e9kena }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means by one\'92s senses. We have to engage our senses; it is not that we engage only our minds. If someone says, \'93I am always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'94 that is not pure devotional service. Meditation is}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thinking, but no one thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; they think of void or of something impersonal. If someone is thinkin
g of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu, as is prescribed in the Vedic scriptures, that is real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga; yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meditation means to focus one\'92s mind upon the Supersoul. The Supersoul is the representation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the form of four-handed N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Ev
en Pata\'efjali, an authority on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub system, prescribes meditation on Vi\'f1\'ebu. But just as people are manufacturing bogus religious processes, so the so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of today have manufactured their own way of thinking of something void.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5\'f1\'e9kena h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-sevanam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
one must engage not only one\'92s mind but one\'92s senses. Engage the senses in the service of the master of the senses. These three Sanskrit words are very significant. H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a means the Lord of the senses. So }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to serve with the senses the Lord of the senses. The Lord of the senses is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should always remember
 that we have our senses because we wanted to enjoy this material world, and therefore the Lord has given us a particular set of senses for our enjoyment. The hog has a particular type of body and senses because he wanted to enjoy eating stool. Similarly
, a man has a particular type of body and senses because}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he wanted to enjoy something else. We have a par
ticular set of conditioned senses with which to enjoy this material world, and this is what we have to purify. Our senses are original, but now they are covered by material desires. We have to cure ourselves and become free from such desires. When one
\'92s senses are no longer inclined toward material sense gratification, that is called pure devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From this verse of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can understand that the spirit soul
 has original senses. However small a body it may have entered, the spirit soul is not impersonal: it has senses. Perhaps one may find a bug on one\'92s book. It is so small, smaller than a pinpoint, but still it moves: it has all the senses. The small b
acteria also move, and they have their senses. Originally, all living entities have senses. It is not that the senses have developed under certain material conditions. The atheistic theory is that under material conditions we have developed senses, but i
n the spiritual condition there are no senses, and we are impersonal. By logic and reason, however, that cannot be so. A minute particle of spiritual force, even if it is smaller in size than an atom, has its senses. These senses, being covered by materi
al elements, manifest themselves in a perverted way. We have to purify the senses, and when the senses are purified, we can engage them for the pleasure of the master of senses. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the master and proprietor of the senses. Therefore, becaus
e we are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, our senses are borrowed from Him; they are on rental. The best thing is to use the senses for His sense satisfaction, and not for our own. This is the process of pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya gives an example of pure devotion: it is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is situated in everyone\'92s heart. Therefore, just as rivers flow and their natural tendency is to reach the sea or the ocean, so as soon as one hears the glories of the Lord, his soul is at once attract
ed toward the Supreme Lord. This is the beginning of pure devotional service. As soon as there is the chanting vibration, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, immediately K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s paraphernalia, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s name, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s fame, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba\'92s abode, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s associates\'97everything\'97all of a sudden become manifested within because He is present. This is the beginning of one\'92s K\'e5s\'eba consciousness. To remember by reference to a context means that as soon as one
 hears a code word, one at once remembers all the information behind that code. Similarly, when our minds are attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and everything about K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply by hearing a little glorification of His qualities, that is the beginning
 of pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Then there is no more }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gati, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or movement of the mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was just that way with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as soon as they heard the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s flute, they gave up everything. Some of them were lying down, some were working in their family affairs, some were taking care of their childre
n, but as soon as they heard K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s flute, they forgot everything and rushed to Him. Their husbands, their brothers and their fathers said, \'93Why are you going and leaving your duty?\'94 But they did not care\'97they simply left. There is 
no impediment and no stumbling block in that merge of the mind with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the beginning of pure devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Puru\'f1ottama means K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The word puru\'f1a means enjoyer. The conditioned living entities are false enjoyers, imitation en
joyers. Here in this material world, all living entities are acting as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1as. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The more exact meaning
 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is male. The male is considered to be the enjoyer, and the female is considered to be the e
njoyed. In the material world, whether one has a male or a female body, everyone has the propensity to enjoy, and therefore they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But actually the only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the Supreme Lord. We li
ving entities are His energy, and He is the supreme enjoyer. We are not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Energies are employed 
for enjoyment, and we are energies, instruments of the Supreme Person. Therefore Puru\'f1ottama is the supreme transcendental person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When our pure devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is employed and there are no impediments o
r stumbling blocks, that is the symptom of pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURITY OF KR\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no ambition or motive in pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Every other transcendental function or mode of worship is backed b
y a motive: someone wants salvation, someone wants material prosperity, someone wants to go to a higher planet, someone wants to go to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. These ambitions should not be there. A pure devotee has no such ambitions. A pure devotee does not 
even desire to go to the supreme abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Of course, he goes, but he has no desire. He simply wants to engage himself fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are different kinds of salvation. There is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4lokya }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub liberation, to live on the same planet as the Supreme Lord. The residents of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets live on the same planet as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4\'e5\'f1ti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub liberation means to have almost the same opulence as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. The liberated individual sou
l can appear just like N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, with four hands, the four emblems, almost the same bodily features, the same opulence, the same ornaments, the same buildings, everything. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
S\'e4rupya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to have the same form or features. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4m\'e9pya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means never to be far away but always to be associated with the Supreme Lord. For example, just as we are sitting together, so we can associate with the Lord. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4m\'e9pya-mukti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the liberation of being nearer. Pure devotees, however, do not accept these various forms of liberation. They only want to be en
gaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service. They are not concerned with any kind of liberation. Those who are actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious achieve the association of thc Supreme Lord, but they do not desire it: their only ambition is to be engaged in the 
transcendental loving service of the Lord. The highest perfection of devotional service or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is exhibited when a devotee refuses to accept any benediction or profit from the Supreme Lord. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was offered 
whatever he liked, he had only to ask for it, but he said, \'93My Lord, I am Your eternal servant. It is my duty to serve You, so how can I accept any benefit from it! Then I would not be Your servant; I would be a merchant.\'94 He replied in that way, a
nd that is the sign of a pure person. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He fulfills all the desires of a devotee, even if he wants material benedictions. If at the bottom of his heart there is some desire, He also fulfills that. He is so kind. But the subli
me position of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or devotional service, is that a pure devotee refuses to accept the five kind
s of liberation, even if offered by the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one has material desires or motives within himself, and for fulfillment of such desires he engages himself in devotional service, th
e result will be that he will never get pure love of God. If one is thinking, \'93I am engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotional service, because I want such and such an opulence,\'94 that desire may be fulfilled, but he 
will never get such unalloyed love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had. If one has a motive, even thoug
h he discharges his devotional duty, he still will not be able to reach the stage of pure love of Godhead. In a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, \'93As long as one desires some material benefit }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [bhukti] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or even if he wants salvation }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [mukti]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  then he must take thost ghostly
 representations.\'94 As long as that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  exists within one\'92s heart, how can one enjoy the spir
itual bliss which is derived from pure love of Godhead? In other words, if one has material desires, or even a desire for salvation, he cannot attain pure love of Godhead. Pure devotion is devoid of all desires\'97it is simply to render loving service fo
r its own sake.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a nice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub example in the life of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and his brother, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, were living separately in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and going on with their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , devotional service. R\'fcpa was living in the forest, and there was no facility for cooking nice food or begging from the village for 
a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub capati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eat. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was the younger brother, and he thought, \'93If I could get some foodstuffs, then I could prepare nice dishes and offer them to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and invite my elder b
rother.\'94 He had that desire. The next moment, a nice girl about twelve years old came and delivered an abundance of foodstuffs\'97milk, flour, ghee, etc. That is the Vedic system: sometimes householders present foodstuffs to mendicants and sages in th
e renounced order of life. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was very glad that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had sent so many things and that he could now prepare a feast. He prepared a feast and then invited his elder brother.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Sanatana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 came, he was astonished. \'93How have you secured such things? You have prepared such a nice feast in this 
forest. How is it possible?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 explained, \'93In the morning I desired for it, and by chance K\'e5\'f1\'eba sent me all these things. A nice 
girl came, and she offered it to me.\'94 He was describing the girl: \'93A very nice girl.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then San\'e4tana said. \'93This nice girl is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. You have taken service from R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the Lord
\'92s eternal consort. It is a great blunder.\'94 That is their philosophy. They would not accept service from the Lord. They simply wanted to render service. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so clever that He also wants to serve His devotee. He looks for an opport
unity to serve His devotee. This is spiritual competition. A pure devotee does not want anything from K\'e5\'f1\'eba; he simply wants to serve Him. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba also looks for the opportunity to serve His devotee. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always as anxiou
s to please His devotee as the devotee is to please Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the transcendental world. On the absolute plane, there is no exploitation. Everyone wants to serve; no one wants to take servic
e. In the transcendental world, everyone wants to give service. You want to give service to me, and I want to give service to you. This is such a nice attitude. This material world means that I want to pickpocket you, and you want to pickpocket me. That
\'92s all. This is the material world. We should try to understand it. In the material world, everyone wants to exploit his friend, his father, his mother, everyone. But in the transcendental world, everyone wants to serve. Everyone has K\'e5\'f1\'eba as
 the central point of serving, and all the devotees, either as friends or servants or parents or lovers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all want to serve Him. And at the same time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba also wants to serve them. This is a transcendental relationship; the ma
in function is service, although there is no necessity of service, for everyone is full. There is no hunger, there is no necessity of eating, but still everyone offers nice things to eat. This is the transcendental world. Unless we attain the stage of si
mply serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His devotee, we cannot relish the transcendental pleasure of service. If we have any motive, then that sense will never be awakened. Without a motive, without desire for personal sense gratification, service should be rende
red to the Supreme Lord and His devotees.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Karma-yoga\'97Perfection through Action, Part 3
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KARMA-YOGA-PERFECTION THROUGH AC
TION
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Sv\'e4m\'e9 K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja (ISKCON New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [This is the third in a series of eighteen articles on the eighteen chapters of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'97Editor] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Parts }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]\line 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Chapter Three opens, it is clear that Arjuna has not understood K\'e5\'f1\'eba very well. Not only has he not understood that the pa
th of knowledge and the path of devotional service are ultimately the same because the goal is the same, but also he has not understood the difference between action with fruitive results and inaction, or action without fruitive results. Arjuna thus aske
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'93Why do You urge me to engage in this ghastly warfare if You think that intelligence is better than fruitive work?\'94 Arjuna\'92s memory is still clouded; therefore he is still in a state of confusion, and he frankly admits, \'93My 
intelligence is bewildered by Your equivocal instructions. Therefore, please tell me decisively what is most beneficial for me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s instructions are never equivocal, as we can see from a detailed study of the Second Chapter. The instructi
on was not equivocal, but decisive; namely, Arjuna should fight for the sake of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explained this both on basis of philosophy and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fact is that it is Arjuna\'92s mind that is equivocal. But Arjuna has one good qualification: he is placing the whole matter before the bona fide spiritual master. Actually Arjuna is eter
nally liberated and never forgetful of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s instruction, but for our sake he is taking the part of the conditioned soul lost in forgetfulness. So he says, \'93Therefore, my dear Lord, please tell me decisively what is most beneficial for m
e.\'94 If one is simply sincere and approaches a man in knowledge, he is sure to have all matters cleared up. After all, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the loving father of all living entities, and if one sincerely approaches Him for some guidance He wi11 surely give
 it to one\'92s full understanding.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Second Chapter K\'e5\'f1\'eba previewed many paths of self-realization: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub work without fruitive results, devotional service, and many others. Now for the sake of His disciple, so that he wi11 more clearly understand, He wi11 give the instructions again, but in a more systematic and detailed way. I
n this Third Chapter He describes the path commonly called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Four great topics are discussed he
re: action, sacrifice, surrender and lust. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicated in the Second Chapter, action is superior to inaction, and here again K\'e5\'f1\'eba is more elaborately explaining that one can never achieve perfection simply by abstaining from wor
k, indeed no one can refrain from work, for all are driven helplessly by the modes of nature. Indeed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that one who makes a show of not working while the mind dwells on sense objects is merely a pretender and a hypocrite. One who can c
ontrol the senses and the mind by engaging them in acts of service and devotion to the Supreme is said to be far superior. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, \'93Perform your prescribed duty, which is better than not working. \'93A man cannot even ma
intain his physical body without work.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is significant that K\'e5\'f1\'eba chose Arjuna, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1at
riya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or warrior, a married man in householder life, to receive this transcendental message. If we keep in mind that Arjuna is the representative of all conditioned souls, we can s
ee that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is saying that one need not be born of a high family, one need not have the best education, one need not have so many material qualifications in order to understand the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One must only follow in the footsteps of Arjuna. One first of all must surrender to the spiritual master by hearing and service. This 
means to follow his instructions. The world is full of religious pretenders, men who want religiosity simply to cheat the innocent public and solve their own economic problem. That is not recommended here by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for He is specifically di
scouraging his disciple from going off to the woods to meditate. He did not want him to become a pretender. He is therefore ordering him to do his prescribed duty. We may ask that if he is only performing his prescribed duty, how is he the example of rel
igiosity? How is he any different from any other man who is taking care of wife and family and so many other mundane things? What is the difference between Arjuna\'92s duty and my so-called duty? Is religiosity merely duty? That is answered in the major 
portion of this Third Chapter under the topic of sacrifice. Verse nine says: \'93Work done as a sacrifice for Vi\'f1\'ebu [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world. Therefore, O son of Kunt\'e9, perform prescri
bed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s instruction, action or work is a foregone conclusion\'97everyone must work. But what work and how the 
work is performed are left to the living entity. That is his minute independence. Actually, we are all parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and as such we have all the qualities of the Supreme, who is supremely independent, but being fragmental, we have 
the qualities in fragmental or minute portions. Therefore our independence is not complete but partial, and in this case we have no independence to say that we will not work\'97we are compelled by nature to work, but we have the choice of who we wi11 wor
k for, either K\'e5\'f1\'eba or the false ego of \'93I and mine.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All living entities are active, for they cannot even maintain their physical bodies without action, by nature\'92s law, but who are the
y working for? That is their choice. Arjuna now has a choice. He can either do as K\'e5\'f1\'eba bids or he can follow his own whims. One path will lead to elevation and happiness, and the other to further bewilderment and frustration. Therefore to carry
 out action in the spirit of sacrifice means to understand that everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 describes the Lord as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub praj\'e4pati, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord of all worlds, all living creatures and all beauty, the protector of everyone. Similarly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the proprietor of everything, that everything is His energy, and as such He is the supreme proprietor. This material world is meant simply to give a chance to the conditioned living sou
l to practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to go back home, back to Godhead. That practice is celled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , or sacrifice. If factually everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s then ultimately we must come to that point where we want to present everything at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Unfortunately we cannot do that all at once; it takes gradual d
evelopment of consciousness, and that gradual development is made possible by means of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or sacrif
ice performed for Vi\'f1\'ebu. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yaj\'efa vai Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the injunction of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . All sacrificial performances are meant for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so in the subsequent verses it is explain
ed that when the living entity follows this injunction and performs sacrifices for Vi\'f1\'ebu, then all of his material needs are automatically taken care of and his consciousness is gradually elevated to the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Wh
en every act of our daily lives, from sleeping to eating, becomes spiritualized by becoming a sacrifice to the Lord then that is the perfect stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has written: \'93By performance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one\'92s eatables become sanctified, and by eating sanctified foodstuffs one\'92s very existence becomes purified; by the purification of ex
istence, finer tissues in thc memory become sanctified; and when memory is sanctified, one can think of the path of liberation, and all these together lead to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the great necessity of present day society.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually the whole problem has arisen because of forgetfulness, because we have forgotten our original heritage as part and parcel of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. From this forgetfulness, bewilderment has come about, and with bewilderment come frustration and anger and all the perplexities of material contamination. So if we want to remember our spiritual nature, we must perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or sacrifice, and the proper sacrifice for the present age is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana-yaj\'efa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the chanting of the holy names of the Lord. This process is specifically recommended in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for this present time, and it was introduced for the deliverance of all men some 500 years ago in India by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitan
ya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SA\'cbK\'c9RTANA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it says: \'93In this age of Kali people who are endowed with intelligence shall worship the Lord who is accompanied with His associates by the performance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sank\'e9rtana-yaj\'efa.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appearing in devotional form, that is, as a devotee, and is accompanied by His associates 
Lord Nity\'e4nanda, \'c7r\'e9 Advaita, Gad\'e4dhara and \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa. Other sacrifices as prescribed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub are not readily performable in the age of Kali, but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the chanting of t
he holy name is at once easy and sublime. Furthermore, the purpose of all other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (namely the ple
asure of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu) is automatically fulfilled. Just to link the conditioned soul back to Himself, the Lord accepts our humble sacrifice, and this is enough to revive the dormant love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba which lies within all our hearts. So the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, Hare Hare, Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, at once links the conditioned soul back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and at once one can feel the material dust of contamination being wiped from the mirror of the mind. Then one can see the
 dormant love of Godhead springing forth. This love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sometimes likened to a creeper that somehow or other breaks out of the hard shell of the human heart, and by the constant watering of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba it grows and grows until it
 pierces through the material sky and then through the spiritual sky and finally enters that supreme planet, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where it finds the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and takes its eternal rest.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURPOSE OF SACRIFICE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus all sacrifice is meant for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu, and as such it cannot be done whimsically, for verse
 fifteen says: \'93Activity }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (karma) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arises from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub spring from the Supreme Godhead. Therefore, the all-pervading transcendence is eternally situated in acts of sacrifice.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means working according to the prescribed rules and regulations, or scriptural injunctions, and here it is asserted that such instructions are not different from the personality of Godhead. And elsewhere it is
 stated that \'93All the four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namely }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g-veda, Yajur-veda, S\'e4ma-veda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atharva-veda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are emanations from the breathing of the great Personality of Godhead.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so powerful that just by His breathing He can produce so many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub factually His omnipotence means that He can do anything with any one of His senses, and that is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that He can impregnate with His eyes, for it says that He glanced over material nature and thus 
fathered all living entities. Out of His infinite mercy, the Supreme Lord, after impregnating the conditioned souls into material nature, gave directions how they could return home, back to Godhead, how they could revive their original K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The individual soul is conditioned in matter because he has a tendency to try to lord it over material nature, to desire the enjoyment 
of some portion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s inferior energy, matter. The Lord gives the conditioned soul a chance to fulfill his desire to be lord, but at the same time he instructs him to perform some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In that way, while fulfilling his material desires, he can also progress back to Godhead. It is something like the little child who is pestering his
 mother while she is cooking: \'93Let me cook! Let me cook!\'94 So the mother gives the child a little set of play cooking utensils and says, \'93Here, cook.\'94 While the child is amusing himself with his artificial \'93cooking,\'94 he is also being gra
dually trained up for the time when he can factually help mother with the real cooking. The conditioned soul is actually the servant of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because he has forgotten his position as servant, he is put into this material bondage where 
he must learn to serve before he can return to the kingdom of God. But as soon as one actually comes to that platform of desiring to render transcendental loving service to the Lord, immediately he is a liberated man, even if apparently still in the mate
rial world. Verse eighteen says: \'93A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being.\'92 A self-realized man
 knows that he is the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the proprietor of everything; therefore everything which is entrusted to him is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. Certainly such a liberated soul has no duty to perform, but one will fin
d that such a man is always performing his duty. Why? Because there is no reason not to do it, and because K\'e5\'f1\'eba has requested it. There is no reason not to do it because such a liberated man is no longer under the bodily conception of existence
. Sometimes it appears to us too troublesome to do our duty because it may be a little inconvenient for the body. But for one who factually knows and has fully realized that he is not the body, there is no reason not to perform his prescribed duty. There
 is, rather, every reason to perform it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in verses twenty and twenty-one: \'93Therefore just for the sake of educating the people in general, you should perform your work. Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men will
 follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is following this example, for He says that he has no need to act personally in any particular way, nothing to gain, nothing tha
t He is in need of, yet He is never inactive.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE REAL GURU
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya says that a teacher should behave properly even before beginning to teach others, and one who teaches in that way is call
ed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or ideal teacher. There is a Sanskrit phrase, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu, \'e7\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means that the real teacher or guru is one who does not deviate from that which has been taught by other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (holy men) or by scripture. These three, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e7\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub form the standard of truth and are always in agreement. Therefore one need not be in ignorance as to whether he is following a bona fide system. Does the guru follow in the line of the gr
eat }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is his teaching in accord with the scriptures? Is the scripture and scriptural unde
rstanding confirmed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and all other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way one can check the truth, and no one need be led astray or cheated by a pretender.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, for our example, is following in the line of Vedic instructions, and instructing His disciple, \'93Just do your
 duty for My sake.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is urging Arjuna to do his duty, not because He needs it, but because this is the path of spiritual advancement\'97for everyone: \'93As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, similarly, the lea
rned may also act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.25}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . That means that the wise man and the so-called ignorant man are asked to perform similar duties, but we
 should not assume that they are on the same platform. The consciousness is different. The ignorant is acting because he thinks that he is going to get something. He goes to church or gives some charity, but in the hope of getting something back, either 
material or spiritual. But the wise man is doing these same things for a different reason\'97because it is the desire of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is called devotional service. Therefore, the action is the culmination of surrender. Verse thirty says: \'93Ther
efore, O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with mind intent on Me, and without desire for gain and free from egoism and lethargy\'97fight.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sacrifice is not meant for satisfying anyone less than the Supreme, and when the Supreme is satisfied, all the part and parcel subordin
ates like the demigods and living entities are automatically satisfied. The leaves of a tree are watered when the root is watered, and all the limbs of the body are nourished when the stomach is fed. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in need of nothing, but as long as w
e are disconnected from the service of the Supreme, something is out of joint. So actually, sacrifice or surrender is simply for our own good. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is emphasizing the necessity for surrendering all work to \'93Me,\'94 for keeping the 
mind intent on \'93Me.\'94 Finally He tells him to fight enthusiastically without desire for gain and free from possessiveness. Everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, including the result of the battle; therefore Arjuna must simply fight for the sake of f
ighting because K\'e5\'f1\'eba has requested it. That is the meaning of surrender and the real import of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba doesn\'92t tell Arjuna to surrender preaching work or to surrender teaching work or charity or humanitarianism or so many other things. No, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Surrender all your work to Me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Vedic system there are so many occupations. Some of them are not very pleasant. Arjuna\'92s was not very pleasant; he was a warr
ior, and he was being asked to kill his friends and relatives. If we, like Arjuna, surrender all work to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, certainly the next part will follow: the mind will be intent on Him. When the mind is intent upon the lover, the lover is never out o
f mind. There is always longing for the lover, always the feeling, \'93When can I see my beloved again?\'94 or, \'93What is my lover doing now?\'94 or, \'93How can I do something for my love?\'94 Everything is revolving about the lover, and in such a sta
te of mind the next stage automatically follows: freedom from desire for gain, from false egoism and from lethargy. If one is actually intent on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, about His pastimes, about His devotees, His beauty, 
etc. Who can be thinking of anything so gross as material gain, some business calculation? If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in mind, what loss could make one lament? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full, absolute, so if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in the mind, the mind must be full. That i
s fact. Therefore with great enthusiasm one can fight or do anything else K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires. One can fight anyone\'97father, mother, son, daughter. What are father and mother but the accidental circumstance for the appearance of the body? K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is the real father and the real mother, and by love and service He will become one\'92s child and lover. We owe everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is bidding us to fight, how can we refuse?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the person surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises all good fortune: \'93One who executes his duties according to M
y injunctions and who follows this teaching faithfully becomes free from the bondage of fruitive actions. But those who, out of envy, disregard these teachings and do not practice them regularly, are to be considered bereft of all knowledge, befooled, an
d doomed to ignorance and bondage\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.31-32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . For one who surrenders to the feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is all good fortune; nothing can touch him, for he is protected by the Almighty Himself. Bu
t for the soul who refuses to take shelter of Mukunda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the giver of liberation, everything is inauspicious.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ENEMY-LUST
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The symbol of ill fortune is bondage to lust. As was stated at the beginning, all conditioned souls are impelled to action, but how the
y will act is their fragmental independence. Now we see that the soul can either surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or to lust, for in verse thirty-six Arjuna complains that he feels sometimes impelled to sin even against his will, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93
It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material modes of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world.\'94 Actually this lust is a reflection of our dormant love for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, but because the individual soul has chosen not to cultivate that love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that same propensity is pervertedly exhibiting itself as lust. And that lust means sex enjoyment. Sex enjoyment is the bondage to the material world, for no 
man can do without it, and the more he gets the more tightly he becomes bound by material nature. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Manu-sm\'e5ti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tells us that lust cannot be satisfied by any amount of sense enjoyment, anymore than a fire can be put out by a constant supply of gasoline. In the state penitentiary criminals are kept in check by iron bars, and similarly, those who misuse 
their fragmental independence are tightly shackled by sex desire, which is forever binding them to material existence. Once having exerted his independence against the Lord, the conditioned soul has no further independence. So here Arjuna speaks of being
 impelled unwillingly, and elsewhere K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that all living beings are working helplessly under the spell of His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some foolish people therefore conclude that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of sin and that the living being has not moral agency and resp
onsibility, and therefore one may go on as he pleases. But that does not follow any more than that the prison warden is responsible for the acts of the criminals under his charge. As wi11 be more elaborately explained in the Sixteenth Chapter, the living
 entity is being forced to act according to the modes of material nature, but still he is free. And what is that freedom? Freedom to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, freedom to awaken from the slumber of forgetfulness induced by lust. \'93Therefore, O Ar
juna, best of the Bharatas, in the very beginning curb the great symbol of sin (lust) by regulating the senses, and slay this destroyer of knowledge and self-realization\'94 (3.41). So our choice is limited, and this is proof that we are fragments of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme independent; we have some independence, but we are not supremely independent. We can surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or we can surrender to His inferior energy and be forever kicked like a football by the agents o
f material nature, lust and anger. So how can we complete our term of material nature and transform that lust into love? Both lust and wrath can be turned into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by expert guidance, and that process is called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s, and it is exemplified by Hanum\'e4n, who transformed wrath into service for Lord R\'e4ma by visiting destruction on the demons of La\'eck\'e4 for the satisfaction of the Lord. And by the grace of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lust attained the highest perfection of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the bowers of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. So the great secret of success is K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. Whatever is related to Him becomes perfect, and whatever is disjointed becomes useless and ugly. Acts performed for sense enjoyment are material; acts performed for the Lord are spiritual. K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes the difference.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord Caitanya Festival
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LORD CAITANYA FESTIVAL
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hariday\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On March 29, 1970, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the golden }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub av
at\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , appeared on the streets of an American city, Berkeley, California. Lord Caitanya, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, appeared just to please His devotees and to attract the 
minds of all living entities who are suffering from the pangs of material entanglement. Lord Caitanya is called Gaur\'e4nga, or \'93golden one.\'94 The appearance of the Supreme Lord in His golden form is very rare and auspicious and should be carefully 
studied and understood by everyone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gaur\'e4nga first advented Himself 484 years ago in Navadv\'e9pa, India, and as a child He exhibited wonderful pastimes. As an infant, 
sometimes he would cry, and the women and girls of Navadv\'e9pa would hurry over to see the beautiful golden baby. They would then clap their hands and sing the holy names, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare R\'e4ma, and immediately the infant would stop crying a
nd would smile sweetly upon the women and girls. So even as a young child, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu began to propagate His mission of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana-yaj\'efa, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or congregational chanting of the holy names, as the most effective means in this age for deliverance from the ocean of material miseries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Vedic literature, the present age is called Kali-yuga, or the age of quarrel and hypocrisy. It is said that in this age, it is very 
difficult for a common man to successfully complete the eightfold path of mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which normally req
uires many thousands of years of full-time endeavor, and thus in order to make liberation from all material suffering possible in this degraded age, the Supreme Lord kindly appeared in His golden form and propagated the chanting of the holy names. Lord C
aitanya, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in the guise of His own devotee, reaffirmed the same principles taught by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 5,000 years ago, when the Lord spoke }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.66]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to
 His friend and disciple Arjuna. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya, m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This
 is the final instruction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it means that one should just try to give up all va
rieties of religiosity, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and philosophical speculation and should simply surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. That is the perfectional stage. Lord Caitanya taught that in this age it is very easy and simple to achieve this: just sing for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dance for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and feast upon }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or foodstuffs offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as in a boat, there is a captain, so it is natural that one striving for perfection should be guided by a spiritual master so that
 his devotional activity becomes perfect. To set this example, Lord Caitanya also accepted a spiritual master in the authorized chain of spiritual masters. Such a chain is authorized because it begins with the Supreme Lord, Krs\'eba, and passes down perf
ect knowledge by perfect hearing and repetition, not relying on mental speculation and interpretation. Lord Caitanya explained that hearing from a bona fide member of the disciplic succession is as good as hearing from the Lord Himself; there is no diffe
rence. Although Lord Caitanya is the Supreme Lord, He nevertheless followed this system to set an example, and we should accept His instruction as it is; that is the meaning of surrender.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes, as a young boy, Lord Caitanya would run along the banks of the Ganges River, and He would splash water on all the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who were sitting staring at the tips of their noses and meditating upon the impersonal effulgence of th
e Lord. He would tell them, \'93Just get up and dance for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and praise Him by His holy names. Then you will be the greatest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 This is the version of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [4.1]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ima\'e0 vivasvate yoga\'e0 proktav\'e4n aham avyayam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Originally I spoke this ancient science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the presiding 
sun-deity, Vivasv\'e4n.\'94 So the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub originally spoken by the Lord. And in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [1.2.28]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we can find, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4 yog\'e4\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'93The supreme goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 This was the message of Lord Cait
anya, who came just to rouse the sleeping human society. The highest goal of life is to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in this age, one can know Him just by chanting His holy names. Thus one can very easily go back home, back to Godhead, surpassing the stringe
nt material laws of birth, old age, disease and death. That is the kindness of the Lord. The Lord offers everyone this opportunity of supreme liberation, regardless of condition of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to spread this glorious mission of Lord Caitanya, the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Berkeley staged a giant festival to glorif
y the golden K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to distribute His causeless mercy freely to everyone. Lord Caitanya has declared, \'93In every town and village, I will be known by the chanting of the holy name,\'94 and the devotees act just to fulfill this prediction. W
hen Gaur\'e4\'ecga first appeared on this planet, He was always seen to dance in ecstasy, His arms upraised, His chest decorated with fragrant garlands of flowers, and His eyes and cheeks smeared with tears of love of God. Therefore, on the 484th anniver
sary of His appearance, it was decided to hold a large transcendental festival to glorify Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga and attract the minds of all men.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first step was to construct a large form of Lord Caitanya, rising over twenty feet into the sky. Sometimes less intelligent persons
 mistake such forms of the Lord to be ordinary statues or idols. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [1.2.11]}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub however, it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti 
tat tattvavidas, tattvam yad-j\'ef\'e4nam advayam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Those who are actually learned scholars say that the Lord exists beyond all duality.\'94 He is absolute, and no relativity c
an exist within Him. Therefore there is no difference between the Supreme Lord Himself and His transcendental name, fame, quality, form, pastimes, etc. They are all absolute and identical. This absolute nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead can ne
ver be understood by philosophical word jugglers nor by those who are materially attached to the temporary things of this world. The ordinary materialist, with his severely limited senses, finds it difficult to understand how the Lord can appear in a con
structed form, supposedly fashioned of material elements. Such persons are under the jurisdiction of the deluding energy of the Lord, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Due to their illusion, they do not properly utilize their intelligence in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, but instead they use this God-given intelligence to decry the Personality of Go
dhead. Thus they can never appreciate the unlimited potencies of the Lord. The devotees, however, whose eyes have been opened by the grace of the Lord, correctly perceive the Lord\'92s factual presence in His name, form, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, all of the devotees in Berkeley were swept up in a mood of anticipation and expectation. As elaborate preparations were unde
rway, feelings of bliss predominated, and all conversation centered around the wonderful pastimes of the Lord in His munificent golden form. Concerning the planning of the festival, it should be noted that a devotee never artificially puts forward a so-c
alled creation, but tries to the best of his ability to take direction from K\'e5\'f1\'eba within his heart. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [15.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93I am seated in everyone\'92s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.\'94 Material l
ife means to falsely take credit for our activities, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means to understand that actually all credit goes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, when a devotee is seen to be always talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this should not be mis
taken for mere sentiment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s grace, the Berkeley police commissioner agreed to shut down Telegraph Avenue for the festival. When the devotees
 heard of this decision, preparations were swung into full gear, and everywhere around the Bay Area, the blissful news began to spread that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the cause of the entire cosmic situation, would manifest Himself on the 29th o
f March, on the streets of Berkeley, California, on the anniversary of His original appearance day. And to receive the Lord, who is the reservoir of beauty and strength, a big transcendental parade would be held straight down Telegraph Avenue, with all m
undane traffic shut off. The parade would culminate at Willard Park, on Telegraph Avenue and Derby Street, and there the Lord\'92s festival would be fully celebrated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Days before the festival, the streets of Berkeley and San Francisco were bedecked with glittering golden posters foretelling the appear
ance of the Lord. Finally the day arrived. All of the devotees from the Bay Area gathered early in the morning in the Berkeley center, and there were many duties to perform. Some devotees swept the temple, others washed the temple, last minute cooking ha
d to be finished, instructive lectures were delivered, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At 1:00, approximately fifteen devotees walked down to the University of Berkeley campus, carrying sacred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub drums}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and sweet }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kart\'e4ls. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They were greeted by a swelling crowd of over o
ne thousand people, who had come from many different places to attend the festival. Immediately }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub was started. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means congregational chanting of the holy name. This }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was introduced by Lord Caitanya, and so it was just proper for the occasion. In all circumstanc
es, the Lord is to be glorified. This is the practical perfection of any activity. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  it is stated that any activity which does not involve glorification of the Lord is simply useless labor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone joined the chanting, and the vibration established was like the blissful roar of transcendental lions. The combined sound of t
he drums, bells, and the holy name was so sweet and relishable that everyone began to raise their arms and dance in ecstasy. This is the effect produced by the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a devotee spoke briefly about the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and because the words described the unlimited glories of devotional 
service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, everyone was satisfied at heart and felt as if there were no greater happiness. If this extreme sense of happiness can be felt simply by once chanting the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and hearing about the w
onderful transcendental qualities of the Lord, then what to speak of the happiness of the pure devotee, who is one hundred percent immersed in the ocean of love of God. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 once prayed, \'93O my Lord, I am like a bee, and Yo
ur lotus feet are the sweetest honey. Therefore, the bees have left the fields and are simply engaged in following You, and I have no desire but to remain at Your lotus feet.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba should never be mistaken for ordinary singing because it is actually the most exalted activity of t
he living entity, and it brings the highest pleasure obtainable anywhere in the three planetary systems. Therefore the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba was especially appropriate for the Appearance Day Festival of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The c
hanting continued, and soon great waves of transcendental ecstasy began to wash over the crowd. As the chanting grew increasingly blissful, and as thousands of conditioned souls were overcome with transcendental pleasure, suddenly two golden lotus-like h
ands could be seen reaching high above the trees. In a matter of seconds, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was fully visible dancing in supreme ecstasy, tears of love falling from his lotus-petal eyes, and everyone\'92s heart began to melt, just as but
ter melts very quickly when placed on a hot fire.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said that a mountain of gold, when seen beneath the brilliant sun, is very bright indeed. But the transcendental brilliance of th
e Supreme Lord, appearing in His original, eternal form of bliss and knowledge, was like millions of suns and hundreds of millions of gold mountains. It is said that the lotus flower which floats upon the surface of the lake is delicate, but the two lotu
s-petal eyes of the Lord, delicately shedding ecstatic tears of love of God, derided the lotus flower.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord was dancing in ecstasy, and His arms were raised high in the sky. His weeping lotus-petal eyes were fixed in a longing gaze to
ward the transcendental land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which is the abode of the Lord in His original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda. Around the body of the Lord was wrapped a flowing golden robe, and His chest was bare. The chest of the Lord was like the pur
est molten gold and was decorated with fragrant flower garlands, which swung, multicolored, from His golden neck. The Lord\'92s long hair, brilliant and black, played with the wind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Overcome by the sight of the Lord, the devotees fell to their knees and offered repeated obeisances. Some members of the gathered crowd
, which now numbered several thousand, also fell to their knees, and others became silent and shy in the presence of the Lord. After proper respects had been offered, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  began, more ecstatic than before, and thousands of spirit souls danced blissfully around the Lord, who is the supreme dancer, and whose lotus feet are the only shelter in all the t
hree worlds.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How could any man hope to describe the happiness that was felt? The conditioned soul has been transmigrating, since time immemorial, th
rough 8,400,000 species of life, and now the Lord had come personally, just to bring the fallen souls back home, back to Godhead, in full knowledge of their relationship with Him as His parts and parcels.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya was carried on a platform which rested upon the shoulders of His devotees, and at His command, the festivities moved into
 the street, and the glorious transcendental parade began. This scene of the Lord being carried by His devotees nicely illustrates our actual position. The Lord states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-
g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that although He is self-sufficient in every respect, He wi11 accept our service it if is rendered in a devotional mood. The example is given of the father who is pleas
ed to accept the offering of his child. Sometimes at the dinner table the child wi11 take some morsel of food and offer it to his father. The father feels no hunger, and he has originally supplied the food to his son, but still the father relishes the lo
ving attitude of the child. Similarly, Lord Caitanya is so kind that He allows His devotees to serve Him by helping to propagate this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba all over the world, and anyone who joins this great mission will also receive the causel
ess mercy of Lord Caitanya. Anyone who refuses the mercy of Lord Caitanya is considered most unfortunate and is said to be bewildered about the purpose of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With the aim of spreading the mercy of the golden Lord, the procession proceeded to Telegraph Avenue, which was now closed to ordinary 
traffic. The sounds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of drums and bells couching the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, vibrated 
uproariously in the sky and on land. The devotees appeared like dancing angels, and everyone felt overcome by transcendental pleasure. Lord Caitanya was like the sun, and His sun-like face was the unlimited drinking pot of all eyes. The procession contin
ued, and the large crowd continued to grow until the parade filled all lanes of the street and spilled onto the sidewalk. Thousands of flowers were distributed, and everyone began to lovingly shower these flowers upon the chest and head of the Lord. The 
Lord became surrounded by moving rainbows of flowers, and at every moment His beauty increased. Many people along the avenue opened their windows and stared at the transcendental parade, startled to see thousands of boys, girls, men and women dancing in 
full-fledged transcendental ecstasy, and similarly, many shopkeepers rushed into the street and simply stared at the Supreme Lord as He made His way toward the park.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although everyone was thinking that there could be no greater happiness, when the procession reached the park, the mercy of Lord Gaur
\'e4\'ecga was felt even more strongly than before. The whole atmosphere became surcharged with bliss, like that of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha means free from anxiety, and it is also the name for the innumerable spiritual planets which are floating
 in the self-effulgent anti-material sky. The topmost planet in that self-effulgent sky is K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which is the most confidential abode of the Supreme Lord. This transcendental kingdom of God is not a product 
of the imagination, but it is forever sealed off from the eyes of materialistic men, whose stock in trade in life is sense gratification only, and who therefore constantly seek to exploit the resources of the material nature in accordance with particular
 desires. This supreme abode of the Lord, in which there is no need of sunlight or moonlight or electricity, is easily obtained, however, by the unalloyed devotees of the Lord, whose only desire is to render transcendental loving service unto the Lord. T
he Lord Caitanya Festival was planned by Lord Caitanya just to give the conditioned souls a small taste of the nectar of devotion. If such blissful, all-auspicious activities can occur within the confines of the material world, among ordinary people, the
n one can hardly imagine the transcendental pastimes of the Lord and His pure devotees which are eternally manifest in the spiritual sky. No one can enter the spiritual sky on the strength of dry philosophical speculation and argumentation. In }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises that only by unalloyed devotion can the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad be known as He is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone accompanied the Lord into the park, and the youthful Lord, overcome with transcendental love, danced upon the grass, and His y
outhful children danced around Him, holding hands, tossing flowers, and bathing their minds in the sacred waters of the holy name. The wind blew the Lord\'92s long black hair. On top of His head was a wreath of flowers, formed of red, white and yellow bl
ossoms, and His face was streaked with tears.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the devotees introduced}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub transcendental theatre. Transcendental theatr
e means plays and skits exclusively about the Lord and His pure devotees, who are qualitatively on an equal level, although quantitatively different. The first play was entitled, \'93The Big Fish and the Little Fish,\'94 and the second was entitled \'93T
he Saga of Liquid Beauty.\'94 These plays were filled with the Lord\'92s presence, and thus they were filled}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub with humor, knowledge and transcendental pleasure. Throughout the festival, the devotees remembered the lotus feet of their spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [4.34]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebi-p\'e4tena paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4/upadek\'f1yanti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 j\'ef\'e4ninas tat
tva-dar\'e7ina\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to learn this transcendental science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and become steadily situated on the transcendental platform of eternal bliss and 
knowledge, one must, in a humble state of mind, approach a bona fide spiritual master. It is suggested here that one make intelligent inquiries and that one be prepared to render unflinching service unto the spiritual master. In return, the spiritual mas
ter benedicts the sincere student with perfect transcendental knowledge. Therefore it is through the causeless mercy of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is the most confidential servant of the Lord, that the activities of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are able to transform the face of the earth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the transcendental dramatizations had enlivened the hearts of all, a giant transcendental feast was served. The menu included spi
ced fancy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kitterie, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is a nourishing vegetable preparation, heart-melting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub luglu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sesame seed balls, packed with crumbly flavor, crisp, tasty poppers, great lakes of lemonade }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and unlimited reservoirs of super-fruitsalad-buttermilk nectar, which overflooded and purified the senses of every
one. In this way, the contaminated senses of the conditioned souls can be naturally purified, not by artificial cessation of sensory engagements but by engagement of the senses with transcendental sense objects.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\'92s festival, a transcendental birthday party for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was all-successful, all-victorious
 and all-blissful. This was because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the husband of the goddess of fortune. Everyone in material life is eager for fortune, but the goddess of fortune is restless, and no one can always be fortunate within the material world. But if one 
is surrendered unto the husband of the goddess of fortune, then his success is assured, for the goddess of fortune never leaves the chest of the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, these activities were able to continue for long hours, but no one felt fat
igue or satiation. The hearts of thousands were gently plowed by the causeless glancing of The Lord, and the seed of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was implanted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, when the sun gave way to a cool twilight sky, Lord Caitanya decided to return to His temple, at 2710 Durant Avenue, and so He 
was borne upon the backs of His tireless devotees, and He began to move through the quiet streets. As the night grew late, the devotees reluctantly took rest, and as they looked into the yard, beneath their blankets they could see that the Lord was conti
nuing to dance in ecstasy and that there was no cessation of tears gliding from His two gorgeous eyes. As the devotees were overcome by sleep, the golden Lord danced all through the night. Therefore, who will not join in the glorious mission of Lord Cait
anya Mah\'e4prabhu?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The readers of this article are requested to sit down, or stand, and clap their hands and repeat the holy names delivered by Lord Caita
nya:
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/\line Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma,\line R\'e4
ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Certainly no one should be envious of Lord Caitanya, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, nor doubt the power of His mission, which cannot be
 checked by any force. Everyone is humbly invited to join immediately this glorious, transcendental movement and to abandon the darkness and ignorance of dry mental speculation. All glories to Lord Caitanya, the unrivaled beauty, whose blooming lotus-pet
al eyes are constantly decorated with tears of transcendental love, who is the fountainhead of transcendental mercy, the reservoir of unlimited seeds of devotion to God, and the core of the heart of the pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Hidden God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Hidden God
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.\'94
 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.30}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even the philosophers of the modern churches are declaring that God is dead. In one sense this is true, for in the societies of the mod
ern world God remains an obscure mystery which most people prefer to forget. He is considered dead because He has been buried beneath tomes of speculative philosophy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In recent years there have been many philosophies based around the premise of the nonexistence of God. One such philosophy, existential
ism, which emerged in a shattered France during World War II, maintains that the universe is purposeless and that there is no supreme controller. The existentialists assert that man has free will to struggle against purposelessness, but they give no info
rmation as to how the exercise of this will can give life real purpose. Out of a rather bleak and antiquated philosophy synthesized by Jean-Paul Sartre emerged the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l
\'92absurde }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub popularized by Albert Camus This philosophy appealed to the post-War mentality by dint of its rather simple but unabashed assertion that all life is absurd. As is ofte
n the case, Camus was half right, for mundane materialistic life is absurd. It is absurd that man bears his burden of sense gratification like an ass bearing a burden of stones. Camus\'92 most famous essay, \'93The Myth of Sisyphus,\'94 which summarizes 
the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'92absurde, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub utilizes the ancient Greek myth about the shrewd and greedy King of Corin
th, Sisyphus, who was forever doomed in Hades to roll uphill a heavy stone which always rolled down again. Camus equates the absurdity of Sisyphus\'92 position with that of all men. He sees man as condemned to roll the heavy ball of material conditioned 
life to the top of some unknown hill where it simply rolls down again and forces him to repeat the drudgery. This is a sort of eternal position. Camus concludes from this that, \'93The only philosophical problem is the problem of suicide.\'94 It is to hi
s credit that he has the insight to perceive the futility of mundane existence, yet he poses no positive solutions outside of encouraging men to recognize the absurdity of their position and seek refuge in a humanistic \'93solidarity.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The popularity of this philosophy in America was almost inevitable, and it was picked up about five years later by the Beat movement. A
nd its transformation was also inevitable: if life is absurd, then let us enjoy our gross senses as much as possible. This is also the hedonistic philosophy of Hippyism. Initially, at any rate, this hedonism, which is grounded in aspiritualism and pessim
ism, grew out of the refuse of the Christian church just as mushrooms grow out of dung.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard and Nietzsche were the forerunners of this movement, Sartre and Camus were the popularizers, and the masses were the dupes.
 Suddenly every major writer from Homer to Chaucer to Shakespeare to Melville to T.S. Eliot was analyzed as an \'93existentialist.\'94 Books entitled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Existential Thought in Wordswo
rth and Coleridge}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were placed on front counters in book stores while the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was placed in the occult section.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE GUISE OF M\'c4Y\'c4
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub still remains in the occult section and will evidentally for years to come. The word \'93occult\'94 comes from the Latin word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub occulere}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meaning to cover over, conceal, and no doubt
 it is only right for a society that so methodically conceals the Divine to place the words of the Divine on an occult shelf. God in this age remains hidden, obscure, mystical (from Greek }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mystikos,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub referring to secret rites). In this age of technological chaos, the guise of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is very heavy, and when t
he Divine appears, He seems only to be a vaporous apparition subject to vanish quickly
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then with inviolate curve forsake our eyes,\line As apparitional as sails that cross\line Some page of figures to be filed a
way\'97\line Till elevators drop us from our day.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Hart Crane, \'93Proem\'94 to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bridge}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this age, the vision of God is as elusive as the seagulls that glide and dip in New York Harbor. One may then appropriately question
 how it is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the totality of everything, remains unseen. Because no one knows Him, mankind concludes that He is either nonexistent or dead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba concludes the situation. \'93I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent For them 1 am covered by My eternal creative potency }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub [may\'e4];}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and so the deluded world knows Me not who am unborn and infallible.\'94 (}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this Age of Iron, practically the totality of mankind is deluded. \'93All riving entitles are born into delusion, overco
me by the dualities of desire and hate.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Man is born into this material world because he desired material enjoyment, and when his material desires are frustrated he becomes angry and so di
rects his hatred to animals, to other men, and to God. Being in such passion, his senses are bewildered, and thus he cannot perceive the resplendent Godhead who is everywhere about him. For him K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never manifest, for He is covered by }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which, for the living entity, is forgetfulness. Consequently K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the infallible
 Lord, remains unknown. \'93I know all living entities, but Me no one knows.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.26}{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because no one knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba, no one knows His song, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9ta,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and therefore it is placed aside on booksh
elves marked occult.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sun, moon and stars may be obscured by clouds, but this does not mean that they are actually covered. It is the vision of the earth
 that is covered. If we but travel a mile or two high we would rise above the clouds and see the stars and the moon and sun in all their glory. It is not that we have to travel very far. But we at least have to make the effort. Similarly, there is a spec
k covering our eyes which makes us see this universe as purposeless. But once that speck is removed, everything will appear as it is\'97the boundless glory of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God\'92s appearance and disappearance in this world are continuous and eternal, but common men cannot understand this. The owl says tha
t there is no sun because he doesn\'92t see or wish to see it. No amount of speculation or discussion can bring about realization of the Absolute Truth, but one to whom K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals Himself can understand immediately. The best process is to exe
cute devotional service and wait for His mercy. Just as the sun sterilizes a contaminated place, He purifies the soul before He enters. The appearances of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are unlimited and eternal, and in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that one who knows the nature of His appearance and disappearance is a wise, liberated soul and is not born again in this material
 world. Actual knowledge of the appearance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the world is neither occult nor difficult. All the informations are given in Vedic literatures, and they are available to everyone. Unfortunately, being under delusion, man considers such li
teratures to be occult and so does not take them very seriously.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The philosophy of atheistic existentialism and its grandchild, that of Hippyism, would balk at the philosophy underlying }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Existentialism would never admit of an Absolute which makes existence meaningful. The existenti
al conception of man\'92s freedom as the only philosophical possibility in a senseless universe would be threatened by the absolutism of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that nature is working under His direction, which means that the universe is not purposeless but has a meaning known to its controller. Again, K\'e5\'f1\'eba say
s that millennium after millennium He sends forth all of these various created beings who are helpless under the sway of His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This precludes any absolute freedom from the point of view of man, for this makes man dependent on an exterior creative, maintaining and annihilating force.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 BLEAK PHILOSOPHIES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Sartre\'92s best known novel, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nausea, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the main character suffers from fear, queasiness and nausea due to a heightened sense of the mutability of phenomena. He sees objects and people changing before his very eyes and experiences existenc
e itself as sticky, syrupy, fluid. Psychedelic drugs can give similar hallucinatory experiences through which the flux of the creation, or the unreality or instability of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y
\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can be intensely perceived. Sartre\'92s character takes refuge in the stability of an old American jazz record which he listens to over and over. The improvisations of the s
axophone give him a feeling of freedom, yet the repetitiveness of the recording makes him feel that there is some stability and security in the universe. Unfortunately, he does not take refuge in the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which would give him 
freedom by liberating him from the bonds of material consciousness and would stabilize him in the divine service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sartre, however, would consider that listening to the phonograph record and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba are both in \'93b
ad faith\'94 because he would never acknowledge the absolutism of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is a similar passage in Camus in which the main character, while observing a common citizen talking in a telephone booth, suddenly realizes that he is watching an abs
urd pantomime. This is not faulty perception because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that men function as though \'93mounted on a machine made of the material energy.\'94 The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone\'92s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wander
ing of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'92absurde }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophers could never accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba because once K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted, life ceases to 
be absurd.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whereas the existentialist refuses to accept the philosophy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on philosophical grounds, Hippyism would reject it because it is anti-sensual and advocates a life dedicated to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (penance) in order to attain the Supreme. In either case, the absol
utism of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is rejected due to conceit. On the one hand the existentialists would not compromise the idol of man\'92s personal freedom, and on the other hand the hippies would not compromise the idol of the almighty psychedelic priapus. Today
 the philosophy of Hippyism has superseded existentialism because no one wants to take time away from sex and drugs to read long philosophical treatises by sullen Frenchmen. Nonetheless, atheistic existentialism is the precursor of contemporary hedonism,
 and the Sartrean derelicts who float from cafe table to cafe table in a drunken haze are the ancestor of today\'92s hippies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One is bound to be thus entangled by materialistic life as long as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is veiled to one\'92s sight. Man cannot continue to l
ive by thinking that life has no meaning. He will give it the meaning of sense enjoyment if no other is available. \'93Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.\'94 This means that death is inevitable and life has no meaning, so let\'92s squeeze out
 as much sense gratification as possible in our brief sixty of seventy years. But according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the man who lives only for the senses lives in vain. \'93An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunt\'e9, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and 
so the wise man does not delight in them.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.22) It is said that the wise dwell in the wor
ld like the lotus leaf on water. The leaf of the lotus, although on the water, remains dry, and in the same way the wise man, though in the world of the senses, is unattached to them. He witnesses the flux of existence but is not carried away by it, for 
he is established in the divine consciousness. Consequently he does not experience nausea or fear even in the midst of the most terrifying calamities, for his consciousness is nonmaterial. Those who delight only in the senses are constantly in a state of
 anxiety. \'93Their belief is that to gratify the senses unto the end of life is the prime necessity of human civilization. Thus there is no measurement of their anxiety.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  16.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And those wh
o say that life is absurd and meaningless, that there is no Absolute in control, and that the universe results simply from a chance combination of material elements are declared in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be demonic in nature. \'93Those who are of demoniac quality \'85 say that this world is unreal, that there is neither any foundation, nor any God in cont
rol. They say that it is produced of sex desire and has no other cause than lust.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thus being under de
lusion, men are unaware of the purpose of life, which is to extricate oneself from the material desires causing conditioned existence and to enter into a relationship with the Divine who bestows total spiritual freedom upon the individual.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although atheistic existential philosophers maintain that man has personal freedom, they cannot account for the fact that man is bound 
by the rigid laws of nature, that he is forced to take birth, forced to eat, forced to work in order to acquire food, forced to breathe, forced to sleep, forced into the bondage of sex, forced to defend himself, forced to grow old, catch some disease and
 die. Yet, they claim that he is free. This is the grossest type of delusion. Man is a prisoner in this world and is constantly being kicked by the modes of material nature. His only freedom lies in his willingness to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who r
eveals Himself to such a surrendered soul. In this way he can enter into the unlimited freedom of spiritual life which is beyond all material qualification and which is deathless and ever blissful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The obscuration of God by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a problem for contemporary civilization. One may question why God reveals Himself to some and yet remains an explicable myth to others. It is the Divine\'92s prerogative to reveal Himself and to hid
e Himself. Therefore it is stated in scriptures that God neither hates anyone nor likes anyone but that He seems to. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Arjuna says, \'93I see all people entering with full speed into Your mouths, as the moth hurries into the blazing fire.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  11.29) From the point of view of the father, all of his sons are the same because they are his sons, yet the ungrateful son who leaves home expressing no concern for his father is not as bel
oved as a son who carefully obeys his father\'92s wishes. The goodness of the father may be revealed to one son and not to another. For the son who has left home his father might as well be dead for all he knows or cares, but although the son may forget 
the father, the father never forgets the son. He will always welcome the son home. Similarly, all the conditioned souls on earth have left their home, which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s spiritual abode, and have wandered into a dream world where they become en
tangled in enjoying things of the dream. Some may even recognize it as a dream. Yet instead of acquiring knowledge to awake, they become more implicated. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba always gives the living entity the opportunity to awake and return to Him. It is 
said that at least in every millennium every conditioned being gets an opportunity to revive his latent K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is important to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not want the individual soul deluded, yet He gives him the minute
 independence to choose between a life of awareness and a life of forgetfulness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is always veiled to eyes that are smeared with desire and hate and is always revealed to eyes smeared with surrender and love. The 
quickest and most sublime process whereby civilization can awake to the fact of God\'92s existence is the process of invoking His names. When one has lost a friend he immediately tries to find him by calling his name and asking where he is. This is also 
the quickest way to find K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the great propagator of this process, always had the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on his lips, and He would journey from town to town crying, \'93O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why have You hid Yourself
 from me? Have mercy on me, O Lord, for in Your absence, a moment seems to last for years. When shall my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly while chanting Your holy name? I do not know anyone but K\'e5\'f1\'eba as my Lord. He shall a
lways remain as such, even if he makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The quickest way, then, to find a hidden God is to desire sincerely to find Him.                                                       
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Transcendental Wedding
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TRANSCENDENTAL WEDDING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious wedding is performed according to an authorized devotional procedure thousands of years old. The marriage is
 sanctioned by the spiritual master, the marriage vows are taken in the temple, before the Deities of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the couple vows that there wi11 be no separation or divorce. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, marriage is meant for 
cooperation in executing spiritual life, and not for sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally the association of woman is very restricted for any man who wishes to seriously make spiritual progress. According to His Div
ine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, however, restriction of association with woman may be slackened in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious marriage: \'93If a man or woman\'92s attachment is not to each other but to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then both of them ar
e equally eligible to get out of the material entanglement and reach the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 (Bhaktivedanta Purports of the Third Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pictures p22-23}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upper left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P\'fcj\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  offers incense to the Deities; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub above}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , priest seated before ceremonial preparations; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lower left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , groom marks the bride's forehead with vermilion, indicating that she is now married; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upper right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , grains are passed for offering into the sacrificial fire; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub right middle}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , three }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  read simultaneously from different scriptures; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lower right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the father of the groom smilingly approves his son's wedding in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Picture p24}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\ri1440 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire
\line to extinguish it, so the spiritual master extinguishes the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful\line obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master."
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa540\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Verse 1, from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka
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\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'d6h\'e4kur
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the Absolute Necessity for Mankind in this Age 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS IS 
THE ABSOLUTE NECESSITY FOR MANKIND IN THIS AGE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jananivas d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON Columbus)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This article is a continuation}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'93K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness, the Absolute Necessity for Mankind in This Age,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which appeared in BTG No. 34.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is devotional service? In Chapter Five of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub verse 23, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material senses and check the force of desire an
d anger, he is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is happy in this world.\'94 Then in Chapter Six, verse 2, He says, \'93What is 
called renunciation is the same as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or linking oneself with the Supreme, for no one can become a }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub unless he renounces the desire for sense gratification.\'94 Then in verses 10\'9612, the Lord says,
 \'93A transcendentalist should always try to concentrate his mind on the Supreme Self; he should live alone in a secluded place and should always carefully control his mind. He should be free from desires and possessiveness. To practice yoga, one should
 go to a secluded place and should lay }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ku\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -grass on the ground and then cover it with a deerskin and 
a soft cloth. The seat should neither be too high nor too low and should be situated in a sacred place. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  should then sit on it very firmly and should practice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by controlling the mind and the s
enses, purifying the heart and fixing the mind on one point.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purport here reads as follows: \'93 \'91sacred place\'92 refers to places of pilgrimage. In India, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the transcendentalists or the devotees all leave home and reside in sacred places such as Pray\'e4g, Mathur\'e4, V
\'e5nd\'e4vana, Hardw\'e4r and practice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there. A sacred place is where the sacred rivers like the Ya
mun\'e4 and the Ganges flow. Any bank on the rivers Ganges or Yamun\'e4 naturally has to be sacred. One should select a place which is secluded and undisturbed. The so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub societies in big cities may be successful in earning material benefit but these are not at all suitable for the actual practices of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is not self-controlled and whose mind is not undisturbed cannot practice meditation. Therefore in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that 
in the Kali-yuga (the present age), when people in general are short-living, slow in spiritual realization and always disturbed by various anxieties, the best means of spiritual realization is to chant the holy name of the Lord. In this age of quarrel an
d hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is to chant the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way to success.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the recommended authoritative method for attaining God realization in this age. Per
forming devotional service under the expert guidance of a bona fide spiritual master who is in the disciplic succession is the highest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practice and is recommended for this age.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 YOGA TECHNIQUE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord continues His description of the yoga process in verses 13\'9615. \'93One should hold one\'92s body, neck, and head er
ect in a straight line and stare steadily at the tip of the nose. Thus, with an unagitated, subdued mind, devoid of fear, completely free from sex life, one should meditate upon Me within the heart and make Me the ultimate goal of life. By meditating in 
this manner, always controlling the body, mind and activities, the mystic transcendentalist attains to peace, the supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which abides in Me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can clearly see that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  process is one of renunciation of material activity. It is a spiritual process and must be followed per prescription if one is to reach the goal. The prescription is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nowadays, many are taking to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process seeking improvement in their health or a stronger body. They are simply wasting their valuable time because they still must grow old, get sick and die. No living enti
ty in the material universes escapes birth, death, old age and diseases. Even the demigods who administer these universes according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s supervision and energy must die. It is obvious fact that the great majority of time we have in this
 life is spent suffering. If I do not investigate the cause of this cosmic manifestation and the reason for this suffering and devote all my time to self-realization to transcend this material platform of existence, then I have wasted my life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we are sick with a 107 degree fever, the process of cure is not to reduce this to 104 degrees, or to 101 degrees, or to 99 degrees
. The cure is to be 98.6 degrees all the time. So one should find this out. We are all sick in material existence. Our nature is pure consciousness, pure spirit soul, blissful and full of knowledge, but we are preoccupied, mind and body, with lustful con
tamination, bondage to material energy. And the more we are bound to bodily attachment, the more there is pain. It is as though we are drowning under the huge waves of the ocean. Now those who are practicing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exercises are only temporarily relieving the heavy deluge. They think they are enjoying themselves, but this is not true, for they are sti
ll in the middle of the ocean, stranded, and the waves are pounding a little less hard, that\'92s all. This is not enjoyment, for they are still bound by their condition. So in the next lifetime, or the next, or whenever, this will catch up with them, an
d they will have to work off more and more sinful reaction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Where is the sin? The sin is that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process is given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba for realizing Him. It should be executed properly. He tells us that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must renounce sense gratification. But the yog\'e9s of today are practicing it primarily to sharpen their senses for enjoyment. The materially contaminated senses of the gross body 
form the network that will bring the soul farther and farther into misery, farther down the evolutionary ladder in his later lifetimes. Forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sinful activity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, everyone is urged to overcome the desire for personal sense gratification by working in transcendental devotional service to
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such a state is always blissful. The more we want merely to gratify this body and mind (subtle body), then the more we are becoming contaminated with lust, which is like an itch, and the more we scratch, the more we itch. It is insatiabl
e. One day we will realize the corrupt nature of the material consciousness, and we will endeavor to come out of that sick state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya-yoga }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system of renunciation and control of the mind through solitary meditation upon Him, Arjuna says, \'93O Madhus\'fcdana, the system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which You}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub have summarized appears impractical and unendurable to me, for the mind is restless and unsteady.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.33) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da points out here that Arjuna, although favorably endowed in many ways, \'93belonged to the royal family and was highly elevated in terms of numerous qualities. He was a gr
eat warrior, he had great longevity, and above all he was the most intimate friend of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Arjuna had much better facilities than we do, yet he refused this system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The quality of man has degenerated so much since then that but for one of two great, great souls, no one should seek spiritual advancem
ent through such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub processes, for he will simply be wasting his valuable time which could be much bett
er spent in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Five thousand years ago, 700,000,000 men fought on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Arjuna was one of the greatest generals. The leaders of each side mastered armies of 300,000,000 and 400,000,000 men. They were
 stationing each man, and the positions of all these men were contained in their minds. We must often strain to remember what we did one hour ago, we could never consider positioning such massive armies. The reason men are becoming so corrupt in this age
 is due to the features of the Kali age. Material energy is becoming more and more attractive. It is an age of rapid spiritual decline. What is the binding force in Kali-yuga?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Third Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [3.37]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord says, \'93It is lust only,
 Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material modes of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93As a fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, similarly the living entity
 is covered by different degrees of lust.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Thus, a man\'92s pure consciousness is covered by his eternal enemy in the form of lust, which is never satisfied and which burns l
ike fire.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The senses, the mind, and the intelligence are the sitting places of this lust, which veils the real knowledge of the living entity
 and bewilders him.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the lust is veiling the real knowledge (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) of the soul, which is pure and knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba in full K\'e5s\'eba consciousness. If the mind is too caught up in this lust, it is bewildered. But by transcending the material platform
 of consciousness, one can burn lust away. Then the true, eternal reality, in all its bliss and knowledge, will shine throughout. How can this transcendence be achieved? Become a perfect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who is the perfect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? In Chapter Six }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [6.47]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Supreme Lord says, \'93And of 
all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service
, is most intimately united with Me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is the highest of all.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da writes in his purport that this verse clearly indicates the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotee. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is higher than all the other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , including those who work without fruitive 
result for themselves (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yog\'e9s), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub those who engage the mind in philosophical speculation }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (j\'ef\'e4na-yog\'e9s), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub those who meditate on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub o\'e0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub syllable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (r\'e4ja-yog\'e9s), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and those who meditate on the Supersoul expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, within the heart and who are following the eightfold system of classic yoga (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not only in a more ecstatic state of trance, but he is also a more highly realized }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This is because he understands his eternal position of rendering transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE DEVOTEE AS YOG\'c9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can meditate for hours and days at length. He can create a planet. He can die at will and can move astrally anywhere in the material universe. But he cannot approach the tip of the toe of the lotus feet of th
e Supreme Lord. The neophyte }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is more purely realized because the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecg\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is still tainted. He is still wanting to be God. Lust, anger and greed. If I open slaughterhouses or I want to 
be a pseudo }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , what is the difference? I still am trying to exercise my powers over others in a per
verted godlike fashion. For this I must only build up sinful reactions which will follow my soul through all the ensuing bodies I take until they are cleansed away. How can I cleanse reactions? By working in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Chapter Three }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [3.5]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tell us, \'93All men are forced to act helplessly, according to the impulses born of the modes of material nature; therefore, no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a momen
t.\'94 And Prabhup\'e4da\'92s purport reads: \'93This is not a question of embodied life; it is the nature of the soul itself to be always active. The proof is that without the presence of the spirit soul there is no movement of the material body. The bo
dy is only a dead vehicle to be worked by the spirit soul, and therefore it is to be understood that the soul is always active and cannot stop even for a moment. As such, the spirit soul has to be engaged in the good work of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness;
 otherwise it will be engaged in the occupations dictated by the illusory energy.\'94 This last sentence is very important. We understand that our nature is spirit soul full of bliss, eternity and knowledge, and that the soul is always active and eternal
ly part and parcel of the Supreme Soul. And now we see that as such, the spirit soul has to be engaged in the good work of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; otherwise it will be engaged in the occupations dictated by the illusory energy.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illusory energy\'97this is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In Chapter Seven }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.4] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Blessed Lord
 tells Arjuna, \'93Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego\'97altogether these eight comprise My separated material energies.\'94 False ego is due to identification with the body with the mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the following verse He says, \'93Besides this inferior nature, O Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine which contains all livin
g entities who are struggling with material nature and which sustains the universe.\'94 So earth, air, water, fire, mind, ether, intelligence and false ego are the inferior potency of the Lord. The superior potency of the Lord is the spiritual potency, t
he souls. Here we can clearly see that our bodies and minds are composed of the inferior energies, namely earth, air, water, fire, mind, intelligence, ether and false ego. And what is supplying these dead things with life is the living entity situated wi
thin, the individual soul or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material conception of life, we are identifying ourselves with these inferior forms which are not actually even alive. This is k
nown as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or lust. The way to escape from this predicament is to realize that the soul within i
s eternal and that its real relationship is with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to know that due to our eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the soul always remains transcendental to the eight manifestations of material energy. Yet if we con
fuse the soul\'92s energy with false ego, then we think that we are a temporary manifestation, this body (actually dead), and then lustful situations develop. Then we want to enjoy independently of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but constitutionally, we cannot. Therefo
re, we must engage in devotional service to the Supreme Lord in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in order to transcend this mundane affair.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in Chapter Two }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.62]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises. From anger, delusion arises and
 from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls again into the material pool.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore we must always live transcendental to this material ocean of birth and death, lust, old age and disease. It is clearly unders
tood that the living entity is eternal spirit soul, part and parcel of God. We also have established that this soul is foreign to the material body in which it is lodged. Although a fish is taken out of water and made to live on land and given all the th
ings he would need to be happy on land, he cannot live free of pain. Similarly we are spirit soul but are conditioned in the material universe by a temporary body. The object, then, is to return to spiritual life. This can be done best through the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  process.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The common }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot be ultimately successful, and his liberation is only temporary. Because he is not fully realized in love of Godhead, he can merge in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
brahmajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , that is, the effulgence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he cannot remain there for more than some few millennia. Then he must return to some planet like the earth where h
e will take an advanced birth in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  family so that he can become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or a devotee. Only the devotee can be ultimately liberated and attain to the spiritual kingdom of which K\'e5\'f1\'eba s
ays in Chapter Eight: \'93That supreme status is called unmanifested and infallible and is the highest destination. Going there, no one ever returns from that, My supreme abode.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HIS PIOUS DEEDS EXHAUSTED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now that abode is not to be thought of as heaven. \'93Heaven\'94 refers to the higher, more subtle planets of this material world. In h
eaven the living entities are all very pious and the enjoyment very fine, but still they are subject to the desire to enjoy for themselves, so they also return to the lower earth-like planets, when their reactions for pious deeds must expire. These souls
 are travelling always about the universe where there are planets and civilizations established through each of the eight material elements, earth, air, water, fire, ether, etc. The earth, for example is a water planet where most of the planet\'92s surfa
ce is water, the bodies are mostly water, etc. But the supreme abode of the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.29]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'93That abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, is full of palaces made of touchston
e. There the trees are called desire-trees, and the cows are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surabhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The Lord is being served by 
hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune\'97He whose name is Govinda, the Primal Lord and the cause of all causes. There the Lord plays His flute; His eyes are like lotus petals and the color of His body like a beautiful cloud. On His head there is
 a peacock feather. He is so attractive that He excels thousands of cupids.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here something of the infinitely beautiful form of the Lord has been described. It is not a fanciful creation of the imagination formed
 after visualizing the beautiful things of this world. This is the all-attractive blissful body of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is eternally. In another place in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at the conclusion of Chapter Six, Prabhup\'e4da\'92s purport concludes, \'93The ideal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  concentrates his attention on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is called \'c7y\'e4masundara and is beautifully colored like a cloud. His lotus-like face is as effulgent as the sun, and His dress is brill
iant. He wears earrings, and His body is flower-garlanded. Illuminating all sides is His gorgeous luster, which is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He incarnates in so many different forms, such as R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha, Var\'e4ha, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; and He descends like a human being, as the son of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4; and 
He is known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda and V\'e4sudeva. He is the perfect child, husband, friend and master, and He is full with all opulences and transcendental qualities.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The form of the Lord which has been described is, again, no imagined concoction. Rather, this is how the Personality of Godhead is eter
nally manifest. We are well acquainted with this form because we all know Him as our living, eternal father. The soul has this knowledge, but due to our lust we have been bound in this material world for millions of births in different bodies. Some birth
s have been on low, hellish planets. Many have been on earth-like middle planets. Still all have been material, temporary, unreal. The unreality is due to our false ego\'92s attachment to bodily lust. This lust causes us t become bewildered. Bewilderment
 results in delusion and loss of memory. Thus we have forgotten the all-blissful Personality of Godhead due to our wanting personal selfish sense gratification. That\'92s all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the real, eternal world, spiritual abode, which is located beyond the reach of the material senses, everything is full of knowledge.
 Everything is always blissful. Everything is conscious. The Lord is present there, and He is surrounded by so many individual living entities who are serving Him in love. In this material world where we are exercising our lustful potential in different 
capacities, we are serving our senses and are deluded by these senses, this body, to act as God. We demand service from everything surrounding us, and we are totally out of contact with the real, eternally existing truth. So this world is the antithesis 
of the spiritual sky. Here is pain. There is pleasure. Here is temporality. There is eternity. Here, misery. There\'97bliss. Here God is not manifest to our senses. There, God is directly manifest to the transcendental senses of the spiritual body. The m
aterial world is but a perverted reflection of that spiritual sky. It is as if there were a river reflecting a tree on the bank. This world is all illusory energy, just like the illusory tree. The form is there, but it is temporary. If we try to hold it,
 we cannot be satisfied with it because its nature is ultimately mutable. When there is no sunlight, there is no more tree.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many people, notable impersonalists, say that God has no form, but clearly we can see the fault is not with form but the nature of the 
form. Forms are healthy, alive, blissful, eternal, real, etc., or sick, temporary, ultimately dead, endlessly mutable, etc. That is the trouble. The impersonalists just have a poor fund of knowledge. But there are so many revealed scriptures and eternall
y realized spiritual masters who are completely illumined by the mercy of the Lord, and these realized souls are associating with Him in blissful pastimes. So they can teach others this knowledge. And they state that the Absolute is ultimately a person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So far, the situation, that we are eternal spirit soul living entities, part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original Supreme Persona
lity of Godhead, has been explained. And the problem, that we are in a contaminated atmosphere of material illusion where lust is God, completely alien to our real, eternal life of knowledge, and bliss, has been made apparent. The solution which K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness teaches is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness itself. It is giving direction how to return home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Instructions by Vidhura
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INSTRUCTIONS BY VIDURA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A transcendentalist is generally not interested in mundane topics such as history and politics, but when the Supreme Personality of God
head \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in human society 5,000 years ago, the history and politics in which He took part became spiritualized. The transcendental devotees of the Lord take great pleasure in hearing such narratives. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an important Vedic literature, is such a spiritualized history, and it is accepted by the disciplic succe
ssion of spiritual masters as the actual history of Bh\'e4ratavar\'f1a, the ancient land which is now called India. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bharata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deals chiefly with the struggles of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers, great warriors and pious rulers to whom K\'e5\'f1\'eba was related as a cousin. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotees are inseparably one in interest with the Lord, a
nd therefore their activities are also taken to be as good as those of the Lord Himself. There is a famous palace intrigue related in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba sent one of his pure devotees, Vidura, a brilliant political moralist, to stop an impending war between the Kurus and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. For the purification of all readers, 
we here present a short transcendental history of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His associates, as related in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, blind from birth, was ruling the kingdom of the world. He is described as being blind both in material an
d spiritual vision. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, appeared in the King\'92s court and pleaded for the return of some land which was the rightful property of His powerful but exiled relatives, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers. Every word K
\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks, as recorded in scriptures like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is relished like nectar by those who are not so entangled in matter that they cannot appreciate the tran
scendental vibration. But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba addressed the assembly of King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and pleaded for a peaceful settlement, the message was not taken very seriously by the King and his one hundred sons, led by Duryodhana. These rulers wer
e thinking themselves independent of the Personality of Godhead and His laws, and they were intent on their own course of destroying the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. Due to losing their kingdom in a gambling match, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, the rightful hereditary he
irs to the throne, were exiled for a term of thirteen years. When the period of exile was over, they returned to the kingdom which was rightfully theirs, but were refused even so much as the rule of a single village. In fact, Duryodhana, the leader of th
e sons of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, said that if the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas wanted even as much land as can fit under the point of a pin, they would have to fight for it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IMPENDING WAR
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the rejection of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s peace offering, the battle loomed like a large black cloud in the sky. At that late, om
inous hour, with the armies already making preparations for battle, King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra invited in his elder brother Vidura for consultation. Vidura was an expert minister and politician. His instructions are well known in Vedic literature; just
 the phrase \'93instructions by Vidura\'94 indicates policies approved by experts in political and moral principles. Therefore, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra expected his words to be exactly to the point.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura came into the presence of King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and his one hundred sons, headed by Duryodhana and Du\'f9\'e7\'e4sana. Th
e hall was silent, and everyone pressed forward to hear Vidura. Vidura was known by those present to be partial to the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, who from the time of their birth had to undergo many attempts on their lives by Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. Actually, w
hen the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were just babies, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra acted as their affectionate and protective uncle, but as soon as they began to grow into strong, competent youths, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra realized that these boys, and not his own, woul
d take the throne. He then turned to unfair means in order to dispose of them. According to the Vedic system, after the retirement of the previous king, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, as the eldest son, should have been heir to the throne, but he was disqualif
ied by blindness. Therefore, the next in line was Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s brother, P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, who duly reigned. After the early death of King P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, his five sons, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers, led by Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, the oldest, ca
me in rightful line. But Dhrtar\'e4stra was determined that his sons, and not the sons of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, should rule. Due to this illegitimate desire, he had many times tried to kill Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and his brothers, Arjuna, Bh\'e9ma, Nakula and Sahad
eva. Vidura, however, the younger brother of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, took it upon himself to guard the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, just as a bird protects her eggs with her wing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura was filled with compassion by remembering the continual sufferings caused by Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra to the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava b
rothers and their mother, Kunt\'e9. But at the same time, he was a great court philosopher and a true friend to Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. There was no doubt of his faithfulness to his brother; even Duryodhana knew this to be so. (Ultimately, after the las
t miseries of the war, it was shown that Vidura was Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s only true friend in the entire royal court.) Called in on the verge of war, Vidura stood in the hall and offered his advice to the blind King. He could not help remembering,
 however, that this was the same royal hall wherein Yudhi\'f1thira and his brothers had lost their kingdom and their wife in a rigged gambling match. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s sons, led by Du\'f9\'e7\'e4sana, had at that time tried to insult the P\'e4
\'eb\'f2avas\'92 wife, Draupad\'e9, by first loosening her long hair and then trying to strip her naked in the presence of a large gathering. At that time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the infinite Lord, had answered the helpless cries of Draupad\'e9, his pure devote
e and cousin, and had become her infinite sari. The more the brothers unraveled her sari, the more sari was supplied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and she was never disrobed. Another time, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra ordered a house built, and when the building was fin
ished, he invited his brother\'92s family to live there. But Vidura gave a hint in the presence of all of the members of the royal family that even a weapon not made of steel or any other material element can be the most sharp for killing. Thus he hinted
 that the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were being sent to the house to be killed and that they should be alert. Later he came disguised as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and directly warned the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas that on a certain night the house was to be set on fire. Thus the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were able to make a timely escape through a tunnel under the earth. Vidura could re
member many such plots, and in each case he had given protection to the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, while at the same time trying to restrain his brother, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura, however, was not about to be influenced by attachment to the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas; he had the good of his brother at heart, and he
 spoke in direct words which made him famous among expert ministers in Vedic history as the giver of the keenest political and moral instruction. This is recorded in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9m
ad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura said, \'93You have asked me, brother, to come for consultation at this dangerous hour. I say that you must now return the legitimate property of Yudhi\'f1
\'f6hira, who has no enemy and who has been forebearing through untold sufferings due to your offenses. He is waiting with his younger brothers, among whom is Bh\'e9ma, breathing heavily like a snake\'97surely you are afraid of him.\'94 Vidura offered go
od counsel, but at his first words, Duryodhana\'92s face turned with rage. But Vidura spoke on: \'93Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, has accepted the sons of P\'e5th\'e4 as His kinsmen, and all the kings of the world are with Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. He is residing at home with His family members, the royal order of the Yadu dynasty, who have conquered unlimited numbers of rulers. He is their Lord.\'94 Palatably or unpalatably, Vidura wanted to impress on his elder brother that to fight ag
ainst the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas would be ruinous for him because they were supported by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Vidura, being saintly, could recognize that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, enacting His pastimes upon the earth.
 The Lord had conquered many powerful demons, even in His childhood, and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas themselves, prior to their exile, had won their wives by conquering all the rulers of the world. With K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their intimate relative, the P\'e4\'eb
\'f2avas had all universal power behind them. Such was Vidura\'92s advice.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and Duryodhana were born in the royal family and had reached a position of wealth and power indicates that in past lives they had performed pious deeds. But because they could not 
hear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself when He spoke sensibly to them on important topics in a grave hour, it is to be understood that the benefits of their past piety were completely exhausted. There was no way now but downward if they refused to accept the P
ersonality of Godhead or the words of His bona fide representative. Vidura was on a welfare mission to save them from the wrong choice. But by now, hearing Vidura, Duryodhana was angry, and he was cursing. It is said that good counsel given to a foolish 
person causes the fool to become angry, just as feeding milk to a snake only increases its venomous poison. But Vidura gave these final instructions in an attempt to deliver Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra from the clutches of death:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You are maintaining offense personified, Duryodhana, as your infallible son, but he is envious of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And because 
you are maintaining a nondevotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you are devoid of all auspicious qualities. Free yourself from this inauspicious condition as soon as possible, for the good of your entire family.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana could stand it no longer, and he delivered a direct insult, like an arrow to the ears of the famous minister, Vidura: \'93Wh
o asked him to come here, this son of a kept-mistress? He is so crooked that he spies in the interest of the enemy, against those upon whose support he has grown up. Get him out of here immediately. Take all he has, cane him and leave him with only his b
reath!\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The actual facts behind this slanderous attack by Duryodhana were as follows. When getting married, the kings in Vedic society would ta
ke on several other young girls along with the married princess. By intimate association with the king, these girls, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4s\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would have sons. Such sons had no royal claim, but they were raised with all the facilities of princes. Vidura was such a son of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4s\'e9. }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana not only attacked his birth, but he called him a spy because he seemed to support the cause of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, whom Duryodhana took to be his enemy. Duryodhana actual
ly knew well that Vidura was a great soul and was Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s well-wisher, but, caught up in political intrigue, Duryodhana had become blind to the actual situation. Therefore he slandered his uncle Vidura and threatened to drive him fro
m the palace. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra had always been affectionate to his younger brother, Vidura, but he tolerated the insults by Duryodhana because he and his sons were set on wiping out the pious P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas once and for all.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA'S ADVICE REJECTED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana is understood from the first verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be a brilliant administrator and political leader. But the most important thing he didn\'92t know. Absorbed in false ego, Duryodhana thought that he was doing everyth
ing by himself. Actually, Duryodhana, like every conditioned soul in the material world, is under the direct control of God. In the Bhaktivedanta Purports to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated: \'93The external energy of the Lord, or the material nature, is fully under the control of the Supreme Lord, and the conditioned soul is fully under the grip of
 the external energy. Therefore, the conditioned soul is fully under the control of the law of the Lord. But, illusioned, he thinks that he is independent in his activities.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana refused the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and plotted his own}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub destiny in terms of removing Vidura and warring against the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. We can understand that only the firs
t act\'97rejecting the personal instructions of God\'97was factually performed freely, of his own volition. According to the revealed scriptural sources, our minute amount of free will can be exercised in choosing either to follow the dictation of God or
 to follow the dictation of His material energy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There is no other choice. Once one refuses G
od, one must follow His material energy. Whatever one\'92s personal philosophy may be, one must grow old, one must be subjected to diseases and material miseries (miseries caused by the body and mind, miseries caused by other living entities, and miserie
s caused by natural disturbances like earthquakes, droughts, etc.), and eventually one must die. And after death, one must go wherever nature sends one. By the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub action is necessarily followed by reaction, and all actions in the world take place under mixed modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. The Vedic understanding is that God is transce
ndental to the material laws and conditions\'97He is their master. He is eternal, free and unlimited in knowledge and pleasure, and when we, the infinitesmal individual souls, dovetail our own small amount of free will with His, then we can directly expe
rience those same qualities of bliss, eternity and knowledge. By that dovetailing process, we can be freed from the misgivings of the body, mind and intelligence and can be situated on the transcendental plane. But when, instead, we come to this material
 world due to forgetfulness of the Supreme Person, then our plight (from which only the pure}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotees of 
Godhead are excluded) is that we suffer a covering of our eternally pleasurable qualitative oneness with the Supreme Spirit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We think, \'93I am this body,\'94 but actually}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the real person is still spirit soul; due to contacting a material body, however, the spirit soul finds himself frustrated by an incompatible situation, like a fish on land. The example given
 by the spiritual masters is that the spirit can be compared to electric force. Electricity is unlimited in the tasks it can perform\'97it can heat, cool, drive giant machines, etc.\'97but once the unlimited electricity is put into one limited appliance,
 it can perform only a limited function. For example, the electricity in a toaster can do nothing else but make toast. The electricity has become limited or conditioned in its expression due to the vehicle in which it is confined. Similarly, thinking tha
t we are this body, we are forced to react in terms of goodness, passion and ignorance within the material world, under the control of the inferior material energy. In material consciousness, we are no more free than a cow tied to the end of a rope: even
 if the rope is long, the cow is still not free.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When God or His pure devotee speaks, that is direct, superior, spiritual energy; by following His will directly, one can return to one
\'92s original, eternal, happy state of consciousness, both immediately, in this body, as well as in the next life, after the demise of the body. The atheist or materialist who misuses his free will and derides the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, must nevertheless come under the strict superintendence of the material energy. Thus, one may think oneself the almighty supreme enjoyer, the benefactor and proprietor of all, but despite these grand illusions, one must be limited by God\'92s 
material laws. Duryodhana is the typical materialist of the present civilization of Kali-yuga (the age of quarrel). He had just heard Vidura criticize him for being a nondevotee of K\'e5s\'eba, and he at once affirmed this status by insulting and threate
ning bodily harm to Vidura. This is the height of rascaldom, adopted here by Duryodhana; he wants to beat Vidura, whose only offense is that he is speaking the truth, that God is great and we are small. The Kali-yuga materialists in today\'92s godless ci
vilization are also intent on destroying the brahminical culture and denying the advice of the bona fide spiritual teachers. \'93Why should I listen to God? Who is God? I am God! I shall enjoy as I like.\'94 These are materialists\'92 symptomatic respons
es to brahminical or spiritual guidance. It will be seen in the case of Duryodhana that thinking himself to be God Almighty did not prevent him from being broken to pieces on the battlefield and ruining all his allies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Under the illusion of material energy, he could not see the best course for his people, and therefore he led them into war. But even th
e present-day peacemakers who are trying to secure peace without authoritative spiritual guidance are finding no success. They are trying to establish Utopia\'97the kingdom of God without God\'97but it cannot be. As the expert politician Vidura said, a p
ath without God is inauspicious for the state, the society the family, and the individual. We can get no profit by saying that we are God or by trying to conquer the material nature but we can gain all good fortune in this world if we can be directly led
 by the superior, spiritual energy of Godhead, which comes in the form of guidance from the pure devotees of the Absolute Truth. In his materialistic folly, thinking he was independent, Duryodhana was the dreamer, off in the clouds. In contrast, Vidura s
hrewdly offered Dhrtar\'e4stra the key to success.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra was not avoided. As for Vidura, he took the opportunity of Duryodhana\'92s insult as a blessing in disg
uise. He saw that Duryodhana was on the path of ruin. As a devotee, he also saw that the Lord\'92s internal energy was helping him to come back to Godhead. A devotee is always in a temperament of renunciation because the worldly attractions can never sat
isfy him. Vidura had never been attracted by the royal palace of his brother, and now he had the opportunity, by the grace of Duryodhana, to quit the place and devote himself completely to the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Instead of being s
orry, he thanked Duryodhana from within because he had given him the chance to live alone in a holy place and thus be fully engaged in the cultivation of spiritual life. Also, he saw no more hope in defending his brother, so he left the palace without Du
ryodhana\'92s taking physical steps for his}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub removal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes the fate of General Duryodhana on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra: \'93Duryodhana lost his good fortune, as well as his life, because of the intricacy of ill advice given by Kar\'eba, Du\'f9\'e7\'e4
sana, etc. Although he was very powerful, he finally lay on the ground, his thighs broken, and his followers were with him.\'94 It is described that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is harder than a thunderbolt to the wrongdoers and softer than a rose to the devotees. Dur
yodhana was misled by bad associates and ill advice, contrary to the established principles of the Lord\'92s order, and so he became subject to punishment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, ultimately, anyone who can be so fortunate as to associate directly with the Personality of Godhead when He appears in thi
s universe to enact His pastimes is liberated as a final result. In this way, all the soldiers and sons of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra who were able to see the Lord at the time of their death and could appreciate the beauty of His face and features were tran
sferred, in their original spiritual forms, to the spiritual sky, beyond the material universes which are limited by death and pain. That is the version of the Vedic texts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As previously stated, the banished saint Vidura turned out to be the only true friend of King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, After the war, t
he defeated, blind Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. whose sons had all been killed, wanted to remain as King in the palace. As a matter of duty, King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, the leader of the victorious P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, maintained Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra in royal h
onor. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, therefore, was happily passing away his numbered days in the illusion that he was the royal uncle of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. At that time, Vidura returned from traveling to holy places all over the earth and especially from
 inquiring on transcendental topics from the great sage Maitreya. Vidura had of course been thoroughly involved in court politics, but after being thrown out of the palace by Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and his son}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana, he had taken full advantage of existing conditions and had become fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, fixed in loving service to the S
upreme Lord, by taking instructions from a great devotee-sage. He was therefore received as a godly person on his return to the palace. The court personalities and his kinsmen like Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, Kun
t\'e9, Draupad\'e9 and many others with their wives and children, in a tearful post-war reunion, all rushed to hear and see him. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that when the court family saw Vidura again after the long separation, it was as if their lost consciousness was revived. They g
athered around him like students sitting before a teacher. They were very eager to hear spiritual instructions from him, and they listened with rapt attention. Vidura spoke for the welfare of all, but he especially directed himself to his oldest brother,
 Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura knew the situation of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, and he addressed him as follows: \'93My dear King, please get out immediately. Do
 not delay in the least. Just see how fearfulness has overtaken you. You are very old, and there is no remedial measure for your death. My brother, please understand that death is identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and it is approaching f
or all of us. Your father, sons and well-wishers are all dead, your body is overtaken by invalidity, and here at the last stage you are living in another\'92s home. You have been blind from birth, and recently you have become hard of hearing. Your teeth 
are loosened, your liver is diseased, and you are coughing with mucus.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura\'92s words cut to pieces the network of illusion in which he found his brother rotting. Vidura addressed him as King because act
ually he was not the King. Overtaken by foolish ideas, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was living for temporary comforts and was trying to make a permanent settlement for his perishable body. Vidura\'92s sharp but compassionate words were to wake up his brother 
so that, before it was too late, he could make progress for the welfare of his real self, his eternal soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura said: \'93Alas! So powerful is the living being\'92s hope to continue life indefinitely. You are living just like a household do
g and taking scraps of food from the warrior who killed your son Duryodhana!\'94 Vidura did not avoid the naked truth of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s humiliating position. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was living at the house of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas because h
e wanted to continue his comfortable life, even at the cost of being humiliated. Vidura pointed out to him that the whole }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raison}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'92etre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the human form of life is to get a chance to wake up to self-realiz
ation and to go back to Godhead, where life is eternal and from where, once going, no one comes back to this material world. \'93There is no necessity of living a degraded life,\'94 Vidura continued, \'93subsisting on tile charity of those whom you tried
 to kill. In spite of your desires, your body will certainly dwindle and die, like an old, deteriorated garment.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wakened in no uncertain terms by his well-wishing brother, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra left the palace without saying anything, and under t
he guidance of Vidura, he sat on the bank of the Ganges and engaged in the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice. He took regular baths, performed special sacrifices and fasted by drinking only water. This helped him to control his mind and senses and to free himself from thoughts of family aff
ection. Due to his offenses at the feet of pure devotees, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was not able to become a pure devotee of the Personality of Godhead, but by the grace of Vidura, and to the astonishment of all the court, Dh\'e5tar
\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was able to cut himself off from all external sense attraction and concentrate on his pure being. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes, \'93He had to amalgamate his pure identity with intelligence and then, with knowledge of being qualitatively one with the supreme eternal livin
g entity, merge into the impersonal aspect of the Supreme Being. Thus he rescued his consciousness from the clutches of the five elements and realized his qualitative identity with the eternal Supersoul who is sitting in everyone\'92s heart.\'94 Practici
ng under the instructions of Vidura, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra achieved the impersonal perfection of liberation from his body, and after many such liberated births, he transcended the material sky to become engaged in the transcendental loving service of t
he Lord. Despite Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s many offenses, the Lord\'92s mercy was bestowed on him by his contact with Vidura, and he was able to attain the perfectional stage. He quit his body by turning it into ashes in a self-made fire of mystic pow
er.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LIBERATION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura was sorry that he could not turn his brother into a pure devotee in one lifetime, but he was most liberal in his benediction, an
d so Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s time before reaching the topmost perfection was shortened. Ultimately the result depends on the will of the Supreme Lord, and in one lifetime Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra attained liberation from the material conception of bo
dily consciousness. Only after achieving such a liberated state can one attain to devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conditioned entities are suffering under the illusion that the body is the self and that the temporary world is permanent. Although
 they have no information of God or eternal pleasure, they can become engaged in the eternal, blissful activities of devotional service to the Supreme Lord by becoming wholly dependent on the instructions of pure devotees like Vidura. One should not only
 inquire but should render loving service to pure devotees and surrender to them. Only then is inquiry meaningful and fruitful. In no other way can one gain real knowledge of one\'92s position. That is the secret of spiritual knowledge or knowledge of Go
d or K\'e5\'f1\'eba: it is revealed from within the heart after serving a pure devotee and receiving instruction from him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the front cover:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Going beyond the revere
nt worship of God as the almighty controller, the pure devottes of Godhead exchange intimate love with the Personality of Godhead }{\cs3293\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His eternal loving paslinws in K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, the topmost spiritual abode in the kingdom of God. There K\'e5\'f1\'eba is loved as a friend, a child, and as the lover of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop}{\cs3293\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He engages in natural pastimes in the forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and is here shown with llis brother Balar\'e4ma, tending the transcendental cows.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the back cover:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His c
owherd friends are seen returning home at sunset after a day of tending the cows, playing, and killing great demons, sent by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's enemy Ka\'e0sa. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father are greeting him at the door. In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grac
e A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Nanda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father, is quoted as saying, "My dear Ya\'e7od\'e4, just look at your offspring K\'e5\'f1\'eba. See His blackish 
bodily luster, His eyes tinged with red color, His broad chest and His nice golden necklace. How wonderful He looks, and how He is increasing my transcendental pleasure more and more!"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo p33}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub CAITANYA SANKIRTAN
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 3
6, 1970
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'971\'97\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book is especially intended for those who are engaged in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The text is flooded with necta
rean stories, philosophy and poetic verses about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pure devotees\'97all taken directly from the Vedic literatures. It is a summary study of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras
\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and it teaches us how to stimulate our original love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that we can enjoy our blissful life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'972\'97\line \'c7R\'c9MAD-BHAGAVATAM
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are compared to a desire tree because they contain all things knowable by mankind about both mundane necessities and spiritual realization. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the mature ripened fruit of this tree. It narrates the transcendental pastimes of the transcendental Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'973\'97\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya, the most munificent incarnation of Godhead, appeared 500 years ago to demonstrate by example how to live the teachings o
f }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the present age. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  recounts the words and deeds of this great saint. Lord Caitanya was famous as a scholar and spoke authoritatively on the highest as
pects of the science of love of Godhead. He is the divine origin of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement and distributed love of God simply by singing the holy names.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'974\'97\line \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the most authoritative sources, the famed 108 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upa
ni\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of India. {\*\bkmkstart Sri Isopanisad}{\*\bkmkend Sri Isopanisad}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  supplies revealed evidence that the Personality of Godhead is the creator, maintainer and destroyer of everything that exists. The author's transparent commentaries reveal that t
he Supreme Lord is \'93unembodied\'94 and \'93formless,\'94 since His form is not a material form which is subject to birth, disease, old age and death.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,   The Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most comprehensive and authoritative Vedic scriptural literature is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead"), the mature contribution of \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, the compiler of the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Of the twelve cantos of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Tenth Canto is considered the most confidential, since it describes the transcendental pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of God
head. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a summary study of the Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which appear to be like those or an ordinary human being, can only be properly understood with the he
lp of a bona fide spiritual master fully realized in the knowledge of their transcendental nature. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is such a spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'975\'97\line THE BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now for the first time this renowned scripture is being brought to the West as it is\'97as taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and underst
ood by His disciple Arjuna\'97in a unique translation and commentary. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the supreme authority on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and He initially delivered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
G}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  so that all persons could reach the perfection of life and be liberated from all suffer
ing. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is passing on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy in its full potency, as it is, so that everyone can attain to his rightful position, full of bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the Introduction: "The perplexities of life appear like a forest fire which takes place without being set by anyone. The man in ma
terial perplexities is he who does not understand the problems of life. Out of many many human beings, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is directed to the one who seeks to understand his position."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'976\'97\line EASY JOURNEY TO OTHER PLANETS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book is an authentic discussion on the techniques and practice of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system by which one can leave this body for travel to anti-material planets where life is blissful, eternal and full of knowledge.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS: THE TOPMOST YOGA SYSTEM
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book presents the most authorized process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practice in God realization, without any deviation from the original Vedic scriptural literature. In this present volume, the author forcefully exposes the speculative systems which d
epart from love of God as the ultimate goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'978\'97\line THE FIRST STEP IN GOD REALIZATION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book marks the continuation of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da's mighty task of translating all twelve can
tos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub The First Step in God Realization }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comprises the First Chapter of the Second Canto, in which the sage \'c7ukadeva advises his disciple Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it to 
meditate on the universal form of God, in which the entire physical universes are seen as parts of the gigantic body of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'979\'97
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The continuation of \'c7ukadeva's teachings: He advises his disciple to go beyond meditation on the universal form, to meditation on th
e transcendental form of Param\'e4tm\'e4, the localized representation of the Lord who resides in the hearts of all living entities.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhup\'e4da A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India o
n the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhup\'e4da is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Caitanya appeared in India, and from there back still further\'975
000 years\'97to the time when K\'e5\'f1\'eba first spoke the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no fi
nancial charge for learning K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The gist of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with 
the interests of the Supreme Enjoyer, the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The writer writes articles for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The hous
eholders raise children in the science of God, and husband and wife live in mutual co-operation for spiritual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness means regular chanting in the temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is not an idler\'92s philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the ser
vice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, anyone who takes part will experience the state of "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ," ecstatic absorpt
ion in God-consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is nonsectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by c
hanting the holy name of God and by hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Without knowledge and realization an
d loving service to the one Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana movement}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction made by Lord Caitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can real pe
ace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE/\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,
\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF ISKCON, WRITE TO lSKCON NEW YORK FOR FURTHER lNFORMATION.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb360 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON CENTERS
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub London\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub England\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7 Bury Place Bloomsbury, W.C. 1\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Montreal\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 3720 Park Ave.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New V\'e5nd\'e4vana\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub W. Virginia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub RD 3, Moundsville 26041\cell}
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\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 439 Henry St., Bklyn 11201}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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 Paris 14\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philadelphia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pennsylvania\cell
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco
\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 518 Frederick St. 94117\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Jose\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 397 South 11th St. 95112}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Santa Barbara\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seattle\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub St. Louis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sydney\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Austrailia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 298 Birrell St. Bondi, N.S.W. \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Tokyo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Japan\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. 6-16 2 Chome Oh
hashi, Meguro-ku\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Toronto\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 40 Beverley St., Ontario\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vancouver\cell\sl240\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 260 Raymur St. no. 305, B. C.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D.C.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2015 Q St. N.W. 20008\cell}
\row \pard
\s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
ton, Mass. 02134. All material copyright \'a9 1970, ISKCON PRESS. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $5.00 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA MADHV\'c4C\'c4RYA
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This great spiritual master in the disciplic succession of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness appeared in the Twelfth Centu
ry and preached all over India. He was of powerful physique and was a powerful preacher. Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya always stressed that God and man are separate individual personalities even after liberation, and thus his philosophy is known as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or dual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p4:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without the grace of the spir
itual master no one can make any advancement. Therefore I should always remember the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master."
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gurva\'f1\'f6akam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Eight Prayers Glorifying the Spiritual Master)\line by \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Everything Belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub EVERYTHING BELONGS TO K\'c5\'d1
\'cbA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Transcribed from tapes of a conversation with disciples, May 10, 1969, Columbus, Ohio]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I first started going to see my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j (Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9), he said of me, \'93This boy hears very nicel
y. He does not go away. So I shall make him a disciple.\'94 These very words he said. Actually I did not follow him in the beginning. Philosophically speaking, I was a new boy. I could not follow him, but actually I was so glad to hear him, that\'92s all
. [laughs] So that was my qualification, or whatever you may say. I was simply asking when Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j would speak; then I\'92d sit down and go on hearing. I would understand, or not understand; others would disperse, I\'92d not disperse. Then at 
first there was one instance, circumambulation of Old V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Although I was not initiated then, I was one of the important members. So I thought, \'93Let me go. What are these people doing circumambulating all over V\'e5nd\'e4vana?\'94 So I wen
t to Mathur\'e4 and then to the V\'e5nd\'e4vana interior to a place known as Kosi. In that Kosi one of my Godbrothers declared, \'93Prabhup\'e4da [Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta] is going back to Mathur\'e4 tomorrow, so he\'92ll speak this evening, and anyone who wa
nts to hear him can stay, and others may prepare to see another temple, which is called \'c7e\'f1a\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Temple.\'94 So although I was new I did not want to see the \'c7e\'f1a\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Temple. I decided to hear instead. Some of my important Go
dbrothers were sitting about like this. And I was sitting at his left, but he knew, \'93This boy is new.\'94 Everyone was gone, all others, [laughs] except a few selected Godbrothers. And he marked, \'93This boy is interested to hear.\'94 So hearing is v
ery important. Hearing, just like Arjuna heard K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because I was serious in hearing, therefore I am now serious about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'e9rtanam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means speaking or preaching. Do you understand? So one who is serious about hearing can become a future preacher. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rava\'ebam k\'e9rtanam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next stage will develop. If one has actually heard nicely, then he will speak nicely. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rava\'ebam k\'e9rtanam smara\'ebam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then consciousness will automatically develop, because when you speak or whe
n you hear, unless your mind is concentrated, your consciousness is slight. It cannot rightly hear or speak. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rava\'ebam k\'e9rtanam smara\'ebam p\'e4da-sevanam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means that activity begins immediately. Just like Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\'97he was giving, giving, giving, giving, giving, giving, and when V\'e4mandeva said, \'93Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, you have l
ost everything,\'94 he said, \'93Still I have another place for You to place Your foot. Yes, there is a small thing\'97it is my head.\'94 (laughs) So Lord V\'e4mandeva said, \'93You have now purchased Me. I shall remain your doorman, standing here always
 to give you protection.\'94 So K\'e5\'f1\'eba became purchased by him, and He remained his doorman. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dv\'e4ri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  means doorman. Just see His mercy. So by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba no one is loser; he is gainer. Ah, he is gainer, permanently \'85 eternally. And we do not know what is the value of that gain now because we are materially covered.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what is service? Service in this world is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . No one will be satisfied. No one. You cannot satisfy; nor will you be satisfied. The best example is in your country. Your President, Mr. Kennedy, gave you the best service, and the 
result was that you or some of your members killed him. That means his service was not appreciated, although he gave his best service. Similarly, in the material world whatever service you render is spoiling time. But if you render service to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, you will be satisfied, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be satisfied, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is satisfied, everyone will be satisfied. So take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness service by hearing, by speaking, by remembering, by giving active service, by w
orshiping, by making friendship and, after all, doing everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is perfection. So engage all your service in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is very pleasing, encouraging, and enlightening.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After too much material enjoyment, the next stage is frustration. That stage is coming to your country. Therefore the boys are becoming
 hippies. After too much material enjoyment, the next stage is\'97that is natural\'97frustration. There is a good example in our country. One gentleman, who was a great leader, next to Gandhi, an important political leader and a topmost lawyer, a barrist
er, was earning $50,000 monthly. He was a very rich man, and he was making charity and he was also spending like anything \'85 he was drunkard number one, woman hunter number one, etc., because he had money to enjoy everything. But he was not happy. So o
ne}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub day he was sitting with his wife in view of the street, and he was drinking. So his wife asked him, 
\'93My dear husband, you are earning so much and spending. People are very much fond of you, a great leader. Why do you always remain morose? What do you want to be? You now have everything.\'94 Then at that time one mendicant, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was passing, and so he said, \'93I want to be like him. Then I\'92ll be happy. I don\'92t want to enjoy. I want
 to go to beggar life.\'94 You see? So that time is coming to your country. These hippies are frustrated. They are giving up everything; we can study their psychic movement. They are not satisfied. That is the main principle. That is natural. To accept a
dversities voluntarily. So this is frustration. But if you take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness before reaching that point of frustration, then you will reach the real standard of happiness because everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I shall give you a
nother example. Suppose you have stolen something from somebody\'92s house or some friends. You know you will not be happy possessing that stolen property. But if some day you come to return that thing to its owner, you will be happy. Then you will feel 
relieved.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, the real situation is that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are artificially enjoying, and so this frustration will 
come. But if we return everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba before coming to that frustration, then it will be all right. So the best thing is to return everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Then you will not be loser; you\'92ll be 
gainer just like Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Actually if you do not think that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that it belongs to you, this is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s property, and you are thinking \'93mine.\'94 Does this land of America belong to you actually? It is stolen property. There is another example. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc
\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi1 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kh\'e9ra cor y}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   h\'e9r}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cor\line cor to cor hai
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kh\'e9ra\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cucumber}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; cor\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thief}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; y}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub or}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e9r}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub diamond}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cor\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thief}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; cor\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thief}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; to\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub therefore}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; cor\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub thief}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; hai\'97}
{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi1 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Whether one steals a cucumber or a diamond, a thief is a thief.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub H\'e9r\'e4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub means diamond, and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6
\nosupersub khira}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub means cucumber. One man has stolen a cucumber from the street, and he is captured. Anothe
r man has stolen a diamond, and he is also arrested. But for the police both are thieves. If the man says, \'93Oh, what have I stolen? I have stolen a little cucumber. It is worth nothing, not even two cents or one cent. Why are you arresting me? No. In 
the eyes of law, he is a thief, and the other is also a thief. Everyone\'92s a thief. Anyone who is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a thief. He\'92ll not be happy. The best thing is to return whatever you possess. \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is Yours. 
Take it.\'94 Finish with it. Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur has written a song expressing this. Everything we possess in mind, actually we don\'92t possess. Suppose I am \'93possessing\'94 all this. As soon as I go from this body, all possessions will remain 
here. I will not take anything. So I don\'92t possess, but in my mind I am thinking, \'93Oh, this is mine, this is mine. Where is my other box? Why is it not coming?\'94 It is possessed in the mind. If I leave this body, I leave the box here or in Chicag
o or anywhere else. What is the difference? There is no difference. But because I am possessing in the mind, \'93Oh that box is mine,\'94 therefore I am asking whether it is in Chicago or it is here or there. So possession is in the mind. Actually you do
n\'92t possess. By that false possessive attitude we have gotten our mind, our body, then the expansions of the body, wife, children, family, society, country. In this way we possess so many things. Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur says, \'93Now whatever I poss
ess, either in the mind or in the family, or in the society or in the body, whatever I have, I surrender unto my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nandaki\'e7ora, O son of Nanda, I give it unto You. Now whatever You like You can do. Either You kill me or protect me, 
as You like. You are the proprietor. You have the right to do anything.\'94 This is surrender. This is full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But that is not possible immediately. Therefore we have to practice. And if we die in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess \'85 according to the particular type of consciousness in which one gives up this body, he\'92s transferred in the next life to the respective position. In this way in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we are able to be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by practicing 
always, constantly, that situation of consciousness. Then in the next life, after giving up\'97Why next life? This life also\'97one who is always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service in this life or the next life is with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Any person who is in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is always with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere, though I may not understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So you American boys and girls should take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You\'92ll be happy. In your position you should take t
his up because you are on the top of the material happiness. Now you take it, and you\'92ll be saved. Otherwise this frustration is coming. That will come. Just like that politician\'97out of frustration he gave up everything. He sacrificed his life for 
something political. Why was that a sacrifice? You may become a great man of your country in the estimation of your people, but not in the estimation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You may become a great man in the estimation of your country, but in others\'92 estim
ation you\'92re an enemy. \'93Oh that man is dead now. Our enemy is finished.\'94 So to another side there is imperfection; not everybody is satisfied by your service, but if you serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba everybody is satisfied. If you chant Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and dance, nobody will be dissatisfied. They will say, just as they did in the paper, \'93The boys are very nice.\'94 You see? They were not very sympathetic, but they have remarked, \'93These boys are very nice.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So at least people will appreciate these boys. They do not smoke, they do not drink, they have no illicit sex life, they do not kill to
 satisfy the tongue. They are satisfied with natural food. And their ideals are very good. Who\'92ll deny it? And the asset! They cannot estimate how much the devotee is in contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme. They have no estimating power. So they w
ill appreciate these external features. While I was going to Hawaii one clergyman was talking with me, and he said, \'93Swamiji, I have seen that your disciples have very nice glowing faces.\'94 \'93Yes certainly, they must be making spiritual progress.
\'94 So it is not difficult. It is very easy. If you take to this, you have everything sublime, and your life becomes sublime. You don\'92t have to give up anything. The material needs are there: eating, sleeping, mating and defending. That is not forbid
den. But adjust it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We cannot allow eating and mating like animals, cats and dogs, no. That is not possible. You\'92ll eat and you\'92ll mate, but just like human beings, civilized men. What is the distinction between ani
mal and man, if we behave like animals? K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, is pure. So if you keep yourself in an impure condition of life then how can you make progress towards purity, the highest perfection of purity? In the Tenth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  [10.12] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna is accepting K
\'e5\'f1\'eba as the purest of all: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'e0 brahma para\'e0 dh\'e4ma pavitra\'e0 parama\'e0 bhagav\'e4n.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are going to reach the purest of all, how can you remain impure? And this voluntary restraint means }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tapasya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means voluntarily restraining or accepting some suffering condition. But that is not actually a suffering condition. Just like a patient. A doctor says, \'93You c
annot take it.\'94 But he mentally thinks, \'93Oh, the doctor has restricted this. I am suffering.\'94 Actually he is being cured, but he thinks that he is suffering. And when he\'92s cured, he says, \'93Oh, the doctor is a good friend. He told me not to
 indulge in this. Now I am cured.\'94 So }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means voluntarily accepting some so-called suffering. Th
at is required to make advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: voluntary acceptance of so-called suffering. That suffering is for transcendental realization. That is good. It means your existence will be purified. And to purify existence means to ad
vance in realizing unlimited happiness. And what is the disease? Disease means limitation of eating, limitation of sleeping, limitation of mating, Everything limited. A diseased man cannot have sex life unlimitedly. There is restriction. That restriction
 is for curing him. And the cure means he enjoys. Whatever you think is enjoyment must be unlimited. Eternal happiness, unending happiness. So to acquire unending, eternal happiness, if you have to accept some voluntary suffering in this life, you should
 do that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if you like, you can ask some questions. If you go to a person, superior or a spiritual master, then you should ask questions. You s
hould be inquisitive for better understanding. That means you are inquisitive for higher, happy life. So what is your inquisitiveness?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Would you say something about Chris
t and his relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Christ is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, that\'92s all. So you become like C
hrist, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Don\'92t you understand that Christ is fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious? You don\'92t understand it? Then you become like Christ, fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lokan\'e4tha: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What was Arjuna\'92s relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I mean as concisely as 
you can put it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Friendship. There are five kinds of relationships. Just like \'93God is
 great.\'94 That is simply feeling the greatness of God. And when one feels exactly how God is great, then naturally there will be an inclination to serve God. That is called servitude. First, neutrality, the estimation that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub neutral, no activity
, but simply appreciating that God is great, simply appreciation. And then servitude. When the appreciation is complete: \'93Ah! Why not serve God? He is so great. He is giving us so many things. Let me return something. Let me do some service.\'94 That 
servitude is further development of the appreciation of the greatness of God. And even further development is friendship. Service means I ask you, \'93Please give me a glass of water,\'94 and you give it to me. And friendship means you are thinking, \'93
How is my friend? Now he may be wanting a glass of water.\'94 So before asking, if you give it to me\'97\'93I think you may require a glass of water.\'94\'97that is friendship. Friendship means feeling the friend\'92s welfare always. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Su-h\'e5d. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Friendship is not simply chatting. Friendship means thinking how my friend will be happy. This is friends
hip. And then that friendship, when further developed, is parenthood. Parents have no other consideration than wanting to see how their child will be happy always. And further development is conjugal love. Just like man and woman, male and female\'97that
 love. That love includes everything. So there is appreciation of greatness, servitude of servant, friendship, maternal love, and finally offering everything to the lover. That is most affectionate stage of love. So in this way we have five kinds of dire
ct relationships. And there are seven kinds of indirect relationships. Those are on the platform of enmity. Just like Ka\'e0sa. Ka\'e0sa was thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an enemy. So he was also K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious; he was thinking of how to kill K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But indirectly. So there are seven indirect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasas: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ghastly, comic, wonderful, anger, chivalrous, mercy and shocking. In so many ways there are many different relations. Without relationship, nobody can remain. Seven kinds of relationships are indirect. And five kinds of relationships are dire
ct. So we want to be situated in a direct relationship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the conditioned souls are in an indirect r
elationship, everyone is in a relationship?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, there must be some relationship. Without some relationship one can
not exist. He is part and parcel. Just like persons in the prison house. They are not outside the government; they have a relationship with the government. But that is indirect. The prisoner does not appreciate the service of the government, and the gove
rnment is bothered by his existence. Instead of receiving some service from him, the state has to spend unnecessarily for him. That is a botheration. So those who are in an indirect relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba are a botheration. They are simply givi
ng trouble to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But there is a relationship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Is the humorous a direct or indirect?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Humor is practically in every direct relationship. And in indirect ther
e is humor also. I am thinking of you as an enemy. That is also another type of humor. [laughs] Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pradyumna: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do the five direct }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub take place between }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va souls }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub also when there is\'97
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything is for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  souls. All relationships. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba is one, the Supreme. And all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub souls are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore the eternal relati
onship is there. Now they\'92re exhibited in this dual kind of humor, either directly or indirectly. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  soul, the part and parcel, cannot be separated from the Supreme. The sun and the sunlight, the electric bulb and the diffusion of light, cannot be separated. But this portion is covered, and it appears to be darkness. So when it is covered, 
that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When one thinks that he has no relationship with God, or \'93I am God;
 there is no God,\'94 this is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He is covered. He cannot see. So he has to be treated b
y this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness treatment, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will go, separated, and he will see
, \'93Ah yes! I am part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Then he comes to the direct relationship. There are spiritualists or transcendentalists who claim that there is no God, or \'93I am God,\'94 or that there is only void. All these are disturbing po
sitions, different symptoms of this disease of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is a disease. How can one think tha
t he is God? That means he does not know what is God. If I say here that I am President Nixon, will you accept it? Will you accept it? Any one of you, if I say that I am President Nixon, will you accept? Why? Why?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I don\'92t know.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What? Why? Why do you not accept me? I say, \'93I am President Nixon.
\'94 Why do you not accept? Why?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Student:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I would say you are, if you say you are. (everyone laughs)
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That means you are not rascal. You have seen that you do not accept me 
as President. Yes, that is one thing. At least you are not insane. So if I say, \'93I am God\'94 and you accept me, then how much more insane you are. Just try to understand how much insanity is there. One is claiming that \'93I am God,\'94 and one is ac
cepting that he is God. This is insanity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Are we not all one?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One, that is a different thing. Are you not one with President Nixon?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes. He\'92s a human being.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is all right. He is American; he is a human being. In so many qual
ities you are one. But you cannot claim that you are President}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nixon. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Para\'e0 brahman. Para\'e0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means the chief. We are all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub brahman. Aham brahm\'e4smi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every living entity is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the chief }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman
. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just like you are all Americans, but your President is the chief American. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the chief }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You are all}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but He is the chief }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahman. Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it clear? You should understand}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in that way. In 
so many respects and qualities you are one with God, but that does not mean that you are God. God is one. Just like in spite of your becoming an American or a human being, you do not identify yourself with President Nixon because you have full knowledge 
of President Nixon and yourself. And as soon as you say, \'93I am God,\'94 that means that you have not full knowledge of God. You\'92re insane. You do not know what God is. That very assertion immediately shows that you know nothing about God. God is so
 great, but you are claiming that greatness. That means you do not know how great He is. A tiny factor claims that he is God without having that greatness. That means insanity, the same as if you claim that you are President Nixon. But how great God is! 
How much greater than President Nixon! Do you deny being one with President Nixon and accept yourself to be one with God? How insane you are. Just try to understand. Yes?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have read in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that he who knows the Self does not do action nor cause action to be done. So, what is the soul\'92s, the spirit soul\'92
s, relationship to actions performed both in material consciousness?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Material consciousness means forgetting God. When one forgets God, that
 is material consciousness. Material consciousness is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Actually one should not 
forget, but if he forgets somehow or other, that is material consciousness. Naturally, nobody forgets his father and mother, but if somehow or other he forgets, that is a special circumstance, and that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , illusion. Just like any one of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\cb1\nosupersub NOU }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who are existing must have a father and mother. That is a fact. Without father and mother your existence cannot be. Now, if you cannot say who is your father and mother, if you do not
 know, this forgetfulness is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Actually, it should not happen, but somehow or ot
her if you are asked who are your parents, you cannot say. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But there m
ust be some father and mother. Without a father and mother there cannot be an existence. You cannot deny that. You may not know who are your father and mother; that is a different thing. But you cannot say, \'93Oh, I have no father and mother.\'94 So thi
s denial\'97\'93I don\'92t believe in God or His existence.\'94\'97is like forgetting your father and mother. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . And that is material consciousness. They deny God in different ways. \'93There is no God.\'94 That is denial. \'93I don\'92t believe in God.\'94 That is also denial. \'93God is impersonal, void,\'94 or however you say 
it, that is all insanity, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means insanity, for when a man becomes insane th
at is false; it is expected that he should not be insane. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means insanity, forgetfulnes
s of God. And by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness treatment, one can come to His original consciousness and become a cured man. Actually, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that which has no existence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  has no existence, but sometimes it is there, just like the clouds in the sky. The covering is not reality. Reality is the clear sky. This is temporary, illusory. If I see the cloud only and if I think there is no sun, no illumination or no c
lear sky, that is insanity. Because I cannot see under certain circumstances, I deny it, and that is my insanity. Therefore you have to approach the man who knows that there is sunlight, there is sun, and there is clear sky. You require all this educatio
n, knowledge. By knowledge, one transcends }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or material existence. What is the differen
ce between an ordinary man and a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious man? He also is living in this world, in this apartment and using everything that is being utilized by others. He is also eating and sleeping, but what is the difference? The difference is that he
 accepts that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Others do not. That\'92s all. Everything actually belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Others do not know. They think it belongs to them, or \'93This is my nation, this is my country, this that.\'94 So many thing
s they manufacture, but we know the simple truth: everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So let everything be offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That\'92s all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We understand that under material consciousness the
 living entity is being forced to act.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His actions are quite automatic under the laws of m
aterial nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes. Action is there. Because you are a living entity, you are active.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, but they\'92re being dictated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, just like a man in fever is talking nonsense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But this is due to fever.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are the actions of 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub similarly controlled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s superior energy?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, certainly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But everything is being ultimately controlled by K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, either by inferior energy or by superior energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: So }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub these activities are never independent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Never, never, never. That is his insanity. Anyway, as soon as one think
s, \'93I am independent,\'94 that is another insanity. He is under control. Just like a man is thinking, \'93I don\'92t care for the state laws.\'94 He\'92s insane. He will be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
forced }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to accept state laws in the prison house by the police.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But he thinks, \'93Oh, I am a prisoner, but I am still independent.\'94 He is slapped by the police, but he still says, \'93I am independent. Go on slapping.\'94 That is insanity. Is it not insanity? The p
olice slap him, and he says, \'93I am independent.\'94 Do you think that is independence? That is the sort of independence we are having. We are always kicked by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , yet we are thinking ourselves independent. This is insanity. We do not think how we are independent. One is servant of his senses, he cannot refrain from enjoying his senses f
or an hour, and he is thinking himself independent. That means he is insane. He cannot think properly. Where is his independence? He cannot be independent. He is born dependent; he is part and parcel of God. His constitutional position is dependent. The 
child might declare independence, but what is the meaning of that independence? Danger, that is all. He is simply inviting dangers. A child says, \'93Oh, I don\'92t care for my parents. I shall cross the ocean; I shall go everywhere.\'94 So if he is allo
wed to do that, then he\'92s simply inviting dangers. And if he remains under the protection of the parents, he is always safe. So these living entities declaring independence are insane and are suffering from different kinds of insanity. They cannot be 
independent. Let them think very deeply, but they cannot be independent. They are thinking themselves independent of God, but they are dependent on their senses, that\'92s all. And some intoxication. They voluntarily accept dependence of something\'97}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . That\'92s all. Who is independent? Is there anyone independent? Nobody is independent. 
To think of independence is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The best thing is that since I am dependent, let me remai
n dependent properly. Then I am protected. So is your question answered? Material consciousness means thinking oneself falsely independent. That is material consciousness. Falsely. He is not independent, but he is thinking falsely, \'93I am independent.
\'94 This is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Just like in a dream, he is falsely thinking there is a tiger. There is 
no tiger, but he is actuated by this false impression: \'93Oh, the tiger is eating me! He has attacked me! Save me!\'94 So this material existence means that because he is insane he is thinking there are so many problems. \'93The tiger is there! He is at
tacking me!\'94 This, that, oh, so many, he is creating so many things. But they\'92re all false. But he is attacked by that false hallucination. That\'92s all. This is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Everyone is thinking, \'93Oh, there are so many problems I have to solve; I have to make this much. I have this\'97\'94 But he actually has no problems. His only problem
 is how to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That\'92s all. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind He says, \'93Yes, you accept Me. Simply chant \'91K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92; I am yours. That\'92s all.\'94 But I am so unfortunate that I cannot chant it. All problems are solved si
mply by chanting K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Et\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e9 tava k\'e5p\'e4 bhagavan. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4pr
abhu says, \'93O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are so kind that You have come to me in the sound vibration \'91K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'92 I can very easily chant, and You will remain with me. But I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction even for this.\'94 When you s
ee people and tell them, \'93Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and you\'92ll get everything,\'94 they\'92ll not believe it. And if you say, \'93I\'92ll press your nose, you pay me $50, and I\'92ll give you some nice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And you move your head like this, your leg like this,\'94 then they will say, \'93Oh! Here is something!\'94 [laughter] \'93So this S
wamiji says simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba! What is this?\'94 Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, \'93You have become so easily available in this age, but I am so unfortunate that I cannot accept this.\'94 This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so eas
ily being distributed, but they are so unfortunate that they cannot accept. Just see. And if you give them a bluff, if you cheat them: \'93Ah, yes, welcome!\'94 Yes. They welcome it, and cheaters are always ready. \'93Customers are being cheated, so let 
me take advantage of it.\'94 My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j used to say that this world is the society of the cheaters and the cheated. You have the association of cheaters and cheated. So we want to save people from this society of cheaters and cheated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhupad, often I would be performing, doing something, some ac
tivity during our day, and so many things will go wrong, and I\'92ll become frustrated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is in a profession, there may be something wrong. That doesn
\'92t matter. But you try to discharge your duties rightly, whatever you are prescribed to do. Then everything will come to the right point. Your only business is to follow the four principles of the regulated way of life and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, s
ixteen rounds. So there may sometimes be a mistake. That will be corrected automatically because we are coming from a different platform. It is also said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.30]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : ap
i cet-sudur\'e4c\'e4ro bhajate m\'e4m ananya-bh\'e4k s\'e4dhur eva sa mantavya\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Although one is found committing mistakes or doing something wrong, because he is stick
ing to this principle of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu.\'94 S\'e4dhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means holy 
man. He is holy. He is not doing any wrong consciously, but due to habit. Suppose, just like most of you, in your former life you were smoking or taking intoxication. But by some influence, if you sometimes again take to it, you may be conscious, \'93Oh 
I have done wrong.\'94 But that is excused if you have done so unconsciously. But if you think, \'93Now that I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, whatever I do is all right,\'94 then it is bad. But if accidentally it happens, that is excused. So an accidental 
mistake is not dangerous, but a willful neglect is dangerous. We should be very careful always so that accidental mistakes also may not take place. But if they take place, they will be excused.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Can }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hinder or help K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hinder. Because it is useless, simply wasting time. You cannot follow t
he rules and regulations. You are simply bluffed. Do you know what are the rules and regulations }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of ha\'f6ha-yoga? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually? You have to select a secluded place. Actually it is not practiced in an assembly of so many men, but they go to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub class where there are hundreds of members practicing. And someone is collecting money, five dollars for a seat, and you are thinking, \'93Oh I am practicing.\'94 That is useless, a waste 
of time and money. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'f6ha-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is not practiced in that way. You have to practice in a secluded
 place, alone. Do you do that?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No, I guess I don\'92t.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is very difficult in this age. Then you have to restrain yourself in
 so many things, completely free from sex life. You have to eat under certain directions. You have to\'97so many things. These rules are not followed. Simply they have some bodily gymnastics, sitting postures, and they are thinking, \'93I will practice.
\'94 No, that is just one of the items. So all the items cannot be observed in this age. Therefore, it is wasting time. And what is the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub practice? That is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'93Of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in tr
anscendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and is the highest of all.
\'94 This is the goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub practice. So that is possible very easily by this movement, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, not by any other process. The ultimate goal is here. One should be always abiding with God, worshiping Him in loving transcendental service and should be intimately united with Him. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Intimately. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This \'93intimately\'94 refers to the five kinds of relationships. That is the perfection of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba advised }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub practice. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4\'eckhya-yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
So you read about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in chapter six of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the forty-seventh verse. This is the version.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no value in keeping the body fit through exercises?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, you can become very healthy, but does that mean that health is the
 perfection of life? Do you mean to say that if one has a healthy life, he will not die? He will not change his body? So health is required, but health is not the ultimate goal of life. The ultimate goal of life is here.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lokan\'e4tha: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buddha taught very similar things to what the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub taught also, didn\'92t he? Are there agreements in certain places, what Buddha teaches and what the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  teaches?
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do you follow Buddha?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lokan\'e4tha: No.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You simply talk of him? Practice like Buddha and appreciate him. Give u
p everything like Buddha and meditate. But that you will not do. Then what is the useless talking about? You just talk. Do something! Either you believe Buddha or Jesus Christ or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Do something! Don\'92t talk, simply. Lord Buddha is very ni
ce. He gave up his kingdom. He led a full life; he was a prince. He thought it was all nonsense, \'93Let me meditate.\'94 So do like that. We won\'92t do anything. That is the disease. We talk much about this, that, this, that. Do anything, but do it per
fectly! Jack of all trades, master of none\'97that is no good. Be master of something! It doesn\'92t matter. Either you follow Lord Jesus Christ or Lord Buddha, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it doesn\'92t matter much. But do it perfectly. That is all we request.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Platform of Real Bliss
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE PLATFORM OF REAL BLISS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the all-blissful Supreme Personality of Godhead, and we are all constitutionally His eternally blissful servitors. Un
fortunately we have forgotten this fact, and thus we have fallen into material consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said to his father, \'93My dear father, I think you do not know what the success of life really is.\'94 Peop
le do not know how to be actually successful in life. Everyone is interested in his own personal enjoyment, but no one really knows where real pleasure is available. Everyone is supposed to be concerned with his own self-interest, but no one knows what h
is self-interest actually is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da\'92s father, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, was a greatly powerful atheist king, and he perfectly displayed the character of material
istic, or \'93demoniac,\'94 consciousness. All of his energy was devoted to obtaining increased bodily pleasure. And, of course, he was hoping that his five-year-old son Prahl\'e4da would follow in his footsteps. But Prahl\'e4da was not interested in mat
erial affairs. When his father inquired from him what was the best thing that he had learned from his teachers, Prahl\'e4da replied that he had not learned anything of any value from them. By the grace of the great sage N\'e4rada Muni, Prahl\'e4da had ob
tained the rare opportunity for developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and he was therefore completely disinterested in material happiness. Instead of working very hard in school, Prahl\'e4da was chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dancing, and, to the di
smay of the teachers, all the other young children joined with him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The person who has tasted the bliss of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness soon loses all interest in material pleasure. As his consciousness 
becomes cleansed by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he comes in contact with superior spiritual pleasure. This is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The person who is in spiritual consciousness is jolly. He is completely satisfied by spiritual pleasure and therefore fails to display the symptoms of material hankering. He does not lament for anything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material conception of life, we are engaged in trying to get pleasure from dead objects through our temporary and limited senses
, and thus we obtain only flickering happiness. We are dependent on material conditions for our happiness, and thus it is inevitable that we are always hankering to have something or lamenting because we have lost something. We see a beautiful girl or bo
y and our mind becomes dominated by strong hankering, or we lose our girl friend or boy friend, and lamentation is the immediate result. Despite such circumstances we are thinking that we have control over events in this world, not realizing that we are 
actually under the control of our senses. The fact that we do not recognize that we are controlled is an indication of the extent to which our originally pure consciousness is contaminated by the material atmosphere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Under the control of the illusory energy, we are thinking that we are enjoying great sense pleasure, but we do not know that this is no
t real pleasure. The materialistic person is under the false conception that there is no difference between his body and his self. He is thinking himself identical with his body, and therefore he is fully engaging himself in trying to satisfy his bodily 
desires by the four activities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The lower animals are guided by this conception, and they engage themselves in these activities without any knowledge of higher spiritu
al principles. But human beings, endowed with the rare facility for developing spiritual consciousness, should not limit their activities to these four animal propensities. The civilized person should use the developed consciousness afforded by the human
 form of life, not to pursue bodily sense pleasure in the same manner as the animals, but to understand his eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the only way real pleasure is available to him, and this is 
the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This perfection is only available by the grace of a bona fide spiritual master who is a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One may underst
and that there is a difference between the temporary material body and the permanent spiritual soul, but without the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master, it is not possible to halt materialistic activities and to engage in positive spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one can approach the Absolute Truth by the power of his own mundane speculative faculties; it is not possible. Our mind and intellig
ence are limited and imperfect, and by the agency of such limited organs no one can approach the unlimited transcendental person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those persons who are trying to know the Absolute Truth by speculation, formulating their own ideas and concocting their own formulas f
or spiritual life, cannot be successful in their attempt. They become easy victims for so-called spiritual masters whose mastery is actually limited to the financial sphere. In their attempt to reach the transcendental platform by mental speculation, the
y may philosophize that they are God, but because they have not accepted a bona fide spiritual process for freeing the senses of material contamination, these so-called Gods are unable to achieve actual spiritual enjoyment and are therefore addicted to m
aterial activities for sense gratification. Such persons are pleased to accept any man as their spiritual master, provided such \'93spiritual master\'94 agrees to make no attempt to limit the disciple\'92s sense-gratificatory activities. Those who have i
ndependently reached the faulty conclusion that the Absolute Truth is void or impersonal are in the same position; though they may say that everything is one, they are nevertheless addicted to material sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to be successful in spiritual life, one has to accept a bona fide spiritual master and agree to abide by his instructions. If 
one is determined to act in accordance with his own concocted formulas, there is no use in accepting a spiritual master just for the purpose of show. By definition, the disciple must be willing to accept the authority of the spiritual master. It is confi
rmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the bona fide spiritual master can impart transcendental knowledge to hi
s student because he has seen the truth. The student should therefore approach the spiritual master with an attitude of submission. A person who adopts this method has no need to continue speculating about the truth. When one approaches the spiritual mas
ter with service and submissive questions, the Absolute Truth is available to him. The spiritual master instructs the disciple in such a way that the disciple can reach the perfection of life without any doubt, and one should therefore follow the spiritu
al master\'92s order without hesitation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master is the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore his words of instruction always agree with the words of the
 Supreme Lord, which are found in the bona fide scriptures. The Supreme Lord instructs in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub that one should surrender unto Him and become His devotee, and the bona fide spiritual master instructs the disciple in the same way: \'93One should surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Any person who claims to be a bona fide spiritual teacher 
but is opposed to the principle of unconditional service to the Supreme Lord must be rejected at once as bogus.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master cannot be an ordinary man, but he must be a self-realized soul, a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba coming in discipl
ic succession. He must be completely free from the contamination of the material energy. He must be a great soul, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4. As }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are fully engaged in devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, knowing Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, o
riginal and inexhaustible. They do not regard the Supreme as impersonal; they are in eternal association with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His eternal transcendental form and are always engaged in chanting the glories of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A great soul is very rare, and it is he only who is able to give the sincere searcher the unsurpassable gift of devotional service to L
ord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The conditioned souls have forgotten Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are engaged in serving their senses, but by the grace of the bona fide spiritual master one\'92s original spiritual position of loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be reviv
ed, and by this service one can experience the highest spiritual bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The pleasure derived from devotional service is so great that the pure devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba reject all other kinds of happin
ess. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja therefore prayed to the Lord, \'93My dear Lord, I repeatedly pray unto Your lotus feet that I may simply be stronger in devotional service. I simply pray that my K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness may be more strong and steady, 
because happiness derived out of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service is so powerful that with it one can have all the other perfections of religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and even the attainment of liberation from
 material existence.\'94 Frustrated by the experience of incessant material misery, unhappy persons sometimes try to become liberated from such misery by attempting to merge with the Supreme Absolute Truth. But it is confirmed by the great authority Bilv
ama\'ecgala \'d6h\'e4kur that for one who is devoted to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His personal form, liberation from material misery \'93stands at his doorstep with folded hands.\'94 Such liberation is automatically achieved by one who becomes a devotee of 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is trying for pleasure by materialistic activities or by trying to lose his identity by \'93merging\'94 with the Supreme must p
erpetually continue in such activities without any hope of becoming satisfied, but the devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba experience such great bliss that all other pleasures seem insignificant to them. There is nothing that can compare to this bliss, and t
herefore one who is engaged in the loving devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba easily gives up the meager and temporary enjoyment of material sense-gratificatory activities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so wonderful that even a drop of happiness in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness surpasses an ocean of happiness derived from any other activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This great transcendental bliss can be experienced by anyone who is engaged in devotional service under the direction of the spiritual 
master, and therefore devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the perfection of existence. This devotional service is very rare, but in this age it is easily attained by the causeless mercy of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
 is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, and He has descended personally from His transcendental abode to freely distribute love of Godhead to the unfortunate souls who have fallen into this material world. The Supre
me Lord has no obligation to descend to this material world, but due to His mercy upon the conditioned souls, He appeared on this planet 500 years ago in order to indicate to everyone by His personal example that the only possible way to achieve spiritua
l life in this age is by chanting the transcendental names of God. The most potent chant is Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. He kindly descended Him
self and described the full science of devotional service to His disciples, and He personally propagated the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even a drop of happiness in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness surpasses an ocean of happiness derived from any other activities, and there i
s an ocean of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious happiness. This transcendental ocean of bliss is not only unlimited, but it is always increasing. We have no experience on the material platform of an ocean which increases, but the unlimited ocean of spiritual blis
s can be unlimitedly increased by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is by the grace of Lord Caitanya that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has come to America to spread this }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, at a time when it is very much required. Although the Western countries are econ
omically and technologically prosperous, their citizens are nevertheless experiencing great anxiety and frustration due to widespread spiritual poverty, and there is no place where one can receive instruction in spiritual science. The transcendental scie
nce of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has brought to this country is therefore a most rare and valuable commodity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a story that one devotee of Lord \'c7iva was informed by Lord \'c7iva that San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a great K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onscious saint, had in his possession something very valuable. This devotee therefore went to San\'e4tana and requested that he give him the most valuable thing that he had. San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 told him that he had a touchstone\'97a stone capable o
f transforming iron into gold\'97lying in a pile of garbage. Directed by San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the devotee searched through the garbage and found the touchstone. A few experiments quickly revealed that the stone was indeed capable of changing iron i
nto gold, and so the devotee went away with great satisfaction. But as he was walking on the road, he thought, \'93San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has left this valuable touchstone in a pile of garbage, and he seems not to care about it at all. He must have so
mething even more valuable.\'94 He therefore approached San\'e4tana again: \'93You must have something more valuable than this stone; please give it to me.\'94 And so San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 gave him the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to chant.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This same Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is being offered freely to everyone by our spiritual master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, and the most intelligent people will take to this chanting process. K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness is so valuable and rare that if a man has a million dollars, he will still be unable to purchase K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness anywhere. Under the spell of illusion, we are thinking that material advancement is the goal of life, but we do not 
know that by this process no one is enjoying real happiness. The temporary material happiness of this world becomes insignificant when compared to the unlimited spiritual pleasure available from K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and this is a fact which will
 be readily confirmed by any one of the steadily increasing number of devotees who have taken to this transcendental process. Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the scientific method recommended in the Vedic literature for reviving our dormant love of God, 
and when we are fully absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we can become free from all material distress and resume our eternal association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the spiritual sky. Lord Caitanya\'92s }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement makes this spiritual perfection available to everyone, and it is therefore the prime b
enediction for all living entities. It is the priceless gift now made available to people all over the world by the causeless mercy of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Day at ISKCON Boston
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A DAY AT ISKCON BOSTON
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual life is blissful, but it is not whimsical. The regulative principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of devotional service), as defined by the spiritual master and the authorized scriptures
, form the standard way for the conditioned soul to come to the purified stage of spiritual existence, and one must first reach that joyful stage of purification before he can serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba in spontaneous love. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub schedule in Boston is rigidly followed. The day is filled with various activities, especially }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the public chanting}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba), the printing of the spiritual master\'92s literature, and the worship of the Deity in the temple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At 3:30 A.M. the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub single celibate students, are awakened by the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and brought to their feet. Some devotees are awa
ke long before 3:30. As early as 3:00 A.M., the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puj\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (caretaker of the Deities) is up doing her d
uties, and designated press men are working transcendental night shifts on the IBM composing machine which is putting out an unlimited stock of Sanskrit literature. At 3:30 A.M., the cooks begin preparing foodstuffs which will be offered to the Deities i
n the temple at the 4:30 A.M. ceremony. Also at 4:00, girls start making flower garlands for the Deities. And several days a week the temple vehicle starts out early in the morning to purchase flowers to adorn the Deities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The goal of all these activities is to realize K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is stated in the scriptures that if one not only recognizes that God 
is great but personally engages in His service, then he is the perfect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and is most intimately lin
ked with the Supreme. At 4:30 the Supreme 1,ord is glorified in the form of His Deity incarnation. By His mercy the Lord appears in the Deity form of stone or wood, and the devotee is thus able to perform loving service to the Absolute Truth, who so kind
ly accepts being bathed and being dressed and fed. During the morning }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceremony, praises are sung to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the guru, and especially the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97is chanted. At 7:30 there is breakfast and then cleanup until 9:30,
 when there is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub class. The public is invited to take part in this program, beginning
 from the seven o\'92clock service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone who participates in this program gains great spiritual benefit. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Persons who}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are impelled by pure devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and who therefore go to see the Deities of Vi\'f1\'ebu in the temple will surely get relief from entering again into the prison house of 
a mother\'92s womb.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub party, with all paraphernalia for a full day of chanting, leaves at 11:00 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub van. The devotees chant throughout the day in the parks and streets of Boston. In this age, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub especially recommended as the highest welfare work. The distribution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the living entities who have forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a far greater service than the patchwork of mate
rial welfare work, altruism, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The offering to the Deity in the temple is at 11:30. Food is prepared with the consciousness that it is not primarily for the devotees 
but is for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His Deity incarnation. Prayers to the spiritual master are sung before the Deity, and then the offered food is to be taken as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or divine remnants first accepted by God Himself. All food taken at the temple is first offered in this way. So every activity, even eating, is calculated to increase spiritual strength. One 
simply has to apply his body and mind to K\'e5\'f1na\'92s service, and he will thus become cleansed of material desires to satisfy himself and will instead try to please the Supreme directly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ISKCON press is on a special schedule. All phases of transcendental printing go on at the Boston center, beginning from receipt fro
m the spiritual master of dictaphone tapes for a book such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The tapes are typed
 out, edited by English and Sanskrit editors, composed and made ready for print, then printed, bound, and distributed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness centers all over the world. Illustrations for these books are done by a team of artists working under th
e direct order of His Divine Grace. Prabhup\'e4da has called the press his heart. Press workers follow the temple schedule as closely as possible while putting in long hours of work on this special mission of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub noon the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub truck takes out several more devotees, who join}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sank\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub party which has already left at 11:00. }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is brought to them in the field, where, according to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are doing the hi
ghest work. After the Devotees take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the ecstatic chanting party continues, and chanting and 
distribution of literature go on until 6:00.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every evening at 6:30, all the Boston devotees, numbering about forty, join for evening }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub along with as many as twenty guests, most of whom are attracted during the day by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chanting}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the streets. After taking plenty of delicious }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all are invited to att
end the ecstatic 7 P.M. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub worship in the temple. There, before the Deities of R\'e4dh\'e4 an
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Jagann\'e4tha (spiritual forms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His expansions), the devotees ecstatically sing the holy names}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and dance, accompanied by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub drums, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4las }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and harmonium. This transcendental chanting, performed with sincerity, cleanses the heart of all materi
al anxiety and brings complete relief to any person who takes part. Following }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a forty-minu
te }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  class is held, following which guests and devotees ask questions which are answere
d on the authority of the spiritual master and the Vedic scriptures. Hearing of the topics of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is very important in the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti; }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simply by hearing from the proper Vedic authority, one can advance toward attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All these activities are authorized by the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4r
ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is a pure devotee of the Supreme Lord and who is himself authorized by a chain of spiritual masters in a
 disciplic succession going back to the time of the creation of the universe. Lord Caitanya, the avat\'e4ra who 500 years ago preached exclusive engagement in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba for all peoples, prayed as follows: \'93One can chant the holy nam
e of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street, more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and ready to offer all respects to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy na
me of the Lord constantly.\'94 Thus the chanters do not hesitate to chant anywhere and everywhere for the benefit of all. One can understand that the boys and girls who engage six hours daily in this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub activity are automatically freed from the immoral practices of this
 age and are situated in the ocean of transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All devotees take rest by 10:00 P.M. It is stated in the Vedic scriptures that the passing of a day means that one day has been taken f
rom our life\'92s duration, and all the money in the world cannot buy back that time. Time takes away our life day by day until finally there is nothing left but death. That is the predicament for all who spend their time in bodily, material consciousnes
s, forgetful of their eternal relationship with God. But the time of those devotees who constantly engage in transcendental loving service can never be taken away, nor at death can such devotees be forced to give up their God consciousness. A day at ISKC
ON in the eternal devotional service of the Lord\'92s pure devotee is counted permanently as an asset toward the ultimate goal of attaining the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 CHANT (Part 1)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHANT (Part 1)
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 \line (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Note: This is the first part of \'93Chant,\'94 a lengthy four-part poem. Part One traces the activities of the spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta
 Swami Prabhup\'e4da, from his landing in New York in 1965 to the end of 1969, four short years packed with transcendental events so numerous that only the most memorable are recorded. There is nothing concocted or exaggerated in this section. The events
 recorded are only those the author personally witnessed or experienced. Who could begin to chant all the glories of the spiritual master? The grammatical form utilized in this section, a long series of pronoun clauses, was developed a century ago by Whi
tman in \'93Recorders\'92 Ages Hence,\'94 a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calamus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub poem. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [part 2-4]
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nama om vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya \line bh\'fctale \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktived\'e4nta-sv\'e4min iti
 n\'e4mine.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I offer my humble obeisances unto His Divine Grace Prabhup\'e4da A.C.
 Bhaktivedanta Swami, who is very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba on this earth, having taken shelter of the lotus feet of that ever-youthful, beautiful, transcendental Lord,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, alon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub e, in his seventieth year, threw family, society, friendship, love to the wind, left mother India and set sail around the earth to foreign, unknown shores because his spiritual master spoke to him in a dream,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who carried the glorious message of the munificent Lord Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu to a nation plagued with the leprosy of voidism and impersonalism, who brought an ageless message of love of Godhead,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who landed in Manhattan with saffron robes, a suitcase and seven dol
lars and wondered at }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  skyscrapers and empty, noisy dreams,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, with white, pointed holyman shoes, walked through the snow to T
imes Square and laughed at Kali\'92s cinema ads,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who accepted residence with hashish-yog\'e9s who believed they were 
moving the sun and moon,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who played cymbals and chanted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93I worship Govinda the Primeval Lord,\'94 explaining to void-meditators that 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s transcendental body is unlimited, that He can extend His hand to all parts of His creation, that any one part of His body can perform all the actions of all the other parts, and that simply by glancing at nature He impregnated her wit
h countless living entities and set the cosmic systems spinning and struck up the song of the universe,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who journeyed downtown, out of compassion, and set up quarters in Lo
wer East Side narrow mice-ridden storefront and trusted K\'e5\'f1\'eba to bring next month\'92s rent,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who opened the storefront doors even to Bowery derelicts and clashed
 cymbals and chanted Sanskrit hymns to God, whose vibrations caught the ears of young psychedelic middle class renegades searching for alternatives to their legacy of lies and materialism,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who had and everlastingly has infinite mercy, delivering it free of 
charge, a matchless gift, to whomever stops to hear,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who never, to my knowledge, turned one soul away, who effused them a
ll with kindness, affection, truth,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who had mercy on my soul one bright July morning amidst the roaring 
Manhattan traffic of Houston and Bowery (Most holy spot! Transformed to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha by his feet! Bowery transformed to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha!),
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who lectured every morning on Second Avenue and as the gold of dawn 
lit his face played cymbals and chanted softly, careful not to awake the neighbors lest they pour hot water through the floorboards,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who opened }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and explained \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s message verse by verse and set His names\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare, Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare\'97on the lips of the young,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, by contact only, warmed their hearts and lit the fires of love 
of God in their souls and smeared their eyes with the ointment of devotion,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who defied cheap popular adoration by truthfully telling the youth o
f America that to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba the soul must be pure, free of everything,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who supplanted the old white-bearded Judaic-Christian God with a bea
utiful, blue adolescent Boy and evoked }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tears from the eyes of men,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who led his flock to Washington Square to chant, was invited off the
 grass by the cops, sat complacently anyway on the asphalt and Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92d as nervous sailors flicked their cigarets,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who initiated his first dozen disciples with a fire sacrifice in his
 apartment, told them their real, spiritual names, chanted their beads, threw rice and ghee in the flames }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Sv\'e4h\'e4!)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  and sat smiling amidst the smoke as they coughed and ran to open the windows,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who listened, tolerant, to the threats of Jewish, Catholic and Prote
stant mothers accusing him of stealing their sons, and offered them bananas, apples, dates and tangerines and charmed them with his smile,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who every Sunday afternoon for a month sat down on the ground in Tom
pkins Square Park, pounded a bongo and chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba three hours straight while dancing angels dropped exhausted and Lower East Side Ukranians and Poles stared uncomprehendingly and grumbled,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who delivered a beautiful lecture on the spiritualization of energy 
to a thousand empty seats in midtown\'92s Judson Hall while across the street hundreds flocked to hear the Boston Pops at Carnegie,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who patiently endured the red tape visa harassment of immigration of
fices and allayed the fears of his children as they swore to follow him to India,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, on a sudden invitation, jumped a jet to Frisco, telling his New
 York disciples he\'92d return in a fortnight, and after four months\'92 absence laughed, \'93You have not reckoned a day of Brahm\'e4.\'94
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who lectured a thousand Hell\'92s Angels, hippies and teenieboppers 
in the strobe-flashing Avalon ballroom on the glories of Lord Caitanya\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sank\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement and, ha
nds upraised, danced with poet Ginsberg, Moby Grape, Grateful Dead and Big Brother to Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Tim Leary looked on benevolently,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who chanted and danced in a ring with longhair boys, girls, beads, b
eards and headbands below the shadow of Hippie Hill in Golden Gate Park on bright March and April afternoons,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who lectured at Frisco Christian Yoga societies, to hippies in the P
anhandle, to pacifists at Berkeley, to yellow, red, white and black nationalists, to anyone, everyone and no one in the streets and parks of Saint Francis,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who taught the students of Palo Alto a new dance\'97the \'93swami
\'94\'97which in fervor surpassed the frug and watusi,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who led a nighttime firelit }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at Frisco beach, roasted potatoes and sang starlit hymns to N\'e4rada Muni,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who sauntered through Muir woods contemplating the redwoods and refl
ecting how tired their souls must be for having to stand so long without K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, back in Manhattan, wore his body down chanting and glorifying t
he transcendental blue body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, cooking and writing for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and suffered a stroke that would have killed a mere man, left his body and then returned with the names of his love on his lips,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who sang to Yamar\'e4j, Death, as he stood before him, sang songs of
 love to the lotus-eyed Boy with pink bottom\'92d feet,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, in Beth-Israel Hospital, sat like a helpless child as demonic n
eedles came at him, tolerated them and listened to the Western diagnosis: \'93Tell him to take it easy. The old man prays too much,\'94
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, after five days, baffled obscene doctors by walking out the sic
kward\'92s pea-green walls to recuperate across country in the dazzling Pacific sands of Stinson beach,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who sat amidst a labyrinth of kelp horns and sea shells proclaiming 
that there are only devotees and demons, naught between,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who composed Sanskrit odes to the Primeval Spirit whose eternal teen
age lips play a flute,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who wept in a Frisco storefront\'97\'93Take to this process. I may b
e with you or not, but it is eternal.\'94\'97and bade farewell to his students who thought he was going to India to die,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who bathed in the sun wearing a turban and flying on a carpet as the
 Pacific crashed in his ears\'97\'93All glories to the assembled devotees! All glories to the Pacific Ocean!\'94\'97and finally, following the sun, whizzed to Delhi, V\'e5nd\'e4vana and Calcutta to Ayur-Vedic physicians,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who bathed in the Yamun\'e4, where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba played His wa
ter games, and lived in R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modar Temple, where repose the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Rupa and J\'e9va G
osv\'e4m\'e9,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who traveled through India, defying pneumonia, looking for a house f
or his American children,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who returned to the U.S. via Japan, trying to see the mayor of Tokyo
 to institute the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a glass American-made skyscraper,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who finally proclaimed the Japanese \'93not ready,\'94 and returned 
to a deluge of tears and flowers in Frisco airport,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, surpassing the Chinese, instituted a yearly festival of Jagann
\'e4tha love down Haight Street through Golden Gate to the beach, nine miles, and led twenty thousand before the cart of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Subhadr\'e4 and Balar\'e4ma,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who bowed to R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Seattle and sat in ne
w glory on the New York Vy\'e4s\'e4sana, the floating dais of praise, as his children fell at his feet,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who forgave his renegade disciples in Montreal with a garland of ros
es and a shower of tears,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who told golden beach boys in Honolulu and Kaaawa, Oahu that sun, be
ach and palm worship is all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , that golden flesh, after all, is just a bag covering blood, bone,
 stool, puss, bile, urine and guts, all rotting moment by moment,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who danced to K\'e5\'f1\'eba beneath the sun in L.A. and beneath the
 red, white and blue flashing neon illusions of Hollywood Blvd., Kali-yuga plastic America, and beneath the moon danced to Govinda and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4n\'e9 in a Manhattan alley, searching for a possible temple,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who proclaimed natural vegetarian pras\'e4damism to the nation\'92s 
hamburger stands, the cow-eaters of America, the pig-eaters, bird-eaters, fish-eaters, lamb-eaters, threatening them with endless rebirths as tigers,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who declared that Colonel Sanders of the Fried Chickens of Kentucky 
would have to undergo a chicken-birth-life-and-death for every chicken smeared with his recipe making its saucy way into the all-devouring mouths of the American karmavores,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who burst two thousand Ohio State students out their skins and jumpe
d for joy on his dais in the All-American City,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, lauding the \'93big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecgam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\'94 bought a press, said, \'93This is my heart,\'94 and printed his own books in Boston,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, having chanted six years in temples of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, 
where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s lotus feet danced, walked two miles up a West Virginia dirt road, stopping only once briefly for breath, and founded New V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the locust-flower\'92d hills,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who lived there in a shack, sauntered on morning walks through the l
ocusts and maples and blessed the dandelions, blackberries and pokeweed with his gaze,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who sat quietly beneath a persimmon tree reading \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4
gavatam and musing over the Appalachians,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who boarded the jet age from New York to Hamburg, carrying over the 
Atlantic real Aryan Vedic civilization in his head and magic mantras on his lips, the Paramhansa on Lufthansa, descending on Europe on his silver swan, singing songs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba-love for fractured Germany,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, not knowing one word of German, lectured on ecstasy in a little
 storefront temple on Eppendorfer Weg, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba uber alles,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who defined real Aryanism\'97life according to spirit, not to flesh
\'97to rapt disciples following him on a vigorous morning walk amidst cold, implacable North German beer consciousness, sausages and Volkswagens,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who sat before an Elbe sunset, holding up a picture of R\'e4dh\'e4-K
\'e5\'f1\'eba dancing on the lotus shaped Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planet, and who smiled and transformed the Elbe into the Yamun\'e4,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who descended on London reporters like a thundercloud and deluged th
em with the Absolute Truth\'97\'93I have come to teach what you have forgot.\'94 \'93Which is?\'94 \'93God.\'94
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who sang }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'93Bhaja }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Govindam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub to this century\'92s British bards, the Beatles\'97\'93What are you doing? Your philosophical speculation and grammatical word jugglery will not save you at the moment of death, so }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub bhaja Govinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , just worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'94 and struck up a new song in George\'92s heart,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who shouted down the new crows in London\'92s Conway Hall and contin
ued playing cymbals as their wings fluttered,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who founded a six-story R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1na temple a block away 
from a storehouse of ravaged Indian treasures, the British Museum, and despite a Gandhi exhibition began the Vai\'f1\'ebava colonization of England,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who buried his head in flowers and danced in ecstasy before the Lord
,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who saw Arjuna throw down his bow at Kuruk\'f1etra and Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma pass through Mathur\'e4 with Their cows and boy friends as the city girls showered Them with flowers from their balconies,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and who at this moment deluges the blazing fire of the soul trapped 
in materials and drowns the conflagration of even the most obdurant (my own!) soul entangled in the great chain fire of action and reaction,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who even now insists on wishing me well despite my pigheaded gnawing
 at o\'92erchewed stool,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who knows the innate sweetness of the soul in love with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and who delivers that love with truth, who draws it out the timid soul with truth and who demands its flourishing and wishes it well,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who resides at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally, who is Hi
s ambassador on earth, transmitting His message infallibly,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who views this universe to be no more significant than water in a ca
lf\'92s hoofprint,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who floats upon the tossing ocean of material and looks with compass
ion upon the countless dynasties of suffering souls struggling below,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who hears the discordant sounds of Kali\'92s millennia and blends th
em in harmony to one song that anyone can sing,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who must play in the starry sandbox of the universe like a child wit
h his toys,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who must laugh at the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  karmaval, the vast play of illusion, of America, of the world,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who must talk to K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone at night, sitting on his bed, 
conferring, listening carefully to His advice,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who perpetually receives the waters of benediction from the ocean of
 mercy and who pours them forth in torrents to extinguish the flames of materialism,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, always engaged in chanting and celebrating the message of Lord 
Caitanya, sometimes dances in ecstasy and trembles and quivers in his trance,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, with his disciples, untiringly worships \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R
\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Their temple,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who is always offering food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who derives great 
satisfaction in seeing his disciples eat }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagavat-pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the delicious mercy of the Lord,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who is eternally eager to chant and preach the glories of the loving
 exchanges between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and who aspires to relish these pastimes at every moment,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who expertly assists the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s transcendental cowherd girl friends engaged in the perfection of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba conjugal love af
fairs, who makes various tasteful arrangements for Them,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who, as all scriptures reveal, should be honored as highly as the Su
preme and Almighty Lord, for he is the Great God\'92s most confidential servitor,
\par }\pard \s984 \sl240\slmult1\sb101\sa0\li2376\ri1440\fi-936\tx720\tx1080\tx1440\tx1800\tx2160\tx2520\tx2880 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whose mercy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  enables me to receive the benediction of the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and without whose mercy I cannot advance on the spiritual path, and who is therefore worthy of my perpetual obeisances and my worship.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How to Get Out of the Clutches of Maya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOW TO GET OUT OF THE CLUTCHES O
F M\'c4Y\'c4
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means that which is not. In other words, it is illusion. For example, if a servant of a king thinks that he is the king, that is illusion. Generally, it is the illusion of all human beings that they are the l
ords of all they survey. But the actual fact is that they are under the grip of strict laws. They are trying to exploit the resources of material nature, but are becoming more entangled in nature\'92s complexities. Since this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is illusion, or unreality, it can be stopped simply by reviving the real, original nature of the human being. This i
s called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the mistaken idea that we ha
ve of ourselves and of our environment makes it impossible for us to enjoy our real, eternal nature. Moreover, once into the predicament of being under illusion, it is very difficult to get out of it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On hearing the description of our entanglement in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4
\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clutches, one might well ask, \'93How did we ever get into such a complicated predicament in the first place?\'94 Another fair question is, \'93Why should God put anyone int
o the illusion that he is something which he is not?\'94 The third question to be answered is, \'93How can one actually get out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?\'94 We fall into m\'e4y\'e4 because we are forgetful of our real selves. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has explained that it is not very important to trace out when this happened. When peopl
e hear of the kingdom of God and of the original nature, blissful, eternal and full of life, they ask, \'93If it were so nice, why would I leave?\'94 The answer to the question of when we fell is there in the Vedic literature. Specifically, in the Sevent
h Chapter, twenty-seventh verse, of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that we are born into this material
 world of delusion when we are overcome by our desire to be God and by our hatred of Him. As for the time when we fell, it is untraceably long ago, so long that it is called a time immemorial. But more important than tracing out just when we fell is find
ing out how we can be rescued from our present fallen state. In other words, if one is now very poor, it is not important that he was once rich. Or if one says, \'93Once I had much butter,\'94 but now he does not have butter, the important thing is that 
now he has no butter. Similarly, we can observe that we are now in illusion. Some may think that these statements are word jugglery. Often a person tells us, \'93Never mind spiritual consciousness. I am already completely liberated. Do not call this illu
sion\'97I am happy here.\'94 But let us examine the real nature of the material world, the kingdom of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to live in this material world and to think 
that it is one\'92s permanent place and that one can become happy here. Ask a person living in this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , \'93Are you happy?\'94 and he may answer, \'93Yes, I am happy.\'94 But what is this happiness? Ask him further, \'93Do you like to grow old?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No,\'94 he\'92ll answer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, \'93Do you like disease?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Do you like to die?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No.\'94 Then where is happiness? As long as we have to suffer these very basic defects to life, there can be no happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The way out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the process of self-realization. By understanding who we are and understanding our relationship to God, we can understand that we are in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and that it is no good. Self-realization and God realization begin with dissatisfaction. When we are dissatisfied, then we can search out liberation in our 
original state. By finding out our true nature, we can become free from the miseries of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But w
e must not think that we are happy in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . To accuse the transcendentalist or spiritualist of bein
g morbid because of his extreme criticism of the material world and its attractions is false. Rather, it is morbid to think that this life, which leads only to death, is everything. It is morbid to think that one is enjoying his body and its sensual plea
sures when every day one can see side by side a beautiful young girl and a decrepit old woman and observe how quickly the change takes place. It is morbid to try to squeeze pleasure out of the body, mistaking the body for the real self. To treat the body
 as the self is as foolish as to try to eat by putting foodstuffs in one\'92s ear rather than one\'92s mouth. We can see from common affairs or learn from the G\'e9t\'e4 that we constantly change our body, but the real self exists eternally. The crazines
s of thinking that our eternal self is the temporary body is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But because the majority of peop
le are in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consciousness, this has become the standard of sanity in modern civilization. The pr
oper use of the human form of life is to inquire with dissatisfaction about this state of suffering in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Usually when someone is afflicted with a disease, he will say with a feeling of dull resignation, \'93All right, let me go to the doctor.\'94 But one who inquires, \'93Why do I have to suffer? Who am I? Why must I endure disease and old age
?\'94 is intelligent. When such a process of inquiry begins, the sincere, determined searcher finally ends with God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are not questions of mental exercise or philosophical speculation. Rather, the inquiries, \'93Who am I? What am I meant to do? Wh
ere do I go after death?\'94 are questions that are dormant and natural in all living entities. These questions are asked by intelligent men, and the real answers to these inquiries satisfy the innermost need of the soul. Of course, one may ask such ques
tions without sincerity, or one may ask them of someone who is not an authorized spiritual master, and so one may go on suffering birth after birth because it is very difficult to free oneself from the stringent laws of material nature. Therefore, among 
the qualifications of a devotee is gravity. One should listen seriously when questions about suffering in life are discussed, and one should not think that simply because one is young or intoxicated, there are actually no problems. The problems of birth,
 death, disease and old age cannot be done away with by medicine or technology or poetry or philosophy, nor should one think that one can become God and thus become free from material nature\'92s stringent laws. Actually it is very simple: }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is there because of our false consciousness. And it can be removed as soon as the consciousness is change
d to reality. If a servant is trying to act as king, he will be frustrated because his real position is servant. But if he lives as a servant, he can enjoy all the facilities of his real position, without the anxieties of trying to be something he is not
. Therefore, everyone should understand that this material life is a diseased state and that because we are diseased, we cannot enjoy. We must first become well. We must first get out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Anyone who is teaching a process whereby people can enjoy without changing from bodily consciousness to real or spiritual consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness, is cheating, just as a doctor cheats if he tells an ailing patient, \'93Please get up and enjoy.\'94 No! The true doctor who has diagnosed an illness, says to the person, \'93You cannot enjoy now: you must lie in bed, take these medicines, an
d when you become well, then you can enjoy.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  traps us by offering us allurements in the way of 
sensual pleasures and by confining us to designations of the ego. By surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba these attractions vanish before the superior attractions of true spiritual life. Of the sensual pleasures, the chief is sex life. The difficulty with sex lif
e is that it necessitates trying to enjoy on the bodily platform, whereas our real nature is not satisfied by the sexual act, but is left unsatiated, just as a hungry man is left unsatisfied if one buys him expensive clothes or takes him to see a movie. 
Impetuously, madly, one thinks that he can become happy by sex life, but after repeated attempts, the complete satisfaction is still not attained. The satisfaction is only flickering. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states that by engagement in illicit association with women a man loses the qualities of truthfulness, cleanliness, mercifulness, gravity, s
piritual intelligence, shyness, austerity, fame, forgiveness,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub control of the mind and senses, and fortune
. Even when a man has sex with his wife and decides to raise a family, he becomes trapped in a desire to maintain economic status and social prestige and to elevate the material standard of his family. In this way }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  manipulates a man by his attraction for sex and leads him away from all possibilities of taking to the path of self-realization and 
real eternal enjoyment. We must understand that although }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is dictating, we are victimized only 
because of misuse of our own free will.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE CALL OF K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Opposed to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dictation is the call of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, coming through the spiritual master or pure devotee. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears in the form of scriptures and in the form of His instructions carried by pure devotees. The
 devotees always seek to call back the lost souls from the kingdom of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to where they can enjoy 
their real nature. The human being has wandered through many species of life\'97animal life, plant life, and all other lower forms of life\'97and in most forms of life one is unable to free himself from the experience of repeated miseries. The human form
 of life, however, is a special advantage for getting out of this entanglement. Therefore, it is imperative that we hear and take to a practical path before death comes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chief symptoms of the disease of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are desire for sex life and false identification. The ideas that one is an American or a Russian or a black man or a white man are designations that cover one\'92s real self. Our real self i
s spirit soul, part and parcel of God. These other things are only the outer coverings and are not our ultimate identity. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that a person who thinks that he is his body, which is made of air and bile, or who thinks that the land of his bir
th is worshipable, is no better than a cow or an elephant. We will only be Americans or Russians for this one body, and at the time of death we do not know where we will go. To cling to that false identification is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or \'93that which is not.\'94 Rather, we should put our energies into finding our real, eternal nature, which continues fr
om one body to another. Actually I do not even belong to the human race; it is only a temporary designation. I am now wearing a shirt and pants, but I do not think that my shirt and pants are my real self. When the shirt and pants wear out, then I get ne
w ones. But my self will continue. Similarly, I am not my car when I drive in my car.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In forgetfulness of our real K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we are trying to enjoy in a false way in terms of bodily pleasure and false 
designation, and we do not find real happiness because we are without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is our true and dearmost friend. To understand that we are not the lords of all we survey, we do not need to inquire into scriptures. Simply by common affairs, anyo
ne can see it. One may think that he is free, just as a cow on the end of a long rope with a ring in his nose may think himself free because he has a long rope, but eventually he sees that he is not free. When one comes to the conclusion that he is under
 the stringent laws of material nature, that he is in fact bound up by limiting conditions and limiting senses, and that he is not satisfied by any amount of sensual enjoyment, and when he can conclude that his position is temporary although he desires a
n eternally happy position, then he can seek out something greater, and he can inquire about God, the controller.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MISUSE OF FREE WILL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let us examine the intents of the controller. Why is He putting the living entities under the stringent laws of material nature? K\'e5
\'f1\'eba says that all the living entities who are struggling in the material nature are His parts and parcels. Therefore one might ask why He doesn\'92t stop this struggle at once and simply bring the souls out of their illusion. The answer is that alt
hough the Supreme Lord is full of compassion for His parts and parcels, they are eternally individuals by His divine will, and thus each individual has a minute amount of free will. His free will is such that he can decide either to be in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or to be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Once he decides to be in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , his free will stops, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  acts upon him. For example, one can decide whether or not to put his finger in a flame, but once he puts his finger in the flame, the flame will act and burn him. That action of the flame is called the materi
al nature. The individual spirit souls are just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are originally intended to be with Him in spiritual bliss, yet because they are small, they are prone to come under the jurisdiction of material nature. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself never 
comes under the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because He is the controller of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So why has He set up this material nature? Because the living entities desire it. The example is given of a child who sees
 her mother cooking in the kitchen and becomes envious of the mother\'92s superior position. The child declares to the mother, \'93No, I will be the cook. I will be the cook.\'94 The mother, just out of a desire to quiet the third, may give her a toy kit
chen set and let the child think that she is actually cooking. Another example is that when serious men are discussing something and a little child is in the room causing a disturbance, the child is put out of the room. Once the living entity becomes env
ious of God, then he is removed from His association and put into the material world where he himself can act as God. He must, however, come under the material laws. This is actually the reality under which we are all existing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Influenced by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we forget our real position. A perfect example of the total forgetfulness to which one may come when he is put under the spell of the illusory nature of God was displayed by the demigod Indra when he was cur
sed by his spiritual master to become a pig on earth due to acting licentiously in the heavenly planets. When Indra was thus degraded to take the body of a pig, he took up his piggish activities and soon lived on a farm with a she-pig and piglets. After 
some time, the spiritual master returned to retrieve Indra, but Indra as a pig refused to be liberated to his former grand position, thinking in delusion that he had so many responsibilities. He refused his spiritual master: \'93No. I cannot go to heaven
. Why are you saying that I am Indra? I am not Indra. I am a pig. I have so many responsibilities; I cannot leave. I am happy. I have my wife. I have my piglets. I have my stools.\'94 This is the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although it seems to be a punishment, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also means God\'92s grace. If someone does not want the topmost spiritual life, the opportunity to go back to Godhead, but instead desires to cultivate ignorance, then he is put under the ag
ency of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  so that he can try for happiness in the material world. The basic idea is that anyone 
who is born into a body has made a foolish choice; being born into the material world certifies one as a fool.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 AFTER DISSATISFACTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The signs of return to sanity are dissatisfaction}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and inquiry. Dissatisfaction refers to the realization that all is not well. Why must I grow old and diseased? Why must I die? After dissatisfaction comes the desire to inquire, to find a
 solution. The materialist is also seeking his solution to happiness, but his efforts are all patchwork. He tries to repair his body}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by going to a hospital, but soon the body will end. The real solution to bodily miseries is liberation from bodily existence. This spiritual knowledge solves things once and for all. When one realizes that this material worl
d is useless to him, then he can come out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Everyone born into a body is in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but by dissatisfaction and inquiry one may escape from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clutches. The process to do this is God consciousness or self-realization. Therefore, the first step out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to realize that one is in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This is not ignorance. This is intelligence; Ignorance is to think that one is living in reality within material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da refers to the material world}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the world of names. To a transcendentalist, buildings, machines, war, peace, politics and family are all just names, like the babble of waves at sea. The way out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not through mental efforts. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhag
avad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'93My divine energy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is very difficult to surmount, but for one who has surrendered, it is very easy.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The way to get out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is outlined by the Supreme Lord Himself in His incarnation as Kapiladeva. In the Third Canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devahuti, the mother of Kapila, asks Him questions exactly to this point: \'93How can there be any freed
om for the soul as long as the material nature acts on him and binds him?\'94 The living entity may desire freedom from the contamination of matter, but he is not}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub given release. Once he desires to come into the material world, then he is already conditioned by it, and he has no opportunity to get control of it. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says that it is very difficult to get out of the clutches of material nature. Mental speculators, concocting in different w
ays, try to think that everything is void, that there is no God, and that even if there is a spiritual background of everything, it is impersonal. This speculation may go on, but actually it is very difficult to get out of the clutches of material nature
. Devahuti asks, \'93One may speculate in many ways, but where is the chance of liberation as long as one is under the spell of material nature?\'94 The answer is given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhag
avad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that only one who has surrendered himself unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord can be freed from the clutches of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When one gradually comes to the point of surrender, he can ask such an intelligent question: \'93How can one be liberated, how can one be
 in a pure state of spiritual existence, as long as he is strongly held by the modes of nature?\'94 This is also an indication to the false meditators who artificially think that they are the Supreme Spirit and that they are controlling the activities of
 material nature. They may think, \'93Under my direction the sun is moving; under my direction the moon is rising,\'94 and they may think that they can become free by such meditation. But it is seen that three minutes after their meditation, they are imm
ediately captured by the modes of material nature, and they become thirsty: \'93I want to smoke or drink.\'94 So they are under the strong grip of the material nature, although they are thinking that they are separated from the clutches of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Such a person sometimes thinks that everything is void and that there are no sinful or pious activities.
 But actually these are just atheistic inventions. The truth is that unless a living entity surrenders unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead as instructed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9ta
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , there is no liberation or freedom from the clutches of matter. That is the transcendental fact.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one misuses his free will and challenges, \'93Why shall K\'e5\'f1\'eba be the all-in-all? I am as good as K\'e5\'f1na,\'94 then de
sire and envy of K\'e5\'f1na bring about his material bondage. One may be a philosopher or a salvationist or a voidist and think that he is the Supreme and that he is everything, but as long as he has this desire or thinks that there is no God, the cause
 of his bondage remains, and there is no question of liberation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SURRENDER UNTO K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da writes in this regard, \'93Theoretically one may analyze things and say that by
 knowledge has become freed and so on but actually as long as the cause is there, he is not free. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  confirms that after performing speculative activities for many, many births, when one actually comes to his real consciousness and surrenders unto the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then his fulfillment of research in knowledge is actuall
y achieved. There is a gulf of difference between theoretical freedom and actual freedom from material bondage.\'94 So if one gives up the auspicious path of devotional service and tries to know things by speculation, he is wasting his valuable time. The
 labor of speculation is ended only by exhaustion, and the result is only labor. It is like husking the skin of an empty paddy; there is no benefit because the rice is already gone. To get out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one has to nullify the cause of entanglement, and then the effect will be different. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead says. \'93One can get liberation only by seriously discharging devotional service unto Me. One must 
hear for a long time about Me or from Me and execute one\'92s prescribed duties without reaction. One will thus become freed from the contamination of matter.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not that one has to leave the material world. One can remain in association with matter and still remain unaffected, if he is per
forming service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If someone is in connection with the police department, that does not mean that he is a criminal. As long as one does not commit criminal acts, even though there is a police department, he is not punished. Similarly, th
e liberated soul is not affected, although he is in the material nature. Even the Supreme Personality of Godhead comes into association with matter when He descends, but He is not affected. So we can exist side by side with matter, but by using it for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba we are unaffected. This is called liberation and is achieved simply by engaging in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One must perform his prescribed duties in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One does not have to change his duties: he just should perform 
them in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The criterion for success is whether by one\'92s profession or occupation the Supreme Personality of Godhead is satisfied. Everyone has some duty to perform, and its perfection is achieved if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is satisf
ied by one\'92s acts. For example, Arjuna was a warrior. His prescribed duty was fighting, so the perfection of his fighting was tested by the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted him to fight, and as long as Arjuna was not willing to fi
ght, he did not reach perfection. If a man wants to achieve perfection, then he should discharge his prescribed duties for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All actions should be performed as a sacrifice for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this age especially, one 
simply has to chant the names of God to achieve the perfection of sacrifice. By chanting, hearing and associating with devotees, one can bring this about. When one is fixed in serious devotional service and acts in that way, then he has no reaction and i
s freed from all contamination of the influence of the three modes of material nature. By continuous and regular hearing of the holy names and pastimes of the Personality of Godhead, the effects of contamination, such as lust and greed to enjoy and lord 
it over the material nature, are diminished, and one becomes situated in the mode of goodness. In that way he becomes fixed on the transcendental platform. To remain on the transcendental platform is to be liberated from material entanglement. That is th
e way in which to get out of the clutches of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The personification of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , M\'e4y\'e4dev\'e9, the superintendent of the material world, performs the thankless duty of punishing all living en
tities who have the enjoying mentality, but she herself, as a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, becomes pleased when someone finally gets out of her clutches, and according to Prabhup\'e4da, she exclaims, \'93Ah, you have triumphed.\'94 So everyone becomes happ
y when a soul becomes freed from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and joins the association of K\'e5\'f1na in the kingdom of Go
d. That kingdom of God begins as soon as one begins serious devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Harid\'e4sa \'d6hakur: N\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HARID\'c4SA \'d6HAKUR: N\'c4M
\'c4C\'c4RYA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Uddhava dasa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-BOSTON)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a compound of two Sanskrit nouns. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is used in connection with the holy name of the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means one who teaches by example. So one who is considered the spiritual master of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4m
\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Lord Caitanya, the Supreme Godhead, awarded this title to one of His intimate disciples, Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Little is known about the birth of Harid\'e4sa \'d6hakur except that by the will of Godhead he appeared in the late 1400\'92s in a vill
age of Buddan as the child of a family of Mohammedans. History does not relate to us any of the childhood pastimes of Harid\'e4sa\'92s life, but it is understood that at an early age he must have received the mercy of a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba bec
ause in his teens, to the dismay of his kinsmen, he renounced all conventions of Mohammedan religion and society. With shaved head and the simple clothing of a mendicant, Harid\'e4sa left the home of his parents for good and resumed his eternal position 
as a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harid\'e4sa\'92s renunciation of the Moslem faith in favor of devotional service to the Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is often mis
taken by sectarians to be the Supreme Deity of the Hindu faith, is significant because if we are to come to an understanding of the purity of Harid\'e4sa\'92s activities, we must first note the difference between mundane religious activities and transcen
dental loving service to God. Those who are engaged in the process of religion may be classified in three groups, according to their realization of the presence of the Supreme Lord. First, there are those who are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next, above them, are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhyama-ad
hik\'e4r\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And finally there are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uttama-adhik\'e4r\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is characterized by the activities 
of going to a place of worship such as a church, temple or mosque and performing a particular type of religious function determined by an established formula. This type of religious person considers one type of religion to be better than another. The }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is characterized by four principles: 1) He sees first of all the Supreme Lord. 2) H
e sees next the devotees. 3) He sees next the innocent, those who have no knowledge of the Lord. 4) Lastly, he sees the atheists. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub behaves differently toward each of the above four persons. He adores the Lord and desires the association of the devotees of the Lord. He tries to inform the innocent about the Lord, and he completel
y avoids the atheists.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we were to try to explain Harid\'e4sa\'92s change of heart in terms of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kani\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub level of religious activity, then quite probably we would come to the conclusion that Harid\'e4sa thought that the practices of 
the Mohammedans were not as cogent as those of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This reasoning, however, is not subst
antiated by the activities of Harid\'e4sa after his renunciation. Although he left the association of his fanatical elders and took up the life of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harid\'e4sa did not adhere strictly to the separate line of the brahminical order. In fact, many of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eb
as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hated the sight of him. \'93Harid\'e4sa does not follow the principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\'94 they said, \'93nor does he take part in any of our philosophical discussions. He simply idles away his time in a secluded cave muttering the same thing over and over. Besides, he was bo
rn in a family of untouchables.\'94 We will learn later that it was just these caste }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who 
tried to plot the defeat of Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The activities of Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur were not on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
ni\'f1\'f6ha-adhik\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub level. Nor will the activities of Harid\'e4sa permit us to explain away his renunciation on the principles of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhyama-adhik\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stage of consciousness. Harid\'e4sa, of course, adored the Supreme Lord, but he did not make a formal practice
 of associating exclusively with devotees or preaching this love solely to the innocent. Harid\'e4sa would associate with whomever chanced his way, and no matter who that person was, devotee or demon, Harid\'e4sa would at once engage him in talks about K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. We find a description of the mentality of Harid\'e4sa, called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uttama-adhik\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub level, in the sixth verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yas tu sarv\'e4\'ebi bhut\'e4ny\line \'e4tmany ev\'e4nupa\'e7yati\line sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u c\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0\line tato na vijugu
psate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93A person who sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord and sees all entities as His parts and parcels, and who sees the Supreme Lord within everything, ne
ver hates anything nor any living being.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harid\'e4sa left the home of his kinsmen not out of religious sentiment nor out of disgust for their ignorance of spiritual matters. He
 left wholly out of love for the Supreme Lord because that was his natural position. Harid\'e4sa displayed in full the consciousness of an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uttama-adhik\'e4r\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He felt equally at home in the company of devotees and in the company of demons. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uttama-adhik\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not see any difference between a vastly learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and a dog. He realizes that both are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, and his love for them is equal because of this knowledge of the spiritual identity of both. So Harid\'e4sa\'92s renunciation cannot be classified as a
n ordinary change of faith, as we so often experience in our limited spheres of activity. Harid\'e4sa simply realized his true position in relation to the Supreme Lord and did his utmost to behave according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ETERNAL RELIGION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means eternal religion. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This san\'e4tana-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or loving service to Godhead cannot be taken away from the living entities, just as light an
d heat cannot be taken away from fire. When we speak of the living entities, we should try to understand that they have an eternal position called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is accepted as a scientific fact that matter contains an immeasurable quantity of potential energy because of the arrangement of its parts. When this energy becomes manifest, it is called 
kinetic energy. An example is that light and heat are present within the wood, as potential energy, but when they come out it is called kinetic energy. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana-dharma }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is there within the living entity, and when it comes out, it is called devotional service. Harid\'e4sa\'92s only activity, then, was to chant loudly the names of his most beloved Lord. He
 would most often be found in his secluded cave on the bank of the Ganges near the city of Fulia, attending to his duty of chanting the names 300,000 times each day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harid\'e4sa was well visited by all pious persons, and whenever they chanced upon him he would be displaying the bodily symptoms of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anubh\'e4va.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These symptoms of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anubh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are described by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as follows: 1) dancing, 2) roll
ing on the ground, 3) singing loudly, 4) stretching the body, 5) crying loudly, 6) yawning, 7) breathing heavily, 8) neglecting the presence of others, 9) drooling, 10) laughing like a madman, 11) reeling the head, and 12) belching. (These twelve items a
re discussed in Chapter Twenty-seven of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a summary study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A
.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.) The great saints who came to that spot would at once fall into an ecstatic trance upon seeing the person of Harid\'e4sa laughing like a madman, rolling upon the ground or loudly crying. At all times he completely d
isplayed the symptoms of one whose mind was merged in transcendence. In the Second Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , Arjuna asks about the characteristics of a person whose mind is merged in transcendence. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba replies that one who finds satisfaction in the self alone, who is free from attachment, fear and anger, and who renounces engagemen
ts with sense objects is just such a person. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba further declares, \'93One who restrains his senses and fixes his consciousness upon Me is known as a man of steady intelligence.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 2.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  The purport is that material desires are very strong because the senses need engagements. One should, however, overcome sense desires by thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When one has a taste for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he automatically lose
s his taste for sense enjoyment because of its inferior nature. This is exactly what was constantly being displayed in the person of Harid\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great saint Harid\'e4sa passed some time in this way on the bank of the Ganges, and his popularity grew and was spread to all parts
 of the country. Great holy men came from all quarters just to gain sight of him. The caste }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub however, became very jealous of Harid\'e4sa\'92s reputation, and they began to complain to the local magistrate of the government. (At this time Bengal was under the 
rule of the Mohammedans.) The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kazi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub took notice of the activities of Harid\'e4sa, and he decided that he should report them to the Governor of the province. Since Harid\'e4sa was born a Mohammedan but was acting as a lower-caste Hindu, the Governor, upon hearing of Harid\'e4sa,
 ordered his immediate arrest and dispatched a band of soldiers to fetch him. Harid\'e4sa offered to return peacefully with the soldiers since he had no fear of death. But all the good people who enjoyed the association of Harid\'e4sa became terrified fo
r his life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Hindu leaders of the time were being kept in prison, and when they heard that Harid\'e4sa had been arrested, they became anxious to
 catch sight of him. They thought that simply by seeing the great saint, their troubles would be vanquished. When Harid\'e4sa entered the prison, he saw the prisoners in their state of consciousness and said to them, \'93May you all remain in this presen
t condition.\'94 Confusion covered their faces, so Haridasa explained, \'93My veiled benediction is rightly meant, for all of you just now are thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Your minds should always be fixed on His lotus feet. If you return into the world, 
your minds may become distracted from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you may become worldly-minded once again. I do not wish for you to remain in your present state of captivity, but just chant the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba always and never forget Him, no matter what 
may happen to you.\'94 After blessing the prisoners in this manner, Harid\'e4sa presented himself before the Governor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Governor was amazed at Harid\'e4sa\'92s personal beauty, and with great respect he offered him a nice seat and kindly questioned hi
m: \'93My dear brother, why do you act in such a way? By God\'92s grace you have been born a Mohammedan, but now you have renounced this birth for a lesser position. Please accept once more the religion of your kin and ask for God\'92s forgiveness.\'94 H
arid\'e4sa burst into loud laughter and said that the governor was speaking as one who is deluded by material nature. Differences between Mohammedan and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exist in name only. God Himself stands apart from such party feelings. He only requests through the agency of different scriptures that one should develop love for Him. \'93So,\'94 Harid\'e4s
a said, \'93I am acting in accordance with all religions in declaring this love of God as the highest aim of all. If there is anything amiss in my conduct, then please by all means punish me.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HIS IMMORTAL WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These sweet words pleased the ecclesiastics who heard him, except for one, who was of a demoniac disposition. He said to the Governor, 
\'93Punish this evil person before the good name of our race falls into ruin.\'94 So the Governor tried once more to convince Harid\'e4sa to accept the religion of his birth and denounce his present activities. Harid\'e4sa answered with the immortal word
s that stand as a pinnacle of determination for chanting the holy name: \'93No one can do anything else than what Godhead directs. If my body be hacked to pieces, if life itself shall desert me, still I will not give up the practice of chanting the holy 
name.\'94 The assembly was quick to the verdict: \'93Let Harid\'e4sa be whipped at the twenty-two marketplaces of the city.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE BEATING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Strong deputies seized Harid\'e4sa and carried him into the streets. The beating began, and all saintly people were shocked. They begge
d for the release of Harid\'e4sa, who was still chanting sweetly the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. From one marketplace to another they beat him, but the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba never left Harid\'e4sa\'92s lips. One deputy would do the whipping until he was ex
hausted, and then another would take over until he also was exhausted. In this way the punishment continued until the twenty-second marketplace was reached. The deputies, in dismay, said, \'93Harid\'e4sa, you will be the death of us. We beat you until ou
r arms are exhausted, and still you do not die. But what\'92s worse, from time to time you even smile.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On hearing these frustrated statements, Harid\'e4sa simply replied, \'93If my presence on this earth is all that\'92s troubling you, th
en I\'92ll leave at once.\'94 Harid\'e4sa then fell into an ecstatic trance, immersed in love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The deputies thought that he was dead, and they approached to dispose of his body. They thought that Harid\'e4sa should not be awarded a buri
al, so they decided to throw him in the river. Harid\'e4sa\'92s body was thereupon thrown in the sacred Ganges, and soon he regained consciousness and found himself on shore. A crowd of saintly people surrounded him with chanting of the holy name, and Ha
rid\'e4sa began to dance as everyone sang the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is worthwhile to note that all through the terrible beatings, Harid\'e4sa never showed signs of suffering pain. Only signs ecstatic 
love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifested themselves on his face. Verse nine of Chapter Six of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, \'93A person is still further advanced when he regards all\'97the honest well-wisher, friends and enemies, the envious, the pious, the sinner, and those who are indifferent
 and impartial\'97with an equal mind.\'94 Harid\'e4sa never for a moment felt at all hostile toward those who had brought this seeming calamity upon him because he understood that everything happens by the will of God. The only feeling Harid\'e4sa had to
ward his punishers was compassion for them. He considered them to be deluded men with no knowledge of the real self.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The question may be raised that if Harid\'e4sa was such a great devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why then did K\'e5\'f1\'eba permit such a mi
shap? First of all, it may be replied, the pastimes of Harid\'e4sa are not to be considered part of this mortal world. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that by concentrating one\'92s attention on the transcendental form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is all-pervading and bey
ond time and space, one becomes absorbed in thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then attains the happy state of transcendental association with Him. Because of his constant remembrance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Harid\'e4sa never had to go through the tribulations of
 this mundane existence. He was always completely absorbed in the transcendental atmosphere where material sufferings have no juristdiction. In this material world, if a king sends his representative to an unfriendly state and that representative is insu
lted, the king receives the insult as malice against his own self. Likewise, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pure devotee is affronted, this is blasphemy against the Supreme Lord Himself. It is understood that those wicked deputies who beat the body of Harid
\'e4sa were beating the Supreme Lord Himself. Some days elapsed after the beating of Harid\'e4sa, and he met with the fortunate opportunity to gain association with the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya. The Lord appeared before Harid\'e4sa 
and displayed on His beautiful person countless cuts and bruises. Harid\'e4sa became confused, so Lord Caitanya explained to him, \'93Because you are My pure devotee, I have accepted all of the pain of your whipping.\'94 Harid\'e4sa immediately fell on t
he ground mortified, but Lord Caitanya smiled very pleasingly.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ABOVE THE SECTARIAN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harid\'e4sa lived up to the standard of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , so}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we should follow his great
 example and renounce all mundane sectarian views. God does not claim that He is Hindu, that He is Christian or that He is Moslem. God stands above all the subtlety of mundane concoction. He is interested in our love for Him, which requires no mundane qu
alification. Simply by following the example of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur, 
anyone can gain the greatest benefit of developing love for God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's p32-33:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: "He whose mind is fixed on My personal form, always engaged in worshiping Me wi
th great and transcendental faith, is considered by Me to be most perfect..'' (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub   }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 12.2)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the back cover: 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma is shown killing the Pralamb\'e4sura demon with one blow of His fist. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead, displays His eternal transcendental pastime's, He is always accompanied by His immediate expansion. Balar\'e4ma, who appears as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's older brother. Balar\'e4ma's mission is identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, as state
d in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, I advent m
yself millennium after millennium." This is an illustration from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 3
7, 1970
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'971\'97\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book is especially intended for those who are engaged in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The text is flooded with necta
rean stories, philosophy and poetic verses about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pure devotees\'97all taken directly from the Vedic literatures. It is a summary study of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras
\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and it teaches us how to stimulate our original love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that we can enjoy our blissful life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'972\'97\line \'c7R\'c9MAD-BHAGAVATAM
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are compared to a desire tree because they contain all things knowable by mankind about both mundane necessities and spiritual realization. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the mature ripened fruit of this tree. It narrates the transcendental pastimes of the transcendental Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'973\'97\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya, the most munificent incarnation of Godhead, appeared 500 years ago to demonstrate by example how to live the teachings o
f }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the present age. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  recounts the words and deeds of this great saint. Lord Caitanya was famous as a scholar and spoke authoritatively on the highest as
pects of the science of love of Godhead. He is the divine origin of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement and distributed love of God simply by singing the holy names.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'974\'97\line \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the most authoritative sources, the famed 108 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upa
ni\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of India. {\*\bkmkstart Sri Isopanisad}{\*\bkmkend Sri Isopanisad}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  supplies revealed evidence that the Personality of Godhead is the creator, maintainer and destroyer of everything that exists. The author's transparent commentaries reveal that t
he Supreme Lord is \'93unembodied\'94 and \'93formless,\'94 since His form is not a material form which is subject to birth, disease, old age and death.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,   The Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most comprehensive and authoritative Vedic scriptural literature is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead"), the mature contribution of \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, the compiler of the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Of the twelve cantos of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Tenth Canto is considered the most confidential, since it describes the transcendental pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of God
head. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a summary study of the Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which appear to be like those or an ordinary human being, can only be properly understood with the he
lp of a bona fide spiritual master fully realized in the knowledge of their transcendental nature. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is such a spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'975\'97\line THE BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now for the first time this renowned scripture is being brought to the West as it is\'97as taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and underst
ood by His disciple Arjuna\'97in a unique translation and commentary. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the supreme authority on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and He initially delivered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
G}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  so that all persons could reach the perfection of life and be liberated from all suffer
ing. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is passing on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy in its full potency, as it is, so that everyone can attain to his rightful position, full of bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the Introduction: "The perplexities of life appear like a forest fire which takes place without being set by anyone. The man in ma
terial perplexities is he who does not understand the problems of life. Out of many many human beings, the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is directed to the one who seeks to understand his position."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'976\'97\line EASY JOURNEY TO OTHER PLANETS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book is an authentic discussion on the techniques and practice of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system by which one can leave this body for travel to anti-material planets where life is blissful, eternal and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'977\'97
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book presents the most authorized process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practice in God realization, without any deviation from the original Vedic scriptural literature. In this present volume, the author forcefully exposes the speculative systems which d
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book marks the continuation of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da's mighty task of translating all twelve can
tos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
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meditate on the universal form of God, in which the entire physical universes are seen as parts of the gigantic body of the Supreme Lord.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The continuation of \'c7ukadeva's teachings: He advises his disciple to go beyond meditation on the universal form, to meditation on th
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966 by Prabhup\'e4da A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who came from India o
n the order of his Spiritual Master to preach love of God to the people of the West. Prabhup\'e4da is in a line of disciplic succession going back directly 500 years to the time when Lord Caitanya appeared in India, and from there back still further\'975
000 years\'97to the time when K\'e5\'f1\'eba first spoke the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is experienced as a process of self purification. Its means and end are an open secret, and there is no fi
nancial charge for learning K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness or receiving initiation into the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The gist of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that one takes whatever capacity or talent he or she has and dovetails it with 
the interests of the Supreme Enjoyer, the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The writer writes articles for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we publish periodicals in this way. The businessman does business in order to establish many temples across the country. The hous
eholders raise children in the science of God, and husband and wife live in mutual co-operation for spiritual progress. These activities are done under the sanction of the expert Spiritual Master, and in line with the Scriptures. Devotional service in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness means regular chanting in the temple, hearing talks about the Pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and taking foodstuffs prepared for and offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By books, literature and records, the Society is dedicated to awakening the worldwide public to the normal, ecstatic state of Krishna C
onsciousness, so that all may regain their eternal position of favorably serving the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97congregational chanting\'97is carried to the people: in public parks, schools, on t.v., in the theater, on the streets. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is not an idler\'92s philosophy. Rather by chanting and by engagement in the ser
vice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, anyone who takes part will experience the state of "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ," ecstatic absorpt
ion in God-consciousness, 24 hours a day!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is nonsectarian, any man, Hindu or Christian, will become better in his faith by c
hanting the holy name of God and by hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Without knowledge and realization an
d loving service to the one Supreme God, there can be no religion. Let everyone rejoice in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana movement}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , and we may see the fulfillment of the prediction made by Lord Caitanya 500 years ago: that the chanting of the Holy Names of God, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, would be carried to every town and village of the world. Only in this way can real pe
ace prevail. It is sublime and easy.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE/\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,
\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER OF ISKCON, WRITE TO lSKCON BOSTON FOR FURTHER lNFORMATION.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb360 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON CENTERS
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0th Ave. 43201\cell}
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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3720 Park Ave.\cell}
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\nosupersub W. Virginia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub RD 3, Moundsville 26041\cell}
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 Paris 14\cell}
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\nosupersub 613 E. Victoria St. 93103\cell}
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\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5516 Roosevelt W. NE 98105\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub WASHINGTON\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D.C.}{\b\i0\ul0
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\s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub RADA MUNI, SPIRITUAL MASTER OF K\'c5\'d1\'cbA-DVAIP}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub YANA VYASA, AND THE UNIVERSAL DELIVERER OF THE HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA MAH}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -MANTRA
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Love in the Absolute World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Love in the Absolute World
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As long as we have the desire for material sense gratification or the desire for material liberation there is no possibility of develop
ing transcendental bliss in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the desire for material sense gratifi
cation, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the desire, after being frustrated, for liberation. Real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or liberation however, means to achieve devotional service. If one becomes liberated from nonsense then one must engage o
neself in something which is tangible. Otherwise it is not possible to stop one\'92s material sense gratificatory activities. To make the mind void of engagement in the material world by intoxication or by forgetting with drugs is artificial. One must be
 completely free from material engagement. That freedom can be possible. To give a material example, if one fills up a glass with milk, then there is no possibility of the glass\'92s filling up with ink. It is our choice whether to fill up the glass with
 ink or milk. But if we simply empty the glass of ink and d not fill it up, or if we have no knowledge how to fill the glass with milk, then naturally, in an inky atmosphere, there is the possibility that it will again become filled with ink. Even if we 
empty the glass of ink, if we have no better quality of liquid with which to fill the glass, then it well be prone to being filled with ink again. Therefore, this impersonal void philosophy does not stand. It is simply negation. Impersonalists wish to ce
ase material activities, but if they do not take on positive, spiritual activity, then they will fail because they will not be able to control their minds.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that the mind cannot be vacant even for a second. The mind must accept something and reject something. Either one is accepting something or rejecting something but one cannot make the mind void. A
nd even if one is able to do so that voidness will not stand. If one has nothing good to think then one will have to think of all nonsense. And when we fill up our minds with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we will not be distracted by material sense gratif
ication or material liberation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FILL THE MIND WITH K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is transcendental bliss in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But transcendental bliss cannot be conceived as long as one\'92s mind is
 not completely vacated of material sense gratification. This process of emptying the mind of material engagement and filling it with spiritual engagement can be practiced. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that one has to follow the regulative principles. A m
an who is diseased has to follow the regulative curative principles, and gradually his fever decreases, and he is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub cured. Similarly, one must adopt the means by which one can fill one\'92s mind with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and gradually the mind\'92s engagement in material consciousness will disappear. This is the process of devotional service. If o
ne is always engaged in some sort of service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then there will be no chance for material consciousness to enter the mind. Therefore I insist that when my students are not engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness work, then t
hey must simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is also engagement. Twenty-four hours a day, even in sleeping or even in working, our minds should be always full with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: then there will be no chance for mat
erial consciousness to enter, and that will make us perfect.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE OBJECT OF LOVE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one sincerely struggles to fill the mind with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and drive away material consciousness, then one gradual
ly develops the mature condition of love of Godhead. The mind is attracted by so many so-called loving affairs in the material world that it is very difficult to drag the mind from this so-called love and transfer the love to God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Love 
exists, of course, in everyone. I want to love. That is my instinct. But if I have no object of love which will permanently exist, then I will have to apply myself to an object which will ultimately perish. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat and asat. Sat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means that which will exist, and asat means that which will not exist. Matter will cease to exist, but spirit will e
xist and is existing eternally. Our bodies are matter, so if we place our love in connection with these bodies, then our love will cease to exist. It will be frustrated, either during this life or the next life; it will be frustrated because matter will 
not exist eternally. How can your love exist eternally? Everyone has love, so if we practice how to direct our love toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then gradually our temporary love for so many different objects will be transferred to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and our eter
nal life and the propensity of love will continue.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE PRACTICE: BHAKTI
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now we are trying by regulative principles to transfer our minds to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In that mature condition, one achieve
s love of God. Love of God does not mean theoretical knowledge and book writing. People say, \'93We have trust in God; we have love for God,\'94 and yet they engage in all sorts of nonsense. This will not do. Rather, one must practice so that one will lo
ve others. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means devotional service. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means realization of God. The sy
mptom of realization of God is that as soon as one is in touch with God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one will have no more taste for material things. This is the test. If one is free of disease, one will have no more fever, and one\'92s pulse will be normal. Simil
arly, if one is actually advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the concomitant result will be that one will lose one\'92s interest in material consciousness. One can test for oneself whether one is advancing. If one is advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness, then his taste for material consciousness will decrease. If one gives a hungry man foodstuffs, the more he goes on eating, the more strongly he feels satisfaction. He can understand, \'93I am eating something.\'94 And when he has actually fil
led his belly with foodstuffs, then even if one offers him a golden sweetball, he will not accept it. He is filled up; he does not want any more. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja went to search out God in order to get the kingdom of his father, but when he actually
 found God he said. \'93My dear Lord, I do not want anything.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that if one actually attains K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness, then any other gain or profit will be most insignificant. That is satisfaction. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will give one peace. This is called self-realization. It is not gained by smoking marijuana or ganja. By intoxication one may be able 
to forget material nonsense for the time being, but as soon as the hallucination is gone, one must again come back. For example, one can travel 50,000 miles high by spacecraft, but what are 50,000 miles? There are millions and millions of miles in outer 
space! Unless one gets the shelter of another planet, one will have to come back again to this planet. We want shelter. To be situated in the sky-voidness will not give one satisfaction. The astronauts are trying again to go to the moon or other planets.
 It is not that they are trying to wander in outer space. Their aim is to go to the moon; they are looking for tangible shelter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for spiritual life, as long as one does not get that ultimate shelter, he will have to come back again. Simply voidism or impersonal
 negation of this material consciousness will not help. One must have positive consciousness; then one can stop. Therefore,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, \'93My dear Lord, there are persons who speculate that they have become free.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vimukti-m\'e4nin\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the concoction of thinking that one has become free when actually one is not free. One may go up 20,000 or 50,000 miles and think, \'93Now I am out of this world,\'94 but that is not ou
t of the world. Similarly, those who are speculating mentally\'97\'93Now I am free.\'94\'97are not actually free. They are thinking, \'93I am out of this earthly sphere,\'94 but they are not because their intelligence is not yet purified. And why are the
y not purified? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, \'93They have neglected Your personality.\'94 Because they are im
personalists, they have no shelter. Those who are thinking in an impersonal way have no entrance into the K\'e5\'f1\'eba planet. Their intelligence is not purified. The result is that even though they go very high, almost to the concept of Brahman realiz
ation, because there is no engagement in the service of the Lord, they will come teach again and engage themselves in philanthropic service and altruistic service, such as opening hospitals and doing humanitarian work, and so they fall down.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First of all they say, \'93The world is false, and the Absolute Truth is truth,\'94 and they try to realize the Absolute Truth. But bec
ause they have not truly realized the Absolute Truth, they therefore come back }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub again }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to that false world 
which they have denied. So what is the value of their humanitarian work? If they say that this world is false, then why do they take to humanitarian work? It is because they do not have genuine realization of the Absolute Truth. If they say that the worl
d is false, then why do they take to material service, social science? Why take to it if it is false? It is because they have no other engagement that they have to take to this false engagement. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.2.32]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states, \'93Their intelligence is not purified because they have no shelter.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.19] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub confirms this: \'93Therefore, when one\'92s intelligence is purified after many, many births of the speculative habit of searching after the Absolute T
ruth, one then surrenders.\'94 Mental speculators say that they want peace in the world, but they will not believe in God. This was nicely stated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, who said, \'93You want the kingdom of God without God.\'94 They will say th
at God is dead, that there is no necessity of God, and that God has played so much havoc. They will decry God, and with their limited power they will try to establish peace and prosperity among humanity. But how is it possible? The example can be given t
hat if one doesn\'92t pour water on the root of a tree but simply waters the leaves and twigs, the entire tree will die. That is not the natural process. Similarly, if one doesn\'92t supply foodstuffs to one\'92s stomach but simply washes one\'92s body w
ith soap to make it clean, it will die; it will cease to exist. So we have to take to the root. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dyasya yata\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman is He from whom everything is coming. Caitanya Mah\'e4
prabhu says, \'93If one gives up the prime source of emanation, if one gives up the root, and if one simply hovers by mental concoction, then where is the possibility of transcendental bliss\'92?\'94 There is no possibility. One must engage oneself in th
e regulative principle of devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and then gradually the material disease will be cured, and one will be established in complete K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and that will give one blissful eternal life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SOMEHOW OR OTHER, SURRENDER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one surrenders in some way or other to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will not let him go. \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, 
\'93Somehow or other, just try to apply your mind to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Never mind what you are, what you are doing or what your position is\'97it doesn\'92t matter. Simply try to apply your mind to K\'e5\'f1\'eba; then everything will follow.\'94 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is not subject to any conditions. It is not that one can go to Him only after becoming qualified. There is no such}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub necessity. Material qualifications have no value. In the material world we calculate, \'93This is good, and this is bad.\'94 But actually nothing is good, and nothing is bad\'97it is all illusion. In illusion where is there goodness 
or badness? Illusion is illusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.40]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that even a slight application of the prin
ciple of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness delivers a person from the greatest danger. What is that greatest danger? The greatest danger is our material existence. Repeatedly we take birth, and repeatedly we meet death. This is the greatest danger. People do 
not understand it. They do not know on which platform they are standing. This material platform is the greatest danger. It is compared to a forest fire: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nal
a-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually,
 anywhere we go we see that there is always fire. The fire brigade is always running this way and that way. However we try to keep our material existence peaceful and prosperous by artificial means, there is no possibility of peace and prosperity in the 
material world. We must understand that it is always full of danger. One who becomes serious about his position knows: \'93I am not in a very steady or fixed up position; my position is very tottering. I am standing on a tottering platform.\'94 This is t
he actual beginning of spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LOVE IS OUR LIFE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once we begin spiritual life, we can find real enjoyment. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has explained that our real life is love of Godhead. L
ove is our life; everyone wants to love. Everyone is hankering to love someone. But we do not know where to place our love. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, is the ultimate object of love. We are trying to maintain this body, but the body is not actually the pro
per object of our love. Rather, it is the life within the body that is the real object of love. Similarly, the central point is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as we somehow or other place our love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our path of happiness, eternity and bliss o
pens. If we gradually make progress, then we actually reach the platform of love, and then other symptoms of love become manifested. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has explained how love in the pure transcendental stage of life develops with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and 
He has divided it into five relationships: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta, d\'e4sya, s\'e4khya, vatsalya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These categories differ according to progressive affection for God, but the basic principle of all of them is love of God. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the neutral position. This is the sublime position of knowing that God is great. When there is app
reciation of God but there is no activity, that is called the neutral stage, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But when a
ctivity is added, one concludes, \'93God is the greatest, so let me render some service to the greatest.\'94 It is quite natural. Suppose one is with a person who is one\'92s superior. Naturally one says, \'93Mr. Such and Such, can I do something for you
?\'94 This offering of service is natural. Whenever one finds some superior, one will naturally offer one\'92s service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply understanding that God is great is the principle of all religious scriptures, whether Christian or Jewish or Hindu or Muslim. Th
e common conception of all religion is that God is very great. The Muslims say, \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Allah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub agavat.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Christians say, \'93God is great.\'94 The Hindus say, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Satya\'e0 param brahman.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Arjuna understood }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and understood K\'e5\'f1\'eba also, he addressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param brahman, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the greatest spiritual identity. The acceptance of the greatness of God is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is also peaceful realization: \'93I have realized the greatest.\'94 This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am qualitatively one with the Supreme. I am Brahman, and the Lord is also Brahman.\'94 Suppose a very big man is our very nearest and dearest relative. Are we not proud of it? For example, wouldn
\'92t you feel proud to know that the President were your uncle? Similarly, as soon as one understands that he is Brahman or that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Param Brahman, he will feel ecstasy. That is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next stage is when one feels, \'93Why not render some service to the President? I want to do something for him.\'94 A great man has
 a great field of activities; if one offers some service to the Supreme Lord, one has an unlimited field. One can worship the Supreme Lord by one\'92s talent. Everyone has some specific talent; even birds and beasts have specific talents. When Lord R\'e4
macandra was constructing a bridge over the Indian Ocean to approach the kingdom of R\'e4va\'eba, Hanum\'e4n and the other big monkeys were bringing big stones, and a spider also concluded, \'93Why not serve R\'e4macandra?\'94 They were trying to constru
ct a bridge, and the spider thought, \'93What can I do?\'94 So he started rubbing his legs in the dust and throwing bits of dust into the ocean. Hanum\'e4n said, \'93What nonsense are you doing?\'94 The spider replied, \'93I am doing some service.\'94 An
d R\'e4macandra said, \'93He is doing as good as you are. You are throwing big stones, but he has no power to bring big stones. He is doing whatever he has the power to do, so he is doing as well as you.\'94 This shows that God does not require any servi
ce from us. He is complete, but He wants to see our existence engaged in giving pleasure to the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many people ask, \'93Why did God create us?\'94 The answer is that God created us for enjoyment. Why does a father create so many child
ren? For enjoyment. Otherwise, what is the use of taking so much responsibility for a family? Nowadays people don\'92t want to take any responsibility, but people try to evade it. It is a fact, however, that by not being family men they are unhappy. Ever
yone should be responsible; no scripture disallows family life. Anyone can serve the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE UNLIMITED ENJOYER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord has created all these living entities for His enjoyment. Why has He created so many? Because He is unlimited, and His aspirati
on for enjoyment is also unlimited. Therefore He can produce unlimited children, and there is an unlimited possibility for enyoyment with God. This is God consciousness. Don\'92t think that if a few people enter into the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it will 
become congested and overpopulated. There is no question of overpopulation. That is nonsense. God has the capacity to maintain everyone because He is unlimited. We are not suffering due to overpopulation. It is due to our godlessness that nature inflicts
 suffering upon us and we are therefore suffering. Fruit is produced for human beings, and if there is overpopulation, nature can profusely produce more fruit. It has the power. But if we are not God conscious, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, nature can reduce
, and then we have poverty. Any production depends on nature, and so nature will supply. For example, in a prison house the prisoners sometimes are not supplied the proper food. Why? Is the government unable\'92\'92 No. But the government feels that the 
criminals should be punished. So when there is poverty, when there is scarcity, one should know that it is not due to overpopulation; it is due to our godlessness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India they are thinking that technology will save them. But technology will not save them. They have committed a great mistake; they
 have killed their own culture of God consciousness. In Berkeley there was a meeting, and an Indian girl asked me, \'93Swamiji, what is God?\'94 So that is their punishment. I told her, \'93You claim that you are an Indian girl, and you do not know what 
God is. The birthplace of God is India; K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared there, Lord R\'e4macandra appeared there, Lord Caitanya appeared there, and you claim to be Indian, and you do not know. How degraded you have become.\'94 It is due to our degradation that w
e suffer, otherwise there is no scarcity in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God can be immediately established here also, if we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes the great prosperity of the government of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. It is even stated that there was no excessive h
eat or excessive cold in his kingdom, and there was no anxiety among the people. Not only were there foodstuffs in abundance, but no one was in physical anxiety. There was no enmity; there was not even severe cold or severe heat. These miseries are punis
hment. When we feel severe cold or severe snowfall, this is punishment. One can observe that in some of the cold parts of the world there are Eskimos living in houses of ice and eating raw flesh and blood, and yet }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has so much power that they are thinking, \'93We are happy.\'94 If they did not think themselves happy, they couldn\'92t live there.
 Therefore the conditions are created in such a way that even a worm in the stool also thinks, \'93I am happy.\'94 The hog who is eating stool also thinks, \'93I am happy. I am getting fat.\'94 Unless one feels happy, he cannot get fat. This is psycholog
y. Eating will not make one fat. When one thinks, \'93I am quite all right,\'94 he will get fat. The hog is thinking, \'93I am happy.\'94 The worm in the stool is thinking, \'93I am happy.\'94 The Eskimos are thinking, \'93I am happy.\'94 But who is actu
ally happy? No one is happy. There is no happiness in this material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one gets out of the so-called happiness of material life and becomes conscious that God is great, that is called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta-rasa.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And when one tries to of
fer some service to the Supreme Lord, then there is much one can do because this is a civilization of godlessness. If one engages one\'92s body, mind, words, intelligence and talent for propagation of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then one\'92s }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dasya-rasa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub attitude of rendering 
service to the Lord will be nicely developed. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.68] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord says, \'93Anyone who is trying to broadcast the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very dear.\'94 Those}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rascals who are trying to cu
rb down K\'e5\'f1\'eba while at the same time teaching from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are doing the greates
t disservice, and they will have to suffer for that. They preach only their own concocted philosophy, not the real thing. But if anyone actually preaches }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.69]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as it is, he becomes the dearmost person.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The example is given that if one pleases one\'92s stomach, then automatically all parts of one\'92s body will be pleased. Similarly, God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the c
enter; He is the stomach of all manifestations. If we give Him our service, then He will be pleased, and the whole world will be pleased\'97and the whole world will be peaceful and prosperous. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very scientific. Try to pleas
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one pours water onto the roof of a tree, all the branches, leaves, flowers and twigs become nourished, and if one supplies foodstuffs to one\'92s stomach, the nourishment is distributed all over the body. Similarly, if one wants peac
e and prosperily, then one should begin devotional service immediately.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'e4nta-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to realize that God is great. Every relig
ion says that God is great, but in the Vedic scriptures we find how to render service to the Lord. That we won\'92t find in any other scripture. Simply to understand that God is great is very nice, but that understanding of greatness will not stand if on
e does not apply oneself practically in service. That science is taught in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There
fore K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a sectarian religion. The example is given regarding the pocket dictionary and the international dictionary. A pocket dictionary is undoubtedly a dictionary, and the huge Webster\'92s International Dictionary is a
lso a dictionary. But the two dictionaries are not the same, although both of them are dictionaries. Similarly, there are many scriptures and many religious principles all over the world. No human society is without religious principles. But here is the 
International Dictionary, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So don\'92t take it as a sectarian thing. It is international, universal. One should study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in that spirit, not in the sectarian spirit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya has therefore described the five different kinds of attraction. The first is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , neutral attraction. When the affection increases more, it becomes servitude; when it increases still more, it becomes parental love; and
 when it finally increases to the highest degree, it is called conjugal love. These things are possible in our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the transcendental world. The basic ingredient is love of Godhead. The example of degrees of sweetness was 
nicely given by Lord Caitanya to illustrate this principle: molasses, when sweetened, becomes sugar, and when sugar is further concentrated, it becomes rock candy. Also, when we analyze the material elements, we find that from ether, air is produced; fro
m air, fire is produced; from fire, water is produced; from water, earth is produced; and in the earth one will find all other elements. If one analyzes earth one will find ether, fire, air, and water, but in the water there is no earth in the fire there
 is no water, in the air there is no fire, and in the ether there is no air. This is scientifically true. Similarly, in the transcendental world, our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be further and further developed. It. can be developed unlimitedly.
 In the spiritual world the spirit souls are enjoying unlimitedly. There is no misery there, and all is full of joy, eternal bliss and eternal knowledge. Everyone there is relishing his particular relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and everyone is satisfi
ed in that particular relationship. One may say that friendship is better than servitude, but in the transcendental world there are no such differences. Whether friendship, servitorship, parental love or conjugal love, the transcendental bliss is fully d
erived.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SECONDARY RELATIONSHIPS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are seven secondary relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, for example, was killed by an incarnation of the Lord
, N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, for the sake of his son. It is very difficult to understand the absolute nature of the Supreme Lord: to be killed by Him is another mellow. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu is an eternal associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5s\'eba wanted to fig
ht. We cannot make God a stereotype\'97He is the most dynamic force. When K\'e5s\'eba wants to fight, He fights. Sometimes kings keep wrestlers and they mock fight. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires to fight, then He has to fight with His devotee. I
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires to have a mother, then one of His devotees becomes His mother. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants a wife, then one of the devotees becomes His wife. He is full, but at the same time He has unlimited desires. Don\'92t think that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba has no desire. With that desire, He has become many. Sometimes we take pleasure in fighting. We make fighting parties; some friends form one party, and other friends form an opposite party, and they fight. That is enjoyment, not fighting. Similarly
, the killing of a devotee by K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also a sporting pastime. In the absolute world there is no such thing as discrimination, yet every variety exists.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The secondary as well as the primary relationships relished by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees are described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the relationship between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotee is joking, it is called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e4sa-rasa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another relationship is that of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub adbhuta,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wonder. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu was struck with wonder at the form of N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva
, half-lion and half-man. He did not know whether the form was an}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub animal or man or God or a demigod. This
 is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adbhuta,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being struc
k with wonder. There is also another reciprocation}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , chivalry, as in the fighting between Bh\'e9\'f1ma and Arjuna. Bh\'e9\'f1ma was taking pleasure in piercing K\'e5\'f1\'eba with arrows. Blood was oozing from K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s body, and ultimately He took a wheel and pres
ented Himself before Bh\'e9\'f1ma: \'93I have taken the weapon. Just see!\'94 The description of Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba by fighting appears in the First Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be worshiped only by offering f
lower garlands. A devotee also has the power to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba by piercing His body. Otherwise it is not complete. The impersonalists cannot enter into the kingdom of completeness. There is eternal bliss in fighting with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in seeing
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba bloodstained. That is described in this scene from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma enjoye
d seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His hair covered with the dust kicked up by the horses on the battlefield. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was in anxiety that His devotee Arjuna would be killed. He appeared disturbed and perspiring, while at the same time Bh\'e9\'f1ma was p
iercing I km with arrows. That scene was remembered by Bh\'e9\'f1ma: \'93I want to see that}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a.\'94 This is reciprocation. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu wanted to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an enemy, and therefore he began to torture His own son so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would come as His enemy and kill him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Other relationships were displayed when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as a gigantic boar form in the sky to deliver the earth. At that time t
he earth planet had fallen in the mire of the nether world, and all the demigods prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to get it out. When features such as ghastliness, astonishment, wonder, anger and dread are displayed in different pastimes of the Lord, these are n
ot direct relations, but are indirect. In the absolute world, however, there is no difference between the feature of wonder or the loving feature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba embracing}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 or K\'e5s\'eba playing with the damsels of Vraja. There is no such difference in the absolute world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For purposes of calculation, there are a total of twelve different relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Out of the twelve, five are prima
ry, and the seven others are secondary. But there is no difference between the primary and secondary relationships. We should always remember that this is the Lord\'92s absolute variety. This transcendental variety is always absolute, and so there is no 
difference. That is not to be understood on the material platform because here there is antagonism in the variety, but in the spiritual world there is no antagonism. Everything is relishable.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Transcendental Knowledge, Part 4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Transcendental Knowledge }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub [}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub B.g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub  Part 4]
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [This is the fourth in a series of eighteen articles on the eighteen chapters of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\'97editor]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Parts, 1, 2, 3, 5, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6, 7, 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Fourth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains two main topics to his disciple Arjuna: the first has to do with the nature and activities 
of the Lord, and the second has to do with the activities of the living entity, which are sometimes called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or eternal activities of the living being. K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord of the universe is always transcendental, and in the first nine verses of this chapter we learn a great deal about the transcendental nature of the Lord.
 He first instructs Arjuna about the transcendental nature of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itself, and how this science was transmitted: \'93I instructed this imperishable science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n, and Vivasv\'e4n instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Ik\'f1v
\'e4ku.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the first point to be made about the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that He is the origin of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No system of religion can be manufactured by 
the mental speculator. K\'e5\'f1\'eba definitely asserts here, \'93I instructed,\'94 and similarly He says that in the course of time, because of changes made in the transmission, the disciplic succession was broken. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is again spe
aking the same message to Arjuna, \'93because you are My friend and devotee.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are always two classes of men, the devotee, who is always trying to carry out K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s orders, and the demon, who is a
lways envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Lord speaks the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the first class only, namely the devotees, such as Arjuna or Vivasv\'e4n, because they are not envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and will listen. But the demons never listen and are forever rebellious. T
hey are convinced that they can figure out the Absolute Truth by their own mental speculation, and ultimately they conclude that they are as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even though they have none of the qualifications of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore they cannot
 accept Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is, and as He is portrayed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE IS TRANSCENDENTAL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second point to be made about the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that He is not like an ordinary living entity, in that
 His memory is always perfect: \'93Many, many births both you and I have passed,\'94 He tells Arjuna, \'93I can remember all of them, but you cannot.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually this capacity of remembranc
e and forgetfulness is one of the basic differences between the Supreme and the conditioned soul. The quality of the Supreme is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or perfect knowledge, past, present, and future, but the conditioned soul is always forgetful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With each body that we take we leave behind the memory of the last. With each new body, and even within these bodies, we tend to forget
, and especially in this present age called Kali-yuga, memory is being so reduced that we cannot even remember things very close at hand. I doubt if there is a single reader who could recite perfectly the first sentence in this essay. Yet it was not very
 long ago that a good }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub or student, could hear a lecture and remember it perfectly. Such is our position in this age that we are going down and down, and all the while we think that we are advancing. That is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , what is not. We are being degraded and dragged down to hell, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, \'93Isn\'92t it nice.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE NEVER FORGETS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never forgetful. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hi
t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it says: \'93I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], who is the Ori
ginal Person, absolute, infallible, without beginning, although expanded into unlimited forms, still the same original, the oldest, and the person always appearing as a fresh youth.\'94 Such vision may on occasion be manifest to the best Vedic scholars, 
but K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that it is always available to the pure devotee. Actually, this word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , infa
llible, means that He never forgets himself, even when He is in contact with material nature. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, or individual soul, forgets himself because the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is infinitesimal while K\'e5\'f1\'eba is infini
te.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the Lord and the living entity can never be}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub equal in all respects, even if the living entity is as liberated as Arjuna. Although Arjuna is a liberated soul from the very beginning and is an eternal associate of the Lord, nevertheless h
e sometimes forgets the nature of the Lord. But by the divine grace of the Lord, a devotee alone can understand the infallible condition of the Lord, whereas a nondevotee or demon cannot understand this transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And why the Lord never forgets is further explained in the sixth verse: \'93Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deter
iorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form.\'94 The Lord\'92s body is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advaita,}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means that there is no distinction between the Lord and His body\'97everything is spirit. But the conditi
oned soul is different from his material body. Therefore when he leaves one material body and goes to another he forgets, but the Lord never takes a material body; He always appears in the same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Sac-cid-\'e4nanda}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means eternal, knowledgeable and blissful, so that is called His transcende
ntal body, and it never deteriorates, and He never changes bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is something like the sun, which appears on the horizon and passes through the meridian and then sets; but this appearance and disap
pearance is due to our vision, not to the sun. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s appearance and disappearance are due to the imperfect eyesight of the conditioned soul. The Lord is always the same Absolute Truth and is without differentiation between His fo
rm and His Self, or between His quality and body. This is omnipotence.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHY HE APPEARS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now the reason for this appearance and disappearance is revealed in verse seven: \'93Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religi
ous practice, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97at that time I descend My Self.\'94 No man can manufacture a system of religion, for only K\'e5\'f1\'eba can breathe new life into the sleeping soul. Therefore, it says that the Lord originally spoke 
this transcendental message to Brahm\'e4 from within his heart. Actually, from the eighth verse of the Fourth Chapter, we can understand that the reason the Lord descends Himself is not so much to annihilate the wicked\'97He can do that without coming Hi
mself. He can do that by the potency of any one of His multi-energies\'97all of whom He controls by His expansion as Param\'e4tm\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then why does He come Himself? Just to deliver the pious, just for the pleasure of His devotees. Actually, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a sm
all child He killed so many demons, but it was not for the demons\'92 sake that He appeared. It was for Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4\'92s sake, just so she could think, \'93Oh how God has saved my child.\'94 God was her child, but by the ecstasy of love, Mother Y
a\'e7od\'e4 could think, \'93Oh how God has saved my child.\'94 That is one of the inconceivable pastimes of the Lord. So just to please His devotees, the Lord appears when there is too much wickedness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For anyone who can understand this transcendental nature of the Lord, the transcendental nature of His appearance and disappearance, an
d the nature of His activities and speaking, for him there is assurance of liberation, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises such a one a place in His transcendental abode. Why is that? Because such a person is qualified. According to the tenth verse, such a perso
n has no attachment to the material world, and one who has no attachment to this material world becomes completely attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means all-attractive, and therefore He can attract one completely. Even as a magnet can attract 
all of the iron to itself, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba can attract every }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soul to Himself. The question is o
ne of knowledge. The soul in knowledge is attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because He is the reservoir of all pleasure; but the soul in forgetfulness is being attracted to so many reflections because the conditioned soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has forgotten the source of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or pleasure. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba can attract all the living entities as soon as they remember Him. Furthermore, as one becomes free from attachment, he automatically becomes free from fear and anger, b
ecause he is completely absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And since he is taking refuge in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what is there to fear?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next, K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that as proof of what He says, so many great saints and sages in the past became purified in this way
 and attained transcendental love for Him. So this process of thinking about the transcendental nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His appearance and activities, is an authorized way to attain love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA RECIPROCATES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is all a question of surrender. Verse eleven states: All of them, as they surrender unto Me, I reward accordingly.\'94 Actually K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is seated within the heart of every living entity. So there is no question of fooling the Supersoul. He is not impressed by outward show, and He is not impressed by ritual, but He is impressed by a loving heart. There is a nice verse in the
 Holy Bible which says, \'93Seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.\'94 The point is that the Lord responds in exact proportion to the striving of the living entity. If we want K\'e5\'f1\'eba ten percent, it is ten percent that we 
will get. But if we surrender everything that we have (and actually we have nothing which is not already K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s save and except the false ego which we have manufactured in our conditioned state), then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will likewise give Himsel
f. It is something like the mother who hears her child beginning to whine, and so hands him a toy. Then when he whines again she gives him another and another, until the point is reached when the child will not be quieted with any toy. At that point the 
mother picks up the child and gives him herself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, when we become thoroughly disgusted with all of this paraphernalia, and when nothing else will satisfy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will 
give us Himself. In this connection, one great saint has prayed, \'93O my Lord, when will that day come when I will have no more taste for the inebrieties of this world, and I will take to the nectar of Thy loving service? When will that day come when my
 ears will become stopped up from hearing of Thy glories, and my tongue will be forever engaged in chanting Thy holy name?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, no one ever becomes the loser by giving to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We may be giving up ten percent, or fifty percent, or one hundred 
percent of what we have, but count it any way you want, ten percent of nothing or fifty percent of nothing or one hundred percent of nothing is still nothing. It is all illusion, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , that is all. But if I get ten percent of the Infinite, that is infinite, and we cannot imagine what is one hundred percent of the Infinite. One may give up a worthless 
body, or the worthless conception of \'93I\'94 and \'93mine,\'94 but K\'e5\'f1\'eba can give one a body like His own, and a conception of I and mine which is spiritual, and therefore in perfect relation to the Absolute, a body not subject to birth and de
ath, but one which is eternal and full of bliss. In short, such a man has K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore all the resources of all the opulences of the Almighty.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He reciprocates with the devotee just as the devotee would like to have him. To one He is master, to ano
ther He is friend, to another He is son and to still another, He reciprocates in the supreme exchange of the perfect lover. K\'e5\'f1\'eba awards equally all devotees in their different intensities of love for Him. Thus the devotees can serve K\'e5\'f1
\'eba personally, and as such they partake of His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nature, because no one can be in the 
presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba without experiencing bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And even the impersonalists, who are envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s personal form, who are fearful of having an eternal personality bec
ause of their material frustrations, and who are so frustrated with material existence that they want to commit spiritual suicide, they will also be rewarded by K\'e5\'f1\'eba accordingly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba allows them to merge into His effulgence, called t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but that certainly is not the most desirable position. We have information that those who
 attain this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eventually fall down to material existence again to exhibit their dormant desire
 for activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Activity is the actual condition of the living entity, and such a condition of non-activity is against our spiritual nature. So we shou
ld not strive to give up activity, but we should strive to practice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the eternal acti
vities of the living entity. Verse fifteen of Chapter Four says, \'93All the liberated souls in ancient times acted with this understanding and so attained liberation. Therefore, as did the ancients, you should perform your duty in this divine consciousn
ess.\'94 And verse eighteen says: \'93One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men, and he is in the transcendental position, although engaged in all sorts of activities. \'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we can understand that this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or eternal activities of the living entity is not exactly a question of whether one is materially active or inactive, but rather, a question of his consciousness. Therefore there are three co
ncepts in the Sanskrit: One is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub vikarma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the third is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  akarma. Karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to follow prescribed regulations, as laid down by the great authorities and scriptures, for good work, for good results, for fruitive activity, for gaining some material benefit or heavenly happiness. These activities 
are always performed with some good result in view, and therefore ultimately there must also be some reaction. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vikarma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub is just the opposite. It means acting for one\'92s personal sense enjoyment, or according to one\'92s personal whim, disregarding the directions of the scriptures or authorities. Therefore there is reaction, but the consequences are alway
s inauspicious or bad.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub akarma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to work in such a way that there is no reaction. The first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says: \'93Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled a
nd owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.\'94 So the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is that everything belongs to the Lord. Everything is His energy, and therefore He is the ultimate proprietor of e
verything that is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if a man can become a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and use things only as K\'e5\'f1\'eba directs, then certainly for that man there is 
no reaction, any more than there is legal action against the bank teller who just does his job nicely, without claiming any of the millions of dollars he is handling as his own. He is simply transferring it from one account to another on behalf of the ba
nk. But if a teller tries to keep some of the funds for himself, he is called an embezzler, and is immediately thrown into jail. Similarly, the living entities who do not do everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba are actually thieves.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 EVERYTHING FOR K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  san\'e4tana-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to be doing everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in verse twenty-four of this Fourth Chapter it is practically explained how such a man works: \'93To him, Brahman, the Supreme, is the offering, Brahman is the oblat
ion and the sacrificial fire, and by Brahman the sacrifice is performed. By performing action in this way, one ultimately attains the Supreme.\'94 So it is not very difficult for someone who is practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to know that whateve
r has come into his hands is simply the energy of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Brahman. Therefore the very offering is K\'e5\'f1\'eba; and to whom he is offering it, that is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He understands that even his body is K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'92s energy, and therefore it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s energy which is performing the sacrifice.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion, therefore, is that one who practices K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this way certainly can never be separated from K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. The more the activities of the material world are performed in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, as a sacrifice for Vi\'f1\'ebu only, the more the material atmosphere becomes spiritualized by complete absorption.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some people want to give up all activities because they have become frustrated by material activities of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but that is not at all recommended. A person who is suffering from a disorder of the bowels from drinking too much milk ca
nnot be cured just by abstinence from milk. No, that is not a very good cure. But if he would take another milk product, yogurt, then that will cure him. Similarly, we have become addicted to and diseased by this material life consisting of activity for 
sense gratification, and the cure is to transform this material life into spiritual life by dovetailing everything with the Supreme. Actually, everything that exists is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s energy and is situated with His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or divine effulgence. But when this effulgence is covered by the cloud of illusion, it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or sense gratification, and that is called material. But when matter is dovetailed in the service of the Supreme, or
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it regains its spiritual quality. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, wherein everything is done for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the process of converting illusory energy into spiritual energy, or Brahman.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE AIM OF SACRIFICE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So what shall we sacrifice, what shall we give to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Basically, there are two kinds of sacrifice, as explained in the thir
ty-third verse. There is a sacrifice of material possessions and a sacrifice of knowledge. Actually the two are one, but in the beginning there is an apparent difference. The ultimate aim of all sacrifice is to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which 
means to attain complete knowledge of the Absolute and thereby be freed of all material miseries, finally attaining transcendental love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But due to differences between performers, there are also differences in prescriptions for graduall
y attaining that goal. Therefore for one who is a neophyte it is prescribed that he give up his material possessions, and gradually this will elevate him to the position where he can sacrifice knowledge. But a person who is actually in K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness sacrifices everything, material possessions and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So this transcendental knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not such a cheap thing that it can be discovered on any corner or p
racticed whimsically, without direction. As stated in the thirty-fourth verse: \'93Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto 
you because he has seen the truth.\'94 As was pointed out in the very beginning of the chapter, the transcendental message must come from above. K\'e5\'f1\'eba first spoke it to Vivasv\'e4n, and Vivasv\'e4n spoke it to Manu, and thus the message comes do
wn in disciplic succession. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is repeating here that one must find a spiritual master in the disciplic succession and inquire from him submissively. That means unchallengingly, without thinking that one is as good as the spiritual master:
 The qualification of the spiritual master is that he has seen the truth, and therefore he is in a position to instruct.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the aspiring disciple must be willing not only to listen, but to also render service. And since our ultimate goal is to render trans
cendental loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this process must be learned by rendering such service to the spiritual master. This is the way we learn, and without a developed service mood, no one can enter the transcendental realm. For the ultimate goal o
f transcendental knowledge is service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and until one has learned how to serve the representative of the Supreme Person, how can they hope to serve the Supreme Personality Himself? The spiritual master is not envious,
 and he is not trying to get something out of his disciples, but instead he is trying to give. He is trying to disseminate knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so that he can present the disciple to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One who is unqualified cannot approach K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and therefore the spiritual master, as the confidential servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has no other business than to take these forgotten souls for his master, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, back to home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, when the disciple is submissive, and always ready to render service, the reciprocation of knowledge and inquiry becomes perf
ect, and the result is stated in the thirty-fifth verse: \'93When you have thus learned the Truth, you will know that all living beings are My parts and parcels, and that they are in Me, and are Mine.\'94 One who has factually realized his identity with 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba as part and parcel, or as eternal servant of the Lord, is certainly in the transcendental position and free from all anxiety. In the association of a pure devotee one can attain this consciousness simply by rendering devotional service and
 chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. This is the recommended process for this age for cleansing all the dust, all the dirty things, from the m
irror of the mind. Such a person can easily realize that the Supreme Lord is definitely a person, and that all His activities are transcendental. One who understands this is a liberated person from the very beginning of his study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Genuine Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE GENUINE SPIRITUAL MASTER
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Instant Problem Solving\'97Guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Inside\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every day we Boston devotees pass this sign as we chant the holy names in Harvard Square. The sign hangs on a local 
shop window, and it is sold in quantity inside. This week at the neighboring movie theatre a new movie is showing\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The true }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the person who says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, is our true friend. He does not pose himself as God or tell us that we can become God. The bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has various qualifications, and someone who is looking for a spiritual master must know the standards that the true }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  must meet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today everyone is posing himself as a spiritual master or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gur
u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and so we have that facetious sign. One group of foolish persons thinks that they can become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by their own concoction, simply by proclaiming themselves spiritual masters. And a corresponding group of foolish persons accepts such phonies because the formula is so easy, offer
s so much sense gratification, and supposedly permits the practitioner to become God. They like to think that in an instant their problems will vanish, and thus they are cheated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite such foolishness, there is such a thing as a bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or spiritual master, and the sincere student of spiritual science should know how to recognize him. One should understand who the spiritual master is, what his po
sition is, how he can be identified, and how we relate to him. And one should know the ultimate goal in accepting a spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply stated, the ultimate goal of spiritual life is to develop love of God, and the duty of the spiritual master is to awaken this do
rmant love of God in the hearts of his students. The spiritual master is a servant of the Supreme Lord. Thus the student becomes the indirect servant of God, and if a student serves God sincerely, God will ultimately reveal Himself to the student in a pu
re loving exchange. This process is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is recommended as the highest }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the Supreme Lord Himself, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So in real spiritual life the spiritual master acts as the via medium between us, so minute, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so great. We are so li
mited that we cannot approach the unlimited God, but the spiritual master, out of his causeless mercy, makes himself available to help us approach the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GOD IS REVEALED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master has completely surrendered to God, and God has revealed Himself fully to such a pure devotee. The spiritual master
 acts as a via medium between ourselves, who are contaminated by our association with matter, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. In this sense the spiritual master is even more merciful than God, since he comes and reveals himself to the conditioned soul who is st
ill contaminated by material association. But since the spiritual master is pure in his surrender to God and the will of God, he is, in a sense, one with God. Thus the student who comes to hear and love the spiritual master also comes to develop knowledg
e and love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course it is the mercy of God to send the spiritual master, and then it is the grace of the spiritual master to deliver God. As stat
ed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the process for going back to Godhead is simply to engage in devotional servic
e to God. But how can we, who are so minute and actually helpless, do anything for God, who controls and owns everything? The answer is to serve the spiritual master. It is like this: Suppose one knows a very, very rich man. What can one do to please him
? Nothing. He has everything, and in comparison we have nothing. But suppose the man has a son. Then simply by giving a small piece of fruit to the son, one can please the son, and when the son is pleased, then automatically the father becomes pleased. S
o in this way one can please a very rich man.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master is very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as a son is dear to the loving father, and by pleasing the spiritual master o
ne can please God Himself. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Lord states, \'93There is no servant in th
is world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  18.69}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So K\'e5\'f1\'eba has feelings, and He dearl
y loves the spiritual master. In fact, as stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Third Canto, the Supr
eme Personality of Godhead is thinking, \'93There is no way I can ever repay My pure devotees.\'94 When a man walks barefoot in the blazing sun, his feet are scorched, but his head feels no pain. Similarly, although He may tolerate offenses to Himself, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba tolerates no abuse to His pure devotee. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Third Cant
o, \'93They captivate My heart who are gladdened in heart; they look upon the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [holy men] 
as My own Self and pacify them by praising them in loving words, even as a son would appease an angry father or as I am pacifying you.\'94 So by serving the spiritual master we can please the Supreme Lord and thus go back to Him, by His divine grace.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 AN INTIMATE SERVANT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this connection another example may help. Suppose you know of a very rich, famous, or distinguished personage and want to gain entra
nce into his house. You cannot go to his home and say. \'93I make $200 a week so let me in.\'94 No\'97$200 a week or $500 a week or $1000 a week is nothing to him. You have no qualification of your own. But it you have the favor of one of his associates 
or servants, then by his desire you may enter the rich man\'92s home. Similarly, the intimate associate of the Lord is the spiritual master, and the Lord is anxious to please His pure devotees. The relationship between the Lord and His devotee is transce
ndentally beautiful. As a devotee is elevated in all good qualities due to his being a devotee of the Lord, so the transcendental glories of the Lord are increased due to His being devoted to His servitor. In other words, as the devotee is always anxious
 to render service to the Lord, similarly, the Lord is very anxious to render service to the devotee, the bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With confidence in this relationship, the student, out of love, agrees to serve the spiritual master. There is no question of force. Wh
ere there is force, there is no love. Our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, once said, \'93If a father calls his son, \'91Come here!\'92 and there is no love, the son will either refuse to come, or he will come re
luctantly, thinking secretly, \'91How can I get back at my father?\'92 But if I say, \'91Satsvar\'fcpa, come here!\'92 you will come immediately, out of excess of love. Is that no right?\'94 Satsvar\'fcpa, one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s students, 
immediately nodded his head\'97\'93Yes!\'94 Thus the service rendered by the student to the bona fide spiritual master is performed out of love. Anyone who sees His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da with his disciples is seeing the perfection of fam
ily life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mother, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub directs the child to the father, the bona fide spiritual master, as illustrated so personally in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Arjuna, who had very great spiritual qualifications as well as material qualifications, still confessed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme spiritual master: \'93Now I am confused about duty, and I have lo
st all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 2.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By natur
e\'92s own way, the complete system of material activities is a source of perplexity for everyone. Vedic wisdom therefore advises us that in order to solve the perplexities of life and to understand the science of the solution, one must approach a spirit
ual master, for a bona fide spiritual master is supposed to know everything.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Furthermore, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub set forth the qualifications of the bona fide spiritual master. The first requirement for the bona fide spiritual master is that he be in the line of disciplic succession from the Supreme Lord Himself. Not jus
t anyone can qualify as a spiritual master, nor should the student accept anyone to be a spiritual master simply on sentiment. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original spiritual master, as stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [6.3.19]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra
\'eb\'e9tam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The path of religion is directly enunciated by the Lord.\'94 The bona fide spiritual master teaches the transcendental science, as first enunciated by the Lord, }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub without concoction or alteration. He is able to do so because he understands the purport of the 
Lord\'92s teaching from the disciplic succession descending directly from the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The knowledge mercifully given by the Lord is like a perfect fruit passed down from the top of a tree. The fruit must be passed delicat
ely. If someone drops the fruit, or lets it fall, or in any way mishandles it, then the whole fruit is spoiled. If the bona fide spiritual master is in the line of disciplic succession from the Supreme Lord, he is careful to pass the fruit of Vedic wisdo
m to us without personally motivated interpretation. The conclusion of all Vedic knowledge is that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the goal of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowledge and sacrifice. All the great saints and sages in our line of disciplic succession, the Brahma-M\'e4dhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya Samprad\'e4ya, beginning with 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and including Brahm\'e4, N\'e4rada, Vy\'e4sa, Lord Caitanya, \'c7r\'e9la Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prabhup\'e4da, and finall
y His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, have personally realized and taught K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If the result of a process is good, then the process itself must be good. These great saints and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are unmatched in spiritual realization so the process of God realization first spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and passed on th
rough the disciplic succession is also matchless.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second requirement of the bona fide spiritual master is that he speak only on the authority of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or of his spiritual master, so that the disciplic succession may be kept rigidly in line with the original teachings. The spirit
ual master never invents ideas or processes for self-realization, but always goes to the higher authorities. He is aware of the limitations of the minute living entity and his small mind and imperfect senses, so he similarly teaches his students to speak
 only from the higher authority.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even the Supreme Lord Himself does this. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chapter Thirteen, Verse 4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba states, \'93That knowledge of the field of activities and of the knower of activities is described by various sages in various
 Vedic writings, especially in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead, the ultimate source of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the supreme authority on all matters, but s
till He cites the accepted spiritual literature. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba teaches by example how the bona fide spiritual master always gives evidence from previous authorities. That is the process. Similarly, Lord Caitanya, who was also the Supreme Personalit
y of Godhead, accepted a bona fide spiritual master in the line of disciplic succession, and He always quoted His spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master and student alike strictly follow the line of disciplic succession and the Vedic authorities, so others who are in
terested in spiritual life should follow this process too. People are so prone to indulge in transitory speculation, even when they are to educate themselves on areas beyond their empiric jurisdiction. People so often mistake these illusory experiences, 
especially when influenced by a drug or \'93meditative\'94 process, for genuine spiritual realization. They so often have \'93inspirations,\'94 \'93visions,\'94 \'93experiences\'94 and \'93revelations\'94 which are merely the concoctions of a limited and
 deluded mind. The person interested in spiritual life should therefore be very wary of his own personal messages. God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is in our hearts as Param\'e4tm\'e4, Supersoul, and thus He can speak to us. But there are parallel tracks\'97God on t
he inside and spiritual master on the outside\'97so the religious seeker must confirm his inner realizations by the authority of the spiritual master on the outside. This dual confirmation is very important; one must go to the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 REALIZATION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The third requirement of the bona fide spiritual master is that his knowledge is realized. He must be a pure devotee of God, teaching b
y example, practicing what he is preaching\'97not that he teaches dry theory or philosophy. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes the characteristics of His pure devotees, and by these characteristics one can recognize a bona fide spiritual master: \'93He who knows in truth this glory and power of Mine engages in unalloyed devoti
onal service; of this there is no doubt. I am the source of everything; from Me the entire creation flows. Knowing this, the wise worship Me with all their hearts. Their thoughts dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered unto Me, and they receive great sa
tisfaction and bliss, enlightening one another and conversing about Me.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.7-9) \'93They are alw
ays engaged in chanting My glories. Endeavoring with great determination, offering homage unto Me, they worship Me with devotion.\'94 (Bg. 9.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These are the characteristics of the pure devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The bona fide spiritual master is always in ecstasy of love of God, having realized who God is, who the self is, and what is actually t
he relation between the Lord and the living entity. The bona fide spiritual master is in a direct relationship of loving reciprocation with the Lord, and he fully accepts the Lord in His personal form. As stated above, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or great soul, is always engaged in chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead
, with no other engagement. That means that he must glorify the Supreme Lord, praising His holy name, His eternal form, His transcendental qualities and His uncommon pastimes, and he must pass on such information to his students. The bona fide spiritual 
master does not dwell on the impersonal Brahman feature of the Supreme Lord, in which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or bl
issful aspect of loving exchange with the Supreme Person is missing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master, being completely attached to the Supreme Person, is not attracted to material or bodily affairs. He understands t
hat he is not this body but is pure spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme Person K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that his position is of loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore he is always joyful and free of anxieties, neither hankering nor lamenting abou
t material affairs. He is self-satisfied, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and transcendental to the dualities of material life. His eves are always wet with tears of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in fully realized knowledge of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh
agavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And, as stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itself, such a great soul is very rare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once a student of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da said to \'c7rila Prabhup\'e4da, \'93Prabhup\'e4da, you look s
o sad in this picture.\'94 And \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replied, \'93No, that was a moment of ecstasy.\'94 Who can imagine the ecstasy of one who is in direct contact with \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba? His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
 has all the qualifications of a bona fide spiritual master, and he is always in contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the all-attractive person, the supreme friend. His Divine Grace needs nothing but engagement in transcendental loving service to Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and that he has all the time. So what need has he of us? He has no desire to accumulate wealth, nor any desire to enjoy beautiful women, nor does he want any number of followers. He wants only the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord\'92s causeless devotional service. He has come to the West to spread this divine message only out of his causeless mercy upon us, in service to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and his Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, pouring the shower of his mercy on all the dried-up souls of the universe.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DOES NOT CLAIM TO BE GOD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fourth requirement of the bona fide spiritual master is that, realizing K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be everything, he never poses himself as 
God, nor does he ever promise his students that they can become God. God is God, and we are His servants eternally. God is infinite, and we are infinitesimal parts of God, inconceivably, simultaneously one and different from God, but we are never God Him
self. Actually, the spiritual master, having approached God and having realized how inconceivably great He is, always feels meek and lowly, completely dependent on the Lord for protection. Thus the sage is humble; he is ready to pay his respects even to 
the ant, and he considers himself the most fallen. This is humilitv. When the Lord was on earth five hundred years ago, He was known as Patita P\'e4vana, the deliverer of the most fallen. When the great saint Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur approached Him
, the \'d6h\'e4kur said, \'93You are the deliverer of the most fallen, so kindly save me first.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was in his room in Los Angeles with a few devotees surrounding him, and at one point in the discussions 
he began to cry, saying, \'93All I ask of you us to be humble. All we can do is be humble to everyone and in everything that we do. That is all that I ask.\'94 Another time \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da went to the temple, and, seeing the throne that the dev
otees had just made for him, he said, \'93Oh, I cannot accept this. I am the most fallen, and you have made this for me.\'94 He was crying. So a devotee replied, \'93Oh please, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, please accept this as our offering to you.\'94 His
 Divine Grace said, \'93I have no qualification of my own, but I shall accept it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then another time a boy made some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritual}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub food) for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da and was waiting at \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s door to give it to him. When His Divine Grace appeared, He looked at the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and opened his eves wide and said, \'93For me?\'94 After that, the boy who brought the food smiled so hard that he got a headache, and he danced down the street all the way home. Later he said, \'93Up until that momen
t I had only theoretically known what humility meant. Now I have practical experience of what humility is; now I understand humility.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even Lord Caitanya, although He was actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, never claimed to be God because He wanted to demonstra
te the proper behavior for a bona fide spiritual master. When people said that they recognized Him as God, He would cover His ears with His hands and say, \'93No, don\'92t say that!\'94 He further said that one should chant the holy name of the Lord cons
tantly \'93in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than the tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and ready to offer all respects to others.\'94 The true spiritual master is alway
s humble. He sees on an equal level a learned and gentle }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater, and he offers his services to all. He always points to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, saying, \'93God is great, and we are very small. Therefore we are not God, so we should surren
der to God.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FAKE SPIRITUALISTS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fake spiritualists are puffed up with notions of their own power, and they often think that they are God. \'93I am God, a dog is Go
d, everyone is God.\'94 Or they say, \'93All is one. We are actually God, but we are now under illusion.\'94 If God is under illusion, then illusion is greater than God. And if everything is God, then our everyday meditation on dog or wife should be suff
icient to give us liberation. Clearly these pretenders are not God, and His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da urges everyone not to accept cheap gods and fake spiritual masters.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The story is told of one so-called spiritual master who was on the stage in an auditorium sitting in so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and saying, \'93I am moving the sun, I am moving
 the moon.\'94 But he had to leave the stage because he got a toothache. So is he God? He claims to be moving the sun and the moon, but he cannot stop a toothache. Another charlatan spiritual master was once going to give a lecture on the secret of etern
al youth, but on the way to deliver the lecture he died. Still another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub instructor, after giving a lecture, met with one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s students. The so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was sitting on a chair smoking a cigarette, and he said, \'93You know, I have been having a terrible problem. I just can\'92t give up smoking. Do you have any suggestions?\'94 He was teaching }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but he could not give up smoki
ng. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to control the s
enses, to renounce sense gratification, but although he could not even control his tongue, this rascal claimed to teach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
such}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nonsense? \'93Surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is all,\'94 says His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He who teaches surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the bona fide spiritual master, and such a spiritual master is the only refuge for one wh
o wishes to end his material bondage and live in spiritual ecstasy. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states this in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.
\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, only someone whose hands are free can free someone whose hands are tied. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub purport to this verse is as follows: \'93One has to approach a bona fide spiritual master to receive the knowledge. Such a teacher should be accepted in full surrender, and one should ser
ve the spiritual master like a menial servant, without false prestige. Satisfaction of the spiritual master is the secret of advancement in spiritual life. Inquiries and submission constitute the proper combination for spiritual understanding. Unless the
re is submission and service, inquiries from the learned spiritual master will not be effective. One must pass the test of the spiritual master, and when the spiritual master sees the genuine desire of the disciple, he automatically blesses the disciple 
with genuine spiritual understanding. In this verse, both blind following and absurd inquiries are condemned. One should not only hear submissively from the spiritual master, but one must also get a clear understanding from him, in submission and service
 and inquiries. The spiritual master is by nature very kind toward the disciple, and therefore when the student is submissive and is always ready to render service, the reciprocation of knowledge and inquiries becomes perfect.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to act, therefore, there must be a bona fide source of information and a sincere soul desiring to know
, just as in order for there to be conception, there must be a potent male and a fertile female. If a man is potent and a woman is fertile, then by their combination there can be conception. Otherwise, if there is no reciprocation, conception is impossib
le. One should ask questions and learn from a person to whom one can surrender. If one has any doubts about the person, then one should not waste one\'92s time, since one will not accept his instructions anyway. At the same time, a person who approaches 
a bona fide spiritual master with a challenging attitude will never understand the transcendental message. One who is fortunate enough to have found a bona fide spiritual master must hear submissively in order to understand and benefit.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 QUALIFICATION FOR HEARING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canto Three, verses 40\'9641, K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes the nice qualifications for hearing in relation to the spiritual master: \'93This instruction should be imparted by the spiritual master to persons who ha
ve taken Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as more dear than anything, and who are not envious of anyone, are perfectly cleansed and have developed detachment from everything outside the purview of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Instruction in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness should be given to the faithful devotee who is respectful to the spiritual master, non-envious, friendly to all kinds of living entities, and ready to render service with faith and sincerity.\'94 This attitude is demonstrated by A
rjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra in the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He understands that he
 had no facility to know the Truth by his own endeavors, and that he must surrender at the lotus feet of the authority, in this case the Supreme Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore he says, \'93Now I am Your disciple and a soul sur
rendered to You. Please instruct me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub demonstrates the transcendental relations
hip between K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme authority, and Arjuna, the ideal listener. This relationship is established out of respect and love, and only from this personal relationship is God realization possible. The student takes the spiritual master as h
is spiritual father and follows the teachings of the spiritual master to his full capacity. Lord Jesus Christ said, \'93Unless you become like little children, you cannot enter the kingdom of God.\'94 Only to one who has full faith in the spiritual maste
r will all knowledge be revealed. The word of the spiritual master is the life of the student, and everything else is secondary. Then there is contact. If one touches electricity, even if the source is thousands of miles away, the current is there, and o
ne who touches it can always feel the blissful association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone now has all facility to become happy by the mercy of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, our spiritual ma
ster. He wants everyone to be happy in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and he is offering all transcendental opportunities. He gives us }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Magazine, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, Teachings of Lord Caitanya, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the many temples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and himself wherever he appears. Greatest of all, he is offering K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself directly, in His holy name: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. These names form the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the great chanting for deliverance and the greatest benediction for the conditioned living entities. Finally, His Divine Grace is giving everyone the opportunity to become a spiritual master. The greatest spiritual master, L
ord Caitanya, the Supreme Personality Himself, said, \'93Whoever tells people, \'91Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'92 he is My spiritual master.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 O Glorify the One Who to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so Dear
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub O Glorify the One Who to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is so Dear
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O glorify the one who to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so dear,\line Whose presence scatters the clouds of illusion clear,\line Whose na
me is sweeter than the sweetest nectar,\line And who brings the torch of knowledge near:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da,\line At whose lotus feet all other masters gather,\line Pulling us out of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thralls to see\line How wonderful is reality.\line None can save us from death but he.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When will I have eyes to see you\line And to concentrate my attention on you?\line Your Divine Grace, our very lives\line Ar
e dependent on your mercy.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Prabhup\'e4da, let me forever be\line Chained to your service, never free,\line Lest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should overcome my weak mind\line And drown me in her fearful sea.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li3600\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T\'e9rthap\'e4da D\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r
\'e9 (ISKCON Sydney)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON Detroit
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON Detroit
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic authorities confirm that the holy name of the Supreme Lord can render all benediction upon all living entities. The living beings
 in the material world, although originally pure in their spiritual nature, have become contaminated by forgetfulness of their relationship with the Supreme Godhead. The living beings are God\'92s eternal parts and parcels, but due to the influence of ma
terial nature, this eternal relationship has been forgotten. Thus somehow or other the conditioned souls have fallen into the ocean of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the Lord has kindly invested all of His transcendental potencies in His holy names, and therefore by chanting any one of His innume
rable names, one can be delivered from the ocean of birth and death and be fixed as an eternal servitor of the Lord, an atom at His lotus feet. This is not a sectarian process limited to a particular faith or nationality. The Supreme Lord has made approa
ch to Him easy by His holy names, and there are not even any hard and fast rules for chanting the name of God. Anyone, no matter what his position in life, can chant the name of God as he finds it in His particular scripture, and thus anyone can feel tra
nscendental ecstasy by glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, under the guidance of their beloved spiritual master, are eng
aged in spreading the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement of publicly chanting the holy names Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare / Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, so that living entities may, by hearing this transcendental sound vibration, begin to revive their eternal love for the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The pictures on these pages show devotees in Detroit engaged in spreading the rays of the benediction moon of the holy name by chanting
 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sa\'eck\'e9rtana in the Bible
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SA\'ccK\'c9RTANA IN THE BIBLE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON Calcutta)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Vai\'f1\'ebava (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) literature of India there are innumerable scriptural injunctions encouraging }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the chanting and singing of the names of God as an efficacious means to attain God realization o
r as a glorious end in itself. Yet many Westerners, perhaps justifiably skeptical, might ask, \'93If }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all-encompassing, so potent and effective, why isn\'92t it stressed in the Bible?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even a quick reading of the Bible will show that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9r
tana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was very much present indeed amongst the ancient Jews and early Christians and that it was certainly stressed by one of the Bible\'92s major figures\'97David. \'93But that
\'92s not the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practiced by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement,\'94 one might obje
ct. \'93Moses and David certainly didn\'92t chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare R\'e4ma.\'94 It would be difficult to prove that they did, and it is doubtless safe to assume that they didn\'92t, but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not limited to the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In fact, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the chief propagator of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chanting in this age, has written in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and m
illions of names like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda, etc. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily appr
oach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4
\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ANY NAME OF GOD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The principle of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then, does not insist on the names K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma. Theoretically any name for the Absolute Godhead will do. The point is, however, that in this age\'97which extends back 5,000 years\'97the c
hanting and singing of the names of God and God\'92s glories is the most certain way to spiritual emancipation. \'93Chant the names of God,\'94 Lord Caitanya enjoins. \'91In this age of Kali [chaos] there is no other way, there is no other way at all.
\'94 The effect of chanting the holy names, Lord Caitanya further instructs, is that transcendental love of God is awakened in the soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why chant the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba in preference to others! Although other names are potentially as good, the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the
 principal name because it is the name of the primal, original person. God is one, but His manifestations are infinite. One may light any number of candles from an original candle, yet the original candle still retains its original identity. There are co
untless expansions of God, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the primal person, is asserted in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govindam \'e4d
i-purusa\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi, Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.29]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From Him appear countless expansions, incarnations, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lor
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba asserts, \'93I am the source of everything; from Me the entire creation flows. Knowing this, the wise worship Me with all their hearts.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This claim is not made b
y anyone in the Bible, not even by Christ.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word \'93Christ\'94 is also connected to \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 etymologically, for \'93Christ\'94 is derived from the Greek word }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub christos, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meaning \'93anointed,\'94 or \'93the anointed one,\'94 a translation of the Hebrew word }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mashiah, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Messiah. One of the principal signs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or clay which anoints the forehead with a V sign.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 INFORMATION WITHELD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bible speaks of the Supreme as God, Jehovah and Christ, and the Vedic literatures\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicate Him personally to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a word which means \'93all-att
ractive\'94 in Sanskrit. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (R\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means enjoyer, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to the energy enjoyed.) The Bible is principally concerned with the laws given to the Jewish people by God, the Jews\'92 breaking of these laws
 and God\'92s subsequent punishments. Christ stressed forgiveness for those who are truly repentant and He supplied a new element\'97love or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as a means to attain God. Throughout the Bible, however. God is described as \'93great,\'94 \'93angry,\'94 \'93terrible,\'94 \'93greatly to be feared,\'94 \'93almighty,\'94 \'93the everlasting Father,\'94 \'93
Alpha and Omega,\'94 etc., but nowhere is the all-attractive personality of God explained. Who is God? Just how great is He? What are His features? His opulences? His activities? Exactly what does His abode look like? What does He look like? What are His
 various manifestations? Specifically how does He create? How does He pervade His creation? What is the relationship of the individual with God? What is the individual\'92s role in the world, and how does it come about, and how can the individual self tr
anscend it? These and many other questions are neither raised nor answered in the Bible because ancient Judaic culture was not sufficiently advanced to absorb this information. Christ Himself told His disciples, \'93I have yet many things to say unto you
, but ye cannot bear them now.\'94 (John, 16:12) In the Old Testament we hear God\'92s voice from the sky, but we do not see His face. He appears as a burning bush, a dove, a pillar of fire by night, a cloud by day, etc., but He does not appear as He is.
 Christ appeared as a devotee of God, but He does not reveal His Father to His disciples. With a voice on high the Father speaks of Christ as His beloved Son, but Christ Himself said,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ye have neither heard this voice at any time, nor seen His shape.\'85 Not that any man hath seen the Father, 
save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub John, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5:37, 6:46)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic literatures, which pre-date the Bible, were written in a highly advanced spiritual culture, and they specifically reveal God\'92s
 form, His features, His pastimes and His personality. Of course God\'92s attributes are infinite, and words can only hint at His glory, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub supply man\'92s mind with more information than he can accommodate to the point of enlightenment, at which time the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are of no more use \'93than a pond when everywhere there is a flood.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 2.46)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At that stage man sees God or K
\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere, but that realization is not to be imitated. The point is that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub give a 
detailed explanation of God and His activities and indicate the Supreme Personality of Godhead to be \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Not only is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicated to be God, but He is vividly physically described, and His personal activities a
re narrated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself sang }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Arjuna on the battlefield, and thus His instructions are known as the song }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (g\'e9t\'e4) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of God }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bhagav\'e4n). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba characterized the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
mah\'e4tmas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or great souls in this way:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub They are always engaged in chanting My glories. Endeavoring with great determination, offering homage unto Me
, they worship Me with devotion. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bible is certainly peopled with many great souls\'97Moses, David, Paul\'97and none would have contradicted the essential validity o
f the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub principle. This thesis is supported by innumerable passages in books by the prophe
ts and the apostles.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Books of Moses
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the children of Israel were saved, after they passed through the Red Sea and after the Pharaoh\'92s army drowned, Moses and his f
ollowers immediately began to sing praises to God.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the L
ord, for He hath triumphed gloriously.\'85 The Lord is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation: He is my God, and I will prepare Him an habitation; my father\'92s God, and I will exalt Him. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Exodus, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 15:1-2)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Deuteronomy, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Moses, in his exhortation to the Jewish people after the deliverance of the ten commandments, set forth the basic tenets underlying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotional process which forms the very root of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophy. Here Moses stresses the importance of service to God and the evocation of His name.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and wi
th all thy soul, and with all thy might.\'85 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; Him shalt thou serve, and to Him shalt thou cleave, and swear by His name. He is thy praise, and He is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which 
thine eyes have seen. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Deuteronomy, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6:4\'965, 10:20\'9621)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Knowledge of the greatness of God, Moses maintains, necessitates the devotee\'92s \'93publishing\'94 His name and broadcasting His glor
ies. In his second song, Moses says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender her
b, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Deuteronomy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 32:2\'963)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As in Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy, the name of God is integral with Him. Of course the Godhead, by His omnipresence, exists impersonally 
in all sound, and all sound has its being impersonally in Him, yet the names of God are identical with Him in a different way: they are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7abda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or sound incarnations, and God is personally present in them. Thus the names of God are praised and evoked in the religious traditions of both East and West. (The English word \'93God,\'94 for instance, stems 
from the Indo-European base }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ghawa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97and the Sanskrit }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub havate, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meaning \'93to call out to, invoke,\'94 the idea being that God is He to whom man calls out both in joy and distress.) Moses, the great lawgiver an
d father of the Jews, was not inaugurating a new tradition in advocating the verbal glorification of God but was working within the established context of Judaism.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Book of Judges
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After Deborah and Balak delivered Israel from Jabin and Sisera, they sang: \'93Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, wil
l sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Samuel
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upon being delivered out of the hands of his enemy Saul, David, in his psalm of thanksgiving, sang: \'93Therefore I will give thanks un
to Thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto Thy name.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Samuel II}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 22:50)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Chronicles
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of all the figures in the Bible, David is undoubtedly the most avid promulgator of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub David brought the ark of God\'97which was worshiped like the Vai\'f1\'ebava Deities\'97into Jerusalem, and, dressed in fine linen, danced
 before it.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Thus all lsrael brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, a
nd with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I. Chronicles, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 15:28)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub David appointed a number of Levites to attend the ark, as in India certain }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcjar\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are assigned to attend the Deities.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And he [David] appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to record, and to
 thank and praise the Lord God of Israel: Asaph the chief, etc., and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God (}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I. Chronicles, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 16:4\'966)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub David then informed the people of the process of worship before the ark. In essence, this is also the message of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness movement: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or praise of God, by song, the glorification of His names, the relation 
of His pastimes, the search for His personal presence.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Then on that day David delivered first this psalm, to thank the Lord, into the hand of Asaph and his brethren
. Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His deeds among the people. Sing unto Him, sing psalms unto Him, talk yet }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub all His wondrous works. Glory ye in His holy name; let the heart }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 
them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1. Chronicles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub , 16:7-11)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This message extends beyond the people of Jerusalem, just as Lord Caitanya\'92s message extends beyond India.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day His salvation. Declare His glory among the heat
hen; His marvellous works among all nations. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all Gods. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1. Chronicles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 16:23\'9625)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples of India, the Deities are glorified full time. Similarly, David appointed Heman and Jeduthun \'93with tru
mpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chronicles I., }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 16:42) to sing continually before the ark. Moreover, David chose 288 people, mainly youths, to chant with instruments in the temple.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub All these were under the hands of their father [Heman\'92s fourteen sons and three daughters] for song in the
 house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king\'92s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. So the number of them, with the brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all
 that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Chronicles I}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ., 25:6\'967)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Solomon, David\'92s son, renowned for wisdom and riches, followed in his father\'92s footsteps in building a magnificent temple on Moun
t Moriah at Jerusalem, a temple which he overlaid with pure gold, and in seeing that chanters were also installed. It seemed that their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were lively indeed, being that they precipitated the descent of the glory of God.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and the
ir brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, 
to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, For He is God; for His mercy endureth for ever; that then the house
 was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub 11. Chronicles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 5: 12-14)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jehoshaphat, who reigned over Judah, also followed in this tradition. It is notable that specific mention is made of the method of bowi
ng and of praising the beauty of God and relying on His mercy, for these are also typical of Vai\'f1\'ebavism.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fe
ll before the Lord, worshipping the Lord. And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high. And when he [Jehoshaphat] had consulted with the peopl
e, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord: for His mercy endureth forever. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub 11. Chronicles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 20:18\'9621)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hezekiah, David\'92s grandson, followed the path of David, not that of his idolatrous and blasphemous father Ahaz. He opened all the do
ors of the temples which his father had shut down. The ceremony that was conducted under his direction could be a description of a Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And he [Hezekiah] set the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, acc
ording to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king\'92s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for so was the commandment of the Lord by His prophets. And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priest with the trumpets. And Hezekiah command
ed to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David King of Israel. And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and
 the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes com
manded the Levites to sing praise unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub II
. Chronicles}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 29:25\'9630)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Book of Ezra
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of those returning to Jerusalem from captivity in Babylon, there were \'93among them two hundred singing men and singing women.\'94 }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Ezra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2:65) After they returned, the people gathered \'93as one man\'94 in Jerusalem, where they began con
struction of a new temple and held }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub during the foundation ceremony.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel wi
th trumpets, and the Levites the songs of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David King of Israel. And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; because He is good, for His mercy endureth for ev
er toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ezra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 3:10-11)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Psalms of David
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of all the books in the Bible, David\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Psalms }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub place the greatest emphasis on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
The}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Psalms}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub make four important 
assertions. First, since man exists only by the mercy of God, man\'92s only recourse is to trust Him completely. \'93And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee.\'94 (Psalms, 9:10) Secon
d, the names of God have great potency, and it is the duty or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of man to thank and praise Him.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness. (}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 48:1;
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O most high. (}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 92:1)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Blessed by the name of th
e Lord from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord\'92s name is to be praised. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 113:1\'963)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Third, man derives great joy in praising Him.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. Thou hast turned 
for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness: To the end that my glory may sing praise to Thee, and not be silent. O Lord}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub my God, I will give thanks unto Thee forever. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub , 30:4, 11\'9612)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with 
singing. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 100:1\'962)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. My meditatio
n of Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 104: 33\'9634)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. (}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 147:1)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Fourth, all nations and indeed the entire creation will eventually praise Him, and thus the chanting of the n
ames of God will constitute, as Lord Caitanya prophesied, the world religion.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and worship before Thee, O Lord; and shall glorify Thy name. (}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 86:9)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise Him in the heights. Praise ye Him, all His an
gels: praise Him, all His hosts. Praise ye Him, sun and moon: praise Him, all ye stars of light. Praise Him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for He commanded, and they were created. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Psalms, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 148: 1\'965
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub David also enjoined that the chanting of the holy names be\'97as in India\'97accompanied by a number of instruments and by hand clappin
g.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing unto t
he Lord with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.\'85 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of truimph. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub 98:4\'966, 47:1)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor are the chants to be mere vain repetitions or caterwauling noise-fests: \'93Sing ye praises with understanding,\'92\'92 (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 47:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7) David instructs. Man cannot take God\'92s kingdom by storm, for God is not mundane and cannot be approached by fanaticism or human mental speculation. His abode is above the heavens, and the easiest 
approach to Him is through praise fixed firmly in knowledge.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery
 and harp: I myself will awake early. I will praise Thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto Thee among the nations. For Thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and Thy truth unto the coulds. Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let Thy glory 
be above all the earth. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Psalms, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 57:7\'9611)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chanting the holy names and recounting the great deeds of God are important factors in man\'92s search for Him.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon His name: make known His deeds among the people. Sing unto Him, sing p
salms unto Him: talk ye of all His wondrous works. Glory ye in His holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord, and His strength: seek His face evermore. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 105:1-4
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub David also maintained that one should praise God throughout life.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Praise the Lord, O my soul. While I live I will praise the Lord: I will sing praises unto my God while I have
 any being. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 146:1)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub David\'92s last five psalms (146\'96150) are in themselves musical exhortations urging not only man but all living creatures to praise 
God. In their lyrical insistence (insistence it is, not repetition) they stylistically approach a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
form. For example, the last psalm:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power. Praise Him for His
 mighty acts: praise Him according to His excellent greatness. Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet: praise Him with the psaltery and harp. Praise Him with the timbrel and dance: praise Him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise Him upon the lo
ud cymbals: praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 150:1\'966)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of David are both lyrical and devotional. Christ\'92s last words on the cross (\'93My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me!\'94) are the beginning of th
e 22nd Psalm. Far from being a cry of despair, this psalm, which Christ was not able to quote in full, asserts: \'93I will declare Thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub praise Thee.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 22:22)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Psalms}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bridge the Judaic and Christian traditions and establish the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rt
ana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  principle}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the West mor
e strongly than any other book in the Bible.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Book of Isaiah
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Isaiah, who foresaw the Lord\'92s deliverance of the Jewish people from Assyria, Egypt and other places, prophesied:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His name, declare His doings among the people, make mention that His name is exalted. Sing unto the Lord: for He hath done excellent things: this is known
 in all the earth. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Isaiah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 12:4\'965)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also in relating the Lord\'92s future mighty deeds, Isaiah reports God as instructing Jacob and Israel in this way:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sing unto the Lord a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all 
that is therein: the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Let them giv
e glory unto the Lord, and declare His praise in the islands. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Isaiah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 42: 10\'9612)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In speaking further to Jacob and his people, God coaxes the entire creation, including inanimate objects, to sing His praise:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sing O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, y
e mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel. Sing, O heavens: and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains for the Lord hath comforted His people, and will have mer
cy upon His}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub afflicted. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub lsaia
h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 44:23, 49:13)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The New Testament
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Jesus Christ taught His disciples to go forth and preach among all men that \'93The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.\'94 (}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Luke}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10:9) Such preaching is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whether one says, \'93Repent, the kingdom of God is at hand\'94 or chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the message is essen
tially the same, for the Godhead is verbally proclaimed amongst men. When asked when the kingdom of God was coming, Christ taught that God is attained not by the mental speculative method nor by investigation of external phenomena but by spontaneous love
 arising from within the individual himself.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, Th
e kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or lo there! For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. (Luke, 17:20\'9621)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus God and His kingdom are most quickly attained when one\'92s yearning is strong, when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  arises in the soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is also stress on the holy names in the New Testament, for Christ warns His disciples: \'93And ye shall be hated of all men for m
y name\'92s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mark}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 13:13) Chris
t also emphasized the potency of the holy names: \'93For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Matthew}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 18:20)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In one of the most intensely mystical passages in St. John\'92s Gospel, when Christ prays to His Father the night before the crucifixio
n, He asserts that the name of God is a unifying force, that He (Christ) Himself manifested the name to His disciples and that it will be God\'92s name that will keep them as one. Christ prayed:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do. I have manifested Th
y name unto the men which Thou gavest me out of the world: Thine they were, and Thou gavest them me; and they have kept Thy word. And now I am no more in the world, and I come to Thee. Holy Father, keep through Thine own name those whom Thou hast given m
e, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Thy name: those that Thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub John}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 17:4, 6, 11\'9612)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christ\'92s disciples continued in this tradition. After being beaten and thrown in jail and shackled in Philippi in Macedonia, Paul an
d Silas chanted praises to God: \'93And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 16:25) It was also St. Paul who wrote the Romans:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. That ye may with one mind and one mouth gl
orify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles: and laud him, all ye people. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Romans}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , 10:13, 15:6, 11)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, St. Paul emphasized the potency of the Lord\'92s name in an epistle to the Philippians:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Wherefor God also hath highly}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should
 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Philippians, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2:9\'9611, 4:4)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub St. Paul also wrote the Thessalonians and Hebrews similar instructions }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (II Thessalonians, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1:12. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hebrews, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub 2:12). Similarly, the apostle James in an epistle used skillful means to get the people to chant: \'93Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub James}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 5:13)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his apocalyptic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Revelations, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub St. John describes a vision of universal destruction and salvation which resembles, in magnitude, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s display of His universal form in the Eleventh Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub St. John, in his vision, sees the Lamb (Christ) glorified amongst thousands of devotees who have God\'92s 
names written on their foreheads (a Vai\'f1\'ebava custom). The devotees stand on a sea of glass and fire, a sea of cosmic destruction, and chant the names of God. Again it is proclaimed that all peoples will worship the Almighty God and glorify His name
.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, havin
g his Father\'92s name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder; and as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man coul
d learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over
 the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou kin
g of saints. Who shall not fear Thee, O Lord, and glorify Thy name? For Thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before Thee; for Thy judgments are made manifest. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Revelations, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 14:1\'963, 15:2\'964)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus from Moses to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Revelations}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97the garmut of the Bible\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a prominent factor. The message is essentially one throughout the Bible and Caitanya (Vai\'f1\'ebava) philosoph
y: man only meets with frustration when he tries to assault the kingdom of God physically or intellectually. The Supreme Godhead is above man\'97is above, in fact, the heavens\'97and man is subordinate as an organ of the body is subordinate to the entire
 body. In the spiritual hierarchy that culminates with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, man\'92s role is established as an organ of praise, and it is in praise of God that man is elevated to the spiritual platform. Actually this is not a unique role, 
for, as the Bible and Caitanya philosophy maintain, all creatures that breathe\'97and even entities that do not breathe\'97can join in universal acclamation of the Supreme Person. The total unity and harmony of that hymn comprise the great song of God.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How to Check the Age of Kali
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOW TO CHECK THE AGE OF KALI
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The followers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are aware that at present the universe and the earth are in the age of Kali. Vedic cultur
e calculates the long duration of time between the creation and annihilation of the cosmos according to repeated cycles of the following four seasons: Satya-yuga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tret\'e4-yuga, Dv\'e4para-yuga and Kali-yuga. Of the four, the last, the Kali-yuga, is noted for being the fallen age, the age of hypocrisy and quarrel. Aside from the evidence of Vedic liter
ature, one can observe the fallen condition of the present civilization in everyday common affairs. In Kali-yuga the basic principles of religion are abandoned by a majority of the people, the government is ruled by the lowest class of men, and society l
ives on the basis of animal life for the goal of sense gratification. Huge quarrels are predicated on various minor pretexts. Kali-yuga lasts for 432,000 years and is supposed to get increasingly worse, until finally men will be eating their own sons and
 finding sport in hunting down the devotees of God. Let us therefore examine the history of the influx of Kali-yuga 5,000 years ago and try to understand how its degrading influence can be checked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This information regarding Kali-yuga is recorded in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the tra
nscendental literature which depicts the pastimes performed by the Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He appeared on the earth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  relates that K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on this earth for a period of 125 years during the end of the Dv\'e4para-yuga, and when He disappeared from the earth the age of Kali entered. The pe
rsonification of Kali, the agent for all irreligion and vice, was kept in check, however, even after the disappearance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, due to the presence of a very strong and pious ruler of the earth, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. His life is descri
bed as being wonderful in its birth, wonderfulin its duration, and wonderful in its completion. We may at this time examine the life of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it as the background to understand the strength of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness even in the
 midst of Kali-yuga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it\'92s strength was due to his being completely surrendered to the word of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And as we shall 
see, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was pleased to work His will through this surrendered soul. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9ksit was the posthumous child of Abhimanyu, who was the son of Arjuna, the famous hero of the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra. While he was still in the womb, M
ah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was struck by a nuclear weapon detonated by an enemy of his family, and yet due to the mercy of the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who entered the womb of his mother, Uttar\'e4, and protected him, Par\'e9k
\'f1it was not burned. When he grew up and began to rule the kingdom, he was always conscientiously surrendered unto the Personality of Godhead and was never afraid nor overwhelmed, even up to his death.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 KALI ENTERS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One day Emperor Par\'e9k\'f1it was traveling through his kingdom, and he met the personality of religious principles, Dharma, in the fo
rm of a wounded, wandering bull. He also met the personality of the earth, in the form of a cow who had tears on her face and who appeared to be greatly aggrieved, like a mother who had lost her child. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First Canto, Seventeenth Chapter, relates that 
Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it observed a lower class laborer, dressed like a king but with a large stick in his hand, beating the bull and the cow as if they were without a protector. The bull was as white as a lotus flower and was terrified of being bea
ten. It was trembling from fear and was standing on one leg urinating. Cows are beneficial because one can draw out religious principles from them, but this poor cow was being beaten by the lower class laborer and appeared very distressed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it became furious upon seeing this scene. Seated on his golden chariot and equipped with arrows and bows, he
 came upon the cow\'92s persecutor. \'93Who are you!\'94 he demanded. \'93You appear to be strong enough, and still you dare to kill, within my protection, those who are helpless. By dress you pose as a manly king, but by your deeds it is clear that you 
are against all fighting principles. You rogue, do you dare to beat an innocent cow simply because K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna are out of sight? Since you are beating the innocent in a secluded place, you stand as a culprit and therefore deserve to be kill
ed.\'94 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it then turned to the bull and said, \'93O bull, you are as white as a lotus. Who are you?\'94 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or rulers such as Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it are meant to protect the innocent, and therefore Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was ou
traged to see this brutality taking place in his kingdom.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 RELIGION PERSONIFIED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before the arrival of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, the bull, the personification of religion, Dharma, had inquired of the cow, \'93Wh
y are you lamenting? Are you unhappy because people in general do not follow the rules and regulations for eating, sleeping, drinking, and mating and are inclined to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do these things without regard for time and place?\'94 In the age of Kali, because the tendencies of sense gratification are not regulated, illicit sex, intoxication, and so many preliminary 
vices are being engaged in everywhere. When Par\'e9k\'f1it arrived he said, \'93For the first time I see you lamenting with tears in a kingdom which has always been well protected by the arms of the kings. Before this I have never seen anyone shed tears 
because of royal negligence.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Emperor could see that the bull was standing on only one leg. Dharma explained that his four legs were austerity, cleanliness, merc
y, and truthfulness, and three of these legs had been broken because of the people\'92s rampant irreligion, characterized by pride, affection for women, and intoxicating habits. He was left on only one leg, truthfulness. The Emperor took his sword and pr
epared to kill the personality of Kali who, posing as a ruler, was beating the bull and thus causing all irreligion and causing the cow of the earth to shed tears. In the dress of a king, this lower class man, Kali, was simply gratifying his senses and t
hinking that there was no suitable king to curb him down. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which the narration of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it is given, is itself the systematic propaganda for educating people in general how to clean up the atmosphere of corruption. Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, the ideal executive, was about to kill Kali, but when Kali saw that the King was willing to kill him, he at once gave up his false kingly attire and with great fear completely surrendered unto him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic culture of the four orders or qualities of occupation, a real warrior never surrenders in a fight. Therefore, wh
en this lower class laborer or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surrendered himself, he disclosed his real identity by not acc
epting the challenge. When he saw that Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was ready to fight and that the king was beyond his power to defeat, Kali bowed down his head as a subordinate and gave up his royal dress. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9ksit did not want to ki
ll a surrendered soul such as the fallen Kali because he was always compassionate and kind to the poor. Thus the personality of Kali, who was entering earth for the first time to cause corruption and irreligion, was saved by the will of providence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of chivalry and compassion, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it said, \'93Do not fear. You have no need to fear for your life, but you ca
nnot remain in any land of my kingdom.\'94 So Kali was allowed to live, but he was afraid that wherever he went he would see the King with his bows and arrows. Therefore he asked for special places where he could live, and Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9ksit then
 gave him permission to reside in four places\'97places where gambling, drinking, prostitution and the slaughter of animals take place. In this way he intended to confine him. The principle was to restrict Kali to these places so that those addicted to i
rreligious habits might be regulated and not encouraged by the state. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it showed the simple way to categorically stop war and vice. He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub announced that he would collect all the illicit gold collected by exploiting the propensities of the age of Kali and employ it in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub propaganda for the glorification of God. He made sufficient plans so that Kali would have little chance to infiltrate the sound structure of human
 society. Thus the influence of Kali was checked as long as Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it himself was present to drive him away and uphold the principles of religion for the spiritual enlightenment of all people.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUS POLITICS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the present day we lament that lower class men are voted in and voted out of high posts of political power, but in Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Pa
r\'e9k\'f1it we can see the example of a practical king who could progressively advance society and who was intolerant of all kinds of corruption. Often people ask if the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious movement is apolitical, but the answer is no. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness offers the political principle followed by rulers such as Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, and the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society wishes to put such a God conscious man in office.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Further activities of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it show how, because of the King\'92s complete surrender to the Absolute Truth, the Lo
rd used him as an instrument to bring about the narration of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which, after
 the departure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and after the death of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, was to be the standard of religion for all people in the midst of the age of Kali. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9m
ad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub declared t
o be the transcendental literary incarnation of the Personality of Godhead, and it is only because of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it\'92s relationship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that this story is narrated. All K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities are meant to help
 us remember Him. The purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and all spiritual literature is to continuall
y glorify God. To hear these literatures is purifying and sublime. When spoken, especially by pure devotees of the Lord, these narratives carry the full potencies of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First Canto, Chapter 18, text 26,
 relates: \'93Once upon a time, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, while engaged in hunting in the forest with his bows and arrows, became extremely fatigued, hungry and thirsty while following some stags. In search of a reservoir of water, he entered the he
rmitage of the well-known \'c5\'f1i \'c7aunaka and saw the sage sitting silently with closed eyes.\'94 The birth of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it is wonderful because Par\'e9k\'f1it was saved in the womb by the Supersoul when the demon A\'e7vatth\'e4m
\'e4 sent a fire weapon to kill him. His career as king was wonderful, for he upheld religious principles and drove out Kali. This present description of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it\'92s becoming thirsty begins the story of his death, which proved to b
e most wonderful because it was engineered directly by the will of the Lord in order to bring about a much greater transcendental event\'97the narration of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavat
am.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a man of controlled senses, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it would never have been disturbed by thirst or hunger. His hunger and thirst
 on this occasion were irregular in that he became perturbed by these bodily demands. It is therefore explained that the situation was created by the Lord in order to bring about Par\'e9k\'f1it\'92s renunciation of worldly activities. As a worldly king, 
even though a great king, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was necessarily involved in much worldly diplomacy, and the Lord was making it possible for him to be forced into complete state of renunciation. The awkward situation by which the devotee Par\'e9k
\'f1it was obliged to renounce all worldly affairs is to be taken as the grace of the Lord and not as a matter of unfavorable frustration.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ARRANGED BY K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja entered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muni\'92s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  hermitage and saw that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muni, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub long
haired and covered by the skin of a stag, was in transcendental meditation. The King, however, being thirsty, asked the sage for water. Not having received any formal welcome seat or water or sweet words of address, the King felt neglected, and he became
 angry. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da explains that this lack of sense control\'97his immediate anger at not being properly received by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97is the same as Arjuna\'92s becoming bewildered on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Had Arjuna not been overcome by illusory family affection by the will of God, there would have b
een no chance for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to have been spoken because Arjuna would not have asked K\'e5
\'f1\'eba his questions of doubt, to be answered for all mankind. Similarly, had Mahar\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it not been fatigued, hungry, thirsty, and then angry, there would have been no chance for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to have been spoken by \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who was the prime authority on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Par\'e9k\'f1it\'92s imprope
r behavior is actually the prelude to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is itself a counteraction to Kali
, as much as the upraised sword of Par\'e9k\'f1it on Kali\'92s neck.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The insulted King took up a dead snake which he found in the front of the cave. Picking it up on the front part of his bow, he placed i
t on the shoulder of the sage as an insult and then left. He accused the sage of not actually being in meditation on the Supreme but of putting on a false show of trance just in order to avoid receiving him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goes on to describe that the sage 
had a son, who was immature but, because he was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub son, very powerful. While he was sp
ending his time playing with other inexperienced boys, he heard of the King\'92s insult to his father, and he therefore became furious and cursed Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it to die. It was through this inexperienced boy that Kali found an opportunity t
o ruin the entire cultural heritage of the four orders of life and bring about the corruption which now exists in India as the caste system. In the perverted caste system, one order of life tends to lord it over another by birth, and enmity is thus creat
ed among the orders. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because these orders are created by the Lord, 
they are naturally existing in every society. There is always an intelligent class, a warrior or administrative class, a mercantile or agricultural class, and a laborer class which serves the other three orders. By corruption, individuals claim to posses
s the qualities of a particular position simply by birthright, and then there is no cooperation among the natural orders, but rather there is friction. The first victim of brahminical injustice was Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, and after the incident of
 His being cursed, the intelligent class was not protected properly by the warrior class, the mercantile class began outright exploitation of the other classes, and the lower classes became dissatisfied because of not being protected and cared for. Becau
se these events occurred at the dawn of Kali-yuga, they are understood to be most significant in ushering in the corruption and degradation which characterize this fallen age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The warrior class is supposed to protect and not insult the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b
r\'e4hma\'ebas; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub therefore the son of the sage, acting immaturely and rashly, used his brahminical power to curse the King. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boy, \'c7\'e5\'ecg\'e9, cried, \'93The warrior class is supposed to act as watchdogs. Since when does a watchdog enter the house of the king
, sit in the house of the master, and eat with him on the same plate?\'94 In that way he tried to explain away the incident of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  not receiving the King. In those days the brahminical class had powers to curse, but the boy committed a great mistake in using this power. Touching the water of the River Kau\'e7ik\'e9, he discharged a thund
erbolt of words: \'93In seven days a snakebird will bite the wretched King on account of his breaking the law of etiquette and insulting my father.\'94 The boy then returned to the hermitage, and seeing his father with the snake draped on his shoulder, h
e began to cry loudly. His father gradually opened His eyes and found the dead snake on his neck, but he did not take it very seriously. On hearing what his son had done, He very much regretted the whole incident. He said to his son, \'93What a greatly s
inful act you have performed over such an insignificant offense by the King. He then chastised his boy and warned him that the King, as a representative of the Personality of Godhead, is never to be placed on an equal footing with common men. The sage fo
resaw the downfall of cooperation between the orders, the end of the pious monarchical regime, and the plundering of the people\'92s wealth by rogues and thieves. He told his son, \'93Without protection there will be great disruption and social anomalies
 in the future, and there will be killing and stealing of animals and women. And we shall be responsible for the reaction of all these sins. Without protection of a good king, the people will be scattered like lambs.\'94 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1i }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then prayed to the all-pervading Personality of Godhead to please pardon his boy who with no intelligence had committed the 
great sin of cursing a person who was completely sinless. Kings were considered subordinate to the intelligent or brahminical class, and therefore they should have been protected and not cursed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it returned home, but he regretted insulting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for his inauspicious act, and he hoped that whatever reaction there might be would come at once. While the King was thus repenting, he received the news of
 his imminent death. He accepted this news as good and used it at once to detach himself from his worldly kingdom. According to the Vedic system, a man is expected to detach himself from family affairs in the latter part of his life because old age is th
e notice of death. A householder should leave home and go to the forest and live there in seclusion in order to obtain knowledge from the sages about the real purpose of life, spiritual progress, and about how to prepare for the next life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SEVEN DAYS TO LIVE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rather than lamenting that he was to die within seven days, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it took it as auspicious in that he knew that fo
r at least seven days he would live. He utilized this accurate notice of death so}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that he could perfect 
the responsibility of life before the day of his death. Turning the reign of the kingdom over to His son Janamejaya, bidding his family goodbye, and giving up all royal paraphernalia, Mahar\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it went toward the bank of the Ganges to obser
ve fasting unto death, and he gave himself up unto the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who alone is able to award liberation. In this way he accepted the curse of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boy and used it to achieve the ultimate goal of spiritual advancement. At that time, because Mahar\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was such a great personality, bo
th as a king and as a saint, many greatly learned figures arrived with their disciples on the bank of the river where Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was fasting and praying. They were of such an elevated status that the places of pilgrimage they visited b
ecame sanctified by their presence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the scene was set for the recitation of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great sages who were present included Bh\'e5gu, Vasi\'f1\'f6ha, Par\'e4\'e7ara, and Para\'e7ur\'e4ma. The King received them by bowing his head to the ground. The
n the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  took their seats, and the King expressed his decision to fast until death. He then stood
 before them humbly with folded hands and made his spoken obeisances. He began by saying that he understood that the sages generally did not like to associate with kings and that he therefore felt himself greatly fortunate. Sages usually reject royal per
sonalities and keep them at a distant place like garbage. Par\'e9k\'f1it said, \'93O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jus
t accept me as a completely surrendered soul, and let the mother Ganges accept me because I have taken up in my heart the lotus feet of the Lord. Let the snake or anything magical created by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bite me at once. All I want is that you sages may go on singing of the deeds of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu.\'94 Because Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was actu
ally surrendered to the feet of the Supreme Lord, he was not afraid of death. Conditions were very auspicious for the sages to speak about K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is seen that Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was not striving for ordinary spiritual knowledge or merely practicing }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  techniques to gain liberation. He said, \'93I do not even care if I take my birth in this material world again,
 as long as I have attachment for Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who has unlimited potencies.\'94 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, being a very advanced king and saint, was, at the time of his death, already beyond inquiring about liberation or trying to f
ree himself from return to birth and death. He simply wanted to hear the glorification of God or even to be assured that after his demise the glorification of God, the highest pleasure, the highest satisfaction, and the prime benediction for all humanity
, would go on. This example is so wonderful that even the demigods in the higher planetary systems scattered flowers over the earth and beat celestial drums to praise the actions of the King. The sages said that they were not astonished to see Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it give up his throne, which was decorated with the helmets of many other kings, in order to obtain eternal association with the Personality of Godhead. And they declared that they would wait there in the King\'92s presence as long as 
he did not go back to the supreme planet, which is free from all material contamination.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Parik\'f1it congratulated the great sages and again expressed his desire to hear of the activities of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead. Par\'e9k\'f1it then asked them the following question: \'93What is the duty of people in general and specifically of those who are about to die immediately?\'94 The sages, however, did not answer unanimously in 
their decision as to what was to be done. In fact, they offered many different prescriptions. It was at that time that the great sage \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the sixteen-year-old son of Vy\'e4sadeva arrived. Despite his young age, he is described by t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as being most 
experienced in knowledge. All the sages present stood up and offered him obeisances.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7UKADEVA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great devotee Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it went near the sage \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who was sitting perfectly at peace and wh
o was prepared to answer everything. Bowing down before him, Par\'e9k\'f1it said, \'93You are sanctified. This place is a place of pilgrimage due to your presence.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This wonderful meeting of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it and \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is glorified by a whole disciplic succession of s
piritual masters because \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was authorized by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to speak about the pastimes of the Lord, and Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, because of his eagerness to hear, was the perfect audience to receive that message. Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it had just been expressing to the sages that he wanted to hear about the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and nothing else, and when he expressed this to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7ukadeva said, \'93This is very nice because I just was 
going to tell you that you should hear the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 This is the perfect combination for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: a bona fide spiritual master and an eager and qualified student.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The teachings of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it are the subject of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the most elevated of all Vedic literatures. Simply to hear this most authoritative }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can bring one to the stage of devotional service to the Lord. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it\'92s dea
th was great because he was able to achieve the ultimate success of going back to Godhead by being favored by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who sent him His true representative. As soon as a devotee meets a true representative of the Lord, he is guaranteed to go back 
to Godhead after leaving the present body. This depends on the sincerity of the devotee himself. The Lord is seated in the hearts of all living beings, and he knows well the movements of every individual person. And to that particular soul who is eager t
o go back to Godhead, He sends a bona fide spiritual master. When Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was hearing from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, he was receiving the direct help of the Lord Himself in the form of the instructions of his spiritual master. In t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First Canto, it is stated that after K\'e5\'f1\'eba left the earth. He rem
ained present in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can be taken to by all peoples as the panacea for the age of Kali. Hearing about the pastimes of the Lord and chanti
ng His holy names will free everyone from the attack of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the illusory energy of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of us should follow in the footsteps of the pure devotee Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9ksit and glorify the Lord by hearing from the bona f
ide spiritual master. This was the answer}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub given by \'c7ukadeva to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it\'92s ques
tion. \'93What should we do at the time of death?\'94 One should glorify God by hearing of His pastimes, as described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. S}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub urely that is the highest occupation for mankind. If one can simply do that, then there will be peace and prosperity, just as in the days when Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it ruled the earth. Mah\'e4r\'e4
ja Pariksit controlled the corruption of the age of Kali, and there is every reason to believe this can be effected again today. By vigorous distribution of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 
and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or chanti
ng the holy names, the age of Kali can be transformed into the golden age.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Tho\'92 I wait days, months, years
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Tho\'92 I wait days, months, yea
rs
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tho\'92 I wait days, months, years\line For the moment when\line My worthless eyes rest upon\line Your divine face,\line Wha
t will it matter?\line For thou has given me shelter;\line Thou has led me from\line the darkest regions of nescience\line By example\line To surrender to the enchanting Lord.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Prabhup\'e4da,\line When will flowers of my devotion bloom\line And be worthy to place\line As an offering before thee?
\line I prepare for thy coming,\line Chanting the holy name.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ridding my mind of adulterated waste,\line With zealous heart I shall say the name\line Till it captivates my wandering cons
ciousness.\line In the silence of the temple I sit and chant,\line Yearning for the sight of your holy face,\line My only solace the name.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vida Jurkovic (ISKCON Sydney)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 London Sa\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub London Sa\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the occasion of the appearance day of Lord Caitanya, thousands of Britishers heard the joyous vibration of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the glorification of God\'92s hol
y name. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [5.25]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is \'93always busy working for the welfare of all sentient beings.\'94 The sufferings of humanity can be understood to be due to forgetfulness that K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) is the supreme enjo
yer, the supreme proprietor and the supreme friend. Therefore, to revive K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness within the entire human society is the highest welfare work. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 3
8, 1970
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4, t
he spiritual master of N\'e4rada Muni, is the first living entity within the universe. He received all Vedic information from the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who directly imparted the transcendental knowledge from within his heart.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 An Ancient Science for Modern America
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub AN ANCIENT SCIENCE FOR MODERN AM
ERICA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedanta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the ultimate goal of knowledge. Formerly there 
was only one Vedic literature, known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atharva-veda. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atharva-veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s name is mentioned, and He is described as the son of Devak\'e9. \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has quoted f
rom }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atharva-veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in his commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4. Atharva-veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kali-yuga is considered to be very contaminated, for three fourths of the population is impious in this age, and officially only one fo
urth is pious, and that is also dwindling due to the strong influence of Kali; so before the beginning of this age, as a favor to the people, Vy\'e4sadeva divided the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atha
rva-veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into four parts, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atharva-veda, \'c5g-veda, S\'e4ma-veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yajur-veda. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then he explained the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by eighteen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then he summarized the purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in a hist
orical form, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub taking advantage of the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, and gave it to the l
ess intelligent human beings, to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub str\'e9-\'e7\'fcdra-dvijabandhu. Str\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means woman, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the working class of man, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dvijabandhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to those who are born in a high family like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but who are not 
actually qualified for their high position. For instance, in India there are many so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But today if one reads the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he will find that it is difficult even for the greatest scholar of this age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For instance, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub set up in the Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, and originally it was meant for the less intelligent. So one can just try to imagine what class of men existed in those days. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such a lofty philosophical spiritual treatise, but it was taught to Arjuna in the battlefield. How much time can a perso
n spare in a battlefield? And at the time he was about to fight and was deliberating, \'93Oh, why should I fight?\'94 So some instruction was given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in half an hour, or at most one hour. And Arjuna understood the whole }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. So }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what kind of man was Arjuna? This is the very }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that even great scholars of this age cannot understand, and Arjuna understood it within half an hour. We can hardly imagine what 
class of men was present at that time. Arjuna was not even a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He was a military man, and a
 military man is not expected to be very scholarly, though he knows his own work.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were distributed in several forms and divisions so that people could take advantage of them. Formerly the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were not in written language, being what is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti. \'c7ruti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub refers to that knowledge which is learned simply by hearing. There was no need of noting down or cramming; they were so intelligent. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system was so nice that students became very fertile in the brain and very receptive. For instance, even recently Lord Caitanya produced a hundred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7lokas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub immediately after hearing them from Ke\'e7ava K\'e4\'e7m\'e9r\'e9. Although Ke\'e7ava K\'e4\'e7m\'e9r\'e9 was a very learned scholar and Lo
rd Caitanya was only a sixteen-year-old boy, Lord Caitanya told Ke\'e7ava K\'e4\'e7m\'e9r\'e9, \'93I have heard that you are a great scholar, so please compose some nice verses in praise of Mother Ganges.\'94 So he immediately composed a hundred verses, 
and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu heard them and said, \'93Will you explain the sixty-fourth verse? Why have you said }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhav\'e4n\'e9-bharta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhav\'e4n\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means the wife of Lord \'c7iva, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhart\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means husband. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu pointed out that since }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhav\'e4n\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means Lord \'c7iva\'92s wife, it was redundant to mention }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhart\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , husband. That means that she has another husband. This was a poetical fault. So he was astonished that a sixteen-year-old boy, a grammar student, could point out his mistake, and 
he felt defeated. Formerly, two scholars would argue, and if one were defeated he would accept the other as spiritual master and become his disciple. That was the challenge. It was not like nowadays, for now we go on talking for hours, and although someo
ne is defeated he\'92ll never accept it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE HIGHEST TECHNOLOGY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic literature is a vast literature, and it is complete. Every religion, every human society accepts God, or at least appreciates Him
 and says God is great, but no one knows how great God is. That information is available in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In
 school, children may use a pocket dictionary, which gives brief definitions, but if they use a big dictionary, just like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Dictionary }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Complete Oxford English Dictionary }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of many vol
umes, they will see that the descriptions are more complete and vivid for any given word. So those who are actually interested in the science of God will find ample opportunity in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. It is not that we are decrying
 any other religion. No. This is a postgraduate study of higher consciousness or God consciousness. Therefore there is no objection to any religious group coming to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Many students from India come to America for higher study i
n technology, so we are offering the higher study of learning how to love God. That is our program. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa vai pu\'e0sa\'e0 paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhok\'f1aje.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The test of first-class religion is whether or not the followers are developing love of God. It doesn\'92t matter what that religion is
. It may be Christian, Hindu or Mohammedan. If one is developing love of God, then his system of religion is first class. Of course every system of religion is nice, but as mentioned before, some are more complete. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub De\'e7a-k\'e4la-p\'e4rta. De\'e7a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means country, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4la }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means time, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4rta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means the rec
eiver or the student. The Christian religion was taught in a different time. Now people are more advanced in education. And it was preached in a desert; the people were not very prosperous at that time. So they have some description of God. But }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was compiled under different circumstances for a different audience and with a different view. }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to know God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedais
 ca sarvair aham eva vedya\'f9. Veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means Knowledge, Ultimate Knowledge, which is to know God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is perfection of knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  After many, many births and cultivation of knowledge, when one comes to the point of understanding 
God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is perfection. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prapadyate. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is full of joyfulness, pleasure; He is the reservoir of pleasure. We are hankering after 
pleasure, but somehow or other we are already connected with the supreme pleasure. Everyone is connected. I am sitting here and you are sitting here, but without being connected with God we cannot sit even for a moment. God\'92s energies are working at a
ll moments, otherwise the whole material world would be vanquished. So it is by the mercy of God. I am now speaking to you, but within a twinkling of the eye the whole body may be paralyzed immediately. Factually we are living at the present moment by th
e mercy of God. I am speaking to you by the mercy of God, and you are hearing by the mercy of God. The mercy of God is there. The prisoner is living at the cost of the government, even though he is in prison. Similarly, although we are in this conditiona
l stage of life, we are living by the mercy of God. God\'92s mercy is there even if we are against Him, so how much more will His mercy be bestowed upon us when we are His devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore we should read this Vedic literature, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-
Bh\'e4gavatam, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, Teachings of Lord Caitanya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there are volumes and volumes. One cannot even finish reading the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in his whole life. These literatures are meant for human society, for advanced human society. One should therefore take ad
vantage and make his life sublime. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Labdhv\'e4 su-durlabham ida\'e0 bahu sambhav\'e4nte. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This life is obta
ined after many, many millions of births. That we do not know. Modern education, university education, is lacking here. They are simply after technology. Technology is good, for technology has produced this microphone, but don\'92t forget the real techno
logy of life, how to understand God, how to love God. That is real technology. This other technology will be finished as soon as this body is finished. And if, by chance, my next life is something other than human life, then I will have no concern with t
echnology.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CLEANSING THE HEART
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are intelligent should therefore try to know themselves, what is God, what is man, what is man\'92s relationship to God, what
 is this world, how it is working, what is this time, what are our activities. These are subjects for real knowledge, and these things can be learned in our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. And by chanting this Hare Kr\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one can become fit to receive this knowledge because it will cleanse the heart of all contaminated dust and garbage. 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'e0 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vijayate}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e7r
\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sa\'eck\'e9rtanam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By hearing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His words, His message, the garbage of the heart will be cleansed and one will be able to see the situation
 of everything in true perspective. And then if one cultivates this knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his life will be successful and sublime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have come to America with a mission, and I think my mission will be successful. I thought that in India it would not be possible, but
 now, whenever I go to some American university, the Indian students take this as a trifle because they have rejected it. They want to imitate. Overnight they want to be technicians like Americans. So when they see that I have brought the Hare Kr\'f1\'eb
a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to America, and that the American boys are chanting and dancing, they not only become surprised,
 but sorry that what they have rejected is being introduced and accepted here. So India\'92s position is not very nice because they are imitating. They are neither this way or that way. They are suffering. If a person tries to step on two boards at a tim
e, he will drown. Indians are trying to imitate the Western technological, economic developments, but the people are not fit for that purpose. They are by nature K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, and the modern leaders and government are trying to cut them down.
 So they are perplexed.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE HISTORY OF THE G\'c9T\'c4
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But America is not poverty-stricken; it is rich; there is enough land and enough production, so everyone should be very satisfied and b
egin to make progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Americans have no economic problem, and yet they are searching after something. Somehow or other they are not satisfied with the Christian religion. On one hand, no one follows the principles, and on
 the other, it is not a complete science for modern America. But Kr\'f1\'eba consciousness is complete. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a complete science delivered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba 5,000 years ago on this earth, and before that to the sun-god, as is stated at the beginning of the Fourth Chapter: The Blessed Lord said: \'93I instructed this imperishable science o
f yoga to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n, and Vivasv\'e4n instructed it to Manu, the father of Mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Ik\'f1v\'e4ku.\'94 Herein we find the history of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  traced from a remote time, when it was delivered to the kings of all planets. The royal order is especially dedicated to the protection of the inha
bitants, and thus its members should also understand the science of the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in order to 
rule the citizens and protect them from the onslaught of the material bondage to lust. Human life is meant for cultivation of spiritual knowledge, in eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the executive heads of all states and 
all planets are obliged to impart this lesson to the citizens, by education, culture, and devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore this science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not a new presentation. Just from these words we can understand that it was instructed to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n. Just as this country\'92s executive head is called the President, simila
rly, there is a President or chief executive head also in the sun, and the present President\'92s name is Vivasv\'e4n. So everything is in full detail. This is called Vedic literature. Vedic literature is not concerned only with this planet; it deals wit
h all the universal planets. For instance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that in the beginning He explained this science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to the predominating deity of the sun, whose name is Vivasv\'e4n. So do you think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is playing a joke or lying? No, that is not possible. He actually spoke to the god of the sun. Rascals and fools may thin
k of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an ordinary man, but in India the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who are guiding the whole destiny of the Hindu world, all accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead. So whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba is speaking is right. Now, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba told this science to the sun-god, and the sun-god told it to his son Manu, then just imagine how old the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is. Apart from the sun-god\'92s duration of age, if we simply take the present age of the Vaivasvata Manu, which is 71 multiplied by 4,300
,000 years, or three hundred and five million, three hundred thousand years, we will see that it is a very long duration of life. Now at the present moment the age of the Vaivasvata Manu is half finished. That means 152,650,000 years since }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was spoken to Vivasv\'e4n.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not a new thing; it is not a new adventure. And obviously the Person who spoke }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the sun-god did not leave a work which is to be distorted and interpreted by mundane man. He did not leave something that would require thei
r interpolations for understanding. Must such a great Personality, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, tell something which has to be understood through the interpretations of a mundane scholar? Is this reasonable? No. Whatever He spoke is complete and c
lear. There is no question of interpreting it in a different way. For instance, the Blessed Lord said: \'93I instructed this imperishable science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n.\'94 What is the difficulty there? Is there any word which we cannot understand? Is there anyone wh
o cannot understand these lines? It is clear. The Blessed Lord said: \'93I instructed this imperishable science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n.\'94 Everyone can understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed this science of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the sun-god, whose name is Vivasv\'e4n. It is clear. How can we interpret this? But if I think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an ordinary man and therefore would have diff
iculty speaking to the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n, then an interpretation is required. But that sort of thinking is not bona fide; if one wants to study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he has to take the words of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The Blessed Lord.\'94 He is Lord. He can speak to the sun-god. The Lord is not like an ordinary man. Do we think that just because we cannot speak to the sun-god, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba cannot? That is our foolishness. Why should we calculate K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s activities with our activities? Therefore, all the commentators who think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an ordinary man are null and void. Their commentaries should not be ac
cepted. All the commentaries in the market are simply presentations of the particular commentator\'92s personal view. That is not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one wants to understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then 
he should understand it as it was spoken and not interpret it in his own way.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GOD IS NOT CHEAP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, because an ordinary man might doubt that K\'e5\'f1\'eba could speak to the sun-god, the next verse gives a fuller explanation. Bec
ause Arjuna is taking instructions from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he knows who K\'e5\'f1\'eba is, otherwise he would not have accepted Him as his spiritual master. But because others would doubt that K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke to the sun-god, Arjuna said, \'93The sun-go
d Vivasv\'e4n is senior by birth to You. How am I to understand that in the beginning You instructed this science to him?\'94 Arjuna is taking our position. People are thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an ordinary person; therefore Arjuna is trying to clear 
up that point and show that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not an ordinary person but the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The sun-god, Vivasv\'e4n, is the father of Manu, and Manu\'92s age we cannot calculate. So how is it possible for an ordinary man to speak to Viv
asv\'e4n? That point is being cleared. So what is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s reply? The Blessed Lord said, \'93Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot.\'94 That is the difference between God and man. We cannot ev
en remember what we did at this time yesterday. That is our nature: to commit mistakes, to forget, to be illusioned, to be cheated, and to have imperfect senses. These are our qualifications. Whoever is in this material world is subjected to be illusione
d, and he has a cheating propensity. For instance, a mundane scholar, whom I do not wish to name, admits in his introduction that it is very difficult to interpret }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in one\'92s own way because it is so tightly composed. Actually, it is so. Unless one contradicts himself, he cannot interpret }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub according to his own whims.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna, therefore, clears up the misconception that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is an ordinary man. It is also in the Fourth Chapter that K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells him: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4\'ebir bhavati bh\'e4rata abhyutth\'e4nam adharmasya tad\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 s\'e5j\'e4my aham. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Whenever and wherever th
ere is a decline in religious practice and a predominant rise of irreligion, at that time I descend Myself.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K
\'e5\'f1\'eba appears and we also appear, but our appearance and K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s appearance are different. We have appeared in this world forced by our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub according to our past deeds. For instance, every one of us has different bodily features. Why? The body is made according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub karma; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is the explanation of the difference. Although we cannot know, we can understand that our mentalities differ. We all act in different ways Therefore we are
 forced to accept certain types of bodies according to our own }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But this is not the case with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not change His body, but we change our bodies; forgetfulness means change of body. We had some types of bodies in our previous lives, but we have forgotten them. Not to speak of our last birth, we cannot even remember our c
hildhood when we were three or four years old. We did so many things, but do we remember them? No, because we have changed our bodies\'97that child body is gone; therefore we have forgotten. We are changing bodies every second, every minute, and therefor
e we are forgetting every minute. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not forget, and this means that He does not change bodies; His body is eternal. This is pure understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Many, many births both you and I have passed.
 I can remember all of them.\'94 Ah, many, many thousands and thousands of times K\'e5\'f1\'eba has appeared in this world, and He remembers everything, but I cannot even remember my childhood. So, how can I become one with K\'e5\'f1\'eba? These }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophers are declaring that they are God, but what is their qualification that they can
 become God? God is not such a cheap thing. People have assumed that everyone can become God. That every one of us is God is another illusion, another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  concocted because we do not know what God is. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is God. He says, \'93Many, many millions of years ago I spoke to the sun-god. I remember it.\'94 This is God; the simple truth.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SYMPTOMS OF GOD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we have information of many, many incarnations of the Lord. It is stated there: \'93I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], who is the original person\'97absolute, infallible, w
ithout beginning, although expanded into unlimited forms, still the same original, the oldest\'97and the person always appearing as a fresh youth. Such eternal, blissful, all-knowing forms of the Lord are usually understood by the best Vedic scholars, bu
t they are always manifest to pure, unalloyed devotees.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba can expand Himself. That is God. Suppose a man is away and is wanted by some relative at home. If someone inquires whether Mr. Such and Such is at home, he is told, \'93No, he is 
not at home.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not like that: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kr\'f1\'eba, Goloka eva nivasati akhil\'e4tma-bh\'fcta\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub He is present everywhere. It is not that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking with Arjuna in the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, He was not present in Goloka or in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. He is not only in Goloka, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha\'97He is everywhere, a
s is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also here. Now, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 h\'e5d-de\'e7e \'92rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in everyone\'92s heart. Therefo
re }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advaitam acyutam an\'e4dim ananta-r\'fcpa\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ananta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means unlimited. But one, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There is no difference. As a crude example, unlimited factories are running on electricity, and different types of work are utilizing electric energy, but the electricity is one. Similarly, God is one, but He can exp
and. That is His potency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Thirteenth Chapter, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ida\'e0 \'e7ar\'e9ra\'e0 kaunteya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etra\'e0 ity abhidh\'e9yate etad yo vetti ta\'e0 pr\'e4hu\'f9 k\'f1etraj\'efa iti tad-vida\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 13.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\'93The living entity is the proprietor or the knower of the particular body.\'94 But He says again, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1etraj\'efa\'e0 c\'e4pi m\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub viddhi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am also the knower of this particular body.\'94 }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarva-k\'f1etre\'f1u bh\'e4rata: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am the knower in all bodies.\'94 So He is in every body, in every atom.
 That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now I am living in my body, and if there is pain here, I can understand that here is a pain, but if there is some pain in another\'92s body, I cannot understand it. Therefore, I am different from others. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba can un
derstand what is pain and pleasure in my body and what is pain and pleasure in everyone else\'92s body as well. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarva-k\'f1etre, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ah, that is God! Not that simply by thinking that I am God, I become God. How can anyone become God? Can a self-proclaimed God tell me what another person is thinking? No. Then what kind of God is he? D
on\'92t accept a cheap God; know the symptoms of God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 OUR DORMANT RELATIONSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Advaitam acyutam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananta-r\'fcpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , unlimited. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4m cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are unlimited living entities, unlimited eternals, but there is one Supreme }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cetana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one supreme eternal, supreme entity. And what is the difference between the singular entity and the
 plural entities? That is also answered: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eko bah\'fcn\'e4m yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That singular ent
ity is supplying all necessities to all the plural entities. Can\'92t we see how God is supplying all the necessities of life to the birds, beasts and everyone? But because we are civilized we do not acknowledge this. The birds and animals also do not ac
knowledge this, but should we become just like animals, denying the existence of God, the authority of God? We are taking advantage. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not supply us this sunlight, we will die. But He gives it, and He does not charge anything. And be
cause we are}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub human beings, we should try to repay. \'93Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is giving me so much facility. 
Let me render some service unto Him.\'94 This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, acknowledging. \'93O God, You are so kind. You are giving us so many things, so I am offering this fruit. It is Your fruit, I know, but still, please accept.\'94 If one can do
 this, then one becomes a great K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious personality, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pam phalam toyam yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 9.26}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not want anything from anyone; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is complete in Himself. He can produce countless nice things. He is n
ot begging, but still He is expecting something because He is supplying so many things. Isn\'92t something expected? \'93Ah, I give so many things to my friend, but he does not offer me anything.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is complete in Himself, but He says, }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pam phalam toyam yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Anyone who offers Me a little fruit, a l
ittle water and a little leaf, I accept it because he has brought it with devotional love.\'94 If K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts our offering, then our life becomes sublime. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; we simply have to acknowledge. We are getting so m
any facilities from K\'e5\'f1na. He is sitting in our heart and supplying all necessities giving sunlight, moonlight, giving seasonal rains, food, flowers, grains. And we are so ungrateful that we do not acknowledge. And when Christians go to church, the
y say, \'93Oh, God, give us our daily bread.\'94 That is all right; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supplying bread, otherwise wherefrom are we getting bread? We cannot manufacture bread in the factory. Or wheat, or rice. We can manufacture some iron tools, that\'92s 
all. Not eatables. That is not possible. Grains and good eatables are supplied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So we must try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, God consciousness, in this way, and then our dormant relationship with God will be revived.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE CENTRAL POINT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya has said that by r
evival of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness the dirty things accumulated in our heart will be dissipated immediately. Then we shall see\'97\'93Oh, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my position! I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 is mine.\'94 So although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present everywhere, as it is stated here, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original father. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An\'e4di }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the original personality. We find in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9 t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahm
a mahad-yonir aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada\'f9 pit\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93In every species of life, in all types of forms of life, the mother is this material nature, and I am the seed-giving father \'93 The father is the seed-giving agent, and the mother gives the body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So this material nature is our mother. According to the Vedic conception, there are seven kinds of mother, not just one 1)}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c4dau m\'e4t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the real mother from whom I have taken birth. 2) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guror patn\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the wife of the spiritual master. 3) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eb\'e9
\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the wife of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub learned scholar, who is also a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because from a learned scholar we learn so many things. 4
) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4japatnik\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the queen. Now there is no king and queen, but formerly there were. The queen is a
lso a mother because the king is father since he gives protection to the citizens. 5) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhenu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cow is
 our mother. Why? It supplies milk. Yet cows are being butchered.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That\'92s not good\'97killing mother. 6
) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4t\'e5\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material nature is also mother because by the material nature we get these bodies, and 7
) the earth, for the earth gives us all our resources.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if we study Vedic literature very nicely and try to understand it, then our life will be sublime. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness 
movement is giving all the authoritative information from Vedic literature. We are not manufacturing anything. We are not empiric philosophers presenting some mental concoction. Therefore we have presented }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is our business, just like a postman\'92s business is to deliver it as it is. Similarly, our business is to presen
t K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s message as it is. This is the duty of the spiritual master. A spiritual master is not grown like a tree; he is carrying the message from higher authorities, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba states: \'93I told this message to Vivasv\'e4n, the sun-g
od. He told it to his son Ik\'f1v\'e4ku.\'94 So there is no difficulty in administering this Vedic message to the world provided we simply carry the same message as it was delivered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba unto Arjuna. That\'92s not very difficult. Anyone can 
do it. Simply try to understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and distribute it. \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba says t
his\'97that\'92s all.\'94 We don\'92t have to comment or add anything. Of course to present it we can speak something, but the central point should not be missed. Then people will be benefited, for they will receive the message as it is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4m\'e4raj\'ef\'e4ya guru haiy
a t\'e4rasarva-des. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Every one of you become a spiritual master.\'94 Not one or two, but everyone. Is being a spiritual master a very difficult job? No. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu 
says }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4m\'e4r \'e4jn\'e4ya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just try to carry out My order, that\'92s all. Then you become spiritua
l master.\'94 But if we interpolate, if we add some rubbish to show off our education, then it will be immediately spoiled. And if we present it as it is, then it\'92s pure.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ANCIENT SCIENCE, ALWAYS NEW
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Avai\'f1\'ebava mukhodgirna puta hari-kath\'e4m\'e5ta \'e7ravanam na kartavyam sarpocchi\'f1\'f6a paya\'f9 yath\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hari-kath\'e4. Hari }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the Supreme Lord, His word. One is warned not to try to hear this message of Har
i or the Supreme Lord from rascal nondevotees. Why? Milk is a very nutritious food, but if a little milk is touched by the tongue of a serpent, it is all spoiled. Therefore this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa
rampar\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-praptam ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The Blessed Lord told it to Vivasv\'e4n, Vivasv\'e4n told Manu, etc.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4jar\'f1aya\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Formerly the kings were given the instruction because they were responsible for the citizens\'92 spiritual life, not only for material prosperity. That is the verdict of Vedic literature. The father is respons
ible, the teacher is responsible, the king is responsible, and the husband is responsible for the development of the spiritual life of their dependents. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gava
tam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that if you cannot develop the spiritual life of your dependent, then don\'92t become a spiritual master, don\'92t become a teacher, don\'92t become a father, don\'92t be
come a husband. These things are restricted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Try to understand this Vedic science. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the essence of Vedic knowledge, and it is being spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we try to understand it as it is, then our lives become s
ublime and we will feel joyful always, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nandamayo \'92bhy\'e4s\'e4t }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [Vs \chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 \'e4nanda-mayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anandamaya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub composed of happiness;}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  abhy\'e4s\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by nature.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub By nature, the Supreme Lord is blissful.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.12]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By nature we are joyful, but what is that nature? That\'92s spiritual nature, not material nature. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mana\'f9 sasth\'e4ni indriy
\'e4\'ebi prak\'e5ti-sth\'e4ni kar\'f1ati. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we remain in material nature, then our struggle for existence will continue. It will never stop. But if we take to this spiritual
 nature, Brahman nature, then we will immediately become joyful. Everyone is hankering after joy and happiness. This is the way, this Vedic knowledge which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is an ancient science which is eternally new. Modern America h
as reached a stage of civilization where it is ready to ask important questions. This science, as always, is ready with the answers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Karma-yoga-Action in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness, Part 5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KARMA-YOGA\'97ACTION IN K\'c5
\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami (ISKCON\'97Calcutta)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Editor\'92s note: This is the fifth of a series of eighteen essays on the chapters of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.] }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Parts }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the Fifth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub opens, Arjuna is asking K\'e5\'f1\'eba practically the same question he asked at the beginning of the Third Chapter, namely whether there is a difference between renounced action and inaction
 or between knowledge and devotional service, and if so, which is better. He says that he is confused: \'93Now will You kindly tell me definitely which of the two is more beneficial.\'94 One may wonder why such a great devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba should be
 confused after so much instruction from the Supreme Person, how after listening to the close reasoning of the Third and Fourth Chapters Arjuna still has question in his mind. But we must keep in mind that Arjuna is not simply asking questions for his ow
n sake; actually, Arjuna is an eternally liberated associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. As such, there is no question in his mind, but because Arjuna has been placed in the position of ignorance by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the benefit of the conditioned soul, he is, therefore, asking the questions on the part of the conditioned soul. Therefore h
e is repeating them in so many ways so that K\'e5\'f1\'eba can have a chance to explain still more elaborately, just to erase every possibility of doubt. Repetition of a thing is necessary to understand it perfectly.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WORK IN DEVOTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Second Chapter preliminary knowledge of the soul and its entanglement in the body were explained; how to get out of this entangl
ement by the method of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was also explained therein. In the Third Chapter it was explained that
 a person who is on the platform of knowledge no longer has any duty to perform; and in the Fourth Chapter the Lord told Arjuna that all kinds of sacrificial work culminate in knowledge. However, at the end of the Fourth Chapter the Lord advised Arjuna t
o wake up and fight, being situated in perfect knowledge. Therefore by simultaneously stressing the importance of work in devotion and inaction through knowledge, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has perplexed Arjuna and confused his determination. Arjuna understands that
 renunciation in knowledge involves cessation of all kinds of work involving sense gratificatory activities, but if one performs work in devotional service, how is work stopped? In other words, Arjuna has not quite understood that work in knowledge is as
 good as renunciation or inactive knowledge, that work in devotional service, because it is nonreactive, is transcendentally the same in result as inaction in knowledge. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba will more elaborately explain that these two are actually one.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the second verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93The renunciation of work and work in devotion are both good for liberation. But, of the tw
o, work in devotional service is better than renunciation of work.\'94 Fruitive activities are the cause of material bondage, and action performed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of liberation. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this is confirmed as follows: \'93People are mad after sense gratification, and they do not know that this present body, which is f
ull of miseries, is a result of one\'92s fruitive activities in the past. Although this body is temporary, it is always giving one trouble in many ways, and therefore to act for sense gratification is not good. One is considered to be a failure in life a
s long as he makes no inquiry about the nature of fruitive results, for as long as one is engrossed in the consciousness of sense gratification, one has to transmigrate from one body to another. Although the mind may be engrossed in fruitive activities a
nd influenced by ignorance, one must develop a love for devotional service to V\'e4sudeva. Only then can one have the opportunity to get out of the bondage of material existence.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.5.4-
6)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE PURIFYING PROCESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore simply to have theoretical knowledge that \'93I am not this body\'94 is not sufficient for liberation. Factual liberation mea
ns to know that the spirit soul is different from the body and then to act on that knowledge. Simply knowing theoretically that \'93I am not this body\'94 is theoretical liberation, but real liberation means acting as if I am not this body. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aham brahm\'e4smi: \'93}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am Brahman.\'94 Liberation is a matter of activity, because constitutionally the spirit sou
l is always active. The spirit soul is never inactive at any point, either before or after liberation Therefore one who only knows theoretically that \'93I am not this body\'94 and never acts on that platform, is not factually liberated. But one who acts
 in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or acts in knowledge that }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is of course liberated from the very beginning; and the action itself, which is performed as a sacrifice for K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu, is itself the purifying process, purifying the cons
ciousness of all the dirty things accumulated for millions and millions of births.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As K\'e5\'f1\'eba will tell Arjuna at the beginning of the next chapter, the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or person truly situated in renunciation, is not he who lights no sacrificial fire, or does no work, but he who is unattached to the fruits of
 his action; that is, he who does everything as an offering to the Lord. Renunciation becomes complete when it is in the knowledge that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that therefore I must use everything as if it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. This is
 action based on knowledge. Similarly, it is the conclusion of \'c7r\'e9la Rupa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that renunciation of things related to the Supreme, simply for the cause of liberation, even though those things appear material, is incomplete renunciation. Real renunciation means to renounce this idea of \'93I\'94 and \'93mine.
\'94 This is called false ego. Real ego is all right\'97the sense of identity with K\'e5\'f1\'eba: \'93I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s\'94\'97but false ego means to claim K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s property as our own. Actually everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, bu
t I am making a false claim: therefore the only thing I can possibly renounce is this false claim\'97everything else is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SOUL OF EXISTENCE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion of knowledge is service. This perfect form of action in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is far better than any amount of ar
tificial renunciation by a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or renounced person of the impersonalist school. So as long as 
one has not engaged his energies, both personal and extended, in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his renunciation is incomplete, and his knowledge is incomplete. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93Only the ignorant speak of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and devotional service as being different from the analytical study of the material world }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [s\'e4\'eckhya]. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are actually learned say that he who applies himself well to one of these paths achieves the results of both.\'94 (4
) Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba had already stated this in the 39th verse of the Second Chapter, and again in the third verse of the Third Chapter. Both of these paths are ultimately the same, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, because the goal is the same. The aim of the a
nalytical study of the material world is to find out the soul of existence, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or the Supersoul; so by this speculative process one comes gradually to the conclusion, as explained in the Seventh Chapter, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything; an
d when one understands that He is everything, there is nothing else to do but to surrender in full devotional service. So the real student of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophy ultimately finds the root of the material world, Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then in perfect knowledge engages himself in the service of the Lord; whereas the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub engages in the service of the Lord from the very beginning. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that devotional service is be
tter, although in essence there is no difference in the two. But as long as one is not engaged in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and does not know that the two are one in conclusion, he has neither satisfied the demands of knowledge or service. So K\'e5
\'f1\'eba repeats this statement in the fifth verse. \'93One who knows that the position reached by means of renunciation can also be attained by devotional service, and who therefore sees that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub are on the same level, sees things as they are.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1na has therefore established the point that the paths are the same because the goal is the same. In either case if one complet
es the course, one achieves K\'e5\'f1\'eba; of that there is no doubt. But of the two, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has also made clear that one is better. The second verse clearly states: \'93Of the two, work in devotional service is better than renunciation of works
.\'94 Similarly, in the 47th verse of the Sixth Chapter K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\'93He who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service is most intimately united with Me.\'94 And if we will recall the 7th verse of the Third Chapter: \'93He who controls the senses by the mind and engages his ac
tive organs in works of devotion without attachment is by far superior.\'94 So this conclusion that work in devotional service is superior to mere renunciation in so-called knowledge cannot be overlooked. Work in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is automatic
ally perfect knowledge, but mere renunciation of work is not necessarily K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. After all, Arjuna wanted to renounce fighting and go to the forest for meditation, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba heartily disapproved.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\up12 th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'9611th verses K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains exactly why this is so. Verse 6 says: \'93Unless one is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, mere renunciation of activities cannot make one happy. The sage, purified by the works of 
devotion, achieves the Supreme without delay.\'94 As explained in this and the subsequent verses, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a process of purification. And what is that purification? It is a clearing away of the material contamination. And what is t
hat material contamination? It is action from time immemorial based on the principles of sense gratification, action based on the concept of \'93I\'94 and \'93mine,\'94 and action, predicating the false ego, based on \'93I am lord of all I survey.\'94 Th
is is the condition that we have inherited, and since time immemorial we have been carrying out these activities; and now to simply try to stop them cold with nothing to replace them will not help us. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that it is not possible to stop a
ction, for even the maintenance of the body requires action. Just as a giant rolling stone may not be stopped dead in its course, but with a very little effort its direction can be changed, so too activity cannot be stopped, but the direction can be chan
ged, and that change is called purification, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. \'93Formerly I have been engaged in all these activities for my sense gratification. Now let me do them for the satisfaction of H\'e5s\'e9ke\'e7a, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the proprieto
r of all senses. Gratifying my senses will simply bind me further in the slavery of material bondage, but satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba will release me at once and forever.\'94 So in the eighth and ninth verses it says that \'93A person in the divine conscio
usness, although engaged in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping, and breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at all.\'94 And the tenth verse says that such a person is unaffected by the sinful 
or pious reactions of his deeds, \'93as the lotus leaf is untouched by water.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE PLEASURE WITHIN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In all the Vedic hymns it is indicated that everything in the material world is a manifestation of Brahman and that all the effects are
 but differently manifested and are nondifferent from the cause. Similarly, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub it is stated that everything is related to the Supreme Brahman, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus everything belongs to Him only. One who knows perfectly well that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that He is the ultimate proprietor of everythi
ng, and that everything is engaged in His service, naturally has nothing to do with the results of his activities, whether virtuous or sinful, exactly as the lotus leaf, although remaining in the water, is never wet. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s instruc
tions throughout }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are \'93unto Me,\'94 \'93surrender to Me,\'94 \'93think of Me,\'94 
\'93be devoted to Me.\'94 Always unto \'93Me,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The conclusion is that such a person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is already liberated, free from the concept of the material body and senses, for he knows that even this body belongs t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba and should therefore be engaged cent percent in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And what is the position of a person so purified? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in verse 17: \'93When one\'92s intelligence, mind, faith, and refuge are all fixed in th
e Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the devotee\'92s every action is dedicated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, naturally his intelligence, his mind, and his faith and refuge ar
e all fixed in the Supreme. In such a happy condition one becomes fully cleansed of all misgivings through complete knowledge. Misgivings mean doubts. There are so many doubts that beset the struggling neophyte\'97the senses are so strong, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 asserts at one point, that they carry away the mind of even an intelligent man. But because one has acted only for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is said to be steady, and therefore in possession of real knowledge: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am not this body; I am part and parcel of
 the Supreme, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Everything is a manifestation of that Supreme Spirit; therefore one proceeds straight on the path of liberation. Liberated from what? Liberated from this material body, or bodily conception of existence. Verse 21 says: 
\'93Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure, but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way, the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material bondage means that I am in bondage to my senses, and that they are forcing me to act other than I might want to. Just as Arjun
a asks K\'e5\'f1\'eba what it is that forces a man to commit sin, even against his will; and just as St. Paul confessed, \'93That which I would do, I do not, and that which I do, I would not.\'94 So even where the spirit is willing, the flesh is weak. Th
e senses are constantly dictating to us: \'93Now feed me.\'94 Actually, as it is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , everything in the material world is \'93food and looking for food.\'94 All living entities are food for some other living entity, and similarly they are preying on some poor creature. Similarly, each of the senses is looking for it
s food, and the objects of the senses are its food, the only difference being that the senses are never satiated, any more than a fire is extinguished by a lavish supply of gasoline. Therefore it is said that the senses are on fire; taste is on fire; sig
ht is on fire; touch is on fire; hearing is on fire; smelling is on fire; and finally, the mind itself is on fire. Everything is on fire, and the only thing that can extinguish it is the mercy of the spiritual master, which is likened to the gentle actio
n of the rain that can extinguish any forest fire: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Twenty-four hours a day the conditioned soul is being kicked by material nature in the form of lust: first kicked by the party of lust 
for some pleasant sight, or some pleasant sound, or being forced to go here or go there in search of some satisfaction, some intoxication, or some sex pleasure; and then if one is not satisfied, which one never is, he is angry. So on the rebound he is ki
cked by the party of anger. First lust, then anger; that is the cosmic football game being played at the expense of the forgetful living entity under the stringent rules of material nature. But by the grace of the bona fide spiritual master, one can imme
diately be freed from this bondage simply by following in the footsteps of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original spiritual master, and Arjuna is the original student, and the key to success in self-realization is to hear in the same w
ay that Arjuna heard. The spiritual master is the actual representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because he speaks nothing but what K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke. Anyone who adds to or takes away from what K\'e5\'f1\'eba said cannot be bona fide, and one who wants to 
\'93interpret\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s words is the greatest pretender. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s words are Absolute and need no interpretation. After all, what kind of ego is it that thinks, \'93I can improve on or explain the message of the Supreme Person\'94
? Are we to suppose that He was not capable of saying it another way if it would have been clearer? This is sheer madness. Furthermore, we have the absolute check of Arjuna. How did Arjuna understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba? So the spiritual master, who is presen
ting the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba exactly as K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke them and exactly as Arjuna understood them, is a bona fide spiritual master, and as such, it is he alone who can deliver the fallen soul from its pitiable condition.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 STANDARDS OF PLEASURE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So in this 21st verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba is explaining the characteristics of the liberated soul. A person situated in transcendence is not
 attracted, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, by the pleasures of the material world, for he is always in \'93trance.\'94 That trance does not mean sleep or some unconscious state, but steadiness of mind, a mind fixed on the Supersoul, or supreme goal K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 In that condition, the verse says, one is always enjoying the pleasure within. Unlimited happiness is his, it says, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure. The name K\'e5\'f1\'eba means all-attractive, and by His omnipotence He has endo
wed His name with full potency so that in the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba we can attain all pleasure; simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5s\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare one
 has access to all pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1na is the reservoir of all pleasure. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all opulence, all beauty, all wealth, all fame, all st
rength, all knowledge, and all renunciation. Thus He is the reservoir of all pleasure. Whatever pleasure there appears to be in the material world variously reflected, it is but a reflection of this supreme pleasure, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So the devotee who is
 merged in the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is drinking deeply at that pleasure well, and because he is obtaining some higher pleasure, he has no desire for a lesser pleasure. Actually, we are all seeking pleasure, and we must go where we find pleasure. The
refore if a man is not finding pleasure in K\'e5\'f1\'eba he will seek it elsewhere; that is for certain. Similarly, if a man is finding pleasure in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he will not seek it elsewhere. So verse 22 says, \'93An intelligent person does not take 
part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunt\'e9, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them.\'94 How can sensory contacts, which are temporary and ephemeral
, compare to the pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is eternal, always blissful, and fully cognizant? In the Eighteenth Chapter K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that there is a happiness \'93which at the beginning may be like poison, but at the end is like nectar.\'94
 And similarly, there is another pleasure, which \'93appears at the beginning like nectar, but at the end is like poison.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because sensory pleasures are all temporary, in the end they leave nothing but ashes in the mouth. They are like poison, and so the wis
e have nothing to do with them. And here it is clearly stated that a person who is liberated, and in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, has no desire for them. It is not simply that he refrains from them, but he has actually lost the taste. That means that he
 is actually drinking of the pleasure of K\'e5s\'eba. It is something like being asked to eat a second time after being fully satisfied by good food. \'c7r\'e9 Y\'e4mun\'e4c\'e4rya, a great devotee in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, said: \'93Since I have 
been engaged in the transcendental loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, realizing every new encouragement in the matter of self pleasure, whenever I think of sex pleasure I spit at the thought, and my mouth becomes bitter with distaste.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brs}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  2.5.72}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba that he has no taste for sense pleasure, not even the high
est form of material pleasure, sex pleasure. Actually, the whole world is moving under the spell of this sex motivation, but a person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is free from such bondage and works with greater vigor as a result. This is the test of 
spiritual progress, namely, how much am I becoming detached from matter, or how much taste do I have for sense pleasure? Just as the test for a man\'92s recovery from disease is the gradual decrease in fever, so when the fever of sense gratification goes
 down one knows well that he is making advancement. So as long as I am still feeling some desire for material sense pleasure, I should know well that I am not yet fully situated in that transcendental position of drinking freely from the well of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, for when that day comes, certainly I will spit at the highest conceptions of this material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated, \'93My dear sons there is no reason to work very hard for sense pleasures in this life. Such pleasures are available to
 the stool-eaters [hogs]. Rather, you should undergo penance in this life whereby your existence will be purified, and as a result you will be able to enjoy unlimited transcendental bliss.\'94 So by this process of purification, by acting in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, one comes to the position of the healthy life, of actually feeling the pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or transcendental bliss. This process of purification, or action in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is at once both the path and the goa
l. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the last verse of the chapter, \'93The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, atta
in peace from the pangs of material miseries.\'94 No one is free from the pangs of material miseries, just as no one is free from the demands of the senses, but by knowing Kr\'f1\'eba as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifice and austerities, one can enga
ge in the transcendental loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thereby be completely released.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 TRANSCENDENTAL SERVICE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Under the spell of illusion, living entities are trying to be lords of all they survey, but actually they are dominated by the material
 energy of the Lord. The Lord is the master of the material energy, as He is of all energies, and the conditioned souls are under the stringent rules of this material nature. Unless and until one understands these bare facts it is not possible to achieve
 peace in this world, either individually or collectively. This is the sense of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme predominator, and that all living entities, including the great demigods, are His subordinates. One can 
attain perfect peace only in complete K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But by cultivation of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, of this consciousness that \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme and I am His servant,\'94 one comes into a position to understand th
at K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the well-wisher and benefactor of all living entities, and thereby attains peace. Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the supreme predominator is not in need of anything. He is full of all opulence. Therefore, He needs nothing from His creat
ion; but His creation is always dependent on Him. He is in a position to supply everything. Because we are His parts and parcels, it is our position to render transcendental loving service. We are supplying transcendental loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, and actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supplying everything to us. In this transcendental exchange of love we can know K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 True Happiness Must be Eternal
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TRUE HAPPINESS MUST BE ETERNAL
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Upendra d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-Sydney)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is one of the oldest Vedic scr
iptures, and it is accepted by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Kr\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu (an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself who appeared 484 years ago) as the essence of Vai\'f1\'ebava (K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious) philosophy. The first verse of the Fifth Ch
apter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reads: \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is known as Govinda, is the Suprem
e Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, and He is the Prime Cause of all causes.\'94 And in the thirty-eighth verse of the same chapter: \'93I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is \'c7
y\'e4masundara, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, with inconceivable, innumerable attributes, whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of love.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Our program in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is to worship the Supreme Lord, Govinda, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those who are serious about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or spiritual life must necessarily go to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub authoritie
s for genuine spiritual knowledge. Just as, if one wants to be a doctor, one must study with a doctor, similarly, to have spiritual realization one must associate with those who are accepted as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great souls. The qualifications of such great souls are described by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chapter Nine, verse 14, to quote one of many verses which confirm the same principle: \'93They are always engaged in chanting My glories.
 Endeavoring with great determination, offering homage unto Me, they worship Me with devotion.\'94 In the Western world there is one such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. My preceptor, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, is all that I know, and hence all that I can relate to you is simply what I have heard from his pure lip
s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material world, whether one is American or Australian, communist or capitalist, Christian or Jew, black or white, there is one c
ommon platform: everyone wants to be happy. From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we learn that there are two processes to gain 
happiness: the material and the spiritual. It is self-evident that material life cannot give us happiness. There is no use arguing that a materialistic man can be happy, at least according to the definition of true happiness given in the Vedic texts. Acc
ording to the Vedic definition, true happiness must be eternal; it must have a permanent basis. It cannot be limited in any way. Happiness in the material world, however is always limited by unavoidable material miseries. These miseries are of three kind
s: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhy\'e4tmic, adhibhautic, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub adhidaivic. Adhy\'e4tmic }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub miseries pertain to the body and mind For example, sometimes our metabolism is upset, or there is sometimes fear, bodily pain, etc. Sometimes 
we suffer great losses, and this results in mental distress. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Adhibhautic }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suffering is due to other living
 entities. For example there are miseries caused by germs, mosquitos, bedbugs, and human enemies also. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhibhautic }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suffering. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Adhidaivic }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suffering is due to the laws of providence or materia
l nature. For example there are calamities caused by earthquakes, storms, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc. Sometimes there is too much heat, and sometimes there is too much cold. These are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub adhidaivic }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub miseries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all trying to adjust to these problems of life. The whole social structure of human civilization is meant for getting relief fro
m these three types of miseries. And every day one will hear so many prescriptions for relief: \'93Take Anacin and get fast, fast, fast relief!\'94 \'93Things go better with Coca-Cola.\'94 The merchants have their prescriptions, the philosophers give the
ir advice for relief, the politicians promise cessation of troubles, and even the atheists have some opinion on how to get relief, from material complexity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes mere freedom from problems and miseries is taken to be happiness; that is, one may say, \'93If I can just get rid of my tooth
ache, then I will be happy,\'94 or \'93If I can just pay the debts for my car, then I will be happy,\'94 and so on. This sort of happiness is likened to that of a man tied to a dunking stool. In colonial America a public offender would sometimes be punis
hed by being tied to a dunking stool, dunked in a tank of water until his lungs almost burst, and then raised up again for a breath of air. The pleasure derived from this gasp of air is likened to the pleasure available in the material world. The person 
is thinking, \'93Ah, at last\'97air! How nice!\'94 But no sooner does he swallow the air than down again he goes for another turn; and likewise our insignificant pleasures are quickly forgotten as we, time and again, are plunged into the ocean of incessa
nt material complexities. True happiness, true freedom, is to be free from this punishment altogether.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are those who will say, \'93Ah! These Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people are just escapists. They cannot face up to life.\'94 And our rep
ly is simply, \'93Yes, we }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub e
scapists. You stay here; we will leave!\'94 And as for facing up to life: My friends, is this life? In this world there is death at every step. Every time a day goes by we are not one day older, but one day closer to death. The whole world is struggling 
hard to live off one another. This is a proven fact. So, according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all one needs to do to get out of this illusory suffering is to change one\'92s consciousness. That is all. All suffering is due to a lack of knowledge. A
nd, as stated before, knowledge can be achieved by associating with authorities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as our original consciousness becomes polluted by material enjoyment, i.e., as soon as we desire to \'93lord it over\'94 matter
, then our troubles begin. Everyone from the smallest ant to Brahm\'e4, the engineer of this particular universe, is trying to become the lord or controller. For example, in the United States there is regular competition for the presidential position. Th
e various candidates promise solutions to problems in return for votes, but actually what they really want is position, power. This is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , illusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the opposite. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, under the guidance of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, our spi
ritual master, we are trying to become the servants of the servant of the servant\'97one hundred times the servant of the servant\'97of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Modern thinking might dictate that this is slave mentality. But no, it is not slave mentality; it is o
ur constitutional position. Whether I am Christian, Jew or atheist, still I must serve. I serve my country or my family or my pets, or when I am hungry I serve my stomach; and ultimately I must serve the stringent laws of material nature\'97birth, death,
 disease and old age. So we are always servants. But under the illusion of being masters of this world, we have become servants of our senses. What a nasty position!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should just agree to become a servant of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba because, as stated above, servants we all must be. We are serving
 our lust, avarice, anger, greed, etc., and in the higher stages we are servants of humanity or the state or our country. But underneath the desire to serve one\'92s country, society or whatever, the actual purpose is to become the master. This is }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , illusion, again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is absolutely no doubt. No one can say that he is free, that he is master. If one thinks like that, then that is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Just serving the senses does not solve our miseries. The intoxications of wine, women, drugs, cinemas, nove
ls, etc., are all artificial; there must always be \'93comedowns\'94; and \'93I am servant\'94 always remains.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why all this trouble? We are forced to serve something or someone that we don\'92t want to serve, but still we are reluctant to serve K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. I remember once in our Seattle center one boy asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, \'93How come I don\'92t feel like bowing down to you or to K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da answered, \'93That is your disease. You are thinking th
at you are better than everyone or at least that no one is better than you, and so you will not bend. That is your skin disease.\'94 There is a disease called yellow jaundice, and in India that disease is so dangerous that sometimes people die from it. B
ut the cure is simple: sugar. A patient suffering from jaundice takes sugar as his medicine. One symptom of jaundice, however, is that to a person afflicted with this disease, sugar tastes so bitter that he wants to spit it out. But if he just goes on ta
king his medicine, then he becomes cured and again tastes this sugar medicine as sweet. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is sometimes like that for those of us who are suffering from the \'93skin disease\'94 of thinking ourselves to be Australian, American, 
etc., or in other words of identifying with the material body. Afflicted by such a spiritual sickness, we really can\'92t appreciate genuine spiritual pleasure. \'93I have tried chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'94 a person might say, \'93and of course it d
oesn\'92t do anything for me.\'94 But if that person would just use his intelligence enough to take the spiritual medicine (the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba) and eat the prescribed diet (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba), then very shortly he would taste his medicine to be as sweet as nectar.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How should we use our intelligence? An example may be given. We might pass a store and see sweetmeats we like. Our mind says, \'93Ah, c
andy! Go purchase some,\'94 and our body obeys. But if we are suffering from an illness, then even though the mind might want some candy, our intelligence tells us no. If we indulge, then the illness will be prolonged or worsened, and so we abstain. Simi
larly, in the everyday situation of material consciousness, we must use our intelligence to regulate our indulgence in habits of sense gratification. By indulging in intoxication and unrestricted sex life, one may derive some pleasure, but this pleasure 
is temporary and impure. Although it appears nectarean, it will soon turn to poison. Material consciousness is a disease which is merely worsened by unrestricted sense gratification. The process of treatment recommended by authorities is K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness, and although to some this process is not appealing at first, anyone who accepts it will quickly find it sweet. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we find that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord, He agreed to serve Arjuna as his chariot driver. This is the sublime relati
onship between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees. If, under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, one just becomes a pure lover of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will become his servant. This is a very elevated realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must transfer our service attitude so that by our service we can satisfy everyone. This can be easily accomplished by developing our
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If one waters the root of a tree, then all the leaves will be nourished automatically. Similarly, if we just try to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba and serve the bona fide spiritual master, then, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the root of e
verything and we are like leaves, we will be satisfied, everyone else will be satisfied, and it is then that we can truly have universal brotherhood. Sentimental peace moratoriums will never be a solution. They simply waste time. We clamor for brotherhoo
d, but we are not willing to serve the Father. Before there can be peace on earth there must be peace in the heart. No number of committee meetings or United Nations assemblies will bring about the peace for which we are all anxious. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pe
ace eternal, and if one just makes the connection with Him through a bona fide spiritual master such as His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, then one will have peace and will be able to transmit that peace to others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a prayer that says: \'93So long have I served my senses. Even what I should not have done I have done by the dictation of lust
.\'94 When one is a slave to lust, then he is forced to do things he would not ordinarily do. Someone might say, \'93You have served your senses. That is all right. Go on\'97enjoy your senses.\'94 But the prayer continues: \'93I have served so much, but 
I find that my senses are still not satisfied. My senses are not satisfied, I am not satisfied, nor will my senses give me relief from their service.\'94 An example of this is a recent headline in an Australian newspaper: \'93Man 80 Years Old Married 75 
Times.\'94 The senses are not satisfied, even at the point of death. That is the real problem of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that we have been servants of our senses in life after life, transmigrating through 8,400,000 species. Now we should just surrender unto Him, and He will take care of us. By the dictation of 
the senses we commit so many sinful activities. According to one\'92s activities or work, one gets a particular type of body. There are different bodies due to different types of sense gratification. The hog, for example, making no distinction between mo
ther, sister, etc., simply has sex with anyone; and the senses in all species are so strong that this goes on even in human society. The threefold miseries from which we are trying to free ourselves are due to love of the senses of the material body, but
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the real object of love. Just transfer your love to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Give up trying to satisfy the bodily senses, and just try to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as you change, gradually K\'e5\'f1na will reveal Himself to you and will e
xchange service with you. Then you will be fully satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please, my friends, try to understand this sublime benediction. Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and gradually develop love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 All your troubles will be gone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is beyond the senses and the mind, but if you chant sincerely, then He will reveal Himself to you. It is not a question of belief. God exists! It is just a matter of having eyes to see Him. Under the expert
 guidance of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, our beloved spiritual master, we are developing those eyes. K\'e5\'f1na consciousness is not a blind sentiment: we have a vast philosophical background.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a tower of Babel to Kr\'f1na. There are two processes in spiritual life, the ascending and the desc
ending. Through the ascending process one tries to construct a ladder up to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by processes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub meditation, word jugglery, logic, dry philosophy, etc. However sincere, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , unapproachable, that process will never be successful But if the unapproachable K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to come to us, then nothing can stop Him. That is called the descending process, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is presenting
 Himself to you and I through the authorized disciplic chain of Vedic teachers. This is the oldest family tree in the universe. Knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (which is non-different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself) is coming down to us without any tinge of con
tamination through this unbroken disciplic succession, and His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is the contemporary representative of this line.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please do not dismiss K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as foreign or esoteric. Try to scrutinizingly study this movement, and, more than an
ything }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chant\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba! As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub authorities confirm in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma eva kevalam/kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub In this age of Kali (quarrel and hypocrisy) the best means of God realization is the chanting of the holy name of God, and there is no other alternative.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's p15:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A sincere di
sciple of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da can do tremendous good for humanity by teaching every person of his eternal relation with the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Downtown in Sydney, Australia, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees blissfully execute the divine order of the spiritual 
master: "Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and be happy."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da: "One should act with no goal in life save and except to act 
in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, just to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And while acting in such a way one should think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba only: 'I have been appninted to discharge this particular duly by K\'e5\'f1\'eba.' "
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Spiritual Master: Emissary of the Supreme Person
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SPIRITUAL MASTER: EMISSARY O
F THE SUPREME PERSON
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guru-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-k\'e5pay\'e4 p\'e4ya bhakti-lat\'e4 b\'e9ja. \line (Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, once said that religion without philosophy is fanaticism and phil
osophy without religion is mental speculation. For a sincere student engaged in God realization, major philosophical points should be understood in the light of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , scripture and practical devotional service. One of the first points to understand is the position of the spiritual master. How is he related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Is he K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Is 
he an ordinary man? How should the disciple approach him? How can one know that the spiritual master is bona fide? What is the duty of the spiritual master? What are his symptoms? These and other questions concerning the spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1na 
are discussed herein by way of authoritative evidence compiled from the writings of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master himself. (Page references are given for his books.) In addition to rendering devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba through 
the spiritual master, the student should come to a philosophical understanding\'97based on scripture\'97of his own identity and the identity of the Supreme Person, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and His emissary, the bona fide spiritual master. This understan
ding should correlate with the basic teachings of the spiritual master and other great saints and sages.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ULTIMATE TRUTH
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Fourth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba informs Arjuna that one should learn the Absolute Truth by approaching a spiritual ma
ster. \'93Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master, inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As a result of approaching a spiritual master, the disciple is benedicted with the truth by the mercy of the spiritual master. And what is the ultimate truth to be realized? It is this: Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead, or, as stated by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93And when 
you have thus learned the truth, you will know that all living beings are My parts and parcels\'97and that they are in Me, and are Mine.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.35) What is the result of this knowledge? \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba also gives this information: \'93He who knows in truth this glory and power of Mine engages in unalloyed devotional service; of this there i
s no doubt. I am the source of everything; from Me the entire creation flows. Knowing this, the wise worship Me with all their hearts. Their thoughts dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightenin
g one another and conversing about Me.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.7-9)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DEFINITION OF K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One will never make a mistake about the identity of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba if one has a good idea of what is meant by Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93When we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba we refer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His many expansions. He is expanded by His plenary parts and parcels, His differentiated parts and parcels and His different energies. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, in other words, means everything and includes everything. Generally, however, we should understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba to mean K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His personal expansions. K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands Himself as Baladeva, Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, V\'e4sud
eva, Aniruddha, Pradyumna, R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha and Var\'e4ha, as well as many other incarnations and innumerable Vi\'f1\'ebu expansions. These are described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-
Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be as numerou
s as the uncountable waves. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba includes all such expansions, as well as His pure devotees}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , xxi)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the pure devotees, some of whom are spiritual masters, are part of the internal energy of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but they are certainly not the totality of Hi
s internal energy. They are subordinate. \'93The relationship of the living entities, therefore, is to be always subordinate to the Supreme Lord, as with the master and the servant, or the teacher and the taught.\'94 (Bg., p. 71)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one knows the extent of the energy of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not even His pure devotees. As is stated by the Lord Himself: 
\'93Neither the hosts of demigods nor the great sages know My origin; for, in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and the sages.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although no one can understand the extent of the Lord\'92s glory, nor of the origin of the Lord, who has no beginning, still it is stated, \'93The devotees of the Lord surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba and are thus able to unde
rstand Him.\'94 (Bg., p. 209) Thus by \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 we refer to the Supreme Entity and His activities. \'93\'85 In the Vedic literature, whether the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in every scripture it is declared that the Lord is the sentient Being, supreme over all other living entities
. And His glorious activities are identical with Himself.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , p. 93)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SPIRITUAL MASTER: K\'c5\'d1\'cbA\'92S REPRESENTATIVE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is important to understand the position of the spiritual master as Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pure devotee. The disciple is 
enjoined by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba to worship the spiritual master as he would worship the Supreme Lord Himself: \'93Sage Prabuddha continued to speak to the King as follows: \'91My dear King, a disciple has to accept the spiritual master not only
 as spiritual master, but also as the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the Supersoul. In other words, the disciple should accept the spiritual master as God because he is the external manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'92 \'94 (NOD
, 59) The Spiritual master is stated here to be the representative of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the Supersoul. It is clearly not stated that he is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba or the Supersoul, but that he represents them as a viceroy represents
 a king. \'93One can know God and one\'92s relationship with God only when one actually meets a representative of God. A representative of God never claims that he is God, although he is paid all the respect ordinarily paid to God because he has knowledg
e of God. One has to learn the distinction between God and the living entity.\'94 (Bg., p. 144)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although it is stated that the spiritual master is \'93the external manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'94 he should not be considered mu
ndane or material. \'93\'85 Lord Caitanya states that it is a fortunate person who comes in contact with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One who is serious about spiritual life is given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba the intelligence to c
ome in contact with a bona fide spiritual master, and then by the grace of the spiritual master one becomes advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In this way the whole jurisdiction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is directly under the spiritual energ
y\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master. This has nothing to do with the material world.\'94 (NOD, xxi) By \'93external manifestation\'94 it is meant that the spiritual master can be perceived as being in the material world by the conditioned souls 
whom he deigns to liberate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The followers of Ramakrishna and Meher Baba, as well as adherents of other cults generally found in India, proclaim their spiritual mas
ters to be God Himself. Usually a spiritual master does not contradict this flattery because in this age of Kali there are many pseudo-spiritual masters who claim to be God. But we do not understand the position of the bona fide spiritual master to be ce
nt percent identical with that of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, in our daily prayer to the spiritual master }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (nama om vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pre\'f1
\'f6h\'e4ya bh\'fc-tale \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktived\'e4nta-sv\'e4min iti n\'e4mine) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we offer our respectful obeisances to our spiritual master \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da \'93who is mos
t dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba on this earth, having taken shelter of His lotus feet.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is most dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba on this earth because he has indeed taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord. \'93The definition of 
a pure devotee, as given by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can be summarized thus
: his service is favorable and is always in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 (NOD, xxxii)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states that one who explains the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is most dear to Him
: \'93There is no servant in the world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bg. 18.69}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7
r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the position of the pure devotee is further explained: \'93The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [demons] are gradually rectified into God consciousness by the mercy of the Lord\'92s liberated servitors in different countries and climates according to the supreme will. Such devotees of 
God are very confidential associates of the Lord, and when they come to save the human society from the dangers of godlessness, they are known sometimes as the powerful incarnation of the Lord, the Son of the Lord, the servant of the Lord or the associat
e of the Lord, but none of them declare falsely that they are themselves God. This blasphemy is declared by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , and the demoniac followers of such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also accept a pretender as God or His incarna
tion.\'94 (Bh\'e4g., Canto I, p. 123\'96124)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When does one know that one is declaring himself falsely to be God, or when does one know whether the followers of the spiritual master
 are declaring their spiritual master falsely to be God? The criterion for the acceptance of an incarnation of the Lord Himself is also stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In the revealed scriptures there is definite information of these incarnations of God. One cannot be accepted as God or as an incarnation of God without reference to the above-ment
ioned revealed scriptures.\'94 (Bh\'e4g. , Canto I, p. 124) A list of incarnations can be found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First Canto, Third Chapter, and for this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yuga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or age these include only Bud
dha and the Kalki }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4ra yet to come. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, is al
so mentioned in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (11.5.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The distinction is always made between the devotee of God and God Himself, but a neophyte servant of the devotees should respect the se
rvants of God as God. \'93These servants of God are to be respected as God by the devotees who actually want to go back to Godhead. Such servants of God are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [great souls] or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e9rthas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [sa
ints able to deliver fallen souls], and they make various propaganda according to the particular time and space. The standard quality of the servants of God is that they canvass people to become devotees of the Lord, and they never tolerate the blasphemy
 of being called God. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was God Himself according to the authoritative indications of the revealed scriptures, but He played the part of a devotee. When a person knew Him to be God Himself and addressed Him as God, He used 
to block His ears with His hands and murmur the name of the Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. He strongly protested being called God, although undoubtedly He was God Himself. This behavior of the Lord is just to warn unscrupulous men who take false pleasure in being cal
led God.\'94 (Bh\'e4g., Canto I, p. 124)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SPIRITUAL MASTER
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What is the position of the bona fide spiritual master in relation to Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1na? This position is hinted at by \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakrav
art\'e9 Th\'e4kur in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Gurva\'f1\'f6akam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niku\'efjay\'fcno ratikeli-siddhyair\line y\'e4 y\'e4libhir yuktir apek\'f1a\'eb\'e9y\'e4\line tatr\'e4tid\'e4k\'f1\'e4dati-vall
abhasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The spiritual master is very much expert in assisting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who are engaged in the perfection of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba conjugal love affairs. At different times they make different tasteful arrangements for such spiritual exchanges, and the s
piritual master is there to assist in the affairs. I offer my most humble obeisances unto his lotus feet.\'94 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurva\'f1\'f6akam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gives further reason why the spiritual master should be worshiped and honored as much as the Supreme Lord:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4dd hari-tvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strair\line uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi\'f9\line kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priy
a eva tasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The spiritual master is honored as much as the Supreme Lord because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scrip
tures and is followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the function of the spiritual master should be clearly understood. The spiritual master serves the Supreme Lord directly in the spir
itual sky and is a most confidential servitor of the Supreme Lord. The conditioned soul cannot approach the Supreme Lord directly, for the Supreme Lord cannot be perceived by the blunt material senses. \'93Vy\'e4sa was the spiritual master of Sa\'efjaya,
 and he admits that it was by his mercy that he could understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This means that one has to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly, but through the medium of the spiritual master. The spiritual master is the transparent me
dium, although it is true the experience is still direct. This is the mystery of disciplic succession.\'94 (Bg., p. 316)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of mercy for the conditioned souls, the Supreme Lord sends His representative, the spiritual master, who is His external manifestat
ion in the material world, and the conditioned soul is thus enabled to serve the Supreme Lord by serving and worshiping the spiritual master. As mentioned before, although called the \'93external manifestation,\'94 the spiritual master is a purely transc
endental person in the spiritual universe, and thus he represents the internal potency of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the specific function of these emissaries in the material world? \'93These servants of God come with the mission of life to pro
pagate God consciousness in human society. Intelligent persons should cooperate with them in e very respect. By serving the servant of God, one can please God more than directly serving the Lord. The Lord is more pleased when He sees that His servants ar
e properly respected because such servants of God who risk everything for the service of the Lord are very, very dear to the Lord. The Lord declares in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.69]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that no one is dearer to Him t
han those who risk everything for the preaching work of God\'92s glory. By serving the servants of the Lord, gradually one gets the quality of such}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub servants, and this particular qualification of serving the servant of God makes one qualified with the urge for hearing the glorification of God. This eagerness for hearing about God is the first qualification
 of a devotee eligible for entering into the kingdom of God.\'94 (Bh\'e4g., Canto I, p. 124)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WORSHIP OF THE SPIRITUAL MASTER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself proclaims that worship of His pure devotee is higher than worship of Himself. In the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there is a statement praising the service of Vai\'f1\'ebavas or devotees in which Lord \'c7iva te
lls P\'e4rvat\'e9: \'93My dear P\'e4rvat\'e9, there are different methods of worship, and out of all such methods the worship of the Supreme Person is considered to be the highest. But even higher than the worship of the Lord is the worship of the Lord
\'92s devotees.\'94(NOD, 103) A similar statement is found in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Bh\'e4g. 3.7.19
): \'93Let me become a sincere servant of the devotees because by serving then one can achieve unalloyed devotional service unto the lotus feet of the Lord. The service of devotees diminishes all miserable material conditions and develops within one a de
ep devotional love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\'94 (NOD, 103)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Worship of the spiritual master goes directly to Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1na, and this is the method of the disciplic succession. Everyt
hing, for instance, offered to the spiritual master is offered by the spiritual master to Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba through his spiritual master. For instance, whatever is offered with love and devotion to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is offered by \'c7
r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to his spiritual master, who}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub offers it to his spiritual master, etc., on to the Su
preme Person, the Original Spiritual Master, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the method of approaching the Supreme Lord, and this is the purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub disciplic succession. Thus it is stated: \'93The attitude of the disciple should always be to satisfy the bona fide spiritual master. Then it will be very easy for him to understand spiri
tual knowledge. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it will be further explained by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
 that, for a person who has unflinching faith in God and the spiritual master, everything becomes revealed very easily.\'94 (NOD, 59)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SPIRITUAL MASTER AND K\'c5\'d1\'cbA: ONENESS AND DIFFERENCE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some confusion, however, may result from the following quote, a statement of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s: \'93My dear Uddhava, t
he spiritual master must be accepted not only as My representative but as My very self. He must never be considered on the same level with an ordinary human being. One should never be envious of the spiritual master, as one may be envious of an ordinary 
man. The spiritual master should always be seen as the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and by serving the spiritual master, one is able to serve all the demigods.\'94 (NOD, 59) The point here is that the spiritual master should neve
r be considered to be an ordinary man because he is part of the internal potencies of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as was stated earlier (NOD, xxi). As such, he shares the Lord\'92s opulences. \'93The Supreme Lord is full in six opulences; and when a d
evotee approaches Him, there is reciprocation with these opulences. The servant of the king enjoys an almost equal level with the king.\'94 (Bg., p. 271)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master is eternally perfect, and his self is Lord \'c7r\'e9 Kr\'f1\'eba\'92s very self in the sense that the self of the 
spiritual master is in perfect harmony with the Supreme Self. It may here be recalled that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Self in the hearts of all: \'93I am the Self, O conqueror of sleep, seated in the hearts of all creatures. I am the beginning, the middle and
 the end of all beings.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.20) Although \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Self seated in the h
earts of all living entities throughout the entire creation, He exists independent of them. \'93In My transcendental form I pervade all this creation. All things are resting in Me, but I am not in them. Again, everything that is created does not rest on 
Me. Behold My mystic opulence: Although I am the maintainer of all living entities, and although I am everywhere, still My Self is the very source of creation.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.4-5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the sublime philosophy of
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord is simultaneously, inconceivably one with all living entities and
 yet different from them. \'c7rila Prabhup\'e4da, in a letter to a disciple, explained this philosophy very clearly: \'93Just as fire and heat cannot be separate and in one sense both can be called fire, still heat is not fire. Another example, electrici
ty and the powerhouse; although practically one and the same, still the powerhouse is not electricity. On the whole, the power and the powerful, although sometimes indistinguishable, still are different. That is the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub propounded by Lord \'c7ri Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. As such, the spiritual master is the Mercy Repre
sentative of Kr\'f1\'eba. As Mercy Representative, he is worshiped by the disciples as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but at the same time he is not identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sometimes it is said that the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Master
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whereas the spiritual master is the Servant K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As it is said by Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara Gosv\'e4m\'e9, R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are one, still, in order to serve, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pleasure potency, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4n
\'e9, appears separately. Therefore the conclusion is that the spiritual master as Servant K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always respected as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but he is never identified with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy.\'94 (\'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, letter, 8/29/70) 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Self seated in the hearts of all, all creatures are not accepted as spiritual masters bec
ause they are not always in harmony with the Supreme Self. There are degrees of perfection involved. The bona fide spiritual master is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-siddha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the conditioned living entities are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-baddha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'93Persons who have achieved eternal, blissful life exactly on the level of \'c7r\'e9 Kr\'f1\'eba, and who are able to attract Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba by their transcendental loving service, are called eternally perfect. The technical name i
s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-siddha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two classes of living entities\'97namely, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-siddha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-baddha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The distinction is that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-siddhas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are eternal
ly K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious without any forgetfulness, whereas the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-baddhas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or eternally conditione
d souls, are forgetful of their relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The position of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-siddhas is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ex
plained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in connection with the narration of the Supreme Personality of Godhead 
and Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 Dev\'e9. The Lord tells Satyabh\'e4m\'e4: \'91My dear Satyabh\'e4m\'e4 Dev\'e9, I have descended to this earthly planet by the request of Lord Brahm\'e4 and other demigods. Those who are born into this family of Yadu are all My etern
al associates. My dear wife, you should not consider that My associates are ever separated from Me; they are My personal expansions, and almost as powerful as I am. Because of their transcendental qualities, they are very, very dear to Me, as I am very, 
very dear to them.\'92 \'94 (NOD 211\'96212) The spiritual master is certainly a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-siddha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but one wh
o claims the spiritual master to be Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is committing a great offense. \'93As is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the Lord Himself, His birth, deeds and activities are all transcendental. Similarly, the birth, deeds and activities of the associates of the Lord are also transcendental. And, as it is an offense to consider onesel
f to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so it is offensive to consider oneself to be Ya\'e7od\'e4, Nanda, or any other associate of the Lord. We should always remember that they are transcendental; they are never conditioned souls. It is described that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, t
he enemy of Ka\'e0sa, has sixty-four transcendental qualities, and all of the ever-liberated souls who accompany the Lord have the first fifty-five of the qualities, without any doubt. Such devotees are related to the Supreme Personality in any of five t
ranscendental mellows\'97namely, neutrality, servitorship, friendship, parenthood and conjugal love. These relationships with the Lord are eternal, and therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-siddha }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotees do not have to strive to attain the perfectional stage by executing regulative devotional principles. They are eternally qualified to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 (NOD, 213)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the spiritual master is not to be considered an ordinary man, but an eternally transcendental personality like Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Na
nda. As such he has the first fifty-five of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. But he does not have them in full. \'93As parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, the individual living entities can also possess
 all of these qualities in minute quantities, provided they become pure devotees of the Lord. In other words, all of the above transcendental qualities can be present in the devotees in minute quantity, whereas the qualities in fullness are always presen
t in the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\'94 (NOD, 157)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord and the spiritual master have been likened unto two rails of the same track. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said: \'93By the mercy of the spiritual master who is a pure devotee and by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a one can achieve the platform of devotional service. There is no other way.\'94 (NOD, 13) By the grace of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one gets a bona fide spiritual master, and by the grace of the bona fide spiritual master one gets Lord \'c7ri K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master work conjointly to bring the conditioned soul to full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The spiritual master as the external manifestation works from without, and Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 works from within. The spiritual master is supplemented by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scripture, and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub holy sages. None of these are ever in contradiction. \'93To err is human: A conditioned soul is very often
 apt to commit mistakes, and the only remedial measure for such unknown sins is to give oneself up to the lotus feet of the Lord, that He may guide the devotee. The Lord takes this charge for the fully surrendered souls, and thus all problems are solved 
simply by surrendering oneself unto the Lord and acting in terms of the Lord\'92s directions. Such directions are given to the sincere devotee in two ways. One is by means of the saints, scriptures, and spiritual master; and the other is by the Lord Hims
elf, residing within the heart of everyone. Thus the devotee is protected in all respects.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p.97) In themselves, the scriptures cannot lead one to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for without the guidance of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supersoul within and as the spiritual master from without, the scriptures remain cont
radictory and enigmatic. \'93One can understand the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only by the grace of the Lord and the s
piritual master. If one takes shelter of a bona fide spiritual master, it is to be understood that he has obtained the grace of the Lord. The Lord appears as the spiritual master for the devotee. And so the spiritual master, the Vedic injunctions, and th
e Lord Himself from within all guide the devotee in full strength, and there is no chance of such a devotee falling again into the mire of material illusion.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p. 97) As stated
 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurva\'f1\'f6akam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [8]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-prasado\line yasy\'e4pras\'e4d\'e4nna-gati\'f9 kuto \'92pi\line dhy\'e4yam stuva\'e0s tasya ya\'e7
as tri-sandhyam\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-caranaravindam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93By the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without the grace of the spiritual master no one can make any advancement
. Therefore I should always remember my spiritual master.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To say that the spiritual master and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are one is to say that they are one in purpose. They are in tot
al agreement. The Supreme Lord says surrender unto Me, and the spiritual master says surrender unto Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are one in that sense. They are not one in the impersonalist sense of being merged. In conversation, \'c7r\'e9la Prabh
up\'e4da has said: \'93Merging does not mean losing individuality. Just like a green bird enters a green tree \'85 it appears to be merging, but the bird has not lost his individuality. Our proposition, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-m\'e4rga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is to keep individuality and agree. Our surrender means we agree with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in everything although we are individual.\'85 Like Ar
juna\'97first he decided not to fight, but then he agreed: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kari\'f1ye vacana\'e0 tava. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This agreement\'97
this is oneness. That oneness\'97not to lose individuality.\'85 Merging means merging in that total agreement. That is liberation. Totally, without any disagreement. And that is the perfection: to keep individuality and agree with God in total agreement.
\'85 So those who are trained fully to agree with K\'e5\'f1\'eba are accepted as associates.\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. 28, p. 8)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The original spiritual master is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and the disciplic succession comes from Him. \'93The path of sp
iritual realization is undoubtedly difficult. The Lord therefore advises us to approach a bona fide spiritual master in the line of disciplic succession from the Lord Himself. Nobody can be a bona fide spiritual master without following this principle of
 disciplic succession. The Lord is the original Spiritual Master, and a person in the disciplic succession can convey the message of the Lord as it is to his disciple. No one can be spiritually realized by manufacturing his own process, as is the fashion
 of foolish pretenders.\'94 (Bg., p. 130)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the spiritual master who proclaims to be Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or disciples who proclaim their spiritual master to be Lor
d \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, are to be immediately rejected. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has stated that the test of the spiritual master is that he speaks of nothing but surrender and devotion to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93It is the duty of the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the spiritual master, to find the ways and means for his disciple to fix his mind on Kr\'f1
\'eba.\'94 (NOD, 20) This is the actual duty of the bona fide spiritual master. Who may become a spiritual master? How does one get to be spiritual master? \'93Whatever he may be, whatever position he may have, if a person is fully conversant with the sc
ience of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he can become a bona fide spiritual master, initiator, or teacher of the science. In other words, the capability of becoming a bona fide spiritual master depends on his sufficient knowledge of the sc
ience of K\'e5\'f1na, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; it does not depend on a particular position in society or of birth.\'94 (TLC, 266) \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da further outlines his specific qualification. \'93The qualification of a spiritual master is t
hat he must have realized the conclusion of the scriptures by deliberation and arguments and thus be able to convince others of these conclusions. Such great personalities who have taken shelter of the Supreme Godhead, leaving aside all material consider
ations, are to be understood as bona fide spiritual masters. Everyone should try to find such a bona fide spiritual master in order to fulfill his mission of life, which is to transfer himself to the plane of spiritual bliss.\'94 (NOD, 58) Such a qualifi
ed spiritual master can be immediately recognized by his symptoms: \'93The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or great soul, 
cannot be manufactured by rubber-stamping an ordinary man. His symptoms are described here (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.
14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : A}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mah\'e4tm\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is always engaged in chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead.\'94 (Bg. p. 201)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 M\'c4Y\'c4V\'c4D\'c9 IMPERSONALISTS: PSEUDO SPIRITUAL MASTERS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 spiritual masters and their followers proclaim that by surrendering to Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can b
ecome Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Under the guise of glorifying the spiritual master, such M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 disciples declare the spiritual master to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Thus they await the day that they can become }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the disciplic succession and thus become K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. A bona fide spiritual master will r
eject such disciples. \'93Those who are under the spell of the material energy, instead of following the instructions of the disciplic succession, try to manufacture something of their own, and thereby step outside the sphere of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub study. A bona fide spiritual master must always condemn such independent mental speculators. If the bona fide spirit
ual master directly points out the foolishness of a disciple, that should not be taken as otherwise.\'94 (TLC, 169)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have already quoted the example in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gava
tam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, although the Supreme Lord Himself, covered His ears with His hands and shouted the name Vi\'f1\'ebu loudly when His disciples c
alled Him K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93Caitanya\'92s philosophy is: one should give up everything and worship God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The difference is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, spoke the same words, indicating Himself, an
d the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers misunderstood Him. Therefore Lord Caitanya indicated the same thing: one should not declare himself to be as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but should worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord.\'94 (TLC, 159)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually a disciple who, out of sentiment or fanaticism, proclaims a bona fide spiritual master to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is committ
ing the greatest injury to the spiritual master. The bona fide spiritual master instructs that one should approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the bona fide representative of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the
 pure devotee. He instructs that one cannot approach Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly. If the spiritual master is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, as the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 followers of the spiritual master may maintain, then these follower
s are actually approaching Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly. Thus they distort and twist the teachings of the spiritual master under the guise of glorifying him. The actual motive behind such false glorification should be understood as asuric. As s
tated before, none of the devotees declare themselves to be God, but \'93This blasphemy is declared by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and the demoniac followers of such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also accept pretenders as God or His incarnation.
\'94 (Bh\'e4g., Canto I, 123) The motives of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 are themselves asuric. Actually every conditioned soul is a M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9, otherwise the soul wouldn\'92t be conditioned. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first began lecturing in
 New York in 1966, he would often attack the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists in his talks, and not understanding this I joked with friend: \'93M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9? When was the last time you saw a M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9?\'92\'92 None of us could under
stand who \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was talking about; we all thought that the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s were a little group of philosophers in India against whom \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was waging theologic battle. But actually we were all M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4
d\'e9s. Now we are daily praying:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namas te s\'e4rasvate deve gaura-v\'e4\'eb\'e9-prac\'e4ri\'ebe\line nirvi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7\'fcnyav\'e4di-p\'e4sc\'e4tya-desa-t\'e4
ri\'ebe.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Pra\'ebati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and
 delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9, being envious of God, wants to be God. Therefore he is thrown by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba into the material world 
where he can try to lord it over material nature. \'93The impersonalist philosophers are in one sense like the enemies of the Lord because the out-and-out enemies of the Lord and the impersonalists are both allowed to enter only into the impersonal efful
gence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So it is to be understood that they are of similar classification. And actually
 the impersonalists are enemies of God because they cannot tolerate the unparallelled opulence of the Lord. They try always to place themselves on the same level with the Lord. That is due to their envious attitude. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has p
roclaimed the impersonalists to be offenders of the Lord.\'94 (NOD, 123)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 spiritual master claims, \'93I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just surrender to me and you can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba too.
\'94 Or the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 disciples claim, \'93Our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just surrender to him and you\'92ll become K\'e5\'f1\'eba too.\'94 Or they claim, \'93We are all K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We have just 
forgotten, that\'92s all.\'94 These impersonalists may set up their own K\'e5\'f1\'eba and proclaim that He is talking to them directly. \'93There are many so-called devotees who artificially think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba pastimes, which are known as }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6a-k\'e4lika-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Sometimes one may artificially imitate these, pretending that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is
 talking with him in the form of a boy, or else one may pretend that R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba both have come to him and are talking with him. Such characteristics are sometimes exhibited by the impersonalist class of men, and they may 
captivate some innocent persons who have no knowledge in the science of devotional service. However, as soon as an experienced devotee sees all of these caricatures, he can immediately evaluate such rascaldom. If such a pretender is sometimes seen posses
sing imitative attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that will not be accepted as real attachment.\'94 (NOD, 143) Thus such M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists who proclaim their spiritual master and themselves to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply propitiate their conditi
oning life after life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalists discourage direct discussion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pastimes. \'93Impersonalists do not directly derive the 
transcendental pleasure of association with the Lord by hearing of His pastimes. As such, the impersonalists cannot derive any relishable transcendental pleasure from the topics of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which the Lord is personally talking with Arjuna. The basic principle
 of their impersonal attitude does not allow them the transcendental pleasure which is relished by a devotee whose basic principle of understanding is the Supreme Person.\'94 (NOD, 290\'96291)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists who envy the Lord and who actually want to be the Lord are in reality not spiritualists at all,
 but materialists. \'93Because the impersonalists cannot appreciate the spiritual happiness of association and the exchange of loving affairs with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, their ultimate goal is to become one with the Lord. This concept is sim
ply an extension of the material idea. In the material world, everyone is trying to be the topmost headman amongst all his fellow men or neighbors. Either communally, socially or nationally, everyone is competing to be greater than all others, in the mat
erial concept of life. This greatness can be extended to the unlimited, so that one actually wants to become one with the greatest of all, the Supreme Lord. This is also a material concept, although maybe a little more advanced.\'94 (NOD, 32) It is also 
to be understood that the impersonalists are not really in a relationship with Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba at all, for \'93In relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is no question of impersonalism.\'94 (NOD, 251)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE REAL SPEAKER OF BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally the impersonalists like to maintain that I am God, you are God, everyone is God, etc., and their conception of God ends there
. Such a philosophy excludes all morality: since I am God, and you are God and we are all God, we can act in any way we please. They deny Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a person, and boldly proclaim that He is not actually the speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is. In }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba directly tells Arjuna: \'93Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, engage your body in My service and surrender unto Me. Completely absorbed in Me, surely will you come to Me.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actually standing in person before Arjuna and is telling Arjuna to concentrate on Him, to be devoted to Him, to worship Him and to revere Him, and yet the impersonalist commentators write: \'93It is not the p
ersonal K\'e5\'f1\'eba to whom we have to give ourselves up to ultimately, but the unborn, beginningless eternal who speaks through K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 (Commentary on Bg. 9.34 by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists set up their own teachers and ultimately their own selves as the speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but we receive different information from a pure devotee of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba: \'93
The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also should be accepted as it is directed by the Speaker Himself. The speaker is 
Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is mentioned on every page as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or \'91Bhagav\'e4n.\'92 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sometimes means any powerful person or demigod, but here it means K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 (Bg. p. 23) The words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'94 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub actually mean \'93The Song of the Lord,\'94 for it is sung by the Lord to Arjuna. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s statements are prefaced with the Sanskrit words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means \'93\'c7r\'e9 Bhagav\'e4n said.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains the Sanskrit
 word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in this way: \'93The Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is explained by the great authority Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni, the father of Vy\'e4sadeva. The Supreme Personality who possesses all riches, entire s
trength, entire fame, entire beauty, entire knowledge, and entire renunciation is called Bhagav\'e4n. There are many persons who are very rich, very powerful, very beautiful, very famous, very learned, and very much detached\'97but no one can claim that 
he is possessor of all these opulences entirely. Such a claim is applicable to K\'e5\'f1\'eba only, and as such He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. No living entity, including Brahm\'e4, can possess such opulence\'97neither Lord \'c7iva, nor even N
\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba can possess such opulence as fully as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By analytical study of such possessions, it is concluded in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by Lord Brahm\'e4 himself that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Nobody is equal to or above Him. He is the primeval Lord, or Bhagav\'e4n, known as Govinda, and He is the Supre
me Cause of all causes.\'94 (Bg., p. 62)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It has been said that the spiritual master is the \'93representative of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the Supersoul\'94 (NOD, 59), but Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is \'93the Source of both Supersoul and the impersonal Brahman.
\'94 (Bg., p. 63) Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1na is described in detail throughout Vedic literatures as a beautiful blue boy who plays a flute, and we should know it for certain that it is He and He alone who is the speaker of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who envy Him cannot actually know }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub although they may make a show of studying it. \'93In studying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one should not think that he is the equal of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who wants to understand the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should accept K\'e5\'f1na as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Otherwise it is very hard to un
derstand, and it becomes a great mystery.\'94 (Bg., p. 25) Again, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says: \'93Those who}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub are envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead have no bona fide access to this great literature. The nondevotee\'92s approach to the teachings of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is something like a bee licking on a bottle. Similarly, the mysticism of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can be understood only by devotees, and no one else can taste it, as is stated in the Fourth Chapter of the book. Nor can the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  be touched by persons who envy the very existence of the Lord. Therefore the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a most misleading presentation of the whole truth. Lord Caitanya has forbidden us to read commentaries
 made by the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, and warns that one who takes to an understanding of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy loses all power to understand the real mystery of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 (Bg., p. 69)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SPIRITUAL MASTER AS PURE DEVOTEE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the pure devotee who is in a unique position to understand and explain }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for he knows }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagava
d-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is. \'93\'85 By devotional service the Supreme Truth, which is the Personality of Godhead, is pleased; and He reveals Himself to the heart of the pure devotee b
y His inconceivable potency. The pure devotee always has K\'e5\'f1\'eba within his heart, and therefore he is just like the sun that dissipates the darkness of ignorance. This is special mercy rendered to the pure devotee by the Supreme Lord.\'94 (Bg., p
. 213) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has proved beyond all comparison in this contemporary world that he is a pure devotee of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His characteristics are given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (10.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  where \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da himself writes in a purport: \'93Pure devotees, whose characteristics are mentioned here, engage themselves fully in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Their minds cannot be
 diverted from the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Their talks are solely transcendental. Twenty-four hours daily, they glorify the pastimes of the Supreme Lord. Their hearts and souls constantly submerged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they take pleasure in discussin
g Him with other devotees. In the preliminary stage of devotional service they relish transcendental pleasure from the service itself; and in the mature stage they are situated in love of God and can relish the highest perfection which is exhibited by th
e Lord in His abode.\'94 (Bg., p. 212)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the position of the Lord and His pure devotee should be understood by the neophyte wishing to make progress on the road back to Go
dhead. The platform of real progress can be reached when one agrees to follow submissively in the spiritual master\'92s footsteps. The following is not very difficult, and if one follows sincerely he will transmit the greatest benefit to all conditioned 
souls. \'93If the disciple follows in the footsteps of his spiritual master and chants the holy name with equal respect, that becomes the worship of the transcendental name. When the transcendental name becomes worshiped by the devotee, and when he is pe
rfectly qualified in chanting such transcendental vibration of the holy name, he is quite fit to become a spiritual master for delivering all the people of the world.\'94 (TLC, 173)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glory to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and the munificent \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu!
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Temple Worship
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TEMPLE WORSHIP
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There have been many newspaper and magazine articles written about visits to the temples of the International Society for Krishna Consc
iousness. Often, a mundane newswriter reports entering a room filled with sweet aromatic incense and seeing colorful brass and wooden Deities on an altar surrounded by flowers, paintings and other paraphernalia. The newspaper reporters usually misunderst
and that they are experiencing an oriental ritual in worship of Eastern gods. They do not attribute great significance to the chanting of the holy names Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare
 R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare; they report only that it is repetitious or loud. They cannot convey the real transcendental meaning of the temple in terms of the devotees, the Supreme Lord and devotional service. What, then, according to transcende
ntal authorities, is the purpose of the temple? What are the Deities? What is the meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
the dancing, singing and playing on musical instruments? What is the purpose of the activities going on in the temple?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The temples of K\'e5\'f1na in India are like kings\'92 palaces, and the Supreme Lord who is staying there in the Deity form is consider
ed to be the proprietor. Although the Supreme Lord does not need an opulent temple, the devotees take pleasure in keeping the temple clean and in worshiping the Lord in an opulent manner, and the Lord appreciates this service. Once a devotee asked His Di
vine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhup\'e4da about the dressing of the Jagann\'e4tha Deities, and he replied in a letter: \'93Clothing is already painted on the Jagann\'e4thas even if there is no cloth supplied, but even if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is naked, that d
oes not make any difference. But when we dress Him, our service is appreciated. On K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s side, naked or dressed, He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And from our side, if we nicely dress K\'e5\'f1na and we nicely feed Him, He appreciates our service, and
 we are certainly benefited. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the same. He does not need us to dress Him or to feed Him, but the more we serve by dressing and feeding and caring for Him, the more He appreciates the service, and the more we become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
us.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is not in need of big temples, and similarly the pure devotees do not need an opulent setting in which to worship. Pur
e devotees are prepared to live on a footpath or sleep under a tree if K\'e5\'f1na desires. Therefore, the temple is meant not for the Lord or the devotees but for the people in general, and especially for householders. In the Second Canto, Third Chapter
, of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which our spiritual master has published as a book entitled }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pure}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional Service: The Change in
 Heart, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated in the purport to the twenty-second verse: \'93Attention engaged in the service of the Lord, especially in dressing and decorating the temple, accompanied by 
musical }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and spiritual instructions from the scriptures, can alone save the common man from the
 hellish cinema attractions and the rubbish sex-songs broadcast everywhere by radios. If one is unable to maintain a temple at home, he should go to another\'92s temple where the performances are regularly executed. Visiting the temple and looking at the
 profusely decorated forms of the Lord, well dressed and in a well-decorated sanctified temple, naturally infuses the mundane mind with spiritual inspiration. People should visit holy places like V\'e5nd\'e4vana where such temples and worship of the Deit
ies are specifically maintained. Formerly all rich men like kings and rich merchants constructed such temples under the directions of expert devotees of the Lord, like the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, and it is the duty of the common man to take advantage of thes
e temples and festivals observed in the holy pilgrimages by following in the footsteps of great devotees. One should not visit all these temples with sightseeing in mind, but one must go to them guided by the proper men who know the science.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Deities are not idols. They are incarnations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba appearing in material elements. This is explained in Sr\'e9la Prabhu
p\'e4da\'92s purport to Mantra Five of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Because He is full of inconceiv
able potencies, God can accept our service through any sort of medium, and He can convert His different potencies according to His own will. The unbelievers argue that the Lord cannot incarnate Himself or that He descends in a form of material energy. Th
is argument is nullified if we accept His inconceivable potencies as realities. Even if He appears before us in the form of material energy, it is quite possible for him to convert the material energy into spiritual. The source of the energies being one 
and the same, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the energies can be utilized simply according to the will of that energetic source. For example, the Lord appears in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or Deities supposedly made of earth or stone. These forms, engraved from wood or stone or any other matter, are not idols, however, as is held by the iconoclasts.\'94 The proper understandi
ng, then, is that because we cannot see the spiritual form of the Supreme Lord with our present senses, He may choose to appear in this material world in a form made of the material elements. But since He is the controller of both the material and spirit
ual energies, when He appears in such a form, it is no longer considered material. After all, since He is the supreme controller, who can restrict Him from coming in whatever form He chooses? The Lord is so pliable that He has agreed to appear before the
 neophyte devotees in the Deity form so that they may worship Him, feed Him and dress Him, and in this form the Lord will accept what they offer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The form of the Deity is not fashioned in terms of the whim of the worshiper. It is eternal with all its paraphernalia, and this can ac
tually be felt by a sincere devotee, but not by an atheist. For His devotee the Supreme Lord is always within reach in the Deity incarnation, whereas for the unsurrendered soul He is far away and cannot be approached. The eternal identity of the Deity is
 confirmed by the authority of spiritual masters who are able to see past the material energy to the spiritual form of the Lord in His incarnation as Jagann\'e4tha or R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, one who is sincerely looking for spiritual union
 with the Supreme Lord will not refuse to worship His authorized forms in the temple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deity worship is especially recommended for householders, those entangled in the material complications of family life. This is stated 
in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.3.22]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Engagement in the worship of the Deity, under the direction of the bo
na fide spiritual master, will greatly help the householders to purify their existence and make rapid progress in spiritual knowledge. Simple theoretical book knowledge is not sufficient for the neophyte devotee. Book knowledge is theoretical, whereas th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcan\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process is practica
l. Spiritual knowledge must be developed by a combination of theoretical and practical knowledge, and that is the guaranteed way for the attainment of spiritual perfection. The training of a neophyte in devotional service completely depends on the expert
 spiritual master who knows how to lead his disciple to make gradual progress back home, back to Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The temple itself is not located in the mundane world. Our spiritual master has declared, \'93This temple is not in Boston, and that te
mple is not in New York. They are in Vaiku\'ebtha, the spiritual planets.\'94 The nondevotees argue that there is nothing special about the temple because God is everywhere. But the devotees of the Lord like to gather in the temple, which, because everyt
hing there is done in a manner conducive to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is an entirely transcendental place. It is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that although he who lives in the forest is in the mode of goodness, he who lives in the city is in the mode of passion, and he who lives in t
he liquor shop is in the mode of ignorance, a temple is transcendental. Who, then, can object to going to the temple to see the beautiful form of the Lord surrounded by decorations and flowers? The Deities are honored in special ceremonies such as Jhulan
a-y\'e4tra, at which time They are swung on a swing, the Jagann\'e4tha Cart Festival, when the Deities are taken outside and wheeled on carts to the sea, and special festivals when the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities are taken on processions in beauti
fully decorated carts. Since the essence of religion is to glorify God, then who can object to these transcendental ceremonies, which spread spiritual emotions to all who take part, even by offering a small flower to the Deities? Our spiritual master has
 stated that if one simply comes to the temple, even not understanding the spiritual nature of the form of God in the Deity, but merely appreciating the beautiful setting of the altar, and if one comes again another time and remarks, \'93Yes, this is ver
y pretty; this is beautiful,\'94 then, due to his appreciation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. he will become a devotee. In fact, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Second Canto, Chapter Three, verse 22, states: \'93The eyes which do not look at the symbolical representations of the Personality of Godhead Vi\'f1\'ebu are like the eyes printed on the plumes of a peacock, a
nd the legs which do not move to the holy places where the Lord is remembered are considered to be like tree trunks.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Deities are regularly worshiped by a performance called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e4r\'e4trika, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is an offering of foodstuffs, incense, flowers, a waving handkerchief, a fan and a lamp. In the ISKCON temples the Deities are worshiped with }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub early in the morning, at 4 a.m. Then at 8 a.m. the altar is decorated and breakfast offered. At 11:30
 there is again an offering of foodstuffs. At 5 p.m. the temple is opened after the Deities have rested from one to four. Then there is another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceremony. In the morning fruit and milk are offered to the Deities, and at noon }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dahl}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chapatis}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and many other varieties of foodstuffs are offered. At dusk there is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and again at 9 p.m. an offering of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub puris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , vegetables, milk and sweetmeats, and after this final }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Deities finally rest.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rila Bhaktivinode Th\'e4kur has written a song of prayer for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceremony in honor of the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the appearance of a devotee. His song is as follows: 
\'93Everyone come see all the glories of the beautiful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceremony of Lord Caitanya. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceremony on the bank o
f the Ganges to receive Lord Caitanya is so beautiful that it will attract the minds of all the people of the world. Come see how Lord Caitanya is seated on the jeweled throne. To offer }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Lord Caitanya, all the demigods have come, headed by Lord Brahm\'e4. See Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu on the right side of Lord Caitanya, and on the left sid
e \'c7r\'e9 Gad\'e4dhara. Nearby is Advaita Prabhu, as well as \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9vasa, who is bearing the umbrella above Lord Caitanya\'92s head. Listen to the sounding of the conchshells, the ringing bells and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ratals.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All these sounds, along with that of the sweet }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are very relishable to 
hear.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This worship of Lord Caitanya can be performed with a painting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Pa\'efca-tattva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as shown here. His Divine Grace has said that in this age all that one needs 
to achieve spiritual perfection is to sit before this picture and chant before the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has authorized this form of temple worship, and anyone who takes part will feel natural bliss. All activities and pa
raphernalia in temple life become meaningful by the grace of the spiritual master. Without the mercy of a spiritual master, one cannot receive devotional service in one\'92s heart. The progress of a neophyte devotee completely depends on the spiritual ma
ster who knows how to lead his disciple back to Godhead. The spiritual master teaches the neophyte devotee all the rules of Deity worship, and it is his duty to help his disciple fix his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is said in the third verse of \'c7r\'e9l
a Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gurv-a\'f1\'f6akam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93The spiritual master is always en
gaged along with his disciples in the temple worship of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is concerned, it is the prime benediction of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, a
nd therefore the temples vibrate with the transcendental sound of the holy names. The chanting is purely spiritual; it is the cry of the individual soul for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, like the cry of a child for its mot
her. Chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the prescribed method of worship for this age. \'93In this age the sac
rifice of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub holding congregational chanting of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the holy name of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the Lord is the prescribed method.\'94 (Bhaktivedanta purport to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
1.1.14).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra is eternal, beyond history, but it was first delivered to this planet by the great sage 
Narada Muni, and Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is accepted by the Brahma-samprad\'e4ya (the disciplic succession of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious spiritual masters) as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, gave special impetus to this movement. Lord Caitanya gave eviden
ce from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brhan-N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub concerning chanting in this present age: }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam kalau nasty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'93Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name! There is no other means of success in God realization for this age of Kali.\'94 In the age of Kali, the age of quarrel and hypocrisy, it is not possible to perform difficult penances or a
usterities in order to obtain spiritual life. \'93In this iron age of quarrel, men almost always have short lives. O learned one, not only that, but they are also very lazy, misguided, unlucky, and above all, always disturbed.\'94 (Bh\'e4g}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93 [But] living beings who are entangled in the meshes of birth and death can be freed immediately by even unconsciously chanting the holy name of K\'e5s\'eba, which is feared even by fear personified.\'94 
(Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.14) We cannot overestimate the benefit made available to the average man in the age of Kali
 by the congregational chanting and Deity worship afforded by the lSKCON temples.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting is glorification of God. There is a difference between American food and Indian food, yet the purpose of both is the same:
 to satisfy our hunger. Similarly, there are different rituals in churches and temples, but the goal is the same: to achieve love of God. If the goal is otherwise, then that is not real religion. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the essence of reli
gion\'97to glorify God. Who can object? And what is the harm in chanting? The chanting is a prayer to the Supreme Lord to please take the chanter out of the inferior energy, into the spiritual. It is a plea for transcendental loving service unto God. Onc
e, when asked what a man should pray for, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da answered, \'93We should pray, \'91Dear God, please let me love you.\'92 \'94 And so the musical instruments, m\'e5da\'ecga drums and hand cymbals are used i
n glorification of God, and the dancing is a beginning stage of ecstasy. Anyone may take part in the chanting, even a child. It is so nice.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The temple is also used for lectures and classes in the transcendental science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Due to the unbreakable 
system of disciplic succession, the scriptural elaborations and expositions on the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness (as found in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub etc.) are the most voluminous, exacting and consistent of any religious culture in the world. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotional service unto God, is the king of knowledge. This science teaches one that the material body is merely temporary, whereas one\'92s real identity is as an 
eternal, blissful spirit soul who is a part and parcel of God. It teaches us our eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead as His eternal servants. In daily classes on the Vedic literatures, perfect knowledge is received by submissive 
aural reception. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.18: \'93If a candidate for devotional servi
ce regularly attends classes in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or renders service unto pure devotees, all
 that is inauspicious in his heart becomes destroyed almost to nil, and thus loving service unto the Personality of Godhead \'85 comes to be an irrevocable fact.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da are so fortunate that they can partake in the transcendental a
ctivities in the temple, and we all acknowledge that the pure devotee has given us all means to reach K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As disciples, we invite everyone to come to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temples and take part in the feasts, classes and other prog
rams.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's p32-34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : 
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strair\line uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi\'f9\line kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya eva
 tasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (The spiritual master is honored as much as the Supreme Lord because of his being the most confidential servitor of 
the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures and is followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of \'c7r\'e9 Hari [K\'e5\'f1\'eba].
)
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very fond of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\cs2873
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  leaves and buds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : If someone sows a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tree somewhere, certainly he becomes devoted to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And when the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  leaves are offered in devotion at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is the full development of love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub page}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 101 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu a part of a part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, lies down in a corner of the spiritual sky, and from His bre
athing all the universes come out like golden balls, and in each universe He further expands as Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, and from the stem of a lotus growing from His navel, Lord Brahm\'e4, the first living entity is born. . .
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 3
9, 1970
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paris\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub France\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c/o Fein, 8 Rue Lacage, 14e\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pennsylvania}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4514 Plummer St. 15201\cell}
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\sl240
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Salt Lake City\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Utah}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3689 Park Blvd. 92103}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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5 Valencia St. 94103\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Santa Barbara\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Californ
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub St. Louis\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Missouri\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4544 Laclede Ave.,  63108}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 44 Baniwai Rd.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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Oxford St., Paddington\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tokyo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Japan\cell
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3211 Minami Asakawa-cho Hachioji-shi 193\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Toront
o\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 187 E. Gerrard, Toronto 225\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vancouver\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2260 Raymur St., No. 305, B.C.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D.C.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 2015 'Q' St. N.W. 20008}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
ton, Mass. 02134. All material copyright \'a9 1970, ISKCON PRESS. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $5.00 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p3:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As confirmed by all the Vedi
c scriptures and by the great sages in the disciplic succession, He has a body made of eternity, bliss and all knowledge. God has infinite forms and expansions; He expands Himself through His impersonal bodily effulgence, which is called the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and through His multifarious energies, and He also expands into all the material universes. But
 of all His forms, His original transcendental form is as a cowherd boy in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Gop\'e4la-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a form which He reveals only to His most confidential devotees.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p4:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb144\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka-\line tr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya k\'e4ru\'ebya-ghan\'e4ghanatvam\line pr\'e4ptasya kaly\'e4
\'eba-gu\'eb\'e4r\'ebavasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire 
to extinguish it, so the spiritual master extinguishes the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.)
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gurva\'f1\'f6akam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord Caitanya: The Golden Avat\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LORD CAITANYA: THE GOLDEN AVAT
\'c4RA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace \line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the golden }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , appeared in India nearly 500 years ago. It is the custom in India that when a child is born, an astrologer is called for. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
, appeared 5,000 years ago, Gargamuni was called by His father, and he said, "This child formerly incarnated in five complexions, such as red and golden, and now He has appeared in blackish color." K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s color is described in the scriptures
 as blackish, just like a cloud. Lord Caitanya is understood to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba appearing in golden complexion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many evidences in Vedic literature that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this is confirmed by 
scholars and devotees. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is confirmed that the incarnation of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba or God in this present age, Kali-yuga, will always engage in describing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but as a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba He describes Himself. And in this age His bodily complexion will not be blackish. This means that i
t may be white, it may be red, or it may be yellow because these four colors\'97white, red, yellow and black\'97are the colors assumed by the incarnations for the different ages. Therefore, since the red, white and blackish colors were already taken by f
ormer incarnations, the remaining color, golden, is assumed by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. His complexion is not blackish, but He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another feature of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is that He is always accompanied by His associates. In the picture of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu one will find that He is always followed by many devotees chanting. Whenever God incarnates He has two missio
ns, as stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Whenever I appear, My mission is to 
deliver the pious devotees and to annihilate the demons.\'94 When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared, He had to kill many demons. If we see a picture of Vi\'f1\'ebu we will notice that He has a conchshell, lotus flower, club and disc. These last two items are meant
 for killing demons. Within this world there are two classes of men\'97the demons and the devotees. The devotees are called demigods; they are almost like God because they have godly qualities. Those who are devotees are called godly persons, and those w
ho are nondevotees, atheists, are called demons. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, comes with two missions: to give protection to the devotees and to destroy the demons. In this age Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s mission is also like that: to deliver the devotees 
and to annihilate the nondevotees, the demons. But in this age He has a different weapon. That weapon is not a club or disc or lethal weapon\'97His weapon is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement. He killed the demonic mentality of the people by introducing thc }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement. That is the specific significance of Lord Caitanya. In this age people are already killing themselves. They have discovered atomic weapons with which to kill themselves, so there is
 no need for God to kill them. But He appeared to kill their demonic mentality. That is possible by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that this is the incarnation of God in this age. And who worships Him? The process is very simple. Just keep a p
icture of Lord Caitanya with His associates. [See picture on this page.] Lord Caitanya is in the middle, accompanied by His principal associates\'97Nity\'e4nanda, Advaita, Gad\'e4dhara and \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa. One simply has to keep this picture. One can ke
ep it anywhere. It is not that one has to come to us to see this picture. Anyone can have this picture in his home, chant this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, and thus worship Lord Caitanya. That is the simple method. But who will capture this simple method?
 Those who have good brains. Without much bother, if one simply keeps a picture of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu at home and chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then one will realize God. Anyone can adopt this simple method. There is no expenditure, there is 
no tax, nor is there any need to build a very big church or temple. Anyone, anywhere, can sit down on the road or beneath a tree and chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and worship God. Therefore it is a 
great opportunity. For example, in business or political life one sometimes finds a great opportunity. Those who are intelligent politicians take a good opportunity and make a success of it the first time it comes. Similarly, in this age, those who have 
sufficient intelligence take to this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, and they advance very quickly.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA AS HE IS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya is called the golden }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means descending, coming down
. Just as one may come down from the fifth story or the one hundredth story of a building, similarly, an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  comes down from the spiritual planets in the spiritual sky. The sky we see with our naked eyes or with a telescope is only the material sky. But beyond this there is another sky, which is not possible to see with our eyes or instruments. Tha
t information is in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub it is not imagination. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that beyond this material sky there is another sky, the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s word as it is. For example, we teach small children that beyond England there are other places call
ed Germany and India, and the child has to learn about these places from the version of the teacher because they are beyond his sphere. Similarly, beyond this material sky there is another sky. One cannot experiment to find it, any more than a small chil
d can experiment to find England or India. That is not possible. If we want to get knowledge, then we have to accept authority. Similarly, if we want to know what is beyond the material world, then we have to accept the Vedic authority, otherwise there i
s no possibility of knowing. It is beyond material knowledge. One cannot go to the far planets in this universe, and what to speak of going beyond this universe. The estimation is that in order to go to the highest planet of this universe with modern mac
hinery one has to travel for 40,000 years. So we cannot even travel within this material sky. Our lifetime and means are so limited that we cannot have proper knowledge of even this material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when Arjuna asked K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'93Will You kindly explain the extent to which Your energies are working?\'94 the Supreme Lord gave him so many instances, and at the end He finally said, \'93My dear Arjuna,
 what shall I explain about My energies? It is not actually possible for you to understand. But you can just imagine the expansion of My energies: this material world, which consists of millions of universes, is a display of only one-fourth of My creatio
n.\'94 We cannot estimate the position of even one universe, and there are millions of universes. Then beyond that there is the spiritual sky, and there are millions of spiritual planets. All this information is available from the Vedic literature. If on
e accepts Vedic literature, then he can get this knowledge. If one doesn\'92t accept it, there is no other means. That is our choice. Therefore, according to Vedic civilization, whenever an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  speaks he immediately gives references from the Vedic literature. Then others will accept it: \'93Yes, it is correct.\'94 In a law court the lawyer gives 
references from past judgements of the court, and if his case is tight, the judge accepts. Similarly, if one can give evidence from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then it is understood that his position is factual.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE AVAT\'c4RA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for this age, Lord Caitanya, is described in Vedic literature. We cannot accept anyone as an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unless he has the symptoms described in the scriptures. We do not whimsically accept Lord Caitanya as an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on the basis of votes. Nowadays it has become a fashion that any man can come and say that he is God or an incarnation of God, and some fools and rascals will accept it: \'93Oh, he is God.\'94 We do not accept
 an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  like that. We take evidence from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must conform to descriptions in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Then we accept him, otherwise no
. For each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there is a description in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He will appear at such and such a place, in such and such a form, and He will act like this. That is the nature of Vedic evidence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is a list of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and there is ment
ion of Lord Buddha\'92s name. This}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was written 5,000 years ago, and it mention
s different names for future times. It says that in the future the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, His mother\'92s name will be Anjana, and he will appear in Gay\'e4. So Buddha appeared 2,600 years ago, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which was written 5,000 years ago, mentioned that in the future he would appear. Similarly, there is mention of Lord Cait
anya, and similarly the last }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of this Kali-yuga is also mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is mentioned that the last incarnation in this age is Kalki. He will appear as the son of a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hmana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whose name is Vi\'f1\'ebu-ya\'e7\'e4 in a place called \'c7ambhala. There is a place in India with that 
name, so perhaps it is there that the Lord will appear.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  must conform to the descriptions in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other Vedic literatures. And on the authority of Vedic literature and the commentary of great stalwart }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  like J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who was the greatest scholar and philosopher in the world, we can accept Lord Caitanya as an incarnation of Kr\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CAITANYA'S PURPOSE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why did Lord Caitanya appear? In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Give up all other engagements and simply engage in My service. I will give you protection from all results of sinful actions.\'94 In this}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material world, in conditional life, we are simply creating sinful reactions. That\'92s all. And because of sinful reaction
s we have received this body. If our sinful reactions stopped we would not have to take a material body: we should get a spiritual body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is a spiritual body? A spiritual body is a body which is free from death, birth, disease and old age. It is an eternal body, full 
of knowledge and bliss. Different bodies are created by different desires. As long as we have desires for different kinds of enjoyment, we have ot accept different kinds of material bodies. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, is so kind that He awards whatever we want.
 If we want a tiger\'92s body with tiger-like strength and teeth with which to capture animals and suck fresh blood, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give us the opportunity. And if we want the body of a saintly person, a devotee engaged only in the service of t
he Lord, then He will give us that body. This is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THERE IS NO LOSS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If a person engaged in yoga, the process of self-realization, somehow or other fails to complete the process, he is given another chanc
e; he is given birth in a family of a pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or a rich man. If one is fortunate enough to ta
ke birth in such a family, he gets all facilities to understand the importance of self-realization. From the very beginning of life our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children are getting the opportunity to learn how to chant and dance, so when they are grown 
up they cannot change that. They will not change, but instead will automatically make progress. They are very fortunate. Regardless of whether he is born in America or Europe, a child will advance if his father and mother are devotees. He gets this oppor
tunity. If a child takes birth in a family of devotees, this means that in his last life he had already taken to the yoga process, but somehow or other he could not finish it. Therefore the child is given another opportunity to make progress under the ca
re of a good father and mother so that he will again advance. In this way, as soon as one completes his development of God consciousness, then he no longer has to take birth in this material world, but returns to the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear Arjuna, if one understands My appearance, disappearance and activities, simply because of this understanding he is given the opportunity to take birth in the spiritual world after
 giving up this body.\'94 One has to give up this body\'97today, tomorrow or maybe the day after that. One has to. But a person who has understood K\'e5\'f1\'eba will not have to take another material body. He goes directly to the spiritual world and tak
es birth in one of the spiritual planets. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that as soon as one gets this body\'97it doesn\'92t matter if it is from India or the moon or the sun or Brahmaloka or anywhere within this material world\'97one should know that it is due 
to his sinful activities. There are degrees of sinful activities, so according to the degree of sinfulness, one takes a material body. Therefore our real problem is not how to eat, sleep, mate and defend\'97our real problem is how to get another body whi
ch is not material but spiritual. That is the ultimate solution to all problems. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba guarantees that if one surrenders unto Him, if one becomes fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, then He will give him protection from all reactions to sinful li
fe.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THERE IS ONLY ONE TEACHING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This assurance was given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but there were many fools who could not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they are described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has. M\'fc\'f2ha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub means rascal, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93They do not know what I actually
 am.\'94 So many people misunderstood K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave us this message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so that we could understand Him, many people missed the opportunity. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba, out of His compassion, came again as a devotee and showed us how to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself came to teach us
 how to surrender. His last instruction in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is surrender, but people\'97}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rascals\'97said, \'93Why should I surrender?\'94 Therefore, although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Himself, this time He teaches us practically how to execute the mission of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
That\'92s all. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is teaching nothing extraordinary, nothing beyond the process of surrendering to the Supreme Personality of Godhead which was already taught in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no other teaching, but the same teaching is presented in different ways so that different kinds of people may take it and take the opport
unity to approach God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CAITANYA IS K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gives us the opportunity to reach God directly. When R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the principal disciple of Lord Caita
nya, first saw Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, he was a minister in the government of Bengal but wanted to join Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s movement. So he gave up his position as a minister, and after joining, when he surrendered, he offered a nice prayer to Lo
rd Caitanya. This prayer says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo mah\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te/ k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-n\'e4mne gaura-tvi\'f1e}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nama\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear Lord, You are the m
ost munificent of all the incarnations.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  19.53}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You are directly giving love of God. You have no other purpose. Your process is so nice that one can immediately learn to love 
God. Therefore You are the most munificent of all incarnations. And it is not possible for any personality other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself to deliver this benediction; therefore I say that You are K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-n\'e4mne: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You are K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but You have assumed the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitany
a. I surrender unto You.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So this is the process. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and He is teaching how to develop love of God by a very simpl
e method. He says simply to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam/ kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  17.21]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this age, simply go on chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no other alternative. People are embarrassed by so many methods of realization. They cannot take to the actual ritualistic processes of meditation or 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is not possible. Therefore Lord Caitanya says that if one takes up this process of chanting, the
n immediately he can reach the platform of realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting process offered by Lord Caitanya for achieving love of God is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a Sanskrit word. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samyak\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub complete. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means glorifying or describing. So complete description means complete glorification of the Supreme, or the Supreme 
Complete Whole. It is not that one can describe anything or glorify anything and that will be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
From the grammatical point of view that may be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but according to the Vedic system, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means describing the supreme authority the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is ca
lled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HEARING, CHANTING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This devotional service begins with the method of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava
\'ebam. \'c7rava\'ebam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means hearing, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means describing. One should describe, and another should hear. Or the same man himself can both describe and hear. He does not need anyone else\'92s help. Just as, when we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we chant and hear. This is com
plete.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a complete method. But what is that chanting and hearing? One must chant and hear about Vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Not of any
thing else. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One can understand Vi\'f1\'ebu, the all-per
vading Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by the method of hearing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have to hear; if one simply hears, that is the beginning. One does not need any education or development of material knowledge. Just
 like a child: as soon as he hears, immediately he can respond and dance. So by nature God has given us these nice instruments\'97ears\'97so that we can hear. But we must hear from the right source. That is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One must hear from those who are devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They are called }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat\'e4m. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one hears from the right source, from a realized soul, then it will act. And these words of God, or
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are very relishable. If one is intelligent enough, he will listen to what is spoken by the realized soul. Then very soon he will be released from material entanglements.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This human life is meant for advancing on the path of liberation. That is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apavarga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub freedom from entanglement. We are all entangled. Our acceptance of this material body means that we are already entangled. But we should not progres
s in the process of entanglement. That process is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As long as the mind is absorbed in }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we will have to accept a material body. At the time of death, our mind may be thinking, \'93Oh, I could
 not complete this work. Oh, I am dying! I have to do this. I have to do that.\'94 That means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give us another chance to do it, and so we will have to accept another body. He will give us the chance: \'93All right. You could not d
o it. Now do it. Take this body.\'94 Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, \'93These rascals have be
come madly intoxicated; because of intoxication they are doing something which they should not have done.\'94 What are they doing? Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra is a very good example. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was cunningly plannin
g to kill the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas in order to favor his own sons, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba sent His uncle, Akr\'fcra, to advise him not to do that. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra understood Akr\'fcra\'92s instructions, but he said, \'93My dear Akr\'fcra, what you are sa
ying is quite right, but it does not stand in my heart, so I cannot change my policy. I have to follow this policy and let whatever happens take place.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MADNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So when men want to satisfy their senses, they become mad, and in this madness they\'92ll do anything and everything. For example, ther
e have been many instances in material life where someone has become mad after something and has committed a criminal action such as murder. He could not check himself. Similarly, we are accustomed to sense gratification. We are mad, and therefore our mi
nd is fully absorbed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is very unfortunate because our body, although temporary, is the rese
rvoir of all misfortunes and miseries; it is always giving us trouble. These matters are to be studied. We should not be mad. Human life is not meant for that. The defect of the present civilization is that people are mad after sense gratification. That 
is all. They do not know the real value of life, and therefore they are neglecting the most valuable form of life, this human form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When this body is finished there is no guarantee what kind of body one will take next. Suppose in my next life I by chance get the life
 of a tree. For thousands of years I will have to stand up. But people are not very serious. They even say, \'93What is that? Even if I have to stand up, I shall forget.\'94 The lower species of life are situated in forgetfulness. If a tree were not forg
etful it would be impossible for it to live. Suppose we were told, \'93You stand up for three days here!\'94 Because we are not forgetful, we would become mad. So, by nature\'92s law, all these lower species of life are forgetful. Their consciousness is 
not developed. A tree has life, but even if someone cuts it, because its consciousness is not developed, it does not respond. So we should be very careful to properly utilize this human form of life. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant fo
r achieving perfection in life. It is not a bluff or exploitation, but unfortunately people are accustomed to being bluffed. There is a verse by an Indian poet: \'93If one speaks nice things, people will quarrel with him: \'91Oh, what nonsense you are sp
eaking.\'92 But if he bluffs them and cheats them, they will be very glad.\'94 So if a bluffer says, \'93Just do this, give me my fee, and within six months you will become God,\'94 then they will agree: \'93Yes, take this fee, and I shall become God wit
hin six months.\'94 No. These cheating processes will not solve our problem. If one actually wants to solve the problems of life in this age, then he has to take to this process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . That is the recommended process. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam kalau n
\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this age, Kali-yuga, one cannot execute any process of self-realization or perfection of life other than }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is essential in this age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In all Vedic literatures it is confirmed that one must meditate on the Supreme Absolute Truth, Vi\'f1\'ebu, not on anything else. But t
here are different processes of meditation recommended for different ages. The process of mystic yogic meditation was possible in Satya-yuga, when men lived for many thousands of years. Now people will not believe this, but in a previous age there were p
eople who lived for 100,000 years. That age was called Satya-yuga, and the meditation of mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was 
possible at that time. In that age the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  V\'e4lm\'e9ki Muni meditated for 60,000 years. So th
at is a long-term process which is not possible to execute in this age. If one wishes to conduct a farce, that is another matter. But if one actually wants to practice such meditation, it takes an extremely long time to perfect. In the next age, Tret\'e4
-yuga, the process of realization was to perform the various ritualistic sacrifices recommended in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub In the next age, Dv\'e4para-yuga, the process was temple worship. In this present age the same result can be achieved by the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub glorification of Hari, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is recommended. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was started 500 years ago in Ben
gal by Lord Caitanya. So in Bengal there is competition between the Vai\'f1\'ebavas and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'e4ktas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'e4ktas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub introduced a certain type of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4l\'e9-k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But in the Vedic scriptures there is no recommendation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4l\'e9-k\'e9rtana. K\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One cannot say, \'93Oh, You are Vai\'f1\'ebava. You can per
form }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana. I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub shall perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7iva-k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dev\'e9-k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ga\'ebe\'f1a-k\'e9rtana \'93 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. The Vedic scriptures do not authorize any }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub other than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9r
tana K\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the glorification of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So this process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is very simple: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Actually there are only three words: }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare, K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4ma. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But they are very nicely arranged for chanting so that everyone can take it and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Kr\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. Since we have 
started this movement in the Western countries, Europeans, Americans, Africans, Egyptians and Japanese are all chanting. There is no difficulty. They are chanting very gladly, and they are getting the results. What is the difficulty? We are distributing 
this chanting free of charge, and it is very simple. Simply by chanting, one can have self-realization, God realization, and when there is God realization, then nature realization is included also. For example if one learns one, two, three, four, five, s
ix, seven, eight, nine and zero, then he has studied the entirety of mathematics because mathematics means simply changing the places of these ten figures. That\'92s all. Similarly, if one simply studies K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then all his knowledge is perfect.
 And K\'e5\'f1\'eba is easily understood simply by chanting this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So why not 
take this opportunity?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Take this opportunity that is being offered to human society. It is very ancient and scientific. It is not that it is a concoction that
 will last for only three or four years. No. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says, \'93This
 philosophy is inexhaustible and indestructible. It is never lost or destroyed.\'94 It may be covered for the time being, but it is never destroyed. Therefore it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyayam.
 Vyaya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means exhaustion. For example one may have a hundred dollars, and if they are spent one after another, the next day it will come to zero. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vyaya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exhaustible. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not like that. If you cultivate this knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness, then it will increase. That is certified by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardhanam. \'c4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means pleasure, transcendental bliss, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ambudhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means ocean. In the material world
 we see that the ocean does not increase. But if one cultivates K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then his transcendental bliss will simply increase. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardanam. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And I shall always remind everyone that the process is very simple. Anyone can chant, anywhere, without taxation or loss, but the gain is very great.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has explained this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtan
a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam. \'c7ik\'f1\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means instruction, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6aka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means eight. He has given us eigh
t verses to help us understand this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, and I shall explain the first of these instructions. The Lord says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have explained this several times, but it does not become monotonous. It is just like the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba; it does not become tiresome. Our students can chant the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub twenty-four hours a day, and they will never get tired. They will continue to dance 
and chant. And anyone can try it; because it is not material, one will never get tired of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the material world, if one chants anything, any favorite name, for three, four, or ten times, he will get tired of it. That is a fa
ct. But because Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not material, if one chants this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he will never get tired. 
The more one chants, the more his heart will be cleansed of material dirt and the more the problems of his life within this material world will be solved.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the problem of our lives? That we do not know. Modern education never gives enlightenment about the real problem of life. That 
is indicated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are educated and are advancing in knowledge should know wh
at is the problem of life. This problem is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should always see the incon
veniences of birth, death, old age and disease. Unfortunately no one pays attention to these problems. When a man is diseased he thinks, \'93All right. Let me go to the doctor. He will give me some medicine, and I will be cured.\'94 But he does not consi
der the problem very seriously. \'93I did not want this disease. Why is there disease? Is it not possible to become free from disease?\'94 He never thinks that way. This is because his intelligence is very low grade, just like that of an animal. An anima
l suffers, but it has no sense. If an animal is brought to a slaughterhouse and sees that the animal before him is being slaughtered, he will still stand there contentedly eating the grass. This is animal life. He does not know that next time it will be 
his turn and he will be slaughtered. I have seen it. In a K\'e4l\'e9 temple I have seen that a goat was standing there ready to be sacrificed and another goat was very happily eating the grass.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was asked by Yamar\'e4ja, \'93What is the most wonderful thing in this world? Can you expla
in?\'94 So Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira answered, \'93Yes. The most wonderful thing is that at every moment one can see that his friends, his fathers and his relatives have died, but he is thinking, \'91I shall live forever.\'92 \'94 He never thinks 
that he will die, just as an animal never thinks that at the next moment he may be slaughtered. He is satisfied with the grass, that\'92s all. He is satisfied with the sense gratification. He does not know that he is also going to die.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 EVERYONE HAS DIED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My father has died, my mother has died, he has died, she has died. So I will also have to die. Then what is after death? I do not know.
 This is the problem. People do not take this problem seriously, but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicates that t
hat is real education. Real education is to inquire why, although we do not want to die, death comes. That is real inquiry. We do not want to become old men. Why does old age come upon us? We have many problems, but this is the sum and substance of all o
f them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to solve this problem, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu prescribes the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as our heart is cle
ansed by chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the blazing fire of our problematic material existence
 is extinguished. How is it extinguished? When we cleanse our heart we will realize that we do not belong to this material world. Because people are identifying with this material world, they are thinking, \'93I am an Indian, I am an Englishman, I am thi
s, I am that.\'94 But if one chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he will realize that he is not this m
aterial body. \'93I do not belong to this material body or this material world. I am a spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme. I am eternally related with Him, and I have nothing to do with the material world.\'94 This is called liberation, knowledg
e. If I don\'92t have anything to do with this material world, that is called liberation. And that knowledge is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person with this realization has no duty to perform. Because we are now identifying our existence with this material world, we theref
ore have so many duties. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that as long as there is no self-realization, we
 have so many duties and debts. We are indebted to the demigods. The demigods are not merely fictitious. They are real. There are demigods controlling the sun, the moon and the air. Just as there are directors of government departments, so for the heatin
g department there is the sun-god, for the air department there is Varu\'eba, and similarly there are other departmental demigods. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they are described as controlling deities, so we cannot neglect them. Also, there are great sages and philosophers who have given us knowledge, and we are indebted to them. So as soon as we take birth we are 
indebted to so many living entities, but it is impossible to liquidate all these debts. Therefore the Vedic literature recommends that one take shelter of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93If one takes shelter of Me, then he 
doesn\'92t have to take shelter of anyone else.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore those who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees have taken shelter of K\'e5\'f1na, and the beginning is hearing and chanting.
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rava\'ebam k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So our fervent, humble request to everyone is to please a
ccept this chanting. This movement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was introduced by Lord Caitanya 500 years ago in Bengal, and now all over India and especially in Bengal there are millions of followers of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Now this movement is st
arting in the Western countries, so just be very serious in understanding it. We do not criticize any other religion. Don\'92t take it in that way. We have no business criticizing any other process of religion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is giving peop
le the most sublime religion\'97love of God. That\'92s all. We are teaching to love God. Everyone is already loving, but that love is misplaced. We love this boy or this girl or this country or that society or even the cats and dogs, but we are not satis
fied. So we must place our love in God. If one places one\'92s love in God, he will be happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Don\'92t think that this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is a new type of religion. Where is the religion which does not recogniz
e God? One may call God Allah or Krs\'eba or something else, but where is that religion which does not recognize God? We are teaching that one should simply try to love God. We are attracted by so many things, but if our love is reposed in God, then we w
ill be happy. We don\'92t have to learn to love anything else; everything else is automatically included. Just try to love God. Don\'92t try to love just trees or plants or insects. This will never satisfy. Learn to love God. That is Caitanya Mah\'e4prab
hu\'92s mission; that is our mission.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On the Constitution of the Soul
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOUL
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97New}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs16\cf0  }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be moistened by the water, nor withered by the wind.\'94 (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.23) Here Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba begins to describe the properties of the spirit soul. These properties are antipodal to the properties of the body. We all know that the body can be cut to piec
es, burned up, wetted, and so on, and because of this it is subject to pain and death. We are so certain of the killing abilities of fire that we use it to sterilize so that things will be germless. But we have information from Vedic literatures that the
re are living entities also in the fire. \'93This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can neither be burned nor dried.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Here Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is stressing the point that fire cannot kill the soul. All material attempts to annihilate the soul are futile. It is not possible to ki
ll the soul by making a hotter fire, by using a sharper weapon, or by drowning it with any amount of water. The individual soul is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eternally situated.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ETERNALLY INDIVIDUAL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because it is not possible to cut the soul, it is not possible to sever the individual soul from the Supersoul. Consequently the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or individual soul, has always been individual because if it had ever been homogeneously one with the
 Supersoul, it would never have been possible to break it or cut it away. Therefore, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as \'93eternal fragments of Myself.\'94 \'93The living entities in this conditional world are My fragmental parts, and they are eternal. But due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which includ
e the mind.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the soul can live under any material means, it can go anywhere and live anywhere. And we have practical experience that living 
entities are everywhere and that they acquire suitable bodies for their particular environments. If we dig deep into the earth, for instance, we will find so many worms, and of course on the earth\'92s surface there are so many entities, and also in the 
air, and, of course, there are infinite creatures in the water.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And from Vedic sources we understand that even in fire there are many living entities that have particular bodies which are adaptable t
o living in fire, just as some souls can acquire bodies for living on a planet with no atmosphere. However, these bodies are more subtle and are difficult to perceive by the gross senses.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LIFE IS EVERYWHERE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the soul is not influenced by material condition and because it can grow in fire, water, air or earth, we can conclude that on 
all other planets there are also living entities because every material planet is made up of at least one of these five gross elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether. Some of the planets are principally composed of water and earth, like our planet, o
r of fire like the sun, or of air, ether and gases like Jupiter. Due to a poor fund of knowledge about the constitution of the soul, material scientists doubt that life can exist on any other planet in our solar system. They argue that there is no life o
n Mercury and Venus because Mercury is so close to the sun that the temperature on its sunlit side reaches as high as 700 degrees F, and that Venus, although almost twice as far from the sun as Mercury, has an even higher surface temperature of 800 degre
es F, which is distributed uniformly by strong winds. They fail to understand the relativity of heat and the ability of organisms to adjust to any circumstance. Our mean earth temperature of 57 degrees F may be astoundingly hot or cold to other living en
tities who may argue that life is not possible on earth due to intense heat or cold. Man has landed on the moon, which has a temperature of 215 degrees F on its sunny side and minus 250 degrees on its dark side, and seeing no living entities he concludes
 that there is no life there. \'93A magnificent desolation,\'94 he calls it upon landing, and from the gross material point of view he is right, but we should not conclude that there are no living entities on the moon because the soul can inhabit various
 subtle bodies which can endure lack of atmosphere and extreme temperatures. Similarly there is no scientist who would argue on behalf of life existing on the sun. The surface temperature of the sun is 10,000 degrees F, and its average interior temperatu
re is 25,000,000 degrees F, a temperature inconceivable from the material point of view, and yet we have information from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n is residing there, presiding over his entourage of sun dwellers. It is also stated in Vedic literatures that Viva
sv\'e4n drives a chariot with horses which obviously must be able to withstand such heats. These bodies, then, are subtle in order not to be consumed, and, being subtle, they\'92re practically imperceptible to mundane vision.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHY ONLY THE EARTH?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the side of the earth away from the sun, the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are, according to scientists, too co
ld to sustain life, and their surfaces are reportedly enveloped by layers of methane and ammonia, which are poisonous gases. Again using the earth conditions as a criterion for life possibilities, scientists speculate as to whether life exists on Mars, t
he planet most similar to earth. They have perceived seasonal color changes that appear to be some kind of vegetation, but they have discarded the idea that the Martian canals were dug by intelligent beings. Hence they conclude that in our solar system o
nly the planet earth provides the proper condition for life. It does not follow logically that living entities can exist in the elements earth and water and not in the other elements. Most major scientists agree, however, that earth is not the only plane
t in the entire universe containing life. They claim that there are other innumerable solar systems with planets that duplicate the earth. No doubt there are, but their insistence that life can exist only on this particular type of planet is a conjecture
 ethno-, geo-, and egocentrically based.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here we are reminded of the example of Dr. Frog, Ph.D, an eminent scholar who lives in a well. One day a fellow frog went down to see t
he Doctor and inform him that there is such a thing as the Atlantic Ocean. Upon hearing about this ocean, Dr. Frog enquired, \'93Tell me, how big would you say it is compared to this well? Is it as big or twice as big?\'94 \'93No, much, much bigger,\'94 
said the visitor. \'93Oh, much bigger then?\'94 asked the Doctor. \'93Then tell me, is it five times as big, ten times as big?\'94 \'93Oh, no, much vaster.\'94 \'93Vaster? How is that? Maybe a hundred times or a thousand\'97how can it be so much bigger?
\'94 In this way Dr. Frog goes on speculating about the breadth of the Atlantic Ocean, but it is obvious that he will never comprehend its vastness because it is totally outside his experience. It is natural to compare that which is unknown to that which
 is known, but it is narrow-minded to insist that the unknown must correspond with the known.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other Vedic literatures we can understand that in every planet and in every atmosphere there are living entities. All these living beings are numberless; the various species alone number over 8,000,000. Th
ese countless entities are being maintained by the singular entity, K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that this is the major difference between the Supersoul and the individual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is maintaining itself in its own body, but the Supersoul is maintaining infin
ite }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in infinite bodies all over the universe. It is illogical and contrary to experience to stat
e that life is supported in one part of the universe and not in another.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WE ARE ALWAYS PERSONS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The parts of the Supreme Soul are thus scattered throughout the universe, and they remain parts eternally, taking on and shuffling off 
bodies. Even after being separated from the illusory identification with matter, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub remains a se
parate identity. After liberation from material contamination, the atomic soul may prefer to remain a spiritual spark in the effulgent rays of the Supreme Lord, and this stage is called Brahman realization. However, the more intelligent soul enters into 
the planets of the spiritual sky to associate with God\'92s person, and this is one step beyond liberation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba further characterizes the soul in this way: \'93He is everlasting, all-pervading, unchangeable, immovable, and eter
nally the same.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Here the word }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-gata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (all-pervading) is significant. This gives additional evidence that there are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub individual souls, pervading the entire creation, on land, on water, in air, in the earth, even within fire. Because i
t is stated that the soul cannot even be burned by fire, it is a misconception that fire can kill all living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As mentioned before, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gives evidence that there are inhabitants of the sun. If the sun is uninhabited, then the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-gata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living everywhere\'97is meaningless.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba also gives more information about the soul\'92s constitution. \'93It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceiva
ble, immutable, and unchangeable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul, being spiritual, cannot be perceived by material eyes. Even the most powerful microscope cannot see the spirit soul. It is experimentally impossible to establish the existence of the soul, and there
fore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or Vedic wisdom, must be accepted as proof. We do, however, perceive symptoms of the soul 
as life symptoms. We understand that when the soul has left the body, the body is dead. These are symptoms of the soul which can be perceived materially. Beyond this we have to accept the existence of the soul on the grounds of Vedic authority. Here the 
supreme authority Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that the soul is beyond human conception, immutable and unchangeable. The body is everlasting and is always the same, although it may inhabit countless bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Compared to the infinite Supreme Soul, the individual soul or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is atomic or finite. It is not possible for this infinitesimal soul to become equal to the infinite soul because it is stated here that it is unchangeable. Being unchangea
ble, it cannot expand to include everything. Therefore the theory of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists that at death the individual soul leaves the body and merges into the great all-pervading spirit to become one with that spirit contradicts the G
\'e9t\'e4. The totality of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is all-pervading, but the individual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is infinitesimal and remains so eternally. It partakes of the total ocean by swimming about. In the very beginning of t
he G\'e9t\'e4, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba asserts the eternal individuality of the soul: \'93Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.\'94 (Bg. 2.12) It is not that at a certain poi
nt the individual soul cuts itself off from the Supreme Soul and merges into matter, or that at another point it will leave its association with matter and merge once again into the Supreme Soul. Such a process of amalgamation is not possible. Even after
 liberation the individuality remains. The oneness mentioned here refers to oneness of interest. The common interest of all liberated individual souls is the Supersoul, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are in total agreement with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then there is oneness. Oneness is therefore experienced when the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surrenders unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and diversity is experienced when the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rebels. When he surrenders, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub associates with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the spiritual world, but when he revolts he is placed in the material world amidst diversity. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9ta: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes, and all that is. Such a great soul is v
ery rare.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.19) Attaining this knowledge may take time, but this is the ultimate }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta. Vedanta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to know that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "I AM NOT MATTER, I AM SPIRIT"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This eternality of the soul apart from the body is the basis for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s urging Arjuna to fight in the battle. \'93For
 the soul there is neither birth nor death, nor having once been does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The consci
ousness that pervades the entire body is the consciousness of the soul that inhabits the body. When the soul is not in the body he cannot perceive bodily pleasures and pains. Because the soul may be addicted to the pleasures of the body, he may take on a
nother body after leaving his present body. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba likens this struggling off and taking on of bodies unto changes of dress (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This constant change is senseless and very painful. 
Eventually, after so many changes, the conditioned soul becomes materially exhausted and so seeks a spiritual master who can teach him how to liberate himself from the constant repetition of birth and death }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (sa\'e0s\'e4ra). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is at this point that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub decides to revive his ever dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in order to escape the miseries of reincarnation. Upon reestablishing his relationship with the Supersoul, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub attains the state of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realizing }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
: \'93I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am not this material body. I am not matter, but spirit.\'94 The first symptom of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realization is joyfulness. Perceiving its eternality, seeing that it can never be cut to pieces, burned, moistened, broken, dissolved or dried, the soul becomes instantly joyful. 
It at last identifies with its true essence. As long as it is in identity with matter, it will hanker and lament, as Arjuna was hankering and lamenting on the battlefield. The message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then, is one of joy, for the lesson taught Arjuna provokes the conditioned soul to seek its eternal happy position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material position, entangled in birth and death, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tries to lord it over matter, and in his attempt becomes adverse to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The conditioned soul, forgetful of his spiritual nature, engages in a hard struggle in t
he ocean of material existence, but all this time the love of K\'e5\'f1na is dormant within him. This love is awakened by the spiritual master who engages the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in devotional service and so opens the way for liberation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WONDERFUL BEYOND CONCEPTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Concluding his initial statements on the soul in the Second Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5s\'eba tells Arjuna that \'93some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even 
after hearing}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub about him, cannot understand him at all.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not 
often that one finds a man who can understand the nature of the soul. However, we should take the statements of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as authoritative and so learn of the constitution of the soul through Him. It is certainly wonderful that a minute particle smaller than an atom can sustain life in a body; without this atomic particle the bod
y dies. It is also wonderful that this minute particle is eternal and that the totality of souls pervade the entire creation. Because this is beyond human conception, one should accept the authoritative statements of K\'e5\'f1na.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells His friend Arjuna that even if he thinks that the soul itself is perpetually being born and dying, still ther
e is no need for his lamentation. \'93For one who has taken his birth, death is certain; for one who is dead, birth is certain. Therefore in the unavoidable discharge of your duty you should not lament.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 2.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Certainly no one laments when he sees a skyscraper being erected. Nor does he lament when he sees it being dismantled. The dismantling is inevitable. In either case, even from the material point of view, one does not grieve over what is perf
ectly natural. \'93All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation?\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.2
8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic wisdom encourages self-realization based on the nonexistence of the material body. As far as the eternal spirit soul is concerned
. the material body has no factual existence. One may dream of becoming a great king or a great general or even a pauper, but when one awakes, the body in his dream no longer has substantiality. Nor did it ever have substantiality. So identification with
 the material body is a sort of dream for the spirit soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process of the awakening of the soul is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub joyful, and the dream of entanglement is painful. Just as one is awakened from sleep by sounds, the sleeping soul is awakened by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e7abda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or sound incarnation, of the Lord imparted to the soul by the spiritual master. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7abdas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which the spiritual master uses to awaken the sleeping souls are the sounds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhag
avad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Since it is inevitable that one who is sleeping will awake, one should not become disheartened if it seems that he continues 
to lounge even after hearing the call to arise. Eventually the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7abda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will enact, and the drowsy soul w
ill enter into his blissful position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Children In K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CHILDREN IN K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSC
IOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic scriptures no one should become a mother or father unless he can free his children from the clutches of death. T
his is real family planning: one should have sex life in marriage only for the purpose of producing nice children to be raised in God consciousness. It is a great service to God and to humanity if one can raise a child according to spiritual principles f
rom the very start of his life, and that is the practice of the married disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the children themselves, they are fully participating in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities, as shown here. Any child can chant
 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dance and feel transcendental ecstasy. That is the special facility of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97even a child can perform it. We are all naturally part and parcel of God; we have simply forgotten this due to misuse of our f
ree will. But by purifying his consciousness by chanting God\'92s names and following regulative devotional principles under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, anyone can gain spiritual enlightenment and relish the taste of spiritual bliss. An
y child who is chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the streets, or attending ISKCON schoo
l and learning that God is the source of all material and spiritual knowledge, is certainly a wise person. Indeed age in years is not in itself the measure of wisdom. Certain trees, although obviously at a very low point of consciousness, have been growi
ng for hundreds of years, whereas the great devotee Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, when he was only five years old, was preaching the sublime teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness which he had heard while still in the womb of his mother. Prahl\'e4da hea
rd from the sage N\'e4rada, and similarly \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the great reciter}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rimad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also heard of the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from his father while \'c7ukadeva was still in
 the womb. If age were measured in knowledge, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children would have to be considered already mature because they are Vai\'f1\'ebavas, worshipers of the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Vedic scriptures confirm that l
ove of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate goal of all knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our spiritual master has said that a child\'92s naughtiness is his beauty and is even a sign of intelligence. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba displ
ayed unparalleled naughtiness when He was here on earth 5,000 years ago performing His childhood pastimes. But in ISKCON all a child\'92s playful tendencies are dovetailed in dancing, singing the Lord\'92s names and taking part in transcendental plays wh
ich please even the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One two-year-old girl, the daughter of married disciples of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, was playing childishly with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da by handing him a flower, and His Divine Grac
e said to the parents, \'93She is doing as much service as you.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That these children have been born into K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious families indicates that they are not ordinary but have seriously striv
ed for spiritual perfection in their past lives. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , if one was a }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in his past life but did not perfect his devotion up to the point of liberation, then in his next life h
e may \'93take birth in the family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Verily, such a birth is rare in this world \'85 By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principle
s\'97even without seeking them.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.42, 44) So these children have in the past practiced the prin
ciples of devotional service to the Supreme Lord, and now, having taken birth in the families of practicing devotees, they are being given the chance to become free from all material contamination and become eligible in this very life for eternal existen
ce in the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How is it that we can claim such children to be rare and wise? It is simply because they are following the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice of glorifying God introduced by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is a pur
e devotee coming strictly in the disciplic succession from Lord Caitanya, the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for this age. The Vedic scriptures prescribe that in this present age of quarrel those people with sufficient brain substance should worship the L
ord in exactly this easy manner, which even their children can fully perform\'97to sing the holy names of the Lord, to dance before the Deity of the Lord, to hear authorized readings about the pastimes of the Lord, and to take nourishing }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (foodstuffs offered to the Lord). It is easy and sublime, and the children in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss can feel it and teach others how to perfect life by this natural K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious method.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Kardama Muni, A First-Class Yogi
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KARDAMA MUNI, A FIRST-CLASS YOG
\'c9
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First let me offer my humble obeisances to my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the pure serva
nt of God and thus the knower of the scripture. All transcendental knowledge contained in this essay emanates from his teachings, which are exactly in line with the disciplic succession going back to Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godh
ead and original source of this narration of Kardama Muni. The disciple of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has simply to present the teachings of the spiritual master intact; then there will be good benefit for the reader seeking self-realization and spiritual
 happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Sixth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba teaches the mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  process complete with sitting postures and the method of meditation under strict regulations. At the conclusion of the chapter, in the last verse, the Lord describes the topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93He who, full of faith, offers everything to Me and worships Me, is the most united with Me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 Nowadays the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  system, as taught authoritatively in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P\'e4ta\'efjali-yoga-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is not being followed. Instead, false teachers are allowing their students to engage in all kind
s of material sense gratification whiled collecting a fee from them and inducing them to think in their meditation that they are one with God. Such students of false cheaters cannot actually be making spiritual progress in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ULTIMATE YOGA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature contains histories, however, of many great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who were accomplished in full mystic perfection. But even these yogic perfections, s
uch as to be able to influence anyone; to be able to attain whatever one desires from any place in the universe, to fly in space, etc., are all material perfections, and they are ultimately exhausted. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ultimately means to find K\'e5\'f1na, the Supreme Lord, in His localized aspect seated in the heart and to engage in eternal loving union with Him throug
h devotional service. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who are distracted from this path by material perfections have to return t
o the earth after death and again take another material birth and engage in devotional service before reaching the perfection of liberation, completely spiritual devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The following narration is an incident from the life of a great devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Kardama Muni, who was not only a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but a perfect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a devotee of the Lord. The narration of his a
ctivities appears in the Third Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the most mature and spotless scriptur
e of the entire Vedic literature. Kardama lived long, long ago, in the Satya-yuga, just after the dawn of the creation of the universe.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HIS MEDITATION ON THE LORD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At that time, Lord Brahm\'e4, the original creator empowered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was ordering His sons to marry and beget children so th
at the universe might be populated with worthy offspring. Commanded by Lord Brahm\'e4, Kardama practiced meditative penances on the bank of the Sarasvat\'e9 River for a period of 10,000 years. It is understood that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system, in order to be rightly practiced, must be performed by persons who possess a very long duration of life; otherwise, there
 is no possibility of attaining real perfection. There is no point in attempting the preliminary practices of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub such as the different postures of sitting, unless one is able to practice until perfection. Kardama Muni was not one of the so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the present age of Kali (age of quarrel and bluffing) who sit for a paltry fifteen minutes a day in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub postures and claim spiritual advancement. It may be noted here that in the age in which Kardama lived, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meditation was the process recommended by the Vedic literature, whereas today the Vedic literature clearly states that there is no alternative to the chanting of the holy name:}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam/ kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4 (B\'e5han-N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4na).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why did Kardama practice meditation? It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [3.21.7]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'93During that period of penance the sage Kardama devotedly waited upon the Personality of Godhead.\'94 In other words, he practiced mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for 10,000 years just to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore He is the first-class }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da writes in his commentary to the Third
 Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One has to surrender unto the lotus feet of the Personality of 
Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in order to achieve real success. To attain perfection of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice or m
editation, one must act in devotional service, namely hearing, chanting, remembering, etc. Certainly remembering is also meditation, but upon whom must one meditate? The Supreme Personality of Godhead. He must not only be remembered, but one must hear ab
out the activities of the Lord, and chant His glories.\'94 After engaging himself in different types of devotional service, Kardama Muni attained the perfection of meditation, which is attained only by those who are surrendered souls. Sr\'e9la
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da writes: \'93Where there is no mention of the Personality of Godhead, then where is there }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and surrender? And where there is no meditation upon the Personality of Godhead, then where is there any question of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practice?\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ETERNAL FORM OF THE PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perfection means that Kardama actually saw the Personality of Godhead. The form he saw was not imaginary. It is not that one can concen
trate his mind on some arbitrary form of the imagination in meditation. It is clearly stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [3.21.8]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The form which the Lord showed to Kardama was consistent with Vedic pr
inciples and can be understood through the study of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from authoritative sources.\'94 The eternal
 blissful form of the Lord is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Kardama Muni saw that Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead in His eternal form, effulgent like the sun. The Lord was wearing a garland of white lotuses and water lilies. He was clad in spotless yellow silk, His lotus face fringed with slick dark locks of curly hair; adorned with a crown of earrings
, He held His characteristic conch and disc and mace in three of His hands and played with a white lily while smiling. His smiling captivates the hearts of all devotees. Having set His lotus feet on the shoulders of Garuda, He stood in the air with a gol
den streak on His breast and the famous Kaustubha gem suspended from His neck.\'94 The descriptions given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are not products of the material energy. Kardama did not meditate for 10,000 years simply in order to see an imaginary vision concocted by his own brain. Rather, he attained a level of perfection by which the Lord was pleas
ed with Him and revealed His transcendental form, which is never revealed to impersonalists. Perfection of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not end with voidness; on the contrary, perfection of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is attained one sees the Personality of Godhead as He is in His eternal form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Kardama Muni saw the Lord, his transcendental desires were fulfilled, and he fell to the ground with head bowed and offered obeisa
nces. He addressed the Supreme Personality of Godhead as follows: \'93O supreme worshipable Lord, You are the reservoir of all pleasure, and those who are advanced }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  aspire, through many, many births of performance of deep meditation, to see Your transcendental form.\'94 Again it is seen that Kardama reached the ultimate in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and acknowledged the goal to which }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  aspire after many lives of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice. The point is not to see void but to see the spiritual form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
. Clearly, then, Kardama was in the most advanced stage. His next words spoken unto the Lord are therefore difficult at first to understand: \'93Desirous of marrying a girl of like disposition who may prove a veritable cow of plenty in my married life, I
 too sought the center of Your lotus feet to satisfy my lustful desire.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is startling to hear a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who is supposed to be freed from all attachment to material life by meditating in solitary celibate penance for many thousands of years and attaining sight of the Personality of Godhead, only asking f
or a nice wife. But explanation reveals to us that Kardama was even more exalted than we have so far understood. Not only did Kardama Muni not actually seek marriage out of lustful desire, but his desire was the desire of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As stated in the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I shall accept this nice chaste girl as my wife until she bears a child born out of the ray of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then I shall accept the life of devotional service which
 is practiced by the most perfect human beings. I know that this is the desire of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and th
at it is a process free from envy.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was the practice in former ages that great sages and saintly persons, after making their lives perfect, would beget children in orde
r to serve the Lord in that way, and but for engaging in sex life to produce exceptional progeny, they strictly observed the laws of celibacy. As for Kardama\'92s statement about producing a child who would be a \'93ray of Vi\'f1nu,\'94 it may be told th
at Kardama Muni is the father of the incarnation of Godhead Lord Kapila, who is Vi\'f1nu Himself. Lord Kapila appeared as the son of Kardama Muni and Devah\'fcti for the purpose of preaching the godly S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, which is a combination of m
ysticism and devotional service. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da writes in this connection }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  3.22.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93One should beget a child who can perform the duties of Vi\'f1\'ebu, o
r else there is no need to produce children. There are two kinds of children born of good fathers. One is the child who is educated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that he can be delivered from the clutches of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in that very life, and the other is the child who brings forth the ray of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who teaches the hig
hest goal of life. Great householders pray to God to send His representative so that there may be an auspicious movement in human society, or they pray to the Lord for an opportunity to train a child in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that he won\'92t ha
ve to come back again to this miserable world. Parents should see to it that the child born of them must not enter again into the womb of a mother.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 INSTRUCTIONS ON MARRIAGE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kardama prayed to the Lord as if he were under the grip of lust and desired the Lord\'92s mercy in the form of an ordinary marriage. By
 speaking in this way, Kardama, who was actually a liberated soul, brought out for all the future readers or hearers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub many significant clarifications of marriage and married life. At his request, the Lord was able to show that a man should pray to the Supreme Personality of Godhead for whatever he wants, whether it be liberat
ion, devotional service or the fulfillment of material desires. Material desires should be satisfied in accordance with the will of the Supreme Lord or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wherein there are prescriptions for a married life of regulated sense gratification. Even if one has lustful desires, if he takes his desires to the Supreme Lord and abides by His will, he wi
ll get far more than he could imagine, and he will eventually gain spiritual purification and association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Ultimately it is God who awards. Man proposes and God disposes. If one can accept what the Lord offers as h
is share, then he will find it a richer share than he had ever dreamed of attaining by his own endeavors. But if he strains to exploit under the illusion of winning by his own endeavor, he will lose on all counts. For example, Kardama was an austere penn
iless }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  with no facilities for gaining a beautiful wife, yet since he prayed to the Lord for a wife
, he was granted the most beautiful and highborn princess in the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who shone on the shoulders of Garuda, spoke to Kardama with transcendental words in accents as sweet as nectar. His e
yebrows moved gracefully as He regarded the sage with a smile full of affection: \'93Having come to know what was in your mind, I have already arranged for that for which you have worshiped Me through the discipline of the mind and senses. My dear }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , O leader of the living entities, for anyone who serves Me in devotional service by worshiping Me, e
specially persons like you who have given up everything unto Me, there is no question of frustration.\'94 It is stated here that the Lord gives His devotees all pleasures and that He answers all their desires, although He never awards anything which migh
t be detrimental to their devotional service. Even if the devotees approach the Personality of Godhead with material desires, there is no question of frustration in those desires.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE LORD DISPOSES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord then outlined His plan of benedicting His devotee Kardama with a perfect wife: \'93Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu is well known for his r
ighteous acts. That celebrated emperor, who is head of religious activities, will come to see you with his wife \'c7atar\'fcp\'e4 the day after tomorrow. His daughter, who is grown up and ready for marriage, has all good qualities; she is also searching 
for a good husband, and her eyes are black, My dear sir. Her parents will come to see you just to deliver their daughter as your wife.\'94 In his purports, His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes of the proper selection of a husband for a girl 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  3.21.27]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93Girls are never thrown into the public street to search out their husband. When girls are grown up and are searching after a boy, they forget whether the boy they select is actually sui
table for them. Out of the urge of sex desire a girl may accept anyone, but if the husband is chosen by the parents, they can consider who is to be selected and who is not to be selected.\'94 For example, within the family of the International Society fo
r Krishna Consciousness, a husband or wife is selected by the spiritual master or by his representative, the temple president, and so it is by the proper sanction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord predicted that nine daughters would come from the union of the marriage and that through the daughters great sages would duly 
beget future children. Finally the Lord said to His devotee Kardama, \'93With your heart cleansed by properly carrying out My command and having resigned to Me the fruit of all your acts, you will finally attain to Me.\'94 Thus the Lord disclosed to Kard
ama that if he only acted under the direction of the Lord then all his acts, even in married life, would be completely sanctioned, and he would finally attain the supreme abode. The Lord finally requested Kardama to be compassionate to all living entitie
s. He asked him to please give assurance to all that the universe is identified in K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in everyone.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 KARDAMA ATTAINED REAL ONENESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord referred to Kardama\'92s upcoming householder life as well as to the last days of his life, when Kardama would again take up t
he renounced order. He was not simply to receive the potency of the Lord\'92s mercy and keep it for himself, but he was to distribute the knowledge of devotional service to everyone. By following the order of Vi\'f1\'ebu, Kardama Muni attained real onene
ss with God because the Lord wants His devotee to always think of Him and worship Him. It is not that the Lord wants the transcendentalist to try to usurp His position and become God Himself, but to always offer obeisances}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Him and offer Him unlimited service. The Lord wishes to reciprocate with His devotees and supply the fulfillment of their desires.
 The Lord revealed to Kardama that he would be the father of an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead. \'93Manifesting a part of My divine being through your wife Devah\'fcti, O great sage, I shall instruct her in the philosophy which deals with the ultimate principles or categories.\'94 This is the first reference to Kapiladeva, the first propou
nder of S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy. This S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy is not to be confused with the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy propagated later by an atheistic godless imposter who was also named Kapila.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having spoken to His devotee, the Lord left the Bindusarovara Lake, on a pathway leading to Vaiku\'ebtha. The sage stood below looking 
up, and he listened to the hymns which emanated from the flapping of the wings of the Lord\'92s carrier. Thc sage Kardama then waited for the time spoken of by the Lord, and he prayed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As predicted, the great worldly leader Sv\'e4yambhuva and his wife \'c7atar\'fcp\'e4 journeyed on a chariot all over the globe and reac
hed the hermitage where the sage Kardama was completing his long vows of austerity. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states that the holy lake Bindusarovara was filled with \'93the drops of tears fallen from the eyes of the Lord, who was overwhelmed by extreme compassion for the sag
e who had sought His protection.\'94 The lake area is described as resounding with the notes of overjoyed birds who were all pious, as were the fruit-bearing trees and the flowers. Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu and \'c7atar\'fcp\'e4 entered the hermitage and found
 Kardama sitting before a sacred fire into which he was offering oblations. Clad in rags, of high stature, and his eyes as big as the petals of a lotus, he looked like an unpolished gem. In these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub descriptions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9-yog\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that usually a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is skinny on account of his austerities and lack of comforts, but Kardama Muni had seen the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face, and he looked healthy due to having received the nectar-like sou
nd vibration.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE KING AND THE YOG\'c9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Seeing that the monarch had come to his hermitage and bowing before him, the sage greeted him with benediction and received him wit
h due honor.\'94 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  then addressed the King with words of praise because he understood that unle
ss a pious king is ruling, the wicked elements in society can overthrow the whole aim of the society, which is to help the citizens go back home, back to Godhead. He addressed the King as the protecting energy of \'c7r\'e9 Hari (K\'e5\'f1\'eba). After of
fering obeisances, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then asked the King why he had come with a glad heart and how he, the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub could meet his wishes. The royal order formerly gave all protection to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that they could advance the society in terms of spiritual culture, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would give their valuable instructions to the royal order so that every c
itizen could become elevated to spiritual perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4yambhuva said that he was most fortunate to be able to touch his head to the dust from the feet of the sage, and he thanked him f
or his words of instruction. \'93We are seeking a worthy match for our daughter in terms of age, character and good qualities.\'94 The father, Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu, confided to Kardama that \'93the moment she heard from the sage N\'e4rada of your noble ch
aracter, learning, beautiful appearance, youth and other virtues, she fixed her mind on you.\'94 So although Devah\'fcti had not seen Kardama Muni, she had fixed her heart upon him after hearing of him from N\'e4rada, and on the basis of that hearing she
 had decided to marry him. Sv\'e4yambhuva offered his daughter with all reverence as a worthy match for taking charge of household duties. By household duties he did not mean sense gratification but mutual execution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which
 is called, in Sanskrit, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grhastha.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub There are two words in Sanskrit to describe married life. One, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grhamedh\'e9,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to accept a wife for sense gratification and to make one\'92s apartment a center for executing the same propensities as the animals, whereas the other, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gain a helper in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Devah\'fcti was eligible to offer such help, for she was equal in age, character and quality to the sage.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 KARDAMA ACCEPTS DEVAH\'dcTI
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kardama at once agreed. \'93Certainly I have a desire to marry, and your daughter too has not yet married or given her word to anyone; 
therefore our marriage according to the Vedic system can take place.\'94 Kardama expressed appreciation of Devah\'fcti\'92s beauty. He too had heard of her, for she had attracted even the denizens of the heavenly planets by her personal beauty. Kardama h
ad been ordered by his father Brahm\'e4 to produce progeny, but actually the goal of his life was Vis\'ebu, in whom even Brahm\'e4 originates, as do all living entities in all the worlds. Therefore, since it was the desire of the Supreme Personality of G
odhead, Kardama would marry and father children in the spirit of devotional service. This story in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is related by the sage Maitreya to Vidura, and it continues. \'93The sage Kardama thus spoke very nicely regarding Devah\'fcti. Then he became silent, thinking of his worshipable Lord Vi\'f1\'ecu, who has a lotus on His navel. When he was si
lent and smiling, his face attracted Devah\'fcti, and she began to think within herself of the great sage.\'94 As soon as Kardama Muni stopped talking and became silent, he at once began to think of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. The devotee may seem to be engaged in
 things other than Vis\'ebu, dealing and talking about other matters, but actually he is always thinking of K\'e5\'f1na, and thus his smile is so attractive as to win many admirers and followers.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 TRANSCENDENTAL MARRIED LIFE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After their marriage and the departure of her parents, Devah\'fcti began to serve her husband with great love. She pleased him by givin
g up all sorts of lust, pride, envy, greed, sinful activities and vanity by fidelity and purity of mind. These are some of the qualities of a great husband\'92s great wife. Both were great by spiritual qualification. Devah\'fcti was not proud because of 
her high birth. As can be seen from this narration, the union of Kardama and Devah\'fcti is filled with pertinent instructions regarding how to live in transcendental married life with the goal of life, the center, being K\'e5\'f1na. Householders wishing
 to benefit from their union may listen with an aim to raising their married life to the transcendental stage. Devotion of the wife to the husband is recommended. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes, \'93The wife is expected to be of the same category as th
e husband. She must be prepared to follow the principles of the husband; then there will be happy life. If the husband is a devotee and the wife is materialistic, then there cannot be any peace in the home.\'94 In the case of Devah\'fcti, by following th
e strict vows of a chaste woman she became very skinny, and therefore her husband became compassionate. She had formerly been the daughter of a great king and was now serving him just like an ordinary woman. She had become reduced in health, and her serv
ice was so selfless that she did not demand sense gratification even with her husband. She was simply acting to facilitate Kardama Muni\'92s engagement in spiritual life. \'c7rila Prabhup\'e4da writes, \'93It is the duty of a faithful and chaste wife to 
help her husband in every respect, especially in K\'e5\'f1na consciousness.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the case of Devah\'fcti, her husband rewarded her amply. Kardarma told her, \'93My dear Devah\'fcti, I have achieved the grace of th
e Lord in my discharging of my own religious life of austerity, meditation and K\'e5s\'eba consciousness. I shall offer you all these achievements, which are free from lamentation, because you are engaged in my service, although you have not yet experien
ced these things. Now I am giving you transcendental vision to see how nice they are.\'94 By her husband\'92s grace, Devah\'fcti was able to feel practical realization simply by serving a great personality. Similarly, any sincere disciple of a bona fide 
spiritual master can achieve spiritual life simply by service.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DEVAH\'dcTI DESIRED OFFSPRING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Coming from a great royal family, Devah\'fcti had much aristocracy and wealth, but the greatest treasure, love of God, she had been una
ble to fully appreciate. She therefore expressed her full satisfaction to her great husband, who was under the protection of the spiritual energy. But she reminded him, \'93One thing you promised may be fulfilled now by our bodily union, because for a ch
aste woman it is very glorious to have children of the same quality.\'94 Kardama Muni had certainly promised to her parents that he would stay with her until they had children. Since both were spiritually enlightened, a child was very desirable as an exp
ansion of their qualities. Devah\'fcti then asked her husband what arrangement should be made and what was required according to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the scriptures in terms of conditions, time and place for the most suitable sex life. Sex life is meant for having good children. One must arrange everything so that the husband may be attracted by the beauty of the wife and a fav
orable mental situation may be created so that at the time of sex life the mental state may be transferred into the womb of the wife and nice children will come out of that marriage. Thus we see that the Vedic scriptures provide not only spiritual instru
ctions but instructions on how to prosecute material existence nicely with the ultimate aim of spiritual perfection. It is mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ayur-veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that when the passion of a man is greater than that of a woman, then there will be a greater chance of a boy being born. And if the passion of the woman is greater, then there will be more chance of a girl bei
ng born. Devah\'fcti wanted her husband to instruct her according to scripture so that his passion might be increased. She also requested a suitable house because the hermitage in which Kardama was living was very simple and completely in the modes of go
odness, with little possibility of passion.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE AERIAL MANSION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then describes the miraculous acco
mplishments effected by the yogic power of Kardama Muni. Since he was completely perfected in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice and sought to please his beloved wife, Kardama exercised his yogic power and instantly produced an aerial mansion which was fully arranged according to his will. It was a huge
 and wonderful structure filled with opulent pleasurable rooms and decorated with rubies, furniture and all kinds of attractive wealth. It was such a magnificent castle that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo
g\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  himself was astonished at what he had created. Devah\'fcti, however, because she was so}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niggardly in her appearance, with matted locks and a dirty dress, seemed afraid of the marvelous castle in the air. Kardama Muni knew her mind, and with further yogic powers he requested 
that she simply step into the Bindusarovara Lake, where he had arranged for hundreds of beautiful female maidservants to attend her and beautify her with ointments, scents, beautiful silks, etc. They offered her foods and drinks to improve her bodily con
dition, and they held a mirror for her, cleansed her, adorned her with garlands and marks of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and 
in general made much of her so that she finally emerged from the lake looking very beautiful with a smiling face and nice figure. She could understand that all this was taking place due to the yogic prowess of her husband and that nothing was impossible 
for such a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Husband and wife then traveled in the aerial mansion to the pleasure valleys of Mount Meru, which is frequented by the demigods. They t
raveled all over the universe and enjoyed pleasures together. Although }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are known to display such
 wonderful powers, Kardama was more than a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and his life is more praiseworthy than that of ordina
ry }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Even in his travelling through the universe for pleasure with his wife, his actual motivatio
n was to produce good progeny in the service of Lord Vi\'f1nu. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (6.47)
, \'93Out of many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he who is a devotee of the Lord is a first-class }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 Kardama Muni is therefore understood to be an already liberated soul,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub better than the conditioned demigods, who also can travel in space. So although he was enjoying with his wife, he was above material conditional lif
e and transcendental to all material limitations. That is the verdict of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE RETURNED TO HIS HERMITAGE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After showing his wife the different arrangements throughout the entire extent of the universe, Kardama Muni returned to his own hermit
age. Despite having such immense powers to travel all over the universe, Kardama did not claim that he was equal to God or comparable with the inconceivable energy of the Supreme Lord, as do some bogus yog\'e9s, who cannot travel in outer space but who s
imply instruct sitting postures and take fees from students. Kardama Muni remained a devotee of the Lord, and that is the real position of every living entity. Finally by his yogic powers he at once produced nine daughters through the womb of Devah\'fcti
. Devah\'fcti, the sage devotee, bore all these children on one day, and all were charming in every limb and breathed the fragrance of red lotus flowers. Having begotten children through his wife, Kardama then prepared to leave household life, home and h
is beautiful wife to prosecute Kr\'f1na conscious}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life, as he had promised. His real business was always
 spiritual realization, and he did not forget this, even while travelling in the mansion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is described that Devah\'fcti, seeing Kardama Muni about to leave, was smiling externally, but she was at heart very afflicted. The 
stories in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such as this narration, are not told for entertainment\'92s sake but are fi
lled with instructions pertinent for spiritual advancement of life, even while one is within household life. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes in a purport (p.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 257): \'93As for de
tachment from children, wife and house, it is not meant that one should have no feeling for these. They are natural objects of affection. But when they are not favorable to spiritual progress, then we should not be attached to them. The best process for 
making the home nice is to live in K\'e5s\'eba consciousness. If one is in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he can make his home very happy because this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very easy. It is just to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare Rama, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, and to take and accept the remnants of foodstuffs offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and have some discussion on books like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and engage oneself in Deity worship. These four things will make one happy, and one should train the members of his family in this way. The family members can sit down morning and 
evening very nicely and chant together Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Kr\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare Rama; R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. If we can mold our family life in such a nice way for developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness by following these four principles, then there is no need to change from family life to renounced life. But if it is not congenial nor favorable for spiritual advancement, then family life should be abandoned. In all cases, one should be det
ached from the happiness and distress of family life because this world can never be fully happy or fully miserable. Happiness and distress are concomitant factors of material life.\'94 Devah\'fcti asked her husband to wait before going out alone and ent
ering the order of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or renounced life. \'93My dear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as far as your daughters are concerned, they will find suitable husbands and go away to their respective places. But who will g
ive me solace after your departure as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?\'94 Devah\'fcti began to lament that she did not 
know that her husband was so advanced in spiritual realization, and she had been, as a less intelligent woman, mostly prone to sense enjoyment in his association. She pleaded to him, however, that even though she did not appreciate his glories, because s
he had taken shelter of him he must therefore deliver her from material entanglement. It is a known fact that association with a great personality is most important and by that means alone one can make great advancement in spiritual life. Devah\'fcti fin
ally realized with whom she was associating, and she wanted to utilize the advantage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devah\'fcti pleaded so feelingly that Kardama recalled the words of Vi\'f1\'ebu to be compassionate to all, and so he replied, \'93Do n
ot be disappointed, O princess, and just take heart. You are praiseworthy, and I tell you that the infallible Supreme Personality of Godhead will come out from the womb of your body as your son.\'94 Kardama Muni advised his wife to just engage in devotio
nal service. \'93The Personality of Godhead, being worshiped by you, will disseminate our name and fame. He shall be the vanquisher of the knot of your heart by becoming your son and spreading spiritual knowledge.\'94 Having received instruction from her
 husband, the bona fide spiritual master, Devah\'fcti began to worship the master of the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is situated in everyone\'92s heart. Concerning the appearance of the Personality of Godhead as the son of a couple o
f devotees, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  3.24.4]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the father of everyone. No one, therefore, is His father, but by His inconceivable energy He accepts so
me of the devotees as His parents and descendants. The devotee may ask the Lord to appear as his son. The Lord is already sitting within the heart of everyone, and if He comes out from the body of a devotee it does not mean that the particular woman beco
mes His mother in the material sense. He is always there. But in order to please His devotee He appears as her son. In this way the Supreme Personality of Godhead Madhus\'fcdana, the killer of the demon Madhu, after many, many years of worship by Devah
\'fcti, appeared as the son of Kardama Muni, just as fire comes out from wood in sacrifice.\'94 At the time of the appearance of the Lord, the demigods who fly freely in the sky dropped showers of flowers out of their good will, and everyone smiled and b
ecame very satisfied.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DESCRIPTION OF KAPILADEVA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4, chief engineer of the universe and the father of Kardama, then appeared to the sage, and after praising his obedience a
nd instructing him about the marriage of his nine daughters to nine great sages, he described the incarnation of God who had been born as the son of Kardama and Devah\'fcti. \'93Your son, Kapila Muni, will be characterized by His golden hair and His eyes
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub just like lotus petals.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sitting in the yogic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4sana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub padmamudr\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His feet resembling lotus flowers, thi
s incarnation of Godhead, by practical application of knowledge from the scriptures, will uproot the deep-rooted desire for work in this material world.\'94 Kapiladeva\'92s conclusion, after exhaustive analysis of the material elements, is the same concl
usion arrived at in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotional service. \'93Just become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Ju
st worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba and become a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is real knowledge, and anyone who follows that system becomes perfect without doubt.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PRAYER TO KAPILADEVA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kardama approached the Lord, who was Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu Himself and had descended into his home, and he offered Him obeisances. Kardama s
aid, \'93The householders are generally negligent, but in spite of that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has taken His appearance in their home, just to support His devotees.\'94 Devotional service to the Lord is so sublime that even a householder can 
have the Supreme Personality of Godhead as one of the members of his household, as his son, as Kardama experienced. This is due to the fact that the Lord is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta-vatsala; 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is inclined to His devotees. Kardama paid obeisances to the innumerable forms of the Lord, none of which are material. His prayer to Kapiladeva is here stated: \'93I surrender 
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead who has descended in the form of Kapila and who is independently powerful and transcendental, who is the Supreme Person and the Lord of the sum total of matter and the time element, who is fully cognizant and who i
s the maintainer of all the universe via the three modes of material nature, and who absorbs the material manifestation after dissolution. Now I am liberated from the debts of my father, and all my desires are fulfilled. Now I wish to accept the order of
 a mendicant. Renouncing this family life, I shall always think of You, and thus I shall remain free from lamentation.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GOD ENTERED HIS HOME
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is described by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da that there are two kinds }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotees of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord. One is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go\'f1\'f6y\'e4nand\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means those preacher
s who have many followers for preaching the glories of the Lord and who live amongst those many followers just to organize missionary activities. The other devotees are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4n
and\'e9,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or self-satisfied, and do not take the risk of preaching work. In this class was Kardama Muni. H
e remained alone, free from all anxieties, always moving from door to door to enlighten people about Kr\'f1na consciousness. The wonderful thing about Kardama Muni is that the Lord Himself, as Kapiladeva, had taken birth in his home as his own son, and y
et he was preparing to leave that home to search out self-realization. God was present in his own home, so why should he leave? The answer is that Kardama was living an exemplary life just in accordance with the Vedic authority, which says that one who i
s a householder must leave home after his fiftieth year. Kardama had very rigidly practiced }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub before h
is marriage; then Lord Brahm\'e4 had ordered him to marry and beget children as a householder. Kardama did that also. He begot nine good daughters and one son, Kapila, so his householder duty was performed, and now his duty was to leave. Even though he h
ad the Supreme Personality of Godhead as his son, he had to respect the authority of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He would 
travel all over the world as a mendicant and always remember the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart and thereby be freed from all anxieties of material existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kardama Muni was anxious about his good wife Devah\'fcti, and so his worthy son promised that not only would Kardama be freed but Devah
\'fcti would also be freed by receiving instruction from Him. \'93My incarnation in this form is especially meant for persons who aspire to get free from the entanglement of this material body, and I mean to explain the philosophy of S\'e4\'eckhya in ord
er to disseminate the knowledge of self-realization to interested people. I shall also instruct this sublime knowledge to My mother so that she also can attain the stage of perfection and self-realization, ending all kinds of reactions of fruitive activi
ties. Thus she also will become free from all fear.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the departure of Kardama Muni, Kapiladeva extensively explained the principles of S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy to His mother. The }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [3.33.30] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states, 
\'93By following the principles instructed by Kapila, Devah\'fcti soon became liberated from material bondage, and she achieved the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as Supersoul, without difficulty.\'94 There is a Vaiku\'ebtha planet known as Kapila Vaiku
n\'f6ha where Devah\'fcti was promoted to meet Kapila and reside eternally, enjoying the company of her transcendental son.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ETERNAL ABODE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sage Vidura concludes the story of Kardama, Devah\'fcti and Kapila by describing the pastimes of the incarnation of Kapila. \'93Kap
ila, the great sage and Personality of Godhead, later went out from His father\'92s hermitage with the permission of His mother and went toward the northern side. Even now Kapila is residing there in trance, and all great teachers of S\'e4\'eckhya philos
ophy are worshiping Him. He is staying in that position for the deliverance of the conditioned souls of the three worlds.\'94 It is stated that these descriptions are the purest of all things, and whoever hears or reads these narrations will become a dev
otee of the Lord and enter the supreme abode.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Transcendental Art
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TRANSCENDENTAL ART
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of the basic principles of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consciousness is that one may utilize whatever talent he has in the service of the Supreme Lord. And it is a symptom of a bona fide spiritual master that he is expert in engaging everyone in
 practical transcendental devotional service. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has thus engaged a number of very talented artists in the service of the Lord by asking them to use their natural artistic inclination in painting pictu
res of the Supreme Godhead. According to all the revealed Vedic scriptures, God is not formless or void, but on the contrary He has the most attractive personal form. In fact He has many transcendental forms. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears and expands Himself in
 multi expansions and incarnations, and these are described in Vedic literatures such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has written many books and continues to translate authoritative books about K
\'e5\'f1\'eba for the benefit of all mankind, and he has requested that this transcendental literature be profusely decorated with illustrations. His Divine Grace has also founded many temples of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and t
hese are transcendental centers where men and women may come and engage in spiritual life by seeing the form of the Lord. Therefore paintings are needed in all the temples, as well as for illustrations in books. For these two reasons an art department ha
s been set up in ISKCON for production of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub art (art based on the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If a painting is done according to authoritative descriptions, it has the same potency as the Deity. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such paintings,
 when painted under authorized direction, in devotional service, are also considered incarnations of the Lord. In other words, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is personally present in a picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to this country in 1965, and he began at once to engage young artists in painting
 pictures to be hung in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temples. Many of the artists began painting only in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, with no previous formal training. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote a letter in April, 1968, to one such artist, Jadur\'e4
\'eb\'e9 Dev\'e9, who was feeling misgivings because she was not a highly developed artist. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote as follows: \'93I know that pictures in this country are sold not on the merit of the pictures but on the reputation of the artist
s. That system is also current in India. But to come to the point of being a reputed artist will require a long duration of time, and our time is very short. We have to finish our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness during our lifetime, and we should not waste 
a single moment for anything else. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a man is famous who is known as
 a great devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Continue trying your best to make your pictures as nice looking as possible, but not to satisfy the senses of the rascal public. Ye
sterday I was in a Unitarian Church, and I saw there two pictures of logs and bamboos, and then it was explained to me by our artist Govinda d\'e4s\'e9 that these are modern art abstract paintings. Anyway I couldn\'92t see in them anything but a combinat
ion of logs and bamboos. There was nothing to impel my K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If you want to be a great artist in that way, I will pray to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to save you. If the public doesn\'92t buy, we don\'92t mind. Why are you anxious to sell? We 
shall distribute them to devotees without any price.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In the beginning I was seriously corresponding with some Indian friends to get some good }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub players for our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub street chanting, but when I found it too difficult to get a man from India, some of my students were given the rudimentary lessons in playing, and simply by practice they are now pulling on with }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parties everywhere. My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja used to say that in a foreign land where one ca
nnot speak the language with the natives very nicely, what does he do to get help when there is a fire in his house? In such an emergency one must express himself somehow or other to his foreign friends and get their help to extinguish the fire. But if h
e wants to learn the language first and then talk with the foreign friends to get help, then everything in the meantime will be finished. Similarly, if we have to learn and then paint, it will be a long-term affair. But we want so many pictures immediate
ly for all of our books. So all the artists may always engage in painting works, and that painting itself will gradually teach them how to make things nice. Regarding organization of the artists, there is no need to waste time learning art from studying 
texts. We should always remember that our time is very short. I think that our artists should be satisfied with whatever they have learned already\'97that is sufficient. They should simply engage in painting pictures always, and that will sufficiently te
ach them the art.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In this connection I may remark that you have sent one picture of N\'e4rada Muni which I understand was copied from a so-called gre
at artist, but N\'e4rada Muni\'92s body appears to be very sensuous. But he was a first-class }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub He cannot have such a sensuous body. So you will do well not to work from the so-called well-known artists, but you should follow exactly the descriptions in the scriptures. The picture of N\'e4rada Muni which you painted in my presence was v
ery nice and good-looking, but this picture here doesn\'92t appeal to me. Better not to worry about this sort of technique and style now.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has guided his artists}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the transcendental level in art. It is only by the blessings of the spiritual master that one achieves any success in spiritual life. It is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the perfection of any prescribed duty is to 
please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and one can please K\'e5\'f1na by pleasing the spiritual master or the pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore the artists who are pleasing the spiritual master are using their talent for liberation. Moreover, the paintings shown
 on these pages, which can be seen in the various publications of ISKCON Press and in the temples of ISKCON, not only liberate the artists, but they also attract other people to the transcendental form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Up to date the most notable effor
t of the art department has been the production of the fifty-five illustrations of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote that people are attracted to the book simply on the basis of the pictures, which very nicely explain the scriptural narrations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a personal philosophy, and the spiritual master is always personally thinking of his artists. Someone r
ecently complimented \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da on the fine artwork in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and he sai
d, \'93But the persons who painted these are even more beautiful than the pictures.\'94 In another letter to one of his art students, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote, \'93You may inform the artists that I am always satisfied by their work. I am satisfied
 only to see that everyone is always engaged in his respective duties. The teacher wants to see that the students are engaged in their handwriting work. As to who is writing with a nice hand, that is the secondary question. The teacher\'92s first duty is
 to see that everyone is engaged in handwriting. So if all the artists are always engaged in painting, that will satisfy me, and that will gradually make them experienced in making good paintings.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was being painted, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was sent samples of paintings, and he commented in a letter to one of
 his artists: \'93The art department is doing very nicely, and surely the production will improve even more by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You are all being inspired by K\'e5\'f1\'eba how to portray the Lord and His associates for the devotees\'92 eyes,
 so everyone who sees these transcendental pictures will turn to become a devotee, and that is our aim.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has seen from the beginning that K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious art is a strong and convincing means to engage people in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. He has described the paintings as shutters which open the spiritual world for view, and he has requested the artists to flood the world with their paintings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The authenticity of the paintings depends on the devotees\'92 scrupulously following the scriptures. Descriptions of the Supreme Lord a
re given throughout the Vedic literature, where His beautiful form is described in detail. For instance, in a purport of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, offering information from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, \'93The ideal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  concentrates his attention on K\'e5\'f1na, who is called \'c7y\'e4masundara. He is as beautifully colored as a cloud, and His lotus fac
e is as effulgent as the sun. His dress is brilliant, He is decorated with earrings, and His body is flower-garlanded. Illuminating all sides is His gorgeous luster, which is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahmajyoti.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He incarnates in different forms like R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha, Var\'e4ha and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He descends like a human being as the son of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. He is known as Kr\'f1\'eba, Govinda and V\'e4sudeva. He is the perfect child, husband, friend and master, and He is full with all opu
lences and transcendental qualities. If one remains fully conscious of these features of the Lord, he is called the highest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rila Prabhup\'e4da has encouraged the artists to work nicely together. He has said that by painting together and discussing the sub
ject matter of their work they will remain in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or absorption in constant thought of the Personality of Godhead. One cannot imagine how fortunate one must be to meet a bona fide spiritual master, for it is only with the guidance of such a spiritual master that one can per
fect one\'92s life. The K\'e5s\'eba conscious art students always scrupulously follow the descriptions in the scriptures. Also, the spiritual master, \'c7rila Prabhup\'e4da, has often given them additional descriptions. A team of four artists\'97Devah
\'fcti Dev\'e9, Jadurani Dev\'e9, Mural\'e9dhara D\'e4s, and Bharadr\'e4ja D\'e4s\'97painted the illustrations for Kr\'f1\'eba, and they received many specific instructions. For example in the second volume of Kr\'f1\'eba there is a description in the te
xt of prayers offered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead by the personified }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but there is not 
much reference to their appearance. So the artists asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and in a letter of May, 1970, he replied: \'93The personified }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are just like great sages in appearance. Some of them may look like Vv\'e4sadeva, V\'e4lm\'e9ki, N\'e4rada, etc. Some of them are old
er, some of them are younger, some of them have full hair like Vy\'e4sa because they are householders, and others are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with shaved heads, but they are all great souls, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sas, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub highly elevated in the transcendental science. As you suggest, these pictures will be needed for illustrating a long portion of text describing the prayers It is a very important chapter,
 and it should be appropriately illustrated. You are very able to choose suitable subject matter for the pictures, so please execute them carefully for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s satisfaction. If you need any other information, please write your inquiry to me, 
and I shall be glad to give you the proper direction.\'94 On occasion the spiritual master has corrected the artists, as in a letter of 20 August 1970 regarding a picture showing the great sage \'c7ukadeva reciting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the renowned King Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it: \'93This picture is not to the point. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 
should be offered a nice raised throne, and King Par\'e9k\'f1it should be sitting along with the sages on the floor on the bank of the Ganges. King Par\'e9k\'f1it has no beard. His face should be very nice looking. He is a young king, between thirty and 
forty years of age.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, however, has also told the artists to work on their own: \'93The best thing will be that you paint pictures to your best discretion. The controversial points you can send to me, and I will send instructi
ons. All of you are expert painters, so your mutual decision for painting a picture is more valuable than my suggestion. The descriptions are already given in the books, so it should not be difficult to take out the points and prepare a sketch.\'94 Such 
instructions from the spiritual master, although seemingly dealing with artistic techniques, reveal something of the extent of his philosophical realization. One can acquire transcendental knowledge after thousands of years of yogic meditation, or one ca
n receive it in a minute by submissively accepting the word of the self-realized spiritual master. For example a letter of June 22, 1970, describes how to paint Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the form of the Absolute Truth who is seen by a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at the very culmination of his meditation. \'93Regarding the cover for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord in the Heart,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Visnu should be distinguished by \'c7r\'e9vatsa
 on His chest. The Kaustubha jewel should be painted to look like a very precious jewel. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu should be surrounded by an effulgence emanating from His person. The first concentration should be on the lotus feet of the Lord. They should be ver
y distinct and very nicely decorated with jewels, sandalwood and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Transcendental art as shown on these pages easily attracts one to the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and this is the perfe
ction of human life. This is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chapter Twelve, verses 1\'962: \'93Arjuna inquired: \'91Of those who are properly engaged in Your devotional service, and those who are engaged by the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifested\'97which is considered to be t
he more perfect?\'92 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: \'91He whose mind is fixed on My personal form, always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith, is considered by Me to be most perfect.\'92 \'94 Out of His infinite mercy,
 the Supreme Lord descends to this material world for the pleasure of His devotees and to rescue all living entities who are dragging on in this temporary world of miseries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no one as successful as a disciple who uses his talent to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba under the expert guidance of his bona fide spir
itual master. A sincere seeker of God consciousness will never minimize the importance of the spiritual master. But someone may ask, \'93If God is everywhere, then what is the need of the spiritual master?\'94 The answer is contained in a comparison of t
he spiritual master to an electrician. Electricity is everywhere, but it is necessary for an electrician to come and make a connection before one can tap the electric flow for one\'92s telephone or radio. In the same way, God is present in His multi ener
gies, but the pure devotee of God knows just how to use these energies of the Lord in His service. Particularly, the pure devotee spiritual master can show transcendental artists how to paint the personal form of the Personality of Godhead. Because he is
 completely conversant with the scriptures and is realized in love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the spiritual master knows all the intricacies of the appearance of K\'e5s\'eba. He can authorize an artist\'92s work so that it becomes transcendentally worshipable as
 an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  incarnation, or incarnation of the Lord in material elements, such as in the form of statuary
 or oil on canvas. As for the artists who accept such eternal employment, their world becomes transformed from aimless vanity or from a simple labor of love into the perfection of human existence\'97glorification of God through one\'92s occupation. There
fore we offer our respectful obeisances unto the spiritual master who is coming in disciplic succession from Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Time of Death
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE TIME OF DEATH
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by D\'e4modara d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-Washington, D.C.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I offer my most respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, my spiritual master and the spiritu
al master of the universe, from whose lotus lips has sprung the eternal message of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the purest line of disciplic succession from \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth, through \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gos
v\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. He is spreading the teachings of Kr\'f1\'eba consciousness around the planet for the benefit of all living entities, and just by his kindness so many of his faithful disciples are being delivered from the clutches of impending 
death. Please allow me to address myself to this subject. The death of the body is an inevitable fact for each one of us, so let us find out what the Vedic literature says about this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The final purport of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stated by the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Just surrender unto Me.\'94 (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But 
surrender is made difficult by our attachment to the gross and subtle bodily coverings of the soul.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We mu
st control the various senses and gradually extract ourselves from the predicament of material life. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord states: \'93O mighty-armed son of Kunt\'e9, it is undoubtedly difficult to curb the restless mind, but it is possible by constant practice and detachment.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.35}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  this practice is most severely tested at the time of death. The Supreme Personality of Godhead says, \'93Anyone who quits his body, at the end of life, remembering Me, attains immediately to My natu
re; and there is no doubt of this.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.5)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For example, the Vedic literature cites the case of Aj\'e4mila. Aj\'e4mila, who had been born into a good }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub family, fell into bad association after havi
ng seen a man and a woman embracing on a public road. His lust drew him into worse and worse circumstances, and finally, sick and wretched, he found himself dying and went to the house of the prostitute he was currently favoring. She threw him out mercil
essly, seeing his abject state. He had no one present to help him, and so his thoughts turned to his son, and as he fell down to die, he called out his son\'92s name, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Now, it so happens that N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is a name of God, indicati
ng K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s four-armed form. So just by the potency of the sound vibration of the name of God, uttered even in this indirect manner by the dying Aj\'e4mila, he was not taken away by the constables of the lord of death, Yamar\'e4ja, who were wa
iting for him, but instead was transported to the realm of Vaikuntha, the abode of Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. On the other hand, Bharata Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, although advanced in spiritual understanding, thought of a stag at the time of his sudden death, and he 
became a stag in his next birth (although an extraordinary stag who could remember his previous life\'92s activities).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone, from the smallest germ, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indra-gopa}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , up to Lord Indra, the King of heaven, is subject to the stringent laws of material nature. We are attempting to win over these laws, but in fact we are simply becoming more and more ent
angled in illusion\'92s complexities. Even Lord Indra himself was once subject to the influence of the deluding potency. Indra once became captivated by the superior facilities for sense gratification available on his heavenly planet, and therefore when 
his spiritual master, B\'e5haspati, the guru of the demigods, scolded him, Indra acted offensively toward him. B\'e5haspati then decided to teach his student a lesson. He cursed him to take birth on a lower planet as a pig. Sloshing around in mud and sto
ol, Lord Indra as a pig felt that he was enjoying life very much. He thought to himself, \'93I am very fortunate. Here I have my nice sow for sex life, so many nice piglets, and the farmer serves me daily with a nice big bucket of stools to eat. How luck
y I am!\'94 Meanwhile the upper planets fell into confusion in Lord Indra\'92s absence, and Lord Brahm\'e4 flew down to Indra\'92s farmyard on his swan to bring the King of heaven back to his post. But Indra would not leave: \'93I am very happy here, tha
nk you.\'94 So, with controlled intelligence, Lord Brahm\'e4 took his sword end killed the sow and piglets. \'93No! No! What are you doing?\'94 cried Indra. \'93My beautiful wife and children! You have mercilessly killed them!\'94 Brahm\'e4 then reminded
 Lord Indra that his death was going to come next anyway; at that very moment the farmer was sharpening his knife for the kill. The king of heaven was shocked into awareness, and he gladly returned to his duty as administrative head of the demigods.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The death of the body is approaching for all of us. But Lord K\'e5\'f1na begins }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by teaching that we are not the material body, but pure spirit s
oul. After confirming the eternal character of the individual soul (Bg. 2.12), the Lord says: \'93As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth and then to old age, similarly the soul also passes into another body at death.
 The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Supreme Personality of Godhead elaborates on this: \'91\'91From the highest planet in the material world, down to the lowest, all are places of misery where repeated birth and death take place. But one w
ho attains to My abode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why should we go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s abode? We should go there because that is our natural home. As confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , this material world is a foreign place for us, for the soul is made of the same spiritual energy as K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is, and he belongs in the spiritual sky. Therefore, in order to enter into the abode of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must be delivered from the womb of material nature. We have been impregnated into this womb by K\'e5\'f1\'eba because we de
sire to lord it over dead matter. This is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The total material substa
nce, called Brahma, is the source of birth, and in that Brahma do I create pregnancy. Thus come the possibilities for the births of all living beings. It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunt\'e9, are made possible by birth in this
 material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14.3-4) After the living entities, or }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are injected into }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , they lie dormant for some time. Since the living entities come into material existence due to envy
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it can be said that they are in a state of spiritual death. Spiritual death means to forget that one is spirit. The conditioned living entities come into the material world due to a desire to identify with the deluding energy. Therefo
re they lie dormant in this state of spiritual death. Then, after some time, \'93those }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who had}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lain dormant during the cataclysm are awakened.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.20)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But it must be admitted that this awakening is itself illusory, since we are still within the womb; we have not actually been born yet.
 Nor are we awake. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93The conditioned 
souls hover}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in a dream of heavenly illusory pleasures, but actually they do not relish any tangible happ
iness in this way.\'94 (Bhag. 2.2.2)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is needed is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dvija, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or second birth. This second birth occurs when we are initiated by a bona fide spiritual master. He can deliver us from illusion just by his causeless mercy. After this kind of birth, there is no death 
any more just eternal, blissful life in K\'e5\'f1na consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great saints and spiritual masters can give us advice on the proper method of passing out of this present body. One illustrative ac
count is found in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First Canto, Thirteenth Chapter. The gist of the narrative i
s as follows.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the course of losing the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s one hundred sons, led by Duryodhana, had all bee
n killed and so the aged father was living in the palace of the victor, king Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was very kind to his former enemy, and, according to the Vedic custom, he allowed him all the privileges of a member of his family, regularl
y paying his respects to the elderly king every morning. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, who had been blind throughout his life, was thus living in Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira\'92s palace in peace and friendliness, along with his wife G\'e4ndh\'e4r\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This placid domestic scene was not to continue for long, however. Dhrtar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra\'92s brother Vidura, who had left Duryodhana\'92
s palace just before the great battle, now at last returned from a long pilgrimage to holy cities and temples. He had sat at the feet of his spiritual master, Maitreya Muni, and thereby received the gracious gift of absolute knowledge. Vidura was not an 
ordinary human being. Actually he was a demigod, Yamar\'e4ja, the lord of death, who had taken birth on this planet as the result of being cursed by the sage M\'e4\'eb\'f2avya Muni. So Vidura was particularly qualified to ascertain the flaws in his aged 
brother\'92s present way of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura\'92s arrival at the court of Yudhis\'f6thira was filled with gaiety. For the members of the royal family, it was like regaining 
consciousness after a long period. They had been distressed by Vidura\'92s absence, and now they all offered their most respectful obeisances to the great saint and embraced him heartily, crying affectionately due to their long separation. King Yudhi\'f1
\'f6hira arranged for a nice place for Vidura to sit, and a festive reception was offered, with sumptuous foodstuffs for the brother of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. After taking sufficient rest, Vidura was given a comfortable seat, and, after paying his resp
ects, King Yudhi\'f1thira asked him about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the Lord\'92s immediate relatives, the Yadus.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, it so happened that the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba had brought His earthly pastimes to a close, and He and His relative
s had departed for the spiritual sky. But Vidura did not disclose this unbearable news to the assembled devotees. They were to find out soon enough just by the laws of nature, and Vidura did not want to hasten their inevitable distress. Instead he turned
 to Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and addressed his remarks to him directly:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear King, please get out of here immediately. Do not delay. Just see how fear has overtaken you. This frightful situation canno
t be remedied by any person in this material world. My lord, it is the Supreme Personality of Godhead as eternal time that has approached us all. Whoever is under the influence of supreme eternal time must surrender his most dear life, and what to speak 
of other things, such as wealth, honor, children, land, home, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Your father, brother, well-wishers and sons are all dead and passed away. You yourself have expended the major portion of your life
. Your body is now overtaken by invalidity, and you are living in the home of another. You have been blind from your very birth, and recently you have become hard of hearing. Your memory is shortened, and your intelligence is disturbed. Your teeth are lo
ose, your liver is defective, and you are coughing up mucus.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Alas, how powerful are the hopes of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a living being to continue his life. Verily, you are living just like a household dog and are eating the remnants of food given by Bh\'e9ma. There is no need to live a degraded life and subsist on th
e charity of those whom you tried to kill by arson and poisoning. You also insulted one of their wives and usurped their kingdom and wealth. Despite your unwillingness to die and your desire to live even at the cost of honor and prestige, your miserly bo
dy will certainly dwindle and deteriorate like an old garment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93He is called undisturbed who goes to an unknown, remote place, and freed from all obligations, quits his material body when it has 
become useless. He is certainly a first-class man who awakens and understands, either by himself or from others, the falsity and misery of this material world and thus leaves home and depends fully on the Supreme Personality of Godhead residing within hi
s heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Please, therefore, leave for the North immediately, without letting your relatives know, for soon that time will approach which wil
l diminish the good qualities of men.\'94 (Bhag. 1.18.18-28)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because Vidura spoke the truth from the platform of direct realization, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra followed his brother\'92s advice, and h
e and his wife both left at once for the Himalayas and took up }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice under Vidura\'92s guidance i
n order to purify their consciousness so that they could be liberated from the attachments of material life. After perfecting their austerities, they voluntarily accepted death in the fire of mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  which they performed, however, was not sufficient for attaining the highest knowledge. Mere liberation is not sought after by pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not such a great achievement. Even the most demonic of all living entities, 
Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, was also liberated at his death, simply because he was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub killed }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the Personality of 
Godhead in His form as N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva. Such is the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that He awards salvation even to the lowest of the low, if, through their atheistic activities, they are so corrupt as to necessitate their being annihilated by God Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mere impersonal salvation is not considered worthwhile because it is temporary. Thus it is on the same level as religion, economic deve
lopment and sense gratification. Only pure devotional service of God can render the living entity completely free from birth, death, disease and old age. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93For those who are wandering in the material universe, there is no more auspicious means of deliverance than what is aimed at in the dir
ect devotional service of Lord K\'e5\'f1na.\'94 (Bhag. 2.2.23)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
 Prabhup\'e4da writes in his purport to this verse, \'93\'c7r\'e9la \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 and all other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , like J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, etc., agree that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not only easy, simple,
 natural and free from trouble, but that it is the only source of happiness for the human being.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Commenting on the kind of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practiced by Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, His Divine Grace writes: \'93In olden days such practice was very common for the transcendentalist for the mode of life and character in those days were favorable. But in 
modern days, when the influence of the age of Kali is so disturbing, practically everyone is untrained in this art of bodily exercise. Concentration of the mind is more easily attained in these days by the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. The resul
ts are more effective than those derived from the inner exercise of the life air.\'94 (Bhag. 2.2.19, purport)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So here is a hint for all of us not to be dissuaded from attempting for spiritual emancipation. The human form of life is given to us a
s a chance to surpass the hurdle of birth and death. How,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then, can we transcend the material nature at 
the time of death? Let us take the example of King Par\'e9k\'f1it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it had offended a sage, \'c7am\'e9ka Muni, and the son of that holy man had subsequently cursed the King to be killed 
in seven days by the bite of a snake-bird. Having been informed of this by the Muni, the King was in the unique position of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowing exactly when he would die, and therefore he immediately prepared for death. He accepted the news of his death as \'93well and good for its being the cause of his indifference toward worldly attachments.\'94 (Bhag. 1.19.4) He 
left his palace and sat down tightly on the bank of the most holy Yamun\'e4 River, observed fasting, and simply depended on Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As he sat there, the most auspicious saints and mystics arrived on the scene; they could foretell what was go
ing to happen. The demigods, seeing the great assemblage, scattered flowers over the earth. Then at last, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 arrived, and he took the most exalted seat as the chief guest of Par\'e9k\'f1it. He is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as \'93surrounded by saint
ly sages, demigods, and kings, just as the moon is surrounded by stars, heavenly bodies, and planets in the sky. He was gorgeously represented in that manner, and factually he was also respected by all of them.\'94 (Bhag. 1.19.31)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The King then put a question to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9: \'93You are the spiritual master of great saints and devotees. I therefore b
eg to inquire from you the way of perfection for all persons, and especially for one who is just about to die.\'94 (Bhag. 1.19.37)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva answered: \'93The highest perfection of human life, achieved either by complete knowledge of matter and spirit, by practice
 of mystic powers, or by perfect discharge of occupational duty, is to remember the Personality of Godhead at the end of life.\'94 (Bhag. 2.1.6) \'93Those who drink through aural reception, fully filled with the nectarean message of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
the beloved of the devotees, purify the polluted aim of life known as material enjoyment and thus go back to Godhead, to the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead.\'94 (Bhag. 2.2.37) In the remainder of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells the King about 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His energies, His opulences and His activities; and just by hearing this transcendental sound vibration, the King was transferred to the spiritual sky at his death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is the conclusion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The first principle of spiritual life is hearing, and \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 assures that this is the most important factor at death. The hearing must be submissive. One should not hear in a challe
nging spirit. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna: \'93Because you are never envious
 of Me, O Arjuna, I shall give you this most secret wisdom, knowing which you will be relieved from the miseries of material existence.\'94 (Bg. 9.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Elsewhere the Lord says, \'93That very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me to you because you are My devotee as well as My friend; therefore, you can understand the transc
endental mystery of this science.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our attitude towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master must not be envious, but favorable and devotional. Lord Caitanya prays, 
\'93In such a humble state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik
\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the G\'e9t\'e4 the Lord tells us how to act in relationship with the spiritual master: 
\'93inquire from him submissively and render service unto him.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, with this in mind, let us hear something of that supreme destination, the goal of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yogis, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub described nicely by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\ri360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The supreme abode of the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4mani dh\'e4ma. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, is full of palaces made of touchstone. There the trees are called desire trees, and the cows are called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surabhi,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the Lord is served by hundred
s and thousands of goddesses of fortune. He is Govinda, the primal Lord and the cause of all causes. There the Lord plays His flute; His eyes are like lotus petals, and the color of llis body is like a beautiful cloud. On His head is a peacock feather. S
o attractive is He that He excels thousands of Cupids.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  8.21, purport)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The real meaning of eternal deathlessness is to perform devotional service for the eternal Supreme Lord, and therefore pure devotees 
do not even desire to attain to the Lord\'92s eternal abode, Krsnaloka, as just described. Lord Caitanya prays, \'93O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor have I any desire to enjoy beautiful women, nor do I want any number of follow
ers. What I want only is that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life birth after birth.\'94 (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  4) Similarly the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of modern times \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur, offering a poem on the death of a great devotee, says:
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub He reasons ill who says that Vais\'ebavas die\line When thou art living still in sound.\line The Vai\'f1\'ebavas die to live and
 living try\line To spread the holy life around.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal and cannot die. So the devotees pray, \'93Whether I attain to Vaiku\'ebtha, the spiritu
al sky, or whether You wish to send me to hell, whatever You desire is all right. I simply pray to always remember You.\'94 Therefore when the Lord grants devotional service, it means that deathlessness is assured. When a devotee takes up K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness seriously he becomes very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and although the devotee may not desire it, his going back to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka is assured.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We urge our readers to consider these topics seriously and with all reason and cool logic. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has said that actu
ally our desire to live eternally is indirect evidence that we are actually eternal by nature. These propositions on how one can go beyond death by performance of devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead are not mere word jugglery. Deat
h is not the most wonderful thing; it is life that is most wonderful, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is real life. Death can be conquered. K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises that this freedom from death can most assuredly be attained by His devotees. By becoming 
purified through hearing of the Lord from the spiritual master and by chanting the holy name of God, the devotees learn to take everything as the mercy of God, and thus they become eager to serve Him. That change from material consciousness to God consci
ousness makes one eligible to enter the kingdom of God for eternal blissful life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
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\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Our loving propensity expands just as a vibration of light or a
ir expands, but we do not know where it ends. The root cause of all despondency is that our dormant loving propensity has not been fulfilled despite our great advancement in the materialistic way of life. Our love can be fully satisfied only when it is r
eposed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in this way it is very easy to immediately and simultaneously love every living being. This is the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which teaches us how to stimulate our original love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus enjoy our blissful life.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The conditioned soul, being engrossed in the material body,
 increases the pages of the history of material activity. The teachings of Lord Caitanya, who is the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appearing in the role of His own devotee, can help human society to stop such unnecessary and temporary activities an
d can elevate one to the topmost platform of spiritual activities, which begin after liberation from material bondage. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the instructions of this most munificent incarnation of the Supreme Lord, thus opens the field of activities of the pure soul. Such liberated activities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are the goal of hu
man perfection.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the major scriptures of the world indicate that Godhead, or the Absolute Truth, is not impersonal, but is a person. From the most authoritative sources, the famed 108 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of India, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  supplies revealed evidence that the Personality of Godhead is the creator, maintainer and destroyer of everything that exists. The author's lucid commentaries reveal that the Supreme
 Lord is \'93unembodied\'94 and \'93formless,\'94 since His form is not a material form which is subject to birth, disease, old age and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the present age of discord, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani
\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  revives the dormant hope of all living beings\'97to transcend this conditioned state and gain the eternal, blissful association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Now for the first time this renowned scripture is bei
ng brought to the West }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as it is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97as taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and understood by His disc
iple Arjuna\'97in a unique translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the supreme authority on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and He initially delivered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  so that all persons\'97workers, students, philosophers, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97could reach the perfection of life and be liberated from all suffering. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is passing on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teaching in its full potency, as it is, so that eve
ryone can attain to his rightful position, full of bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the Introduction: \'93The perplexities of life appear like a forest fire which takes place without being set by anyone. The man in
 material perplexities is he who does not understand the problems of life. Out of many, many human beings, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is directed to the one who seeks to understand his position.\'94
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CANTO ONE\'97CREATION}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The science of God is greater than all other sciences, and this 
spiritual technology is rationally and authoritatively explained in the 18,000 verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's sublime contribution of culture, philosophy, politics, sociology, religion and love. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da has undertaken the mighty task of rendering this supremely potent work into the English language along with Sanskrit transliterations, word-for-word synonyms and elaborate English 
purports. Thus in each verse one will find new enlightenment regarding the Absolute Truth, the origin of all emanations. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is an important cultural presentation for the respiritualization of the entire human society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first of the twelve cantos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , entitled \'93Creation,\'94 was written, edited, published and distributed in India by His Divine Grace prior to his coming to the Western world. The first two of the three volume
s which comprise the First Canto are now unavailable until reprinting, but Volume Three is available in limited quantity.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CANTO TWO\'97THE COSMIC MANIFESTATION}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Second Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the different symptoms of this purpose. The ten chapters of the Second Canto are now being published in serialized small-book form s
o that one may very carefully study this scientific literature in small installments.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter One\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The First Step in God Reali
zation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The importance of hearing and chanting the holy name is outlined, and the process of meditation on the universal form of the Lord is introduced.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Two\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord in the Heart.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Concentration of the mind upon the Supersoul, the representation of God present in every atom and in the heart of every living creature. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Three\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pure Devotional Service:}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Change in Heart. The mature stage of transcendental worship is elaborated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Four\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Process of Creation.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Glorification of the Personality of Godhead, by whose creative energies the material cosmos is manifested.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Five\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Cause of All Causes}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Systematic analysis of the creative sequences emanating from the Supreme Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Six\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1a-s\'fckta Confirme
d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Further description of the universal form and unlimited creative opulence of the Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapters Seven and Eight\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Description of
 the Incarnations of Godhead.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter Seven outlines the scheduled divine incarnations with their specific functions, and Chapter Eight reveals the correct process of transcen
dental inquiry\'97through the authorized disciplic succession.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EASY JOURNEY TO OTHER PLANETS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This book is an authentic discussion on the techniques a
nd practice of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system by which one can leave this body for travel to antimaterial planet
s where life is blissful, eternal and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS: THE TOPMOST YOGA SYSTEM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This book presents the most auth
orized process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  practice in God realization, without any deviation from the original Vedic
 scriptural literature. In this present volume, the author forcefully exposes the speculative systems which depart from love of God as the ultimate goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide community of devotees practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , loving service to God. It is an eternal science of God consciousness described in Vedic literatures which were com
piled 5,000 years ago. The founder and spiritual master of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, a pure devotee representing an unbroken disciplic chain of spiritual masters, came to the United States in 1966 on the order of h
is spiritual master to preach this science of the spirit soul to the people of the West.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The essence of religion, or, for that matter, the very purpose of life itself, is to develop love of God. We desire to provide for all 
people the gift of knowing how to love God, and we are dedicated to awakening the, love of God which is dormant in the heart of everyone, regardless of race, creed or color. The program offered by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is de
signed so that each and every person, while remaining in his occupation or station in life, may adopt the simple and direct methods of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (devotion) under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master and offer whatever capacity or talent he has by utilizing it in the service of the Supreme Lord. The writer may write articles for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. Householders raise children in the science of God, and husband and wife live in mutual cooperation for spiritual progress. A businessman may enroll as a life member and thus participate in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement without abandoning hi
s occupation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only bv the recognition of God as the supreme father can there be brotherhood, peace and prosperity. In this materialistic world, the t
emples of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness are like oases in the desert where parched men may seek the nectar of happiness. We invite one and all to stop at our temples, listed below, and take part in our programs of classes, festivals
, chanting, feasting and worship. The temples are open for you. Please visit them and inquire into this sublime and easy process for finding perfect happiness.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,
\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness Temples
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness Temples
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON CENTERS
\par }\pard \trowd\trgaph19\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Amsterdam\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Holland}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Frissenstein 292, Bijlermeer}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 24 13th St. 30309}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Baltimore\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maryland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1300 N. Calvert St. 21202}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Berkeley\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2710 Du
rant Ave. 94704\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bombay\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub India}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 74 Marine Drive}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boston\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Massachusetts\cell\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 40 N. Beacon St. 02134\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boulder\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Colorado\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 623 Concord St. 80302\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buffalo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 130\'96132 Bidwell Parkway 14222\cell}
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub India}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 37/1 Hindustan R
d. Ballyganj}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chicago\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
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\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3514 Netaji Subash Marg}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gainesville}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0
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\nosupersub \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Toronto\cell\sl240
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\cell}
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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 260 Raymur St., No. 305, B.C.\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D.C.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20
15 'Q' St. N.W. 20008\cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are interested in becoming a member of ISKCON, write to ISKCON New York for further information.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amateur and professional photographers who would like to offer photographs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities for inclu
sion in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back To Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are invited to send them to ISKCON Press, 32 Tiffany Pl., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
11231. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
ton, Mass. 02134. All material copyright \'a9 1970, ISKCON PRESS. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $5.00 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p3:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Liberation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Balvala}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Balvala, a powerful and mischievous demon who used to persecute great saints and sages, was killed by Lord Balar\'e4ma, the elder brother of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, at the request of the s
ages of Naimi\'f1\'e4ranya. This is an illustration from Volume Two of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p4:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER-\'c4C\'c4RYA OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4prabho\'f9 k\'e9rtana-n\'e5tya-g\'e9ta-\line v\'e4ditram\'e4dyan-manaso rasena\line rom\'e4\'efca-kamp\'e4\'e7ru-tara\'ecga
-bh\'e4jo\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (The spiritual master is always engaged in chanting and hearing the message of Lord Caitanya and sometimes is dancin
g in ecstasy. Sometimes he feels quivering in his body because of spiritual trance. I offer my respectful obeisances unto such a spiritual master.)
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gurva\'f1\'f6akam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Sankirtana Movement
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS: TH
E SA\'cbK\'c9RTANA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is a bona fide religious society strictly following the principles described in the
 Vedic scriptures and practiced in India for thousands of years. Our basic beliefs are as follows:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1) The Absolute Truth is contained in all the great scriptures of the world, the Bible, Koran, Torah, etc. However, the oldest known re
vealed scriptures in existence are the Vedic literatures, most notably }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is the literal record of God\'92s actual words.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2) God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is eternal, all-knowing, omnipresent, all-powerful and all-attractive, the seed-giving father of man and all
 living entities. He is the sustaining energy of all life, nature and the cosmic situation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3) Man is actually not his body, but is eternal spirit soul, part and parcel of God, and therefore eternal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4) That all men are brothers can be practiced only when we realize God as our common father.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5) All our actions should be performed as a sacrifice to the Supreme Lord: \'93\'85all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offe
r and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.27)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6) The food that sustains us should always be offered to the Lord before eating. In this way He becomes the offering, and such eating p
urifies us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7) We can, by sincere cultivation of bona fide spiritual science, attain to the state of pure, unending blissful consciousness, free fr
om anxiety, in this very lifetime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8) The recommended means to attain the mature stage of love of God in the present age of Kali, or quarrel, is to chant the holy name of
 the Lord. The easiest method for most people is to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our basic mission is to propagate the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement (chanting of the holy names of God) all around the world, as was recommended by the incarnation of t
he Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. People in this age are very much reluctant to understand God consciousness because of their unfortunate condition of life. They are working hard day and night simply for sense gratification. But this transcendent
al vibration of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub will knock at the door of their hearts for spiritual awakening. Therefore, they should be given the chance for this opportunity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not recommended that a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee go into seclusion to chant by himself and thereby gain salvation for hims
elf alone. Our duty and religious obligation is to go out into the streets where the people in general can hear the chanting and see the dancing. We have already seen practically how by this process many, many boys and girls of America and Europe have be
en saved from the immoral practices of this age and have now dedicated their lives to the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is hoped that the government authorities will cooperate with our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parties in enabling us to perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on the streets. To do this it is necessary that we b
e able to chant the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dance, play the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub drum, request donations for our society\'92s journal, and on occasion, sit down with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub drum. As devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is our duty to teach the people how to love God and worship Him in their daily life. Thi
s is the aim and destination of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Authorized Purports on \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya\'92s - Meditation on the On the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Authorized Purports on \'c7r\'e9
p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya\'92s \line MEDITATION ON THE ON THE BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 versification by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\'c7r\'e9 \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya\'97or \'c7a\'eckara\'97is considered to be an incarnation of Lord \'c7iva, as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub testifies. Appearing in India in the 6th century A.D., he single-handedly drove the Buddhist philosophy out of India and r
eestablished Vedic culture, all in his short lifetime of 32 years. Although he took up the impersonalist guise to better battle the Buddhists\'97impersonalism is much akin to Buddhism\'97the commentary rendered below, as well as other writings, reveal hi
m to be a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'c7a\'eckara\'92s most famous treatise is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Viveka-c\'fc\'f2\'e4ma\'ebi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and his other works include }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e4r\'e9raka-bh\'e4\'f1ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prayers for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.)
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub \'961\'96
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\line Through Thy eighteen chapters\line Thou showerest upon man\line The immortal nectar\line Of the wisdom of the Absolute.\line O blessed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\line By Thee, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself\line Enlightened Arjuna.\line Afterward, the ancient sage Vy\'e4sa\line Included Thee in the Mah\'e4bh\'e4rat
a.\line O loving mother,\line Destroyer of man\'92s rebirth\line Into the darkness of this mortal world,\line Upon Thee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I meditate.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub \'962\'96
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Salutations to thee, O Vy\'e4sa,\line Thou art of mighty intellect,\line And shine eyes\line Are large as the petals\line Of
 the full-blown lotus.\line It was thou\line Who brightened this lamp of wisdom,\line Filling it with the oil\line Of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya was an impersonalist from the materialist point of view. But he never denied the spiritual form k
nown as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the eternal all-blissful form of knowledge which existed before the 
material creation. When he spoke of Supreme Brahman as impersonal, he did not mean that the Lord\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub form was to be confused with a material conception of personality. In the very beginning of his commentary on the G\'e9t\'e4, he maintains that N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the Supreme Lord, is transcendental to the material creation. The Lord exis
ted before the creation as the transcendental personality, and He has nothing to do with material personality. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the same Supreme Personality, and He has no connection with a material body. He descends in His spiritual eternal form, 
but foolish people mistake His body to be like unto ours. \'c7a\'eckara\'92s preaching of impersonalism is especially meant for teaching foolish persons who consider K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be an ordinary man composed of matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one would care to read the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if it had been spoken by a material man, and certainly Vy\'e4sadeva wouldn\'92t have bothered even to incorporate it into the history of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the above verses, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the history of the ancient world, and Vy\'e4sadeva is the writer of this great epic. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba; and because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Supreme Personality of Godhead, there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His words. Therefore the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is as worshipable as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, both being absolute. One who hears }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93as is\'94 actually hears the words directly from the lotus lips of the Lord. But un
fortunate persons say that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is too antiquated for the modern man who wants to find out God 
by speculation or meditation.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub \'963\'96
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I salute Thee, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line O Thou who art the refuge\line Of ocean-born Lak\'f1m\'e9\line And all who take refuge
\line At Thy lotus feet.\line Thou art indeed\line The wish-fulfilling tree\line For Thy devotee.\line Thy one hand holds a staff\line For driving cows,\line And Thy other hand is raised\'97\line The thumb touching the tip\line Of Thy forefinger,\line In
dicating divine knowledge.\line Salutations to Thee, O Supreme Lord,\line For Thou art the milker\line Of the ambrosia of the G\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya explicitly says, \'93You fools, just worship Govinda and that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spoken by N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Himself,\'94 yet foolish people still conduct their research work to find out N\'e4r
\'e4ya\'eba; consequently they are wretched and they waste their time for nothing. N\'e4r\'e4yana is never wretched nor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daridra; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rather, He is worshiped by the goddess of fortune, Lak\'f1m\'e9, as well as all living entities. \'c7a\'eckara declared himself to be \'93Brahman,\'94 but he admits N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme Personality
 who is beyond the material creation. He offers his respects to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Brahman or Param Brahman because He (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) is worshipable by everyone. Only the fools and enemies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who cannot understand what }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is (though they make commentaries on it) say, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It is not the personal K\'e5\'f1\'eba to whom we have to surrender ourselves utterly, but to the unborn, beginningless Eternal who speaks through K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Whereas \'c7a\'eckara, the greatest of the
 impersonalists, offers his due respects to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the foolish 
say that \'93it is not to the personal K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Such unenlightened people do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute and that there is no difference between His inside and outside. The difference of inside and outside is experienced in the du
al material world. In the absolute world there is no such difference because in the absolute everything is spiritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (sac-cid-\'e4nanda), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba belongs to the absolute world. In the absolute world there is only the factual personality, and there is no distinction between body and soul.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub \'964\'96
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are as a herd of cows,\line Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, son of a cowherd,\line Is their milker,\line Arjuna is the calf,\line The supreme nectar of the G\'e9t\'e4\line Is the milk,\line And the wise man\line O
f purified intellect\line Is the drinker.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless one understands spiritual variegatedness, one cannot understand the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. In the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s name, form, quality, pastimes, entourage and paraphernalia 
are all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda-cinmaya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97in short, everything of His transcendental association is of the same c
omposition of spiritual bliss, knowledge and eternity. There is no end to His name, form, etc., unlike the material world where all things have their end. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , only fools deride Him, whereas it is \'c7a\'eckara, the greatest impersonalist, who worships Him, His cows and His pastimes as the son of Vasudeva and pleasure of Dev
ak\'e9.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub \'965\'96
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thou son of Vasudeva,\line Destroyer of the demons Ka\'e0sa and C\'e4n\'fcra,\line Thou supreme bliss of Mother Devak\'e9,
\line O Thou guru of the universe,\line Teacher of the worlds,\line Thee, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I salute.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7a\'eckara describes Him as the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9. Does he mean thereby that he is worshiping an ordinary material man? 
He worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba because he knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s birth and activities are all supernatural. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (4th Chapter), K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s birth and activities are mysterious and transcendental and therefore only the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can know them perfectly. \'c7a\'eckara was not such a fool that he wo
uld accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an ordinary man and at the same time offer Him all devotional obeisances, knowing Him as the son of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only by knowing the transcendental birth and activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can one attain liberation by acquiring a spiritual form like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are five differ
ent kinds of liberations. One who merges into the spiritual auras of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, known as impersonal Brahman effulgence, does not fully develop his spiritual body. But one who fully develops his spiritual existence becomes an associate of N\'e4r\'e4y
a\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba in different spiritual abodes. One who enters into the abode of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba develops a spiritual form exactly like N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba (four-handed), and one who enters into the highest spiritual abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, know
n as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, develops a spiritual form of two hands like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7a\'eckara, as an incarnation of Lord \'c7iva, knows all these spiritual existences, but he did not disclose them to his then Buddhist followers because it was im
possible for them to know about the spiritual world. Lord Buddha preached that void is the ultimate goal, so how could his followers understand spiritual variegatedness? Therefore \'c7a\'eckara said }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma satya jagat mithy\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or material variegatedness is false but spiritual variegatedness is fact. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva has admitted that he had to preach the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or illusion in the Kali-yuga as another edition of the \'93void\'94 philosophy of Buddha. He had to do this by the order of the Lord for specific reasons. H
e, however, disclosed his real mind by recommending that people worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for no one can be saved simply by mental speculations composed of word jugglery and grammatical maneuvers. \'c7a\'eckara instructs further: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaja Govindam, bhaja Govindam, bhaja Govindam m\'fc\'f2hamate, prapte sannihite mara\'ebe nahi nahi, rak\'f1ati duk\'e8\'ef kara\'ebe. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'93You intellectual fools, just worship Govinda, just worship Govinda, just worship Govinda. Your grammatical knowledge and word jugglery will not save you at the time of death.\'94
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub \'966\'96
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of that terrifying river\line Of the battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra\line Over which the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas victoriously crossed
,\line Bh\'e9\'f1ma and Dro\'eba were as the high banks,\line Jayadratha as the river's water,\line The King of G\'e4ndh\'e4ra the blue water-lily,\line \'c7alya the shark,\line K\'e5pa the current,\line Kar\'eba the mighty waves,\line A\'e7vatth\'e4m
\'e4 and Vikar\'eba the dread alligators,\line And Duryodhana the very whirlpool\'97\line But Thou, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, wast the ferryman!
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub \'967\'96
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May the spotless lotus of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata
\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That grows on the waters\line Of the words of Vy\'e4sa\line And of which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is the irresistably sweet fragrance\line And its tales of heroes\line The full blown petals\line Fully opened by the talk of Lord Hari,\line Who destroys the sins\line Of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kali-yuga,\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And on which daily light\line The nectar-seeking souls,\line As so many bees\line Swarming 
joyously\'97\line May this lotus of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bestow on us the highest good.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub \'968\'96
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Salutations to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line The embodiment of supreme bliss,\line By whose grace and compassion\line The dumb be
come eloquent\line And the lame scale mountains\'97\line Him I salute!
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Foolish followers of foolish speculators cannot understand the meaning of offering salutations to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the embodiment o
f bliss. \'c7a\'eckara himself offered his salutations to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that some of his intelligent followers might understand the real fact by the example set by their great master \'c7a\'eckara, the incarnation of Lord \'c7iva. But there are 
many obstinate followers of \'c7a\'eckara who refuse to offer their salutations to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and instead mislead innocent persons by injecting materialism into the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaga
vad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and confusing innocent readers by their commentaries., and consequently the readers never have the opportunity to become blessed by offering salutations to Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cause of all causes. The greatest disservice to humanity is to keep mankind in darkness about the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by distorting the sense of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub \'969\'96
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Salutations to that supreme shining one\line Whom the creator Brahm\'e4, Varu\'eba,\line Indra, Rudra, Marut and all divine 
beings\line Praise with hymns,\line Whose glories are sung\line By the verses of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of whom 
the singers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sing\line And of whose glories the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Proclaim in full choir,\line Whom the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub see\line With their minds absorbed\line In perfect meditation,\line And of whom all the hosts\line Of gods and demons\line Know not the limitations.\line To Him, the Supreme God K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, be all salutations\'97\line Him we salute! Him we salute! Him we salute!
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By recitation of the ninth verse of his meditation quoted from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7a\'eckara has indicated that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshipable by one and all, including himself. He gives hints to materialists, impersonalists, 
mental speculators, \'93void\'94 philosophers and all other candidates subjected to the punishment of material miseries\'97just offer salutations to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is worshiped by Brahma, \'c7iva, Varu\'eba, Indra and all other demigods. He has
 not mentioned, however, the name of Vi\'f1\'ebu because Vi\'f1\'ebu is identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are meant for understanding the process by which one can surrender unto 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub try to see Him (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) within themselves by meditation. In other wo
rds, it is for all the demigods and demons who do not know where the ultimate end is that \'c7a\'eckara teaches, and he especially instructs the demons and the fools to offer salutations to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His words, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by following in his footsteps. Only by such acts will the demons be benefited, not by misleading their innocent f
ollowers by so-called mental speculations or showbottle meditations. \'c7a\'eckara directly offers salutations to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as if to show the fools, who are searching after light, that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub here is light like the sun. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the fallen demons are like owls that will not open their eyes on account of their fear of the sunlight itself. These owls will never op
en their eyes to see the sublime light of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His words the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They will
, however, comment on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with their closed owl-eyes to mislead their unfortunate readers and 
followers. \'c7a\'eckara, however, discloses the light to his less intelligent followers and shows that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the only source of light. This is all to teach the sincere seekers of truth to offer salutation to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus surrender unto Him without misgivings. That is the highest perfection of life, and
 that is the highest teaching of \'c7a\'eckara, the great learned scholar whose teachings drove the void-philosophy of Buddha out of India, the land of knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Om Tat Sat.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 S\'e4\'eckhya-yoga, Part 6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub S\'c4\'ccKHYA-YOGA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami \line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 [Parts }{\b\v\f0\fs22\cf0 1}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs22\cf0 2}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs22\cf0 3}{\b\i0\v
\f0\fs22\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 4}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs22\cf0 5}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 7}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs24\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 8}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Sixth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is explaining how to practice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  by meditation. Although the Lord is recommending the eightfold }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system here, we will
 also see that in the end it is rejected in favor of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because it is impractical to perform in t
his age. In the age of Kali, the present }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , it is said that there is no other practical way than the p
ractice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So in the very first verse, the Lord points out that a true mystic is one who is unattached to the fruits of action, not one who performs this feat, or doesn\'92t perform that ritual, or is in this stage of life o
r that order of society. No, it is the qualification that one needs, and that qualification is to have no other desire than to carry out the orders of the Lord. That is the way that Arjuna finally understood K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that is what Lord Caitanya
, the highest perfectional paradigm of love of God, or devotional service, proclaims: \'93O Almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor to enjoy beautiful women. Nor do I want any number of followers. What I want only is the causeless mercy
 of Your devotional service in my life, birth after birth.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the second verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba emphasizes that what links all different }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  systems and makes them one is the fact that all end}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the Supreme and that all go by the way of controlling the senses. Unless one attains to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no perfection, and unless one controls the senses, it is not possible to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. Now in dealing specifically with the eightfold }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is poin
ting out that it is a gradual process for controlling the senses. As pointed out in the fifth, sixth, and seventh verses, the central point of control is the mind. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93For he who has conquered his mind, it is the best of friends; but
 for one who has failed to do so, his very mind will be the greatest enemy.\'94 The central concept here is control. The mind is something like a blank check; the check itself is of no value\'97it is only paper\'97but the account it is written on is wort
h millions. If it is written on a good account, it is of inestimable value. If not, it is worthless. Similarly, when the mind is engaged in matters of sense gratification, it becomes the greatest cause of bondage, but if the mind is engaged for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, then it is the cause for liberation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually the mind is part of the sensory system, and it is sometimes called the sixth sense. As such, it is the controlling sense. If t
he controlling force is uncontrolled, where can control come from? Therefore, the whole purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system is to control the mind by sitting in certain positions, by breath control, etc. Everything is meant to bring the mind under control, for without that there is no possibility of controlling the senses. But for a person in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, because he is always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and always chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare and because his m
ind is thinking, \'93How can I serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 and because he is actually engaged in activities in which the mind can be fully engaged, there is no question of the mind\'92s being drawn away to sensory gratification. Therefore the mind and the 
senses are automatically controlled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as the mind is controlled, one can perceive Param\'e4tm\'e4 within, which is the actual goal of meditation, to perceive K\'e5
\'f1\'eba within, to come under the dictation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba within. If I am not controlled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba from within, I will certainly be controlled by illusory energy from without. No one can escape the control of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we may choo
se the form of control\'97either His internal superior energy or His external inferior energy. But everyone must serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is a fact.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ABSORPTION IN THE SUPREME
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as the mind is fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one becomes perfectly situated under His personal control and follows His dictations. T
he effect of controlling the mind by meditation is that it brings one under the control of Param\'e4tm\'e4, or Supersoul, but because this position is at once reached by one in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, a devotee of the Lord is unaffected by the dual
ities of the material world, namely distress and happiness, heat and cold, etc. This state is practical }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub or absorption in the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Still, if one is determined to follow the more difficult }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a
\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system, starting with the ninth verse and continuing through the eighteenth, the means by which this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is practiced are given. First one must consider the well-wisher, friend and enemy, the envious, pious and the sinner all on the same level, with indiffer
ence and impartiality. Then he must concentrate his mind on the Supreme Self. He must go to a secluded place and be free from all desires and feelings of possessiveness. These are some of the preliminary prescriptions for controlling the mind. Unless the
 mind is controlled, there is no possibility of meditation. Unless one can do away with possessiveness, for instance, there will be desire, and the mind cannot attain equilibrium, without which it is impossible to see the Supersoul within. K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 may be realized in different ways\'97as impersonal Brahman, as localized Param\'e4trna, or as Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A person who is fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is always engaged in the transcendental loving service o
f the Lord, and as such he knows the Lord as the Supreme Person who possesses all opulences, including the Param\'e4tma and impersonal features, or His localized expansion and bodily effulgence respectively. So his knowledge is called perfect because it 
is complete. But the meditator who knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Param\'e4tm\'e4, and the impersonalist who knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Brahman or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are also indirectly K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. But to be directly K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious is more perfect, just as one who possesses a million dollars is wealthier than the man who possesses 
one dollar. A dollar is a dollar, that is so; so qualitatively the man with one dollar is as good as the man with a million dollars, but quantitatively they are not the same. Only a fool would say they are. Similarly, we may have knowledge of the infinit
e particles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s energy, but until we have perfect knowledge of the Supreme Source of all, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our knowledge is not perfect. So the personalist has full knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all His multi-energies, but the imperso
nalist or the meditating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know K\'e5\'f1\'eba in part only. Nevertheless, in the Sixth Chapter her
e one is encouraged to pursue this path in order to come to the ultimate goal, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But it is specifically stated that the mind must be focused on the Supreme, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Unless one thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, meditation is not possible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perfect concentration of the mind on the Supreme is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa
m\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or trance, but this condition is never possible when there is possessiveness. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 puts it this way: \'93When one is not attached to anything
, but at the same time accepts everything in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one is rightly situated above possessiveness. On the other hand, one who rejects everything without knowledge of its relationship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not as complete in his renunci
ation.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.255-256]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person who simply rejects certain things may be making some progress in the sense that he is preventing further entanglement in material existence, but hi
s renunciation is incomplete. But a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person from the very beginning engages everything in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore he has completed his course in perfect knowledge. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person well knows that
 everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus he is always free from feelings of personal possessiveness. As such, he has no hankering for anything on his own personal account; therefore a person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the perfect }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 QUALIFICATIONS FOR YOGA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The eleventh and twelfth verses lay further qualifications on the aspiring }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There it is stated that he must not only go to a secluded place, but also to a sacred place; and after following so many restrictions, completely abstaini
ng from sex, he must sit very firmly, just in order to purify the heart. Without purification of the heart, spiritual advancement is not possible. But in this age of Kali, where can one find a secluded, sacred place? Our cities may be full of so many so-
called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub societies, and they may be very successful in reducing people who are overweight or in provid
ing some kind of recreation, or even in making one healthy, but as far as self-realization is concerned, they are useless. It is specifically said here that one must sit in a secluded sacred place, and there he must completely control the mind. Therefore
 in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that in the Kali-yuga (the present age) when people in general are short-lived, slow in spiritual realization and always disturbed by various anxieties, the best means of spiritual realization is the chanting of the holy}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub names of the Lord. And Lord Caitanya was even more emphatic when He said, repeatedly: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam/ kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In 
this age of quarrel and hypocrisy [Kali] the only means of deliverance is the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way! There is no other way! There is no other way!\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The thirteenth and fourteenth verses prescribe further instructions for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He must sit in a certain way to restrain all movement, his eyes must be fixed on the tip of the nose. \'93Thus, with an unagitated, subdued mind, devoid o
f fear, completely free from sex life, one should meditate upon Me within the heart and make Me the ultimate goal of life.\'94 Therefore it is perfectly clear that without seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one is not successful in meditation. Unless one makes K\'e5
\'f1\'eba the ultimate goal of life, one is not following the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system. Nor is it possible to follow t
his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system with an agitated or roving mind; nor is it possible while engaging in sex life. One has t
o practice controlling the mind and avoiding all kinds of sense gratification, of which sex is the chief. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Y\'e4j\'efavalkya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rules of celibacy, it is said: \'93The vow of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is meant to 
help one completely abstain from sex indulgence in work, words, and mind\'97at all times, under all circumstances, and in all places.\'94 No one can perform correct }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice while participating in sex life, not even in married life. Therefore in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub institution when a boy is five years old he goes to live with the spiritual master, and there he is taught the material and the spiritual sciences, and he is taught to be a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be strictly controlled. Without such practice one cannot make advancement in any }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whether it be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhy\'e4na-yoga, j\'ef
\'e4na-yoga, karma-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub However, as prescribed by the authorities, in the school of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one can become a hous
eholder, or live in married life according to regulation, and that will also allow one to advance. But in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhy\'e4na-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not even that is possible\'97householder life is never allowed. Co
mplete abstinence without compromise is required. This is because a person who is actually practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub while engaged in regulated sex life, dedicates his sex life to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His household life means that he is raising a family for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus it is superior to the mundane duality of celibate and married. A devotee of the L
ord automatically refrains from sense gratificatory life because of superior taste. This means that he is actually drinking at K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s reservoir of pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the sixteenth verse there is the further prescription that one cannot eat too much or eat too little, or sleep too much or not enoug
h. Without controlling the diet and sleep, meditation will not produce the desired result. Eating more than required means eating more than is needed to keep body and soul}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub together, and sleeping more than six hours in twenty-four means sleeping too much. Nor is there need to eat animal flesh, because there is an ample supply of palatable vegetables, grai
ns, fruit and milk. And such simple foods are considered to be in the mode of goodness, according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But a person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is automatically controlled in all these things because he does not eat anything which is no
t first offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And what can be offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itself, in the Ninth Chapter, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He accepts the gift of one who offers a leaf, a flower, a fruit or a little water, with love and affection. Actually, t
he real qualification is love and affection, but one who has love and affection naturally only offers the things that K\'e5\'f1\'eba likes. Because the devotee\'92s food is first offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is without sinful reactions, as explained in 
the Third Chapter.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 REGULATED LIFE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person always engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord considers sleep to be his greatest enemy, for it is a waste of
 time. In this regard his standard is \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who could not sleep more than two hours a day, and often not even that, or he desires to follow the example of Harid\'e4s \'d6h\'e4kur, who would not even accept food or sleep until
 he had completed his daily routine of chanting more than three hundred thousand holy names of the Lord. So where one has superior taste there is no question of sense gratification. When one is regulated in all his work, sleep, speech, and all other bodi
ly activities, there is no material contamination or misery. The perfectly regulated life is exemplified by King Ambar\'e9\'f1a, who first of all engaged his mind on the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; then, one after another, he engaged his words in 
describing the transcendental qualities of the Lord, his hands in mopping the temple of the Lord, his ears in hearing of the activities of the Lord, his eyes in seeing the transcendental forms of the Lord, his body in touching the body of the devotee, hi
s sense of smell in smelling the scents of the lotus flowers offered to the Lord, his tongue in tasting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leaf offered at the lotus feet of the Lord, his legs in going to places of pilgrimage where the temple of the Lord is situated, his head in offering obeisances unto t
he Lord, and his desires in executing the mission of the Lord. All these transcendental activities are quite befitting a pure devotee, and where they are present, there is no question of sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PATANJALI'S VERSION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a truly K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, always absorbed in Transcendence, in constant undisturbed meditation on his worshipable L
ord, is likened in the nineteenth verse to a lamp in a windless place. He does not waver. Indeed, one who is always engaged in the loving service of the Lord becomes steady, and his whole life is passed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As explained in the 20\'9623 verses, in that stage he can see the Self by the pure mind, and thus relish and enjoy the Self. \'93In that 
joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain.\'94 By practice of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one can become gradually detached from material existence, and in that detached state, one can be situated 
in trance or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means that one has realized the Supersoul or K\'e5\'f1\'eba within through 
transcendental mind and intelligence without any of the misgivings of identifying the self with the Superself. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  system is more or less based on the principles of the Pata\'efjali }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system. Some try
 to identify the individual soul with the Supersoul. The monist calls this liberation, but he does not understand the real purpose of the Pata\'efjali system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Pata\'efjali accepts the concept of transcendental pleasure, but the monists do not accept this transcendental pleasure, out of fear of jeopardizing their theory of oneness. The duality of 
knowledge and knower are not accepted by the nondualists, but in this verse transcendental pleasure\'97realized through transcendental senses\'97is a clearly stated fact. This is corroborated by Pata\'efjali Muni, the famous exponent of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system. In his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga-s\'fctras}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Pata\'efjali states that this oneness of the Supreme that the monists talk about is an internal potency of the Lord by which the living entity becomes aware of his constitutional positi
on. Lord Caitanya further explains that real liberation means to clear the mirror of the mind of its impurities. The theory of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , when seen as a preliminary condition, corresponds with this principle. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nirv\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means to clear away the material dust, but after }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or material cessatio
n, there is a full manifestation of spiritual activities or devotional service to the Lord known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In the words of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this is the \'93real life of the living entity.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or illusion, is the condition of spiritual life contaminated by material affection. Liberation from this material infection does not mean destruction of the original eternal position of the living entity, but its full manifestation
. So transcendental pleasure does not mean void, but real life. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and will be more vividly described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beginning with the Seventh Cha
pter.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE RESULT OF STEADINESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In verses 24\'9627, the concept of determination and steadiness is stressed. There is an old adage that \'93one finds God quickest whos
e yearning is strongest,\'94 and similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba here is urging that kind of determination. Unless one is determined, there is no possibility of advancement. Similarly, the words \'93full conviction\'94 are used, and again: \'93From whatever and
 wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back under the control of the Self.\'94 So one must \'93certainly withdraw it.\'94 And the result of such steadiness or perseverance is stat
ed in the 29th and 30th verses: \'93A true }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  observes Me in all beings and also sees every being in
 Me. Indeed, the self-realized man sees Me everywhere. For one who sees Me everywhere and sees everything in Me, I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.\'94 As stated, the end of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Unless and until one sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere, until one understands that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Person and that everywhere
 He is expanded by His energy, there is no perfection. But that is not easy to accomplish, and it is only possible by the grace of the Lord and the self-realized devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the 33rd verse, Arjuna complains to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that this system seems to him impractical and impossible to perform. Arjuna was a
 great soul,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a great devotee and intimate friend of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and even 5,000 years ago, when 
the state of Kali-yuga was not advanced, Arjuna said that he did not think that this system was practical. Arjuna had so many great qualifications, including royal birth and sufficient leisure. He was a great warrior and had a long duration of life. He w
as also extremely intelligent. Still he thought that it was not possible for himself to follow this system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . And, as it is confirmed in all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or scriptures, this system is not possible for
 any ordinary man in this present age. Those who are imitating this system in so-called schools and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
societies, although complacent, are certainly worthless as far as spiritual advancement is concerned. They are completely missing the desired goal\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This can be proved by the test which applies equally to all philosophies and all religio
ns\'97simply, how is one developing love of God. Actually that love is within all of us, but it is covered by material contamination. It is the job of any philosophy or religion to revive it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ALWAYS THINKING OF K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Love of God practically expressed is service. Any philosophy or religion which does not lead one to this end is simply bluffing, and an
y system that leads one to this end is first class. Yoga means to link up, and religion comes from two Latin words, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub re-legio, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means to bind back. K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the 31st verse says that the end is achieved by one who \'93remains always in Me in all circumstances.\'94 That is the goal of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or true religion, and that means that the consciousness is completely submerged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is love. How do I know when I am in love with some gir
l? Simple. I cannot get her out of my mind. Similarly, when we are in love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we think of Him always. We cannot be without Him for a minute.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub complained that the creator of the universe, Lord Brahm\'e4, was not very intelligent, for the eyes which he designed sometimes blinked, and for that instant K\'e5\'f1\'eba was lost to their view. That is real love. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba says that for such a person \'93I am never lost, nor is he ever lost to Me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the 37th and 38th verses, Arjuna wants to know about the condition of one who starts on the transcendental path and is deviated for 
one reason or another before reaching the goal. Does he not become bereft of material enjoyment and spiritual advancement both? Does not he lose his chance for material happiness and at the same time fail to reach the goal of spiritual success? Arjuna is
 still not awake to the full import of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s teaching that one who thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is immediately on the transcendental platform. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba reassures Arjuna that evil never comes to the man seeking transcendental advancem
ent. Even if he is unsuccessful in one life, in the next he will certainly pick it up at the same point. Material education or learning must be left with the gross body. And it must be totally completed in one lifetime. Unless I complete my doctorate in 
this life, then in my next I have to start all over again\'97all those years of study are wasted. But spiritual knowledge is not like that because it is eternal, and therefore I can take it with me in my eternal condition as spirit soul, and when I take 
another body, that spiritual knowledge is again displayed from the same point. If I have become 25% K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious in this life, in my next I will begin at 26%. So}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nothing can ever be lost on the eternal plane. K\'e5\'f1\'eba stated in the 40th verse of the Second Chapter that \'93even a little advancement on this path can protect one from the mo
st dangerous type of fear.\'94 It will be further explained in the 30th verse of the Ninth Chapter that a person who has determined to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious is under the protection of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s internal energy already, even before the
 perfectional stage is reached. Therefore even though it takes many births to complete the process, one who has once taken to this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is guaranteed completion or perfection and the attainment of the Supreme Goal. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater th
an the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances, be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . And of all }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he who always abides in Me with 
great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is the highest of all.\'94 In case there is any doubt left in Arjuna\'92s mind, K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in the concluding verse of the chapter that the perfection of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotional service, transcendental loving service. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mean
s to link up, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that he is most intimately united with Me who worships in transcendental loving service. The culmination of all kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practices is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Unless and until one comes to that point, he is not in complete knowledge, and his path 
is unfinished. Therefore Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for this age because, like the benediction moon, it is spreading transcendental love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the end of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub systems.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pras\'e4dam-Spiritual Food
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRAS\'c4DAM\'97SPIRITUAL FOOD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The taking of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual foodstuffs, by the devotee and the distribution of such foodstuffs to the public is an extremely important part of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. The directions for eating come from the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as translated in disciplic succession by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, says in the Ninth Chapter of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I accept it.\'94 
(Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Accepting this offer by the Supreme Lord, the devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba follows a pure diet; he eats only food that is first offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is present in His incarnation as the Deity
 on the altar. According to this verse in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God actually eats foodstuffs which are off
ered to Him by His devotee. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba has an eternal, blissful body with inconceivable potencies, He is able to eat the offered food simply by hearing the prayers offered by the devotee. (The prayers are offered to the spiritual master, who in
 turn offers the food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally.) Because the Supreme Personality of Godhead is absolute, therefore anything directly associated with Him, such as His name, His fame, His devotee, and also foodstuffs offered to and accepted by Him, bec
omes nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Anyone who takes remnants of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  offered to the 1,
ord engages in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the process of linking up with God. The proof of these assertions is that anyone w
ho regularly takes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will find himself gaining in spiritual strength.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As to what kinds of food are accepted by the Supreme Lord, that information is also available in the G\'e9t\'e4. It is stated in the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  commentary of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, \'93If one wishes to enga
ge in devotional service to the Supreme, in order to be purified and reach the goal of life\'97loving service to God\'97then one should find out what the Lord desires of him. One who loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give Him whatever He wants. But he should avo
id offering anything which is undesirable or unasked for. Thus meat, fish and eggs should not be offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If He desired such things as an offering, the Lord would have said so; but instead He clearly requests that a leaf, fruit, flowers
 and water be given to Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And He says of this offering, \'91I will accept it.\'92 Therefore we should understand that He will not accept meat, fish and eggs. Veg
etables, grains, fruits, milk and water are the proper foods for human beings, as is here prescribed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Whatever else we may eat cannot be offered to Him, since He will not accept it.\'94 One may question, \'93Why is there a 
need to feed the Supreme Lord at all? Is He so much in need of food that He has to take offerings from His devotees?\'94 God has no need. He is independent and self-satisfied. It is only out of love for His devotee that He is pleased to accept any offeri
ng made to Him. The example is given of a father who accepts a piece of food from his little son. The father is actually the provider of the son\'92s food, and he has no need to accept the food from his son, but if out of affection his son offers him som
ething to taste, then the father is very, very pleased. That is the way K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased by His devotees. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is simply the loving exchange between the Lord and His devotee. Anyone who takes advantage of this easy method of yoga can benefit more in a minute than he could by years and years of exercises or impersonal meditation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sum and substance of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy is to distribute pras\'e4dam, to perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97glorification of God by dancing and singing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97and to
 hear the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The students of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pr
abhup\'e4da are dedicated to serving all living entities through the worldwide dissemination of this joyful transcendental message.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's p16-17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "I medita
te on \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and Govinda. They are seated on a throne in a mansion bedecked with gems under the desire trees in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, being served by Their loving female attendants."\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.16]
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Great Watering of the Soul
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE GREAT WATERING OF THE SOUL
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The person who is in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness knows nothing but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whatever he perceives sensuously, mentally, in
tellectually, emotionally, or psychically is the Absolute Himself, for his consciousness is steeped in knowledge of the Absolute. One so situated in consciousness of the Divine is neither in want nor afraid of anything. He neither desires heavenly planet
s nor flees hellish ones. He is with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and so he thinks that every place is as good as the forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana where K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally sports. In fact, wherever he remains is V\'e5nd\'e4vana, just as wherever there are atoms t
here is the Param\'e4tma, the Supersoul. The Supersoul lives in the hearts of all beings, and yet He is not subjected to their pleasures and pains. In the same way, a person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is always transcendental to the modes of materia
l nature. But in this age of Kali, this Iron Age, an age of spiritual drought, of thunder without rain, persons who are in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are very rare. Today, there are three billion people on this one planet, and yet out of all these
 millions and millions it is very difficult to find one person who is actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious or even peaceful. It is very seldom that we find one who is peaceful, for without being established in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness it is not possible
 to be peaceful.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LOVE GIVEN FREELY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing the pitiable condition of men in the present day, the compassionate Lord Caitanya, who embodies the Absolute Truth and His inter
nal pleasure potency, freely distributes the means whereby man can be established in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He is giving a free and easy access to this consciousness: love of Godhead. But because it is being given freely and because it is so easy,
 people are reluctant to take it. His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 used to say that if you take langera mangoes, which are the best quality mangoes in India, very costly and very sweet, and go from door to door to distribute t
hem freely, people will ask, \'93Why has this man brought these mangoes? Why is he giving them away? There must be some motive behind it.\'94 In this way they will be suspicious and reluctant to accept them. In the same way Lord Caitanya is distributing 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is priceless and very sweet. Yet most people
\'92s reactions tend to be skeptical. They say, \'93Oh he\'92s simply chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What\'92s there to that? This must be for the foolish who cannot cogitate or speculate or meditate or hyperventilate. Surely this is meant for the feeble-
minded.\'94 But in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.\'94 (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 7.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Therefore the seed of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a very precious seed, very rare and very valuable. Out of over eight million species of life, only one speci
es here and there has the spiritual fortune to realize the position of the Absolute. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . And so the deluded world knows Me not who am unborn and infallible.\'94 (Bg. 7.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 RELEASE FROM SA\'c0S\'c4RA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With a little vision we can quickly see that the mass of living entities are wandering aimlessly in these millions of species of life. 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba proclaims, \'93All living entities are born into delusion overcome by the dualities of desire and hate.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Desire and hate delude the soul into thinking that he is this body a
nd that he can gratify the sensual desires of this body. However, the human life is unique in that it offers an opportunity to the conditioned soul to hurdle himself out of the wheel of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the wheel of birth and death. The spiritual master helps the conditioned soul just as a track coach helps a runner jump hurdles. He gives so many instru
ctions, so many rules and regulations just to train the conditioned soul to become godly. The instructions may appear superstitious or superfluous to the conditioned soul due to his limited range of vision, yet when he is hurdled out of his conditioning 
he can see how they helped him. The human being is intended to be trained to be godly. Actually he is part and parcel of God, but due to material contamination he has forgotten. In India, for thousands of years, various methods have been utilized by whic
h the soul\'92s memory can be awakened to the soul\'92s divinity. Lord Caitanya enjoins that the fortunate person with some spiritual assets due to past deeds will seek the association of a pure devotee who knows the methods of awakening and will instruc
t the conditioned soul in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The seed of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is received by the mercy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the spiritual master and by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This mercy is combined: by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the soul gets }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and by the grace of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the soul gets K
\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93When will the day come when I will be established at last in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?\'94 This is an urge felt deep in the sou
l of all entities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub survey all beings, and when they will the God consciousness of
 the individual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will develop and fructify. All creatures have spiritual eyes within themselves, b
ut these eyes are closed. By the will and mercy of the spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba they can be opened in a twinkling. They are opened by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7abda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the transcendental sound incarnation of the Supreme Lord, which pierces the material coverings of all living entities, vibrates into their souls and opens their sleeping spiritual eyes. It is called }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means \'93mind releasing,\'94 for it releases the mind from its material shackles. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says, \'93I am seated in everyone\'92s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supersoul within all, and as soon as He sees that one is sincerely seeking the answers to important spiritual questions, then he sends a bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to deliver the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and teach the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the process of surrender.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WATERING THE SEED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The seed of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is within the heart of all living entities, and it is delivered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spir
itual master. What is the duty of one who has the seeds of a very beautiful flower? His duty is not to lock them up in a vault or in a bank, but to sow them in the ground. The seed of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not sown in the earth, but in the hear
t, within the self. And once the seed is sown it must be nourished by a little water. That watering process is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtanam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namely hearing the transcendental words of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the seed is watered in this way, then it will surely grow. One 
should never stop watering this plant but should nourish it continually, for if one stops watering any plant it will cease to bear fruit and will die. Even if one is highly elevated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he cannot stop this process. Therefore i
t is recommended that one chant the holy names and read the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba both morning and evening so that the soul\'92s precious plant will not dry up. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , forgetfulness, delusion, are so strong that as soon as they see the opportunity, they will say, \'93Ah, let\'92s send a drought. Now he will surely dry up.\'94 Therefore the watering
 should always be there so that the plant will always grow.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ordinarily there is a limit to the growth of all plants. A plant or vine will reach a certain height or breadth or length and then stop
. But the plant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness grows in such a way that it does not rest on any part of this universe. The creepers and branches of this holy plant never lie dormant, never take shelter, never stop within this material world, for this pl
ant is not satisfied with any facility afforded by any planet in any part of this material universe. If it is constantly watered, its branches will extend beyond sensuality, fruitive action and mental speculation and will pierce the covering of the mater
ial universe and burst into the effulgent light of the spiritual sky. In that realm it will pass beyond the self-luminous spheres of opulence, beyond the glorious planets of the salvationists, beyond the galactic potentates, blue, regal N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba
s, on up, up, up to the ultimate huge whorl of lotus that is the planet of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Then the plant will enter that lotus planet and seek shelter under the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and it is there that it will stop to drink the nectar flowing
 from that Supreme Person, and having drunk that nectar it will issue forth redolent flowers of love, multifarious flowers, eternal flowers, and they will shower the three worlds with their fragrance and petals, and their stamens will pollinate the world
s of men, and their seeds will spread to all corners, and in countless planets new flowers will spring up, and they too, nourished by the waters of the holy name, will foliate that universal path to the nectarean feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So this growth is enabled by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7abda, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the sound incarnation which is the life force of the soul. It is the chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that enables the plant of the soul to penetrate the tenfold coverings of this
 universe and enter into Viraj\'e4, the causal ocean. Attainment of this causal ocean is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whi
ch is the Buddhist\'92s philosophical perfection. This is the realm of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the extinction of a
ll material existence. Beyond this causal ocean is the Brahmaloka, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paravyoma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is the spiritual 
sky, and the plant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, penetrating there, passes all Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets en route to the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His feet are the soul\'92s shelter. We have all seen ordinary plants grow and grow and grow, and then,
 when they reach some shelter, suddenly branch out, expand and bear fruit. In this way, once the plant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness captures K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s lotus feet, it takes shelter, saying, \'93Now I have finished my journey. Let me flourish 
here. Let me expand here and issue joyous leaves and flowers.\'94 It is there that the soul is satisfied, for it is there that he enjoys K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s association. It is only when he attains the feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that he will rest.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HOW IT GROWS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one pursues the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and reads or hears the transcendental words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the plant of his soul will surely grow and reach K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s lotus feet and relish them. It is not that K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is far, far away and we cannot enjoy Him until passing beyond the ten coverings of the material universe, the causal ocean, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and all the Vaiku\'ebtha planets. No. Actually we can relish K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the journey itself. Otherwise, how did the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s manage to enjoy their devotional life? They were living beneath d
ifferent trees every night and eating just a few dry scraps of bread, and sometimes they weren\'92t even eating that. And yet they were all joyfully engaged twenty-four hours in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, sometimes dancing and chanting and sometimes r
eading and writing. Eating, sleeping, defending and mating were of no concern to them. So this is spiritual life. When one is actually elevated in spiritual life, he sees all material things as insignificant. It is said that a man in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness sees all the possessions of men as mere garbage in the street, all women as his mother, and all living entities as his very self. It is also said that he sees all the manifold material universes to be of no more significance than rainwater conta
ined in the hoofprint of a cow. This is because one in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is beyond the material conception of the body. He has realized }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am not this body, I am spirit soul.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Those with the vision of eternity can
 see that the soul is transcendental, eternal and beyond the modes of nature. In spite of his contact with the material body, O Arjuna, he is neither doing anything nor is he entangled. The sky, on account of its subtle nature, does not mix with anything
, although all-pervading. So the soul situated in Brahman vision does not mix with the body though situated in that body. As the sun alone illuminates all this universe, so does the living entity, one within the body, illuminate the entire body by consci
ousness.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 13.31-33}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PLEASURE OF THE SOUL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the soul in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has no material activity, then what does he do? He is simply engaged in watering the plant 
that is in his heart. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original an
d inexhaustible. They are always engaged in chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination. Offering homage unto Me, they worship Me with devotion.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.13-14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Once one has the lotus feet of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba indelibly imprinted in his soul, once the eye of the soul has seen His feet and the ears of the soul have heard His voice and the nostrils of the soul have smelled His fragrance and the tongue of the soul has tasted the nectar of His names 
and the hands of the soul have touched His transcendental body, then all material engagements cease and K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes his all in all. It is at this point that the soul understands that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme pleasure principle and that th
e pleasures of the soul can be obtained through Him only. Under illusion we think that we are enjoying material nature, but what kind of enjoyment is there? It is temporary; it is fraught with danger; it is incomplete. When one becomes elevated in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, then he forgets all these material engagements.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone can come to this stage by the chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The word \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 means all-attractive
, and when this word vibrates off the tongue, the sleeping soul is jolted wide awake. The word \'93Hare\'94 refers to the energy of the all-attractive K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is by Mother Hare, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the energy of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, that we attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. This is the force that propels the sleeping soul out of the entanglement of material nature. The word \'93R\'e4ma\'94 means enjoyer. When this word vibrates off the tongue, one actually participates in en
joyment which is beyond human conception and is eternal. Together, in the combination called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub chanted by the great saint \'c7r\'e9la Harid\'e4s \'d6h\'e4kur, \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare,\'94 they elevate the soul to the hi
ghest ecstasy of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya, in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , spoke of the p
owers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or ch
anting the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in this way:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s names is ever triumphant,\line Polishing bright the mirror of the mind,\line Restoring the 
heart, quenching the great fire\line Of worldly life and freely scattering\line The moonbeams that nourish the pure lily\line Of devotion. As we chant His names, we wake\line The bride of knowledge and inspire the sea\line Of bliss to toss its nectar to 
all shores\line And bathe all souls with love for the Supreme.\line O tell me, Lord, when will that time come?\line When will my eyes stream tears, my voice tremble,\line My skin bristle with ecstatic joy,\line My heart swell with bliss to chant\line Thy
 names?\line Give me the wealth of love for Thee, O Lord.\line O give it to me! Make me Thy servant,\line And as wages give me only love for Thee!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This reciprocal love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as expressed by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, is the highest expression of spiritual conscious
ness. The life of Caitanya was devoted to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-k\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the celebration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by chanting His names, and He recommended this method for all men as the most efficient way for the watering of the soul in this dry age. Then let us sound the thunder of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub drums and send torrents of His names sh
owering on the heads of all. The thunder rattles our windowpanes now! Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare Rama, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub VAR\'cb\'c4\'c7RAMA-DHARMA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The followers of the supreme will as taught by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are generally called Hindus. This word Hindu, which has only come from recent times, is a name given by Mohammedans to those followers of the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who u
sed to gather at the Indus River in India. \'93Indus\'94 became \'93Hindus\'94 by mispronunciation, so \'93Hindu\'94 is an empty designation. The religion of the four social orders and four spiritual orders created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, as revealed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. 4.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is properly named }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Basically, the four orders of social life called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are scientifically arranged for the material progress of society, and the four spiritual orders called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are designed for natural progress in self-realization. Both the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub systems are interrelated; each is dependent on 
the other. The purpose of this plan, created by the Lord Himself, is to accelerate the transcendental qualities of the individual so that he may gradually realize his spiritual identification and act in order to get free from the material bondage of cond
itional life. It is a system by which the civilized human being can successfully perform the human mission, which is to be distinguished from the animal propensities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SPIRITUAL, PEACEFUL LIFE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system of four castes\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub perfectly organized in material terms in order
 to allow people to live peacefully and pursue spiritual life while engaged in their regular occupation. In every society there is always a class interested in business and agriculture. According to the Eighteenth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas\'92 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub duties are \'93farming, cattle raising, and business.\'94 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  class does the labor or serves the other classes. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the administrators and protectors or policemen. \'93Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity and leadership are the qualities of work for the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  constitute the intelligent class and offer spiritual knowledge and guidance to the people. Whether or not one a
ccepts the names }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is naturally in every society an intelligent class i
nterested in spiritual understanding and philosophy, a class interested in administration and ruling over others, a class interested in economic development, business and moneymaking, and another class of men who are not intelligent or martial spirited a
nd have no capacity for economic development but who can simply serve others for their own bread. This system has been extant from time immemorial, and it will continue through time immemorial. There is no power which can stop it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Due to India\'92s dependency on foreigners and those who are non-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , that country is now witnessing the degradation of the caste and order system in the form of the heredity caste system. Because the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system is created by God, it will always exist, either in degraded form or in original; it canno
t be extinguished. It is like the sun, a creation of God. Either covered by clouds or in a clear sky, the sun will exist. When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system becomes degraded, it appears as the hereditary caste system. The four natural orders are still there, but there is no actual regulation for cooperation between the communities. According to the o
riginal system in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub caste is determined not by birth but by qualities. The Vedic l
iterature is perfectly clear on this point. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself used the phrase }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bandhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , me
aning \'93relative of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\'94 to describe a person who happens to take birth in the family 
of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but is not qualified as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This was the case with Asvatth\'e4m\'e4, as described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad
-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.7.36}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  son, but he killed the five sleeping sons of Draupad\'e9, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba said that he should be called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bandhu. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the judgeship is a post for the qualified man, so also the post of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is attainable by qualification only. By birth alone one cannot become a high court judge, but a qualified person, regardless of birth, is eligible for the post. Similarly, any man who attains the qualities of a }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but is born in a lower caste family must be recognized as a factual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There is an example in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chandogya 
Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of a student boy who approached a guru for instruction. The guru asked the boy his family name. On enquiry from his mother, the boy was told. \'93I do not know. I was 
a servant girl in my youth and worked in many places. I do not know who was your father.\'94 The boy related this exactly to the sage, and the sage declared: \'93None but a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4h
ma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  could speak as truthfully as this,\'94 and the boy was thereby accepted as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because of his acting like a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Similarly, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-bhakti-vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the standard literature for regulative behavior in devotional service, it is stated: \'93As bell metal can be transformed into gold by the proper
 chemical process, similarly by the bona fide process of initiation any human being can be transformed into a twice-born }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 NEED FOR BR\'c4HMA\'cbAS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the Vedic ideal that everyone is trained according to his particular qualities and inclinations. It is necessary in every society
 that there especially be guides, qualified men whose work is not to put bricks together or anything else, but to simply guide with real intelligence, while the others do work according to their desires. Where there is such guidance, working becomes happ
y. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the author of the orders, and thus the existence of a guiding class is eternal and natural\'97but training is needed. In the democratic society, education makes no provision to train }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for the role of guides. Although the need for such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is clear, there is no educational institution to train proper }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present Society for Krishna Consciousness is unique in supplying training for boys who are spiritually inclined. Under a bona fide 
spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, they are being trained in a higher science. Those intellectual persons who have the brahminical qualifications are being restrained as students\'97they don\'92t eat meat or take p
art in intoxication, gambling or illicit sex life. In this way they are becoming an intellectual, purified class. It is said that a true }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can sanctify all society. In the conception of the four orders as parts situated on the universal form of the Supreme Lord, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are said to be the head, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the arms, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the waist and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the legs. Just as in our own body, for proper maintenance we require all parts; we cannot say that we do not need the hea
d. We need everything. If there is a body without a head, it is a dead body. Similarly, if there is not a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  or intellectual, spiritual part in the society, it is a dead society. If someone is working to understand the Supreme Lord, he is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Why should he be called for military action? The arm of the body is needed also. Some military arrangement should be there\'97but not the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . W here there is no arrangement for protection of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas,
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that society is headless and brainless\'97dead. And there is no peace in such a society.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PRESENT DEGRADATION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Due to the lack of training of people in the present age and to their practice of the vices of illicit sex, meat eating and intoxicatio
n, Lord Caitanya declared that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kalau }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -sambhava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the age of Kali everyone is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The Vedic ceremony called Garbh\'e4dh\'e4na\'97in which the man and wife make vows before having sex and declare that they are coming together to have sex in order to produce a K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
s child\'97is no longer observed. And so widespread are illicit connections that no one can know for certain whether he is born of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or someone else. With the extinguishing of the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the entire world has become deplorable, being governed by unwanted men who
 have no training in religion, politics or social order. In the institution of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there 
are regular training principles for the different classes of men. Just as now we need engineers and doctors and there are places for properly training them in scientific institutions, so the social orders, the intelligent class, the ruling class, etc., c
an be properly trained up. This was actually the case in early Vedic times. The duties are described, and the training must be there. With no training, one cannot claim that simply because he is born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  family, even though he may act as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he is therefore a }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub claims have degraded the syste
m and thrown it into chaos, with no peace or prosperity. The result is that there are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  everyw
here; where there should be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the presidential palace and leading the army on the battlefi
eld, there are men who are untrained and unintelligent who are less than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When there is no provisi
on for training the natural orders, we find that the leadership is ineffective and corrupt. In the Vedic system, because there was proper education, the society was peaceful and so structured that all people were able to develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess. That is real human society, where the entire society is making progress toward spiritual realization. K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that one stay in his own work:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is better to be engaged in one\'92s own occupation, even if imperfectly performed, than to accept another\'92s oc
cupation, even if perfectly done. Prescribed duties, according to one\'92s nature, are never affected by sinful reactions. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Working according to his nature, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the purpose of serving t
he Lord, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one can attain perfection by that work, no matter how abominable or pleasant it may appear. One should prosecute his work, even if there is some difficulty in it. Of cour
se, even if a man steadfastly performs his work, but does not serve God by his labor, he is doomed by that very steadfast but godless work. The absolute meaning to all work is that one offers the fruits of his work to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This art of working 
in devotional service can be learned, and that is why the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A great devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the boy Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, told his school fellows: \'93What is required is that we ch
ange our consciousness from what we are now thinking\'97that I am the supreme enjoyer, lord of all I survey\'97and instead become the loving servants of the actual enjoyer, the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 This transcendental loving
 service, a change of consciousness, can be perfectly completed under proper guidance while working at one\'92s occupational duty. According to Lord Caitanya, everyone must surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  orders are natural because they are created by God, so they have meaning only when they are utilized for devotional service unto God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE \'c4\'c7RAMA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual impetus in training is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system is arranged in f
our stages of life in order for one to reach spiritual perfection. The first stage is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmacarya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means student life or education with the spiritual master. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system, at five years of age a boy goes to live at the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub guru-kula,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the place of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There, in order to understand spiritual life, all students serve as menial servants of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This way is advised by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93Just try to know the truth by approachi
ng a self-realized spiritual master with all submission and with inquiries and render service unto him. Such a learned spiritual master initiates knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.\'94 By performing this service unto a pure devotee, the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is making direct service contact with God. Because such pure devotees or spiritual masters
 have as their only business to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service, to come in contact with them is like an iron rod\'92s coming in contact with fire\'97the rod eventually acts like fire itself. Lord Caitanya taught that we should
 become a servant of the servant of the servant 100 times removed\'97the more faith in the chain of disciplic succession, the better is the service unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is trained to be celibate and temperate and to follow the scriptural injunctions for purification of consciousness. Many great personalities from the Vedic litera
tures, such as \'c7a\'eckara, N\'e4rada, the Kum\'e4ras, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, and Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, remained unmarried }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  throughout life and devoted their full time to the cause of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Moreover, one must enter }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  training, even if he is to be later married, so that he can learn the principles of restraint. Spiritual life has as its goal the cessation of the round of birth and death in this material w
orld and transferral to the eternal, blissful spiritual world. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we are wandering through thousands of species of life, always forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thinking that we are God, the enjoyer, the center, the Lord. So there is no way out}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of this material condition except hearing from a spiritual master what our actual position is: that we are eternal 
parts and parcels of God. Then we must act accordingly. This practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inculcates in one the desire for K\'e5\'f1\'eba because it restrains the sensual propensities which are the cause of our bondage to the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sex life, being the apex of pleasure in the material world, is therefore the number one reason for our staying in bondage. Nowadays so 
many so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have come with their t
eachings, but they are actually enjoyers of the world in the name of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as their teaching does not dem
and that one practice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Sex indulgence is not recommended in any standard process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meditation or devotional service. Spiritual life means that I am trying to show God my love for Him, not that I am trying to increase my sex enjoyment.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ESSENTIAL TRAINING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Among other things, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub required to restrict his sleep. He is expected
 to rise one and a half hours before sunrise in order to take advantage of the early hours which are said to be the most auspicious for spiritual development. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the habits of a }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are described: \'93The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  must rise early in the morning, and after placing himself, he should chant the holy name\'94 (Bhaktivedanta Purports, Bh\'e4g. 3.21.45). It is further
 described that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  body and face should give off a luster:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His body shone most brilliantly; though engaged in austere penance, he was not emaciated because the Lord had cast His 
affectionate glance at him and he had quaffed with his ears the nectar flowing from the moonlike words of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the sign of one observing celibacy or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that his face has this luster. If he lives otherwise, the lust will come out from the face and the body; if o
ne is a drunkard or sex monger, it will come out. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  training is the basis for all other or
ders as basic training in spiritual life. Whether he goes on to become married and eventually retire from married life, or whether he goes directly to the renounced order or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny
\'e4sa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will save him from the pit of entanglement. It fixes him positively in the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the spiritual master understands the qualities of a student, then he decides how he should work, whether as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thus the student goes into any occupation or spiritual order implanted with the seed of devotional serv
ice and the ability to control his senses over the four animal propensities.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MARRIED LIFE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  order is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the married family man. }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e5hastha}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not mean married li
fe for indulgence in sex and family affairs. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e5hastha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a bona fide spiritual order. There is another word in Sanskrit, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hamed
h\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which is a description of married life without spiritual goals. Such marriage, in which one uses contraceptive methods in order to enjoy sex life, raises children that come
 like cats and dogs, and devotees one\'92s occupational income and energy for elevating the material standard of his family, is a waste of human life. Sex is there, like eating, and there is no}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bar to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for a married man. If one feels some disturbance in living single, he can get married. Many of the great authorities in the sc
ience of God, like Lord Brahm\'e4, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur and His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, were family men. Marriage in the spiritual order is for the purpose of living peacefully and having chil
dren in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eba,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  orders are natural and based on principles of human life i
n terms of the whole span of life; the goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not sense gratification, but liberation fr
om the material condition and attainment of the highest goal. The first part of life, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is utilized for development of character and spiritual qualities. Then around age twenty-five, if he has the desire to be married, he may, as the next natural part of life, accept a wi
fe and beget children. But one should not beget children like cats and dogs. A child should be begotten who can perform duties for God, otherwise there is no need to marry and no need of children. The parents should see to it that the child born of them 
must not enter the womb of a mother again. The child should be trained for being liberated in that life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub teaches that human life is especially meant for 
being completely devoted to the Lord. Among the duties and responsibilities of the householder is that he takes care of the other spiritual orders. By occupation, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub produce food for everyone; by spiritual order, the householders feed the others, as far as possible. Also, according to the example of the great devotee R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a hou
seholder should give at least fifty per cent of his income for propagation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, twenty-five per cent for his household upkeep, and twenty-five per cent set aside for emergencies. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lives as a householder, prosecuting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness with every endeavor.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 RETIRED LIFE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let us say that a man lives one hundred years. The first twenty-five years he is student. The years from twenty-five to fifty are good 
for producing children and so may be spent in householder life. Then after fifty years of age the man is expected to retire and leave his household affairs in the hands of his oldest son. This stage is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He retires and with his wife travels to holy places. Then gradually he leaves his wife in the care of the older children. It is not t
hat the wife is left deserted on the road. According to Vedic civilization the woman is never independent. She is in the hands of her father until she is handed over in marriage, and then she becomes the charge of her husband. When the sons are grown up 
and it is time for the husband to take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he leaves his wife in the charge of his elder sons.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub narrates the history of Kardama Muni, a great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  househ
older who lived at the dawn of creation and who strictly followed the scriptural injunction by leaving his home to take the renounced life of a wandering }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . His case was most exceptional because after long austerities and practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kardama Muni and his wife Devah\'fcti had been blessed to have born unto them the incarnation of God known as Kapila Deva, who taught the famous S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy to the world. Kardama Muni\'92s exalted
 position was that God Himself was in his home, as his son. And still, Kardama Muni left his home in strict observance of the injunction that one must spend his last days away from home and without family connection in pursuit of spiritual life. Kapila D
eva encouraged His father not to deviate from the scriptures, and He assured him that as Supreme Lord He would always be with his father, residing in his heart. Thus Kardama Muni left his wife in the charge of his son Kapila and became a wandering }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  totally dependent on K\'e5\'f1\'eba for his food and lodging.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE RENOUNCED ORDER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Due to the contamination of the present Kali age, Lord Caitanya advised that no one should take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but that everyone should chant the holy names, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/H
are R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Justifying the wisdom of Lord Caitanya\'92s prohibition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a phenomenon in India involving the cheaters and the cheated. It is known that a certain class of women feel that it is auspicious to have sex with a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4
dhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (holy man) and have a child by him. Women gather at holy places where }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are known to go for the purpose of seducing them. This practice has become known, and a class of low-bred sensualists have taken to dressing themselves in the saffron robes of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and going to those places for the purpose of being seduced by women. Thus the cheaters meet the chea
ted. Of course, if anyone can actually follow the rules of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  then he must take the renounced or
der.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sanny\'e4sa is required so that the materially engrossed householder can get out of his mundane occupations before the time of death. T
he bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who has received information from authorized scriptural sources and from a sp
iritual master in disciplic succession must not be merely self-satisfied in that knowledge because he is needed by society at large to go and preach to the people and inject them with the immediacy of eternal spiritual values. If the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not teach the common men of their spiritual nature, then they will have wasted the human form of life. I
t is possible, by direct surrender to God, to be factually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or renounced, even while living at
 home with wife and children. But the existence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the renounced order, either as a
 missionary with a large following, or as a wandering hermit, will culminate in the highest form of human being, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or intimate pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is without envy and always fixed in ecstatic absorption of love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The four orders and castes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are meant to perfect human society. The four orders become distinct where there is enlightenment. Such spiritual life is actually the most democratic because God accepts as wonderfu
l whoever surrenders to Him. By the material standard the rich are great. But in spiritual life the most advanced person serves all others and brings them to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness the most advanced person gives up 
everything, whereas in material life the most advanced is greedy, vicious and dangerous to mankind at large. The real democracy we need is democracy of spiritual consciousness\'97the understanding that all belongs to God and every living being is K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'92s beloved creature. Any man who takes up devotional service is to be respected regardless of his position; and at the same time, whatever qualities he displays in terms of work he can use for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo's p24-27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Glory 
to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years together. Thus the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death, is extinguished. This }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life 
of all transcendental knowledge, it increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it helps us to have a taste of the full nectar for which we are always anxious. }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Devotional Service: Elevation Over Illusion
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DEVOTIONAL SERVICE: ELEVATION OV
ER ILLUSION
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Detroit)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to bring about the purification of human consciousness. The human form of life is a
 rare opportunity which we have now attained out of so many varieties of life. Therefore the opportunity afforded by this human form must be cultured and protected like a rare gem. If it is not, we will lose it by force of the laws of nature and again be
 subject to birth and death, perhaps in some other species of life. This is confirmed by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving
 up the old and useless ones. (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The culturing process is like this. All of us, when we are born, are born with impure consciousness. That is to say, we have no und
erstanding of who we are. The modern civilization of today adds a great boost to this ignorance by offering people material knowledge (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and leaving them devoid of the spiritual education needed 
for the highest advancement of human consciousness. The outcome is that most people go through their lives entirely ignorant of who they are. They are content to think in terms of temporary bodily designations\'97\'93I am a parent,\'94 \'93I am a child,
\'94 \'93I am a teacher,\'94 \'93I am a well-off or not so well-off businessman,\'94 \'93I am a hippie,\'94 etc. These are temporary identities because the pure living entity, the eternal spirit soul residing within the bodily shell, is devoid of such la
bels. In other words these are all relative truths depending on conditions of time and space which, if varied, would produce for us new designations. For instance, because one happens to be born into a Jewish or Christian family he is called a Jew or a C
hristian, but if this person were separated from his parents and adopted by others he might be called something else. This is material relativity, and thinking in these terms binds the living entity to the relative cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we are being taught by our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, n
ot to think along these relative, temporary lines but to seek out the Absolute Truth, that truth which does not depend upon any material consideration. This is called self-realization\'97to realize that which is our real nature. Those people who engage t
heir consciousness in this way have begun to cultivate the resources of human consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from t
he most dangerous type of fear. (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of us have had countless births in the past, and if we are not careful we will have countless births in the future. Therefore, the 
goal is to break free from the miseries of birth and death, which are concomitant factors of material life, by regaining our eternal spiritual status as servants of the Absolute Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the perfection of 
human life. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya has instructed that this attitude of rendering loving service to the Lord is the real eternal activity of the living entity. Through this process of devotional service one transcends the material platfor
m of relative truth and becomes situated in absolute knowledge. Just as academic knowledge qualifies a person to attain a position in society, so when one understands the Absolute Truth, he becomes qualified to enter K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s society, the spir
itual kingdom which lies beyond the realm of the material universes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub True knowledge means to realize who we are in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We must know our eternal identity; academic qualifications wi
ll not be helpful.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And when you have thus learned the truth, you will know that all living beings are My parts and parcels\'97an
d they are in Me and are Mine. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4.35)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore the cultivation of human life is to engage in all activities with the consciousness that \'93I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s eternal servant.\'94 Just as the par
ts of the body serve the stomach and thus become nourished and healthy, so, since we are parts and parcels of the transcendental body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our eternal function is to render pleasing devotional service to Him and also to those who are His un
alloyed, surrendered devotees. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so sublime that He actually gets more pleasure when He sees His pure devotees, the bona fide spiritual masters, being served, than when someone tries to approach Him directly. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this is stated by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna: \'93My dear P\'e4rtha, one who claims to be My dev
otee is not so. Only a person who claims to be the devotee of My devotee is actually My devotee.\'94 Therefore, our eternal position is one of servitorship. In the material world everyone serves only in order to get some temporary fruits which are all ta
ken away at the time of death, but for those who accept their spiritual identity as servants of the Lord and His pure devotees, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub That is the way of the spiritual and godly life, after attaining which a man is not bewildered. Being so situ
ated, even at the hour of death, one can enter into the kingdom of God. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.72)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To end the problems of material life does not mean to try to make this world an eternal paradise, but to reinstate ourselves in devotio
nal service to the Lord, instead of devotional service to this material nature. This can be accomplished by anyone through the simple method of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Har
e R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The chanting is a prayer to the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba to engage us in His transcendental loving service. We say loving service because Kr\'f1na is the perfect master who reciprocates with His servant
s by taking away all inauspicious things from the mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This movement is not in conflict with any religious belief. Our spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, is simply teaching us how 
to immerse ourselves in God consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, twenty-four hours a day, not just to serve God once a week or to think, \'93Oh yes, God exists.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is teaching us to meditate on K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s name,
 form, pastimes and devotees, even in the sleeping state. That is the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, the sublime method for cultivating real human consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone desires to enjoy a complete life of happiness, but most people are misled in this quest by thinking that the body is the targe
t for satisfaction. Actually, however, the body by itself has no qualification to satisfy our desires, but is instead a collapsible trap that ultimately ends in death. The original desire for a joyful life does not come from the body but from the spirit 
soul, the eternal living entity within the body. Having contacted this material body, we have made a false association which is manifested in the belief that we are the lump of flesh that we see in the mirror. The materialist feels that he can get satisf
action by gratifying the different urges which come from his senses. The intelligent man, however, soon realizes that bodily sense desires are often misleading. The young child will say, \'93Oh, that flickering substance looks very nice. I think I shall 
enjoy it.\'94 But upon placing his hand in the fire he quickly learns that his senses are not to be trusted. In our conditioned state of existence, we think that our only satisfaction lies on the material platform, and we are constantly fooled in this wa
y. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Foolish human beings who are grossly absorbed in the culture of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avidy\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (ignorant material activities) do not mind this cruel process, but being enamored of the beauty of the illusory energy, they do the s
ame things over repeatedly, not learning any lesson from the law of nature.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MATERIAL SUFFERING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conditioned living entity constantly places himself in the fire of material sense gratification. This means that everyone who is th
inking, \'93I am this body,\'94 is burning with the fire of passion and lust to control, own and manipulate this dull material world. Such illusioned souls try frantically to find some love in this temporary form, and the ultimate end is destruction. The
 Supreme Personality of Godhead states that they certainly lead a life of sin, \'93for a person delighting only in the senses lives in vain.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his purports to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains this further:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Excessive eating, excessive sense gratification, artificial standards of living, and depending too much on ot
hers\'92 mercy kill the very vitality of human energy, and thus man\'92s duration of life is shortened. (Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub , purport)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone, no matter what his position in life\'97whether he be a successful businessman, president, dictator, or a low-grade drunk on the street\'97suffers in mater
ial life. Everyone is forced by the laws of nature to accept death, everyone is forced to accept disease, and everyone is forced to accept old age and birth. This is the real problem of existence. It is not enough to simply think, \'93How much can I make
 today at my job? How much sex life can I enjoy? How much food do I need?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How is it that everyone desires an eternal life of happiness but that the body does not at all permit this? It is because bodily existe
nce is not our real existence. The problem is that the conditioned living entity tries to make the body something which it is not. This body is not the reservoir of all pleasure. When one desires water he must go to a source where there is sufficient wat
er stored up, but in the illusioned state of existence, when one desires pleasure he runs to bodily sense gratification and thus dies of spiritual thirst. An intelligent person who wants the real nectar of existence does not turn to bodily sense pleasure
 because the body is the reservoir of our misery. The body is simply made of dull, unconscious elements, which are no different from the elements that make up the wood on the floor or the elements that are in dirt. Certainly no one would jump on the floo
r and embrace it and say, \'93Oh, I love you.\'94 But we try to embrace this body, saying, \'93Oh, I love you,\'94 when that is not what we really desire to contact. Even science tells us that the body, if taken apart and divided into its main constituen
ts, would be worth only $1.75 on the market. We cannot carry on a conversation with that little bottle of elements. In other words, we are not actually attracted to the material shell of the body but to the life force within the body which makes the enti
re machinery active. If this is not so, then why is no one attracted to a corpse?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The cause of all disturbance and havoc in the world is this false identification with the body. This misidentification can be immediate
, in which case the conditioned soul thinks, \'93I am this form of flesh and bones,\'94 or it can be extended, in which case one thinks, \'93I am this country,\'94 \'93I am this race,\'94 \'93I am this husband-wife relationship,\'94 \'93I am this busines
s firm,\'94 etc. All this is false identification. Actually we are none of these things. To say that we are Americans or Indians is false. We are pure spirit souls, parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and ou
r true identity, our true existence, is that we are His eternal servitors. One\'92s identity in material life is designated by the service that one renders, but everyone\'92s real service is simply to surrender everything to the Supreme Lord, and when we
 exist in that state of consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we become fully satisfied.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life. What
 then of the next? (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub 4.31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It makes no difference what one\'92s material designations are\'97the point is that with one\'92s working energy one should please the Supreme Lord. When man\'92s i
nterest is in temporary bodily designations, how can he expect to have a united cooperative planet? We are busy trying to think of ways to maintain and increase the false prestige of bodily labels while with equal skill we are forgetting where everyone
\'92s personality came from to begin with.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is important for those who have taken the human form of life to realize that all living entities have the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub absolute identity }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of being eternal servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To serve the Lord means to serve the Lord
\'92s unalloyed devotees. That is the real method of spiritual life. In our wretched conditioned state, how can we know for sure what K\'e5\'f1\'eba desires from us unless we go to one who knows perfectly well what will please the Lord? So we should scru
tinizingly search out one who has no other business than to please the Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states this in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Just try to learn the truth by approaching the spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render ser
vice unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth. (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 
4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one finds such a pure devotee, all material opulences, fame, possessions, etc., become insignificant compared to a moment\'92s association with him. The pure d
evotee of the Lord has the power to lift one to the platform of transcendental loving service to the Lord and thereby alleviate the fears, anxieties and burdens of illusory material existence. Just as the sun draws moisture from a contaminated place and 
purifies it, so the pure devotee purifies our material consciousness by showing us how to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thereby perfect our lives. The power of this association is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by the sages of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O Suta Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the great sages who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord can at 
once sanctify others who may come in contact with them, while the water of the Ganges can do so only after prolonged use. (Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we desire to attain this purified consciousness, we must understand our spiritual nature. This is not possible if we associate with 
people who are simply interested in sense gratification. If we always associate with people who are thinking, \'93I am this body, and my main business of life is sense gratification,\'94 then we will also come to think in the same way: \'93I am this body
, and my main occupation is sense gratification. I have nothing to do in this life but enjoy myself.\'94 Association is so strong in affecting one\'92s consciousness that even if one does not engage in the exact activities that someone else does, just by
 associating with him one acquires his mode of consciousness. For example, one may know people who try to elevate their consciousness through chemicals. He himself may not use them, but if he has close association with people who do, then it is certain t
hat his consciousness will be affected and that he will begin to think and act like them. The idea, then, is to always remain in a purified state of consciousness through close spiritual association. That very association has been made easily accessible 
in this age through the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. These holy names of the Lord have been praised by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction upon the living beings, and therefore You have hun
dreds and millions of names like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda, etc. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies, and there are no hard and fast rules for chanting these holy names. O my Lord, You have so kindly made approa
ch to You easy by Your holy name, but unfortunate as I am, I have no attraction for them. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik
\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  2)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba has so mercifully given us His holy name to take shelter of, and when a conditioned soul hears the chanting from the lips of the Lord\'92s pure devot
ee he can be inspired to render devotional service to the Lord and thereby free himself from all material misery.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FOR ALL HUMANITY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This vibration is not just meant for boys with shaved heads and girls who wear saris. It is meant for all humanity. Everyone is looking
 for an object which will make him eternally happy, eternally satisfied. But that object can nowhere be found in the temporary material world. To satisfy ourselves, therefore, we must go beyond the limiting range of material phenomena and try to connect 
with the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the eternal reservoir of bliss and knowledge. That connection is made by chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4ma
ntra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One must become convinced that there is no happiness anywhere in the material world. A person may say that he is happy, but what has he actually accompl
ished? We must say, \'93My dear sir, now you say that you have been very successful in life. You\'92ve raised a nice family, you\'92ve had a nice job, you\'92ve had nice sex life, you\'92ve had nice food on your plate and a nice roof over your head, and 
you\'92ve also done some charity work. Now just tell us who you are and where you are going at the time of your death.\'94 A person in material consciousness cannot answer this question. Because he has not cultured spiritual knowledge, such a person is f
orced by the laws of nature to fall back into the samsaric existence of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant for culturing spiritual knowledge in order to become qualified for release from the 
bondage of the material world\'97to go back to Godhead, back home, back to the spiritual realm. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub One should know perfectly well about the Personality of Godhead and His transcendental name, as well as the t
emporary material creation with its temporary demigods, men and animals. When one knows these he surpasses death, and the ephemeral cosmic creation with it, and in the eternal kingdom of God he enjoys his eternal life of bliss and knowledge. (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mantra}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may be content to think, \'93What am I going to eat now? Where am I going to sleep? How will I defend myself in case of difficulty?
\'94 But what a waste of consciousness that is Our materialistic society has simply increased the quality of our eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Thus it has increased the fire of our material consciousness, which always burns with the desire to e
njoy illusion. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4ya\'e0 deho deha-bh\'e4j\'e4\'e0 n\'e5loke. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In this human form of life, the body 
is not meant for sense gratification like the animals.\'94 All animals also eat, sleep, mate and defend, and to use our human intellect simply to increase the quality of these functions is no credit to human consciousness. Human life is meant for control
ling sense gratification in order to move on to spiritual realization.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub When there are ample earthly flats to lie on, then what is the necessity of cots and beds? When one can use h
is own arms, what is the necessity of a pillow? When one can use the palms of his hands, then what is the necessity of varieties of utensils? When there is ample covering, or the skins of trees, then what is the necessity of clothing? (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.3.4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So the more we increase the degree of our sense gratification, the less we advance in spiritual progress. This does not mean that in snowy winter weather one should
 wear leaves. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur, a great Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub once sa
id, \'93Man\'92s glory is in common sense.\'94 So the idea is to keep material sense gratification to the minimum and be satisfied with only the bare necessities for bodily maintenance.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Life\'92s desires must not be directed towards sense gratification. One should desire only for a healthy life
 or for self-preservation because the life of a human being is meant for inquiry into the Absolute Truth, and nothing more should be desired from one\'92s occupational service. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.10}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one\'92s mind is surcharged with material considerations regarding eating, sleeping, mating and defending\'97the animal propensities
\'97then certainly one does not need the human form of life, which is meant for higher level activities. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4va-bh\'e4vita\'f9: }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person gets his next life according to whatever he is absorbed in thinking.\'94 This lifetime is meant for qualifying ourselves for our next body. If we simply live like animals i
n suits and ties, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba, seated as the Supersoul in everyone\'92s heart, will understand our real desires, and in our next birth we may be born into a lower species of life and there continue our search for happiness in the material world. 
The worm in the stool is very content. He enjoys himself nicely eating stools. The dogs are happy hoarding their bones. But we are not worms or dogs. We have the human form of life, and we are meant to elevate our consciousness from the bodily concept of
 life to the ultimate stage of understanding fully the questions of spiritual life: \'93Who am I? Why am I here? How did I get here? Where am I going at the time of death?\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHAT IS THIS LIFE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must ask the materialist, \'93Do you think that life is simply this spark of one hundred years? If it so happens that I get called i
n the army and killed, or run over by a car, is everything finished? Is that all there is to life\'97a little bit of sense pleasure, a few showers, a few meals and some nice clothes? Do you think that that\'92s all there is to life?\'94 No. Life is meant
 for a complete understanding of our eternal nature and our eternal relationship with God. That is the completeness of human life. His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da states:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The living beings are parts and parcels of the Complete Whole (K\'e5\'f1\'eba), and as long as the parts and 
parcels are detached from the Complete Whole, the illusory representation of completeness is not enough to bring the desired result. The completeness of human life can only be realized when the human form of life is engaged in the service of the Complete
 Whole. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Invocation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is teaching people the spiritual knowledge of man\'92s eternal relation with th
e Supreme Lord, and we can see by the results of his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement that a divine population is in the making. Otherwise how could his disciples so quickly stop their meat-eating, illicit sex life, gambling and intoxication, and be
 so content simply chanting the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and serving His pure devotee?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To care for one\'92s child by putting nice clothes on his body and giving him nice foodstuffs and a place to sleep is not enough. If th
at is all that we give our children, they will never know the real aim of life, and they will always be frustrated and misled. We can see this happening in high schools and on college campuses throughout the world. Why are young people rebelling so stron
gly and turning to violence, intoxicants and uncontrolled sex life? It is due to the frustration caused by material consciousness. Therefore we are taking care in our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious society to culture love of God. That should be the only occupa
tion of the parent, teacher, politician or anyone else who is in a position to lead or instruct. The responsible members of society must learn how to see everything in its relation with the Supreme Lord through the medium of devotional service, the etern
al function of all spirit souls.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a purifying movement meant to bring forth what is already present within us but is covered over by lust
.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub As the fire is covered by smoke, as a mirror is covered by dust, or as the embryo is covered by the womb, sim
ilarly the living entity is covered by different degrees of lust. }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as a mango becomes sweet upon maturing, so by changing from the immature concept of \'93I am this body\'94 to the clear consciousness of \'93I am part and parc
el of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'94 we reconnect ourselves with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and display the all-blissful nature of the spirit soul. The conditioned soul attempts pleasure through bodily connection, but the devotee connects with K\'e5\'f1\'eba through devotion a
nd thus experiences divine pleasure.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consc
iousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone desires to have their bit of paradise on this temporary planet where everything is destined to be destroyed, but it is only when one recognizes a superior 
eternal nature or existence that he can experience the state of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97self-satisfa
ction. Of those who have attained this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  state by breaking free of material lust,
 the highest are those who take to the devotional service of the Lord. Such was the case for \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who from the time of his birth was fixed in impersonal Brahman realization (the realization of knowing oneself to be spiritual energy)
 and was transcendental to all mundane sex desire and lust. He recounted to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O saintly King, I was certainly situated perfectly in transcendence, yet I was still attracted by the delinea
tion of the pastimes of the Lord, who is described by enlightened verses. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms the potency of this knowledge:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take
 his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna. }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da states:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub There is no difference between the kingdom of God and the devotional service of the Lord. Since both of them 
are on the absolute plane, to be engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord is to have attained the spiritual kingdom. (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.72}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , purport)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore the result of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that people are actually exhibiting symptoms of transcending the shackles of material sense experience and are beginning to manifest love of God. They have smiling faces
, they dance and sing in the streets, and sometimes they cry, moved by the beauty of the Lord and His pure devotees. These are bona fide symptoms of spiritual ecstasy, and they are within everyone; it is simply a matter of freeing the spirit soul from th
e encagement of false ego (bodily sense enjoyment). It is like lifting the shade and allowing the sun to enter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One cannot have a loving relationship with anything impersonal. It is not possible be happy in this way, any more than it possible to f
ind satisfaction by conversing with the air or the floor, because there is no reciprocation. To love, one must have a personal relationship. To know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth, one must reestablish one\'92s personal relationship with Him. One mus
t be devoid of all self-motivation and sense gratification. That is called devotional service, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the purification of human consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is spiritually pure. Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious marriages are an example. It is not that w
e get married on the basis of romance, dating, or living with someone for a while. It is a symptom of this degraded age that simply because they have lived together, eaten under the same roof and had sex life together, a boy and girl will consider themse
lves married. This is the consciousness that attracts people today. Even in so-called \'93legal\'94 marriages, where is the firm conviction that husband and wife together should seek out the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with the in
tention to render transcendental loving service to Him and His pure devotees? What other way is there to create a spiritual society where people are not like cats and dogs? A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious marriage is meant to teach people how to love K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, how to perfect one\'92s life by serving Him instead of just taking from Him.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Everything animate and inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should 
therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9
\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one recognizes K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s supremacy, he automatically pleases everyone because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the root of everyone\'92
s existence. It is just a matter of whether or not one wants to agree. But to whom else can we surrender? Certainly it is not enough to place faith in our families. To depend on family life for pleasure is illusory because family members will all succumb
 to death at some time, and then all that will remain will be sentimental memories. K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious family life is not simply to surrender to that limited consciousness\'97\'93Oh, what would I do without you?\'94\'97but to surrender to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba\'97\'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what would I do without You?\'94 That is purified consciousness. It is not, \'93My dear baby, how nicely I will enjoy you and pamper you,\'94 but instead, \'93How I will try to teach you nicely to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His
 pure devotees.\'94 That is the platform on which there is no material attachment. Pure love is manifested when one soul enlightens another regarding the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the reservoir of all pleasure. When \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was ap
proached by the sages of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya for advice for the fallen people of this age, he replied:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub O sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your questions are relevant to the public welfare because they
 are in relation with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Only this type of question can please the self completely. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4
g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To say that we are unattached does not mean that we display no love, but that we are free from the entanglement of bodily relationships
 and are attached instead to relating with all living entities as spirit souls. Knowledge that all men are eternal parts and parcels of the Lord is the only plane on which full satisfaction can be found because the eternal function, the eternal engagemen
t, of the spirit soul is the mood of transcendental loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we do not give people the knowledge that the devotional service of the Lord and His pure devotees is the highest perfectional stage 
of life, we keep them in bondage to this material existence of eternal birth and death. Because death is against everyone\'92s personal self-interest, and because material activities simply bring one closer to death, the entire population of the world is
 frustrated and anxious, having missed the center of enjoyment. Therefore the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is the prime benediction for all humanity because it teaches people how to live together peacefully and develop love of God. Only by devel
oping love of God can we become free from the clutches of birth and death, and therefore nothing else is perfection but pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His unalloyed devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are simply trying to spread this sublime message all over the earth. Observe 
how people everywhere\'97in America, Japan, Australia, Canada and Europe\'97are taking to this life style and taking off the shackles of material existence. Not only adults but children also are participating in this movement. Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
s children live in our farm commune, New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, in the mountains of West Virginia, where they learn this knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and by the time they are twelve they are out preaching to people in a purified state of understa
nding. They are not attracted to the material world because they see it for what it is. Because they are given a full opportunity to taste the nectarean pleasure of spiritual life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they are free from bondage to material se
nse gratification. What is there in the material world that can offer eternal pleasure? Nothing! Real pleasure comes from Kr\'f1na. That is transcendental knowledge, and that is our birthright as parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must simply accept what is already ours\'97spiritual bliss in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By taking to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ous way of life one can satisfy all one\'92s desires. When one becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious he loses all fears and anxieties and becomes fixed in eternal happiness.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub One may aspire to live for hundreds of years if he continuously goes on doing work in that way because that s
ort of work will not bind him to the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . There is no alternative to this way for man. (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mantra}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We ask you to try and understand this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement. It is not necessary that you live in the temple and shave your head, but come and learn. Give up the false spiritual teachers who are saying that you are God, that there is 
no God, that God is a chemical, or that God is this universal manifestation. Watch this movement\'97it is so sublime. Why shouldn\'92t everyone dance in the street? Why not get up and raise your arms? Why not dance in ecstasy? To lose all inhibitions doe
s not mean to prance around naked. It means to act in the knowledge that we are the eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the message of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement, and that is the message that is overflooding the world with love of God. And, if you want, it can overflood you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo's p33}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : In }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [9.
26]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, declares that He will accept any offering of food provided it is offered in love by His devotees: "If one offers M
e with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." Once accepted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, such food is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (God's mercy), and whoever eats such holy remnants gains great spiritual benefit.
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\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE NECTAR OF DEVOTION}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Our loving propensity expands just as a vibration of light or a
ir expands, but we do not know where it ends. The root cause of all despondency is that our dormant loving propensity has not been fulfilled despite our great advancement in the materialistic way of life. Our love can be fully satisfied only when it is r
eposed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in this way it is very easy to immediately and simultaneously love every living being. This is the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which teaches us how to stimulate our original love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus enjoy our blissful life.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The conditioned soul, being engrossed in the material body,
 increases the pages of the history of material activity. The teachings of Lord Caitanya, who is the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appearing in the role of His own devotee, can help human society to stop such unnecessary and temporary activities an
d can elevate one to the topmost platform of spiritual activities, which begin after liberation from material bondage. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the instructions of this most munificent incarnation of the Supreme Lord, thus opens the field of activities of the pure soul. Such liberated activities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are the goal of hu
man perfection.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the major scriptures of the world indicate that Godhead, or the Absolute Truth, is not impersonal, but is a person. From the most authoritative sources, the famed 108 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of India, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  supplies revealed evidence that the Personality of Godhead is the creator, maintainer and destroyer of everything that exists. The author's lucid commentaries reveal that the Supreme
 Lord is \'93unembodied\'94 and \'93formless,\'94 since His form is not a material form which is subject to birth, disease, old age and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the present age of discord, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani
\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  revives the dormant hope of all living beings\'97to transcend this conditioned state and gain the eternal, blissful association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Now for the first time this renowned scripture is bei
ng brought to the West}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as it is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97as taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and understood by His disc
iple Arjuna\'97in a unique translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the supreme authority on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and He initially delivered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  so that all persons\'97workers, students, philosophers, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97could reach the perfection of life and be liberated from all suffering. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is passing on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teaching in its full potency, as it is, so that eve
ryone can attain to his rightful position, full of bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the Introduction: \'93The perplexities of life appear like a forest fire which takes place without being set by anyone. The man in
 material perplexities is he who does not understand the problems of life. Out of many, many human beings, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is directed to the one who seeks to understand his position.\'94
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CANTO ONE\'97CREATION}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The science of God is greater than all other sciences, and this 
spiritual technology is rationally and authoritatively explained in the 18,000 verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's sublime contribution of culture, philosophy, politics, sociology, religion and love. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da has undertaken the mighty task of rendering this supremely potent work into the English language along with Sanskrit transliterations, word-for-word synonyms and elaborate English 
purports. Thus in each verse one will find new enlightenment regarding the Absolute Truth, the origin of all emanations. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is an important cultural presentation for the respiritualization of the entire human society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first of the twelve cantos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , entitled \'93Creation,\'94 was written, edited, published and distributed in India by His Divine Grace prior to his coming to the Western world. The first two of the three volume
s which comprise the First Canto are now unavailable until reprinting, but Volume Three is available in limited quantity.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CANTO TWO\'97THE COSMIC MANIFESTATION}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Second Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes the purpose of the entire }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the different symptoms of this purpose. The ten chapters of the Second Canto are now being published in serialized small-book form s
o that one may very carefully study this scientific literature in small installments.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter One\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The First Step in God Reali
zation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The importance of hearing and chanting the holy name is outlined, and the process of meditation on the universal form of the Lord is introduced.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Two\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord in the Heart.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Concentration of the mind upon the Supersoul, the representation of God present in every atom and in the heart of every living creature. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Three\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pure Devotional Service:}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Change in Heart. The mature stage of transcendental worship is elaborated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Four\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Process of Creation.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Glorification of the Personality of Godhead, by whose creative energies the material cosmos is manifested.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Five\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Cause of All Causes}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Systematic analysis of the creative sequences emanating from the Supreme Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Six\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1a-s\'fckta Confirme
d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Further description of the universal form and unlimited creative opulence of the Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapters Seven and Eight\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Description of
 the Incarnations of Godhead.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter Seven outlines the scheduled divine incarnations with their specific functions, and Chapter Eight reveals the correct process of transcen
dental inquiry through the authorized disciplic succession.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EASY JOURNEY TO OTHER PLANETS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This book is an authentic discussion on the techniques a
nd practice of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system by which one can leave this body for travel to antimaterial planet
s where life is blissful, eternal and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS: THE TOPMOST YOGA SYSTEM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This book presents the most auth
orized process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  practice in God realization, without any deviation from the original Vedic
 scriptural literature. In this present volume, the author forcefully exposes the speculative systems which depart from love of God as the ultimate goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ___\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Canto 2 (Ch. 1)                                         $1.00\cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ____Send more i
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\qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub * Donations Requested
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is The International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIET
Y FOR\line KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide community of devotees practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , loving service to God. It is an eternal science of God consciousness described in Vedic literatures which were com
piled 5,000 years ago. The founder and spiritual master of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, a pure devotee representing an unbroken disciplic chain of spiritual masters, came to the United States in 1966 on the order of h
is spiritual master to preach this science of the spirit soul to the people of the West.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The essence of religion, or, for that matter, the very purpose of life itself, is to develop love of God. We desire to provide for all 
people the gift of knowing how to love God, and we are dedicated to awakening the, love of God which is dormant in the heart of everyone, regardless of race, creed or color. The program offered by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is de
signed so that each and every person, while remaining in his occupation or station in life, may adopt the simple and direct methods of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (devotion) under the direction of a bona fide spiritual master and offer whatever capacity or talent he has by utilizing it in the service of the Supreme Lord. The writer may write articles for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. Householders raise children in the science of God, and husband and wife live in mutual cooperation for spiritual progress. A businessman may enroll as a life member and thus participate in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement without abandoning hi
s occupation.
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emples of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness are like oases in the desert where parched men may seek the nectar of happiness. We invite one and all to stop at our temples, listed below, and take part in our programs of classes, festivals
, chanting, feasting and worship. The temples are open for you. Please visit them and inquire into this sublime and easy process for finding perfect happiness.
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\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness Temples
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON CENTERS
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Berkeley\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Boston\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Massachusetts\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 40 N. Beac
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arren Weinstein, American Express Union House No. 609}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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c/o Fein, 8 Rue Lacage, 14e\cell}
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\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are interested in becoming a member of ISKCON, write to ISKCON New York for further information.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amateur and professional photographers who would like to offer photographs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities for inclu
sion in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back To Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are invited to send them to ISKCON Press, 32 Tiffany Pl., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
11231. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
ton, Mass. 02134. All material copyright \'a9 1970, ISKCON PRESS. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $5.00 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p3:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the great king Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it learned that he had only seven days to live, he immediately renounc
ed his wealth, family and kingdom in order to spend his last days hearing the divine instructions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the foremost spiritual master of that time, \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p4:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER-\'c4C\'c4RYA OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-vigrah\'e4r\'e4dhana-nitya-n\'e4n\'e4-\line \'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4ra-tan-mandiram\'e4rjan\'e4dau\line yuktasya bhakt\'e4\'e0
\'e7 ca niyu\'efjjato 'pi\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The spiritual master is always engaged along with his disciples in the temple worship of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4d
h\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such spiritual master."
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gurva\'f1\'f6akam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Eight Prayers Glorifying the Spiritual Master) by \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kur
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 We Are All Eternal Servitors of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WE ARE ALL ETERNAL SERVITORS OF 
K\'c5\'d1\'cbA 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A LECTURE GIVEN AT CONWAY HALL, LONDON, BY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today's subject matter is our relationship with God. That is self-realization. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement is the easiest process for self-realization because it cleanses the heart. Our misunderstanding of our identity is due to the dus
t covering the mirror of the mind. In a mirror which is covered with dust one cannot see himself. But if it is very clear, then one can see himself. So meditation is a process for cleansing the heart. Meditation means to try to understand one\'92s relati
onship with the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With everything with which we come in contact there is a relationship. Because I am now sitting on this cushion, the relationship is th
at I shall sit and the cushion will hold me. You have relationships. You are Englishmen or Indians, so there is a relationship with your society, with your family, with your friends. So what is our relationship with God?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you ask everyone, very few people will be able to explain their relationship with God. They say, \'93What is God? God is dead. I don
\'92t believe in God, not to speak of a relationship.\'94 Because these dirty things are covering their hearts, they cannot see. We have a relationship with everything\'97why do we not try to understand our relationship with God? Is that very intelligent
? No. That is ignorance. All the creatures in this material world are covered by the three modes of material nature. Therefore they cannot see God. They cannot understand God, nor do they try to understand Him. But God is there. In England in the morning
 there is mist, so you cannot see the sun behind the fog. But does this mean that there is no sun?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You cannot see it because your eyes are covered. But if you send a telegram to another part of the world, they will say, \'93Yes, the s
un is here. We can see it. It is very dazzling, full of light.\'94 So when you deny the existence of God or you cannot ascertain your relationship with God, that means that you are lacking in knowledge. It is not that there is no God. We are lacking. The
 sun is not covered. The sun cannot be covered. The fog or the cloud or the mist does not have the power to cover the sun. How big the sun is! It is so many times bigger than this earth. And the clouds can cover at most ten or twenty or a hundred miles. 
So how can the clouds cover the sun? No. The clouds cannot cover the sun. They cover your eyes. When an enemy comes and a rabbit cannot defend himself, the rabbit closes his eyes and thinks, \'93My enemy is now gone.\'94 Similarly, we are covered by the 
external energy of God and are thinking, \'93God is dead.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord has three kinds of energies. In thc }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there are descriptions of the energy of the Supreme Lord. And in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there are descriptions of the energies of the Supreme Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vi
vidhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7vet.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  6.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'c7akti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means energy. The Lord has multi energies. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say, \'93God has nothing to do.\'94 We have to work because we have no other means to exist\'97we have to eat, we wish to enjoy this, that\'97but why shou
ld God work? God does not have to work. Then how can we say that God created this universe? Is it not work? No. Then how did it happen? His multifarious energies are so strong that they are acting naturally and are full of knowledge. W e can see how a fl
ower blooms and grows and systematically displays multi-colors: one side a little spot, another side a little spot, white on one side, more white on the other side. The butterfly also exhibits such artistic symmetry. So this is all being painted, but in 
such a perfect way and so swiftly that we cannot see how. We cannot understand how it is being done, but it is being done by the energy of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CLEANSES THE HEART
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is due to a lack of knowledge that people say that God is dead, that there is no God, and that we have no relationship with God. The
se thoughts have been compared to the thoughts of a man haunted by a ghost. Just as a haunted man speaks all nonsense, similarly when we become covered by the illusory energy of God, we say that God is dead. But this is not a fact. Therefore, we need thi
s chanting process to cleanse our heart. Take to this simple process of chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In that way, in your family life, in your club, in your home, on the road\'97everywhere\'97chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this darkness covering your heart, covering 
your real position, will be removed. Then you\'92ll understand your real constitutional position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu recommended: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m
\'e4rjanam }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
. M\'e4rjanam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means cleanse, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub darpa\'ebam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means mirror. The heart is a mirror. It is like a camera. Just as a camera takes 
all kinds of pictures of days and nights, so also our heart takes pictures and keeps them in an unconscious state. Psychologists know this. The heart takes so many pictures, and therefore it becomes covered. We do not know when it has begun, but it is a 
fact that because there is material contact, our real identity is covered. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub one has to cleanse his heart. There are different processes to cleanse the heart\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process, the meditation process, pious activities. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also cleanses the heart. If one acts very piously, his heart will gradually be cleansed. But although these processes are recommended for cleansing 
the heart, in this age they are all difficult. To follow the path of philosophical knowledge one must become a very learned scholar, one must read so many books, one must go to learned professors and scholars and speculate. One must search out a person w
ho has seen the light. So these are all philosophical processes. Meditation is also a recommended process. One should question, \'93What am I?\'94 Just consider: Am I this body? No. Am I this finger? No, this is my finger. If you contemplate your leg, yo
u will see, \'93Oh, this is my leg.\'94 Similarly, you will find everything to be \'93mine.\'94 And where is that \'93I\'94? Everything is mine, but where is that \'93I\'94? When one is searching for that \'93I,\'94 that is meditation. Real meditation me
ans concentrating all the senses in that way. But that meditation process is very difficult. One must control the senses. The senses are dragging one outward, and one has to bring them inward for introspection. Therefore there are eight processes in the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system. The first is contr
olling the senses by regulative principles. Then sitting postures\'97that will help to concentrate the mind. If one sits leaning over, that will not help; if one sits up straight, that will help. Then controlling the breathing, then meditation, then }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But today these are v
ery, very difficult processes. No one can immediately perform them. The so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub processes are fragmental\'97only the sitting postures and a few breathing exercises are practiced. But that cannot bring one to the perfectional stage. The actual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process, although a recommended Vedic process, i
s very difficult in this age. Similarly one can try to get knowledge by the speculative philosophical process: \'93This is Brahman, this is not Brahman, so what is Brahman? What is spirit soul?\'94 Such empiric philosophical discussion is also recommende
d, but it is useless in this age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'97not only Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu but also the Vedic literature\'97says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam/ kalau nasly eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  17.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Kalau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means in this age. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4sty eva, n\'e4sty eva
, n\'e4sty eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97three times }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4sty eva. Eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means certainly, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4sty}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means not. \'93Certainly not, certainly not, certainl
y not.\'94 What is that certainly not? One cannot realize oneself by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . That is the first certainly n
ot. One cannot realize oneself by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . That is the second certainly not. One cannot realize onese
lf by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Certainly not. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kala
u. Kalau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means in this age}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this age one certainly cannot achieve success by any of these three methods. Then what is the recommended process? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Simply chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kevalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means only. Simply chant Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is the easiest and most sublime process. This is recommended, practical and authorized. So take it. Accept it in any condition of life. Chant. There is no expenditure, there is no loss. We are not chanting a secret. No. It is open. A
nd by chanting you will cleanse your heart.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE BLAZING FIRE OF PROBLEMS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this material world no one wants misery, but it comes. Unexpectedly, like a forest fire that starts without anyone\'92s striking a m
atch, it comes. No one wants a war, but war is fought. No one wants famine, but famine comes. No one wants pestilence, but it comes. No one wants fighting, but there is fighting. No one wants misunderstanding, but there is. Why? This is like a blazing fi
re in the forest. And it cannot be extinguished by fire engines. This blazing fire of problems cannot be extinguished by our so-called advancement of knowledge. No. That is not possible. Just as one cannot extinguish a forest fire by sending a fire engin
e or by bringing some water, similarly the problems of our life cannot be solved by material processes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many examples. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, \'93My dear Lord, the father and mother are not actually the protectors of th
e children.\'94 The father and mother take care of their children; that is their duty. But they are not the ultimate protectors. When nature\'92s law calls the child, the father and mother cannot protect him. Therefore although generally it is considered
 a fact that the father and mother are the protectors of the child, actually it is not a fact. If someone is drowning in the ocean and he thinks he has a very nice seat, will that protect him? No. Still he may drown. A nice airplane is flying in the sky,
 everyone is safe, but all of a sudden it crashes. Nothing material can protect us. Suppose someone is diseased. He may engage a good physician who gives good medicine, but that will not guarantee that he will live. Then what is the ultimate guarantee? P
rahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, \'93My dear Lord, if You neglect someone, nothing can protect him.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is our practical experience. We can invent so many methods to solve the problems presented by the laws of material nature, but the
y are not sufficient. They will never solve all the problems, nor will they give actual relief. This is the fact. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'93M\'e4y
\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this external energy, is very, very strong. No one can surpass it. It is almost impossible.\'94 Then how can one get free from this material nature? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, 
\'93Simply by surrendering unto Me one can get relief from the onslaught of material nature.\'94 That is a fact. So we have to cleanse the heart to learn what is our relationship with God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA AND WE ARE ETERNAL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Katha Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0, cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub The Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead. or the Absolute Truth, is eternal. God is eternal, and we are also eternal. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicate that He is the supreme living creature. He is not dead. If He is not living, how is this world working? In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Under My supervision things are going on.\'94 In the Bible also it is said, \'93God created.\'94 That is a fact. Not that at one time there was a chunk a
nd then this happened and then that. No. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tell us the actual facts, but we have to open our eyes
 to see. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the process of cleansing our hearts. When we cleanse our he
arts, then we will be able to understand what K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say. We need to be purified. I
f a man is suffering from jaundice and you give him a piece of sugar candy, he will say that it is very bitter. But is sugar candy bitter? No, it is very sweet. And the medicine for jaundice is that sugar. Modern science prescribes this, and it is prescr
ibed in the Vedic literature also. So if we take a great quantity of this sugar candy, then we will be relieved from jaundice. And when there is relief, then one says, \'93Oh, this is very sweet.\'94 So the modern jaundice of a godless civilization can b
e cured by this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the beginning it may appear bitter, but when one advances, then he will see how pleasing it is.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'93I AM A SERVANT OF GOD\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as one understands his identity, his relationship with God, then immediately he becomes happy. We are so full of miseries becau
se we have identified ourselves with the material world. Therefore we are unhappy. Anxieties and fearfulness are due to our misidentifying with the material world. The other day I was explaining that one who identifies with this bag of bones and skin is 
like an animal. So by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba this misunderstanding will be cleansed. Cleansing of the heart means that one will understand that he does not belong to this material world. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Aham brahm\'e4smi: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am spirit soul. As long as one identifies oneself with England, with India, or with America, this is ignorance. Today you are an Englishman be
cause you were born in England, but in your next life you may not take your birth in England; it may be in China or Russia or some other country. Or you may not get this human form of body. Today you are a nationalist, you are a very great follower of yo
ur country, but tomorrow if you stay in your country you may be a cow being taken to the slaughterhouse.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we have to thoroughly know our identity. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that the actual identity of every living creature is that he is
 the eternal servant of God. If one thinks like that\'97\'93I am no one else\'92s servant: my business is to serve God.\'94\'97then he is liberated. His heart is immediately cleansed, and he is liberated. And after one has reached that, then all one\'92s
 cares and anxieties in this world are over because one knows, \'93I am a servant of God. God will give me protection. Why should I worry about anything?\'94 It is just like a child. A child knows that his mother and father will take care of him. He is f
ree. If he should go to touch fire, his mother will take care of him: \'93Oh, my dear child, don\'92t touch.\'94 The mother is always looking after him. So why don\'92t you put your trust in God? Actually, you are under the protection of God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GOD IS SUPPLYING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People go to church and say, \'93God, give us our daily bread.\'94 Actually, if He did not give it to us, we would not be able to live.
 That is a fact. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also say that the one Supreme Personality supplies all the necessities of ever
y other living creature. God is supplying food for everyone. We human beings have our economic problem, but what economic problem is there in societies other than human society? The bird society has no economic problem. The beasts have no economic proble
m. There are 8,400,000 species of life, and out of that, human society is very, very small. So they have created problems\'97what to eat, where to sleep, how to mate,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub how to defend. These are a problem to us, but the majority of creatures\'97the aquatics, the fish, the plants, the insects, the birds, the beasts, and the many millions upon millions of other
 living creatures\'97do not have such a problem. They are also living creatures. Don\'92t think that they are different from us. It is not true that we human beings are the only living creatures and that all others are dead. No. And who is providing thei
r food and shelter? It is God. The plants and animals are not going to the office. They are not going to the university to get technological education to earn money. So how are they eating? God is supplying. The elephant eats hundreds of pounds of food. 
Who is supplying? Are you making arrangements for the elephant? There are millions of elephants. Who is supplying?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the process of acknowledging that God is supplying is better than thinking, \'93God is dead. Why should we go to church and pray to 
God for bread\'92\'94 In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.16]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said, \'93Four kinds of people come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba: the distressed, those who are in need of money, the wise and the inquisitive.\'94 One who is inq
uisitive, one who is wise, one who is distressed and one who is in need of money\'97these four classes of men approach God. \'93My dear God, I am very hungry. Give me my daily bread.\'94 That\'92s nice. Those who approach God in this way are recommended 
as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suk\'e5tina. Suk\'e5tina }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means pious. They are pious.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although they are asking for money, for food, they are considered pious}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because they are approaching God. And others are just the opposite. They are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5tina, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub impious. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5t\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means very meritorious
, but the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates that their energy is being misused to create havoc. Just like t
he man who invented atomic weapons. He has a brain, but it has been misused. He has created something which is dreadful. Create something which will insure that man will no longer have to die. What is the use of creating something so that millions of peo
ple will immediately die? They will die today or tomorrow or after a hundred years. So what have the scientists done? Create something so that man will not die immediately, so that there will be no more disease, so that there will be no more old age. The
n you will have done something. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5tinas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub never go to God. They never try to understand Go
d. Therefore their energy is misdirected.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE DUTY OF HUMAN BEINGS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The gross materialists who ignore their relationship with God are described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has. M\'fc\'f2ha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means ass, donkey. Those who are working very, very hard to earn money are compared to the donkey. They will eat the same four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chapatie
s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daily, but they are unnecessarily working to earn thousands of dollars. And others are described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nar
\'e4dhama. Nar\'e4dhama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the lowest of mankind. The human form of life is meant for God realization. It is the right of man to try to realize God. One who understands Brahman
, God, is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not others. So that is the duty of this human form of life. In every human so
ciety there is some system which is called religion and by which one may try to understand God. It doesn\'92t matter whether it is the Christian religion, the Mohammedan religion, or the Hindu religion. It doesn\'92t matter. The system is to understand G
od and our relationship with Him. That\'92s all. This is the duty of the human beings, and if this duty is ignored in human society, then it is animal society. Animals have no power to understand what is God and their relationship with God. Their only in
terests are eating, sleeping, mating and defending. If we are only concerned with these things, then what are we? We are animals. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.15] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that those who ignore this opportunity are the \'93lowest of mankind.\'94 They got this human form of life after
 evolving through 8,400,000 births and yet did not utilize it for God realization but simply for the animal propensities Therefore they are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nar\'e4dhama, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the lowest of mankind. And there are other persons who are very proud of their knowledge. But what is that knowledge? \'93There is no God. I am God.\'94 Their actual knowledge has been taken away by }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If they are God, then how have they become dog? There are so many arguments against them, but t
hey simply defy God. Atheism. Because they have taken to the process of atheism, their actual knowledge is stolen away. Actual knowledge means to know what is God and our relationship with God. If one does not know this, then it is to be understood that 
his knowledge has been taken away by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ONE AND DIFFERENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So in this way, if we try to understand our relationship with God, there are ways and means. There are books, and there is knowledge, s
o why not take advantage of them? Everyone should take advantage of this knowledge. Try to understand that in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everywhere, it is said God is great and that although we a
re qualitatively one with God, we are minute. The ocean and the minute particle of water have the same quality, but the quantity of salt in the drop of water and the quantity of salt in the ocean are different. They are qualitatively one but quantitative
ly different. Similarly, God is all-powerful, and we have some power. God creates everything, and we can create a small machine to fly, just like the small machines with which children play. But God can create millions of planets flying in the air. That 
is the qualification of God. You cannot create any planets. Even if you can create a planet, what is the benefit of that? There are millions of planets created by God. But you also have the creative power. God has power, and you have power. But His is so
 great that you cannot compare to it. If you say, \'93I am God,\'94 that is foolishness. You can claim that you are God, but what acts have you performed so extraordinary that you can claim that you are God? This is ignorance. The knowledge of one who th
inks himself God has been taken away by the spell of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So our relationship is that God is great
 and we are minute. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba clearly says, \'93All living entities are My pa
rts and parcels.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Qualitatively they are one with Me, but quantitatively they are different.\'94 So we are
 simultaneously one with and different from God. That is our relationship. We are one because we have the same qualities as God. But if we study ourselves minutely we will find that although we have some great qualities, God has them all in greater quant
ities.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 JOIN WITH THE SUPREME LORD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We cannot have anything which is not in God. That is not possible. Therefore in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that everything that we have is also found in God. It is emanating from God. So our relationship is that because we are sma
ll, because we are minute, we are the eternal servitors of God. In this material world also, in ordinary behavior, we see that a man goes to serve another man because the other man is greater than him and can pay him a nice salary. So naturally the concl
usion is that if we are small, our duty is to serve God. We have no other business. We are all different parts and parcels of the original entity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A screw which is connected with a machine is valuable because it is working with the whole machine. And if the screw is taken away from
 the machine, or if it is faulty, it is worthless. My finger is worth millions of dollars as long as it is attached to this body and is serving the body. And if it is cut off from this body, then what is it worth\'92? Nothing. Similarly, our relationship
 is that we are very small particles of God; therefore our duty is to dovetail our energies with Him and cooperate with Him. That is our relationship. Otherwise we are worthless. We are cut off. When the finger becomes useless the doctor says, \'93Oh, am
putate this finger. Otherwise the body will be poisoned.\'94 Similarly, when we become godless we are cut off from our relationship with God and suffer in this material world. If we try to join again with the Supreme Lord, then our relationship is revive
d.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Knowledge of the Absolute, Part 7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KNOWLEDGE OF THE ABSOLUTE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Editor\'92s note: This is the seventh of a series of eighteen essays on the chapters of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.] }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Parts }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Seventh Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub marks the beginning of the second great division of this work. In the first six chapters \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba has elaborately described the distinction between matter and spirit and the d
ifference between the living entity and dead matter. And He has also described many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub systems which ar
e for elevating the living entity from material consciousness to spiritual consciousness. At the end of the Sixth Chapter it has been clearly stated that the steady concentration of the mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or in other words K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss, is the ultimate end of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only by concentrating one\'92s mind upon \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba ca
n one know the Absolute Truth completely. Moreover, impersonal Brahman and localized Param\'e4tm\'e4 have been declared to be partial representations of the Supreme Person K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The different types of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are merely steppingstones to the path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One who takes directly to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is called an intelligent man, for by practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness one can know everythi
ng in full, namely the Absolute Truth, the living entities, material nature and their manifestations with paraphernalia.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IT IS NOT A CHEAP THING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Seventh through the Twelfth chapters K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives an elaborate description of the Supreme Personality Himself, His natur
e and manifestations. Here in the Seventh Chapter, the nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is fully described as being full of all opulences. How He manifests such opulences is also described in this chapter. The first three verses serve as a preface. \'93Out of ma
ny thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) It is not an easy thing to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, nor is it a cheap thing. The stake is full knowledge or perfection, and Lord Jesus said, \'93Few there be that find it.\'94 In the very first verse
 here K\'e5\'f1\'eba lays down the qualification: \'93By practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in full consciousness with mind 
attached to Me \'85\'94 It is almost exactly the same thought found in the 47th verse of the previous chapter. \'93And of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is the highest of all.\'94 Therefore, only by hearing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself or from the pure devotee who repeats only what K\'e5\'f1\'eba has said, can one und
erstand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the secret of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness which was also explained in the Fourth Chapter when the Lord told Arjuna that He had originally spoken this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the sun-god V
ivasv\'e4n, who had spoken it to his son, and to his son, etc. And so it was coming down in disciplic succession, but somehow or other it was broken. This indicates that someone made a change. As soon as one interprets or puts his intellect between the m
essage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the transmission, the message immediately becomes material.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE IS THE SOURCE OF EVERYTHING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba repeats here in the Seventh Chapter: \'93I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge, both phenomenal and noumen
al, knowing which there remains nothing further to be known.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of both phenomenal and noumenal knowledge. When one knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he knows everything spiritual and material, for one knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba with all of H
is variegated energies. When the cause of all causes becomes known, then everything knowable becomes known, and nothing remains unknown. That is the verdict of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again it is said that no one can know K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is by the blunt material senses; He reveals Himself to the devotees, being pleased with them for their transcendental loving ser
vice unto Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna is an intimate friend and devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is here explaining in detail His own nature. As already 
stated, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full of all energies, variegated energies, and in the fourth and fifth verses these energies are divided into two great categories, the superior and inferior. \'93Earth, water, fire, air, space, mind, intelligence and false ego
\'97altogether these eight comprise My separated material energies.\'94 Those are the inferior energies. \'93Besides this inferior nature, O mighty-armed Arjuna, there is a superior energy of Mine which are all living entities who are struggling with mat
erial inferior nature.\'94 Here it is clearly stated that the living entities are part of the Lord\'92s superior energy. They are not part of the inferior energy, which is manifested in so many inert forms; it is clearly stated that they are the energy, 
not the energetic. K\'e5\'f1\'eba maintains that He is the energetic, and therefore the living entity, the energy, is always controlled by the Supreme eternally.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philosophers who somehow think that the living entity somehow becomes God after liberation simply do not understand. Energies never bec
ome the energetic but are always controlled. The living entity, however powerful he may be, is still controlled by the supreme controller, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, under the agency of His superior or inferior energy. This concept is confirmed in the seventh verse
, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93There is no truth superior to Ale. Everything rests upon Me as pearls are strung on a thread.\'94 Again in the Ninth Chapter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93This mate
rial nature is working under My direction. The whole cosmic order is under Me. By My will it is manifested again and again, and by My will it is annihilated at the end.\'94 So this seventh verse is very important. K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes absolute claim to b
eing the Absolute Person, and of course this is affirmed in so many other scriptures. For instance, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the primal Lord, the reservoir of all pleasures, Govinda, the eternal form of complete bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalists are convinced on the strength of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7v
et\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the supreme absolute transcendence has no material form and is free from all material contaminations, and one who can know Him also becomes trans
cendental, and those who do not know Him suffer the miseries of the material world.\'94 The impersonalists take it that the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ar\'fcpam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93no material form,\'94 means that the Supreme Absolute is impersonal. But that is not logical. Because A is not B does not mean that A is C. Rather, what is indicated here is that the transcendental form of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or eternity, bliss 
and knowledge, as described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not material. The same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub substantiates this as follows: \'93I know that Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead who is transcendental to all conceptions of darkness. Only he who knows Him can transcend the bonds of birth and death.\'94 There is no way of liberation other than this knowledge of that Supreme Person. There is no truth superior to that 
Supreme Person because He is the supermost. He is smaller than the smallest, and He is greater than the greatest. He illumines the transcendental sky. As a tree spreads its roots, He spreads His extensive energies. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s form may not be mat
erial, but there can be no doubt that He has form. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba has no form, how can His energies have form? The energy can never supersede the energetic. So it is the conclusion of these verses that the Supreme Absolute Truth is the Supreme Persona
lity of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE IS ALL-PERVASIVE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the eighth to the twelfth verses, K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes how He is manifested within everything. \'93I am the taste of water,\'94 
He says, \'93the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable Om and the sound in ether. I am the strength of the strong, and I am sex life. I am the life of all that lives. All states of being, be they of goodness, passion or ignorance, are manifested by
 My energy. I am in one sense everything, but I am independent. I am not under the modes of this material nature.\'94 The Lord is thus explaining how He is all-pervasive by dint of His diverse energies, material and spiritual. As the demigod in the sun i
s a person and is perceived by his all-pervading energy, the sunshine, similarly the Lord, although in His eternal abode, is perceived by His all-pervading diffuse energies. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means to become aware that earth, water, fire\'97th
e active principles in all chemicals, all material elements\'97are due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba only. The duration of man\'92s life is also due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba man can prolong his life or diminish it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the acti
ve principle in every sphere. The conclusion, as stated in the twelfth verse, is that all states of being, whether of goodness, passion or ignorance, are manifested by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s energy. \'93I am in one sense everything, but I am independent. I 
am not under the modes of this material nature.\'94 Here the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirgu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub used. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nirgu\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means not to be under the control of material nature, or to be without material contamination. It is sometimes translated to mean wit
hout material form, but here K\'e5\'f1\'eba asserts that He is manifesting this material nature yet He is independent. \'93They are in Me, but I am not in them.\'94 These }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebas}
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of goodness, passion and ignorance are emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but they do not affect Him. That is
 one of the special characteristics of Bhagav\'e4n or the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The thirteenth verse says, \'93Deluded by the three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebas,
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goodness, passion and ignorance, the whole world does not know Me, for I am above the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and am inexhaustible.\'94 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is never deluded. As stated in the Second Chapter, He remembers everything past, present and future. That is again stated in the twenty-sixth verse of this chapter. \'93I know everything which has happened in the past, or that is happening in t
he present, or of all things that are yet to come. I also know all living entities, but Me no one knows.\'94 Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never deluded, He is never under the control of the deluding energy. The fourteenth verse say\'f1, \'93This divine ener
gy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome, but those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.\'94 As stated at the outset, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is open to the surrendered soul, to the d
evotee and friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but for others it is very difficult.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FOUR CLASSES OF ATHEISTS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As explained in the succeeding verses, there are four classes of men who will never surrender to the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; simi
larly, there are four classes of men who do surrender. The four classes of men who refuse to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as explained in the fifteenth verse, are the grossly foolish, the lowest among mankind, those whose knowledge is stolen by illusion 
and those who partake of the atheistic nature of demons. The grossly foolish are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or asses, for they are simply like hardworking beasts of burden. They try to accumulate some enjoyment by working hard, but they know neither the source of enjoyment nor the source of 
misery. The example used is that of the ass who, in India at least, works very hard for the washerman. The ass does not know for whom he is working; he simply remains satisfied with a little hay. He sleeps under the fear of being beaten and satisfies his
 sex appetite at the risk of being kicked by the obliging party. The ass sometimes sings poetry and philosophy, but this braying only disturbs others. This is the position of the foolish fruitive worker who does not know the meaning of work, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nor that work is meant for sacrific
e, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is simply worki
ng very hard night and day to relieve himself from some self-imposed duties; he has no time to hear of the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is a strange paradox that to the grossly foolish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material gains which are so perishable are their sole objective. They are never
 disillusioned when they receive so little, and they spend sleepless days and nights in search of so-called material success, tolerating ulcers and indigestion, putting up with food and water that is hardly fit for the animals, serving every temporal mas
ter under the sun. But for the Supreme Master, they have no time. The stool-eating swine does not care for sweetmeats made of sugar and ghee, and similarly the foolish worker chews the chewed of mammon and leaves the succulence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE LOWEST OF MANKIND
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second class of miscreants is called the \'93lowest of mankind.\'94 Out of 8,400,000 species of life, 400,000 are said to be human,
 but of these 400,000 most are uncivilized. Civilized means to be regulated in matters of social, political and religious life, and perfect regulation is exemplified in the system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is simply that society is so regulated that maximum facilities are given to each individual so that he may pursue his eternal co
urse back to Godhead. To that end every society needs a head: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It needs arms for defense:
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It needs an abdo
men for sustenance (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and legs for movement (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub All head or all feet is equally bad, but a society, nicely divided on the basis of qualification, not birth, is a society in which everyone can revive his lost consciousness or his eternal relationship with the Supreme Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The civilized human form of life is meant for reviving this lost consciousness or invoking this dormant love of God that is within all 
of us. And if the opportunity is lost, then life is wasted, and a person who wastes his valuable time is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nar\'e4dhama, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or lowest of mankind. By the grace of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, one can reawaken his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness simply by submissively hearing the message and activities of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as contained in such gr
eat literatures as this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nar\'e4dhamas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the lowest of human beings can be delivered by this submissive hearing process, by simply chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Unfortunately they do not even listen to these transcendental vibrations, let alone surrender unto the will of the Supreme Lord. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nar\'e4dhamas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fully neglect the prime duty of the human being.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next class of miscreants are those whose erudite knowledge has been nullified by the influence of illusory material energy. In mund
ane circles these are called very learned men, great philosophers, poets, PhD\'92s, scientists, philanthropists, utopians, etc., but because of impure desires, the illusory energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba misguides them, and therefore they disobey the Supreme L
ord. A truly learned man has been described as one who sees all women as his mother, the property of others as so much refuse in the street and himself in all beings. And according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s statement in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.18]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93A learned man is he who sees on equa
l terms the learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the dog, the cow, the elephant, and the dog-eater.\'94 But when the w
hole population becomes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nar\'e4dhama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and when they thereby neglect the purpose of self-realization, their
 education has no such vision. What is circulated under the name of education is actually void of all eternal potency by the powerful illusory energy. Most intellectuals are more interested in the creature than in the creator, and ultimately their knowle
dge is frustrated because they are seeking for everything in the wrong place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clearly states in many places that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that there is none equal to or greater than Him. He is said to be the father of Brahm\'e4, and He claims to be the father of all li
ving entities. He declares Himself to be the ground of impersonal Brahman, and He states that Param\'e4tm\'e4 or the Supersoul resides in every living entity by His expansion. In short, He is the fountainhead of everything, and everyone is advised to sur
render unto Him. That is the ultimate conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93Simply surrender unto Me.
\'94 But despite all these clear statements, those whose knowledge has been nullified by the influence of illusory energy consider Him merely another human being. They do not know that this human form of life is designed after the eternal and transcenden
tal feature of the Supreme Lord. As the Bible says, \'93Man is made in the image and likeness of God.\'94 All the unauthorized interpretations of the G\'e9t\'e4 by this class of so-called learned scholars who are outside the purview of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system, the disciplic succession of devotees, are so many stumbling blocks in the path of spiritual und
erstanding.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The last class of miscreants are those of demonic principles. This class is openly atheistic. They sometimes maintain that the Supreme 
cannot descend to the material plane, but they are unable to give any valid reason why not, other than it does not conform to their reasoning patterns. Because it is their desire, K\'e5\'f1\'eba remains forever veiled from them. \'c7r\'e9 Y\'e4mun\'e4c
\'e4rya says, \'93O My Lord, You are unknowable to persons involved with atheistic principles, despite Your uncommon features, qualities, and activities, despite Your personality being strongly confirmed by all the revealed scriptures, and despite Your b
eing acknowledged by the famous authorities renowned for their depth of knowledge and situated in godly qualities.\'94 Therefore, the grossly foolish, the lowest of mankind, the deluded speculators and the atheists, never surrender unto the lotus feet of
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead despite all scriptural authoritative advice.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FOUR KINDS OF PIOUS MEN
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In verse sixteen K\'e5\'f1\'eba enumerates four kinds of pious men who render devotional service unto the Supreme: they are the distres
sed, the desirer of wealth, the inquisitive and the man in search of the Absolute Truth. These four classes of men come to the Lord to render some devotional service under different conditions, but they are not pure devotees because they have some ambiti
on to fulfill in exchange for devotional service. Pure devotional service is without material calculation or desire for material benefit. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puts it this way: \'93One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba favorably without 
desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service.\'94 But when these four kinds of persons come to the Supreme Lord for devotional service, they become completely purified
 by association with the pure devotee, and thus they also become pure devotees. Even a miscreant, for whom devotional service is extremely difficult due to his irregular, nonspiritual life, can also become a pure devotee if by chance he comes in contact 
with a pure devotee. Actually how we come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not so important. Man may be distressed\'97he may have lost his wife or family, his business may have failed, some love relationship has gone haywire\'97and in that distress turn to the Supre
me Lord. Somehow or other we get an inkling that our happiness is not to be achieved in material goals, but in the Supreme. And in that state, even though it is occasioned by a material event, we have an opportunity to associate with the Supreme Lord or 
with His devotee.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE TURNS TO K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, the man who is after some material wealth sometimes performs sacrifices or follows some scriptural injunction in order to ac
hieve some desired goal. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there are many prescriptions for acquiring material wealth. Certai
nly one\'92s desire at this stage is not pure, but the very fact that one has come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to ask for it means that one has a chance to associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in that condition one can become enamored of the Supreme Person Himself. 
There is a prophetic poem in Sanskrit entitled \'93Govinda,\'94 which says, \'93My dear friend, if you still have an inclination to enjoy material life with society, friendship and love, then please do not see the boy named Govinda who is standing in a t
hree-curved way, smiling and skillfully playing on His flute with His lips brightened by the full-moon shine.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may not be very pure when he comes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but in the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His devotee one becomes pure. Sim
ilarly, the man who comes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba because he is inquisitive finds in K\'e5\'f1\'eba his full satisfaction because K\'e5\'f1\'eba can satisfy all curiosity. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all knowledge, and therefore those who are eager for knowledge can be 
satisfied only in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And finally the man who is actually searching after K\'e5\'f1\'eba is, of course, most happy when he actually finds K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere, but unless we have eyes to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we
 cannot see Him. The eyes that can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the eyes that are smeared with love, and the process of cultivating love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as devotional service. This can be taught by the pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is something
 like the man who went searching after diamonds, and he went around the world here and there looking for diamonds, and when he returned home he found that his own backyard was full of diamonds. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere, but until we are awakened to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere by love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we cannot recognize Him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 VERY DEAR TO THE LORD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore the seventeenth verse says, \'93Of these, the wise one, who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotional ser
vice is the best, for I am very dear to him, and he is very dear to Me.\'94 \'93All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous souls, but he who is situated in knowledge of Me I consider verily to dwell in Me. Being engaged in My transcendental service, 
he attains Me.\'94 Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba affirms that all four categories of seekers are great souls, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub They are great not because they are tinged with material desire, but in spite of it, or, more accurately, because they have come to the right source for the fulfillment of their desire. They have come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for various reasons, bu
t still they have come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That means they have come to the ultimate goal for whatever reasons; therefore they are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or great souls. But the devotee in full knowledge and in constant service is considered to be very dear to the Lord because his only purpose is to serve the Lord with love and devotion. Such a devotee cannot l
ive a second without contacting or serving the Supreme Lord. Similarly, the Lord is very fond of His devotees and cannot be separated from them. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.4.57, the Lord says, \'93The devotees are always in My heart, and I am always in the hearts of the devotees. The devotee does not know anything beyond Me, so I cannot forget the
 devotee. There is a very intimate relationship between Me and the pure devotees. Pure devotees in pure knowledge are never out of spiritual touch. Therefore they are very much dear to Me.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE WISE SURRENDER TO K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion of all this search is stated in the nineteenth verse, \'93After many, many births and deaths, he who is actually in know
ledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.\'94 This is the final vision. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nirmama. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nothing is mine; everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. Because everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s, I am also K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. Therefore let me render loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such a universal v
ision of the ultimate relationship of everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba precipitates one\'92s final surrender and ultimate union with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93But those whose minds are still distorted by material desires,\'94 we are told in the next verse, \'93som
etimes surrender unto demigods in order to achieve some temporary material result.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba asserts that as the Supersoul within everyone\'92s heart, He helps to fulfill such a desire for the living entity, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not advise th
at. He calls these men of small intelligence. Why? Because they desire fruits that are limited and temporary. And then He says, \'93Those who worship the demigods go to the various planets of the demigods, but My devotee; ultimately reach My supreme plan
et.\'94 Some commentators say that one can worship anything\'97be it K\'e4l\'e9, Indra or \'c7iva or any other demigod\'97and will ultimately reach K\'e5\'f1\'eba or the Supreme, but that is here flatly denied. If this were so, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not h
ave called them men of small intelligence with perverted desires. He say outright: \'93Those who worship the demigods go to the various planets of the demigods, but My devotees ultimately reach My supreme planet.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional service should never be confused with ritualistic worship. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-Carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that one who worships the Supreme Lord and at the same time desires material enjoyment is contradictory in his desires. Devoti
onal service of the Supreme Lord and the worship of a demigod cannot be on the same platform because worship of a demigod is material and devotional service to the Supreme Lord is completely spiritual. Also it is clearly stated here that worship of the d
emigods is temporary. The results are also temporary. That means that it is completely material, for only the material world is temporary, but when one chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is spiritual. One is factually seated on 
the transcendental plane in one\'92s eternal position to the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As such, he is in a position to enjoy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternity, knowledge, and bliss eternally. At the end of this material body such a person seated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness at once attains to the highest abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4va
na. That is here promised: \'93My devotee reaches My supreme planet.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the twenty-fourth verse the category of unintelligent men is expanded from those who simply worship the demigods to those who cannot
 conceive of the Lord with a form and personality. \'93Unintelligent men who know Me not think that I have assumed this form and personality. Due to their small knowledge they do not know My higher nature, which is changeless and supreme.\'94 By philosop
hical speculation one may come to know something of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but due to depending on limited knowledge, on the factory of the tiny brain, one cannot know K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s higher nature, which is changeless and supreme, nor can one understand K
\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in His full form of eternity, knowledge and bliss. Nor can one
 understand how K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His body are nondifferent nor how K\'e5\'f1\'eba can appear age after age in His same original body. Therefore it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0h
it\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the Supreme Lord cannot be understood simply by studying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub literature, but only by the mercy of the Supreme Lord or the devotee of the Supreme Lord can the Supreme Lord be understood. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that the supreme realization begins from the impersonal Brahman and then rises to the localized Supersoul, but the ultimate and
 last word of the Absolute Truth is the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IMPERSONALISTS LESS INTELLIGENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern impersonalists are even less intelligent, for they do not even follow \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, the greatest of the impersonalis
ts, who has specifically stated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The fact is that one cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba without rendering devotional service. Without developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one cannot understand 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or His form, His quality, His name, simply by mental speculation or by discussing Vedic literature. One must understand Him by rendering devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is fully engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, beginning with the chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, H
are Hare, then only can one understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The twenty-fifth verse makes this still more clear when K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93I am never manifested to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creati
ve potency, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . And so the deluded world knows Me not, who am unborn and infallible.\'94 Even whe
n K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present personally on this earth 5,000 years ago, only a few people could recognize Him to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the prayers of Kunt\'e9 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.8.18}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said that the Lord is covered by His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and thus ordinary people cannot understand Him. Kunt\'e9 prays, \'93O my Lord, You are the maintainer of the en
tire universe, and Your devotional service is the highest form of religious principles. Therefore I pray that you will also maintain me. Your transcendental form is covered by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga
-m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmajyoti}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the internal potency. May Yo
u kindly remove this glowing effulgence that impedes my seeing}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your eternal form of bliss and kn
owledge.\'94 Similarly, Lord Brahm\'e4 prays, \'93O Supreme Personality of Godhead, O Supersoul, O master of all mystery! Who can calculate Your potency and pastimes in this world? You are always expanding your internal potency, and therefore no one can 
understand You.\'94 Learned scientists and learned scholars can examine the atomic constitution of the material world or even the planets,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but still they are unable to calculate K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s energy and potency, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present before them. No one can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba but the devotee. But by the grace of the devotee, one can see
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The supreme devotee, Lord Caitanya, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, has appeared to spread this love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba just to reclaim all the forgotten souls back into that loving relationship with the primal Lord, Govinda, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 who is not only unborn but inexhaustible, and whose form is eternal, blissful and knowledgeable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the concluding four verses K\'e5\'f1\'eba affirms again that the only way out of the darkness is through worship of Him, by renderin
g transcendental loving service unto the Supreme. Only unintelligent persons worship the demigods or rely on their own mental speculation. The twenty-ninth verse says that intelligent persons \'93take refuge in Me in devotional service.\'94 They are actu
ally Brahman because they entirely know everything about transcendental activities. As explained in the thirtieth verse, \'93Those who know Me as the Supreme Lord, as the governing principle of the material manifestation, who know Me as the one underlyin
g all the demigods and as the one sustaining all sacrifices, can with steadfast mind understand and know Me even at the hour of death.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The beginning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness entails association with persons who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Such association is sp
iritual and puts one directly in touch with the Supreme Lord, either with His form, His activities, or His words, but most especially with His name. Hearing the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not different from seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus by His inconceivable
 potencies, simply by chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, one can personally associate with Him. When one is actually associating with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by His grace, one can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme God. At th
e same time one comes to understand the constitutional position of the living entity and how the living entity forgets K\'e5\'f1\'eba and becomes entangled in material activities. By gradual development of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in good association
, the living entity can understand that due to forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he has become conditioned by the laws of material nature. He can also understand that this human form of life is an opportunity to regain K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and shou
ld be fully utilized to attain the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 New V\'e5nd\'e4vana: The West's First K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Community
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub NEW V\'c5ND\'c4VANA: THE WEST'S 
FIRST K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUS COMMUNITY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93You have New York, New England, and so many \'91New\'92 duplicates of European countries in the USA_why n
ot import New V\'e5nd\'e4vana in your country?\'94 (Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3/17/68}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Within the past three years communes have been popping up throughout America. They tend to sprout in the unlikeliest places, and they a
re conceived and nourished by the most diverse people. Practically all of them have \'93hippy\'94 images and are inspired by current concern over ecology (O for a breath of\'97gasp!\'97air!) and a semi-Thoreauesque \'93let\'92s-get-back-to-the-earth-and-
live-cheaply-and-simply\'94 longing. Many of the members are just tired of \'93hassling\'94 with urban culture\'97too many peace marches, too many drug busts\'97and many are just tired of their own image as underground culture freaks. Most of them inspir
e one another and, ironically enough, manage to superimpose their urban life-style upon the country.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The hills of West Virginia, however, are a tough and tender cradle for a different type of communal project. Although New V\'e5nd\'e4va
na is not yet three years old, it is one of the oldest and largest communes of the crop which arose in the last half of the Sixties. As fate has it, \'93hippy\'94 communes sprout and die quickly\'97discouraged by the first winter, diversity of interests,
 drug and sex confusion, local inhabitants\'97but New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, unique in conception and purpose, is expanding with a view to solidly establishing a genuine Vedic culture in America.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'93seed-giving father\'94 is His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement in the West, who conceived of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana before coming to America from India
 in 1965. In his prospectus for the movement printed in 1966, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote that one of the five purposes of the International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is: \'93To erect for the members, and for society at large, a holy p
lace of transcendental pastimes dedicated to the Personality K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the forest where Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba sported as a boy and is also the name of the supreme planet in which 
the Personality of Godhead eternally abides. New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is an implantation in the Western world of the ideals established five thousand years ago in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The roots are ancient, but the fruits 
of the tree are ever new.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The integral or Utopian community is not new in American history. Indeed, it has been a most basic part of our history from the Puritan
 experiment at Massachusetts Bay in the 1630\'92s to this New V\'e5nd\'e4vana experiment today. Despite differences of dress and circumstance, the aim of most of these communal experiences has been basically the same: to find a setting in which God consc
iousness can be pursued so that man\'92s journey through this temporary sphere of material existence can be successfully completed to transfer his consciousness to the Absolute or to the realms of eternality. The conception of a community of souls is fou
nded on the premise that such a transferral is easier collectively than individually.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Different experimenters have expressed the ideal community in different ways. Some have been more successful than others, largely depen
ding on the authority on which the community is based. Some have been based upon a strong personal authority (Brigham Young or John Smith and the Mormons, or Humphrey Knolls and the Socialist Community at Oneida). New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is different in that
 it is based on perfect authority. If one analyzes the various communities of the past, he can see that they have fallen apart because they could not agree as to what was the center of the community, what was its aim, what was its unifying point. The mos
t successful communities tended to be those that were strongly religious. They could unify on the basis of the worship And obviously where the concept of God is most agreed upon, that community will be most united and most harmonious. New V\'e5nd\'e4vana
 is based on God, or \'93K\'e5s\'eba,\'94 as revealed by the Spiritual Master and the information given by God Himself in the Vedic scripture}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is because these authorities are agreed upon that there is unity of purpose at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Communal living has currently provoked many articles by journalists and many essays by students. In a recent survey, one graduate stude
nt asked one of the New V\'e5nd\'e4vana leaders: \'93What is your advice to beginning communes?\'94 The reply was instant: \'93Don\'92t try to start one without K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 It was pointed out that the commune wouldn\'92t have lasted its first win
ter without faith in the instructions of the Spiritual Master \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and a lot of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chanting. Communal living isn\'92t all honey and wildflowers, though there are plenty of both. First there is the seemingly eternal p
roblem of finances, then manpower. There must be money to buy property and building materials; then the building must be carried out by: members who know more about construction than just nailing. Thus far New V\'e5nd\'e4vana has twelve cottages and one 
main farmhouse, barn and pavilion constructed. Wells must be dug, sewage disposed, roads built, land plowed, supplies brought in. Then there must be heat for the winter\'97stoves, firewood or oil and hay and grain for the cows and horses, which are quite
 expensive for the winter when there\'92re a dozen cows. And there\'92s more to crops than just throwing in seeds. In brief, there is so much involved in getting a commune functioning that it is no wonder that most of them fold and die before the first s
pring flowers bud. The advice: don\'92t try to start one without K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba descended from the spiritual sky 5,000 years ago, He gave a practical example of the ideal life when He sported as 
a cowherd\'92s boy. He showed that man can live very simply and reserve his main energies for what Emerson called \'93plain living and high thinking\'94 by protecting and cultivating the cow. So one of the aims of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is protecting the co
w and demonstrating the value of the cow in providing for the sustenance of man. At New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the cow is more than just an ordinary animal. Aside from the fact that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very fond of cows and that the cow is considered man\'92s s
econd mother in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas (dhenu m\'e4t\'e4), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cow represents man\'92s religion or man\'92s yearning a
nd love for God. When such yearning and love are slaughtered, then man is left with the empty shell of materialism, or life without principle and meaning. So one of the main functions of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is to demonstrate the humane practicality of co
w protection.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE PERFECT SOCIETY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Most of the full time members at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana come from the big cities\'97New York, Los Angeles, etc. Although most come direct 
from the K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples, the only requirement for entrance is sincerity. The community serves as a training camp in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and, ideally, as an example of a perfect K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious community to show the practicality 
and applicability of the philosophy to communal living. The temples established in various cities are able to work very effectively to a certain degree, but they are not able under the present situation to exhibit what a perfect society is like. For that
 reason New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is envisioned as a society where all the residents are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and where all of the activities are directed toward the ultimate goal. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is inactive in any sense. The p
ractitioners engage in work which may appear to be ordinary work but is in fact devotional service due to the change in consciousness. Everyone in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is aware that his work is devotional in character and is directed to the Supreme Godhea
d because the factual proprietor of the land, of the buildings, of the temples, of the food, of the vehicles, tools and all the varied paraphernalia is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The awareness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s proprietorship enables the devotee to advance in 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness while executing his daily chores.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In New V\'e5nd\'e4vana this remembrance of the Supreme\'92s proprietorship is facilitated because the atmosphere has been K\'e5\'f1\'eb
aized: by the mere touch of sound\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97the hills, pastures, forests and streams are transported out of the State of West Virginia into the spiritual sky of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. As the Spiritual Master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, writes: 
\'93We can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba in every moment. We can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba while taking a glass of water because the taste of water is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba as soon as we see the sunlight in the morning, because the sunli
ght is a reflection of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s bodily effulgence. And as soon as we see moonlight in the evening we remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba because moonlight is the reflection of sunlight. Similarly, when we hear any sound we can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba beca
use sound is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the most perfect sound, transcendental, is Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which we have to chant 24 hours. So there is no scope of forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba at any moment of our life provided we practice in that way.\'94 (Sr\'e9la 
Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, 1/15/68)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The atmosphere of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is suitable for such remembrance process\'97it is cosmic, rural, woodsy. Under the Milky Way, }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub expands. Orion, the Pleiades, Sagittarius, Virgo\'97all vibrate to the cymbal rhythm, the chants
 broadcast from the mountains of planet earth. The firmament revolves about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the chanti
ng of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub group chanting, every morning and evening. Offerings to t
he Deity are performed before dawn and five times throughout the day. The morning }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub usually over before sunrise. Then morning }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is taken, usually cereal, and the day\'92s chores begin. There is much to do at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and all participate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conception and purpose of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana are best set forth specifically in the letters of the Spiritual Master.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93V\'e5nd\'e4vana conception is that of a transcendental village, without any botheration of the modern ind
ustrial atmosphere. My idea of developing New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is to create an atmosphere of spiritual life where people in the bona fide orders of social divisions, namely, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub brahmac
\'e4r\'e9s, grhasthas, v\'e4naprasthas, sanny\'e4s\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub or specifically }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprasthas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub will live there independently, completely depending on agricultural produce and milk from the cows.
\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8/17/68}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93To retire from activities is not a very good idea for the conditioned soul. I have very good experience, 
not only in our country, but also in your country, that this tendency of retiring from activities pushes one down to the platform of laziness, and gradually to the ideas of the hippies. One should always remain active in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service, othe
rwise strong }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  will catch him and engage him in her service. Our constitutional position is in r
endering service; we cannot stop activity. So New V\'e5nd\'e4vana may not be turned into a place of retirement, but some sort of activities must go on there. If there is good prospective land, we should produce some grains, flours and fruits and keep cow
s, so that those living there may have sufficient work and facility for advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In India actually V\'e5nd\'e4vana has now become a place of the unemployed and beggars. K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda has already seen it. And so ther
e is always a tendency toward such degradation if there is no sufficient work for service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7/14/68}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the beginning, as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da suggested, the program at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is geared to enable the student to progr
ess along the path of devotional service; so there is work going on all the time. And the program is sufficiently diversified to accommodate a variety of talents, dovetailing them in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As in the many transcendentalist farms in 19th century America, the concept of life at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is that of plain living and 
high thinking.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 NOT MUCH MODERNIZED
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93V\'e5nd\'e4vana does not require to be modernized because K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s V\'e5nd\'e4vana is a transc
endental village. They completely}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub depend on nature\'92s beauty and nature\'92s protection. The community 
in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba preferred to belong was the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (agricultural) community because Nanda Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja happened to be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub king, or landholder, and his main business was cow protection. It 
is understood that he had 900,000 cows, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma used to take charge of them along with His many cowherd boy friends. Every day, in the morning, He used to go out with His friends and cows into the pasturing grounds. So, if you 
seriously want to convert this new spot into New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, I shall advise you not to make it very much modernized. But as you are American boys, you must make it just suitable to your minimum needs. Nor should you make it too much luxurious as gen
erally Europeans and Americans are accustomed. Better to live there without modern amenities and to live a natural healthy life for executing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It may be an ideal village where the residents will have plain living and high thi
nking. For plain living we must have sufficient land for raising crops, and pasturing grounds for the cows. If there are sufficient grains and production of milk, then the whole economic problem is solved. You do not require any machines, cinema, hotels,
 slaughterhouses, brothels, nightclubs-all these modern amenities. People in the spell of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  are 
trying to squeeze out gross pleasure from the senses, which is not possible to derive to our heart\'92s content. Therefore we are confused and baffled in our attempt to eschew eternal pleasure from gross matter. Actually, joyful life is on the spiritual 
platform; therefore we should try to save our valuable time from material activities and engage them in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But at the same time, because we have to keep our body and soul together to execute our mission, we must have sufficient
 (not extravagant) food to eat, and that will be supplied by grains, fruits and milk.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93The difficulty is that the people in this country want to continue their practice of sense gratification,
 and at the same time they want to become transcendentally advanced. This is quite contradictory. One can advance in transcendental life by the process of negating the general practice of materialistic life. The exact adjustment is in Vai\'f1\'ebava phil
osophy, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub yukta-vair\'e4gya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub This means that we should simply accept the bare necessities o
f our material part of life, and try at the same time for spiritual advancement. This should be the motto of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, if you at all develop it to the perfectional stage.\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6/14/68}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regarding New V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'92s cow protection program, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93We must have sufficient pasturing ground to feed the animals all year. We have to maintain the animals th
roughout their lives. We must not make any program for selling them to the slaughterhouses. That is the way of cow protection. K\'e5\'f1\'eba by His practical example taught us to give all protection to the cows, and that should be the main business of N
ew V\'e5nd\'e4vana. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is also known as Gokula. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Go}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  means cows, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub kula }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub means congregation. Therefore the special feature of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana will be cow protection, and by doing so, we shall
 not be the losers. In India, of course, a cow is protected, and the cowherdsmen derive sufficient profit by such protection. Cow dung is used for fuel. Cow dung dried in the sunshine is kept in stock for utilization as fuel in the villages. They get whe
at and other cereals produced from the field. There is milk and vegetables, and the fuel is cow dung, and thus they are self-sufficient, independent, in every village. There are hand weavers for the cloth. And the country oil-mill (consisting of a bull w
alking in a circle around two big grinding stones, attached with yoke) grinds the oil seeds into oil. The whole idea is that people residing in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana may not have to search for work outside. Arrangements should be such that the residents wi
ll be self-satisfied. That will make an ideal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . I do not know whether these ideals can be giv
en practical shape, but I think that people may be happy in any place with land and cow without endeavoring for so-called amenities of modern life\'97which simply increase anxieties for maintenance and proper equipment. The less we are anxious for mainta
ining our body and soul together, the more we become favorable for advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6/14/68)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CONSTRUCTING TEMPLES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the development of buildings, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has given specific instructions for temples and living quarters. At pres
ent New V\'e5nd\'e4vana includes 133 acres (more land will be available in the future) of pasture, forest, ponds, waterfalls, mountains and streams, so there are varied settings for numerous buildings. Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da advises:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Concentrate on one temple, and then we shall extend one after another. Immediately the scheme should be t
o have a temple in the center and residential quarters for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hasthas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub surrounding it. Let us go ahead with that plan at first.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Also you will be pleased to note that I\'92ve asked Goursundar to make a layout of the whole land, and I 
shall place seven different temples in different situations, as prototype of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There will be seven principal temples, namely, Govinda, Gop\'e9n\'e4tha, Madana-Mohana, \'c7y\'e4masundara, R\'e4dha-Rama\'eba, R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara, and Gok
ul\'e4nanda. Of course in V\'e5nd\'e4vana there are about, more or less, big and small, 5,000 temples; that is a far distant scheme. But immediately we shall take up constructing at least seven temples in different places, meadows and hills. So I am tryi
ng to make a plan out of the description of the plot of our land. And the hilly portions may be named Govardhana. On Govardhana-side, the pasturing grounds for the cows may be allotted.\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8/23/68}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is a means for the sincere participants to please the Spiritual Master by progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness,
 and when the Spiritual Master is pleased, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93Now we can work with great enthusiasm for constructing a New V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the United States of Amer
ica. People who came from Europe to this part of the world named so many new provinces, just like New England, New Amsterdam, New York, so I also came to this part of the world to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and by His grace and by your endeavor
, New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is being constructed. That is my great happiness. Our sincere endeavor in the service of the Lord, and the Lord\'92s assistants, to make our progressive march successful, are two important things to be followed in the spiritual adva
ncement of life. I think it was K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s desire that this New V\'e5nd\'e4vana scheme should be taken up by us, and now He has given us a great opportunity to serve Him in this scheme. So let us do it sincerely, and all other help will come aut
omatically. I am very glad to notice in K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda\'92s letter that he has realized more and more that the function of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is nothing physical or bodily, but purely spiritual and for the glorification of the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 Hari. 
If we actually keep this view before us, certainly we shall be successful in our progressive march.\'92\'92 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8/23/68}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another important project in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the development of a school, grades one through twelve, where children from the urb
an centers can come to learn reading, writing, mathematics, the basic sciences and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. At present children are being individually tutored, and official State approval is impending the construction of a schoolhouse to meet buildi
ng regulations. \'93So you have now taken charge of the sunrise of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes. \'93Our program there is to construct seven temples. One, R\'fcp\'e4nuga Vidy\'e4p\'e9tha, is to be a school for educating }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and Vai\'f1\'ebavas. We have enough technological and other types of educational institutions;
 there are none where actual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and Vai\'f1\'ebavas are produced. So we will have to establi
sh an educational institution for that purpose in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana.\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, 1/12/68) As soon as buildings are constructed, the school program can be swiftly executed: \'93I am encouraged to know that you are very enthus
iastic about our projects for developing New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. So far as the school goes, we have many qualified teachers, and they are all enthusiastic about going there and beginning their teaching work. The only thing is that there is as of yet no plac
e to accommodate these teachers. So as soon as these facilities are constructed, we can at once start at full force in setting up our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness school program.\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, 12/25/69}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In May and June, 1969, His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da stayed in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana for six weeks and gave specific directi
ons for construction and general management. After his visit, he wrote: \'93I am always thinking of your New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The first thing I find is the taste of the milk. The milk which we are talking here is not at all comparable with New V\'e5nd
\'e4vana milk. Anyway, there must be a gulf of difference between city life and country life. As poet Cowper said, \'91Country is made by God, and city is made by man.\'92 Therefore my special request is that you should try to maintain as many cows as po
ssible in your New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Regarding duties, the men should be engaged in producing vegetables, tilling the field, taking care of the animals, house construction, etc., and the women shall do the indoor activities: taking care of the children, k
eeping the temple and kitchen very clean, cooking and churning butter. If they cooperate with the boys, then surely very quickly New Vrnd\'e4vana will develop as nicely as possible.\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, 6/24/69)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In August, 1970, New V\'e5nd\'e4vana held its first annual Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 celebration, a three day celebration of \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s birth, and hundreds of devotees from as far away as Australia attended. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who was in India at the time, sent a Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 message, exhorting those interested in transcendental communal living to com
plete developing New V\'e5nd\'e4vana into a village \'93one mile long and one mile wide.\'94 \'93Regarding Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 arrangement, it is going on nicely, and that is very encouraging. We have started New V\'e5nd\'e4vana in America, and it mus
t be finished in the American way. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana there are so many temples, they say 5,000, or in V\'e5nd\'e4vana every home, every cottage is a temple. As far as possible, try to develop New V\'e5nd\'e4vana on this standard. In the coming meeting o
f Janm\'e4\'f1tam\'e9, amongst other business you must have a resolution to finish the development of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the right sense of the term.\'94 (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Letter, 8/20/70)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whoever is interested in helping\'97in whatever way\'97with this challenging project is requested to write: President, New V\'e5nd\'e4v
ana, R. D. 3, Moundsville, West Virginia, 26041.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Cure for All Despondency
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE CURE FOR ALL DESPONDENCY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The original source of knowledge is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub emanate all the spiritual o
r scriptural writings known to this planet, and all material knowledge also has been passed down by exponents of the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were known by the aural tradition, or simply by hearing.
 The knowledge contained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub actually has no origin in history; the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are so ancient as to be untraceable, but we have it from authority that they were set into writing 5000 years ago, when t
hey were compiled by a great sage, \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sadeva. Vy\'e4sadeva put this aural tradition into writing because, as a liberated sage able to see the future, he foresaw that in the coming age, the age of quarrel and hy
pocrisy, people would be interested only in that which is temporary and would lose their ability to retain the Vedic knowledge by memory. The people of the age of Kali, which is the present age in modern civilization, are characterized by a short duratio
n of life, diminished memory, distraction from the spiritual path, and lack of seriousness in searching out the ultimate goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is told in the Vedic literature }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that Vy\'e4sadeva was fully equipped in knowledge and could see by his transcendental vision that all the good qualities of people in the future would gradually deteriorate, up t
o the point where 99% of the population would be thoroughly atheistic. A sage like Vy\'e4sadeva who is a devotee of the Supreme Lord is factually far more a friend of the people in general than the so-called public leaders who cannot even know what will 
happen five minutes ahead. Thus 5000 years ago this great philanthropist, Vy\'e4sa, foreseeing the need to edit the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and put them into writing, divided the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and expanded them into histories and na
rrations so that the less intelligent people, who are interested only in hearing stories, could understand the purport of the scriptures and thus be delivered back to the eternal joyful home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the scriptures are heard from a bona fide spiritual master, their real meaning comes alive. There is no special educational qualif
ication for understanding God. By the mercy of Vy\'e4sadeva the Vedic literature is readily understandable when handed down by a bona fide spiritual master who has realized the truth of the scriptures. Vy\'e4sadeva was therefore a great spiritual master 
for all people, and he is known to be a literary incarnation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vy\'e4sadeva and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are on the same transcendental platform, and they collaborated in a plan to benedict the fallen 
souls of this age by presenting scripture in the form of stories and histories, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (in which appears the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is the gist of the entire Vedic philosophica
l literature).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'93I STILL FEEL WANTING\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After having worked so hard for the cause of humanity and after compiling so much transcendental literature, it would be expected that 
Vy\'e4sadeva would be satisfied by his worthwhile activities. Yet as Vy\'e4sadeva sat down in meditation one morning, he thought to himself that he was not very satisfied in mind or heart. Vy\'e4sadeva considered, \'93I have certainly worshiped the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spiritual masters and the altar of sacrificial fire under strict disciplinary guidance and without 
pretense, and I have also abided by the Vedic rulings. I have shown the import of the disciplic succession through the explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which even women, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and others can also
 see the path of religion. Yet although I am already fully equipped with everything needed in the matter of Vedic principles, I still feel wanting. It may be that I did not direct myself enough to the devotional service of the Lord, which is dear both to
 the perfect beings and to the infallible Lord.\'94 From these thoughts we can see that \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva was able to express to himself a hint of the lack that he felt. Somehow or other, although fully equipped in all the details of Vedic achieve
ments, Vy\'e4sadeva appeared to have lost the clue to his normal transcendental happiness. Therefore he felt dissatisfaction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The despondency of Vy\'e4sadeva must not be thought of as an isolated case unrelated to our own lives. If every man and woman reading t
his essay would only examine himself with introspection, he would most likely find something akin to the lack felt at heart by \'c7rila Vy\'e4sadeva. Whether one has achieved great success in business, or has amassed great wealth, a nice family, fame, or
 any amount of worldly or mystical power, that dissatisfaction at the inner core of one\'92s being is liable to occur. This dissatisfaction is manifested in many ways, such as boredom, frustration, loneliness and disillusion, and in general it exists bec
ause our innermost desires for happiness and fulfillment are not being satisfied. This is certainly true for those persons who have made gross sensualism their purpose for living. As such a person grows older and increases in his career of sex enjoyment 
and intoxication, he realizes that it is hellish and that he is not satisfied. Any man who feels great hopes for a fulfilling life in this material world will find that his actual position falls far short of his wished-for happiness. We may have idealist
ic plans for our own enjoyment or our families\'92 enjoyment or for the improvement of our nation or humanity, but because of the nature of the material laws\'97such as old age, death, disease and other miseries\'97our ideals are never fulfilled in the m
aterial world. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has written in this connection: \'93Perfection is never attained until one is satisfied at heart, and this satisfaction of the heart has to be searched out beyond the material world.
\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.4.27]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SPIRITUAL MASTER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as Vy\'e4sa was trying to locate the defect in himself, N\'e4rada Muni, his spiritual master, reached Vy\'e4sa\'92s cottage on the
 bank of the River Sarasvat\'e9. On seeing N\'e4rada, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva got up in respect and offered his master all worship. N\'e4rada then took a comfortable seat and began to address his disciple. As N\'e4rada spoke, he was smiling because he k
new well the cause of Vy\'e4sadeva\'92s disappointment. N\'e4rada inquired, \'93Are you not satisfied with identifying the body or mind as the object of self-realization?\'94 By his first words N\'e4rada hinted that despite his compilation of sacred and 
instructive transcendental literature, Vy\'e4sadeva had actually identified the body and mind with the self. But the concept of the body and the mind as the self can never bring happiness because the body is subject to so many miseries and is only tempor
ary, whereas the real self is eternal. How is it that Vy\'e4sadeva, who was such a great sage, could miss the real point of spiritual life and spiritual happiness? N\'e4rada admitted that Vy\'e4sadeva had certainly studied fully and had with deliberation
 compiled a full explanation of the original knowledge of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So why should he be disappointed jus
t when he should be feeling satisfied by a full lifetime of great welfare work for all humanity? Vy\'e4sadeva humbly submitted himself before his spiritual master and asked him to please point out the root cause of his despondency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada said, \'93You have not broadcast the sublime and spotless glories of the Personality of Godhead. Anything that does
 not satisfy the senses of the Lord is considered worthless philosophy.\'94 That was N\'e4rada Muni\'92s prompt diagnosis. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva was despondent because, despite writing so many books, he had deliberately avoided glorifying the Supreme 
Lord, but he gave more attention to religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and salvation, which are the material activities of civilization. Vy\'e4sadeva had neglected to give his full attention to devotional service, which starts with he
aring and glorifying the name and pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore N\'e4rada concluded that Vy\'e4sadeva had more or less wasted his time. N\'e4rada was saying, in other words, that all the scriptures that Vy\'e4sadeva had compiled up to this point 
had dealt mainly with material activities, and this was the reason for his despondency. Vy\'e4sadeva was interested in regulating material activities so that people could gradually come to the spiritual platform. But if people simply perform the regulati
ve material principles and do not come to the spiritual platform, that will not help them. The only point of regulating sense gratificatory activities is to gradually gain the transcendental taste of love of God. Only when one tastes transcendental pleas
ure can he abandon satisfying his own senses and be intent on satisfying the senses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IN THE NAME OF RELIGION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It has been stated that Vy\'e4sadeva had been concerned with religiosity, which involves preparing oneself for being elevated to the sp
iritual platform. Vy\'e4sadeva had outlined }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or religious faith, as meaning to very punctually go 
to a church or temple, execute all ritualistic ceremonies very rigidly and follow religious rules and regulations. In this way a materialistic man can gradually be purified. But if at the end a person does not develop love for God, then the rituals are s
imply useless labor and empty formality. The objective of religion is not material happiness. The objective of religion is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When religious rituals are followed for the goal of material happiness, all the prescriptions and regulations are s
imply a waste of time. Thus Vy\'e4sadeva could be said to have actually encouraged materialistic activities. The sacrifices he described in the scriptures were presented with the understanding that everyone comes into this material world in order to sati
sfy his senses. So in order for people to enjoy sense gratification while at the same time following the codes of religion, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were prepared. Now N\'e4rada told Vy\'e4sadeva that he had actually encouraged sense gratification in the name of religion. We commonly see that when someone is involved in some basically illicit activity, he may try to find
 sanction for it within his religion. \'93My religion says I can do it. I can eat meat. I can smoke. I can have sex. It is sanctioned in my religion.\'94 If scriptures are presented in material terms, people who seek authoritative approval for their sinf
ul activities will screw out false meanings from them. And he who compiles such scriptures is to blame. That sort of religiosity in which the object is to achieve material happiness by following regulative principles will not help one, and N\'e4rada cond
emned this religiosity as abominable. \'93If you simply stick to this principle, because you are an authority, people will understand that this is religion. People will think that religion is nothing more than this.\'94 Even if one becomes very expert in
 executing religious performances, that does not mean that he can be elevated to the spiritual platform. Such performances may be a little helpful for rising to the spiritual platform, but unless one actually engages in the service of the Lord he cannot 
achieve perfection. N\'e4rada Muni said, \'93Therefore, now please write literature that will attract people to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. Thus far you have only given an official understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You have indicated that God is gre
at or all-powerful, but people are not attracted because you have distracted their attention to the improvement of their material condition.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ANCHOR
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this connection there is a nice story told by our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, concern
ing a wedding party that was traveling to the bride\'92s home. In India the bridegroom and his father and other relatives go to the bride\'92s home, and the marriage ceremony takes place there in the presence of all the relatives. This particular marriag
e was to take place in a village miles away. In Bengal the land is full of rivers, and the rivers are used as highways. So it was settled that the bridegroom\'92s party would start out on the evening before the marriage day and would arrive the next morn
ing. They could rest the whole day, and that evening the marriage would take place. The party hired a ferry and got into the boat, and as the boat started, all the members of the bridegroom\'92s party fell asleep. The breeze on the river was strong and v
ery pleasing, but the next morning when the wedding party arose they saw that they were standing in the same place. They were surprised. \'93How is it,\'94 the boatman was asked, \'93that we are still in the same place? We have not proceeded even a few y
ards. How is that?\'94 The boatman said, \'93We were rowing the whole night. We don\'92t know how this has happened.\'94 Then one boatman found that the anchor had not been raised. The whole night the men were plying the oars, but the boat was only going
 around the anchor and did not go forward an inch.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, our anchor in the material world is our desire for material happiness, for which we may even worship God, go to a temple and
 offer our respect. But if our goal is only material happiness and if that is accepted as the ultimate goal, then it is useless. We have to go above that position. If one approaches K\'e5\'f1\'eba and says, \'93My dear Lord, I am in distress, please help
 me,\'94 that is good in the sense that somehow or other one has approached God. But his motive is not pure. The motive is material enjoyment. Therefore N\'e4rada told Vy\'e4sadeva, \'93This kind of instruction in your books will not help people to come 
to the standard of pure devotional service, which alone can save them from all material bondage.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If this criticism is actually valid for Vy\'e4sadeva, who was at least trying to bring people to the spiritual level, then how severely
 N\'e4rada\'92s criticism applies to those so-called authorities or teachers who do not even encourage that one follow the regulative principles of religion. Famous writers, poets and philosophers who are taken as authorities and are followed by people i
n general, but who present only their speculations or sinful motives in writing, may write books which are read by millions, but the effect is disastrous. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, by encouraging material sex life under the regulative principles of marri
age but not stressing sufficiently that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center of married life and of all activities, may have been at fault in that way, but the mundane writer who presents sex life as virtuous and enjoyable, even outside of marriage, has an abomi
nable influence.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PILGRIMAGE FOR CROWS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deals with such literatures. In the First Canto, Chapter Five, it is stated, \'93Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are cons
idered by saintly persons to be like unto a place of pilgrimage for crows. Since the all-perfect persons are inhabitants of the transcendental abode, they do not derive any pleasure there.\'94 In his purport to this verse His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has written: \'93Crows and swans are not birds of the same feather, because of their different mental attitudes. The fruitive workers or passionate men are compared to the crows, whereas the all-perfect saintly persons are compare
d to swans. The crows take pleasure in a place where refused remnants of foodstuffs are thrown out, just as the passionate fruitive workers take pleasure in wine, women, and places for gross sense pleasure. The swans do not take pleasure in the places wh
ere the crows are assembled for conferences and meetings. They are instead seen in an atmosphere of natural scenic beauty where there are transparent reservoirs of water nicely decorated with stems of lotus flowers in variegated colors of natural beauty.
 That is the difference between the two classes of birds. Similarly, there are different kinds of literature for different kinds of men. Mostly the market literatures which attract men of the crow\'92s category are literatures containing refused remnants
 of sensuous topics. They are generally known as mundane talks in relation with the gross body and subtle mind. They are full of subject matter described in decorative language full of mundane similes and metaphorical arrangements. Yet with all that, the
y are devoid of glorification of the Lord. Such poetry and prose, on any subject matter, is considered decoration of the dead body and the superficial agitated mind. Spiritually advanced men who are compared to the swans do not take pleasure in such dead
 literatures, which are sources of pleasure for men who are spiritually dead. These literatures in the modes of passion and ignorance are distributed under different labels; but they can hardly help the spiritual urge of the human being, and therefore th
e swanlike spiritually advanced men have nothing to do with such mundane remnants. Social literary men, scientists, mundane poets, theoretical philosophers and politicians who are completely absorbed in the material advancement of sense pleasure are all 
dolls of the material energy. They take pleasure in a place where rejected subject matters are thrown. According to Sv\'e4m\'e9 \'c7r\'e9dhara, this is the pleasure of the prostitute hunters.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE BEST LITERATURE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The essence of human activities is to describe the glories of the Lord. Literature which does not engage people in the devotional servi
ce of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will not be substantially pleasurable. \'93On the other hand, literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, form, pastimes, etc., of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different creation of tr
anscendental words meant for bringing about a revolution in the impious life of a misdirected world civilization. Such transcendental literature, even though imperfectly composed, is accepted by purified men who are thoroughly honest.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is understood that by broadcasting the holy name and fame of the Supreme Lord, the polluted atmosphere of the world will change, and
 as a result of propagating transcendental literature, people will become sane in their transactions. Of course at first people are inclined towards literature concerning sensuous topics, and they find this to be more entertaining and attractive than des
criptions of the Supreme Lord. This is due to their diseased condition of thinking that the real self is the temporary body. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub however, points out that this body is just like a jacket and that the real self is the eternal soul. Until we realize this, we think 
that our happiness is in this body, and therefore we like to hear literatures describing the joys and pleasures of this body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is stated that reading literature glorifying God acts on the conditioned soul as sugar candy does upon a person affected with jaundi
ce. Although in the beginning one who is suffering from jaundice is reluctant to take sugar candy because of his diseased state, it is well known that sugar candy is the remedy for jaundice. Sugar tastes bitter to a jaundiced person, but the symptom of h
is cure is that he tastes the sugar candy to be progressively sweeter. Similarly, when people develop a taste for transcendental literature, they will automatically cease to read other literature. When transcendental literature like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is available for the reading propensity, the material literature, which is catering poison to societ
y, will automatically cease to be popular. \'93There are thousands and thousands of literary men all over the world, and they have created many, many thousands of literary works for the information of the people in general for thousands and thousands of 
years. Unfortunately none of them have brought peace and tranquility on earth between men or between nations. This is due to a spiritual vacuum in those literatures; therefore Vedic literatures are specifically recommended for suffering humanity to bring
 about the desired effect of liberation from the pangs of material civilization, which is eating the vital part of human energy.\'94 (Bhaktivedanta purports to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g
avatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.13)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CONCENTRATE ON K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada therefore advised his student Vy\'e4sadeva, \'93Anything which you have described under any vision apart from that of the Lor
d will react and result in oscillating the mind as the wind rocks a boat which has no resting place.\'94 N\'e4rada stressed the effect of the Vedic literature compiled by Vy\'e4sadeva and tried to emphasize to him that he should concentrate on describing
 everything in relation with the Supreme Lord and no one else. In fact, there is nothing existent but the Lord. The Lord is the root of the complete tree, and He is the stomach of the complete body. Pouring water on the root is the right method of wateri
ng a tree, just as feeding the stomach is the means of supplying energy to all parts of the body. Sr\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva was an authority on the scriptures, and therefore N\'e4rada condemned his compromising spirit and advised him to speak directly on the
 prime necessity of human life\'97to realize one\'92s relationship with the Lord and thus surrender unto Him without delay. N\'e4rada said, \'93The Supreme Lord is unlimited. Only expert personalities understand this knowledge of spiritual values. Theref
ore those who are not so well situated, due to being attached to material qualities, should be shown the ways of transcendental realization, by yourself, through descriptions of the transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord.\'94 N\'e4rada indicated th
at because Vy\'e4sa actually knew about the Supreme Lord, he should compile scriptures according to the synopsis which N\'e4rada had given him. Living beings must accept the supremacy of the Lord and agree to render loving service unto Him for whom they 
have been created. Without this there cannot be peace and tranquility in the world. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva was advised by \'c7r\'e9la N\'e4rada to expand this idea in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g
avatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To surrender fully unto the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord is the only proper engagement of the living being. Therefore, intent on describing the Lord more vividly, Vy\'e4
sadeva set about to both wipe out his own despondency and to benefit all humanity by following the orders of his spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 VY\'c4SADEVA'S VISION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93On the western bank of the River Sarasvat\'e9, which is very intimately related with transcendental subjects like the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is a cottage for meditation. In that place \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, in his own }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is surrounded by berry trees, sat down to meditate after touching water for purification. Thus he perfectly
 engaged his mind in the linking process of devotional service without any tinge of material affection, and he saw the Absolute Personality of Godhead along with His external energy, which was under full control.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.2-4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By the instructions of his spiritual master, Vy\'e4sadeva became absorbed in transcendental thought of the Personality of Godhead. He did not take notice of the impersonal effulgence coming from the body of the Lord, 
but concentrated on the Personality of Godhead who is personally controlling all energies. Upon seeing the all-perfect Personality of Godhead along with His energies, Vv\'e4sadeva observed the unwanted miseries of the conditioned souls bewildered by illu
sion, and at last he saw the remedial measure for thc conditioned souls, namely the linking process of devotional service. Thus, based on the instructions of his spiritual master and his subsequent meditation, Vy\'e4sadeva understood that the process of 
hearing and chanting of the name, fame, and glory of the Supreme Personality will alone revive one\'92s dormant love of God. The way this works is that when the Lord is satisfied with the efforts of the devotees, He endows them with His loving transcende
ntal service. As soon as one takes up chanting and hearing in an attitude of service, at once his unwanted miseries disappear. There is no other requirement necessary but simply to give aural reception to the glorification of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The final result is that Vy\'e4sadeva set to work compiling the mature work of his life, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which contains full descriptions of the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His pure devotees. In this wor
k there is no tinge of dry philosophical speculation, study of the impersonal nature, execution of sacrifices to the demigods, or the pursuit of sense gratification under the sanction of religiosity or mechanical }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vv\'e4sa compiled the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in twelve cantos of eighteen thousand verses. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is the narration of the Lord\'92s activities, is the postgraduate study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is spoken by the Lord Himself. Often someone says, \'93God is great,\'94 but how great He is, what He is doing, what His energies are, what He is like, what His pastimes are, what His qualities are (His gentlenes
s, gravity and beauty as well as His specific dealings with His intimate devotees) is all disclosed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the crowning glory of Vy\'e4sadeva\'92s compilation of the scriptures. Simply by reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one can assimilate all knowl
edge and reach the ultimate end of knowledge\'97to develop love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON Fiji
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON FIJI
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has sent his disciples to the Fiji Islands in the Pacific Ocean, north of New Z
ealand, to spread the chanting of the holy names, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has stated, \'93Lord Caitanya declared that the chanting of the holy name would be heard in every town and village. Lord Caitanya is an incarnation of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba; that is, He is God Himself. Therefore His prediction will take place. But if you help to make it come about, then you can take credit for it, otherwise someone else will do it.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have recently received a letter from Upendra d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, the young disciple of His Divine Grace who is leading the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement on Suva, the main island of the Fijis. He writes: \'93The young children flock to th
e sound of the holy name and shout with clarity and volume, \'91Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare! Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare!\'92 The temple is packed on Sundays. Fijian girls 
dance joyfully to Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind to us! Literally everyone who sees us says, \'91Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'92 and poor as people are, they are always willing to give us something to help us with our great work of spreading lov
e of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In one letter Upendra d\'e4sa describes that Fiji is not at all a paradise. \'93It is always humid, and if not cloudy and hot, then rai
ny and hot. There are flies, mosquitoes, flying cockroaches, etc., to contend with, yet even though all these minor things are there, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is still strong.\'94 Upendra is in Fiji with his wife, new devotees are going there to join
 them, and the local Fijians are taking part more and more in the joyous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement. And w
hy should it be any surprise? All living entities are parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an international language\'97anyone who takes part will feel his heart cleansed and will experience the ecstasy of spiritual
 life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Sources of Misery
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SOURCES OF MISERY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Kuru\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Boulder)
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub For the soul there is never birth or death. Nor having once been does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eter
nal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eternity\'97it is our nature to experience unceasing existence. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.12]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that there never was a time when we did not exist and that therefore we were never born. Nor in the future will we ever die; we are eternally existing personalities untouched by the death of the body which encases our spirit
. Our eternal nature is called the spirit self; this is our real identity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One aspect of this eternal nature of ours its that we cannot exist without rendering some service to someone or something. We are etern
ally servants; this is also our nature. Upon hearing this, many of us become insulted and say, \'93No! I am free!\'94 But if we examine our lives a little more closely we will see that it is true that we must always serve.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Firstly, we all serve these bodies and the unending stream of desires that accompany them. We feed them, wash them, decorate them, stim
ulate their senses, fix them when they are broken, and put them to bed when they are tired. So this is the most obvious example of our serving nature. We also serve a myriad of other masters, including parents, friends teachers, governments, pets, childr
en, lawns, cars, etc. We are all rendering service in one way or another. This eternal nature of rendering service is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means the eternal religion of the living entity\'97\'93that quality which remains always and which cannot be taken away.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since we are all eternally servants, we should be interested to find out who is the most merciful and benevolent master and in whose se
rvice we will be most satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chapter Seven, verse six, that He is the \'93origin and dissolution\'94 of all energy. Everything that we receive and give away has its origin in the Supreme Lord. So whether or not we recogn
ize this fact, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is already giving us everything, and therefore He is the most benevolent of all masters. Our most natural position, therefore, is to render service to Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Supreme Lord appears in the material world, He does so in His original, eternal, transcendental form, which always remains unt
ouched by the illusory material energy. This is confirmed in Chapter Four, verse six, of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub where K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentien
t beings, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally a person, and this personality is the source of all energy, both material and spiritual. This fact is confi
rmed in all the Vedic scriptures, especially in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His form is completely spiritual, and the nature of this form is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha:}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is eternally full of knowledge and bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore another aspect of our eternal nature is that we also have }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub forms. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that we are eternally His fragmental parts. As 
parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord, we enjoy qualitative oneness with the Lord. So just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s nature is eternally full of bliss and knowledge, it is also our nature to he eternally full of bliss and knowledge. But whereas K\'e5sna pos
sesses these qualities infinitely, we possess them infinitesimally. Thus there is a quantitative difference.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ASKING THE QUESTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has given a nice example in this connection. The nature or quality of sea water
 is that it is salty. Whether one examines an entire ocean of sea water or just one drop, this quality of saltiness does not change; both the drop and the ocean are salty. The difference is in the quantity of sea water, not in the quality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The question now comes to mind, \'93If we are by nature full of bliss and knowledge, why are we experiencing something temporary and mi
serable?\'94 Everyone should ask this most important question; otherwise he has not actually reached the human form of life. This human form of life is meant for solving this question. Every activity we perform which is not directed at solving this quest
ion is simply a waste of time. It is not an extremely difficult question either, if we simply take the time to examine it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most prominent reason for failing to experience our real nature of eternity, bliss and knowledge is that we have a body which 1) ex
ists only temporarily, 2) is completely unconscious, and 3) is always either partially or completely miserable. This body is produced of material nature, and these three aspects are qualities of the material energy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord expands Himself into infinite energies, which can generally be divided into three groups. One energy, which we have pr
eviously described, is called the superior, spiritual energy of the Lord. Another energy is the lower, inferior energy, called matter. And our nature is called marginal because we are one of the superior energies of the Lord but are now in contact with t
he inferior, material energy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes this material energy:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego\'97altogether these eight comprise My separ
ated material energies. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7
.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material form of energy is the exact opposite of the superior energy and therefore has the quality of being temporary. This fact c
an be easily understood if wee just examine the history of our father or our father\'92s father. Some of us have seen pictures of them when they were young, and then again when they were married, and then again when they were old. And now many of these p
ersons have died, and their bodies are rotting. So the body is temporary, and all the different forms which it takes are also temporary.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next quality of the material energy is that it is not conscious. This material world is nothing but a great lump of dead, ignorant 
energy which lacks the capacity for movement or awareness. This fact can he observed in these material bodies. As long as the superior energy is situated within the body, there is motion and consciousness. But at the point of death, when the spiritual li
ving entity or life force leaves the body, suddenly the movement and consciousness which were present also leave the body. At this point we can see that the material elements of which the body consists have nothing to do with consciousness; these bodies 
are completely unconscious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The third quality of the material energy is that it is full of unhappiness. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5s\'eba mentions this fact:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub From the highest planet in the material world, down to the lowest, all are places of misery, where repeated b
irth and death take place.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub 8.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No matter which position one holds within this entire material world\'97whether one is rich, famous, beautiful or talented\'97he must be miserable here. That is the
 nature of this place. It is full of miseries; it is a place for suffering.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MISERIES ATTACK
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that the spiritual energy (internal) is covered by the material energy (external). It is this covering of material energy that is
 the cause of all miseries and sufferings. It is our natural position to experience full pleasure and knowledge. In}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Teachings of Lord Caitanya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that the more we identify with and are attached to this covering, the greater is the degree of our suffering. In the material world, \'93those who are a little enlightened suffer less, but on the wh
ole, everyone is subjected to material misery due to being covered by the material energy.\'94 (TLC, pg. 50)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The miseries which attack these material bodies are from three main sources: 1) from the very nature of the body, 2) from the nature of
 the environment, and 3) from other living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These bodies are under the stringent laws of material nature, and this nature is undergoing a continuous process of transformation. We 
have all noticed the seasonal changes and have heard them glorified in various literatures. The entire material nature, including these bodies, must always evolve through six stages of existence: 1) birth, 2) growth, 3) duration of life, 4) transformatio
n, 5) deterioration or old age, and finally 6) death. Nowhere in the entire material world is anyone free from this cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first source of misery is contact with these material bodies. These bodies are always suffering in so many ways, but due to the ill
usory nature of the material energy, we sometimes think that we are enjoying. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub our existence in this material world is compared to sitting on a dunking seat: \'93Formerly a king used to punish a criminal by dunking him in the river, and then raising him again for a breath, and then again dunking him once more in the wat
er. Material nature punishes and rewards the individual entity in just the same way.\'94 Sometimes we are above water and it seems that we are enjoying, and sometimes we are submerged and therefore suffering. Neither position is very desirable. Every emb
odied being goes through birth, death, disease and old age due to this material body. If we identify with this birth and death cycle, we are immediately placed upon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the dunking stool, sometimes up and sometimes down.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The environment in which these bodies live is the second source of material misery. Sometimes the weather is too hot, and sometimes too
 cold. Portions of the planet have no rainfall at any time during the year, whereas in other places it rains every day. These bodies are very delicate and are constantly being cut, bruised, broken or smashed by different calamities within the environment
. It is impossible to make these bodies completely comfortable at all times within this material environment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally there are those miseries inflicted upon these bodies by other living entities. Examples of this are the insects such as mosquit
oes, lice and poisonous spiders. On a larger scale there are snakes and other wild or tame animals: even dogs and cats may sometimes inflict pain upon us. In human society the continuous wars that we are fighting is a great example of misery from other l
iving entities. Thousands of men, women, children and other living entities have been maimed or destroyed by the weapons of war.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the entire material world is full of intense danger in the form of the threefold miseries.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PLACE OF DANGER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has said that if someone were invited to an apartment where he knew there would
 be the danger that he might lose his life, then naturally he wouldn\'92t go there. Similarly, these bodies are places of great danger. Why are we accepting them? It is obvious that these bodies are causes of misery, danger and suffering, and they only p
revent us from experiencing our eternally joyous and cognizant nature. Since this is true, why have we decided to take these bodies? Also, what is the process of liberation from them?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material
 senses. O son of Kunt\'e9, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them. (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Intelligence is, as stated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the prerequisite for deciding not to take a material body. This intel
ligence is described by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da as \'93the power to analyze things in their proper perspective.\'94 If we understand that the contact with the senses of the material body is the source of our suffering, the
n we have the proper perspective described as intelligence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Intelligence is necessary in order to understand the difference between matter and spirit and to become aware of the incompatible situa
tion which occurs when they come in contact. \'93When one fails to take advantage of intelligence he becomes a deranged man, so a living being is dependent on intelligence, or the direction of a superior being.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 2.2.35, purport) The process by which we become trapped in this illusory consciousness and subsequently lose intelligence is also clea
rly described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment for them, and from such attachmen
t lust develops, and from lust anger arises. From anger, delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool. }{\cs2873\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.62-63}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we fail to distinguish between spirit and matter and falsely think that we are these bodies or minds, then we are in ignorance of 
our true spiritual nature. \'93Ignorance is like animal existence. The animal\'92s life is full of suffering, but the animal does not know that he is suffering.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, the Reservoir of Pleasure, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pg. 10) It is due only to this ignorance of our true eternal nature that we suffer. We. have all forgotten that our natural position is to engage in l
oving service to the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1na.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a nice story in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in this connection. \'93The story involves the instruction of Sarvaj\'efa to a poor man who came to him to have his future told. When Sarvaj\'efa saw the horoscope of the poor man, he was
 astonished that the man was so poor, and he said to him, \'91Oh, why are you so unhappy? I see from your horoscope that you have some hidden treasure left to you by your father. The horoscope, however, states that your father could not disclose this to 
you because he died in a foreign place. But now you can search out the hidden treasure left by your father and be happy.\'92 \'94 (TLC, pg. 55)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because of ignorance and forgetfulness of our true nature and of our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we continually take new material
 bodies, due to the force of our material consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub That upon which a person meditates at the time of death, quitting his body absorbed in the thought thereof, t
hat particular thing he attains after death. (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If, therefore, one spends an entire lifetime thinking of material nature as experienced by the senses and the mind, what else can one think of at the point of death
 but material nature? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Those who are engaged in the culture of nescient activities shall enter into the darkest region of ignorance.
 Worse still are those engaged in the so-called culture of knowledge. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Nine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Within our modern civilization it can be said that a great percentage of the population is engaged in \'93the so-called culture of know
ledge.\'94 Today it is common for one to have a college degree, the standard symbol of education. But what kind of education is it which ignores our spiritual nature? Because we ignore our spiritual nature, we experience that instead of becoming happier,
 as modern science and education have promised, \'93\'85 the result is that people are more unhappy than before on account of too much stress on material advancement without any taste of the most important aspect of life, the spiritual aspect.\'94 (}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pg. 45)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SOLUTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern education, which teaches how to manipulate and exploit material elements for an increase in sense gratification, is simply creat
ing more and more problems rather than solving the original ones. \'93There is no need of machines and tools or huge steel plants for creating artificial comforts of life.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.2.37, purport). We have seen the result of this kind of thinking\'97an envi
ronment which is so polluted chat it makes life intolerable rather than more comfortable. Rather than wasting time trying to lord it over this material nature, we should engage in finding a solution to the miseries of material life, namely birth, death, 
disease and old age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The miseries of the material world are also indirect reminders of incompatibility with dead matter, and intelligent living entities
 generally take note of these reminders and side by side engage themselves in the culture of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or
 transcendental knowledge.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pg. 56) This transcendental knowledge, as 
delivered by such literatures as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is the way to get out of this dark hole of material life. We are, by nature, eternally blissful and fully cognizant. The 
transcendental knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness is the way to revive that consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature
 fruit of all mysticism. And one who has achieved this enjoys the self within himself in due course of time. (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4.38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Absolute Truth is the goal of such transcendental knowledge. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub how to acquire this knowledge.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render servi
ce unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth. (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4.
34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is standing in the darkness of ignorance, which hangs like night over this material world, one cannot see in which direction t
o turn to get out of the darkness. One who is not blinded by the illusory energy can see and can also easily lead us across this ocean of birth and death. This is why the acceptance of a bona fide spiritual master is so essential for understanding which 
path to take to get out of the material entanglement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are undoubtedly many paths which lead in the direction of self-realization. In our present position it is very difficult to see w
hich is the best, but we can get authorized knowledge from the transcendental Vedic literature. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.2.33]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 tells King Par\'e9k\'f1it:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub For those who are wandering in the material universe, there is no more auspicious means of deliverance than t
hat which is aimed at in the direct devotional service of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In all the Vedic scriptures this devotional service to the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is recommended as the ultimate perfect
ional state of all existence. K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms this in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And of all y}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub og\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub he who abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is the most intimately united with Me in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub and is the highest of all. (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just by fixing one\'92s mind on the all-attractive transcendental form of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and engaging in His service, one imm
ediately becomes free from all reactions to past activities and enjoys unlimited happiness, even within this life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure and the only shelter from the pangs of material existence, and by becoming situated in pure
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness one can be assured of never taking birth again in this miserable material world.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Only the purified soul can attain the perfection of associating with the Personality of Godhead in complete b
liss and satisfaction, in his constitutional state, and whoever is able to renovate such devotional perfection is never again attracted by this material world, and he never returns. (Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub 2.2.31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Purification: this is the only way one can end this material entanglement. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there are thousands of sacrifices, rituals and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which can be performed to achieve this state of puri
fied consciousness. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that Lord Caitanya, the highest perfectional figure in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, quoted the following verse from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad
\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in this connection:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma\line harer n\'e4maiva kevalam.\line kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva\line n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath
\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy [Kali-yuga], the only means of deliverance is to chant the holy name of the Lord. There is no other means of success. (B.N. 38.
126)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this age, just by chanting and hearing the sound vibration of these sixteen words\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Hare Kr\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97one can achieve the resu
lt of performing all the sacrifices and rituals prescribed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for purification. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is stated, \'93To save oneself from the contamination of Kali (the present age) there is no other alternative than these sixteen words.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back cover: As a child, Lord Kr\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Supreme Personality of Godhead, almost daily fulfilled His promise that He would always protect His devotees. In one instance He rescued the entire village o
f V\'e5nd\'e4vana and its inhabitants from sure disaster by lifting Govardhana Hill and holding it in the air for seven days as great umbrella during a storm sent by Indra, the King of heaven.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 4
2, 1971
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [same as issue No. 41 until....]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON Centers Around the World
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c/o Fein, 8 Rue Lacage, 14e\cell}
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ifornia}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3689 Park Blvd. 92103}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Santa
 Barbara\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 613 E. Victoria St. 931
03\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seattle\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5516 Roosevelt Way NE 98105\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Singapore\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub China}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 80 Stevens Road. Singapore-10}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell}
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\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Missouri\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4544 Laclede Ave.,  63108}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sydney\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Austrailia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 118 Oxford St., Paddington\cell}
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211 Minami Asakawa-cho Hachioji-shi 193\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Toronto\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Canada\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 187 E. Gerrard, Toronto 225\cell}
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\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 \line {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are interested in becoming a member of ISKCON, write to ISKCON New York for further information.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amateur and professional photographers who would like to offer photographs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities for inclu
sion in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back To Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are invited to send them to ISKCON Press, 32 Tiffany Pl., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
11231. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
ton, Mass. 02134. All material copyright \'a9 1970, ISKCON PRESS. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $5.00 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva Das Adhikary (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvarupa Das Adhikary (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p3:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord J}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub agann\'e4tha}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Deity Incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub J}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub agann\'e4tha-sv\'e4m\'e9 nayana-
patha-g\'e4m\'e9 bhavatu me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\line (O Lord of the universe, please be visible unto me.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own potencies, O origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of\line gods, O Supre
me Person, Lord of the universe! (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 10.15)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the great king Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it learned that he had only seven days to live, he immediately renounc
ed his wealth, family and kingdom in order to spend his last days hearing the divine instructions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the foremost spiritual master of that time, \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p4:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOUNDER-\'c4C\'c4RYA OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub catur-vidha-\'e7r\'e9-bhagavat-pras\'e4da\line sv\'e4dv-anna-t\'e5pt\'e4n hari-bhakta-sa\'ecgh\'e4n\line k\'e5tvaiva t\'e5pti\'e0 
bhajata\'f9 sadaiva\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (The spiritual master is always offering K\'e5\'f1\'eba four kinds of foodstuffs [analyzed as those which are chewed
, those which are licked up, those which are drunk and those which are swallowed]. Four kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  are offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when the spiritual master sees that the devotees are eating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagavat-pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he is satisfied. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such spiritual master.)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Elevation the to Pure Life
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ELEVATION TO THE PURE LIFE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ya\'e0 deho deha-bh\'e4j\'e4\'e0 n\'e5loke\line ka\'f1\'f6\'e4n k\'e4m\'e4narhate vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4\'e0 ye\line tapo divya\'e0 
putrak\'e4 yena sattva\'e0\line \'e7uddhyed brahma-saukhya\'e0 tv anantam
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5.5.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva, an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who many years ago was emperor of the whole world, instructed this ve
rse to his sons. In former ages there was only one king on this planet. In every planet, not only on this planet but on all others also, there is a predominating personality, who is commonly called a king or emperor, or in some cases a predominating deit
y.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For instance, on the moon the predominating personality is called Candra, and on the sun the predominating deity or emperor at the pres
ent moment is called Vivasv\'e4n. The predominating deities or emperors in each and every important planet are mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This indicates that the author of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub has complete knowledge, not only of this universe but also of the spiritual sky which lies beyond this universe. In the spiritual sky there are many planets, and in those planets the predominating deity is the Supreme Personality of Godhead H
imself. In the material universe the predominating personalities are human beings, as in our own planetary system, and their features are exactly like ours\'97two hands, two legs, one head, etc.\'97but they are very pious and God conscious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the various planets in the material universe there are different gradations of human beings. On this planet, for example, in some se
ctions of the world there are slaves and uncivilized persons, and in some portions of the world there are civilized, God conscious and intelligent persons. Just as there are different types of human beings on this planet, so there are different living be
ings on other planets. The higher and lower statuses of the living entities are calculated in terms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Of course consciousness is everywhere; every living entity, including the animals, has some form of consciousness, but th
at consciousness which is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is of a lower grade. When one is completely conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his consciousness is considered to be in the highest position.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS SONS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva was giving these instructions to his sons before his retirement. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva had on
e hundred sons, and all of them assembled together so that their father, the king, could give them instruction. According to the Vedic system, it was the duty of the father to instruct his sons before his retirement. The Vedic system dictates that whethe
r one is a king or an ordinary human being, at a certain age he must retire. The Vedic system does not recommend that just because one is a king and has ample opportunity for sense enjoyment he should indulge in sense gratification until the moment of de
ath. The Vedic system is concerned with elevating oneself to the perfection of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93I am seated in everyone\'92s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness. From all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am to be known; indeed, I am the compiler of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and I know the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thus the whole Vedic system is designed to enable the living entity to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the author of the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For one who follows the Vedic system, his ultimate objective is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, knowledge of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. This is the Vedic version corroborated by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Because Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the actual compiler of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His words should be accepted. The very purpose of studying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is to come to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97that is all. Of course Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva did not have to instruct his sons in this way. He could have remained on the throne and enjoyed his kingdom. At the present moment a king or 
a family man does not retire, even though he may be struggling with great difficulty. There are many old men who are suffering, who are not happy with their family members, but who are working arduously until their death. They will not agree to join the 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society or to take up Vedic training. No, they will stick to family life until the very end. It is not uncommon to see politicians seventy-five and eighty years old continuing in the political arena until they are forced to v
acate by death. Gandhi, for instance, was forced to retire when he was killed by a political opponent. When Gandhi attained independence, I wrote him a letter requesting, \'93Mr. Gandhi, now you have succeeded in your struggle with the British, and now I
ndia has attained its independence. Now we deserve to learn something about God. You have a great deal of influence, so now you should preach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are known throughout the whole world a
s a very saintly person, and you also claim to be a great scholar of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, so }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub why don\'92t
 you take up }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and preach?\'94 He did not reply but continued to meddle with politics u
ntil his assistants became disgusted and his assassination followed. Although he was considered a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub still the intoxication of materialistic life caught him up. Although he got his desire, although the Britishers left India, still he would not give up politics. That is the way of material life. Men refuse to retire until they are killed by t
he laws of material nature. This is a disease. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is so strong that even an old man who advertise
s himself to be very pious cannot give up politics because he is thinking that if he leaves the political field his country will suffer, so many disasters will ensue, etc. He does not realize that things will go on without him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE WORLD GOES ON
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many great politicians come and go, and the people are still living, and the world is still going on. Hitlers come and go, and Gandhis 
come and go, but still things are going on. This is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : everything is being
 carried out by the laws of nature, and no one can change this process. \'93Nature is said to be the cause of all material activities and effects, whereas the living entity is the cause of the various sufferings and enjoyments of this world.\'94 }{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunt\'e9, producing all the moving and unmoving beings, and by its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated 
again and again.\'94 (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Thus no one can change the laws of material nature, for they are following a plan, God\'92s plan. It is vain conceit to think that without oneself everything will be topsy-turvy. Actually no one can do anything. We are always thinking that o
ur leadership is very much needed, but this is conceit. For instance, when I was a householder my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4j gave indications several times that I should give up my family life and become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and preach this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Although in several ways there were hints from my spiritual master, still I was not will
ing, for I was thinking that if I went away my family, my sons and daughters, would suffer. Finally I left my family connections in 1954, and now I have found that in the past twenty years they are living and I am also living. They are neither dying nor 
suffering in my absence, and I am not suffering in their absence. Indeed, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s grace I now have better family members, such nice children in a foreign country who are taking such good care of me that I could never expect such good care 
from my own children. This is God\'92s grace. We should always depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased, wherever we go everyone will be pleased, and everyone will be kind. But if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is displeased, then one will be uncomfortable
 even in his family life. Therefore, according to the Vedic system, at a certain age one should retire from family life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE STAGES OF LIFE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva had a hundred obedient sons and although he was the emperor and everything was at his command,
 he still chose to follow the Vedic system and retire. There are other instances of great kings\'92 retiring. After Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it retired, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4ga
vatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was recited to him. Similarly his grandfather, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, also voluntarily retired. The Vedic system is very specific in regards to the particular cou
rses one should take at various stages of life. At an early age, for instance, whether one is the son of a king or the son or an ordinary man, one must go to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of a spiritual master and live there as a servant. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  life. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life is dedicated to s
erving the spiritual master as a menial servant. Whatever the spiritual master asks, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
will do. This is such a strict system that whatever the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  collects in alms, he gives to th
e spiritual master, for he considers everything to be the spiritual master\'92s property, not his. And if the spiritual master forgets to call his disciple, \'93My dear son, come and take your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will not eat a morsel. He will starve. Of course the spiritual master does not forget, but these are the injunctions of scriptures which one has to follow at the beginning of life whether one is the son of a king or even the
 Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself underwent this discipline when He was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for some time. After }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life, usually at the age of twe
nty-five, one marries and lives with his wife and children for twenty-five years at the most, and then one retires. After retirement, the husband and wife go on pilgrimages together, and when the husband is completely free from all family attachment, he 
takes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This is the process\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9, g\'e5hastha, v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DON'T LIVE LIKE HOGS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus, looking to the spiritual advancement as well as the personal affairs of his sons, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva instructed, 
\'93O my dear sons, do not think that this particular body, this human body, is the same as those bodies of the cats, dogs and hogs. Please do not think like that.\'94 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva particularly mentions the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4m }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means a stool-eater. As in the human society the dog-eater is considered to be the lowest human, in the 
animal society those animals which eat stool are considered to be the lowest. The gradations of human beings and animals are also calculated according to their eating processes. Indeed, George Bernard Shaw has written one book entitled, \'93You Are What 
You Eat.\'94 So the eating process is very important. If one eats like the cats and dogs, then he\'92ll become like a cat and dog, even in the human form of life. Similarly, if one works very hard like the animals, then what is the value of human life? H
uman life should be very sober, peaceful, full of knowledge and bliss. The devotee has a good sense of the real purpose of human life. One should not simply work hard like an animal and then eat like an animal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva is instructing, \'93My dear sons, everyone has a different}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body, but the body of the human being is to be considered different. It is not like the hog body. Day and night the hog is simply eating stool
 for sense gratification. Similarly, if all day and night the human being is simply eating and gratifying his senses, then he is missing the real opportunity of human life.\'94 This is the instruction: Human life should be regulated. One should eat only 
specified foods, should have sex in such and such a way, should sleep for just so long, should act in this way, think in this way, etc. There are so many regulations. One should not simply act in an unrestricted way. In human society there are books of r
egulations, but this is not the case in animal society. Some people claim that human society becomes free when man somehow or other manages to abolish law and custom, but this only means that human society will become like animal society, for the animal 
society has no law book. For this reason Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva instructs his sons that they should not live like the hogs, for they have a human body, and the human form of life is specifically meant for austerity and penance. One should volunt
arily accept some regulative principles, even though they may not be to one\'92s liking. For example, the students in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement were accustomed to certain habits from the beginning of life, but now they are living under ce
rtain regulations and are accepting them. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tapasya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means penance. For example, one may be habituated to smoking, and the spiritual master tells the student that he cannot smoke. When one
 tries to give up smoking, he feels some inconvenience and is put in an uncomfortable position. Nonetheless he gives up smoking because of the spiritual master\'92s order. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tapasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Despite inconveniences, one abides by the regulative principles set down by the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ACCEPT A SPIRITUAL MASTER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one accepts a spiritual master, it is to be understood that one is voluntarily accepting a great personality whose rules and regul
ations must be obeyed. The attitude of the disciple should be \'93Whatever you say, I will accept.\'94 One with such an attitude is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7i\'f1ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In English this is called disciplined. In English the words discipline and disciple are related, so in both English and Sanskrit languages a disciple is one who accepts the discipline of the spiritual master
. It is not that the spiritual master whimsically manufactures his own rules and regulations for the disciples. He always refers to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scriptures. Therefore, Narottama D\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kur says }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu \'e7\'e4stra guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc.: If one wants to know who is a spiritual master and who is a saintly person, then one should corroborate them with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to see if they are abiding by or following the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the spiritual master says something that is not in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tha
t is not good. Similarly, a saintly person also, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot disregard the regulative princip
les of scripture. \'93Anyone, therefore, who acts whimsically, not caring for the regulations of the scriptures, can never have perfection in his life, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination. One should understand what is duty and what is not duty by
 the regulations of the scriptures. Knowing such rules and regulations, one should act so that he may gradually be elevated.\'94 (Bg. 16.23-24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nor can one be happy in this life if one disregards the injunctions of the scriptures. \'93But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures go to ruin and perish. For the doubting soul the
re is happiness neither in this world nor the next.\'94 (Bg. 4.40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what to speak of liberation? Thus
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means voluntarily accepting the rulings of the scriptures, the spiritual master and saintly pers
ons and molding one\'92s life in that way.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 REGULATIONS WHICH PURIFY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva therefore instructed his sons not to waste their lives living like animals but to utilize their lives f
or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub voluntarily accepting the regulations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spiritual master and saintly persons. One may question why one should not live like an animal and why it is necessary to live by regulati
ve principles. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva answers that if one accepts these principles of life, then his existence will become purified. At the present moment living entities in the material universe are contaminated by the modes of material nature,
 mainly the modes of ignorance and passion. By abiding by the rules of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the living entity can pur
ify his existence. If one further questions \'93What is the use of purification?\'94 the answer to this is also given. When the living entity\'92s condition is purified, he will then be situated on the platform of transcendental, blissful life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is hankering after happiness and pleasure, and when one\'92s existence is purified he will be placed on the transcendental pla
tform and will be able to enjoy eternal happiness. Admittedly, we are all searching after happiness. Why are we struggling so hard in this material existence? For happiness. Why are we after sense gratification? For happiness. Why do we want to possess s
o many things? For happiness. Why do we want to become beautiful or rich or famous or powerful or knowledgeable? For happiness. Why do we want to eat so many things? For happiness. Thus we are working so hard for happiness, which is our ultimate goal. Un
fortunately the happiness we are now deriving from the sources which we have manufactured is temporary. If one tries to become happy by indulging in sex, how long does that happiness last? That also is only for a few minutes, a few seconds. The fact is t
hat if one wants eternal continued happiness, then one has to purify his position. He has to place himself in the transcendental position, and then he will feel that happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are also enjoying sens
e gratification. But where? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ananta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with the Supreme. Their senses are being gratified by H\'e5\'f1\'e9
ke\'e7a, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master of the senses. Everyone wants to enjoy the senses. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rama\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means en
joyer. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sometimes called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meaning He who enjoys \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R
\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Lord Sr\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s sense gratification is with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, so sense enjoyment is there also in the spiritual world. Here in the material world sense gratification is a perverted reflection of the real s
piritual sense gratification. Actually the whole devotional line of service is dedicated to the sense gratification of the master of the senses. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hr\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a hr\'f1\'e9kena se
vanam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5s\'e9ka means senses, and H\'e5s\'e9ke\'e7a means the master of the senses. The master of the senses is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when one\'92s senses are applied for his ow
n gratification, that is material. That is the real difference. When one is situated on the transcendental platform, when one\'92s conditions are purified bv }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub voluntarily accepting austerities and penances under the guidance of a spiritual master, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and saintly persons, at that time it will be possible for one to satisfy the senses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and become fully satisfied. How is this? In this connection the example of the body is of
ten given. The different parts of the body cannot enjoy the senses or satisfy them independently. The parts depend upon the welfare of the whole body. One can pick up a piece of cake with the fingers, but the fingers alone cannot enjoy the cake. The fing
ers must put the cake into the mouth, and from thence the cake goes to the stomach and the stomach acts on it, and in this way the whole body receives nourishment. When the nourishment from the cake is transmitted to the various parts of the body, immedi
ately the fingers and all other parts are benefited. This is the process. The identification of the senses is there, but it is through K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One can then go ahead and enjoy and completely gratify the senses perfectly just as the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the transcendental associates of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, gratified their senses perfectly by unallo
yed devotion to the Supreme. This then is the process of human life indicated in the instruction of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja \'c5\'f1abhadeva. We must purify our present condition by voluntarily accepting the regulative principles given by the spiritual master and
 scriptures. Then our senses can be employed in the service of the Supreme, and in that way we can come to actually enjoy our senses in the perfectional state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Attaining the Supreme, Part 8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ATTAINING THE SUPREME
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs40\cf0  }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Holiness K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [This is the eighth in a series of eighteen essays on the chapters of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Parts }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Eighth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  begins with a series of seven questions. Arjuna asks, \'93What is Brahman?\'94 \'93What is fruitive activity?\'94 \'93What is the material manifestation?\'94 \'93What are the demigods?\'94 
\'93How does this Lord of sacrifice live in the body?\'94 \'93In which part does He live?\'94 And finally, \'93How can those engaged in devotional service know You at the time of death?\'94 Actually, these questions should not have been in the mind of Ar
juna. Arjuna was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a high caste man, supposedly well versed in the knowledge of the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He should have known all these things; besides, all these questions had already been dealt with by K\'e5
\'f1\'eba previously in the first seven chapters: Brahman was analyzed and explained in 4.24, 6.27, and elaborately in 7.6-12; fruitive activities were discussed in every chapter, especially in 2.49, 3.19, 3.28, 3.31, 4.18-22, 5.3, and 6.1; the material 
manifestation is delineated in 7.4 and 7.30; the demigods are mentioned in 3.11-12, 4.12, 4.25, 5.29, and 7.20-23; the Lord of sacrifice, and where He lives, is explained in }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
3.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15, 4.23-33, 5.29, and 6.31; and even the last question is answered in 2.51, 6.47, and 7.23. For th
is reason, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is at once again addressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhus\'fcdana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the killer of the great Madhu dem
on, and Arjuna is indirectly asking K\'e5\'f1\'eba to kill these doubts that have arisen in his mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first six questions the Lord deals with very summarily, although completely and authoritatively, because they have been dealt with 
at length previously. But the seventh question He answers at length and supplies much new information. Therefore almost the whole of the Eighth Chapter deals with how to quit the body at the time of death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna also addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Puru\'f1ottama, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which indicates that although he was K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s intimate friend, he was not asking the questions on that basis, but he was asking them of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; t
herefore, the answers can be expected to be definitive. There is one more important point to note about these two addresses of the Lord. Because Arjuna recognizes doubts as demons and presents them to the Lord (Madh\'fcsudana and Puru\'f1ottama) for fina
l liquidation, it is to be understood that Arjuna is not in illusion at all. Arjuna is not asking the questions for himself at all, but for us. This is also indicated in the Fourth Chapter, where the Lord indicated that Arjuna was one of His eternal asso
ciates present millions of years before at the first recitation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the sun-god
, Vivasv\'e4n. The eternal associates of the Lord are certainly liberated persons; therefore Arjuna should not be taken as an ordinary conditioned soul. Rather, these questions were raised so that the Lord could speak }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and so that His pure devotee and intimate friend }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (bhakta) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub could become the first in the new }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (disciplic succession) and thus give practical example that it is by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub (devotion) alone that one can enter into the understanding of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Arjuna is a
sking the questions just like a conditioned soul, but he is not himself conditioned. That is the perfection of the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : on all sides there is perfect knowledge. The questions are perfect, the answers are perfect, and if any conditioned soul will simply follow in the footsteps of Arjuna, he may also become perfect.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHAT IS BRAHMAN?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is Brahman? \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93The indestructible, transcendental, living entity is called Brahman, and his eterna
l nature is called the self.\'94 (8.3) K\'e5\'f1\'eba is repeating the Vedic aphorism }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am spirit soul.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba very elaborately explained in the Second Chapter that we are not these material bodies. \'93For the soul there is never birth
 or death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That eternal, all-pervading, immeas
urable self is called Brahman, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba adds: \'93I am the Self seated in the hearts of all creatures.\'94 (10.20) Can we then conclude that there}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is only one soul as the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists say? No, we cannot do that, for then we could not understand so many other verses in which the eternal individuality of the soul is clearly es
tablished. (2.12, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 14.27, 15.7 for example). Therefore, Lord Caitanya, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 Himself disguised as a devotee, clarifies the whole matter by His sublime philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub inconceivable, simultaneous difference and nondifference. In other words, the living entity is inconceivably simultaneously one and different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Absolute. We are Brahman, and He is Parambrahman. We are the en
ergy which is one in quality with the absolute whole, but which is not itself the energetic source.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub om p\'fcr\'ebam ada\'f9 p\'fcr\'ebam idam\line p\'fcr\'eb\'e4t p\'fcr\'ebam udacyate\line p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4d\'e4y
a\line p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a very beautiful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one of the oldest of the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is translated by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da as follows: 
\'93The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete. And because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world are perfectly equipped as a complete whole. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete b
y itself. And because He is the complete whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance.\'94 It is just as if one has a bank account of one million dollars, and he withdraws one thousand dollars every hour. No
w each withdrawal is qualitatively the same as the whole. A dollar is a dollar, either singly or in large groups. But suppose one could withdraw one thousand dollars every hour and the original million never diminished? The individual withdrawals have no
 such reproductive power\'97when they are spent, they are gone. Then that would be something like the difference between the original}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which is the source of everything that be, and the individual parts and parcels, or the cosmic manifestation. We have ene
rgy, but are not the energetic.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHAT ARE FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What are fruitive activities? The Lord says, \'93And action pertaining to the development of these material bodies is called }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or fruitive activities.\'94 (8.3) In the Third Chapter, 28th verse, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93One who is i
n knowledge of the Absolute Truth, O mighty-armed, does not engage himself in the senses and sense gratification, knowing well the differences between work in devotion and work for fruitive results.\'94 In the Fourth Chapter, 19th verse, He adds: \'93One
 is understood to be in full knowledge whose every act is devoid of desire for sense gratification. He is said by sages to be a worker whose fruitive action is burned up by the fire of perfect knowledge.\'94 Fruitive activity, therefore, refers to all ac
tivities which have for their object self gratification, and conversely the pat\'f9 to freedom (freedom from the control of the senses, which are dragging us into one body after another to enjoy or suffer according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leads to surrendering the results of all actions to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s final summary instruction
 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Give up all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me; and in ret
urn I shall protect you from all sinful reactions.\'94 (18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thus from beginning to end, the teaching 
of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is one: that the living entity should surrender to the Supreme Lord by engaging himself
 in full K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness according to his own particular talent or duty. Whatever he can do just do it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the material manifestation? The Lord says: \'93The physical nature is known to be endlessly mutable. The universe is the cosmic
 form of the Supreme Lord.\'94 (8.4). In the Seventh Chapter, 4th verse, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego\'97altogether these eight comprise My separated material energies.\'94 So it is 
concluded that the material manifestation is the temporary manifestation of the Lord for the twofold purpose of giving the living entity a chance to fulfill his material desires and at the same time a chance to cultivate spiritual knowledge so that at th
e conclusion of this life he does not have to take birth again, but can go back to Godhead. This is very nicely stated in the eleventh }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4\'e0 c\'e4vidya\'e0 ca yas\line tad vedobhaya\'e0 saha\line avidyay\'e4 m\'e5tyu\'e0 t\'e9rtv\'e4\line vidyay\'e4m\'e5ta
m a\'e7nute.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Only one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influence of repeated birth and death, and e
njoy the full blessings of immortality.\'94 That is the perfection of the Vedic culture, that everything is so arranged to give every living entity maximum opportunity to advance in knowledge both material and spiritual so that everyone may make his life
 successful. To that end society is divided into four classes: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to provide manpow
er, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to provide productivity in the form of agriculture, commerce and banking, the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to give administration and protection, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to give spiritual direction. There is no question of inequality\'97}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are all part and parcel
 of the transcendental body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without recognition of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the system will never work. Without recognizing the father, how can there be brotherhood? Brotherhood means one father, and as soon as mankind recognizes K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 as that Supreme Father and all living entities as His parts and parcels, each with a particular talent to be used in the service of the whole, then the social organism will work just befitting the design of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97perfectly. Such consciousnes
s can be realized by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or stages of life, provided in the Vedic system. As a }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one remains a celibate student and learns the principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness; as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hastha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he practices those principles in day to day family living; as a }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he gradually retires from his worldly affairs; and as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he travels all over the world preaching this sublime message of love of God. Nothing is left out, but everythin
g is dovetailed to serve the whole, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DEMIGODS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What are the demigods? That of course has been answered previously by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Third Chapter where}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He outlines the demigods\'92 functions as universal managers in charge of supplying the various necessities of life}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.11-12. In the Fourth Chapter the Lord adds that one gets quick results from worshiping the demigods in the ma
tter of fruitive activities 4.12, but in the Fifth Chapter the Lord clearly states that He alone is the Lord of all sacrifice, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, the only benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, and therefore He alon
e is the giver of peace and relief from the material miseries. And in the Seventh Chapter, 23rd verse, the Lord declares: \'93Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to
 the planets of the demigods, but My devotees reach My supreme abode.\'94 They are of small intelligence because they are accepting something temporary and insignificant in place of the highest, the reservoir of all pleasure, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is someth
ing like a little child, who, if one offers him the choice of some little trinket or a check for a million dollars, takes the worthless toy, never realizing that with a million dollars he could have countless playthings. There are some mental speculators
 who teach that it doesn\'92t make any difference what or who is worshiped; the end is all the same. But that is clearly denied here by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, but My devotees reach My supreme
 abode.\'94 And it is clearly stated that the demigods and everything connected with them are temporary, so how can they be equal to the supreme eternal abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub eternal, full of knowledge and bliss? K\'e5\'f1\'eba summarizes the whole matter here in the Eighth Chapter by saying, \'93The universe is the cosmic form of the Supreme Lord.\'94 (8.4) That means that the demigods (and everything else) are l
ocated within the body of the Lord, but the demigods are highly placed administrators for the purpose of universal management; but it is one body, and it belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, everything is meant for His satisfaction, and when one knows t
his and acts accordingly, he is called intelligent and enlightened.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Intimately connected with this discussion of the demigods are the next two questions. \'93How does this Lord of sacrifice live in the b
ody?" and \'93In which part does He live?\'94 The Supreme Lord says: \'93I am that Lord represented as the Supersoul, dwelling in the heart of every embodied being.\'94 (8.4) Similarly, in the Sixth Chapter the Lord told Arjuna: \'93The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who knows that I and the Supersoul within all creatures are one, worships Me and remains always in Me in all
 circumstances.\'94 (6.31) Actually there was no reason for these six questions, and we will only understand the situation thoroughly if we recall that Arjuna is being placed in forgetfulness }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (yoga-m\'e4y\'e4) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s superior yogic power }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Yoge\'e7vara) }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for our benefit. This repetition is not due to Arjuna\'92s dullness, nor is it foolish redundancy. Rather, repetition in the scriptures indicates emphasis for the purpose of clarifying and st
abilizing a concept. It is another example K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s patience and mercy on His devotees.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 AT THE TIME OF DEATH
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The main topic of the chapter, however, is the final question, \'93How can those engaged in devotional service know You at the time of 
death?\'94 On this point rests the remainder of the chapter. But in His typical fashion, the Lord states the whole position first, and then slowly elaborates. What is that complete statement? \'93Anyone who quits his body, at the end of life, remembering
 Me, attains immediately to My nature; and there is no doubt of this.\'94 (5.5) There are nine authorized processes of devotional service, beginning with hearing, then chanting, praying, remembering, worshiping, serving, rendering personal service, makin
g friendship, and surrendering everything. Remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the central point of all nine. Therefore the instruction of N\'e4rada Muni to King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira is that \'93One has to fix his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba by any means.\'94 There is
 no other way. We have to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba; then we will}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs34\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be successful. \'93There is no doubt of 
this,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. That is the perfectional practice, and it may be begun at any time and at any place. It is at once the way and the goal, for at all times it is identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But that final point must be K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Tha
t is most important. It is clearly indicated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that after following all t
he rules and regulations, performing all kinds of austerities, going to thousands of places of pilgrimage, or studying all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or rigidly practicing the mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system, if one doesn\'92t ultimately 
come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is all useless, a collosal hoax and waste of time.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE NEXT LIFE?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That much is clear; we must finally come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba if we want the ultimate goal, for He is the Absolute Truth. But what of the 
man who doesn\'92t quite make it? Or the man who doesn\'92t even try? What is his fate? \'93In whatever condition one quits his present body, in his next life he will attain to that state of being without fail.\'94 (8.6) There is no magic, no hokus-pokus
 involved. It is completely scientific. Consciousness is a continuous flow. We can all see that the consciousness of the baby is flowing into the youth and that of the youth into the old man. There is no break. How one develops his consciousness in life 
will determine one\'92s consciousness at death, and one\'92s consciousness at death will determine his next birth. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  teaches from beginning to end that the living entity should surrender unto the Supreme Lord; that will make him happy, both now and forevermore. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is adding here that whatever progress we make in that direction is pe
rmanent; it can never be lost. No one ever tries for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness without being elevated. In the Second Chapter the Lord told Arjuna: \'93In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect o
ne from the most dangerous type of fear.\'94 (2.40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But one should not foolishly conclude that he need n
ot do anything, that somehow or other everyone will make it. That is clearly denied by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Certainly the Lord is willing, and certainly the Lord\'92s grace is sufficient to save everyone. But because He is the well-wisher of every living
 entity, fulfilling each man\'92s desire, He cannot help us until we desire it. The Lord is absolute and all-powerful, yet He is subservient to our desire; thus for the atheist who is envious of the Lord\'92s existence, the Lord kindly hides Himself behi
nd His curtain of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , so that the atheist can never find Him although all the Vedic literature in
forms us that He is everywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In whatever condition one quits the body, the verse states, that state of being he attains in his next life. What is it that quits the 
body? It is consciousness. Anyone can understand that the difference between a live body and a dead body is the presence or absence of consciousness. Nor do we all have the same quality of consciousness: one man is meek, another is quarrelsome, another i
s silent, and some are godly. The particular quality of the consciousness can be changed during one\'92s life by his acts. That is fact. No one can dispute that. We have all seen a bright-eyed youth turn into a debauched addict, or a generous host become
 a mean old scrooge; or, on the other hand, we have seen so many ego-centered, sense gratifying young people take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and become responsible, sober, intelligent parents and adults. The quality of the consciousness can be chang
ed by changing the activity, and that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But at death no more change is possible, for activ
ity has ceased; simply we reap the result. If by my activities I have developed cat consciousness or dog consciousness, then I am sure to be offered such suitable bodies by mother nature; if I have lived humanely, then I can again take a human birth, and
 if I have lived a godly life, I may go to the demigods. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not advise any one of these states, because they are all temporary, and from any one of them I will again have to take my birth, where I know not. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
advises, \'93Always think of Me, and \'85 you will attain to Me without any doubt.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal, His abode is eternal, and those who attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are eternally happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja prays to Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva as follows:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tvat-s\'e4 k\'f1\'e4t-kara\'eb\'e4hl\'e4da-\line vi\'e7uddh\'e4bdhi-sthitasya me\line sukh\'e4ni go\'f1pad\'e4yante\line br\'e4h
m\'e4\'eby api jagad-guro.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93My dear Lord of the universe, I am feeling transcendental pleasure in Your presence, and I have become merged in the ocean of happiness. I now consider the happ
iness of impersonal liberation to be no more than the water in the impression left by a cow\'92s hoof in the earth, compared to this ocean of bliss.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [14.36]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The idea 
is that any pleasure of the material world, even up to the realm of Brahmaloka, or even the pleasure of liberation itself, cannot compare with the pleasure that the devotees enjoy in the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is recomme
nding that everyone take to this process of devotional service and gain that supreme goal. It is the same thing that N\'e4rada Muni instructed to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira: \'93My dear King, one has to fix his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba by any means.
\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LINK-UP-WITH K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But still there are some men who will not take to this direct easy process. And so the Lord, who incarnates just to reclaim all the con
ditioned souls, explains other processes by which, ultimately, with more difficulty, one may come to the same goal, namely Himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba now describes the mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system of body control through various sitting postures and breathing exercises in conjunction with bona fide meditation. Bona fide meditation is meditation upon the Vi\'f1\'ebu exp
ansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba which resides in the heart of every living entity. The object of meditation is not void or formless, as is sometimes taught today. Actually, all paths of spiritual development, such as K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogas, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub either }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, or bhakti-yoga. Yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to contact or connect, literally to link up, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Soul of a
ll souls. Without reaching that end, the practice is all useless. There is a verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub which says that if after performing all the rules and regulations, observing all kinds of vows of austerity, studying all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and related holy literature, or practicing the yoga system, or visiting all the places of pilgrimage, or giving everything in charity, one does not come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, it is all useless, a gr
eat waste of time. Similarly, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells his intimate friend Uddhava, in the same text: \'93These are, of course, very nice activities, but they are not as attractive to Me as the transcendental loving service rendered by My devotees.\'94 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bh\'e4g. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.12.1-2
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na rodhayati m\'e4\'e0 yogo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na s\'e4\'eckhya\'e0 dharma eva ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na sv\'e4dhy\'e4yas tapas ty\'e4go
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ne\'f1\'f6\'e4-p\'fcrta\'e0 na dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb94\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vrat\'e4ni yaj\'efa\'e7 chand\'e4\'e0si
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e9rth\'e4ni niyam\'e4 yam\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yath\'e4varundhe sat-sa\'ecga\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-sa\'ecg\'e4paho hi m\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na rodhayati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97does not control; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  system; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97neither; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhyam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the analytic study of the material elements; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharma\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ordinary piety such as nonviolence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97neither; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sv\'e4dhy\'e4ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tapa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97penances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ty\'e4ga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the renounced order of life; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub i\'f1\'f6\'e4-p\'fcrtam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the performance of sacrifice and public welfare activities such as digging wells or planting trees; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97neither; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da
k\'f1i\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97charity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vrat\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97taking vows such as fasting completely on Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yaj\'efa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wo
rship of the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chand\'e4\'e0si}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97chanting confidential }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantras;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e9rth\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97going to holy places of pilgrimage; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niyam\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97following major instructions for spiritual discipline; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yam\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and also minor regulatio
ns; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub avarundhe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97brings under control; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat-sa\'ecga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97association with My devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material association; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub apaha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97removing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Me.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  My dear Uddhava, by
 associating with My pure devotees one can destroy one's attachment for all objects of material sense gratification. Such purifying association brings Me under the control of My devotee. One may perform the a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga system, engage in phil
osophical analysis of the elements of material nature, practice nonviolence and other ordinary principles of piety, chant the Vedas}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  perform penances, take to the renounced order of life, execute sacrificial performances and dig wells, plant trees and perform other public welfare activities, give in charity, carry out severe vows, worship the demigods, c
hant confidential mantras}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  visit holy places or accept major and minor disciplinary injunctions, but even b
y performing such activities one does not bring Me under his control.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.12.1)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the way to attract K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97by transcendental loving service. But we are now talking about those foolish persons who w
ill not go that way. In verses 10\'9615 K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains how by practicing the mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system 
one can come \'93to the highest perfection.\'94 But what is the key to that perfection? \'93Without deviation in remembering Me\'94 and \'93constant engagement in devotional service.\'94 In the five verses, thinking of or remembering the Lord is mentione
d three times, and devotion or devotional service is also mentioned three times. What then is the possibility of reaching or \'93linking up\'94 with the Lord by some fraudulent system which neglects these two necessities which are declared by the Lord Hi
mself?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is very anxious for all His sons to leave this material universe, this place of miseries. The next four verses, 16\'9619, tell
 us that from the highest to the lowest condition within the material spheres, all are places of misery, because everywhere there is birth, old age, disease and death. No one wants these things, but they are always present even up to Brahmaloka, the plan
et of Lord Brahm\'e4, creator of this universe. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, is contrasting this with His own abode, in verses 20\'9621. That nature, He says, is eternal. Actually, it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternal, full of knowledge, and always blissful. It is not void; it is not impersonal. It is only hinted at here by such terms as \'93My supreme abo
de,\'94 \'93never annihilated,\'94 and \'93infallible.\'94 But this transcendental abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is elaborately described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-dh\'e4ma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub called Go
loka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. \'93It is full of palaces made of touchstone. There the trees are called desire-trees, and the cows are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surabhi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the Lord is being served by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune. It is He whose name is Govinda, the primal Lord and the cause of all causes. There the Lord plays His flute. His eyes are like lo
tus petals, and the color of His body like a beautiful cloud; on His head there is a peacock feather. So attractive is He that He excels thousands of cupids.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE HIGHEST TRUTH
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is yet one more process described by the Lord for attaining the Supreme, and that is described in verses 24\'9626. This process i
s also connected with the mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub system and is dependent on passing away at certain auspicious moments. The expert }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is 
not forced to vacate his body like an ordinary human, and so he may, if he chooses, leave at certain prescribed times and thus attain the spiritual realms. But this is not possible for the ordinary man, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna in the 27
th verse: \'93The devotees who know these different paths are never bewildered. Therefore be always fixed in devotion.\'94 The devotee does not have to take any thought about how or when he is leaving this material world. The example of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bh
arata is very instructive. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 told Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it: \'93The great soul of King Bharata was so much attracted to the service of the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that he very easily gave up his lordship over the earthly
 planet and his affection for his children, society, friends, royal opulence, and beautiful wife. He was so very lucky that the goddess of fortune was pleased to offer him all kinds of material concessions, but he never accepted any of this material opul
ence. Any person whose heart is attracted by the transcendental quality of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Madhus\'fcdana, not to speak of material opulence, does not care even for the liberation which is aspired to by many great sages.\'92 \'94 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.14.43}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Similarly, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu prays in His \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1takam: \'93My dear son of Nanda, I do not wa
nt any kind of material happiness in the shape of many followers, nor immense opulence in wealth, nor any beautiful wife, nor do I want cessation from material existence. I may take birth many times, one after another, but what I pray is that My devotion
 unto You may always remain unflinching.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This same highest truth is now confirmed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the final verse of the chapter: \'93A person who accepts the path of
 devotional service is not bereft of any result of studying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub performing austere sacrifices, making charity, and pursuing philosophical and fruitive activities. And at the end he reaches the supreme abode.\'94 Nothing is lacking; nothing left out. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His 
name are identical, and if one will simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5sna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5s\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma Rama, Hare Hare, his mind will become fixed at that absolute point, and his human form of life 
will become successful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON\'92S Holy Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON\'92S HOLY RATHAY\'c4TR\'c4
 FESTIVAL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that if anyone just sees the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 cart passing and stands up to receive the Lord, he can purge all sinful results from his body. And if anyone follows the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 cart when th
e Deities pass in front or from behind, even if he is born of a lowly family, he can achieve opulence equal to that of Vi\'f1\'ebu (God). Although one may think such statements to be exaggerations, expert devotees who know the intricacies of transcendent
al science do not doubt them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The potency of the yearly Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival is inconceivably great. As pictured here, thousands and thousands of people partici
pated in the 1970 Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival, which was celebrated simultaneously in San Francisco and London by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In San Francisco the procession was personally led by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta
 Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of ISKCON and a pure devotee of Lord Jagann\'e4tha. Th
ose who joined in this sublime transcendental event by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dancing in ecstasy and feasting on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual food offered to the Supreme Lord, took part in the highest form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to link with God in loving exchange. Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba teaches in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (6.47) that the highest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is \'93he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service.\'94 The Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival i
s a potent transcendental stimulus for developing love of Godhead. The Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 procession\'97the gigantic, opulently decorated Deity cars and thousands of people chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dancing ecstatically\'97can attract even the mater
ialistic person. By becoming attracted to the Supreme Lord in His form as Jagann\'e4tha one loses his attachment to the illusory happiness of the mundane world. Thus simply by seeing the Deities, simply by hearing the transcendental sound vibration of Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, or simply by tasting foodstuffs offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, anyone can begin his progress back to Godhead without diff
iculty. And by applying his energy in understanding the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and participating in glorifying the all-blissful Lord of the universe, one can revive one\'92s eternal loving relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhe
ad.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 is a love festival. God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the ultimate object of love, and we are meant to love Him. Such spiritual 
loving ecstasy as was felt by the thousands who took part in the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival does not come from idol worship, but is an authorized transcendental feeling. Only a stone-hearted man could not react with delight to see the Deity of Lord Jagann
\'e4tha drawn on His huge cart, surrounded by hundreds of chanting devotees. Idol worship means to pay obeisances to some whimsical material object, like a wood carving or stone sculpture of an imaginary God created within the mind. The Christian scriptu
re, for example, declares that one should not worship any graven image. Lord Jagann\'e4tha, however, is certainly not in the category of imagination. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means universe, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4tha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means Lord, so }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means the Lord of the universe\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted by all the followers 
of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the oldest scriptures known to man, as the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead. As s
tated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. H
e has an eternal, blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, and He is the prime cause of all causes.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India there are thousands of K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples, and millions of people acknowledge Him to be the original God, the one without 
a second. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself declares in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that He is the father of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all living entities. So He is nothing like 
\'93a Hindu deity,\'94 but He is the source and sustainer of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all entities, be they Christian, Hindu, ath
eist, or lower animals and plants. Moreover, it is stated in Vedic scripture that K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears in the incarnation known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arca-vigraha,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Deity form, just so the devotee may worship Him easily in His personal form. Because in our conditioned state we cannot see K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in His original spiritual form, with two hands holding a flute, He kindly appears in the natural elements such as wood or brass or oil paint. The Deity incarnates in this way just so the devotees can worship Him, dress Him, offer Him foodstuffs
 and look upon His grace-giving countenance. This is not a matter of imagination; rather, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s grace. God is so kind that He becomes pliable to the devotees\'92 worship, He allows the devotees to feed Him, and whatever they offer Him
 with love and prayers, He accepts (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Similarly, the Lord is pleased to ride on the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 cart and be seen by thousands of His subjects.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We request everyone to try to understand the transcendental nature of the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival. God is actually able to ride on th
e Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 cart, and in His form as the Deity, bestow His blessings upon all. Who can deny God if He wishes to appear before us? According to all authorized statements and the experience of great devotees and scholars of spiritual love, Lord Jaga
nn\'e4tha is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. We may believe or not believe; that is a different matter. But Lord Jagann\'e4tha rides on, and the devotees feel pleasure at heart, and all persons factually receive His blessings on the occasion of Rathay\'e4tr\'e4.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Holy Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival in London
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOLY RATHAY\'c4TR\'c4 FESTIVAL}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub IN LONDON
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mammoth chariot lumbered down through the heart of London, while on all sides thousands chanted and danced in ecstasy. Piccadilly C
ircus overflowed with the masses who lined the streets and sidewalks. The giant tower, over 50 feet high, swayed precariously as Lord Jagann\'e4tha\'92s Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 car moved slowly towards Trafalgar Square. From between the buildings of disbelievin
g window-watchers, the challenging stature of the red, yellow and blue chariot, bedecked with flowers and gems, lotus petals and sparkling ornaments, appeared most imposing. And seated on the huge chariot, His golden cape blowing gracefully in the midsum
mer air, Lord Jagann\'e4tha, accompanied by His sister, Subhadr\'e4, and His brother, Balar\'e4ma sat regally surveying the phantasmagoria of banners and flags, festoons and drums. The devotees sat reverently at the lotus feet of Their Lordships and led 
the teeming crowds in the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5s\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The multitudes responded with an incredible procession of singing and dancing th
at extended for a thousand yards around the chariot\'97all in glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second annual London Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 festival happened just like that. Two years before, when six disciples of the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Movement first invaded British soil, the newspapers declared: \'93K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CHANT STARTLES LONDON.\'94 Londoners still haven\'92t recovered from that initial shock of transcendental sound vibration. The R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple (Londo
n) hasn\'92t let them. The devotees there (now numbering near thirty) have continued to bombard England with Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on records on television and radio, in the movies, in newspapers and magazines, and daily the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub party of saffron-clad chanters dance their 
way down Oxford Street.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. All knowledge of the topmost yoga system known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , propagated around the world by the Hare K\'e5s\'eba Movement, has come from him. On the order of his spiritual master, 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has introduced this science of God realization in the Western world. So perfect is the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so blissful is its execution, that in just four years over 50 centers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness have been es
tablished by His Divine Grace, and the entire Western world has recognized the absolute authority of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Public festivals held for the glorification of God are a unique, happy process by which many, many people can achieve }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotion to the Supreme Lord. If the festival is pleasing and people respond to nice chanting, decorated carts and 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritual foodstuffs offered first to the Supreme Lord), then they are actually appreciating
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and by such}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub appreciation all can attain pure devotional service. That is the tra
nscendental meaning to the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festivals.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Govinda: The Primal Cause
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GOVINDA: THE PRIMAL CAUSE
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (Analysis of the First Verse of }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4)
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs38\cf0  }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Hayagr\'e9va D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9\line sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9\line an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9\line sarva-
k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Supreme; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97eternal; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bliss; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vigraha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97body; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an\'e4di\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no origin; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'e4di\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97prime cause or origin of all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govinda\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Govinda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  k\'e4ra\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of causes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ra\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa216 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is known as Govinda, is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal, blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. 
He has no other origin, and He is the prime cause of all causes. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub verse 1)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which was often quoted by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the inaugurator of the current Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, was sung by Brahm
\'e4, the first created entity in this universe. Brahm\'e4, who was born out of a lotus flower sprouting from the navel of the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, a plenary expansion of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the greatest of the demigods, bei
ng directly empowered by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to create the solar and planetary systems and all life that dwells therein. Despite his great power, at his birth Brahm\'e4 knew neither his whereabouts nor his identity. Therefore the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, imparted Vedic knowledge into his heart, and these hymns of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are 
Brahm\'e4\'92s articulation of that knowledge. It is not surprising then that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in praise of Govinda (K\'e5\'f1\'eba), the primeval Lord who is the very origin of Brahm\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the very first verse, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asserts that of all the gods and the demigods, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, also called Govinda, is the Supreme. This i
s also stated in}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself: \'93Neither the hosts of demigods nor}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the great sag
es know My}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub origin, for in every respect, I am the source of the demigods and the sages.\'94 (10.2) In the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna also procla
ims the supremacy of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba: \'93You are the father of this complete cosmic manifestation, the worshipable chief, the spiritual master. No one is equal to You, nor can anyone be one with You. Within the three worlds, You are immeas
urable.\'94 (11.43)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word Govinda (one who gives pleasure to the cows) also establishes that the Supreme Godhead is a personality who has characteristic
 pastimes, such as cowtending. When Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba descended on this earth some 5,000 years ago, He exhibited His eternal transcendental pastimes in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where He herded and tended cows along with His many cowherd boy friends. 
\'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 explains the appellation \'93Govinda\'94 in this way: \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as truly envisioned in His variegated pastimes as the owner of transcendental cows, chief of cowherds, consort of milkmaids, ruler of th
e terrestrial abode Gokula and the object of worship of the beautiful transcendental residents of Goloka, is Govinda.\'94 (Purport to Verse 1 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indeed, the cow is very dear to Lord 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cow and the bull represent the earth and religion respectively. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also called Govinda because He not only gives pleasure to the cows but to all other living entities as well, being that He 
is the reservoir of all pleasures. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub also means senses. The senses are always craving some satisfaction, and to get some satisfaction, the senses are always roving from one object to another, but only K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda, can give the senses unlimited satisfaction, for o
nly K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unlimited. Through the chanting of flare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the living entity participates in the infinite bliss of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus his senses are automatically satisfied. It is Lord Brahm\'e4 who laments that he has only four
 heads with which to praise K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Brahm\'e4 feels he can not adequately chant His praises with even a thousand heads and thousand tongues.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of all the demigods, Brahma is considered to be the chief being directly empowered by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba to create all being
s within the universe. Brahm\'e4 himself is an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (controller), but in the first verse Lord Brahm\'e4 says }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means that the supreme (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub controller is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because living entities have some controlling capacity, however great or minute, they are always trying to control one another. One animal tries to devour or conquer another anima
l, one man tries to conquer another man, or the husband tries to control his wife or children, or one nation tries to control another nation, or the inhabitants of one planet may try to \'93conquer space,\'94 or the demigods may control a variety of phen
omena such as wind, rain, fire, water, etc., but ultimately there is a limit to the control of living entities. There is a point, despite a living entity\'92s power, beyond which he has no control. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna: \'93There are two classes of b
eings, the fallible and the infallible. In the material world every entity is fallible, and in the spiritual world every entity is called infallible. Besides these two, there is the greatest living personality, the Lord Himself, who has entered into thes
e worlds and is maintaining them. Because I am transcendental, beyond both the fallible and the infallible, and because I am the greatest, I am celebrated both in the world and in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as that Supreme Person.\'94 (Bg. 15.16-18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SUPREME CONTROLLER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In numerous places throughout the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms that He is the supreme controller: \'93The whole cosmic order is under Me. By My will it is manifested again and again, and by My will it is annihilat
ed at the end. This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunt\'e9, producing all the moving and unmoving beings, and by its rules this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  & }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Similarly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub testifies: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam.}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord.\'94 (
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Both material nature (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apar\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and the individual spirit souls (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub par\'e4 prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub are emanations from the Lord, and therefore He is ultimately the controller of everything that exists. The first verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub establishes that this supreme controller is not an impersonal entity or concept but is a person having an eternal name, an eternal form, eternal attributes, and eternal pastimes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The very name K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates His all-attractive qualities, which are indicated in the second line: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93He has an eternal, blissful, spiritual body.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HIS OWN TRANSCENDENTAL FORM
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may have a great deal of difficulty accepting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid
-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aspect of the Supreme Person, or accepting the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but this is largely due to the frailties of human conceptualization. We think
 that because K\'e5\'f1na has a body or because He has form He is limited. This is because in the material world all forms have some limitation. I can run just so fast, or I can reach just so far, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub assert that K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s body is not like this. Although located in one place, His hand can extend anywhere, and He can personally accep
t what is offered to Him. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that the Supreme Lord \'93although fixed in
 His abode, is more swift than the mind, and He can overcome all others running. The powerful demigods cannot approach Him. Although in one place, He controls those who supply the air and rain. He surpasses all in excellence.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mantra }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna sees all the universes contain
ed within the body of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that any one 
of the organs of the body of the Supreme Person can perform all the actions of all the other parts and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba impregnated material nature simply by glancing at her. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Lord\'92s body is described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asn\'e4viram, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means that it is without veins. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da comments: \'93The Supreme Lord is not formless. He has His own transcendental form which is not at all simil
ar to those of the mundane world. The living entities of this world have their forms embodied by the material nature, and they work like any material machines. The physiological and anatomical structure of the body of a living being must have a mechanica
l construction, with veins and so forth in the embodiment. But in the transcendental body of the Lord there is nothing like veins. It is clearly stated here (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, M
antra }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that He is unem
bodied. That means that there is no difference between His body and soul. Nor does He accept a body by the law of nature. In the material concept of life, the soul is different from the gross embodiment and subtle mind. The Supreme Lord is apart from any
 such departmentalized arrangement, however. There is nothing like a difference of body and mind in the Supreme Lord. He is the complete whole, and His mind and body, and He Himself are all one and the same. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is a similar description of the body of the Supreme Lord. He is described there as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This means that He is the eternal form fully representing existence, knowledge and bliss. The Vedic lit
erature states clearly that He has a different kind of transcendental body, and thus He is sometimes described as formless. This formlessness means that He has no form like ours and that He is devoid of a form which we can perceive. In the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is further said that the Lord can do anything and everything with any one of the parts of Hi
s body. It is said there that with each and every one of the parts of His body, such as the hand, He can do the work of the other senses. This means that the Lord can walk with His hands, He can accept a thing with His legs, He can see by His hands and f
eet, and He can eat by His eyes. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ruti mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that He has no hands and no legs like
 us, but that He has a different type of hand and leg by which He can accept all that we offer Him, and walk faster than anyone anywhere.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Judaic-Christian tradition, God is sometimes pictured as an old man, but Vedic literatures give quite different information. The
 Lord is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as ever-youthful and ever-fresh. He never grows old. Although Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a grandfather on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, He still appeared as a beautiful youth around sixteen years of age. Although He is described as \'93the oldest\'94 because He existed before everyone else in the creation, He shou
ld not be thought of as an old man. All of these misconceptions arise from habitual materialistic thinking. Because our bodies are temporary, full of ignorance, and miserable, we think these to be attributes of all bodies. But Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba\'92s body is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternal and unchanging }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (sat), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all-knowing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (cit), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and full of bliss }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'e4nanda).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE UNSEEN FORCE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next, Brahm\'e4 states that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the Supreme Godhead, who possesses an eternal, blissful, spiritual body and individu
al pastimes, is the origin of everything }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is also stated by Lord 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself throughout }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being the origin of everything, He Himself has no origin, which means that He is beginningless. This is a reassertion of His eternality. And not only is He the origin of everything. but He is the prime cause of all cau
ses, or the ultimate cause. In Western philosophy, there has been much speculation on this subject of cause and effect. The philosopher Hume asserted in his classic thesis that external objects, as they appear to the senses in the material world, have no
 necessary connection with one another. \'93There is not, in any single, particular instance of cause and effect, anything which can suggest the idea of power or necessary connection.\'94 (David Hume, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub section 7) This posits that the connectio
n between objects in the material universe is simply perceived in the mind: in actuality, there is no real connection between objects and events. \'93This connection, therefore, which we feel in the mind, this customary transition of the imagination from
 one object to its usual attendant, is the sentiment or impression from which we form the idea of power or necessary connection \'85 When we say, therefore, that one object is connected with another, we mean only that they have acquired a connection in o
ur thought, and give rise to this inference by which they become proofs to each other\'92s existence.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Ibid.) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub This implies that materially one object cannot give impetus to another object or cause another object to come into existence. It then follows that the cause of objects in the material universe must be a force which is nonmaterial, a force whi
ch is outside the material universe. Many scientists today also agree that because everything in the universe is subject to creation and annihilation, that which causes the universe must be beyond creation and annihilation and must therefore be a nonmate
rial or spiritual force.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. John Cleveland Cotran, Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of Science & Mathematics Division, University of Minnesota, writes: \'93
Chemistry discloses that matter is ceasing to exist, some varieties exceedingly slowly, others exceedingly swiftly. Therefore the existence of matter is not eternal. Consequently matter must have had a beginning. Evidence from chemistry and other science
s indicates that this beginning was not slow and gradual; on the contrary, it was sudden, and the evidence even indicates the approximate time when it occurred. Thus at some rather definite time the material realm was created and ever since has been obey
ing law, not the dictates of chance. Now, the material realm not being able to create itself and its governing laws, the act of creation must have been performed by some nonmaterial agent. The stupendous marvels accomplished in that act show that this ag
ent must possess superlative intelligence, an attribute of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mind. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But to bring mind into action in the mat
erial realm, as, for example, in the practice of medicine and the field of parapsychology, the exercise of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is required, and this can be exerted only by a person. Hence our logical and inescapable conclusion is not only that creation occurred but that it was brought about according to the plan and will of a person endowed with supreme intelligence 
and knowledge (omniscience), and the power to bring it about and keep it running according to plan (omnipotence) always and everywhere throughout the universe (omnipresence). That is to say, we accept unhesitatingly the fact of the existence of \'91the s
upreme spiritual Being, God, the Creator and Director of the universe\'92 \'85\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (The Evidence of God In An Expanding Universe, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pp. 41\'9642, edited by John Clover, Monsma, G. P. Putnam\'92s Sons, N.Y., 1958). Similarly, Dr. Marlin Books Dreider, an eminent physiologist, University of Maryland, writes; \'93I see at the beginning of the cosmic road no
t eternal energy or matter, not \'91inscrutable fate,\'92 not a \'91fortuitous conflux of primordial elements,\'92 not \'91the great Unknown\'92\'97but the Lord God Almighty.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (
lbid, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p. 68)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 REVIVAL OF K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4, then, predates the current discoveries of science in asserting that the cause of the universe is not only nonmaterial b
ut that it has personality and a body that has no origin and is eternally situated in its abode. The name K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as stated before, denotes that this supreme entity is all-attractive, and this implies that He is the object for loving affections. 
Being the origin of all, He maintains control over all plural created entities by dint of the charm of His original contact. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks of the plural spiritual entities as \'93eternal fragments of Myself,\'94 which are thrown into the mat
erial spheres. These fragments appear to have some individuation, and yet they are unified in their origin. \'93Although the Supersoul appears to be divided, He is never divided. He is situated as one. Although He is the maintainer of every living entity
, it is to be understood that He devours and develops.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  13.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Brahm\'e4 establishes the supremacy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he simultaneously asserts the three potencies of the Godhead\'97omnisc
ience, omnipresence and omnipotence. By His omnipotence He can be present by His name alone. Therefore it is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s name are nondifferent. This is the meaning of absolute. In the relative world, someone may call 
me in my apartment, but if I am not there, I will not suddenly appear just because my name is called. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being absolute, is different. He is always present, and the invocation of His name revives our awareness of this fact. This revival 
of awareness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s presence is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The omnipresence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like the sunlight which pervades everything. Wherever there is sunlight, there is no darkness, and wherever there is Godhead, there
 is no nescience. His omnipresent potency, by which He is present in every atom of the creation, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The omnipresent effulgence emanating from His spiritual body is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahman.}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Omniscience refers to His total knowledge. Being present everywhere, He automatically knows everything. An
d being the origin and cause of everything, He is naturally intimately acquainted with the functionings of everything. Apart from all these potencies, which are impersonal, He has a personality known as Govinda or K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 is establishing this fact in the way of praise, for Brahm\'e4 is created by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or celebration of the Supreme. Since Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of all, it is He who originates the words of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as spoken by Brahm\'e4. When Lord Brahm\'e4 says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of all, it is to be understood that He is the origin of Lord Brahm\'e4. Brahm\'e4 himself is the cause o
f this material universe, being the creator god, but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the \'93prime cause of all causes,\'94 is the cause of Brahm\'e4. Brahm\'e4 is born out of the stem of the lotus flower that comes from the navel of the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y
\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu, and this Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu is the second Vi\'f1\'ebu incarnation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A description of Lord Brahm\'e4 given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa
\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Chapter 5, verse 49) likens Brahm\'e4 to valuable stones reflected in the rays of the sun, a
nd the sun is likened to the Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. This sun in its turn expands from the supreme sun, which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ETERNAL FATHER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We all acknowledge the origin of this body to come from our parents, who acknowledge the origin of their bodies to come from their pare
nts, and so on. The ultimate origin of all our bodies is lost in time. But even if we have the knowledge to trace back to the remotest times, we can not find a causeless material origin for this material body. We could regress to a hypothetical first man
 called \'93Adam,\'94 or whatever, but we are always left with the fact that Adam also has a father. It is at this point that we must make the leap from the material to the spiritual. Thus Christian theology holds that Adam, or the first man, has no mate
rial father, just as Brahm\'e4, the first created entity, has no material father. \'93And God said, \'91Let us make man in Our image, after Our likeness \'85 \'92 So God created man in His own image \'85\'94 (Genesis, I, 26\'9627) Thus man, created by Go
d out of nothing, was not born by material parent. Conceding that God is the father of the first man, one might question the origin of the Godhead, to which all scriptures answer that God is the eternal father without beginning, and that which is eternal
 is nonmaterial by definition. Thus God is the eternal spiritual father who is the origin of all material beings.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA; ORIGIN, SOURCE, PRESERVER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being the origin of all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is necessarily greater than His creation. He is the ultima
te reality, the ultimate perfection. An effect cannot possess a greater reality than the cause that produces it, nor can it possess more perfection than its cause. Again the speculations of Western philosophy echo the Vedic conclusions: \'93It follows no
t only that what is cannot be produced by what is not, but likewise that the more perfect\'97in other words, that which contains in itself more reality\'97cannot be the effect of the less perfect \'85\'94 (Rene Descartes, \'93The Meditations of God: that
 He Exists\'94) It is interesting that the philosopher Descartes accepted as proof of God the very idea of God Himself. He maintained that, being finite, man could not even have an idea of the infinite unless that idea were given to him by the infinite. 
The nature of the infinite is that it cannot be comprehended or intellectualized by the finite. Therefore the very fact that we can predicate an infinite or even speak of an infinite is proof that this infinite exists. \'93By the name God, I understand a
 substance infinite, eternal, immutable, independent, all-knowing, all-powerful, and by which I myself, and every other thing that exists, if any such there be, were created. But these properties are so great and excellent, that the more attentively I co
nsider them, the less I feel persuaded that the idea I have of them owes its origin to myself alone. And thus it is absolutely necessary to conclude from all that I have foresaid that God exists: for though the idea of substance be in my mind owing to th
is, that I myself am substance, I should not, however, have the idea of an infinite substance, seeing I am a finite being, unless it were given me by some substance in reality infinite.\'94 (Descartes, \'93The Meditations,\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ibid.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not only the origin of the creation, but is the preserver as well. (\'93The conservation of a substance in each momen
t of its duration requires the same power and act that would be necessary to create it.\'94 Descartes, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ibid.) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Brahm\'e4 that He is not only the cau
se of the creation but is, in fact, the creation itself. And it follows that being the force that brings about the appearance of an object and that maintains that object during its duration, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also the cause of the annihilation of that ob
ject by dint of His withdrawing potency. Therefore it is said that when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants someone killed, there is no possibility of his being saved, and when He wants someone to live, there is no possibility of killing him. This is what is meant
 by ultimate controller.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conception of origin also implies separation. Etymologically the word \'93origin\'94 comes from the Latin word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub oriri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , meaning to rise or to arise out of. The word \'93source,\'94 coming from the word \'93surge,\'94 has its origin in th
e Latin word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surgere, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also meaning to rise. Therefore the idea of origin or source can be compared to the
 rising of waves from the ocean, the surging of the billows, their brief manifestation, and their lapsing and falling back into the ocean. The waves never exist outside the ocean, yet they are distinct from the ocean which is their source. Nor do the wav
es effect the ocean in any substantial way. They are simply the surface play of the ocean, as the material creation is but one of the manifestations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s incidental energies, one of His waste products or gratuities. The play of the wave
s on the surface is forever removed from the great depths inhabited by the mighty denizens, the great souls swimming in the effulgence of the Lord. \'93Again everything that is created does not rest on Me. Behold My mystic opulence: although I am the mai
ntainer of all living entities and although I am everywhere, still My Self is the very source of creation.\'94 (Bg. 9.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The absurdity of any created entity maintaining that he is God is obvious here. To extend the simile, it is as ridiculous as asserting 
a wave to be the entire ocean. One should notice that the existence of waves is very brief, that they appear to have no individuality, that they are countless, that they seem to have been appearing from time immemorial, that their motion cannot be stoppe
d, that they never perish, that they return to the ocean to eventually become another wave and that each wave in its own right is infinite, having arisen from infinite waves, composed of infinite bubbles. One of the wonders of God\'92s creation is that o
ne particle, like the wave or bubble, can reflect the totality.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one can understand who or what K\'e5\'f1\'eba is or the extent of His creation, but we can come to some finite understanding of the 
limitlessness of His being and of our finite relation to Him. He communicates to us by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7abda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His soun
d potency, utilizing the orthodox symbols of the Sanskrit language, which for us are translated into English and entitled \'93The Song of the Opulent One,\'94 or, in Sanskrit, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhag
avad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These words, symbols, give us mental impressions of the cosmic situation and eventually exhort us to make an emotional-spiritual conviction, which is to surrender
 to Him who is beyond our knowledge and to whom the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub points\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Once surrendered
, we can come to understand that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7abda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba) is nondifferent fro
m K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and that He is contained in it in His full potency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This first verse of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9ta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub proclaims the supremacy 
and eternality of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Once one accepts this verse, his next logical course of action is to direct his worship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93I am the source of everything: from Me the entire creation flows. Knowing this, the wise worship Me with
 all their hearts.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Simply by realizing the 
knowledge of the first verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one can enter into the spirit of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and thus join Brahm\'e4 in his praise: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is inaccessible to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but obtainable by pure unalloyed devotion of the soul, who is without a second, who is not subject to decay, who is without a beginning, whose form is endless, who is the beginning, the eternal soul, and who i
s a person possessing the beauty of blossoming youth.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 33)
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Our Dearmost Friend
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, OUR DEARMOST FRI
END
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Girir\'e4ja D\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON-Delhi)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Friend: One joined to another in intimacy and affection; sympathizer, helper.\'94 A friend is very hard to define; therefore, arbit
rarily, we refer to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Little Oxford Dictionary, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the only dictionary at hand. And utilizing this definit
ion we can seek still further and ask, \'93Who is our dearmost friend?\'94 And even by this definition, we are in agreement with the verdict of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is: }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our dearmost friend is K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is our dearmost friend. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba is meant God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means all-at
tractive, for how can God be God if He does not have all attractive qualities in full? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full in the six opulences of wealth, power, fame, beauty, wisdom and renunciation. If someone has a little wealth or if someone is beautiful, he is a
ttractive for that reason. But K\'e5s\'eba is all-attractive because He possesses all attractive qualities in full. We may find someone wealthy, but if we look further we will find someone with more wealth than him. Or we may meet someone who is very lea
rned, but if we look further we will find someone with more knowledge still. But when we get to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we become at once satisfied and seek no further because no one has more wealth or knowledge than Him. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, called Bhagav\'e4n, our dearmost friend. He possesses all opulences in full.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since a bona fide spiritual master is the direct representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he shares in Kr\'f1\'eba\'92s qualities of excellenc
e. Thus for the devotees of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is also our dearmost friend. He is the external representative and the mercy incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Practically he is the only authoriz
ed source of bona fide information about the Personality of Godhead because he is instructing us according to revealed scriptures how we can revive our eternal relationship with God. By hearing such information from the bona fide spiritual master one can
 at once become detached from one\'92s inferior engagement with matter and attach oneself to the transcendental loving service of the Lord. In this way one attains God. Therefore we consider the real friend to be he who can direct us to God, the supreme 
friend and well-wisher for all living entities, not he who merely claims to be our friend and asks us to tell him our problems. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da can direct us to God and is therefore our dearmost friend.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Returning to our definition of a friend, we find that he is one who is joined to another in intimacy. Let us now seek out who is joined
 to us most intimately, and we shall find\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba, according to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, is \'93closer to us than our jugular vein.\'94 This is confirmed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am seated in everyone\'92s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge, and forgetfulness.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da affirms that only K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows the volume of our suffering, and only K\'e5\'f1\'eba know
s how nice we are.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE KNOWS OUR HEARTS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next point in the definition is that a friend offers help and sympathy. Again let us seek out who is most helpful and sympathetic t
o us, and we shall find\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba, situated in our hearts, is so helpful that He guides us and gives us determination in pursuing our goals. Pervading the universe, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so sympathetic that He fulfills our every desir
e. Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba can really help us or be sympathetic to us because only He has perfect knowledge of our desires, and He alone has the omnipotency to fulfill them for us. In other words, God is so kind that He gives us whatever we desire. Seated in
 our hearts, He knows what we actually desire, and directly or indirectly He fulfills that desire. Thus He is called in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9sopanisad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the \'93self sufficient philosopher who is awarding everyone\'92s desire since time immemorial.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8) K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93If you want to forget Me, you can forget Me forever; if you want to merge with Me, here is My effulgence, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahmajyoti; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and if you want to love Me, come\'97we shall play as cowherd boys.\'94 God is kind to everyone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The science of God and His relationship with us is elaborately explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other Vedic literatures. These literatures are designed to help the living entity realize his eternal relationship with the Supreme so that
 he can live happily in life. The factual relation between the Supreme Lord in the heart and the minute living entity, both of whom are spiritual and individual, is compared to that of two birds in a tree. The tree is the material body of the living enti
ty. The living entity \'93bird,\'94 captivated by the fruits of the material tree, is tasting both the bitter and the sweet, while the Supreme Lord \'93bird\'94 is witnessing the activities of His friend, fulfilling his desires by His omnipotence. This e
xample is given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where the living entity is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93\'e4tm\'e4,\'94 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub while the Supreme Lord in the heart is called \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Though both are spiritual, the Supreme Lord is accepted as supe
rior; therefore the Lord is simply witnessing the activities of His friend, waiting for him to surrender to Him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ETERNAL KINSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus we see that the living entity is individual, and he has some minute independence, though he is always associated with and subordinate to the Lord, however forg
etful or unconscious he may be of that relationship. Who could be a better friend than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, staying with us in every circumstance? While we are changing from tree to tree, or body to body, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is not affected whatsoever by this
 mundane world, accompanies us lifetime after lifetime. He is waiting for us to intelligently use that independence He has given us by surrendering to Him, thereby ending the cycle of repeated birth and death. Even in the liberated state He stays with us
. The living entity and the Supreme Lord, though distinct from one another, always remain together. \'93The same living entity is eternal and is joined to the Supreme Lord by the tie of an eternal kinship.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They are joined intimately, as two distinct individuals, eternally. The living entity must simply agree to accept the 
supreme will of the Supreme Lord; then he will be happy. The Lord, having given us independence, is so kind that He will fulfill our desires no matter what they may be. Man proposes and God disposes. The Lord is neutral toward all His sons and daughters,
 and He never interferes with the way in which we use our independence. If a son insists on doing something nonsensical, the father will reluctantly give his sanction. \'93All right, if you insist, go ahead.\'94 Similarly, the Supreme Lord allows us to e
xercise our minute independence, and since we are helpless to fulfill our desires, He fulfills them for us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are temporary and limited.\'94 (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  7.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But \'93I am in everyo
ne\'92s heart as Param\'e4tm\'e4. As soon as one desires to worship the demigods, I make his faith steady so that he can devote himself to some particular deity.\'94 (Bg. 7.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then, present in the heart of the demigod, the Supreme Lord arranges for the demigod to fulfill the desire of the living entity. Both the demigod and the living entity are d
ependent on the Supreme Will. Even the fruits awarded by the demigods are created of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s energy. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that \'93in actuality these benefits are bestowed by Me alone.\'94 (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  7.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore, from beginning to end, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is fulfilling our every desire. Who could be a better friend than K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHATEVER WE DESIRE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Birth after birth, body after body, K\'e5\'f1\'eba grants whatever we desire. Thus the body we take is created according to our desire.
 As long as we desire a material body, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give us one. \'93The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life, as the air carries aromas. Thus does he take one kind of body and again quit it to take another
. The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a particular type of ear, sense of touch, tongue, and nose, centered about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects.\'94 (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  15.8-9) K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us our body, and then He accompanies us inside of it, but He is not responsible for how we utilize it. We get a particular b
ody and various circumstances of birth according to our actions }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (karma) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and what we are thinking of at th
e time of death\'97in other words, according to our own desires. \'93Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; and those who worship Me will live with Me.
\'94 (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By thus understanding that God grants material facilities according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub desires, we can understand that our suffering in the material world is due to us, not the Lord. The Lord is neutral to all His children, giving us whatever we want
. God never interferes with the desires of the living entities, for if He did, what would be the meaning of the minute independence He has given us, and where would there be any possibility for love? In ignorance we think we are God or that we can enjoy 
independently of God, and so the Lord gives us this material body and material world. But the Lord is hoping that we will give up our material desires and come to Him. In the material world, the state provides both prisons and universities. Although wish
ing for everyone to enter the universities, it provides the prisons because it knows that some individuals will misuse their freedom and thereby merit entrance into the prisons. Similarly, God is kind even to the demons. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The Lord neither hates nor likes anyone, though He appears to.\'94 Atheistic persons who ar
e envious of God and wish to forget Him undoubtedly suffer, but even this suffering is God\'92s kindness. Since demons are desirous of forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply gives them the particular birth and body just suited to their forgetti
ng Him, which is actually what they want: \'93These do I put into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life. Gaining repeated birth among the species of demoniac life, such persons can never approach Me, and gradually they si
nk down to the most abominable position of existence.\'94 Such an abominable position is actually the desire of the demons and it is the mercy of God that such a desire is fulfilled. Desire is a subtle form of conditioning. The demon initially puts himse
lf into demoniac conditions by misusing his independence, and only then does the long chain of material actions and reactions begin. Falsely identifying with such temporary situations, the bewildered demon wrongly blames the Lord for his condition, which
 in actuality is due to his own desire: \'93The living entity is the cause of the various sufferings and enjoyments in this world.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 13.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PURE DEVOTEE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But God is so kind and merciful that He will sometimes pull a demon out of his suffering, even though such a demon may be attached to h
is demoniac position. For example, sometimes God Himself will descend to kill a demon, and so great is God\'92s mercy that just by being killed by the Lord, the demon gains liberation. Or sometimes the Lord will send His son or representative, so that ev
en the most abominable person can be elevated to the platform of transcendental loving service to the Lord simply by being graced by the dust of the lotus feet of such a pure devotee. Devotional service to the Lord is the perfection of life, and such ser
vice can be attained only by the mercy of the Lord and His pure devotee; there is no other way. The pure devotee is considered even more merciful than the all-merciful Lord because while the Lord will give us whatever we want, His pure devotee will give 
us the Lord only. If one is graced by a pure devotee such as His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, one has every possibility of himself becoming a pure devotee and thereby attaining the special mercy of God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IMPARTIAL OR PARTIAL?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As kind as God is even to the demons, He is kinder still to the devotees. \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h
\'e4kur Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, states in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub commentary: \'93It is a great wonder that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being impartial, is fully partial to His devotees.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself hints at this seeming contradiction when He says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (9.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93No one is envied by Me, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. Yet whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am a friend to Him.\'94 The presence of simultaneously 
contradictory qualities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a further feature of His completeness, for how could God be God if He did not have all qualities and if He could not bewilder our limited brains with His inconceivable greatness. But God is so kind that He has
 provided a self-realized spiritual master who can impart knowledge of this great science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to our conditioned souls so that we may penetrate a little into the mystery of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da directs us back to Chapter Four, Verse 11, of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , to understand this seeming contradiction: \'93All men, as they surrender unto Me, I reward accordingly.\'94 In other words
, as the demon is busy ignoring K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba similarly ignores the demon; and as the devotee is actively trying to care for the interests of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in devotional service to the Lord, the Supreme Lord Himself takes special care o
f His devotee. This reciprocation is natural. In the material world a man may be very charitably disposed toward all living entities, yet it is expected that he will take a special interest in his own children. Similarly the Supreme Lord, while kindly di
sposed toward all His parts and parcels, reciprocates in love with His devotees, who are engaged cent percent in His transcendental loving service.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE SUPPLIES OUR NEEDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While kindly fulfilling the needs of all His parts and parcels, God takes special supplies the necessities of life to all His sons and 
daughters. From the tiny ant to the great elephant, all receive His mercy in the shape of food, sunlight, air and whatever else is required by them for their maintenance. The impartial raincloud abundantly pours rain everywhere, be it on the rocks, the l
and, or the sea. Similarly God impartially fulfills the desires of all living entities through the agency of material nature. But in the case of devotees He takes special, personal care. Brahm\'e4, the creator of this universe, prays, \'93I worship Govin
da, the primeval Lord, who burns to their roots all the fruitive activities of those who are imbued with devotion, and who, in accordance with the chain of their previously performed actions, impartially ordains for all those who walk in the path of work
 the due enjoyment of the fruits of their activities, no less in the case of the tiny insect named \'91indragopa\'92 than that of Indra, King of the demigods.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit
\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.54) In other words, God impartially rewards those who indirectly serve Him by serving His material energy, and the agency for such rewarding is the mechanical working of m
aterial nature. But God takes personal charge of the life of His devotee, who serves Him directly as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that out of many thousands of men, few will seek perfection, but that in return, \'93I will give them the understanding by which they can come to Me. Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in th
eir hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.10-11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In thi
s way God is both partial and impartial. He gives us whatever we want. He shines like the sun for everyone, but those who wish to remain in the closet of material nature receive no tangible benefit. Still, He impartially offers the possibility of His spe
cial care to all, and we take shelter of Him or of His material energy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as we choose. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba confirms, \'93I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them I am covered by My eternal creative potency, and so the deluded world knows Me not.\'94 (Bg. 7.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service.
\'94 (Bg. 9.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SURRENDER TO K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whether we take shelter of Him or not, is always our dearmost friend, since He always takes care to fulfill our de
sires. And beyond merely fulfilling our desires, He encourages us to desire for Him. Then, when we surrender to Him, we become happy, and He takes special care of us. He knows us and fulfills our desires by His expansion as Param\'e4tm\'e4, or Vi\'f1\'eb
u. But superior to the realization of Param\'e4tm\'e4 is realization of K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaging in loving affairs with His pure devotees in His original form in His spiritual abode. At the end of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives His final instruction to Arjuna: \'93Surrender 
to Me.\'94 He has previously stated that He and Param\'e4tm\'e4 within are one, so His instruction is that somehow or other we surrender unto Him\'97within or without. \'93The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone\'92s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing th
e wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the material energy. O scion of Bharata, surrender unto Him in all respects, so that by His mercy you can have transcendental peace and eternal abode. Thus I have explained to y
ou the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and do what you wish to do.\'94 (Bg. 18.61-63}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being so kind, invites us to serve Him, but He never forces us, nor does He interfere. And at once Arjuna replies, \'93I have regained my memory by Your mercy, and now I am fixed without any doubt, prepared to act according t
o Your instructions.\'94 By the mercy of Param\'e4tm\'e4 one gets the intelligence to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The living entity \'93bird,\'94 having surrendered to his dearmost friend the Paramatm\'e4 \'93bird,\'94 becomes free from the entanglement of th
e material tree and is available to associate directly with K\'e5s\'eba in pastimes of love in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA IS REAL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba stands before Arjuna as a person on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra\'97as his dearmost friend and helper\'97and we can 
understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is talking to His friend. There are many pictures of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original transcendental form standing and talking to Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. But how a
re we to understand that God is in our hearts? He is there in His beautiful four-handed form as Vi\'f1\'ebu, and He is just as real as if He were standing before us and talking to us. He is there within the heart, and we must purify ourselves in order to
 see Him. Do not think that \'93God is in our hearts\'94 is simply a truism. He is there and can be seen by a pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This investigation of the friend within our hearts\'97when based on the scientific information regarding the living entity and the Supr
eme Soul presented by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub culminates in the realization of Param\'e4
tm\'e4, as experienced by great sages like N\'e4rada Muni and described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fr
om these descriptions we can understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actually there, in our hearts, and that when we fully surrender to Him we become completely satisfied and can see Him face to face. And what do we see? We see the all-attractive transcendenta
l form of our dearmost friend.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The meditation on this dearmost friend in our hearts is explained in the Second Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The process of meditation should begin from the lotus feet of the Lord and progress to His smiling face. The meditati
on should be concentrated upon the lotus feet, then the calves, then the thighs, and in this way higher and higher. The more the mind becomes fixed upon the different parts of the limbs, one after another, the more the intelligence becomes purified.\'94 
(}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.2.13) Thus is revealed the beautiful form of \'93the Personality of Godhead residing within t
he body in the region of the heart and measuring only eight inches, with four hands carrying a lotus, a wheel of a chariot, a conchshell and a club respectively.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.2.8) \'93His lotus feet are placed over the whorl of the lotus-like hearts of great mystics. On His chest there is the Kaustubha jewel engraved with a beautiful calf, there are othe
r jewels on His shoulders, and His complete torso is garlanded with fresh flowers. He is well decorated with an ornamental wreath about His waist and rings studded with valuable jewels on His fingers. His leglet, bangles, oiled hair curling with a bluish
 tint, and His beautiful smiling face are all very pleasing. The Lord\'92s magnanimous pastimes and the glowing glancing of His smiling face are all indications of His extensive benedictions. One must therefore concentrate on this transcendental form of 
the Lord as long as the mind can be fixed on Him by meditation.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.2.10-12)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SUPERSOUL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Thus being fixed, one must render service unto the Supersoul situated in one\'92s heart by His omnipotency. Because He is the Almig
hty Personality of Godhead, eternal and unlimited, He is the ultimate goal of life, and by worshiping Him one can end the cause of the conditioned state of existence.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.2.6) This is the final instruction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to surrender unto Him and render service unto Him. This is God\'92s greatest kindness. Even though He is always fulfilling our desires, He allows us to fulfill His desires in transcendental loving service. Of
 course God is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub self-satisfied, and in no way does He need our service, but out of His 
causeless mercy He allows us to render service to Him, and through the medium of the bona fide spiritual master He accepts our so-called service.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 BHAGAV\'c4N
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually in this age the meditation on God in the heart as described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not possible. Our duration of life is too short and living conditions troubled. Even Arjuna, who was superior in all spiritual and materi
al attributes, and who lived at a time much more conducive to spiritual realization than our own, rejected this system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The system appears impractical and unendurable to me, for the mind is restless and unsteady, O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and to subdue it, is, it seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind.\'94 (Bg. 6.33-34) And K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a replied: \'93Of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcenden
tal loving service, is most intimately united with Me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is highest of all.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the best way to realize Param\'e4tm\'e4, especially in this age, is to realize Bhagav\'e4n, the highest realization of Godhead, wh
ich automatically includes all other realizations. Bhagav\'e4n, K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original form, is our dearmost friend. And what is the process for attaining Bhagav\'e4n realization? It is simply to render service to His pure devotee and to chant Hi
s name. This is the process recommended by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and made espec
ially practicable by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu in this age. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher 
of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries.\'94 (Bg. 5.29) So it is up to us. We can do as we like; K\'e5\'f1\'eba never interferes. \'93Yet whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am a frien
d to Him.\'94 Now what do you want to do?
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Holy Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival in Tokyo
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOLY RATHAY\'c4TR\'c4 IN TOKYO
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has written the President of the Tokyo, Japan, temple of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness: \'93Your temple can be named
 New Gay\'e4. Gay\'e4 is the province in India where Lord Buddha flourished. Japan is a Buddhist country, and we accept Lord Buddha as an incarnation of God. Also, it was at Gay\'e4 that Lord Caitanya was initiated by His spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9 \'c9
\'e7vara Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.\'94 Just in the tradition of Lord Caitanya, the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival was celebrated by ISKCON devotees in New Gay\'e4. The Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s realm is everywhere, and the chanting of the holy 
name Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is universal because it is transcendental to all material designations such as country, race and sectarian religion. Devotional service, as taught by Lord Caitanya and exemplified in Rathay\'e4tr\'e4, is simply transcendentally j
oyful.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 4
3, 1971
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SPECIAL ISSUE\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness in India
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [same as issue No. 41 until....]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON Centers Around the World
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wilmington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Delaware}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2307 Baynard Blvd. 19802\cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you are interested in becoming a member of ISKCON, write to ISKCON New York for further information.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amateur and professional photographers who would like to offer photographs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities for inclu
sion in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back To Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are invited to send them to ISKCON Press, 32 Tiffany Pl., Brooklyn, N.Y. 
11231. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Godhead Is Light, Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no Nescience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder\line (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)\line Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 38 N. Beacon St., Alls
ton, Mass. 02134. All material copyright \'a9 1970, ISKCON PRESS. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $5.00 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva Das Adhikary (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvarupa Das Adhikary (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p3:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub om aj\'ef\'e4na-timir\'e4ndhasya j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'efjana-\'e7al\'e4kay\'e4\line cak\'f1ur unm\'e9lita\'e0 yena tasmai \'e7r\'e9-g
urave nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gautam\'e9ya-tantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s175 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, who, with the torchlight of knowledge, has opened my eye
s, which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance."  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITANYA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 TRANSCRIPTION OF A LECTURE BY\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The greatest spiritual master of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, asked His disciple R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to 
go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and preach His mission. This is disciplic succession. One should not think, \'93I have understood everything from my spiritual master; now let me sit down tightly.\'94 This is also nice, but Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s mission is to
 spread the cult. He was a very learned scholar and a very beautiful young man. He had a very beautiful wife and very affectionate mother and was a respectable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone looked up to Him; by His one command He could gather hundreds of thousands of men to start a civil disobedience movement. However, in spite of such a sublime position in ho
useholder life, He took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the renounced order of life, at the age of twenty-four years. He cou
ld have satisfied Himself with sense gratification\'97\'93Let Me remain very peacefully at home. I have My good wife, My mother, and the public.\'94 But He took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted everyone to surrender unto Him, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba came Himself as Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to teach how to preach t
his process of devotional service. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, in the incarnation of a pure devotee, so He set the example. Not only did He Himself show how to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, but His disciples also did so. After te
aching His principal disciple, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, about the principles of devotional service, Lord Caitanya said, \'93It is your duty to go preach.\'94 When a disciple receives instruction from his spiritual master he has an obligation to the spiritu
al master. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru-dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After being initiated and instructed, the disciple shoul
d offer service: \'93My dear master, what can I do for you?\'94 I also asked my spiritual master what I could do, and he asked me to try to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the Western world. This is the duty of the disciple. He should not only rec
eive instruction; he becomes indebted to his spiritual master for the knowledge imparted. Therefore he must also serve him. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu instructs that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master simultan
eously, because we are elevated by the mercy of these two personalities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master. When one is very sincere, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is seated in everyone's heart, gives him a qualified spiritual master. By the grace of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba one can have a bona fide spiritual master, and by the grace of the spiritual master one makes advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is the process.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The seed of devotional service is achieved by the combined mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master. Therefore Lord Caitanya to
ld R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'93It is your duty to accept what I say. Please go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and execute My order. I have given you hints; now expand upon them.\'94 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was the greatest spiritual master, and now He and R\'fcpa Gosv
\'e4m\'e9 were being separated, and it was not known when they would meet again. Therefore Lord Caitanya pacified him. \'93Don't be sorry. You will again come to Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, and we shall meet again.\'94 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 could not deny thi
s, but he was so afflicted that as soon as Lord Caitanya embraced him and got on a boat to start across the river, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 could not say anything but at once fainted and fell down due to feelings of separation. There was a Mah\'e4r\'e4\'f1
\'f6rian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who was also a great devotee of Lord Caitanya and was also present there. Somehow
 or other he lifted R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and took him to his own house.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was accompanied by Anupama, his younger brother. Anupama's son is J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the celebrated scholar i
n the line of disciplic succession. When his father and uncle went away from home, this J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was only ten years old, but he was such an intelligent boy that he decided, \'93My father and my uncle have left home to understand K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Why should I remain at home?\'94 So he also left home at the age of ten years. But he knew that because he was a young boy he would not be of much help. \'93If I go to my father or uncle, what shall I do there?\'94 He knew that they had gone to V
\'e5ndavana on a great mission for Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. \'93If I go to live there, then I must be qualified to assist them.\'94 Therefore J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 went to Benares and became a very great scholar and philosopher. He was an accredited schol
ar both in literature and philosophy, so when he was a young man, after being fully educated, he went to R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, his uncle. In the meantime, he could not see his father, but his uncle was there, so J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 became his disciple
, and he proved himself the greatest scholar and philosopher in the world. A great Sanskrit scholar in Calcutta once declared in a meeting that there has never been a philosopher and scholar like J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in the world, nor in the future will
 there ever be one. His erudition is admitted by all scholarly circles. Even the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 school, who are against our Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy, also study the theses of J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9. When I was in Bombay there was a very influential
 M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who told me at a meeting, \'93I am studying J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\'92s philosophy.\'94 I said, \'93Very good.\'94 He was a M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , yet within
 his heart he had studied him very carefully\'97in fact, he was a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I went to his \'e4\'e7rama, and I saw that he was worshiping R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities. This very great scholar could present everything very nicely, an
d in public he would speak M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy, impersonalism, but secretly, despite his sectarian view, he was worshiping R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the last meeting I declared to the audience, \'93Your spiritual master is speaking imper
sonalism here, but secretly he is worshiping R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba at home. You should see. He has very good devotion for K\'e5\'f1\'eba; he has R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities and is worshiping nicely.\'94 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was such a schola
r that the greatest scholars among the \'c7a\'eckarite impersonalists admit his superiority. \'c7a\'eckara\'92s philosophy has so much word jugglery that it is very difficult for an ordinary man to understand, so generally the \'c7a\'eckarites are mostly
 scholars. But nevertheless they admit defeat before J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9. This J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'92s nephew.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE LORD'S RECEPTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya went to Benares (V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9), one of his disciples, Candra\'e7ekhara \'c4c\'e4rya, who was by caste consid
ered a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , gladly received Him. Although Candra\'e7ekhara Ac\'e4rya was not a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whenever Lord Caitanya visited Benares, He used to stop at Candra\'e7ekhara\'92s house. Before Lord 
Caitanya came to Benares, Candra\'e7ekhara \'c4c\'e4rya dreamt that the Lord had already come, so in the morning he went out and met Lord Caitanya. When he saw Lord Caitanya he was so glad that he fell down at His feet, and he received Him very obedientl
y at his home. There was another devotee, Tapana Mi\'e7ra, who was a very learned scholar, and as soon as he heard that Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had arrived, he invited Him to take His meals at his house.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should not cook. Therefore, anywhere a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  goes in a village, the village inhabitants, especially the householder }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub invite him to come and take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a rule that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot touch fire. (As far as we are concerned, we never touch fire for ourselves. We touch fire for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we should not touch fire, but because we have to cook for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the situation 
is different.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had taken a meal at his house, Tapana Mi\'e7ra requested Him, \'93My dear sir, I beg to request that as lo
ng as You remain at V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9, please do not accept anyone else\'92s invitation. That is my request.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IMPERSONALISTS AVOIDED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya knew that He would stay at Benares for four or five days, and He did not want to accept invitations from the M\'e4y\'e4v
\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Benares is full of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97there is not a single Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Not just Benares, anywhere. In the United States, when I first came, I was perhaps the only Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There were so many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who came, but they were all M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s. Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  are very rare, but Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu did not accept any invitation to dine with the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally we also follow that course. Because the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s do not believe in God, we call them atheists, although they are very learned scholars. Therefore we almost never accept an invitation from a M\'e4
y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Lord Caitanya made it a point to reside at Candra\'e7ekhara\'92s house, a
nd He accepted the proposal that He take His meals at Tapana Mi\'e7ra\'92s. Another friend, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub also learned that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had returned to Benares, so he also came and offered his respects. There were many admirers and devotees, respectable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atri
yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and t
hey began to come to see Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. These events are described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
by K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9. In closing the chapter describing the talks between R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, he offers his blessings to us and affirms that anyone who hears this dialogue with faith and devotio
n will surely develop in spiritual life. He offers loving affection and obeisances to the feet of the gosv\'e4m\'e9s, especially R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In describing the activities of Lord Caitanya, K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja writes that His activities delivered even the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mlecchas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or those who don\'92t follow the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as those who don\'92t follow the Christian Bible are called heathens, those who don\'92t follow the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mlecchas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and even those people Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu delivered from nescience. But He could not deliver the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s. Therefore they are less than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mleccha
s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 is composed of two elements\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matter, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4d\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one who sticks to this princi
ple. Matter extends to the point of intelligence. The grossest materialist is the sense gratifier, and above him is the mental speculator. And the attempt to reach spiritual perfection by physical exercise, by making the proper physical adjustments to co
ncentrate the mind, is also material. Therefore neither the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whereby the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub works hard for sense gratification, nor the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whereby the philosopher seeks a solution by speculation, nor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , whereby perfection is sought by exercise, is on the spiritual platform. The spiritualist is he who knows that he is constitutionally spiritual and acts that way. Devotees know tha
t they are part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit and that to engage in service is spiritualism. Both the \'c7a\'eckarites and the Buddhists are M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s. Formerly there was no animosity between the Buddhists and the Hindus. Lord Buddha start
ed meditation near Gay\'e4, which is near Benares. The Buddhists were Hindus, but since Buddhism was driven out of India it has been considered a different sect.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE GREATEST PERSONALITY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya was on His way to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, He never made His headquarters anywhere but in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9. But He stop
ped at Benares and resided with Candra\'e7ekhara and took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  with Tapana Mi\'e7ra. His only prop
aganda was Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when He passed on the road all the people joined Him. Even when insignificant people saw Him they liked to chant, and He drew crowds. In three or four days He became famous. The propaganda of the young }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  reached the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, who indulged in backbiting. \'93Here is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and He is dancing.\'94 Dancing and singing were strictly forbidden to M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . (It appears, however, that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9r
tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , chanting, is recommended in the Bible, and today even M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are taking to it.) They said of Lord Caitanya: \'93Here is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dancing and singing. He doesn\'92t give attention to studying}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  Ved\'e4nta.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees are considered foolish because they have no stock but chanting. People want to talk of philosophy, but
 simply by chanting all is complete. Criticism was going on: \'93There are other sentimentalists who are also foolish and ignorant; therefore they are following this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 When Lord Caitanya was criticized in that way, He smiled. \'93What can I do?\'94 He said. He was very grave: \'93Let them criticize, and let Me continue My activities. That
\'92s all.\'94 Because He was anxious to visit V\'e5nd\'e4vana, He did not care. He left Benares after three or four days. Although He was criticized, He did not challenge, but went to V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya came back to Benares, however, on His way from Mathur\'e4 to Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, and again He stayed at the house of C
andra\'e7ekhara, although he was not a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why? Because He is completely independent. Because He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes takes the incarnation of a hog. The ho
g is considered to be the lowest of animals because it eats stool. Just as those who are dog-eaters are considered the lowest of human society, similarly amongst the animals the hog is considered the lowest because it eats stool. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba took 
the appearance of a hog. That does not mean, however, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba became a hog. He is full independent. What sort of hog was He? That hog was so big that He covered almost half of the universe. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is a very nice explanation of the hog incarnation. The residents of the three highest planets\'97Janaloka, Tapoloka 
and Satyaloka\'97are the most pious within the material world. They were praying, and when the hog incarnation sprinkled water upon those three planets by shaking His body, the residents thought. \'93We are becoming purified.\'94 Although they are consid
ered to be the most pious and purified residents of this material world, still they prayed, \'93We are becoming purified.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees are independent. They are not under the rules and regulations of this material world. Therefore Caitany
a Mah\'e4prabhu set an example by staying at a place which was considered abominable by other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Candra\'e7ekhara was a clerk. The clerical occupation was offered to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras,}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the laborer class. Recently in Calcutta, at a European firm, there was a strike of the clerks. Their chief ma
n met with the manager and asked, \'93Do you want to compromise with us?\'94 But the manager said, \'93No, I don\'92t want to compromise with you. I don\'92t care about you because you are educated laborers.\'94 He gave that title to the clerks\'97educat
ed laborers. Actually in Hindu society the clerks were called educated laborers\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lekhak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But spiritually there is no 
such distinction. We should always remember that materially, in every society and every country, there are always higher and lower classes, but spiritually there is no such consideration. That is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s propaganda. He made Harid\'e4s
a \'d6h\'e4kur, a Mohammedan, the spiritual master for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and He picked up San\'e4tana Gos
v\'e4m\'e9 and R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who were rejected by Hindu society, and made them }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub T
hat is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s distinctive feature. Here we see that He honored a laborer, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub clerk who was inferior in society, by staying at his home. Ram\'e4nanda R\'e4ya was also a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and he was a householder and a politician, a governor, but Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu took instruction from him. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gave him the preference of being H
is teacher. Ram\'e4nanda R\'e4ya was hesitating: \'93Sir, You are a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the highest stage o
f elevation. and in Your former life You belonged to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sect, so You belong to the highes
t class. And I am a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a householder and a politician. How low I am in comparison to You, yet Y
ou are taking instruction from me. So I am feeling hesitation.\'94 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, \'93No, don\'92t feel hesitation. It doesn\'92t matter whether a man is a laborer, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , or a householder. Anyone who knows the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a spiritual master.\'94 Anyone\'97that is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s highest recommendation, especially for the Hindus who have so much caste consciousness. Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu broke all the barriers. His simple teaching was that anyone who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious is the greatest personality in the world. He did not care what people would say because He was staying at a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub house. He stayed with a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and took meals with another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
who was not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and in this way He resided in Benares.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DEVOTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While Lord Caitanya was in Benares He met San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and instructed him for two months about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s and how it should be executed. But Tapana Mi\'e7ra and Candra\'e7ekhara submitted with great regret that the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were criticizing His activities. \'93Because You are chanting and You do not give much attention to the reading of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophy, they are criticizing, \'93What kind of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is He? He does not take part in studying }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophy. On sentime
nt He is chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare, and some innocent people are following Him.\'92 \'94 It is the duty of a devotee to be intolerant of blasphemy, so they told the Lord, \'93The criticism
 by the M\'e4v\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s has become unbearable. Something must be done, otherwise we shall die or commit suicide.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are three kinds of devotees\'97those who are in the lowest status, those who are in the intermediate status and those who are in 
the highest status. Those who are in the lowest status are beginners. Such devotees go to the temple, church or mosque and offer prayers to the Lord with great devotion and faith. but they have no knowledge about other devotees, nor do they know their du
ty to others. A devotee should not be satisfied simply with elevating himself in spiritual advancement; he has other duties also. There are innocent persons who have forgotten their relationship with God, and it is the duty of a devotee to enlighten them
. That is required. Just like Lord Jesus Christ. He also preached the science of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is the duty of a devotee, or a good son of God. But those who are in the neophyte status have not developed the consciousness that on
e has to preach the philosophy of God consciousness or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to others. They are simply satisfied in themselves. They go to the church or mosque or temple and offer their prayers in devotion. That\'92s all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who has advanced spiritually to the next stage sees four objects of vision\'97the atheist, the innocent, God, and God\'92s devotees
. Therefore a person who has elevated himself to this stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has four kinds of dealings. Firstly, because he knows God, he therefore loves God. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prem\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His only lovable object is God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Secondly, because he loves God, he makes friendship with devotees of God. But God is always the center. If 
one loves God, then one can love others also, perfectly. For example, suppose a girl is married to a boy and the boy has a father, mother, brothers and other relatives. As soon as the girl comes to the house of her husband, the father of the husband beco
mes her father-in-law, and the mother of the husband becomes her mother-in-law. Therefore, although before marriage she had no connection with all these people, now she has a permanent relationship with the father-in-law, the mother-in-law, the brother-i
n-law, etc. Similarly, as soon as we make our connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that connection is permanent. Our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God is eternal. We have forgotten, but as soon as it is revived\'97\'93I am part and parcel of the Supreme
.\'94 or \'93I am son of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme.\'94\'97then our relationship with other sons}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of God becomes clear. That is universal brotherhood. One who is in the second stage of development knows}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God and loves God, and in relationship with God he loves the devotees of God and makes friendships with them. And a
s far as the innocent are concerned, the innocent are those who are not offenders but do not know what is God. They are ordinary men. The person who is in the second stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has the duty to enlighten them. And those who}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are atheists, who are purposely against God, he avoids. Therefore there are four kinds of dealings for the p
erson who is in the intermediate position. Those who are in the highest status of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, however, do not see anyone as being against God. Their vision is that everyone is engaged in God\'92s service. They make no distinctions. That
 is a very elevated stage and should not be imitated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tapana Mi\'e7ra and Candra\'e7ekhara, hearing the criticism against Lord Caitanya, placed themselves in the lower status and said, \'93
We cannot bear it.\'94 They felt sorry because they did not have sufficient power to refute the arguments of the other party. Unless one is conversant with logic, arguments and Vedic literature, it is very difficult to defend oneself. The more one can de
fend himself from the attacks of atheists, the more one is understood to be advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The atheists will undoubtedly attack, but devotees have to defend themselves. That is the business of those who are in the intermediate 
position.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 COINCIDENCE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While Lord Caitanya and His two devotees were talking, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br
\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub came in to invite Lord Caitanya, as he had invited all the other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to dine at his house. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub fell at the feet of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and requested Him, \'93I have comt to beg one thing from You. Please be so kind as to agree to this. I know that You do not associate Yourself with the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but nevertheless I have come to invite You. Please accept my request.\'94 Although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was 
in the renounced order of life, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He avoided the company of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersona
lists because Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was a personalist. Generally that is still the system. As soon as impersonalists see a personalist, they begin to attack with arguments, so those who are not very highly developed avoid them, but those who are convers
ant argue.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was staying at Benares, He was not very enthusiastic to meet with the M\'e4v\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , yet this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who had invited all the other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  for dinner also came to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and invited Him. Lord Caitanya\'92s two devotees were very sorry that the M\'e4v\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s were criticizing Him, and while they were discussing this, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  came with his invitation, so it was coincidence. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu thought this a good opportunity to meet with th
e M\'e4v\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and talk with them about their criticism of the personalists. Pre
viously He did not associate with them, but to please His devotees, who were very sorry to hear the criticism, He accepted the invitation so that He could meet them and talk with them.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "I AM NOT FIT"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next day the Lord went to the house of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba
, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and He saw that there were many other M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sitting together. Just see the behavior of Lord Caitanya. Although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was not in agreement with them, because they were }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the renounced order of life, He offered his respects by bowing down befor
e them. According to the customs of the Vedic system, it is the duty of everyone to at once offer his respect as soon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub as he sees a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If he does not do so, then it is enjoined that he should fas
t for a day as punishment. He should not eat. \'93I saw a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but I did not offer my respect.
 Therefore the penance should be that I should fast for a day.\'94 This is the injunction. Although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was God Himself, His behavior and etiquette were excellent. As soon as He saw the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He offered His respects.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the system that when one comes from outside he has to wash his feet before he enters a room. This is especially so for }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Lord Caitanya washed His feet and sat down a little apart from where the other }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were sitting, just in the place where He had washed His feet. He was very beautiful, only twenty-fou
r or twenty-five years old, His complexion was very fair, and He had accepted the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f46\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub order. With His saffron cloth and with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub He looked so very beautiful that the other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub began to be attracted: \'93He is v
ery nice.\'94 The other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all attracted by the very nice boy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , were so pleased that they automatically stood up to show Him respect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chief of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who were sitting there was Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have various titles. According to the impersonalists there are ten titles, but according to the Vai\'f1\'ebavas there are 108. The ten titles which the impersonalists claim\'97Sarasvat\'e9, Bh\'e4rat\'e9, V\'e4na, etc.\'97a
re included in those of the Vai\'f1\'ebavas. My spiritual master was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and his title was 
Sarasvat\'e9. The chief }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at that meeting was Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda. He was a great scholar.
 Offering respect to Lord Caitanya, he said, \'93My dear sir, why are You sitting at such a distant and filthy place? Please come here. Sit with us.\'94 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had heard that Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 had criticized, \'93This Cai
tanya Mah\'e4prabhu who has come to Benares is not very learned.\'94 Thus Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu replied to him. \'93I belong among the lower class }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; therefore I am sitting in this filthy place. You had better sit in higher places. I am not fit to sit with you.\'94 Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 was a learned man, and he could unders
tand the hint given by Lord Caitanya. Therefore he himself went personally to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and took His hand. \'93Please come sit with us. Why are You sitting here?\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IMPORTANT QUESTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya was seated, Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 said, \'93I think Your name is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya and 
You have accepted this renounced order of life from Ke\'e7ava Bh\'e4rat\'e9.\'94 Although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was initiated by a Vai\'f1\'ebava, devotee, He took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from Ke\'e7ava Bh\'e4rat\'e9, who belonged to the \'c7a\'eckara sect. The rule is if one wishes to accept the renounced order of life, there is an initiation ceremony and that cere
mony must be performed by a bona fide member of the renounced order. It is not that one can take one\'92s cloth, dye the color, and in one day become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . No. There is a ceremony. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from Ke\'e7ava Bh\'e4rat\'e9, who belonged to the \'c7a\'eckara disciplic succession. Therefore Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, who also belonged to t
his \'c7a\'eckara line, said, \'93I understand that Your name is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya.\'94 There are different names for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub students also, who are under the guidance of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who is under the guidance of Bh\'e4rat\'e9 is named Caitanya. Although C
aitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He did not change His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub name. That is also very significant. As soon as a M\'e4v\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 takes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he thinks, \'93I have become N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. I have become 
God.\'94 Therefore although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He did not change His }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub name. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r
\'e9 is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meant to serve the spiritual master, so He continued to be a servitor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 asked, \'93You are a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny
\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of our line because You have accepted the renounced order from Ke\'e7ava Bh\'e4rat\'e9, so what is the reason that You do not mix with us?\'94 That was his first questio
n. And another complaint was: \'93Because You are a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , You should devote Your time to discus
sing \'c7a\'eckara philosophy and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . You should understand why You have taken }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Why are You simply dancing and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare?\'94 This was his question. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was simply dancing and chanting. This was the specific contribution of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. But amongst the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dancing and singing is considered to be a sin. A }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is supposed to stop sense gratification, and according to them, that is also a kind of sense grat
ification. They took it to be ordinary singing. Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 asked Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, \'93Why do You follow this sentimentalism, chanting and dancing.\'94 Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda said, \'93As far as I can see from Your bodily fea
tures You appear to be very glorious.\'94 Because He was a boy and Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda was very elderly\'97Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was only twenty-four years old\'97he appreciated Him: \'93From Your face it appears that You are very learned, advanced an
d intelligent. Why, then, do You indulge in this sentimentalism?\'94 This is a very important question for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, and the answer is very significant.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 99.9% FOOLS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu replied: \'93Yes, you are right, my dear Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, but there is a reason why I do it. 
Now I can explain to you. When I took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from My spiritual master, he found Me a rascal, a numbe
r one fool, and therefore he chastised Me. He called Me foolish, uneducated and illiterate. \'91It is not possible for You to understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, You simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. That will make You all right.\'92 \'94 Now here is the point: Was Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu a foolis
h person? No, He was not. In His childhood He was known as Nimai Pandit. He was greatly learned; even when He was sixteen years old He defeated a very reputable scholar from Kashmir. Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 also knew that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabh
u was a teacher of logic in His householder life and was a very learned man. They all knew it. But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, \'93My spiritual master found Me a fool. Therefore he said, \'91You have no chance to understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . You just take to this principle: simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Har
e Hare.\'92 \'94 What was His purpose in presenting Himself as a fool and a rascal? The idea is that in this age, 99.9% of the people are fools and rascals. Therefore it is very difficult for them to understand what is the purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya represented Himself as one of them. According to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu the so-called learned scho
lars of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are not actually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scholars; they are all fools. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-sutra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is very difficult to understand. The author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is Vy\'e4sadeva, and he himself thought it wise to write a commentation on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 so that in the future people would not misunderstand and misuse it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CHANTING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this connection there is a speech delivered in Chicago by an impersonalist who was the first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to come from India to preach Hindu philosophy. It is very surprising. Even a clergyman from this country was surprised. \'93You com
e from India, and you are decrying God in this way? I am surprised.\'94 He has simply decried God: \'93Why do you care for God? Throw Him away. You are God.\'94 In this way he has spoken. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu knew 500 years ago that in the future all t
hese rascals would misinterpret }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub therefore He presented Himself as a fool.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not a very easy subject, Vy\'e4sadeva explained }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first aphorism of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  janm\'e4dyasya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Now is the time to understand what is Brahman, the Absolute Truth.\'94 The next }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93What is Brahman?\'94 The next answer is: \'93Brahman is that
 from which everything emanates.\'94 Vy\'e4sadeva gives a lucid explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dyasya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub verse. We can consider this first aphorism of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Brahman is that Absolute Truth from which everything emanates or everything is born.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means birth, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sthiti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means maintenance, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pralaya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means dissolution.) This material world has a death to its existence, just as our body has a death. It stays for some time, an
d again there is death, dissolution. Consider the history of everything material\'97whether this body or this world or the empire or America. All have a death to their being. Now America is staying? but a day will come when there will be no more American
s. We should know it. That is nature\'92s law. Everything is born, it stays for some time, and then there is dissolution and it dissolves. That is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All these material manifestations are just like bubbles in the ocean. There are millions and millions of bubbles created in one second, and in the next second they are finished. 
This is the manifestation of the material creation, but behind this manifestation is spirit. That spirit is called Brahman.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now what is the nature of that Brahman? Is it impersonal or personal? Vy\'e4sadeva says that the Supreme Truth is cognizant; He knows. 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also confirms this. The Lord says, \'93I know everything.\'94 Unless He is cognizant,
 unless behind this cosmic manifestation there is a brain, how could everything be regulated and timed so nicely? Everything is working, the planets are working\'97do you think that there is no brain behind it? There must be. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, \'93Yes. He is cognizant. He is a person. He also educated Brahm\'e4, who is consid
ered to be the first created being in this universe. He impregnated Brahm\'e4 with the Vedic knowledge.\'94 These are explanations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But there are so many foolish rascals who misinterpret the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in different ways. Therefore \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu very cunningly said, \'93I am a great fool. Therefore My spiritual master chastised Me: \'91You rascal, You fool, You cannot understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra! }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You had better take this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'92 \'94 In other words, at the present time the circumstances are so awkward that it is not possible to understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we indulge in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will be very difficult for us. Therefore Caitanya\'92s co
ntribution is that we should just chant. That will make everything progressive.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu represented Himself as the chief of the fools and rascals: \'93My spiritual master ordered Me: \'91You had bette
r chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That will make You happy and progressive and will help You one day understand what is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'92 \'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now one may question, \'93By understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one is liberated from this material entanglement, but you are asking me simply to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Will 
that same purpose be served?\'94 Lord Caitanya\'92s spiritual master said, \'93Yes, if You continue chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, t
here will be a day when You will come to the perfectional stage. Then You will be liberated. The same result that one gets by studying Ved\'e4nta philosophy or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophy can also be obtained simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Furthermore, the Ved\'e4ntist sometimes cannot attain the K\'e5\'f1\'eba planet. But Your a
dvantage will be You will not only be liberated, but You will achieve the highest planetary kingdom\'97the kingdom of God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, \'93This Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only universal religious principle in this age. N
o other religious process will be effective because people in this age are distracted in so many different ways. This is the common formula, and it is the most effective. There is no alternative for self-realization in this age of Kali than to chant Hare
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is the essence of all scriptures. There are different hymns and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but this is 
the topmost of all. Therefore My spiritual master asked Me to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE HIGHEST GOAL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu told Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, \'93My spiritual master has given Me this chanting, and he has given Me
 one verse from authoritative Vedic literature and asked Me to always keep this verse within my throat and always chant it.\'94 That verse is a quotation from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-N\'e4rad
\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , and as supplements to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , there are also eighteen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In one of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which is called the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this quotation is found: \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva keval
am/ kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kalau }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means this age of Kali, the age of disagreement, quarrel, misunderstanding, deceit, and diminished intelligence, mercy and life span. It is explicitly stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that in this age of Kali there is no other alternative, no other alternative, no other alternative to chan
ting the holy name. Thrice. When we want to stress a point we say it thrice: Do this! Do this! Do this! Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-N\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it has been thrice emphasized that one must take to this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. Why? Why must one take it? Because there is no other alternative than this for self-realization. If one at all wants to know himself, if one at al
l wants to become perfect, or if one at all wants to reach the goal of human life, then he must, he must, he must chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'93My spiritual master,\'94 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, \'93asked Me to keep this verse within My throat. \'91G
o on chanting, and I give You my blessing that You will be liberated. Not only will You be liberaled, but You will reach the highest goal\'97the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'92 \'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If you continue ch
anting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there will be a day when you will come to the perfectional stage."
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Introduction to the All-India Issue
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTRODUCTION TO THE ALL-INDIA IS
SUE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub India has always been known as a holy land long before the advent of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who originated the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a movement 500 years ago. Lord R\'e4macandra, who was the incarnation of the Supreme Lord in the role of the perfect king, actually walked on this land millions of years ago when it extended as the kingdom of the whole world. His activities are recounted
 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is accepted by all transcendental authorities as authentic scripture. Th
e most pious and learned devotees of the Lord have resided in India and taught there. The appearance of the incarnation of Lord Buddha was foretold in the First Canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chapter Three, verse 24, written 2,000 years before Buddha\'92s birth: \'93In the beginning of the Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Lord Buddha, the son o
f A\'efjana, in the province of Gay\'e4, for the purpose of deluding persons envious of the faithful theist.\'94 India is therefore the land where the religion of Buddhism sprang forth. For his special mission, Lord Buddha rejected the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and therefore the authority of the scriptures had to be reaffirmed. This was done by the great spiritual mast
er \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, who drove Buddhism from the land of India by his brilliant explanations based on the Vedic literature. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Himself the source of all the incarnations. The self-same Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in His original form, also on Indian soil, 5,000 years ago when He exhibited 
full-fledged activities as the Personality of Godhead in the provinces of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and Mathur\'e4. As it is said, God is great. The true vision of His pastimes and His greatness was then displayed to all living entities on this planet, and it is a
ll recorded in the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kr\'f1\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. It is even stated in a recent book called the Aquarian Gospel that Lord
 Jesus Christ declared by the New Testament of the Holy Bible to be the son of God, also spent some time in India and worshiped in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9. India is naturally pious, and throughout the villages of India the people still remain God conscious
. But this present age is an impious age. It can be checked only by dependence on the Lord and His devotees and by following the benediction of this age. The leaders of India have in recent history rejected the transcendental culture of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which points out that everything is actually spiritual. This material world is simply temporary and is inhere
ntly miserable, due to birth, death, disease and old age. The human form of life is therefore meant for realizing God, even by working at one\'92s occupation; the whole society has to aim at realization of God through its activities. Instead of following
 this path, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Indians, influenced by the attraction of foreign city 
life, have rejected their original culture and tried to be happy by following the materialistic ways of the great countries of the West such as the United States. The danger in their rejecting this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness while in the human form of 
life is expressed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may slip down to the lower forms of life in the future 
births. We are all spiritual by nature, but we have become covered, like a mirror becomes covered by dust. Especially for this age, Lord Caitanya, the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is appearing as a devotee in order to teach, has given a very simple 
method. Everyone should chant the holy name of God, and everyone can do it in any position of life. He has especially stated that anyone born in India has the responsibility to take up this chanting and spread it, and He has quoted scripture to state tha
t there is no alternative for spiritual realization in this age than chanting the holy name of God. It is therefore concluded that spiritual life is urgently needed, and this method should be taken. It is very easy and is being taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba H
imself, yet it has been rejected in India. By the line of disciplic succession, the Brahma-samprad\'e4ya has passed down this information; despite the corruption of the present age, it remains pure and intact. Since the incarnation of Lord Caitanya, the 
spiritual masters in this line are R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Raghun\'e4tha, J\'e9va, K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa, Narottama, Vi\'e7van\'e4tha, Jagann\'e4tha, Bhaktivinode, Gaura Ki\'e7ora, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 and now His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant
a Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Although the teachings are intact, unfortunately the philosophers of the impersonal school have misinterpreted the Vedic philosophy to deny the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They have given all attention to the i
mpersonal aspect and thus have wreaked havoc. This is not a theoretical disagreement on theology, but it concerns all humanity. If there is no understanding that God is the Supreme Person, then people in general are led to believe that there is no God, o
r they are told that if there is any spiritual existence at all, then this implies that every man is God, and that he can do as he likes, without worshiping the supreme authority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the impersonal philosophy of the 
Absolute Truth there is no ultimate love. There is no reason to stay on the spiritual platform; therefore intoxication and sex life enter and take over, and both the impersonalist teachers and their students glide to the hellish path. There are real spir
itual individualities and spiritual activities according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but if one does not 
take to them then one must take to material individuality, which is temporary and leads to lower births. Seeking to become one with the Supreme in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not a substitute for the permanent positive happiness which the spirit soul is seeking. One has to engage in spiritual life in service of the Supreme Lord under the direction of a spiritua
l master, or else he must return to the material platform. Thus it is stated that in order to wipe out impersonalism and to present an easy to perform process of devotional service to the people in this age, Lord Caitanya appeared. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states, \'93Just surrender to Me,\'94 but Lord Caitanya was even more merciful. His 
movement is simply joyful. His program is listening to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and feasting on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (spiritual food). The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not a Hindu or national culture, but it is the worship of the Supreme Personality o
f Godhead who is the father of all living entities. The attainment of the eternal, peaceful, happy state of loving service taught by Lord Caitanya can bring the solution to all the problems of life that has not been attained by technology, politics or mo
dern science. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, on the order of his spiritual master, came to the United States in 1966 to teach this message. Due to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s all-attractive transcendental nature as spiritual master and due to the solid te
achings of scriptures and the cleansing experience of chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and eating }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , spiritual foodstuffs, this message quickly gained support. Temples began opening here in the United Sta
tes in 1966, and now, in 1970, with 50 temples open, when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da returned to India his reception was overwhelmingly favorable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wherever the devot
ees went in India they were favorably received by great crowds.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Press Conference in Surat
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRESS CONFERENCE IN SURAT
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (World }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  Party)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On December 16, 1970, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da arrived in Surat at 6:00 A.M., accompanied by twenty-five
 of his American, European and Japanese disciples. They observed fasting until noon to celebrate the Disappearance Day of His Divine Grace\'92s spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Vai\'f1\'ebavas, or devotees of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, take every opportunity to glorify the Lord\'92s representatives, the blessed spiritual masters, who can implant love of God in everyone\'92s heart. In the spiritual world there is no difference between appearance and disappearance because 
spirit soul is transcendental to birth and death. The spiritual master is considered to be descending from the spiritual world, and therefore like K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s, his appearance and disappearance are transcendental and glorious. This is confirmed in
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 8.6): \'93One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and disappearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My abode.\'94 In this way the Vai\'f1\'ebavas actual
ly fulfill the ultimate goal of human life, to return home, back to Godhead, which was explained by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da later in the day to a crowd of reporters at a press conference arranged by Mr. Jariwala, our host in Surat.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Instead of the reporters\'92 asking questions, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da immediately captured the attention of all parties by asking, 
\'93What is the ultimate goal of life?\'94 Everyone had something to say on this point, but no one could respond conclusively. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained, \'93The members of society should engage their lives, money, intelligence and words in }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7riya. So }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7riya? 
\'c7riya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means the ultimate goal of life. What is the ultimate goal of life that no one knows? In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said by K\'e5\'f1\'eba that the ultimate goal of life is to surrender to Him only. \'91Give up all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me, and in 
return I shall protect you from all sinful reactions. Therefore you have nothing to fear.\'92 \'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continued, \'93For that purpose we have formed this International Society for Krishna Consciousness\'97to enlighten the people in
 general about the ultimate goal of life. This movement is being accepted in the Western world and in India, yet nowadays Indians are erroneously thinking that the goal of life is something else.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub answers what is the Absolute Truth and what is
 the nature of the greatest, of Brahman. His nature is that He is the cause of everything, the cause of all causes. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.1]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we find: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and with that understanding we have published our booklet, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Cause of All Causes. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba imparted the Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahm\'e4j\'e9, the first cre
ated living being in this material world. Brahm\'e4 is the chief engineer of the material universe, and for his work of creating different planets and living entities he is specifically empowered by the Lord. Brahm\'e4 admits that although he is so advan
ced in knowledge, still it should be understood that he is not independent. His position is stated in the hymns of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.29]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where he sings: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'91Cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a-lak\'f1\'e4v\'e5te\'f1u \'85 govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi.\'92 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He says,
 \'91I worship Govinda, the cowherd boy, who is in His own abode in the spiritual world, which is made of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or touchstone, and is known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the supermost planet in the spiritual sky. There the Supreme Lord, the Absolute Truth, is playing on His flute and wears a peacock feather in His hair.\'92 This transcendental Ve
dic knowledge was received by Brahm\'e4j\'e9 from the Lord, and thus Brahm\'e4 is the first disciple in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guru-Parampar\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or authorized disciplic succession for distribution of Vedic knowledge. This line is known as Brahma-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-Vai\'f1\'ebava Samprad\'e4ya. Brahm\'e4 is the original initiator, Gau\'f2\'e9ya designates Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4pr
abhu\'92s birthplace, the province of Gau\'f2a, and Vai\'f1\'ebava means one who worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Vi\'f1\'ebu.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da asked the reporters to ventilate the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in
 their newspapers, thus engaging the newspapers in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the qualification of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; he adjusts the transcendental message so that anything in any particular time and place can be transformed to spiritual energy by being utilizing in the service of the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus the ultimate goal of life can be realized by the mercy of a pure devotee or fully realized soul, such as His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continued the press conference by explaining the process of attaining this ultimate goal of life. He said, 
\'93A person should engage his life, wealth, intelligence and words in the service of this sublime }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub movement, which is authorized by revealed scripture and initiated by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.\'94 He explained that, if nothing else, they all can engage their words for K\'e5\'f1\'eba: \'93If K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says, \'91Surrender unto Me,\'92 and I say surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then I am a spiritual master. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'91Whoever explains this supreme secret to the devotees, I consider to be most dear to Me, and never will there be anyone more dear to Me in this world than he.\'92 So if you newspapermen serve th
e purpose of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you become devotees immediately. But if you say that it is not to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that we have to surrender, then it is nonsense. We can continue our present occupations with the addition of doing our work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
This will be our great success.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained that anyone in any position or occupation can advance in spiritual life and go back hom
e, back to Godhead, realizing the ultimate goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the absolute whole, and in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims all living entities as His eternal parts and parcels. If a screw is in its rightful place on the machine, then it has value; but the same screw, separat
ed from the machine, no longer has value. So society at the present moment has no value. Its purpose is not K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore we are all suffering. Just as a flower attached to the tree remains beautiful and fragrant, but detach the flower from t
he tree and immediately it dries up. Modern society, detached from the tree of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is like a dried flower. This movement started by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is meant to revive the lost consciousness of one\'92s eternal relationship with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus enable one to realize the real fruit of human life\'97love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The inner urge is happiness,\'94 replied Prabhup\'e4da to a question put by one of the reporters. \'93But we do not know how to att
ain that happiness. If you understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only enjoyer, then your inner urge for happiness can be satisfied. We want to love, but we do not know whom to love. We learn that from the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; their only busine
ss was to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The students of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are Japanese, German, American, French, but in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness they have become one. That oneness can be attained when one agrees to serve K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'91Give up all other engagements and just surrender unto Me; that is the ultimate goal of life. After many, many births the wise man surrenders unto Me, V\'e4sudeva [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], knowing Me to be everything.\'92 So why wa
it? Immediately surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba and achieve the ultimate goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93These boys and girls are not satisfied with material life. For example, you can not take a fish out of water and satisfy it by layi
ng it down on a velvet cloth. Similarly the living entity cannot be satisfied in the material atmosphere. He is meant to enjoy eternal life in an atmosphere of pure devotional service to the Lord. This is his eternal position.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some of the reporters asked about Christianity. One of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s disciples answered, \'93Christ taught to love God
. So we are learning to love God. Do not look for awkward formalities; just try and see the result. These boys and girls are loving God. The effectiveness of any religion one practices is proved by the result: love of God.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da e
xplained that if by one\'92s religious practice one develops love for God, then it is perfect religion, otherwise it is useless labor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Indian reporter asked why Americans and Europeans are becoming Hindus. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not Hi
ndu\'97you won\'92t find the word Hindu anywhere in Vedic literature. This Hindu is another material designation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is for everyone\'97if He\'92s God then He\'92s for everyone.\'94 Once at another meeting in Indore, when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da was asked what is his special contribution as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of such a great movement, \'c7r\'e9la P
rabhup\'e4da replied, \'93I am showing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is for everyone.\'94 Although it is common sense that God cannot be nationalized or designated in any material way, the conditioned souls cannot understand God, despite His personal appearance fr
om time to time. Therefore in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [9.11]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives a warning to such foolish men. He says, \'93The foolish mock at My descending like a human being. They think that I have assume
d this form and personality; they do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be.\'94 Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears Himself and speaks instructions to human society in the shape of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He also distributes Himself as the Param\'e4tm\'e4 or Supersoul sitting in the heart of every living creature. Furthermore
, He sends His bona fide representative in the form of the spiritual master just to guide the conditioned souls back to their original consciousness. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is delivering K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the entire world, whereas formerly it was misc
onceived that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is only for the Hindus. \'93Just see these boys and girls\'97Japanese, German, American, French and English. Do you think they are interested in being Hindus? No! They understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord, the f
ather of everyone, and they have surrendered everything for His service. Therefore they are realizing the ultimate goal of life\'97love of God,\'94 added \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At Indore His Divine Grace delivered a lecture to the members of the Lions Club. At one point he bluntly told the audience, \'93In thre
e years I accomplished one hundred times more than all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who have come to the West in the past century.\'94 This is a fact. Since \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has come to the west in 1965, he has published over fifteen books, including }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His most recent gift to the world is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supr
eme Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in two volumes, profusely illustrated by his disciples, showing the transcendental pastimes of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His transcendental b
rother Balar\'e4ma. His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has opened more than forty-five branches of ISKCON in countries like Japan, Germany, Australia, Fiji, Canada, the United States and South America. He has created thousands of K\'e5\'f1\'eba d
evotees just by teaching them the message that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu delivered 500 years back: \'93Simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and your life will be sublime.\'94 His Divine Grace was asked why he went abroad to preach Caitanya\'92s message of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chantin
g of the holy name: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare R\'e4ma. He immediately replied, \'93Because you accept everything foreign. If it is made in England you think, \'91Oh! It is very good.\'92 I thought that since everyone is following the Americans, if I can 
convince some American boys and girls about the importance of this movement then the whole world will follow and you will take it. And it is working. This is why you have come to see me\'97because I have brought so many foreign-made disciples.\'94 Everyo
ne laughed, but it is a fact. Hundreds and thousands of people flock to see His Divine Grace and his disciples wherever they go. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da calls his devotees \'93K\'e5\'f1\'ebites,\'94 and he is personally leading his party of foreign dev
otees all over the world just to show how this process of chanting the holy names and dancing is universally practical.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Without rendering service to the supreme truth, the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is not possible to have a taste of that 
sweet transcendental nectar our souls are seeking. The example is given of a hand that does not serve the stomach. The hand cannot succeed by artificially attempting to eat independently, just as a tree will not be nourished if water is poured only on th
e leaves and branches.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process is for the hand to give food to the stomach and for the tree to be watered at the root. By this process the natural energy 
is automatically distributed to all the parts of the whole. Similarly the living entity is eternally part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme whole. A society devoid of devotional service to the Lord is not society at all. Rather, it is animal life
. Human life is not meant to be spoiled by indulging only in the animal propensities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Human life requires giving our energy to the root cause of all existence, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and one can thereby realize the real
 goal of human life\'97love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus one gets free from the miserable conditions of birth, old age, disease, and death. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Always think of Me, gi
ve your love to Me, bow down to Me, worship Me, and surely you will come to Me.\'94 Here is the real program for the human society\'97to go back home, back to Godhead. With the purpose of taking everyone back home, His Divine Grace, by his causeless merc
y, placed the following advertisement in the local Indore newspaper: \'93Wanted: Qualified }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub to preach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub all over the world. Educated candidates accepted without discrimination of caste, color or creed. Apply ISKCON.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "\'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da replied, 'I am showing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is for everyone.'"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Japanese, German, American, French, English. Do you think they are interested in being Hindus? No! They understand
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord, the father of everyone, and they have surrendered everything for His service."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in Dalhousie Square, dow
ntown Calcutta. Indians are curious at the American devotees' fervor.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'ebites Teach the Real Vedic Culture to India
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbITES TEACH THE REAL
 VEDIC CULTURE TO INDIA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The tour of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da throughout India attracted much daily news coverage, and many major
 magazines ran features about \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and his foreign disciples. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Times Weekly }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Bo
mbay published a long front-cover article in November, 1970, describing a 10,000 strong crowd who attended a meeting at which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da spoke and where he ind\'fcced everyone in the huge crowd including policemen and pressmen to join in c
hanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There were subsequent letters to the newspaper on the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba movement. One man wrote in a letter, \'93As far as my knowledge goes, these foreign Hindus of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement cannot be equal to the native original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br
\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and Hindus. They will have to be relegated to the lower castes. It is significant to see one of the newly converted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la d\'e4sa, formerly Charles Polan of Chicago, stated that he was a construction worker formerly. Doing }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras\'92 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub work, it would thus become necessary to allot the three lower castes to these foreign converts acco
rding to their profession.\'94 In another letter, an Indian gentleman wrote: \'93The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is just a sporadic fad of sentimentalists.\'94 In order to rectify the misinformation of statements of this sort, answering letters were wri
tten by the disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, which were duly published in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Times. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The letters are published here in their entirety.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Letter by \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  (ISKCON\'97Bombay)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement devotees have come to India, many kinds of discussions have taken place amongst various types of
 readers. I, the undersigned, one of the members of the Governing Body, wish to clear up the situation for public understanding.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not some manufactured ideology, as is the fashion of the modern age. This movement is bas
ed on the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we accept }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is, then this movement has been in existence since the time of Manu, which is calculated at not less than 400,000,000 years
 ago. Vaivasvata Manu, or the son of the sun-god Vivasv\'e4n, is the present Manu. Also, from the historical point of view, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is current since the last 5,000 years; that is to say, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke th
is philosophy on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. As such, this movement is not for any particular sect\'97Hindu, Muslim, Christian, etc.\'97but is meant for all living entities, including the animals.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims that He is the original father of all species of living entities (Bg.
 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If God is not the father of all living entities, how can he be God? And because K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
laims to be so, He is God. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means God consciousness. Any religion of the civilized world has a connection with God consciousness, with God realization, and according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any religion which teaches how to love God is first class. It does not matter what religion one may follow, but if he has develope
d God consciousness, he is to be considered a follower of a first class religion. Actually this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is a postgraduate religious institution wherein one can practically learn how to love God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we spe
ak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba we speak of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God has many thousands of names according to the realization of the God conscious person. Out of these thousands of names, the word K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is the primal name according to Vedic scripture because in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub compile
d by Lord Brahm\'e4 it is said: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9svara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This statement that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord is also supported in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.3.28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The meaning of the word K\'e5\'f1\'eba is \'93all-attractive.\'94 When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this planet, He exhibited His all-
attractive features, namely wealth, power, influence, beauty, knowledge and renunciation. These six items are called opulence or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone who possesses these six items completely is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n. V\'e4n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub means one who possesses. So these two words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub combined indicate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or God. No one can compete with God in the matter of possessing the above six opulences. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba proved while He was present on this planet that no one in the history of the world has been able to 
compete with Him in this respect. We can find many men who possess some of these six opulences in some limited capacity, but no one has possessed all these six opulences completely in the history of the world. Thus from historical point of view also, no 
one has equalled or excelled K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is one; there cannot be two Gods. And that one God is great. How can one be great? By possessing these six opulences completely. Be
cause K\'e5\'f1\'eba has this qualification, therefore He is God. Everyone has these six opulences in small quantity, so they can be called small gods. But no one has them in full except K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore He is the Supreme God. In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna has said this very thing while addressing K\'e5\'f1\'eba: \'93No one is equal to or grea
ter than Your Lordship.\'94 (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  11.43)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern history cannot supply any evidence of the religion of the civilized world prior to 3,000 years ago. From the historical point of
 view, the Buddhist religion is calculated to be 2,600 years old, the Christian religion is 2,000 years old, the Mohammedan religion is still more recent, but no one can say how old is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has no beginning and no end, just as God has no beginning and no end. Similarly the living entity has no beginning or end. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub : The living entity does not take birth or die. (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the living entity is eternal, as God is eternal, and the relationship between God and the living entity is also eternal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya says that the eternal relationship is that God is supreme and the living entities are His eternal servants. This is also 
confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke j\'e9vabh\'fcta\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entities are parts and parcels of God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore it is the duty of all living entities to render service in love to the Supreme Person. The living entities who are struggling very
 hard in this material world are actually always in threefold miserable conditions of life. Thus, they are transmigrating from one body to another and from one planet to another. This is the materially diseased condition of the living entity. But by deve
loping K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one can go back home, back to Godhead, to attain to eternal life, all bliss and full knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant for everyone, especially for the civilized human being. Instead of trying
 to understand this movement by mental concoction, one should try to understand the philosophy which we are presenting in different books in the English language, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead; The Nectar of Devotion; Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is; \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (12 cantos); \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'e7opani\'f1ad; The Teachings of Lord Caitanya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and so many others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the authority of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all the American, European, Canadian, Australian and Japanese boys and girls who are accepting this cult belong to the topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub class. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is no caste system by birth. This is confirmed in various other Vedic literatures. The stress is given to the quality and practical life. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub brahminical }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub regulative principles are as follows: no meat-eating, no illicit sex life, no intoxicants, including coffee, tea, pan and cigarettes, and no gambling. 
These American and foreign devotees are strictly following these four regulative principles. Twenty-four hours daily they chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. They worship the Deity of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1
\'eba according to Vai\'f1\'ebava formulas. Whether the Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will accept them as }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or not does not matter. In India even amongst the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in different provinces there is no social intercourse.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if they are socially accepted or not doesn\'92t matter. For example, amongst the qualified legal practitioners in different province
s there may not be social intercourse, but that does not mean they are not qualified lawyers. This a cultural movement, and if the whole world accepts this cult, even though Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do not accept, it will do no harm at all. The tendency now is generally that even without changing their status as Hindus, Muslim, etc., people are having a social
 intercourse with others. The religious or national bar does not hamper social intercourse. We are not striving for social or political unity, but if K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is accepted there will automatically be political, social and religious uni
ty.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This has been proved already. The disciples are from many walks of life but are one in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The fact that one 
of our boys was a construction worker does not mean that he belongs to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub community. The }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub community is the less intelligent class or illiterate class who have no information }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the value }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life. In America even the highest cultured and educated person can go to work as an ordinary construction worker because they accept the dignity of labor. So although a boy was working as a construction
 worker in America, he is not a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But even if he is accepted as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that anyone who comes to Him is eligible to be elevated to the highest position of going back home, back to Godhead (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . This movement is not dependent upon Indian conceptions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everyone who takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness becomes more than a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by quality and action. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is spoken for the welfare of everyone, even for people of lower classes than the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so anyone is welcome to accept the principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is our movement. We welcome any inquiries in this regard from people in general and shall be glad to reply to all questions in this connection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can purify a devotee is like this: K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, is Absolute Truth. In the relative world there is a difference between the name and the object. For example, if one is thirsty, the object is w
ater. The name \'93water,\'94 being different from the substance, cannot satisfy one\'92s thirst. But in the spiritual world, everything is absolute or spiritual. There is no difference between the object and the name. In the spiritual world the Lord, Hi
s name, His form, His quality, His associates\'97everything\'97is spiritual, as good as the Lord. Therefore when the holy name of K\'e5s\'eba is vibrated by the devotee, the devotee is associating with K\'e5\'f1na, and thus one can constantly associate w
ith K\'e5\'f1\'eba by chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. One is purified simply by such association. It is like this: If one puts an iron rod in fire it becomes warmer, warmer, at last red hot; it is fire, although superficiall
y one can see that it is an iron rod. So a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, simply by chanting His holy name, becomes gradually spiritualized. At that time he acts only spiritually. There is no longer any material activity. The devotees are not even inter
ested in drinking coffee or tea, smoking cigarettes, or going to the cinema, what to speak of gambling and so many other distractions. For example these American and European boys were so addicted to material activities three or four years ago, but at pr
esent they have no other interests but K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And this has been possible only by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Letter by Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  (ISKCON\'97Bombay)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and a student of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
\'e4da, I wish to reply to several letters which have appeared concerning our Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement and the work of our spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The main point is that our Society is teaching, \'93here is God,\'94 and some people do not like that. Generally people are trying to k
ill God, to push Him out of the picture. But we are advertising for God: \'93Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Therefore persons who are envious of God, who want to be God, become our enemies. They see that we are publishing books, acquiring property and gaini
ng members, and they find fault. But our movement is authorized, scientific and practical, and it will continue to grow no matter how many speculators raise arguments against us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In His instructions in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba authorizes devotional service to the Lord as the only way to realize God, and He demonstrates how to practice devotional service in this age in His incarnation of Lord Caitanya.
 According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93the path of religion is directly enuciated by the Lord\'94 and is passed
 on through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chain of spiritual masters, from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Brahm\'e4, N\'e4rada, and V
y\'e4sa on through Lord Caitanya, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, and now His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is therefore the supreme authority on reli
gion. As the present }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the Gau\'f2\'e9ya-Vai\'f1\'ebava Samprad\'e4ya, His Divine Grace is 
simply passing on the perfect teachings of his predecessors, without change or interpretation, save that he is now making these teachings available to the whole world. This eternal science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God is universal and nonsectarian and has no
thing to do with any of the faiths that have some historical beginning or end. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God; God is God; He is not \'93Hindu\'94 or any other faith.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is the scientific process for realizing God in this age of quarrel; it is not a sentimental pastime, as has been suggested. Lord Caitanya was the greatest scholar i
n India, and He converted many M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jn\'e4n\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to His cult of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by logical argument and scriptural reference. He cited evidence in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that \'93in this age of Kali the
 only way to realize God is to chant the holy name of God,\'94 and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pa\'efcar\'e4tra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that 
\'93all Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rituals and understanding are compressed into eight words\'97Hare Kr\'f1\'eba, Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare.\'94 While chanting is a practical way for everyone to reach God, for those who are so inclined there is vast philosophical literature, and His Divine Grace is now making this transcendental know
ledge available to the world and has translated fifteen big books into English already.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya also taught that one is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by qualification, not by birth, as has been suggested. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba states: \'93Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness\'97these are the qualities by which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub work.\'94 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 further cites the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pad
ma Pur\'e4\'eba: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Everyone has the right to execute devotional service, just as he has the right to take early bath \'85 Lower caste people who are considered less than }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are also initiated into the Vai\'f1\'ebava cult \'85 They surpass the ordinary }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually the Vai\'f1\'ebava, who is transcendental, is better than a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who may be conditioned by goodness. But we accept the proposal of Lord Caitanya: \'93I am neither Hindu, nor }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97I am the servant of the servant of the servant of God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are Vai\'f1\'ebavas because we act like Vai\'f1\'ebavas, not because we have taken to wearing saris and churning butter. We are very
 serious in our endeavor; this is not a sporadic fad of sentimentalists, as has been suggested. How can our movement be sporadic when this science was taught in the G\'e9t\'e4 five thousand years ago and instructed to the sun-god millions of years before
 that? How can it be called sporadic when our activity is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanatana-dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the eternal occupation of the 
living entity? Would faddists give up all meat-eating, intoxicants, illicit sex and gambling for over five years now? Would faddists give up friends, family and money and get up at 4:00 A.M. daily, ready to go to any country in the world and preach in an
y conditions immediately on the request of their spiritual master?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To become a devotee of the Lord is a rare thing, and everyone knows that there will never be a problem of too many people taking to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Actually there can be no scarcity in God\'92s creation: the only scarcity can be K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore we urge people to change their consciousness, not their occupations. In our ISKCON communities we are fo
llowing the teachings of Lord Caitanya practically both individually and collectively, and we are being satisfied spiritually and materially. We are working, each person according to his natural capacity, for the pleasure of the Sureme Lord. Thus some ar
e running our printing presses and some teaching university courses in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; some are operating an ideal farm community modeled after V\'e5nd\'e4vana and sheltering hundreds of cows in the U.S.A., while others are preparing the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we serve to thousands of persons daily; some are on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and circulating 500,000 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godh
ead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub magazines per month in six languages, and still others are maintaining our fifty centers with R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deity worship all over the world. Actually we are work
ing harder than anyone, but because we are working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub our work is jo
yful and free from anxiety. Thousands of new Vai\'f1\'ebavas, who are considered already liberated, are doing the work of India, which is to present the gift of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and thereby save the world from gliding to hell. Not only can e
veryone do this, but they must do it. For this reason we are traveling to all countries of the world and begging all people to revive their love of God and sing the glories of His name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When \'c7r\'e9la Prab
hup\'e4da speaks . . .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Food offered before the altar of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in Dalhousie Square, downtown C
alcutta. Indians are curious at the American devotees' fervor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indians reach eagerly for pras\'e4dam (spiritual food) distributed by \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa an American disciple of 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da holds lecture and chanting before a large school assembly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In some instances, whole villages turned out and joined the chanting parties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "When the holy name is vibrated by the devotee, the devotee is associating with K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Student Guru d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 answers questions on behalf of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da with leading Indian industrialist \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Sumati Morarji, whose Scindia Steamship\line 
Lines first financed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's journey to the U.S.A. in 1965.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Haimavat\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, initiated disciple of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's, lecturing to women pr
esent at\line one of the large meetings in India. l to r\'97Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Sv\'e4mi.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Returns to India
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA RETURNS TO INDIA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Bombay)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chanters first appeared in America five years ago, Americans were surprised. Dressed in \'93Indian\'94 }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhotis }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub saris }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and chanting \'93Hindu\'94 chants in Sanskrit, they were a novelty, but when they braved the winter snow and freezing temperatures to perform their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub people had to take them seriously.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now it is time for the Indians to be surprised. For the first time in many years, Indians in the downtown sectors of her major cities a
re seeing this same performance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as taught and popularized by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4pr
abhu, who advented Himself in India, in West Bengal, 480 years ago. Yet instead of seeing Indians chanting, as one would expect in India, the Indians are astonished to see that the chanters are actually Americans and Europeans, dressed in the traditional
 garb of Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or holymen. These American and European devotees are following the Vedic system
 even more strictly than the Indians. By dint of the determination and eagerness to chant the Lord\'92s praises, Indians are beginning to understand the purpose of their chanting. No longer are the devotees viewed as curiosities or public entertainment, 
as they were taken to be when first appearing in the West. The serious purpose of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is a wonderful and welcome surprise to all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These surprises are the mercy of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who came to America five years ago from India
 and just recently has returned to India from the West. As }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or teacher for this modern age an
d founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has been spreading the prime benediction for humanity\'97Lord Caitanya\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa
\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement\'97to peoples of all countries. As a pure devotee of the Lord, he is taken as His personal representative on this planet. He enjoys the direct association 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and due to his transcendental position, is a constant source of surprise.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has surprised the world with all his God-centered activities. The pure devotee shares in the qualities of God
head, and therefore His Divine Grace is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  acintya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inconceivable, just like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His actions can
not be predicted. At the same time he is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyuta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub infallible, for the pure devotee shares in none of the d
efects of the ordinary conditioned soul. The surprises provided by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da are actually the surprises of the Supreme Personality of Godhead for whom \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is the most confidential servitor and instrument. These surpr
ises have actually been predicted by the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in disciplic succession, for such holy souls
 know something of the inner workings of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Five hundred years ago \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or appearance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this age, predicted that His name would be sung in every country, village and town throughout the world. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is
 specifically fulfilling that prediction. Thirty-five years ago \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the spiritual master of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, ordered his student to bring K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess to the Western world. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has already furfilled that order. Furthermore, at the turn of this century, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur, father of \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the time, predicted that the preaching of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness would one day come back to India from the West.
 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is now in India fulfilling that surprising prophecy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When His Divine Grace came to the United States, he told us, \'93You are living in the greatest country in the world. If you take to th
is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, the whole world will follow your example.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s plan has come true. Having left India on the instruction of his spiritual master at a time when the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba was
 unknown outside of India, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has made \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 a household term in innumerable homes throughout the world to the degree that he is now in the position of bringing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba back to India from the outsi
de. There have been K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious hit records, television appearances, feature stories, and praise from the government, the churches, and the elite. Most importantly, there has been the publication of twenty books on the science of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba in the English language as well as the establishment of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead Magazine }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in six different l
anguages with a monthly circulation of one half million. Thus \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who left India with only five dollars and a carton of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatams, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is returning to India having fulfilled the order of his spiritual master in just five years. With him he is bringing thirty of his Western disciples, 100,000 books, and the most amazing s
uccess story in the recent history of Western spiritualism, just to show the Indians how the West has taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and how practical K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness really is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In profound humility, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da attributes all his success to his Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. He says that his only greatness 
is that he has not adulterated the teachings of the scriptures and}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, bul has pres
ented them as they are, without personal motivation or interpretation, as they have been passed down through disciplic succession from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. He has taken as the prime duty of his life the fulfilling of the instructions of his Guru Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja, who, as a bona fide spiritual master, is a direct representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here is the secret of his success. He has followed the instructions of his Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja explicitly, not expecting personal results. For this selfless 
service and love, he has heen granted complete success by guru and by God. Any student who undertakes to fulfill the order of his guru, assured that his guru is a bona fide representative in the disciplic succession, is guaranteed success in his endeavor
s because the bona fide spiritual master is a representative of God. As the direct representative of the supreme authority, whatever instruction the spiritual master gives is backed up by the Supreme Personality, just as an agreement signed by a bona fid
e representative of a company is binding on the corporation, and the corporation is responsible for commitments made by its representative. Thus \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was assured his surprising success by strictly followirig the order of his Guru Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja, who is in direct succession from the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Still, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is endlessly exciting and ingenious, ever fresh and original and completely unpredictable in his plans
 to please the Lord and guru. How fortunate we are to witness the magnificence of his devotional service, as this chanting process turns this pandemonium of hell, our confusing material world, into Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the blissful spiritual abode of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93We are so grateful to you for coming to us and showing us what you have learned. You have taken to this process\'97even greater tha
n we have.\'94 \'93Yes, we feel ashamed that you have had to come here to teach us our own religion.\'94 \'93Yes, but what I want to know is what your parents thik of your converting.\'94 These reactions have been common among many Indians we have met in
 India.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indians are very anxiously observing the example of the West, desirous of becoming materially advanced like the Westerners, and they ar
e forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But we tell them that the West is disgusted with so-called material happiness and is now looking to India for spiritual guidance. In the past, India sent so many swamis who taught corrupt philosophies, preaching, \'93I am God
, you are God, everybody is God, dog is God,\'94 or \'93All is one, all is void; do whatever you want, and just transcend.\'94 Such philosophies do not satisfy the spirit soul. But now the West has received a real source of transcendental knowledge and a
 respectable representative of Indian spiritual culture\'97His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. He has given to the West what no other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has\'97the spiritual bliss of personalism, K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Under his expert guidance, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s disciples are very quickly advancing to the platform of transcendental ecstacy. They are living proof in India that where money, sex, alcohol, divorce, coffee, ciga
rettes, washing machines, telephones, electric can openers, newspapers, schools, poverty programs, hamburgers and milk shakes, TV dinners, caterers, hedonism, impersonalism, altruism, baseball, etc., have failed to bring happiness, K\'e5\'f1na has succee
ded. K\'e5\'f1na is always successful because He is God. Now His pure representative has returned to India, to remind the people of their blissful heritage. Once again, this great nation is taking to the spiritual pathway of devotional service to God. Mi
sconceptions about Kr\'f1na are rampant in India, but these can be cleared away by reference to revealed scripture.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE IS ALL ATTRACTIVE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is K\'e5\'f1\'eba a Hindu God? No, for God is God, and though He is absolute, He has many names. One characteristic of God is that He i
s all-attractive, and the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba denotes that all-attractive quality. So K\'e5\'f1na means God, and He is ultimately the same God worshiped by all religions everywhere. He is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yahweh in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Old Testament, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and Jehovah in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New Testament. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Cai
tanya taught that God has invested all His potencies in all His names, and we should not consider that one name is any better than another.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kr\'f1na is God, and He appeared on earth in His all-attractive feature or personal form to attract all species of life. In the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 14.4}{\cs3774\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba clearly states, \'93It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunt\'e9, ar
e made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.\'94 Thus He is the God not only of Hindus, Christians and Jews, but also of lions, fish and trees. Just as the sun, although it rises in the East, cannot be called an
 Indian sun, similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in India, but in no way can He be called an eastern God. He is always present everywhere. Nowhere does}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He ever claim that He is a Hindu God or that He can take birth only in India. K\'e5\'f1\'eba belongs to everyone. How else could so many persons in America relish transcendental bliss in K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness? K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was unknown there five years ago and is just beginning to be recognized as a religion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya, an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in India five hundred years ago, He made lions, tigers, elephants\'97all 
animals\'97jump in ecstatic love for God. Just by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and by hearing 
these sacred names of God, all living entities become purified.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the eternal science of God, the living entity and nature. This science is true in all places and at all
 times, and, being transcendental, it is beyond the temporary designations of material time and space.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many people ask if Hinduism is an Indian religion. The term \'93Hindu\'94 itself is foreign to India and has nothing to do with the rel
igion. The term \'93Hindu\'94 was used by the Muslims to refer to the people living beyond the Indus River, or the \'93Hindus\'94 River as they called it, since they were unable to pronounce the \'93I\'94 at the beginning of \'93Indus.\'94 Another term f
or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the eternal occupation of the living entity, na
mely to render service. Every bona fide religion teaches us to serve God. But since the term \'93Hindu\'94 is unrelated to the actual practices of the worshipers across the Indus, it has been applied to any number of beliefs and practices in India, only 
some of which are in harmony with this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one\'92s goal is God, he will adopt whatever means are necessary to reach that end. Just as in material life, if one\'92s goal is to
 learn advanced technology and the best facilities for learning technology are in America, one will arrange to enroll in an American school. Similarly, if one\'92s goal is God, one must seek out that best process for realizing God in order to be successf
ul. The Vedic literatures provide the most complete information about God in the world. According to the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the chanting of the holy name is the easiest means for contacting God in the present age. Therefore one must be practical and test out which process is actually brin
ging love of God, both by personal experience and by the results of others. Then one will find success.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GOD IS ONE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes, yes. We worship all the gods\'97R\'e4ma, \'c7iva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Durg\'e4, Bala. They are all different names for the same K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are actually all God, so why limit yourself just to K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 Just as in America there are so many Christians in name only, similarly in India there are many sentimental Hindus who have accepted their religion as tradition fro
m their parents, but who are not acquainted with the actual science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba presented by the disciplic succession according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are all the gods on the same level? No. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fct
ra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub defines the Absolute Truth as that from which everything emanates. The concept of the Absolute Truth i
s even superior to the concept God, or He who controls everything. The first verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the natural commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , states that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that Absolute Truth, and in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says, \'93I am the source of everything; from Me the entire creation flo
ws.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Arjuna, who is receiving this knowledge from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, responds, \'93You are the invincible source, the cause of all causes.\'94 At the same time, K\'e5\'f1na is wor
shiped as the Supreme Godhead in the first verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 (\'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms, \'93The whole cosmic order is under Me,\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.8}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and Arjuna exclaims, \'93You are the Supreme controller.\'94 (11.39). Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Godhead, surpasses even the concept of God and is called the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE APPEARS IN MANY INCARNATIONS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nevertheless, K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifests Himself in different forms. He is like the original candle from which many other candles of equa
l brightness and warmth are lit. Expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are also counted as God. They are actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of all other forms. This is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord manifests Himself as N\'e5si\'e0ha, V\'e4mana, R\'e4ma, Balar\'e4ma, etc., for different purposes, yet all the abovementioned incarnations are either plenary portions or portions of the plenary portions of the
 Lord. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, is the original Personality of Godhead: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93K\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam.\'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like the many-faceted Vaidurya stone, which, although one, reflects its many facets in many different colors. R\'e4ma ac
ts as an ideal king, N\'e5si\'e0ha reflects the feature of anger, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba acts as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is therefore the complete whole.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the relation between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Christ? Kr\'f1na is the father, and Christ is the son. In}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims that He is the s
eed-giving father of all living entities. In the Holy Bible, Jesus claims that he is the son}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of God, so 
there is no contradiction. Actually God appears either directly or indirectly, either by descending Himself or by sending a representative. Both types of beings who descend from the spiritual world for the sake of reclaiming the fallen souls are called }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or incarnations. The direct }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are direct expansions of the Lord and are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1nu-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or God, while the indirect incarnations are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  or minute living entities who have been especially empowered by K\'e5\'f1\'eba for some purpose. For example, N\'e4rada is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  soul in the feature of devotional service, Vy\'e4sa is considered a literary incarnation of the Lord, and Brahm\'e4 is empowered with creative potency. But all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va-tattvas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , even incarnations, are the energy of God and therefore the servants of God. Still they may receive all the respect ordinarily paid t
o God because they are His pure representatives.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some indirect incarnations descend to teach about God, while others employed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to administrate the affairs of the unive
rse, are called demigods. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like a king, and the demigods are like His cabinet ministers. For example, Brahm\'e4 is in charge of creation, Indra is in charge of the weather, and Durg\'e4 is in charge of the material energy. In different w
ays, the demigods perform devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with powers granted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7iva is in charge of destruction and is a great devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, though not exactly an ordinary living entity. But in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and
 temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, but My devotees reach My supreme abode.\'94 (7.23) Therefore it is a mistake to think that by worshiping any of the demigods or by chanting the names of the demigods one will a
chieve the same result as by worshiping K\'e5\'f1na. \'93Whatever a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kunt\'e9, is really meant for Me alone, offered without true understanding. For I am the only enjoyer and the only object of sacrifice. They fal
l down who do not recognize My true transcendental nature.\'94 (Bg. 9.22-23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub explains that one who has surrendered to K\'e5\'f1na has no obligations either to demigods, sages, o
r people in general; just as watering the root of a tree automatically nourishes all the leaves, twigs and branches, so by serving the Supreme Lord one automatically satisfies all the demigods. Lord Jesus says, \'93Love God,\'94 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says 
\'93Love Me,\'94 so what is the contradiction? The true representatives of God tell us to surrender to God, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us to surrender to Him. Therefore there is complete harmony of thought expressed in all the teachings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are we God? No. We are the energy of God, eternally related to God. We are like the sunshine and God is like the sun globe; wherever th
ere is sun there is sunshine, and wherever there is sunshine there is sun. But the sunshine is not the same as the sun globe. We are infinitesimal, and God is infinite; therefore we are qualitatively one with God but quantitatively different. Now, howeve
r, our qualitative oneness with God is covered, due to our association with matter, and we must purify ourselves to realize our spiritual nature as part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93The living entities are My parts and parcels e
ternally\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , so how can the part be equal to the whole? How can we be God?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya taught that our constitutional position is that we are eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the conditioned state and i
n the liberated state we are eternally K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s servants; we never become God. Liberation means to realize our constitutional position as servants of God. The hand is part of the body, and as it feeds the stomach it automatically becomes satis
fied; but if the hand thinks, \'93Why should the stomach be all-in-all; I want to enjoy for myself,\'94 and it sticks itself in some food and does not feed the stomach, then it will wither. We are pure spirit soul, part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and 
our purpose in life is to serve the complete whole, the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God always remains God. He is God when He is playing on the lap of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4; He is God when He kills the Putan\'e4 demon at 
the age of six months; He is God displaying His universal form on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. He did not have to become God by meditation, penance or austerity, or by following the rules and regulations. God is substantially God. His manifestation 
is always present. As explained by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba has nothing to do. If anyone has to do something to become God, he is a dog. He is not God. This one ean easily understand. If someone advertises that by meditation he has b
ecome God, or by worshiping such and such deity he has become God, you can immediately take it that he is a dog. The Vedic definition says that God does not have to do anything to become God. Therefore God is substantially God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually we are all in the material world because we wanted to forget K\'e5sna. Therefore certain comments are not at all a surprise: 
\'93Because you come from a rich country, you can afford to spend your time chanting like this. When we become rich like you, we\'92ll do this too.\'94 \'93Yes, why don\'92t you go back to your country and leave us alone? These philosophies have kept us 
back long enough. It is fine for you to chant, but what about the starving masses? It is hard to meditate on an empty stomach.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When someone comes along to remind us of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we may use every excuse to avoid becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Most peopl
e are used to thinking of themselves as the controllers, but to love God, one must concede that God is the supreme controller in all ways. No problem can exist independently of Him, nor can a solution be found without Him. Even economics is not a subject
 unrelated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Problems such as poverty, starvation, poor housing, etc., are simply reflections or our forgetfulness of God. If the material necessities of life are used according to God\'92s instructions, economic problems will disappear.
 In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [1]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we learn that each person has an allotted quota of all necessities provided by the supreme father. Therefore, situations where one has too little or too much are due 
to ignorance of the laws which God has so mercifully revealed to us.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'93WHY IS THERE SUFFERING?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because God is always ready to give us what we desire, He has created the material world where we can assume the false position of cont
roller, life after life, for as long as we like. Yet this material creation is marked by unpleasant conditions\'97birth, death, old age and disease\'97so that we may question, \'93Why am I suffering?\'94 The search for an answer to such questions leads u
s to spiritual life and finally freedom from the cares of material existence. A nice example is given: The king may have all wealth in his kingdom, but the prisoners in the prison house never know it. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has His eternal, blissful, 
spiritual kingdom, but we are suffering in the material world due to our wanting to forget Him. The intelligent person will endeavor to get out of prison, to transfer to the spiritual world, rather than waste his time trying to make patchwork temporary a
djustments to life in prison. \'93From the highest planet in the material world, down to the lowest, all are places of misery where repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains My abode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again.\'94 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  8.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Relatively happy and prosperous societies have existed within this world. But these rare societies were due to the grace of the Lord an
d His representative kings who followed the scientific Vedic system of organizing society. Such rulers were pure devotees or saintly kings like Lord R\'e4ma and Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. The kingdoms of the devotee kings knew material opulence fa
r beyond anything we know today, and everyone was happy because they were working and receiving consciousness of God at the same time. In the materialistic societies people are not only unhappy and anxious due to their forgetfulness of God, but whatever 
wealth they do have is taken away by God\'92s agency of inexhaustible time. \'93Of subduers I am time.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.30) Due to misusing God\'92s property, people in the United States will end up starving in poverty, whereas that society which recognized God\'92s proprietorship o
ver all and appeals to Him, even if it be for material things will flourish.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material existence is like a blazing forest fire which can be extinguished only by the raincloud of mercy from the bona fide spiritual 
master. No one starts a forest fire, yet automatically fires appear. Similarly, no one wants unhappiness in the material world, but automatically problems arise. But just as rainfall easily puts out a blazing forest fire, so the representative of God ext
inguishes our material suffering. Neither our own efforts nor those of family, friends, planning commissions and governing bodies can save us from misery and death. Only the ocean of mercy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and His representative, the bona fide spiritual 
master, who pours forth mercy as a raincloud emits water, can extinguish our material existence. Theoretically we can understand that we cannot solve the problems of material life without God, and historically we can see that no society has been happy wi
thout God. \'93I am the goal, the upholder, the master, witness, home, shelter, and the dearmost friend.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.18)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 USE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA'S THINGS IN HIS SERVICE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not contrary to life with material comforts; the point is to love God in whatever we are doing. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba instructed Arjuna in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93O Arjuna, surrendering all your works unto Me, with mi
nd intent on Me, without desire for gain, and free from egoism and lethargy, fight.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 3.30}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The idea is that we should perform our prescribed duties only for the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord, wit
h our consciousness fixed on the Lord. But even if we cannot surrender fully to the Lord, we can offer some of the fruits of our activities to God and remember Him while working by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus money, airplanes, tape recorders, printing presses\'97all modern facilities\'97can be used for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But if our material
 facilities are used without reference to God, we are doomed. If one gives a bird a beautiful cage, keeps it clean, polishes and decorates it, and then never feeds the bird, the bird will certainly be unhappy and ultimately die. Similarly, if we use our 
modern civilization only to gratify, prolong, decorate and patch up the body, never feeding the soul within it, then surely the living entity will suffer and die. Therefore, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said to us in America, \'93You have wealth, beauty, fr
iends, education\'97but they are all zeros. But if you put a one in front of all those zeros, you get millions, and that one is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 The point is not to give up anything; the point is to add love of God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 EVERYONE IS WON BY K\'c9RTANA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have traveled throughout India\'97to Calcutta, Bombay, Delhi, and to smaller cities too. We have been on the street, to conventions,
 in temples, and with the Prime Minister. Some people we have met have been convinced by our philosophy and some have not, but practically everybody is won by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana\'97}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the sound representation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At religious conventions, monistic philosophers may rebuke us all day long, insisting that everyone is God\'97but by nightfall they are begg
ing us to perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for them. Everyone is impressed that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has establish
ed his \'93New V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'94 in West Virginia with cows, forests, and temples modeled after the original V\'e5nd\'e4vana of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in India. They marvel at his fifty centers established throughout the world, at the fifty thousand parti
cipants at his Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival in San Francisco, and at the monthly circulation of five hundred thousand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead\'92s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be increased to one million by the summer. The people of India, who are looking to the example of the West, are surprised to find Americans, Europeans, and Asians chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya, who is 
God Himself, is simply witnessing everything that He already knew would happen. His name is being sung in every village and town in all countries throughout the world; K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is being brought back to India from the West, and those w
ho are chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are experiencing the ultimate goal of life: the transcende
ntal bliss which comes from love of God.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 World Sa\'eck\'e9rtana Party \'93There is no other alternative in this age.\'94
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WORLD SA\'cbK\'c9RTANA PARTY}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'97\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub "There is no other alternative in this age."
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 text by Sy\'e4masundara d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON\'97Bombay)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These events are historic in the annals of Vai\'f1\'ebava history, since the whole town of Surat was situated on the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sank\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  platform. Everywhere we went, people chanted with us,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and at nighttime they would construct a large planked stage on a street, and thousands of devotees would come and hear \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and
 chant with us. We would chant, weaving through the streets of the town, which seemed to be broken up into little villages.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Nagar our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  route was planned, and people lined the streets waiting for us. Sometimes they would put cloth on the ground or drape cloth overhead. They would throw rice and put sandalwood on our foreheads to cool us off, 
and then red }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ku\'eckuma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  would be applied also or thrown in the air in powdered form, and each few 
yards women would come and garland us, so much so that we would have to take the piled up garlands off, since there were so many of them that our vision would be impaired.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And when we threw the beautifully scented garlands to the air, waiting devotees of Surat scampered to have one of the flowers. The proc
ession wove on, and Din\'e4n\'e4tha constantly threw flowers in the air, and Gop\'e4la D\'e4s took sandalwood and applied it to everyone who came to garland us. Yamun\'e4 and Kausaly\'e4 and M\'e4dr\'e9 D\'e4s\'e9 danced in little circles and transcenden
tal pirouettes, shoulder to shoulder, in and out, out and in, whirling to and fro, Ha\'e0sad\'fcta drumming with Tam\'e4la in pulsing fashion. Stokala from Hawaii danced up and down, Sarasvat\'e9 with her arms in the air shouted Haribol on \'c7y\'e4masun
dara\'92s shoulders, the crowd embraced us from all sides. The intensity of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  increased and 
increased and increased, and everyone, due to the sheer numbers and enthusiasm of those present, took an active part. \'93East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet\'94 was rendered meaningless on these historic days of wonderful, vibra
nt }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When it was time for our program, we simply looked at \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and he said, \'93Begin chanting,\'94 and we did. As us
ual the holy names filled up the lost groping hearts of all around, and even some of the impersonalists danced, and the faces of the people changed from grey to a nice reddish due to bright attentive joy. We got up from the stage and danced, and they got
 up from their seats and danced, a duplication of many such experiences in the United States and Europe. But here the people were reacting to something that was lost to them and now returned to them, as if some pure childhood experiences were filling the
ir heads and hearts. We had only known Snow White meets Prince Charming, but they had known Hari N\'e4ma Sa\'eck\'e9rtana, and they were now experiencing this again after many years abstinence. All over India the have been poisoned and have forgotten, an
d it is our task to bring them one-pointed purity as it is, to replace the quagmire of imaginary grasped-at happiness that now abounds. And then in the midst of our explosion of holy names, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da stood up
 and danced. The place was surcharged with spiritual energy, and even hard Westernized reporters cried in ecstasy. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then gave a short ten minute talk about the value of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and how it had changed our lives in the West. Like a proud father. he was showing us off.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace explained that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the purifying agent in this age. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s talk was shorter than anyone else\'92s, but more packed full of spiritual information.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next day this Sadhu Samaj went on, but we were not invited back; rather, we were requested not to come back, since our }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub disrupted the mental speculators\'92 verbose lectures, in which they belabor one fine point after another
 but never understand the spirit soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said about these kind of Ved\'e4ntists at another meeting, \'93They will labor so hard over one point without co
ming to any conclusion, and we will reach God by eating.\'94 (And he popped a piece of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into h
is mouth as an example.)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We read in Vedic literature about this present age that we are living in now, called the Age of Kali, the age of hypocrisy, quarrel and
 corruption. Aside from the statements of Vedic literature we can observe that the age is full of many vices; it is a veritable ocean of vices. There is widespread poverty, war, crime, and great attention given to intoxication and illicit sex life. Perso
ns in this age have a very short duration of life, at least compared to descriptions we get of former ages; also, duration of memory, ability to concentrate, and interest in spiritual life were all formerly greater than in this current age. The reason th
is has come about is by the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This material universe is divided into vast periods of time, and the present age is the most degraded. Long, long ago there was a golden age called Satya-yuga. At that time almost one hundred percent of
 the people were God conscious, but one after another the different ages came like seasons, and society became increasingly degraded. This age of Kali-yuga is as inevitable as the seasonal cycle, but just because Kali-yuga is inevitably going to be more 
and more degrading does not imply that the influential, responsible people, especially the devotees of the Supreme Lord, will sit aloof and ignore or grow callous to this age of quarrel as it increases in corruption. Saintly persons are like older brothe
rs in society, and they have great concern over the disintegration of religious principles in humanity. A pure devotee knows that no one can be happy in a society where people neglect rendering devotional service to the source, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE PRACTICAL SOLUTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a practical solution to the problems of the age of Kali. The age of Kali is symptomized by the absence 
of religious principles. In the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is described that 5,000 yea
rs ago the entrance of Kali was first observed by the pious king of that time, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. He was out inspecting his kingdom, and he saw a cow, the personification of religion, standing on one leg, being beaten by a very low-class man 
in the dress of a king. The pious king saw that the age of Kali was just beginning and three out of four of the cow\'92s legs were broken. Since the cow is the emblem of religion, her legs are compared to the four basic religious principles\'97austerity,
 cleanliness, mercy and truthfulness\'97which are one by one being destroyed in this age. Austerity means to undergo a little difficulty in order to get something higher, just as a student may stay home and study and miss some nice entertainment because 
he has a higher goal. Austerity for the highest purpose, to develop love of God, is not being practiced at all in this age, and the main reason according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gava
tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that people are too pro
ud of their money. Even a pauper becomes very proud and puffed up if he gets a little money; he thinks that he can buy everything he needs and that there is no need to hear about God consciousness. Pride wipes out austerity, and cleanliness is destroyed 
by illicit connections with women. Women and sex of course exist, but the perverted conception whereby the whole society, the whole civilization, is pinpointed simply on sex life is most degraded. And the principle of mercy is being destroyed by lying pr
opaganda on the national, international and familial levels. Everyone has this lying propensity. The age of Kali, however, is described to be like the rainy season. Even though the rain has to come, this does not mean that one should not take precautions
 and go out with an umbrella.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 EVERYONE SHOULD HELP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this age of Kali, when people are very unfortunate and distracted, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has entered t
he picture. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a new religion; it is the oldest\'97the eternal science of God. It was first brought to the United States in 1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. According to Vedic literature, n
o material adjustment can solve the problems of man and society, but if spiritual education is propagated, then all ills will be removed. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is an educational institution, and we are trying to propagate very pure teachings. The 
government, of course, is not meant to be partial to a particular faith. But the government should not be indifferent to religious principles. How can a good government be in favor of wiping out corruption but not be in favor of religious principles? Suc
h principles have nothing to do with a particular faith. There is no point in one\'92s changing from Hindu to Christian or from Muslim to Jew if one is not actually practicing religious principles. It does not matter which faith one belongs to, but the b
asic religious principles have to be followed because they lead to love of God, which alone can bring happiness and perfection for all humanity. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is therefore teaching everyone their true position: all persons are
 spirit souls, part and parcel of God. We are teaching how to love K\'e5\'f1na, and we want to propagate this teaching through all available media. All persons are asked to contribute in some way to the propagation of this message. It\'92s not meant for 
only a few people; it\'92s meant for everyone. We are publishing books with our press, but we need to expand. More and more books are needed all over the world. We propagate K\'e5s\'eba consciousness by disseminating literature, by chanting Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, by distributing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and broadcasting with the transcendental words coming from God Him
self as recorded in the Vedic scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we ask for donations, people often ask us. \'93What are you doing collecting money? What is it for?\'94 They should know that our 
spiritual master keeps nothing for himself, nor for His disciples. Everything is being used in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service because everything actually belongs to K\'e5s\'eba. That\'92s why we\'92re telling people, \'93Please, don\'92t think that whatever
 you have is yours. That is illusion. Everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Now, while we have this human form of life, let us engage it in K\'e5s\'eba\'92s service. This will actually bring us happiness and will benefit everyone because this is K
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s world. People should understand that everything belongs to God. It is God\'92s property, even these bodies. Therefore everything should be used in K\'e5\'f1na\'92s service.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IT IS SANCTIONED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sanction and guidance to do this are received from a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who comes and preaches to all classes of people
. Please serve the Supreme Lord. Whatever money we get we use to publish more books and spread Kr\'f1na consciousness. Also, we are opening temples whenever we can. In this material world, men are parched and are searching for some nectar and joy.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material world is like a desert; one cannot find relief. But just as in a desert, one can find an oasis,
 the temples are like oases in the material world. We have about fifty temples all over that world, and every month more are being opened. But to help spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, to open temples and publish books, we need the help of all people.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a story told about a man who was drowning in a river. Many people on the shore saw him drowning, and one man went out to save 
him. Everyone was anticipating a rescue, but the rescuer came back with only the man\'92s shirt and pants. He was severely ridiculed: \'93You have not saved the man. You saved his shirt and pants.\'94 In this way, welfare activities of a mundane altruist
ic and philanthropic nature\'97opening hospitals but neglecting God consciousness\'97do not save the real man. This body, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub explains, is just a temporary manifestation. Our real self is the eternal spirit soul. People do not have to be great philosophers; they should just try this process of chanting the holy name of God, taking }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and reading books like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub magazine. This will revive the dormant love of God that is in everyone\'92s heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To further this end, our spiritual master has now begun a life membership program. Many people want to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness, but because of business and family commitments they are not able to come and live in the temple. They do, however, want to help. For those who want to help this movement in some way we have begun a program of life membership whereby a life member c
an receive all the books we have publisihed so far and all that we will publish in the future. A life member also receives a lifetime subscription to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and he can also stay at any one of our temples. All our temples now are arranging accommodations\'97guest rooms\'97where a life member can come and stay; he can take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and stay as long as he likes, whether it be in Paris or London or Boston. Now everyone can prosecute their duty in 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. A life membership costs $1,111. The idea is to propagate K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness, produce more books and encourage someone who wants to commit himself to helping K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We do not expect the politi
cians and the leaders of the world to shave their heads and wear robes, but if they can take some advice from a pure devotee, that would be very helpful for everyone. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that a pure devotee does not want a political post, nor does he want power, but his suggestions of how to propagate real peace and prosperit
y should be listened to. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One can become a donor member in ISKCON and can receive all our books to date and a lifetime subscription to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to 
Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for $555.00. Actually all our programs are free. We ask a dollar for attendance at our Sunday feast, but if anyone does not have a dollar, he does not go away; he can come
 anyway. Similarly, we freely distribute our magazine, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . One will notice that there is no 
price on this magazine. We ask a donation. If someone is interested and does not have anything, we invite him to take it and read about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is free for everyone. But if one wishes to patronize this n
ice movement, the opportunity is there. Become a life member, become a donor member, or become a subscriber for $222.00 and receive }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for life, or simply become a regular member and subscribe to the magazine for a year for $4.50. Our spiritual master wants to spiritualize this planet, and engage everyone in any way\'97by their money, by the
ir talent, by their advice. Or let us come to your home, give out }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and show a film and speak. 
People can gather their friends, and we will come and have }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in their home. If we do not s
pread this movement, someone else will. It is not that this work is going to be neglected. It is stated by Lord Caitanya, who is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be heard in every town and village in the wor
ld. But if someone can take the opportunity and help in this mission of the Supreme Lord, it will be very auspicious for himself personally, and whatever he does will benefit all humanity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BACK COVER: Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared 500 years ago as Lord Caitanya, a pure devotee, just to teach us h
ow to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba His ecstatic method of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (dancing und chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba) is the recommended way to achieve spiritual happiness in this present age of hypocrisy and quarrel.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 4
4, 1972
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Divine Anger and His Devotee's Pure Love p22 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the monthly journal of the International S
ociety for Krishna Consciousness. It was founded in 1944 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore there is no other topic 
in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub except K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In other words, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deals with the essential aim of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many magazines throughout the world devoted to the relative truths of politics, economics, sociology, psychology, religion, c
urrent affairs, etc., but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub focuses upon the Absolute Truth, or the source of everything. 
\'93Where does everything come from? Who am I? What is the purpose of life?\'94 These questions must arise in the mind of every intelligent human being. The purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godh
ead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is to train the mind of the reader to find the ultimate answers to these questions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The best way to get an answer to a question is to ask someone who knows. For answers to spiritual questions, one should approach a spir
itual master. We devotees of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement have accepted His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da as our spiritual master because he is able to answer all of our questions perfectly. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has convinc
ed us that we are not merely our bodies but eternal spiritual living beings. He has convinced us that the Absolute Truth is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that He is personal, not impersonal. And he has convinced us that the highest occupation for every living being
 is to engage in pure devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in unalloyed love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace has not swayed us with sentimentality. He has explained the subject of K\'e5\'f1\'eba elaborately, scientifically and 
authoritatively, and we have accepted his conclusions. He has given us a life of knowledge and bliss, and we are trying to distribute this to everyone\'97by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the streets, by establishing temples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba where people may learn the science of devotional service, by organizing worldwide K\'e5sna conscious f
estivals, by approaching people in their homes, and by distributing this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness offers the highest perfection to everyone. We don\'92t ask that you accept this movement blindly or sentim
entally, but examine it, study it, try to understand it. Our spiritual master is not cheating us. He is giving us knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as he has received it from his spiritual master in a chain of disciplic succession and as it is confirmed by aut
horitative scriptures such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Furthermore, His Divine Grace has given us the sublime process of chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4
ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This chanting is the method prescribed by authorities as the best means for self-realization in this age. There are no hard and fast ru
les for chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there are no previous qualifications necessary for chanting, nor is there any need to understand the language of the chant. These holy names of the Lord come directly from the spiritual platform, and therefore by cha
nting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba we become blissful and happy because it cleanses our consciousness of all material dust and contamination and revives our relationship with the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma are names of the Lord, and they mean the Supreme Pleasure Eternal. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the energy of the Lord, who helps us to attain the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name,
 and therefore the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is as pure, perfect and liberated as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. The chanting cannot be understood by mental speculation or logic, but simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba ver
y easily. Therefore by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can achieve the perfection of all spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please examine the articles in this magazine carefully, and try to understand the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If you ca
nnot understand the philosophy, then simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you can achieve the same result. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is very simple\'97it is simply chanting, dancing, feasting and philosophy. It is the essence of all spir
itual culture. Therefore in this age of quarrel and disagreement it offers a universal platform of peace and happiness for all the people of the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our spiritual master has given us this most valuable gift\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97and in the pages of this magazine we are t
rying to give this gift to you. We humbly beg you to please accept it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r
\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 32 Tiffany Place, Brook
lyn, N.Y. 11231. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $4.50 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Dallas)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sanskrit words and names in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhe
ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are spelled according to a system accepted by scholars throughout the world which indicates the exact pronunciation of each word.\line Vowels in Sanskrit are pronounced alm
ost as in Italian. The sound of the short }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in b}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t, the long }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in f}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r and held twice as long as the short }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in evade. Long }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is like t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in p}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub que. The vowel }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is pro
nounced like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the English word fib}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  is pronounced as in the English word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ch}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub air, and the aspirated consonants (}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ch, jh, dh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , etc.) are pronounced as in staun}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ch-h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eart, hed}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ge\'b7h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub og, re}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'b7h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ot, etc. The two spirants }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are pronounced like the English }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is pronounced as in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub un. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pronounced KRISHNA, Caitanya is pronounced CHAITANYA, etc.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub International Society For Krishn
a Consciousness \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Centers Around The World
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v
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{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 It Is For The Greatest Scholar, It Is For The Innocent Boy \'85
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub It Is For The Greatest Scholar, 
It Is For The Innocent Boy \'85
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A recent press interview with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da at Iskcon Headquarters in Los Angeles.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Your Grace, what is the basis of your teaching?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The basis of this teaching is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have already pub
lished my book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This book is not new; it is very old, at least 5,000 years old, and it is very widely read all over the world. In your country, I have seen that there are more than twenty-five different English editions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And similarly, it is very well known in Germany, England and Japan\'97everywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book teaches K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because the speaker is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the subject matter is our relationship wi
th God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means \'93all-attractive,\'94 and it is the perfect name of God. Unless the Supreme Person is all-attractive, He cannot be God. God cannot be the Hindus\'92 God, or the Christians\'92 God, or the Jews\'92 or Mohammedans\'92 God. No
! God is for everyone, and He is all-attractive. He is fully opulent, full or perfect in knowledge, perfect in beauty, perfect in renunciation, perfect in fame and perfect in strength; in this way He is all-attractive. So, we must know our relationship w
ith God. That is the first issue of this book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After understanding what our relationship with God is, we can work accordingly. For example, when you are a citizen of America you have a particular relationship with the state, and you are expected to work ac
cording to that relationship; then you are a good, law-abiding citizen, and the state gives you all prosperity and protection. Similarly, if we know our relationship with God, whom we call K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we can act accordingly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the present moment, some of us are disclaiming God, saying that there is no God. Some people have little understanding of God; they 
know that God is great, but they do not try to understand their actual relationship with Him. They are not very serious. Actually, in this way, people are avoiding their eternal relationship with God and therefore not acting properly, and that is the cau
se of all miseries and all problems. For example, if you do not know the state laws, then you do not act properly; you are always a criminal. If you do not know how to drive on the right, and you drive on the left, even though you may think, \'93It is al
l driving, what difference does it make, right or left?\'94 as soon as you drive left, you become a criminal. Similarly, because we do not know our relationship with God, we act wrongly, and therefore, under the laws of God, we become more and more crimi
nal; and thus our problems are increasing. In spite of advancement of education, science and the accessories of civilization, such as nice dresses and cars, no one trusts anyone. Do you see? Everywhere you go, even at a gentleman\'92s house, there is alw
ays suspicion: \'93Beware of the Dog.\'94 \'93No trespassing Allowed.\'94 An individual is suspicious of another individual, a nation is suspicious of another nation, a community is suspicious of another community; so how can we have peace and prosperity
? Suspicion is animalistic; a dog is suspicious of another dog. As soon as he finds another dog, he immediately begins to bark: bow wow wow. Is that human civilization? What is the mistake of human civilization? The mistake of our present society is that
 people have forgotten their relationship with God. Here is a scientific statement of your relationship with God. By understanding it, just like by understanding your citizenship, you can act properly, and that is peaceful life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Besides that, this life, the present life, is not all. We have life after death\'97that is a fact. We are continuously alive throughout
 the stages of the present life. Every one of us was}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a child, and that was a life. Then we became boys, t
hen youths, and now we are becoming old. And, generally, when this body becomes useless, we have to take another one. This is the law of nature. Unfortunately, people do not believe in the next life, although in everyday affairs they experience that they
 are eternal. Anyone can remember the days of his childhood, the days of his youth, his boyhood, and still he is alive. That means that he is continuously present although his body has changed in different ways. So it is a fact that even after changing t
his body, you\'92ll have another body. You are sitting in this room now, but if you vacate this room, that does not mean that you are dead\'97you have gone into some other room. This understanding of birth and death is a great science, and yet people are
 neglecting it because they have no information about it. There are so many departments in a university: technological, medical, engineering, etc. But where is the department to know and understand what this life is, what God is, and what our relationshi
p is? So, this is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not a very good civilization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is life after this life. There are also different grades of life. Authoritative books state that there are 8,400,000 different gr
ades of life. There are 900,000 species of aquatic life, 2,000,000 species of plants and trees, 1,100,000 species of reptiles, 1,000,000 species of bird life, 3,000,000 species of beasts and 400,000 human species. And out of 400,000 different kinds of hu
man bodies, the civilized body is a great boon. Upon attaining such a body we can make further spiritual progress by transferring to other planets where the standard of living is many, many thousands of times better than on this planet. But in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is information that wherever you go within this material universe, whether y
ou remain on this planet or go to the moon or the sun or any of the millions and trillions of planets, there is still suffering.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The highest planetary system is called Brahmaloka. There the duration of life is very, very long. 4,300,000 solar years is one age, one
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yuga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A thousand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yugas }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub equal twelve hours on Brahmaloka. Similarly, the inhabitants there live for one hundred such years. The duration of life is very, very great, just as our life is in comparison with the
 ant\'92s life. The human being has a hundred years\'92 age, so, to the ant, his life may be very astonishing. \'93Oh! How can one live such a great length of time?\'94 But still, the four factors of birth, death, old age and disease are everywhere, no m
atter how elevated the planet is. We may be astonished by hearing of the long duration of life on Brahmaloka, but actually death is still there. So, from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we understand the version of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, that even if you go to the highest planetary system, you have to come back again. In this way, all living entities are rotating fro
m one planet to another and from one species of life to another.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we don\'92t want this, actually. If I offered to give you a youthful, eternal body, full of knowledge, would you not like to have i
t? No one likes old age, no one likes death, and no one likes to take birth again, to enter into the womb of a mother and live there ten months; but what is the solution? Is there any solution known to the scientists? No scientist can say, \'93Ah well, a
ll right, we shall stop death; we shall stop disease.\'94 They can manufacture medicine to counteract disease, but they cannot manufacture anything which will stop it. You can fight against death very vigorously, but you cannot stop death. There are the 
problems, but there is no education in modern civilization about how to stop death, disease, old age and birth and how to attain eternal, blissful life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, although it appears to be a new movement in your country, is known to the world. I\'92ve al
ready published my magazines and my books dealing with these problems, and if people take advantage of this movement and try to understand these books, they will be benefited greatly. That is the basic principle of my teaching.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Your Grace, how does one attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are several stages in attainment of K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness. The first stage is faith, or inquisitiveness\'97just as you have come to me now, this is the first stage. Due to some inquisitiveness or some faith in the people who are teaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, who have said that it is very he
lpful, one comes to the first stage. One should be inquisitive and have a little faith, or a little respect for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: \'93It is very nice. They are speaking and working.\'94 This is the first stage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you find that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is interesting, then the second stage is to associate with us, to understand more. We hav
e class in the morning daily, but for the public, we are holding classes in the evening from 7 to 9 p.m. at our temple, discussing this book, holding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub distributing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There is no labo
r\'97you simply come and hear songs, dance, take offered food, hear philosophy and think, and then you go home. We don\'92t ask anyone to press his nose, to hold his head down or to exercise in a certain way. It is better that people automatically want t
o dance with us. Although dancing is labor, they like it. So, the next stage is to associate with us, to understand more and more. This is the second stage The first stage is to have faith and respect, and the second stage is association.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If by association, one becomes serious about becoming a regular student, that is the third stage. That is called initiation. In that st
age students are guided by me; they follow strictly. For the initiated students there are four principles: we don\'92t allow students to take any foodstuffs which are not offered to the Deity. So we offer foodstuffs to the Deity: grains, fruits, flowers 
and milk products, but no meat, no eggs, or anything of that sort. Perhaps you have participated in our love feast on Sundays. Yes?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Comment From Audience: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was excellent!
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: [Laughing] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They like it! There are many hundreds of prepara
tions, at least 300, including many varieties of grains, milk products and fruits. We don\'92t kill animals, but we make very nice preparations, and everyone likes them. It is one of the restrictions that we cannot eat anything which is not offered to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Another restriction is no intoxication: no smoking, no drinking even no tea or coffee. These American boys are accustomed to all these habits by nature, but they are giving them up. In our temple there is no tea drinking, no coffee, no cig
arette smoking, nothing of the sort. This is a restriction. And another restriction is that we cannot take part in gambling or some unnecessary sport because we have to utilize our time. Our time is very short. Do not think that because I am old, I am ne
aring death, and you are not nearing death because you are young\'97who knows? You may die before me. There is no certainty, and so the principle is that, because this human form of life is so important for perfecting one\'92s self in K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness, one should not waste even a minute. Therefore, we don\'92t allow unnecessary sporting, which is simply a waste of time. The rules are: no illicit sex life, no meat eating, no intoxication and no gambling.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every student has to follow these four principles, otherwise I don\'92t initiate him. I don\'92t take cheap students, who want to do wh
atever they like and pay me some money for some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that will make them \'93become God.\'94 I don\'92t
 say that. I don\'92t bluff like that. I have not come to your country for money, but I have come to your country to give you something sublime\'97not to take from you, not to exploit you, but to give you something sublime. So initiation is the third sta
ge. If you are situated in the third stage nicely, if you follow the regulative principles under my direction, then the fourth stage automatically comes. After this third stage, the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth stages automatically come, by g
radual development. So, in the third stage, if you follow the regulative principles and chant according to the prescribed number, then all your misapprehensions will leave automatically.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What are these misapprehensions? The first misapprehension is to think, \'93I am this body.\'94 Everyone is under the concept of the bo
dy. But I am not the body; that is a fact. The body is changing. There are many examples. A very common example is this: Suppose a man is dead; now everyone is crying, and if we ask, \'93Why are you crying?\'94 they will say, \'93Oh, my son is dead!\'94 
I can say, \'93Your son is lying here; why are you saying that he is dead?\'94 \'93Oh no, he is dead; he is gone. His body is lying there!\'94 Therefore he is different from the body. Immediately people understand. They say, \'93No, he is gone, his body 
is left lying there.\'94 So you understand how, at the time of death, the man is different from the body! But during his lifetime}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he was taking care of his body only. Why didn\'92t he take care of himself? Because he did not know himself. You see? This is a misapprehension. In this way there are so many misapprehensions. We are situated on a platform o
f misgivings only, misunderstanding our present conditional life. For example, since I am different from this body, how can I claim that America is my country? I call myself an American because accidentally this body was born in the land of America, but,
 if I am not this body, how am I American? This is another misapprehension. Then, I call you my son, you call him your son, but who is he? He is a product of your body. So if you are not your body, how is he your son? In this way, you go on, and as soon 
as you understand that you are not your body, you will find that you belong to none of this material world. You are free.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is called Brahman realization, spiritual realization. When you understand that you are not the body, you do not belong to this cou
ntry, or to a certain family or society. Some philosophers try to make these things void by a negating process, but actually their existence is real; I exist. I am existing in misunderstanding, but that does not mean that I do not exist. I am not void. I
 exist within this apartment with myself. But simply to understand that I am not this apartment is not perfect knowledge. What is my position? What am I actually? At the present moment I am conscious of this body, of this country, of this society, of thi
s family, but when I perfectly understand that I am not any of these, then my consciousness also changes because at the present moment my consciousness is absorbed in all these things. As soon as I understand that I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub am }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not any of these, then my consciousness must change, but it does not stop. If I am in misunderstanding and I come to the right unde
rstanding, that does not mean that my understanding has stopped. Rather, my understanding becomes purified. That means that if I am not one thing, then I am something else. And that \'93something else\'94 is what you have forgotten. What is it? That \'93
something else\'94 is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, when you are freed from this illusory consciousness, if you are situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then you lose attachment 
to the body, the society, the country and so many things in relationship with the body. When you come to the right point, then you understand that you are K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. Then your attachment is for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and it increases because you transf
er the previous attachment to Him, just as a child who is attached to playing later transfers his attachment to studying. That does not mean that he gives up the attachment for playing. That attachment is not lost. Attachment must be there, but it is tra
nsferred or purified.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means purified consciousness, real consciousness. And the next stage, after one is freed from misgivings, 
is attachment for the real identity, then greater attachment, and then ecstasy. That is when I come nearer to God, because I am God\'92s. In the beginning I told you that we had forgotten our relationship with God, but when you are released from misgivin
gs, you come to the platform of increasing attachment for God. The love is here also; but instead of loving God, we are now loving dog. Love is there, but when you are free from misgivings, you transfer your love from dog to God. These are different stag
es to come to in attaining K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So, if you follow conscientiously in these six stages of development, you come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Your Grace, does K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness bring in karmic action as part of you
r belief?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities apparently seem to
 produce }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We 
must understand what the difference is between }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are using this tape recorder and this microphone, and if you go to a politician you will find the same paraphernalia. I am speaking, and he is also speaking. So apparently we are both the same. But this is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and that is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then what is the difference between }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b
hakti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , when you
 do something, for whatever you do, there is a result, and you receive the result. Suppose you do some business. The result may be one million dollars profit, and so you take it. And the result may be one million dollars loss; you take it. This is }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . You act on your own account, and you take the result. But our activity is for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, s
o when we act, if there is profit, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s, and if there is loss, it is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. We are unaffected.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are preaching this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and so, if someone joins, he is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s; he is not mine. These boys are
 serving me, not for my sense gratification, but to develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Similarly, we go to serve a master; we serve the master for the sense gratification of the particular person, and therefore he pays us. So we do not serve that mast
er; we serve that payment. And what is that payment? Sense gratification. Therefore, he serves his sense gratification. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub serving one\'92s sense gratification, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s sense gratification. K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be satisfied by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We work in that way, so it is not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And as soon as a worker says, \'93Oh, I will get this money and satisfy my senses,\'94 that produces }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He becomes subject to the result, be it good or bad; but when you work for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is all good, and there is no question of bad. All good goes to the All-Good. I am simply His eternal servant, that\'92s all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another example is that the finger takes up foodstuff and gives to the stomach; when the stomach is satisfied, the finger is satisfied 
automatically. It does not need food separately. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are trying to independently enjoy themselves, just as if the finger were to take a nice cake and think, \'93Why should I give it to the stomach?\'94 The finger cannot eat, and the cake simply becomes stale; that\'92s a
ll. So we are spoiling our energy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and that\'92s why we are being subjected to the laws of transmigration from one species of life to another. We are simply spoiling our time and energy. If you take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness, that is proper utilization of your energy given by God. When I am healthy, the finger is also healthy. What, then, is the duty of the healthy finger? To serve the body. Similarly, we received this energy from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, from God, so i
f we utilize this energy for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is proper utilization. If we utilize the energy for our sense gratification, then we are misusing it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone who is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is spoiling his time, wasting his life and subjecting himself to so many laws of natu
re. These matters are very clearly explained in this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the preliminary study of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and if one studies this book seriously, he goes on to other books. I have the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub which is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub project is very great. It will have to be finished in sixty volumes. About ten to twelve volumes are already finished, and I am working on this. It is a great subject matter for stu
dy. People should take interest in it, it is not anything trifling. People should come to us to understand. We have literature, we have philosophy\'97everything. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not a blind, imposing dogma. Everyone who actu
ally wants to give some service to society, to humanity, must study this philosophy. And we are prepared to meet anyone\'97scientists, philosophers, poets, thoughtful men\'97and give the answers to all their questions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our method is very simple: We call everyone, even the child, to sit down and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And there will be gradually rea
lization. And if anyone wants to understand this philosophy through knowledge, through books, through philosophy and logic, we are also prepared. But for the mass of people we give the simple method, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. All these boys are not philosophers, nor are they very highly learned, but they are developing knowledge simply by chanting. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so sublime. It is for the greatest schol
ar, and it is for the innocent boy; therefore it is universal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba In The Land Of Mandarins
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA In The Land Of Ma
ndarins
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A letter from an Iskcon missionary in China to a senior Godbrother in New York City.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear R\'fcp\'e4nuga Prabhu,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my very humble obeisances and prayers for our continuous}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub association in the service of His Divine and Wonderful Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. All Glories to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, Hong Kong ISKCON lives! Please find enclosed several photos of our activities here, just 25 miles from Red China. I am sorry I hav
e not sent them sooner, but things here are so amazing with just the two of us, Jagajjanan\'e9 (my wife) and myself. Just today we have officially gotten our first temple here in Hong Kong. The address is 34 Cameron Road, IFD, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Telepho
ne number K-678 240. I will send you our card if I have a chance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So far our activities here have been mostly with the Indian population, and very much with the children of the Indian community. The ch
ildren are like plants on the desert, thirsting from the heat of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but ready to blossom with th
e water from the ocean of mercy. All glories to the holy names. We have been making puppet shows, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious card games, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, and soon we will start on K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious coloring
 books\'97it\'92s unlimited the nonsense that can be converted to spiritual energy by the mercy of the purest devotee, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind to me, and I would very much appreciate receiving a letter from you, because it is very rare that we hear of 
the wonderful activities from the U.S., the East Coast especially. I know you are busy, but maybe you or your good wife could find time to write back.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The people here are amazing. They have never seen anything like us, and they unabashedly stare and stare and stare. Some of the photos 
are in a market place in a district called Yau Ma Ti, and the pictures make the place look picturesque, but it is crores of times dirtier than the East Village. And everything is sold on the street for eating. Some people eat everything. One of the close
st friends we have, and the most helpful, is a dogeater.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In every town and village will the holy names be sung. So there is no worry. These people too will feel the ecstasy of the holy names.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This place is one market. Now the most valuable item is being offered to everyone free\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We have classes
 each Sunday and Monday for the children, and they all have devotional notebooks with pictures from \'93Back to Godhead\'94 and pictures of all the devotees, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and all the prayers in it, too. They sing prayers, dance, and wan
t to learn everything. Their parents all worship Lord \'c7iva and work 12 hours each day at least, and they don\'92t have time to teach them about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So we have based our movement in Hong Kong around the little devotees, and in this way we i
nfluence the parents. We have walked into homes and seen pictures of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da placed spontaneously on the family altar, and then we feel we are 100% successful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We plan to start a school here, a public school eventually subsidized by the government. We are also starting to make incense, and our 
hopes are to have the temple supported by the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple of Hong Kong Membership Program. Also, our idea is to have at least six temples in Hong Kong in the foreseeable future.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have already printed a little in Chinese, so the Asia Branch of ISKCON Press is underway. We hope to get a small press donated, and 
we too will be heard all around the world. If people just read about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are sure to become purified and get started on the way back home, back to Godhead. We are distributing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Books}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub here, and they are being received very enthusiastically. People love
 to look at the pictures and hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s wonderful activities. Spiritually, everyone is starving\'97we\'92re all so trapped by Kali-yuga [the Age of Quarrel]. But we are so kindly placed here by His Divine Grace to help overthrow the d
ictatorship of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Sometimes it is so difficult here, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba has unfailingly protecte
d us, taught us lessons, revealed Himself to us in so many ways.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga Prabhu, I have heard you have compiled one slide show. If you could please send me copies I would greatly appreciate it,
 and I would greatly be able to engage them, and also I would be able to distribute them all over Asia.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes it has been so difficult. We have been temporarily located for seven months. The day after my good wife came to Hong Kong, Ba
li Mardan Prabhu, after marrying us the night before, left to open the Singapore temple. So we were two strangers, left alone with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Caitanya, and everything worked out O.K.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am planning a simple article, mostly pictures, called \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness for the Children of Hong Kong\'94 or something
 to that effect. I will send it after a little bit. Reality in the material world means birth, death, old age, and disease, and we tend to forget that people are really suffering these things, and they hurt, temporarily manifested as they are. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Consciousness is the only cure, presented freely and with the love of a father calling his children home. (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da calling us.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is late, and tomorrow maybe we will move into K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s home for us. So please write back. Some of the pictures are of Hon
g Kong University, some of an engagement at a Hindu temple here (no one knows anything about K\'e5\'f1\'eba except \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da), and the Yau Ma Ti shots. Please forward these and the letter to Back to Godhead, and I think maybe they can put
 together a short picture article. Please tell me how your good wife is doing, and also my dear Godbrother Ekendra d\'e4sa [R\'fcp\'e4nuga\'92s son]. If he can, please ask him to write to me. Maybe I can fix him up to have a pen pal with a nice Indian de
votee little boy here named Suresa. Can Ekendra write? How old is he? It has been about two years since I saw him. O.K, Prabhu, please accept my very humble obeisances and prayers that I will one day be able to serve you. If there is anything I can ever 
do to help you serve His Divine Grace, I beg you to ask me please.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All Glories to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub RESPECTFULLY,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your servant,\line Bhurijana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Perfection of Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Perfection of Consciousness
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Karandhara d\'e4sa adhik\'e4r\'e9  }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON\'97Los Angeles)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means God consciousness. We all have consciousness or awareness, but of what are we aware? For example, if
 you are pinched you will feel it\'97that is consciousness. In our normal everyday activities we are conscious of so many things like our stomach, our dress, our relationship with others, and so on. This particular facility of consciousness is the sympto
m of life. Without it there exists only inert matter, lifeless and dull. What is absent from the corpse that qualifies it as \'93dead\'94? The missing ingredient is consciousness, or life. We all have consciousness, and furthermore we have free will. Jus
t as with a T.V. set you can tune in any program you like, similarly, with our conscious mind we can pay attention to whatever we choose.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and virtually all revealed scriptures of the world inform us that the perfection of our lives, the proper utilization of our consciousness, is to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, or aware of God. And the perfection of this awareness i
s called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or trance. In this state one is never deviated from God, and his mind is always fixed in meditation upon the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is perfect and is the reservoir of all pleasure. When we can become totally aware of the Lord, who lies within our hearts as w
ell as being present everywhere, then we share in that pleasure and perfection with the Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who is Kr\'f1na? Who is God? If we want to meditate on Him always, how shall we do so? If I ask you, \'93Now you please meditate on my 
brother,\'94 you would inquire, \'93Very well, what does your brother look like? What are his activities? Please give me some information about him.\'94 In the same way, if we are to meditate on God we must have some information about Him. Our imaginatio
n will not be sufficient for this purpose because God lies beyond our imaginary powers. And where shall we find such information? The revealed scriptures teach us about God and His attributes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most complete and comprehensive of all revealed scriptures are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g
ive us information not only of the greatness of God (all scriptures describe the greatness of God), but also such detailed information as what God looks like, what He does and what He eats; everything is included within the Vedic literatures. They are, t
herefore, the most valuable sources for learning about God. Other scriptures are not false. Revealed scripture is always perfect and absolute, but, at the same time, some are more complete than others. When you want knowledge of vocabulary, either a smal
l pocket dictionary or a large library edition will do, but the latter gives the most complete knowledge. Similarly, all revealed scriptures will afford knowledge, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are by far the most complete. It is only the small mind which will discount the authenticity of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because they appear different from other scriptures, for the reason that they offer greater knowledge. Actually the apparent difference is only due to the observer\'92s lack of com
prehensive perspective. For example, if I am in possession of the large dictionary and I quote some information from it, and if you are holding the pocket volume, you may try to find the same information. If what I have referred to is not mentioned in th
e small dictionary, you may conclude, \'93Oh, you are wrong, my good sir. I do not find what you say in my dictionary, so therefore it cannot be factual.\'94 Is this very intelligent? No, The small dictionary and the large one are in absolute agreement; 
there is no contradiction, but greater knowledge is available in the large edition. It is only when a viewpoint is eclipsed from a lower platform that the discrepancy arises in our consideration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are the source of the most perfect knowledge, and therefore the intelligent person, seeking the most advanced knowledge of God, will do well to hear from them about the science of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what is the information we receive from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas? }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Absolute Truth is an eternal person, fully possessing transcendental and spiritual qualities, and His form or body is eternal and full of knowledge and bliss. The transcend
ental nomenclature ascribed to this transcendental Supreme Personality is given as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, and God is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I am a person, an individual, and I have my name. Similarly God also has a name, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This den
otes that He is a person, an individual, just as my name denotes my individuality. Actually, there are unlimited names of God in every language and culture, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-inclusive because K\'e5\'f1\'eba means all-attractive. Without being al
l-attractive, there is no meaning to God. We all possess some features or attractiveness. We might be very beautiful or very rich, very intelligent or very strong, but we cannot honestly claim that we possess all or even one of these qualities in fullnes
s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who among us can say, \'93I am the most beautiful person in all the world; no one can match me in this opulence\'94? Even if we could m
ake such a claim, then it would have to be asked, \'93Yes, you are very nice, but for how long will you be the most beautiful?\'94 Soon your youthfulness will be gone, and, along with it, your so-called beauty will vanish. So our claim to greatness is ve
ry limited and temporary at best, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not like that. \'93God\'94 means that no one is equal to Him and no one is greater than Him and that His qualities are eternal. He is the supreme possessor of all opulences. Therefore He is the supr
eme object of worship and glorification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The propensity to glorify is naturally present in everyone. We can see that people are always glorifying someone\'97a movie star or a f
amous historical figure. How often have we heard the glories of Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi or Socrates? How many advertisements have we seen or heard commending someone for his activities or personality? Everywhere this is going on. Generally, of course, peopl
e are most fond of glorifying themselves. Just listen to the subject matter of almost any conversation, and invariably you will notice that the topic concerns the individuals who are speaking. The perfection of this glorifying process is, however, to pra
ise the greatest, the supreme object of glory, who is more worthy than anyone else. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in that position. When we see someone who is very nice, we think, \'93Oh, he is so nice.\'94 Similarly, when we can see K\'e5
\'f1\'eba we will understand that He is the nicest, the most beautiful, the richest, all wrapped into one. Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all opulence. Whatever opulence we perceive around us is simply a tiny fraction of the total opulence 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, whatever quantity of money we may come across, we know that it has originally come from the Treasury Department, and it is only a portion of the total amount of money issued by the Treasury. Some less intelligent man may t
hink, \'93Now that I have $100 I am certainly the richest person existing,\'94 but it is to be understood that he is speaking with a poor fund of knowledge. Similarly if someone claims to be great in opulences, it only points out his ignorance of the opu
lence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This program of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is to worship and and become conscious of the highest person, the most perfect being, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is not undesirable. It is the most advantageous position. If you worship a ve
ry strong person you may receive some protection from him. In the same way, if you worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba you will share the unlimited opulences of strength, fame, beauty, wisdom, renunciation and wealth with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Attaining to this platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the ultimate goal of everyone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the perfection of everyt
hing; therefore every endeavor is meant to culminate in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is the basic reason for all activity? Why do we get out of bed in the morning, work so hard and struggle for existence? What compels us? It is certainly the search for pleasure,
 the seeking of perfection. If I were to offer you, \'93Now you come, I will give you whatever you desire, and you will be perfectly satisfied,\'94 would you not take the offer? Is that not your reason for living? Everyone is moving on this principle, wh
ether it be the ant seeking the grain of sugar, or the dog the bone, or the adventurer wondering what lies beyond the next hill, or the artist trying to put into form the perfect artistic conception; everyone is trying to find perfection. But the anomaly
 is, as we actually experience, that we have not found that perfection in anything we have done. Even if we have achieved some projected goal, upon that achievement, we have instantly realized, \'93This is not perfection. I must find something more.\'94 
If we could factually run the gamut of all endeavors, fulfilling each one, and then aspiring to something more, something higher, all the way to the limit of experience, then at the end we would find K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be there, and upo
n attaining His association we would be completely satisfied. That is the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Thus instead of going the long route, which is troublesome and virtually impossible, the intelligent person will simply acknowledge, \'93Y
es, it is only K\'e5\'f1\'eba that will satisfy me; enough with all this other peripheral nonsense,\'94 and then he will make a beeline to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the process for attaining K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Another name for the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness 
is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-yoga}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to link with K\'e5\'f1\'eba through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotion. This devotional, loving consciousness is the medium by which we make the 
connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, We must apply our consciousness to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and topics relating to Him in a devotional mood. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness naturally develops. If you want to become \'93President conscious,\'94 then what would yo
u do? Naturally you would study the President by hearing about him from authority, following his activities, watching his motions and analyzing his behavior. Or if you wanted to become law conscious, you would attend law school and learn the science by r
egulated, systematic research and study. Similarly, to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, we must take to a systematic method of hearing from an authority, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and following his instruction, just as o
ne might take instruction from a law professor. He assigns, \'93Now you do this; read this book; take this test,\'94 and in the same way the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or spiritual master gives all necessary instruction to his disciple. If the disciple hears submissively and follows the instruction, 
then he is assured of success.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is given by the spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, as the curriculum for attaining God consciousness. It is a bona fide course of study, fully accredited. We should acc
ept it like that, and if we really desire to attain the perfection of our lives, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then we should execute it with full-hearted faith and enthusiasm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basic principle is simply to fix the mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the practical way of doing this. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the idea is simply to direct our consciousness towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And what are the faculties for accomplishing this? What instruments do we have at hand? Our senses. Sight, touch, smell, taste, hearing, 
are the instruments by which we perceive, or in other words, by which we are conscious. When we look at a billboard sign, our minds, receiving a perception from the eyes, automatically go into action, developing associations and making impressions, and t
hus we are thinking about or are conscious of that sign. Or if we eat an apple, we experience a particular sensation of taste which is another quality of consciousness. In this way, by dint of our senses of perception, we are conscious of so many things.
 Recently a specially designed space capsule successfully landed on the moon. Complete with a computer and various types of instruments, the complex machinery began to study the moon in various ways. The instruments would receive data by way of some type
 of sensitivity (heat sensitivity, light sensitivity, etc.) and would transmit the information to the computer. The computer would then analyze and synthesize this data and produce knowledge of the moon. This is a crude example of how the senses, sight, 
touch, smell, etc., which are sensitive to different types of energy, work in coordination with the mind and produce knowledge or consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From this, we can understand that consciousness merely reflects the experience of whatever it is directed towards, just as the space ca
psule reflects information from wherever it is directed. If you walk into a store, you can purchase whatever you like\'97some ice cream, some fruit, or some milk. You make the choice. And according to whatever you select, you will have a certain taste ex
perience. Similarly, in our lives and with our consciousness, we can be aware and have experience of whatever we choose. And the highest choice, that experience or taste which is the most perfect, the absolute and supreme, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, and 
it is not abstract or impersonal. It is not some obscure conception. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never impersonal. He is a person, transcendental and complete.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and especially the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (science of God), give us all this personal information about 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s qualities, form and attributes are described extensively in a simple and pure manner. Anyone can understand, and the result of exposing ourselves to this experience will be the perfection of our lives, God consciousnes
s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human form of life is especially meant for this purpose of reviving our God consciousness. Only humans can practice bhakti-yoga}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because the better development of consciousness is only found in the human body. Animal propensities are f
ound both in animal life and human life. Unfortunately people are nowadays more concerned with the principles of material sense gratification because they have no knowledge of spiritual or transcendental sense gratification. In other words they are only 
animal conscious and are negligent of God consciousness. This tendency is becoming more and more developed, producing an increasingly degrading effect. People are becoming more and more animalistic.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should not continue on this path. We are all implicated. If we do not elevate ourselves in God consciousness, then we shall degrade 
ourselves to the level of dog consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the process of elevating oneself to the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This cannot be artificially attained, but it is acquired by associ
ation with devotees of the Lord, hearing from authorized scriptures and chanting the holy names of the Lord. This chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma,
 Hare Hare, is the simplest and most expedient means for developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And it is practical. Anyone can very easily master the practice and immediately feel the blissful results of transcendental experience. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is th
ere, right in front of you, and by this transcendental sound vibration, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you gradually come to the position of realizing that fact. When you have mastered the chanting and are fixed in continuously resounding the name, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
will then appear in the soul\'92s eye, and He will dance upon your tongue. You will then taste the Supreme, your thoughts will be absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and your consciousness will be perfect.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Advertisement as it is
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub AS IT IS 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His eyes have seen the Truth
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His ears have heard the Truth
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His lips speak the Truth
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AS IT IS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Published by\line Collier-Macmillan
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Soul research
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SOUL research
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1968, speaking before a gathering of students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pr
abhup\'e4da pointed out an important lag in technological research. \'93Although you have so many departments of knowledge,\'94 he said, \'93there is no department aiming to find the difference between a living body and a dead body.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although advanced in understanding the mechanical workings of the physical body, modern science has given but little attention to study
ing the spiritual spark that animates the body. In a recent article in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Montreal Gazette, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub world-famous
 cardiologist Wilfred G. Bigelow urges the undertaking of systematic research to determine what the soul is and where it comes from. Responding to this plea in a letter to Dr. Bigelow, His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da offers substantial Vedic k
nowledge on this topic and suggests a practical method for scientifically understanding the spiritual spark.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Heart Surgeon Wants To Know What A Soul Is
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Heart Surgeon Wants To Know What
 A Soul Is
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa540\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Rae Correlli
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub WINDSOR\'97A world-famous Canadian heart surgeon says he believes the body has a soul which departs at death and theologians ought to t
ry to find out more about it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Wilfred G. Bigelow, head of the cardio-vascular surgery unit at Toronto General Hospital, said that \'93as a person who believes th
ere is a soul\'94 he thought the time had come \'93to take the mystery out of this and find out what it is.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE MOMENT OF DEATH
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bigelow was a member of a panel which appeared before the Essex County Medical-Legal Society to discuss problems associated with attemp
ts to define the exact moment of death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The question has become vital in the age of transplants of hearts and other organs in cases when the donors are inevitably dying.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Canadian Medical Association has produced a widely accepted definition of death as the moment when the patient is in coma, responds
 to no stimulus of any kind, and brain waves recorded on a machine are flat.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The other members of the panel were Mr. Justice Edson L. Haines of the Ontario Supreme Court and J. Francis Leddy, President of the Uni
versity of Windsor.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HE HAS HIS DOUBTS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bigelow, elaborating on points he had raised during the discussion, said in an interview later that his 32 years as a surgeon had left 
him no doubts that there is a soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93There are certain cases where you happen to be present at the moment when people pass from a living state to death, and some myster
ious changes take place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One of the most noticeable is the sudden lack of life or lustre to the eyes. They become opaque and literally lifeless.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It\'92s difficult to document what you observe. In fact, I don\'92t think it can be documented very well.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bigelow, who became world renowned for his pioneering work in the \'93deep freeze\'94 surgical technique known as hypothermia and for h
is heart valve surgery, said \'93soul research\'94 should be undertaken by theology and allied disciplines within the university.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 YOU CAN'T FIND IT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During this discussion Leddy said that \'93if there is a soul, you are not going to see it. You are not going to find it.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93If there is a principle of vitality or life, what is it?\'94 The problem was that \'93the soul doesn\'92t exist anywhere specifical
ly, geographically. It\'92s everywhere and yet it\'92s nowhere in the body.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It would \'93be nice to start experimenting, but I don\'92t know how you are going to get on any of these things,\'94 Leddy said. He sa
id the discussion reminded him of the Soviet cosmonaut who returned from space to report there was no God, because he didn\'92t see Him up there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Maybe so, said Bigelow, but in modern medicine when something was encountered that could not be explained, \'93the watchword is discove
r the answer, take it into the laboratory, take it somewhere where you can discover the truth.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The central question, said Bigelow, was \'93where is the soul and where does it come from.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Reprinted by permission from the Montreal Gazette.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Vedic Evidence and The Scientific Conclusion
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub VEDIC EVIDENCE and The Scientifi
c Conclusion
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s Letter to Dr. Bigelow
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My Dear Dr. Bigelow:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my greetings. Recently I have read an article in the Gazette by Rae Corelli entitled \'93Heart Surgeon Wants to Know What
 a Soul Is,\'94 and it was very interesting. Your comments show great insight, and so I thought to write you on this matter. Perhaps you may know that I am the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. I have several temples in Canada\'97Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Hamilton. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement 
is specifically meant to give every soul his original spiritual position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Undoubtedly the soul is present in the heart of the living entity, and it is the source of all the energies for maintaining the body. T
he energy of the soul is spread all over the body, and this is known as consciousness. Since this consciousness spreads the energy of the soul all over the body, one can feel pains and pleasures in any part of the body. The soul is individual, and he is 
transmigrating from one body to another, just as a person transmigrates from babyhood to childhood, from childhood to boyhood, from boyhood to youth and then to advanced old age. Then the change called death takes place when we change to a new body just 
as we change our old dress to a new dress. This is called transmigration of the soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a soul wants to enjoy this material world, forgetting his real home in the spiritual world, he takes this life of hard struggle fo
r existence. This unnatural life of repeated birth, death, disease and old age can be stopped when his consciousness is dovetailed with the supreme consciousness of God. That is the basic principle of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as heart transplant is concerned, there is no question of success unless the soul is there in the heart. So it has to be accepte
d. In sexual intercourse, if there is no soul, there is no conception, no pregnancy. Contraception deteriorates the womb so that it no longer is a good place for the soul. That is against the order of God. By the order of God, a soul is sent to a particu
lar womb, but by this contraceptive he is denied that womb and has to be placed in another. That is disobedience to the Supreme. For example, take a man who is supposed to live in a particular apartment. If the situation there is so disturbed that he can
not enter the apartment, then he is put at a great disadvantage. That is illegal interference and is punishable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The undertaking of \'93soul research\'94 would certainly mark the advancement of science. But advancement of science will not be able t
o find the soul. It can simply be accepted on circumstantial understanding. You will find in the Vedic literature that the dimension of the soul is one ten-thousandth the size of a point. The material scientist cannot measure the length and breadth of a 
point Therefore it is not possible for the material scientist to capture the soul. You can simply accept the soul\'92s existence by taking it from authority. What the greatest scientists are finding, we\'92ve explained long ago.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as one understands the existence of the soul, he can immediately understand the existence of God. The difference between God an
d the soul is that God is a very great soul and the living entity is a very small soul, but qualitatively they are equal. Therefore God is all-pervading, and the living entity is localized. The nature and quality are the same.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The central question, you say, is \'93Where is the soul, and where does it come from?\'94 That is not difficult to understand. We\'92ve
 already discussed that the soul is residing in the heart of the living entity and that it takes shelter after death in another body. Originally the soul comes from God. Just as a spark comes from fire, and when the spark falls down it appears to be exti
nguished, the spark soul originally comes from the spiritual world to the material world, In the material world he falls down into three different conditions which are called the modes of nature. When a spark of fire falls on dry grass, the fiery quality
 continues. When the spark falls on the ground, it cannot display its fiery manifestation unless the ground is favorably situated. And when the spark falls on water, it becomes extinguished. As such, we find three kinds of living conditions. One living e
ntity is completely forgetful of his spiritual nature; another is almost forgetful, but still there is an instinct of spiritual nature; and another is completely in search of spiritual perfection. There is a bona fide method for the attainment of spiritu
al perfection by the spiritual spark soul, and if he is properly guided then he is very easily sent back home, back to Godhead, wherefrom originally he fell down.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It will be a great contribution to human society if this authorized information from the Vedic literature is presented to the modern wo
rld on the basis of modern scientific understanding. The fact is already there. It simply has to be presented for modern understanding. If you desire, I shall give you more information in this connection, and you can present it in scientific words. If yo
u so desire, you can publish this letter in the paper also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hoping to hear from you soon.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2520 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yours sincerely,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Ten thousand time
s more brilliant than the sun, the soul, covered by layers of gross and subtle matter (earth, water, fire, etc.), pervades the body with consciousness, as the sun pervades the universe with light.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the major scriptures of the world indicate that Godhead, or the Absolute Truth, is not impersonal, but is a person. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7op\'e4nisad,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in its eigh
teen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes the for
m and nature of the Absolute Truth. 137 pp., paperback, $1.95
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\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness:\line The Topmost Yoga System}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub       }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub $.95
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govinda Album
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Entrance into the realm of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is gained through hearing transcendental sound vibrations from the pure devotee
. This album by His Divine Grace features beautiful chants and prayers with the added benefit of a lecture on the nature of the absolute world. $5.00
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vande \'92Ham Album
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An authoritative recording of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da singing the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other transcendental chants.   
                           $4 00
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Radha-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple Album
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Apple Records             Produced by George Harrison
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a first recording of pure devotional songs in the ancient spiritual language Sanskrit. These eternal sounds of love release the
 receptive hearer from all contemporary barriers of time and space and reveal to him the realm of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness.                      Apple, $4.95
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chant (Part 2 - 4)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant (Part 2 -4)
\par }\pard \s2057 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first part of \'93Chant,\'94 a four-part K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious poem, was published in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Number 36. It describes the transcendental activities of the spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swa
mi Prabhup\'e4da, from his landing in New York in 1965 to the end of 1969.
\par }\pard \s2057 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second part is addressed to Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9 (literally, \'93Lord of the Universe\'94), the Supreme Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba as He specifically appears in the Deity manifestation carved hundreds of years ago by Vi\'e7vakarm\'e4, the sculptor incarnation. The statue or Deity of Jagann\'e4tha, which is worshiped in the famous Jagann\'e4tha Temple in Pur\'e9, India, is 
unique in Indian art. Almost primitivistic in style, He looks like this: (See picture on page 16)
\par }\pard \s2057 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The third part of the poem is a meditation of the transcendental body of the Spiritual master, the mere thought of whom purif
ies the mind.\line The fourth part, a Gloria, praises the body, form, pastimes, entourage and paraphernalia of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part Two
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha sv\'e4m\'e9 nayana pa\'f6hagami bhavatu me\'97
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub            Lord of the universe, kindly}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be visible unto me,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, Your two round eyes rivet to my soul,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You are possessed of unlimited intellect, and we must look very silly to You,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, I think it must be You alone who knows Your universe, America, myself.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, nobody really knows who You are, staring out from behind those eyes, giving everyone a ti
ny, amused smile,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You are the Lord of infinite worlds, and You wield the power to create unlimited others
\'97is it all just for sport?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, I hear You are unborn and can be vanquished by exclusive devotion\'97grant me the grace t
o defeat You,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You dissolve all heterogeneous views, and now You are looking our way,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You are the inner guide of all, universal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub show America, China, Russia, Europe who\'92s really lord,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You ordain the worldly course for the conceited and grant salvation to those free from va
nity\'97is that why we\'92re all locked in our dreams?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, I also hear that You\'92re the Primal Person, an overwhelming flood of bliss, master and 
nourisher of the universe, the stay, the witness, the seer, the refuge, the cause\'97are You smiling at all this empty word-praise?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You are self-delighted and are the special mercy manifestation for Kali-yuga, for You can
 go into any bar and brothel in the land and still smile,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You are sung in exalted hymns\'97forgive my linguistic barbarism,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, I think that those eyes of Yours are looking at me through death \'85 I think that smile 
pierces decay \'85 I know roses and lilacs will blossom for You out of my corpse,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, Your tiny arms swing as You slap Kali\'92s face and dispel the night of pseudo-religions,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You must have been especially pleased when Lord Caitanya fainted in love before You, cryi
ng, \'93Ah! Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba!\'94
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, when will I be able to faint before You? When will everybody?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You must know how tired I get looking at a thousand sleepy students in the classroom, won
dering how long I\'92ll keep my job, worrying about money, wishing I could think more of You,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You are looking not only through Your own saucer-like eyes but through the eyes of the yo
ung man prowling for sex and the old man fencing in his geraniums,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You must get a strange view of things looking through the eyes of soldiers, prostitutes, 
murderers, leprechauns and Presidents,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, do You see Madison Avenue? Mott Street? St. Mark\'92s? Haight-Ashbury? Bronx? Washington 
Square? Miami Beach? Boston Common? Times Square? Do you see the dark faces of Harlem and the pale faces of Greenwich, Conn? Do you see the Arkansas governor barring the schoolhouse door? The judge throwing the book? Do You see Dr. Leary taking off on an
other trip? I really think I know why You must be smiling,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You are time personified, and I can see You breaking down everything moment by moment,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You are the only Truth\'97why do You brook all this nonsense? If You got as angry as me Y
ou\'92d wrap the whole thing up,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You\'92re compassionate and generous to everyone because You\'92re latent in the heart of
 every entity, like fire within wood\'97O please burst forth in flames!
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You\'92re the cause of everything\'97but You don\'92t look like one who\'92s serious and 
responsible. You look like You\'92ve just played a joke,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, when I first saw You I thought You looked like one of those Easter Island sculptures \'85
 now I love Your circles and rectangles,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, I\'92m fed up with books, mental speculative philosophy, causes, fads, sex, dope, squares
, suits, ties, long hair, rock, Bach, beards, bellbottoms, psychedelic messiahs and serious men,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, I just want to see You shine, O Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You fourth dimensioned, self-m
anifested darling of the universe\'97You\'92re nectar to my eye,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, I know You punish the naughty boys, and I\'92m glad, even though I\'92m one of them,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You mock the sandcastles of man for \'93time writes no wrinkle on Thine azure brow,\'94
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, why are there no poets now to praise You?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You\'92re always on vacation, yet You\'92re doing everything\'97How do You get around? Wh
ere are Your feet hid?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You\'92re the supreme sorcerer, and this dream of life You\'92ve conjured is a sleight of
 hand trick,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, after the cataclysm You\'92re the self-applauding residue\'97Who pays to see Your show? I
 think we all do,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, do you love me?
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, I love Your semi-circle head, Your jutting arms, Your rectangular, legless torso, Your bi
g white-&-black disc-eyes, Your crescent-moon smile,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You\'92re the embodiment of all the gods,
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, You are \'c7r\'e9 Guru\'92s own Self!
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9, Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9\line Jagann\'e4tha Sv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Lord of the Universe)\line                     }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nayana pathagami }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (if it ple
ase Your Grace)\line                                              }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhavatu me }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (be visible}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub unto me.)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part Three
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May my mind seek the shelter of him\line Whose lotus feet destroy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub kalpas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of sin,\line Whose feet are garlanded with flowers,\line Whose feet are eternally auspicious,\line Whose feet traverse the three worlds,\line Whose feet dance t
o a thousand drums,\line Whose feet appear to me in dreams,\line Whose feet, I, unworthy, touch.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May my mind seek the service of him\line Whose hand, electric, awakens me to life,\line Whose hand points out the Vedic open road,
\line Whose hand opens the ancient sacred books,\line Whose hand writes absolute and golden words,\line Whose hand beats the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5d\'e4\'ecgas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Bengal,\line Whose hand plays shining cymbals to the Lord,\line Whose hand counts prayers upon a million beads,\line Whose hand benedicts and fills the empty heart,\line Whose hand soweth unknown seeds in t
he soul,\line Whose hand gatherest the fruits,\line Whose hand bestoweth copious gifts,\line Whose hand is a hand of fire,\line Whose hand pats my head as I weep.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May my mind seek the mercy of him\line Whose eyes are great springs of compassion,\line Whose eyes see Him behind materials,\line 
Whose eyes strike the flame of devotion,\line Whose eyes sparkle kindly with wisdom,\line Whose eyes are the eyes of a child,\line Whose eyes survey all in eternity,\line Whose eyes are the sun and the moon,\line Whose eyes close in rapt meditation,\line
Whose eyes have beheld the Great God,\line Whose eyes are the soul and the Self.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May my mind seek the presence of him\line Whose voice now disturbs my long sleeping,\line Whose voice calls the true names of yout
h,\line Whose voice chastiseth the demons,\line Whose voice answers all yet is silent,\line Whose voice chokes with longing and love,\line Whose voice sings the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of praise,\line Whose voice summons cows in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha,\line Whose voice K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4 must know,\line Whose voice I will hear at my death.
\par }\pard \s2057 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May my mind seek the vision of him\line Whose smile spreads a blissful effulgence,\line Whose smile conquers legions of skeptics,
\line Whose smile uproots the weeds of my doubt,\line Whose smile lightens the burdens of Kali,\line Whose smile is worth the tears of my endless migrations,\line Whose smile severs the tree with its roots above,\line Whose smile dissolves my pride and i
llusion,\line Whose smile is a downpour of mercy,\line Whose smile extinguishes the blazing fire of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0sara,\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Whose smile draws nectar from bright seas of knowledge,\line Whose smile, amidst two armies, speaks to my battle worn self.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part Four
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glory to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda, the Supreme Godhead!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His eternal blissful spiritual youthful body!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him who is the origin and prime cause of all!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Gokula, His supernal abode!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the lotus of a thousand petals sprung from a part of His infinitude!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory, all glory to \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 who stands there beside Him!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the Holy Names! Glory! Glory to the Great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Deliverance!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the cowherd boys and girls, the eternal consorts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surabhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cows, givers of abundant milk who graze in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the Lord of Gokula, the Transcendent Supreme, the very Self of eternal ecstacies!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him who is the reservoir of pleasure for all the senses!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the Supreme Male, the Puru\'f1a, the seed-giving Father of all!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him of thousands and thousands of heads, eyes, bellies, hands! To Him who is the Source of countless }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! All glory to Him whose golden sperm resides in the skin pores of the Great Vi\'f1\'ebu!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him who is the object of worship of the hymns of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him from whom Brahm\'e4, Vi\'f1\'ebu and \'c7iva spring!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him as God of gods!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! Glory! Glory to Him in pursuance of whose order the sun performs his journey, mounting the wheel of time!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him who lies in an ocean of milk! From whose navel a golden lotus, the abode of Brahm\'e4, blossoms!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him who exhales decillions of universes, inhales then exhales them again and again!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the Eternal Youth who sits on the Divine Throne! To His form of eternal effulgence and transcendental bliss
!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His divine flute resonating from the touch of His lotus mouth!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to that primeval Lord, the first progenitor! Glory to His abode of gems! To the thousands of goddesses who ten
d Him!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! All glory to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds! All glory to 
His pink-bottom\'92d feet!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the peacock feathers in His hair! Glory! Glory to His lustrous limbs charming millions of cupids!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His legs! Glory to His arms! Glory to His loins! Glory to His chest, the abode of the Goddess Lak\'f1m\'e9!
 Glory to the garland round His neck!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory to His eyes! Glory to His teeth! Glory to His throat! His Nose! His ears and cheeks!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His earrings and bangles! Glory to the moons of His fingers! Glory! All glory to His three-fold bending sta
nce!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the gold of His dress, flashing like lightning!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glory to His form of bliss! Glory to His form of truth, substantiality, dazzling splendor!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! Glory to His pastimes of love! Glory to the prowess of His arms!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the mystery of His birth in the womb of Devak\'e9!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! All glory to His sucking the life from the breast of the Demoness P\'fctan\'e4!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gloryto His lotus, conchshell, mace and disc! Glory to His killing T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta, the whirlwind demon!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His childhood pastimes! All glory to His revealing the universe in His mouth to Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His stealing butter! Glory to His deliverance of the sons of Kuvera!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! All Glory to His killing countless horrendous demons! Bak\'e4sura! Agh\'e4sura! \'c7a\'eckh\'e4sura! Ke\'e7
\'e9 and Vyom\'e4sura! Ka\'e0sa!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His expansions as the cowherd boys and calves! Glory to His subduing the great serpent Kaliya!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His inhaling the forest fire! Glory to His lifting Govardhana Hill with one finger! All glory to His saving
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana from the torrents of Indra!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His stealing the garments of the bathing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  girls! Glory! All glory to His holy and mysterious r\'e4sa dance!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His entrance into Mathur\'e4! To His countless miracles!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His defeating Ka\'e0sa\'92s mighty wrestlers! Glory! All glory to Balar\'e4ma, His brother, equal in prowes
s, in strength!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His descent as Nr\'f1i\'e0ha, half-man half-beast, to destroy Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him as Var\'e4ha, the Primal Boar, who lifted the earth on His tusks!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! All glory to His countless incarnations as tortoise, as fish, as Garu\'f2a-bird, and horse! As the moon! As V
i\'f1\'ebu! As \'c7iva! As the celestial serpent Ananta! As the elephant Ga\'ebe\'e7a! As Yama, death!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His appearance as V\'e4sudeva! N\'e4rada! As Vy\'e4sa! V\'e4mana! \'c7ukadeva! Lord R\'e4ma! Arjuna! Lord B
uddha! Lord Jesus! \'c7a\'eckara!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His pure manifestation as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the most merciful golden avatar, the embodiment of p
ure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! Glory! Glory to His divine instructions at Kuruk\'f1etra! Glory to His universal form of unlimited eyes, mout
hs, heads, legs, bellies!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to the all-pervading effulgence emanating from His Primeval Body!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All Glory to His eyes, the sun and moon! To His form that reaches the highest planets, that fills the spaces between
!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to His fiery mouths that devour all! Glory to Him of unbounded power, of limitless might!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him as the beginning, middle and end of all! As being, nonbeing and that beyond! As the eternal Soul!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory to His ever blossoming Youth! Glory to His beauteous name\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Glory to the
 Tip of His Toe!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory to Him in the hearts of all! Glory to Him in His supreme planet! Glory to Him everywhere!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory, all glory to His Names sung by Gaur\'e4\'ecga, Lord Caitanya, by His disciples, Harid\'e4sa, Nity\'e4nanda, A
dvaita, \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa, Gad\'e4dhara, by the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, J\'e9va, R\'fcpa, San\'e4tana, Raghun\'e4tha! By their countless followers, all glorified!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri2880\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Glory! Glory! Glory to our grand Gurus, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinode! \'c7r\'e9la Gaur Ki\'e7ore! \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisidd
h\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to the assembled devotees!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jai \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to the assembled devotees!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jai \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to the assembled devotees!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jai Sr\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to \'c7r\'e9 Guru and Gaur\'e4\'ecga! Glories! Glories! Glories! All glories to Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Passing of Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Passing of Grandfather Bh
\'e9\'f1ma
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  (ISKCON\'97Dallas)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma was lying at the point of death on a bed of arrows which had been shot through his body. Because he was the mo
st famous warrior of his time and an expert }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , all the great men of the universe went to the Battle
field of Kuruk\'f1etra where he lay dying.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, who had ascended to the throne by winning the battle, felt a horrible responsibility for all the killing which 
had taken place in the war, and in hopes of getting counsel he also went at once when he heard that Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma was about to pass away from this mortal world. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was appearing at t
hat time within human society and was involved in all the affairs of Kuruk\'f1etra. Therefore, He also came to see Bh\'e9\'f1ma, driving the chariot for His famous disciple, Arjuna. Many sages and demigods had traveled even from other planets, and the gr
eatest scholars and personalities and their disciples had gathered from everywhere just to be present at this auspicious occasion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This opens a scene from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , First Canto. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is
 a Vedic literature of historical fact recorded 5,000 years ago and handet down from disciple to disciple by the great scholars and spiritual masters of India. More important, however, than the fact that this story of Bh\'e9\'f1ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba actu
ally took place long, long ago is that it can teach us the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, by which we can find eternal happiness, as did Bh\'e9\'f1ma. The fruit of hearing stories told in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very valuable, beyond
 comparison to worldly wealth or temporary happiness. Simply by hearing, we can revive our eternal relationship with God. Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s passing away is unique in history. We hope that the reader will enjoy this ancient battlefield story.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We cannot imagine how great a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was Bh\'e9\'f1ma, for he was able to keep a sound mind even though his body was pierced by many arrows. He thus welcomed the many sages who had come to see him at his last hour. It is stated that Bh
\'e9\'f1ma was such an expert religionist that although the great sages and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  present had differen
t understandings of philosophy\'97just as we have so many apparently different religious sects\'97he was able to speak with such command of the Absolute Truth that he adjusted all their differing opinions and had everyone listening with rapt attention, i
n agreement with his authoritative conclusions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sages, eager to hear his instructions, were listening very quietly\'97that was their qualification for greatness. Anyone interested
 in making spiritual progress in his}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub own life in this day and age should similarly try to approach the a
uthoritative or bona fide spiritual master from whom he can learn the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was very wonderful that Bh\'e9\'f1ma was able to welcome such a large aristocratic gathering, even though he was neither at home nor
 in a normal healthy condition. But we should not think that Bh\'e9\'f1ma was writhing in excruciating pain. He was such a great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that he was in full control of his senses. Moreover, in passing away he was victorious. He was endowed with the power to leave his body at will, and so his passing was by his own choice. Such power over death is beyon
d our imaginations at present, and there is no sense in arguing the point. If we can accept this authorized narrative, all questions will be revealed gradually in the course of the story.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma was soon to leave this mortal world to gain eternal liberation in the kingdom of God. By the will of God, Bh\'e9\'f1ma was
 to give instructions, before leaving, to the guilty Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira about his duties, and he was also to make his last prayer to the Supreme Lord, who had kindly come to the gathering. The illustrations which accompany this story are done exactly acco
rding to descriptions in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and thus we can truly place ourselves amongst the fortunate p
ersons who gathered in close to see and hear the events which led to Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s immortality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing the distressed Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and his four brothers, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, sitting nearby with great affectio
n for their dying grandfather, Bh\'e9\'f1ma shed tears of ecstasy. Allow us to briefly relate the background for Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s being called \'93Grandfather\'94 and for his deep emotion at the sight of these P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers who had gathered 
beside him as he prepared to breathe his last. Some time before this scene, the world was ruled by King P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, who died at an early age when his five sons were all young children. These boys, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, were brought up by the affecti
onate elder members of the royal family, especially by Bh\'e9\'f1madeva. Later on, when they grew up, they were cheated by a rival in the palace and exiled from the court, although they were the rightful heirs to the throne.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma knew that the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were innocent and had been unnecessarily put into trouble, but he could not take their sid
e since he had already promised to support the rival party led by Duryodhana, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas\'92 cousin. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  explains why Grandfather Bh\'e9\'f1ma opposed the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas in the civil war: \'93Bh\'e9\'f1madeva was not at all satisfied to fight against the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, who were his beloved fatherless grandchildren
. But the warrior class is very stern, and therefore he was obliged to take the side of Duryodhana because he was maintained at the expense of Duryodhana.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas came back from exile and asked to have at least a little land to rule, they were driven away by the rival pa
rty of cheaters headed by Duryodhana. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba also appeared in the royal court at that time and asked that peace be kept and that the brothers be given some land, but He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was ignored. Duryodhana\'92s party told the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, \'93If you want as much land as can fit under a pin, you\'92ll have to fight for it.\'94 Thus, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas were forced to fight in the great war of Kuruk\'f1etra, a huge family feud in which many brothers, students, teachers and friends found themselves on opposite sides. It appears that Bh\'e9\'f1ma was}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub forced by political intrigue to fight opposite the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ultimate reason why all these events happened as they did and Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and the others were brought together at Bh\'e9\'f1m
a\'92s deathbed of arrows can only be explained as the will of the Lord. It is not}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub difficult to understa
nd that everything is happening under a plan of the Supreme Lord. Pure devotees of the Lord are completely agreeable to the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fact that nothing happens except by the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the desire of a devotee is to learn K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s will and carry it out as His servant in a loving mood. It is said that not a blade of grass moves without the
 will of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the ordinary events of the material world\'97such as the operation of the physical laws in the universe by which the planets orbit i
n space and different living entities are awarded different births in varieties of species of life according to their work\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba acts through His representative agent, which is called the material energy. The science of how God works and is p
resent everywhere is dealt within the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and we shall not go into it here. Wh
en it comes to the welfare of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotees, however, it is stated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally arranges each situation: He even brings them trial and tribulation at certain times just for their ultimate glorification. In other words, Go
d acts through His deputed agents, His energies, in all matters of the material world pertaining to persons who are interested in worldly gain, but for a devotee He does not employ agents; rather, He personally takes charge of their destiny and sees that
 they become purified.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The passing of Bh\'e9\'f1ma was personally arranged by God for His pleasure, just to exchange love with His devotees. He wanted King Yu
dhi\'f1\'f6hira to receive instructions from a great authority like Bh\'e9\'f1ma, and He wanted to appear before Bh\'e9\'f1ma so that His devotee could see Him in his last hour. That is the explanation of why this scene took place. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, t
he speaker of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , stood peacefully beside His}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dear devotee, Bh\'e9\'f1ma, while Bh\'e9\'f1ma distinguished himself before all the learned sages by his instructions to the new king.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first advice Bh\'e9\'f1ma gave to Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was that he should not feel sorry for the death of those who had been killed in
 that way. \'93In my opinion,\'94 Bh\'e9\'f1ma said, \'93It is all due to inevitable time.\'94 As}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub long a
s one is within the material world, he has to bear the actions and reactions of time, which brings about so many wars and sufferings. Even if one is pious, the conditions of material life are such that suffering and devastation will take place. Truly, th
e world is a shaky place with danger at every step, and even the greatest personalities suffer many reverses in the course of time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma explained that this time factor was the wish of the Lord Himself, and so it was not right to think that the deaths were th
e responsibility of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. It was not by his will that these things were happening; the actual doer was K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In His form of time, He annihilated thousands of soldiers of both parties. \'93Since it is beyond the control of any human
 being,\'94 Bh\'e9\'f1ma said, \'93there is nothing you can do. So why should you lament?\'94 Bh\'e9\'f1ma said: \'93All these demonstrations are within the plan of the Lord. Accepting this inconceivable plan, you must follow it.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma knew that since the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas\'92 cause was just, virtue had triumphed over vice. Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was not person
ally to blame for deaths which had taken place by the agency of all-devouring time. His duty now was to take over the administration of the people and protect them so that they could perfect their lives and go back to Godhead\'97that is the sum and subst
ance of Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s instructions to Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we speak of the will of God or the plan of God, these words indicate that God is not a dead lump or desireless void\'97He is the S
upreme Person. In fact, as a person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared amidst this clan of P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas as one of their family members. His position is bewildering to the common people. He is the Almighty God by whose will the movement of a blade of grass or 
the outcome of a spectacular event like the Kuruk\'f1etra War takes place, yet He was present as a friend at the passing away of Bh\'e9\'f1ma. Devotees accept Him both ways, for anything is possible for God. There is no question of restricting Him only t
o managing the destiny of the universe by saying, \'93No, God can\'92t come into the human society personally. He can\'92t stand before His devotee and speak loving words. He can\'92t smile. He can\'92t bless. He can\'92t do this. He can\'92t do that.
\'94 God can do what He likes, as He likes. God is God. He is independent, and when He comes, He comes in His eternal spiritual form. As cousin, friend, well-wisher and messenger of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, He was still the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
Although it is bewildering that God can be present as an ordinary family member, it is certainly possible for Him. He appeared, by His mercy, as the unconquerable and eternal Supreme Person and was accepted by Bh\'e9\'f1ma, His devotee. Therefore, we can
 also accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He appears in this narrative by His will.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared at the deathbed of Bh\'e9\'f1ma because Bh\'e9\'f1ma was a great unalloyed devotee of the Lord. Bh\'e9\'f1
ma took it as a great favor that he could see the Lord. We have seen pictures of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His transcendental body of eternal youth is of a bluish hue. He is smiling, and in His four-armed form He holds a di
sc, conchshell, wheel and lotus. He wears brilliant yellow garments and is opulently ornamented and helmeted. His eyes are beautiful like a lotus.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was standing before Bh\'e9\'f1ma at the time of his death. No general or philosopher in the history of the rise and fall
 of mundane empires was ever blessed in this way\'97to have God appear before him, in a friendly reassuring mood, just to satisfy his vision. Bh\'e9\'f1ma was thinking, in all humility, that he might not see God after his death. Therefore he requested th
e Lord to stay before him so that he could concentrate on His form before passing away.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This scene is unique and astonishing, but it is an authorized description of dealings between the Supreme Lord and one of His devotees.
 The scene and the intimate relationship which the Lord had with Bh\'e9\'f1ma are verified by the most perfect process of receiving knowledge\'97to hear it from the Vedic sources, the spiritual master and the scriptures. Such knowledge is never dogmatic.
 Just as the mother is the bona fide authority for the confidential knowledge of the identity of one\'92s father, so Vedic scripture is the perfect authority for information about the transcendental world. Hearing such literature is a regular process for
 receiving perfect knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s activities have been accepted by all authorities in this spiritual line of disciplic succession, including Lord Caita
nya and our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. They all accept the version of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the word of God. Modern man believes that spaceships have gone to the moon on the authority of modern science. Whatever the scientist or newspaper says is imperfect, whereas the word of God is perfect. If we attempt to gu
ess or theorize about God\'92s existence and appearance rather than accept the authority of scriptures and the spiritual master, we will never have access to this vital information about our eternal relation with God. It is beyond our guessing. What\'92s
 more, by rejecting the spiritual master\'92s authority, today\'92s society has been degraded by all manner of vices, illicit sex and intoxication, and thus modern society has become very uncongenial for anyone interested in spiritual progress.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Bh\'e9\'f1ma speaks about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can accept what he says, since he knows the principles of transcendental knowledge. H
e appears in Vedic literature as an outstanding authority on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before the great assembly who had come to see and hear him, Bh\'e9\'f1ma prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'93Now I am going to die. So in the
se last moments, let me remember You in the mood in which we met each other as opponents on the battlefield. That vision of You, out of all, is the most attractive to me. Since I am a warrior, I long to see You in that fighting spirit. You came before me
 like an attacking lion, carrying a chariot wheel in Your hand, because I was about to kill Your disciple, Arjuna.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma said: \'93In the battlefield, the wavy hair of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba turned an ashen color from the dust raised by the hoofs
 of the horses. His hair was scattered; there was perspiration on His face. All these decorations, intensified by the wounds made by my arrows, were enjoyed by Him. Let my mind rest upon that K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma was a warrior by quality and work, and so he worshiped K\'e5\'f1\'eba by shooting arrows at Him. Of all bewildering things
 about Bh\'e9\'f1ma and the Lord, this is the most bewildering\'97that a devotee expressed his love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba by inflicting wounds upon Him on the battlefield as His enemy. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'93The Lord, being absolute, can accept service from His pure devotee even in the garb of an enemy.\'94 Actually, the Lord, the Unconquerable, has no real enemy. The wounds from Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s arrows were enjoyed by the Lord as much as th
e service of devotees who worship by throwing soft roses upon Him or bowing before an altar.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, since the Lord has an eternal spiritual body, there was no question of His actually being bruised or cut. Transcendental bli
ss is of different varieties and is always completely pure. Therefore, the Lord enjoyed the wounds created by His great devotee Bh\'e9\'f1ma, and because Bh\'e9\'f1ma was a devotee in the chivalrous military mood, he fixed his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba in t
hat wounded condition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma prayed: \'93Let my mind be fixed on the Lord\'92s activities on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra as He fought as the chari
ot-driver of Arjuna.\'94 Bh\'e9\'f1ma reflected, \'93Just by seeing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the battlefield, the opposing soldiers gained liberation in their next lives.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While the day grew near its close, as indicated by the sun\'92s rays, the great host of eminent personalities from all over the univers
e listened eagerly and with full faith to the authorized instructions of Bh\'e9\'f1ma. The speaking of Bh\'e9\'f1ma and the hearing by the sages can only be appreciated on the platform of devotional service or transcendental life. There was no mental spe
culator or doubter present at that meeting. Such persons do not have entrance into the pastimes between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotee because they think that such activities are material or impossible or just stories. Those who are qualified to act
ually be an audience to such a transcendental narration were thrilled, and they forgot all miseries and circumstances of the material world and listened with full feelings of ecstasy and rapt attention.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said that actually a devotee cannot completely understand the Supreme Lord because the nature of God is that He is ultimately inc
onceivable and not subject to our understanding. But a measure of a devotee\'92s advancement is that he increasingly relishes hearing these stories about the Lord. If we hear this narration without envy, we can be included in that host of eternal liberat
ed listeners of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma recalled the battle. One day, after long fighting, Duryodhana criticized Bh\'e9\'f1ma, hinting that Bh\'e9\'f1ma was not f
ighting as hard as he could because of his reluctance to kill Arjuna and the other P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. Duryodhana accused Bh\'e9\'f1ma: \'93Your grandfatherly feelings have made you soft-hearted.\'94 In those days, warriors fought with great sporting spir
it, as a friend fights with a friend, and Bh\'e9\'f1ma could not tolerate this criticism from Duryodhana. \'93I vow,\'94 promised Bh\'e9\'f1ma,\'92\'92that tomorrow I will kill all the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana had inspired Bh\'e9\'f1ma to a rage. Bh\'e9\'f1ma said: \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the chariot-driver of Arjuna, and He Himself w
ill have to take weapons tomorrow. Otherwise His friend Arjuna will die. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has promised to be neutral in this war and not to actually fight. But if He wishes to protect Arjuna, He shall be forced to fight me!\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next day, Bh\'e9\'f1ma drove his chariot across the field, broke and scattered all opposition before him, and headed straight for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna. His chariot moved against all resistance. Dust arose in clouds. Soldiers fought, knocking each other from their carts. Fully decorated bodies lay dead on the field along with horses and mangled bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma fought so violently that both Arjuna and K\'e5\'f1\'eba were in trouble. Arjuna became separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and p
ut at a military disadvantage. This stalwart fighter Bh\'e9\'f1ma, who is praised as the greatest of all generals, came upon Arjuna with raised weapons, prepared to kill him in a moment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba moved to save His devotee, Arjuna. He picked up a large chariot wheel from the battlefield and rushed toward Bh\'e9
\'f1ma in an angry mood, as a lion charges to kill an elephant. He ran in such haste that His covering cloth fell from His shoulder without His knowing where it fell.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma at once gave up his weapons and stood ready to be killed by the Lord. The Lord was the ultimate destination of Bh\'e9\'f1m
a\'92s life, and to see the Lord in this mood was the fulfillment of Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s chivalrous dealings with the Lord. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba had promised not to lend His fighting strength to either side, He broke that promise on Bh\'e9\'f1ma\'92s in
sistence, just to save His devotee, Arjuna. This was all an arrangement by the Lord to favor His great devotee, Bh\'e9\'f1ma. Bh\'e9\'f1ma wanted to see the Lord break His promise and save His devotee; therefore, the Lord\'92s running towards Bh\'e9\'f1m
a with the wheel in His hand was like a lover\'92s going to a lover without caring for checking hindrances.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This cannot be understood by those who try to restrict God by saying, \'93He cannot do such and such.\'94 Devotional service is dynamic
, far beyond the selfish aspirations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and impersonal meditators who seek self-satisfaction by 
mechanical }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub processes. Ever
yone has a unique, eternal, active relationship with God. We can recover our original mellow relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba by beginning our practice of devotional service according to regulative principles under the guidance of a spiritual master. Tho
se who know even a little of pure devotional service can penetrate the mystery of this loving exchange between Bh\'e9\'f1ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba as so-called enemies. it is astounding that a devotee can please God by playing the part of an enemy. This can 
happen only in the case of a completely pure devotee like Bh\'e9\'f1ma, who is not actually an enemy but an eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At his last moments, Bh\'e9\'f1ma clearly saw and cherished this vision of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the battlefie
ld.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in so many ways as his supreme beloved object, Bh\'e9\'f1ma finally left this world for the next. Because he
 was thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in love and K\'e5\'f1\'eba was actually present before him, it was assured that he would enter the spiritual realm which lies beyond these material universes to join the Lord in one of the spiritual Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets
 and constantly engage in loving service without anxiety or misery.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The perfection achieved by Bh\'e9\'f1madeva at the time of death can be attained even if Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not personally present.
 By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba or by hearing narrations about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can attain this stage. Every man or animal must ultimately die, but one who dies like Bh\'e9\'f1madeva attains perfection, and one who dies forced by the laws of nature d
ies like a cat or dog. That is the difference between a man and an animal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human life is especially meant for dying like Bh\'e9\'f1madeva. The atheist thinks that at death he is finished and that everything els
e is finished and there is no after-life or spiritual world. The only possible way to receive knowledge about what is beyond this material world is from the authorities who speak information from the spiritual world. There is a process of spiritual knowl
edge. If one wishes to know who his father is, the mother is the authority. In the same way, God Himself, or revealed scriptures, can tell us about this eternal life. The human being who takes up the responsibility of recovering his eternal relationship 
with K\'e5\'f1\'eba fulfills the responsibility of human life. As for the atheist, he denies God up until the time of death, and then he is conquered by time, which is the direct representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should not consider the story of Bh\'e9\'f1ma to be unimportant. It is not simply the story of an old warrior dying, but it is the n
arration of a great soul leaving this mortal world for the spiritual world. Bh\'e9\'f1madeva was perfect because he never forgot the Lord in His transcendental feature as the chariot-driver of Arjuna on the battlefield and because the Lord was personally
 present before Bh\'e9\'f1madeva while he passed to the transcendental world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the speaker of this narration, describes the final moments of Bh\'e9\'f1ma: \'93Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, merging himsel
f in the Supersoul, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, with his mind, speech, sight and activities, became silent and stopped breathing. Thus, knowing that Bh\'e9\'f1madeva had merged into the unlimited eternity of the Supreme Absol
ute, all present there became silent like birds at the end of day. Thereafter, both men and demigods sounded respectful honor by beating on drums. The honest royal order offered honor and respect, and from the sky there was a shower of flowers.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The shower of flowers by the heavenly beings has no comparison in the funeral rites performed for an ordinary common man in our materia
listic civilization today. In the case of an ordinary funeral, people glorify and lament over the dead body, but in the case of Bh\'e9\'f1madeva the men and demigods present were glorifying the ascension of the spiritual body. They were glorifying the pa
ssing of Bh\'e9\'f1ma because he was attaining the spiritual planets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The passing away of a devotee is, therefore, unique and exalted. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that the men of this present age are always disturbed and filled with so many cares that they do not have the time and inclination to hear about spi
ritual life. We are so surrounded by this disturbed civilization that it is very difficult for us to hear about and understand a great K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee like Bh\'e9\'f1ma. But God Himself says that if we can remember and recite about these
 devotees, it is even more beneficial than trying to connect directly with the Lord Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we can try to retain a summary of the narrations of Bh\'e9\'f1ma in our minds, if we try to tell others about this great devotee, wh
o met the Lord in a fighting mood, spoke great instructions on a deathbed of arrows, and, passing away at a moment of his own choosing, attained the spiritual world\'97if we can just experiment in this way by reciting the activities of a devotee in a sub
missive rather than skeptical mood\'97then we will be able to feel spiritual pleasure. We highly recommend discussion of these topics about the transference of our real self at the time of death into the next world, and we urge the reader to direct any q
uestions to the editors of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so we can discuss this matter clearly, since it is the most im
portant business of life\'97to fix our own passage from this world into the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The example of Bh\'e9\'f1madeva is one of perfect death. It is not that he died only because he was an old warrior. Even if a young man
 is twenty-five years old, he has already died twenty-five years. So, for all of us, our immediate concern should be how to prepare for death and what our responsibility is. The Vedic literature is full of many satisfying stories and teachings which answ
er this all-important question. This material is given to us out of the compassion of the great sages who are directed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The final conclusion is that by chanting in a humble state of mind the names of God\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97we can achieve the stature of this great warrior devotee of the old days, Bh\'e9\'f1madeva. Just as He did for Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will come befor
e us in the mood in which we most desire Him, and He will fulfill all our desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
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GOD, \line THERE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE AND THOSE WHO DO NOT.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of those who believe, only a handful may know Him, live with Him, and know what He is teaching. Lord Caitanya appeared in I
ndia 500 years ago. As }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  predicted and the great spiritual masters have 
attested, Lord Caitanya is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, playing the role of His own devotee.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The intimate revelations of Lord Caitanya to His most confidential associates are disclosed in these extraordinary books. H
ere for the first time the loftiest, most intimate topics of God consciousness are presented to the western world for the serious student of spiritual science and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. All}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub letters will be personally replied, and correspondence of}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be published regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tokyo, Japan
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please allow me to offer my respectful obeisances unto your lotus feet. And please allow me to introduce myself. I am 26 years ol
d boy. I have spent about two years and a half in a hippy-like way after escaping out of the society and family. Meanwhile I have tried to get on the way for the salvation. I have studied about Indian religions including some Buddhist Texts. But every ef
fort I made was quite in vain and illusion because I was just trying to forget my sins and mistakes and to hide them from myself and others. People calls me by the nickname Damari, meaning keeping silent or the mouth is locked. It shows how my deeds and 
words have been meaningless. I did not know how foolish I have ever been, living in the false world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About two weeks ago came the change. I was forced to see the reality what I had ever been. I found my mind quite dead. I felt mys
elf as an evil spirit, following the path of a demon. It was hell of faithless, cold and painful. I got insane. I wandered out of the city and walked on for four days without eating but some small cookies and two bottles of milk. Actually I was thinking 
of killing myself. But it was a great fortune for me that I knew the Mantra of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. While walking I often chanted. My mind was rushing back and forth between death and life. But finally chanting made me to think that I should try the last
 chance of liberation. I knew the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so I knew killing myself does not help. To be killed is n
ot this life but this ego. Then new self appears.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fortunately I knew International Society since its beginning in this country, and lately I have visited New Gaya often. So I have
 come here. Already a week has passed. Sudama and I are working very hard every day. I\'92m sure making devotion helps me a lot. Chanting, too. But still I do not have confidence that I can be good as devotee. I must learn how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba from
 the beginning.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh Prabhup\'e4da, please teach this stupid boy how to make devotion out of love. Please help me to become the servant of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. I do not want to come back to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my obeisance, or I am hopeless. All gl
ories to Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your humble servant,\line Damari, Toshio Inoue
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Surat, India\line 17 July 1971
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My Dear \'c7r\'e9 Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On page 32 of BTG No. 32 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, in reply to a disciple\'92s inquiry, observes: \'93He
aring the vibration of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub automatically reminds one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Pa
stimes, Form, Qualities, etc.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Apropos to this, some of my friends quite at home in comparative religion humbly ask: What about those born before the advent of the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avatara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [incarnation] who never heard and never had the haziest notion of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba or His Pastimes, etc.?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They believed in the prior }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of R\'e4ma and what went before, and so how could they be established in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness or endeavor to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka or even aspire to be \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized\'94?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This just defies our comprehension, as the Supreme Cosmic Personality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared only 5000 years ago.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So will you very kindly enlighten and satisfy our consciousness on the subject?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely thanking you in anticipation, and with respectful obeisances.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jai \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mulchand Deomal
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Life Member ISKCON
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb360\sa0\li5040\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Mass.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li5040\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 29, 1971
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mulchand Deomal:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was very encouraging to hear from you again. Please accept my humble obeisances. It is so nice to understand that you are discussing
 and meditating upon the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regarding your question: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has said, \'93Hearing the vibration of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba automatically reminds one
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pastimes, form, qualities, etc.\'94 So you have asked, how could people who lived before the advent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93who never heard or had the haziest notion of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 meditate on Him by chanting? The fact is that information about the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His words and His glories i
s eternally existent. In the first verse of the Fourth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we read that K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub principles to the sun-god long, long ago (it is calculated at 140 million years ago).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature was compiled 5,000 years ago, but prior to that the Vedic information was passed down by hearing from bona fide sp
iritual masters. And what is the purport of that Vedic science? You will find it in the Third Chapter of First Canto, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tu bhagavan svayam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  although there are many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and they are all parts of the Supreme Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Bhagavan Himself, the source of all incarnations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a mundane historical person who appeared 5,000 years ago and had no previous existence. He is the eter
nal Absolute Truth. So information of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was available from bona fide spiritual masters, even before the advent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and even before Vy\'e4sadeva compiled the Vedic literature in writing. In the Satya-yuga, the Golden Age, thousa
nds of years ago, spiritual perfection was attained by the process of meditation for thousands of years. But the goal ot that meditation was the same as the perfection of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba: realization that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead, is the source of all emanations. This realization culminates in performing acts of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another point is that you say that people only knew about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of R\'e4ma. But Lord R\'e4ma is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Meditating upon or glorifying the pastimes of Lord R\'e4ma is the same as glorifying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The only diffe
rence is that Lord R\'e4ma is a Vi\'f1\'ebu expansion, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda, is the original form of the Supreme Person\'97but both R\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We conditioned souls have all forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pastimes\'97whether we lived before, during or after the advent of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in V\'e5\'ebd\'e4vana, we have all forgotten Him and haven\'92t the \'93haziest notion\'94 of Him. But love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our original, constitutional state of consciousness. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to bring back our eternal memory of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I hope you can understand that knowledge and memory of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is natural to us; it is not a mundane historical thing, that some
 have it and some don\'92t\'97everyone is servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Moreover, it is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba only appeared in one place at one time, but His pastimes, as manifested with Ya\'e7od\'e4 and the cowherd men and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are eternally manifest, in one universe after another, one second after another, eternally. Our perfection will be to become liberated from the recurring process of birth and death in the material world and to join K\'e5\'f1
\'eba in His pastimes as they occur within the material universes and eternally exist in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your servant,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li5760\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'93I Offer My Respeciful Obeisances To His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da \'85\'94
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'93I Offer My Respeciful Obeisa
nces To \line His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da \'85\'94
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Siddhara-svar\'fcpa d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I offer my respectful obeisances to His}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba on this earth, having taken shelter at the Lord\'92s lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is always engaged in worship of the Lord, he feels he is the lowest and most fallen of us all, he is not desirous of being worshiped
. Therefore he is worshipable by me. He only accepts his position because his spiritual master has ordered him to do so. One should never take on disciples unless ordered to do so by the spiritual master. I have committed the greatest offense by taking d
isciples without the direct order of the bona fide spiritual master. Yet Prabhup\'e4da is so merciful that he has even forgiven me.
\par }\pard \s1279 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1080\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disciples not abandoned\'97but saved. Placed securely at the feet of His Divine Grace and the disciplic succession.
\line Set our clocks to the eternal time scale, where example counts more than words; there a million disciples are but a drop in the ocean.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My message, spoken by my words and action, is specifically for those who (1) desire spiritual realization or (2) have achieved spiritua
l realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92ve relinquished my position as spiritual master and offered myself, my disciples, and all our wealth at the feet of His Divine Gra
ce A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Here is why:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this age of confusion, souls seeking spiritual realization don\'92t know which path }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub really }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leads to God, and the spiritually advanced don\'92t know how best to serve God. So everyone mentally speculates. The searchers for God go from
 one spiritual path to another, from one so-called spiritual master and theory to the next. The advanced soul spends his time speculating how he can help others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who rely on mental speculation are bound to be misled and to mislead others because the mind is material; and that which is mater
ial is imperfect\'97subject to making mistakes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92ve surrendered to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da because he, being in the disciplic succession from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, is the way 
out of this maze of speculation. He is the bona fide representative of the Lord, and he is therefore infused with absolute knowledge and potency. He can easily take one to God; and for those who are beyond the illusion that happiness lies in the material
 world, he shows exactly what actions they should engage in. No longer are independent, mentally concocted attempts at \'93turning on others\'94 necessary.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the Kali age gets thicker and more confused, so will the phone book\'92s yellow pages under Meditation Centers, Spiritual Master, et
c. Up to this time, I\'92ve been a so-called spiritual master, thus adding to the confusion, making it harder for everyone to know which path is actually absolute.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Katha Upanisad: \'93In order to learn the transcendental science, one must approach the spiritual master in disciplic succ
ession, fixed in the Absolute Truth.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To be a spiritual master, one must be in the line of disciplic succession to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and must be an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a perfect example.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As an example to others, Lord Caitanya, who was God Himself, humbly submitted Himself at the feet of \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9, the contempo
rary spiritual master in disciplic succession. Yet I am such an arrogant fool that I, who am nothing more than a lowly maggot, believed that I did not need a spiritual master in disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first time I received the association of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s devotees was at the very much celebrated Sunshine Music Fes
tival held in Diamond Head crater, New Year\'92s Day, 1969. I had flown over from our meditation center on Maui to help conduct the Festival\'92s religious function and meditation classes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being inquisitive about them and their \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 chanting, I wandered over to their booth. The devotees were very kin
d to me. I sat and chanted with them for a while, and one of them showed me how to play the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kartals }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (fing
er cymbals), although to this day I still haven\'92t succeeded in learning to play them correctly. I also glanced through a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Magazine for the first time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the seed of the perfect tree was planted. But because I knew nothing of the sweet fruit of that tree of devotional service, I took
 no effort to water it nicely. Besides, I was too busy trying to turn people on to the Lord\'92s clear light energy and His all-pervasive feature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should understand my position at that time. There was no desire for \'93spiritual realization.\'92\'92 I had some realization of th
e impersonal feature of God, and because the bliss derived from this was so much greater than any bliss possible in material life, I was moved to turn others on to it. I had no idea of God in His original personal feature. Much of my time and energy was 
spent trying to find or learn the easiest and quickest means of spiritual realization of God. Having sensed the spiritual power of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I became interested in using it as a tool for impersonal realization. So I incorporated the chanting into our Maui }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a
\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub program.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The invisible potency of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soon began to have visible effects. Beautiful forms of Krs\'eba supplanted pictures of impersonalist }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and mystics. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had b
een our main textbook for a long time, but we had been using an edition by an impersonalist who, like myself, used the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to gain the experience of merging with God. Now we began to use \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which has a much more devotional attitude. }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exercises, breathing, and silent meditation occupied a less and less important part of our program.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa266\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sweet nectar of devotional service I had begun to taste by the causeless mercy of His Divine Grace. Impersonalist e
xperiences now seemed dry and void\'97with as little significance as children\'92s toys. Chanting the holy name for mok\'f1a ended. A bigger fool could not exist than I, for I had been thinking of using K\'e5\'f1\'eba to gain mok\'f1a. Only a fool would 
exchange a diamond for a one-dollar bill.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although I was beginning to relish the sweetness of the name, I had no appreciation for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Out of his mercy he 
handed me the gem of love for God, and in return I gave him only trouble and more trouble. Yet he has forgiven me. He has no merchant in his heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since I already held the post of spiritual master, I retained it, but now I was teaching primarily devotional service\'97though obvious
ly not pure devotional service. I had no thoughts at this time of surrendering to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. I was simply taking from his teaching what I wanted and applying it. The more I engaged in what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said to engage in, the 
more I realized, within, the absoluteness of his words. The stronger my internal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba became, to that same degree the Lord let me know of the absoluteness of His representative, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The more I began to a
ct on this realization, the larger our group got. Thus the public in Hawaii got the unfortunate impression that I was the spiritual master of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. This disturbed many members of ISKCON because I wasn\'92t really the bona fide
 representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Yet still they were tolerant towards me. Along with mercifully chastising me for my \'93independent nonsense,\'94 they helped the community to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious by supplying us with books, musical instrume
nts, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , instruction, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Approximately seven months before my surrender to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, it became clear to me that such surrendering would take pl
ace. These seven months were a time of realizing more deeply the necessity for such surrender.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The more I accepted \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s words as absolute and the more I simply repeated his words\'97without adding or subt
racting anything to my preaching\'97and the more I surrendered to him in my heart as my spiritual master, the more people joined our community. They were treating me as their spiritual master, yet in my heart I knew that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was rea
lly their spiritual master. Also at this time the Lord provided us with greater facilities to spread the holy names. Both disciples and facilities came in proportion to the degree of surrender to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. While accepting disciples, it w
as now with full knowledge that I would be placing them, along with myself, at the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. In that sacred knowledge lay my only strength.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa266\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfathomable is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy\'97for He has sent \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to distribute absolute knowledge
 to us. Unfathomable is \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s mercy\'97for he is freely distributing absolute knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to everyone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I just recently learned of an incident where \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and a disciple at the Honolulu ISKCON temple were talking about 
\'93that boy Sai and his rascal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub party.\'94 The disciple was quite perturbed, but \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was not. He simply said, \'91\'91If they continue to read my books and chant, they will become purified.\'94 He fully knew the absolute potency of the knowledge he was passing on. Thus the more I read, the more deeply did I realize t
hat \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s words were actually the words of the Absolute, with the potency of the Absolute, and the more I realized this, the more I took the words and instructions as my life and soul. The more I took his words as my life and sou
l, the clearer it became to me that I had to follow exactly what he was saying. That which I heard him say most often was, \'93Surrender to the bona fide spiritual master and learn the science of God from him.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The highest pleasure is in pleasing the Lord\'97so that is my desire. To please the Lord I must please the spiritual master; 
to please the spiritual master I must follow his instructions, knowing full well that they are the instructions of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I felt perfectly secure from this point on because no more speculation was needed in order to know how to please God. I knew from that 
point on that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would be pleased simply by my pleasing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\'92s attitude left a deep impression on me. I desired to be in the position of which He spoke: \'91\'91I am the servant o
f the servant of the servant\'97one hundred times the servant\'97of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 By my serving the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord would be pleased with me. The Lord chooses those devotees who feel too impure to be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He 
hugs them as they futilely struggle to run from His arms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I knew that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would be pleased if I stopped my independent nonsense and entered into ISKCON temples and learned
 submissively the science of love of God from his disciples. And so the specific plan of action was begun.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because my followers were sincere and serious in their endeavor to serve and love God, there was little trouble in the change. The only
 devotees who were confused were the few who had been trying to impress upon others that I was K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They were suffering from the same disease that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da desires to free the world from: \'93I am God-ism.\'94 No one left the 
movement, however, for out of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s mercy they had already tasted the sweet nectar of devotional service. This can be seen by the fact that they had given up the carnival-like material life. They weren\'92t like the pseudo }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who \'93meditate\'94 a few minutes or hours a day and then go and engage in all sorts of nonsense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We had our fill of encounters with such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93yog\'e9s\'94 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and \'93swamis.\'94 In fact, recent encounters with a few Indian \'93swamis\'94 on their way from India to the USA mainland (to get disciples) freed many devotees of their idealisti
c illusion about these cheaters in the garb of \'93Indian holy men\'94 and simultaneously let me see that I was lending authority to these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s\'92 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub independent rascaldom by my not surrendering to the bona fide representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I didn\'92t inform most of my followers of my plan of action until only two days before I took it. I explained at length my desire to p
lease my spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and said that if they would like to follow my example they were encouraged to do so. The talk was long, serious and confidential. Many were sad; they didn\'92t know if they would be able to treat me a
s their spiritual master, and I said, \'93In small ways you won\'92t be able to treat me as your spiritual master, but in the most important sense you can. You can please me by doing what I want you to, and I want you to learn the science of devotional s
ervice from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. So there\'92s no problem, no conflict.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A deep feeling of relief filled the air, a feeling that was free from any doubts of the correctness of my action. Safe in the hands of 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, at the feet of the disciplic succession, a feeling of soul security prevailed. And added to this was the excitement at gaining so many new Godbrothers and sisters. As one devotee joked, \'93Our community has not dissolved, it h
as expanded. We now have temples and Godbrothers all over the world!\'94 Spontaneous chanting and dancing began, and no one wanted to stop. Shouts of, \'93All Glories to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da! Gaur\'e4\'ecga! Hari Bol!\'94 burst forth, opening a whol
e new chapter in our lives. All sectarian feelings had disappeared. Surely the Lord was very pleased!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and more chanting, the boys who wanted to follow my example began cutting their hair. To us the hair cutting meant surrender to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and the disciplic succession. For the next two days, organizing
 for the exodus to the different ISKCON temples took place. All our wealth was distributed to different temples, and our vehicles, property, etc., were handed over to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s bona fide representative in Hawaii, Gaursundar d\'e4sa A
dhik\'e4ri.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nothing is or ever}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was mine. So I could not have given up anything at all. Materialists understand not the laws of the spiritual world; to move forward, one must move backwards. With each backstep, a step forward is gained. As water seek
s always the lowest point, so should the devotee of the Lord. To move forward, then, is to surrender to the bona fide spiritual master. To be attached to serving and pleasing such a spiritual master is to be attached eternally to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s feet
. There, securely stationed at the lowest point, in bliss, he is never attracted by the mundane \'93glory\'94 or \'93pleasure\'94 offered by the material circus world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am certainly unworthy of giving anyone any advice, yet I would like to, at least, pass on to my innumerable brothers and sisters the 
wish of my most humble spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. His wish is that you take to the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, regardless of your particular situation in life. You are all much more qualified than I to bathe in the nectarean ocean 
of Lord Caitanya\'92s mercy; therefore you should not hesitate to chant, read \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books, and visit or join any ISKCON Temple at any time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, The Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The women entered the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana which was verdant with vegetation and newly grown vines and flowers. Within
 that forest, they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balarama engaged in tending the cows.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba wore a nice garland of forest flowers and a peacock feather on His head. He was holding a lotus flower a
nd was smiling charmingly. With their very eyes, the wives of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saw the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead, of whom they had heard so much, who was so dear to them, and in whom their minds were always absorbed. Now they saw Him eye to eye and face to face, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered within their hearts through their eyes.\'94
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON Press, New York
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 750 pages, 82 color plates
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 4
5, 1972
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Divine Anger and His Devotee's Pure Love p22 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is about K\'e5\'f1\'eba (pronounced \'93Krish
na\'94), the Supreme Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a Sanskrit word meaning God, the All-Attractive. Our magazine is intended to bring a revival of God consciousness to people of modern civilization, most of whom have forgotten what God is or 
who think God to be dead, impersonal or void. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Person, appeared in India, many people think K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be a Hindu god. But He is not. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. He is not Christian, nor Muslim, nor Buddhist nor Jewis
h. He is universal. As the cause of all existence, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, is the actual substance of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as there are magazines about sports, business and other topics, this is a magazine about the science of God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub educates humanity of its divine nature and trains the mind. Most magazines offer what the editors think the 
public might like, such as sex, crime and amusements, but our method is to present the real substance of life. We present 100% K\'e5\'f1\'eba, without ordinary tricks and commercial formulas. We receive the information we print about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from 
the most authorized sources, the genuine spiritual master and the Vedic scriptures. The Vedic literatures are philosophically so perfect and clear that simply by carefully reading them one will know God perfectly well and will be sufficiently educated to
 defend himself from the argumentative onslaughts of atheists. Beyond that, the reader will be able to convert others to accepting God as the highest pleasure and the most concrete principle of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, understands that more and more people are growing tired 
of hackneyed mundane topics and are developing a taste instead for transcendental literature. Therefore he has instructed his disciples, the members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, to distribute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as widely as possible, by the hundreds of thousands. Please read the article written by His Divine Grace and the artic
les by his disciples. We believe that serious and impartial persons will find them sublime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the upper left-hand side of this page you will see printed the words Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. These are names of God taken from the ancient Vedic scriptures, where they have been arranged scientifically in this form of sixteen syllables called the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates that this transcendental delivers the mind of all misery and brings spiritual bliss. If recited aloud or even silently, with feeling and careful attention, the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can clean one\'92s heart of the dirty desires which accumulate there for many lifetimes and 
which cover our original pure and happy condition. Even if you do not have time to read the essays in this magazine, we humbly request you to experiment and try chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not at all difficult, it requires no sacrifice, and you don\'92t have to change your religion, philosophy or way of life in order to chant Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Why don't you try it right now? You have nothing to lose, and the gain is very great. Whoever you are, wherever you are, please invest at least a few moments and try reciting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 
\'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 32 Tiffany Place, Brookl
yn, N.Y. 11231. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $4.50 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Dallas)
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society For Krishna Consciousness\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub MEMBERS
HIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and thus is being introduced all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a simple, practical and universal way that can be accepted by men of any race, religion or nationality. For information on how you can bec
ome a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3826 Willat Avenue, Culver City, California 90230.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words#45
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sanskrit words and names in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are spelled according to a system accepted by scholars throughout the world which indicates the exact pronunciation
 of each word. Vowels in Sanskrit are pronounced almost as in Italian. The sound of the short }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in b}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t, the long }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in f}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r and held twice as long as the short }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in ev}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de. Long }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in p}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub que. The vowel }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is pronounced like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  in the English word fib}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub c}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is pronounced as in the English word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ch}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub air, and the aspirated consonants (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ch, jh, dh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc.) are pronounced as in staun}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ch-h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eart, hed}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ge-h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub og, re}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d-h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ot, etc. The two spirants }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are pronounced like the English }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is pronounced as in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub un. Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pronounced }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KRISHNA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pronounced }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub CHAITANYA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub International Society For Krishn
a Consciousness Centers Around The World
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Nairobi}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0  }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Kenya}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 c/o ISKCON, P. O. Box 28946 (E. Africa)}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell
}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li3960\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 THE AMERICAS\cell\cell\cell}
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\fs20\cf0 24 13th St./ (404) 892-9386}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v
\f0\fs20\cf0 Boston\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Massachusetts\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 40 N. Beacon St./ (617) 254-7910\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Buffalo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 
}{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 New York\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 130\'96132 Bidwell Pkwy./ (716) 882-0281\cell}
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\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 15720 Euclid Avenue/ (216) 451-0418}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 3037 Center St./ (305) 448-8426}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Columbus\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Ohio\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20
\cf0 318 E. 20th Ave./ (614) 299-4946\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Dallas\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Texas}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 5426 Gurley Street/ (214) 827-6330}{
\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Denver\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Colorado}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 1400 Cherry St./ (303) 302-6661}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 
\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Detroit\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Michigan\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 8311 E. Jefferson Avenue/ (313) 824-6000\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20
\cf0 Edmonton\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Alberta}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 11935 106}{\v\f0\fs14\cf0\up12 th}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0  Street, Canada}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Honolulu\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Hawaii}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 2016 McKinley Street/ (808) 941-0380}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0
\fs20\cf0 Houston\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Texas}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 707 Hawthorne St/ (713) 522-0635}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Laguna Beac
h\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 California}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 641 Ramona Ave./ (714) 497-1305}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Los Angeles\cell\sl240
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Mexico}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0  }{\b\v\f0
\fs20\cf0 City\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Mexico}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Gobernador Tiburcio No. 45, Col. San Miguel/ (905) 515-9658}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b
\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Montreal\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Quebec\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 720 Park Avenue Canada\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 New Orleans\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0
\fs20\cf0 Louisiana}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 2936 S. Esplanade/ (504) 482-6406}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 New V\'e5nd\'e4vana\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0
\fs20\cf0 W. Virginia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 RD 3, Moundsville/ (304) 845-0207\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Washington\cell\sl240
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20
\cf0 Tokyo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Japan}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 221 Minami Asakawa-cho  Hachioji-shi}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 V\'e5nd\'e4van
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\sl240\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Marseilles\cell\sl240\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Munich\cell\sl240
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Paris
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Stuttgar
t\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 W. Germany}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 7 Stuttgart, Neue Weinsteig 12A\cell}
\row \pard
\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf0 A Devotee is an Ocean of Mercy
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Devotee is an Ocean of Mercy
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Today I shall speak to you about the glorification of the holy name of God. This was discussed between Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it an
d \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in connection with a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who was very fallen and addicted to all k
inds of sinful activities but was saved simply by chanting the holy name. This is found in the Sixth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The universal planetary systems are very nicely explained in the Fifth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Within the universe there are some planets which are hellish. Actually, not only the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but all religious scriptures contain descriptions of hell and heaven. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub can find out where those hellish planets are and how distant they are from this planet, just as you can obtain information from modern astronomy. Astronomers have calculated how far the moon is from here and what the distance is between t
his planet and the sun; similarly, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub contains descriptions of the hellish planets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have experience of different atmospheric conditions even on this planet. In the western countries near the North Pole, the climate i
s different than in India, which is near the equator. Just as there are differences in atmosphere and living conditions on this planet, similarly there are many planets which have different atmospheres and conditions of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After hearing a description of the hellish planets from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.6]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhuneha mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga yathaiva narak\'e4nnara\'f9 / n\'e4nogray\'e4tan\'e4nney\'e4ttanme vy\'e4khy\'e4tumarhasi:}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Sir, I have heard from you about the hellish planets. Men who are very sinful are sent to those planets.\'94 Par\'e9ksit Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is a Vai\'f1\'ebava (devotee), and a Vai\'f1
\'ebava always feels compassion for others\'92 distress. He is very afflicted by the miseries of others. When Lord Jesus Christ presented himself, for instance, he was greatly afflicted by the miserable conditions of the people. Regardless of which count
ry or sect they belong to, all Vai\'f1\'ebavas or devotees\'97any people who are God conscious or K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious\'97are thus compassionate. Therefore to blaspheme a Vai\'f1\'ebava, a preacher of God\'92s glories, is a great offense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, is never tolerant of offenses committed at the lotus feet of a Vai\'f1\'ebava. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5p\'e4mbudhi:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava is an ocean of mercy. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e4\'efc\'e4-kalpa-taru:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyo
ne has desires, but a Vai\'f1\'ebava can fulfill all desires. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kalpa-taru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means desire tree. There is a tr
ee in the spiritual world which is called a desire tree. In this material world, you get a particular type of fruit from a particular type of tree, but in K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka as well as in all the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, all the trees are spiritual and w
ill fulfill all your desires. That is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-v\'e5
k\'f1a.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava is addressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4ga,}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means \'93fortunate.\'94 One who becomes a Vai\'f1\'ebava and is God conscious is understood to be greatly fo
rtunate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has explained that the living entities are rotating in different species of life, in different planetary systems
 all over the universe. A living entity can go anywhere\'97to hell or heaven\'97as he likes and as he prepares himself. There are many heavenly planets, many hellish planets and many species of life. There are 8,400,000 species of life. The living entity
 is rotating, wandering through these species and creating bodies according to his mentality in the present life. As you sow, so shall you reap.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that out of all these numberless living entities who are traveling in the material world, one is fortunate,
 not everyone. If everyone were fortunate, they would all have taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is being distributed freely everywhere. But why are people not taking it? Because they are unfortunate. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that on
ly those who are fortunate take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and they get hopeful life, pleasant life, blissful life, a life of knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the duty of a Vai\'f1\'ebava to go}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub door to door to make the unfortunate people fortunate. A Vai\'f1\'ebava thinks, \'93How can these people be delivered from their hellish life?\'94 That was Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\'92s inquiry.
 \'93Sir,\'94 he said, \'93you have described that on account of one\'92s sinful activities he is put into a hellish condition of life or in a hellish planetary system. Now, what are the counter methods by which such persons can be saved?\'94 This is the
 question. When a Vai\'f1\'ebava comes, when God Himself comes, or when God\'92s son or His very confidential devotees come, their only mission is to save the sinful men who are suffering. They have knowledge of how to do this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja met N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, he said:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naivodvije para duratyaya vaitara\'eby\'e4s\line tvadv\'e9rya g\'e4yana mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta\'f9\line \'e7oce tato vimukha
-cetasa indriy\'e4rtha\line m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharamudvahato vim\'fcdh\'e4n\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7.9.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear Lord,\'94 Prahl\'e4da says, \'93I am not very anxious for my own deliverance.\'94 M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers are ver
y careful that their personal salvation is not interrupted. They think, \'93If I go to preach in association with others, I may fall down, and my realization will be finished.\'94 Therefore they do not come. Only the Vai\'f1\'ebavas come, at the risk of 
falldown\'97but they do not fall down. They may even go to hell to deliver the conditioned souls. This is Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\'92s mission. He says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naivodvije udvije}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am not very anxious about l
iving in this material world.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says further, \'93I have no anxiety for myself because somehow or other I have been trained to be always K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.\'94 Because he is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he is confident that in his next life he is going to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that if one executes the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious regulative principles carefully, it is certain that he will r
each the supreme destination in his next life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja continues: \'93There is only one source of anxiety for me.\'94 Just see\'97although he had no anxiety for hi
mself, he still had anxiety. He says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7oce tato vimukha-cetasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am anxious for those persons who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is my anxiety. For myself I have no anxiety, but I am thinkin
g of those who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.\'94 Why aren\'92t they K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharamudvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These rascals have created a humbug civilization for temporary happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually this is a fact. We have a humbug civilization. So many cars are being manufactured every year, and for that purpose so many roads have to be excavated and prepared. This creates problem after problem. Therefor
e it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub illusory happiness, and yet we are trying to be happy in this way. We are trying to manufacture some way to be happy, but this only creates other problems.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In your country you have the greatest number of cars, but that does not solve any problems. You have manufactured cars to help solve th
e problems of life, but I have experienced that this also creates more problems. When my disciple Day\'e4nanda wanted to take me to a doctor in Los Angeles, I had to take the trouble to travel thirty miles before I could even consult the doctor. Once you
 create cars, then you must travel thirty or forty miles to meet your friends.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You can go from New York to Boston in one hour, but it takes even longer than that just to get to the airport. This situation is called
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means false, illusory. We are trying to create some very comfortable situation, but we have created another uncomfortable situation. This is the way of the material world; if
 we are not satisfied by the natural comforts offered by God and nature and we want to create artificial comforts, then we have to create some discomfort also. Most people do not know tha\'f6. They think that they are creating a very comfortable situatio
n, but actually they are traveling fifty miles to go to the office to earn a livelihood and fifty miles to come back. In Hawaii, one boy, Gaursundar, was working to maintain our temple. Unfortunately he had to go fifty miles from the temple to work. I wa
s very sorry to see that this boy had to go fifty miles for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s sake, but now K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us the facility so that we don\'92t have to work. Because of such conditions, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says that these }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vim\'fc\'f2has}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97these materialistic persons, these rascals\'97have created an unnecessary burden on themselves
 simply for temporary happiness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n, m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharamudvahato.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, in Vedic civilization, it is recommended that one free himself from material life, take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the renounced order of life, and 
prosecute spiritual life with absolutely no anxiety.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one can execute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in family life, that is very good. Bhaktivinode \'d6h\'e4kur was a family man, a magist
rate, and still he executed devotional service so nicely. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja were }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hasthas,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub householders, but they trained themselves in such a way that even as householders they were faced with no interruption in their service. Therefore, Prahl
\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, \'93 I have learned the art of always remaining in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94 What is that art? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tvadv\'e9rya g\'e4yama mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta
\'f9.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply glorifying the victorious activities and pastimes of the Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e9rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93very heroic.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s activities are heroic. You can read about them in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s name, His fame, His activities, His associates and everything else are heroic. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says in this connect
ion, \'93I am certain that wherever I go, I can glorify Your heroic activities and be safe. There is no question of my falling down. But I am simply anxious for these persons who have created a type of civilization in which they are always busy working h
ard. I am thinking of them.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da says further:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ye\'eba deva munya\'f9 sva-vimukti-k\'e4m\'e4\line mauna\'e0 caranti vijane na par\'e4rtha-ni\'f1\'f6\'e4\'f9\line nait
\'e4n vih\'e4ya k\'e5pa\'eb\'e4n vimumuk\'f1a eko\line n\'e4nya\'e0 tvadasya \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 bramato \'92nupa\'e7ye\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7.9.44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93My dear Lord, there are many saintly persons and sages who are very interested in their own liberation.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Munaya\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means saintly persons or philosophers. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pr\'e4ye\'eba deva munaya\'f9 sva-vimukti-k\'e4m\'e4:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub they are very interested in their own liberation. They try to live in solitary places like the Himalayan mountains. They do not talk to anyone, and they are always afraid of mixing with ordinary people in the city and becoming disturbed o
r maybe even falling down. They think, \'93Better let me save myself.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja regrets that these great saintly persons do not come to the city, where people have manufactured a civilizat
ion of very hard work all day and night. Such saints are not very compassionate. He says, \'93I am anxious for these fallen people who are unnecessarily working so hard simply for sense gratification.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even if there were some point in working that hard, such people do not know what it is. All they know is sex. Either they go to a naked
 dance or to a naked club or to this or that. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nait\'e4n vih\'e4ye k\'e5pa\'eb\'e4n vimumuk\'f1a eko}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'93My}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord, I do not need salvation alone. Unless I take all these fools
 with me, I shall not go.\'94 He refuses to go to the kingdom of God without taking all these fallen souls with him. This is a Vai\'f1\'ebava. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4nya\'e0}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tvadasya \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 bramato \'92nupa\'e7ye:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\'93I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simply want to teach them how to surrender unto You. That\'92s all. That is my goal.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vai\'f1\'ebava knows that as soon as one surrenders, one\'92s path is clear. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Naivodvije para duratyayavai tara\'eby\'e4s-tvadv\'e9rya g\'e4yana mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta\'f9:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'93Simply, somehow or other, let them bow down before K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 This is a simple method. All you have to do is bow down before K\'e5\'f1\'eba with faith and say, \'93My Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I was forgetful of You for so long, f
or so many lives. Now I have come to consciousness; please accept me.\'94 That\'92s all. If one simply learns this technique and sincerely surrenders himself to the Lord, his path is immediately open. These are the philosophical thoughts of a Vai\'f1\'eb
ava. A Vai\'f1\'ebava is always thinking about how the fallen conditioned souls can be delivered. They are always involved in making plans in that way, just like the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. What was the business of the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Lord
 Caitanya\'92s direct disciples? That is stated by \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4na \'e7\'e4stra-vic\'e4ra\'ebaika-nipu\'ebau sad-dharma-sa\'e0sthap\'e4kau\line lok\'e4n\'e4m hitak\'e4rinau tribhuvane m
\'e4nyau \'e7ara\'eby\'e4karau\line r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pad\'e4ravinda bhajan\'e4nandena matt\'e4likau\line vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghuyugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, namely, \'c7r\'e9 San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r
\'e9 Raghun\'e4tha D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, are very expert in scrutinizingly studying the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for
 the benefit of all human beings. They are always absorbed in the mood of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and are en
gaged in the transcendental loving service of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With similar Vai\'f1\'ebava compassion, Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'93You have described the dif
ferent types of hellish conditions of life. Now, tell me how those who are suffering can be delivered. Kindly explain this to me.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Adhuneha mah\'e4-bh\'e4ga yathaiva narak\'e4nn
ara\'f9/ n\'e4nogray\'e4tan-\'e4nney\'e4ttanme }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.6]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Nara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means human beings, those who are fallen. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narak\'e4nnara\'f9 n\'e4nogray\'e4tan\'e4nney\'e4ttan me :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'93How can they be delivered from their fierce miseries and horrible pains?\'94 That is a Vai\'f1\'ebava heart. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it says, \'93Somehow or other they have fallen down to this hellish life. But that does not mean that 
they should remain in that condition. There must be some means by which they can be delivered, so kindly explain that.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 replied:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na cedihaiv\'e4paciti\'e0 yath\'e4\'e0hasa\'f9\line k\'e5tasya kury\'e4nmanauktip\'e4\'ebibhi\'f9\line dhruva\'e0 sa vai pretya 
narak\'e4nupaiti\line ye k\'e9rtit\'e4 me bhavatastigmay\'e4tan\'e4\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Yes, I\'92ve already described the different types of hellish conditions and very severe painful life, but one has to counteract it.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can this be done? Sinful activities are committed in various ways. We can commit sinful activity and thus make a plan\'97\'93I shal
l kill that man\'94\'97that is still sinful. When the mind is thinking, feeling and willing, then there is action.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The other day I was reading in a book that if someone\'92s dog barks at you when you are passing on the road, then that is an offense o
n the part of the dog-owner, according to law. No one should have to be scared by dogs barking, so one should take care of his dog. I read this. It is a law in your country. The dog is simply barking, but it is sinful. The dog is not responsible because 
it is an animal, but because the owner of the animal has made the dog his best friend, he is responsible by law. If an outside dog enters your house, it may not be killed, but the owners of the dog may be prosecuted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as the barking of the dog is unlawful, so when you speak something offensive to others, that is also sinful. That is just like bar
king. Therefore sinful activities are committed in so many ways. Whether we think of sinful activities, or we speak something sinful, or we actually commit a sinful activity, they are all considered sinful activities. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhruva\'e0 sa vai pretya narak\'e4nupaiti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One has to suffer punishment for such sinful activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People do not believe in a next life because they want to avoid this botheration. But we cannot avoid it. We must act according to the 
law, or we will be punished. Similarly, I cannot avoid God\'92s law. That is not possible. I can cheat others, commit theft and hide myself, thereby saving myself from the punishment of the state law, but I cannot save myself from the superior law, the l
aw of nature. It is very difficult. There are so many witnesses. The daylight is witness, the moonlight is witness, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme witness. You cannot say, \'93I am committing this sin, but no one can see me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme witness sitting within your heart. He notes down what you are thinking and what you are doing. He also gi
ves facility. If you want to do something to satisfy your senses, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the facility for that action. That is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [15.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sa\'e0nivi\'f1
\'f6o:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am sitting in eve
ryone\'92s heart.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4nam-apohana\'e0 ca: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93From Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us a chance. If you want K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then He will give you a chance to have Him, and if you don
\'92t want K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then He will give you a chance to forget Him. If you want to enjoy life forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, forgetting God, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give you all facility so that you can forget, and if you want to enjoy life with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give you the chance to make progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is up to you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you think that you can be happy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not object to that. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yathecchasi tath\'e4 kuru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  18.63]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After advising Arjuna, He simply said, \'93Now I have explained everything to you. Whatever you desire you can do.\'94 Arjuna replied immediately, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kar
i\'f1ye vacana\'e0 tava }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1
8.73]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Now I shall execute 
Your order.\'94 That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God does not interfere with your little independence. If you want to act according to the order of God, then God will help you. Even if
 you fall down sometimes, if you become sincere\'97\'93From this time on I shall remain K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and execute His orders\'94\'97then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will help you. In all respects, even if you fall down, He will excuse you and give you more
 intelligence. This intelligence will say, \'93Don\'92t do this. Now go on with your duty.\'94 But if you want to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if you want to become happy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will give you so many chances that you will forget K\'e5\'f1
\'eba life after life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja says here, \'93It is not that if I say there is no God then there will be no God or I will not be respons
ible for what I do.\'94 That is the atheistic theory. Atheists do not want God because they are always sinful\'97if they thought that there were God, then they would be forced to shudder at the thought of punishment. Therefore they deny the existence of 
God. That is their process. They think that if they do not accept God then there is no punishment and they can do whatever they like.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When rabbits are being attacked by bigger animals, they close their eyes and think, \'93I am not going to be killed.\'94 But they are k
illed anyway. Similarly, we may deny the existence of God and the law of God, but still God and His law are there. In the high court you may say, \'93I don\'92t care for the law of the government,\'94 but you will be forced to accept the government law. 
If you deny the state law, then you will be put into prison and be caused to suffer. Similarly, I may foolishly decry the existence of God\'97\'93There is no God\'94 or \'93I am God\'94\'97but, nevertheless, you are responsible for all your actions, both
 good and bad.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two kinds of activities\'97good and bad. If you act nicely and perform pious activities, then you get good fortune, and if yo
u act sinfully, then you have to suffer. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasm\'e4t-puraiv\'e4\'e7viha p\'e4pa-ni\'f1k\'e5tau\line yateta m\'e5tyoravipadyat\'e4 \'94tman\'e4\line do\'f1asya d\'e5\'f1
\'f6v\'e4 guru-l\'e4ghava\'e0 yath\'e4\line bhi\'f1ak cikitseta ruj\'e4\'e0 nid\'e4havit\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of atonement. If you commit some sin and counteract it by something else, that is atonement. There are examples of this in the Christian B
ible. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, \'93You should know that you are responsible, and according to the gravity of sinful life, you should accept some type of atonement as described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the scriptures.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, just as when one is diseased he must go to a doctor and pay doctor bills as a form of atonement, according to the Vedic way o
f life there is a class of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub to whom one should go for the prescribed atonement according to the sins one commits.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that one has to execute the prescribed atonement according to the gravity of one\'92s sinful life. He co
ntinues the example: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do\'f1asya d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 guru-l\'e4ghava\'e0 yath\'e4 bhi\'f1ak cikitseta ruj\'e4\'e0 nid\'e4navit. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When you consult a physician, he prescribes an inexpensive medicine or a costly medicine according to the gravity of the disease. If you simply have a headache he may prescribe an aspirin, but if you have something very severe, he im
mediately prescribes a surgical operation which will cost a thousand dollars. Similarly, sinful life is a diseased condition, so one must follow the prescribed cure to become healthy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acceptance of the chain of birth and death is a diseased condition of the soul. The soul has no birth and death and no disease because 
it is spirit. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.20]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : na j\'e4yate, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the soul has no birth, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mr\'e9yate,}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it has no death. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7va
to 'ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul is eternal and everlasting. It is 
not lost with the dissolution of this body. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re. Na hanyate}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means that it is not killed or destroyed, even after the destruction of this body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The missing point of modern civilization is that there is no educational system to instruct people on what happens after death. Thus we
 have the most defective education because without this knowledge of what happens after death, one dies like an animal. The animal does not know that he is going to have another body; he has no such knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human life is not meant for becoming an animal. One should not simply be interested in eating, sleeping, sex life and defense. You may 
have a very nice arrangement for eating, or many nice buildings for sleeping, or a very good arrangement for sex life, or a very good defense force to protect you, but that does not mean that you are a human being. That type of civilization is animal lif
e. Animals are also interested in eating, sleeping and sex life, and according to their own methods they defend also. Where, then, is the distinction between human life and animal life if you simply engage in these four principles of bodily nature?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The distinction is made when a human being is inquisitive\'97\'93Why have I been put into this miserable condition? Is there any remedy
 for it? Is there any perpetual eternal life? I do not want to die. I want to live very happily and peacefully. Is there a chance of this? What is that method? What is that science?\'94 When these inquiries are there and steps are taken to answer these q
uestions, that is human civilization: otherwise it is doggish civilization, animal civilization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Animals are satisfied if they can eat, sleep, have some sex life and have some}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub defense. Actually there is no defense because no one can protect himself from the hands of cruel death. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, for instance, wanted to live for
ever, and so he underwent severe austerities. So-called scientists are now saying that we shall stop death by scientific methods. This is also another crazy utterance. That is not possible. You may make great advancement in scientific knowledge, but ther
e is no scientific solution to these four problems of birth, death, old age and disease.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is intelligent will be eager to solve these four prime problems. No one wants to die. But there is no remedy. I have to die. Ev
eryone is very anxious to stop the increase of population by employing so many contraceptive methods, but still, birth is going on. So there is no stoppage of birth. You may invent up-to-date medicines by your scientific methods, but you cannot stop dise
ase. It is not possible just to take a tablet to put an end to disease.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [13.9] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma-m\'e5tyu-jar\'e4-vy\'e4dhi-du\'f9kha-do\'f1\'e4nudar\'e7anam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One might think that he has solved all the problems of his life, but where is the
 solution to these four problems of birth, death, old age and disease? That solution is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba also says in the same book }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [4.9]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9 tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub punar janma naiti}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eti so \'92rjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every one of us is giving up our body at every moment. The last phase of giving up this body is called death. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93If anyone understands My appearance and disappearance and My activities\'97not superficially b
ut in truth\'97after giving up this body he never again accepts a material body.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What happens to such a person? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4m eti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97he returns to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If you are to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then you have to prepare your spiritual body. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, If you keep yourself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness, then gradually you prepare your next body, a spiritual body, which will carry you immediately to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, and you will become happy. You will live there perpetually and blissfully.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Clearing the Pain
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Clearing the Pain
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Jamadagni d\'e4sa \line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON\'97Boston)
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O I have kissed the feet\line Of every woman in town\line Cast aside my mother sweet\line And dragged my father down\line Th
e list of my sins is carved\line On the faces of all I see,\line Whose fearful hearts are starved\line For knowledge, bliss and eternity. \line But, O spiritual master pure,\line Your divine grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da,\line You have come to save us 
who are poor\line By bringing deathless love of God.\line So fallen I lie on the ground,\line Homeless I sleep in the street,\line And trying to wait for the sound\line of your voice or your lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine\line Grace A.C.\line Bhaktivedanta\line Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line Has saved us\line Who fell\line From the darkne
ss\line Of hell.\line Prabhup\'e4da\line Gave us life,\line Sang of God\line In the strife\line With a voice\line Filled with love,\line Brought a choice\line From above\line In a song\line Full of bliss,\line Singing long\line For the kiss\line Of our s
weet\line Loving Lord.\line Touch his feet,\line Climb aboard,\line Dance and sing,\line Chant the name,\line Hear it ring\line In the sky!\line Serve forever,\line Never die.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O I am poor of heart;\line A wandering beggar, I,\line Bereft of common sense,\line Do cheat and steal and lie.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My evil thoughts and deeds\line Swarm like angry flies,\line Lay their sticky eggs\line Upon my mind, then die.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But though I wander lost\line And full deserve my fate,\line You\'92ve come to pay the cost\line Before it is too late.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dear Prabhup\'e4da, you bring\line Sweet music to my life.\line Who else but you can sing\line Amidst the death and strife?
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who else can show the way,\line Lead me from the night?\line Your golden moonlike ray\line Has given back my sight.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your voice is filled with love\line It stirs my sleeping soul.\line Your singing fills the night\line Within this wretched 
hole.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So I am Yours eternally,\line I, trembling, hold your hand;\line I\'92ll serve you all my life.\line With love we\'92ll lea
ve this land.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Journey to the Real Self
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Journey to the REAL SELF
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GROSS BODY DEFINED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual body, which is our real identity, is covered by the gross body composed of earth, water, fire, air and ether, and by the 
subtle body composed of mind, intelligence and ego. Bones, flesh and muscle are composed mainly of water. Fire is the energy agent that aids in digestion and motivates the system to action. Air is the breath force supplying oxygen to the grosser elements
, and ether is a more subtle form of air principally circulating in the brain to give vivacity to the mind functions. Combined, these comprise the gross body, which is the vehicle for action. The mind itself works the senses and makes them assert themsel
ves in such and such a way. It also receives and retains impressions through the senses. The mind thinks, perceives and feels, and is the conjurer of desires. The intelligence is the controller of the mind and is the intellective force that can distingui
sh between matter and spirit. By the intelligence one has the ability to learn or understand from experience, reason, and discrimination. As one\'92s intelligence develops, he progresses up the evolutionary scale. In the body, the intelligence is the mon
arch, and the mind is the viceroy serving as intermediary between the intelligence and the phenomenal world. Intelligence is more subtle than mind (it is more difficult to perceive materially), and more subtle than intelligence is ego. Ego is the self id
entity by which the individual distinguishes himself from others. It is the subtle substance on which experience is superimposed. In introspection it recognizes a series of acts and mental states which the gross body experiences It is the web of individu
ality uniting all other components. This ego is not merely an intellectual conception. It can be directly perceived. For example, in large crowds of people we do not lose our sense of self identity and confuse our body with the bodies of others. Also, in
 dreams, for instance, we often feel ourselves present as an individual distinct from other individuals in the dream. In fact, in some dreams we may inhabit different bodies but still retain that singular sense of \'93I,\'94 and yet in other dreams we ma
y have no bodies at all but may simply be a presence witnessing action.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 TRANSMIGRATION OF THE SUBTLE BODY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As long as we do not attain liberation, we are covered by the gross body. At death the subtle body, composed of the mind, intelligence 
and ego, shuffles off the mortal coil composed of the grosser elements and carries impressions and proclivities into another gross body. \'93The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life, as the air carries aromas. Thu
s does he take one kind of body, and again quit it to take another.\'94 (Bg. 15.8) Therefore this rebirth is like a change of dress. Consciously the subtle body may forget its previous life in that it may forget particular actions, but nonetheless these 
actions determine the next body that is being assumed. Actually the impressions are always there, and in some rare cases, by the will and grace of the Divine, one can remember certain actions of his previous life, and the desires experienced in that life
 are carried over from body to body by the mind, intelligence and ego.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of us have practical experience of how the subtle body extends and travels beyond the gross body. When we are sleeping, the subtle 
body can travel to places far distant and to times past or future, and when we are awake we may think of a friend or place and their images appear. How often does the school boy frolic at the seashore while sitting at his desk! Such daydreams are example
s of the ability of the subtle body to travel beyond the gross body. In recent years millions of Americans have been enjoying traveling in their subtle bodies through the use of LSD and other psychedelic drugs. These serve as a catalyst to sever the subt
le body from the gross body. They are enjoyable for one who takes them because the experiences encountered by the liberated subtle body while traveling are much more vivid and bizarre than daydreams. In such states one can experience the mental bliss of 
freedom and can soar to great heights of intellectual exhilaration. But these states are temporary. Although they seem to be eternal while one is in them, the subtle body comes down and returns to its original abode of pain.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PREPARATION OF FUTURE BODIES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are now utilizing a gross body, and when it becomes useless we will transfer to another body. We are now preparing our next body by 
our actions. Such preparation is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We also can prepare to transfer our bodies to other planets if we so desire. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other scriptures recommend certain pious activities, penances, sacrifices, etc., as means for transfer
ral to higher planets. However, after the results of these pious activities are exhausted, the subtle body must return to a middle planet like the earth and acquire a gross body in order to aggrandize more good }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to become re-elevated. And so this cycle goes on. \'93Those who
 study the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and drink the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub juice worship Me indirectl
y, seeking the heavenly planets. They take birth on the Indraloka where they enjoy godly delights. When they have thus enjoyed heavenly sense pleasure, they return to this mortal planet again. Thus, through the Vedic principles, they achieve only flicker
ing happiness.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.20-21)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the point of view of spiritual intelligence, such activities are useless. Like Indra, at one moment one may be a demigod, and at t
he next moment he may be a hog. This change of dress is very painful because in each case one has to endure the pains of birth, old age, disease and death. He has not only to bear the burdens of one body but of countless ones.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 TRANSFERRAL TO THE SPIRITUAL BODY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if one transfers himself to the p
lanet where K\'e5\'f1\'eba resides he does not have to take on another material body. \'93From the highest planet in the material world, down to the lowest, all are places of misery, where repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My ab
ode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  It is the duty of the individual to learn how to transfer himself to that spiritual sky where he will not be subject to rebirth. The real identity of the individual is beyond both the gross and subtle bodies. It is beyond the material univer
se, beyond the mind, intelligence and ego. It exists eternally in the spiritual sky. When all material hankerings are severed, one is able to regain his original pure uncontaminated form of consciousness which is his spiritual body full of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternal bliss, being and knowledge. It is by cultivating one\'92s K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness that the gross and subtle bodies can be transcended. Then one can enter the spiritual sky and there attain 
his true form.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 AWAKENING FROM THE BONDAGE OF BODIES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the subtle body enters a gross body, he enters the abode of darkness. When we fall down a tunnel we can no longer see the light of
 day. So this gross body and the world perceived by it are considered to be darkness and ignorance by those who have Vedic knowledge, that is to say by those who remember their previous illuminated existence. The taking on of a gross body is also likened
 to falling asleep and dreaming. When one falls asleep he leaves his actual environment and travels to a land of make-believe which is full of insubstantialities. But when he awakes he is once again in his original environment. If his dream is pleasant h
e may yearn to dream again, but if it is horrible he may be glad to awake. In either case, the dreaming condition is temporary, and in no case would one want to permanently remain in that situation. Liberation is simply realizing that one is asleep and w
aking up.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who wakes up enters the spiritual sky where there is no need for artificial illumination by sun or moon. There all the planets are 
self-luminous. The inhabitants are established in bliss and knowledge, and life is eternal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are caught in the dream of the gross body are suffering so many material miseries. Actually they don\'92t want to grow old. T
hey don\'92t want to die. But all this is being forced upon them. They are not aware of their position outside of the dream. They institute universities in which they discuss phenomena within the dream, but in no way are they interested in a curriculum d
evoted to waking up.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Students study their dream subjects so hard and get very upset when they fail, but they are in no way concerned about a much more impor
tant subject which the university doesn\'92t even offer. And so there are dream universities and dream instructors and dream courses and dream students and not a speck of reality on campus. There are science faculties in chemistry, biology, physics, bota
ny, geology, astronomy, zoology and so on, but no department is teaching the science of God. Theology departments may be teaching the science of religion, but they are not teaching anyone how to leave his gross material body and pierce the tenfold coveri
ngs of the material universe and enter the self-luminous sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one judges man from the point of view of the gross material body, he is not superior to the animals. In fact most animals are strong
er, faster, more self-reliant and more capable of surviving in nature. Man\'92s body may appear more aesthetic, but from the practical point of view it is not as useful as the gorilla\'92s. However, man is superior, and he dominates because he has a more
 highly developed mind and intelligence that distinguish him from animal life. And it is by his mind and intelligence that he can understand what he is and inquire into the meaning of his existence. It is not that he is superior because he can use these 
faculties to exploit material nature for the glorification of his gross body. Any animal more or less can do that. He is superior because he can understand the transcendental science by which he can transfer himself out of the gross body into the spiritu
al sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most systematic presentation of this transcendental science is given concisely in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is a preliminary study for self-realization. What is self-realization? Self-realization is realizing oneself apart from the body in one\'92s constitutional nonmaterial position. One realizes this position by becoming conscious 
of the totality of existence and entering into a relationship with it. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this totality is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate person who contains everything and a lot more besides. \'93I am being and nonbeing and that which is beyond both,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba asserts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba sets forth a curriculum for the encaged soul. Three principal courses are offered: the course of action, the course of meditation and the course of devotion, respectively called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These three sciences deal with the constitutional p
osition of the self, and by studying them the student can learn how he is entangled in the material body, how he can become detached from the material body and where he can go after leaving it. These questions are asked by Arjuna, who is thinking in bodi
ly terms, and answered by his professor \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the very beginning of the course \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba teaches Arjuna that he is not that body. He informs him that the soul passes into another body at death just as it passes from 
boyhood to youth to old age while in the body. The man who knows his constitutional position apart from the body is not bewildered by such changes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then asserts the immutable eternality of the soul apart from the body, then exhorts Arjuna 
to perform action in a spirit of detachment and devotion. As the course progresses, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba elaborates on the relationship between the individual finite soul and the Supersoul and sets forth various methods by which the finite can realiz
e the Infinite. These methods of attainment involve action which is unattached, renunciation of material consciousness, cultivation of the knowledge of the soul and the Supersoul, meditation on the Supersoul through the control of bodily organs, realizat
ion of the opulence of the Absolute and of the nature of the Absolute, the function of the three modes of material nature, goodness, passion and ignorance, the qualities of men and their faiths, the perfection of renunciation and the transcendental proce
ss of devotional service. At the end of this discourse Arjuna is enlightened as to his position and course of action and decides to surrender to the will of that absolute person who instructed him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 UTOPIA OF THE MATERIALLY DETACHED
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If such a curriculum were offered in our universities, we would not have dream schools but real centers of knowledge. And our students 
would not emerge as automatons, hippies and fanatics, but as men like Arjuna, men who embody the highest qualities. Indeed they would emerge as demigods, for the Divine would be expressed through their thoughts and actions. They would be the bravest of m
en because they would know that the soul is there even after the destruction of the body, and knowing this, they would be magnanimous, for they would not be living under a bodily conception but a spiritual one. Because they would not identify with their 
bodies, they would not consider themselves Americans or Chinese or Germans or Russians. They would consider these as designations given to objects perceived in dreams, and they would feel compassionate toward those who are still dreaming and who are caug
ht in the nightmare of duality. They would exist on the earth as the water lily on water. They would not be touched by one drop of material consciousness, and}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they would see all the men and women, all the towns and cities, all the nations and continents and planets and the vast universe itself as \'93solitude as egoless, as imageless, as the sky, as sunlig
ht, as darkness, as a phantom, as a dream, as a flash of lightning, as a bubble.\'94 (Lord Buddha, Discourse on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Praj\'efa-p\'e4ramita) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing everything material in this way, they would factually be situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ACTUAL EDUCATION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Buddhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means intelligence. It is by intelligence that I can u
nderstand that this body is not mine. I may say, \'93My hand, my head, my arm,\'94 but the use of the possessive pronoun indicates that these are my possessions and that I am situated apart from them. In order to understand the difference between the pos
sessions and the individual who possesses them, we have to understand the difference between matter and spirit. This understanding should be the function of education. The etymology of the word \'93education\'94 is significant here. It stems from the Lat
in word educere; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means out, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ducere}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means to lead, draw or bring. So education means to lead, draw or bring out The purpose of education should be to lead one out of the darkness of material consc
iousness, to draw the very best thing, which is spirit soul, out of its bodily encagement, and to bring it to the light of knowledge which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is real education, and this is the greatest service that can be rendered to t
he individual and the society. Education which is concerned with the gross body does not deserve the name education. It is merely a kind of folklore which teaches people how to decorate cadavers, how to nourish cadavers, and how to serve and worship cada
vers. No wonder then that the universities are dead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole curriculum of mankind can be enlivened by the propagation of the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This great science of the soul can emancipate the entire race if it is introduced on a wide scale.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba invites us: \'93Listen to My supreme word, which I shall impart to you for your benefit and which will give 
you great joy.\'94 Is there anyone who would refuse to listen?
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb180 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advertisement as it is
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub AS IT IS 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Spiritual Master can impart Knowledge unto you because He has seen the Truth
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AS IT IS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Published by\line Collier-Macmillan
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Introducing Ourselves to a Nation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Introducing Ourselves to a Natio
n
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A televised discussion, broadcast throughout the United States, between Mr. David Susskind and nine devotees of the Hare
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A particularly colorful group, often seen danc
ing and chanting in the major cities of this country\'97New York and Chicago and Detroit and Pittsburgh\'97is called the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. Because their names are extremely difficult to pronounce, I\'92m going to ask my guests to introduce th
emselves. What is your name?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name is R\'fcp\'e4nuga. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anuga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means follower, and R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is a great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or spiritual teacher in our line. So it means I follow R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right. And yes ma\'92am?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4lind\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name is K\'e4lind\'e9. It\'92s one of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s favorite rivers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name is Yoge\'e7vara dasa. That means that 
I\'92m the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the master of all mystic powers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name is Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, and it\'92s
 another name of the Supreme Lord, and I\'92m His servant.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmin\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name is Rukmi\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Rukmi\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmin\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I\'92m a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s wife, Ru
kmi\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ma\'ecgalam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name is Ma\'ecgalam\'e4y\'e4 d\'e4s
a, and Ma\'ecgalam\'e4y\'e4 means full of auspiciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name\'92s J\'e4yadvaita d\'e4sa. }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means victory, and Advaita is the devotee who requested the Supreme Lord to come to this world and spread t
his chanting.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name is Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa. That means 
God has an eternal form that doesn\'92t die, and I\'92m His servant.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name is Yogam\'e4y\'e4 d\'e4s\'e9. Yogam
\'e4y\'e4 is the internal potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has different energies. The external potency is the inferior energy, and the internal is the superior energy, and that\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And I\'92m the servant of this potency, of this energy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You\'92re the servant of this potency?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba displays Himself in diff
erent energies, and everything on the absolute platform is equal. It\'92s all absolute, and it\'92s all actually spintual. So this is His spintual energy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, sir.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My name is Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to the fact that God is full of opulence, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means servant.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You\'92re a servant of opulence.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Servant of one who }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub possesses }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all opulence.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right. Now, what instrument do you have there 
and for what purpose?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is called a harmonium, and this instrume
nt is used in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana. K\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means joyous singing to glorify the Lord.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right. Let\'92s see what that\'92s like.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Bharadraja leads an ecstatic five-minute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9r
tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97100 devotees singing and dancing\'97and ends with the shout \'93All glories to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da!\'94 Then the questions resume.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is your movement all about? Are you Ameri
cans?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Born here in the United States. Not all
 of us were born here in the United States, but most of us.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And you had another religion once? You were Ca
tholic or Protestant?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What made you disillusioned about that religio
n? What made you come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us a taste that
 satisfies us. It makes us happy chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what does it do in productive terms? I mea
n you sing and dance in the streets. To what purpose?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To inform people, to remind people about the
 Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this age everyone is forgetful of God. It\'92s a godless age, and people come into the material world in the first place to forget God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Couldn\'92t you serve God by functioning, by g
rowing crops, by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub doing }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub something purposeful?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4lind\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub doing something. The root of all problems\'97the lack of foodstuffs, the war and the strife and the hypocrisy that exist in the world today
\'97is a lack of God consciousness. So simply if you cure the disease in Biafra, then you have a Pakistan. After you have a Pakistan you have something else. So therefore there\'92s no cure\'97no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub material }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cure\'97to the problem. The cure is spiritual.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What do you stand for? I know you don\'92t eat
 meat, fish or eggs. You don\'92t gamble. You don\'92t believe in sex, except on a very limited basis. You don\'92t believe in intoxicants. You don\'92t take tea or drugs or coffee. What does that add up to? What purposeful\'97what thing do you produce?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It purifies us.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But now you\'92re purified\'97for what purpose
?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a is the supreme pure.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Couldn\'92t you love God as a Catholic or a Pr
otestant or a Jew?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you can.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But why didn\'92t you do it in those terms?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I don\'92t know. But K\'e5s\'eba has come, an
d this message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba has come so pure that it is changing the faces of all the youth all over the world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How did K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s message come to yo
u?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (pointing to a picture of Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4
da)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What were you doing when K\'e5\'f1\'eba came t
o you?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I was playing harmonica in a blues band. [lau
ghter]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And one night you were playing, and where did 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba appear?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I was playing at an opening of a temple. Beca
use I wanted to do some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub good. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We were doing everything for nothing. And so by chance I happened to play f
or an opening of the temple in Montreal.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A Jewish temple?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple, univer
sal temple, a temple of love of God. They needed some money in order to help get the place going.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At that time you were Protestant?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadraja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What were you? Atheist?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Atheist.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And so I played, and they were chanting. They
 said, \'93Let\'92s chant,\'94 and so we chanted.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The way they chanted now?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just now, just like that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Something about that chant, and bliss began?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I didn\'92t know at the time, but it stayed w
ith me\'97for two years.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why? I watched it, and it seemed like another 
form of revivalism or something.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, we }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reviving.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that\'92s a correct description, but it
\'92s not limited in its definition. When we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this is not any kind of an artificial imposition on anyone. By nature we are all spiritual living beings. But because we\'92ve come in contact with material nature, therefore this or
iginal consciousness is covered, and as a result we\'92re constantly engaged in waging a hard struggle for existence against this material nature. But that original, dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God consciousness can be revived by this chanting of Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the recommended means.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why? How?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This chanting is spiritual sound, and becaus
e we\'92re spiritual beings, it\'92s attractive to our soul as well as to our ear.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you feel euphoria?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. It\'92s called transcendental bliss
 or transcendental ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Were you in bliss? I was watching you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. [happy laughter from the audience] This
 is a much higher ecstasy than any material pleasure that you can experience because it\'92s ever increasing. It gets nicer all the time. As you chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more you chant, the more you want to chant.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, why is that ecstasy-producing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because you\'92re being put in direct associ
ation with God. God is actually present in His name. God incarnates in many, many different forms\'97millions of different forms. And this is the sound incarnation of God. God invests all of His energies in His name. He\'92s nondifferent from His name. I
f we have names \'85 You\'92re David \'85 If I call you David, you\'92re different\'97your body is different from David the person. You\'92re different from your name. But God is not different from His name. And He\'92s not imperson. We don\'92t call Him
 just \'93God.\'94 We call Him by His name. Just as we don\'92t call you \'93man\'94\'97we call you David Susskind or Mr. Susskind. So we call God K\'e5\'f1\'eba because that\'92s His name. That\'92s one of His names.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet people have called Him Jesus, people have 
called Him Buddha, people have called Him Mohammed \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We\'92re saying that people should }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub call }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ma\'ecgalam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He has millions of names.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But why couldn\'92t you call Him through the r
eligions of your birth? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you didn\'92t.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right. Because no one\'92s teaching us to do 
that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Didn\'92t your father and mother teach you?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your priest?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we\'92re }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub preaching that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do any of you work?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some of us, yes. We have people who are accou
ntants, we have people who are electrical engineers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You go to work with this costume?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, no. Most of us don\'92t go to work. We go
 out chanting, and we go out preaching to people, \'93Please don\'92t forget God. Remember God. Remember your relationship with God. Chant the name of God.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That\'92s an important part of the social body.
 Just like you have a body, there\'92s also a social body. The head of that body is considered the priestly class of people, who instruct the others about offering everything back to God. That\'92s a basic principle of one who is spiritual. He understand
s that nothing is his. As soon as you claim something is yours\'97whether it\'92s your watch or your shoes \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How about your wife?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Or your wife or your child \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your wife is not yours?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  She is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'92s, and you are K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is your wife your wife?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My wife is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is you\'e5 child yours?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything belongs to God. You can\'92t substan
tiate your p\'e5oprietary claim.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well then what is your relationship to your wi
fe and child?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We\'92re all serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does that mean?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It\'92s one of love. But that love is not ill-
founded. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s at the center. Therefore that love endures. I think if you look at the statistics you\'92ll find that most relationships terminate rather quickly, and even if they\'92re prolonged, at most they can last until the end of one l
ifetime.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually, love is based on the spirit soul. W
hen someone\'92s lying dead, his mother\'92s crying over him, \'93John is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gone}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , John is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gone}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ! My boy is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gone}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So that means she\'92s loving the spirit.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The body\'92s still there, but John is gone.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, you marry. You }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub marry.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (pointing to Bharadr\'e4ja)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We\'92re married.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So you }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub did}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub take one to the other.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does that mean?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means that we married in order to better
 facilitate ou\'e5 serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is in everyone\'92s interest.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Did somebody ordain the marriage?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A
.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [The audience cheers, \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jaya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ! }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !\'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'93Victory! All glories!\'94) in appreciation.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The founder of this movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His Holiness ordained your marriage. He called
 you and said, \'93I want you to marry this woman.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He said it would be a perfect marriage.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How did he know? Had you ever met?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We met just a little while before we were mar
ried.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I think what we\'92re trying to get at is this
\'97that the marriages that are taking place in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are not based on one\'92s attraction for the other in terms of common interests or sex life or something like that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Shouldn\'92t they be?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, if you want it to be a short relationshi
p, that\'92s fine.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, we\'92re all eternal as it is, you see
. We }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are eternal living bei
ngs, spirit souls, and it\'92s just a temporary body, so we don\'92t marry for some temporary bodily relationship. We marry to help each other become more K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, have more consciousness of God. And then when the body drops, that\'92s j
ust the beginning, actually. Because we can change from these bodies into another material body, or we can take a spiritual body. It\'92s not difficult. It depends on what we want.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you really love somebody, you\'92ll help th
em find out who they are.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind to Kalind\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You will have a child when he [R
\'fcp\'e4nuga] -bids you to?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Yoge\'e7vara made a very nice point jus
t now\'97that if you really love someone, then you\'92ll help him become really happy and find out who he is. Just like you asked at the beginning, \'93What do your parents think of this?\'94 Well, my parents say they }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub love }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub me, so because they see that I\'92m becoming very happy, they\'92re very pleased. Because they know that previously I wasn\'92t.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But could this be another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub phase }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that you\'92re in?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It could be, but R\'fcp\'e4nuga Prabhu has be
en chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba for over four years. I\'92ve been chanting for three and a half years\'97so many devotees here for such a long time\'97and we\'92re feeling \'e5athe\'e5 than some dec\'e5ease, rather than stagnation\'97we\'92re feeling eve
r-increasing transcendental bliss. Ever-increasing bliss.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Please don\'92t take us as a sect. This appli
es to everyone, these things we\'92re talking about.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why do you paint this thing on the front?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because this marks us as devotees of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba The whole thing is to remind our brothers and sisters, just as you are ou\'e5 b\'e5other: brotherly love is based on the fact that God is our father. We want to remind everyone of their relationship to the one God. So we\'92re preachers. This d
\'e5ess, this marking, is all to remind you: \'93Oh, there goes a K\'e5\'f1\'eba person.\'94 And then he has to think of his own relationship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the tuft of hair? Each of you has a li
ttle \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. This is called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ikha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This is done for the pleasure of our spiritual master. It\'92s the same thing. Spiritual markings to make one underst
and, \'93Here\'92s a devotee, and I can ask him about my relationship with God.\'94 Because when one dresses like this it means that twenty-four hours he\'92s serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba and trying to spread this very nice consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aren\'92t you over-dressing to explain yoursel
ves to God? I mean, with the little thing of hair and the paint on the front \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God? No, He knows very well.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But doesn\'92t the average civilian walking do
wn the street reading the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Daily News }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Chicago Tribune \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He doesn\'92t know about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What
 does he see in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chicago Tribune? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Birth, death, disease, old age. Then he looks up, and he sees a devo
tee, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there\'92s K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Audience: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Jaya!\'94]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Tell me, what\'92s your day like? When do you 
get up in the morning?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Very early. I get up at three in the morning.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our spiritual master, \'c7rila Prabhup\'e4da,
 instructed us that that\'92s the best time for self-realization.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Three o\'92clock in the morning?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually, happiness is to be awake. If you
\'92re asleep you\'92re missing out on so many things.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You get up at three o\'92clock in the morning.
 Right. And the whole city is dark. What do you do?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We chant.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4lind\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At three o\'92clock in the morning you chant?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. We have a ceremony called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub worshiping the Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means 
to receive the Lord. So we all chant at this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceremony and play nice instruments, like this
 harmonium and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the drum you saw) and nice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4las. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It\'92s very beautiful, very early in the morning.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And we study. We study. We have very nice bo
oks, literatures, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We study the pastimes of God. This is the specific contribution of our movement\'97that we are explaining to the world what God looks l
ike, what He\'92s doing, who His associates are, His clothes \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does He look like? What does God look lik
e?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Here\'92s K\'e5\'f1\'eba here.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [R\'fcp\'e4nuga brings forth a picture of \'c7y\'e4masundara, K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original form.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  With lakes and ducks and \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yogam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That\'92s the spiritual world. We have descr
iptions in our literature of the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right. And who are His associates? Animals and
 flowers and \'85 ?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All of His pure devotees.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All of His pure devotees. He has a family. Y
ou see, everything in this material world is a reflection of the spiritual world. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has a mother, a father, He has a brother, friends, servants\'97everything that we see here is simply a reflection of that. That\'92s why 
the love here in this material world is temporary. Actual love means without end. Continuous.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why do you have to get up at three in the morn
ing to do your devotions?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ma\'ecgalam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Those hours are called the auspicious 
hours of the day. They\'92re the best hours and the most conducive for spiritual realization.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What time do you go to sleep?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ma\'ecgalam\'e4y\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nine-thirty.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don\'92t even like to go to sleep. Some o
f the greatest spiritual masters in our line used to forget to go to sleep. They were so much in love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They\'92d forget to eat sometimes. We\'92re so busy in the material world trying to sleep\'97we think sleep is a recreation. But we
 think sleeping is death. We want to be awake, wide awake and conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba all the time.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore this chanting in the street. People 
are asleep, and we\'92re trying to wake them up.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you have any desires?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Our desires are always fulfilled. Becau
se our desires are fulfilled by K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly, not indirectly. We don\'92t want that indirect relationship with God\'97we want to be fully conscious of God and serve Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Did God in any way say don\'92t eat fish, don
\'92t eat meat?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It\'92s there in the scriptures.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4lind\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jesus Christ said, \'93Thou shalt not kill.
\'94 That was one of his commandments. We have said, \'93We shouldn\'92t kill people.\'94 But why should we kill animals?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just like if you had a nice plate like this and
 a cow here, what would you do? Would you kill the cow or would you eat that food?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, I\'92d go right for the cow.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the milk, hopefully. You don\'92t have t
o kill the cow to take the milk. Why cause the animal pain? Do you have to chop a tree down to get the apple? No. You can take the fruit that God has provided. He\'92s providing this light even. He\'92s providing everything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. No, that\'92s Consolidated Edison.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But where do }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub get it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It\'92s coming from the sun. The sun\'92s co
ming from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It\'92s all coming from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everything is emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So all we\'92re doing \'85 One little trick we\'92ve learned to be happy: that we }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub accept, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub joyfully we accept, because it\'92s K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy. But we give }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub back. 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because it\'92s His.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That\'92s a very interesting example that you 
just gave when you said that this light is coming from Con Edison. That\'92s the point of this movement\'97to change the vision that people have from one of material consciousness, or consciousness of simply what their senses are dictating to them, to on
e which is tempered by knowledge coming down through the line of teachers, of spiritual masters.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub did that research about your movement, and it said that after you got permission to marry, you do in fact marry, and there\'92s a kind of lovely cer
emony that goes on. Then you don\'92t need permission to have children, but your sexual activities are pre-ordained by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It\'92s called family planning. We plan to h
ave children, not to avoid having children. We }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub want }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to have children so that we can raise them in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'92s service.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when you have children you have to precede
 it by five hours of chanting?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We\'92re always chanting. Like today, we pre
ceded the show by several hours of chanting before we came here.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But five hours of singing \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not singing. On beads. You can chant any way.
 There are no hard and fast rules for chanting. But by chanting for that time, what are you thinking of? K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Shouldn\'92t you be thinking of Miriam, Miriam
, Miriam?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It\'92s not that chanting is labor.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does Miriam or Martha ever take over from K
\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Wait, wait, let\'92s talk about Miriam for a
 second. Everybody in the world is very much after sex life because sex life is the highest pleasure in the material world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, it\'92s a contender.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Until we get too old. It\'92s a very nice pl
easure. Now, the thing is that everyone has plenty of that. Everyone has plenty of sex life, yet no one\'92s happy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Wait a minute. You can\'92t make categorical s
tatements like that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All right, then what is happiness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What do you mean no one\'92s happy?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is happiness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Happiness is a condition of fulfillment or sel
f-realization or pleasure, a feeling \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That never ends.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'85 of happiness, of ecstasy \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But no come down.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, sure you come down from that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, no.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whole panel:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, no.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That\'92s not happiness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Happiness is eternal.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That\'92s because it\'92s a different high. 
We\'92re talking about a spiritual high. You should stay high forever, but you just must chant.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does your wife never say, \'93Knock off the ch
anting and love me?\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  She says, \'93Chant if you love me.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Chant if you love me. Right. Is there a limit 
on the family that you can have? Can you have as many children as you want?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The limit is that no one should have a child 
unless he can raise}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the child to be free from death. We\'92re all heading for death. Maybe in a moment or
 maybe ten years. But if you can raise your children and yourself to be free of death\'97this is actually possible by love of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All right. Now the people are crossing the str
eets in Chicago, in Pittsburgh, Detroit, L.A., San Francisco, and they see you. What would you like them to think? Because they think it\'92s a very strange sight. I mean I\'92ve passed you in New York and wondered, \'93What the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devil }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are they doing?\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, we want them to stop speculating on us
 and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ask }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub us}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what we\'92re doing. That\'92s our whole business.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Susskind:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And then they say, maybe you\'92re cop-outs.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcp\'e4nuga:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we\'92re actually not. We\'92re drop-ins
. We\'92re back in! We\'92re really in. This Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is the in thing [laughter], and we\'92re simply asking that every intelligent person take a look at what we\'92re saying. Not that they say, \'93Oh, they\'92re chanting Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.\'94 But what\'92s behind it?
\par }\pard \s574 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Advent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Advent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Madhupur\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once the world had great disturbance\line Caused by the ruling of demoniac kings.\line Though they posed as righteous ruler
s,\line Only calamities did they bring.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Much aggrieved by such confusion,\line The form of a cow did Bh\'fcmi take.\line Before Lord Brahm\'e4, eyes o\'92erflowing
,\line Her obeisances did she make.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Weeping to invoke the Lord\'92s compassion,\line Earth\'92s position she then stated.\line All the demoniac activities\line
To Lord Brahm\'e4 she related.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 hastened to the milk-white ocean\line With a host of demigods headed by \'c7iva.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There resides the Supreme Lord Visnu\line On the island }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7vetadv\'e9pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arriving at the ocean shoreline,\line They offered the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Puru\'f1a-s\'fckta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prayer.\line No response from Ks\'e9rodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9-Vi\'f1\'ebu\line Caused Brahm\'e4 to sit in meditation there.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the Supreme Personality of Godhead\line Came a message-transmission to Brahm\'e4\'92s heart.\line Brahm\'e4 spoke this
 Vedic knowledge\line And for Brahmaloka did depart.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The message imparted by Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu\line Gave instruction simple and clear:\line Demigods should take birth on this pl
anet;\line Soon Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself would appear.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus spoke the father of all praj\'e4patis\line (Progenitors of universal population).\line Four-armed Brahm\'e4 clearly de
livered\line This transcendental information.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now the pious King \'c7\'fcrasena\line Ruled the country known as Mathur\'e4,\line Where \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba lives for
ever\line Just as He always lives in Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva, son of King \'c7\'fcrasena,\line Member of the Yadu dynasty,\line Wed Devaka\'92s maiden daughter\line Devak\'e9
\'97calm and gentle purity.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 400 elephants adorned with golden garlands,\line 15,000 horses, trappings blazing,\line Brilliant chariots with gold equipm
ent,\line Dancing maidservants, jewelry dangling\'97
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the dowry of Devak\'e9\line Passed like brilliant sunset clouds.\line Conchshells, drums, bugles resounded,\line Vibra
ting the most pleasing sounds.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa, descendant of the the Bhoja dynasty,\line Son of the pious Ugrasena,\line Demon brother of pure Devak\'e9,\line D
rove the wedding chariot.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the midst of such rejoicing\line Came a celestial sound vibration\line Pronouncing Ka\'e0sa no more than a fool\line And
 giving further information:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You are driving the chariot of Vasudeva\line Thinking your sister kind and true,\line Yet the child of this same sister
\line Will be the cause of death to you!\'94
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In great rage Ka\'e0sa drew his sword\line And gripped Devak\'e9 by the hair.\line So degraded was this brother\line He wou
ld have killed her then and there.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva was rightly astonished,\line And he spoke with great conviction;\line To prevent such shameful killing,\line He ar
gued with determined reason
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Dear Ka\'e0sa, you are a most famous king.\line You are a Bhoja }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bold.\line Why should you stoop to kill a woman?\line What is this fear 
of death you hold?
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Death and birth are born together\'97\line From the day of birth you began to die.\line You cannot outwit this basic pr
ocess.\line Death is inevitable; do not try.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The living entity is conditioned\line And trapped by action and reaction.\line The material nature has us captured,
\line Binding us by false attraction.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93When the mind is speculative\line It is attracted by sense desire.\line Form, taste, smell, sound and touch\'97\line To
 material contamination we aspire.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93So the material nature,\line Solely by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy,\line According to our mental desire,\line Offers
 another material body.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Luminaries are sometimes reflected\line On reservoirs of water, oil or ghee;\line Although they may appear to be moving
,\line Planets maintain a separate identity.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Similarly, because of illusion,\line Enchanted by the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living being forgets his true self\line And identifies with
 this gross body.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus spoke Vasudeva to Ka\'e0sa\line To save the life of his wife Devak\'e9.\line He begged Ka\'e0sa not to be overwhelmed
\line By the dictates of mind and body.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva gave good instruction\line And philosophical discrimination,\line But Ka\'e0sa would not be pacified\line Because 
of demoniac association.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A demon never cares for good instruction.\line He has no use for morality.\line He cannot accept truthful teachings,\line H
owever authorized they may be.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the difference between demigod and demon\line Is here explained quite clearly:\line A demigod accepts this teaching
\line And applies it to his life sincerely.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva thought as follows:\line \'93Let me now save Devak\'e9\'92s life.\'94\line (After all it is a husband\'92s duty
\line To maintain and protect his wife.)
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva then spoke again to Ka\'e0sa\line With flattery and great respect,\line For that is the science of diplomacy,\line
In which Vasudeva was most perfect.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear brother-in-law, please consider\line That there is no danger from my wife.\line Because of some strange prophec
y,\line You are fearful for your life.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But the prophecy has spoken only\line Of the male children of your sister.\line Please note, therefore, my good Ka\'e0s
a:\line There may not be sons in the future.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But I give my word of honor:\line All my sons I will bring to you,\line And at such a time you may decide\line Exactly 
what you shall do.\'94
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Devak\'e9 gave birth to children,\line A male child was the first-born.\line Vasudeva delivered the infant to Ka\'e0sa
\line Just as he had previously sworn.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For a great soul like Vasudeva\line Nothing can be considered painful\line In carrying out prescribed duties,\line No matte
r how distasteful.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then to the faithless Ka\'e0sa\line Came the sage N\'e4rada Muni.\line He told Ka\'e0sa of the preparations\line Made for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba as son of Devak\'e9.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada informed Ka\'e0sa that everyone\line Was preparing for the Lord\'92s appearance.\line After this warning from N
\'e4rada,\line Ka\'e0sa lost all his confidence.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He imprisoned Vasudeva and Devak\'e9,\line Killing each child year after year.\line Knowing the demigods were on earth,
\line Ka\'e0sa acted out of fear.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Second Birth
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Second Birth
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON\'97Dallas)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I graduated from Brooklyn College in 1961, spent two years on an aircraft carrier in the Navy, and subsequently returned to the New Yor
k City\'92s Lower East Side and its LSD, marijuana and \'93free\'94 sex. When I ran out of money I took a job as a social worker. However, such vague descriptions of my life are of little value because they neglect the inner self. My inner self was very 
much present and used to wonder, \'93Who am I?\'94 but I had no guidance in finding out. Certainly my parents could not guide me; they were interested only in external matters: television, good grades, and a successful job and family. My teachers and pro
fessors were not willing to sit down and talk with me\'97and even if they were willing to do so, they had no understanding of what life was all about. So I took solace in friends who were bound together by their rejection of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The latter experiences are not very outstanding or unusual. What is significant is that somehow I got out of the disillusionment by whi
ch they were symptomized. I found someone who knew the path of satisfaction, and he was able to show me real peace and happiness\'97a hope of eternal life. How I found these treasures of life and how I rid myself of the uncomfortable task of trying to li
ve honestly in a false world is of the greatest value to tell. This resurgence of life will be explained by first telling you about the guide, the spiritual master. When one thinks of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the mind immediately conjures up pictures of bogus teachers who mystify and hypnotize our honesty and fill us with the unreality of pseudo-yoga, who take our mon
ey, encourage us to escape into meditation, and who preach renunciation of personal life. \'93Personal life is unreal; it\'92s alien and unloving.\'94 But so are they, these false rascals, and so I rejected them too. But I want to talk of the real guide,
 the pure devotee of God who showers unlimited love and mercy upon all living entities because he is the dearmost representative of God. The Lord states in the scriptures: \'93The spiritual master is to be worshiped as My very Self.\'94 This is the versi
on of all revealed scriptures. Do you doubt the existence of a person, who can impart the knowledge of the science of God realization pursuant to love of God? I have met him, and hundreds of others have also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1966 I stumbled into twenty-six Second Avenue, New York City, where, at the time, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
\'e4da held classes in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and chanted the transcendental sound vibration }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub The boys chanted, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sat on a straw mat leading. I was swept up into praise of the Lord by this song, which wipes all the dust from the mind. It is true that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the great chant for deliverance because the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reveals one to be the deathless loving servant of God by nature. Doubts still plague the mind. The prejudices and the countless births and deaths that we have gone through are all so p
ainful. If we only realized this and surrendered unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the eternal God, then relief would be assured, and even in this lifetime we would always relish nectar by singing His praises.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first night I heard that song of God, I took it home. Although I was still indulging in the inebrieties of Lower East Side life and
 was still without hope beyond death, things were different. I did not want to fool myself into believing that everything was now blissful because of my chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in that little storefront\'97but nevertheless the song of Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba was not an unhappy addition to my consciousness. To remember it during the day, while in the office, was like the coming of spring after the long winter. I looked forward to going back to chant with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and the boys who gather
ed there. I sat at my desk as a social worker, answering phone calls, writing out checks for welfare clients, listening to the advice of my boss and to office jokes, and then I recalled \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s talking. I recalled him saying, \'93H
ow can there be any progress as long as the scientists, technologists, reformers and politicians cannot find a solution to these four things\'97birth, death, disease and old age?\'94 He proposed that there was an actual solution to birth, death, disease,
 and old age and that until we had it we could not claim to be happy or progressing. How could one be happy amidst such disadvantages? He told the story of a person in a hospital who was visited by a friend. The patient was sick in bed, unable to move. H
e was being fed intravenously, and his body stank. He had to urinate in a bed pan, and the nurses had to aid him in moving. Yet when a friend came and asked him, \'93How are you?\'94 he answered, \'93I\'92m all right.\'94 But what kind of all right is th
at? He is in an abominable state, unable even to move, and is surrounded by bad smells, yet he says that he is all right! Similarly, under the spell of illusion, a person in material life, although suffering, says that everything is all right and that he
 is happy, although in fact he is suffering in so many ways.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said that the solution to all suffering is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God,
 the supreme controller, who does everything so expertly that it seems to happen automatically. Every autumn K\'e5\'f1\'eba changes all the leaves to gold within a few days; if a painter were to attempt the same thing, it would take months. K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a also directs the movements of the planets and galaxies and holds up the sun in a corner of the sky. The atheists foolishly claim that God is dead, yet the whole universe is God\'92s body. So how can He be dead if His body is working and moving so nicel
y? \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also said that our real self, each of us, is a spiritual spark of the same quality as the spiritual whole, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that to engage in loving service to the spiritual whole is the natural, blissful, constitutional o
ccupation of each living entity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave me typing tasks, typing up his manuscripts for publication. I understood this typing to be }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (linking with God), and so I sat at the typewriter hour after hour,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meditating and working. After attending classes, I decided that I could no longer keep my job, which entailed being eight hours a day away from the 
association of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The other boys, who had no jobs, could see him all day. They would sit around him in his clean, sunny apartment while he talked about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the most relishable Supreme Personality of Godhead. He asked t
hem to help him spread this love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, and together they made plans. I wanted to join and renounce the material world with its birth, death, disease and old age. I filled out my resignation, and I gave notice that in two weeks I would l
eave in order to study with my spiritual master. During my lunch hour I ran to see Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He was seated on his sleeping mat behind a small desk, and the boys were gathered around him, asking questions and listening. \'93Actually, this K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness,\'94 he said, \'93is the highest service to mankind, but they take it to be some sentimental religion, mere singing and dancing.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I want to quit my job,\'94 I told him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Oh? Why is that? You are offering such nice service.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But I want to come daily and be part of the camp. I want to learn K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing my predicament, the boys present said that they would take jobs and let me spend more time listening to the spiritual master. Th
ey suggested alternating their employment. But \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da kept my attention and told me a story. He told me that there was once a faithful wife who had an ugly husband with a morose disposition. One day his wife asked, \'93Why are you moro
se? I do anything you want, and still}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you feel morose. Why is that?\'94 \'93I wish to have sex with a cer
tain prostitute,\'94 he admitted, \'93but she costs thousands of dollars just for a night, and I cannot afford her.\'94 The faithful wife said to him, \'93Don\'92t worry. I shall arrange it.\'94 She immediately went to the prostitute\'92s house and began
 to personally attend her, cleaning her room and performing other such services. When the prostitute came and noticed her activity, the faithful wife explained, \'93My husband desires to enjoy you, and I hope that you will take my services as payment, so
 that he might spend a night with you.\'94 The prostitute laughed, \'93Don\'92t you realize that I cost ten thousand dollars a night? How can you ever raise the money?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So in addition to serving the prostitute, the wife herself turned to prostitution and eventually raised the required amount of money. S
he returned to her husband and said, \'93All right You can go to that prostitute now,\'94 and he went at once.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said that although people may say that the wife was crazy and immoral, nevertheless she was unquestionably fa
ithful. He asked me to keep my job, even though the association was abominably boring and kept me away from him all day, and said that by contributing the earnings from my job, I was rendering the best service possible. I reported back to my office and t
old them that I had changed my mind and would keep the job That afternoon, visiting clients on my job, I walked through the streets in the bliss of responsibility. I felt deeply entrusted with a duty from my father, my spiritual master, and to discharge 
it faithfully was my eternal duty Due to his words I could work at my ordinary civil service job with a firm sense of eternal life because it was God\'92s work, as confirmed by the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Morning classes at the storefront temple were at 6 a.m. The devotees began with the chanting of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The
 chanting was followed by a talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pastimes and about Lord Caitanya, the most liberal and munificent incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I used to go to work chanting on my beads, with the words of the Absolute Truth in my ears and the
 vision of the spiritual master\'92s holy form fresh in my mind\'92s eye.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Very easily I took to the four regulative principles. As I engaged more in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, I no longer hankered after int
oxicants or illicit sex. Daily at noon, I would leave the office and hurry to the temple for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would be in his upstairs room with the boys gathered. The food would be placed in open pots before a small table. This table served as his altar and displayed a picture of Lord Caitanya and His eternal associates. It was decorated 
with vases of flowers. Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would suddenly bow all the way down to the floor, onto his hands and knees, and we would all follow suit. We repeated the following prayer after him and thus offered the foodstuffs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who acce
pts the offering made by His pure devotee:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub This material body is a lump of ignorance, and the senses are networks of paths unto death. We have fallen in
to the ocean of material sense enjoyment, and of all the senses the tongue is the most voracious and difficult to control. It is very difficult to conquer over the tongue in this world, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very kind to us. He has sent us this nice }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub to control the tongue. Now let us take this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub to our full satisfaction and glorify Their Lordships \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in love call for Lord Caitany
a and Nity\'e4nanda to help us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eating this food gives spiritual strength. Usually on a weekday we took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dahl, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rice and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chap\'e4tis, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it was always very, very delicious
. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chap\'e4tis }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub looked like pancakes, but they were made simply with whole wheat and water, with a little s
alt and butter. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dahl }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is spiced soup, made with split peas. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da encouraged us to 
\'93take more,\'94 including rice, always seasoned with turmeric, and vegetables. The foodstuff was always honored as being nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My existence was becoming rarefied, and yet it was practical. Just by my eating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and working in the office with the knowledge that my paycheck would support the temple, and by my chanting and hearing the lectures, all the filth
 and wolf-like viciousness in my heart was being cleansed away. I didn\'92t need a certificate to tell me that I was enrolled in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Just as a hungry man feels satisfied when eating and doesn\'92t have to be told, so I knew the 
change taking place. It cleansed me and refreshed my whole being and engaged me in work of consequence. It revived my whole person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Weeks went by, and as I heard and chanted, my desire for hearing and chanting increased. One of the boys attending the classes painted 
a picture of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the girl always seen with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and She is His greatest eternal devotee, who teaches us how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She can help us to reach Him through pure affection or 
transcendental loving service. Chanting on beads, fingering each bead while saying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aloud, brou
ght concentration to hearing and touching, while looking at the picture of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought concentration to seeing. Having all the senses thus totally engaged brought me into blissful meditation upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sr\'e9la Prabhu
p\'e4da emphasized that just by adding the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to his life, anyone can feel this p
urification in mind and spirit, without renouncing his job, family or way of life. This chanting is recommended by the Vedic scriptures and by the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Caitanya, who appeared 500 years ago and from whom \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da descends in a line of successive disciples or spiritual masters. \'93Just try chanting,\'94 he said. \'93If you are a businessman, remain a businessman; if you are a doctor, remain a doctor; if you are a student, housewife, etc., remain in your st
ation. But try chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a regular daily function and reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub These will help anyone realize the fulfillment of real pleasure and eventually achieve the purpose of life, which is to love God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After several months, Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da announced that he would hold initiations, which would make us his disciples in K\'e5s\'eba
 consciousness and connect us with the disciplic succession. I personally did not feel I was ready for such a commitment, and so on the day that initiations were held I stayed at home and instead dutifully performed the task of typing essays for \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The next day I brought two completed essays to his apartment. I knocked on his door. He opened it to let me in: \'93You didn\'92t come yesterday for initiation?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No,\'94 I said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93That\'92s all right,\'94 he said kindly, and let me inside. When he sat down at his mat, I then placed before him the two essays, a
nd he thanked me. He then invited me to a wedding of two of his disciples that was to be held the following night. I was very happy that he had personally made sure that I would attend. He gave me more manuscripts for typing, and I began to take my leave
. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da walked me to the door of his apartment and then said, \'93This is not automatic, not simply taking this work and doing it mechanically.\'94 I knew what he meant. Then he said \'93If you love me, then I\'92ll love you.\'94 I ca
nnot remember if I said anything in reply, but I left him and ran down the stairs and onto the street. I was so happy! Why? Just because he had said, \'93You love me, and I\'92ll love you.\'94 I realized that he loved me, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves eve
ryone. We rot and sulk in this material world, maneuvering to become God. But, if we are willing to have personal exchange with K\'e5\'f1\'eba through His representative, the spiritual master, then we will feel released from stoneheartedness, the dried-u
p joylessness, false ego and hallucinations of grandeur. In short, we get relief by being loved. To be loved is only half of the exchange. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is certainly loving us now, still, freely giving us }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub giving us K\'e5\'f1\'eba philosophy, chanting and dancing. As persons, we can also give love. When the love is felt, it c
an overcome the entire material universe in a second. From that moment on, my desire to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness greatly increased; I was determined not to let anything hinder me from engaging in transcendental loving service for the pleasure
 of my spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The bona fide spiritual master is coming from God. We must have a little initial faith in this process. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has a
ll the credentials of the spiritual master. This can be seen by the example he sets. He is called, in the Sanskrit language, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is one who teaches by example. So his good example wa
s apparent in those first days and has endured to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness throughout the world. This process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotional service to God, is distributed through his literature, his words and his actions. One will always find him talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and what he says is in complete accordance with scripture. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says, \'93Surrender to Me,\'94 and the pure devotee says the same thing \'93Surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 The spiritual master is fixed in love of God. Every Sunday in Tompkins Square Park he chanted with us for one and a half hours, and after a
 break, we chanted for another hour and a half, while he played the drum. He talked to everyone and anyone\'97cab drivers, priests, newsmen, politicians, children\'97about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he handled their questions with grave concern. One night I bou
ght him mangos, and he accepted one from my hand before a roomful of his students. He said, \'93Very good boy!\'94 in a humorous way, treating me like a four-year-old boy, which gave those assembled a good laugh. But then he said seriously, \'93No. This 
is a token of love. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94 And he praised me for my meager efforts at donating money and typing. In this way I entered into the nectar of devotion, the ocean of bliss. My spiritual master assured me from the beginning t
hat K\'e5\'f1\'eba was blessing me in my personal efforts to serve Him through the spiritual master, and I never doubted it. I was undergoing a change in heart, from a self-centered imitation god to an agent of God working under the direction of a master
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the next opportunity, which was on the appearance day of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 in 1966, I was accepted by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4
da as his disciple. He chanted on my beads and asked me to always chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and I bowed down and repeated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nama om vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba pre\'f1
\'f6h\'e4ya bh\'fctale / \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktivedanta sv\'e4min iti n\'e4mine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.\'94 \'93Your name,\'94 he s
aid, \'93is Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later, in a lecture, he described the significance of initiation. \'93Lord Caitanya asked His disciple R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to go to V
\'e5nd\'e4vana to preach and sustain His mission. This is disciplic succession. Not that one thinks, \'91I have understood everything from my spiritual master; let me now sit tight.\'92 That is also nice, but no. Lord Caitanya\'92s mission is to spread t
he teaching \'85 It is your duty. When a disciple receives instruction from the spiritual master, he has an obligation to the spiritual master to do the same. After being instructed, the disciple will offer, \'91My dear master, what can I do for you?\'92
 I am indebted to my spiritual master for the knowledge that was given to me; therefore, I must serve him.\'94 When I heard this, I was astounded. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness the spiritual master is always revealing new knowledge about the nature of 
devotional service. Just when one thinks himself sufficiently engaged in the Lord\'92s service, the spiritual master reveals how to serve infinitely more in an entirely new capacity. One wonders, \'93How can I do that much? How can I surrender to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba? What will happen to me? How can I expand my personality to meet this task?\'94 But \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, \'93All it takes is sincerity. Simply follow the instructions and be humble.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This science of God can be taken personally and applied to anyone\'92s life. The householder can make a little altar with pictures of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, and without interruption to family life, all can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Indeed, without God consciousness one cannot be a qualified family man. In the same way, the student can extend his sincere desire to learn beyond good grade
s. He can read scriptures and their commentaries by transcendental scholars on the nature of the Absolute Truth, and he can introduce it into his classes. A big businessman can chant to relieve tension and donate his earnings to become a life member of t
he International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The offer of reciprocation or exchange can be taken up by anyone who preaches K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness at every opportunity, such as with friends and colleagues.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The essence of this philosophy will hold true in any time or place because the Truth revealed is absolute. Questions such as what is th
e self, what is God and what is the purpose of life, as well as how to become happy, are answered. It is beyond the sectarian religious designations, such as Christian, Hindu, Jew, etc. It is for everyone, regardless of sect. What I have related is not a
 fleeting encounter. It is the description of my second birth. The first birth occurs when one is born of his mother and father. But a second birth is required for complete happiness and fulfillment. The second birth occurs when one accepts a spiritual m
aster and begins his eternal occupation as a servant of God. Such a renewal of energy, the rebirth of transcendental loving service, awaits every one of us. You can have this highest love just by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From the Reservoir of Knowledge
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub From the Reservoir of Knowledge
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da answers question on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asking questions of a bona fide spiritual master is an important part of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.34]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Just try to learn 
the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.\'94 The following questions and answers were recorded during actua
l class sessions taught by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da at various centers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How long does it take to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A second. You simply have to agre
e.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you become conscious of everything?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ev
erything. For example, if you are in touch with the main powerhouse of electricity in New York City, then you are in touch with all the lights everywhere in the city.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But how can you attain it in one second?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is simply a matter of surrende
r. If you accept the process, it begins immediately. It is like a creeper; as soon as you sow the seed, it begins to grow. The watering of the seed is hearing, and gradually the creeper fructifies. It begins as soon as you accept it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the start, but that\'92s not K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness, is it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
. It simply has to develop. Immediately after sexual intercourse the child is the size of a pea, but that is actually a child. The beginning is there. Surrender, that\'92s all. It is not a material process\'97it is spiritual. It involves no impediments o
f material conditioning. It develops in proportion to one\'92s seriousness; we can attain the whole thing in one second. King Ka\'f6v\'e4\'ecga went to assist the demigods, and he was rewarded. When asked what he wanted, he replied, \'93I want to know ho
w long I shall live.\'94 \'93Not very long,\'94 they said. \'93A second.\'94 He at once transferred his thoughts to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and surrendered. If we sincerely take K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we have it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Does one need a spiritual master to become K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless we go to a spiritual maste
r, how can we understand?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just by chanting?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Chanting will help us\'97it is 
from the source\'97but if we take guidance it is more helpful. Why should we deny help if we are serious about the goal?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the focal point of this religion?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is not religion; this is phi
losophy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philosophy? Like metaphysics?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, the first principle of metap
hysics is that we are not this body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Isn\'92t it a little bit like Catholicism?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not just Catholicism, but all religi
ons: Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Mohammedan. The first principle of all religions is that we are not this body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Does K\'e5\'f1\'eba take the spirit and leave the 
material when you offer Him food?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, He takes the spirit.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And leaves the matter? What is left?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything is spirit. He doesn
\'92t take matter, He doesn\'92t leave matter. The devotee prays over the food, and it becomes spiritualized. It is practical. Eat this spiritual food, and you\'92ll get spiritual strength.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the duty of a person who does not believe 
in the scriptures?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His duty is to go to hell.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can it be changed for him?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By coming here and chanting Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What can you do if they don\'92t come?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What can you do? One must be willing
. If we won\'92t take medicine, we can\'92t be cured. Material disease is thinking, \'93I am everything. I am perfect. Whatever I think is all right.\'94 That is disease. Lord Caitanya said, \'93My spiritual master taught that I\'92m a great fool.\'94 Th
ink like that, humbly, and study scripture from a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we become servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, will He p
rovide our physical needs?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not a question of whether we 
\'93become\'94 servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97we already are. For example, a citizen of the United States is already under obligation to the government; it is his madness to think that he is not. We are already servants of God, but we declare, \'93I am no
t a servant of God; I am a servant of dog.\'94 All our needs are supplied as servants of dog\'97do you not think that God will supply the necessities of servants of God? Why do you think like that? If we are sincere, God will supply our every need. We mu
st believe that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our master. He is supplying everything, but He cannot be our order supplier. Those who go to God for sense enjoyment become frustrated and say there is no God if they do not get everything for their senses. But we are me
ant for satisfying God\'92s senses. The impersonalist philosophers say He has no senses, and therefore they think, \'93I don\'92t have to supply anything to God,\'94 but that is nonsense. Only in the perfectional stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness doe
s K\'e5\'f1\'eba become dependent on His devotee and say, \'93My dear father, will you give Me something to eat?\'94 That is the platform of pure love of God By such love everything is possible.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Obituary
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Obituary
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, and his disciples of the International Society for Krish
na Consciousness, acknowledge the loss to our movement, within recent months, of two prominent disciples, Ramanjana d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 and Jananiv\'e4sa d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9, and of an uninitiated K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee, Will Mills.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, the passing away of a devotee engaged in devotional service is not comparable to the passing away of someone engaged in ordi
nary affairs. We can understand from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-git\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that even if he has not reached the perfectional st
age of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, a devotee is still in an advantageous position at the time of death. If he is advanced on the spiritual path, he will go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if he is not so advanced, he will take an auspicious birth in a family of
 wealthy aristocrats or devotees and thus have the opportunity to continue developing his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the next lifetime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramanjana d\'e4sa, who received his education at Georgia University and later accepted a post as Professor of Anthropology at the Orego
n College of Education, met His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in January of 1971, was initiated in August of that year, and engaged as a devotee in the Hare K\'e5\'f1na}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement until his untimely death. He was killed in an automobile accident.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jananiv\'e4sa d\'e4sa, who was initiated on August 19, 1969, was President of the Columbus, Ohio, center of ISKCON and a contributor to
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He and a devotee companion, Will Mills, an uninitiated disciple, were killed in an auto
mobile accident. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da commented, \'93On one side we have to be very sorry if our dear friends are taken from this world, but on the other we should be satisfied, for a pure devotee is never lost.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Scarcity: the Fruit of Illusion
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SCARCITY: the Fruit of Illusion
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (ISKCON\'97New York)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ecologists, economists, sociologists, etc., are greatly concerned with the population explosion, for they hypothesize that as the popul
ation continues to increase by leaps and bounds, the eventual result will be insufficient natural resources for the minimum needs of society. Some countries of the world appear to have already been overtaken by this problem, and for other more prosperous
 nations the problem, although still theoretical, is a cause of serious concern.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the general sociological and ecological approach is to examine the problem of increasing population and decreasing resources f
rom the quantitative angle, the Vedic analysis\'97which presents important ideas which should be seriously considered by modern social planners\'97stresses the qualitative aspect of the problem. Regardless of census figures, it\'92s the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub quality}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the population that is importa
nt.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The idea that the earth is unable to provide sufficient resources to keep up with an increasing world population fails to give proper c
redit to the laws of nature. By nature\'92s laws there is already sufficient food and shelter provided for all creatures. The ant eats merely a few grains in a day, whereas an elephant may consume hundreds of pounds to maintain itself. Who is providing f
or them? There is no government agency required for the maintenance and sustenance of these creatures\'97or any others\'97for their needs are automatically fulfilled by the wonderfully complex and efficient laws of nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, there is sufficient food allotted by nature to feed every human being also. If the population of certain countries is starvi
ng, it is not due to any lack of supply on the part of nature, but to gross mismanagement by the leaders of the nations of the world. For the sake of maintaining a particular economic standard, the United States government disposes of tons of foodstuffs 
daily, which are badly needed by the starving population of other countries. But, the government authorities argue, if these measures were not taken, it would be the Americans who would suffer economic decline and consequent starvation. Thus there is a m
erry-go-round of economic jugglery and economic entanglement for the sake of insuring the basic necessities which for animals are automatically provided by nature without complicated governmental intervention.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The problem is a matter of lack of knowledge. If one understands the laws of nature and lives in harmony with these laws, he can live s
imply and peacefully\'97or opulently and peacefully\'97without much difficulty. But if one tries to exploit the laws of nature without proper knowledge of how these laws are acting, the result is that he becomes increasingly entangled in nature\'92s comp
lexities, and suffering for himself and his community is the inevitable result.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first principle of understanding nature is to understand that there is a force behind nature by which she is controlled. The materi
al scientists postulate different evolutionary theories to explain the complex laws of universal harmony. These theories, however, are constantly changing, and therefore they must be considered unreliable. They are merely wonderful concoctions to avoid t
he obvious conclusion: nature is controlled by a superior intelligence\'97God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reliance on the limited reasoning power of the brains of material science results only in confusion and complication, for one speculato
r never fully agrees with another. If, however, one accepts the simple explanation which stares us in the face\'97that nature displays an intelligent order because it is controlled by an intelligent person\'97then the laws of nature are easy to understan
d. If everything is created by God, then everything belongs to God, and therefore everything should be used according to His laws.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature confirms this supposition as a basic fact of nature. Among all the living beings, there is one supreme eternal liv
ing being who provides the necessities of the others. This can be observed by anyone in his practical daily life. We are living by the grace of the sun, the water, the air, etc., none of which are provided by government agencies or scientific research te
ams. They are all provided by the Supreme Lord, and therefore they are all the property of the Lord and are to be used according to His injunctions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The truth of God\'92s existence is accepted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious analysts as axiomatic. For those who wish logical evidence and 
proof, there is ample explanation in the literature of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, which is both reasonable and convincing, but space does not allow for exposition of this theme here, nor is this our purpose. For the purpose 
of understanding the Vedic system of social planning, it is expedient to at least theoretically accept the existence of God as an axiomatic fact.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we accept that there is God, then we are like citizens in a beautiful garden in a public park. Anyone is free to enjoy the natural b
eauty of a public park, but if one disobeys the laws of the Parks Department, which are very liberal and are meant for the benefit of all the citizens, then his privileges are revoked, and he is punished by the laws of the state. Thus misuse of independe
nce results in misfortune.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, as human beings we all have independence. We are free to act as we choose. But there are two kinds of citizens\'97those who 
are law-abiding and those who are outlaws, who defy the authority of God. The duty of the God conscious person is clear\'97to live a simple life of plain living and high thinking, taking whatever he needs to live in health and happiness, and devote his e
ssential energy to the development of God realization. This is the purpose of the laws of nature. There is sufficient provision by nature for all human beings to live in this simple and uncomplicated manner and develop God consciousness, but those who ar
e against God consciousness create a disturbance in the laws of nature and thus cause suffering for themselves and others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basic problem of the population explosion is not that there are too many people, but that there are too many outlaws. As already po
inted out, material nature is sufficiently opulent to provide whatever is needed for the maintenance of all living beings who are placed under her charge. But, on the other hand, she is also capable of withholding her resources from those who break her s
tringent laws by trying to take more than they need.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we understand the purpose of nature and the laws of nature, we can easily live in harmony with nature in a world of peace and prospe
rity. But if we are ignorant of nature\'92s laws and purpose, we will simply create chaos. Modern civilization has created worldwide chaos only because of ignorance of the laws of nature or the laws of God, which are very simple but which have to be unde
rstood, with all reasoning and logic, from a properly informed spiritual source. The basic principles of God consciousness\'97agreed upon by members of all religions and sects\'97is that God is the Supreme Person, we are all His servants, and the resourc
es of nature are all His property. It is very simple and clear.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all boastful of our so-called advancement of material civilization, but unless there is actual peace in the minds of the citizen
s of the world, there can be no real claim of advancement. And without God consciousness, there can be no peace, but only a hard struggle for existence in a world of selfish competition for supremacy among nations and among men. Therefore, any civilizati
on which is not established on the principles of God consciousness is not civilization at all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The difficulty is that neither the leadership of the world nor the followers of the world leaders are educated in the science of God co
nsciousness, and therefore they are unable to offer practical suggestions for successful management of their nations or the world. Therefore, there is great need for a worldwide program to educate people in general regarding the science of God consciousn
ess, and this educational attempt should be spearheaded by the intelligentsia of society. It is the duty of all intelligent and responsible men in society to seriously consider the problems of the world in the light of spiritual knowledge, since the citi
zens of the world are in reality spiritual living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because world leadership is acting under the misconception of ownership of property and resources which actually belong to the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, it is acting in illusion. For example, I may be invited to a friend\'92s house to stay for some days, but if I somehow come to think that the house is mine, this is called illusion, and the result of such illusion is that I must b
e in anxiety due to the falseness of my claim. Similarly, one who thinks that the natural resources of the world are his to exploit is in illusion, and since this illusion is predominant all over the world, we are living in world wide illusory consciousn
ess and consequent worldwide tension.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sectarian religious efforts cannot be effective in achieving a solution to this problem because no sectarian religion can offer a unive
rsal platform of God consciousness which can be acceptable to the members of other religious sects. In this connection, however, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is offering a unique program because it is a completely non-sectarian spiritual science which ca
n be easily understood and adopted by all the people of the world, regardless of religious conviction or faith.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basic principle of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy is that the greatest need of world civilization is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a systematic program to broadcast the glories of the Supreme Lord by every available means. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the Supreme Lord
 is transcendental to the confusion and anxiety of the material world, glorification of the Lord is similarly transcendental. The Supreme Lord is situated within the hearts of all living entities, and since all living entities are parts and parcels of Go
d and therefore originally God conscious living beings, as soon as one hears the transcendental sound vibration of glorification of the Lord, the Lord acts from within to purify his consciousness and revive his original purity of mind and purpose.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The media of the world are overburdened with mundane propaganda glorifying the temporary and flickering tidings of the material world, 
but such news cannot act for the real benefit of the citizens of the world. The spiritually realized person can see that all living entities are parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord. He sees everyone as a spirit soul and serves him as such. The mundane 
philanthropist can offer only temporary solutions which pertain to the outer covering of the living being, the material body. This bodily welfare work does not, however, solve the real problem, any more than cleaning the cage of a starving bird acts to s
atisfy the bird\'92s hunger.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If only a small percentage of the world\'92s leaders understand the importance of acting in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the entire fa
ce of the world can be changed. The public media\'97the radio, the press, television\'97are all in actuality the property of God because they exist by God\'92s energy. The ether through which television and radio waves travel and the trees which provide 
the paper on which newspapers are printed are not created by man, but by the Supreme Lord. Therefore, the claim of any man, syndicate or nation to have proprietorship of any of the public media must be considered an illusion only. Because these media exi
st on God\'92s resources, they are therefore the property of God, and they should be used for the glorification of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The headlines should announce the glories of God, the radios should broadcast the name of God, television should present the pastimes o
f God. The mass media is now acting as a worldwide disservice. The newspaper is a chronicle of birth, death, disease and old age which is distributed in the millions and thrown in the streets as rubbish the next day in exchange for that day\'92s news, wh
ich is really nothing new, but only the same static mundane tidings. Similarly, radio and television are polluting the world with mundane sound vibrations which are of no benefit to the spiritual advancement of civilization. The newspapermen and televisi
on commentators of the world are sleeping, and what can a sleeping man report? We call on the leaders of the mass media to wake up and broadcast the name, fame, qualities and pastimes of the Supreme Lord for the benefit of all living entities. We call up
on the scientists of the world to learn the greatest science, the science of the spirit soul, the active principle within everything, which is moving the material world. We call upon the politicians to organize political structures within their jurisdict
ion for the advancement of spiritual knowledge, instead of mundane sense gratification for their own personal and extended selfish interests. We call upon the theologians of the world to learn the universal science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which 
is relevant for men of all religions because it is the postgraduate science of religion, the complete practical science of how everyone can actually develop love of God. We call upon writers to write of God, singers to sing of God, workers to work for Go
d, and we call upon every human being to revive his dormant relationship with God by the practical method of hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from His devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The supreme omnipotent Lord has full potency to provide for the prosperity of millions and billions of universes. Therefore, the only r
eal scarcity is a scarcity of genuine God consciousness. It is the mission of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to counteract this scarcity, for that will automatically adjust all other problems.
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Radha-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple Album
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a first recording of pure devotional songs in the ancient spiritual language Sanskrit. These eternal sounds of love release the
 receptive hearer from all contemporary barriers of time and space and reveal to him the realm of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness. Apple Records,          $4.95
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A 5,000- year-old book that approaches the problems of today with the answers of eternity 
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f13\fs36\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The knowledge that brings one nearer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead"
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by\line His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text on picture:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Jan\'e4rdana
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON Press, New York.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters #45
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All letters wi
ll be personally replied, and correspondence of special interest will be published regularly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Citsuk\'e4nanda d\'e4sa:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I wanted to send this letter to you to express my deep appreciation for your concern during my recent stay in San Francisco. My trip to
 California was for the purpose of seeing some friends and relaxing a little after the very strenuous meeting of the National Federation of Priests\'92 Councils Executive Board. We have been trying very hard to change the priorities of the Catholic Churc
h and to educate our people to a deeper concern for the things of God. It seems that our efforts are meeting with some success, but God is the provider, and He will give what is necessary when it is time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I first saw the devotees on Market Street I was fascinated by the chanting and the youth of those who were dancing and singing. On
e of the girls gave me a copy of the magazine and invited me to the temple. As you know I spent many hours watching and enjoying this wonderful phenomenon. Having seen many false things in my life as a Catholic and as a priest, I wanted to be sure that w
hat I saw was genuine. I came to the temple not so much for curiosity as for the purpose of learning something of the secret of the joy and peace I saw in the eyes of those devoted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. My heart was overjoyed to find what I found. The chant
ing and dancing are so simple and yet so meaningful in their approach to God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While in San Francisco I thought of nothing more than of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees. Since I have returned to Pennsylvania I have 
thought of little else. I have been reading the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and cherishing the thoughts contained there. I
 am in the process of thinking of the connection between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Christ and Catholic teaching. By no means am I a follower of the false Christ which has been taught for so long in so many churches. I have long known that God has a deep cosmic 
significance which has been overlooked for so long. Some of the things I have been reading in archaeology, scripture, and human behavior have led me to a consciousness of the overwhelming goodness of God and of His great love for us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I recall the words of St. Paul in one of the New Testament Epistles: \'93O how great are the riches and the depths of the knowledge of 
God; how inscrutable His ways.\'94 Here was a man caught up into the seventh heaven of God consciousness who abandoned everything he ever was to bring awareness of God to mankind. I see so many similarities in the two scriptures, and I can only think tha
t perhaps God speaks to men according to their own condition and for too long we have tried to say that one way is God\'92s. Who are we to try to limit God: The all-important thing is God consciousness. All things follow from that. Whether one follows th
e prayers of the Catholic Mass or the prayers of the African native, one always seeks God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are so very many questions that I have wanted to ask you, but did not because I was not willing to interrupt the chanting or any 
of the work of spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by taking all your time. I was grateful to you for taking time on Friday to speak to me. May I ask you some of these personal questions which to me give an idea of the value that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has fo
r the devotee. First, I am wondering about the place of sex in the life of devotees such as the young men and women of the temple. As a Catholic priest who lives a life of celibacy in dedication to Christ, I am interested to know what the devotee of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba thinks about celibacy. Is this any problem for those trying to follow K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Do the devotees accept celibacy for life or for a period of time only? What is the attitude of the devotee towards sex? Is sex a good thing or something e
vil? Does K\'e5s\'eba demand abstinence from sex as a sacrifice or as a way of being free from material attachments?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also I would like to ask you about the matter of money. I know that in any society money is necessary to maintain a church or a temple.
 One of the devotees told me that the spiritual master provides for the students. This is a very real problem for me since I know for us how many millions of dollars must be spent on buildings and how much on personal living expenses: food, clothing, car
 fuel, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are so many mundane things to talk about, but I feel that I must know some of these things in order to place all doubts about the
 personal motivations of the devotees in abeyance. Would you be so kind as to answer these questions sincerely. I would appreciate knowing many, many things about the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because I believe in the transcendental value of such devoti
on and must be able to answer the objections of those with whom I speak. Already the people I have told this to have many questions. Quite soon my classes will begin, and I will have an opportunity to talk of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to this group of
 people anxious to know about God. Likewise I intend to talk about my wonderful experience with you in my church at Mass. I will do this after I receive the record I ordered from Boston.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May I thank you for the feeling of warmth and friendship and love which I felt while with you. I know that this is the warmth, friendsh
ip and love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba which shines through you. Please be assured of my constant prayers for all}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
of you to Lord Jesus that he may grant to you the fullness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all good things which come from Him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Father Ernest P. Kish
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Father Kish,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my greetings. The San Francisco temple has sent us your letter in hopes that we could print it so that all could read and
 share in your inspiring response to the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. They have also requested that, as editors of the magazine, we answer the questions which are in your letter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your feelings of spiritual joy on witnessing the devotees chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the streets and in the temple are symptoms of
 love of God, the pure, original feelings of the human being. Love of God, as demonstrated by the chanting, is not a sectarian concern. It is the essence of religion to call on Him, and who can object? Certainly there is no objection from the spiritual p
oint of view; the only objection is from the viewpoint of material prejudice. God Himself is understood as transcendental to sects; He is not the God of merely the Christian people, or the Hindus, or Muslims, or Jews or any sect. In the scripture }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which you are reading, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is accepted in all Vedic literature as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, declares, \'93I am the father of all living entities.\'94 There is thus n
o question of His being the father of only one sect; He is the father even of the lower animals, the trees and all life, regardless of one\'92s particular religious faith. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an
other Vedic scripture, the devotee-sage \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was asked what the first-class religion among all religions is. He replied, \'93That religion is first-class which invokes our natural love of God.\'94 He did not say, \'93The best religio
n is Hindu,\'94 or \'93Christianity is the best.\'94 The test of first-class religion is whether the followers are developing love of God; it does not matter what the religion is. Your letter reflects awareness of this standard, based on pure feelings of
 love of God, and that is why it is so refreshing and encouraging.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You write that you want to ask many questions \'93in order to place all doubts about the personal motivations of the devotees in abeyan
ce.\'94 I can reply for all those devotees of ISKCON who are fully and sincerely engaged twenty-four hours daily in this practice of devotional service that our only motivation is to please our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami 
Prabhup\'e4da, who is a pure devotee of the Lord. As for the motive of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da himself, that is certain: he is engaging all the activities of his mind, words and heart in the worldwide propaganda of pure love of God. All that you saw in
 San Francisco which so moved you, such as the spontaneous joy of the devotees engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is only due to the causeless mercy of our spiritual master. Whatever God consciousness we have developed and we are practicing comes f
rom the instruction of the bona fide spiritual master. He is passing it down to us so kindly, from an unbroken line of disciplic succession going back 5,000 years to the time when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was spoken by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whatever is in the G\'e9t\'e4 is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub confirmed by our spiritual master, without misinterpretation, change or addition. Thus we can answer your questions on the basis of the authority of our spiritual master and upon the words of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoken in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have asked about the place of sex life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. What is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee\'92s attitude 
toward celibacy? According to the Vedic system there are four orders in spiritual life, and in all but one of them complete celibacy is the rule. The first order is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmaca
rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or student life. The unma
rried student spends his entire time in study and service to the spiritual master. In this country, as you have seen, both boys and girls have adopted this life and are strictly following it; they do not indulge in illicit sex in any way whatsoever. And,
 as you saw in their behavior, they are not suffering any inconvenience from such restriction. When one is able to taste the transcendental bliss of devotional service, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is no question of hank
ering for material pleasure. Our real eternal self is spiritual, and once this eternal relationship to the Supreme Spirit, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is invoked in the heart of the aspiring devotee, he constantly wants to feel that transcendental pleasure of ser
vice to God, without stoppage, and he considers sex life to be abominable because of its inferior quality. This is true for the girls as well as the boys. It is no less than miraculous that in this age, when the whole materialistic society is concentrati
ng on sex life as the ultimate goal of life, ISKCON devotees are refraining from such practices so easily.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After receiving training as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for some time, the student may, with the sanction of the spiritual master, get married and live peacefully as a hou
seholder in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.11]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares, \'93I am sex life according to religious principles.\'94 What kind of sex life is religious? That which is o
nly for producing children is acceptable; otherwise it is forbidden as much for the householders as for the single students. To raise a child in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a great service, and \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, the guru (s
piritual master) of our spiritual master, who was a strict celibate throughout his entire life, said, \'93I would be prepared to have sex a hundred times if I could raise K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is very fond of his married couples. The principle of marriage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not sense g
ratification but mutual cooperation, for man and wife help each other to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Such pure couples are going all over the world chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and opening K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious centers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If a single student does not feel the need to be married, he may eventually take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub which is the renounced order of life, dedicating all his energy to preaching according to the order of the spiritual master. It is said that fifty percent of liberation is achieved if one can become free of mundane sex life. Since spiritual l
ife means to become liberated from this material world of misery, illicit sex life is not good, since it is the single greatest attraction drawing us to material life. If we can rid ourselves of the desire to remain in this temporary world of death, we c
an become eligible to experience transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The matter of money is best explained by the founder and spiritual master of ISKCON in a commentary to his translation of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [12.10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'93Every en
deavor requires a place to stay, some capital to use, some labor and some organization to make propaganda, so the same is required in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The only difference is that materialism means to work for sense gratification. The same w
ork, however, can be performed for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is spiritual activity.\'94 The fact is that the devotee has actually abolished his own account; for his own maintenance he uses only what is necessary to keep body and soul toget
her, but for the spreading of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the topmost welfare work for all humanity, huge sums of money are required. From sales of books and magazines, the money is put entirely, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one-hundred percent}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , into printing more books and future issues of the magazine. The maintenance of the many temples is supported by private income, from hous
eholder devotees who work at jobs and contribute their income, as well as from sales of Spiritual Sky incense and private donations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of us are living entities completely dependent on K\'e5\'f1\'eba for our maintenance. Man proposes and God disposes. Because K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is maintaining the animals and the nondevotees, we are confident that, as we endeavor to manage efficiently whatever is given to us, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will surely provide for those engaged in His pure devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I hope that this has answered some of the many questions you have asked about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Our spiritual master is cur
rently making a world tour and promises soon to be in the New York-Philadelphia area. We will keep in touch with you as to when you could most likely meet him. It would be very wonderful if you could meet with His Divine Grace and speak of some of the fe
elings which you have expressed in your letter about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And, since you are living in Philadelphia, we humbly invite you to visit and associate with the devotees there and attend their classes and Sunday feasts if possible. Than
k you again for giving us spiritual encouragement to carry on our work for the Supreme Lord and His pure devotee.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your servant,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9\line Editor, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Back to Godhead
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, appeared in India 5,000 years ago in the town of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He came down from
 the spiritual sky with His eternal associates, pastimes and paraphernalia\'97and He brought His eternal abode with Him. There is no difference between the V\'e5nd\'e4vana on this earth and the V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the spiritual sky, for when K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a comes He brings His eternal abode with Him. As recorded in the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fo
r 125 years Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed His loving pastimes in the natural setting of V\'e5nd\'e4vana with His cowherd girl friends, His consort \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, His cowherd boy friends and other associates. These pa
stimes are described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Books }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4
da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is still existing in India, and 500 years ago Lord Caitanya sent His intimate disciples the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s 
to identify the places where K\'e5\'f1\'eba performed His pastimes, such as the River Yamun\'e4 where He fought the demon K\'e4liya, the forest where He danced with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and the famous Govardhana Hill which He lifted to protect the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. V\'e5nd\'e4vana, however, remained little known to the people of the rest of the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before coming to the United States in 1965 on the order of his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4d
a stayed in the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara Temple established in V\'e5nd\'e4vana by the Gosv\'e4m\'e9 followers of Lord Caitanya and there worked on his translations of Vedic literature. Now, since 1965, he has been traveling, especially in the western part
 of the world. In the last two years, devotees of ISKCON, led by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, have gone to India to establish centers, and recently \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da went with a group of devotees to visit V\'e5nd\'e4vana and show them through the e
yes of a pure devotee the place of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pastimes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The residents of present-day V\'e5nd\'e4vana greeted \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da with great pride. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote in a l
etter, \'93The officials and residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana have greeted us very nicely, and they are simply astounded to see our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub party chanting with great jubilation through the city streets. Before I went to the Western countries, no one there knew about Vrnd
\'e4vana. Now hundreds of visitors from the U.S. come here to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s place.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his purports to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has written: 
\'93In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, all the inhabitants are Vai\'f1\'ebavas [devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba] . They are all auspicious because somehow or other they always chant the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Even though some of them do not strictly follow the rules a
nd regulations of devotional service, on the whole they are devoted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and chant His name, directly or indirectly. Purposely or without purpose, even when they are passing on the street they are fortunate enough to exchange greetings by sa
ying the name of R\'e4dh\'e4 or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So directly or indirectly they are auspicious. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana do not know anything but the worship of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The addresses of welcome printed on this and the following pages were offered to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da by the prominent residents o
f V\'e5nd\'e4vana when His Divine Grace visited the city during his tour of November 1971.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Flower of Ecstasy
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Flower of Ecstasy
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 handed unto the lotus palm of His Divine Grace 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Swami \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedantaj\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O preacher of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Movement,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it has been declared that chanting of the holy name of the Lord is the essence of all Vedic literature, and there is no alternative method of delivering the fallen souls of this age, known as Kali-yuga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are acting in exact accord with this message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9
mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the line of disciplic succession, and it is a glorious attempt that you have undertaken in preaching the magnificent action of the holy name of the Lord. May 
this determination of yours be blessed with success all over the universe. That is the prayer of all Vai\'f1\'ebavas in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. We sincerely hope that your noble attempt in this line of action will be crowned with laurels.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is an attempt to unify the whole world on the one platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. At present, all political movement is 
centered around the idealism of the United Nations. Men are talking of internationalism, but by practical experience it is found that no other attempt but this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement will be able to unite all nations of the world. None of 
the political dreamers have become as successful as you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing the results of your activities, every one of us now believes that in the very near future all the nations of the world will be o
verwhelmed by the transcendental vibrations of the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through th
is movement, men forget their artificial and inimical concepts of life. Gradually they will take to this auspicious movement, breaking all artificial barriers and limitations of human understanding. We firmly believe that through this movement everyone w
ill become a lover of the Supreme Lord and thus a lover not only of all society but of all other living entities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Great Soul,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today we, the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana known as Vrajabh\'e4s\'e9s, all combinedly offer our humble welcome to Your Hol
iness in this holy place of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and in doing so we feel very proud. We all pray to the Supreme Queen of Vraja \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the principal figure in the transcendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dance of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that She may be pleased with you and bestow upon you at least 100 years of age. Thus may R\'e4dh
\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9\'92s most lovable K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is also known as \'c7y\'e4masundara, bless Your Holiness to go on continually preaching the transcendental glories of the Lord, for in this way the entire universe may constantly chant His holy name
, after receiving it from your mouth, and thus surcharge the entire atmosphere with purity and love of God. By this method the polluted atmosphere of the world will be completely changed, and the situation of pure love and ecstasy will prevail without a 
doubt.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We beg to remain all Yours sincerely,\line the Inhabitants of Brajabh\'fcmi\line Sd. Govinda Pathak
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 An Address of welcome
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub An Address of welcome
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 To the most exalted, unlimitedly decorated \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Swami Bhaktivedantaj\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O most revered Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub India is well known as the land of religion, and the heart of this transcendental land is \'c7r\'e9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This is the place 
of the pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the central figure of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dance,
 and of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the worshipable Lord of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. Thus, this transcendental holy land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the center for cultivation of religion, culture, austerity and devotional service. It is not that \'c7r\'e9 V
\'e5nd\'e4vana-dh\'e4ma is so accepted in modern days alone\'97it has existed as such since time immemorial. In this holy land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, we the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, who are known as Vrajabh\'e4s\'e9s, hereby welcome you and offer you
 this humble address.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O perfect devotee of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic system there are three ways for self-realization. They are known as knowledge, fruitive activities an
d devotional service. We have an immense treasure house of transcendental knowledge in the form of four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 108 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and eighteen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub over and above the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They
 are so important that by taking a fractional portion of this treasure of transcendental knowledge, other coutnries all over the world have become proud of their spiritual understanding. We know that you have full authority in the treasure house of spiri
tual knowledge, yet still you have taken shelter of the most exalted process of devotional service.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O chief of understanding transcendental mellowness,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is needless to mention that the devotional service in V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the topmost of its kind because it is based on }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya-r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or conjugal love between R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Certain
ly this transcendental mellowness is mentioned in the Upani\'f1ads, where it is indicated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure. This Vedic injunction is fully manifested in the devotional service of conjugal love in V\'e5nd\'e4vana in eve
ry street, lane and temple of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and most perfectly in Va\'e0\'e7\'e9va\'f6a and Ke\'e7\'e9 Ghat or in the temples of \'c7r\'e9 Govindaj\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 Madana-Mohanaj\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modaraj\'e9 and the many other temples of 
the Lord. All these places are undoubtedly places of pilgrimage for many liberated devotees. We know that for many years you sat in the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara Temple and worshiped Her Majesty \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 in a meditative moo
d, and thus you now have the transcendental vision to deliver the entire world. As proof of your perfection, we can see these foreign devotees before us, and we feel very proud to see how you have transformed them into such pure devotees.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O great preacher of Vedic culture,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Formerly, a great many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  went to foreign countries, but now you have wonderfully preached the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement and the sublime philosophy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cult in the Western countries, and that is the only means for giving peace and prosperity to all people of the world in this age. For preaching religion and culture, your holy name will remain ever dazzling.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O most revered Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To speak frankly, we feel a very intimate relationship with you, and we feel perfect satisfaction at this time to be privile
ged to present to you this address of welcome. We take it for granted that you are one of us in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. We are sure that wherever you travel you must carry with you the impression of \'c7r\'e9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana-dh\'e4ma. In other words, the cultur
e, religion, philosophy and transcendental existence of \'c7r\'e9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana-dh\'e4ma travel with you. Through the great message that Your Holiness carries, all the people of the world are now becoming very intimately rerlated with V\'e5nd\'e4vana-d
h\'e4ma. The relationship between V\'e5nd\'e4vana and the people of the world is actually the highest perfection of religious and cultural life because the message of the mercy of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the topmost of all knowledg
e. We are certainly sure that throught your preaching alone the transcendental message of V\'e5nd\'e4vana will spread all over the world. May you be crowned with success in these noble activities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We beg to remain Yours most obediently,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chairman of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana Municipality, Its Members and Secretaries, and the Citizens of V\'e5nd\'e4vana-dh\'e4ma
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li8640\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 29 November 1971
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA \line The Supreme
 Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The flames increased as the wind blew very quickly and it appeared that everything movable and immovable would be de
voured. All the cows and the boys became very frightened, and they looked towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. The Supreme Personality of Godhead heard the appealing voices of His friends, and casting a pleasing glance over them, He began to answer. B
y speaking through His eyes, He impressed His friends that there was no cause for fear. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme mystic, the powerful Personality of Godhead, immediately swallowed up all the flames of the fire. The cows and boys were thus saved f
rom imminent danger. Out of fear, the boys were almost unconscious, but when they regained their consciousness and opened their eyes, they saw that they were again in the forest with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and the cows. They were astonished to see t
hat they were completely free from the attack of the blazing fire and that the cows were saved. They secretly thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba must not be an ordinary boy.\'94
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Books 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 volumes. 750 pps, 82 color plates
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 4
6, 1972
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Enchantment of Goloka p28 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97is the recommended process of self-realization in this age. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Man}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means mind, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means deliverance. Therefore, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is a chant meant to deliver the mind from all unwanted thoughts. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means great
. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the great chanting to deliver the mind from all unwan
ted thoughts which keep us from realizing our true selves. Our consciousness is originally pure or K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, but now, due to association with material nature, our minds are filled with impure thoughts. Like a dirty lens or a dusty mirror,
 our consciousness is now covered, but the process for cleaning the mind is both simple and universally effective\'97anyone can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and immediately all dirty thoughts will be removed from his mind. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a name of the S
upreme All-attractive Personality of Godhead. Since God and His name are nondifferent, the sound }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , the reservoir of all beauty and pleasure (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), attracts our minds. }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is an address to the energy of the Lord. By associating with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Pure, thro
ugh His name, we also become purified and regain our original blissful consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba was first brought to the Western world seven years ago by the founder and spiritual master of the I
nternational Society for Krishna Consciousness, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is a pure devotee and a completely self-realized spiritual master authorized to teach this genuine process of spiritual awa
kening. He has mercifully given the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the world so that everyone may regain his original joyful consciousness and live in peace and happiness. By chanting these holy names, we reestablish our lost link with the Supreme an
d enjoy our real life, which is full of eternity, knowledge and bliss. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has asked, \'93Please chant these holy names of the Lord. Your life will become sublime.\'94
\par }\pard 
\s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \par \pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 
\'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 32 Tiffany Place, Brookl
yn, N.Y. 11231. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $4.50 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97Dallas)
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub International Society For Krishna Consciousness\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs32\cf0\nosupersub MEMBER
SHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and thus is being introduced all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a simple, practical and universal way that can be accepted by men of any race, religion or nationality. For information on how you can bec
ome a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3826 Willat Avenue, Culver City, California 90230.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Edmonton\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Alberta}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 11935 106}{\v\f0\fs14\cf0\up12 th}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0  Street
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\sl240\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 New York City\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Philadelphia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Pittsburgh\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Pennsylvania
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 St. Louis\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Missouri}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 4544 Laclede Ave./ (314)
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 San Diego\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 California}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 3300 3rd Ave./ (714) 291-7778}{\b\v
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Seattle\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Trinidad\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 W. Indies}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 D.C.}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 2015 'Q' St. N.W./ (202) 667-3516}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Tokyo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Japan}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 3221 Minami Asakawa-cho  Hachioji-shi}{\b
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 V\'e5nd\'e4vana\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 India}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 ISKCON, R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modaraTemple, Seva Kunj,
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li3960\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 AUSTRALIA}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\cell\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Auckland\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Melbourne\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Aus
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Sydney\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Australia}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li4320\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 EUROPE}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\cell\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Amsterdam
\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Holland}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Bethanienstraat 39, (C) 020-3502607}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Berlin\cell\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Germany}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 1 Berlin-65, Nordbahn Str. 3}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Birmingham\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0
}{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 England}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 25 Hickman Road, Sparbrook}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Cardiff\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Wales}
{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 43 Ruby Street, Roath}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Dusseldorf\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Germany}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 4 Disseldorf, Grafenbergerallee 302}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Edinburgh\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Scotland}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Flat 6, 11 Greenhill Place}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Frankfurt\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Germany}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{
\v\f0\fs20\cf0 6 Frankfurt aM. Sachenhausen, Grosser Hasenpfad. 106}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Geneva\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 France}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{
\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Beudit La Crotte, 01-Ornex-France}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Grenoble\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 France}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 co 
M. Ala in Remila, 24 Quai Pierre}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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telstrasse 6511}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Marseilles\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 France}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 c/o Andre Brunet, Chateau de Luzy, Auberge de Leunesse}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\cf0 \cell}
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\cf0 \cell}
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\row \pard
\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, the Proprietor of Everything
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, the Proprietor o
f Everything
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s\'e4pa\'e7a-\'e7atair baddh\'e4\'f9\line k\'e4ma-krodhapar\'e4ya\'eb\'e4\'f9\line \'e9hante k\'e4ma-bhog\'e4rtham\line any
\'e4yen\'e4rtha-sa\'efcay\'e4n
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Being bound by hundreds and thousands of desires, by lust and anger, they secure money by illegal means for sense gratification.\'94 (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  16.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes when we meet gentlemen of so-called fashionable taste and try to interest them in the work of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss movement, they very frankly say that they have no interest in such a theistic subject and even condemn our attempt to bring people in general back to the path of Godhead. According to these gentlemen, the deplorable economic conditions of the Indian p
eople are caused by their great faith in God, and the sooner they forget everything about God, the better for them. But we cannot agree with the atheistic conclusions of such gentlemen who are so devoid of all sense of spirituality. India and the other n
ations of the world were never so completely dependent upon occupational service than they are now. With the advancement of godless materialistic education, the number of unemployed is increasing daily, particularly amongst the educated section of the pe
ople. Whenever there is some vacancy in some post\'97important or unimportant\'97there are thousands of applications to fill it. In India more than eighty percent of the population is not provided the bare necessities of life, and what to speak of other 
amenities. Some of the well-posted government servants and some of the fortunate businessmen may feel happy themselves, but ninety percent of their brother citizens do not know how to make ends meet. Therefore, the economic condition is deplorable.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Financial Ruin
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This economic deterioration of the masses of people is not only visible in India, but all over the world. The planning commissions in I
ndia have of course made various plans to improve the economic conditions of the people, but we can take lessons from other countries where the planning commissions have finished their duties. We must be frank enough to admit that the economic condition 
of the general masses of people has not improved. Practically a quarter of a centruy ago, when President Truman was in London, he admitted very frankly that independence means comfortable life for everyone, at least that is the expectation of all common 
men\'97an expectation which is never to be fulfilled. When World War II was going on, one party inquired whether the Japanese were coming to India. The thought behind the inquiry was that if the Japanese came to India, the country would be independent. T
he party was met again after 1947, and when he was asked how he had improved his comfortable life, he replied with much regret that he had not improved his lot in the least after independence. On the contrary, his family expenditure had increased so much
 that he was on the brink of financial ruin. On the whole, the story is that in India no one\'92s life has become more comfortable since independence, as it ought to have according to President Truman. According to him, if a section of a nation lives ver
y comfortably in material terms and senses some false happiness, without caring for its brother have-nots, that nation is not to be considered an independent nation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What all these mundane wranglers cannot understand is that the economic condition of the people cannot be improved by godless adventuri
ng. There are five elements affecting any particular action in the universe, and the most important cause is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , or the unseen hand of God. However efficient the other causes may be\'97such as the place, the worker, the attempt and the instrument\'97without the favorable help of the divine cause, nothing can be effected.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The atheist R\'e4va\'eba did not believe in the Divine cause but firmly believed in his own capacity. He was a declared enemy of \'c7r
\'e9 R\'e4macandra, the Personality of Godhead, and on his own strength he planned to construct a staircase leading up to heaven. This staircase was to be used by everyone, and the idea was that by it everyone could reach heaven without undergoing the ne
cessary qualifications.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present generation of materialists are direct descendants of R\'e4va\'eba because all of them think in terms of building a staircas
e leading to the kingdom of heaven. They completely ignore the superior strength of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cause. Ther
e are many planning commissions around the world attempting to improve conditions that have degenerated due to war, famine, pestilence and similar disasters, but unfortunately the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
daiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cause is unknown to these commissions. Therefore the commissions meet at a considerable expense to the general populace, and the result is that nothing is ever solved. This 
is all due to a godless disregard for the unseen hand of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hope Against Hope
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such do-gooders and planning commissions are surely bound by hundreds and thousands of thoughts produced by insatiable lust. When their
 lust is not fulfilled to their satisfaction, they become possessed by anger, insanity, violence, loss of intelligence, and finally they threaten to destroy everything with monstrous bombs. These different atheistic groups all have various plans in mind,
 and these plans are exhibited in different patterns of godlessness. One atheistic nation thinks in a different way from another atheistic nation, and the unseen hand of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiva}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  causes their circles to overlap and makes them clash. None of these groups function beyond the range of direct perception of the material senses. None of them function according t
o the guidelines of spiritual knowledge. The mass of people themselves are unable to see things in their true perspective, and under various political arrangements they are made to follow blind leaders who present them with multi-colored ideals which are
 sure to fail in the long run. In this way the populace is made to hope against hope that some great solution is pending.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many hope-against-hope parties, and whenever they fail to gratify the senses of the masses, they are all endangered. When the
se parties are endangered, they begin to fightone another, and at the end one of the parties is eventually victimized by another for the sake of a false ideology unknown to the common people. Communal flare-ups and revolutions are now ordinary occurrence
s in this iron age due to the advancement of godless and materialistic learning. The poor followers and innocent masses, however, are the sufferers on such roads to heavenly ideologies. The masses are gradually being driven into a hopeless condition due 
to lack of information of real spiritual life. They are kept in darkness and in a bewildered state of sense gratification. Consequently they seek happiness in a labyrinth of sense gratification and try to accumulate wealth by unlawful means.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is in impure consciousness, ignorant of the Supreme Lord, he accumulates everything unlawfully because he does not acknowledge
 that everything in the universe belongs to the Supreme Lord. Everyone is thinking, \'93I am the proprietor of everything,\'94 and the whole material world is being conducted under the impression that \'93I am the monarch of all I survey.\'94 This is cal
led illusion. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat\line tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4\line m\'e4 
g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for him
self, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Our Real Life\'92s Mission
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have spoken and heard of illusion so many times, but what is this illusion? This illusion is the thought that \'93I am the proprieto
r and everything is mine,\'94 when, in fact, nothing is mine. We are not proprietors at all. This is the real situation; everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God, and this is the proper conception of spiritual communism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  verse quoted above, we find that whatever property there is\'97whatever material resources there are, not only on this earth but on other planets and in outer space as well\'97whatever exists within the creat
ion is to be considered the possession of the Supreme Lord. Who can deny it? Can we create anything or manufacture anything without utilizing the energy supplied by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or nature? This nature belongs to God, for the original elements were created by Him. In this modern age we have made so many advancements in chemistry, but without the basic elements
 of sulphur, mercury, etc., there is no question of the art of chemistry. Raw materials must be taken from the earth; man can only transform them from one form to another. We must come to understand that these things cannot be manufactured artificially. 
God is their source and supplier. If a carpenter is supplied wood, tools and also wages and builds a table, whose table is it? Does it belong to the carpenter? No, it belongs to the person who supplied the wood, tools and wages. Similarly, whatever we ca
n show as a result of our labor, whatever products result from our energy, is the property of the Supreme Lord. When we come to this understanding we can establish ourselves in our pure consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material conception of life, which arises from ignorance, is due to our attachment to material enjoyment. The strongest material al
lurement is sex enjoyment, which illusions us into thinking, \'93This is mine. I am the proprietor. Everything is mine, etc.\'94 Thinking in this way, we spend our time trying to make an economic solution, trying to enhance our financial standing. How do
es all this begin? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates that lust is the beginning; the more we become attra
cted by sex life, the more illusioned we become. It is not that we are to abandon sex life, but change our conceptions of it. Sex is a necessary part of life and a demand of the body, but it should be regulated, not increased unrestrictedly. It is necess
ary that we eat in order to maintain our health, and it is necessary to sleep in order to refresh the body. Similarly, sex is also required; that is not denied. What we have to understand is that eating, sleeping and mating are not our real missions in l
ife; they are required for maintaining the body only. Our real life\'92s mission is to understand what and who K\'e5\'f1\'eba is and what our relationship with Him is\'97in other words, to establish ourselves in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because we have no information of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we try our best to gratify this material body. Now we have to understan
d that somehow or other we came in contact with this material body, and now our problem is how to make the best use of a bad bargain. Therefore we have to understand how to use this body for getting out of this material entanglement. We have to treat the
 body in such a way that it will not cause us disturbance. If the body is not properly maintained, we will be disturbed. If we want to go from California to New York in an automobile, that vehicle must be in proper order, otherwise we won\'92t be able to
 complete the trip. The mission of life should not be that we become too much involved and absorbed in bodily needs, but we should keep the body fit in order to execute our real mission of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Consequently if we at all want to b
e spiritually advanced, our eating, sleeping, defending and mating must be regulated. We should not be absorbed in them, thinking that they are our only goal. Nature\'92s laws will not allow us to abandon ourselves to them without suffering unpleasant re
actions. For instance, it we eat more than necessary, we will have indigestion. If we overindulge in sex life, we will become weak and ultimately impotent. If we oversleep, we will become dull and stupid. These are nature\'92s laws. We cannot overindulge
 in these things and at the same time have spiritual life; therefore the best course is to minimize these bodily demands. That is the point of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub education, and that is the basic principle of ancient Vedic civilization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the ancient Vedic civilization we find that only kings or royal families had very nice houses to live in. Common men used to live in
 huts. They did not require more, and they did not spend their energy unnecessarily. In this regard there is the example of the sage who used to meditate on the banks of the Ganges. He was to live until all the hairs on his body fell off. He was a very h
airy sage, and he only lost one hair every time Brahm\'e4 died. Brahm\'e4 lives for one hundred years, as calculated on the Brahmaloka planet, where each year is equal to 4,300,000 x 2 x 30 x 12 earth years. At the end of this fantastic period of time, o
ne of the hairs of the sage falls off, so it would be difficult to imagine the duration required for all his hairs to fall off. At any rate, when this sage was standing on the banks of the Ganges and meditating, a person came to him and said, \'93Why are
 you just standing here on the beach meditating? You are out in all sorts of weather. Why don\'92t you build a nice cottage?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sage replied, \'93Oh, why should I bother? I am just here temporarily.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sage was aware that any position in this material world is temporary, whereas he is eternal. We should understand that whatever pos
ition we have is temporary, because the body is temporary. Whatever we possess in relation to the body is also temporary. If we move into an apartment and are going to stay there for only three days, do we take pains to decorate the apartment very nicely
? No, why should we spoil our energy in decorating that room? We should always remember that this body is temporary and that its needs are temporary, but as spirit souls we are eternal. Our real concern should be to fulfill our eternal mission and to mak
e arrangements in this human form of life to live eternally after leaving this body.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 We Belong to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual life is not void; it is actual life. The conception of voidness arises from frustration with material existence. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba\'92s creation is full of life; there is no question of void anywhere. There is actual life in which we live eternally and enjoy eternally, in which we become peaceful and full of knowledge. That life is our spiritual life, and we have to attain to 
it. Our mission should be to attain that highest perfectional stage and become detached from this temporary existence. To become attached to temporary things and to give no time to the eternal soul is illusion. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gives information that this life is meant for self-realization, for questioning into the nature of Brahman, spirit. What is
 Brahman? We are all Brahman, but because we have become entangled in these material elements, we do not realize it. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and all other Vedic literatures are intended to awaken us to our real identity. They tell us 
to awake, to get up and not sleep. Sleeping means remaining in ignorance, in darkness. The purpose of the Vedic literatures is to enlighten us, to get us to shake off our sleepiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this regard there is the story of the poor man who consulted an astrologer saying, \'93Sir, I am very poor, Do you think that by my 
palm you can tell whether I\'92ll ever get money in the future?\'94 The astrologer looked at the man\'92s palm carefully and finally said, \'93Prospects are very good. Your father left you a hidden treasure before he died. You just have to find it out.
\'94 The man went away to look for the treasure, and when he could not find it he returned to the astrologer, who gave him further instructions. \'93If you look for the treasure on the southern side, you will have many difficulties. If you dig for it on 
the northern or western sides, there will be similar difficulties. Just look on the eastern side and you will find it.\'94 So the man looked and indeed found his treasure. Similarly, we all have a great hidden treasure, and if we consult the oracle of Ve
dic literature we will find it. God is full of six opulences\'97all wealth, all knowledge, all beauty, all strength, all fame and all renunciation. We are His sons, and as such we have immense property to enjoy. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that all living ent
ities are His sons. If He is our father, and is such a rich father, then why don\'92t we reestablish our relationship with Him? K\'e5\'f1\'eba sends His most intimate and confidential sons like Lord Jesus Christ to inform us of this heritage we have forg
otten, to call us back home, back to Godhead. Unfortunately we are too busy consulting some mundane astrologers trying to find out what will happen to this body, trying to heal the body or make it last a few years longer, completely forgetting that this 
body is temporary and doomed to perish. Our real goal should be to finish this bodily business in this life and to realize ourselves spiritually and know that we are not this matter but Brahman, sons of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We have to understand that we don
\'92t belong to our so-called parents or this so-called country. We belong to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual worlds of the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has. For us this whole earth, indeed this whole universe, is a foreign country. All living entities in the material 
universe are in a foreign country. They are simply visiting for a certain duration of years, that\'92s all. When we are illusioned, we think that things in this country belong to us, but in actuality nothing belongs to us at all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We also belong to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for we are His sons. When we come to understand that everything
 belongs to Him, our material attachments gradually slacken, and as we become detached from material life we proportionately increase our spiritual life and advance in knowledge. In the Fifteenth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us the example of the banyan tree with its roots upward and its branches down. This tree of mater
ial existence must be severed by the weapon of detachment. These knots which bind us very tightly to the material world must be cut by someone who is free. Therefore one who is sufficiently intelligent will associate with saintly persons who are free fro
m the entanglement of material nature and who can sever the knots which bind. There is no benefit in associating with those who are simply engaged in sense gratification. If we want liberation, if we really want to get out of this illusory existence, we 
must associate with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great souls. All we have to do is simply hear, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and by simply hearing from great souls our knot of nescience will be cut. Just hearing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare will save us.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From Poverty to Bliss Through K\'e5\'f1\'eba Yoga
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub From Poverty to Bliss Through K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Yoga
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Vi\'f1\'ebu-jana Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The urgent need of modern society is to realize the actual human mission, which is for man to develop his eternal loving relationship w
ith the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the direct, one-stroke method for solving the complex social, economic and ethical problems which besiege us. Just as by watering the root of a tree one naturally provides water for all its leaves and branches
, so by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the root of human society and indeed of all existence, one simultaneously renders the most valuable service to all living beings. One who has realized this simple understanding is able to act in perfection for the b
enefit of all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The outlines presented below were originally used to accompany visual displays portraying major problems in all levels of society and i
llustrating their solutions through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu-jana Sv\'e4m\'e9, an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Sv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, accepted the reno
unced order of life (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) from His Divine Grace in July of 1970. He has traveled extensively on p
reaching engagements throughout the southern United States and is now touring with ISKCON\'92s First Transcendental Exposition. The title \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94 denotes one who is able to expertly control his senses by engaging them in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0 Graph 1\'97the spiritualization of the outcast society
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I. THE OUTCAST SUBCULTURE IN A COMPETITIVE SOCIETY
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-432\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A. The member of the poverty-stricken subculture, who is often born in a family disoriented from a former culture
, receives inadequate instructions regarding education, language, social standards, and personal hygiene; and he is therefore unable to compete with the oriented class.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-432\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B. The educational system makes it obvious to the child that he is trapped in an inferior group. Thus, although t
he outcast desperately seeks a defense, there is nothing available but to obscure himself in his defeat.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-432\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C. The adorable standards of the oriented society dangle just beyond his reach, and everyone outside of the depre
ssed community appears happy to him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-432\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D. The youth market is full of useless commodities that are an incentive to competitive desire amongst children. 
Thus money for the purpose of facilitating the animal propensities of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending becomes an item of envy, and spiritual culture is neglected. The youth market encourages everyone to increase his animal propensities, and thus 
one\'92s senses are totally agitated and one\'92s mind has no peace. The fever of sense gratification prevents human energy from being engaged to solve the real problems of life, namely how to get free from the entanglement of repeated birth and death in
 ignorance, lust, and illusion regarding the real nature of the pure spiritual self, which is beyond the purview of the body and mind. The result is complete body consciousness. Girls dress in an overly attractive fashion. Alcohol, drugs, frivolous sport
s, and many more anomalies than we could possibly list become prominent in an atmosphere of material knowledge devoid of moral and spiritual culture. No amount of money is ever enough to cool this feverish mentality. Thus the bewildered children are sent
 to the slaughterhouse of this age under the noses of ignorant parents, teachers, and religionists. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-432\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E. Due to a sense of inferiority and frustration, the social outcaste accepts his role as a useless member of a u
seless society and indulges in gross bodily intoxicants and other forms of sense gratification. His mind becomes absorbed in a bodily concept of life that is full of temporary racial designations and superficial family relationships. As he becomes more a
nd more attached to what little he has, he fearfully looks forward towards death, which, after the slow processes of old age and disease, finally takes everything from him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-432\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub F. As he grows older his pessimism increases. As he considers his hard struggle for existence, he feels cheated b
y society and its God. His intelligence remains bewildered until he is carried to a hospital to die, where he then meets the technologically advanced society that all his life has depressed him both spiritually and materially. Even in the face of a lifet
ime of defeat, he struggles against death until he is overcome by the laws of death and rebirth and is thus taken to his next body, which is better or worse according to his life\'92s activities. His mind remains surcharged with worldly attachments, and 
according to the degree of his lust for over-lordship of the things of the world and according to the reactions of his pious or impious work, he is awarded a body suitable for pursuit of his mistaken interests. In most cases he returns to the animal king
dom, and his human mission of liberation is defeated.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub II. SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY IN SOCIAL STRUCTURE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-475\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.  The leaders and intelligent class must, first of all, be trained regarding the real need of poverty-stricken 
people.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-475\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B.  Huge exposition tents must be erected in slum areas, where devotees will invite all members of the area to jo
in in day and night group sessions. Speakers in various languages will explain the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and its universal applications as a yoga system for complete purification. There will be chanting of the names of the Lord from 
every faith with nice musical accompaniment and refreshments of vegetarian food offered to the Lord in a spiritual atmosphere.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-475\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C.  A devotee will visit the homes of the oppressed. He will give instructions in hygiene, and by his example the
 devotee will engage the family in reorienting the house as necessary to set up a simple, useful, and spiritual atmosphere with the central interest of the entire family centered on the altar.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-475\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D.  Hygiene begins with regulation of life, and therefore the devotee will introduce the interested family to the
 following schedule:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4 am.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The entire family will arise, 
and all its members will bathe and mark their bodies as temples of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5 am.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  After bathing, the family will
 gather before the altar and then bow and offer prayers to the Lord and His pure devotees to ask for their help to execute life\'92s mission. During the prayer the mother will have made a nice offering of fruit and yogurt with some grain cereal. As it is
 direct service to the Lord, the family will be taught a beautiful ceremony for offering tokens of devotion. The total diet will consist of beautiful yet inexpensive preparations made with grains, fruits, vegetables, and milk products. The devotee will i
nstruct the family in devotional cookery.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6 am.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  After chanting individually, t
he family members will eat together, and the devotee will narrate the wonderful activities of the Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6:30.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Philosophy for adults and stor
ies for the children.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7:30.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Cleaning the house (spotlessly
) as a temple of God (lots of chanting while cleaning). The husband goes to work (see section E). 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8:30.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Wife and children take more }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (spiritual food).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9:30.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Children over five are taken t
o the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . (see Graph No. 2) Children under five are taken by the mother and a woman devote
e to a large grassy yard, and along with other mothers and children, they chant the glories of the Lord. If sufficient provisions are made by city planners, there can be small calves that will run loose, and milk can be churned into butter. The children 
will be taught to collect flowers and string them into garlands to decorate the home temple, etc.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12 noon.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Mothers and children return
 home. Children eat and take rest for three hours, while mother and devotee garden, cook for evening }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , and decorate the temple.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3 pm. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Older children return home and
 younger children awaken. All shower and mark their bodies as temples of God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is then
 offered with another beautiful ceremony and with ecstatic chanting; and then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is eate
n. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4 pm.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Devotee teaches how to enact p
lays and dramas on the glories of the Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5 pm.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Father returns and showers. Th
e whole family chants and offers him }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and sees to his comfort. Seeing his family incre
asing its love for God, the father becomes pleased.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6 pm.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The whole family, chanting and
 carrying }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to neighboring houses, goes for a walk around the block.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7 pm. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Six or seven families gather t
ogether for evening festivities, puppet shows, plays depicting the pastimes of the Lord, chanting, dancing, and eating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8:30.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Younger children take rest, an
d adults plan upcoming activities for glorification of the Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9:30. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All take rest for six or seven
 hours.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E.  Attitudes of work.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi-360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.  Work means sacrifice and, in this connection, sacrifice for the Lord. The man will be trained in the principl
es of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and his work will be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He will understand that he is working for the Lord, for whom he has dedicated his wife, family, and house. Thus he will also consider it his duty to see that his family can nicely serve the Lord, and he 
will provide for them on behalf of the Lord. Also, because of the morning worship service, he will be fixed in the real goal of life\'97self-realization\'97and thus be unaffected by the frequent upheavals of the working world.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi-360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.  Even in his occupational dealings, he will not falsely identify himself or others with the business world, bu
t will consider everyone part and parcel of the Lord. He will therefore represent the Lord in all his dealings and work for the highest good of society.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub F.  Union leaders can institute meditative prayer and devotional songs to satisfy workers rather than superficial
 music. At noon, all the workers can attend a service in the business temple and eat }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
together. Men who take part in this program will naturally come to take an interest in city planning for the glorification of the Lord and will thus become responsible citizens. 
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G.  Workers will divide their pay\'9750% for spiritual activities and the rest for family maintenance.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0 Graph 2\'97The so-called affluent society
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I. SPIRITUAL POVERTY IN THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-533\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.  The child born into prosperous conditions is high in standards of bodily hygiene, while at the same time his 
mind is perverted by manifold designations and prejudices. He learns to despise the poorer sections of society, and he develops false pride in physical beauty, nationality, and religious sectarianism.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-533\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B.  The child is encouraged to compete in school for material goals and is punished if he does not defeat his com
petitors. Only material knowledge is offered in school, and the ignorant student is allured by false promises of fortune and fame into this trap of anxiety.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-533\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C.  The frustration of his teen years leads to reckless driving, drinking, and drugs, and if he survives these, h
e then goes on to college and tries to enjoy all that was promised in his youth in the way of comfortable home and family life. His false pride increases, and he tries to impress others with an accumulation of useless commodities. He becomes bound to his
 false sense of proprietorship of things of this world, and this increases his fear of death, which ultimately takes away all his wealth. He strongly identifies with his extended body (his wife and children), and he hopes that by insurance plans he can c
ontinue himself after death through his extended body, the family.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-533\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D.  All the plans of the materialist are subject to defeat by the changes of nature and by changes in the plans o
f those upon whom he depends. Therefore his life is fearful. As he grows older he continues to hope for a happy year, but he sees that his body is getting old. Due to a misdirected life of sense enjoyment, he is fearful of disease and despises old age an
d dependence. He makes a show of new youthfulness by imitating the dress and style of the younger generation, and he becomes falsely happy through intoxicants.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-533\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E.  The bodily conception degrades him so much that as an elderly man he remains in ignorance of his spiritual se
lf and simply engages in pampering his old and worn-out body. He takes pride in still being able to walk.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-533\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub F.  He becomes more diseased and feeble-minded and at last dies like a dog or cat in the best hospital money can 
buy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-533\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G.  According to his life\'92s activities, he is awarded his next body, and thus his human mission is uselessly s
poiled. Thus a lifetime wasted in affluent life is no better than a lifetime wasted in poverty.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub II. K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.  As devotees gain use of the media, the mass of affluent people will see the practical result of becoming K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. They will have the opportunity to meet devotees in their homes or in temples, and in some instances there may be exposition tents erected.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B.  As in Graph No. 1, the family members will be reoriented in the real joyful values of life and will reconstru
ct their home and their attitudes of eating, sleeping, and working.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C.  The details of the home schedule are presented in Graph No. 1.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D.  Schools should be made available so that at the age of five, children would be able to attend a devotional sc
hool, staffed by intelligent men who are qualified devotees of the Lord. The main subject in the school should not differ from that in the home; that is, the criterion of advancement should be how one develops the qualities of a devotee of the Lord. Of c
ourse, education in material science would be as complete as it is presently, but it would be God-centered. The laws of nature should be taught to all students, and knowledge of the non-permanence of the body should be instructed. This would infuse every
one with a desire to fulfill his human mission. The Sanskrit }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  contain complete knowledge of 
both matter and spirit, so there would be no need for speculative reasoning or misdirected experimentation on innocent animals. The present educational schedule and curriculum could be adapted as follows:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9 am.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   Assemble for chanting the man
tras for deliverance.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9:30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   Philosophy of life class. Stud
ents will learn and discuss.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10:30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   Classes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11:30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   All gather for offering pras
\'e4dam and take noon meal. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12:30-2:30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   Classes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1)   Subjects will remain as they are now, but with new emphasis on the Lord and upon spiritual development.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2)   Sanskrit will be taught along with the national language.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3)   History would center largely around the appearances of the Lord and His representatives throughout the ages 
and throughout the universes. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4)  Agrarian culture and utilization of the gifts of nature for the service of the Lord would flavor every subjec
t with practical applications. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5)   Extra-curricular activities would include the following:
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2040\ri0\fi-360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a)  Cooking pras\'e4dam for the noon offering.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2040\ri0\fi-360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b)  Learning musical accompaniment for prayers and chanting.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2040\ri0\fi-360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c)  Staging festivals and dramas to teach the public the glories of the Lord.
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2040\ri0\fi-360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d)  Applying all kinds of arts and crafts, even military, in the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1944\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6)   Competitive sporting would vanish as children experience that the Lord is the only one they need to satisfy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1944\ri0\fi-504\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7)   Since there are always two paths in life, the path of sense enjoyment and the path of devotional service to 
the Lord, children must be given all information to make the best use of this short life for their real mission.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1944\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    One such school is now functioning in Dallas, Texas, and for further details, please inquire from: 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1944\ri0\fi360\tx259 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurukula, 5430 Gurley Street, Dallas, Texas 75219 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb180 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sleepers Awake!
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SLEEPERS AWAKE!
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 New York: Summer 1966
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I first met my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, I felt that there was never a time when I did not know him. I never t
ire of telling of my first meeting with him on the streets of Lower East Side New York. At the time, I was hurrying from my Mott Street apartment, which had become a refuge for psychedeliacs, to a much quieter apartment on Fifth Street where I hoped to g
et some peace. I was walking down Houston Street and across Bowery, past the rushing traffic and stumbling derelicts, and after crossing Bowery, just before Second Avenue, I saw His Divine Grace jauntily strolling down the sidewalk, his head high in the 
air, his hand in a beadbag. He struck me like a famous actor in a very familiar movie. He seemed ageless, though later I found out that he was seventy years old. He was wearing the traditional saffron colored robes of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the renounced order, and quaint white shoes with points. Coming down Houston Street, he looked like the genie 
that popped out of Aladdin\'92s lamp. I was fresh from a trip to India, and His Divine Grace reminded me of the many holy men I had recently seen walking the dirt roads of Hardwar and Rishikesh and bathing in the Ganges. I had gone to India to look for a
 guru but had returned disappointed. It was on this bright July morning, when I was least expecting it, that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1na, out of His infinite mercy, sent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to me. The old Vedic adage\'97by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba you get }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and by the grace of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you get K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'97was justified. Afterwards, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da (as we were later to call him) often told me, \'93If you are sincere, you don\'92t have to search out your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gur
u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba will send him.\'94 So amid the hot clang and clamor of Houston and Bowery, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  had found me out.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We stopped simultaneously, and I asked the first question that popped into my mind\'97\'93Are you from India?\'94\'97and he smiled cord
ially. \'93Oh, yes, and you?\'94 I told him no, but that I had just returned from India and that I was very interested in his country and Hindu philosophy. He then told me that he had come from Calcutta and had been in New York almost ten months. His eye
s were as fresh and as cordial as a child\'92s, and even standing before the trucks that roared and bumbled their way down Houston Street, he emanated a cool tranquility that was unshakably established in something far beyond the great metropolis that ro
ared around us. He answered all my questions readily, as though speaking a dialogue he was well acquainted with. I told him about my India trip briefly, and he asked me if I had been to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. \'93I didn\'92t get a chance to,\'94 I told him. 
\'93I got sick on the food and had to leave.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He then informed me that he had a place around the corner where he was planning to hold some classes and that he had been wondering whe
ther or not it was suitable. I walked around the corner with him, and he pointed out a small storefront building between First and Second Streets, next door to a Mobil filling station It had been a curiosity shop, and someone had painted the words \'93Ma
tchless Gifts\'94 over the outside door. At the time I didn\'92t realize how prophetic the words were. \'93This is a good area?\'94 he asked me. I told him that I thought it was. I had no idea what he was going to offer in his \'93classes,\'94 but I knew
 that all my friends would be glad that an Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub swami }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was moving into the neighborhood. For the past tw
o or three years, like so many downtown New Yorkers in their twenties, we had been reading books on Eastern philosophy and religion, burning lots of candles and incense and taking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
ga\'efj\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub peyote and LSD as aids to meditation. Actually it was more intoxication than meditation; meditation was a euphemism that somehow connected our highs with our readings
. \'93I would like to hear your lectures,\'94 I told him, after reassuring him that the storefrontwas suitable. I noticed a placard in the window that read: \'93Lectures on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagava
d-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. Mon. Wed. Fri. 7\'969.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You will bring your friends?\'94 he asked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes,\'94 I promised. \'93Monday evening.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I forget the rest of the conversation, but I do remember afterwards telling everyone I knew about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who had inexplicably appeared in our midst.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I attended the first meeting in the little storefront with two of my friends who were later to be initiated as K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda and U
m\'e4pati. I was surprised to see half a dozen people there. The storefront was narrow and squalid. There was no rug on the wooden floors and no decorations save one painting in the window of Lord Caitanya dancing with His disciples. Years later I was to
 find out that this was painted by an artist who had been given a small picture by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to use as a model for a larger canvas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The only additions to the plain storefront were little straw mats for sitting. At the rear were two windows, a bathroom door and an una
ttractive sink. In the middle of the room a bare lightbulb hung from a cord. Um\'e4pati, K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda and I sat in the middle of the room and looked around at a half dozen other young men who, like us, didn\'92t know what to expect. We sat quietly 
and waited for about five minutes. Then the door opened and out came His Divine Grace. He deftly slid the white pointed shoes off his feet, sat down on one of the straw mats and looked out at his new audience. When he saw me he smiled. \'93You have broug
ht your friends?\'94 I said, \'93Yes.\'94 \'93Very good,\'94 he said and took out a pair of cymbals. He started to play them and sing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Vande \'92ham\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and then Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. He indicated that we were to answer the chanting of H
are K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and slowly, awkwardly at first, we tried to follow. There were no other instruments\'97only the clanging of three pairs of cymbals. Eventually we started clapping, but no one got up to dance. I noticed that about a dozen people had ga
thered outside the window to watch, most of them derelicts and Puerto Ricans. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da finally brought the chanting to a close and recited a prayer. Nobody bowed. Nobody knew what to do. We all simply sat in anticipation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then he began his lecture, using }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I recall that in those early lectures he spoke mainly in terms of Absolute Truth to better communicate with us. No one had the slightest idea what \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 meant. I had r
ead }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  before, and so had my friends, but to us K\'e5\'f1\'eba, at most, was just a literary pers
onification of the Divine, a characterization of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya\'92s Self. At that first meeting I had some difficulty understanding what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, but his words nonetheless moved me, and I was interested to hear more. I n
oticed that my friends were also listening attentively, and most of the others seemed to show respect. Then, incredibly, midway through the lecture, an old white-haired begrizzled Bowery bum entered the storefront and walked right through the middle of t
he room, past all of us who sat in shocked silence, and on up towards Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who sat beneath the back windows. I didn\'92t know what he was about to do, but I noticed that he was carrying a package of paper handtowels and a couple of rol
ls of toilet paper. He didn\'92t say a word, but walked right past \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and carefully placed the hand-towels by the sink and the toilet paper on the floor under the sink. Then, clearing his throat and saying something incoherent, he 
turned around and walked out. No one knew what to say and no one knew whether or not \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had been insulted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just see,\'94 Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da suddenly said. \'93He has just begun his devotional service. That is the process. Whatever we 
have\'97it doesn\'92t matter what\'97we must offer it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He then concluded his lecture and led another chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The first chanting lasted forty-five minutes, his lectur
e lasted at least an hour, and the second chanting lasted around thirty minutes. A couple of people left after the lecture. Americans are simply not accustomed to sitting on the floor for over two hours. After the second }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sliced up an apple and passed it to us on a plate. While this was being distributed, he went out
 the side door and returned to his apartment in the rear building. I noticed a basket on the front mat in which some people had put a little money. I contributed fifty cents, and then my friends and I left. On our way out one of the boys told us that the
 next meeting would be Wednesday at seven o\'92clock but that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would also welcome people in his rear apartment during the day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We attended the next meeting Wednesday night. It followed the same format as the first. After the last }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I went up to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and began to question him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Have you ever heard of LSD?\'94 I asked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No,\'94 he said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It\'92s a psychedelic drug that comes like a pill, and if you take it you can get religious ecstasies. Do you think that that can h
elp my spiritual life?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You don\'92t need to take anything for your spiritual life,\'94 he told me. \'93Your spiritual life is already here.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I agreed with him immediately, though I would have never agreed with anyone else who would have said such a thing. I agreed mainly beca
use he seemed so absolutely positive that there was no question of not agreeing. \'93Yes, my spiritual life is here,\'94 I thought to myself. I knew that he was in a state of exalted consciousness, and I was hoping that somehow he could teach the process
 to me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next morning I went around to his apartment to see him alone. He welcomed me in and told me that he needed help in spreading this p
hilosophy. I noticed that he was typing, and I asked if I could be of any help there. I was a very good typist, and not knowing any other way to help, offered my services. He handed me the first chapter of the Second Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and asked if I could type it out. I set up a typewriter in his room and began to work.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I typed most of the morning and then told him that if there was any more typing he needed done, to let me know, that I would be glad to
 take it home. \'93Oh, I have lots more,\'94 he said, opening his closet door and pulling out two huge bundles of paper tied with saffron cloth. There were thousands of pages in the bundles. I was astounded. It looked like a lifetime of typing.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Early Morning Meetings
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next week, which was the first week in a sultry New York August, a time when the air hangs so hot and heavy that it obscures the to
ps of buildings with a yellow mist, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da received a box of handbills which had been donated by a friend. There must have been five thousand of them, and they read: \'93Practice the transcendental sound vibration Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. This chanting will cleanse the dust from the mirror of the mind.\'94 Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s name was given and the name of
 the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 26 Second Avenue, and the times of the meetings\'977:00 a.m. daily and 7:00 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At the bottom of the sheet was the invitation: \'93You are cordially invited to come and 
bring your friends.\'94 \'93There they are,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told us. \'93Now you simply have to distribute.\'94 I took a handful of the bills. \'93You think they\'92re all right?\'94 he asked me. I told him I thought they were fine. \'93We 
will call our society ISKCON,\'94 he then told us, smiling.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93What\'92s that?\'94 I asked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I-S-K-C-O-N,\'94 he spelled the letters out. \'93ISKCON\'97International Society for Krishna Consciousness.\'94 Then he laughed. He
 was obviously having fun.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was also in early August that we began attending the early morning meetings. None of us had ever gotten up before ten or eleven in t
he morning, but the magnetism of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da drew us out of our dark Mott Street dens at 6:30 and down from fifth floor apartments into deserted Lower East Side streets. I would walk briskly over to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s, chanting 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and feeling better than ever before. Miraculously the Lower East Side no longer looked drab. The sidewalks and buildings seemed to sparkle, and in the early morning, before the smog set in, the sky was red and golden. I would sing all
 the way to his front foyer then ring the buzzer marked A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, and the door would buzz and open, and I would go through the hallway on through the small patio between the back apartment and the storefront and up to his small second flo
or apartment, tip-toeing quietly in order not to awaken the neighbors.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those early morning meetings were the most beautiful and most intimate. \'93Softly,\'94 he would say, just lightly touching the cymbals
 together, and we would barely touch our hands to clap. He would chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with his eyes closed and sit in the rays of sun that streamed through the windows 
in the early morning. We would listen, entranced, then join in response to Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Afterwards he would give a copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to one of us and would have us read the Sanskrit transliterations, correcting our mispronunciations, and then the text. Then he would begin to explain each verse thoroughly. There were only six or eight
 of us at these meetings, so we had ample opportunity to discuss the philosophy with him. I often felt that I knew very little about what was being said, and because of this I sometimes wondered why I kept returning. But gradually it seemed that I was ju
st becoming addicted to sitting and listening to him. Actually, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy, I had nothing else to do. I had returned from India with practically no money, and though I hadn\'92t worked for over a year, I wasn\'92t even interested in loo
king for a job. I did have a feeling, however, that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was a key to a larger conscio
usness of which I could somehow partake. I desperately wanted a teacher to lead me into a world which I knew existed and which I felt was very near to me, yet somehow could not reach.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Divine Intoxication
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Shortly after we distributed the handbills, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da informed us that he would like to go out into one of the parks to
 chant. This surprised us all, and after conferring we decided that Washington Square was the best place. It was on a Sunday, when Washington Square is most crowded, that we followed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da down the sidestreets of the Lower East Side t
o the park. There must have been about ten of us then, and I remember the stares \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s saffron robe, beadbag and pointed white shoes received. It was almost like following a Martian down the street. Somehow he floated through it 
all, seemingly unaware of the stares, comments and general sensation he was creating.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We walked through the Sunday crowds of Washington Square, and finally \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da chose a place to sit down on the grass 
next to teenagers who were kissing and playing bongo drums. There was a sign that said \'93Keep Off the Grass,\'94 but everyone ignored it. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da pulled up his robes and sat comfortably and solidly upon the ground, and we followed sui
t self-consciously. He played a pair of cymbals and led us chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By that time one of us had acquired a small drum and managed to follow Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s rhythm. We chanted about three minut
es and immediately a crowd gathered around us. I remember one sailor who listened for a few seconds then threw his cigarette to the ground and huffed, \'93What the hell is this?\'94 Very quickly the police swooped down on us, and one of the policemen ask
ed who was in charge of our group. We could only indicate \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The policeman turned to him and said, \'93Don\'92t you see the sign?\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da looked again at the \'93Keep Off the Grass\'94 sign, then smiled charm
ingly and walked down onto the asphalt. We followed him and asked if he wanted someone to run back to the temple to get a rug, but he said \'93No,\'94 and once more sat down firmly, this time on the hot asphalt, and we sat in a circle around him. We chan
ted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba for about thirty minutes, and the crowd thickened. No one joined in the chant. They were all perplexed. It was the first time that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had been held before the public in America. After the chanting, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told me to read his preface to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the people who had assembled. I remember reading the passage:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Disparity in the human society is due to the basic principle of a godless civilization. There is God or the Almighty One from whom 
everything emanates and by whom everything is merged to rest. The material scientist is trying to find out the ultimate source of creation very insufficiently, but it is a fact that there is one ultimate source of everything that be. This ultimate source
 is explained rationally and authoritatively in the beautiful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When reading this passage, I did not recognize my own voice, for it seemed to me that a larger voice was speaking through me. The }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which was the first that any of us had ever attended in public, had a strangely exhilarating effec
t on us all. We felt divinely intoxicated, and I marvelled at the unusual power of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when chante
d publicly. Actually Lord Caitanya specifically recommended }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the public chanting of H
are K\'e5\'f1\'eba amidst many people, for this age of chaos (Kali).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da whether he thought our public performance successful. He was so happy with it that he requested that we go out every afternoon and chant in the streets and parks. Following his reques
t, about six or eight of us would walk around the Village in the afternoon and even}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub up and down the narro
w streets of Chinatown, playing a bongo drum and cymbals and chanting the magic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must have look
ed pretty ragged, and I\'92m sure we didn\'92t make much of an impression, but there was lots of spirit. Despite our bumbling selves, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had launched Lord Caitanya\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement in the Western world.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Munificent Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Munificent Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Tusta K\'e5\'f1\'eba d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My dear Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Blue-hued friend of old,\line Thoughtlessly we\'92ve neglected You\'97\line Our
 hearts have grown so cold.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beneath this frigid coldness, though,\line A spark of warmth still glows,\line And by Your causeless mercy,\line Each day t
his warmness grows.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 500 years ago You came\line To fan the fire of love\line To elevate us, the fallen souls,\line Beyond the heavens above.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You came as \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya,\line Brighter than the brightest of suns,\line And in this garb of golden sk
in,\line Countless hearts You won.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My dear \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya,\line When You descended You kindly brought\line To innumerable living entities
\line What all great men have sought.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O merciful expansion,\line Brighter than the sun,\line O Love of God personified,\line With body of golden hue,\line So kin
dly You have done for us\line What none other could ever do.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most sublime opportunity\line You've given to us, the fallen souls\line To quit this material connection\line And accep
t our eternal roles.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, as Your lowly servants\line Though numbered we are few,\line To spread Your glories everywhere\line Is what we propose
 to do.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With the dawning of each day\line We loudly chant Your names,\line And wherever they are chanted,\line Your causeless mercy
 rains.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And though our hearts be cold and black,\line To You we humbly pray\line For faith and determination\line To melt this cold
 away.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O most merciful incarnation,\line Sweeter than morning dew,\line We offer all obeisances,\line All obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya\line Is kind upon all living souls,\line For He took His birth among us\line To fulf
ill our spiritual goals.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When He descended upon this planet\line His associates also came\'97\line \'c7r\'e9 Advaita and Lord Nity\'e4nanda,\line Ch
anting the holy names.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With Him came Gad\'e4dhara,\line An expansion of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9,\line And \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa the pure devotee,\line
An embodiment of N\'e4rada Muni.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He came upon this earth\line To bless the human race\line With most valuable love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97\line His Divine Gra
ce.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And by His perfect example\line In action, deed and word,\line He is showing us how to surrender\line Unto the Supreme Lord
.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba means\line To become humble and meek;\line To dedicate one's life for\line His service Is what 
all devotees seek.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Further surrender entails\line Joining a family of spiritual spectrum,\line Relying on K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy\line And h
aving faith in His protection.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Accepting things which are favorable\line For advancement in spiritual life\line And rejecting all things unfavorable,\line
Be they even home or wife.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By developing these humble processes\line One will become surrendered,\line And the Lord will surely notice\line The servic
e which he has rendered.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For such a serious soul\line Who has attained this surrendered stage,\line His prayers are always answered\'97\line The des
ire of every sage.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should therefore follow in the footsteps\line Of such exalted and pure devotees\line As \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa and \'c7r\'e9 
San\'e4tana,\line Who headed the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Directly descending from Lord Caitanya,\line There are so many more,\line Such as Bhaktivedanta Swami\line And his grandfat
her Gauraki\'e7ora.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya\line We should pray with humble heart\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That by His example of full surrender\line We may learn this saintly art.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For one who surrenders thusly\line Will receive in this very life\line The gift of liberation\line And freedom from materia
l strife.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Association With Saintly Persons
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Association With Saintly Persons
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya says that one should always try to associate with saintly persons because if one establishes a proper association with a 
saintly person, even for a moment, he attains all perfection. Somehow or other, if one meets a saintly person and achieves his favor, then the whole mission of his human life is fulfilled. In our personal experience we have actual proof of this statement
. Once we had the opportunity to meet Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and on first sight he requested this humble self to preach his message in the Western countries. There was no pre
paration for this, but somehow or other he desired it, and by his grace we are now engaged in executing his order, which has given us a transcendental occupation and has saved and liberated us from the occupation of material activities. Thus it is actual
ly a fact that if one meets a saintly person completely engaged in transcendental duties and achieves his favor, then one\'92s life mission becomes complete. What is not possible to achieve in thousands of lives can be achieved in one moment if there is 
an opportunity to meet a saintly person. It is therefore enjoined in Vedic literature that one should always try to associate with saintly persons and try to disassociate oneself from the common man because by one word of a saintly person one can be libe
rated from material entanglement. A saintly person has the power, because of his spiritual advancement, to give immediate liberation to the conditioned soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The perfection of transcendental life can be achieved simply by touching the holy dust of the lotus feet of a holy man. In the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that one must be blessed by the holy dust of the lotus feet of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahat, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a great devotee. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub those who are great souls are under the spell of spiritual energy, and their symptom is that they are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mahat. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless one is fortunate enough to have the dust of the lotus feet of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4 }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on his head, there is no possibility of perfection in spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The system of disciplic succession is very important as a means of spiritual success. One becomes a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the grace of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual master. If one takes shelter of the lotus feet of a great soul, there is every possibility of his also becoming a great soul. When Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dhruva asked N\'e4rada about his achievement o
f spiritual success, he replied to the king that spiritual success is not possible simply by following the rituals of religion or simply by converting oneself into a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or offering sacrifices as recommended in the scriptures. These methods are undoubtedly helpful for spiritual realization, but the real effect is brought about by the grace of a }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravarti Th\'e4kur\'92s eight stanzas of prayer to the spiritual mast
er, it is clearly stated that simply by satisfying the spiritual master one can achieve the supreme success in life, and in spite of executing all ritualistic performances, if one cannot satisfy the spiritual master, he has no access to spiritual perfect
ion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the common man is unable to control the senses and the mind, it is therefore his duty to seek the shelter of a great soul or a 
great devotee of the Lord and just try to please him. That will make his life perfect. A common man cannot rise to the topmost stage of spiritual perfection simply by following the rituals and religious principles. He has to take shelter of a bona fide s
piritual master and work under his direction faithfully and sincerely; then he becomes perfect, without a doubt.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has given directions, in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on how to accept a bona fide spiritual master and how to deal with him. First, the desiring candidate must find a bona fide spiritual mas
ter, and then he must very eagerly receive instructions from him and execute them. This is reciprocal service. A bona fide spiritual master or saintly person always desires to elevate a common man who comes to him. Because everyone is under the delusion 
of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is forgetful of his prime duty, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, a saintly person always d
esires that everyone become a saintly person. It is the function of a saintly person to invoke K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in every forgetful common man.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The bona fide disciple considers himself lucky to receive the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by aural reception. One should be
 very inquisitive to hear with open ears from the authorized source of the bona fide spiritual master. How is one to receive? One should receive the transcendental message by aural reception. The favor of the spiritual master is not received through any 
other part of the body but the ears. This does not mean, however, that the spiritual master gives a particular type of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in exchange for some dollars and if the man meditates on that then he achieves perfection and becomes God within six months. Such aural reception is bogus. The real fact is that a bona fide spiritual master knows the nature of a part
icular man and what sort of duties he can perform in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and he instructs him in that way. He instructs him through the ear, not privately, but publicly. \'93You are fit for such and such work in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Yo
u can act in this way.\'94 One person is advised to act in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by working in the Deity room, another is advised to act in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by performing editorial work, another is advised to carry out K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness in the cooking department. There are different departments of activity in K\'e5s\'eba consciousness, and a spiritual master, knowing the particular ability of a particular man, trains him in such a way that by his tendency to act he becomes 
perfect. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub makes it clear that one can attain the highest perfection of spiritual life 
simply by offering service according to his ability just as Arjuna served Kr\'f1\'eba by his ability in the military art. Arjuna offered his service fully as a military man, and he became perfect. Similarly, an artist can attain perfection simply by perf
orming artistic work under the direction of the spiritual master. If one is a literary man, he can write articles and}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub poetry for the service of the Lord under the direction of the spiritual master. One has to receive the message of the spiritual master regarding how to act in one\'92s capacity, for the spiritual master is expert in giving such instructio
ns.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This combination, the instruction of the spiritual master and the faithful execution of the instruction by the disciple, makes the enti
re process perfect. \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravarti Th\'e4kur describes in his explanation of the verse in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, vyavas\'e4yatmik\'e4 buddhi\'f9, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that one who wants to be certain to achieve spiritual success must take the instruction from the spiritual master as to what his particular function is. He should faithfully try to execut
e that particular instruction and should consider that his life and soul. The faithful execution of the instruction which he receives from the spiritual master is the only duty of a disciple, and that will bring him perfection. One should be very careful
 to receive the message from the spiritual master through the ears and execute it faithfully. That will make one\'92s life successful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Great Devotees in the Disciplic Line
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the greatest exponent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the modern wor
ld.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Far left : \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the foremost scholar and devotee of the recent age.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Center left: \'c7r\'e9la Gauraki\'e7orad\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 Mah}{\cs2351\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r}{\cs2351\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ja, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta and intimate student of \'c7r\'e9la Bhakt
ivinoda.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Near left: \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kur Bhaktivinoda, who first initiated K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the West (McGill
 University, Canada, 1896).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All letters wi
ll be personally replied, and correspondence of special interest will be published regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb360\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub President, Boston Temple
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 40 North Beacon Street
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts 02134
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Sir,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I hope you won\'92t think me impudent, but I\'92m sincerely interested to hear from you just what benefit you think my family will deri
ve from Michael\'92s being a devotee that we could not know or have if he lived as a clean, helpful, religious and good person outside of the temple of devotees. You would be very helpful if you would tell me in your own words this answer. I have read mu
ch of your literature, but I lack the means to comprehend what you or any of the literature means when you say that my family will benefit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I was rather shocked by an article I read in a magazine printed in San Diego concerning your organization. It said that a California pu
blishing company was purchasing the rights to publish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub magazine. This in effect means that
 somebody will be commercializing on what started out as an idealistic concept. To add insult to injury, this article told about a combine of marketing people who will be putting out articles of clothing to resemble \'93The K\'e5\'f1\'eba Look,\'94 just 
as in past years \'93The Hippie Look\'94 or the \'93Nehru Look\'94 were commercialized upon.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sincerely,\line Marilyn Logan\line (Mrs. Joseph Logan)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mrs. Logan,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my greetings. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I have received your letter, and I am glad that you are interested in the potency of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Let}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub me tell you that in the authorized Vedic scriptures it is said that if o
ne becomes a staunch devotee of the Lord, he liberates generations of his parents who came before him, as well as those who will come after him in that family. You have asked how your son\'92s becoming a devotee will benefit you and your family. The answ
er is that each one of us after death will take another life according to the work we\'92ve done in this life. As long as we are not in pure love of God, which is very rare, we must come back to take another material body, and if we have committed sinful
 activities we may be forced to take a body of a lower animal, or, just as described in the Christian religion, we may have to go to a hellish planet. However, on the strength of his offspring\'92s being a pure devotee, a parent caught in a hellish condi
tion will be liberated from suffering. In other words, your son can liberate any of his family members who are in a fallen or difficult position. Thus by the virtue of his being a devotee, the whole family can enter the spiritual world where life is eter
nal. That is the potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Aside from these eternal facts, you say that Michael may have become a clean, helpful, religious and good person living outside the temple of devotees. If you value these things\'97cleanliness, re
ligion and morality\'97then why object that Michael has entered an institution where these principles are the very way of life and where he is assured of remaining always pure and religious because his activities, all day long, twenty-four hours a day, a
re in the service of God? It may be possible that outside of the association of devotees one can also be clean and religious, but it is more difficult due to contact with persons who are interested in illicit sex, intoxication and too much sense gratific
ation and who are missing the real point of life\'97to realize God. In the association of devotees, Michael\'92s position as clean and religious is assured, and you should also feel assured of his safety and know that he will not fall prey to the immoral
 vices which are widespread in modern civilization. Moreover, he is doing the topmost welfare work in trying to teach others about their relationship with God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not sectarian; it is an authorized science of God. This is und
erstood by persons who know the real essence of religion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I do not know anything about the article in a San Diego magazine you referred to regarding our organization\'92s selling the rights to 
publish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But I do know that this is not a fact. I am an editor of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and there is no such negotiation underway. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is completely controlled by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness just to present our philosophy to the mass of people who are in forgetf
ulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no plan underway to sell any rights. As for businessmen selling clothing resembling the clothing devotees wear, under the name of the \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba Look,\'94 that may be. I do not know. If there is imitation, it is
 a sign that this movement is having an effect on the consciousness of the people. Now, if they will only start imitating by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare / Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma
 R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, then, even if they have impure motives, the face of the whole world will change, and there will be peace and real prosperity. I have no objection to your asking questions about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and if you wish to ask fur
ther please feel free to write.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours in the service of my spiritual master,\line Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 \line Editor, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord \'c7iva The Pure Devotee Of The Lord
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LORD \'c7IVA The Pure Devotee Of
 The Lord\line [COMIC BOOK STYLE]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li4320\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Written by}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Satsvar\'fcpad\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li4320\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustrated by}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 Dev\'e9 D\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li4320\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lettered by}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mural\'e9vadanad\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub PART ONE: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub MAD}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ELEPHANT OFFENCE
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you know what a mad elephant will do if he suddenly runs loose in a nice garden?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He completely ruins it! Similarly, the Vedic literature tells us, a complete ruin of life will occur to anyone who commits an offe
nce against the pure devotee of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba! We invite you to read on about the actual incidents befalling the famous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dak\'f1a who came in conflict with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dearmost servant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva the pure devotee of the Lord
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the dawn of the universal creation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a great }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub * ceremony was performed by the leaders of mankind.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *Editor's note: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it means a sacrificial offering of riches and prayers performed for the pleasure of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guest:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   The leading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Dak\'f1a, is arriving. Is everything prepared? Then begin chanting the sacred hymns for the deliverance of all mankind.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   We must have stored many past lifetimes of 
good acts to have been awarded this chance}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97j}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ust to catch a glimpse of the foremost of all the demigod
s: great four headed Brahma! Not to mention Lord \'c7iva the greatest of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who is always deep
 in ecstatic trance, meditating on Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the heart.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Welcome, great Dak\'f1a! Please take your plac
e and lead us in the ceremonies for the pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Dak\'f1a's bodily lustre is as brilliant as
 the sun!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Everyone please rise and pay respects to 
the great one!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'ebas:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Victory!...... We rise in honor of King Da
k\'f1a! All glories to the executor of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Welcome great Dak\'f1a! Please take your pl
ace and lead us in these ceremonies!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Everyone praises my glory, even Lord Brahm\'e4, i
t's true, I'm unmatched but what's this? Lord \'c7iva has not stood up or spoken praise to me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Into the peaceful religious body of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj
\'efa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  entered the deadly poison of Dak\'f1a's false pride. Instantly it spread, as lethal as a dose of arsenic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [Thinks the following] Oh this angers me! He does 
not rise to praise me! [Now speaks] Good people, before we begin in praise of God, I must speak. Hear me! I speak not out of envy or ignorance!......... \'c7iva is too disrespectful! .................... Lord \'c7iva is a rascal! For his followers he has
 lowbred demons and ghosts and yet he dares to challenge me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ivite:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Do my ears play tricks? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a has spoken a great offence against our great Lord, \'c7iva!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   I must tell the truth!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dak\'f1a! Stop this madness. No one has challenge
d your elevated position. It is confirmed by all authorities that Lord \'c7iva is a pure devotee of God. He is not to be criticised for acting as an ordinary man....... Even if he does not rise to greet you........... Just by remaining absorbed in though
t of K\'e5\'f1\'eba............ He is doing the greatest good for you and all humankind!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7iva did not stand to respect me!!!............
.. Although he is married to my daughter and is therefore my subordinate he is not respectful. His associates are low and his heart is filled with nasty things!!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7iva's disciples became maddened at the false and blind attack made against their chief and they rose for reven
ge...
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ivite:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ! How can you sit there and tolerate the cursing of Lord \'c7iva by Dak\'f1a?....... Some of you even approve by smiling......... Whoe
ver, supports this fool's blasphemy is doomed and he will never know eternal spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   I cannot bear to offer any }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as long as \'c7iva is here! He has been disrespectful!! I cannot bear it!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Please do not leave our company, Dak\'f1a.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ivite:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   You hypocrites!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Curses and counter curses are flung back and forth between the followers of Lord \'c7iva and Dak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Dak\'f1a is right! I curse you followers of
 \'c7iva as atheists!! Not by my cursing are you atheists; you are already so!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Your people will degrade to indulgence in
 wine drinking and flesh eating. The followers of Lord \'c7iva will be known as crazy.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ivite:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Your people will be condemned for this to live a
s ignorant\'85 And you will follow Dak\'f1a in living only for pride of position...... I curse you to live birth after birth in such ignorance!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ivite 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Lord \'c7iva is leaving! The sacrifice is ruin
ed!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later, in his abode, Lord \'c7iva speaks with his wife, Sat\'e9.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My dear Lord, they say my father Dak\'f1a has begun
 another opulent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Many beautiful woman in fine clothing, along with their husband's, are all goi
ng there in the aeroplane's. May we go too?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   I do not wish to even remember the heart-piercing 
speeches of Dak\'f1a at that last ceremony, let alone go there\'85
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\'c7iva and Sat\'e9 are now seated and continue their conversation]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   I'm not interested in dressing up and going to soc
ial functions. We'll be happier thinking of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   But my Lord! I'm not as spiritually advanced as yo
u, I beg that we dress up and go there.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   No! I can foresee that as soon as you reach the ho
use of Dak\'f1a he will be angry at you since you are my wife......... I order you not to go!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinks the following}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Lord \'c7iva is known as the most kind. So why is he not kind to me?........... I shall go.. I must attend my father ceremony! 
[}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now speaks}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ].... Please forgive me I must go to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Sat\'e9! Come back! [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinks the following}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]... I'm afraid for her, I must follow and protect her, who knows what those so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may do, motivated by the envy and pride?..... [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Shouts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] .... }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub MEN!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ivite:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Yes, my Lord!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Dispatch a party at once! To guard my Sat\'e9 prep
are my bull carrier and armies, Sat\'e9 has gone off to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We will follow and see that no harm
 comes to her.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat\'e9, alone, reaches the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and is recognised by all as the daughter of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dak\'f1a.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disciple:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Your daughter's here.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Never mind, I cannot see her. Let us not be distu
rbed in our execution of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinks the following}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] ..How foolish is my womanly nature that I have come here without my Lord, seeking social pleasure, my father is so hardhearted!
 He doesn't welcome me because he is so envious of Lord \'c7iva.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mother:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Daughter! You have come so far alone!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sat\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   Mother! How can father be so unkind?.......... [}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinks the following}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] ... I can see that my father has left out the offering to Lord \'c7iva!... My husband
 was right about King Dak\'f1a and I am connected with him by birth!!............ [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now speaks}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ].... What g
ood is this body which he produced? It is contaminated! I do not wish to live any longer!! But first I must speak to these men\'85......... Learned men! Hear me although I am a woman! Who is it that can find fault with Lord \'c7iva? What has he done wron
g?.............. The Supreme Lord calls Lord \'c7iva his pure devotee and has put him in charge of destroying all this at the time of annihilation. Dak\'f1a has committed a great offence against him................... Before you all I shall quit my body 
and testify to your offence against a pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sitting on the ground, she closed her eyes and became absorbed in Mystic yoga\'85.
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mant spirit soul is stirred to transcendental life by the vibration of the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
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ppreciate the transcendental sound K\'e5\'f1\'eba is to chant it. We can write doctoral theses about honey or chemically analyze it, but if we want to understand it we have to taste the honey itself. Speculating about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like licking a bot
tle of honey\'97one must open the bottle and taste the honey itself, not just lick the jar.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba take great pleasure in chanting the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in describing His transcendental form, qualit
ies and pastimes. This is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.9]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93My devotees derive great transcendental satisfaction and bliss from enlightening one another and conversi
ng about Me.\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of pleasure, and pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are always swimming in this transcendental reservoir.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba can fully satisfy the spirit soul because the soul craves an eternal relationship. If we have a sweet relationship 
with someone, we do not want it to end. We want the love we treasure to go on and on. \'93A diamond is forever.\'94 But in the material world all relationships, no matter how sweet, must come to an end, just as dreams do. Friends, relatives and lovers ar
e brought together for some time and then separated again, like seaweed in the ocean or chessmen on a playing board.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba can give us real satisfaction because it revives our eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not m
echanical or ritualistic. Our love for K\'e5s\'eba is sleeping, but the transcendental vibration of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba knocks on the door of the heart and arouses this dormant love. This love, when awakened, is vibrant, alive personal. It is not theoret
ical or scholastic. The devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba if filled with appreciation of the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the greatness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s transcendental qualities, and therefore he is absor
bed in love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he wants to serve Him forever and glorify Him constantly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as a code word can revive distant memories by reference to a context, so there are different transcendental stimuli which can pote
ntly act to revive our dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The most important of these stimuli are hearing and chanting about Kr\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one hears about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can become enlightened in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. A p
ure devotee always speaks on the basis of authoritative scriptural references, end because he has personally realized the subject matter, when he speaks the audience is infused with transcendental inspiration. Hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from scholars o
r professional reciters will not produce the same effect. One should hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the right person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the transcendental platform, there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name or His glories. Materially, this is not so. 
If we say the name \'93water,\'94 the name alone is not enough to quench our thirst. The name water and the substance water are different. But there is no difference between the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the person K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is persona
lly present when we chant His names.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a matter of realization. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present in His name, but we have to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realize}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it. This realization is not cheap, but it will come to one who sinc
erely chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is gradual. The first symptoms of such realization are a feeling of bliss and an urge to dance along with the chanting. Gradually, by chanting, the devotee feels the personal presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba more and more. 
The devotees of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba all day long, and there are many devotees who have been in the movement for several years. They always chant the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba over and over, but they do not feel boredom or
 monotony. They feel ever-increasing transcendental bliss, and this is why they keep chanting. Discussion about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By hearing talks about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one will gradually realize the presence of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. By hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba one becomes blissful and enlightened in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Topics about K\'e5\'f1na are an ocean of bliss, ano the depth of that ocean is unlimited. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unlimited, His name, 
form, qualities and pastimes are also unlimited. That is why K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the profoundest philosophy in the world. Once Lord Caitanya was explaining a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a 
Vedic literature that describes the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and for one word alone He gave sixty different explanations. \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the representation of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'94 He explained. \'93Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unlimited, similarly in each word and each letter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there are unlimited meanings, and one can understand them by association with devotees.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba in association with devotees, we begin to realize that we have a relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Th
is realization comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in the heart of everyone, and when He sees that someone is sincerely hearing about Him in association with devotees, from within He purifies the hearer and bestows upon him transcendenta
l knowledge and bliss. If we could travel at the speed of the mind for thousands of years, still we could not reach K\'e5\'f1\'eba by mental speculation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be conquered by the mind. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased to reveal Himself to a
 sincere devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba freely moves with His friends as a cowherd boy in V\'e5nd\'e4vana.\'94 This is just one line from }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a book on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. By casually reading these words once, we may not catch anything beyon
d the ordinary, but if we examine them carefully, we will find a wealth of transcendental knowledge about God that has not previously been available to us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba means God, but the name means more than that. \'93God\'94 is a title, like President. God is the supreme controller. Eve
ryone is a controller to some extent\'97we control our children, our wife, our friends, or a cat or dog\'97and the supreme controller, who controls everyone else, is called God. But God has a name also, just as the President has a name. If we know the ch
ief executive as \'93Mr. President,\'94 this is certainly a relationship with the President, but his intimate associates know him on a first-name basis. \'93President\'94 is the post, but ultimately the President is a person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So although Krs\'eba is God, the conception of Krs\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hi
gher }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub than that of God. The word \'93God\'94 only refers to a fragment of His opulence. Knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is higher knowledge because K\'e5\'f1\'eba means \'93All-attract
ive.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How is He all-attractive? He is the most beautiful, the most strong, the most famous, the most wealthy, the most renounced and the most
 intelligent of all persons. He can attract the whole world by His transcendental pastimes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is the controller of everything, but His main business is enjoyment. God is the supreme enjoyer. How does He enjoy? Simply by His d
esire He has expanded an entire spiritual world, where everything is blissful and eternal. This spiritual abode is called Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana is a planet in the spiritual world, and it is shaped like a gigantic lotus flower. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana there are 
beautiful trees and fields and lakes and rivers. The houses are made of spiritual gems, there are thousands of cows grazing in the fields, and there are beautiful birds like swans, cuckoos and peacocks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These descriptions are not fanciful or imaginary. They are taken directly from Vedic literatures.* The same Vedic literature which incl
udes the exalted philosophical analyses of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also includes these transcendental des
criptions of the spiritual world. The followers of the Vedic principles accept these descriptions as factual on the basis of standard authority.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub * }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , etc. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.29]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God does not live in a congested metropolis with cars, factories and subways. He lives on an eternal planet shaped like a lotus flower 
amidst gardens of fruits and flowers. And He is not an old man with a beard, as some people have imagined. Why should God be old? The Vedic literatures inform us }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.33]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4dya\'e0 pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1a\'e0 nav\'e4-yauvana\'e0 ca: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Although He is the oldest person, He has the eternal form of a fres
h youth.\'94 He is eternally a sixteen-year-old boy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the ocean of the eternal beauty of youth, moves in waves of beauty. His transcendental body never deteriorates, since t
he Lord is above the jurisdiction of time. His body is of a spiritual dark blue color, and His palms and the soles of His feet are reddish. His feet are so beautiful that they are compared to lotus flowers, and His ankles are decorated by jeweled anklets
 that jingle as He walks. His dress is bright yellow, like lightning, and He wears a beautiful pearl necklace. A fragrant flower garland decorates His body. In His hands He holds a flute, and by playing on this flute He can attract the minds of all livin
g entities. His face is compared to the moon, and on His head He always wears a peacock feather. His transcendental form is the eternal reservoir of all beauty; from His beauty all other beautiful things emanate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays as a cowherd boy. The Supreme Lord is the supreme controller of the material and spiritual worlds. The sun, the mo
on and all the planetary systems spin in their orbits under His supervision, as do even the atomic particles. Time, space and activity are all under His control. Everything rests on Him, as pearls are strung on a thread, and not a blade of grass moves wi
thout His sanction. But for enjoyment the Lord has invented transcendental informal pastimes as a cowherd boy. He enjoys herding the cows, playing His flute, and playing in the fields with His friends. He gives pleasure to the land, the cows and the sens
es of all living entities, and therefore He is also called Govinda.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is not impersonal. He has a form, a name, a home, friends and pastimes, but these are all unlimited. The impersonal idea is arrived
 at by negative reasoning in the absence of positive knowledge. The impersonalist reasons, \'93Man has a body, but that body is limited and temporary. So God cannot have a body. Man has a name, but that name is a designation. So God must be nameless.\'94
 In this way he arrives at the conclusion that God is a formless, nameless, senseless being without qualities and pastimes. In this way the impersonalist, due to a poor fund of knowledge, misses out on the nectar of spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonal conception is the beginning of spiritual life, but advanced understanding is personal. In the beginning, by speculation,
 one can come to understand that God must have no material limitations, such as material form, material name or material qualities. But why should He not have }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub form, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub name and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub qualities? He does.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To say that God is unlimited and then to say that He cannot be a person is contradictory. If God is unlimited, why can\'92t He be a per
son? He can do whatever He wants. Everyone else is a person\'97why should God be impersonal? If He is impersonal, how from Him have so many persons come? God must be a person, but He is not a person like us. His name, fame, qualities and pastimes are all
 blissful, eternal and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God in His personal form cannot be understood by speculation or hypothesis. Detailed information of the Personality of Godhead can only
 be understood by hearing it from authorities in disciplic succession. Such knowledge comes down to us by a descending process. Originally God revealed Himself to Brahm\'e4, the first created person, and he transmitted this knowledge to his disciple N
\'e4rada, who transmitted it to his disciple, and in this way the knowledge is passed down intact. It is like the ripe fruit of a tree\'97if it is handed down carefully from hand to hand from the top of the tree, then it will reach the ground intact, and
 one can relish the juice. In this way, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is the present representative of an unbroken line of disciplic succession. His teachings do not deviate from those of the previous spiritual masters, and one 
can verify this claim by consulting the revealed scriptures given by Brahm\'e4 and others in the line.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone should be captivated by the personal features of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus become perfect. It is a simple, gradual process. It b
egins when one starts hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba or chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba or rendering some small service. Gradually, in this way, one's relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revived, and it develops more and more, until\'97in the perfectional sta
ge\'97one can become a personal associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s friends. They are all perfect in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because they are totally in l
ove with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s friends have no interest other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is their life and soul. And, in reciprocation, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives Himself fully to His friends. These friends are all great devotees of the Lord who hav
e become eligible to participate in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pastimes due to their perfectional advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s dealings with His friends are very confidential. Generally God is thought of with great awe and reverence and is wo
rshiped by His devotees with great veneration and respect This is true even in the spiritual}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba appreciates this service very much, but for even greater enjoyment He likes some slack in the relationship. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is very pleased when a devotee worships Him with awe and reverence, but He is pleased even more when these are dropped. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s friends in the spiritual world are so in love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba that they do not even care that He is God.
 To them it doesn\'92t matter. They just know that He\'92s wonderful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays freely with them. They laugh and jump and play together in the fields. They enjoy herding cows, joking together, g
oing on adventures and playing games. Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends play games, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba loses and has to carry one of His friends on His shoulders.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends are not ordinary cowherd boys. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His friends are
 all great devotees. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is realized as impersonal transcendental bliss by impersonalists, He is worshiped as the Supreme Lord by His devotees, and by mundane thinkers He is considered an ordinary human being. But the cowherd boys, after a hug
e accumulation of pious activities, are able to play with Him as His intimate friends.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The temporary friendship we know in the material world is just a dim, perverted reflection of the transcendental relationship between K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s transcendental activities are all eternal. Both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotees in the spiritual world have eternal bodies that are full of bliss and never deteriorate. The eternal activi
ties of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends are free from contamination by matter. There is no possibility of birth, death, disease or old age in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since everyone has an eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everyone can attain to the spiritual world if he is properly trained. I
f one can properly understand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba under the guidance of a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a bona fide spiritual master, then he also can become a pure devotee, by the grace of the spiritual master, and can attain to the spiritua
l world and associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This perfection is practically inconceivable to us in our present state of forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. No one can become an associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply by imagination, speculation or wishful thinking
. But if one takes to the process sincerely, under the proper guidance, perfection is sure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is perfect in the beginning and at the end. In the neophyte stage one can derive transcendental pleasure f
rom chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, eating spiritual food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and offering service to a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and by this process, in the perfectional stage, one can come to serve Krs\'eba dire
ctly in the spiritual world. The devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are aiming for this transcendental goal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Transcendental Invitation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Transcendental Invitation
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The temples of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement do not belong to the devotees who live in them\'97they belong to K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His eternal consort \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, as represented in the temple in Their eternal forms, are considered the supreme proprietors of the temple; all the dev
otees are Their servants, and all the activities performed are for Their enjoyment. Furthermore, since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is for everyone, everyone is welcome to come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s temples, learn about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and share in the enjoyment of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness may sometimes seem puzzling, complicated or foreign, it is actually a very simple process in whic
h anyone may easily participate. The universal program recommended by spiritual authorities for this age is simply to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , to dance in ecstasy, to feast on nicely prepared spiritual food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in devotion, and to discuss the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. While disarmingly simple, these jo
yfully performed activities offer a program of tremendous spiritual potency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chanting, dancing, feasting and philosophy\'97this is a very natural and agreeable method for advancement in spiritual life. The Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very pleasing to chant or hear. By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one will naturally come to dance in ecstasy, and after chanting and dancing one can rest and relish the taste of the ma
ny varieties of spiritual delicacies which are offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Furthermore, one may satisfy his intellectual appetite by applying his mind to the profound philosophical ideas of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness which are presented in our books and
 classes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the grace of our spiritual master, we are beginning to taste the nectar of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and now we want to spread this sw
eet taste everywhere. Therefore, in order to glorify K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to spread the bliss of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all of the centers of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement sponsor weekly Sunday festivals of chanting, dancing, feasting an
d philosophy. There are no previous qualifications needed and no limitations. If you are attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba (even slightly), please come and bring your friends. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 PUBLISHED BY Collier-Macmillan
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field dialogue between the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and His friend and devotee Arjuna. In seven humdred perfect and sublime verses, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master of all mystics and cause of all causes, imparted to 
Arjuna the complete science of the Absolute Truth, including the paths of work, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and knowledg
e, and ultimately He revealed the most confidential secrets of spiritual realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, the pure message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has been translated into English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da with accurate Sanskrit transliterations, word-for-word Sanskrit-English synonyms, and full purport
s to illuminate the meaning of each verse. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has received }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  thr
ough an unbroken chain of disciplic succession and is repeating its message }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , without change or i
nterpretation. Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a storehouse of profound and scientific spiritual kno
wledge, a universal fountain of truth and beauty which offers a simple, practical and realistic understanding that can unite all men everywhere in a common bond of peaceful cooperation and spiritual harmony. Simply by reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one may realize the highest perfection of human life.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 4
7, 1972
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is Nondifferent From His Name
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Is Nondifferent F
rom His Name
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the perfect process for solving all the problems of life because it can at once end our illusory separa
tion from K\'e5\'f1\'eba [pronounced KRISHNA], the Supreme Lord. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present everywhere, even within the atom and within the heart of every living creature, but in this material world our eternal consciousness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is covered b
y a cloud of forgetfulness. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba can at once dissipate this cloud because it is identical with K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba the name and K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Person are the same. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhak
tivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is a genuine spiritual master, a representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s who is inviting us to take advantage of this sublime process and be happy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the essence of all existence, and because K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness revives our relationship with Him, it is an essential spiritual movement for human society. In the pages of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this divine science of spiritual culture is explained.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 32 Tiffany Place, Brookly
n, N.Y. 11231. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $4.50 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and thus is being introduced all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a simple, practical and universal way that can be accepted by men of any race, religion or nationality. For information on how you can bec
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Cleveland
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Dallas\cell\sl240\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Detroit\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Mic
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Pho
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Sacramento\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 St. Louis\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Missouri}{\b
\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 4544 Laclede Avenue/ (314) 367-1354}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 San Diego\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 California}{\b\v\f0\fs20
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\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 455 Valencia St./ (415) 864-4584\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Santa Cruz\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 805 Lottie St., Monterey
\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Seattle\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 5516 Roosevelt Way NE/ (206) 525-8911\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20
\cf0 Toronto\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Ontario\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 187 Gerrard St. East, Canada/ (416) 922-5415\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Trinidad\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Vancouver\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i
\v\f0\fs20\cf0 British Columbia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 3250 Heather St., Canada\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 D.C.}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li4320\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 ASIA\cell\cell\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Calcutta\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Delhi\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 India}{\b\v\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Land\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 India}{\b\v\f0\fs20
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Hong Kong\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Hong Kong}{\b\v\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Tokyo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Japan}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 V\'e5nd\'e4vana\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 India}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li3960\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 AUSTRALIA}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\cell\cell}
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\sl240
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Melbourne\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Australia}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 14 Burnett St., Victoria}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 
Sydney\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Australia}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 83 Hereford St., Glebe, N.S.W.}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li4320\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 EUROPE}{\b
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Amsterdam\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Holland}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Bethanienstraat 39, (C) 020-3502607}{\b\v
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Berlin\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Germany}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 1 Berlin-65, Nordbahn Str. 3}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Birmingham\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 England}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 25 Hickman Road, Sparbrook}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Brussels\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Belgium}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Chez-Shanti Alaus 26 Rue General Patton 1050 Bruxelles Belgique}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [The author of this article\'97who is the spiritual master of the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness\'97may easily be accepted as the greatest scholar and devotee of the rece
nt age. His numerous scriptural translations and commentaries in Sanskrit, Bengali and English and his establishment of 64 centers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness throughout India attest to his identity as a powerful devotional force in spreading the per
sonal philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the science of love of God. It is he who has caused a flood of God consciousness in the modern world through His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, his emissary to the West.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta listed these transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba in an essay which is too lengthy to be presented here in its entirety. However, this authoritative listing, compiled by His Divine Grace in 1932, shines with its own value. All the references are to chapter and verse of the Tenth Canto of }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a scripture which describes the transcendental pastimes of Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is possessed of an unlimited intellect (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.84.22
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namas tasmai bhagavate
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4y\'e4ku\'eb\'f6ha-medhase
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-yogam\'e4yay\'e4cchanna-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahimne param\'e4tmane
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasmai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavate}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aku\'eb\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unrestricted; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub medhase}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose wisdom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97b
y the internal illusory potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4cchanna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97covered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahimne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose glories; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-\'e4tmane}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supersoul.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Let us offer obeisances unto that Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the infinitely intelligent Supersoul, who has d
isguised His greatness through His mystic Yogam\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 84.22).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is inaccessible to sensuous knowledge (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.16.46
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namo gu\'eba-prad\'e9p\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'eb\'e4tma-cch\'e4dan\'e4ya ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'eba-v\'e5tty-upalak\'f1y\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'eba-dra\'f1\'f6re sva-sa\'e0vide
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba-prad\'e9p\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Him who manifests various qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the material modes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Himself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ch\'e4dan\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who disguis
es; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu
\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the modes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5tti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97by the functioning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upalak\'f1y\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who can be ascertained; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba-dra\'f1\'f6re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the separate witness of the material modes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to His own devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0vide}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who is known.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Obeisances to You, O Lord, who manifest varieties of material and spiritual qualities. You disguise Yourself with the material qualiti
es, and yet the functioning of those same material qualities ultimately reveals Your existence. You stand apart from the material qualities as a witness and can be fully known only by Your devotees.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16.46).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Lord of the infinity of worlds (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.69.17
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-n\'e4rada uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naiv\'e4dbhuta\'e0 tvayi vibho 'khila-loka-n\'e4the
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub maitr\'e9 jane\'f1u sakale\'f1u dama\'f9 khal\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya hi jagat-sthiti-rak\'f1a\'eb\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svair\'e4vat\'e4ra urug\'e4ya vid\'e4ma su\'f1\'f6hu
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  \'e7r\'e9-n\'e4rada\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 N
\'e4rada said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhutam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97surprising; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvayi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O almighty one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the ruler; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub maitr
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97friendship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jane\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97toward people; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakale\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the subduing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub khal\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the envious; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97for the highest benefit; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by maintenance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rak\'f1a\'eb\'e4bhy\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and p
rotection; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svaira}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97freely chosen; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avat\'e4ra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97descent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uru-g\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who are praised universally; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vid\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97we know; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su\'f1\'f6hu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97well.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O almighty Lord, it is no surp
rise that You, the ruler of all worlds, show friendship for all people and yet subdue the envious. As we well know, You descend by Your sweet will in order to bestow the highest good on this universe by maintaining and protecting it. Thus Your glories ar
e widely sung.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 69.17).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba wields the power of creating the unlimited (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.87.28
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvam akara\'eba\'f9 sva-r\'e4\'f2 akhila-k\'e4raka-\'e7akti-dharas
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tava balim udvahanti samadanty ajay\'e4nimi\'f1\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'f1a-bhujo 'khila-k\'f1iti-pater iva vi\'e7va-s\'e5jo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidadhati yatra ye tv adhik\'e5t\'e4 bhavata\'e7 cakit\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akara\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devoid of material senses; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
va-r\'e4\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-effulgent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4raka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sensory functions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the potencies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the maintainer; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub balim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97tribute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
udvahanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97carry; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samadanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97and partake of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97along with material nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub animi\'f1\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub var\'f1a
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of districts of a kingdom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the rulers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97entire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the land; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pate\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
s\'e5ja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the creators; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidadhati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97execute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhik\'e5t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97assigned; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cakit\'e4\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97afraid.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Though You have no material senses, You are the self-effulgent sustainer of everyone's sensory powers. The demigods and material n
ature herself offer You tribute, while also enjoying the tribute offered them by their worshipers, just as subordinate rulers of various districts in a kingdom offer tribute to their lord, the ultimate proprietor of the land, while also enjoying the trib
ute paid them by their own subjects. In this way the universal creators faithfully execute their assigned services out of fear of You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 87.28).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba carries the impress of limitless power (87.14).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is possessed of inconceivable potency (10.29).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unborn (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh
\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.59.28
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'e4ya janayitre 'sya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebe 'nanta-\'e7aktaye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4var\'e4tman bh\'fct\'e4tman
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub param\'e4tman namo 'stu te
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aj\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the unborn; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janayitre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the progenitor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the Absolute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unlimited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose energies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the superior; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the inferior
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the material creation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Soul, who are all-per
vading; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub astu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97may there be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Obeisances unto You of unlimited energies, the unborn progenitor of this universe, the Absolute. O Soul of the high and the low, O
 Soul of the created elements, O all-pervading Supreme Soul, obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 59.28, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.74.20, 10.74.21,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.74.20-21
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yad-\'e4tmakam ida\'e0 vi\'e7va\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kratava\'e7 ca yad-\'e4tmak\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub agnir \'e4hutayo mantr\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya\'e0 yoga\'e7 ca yat-para\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eka ev\'e4dvit\'e9yo 's\'e4v
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aitad-\'e4tmyam ida\'e0 jagat
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4tm\'e4\'e7raya\'f9 sabhy\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5jaty avati hanty aja\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat-\'e4tmakam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97founded upon whom; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7vam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kratava\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97great sacrificial performances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat-\'e4tmak\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97founded upon whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agni\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the sacred fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4hutaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97the oblations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantr\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the incantations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the doctrine of philosophic investigation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yoga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the art of meditation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97aimed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97alone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advit\'e9ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub asau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aitat-\'e4tmyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97founded upon Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97through Himself (i.e., His energies); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
Himself alone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7raya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having as His shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sabhy\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O members of the assembly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5jati
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He creates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97maintains; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and destroys; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the unborn.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub This entire universe is founded upon Him, as are the great sacrificial performances, with their sacred fires, oblations and }{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mantras.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub S\'e4\'eckhya}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yoga}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  both aim toward Him, the one witho
ut a second. O assembly members, that unborn Lord, relying solely on Himself, creates, maintains and destroys this cosmos by His personal energies, and thus the existence of this universe depends on Him alone.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 74.21).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba solves all heterogeneous views (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.74.24
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fct\'e4tma-bh\'fct\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4y\'e4nanya-dar\'e7ine
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deya\'e0 \'e7\'e4nt\'e4ya p\'fcr\'eb\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dattasy\'e4nantyam icchat\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who 
comprises; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97never as separate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dar\'e7ine}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who sees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(honor) shou
ld be given; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nt\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the peaceful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfectly complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dattasya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of what is given; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nantyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97unlimited increase; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub icchat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by him who desires.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Anyone who wishes the honor he gives to be reciprocated infinitely should honor K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the perfectly peaceful and perfect
ly complete Soul of all beings, the Supreme Lord, who views nothing as separate from Himself.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 74.24).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is vanquished by exclusive devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Inner Guide (1.17).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Withholder of the energy of the wicked (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 v\'e9rya-mad\'e4ndh\'e4n\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e5pt\'e4n\'e4\'e0 smaya-nuttaye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nit\'e4si may\'e4 bhadre
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tejopaharat\'e4sat\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of them; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e9rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with their power; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mada}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the intoxication; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub andh\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97blinded; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5pt\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97proud; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the arrogance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nuttaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to dispel; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nit\'e4 asi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97you were 
taken in marriage; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhadre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97good woman; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub teja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the strength; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upaharat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97removing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the wicked.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub It was to dispel the arrogance of these kings that I carried you away, My good woman, for they were blinded by the intoxication of pow
er. My purpose was to curb the strength of the wicked.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.19).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Giver of salvation to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (living entities) that are free from vanity (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.86.48
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namo 'stu te 'dhy\'e4tma-vid\'e4\'e0 par\'e4tmane
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4tmane sv\'e4tma-vibhakta-m\'e5tyave
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa-k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4k\'e4ra\'eba-li\'ecgam \'e9yu\'f1e
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yay\'e4sa\'e0v\'e5ta-ruddha-d\'e5\'f1\'f6aye
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97may there be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhy\'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97th
e Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vid\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for those who know; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para-\'e4tmane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an\'e4tmane}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the conditioned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  soul; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-\'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from Yourself (in the form of time); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who gives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5tyave}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97death; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa-k\'e4ra\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having a cause; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'e4ra\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub li\'ecgam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the forms (respectively, the material form of the universe and also Your original spiritual form); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9yu\'f1e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who assume; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own mystic potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asa\'e0v\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97uncovered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ruddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and blocked; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6aye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97vision.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Let me offer my obeisances unto You. You are realized as the Supreme Soul by those who know the Absolute Truth, whereas in Your fo
rm of time You impose death upon the forgetful souls. You appear both in Your causeless spiritual form and in the created form of this universe, thus simultaneously uncovering the eyes of Your devotees and obstructing the vision of the nondevotees.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 86.48).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba ordains the worldly course of conceited }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.86.48
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namo 'stu te 'dhy\'e4tma-vid\'e4\'e0 par\'e4tmane
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e4tmane sv\'e4tma-vibhakta-m\'e5tyave
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa-k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4k\'e4ra\'eba-li\'ecgam \'e9yu\'f1e
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yay\'e4sa\'e0v\'e5ta-ruddha-d\'e5\'f1\'f6aye
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97may there be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhy\'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97th
e Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vid\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for those who know; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para-\'e4tmane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an\'e4tmane}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the conditioned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  soul; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-\'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from Yourself (in the form of time); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who gives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5tyave}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97death; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa-k\'e4ra\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having a cause; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'e4ra\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub li\'ecgam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the forms (respectively, the material form of the universe and also Your original spiritual form); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9yu\'f1e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who assume; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own mystic potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asa\'e0v\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97uncovered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ruddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and blocked; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6aye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97vision.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Let me offer my obeisances unto You. You are realized as the Supreme Soul by those who know the Absolute Truth, whereas in Your fo
rm of time You impose death upon the forgetful souls. You appear both in Your causeless spiritual form and in the created form of this universe, thus simultaneously uncovering the eyes of Your devotees and obstructing the vision of the nondevotees.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 86.48).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Primal God (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 10.40.1
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-akr\'fcra uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nato 'smy aha\'e0 tv\'e4khila-hetu-hetu\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'e0 p\'fcru\'f1am \'e4dyam avyayam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yan-n\'e4bhi-j\'e4t\'e4d aravinda-ko\'f1\'e4d
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4vir\'e4s\'e9d yata e\'f1a loka\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-akr\'fcra\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 Ak
r\'fcra said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bowed down; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asmi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97am; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97I; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97causes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcru
\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97original; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inexhaustible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4bhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97navel; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4t\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which was generated;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aravinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of a lotus plant; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ko\'f1\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the whorl; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avir\'e4s\'e9t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97appeared; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'f1a\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wor
ld.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Akr\'fcra said: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I bow down to You, the cause o
f all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. From the whorl of the lotus born from Your navel, Brahm\'e4 appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 40.1).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Primal Person (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  10.63.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvam eka \'e4dya\'f9 puru\'f1o 'dvit\'e9yas
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turya\'f9 sva-d\'e5g dhetur ahetur \'e9\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prat\'e9yase 'th\'e4pi yath\'e4-vik\'e4ra\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yay\'e4 sarva-gu\'eba-prasiddhyai
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97original; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Supr
eme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advit\'e9ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub turya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97transcendental; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-manifesting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ahetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme controller; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prat\'e9yase}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You are perceived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nonetheless; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vik\'e4ram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97various transformations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97illusory potency; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prasiddhyai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97for the complete manifestation.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the original person, one without a second, transcendental and self-manifesting. Uncaused, you are the cause of all, and Yo
u are the ultimate controller. You are nonetheless perceived in terms of the transformations of matter effected by Your illusory energy\'97transformations You sanction so that the various material qualities can become fully manifest.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 63.38).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an overwhelming flood of bliss (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.83.4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hi tv\'e4tma dh\'e4ma-vidhut\'e4tma-k\'e5ta-try-avasth\'e4m
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nanda-samplavam akha\'eb\'f2am aku\'eb\'f6ha-bodham
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4lopas\'e5\'f1\'f6a-nigam\'e4vana \'e4tta-yoga-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4k\'e5ti\'e0 paramaha\'e0sa-gati\'e0 nat\'e4\'f9 sma
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Your personal form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by t
he illumination; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidhuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97dispelled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by material consciousness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97created; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97three; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avasth\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the material conditions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in ecstasy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samplavam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(within whom is) the total immersion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akha\'eb\'f2am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unlimited; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aku\'eb\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unrestricted; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bodham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upas\'e5\'f1\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97endangered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nigama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the protection; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having assumed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga
-m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your divine power of illusion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4k\'e5tim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-ha\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of perfect saints; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gatim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the goal; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub nat\'e4\'f9 sma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(we) have bowed down.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The radiance of Your personal form dispels the threefold effects of material consciousness, and by Your grace we become immersed i
n total happiness. You are unlimited by virtue of Your unrestricted awareness. By Your Yogam\'e4y\'e4 potency You have assumed this human form for protecting the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  which had been threatened by time. We bow down to You, the final destination of perfect saints.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 83.4).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba possesses fulfilled desire (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.47.46
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kim asm\'e4bhir vanaukobhir
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub any\'e4bhir v\'e4 mah\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-pater \'e4pta-k\'e4masya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kriyet\'e4rtha\'f9 k\'e5t\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm\'e4bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the forest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub okobhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose
 residence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub any\'e4bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with other women; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97or; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-\'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the exalted personality (K\'e5\'f1\'eba); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the goddess of fortune; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pate\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the husband; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pta-k\'e4masya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose desires are already completely fulfilled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kriyeta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is to be served; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97purpose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5ta-\'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for Him 
who is complete in Himself.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The great soul K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Lord of the goddess of fortune, and He automatically achieves whatever He desires. How can we
 forest-dwellers or any other women fulfill His purposes when He is already fulfilled within Himself?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 47.46).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is self-delighted (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.20
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ud\'e4s\'e9n\'e4 vaya\'e0 n\'fcna\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na stry-apaty\'e4rtha-k\'e4muk\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-labdhy\'e4smahe p\'fcr\'eb\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gehayor jyotir-akriy\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ud\'e4s\'e9n\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indifferent; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97We; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'fcnam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub str\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for wives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub apatya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97children; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97and wealth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4muk\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hankering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-labdhy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by being self-satisfied; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'e4smahe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97We remain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gehayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to body and home; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like a fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akriy\'e4\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97engaged in no activity.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub We care nothing for wives, children and wealth. Always satisfied within Ourselves, We do not work for body and home, but like a li
ght, We merely witness.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.20).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the opponent of the sensuous (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.35
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satya\'e0 bhay\'e4d iva gu\'ebebhya urukram\'e4nta\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ete samudra upalambhana-m\'e4tra \'e4tm\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya\'e0 kad-indriya-ga\'ebai\'f9 k\'e5ta-vigrahas tva\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvat-sevakair n\'e5pa-pada\'e0 vidhuta\'e0 tamo 'ndham
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97true; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhay\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -out of fear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'ebebhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the material 
modes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub urukrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who perform transcendental feats; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ete}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You have lain down; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samudre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the ocea
n; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upalambhana-m\'e4tra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pure awareness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nityam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bad; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indriya-ga\'ebai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97against all the material senses; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub k\'e5ta-vigraha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97battling; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sevakai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the servants; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of a king; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub padam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the position; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidhutam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97rejected; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97darkness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub andham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97blind.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Yes, my Lord Urukrama, You lay down within the ocean as if afraid of the material modes, and thus in pure consciousness You appear
 within the heart as the Supersoul. You are always battling against the foolish material senses, and indeed even Your servants reject the privilege of royal dominion, which leads to the blindness of ignorance.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.35).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sung by the best of hymns (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.86.23
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 ta uttama-\'e7loka\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e9ty-utphul\'e4nan\'e4\'e7ay\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kair dh\'e5t\'e4\'efjalibhir nemu\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruta-p\'fcrv\'e4\'e0s tath\'e4 mun\'e9n
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97seeing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uttama-\'e7lokam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is praised in sublime poetry; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e9ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with love; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub utphulla}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97broadly blossoming; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -their faces; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4
\'e7ay\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and hearts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97on their heads; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97held; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'efjalibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with joined palms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nemu\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they bowed down; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ruta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97heard of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcrv\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97before; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mun\'e9n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the sages.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub As soon as the people saw Lord Uttama\'e7loka, their faces and hearts blossomed with affection. Joining their palms above their he
ads, they bowed down to the Lord and to the sages accompanying Him, whom they had previously only heard about.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 86.23).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the dispeller of the night of pseudo-religion (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.40
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-kula-pu\'f1kara-jo\'f1a-d\'e4yin
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1m\'e4-nirjara-dvija-pa\'e7\'fcdadhi-v\'e5ddhi-k\'e4rin
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uddharma-\'e7\'e4rvara-hara k\'f1iti-r\'e4k\'f1asa-dhrug
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4-kalpam \'e4rkam arhan bhagavan namas te
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-kula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Yadu dynasty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pu\'f1kara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jo\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pleasure; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4yin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who bestow; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub nirjara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dvija}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and of the animals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udadhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the great oceans; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5ddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the increase; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4rin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub uddharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of atheistic principles; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4rvara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the darkness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O dispeller; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the demons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhruk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the opponent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4-kalpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97until the end of the universe; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4-arkam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as long as the sun shines; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arhan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O supremely worshipable Deity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97I offer my respectful obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub My dear \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You bestow happiness upon the lotuslike V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty and expand the great oceans consi
sting of the earth, the demigods, the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and the cows. You dispel the dense darkness of irreli
gion and oppose the demons who have appeared on this earth. O Supreme Personality of Godhead, as long as this universe exists and as long as the sun shines, I will offer my obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.40).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is devoid of increase and decrease (48.26).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the efficient and material cause (10.29).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only Truth (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.23
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ekas tvam \'e4tm\'e4 puru\'f1a\'f9 pur\'e4\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satya\'f9 svaya\'e0-jyotir ananta \'e4dya\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo 'k\'f1aro 'jasra-sukho nira\'efjana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4dvayo mukta up\'e4dhito 'm\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Sup
reme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pur\'e4\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the oldest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svayam-jyoti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-manifested; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
without end; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without beginning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97eternal; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'f1ara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indestructible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajasra-sukha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose happine
ss cannot be obstructed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nira\'efjana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devoid of contamination; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advaya\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97free; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4dhita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from all material designations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97deathless.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the one Supreme Soul, the primeval Supreme Personality, the Absolute Truth\'97self-manifested, endless and beginningless. 
You are eternal and infallible, perfect and complete, without any rival and free from all material designations. Your happiness can never be obstructed, nor have You any connection with material contamination. Indeed, You are the indestructible nectar of
 immortality.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.23).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Awarder of the fruit of work (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not subject to the consequences of work (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.84.17
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an\'e9ha etad bahudhaika \'e4tman\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5jaty avaty atti na badhyate yath\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaumair hi bh\'fcmir bahu-n\'e4ma-r\'fcpi\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aho vibh\'fcmna\'e7 carita\'e0 vi\'f2ambanam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an\'e9ha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97exerting no endeavor; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b
ahudh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97manifold; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97alone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Himself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5jati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He creates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97maintains; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97annihilates; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na badhyate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is not bound up; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaumai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97by the transformations of earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcmi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahu}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97many; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma-r\'fcpi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97having names and forms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ah; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibh\'fcmna\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the almighty Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub caritam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f2ambanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a pretens
e.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Indeed, the humanlike pastimes of the Almighty are simply a pretense! Effortlessly, He alone sends forth from His Self this varieg
ated creation, maintains it and then swallows it up again, all without becoming entangled, just as the element earth takes on many names and forms in its various transformations.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 84.17).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Seer of cause and effect (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.38.12
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasy\'e4khil\'e4m\'e9va-habhi\'f9 su-ma\'ecgalai\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4co vimi\'e7r\'e4 gu\'eba-karma-janmabhi\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'ebanti \'e7umbhanti punanti vai jagat
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4s tad-virakt\'e4\'f9 \'e7ava-\'e7obhan\'e4 mat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sins; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub habhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which destroy; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-ma\'ecgalai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97most auspicious; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4ca\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97words; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vimi\'e7r\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97joined; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the qualities; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janma
bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and incarnations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4\'ebanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they give life; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7umbhanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97make beautiful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub punanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and purify; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the entire
 universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which (words); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub virakt\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devoid; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of a corpse; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7obhan\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(like) the decorating; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
mat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97considered.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All sins are destroyed and all good fortune is created by the Supreme Lord's qualities, activities and appearances, and words that
 describe these three things animate, beautify and purify the world. On the other hand, words bereft of His glories are like the decorations on a corpse.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 38.12).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Person who is time (1.17).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Time\'92s Own Self (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.70.26
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub loko vikarma-nirata\'f9 ku\'e7ale pramatta\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma\'eby aya\'e0 tvad-udite bhavad-arcane sve
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yas t\'e4vad asya balav\'e4n iha j\'e9vit\'e4\'e7\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sadya\'e7 chinatty animi\'f1\'e4ya namo 'stu tasmai
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the whole world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vikarma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to sinful activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni
rata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always attached; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ku\'e7ale}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97which are for their benefit; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pramatta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bewildered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karma\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97about duties; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ayam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (world); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97by You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udite}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97spoken; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhavat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arcane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sve}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their own (beneficial engagement); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4vat}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inasmuch; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of this (worl
d); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bala-v\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97powerful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub iha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this life; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9vita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for longevity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hope; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sadya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97suddenly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chinatti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97cuts off; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub animi\'f1\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to
 "unblinking" time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97may there be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasmai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Him.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub People in this world are always engaged in sinful activities and are thus bewildered about their real duty, which is to worship Yo
u according to Your commandments. This activity would truly bring them good fortune. Let us offer our obeisances unto the all-powerful Lord, who appears as time and suddenly cuts down one's stubborn hope for a long life in this world.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 70.26).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is even the Time of time (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.56.27
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tva\'e0 hi vi\'e7va-s\'e5j\'e4m sra\'f1\'f6\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4n\'e4m api yac ca sat
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4la\'f9 kalayat\'e4m \'e9\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para \'e4tm\'e4 tath\'e4tman\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5j\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the cre
ators; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sra\'f1\'f6\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the creator; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of created entities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97underlying substance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97th
e subduer; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalayat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of subduers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para\'f9 \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all souls.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the ultimate creator of all creators of the universe, and of everything created You are the underlying substance. You are 
the subduer of all subduers, the Supreme Lord and Supreme Soul of all souls.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 56.27).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Present in the heart of every animate entity, like fire inside wood (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.46.36
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4 khidyata\'e0 mah\'e4-bh\'e4gau
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub drak\'f1yatha\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'ebam antike
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub antar h\'e5di sa bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4ste jyotir ivaidhasi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4 khidyatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please do not lament; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh\'e4gau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O most fortunate ones; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub drak\'f1yatha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97you will see; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub antike}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in th
e near future; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the hearts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all living beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4ste}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is present; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ju
st as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub edhasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within firewood.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O most fortunate ones, do not lament. You will see K\'e5\'f1\'eba again very soon. He is present in the hearts of all living being
s, just as fire lies dormant in wood.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 46.36).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5s\'eba is Grateful (48.26).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Augmenter (like the Full Moon) of the ocean of earth, gods, twice-born and animals (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72
\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.40
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-kula-pu\'f1kara-jo\'f1a-d\'e4yin
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1m\'e4-nirjara-dvija-pa\'e7\'fcdadhi-v\'e5ddhi-k\'e4rin
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uddharma-\'e7\'e4rvara-hara k\'f1iti-r\'e4k\'f1asa-dhrug
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4-kalpam \'e4rkam arhan bhagavan namas te
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-kula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Yadu dynasty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pu\'f1kara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jo\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pleasure; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4yin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who bestow; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub nirjara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dvija}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and of the animals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udadhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the great oceans; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5ddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the increase; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4rin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub uddharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of atheistic principles; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4rvara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the darkness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O dispeller; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the demons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhruk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the opponent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4-kalpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97until the end of the universe; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4-arkam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as long as the sun shines; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arhan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O supremely worshipable Deity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97I offer my respectful obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub My dear \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You bestow happiness upon the lotuslike V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty and expand the great oceans consi
sting of the earth, the demigods, the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and the cows. You dispel the dense darkness of irreli
gion and oppose the demons who have appeared on this earth. O Supreme Personality of Godhead, as long as this universe exists and as long as the sun shines, I will offer my obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.40).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Tormentor of cannibalistic persons (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.40
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-kula-pu\'f1kara-jo\'f1a-d\'e4yin
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1m\'e4-nirjara-dvija-pa\'e7\'fcdadhi-v\'e5ddhi-k\'e4rin
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uddharma-\'e7\'e4rvara-hara k\'f1iti-r\'e4k\'f1asa-dhrug
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4-kalpam \'e4rkam arhan bhagavan namas te
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-kula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Yadu dynasty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pu\'f1kara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jo\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pleasure; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4yin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who bestow; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub nirjara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dvija}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and of the animals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udadhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the great oceans; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5ddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the increase; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4rin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub uddharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of atheistic principles; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4rvara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the darkness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O dispeller; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the demons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhruk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the opponent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4-kalpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97until the end of the universe; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4-arkam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as long as the sun shines; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arhan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O supremely worshipable Deity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97I offer my respectful obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub My dear \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You bestow happiness upon the lotuslike V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty and expand the great oceans consi
sting of the earth, the demigods, the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and the cows. You dispel the dense darkness of irreli
gion and oppose the demons who have appeared on this earth. O Supreme Personality of Godhead, as long as this universe exists and as long as the sun shines, I will offer my obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.40).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Destroyer of the pride of the arrogant (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 v\'e9rya-mad\'e4ndh\'e4n\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e5pt\'e4n\'e4\'e0 smaya-nuttaye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nit\'e4si may\'e4 bhadre
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tejopaharat\'e4sat\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of them; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e9rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with their power; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mada}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the intoxication; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub andh\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97blinded; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5pt\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97proud; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the arrogance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nuttaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to dispel; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nit\'e4 asi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97you were 
taken in marriage; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhadre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97good woman; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub teja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the strength; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upaharat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97removing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the wicked.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub It was to dispel the arrogance of these kings that I carried you away, My good woman, for they were blinded by the intoxication of pow
er. My purpose was to curb the strength of the wicked.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.19).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Root-Cause of the origin, etc., of the world (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.23
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ekas tvam \'e4tm\'e4 puru\'f1a\'f9 pur\'e4\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satya\'f9 svaya\'e0-jyotir ananta \'e4dya\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo 'k\'f1aro 'jasra-sukho nira\'efjana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4dvayo mukta up\'e4dhito 'm\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Sup
reme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pur\'e4\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the oldest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svayam-jyoti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-manifested; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
without end; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without beginning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97eternal; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'f1ara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indestructible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajasra-sukha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose happine
ss cannot be obstructed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nira\'efjana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devoid of contamination; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advaya\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97free; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4dhita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from all material designations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97deathless.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the one Supreme Soul, the primeval Supreme Personality, the Absolute Truth\'97self-manifested, endless and beginningless. 
You are eternal and infallible, perfect and complete, without any rival and free from all material designations. Your happiness can never be obstructed, nor have You any connection with material contamination. Indeed, You are the indestructible nectar of
 immortality.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.23).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Cause of the world (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.40.1
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-akr\'fcra uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nato 'smy aha\'e0 tv\'e4khila-hetu-hetu\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'e0 p\'fcru\'f1am \'e4dyam avyayam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yan-n\'e4bhi-j\'e4t\'e4d aravinda-ko\'f1\'e4d
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4vir\'e4s\'e9d yata e\'f1a loka\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-akr\'fcra\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 Ak
r\'fcra said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bowed down; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asmi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97am; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97I; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97causes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcru
\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97original; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inexhaustible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4bhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97navel; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4t\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which was generated;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aravinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of a lotus plant; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ko\'f1\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the whorl; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avir\'e4s\'e9t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97appeared; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'f1a\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wor
ld.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Akr\'fcra said: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I bow down to You, the cause o
f all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. From the whorl of the lotus born from Your navel, Brahm\'e4 appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 40.1).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Creator of the world (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.70.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tavehita\'e0 ko 'rhati s\'e4dhu veditu\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yayeda\'e0 s\'e5jato niyacchata\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yad vidyam\'e4n\'e4tmatay\'e4vabh\'e4sate
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasmai namas te sva-vilak\'f1a\'eb\'e4tmane
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9hitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97purpose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arhati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is able; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97properly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub veditum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to understand; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material energy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5jata\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who creates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niyacchata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97and withdraws; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidyam\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to exist; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmatay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by relation to You, the Supersoul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avabh\'e4sate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97appears; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasmai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vilak\'f1a\'eba-\'e4tmane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inconceivable.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Who can properly understand Your purpose? With Your material energy You expand and also withdraw this creation, which thus appears
 to have substantial existence. Obeisances to You, whose transcendental position is inconceivable.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 70.38).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for the good of the world, appears as if possessed of a body like that of mundane entities (14.55).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (centre of gravity) of the world (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.80.44
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-br\'e4hma\'eba uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kim asm\'e4bhir anirv\'e5tta\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deva-deva jagad-guro
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhavat\'e4 satya-k\'e4mena
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 v\'e4so guror abh\'fct
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm\'e4bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97by us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anirv\'e5ttam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not achieved; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva-deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord of lords; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O spiritual master; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub satya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fulfilled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4mena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all whose desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4sa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97residence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at the home of the spiritual master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'fct}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97was.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The br\'e4hma\'eba said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  What could I possibly have fail
ed to achieve, O Lord of lords, O universal teacher, since I was able to personally live with You, whose every desire is fulfilled, at the home of our spiritual master?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 80.44).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Refuge }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\'e4\'e7raya) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (individual souls) who see afraid of birth an
d death (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.49.23
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'f1\'eb\'e4ti y\'e4n adharme\'eba
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-buddhy\'e4 tam apa\'eb\'f2itam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub te 'k\'e5t\'e4rtha\'e0 prahi\'ebvanti
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eb\'e4 r\'e4ya\'f9 sut\'e4daya\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pu\'f1\'eb\'e4ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nourishes; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which things; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adharme
\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by sinful activity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-buddhy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thinking them to be his own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apa\'eb\'f2itam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97uneducated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'e5ta-artham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97his pu
rposes frustrated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prahi\'ebvanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97abandon; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97life air; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wealth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suta-\'e4daya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97children and 
others.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub A fool indulges in sin to maintain his life, wealth and children and other relatives, for he thinks, "These things are mine." In t
he end, however, these very things all abandon him, leaving him frustrated.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 49.23).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is devoid of birth (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.46.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na m\'e4t\'e4 na pit\'e4 tasya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na bh\'e4ry\'e4 na sut\'e4daya\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4tm\'e9yo na para\'e7 c\'e4pi
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na deho janma eva ca
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there is no; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97mother; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97no; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97father; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97no; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4ry\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wife; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97no; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suta-
\'e4daya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97children and so forth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97no one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e9ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97related to Himself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97an outsider; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97no; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deha\'f9}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97body; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97birth
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97either; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub He has no mother, no father, no wife, children or other relatives. No one is related to Him, and yet no one is a stranger to Him. 
He has no material body and no birth.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 46.38).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is equally the Internal Guide, Cause and Director of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vas }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (87.30).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Destroyer of the miseries of persons who employ themselves in meditating upon Him (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72
\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.58.10
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na te 'sti sva-para-bhr\'e4ntir
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vi\'e7vasya suh\'e5d-\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tath\'e4pi smarat\'e4\'e0 \'e7a\'e7vat
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kle\'e7\'e4n ha\'e0si h\'e5di sthita\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there is; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of one's own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and of others'; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhr\'e4nti
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97delusion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7vasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suh\'e5t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the well-wisher; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tath\'e4 api}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nonetheless; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smarat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97of those who remember; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7a\'e7vat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97continuously; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kle\'e7\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the sufferings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ha\'e0si}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You destroy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the 
heart; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97situated.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub For You, the well-wishing friend and Supreme Soul of the universe, there is never any illusion of "us" and "them." Yet even so, re
siding within the hearts of all, You eradicate the sufferings of those who remember You constantly.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 58.10).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is of the fourth dimension and is self-manifest (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.66.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvasy\'e4ntar-bahi\'f9-s\'e4k\'f1\'e9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5ty\'e4\'e0 m\'e4he\'e7var\'e9\'e0 vibhu\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4ya tad-vigh\'e4t\'e4rtha\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4r\'e7va-stha\'e0 cakram \'e4di\'e7at
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarvasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97everyone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and without; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
the witness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5ty\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the manufactured creature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4h\'e4-\'e9\'e7var\'e9m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Lord \'c7iva; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibhu
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the almighty Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fully understanding; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vigh\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of defeating; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artham}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the purpose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4r\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97at His side; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub stham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97standing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cakram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His disc; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di\'e7at}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He ordered.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The almighty Lord, the internal and external witness of all, understood that the monster had been produced by Lord \'c7iva from th
e sacrificial fire. To defeat the demon, K\'e5\'f1\'eba dispatched His disc weapon, who was waiting at His side.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 66.38).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Worthy of being gifted (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.74.24
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fct\'e4tma-bh\'fct\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4y\'e4nanya-dar\'e7ine
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deya\'e0 \'e7\'e4nt\'e4ya p\'fcr\'eb\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dattasy\'e4nantyam icchat\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who 
comprises; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97never as separate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dar\'e7ine}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who sees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(honor) shou
ld be given; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nt\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the peaceful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfectly complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dattasya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of what is given; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nantyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97unlimited increase; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub icchat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by him who desires.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Anyone who wishes the honor he gives to be reciprocated infinitely should honor K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the perfectly peaceful and perfect
ly complete Soul of all beings, the Supreme Lord, who views nothing as separate from Himself.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 74.24).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Punisher of the wicked (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.69.17
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-n\'e4rada uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naiv\'e4dbhuta\'e0 tvayi vibho 'khila-loka-n\'e4the
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub maitr\'e9 jane\'f1u sakale\'f1u dama\'f9 khal\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya hi jagat-sthiti-rak\'f1a\'eb\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svair\'e4vat\'e4ra urug\'e4ya vid\'e4ma su\'f1\'f6hu
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  \'e7r\'e9-n\'e4rada\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 N
\'e4rada said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhutam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97surprising; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvayi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O almighty one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the ruler; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub maitr
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97friendship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jane\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97toward people; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakale\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the subduing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub khal\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the envious; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97for the highest benefit; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by maintenance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rak\'f1a\'eb\'e4bhy\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and p
rotection; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svaira}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97freely chosen; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avat\'e4ra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97descent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uru-g\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who are praised universally; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vid\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97we know; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su\'f1\'f6hu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97well.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O almighty Lord, it is no surp
rise that You, the ruler of all worlds, show friendship for all people and yet subdue the envious. As we well know, You descend by Your sweet will in order to bestow the highest good on this universe by maintaining and protecting it. Thus Your glories ar
e widely sung.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 69.17).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the God of gods (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.80.44
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-br\'e4hma\'eba uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kim asm\'e4bhir anirv\'e5tta\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deva-deva jagad-guro
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhavat\'e4 satya-k\'e4mena
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 v\'e4so guror abh\'fct
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm\'e4bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97by us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anirv\'e5ttam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not achieved; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva-deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord of lords; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O spiritual master; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub satya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fulfilled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4mena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all whose desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4sa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97residence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at the home of the spiritual master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'fct}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97was.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The br\'e4hma\'eba said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  What could I possibly have fail
ed to achieve, O Lord of lords, O universal teacher, since I was able to personally live with You, whose every desire is fulfilled, at the home of our spiritual master?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 80.44).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is rarely cognisable by the gods (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.48.27
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub di\'f1\'f6y\'e4 jan\'e4rdana bhav\'e4n iha na\'f9 prat\'e9to
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoge\'e7varair api dur\'e4pa-gati\'f9 sure\'e7ai\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chindhy \'e4\'e7u na\'f9 suta-kalatra-dhan\'e4pta-geha-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deh\'e4di-moha-ra\'e7an\'e4\'e0 bhavad\'e9ya-m\'e4y\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub di\'f1\'f6y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by fortune; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jan\'e4rdana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97here; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prat\'e9ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perceivable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga-\'e9\'e7varai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the masters of mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97even; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dur\'e4pa-gati\'f9
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a goal hard to achieve; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sura-\'e9\'e7ai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and by the rulers of the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chindhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please cut; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97quickly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97our; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for children; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalatra}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wife; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wealth; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -worthy friends; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g
eha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97home; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bo
dy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and so on; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
moha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -of delusion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ra\'e7an\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the ropes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavad\'e9ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97illusory material energy.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub It is by our great fortune, Jan\'e4rdana, that You are now visible to us, for even the masters of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub yoga}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and the foremost demigods can achieve this goal only with great difficulty. Please quickly cut the ropes of our illusory attachmen
t for children, wife, wealth, influential friends, home and body. All such attachment is simply the effect of Your illusory material energy.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 48.27).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unconcerned about body, house, etc. (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.20
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ud\'e4s\'e9n\'e4 vaya\'e0 n\'fcna\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na stry-apaty\'e4rtha-k\'e4muk\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-labdhy\'e4smahe p\'fcr\'eb\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gehayor jyotir-akriy\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ud\'e4s\'e9n\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indifferent; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97We; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'fcnam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub str\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for wives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub apatya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97children; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97and wealth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4muk\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hankering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-labdhy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by being self-satisfied; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'e4smahe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97We remain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gehayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to body and home; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like a fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akriy\'e4\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97engaged in no activity.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub We care nothing for wives, children and wealth. Always satisfied within Ourselves, We do not work for body and home, but like a li
ght, We merely witness.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.20).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Ruler of the greatest gods (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.73.8
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4j\'e4na \'fccu\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namas te deva-deve\'e7a
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prapann\'e4rti-har\'e4vyaya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prapann\'e4n p\'e4hi na\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirvi\'eb\'eb\'e4n ghora-sa\'e0s\'e5te\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4j\'e4na\'f9 \'fccu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the kings said; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the lords; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prapanna}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of those who are surrendered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of the distress; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O remover; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avyaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O inexhaustible one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prapann\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97surrendered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please 
save; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirvi\'eb\'eb\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97despondent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ghora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97terrible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e5te\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from material existence.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The kings said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  Obeisances to You, O Lord of the ruling 
demigods, O destroyer of Your surrendered devotees' distress. Since we have surrendered to You, O inexhaustible K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please save us from this terrible material life, which has made us so despondent.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 73.8).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Exponent of Religion (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.69.40
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahman dhannasya vakt\'e4ha\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kart\'e4 tad-anumodit\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tac chik\'f1ayan lokam imam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4sthita\'f9 putra m\'e4 khida\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lo
rd said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br
\'e4hma\'eba;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharmasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97of religion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vakt\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the speaker; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kart\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the executor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of it; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anumodit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the sanctioner; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97it; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ik\'f1ayan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97teaching;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lokam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub imam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4sthita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97situated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub putra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4 khida\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97do not be disturbed.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O br\'e4hma\'eb
a}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  I am the speaker of religion, its performer and sanctioner. I observe religious principles to teach them
 to the world, My child, so do not be disturbed.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 69.40).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Eternal Son of Nanda (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.1
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-brahmov\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naum\'e9\'f2ya te 'bhra-vapu\'f1e ta\'f2id-ambar\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'efj\'e4vata\'e0sa-paripiccha-lasan-mukh\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vanya-sraje kavala-vetra-vi\'f1\'e4\'eba-ve\'ebu-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lak\'f1ma-\'e7riye m\'e5du-pade pa\'e7up\'e4\'ecgaj\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-brahm\'e4 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord Brahm\'e4 s
aid; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub naumi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I offer praise; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'f2ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O most worshipable one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like a dark cloud; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vapu\'f1e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose body; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ta\'f2it}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like lightning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ambar\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97whose garment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'efj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97made of small berries; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avata\'e0sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with ornaments (for the ears); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
paripiccha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and peacock feathers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lasat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97resplendent; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukh\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose face; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vanya-sraje}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wearing garlands of forest flowers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka
vala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a morsel of food; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vetra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97a stick; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f1\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a buffalo-horn bugle; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ve\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and a flute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lak\'f1ma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97characterized by; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7riye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97w
hose beauty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5du}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97soft; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub pade}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7u-pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the cowherd (Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecga-j\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto the son
.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  My dear Lord, You are the only wors
hipable Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore I offer my humble obeisances and prayers just to please You. O son of the king of the cowherds, Your transcendental body is dark blue like a new cloud, Your garment is brilliant like lightni
ng, and the beauty of Your face is enhanced by Your gu\'efj\'e4 earrings and the peacock feather on Your head. Wearing garlands of various forest flowers and leaves, and equipped with a herding stick, a buffalo horn and a flute, You stand beautifully wit
h a morsel of food in Your hand.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.1).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Visible to man with great difficulty (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.71.23
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tam up\'e4gatam \'e4kar\'ebya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e9to durdar\'e7ana\'e0 n\'e5n\'e4m
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'e4ta-\'e7atrur nirag\'e4t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sopadhy\'e4ya\'f9 suh\'e5d-v\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4gatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97arrived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4kar\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hearing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e9ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please
d; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub durdar\'e7anam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97rarely seen; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5\'eb\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by humans; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aj\'e4ta-\'e7atru\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, whose enemy was never born; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirag\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97came out; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upadhy\'e4ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97his priests; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suh\'e5t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by relatives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97surrounded.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was delighted to hear that the Lord, whom human beings rarely see, had now arrived. Accompanied by his prie
sts and dear associates, the King came out to meet Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 71.23).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Presence mocks the world of man (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.70.40
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4py \'e4\'e7r\'e4vaye brahma
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nara-loka-vi\'f2ambanam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4j\'efa\'f9 pait\'e5-\'f1vasreyasya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktasya ca cik\'e9r\'f1itam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nonetheless; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7r\'e4vaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I shall tell; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nara-loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of human society; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f2ambanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(to You) who imitate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4j\'efa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the King (Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pait\'e5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Your father; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svasreyasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the sister's son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaktasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your devotee; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cik\'e9
r\'f1itam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the intentions.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Nonetheless, O Supreme Truth playing the part of a human being, I shall tell You what Your devotee Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4j
a, the son of Your father's sister, intends to do.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 70.40).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Object of palatable drink of the human eye (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.71.33
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4pta\'e0 ni\'e7amya nara-locana-p\'e4na-p\'e4tram
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub autsukya-vi\'e7lathita-ke\'e7a-duk\'fcla-bandh\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sadyo vis\'e5jya g\'e5ha-karma pat\'e9\'e0\'e7 ca talpe
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dra\'f1\'f6u\'e0 yayur yuvataya\'f9 sma narendra-m\'e4rge
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4ptam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97arrived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'e7amya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hearing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nara}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of men; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub locana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the ey
es; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of drinking; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub p\'e4tram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the object, or reservoir; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub autsukya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97out of their eagerness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7lathita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97loosened; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ke\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their hair; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub duk\'fcla}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of their dresses; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bandh\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the knots; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sadya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97immediately; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vis\'e5jya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97abandoning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e5
ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the household; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97their work; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pat\'e9n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their husbands; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub talpe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in bed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dra\'f1\'f6um}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to see; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yayu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97went; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yuvataya\'f9}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the young girls; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nara-indra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the king; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4rge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97onto the road.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When the young women of the city heard that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the reservoir of pleasure for human eyes, had arrived, they hurri
edly went onto the royal road to see Him. They abandoned their household duties and even left their husbands in bed, and in their eagerness the knots of their hair and garments came loose.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 71.33).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Internal Guide of all (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.31.4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na khalu gop\'e9k\'e4-nandano bhav\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub akhila-dehin\'e4m antar\'e4tma-d\'e5k
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vikhanas\'e4rthito vi\'e7va-guptaye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakha udeyiv\'e4n s\'e4tvat\'e4\'e0 kule
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub khalu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gopik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  Ya\'e7od\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nandana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the son; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhav\'e4n}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your good self; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dehin\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97embodied living entities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anta\'f9-\'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the inner consciousness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5k}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the seer; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vikhanas\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97b
y Lord Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arthita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97prayed for; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guptaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the protection; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakhe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O friend; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udeyiv\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You arose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
s\'e4tvat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the S\'e4tvatas; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kule}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the dynasty.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are not actually the son of the gop\'e9 Ya\'e7od\'e4, O friend, but rather the indwelling witness in the hearts of all embodie
d souls. Because Lord Brahm\'e4 prayed for You to come and protect the universe, You have now appeared in the S\'e4tvata dynasty.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 31.4).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Worthy of the worship of all the worlds (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.69.15
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasy\'e4vanijya cara\'ebau tad-apa\'f9 sva-m\'fcrdhn\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bibhraj jagad-gurutamo 'pi sat\'e4\'e0 patir hi
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebya-deva iti yad gu\'eba-n\'e4ma yukta\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasyaiva yac-cara\'eba-\'e7aucam a\'e7e\'f1a-t\'e9rtham
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97his; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avanijya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97washing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'ebau}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97that; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97water; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fcrdhn\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97on the head; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bibhrat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97carrying; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the entire universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru-tama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme spiritual master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97even though; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the saintly devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who favors the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97thus called; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97since; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97based on His quality; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the name; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yuktam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fitting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aucam
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the bathing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7e\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e9rtham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97holy shrine.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Lord bathed N\'e4rada's feet and then put the water on His own head. Although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme spiritual aut
hority of the universe and the master of His devotees, it was proper for Him to behave in this way, for His name is Brahma\'ebya-deva, "the Lord who favors the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub b\'e5\'e4hma\'ebas.}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub " Thus \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba honored the sage N\'e4rada by bathing his feet, even though the water that bathes the Lord's own feet becomes the Ganges, the ultimate holy shrine.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 69.15).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba accommodates all the worlds (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.59.30
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 payo jyotir ath\'e4nilo nabho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4tr\'e4\'ebi dev\'e4 mana indriy\'e4\'ebi
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kart\'e4 mah\'e4n ity akhila\'e0 car\'e4cara\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvayy advit\'e9ye bhagavan aya\'e0 bhrama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97myself (earth); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97water; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anila\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97air; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n
abha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ether; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4tr\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the various sense objects (corresponding to each of the five gross elements); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dev\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the mind; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indriy\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the senses; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kart\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97"the doer," false ego; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the tot
al material energy (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahat-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhilam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97everything; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97moving; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acaram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and nonmoving; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvayi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advit\'e9ye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who has no second; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
ayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhrama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97illusion.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub This is illusion: that earth, water, fire, air, ether, sense objects, demigods, mind, the senses, false ego and the total material
 energy exist independent of You. In fact, they are all within You, my Lord, who are one without a second.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 59.30).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Manifestor of all light (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.63.34
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-rudra uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tva\'e0 hi brahma para\'e0 jyotir
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'fc\'f2ha\'e0 brahma\'ebi v\'e4\'ec-maye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ya\'e0 pa\'e7yanty amal\'e4tm\'e4na
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4k\'e4\'e7am iva kevalam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-rudra\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord \'c7iva sai
d; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h
i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97alone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97t
he Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub param}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97light; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'fc\'f2ham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hidden; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the Absolute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4k-maye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in its form of language (the Vedas); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7yanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they see; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub amala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97spotless; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose hearts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4k\'e4\'e7am}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the sky; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kevalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pure.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Rudra said: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You alone are the Absolute Truth, 
the supreme light, the mystery hidden within the verbal manifestation of the Absolute. Those whose hearts are spotless can see You, for You are uncontaminated, like the sky.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 63.34).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kr\'f1\'eba is unstinted in giving Himself away to one who recollects Him (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.80.11
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4ste 'dhun\'e4 dv\'e4ravaty\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhoja-v\'e5\'f1\'eby-andhake\'e7vara\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smarata\'f9 p\'e4da-kamalam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4nam api yacchati
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ki\'e0 nv artha-k\'e4m\'e4n bhajato
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4ty-abh\'e9\'f1\'f6\'e4n jagad-guru\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4ste}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is present; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhun\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dv\'e4ravaty\'e4m
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at Dv\'e4rak\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhoja-v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-andhaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Bhojas, V\'e5\'f1\'ebis and Andhakas; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97the Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smarata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to one who remembers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4da-kamalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His lotus feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Himself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97even; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yacchati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He gives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim 
nu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what then to speak of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97economic success; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and sense gratification; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to one who worships Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97very much; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'e9\'f1\'f6\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desirable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the whole universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is now the ruler of the Bhojas, V\'e5\'f1\'ebis and Andhakas and is staying at Dv\'e4rak\'e4. Since He gives e
ven His own self to anyone who simply remembers His lotus feet, what doubt is there that He, the spiritual master of the universe, will bestow upon His sincere worshiper prosperity and material enjoyment, which are not even very desirable?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 80.11).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the efficient Cause (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.87.50
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yo 'syotprek\'f1aka \'e4di-madhya-nidhane yo 'vyakta-j\'e9ve\'e7varo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ya\'f9 s\'e5\'f1\'f6vedam anupravi\'e7ya \'e5\'f1i\'eb\'e4 cakre pura\'f9 \'e7\'e4sti t\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ya\'e0 sampadya jah\'e4ty aj\'e4m anu\'e7ay\'e9 supta\'f9 kul\'e4ya\'e0 yath\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\'e0 kaivalya-nirasta-yonim abhaya\'e0 dhy\'e4yed ajasra\'e0 harim
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub utprek\'f1aka\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the one who watches over; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97in its beginning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97middle; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nidhane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and end; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avyakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the unmanifested (material nat
ure); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and of the living entities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having sent forth; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub anupravi\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97entering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e5\'f1i\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97along with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cakre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97produced; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pura\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bodies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4sti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97regulates; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97them; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
yam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sampadya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97by surrendering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jah\'e4ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97gives up; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aj\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the unborn (material nature); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anu\'e7ay\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97embracing her; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub supta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a s
leeping person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kul\'e4yam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97his body; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kaivalya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by His purely spiritual status; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirasta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97kept away; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yonim}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material birth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
for fearlessness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhy\'e4yet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one should meditate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajasram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97incessantly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub harim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub He is the Lord who eternally watches over this universe, who exists before, during and after its manifestation. He is the master o
f both the unmanifest material energy and the spirit soul. After sending forth the creation He enters within it, accompanying each living entity. There He creates the material bodies and then remains as their regulator. By surrendering to Him one can esc
ape the embrace of illusion, just as a dreaming person forgets his own body. One who wants liberation from fear should constantly meditate upon Him, Lord Hari, who is always on the platform of perfection and thus never subject to material birth.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 87.50).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, although devoid of all mundane quality, assumes mundane qualities by His Inconceivable Power for the purposes of creation, etc. (\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.46.40
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sattva\'e0 rajas tama iti
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhajate nirgu\'ebo gu\'eb\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kr\'e9\'f2ann at\'e9to 'pi gu\'ebai\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5jaty avan hanty aja\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sattvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97goodness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub raja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97passion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and ignorance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus call
ed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He accepts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub nirgu\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97beyond the material modes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eb\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the modes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kr\'e9\'f2an}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97playing; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub at\'e9ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97transcendental; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97although; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'ebai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97using the modes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5jati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He creates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97maintains; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and destroys; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the unborn Lor
d.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Although beyond the three modes of material nature\'97goodness, passion and ignorance\'97the transcendental Lord accepts associati
on with them as His play. Thus the unborn Supreme Lord utilizes the material modes to create, maintain and destroy.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 46.40).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kr\'f1\'eba is not subject to change (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.64.29
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namas te sarva-bh\'e4v\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebe 'nanta-\'e7aktaye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya v\'e4sudev\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e4n\'e4\'e0 pataye nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva-bh\'e4v\'e4ya}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the source of all beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unlimited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the possessor of potencies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k
\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the son of Vasudeva; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yog\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all processes of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pataye}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisa
nces.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my repeated obeisances unto You, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Vasudeva. You are the source of all beings, the Supreme Absolu
te Truth, the possessor of unlimited potencies, the master of all spiritual disciplines.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 64.29).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not capable of discrimination, by reason of being void of any extraneous covering (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.87.29
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sthira-cara-j\'e4taya\'f9 syur ajayottha-nimitta-yujo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vihara ud\'e9k\'f1ay\'e4 yadi parasya vimukta tata\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na hi paramasya ka\'e7cid aparo na para\'e7 ca bhaved
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub viyata iv\'e4padasya tava \'e7\'fcnya-tul\'e4\'e0 dadhata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthira}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97stationary; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and moving; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4taya\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97species of life; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub syu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97become manifest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the material energy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uttha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97awakened; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nimitta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their motivations for activity (and the subtle bodies activated by such); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yuja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97assuming; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vihara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sport; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ud\'e9k\'f1ay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your brief glance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of Him who is aloof; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vimukta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O eternally liberated one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from her; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paramasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ka\'e7cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97anyone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not foreign; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97foreign; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97can be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub viyata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the ethereal sky; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apadasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which
 has no perceptible qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'fcnya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to a void; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tul\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a resemblance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dadhata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who take on.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O eternally liberated, transcendental Lord, Your material energy causes the various moving and nonmoving species of life to appear
 by activating their material desires, but only when and if You sport with her by briefly glancing at her. You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, see no one as an intimate friend and no one as a stranger, just as the ethereal sky has no connection with
 perceptible qualities. In this sense You resemble a void.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 87.29).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Giver of Himself to those who covet nothing (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.86.33
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ko nu tvac-cara\'eb\'e4mbhojam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eva\'e0-vid vis\'e5jet pum\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f1ki\'efcan\'e4n\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4nt\'e4n\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mun\'e9n\'e4\'e0 yas tvam \'e4tma-da\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba-ambhojam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lotus feet; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub evam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
vit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being in knowledge; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vis\'e5jet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97would abandon; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pum\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f1ki\'efcan\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for those who have no material possessions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nt\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who are peaceful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mun\'e9n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sages; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Yourself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97giving.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub What person who knows this truth would ever abandon Your lotus feet, when You are ready to give Your very self to peaceful sages w
ho call nothing their own?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 86.33).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves those who covet nothing (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.14
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f1ki\'efcan\'e4 vaya\'e0 \'e7a\'e7van
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f1ki\'efcana-jana-priy\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasm\'e4t pr\'e4ye\'eba na hy \'e4\'f2hy\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 bhajanti su-madhyame
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f1ki\'efcan\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no possessions
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97We; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'e7a\'e7vat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f1ki\'efcana-jana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to those who have no possessions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priy\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very dear; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasm\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr
\'e4ye\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97usually; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'f2hy\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the rich; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-madhyame}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O fine-waisted one.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub We have no material possessions, and We are dear to those who similarly have nothing. Therefore, O slender one, the wealthy hardly
 ever worship Me.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.14).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not work (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.20
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ud\'e4s\'e9n\'e4 vaya\'e0 n\'fcna\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na stry-apaty\'e4rtha-k\'e4muk\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-labdhy\'e4smahe p\'fcr\'eb\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gehayor jyotir-akriy\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ud\'e4s\'e9n\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indifferent; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97We; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'fcnam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub str\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for wives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub apatya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97children; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97and wealth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4muk\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hankering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-labdhy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by being self-satisfied; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'e4smahe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97We remain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gehayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to body and home; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like a fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akriy\'e4\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97engaged in no activity.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub We care nothing for wives, children and wealth. Always satisfied within Ourselves, We do not work for body and home, but like a li
ght, We merely witness.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.20).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Human, Hidden, Primal Person }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (puru\'f1a) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.44.13
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'eby\'e4 bata vraja-bhuvo yad aya\'e0 n\'e5-li\'ecga\line g\'fc\'f2ha\'f9 pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1o vana-citra-m\'e4lya\'f9
\line g\'e4\'f9 p\'e4layan saha-bala\'f9 kva\'ebaya\'e0\'e7 ca ve\'ebu\'e0\line vikr\'e9day\'e4\'efcati giritra-ram\'e4rcit\'e4\'ecghri\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub     pu\'eby\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pious; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vraja-bhuva\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the various regions of the land of Vraja; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97in which; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n
\'e5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97human; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub li\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by 
characteristics; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'fc\'f2ha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97disguised; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub pur\'e4\'eba-puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the primeval Personality of Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97composed of flowers and other items of the forest; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub citra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of wonderful variety; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4lya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose garlands; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cows; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4layan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97herding; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97together with; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bala\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord Balar\'e4ma; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kva\'ebayan}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97vibrating; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ve\'ebum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His flute; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vikr\'e9\'f2a
y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with various pastimes; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'efcati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97He moves about; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giritra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Lord \'c7iva; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ram\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the goddess of fortune; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arcita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worshiped; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecghri\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His feet.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb72\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub How pious are the tracts of land in Vraja, for there the primeval Personality of Godhead, disguising Himself with human traits, wa
nders about, enacting His many pastimes! Adorned with wonderfully variegated forest garlands, He whose feet are worshiped by Lord \'c7iva and goddess Ram\'e4 vibrates His flute as He tends the cows in the company of Balar\'e4ma.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 44.13). 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Present in the hearts of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  like the five elements (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.82.45
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 hi sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m\line \'e4dir anto 'ntara\'e0 bahi\'f9\line bhautik\'e4n\'e4\'e0 yath\'e4 kha\'e0 v\'e4r
\line bh\'fcr v\'e4yur jyotir a\'ecgan\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub   aham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indeed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of created beings; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4di\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the beginning; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anta\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the end; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub antaram\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub inside; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahi\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub outside; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhautik\'e4n\'e4m\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of material things; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub as; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kham\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ether; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
v\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub water; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fc\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub earth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4yu\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub air; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub jyoti\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub and fire; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecgan\'e4\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub O ladies.
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\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Dear ladies, I am the beginning and end of all created beings and exist both within and without them, just as the elements ether, wate
r, earth, air and fire are the beginning and end of all material objects and exist both within and without them.\line }}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 82.45).
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\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.70.37
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4 m\'e4y\'e4 te bahu\'e7o duratyay\'e4
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcte\'f1u bh\'fcma\'e0\'e7 carata\'f9 sva-\'e7aktibhir
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vahner iva cchanna-ruco na me 'dbhutam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-n\'e4rada\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 N
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\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahu\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97many times; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub duratyay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97insurmountable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97power of illusion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97O almighty one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97of the bewilderer (You); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97among the created beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O all-encompassing one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carata
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(of You) who move; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by energies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vahne\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub channa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97covered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ruca\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose light; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for me; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhutam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97amazing.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  I have seen many times the ins
urmountable power of Your M\'e4y\'e4, O almighty one, by which You bewilder even the creator of the universe, Brahm\'e4. O all-encompassing Lord, it does not surprise me that You disguise Yourself by Your own energies while moving among the created being
s, as a fire covers its own light with smoke.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 70.37).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Supreme Godhead and the Internal Guide of all (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.56.27
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tva\'e0 hi vi\'e7va-s\'e5j\'e4m sra\'f1\'f6\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4n\'e4m api yac ca sat
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4la\'f9 kalayat\'e4m \'e9\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para \'e4tm\'e4 tath\'e4tman\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5j\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the cre
ators; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sra\'f1\'f6\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the creator; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of created entities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97underlying substance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97th
e subduer; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalayat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of subduers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para\'f9 \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all souls.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the ultimate creator of all creators of the universe, and of everything created You are the underlying substance. You are 
the subduer of all subduers, the Supreme Lord and Supreme Soul of all souls.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 56.27).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Crest-jewel of those whose praises are sung by the sacred lore (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.71.30
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eva\'e0 suh\'e5dbhi\'f9 paryasta\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pu\'ebya-\'e7loka-\'e7ikh\'e4ma\'ebi\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0st\'fcyam\'e4no bhagav\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vive\'e7\'e4la\'eck\'e5ta\'e0 puram
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub evam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-h\'e5dbhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by His well-wishing relatives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub paryasta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97surrounded; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pu\'ebya-\'e7loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of persons of pious renown; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ikh\'e4-ma\'ebi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the
 crest jewel; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0st\'fcyam\'e4na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being glorified; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vive\'e7a}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97entered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ala\'eck\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97decorated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the city.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Thus surrounded by His well-wishing relatives and praised on all sides, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the crest jewel of the justly renowne
d, entered the decorated city.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 71.30).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Primal Person and is Ever-existing (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.23
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ekas tvam \'e4tm\'e4 puru\'f1a\'f9 pur\'e4\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satya\'f9 svaya\'e0-jyotir ananta \'e4dya\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo 'k\'f1aro 'jasra-sukho nira\'efjana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4dvayo mukta up\'e4dhito 'm\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Sup
reme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pur\'e4\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the oldest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svayam-jyoti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-manifested; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
without end; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without beginning; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nitya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97eternal; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'f1ara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indestructible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajasra-sukha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose happine
ss cannot be obstructed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nira\'efjana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devoid of contamination; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advaya\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97free; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4dhita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from all material designations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97deathless.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the one Supreme Soul, the primeval Supreme Personality, the Absolute Truth\'97self-manifested, endless and beginningless. 
You are eternal and infallible, perfect and complete, without any rival and free from all material designations. Your happiness can never be obstructed, nor have You any connection with material contamination. Indeed, You are the indestructible nectar of
 immortality.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.23).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Highest among the Objects of worship (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.74.19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arhati hy acyuta\'f9 \'e7rai\'f1\'f6hya\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n s\'e4tvat\'e4\'e0 pati\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub e\'f1a vai devat\'e4\'f9 sarv\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub de\'e7a-k\'e4la-dhan\'e4daya\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arhati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97deserves; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acyuta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97infallible K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7rai\'f1\'f6hyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme position; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4tvat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Y\'e4davas; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub pati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the chief; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarv\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub de\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the place (for the sacrifi
ce); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub dhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the material paraphernalia; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4daya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and so on.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub [Sahadeva said:] }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Certainly it is Acyuta, the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead and chief of the Y\'e4davas, who deserves the highest position. In truth, He Himself comprises all the demigods worshiped in sacrifice, along with such aspects of the worship as the sacred place, the time and the paraphernalia.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 74.19).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Healer of the miseries of the submissive (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.73.16
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya v\'e4sudev\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub haraye param\'e4tmane
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'ebata-kle\'e7a-n\'e4\'e7\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub govind\'e4ya namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the son of Vasudeva; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub haraye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord, Hari; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-\'e4tmane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supersoul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of those who 
have surrendered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kle\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the distress; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4\'e7\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the destroyer; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub govind\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Govinda; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9 nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97repeated obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Again and again we offer our obeisances unto Lord Krishna, Hari, the son of Vasudeva. That Supreme Soul, Govinda, vanquishes the s
uffering of all who surrender to Him.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 73.16).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Destroyer of the sins of the submissive (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.31.7
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'ebata-dehin\'e4\'e0 p\'e4pa-kar\'f1a\'eba\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e5\'eba-car\'e4nuga\'e0 \'e7r\'e9-niketanam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pha\'ebi-pha\'eb\'e4rpita\'e0 te pad\'e4mbuja\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'ebu kuce\'f1u na\'f9 k\'e5ndhi h\'e5c-chayam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who are surrendered to You; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dehin\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the embodied living beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the sins; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kar\'f1a\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which remove; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e5\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97grass; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who graze (the cows); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a
nugam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97following; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of the goddess of fortune; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niketanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the abode; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pha\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the serpent (K\'e4liya); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pha
\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on the hoods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arpitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97placed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-ambujam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lotus feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please put; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kuce\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on the breasts; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97our; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5ndhi}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97cut away; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub h\'e5t-\'e7ayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97the lust in our hearts.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Your lotus feet destroy the past sins of all embodied souls who surrender to them. Those feet follow after the cows in the pasture
s and are the eternal abode of the goddess of fortune. Since You once put those feet on the hoods of the great serpent K\'e4liya, please place them upon our breasts and tear away the lust in our hearts.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 31.7).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Destroyer of the distress of the submissive (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.73.8
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4j\'e4na \'fccu\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namas te deva-deve\'e7a
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prapann\'e4rti-har\'e4vyaya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prapann\'e4n p\'e4hi na\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirvi\'eb\'eb\'e4n ghora-sa\'e0s\'e5te\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4j\'e4na\'f9 \'fccu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the kings said; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the lords; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prapanna}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of those who are surrendered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of the distress; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O remover; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avyaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O inexhaustible one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prapann\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97surrendered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please 
save; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirvi\'eb\'eb\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97despondent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ghora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97terrible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e5te\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from material existence.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The kings said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  Obeisances to You, O Lord of the ruling 
demigods, O destroyer of Your surrendered devotees' distress. Since we have surrendered to You, O inexhaustible K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please save us from this terrible material life, which has made us so despondent.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 73.8).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Residue after the Cataclysm (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.87.15
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b\'e5had upalabdham etad avayanty ava\'e7e\'f1atay\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yata uday\'e4stamayau vik\'e5ter m\'e5di v\'e4vik\'e5t\'e4t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ata \'e5\'f1ayo dadhus tvayi mano-vacan\'e4carita\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub katham ayath\'e4 bhavanti bhuvi datta-pad\'e4ni n\'e5\'eb\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e5hat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as the Supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upalabdham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perceived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etat}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (world); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avayanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97they consider; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ava\'e7e\'f1atay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in terms of its being the all-pervading foundation of e
xistence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97since; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub udaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the generation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astamayau}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and dissolution; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vik\'e5te\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of a transformation; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e5di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of clay; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avik\'e5t\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97(the Supreme itself) not being subject to transformation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e5\'f1aya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the sages (who compiled the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dadhu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97placed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvayi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their minds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vacana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97words; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4caritam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and actions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub katham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97how; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ayath\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not as they are; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97become; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuvi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon the ground; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub datta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97placed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pad\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the steps; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5\'eb\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of men.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub This perceivable world is identified with the Supreme because the Supreme Brahman is the ultimate foundation of all existence, rem
aining unchanged as all created things are generated from it and at last dissolved into it, just as clay remains unchanged by the products made from it and again merged with it. Thus it is toward You alone that the Vedic sages direct all their thoughts, 
words and acts. After all, how can the footsteps of men fail to touch the earth on which they live?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 87.15).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is devoid of touch with mundane senses (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.87.28
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvam akara\'eba\'f9 sva-r\'e4\'f2 akhila-k\'e4raka-\'e7akti-dharas
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tava balim udvahanti samadanty ajay\'e4nimi\'f1\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'f1a-bhujo 'khila-k\'f1iti-pater iva vi\'e7va-s\'e5jo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidadhati yatra ye tv adhik\'e5t\'e4 bhavata\'e7 cakit\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akara\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devoid of material senses; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
va-r\'e4\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-effulgent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4raka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sensory functions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the potencies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the maintainer; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub balim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97tribute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
udvahanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97carry; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samadanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97and partake of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97along with material nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub animi\'f1\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub var\'f1a
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of districts of a kingdom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhuja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the rulers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97entire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the land; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pate\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
s\'e5ja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the creators; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidadhati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97execute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhik\'e5t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97assigned; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cakit\'e4\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97afraid.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Though You have no material senses, You are the self-effulgent sustainer of everyone's sensory powers. The demigods and material n
ature herself offer You tribute, while also enjoying the tribute offered them by their worshipers, just as subordinate rulers of various districts in a kingdom offer tribute to their lord, the ultimate proprietor of the land, while also enjoying the trib
ute paid them by their own subjects. In this way the universal creators faithfully execute their assigned services out of fear of You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 87.28).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Soul and Friend of all animate entities (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.29.32
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yat paty-apatya-suh\'e5d\'e4m anuv\'e5ttir a\'ecga
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub str\'e9\'eb\'e4\'e0 sva-dharma iti dharma-vid\'e4 tvayoktam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub astv evam etad upade\'e7a-pade tvay\'e9\'e7e
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pre\'f1\'f6ho bhav\'e4\'e0s tanu-bh\'e5t\'e4\'e0 kila bandhur \'e4tm\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of husbands; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apatya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97children; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suh\'e5d\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and 
well-wishing relatives and friends; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anuv\'e5tti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the following; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97our dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub str\'e9
\'eb\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of women; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-dharma\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the proper religious duty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharma-vid\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the knower of religion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvay\'e4
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uktam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97spoke
n; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97let it be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub evam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like that; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upade\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of this instruction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pade}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the real object; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvayi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pre\'f1\'f6ha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the dearmost; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tanu-bh\'e5t\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for all embodied living beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bandhu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the close relative; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the very Self.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Our dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as an expert in religion You have advised us that the proper religious duty for women is to faithfully se
rve their husbands, children and other relatives. We agree that this principle is valid, but actually this service should be rendered to You. After all, O Lord, You are the dearmost friend of all embodied souls. You are their most intimate relative and i
ndeed their very Self.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 29.32).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is devoid of distinction appertaining to an alien (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.63.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvam eka \'e4dya\'f9 puru\'f1o 'dvit\'e9yas
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turya\'f9 sva-d\'e5g dhetur ahetur \'e9\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prat\'e9yase 'th\'e4pi yath\'e4-vik\'e4ra\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yay\'e4 sarva-gu\'eba-prasiddhyai
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97original; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Supr
eme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advit\'e9ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub turya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97transcendental; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-manifesting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ahetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme controller; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prat\'e9yase}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You are perceived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nonetheless; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vik\'e4ram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97various transformations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97illusory potency; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prasiddhyai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97for the complete manifestation.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the original person, one without a second, transcendental and self-manifesting. Uncaused, you are the cause of all, and Yo
u are the ultimate controller. You are nonetheless perceived in terms of the transformations of matter effected by Your illusory energy\'97transformations You sanction so that the various material qualities can become fully manifest.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 63.38).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is inconceivable by His Nature (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.70.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tavehita\'e0 ko 'rhati s\'e4dhu veditu\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yayeda\'e0 s\'e5jato niyacchata\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yad vidyam\'e4n\'e4tmatay\'e4vabh\'e4sate
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasmai namas te sva-vilak\'f1a\'eb\'e4tmane
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9hitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97purpose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arhati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is able; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97properly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub veditum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to understand; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material energy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5jata\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who creates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niyacchata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97and withdraws; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidyam\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to exist; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmatay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by relation to You, the Supersoul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avabh\'e4sate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97appears; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasmai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vilak\'f1a\'eba-\'e4tmane}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inconceivable.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Who can properly understand Your purpose? With Your material energy You expand and also withdraw this creation, which thus appears
 to have substantial existence. Obeisances to You, whose transcendental position is inconceivable.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 70.38).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Master of the Universe (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.70.37
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-n\'e4rada uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4 m\'e4y\'e4 te bahu\'e7o duratyay\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 vibho vi\'e7va-s\'e5ja\'e7 ca m\'e4yina\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcte\'f1u bh\'fcma\'e0\'e7 carata\'f9 sva-\'e7aktibhir
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vahner iva cchanna-ruco na me 'dbhutam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-n\'e4rada\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 N
\'e4rada said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97seen; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahu\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97many times; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub duratyay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97insurmountable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97power of illusion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97O almighty one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5ja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the creator (Lord Brahm\'e4); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97of the bewilderer (You); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97among the created beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O all-encompassing one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carata
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(of You) who move; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by energies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vahne\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub channa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97covered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ruca\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose light; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for me; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhutam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97amazing.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  I have seen many times the ins
urmountable power of Your M\'e4y\'e4, O almighty one, by which You bewilder even the creator of the universe, Brahm\'e4. O all-encompassing Lord, it does not surprise me that You disguise Yourself by Your own energies while moving among the created being
s, as a fire covers its own light with smoke.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 70.37).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Nourisher of the Universe (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.85.5
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub etan n\'e4n\'e4-vidha\'e0 vi\'e7vam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-s\'e5\'f1\'f6am adhok\'f1aja
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4nupravi\'e7y\'e4tman
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'ebo j\'e9vo bibhar\'f1y aja
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4n\'e4-vidham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97variegated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7vam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
from Yourself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97created; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O transcendental Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in Your manifestation (as the Param\'e4tm\'e4); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anupravi\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97entering within; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the principle of vitality; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the principle of consciousness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bibhar\'f1i}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You maintain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O unborn o
ne.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O transcendental Lord, from Yourself You created this entire variegated universe, and then You entered within it in Your personal 
form as the Supersoul. In this way, O unborn Supreme Soul, as the life force and consciousness of everyone, You maintain the creation.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 85.5).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Sun that cheers the lotus of the kindred of the V\'e5\'f1\'ebis [the members of the family in which He appeared] (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn 
\s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.40
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-kula-pu\'f1kara-jo\'f1a-d\'e4yin
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1m\'e4-nirjara-dvija-pa\'e7\'fcdadhi-v\'e5ddhi-k\'e4rin
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uddharma-\'e7\'e4rvara-hara k\'f1iti-r\'e4k\'f1asa-dhrug
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4-kalpam \'e4rkam arhan bhagavan namas te
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-kula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Yadu dynasty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pu\'f1kara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the lotus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jo\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pleasure; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4yin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who bestow; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub nirjara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dvija}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and of the animals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udadhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the great oceans; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5ddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the increase; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4rin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub uddharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of atheistic principles; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4rvara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the darkness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O dispeller; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97upon the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the demons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhruk}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the opponent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4-kalpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97until the end of the universe; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4-arkam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as long as the sun shines; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arhan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O supremely worshipable Deity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97I offer my respectful obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub My dear \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You bestow happiness upon the lotuslike V\'e5\'f1\'ebi dynasty and expand the great oceans consi
sting of the earth, the demigods, the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and the cows. You dispel the dense darkness of irreli
gion and oppose the demons who have appeared on this earth. O Supreme Personality of Godhead, as long as this universe exists and as long as the sun shines, I will offer my obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.40).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the God worshiped by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.69.15
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasy\'e4vanijya cara\'ebau tad-apa\'f9 sva-m\'fcrdhn\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bibhraj jagad-gurutamo 'pi sat\'e4\'e0 patir hi
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebya-deva iti yad gu\'eba-n\'e4ma yukta\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasyaiva yac-cara\'eba-\'e7aucam a\'e7e\'f1a-t\'e9rtham
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97his; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avanijya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97washing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'ebau}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97that; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97water; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fcrdhn\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97on the head; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bibhrat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97carrying; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the entire universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru-tama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme spiritual master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97even though; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the saintly devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who favors the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97thus called; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97since; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97based on His quality; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the name; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yuktam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fitting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aucam
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the bathing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7e\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e9rtham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97holy shrine.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The Lord bathed N\'e4rada's feet and then put the water on His own head. Although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme spiritual aut
hority of the universe and the master of His devotees, it was proper for Him to behave in this way, for His name is Brahma\'ebya-deva, "the Lord who favors the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub b\'e5\'e4hma\'ebas.}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub " Thus \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba honored the sage N\'e4rada by bathing his feet, even though the water that bathes the Lord's own feet becomes the Ganges, the ultimate holy shrine.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 69.15).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Foremost of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  10.84.20
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasm\'e4d brahma-kula\'e0 brahman
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra-yones tvam \'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sabh\'e4jayasi sad dh\'e4ma
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad brahma\'eby\'e4gra\'eb\'e9r bhav\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasm\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kulam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the community; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the revealed scriptures; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yone\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose means of realization; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Yourself; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sabh\'e4jayasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -show honor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfect; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the abode; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97consequently; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of those who respect brahminical culture; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agran\'e9\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the leader; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Therefore, O Supreme Brahman, You honor the members of the brahminical community, for they are the perfect agents by which one can
 realize You through the evidence of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  For that very reason You are the foremost worshiper of the 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 84.20).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Originator of Brahm\'e4 (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.40.1
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-akr\'fcra uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nato 'smy aha\'e0 tv\'e4khila-hetu-hetu\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'e0 p\'fcru\'f1am \'e4dyam avyayam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yan-n\'e4bhi-j\'e4t\'e4d aravinda-ko\'f1\'e4d
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4vir\'e4s\'e9d yata e\'f1a loka\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-akr\'fcra\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 Ak
r\'fcra said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bowed down; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asmi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97am; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97I; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97causes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcru
\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97original; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inexhaustible; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4bhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97navel; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4t\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which was generated;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aravinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of a lotus plant; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ko\'f1\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the whorl; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avir\'e4s\'e9t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97appeared; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'f1a\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wor
ld.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Akr\'fcra said: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I bow down to You, the cause o
f all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. From the whorl of the lotus born from Your navel, Brahm\'e4 appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 40.1).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Worshiped of Brahm\'e4 (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.31.13
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pra\'ebata-k\'e4ma-da\'e0 padmaj\'e4rcita\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhara\'ebi-ma\'eb\'f2ana\'e0 dhyeyam \'e4padi
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cara\'eba-pa\'eckaja\'e0 \'e7antama\'e0 ca te
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rama\'eba na\'f9 stane\'f1v arpay\'e4dhi-han
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of those who bow down; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da
m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fulfilling; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub padma-ja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97by Lord Brahm\'e4; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arcitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worshiped; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhara\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the earth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ma\'eb\'f2anam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ornament; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhyeyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97th
e proper object of meditation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4padi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in time of distress; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba-pa\'eckajam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7am-tamam
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -giving the highest satisfaction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rama\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O lover; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97our; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub stane\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97on the breasts; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arpaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please place; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhi-han}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O destroyer of mental distress.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Your lotus feet, which are worshiped by Lord Brahm\'e4, fulfill the desires of all who bow down to them. They are the ornament of 
the earth, they give the highest satisfaction, and in times of danger they are the appropriate object of meditation. O lover, O destroyer of anxiety, please put those lotus feet upon our breasts.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 31.13).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves His devotees (48.26).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba wears Forms in accordance with the wishes of His devotee (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.59.25
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcmir uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namas te deva-deve\'e7a
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7a\'eckha-cakra-gad\'e4-dhara
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhaktecchop\'e4tta-r\'fcp\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub param\'e4tman namo 'stu te
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcmi\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the earth-goddess said;
 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva-deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the lords of the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7a\'eckha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the conchshell; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cakra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97disc; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gad\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and 
club; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O holder; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Your devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub icch\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the desire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4tta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who have assumed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcp\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your forms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-
\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97let there be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Goddess Bh\'fcmi said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  Obeisances unto You, O Lord of th
e chief demigods, O holder of the conchshell, disc and club. O Supreme Soul within the heart, You assume Your various forms to fulfill Your devotees' desires. Obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 59.25).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally Present in Mathur\'e4 (1.28).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is devoid of the sense of kinship and regards all in the same way (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.46.37
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na hy asy\'e4sti priya\'f9 ka\'e7cin
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4priyo v\'e4sty am\'e4nina\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nottamo n\'e4dhamo v\'e4pi
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa-m\'e4nasy\'e4samo 'pi v\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there is; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97dear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka\'e7cit}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97anyone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apriya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not dear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97or; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97there is; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e4nina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who is free from desire for respect; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uttama\'f9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97superior; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inferior; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97or; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sam\'e4nasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for Him who has all respect for others; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4sama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97completely ordinary; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97or.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub For Him no one is especially dear or despicable, superior or inferior, and yet He is not indifferent to anyone. He is free from al
l desire for respect and yet gives respect to all others.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 46.37).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is beyond all Measuring Potency (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (63.26).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is subdued by the love of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira [His elder cousin] (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.72.10
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ete te bhr\'e4taro r\'e4ja\'fb
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub loka-p\'e4l\'e4\'e0\'e7a-sambhav\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jito 'smy \'e4tmavat\'e4 te 'ha\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub durjayo yo 'k\'e5t\'e4tmabhi\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ete}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhr\'e4tara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97brothers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4jan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O King; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the planets; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub p\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the ruling demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as partial expansions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sambhav\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97born; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97conquered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm
i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97am; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-vat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97self-controlled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by you; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub durjaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unconquerable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'e5ta-\'e4tmabhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by those who have not conquered their senses.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub These brothers of yours, O King, have taken birth as partial expansions of the demigods ruling various planets. And you are so sel
f-controlled that you have conquered even Me, who am unconquerable for those who cannot control their senses.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 72.10).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is concealed by the screen of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the sight of the people (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.85.19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tat te gato 'smy ara\'ebam adya pad\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4panna-sa\'e0s\'e5ti-bhay\'e4paham \'e4rta-bandho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub et\'e4vat\'e4lam alam indriya-l\'e4lasena
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub marty\'e4tma-d\'e5k tvayi pare yad apatya-buddhi\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97come; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asmi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I am; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ara\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adya}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97today; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4da-aravindam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97to the lotus feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4panna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for those who have surrendered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of material entanglement; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bha
ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the fear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apaham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97which remove; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the distressed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bandho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O friend; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub et\'e4vat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this much; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alam alam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97enough, enough; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for sense enjoyment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub l\'e4lasena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with hankering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub martya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as mortal (the material body); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97myself; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose seeing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvayi}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97toward You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97t
he Supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of which (hankering); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apatya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(of Your being my) child; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub buddhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the mentality.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Therefore, O friend of the distressed, I now approach Your lotus feet for shelter\'97the same lotus feet that dispel all fear of w
orldly existence for those who have surrendered to them. Enough! Enough with hankering for sense enjoyment, which makes me identify with this mortal body and think of You, the Supreme, as my child.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 85.19).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not follow the ways of the world (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.36
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvat-p\'e4da-padma-makaranda-ju\'f1\'e4\'e0 mun\'e9n\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vartm\'e4sphu\'f6a\'e0 nr-pa\'e7ubhir nanu durvibh\'e4vyam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasm\'e4d alaukikam ivehitam \'e9\'e7varasya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcma\'e0s tavehitam atho anu ye bhavantam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub padma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lotuslike; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub makaranda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the hon
ey; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ju\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who relish; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub mun\'e9n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for sages; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vartma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(Your) path; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asphu\'f6am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not apparent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in human form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7ubhi
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by animals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nanu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97certainly, then; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub durvibh\'e4vyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97impossible to comprehend; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasm\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alaukikam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97supramundane; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9hitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e9\'e7varasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O all-powerful one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9hitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97activities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha u
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97f
ollowing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bhavantam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Your movements, inscrutable even for sages who relish the honey of Your lotus feet, are certainly incomprehensible for human being
s who behave like animals. And just as Your activities are transcendental, O all-powerful Lord, so too are those of Your followers.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.36).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Destroyer of the fear of the mundane sojourn of the submissive (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.85.19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tat te gato 'smy ara\'ebam adya pad\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4panna-sa\'e0s\'e5ti-bhay\'e4paham \'e4rta-bandho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub et\'e4vat\'e4lam alam indriya-l\'e4lasena
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub marty\'e4tma-d\'e5k tvayi pare yad apatya-buddhi\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97come; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asmi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I am; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ara\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adya}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97today; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'e4da-aravindam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97to the lotus feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4panna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for those who have surrendered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of material entanglement; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bha
ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the fear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apaham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97which remove; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4rta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the distressed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bandho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O friend; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub et\'e4vat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this much; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub alam alam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97enough, enough; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub indriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for sense enjoyment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub l\'e4lasena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with hankering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub martya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as mortal (the material body); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97myself; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose seeing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvayi}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97toward You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97t
he Supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because of which (hankering); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apatya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(of Your being my) child; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub buddhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the mentality.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Therefore, O friend of the distressed, I now approach Your lotus feet for shelter\'97the same lotus feet that dispel all fear of w
orldly existence for those who have surrendered to them. Enough! Enough with hankering for sense enjoyment, which makes me identify with this mortal body and think of You, the Supreme, as my child.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 85.19).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Womb of the Scriptures (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.16.44
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nama\'f9 pram\'e4\'eba-m\'fcl\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kavaye \'e7\'e4stra-yonaye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prav\'e5tt\'e4ya niv\'e5tt\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nigam\'e4ya namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pram\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of authoritative evidence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub m\'fcl\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the basis; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kavaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the author; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the revealed scripture; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yonaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the source; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub prav\'e5tt\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which encourages sense gratification; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niv\'e5tt\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which encourages renunciation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nigam\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97to Him who is the origin of both kinds of scripture; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9 nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97repeated
 obeisances.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub We offer our obeisances again and again to You, who are the basis of all authoritative evidence, who are the author and ultimate s
ource of the revealed scriptures, and who have manifested Yourself in those Vedic literatures encouraging sense gratification as well as in those encouraging renunciation of the material world.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16.44, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.80.45
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasya cchando-maya\'e0 brahma
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deha \'e4vapana\'e0 vibho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7reyas\'e4\'e0 tasya guru\'f1u
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4so 'tyanta-vi\'f2ambanam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chanda\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97consisting of; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dehe}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within the body; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4vapanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the sowing field; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O almighty Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7reyas\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of auspicious goals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97His; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with spir
itual masters; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4sa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97residence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atyanta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97extreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'f2ambanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97pretense.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O almighty Lord, Your body comprises the Absolute Truth in the form of the Vedas and is thus the source of all auspicious goals of
 life. That You took up residence at the school of a spiritual master is simply one of Your pastimes in which You play the role of a human being.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 80.45, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.84.20
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasm\'e4d brahma-kula\'e0 brahman
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra-yones tvam \'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sabh\'e4jayasi sad dh\'e4ma
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad brahma\'eby\'e4gra\'eb\'e9r bhav\'e4n
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tasm\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kulam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the community; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the revealed scriptures; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yone\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose means of realization; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Yourself; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sabh\'e4jayasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -show honor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfect; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the abode; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97consequently; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of those who respect brahminical culture; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agran\'e9\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the leader; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Therefore, O Supreme Brahman, You honor the members of the brahminical community, for they are the perfect agents by which one can
 realize You through the evidence of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  For that very reason You are the foremost worshiper of the 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 84.20).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 guru\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [the spiritual master\'92s] Own Self (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.80.33
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanv artha-kovid\'e4 brahman
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-vat\'e4m iha
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye may\'e4 guru\'eb\'e4 v\'e4c\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub taranty a\'efjo bhav\'e4r\'ebavam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nanu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of their true welfare; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kovid\'e4\'f9}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97expert knowers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-vat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97among those engaged in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  system; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this world; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub may\'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guru\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97as the spiritual master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4c\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97through his words; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub taranti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97cross beyond; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'efja\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97easily; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of material li
fe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ar\'ebavam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ocean.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Certainly, O }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  of all the followers of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  system, those
 who take advantage of the words I speak in My form as the spiritual master and thus easily cross over the ocean of material existence best understand their own true welfare.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 80.33).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is devoid of hankering for wife, offspring, etc. (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.20
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ud\'e4s\'e9n\'e4 vaya\'e0 n\'fcna\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na stry-apaty\'e4rtha-k\'e4muk\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-labdhy\'e4smahe p\'fcr\'eb\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gehayor jyotir-akriy\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ud\'e4s\'e9n\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indifferent; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97We; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'fcnam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub str\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for wives; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub apatya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97children; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97and wealth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4muk\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hankering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-labdhy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by being self-satisfied; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'e4smahe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97We remain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gehayo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to body and home; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like a fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akriy\'e4\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97engaged in no activity.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub We care nothing for wives, children and wealth. Always satisfied within Ourselves, We do not work for body and home, but like a li
ght, We merely witness.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.20).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Ordainer of the wordly sojourn and of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub summum bonum }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (1.7).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Cause of all entities (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.85.4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yatra yena yato yasya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasmai yad yad yath\'e4 yad\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sy\'e4d ida\'e0 bhagav\'e4n s\'e4k\'f1\'e4t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pradh\'e4na-puru\'f1e\'e7vara\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yatra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of which; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yasmai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yat yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whatever; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97however; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yad\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whenever; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97comes into existence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (creation); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in His personal presence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pradh\'e4na-puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of nature and its creator (Mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the predominator.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who manifest as the Lord of both nature and the creator of nature [Mah\'e4-vi\'f1\'ebu
]. Everything that comes into existence, however and whenever it does so, is created within You, by You, from You, for You and in relation to You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 85.4).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Friend of the good (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.69.17
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-n\'e4rada uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naiv\'e4dbhuta\'e0 tvayi vibho 'khila-loka-n\'e4the
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub maitr\'e9 jane\'f1u sakale\'f1u dama\'f9 khal\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya hi jagat-sthiti-rak\'f1a\'eb\'e4bhy\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svair\'e4vat\'e4ra urug\'e4ya vid\'e4ma su\'f1\'f6hu
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  \'e7r\'e9-n\'e4rada\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 N
\'e4rada said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adbhutam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97surprising; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvayi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O almighty one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the ruler; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub maitr
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97friendship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jane\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97toward people; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakale\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the subduing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub khal\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the envious; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97for the highest benefit; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by maintenance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rak\'f1a\'eb\'e4bhy\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and p
rotection; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svaira}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97freely chosen; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avat\'e4ra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97descent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uru-g\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who are praised universally; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vid\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97we know; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su\'f1\'f6hu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97well.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O almighty Lord, it is no surp
rise that You, the ruler of all worlds, show friendship for all people and yet subdue the envious. As we well know, You descend by Your sweet will in order to bestow the highest good on this universe by maintaining and protecting it. Thus Your glories ar
e widely sung.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 69.17).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is devoid of discrimination as to kinship (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.63.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvam eka \'e4dya\'f9 puru\'f1o 'dvit\'e9yas
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turya\'f9 sva-d\'e5g dhetur ahetur \'e9\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prat\'e9yase 'th\'e4pi yath\'e4-vik\'e4ra\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yay\'e4 sarva-gu\'eba-prasiddhyai
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97original; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Supr
eme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advit\'e9ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub turya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97transcendental; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-manifesting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ahetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme controller; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prat\'e9yase}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You are perceived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nonetheless; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vik\'e4ram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97various transformations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97illusory potency; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prasiddhyai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97for the complete manifestation.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the original person, one without a second, transcendental and self-manifesting. Uncaused, you are the cause of all, and Yo
u are the ultimate controller. You are nonetheless perceived in terms of the transformations of matter effected by Your illusory energy\'97transformations You sanction so that the various material qualities can become fully manifest.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 63.38, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.63.44
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\'e0 tv\'e4 jagat-sthity-uday\'e4nta-hetu\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sama\'e0 pra\'e7\'e4nta\'e0 suh\'e5d-\'e4tma-daivam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananyam eka\'e0 jagad-\'e4tma-keta\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhav\'e4pavarg\'e4ya bhaj\'e4ma devam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the maintenance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the rise; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the demise; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub hetum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97equipoised; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'e7\'e4ntam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfectly at peace; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suh\'e5t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the friend; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Self; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub daivam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and worshipable
 Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ekam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unique; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all the worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and all souls; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ketam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of material life; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apavarg\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97for the cessation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97let us worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Let us worship You, the Supreme Lord, to be freed from material life. You are the maintainer of the universe and the cause of its 
creation and demise. Equipoised and perfectly at peace, You are the true friend, Self and worshipable Lord. You are one without a second, the shelter of all the worlds and all souls.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 44).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Existence (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.56.27
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tva\'e0 hi vi\'e7va-s\'e5j\'e4m sra\'f1\'f6\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4n\'e4m api yac ca sat
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4la\'f9 kalayat\'e4m \'e9\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub para \'e4tm\'e4 tath\'e4tman\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5j\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the cre
ators; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sra\'f1\'f6\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the creator; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of created entities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97underlying substance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97th
e subduer; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalayat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of subduers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para\'f9 \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all souls.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the ultimate creator of all creators of the universe, and of everything created You are the underlying substance. You are 
the subduer of all subduers, the Supreme Lord and Supreme Soul of all souls.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 56.27).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba possesses true desire (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.80.44
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-br\'e4hma\'eba uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kim asm\'e4bhir anirv\'e5tta\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deva-deva jagad-guro
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhavat\'e4 satya-k\'e4mena
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 v\'e4so guror abh\'fct
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-br\'e4hma\'eba\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm\'e4bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97by us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anirv\'e5ttam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not achieved; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva-deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord of lords; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O spiritual master; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub satya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fulfilled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4mena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all whose desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4sa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97residence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guro\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at the home of the spiritual master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abh\'fct}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97was.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The br\'e4hma\'eba said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  What could I possibly have fail
ed to achieve, O Lord of lords, O universal teacher, since I was able to personally live with You, whose every desire is fulfilled, at the home of our spiritual master?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 80.44).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the True Entity (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.87.17
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e5taya iva \'e7vasanty asu-bh\'e5to yadi te 'nuvidh\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahad-aham-\'e4dayo '\'eb\'f2am as\'e5jan yad-anugrahata\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a-vidho 'nvayo 'tra caramo 'nna-may\'e4di\'f1u ya\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sad-asata\'f9 para\'e0 tvam atha yad e\'f1v ava\'e7e\'f1am \'e5tam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5taya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bellows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7vasanti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they breathe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asu-bh\'e5ta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97alive; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yadi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anuvidh\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97faithful followers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mahat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the total material energy; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97false ego; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'e4daya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the other elements of creation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the universal egg; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub as\'e5jan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97produced; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anugr
ahata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the mercy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the living entity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to the particular forms; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anvaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose entrance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub atra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97among these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub carama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ultimate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anna-maya-\'e4di\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97among the manifestations known as 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anna-maya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  and so on; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat-asata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97from gross and subtle matter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub param}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97distinct; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and furthermore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97among these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ava
\'e7e\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97underlying; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the reality.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Only if they become Your faithful followers are those who breathe actually alive; otherwise their breathing is like that of a bell
ows. It is by Your mercy alone that the elements, beginning with the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mahat-tattva}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and false ego, created th
e egg of this universe. Among the manifestations known as }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub anna-maya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and so forth, You are the ultimate one,
 entering within the material coverings along with the living entity and assuming the same forms as those he takes. Distinct from the gross and subtle material manifestations, You are the reality underlying them all.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 87.17).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is True of speech (48.26).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees with an equal eye (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.16.33
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4ga-patnya \'fccu\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ny\'e4yyo hi da\'eb\'f2a\'f9 k\'e5ta-kilbi\'f1e 'smi\'e0s
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tav\'e4vat\'e4ra\'f9 khala-nigrah\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ripo\'f9 sut\'e4n\'e4m api tulya-d\'e5\'f1\'f6ir
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhatse dama\'e0 phalam ev\'e4nu\'e7a\'e0san
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ga-patnya\'f9 \'fccu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the wives of th
e serpent said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ny\'e4yya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fair and just; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da\'eb\'f2a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97punishment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5ta-kilbi\'f1e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to him who has 
committed offense; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asmin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avat\'e4ra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97descent into this world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub khala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the envious; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nigrah\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the subjugation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ripo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to an enemy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sut\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Your own sons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tulya-d\'e5\'f1\'f6i\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having equal vision; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub dhatse}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You give; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub damam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97punishment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub phalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ultimate result; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anu\'e7a\'e0sam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97considering.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The wives of the K\'e4liya serpent said: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The punishment 
this offender has been subjected to is certainly just. After all, You have incarnated within this world to curb down envious and cruel persons. You are so impartial that You look equally upon Your enemies and Your own sons, for when You impose a punishme
nt on a living being You know it to be for his ultimate benefit.}}}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 16.33).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is True of resolve (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.37.12
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4tm\'e4\'e7raya\'f9 p\'fcrva\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4 sas\'e5je gu\'eb\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tair ida\'e0 satya-sa\'eckalpa\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5jasy atsy avas\'e9\'e7vara\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your personal potency; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the spirit soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4\'e7raya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcrvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97first; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your creative energy; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sas\'e5je}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You produced; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
gu\'eb\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the basic modes of material nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97through these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always realized in fact; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
a\'eckalpa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5jasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You create; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atsi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97withdraw; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and maintain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the controller.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal
 creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 37.12).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Cause of all causes (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.56
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vastuto j\'e4nat\'e4m atra
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0 sth\'e4snu cari\'f1\'ebu ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagavad-r\'fcpam akhila\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4nyad vastv iha ki\'efcana
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vastuta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in fact; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e4nat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for those who understand; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub atra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sth\'e4snu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97stationary; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cari\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97moving; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavat-r\'fcpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97the manifest forms of the Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhilam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97everything; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nothing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anyat}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97else; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vastu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97substance; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97here; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ki\'ef
cana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at all.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Those in this world who understand Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is see all things, whether stationary or moving, as manifest forms of
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such enlightened persons recognize no reality apart from the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.56\'96\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.14.57
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarve\'f1\'e4m api vast\'fcn\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4v\'e4rtho bhavati sthita\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasy\'e4pi bhagav\'e4n k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kim atad vastu r\'fcpyat\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarve\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vast\'fcn\'e4m}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97entities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4va-artha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the original, unmanifested causal phase of material nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97established; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of that unmanifest nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97even; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97separate from Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vastu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcpyat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97may be ascertained.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The original, unmanifested form of material nature is the source of all material things, and the source of even that subtle materi
al nature is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What, then, could one ascertain to be separate from Him?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 57, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.63.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvam eka \'e4dya\'f9 puru\'f1o 'dvit\'e9yas
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turya\'f9 sva-d\'e5g dhetur ahetur \'e9\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prat\'e9yase 'th\'e4pi yath\'e4-vik\'e4ra\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yay\'e4 sarva-gu\'eba-prasiddhyai
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97original; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Supr
eme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advit\'e9ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub turya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97transcendental; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-manifesting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ahetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme controller; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prat\'e9yase}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You are perceived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nonetheless; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vik\'e4ram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97various transformations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97illusory potency; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prasiddhyai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97for the complete manifestation.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the original person, one without a second, transcendental and self-manifesting. Uncaused, you are the cause of all, and Yo
u are the ultimate controller. You are nonetheless perceived in terms of the transformations of matter effected by Your illusory energy\'97transformations You sanction so that the various material qualities can become fully manifest.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 63.38, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.87.16
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iti tava s\'fcrayas try-adhipate 'khila-loka-mala-
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1apa\'eba-kath\'e4m\'e5t\'e4bdhim avag\'e4hya tap\'e4\'e0si jahu\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kim uta puna\'f9 sva-dh\'e4ma-vidhut\'e4\'e7aya-k\'e4la-gu\'eb\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parama bhajanti ye padam ajasra-sukh\'e4nubhavam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'fcraya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wise saints; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the thre
e (planetary systems of the universe, or the three modes of nature); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhipate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O master; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l
oka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97the contamination; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1apa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which eradicates; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of discussions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nectar; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abdhim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97into the ocea
n; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avag\'e4hya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by diving deeply; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tap\'e4\'e0si}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their troubles; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jahu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97have given up; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim uta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what to speak; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puna\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97moreover; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the power; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidhuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97dispelled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7aya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of their minds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and of time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97
the (undesirable) qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O supreme one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub padam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your true nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ajasra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97uninterrupted; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukha}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of happiness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anubhavam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97(in which there is) experience.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Therefore, O master of the three worlds, the wise get rid of all misery by diving deep into the nectarean ocean of topics about Yo
u, which washes away all the contamination of the universe. Then what to speak of those who, having by spiritual strength rid their minds of bad habits and freed themselves from time, are able to worship Your true nature, O supreme one, finding within it
 uninterrupted bliss?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 87.16).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Originator of all (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.59.28
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'e4ya janayitre 'sya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebe 'nanta-\'e7aktaye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4var\'e4tman bh\'fct\'e4tman
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub param\'e4tman namo 'stu te
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aj\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the unborn; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janayitre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the progenitor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the Absolute; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unlimited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose energies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the superior; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the inferior
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the material creation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama-\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme Soul, who are all-per
vading; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub astu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97may there be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto You.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Obeisances unto You of unlimited energies, the unborn progenitor of this universe, the Absolute. O Soul of the high and the low, O
 Soul of the created elements, O all-pervading Supreme Soul, obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 59.28).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Soul\'92s own self of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (individual souls) (14.55).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Omniscient (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.16.48
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4vara-gati-j\'ef\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarv\'e4dhyak\'f1\'e4ya te nama\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avi\'e7v\'e4ya ca vi\'e7v\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad-dra\'f1\'f6re 'sya ca hetave
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para-avara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all things, both superior and i
nferior; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the destinations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Him who knows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all things; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhyak\'f1\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the regulator; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97our obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avi\'e7v\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97to Him who is distinct from the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7v\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in whom the illusion of material creation manifests; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-dra\'f1\'f6re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the witness of such illusion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of this world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetave}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the root cause.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Obeisances unto You, who know the destination of all things, superior and inferior, and who are the presiding regulator of all tha
t be. You are distinct from the universal creation, and yet You are the basis upon which the illusion of material creation evolves, and also the witness of this illusion. Indeed, You are the root cause of the entire world.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16.48).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is All-seeing (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.38.18
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na mayy upai\'f1yaty ari-buddhim acyuta\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ka\'e0sasya d\'fcta\'f9 prahito 'pi vi\'e7va-d\'e5k
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yo 'ntar bahi\'e7 cetasa etad \'e9hita\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra-j\'efa \'e9k\'f1aty amalena cak\'f1u\'f1\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mayi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97toward me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upai\'f1yati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97will He develop; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of being an ene
my; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub buddhim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the attitude; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub acyuta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the infallible Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ka\'e0sasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of Ka\'e0sa; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'fcta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a messenger; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prahita\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97although; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of
 everything; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the witness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inside; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and outside; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cetasa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the heart; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9hitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whatever is done; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the field (of the material body); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'efa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the knower; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9k\'f1ati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He sees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub amalena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with perfect; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cak\'f1u\'f1\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97vision.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The infallible Lord will not consider me an enemy, even though Ka\'e0sa has sent me here as his messenger. After all, the omniscie
nt Lord is the actual knower of the field of this material body, and with His perfect vision He witnesses, both externally and internally, all the endeavors of the conditioned soul's heart.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 38.18).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the embodiment of all gods (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.74.19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arhati hy acyuta\'f9 \'e7rai\'f1\'f6hya\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n s\'e4tvat\'e4\'e0 pati\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub e\'f1a vai devat\'e4\'f9 sarv\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub de\'e7a-k\'e4la-dhan\'e4daya\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arhati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97deserves; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acyuta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97infallible K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7rai\'f1\'f6hyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme position; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4tvat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Y\'e4davas; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub pati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the chief; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarv\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub de\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the place (for the sacrifi
ce); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub dhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the material paraphernalia; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4daya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and so on.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub [Sahadeva said:] }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Certainly it is Acyuta, the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead and chief of the Y\'e4davas, who deserves the highest position. In truth, He Himself comprises all the demigods worshiped in sacrifice, along with such aspects of the worship as the sacred place, the time and the paraphernalia.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 74.19, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.86.54
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na br\'e4hma\'eb\'e4n me dayita\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'fcpam etac catur-bhujam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-veda-mayo vipra\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-deva-mayo hy aham
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eb\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97than a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba;}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dayitam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97more dear; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'fcpam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97personal form; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub etat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97t
his; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub catu\'f9-bhujam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97four-armed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub maya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97comprising; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vipra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub maya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97comprising; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Even My own four-armed form is no dearer to Me than a }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br
\'e4hma\'eba.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  Within himself a learned }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  comprises all the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  just as within Myself I comprise all the demigods.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 86.54).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Seer of all (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.16.48
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4vara-gati-j\'ef\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarv\'e4dhyak\'f1\'e4ya te nama\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avi\'e7v\'e4ya ca vi\'e7v\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tad-dra\'f1\'f6re 'sya ca hetave
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para-avara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all things, both superior and i
nferior; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the destinations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Him who knows; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all things; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adhyak\'f1\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the regulator; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97our obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avi\'e7v\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97to Him who is distinct from the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7v\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in whom the illusion of material creation manifests; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-dra\'f1\'f6re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the witness of such illusion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of this world; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetave}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the root cause.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Obeisances unto You, who know the destination of all things, superior and inferior, and who are the presiding regulator of all tha
t be. You are distinct from the universal creation, and yet You are the basis upon which the illusion of material creation evolves, and also the witness of this illusion. Indeed, You are the root cause of the entire world.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16.48).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Lord of all (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.37.23
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tv\'e4m \'e9\'e7vara\'e0 sv\'e4\'e7rayam \'e4tma-m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vinirmit\'e4\'e7e\'f1a-vi\'e7e\'f1a-kalpanam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kr\'e9\'f2\'e4rtham ady\'e4tta-manu\'f1ya-vigraha\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nato 'smi dhurya\'e0 yadu-v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-s\'e4tvat\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tv\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7varam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme controller; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-
\'e4\'e7rayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-contained; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the creative potency; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vinirmita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97constructed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'e7e
\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unlimited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi\'e7e\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97particular; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kalpanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97arrangements; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kr\'e9\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of playing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the sake; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97taken on; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manu\'f1
ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97among humans; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vigraham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97battle; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bowed down; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asmi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I am; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhuryam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the greatest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yadu-v\'e5\'f1\'ebi-s\'e4tvat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of 
the Yadu, V\'e5\'f1\'ebi and S\'e4tvata dynasties.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I bow down to You, the supreme controller, who are dependent only on Yourself. By Your potency You have constructed the unlimited 
particular arrangements of this universe. Now you have appeared as the greatest hero among the Yadus, V\'e5\'f1\'ebis and S\'e4tvatas and have chosen to participate in human warfare.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 37.23).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Stay (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7raya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) of all entities (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  10.82.46
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eva\'e0 hy et\'e4ni bh\'fct\'e4ni
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcte\'f1v \'e4tm\'e4tman\'e4 tata\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ubhaya\'e0 mayy atha pare
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'e7yat\'e4bh\'e4tam ak\'f1are
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub evam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this manner; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub et\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97materia
l entities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within the elements of creation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the self; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in its own true identity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97pervasive; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ubhayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97both; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mayi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97that is to say; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within the Supreme Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7yata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97you should see; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'e4bh\'e4tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97manifested; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'f1are}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub -within the imperishable.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub In this way all created things reside within the basic elements of creation, while the spirit souls pervade the creation, remainin
g in their own true identity. You should see both of these\'97the material creation and the self\'97as manifest within Me, the imperishable Supreme Truth.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 82.46).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is All-pervasive and Eternal (9.13).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Soul of all elements (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.86.31
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9-bahul\'e4\'e7va uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhav\'e4n hi sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4 s\'e4k\'f1\'e9 sva-d\'e5g vibho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atha nas tvat-pad\'e4mbhoja\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smarat\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dar\'e7ana\'e0 gata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bahul\'e4\'e7va\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r
\'e9 Bahul\'e4\'e7va said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97created beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
\'e4k\'f1\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the witness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-illumined; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O almighty one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-ambhojam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lotus feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smarat
\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who are remembering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dar\'e7anam gata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97have become visible.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Bahul\'e4\'e7va said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O almighty Lord, You are
 the Soul of all created beings, their self-illumined witness, and now You are giving Your audience to us, who constantly meditate on Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 86.31).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Knower of the minds of all elements (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.81.1,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.81.2,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub , }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.81.1-2
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-\'e7uka uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa ittha\'e0 dvija-mukhyena
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saha sa\'eckathayan hari\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fcta-mano-'bhij\'efa\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smayam\'e4na uv\'e4ca tam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebyo br\'e4hma\'eba\'e0 k\'e5\'f1\'ebo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n prahasan priyam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prem\'eb\'e4 nir\'e9k\'f1a\'ebenaiva
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prek\'f1an khalu sat\'e4\'e0 gati\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-\'e7uka\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7ukadeva Go
sv\'e4m\'e9 said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97He; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ittham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this manner; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dvija}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukhyena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the best; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub saha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97together; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'eckathayan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97conversing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord Hari; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97livi
ng beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the minds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhij\'efa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who knows perfectly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smayam\'e4na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97smiling; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97said; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebya
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97devoted to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Personality of G
odhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prahasan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97laughing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub priyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at His dear friend; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prem\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lovingly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nir\'e9k\'f1a\'ebena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with a glance; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prek\'f1an}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97looking; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub khalu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in
deed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the saintly devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the goal.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub [\'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said:] }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Lord Hari, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, perfectly knows the hearts of all living beings, and He is especially devoted to the br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub .}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub
 While the Supreme Lord, the goal of all saintly persons, conversed in this way with the best of the twice-born, He laughed and spoke the following words to that dear friend of His, the br\'e4hma\'eba Sud\'e4m\'e4, all the while smiling and looking upon 
him with affection.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 81.1).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the soul\'92s self of all elements (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.74.24
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fct\'e4tma-bh\'fct\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4y\'e4nanya-dar\'e7ine
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deya\'e0 \'e7\'e4nt\'e4ya p\'fcr\'eb\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dattasy\'e4nantyam icchat\'e4
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who 
comprises; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97never as separate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dar\'e7ine}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who sees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(honor) shou
ld be given; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nt\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the peaceful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfectly complete; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dattasya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of what is given; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4nantyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97unlimited increase; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub icchat\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by him who desires.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Anyone who wishes the honor he gives to be reciprocated infinitely should honor K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the perfectly peaceful and perfect
ly complete Soul of all beings, the Supreme Lord, who views nothing as separate from Himself.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 74.24).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Inner Soul of all elements (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.37.10, 10.37.11, 10.37.10-11
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4pramey\'e4tman
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoge\'e7a jagad-\'e9\'e7vara
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4khil\'e4v\'e4sa
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa72\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4tvat\'e4\'e0 pravara prabho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvam \'e4tm\'e4 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eko jyotir ivaidhas\'e4m
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'fc\'f2ho guh\'e4-\'e7aya\'f9 s\'e4k\'f1\'e9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-puru\'f1a \'e9\'e7vara\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aprameya-\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O immeasurable one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga-\'e9\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O source of all mystic power; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat
-\'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O son of Vasudeva; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub akhila-\'e4v\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O shelter of all beings
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4tvat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Yadu dynasty; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pravara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O You who are the best; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prabho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'97created beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97alone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jyoti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub edhas\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in kindling wood; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'fc\'f2ha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97hidden; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within the cave of the heart; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97sitting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the witness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
\'e9\'e7}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme controller.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub [N\'e4rada Muni said:]}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 unlimited Lord, source of all mystic power, Lord of the universe! O V\'e4sudeva, shelter of all beings and best of the Yadus ! O master, You are the Supreme Soul of all created beings, sitting unseen within the cave of the heart like the fire dormant wi
thin kindling wood. You are the witness within everyone, the Supreme Personality and the ultimate controlling Deity.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 37.11).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Cause of the origin of all elements (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.64.29
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namas te sarva-bh\'e4v\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebe 'nanta-\'e7aktaye
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya v\'e4sudev\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e4n\'e4\'e0 pataye nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva-bh\'e4v\'e4ya}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the source of all beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unlimited; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktaye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the possessor of potencies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k
\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the son of Vasudeva; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yog\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all processes of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pataye}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to the Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obeisa
nces.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I offer my repeated obeisances unto You, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Vasudeva. You are the source of all beings, the Supreme Absolu
te Truth, the possessor of unlimited potencies, the master of all spiritual disciplines.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 64.29).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Limit of all good (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.84.21
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adya no janma-s\'e4phalya\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidy\'e4y\'e4s tapaso d\'e5\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvay\'e4 sa\'ecgamya sad-gaty\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yad anta\'f9 \'e7reyas\'e4\'e0 para\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub adya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97today; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97our; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the birth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4phalyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fruition; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidy\'e4y\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the education; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tapasa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the austerities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the power of sight; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with Yo
u; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'ecgamya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97obtaining association; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of saintly persons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gaty\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who are the goal; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97because; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the limit; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7reyas
\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of benefits; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97ultimate.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Today our birth, education, austerity and vision have all become perfect because we have been able to associate with You, the goal
 of all saintly persons. Indeed, You Yourself are the ultimate, supreme blessing.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 84.21).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Omnipotent (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.37.12
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4tm\'e4\'e7raya\'f9 p\'fcrva\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4 sas\'e5je gu\'eb\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tair ida\'e0 satya-sa\'eckalpa\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5jasy atsy avas\'e9\'e7vara\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your personal potency; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the spirit soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4\'e7raya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcrvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97first; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your creative energy; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sas\'e5je}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You produced; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
gu\'eb\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the basic modes of material nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97through these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always realized in fact; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
a\'eckalpa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5jasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You create; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atsi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97withdraw; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and maintain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the controller.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal
 creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 37.12).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Lord of Lak\'f1m\'e9, the Presiding Deity of all riches (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.47.46
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kim asm\'e4bhir vanaukobhir
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub any\'e4bhir v\'e4 mah\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-pater \'e4pta-k\'e4masya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kriyet\'e4rtha\'f9 k\'e5t\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asm\'e4bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the forest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub okobhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose
 residence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub any\'e4bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with other women; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97or; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mah\'e4-\'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the exalted personality (K\'e5\'f1\'eba); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the goddess of fortune; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pate\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the husband; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4pta-k\'e4masya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose desires are already completely fulfilled; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kriyeta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is to be served; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97purpose; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e5ta-\'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for Him 
who is complete in Himself.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The great soul K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Lord of the goddess of fortune, and He automatically achieves whatever He desires. How can we
 forest-dwellers or any other women fulfill His purposes when He is already fulfilled within Himself?
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 47.46).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Internal Guide of all (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.63.38
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvam eka \'e4dya\'f9 puru\'f1o 'dvit\'e9yas
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turya\'f9 sva-d\'e5g dhetur ahetur \'e9\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prat\'e9yase 'th\'e4pi yath\'e4-vik\'e4ra\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sva-m\'e4yay\'e4 sarva-gu\'eba-prasiddhyai
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eka\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4dya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97original; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Supr
eme Person; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub advit\'e9ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub turya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97transcendental; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-manifesting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ahetu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97having no cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e9\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the supreme controller; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prat\'e9yase}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You are perceived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nonetheless; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vik\'e4ram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97various transformations; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97illusory potency; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'eba}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material qualities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prasiddhyai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97for the complete manifestation.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the original person, one without a second, transcendental and self-manifesting. Uncaused, you are the cause of all, and Yo
u are the ultimate controller. You are nonetheless perceived in terms of the transformations of matter effected by Your illusory energy\'97transformations You sanction so that the various material qualities can become fully manifest.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 63.38, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.72.6
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na brahma\'eba\'f9 sva-para-bheda-matis tava sy\'e4t
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0sevat\'e4\'e0 sura-taror api te pras\'e4da\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sev\'e4nur\'fcpam udayo na viparyayo 'tra
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and other's
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bheda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97differential; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub mati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97mentality; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there can be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97equal; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose vision; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within Himself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of happiness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anubh\'fcte\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose experience; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0sevat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for those who properly worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sura-taro\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the heavenly desire tree; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e4da\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97grace; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sev\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anur\'fcpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97in accordance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desirable results; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub viparyaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97contradiction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Within Your mind there can be no such differentiation as "This one is mine, and that is another's," because You are the Supreme Ab
solute Truth, the Soul of all beings, always equipoised and enjoying transcendental happiness within Yourself. Just like the heavenly desire tree, You bless all who properly worship You, granting their desired fruits in proportion to the service they ren
der You. There is nothing wrong in this.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 72.6).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Stay (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7raya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) of all (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  10.40.15
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tvayy avyay\'e4tman puru\'f1e prakalpit\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lok\'e4\'f9 sa-p\'e4l\'e4 bahu-j\'e9va-sa\'eckul\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yath\'e4 jale sa\'efjihate jalaukaso
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'py udumbare v\'e4 ma\'e7ak\'e4 mano-maye
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvayi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avyaya-\'e4tman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their inexhaustible one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
puru\'f1e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Personality of Godhead; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prakalpit\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97created; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lok\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the worlds; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa-p\'e4l\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97together with their protecting demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with many; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97living beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'eckul\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97crowded; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97just as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub jale}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in water; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'efjihate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97move about; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jala-okasa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97aquatic animals; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub api}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udumbare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udumbara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  fruit (a kind of fig); }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97or; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ma\'e7
ak\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97small biting insects; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the mind (and other senses); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub maye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97(in You) who comprise.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All the worlds, with their presiding demigods and teeming populations, originate in You, the inexhaustible Supreme Personality of 
Godhead. These worlds travel within You, the basis of the mind and senses, just as aquatics swim in the sea or tiny insects burrow within an }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub udumbara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  fruit.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 40.15).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Witness and Seer of Self (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.86.31
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e9-bahul\'e4\'e7va uv\'e4ca
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4 s\'e4k\'f1\'e9 sva-d\'e5g vibho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atha nas tvat-pad\'e4mbhoja\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub smarat\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dar\'e7ana\'e0 gata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bahul\'e4\'e7va\'f9 uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97\'c7r
\'e9 Bahul\'e4\'e7va said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97created beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
\'e4k\'f1\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the witness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-d\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97self-illumined; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O almighty one; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to us; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pada-ambhojam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97lotus feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub smarat
\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who are remembering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dar\'e7anam gata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97have become visible.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Bahul\'e4\'e7va said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O almighty Lord, You are
 the Soul of all created beings, their self-illumined witness, and now You are giving Your audience to us, who constantly meditate on Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 86.31).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Refuge of the good (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.80.9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanu brahman bhagavata\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sakh\'e4 s\'e4k\'f1\'e4c chriya\'f9 pati\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma\'ebya\'e7 ca \'e7ara\'ebya\'e7 ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n s\'e4tvatar\'f1abha\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nanu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of your exalted self; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sakh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the friend; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97directly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7riya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the supreme goddess of fortune; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the husband; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'ebya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97compassionate to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ara\'ebya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97willing to give shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4tvata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Y
\'e4davas; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e5\'f1abha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the best.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub [Sud\'e4m\'e4's wife said:]}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  O br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  isn't it true that the husband of the goddess of fortune is the personal friend of your exalted self? That greatest
 of Y\'e4davas, the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is compassionate to br\'e4hma\'ebas and very willing to grant them His shelter.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 80.9)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is most difficult to serve (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.88.11
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ato m\'e4\'e0 su-dur\'e4r\'e4dhya\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hitv\'e4ny\'e4n bhajate jana\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tatas ta \'e4\'e7u-to\'f1ebhyo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub labdha-r\'e4jya-\'e7riyoddhat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matt\'e4\'f9 pramatt\'e4 vara-d\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vismayanty avaj\'e4nate
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dur\'e4r\'e4dhyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97difficult to wo
rship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hitv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97leaving aside; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub any\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97others; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ordinary populace; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97consequently; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4\'e7u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub -quickly; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to\'f1ebhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from those who are satisfied; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub labdha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97received; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4jya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97royal; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7riy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by opulence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uddhat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97made arrogant; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ma
tt\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97intoxicated with pride; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pramatt\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97negligent; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of benedictions; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the givers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vismayanti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97becoming too bold; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avaj\'e4nate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97they insult.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Because I am difficult to worship, people generally avoid Me and instead worship other deities, who are quickly satisfied. When pe
ople receive kingly opulences from these deities, they become arrogant, intoxicated with pride and neglectful of their duties. They dare to offend even the demigods who have bestowed benedictions upon them.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 88.11).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Friend of one\'92s heart (48.26).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Withholder, Creator and Preserver (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.63.44
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\'e0 tv\'e4 jagat-sthity-uday\'e4nta-hetu\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sama\'e0 pra\'e7\'e4nta\'e0 suh\'e5d-\'e4tma-daivam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ananyam eka\'e0 jagad-\'e4tma-keta\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhav\'e4pavarg\'e4ya bhaj\'e4ma devam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sthiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the maintenance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the rise; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and the demise; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub hetum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cause; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97equipoised; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'e7\'e4ntam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97perfectly at peace; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub suh\'e5t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the friend; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Self; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub daivam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and worshipable
 Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ananyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without a second; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ekam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unique; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all the worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and all souls; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ketam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of material life; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apavarg\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97for the cessation; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaj\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97let us worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Let us worship You, the Supreme Lord, to be freed from material life. You are the maintainer of the universe and the cause of its 
creation and demise. Equipoised and perfectly at peace, You are the true friend, Self and worshipable Lord. You are one without a second, the shelter of all the worlds and all souls.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 63.44).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Master of the functions of creation, etc. (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.16.49
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tva\'e0 hy asya janma-sthiti-sa\'e0yam\'e4n vibho
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'ebair an\'e9ho 'k\'e5ta-k\'e4la-\'e7akti-dh\'e5k
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tat-tat-svabh\'e4v\'e4n pratibodhayan sata\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e9k\'f1ay\'e4mogha-vih\'e4ra \'e9hase
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of this universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janma-sthiti-sa\'e0yam\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97the creation, maintenance and destruction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vibho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O almighty Lord; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gu\'ebai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the modes of nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub an\'e9ha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97although uninvolved in any material endeavor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ak\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97beginningless; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4la-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97of the potency of time; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dh\'e5k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the holder; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat-tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of each of the modes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva-bh\'e4v\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the distinctive characteristics; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pratibodhayan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97awakening; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which are already present in their dormant state; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sam\'e9k\'f1ay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your glance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub amogha-vih\'e4ra\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose playful activities are impeccable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9hase}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You act.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O almighty Lord, although You have no reason to become involved in material activity, still You act through Your eternal potency o
f time to arrange for the creation, maintenance and destruction of this universe. You do this by awakening the distinct functions of each of the modes of nature, which before the creation lie dormant. Simply by Your glance You perfectly execute all these
 activities of cosmic control in a sporting mood.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16.49, \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.37.12
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4tm\'e4\'e7raya\'f9 p\'fcrva\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4 sas\'e5je gu\'eb\'e4n
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tair ida\'e0 satya-sa\'eckalpa\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5jasy atsy avas\'e9\'e7vara\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tman\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your personal potency; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the spirit soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4\'e7raya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcrvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97first; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by Your creative energy; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sas\'e5je}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You produced; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
gu\'eb\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the basic modes of material nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97through these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this (universe); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub satya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always realized in fact; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s
a\'eckalpa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5jasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You create; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atsi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97withdraw; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and maintain; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the controller.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub You are the shelter of all souls, and being the supreme controller, You fulfill Your desires simply by Your will. By Your personal
 creative potency You manifested in the beginning the primal modes of material nature, and through their agency You create, maintain and then destroy this universe.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 37.12).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is devoid of distinction between kin and alien (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.72.6
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na brahma\'eba\'f9 sva-para-bheda-matis tava sy\'e4t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarv\'e4tmana\'f9 sama-d\'e5\'e7a\'f9 sva-sukh\'e4nubh\'fcte\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0sevat\'e4\'e0 sura-taror api te pras\'e4da\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sev\'e4nur\'fcpam udayo na viparyayo 'tra
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and other's
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bheda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97differential; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub mati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97mentality; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there can be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97equal; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose vision; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within Himself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of happiness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anubh\'fcte\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose experience; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0sevat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for those who properly worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sura-taro\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the heavenly desire tree; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e4da\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97grace; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sev\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anur\'fcpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97in accordance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desirable results; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub viparyaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97contradiction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Within Your mind there can be no such differentiation as "This one is mine, and that is another's," because You are the Supreme Ab
solute Truth, the Soul of all beings, always equipoised and enjoying transcendental happiness within Yourself. Just like the heavenly desire tree, You bless all who properly worship You, granting their desired fruits in proportion to the service they ren
der You. There is nothing wrong in this.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 72.6).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba indwells the Universe created by Himself (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.48.19
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tma-s\'e5\'f1\'f6am ida\'e0 vi\'e7vam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anv\'e4vi\'e7ya sva-\'e7aktibhi\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9yate bahudh\'e4 brahman
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruta-pratyak\'f1a-gocaram
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tma-s\'e5\'f1\'f6am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97created by You; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97this; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vi
\'e7vam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97universe; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anv\'e4vi\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97subsequently entering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with Your own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97energies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9yate}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97You are perceived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahudh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97manifold; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Supreme; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ruta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by hearing from scripture; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pratyak\'f1a}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and by direct perception; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gocaram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97knowable.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Supreme Absolute Truth, with Your personal energies You create this universe and then enter into it. Thus one can perceive You i
n many different forms by hearing from authorities and by direct experience.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 48.19).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is satisfied by the taste of His Self-Delight (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.72.6
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na brahma\'eba\'f9 sva-para-bheda-matis tava sy\'e4t
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarv\'e4tmana\'f9 sama-d\'e5\'e7a\'f9 sva-sukh\'e4nubh\'fcte\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0sevat\'e4\'e0 sura-taror api te pras\'e4da\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sev\'e4nur\'fcpam udayo na viparyayo 'tra
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sva}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of own; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub para}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and other's
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bheda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97differential; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub mati\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97mentality; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97of You; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there can be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tmana\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97equal; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e5\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose vision; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
sva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97within Himself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sukha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97of happiness; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anubh\'fcte\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whose experience; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0sevat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for those who properly worship; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub sura-taro\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the heavenly desire tree; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e4da\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97grace; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sev\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with the service; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anur\'fcpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97in accordance; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub udaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desirable results; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub viparyaya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97contradiction; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Within Your mind there can be no such differentiation as "This one is mine, and that is another's," because You are the Supreme Ab
solute Truth, the Soul of all beings, always equipoised and enjoying transcendental happiness within Yourself. Just like the heavenly desire tree, You bless all who properly worship You, granting their desired fruits in proportion to the service they ren
der You. There is nothing wrong in this.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 72.6).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Destroyer of the worldly sojourn of His devotees (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.60.43
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\'e0 tv\'e4nur\'fcpam abhaja\'e0 jagat\'e4m adh\'e9\'e7am
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4nam atra ca paratra ca k\'e4ma-p\'fcram
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sy\'e4n me tav\'e4\'ecghrir ara\'eba\'e0 s\'e5tibhir bhramanty\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yo vai bhajantam upay\'e4ty an\'e5t\'e4pavarga\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Him; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Yourself; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anur\'fcpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97suitable; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhajam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I have chosen; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all the worlds; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub adh\'e9\'e7am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the ultimate master; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Soul; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this life; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paratra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the next life; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97als
o; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of desires; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub p\'fcram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the fulfiller; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sy\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97may they be; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecghri\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ara\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97shelter; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e5tibhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the various movements (from one species of life to another); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhramanty\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97who has been wandering; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y
a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97which (feet); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajantam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their worshiper; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upay\'e4ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97approach; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from untruth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub apavarga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97freedom.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Because You are suitable for me, I have chosen You, the master and Supreme Soul of all the worlds, who fulfill our desires in this
 life and the next. May Your feet, which give freedom from illusion by approaching their worshiper, give shelter to me, who have been wandering from one material situation to another.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 60.43).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Wearer of a body according to His Wish (1.7).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Urgent Need for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Urgent Need for K\'c5\'d1
\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This very important K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to save human society from spiritual death. At present human society
 is being misled by leaders who are blind, for they do not know the aim and objective of human life, which is self-realization and the reestablishment of our lost relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the missing point. This K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to enlighten human society in this important matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Vedic civilization, the perfection of life is to realize one\'92s relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God. In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is accepted by all authorities in transcendental science as the basis of all Vedic knowle
dge, we understand that not only human beings but all living entities are parts and parcels of God. The parts are meant for serving the whole, just as the legs, hands, fingers and ears are meant for serving the total body. We living entities, being parts
 and parcels of God, are duty bound to serve Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually our position is that we are always rendering service to someone, either to our family, country or society. If we have no one t
o serve, sometimes we keep a pet cat or dog and render service to it. All these factors prove that we are constitutionally meant to render service, yet in spite of serving to our best capacity, we are no more satisfied. Nor is the person to whom we are r
endering that service satisfied. On the material platform, everyone is frustrated. The reason for this is that the service which is being rendered is not properly directed. For example, if we want to render service to a tree, we must water the root. If w
e pour water on the leaves, branches and twigs, there is little benefit. If the Supreme Personality of Godhead is served, all other parts and parcels will be automatically satisfied. Consequently all welfare activities as well as service to society, fami
ly and nation are realized by serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the duty of every human being to understand his constitutional position with God and to act accordingly. If this is possible, the
n our lives become successful. Sometimes, however, we feel challenging and say, \'93There is no God,\'94 or \'93I am God,\'94 or even, \'93I don\'92t care for God.\'94 But in actuality this challenging spirit will not save us. God is there, and we can se
e Him at every moment. If we deny seeing God in our life, then He will be present before us as cruel death If we do not choose to see Him in one feature, we will see Him in another. There are different features of the Supreme Personality of Godhead becau
se He is the original root of the entire cosmic manifestation. In one sense, it is not possible for us to escape Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not blind religious fanaticism, nor is it a revolt by some recent upstart, but it is an a
uthorized scientific approach to the matter of our eternal necessity in relation with the Absolute Person alityof Godhead, the Supreme Enjoyer. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness simply deals with our eternal relation with Him and the process of discharging ou
r relative duties to Him. Thus, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness enables us to achieve the highest perfection of life attainable in the present human form of existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must always remember that this particular form of human life is attained after an evolution of many millions of years in the cycle o
f transmigration of the spirit soul. In this particular form of life, the economic question is more easily solved than in the lower animal forms. There are swine, dogs, camels, asses and so on whose economic necessities are just as important as ours, but
 the economic questions of these animals and others are solved under primitive conditions, whereas the human being is given all the facilities of leading a comfortable life by the laws of nature.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Human Duty
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why is a man given a better chance to live than swine or other animals? Why is a highly posted government officer given better faciliti
es for a comfortable life than an ordinary clerk? The answer is very simple: the important officer has to discharge duties of a more responsible nature than those of an ordinary clerk. Similarly, the human being has to discharge higher duties than the an
imals, who are always busy with filling their hungry stomachs. But by the laws of nature, the modern animalistic standard of civilization has only increased the problems of filling the stomach. When we approach some of these polished animals for spiritua
l life, they say that they only want to work for the satisfaction of their stomachs and that there is no necessity of inquiring about the Godhead. Yet despite their eagerness to work hard, there is always the question of unemployment and so many other im
pediments incurred by the laws of nature. Despite this, they still denounce the necessity of acknowledging the Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We\'92re not given this human form of life just to work hard like the swine or dog, but to attain the highest perfection of life If we 
do not want that perfection, then we will have to work very hard, for we will be forced to by the laws of nature. In the closing days of Kali-yuga (this present age) men will have to work hard like asses for only a scrap of bread. This process has alread
y begun, and every year the necessity for harder work for lesser wages will increase. Yet human beings are not meant to work hard like animals, and if a man fails to discharge his duties as a human being, he is forced to transmigrate to the lower species
 of life by the laws of nature. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  very vividly describes how a spirit soul, by the laws
 of nature, takes his birth and gets a suitable body and sense organs for enjoying matter in the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is also stated that those who attempt but do not complete the path of approaching God, in other words, those who have failed to achieve complete success in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, are given the chance
 to appear in the families of the spiritually advanced or in financially well-to-do mercantile families. If the unsuccessful spiritual aspirants are offered such chances of noble parentage, what of those who have actually attained the required success? T
herefore an attempt to go back to Godhead, even if half finished, guarantees a good birth in the next life. Both the spiritual and financially well-to-do families are beneficial for spiritual progress because in both families one can get a good chance to
 make further progress from the point where he stopped in his previous birth. In spiritual realization the atmosphere generated by a good family is favorable for the cultivation of spiritual knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  reminds such fortunate well-born persons that their good fortune is due to their past devotional activities. Unfortunately the children
 of these families do not consult }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  being misguided by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (illusion).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Birth in a well-to-do family solves the problem of having to find sufficient food from the beginning of life, and later a comparatively
 easier and more comfortable way of life can be led. Being so situated, one has a good chance to make progress in spiritual realization, but as ill luck would have it, due to the influence of the present iron age (which is full of machines and mechanical
 people) the sons of the wealthy are misguided for sense enjoyment, and they forget the good chance they have for spiritual enlightenment. Therefore nature, by her laws, is setting fires in these golden homes. It was the golden city of Lank\'e4, under th
e regime of the demonic R\'e4va\'eba, that was burned to ashes. That is the law of nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the preliminary study of the transcendental science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and it is the duty of all responsible heads of state to chalk out their economic and other programs by referring to }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not meant to solve economic questions of life by balancing on a tottering platf
orm, but we are meant to solve the ultimate problems of life which arise due to the laws of nature. Civilization is static unless there is spiritual movement. The soul moves the body, and the living body moves the world. We are concerned about the body, 
but we have no knowledge of the spirit that is moving that body. Without the spirit, the body is motionless or dead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human body is an excellent vehicle by which we can reach eternal life. It is a rare and very important boat for crossing over the o
cean of nescience which is material existence. On this boat there is the service of an expert boatman, the spiritual master. By divine grace, the boat plies the water in a favorable wind. With all these auspicious factors, who would not take the opportun
ity to cross over the ocean of nescience? If one neglects this good chance, it should be known that he is simply committing suicide.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is certainly a great deal of comfort in the first-class coach of a train, but if the train does not move toward its destination, 
what is the benefit of an air-conditioned compartment? Contemporary civilization is much too concerned with making the material body comfortable. No one has information of the real destination of life, which is to go back to Godhead. We must not remain s
eated in a comfortable compartment, but we should see whether or not our vehicle is moving toward its real destination. There is no ultimate benefit in making the material body comfortable at the expense of forgetting the prime necessity of life, which i
s to regain our lost spiritual identity. The boat of human life is constructed in such a way that it must move toward a spiritual destination. Unfortunately this body is anchored to mundane consciousness by five strong chains which are: (1) attachment to
 the material body due to ignorance of spiritual facts, (2) attachment to kinsmen due to bodily relations, (3) attachment to the land of birth and to material possessions such as house, furniture, estates, property, business papers, etc., (4) attachment 
to material science, which always remains mysterious for want of spiritual light, and (5) attachment to religious forms and holy rituals without knowing the Personality of Godhead or His devotees who make them holy. These attachments, which anchor the bo
at of the human body, are explained in detail in the Fifteenth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There they
 are compared to a deeply rooted banyan tree which is ever increasing its hold on the earth. It is very difficult to uproot such a strong banyan tree, but the Lord recommends the following process: \'93The real form of this tree cannot be perceived in th
is world. No one can understand where it ends, where it begins, or where its foundation is. But with determination one must cut down this tree with the weapon of detachment. So doing, one must seek that place form which, having once gone, one never retur
ns, and there surrender to that Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything has begun and in whom everything is abiding since time immemorial.\'94 (Bg. 15.3-4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Theories
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Neither the scientists nor speculative philosophers have yet arrived at any conclusion concerning the cosmic situation. All they have d
one is posit different theories about it. Some of them say that the material world is real, others say that it is a dream, and yet others say that it is ever-existing. In this way different views are held by mundane scholars, but the fact is that no mund
ane scientist or speculative philosopher has ever discovered the beginning of the cosmosor its limitations. No one can say when it began or how it floats in space. They theoretically propose some laws, like the law of gravitation, but actually they canno
t put this law to practical use. For want of actual knowledge of the truth, everyone is anxious to promote his own theory to gain certain fame, but the actual fact is that this material world is full of miseries and that no one can overcome them simply b
y promoting some theories about the subject. The Personality of Godhead, who is fully cognizant of everything in His creation, informs us that it is in our best interest that we desire to get out of this miserable existence. We must detach ourselves from
 everything material. To make the best use of a bad bargain, our material existence must be 100% spiritualized. Iron is not fire, but it can be turned into fire by constant association with fire. Similarly, detachment from material activities can be effe
cted by spiritual activities, not by material inertia. Material inertia is the negative side of material action, but spiritual activity is not only the negation of material action but the activation of our real life. We must be anxious to search out eter
nal life or spiritual existence in Brahman. The eternal kingdom of Brahman is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  as that eternal country from which no one returns. That is the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The beginning of our present material life cannot be traced, nor is it necessary for us to know how we became conditioned in material e
xistence. We have to be satisfied with the understanding that somehow or other this material life has been going on since time immemorial and now our duty is to surrender unto the Supreme Lord, who is the original cause of all causes. The preliminary qua
lification for going back to Godhead is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93One who is free from illusion, 
false prestige and false association, who understands the eternal, who is done with material lust and is free from the duality of happiness and distress, and who knows how to surrender unto the Supreme Person, attains that eternal kingdom.\'94 (Bg. 15.5}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is convinced of his spiritual identity and is freed from the material conception of existence, who is free from illusion and is
 transcendental to the modes of material nature, who constantly engages in understanding spiritual knowledge and who has completely severed himself from sense enjoyment, can go back to Godhead. Such a person is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am\'fc\'f2ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as distinguished from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2ha}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the foolish and ignorant, for he is freed from the duality of happiness and distress.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what is the nature of the kingdom of God? It is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as follows: \'93That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, or by electricity. One who reaches it never returns to ths material world.
\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.6}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although every place in the creation is within the kingdom of God because the Lord is the supreme proprietor of all planets, there is s
till the Lord\'92s personal abode which is completely different from the universe in which we are now living. And this abode is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paramam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the supreme abode. Even on this earth there are countries where the standard of living is high and countries where the standard of living is low. Besides this earth, there are innumerable other planets di
stributed all over the universe, and some are considered superior places and some are considered to be inferior places. In any case all planets within the jurisdiction of the external energy, material nature, require the rays of a sun or the light of fir
e for their existence because the material universe is a region of darkness. Beyond this region, however, is a spiritual realm which is described as functioning under the superior nature of God. That realm is described in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  thus: \'93There is no need of sun, moon, or stars, nor is that abode illumined by electricity or any form of fi
re. All these material universes are illumined by a reflection of that spiritual light, and because that superior nature is always self-luminous we can therefore experience a glow of light even in the densest darkness of night.\'94 In the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-va\'e0sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spiritual nature is explained as follows: \'93The glaring effulgence of the impersonal Brahman ill
uminates all existences, both material and spiritual. But, O Bh\'e4rata, you must understand that this Brahman illumination is the effulgence of My body.\'94 In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hi
t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this conclusion is also confirmed. We should not think that we can attain that abode by any material means such as space ships, but we should know for certain that one who c
an attain that spiritual abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can enjoy eternal spiritual bliss without interruption. As fallible living entities, we have two phases of existence. One is called material existence, which is full of the miseries of birth, death, old ag
e and disease, and the other is called spiritual existence, in which there is an incessant spiritual life of eternity, bliss and knowledge. In material existence we are ruled by the material conception of the body and the mind, but in spiritual existence
 we can always relish the happy transcendental contact of the Personality of Godhead. In spiritual existenoe, the Lord is never lost to us.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Conclusion
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to bring that spiritual existence to humanity at large. In our present material co
nsciousness, we are attached to the sensual material conception of life, but this conception can be removed at once by devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If we adopt the principles of devotional service, we can become t
ranscendental to the material conceptions of life and be liberated from the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance, even in the midst of various material engagements. Everyone who is engaged in material affairs can derive the highest benefit from these
 pages of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the other literatures of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. These 
literatures help all people sever the roots of the indefatigable banyan tree of material existence. These literatures are authorized to train us to renounce everything related to the material conception of life and to relish spiritual nectar in every obj
ect. This stage is obtainable only by devotional service and nothing else. By rendering such service, one can at once get liberation (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) even during this present life. Most spiritual endeavors are tinged with the colors of materialism, but pure devotional service is transcendental to all material pollution. Those who desire to go back to Godhead need 
only adopt the principles of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and simply aim their consciousness at the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Gop\'e9s\'92 Beloved
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Gop\'e9s\'92 Beloved
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Dr\'e4vida d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  (ISKCON\'97Bombay)
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba came into my ear,\line And out flew the purple night.\line With waves of beauty and the sound of His flut
e,\line He moved within my heart.\line His Name on my tongue,\line There was no way to ever forget Him,\line The only Love of the Maids of Vraja,\line The Holder of Govardhana.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the stillness came and Brahm\'e4\'92s night,\line His flute sang out, and the gop\'e9s ran to Him.\line Their husbands c
ould not hold their madness\line To chase the sound of the flute.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The water churned white into gurgling milk,\line Churned by the codes of the flute,\line And the gop\'e9s ran to Him,\line Se
eking His only glance.\line As R\'e4dh\'e4 danced, the sound of the flute\line Licked Her ears and made Her mad\line With love.\line The dancing gop\'e9s side by side\line With the Pride of V\'e5nd\'e4vana,\line A necklace strung upon hopeful looks at
\line The wandering Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana.\line He holds the gop\'e9s\'92 hearts,\line He casts His tender looks\line (His dancing eyebrows in the night).
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When He touches them\line The gop\'e9s tremble, stunned.\line The flowers fall from their loosened hair\line And leave a trai
n of promises\line In the dancing dust.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their hands marked with ku\'e0kuma touch,\line The moonlight in their faces,\line Their eyes roll and yearn.\line He casts Hi
s glance and moves away,\line And where He stood there remains\line His Stillness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Removing the Bewildered Condition
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Removing the Bewildered Conditio
n
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Daiva\'e7akti Dev\'e9 D\'e4s\'e9 }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON-New York)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By acquiring a comfortable material position in life with a nice family, friends, etc., one strives for permanent sense satisfaction while ignoring the fact that hi
s real satisfaction is not to be found in the material sphere. A man driving his car may feel proud of his attractive auto, he may become worried and feel pain when the car is struck, out of his attachment, yet when he sees a nicer car with more gadgets 
he will leave his old car for the new one. In the continued changing of vehicles the man forgets that he does not even need the car because he has already been provided by his Creator with all facilities for his transportation wherever he wishes to go.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The individual soul also needlessly accepts material body after body to enjoy in assorted avenues of sense gratification within the mat
erial world. Ignorant of his true nature (which is that he is eternally satisfied, in full knowledge, and not in need of external material happiness for satisfaction), he becomes attracted by everchanging material forms and seeks to enjoy them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, speaking in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , explains the position of the living entity in the material world: \'93The living entities in this conditional world are My fragmental parts, and they are eternal. But due to
 conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He also ki
ndly explains to His disciple Arjuna in this book of instruction to the bewildered souls that the living entities are of His superior energy. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has multi-energies\'97He is the controller of both the inferior (material) and superior (spi
ritual) natures. He is called the Energetic, since from Him everything is emanating. \'93Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both the origin and dissolution.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the living entity accepts the control of the source of all energies, he then becomes rightly situated in his original spiritual nature, and he becomes the same in quality as the Energetic.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real satisfaction and perfect knowledge are attainable when the individual abides by the will of the Lord. Ignorance of the Lord means 
forgetfulness of our eternal position as His eternal loving servants. If a teacher tells his student to go to the slum of the city to impart to the ignorant all he has taught his pupil, the student may directly do as the instructor asks, or, while in the
 slum, he may begin to mix with the degraded population, become attracted to their unclean ways, and neglect his master\'92s instructions. He may try to enjoy the pleasures of the unclean, perverted area, with which by nature he has nothing to do.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Until he remembers his teacher\'92s superior instructions\'97by which he has come to the contaminated area\'97he remains under the cont
rol of the inferior instructions of the impulses of the senses. When he recalls and agrees to complete the task given him by his master, he then can pick himself up to his original transcendental position and execute his purpose. When he returns to his m
aster to deliver the desired result, then he experiences real satisfaction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entity forgets his real nature while in contact with the Lord\'92s inferior material nature, and until he begins functioning
 in his factual position, he remains in the cruel clutches of material nature. \'93The divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.
\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.14)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the process for becoming free from the bewilderment and illusion inflicted upon us by the Lord\'92s inferior energy, called }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The foolish and miscreant are covered by this creative potency and do not understand the real n
ature of the Lord. The beginning of the process is surrender, and the perfection is complete surrender in full knowledge of the Lord\'92s position and the living entities\'92 duty to the Lord. The Lord says, \'93To those who are constantly devoted and wh
o worship me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me. Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.10-11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the eternally conditioned souls, such as ourselves, who have been wandering in m\'e4y\'e4\'92s territory for an indefinite length o
f time, the surrendering process is difficult. The Lord, though, helps the endeavoring souls to become free from His illusory energy. He comes Himself to deliver the pious and annihilate the miscreants as well as to reestablish the principles of religion
. He sends His representatives such as His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da as spiritual masters, and He sends saintly persons to impart knowledge unto the living beings. He incarnates in the form of scriptures such as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which He personally instructs, and in other scriptures such as the Bible and Koran. Also, He 
is seated in the heart of each living entity, and He lends instruction to the individual who seeks His association.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process of reclaiming the conditioned soul is perfectly explained by His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in a purport to }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The Lord does not desire that living beings should be illusioned, but He also d
oes not interfere with the task of the illusory energy because such performances of the illusory energy are necessary for reformation of the conditioned soul. The affectionate father will offer all facilities to a runaway son who is seeking a way to come
 home to him, but if the son becomes again disobedient, the father will not hesitate to punish the foolish child. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always inviting us to return to His supreme abode to enjoy transcendental peace with Him. And if the living entity follows
 Arjuna\'92s example and surrenders to the Supreme Lord, the originally existing affection and devotion to the Lord is again awakened. The entire process is completed when there is surrender by the living entity to the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord says, \'93Always think of Me. Become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me The result is that you will come to 
Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One should always act in such 
a way that all his daily activities are in connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He should mold his life in such a way that, throughout twenty-four hours, he cannot but think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By cultivating devotional service one can fix his mind on the lotu
s feet of the Lord and become perfect. Regardless of the type of work performed, if it is executed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness it becomes a glorious act of love offerable to the Supreme Personality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The characteristics of pure devotional service are described by a pure devotee, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in his }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1) Pure devotional service brings immediate relief from all kinds of material distress.\line 2) It is the beginning of all au
spiciousness.\line 3) It automatically puts one in transcendental pleasure.\line 4) It is rarely achieved.\line 5) Those in pure devotional service deride even the conception of liberation.\line 6) Pure devotional service is the only means to attract K
\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These characteristics give us a hint of the inconceivable potency of transcendental loving service to the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a. The name K\'e5\'f1\'eba means all-attractive, but one who fully engages in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service can attract even the all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The distresses we suffer are the results of sinful actions we have committed in the past and those that we are presently committing. Al
so, in the future we must suffer for the sins which we have committed because of our ignorance. Ignorance is no excuse for sinful activity. So we are caught in a chain of reactions to our past misdeeds that we still have to undergo as long as we remain u
nsurrendered to the Lord. K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that He will protect us from sinful reactions as long as we surrender to Him. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He explains to His devotee Uddhava, \'93My dear Uddhava, devotional service unto Me is just like a blazing fire which can burn into ashes unlimited fuel supplied to it.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11.14.19}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 11.14.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) This statement is explained by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
\'e4da: \'93As the blazing fire can burn any amount of fuel to ashes, so devotional service to the Lord in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can burn up all the fuel of sinful activities.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even the seeds of future sins lying in the heart and also the seeds of desire can be removed by simply chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. This chanting process was recommended by the Lord Himself when He appeared as Lord Caitanya 485 years ago to deliver the living beings by exemplifyin
g the path of pure devotional service, which can bring the fallen souls of this age back home. Therefore, it is the duty of everyone to engage in the process of hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord or to execute any or all of the activities recom
mended in devotional service. Thus one can become free from the distressing knot of false identification and inferior engagement in material activities that keeps us bound up in illusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I offer my most humble obeisances unto the lotus feet of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da who has brought us out
 of the deadly condition of material existence by the chanting of the mah\'e4mantra, the Great Chant for Deliverance: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Ha
re. \'93By the mercy of the spiritual master, who is a pure devotee, and by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can achieve the platform of devotional service. There is no other way.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) In this age of Kali, simply chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb180 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advertisement Bg
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Let K\'e5\'f1\'eba Speak for Him
self
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Because you are My very dear friend, I am speaking to you the most confidential part of knowledge. Hear this 
from Me, for it is for your benefit. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
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\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub There is no being-moving or unmoving-that can exist without Me. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10.39}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
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\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub All beings are in Me, but I am not in them. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the maintainer of all li
ving entities, and although I am everywhere, still My Self is the very source of creation. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
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\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon. I am the sound in ether and ability in man. [}{
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\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub By Me, in My unmanifested form, this entire universe is pervaded. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub There is no Truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread. [}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts. [}{\b0
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  contain the essence of all spiritual knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a sacred "song" in the form of a battlefield dialogue between the Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna, His friend and disciple.  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, acting as Arjuna's adviser, instructs him in the science of self-reali
zation, teaching him how to live as a devotee of the Lord and to thus reach the eternal spiritual world while continuing to perform his earthly duties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da presents this knowledge as it wa
s originally handed down, from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna, without being adulterated by philosophical interpretation.  The text is illustrated with forty-four magnificent full-color paintings- original works painted especially for this volum
e to depict events in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and exemplify the teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.  Containing the origi
nal Sanskrit text, Roman transliterations, English synonyms, translation and commentary, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the most complete and authoritative transmission of this timeless scripture in p
rint and the only one that does not obscure the true spirit of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teachings.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I have not manufactured or concocted anything.  I am simply presenting the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as it is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ." \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C.
 Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1,000 pages  44 original color illustrations
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Available from bookstores or from ISKCON Books.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Published By The Macmillan Company
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From the Reservoir of Knowledge
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub From the Reservoir of Knowledge
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Personal Letters from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As a genuine spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da takes personal responsibility for the advancement of each of his students in t
he spiritual life of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Although now his transcendental instructions are available in book form, when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first began the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, the only way his new disciples could get the
 answers to their many questions was to ask \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da personally. Therefore, since 1966, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has written literally thousands of personal letters to his disciples, answering their questions, giving them encouragement 
and opening their eyes to newer and newer realizations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A bona fide spiritual master is by nature very kind to his disciples, and as their ever well-wisher, he blesses them with genuine spiritual understanding. Some of \'c7r\'e9la Prabh
up\'e4da\'92s instructions are presented here.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Your appreciation of the movement is very keen and interesting. Actually, I was also attracted by my }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru mah\'e4r\'e4ja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [spiritual master] when he convinced me that God lives and we can live with Him. I find 
the same conviction in you, and it has given me such great pleasure. Yes, it is the greatest discovery. In human society under the spell of illusion, men are doing things each on his own responsibility, and they are becoming entangled in material existen
ce. This is the greatest blunder in human society. They have not only forgotten God but they have declared openly that God is dead. This declaration of the foolish human society is the greatest blunder in life. I therefore appreciate your conviction, and
 I am still more glad that you are determined to propagate this message to the world at large. I am sure you can do this because all of you who have come to me are sincere souls and you have understood the inner force of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Ple
ase try to propagate this movement together.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I know that you are a sincere devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When you drive your car you always chant \'91Hare K
\'e5s\'eba,\'92 and when I was by your side I could understand how heartily you have accepted the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very kind to all, but He is especially kind to His sincere devotees. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always 
with us, within our hearts, and He is always ready to give us direction, but because everyone is independent, K\'e5\'f1\'eba responds cooperatively. If anyone voluntarily cooperates with K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s desire, He responds to his call very eagerly. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba descends to teach us }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub begging our cooperation, and anyone who c
ooperates with Him becomes blessed. You are sincerely cooperating with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore all you boys and girls in San Francisco are working together harmoniously. Harmony means K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss there cannot be harmony in the world. Your acknowledgeme\'ebt, \'91K\'e5\'f1\'eba has been very merciful to me,\'92 is remarkable. You are realizing the fruit of chanting.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The sentiments you have expressed are very nice, and they are just suitable for spiritual advancement. The actual 
Vai\'f1\'ebava [devotee] always feels himself lowly and unqualified, but this submissiveness and humbleness is his actual qualification for becoming perfect in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In material life everyone is thinking, \'91I am so wonderful, I 
am so expert,\'92 but actually the living entity is an insignificant spark of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So when we see that we are becoming aware of our infinitesimal nature, then we begin to also understand something 
of how infinitely great K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. One cannot be falsely puffed up and still expect to make progress in spiritual life. Rather, one must learn to accept his constitutional position as K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s tiny servant. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleas
ed to reveal Himself to such a devotee, and the devotee becomes more and more perfect in rendering transcendental service to the Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93It is a fact that wherever we go, if we simply let people hear our chanting and if we repeat what we have heard fr
om the bona fide spiritual master, then surely many, many sincere souls will become attracted to our movement. This is because K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is lying dormant in every living entity, just as fire is dormant within a match. If we simply stri
ke the match, then the fire within will come out in blazing light. Our method of striking the match is Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. This vibration is sufficient to awaken the sleeping spirit soul to 
the fact that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there, and if we try to remember Him always and spread His message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub then our life becomes perfect, and we are perfectly acting in our position as part and parcel of the Lord. The boys and girls of America are generally good souls; that is why they have taken birth in such a nice country. Now t
hey should perfect all of their opulence by engaging everything in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The more we struggle for advancing our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, the more we become advanced on the p
ath. Really, devotional service means that we have to employ our energies for the purpose of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and it does not matter what the volume of such energy is because different persons have different types of energies. But the best m
eans is to apply one\'92s energy as far as possible. That is the secret of success in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is not that one has to acquire the energy of an elephant or that one has to become a very learned or intelligent man; one simply has to
 become sincere and employ whatever energy he has in his possession in the service of the Lord. That is the secret of success in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Just as you are thinking of me so often, you should know that I am often thinking of you also. So if you can remem
ber to always remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the instructions of your spiritual master, then surely this will bring the highest benediction to yourself and to those with whom you come into contact. To the extent that we are thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to th
at extent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has no influence. But as much as we are desiring to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba an
d trying to enjoy ourselves, to that extent we must suffer the pains of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Our remedy fo
r material life is very simple simply to chant for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to dance for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to work and prepare nice foods for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then we become fully free from all other influences. Please always remember this secret and show all others
 by example.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93We should learn to depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba more and more. Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always guiding us as Supers
oul, but due to our forgetfulness, we do not understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our friend everlasting. With advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness one is able to realize that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always with His devotees\'97not only with His devotees b
ut also with the nondevotees, but the devotees can recognize His presence and the nondevotees cannot. The more you make advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the more you will see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere\'97not only on the bank of the river but 
also on streets, in trees, lamp posts and so on. The more you see in that way, the more you know that you are making tangible advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Actually, there is nothing but K\'e5\'f1\'eba all around us. This is explained in t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He is the taste of water, the light of the moon, the fragrance of the flower, the 
light of the sun, the sound in the sky, the power of the strong and so on. One who is actually making progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere. At every stage of life, who can avoid the sunlight, the moonlight, the fragr
ance of the flower, the taste of the water, the sound in the sky and so on? But one has to learn that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there in all these vatieties of existence. Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is nothing. It is simply by the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that we forget the 
relationship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with everything that be.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93You have accepted me as father, so I have also accepted you as my dear and real son. The relationship of father an
d son on the spiritual platform is real and eternal; on the material platform such relationships are ephemeral and temporary. Although I cannot give you anything as father, still I can pray to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for your greater and greater advancement in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Your sincerity and service mood will always help you in advancing your genuine cause.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I thank you very much for your nice letter and for your inquisitiveness. You are K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s part and parc
el. As you love your hands and legs and you feel when your hand is in trouble, similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba feels for you when you are in trouble. The hand has value when it is attached to the body. Similarly, we have value when we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
us. The hand has no value detached from the whole body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the whole, and we are His parts and parcels. Try to understand this philosophy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The hand and body are created at the same time. It is not that the body is created first and then the hand is crea
ted. Our relation with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like that of the hand and the body. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and ourselves are both eternal, and there is no history of eternity: it has no beginning and no end.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Personally I have no credit for myself, but I am trying to act as a faithful servant of my predecessors and just p
resent without adulteration the message which I have received from my spiritual master. Similarly, if this message is presented by all of you who have accepted me as the spiritual master, then all the people of the world may be benefited by receiving thi
s transcendental message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Try to execute this mission wholeheartedly and faithfully, and all of you try to broadcast the message to your best capacity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Your humbleness is very much appreciated by me. This humbleness is the sign of progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person always thinks himself the lowest creature in the world, and the more one thinks like that, the more he becomes elevated. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person is never falsely puffed-up. He is satisfied with his posit
ion as the servant of the servant of the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord \'c7iva The Pure Devotee Of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE CONTINUING ADVENTURE OF\line 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LORD \'c7IVA \line The Pure Devotee Of Lord }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PART TWO
\par }\pard \s1084 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub THE REVENGE OF LORD \'c7IVA
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Synopsis:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At the dawn of creation, all the universal leaders
 assembled to perform a great sacrifice. When the powerful king Dak\'f1a arrived, everyone stood, out of respect for him, but the pure devotee, Lord \'c7iva, remained in mystic meditation.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This angered the envious Dak\'f1a and out of false pride he began to insult Lord \'c7iva, who finally left the assembly. Later D
ak\'f1a arranged a second sacrifice, but did not invite \'c7iva.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Dak\'f1a as in part }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , insulting Lord \'c7iva.]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord \'c7iva is a rascal! For his followers he has
 demons and ghosts, yet he dares to challenge me!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord \'c7iva's wife, Sat\'e9, heard that her father had not invited them to the meeting, she was overwhelmed with grief. 
Against Lord \'c7iva's advice, she went alone to her father's house, where she was ignored and insulted by her father, Dak\'f1a.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Dak\'f1a as in part one, insulting Sa
t\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disciple:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your daughter is here.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Never mind! I cannot see her.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So great was her grief at her father's cruel actions that she decided to destroy the body which he had given her. Sitting in m
ystic trance, she left her body, which burst into flames.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Sat\'e9 as in part one, sitting in my
stic trance}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A messenger told Lord \'c7iva of his wife's death.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Messenger:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  She said she could no longer live at the daughter
 of Dak\'f1a. But he made no attempt to stop her death.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Laughing like a madman, the supreme of all the world's mystics snatched from his head a strand of hair\'85.And he dashed it to
 the ground! Which suddenly blazed into fire\'85.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This cannot go unpunished!......... I am empowered 
to cause the destruction of the universe!....... Dak\'f1a shall know my fury!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows \'c7iva dancing.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thereupon a gigantic demon was created, as tall as the sky, equipped with thousands of arms and as bright as three suns\'85
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Demon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What would you have me do, master?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Approach the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Dak\'f1a and plunder everything in sight. I shall follow with my armies!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile, back at the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Look! In the distance! The sky is all dark w
ith a black cloud!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The black sky is approaching us like Dooms
day!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba 3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Maybe some armies are approaching\'85.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba 4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Let us end the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With the unleashed anger of he who can destroy the world's, Lord \'c7iva's gigantic demon and armies smashed into the arena of
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Killing anyone who took part in that illicit gathering.\'85
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows the gigantic, fearsome demon and armi
es attacking}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a was beheaded by the giant and the arena was set on fire by the army of Lord \'c7iva who left for his abode, Kail\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The battered priests who survived the attack, fled and managed to present themselves before the father of all }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord Brahm\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Please give is sheltered Lord Brahm\'e4. We 
should have known that the second ceremony was doomed because you did not attend.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot have happiness if you blaspheme great 
personalities like Lord \'c7iva, who are so dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba......... Yes, go to him now and seek shelter at his lotus feet. Come, I shall accompany you to Kail\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is there no hope of pacifying Lord \'c7iva
?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kail\'e4sa the abode of Lord \'c7iva. It's forests are full of fruits, flowers, desire trees, transparent waterfalls, dancing pe
acocks and deer and other forest animals.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Kail\'e4sa as described}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 led the injured party to a huge Banyan tree beneath which sat Lord \'c7iva as grave as time eternal, speaking t
o great devotees of the Supreme Lord about devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Tell us, O Lord of Kail\'e4sa, what is the highest 
truth?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Understand that the greatest perfection in the worl
d is to worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God himself, and that even greater still is to worship pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who are so dear to him.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Please accept our humble prayers. The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have done you grievous wrong. They are all confused, please accept your rightful place in the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and restore peace to religious life on earth.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My dear father Brahm\'e4, I do not take a serious v
iew of what they have done. But what I did to punish them was just to set them right, as a father would punish a son.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva agreed to restore order to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  arena so that the holy offering could proceed under the proper regulation. All the priests' injuries were healed, and even Dak\'f1a was revived by Lord \'c7iva's placing the head of a
 goat on his trunk.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dak\'f1a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord \'c7iva, you have revived my former conscious
ness. Now I feel purified by your presence, and I am sorry that I have caused the death of my daughter..
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is understood that Sat\'e9 will rejoin me in ano
ther body as my wife because she is my eternal companion. Now take up your duty and try to satisfy the Lord.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Under the guidance of Lord \'c7iva, Dak\'f1a began the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  again.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This time all young priests begin this sacrifice pr
operly by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare \'97 Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a complete benediction to culminate this famous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y
aj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared in His eight \'97 armed Vi\'f1\'ebu form.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caption shows Vi\'f1\'ebu on Garuda}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My dear Lord, you're so kind to come and bless this
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\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and by my grace this sacrifice has now bec
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u now.
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  (ISKCON-New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
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n, from the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Explosion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , intimately traces the beginning of the K\'e5
\'f1\'eba movement in New York City in the summer of 1966].}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [part 1]
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g where we were to chant. It was some sort of 48-hour peace vigil, and when we arrived we immediately grouped outside the UN building and began to clash cymbals and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the guards told us that we were causing too much disturban
ce. It was a hot cloudy day, and there was no breeze off the East River. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da stood with us for a couple of hours on the sidewalk and softly chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on his beads. We stood until we got tired, chanted to ourselves 
and felt incredibly elated. I thought to myself that people passing by would doubtlessly think us hippies. But who could care? \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was glowing in his saffron robes. He didn\'92t care what anyone thought. Afterwards he told us, \'93W
e have nothing to do with peace vigils. We simply want to spread this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that\'92s all. Once people take to this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, peace will automatically come. They won\'92t have to try artificially for peac
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was in August also that we began taking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0
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ions of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He was the first cook, and in the beginning Strad\'e9\'f1a assisted him and then Achyut\'e4nanda (though no one at this time was formally initiated). Later \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told me that at the time he was wonde
ring whether American boys would like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He would laugh at this because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub turned out to be one of the most successful parts of our program. At first, all of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was put on one plate, which was \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s. It consisted of only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dahl }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (split pea), some rice and curry, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chapatis }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (unleavened bread). About twelve of us, all male, would sit along the wall of his apartment and wait while \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da personally took the food off the plate and distributed
 it individually, reciting, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93sar\'e9ra avidya-j\'e4la ja\'f2endriya t\'e4he k\'e4la\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc. We would 
recite each word after him and pass the plates around. He translated this prayer for us in this way: \'93This material body is a lump of ignorance, and the senses are networks of paths to death. We are fallen into the ocean of material sense enjoyment. O
f all the senses, the tongue is the most voracious and uncontrollable. It is very difficult to conquer over the tongue in this world, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very kind to us. He has sent us very nice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to conquer the tongue. Now let us take that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to our full satisfaction and glorify His Lordship R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in love call for Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda to help us.\'94 At first, each of us would only take one 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chapati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub each, and when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked if we would like more, we would say, \'93Oh no! Th
at is enough. That is sufficient.\'94 Later he often laughed at our initial reluctance to take more. It was Strad\'e9\'f1a, a very tall thin boy, who started eating more and more }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c
hapatis }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub due to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s insistence. He finally averaged ten a meal. Then gradually our appetites also picked up, and as more people started coming to eat in 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s back apartment, we began taking our noon }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub downstairs in the tem
ple while \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da ate alone upstairs. It was a wonderful sight, though, to see the spiritual master and all his disciples\'97around a dozen young men, all very young, no one over thirty\'97sitting on the bare floor at noon eating. We mi
ght have been in New York, but it didn\'92t seem like it. Both K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda and I were reminded of Calcutta. I liked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s food much better than the Calcutta fare, however, and though I didn\'92t eat very much, I felt full 
and satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In an attempt to get more people to attend lectures, I mailed the poet Allen Ginsberg one of our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub leaflets and invited him over to the temple. Allen was living nearby on East Tenth Street, and I knew that he would be interested becaus
e he had been chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba since his trip to India in 1963. In mid-August he drove up before the temple in a Volkswagen microbus and got out carrying a harmonium, which he donated to us. I remember that he played it at }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and afterwards showed K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda how to play. After \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s lecture Allen asked me
, \'93Don\'92t you think Swamiji a little too esoteric for New York?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I don\'92t know,\'94 I said. I really didn\'92t know; it never crossed my mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next afternoon Allen came over to visit \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in his back apartment. He brought a little harmonium, which he ha
d picked up in Benares, and chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The tune was different, very, very jolly, and Allen\'92s head bounced back and forth as he pumped the rhythm on the tiny reed instrument. Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began to explain Lord Caitan
ya\'92s philosophy. I remember Allen asking him if he planned to make his American boys into Vai\'f1\'ebavas, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, \'93Yes, and I will make them all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
br\'e4hma\'ebas.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'ebas?\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Allen said incredulously. He was amazed that \'c7rila Prabhup\'e4da was intending to establish the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in America. He wished him good luck and gave a contribution.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was at this time that we started to decorate the temple. Although for any New Yorker it was just a bare, squalid storefront, the kin
d somebody might open a pawn shop in, it became a temple for us because of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s presence and because of the words that were spoken there. When K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda and I returned from India, we brought back some two dozen painting
s, rugs and large silks with which we had decorated the Mott Street apartment, and now we took all of this out of the apartment and over to the temple. Others donated curtains and a large rug, and we spent all day tacking the silks on the wall, putting u
p the curtains, fixing an elevated dais for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, painting the walls and laying the rugs. Someone had painted an oval portrait of R\'e4dha and K\'e5\'f1\'eba modeled after the jacket of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We hung this up over the dais. In front of the dais we placed candlesticks, which we als
o brought from Mott Street. Then down the walls we placed pictures. Later \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da informed us that one of the pictures of a six-armed Deity was Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That night, when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da walked in to begin }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he looked at the newly decorated temple and showed surprise. \'93Ah, you are advancing,\'94 he said. \'93This is very nice. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'94 H
e then sat up on the new dais, and we all held our breaths hoping it wouldn\'92t collapse. Some of the hypercritical took exception to the dais, to the fact that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was elevated, and some others, being reminded of the Catholic or s
ome other organized church, resented the temple decorations, especially the candlesticks and the incense. They longed for the days of the bare walls and bare floor. These fears were dispelled, however, at }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da taught us how to dance, raising his arms in the air and placing one foot before the other. We followed him 
and danced in a circle. At this time, we were also beginning to play more instruments. A boy named Nelson donated a large cymbal, which was hung on a cord beside the dais. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da played it softly from time to time while leading the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We were also using brass hooka tops for bells and would ring them when the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub became more fiery. K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda and I finally sold the hookas, which were the last remnants of our India tr
ip.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All those early lectures were based on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da outlined the various }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub systems for us and explained the futility of the Pata\'efjali meditative process, or Sa\'eckhya-yoga, in this age of Kali (darkness). He also had to discourage us from inactivity. which we had mistakenly equated with spiritu
al life. \'93Nowhere in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does K\'e5\'f1\'eba tell Arjuna to sit idly while He work
s,\'94 he told us in one lecture. \'93Arjuna was K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s friend. We can also be K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s friends if we work for Him and keep our minds always fixed on Him. We should cease working for our own benefit and always work for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. We should be thinking of things to do for K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours a day. Work requires a purpose. We are always working, either for our own sense gratification or for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means working without thought for personal interest but solely for the mission of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is this mission? To tell people about K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Lord Caitanya told His disciples, \'91Preach this gospel that I teach\'97whomever you meet, just try to inform him about the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagarad-g\'e9t
\'e4.\'92 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should inform the world about the message of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . One who does this is on the platform of real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And in order to put this into practice, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had to engage us in so many ways. I remember one of the members tacki
ng a sign on the bathroom wall: \'93If you are not always engaged, you will fall into }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'93 An
d by way of engaging us, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da accompanied us out to Long Island to look at used mimeograph machines, of which we purchased two at $75 each. I then started typing up stencils for two of his essays, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Reservoir of 
Pleasure\'94 and \'93Who is Crazy?\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also had me write a \'93Prospectus,\'94 which someone was financing. I felt I didn\'92t know enough about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to write a prospectus, but \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da t
old me, \'93Do it,\'94 so I ran back to Mott Street and quickly jotted down my conceptions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. How I managed the first statement is still a mystery to me. \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has been variously called cosmic or e
xpanded consciousness,\'94 I wrote. \'93In part, it is the moment to moment awareness that man is a segment of the creation which is the eternal Song of God, that this creation emanates from and is sustained by the One without a second, the manifest Godh
ead, that the creation is not chaos and disunion as this desperate and atheistical age would have us believe, but is union, order, and plan, that as the planets orbit in orderly procession about the sun and the sun moves in perfect motion within its gala
xy, which in its turn follows the path down the grand open road of space, so man, by God\'92s grace and willing co-operation, makes his way back to the Godhead.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da added to this five main purposes of the International Society f
or Krishna Consciousness, which were: (1) to systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large, (2) to propagate K\'e5\'f1na consciousness as revealed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , (3) to bring the members of the Society together and nearer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, (4) to teach and encourage the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, congregational chanting of the holy name of God as revealed in the teachings of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and (5) to erect for the me
mbers and for society at large a holy place of transcendental pastimes dedicated to the Personality K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The first two items were realized with the publications of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and hundreds of people felt within themselves the actualization of the third item. The fourth item was boosted by the organiza
tion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (street chanting) party of the West Coast and eventually in some fifty citie
s around the world where temples were established. And the last item we were to realize two years later with the establishment of the New V\'e5nd\'e4vana community. So 5,000 of the prophetic handbills were printed up, and we went about to distribute them
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I mentioned before that in his early lectures Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da mainly spoke in terms of the Absolute Truth, of the importance of 
working for the Absolute Truth and of recognizing the three aspects of the Absolute Truth\'97impersonal, localized and personal. He finally introduced us to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by stressing that the personal realization of the Absolute Truth is the highest. 
\'93Renunciation alone is not enough,\'94 he kept emphasizing to awaken us from our torpitude. \'93One must also work for the Absolute Truth, or we can serve illusion. It is the nature of humanity to serve.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I also remember that he spent a lot of time explaining the Second Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am not this matter, but spirit. We must come to this platform\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub platform. We cannot come to this by way of meditation. Meditation is too difficult. It is easier to be a devotee of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to alw
ays be engaged in His service. One who continues in such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub becomes free from material contamina
tion, and as soon as he is free he knows that \'91I am not this matter. I am Brahman.\'92 As soon as he realizes this, he feels the highest pleasure. He is filled with joy. Others may see him as poor and penniless, but he knows that he is the happiest ma
n in the world.\'94 This was of comfort to most of us because at the time we were all materially devastated. He quickly told us that this didn\'92t matter. What did matter was that we establish ourselves immediately in spiritual life. \'93Spiritual life 
is full of knowledge and bliss, and is above death and ignorance. The spiritual man sees the Supreme Lord everywhere and in every living being. Because he loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he sees Him everywhere. Every living being is situated in Krs\'eba, and K\'e5
s\'eba is in every living being. The spiritual man does not see cows or men or women or fools; he only sees the Supreme Lord.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There were some of us who were still walking around in a marijuana stupor, but he had a way of snapping us out of this quickly without 
ever chastising us. Somehow or other he whipped us into shape without our even knowing it. \'93A man in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness does not walk around in a fog but does his work well and with the touch of an expert,\'94 he said. \'93When one enters K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he becomes a poet and writes hymns to God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It wasn\'92t that he simply took away our sex and drugs. This would not have been possible. Rather, he engaged us in something sublime.
 \'93The perfection of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere. Yet, even though the spiritual man sees 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere, he still worships His form in the temple. He does not think that just because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere it is of no use to go to the temple to worship. If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere, He is also in the temple.\'94 Then he e
xhorted us to go out and spread the message of K\'e5s\'eba consciousness. \'93The real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also sprea
ds his happiness to others. Because he has become happy through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he tells others about it so they can become happy. This is the true meaning of spiritual socialism. This gives the maximum benefits to the most people. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Himself says that no man is dearer to Him than one who thus helps others.\'94 Then he assured us that once established in our new position we would never want to fall back into our old ways. \'93When one enters into the kingdom of God, he will know
 how unhappy he was in the material contamination. He will not want to go back.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of the most prominent myths he had to explode was a myth provoked by psychedelics, that of anthropomorphism, the belief that man co
uld become God. \'93Returning to K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not mean becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When a son returns home to his father, he does not become his father. We can even become the father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we can never be equal to Him. We will always
 be subordinate to Him.\'94 I will never forget one lecture in which, as often happened, he was attacking a famous impersonalist commentary to the verse, \'93On Me fix thy mind; to Me be devoted; worship Me; revere Me; thus having disciplined thyself, wi
th Me as thy goal, to Me shalt thou come.\'94 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The impersonalist scholar commented: \'93It is not the personal Krs\'eba to whom we have to give ourselves up utterly, but the unborn, beginningles
s, eternal who speaks through K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Whenever \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had R\'e4yar\'e4ma read this passage at a lecture, he would explode into a furious diatribe. \'93Just see what a nonsense rascal. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is standing there and sa
ys, \'91To Me; worship Me.\'92 And he, a very great scholar, says it is not to the personal K\'e5\'f1\'eba but to some void. Just see what a rascal number one.\'94 After listening to this diatribe for about a month, K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda finally, at the end
 of a lecture, said, \'93I don\'92t see where he\'92s actually wrong. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in all of us. So if we surrender to the unborn within all of us, then we attain the ultimate.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And he went on in this way. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da didn\'92t say a word. K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda finally ran down, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhu
p\'e4da asked, \'93Are you finished now?\'94 When K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda acknowledged that he was, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da suddenly began to roar like the lion incarnation. \'93Krs\'eba is standing right before you and He says, \'91You worship Me,\'92 and 
you mean to say you do not worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba? You mean worship some void, unborn? Krs\'eba is before Arjuna and He says, \'91On Me fix thy mind. To Me be devoted. Worship Me!\'92 You do not understand? A nonsense rascal says it is not to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, so you want to worship such a nonsense rascal? \'91Not to the personal K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'92 he says, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'91Worship Me.\'92\'94 We all sat in shocked silence. K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda didn\'92t say another word. I remember that I th
ought this attack very harsh, but Um\'e4pati thought it was justified. \'93He\'92s right,\'94 Um\'e4pati said afterwards. \'93None of the commentators mention worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba clearly says, \'91Worship Me.\'92 You\'92ve read 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub before. Have you ever thought of worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 I had to admit that a
lthough I had read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  three or four times before, worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba had never entered my 
mind. Later I came to understand that most scholars and swamis avoid the clear command of this verse, although they teach from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indeed, the following year in San Francisco I bluntly asked one celebrated Swami M\'e4y\'e4nanda, \'93Do you worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 He was sitting in a chair, and I was standing over him when I asked the 
question, and he jumped to his feet and shouted, \'93No! Why should I?\'94 His eyes flashed, and he was furious and he chided me that K\'e5s\'eba is nothing but the Self that is within all of us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s first job was to establish that the supreme aspect of the Absolute Truth is a person and that we ar
e to worship this person. By and large we were mostly impersonalists addicted to inactivity. We were concerned about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or liberation from all material action, but he deluged us with words an
d showed us how action for the sake of the Supreme is on the spiritual platform and is superior to inaction. This essentially is the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna to fight, \'93but do it for Me.\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, \'93When one works for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and chants His name, he is already liberated and
 living on the spiritual plane. Just as one feels heat as soon as he touches something hot, one is liberated as soon as he enters into the service of Krs\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We all felt that we had just touched something very hot. Certainly no one doubted that our long slumber had been disturbed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Eternally Invites Us
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Eternally Invites
 Us
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person never sees anything as accident or chance because he sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s hand in all things. Actually, there is no such
 thing as chance; when we say that an event happens by chance or by accident, this simply means that we are unfamiliar with the reasons why it happens. There is a cause behind everything. When an apple falls from a tree, it is not by chance that it falls
 down to the ground rather than up to the sky; there is a natural law which is acting. Similarly, there are laws of nature\'97both simple and complex which rule all the events of this world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, also, nothing happens by chance or accident. If someone sees devotees in the streets or hears the chan
ting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is not by accident. If he is offered a copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or invite
d to come to a K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temple, it is not merely a coincidence. One should understand that behind all these events is the sweet desire of Kr\'f1\'eba, who is personally inviting him to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the Supreme Lord, the father of all living entities, feels natural affection for all His}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sons, and He feels very sorry if one of His sons separates himself from his eternal family to come to the material 
world. As a father is always anxious to find a lost son, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always anxious to reclaim the illusioned living beings who have forgotten Him and are lost in the complexities of the material world. He therefore tries in different ways to ge
t them back. Sometimes He comes to this world Himself, or sometimes He sends His son or servant, always with the same mission\'97to ask us to turn our faces toward Him and to kindly rejoin Him in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Krs\'eba consciousness movement is Kr\'f1\'eba Himself, asking us to come back to Him. The devotees are His servants, the books are
 His words, and the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the sound of His holy name. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious movement is an opportunity for everyone\'97regardless of temporary designations of race, religion or nationality\'97to revive his eternal spir
itual nature as a servant of the Supreme Lord. It is a supreme call to all living entities to come back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us a way to come back to Him which is very simple and beautiful and which ca
n be adopted by anyone in any part of the world. It is simply to chant His holy name, dance in ecstasy, taste food which has first been offered to Him in love, and relish discussions about His name, fame, qualities and pastimes. This is a universal metho
d authorized in revealed scriptures for this age, and therefore anyone, without having any previous qualifications, can participate in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and thus attain the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA \line The Supreme
 Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The flames increased as the wind blew very quickly and it appeared that everything movable and immovable would be de
voured. All the cows and the boys became very frightened, and they looked towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. The Supreme Personality of Godhead heard the appealing voices of His friends, and casting a pleasing glance over them, He began to answer. B
y speaking through His eyes, He impressed His friends that there was no cause for fear. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme mystic, the powerful Personality of Godhead, immediately swallowed up all the flames of the fire. The cows and boys were thus saved f
rom imminent danger. Out of fear, the boys were almost unconscious, but when they regained their consciousness and opened their eyes, they saw that they were again in the forest with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and the cows. They were astonished to see t
hat they were completely free from the attack of the blazing fire and that the cows were saved. They secretly thought that K\'e5\'f1\'eba must not be an ordinary boy.\'94
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Books 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2 volumes. 750 pps, 82 color plates
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 4
8, 1972
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is now being increasingly recognized throughout the world as a spiritual force of great poten
cy, purity and importance to human society. With the simultaneous publication of the first two cantos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the complete 1,000-page edition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the public is becoming increasingly aware that the boys and girls whom they see chanting and dancing on their city streets are students of a most serious discipline of God consciousn
ess which is established on the basis of a philosophical system of considerable completeness, consistency and depth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97is the sublime method for this age for the at
tainment of God consciousness, and its effectiveness is practically demonstrated by the joyfulness, sincerity and pure character of its adherents. These are manifestations of genuine God consciousness. As stated in the Vedic scriptures, \'93When one is f
actually engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord, he automatically develops all Godly qualities.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a name of God, and \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'94 means, simply, consciousness of God in His supreme eternal fo
rm. The particular distinction of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is that it is presenting authoritative knowledge about God in a scientific manner unparallelled by any religious, cultural or philosophical system in world. Furthermore, due to t
his scientific background, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is able to present a simple and universally appropriate process for the attainment of God consciousness that can be practiced by anyone and everyone, regardless of his race, religion, n
ationality or social position. This process is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and it may be adopted without the need
 for one to renounce the activities and responsibilities of his daily life. One must simply learn the science of how, while performing one\'92s activities, he can remain constantly absorbed in God consciousness. It is this science that is explained by th
e ancient Vedic scriptures and that is now being introduced in a practical manner by the International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness on a global scale.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Historically, the background of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement can be traced back 5,000 years to the time when Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared on earth and explained to His personal friend Arjuna the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The practical application of the philosophical ideas of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was later clarified and simplified, 500 years ago, by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is pictured on the front cover of this month\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bac
k to Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya is understood from Vedic scriptural evidence to be an incarnation of God Himself who appeared on earth to teach the people of the modern age of quarrel
 and hypocrisy how to develop love of God. This Lord Caitanya did by introducing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mov
ement, or the congregational chanting of the holy name of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is the world teacher of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as origi
nally expounded by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and propagated by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Speaking from the most elevated platform of complete God consciousness, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is offering us a simple, sure and direct method by which we 
can revive our dormant loving relationship with the Supreme Lord and thus attain perfection in this lifetime. It is this perfectional process that is described in the pages of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back
 to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r
\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON PRESS, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 32 Tiffany Place, Brookly
n, N.Y. 11231. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $4.50 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Dallas)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Printed in Japan
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub International Society For Krishn
a Consciousness Centers Around The World
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Nairobi}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0  }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Kenya}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 c/o ISKCON, P. O. Box 28946 (E. Africa)}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\cellx2520\clmrg\cellx4680\clmrg\cellx15480\pard\intbl
\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li3960\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 THE AMERICAS\cell\cell\cell}
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\sl240
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 
{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Austin\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Texas}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 4802 Red River}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Berkeley\cell\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 California\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 1521 San Pablo/ (415) 525-9793\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Boston\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Massachusetts
\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 40 N. Beacon Street/ (617) 254-7910\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Buffalo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 New York\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 132 
Bidwell Pkwy./ (716) 882-0281\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Cleveland\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Ohio}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 15720 Euclid Avenue/ (216) 451-0418}{\b\v
\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Dallas\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Texas}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 5426 Gurley Street/ (214) 827-6330}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Denver\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Colorado}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 1400 Cherry Street/ (303) 302-6661}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Detroit\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Michigan\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 8311 E. Jefferson Avenue/ (313) 824-6000\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Edmonton\cell
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Alberta}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 11935 106}{\v\f0\fs14\cf0\up12 th}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0  Street, Canada}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20
\cf0 Honolulu\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Hawaii}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 2016 McKinley Street/ (808) 941-0380}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Houston
\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Texas}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 707 Hawthorne/ (713) 522-0635}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Kapaa\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Hawaii}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 P.O. Box 253 (Kauai) 96746}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Laguna Beach\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0
\fs20\cf0 California}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 641 Ramona Avenue/ (714) 497-1305}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Los Angeles\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 C
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Mexico}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0  }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 City\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Mexico}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Gobernador Tiburcio No. 45, Col. San Miguel/ (905) 515-9658}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Miami\cell\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Florida}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 363 N.W. 4}{\v\f0\fs14\cf0\up12 th}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0  St. Miami 33128}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Mo
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Philadelphia\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Pennsylvania\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Hong Kong\cell
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Tokyo\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li3960\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20
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\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Freedom in K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Freedom in K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghuyugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9va-gop\'e4lakau.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu in order to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, t
he Supreme Personality of Godhead, is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opanisad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be very far away from us yet 
at the same time to be very near. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the supreme controller, is situated in everyone\'92s hear
t, not only in the hearts of human beings, but also within the beasts, birds, aquatics, and even within the atoms themselves. We simply have not realized Him. Actually anyone, however, can find K\'e5\'f1\'eba within his heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process of finding K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many types of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In th
e Western countries people are generally familiar with the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is an approved 
method and is described in the Sixth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the present moment, however, peop
le are short-lived, they are not very fortunate, and they are always disturbed by many external affairs, and therefore it is not possible to properly execute this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even five thousand years ago when K\'e5\'f1\'eba advised His friend Arjuna to accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process, Arjuna said, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this practice is impossible.\'94 He further said that to control the mind is as difficult as to control the wind. The mind flickers from on
e engagement to another and changes so swiftly that it is very difficult to control it in this age. Therefore Arjuna said that for him this process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was not possible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to encourage Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo
g\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who always thinks of Him with love and faith is the topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is attempting to teach the people in general this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is the topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In order to succeed in this process, we have to accept the bona fide method for this age, and that is the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as enjoined by Lord Caitanya: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
harer n\'e4ma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs14\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam/ kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir a
nyath\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name. In this age of Kali there is no other alternative, no other alternative, no other alternative for God
 realization.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Simple Truth
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This age is called Kali-yuga. It began five thousand years ago, after the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, or after the death of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
 Par\'e9k\'f1it. The full duration of Kali-yuga is 432,000 years, so there is a balance of 427,000 years facing us. As this age progresses, everything becomes degraded\'97people\'92s life span, memory and the quality of mercy become diminished. In the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is pointed out that in this age people are very slow to engage in spiritual realization. T
his was apparent to me when I met a professor in Moscow whose claim was that with the annihilation of the body, everything is finished. At the present moment people have fallen into such a degraded state, into such ignorance, that they do not know the di
fference between spirit and matter. Even great philosophers and scientists, who claim to be very great leaders of society, have no knowledge of the spirit which exists beyond this body. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goes into considerable detail in its description of the body and soul, of the body and the owner of the body. The individual living entities are ow
ners of these bodies, and they change bodies just as they change dress. This simple truth is practically unknown to modern civilized man. Contemporary civilization stresses the body only, and consequently this type of civilization is described as suicida
l in Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living being evolves from aquatic life to plant life, to insect life, to animal life and to human life. Amongst human beings there 
are civilized and uncivilized forms. Those who are advanced in civilization should take advantage of their position by advancing in their spiritual consciousness, which means advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Originally we are all K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious because we are all part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as a finger is part and parce
l of a body. The consciousness of the living entity is spread throughout the entire body, and according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that consciousness is indestructible. As long as the finger is attached to the body it has use and I will spend thousands of dollars in order to keep it, but as soon as that finger is detached, it is worth nothing. Similarly, when
 we are detached from the totality, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are useless and have no value. As soon as we dovetail our desires to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we have value. That is real life\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Spiritual World
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may be defined as devotional service. When one renders
 devotional service he becomes free from all designations. One may be born an American, an African, an Indian or whatever, but on the absolute platform of rendering service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, devoting the senses to engagement in the work of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, and spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s message through this society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one can transcend all these designations of nationality, birth, species, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba the individual living entity forgets his designation, which in actuality only belongs to the body. Devote
es of K\'e5\'f1\'eba only think of themselves as servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and consider themselves in different categories of servitude. Someone may write for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or paint for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or wash dishes for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97whatever the
 activity is, the purpose is satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore all engagements are on the same platform. In this way when one works in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness he can become free from all designations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This may sound very difficult, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is sitting in everyone\'92s heart, will give the living entity all facility as s
oon as He sees that the person is sincere. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme, and if He likes He can give the living entity whatever he desires. The goal should be to become a sincere servitor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we sincerely desire this position, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba will grant it to us. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoins Arjuna and all men to en
gage in His service, to abandon all other engagements and simply surrender unto Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then vows to take charge of the living entity and give him all protection. We all suffer from our sinful activities, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba assures us that He
 will protect those who are devoted to Him from the resultant actions of their sinful activities. Except for those who are devoted to serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everyone is engaged in sinful activities more or less. That is a fact. Consequently in the mater
ial world there are so many varieties of bodies, so many species of life. In Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the kingdom of God, there is only one variety of living entity\'97the four-handed N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba form of the Lord. Everyone is a servant of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba
 or God, but everyone in His transcendental abode has the same features\'97the features of God. In our present position we cannot understand what the situation is in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has, the transcendental world, but it is surely different from what we 
experience here. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gives some hint of what the Vaikunthas are like\'97there is no n
eed of sunlight, moonlight or electricity because everything is illumined by the effulgence of the Almighty.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beyond this manifested and unmanifested material nature there is another nature, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or eternal. Everything in this material world has a certain date of birth or manifestation, a certain duration of life\'97everythi
ng grows, gets old, dwindles and then vanishes. In the spiritual world there is no question of birth, death, growth or diminution or death. Everything there is eternal. We get information about the spiritual world from K\'e5\'f1\'eba via Vedic literature
 or from His line of disciplic succession. There are many differences between the material and spiritual worlds, but the primary difference is that the material world is temporary and the spiritual world is eternal. Therefore if we want eternal, blissful
 life, full of knowledge, we must take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process. It is recommended by the great sages, by the disciplic succession stemming from Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Wonderful K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4, the first in the line of disciplic succession, concluded each verse of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with the words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govindam \'e4di-purusa\'e0 tam aha\'e0 
bhaj\'e4mi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which translates as \'93I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord.\'94 Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4ma
ntra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we repeat the words Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the purpose of this repetition? The more we repeat, the more we learn to love. That is required. We cannot repeat that which we
 do not love, for it will soon become disgusting. If we take any word and repeat it over and over again, we will soon become disgusted with it. Sometimes those who are not in the disciplic succession feel that this repetition of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ha
ckneyed and disgusting. This is because they have not developed a love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, \'93Of what use is this one tongue, and what do I expect to hear with two ears only? If I only had billions of tongues, then I would be 
able to chant a little of the glories of the Supreme Lord.\'94 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and other great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub feel this way about the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because they have love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They taste the nectar of chanting and so cannot give it up. Even in the material world, when we love a person, we will repeat his name over and ov
er. The real point is that this love should be developed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the cowherd men and boys and even the calves, trees and cows all love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They do not know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, and when K\'e5\'f1\'eba does something wonder
ful, they simply take Him to be a wonderful child or boy. Yet despite this the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana do not know anything but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is because of their love for Him. That is what is wanted in this present society. We should not be
 bogged down with so much philosophy, debating whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God or not, whether the symptoms of God are there or not. The inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana did not care for any of this. As far as they were concerned, be K\'e5\'f1\'eba a God or 
man or whatever, they simply loved Him. That is the standard to which we must aspire. We have to increase our love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba by engaging in His service. When one does service to Him, his love naturally develops. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said 
that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prema, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, love for God, is the highest achievement in human life. This should 
not be confused with religion or religiosity, for they are different. Generally people go to a church or temple with some material purpose, asking God to give daily bread. Of course to go to God to pray for something material is better than not going at 
all. In the Communist countries, for instance, they say, \'93Why should we go to God at all? We shall create bread.\'94 Thus propaganda to make people godless is waged. But our relationship with God is permanent, and it is not possible to artificially er
ase it. Being atheistical, not believing in God, is simply an artificial and temporary state for the living entity. When a godless person is actually in danger, he thinks of God. It is not natural for the living entity to remain godless, for loving God i
s the natural life for the living entity.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Freedom to Choose
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are very fond of claiming to be free, and in the name of freedom they are prepared to have sex in the street. Such illusioned li
ving entities do not know that there is no freedom at all as long as we are under the grip of material nature. One may claim to have freedom, but nature will soon contradict this claim. We are all conditioned, and we are simply thinking that we have free
dom, yet this is all illusion. No one wants to die, and yet no one is free from death. No one wants to become old, yet no one is free from old age unless he dies young. No one wants to be in bondage to sexual desires, but the desires keep up, even in old
 age, for old men and old women try to remain young by cosmetic help. One would like to be free and to remain good-looking, but where is that freedom? Nature forces one to become old and wrinkled. So actually there is no freedom; freedom in this material
 world is simply false. No one wants to die, but death is certain. No one wants to become old, but old age is certain. No one wants to get sick, but disease is certain. At a higher stage, the living entity does not even want to take birth, but according 
to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub birth is also certain. One cannot be free to stop death or birth unless he comes t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless one comes to the position of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no question of freedom. That is nature\'92s law. In our present st
ate of illusion we have forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and instead of loving Him we have developed a love for the things of material nature. This is symptomized in love of dog instead of love of God. In America there is a popular saying to the effect that a d
og is man\'92s best friend. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He, God, is the friend and we
ll-wisher of all living entities, but those in forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba have replaced God\'92s position with the dog\'92s position. The living entity thinks that he will be free from love of God by embracing material nature, but actually he is tra
pped into loving a dog. That is nature. Indeed, it is our nature to love something. There is no freedom, therefore. If we do not love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will then be forced to love dog. We do have freedom, however, to make the choice, to choose the objec
t of our love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human form of life in particular is meant for inquiring after the Absolute Truth. Currently it has become fashionable to glide down
 into animal life. When one becomes degraded or slides down to animalistic living, he cannot understand the Absolute Truth. At the present moment human society has become thus degraded. In the course of the evolutionary process, material nature gives the
 living entity the chance to come out of her clutches.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Devotion Beyond Death
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature, or material energy, has clasped us very tightly and is loathe to let us get away, yet she gives us another chance in the human 
form of life. The unfortunate fact is that although trapped in material nature, the living entity does not consider himself trapped. Consequently, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, upon being asked what the most wonderful thing in the world was, replied,
 \'93Every moment thousands of living entities are being delivered into the hands of cruel death, but those who are alive are thinking, \'91I shall not die.\'92 \'94 Thus everyone is thinking that he has a permanent settlement. What could be more wonderf
ul than this in the face of a changing universe? Everyone knows that death is sure\'97everyone sees his friends, parents and relations dying\'97but he is at the same time thinking, \'93I will live a long time.\'94 This is nature. The actual fact is that 
the living entity thinks that he will not die because by nature he is eternal. Unfortunately he has lost his spiritual identity and in the material entanglement, in the body, will be forced to undergo the death of the material body. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub however, describes the living entity as separate from the body and not dissolving with the body at deat
h.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process of gaining real freedom from the body and from the miseries of the body, which ultimately result in death, is this process 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that His devotee never perish
es. At death, the living entity who has devoted his life to K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not have to return to the cycle of birth and death, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises innumerable times in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bhagarad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and as the sages remark throughout the Vedic literatures. The conclusion then is that real freedom is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, in the realization of on
e\'92s real identity as a functioning part of the Supreme Whole. Once that identity is realized, the living entity will not have to undergo the frustration of being lost in a world of death and ignorance. By the rendering of devotional service, he is cat
apulted out of the darkness of the material world into the light of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s effulgence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Disciplic Succession
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Disciplic Succession
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many times, when people inquiring about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness hear from us about the importance of disciplic succession, they ar
e not able to grasp what we are talking about. We say, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is coming down in disciplic succession. The Absolute Truth was first spoken by the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and He taught it to the first living entity, 
Lord Brahm\'e4, who taught it to his pupil N\'e4rada, who taught it to Vy\'e4sadeva.\'94 To one who is already a student of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, just the mention of the names of these great personalities is enough to bring great pleasure; just i
n the sound of their names there is reassurance of Absolute Truth and complete}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub authority. But this is not
 conceivable to a person who doesn\'92t know these spiritual masters as anything more than names which are difficult to pronounce. I would therefore like to speak to you in terms of myself, a thirty-two year old American who is not different in qualifica
tion or upbringing than the average reader to whom the concept \'93disciplie succession\'94 is foreign. Let me relate to you my own experience with the disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I have been in association with His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da since 1966 as o
ne of his initiated students. I can recall the first night I heard His Divine Grace. He spoke of disciplic succession and the name Lord Caitanya, which sounded foreign to me, and he said that the knowledge that he was speaking was to be taken as Absolute
 Truth. I remember thinking, \'93How can he presume that what he says is the Absolute Truth?\'94 When he answered questions after his lecture, he answered only on the basis of what the previous spiritual masters had said and what was originally recorded 
in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He even said at one point, \'93I am not speaking myself. I am a mouthpiece.\'94 H
e claimed to be speaking perfectly, and yet he said that he was personally doing nothing at all. He said that the only thing to his credit was that he was repeating, without change, what was perfect and was recorded thousands of years ago. He compared hi
s perfection to the perfection of a mailman who simply delivers the mail but does not change the message by opening the letter and making additions. He stated that if he could deliver this message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness unchanged, it would be pe
rfect, since it was originally spoken by the perfect source.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although I was accustomed to reading many different literatures and speculating on their relative truths, I was nevertheless impressed 
that His Divine Grace did not care to show off his own thinking power or say something that the audience would like to hear; he simply presented the view of the disciplic succession for everyone\'92s benefit. It gave me a feeling of awe to think of sages
 speaking in ages long, long past and of this same ancient knowledge coming down fresh and intact just for the benefit of the present audience. \'93Just imagine,\'94 I remember telling my friend as we left the little storefront temple where His Divine Gr
ace had spoken. \'93That person who was speaking was saying the same thing that was spoken by sages thousands of years ago. It\'92s all coming down in the vibration of his voice. If the scriptures are really the recorded word of God, then his pure vibrat
ion is coming from infinity itself. It\'92s as if God is speaking to you. He can speak and cut through temporary time with eternal truth.\'94 My friend, however, was more impressed with the immediate time and place, regardless of Absolute Truth, and he s
aid that there were many different ways for different people to communicate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The presentation of the spiritual master was for those who wanted the truth. He had nothing else to offer but the Absolute Truth, and h
e personally endorsed it as beneficial for all. He did not tell lies or indulge in flattery. He was convinced. He had surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba through his spiritual master and had become a surrendered devotee, spending all his time delivering the me
ssage of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to the devotees. I began to attend the classes and to take them seriously, and gr
adually I inquired, accepted and studied, served and practiced, to the point where he accepted me as his initiated disciple. I accepted him as a representative of God, and I accepted the Vedic literature as speaking the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then quite suddenly His Divine Grace had to leave to open another temple in San Francisco, and we new students were left to manage the 
New York temple and attend to the many visitors who used to come to his evening classes. What would we do when they came and he was not present? And how could we live without our spiritual master? The first question had to be answered right away because 
the night after he left, the visitors came as usual to hear his lecture.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He had instructed us how to lecture in his absence, so on the first night one of his more advanced pupils gave a talk. He cited in his 
talk the same examples that our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gave, and it was satisfying. He simply tried to present the teaching
s of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93We have all forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. He is the eter
nal spiritual person, and everything is coming from Him. He is all-pervading. Our real place here is not to try to struggle for enjoyment and happiness in a temporary world filled with miseries of birth, death and old age and ending in inevitable death. 
Our real business is to go back to Godhead, our eternal home. This we can do by the grace of Lord Caitanya, who is the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for this age, by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Ha
re R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.\'94 After the boy\'92s talk, when we chanted, it was just as transcendentally satisfying as if \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da were there. In fact, it was more poignant for his students; there was ecstasy i
n the feeling of separation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On another night, I was chosen to speak. I remember looking at the people who had gathered and praying to God for the courage to be abl
e to say something pure and effective and not let down my spiritual master and my assembled Godbrothers and Godsisters\'97and to actually impart the Absolute Truth to the audience. After all, we students knew the great value of these teachings of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. But all the others did not. So it was up to me to present them. I prayed to cast off all desire to show off my own learning; I wanted just to say what my spiritual master was actually teaching. This left me no room at all to spec
ulate or to concoct. I attempted to remember what he had said. For me personally, it was a very grave occasion. As I spoke, I said, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be compared to the sun. The sun is a planet, a material thing in one place in the sky, and its ener
gy, the sunshine, is diffused, spread out all over the universe. This is a material example. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of all energies and all emanations and creations. That is the definition of the Absolute Truth\'97that from which everyth
ing is coming. The Absolute Truth is intelligent and conscious, and according to the Vedic literature, He is a person, the Supreme Person, God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just as the sun has form and is local, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba has form. But His form has inconceiva
ble energies, like the sun. All spiritual and material existence is His energy. We say that God is great, but how great He is is inconceivable. But we can study this in the Vedic literature to get some idea of the greatness of the Supreme Person.\'94 As 
I spoke, I became somewhat reassured and tried to remember more. But I felt very inadequate and understood that I was not a very good disciple. I was not able to speak more than five or six minutes before I was unable to go on. So I stopped.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The advanced disciples who heard my talk said that it was very nice, especially because I had not deviated from what the spiritual mast
er had said or hadn\'92t made anything up. This made me happy, and yet, at the same time, I could not think that I had done anything at all because actually I had not. It was not my wonderful additions, or my brainpower, good looks or speaking ability, t
hat had made my little talk acceptable; it was not within my power to make people begin to think about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to take the philosophy seriously\'97but it was the power of His Divine Grace, and I had transmitted some of it. After the talk, ther
e was a question. Someone asked, \'93How do you know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God?\'94 Remembering what Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had said in answer to that question, I answered, \'93How do you know who is the President of the United States? By his credential
s. He can show you that he actually has that position. In the same way, all the Vedic literatures describe that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who appeared as the son of Devak\'e9 and performed many wonderful acts, is actually the Supreme Brahman, or the Personality of
 Godhead. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s disciple Arjuna that not only did Ar
juna accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as God, but He is accepted by all the great spiritual masters in disciplic succession, such as N\'e4rada and Vy\'e4sadeva. Also, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on this earth, He displayed all the opulences of the Personality of G
odhead\'97that is, full strength, beauty, knowledge, fame, wealth and renunciation.\'94 After the question, I invited the audience to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I had preserved the format and the words of my spiritual master, which are the words of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although one feels lowly when taking on the work assigned to him by a pure devotee or a spiritual master, he cannot check the bliss tha
t comes when he acts as an agent for the disciplic succession. Giving up false prestige and just serving brings untold joy and satisfaction. No one can know it unless he acts in this line. All it takes is a faithful serving attitude; by living a life of 
pure principles, one can qualify to speak on behalf of his spiritual master. It is a fact that we are all intended to act in this disciplic succession. It is not that just a few priests or preachers are required to take this on, but everyone is supposed 
to faithfully follow the words of the Supreme Lord as transmitted by the bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a prayer in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [1.2.18]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which states: \'93By regularl
y hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or rendering service unto the pure devotee, all that is inauspicious in the h
eart of a candidate is practically destroyed, and thus loving service unto the Personality of Godhead, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact.\'94 Hearing is the most important part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is the most powerful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub far beyond standing on one\'92s head, practicing sitting postures and breath control, or trying to think that one is God by mystic meditation. These other me
thods are not intended for this age, and no bona fide teacher is teaching them. The most important method in this age is to hear from a genuine authority. The Absolute Truth is beyond our sensual experience. We cannot confront it with our present senses 
or intellect, so we have to hear from someone who is an authority. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to His disciple in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93You are not this body. You are spirit soul.\'94 If one can accept this, he has knowledge; if one listens to the presentation of the spiritual masters of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with submissive inquiry, he will know the truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is definitely necessary that one associate with devotees or spiritual masters who can personally present spiritual books and instruc
tions. These should not be understood just by reading them alone. If one reads presentations by unauthorized commentators not in disciplic succession, the whole study will be ruined, and he will get the wrong idea. It is necessary to see and experience t
he pure message in the living example of the spiritual master and hear from the lips of one who is realized. Lord Caitanya said that the spiritual master should teach by the example of his life, not merely by precepts. If one does not hear from such a pe
rson, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be no more than fiction to him, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will remain a mysterious phi
losophy. The greatest havoc is caused by those who misrepresent the scriptures and destroy the import of the disciplic succession which is coming down from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One should never hear from such unauthorized persons. To know who is authorized, o
ne should hear and study the science of God as presented in books like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya, The Nectar of Devotion, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which are presented by the I
SKCON movement as a service to humanity. Otherwise he may be cheated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The disciplic succession is compared to a ladder of different men sitting in the branches of a tree and passing down, from top to botto
m, a nice, ripe mango fruit. If carefully passed from hand to hand, the fruit can be given intact to the man at the bottom, without damage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disciplic succession has a kind of potency which comes down through one who repeats what he has heard in that succession. One who hears
 receives the potency. The material example is given of sexualintercourse. When a man and a woman come together in sexual intercourse, if the man is potent and healthy and other conditions are right, then there will be conception. In the same way, if a w
illing and sincere student hears from an authorized speaker in disciplic succession, he will be injected with devotion to God. The quality has to be genuine on both sides\'97the hearer must be sincere, and the speaker must be spiritually potent. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The knowledge given has to be authoritative. This is guaranteed by the disciplic system, which is unbreakable. The knowledge has been c
ompared to a family secret passed from generation to generation. The difference is that this secret is not material. Once there was a group who claimed to be followers of Lord Caitanya\'92s chief associate, Lord Nity\'e4nanda. They said that they were th
e family descendants of Lord Nity\'e4nanda and claimed to be the only ones who could understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. However, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, the great spiritual master of our spiritual master, completely smashed the
ir idea. He pointed out that the real succession goes on spiritually, from spiritual master to student. It has nothing to do with the seminal succession of father to son, which is based on the material body. Spiritual potency is not like material semina;
 it is passed down by the spiritual master to the qualified disciple who is dependent on the master. The spiritual master blesses the student who shows that he is sincere and eager to serve and who presents submissive inquiry. Such a student can speak on
 behalf of an expert spiritual master. The spiritual master is compared to an expert engineer who has with him an assistant who does exactly what he says. If by the instructions of the engineer the student can turn a screw with a screwdriver just as he i
s asked to do, then he is functioning as an expert himself. In this way, if one can carry out the orders of the expert spiritual master, he can act as a representative of God. To do this, one must lead a pure life, following the regulative principles, an
d must not indulge in intoxication, illicit sex, meat eating or gambling.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When His Divine Grace first left us students in order to open another temple, we wrote to our spiritual master, and he wrote back, \'93
I understand that you are feeling my separation.\'94 But he described that for us to serve him in the absence of his physical presence was even greater than to be with him. If one follows the instructions, a link is set up not just with one\'92s own spir
itual master but with the entire disciplic succession of spiritual masters\'97including Lord Caitanya and going all the way back to Brahm\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His Divine Grace once wrote to all his students, \'93You are all helping me in pushing forwa
rd this mission of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu which has come down by disciplic succession to my spiritual master. So whatever you have spoken in praise of me, it is simply due to them. I am simply the via medium to receive your words of praise on behalf
 of my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru mah\'e4r\'e4ja }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [spiritual master], His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m
\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prabhup\'e4da.\'94 The disciple\'92s immediate link is his own spiritual master, who is the transparent via medium to the whole disciplic succession and back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Going back in history, only eleven spiritual masters before our own is the appearance of Lord Caitanya, who is described in the scriptu
re }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself who comes in this age of quarrel a
nd hypocrisy. He will be known, it states, by the fact that He always chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His associates, and those who have sufficient brain substance will worship the Supreme Lord in this age by chanting the holy names of God. Lord Caitanya
 especially taught that the best name of God is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and for the deliverance of all people He taught the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Lord Caitanya said that these names of God would be heard in ever
y town and village in the world, and now, on the order of this own spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has factually spread that teaching and fulfilled the prophecy of Lord Caitanya by teaching throughout the whole w
orld this authorized instruction of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chanting.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual greatness is attained by carrying out the orders of the spiritual master. One of the Godbrothers of our spiritual master rece
ntly gave testimony that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is the most prominent spiritual master today in carrying out the instructions which come from K\'e5\'f1\'eba through Brahm\'e4 and the disciplic succession. Doctor Kapoor, o
f the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha, made the following statement in a speech in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, where \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was welcomed by the mayor of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. (V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the place in India where K\'e5\'f1\'eba performed His transce
ndental pastimes when He appeared in the world 5,000 years ago.) Dr. Kapoor said of His Divine Grace: \'93He has inherited the mantle of Prabhup\'e4da Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9. He alone has fulfilled the mission of our spiritual master, taking it 
to every nook and corner of the world. And it is in the hands of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub disciples in the future to reap a ri
ch harvest of devotion all over the world.\'94 To he who has faith in the spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and to no one else, all the meaning of the scriptures is revealed. The science of God cannot be learned by academic knowledge or by study in co
mparative religion. It is transcendental, beyond material knowledge, and can be received only by the mercy of the spiritual master. To speak as a representative of the disciplic succession is not a casual thing but is full of gravity, and one must gradua
lly qualify to do this great work for all mankind. Recently, in a conversation with U.S. Ambassador to India Kenneth Keating, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, \'93Send me all your American boys, and I will save them. That is not a bluff.\'94 The spiritual
 master can speak like this because he is authorized to give shelter to all humanity by virtue of the purity of the disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To go back to the first meeting when I met His Divine Grace, the question that arose in my mind may arise in yours also. How can we say
 that what the spiritual master is speaking, even if it is carried in disciplic succession, is Absolute Truth? First, let us look at the stature of the spiritual masters themselves, who are carrying this message as links in a chain. If you study the writ
ings of the stalwarts in the disciplic succession\'97Lord Brahm\'e4, author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy
\'e4sadeva, the author of all the Vedic scriptures, N\'e4rada Muni, the author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pa\'efcar\'e4tra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Lord Caitanya, author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97you will find that they are great learned
 scholars in the transcendental science. They are powerful sages who are able to see past, present and future. They are not interested in anything mundane or in telling fiction stories. Proof of the perfection of the great sages is given in the symptoms 
which they possess. These symptoms of a person who has attained transcendental life are given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub [2.70-71]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Steadily controlling his senses, he fixes his consciousness on K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
nd is not bewildered or disturbed by desires. Thus he is able to be fixed in consciousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [4.34] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub further states that one should approach such a sage, a spiritual master who can impart knowledge because he has seen the truth. In other words, there exists a c
heck and balance system whereby the spiritual master is confirmed by the scripture and the scripture is exemplified in the life of the saintly person. A saintly person or spiritual master is one who speaks only what is in the scripture. K\'e5\'f1\'eba sa
ys in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Surrender to Me,\'94 and the spiritual master says, \'93Surrender to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.\'94 So there is no difference between scripture and the spiritual master. In this way, the Absolute Truth is mercifully available in age after age to all persons in all places.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The more we reflect on it, the more we see that persons who are impartial and serious will accept this. It is not a question of this or
 that religion but a philosophy of living. The disciplic succession makes K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness most authoritative. Lord Caitanya appeared within everyone\'92s memory, only 500 years ago. He is cited in the Vedic literature as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himse
lf. Thus the movement is most authoritative because God Himself has come as a teacher in this fallen age. He has presented a life of spiritual realization in the very attractive form of chanting, dancing and eating foods offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is coming to save the world by the disciplic succession, and everyone should take advantage of this great opportunity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's p11:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Pictured here 
are spiritual masters in the disciplic chain of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. \'c7r\'e9 Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9  \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p12: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gaura Ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b
\'e4j\'e9    \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9    His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p13: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great sage N\'e4rada Muni appearing 
before his disciple Vy\'e4sadeva, the compiler of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , to offer him enlightenment.\line ". . . just
 the mention of the names of these great personalities is enough to bring great pleasure . . . "
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A New look at Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A New look at Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  (Reprinted, by permission, from the }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Sunday Guardian,}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  Trinidad, West Indies)
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Sura\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha d\'e4sa }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Trinidad)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sura\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha d\'e4sa is a 22-year-old devotee of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness who is now in Trinidad hel
ping to establish a centre here.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Coming from an American Jewish family, Sura\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha\'97his former name was Arthur Swers\'97gave up his studies at a university 
in Vermont to become a disciple of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose teachings, he claims, were handed down intact through 5,000 years.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Sura\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha is interviewed by Sunday Guardian Writer Andrew Dopson.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DOPSON}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . When did the society start?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SURA\'c7RE\'d1\'d6HA D\'c4SA. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The name of the society\'97that is, the International So
ciety for Krishna Consciousness\'97was given in 1966, but the teachings have been going on for many thousands of years. We are in a line of direct succession from Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5
\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who appeared 5,000 years ago.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Who gave the society its name?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, a pure devotee of Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97in other words, a teacher who shows us how to develop pure love for God because that is the purpose of our human form of life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE QUALITIES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a name for God. It is a Sanskrit word that means \'93the all-attractive one.\'94 In other words, God is the one who h
as created all the qualities that we think of as being attractive. He has all these qualities unlimitedly, so He is the all-attractive one.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What are you doing in Trinidad?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I am here with my Godbrother\'97we call each other Godbrothers and Godsisters\'97to
 spread the teachings and to set up a centre like those we have all over the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At present we are staying in Cunupia, but we have been moving from village to village. We have been in San Fernando, Marabella, Princes
 Town and St. James. Now we are about to come to Port of Spain.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have been here for two months, but the society\'92s work was started sixteen months ago by my Godbrother Vaiku\'eb\'f6han\'e4tha d
\'e4sa and his wife, who are now in India.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Different organizations are sponsoring us in Trinidad. Many Hindus take an interest in our teachings because we study from the same scr
iptures. But we are not Hindus.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Why aren\'92t you Hindus?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Because the teachings of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not limited to one group of people
. To be a devotee of the Lord is to be in the service of God, in loving relationship with Him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DESIGNATIONS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we have put up all kinds of false designations. We call ourselves Trinidadians, Americans, Hindus, Christians. All these designatio
ns are temporary and false because they are only in relation to a particular time and family situation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The actual designation of the spirit soul is eternal. So that is what we must strive for\'97an understanding of that eternal nature\'97
because as long as we identify with the bodily designation, we will have a tendency to fight with one another, to have prejudices against one another and things like that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One set of people think that they are from one country and another group from another country; some think they are black and others whi
te\'97all these designations cause disagreement and hostility.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What then do the teachings of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba offer?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We can see all over the world that people are looking for some mode of true satisfa
ction, for a true sense of happiness and peace, but who is finding it?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must sincerely ask ourselves, if we are not finding this, how can we find it? What is the purpose of life? Who am I? Who is God, and
 what is my relation with Him?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HIS ENERGIES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic teachings\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, Bh\'e4gavata 
Pur\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and all the different corollaries and supplementary literature\'97give us the knowledge not only that God is great but of how great He actually is, who is God, what are 
His energies, in what way are they working and what is our relationship to these different energies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many religionists are talking about developing a love of God, but where is the possibility of developing actual love of God unless we h
ave some knowledge of the Lord\'92s personality and activities?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For example, in this world when one person loves another, this love develops after an understanding of each other\'92s character and pe
rsonality. You cannot actually love someone you don\'92t know.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How then do you view the teachings of other spiritual leaders?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We can understand that there have been many great teachers on devotional activities
 in relation to the Lord, such as Lord Jesus, Son of God, and Lord Muhammad, but they taught according to a particular time and circumstance. They, of course, were perfect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can see this in the example of Lord Jesus, who told his disciples, \'93There is so much that I have yet to tell thee, but you cannot
 bear to hear it now.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to that particular time and circumstance, the people to whom Lord Jesus spoke were not very accepting in spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 APPEARANCE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only a very small minority of the population took an interest in his teachings. And we can see, as a result, what they did to him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the Vedic literature, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was written down around the time of the appearance of the Lord Himself when there were many devotees. This enabled Him to give the teachings in all their completeness for the benefi
t of all human beings in this age.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You say that the Vedic literature written some 5,000 years ago offers a complete gu
ide to spiritual perfection. And you say that Lord Jesus Christ, who came roughly three thousand years later, was a perfect teacher. Yet Jesus never referred to the Vedic teachings. One wonders why.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Jesus Christ taught exactly the same things contained in the Vedic literature
\'97that is, performing activities that would help one develop a love for God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was not necessary for him to refer by name in order to identify any particular teaching. Lord Jesus Christ appeared quite obviously 
at a time when the world was lacking in spiritual guidance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The people of those times studied the Old Testament and the Torah. The intelligent devotee who wants to make knowledge palatable to the
 people must speak in a language they will understand. The time has come about when there are many people all over the world, particularly young people, who are seriously endeavouring to search out the truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My guru, my spiritual teacher, by the mercy of the Lord, has made the original teachings available to everyone.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Isn\'92t the Bible available to everyone, and does it not also offer a complete gui
dance to salvation?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If someone seriously follows the teachings of Lord Jesus as contained in the Bible,
 he will certainly advance spiritually.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The main difficulty is in translation and change. By nature everyone has a tendency to interpret what they see and hear and read. In or
der for spiritual knowledge not to be interpreted, it must pass down in a line of teachers without change, without addition, without subtraction.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How do you know that the Vedic literature has not changed over 5,000 years?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The idea is that my guru is in a line of disciples coming directly from the appeara
nce of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His teachings have not changed one iota from when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke the knowledge 5,000 years ago. Therefore the potency remains.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How well documented is this line of succession? Are the disciples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 recorded in history?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We have a list of names. They are in Vedic history. But the greatest evidence of th
e potency of the spiritual path is the results of the activity. Are the disciples becoming purified? Are they stopping their nonsense activity? Are they developing a love of God?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SENTIMENTAL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And this must not be based on sentimental feelings but upon realization. We must see how the disciples are acting. Are they taking thei
r knowledge to the people? How many of them are doing this?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How worldwide is the International Society for Krishna Consciousness?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We have about 90 centres on all the continents. We have centres all over America, C
anada, Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Last week we were supposed to open a centre in Puerto Rico. This is the information I received in a letter.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Do your teachings have any commandments; in other words, practical guidelines by wh
ich to live?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, There are four regulative principles which we follow in order to become actual
 devotees of God. They are (1) no intoxication, and this includes all forms of alcohol, drugs, coffee and cigarettes; (2) no illicit sex life, meaning that if one is not married then he should have no sex life, and if one is married then only for the pur
pose of propagation; (3) no meat eating, including fish and eggs; and (4) no gambling or frivolous sports.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hardly anyone is observing these principles; that is why life has become so degraded in this age. These four principles, if followed, a
re the pillars of religiosity, and neglect to follow is the pillar of irreligiosity.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When did you become a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Fourteen months ago when I moved into the centre in New York.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Since then what have you been doing?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Since then I have been studying under the instructions of my guru and my elder Godb
rothers. I have been to different temples in America, to our farm community in West Virginia called New V\'e5nd\'e4vana and from there to Columbus, Ohio, and now here.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So you have not been to India?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No. I have found that many young Americans interested in spiritual life have gone t
o India and returned very disillusioned because by the nature of this age, which is called Kali-yuga\'97meaning the age of quarrel\'97every place, including India, has become degraded.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Are there any prophetic concepts in your teachings?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavata Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and many of the other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  have explained this age of Kali-yuga. These books were written down about 5,000 years ago, and they explain that this age will become much more degraded, with people becoming more atheistic in tend
ency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During this age, of which we are only at the beginning, there will be advancement in spiritual life for a certain segment of the popula
tion. But towards the end, spiritual life will practically disappear for the great majority of people, who will then be living like animals. Man will become three feet tall, his material intelligence\'97his scientific and philosophical knowledge\'97will 
disappear. He will live a life very similar to what we understand of the cave man. And then at the end of this age, which is 427,000 years from now, there will be a partial devastation, and then a new age will start.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are four ages of time. Satya-yuga is the golden age, where people are generally in the mode of goodness. Satya is a pious and rel
igious age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is followed by Treta-yuga, which is still a great age, but already things begin to deteriorate. Then there is Dvapara-yuga, which 
is also a great age, but things are degraded even more.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And finally comes Kali-yuga, which is the actual degraded age. Kali-yuga began 5,000 years ago; it is 432,000 years long, but it is the
 shortest of the four ages, which are in constant cycle.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If everything is a cycle, what then is the ultimate destiny, the ultimate purpose o
f life?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The ultimate purpose of life is to understand first of all: I am not this body; I a
m a spiritual entity in direct personal relationship to the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 REAWAKENING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore I must perform those activities, which reawaken my dormant state of original consciousness, my devotional relationship with G
od.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way I will become purified in this life and can go back to the kingdom of God which is our home. This place is not our home bec
ause no one is satisfied here.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we can work in the world following our particular abilities, propensities and responsibilities and at the same time develop towards
 spiritual perfection.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hindus believe in reincarnation. Do you?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We can understand from Vedic scriptures that life does not mean just one life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spirit soul transmigrates from body to body\'97though all the variour, 8,400,000 species of life\'97and on reaching the human form,
 he is then able to culture his spiritual development.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Do you mean that there is a spirit soul in trees and plants?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, not only plants but in all forms of life, animals, birds and aquatics. But the
 human form, which covers the last 400,000 on the list, is not classified with beasts. Even monkeys and apes are considered lower groups of human life, but only in the higher groups can spiritual life be cultivated.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By what force then does the spirit soul progress from plant and animal life to huma
n life?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By nature the spirit soul advances from one form of life to the next until he reach
es the human form. That is the true process of evolution, spiritual evolution.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What about Darwin, then? Do you agree with him?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Darwin theory attempts to account for the evolution of the human form of life, 
and it does not enter into any relation with the soul. But the body does not endure; the spirit soul transmigrates from one form of life to another, and the change is determined by the activities of the living entity in a past body. That is the law of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97action and reaction. Lord Jesus said, \'93As you sow, so shall you reap.\'94
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Liberation of the Cave Dwellers
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Liberation of the Cave Dwellers
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 HAYAGR\'c9VA D\'c4SA}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that whoever understands beyond doubt that the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin and proprietor of everything is undeluded and free from all taint, although he is among those who are subject
 to death. Of course every living being in the material creation, from the great Brahm\'e4 whose life span encompasses aeons and aeons to microscopic bacteria that endure only for a fraction of a second, is subject to old age, degeneration and death. Cou
ntless entities in multimillions of species of life are born into darkness and nourished in darkness, and after briefly fumbling in the caverns of the senses, are dying in darkness. And yet their minds remained attached to this darkness and to the things
 of the caves, and so they take bodies according to their propensities to enjoy. This taking on and shuffling off of bodies is like so many changes of dress.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Book III, Chapter 25, of Plato\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Republic}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Socrates uses the allegory of the cave to illustrate the nature of man\'92s attachment to the illusory things of this material universe. He tells of men living in the depths of an undergrou
nd cave, the entrance of which is open to the light. There is a long passage leading from the entrance to a chamber where the men sit in darkness. They have been sitting in this chamber from their very childhood, chained by the leg and also by the neck. 
They cannot move, and they can see only what is in front of them because the chains will not let them turn their heads. Behind them a fire burns, and between the prisoners and the fire is a parapet like a screen at a puppet show which hides a number of p
uppet masters who manipulate their puppets at the top. These puppet masters hold up various objects made of wood and stone shaped in the figures of men and animals and other natural phenomena. And these objects are projected on the wall before the prison
ers. The prisoners see nothing of themselves or of one another. They are wholly enchanted by the shadows thrown by the firelight on the wall of the cave, and thus since their early childhood they have been watching the false show on the wall of the cave 
and thinking those shadows of artificial objects to be reality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Socrates then requests his listeners to imagine what would happen if suddenly these prisoners were released from their chains (though n
ot stated, possible by the grace of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the mind releaser that breaks the shackles of material illusion) and set free and forced to stand up, turn their heads and walk with their eyes
 lifted to the light. For the prisoners, all these movements would be very painful, and they would be too dazzled to perceive the objects whose shadows they are accustomed to seeing. And what would they think, asked Socrates, \'93if someone told them tha
t what they had formerly seen was meaningless illusion? Would not such men be pained and confused? And would they not question the reality of these new objects which they suddenly behold, and maintain the reality of the illusions which they are accustome
d to seeing? For them the flickering shadows on the side of the cave constitute the reality of existence. The eyes of such men would ache to look at the light, and they would try to turn back to see those things which they could see distinctly, the shado
ws to which they are accustomed, being convinced that these are really clearer than the new objects being shown them.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then Socrates goes further to ask what would happen if someone were to drag one of these prisoners forcibly through the rugged passagew
ay of the cave and haul him out into the sunlight. Would he not suffer great pain and be very angry and vexed? And when finally he is out in the sunlight, would he be able to see a single one of the objects which he is suddenly told are real? No. Such a 
quick transition would necessitate his becoming accustomed to this new and brilliant environment. At first he would only be able to make out shadows in the upper world and gradually images of men and things. Then when he finally becomes accustomed to the
 things of day, Socrates says, he would surely think himself happy and be thankful for the change. He would also feel sorry for his fellow prisoners who still remain in the chambers of the cave. And imagine what would happen if such a man suddenly went d
own again to take his former seat in the cave. Coming out of the sunlight, his eyes would be full of darkness, and when he joins his fellow prisoners he would be asked to make comments on the puppet pantomime in the cave, and having difficulty readjustin
g, he would be the object of ridicule for his fellow prisoners. They would laugh at him and say that he went up out of the cave only to return with his sight ruined, and they would conclude that it is worth no one\'92s time to even attempt the ascent. In
deed, if they could lay hands on the man who would try to set them free and lead them out of the cave, they would kill him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point it is easy to see that the prisoners in the cave are conditioned souls bound by material desires, lust and anger. Origina
lly these souls sported in the clear daylight outside, but being attracted to the cave and the things of the cave they left the environment of light and plunged into the darkness of the body where they sit shackled by desire. The puppet pantomimes percei
ved on the wall of the cave represent other living entities and the various objects the soul perceives while in the body. These are but flicks and specks that come and go. They have no substantiality. Each imprisoned soul takes the shadows of these puppe
ts to be the real objects of the universe. Although the prisoners are seated next to one another and although they exchange opinions about the show they are watching, they neither see themselves nor one another, for they are bound by their passions. Inde
ed, their real bodies are there hidden in darkness, just as the spiritual body is hidden to one who can perceive only through the material senses. The poet Coleridge must have been influenced by this Socratic allegory when he wrote:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub For all that meets the bodily sense I deem\line Symbolical, one mighty alphabet\line For infant minds; and we
 in this low world\line Placed with our backs to bright Reality,\line That we may learn with young unwounded ken\line The substance from its shadow.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This phenomenal universe, a \'93mighty alphabet for infant minds,\'94 reflects a bit of the Supreme, although pervertedly. But the pris
oners of the cave cannot perceive this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The puppet masters in the cave are the demigods in charge of material nature. They are agents of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and they conduct the show which fascinates the prisoners. They are the goddess of wealth, the god of sex, the god of fame, the god 
of war, and so on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is only by the mercy of one who is unshackled, of a liberated soul, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or spiritual master, that a prisoner can be released from his chains. The cave dwellers cannot release themselves nor one another. They are dependent on s
omeone coming from the outside. And so the spiritual master comes from outside the cave, from the realms of light, and descends into the chambers to release the prisoners who are in no way deserving of his mercy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Socrates points out that the transition from bondage to freedom is very painful for a prisoner. At first he has difficulty moving once 
he is released from his chains. Then the light of the fire within the cave blinds him. And surely the ascent out of the cave is very difficult. In the same way in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that for the neophyte the practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the beginning is like poison but in the end is like nectar. Therefore at firs
t the prisoner who is being led out of the cave sometimes struggles against the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but it is the patie
nce, perseverance and compassion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that sees him through this transition period and out the ent
rance of the cave into the sunlight. This represents the ascent of the soul out of material engagement into spiritual engagement. At first the soul is dazzled by his new environment and activities. One can imagine that if he is blinded by the fire in the
 cave, how much more he is blinded by the light of the sun itself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After relating this allegory, Socrates explains that the chambers of the cave correspond to the region revealed to us through the sense
 of sight and other gross material senses. The fire within the cave corresponds to the sun that is perceived within the material world. The ascent out of the cave into the upper world represents what Socrates calls the \'93upward journey of the soul into
 the region of Absolute Intelligence.\'94 Once in the realms of Absolute Intelligence, Socrates says that the soul has the most difficulty perceiving the source of light itself, which he calls \'93the essential Form of goodness.\'94 \'93Once this form is
 perceived,\'94 he says, \'93the conclusion must follow that for all things this is the cause of whatever is right and good; in the visible world, it gives birth to light and to the lord of light, while it is itself sovereign in the world of intelligence
 and is the parent of intelligence and truth.\'94 Here, Socrates is talking about the absolute source of all light and goodness, which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is interesting that he refers to the essential }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub form}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of goodness. That is to say he does not accept the impersonal light as the u
ltimate but indicates a source of this light which has form. He further states, \'93Without having had a vision of this Form, no one can act with wisdom either in his own life or in matters of state.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once a prisoner has reached the heights of the upper worlds and has become accustomed to them, it would be very strange indeed if he wa
nted to return to the cave. Therefore Socrates says that those who have attained the upper world are reluctant to become involved in the affairs of men. Their souls simply long to spend all their time in that upper world. Those who are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness are reluctant to become politicians or fruitive laborers of any sort. Indeed, what rewards could the cave offer them, and how could they become absorbed again in the pantomime of puppets once they have seen the reality of the upper world? A
 man would sooner return to the toys of his childhood and try to play with them. It is interesting that Arjuna, a soul in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, did not want to fight in the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra. But it was only when he was told by K\'e5\'f1
\'eba to fight, not for the sake of the puppet battle but for the sake of the Supreme Himself, that Arjuna consented to go into the cave of battle and fight against other puppets. Those liberated souls who descend out of the upper regions into the cave o
f the material universe are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or \'93those who descend.\'94 When an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does descend into the cave and mingles 
in the darkness with blind }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , demons, literally \'93those opposed to light,\'94 he may often encount
er unpleasant situations. Socrates notes this: \'93Nor again is it all strange that one who comes from the contemplation of the Divine to the miseries of human life should appear awkward and ridiculous when, with eyes still dazed and not yet accustomed t
o the darkness, he is compelled, in a law court or elsewhere, to dispute about the shadows of justice or the images that cast those shadows, and to wrangle over the notions of what is right in the minds of men who have never beheld justice itself.\'94 No
tably we have the example 500 years after Socrates of Lord Jesus Christ who descended into the material world to lead the gross materialists to the light of the kingdom of God, but being so absorbed with the shadows of their puppet play they could not un
derstand him. They were especially confused whenever he mentioned the relationship between himself and his Father, the source of light. And not understanding, being confounded and angered, they finally crucified him. There is also the example of Lord Nit
y\'e4nanda and Jagai and Madhai. Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , descending from the realm of light to lead the pris
oners out of the cave of darkness, runs great risks. Because of this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that no servant in the world is more dear to Him than one who delivers His message of freedom to others. \'93For anyone who explains this supreme secret to the devo
tees, devotional service is guaranteed and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.68-69}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Obviously there is a gulf of difference between one dwelling in the upper worlds of light and one dwelling in the darkness of the cave.
 The transition from darkness to light or from light to darkness confuses the eyes. But Socrates observes that the man coming from the light is different, and his transition is not as painful, for when he enters the darkness of the cave he realizes that 
his vision is obscured by the darkness. He is not really confused because he knows that his constitutional position is established in the light of happiness, and he feels compassionate toward those who are accustomed to darkness and who identify their ha
ppiness with flickering shadows. \'93Indeed if he were inclined to laugh at them,\'94 Socrates points out, \'93that would be less ridiculous than to laugh at the soul who has come down from the light.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From this allegory Socrates concludes that the soul of every man possesses the power of learning the Absolute Truth, but he must be tur
ned around in order to see the light. It is not that the prisoners in the cave are blind. Their vision is already there, but it is obscured.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all originally K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious entities, and we have the ability to partake in the light of devotional service to \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is innate in all of us. We simply need to be turned around. And this is the role of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He directs the soul away from the flickering temporalities of this material world to the contemplation of the Divine. Socrates says, \'93Just as one might have to turn the whole body round 
in order that the eyes should see light instead of darkness, so the entire soul must be turned away from this changing world till its eyes can bear to contemplate reality and that supreme splendor which we have called the Good.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This Supreme Good, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the ultimate destination of all souls conditioned or unconditioned, and the process for realiz
ing Him is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a science and an art to be studied and practiced under one who has actually seen the realms of day. Socrates hints at such an art whereby the Divine may be perceived: 
\'93Hence there may well be an art whose aim would be to effect this very thing, the conversion of the soul, in the readiest way; not to put the power of sight into the soul\'92s eye, which already has it, but to insure that, instead of looking in the wr
ong direction, it is turned the way it ought to be.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regarding this spiritual rectification, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93Even if you are considered to be the most sinful of all
 sinners, when you are situated in the boat of transcendental knowledge, you will be able to cross over the ocean of miseries. As the blazing fire turns wood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge burn to ashes all reactions to material activi
ties.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.36-37) To attain this knowledge, K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoins the conditioned soul to approach
 a spiritual master. \'93Inquire from him submissively and render service to him.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.34}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The spiritual master, who has descended into the cave for the purpose of liberating conditioned souls, can 
\'93impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In fact, it is the duty of one who has seen the truth to impart it to others. Socrates warns that those souls who have keen visions mus
t not remain in the cave, for if their intelligence is perverted they will be much more evil than those of dull vision. He says, \'93They must be made to ascend to the vision of Ultimate Goodness which we call the highest Object of Knowledge; and, when t
hey have looked upon it long enough, they must not be allowed, as they now are, to remain on the heights refusing to come down again to the prisoners, or to take any part in their labors and rewards, however much or little these may be worth.\'94 Similar
ly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sets the guideline for the man of vision: \'93As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, similarly, the learned may also act, but without attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path. Let not the w
ise disrupt the minds of the ignorant who are attached to fruitive action. They should not be encouraged to refrain from work, but to engage in work in the spirit of devotion.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.25-26) So those in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should not withdraw to forests to simply chant in solitude or meditate. Rather, they should engage in action and tea
ch others the principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. They will then indeed be the best citizens of the state, and they will be leaders, as Socrates says, like \'93king bees in a hive.\'94 Once one has seen the light of reality he must descend to the
 cave of temporalities and work for the spiritual welfare of all conditioned souls. \'93Therefore without being attached to the fruits of activities, one should act as a matter of duty; for by working without attachment, one attains the Supreme.\'94 (Bg.
 3.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Socrates further instructs those who know the truth in this way: \'93You must go down, then, each
 in his turn, to live with the rest and let your eyes grow accustomed to the darkness. You will then see a thousand times better than those who lived there always; you will recognize every image for what it is and know what it represents because you have
 seen justice, beauty and goodness in their reality, so to live in such a commonwealth [of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious men] will be no mere dream, as it is in most existing states, where men live fighting one another about shadows and quarrelling for power,
 as if that were a great prize.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore this country, this world, this universe requires }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma
h\'e4tm\'e4s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great souls who have left the darkness of material existence and have seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the source of all light. Such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can lead all of the millions and millions of living entities who are wandering aimlessly in the darkness of countless species of life 
out the cave of their material desires and back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Perfection of Renunciation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Perfection of Renunciation
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Reprinted from }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Chapter E
ighteen, Text 66)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Click link for text]\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by\line His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pr
abhup}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now, therefore, in this human form of life, it is time to inquire about spiritual realization"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because it is the human being only who after millions of years of progressive evolution has obtained the keenly developed intelligence which can probe the mysteries
 of existence, the Vedic writings urgently advise us to turn our attention to the questions of spiritual life. "Who am I? Why am I here? What is the purpose of my life?" These are questions that must arise in the mind of every intelligent human being. It
 is to give us the knowledge to answer these questions that the Vedic scriptures were first compiled by the sages of ancient India and are now being presented in English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da. Now is the time to examine this timeless science of spiritual realization.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Never before has this sublime text been available to the English-speaking world. Now ISKCON Press announces the forthcoming publication
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The science of God is greater than all other sciences, and this spiritual technology is rationally and authoritatively explained in the
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Nectar of Devotion
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 292 pp., 11 illus., hardcover $ 5.95, paperback $3.95
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a first recording of pure devotional songs in the ancient spiritual language Sanskrit. These eternal sounds of love release the
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\i0\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 , The Divine Sound
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub , The Divine Sound
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The world becomes joyful upon hearing Your name, and thus everyone becomes attached to You.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O my Lord, O divine Energy of the Lord, please engage me in Your service.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name, the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is as pure and as perfec
t as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba will release one from his designated condition in the gross and subtle bodies.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who sincerely chants the holy name is actually elevated very soon unto the platform of love of Godhead. This love of 
Godhead is above all perfections of life. Love of Godhead is the eternal nature of the soul. It is unchangeable. It is without beginning, and it has no end.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chanting of the holy name is so powerful that it gradually establishes its supremacy over all the world, and the devotee who chants it becomes transcendentally s
ituated in ecstasy and sometimes laughs, cries and dances in his ecstasy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya invites: dance, sing and propagate this sa\'eck\'e9rtana movement, and by instructing people about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, try to deliver them from nescience. 
Lord Caitanya\'92s path is just like nectar, and it holds whatever you need. The best way to take to this path is to follow.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Logician and Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Logician and Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  (ISKCON\'97New York)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the age of twenty-four years, Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu accepted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the renounced order of spiritual life, and soon thereafter He set out for the holy city of Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9. Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 is a transcendental city ruled by K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Himself in the Deity form of Lord Jagann\'e4tha. In temples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Lord is always worshiped in His various forms, which are represented in wood, metal, stone, etc. To one who is untrained in the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s, such forms appear to be mere statues or idols, but one who knows the science sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in these forms, not material elements like stone or wood. Thus when Lord Caitanya entered the temple of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, He was immediately fil
led with ecstasy upon seeing the transcendental form of the Deity. He was thinking, \'93Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba! For so long I have wanted to see You, and now I can see You.\'94 Lord Caitanya was so saturated with transcendental bliss that He could not even s
ay the name of Lord Jagann\'e4tha but could only call out, \'93Jaga \'85 Jaga \'85 Jaga \'85\'94 and in a trance of ecstasy He fell unconscious on the temple floor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The custodians of the temple were bewildered by the actions of Lord Caitanya, but there was a greatly learned scholar present named S
\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya who from his studies in scriptural literature could understand that the Lord\'92s losing consciousness was not an ordinary event but was a rare symptom exhibited only by the most elevated devotees. He therefore asked
 the custodians of the temple not to disturb Lord Caitanya but to bring Him instead to his home. As a scientist and a scholar, the Bhatt\'e4c\'e4rya wanted to study the entranced condition of the Lord in a systematic way to determine whether His ecstatic
 symptoms were genuine. He was not the type of man to be influenced by a display of physical symptoms, for he knew that unscrupulous persons may imitate such symptoms in order to gain personal notoriety.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya tested the transcendental condition of the Lord in the light of authentic scriptures. He checked
 His pulse, heartbeat, stomach movements, etc., and found that His bodily functions were all in complete suspension. But when he put a small cotton swab before the Lord\'92s nostrils, he could see that the cotton fibers moved slightly. Thus he could unde
rstand that Lord Caitanya\'92s trance was indeed genuine, and he began to treat Him in a standard manner. Lord Caitanya, however, did not respond to standard treatment. The only way that He could be revived was by the loud chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by His disciples, 
and since S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya had never before met Lord Caitanya, this fact was unknown to him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soon, however, some of the companions of Lord Caitanya came to know of the wonderful events that had transpired in the temple of Jagann
\'e4tha, and when they learned that Lord Caitanya had been taken to the home of S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, they went there, and by their chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Lord w
as immediately revived. S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya then requested that the Lord and His companions become his guests of honor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point there was a hot discussion between S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya and his brother-in-law Gop\'e9n\'e4tha \'c4c
\'e4rya regarding the divinity of Lord Caitanya. The devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement accept that Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is not an ordinary human being but is the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in the disg
uised form of a devotee. This was the point of contention between S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya and Gop\'e9n\'e4tha \'c4c\'e4rya. Gop\'e9n\'e4tha \'c4c\'e4rya, who had met Lord Caitanya previously, wanted to convince his brother-in-law that this
 young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was actua
lly the Supreme Lord Himself, whereas the Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya maintained that Lord Caitanya could not have been God but must certainly have seen a great devotee of the Lord. The two brothers-in-law did not, however, argue simply on the basis of senti
ment. Each cited evidence from the revealed scriptures to support his point of view. There are many bogus imposters who claim to be God and who are acclaimed as God by their followers on the basis of their emotions, but no man can become God by popular v
ote. The genuine incarnations of God are described in revealed scriptures, and it was with reference to such scriptures that this discussion took place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, as the greatest logician of his day, was the professor of many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He was an elderly gentleman, about the age of Lord Caitanya\'92s father, and so he felt some paternal affection for Lord Caitanya. He was also greatly struck by the personal beauty of the Lord, and he thought that it w
ould be very difficult for such a beautiful young man to follow the strict rules and regulations of the renounced order of life. He therefore desired that Lord Caitanya hear from him the teachings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the elevated philosophical codes which summarize the essential spiritual truths of all the Vedic literatures. Lord Caitanya tacitly a
greed to this proposal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the holy temple of Lord Jagannatha, S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya instructed Lord Caitanya continuously for seven consecuti
ve days. For seven days Lord Caitanya listened with full attention, never speaking even a word, and so on the eighth day the Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya exclaimed, \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya! I don\'92t think You understand what I\'92ve been saying. I\'92ve
 been instructing You for the past week, but You haven\'92t asked any questions or said anything about my explanations.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To this Lord Caitanya replied, \'93Yes. I am a great fool. But since you asked Me to hear you, I\'92ve been trying to hear you as a mat
ter of duty, although I cannot follow what you have been saying.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya then asked why Lord Caitanya did not question any point which He could not understand, the 
Lord replied, \'93Actually, I can understand the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very clearly; it\'92s your explanat
ions that confuse Me.\'94 S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya had been explaining the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in terms of logic, grammatical word play and mental speculation, but Lord Caitanya indicated that He did not accept this method. S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was astonished t
hat Lord Caitanya could understand the meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub without understanding the commentary that explained them. Therefore he told the Lord \'93Very well, then. If You understand the meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s\'fctras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , let me have Your interpretation.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya replied that no interpretation was needed in order to understand the Ved\'e4nta philosophy. \'93The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are as bright and clear as th
e sun,\'94 He said \'93But if someone tries to interpret them by mental speculation and give his own meaning, he covers this sun with the cloud of his imagination.\'94 He stated that since the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were already perfect, there was no need to adjust the meaning. This is the stan
dard way of accepting Vedic literature. The scriptures themselves are considered to be perfect, and the scriptural statements are accepted as perfect evidence. For example, it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that if one touches the stool of any animal, he becomes contaminated and has to take a bath. But elsewhere in the Vedic literature it is stated that cow dung
 is purifying. It can even purify a contaminated place. This appears to be contradictory, but the followers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub accept this statement as fact, and by doing so they do not make a mistake; actually, cow dung has all antiseptic properties, and this has been verified by modern chemical analysis.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya stated that there are two ways to accept the Vedic literature\'97the direct method and the indirect method. The direct me
thod is to accept the Vedic literatures as factual and accept their statements as authoritative and true. The other method is to interpret what is stated in the scriptures. This indirect method was condemned by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu as worthless an
d misleading. There is no need to interpret what is already clear. The indirect method is adopted by those who have independent theories of no actual value in order to lend respectability to their ideas. They do not have the courage to present their theo
ries on their own merit, so they resort to the unscrupulous method of trying to show that these concocted ideas are authorized by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya condemned this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya said that the Vedic wisdom has to be understood }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
as it is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Then the meaning can be very simply and clearly understood. The mental speculators generally try to show that the supreme truth is impersonal or void, but in His explana
tions to S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, Lord Caitanya completely defeated these ideas. He explained all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in a clear and simple way, and with extensive quotations from the Vedic literature He conclusively proved that in all the Vedic literatures the supreme truth is held to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is K
\'e5\'f1\'eba in His personal form who is the Absolute Truth, the cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The effectiveness of Lord Caitanya\'92s explanation is described by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, the spiritual great-grandfa
ther of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, in his classic book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'97His Life and Precepts: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The keen understanding of S\'e4rvabhauma saw the truth, beauty and harmony of arg
uments in the explanations given by Caitanya and obliged him to utter that it was the first time that he had found one who could explain the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in such a simple manner. He admitted that the commentaries of \'c7a\'eckara [the head of the impersonalist school] never gave such natural explanations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-sutras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as he had obtained from Mah\'e4prabhu.\'94 S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was so overwhelmed by Lord Caitanya\'92s ex
planations that he could not even speak; he simply looked at Him with awe and wonder. To encourage him, Lord Caitanya said, \'93My dear Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, there is nothing wonderful in My explanations. Please take it from Me that devotional service
 unto the Personality of Godhead is the highest goal of human life.\'94 He then quoted a famous verse called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  verse to prove this point.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4rvabhauma Bhat\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was eager to hear Lord Caitanya\'92s explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  verse, but the Lord said, \'93First you explain it, and then I will explain it.\'94 S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya th
en explained the verse in nine different ways, using his method of logic and grammar Lord Caitanya thanked him for his scholarly presentation, and then He explained the same verse in sixty-four different ways, never even touching upon the nine explanatio
ns of the Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya. S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was stunned, for he realized that no earthly creature could possibly give such explanations. Previously his brother-in-law Gop\'e9n\'e4tha \'c4c\'e4rya had been unable to convince 
him that Lord Caitanya was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but now the Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was unable to avoid the conclusion that Lord Caitanya was indeed the Supreme Lord. He began to think himself very offensive for not having admitted the ide
ntity of the Lord, and he fell at the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya in full surrender. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was very pleased that such a great scholar had humbly surrendered in this way, and therefore, out of His causeless mercy, He revealed Himself
 to S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya as the Supreme Lord. He first revealed His four-handed form as the opulent N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, the ruler of the spiritual Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets; then He revealed a wonderful six-armed form called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f1a\'f2bhuja-m\'fcrti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and ultimately His beautiful two-handed form as K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a flute in His hands. Lo
rd Caitanya personally manifested these forms before S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa266 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said that S\'e4rvabhauma Bhattacarya then spontaneously composed one hundred verses in praise of the activities of Lord Caitanya
. These very important verses are so perfect that even the poetry of B\'e5haspati, the spiritual master of the demigods, cannot compare to them. Of the verses of S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, two are the most important, for they explain the ess
ence of the mission of Lord Caitanya in appearing on this earth
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (1) Let me surrender unto the Personality of Godhead who has appeared now as Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He is the ocea
n of all mercy and has come down to teach us material detachment, learning and devotional service to Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (2) Since pure devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead has been lost in the oblivion of time, the Lord has appeared to 
renovate the principles, and therefore I offer my obeisances unto His lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the words of our spiritual master, \'93These two}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub important verses are taken by the devotees of the Lord in disciplic succession as the most important jewels, and S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya has become highest amongst th
e devotees because of these famous verses.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu appreciated these verses so much that He embraced Sarvabhauma Bhatt\'e4c\'e4rya, who at once became filled 
with even greater ecstasy. His}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ecstasy became so great that he practically became unconscious, and he wa
s sometimes crying, sometimes dancing, sometimes trembling, and sometimes singing. Thus he fell at the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, the great logician and grammarian, became a great devotee of the Lord, and as news 
of this spread, people came in hundreds to surrender to the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Gop\'e9n\'e4tha \'c4c\'e4rya was especially pleased, and he expressed his gratefulness before Lord Caitanya. \'93My dear Lord,\'94 he submitted, \'93it
 is only by Your mercy that such a stonelike person has become a great devotee.\'94 Lord Caitanya, however, attributed the transformation to the mercy of Gop\'e9n\'e4tha \'c4c\'e4rya. He stated that because Gop\'e9n\'e4tha \'c4c\'e4rya had sincerely desi
red that his brother-in-law become a devotee, the Lord had fulfilled his desire. In other words, a devotee is more merciful than the Lord Himself because it is only by the mercy of a pure devotee that the Lord agrees to bestow the supreme gift of devotio
nal service. Therefore, the first step in spiritual life is to take shelter of a genuine spiritual master who is a pure devotee. By the mercy of a devotee, a stonelike man can become a flowerlike devotee of the Lord.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INSIDE BACK COVER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1A\'d2BHUJA-M\'dcRTI
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This transcendental form was manifested before S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to reveal His iden
tity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although Godhead is one, He has innumerable forms. As a jewel may at different times appear to be of various colors, so the Lord appears at different times with different features and performs His varieties of 
pastimes. For example, in a previous age the Lord appeared as Lord R\'e4macandra. At that time His complexion was greenish, and He performed pastimes as a perfect king and warrior, Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appeared 5,000 years ago in His origina
l form, with bluish complexion, and enlivened His devotees by playing His flute. By exhibiting the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f1a\'f2bhuja-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord Caitanya revealed that He was the same Supreme Lord who had previously appeared as Lord R\'e4macandra and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Let There Be One Scripture For The Entire World--}{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8  As It Is
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he Entire World\'97}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  As It Is
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PUBLISHED BY Collier Macmillan
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the Song of the Opulent One, is the most ancient, widely read 
and authoritative religious scripture known to man and is a book of spiritual knowledge surpassing all others in bearty, depth and lasting truth. This postgraduate study of the science of religion was revealed five thousand years ago in India as a battle
field dialogue between the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and His friend and devotee Arjuna. In seven hundred perfect and sublime verses, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master of all mystics and cause of all causes, imparted to 
Arjuna the complete science of the Absolute Truth, including the paths of work, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and knowledg
e, and ultimately He revealed the most confidential secrets of spiritual realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has been translated into English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da with accurate Sanskrit transliterations, word-for-word Sanskrit-English synonyms, and full purports to ill
uminate the meaning of each verse. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has received }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  through an 
unbroken chain of disciplic succession and is repeating its message }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , without change or interpret
ation. Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a storehouse of profound and scientific spiritual knowledge, a universal fountain of truth and beauty which offers a simple, practical and realistic understanding that
 can unite all men everywhere in a common bond of peaceful cooperation and spiritual harmony. Simply by reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one may realize the highest perfection of human life.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb720\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 4
9, 1972
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is for humans. Its subject matter is hearing 
and chanting about the Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. According to the Vedic scriptures, which are the oldest known literatures on this planet, a human being\'92s prime duty is to hear the glories of God. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that persons who will not experience the joy of speaking and hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba are really not human
 beings but lower animals. The only crucial difference between the human body and those of other animals such as cats and dogs is that only the human species can inquire about and develop love for God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all suffering in different ways only because we have forgotten our eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord. Containing topics
 meant exclusively for awakening our loving relationship with all-blissful K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub functions to release us from our morbid preoccupation with a temporary material life which inevitably ends in death. Hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba will guarantee us blissful eternal life, but it must be performed under the expert guidance of o
ne who knows very well the science of love of God. Such a person is our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We earnestly request all intelligent men to inquire into his authorized w
ritings on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Singing or speaking the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant printed on this page can by itself clean the heart and mind of a whole lifetime\'92s 
accumulation of the dust of forgetfulness of God. Study our evidence for these claims, and at the same time please try to understand and take part in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Such inquiry is the real aim of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da) His Divine G
race A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 32 Tiffany Place, Brookl
yn, N.Y. 11231. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $4.50 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Dallas)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9  (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and thus is being introduced all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a simple, practical and universal way that can be accepted by men of any race, religion or nationality. For information on how you can bec
ome a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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\sl240\slmult1
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Santa Cruz\cell
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Seattle\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Washington\cell
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Toronto\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Ontario\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 187 Gerr
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\sl240\slmult1
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hur\'e4, U.P.}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li3960\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 AUSTRALIA}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\cell\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Auckland\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 New Zealand}{
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li4320\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 EUROPE}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\cell\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Frankfurt\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Germany}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Geneva\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 France}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{
\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Beudit La Crotte, 01-Ornex-France}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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M. Ala in Remila, 24 Quai Pierre}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf0 The Search for the Divine
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Search for the Divine
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [On his way from Los Angeles to London to attend the annual Jagann\'e4tha Car Festival, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived
anta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder and spiritual master of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, paused for three days at ISKCON\'92s East Coast Headquarters in New York City. There he delivered a short series of public lectures, initia
ted twenty new disciples, gave personal directions to many of his students, and granted audience to selected guests and visitors. The following is a conversation, held in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s personal quarters on the second afternoon of his vis
it, between His Divine Grace and Mr. Paul Valliere, an Instructor of Religion at Columbia University in New York City.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I\'92ve been studying Russian elders in the Or
thodox Church. Perhaps that\'92s a tradition you\'92re familiar within some way. They seem to have found the Divine. I guess I\'92d define it in terms of a search for the Divine.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. When you are searching with 
some goal, what is that goal? Why are you searching? When you are missing something, then there is a question of search. What is that missing point? You say that religion means searching after the Divine, so that means that you are missing the Divine. Do
 you follow?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That\'92s right.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, the next question will be, w
hat do you mean by this Divine?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, I\'92m not sure.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The other day we were talking wit
h a scientist. We came to this conclusion: that the big scientists are simply observing the laws of nature. The laws of nature are very stringent. For example, there is death. Everyone will die. One cannot check death, however great a scientist he may be
. By the laws of nature one becomes old. By scientific advancement they cannot stop this. Through science they are trying to overcome the stringent laws of nature, but so far, in past human history they could not, and in the present also they are unable.
 They say that in the future they will be able, but in the past they could not, and in the present also they are unable, so how can they overcome the laws of nature in the future? History repeats itself. The same failure is there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, as we define it, the Divine means the controller of the laws of nature. There are laws of nature, and everyone is under thes
e laws. No one can overcome the laws of nature. Just like state laws. Every citizen is bound to abide by the state laws; he cannot overcome them. If he overcomes or violates the law, then he becomes punishable. Similarly, the laws of nature are laws of G
od. Just as your President is the giver of your state laws, similarly, as soon as you say \'93laws of nature,\'94 there must be a giver of those laws. In our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic literature, it is said: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e0 hi s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9tam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.3.19]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub religion, means the codes given by God, and we have to abide by those codes. When we do not abide by those codes, then we violate the laws of nature or God, and we are punished. Now, who is that person or authority who is giving t
hat law, who is controlling that law? That is the subject of the Divine search. But that Divine search can\'92t be completed by the speculation of our imperfect senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our senses are imperfect. Therefore whatever knowledge we gather by speculating with our imperfect senses is also imperfect. For exampl
e, the sun is very big\'97fourteen hundred thousand times bigger than this earth. But with our imperfect eyes we see it to be just like a disc. If we remain satisfied with this imperfect knowledge, then we will remain in darkness. We have to know the sun
 from the astronomers; they have calculated its size, so they know it. In this way, perfect knowledge can be attained\'97when it is received through the perfect knower, not by speculation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Speculation means to speculate with the limited mind and imperfect senses. So, however carefully or expertly I search through these ins
truments, they are themselves imperfect. Therefore Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that to understand the Divine,
 you must have Divine mercy. One can understand the truth by the grace of the Divine. So searching after the Divine means searching after the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grace }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the Divine. For example, take a very big man, just like President Nixon. I am speculating, \'93President Nixon is like that, like that, like this. His functions are like this, he eats like this, he sleeps l
ike this.\'94 That is speculation. But if I hear directly from President Nixon or his very confidential representative, that is perfect knowledge. I cannot speculate and know about President Nixon with my imperfect senses. I must know about President Nix
on when he speaks personally about himself or his personal associate speaks about him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If our senses are imperfect, then with what se
nse do we perceive the Divine that underlies these laws of nature?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92ve given you an example of h
ow our senses are imperfect. I can see the sun, but I do not see the sun perfectly. I have the power to see the sun, but I do not know how big the sun is. In this way my senses are imperfect. But when I see the sun and hear about it from a perfect person
 who knows about the sun, then my knowledge becomes perfect, although I have imperfect senses. I cannot understand President Nixon by my speculation. But when the President speaks about himself, I can understand, although I have imperfect senses. This is
 the process. We are imperfect in this way\'97that our senses cannot approach the ultimate point by speculation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I agree with that, but I still \'85 The perfec
t person that is going to speak to me is God? Is that the analogy?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That we will have to find later o
n. First of all the principle should be accepted\'97that unless we hear from the perfect person, our knowledge is imperfect. First of all we have to agree to this point. That is why one goes to schools, colleges and universities. If at home one could lea
rn everything, then why should he go to schools, colleges and universities? It is not possible to get perfect knowledge by oneself. Therefore the Vedic injunction is that in order to gain perfect knowledge one has to approach the proper person, who is kn
own as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That\'92s what I was getting at.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [A newsman, with two assistants and electronic equipment, has been trying to see \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsman }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (whispering to \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9
la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s secretary): Can I ask a couple of questions, and then I\'92ll leave?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please, ask, yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsman: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sv\'e4m\'e9, please. I\'92m \'85 If I may interrupt
, I\'92d just like to ask a few questions. Then I\'92ll go so that you can continue. Tell me, what do you think accounts for your popularity, the popularity of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in America?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not due to my personality. 
It is because I am presenting the truth as it is. To give an example, if you prepare some food with nice ingredients, it will be appealing to everyone. And if you prepare something obnoxious, maybe it will appeal to a certain section but not to all.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsman: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What can appreciation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba do for the 
Americans of this country?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I have repeatedly said, you Am
ericans already have the grace of the Lord. According to our Vedic formula, when a man is born in a rich family, he is understood to possess the grace of the Lord. You Americans have sufficient riches. You are sons of rich men. So this is the grace of Go
d. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janma sabhya-suta\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh
\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.8.26]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to take birth 
in a high family, to possess riches. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janma sabhya-suta\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to become a learned scholar. You are going to
 the moon. Your scientific knowledge is advanced. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means beauty. You are beautiful also. So, considering all these points, it is to be understood that you are in a favorable condition;
 you have the favorable consideration of the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now, if you take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or God consciousness, then all of these material opulences\'97plus K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97will mak
e your life perfect.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsman: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you foresee that the devotees will grow in numbe
r in this country?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a possibility. Otherwise
, why are these young men coming? There is a good possibility, but we have no facility. The government is spending millions of dollars to stop LSD intoxication. But our students\'97as soon as they become my students, I simply order them: \'93No intoxicat
ion.\'94 So what to speak of LSD, they do not take tea, they do not take coffee, nor do they smoke. But the government will not help us. That is the difficulty.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsman: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you seek government help?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. If I get government help I c
an give protection to these confused, frustrated youth. I have no proper house to accommodate them, to feed them. With great difficulty I am pushing on this movement. But if the government comes forward and gives me a little facility, I can turn the face
 of your country\'97immediately. There will be no problem.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsman: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is your cure? What can}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you make better?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the cure\'97I am making m
en of good character. Don\'92t you see their faces? Some of them were hippies in a frustrated, wretched condition. Now they are known as bright faced. See their character! They don\'92t have illicit sex; they don\'92t eat meat; they don\'92t take any int
oxicants; they don\'92t indulge in gambling. These are the four pillars of sinful life. If you allow people to indulge in sinful life, how can you expect good citizens? That\'92s not possible. Their character must be formed. So we have gone to the root. 
We are making men of character, knowledge, sincerity and God consciousness. Don\'92t you appreciate it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsman: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Will they be able to function in the society as wor
king individuals?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. There is nothing prohibited.
 You simply have to change your consciousness. That\'92s all. We are also eating. We are also sleeping. Many of our students are householders; they have sex. So there is nothing prohibited, but everything is regulated for higher achievement. That is our 
program.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsman: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you see yourself, then, as the saviour of the Am
erican youth?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Certainly. This movement is 
saving them already. It is not future. It is present, practical.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsman: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you very much. [The newsman, in a hurry to go
, begins to gather his electronic equipment.] Good luck.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [A devotee escorts the newsman to the door, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da resumes his discussion with Mr. Valliere.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So religion\'97it is simple\'97re
ligion means the laws of God. Simple definition. And one wh\'92o follows the laws of God pleases God. It doesn\'92t matter whether he\'92s Christian, Hindu, Muslim. It doesn\'92t matter. Take for example your Christian religion. Lord Jesus Christ says, 
\'93Thou shalt not kill.\'94 But I think that almost cent percent of the Christian people are very much engaged in killing. So they are disobeying the laws of God. Don\'92t you think so? What is right? [\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da turns his head, waiting f
or an answer to his rhetorical question.] Then if you disobey the laws of God, what is your religion? It is simply show. God said, or God\'92s representative, God\'92s son, Jesus Christ, said, \'93Thou shalt not kill.\'94 But in the whole Christian world
 the killing art is very much favored\'97maintaining slaughterhouses, shooting in sports and creating Vietnams. So many things\'97simply killing. And any film shown, when it is a killing film, is very popular. I see in your parks the soldiers killing. Th
is park I was passing through? What is that park?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prospect Park.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prospect Park. There is a big gate. 
There is a killing picture.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sy\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Praising the soldiers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Of course, soldiers\'92 killing
 and ordinary killing are not the same. But my point is that God gives you the law that you should not kill. Now, if we are violating that law, then how can we be religious? That is my question.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your Grace, is nonviolence, not killing\'97tha
t is part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, isn\'92t it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What\'92s the future of that in India today?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not only in India\'97K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness is not meant for India or America. Of course, I have been deputed by my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru mah\'e4r\'e4ja }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub [spiritual master] to spread this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in the Western world. That is his grace. Since Western people are intelligent, he wanted them to learn what K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is. So my mission is in the Weste
rn countries, but it is not meant for any particular country or nation. It is meant for every living entity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, there are many unfortunate living entities, and there are many fortunate living entities. We are preaching this K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness movement in American and the Western countries, and only the fortunate persons are coming. But if a few of them come and understand, then by their example and behavior the whole population will be favorably influenced. It is not expected that 
cent percent of the population will be able to understand this philosophy ot K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But by the example of a few \'85 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad yad \'e4carati \'e7re\'f1\'f6has
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn * \'93Whatever action is performed by a great man (common men follow in his footsteps).\'94 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.21)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For example, you\'92ll find that our temple is always crowded to the fullest extent. We require a more spacious hall. But not all of them are initiated students. Out of them, say ten percent are initiated students. But still people a
re coming to see. They\'92re following. Gradually they will also become students.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So this is a very important scientific movement. I therefore request learned scholars like you\'97government officials, scientists, phi
losophers\'97to study this. It is for them that we have written so many books. Not only that \'85 it is not that we are simply chanting and dancing. If you are a philosopher, if you are a scholar, if you are a scientist. we can give you food for thought 
in a scientific, philosophical, scholarly way. So my only request is that all the leaders of society come forward, study this movement and take to it. That will be beneficial. We don\'92t ask that they do so blindly, just as one follows some type of fait
h or religion blindly and after some time gives it up. No. We say, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-day\'e4 karaha vic\'e4ra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You just use your judgement about the mercy of Lord Caitanya, and if you do that, then you\'92ll find wonders in this movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Bhagav\'e4nd\'e4sa, a disciple, brings \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da some water, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da calls for some
 ice. Bhaktijanad\'e4sa, a disciple engaged in preaching work in Harlem, enters the room with a dozen or so Negro devotees from the Brooklyn temple and Negro boys and girls who have been attracted to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in Harlem. 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da welcomes them\'97\'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Come on\'94\'97and they fall to the floor before him and offer their obeisances. A few more Negro devotees enter the room and offer their obeisances, and again \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da 
encourages them\'97\'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thank you very much.\'94 They all join the devotees who are already sitting gathered around Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and the conversation continues.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So you should accept this definit
ion of religion. Religion means the law given by God. Simple formula. Do you have any objection, or do you accept it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I accept that. I think religion is what you
\'92re doing. I think religion is what I see right here.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right religion.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think it\'92s great!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you very much. Yes. So what
 is the object of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement? The purpose of this movement is that we are trying to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If I love K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God, then naturally I will be obedient to the laws of God. Is it not? Just like my studen
ts. When\'97say four or five years ago\'97I came here, I had no students. I was loitering in the street; no one was caring for me. Now I have hundreds and thousands of students; they can do whatever I order. I did not pay them anything, nor did I bring a
ny money from India. But they are executing my orders simply out of love. Is it not a fact? Because they have developed a love for me\'97the reason may be whatever it may be, but unless they have developed love for me, how could they execute my orders wi
thout any personal profit? Therefore this is the first thing required. Religion means to abide by the orders of God. Simple. And this obedience to the laws of God will be automatically performed if everyone revives his dormant love for God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have taken this science. We are teaching everyone how to love God. If one thinks that he has learned how to love God through some pa
rticular religion, we have no objection. Whether he is Christian or Hindu or Muslim or whatever he may be, if by executing the religious principles which he is professing he has developed his love of God, then we have nothing to preach to him. The result
 is there. But because we don\'92t find that love of God is there, we are putting forward a simple formula: here is the way by which\'97if you utilize or accept it\'97you\'92ll very quickly love God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we are convinced that to love God is religion, and if that is our main concern in the human form of life, then this K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness movement is the genuine scientific movement which everyone should take. If someone thinks, \'93My aim of life is different; I don\'92t care for God,\'94 that is a different thing. But our philosophy is that human life is especially meant for
 developing that God consciousness or knowing the art of how to love God. I cannot preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy amongst the animals because their consciousness is not so developed. But still, my movement is so perfect that I can do good eve
n to the cats and dogs\'97by offering them }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and by giving them a chance to hear the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This vibration is transcendental. When it is chanted, it is good for everyone
\'97all living entities. Therefore we go to the streets and chant so that everyone can hear the transcendental vibration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So is it accepted that religion means the laws of God? Is that accepted? Now, we have to study what the special laws of God are and wha
t the nature of God is. That is the Divine search. From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we understand that it is the 
nature of God that He is the Supreme Father. Is there any objection? God is the Supreme Father. I think that in the Christian religion that is accepted. Is it not? Now, the Supreme Father says that all living entities\'97not only civilized human beings b
ut even animals, trees, plants, insects, birds and fishes and other aquatics, irrespective of bodily features\'97are sons of God. What do you think of this conception?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think that it\'92s probably a better and mor
e universal notion of life than you\'92d have in the somewhat more \'93man-centered\'94 Western philosophies.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are defective.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The problem, of course, is that you don\'92t w
ant man to somehow get lost in it all. But still I think it would be safe to agree with what you\'92re saying. This universality is very appealing.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not manufacturing this ide
a; it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn ({\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is the Father of all species and forms of life. Besides that, we take this body as
 a dress. For example, your white shirt is not you. You are different from the white shirt. Similarly, one may have a body, white or black, but he, as spirit soul, is different from the body. Now, we are taking account of the person who is possessing the
 dress\'97not the dress but the person. I am talking with you; I am not talking with your shirt. I don\'92t look to see whether you have put on a white shirt or black shirt. That is not my concern. I am concerned with you as a living being. This is our p
hilosophy. We don\'92t take account of the outward shirt and coat. This body, this gross body, is just like a coat, and within this gross body there is a subtle body\'97mind, intelligence and ego. Within that subtle body, the spirit soul is there. And we
 are trying to deliver the spirit soul from these two kinds of entanglement, subtle and gross. That is our mission. National and religious movements are more or less on the basis of the outward dress. One is Christian because he is born of a Christian fa
ther. Is it not? One is American because he is born in the land of America. We say that we are neither Christian nor American, Hindu, Muslim or Indian. We are eternal servants of God. Try to understand this fact and mold your life in this way; then your 
life will be successful. This is our program. Simple. Now what is your comment on this statement?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I like everything you\'92re saying, and I thin
k maybe I should listen to some other questions.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then you agree with this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. I like it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Half-agree. \'93I like it\'94 mea
ns half-agreement. That\'92s nice. Something is better than nothing. If it is half-agreed, that is better than not agreed. So, what are the reactions of the other boys and girls present here to these statements?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [There is a thoughtful silence. No one has anything to say.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are all spirit souls alike, or are they differ
ent?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Alike. The dress is different, bu
t the spirit soul is the same. Therefore in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne br\'e4hma\'ebe gavi hastini \'e7uni caiva \'e7vap\'e4ke ca pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the really learned man sees everyone on the same level because he sees the spirit, and his view is that a learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a dog, an elephant or a lowborn person are all in the same category of spirit soul.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the vision of a learned scholar. He does not discriminate\'97\'93Here is a 
dog and here is a very learned scholar.\'94 His vision is this: \'93The dog is entangled by his body, and the learned scholar is also entangled by his body, but both the dog and the learned scholar are spirit souls.\'94 That is actual vision. We are conc
erned with the soul more than the outward body. That is our concern.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [One of the disciples raises a question.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lokama\'ecgala: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, in our fully deve
loped state in the spiritual sky, are we still one ten-thousandth the tip of a hair, like we are now?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are a spiritual atom, and its
 measurement is one ten-thousandth the size of the tip of a hair. That is the seed or basic principle. Now, on that small particle of spirit soul we have developed this body. We have a human body, another has an elephant body, etc., but this is external.
 The real seed is that soul, which is one ten-thousandth of a hair in size. Similarly, as you have developed this material body under a particular consciousness, when one gives up the material connection, he develops a spiritual body. And in that spiritu
al body he will be able to enter the kingdom of God and go back home, back to Godhead. This body you will have to give up\'97today or tomorrow or one hundred years from now, you will have to give it up. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [4.9]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'93After}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub giving up this body, a K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
s person does not accept another material body.\'94 Then what happens to him? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4m eti:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93He comes to Me [K\'e5\'f1\'eba].\'94 For example, in your country one who wants to become a citizen must possess particular qualities and fulfill certain conditions; then he\'92ll be acce
pted as a citizen. Similarly, if we want to go back home, back to Godhead, then we must develop our dormant spiritual quality, and that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This movement trains one to go back home, back to Godhead. Others who are dying do no
t know what next life they\'92ll get after giving up this body or after this death. Although they are proud of their education, they do not discuss what the constitution of the soul is or how he transfers from one body to another. This science is unknown
 to the modern educated men. Is it not? They do not know. They simply speculate. This is the defect of the modern educational system. Actually, everyone is seeking for spiritual emancipation. Therefore in spite of so many big universities, your country i
s producing hippies, hopeless population. Am I speaking rightly or not? You are a university teacher. I have seen this in so many universities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I like my students. I think they are on the ri
ght track.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I like your students }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub more }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because I do not wish to see them in such a frustrated condition. That is my mission. I want to make them happy
. I want to give them this information of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that they may get back their life. I have received thousands of letters from those who have come to this life from frustration, expressing how they feel obliged to me.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [After a short period of silence, one of the interested Negro boys speaks up.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da, you said in your last lecture that f
or one who wants to take up }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the work that he is doing does not stop. This has been a source of co
nfusion to myself and other people.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [The boy is sitting in back, so Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da does not hear.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What does he say?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardan Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He says that when you take up }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your work does not stop, so he is confused about this.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore we are defining }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Try to understand. Can you follow me? Come here, come forward. [The boy moves to the front.] Try to unde
rstand what }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to have no other desire than to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just like Arjuna. Arjuna satisfied K\'e5\'f1\'eba by fighting, and he became a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [devotee]. In the battlefield Arjuna was hesitating\'97\'93Ah, what is the use of my killing my own men, my family men, my brothers, my nephews, my grandfather?\'94 They were all on the other side, and he was to fight 
with them and kill them. So he was hesitating. He was a very great warrior. He knew that when they fought he would kill them. \'93Although they have come to fight with me,\'94 he thought, \'93they do not know. But I know. They are my men, so why shall I 
fight with them? Let them enjoy; I don\'92t want killing.\'94 But after understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, when he came to the understanding that it was his duty to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he sacrificed his own determination not to kill his men. He satisfied K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the same art of war. He did not change his position. After hearing }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he did not become a Ved\'e4ntist or go away to the Himalayas for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice and give up his fighting in the battlefield. No, he did not change. But he changed his consciousness. That is all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the present moment our consciousness is that we are working for our own sense gratification. When this consciousness changes and we 
realize that we have to work to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then our life is successful. You don\'92t have to change your work or position. But when you understand that you have to work not for your personal sense gratification but for the satisfaction of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is that clear?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have another question.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First of all, is this clear? One 
simply has to change his consciousness, that\'92s all. This is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97change. One must change his cons
ciousness in favor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I am now thinking, \'93I like this. I like to eat like this. I like to sleep like this.\'94 Our present material position is in terms of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub our}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub liking. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means to change this mentality\'97\'93my liking\'94\'97but 
to accept the principle of satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means to act according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92
s likes. Is it clear? It does not mean change of place or change of occupation. Change of mentality. That\'92s all.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nitai d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What if you are engaged in some occupation K
\'e5\'f1\'eba does not like?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That you have to learn from K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'92s representative\'97what He likes and what He does not like. Therefore you have to accept a spiritual master. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If your spiritual master is pleased, then you know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is
 pleased. If the spiritual master is displeased, then you know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is displeased. You cannot be in contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the present moment, in the beginning; therefore you require the help of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s representative t
o learn whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased or K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not pleased. But your business is to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I\'92m not living a temple life. I\'92m working, an
d I\'92m not married, so what should my activities be?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You should make your home a templ
e. What is the difference between temple and home? This is a temple, and the next house is a house. This is made of brick and stone; that is also made of brick and stone. But this is called a temple because here our business is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And that i
s called a house because there is none of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s business. So if you devote your house for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s business, then that is also a temple. Do the same thing that the members here are doing\'97in your apartment, in your house, with 
your wife and children. Work independently, spend independently\'97but do it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then your house is a temple. We want that. Here the temple is simply giving an example of how to live, but this example can be followed everywhere. Every hou
se can be turned into a temple. Here everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba-centered; similarly, if you make your home K\'e5\'f1\'eba-centered, not \'93you-centered,\'94 then your home is also a temple. Yes?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lokama\'ecgala d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In your books you explain that we ar
e in the Kali-yuga age. Is the Kali-yuga age coming to a close now?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. It wi11 continue for another 
427,000 years. The duration of Kali-yuga is 432,000 years. Out of that, we have passed only 5,000 years. The balance is 427,000 years. And during this time the condition of society will be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub worse}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97not}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bette
r but worse. In the last stage of Kali-yuga there will be no food grains, no milk, no fruits. It will be a very horrible time. People will kill their own children and eat them, just like animals. The last stage of Kali-yuga will be like that. So before c
oming to that stage, better to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and go back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is our program. We don\'92t wish to wait for the worst things. The worst things are already happening, and it will be still worse. Instead of waiting for
 that time, better to become perfect by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and go back home, back to Godhead. That is our position.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardana Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, may w
e take your leave?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [It is getting late, so \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da nods in assent. The devotees offer their obeisances and begin to leave the roo
m].
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da (to Mr. Valliere):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have our bo
oks?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Valliere: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nitai d\'e4sa up at Columbia sees that we are 
well supplied.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continues to speak to those who are clustered about him.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just have a clean place like this
, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, read all these books, and try to inform your audience about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There is no difficulty. We can open a center anywhere, and everyone will be pleased to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not difficult. 
The worker must simply be sincere. Then everything is all right. I came to your country alone. I had no place. I was sitting alone in Tompkins Square Park and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Gradually they came. So similarly you can do that. What is the di
fficulty? The process is already there. We simply have to execute it. It is not difficult. And it is not limited to any certain neighborhood or any kind of population. No. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is for everyone.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4rka\'eb\'f2eya \'c5\'f1i d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two new tem
ples being started\'97one in Harlem and another one in Bedford Stuyvesant. The one in Harlem has an authority, a bona fide president to carry on the prescribed activities that are supposed to be performed in a K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temple. What I 
wanted to know is if an authority could be recommended for the new temple being started, to give that particular temple a basic foundation in living up to brahminical standards.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Select among yourselves one 
who is most competent. Elect him as president.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4rka\'eb\'f2eya \'c5\'f1i d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So that would be bona
 fide?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Select a man who is initiated. Th
e president must maintain the discipline. Without discipline there cannot be obedience. The president is the spiritual master\'92s representative. Since the spiritual master is not present, one man is selected as president to look after the business of t
he temple on behalf of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I came to New York from Detroit with a recommendati
on from Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa to be initiated. I have my letter with me.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You\'92ll be initiated. Any one o
f you\'97when you agree to follow the regulative principles and you are recommended by our men, then you can also be initiated. Initiation is a formality. First of all you have to decide whether you will abide by the rules and regulations and become K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is your consideration. You have to decide for yourself whether you are going to take this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness seriously. That is your decision. Initiation is a formality. If you are serious, that is real initiation.
 If you have understood this K\'e5\'f1\'eba philosophy and if you have decided that you will take K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness seriously and preach the philosophy to others, that is your initiation. My touch is simply a formality. It is your determinatio
n. That is initiation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There was some difficulty that occurred in Clevelan
d temple with some black-skinned devotees there \'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is due to lack of knowledge You
 see. These things will go on, so Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has instructed that we should be a little tolerant. Suppose someone treats you improperly because you have a different colored skin. That is his ignorance. But when you feel insulted, that is also 
your}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ignorance. You should know that he has only insulted your skin, not you. Suppose I say, \'93Why are 
you wearing this blue shirt?\'94 I may say that, but it is not very important to you. You may wear a blue shirt or white shirt; it does not matter. You are eternally K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s servant. If you keep that consciousness, you won\'92t feel insulted.
 Sometimes one cannot check such social goings on in the material world, so this has to happen. Therefore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e5\'eb\'e4d api sun\'e9cena taror api 
sahi\'f1\'ebun\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93If we are to go on working, then we have to learn how to be tolerant.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another disciple: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So now I\'92m here in New York. Would it b
e all right to begin to establish something in Pittsburgh?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. In that way you\'92ll be abl
e to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba very rightly. And as soon as you are recognized by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, your life is successful.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Girl:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can I please you most?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [smiling]}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How do you want to please me? [laughing] Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That will please me. Always, twenty-four hours a day, cha
nt Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. There is no expenditure. Utilize the tongue K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given you. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. That will please me. Is that all right?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s574 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord Caitanya\'92s Mission and Precepts Part One
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\'92s Mission and P
recepts, Part One
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As foretold in Vedic scriptures, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared on earth 500 years ago in the form of Lord Caitanya, who is God Himself playing the rol
e of a devotee of Godhead. The eight verses entitled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which were the only written instructions of Lord Caitanya, reveal the essence of the K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [part 2]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam\line by\line \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 translated by \line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 with purports by \line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Holines
s Subald\'e4sa Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf9\nosupersub 1.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjana\'e0 bhava-mah\'e4d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'eba\'e0\line \'e7reya\'f9 kairava-candrik\'e4vitara\'eba
\'e0 vidy\'e4vadh\'fcj\'e9vanam\line \'e4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardhana\'e0 pratipada\'e0 p\'fcr\'eb\'e4m\'e5t\'e4sv\'e4dana\'e0\line sarv\'e4tma-snapana\'e0 para\'e0 vijayate \'e7r\'e9-kr\'f1\'eba-sa\'eck\'e9rtanam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Glory to the \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba sa\'eck\'e9rtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishe
s the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death. This sa\'eck\'e9rtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases t
he ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are always anxious.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conditioned soul is covered from time immemorial by the dirt of the accumulated reactions of his sinful activities. Due to the reac
tions of his past sins, he becomes further engaged in sinful activities and becomes more and more forgetful of his constitutional position as part and parcel of the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Due to forgetfulness of his spiritual nature, he i
dentifies himself with the temporary material body and its paraphernalia. Thus, rather than serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba in loving devotion, he is forced to serve }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the limited mundane potency of the Lord. The living being is never independent in any stage of existence, either conditioned or liberated, but when he is under the control of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he suffers, and when he is under the control of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he enjoys life in the association of the L
ord and His devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the congregational chanting of the holy names of God, is able to immediately cleanse the heart of all the dirt that accumulates there for millions of years. This is the result of just the 
dim reflection of the holy name. During the night, there is fear of thieves, ghosts, murderers, etc. In the morning, before the sun even rises on the horizon, it dispels all such fears by its first rays of light. In the same way, before the holy name mak
es its full appearance, it dispels the darkness of material ignorance and clears away heaps of sinful activities which have not yet manifested themselves. Thus one is freed from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ka
rmic }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reaction and placed on the liberated platform of life. In this way, the door to devotional service is opened.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement inaugurated by Lord Caitanya is the special dispensation for this age of Kali. In previous ages the path of spiritual realization was long and difficult. In Satya-yuga, when men lived for one hundred thousand 
years and conditions were favorable for meditation, people could attain success by practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for th
ousands of years together. In Tret\'e4-yuga, when the life span was reduced to ten thousand years and conditions were not as favorable, the recommended process of spiritual realization was by elaborate and costly sacrifices. In the Dv\'e4para-yuga, when 
man\'92s life was reduced to one thousand years and conditions were still less favorable, the recommended process was temple worship. Now in this age of Kali-yuga, when life is reduced to a mere one hundred years and the living conditions are growing wor
se and worse, the one recommended and practical way of achieving success in spiritual life is by the congregational chanting of the holy name of God. This is the simplest and most effective means of reaching God. What was achieved in Satya-yuga by medita
tion, in Tret\'e4-yuga by sacrifices and in Dv\'e4para-yuga by temple worship is now achieved in Kali-yuga simply by utterance of the holy name\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R
\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Therefore, great sages and saintly persons sometimes pray for the advent of Kali-yuga in order to take advantage of this simple and sublime process for going back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 prays to Lord Caitanya as follows:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo mah\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te\line k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-n\'e4mne gaura-
tvi\'f1e nama\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , even K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, because He is bestowing freely what no one else has ever given\'97pure love of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  19.53}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All over the universe, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped with awe and reverence, but such a form of worship does not satisfy Him. He is actua
lly attracted by the spontaneous loving service rendered to Him by the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Seeing that He had not bestowed such loving service upon the world for a long time, the Lord came in His devotional aspect of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Ca
itanya Mah\'e4prabhu and bestowed pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba upon the world by means of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub movement. He personally inaugurated this \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and overfl
ooded the whole universe with love of God. This movement is carrying on still, and it gives us the highest realization of the transcendental life of full bliss and knowledge in eternity and allows us to enter into the loving exchanges of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r
\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf9\nosupersub 2.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4mn\'e4mak\'e4ri bahudh\'e4 nija-sarva-\'e7aktis\line tatr\'e4rpit\'e4 niyamita\'f9 smara\'ebe na k\'e4la\'f9\line et\'e4d
\'e5\'e7\'e9 tava k\'e5p\'e4 bhagavan mam\'e4pi\line durdaivam\'e9d\'e5\'e7amih\'e4jani n\'e4nur\'e4ga\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names like K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies, and there are no hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by chanting Your h
oly names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no need to take to any process of spiritual realization other than the recitation of the holy name. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fourth Chapter, 4th }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhikara
\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 22nd }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is st
ated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4v\'e5tti\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7abd\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub : \'93By sound vibration one becomes liberated.\'94 Simply by chanting the holy name constantly, one can go back to Godhead and never have to return to this miserable material world. It is also stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eleventh Chapter, 36th verse: \'93The world becomes joyful hearing Your name, and thus do all become attached to 
You.\'94 Thus Arjuna also accepts the potency of the holy name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pa\'efcar\'e4tra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that all the Vedic rituals, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and 
understanding are compressed into the eight words Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kali-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub santara\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that
 these sixteen words, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, are especially meant for counteracting the degrading and contaminating influence of the mate
rialistic age of Kali.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is clearly stated that it is only chanting of the holy name of Hari (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) that can save people from 
the problems of materialistic existence, and there is no other alternative, no other alternative, no other alternative in this age of Kali. This automatically eliminates the usefulness of the processes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, j\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore this chanting process is the one simple and sublime process of achieving the desired goal of life. One need not take to any other process.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord has thousands and millions of names for this purpose. Any name of God will do, but the ecstatic method, the easiest means for 
most people, is to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. If one feels that this is a sectarian name and prefers to chant any other authorized name of God, that is approved, but Lord Caitanya and His followers have chan
ted the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and therefore it is authorized for all people of all times and places
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. In the material world we find a difference between the nam
e and the object. If we are thirsty and simply chant \'93water, water, water, water,\'94 it will not satisfy us. But, if we want K\'e5\'f1\'eba and chant \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'94 He is personally present in 
His name, and we can feel that presence of the Lord even in the beginning stages of chanting of the holy name. As one becomes more advanced, by uttering the holy name he can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba dancing on his tongue. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to N\'e4rada, \'93I am not in the hearts of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nor am I in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, but, O N\'e4rada, I am present wherever My devotees are engaged in chanting My holy name.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are no hard and fast rules for chanting the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Anyone can chant, anywhere and at any time. The chantin
g may be done loudly or softly, alone or in a group. Thus one can chant in the temple, while walking down the street, while working in the office, while attending school\'97even in dream one can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way, all the twenty-four
 hours of the day, one should be engaged in chanting the holy names. This does not mean that one must give up other activities, but whatever he is doing he should do in full consciousness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not recommended that one go off to a soli
tary place and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba; one should always be engaged in activities for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, especially the preaching of His glories to others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the path of God realization is made easy and open to all. Anyone who is not attracted by the holy name of the Lord and does not fe
el ecstasy immediately upon utterance of the holy name is surely suffering the result of past sinful activities and is being punished by Yamar\'e4ja (the superintendent of sinful reactions). But even such a person, if he sincerely takes to the chanting o
f the holy name with determination, will become quickly purified and develop love of God.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf9\nosupersub 3.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e5\'eb\'e4dapi sun\'e9cena\line taror api sahi\'f1\'ebun\'e4\line am\'e4nin\'e4 m\'e4nadena\line k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4 
hari\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub One should chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should 
be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is only when we realize how truly insignificant and helpless we are that we can call upon the mercy of the All-merciful with true si
ncerity. It is surely due to our ignorance and not any act of intelligence that we have entered into the cycle of repeated birth, death, disease and old age, giving up the association of the Lord in eternity, bliss and knowledge. Although we are aspiring
 to be lords, we are constantly being kicked by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living being is an atomic particle of the
 Absolute. He has the same qualities as the Absolute but in minute quantity. It is said that if the living beings were all-pervading like the Lord, there would be no question of their being overcome by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord remains the supreme controller, but the living beings are eternally controlled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the measurement of the spirit soul is given as one ten thousandth part the tip of a hair. In this respect, we actually are lower than the straw in the street. When we understand this in reality and give up the false no
tion of overlordship, then we can surrender ourselves to the Lord in true humility.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who tries to approach the Lord but is puffed up by false prestige due to good birth, beauty, wealth and education will surely fail 
to evoke the true mercy of the All-merciful. What is the value of our offerings? What is our own value? K\'e5\'f1\'eba can create anything at His sweet will to fulfill any desire that He might possess. Yet He says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that if someone offers Him a leaf, a flower, fruit or even a glass of water, He accepts this offering if it is mad
e with love. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants our love, not our offerings. The most valuable offering made without love will not be accepted, but the simplest offering made with real love and devotion will be accepted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was living in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and keeping his Deity, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madana-mohana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hanging in a tree. One day, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madana-mohana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spoke to San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and said, \'93All you offer Me is these dry }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4p\'e4\'f6is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and there isn\'92t even any salt. How can I eat?\'94 San\'e4tana said, \'93I am an old man and cannot move. Whatever I get I offer to You. So kindly accept.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madana-mohana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had to accept those dry }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4p\'e4\'f6is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because they were offered by His devotee with love. We are dealing with R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so we should not become puffed up. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not like His devotees to be proud.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A true devotee sees everyone as part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offers all respects to him as part of the Supreme. If we love K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, automatically we love all of His parts and parcels. We cannot approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly, but through His devotees He can be approached. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93One who claims to be My devotee is not My devotee. But one who claims to be the devotee of My devotee is actually My devotee.\'94 Therefor
e, the devotees of the Lord are to be treated with all due respect, and one should not desire to be honored by others above the devotees of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, \'93One who worships God but abstains on principle from worshiping the devotees of God is not a worshiper of God but an abject sinner.\'94 Our Vai\'f1\'ebava predecessors offered respects to everyone. Therefore, 
they were well liked by all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A real devotee is busy finding his own defects so that he can correct them. Therefore he has no time to find out the faults of others. 
A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4gavata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great devotee, sees everyone as being more devoted than himself. As it is said, 
\'93The greatest thinks himself the lowest.\'94 Nor is a mere outward show of humility the real quality of humility that is needed for progress in devotional service. Unless one is always mindful of his own degraded position, he becomes subject to the of
fense of thinking himself equal with the Lord and the true Vai\'f1\'ebavas. This conceit will prevent us from approaching God. The devotee, therefore, always keeps himself in a humble state of mind by constantly remembering the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9 Gu
rudeva (the spiritual master). This only can save us from all danger and is the one thing needful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In addition, one must be more tolerant than the tree. The tree must tolerate extremes of heat and cold, rain and drought, and the offen
ses of so many living creatures. When one takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, it is expected that he will receive abuse from many people and have to undergo many hardships in the execution of his devotional service. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was just
 a five-year-old boy, and simply because of his becoming a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his father became his number one enemy and tried to kill him in so many ways. Prahl\'e4da simply tolerated all attacks by remembering his Lord. Of course, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a always saved him and ultimately came as Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva to kill the demon father Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whenever a devotee is in difficulty he has to always take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Lord takes special notice of a devotee who und
ergoes all difficulties in His service. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Kunt\'e9 dev\'e9 and her five sons, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, were placed in many difficulties by Duryodhana and his party. But, in feelingly offering her prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she said, \'93I wi
sh that all those calamities might happen again and again so that we could also see You again and again, for this means that we would no more see repeated birth and death.\'94 Thus the devotee is always dependent upon the mercy of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a devotee is in difficulty, he also thinks that it is due to his past sinful actions and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has kindly minimized 
his suffering, otherwise he would deserve to suffer much more. For such a devotee, there is never a lapse in his remembrance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is able to chant the holy name of the Lord constantly and remember the transcendental form, pastimes, entou
rage, etc., of the Lord. Thus he becomes happy in this life and is assured of going back to Godhead in the very near future, never again to return to this miserable world of repeated birth and death.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf9\nosupersub 4.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na dhana\'e0 na jana\'e0 na sundar\'e9\'e0\line kavit\'e4\'e0 v\'e4 jagad\'e9\'e7a k\'e4maye\line mama janmani janman\'e9\'e7var
e\line bhavat\'e4dbhaktir ahaitak\'e9 tvayi
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire to enjoy beautiful women, nor do I want any number of follower
s. I only want Your causeless devotional service in my life birth after birth.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are three kinds of happiness, namely (1) material happiness, (2) the happiness of liberation in the impersonal Brahman, and (3) t
he happiness of devotional service. The pure devotee has no desire for material happiness or the impersonal liberation because he is fully absorbed in the bliss of devotional service, which by far surpasses all other forms of happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conditioned soul is always hankering after wealth, women and followers. The devotee realizes the temporary nature of such happiness
 and therefore does not desire it because he is fixed in the eternal bliss of devotion\'97the pleasure of which is unimaginable to the materialist. Because he has experienced a higher taste, he no longer desires the mixed pleasures of the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The desire for merging in Brahman (the impersonal Absolute) is another form of material desire. When one is frustrated in his attempts 
at sense gratification, he desires to become one with God. This is simply an extension of the material concept because in the material world everyone is trying to become the Lord in one form or another. This form of liberation is also temporary; due to i
ts being an unconstitutional position of the spirit soul devoid of all forms of variegatedness, there is every chance of falling back down again into material existence. Because the seed of desire remains within the heart of the soul, the living being mu
st again return to the material world due to lack of realization of spiritual variegatedness, which is only knowable by devotional service. Therefore, the devotee considers such liberation to be most insignificant. He will not accept it even if it is off
ered by the Lord Himself. In fact, such liberation is considered to be worse than hell by the devotee because there is no opportunity to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba and serve Him in such a state of existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are four other types of liberation which are compatible with devotional service, namely (1) to have the same bodily form as the L
ord, (2) to live on the same planet as the Lord, (3) to have the same opulences as the Lord, and (4) to live near the Lord. The pure devotee does not even aspire for these four kinds of liberation. He simply desires to be able to serve the Lord birth aft
er birth. He is already liberated although seemingly in the material world. In his prayers to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Brahm\'e4 says: \'93A person who is already engaged in Your service sees no meaning in so-called liberation and bondage, just as a per
son who knows that a rope is not a snake is unafraid of it. A devotee knows that this material world belongs to You, and he therefore engages everything in Your transcendental loving service. Thus there is no bondage for him.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotee\'92s only desire is to be able to serve the Lord without any personal motivation. He is even prepared to go to hell for the
 service of the Lord. That is real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [to be continued]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Friend Sud\'e4m\'e4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Friend 
Sud\'e4m\'e4
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa adhik\'e4r\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The wonderful history of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friend Sud\'e4m\'e4 is told in its entirety in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book, Volume II, by H
is Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is kindly presenting to the western world the pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which can act as a merciful shower upon the hearts of all of us. It is true that we have forg
otten our eternal, blissful and loving relationships as servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God. The remedy to forgetfulness or ignorance of God is to hear about Him from the lips of His pure devotee. This is the view of authorized scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends from His eternal abode in the spiritual world and appears to this mundane world, as He did 5,000 years ago
, He engages with others just as if He were an ordinary human being. Although He is unborn, He appears to have a mother and father. In the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays as a cowherd boy. He enacts these pastimes for His own transcendent
al pleasure and to attract all the suffering living entities back home, back to Godhead. Sud\'e4m\'e4 was among those devotees who were childhood friends with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Sud\'e4m\'e4 was also His intimate school friend.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba left V\'e5nd\'e4vana at sixteen, and later He married and went to live as King of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. Meanwhile Sud\'e4m\'e4 
was living as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means one who knows that the real self is spirit and who dedicates 
his life to being a spiritual guide for the whole society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One cannot properly be called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  simply because he is born the son of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ; rather, there are qualities which one has to show before he can rightly be considered a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Such qualities are peacefulness, austerity, piety, knowledge and wisdom.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 was also a householder, but he was not busy in accumulating wealth for very comfortable living. Whatever income came to hi
m without difficulty, he accepted. He engaged his time in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus showed himself to be perfect in knowledge. Externally Sud\'e4m\'e4 appeared very poor because he had no rich attire and could not provide
 rich clothing for his wife. In fact they were not even eating sufficiently, and they were both very thin.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Often Sud\'e4m\'e4\'92s wife used to address her husband, \'93My dear lord, I know that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord of all th
e universes, is your personal friend. You are also a devotee of the Lord, and He is always ready to help His devotee. Moreover, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always in favor of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4
hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba is your friend, and persons like you have no other shelter but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You are saintly, learned and in control of your senses. Please, therefore,
 go to Him in Dv\'e4rak\'e4. I am sure that He will understand your impoverished condition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You are a married man, so for you to be without money means to be in a distressed condition. As soon as K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees your im
poverished condition He will give you sufficient riches. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known to give even His own Self to one who is His pure devotee, so there would be nothing wonderful in His giving you some material riches. He will not hesitate to award you some 
material benefit for the bare necessities of life.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  wife was not speaking out of anxiety for her own personal condition (she was, after all, dedicated to her husband, and she treasured his saintly values far above material riches), she nevertheless felt
 concerned that her husband, who was so pious, was living below the minimum standards for proper physical maintenance. As a good wife, she did not like to dictate to her husband, yet on repeated occasions she would speak to Sud\'e4m\'e4 in this way, sugg
esting that he go to the capital city, Dv\'e4rak\'e4, to see the Supreme Lord there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4, however, thought there to be no need to ask material benefit from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But one time when she made this re
quest, Sud\'e4m\'e4 thought, \'93If I do go there, I shall be able to see the Lord personally. That will be a great opportunity, even if I don\'92t ask any material benefit from Him.\'94 So he told his wife that he would go and that she should at once pr
epare some foodstuff that he could offer as a presentation to his friend.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4\'92s wife had nothing in the house, but she went out and collected some chipped rice, which is the lowest grade of rice, f
rom her neighbors, and she tied it up in a handkerchief. Sud\'e4m\'e4 took the presentation and started at once toward Dv\'e4rak\'e4. As a devotee, he was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and now he became absorbed in the thought that he would soon be 
able to see the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Dv\'e4rak\'e4 palace where K\'e5\'f1\'eba lived was not accessible to anyone and everyone, for it was a king\'92s palace and was gu
arded all around. Saintly persons, however, were allowed to enter, and Sud\'e4m\'e4 passed through three military camps and many gates until he finally entered the residential quarters of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At that time Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sitting with His Queen Rukmi\'eb\'e9, but when He saw His friend Sud\'e4m\'e4 coming, the Lord got
 up and went forward to receive him, and He embraced him feelingly. This behavior of K\'e5\'f1\'eba toward His friend shocked the women attendants of the palace.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But we thought Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba only embraced His Queen Rukmi\'eb\'e9 and His brother Balar\'e4ma,\'94 they said among themselve
s. \'93Who is this poor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is not even clean, and he is so skinny, yet Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a has embraced him in His two arms, and now He is washing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub feet.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the source of all life, comes to this mortal world to enact His pastimes as a human being. He is actually the supreme p
ure, yet He sprinkled the water used to wash the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub feet on His own head, as if for puri
fication. He welcomed the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in many ways, giving him food and drink and saying, \'93My dear 
friend, it is great fortune that you have come here.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seating Sud\'e4m\'e4 on His own cushioned bed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, \'93My dear friend, you are most intelligent and know very well the
 principles of religious life. I know that after you finished your education at the house of our spiritual master you went back to your home and accepted a suitable wife. I know very well that from the very beginning you were never attached to the materi
alistic way of life, nor did you desire to be very opulent materially.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba then began to remember their days together when they were both entrusted to the guidance of the same spiritual master. T
hey were school friends living at the same house. K\'e5\'f1\'eba very highly praised those days and said, \'93Whatever knowledge we have received in our lives was accumulated in those days.\'94 So important is the instruction received from a bona fide sp
iritual master that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is God Himself, and thus everyone\'92s spiritual master, expressed great debt for what He learned in His youth at the house of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 was sitting face to face with the Supreme Lord, who is also the selfsame Lord who is present in everyone\'92s heart. He th
rilled to hear K\'e5\'f1\'eba describe a particular adventure in which they shared when they were students.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear friend,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, \'93I think you may remember our activities during the days when we were living as student
s. You may remember that once we went to collect fuel from the forest on the order of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wife.
 While we were collecting the dried wood, we by chance entered the dense forest and became lost. There was an unexpected dust storm and then clouds and lightning in the sky and the explosive sound of thunder. Then sunset came, and we were lost in the dar
k jungle.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93After this, there was severe rainfall; the whole ground was overflooded with water, and we could not trace out the way to return to
 our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub house. You may remember that heavy rainfall\'97it was not actually rainfall but a sort of 
devastation. On account of the dust storm and the heavy rain, we began to feel greatly pained, and in whichever direction we turned we were bewildered. In that distressed condition, we took each other\'92s hand and tried to find our way out.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93We passed the whole night in that way, and early in the morning when our absence became known to our guru, he sent his other discip
les to search us out. He also came with them, and when they reached us in the jungle they found us to be very distressed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93With great compassion our guru said, \'91My dear boys, it is very wonderful that you have suffered so much trouble for me. Everyone
 likes to take care of his body as the first consideration, but you are so good and faithful to your spiritual master that without caring for bodily comfort you have taken so much trouble for me. I am glad to see that bona fide students like you will und
ergo any kind of trouble for the spiritual master. That is the way for a bona fide disciple to become free from his debt to the spiritual master. It is the duty of the disciple to dedicate his life to the service of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93\'91My dear blessed ones, I am greatly pleased by your action, and I bless you: May all your desires and ambitions be fulfilled. Ma
y the understanding of the scriptures which you have learned from me always continue to remain within your memory so that at every moment you can remember the teachings and quote their instructions without difficulty. Thus you will never be disappointed 
in this life or in the next.\'92\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued, \'93My dear friend, you may remember that many such incidents occurred while we were in the house of our spir
itual master Both of us can realize that without the blessing of the spiritual master one cannot be happy. By the mercy of the spiritual master and by his blessing one can achieve peace and prosperity and be able to fulfill the mission of human life.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 well understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the supreme controller of both the material and spiritual worlds, and so he apprec
iated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had played the role of a student and now was acting as King of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 simply as part of His pastimes, for His transcendental pleasure. Even the pure devotee does not know everything about the Supreme Lord, but he definite
ly relishes hearing about His transcendental pastimes\'97how He creates, maintains and destroys the material world, how in His form or incarnation He personally descends into the material world and enacts pastimes, and how He eternally engages in blissfu
l affairs with His devotees in the spiritual planets far beyond this material universe. The scientists have no information of the spiritual sky beyond this material universe, but the devotee, by performing devotional service, and hearing from bona fide a
uthority, very soon has knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the spiritual kingdom is revealed to him from within his heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba talked a long time with His friend Sud\'e4m\'e4. Then, just to enjoy His friend\'92s company, He began to smile and
 asked, \'93My dear friend, what have you brought for Me? Has your wife given you some nice eatables?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 hesitated out of shyness to bring forth the chipped rice. The Lord assured him that He was in need of nothing, but that He
 would gladly accept any offering given in love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93How can I offer such an insignificant thing?\'94 thought Sud\'e4m\'e4. But the Lord knew his heart. He knew very well, since He is 
situated in everyone\'92s heart, that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  had come to see Him on the instigation of his wi
fe to get some material opulence. Moreover, He knew fully well that Sud\'e4m\'e4\'92s love for Him was not tainted by any desire for material benefit. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then decided He would very lavishly award Sud\'e4m\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93What is this?\'94 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba snatched the bundle of chipped rice, which was tucked in a corner of Sud\'e4m\'e4\'92s should
er pack. \'93Oh My dear friend,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba went on enthusiastically, \'93you\'92ve brought Me such nice palatable chipped rice. It will please not only Me but the whole creation.\'94 It is understood from this statement that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being
 the original source of everything, is the root of the entire creation. As watering the root of a tree immediately distributes water to every part of the tree, so an offering made to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or any action done for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is to be considere
d the highest welfare work for everyone. T\'f9e benefit of such an offering is distributed throughout the creation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While speaking in this way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba ate a morsel of the rice, but when He attempted to eat a second morsel, Rukmi\'eb\'e9, 
the goddess of fortune, checked the Lord by taking hold of His hand.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear Lord,\'94 she said, \'93by Your taking this one piece of rice Sud\'e4m\'e4 will become wealthy not only in this life but in
 the next. You are so kind that this one morsel of rice is enough to cause him who offered it to become very opulent in this life and continue as such in the next.\'94 Rukmi\'eb\'e9, the goddess of fortune, was already personally obliged to stay as a gue
st in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub house in order to benedict him with great fortune.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 did not appear to have received anything from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nor did he ask anything; the whole time he was merged in an 
ocean of transcendental bliss. After taking rest that night in the palace, the next morning he started for his home. He was completely absorbed in remembering the dealings with the Lord, and he was happy to have seen Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the way home he was filled with ecstatic reminiscences: \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba so respects the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that He embraced to his chest a poor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like me. How can there be any comparison between me and the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the only shelter of the goddess of fortune? He allowed me to sit on His bedstead, an
d when I was tired, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 began to fan me. She never considered her exalted position. I was rendered service by the Supreme Personality of Godhead because of His high regard for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and by massaging my legs and feeding me with His own hand, He practically worshiped me! Yet the Lord was so kind to me that He did not give me even a 
penny, knowing very well that I am a poverty-stricken man who, if I got some money, might become puffed up and mad after material opulence and so forget Him.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinking in this way, Sud\'e4m\'e4 reached his home. But when he looked for his cottage he saw in its place a huge, gorgeous palace mad
e of valuable stones and jewels and glittering like the sun.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93What is this?\'94 he thought. \'93How am I seeing these changes? Does this palace belong to me or to someone else? Surely this is w
here I used to live\'97it is the same place\'97but how wonderfully it has changed!\'94 Then one dazzling opulence and beauty after another was revealed to Sud\'e4m\'e4 Br\'e4hma\'eba. His old neighborhood had become transformed into an area of parks with
 nice lakes full of lotus flowers and lilies and flocks of multicolored birds. Beautiful men and women were strolling in the parks and musical chanters who looked like demigods came forward to greet him. On hearing of her husband\'92s arrival, the wife o
f the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ran out of the palace to greet him. She appeared so beautiful that it seemed as if t
he goddess of fortune herself had come to meet him. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was surprised to see his wife so b
eautiful and so greatly affectionate, and without saying a word he entered the palace with her. His inner chambers were like the residence of the king of heaven. The palace was surrounded by many columns of jewels, rich canopies of velvet and silk hung i
n various places, and everything was opulent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He could not determine what had caused the change, but then he began to consider: \'93I have always been poor\'97what could be the caus
e of this? It could only have come from the all-merciful glance of my friend, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. surely these things are the causeless mercy of my friend K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Sud\'e4m\'e4 could understand that the Lord considered such an insignificant o
ffering as a handful of chipped rice, offered in affection by His devotee, a great thing and that He had given him riches more wonderful than any seen on earth, or even possessed by the demigods in the heavenly planets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 then offered his prayers to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, praying that he did not want any opulence. He prayed that all he wanted was th
at he might not forget to offer eternal service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whatever opulence he received from the Lord should not be used for his own extravagance but for the service of the Lord, and so he accepted everything that happened as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (God\'92s mercy).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anything which we receive from the Lord\'97any facility, wealth, fame, power or education\'97should thus be used for His service and no
t for our sense enjoyment. In that way, Sud\'e4m\'e4 remained in opulent surroundings without detriment to his spiritual life, and his affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased day after day. He was made more aware of his friend at every moment and of the L
ord\'92s mercy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may ask, \'93But how did the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wealthy surroundings make him more conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Why did K\'e5\'f1\'eba award him with material things?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The answer is found clearly in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub narrative: \'93The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a
ccepted his newly acquired opulence, but he did so in a spirit of renunciation, unattached to sense gratification, and thus he lived very peacefully with his wife, enjoying all the facilities of opulence as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (God\'92s mercy). He enjoyed varieties of foodstuffs by offering it to the Lord and then taking it as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, if by the grace of the Lord we get such opulences as material wealth, fame, power, education and beauty, it is
 our duty to consider that they are all gifts of the Lord and must be used for His service, not for our sense enjoyment. The learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub remained in that position, and instead of deteriorating due to his great opulence, his love and affection for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased day after day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material opulence can be the cause of degradation and also the cause of elevation, according to the purposes for which it is used. If o
pulence is used for sense gratification it is the cause of degradation, and if it is used for the service of the Lord it is the cause of elevation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If money or wealth can be used in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service, if it can be used to increase remembrance and revive love of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, then it must be used. We cannot mistake Sud\'e4m\'e4\'92s motive. Even at the point of receiving riches he thought, \'93I do not want any opulence. I only desire not to forget His service. I simply wish to associate with His pure devotees.\'94 Sud
\'e4m\'e4 was just as happy when he was very poor because he always engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, in the modern age, the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub followers of Lord Caitanya, R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana, were very highly placed wealthy government officials, but they gave up everything in order to follow Lord Caitanya\'92s Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba movement, and they lived as mendicants without even a dwelling place. Yet they became richer and richer thinking of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pure devotees, and they never lamented over having given up their wealth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rich or poor, the criterion for eternal happiness is to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba in any condition. The point is made, however, that if o
ne does give something to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, no matter how little it be, he will not be the loser! What the devotee actually offers to the Lord is not needed by the Lord, for He is self-sufficient. But if the devotee offers something to the Lord, it acts fo
r his own interest because whatever a devotee offers to the Lord comes back in a quantity a million times greater than what was offered. Sud\'e4m\'e4 gave a few grains of chipped rice, and in return he received heavenly opulence. As a pure devotee, Sud
\'e4m\'e4 was expert in accepting the wealth and using it as more facility for serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is related that by his constant association with the Lord, Sud\'e4m\'e4 had wiped away from his heart whatever contamination was rem
aining, and he was very shortly transferred to the eternal spiritual kingdom, which is the goal of all saintly persons in the perfectional stage of life. It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Book}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that whoever hears this history will become qualified like Sud\'e4m\'e4 and will be transf
erred to the spiritual kingdom of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 On Spiritual Life in This Age
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON SPIRITUAL LIFE IN THIS AGE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 HIS HOLINESS REVAT\'c9NANDANA SV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Problems of the Present Age
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not surprising that a significant number of young people, and some of their elders as well, have taken an interest in spiritual l
ife in recent years. Having heard from many sources\'97from the Bible to the various spiritual texts and teachers of the East\'97that there is a spiritual existence, beyond the temporary and changing material face of the world, which can be experienced b
y men who seek after it, they are looking into the possibility, often very seriously, as an alternative to the troubled future they see before them in the present world situation. If there is such an unchanging spiritual reality, they would like to exper
ience it, for the promise that is held forth in most of these teachings is one of unending, eternal existence, full of knowledge and transcendental bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, these spiritually inquisitive persons who can see the bewildering problems facing the gross materialists are faced with 
an equally bewildering array of religious and spiritual teachings, masters and movements when they turn toward spiritual life. There are many men and movements claiming to know and present the easiest and most direct path to the Supreme, all proposing th
eir various promises, teachings, methods and goals. Some are institutionalized, some claim the authority of scriptures like the Bible or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of India, and some claim divine knowledge simply by direct revelation and promise similar experiences. Some men even claim to be God Himself or accept such assertions of their followers. There have been liter
ally hundreds of such sects, men and movements in this century alone, and at present there is such a confusing variety that sometimes intelligent seekers eventually throw up their hands in disgust and bewilderment, concluding that spiritual life is all a
 hoax and turning back either to establishment material life or hippy life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One cannot condemn them very harshly, but at the same time one should look carefully into the matter of discriminating between truth an
d falsehood in these many movements and teachings. If there is an Absolute Truth, an eternal, noumenal Reality beyond the superficial face of the phenomenal world, it must be one and not many. Therefore, we can know that because these different sects and
 teachings differ in so many ways on spiritual issues, not all of them are actually presenting the whole truth about spiritual life, and many of them must be false manifestations of ignorance or even deception. It is therefore the first business of one w
ho is interested to advance in spiritual life to try and find out which, if any, of these sects are actually offering bona fide knowledge of spiritual life; then he will not waste his valuable term of human life in futile, misdirected endeavor.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Accepting Authority
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whenever we wish to know something in fact, we always accept some kind of authority, and so a person wishing to discriminate between co
nflicting views on spiritual life and find out the real truth in the matter must first decide what authority he will go on. Generally we rely on our own sense perception and intelligence for acquiring knowledge, and when this is insufficient we turn to p
arents, teachers, scientists, etc., accepting them as authorities. They have learned what they profess to know by their experience and intelligence, or they have in turn learned from some previous authority, but ultimately the method for gaining knowledg
e of the world which is accepted in this age is sense perception and conclusions based thereon. We make our senses\'97or someone else\'92s (like a scientist\'92s)\'97the authority, and on the basis of this authority we live our temporary and often anxiou
s lives
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The difficulty here is that every embodied being in material consciousness manifests four principal defects due to his imperfect body: 
(1) he has imperfect senses which function only within a limited range and which sometimes fail or deceive him, (2) he is subject to mistakes and errors in drawing his conclusions and making plans, (3) he sometimes becomes illusioned, developing complete
ly false conceptions of life because of acceptance of mistaken sense perceptions and erroneous conclusions, and (4) he has a tendency to cheat, taking advantages and shortcuts at the expense of others in order to artificially enhance his position, whethe
r in business, games, philosophy, spiritual mastership or whatever. It is doubtful whether we will find anyone living in this material world who will honestly and sanely claim that he is not subject to these four defects, and clearly such defects disqual
ify anyone from independently acquiring perfect knowledge even of this world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our scientists are very proud of their big brains and complex instruments, but the instruments can be no better than their fallible bui
lders. Because of these imperfections, the conclusions the scientists draw are no more than speculative fancies (\'93it may be like this, it may be like that\'94) which they call \'93laws.\'94 That their speculations sometimes correspond to material real
ity is a fact, but from time to time they discover errors and have to revise their laws, just as Newton\'92s laws had to be revised in the face of Einstein\'92s theories. Meanwhile, the real problems of life, like old age, disease, and death, remain unso
lved, along with great world problems like overpopulation, exploitation and disasters due to weather, war, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If even the biggest brains of this age are unable to gain perfect knowledge even of this world by sense perceptions and speculation, ho
w do we think that anyone, by his imperfect endeavor, will gain knowledge of the Supreme\'97the spiritual, perfect Reality which is transcendental and thus beyond the farthest range of material sense perception? To be our own guide in spiritual life, or 
to accept another person, however clever, as a guide, if he is on the sensual-mental platform, will not help us to attain knowledge of that Truth which is beyond the range of the material senses to see or know.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may then say, \'93That is all right. I won\'92t rely on my mind or senses or anyone else\'92s. I will sit down and meditate and ris
e beyond the limitations of my mind to perceive the Supreme.\'94 That may be a solution, but first we have to consider the meaning of meditation. Meditation simply means to fix the mind steadily on some object\'97to attain one-pointed concentration. Ther
efore, to meditate on the Supreme, two things are required\'97we must know the nature of the Supreme in order to know where to concentrate our attention, and we must be able to fix our mind steadily and constantly on that objective.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the mind is too unsteady and distracted, we cannot even successfully apply it to our material problems. What then to speak of attain
ing the supreme perfection with it? We may be able to nicely cross our legs and sit with semi-closed eyes and straight back for some time, and by so doing we may be able to acquire some respect and status in certain social circles\'97perhaps even some fo
llowers if we make a good show of it\'97but we should honestly look to see whether we can factually control our restless minds, detaching them from temporary material affairs and fixing them on the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And do we really know what that Supreme upon which we propose to meditate is? We may have heard that the Supreme is this or that\'97pea
ce, light, void, or whatever\'97and we may have our own opinion. But this reliance on sense perceptions, opinions, hearsay, etc., is a risky, fallible business, especially for knowing the Supreme Infallible. If we are serious to advance in spiritual life
, we should look for more solid authority than our whimsy and the conflicting views of men of this age. We should not think that the sublime perfection of God consciousness will come so cheaply that we can more or less haphazardly stumble upon it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Dubious Claims
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have seen that the ascending process\'97which is what we can call this method for acquiring knowledge by building upward from our pr
esent position and trying to draw conclusions from our sense perceptions, psychological dispositions, etc.\'97is a very unlikely way to attain self-realization. There is, however, another process for attaining knowledge of spiritual life, which we may ca
ll the descending process. It may be very difficult to reach the Supreme by our limited tools and means, and certainly there are many examples of big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and philosophers who have failed to do this in the past, but if the Supreme reveals Himself to us by descending in some form or representation, then where is the difficulty? If the Supreme, from His 
transcendental position of perfect knowledge, reveals Himself and the path by which He can be attained, then what would have been almost impossible to achieve\'97that is, transcendental knowledge\'97becomes readily available, having descended from the Su
preme Transcendence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The question then arises, \'93Is such a revelation available?\'94 Certainly, in this age, there are many men who claim to have seen or 
be seeing God by some kind of divine revelation or yogic perfection, but are they full of bliss and satisfaction? If one is an associate of the Supreme Being, he should display complete satisfaction without material attachment; but these men who claim to
 see God and know God still display attachment and love for many mundane objects, and they continue to work hard for their material facilities just like anyone else. So we may think, \'93If this is God consciousness, what good is it?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The same goes for the many so-called incarnations of God. In major cities around the world, it is a fact that at least three or four ti
mes a year another man comes to town who claims to be God\'97or, more exactly, his followers claim it, and he accepts: \'93Yes, they have guessed it.\'94 If we are skeptical, we may see that he himself is not always displaying satisfaction (here we have 
to be careful\'97he may be a good actor), nor does he fill us with unlimited bliss and knowledge, nor can he display the unlimited power, beauty, and opulence of the Supreme Being. If we are serious about solving the problems of life by actually attainin
g the spiritual platform of existence, we then go away thinking, \'93That was all very interesting, but what tangible benefit have I gained?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The so-called prophets, masters and incarnations do us little good. But there is another source of revelation of the Supreme which we c
an consider. It is not so flashy or romantic, but is at the same time much more profound and substantial. This source of descended knowledge is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Position of the Vedas
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic scriptures, found today primarily in India, are a group of related Sanskrit literatures which deal fully with all aspects of 
knowledge, both material and spiritual, and which, according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub themselves, are revealed knowle
dge coming directly from the Supreme Being. They were compiled in written form about 5,000 years ago for the benefit of inquisitive people in this disturbed age of shortened memory. They were previously handed down by word of mouth, and according to inte
rnal references within the texts themselves, they date back much further than this, even to the very origin of the universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In an age of scanty knowledge and short scope of recorded history, these may seem like amazing claims, but if one looks into the knowle
dge itself (\'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub literally means knowledge), he will find that it is truly vast and impressive in terms of scope, detail and consistency, being without gaps, flaws and internal contradictions. In many 
instances, points of Vedic wisdom can be verified by scientific experimentation, and some Indian scientists in this century (notably Jagadish Chandra Bose) have become notable successes simply by devising experiments to confirm already known Vedic facts.
 This scientific verifiability is found even in the spiritual portions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which can be directl
y confirmed through experience by the proper practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is true that there are other scriptures and spiritual texts found in different parts of the world which may also be valid, but the q
ualities which set the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apart from all other scriptures are their wonderful breadth and depth of kno
wledge and their logical philosophical construction. Because of these unique qualities, they are satisfying and enlightening not only to the faithful reader but also to the philosophically inclined and the aspiring transcendentalists; and, fortunately, t
hey are still available in the original Sanskrit texts, to be studied as they are or directly translated from the original form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For those who have concluded that material life is undesirable even at its best because it ends always in old age, disease and death, t
he most important portions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are those which deal with the nature and practice of spiritual li
fe, and which thus offer the promise of deliverance of the eternal spirit from the mire of material nescience. Of these sections, the most important in the present age is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaga
vad-g\'e9ta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or Song of God, which is accepted by all great authorities on the Vedic scriptures as being the condensed essence of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the portion dealing most directly and completely with the nature and practice of spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is accepted throughout the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the eternal, original Supreme Personality of Godhead and who is therefore the ultimate authority. This is therefore eternal knowledge, and it was most recently spoken about 5,000 years ago when the Lord manifested Himself as an }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (incarnation) on this planet for the benefit of the materially conditioned souls of this bewilde
ring age. From it one can get an unsurpassed understanding of all essential points of knowledge, both material and spiritual, which are useful for awakening one\'92s transcendental consciousness. Since we are seeking authoritative knowledge, we can now b
egin to examine these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and particularly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as a potential source of divine revelation which comes down by a descending process, from supreme authority, and which is therefore free from 
disqualifying mundane imperfections.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Disciplic Succession from K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are potential sources of perfect knowledge which can show us the path of deliverance from all the troubles of temporary material life, we will not want to spoil their message by submitting them to the interpretation of our d
efective conditioned minds. Such a speculative approach would insure misunderstanding of the message and consequent loss of spiritual benefit. However, if one goes into a big bookstore anywhere in the West, he will often find twenty or more translations 
and commentaries on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub written by scholars, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub poets, proclaimed incarnations, etc. If he then reads in a few of these, he will simply become bewildered because they all proclaim differe
nt meanings. Each commentator contradicts the others and often himself as well, and how can one know who if any among these authors has access to the real meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The real meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the one intended by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He spoke it, and therefore only one who can actually represent K\'e5\'f1\'eba can authoritatively explain this book of transcendental knowledge. Now, we c
annot hear the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and understand it directly from the lips of the Lord as Arjuna did on the Battl
efield of Kuruk\'f1etra, but we may be able to hear it as it is from a bona fide spiritual master coming down in a line of disciplic succession from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One should hear the message of the Lord from a perfect master who has become perfect
 by understanding and following the instructions of his spiritual master; if one goes back in this way, master by master, the original master is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we have a mango tree, the most luscious mangos will be found at the very top, and if we want to distribute these most perfect mangos
 to others, we have to find some way to get the delicate fruits down from the top of the tree without damaging them. If we put them in a bag they will be bruised, and if we drop them they will smash, so the best method is that several men should climb th
e tree, one above the next, and then gently pass the mangos down hand-to-hand to the ground.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The disciplic succession is like that: the perfect fruit is the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme, and if one attains perfecti
on by the grace of perfect instruction, he will be very anxious to pass on the instructions as they are, without unnecessary tampering, to his followers, so that they can also taste association with the Supreme. This is the descending process\'97receivin
g knowledge of spiritual life coming down from the source of all knowledge. If one can get access to a bona fide spiritual master in a line coming down from the Supreme Lord, he can understand the real meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub without flaw.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Brahman Platform
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, someone could claim such authority of disciplic succession falsely, or he could be an imperfect disciple, and so there must 
be more tests for recognizing a bona fide spiritual master beyond this important matter of credentials. If a physics professor has a degree in physics, that is good, but we must be sure that he actually knows physics and can teach it before we enroll in 
his course. The Vedas instruct that the spiritual master must also be situated in \'93Brahman,\'94 or perfect spiritual realization, and in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub many symptoms of true self-realization are listed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These symptoms fall into two categories, the first being complete detachment from all material affairs of sense enjoyment. One who is s
atisfied by spiritual realization should not exhibit desire for material enjoyments of a transitory nature, like women, wealth, followers, intoxication, etc. If someone claims to be a spiritual master but also exhibits attachment for such material benefi
ts, we can understand that he is a deceiver. Because of his full spiritual realization on the absolute platform, a true spiritual master should be detached even from the basic comforts and discomforts stemming from the dualities experienced in this mater
ial world, such as heat and cold, pain and pleasure, happiness and distress, etc. These are all affairs of the temporary world, and one who is beyond this mundane platform should go on with his transcendental activity of delivering the materially absorbe
d fallen souls; he should be undisturbed by superficial conditions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This brings us to the second characteristic of one who is situated in Brahman, or the Absolute Truth, which is that he exhibits spiritu
al activity at all times. The characteristics of material activity are easy to recognize. A materialistic person always tries to make the world conform to his plans for self-centered enjoyment of the gross body and subtle mind. Therefore he always busily
 engages in varieties of fruitive activities aimed at avoiding material pains and enjoying mundane pleasures. Sometimes we see that such persons extend their conception of self-interest to the interest of family, country, humanity, etc., seeing themselve
s at the center of such groupings and thinking, \'93If my wife, family, country, etc., are happy, I will be happy automatically.\'94 Unfortunately, the fruits of such ego-centered activities (be they very selfish or extended) are always limited and tempo
rary, and no one, including the performer, is satisfied by them. The symptoms of one who is acting as a spirit, on the Brahman platform, are different from this, and according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
hagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub or pure spirit, can be recognized by the fact that all his activities are not only renounced but also K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God centered rather than basically self-centered. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that He is the Absolute Truth and the source of everything, including eternal happiness, and that the living entities, such as ourse
lves, are His eternally fragmental parts and parcels. As expanded parts and parcels of the Supreme Person, our eternal occupation is to render service to the Whole, to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for by thus being linked with the Supreme, we can enjoy perfect happin
ess on the Brahman platform.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms that those who have awakened their K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this way have no more material attachment or
 duty and that in fact they can quit the temporary body at will to join the Lord in the spiritual kingdom. The characteristic of such pure devotees of the Lord is, however, that they never go anywhere for their own enjoyment, even to the eternal spiritua
l kingdom; rather, they remain wherever the Lord has situated them, accepting their position as His mercy and fully engaging themselves in His service in a factually liberated state. So long as the Lord situates them in the material world, they remain th
ere executing blissful activities meant to attract others out of material illusion and back home, back to Godhead. These are the bona fide spiritual masters\'97detached, liberated, yet always engaged with their bodies, minds and words in the service of t
he Lord. This fact is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when the Lord says: \'93Those who are not deluded,
 the great souls (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged 
in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible. They are always engaged in chanting My glories. Endeavoring with great determination, offering homage unto Me, they worship Me with devotion.
\'94 (Bg. 9.13-14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And later He says: \'93For anyone who explains this supreme secret (devotional service) to My devotees, devotional service is guarantee
d, and at the end he will come back to Me. There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.68-69}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if we can find a person who is constantly engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, always chanting and speaking about Him with
 great devotion, and at the same time displaying no symptoms of mundane desire and attachment, we can conclude that he is situated in Brahman. He will be a fit guide to explain to us the meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and lead us into spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Divine Instructions
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, it may not be immediately possible to meet a person who promises to be a bona fide spiritual master, and it may be even more
 difficult to carefully examine his behavior over some time to ascertain whether he consistently manifests all these symptoms of spiritual perfection. Fortunately, there is a third way to judge the qualification of a potential spiritual teacher, and that
 is simply to examine his teachings to see whether they are sensible, all-encompassing and practical. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub say that the Absolute Truth is the source of everything, including knowledge, and that He is perfect and complete. Nothing is beyond the Supreme Truth, or God, and therefore one who claims to know the Supreme should be able to present his phi
losophy so nicely that everything is completely explained and nothing occurs that is outside his scope of knowledge. What is this material world? What is the spiritual nature? What are the living beings? What is the nature of the Supreme Being? What is t
ime and its effect? What is activity, and what are the results of action? These are questions that a bona fide spiritual master should be able to answer with a perfect and complete explanation which neither contradicts itself nor leaves any question unan
swered.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In these days there are many men who claim to be spiritual masters or even God Himself. What do they teach? Most of them have no cohere
nt teachings at all. They simply present a very impressive bearing and an appearance of spirituality, or they promise some direct experience of light, sound or sensation from \'93beyond.\'94 How can one know that they are not simply actors, clever talker
s, hypnotists, or fallen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who have no real knowledge of the Supreme but are misusing a little yog
ic power to dazzle us?* We can simply examine their teachings, and if they have none, or their teachings are limited and self-contradictory, we should not put our invaluable spiritual lives in their hands.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub *There is one mystic perfection sometimes attained by aspirant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub va\'e7it\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . This is an almost irresistable kind of hypnotism by which such a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  can bring anyone under his control. Such mechanically attained yogic powers can be used for any purpose, good or bad, and sometimes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  who have attained a little bit of advancement in this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub va\'e7it\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  perfection use it to bring people under their sway for selfish motives. Such powers are extremely difficult to develop in this age but are not impossible, and their development by no means indicates true God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is an age of actors and cheaters, and clearly so in the field of spiritual life also. In this age of the professional }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we should be careful to whom we surrender. As far as we can judge, the real spiritual master should be in a li
ne of pure masters coming down from the Lord Himself, and he should be situated in Brahman. Beyond these two points, in which we could be mistaken, he should be able to answer all questions relating to the nature of reality and spiritual life, for one wh
o is actually in knowledge of the Absolute Truth knows everything by the grace of the Absolute. Since we require an authority, someone who can explain the Vedic message to us without any trace of fallible mental speculation, we should accept only one who
 appears to be actually on the divine platform of pure God consciousness\'97consciousness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If we do find a person who appears in every way to be a bona fide spiritual master, we should learn from him 
the practical techniques of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or linking up with the Supreme, as they are recommended in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for this day and age. We should then practice these techniques very diligently and see if we do not develo
p the symptoms of spiritual advancement. The primary symptom of spiritual advancement is the cessation of self-centered fruitive activities, which are heavily binding to the material nature and which cause the sure repetition of birth and death in this m
aterial world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of all such material activities, the most detrimental are the eating of animal food obtained through slaughter, the taking of intoxican
ts of any kind, engagement in illicit sex life, and gambling and idle sporting. One who is engaged in any or all of these grossly sensual activities, which are against all Vedic regulations even for materialists, should understand that he is negating any
 attempt he may make at spiritual realization, just as one who is attempting to ignite a fire negates his attempt if he pours on water at the same time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If I want to realize that I am an eternal spirit and not the material body but at the same time I always engage in enjoying this body
\'92s senses through sex\'97and in that way affirm by a strongly conditioning activity that I am this body\'97then I am defeating my own purpose. A transcendentalist who engages in these four sinful practices is acting like an elephant who takes bath in 
a river, carefully cleanses himself, and then comes out of the water and rolls around in the dirt. Of course, in this frustrated age almost everyone is engaged in at least one of these four practices, which according to the Vedic authority are the root c
ause of all degradation in human society. Because no one is satisfied spiritually, no one can give up these strong experiences without getting something better. There are many members of so-called spiritual organizations who do not and cannot stop these 
sinful activities, let alone develop the symptoms of self-realization listed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This
 is an indication that their so-called spiritual masters are not actually guiding them to experience the higher taste of spiritual life. If a process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or spiritual awakening, is to be accepted in this age, it must enable one to curtail all sinful activities from the very beginning of its sincere practice, and beyond that it should enable one to gra
dually realize the association of the Supreme Being.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The objective of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and this is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub when the Lord says: \'93A true }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub observes Me in all beings and also sees every being in
 Me. Indeed, the self-realized man sees Me everywhere.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.29)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The method of approaching Him is also explained there: \'93My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as 
I am, standing before you, and I can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can you enter into the mysteries of My understanding.\'94 (Bg. 11.54)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And again: \'93One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service, and when one is in full consciousness of
 the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the Kingdom of God.\'94 (Bg. 18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As one begins to associate with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba through this process of devotional service, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practicing it carefully under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master, according to the rules and regulations mentio
ned in different Vedic literatures, he should in fact begin to experience a complete transformation of his consciousness. Easily leaving off all sinful activities, he can progress on the transcendental path back to Godhead, and as he goes he will experie
nce the following symptoms: (1) his mind, once restless and agitated by material anxieties, becomes very steady; (2) as he begins to experience the higher reality of spiritual life in relation with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he develops complete detachment from all
 kinds of material conditions, both pleasurable and painful; and (3) he experiences the unlimited happiness of pure devotional service, becoming increasingly joyful and ultimately enjoying the highest transcendental bliss, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or pure love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and many other Vedic literatures, this path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is the simplest and most direct method for attaining this perfectional stage of eternal, fully blissful association with the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and it can be practiced by anyone, regardless of material qualifications, provided he 
has proper guidance. The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness are happy to submit that our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, is such a qualified guide. He can trace his line of disciplic 
succession back master by master to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, in a line called the BrahmaMadhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-Samprad\'e4ya, and his personal associates (the author included) can confirm that he manifests all the blissful symptoms of a fully God-reali
zed master discussed above.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, you may not be willing to take our word on this point, but you certainly can study scrutinizingly his instructions, which ar
e printed in his many books. If you are then inclined to begin to practice this process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p
utting his philosophy to the practical test, you will find its practice very simple and sublime. It begins simply by chanting the omnipotent, all-spiritual names of the Lord\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare
 Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97and then tasting the spiritual remnants of nicely prepared vegetable foods offered first to the Lord, which are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beginning in this very authorized way, anyone can enter into a fully knowledgeable and blissful life which culminates in the Supreme an
d permanently terminates all troubles due to repetition of birth, old age, disease, death and the many other miseries of life in this material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please stop in this Sunday afternoon at a center of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Try chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, dancing, tasting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hearing more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and 
reading one of the wonderful books by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. This may completely convince you about the validity of this all-attractive movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The swan is a beautiful creature, gliding gracefully with poised and delicate motions across the clear waters of a lotus-filled pond. As if to enhance the swan\'92s
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wledge from the midst of the water of the material world. Now, for swanlike men, there is an unlimited reservoir of spiritual pleasure in the Vedic translations, commentaries and summary studies of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup}{
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
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him in the science of self-realization, teaching him how to live as a devotee of the Lord and to thus reach the eternal spiritual world while continuing to perforn1 his earthly duties. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual importance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
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d all-perfect." As God is all light, all bliss and all perfection, so also is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
 One can derive from the study of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all the benefits that are possible to be derived from
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Nectar of Devotion
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 292 pp., 11 illus., hardcover $ 5.95, paperback $3.95
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
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 receptive hearer from all contemporary barriers of time and space and reveal to him the realm of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness.                  Apple Records, $4.95
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo p33:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya Of The International Society For Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead 49
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA \line The Supreme
 Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  understood that Uddhava had a message from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they became very happy and called him to a secluded place to sit down. While talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Uddhava, they forgot all ab
out their household business. They even forgot about themselves as their interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased more and more
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , namely \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, was so much absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by dint of Her personal touch with Him that She actually began to talk with a bumblebee. While 
the other gopis were talking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's messenger Uddhava, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 took that bumblebee to be a messenger from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and began to talk with it. 'My dear friend, I welcome you,' She said. 'You have come
 to take Me to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.' "
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Books 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 750 pages, 82 color plates
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 5
0, 1972
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Front inside cover:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is under
stood from the Vedic scriptures that although the Supreme Lord has no material form, He is not impersonal. He has His transcendental name, form, qualities and pastimes. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His eternal form enjoys the association of His own spiritual e
nergy, who appears as \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, His eternal consort. (Color poster courtesy of S.S. Brijbasi & Sons, Bombay, India)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the transcendental ambition of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to save man from individual and collective vic
timization by the false values of modern society so that he may again be a free soul and live an inspired life with spiritual vision. The modern trend in human civilization leads to a polished type of animal life, for it stresses advancement of the anima
l propensities of eating, sleeping, sense gratification and defense as the standard of human progress, neglecting the culture of self-realization and spiritual values. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement does not propose to stop the basic necessiti
es of life, but it seeks to check this one-sided imbalance by introducing a universal method for spiritual reawakening and enlightenment centered around the chanting of the holy names }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sound of these names of
 God can at once create an atmosphere of peace and harmony in which the free soul can enjoy his real life of happiness and pure consciousness. It is the purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to assist human society to cross the limited boundaries of mundane progress and enter this joyful transcendental atmosphere of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da) }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly by ISKCON Press, a division of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Inc., 32 Tiffany Place, Brookl
yn, N.Y. 11231. Subscription rates for 12 monthly issues: $4.50 (USA). $6.00 (foreign).
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 (ISKCON\'97Dallas)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 (ISKCON\'97New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and thus is being introduced all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a simple, practical and universal way that can be accepted by men of any race, religion or nationality. For information on how you can bec
ome a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu with His eternal associates to offer the benediction of spi
ritual enlightenment in the current age of quarrel and illusion. (pg. 8)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Detroit\cell
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Michigan\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 8311 E. Jefferson Avenue/ (313) 824-6000\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Miami\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Florida}{\b\v\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Montreal\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Pittsburgh\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Pennsylvania}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 5135 Ellsworth Ave./ (412) 683-7700}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Seattle\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Washington\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 D.C.}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Calcutta\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 India}{\b\v\f0
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Paris\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0
\fs20\cf0 France}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 26 Rue d\'92Estienne d\'92Ovres, Fontenay Aux Roses}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
\row \pard
\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 God Is Not Void, Life Is Not Zero
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub God Is Not Void, Life Is Not Zer
o
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivinode \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebera sa\'e0s\'e4ra koro ch\'e4\'f2i' an\'e4c\'e4r\line j\'e9ve doy\'e4, k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4m-sarva-dharma-s\'e4r
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Giving up all sinful activities, carry on your worldly duties only in relation to Lord Krsna. The showing of compassion to other souls by loudly chanting the holy n
ame of Krsna is the essence of all forms of religion."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4j\'ef\'e4-\'d6ahal}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4]\line }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  said, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'ebera sa\'e0s\'e4ra kara ch\'e4\'f2i \'92an\'e4c\'e4ra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  everyone can engage in family or worldly 
life, but one simply has to abandon his destructive habits. This is not a question of negation; it is positive understanding. Simply negating material existence by impersonal voidist philosophy, in India called M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy, is not suf
ficient. There must be a positive platform. Without it, simply giving up something negative will not in itself help us progress in spiritual life. If we have no positive destination, simply abandoning or trying to abandon our present condition is of no v
alue.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Spirit Has Form
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two kinds of M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy. One, called voidism, for lack of a more positive name, states that the origin o
f everything is simply void. Generally, Buddhist philosophy advocates voidism in that the Buddhists maintain that this material existence is a combination of material elements and that when these material elements are dismantled, whatever was formed by t
he combination again becomes void. We may bring some iron, wood, stone, cement and other ingredients together to make a large house, but when we separate the bricks, iron, wood and so on, the construction becomes void. The voidists maintain that material
 miseries arise from a combination of matter. The bodies of living entities are certainly combinations of material elements\'97earth, water, fire, air, ether\'97and subtle elements such as mind, intelligence, and false ego. These are all considered mater
ial, and somehow or other they are combined to make an abode of misery. The voidists say, \'93Separate them and there will be no more happiness or distress.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The other M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosopher, the impersonalist, says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahma satya\'e0 jagan-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this material combination is false, but behind it there is spirit. This is also a fact because matter can only grow when there is spirit within. If a child is born dead, it will not grow even if we somehow keep it chemically prese
rved. The body will not develop unless the spirit soul is present within. It is a generally accepted fact that matter grows because of spirit, but the impersonalists say that this spirit is impersonal, that it has no form and is formless. The K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness philosophy takes exception to both of these theories of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness maintains that spirit is a fact and that indeed the spirit has form. If one\'92s body is
 round and bulky, one\'92s suit, his coat and pants, will also be round and bulky. Because the body has arms and legs, one\'92s suit has them also. The external material body is compared to one\'92s clothes in that it covers the spirit soul. If the spiri
tual body, which the material body clothes, is void, then why does the material body have form? The impersonalists cannot answer this, but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub explains it clearly:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni yath\'e4 vih\'e4ya\line nav\'e4ni g\'e5h\'ebati naro \'92par\'e4\'ebi\line tath\'e4 \'e7ar\'e9
r\'e4\'ebi vih\'e4ya j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ny\line any\'e4ni sa\'e0y\'e4ti nav\'e4ni deh\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once we had the bodies of infants and children, but now those bodies are changed. When this body becomes too old, the spirit soul gives
 it up and accepts another. The spirit soul has form, but it is so small that its length and breadth cannot be estimated by material means. Material scientists can only estimate intermediate manifestations; they cannot estimate the smallest, and they can
not estimate the greatest. In other words, they cannot measure the vastness of outer space, nor can they measure the minuscular particle which is the spirit soul. Indeed, the spirit soul is so infinitesimally small that it is stated in Vedic literatures 
to be no larger than one ten thousandth the size of the tip of a hair. In other words, it cannot be seen by the most powerful microscope available. Modern science has no suitable instrument to actually measure the soul. Consequently, out of frustration t
hey say that the soul is formless. In actuality, however, the soul is not formless; they simply have no instrument to measure it, that\'92s all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, because the impersonalists cannot measure the greatest and the smallest, the infinite and the infinitesimal, they say that G
od and the spirit soul are formless. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy, however, maintains that both God and the individual soul have form. The difference is that God is infinite and the spirit soul is infinitesimal. Otherwise they are qualitat
ively one, just as a drop of sea water and the great sea itself are qualitatively one. Quantitatively there is no comparing the sea and the drop of water, just as there is no comparing the individual soul with the supreme soul. According to the K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness philosophy, one should accept one\'92s position as a drop in comparison to the infinite. As often said, God is great, and we are small; our position is to serve the great. That is natural, for everywhere we find the smaller serving th
e greater. God is great, greater than anything else, and since nothing is equal to Him, it is the constitutional position of all living entities to serve Him. That rendering of service is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Negating Material Existence
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Instead of artificially attempting to negate material existence, the members of this society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are tryin
g to enter into a real existence by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub studying the philosop
hy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and rendering service to the society which is devoted to spreading the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness throughout the world. In this way material existence is automatically negated by entering into the reality. When we come to the reality, we automatically become healthy in the sense that we become freed from this mater
ial disease, which is symptomized by the material body which is always full of disease. It is not that because we are diseased we have form and that when we become free from disease we become formless. This is the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 contention, and it 
is nonsense. At what stage in our development do we become formless? The impersonalists say that the formless state is attained at death, but in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93For one who has taken his birth, death is certain; and for one who is dead, birth is certain.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.27}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not possible, therefore, to remain in a formless situation. The point is that we should keep our form bu
t keep it in a healthy condition. This means realizing our spiritual form or spiritual identity, which is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svar\'fcpa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub It is an insanity to think, \'93Because I have this form, I am feeling pain and pleasure, so now let me become formless.\'94 This is strictly a materialistic view of the form of the spirit soul. The real point is to keep the form in a hea
lthy condition; this healthy condition is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or liberation from material conceptions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How is this possible? All one has to do is simply dovetail everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to steep one\'92s life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness. For example, under the spell of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub people are moved to dance. In any case, dancing wil
l continue, but in one case one person is dancing in the ballroom for his own personal gratification, and another person is dancing in a temple for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is a vast difference between the two. Ballroom dancing is conduc
ted on the platform of the material body, but in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness dancing is on the spiritual platform. Therefore the Society for Krishna Consciousness invites everyone to come dance and sing to relish transcendental pleasure. That is the rea
l program of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. It is not very difficult; a child can also dance and clap. By real singing and dancing, we can make advancement in spiritual life. The living entity can continue singing, dancing, eating, sleeping,
 and mating, but he should permeate these things with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness or God consciousness. Everyone is seeking after eternal happiness, and this is the program. There is no question of trying to merge with the void or become formless.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Dance of Eternity
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is stated that our next body is determined by our mental condition at the time of death. How does this happen? Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the following example:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9ra\'e0 yad av\'e4pnoti\line yac c\'e4py utkr\'e4mat\'e9\'e7vara\'f9\line g\'e5h\'e9tvait\'e4ni sa\'e0y\'e4ti\line v
\'e4yur gandh\'e4n iv\'e4\'e7ay\'e4t
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rotra\'e0 cak\'f1u\'f9 spar\'e7ana\'e0 ca\line rasana\'e0 ghr\'e4\'ebam eva ca\line adhi\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya mana\'e7 c\'e4ya\'e0
\line vi\'f1ay\'e4n upasevate
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub utkr\'e4manta\'e0 sthita\'e0 v\'e4pi\line bhu\'efj\'e4na\'e0 v\'e4 gu\'eb\'e4nvitam\line vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4 n\'e4nupa\'e7yanti
\line pa\'e7yanti j\'ef\'e4na-cak\'f1u\'f1a\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life, as the air carries aromas. Thus does he take one kind of body and again quit 
it to take another. The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a particular type of ear, sense of touch, tongue, and nose, centered about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects. The foolish cannot understand how a livi
ng entity can quit his body, or what sort of body he enjoys under the spell of the modes of nature. But one whose eyes are trained in knowledge can see.\'94 (Bg. 15.8-10)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The air carries the aroma of roses from a rose garden, but if the air happens to pass over a sewer, it will carry the obnoxious odor of
 waste products. The air is pure, but according to the situation it carries either pleasing or unpleasing odors. The spirit soul is also pure, being part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, but due to its association with material nature it is manifest in di
fferent bodies. Different bodies are constantly being acquired. It is a fact that even in our present life we pass through so many different bodies\'97a baby\'92s body, a child\'92s body, a boy\'92s, a young man\'92s, a mature man\'92s, and finally an ol
d man\'92s. Finally, when in old age the body becomes useless, we accept another body. This is called transmigration of the soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our next body will be created according to the consciousness which we are presently culturing. Therefore this human form of life is esp
ecially meant for cultivating K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that when we leave this body and accept another, we get a body like K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s\'97that is, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nand
a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub body, an eternal body of bliss and knowledge. That is the purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. We are trying to change the consciousness of all peoples so that
 they can get a body exactly like K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s in their next life. In a spiritual body like K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s, it is possible to dance with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dance of eternity. That is the highest goal a living entity can attain; personal association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are actually in knowledge know what kind of bodies they will get in the next life. A man knows that he is going to London bec
ause he purchases an airplane ticket for that destination. Similarly, anyone can know where he is going after death by knowing the consciousness he has cultivated during this life. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that one takes his next body in accordance to the particular mode predominating at one\'92s death: those who die in the mode of ignorance 
attain animal bodies and the bodies of those in the lower species. One who dies in the mode of passion attains a human form on a planet like the earth; and one who dies in the mode of goodness is promoted to the higher planetary systems and attains a bod
y like a demigod. All of these bodies, however, are temporary. If one is fortunate to die in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he attains an eternal body like K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s and associates with the Supreme Lord in His eternal abode. Once that body is at
tained, it is not changed. Therefore from the scriptures we can understand that the people in general have to be taught to live in the mode of goodness. At least in this way they\'92ll be guaranteed a life in a higher planetary system, if not liberation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic civilization is thus meant to elevate people. At the present moment we are most fallen, having been put in this material worl
d as criminals. Wanting to enjoy material nature, we have been put here to attempt this enjoyment, and consequently wherever we go we see people struggling hard to enjoy themselves. Everyone is thinking, \'93I shall enjoy myself and become great. I shall
 become prime minister or president. I shall be a big merchant or a big leader.\'94 When the living entity fails at everything, he finally thinks, \'93Now I shall become God.\'94 All of these aspirations, even the desire to become God, are material. Ther
efore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that we cannot become happy by practicing a religious system which is based on the idea of increasing sense enjoyment or becoming one with God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some religious systems maintain that by practicing certain religious principles one can go to the heavenly planets and enjoy beautiful 
women and drink }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub juice for ten thousand years. This may sound like a great promotion to a mere earthl
ing, but as anyone can see this is simply a more advanced materialistic life. There is nothing spiritual about it. When one finally understands that there can be no actual happiness in this way, he declares the material world to be false, saying, \'93Thi
s universe is false\'97now let me search out Brahman.\'94 Unfortunately this philosophy negates the spark of enjoyment which is within every living entity. The scriptures say that such elevated persons, believing this world to be false and not knowing K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, become impersonalists and voidists to detach themselves from false engagements and negate material enjoyments. Many religious systems are manufactured on such a platform\'97how to enjoy oneself to the fullest extent and how to become zero.
 Actually we are neither enjoyers nor are we zeros; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba rejects any religious system which is based on false renunciation or material enjoyment. We mistakenly take this material world as a fact and consequently try to enjoy it, and w
hen we become frustrated, we try to make it zero. Actually it is not zero, nor is there any cause for frustration. We simply have to receive the right knowledge regarding it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This right knowledge is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upadra\'f1\'f6\'e4numant\'e4 ca\line bhart\'e4 bhokt\'e4 mahe\'e7vara\'f9\line param\'e4tmeti c\'e4py ukto\line dehe \'92smin pu
ru\'f1a\'f9 para\'f9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'e0 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line ti\'f1\'f6hanta\'e0 parame\'e7varam\line vina\'e7yatsv avina\'e7yanta\'e0\line ya\'f9 pa
\'e7yati sa pa\'e7yati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93In this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer, who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who is existing as overseer and permitter, and who is known as
 the Supersoul. One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies, and understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is ever destroyed, actually sees.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.23, 28)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we simply understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only enjoyer, our propensity to become false enjoyers will be vanquished. We must si
mply admit: \'93I am not the enjoyer; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the enjoyer.\'94 If we understand this, there is no question of renunciation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also says, \'93I am the proprietor of all planetary systems.\'94 If this is the case, and it is, then wha
t is there for us to renounce? Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the proprietor of everything, there is no question of renunciation, and if He is the only enjoyer, there is no meaning to our separate or independent enjoyment. If we try to enjoy or usurp another
\'92s property, we become thieves, and if we renounce the property of another, we become pretenders, for in actuality we have nothing to renounce. This is our position, and one who knows this perfectly well is to be known to be situated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should know for certain that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not poor. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) If we remain satisfied with whatever is given to us by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we remain in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, always thinking, \'93My father is so kind and rich. Let me abide by His orde
rs and live peacefully,\'94 then the world and ourselves will actually become peaceful. But as soon as we want to encroach on another\'92s property and enjoy more than is allotted us by the Lord, we automatically become criminals. In order to become free
 from criminal offenses, we have to abide by the many prescriptions given in the scriptures. These prescriptions are of the nature of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or penance. One is practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when he would like to 
steal another\'92s property but thinks, \'93No, it would be criminal. My father said that it is criminal, and therefore I shall not take it.\'94 We all have the inclination to steal, to usurp other\'92s things, but we must restrain ourselves and act in a
ccordance to the laws of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is our Father.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process may at first seem a little difficult, but if we actually study K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we will not only understand K
\'e5\'f1\'eba but will be happy and liberated. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that if one sim
ply understands Him, as He is, he will be liberated. Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba superficially is not real knowledge. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that it is very difficult to understand Him, but despite this if one is fortunate and sincere, he can readily understand. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that there is no truth higher than Him, and i
f one is fortunate enough to understand this and follow the advice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is on the path of liberation. One who has the fortune to discriminate can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba very easily, but the association of devotees is also required. It
 is very difficult to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba when one is removed from the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotees, and therefore this International Society for Krishna Consciousness is formed in order to give everyone an opportunity to associate with de
votees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and also become devotees. This movement is open to everyone because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everyone\'92s father. We should not think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a Hindu God or is for the Indians and not the others. He is for everyone. If H
e were not, how could He be God? God cannot be God simply for a particular type of man or for a particular section of society. God is God for all human beings, beasts, aquatics, insects, trees, plants\'97all the varieties of creation. That is God. When w
e come to understand Him in His universality, and when we come to realize our relationship with Him, we will have arrived at K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord Caitanya\'92s Mission and Precepts Part Two
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\'92s Mission and P
recepts, Part Two
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As foretold in Vedic scriptures, the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared on earth 500 years ago in the form of Lord Caitanya, who is God Himself playing the rol
e of a devotee of Godhead. The eight verses entitled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which were the only written instructions of Lord Caitanya are here continued from }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Number 49.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam\line by\line \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 translated by \line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 with purports by \line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Holines
s Subald\'e4sa Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf9\nosupersub 5.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ayi nandatanuja ki\'eckara\'e0\line patita\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 vi\'f1ame bhav\'e4mbudhau\line k\'e5pay\'e4 tava p\'e4da-pa\'eckaja-
\line sthita-dh\'fcl\'e9sad\'e5\'e7a\'e0 vicintaya
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], I am Your eternal servitor, yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth
 and death. Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms of Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, but in order to teach us the way of devotional service, He is speaking like
 a conditioned soul. K\'e5\'f1\'eba came at the end of Dv\'e4para-yuga and spoke }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for 
the enlightenment of all living beings. However, many people misunderstood His teachings, and therefore He came again in Kali-yuga as \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya to show us by His own personal example how to live }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba came in blackish color and manifested Himself as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Caitanya came in golden color in the garb of a devotee and never allowed Himself to be called God, although He actually was God. Because \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in His original humanlike form and declared Himself to be the Supreme, many p
eople mistook Him to be a man and thought that they were God also. Lord Caitanya wanted to teach us that man should never think himself to be God or allow himself to be addressed as such.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the teacher shows the student how to practice writing the alphabet by his own example, we should not think that he is doing it to le
arn himself. Although \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya posed Himself as a devotee of the Lord, He is understood by advanced transcendentalists to be the Lord Himself on the basis of scriptural evidence and the performance of feats that no living entity can perform.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In contemporary times, some people are declaring themselves to be incarnations of God without any scriptural evidence or performance of
 superhuman feats, and the foolish public is accepting them as such simply on sentiment. God is not a cheap thing, and Lord Caitanya was not that kind of incarnation; He displayed the full potency of God. The living entity is originally entangled in the 
material nature due to his perverted desire for becoming God. If in trying to get free of material bondage he again falsely declares himself God, that is the last snare of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y
\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, Lord Caitanya humbly prays for the mercy of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord likes to be addressed in connection with His devotee; therefore He is called the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda, Ya\'e7od\'e4-nan
dana, R\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eba, etc. The living entity is eternally a servant of God, but when he forgets his constitutional position, he is placed in the material world. When by the good association of a pure devotee of the Lord the conditioned soul become
s aware of his real position, he prays for the mercy of the Almighty to again allow him to engage in the service of the Lord. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97is the ideal prayer in this regard. It can be translated
 as follows: \'93O energy of the Lord, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9! O Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba! I am very tired of serving the inferior material nature. Please allow me to be engaged in Your loving service once again.\'94 Everyone must s
erve. Either we serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba or we serve }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we serve }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub she simply kicks us in return, but if we serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba we gain the highest happiness.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf9\nosupersub 6.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nayana\'e0 galada\'e7rudh\'e4ray\'e4\line vadana\'e0 gadgadaruddhay\'e4 gir\'e4\line pulakair nicita\'e0 vapu\'f9 kad\'e4\line t
ava n\'e4magraha\'ebe bhavi\'f1yati
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke 
up, and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya questioned His spiritual master on the effect of chanting the holy name, the spiritual master said: \'93It is the tr
anscendental nature of the holy names of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare to transport a man into spiritual madness. Anyone who sincerely chants the
 holy name is actually elevated very soon onto the platform of love of God, and therefore he becomes mad after Him. This madness of love of God is the first perfectional stage of the human being.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the stage of ecstasy known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4va}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it is manifested outwardly by certai
n bodily symptoms such as crying, choking up of the voice, bodily perturbations, laughing, dancing, falling on the ground, etc. This stage is attainable by one who has been initiated into the chanting of the holy name\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97by a bona fide spiritual master coming in the disciplic succession from Lord Caitanya. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must be received from the right source. Milk is a very nutritious food, bu
t when it is touched by the lips of a serpent it has poisonous effect. As far as possible, one should only hear the chanting of the holy name from the lips of a pure devotee. Then it will have the proper effect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The disciple receives the transcendental sound vibration from the spiritual master through aural reception. If the disciple follows in 
the footsteps of his spiritual master and chants the holy name with great faith and sincerity under the order and protection of the spiritual master and avoids the ten kinds of offenses in chanting the holy names, he will come to the perfectional stage w
ithout a doubt. One should be very eager to make progress to this stage, but it is not to be imitated artificially. It will come of its own accord as one progresses in love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya was always absorbed in the highest ecstasy of love of God, but He warns against those who make a cheap show of ecstasy in
 order to fool the innocent public. A real devotee is never fooled by such cheap showbottle displays. One who is in the stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub free from all material contaminations, and therefore his character
 is spotless. In fact, the real devotee does not like to display symptoms of ecstasy before the general public because they do not understand such manifestations.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf9\nosupersub 7.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yug\'e4yita\'e0 nime\'f1e\'eba\line cak\'f1u\'f1\'e4 pr\'e4v\'e5\'f1\'e4yitam\line \'e7\'fcny\'e4yita\'e0 jagat-sarva\'e0\line g
ovinda-virahe\'eba me
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Govinda! Feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like tor
rents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is an exoteric and esoteric reason for the advent of Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. The exoteric reason for His advent is
 the propagation of the holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement which is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yuga-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or prescribed spiritual engagement for this age of Kali. The esoteric reason is quite different. The Lord propagated the 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the benefit of all living entities, but He came for a purpo
se of His own also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 writes in his work }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e4la-
camp\'fc, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The pleasures of enjoyment of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [mellow devotional relationship] could not be had in their entirety in the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Vraja. He [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] accepts the emotion and effulgence of His predominated moiety, \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dhik\'e4, and makes 
an eternal pastime for the enjoyment of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-rasa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'ebacandra, coveting to 
taste and realize the following pleasures\'97viz., (1) the nature of the greatness of the love of \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4, (2) the nature of the wonderful sweetness of His love which \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dhik\'e4 tastes, (3) the nature of the exquisite joy that 
accrues to \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 by Her realization of the sweetness of His love took His birth, like the moon in the ocean, in the womb of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya and \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya were discussing transcendental subjects on the bank of the God\'e4var\'e9, R
\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya said, \'93Sir, I may request that You don't try to hide Yourself. I understand that You have accepted the complexion and mode of thinking of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. You are trying to understand Yourself from the 
viewpoint of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, and You have advented Yourself to take this point of view. Your incarnation is chiefly for understanding Your Own Self, but side by side You are distributing love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the world.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya then manifested His real form of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba before R\'e4m\'e4nanda. R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya fainted i
n ecstasy. The Lord revived him, and he was surprised to see Lord Caitanya again in His dress of a mendicant. Lord Caitanya said to R\'e4m\'e4nanda, \'93You have understood the purpose of My incarnation, and therefore you are privileged to see this parti
cular feature of My personality. My dear R\'e4m\'e4nanda, I am not a different person with a fair complexion. I am the Selfsame K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda and due to contact with the body of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 I 
have now assumed this form. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 does not touch anyone else but K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 has influenced Me with Her complexion, mind and words, and I am just trying to un
derstand the transcendental flavor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s relationship with Her.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fact is that both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Caitanya are the Original Personality of Godhead. In His form of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 He is the Supreme Enjoyer, and in His form of Lord Caitanya He is the Supreme Enjoyed. Persons who are fortunate enough to understand Lord Caitanya as well as the pastimes at V\'e5nd\'e4vana of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be able, by the mercy of
 \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, to know about the real identity of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this verse, \'c7r\'e9man Mah\'e4prabhu, Lord Caitanya, is absorbed in the feeling of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. When
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba was absent from the company of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they keenly felt His separation and consider
ed the world vacant in His absence. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were completely dedicated to the service of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. They had no other purpose in life, and of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9 is the foremost, being possessed of the highest love of God, which is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4va.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To acquire this strong feeling of separation is the teaching of Lord Caitanya and His direct disciplic succession of Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. Wh
en the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were not in physical contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were constantly remembering Him al
ong with His transcendental pastimes, qualities, name, etc. In this way they could always be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba because His transcendental name, form, qualities, pastimes, etc., are all nondifferent from Him. Such devotees cannot live for a moment witho
ut remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the highest perfectional level of love of God, and by performing devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with feelings of separation one can attain the level of the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf9\nosupersub 8.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7li\'f1ya v\'e4 p\'e4darat\'e4\'e0 pina\'f1\'f6u m\'e4m\line adar\'e7an\'e4nmarmahat\'e4\'e0 karotu v\'e4\line yath\'e4 t
ath\'e4 v\'e4 vidadh\'e4tu lampa\'f6o\line mat-pr\'e4\'eba-n\'e4thas tu sa eva n\'e4para\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub I know no one but K\'e5\'f1\'eba as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me roughly in His embrace or makes me brokenhea
rted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord unconditionally.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya is teaching us the highest love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and He is teaching us to worship only K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The best mode of worship is that which is practiced by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  are mad after K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba only. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba played on His flute and called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to Him, they left every thing\'97husbands, sons, fathers, mothers and ran to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not caring for any impediments. Even after giving up everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub left them, and they simply became madder after Him. Once K\'e5\'f1\'eba was hiding from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and as they searched for Him everywhere, they came upon the spot where He was hiding, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba assumed His four-armed form 
of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba in order to escape their detection. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  saw the Supreme Personality of Godh
ead N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba standing there, offered their obeisances, and asked if He had seen K\'e5\'f1\'eba anywhere. Then they went on searching for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not caring even for the majestic opulence of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. The pure devotee of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba knows that other forms such as N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha and Var\'e4ha are also God, but he is only attracted to the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is the original of all forms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord Brahm\'e4 prays: \'93I worship Govinda, the Primeval Lord, who manifested Himself personally as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the different }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [incarnations] in the world in the forms of R\'e4ma, N\'e5si\'e0ha, V\'e4mana, etc., as His subjective portions.\'94 His subjective portions as the avat
\'e4ras, viz., R\'e4ma, etc., appear from Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha (the majestic extension of the spiritual world), and His own form K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifests Himself in this world with Vraja (His abode) from Goloka (the original spiritual planet). K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
is not an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but He is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub avat\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or source of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 further explains this as follows: \'93The light of one candle, being communicated to other candles, although it burns se
parately in them, is the same in its quality. I adore the Primeval Lord Govinda who exhibits Himself equally in the same mobile manner in His various manifestations.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although all the subjective portions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as described above possess the same transcendental nature as K\'e5\'f1\'eba and 
are Godhead Himself, K\'e5\'f1\'eba possesses certain superexcellent qualities that are not found in His plenary portions. Lord Caitanya is establishing exclusive devotion to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the fountainhead of all transcendental }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or mellow relationships, and is the Lord of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in Vraja.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  love K\'e5\'f1\'eba no matter how He treats them. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dedicated t
heir lives to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba left them and went to Mathur\'e4, never to return again to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  became brokenhearted and spent the rest of their lives feeling intense separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and remembering Him constantly. Their love for Him did not diminish in the least, but it became even more intense. 
If a person has no money but after some time accumulates some wealth and then loses it, he will think of the lost property twenty-four hours a day. Similarly, in order to increase the love of His devotees, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes appears to be lost to t
hem, and instead of forgetting Him, they feel their loving sentiments for Him increase.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the way of real love. In spite of abuse, ill treatment, neglect, etc., the love goes on increasing. There is not the slightest 
tinge of selfish desire or lust in the love affairs of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  want only to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and satisfy His senses, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants only to satisfy His devo
tees and reciprocate their love for Him. One should be prepared to sacrifice everything for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he will not be the loser but will gain a millionfold. K\'e5\'f1\'eba ever remains a debtor to one who sacrifices everythin
g for Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While Lord Caitanya was residing at Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, He was constantly absorbed in these feelings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is teaching this worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in separation as the highest perfecti
on of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This teaching is coming down through the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and their disciplic succession known as the M\'e4dhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-Samprad\'e4ya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The subject matter of these eight verses is the essence of all knowledge, and the philosophy of Lord Caitanya has been elaborated upon 
by His disciples in the most voluminous, exacting and consistent manner of any religious culture in the world. The English-reading public will do well to go through the works of our beloved spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prab
hup\'e4da, in order to get an increased understanding of the subject briefly presented above.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus end the Subalad\'e4sa Sv\'e4m\'e9 purports to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93\'c7r
\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam,\'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub entitled \'93Lord Caitanya\'92s Mission and Precepts.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: Secret and Confidential
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: Se
cret and Confidential
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa D\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells His disciple Arjuna, \'93I shall give you the most secret wisdom,\'94 and our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, declares that K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness is the most confidential knowledge. So what is the secret? And how can it be found out? Like any good secret, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can only be revealed to one who can be trusted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da tells a story from his own life to illustrate what it is to be accepted in confidence. When he was only twent
y-two years old, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was placed as manager in charge of a department in the chemical concern of a Mr. Bose in India. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s father was a very intimate friend of Mr. Bose, and therefore the son was immediately
 able to take on a responsible post. From the very first day on the job, in fact, he was signing large checks on behalf of the company and was in charge of a number of workers in his department. Some of the older workers, however, were dissatisfied that 
a young man should suddenly be placed as their superior. Some of them were elderly and had been in the firm for forty years. After expressing their dissatisfaction among themselves, they finally decided to speak to Mr. Bose about the situation. When he w
as asked why the young man had at once been put in charge, Mr. Bose replied, \'93Oh, for that position I needed someone I could trust as my own son. I could only entrust the personal handling of my accounts in that department to him. His father and I are
 very close, and this young man is known to me practically as my son.\'94 In short, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s qualification was his intimate friendship; he could be trusted confidentially.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, the secrets of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are revealed only to the confidential devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What are 
these secrets? Often people watch the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba dancing and singing parties in the downtown streets of their cities, and they wonder about this mystery: Why is it that these boys and girls of American and European backgrounds have made this cha
nting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba their whole lives? Also, people who visit any of the many temples of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness sometimes wonder why these young persons have changed from the normal ways of modern civilization and ta
ken to a life centered on transcendental consciousness. They wonder what it is that is attracting so many young men and women to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and sometimes they guess at the answers. But for most people it is a mystery.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then there are those who have read or studied the sacred scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which forms the basis of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh
agavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub another mystery. Great scholars and professors of religion and philosophy have applied their intelligence to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and they even attempt to teach it\'97but they cannot penetrate its mystery. They confess that they do not really know what it me
ans. They are mystified. And, actually, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deals with a subject that is very mysterious 
and is therefore generally called \'93the unknown.\'94 What lies beyond death? What is eternity? What is God? Who am I? Why are we suffering? What is the purpose of existence? Where did we come from? The wonderful quality of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that it clearly answers all these questions. And it reveals even greater mysteries besides\'97but only t
o devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This brings up another important characteristic of confidential knowledge. \'93Confidential means,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, 
\'93that not everyone will like it.\'94 For example, a young father may want to show us a collection of photographs of his newly born baby, but if we are not friends of his, are we particularly interested in looking at a collection of baby pictures? No. 
Those pictures are actually confidential, and only those who are interested in the young man and his family want to see them, for they take real pleasure in looking at them. It is the same with knowledge about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da describes why it is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba chose Arjuna as His disciple and told him the \'93most secret wisdom.\'94 \'93Arjuna is a devotee,\'94 \'c7r\'e9l
a Prabhup\'e4da writes. \'93He is submissive, and he is in contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a friend. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is revealing Himself to him. What is the qualification? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'91One who has developed the service spirit with lo
ve and devotion can understand Me.\'92 Not otherwise can He be reached. The big scholars and mental speculators cannot understand. But a child can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba if he has full faith in Him. So faith and devotion qualify one. Simply by such fa
ith and service you will understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, certain persons, due to their devotion and service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, have had the secrets of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess revealed to them. Anyone can also become such a confidential devotee, provided he approaches one who is already a pure devotee and tries to learn from him by inquiry and service. The chief quality of such pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that, more
 than anything else, they crave this confidential relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are mad after performing some service for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They will give up everything just to enter into this confidential association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is only fair that we consider many readers who may be asking at this point, \'93Who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba that just knowing Him solves a
ll these questions, such as what is beyond death and what is God?\'94 Who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba? \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has described in conversation what the devotees are aspiring for and whom they are thinking of when they say \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The earth spins and turns around the sun, and the sun spins, and the universe turns, and there are millions of such universes. And 
this is all running to the exact ten-thousandth of a second in the right way. Think of what a brain devised this plan! That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And just think: We are trying to associate with such a personality. Think of how great our ambition is. It is n
o small thing.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, the supreme controller. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped in churches, temples and mosques all over the world and the 
universes, and He is prayed to in thousands of different names, like Allah, Jehovah, etc. He is the one God without a second. Since time immemorial He has been coming Himself to the earth and sending His confidential messengers, incarnations and sages. H
e has sent His son, Lord Jesus Christ, and the prophet Mohammed. They have all proclaimed the same message: \'93You are all servants of God; kindly give up the senseless life of selfishness and just love God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But although the Supreme Lord has broadcast through scriptures and through His pure devotees that the way to end suffering and bring ab
out peace and prosperity is to love God, the world remains in misery and ignorance, and very few actually take up the confidential path of loving service to God. Now, in the current scientific age, there is even much propaganda saying, \'93God is dead,
\'94 or, \'93There is no God.\'94 Thus people become confused by so many contradictory doctrines.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is even rampant hypocrisy among so-called representatives of God\'97cheaters posing as pure, confidential devotees. In this way, 
since the secret mystery of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has become covered up by man\'92s madness, people think, \'93Well, there may or may not be God, but it is too confusing\'97let me simply enjoy life for now. If there is God, He won\'92t mind.\'94 T
hus they become content to be other than a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. In despair, people turn to other activities, and they do not crave their original confidential association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They forget that it is even worth their interest or 
that it is at all pleasurable to associate with God. Actually, it is impossible to even exist without Him, since we are eternally His parts and parcels, and yet we have fallen into forgetfulness of this greatest love, which is the very purpose of life. R
ather, people now seek confidential knowledge on how to improve sex desire, how to succeed in business, how to become famous in the world, or how to become God oneself through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  exercise. These materialistic versions of confidential knowledge are available, but they are just illusions, like mirages on the desert, and therefore they cannot satisfy. Each o
f us is originally and forever a servant of God. To be a servant of God means to live eternally in bliss and knowledge, but in confusion and in lust for enjoying without Him we have thrown away the secret.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nonetheless, the situation is very hopeful. The devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are very hopeful because although people in this age are for
 the most part not interested in spiritual culture, they can still very easily begin K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and enjoy full spiritual bliss. This is the unique contribution and potent mystery of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The mercy o
f this movement is that people in the grip of forgetfulness can very easily feel love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is itself the most intimate secret, by taking to the simple process of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because there was no other hope, because people had completely fallen away from God consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in India 500
 years ago as the incarnation called Lord Caitanya with a mission to show how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In other words, God Himself arranged to show us how to be devotees of God. It was for that purpose that Lord Caitanya came. His method, specifically, wa
s chanting of the holy names of God, hearing of the glories of God from the lips of pure devotees, and taking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the gist of this dynamic movement of spiritu
al culture which is now sweeping over the present world situation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The secret is open. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra (chant) is the secret. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Anyone can chant these holy names constantly, and there is no hard and fast rule to chanting. You can have it at no expense, and there is no tax. The benefit is very great.
 It is revealed\'97the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. The name K\'e5\'f1\'eba has all the qualities of the Supreme Person K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If you chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you immediately enter His association. That i
s the sum and substance of the chanting. There is some initial difficulty only in that people are suspicious, for they are used to being exploited by free offers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's spiritual master, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, anticipating this reluctance, described that preaching K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is like going door to door with the best fruit, a nice fresh mango, and trying to give it away. People will be suspicious: \'93Oh, what is this? Why don\'92t you want any money for it? What is the catch?\'94 So they will be re
luctant to take it. But even that difficulty is being overcome due to the overall attraction of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R
\'e4ma, Hare Hare, is the special benediction for this age. What was possible in former ages only by many years of meditation or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or difficult austerities is now, by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, being distributed freely. That is especially because of the fallen nature of this ag
e. It is frankly stated in the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Men}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in this iron age of quarrel are very short-lived. O learned men, they are also very lazy, misguided and unlucky, and, above all, they
 are always disturbed.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is a pure devotee in the disciplic line from Lord Caitanya, whose teaching is i
dentical to that of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is merciful, in His form of Lord Caitanya He is even more merciful. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba promised, \'93Do not be afraid, for I will grant you all protection. Just surrender to Me.\'94 B
ut in His most merciful, liberal and generous form, His appearance as Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is simply saying, \'93Be joyful. Chant, dance, sing, take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It should be noted, howeve
r, that this movement is not sentimental. It is authorized by all the Vedic scriptures. Into the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are compressed all the Vedic rituals and all other holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the conclusion of all Vedic study. For persons who, in the midst of this age of atheism, are at all interested in lov
e of God, there is no surer way to success.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By their mercy, those who hold the secret have let it out, and they are energetically distributing it. The purpose of the loud congrega
tional chanting of the names and glories of the Lord is to enable not just a few persons but all humanity to benefit. It is very sublime even to try to understand how infinite is God\'92s mercy in the form of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Because no one in this age can perform the difficult procedures of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and austerity, everyone can be brought to the topmost perfection and r
evive his confidential relationship with God just by chanting. The same qualifications still apply, however: one must receive this gift from one who is already a trusted confidential associate of the Lord. Such a person is very rare, but he is present. H
is Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is spreading this teaching everywhere\'97through literature, lectures, and by his deputed agents, his many spiritual sons and daughters\'97not for any personal motive but because he was ordered to do
 so by his spiritual master. You can inquire and verify for yourself that he is actually an intimate associate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All that remains is for you, on your part, to take this chanting. It is for this purpose that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness centers 
are maintained. You can accept freely this matchless gift. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temples dot the map, appearing in virtually every major United States city and many European and eastern cities, such as London, Hamburg, Bombay, Sydney and Singapore
. They are like oases in the material desert. Every Sunday in each center, a feast is held. It is not an ordinary feast. The offering is sumptuous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means spiritual food offered to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and the menu includes sweet rice, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'ecghasa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (a spiced vegetable pastry), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e4\'f2\'f2us}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a milk sweet which is so delicious that it is sought after by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, as described in the book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub These festivities can get you out of hellish existence. Go take part in the chanting and read the literature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is not a bluffing movement. You will feel spiritual strength. Take advantage of this special me
rcy being distributed in this age. Enter the confidential secrets of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and find your happiness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Universal Principles of Spiritual Culture
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Universal Principles of Spir
itual Culture
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide institution for the development of the spir
itual culture necessary for a progressive human civilization. In the following interview, Dr. Stillson Judah discusses the philosophy and activities of ISKCON with one of the Society\'92s leaders, Karandhara d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, who is a personal secr
etary to ISKCON\'92s founder and spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Dr. Judah, a well-known theological scholar, author and lecturer, is Dean of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and is curren
tly writing a book about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text related to photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His Divine Grace A
.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, accompanied by his personal secretary Karandhara d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 and other devotees of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Judah. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is it worth it to have the Vedic culture transpla
nted to America?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, of course, it is not possible to reinstitu
te the Vedic culture in this day and age. That is not what we are attempting. That would be a fanatical endeavor. Rather, we are simply trying to introduce the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement. This congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub like we are doing, was introduced by Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya did not place much emphasis on the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the brahminical caste system or anything like that. No. Regardless of one\'92s position or sectarian designation or color or cree
d, He simply invited everyone to join in chanting the holy names of God. But as a helpful enhancement to our spiritual culture, we try to apply the principles of Vedic culture. These principles, namely cleanliness, austerity, truthfulness and mercy, are 
declared in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub as universal principles for a spiritual culture. There is no question of sectarian dogma. These are operating principles of religiosity. Cleanliness\'97taking baths; austerity\'97limiting the eating, sleeping, and sex life. This is spiritual 
culture\'97to apply these principles. According to time and place, there may be different applications called for. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub varn\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the scientific Vedic system for social and spiritual development within society. It is very scientific, but it is not possible in this age to reinstitute. So, rather, we try to engage everyone in chanting 
the holy names of God and then attempt to apply the principles as much as practically possible.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What particular vehicle or activity for you is most impor
tant? Is it chanting, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [chanting] on the streets, going to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [a temple ceremony] or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [chanting on beads]?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The chanting. Either out loud or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is most important. That is the gift of Lor
d Caitanya. He delivered this chanting process. So of all gifts, this is the most sublime. Therefore Lord Caitanya is called the most magnanimous person. He has given what no one else has given ever\'97He has given love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And the way He 
has given us love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is through this chanting. This will deliver love of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it more important to chant on your own or with devotee
s?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Chanting with devotees becomes super-potent. Just like if
 you want to learn science, if you want to learn biology, what is more conducive\'97to gather with biology scholars and study in their association or to study by oneself? Studying by oneself may not exclude you from understanding biology, but it will be 
far more easy, generally, to join the association of other students. Chanting in association is far more potent. So if it is a helpful thing, why should we reject it? R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommends that one should take the association of devotees.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How important is it to witness to others, to witness as a
 devotee?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is one\'92s duty. That is simple compassion. That is n
ot a question of gauging values or morals; it is one\'92s duty. It should be inspired out of compassion; when you see someone suffering, there should be some compassion. Why should we be heartless and cold? That is not human; that is animal. \'93Human
\'94 means compassionate. The actual self-realized soul sees everyone suffering. In any condition of life, young or old, rich or poor, everyone in the material world is suffering. Therefore one feels compassion. That is natural; that is human.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How would you explain the benefits of living at the templ
e?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, of course, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means just 
remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so living at the temple affords obvious advantages. There is very nice Deity worship in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped with all paraphernalia which is very pleasing to the eyes and to the ears. There are nice devotees\'97th
ey are cent per cent engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service\'97and a nice environment is created, a spiritual atmosphere. So it is very helpful for remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The idea is to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Living in the temple may or may not be necessary. There is a story of Tagore, the poet. He was illiterate. He did not go to school, but
 he was a very great poet, so he won, at one time, an honorary degree from Oxford. Oxford is a very famous school, a difficult school to graduate from, and although Tagore never went to school, he won a degree from Oxford. But we should not think, \'93I 
shall sit, and I will also win a degree from Oxford.\'94 No, we must study very hard and take all the assistance we can. Just like you go to the store to buy books for help in an English course or some other course. You should take advantage of everythin
g you can. Why reject? So coming to live in the temple is simply making the supreme step full-time. If one does not live in the temple, it does not mean exclusion from advancement. This process is open for everyone, everywhere, but if one can accept and 
take advantage of what is there, then why not? Otherwise, if there is some reason or other that one cannot, then no matter. Let him go on wherever he is, but the main thing is to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this the first time you have lived in a group situatio
n like this? Could you compare it to any commune you have lived in?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, the communes are there, but they are never successf
ul. What is a commune? Commune is simply a question of degree. I may have lived in a commune in the mountains, but before that I lived in a commune of the United States. Commune this, commune that\'97it is simply a relative designation. We are communal i
n the universe, we are communal in the planet, we are communal in the state, we are communal in the city. None of those will be successful without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If something is God-centered, then that is its perfection. Any 
\'93ism\'94\'97this \'93ism,\'94 that \'93ism,\'94 humanitarianism, altruism, communism, capitalism, whatever the \'93ism\'94\'97if it is not God-centered, then it is worthless. If it is God-centered, it is perfect. So communists, capitalists, humanists,
 altruists, communalists\'97if their consciousness is God-centered, then they will become perfect, and if it is not God-centered, they are doomed. You can extend that to society, to community, to race or to individual. Even your own individual existence 
will be doomed unless you can make it actually God-fixed, God-realized.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I would like to know something about what goes on in the 
temple as far as how you would deal with people who are angry with each other.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the material world, and after all, the material w
orld is always imperfect. In K\'e5\'f1na consciousness, we are not making some adjustment for the material world. There is no adjustment to make here. It is full of birth, death, pain, misery, discrepancy, faults and abominable things. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
advises Arjuna in the Second Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub verse fourteen, that heat and cold, happiness and distress, appear and again pass, just as the sun comes up and then goes down. This you cannot stop
. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises, \'93You must simply learn to tolerate.\'94 We have to deal with our faults, our material conditioning, not dwell on them too much. We have to be cognizant of them and do our best to overcome them, but we cannot make a 
program of fault-finding politics. So everyone works together as much as possible, and we try to overlook faults. There are sometimes, little quarrels, but that is to be expected. We should not mentally hover in foolish utopia. No. Rather, we should set 
our minds practically and do good work day by day, tolerating these ups and downs and imperfections of the material world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And by working and chanting together, people can overcome
 problems?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, actually they will be gradually resolved. It is simp
ly a question of becoming pure. As long as there is any impurity, there will be some conflict. So it is simply a question of becoming pure. Yes, that is the essence. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is developed, then everything else will be resolved. T
hat is a fact.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I would like to ask about the discipline and whether or n
ot it has been difficult for you to give up mundane things.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, there is some struggle. But it is not difficult. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very simple, so natural, but the difficulty arises because of our conditioned life. There is nothing difficult about drinking something very nectarean, but if our taste buds are poisoned and diseased, the nectar may taste s
our. But by intelligence we should know that it is the disease which causes the bad taste. The nectar is actually very nice. I must become cured so that my diseased taste buds become accurate mediums of sensation. And that will become self-evident when I
 begin to actually relish the nectar as it is. So, yes, it requires some struggle, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there. One has to act with faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba and be determined to overcome the impulses of the senses, the conditioning of the mind. In }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it says anything you want you have to pay for. And the price you have to pay for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is your eagerness. If you will give K\'e5\'f1\'eba all your eagerness, then you will purchase K\'e5\'f1\'eba very easily, and your life will become sublime.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How did you come to surrender?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, I came in contact with one boy who knew of the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba temple. Actually, at the time I met this boy, I was looking to find someplace to make God realization my full-time activity. I had resolved that there was nothing else to do. I had been through everything else. I was looking to find some sp
iritual atmosphere to seek the Absolute Truth. I had heard chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but I did not know anything of devotees or the philosophy. Simply that it was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and that chanting was meditation. So I met this one boy, and he invited me: \'93Why don't you come and see this temple?\'94 That was here in Los Angeles. So I came and spoke with t
he devotees, and I came again another day to attend the Sunday love feast. Then they invited me again, so I stayed a weekend. I became very much attracted by everything, mainly the devotees. I was gravitating toward the consciousness of the devotees\'97
\'93Birds of a feather flock together.\'94 I did not have much of a conception of what God was\'97not much philosophical background\'97but I had concluded that finding God was my only business in life. So when all of these people were living so wonderful
ly there in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and so welcoming, I became immediately attracted.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Before you joined, were you committed to any other religi
ous organization?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, I was doing some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  postures and silent meditation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That was not very fulfilling?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, it was not very all-involving. You can do some }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the morning and some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the evening, but then you have to spend the rest of the day doing nonsense.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What kind of people join K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? Ar
e there certain experiences you have to go through first?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub 7.16}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that there are four types of pious individuals who come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness: the distressed; those in want of money, who want something but are unable to acquire it; the curious, who are intelligent and impartially seeking after truth; and those who actually want to find God, who intuitively understand that God realiza
tion is the purpose of life. These four kinds of individuals will come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Other than that, there is no qualification. Anyone and everyone may take to this process. Lord Caitanya set this example: He accepted as His two close
st disciples two social outcasts. They were originally Hindus, but they took the service of a Mohammedan Kazi, or magistrate. According to Hindu culture, if one takes the service of a Mohammedan, he is absolutely ostracized from Hindu society. So they we
re completely ostracized from Hindu society, and yet Lord Caitanya accepted them. They became R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9. \'d6h\'e4kura Harid\'e4sa was born in the family of a Mohammedan, and Lord Caitanya made him the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the teacher of the chanting of the holy name. So what it is all meant to say is that anyone 
of any race, of any creed, or of any background may become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, since in this age of Kali there is no qualification required. Simply if one will take to this chanting process, then his life will become perfect. Everyone is actually p
ure spirit soul; that is their real nature, their real essence. But they are covered by different degrees of material conditioning. Everyone is pure, everyone is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahman }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (spirit), but because of being covered by different modes and different combinations of modes of nature, they have lost the correct understanding of their real existence. So actually ever
yone is the kind of person to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How important is it for a person to become initiated?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Initiation means planting the seed. Before you plant the 
seed, you can till the soil very nicely and can make preparations to plant the seed, but if you do not plant the seed, there will be no crop. So we can till the soil for our spiritual development, and then the seed must be implanted. That means to come i
n contact with the spiritual master and accept him as your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or teacher. That is planting the seed. Pr
actically, without this there is no question of advancement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So there is no way a person can do it on his own unless h
e joins the movement?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, we should take it like that. Maybe there is an outs
ide chance and maybe there is not, but why should we chance it? The idea is, as R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says, that if you find K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness somewhere, then do not shop\'97purchase it immediately. You may never get the chance again for many 
lifetimes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I would like to ask about the future of K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness. I think that it is one of the most important questions. What will you be doing, or don\'92t you worry about those things?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means \'93freedom from anxiety.\'94 Generally in the material world everyone is full of anxiety because he does not know what the future wi
ll bring and because his experience tells him that the future means ultimately death and doom. I have to face death, I have to face old age, I have to face disease, I have to face so many enemies, so many trials This is my predicament in the material wor
ld. I am forced to live in this way. So spiritual life, spiritual realization, means freedom from that anxiety. Free from anxiety, situated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one is not anxious about the future. Whatever the future brings we will accept quite willingly as long as we can remain K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is transcendental, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness is transcendental, so when we are on the transcendental platform, fully linked with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we never mind about the future. The future is very bright because the future means the same as the present, which means absolute transcenden
tal bliss, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It does not swerve, it does not change, it is not up and down or inebriating. Material pleasure means inebriation. In material life one is never completely satisfied or completely unsatisfied but rather in continu
ous teeter-totter duality. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means an absolute plane of happiness and bliss. So there is no necessity for being too much concerned with the future.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Would you like to express some kind of goal in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, our goal is to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness t
o every town and village through whatever medium is expedient. To spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97that is our goal. Therefore, we have formed a society and have established temples. We invite everyone to come and take part in the same activities w
e are taking part in, the life of culturing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is the missionary spirit of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Because we have only started a short time ago, the ramifications of the society may not be yet
 evident. We, one thousand devotees, are occupying a few buildings only, so where is the question of society? But we are growing very fast, and the hope is to make the present world society K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. We are not trying to become a sub-soci
ety or a different society. We are not living somewhere away from everyone else. We are living right in the midst of society. We want to make every society K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Then you will still have marketplaces, you will still have merchant hous
es, you will still have everything, but they will all become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. So that is our work. Somehow or other, we are attempting to infuse K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness into every town and village. In this way, we are scheming and working d
ay and night.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about affiliating with other organizations? Is it po
ssible?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, if anyone sincerely wants to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness, he automatically affiliates. We are not interested in corporate merge or big political allies. If you want to take part in this chanting process, you are affiliated.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You do not think that making affiliations will aid in spr
eading the movement?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, just like if you want to recruit doctors to help cu
re a disease, if they are not qualified doctors or are themselves contaminated with the disease, what good will they do? So quality is more important than quantity. One actual K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious pure devotee is better than one million churches, one
 million rituals, or one million affiliations because without that one perfect example, all the precepts and formularies have absolutely no value. They are worthless. William James pointed this out very explicitly\'97that without practical example, all p
recept is worthless. That is a fact. You may say anything, but if there is no example of that, it is meaningless. So one devotee can change the course of the whole world. We have seen this in history. Look at Lord Buddha, Lord Jesus Christ or other great
 saints and sages. They have changed courses of history. They may have led very humble and very unobtrusive lives, but simply because they were K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious they have changed the lives of millions, influencing and molding them so much. So one
 pure devotee, one K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious individual, can do more for society than all the big institutions, all the big buildings, all the money, all the humanitarian and philanthropic work. So if we do nothing else, if nothing more is produced by our
 whole work other than simply one person\'92s becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, then we are a success. And no matter what else we do, develop or acquire, if we do not become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, then everything is a failure. It will all amount to z
ero.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What change in political leaders would you make? How woul
d you go about that? Would you expect them to join a temple or anything like that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, why not? Join the temple or not join the temple, the
 idea is to somehow or other take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Even if you just accept it intellectually, that is very good. Just that intellectual acceptance is almost liberation. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is actually the real meaning of lif
e, and unless we are aware of this fact, how will we do any good to ourselves or others as political leaders or whatever? We are prepared to take political seats. We are not vying after power or some tyrannical machine. No. But whatever medium will help 
us spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we can accept. Basically, we simply want the political leaders to be enlightened in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. They will then be able to render the highest service to the people.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So that would mean that you would use television to propa
gate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. As you see, we have automobiles, tape recorders,
 television\'97all the modern inventions. Renunciation does not mean to give up something and refuse to utilize it. This may be a popular conception of renunciation, but it is second class. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains to Arjuna in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what real renunciation means. In the Eighteenth Chapter you will read all about real renunciation. Real ren
unciation means acting without attachment and surrendering all the fruits of our endeavors to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Actually, we have nothing to renounce. Just like a teller thinking that he will renounce the ownership of all the money in the bank; if the mone
y does not belong to him in the first place, then where is the question of renouncing it. His proposal to renounce the money is simply foolishness. Similarly, we should know that nothing in this material world belongs to us. We may sit and pretend; we ca
n play a game: \'93I own Boardwalk, I own Park Place.\'94 But we do not own those places; it is all a game. Similarly, we may say, \'93This is mine, and I am giving this up,\'94 but that is simply a game. We do not own it. So real renunciation means reno
uncing that conception of accepting or rejecting on our own behalf. Whatever we can accept on K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s behalf we will accept. Whatever we need to reject on K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s behalf we reject. That is our platform. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the propr
ietor of everything. God owns everything. We are simply His servants. Every implement we have, every item, every energy, we should use for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pleasure, and here within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, you see the atte
mpt of making a practical demonstration of just that. Here you see talents, propensities, money, time\'97everything that everyone else is using we are also using, but we are attempting to use it in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service, acknowledging that that is 
its rightful purpose.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So do you have any idea what structure your society will 
have in the future?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we do not take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the st
ructure will be hell. The structure will be animal life\'97more and more animalistic. Animal means always suspicious, animal means always cruel, animal means simply one-mindedness, i.e., \'93sense enjoyment for me.\'94 So that is coming more and more. By
 the influence of the age of Kali, everything is becoming more and more degraded\'97less intelligence, less mercy, less sensibility, less rationality, less human qualities. They are all diminishing to a point of gross animal life. Just like a rat\'97a ra
t has no altruistic, philanthropic or compassionate nature. When a rat is too hungry, it eats its own child, its own mate. And the only relationship the rat has with other rats is simply sex\'97ten times, twenty times daily. There is no other social stru
cture. Sex with anyone\'97its mother, its child, anyone. That is rat life. This is the plight of human society. They will first of all destroy everything to eat, then they will eat each other. This may sound morbid, but it is actually foretold in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And it is developing; it is coming about. You may take note that unless human societ
y takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is no hope.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So this is like an alternative?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, not even an alternative. \'93Alternative\'94 means yo
u have a choice. There is no choice. You are either K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious or finished.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Anyone who is not in the movement is finished?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A. Yes. \'93In the movement\'94 means becoming God conscious. We are not so sectarian. \'93In the movement\'94 means becoming K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about someone like Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi? Well, there are various degrees of 
piety and religiosity. But the very first principle that we must understand in real spiritual science is the difference between the self and body. If someone is not teaching the difference between the self and the body, he is not delivering spiritual sci
ence. He may be virtuous in the sense that he may be very pious and moral. But if you do not separate the body from the self, then you are too much confused to have right judgment and right direction. There must be sound philosophy based on actual spirit
ual realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This perfect combination of sentiment and knowledge is available from the great learned sages, devotees and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who are situated in pure K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. These individuals are the true benefactors of society. Mat
erially conceived political or civil rights or any other movement will do us no good. We require to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, nothing else. So we are not so much interested in mundane historical personalities; rather, we shall devote our time and 
energy to hearing and serving the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4bh\'e4gavatas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the great devotees of the Lord. This K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness is now being delivered in pure unalloyed form by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and, hopefully, purely transferred by his disciples. So in that way, it is here now, and anyone can take it. Lord Caitanya actual
ly prophesied that in every town and village, He would appear, His name would be heard, and every individual would have the opportunity to receive His mercy. So now He is here. Everyone may take it very seriously, take the opportunity. Now the opportunit
y is at hand, so it should be grasped. The time is now. Otherwise we do not hear anything but nonsense leaders, nonsense religious mentors, nonsense politicians, rascals, cheaters, liars and thieves.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are prepared to challenge anyone. If you cannot make the distinction between the body and soul, then you are simply a cheater. Every
one must understand that this is a transcendental science; it cannot be understood simply with the mind. It has nothing to do with anything material, so unless we reach that transcendental platform, all of our philosophy and all of our activity becomes u
seless because it remains material. It may be pious, it may be impious, it may be laudable, it may be abominable\'97it still remains material.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So what about a Jesus Freak who claims he has gotten it f
rom Jesus?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One may chant any name of God. The Christians are also si
nging the glories of Lord Jesus, so that is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (broadcasting the glories of the Lord).
 We do not recall seeing them on the streets until after we were taking to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so they have
 also been inspired by Lord Caitanya\'92s movement, and now they are doing the same thing. Of course, their application is a little less developed. Nonetheless, it still is very good. Just like the mathematical axiom two plus two equals four; that is tru
th anywhere you take it\'97master\'92s class or kindergarten class. It remains the same, but it can be applied on higher or lower levels. So also K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can be applied on higher or lower levels. So it is not that the master's degree
 class should look down on the first grade class: \'93Oh, they only know two plus two equals four. What nonsense.\'94 No. \'93Oh, very nice, yes.\'94 The idea is that if anyone is taking part in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to any degree and in any proportion, that should always be encouraged. We should always try to perfect our K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness and not simply be content with a lesser degree of purity, but we should never discourage whatever part is being cultured by someone else. They are taking to the street; they are also performing sacrifice. They are chanting the glo
ries of Lord Jesus Christ and calling attention to His teaching. So that is something. We will have to see how long it will last. Its real value will be tested in due course.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Q.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And as for yourselves?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A. We shall go on chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R
\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s574 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4 50
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now, therefore, in this human form of life, it is time to inquire about spiritual realization"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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 of existence, the Vedic writings urgently advise us to turn our attention to the questions of spiritual life. "Who am I? Why am I here? What is the purpose of my life?" These are questions that must arise in the mind of every intelligent human being. It
 is to give us the knowledge to answer these questions that the Vedic scriptures were first compiled by the sages of ancient India and are now being presented in English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da. Now is the time to examine this timeless science of spiritual realization.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual importance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is described in the great literature itself: "This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Satan, Witches and homemade Gods
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Satan, Witches and homemade Gods
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY HAYAGR\'c9VA D\'c4SA (ISKCON NEW V\'c5ND\'c4VANA)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A black-caped figure stares out from the cover of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Time}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the world\'92s largest news magazine. \'93The Occult Revival: Satan Returns\'94 announces the latest news, as though Satan has ever left us. In the news story that follows, Satanism 
and witchcraft are identified as substitute faiths with a large following amongst the bourgeoisie in America and Europe. The cults are found not only to be popular among hippies and easily identifiable eccentrics, but among college educated, split-levele
d suburban-homed Americans. A definite wave of fascination with Satanism, witchcraft and other varieties of occultism is reportedly on the rise. It is as though a culture, which has succeeded for so long in suppressing its basic character, has decided to
 unveil. Paradoxically the veiled Satan on the magazine\'92s cover is probably the first really unveiled figure to appear. He is the very image of ourselves staring out at us, our animal nature telling us, \'93Well, here we are together, spinning around 
on this planet and enjoying ourselves one hell of a lot.\'94 He is indeed the image of our own fiery world consciousness, which is now busily and systematically destroying the earth. He is not only the image of Kali, the great demonic spirit who rules th
e universe in this age, but the image of our own pathetic selves striving to be God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beneath all of the Satanic cults is a basic purpose: the deification of the human race. Both occultists and critics admit that it is th
e promise of power that attracts people to Satanism and witchcraft. Converts from traditional religions, primarily Christianity, resent the authority inherent in all orthodox religions. In Christianity, as well as in Hinduism, Mohammedanism and Judaism, 
submission to God is the basic principle. In this current age, however, no one wants to submit to God because no one is prepared to follow the instruction of the Godhead, which are found in all scriptures. In other words, we want our freedom; we want to 
be controllers, not controlled. It is this spirit of rebellion that brings all of us into material bodies. Our material bodies themselves, composed of earth, water, fire and air, are expressions of our will to control. Being subject to disease, old age a
nd death, our bodies are mortal reminders of our rebellion against God. Satanism is an expression of our soul\'92s desire to persist in attempting to control as God. It is no wonder that magic is intimately connected with Satanism, for it is through magi
c that we attempt to become God by mastering the world around us. Magic can manifest itself in a subtle form\'97as in spiritual healing, prophecy and witchcraft\'97or in a gross form, as in science. In any case, whether we attempt to master the world thr
ough science or witchcraft, we are expressing this same basic desire to be God. This is at the core of Satanism, and it gives rise to all the demonic activities of man.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We do not have to be experts in world history to perceive the Satanic nature of man\'92s activities over the past five thousand years. 
Despite spiritual renaissances, the mass of men have been primarily involved in great power struggles between peoples and nations. These struggles inevitably erupt in violence, the greatest of which has been wrought in this century by scientists and poli
ticians through the use of nuclear weapons. Indeed, the history of the human race has been described as being no more than the history of weapon development. The human story then seems to be simply the retelling of one sordid situation: The man with the 
biggest weapon survives on the planet a little longer. What a dismal story this is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satan }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in Hebrew means \'93enemy\'94 or \'93adversary,\'94 and its verb form means \'93to be adverse to,\'94 or, \'93to plot against.\'94 In Christian theology, Satan is the great enemy of man and of goodness, and he is usually, as
 in Milton\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paradise Lost, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub identified with Lucifer, the chief of the fallen angels. In the Old Testam
ent, Satan appears as a serpent before Adam and Eve, and in the New Testament he tempts Jesus in the desert by offering him all the kingdoms of the world, if Christ will but fall down and worship him, but Christ, as the perfect man and perfect devotee of
 the Father, replies perfectly: \'93Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and Him only shalt thou serve.\'94 (Matt. 4.10)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although Christ emerges victorious, the temptation certainly gives Satan a certain prominence as the ruler or viceroy of the world. Chr
ist explicitly says, \'93My kingdom is not of this world,\'94 which implies that as far as he is concerned, this material world is Satan\'92s domain. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Paradise Lost, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Milton portrays Satan so powerfully that he emerges as the demonic hero, and beside him Christ seems a little pale. In other words, in this story of man, Satan steals the show.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is known as the Satanic in the Judaic-Christian tradition has its counterpart in the Vedic tradition in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4k\'f1asas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93opposed to light
\'94 and indicates the dark and demonic. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there are accounts of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, or God, killing many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or demons. When the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the universe discovered that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was manifesting
 Himself on earth, they all came to try to kill Him. The first demon was a witch called P\'fctan\'e4, who smeared her breasts with poison and got baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba to suck them. Being God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba knew her intent and, quickly taking her nipple, 
sucked out not only the poison milk but the life air of the demon as well. The witch fell down dead, and baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba fearlessly played on her lap. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed the demons Vats\'e4sura, Bak\'e4sura, Agh\'e4sura, Dhenuk\'e4sura,
 Ke\'e7\'e9, and His demonic uncle, Ka\'e0sa. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also subdued the great demon K\'e4liya, who was poisoning the holy Yamun\'e4 River. It is no wonder that K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed so many demons, for He states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that He comes to earth mainly to establish religion and annihilate the demonic: \'93In order to deliver the pious 
and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man vascillates between two forces\'97the demonic and the divine. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub these forces are linked to the three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of material nature, which are the qualities of goodness, passion and ignorance. K\'e5\'f1\'eba asserts that there is no being 
within the material universe who is not subject to these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In other words, a living entity is eit
her acting out of goodness, passion or ignorance. As he acts, so also does he reap, and this is the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . If he acts in goodness, he receives good results, and if he acts in passion and ignorance, he receives suffering. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also states that if a person dies in the mode of goodness, he attains the higher planetary systems and gets the
 body of a demigod. If he dies in the mode of passion, he takes birth amongst men on an earthlike planet and labors hard for fruitive results. And if he dies in the mode of ignorance, he takes birth in the animal kingdom or amongst lower species of life 
(Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14.14-15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A man\'92s faith or religion is also determined by the three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
gu\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If a person is in the mode of goodness, he worships God and those devoted to God (the demigods). In the mode of passion, he worships demons, and in the mode of darkness h
e worships the dead and ghosts of the dead. Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gu\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or quality ruling the heart of a man can be 
perceived through his activities and religion. Those practicing Satanism actually evince all symptoms of passion and ignorance, as can be seen in their gospels, which are simply inversions of the sayings of Christ: \'93Blessed are the strong, for they sh
all possess the earth. If a man smite you on one cheek, smash him on the other.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is also reported that the principal Satanic cult now popular in America invokes Satan not as a supernatural being but as a symbol of
 man\'92s desire for sense gratification, his lust for a materialistic and ungodly life. The practitioners \'93look down on those who actually believe in the supernatural, evil or otherwise,\'94 according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Time.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What the Satanists really worship is their own body and the paraphernalia that gives pleasure to that body. Most of the members of the cults ar
e \'93almost banal in their normality. Under the guise of eschewing hypocrisy, they actively pursue the materialistic values of the affluent society\'97without any twinge of consciousness to suggest there might be something more.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Time Magazine, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub June 19, 1972, page 66) Members are often promoted to different ranks on the basis of their material assets, 
such as bank balance, home, car, etc. Consequently this brand of Satanism is more Satanic than that which takes, the devil seriously as a personality to be reckoned with, for this brand is totally anti-spiritual. It deifies gross materialism. Turning to 
the luxuries of the world, it says, \'93Look at this! This is all there is. Worship it and surrender to it, and you will enjoy yourself like God.\'94 This demonic mentality is elaborately described by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in the Sixteenth Chapter of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Those who are of demoniac quality do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. They are unclean, neit
her do they know how to behave, and there is no truth in them. They say that this world is unreal and that there is neither a foundation nor a God in control. It is produced of sex desire and has no other cause than lust. Following such conclusions, the 
demoniac, lost to themselves and bereft of intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world. Taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride and false prestige, and being thus illusioned, they dedicate themselves to unclean work, 
attracted by the impermanent. Their belief is that to gratify the senses unto the end of life is the prime necessity of human civilization. Therefore there is no end to their anxiety. Being bound by hundreds and thousands of desires, by lust and anger, t
hey secure money by illegal means for sense gratification. The demoniac person thinks: \'91So much wealth have I today, and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine now, and it will increase in the future more and more. He is my enemy, a
nd I have killed him, and my other enemy will also be killed. I am the lord of everything, I am the enjoyer, I am perfect, powerful and happy. I am a rich man and am surrounded by aristocratic relatives. There is none as powerful and happy as I am. I sha
ll perform sacrifices, I shall make some charity, and thus I shall rejoice.\'92 In this way, such persons are deluded by ignorance. Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, they become too strongly attached to sense enjoym
ent and fall down into a hellish condition.\'94 (Bg. 16.7-16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We could hardly write a more accurate portrait of ourselves. Five thousand years ago K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus tapped the root of today\'92s 
consciousness. This is not only American consciousness, but Russian, European, Chinese and Indian as well. It is the prevailing universal consciousness in this age of destruction and chaos. It is a consciousness geared to domination, whereby everyone thi
nks, \'93I must win. I must control. I must come out of this situation on top.\'94 Thus everyone is attempting to become lord of material nature. One of the Sanskrit names of God is \'c9\'e7vara, which means controller. The Satanic impulse, which is man
\'92s desire to be God, is the impulse to control.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is our attempt to control nature in this age that has given rise to the machine and the demonic industrial civilization centered abo
ut it. Indeed, Henry Adams\'92 historical theory of the virgin and the dynamo divides Western history into two epochs: that controlled by the virgin, the symbol of religious unity, and that controlled by the dynamo, the symbol of materialistic chaos and 
diversity. Nor is it coincidental that a Twentieth Century poet, Hart Crane, fuses these two forces in a single symbol of the Godhead: the Brooklyn Bridge. \'93Science,\'94 Crane wrote, \'93the uncanonized Deity of the times, seems to have automatically 
displaced the hierarchies of both Academy and Church.\'94 Science has become man\'92s systematized attempt to understand the world and its purpose through his own blunt material senses. In its final analysis, science explores the cause or mystery of the 
universe through the observation of perceivable phenomena, and according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , this is not possible. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of creation, and He cannot be perceived at all by the gross material senses. \'93I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. \'93For them I am covered by M
y eternal creative potency (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), and so the deluded world knows Me not, who am unborn and in
fallible.\'94 (Bg. 7.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, it is impossible to discover K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the primal cause o
f everything, simply by observing K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s energy. \'93All states of being\'97be they of goodness, passion, or ignorance\'97are manifested by My energy,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. \'93I am, in one sense, everything\'97but I am independent. I am 
not under the modes of this material nature. Deluded by the three modes [goodness, passion and ignorance], the whole world does not know Me, who am above them and inexhaustible.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.12-13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man\'92s attempts to become God have given rise to a number of demons, all of whom are easily recognizable. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba mentions 
four basic types: the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub nar\'e4dhamas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4nas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam \'e4\'e7ritas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are like hardworking beasts of burden who try to enjoy the fruits of their labor by themselves and so d
o not want to part with them for the Supreme. They work hard all day like the ass, trying to satisfy four or five stomachs, a wife, and maintain a home in the suburbs. This is the gross fool who no doubt comprises ninety-nine percent of mankind. The }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nar\'e4dhamas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub literally \'93those who are low on the human scale,\'94 are characterized as totally ignoran
t of spiritual or religious life. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4nas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are intellectuals like scientist
s and philosophers whose erudite knowledge has been nullified by the influence of illusory material energy. Because their minds are dazzled by material nature, they lose sight of the truth. The last class (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam \'e4\'e7ritas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) are out-and-out demons (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asuras}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) who actually oppose God. It is this fourth class to which the Satanists belong. This category also includes those who say that man is God (the humanists), that God is void (impersona
lists), and that there isn\'92t any God at all (atheists), as well as that undefinable class of word jugglers who claim that whether there is a God or not a God is beyond the point. Such people usually feel that they themselves are God and that life is a
 game which they have personally created. All of these are Satanists in the strictest sense, for they are all adverse to God realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one, however, can accuse the recent crop of Satanists, warlocks and witches of lofty philosophy. They do not attempt to merge with t
he impersonal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nor do they attempt to become one with the void, nor do they attempt any serio
us deification of themselves by undergoing severe austerities in order to overcome material nature. What is so pathetic about them is the smallness of their vision. These are the masses of men, who, as Socrates laments in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Crito, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are incapable of either doing great good or great evil, for they exist not on a spiritual platform at all but on an ineffectual
 material one. \'93Would that they }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub could }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do me the greatest evil,\'94 Socrates said of the people, \'93fo
r then they could also be able to do the greatest good.\'94 Thoreau similarly noted that the masses could not really harm him, for they could relate only to the body. In other words, their doing good to the body by honoring it or evil by killing it does 
not in any way affect a self-realized man who knows the distinction between the self and the body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritually, the masses of men are still ineffectual, and these so-called occultists, Satanists and witches of today are as banally mat
erialistic as the average automaton. They do, however, serve one good purpose: They hold up to all of us the image of ourselves as we really exist in material consciousness. They hold up that mirror to ourselves which reveals us as our own worst enemy. 
\'93The self is the friend of the self, and the self is the enemy of the self,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satan is man as his own worst enemy, as an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asura, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma-hana\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub killer of the soul. Of course the soul cannot be killed, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in the Second Chapter of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but the soul can be degraded when one turns from the Godhead. \'93The killer of the 
soul, whoever he may be, must enter into the planets known as the worlds of the faithless, full of darkness and ignorance.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The fate of our Satanic nature is given also by K\'e5\'f1\'eba: \'93Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demonic man
 becomes envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, situated in his own body and in the bodies of others, and he blasphemes against the real religion. Such persons, who are envious, low and mischievous, I cast back into the ocean of material existenc
e, into various demoniac species of life.\'94 (Bg. 16.18-19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If man today is seen as his own worst enemy, as Satanic, what is the possibility of his changing his image? Is it within his power to d
o so? In other words, is he created inherently evil? Is he irredeemable? The Vedic literatures place man\'92s fate in his own hands. Although he is controlled by the Godhead, he has the minute independence to choose to be dominated by one of two energies
\'97the internal spiritual energy, or the external material energy. In other words, man has the ability to create his own }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Out of the heart comes the issues of life,\'94 it is written in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Proverbs. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93That upon which one\'92s mind dwells at the time of death
\'97that state one attains, being ever absorbed in the thought thereof.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One\'92s thoughts throughout life influence one\'92s thought at death: in other words, we become like we think. He who is always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will attain a state 
like K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s. This is promised by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Anyone who quits
 his body, at the end of life, remembering Me, attains immediately to My nature, and there is no doubt of this.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub 8.5)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Much of the blame for man\'92s Satanic image is now being placed at the altar of traditional Christianity. Men in another age would hav
e turned to the church for relief from their spiritual anxieties and for the much needed mystical element in life. Unfortunately, today the church has become identified with a mundane power. In short, it is as much a part of the establishment as the Bank
 of America. The youth especially distrust orthodox religions, feeling that the churches have betrayed the messages of their great founders who have always pointed away from world consciousness to the spiritual world beyond. Because man\'92s desire for t
he spiritual demands satisfaction, he turns from orthodox religion to occultism, Satanism and witchcraft. In a sense, the occult revival is a response to the failure of science and human reason to supply a purpose for living. We cannot live as men, as hu
man beings, without a spiritual goal; we can only live as animals. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is therefore supplying an alternative\'97a scientific and proven path to spiritual life. Simply by hearing the pure sound vibrations of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one can understand the nature of Yoge\'e7vara, the master of all mystic powers, \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the song of God sung to man in answer to all of man\'92s questions 
regarding existence. It sheds light on God Himself and on man\'92s relation to God. It tells man who he is and where he is going, and by it man can emerge as his own best friend. The self is the friend of the self when he listens to that sublime song, wh
ich coaxes: \'93Give up all types of religion and just surrender unto Me. I will protect you from all sins. You have nothing to fear.\'94 (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness does not maintain that the apparent nature of man is evil. Quite the contrary\'97accordi
ng to Vedic literatures, man is originally God conscious and divine. In reality, the living entity, which is every soul, belongs to the superior or eternal energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but somehow or other, due to a desire to dominate or to be God, he has f
allen into contact with material nature, or the inferior energy. Although due to this association man may appear demonic, in truth his dormant God consciousness need only be awakened for him to return to his original nature. Actually we are not at home i
n the realm of evil, and consequently these popular Satanic cults tend to use the devil for a type of perverse amusement. In scripture, however, Satan has traditionally used men for his own dark purposes. It may be concluded therefore that the Satan of t
oday is not a scriptural Satan at all but a Satan created by man himself to justify man\'92s own dark purposes. \'93If we fully believed in demons,\'94 one sociologist wrote, \'93we certainly would not want to call them up.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the viceroy of evil is not a Satan who is exterior to man, the burden of evil is placed on the back of man himself, for it is man
 who is responsible for his own demonic desire to be God. Satan returns indeed, as the attempt of man to deify himself. The efforts of man to conquer the universe instead of learn from it are unfortunately bearing fruit. Now man is doubting his very abil
ity to survive on this planet, and that concern has given rise to today\'92s ecology movement. Ecologists are concerned with the state of the world because they are aware of the principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub karma: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The exploiters will in turn be exploited. We sow what we reap, and if we sow destruction, we will also reap it. When the Satanists masquerade as lizards, wolves
, pigs and goats, they are simply indicating the type of body they have chosen to take their next time around.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like children, we stand before the mirror of the universe and make faces. As these faces are substitutes of our real image, Satanism an
d witchcraft are but substitute faiths, distorted images of the soul\'92s yearnings. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, by definition is all-attractive. When He appears, He appears as the radiance of thousands of suns. How, then, are the powers of darkness to preva
il? In the dark, a man may imagine many things, and he may see himself as many things, but the light destroys his hallucinations. The words of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub emanate a light that is eternal, and it is the wise man who bathes in it. Beside the still and reflective waters of Walden, Henry Thoreau wrote: \'93In the morning I bathe my intellect in the
 stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub since whose composition years of the go
ds have elapsed, and in comparison with which our modern world and its literature seem puny and trivial; and I doubt if that philosophy is not to be referred to a previous state of existence, so remote is its sublimity from our conception.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Upanishadic scriptures have been likened unto a cow, K\'e5\'f1\'eba a cowherd boy who milks the cow, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the milk which is the essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The wise man is he who drinks that milk. If we but take milk from that smiling Boy, our souls will be both nourished and satisfied. Because we are used t
o poison, the milk may seem poisonous in the beginning, but as we drink, we will begin to taste its nectar.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo p29: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right: "Those wh
o are of demomac quality do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead 50
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA \line The Supreme
 Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the gop\'e9s understood that Uddhava had a message from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they became very happy and called him to a 
secluded place to sit down. While talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Uddhava, they forgot all about their household business. They even forgot about themselves as their interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased more and more
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One of the gop\'e9s, namely \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, was so much absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba by dint of Her personal touch with Him that She actually began to talk with a bumblebee. While the other gopis were talking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's messenger Uddhava, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 took that bumblebee to be a messenger fro
m K\'e5\'f1\'eba and began to talk with it. 'My dear friend, I welcome you,' She said. 'You have come to take Me to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.' "
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'c5\'d1\'cbA Books 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 750 pages, 82 color plates
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRINTED IN JAPAN
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 5
1, 1973
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord, the Absolute Truth, is all-spiritual, and therefore His name, fame, qualities and pastimes are all nondifferent from 
Him. The holy name of the Lord is the Lord Himself, and this can be understood by spiritual realization. By chanting the holy names of the Lord, which are innumerable, one can actually personally associate with the Lord, and by such constant spiritual as
sociation with the all-spiritual Lord, one can become spiritually self-realized. The chanting of the holy names Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare is 
especially suitable for the souls of this fallen age, when life is short and people are slow to understand the importance of spiritual realization, prone to be misguided by false leadership, unfortunate in every respect, and continuously afflicted by mat
erial problems and anxieties. One can be freed from all such troubles simply by chanting and glorifying the holy name, fame, qualities and pastimes of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement has been started by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da to introduce this
 universal process. The holy names of the Lord are as powerful as the Lord Himself, and there are no hard and fast rules for chanting these holy names. At any time, at any stage of life and in any part of the world, anyone can freely chant the holy name 
of the Lord and thus make progress on the path back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da) }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editors: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa94\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagriva D\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $4.50 per year ($6.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California 
90034.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 32 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. 51\line \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in Japan.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and thus is being introduced all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a simple, practical and universal way that can be accepted by men of any race, religion or nationality. For information on how you can bec
ome a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead attracts the minds of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the goddesses of fortune in the spiritual world, by playing His transcendental flute.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li3960\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 AUSTRALIA}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\cell\cell}
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\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 19 Douglas St., Milton, Queensland 4064}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 14 Burnett St., St. Kilda, Victoria 3182}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Sydney\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Australia}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v
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\sl240\slmult1\sb79\sa79\li4320\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 EUROPE}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\cell\cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Berlin\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Hamburg\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Germany}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 2 Hamburg 54, Kapitalbushweg 20/570-53-82}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Heidelberg}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0  }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 W. Germany}{\b
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 London\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 England}{\b\v\f0\fs20
\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 7 Bury Place/ (01) 242-0394}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Lyon\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 France}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 4, rue Sala}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Munich\cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\i\v\f0\fs20\cf0 W. Germany}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 8 Munchen 40
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\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf0 The Human Struggle
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Food, Shelter, Sex, and Snoring
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharmasya hy \'e4pavargyasya\line n\'e4rtho \'92rth\'e4yopakalpate\line n\'e4rthasya dharmaik\'e4ntasya\line k\'e4mo l\'e4bh\'e4
ya hi sm\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "All occupational engagements (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub dhar
ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ) are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ) should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.9)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In spite of working so hard, there is frustration. No one is satisfied, I am not satisfied, nor is the person for whom I work so hard s
atisfied. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pa, pha, ba, bha, ma. Bha}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub means always fearful. We are always wondering what danger is coming next. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means death, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5tyu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is material life: You work very hard, so hard that foam will come from your mouth, and still you feel frustration and 
are always fearful. In this way you live, and then one day comes and you die.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa-varga. Dharmasya hy \'e4pavargyasya. Pavarg
a: a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means \'93just the opposite.\'94 By taking to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o
r religious principles, one can nullify the principles of material life. No one wants to work very hard, but everyone has to because in the material world a person cannot even get food without working hard. A small ant only needs one grain of food a day,
 yet he still has to work, going hither and thither trying to find his food. Similarly, the elephant needs a hundred kilos of food at a time, and he also has to work. Material life is like that; no one can live idly. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nahi suptasya si\'e0hasya pravi\'e7yanti mukhe m\'e5g\'e4\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Hitopade\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 36}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The lion is a very powerful animal, and he is called the king of the forest, or the king of the animals.
 When he sleeps, no animal will come near him. Although a king, no animal says, \'93Please, Mr. Lion, please open your mouth and I shall enter.\'94 Mr. Lion has to work very hard, and although he is very powerful, he doesn\'92t always get food. Similarly
, when a tiger is in the jungle, every animal knows it and avoids the tiger, so they don\'92t always get food either.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mohammedans are especially proud to become like a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sher. Sher}
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means lion or tiger, and it is said that if one can become like a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sher}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub he will be considered very powerful. Even in England the British lion symbolizes power, but at the end of the Second World War, the British lion was badly bandaged. Now in Trafalgar Square there are only large stone lions. In this world these
 symbols of power are all false. There was Napoleon, the French lion, and there was the British lion, and there was the Roman lion. In this way and that the people are simply wasting their time. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rama eva hi kevalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.8) They are all rascals because they do not know the value of life. Nor do they know what is to be done. Even religion is taken for some material gain. However, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that religion is not for material gain, for religion is meant for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4pavargyasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub One has to get liberated from these four principles of material life: hard labor, which causes one to foam at the mouth, frustration, fear and death.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MATCHBOXES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such is material life, but people are so foolish that they think that these principles represent advancement. Is this advancement? By w
orking very hard a person may get a very nice large house and a car, and in this way one may think that his life is successful, but after fifty years, the house is only good for demolition. One matchbox goes up, and another comes down. This is constantly
 going on. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-carva\'eb\'e4n\'e4m }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.5.30]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93All right, you require a house, and now you have a nice one. Why are 
you demolishing it again?\'94 \'93It\'92s a new fashion,\'94 is the reply. This, then, is contemporary civilization. Houses are constructed with hard labor, and again they are demolished with hard labor, and once again they are constructed with more hard
 labor. And people have become such rascals that they do not think, \'93What am I gaining by this hard labor?\'94 Real religion shows one how to get out of this cycle of hard labor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5.5.1] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ya\'e0 deho deha-bh\'e4j\'e4\'e0 n\'e5loke kast\'e4n k\'e4m\'e4n arhate vi\'f2-bhuj\'e4\'e0 ye.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4n}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicates the fact that we require some necessities of life, for in this material body we require to eat, sleep, have sex and defend ourselves. So we do this, for there is no prohibition; we eat, sleep, have sex and defend, 
and do them all as easily as possible. But we do not have to labor very hard for these and make it difficult. We have to eat, and that\'92s all right; we can eat. The birds and bees are also eating without hard labor, and why have we manufactured such a 
nonsensical civilization that we have to work so hard simply for a piece of bread? And why must we work in order to be able to sleep peacefully? There is so much hard labor for these things that now people have become disgusted and have given them up. Th
us the hippies say, \'93We don\'92t want to work.\'94 But after a while, when they find it very difficult to live without work, they again come to work. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-c
arva\'eb\'e4n\'e4m.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People work, then they leave work, saying, \'93We shall not work,\'94 and again they 
take up work and work very hard, then again they give it up. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puna\'f9 puna\'e7 carvita-carva\'eb\'e4n\'e4m:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chewing the chewed. We give up work, but we return to work because there is no other way to live. This is the problem. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Na te vidu\'f9 sv\'e4rtha-gati\'e0 hi vi\'f1\'ebum. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Foolish people do not know what the aim of life is. Everyone says that he is interested in 
his own welfare, or self-interest, but no one knows what real self-interest is. Therefore people are mistaken and are simply frustrated by working hard. They work so hard that foam comes from their mouths. All this is going on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicates the end of such a civilization of rascals. That is real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.\'94 (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just come to this side,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says. \'93Simply surrender, you rascal, and just give up all these so-called religions. 
They are not giving you any relief, and you are simply wasting your time.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7rama eva hi kevalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . By
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so-called religions, no one really develops an understanding of what God actually is. People are going t
o temples and churches and mosques, but they do not know what God really is. If we ask anyone, any religious man, \'93so you know what God is?\'94 he will say, \'93Oh, He is sublime \'85 He is this, and He is that \'85\'94 All we get is a vague idea. How
ever, one who is devoted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows definitely that here is God\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here is His eternal consort\'97R\'e4dhar\'e4\'eb\'e9. Here He is, enjoying in this way. Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub give definite information about God and His activities.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a-\line lak\'f1\'e4v\'e5te\'f1u surabh\'e9r abbip\'e4layantam\line lak\'f1m\'e9-
sahasra-\'e7ata-sambhrama-sevyam\'e4na\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows and fulfilling all desires in abodes built with spiritual gems, surrounded b
y millions of wish-fulfilling trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of Lak\'f1m\'e9s, goddesses of fortune.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA'S ABODE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way we know that God has His own abode, which is made of touchstone, and we learn of the houses there and the wish-fulfilling t
rees (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not only is there one, but there are millions of such wish-fulfilling trees. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surabh\'e9r abhip\'e4layantam: }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is engaged in tending }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surabhi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cows. One can take as much milk as many times as he likes from a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surabhi }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cow. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lak\'f1m\'e9-sahasra-\'e7ata-sambhrama-sevyam\'e4na\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Lak\'f1m\'e9 is the goddess of fortune. We all want the favor of the goddess of fortune, but in the spiritual sky the Lord is served by millions of goddesses of fortune. Nor is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it that God is asking their favor. We may ask a favor of the goddess of fortune, \'93Dear Mother, goddess of fortune, please give me some money.\'94 Even tho
ugh K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not care, the goddesses are rendering service to Him with great veneration (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sambhrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub give information: \'93Here is God.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0
 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \'93I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
worship Govinda, the primeval Lord.\'94 This is real religion. Real religion means knowing God, knowing where God is and what He is doing. Thus we must receive all information from Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ve\'ebu\'e0 kva\'ebantam aravinda-dal\'e4yat\'e4k\'f1a\'e0\line barh\'e4vata\'e0sam asit\'e4mbuda-sundar\'e4\'ecgam\line kandarp
a-ko\'f6i-kaman\'e9ya-vi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7obha\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept at playing on His flute, who has blossoming eyes like lotus petals, whose head is decked with peacock feather
s, whose body is the figure of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and whose unique loveliness charms millions of Cupids.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way we learn that God is engaged in playing His flute, and that His eyes look just like the petals of a lotus flower, and that 
He is so beautiful that He can defeat millions upon millions of Cupids. Thus He is called Madana-mohana. He is so attractive that even Madana (Cupid) is attracted to Him. Cupid attracts everyone, but He attracts Cupid. That is the meaning of Madana-mohan
a. And R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is Madana-mohana-mohin\'e9, for She attracts Madana-mohana. Here, then, is God\'97what do people know of Him?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DAY AND NIGHT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharmasya hy \'e4pavargyasya n\'e4rtho \'92rth\'e4ya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub General
ly people go to church, mosque and temple just to beg bread. \'93Oh, God, give us our daily bread.\'94 Thus everyone goes, Hindus, Moslems, Christians, etc.\'97they all go to church or mosque or temple just to beg some material profit. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharmasya hy \'e4pavargyasya n\'e4rtho \'92rth\'e4yopakalpate.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub That which is not meant for any material gain is real religion. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Na arth\'e4ya. Artha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means ma
terial gains, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4rtha}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
means spiritual gains. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rth\'e4ya.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'93If I don\'92t get money,\'94 everyone says, \'93how shall I live?\'94 Of course we should get money, but that money should not be our whole aim and objective of life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Y\'e4vad artha-prayojanam\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Unknown Source
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4vad artha-prayojanam
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4vad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as much as;}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97economic conditions; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prayojanam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97necessities.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub We accept only as much material necessities as needed for advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can receive as much money as we require to maintain the body; that is not forbidden. But why do we labor so hard all day and night? In New York, London or any other modern ci
ty we find so many buses running at all hours. It is a nice arrangement, but often there are no passengers. Nonetheless these buses are made to work hard, to come}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub here and go there quickly. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Div\'e4 c\'e4rthehay\'e4 r\'e4jan ku\'f6umbabhare\'eba v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This materialistic way of life means sleeping at night and snoring (zz), and getting a woman and having sex. And that is all. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Nidray\'e4 hriyate nakta\'e0 vyav\'e4yena ca v\'e4 vaya\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\cs3545
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.1.3]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is either sex or snoring. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub div\'e4 c\'e4rthehay\'e4 r\'e4jan: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the daytime one simply has to wonder, \'93Where is money? Where is money? Where is money?\'94 Then we get money and run to th
e store. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ku\'f6umbabhare\'eba v\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Then we purchase something, and when we purchase something, 
our money goes. Then night comes, and again it is time for sex. If we ask a person who is thus engaged where his time is for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he says, \'93No time, sir.\'94 This is civilization, a civilization of rascals. It is simply a wast
e of time: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rama eva hi kevalam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the human life is so valuable that one can get out of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pavarga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of hard labor, foaming at the mouth, fear and death, no one cares about it. This is because extrication from such life is so difficult for most people. They th
ink, \'93Oh, let us die. What is that? After death there is nothing.\'94 So-called great philosophers and professors adhere to such a view, and all this is going on in the name of civilization and advancement of education. The politicians and religious l
eaders have no knowledge, and yet they are leading the public. They are all rascals and fools. A rascal is one who has no knowledge. One who is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can challenge all such rascals, be they so-called great philosophers, professo
rs or whatever. What knowledge do they have: Their knowledge is simply animal knowledge, for animals work very hard simply to gratify their senses. Real civilization, however, means stopping such animalistic life
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, everyone wants to stop working hard. We all have the tendency to went to get away. As soon as materialists get a free moment
, they immediately want to leave the city and go to some nice peaceful bungalow in the country. Everyone wants this, but to get such so-called peace one has to work very hard. Why don\'92t we therefore make life simple: We can live anywhere and live by n
ature\'92s way. There are trees and meadows, and we can live there, keep some cows and get milk, produce some grains and fruits and be happy. In this way our whole economic question can be solved. Why do we have to bother so much with factories and great
 workshops and large ships and vans going here and there. These are all simply complications. Everything is trying to move so fast. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma-bandha:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is the entanglement of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. Sat-sa\'ecga ch\'e4\'f2i
\'92 kainu asate vil\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gaur\'e4 Pahu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sat-sa\'ecga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicates that one has given up the association of the Supreme and has taken to the association of material life, thereby becoming entangled in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Th
us the process of destruction and construction begins again. But we no sooner get something constructed than it is damaged or destroyed, and we get the opportunity to reconstruct again, and again it will be finished. The real business of human life is ea
rning how to end this hard struggle for existence
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ECONOMICS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our real business is to listen to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me.\'94 In this way all our problems w
ill be solved. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharmasya hy \'e4pavargyasya n\'e4rtho \'92rth\'e4ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharmasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  does not mean material gain, but if there is need of material gain, there is accommodation. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rthasya dharmaik\'e4ntasya. Dharma-eka:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  those who are actually religious do not look on money as sense gratification. The more money materialists get, the more they spend for sense gratification. One may live humbly with a small income of $500, but
 if that is not sufficient, he struggles harder to get $1,000, and he immediately takes another apartment which is larger. Then he is not satisfied with that apartment, and eventually he has to work harder to make $2,000, and with that he gets another ap
artment which is even better, but soon that is not sufficient either. A car is needed, and as soon as one car is bought, another is needed. In this way the more money we get, the more we increase our program for sense gratification. Of course money is re
quired, but we should not increase our artificial wants. We should always keep in aim our view that the purpose in life is to get out of the clutches of material nature. The modern theory of economics increases artificial desires. The bank will say, \'93
Take money from me and purchase a car.\'94 And the car manufacturer will show us a new car every year. In this way we become entangled, and the more we earn, the more debts we pay. All this is going on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We increase our wants, and we become embarrassed when we have to get the money. We struggle hard to get the money and thus increase our
 sense gratification. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rthasya dharmaik\'e4ntasya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But for those who are actually religious, more mon
ey or income (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) does not increase sense gratification. The religious man thinks, \'93Oh, I have more
 money. Now let me spend it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Here is a movement to promote K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, and those who have money can help push this movement forward. Unfortunately, the wealthy spend their money just to purchase a dozen motor cars. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rthasy
a dharmaik\'e4ntasya k\'e4mo l\'e4bh\'e4ya hi sm\'e5ta\'f9. K\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means sense gratification. That is how most people waste their}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub money and their lives\'97increasing sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have already discussed that pure devotional service of the Lord is automatically followed by perfect knowledge and detachment from m
aterial existence. Yet there are those who consider that all occupational engagements, including those of religion, are meant for material gain. Such people come to the temple or church and give some contribution, but their aim is that by contributing on
e dollar they will get a hundred dollars in return. In other words, church is an easy way of earning money. The majority of people do not come to understand what K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, actually is. Whenever they put money in the collection box, they think,
 \'93This will}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub increase.\'94 Of course it will increase because K\'e5\'f1\'eba supplies all things, but t
hat should not be the motive of one\'92s worship. We should not make business with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should try to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and sacrifice everything. Then our life will be successful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we want to make business, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will also give us business. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Ye yatha m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we want money from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give us money. But what will we do with that money? Because we do not know how to spend it, 
we will simply engage it for sense gratification. In this way we become implicated again. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba renders His devotee a special favor. When one is trying to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious but at the same time wants to have some material
 enjoyment, K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes away whatever material enjoyment is there. K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows that this is the best course to take with a man who is sincere but who, due to his bad habits, wants some material enjoyment. K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes all materi
al enjoyment away and makes the man completely free. When one is thus freed and helpless, he takes shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s special favor.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Nectar For The Swanlike Men
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The swan is a beautiful creature, gliding gracefully with poised and delicate motions across the clear waters of a lotus-filled pond. A
s if to enhance the swan\'92s beauty, nature has given her a wonderful ability, for from a mixture of milk and water, the swan can skillfully drink only the milk, without taking any water. Similarly, the most elevated transcendentalists are called }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or swanlike men, because of their ability to imbibe only the most sweet and essential nectar 
of spiritual knowledge from the midst of the water of the material world. Now, for swanlike men, there is an unlimited reservoir of spiritual pleasure in the Vedic translations, commentaries and summary studies of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swam
i Prabhup\'e4da. Clear, fresh and nectarean, these books of spiritual knowledge contain the true essence of life for which all swanlike men are searching.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "No time, sir," The freedom every man 
strives so hard to achieve cannot be had by trying to conquer material nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba the supre
me shelter of the soul.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Nectar 51
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub NECTAR FOR THE SWAN LIKE MEN 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The swan is a beautiful creature, gliding gracefully with poised and delicate motions across the clear waters of a lotus-filled pond. A
s if to enhance the swan\'92s beauty, nature has given her a wonderful ability, for from a mixture of milk and water, the swan can skillfully drink only the milk, without taking any water. Similarly, the most elevated transcendentalists are called }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or swanlike men, because of their ability to imbibe only the most sweet and essential nectar 
of spiritual knowledge from the midst of the water of the material world. Now, for swanlike men, there is an unlimited reservoir of spiritual pleasure in the Vedic translations, commentaries and summary studies of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swam
i Prabhup}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub da. Clear, fresh and nectarean, these books of spiritual knowledge contain the true 
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual importance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is described in the great literature itself: "This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This book presents the most authorized process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practice in God realization, without any deviation from the original Vedic scriptural literature. In this present volume, the author forcefully exposes the speculative systems which d
epart from love of God as the ultimate goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .      110 pp., paperback $1.25
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Perfection of Yoga   Beyond Birth and Death    On the Way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These three books give a general introduction to the transcendental science of bhakti-yoga and how it can be practiced in the modern world. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4d
a explains in a clear and simple manner how anyone can perfect his life and attain spiritual realization in this lifetime.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $.95 per Vol.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Govinda Album
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. This album by His Divine Grace features beautiful chants and prayers with the added benefit of a lecture on the nature of the absolute world.       $5.00
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Vande \'91Ham Album
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An authoritative recording of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da singing the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other transcendental chants.   
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Radha-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple Album
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a first recording of pure devotional songs in the ancient spiritual language Sanskrit. These eternal sounds of love release the
 receptive hearer from all contemporary barriers of time and space and reveal to him the realm of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness.                  Apple Records, $4.95
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb360 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Fi}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 rst Initi}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ation, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Opens the Door
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE FIRST INITIATION\line  \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Opens the Door
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 from the book, THE HARE K\'c5\'d1NA EXPLOSION, \line a reminiscence of the early days of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 HAYAGR\'c9VA D\'c4SA\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Photo by Arthur Tcholakian
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On September 8, 1966, we celebrated Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s birthday (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) on New York\'92s Lower East Side by fasting all day and chanting until midnight. About twelve of us bought beads for chanting, a hundred and ei
ght red, round beads the size of marbles. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told us that they represented the hundred and eight }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (cowherd girls) who sported with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I distinctly remember on a beautifully clear September day standing in the patio behind the 26 Second Avenue storefront temple stringing beads and chanting. \'93Wait till you 
string them,\'94 my old friend Walley had told me. Then he added: \'93You\'92ll get high.\'94 And I did. I tied one end of the string to the windowbars and slid each shining bead up the string and then knotted it. Everyone was talking then about initiati
on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Exactly what is it?\'94 I asked Walley, who seemed to know more about what was going on than I did.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It\'92s just a formality,\'94 he said matter-of-factly. \'93You accept Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9 as your spiritual master.\'94 (His Divine G
race, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, was then only known to us as \'93the Sv\'e4m\'e9\'94 or \'93Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9.\'94)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93What does that entail?\'94 I asked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Nobody\'92s very sure,\'94 he said. \'93But everybody\'92s taking it. In India it\'92s standard practice. Don\'92t you think you wa
nt to take him as a spiritual master?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I stopped stringing my beads and wondered. We had only been attending \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s lectures on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for a little more than a month, and although I was still too immersed in the hip New York zeitgeist to know why, jus
t on the basis of hearing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s lectures and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I felt that I wanted K\'e5\'f1\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The all-inclusive, unifying philosophy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  attracted me, and certainly K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a very seductive personality who brought out the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in everybody. I wanted to participate in the bliss that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da emanated every moment that I saw him, but I 
was confused by the idea of an \'93initiation.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I don\'92t know,\'94 I said at length. \'93He would seem to be a good spiritual master\'97whatever that is. I mean\'97I like him an
d his teachings a lot, so I guess in a way he\'92s already my spiritual master. I just don\'92t understand how it would change the situation.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Neither do I,\'94 Walley said. \'93 I guess it doesn\'92t. It\'92s just a formality.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus, completely unaware of the significance of the ceremony, we made preparations to take the vows that would, as time passed, come to
 mean so much to us and which indeed were to become the most important single factor in our lives. We bought long cotton cloth which we dyed saffron for robes. A couple of people shaved their heads, but most of us didn\'92t, as it wasn\'92t required. We 
felt that that was really going overboard.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 night, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told us stories about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s advent and then spoke of th
e necessity of purification for spiritual advancement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It is not enough merely to chant holy words,\'94 he said. \'93One must be pure inside and out. Chanting in purity brings spiritual 
advancement. Man becomes impure because he wants to enjoy material pleasure, but the impure can become pure by following K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for all works are transcendental when they are done for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Beginners in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness hav
e a tendency to relax their efforts in a short time, but to advance spiritually we must resist this temptation and continually increase our efforts and devotion. We should continue to purify ourselves both in action and thought. For this reason it is ben
eficial to associate with others who are also working in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And therefore we are forming this Society. It is difficult for a beginner to keep his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba if he associates with skeptics. To improve spiritually you
 must rise above even the mode of goodness. Pure goodness is not possible in this material world, but one who lives in the world of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not affected by any material contamination.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Considering our associates at the time, \'93skeptics\'94 was a very bland euphemism. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da could have more precisel
y used the word \'93demons,\'94 but he was far too kind to offend us. He then informed us that there were certain rules and conditions to be followed in the chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and that in the discipline there were four basic restrictions: no meat-eating, intoxication, illicit sex
 and gambling. Gambling and meat-eating seemed simple enough to shuck, but I feared that the other two would require some work. I finally resolved not to worry about it, concluding that chanting and hearing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da talk about }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were most importan
t. If I kept chanting, I thought, my sins would decay in time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sinful activities, are like a revolving fan,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained. \'93By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba you pull out the plug. The fan m
ay still revolve for a while after the plug is pulled, but since it is getting no more juice, it will soon stop.\'94 hope after all. Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da dropped a bomb no one was expecting. At the morning lecture, someone asked him about the s
ignificance of initiation, and he answered, \'93Initiation means you accept a spiritual master and agree to worship him as God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There was a stunned, thoughtful silence. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sat very still, his head high in the air, awaiting further questions
. When there were none, he got up and walked out. After he was gone, I turned to Walley. Everyone suddenly started talking at once. Walley shook his head.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My mind\'92s just been blown,\'94 he said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Everybody\'92s mind,\'94 I said. For over six weeks we had been listening to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da stress that whenever anyone 
claimed to be God he was to be considered to be \'93dog.\'94 After much confused debate, Walley and I went upstairs to Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s apartment and asked what he meant.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Does that mean you\'92re supposed to recognize the spiritual master as God?\'94 I asked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93That means he is due all the respect of God, being God\'92s representative,\'94 he said calmly and simply.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Then he\'92s not God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No,\'94 he said. \'93God is God. The spiritual master is His representative. As such, he is as good as God because he can deliver G
od to the sincere disciple. Is that clear?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was clear, and we hurriedly went to tell the others. Thus from the beginning \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da made a special point to disti
nguish himself from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or impersonalists, who identify themselves with God by mer
ging and denying personality. For \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, individuality was eternal; God, the spiritual master and the disciple were all individual persons, and this individuality was retained even after the highest liberation. \'93Otherwise,\'94 \'c7
r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da smiled, \'93there is no question of relationship, of reciprocation in love.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub None of us had ever before chanted as many rounds of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba as we did on K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s birthday, nor had any of us f
asted so long (a whole day!). Understandably we all felt like the sages of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya. Just a few minutes before midnight, Charles and Stanley, who had been helping \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in the kitchen, brought down the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba), and 
we all ate heartily. No one worried about not understanding the philosophy or committing countless offenses. All we knew was that when we went to see \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da we had fun. He was a sage, grandfather, spiritual master and favorite uncle al
l rolled into one, and although by solar calculations he was over seventy, he was younger than any of us. As he sat and ate with us, chatted and laughed, we little knew how much we or thousands of others would come to love him as the only truly loveable 
person in our lives, as our only link to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a dark and guideless universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next afternoon, following \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s directions, we prepared for our initiation by getting soil, sticks, flower
s, clarified butter, sesame seeds and barley, varied dyes and bananas\'97all, we were told, for the ceremony. There were, auspiciously enough, twelve of us to receive initiation as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s first disciples in the West.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some of us wore robes that night for the first time. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da showed us how to wrap them around and tie them. My mater
ial was unusually long, and I had some difficulty keeping the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhoti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from falling down. Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da pulled the knot incredibly tight, and I sucked in air. He was like the captain of a ship making sure all lifelines were secure, determined not to lose a man in the oce
an of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He expressed approval of the saffron turtleneck sweatshirts we bought on Orchard Street
 to match the robes, and after we were all dressed he led us into his altar room and showed us how to put on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub We took great care in trying to mix the fuller\'92s earth in our palm with water, just as he showed us, and then putting it on our foreheads with a little mirror. It was difficult to make the perfect V as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da did, and we
 wound up with smeared variations. Seeing my difficulty, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da swiftly ran his finger down my forehead. I looked in the mirror and saw a perfectly formed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka
. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja would never use a mirror,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said. \'93And his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ti
laka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was always perfect. He would never see a disciple unless the disciple was wearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka.\'94 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We looked at one another and nodded reverently. It all seemed mysterious to us and incredibly involved, but somehow \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da made it seem perfectly natural and proper.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No one knew anything about the ritual except that there was to be a fire sacrifice. An ancient Vedic fire sacrifice on Second Avenue! T
his in itself was enough to captivate us. A small mound of earth was arranged in the center of the room and beside it were placed sticks for the fire, bananas, ghee, sesame seeds, barley grain and colored dyes. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sat on the floor 
in front of the mound and indicated that we should sit on the other side. His apartment was small\'97only two rooms\'97and the twelve of us filled all the space, sitting crosslegged, knee to knee, on the floor. Some guests, whom we had asked, were in the
 other room looking curiously through the opened door and partition. We chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba softly so as not to disturb the neighbors\'97it was around eight in the evening\'97and then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da lit incense and began to recite the 
Sanskrit }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prescribed for the initiation ceremony. He then indicated that we were all to chant }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra,
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on our beads, and we began at once, making the small room buzz like a beehive while \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da took a spoon in his left hand and put water thrice in his right hand
 from a silver goblet. He then sipped the water, placed one more spoonful in his right hand and flicked it on the floor and then passed the goblet and spoon around for us to follow suit. We tried to follow carefully, but some of us placed the water in th
e wrong hand or sipped it at the wrong time, and he patiently corrected us. After we got the knack of it, he began chanting: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub om apavitra\'f9 pavitro v\'e4 sarv\'e4vasth\'e4\'e0 gat
o \'92pi v\'e4/ ya\'f9 smaret pu\'eb\'f2ar\'e9k\'e4k\'f1am sav\'e4hy\'e4bhyantara\'f9 \'e7uci\'f9/\'e7r\'e9 vi\'f1\'ebu \'e7r\'e9 vi\'f1\'ebu \'e7r\'e9 vi\'f1\'ebu. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Garu\'f2a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We tried our best to pronounce the words after him, not knowing what they meant. Later we learned the translation: \'93Unpurified or purified, or even having passed through all situations, on
e who remembers the lotus-eyed Supreme Personality of Godhead is cleansed without and within.\'94 After the Sanskrit was repeated thrice, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da raised his hand to indicate silence. Then he began to speak, telling us that we should nev
er worry amidst adversities, for we should always be mindful of the fact that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always driving our chariot.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Ariuna sat in the same chariot,\'94 he said. \'93But Arjuna knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme. We are also in
 the same chariot with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we too should know that He is the Supreme. Even in the midst of the material world K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not attached. He does not act out of need because He has no desires. He is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supersoul, and we are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4,
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the individual fragmental souls. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub these are compared to two birds sitting in the same tree, which is the tree of the body. One bird, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is enjoying the fruits of the tree while the other bird, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Param\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub just sits and watches. These two birds have a transcendental loving relationship which is eternal, but the one bird has become so absorbed in enjoying the fruits 
of this tree that he has forgotten this relationship. Thus we should give up all material desires and return to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we should also be mindful that whatever we do, we do with His permission. If we want to turn away from Him, He allows us; 
and if we want to suffer, He lets us. Now we must realize that we are suffering, and we must ask why. When we begin to question our suffering, then it is time to approach a spiritual master who is conversant with the transcendental nature and is fully en
gaged in spiritual matters twenty-four hours a day. This spiritual master will teach you that you are actually qualitatively one with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  knows that he is not this body, he becomes like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Param\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is wonderful, but not quite equal to God. The quality is
 the same, but the quantity is different. As the body is maintained by the individual soul, the entire universe is maintained by God or the Supersoul. I am not the Supreme; I merely illumine this body. But the Supreme illumines the entire universe.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His talk continued for about thirty minutes. Our legs ached, and we soon found ourselves trying to modify our cross-legged positions, b
ut at no time could we take our eyes off him. We tried to catch every word, as though they were jewels coming from his lotus lips. Finally he emphasized the importance of our following the four regulative principles: refraining from illicit sex, meat-eat
ing, intoxication and gambling, the four trademarks of this age of Kali, an age of quarrel and ignorance. Then, one by one, we handed him our beads, and he began to count on them. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, H
are Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The drone of the twelve voices, led by the spiritual master, filled the tiny room. There were twelve sets of beads, and the chanting alone lasted over an hour. I forget who was the first t
o receive his beads after they had been chanted on by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. I remember that Walley went before me. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told him that his name was to be Um\'e4pati. He returned to his seat, looked at me and smiled broadly. \'93I
t was wonderful,\'94 Um\'e4pati told me afterwards. \'93Receiving the beads was so wonderful.\'94 Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gestured to me, and I went forward and handed him the large red beads. While he was chanting on them, someone tied two strand
s of small wooden }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kunti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beads a
round my neck. These were considered \'93dog collars,\'94 indicating us to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s property. After chanting the hundred and eight Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras,}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da again motioned me to come forward. He then extended the beautiful red beads toward me
. \'93You start here,\'94 he said, \'93and around like this to here. Don\'92t cross over. Then back around like this, sixteen times daily, and your name is Hayagr\'e9va.\'94 I took the beads, held them to my heart and bowed to the floor before him. \'93}
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nama o\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya bh\'fctale \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktived\'e4nta-sv\'e4min iti n\'e4mine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pra\'ebati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I recited. \'93I offer my obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, who is very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.\'94 While I was bowed, it seemed as though everything was getting l
ighter and brighter. Years later I learned that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spiritual master, takes on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or sinful reactions of his disciples with the initiation. In actuality I }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub much lighter; my soul was lifted of its heavy burden of lifetimes of abominable activity. \'93The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means heavy,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da once told me, giving no further explanati
on, leaving it to me to understand why. And of course everything seemed to go white; our universe was brightened by the torchlight of knowledge which opened our eyes which had for so long been blinded by the darkness of ignorance. As the prisoners emerge
d from Socrates\'92 allegorical cave, they were temporarily blinded by the brightness of the real world, which they had never seen or imagined. We too were cave-dwellers in the earth\'92s darkness, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came down and led us out.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After all twelve sets of beads were chanted, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began sprinkling the different colored dyes up and down and side
ways on the mound of earth before him, and we all strained to watch every mysterious move he made. He picked up the twigs and wood splinters, dipped them in clarified butter, then lit them with a candle, and so proceeded to build a small fire on the moun
d. The sesame seeds, barley and clarified butter were then mixed in a bowl, and the bowl was passed around for the new disciples to take handfuls. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then began to recite Sanskrit prayers, and we tried to repeat the words after him
. \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vande \'92ha\'e0 \'e7r\'e9-guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-yuta-pada-kamala\'e0 \'e7r\'e9-gur\'fcn vai\'f1\'ebav\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub .\'94 \'93I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub offer my obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the f
eet of all Vai\'f1\'ebavas.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ma\'ecgal\'e4cara\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The prayers continued as the major teachers in the disciplic line were named. Each prayer was ended by three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4h\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and as we chanted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , we threw the sesame seeds and barley onto the fire
. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da kept pouring butter, sesame seed and barley on the fire and piling up wood until the mound was blazing. It seemed the prayers would never end. As the fire got larger, the room got hotter. Finally the prayers stopped. Bananas w
ere distributed amongst us, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da indicated that we were to place these on the fire. We did this, and the bananas began to smoulder, and the smoke thickened. Some of us ran coughing into the other room. The guests were retreating 
to the hallway. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da simply poured the remaining butter and seeds onto the fire. I began to worry that someone in the apartment building would call the fire engines or the police, and I imagined the police and firemen walking in and 
seeing us in strange robes with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and beads and smiling \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, unaffected amidst all the smoke, sitting beside the fire, beaming with pleasure at his new devotees. \'93This kind of smoke does not disturb,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said as J\'e4nak\'e9 
and Mukunda started opening windows. \'93Other smoke disturbs, but this kind of smoke does not.\'94 That was understandable; he was burning up all our sins.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da smiled broadly and stood up. He began clapping his hands and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba loudly. Then he pla
ced one foot before the other and began to dance beside the fire. We also danced and chanted, and the smoke abated. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da finally stopped chanting, mixed some ashes with the remnants of butter and placed a little on our foreheads. I a
sked him the meaning of the spiritual names.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93\'91Hayagr\'e9va is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who comes in the Satya-yuga, the Golden Age,\'94 he said. \'93}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means horse, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gr\'e9va}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means head. In this incarnation K\'e5\'f1
\'eba has the head of a horse and the body like a bird with wings.\'94 It seemed that Hayagr\'e9va, like the Greek Pegasus, was the incarnation of poetic inspiration; later I learned that when He breathed, the Vedic hymns issued from His nostrils. \'93No
t that you are Hayagr\'e9va,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da quickly warned. \'93But Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4sa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means servant, servant of Hayagr\'e9va. We are all servants of God. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means student living in celibacy.\'94 In this way \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained all the names\'97Str
ad\'e9\'e7a, R\'e4yar\'e4ma, Rav\'e9ndrasvar\'fcpa, Satyavrata, Mukunda, J\'e4nak\'e9, Um\'e4pati, Acyut\'e4nanda and a couple of others lost to my memory.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In retrospect, recalling that evening of only six Septembers ago, I can picture few details as clearly as taking my beads and bowing do
wn before \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. All but that one act seems cloudy. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in Kali-yuga men have short memories. But even the shortest memory could never forget exper
iencing such contact with one on this earth so beloved of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As I now consider that evening, I am left with the indelible impression of a vastly superior being presiding over a kind of kindergarten. Like a sly old master, he had, in a sense,
 tricked us into the classroom by convincing us that we naturally wanted to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that only he could show us how. That evening he was truly a master, the greatest of spiritual masters, opening hitherto hidden and sealed doors and usheri
ng us into realms filled with light.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba SPG
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA\line THE SUPREME 
PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf1\nosupersub [comic book style]
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Supreme Personali
ty of Godhead, personally appeared in India 5,000 years ago. As the sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening, so }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who is God Himself, appears from time to time to display His wonderful transcendental activities, which are unequaled by anyone, anywhere, at any time. As our story begins, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, His boyhood home. He and His elder brother, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Balar\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , are leaving for the city of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mathur\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with Their uncle }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Akr\'fcra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  t
o attend a great ceremony, along with Their father, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and the cowherd men of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [the scene opens with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma talking to Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and a Sage; with some }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the background, looking distraught]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . My dear father, please come with us to Math
ur\'e4 to attend this great ceremony; and bring all the cowherd men and boys with you.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Cowherd's! Prepared gifts of milk, yo
ghurt and butter to bring to Mathur\'e4. Everyone be ready to leave by sunrise tomorrow.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beautiful cowherd girl friends, were overwhelmed with anxiety when they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba was leaving.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . O providence! You are so cruel, you do not know ho
w to show mercy to others, by your plan friends meet, but without fulfilling their desires you separate them.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is very abominable that you arrange to show u
s beautiful K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose bluish curling hair beautifies His broad forehead and sharp nose, who is always smiling to minimise all contention in this material world, and then separate Him from us.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9 3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . O providence! You are so cruel, but most astonis
hingly you appear now as "Akr\'fcra" which means "not cruel" ........ In the beginning be appreciated your giving us these eyes to see the beautiful face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; but now, like a foolish creature, you're trying to take out our eyes so we may no
t see K\'e5\'f1\'eba again.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cried all night before the departure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.......
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They even prayed to the demigods to create some natural disturbance, such as a hurricane for heavy rainfall, so that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba could not go to Mathur\'e4.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Please! King Indra, make it rain so K\'e5\'f1
\'eba will have to stay.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .......They began to remember their loving pastimes with K\'e5\'f1\'eba......
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ........ They had spent a very long night\'97which seemed like only a moment\'97engaged in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dance with K\'e5\'f1\'eba..........
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We can't let K\'e5\'f1\'eba go, but what can we 
do?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9 2:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . I know! We'll stand in his way and block the pat
h of his chariot.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9 3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Then He'll have to stay!
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub captions shows K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the chariot depart
ing for Mathur\'e4 with the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  weeping and standing in front of the chariot}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very much affected by seeing the plight of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but his duty was to go to Mathur\'e4. Therefore he consoled the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Please don't worry. I'll be back as soon as
 I am finished my business in Mathur\'e4. Don't cry.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With tears in their eyes, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  watched the chariot as it headed West. They looked like painted pictures as they watched until they could only see the dust of the chariot in the distance
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub captions shows }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  weeping}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra, accompanied by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, drove with great speed towards Mathur\'e4, and reaching the ban
k of the Yamun\'e4 river, they stopped.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma took their baths and then sat down on the chariot.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra then ask Their permission to take his bath.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra waded into the river up to his waist and began to say his evening prayer, the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , when suddenly he saw both K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and Balar\'e4ma within the water. He was surprised to see Them there because he was confident that They were still sitting on the chariot.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Confused, he immediately came out of the water to see where the Boys were, and he was amazed to see Them still on the chariot.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He then began to wonder if he had seen Them in the water, so he went back to the river. This time he saw not only Balar\'e4ma 
and K\'e5\'f1\'eba but also all the demigods and great mystics. They were all standing before the Lord, who was lying down. He also saw the thousand hooded \'c7e\'f1a serpent, his neck's as white as snow. On the curved lap of the \'c7e\'f1a serpent, Akr
\'fcra saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba sitting very soberly, with four hands, His eyes like the reddish petals of the lotus flower.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra became overwhelmed with great devotion, and all over his body there was transcendental shivering. For a moment he wa
s bewildered, but then he began to pray\'85.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . My dear Lord, I here pay my respectful obeisance
s unto You because You are the supreme cause of all causes, the original inexhaustible personality, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. All elements of this cosmic manifestation and total material energy, as well as nature, the living entities, mind, senses, the sense ob
jects, and the demigods who control the affairs of the cosmos\'97are all produced from Your body.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While Akr\'fcra was offering his players to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord disappeared from the water, exactly
 as a dramatic actor changes his dress and assumes his original feature.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After this, Akr\'fcra, struck with wonder, left the water and returned to the chariot.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When he returned K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke to him.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Have you seen something wonderful in water 
or in space?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . My dear Lord, all the wonderful things that are 
happening in this world come from You. So when I have seen You, what wonderful things have I not seen?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After seeing this, Akr\'fcra immediately started the chariot for Mathur\'e4, and by day's end had reached the city gates.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile within the city gates, in his royal chambers, the evil minded ruler of Mathur\'e4, King Ka\'e0sa, was constantly thi
nking of his plans to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma          \'85.          to be continued
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Gop\'e9n\'e4tha!
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Gop\'e9n\'e4tha!
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 By \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 translated from Bengali by Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura is one of the most important spiritual masters in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness line of disciplic succession. His devotion
al songs and poems express the perfectional emotions of a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (Gop\'e9n\'e4tha).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha, Lord of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub please hear my 
prayer. I am a materialistic rascal, always full of lust. I have no good qualifications.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! You are my only resort. As Your eternal servant, I take shelter of Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! How can I uplift myself? I don\'92t know anything regarding devotional service. I am weak-minded 
and have fallen into a pit of illusion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! Everything here is but Your illusory energy. I have no power or pure knowledge, and and I am boun
d by a material body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I desire to remain always at Your lotus feet. Please take this sinner, weeping and weeping, and s
how me Your mercy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! You can do anything. You have purified the most wicked by Your power, but who is more wicked than
 me?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! You are the vessel of kindness. You enter into this mundane world and display Your sublime pastim
es for the sake of the fallen souls.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I am the sinner of sinners. Yet I sit waiting for You to take me, for many demons have attained Y
our lotus feet.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! Destroy the miseries of this world! I am strung on a necklace of births and deaths and cannot bea
r the kicking of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I am a servant of lust, entangled in the net of material desire which has sprung up in my heart.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! When will I wake up and cast this enemy of lust far from me? Then only will You be revealed to me
 in my heart.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I am Your own. By leaving Your lotus feet, forgetting Your treasures, I have served only }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! You know everything. Take me to Your lotus feet and punish Your servant.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! Is it to Your liking to reject me and not show me Your kindness?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I am the greatest fool. I don\'92t at all know what is good for me. I cannot understand anything.
 This is my fate.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! You are the greatest intellect. Not considering that I am Your servant, judge me without bias.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I have no means of benefiting myself. By Your mercy and kindness, please pick me up from this mis
erable world and take me to You.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I have fallen into this dark world. Bound by wealth, wife and sons, I am feeling the pain of lust
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I am going mad! Never caring for spiritual practices, I am always unconscious and deeply sunk in 
the muck of sense gratification.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! I surrender unto You. All my endeavors are a useless waste of time. Now I surrender unto You.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! How shall I reach the goal? My mind is overwhelmed by the powerful senses. I cannot shake off att
achment to worldly pleasures.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! Please reside in my heart. Destroy these dangerous obstacles, correct my mind and guide me to You
r own true path.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! Please let Your glance fall on me. I am helpless, but You are H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, the Lord of t
he senses. Please control my senses and pull me out of this world of dangers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura prays: O Gop\'e9n\'e4tha! My voice is faltering. I must throw off these shackles and catch hold of Your mercy.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters #51
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All letters wi
ll be personally replied, and correspondence of special interest will be published regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept the most humble obeisances of this very fallen soul who is seeking shelter at your lotus feet. If you can recall, I met y
ou with \'c7r\'e9m\'e4n Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 in New York recently when you left for London. Every moment of those precious few moments that I had with you is inscribed in my mind, and that will be my life breath throughout the rest of my li
fe. Undoubtedly it was thc most important event in my life so far because you have given me new vision, new concepts of life which are all on the absolute platform. As a matter of fact, you have given me a new birth, and I have now become a true }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dvija }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [twice-born person]. Yes, when I saw you with these eyes and talked to you with this tongue, that was the 
perfection of these eyes and this tongue. At that time, I was overtaken by the most auspicious moment: I was in a different world and could not tell you everything that was in my heart. I felt so small against you\'97like a three-month-old baby extending
 her hand to a smiling, all-loving grandmother. This was one of the rare moments when one feels small but happier, more secure and more blissful\'97like Arjuna when he sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s universal form and says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo namas te \'92stu sahasra-k\'e5tva\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puna
\'e7 ca bh\'fcyo \'92pi namo namas te\line nama\'f9 purast\'e4d atha p\'e5\'f1\'f6hatas te\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo \'92stu te sarvata eva sarva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I offer my respectful obeisances unto You a thousand times, and again and yet again! Obeisances from the front, from behind and from all sides.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  11.39-40) I felt exactly the same.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I started for Detroit immediately after I saw you, and all the time I was thinking that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so unjustly kind to me that 
even though I was so wretched and fallen He directed me towards your disciples first, then to you through your books, and finally to you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub personally. Now, since I know what it means to have a human form of life and I know the real purpose of this rare human form, I feel like I was a beggar on the street and all of a sudden the all-merciful Lord made me a
 billionaire overnight. When I told you about my desire to start a center in my home town, Surat, some time in the future, you were so kind that you asked me to do something more than that\'97to try to build a temple. I have now only one ambition in my l
ife, and I pray to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to stick to it. I wrote to my parents about my meeting with you in New York, and they are extremely happy. I have also asked them to chant and read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  regularly. It won\'92t take them long to get used to it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I was born in Surat to a very devotionally inclined mother. As a child, I was exceptionally faithful, offering }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trikas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub every morning just after taking bath and singing nice Sanskrit verses and offering nice prayers to the Lord. Si
nce I was born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub family, everything was auspicious around the house. There was a big }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tree and a big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tul
as\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub plant. The whole street used to gather at our house to collect the fragrant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4rij\'e4ta}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  flowers which were scattered all over the ground. My mother, though very intelligent, never went to school to learn the whole philosophy in detail. Still, she knew what she was doing, an
d I was following her. I remember that whenever I did something nonsensical as a child she used to tell me that this human birth, and that too as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is so rare that if I didn\'92t behave well I would glide down to degraded conditions. At that time I was too young to understand it}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub properly, and her knowledge was also limited. As I grew older, I was given the sacred thread in a very pompous ceremony. My lower middle class father spent two th
ousand rupees for that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When all these things come to my eyes, they make me feel good today, but at the same time I feel shameful because very shortly after th
at I got trapped into the clutches of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . I was given the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  thread, but I did not realize its potency and the potency of the G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because they were not given by a bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [spiritual master]. When I went to college away from home, I forgot all that I was doing at home. Everyone in the college was a lot worse than me, and I started thinking that real advancemen
t was to wear nice clothes, to go to movies every weekend, read nonsensical literature and talk about politics and movie stars. I wanted that, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave it to me. I always thought I was very intelligent because I could speak nicely on these
 matters. I aspired for physical luxuries like a car, money, a nice house, etc. In short, I was exposed to all the evils of Western civilization, and I adopted thern wholeheartedly. All this time, even though grossly immersed in a materialistic way of th
inking, I was missing something (which I 1ater realized when I got that \'93something\'94). A lot of times I did ask, \'93Who am I?\'94 and \'93What am I doing all these things for?\'94 But there was no Prabhup\'e4da to answer at that time, and again I w
ould get lost in the same pattern. Then, with the same crazy ideas, I came to this country and got a master\'92s degree in civil engineering and got a job, and I had the things I wanted to have. But I was not a bit happier, and before seven months, befor
e I could get entangled in the American way of life, I met the devotees at the temple. My first visit to the temple and reading the preface of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were enough to bring me on the right track. I started chanting, and my life started changing. Ever since then, I have been advancing. I am still a long way from deserving your mercy or K
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy, but I am getting it anyway. For me, this is so incredible that I just can\'92t express my gratitude to you. I wrote this long story to give you a realistic picture of what is happening in the present India. The land where the Su
preme Personality of Godhead appeared and displayed His pastimes is being completely ruined. The people are still innocent, but they are being misled, as you say. I am sure that when they recognize you and ISKCON, it won\'92t take them long to tell the d
ifference between the milk and the water.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is so unfortunate that in most parts of India we know very little about Lord Caitanya. All I knew was that He was a very great devot
ee; I knew very little about His pastimes and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement. Now, when I realize the truth, I
 understand that in this \'93 Kali-yuga\'94 [Age of Quarrel], when all other yogic processes but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  are simply invalid, no one can put a step forward on the path of self-realization without understanding Lord Caitanya. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that He personally appeared to teach us how to love Him and how to go back to Him to live an
 eternal and blissful life. Certainly, Caitanya is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy incarnation. O Prabhup\'e4da, who says that Caitanya is not present now? He is living within you. I had read about great devotees and Vai\'f1\'ebavas before, but you are the mos
t merciful of all Vai\'f1\'ebavas. No one in history has elevated such fallen and wretched people as you have. You have not just}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub made \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub out}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub of \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because in India }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  did not eat cows but were just born in low families. But you have practically made Vai\'f1\'ebavas out of \'93dogs.\'94 I say this because I w
as one of them. There is a lot of talk about mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but no one ever has been a more powerful my
stic than you because you have penetrated through the hearts of people and changed their consciousness entirely. I was listening to one of your tapes the other day and heard you say that a great Vai\'f1\'ebava poet wrote, \'93O Vai\'f1\'ebava, let me be 
a dog at your doorstep.\'94 You are not just a Vai\'f1\'ebava, nor am I that poet. I don\'92t know what I deserve to be at your lotus feet\'97a fragrant flower or probably a dust atom. Whatever, now I am a surrendered soul unto you because I am convinced
 that through you and only through you can I understand a little about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and develop a little love for my Lord. O Prabhup\'e4da, please come to my dreams some time with Lord Caitanya and His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub party. Please glance at this fallen soul through your transcendental mercy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I do not deserve any reply from you. However, if somehow or other, I can know that you read my feelings. I will be most gratified and e
ncouraged. You are the deliverer of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You can give me the vision to have a quick single glance of my Lord. That will be enough for this lifetime.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eternally at your lotus feet,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janakkumar R. Joshi
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON Los Angeles
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Editor\'92s note: In reply to this letter, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da agreed to accept Jan
akkumar Joshi as a disciple, and he was later initiated into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness during a week-long festival in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, ISKCON\'92s transcendental village community.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'93Hearing is the beginning of understanding.\'94
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'93Hearing is the beginning of 
understanding.\'94
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most potent method for self-realization in this age is to hear the transcendental sound vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s name and g
lories from the lips of a pure devotee. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is now making this sound available in a wonderful new series of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious cassette recordings.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Available from:
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Songs of the Vai\'f1\'ebava \'c4c\'e4ryas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C
hanted by His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to the accompaniment of tambura, m\'e5danga drum and harmonium, these songs by the great spiritual masters in the disciplic chain reveal the essence of pure devotional service. Includes spoken translat
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam Series. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Classes b
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\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and elaborate, enlightening explanations of each verse. 8 C-90 stereo cassettes (SB2: 1-8)/ each: $4.00/ complete set: $30.00
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\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and selected transcendental prayers and songs chanted in praise of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Recorded live in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and New Delhi. 6 C-90 
and C-60 stereo cassettes (KT 1\'967) each: $3.00/ complete set: $20.00
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nd Lectures by His Divine Grace.
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ssette (LA72-1): $3.00
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Safari
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA SAFARI
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Kul Bhushan\'97}{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Daily Nation}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 , }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Nairobi, Kenya
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Sa\'eck\'e9rtana Safari is on. Chanting and dancing to the hypnotic beats of \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare,\'92\'92 a few American }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are daily seen on the main streets of Nairobi and other towns in Kenya, East Africa. Playing drums and cymbals, these \'93white }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94 with clean shaven heads and saffron robes distribute leaflets printed in English and the local lingua franca, Swahili.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their worldwide organization, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, has already established its first centre for Africa 
at Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. Within six months of their arrival, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people have bought their own gaily decorated truck which is a traffic stopper wherever it goes, purchased their own temple to accommodate the devotees, organize
d a five-day festival in the biggest sports stadium of Nairobi and now are promoting their ideas from a pavilion at the First All-Africa Trade Fair.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what\'92s far more significant, ISKCON has already won its first African devotee, who was recently initiated as a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4r
ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. About a dozen other Africans have also joined the movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Last August, two ISKCON devotees arrived in Kenya for the first time. After a few days in the port of Mombasa, they were invited at the
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in Nairobi to participate in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub function. They pulled in h
uge crowds when the word spread the Americans had become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and were promoting the awareness of
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The local Hindus turned up in hundreds every day to listen to them and went away impressed with the grasp on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Sv\'e4m\'e9 Brahm\'e4nanda, an American teacher from New York who was formerly called Bruce Scharf.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He made it clear that he had not only come for the local Hindus but for the Africans. He turned a lot of heads when he walked down the 
main streets in his saffron garb.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soon two \'93black }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from U.S.A. joined him to spread the word of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Africans were at first merely intrigued but slowly began to take interest in what the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sang and danced about. The words were easy, the tune was basic, and they began to hum \'93Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soon the chanting was heard for the first time in African residential areas of Nairobi where the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paraded every week, singing and teaching the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93mant
ra\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for salvation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, arrived in Nairobi. At the airport, almost everybody stopped work when they saw white }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lying at the feet of their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to greet him. It w
as a unique \'93happening\'94 for Kenya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba presentation at the University of Nairobi was the highlight of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s visit. The unimpeac
hable philosophy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was matched with impeccable showmanship in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A movie projected in the background took over where the talk ended, and it went on during a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which more than 2,000 listeners of all races in the crowded hall joined in.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For this January, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people announced their most ambitious project: a five-day festival. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub returned to Nairobi to similar scenes of adulation, and the festival interested many more Africans. A 108-page magazine
, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Back to Godhead,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was published in English and Swahili.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Kenya Minister for Education, Mr. Taita Towett, in a speech read for him, said, \'93Many people today, as always throughout the age
s, are asking the question. \'91What is the ultimate end of life?\'92 Your movement offers one answer to this question, based on the ancient Vedic scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Your moveinent, like all the great religions of mankind, teaches that all men are brothers, because we have one Father, who is God.
 If this basic teaching is followed, then religion can be a strong unifying influence. As Minister for Education, I can say that this is the attitude which we wish to teach our young people. They should all regard each other as brothers. In this way we a
re building a strong and united Kenya.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About 80 1ocal Indians have become life members by contributing Shs. 1,111/-, and many more support the movement. They feel that this i
s a sorely needed ideology to be publicized amongst the Africans to tell them about their religion and way of life and to break down barriers of religion and race.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Roll on, the Sa\'eck\'e9rtana Safari.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra in downtown Nairobi. [photo: Mohammed Amin]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. Members of Kenya's Masai tribe in the Ngong Hills receiving the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with great interest. [ph
oto: Kul Bhushan]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. An American Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotee distributing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , spiritual food. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. Children chanting in the Ngong Hills. [photo: Kul Bhushan]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. Roberts Cyril Lwangu Prabhu, first African disciple of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. Asked by a reporter why h
e joined, he replied: "To serve God. I saw these people preaching, heard them, got to know them and decided to become one of them." [photo: Nationphoto]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6. Masai tribe enjoying }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , congregational chanting of the holy name. [photo: Kul Bhushan]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Build Your Nations on the Spiritual Platform
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BUILD YOUR NATIONS ON THE SPIRIT
UAL PLATFORM
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa480\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 AN ADDRESS GIVEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI\line HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for kindly coming here to participate in this meeting for spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to bring human society to the point where everyone\'92s life can become successful. The subject today is the real meaning of human life. We are trying to instruct the entire world about this meanin
g.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human life is attained after many, many millions of years of evolution. We should remember that there are 8,400,000 species of life acc
ording to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life began with the aquatics, for we can understand from Vedic literature that at the beginning of creation the entire planet was merged in water. This material world is composed 
of five gross elements\'97earth, water, fire, air and ether. Besides these there are three subtle elements\'97mind, intelligence and ego. Behind these curtains is the spirit soul, which is covered by these eight elements. This information is given in }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human beings are not the only living entities to have a spirit soul. We are all spirit souls\'97beasts, birds, reptiles, insects, trees
, plants, aquatics and so on. The spirit soul is simply covered by different dresses, just as some of you are dressed in white clothes, some in green, some in red, etc. But we are not concerned with the dress; we are concerned with you as spirit soul. Th
us it is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line br\'e4hma\'ebe gavi hastini\line \'e7uni caiva \'e7vap\'e4ke ca\line pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar
\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater (outcaste).\'94 (Bg. 5.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sage does not make any distinction on the basis of color, intelligence or species. He sees every living entity as a small particle 
of spirit soul. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ke\'e7\'e4gra-\'e7ata-bh\'e4gasya\line \'e7at\'e4\'e0\'e7a\'f9 s\'e4d\'e5\'e7\'e4tmaka\'f9\line j\'e9va\'f9 s\'fck\'f1ma-svar
\'fcpa \'92ya\'e0\line sa\'eckhy\'e4t\'e9to hi cit-ka\'eba\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madh}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 19.140}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93There are innumerable particles of spiritual atoms, which are measured as one ten-thousandth of the upper portion of a hair.\'94 Be
cause we have no instrument to measure the dimensions of the spirit soul, the small particle of spirit soul is measured in this way. In other words, the soul is so small that it is smaller than an atom. That small particle is within you, within me, withi
n the elephant, within gigantic animals, in all men, in the ant, the tree, everywhere. However, scientific knowledge cannot estimate the dimensions of the soul, nor can a doctor locate the soul within the body. Consequently material scientists conclude t
hat there is no soul, but that is not a fact. There is a soul. The presence of the soul makes a difference between a living body and a dead body. As soon as the soul departs from the body, the body dies. It has no value. However great a scientist or a ph
ilosopher one may be, he must admit that as soon as the soul departs from the body, the body dies. It then has no value and has to be thrown away. We should try to understand this; the soul is valuable, not the body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fact that the soul is transmigrating is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhag
avad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni yath\'e4 vih\'e4ya\line nav\'e4ni g\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti naro \'92par\'e4\'ebi\line tath\'e4 \'e7ar
\'e9r\'e4\'ebi vih\'e4ya j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ny\line any\'e4ni sa\'e0y\'e4ti nav\'e4ni deh\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a suit becomes old, we give it up and accept another suit; similarly the soul is changing dresses according to desire. Because the
 soul is part and parcel of God, it has godly qualities. God is the supreme will, the supreme power, the supreme independent one, and we, being part and parcel of Him, have all these qualities in minute}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub quantity. We have willing, thinking, feeling and desiring. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that God is the supreme living force amongst all living forces }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m). }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is also supplying the necessities of all living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We living entities are innumerable; there is no limit to our number. God, however, is one. He is also living as we are, but we are minu
te particles of that living force. For example, a particle of gold is the same in quality as a gold mine. If we chemically analyze the ingredients in a small drop of water, we will find all of the ingredients that are to be found in the vast ocean. In a 
similar way, we are one with God, being His part and parcel. This godly particle, the soul or the living force, is transmigrating from aquatics to trees and plants and then from trees and plants to insect life, then to reptile life, then to the bodies of
 birds and beasts. Darwin\'92s theory of evolution is but a partial explanation of the transmigration of the soul. Darwin has simply taken information from Vedic literature, but he has no conception of the soul. The difference is that the soul is transmi
grating from aquatic life to plants and trees, then to insect life, then to bird life, then animal life, then human life, and within human life he moves from uncivilized life to civilized life, etc. The civilized life of a human being represents the culm
ination of evolution. Here is a junction: from this point we can again slide down into the cyclic process of evolution, or we can elevate ourselves to a godly life. The choice is up to us. This is indicated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This human form of life actually means developed consciousness; therefore we should not waste our lives like cats, dogs and hogs. That 
is the injunction. Although this body is perishable like a dog\'92s or cat\'92s body, it is different in that one can attain the highest perfection in this life. We are part and parcel of God, but somehow or other we have fallen into this material existe
nce; now we have to evolve in such a way that we can go back home, back to Godhead. That is the highest perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is actually another world, a spiritual world. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4vo \'92nyo\line \'92vyakto \'92vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9\line ya\'f9 sa sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line 
na\'e7yatsu na vina\'e7yati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Yet there is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all
 in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this material nature, everything is created, it stays for some time, produces some by-products, dwindles and finally vanishes. Our b
odies are created at a certain moment by sexual intercourse. The semina of the father emulsifies and takes a pea form, and the living entity, or soul, takes shelter in that form, and because it takes shelter, it develops hands, legs, eyes, etc. This deve
lopment is complete in the seventh month, and in the ninth month the human being comes out of the womb. It is because the soul is present that the child develops. If the soul is not present, there is no development, and the child is born dead. We can tak
e this dead body and preserve it in chemicals, but it will not develop. Development means change of body. All of us have had baby bodies, but those bodies are no longer existing. The body of a baby develops into the body of a child, and that body develop
s into the body of a boy, and that body develops into a youth\'92s body, which eventually turns into an old man\'92s body. Finally the body completely vanishes. The whole cosmic manifestation, the gigantic form of this material world, is also working acc
ording to this same process. It is created at a certain point, it develops, it is maintained, and at a certain stage it is dissolved. That is the nature of the material world. It is manifest at a certain interval, and again it vanishes (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg
.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means nature. There is another nature which never dissolves, which is eternal. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As j\'e9vas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spirit souls, we are also eternal. This is verified in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin\line n\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bhavit\'e4 v\'e4 na bh\'fcya\'f9\line ajo nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4
\'e7vato \'92ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93For the soul there is neither birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He i
s not slain when the body is slain.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as God has no birth or death, we spirit souls can have neither birth nor death, but because we think, \'93I am this body,\'94 we c
onsider that we are born and that we die. Such thinking is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or illusion, and as soon as
 we get out of this illusion of identifying the soul with the body, we attain the stage called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub When one realizes }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'93I am not this body; I am spirit soul, part
 and parcel of the Supreme Brahman,\'94 he attains what is called Brahman realization. As soon as Brahman realization is attained, one becomes happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is this not a fact? If you understand clearly that you have no birth and death, that you are eternal, will you not become happy? Yes, c
ertainly. Thus when one is Brahman realized, spiritually realized, he has no more to do with hankering or lamentation. The whole world is simply hankering and lamenting. You African people are now hankering to be like Europeans and Americans, but the Eur
opeans have lost their empire, and now they are lamenting. So in this way one party is hankering and another is lamenting.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, this material life is simply a combination of hankering and lamenting. We are hankering for those things which we do not pos
sess, and we are lamenting for those things which we have lost. That is our material business. If we realize, however, that we are part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Para\'e0 Brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
and that we are Brahman, then we will transcend this hankering and lamenting.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The so-called universal brotherhood or unity that the United Nations is trying to achieve is only possible when you come to the spiritu
al platform, or Brahman realization. Brahman realization is the aim of human life. One should not work like cats, dogs and hogs. The hog is always very busy day and night trying to find stool, and when he finds it, he eats it and becomes sexually agitate
d and has sex without discrimination. A hog will have sex with his mother or sister or anyone else, and this is a hog\'92s life. However, the scriptures indicate that the human form of life is not meant for working hard for sense gratification like cats,
 dogs and hogs. It is meant for realizing, \'93I do not belong to this material world. I am spirit soul and am eternal, but somehow or other I have fallen into this conditional life of birth, old age, disease and death.\'94 This human form of life is mea
nt for making a solutton to these four material miseries\'97birth, old age, disease and death. That is the aim of human life. Just try to understand that human life is not meant for working very hard like hogs and then having some sense gratification and
 then all of a sudden dying.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People who do not believe in the soul are in a most unfortunate condition. They do not know where they came from nor where they are goi
ng. Knowledge of the soul is the most important knowledge, but it is not discussed in any university. But what is the constitution of this body? What is the distinction between a dead body and a living body? Why is the body living? What is the condition 
of the body, and what is its value? No one is presently studying these questions, but by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement we are trying to educate people so that they can understand that they are not these bodies but are spirit souls. The busin
ess of human life is different from the business of cats and dogs. That is our message.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as the soul is concerned, the evolutionary process is going on, and we are struggling for existence, struggling to come to the p
oint of eternal life. That eternal life is possible. If you try your best in this human form of life, in your next life you can get a spiritual body. Your spiritual body is already within you, and it will develop as soon as you become free from the conta
mination of this material existence. That is the aim of human life. People do not know what actual self-interest is; it is to realize oneself, to realize, \'93I am part and parcel of God, and I have to return to the kingdom of God to join with God.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as we have a social life here, God has a social life in the spiritual kingdom. You can join Him there. It is not that after finish
ing this body you become void. No. That is a wrong conception. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba tol
d Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tv ev\'e4ha\'e0 j\'e4tu n\'e4sa\'e0\line na tva\'e0 neme jan\'e4dhip\'e4\'f9\line na caiva na bhavi\'f1y\'e4ma\'f9\line sarve
 vayam ata\'f9 param
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.\'94 (Bg. 2.12)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process for attaining eternal life is very easy, and yet at the same time very difficult. It is difficult because people in the beg
inning do not believe in the existence of transmigration of the soul. However, if we simply take knowledge from the authorities, the process becomes very simple. Our process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is to take knowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the mo
st perfect being, and not from an ordinary being conditioned by the laws of material nature. Knowledge taken from a conditioned being is sure to be defective.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What are the defects of the conditioned soul? He is sure to commit mistakes, sure to be illusioned, sure to cheat others, and sure to h
ave imperfect senses. We cannot attain knowledge perfectly because we want to cheat others and our senses are imperfect. Although our senses are imperfect, we are very proud of our eyes and we want to see everything. Therefore someone says, \'93Can you s
how me God ?\'94 Actually the answer is yes. Why can\'92t you see God at every moment? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raso \'92ham apsu kaunteya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93I am the taste of water.\'94 Everyone drinks water, and the taste is there\'97so if we think of this taste as God, we begin the process of God realization. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93I am the sunshine, and I am the moonshine.\'94 We all see the sunshine and moonshine every
 day, and if we think of how it is the sun and moon are emanating light, we will ultimately reach God. There are so many similar instances. If you want to be God conscious and realize God yourself, it is not very difficult. You have simply to follow the 
prescribed methods. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tato m\'e4m tattvato j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We must simply try to understand God in truth and try to un
derstand His appearance, disappearance and functions. When we understand Him in truth, we immediately enter the kingdom of God. After quitting this body, the person who understands God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, does not come back again to accept another materi
al body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93He comes to Me.\'94 That is our aim.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore we should not waste our time living like cats and dogs. We should live comfortably, but at the same time we should be K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious, or God conscious. That will help us become happy. Without understanding God and without becoming God conscious, there is no possibility of peace and happiness. The way of peace and happiness is outlined in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you really want to understand God, He is very easy to understand. God is the proprietor of everything. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Unfortunately we are thinking, \'93I am the proprietor.\'94 In your country, for instance, the B
ritish have sometimes claimed to be proprietors, and now you are claiming to be the proprietors\'97so who knows what will happen in the future? Actually no one knows who the real proprietor is. The land is there, and it is the property of God, but we are
 simply thinking, \'93I am this proprietor. I own this, and I own that.\'94 Actually America existed before the Europeans came, but now the Americans are thinking, \'93We are the proprietors.\'94 Similarly, before them the red Indians were thinking, \'93
We are the proprietors.\'94 The fact is that no man is an actual proprietor; the proprietor is God.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0\line yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat\line tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4\line m\'e4 
g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for him
self, which are set aside as his quota, and one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7o}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This realization is wanting. K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims proprietorship over all forms\'97including American forms, African forms, cat forms,
 dog forms, tree forms, etc.\'97for in actuality He is the proprietor and the Supreme Father. If we simply realize this, we attain God realization. Actually if we realize God as prescribed in the authorized books and Vedic literatures, we will find that 
there will no longer be quarrels between this party and that party Everything will be peaceful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone has the right to use God's property, just as a son has the right to live at the cost of his father. It is even stated in the s
criptures that even a small animal in the home must be given some food. That is spiritual communism. No one should remain hungry, not even a serpent. We are always afraid of serpents, but if we find a serpent to be living in our house, it is our duty to 
see that the serpent is also fed. This is the conception of God consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Bg. 18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . One who is transcendentally realized is equal
ly disposed to every living entity. Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  points out that when one sees everyone equal
ly, as part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, one actually begins his devotional life. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying in an authoritative way to make everyone understand what he is and what the aim of life is. This process of purifica
tion of the heart is very easily accomplished. One simply has to chant this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. It can actually be seen that in this movement there are boys and girls from different countries and different religions, but
 no one is concerned with any particular section, country or religious body. We are simply concerned about knowing our selves and our relationship with God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is the supreme proprietor, and we are all His sons or servitors. Therefore let us engage ourselves in the service of the Lord, as r
ecommended in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as we understand that God is the proprietor of everything, the
n all the troubles of the world will immediately be solved. This may take some time. It is not expected that everyone will understand this high philosophy, but if the intelligent people in every country try to understand it, that will be sufficient. In }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad yad \'e4carati \'e7re\'f1\'f6has\line tat tad evetaro jana\'f9\line sa yat pram\'e4\'eba\'e0 kurute\line lokas tad anavartat
e
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.\'94 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  3.21}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We therefore invite the most intelligent men in the world to understand this K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy and try to distribute 
it all over the world. We have now come to these African countries, and I invite all intelligent Africans to come and understand this philosophy and distribute it. You are trying to develop yourselves, so please develop spiritually, for spiritual develop
ment is sound development. Don\'92t imitate the Americans and Europeans who are living like cats and dogs. Such civilizations built on the consciousness of sense gratification cannot stand. The atomic bomb is already there, and as soon as the next war br
eaks out, all their skyscrapers and everything else will be finished. Try to understand this from the real viewpoint of human life, the spiritual viewpoint. This is what this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is about. We therefore request you to try
 to understand this philosophy. Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub END
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In January ISKCON staged the World Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement Festival at Nairobi City Stadium. His Divine Grace A.C
. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of ISKCON, presided over five days 
of k\'e9rtanas, lectures, cinema shows, pras\'e4dam feasting and initiation ceremonies. The festival was highlighted one evening by a speech read by Mr. Y. Komora, Kenya\'92s Director of Education, for Hon. Taita Arap Towett, the Minister of Education. T
his is the text of that speech. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [photo: Kenya Information Services]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honorable President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to be with you today as you celebrate the World Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Movement Festival here at the City Stadium, and I wish to thank the President of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Kenya Branch, Mr. Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, for inviting me to be with you here today.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kenya, as you know, is a country which welcomes visitors. Our Constitution guarantees to every religion complete free
dom of worship and preaching insofar as this is compatible with public order.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The people of Kenya enjoy complete freedom to practice the faith of their choice and are willing to listen intelligen
tly to anyone who has something to say on this subject. In the traditional African way of life, religion played an essential part. In modern Kenya too religion still plays a big part in the lives of our people.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am informed that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness was formed in 1966. The founder was His Divine
 Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami who is still your respected leader and teacher. I understand that although the movement for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is relatively young, it is based on a philosophy which goes back very far\'975,000 years, in fact. I 
am referring to the ancient text known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This famous text, it seems, is
 the \'93Bible\'94 of your movement. Your learned founder has made this great book available to readers in an English translation with an erudite commentary.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your revered founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, has written, \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It teaches what is your relationship with God, what is your eternal duty to 
God, and what is the ultimate end of life.\'94 Many people today, as always throughout the ages, are asking the question, \'93What is the ultimate end of life?\'94 Your movement offers one answer to this question, based on the ancient Vedic scriptures. I
n the modern world the same answer does not satisfy everybody. People are searching, and they go on searching until they find an answer which satisfies them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many religions and philosophies to choose from. Here in Kenya, our people are free to choose the religion o
r the philosophy which they find most satisfying.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever religion our \'93wananchi\'94 [citizens] adopt, our Government insists that they show tolerance and respect 
for others. No matter how strongly a person believes and no matter how convinced he may be that he has found the right answer, he must remember that others believe just as strongly and are just as convinced that they also have the right answer, which is 
not the same as his. Everyone must learn not to despise someone who believes differently from himself. Indeed he must always respect the belief of other people.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your movement, like all the great religions of mankind, teaches that all men are brothers because we have one Father,
 who is God. If this basic teaching is followed, then religion can be a strong unifying influence. As Minister for Education, I can say that this is the attitude which we wish to teach our young people. They should all regard each other as brothers. In t
his way we are building a strong and united Kenya. On the other hand, we are opposed to anyone who tries to sow discord and division among our people. The motto of our country, given to us by our beloved President, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, is \'93Harambee,
\'94 which means \'93Let us all work together for the good of all.\'94 Hence, we welcome anyone who is willing to work with us in the spirit of Harambee.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I shall conclude by wishing you all a happy Festival and realization of all your ideals.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Developing the African Spirit
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DEVELOPING THE AFRICAN SPIRIT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The success of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in gaining acceptance by the people of the newly emerging African nations is s
ignificant from many viewpoints. First, it offers positive evidence of the true universality of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub 14.4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that He is the seed-giving father of all living entities. It is not that K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is only the Hindu God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be limited by geographical or sectarian boundaries. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is dormant within the hearts of all living entities, and when one hears the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  this consciousness is rev
ived Therefore whether one is African, Indian or European, Christian, Hindu or Jewish, white, black or yellow\'97regardless of any and all temporary bodily designations\'97anyone can take advantage of the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and make positive progress toward 
spiritual perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The activities of ISKCON Nairobi have also demonstrated the effective part that Indian people can play in facilitating the worldwide sp
read of scientific knowledge of God. Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu declared that anyone who is so fortunate as to take birth in India, the land of religion in which both Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord R\'e4macandra previously appeared, is dutybound
 to spread knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for the benefit of others. Unfortunately, Indian people have neglected this important responsibility, and therefore the entire world is suffering from violence and tension due to lack of proper spiritual understandi
ng. In Nairobi, however, cooperation of the Indian community with members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has made it possible for the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to win widespread acceptance in Nairobi and other parts 
of Africa within only a short period of time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is also important to note that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement can help Africa develop in an atmosphere of peaceful cooper
ation and harmony, beyond racial or territorial conflicts caused by lack of true spiritual understanding. Only if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is recognized as the father of all living entities can there exist a society of peace and brotherhood. As stated in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, pa\'eb\'f2ita\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person sees all living en
tities as equals by virtue of his spiritual education. He can understand that the body is but a temporary external covering for the spirit soul. Therefore a spiritually enlightened person is transcendental to enmity and conflict based on temporary racial
, national, tribal or other bodily designations. One who cannot see beyond the body must necessarily think in bodily terms and be influenced by bodily prejudices. However, one who is trained to recognize K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the father of all living entitie
s automatically acknowledges the true spiritual brotherhood of everyone. Without such K\'e5\'f1na consciousness, all talk of brotherhood is simply conditional and theoretical, or, in other words, utopian. But simply by acknowledging K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the
 supreme Father, brotherhood is automatically achieved. It is this simple and natural method of universal brotherhood which is being offered to the African people by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. This is expressed very aptly by Harik\'e5pa d
\'e4sa }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the African edition}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I am Negro by birth. My forefathers came from this Africa continent. They were taken away as slaves, abused, degraded and forced to
 work like animals. As their descendant, I am returning to this African continent with a message that can bring unity and prosperity to all people. We have come to offer a true, bona fide way to experience perfection in life both spiritually and material
ly, and there is no charge to learn this. We simply want to offer a way to become free from all fear, anxiety and strife which exists between the people of the world. We want to show a way to become free from hate, anger and greed. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
ious society surpasses all societies because it is a God-centered society.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is offering the newly developing African nations an alternative to the bleak industrial civilization which
 has arisen in the technologically more advanced American and European countries. As stated by Brahm\'e4nanda Swami, President of ISKCON Nairobi, who is now traveling extensively to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness throughout Kenya, Tanzania, and othe
r African countries, \'93The Africans have not yet been fatally poisoned by the materialism of modern civilization. Their culture is based on agricultural village life and retains the values of simple living. But the mad desire for material advancement i
s rapidly infecting African cities with factories, workshops, office buildings, traffic jams, nightclubs and brothels. The African countries are still in the developing stage, but in what direction will they develop? If they imitate the materialism of Am
erica and Europe, their young people will also turn out as confused and frustrated hippies.\'94 Progress based on technological advancement alone is superficial. Such technological progress must be accompanied by a deeper knowledge of the principles of s
piritual culture. By spreading the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the knowledge of the Vedic literature i
n Africa, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is offering Africa an opportunity to create a society based on simultaneous economic, technological and spiritual advancement. Only on the basis of such a balanced program of material and spiritual prog
ress can the African people\'97and the people of all the world\'97develop a successful society for life in peace and prosperity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li2880\ri720\fi-2304 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Inside back cover: Devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba  consciousness movement with Masai tribesmen in the Ngong Hill
s. The purpose of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba  Safari is explained by Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9: 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " 'Safari' is Swahili for 'hunt.' Our hunt is for the innocent, to enlighten them with the knowledge that K\'e5\'f1\'eba fir
st gives Arjuna in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97that we are not the material body but pure spirit soul, part an
d parcel of the Lord." \line (photos by Kul Bhushan)
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\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct pe
rception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.2
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 5
2, 1973
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo:
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER-\'c4C\'c4RYA OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to present the transcendental standard of spiritual culture which is achieved when one revives his eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Through singing, dancing, feasting. art, l
iterature, science and philosophy\'97all inspired by the realization that the Supreme Lord is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the all-attractive Supreme Person, and that all living beings are His eternal parts and parcels\'97the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is 
introducing a simple, practical and authorized method for the respiritualization of human society. The last few decades have witnessed wonderful progress in the fields of science, education, technology and economic development, but these progressive achi
evements will all be nullified unless they are accompanied by similar advancements in the spiritual field. The responsible leaders of human society should therefore seriously take it upon themselves to learn the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in
 order to give society proper guidance and direction not only materially but spiritually as well. To be truly progressive, humanity must be not only materially prosperous but spiritually peaceful, joyful and enlightened. Through the chanting of the Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the holy names of God most recommended for spiritual realization in this
 age\'97and through the philosophical ideas of the Vedic culture, as presented in the pages of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , humanity can be reawakened to its divine nature, and these transcendental goals can become a tangible reality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da) }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editor: Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $4.50 per year ($6.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California 
90034.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 32 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. 52\line \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in Japan.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and thus is being introduced all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a simple, practical and universal way that can be accepted by men of any race, religion or nationality. For information on how you can bec
ome a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, th
e fountainhead of all material and spiritual energies, is appreciated in the perfectional stage of beauty when He is associated with His spiritual pleasure potency, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, who appears as His eternal consort in the tran
scendental world.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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\nosupersub \cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Path to the Highest Perfection
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Path to the HIGHEST PERFECTI
ON
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an excerpt from }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93PRAYERS OF KING KULA\'c7E
KHARA\'94
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an unpublished manuscript by\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine 
Grace \line A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s2077 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 first prayer\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1207 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\v\f0\fs24\cf0 [Prayers of King Kula\'e7ekhara 1950: 1] [BTGPY17a: "Prayers" of King Kulashekhara]
\par }\pard \qc {\v\f0\fs24\cf9 Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra 1}}
\par }\pard \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1207 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [Prayers of King Kula\'e7ekhara 1950: 1] [BTGPY17a: "Prayers" of King Kulashekhara]
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra 1}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First Prayer
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 vallabheti varadeti day\'e4pareti\line bhakta-priyeti bhava-lu\'eb\'f6hana-kovideti\line n\'e4theti n\'e4ga\'e7ayaneti
 jaganniv\'e4sety\line \'e4l\'e4pana\'e0 pratipada\'e0 kuru me mukunda
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Synonyms
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9 vallabha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very dear to Lak\'f1m\'e9 (the co
nsort of Godhead); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
varada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97endower of benedictions; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub day\'e4para}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97causelessly merciful; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakta-priya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97very dear to the devotees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97repetition of birth and death; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub lu\'eb\'f6hana}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97plundering; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kovida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97expert; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4tha}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4ga-\'e7ayana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one who sleeps on the serpent bed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jagat-niv\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97resort of the cosmos; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4l\'e4panam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97constant reciter; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pratipadam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97beginning; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kuru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97please do it; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97unto me; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Mukunda, my Lord.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Translation
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Mukunda, my Lord! Please enable me to constantly recite Your names, addressing You as very dear to Lak\'f1m\'e9, as the endower of b
enediction, causelessly merciful, very dear to devotees, expert in plundering the status quo of repeated birth and death, and as the resort of the cosmos, the real Lord who lies down on the serpent bed.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Purport
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A devotee of Godhead is he who glorifies the Personality of Godhead under the dictation of transcendental ecstasy. This ecstasy is a by
-product of profound love for the Supreme which is attained by the process of glorification. In this age of quarrel and fighting, the process of chanting and glorification recommended here by King Kula\'e7ekhara is the only proper way to attain perfectio
n Diseased persons who are infected by material attachment and who suffer from the pangs of repeated birth and death cannot realize the effect of such recitation of the glories of the Lord, just as a person suffering from jaundice cannot relish the taste
 of sugar candy. To a patient suffering from jaundice, sugar candy tastes utterly bitter, although by its nature it is sweet. However, sugar candy is the only medicine which cures jaundice. By regular treatment with doses of sugar candy one can gradually
 get relief from the infection of jaundice, and when the patient is perfectly cured the same sugar candy naturally becomes sweet to him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, mundane philosophers, religionists and people in general who are constantly suffering from the threefold miseries of materia
l existence can get freedom from all such troubles simply by chanting and glorifying the holy name, fame, etc., of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord, the Absolute Truth, is all spirit, and therefore His name, fame, etc., are nondifferent from Him. All o
f them are identical. The holy name of the Lord is the Lord Himself, and this can be understood by realization. By chanting the holy names of the Lord, which are innumerable, one can actually personally associate with the Lord, and by such constant perso
nal touch with the all-spiritual Lord, one can become spiritually self-realized. This process of self-realization is very suitable for the fallen souls of this age, when life is short and people are slow in understanding the importance of spiritual reali
zation, prone to be misled by false association and by false spiritual masters, unfortunate in every respect, and continuously disturbed by the infection of variegated material problems.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Kula\'e7ekhara, who was an ideal pure devotee of the Lord, shows us by his own realization the way to offer prayers to the Lord. S
ince he is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4jana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or an authority in the line of devotional activities, it is our prime duty to f
ollow in his footsteps in order to achieve the highest devotional platform.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He first addresses the Lord as the very dear Lord of Lak\'f1m\'e9. The Lord is the spiritual Personality of Godhead, and His consort, L
ak\'f1m\'e9, is the manifestation of His internal potency. By expanding His internal potency, the Lord enjoys His spiritual paraphernalia. In the highest spiritual realization, therefore, the Lord is not impersonal or void, as empiric philosophers miscon
ceive Him to be. He is not of this material world, but He is not simply a negation of material variegatedness. He is positively the supreme enjoyer of spiritual variegatedness, of which Lak\'f1m\'e9, the internal potency, is the fountainhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is next addressed as Varada because it is He only who can deliver substantiality. When we detach ourselves from His associatio
n, we are always in the midst of want and scarcity, but as soon as we get in touch with Him, the gradual process of endowment of all bliss begins. The first installment of such bliss is the clearance of the layer of dust which has accumulated in our hear
ts due to hundreds of thousands of years of material association. As soon as the dust is brushed aside, the clear mirror of the heart reflects the presence of the Lord, and as soon as we see Him we are automatically freed from all kinds of aspirations an
d frustrations. In that liberated state, everything is blissful in relation with the Lord, and one has no desires and nothing for which to lament. Thus, following this benediction, full spiritual bliss comes upon us, ushering in full knowledge, full life
 and full satisfaction with all existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is addressed as Day\'e4para because there is no one but the Lord who can be a causelessly merciful friend to us. He is therefo
re called the friend of the needy. Unfortunately at times of need we seek our friends in the mundane world, not knowing that one needy man cannot help another. No mundane man thinks himself full in every respect; indeed, even a man of the greatest riches
 thinks himself needy. This is because he is devoid of a relationship with the Lord. Everything is zero without the Lord, who is the digit which transforms zero into ten, two zeros into one hundred, three zeros into one thousand, etc. A zero man cannot b
ecome a happy man without the association of the Supreme One. The Supreme One always wants to make our zero efforts valuable by His association, just as a loving father by all means wants an unhappy son to be in a prosperous position. A rebellious son, h
owever, stubbornly refuses the cooperation of the loving father and thus suffers all sorts of miseries. The Lord, therefore, not only sends His bona fide representatives to all parts of the material creation, but He sometimes even comes Himself to reclai
m His fallen sons. For this purpose He also exhibits the actual life in the transcendental world, which is characterized by relationships with Him in servitorship, friendship, parenthood and consorthood. All relationships in the material world are but pe
rverted reflections of these original reciprocations. In the mundane world we enjoy only the shadow of the reality which exists in the spiritual world. The Lord is so merciful that He is always mindful of our difficulties in the mundane world, and He is 
actually more anxious to get us to return home, back to Godhead, than we are anxious to go. He is by nature merciful toward us, despite our rebellious attitude. Even in our rebellious condition, we get all supplies from Him, including food, air, light, w
armth, coolness, etc. Yet because we are detached from Him, we simply mismanage this paternal property which is so needed for our life. Despite their plans, the leaders of society are misleaders because they have no plan to revive our lost relationship w
ith the Lord. His bona fide devotees, however, try their utmost to retrieve the fallen souls and bring them back home, back to Godhead. Such stainless servants of Godhead who try to broadcast the message of our transcendental relation with Him are very d
ear to Him. They receive such special favor from the Lord for their compassionate work that they can even go back to Godhead in this very lifetime and not be forced to take another birth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is therefore specifically addressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktapriya, 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or very affectionate to His devotees. The sublime and transcendental relationship between a devotee and the Lord in terms of affectionate loving service to the Lord is very nicely
 described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where the Lord has declared that although He is undoubtedly equally ki
nd to all living beings because all of them are His parts and parcels and His spiritual sons, those who are especially attached to Him by love and affection are particularly dear to Him because nothing is dearer to them than the Lord. Indeed, Lord Jesus 
Christ agreed to be mercilessly crucified rather than give up preaching on behalf of God. He was never prepared to compromise on the issue of believing in God. Such a son of God cannot be other than dear to the Lord. Similarly, \'d6h\'e4kura Harid\'e4sa,
 when advised to give up the chanting of the holy name of God, refused to do so at the risk of being flogged in twenty-two markets in the open street, and Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja voluntarily accepted the cruelties committed against him by his mundane 
father, the great atheist Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, for disagreeing with his views. These are some of the great examples of the renowned devotees of the world, and we should simply try to understand how dear such devotees are to the Lord. The Lord has therefo
re emphatically declared that no one can vanquish His devotee under any circumstances. Sometimes, even at the risk of many stumbling blocks, a devotee relinquishes all family connections and homely comforts for the Lord\'92s service. The Lord cannot forg
et all these sacrifices of His bona fide devotee at any moment because the relationship is reciprocal, as clearly defined in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the great mystic Durv\'e4s\'e4 deliberately attempted to take the life of Ambar\'e9\'f1a Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, he was suitably punished by the Lord, even though Durv\'e4s\'e4 was a powerful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who in his natural body could approach all the demigods and even the Lord Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A devotee is never as anxious to see the Lord as he is to render service to Him. Yet the Lord Himself appears before the devotee, for H
e is more anxious to see him, just as an affectionate father is more anxious to see his son than the son is to see his father. There is no contradiction in such a quantitative difference in affection. It exists in the original reality and is reflected he
re not only in the minds of mundane parents in human society but even in the animal kingdom. Paternal affection is exhibited even among lower animals because originally such affection in its fullness exists in God, who is the original father of all speci
es of living beings. When an animal is killed by a man, God, the affectionate father, is perturbed and is pained at heart. Thus, the slaughterer of the animal is suitably punished by the material energy, just as a murderer is punished by a king through p
olice action.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the mercy of the Lord a devotee develops all the good qualities of God, for a devotee can never remain in the darkness of ignorance.
 A father is always anxious to impart knowledge and experience to his son, and it is the choice of the son whether to accept such instructions. A submissive devotee is automatically enlightened in all the intricacies of knowledge because the Lord from wi
thin dissipates his ignorance with the light of self-illumination. If the Lord Himself instructs a devotee, how can a devotee remain a foolish person like a mundane wrangler? A father is naturally inclined to act for the good of his son, and when the fat
her chastises his son, that chastisement is also mixed with affection. Similarly, all living entities who have lost paradise due to disobedience are put into the hands of material energy to undergo a prison life of threefold miseries, yet the Supreme Fat
her does not forget the rebellious sons. He creates scriptures for them like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in order to revive their lost relationship and awaken their divine consciousness. Intelligent persons 
take advantage of the knowledge contained in these scriptures and thus attain the highest perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord descends personally for His devotees to give them relief and save them from miscreants. It is foolish to impose the limits of 
an ordinary living being upon the unlimited potency of Godhead by obstinately maintaining that the Supreme Lord cannot descend. For the sake of His devotees He descends as He is, yet He is not infected by material qualities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as a devotee agrees to surrender unto Him, the Lord takes complete charge of Him. Being satisfied with the activities of such a
 devotee, He gives him instruction from within, and thus a pure devotee progressively advances on the path back to Godhead. The Lord is expert in guiding such a pure devotee who is not at all anxious for material superiority. A pure devotee does not wish
 to possess material wealth, nor does he want to have a great following, nor does he desire to have gold or a beautiful wife, for by the mercy of the Lord he knows the insignificance of material happiness. What he very sincerely desires at heart is to co
ntinue in the loving service of the Lord, even at the risk of repetition of birth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a neophyte devotee deviates from the path of devotion and wants to enjoy sense gratification, the all-merciful Lord very tactfully
 corrects the bewildered devotee by exhibiting before him the real picture of this material world. In the material world, love and affection are covered by an illusory curtain of mercenary relationships. The so-called wives and husbands, parents and chil
dren, and masters and servants are all concerned with reciprocal moneymaking business. As soon as the shroud is removed, the dead body of material lusty affection is at once manifest to the naked eye. The Lord therefore deals expertly with the devotee by
 depriving him of his capitalistic assets, and thus the devotee finds himself alone in the midst of his so-called relatives. In this helpless condition, he can experience the awkwardness of his so-called relationships with his so-called wife and children
. When a man is financially ruined, no one loves him, not even his wife or children. Such a seemingly poverty-stricken devotee more perfectly fixes his faith in the Lord, and the Lord then delivers him from the fate of frustration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The entire cosmic creation is an expert arrangement of delusion for the living being who is a false enjoyer. The living being is instin
ctively a servant of the Lord, but in the transcendental relationship the servant and the Lord are also identical, for the Lord also serves the servant. The typical example is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s becoming the charioteer of His eternal servant A
rjuna. Illusioned mundaners cannot understand this transcendental identity and therefore want to lord it over material nature or cynically merge with the Absolute. A living being who is forgetful of his constitutional position either wants to become a lo
rd or a mendicant, but such illusions are arrangements of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . False life either as a lord or a me
ndicant meets with frustration until the living being comes to his senses. This is due to an expert arrangement to put a full stop to repeated birth and death. A sensible man understands this fact and thus molds his life in the right direction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord is therefore addressed as N\'e4tha, or the real Lord. One can attain the perfection of life only by realizing the real Lord. T
he entire material atmosphere is surcharged with the unreal lordship of the living beings. The illusioned beings struggle for false lordship, and no one wants to serve. Everyone wants to be the lord, even though such lordship is conditional and temporary
. A hardworking man thinks himself the lord of his family and estate, but actually he is a servant of desire and employee of anger. Such service of the senses is neither pensionable nor terminable, for desire and anger are masters which are never to be s
atisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The more one serves them, the more service they exact, and as such the false overlordship continues until the day of annihilation. As a
 result, the foolish living being is pushed into degraded life and fails to realize the Lord as the Lord of the universe, friend of all entities and beneficiary of all. One who knows the real Lord is called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but one who fails to know Him is called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or number one miser.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord of the creative energy is called Ananta\'e7ayana. The material energy is impregnated by the glance of this feature of the Lord
 and is then able to give birth to all organic and inorganic matter. The Ananta\'e7ayana sleeps on the bed of \'c7e\'f1an\'e4ga, who has a form like a serpent but is identical with the Lord. By His spiritual energy the \'c7e\'f1an\'e4ga sustains all the 
globes and planets upon His invisible hood, which is popularly known as Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, or \'93that which keeps balance by magnetic law.\'94 In the scientific world this feature of the Lord is referred to as the law of gravitation, but factually thi
s law, which keeps all the planets and satellites floating in the air, is one of the energies of the Lord. Due to this function the Lord is celebrated by a name indicating that He is the supreme resort of all the universes. All the universes are born wit
h the exhalation of the Lord as He lies on the \'c7e\'f1an\'e4ga, and all of them are annihilated with his inhalation. The Lord is therefore called Jaganniv\'e4sa, or the cosmic sustainer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are hundreds of thousands of other names of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and each one of them is as powerful as the Lord Himself. One can co
nstantly chant any one of such names of the Lord and thereby constantly associate with Him. There are no hard and fast rules for chanting such names. At any time and any stage of life one can freely chant them, but we are so unfortunate that we are too m
isled even to adopt this simple process. This is the way of the misleading energy. However, one can avoid her ways simply by adherence to the lotus feet of the Lord. King Kula\'e7ekhara prays for this facility from Mukunda, the Lord.               [}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be continued}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Beyond The Universe
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BEYOND THE UNIVERSE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should not limit himself within the boundaries of material vision. From the ancient Vedic literatures of India we 
learn of a world beyond the mind and senses, beyond time and space, and beyond even birth and death. It is the abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Kingdom of God is hinted at in the various scriptures of the world, but i
n the Vedic literatures that transcendental world is vividly described in detail. Who is God? Where does He live? What does He do? How can we live with Him? These are the questions that are answered for all time in the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhak
tivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub THE LITERATURE OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
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\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is described in the great literature itself: "This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb360 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The History of a Great Boy Devotee Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE HISTORY OF A GREAT BOY DEVO
TEE}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf1\nosupersub DHRUVA MAH\'c4R\'c4JA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY SATSVAR\'dcPA D\'c4SA GOSV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was born as a son of a great king. The king had two wives, and he begot children by each of them. One day, while 
Dhruva\'92s stepbrother was playing on the lap of the king, Dhruva also wanted to play on his father\'92s lap. We can picture the king, whose name was Utt\'e4nap\'e4da, seated on the throne in a leisurely moment, in an affectionate mood, with one of the 
boys on his lap. His}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boy Dhruva, who was five years old, climbed up on his father\'92s knee, but his fat
her did not receive him with any particular attention or affection. Moreover, Dhruva\'92s stepmother came forward and chastised Dhruva. \'93My dear boy,\'94 she said, speaking loudly so that everyone could hear, \'93you cannot sit on the lap of your fath
er. Although you are his son, you are disqualified because you have not taken birth in my womb.\'94 Dhruva\'92s stepmother was the favorite wife of the king, and since the king was more or less henpecked by her, he allowed her to speak out although she w
as inflicting pain on his little son. \'91\'91If you want to sit on your father\'92s lap,\'94 she went on, humiliating the boy and exploiting her own position as the king\'92s favorite, \'93you must first worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead by pen
ances and austerities, and then in your next life you can take birth from my womb. Then it may be possible.\'94 Dhruva burst into tears and ran home, taking shelter of his mother, to whom he blurted out the whole story.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This history is from the Fourth Canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the ripened fruit of all Vedic scriptures, and we are presenting it just as it was narrated 5,000 years ago.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My dear boy,\'94 said Dhruva\'92s mother, \'93what can I do? Your father loves your stepmother as his favorite, and he does not eve
n consider me. What the queen said was true. You must worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and then it might be possible for you to sit on the throne.\'94 Dhruva was of the warrior class and therefore very fiery by nature. He wanted to get the kin
gdom which he deserved as the son of the king, and he would not settle for being reduced and insulted. \'93Who must I see?\'94 he demanded. \'93What must I do to get the kingdom?\'94 In a passionate mood, the boy was ready to do anything to get what he w
anted, but because he was just a little boy, he had to ask his mother what steps to take. His mother answered him wisely: \'93You must worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since both his mother and stepmother had mentioned God, the Supreme Person, as the controller of his fortune, Dhruva intelligently aske
d about Him: \'93Where is God?\'94 His mother replied that she only knew that saintly persons went to the forest to find Him. Thus Dhruva immediately left his father\'92s city and went to the forest. A person may doubt that a five-year-old boy could ente
r the forest alone, but we shall see that we have no competency to judge a personality like Dhruva. His leaving home is only the beginning of his extraordinary exploits. As we will see, there is no one in history to compare with Dhruva for personal forti
tude, especially in executing spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the forest, Dhruva inquired of all the beasts, \'93Are you God? Are you God?\'94 He traversed the jungle searching in the only way h
e understood. He interrogated all the creatures of the forest. \'93Where is God?\'94 he called out. Although he knew nothing about spiritual discipline, he inquired from tree to tree and beast to beast as to where God could be found. Because Dhruva had a
 great desire to find the Supreme Absolute, N\'e4rada Muni, the eternal spiritual master who travels in space to all planets in his mission to deliver love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, appeared before him. According to Vedic scripture, when one is sincerely search
ing for God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sends that person a bona fide spiritual master to give instructions how to reach Him. The Supreme Lord is in the hearts of all living entities, and He directed N\'e4rada Muni from within to go instruct Dhruv
a. N\'e4rada was surprised to see how courageous Dhruva was in his demand to see God. He approached him in the forest and said, \'93My dear child Dhruva, I know of your situation. But you should not take seriously the insult your father has given. You ha
ve come to the forest to find God, but this requires very difficult and austere }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which is impossible 
for you to perform. My advice is that you go home, and when you grow up you can try to follow this difficult process.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhruva could not accept N\'e4rada\'92s advice. \'93I have been insulted by my stepmother,\'94 he said, \'93and I have come to find God 
to get the kingdom I deserve.\'94 N\'e4rada had instructed Dhruva not to take the insult seriously, but the boy replied, \'93I understand that your instructions are very valuable and good, but not for me. I am very disturbed and not very spiritually incl
ined. I am concerned with my material desire. If you cannot help me get what I want, then don\'92t tell me to go home, but you go home yourself!\'94 Dhruva felt that if the sage were going to give him instructions which ruled out material desire, he was 
unfit to hear them. Similarly, out of curiosity many people approach the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy, but when they hear that K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares, \'93Give up all material attachments and just surrender to Me,\'94 they feel it impossible 
because they are not able to renounce the material pleasures of life. The essential instruction of this history, however, will show that those who have material desires are not barred from worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead. On the contrary, t
hey are encouraged, for by approaching the Lord, who can bestow the fulfillment of all their hearts\'92 desires, they will be purified and become eligible to receive the greatest of all rewards, love of God. Certainly, one is not discouraged from approac
hing K\'e5\'f1\'eba just because his thinking is material. God is the supreme benefactor of everyone, and one who approaches the Lord must be considered pious because he has gone to God for that which he desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni, being a true spiritual master, is naturally kind and eager to see all souls go back to Godhead; therefore he mercifully
 agreed to accept Dhruva for instruction in how to find God. Dhruva told N\'e4rada Muni, \'93I want a kingdom not only greater than my father\'92s but greater even than that of Lord Brahm\'e4, the controller of the universe.\'94 By the transcendental sta
ndards of N\'e4rada, the boy should not have taken the family insult seriously, but N\'e4rada reasoned, \'93Nevertheless, let him approach the Supreme Person, regardless of the reason.\'94 N\'e4rada then told Dhruva how to absorb himself in devotional se
rvice to the all-powerful Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhruva\'92s mother had said that saintly persons go to the forest for self-realization. What does this actually mean? What are the actu
al facts behind the talk of \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93penance\'94 and \'93austerity\'94? And when Dhruva Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja boldly declares to N\'e4rada that he wants to find God, what does it mean? Is God an ordinary person that we can talk to? Does Dhruva himself want to become God? In the end will we find out that there is no God or that God is impersonal or that ev
erything is one? All such questions and doubts are cleared up by the explicit instructions which N\'e4rada Muni gave to his new disciple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada asked Dhruva to perform the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  known as the eightfold path, which begins with the practice of sitting postures and breath control for the purpose of subduing the mind. Control of the mind is necessary for meditation o
n the transcendental form of the Personality of Godhead. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  process is described in the scripture }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where it is clearly stated that the goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is to find K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the supreme authority, also asserts therein that this process cannot be execut
ed today because the difficult rules and regulations are not possible to follow in the present day and age. For today, the Vedic scriptures recommend that we chant the holy names of God (Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare R\'e4ma). Men in the present age have but
 a short life duration and very little genuine interest in spiritual life; furthermore, even if they are interested, people today are not able to practice rigid spiritual discipline because they are constantly disturbed by the distractions of the present
 civilization. Because of the disadvantages of this age, it is not possible to control the mind by this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub process, and therefore Arjuna, the great disciple of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, rejected the mechanical eightfold }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system as too difficult. This is discussed at length in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s famous treatise on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Chapter Six). One who wishes to inquire into the feasibility of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and the goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can consult that authoritative book. But whether long, long ago one prac
ticed the mechanical }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub method or today one chants the holy name of God, the goal of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the same\'97to meditate on the Supreme Lord and reach the point of performing active service in love of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. The only difference in the different }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub methods is that the breathing and sitting exerci
ses are preliminary to obtaining love of God, whereas chanting is immediate glorification of the beloved object, the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni described the form of the Lord: \'93The Lord\'92s face is perpetually very beautiful and pleasing in attitude. To the de
votee who sees Him He appears to be never displeased. Every limb of the Lord is always youthful; both His eyes and lips are pinkish like the rising sun, He is always prepared to give shelter to the surrendered soul, and one who is so fortunate as to look
 upon Him feels all satisfaction. He is the ocean of mercy. Wearing a garland of flowers, He is eternally manifest with four hands which hold the conchshell, wheel, club and lotus flower.\'94 In addition to meditation on the eternal, blissful form of the
 Lord, N\'e4rada also instructed Dhruva to chant the sacred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , pray to the Lord, and worship the Dei
ty form of the Lord. As we shall see, Dhruva met with immediate success by taking to this process because he followed authorized instructions of N\'e4rada, who was authorized by the Supreme Lord to teach a way which would bring the disciple to the right 
conclusion. One must act very seriously on the order of the spiritual master, and then there is no anxiety about reaching perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93linking with the Supreme Personality of Godhead\'94)
 is actually a necessity for all living beings, whether one is a housewife, student, businessman or whatever. In this age we are not expected to go off and practice meditation in the jungle, yet we must find our eternal relationship with God. The primary
 business of the human being should be to accept a bona fide spiritual master and execute his instructions for attaining devotional service to God even while performing one\'92s regular activities. It is not enough to contentedly say, \'93I have my own r
eligion.\'94 One must engage all day long in acts of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or linking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba if one hopes to 
fulfill the purpose of human life as distinct from the lives of lower animals like cats and dogs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja undertook severe penances in order to realize God. During the first month of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practice, he ate only fruit and berries every third day and that only to keep body and soul together. In this way his worship of 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead began. In the second month Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja ate only once every six days, and he ate only dry grass and leaves. Thus he continued his worship. In the third month he simply drank water once every nine days, and he r
emained completely in trance, worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is adored by selected verses. He had no thought but God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must understand that in comparison with Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja we are insignificant in terms of practicing spiritual life. We cannot 
do anything difficult like the saintly Dhruva in order to reach self-realization. But, by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, in this present age we have been given all concessions possible. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness founded by His Divi
ne Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is authorized to freely distribute this mercy. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is a pure devotee coming directly in line from Lord Caitanya, who is in the disciplic succession originating with N\'e4rada Muni, the
 very same spiritual master of Dhruva. Although we are not to imitate the process recommended long ago for Dhruva, we must not neglect the easy-to-execute practice of prescribed duties which is offered especially for persons in this age. If we fail to ta
ke up this easy and joyful practice, we will fail in the mission of life. It is the duty of all humanity to follow in the footsteps of Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja as far as his determination to reach God is concerned. One obtains a human life only after evolvi
ng through thousands of species of lower animal life, and human life is also very quickly spent. If we do not develop God consciousness while in the human form, we will fall down again on the evolutionary scale, and we cannot expect to rise to human life
 again until passing many lifetimes in miserable lower forms of life. Most people are not serious about this fact of the transmigration of the eternal soul, for they think that they can be perfectly happy by leading a life of temporary bodily pleasure. T
his is madness. One is urged to study the Vedic scriptures and hear from a bona fide spiritual master to understand the real situation. A great spiritual master in this line from N\'e4rada Muni, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, writes, \'93Wake up
! Wake up, human beings! How long will you remain asleep on the lap of illusion? You have been given the rare opportunity of the human form of life. Now use it to realize God.\'94 The entire Vedic instruction is addressed to human beings to urge them to 
wake up and use the human form of life properly. One should use human life to develop love of God to the perfectional point, for thus at the time of death one can take a spiritual body and enter the eternal kingdom of God. For this reason only\'97to deve
lop love of God\'97one is advised to practice austerity. God is the most pure, and we must become pure in order to enter His eternal abode. Austerity entails going through any difficulty in order to carry out the orders of the spiritual master for obtain
ing love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Once one attains this love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he no longer cares for anything material. In fact, he doesn\'92t even desire liberation to the kingdom of God but simply prays to be able to perform loving service to the Lord in wh
atever species of life he may be put, whether in heaven or hell.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the fourth month of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practice, Dhruva mastered the breathing excercise, and he would inhale air only every twelfth day. In the fifth month, still controlling his breathing, he concentrated his mind fully on the Supreme Person and
 stood on one leg like a motionless column. In the next month, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja became completely absorbed in trance upon Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He suspended his breathing, closed all the holes of his body, and identified so closely with 
Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in consciousness that when he stopped breathing, the total universal breathing became choked up and all the big demigods of the universe felt suffocated. The technical explanation of this is given as follows. When a hundred people are si
tting in an airplane, even though each person is an individual, each individual shares in the total force of the airplane, which runs at a speed of hundreds of miles an hour; so, when the unit energy is identified with the total energy in service, the un
it energy becomes as powerful as the total energy. Thus when Dhruva suspended his breathing, the breathing of the entire universe was suspended. Moreover, he also assumed the total weight of the universe, and as a result, when he pressed down his toe he 
pressed down the whole earth, just as an elephant enters a boat on the water and tilts it. This is the difference between ordinary consciousness and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97in ordinary consciousness a king\'92s son might be refused something by h
is father; but when the same person becomes a fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious personality, he can even tilt the earth with the pressure of his toe!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The demigods, the powerful administrators of the universe, turned to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in fear, reporting that all breathing in the univ
erse had been stopped. The Supreme Lord assured them that they need not worry. \'93These calamities are due to the severe austerities and full determination of the son of King Utt\'e4nap\'e4da,\'94 He said, \'93who is fully absorbed in thoughts of Me and
 who has obstructed the universal breathing process. You can return to your respective homes safely; I shall stop this boy from his severe acts of austerity.\'94 Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is ultimately independent of the austerities practiced by His devotees, but
 because Dhruva so much desired to see Him, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu went to speak with him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Dhruva engaged in his meditation, the form of the Lord in his heart in which he was fully absorbed all of a sudden disappeared, just
 like electric lightning. Being perturbed, Dhruva broke his meditation, opened his eyes, and saw before him the Supreme Personality of Godhead\'97the very form on which he was meditating. When the vision in his heart disappeared, he thought that he had l
ost Him; but now he saw Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu standing before him, and Dhruva fell flat before the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhruva wanted to offer prayers and profound respects, but because he was a small boy he could not adjust himself properly, nor could he
 even speak. The Lord, however, being situated within everyone\'92s heart, could understand Dhruva\'92s emotions, and out of His mercy He touched His conchshell to Dhruva\'92s head. The artists in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement have painted a 
picture of this moment which is like a window opening wide to the spiritual sky. The Lord appeared in a four-armed form, His effulgent, brilliantly ornamented body full of eternity, bliss and knowledge. He is seen touching the forehead of Dhruva as they 
stand in the transcendental light of the forest. Dhruva is a small boy wearing only a loincloth and submissively standing before the Lord with folded hands. That same picture is exactly described in literary form in the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a plucky young warrior child, Dhruva was looking for land in revenge for being pushed off the lap of his father. His cause was origi
nally childish because he was asking God to become his order supplier. But the Supreme Lord is so kind that if one approaches Him even for land, he eventually gets the greatest opportunity\'97the chance to become a lover of God. Upon being touched by the
 Lord\'92s conchshell, Dhruva could finally pray, and he expressed his transcendental sentiments, which are cherished by all devotees. Since he could only speak when given the intelligence directly by the touch of the Lord\'92s conchshell, it can be unde
rstood that what he said was dictated by the Lord from within. This is transcendental inspiration. To glorify or offer prayers to the Supreme, one needs the Lord\'92s mercy. One cannot write or speak to glorify God unless one is endowed with His causeles
s mercy. Such glorification of God as the prayers of Dhruva or the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not co
nsist of ordinary vibrations, although the ordinary letter combinations may be used, for these sounds can cleanse the heart of one who hears them submissively. Dhruva prayed, \'93My dear Lord, You are all-powerful, and by entering within me You have enli
vened all my sleeping senses. Foolish persons such as me worship You for the sense gratification of the body, which is merely a bag of skin. Although You are a desire tree and cause liberation from birth and death, I am praying for things which are avail
able even in a hellish condition.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhruva prayed in a repentant spirit, for he was sorry that he had sought the Lord for such insignificant things as land and power. One 
who does not know what to ask of the Lord is considered to be bereft of all knowledge, and such was Dhruva\'92s original disposition. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja prayed, \'93Please, Lord, bless me with the association of great devotees who engage in Your trans
cendental loving service. I am becoming mad to hear about Your transcendental qualities and pastimes, which are eternally existent.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is significant that after overcoming his material desires Dhruva prayed in this way. We can understand from this that the topmost as
set is the association of devotees. Such association is essential. In this connection, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da writes: \'93Anyone who is trying to be aloof from the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Society and yet engage in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is living in a great hallucination, for it is not possible.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhruva\'92s demands before seeing the Lord were materialistic, but upon seeing the Lord he offered his prayers in the mood of pure devo
tional service. On hearing such sentiments from His pure devotee, the Supreme Personality of Godhead answered, \'93My dear Dhruva, I know your desires and your ambitions, and I shall fulfill them all.\'94 Actually, Dhruva was very much afraid that his ma
terial desires would hamper him in attaining love of God, but the Lord assured him that he would not deviate from love of God and that his desires would also be fulfilled. \'93I shall award you the glowing planet known as the Pole Star,\'94 the Lord said
, \'93which will continue to exist even after the dissolution of the universe at the end of the millennium. No one has ever ruled over this planet, which is surrounded by all the solar systems, planets and stars.\'94 The demands that Dhruva made in the b
eginning were childish, yet as a father fulfills the demands of his child, the Lord offered this unique imperishable planet to Dhruva. In asking material things from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Dhruva compares himself to a person who wins the fav
or of a very rich man and is offered whatever he would like but foolishly asks for only a few grains of rice. Dhruva most beautifully expresses his position when he says, \'93I came into this forest just looking for pieces of broken glass, but instead I 
have found a great jewel in You, my dear Lord, and now I am completely satisfied and don\'92t want anything.\'94 Dhruva finally desired simply to be a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but for His part the Lord wished Dhruva to take a spiritual planet within th
is universe and be its ruler.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile, King Utt\'e4nap\'e4da heard from N\'e4rada that his son was alive and that he had become a perfected being and was coming ba
ck home, but he doubted that it was true. He considered himself most wretched for having forced his small boy to leave for the forest, and he didn\'92t think that it was possible for him to obtain the good fortune of seeing his son again. He thought that
 his son had been eaten by foxes in the woods or had lain down in the jungle and been killed. But because he was told the wonderful news by N\'e4rada, he took faith, and he prepared a great procession with chariots bedecked with golden filigree to meet h
is son. Upon their meeting among the citizens and family members, Dhruva\'92s father ran to embrace his son and saw to his wonder that he was not the same, for he had been completely sanctified by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. After offering obeisances t
o his father, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja next threw himself at the feet of his stepmother, who raised him in her arms saying, \'93Long may you live!\'94 Shortly later, King Utt\'e4nap\'e4da enthroned Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja as the emperor of the planet, and he 
himself left for the forest for his own spiritual realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhruva ruled the earth as its king for 36,000 years and displayed all godly qualities. He was especially dear to the devotees and kind 
to the poor and innocent, and he protected religious principles. As promised by the Lord, his senses never became old, and after 36,000 years he handed over charge of the earth to his son, left his kingdom, wife, children and comfortable palace life and 
again went to the forest to perform the process of meditation on the form of the Lord that he had practiced in his childhood. As he meditated upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a trance of devotional service, symptoms of ecstasy became manifest in his body, and as t
ears flowed from his eyes, his heart melted, and there was shivering all over his body. In that devotional trance he completely forgot his bodily existence and became liberated from material bondage.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as the symptoms of liberation were manifest, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja saw a very beautiful airplane coming down from the sky, as i
f the brilliant full moon were coming down, illuminating all directions. Dhruva saw in the airplane two associates of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu who possessed the same bodily features as Vi\'f1\'ebu, with four hands and a blackish bodily luster. The two associates
 of Vi\'f1\'ebu told Dhruva, \'93This unique airplane has been sent by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because of your unalloyed devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you are quite ready to board this plane.\'94 After hearing the words 
of the associates of the Lord, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja offered his respectful obeisances to the sages in the forest and to the associates of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and prepared to board the plane. In the meantime, his body became completely spiritualized and was
 now as brilliant and illuminating as molten gold.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja prepared to board the plane, he saw death personified approaching him. However, unafraid, he took the arrival 
of death as an opportunity to put his feet on death\'92s head and thus step into the plane. At that time, drums and kettledrums sounded from the sky, voices began to sing, and the demigods showered flowers upon Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The plane was just about to start, with Dhruva inside, when Dhruva thought to himself, \'93How can I go alone to the spiritual world an
d leave behind my poor mother?\'94 However, the associates of Vi\'f1\'ebu understood his mind, and they assured him that his mother was also simultaneously going to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha in another plane. Thus it is understood that the greatest asset in a fami
ly is a child who is a devotee and can liberate even his family members.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Dhruva was passing through space, he saw all the planets of the solar system, and he also saw all the demigods in their airplanes sh
owering flowers upon him like rain. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja surpassed all the planetary systems and ultimately attained the Pole Star, which is an eternal spiritual planet where he now resides eternally.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The rapid sanctification by which Dhruva became a great spiritual personality in only six months was possible by the mercy of Dhruva
\'92s spiritual master and by the boy\'92s determination to follow his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  instructions. Hearing of
 the incidents of his life is valuable for all humanity. As expressed by Dhruva at the height of his awareness, \'93Association with devotees is the most valuable asset.\'94 The best way to begin spiritual life is to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , associate with devotees and hear topics about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, such as this history of Dhruva Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja, who was K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s devotee. The Vedic literature is full of philosophy and stories, and the more one hears, the more he will feel transcendental pleasure and grow determined to reach K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Books of His Divine Grace A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY BRAHM\'c4NANDA SV\'c4M\'c9\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 ISKCON East Africa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93My books are more important than myself.\'94 This was \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s instruction to one of his disciples who was be
ing sent from his personal service to open a temple in a distant place. When one considers how much time, energy and intelligence \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has utilized to single-handedly begin and spread the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement to an i
nternational scale, it is even more astonishing that he has written a score of unique books. Despite his responsibilities in guiding thousands of disciples who operate almost a hundred different centers, that he has produced these books\'97at substantial
 sacrifice\'97proves that the most important factor to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While still in India, His Divine Grace inhabited two ordinary rooms in India\'92s most historic literary temple. This R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4
modara temple was built almost 500 years ago by \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in the holy site of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared to display His transcendental pastimes 5,000 years ago. The R
\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple, which has since fallen into disrepair, houses the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (burial place
) of J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, one of the six prime disciples of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Lord Caitanya gave His disciples in V\'e5nd\'e4vana three important instructions: first, to discover the exact locations where K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed His pastimes, as
 revealed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (scriptures); then, to build temples where the Lord could be suitably wors
hiped; and, finally, to write books fully explaining the real science of devotional service to God. Lord Caitanya Himself wrote only eight }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7lokas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (stanzas), but the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana have left a vast body of literature for the inestimable benefit of all humanity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When only ten years old, J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 wanted to join Lord Caitanya\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, but first he prepared himself by becoming fully versed in Sanskrit in Benares. He was then able to write volumes of books, which ha
ve prompted one Indian authority to declare J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 the greatest philosopher that has ever lived. It is lamentable that due to the lack of qualified translators, the English-knowing world may never be able to take advantage of these books.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple is also the site of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa
m\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja, the most important biographer of Lord Caitanya. K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja appeared after Lord Caitanya but was contemporary 
to the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. Directly inspired by Lord Nity\'e4nanda, one of Lord Caitanya\'92s principal associates, he wrote his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at the age of ninety. This book recounts the teachings of Lord Caitanya more vividly than the biographical details which have been preserved by other authors.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The treasure of R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (place for executin
g devotional service) of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Of the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, he is the most important. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 constructed the largest temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, R\'e4dh\'e4-Govindaj\'e9, and he wrote the most important book on th
e science of devotional service, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which was completed in the year 1552. He a
nd his elder brother San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 were among the chief government administrators of their time and were highly learned in Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit. Lord Caitanya personally instructed R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 for ten consecutive days, and }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  codifies these teachings, with supporting evidence from scores of supplementa
ry Vedic texts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (teacher) in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (disciplic succession) has offered obe
isances to the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s in the following manner: \'93They are very expert in scrutinizingly studying all the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. Thus they are honore
d all over the three worlds, and they are worth taking shelter of because they are absorbed in the mood of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub and are engaged in the transcendental loving service of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 In one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s rooms in the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple there is a window that overlooks the shaded courtyard where t
he two tomblike structures that honor R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 stand. Just before this window is a bare wooden }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4sana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  (seat) where \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sat to receive inspiration from the greatest of the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. From the other room, where he wrote his books, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da could look out and see J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'92s own worship
able Deities, R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For more than five years \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da lived and worked alone in the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple. From the volume of man
uscripts and letters he left behind, it is evident that he was constantly writing. He wrote by hand in notebooks, in school lesson pads, and even on the reverse side of mimeographed news releases from the Soviet news agency which was located in nearby De
lhi. These releases during the early 1960\'92s were filled with reports of sputnik achievements, and it was these reports that probably prompted \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to write the most famous of his shorter books, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many of these R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara manuscripts are incomplete and as yet unpublished. They include }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Science of Devotion, Practical Theism, Message of Godhead, Prayers of King Kula\'e7ekhara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and a lengthy verse to verse translation and
 purport of the first part of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also, there is \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92
s voluminous correspondence, addressed to many prominent men in the fields of religion, letters, politics, business and medicine. These letters reveal \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s gift for soliciting people to help spread scientific knowledge of God co
nsciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In addition to books and letters, during this time \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also edited }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a fortnightly paper begun in 1944 in fulfillment of an order by his spiritual master, His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nt
a Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. At the very first meeting he had with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in 1922, as well as in a letter written only weeks before his demise in 1936, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 specifically requested 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to propagate the teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness through the medium of the English language. A devotee takes the orders of his spiritual master as his very life, and this is what has impelled His Divine Grace to write 
prolifically despite many hindrances. Due to spiritual potency, a perfectly executed order received from a higher transcendental authority benefits not only the performer of the duty but also the whole world. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s accomplishment
 is exactly in the line of the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books are, to put it quite simply, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub authorized.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub contained timely articles, essays, book rev
iews and selections from full-length works in progress such as the \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'e7ad. It should be noted that this paper was entirely the effort of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He wrote all the material, edited it, typed it for the printer and 
checked the galley proofs. Then he sold the copies. Each fortnight he would take batches of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub into Delhi. To save a few cents bus fare he sometimes had to walk for miles, and often he would sit in tea parlors until late at night, himself not even taking a glass of water there, preaching and distributing his paper and collecting one ce
nt per copy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this time \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also wrote outlines of his dream. It was a worldwide association of God conscious devotees who
 actively preached the eternal religion of love of God in all fields of society at large and who used all the modern means at their disposal. The League of Devotees, the forerunner of the now worldwide ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consci
ousness, was thus formally registered. From international }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parties, to }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go\'e7\'e4las }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (cow protection reserves), to authorized teaching of Sanskrit, to a printing press solely for flooding
 the marketplace with K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature, ISKCON is today the reality of that dream.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most important work \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote while in V\'e5nd\'e4vana was his translation, with purports, of the First Canto
 of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (\'93The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead\'94). This work
 was published by the League of Devotees, but, as with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it was solely by the effort of 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. It appeared in three volumes\'97the first in 1962, the second in 1964, and the third in 1965\'97all in preparation for the trip to the United States of America which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had conceived as the crucial factor
 in fulfilling his spiritual master\'92s sacred mission.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is said to be the postgraduate stu
dy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, in the West }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is well known. Each year finds several new editions on the American market. Every college graduate knows the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4\'92s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub influence on Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Albert Einstein also was a regular student of 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and I am told that Robert Oppenheimer, the atomic physicist, quoted a verse from the Elev
enth Chapter upon seeing the first test explosion of the atomic bomb in 1945. Yet there have been no English editions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is more advanced than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, to His disciple Arjuna, and there unfolds the entire Vedic philosophy of K\'e5\'f1na consciousness. But who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba? A prophet? A philosopher? An incarnation of God? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub answers this question. Like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it was written 5,000 years ago by \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, a literary incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In twelve cantos containing 18,000 verses, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub presents complete information about the Lord, how His energies work, the nature of the living entities or spirit sou
ls, our relationship with God and how to develop love for Him. When one has grasped }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub then he can fully understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s ultimate instruction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'93Just give up everything and surrender unto Me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In virtually every one of the hundreds of available editions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the speaker of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is obscured. Either He is relegated to the position of a historical personage, a mere literary device, or He is conceived as an impersonal ever-existing state of being. This allows the co
mmentator himself to replace K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the speaker of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and he is then free to pres
ent his own interpretations and mental speculations instead of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the opening sente\'ebces of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s introduction to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he affirms that the word \'93God\'94 refers to the supreme controller and that a controller cannot be impersonal. In the first 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7loka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub obeisances are offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub om namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub om}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O my Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97my respectful obeisances unto You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavate\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub unto the Personality of Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Vasudeva.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O my Lord, the all-pervading Personality of Godhead, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whereas others have translated the Sanskrit scriptures conveniently to suit their interpretations, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da always g
ives word-for-word English equivalents for each Sanskrit verse, and thus the translations cannot be disputed. This is a painstaking process, considering the length of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9
mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but it is in keeping with the heritage of the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s to present the literature of devotional service authoritatively and scientifically. Furthermore, th
e English-reading public can easily learn the meanings to the Sanskrit words from this format.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the most mature work of trans
cendental science written by \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva. Vy\'e4sadeva had compiled the four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and writt
en the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Pur\'e4\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (which includes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yet he was not satisfied with his work. Therefore his s
piritual master, N\'e4rada Muni, instructed him to specifically glorify the transcendental activities of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus the famous Tenth Canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gav
atam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reveals the most intimate of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pastimes with His devotees. It should be cautioned that there are many professional }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reciters who indulge in reading only this most confidential portion of the book, not caring for transcendental realization either
 for their innocent audiences or for themselves. However, Vy\'e4sadeva purposely placed these stories in the later portion of the text so that by reading through the first nine cantos the reader would be spiritually elevated and be able to understand the
 transcendental nature of these activities. Therefore \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da presents the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub in a complete manner, beginning from the very first verse and progressing systematically to the most elevated portion of this great literature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da finally arrived in America in 1965, he did not come empty-handed. His baggage was a yellow tin box fille
d with sets of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatams. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upon first setting foot on American soil, he wrote a poem addressed to
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Bengali, one passage of which reads as follows: \'93The words of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub are Your incarnation, and if people repeatedly hear them in submissive aural reception, then they will be able to understand Your message.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then commenced his legendary preaching, first in the rural towns of Pennsylvania and then in New York\'92s Bo
wery and Greenwich Village. He was practically supporting himself from the sales of his books until ISKCON was incorporated by some interested students and the first center was opened in July, 1966. (Even up until the present, the entire financial growth
 of the Society depends upon the distribution of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books by street sales, store distribution, and the Society\'92s Life Membership program. All major donations and sales proceeds are used for printing books).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On two mimeograph machines personally purchased by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, we, his American students, began putting out }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which consisted mostly of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s lectures and some articles and poems by hi
s students. Now that we had started it, we were instructed to publish an issue every month without fail, regardless of our financial situation\'97even if we could only afford one page. Upon seeing us putting together the first issue, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da announced that ISKCON Press had been born. In the streets and through shops, we sold as many copies as we were able to run off and staple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was at that time delivering his lectures three evenings a week and every morning in the storefront assembly h
all. One morning he titled his lecture, \'93Introduction to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by A.C. Bhaktive
danta Swami.\'94 That lecture was transcribed as the present introduction to his book. We learned that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was taking rest at 10:00 p.m. and rising at 2:00 a.m. to write his verse by verse translations and purports to the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He would write all morning and then come down and speak on the verses upon which he had com
mented.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On a portable typewriter given by one of his students, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da typed out the manuscript page after page. He would s
pend the remainder of the day writing correspondence, managing the center, speaking to visitors and teaching his students. Despite the threat of immigration difficulties, financial straits and the problems in teaching his fledgling students spiritual lif
e, we watched the manuscript grow day by day. It was a labor of love which continued until one day serious illness struck \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and he was unable to operate the typewriter. When our shock and confusion cleared away, we managed to purc
hase a dictaphone, and Sr\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was able to write by dictating tapes. One day a college student on leave who was an expert typist appeared and offered his services to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Not long afterwards, the manuscript, over one 
thousand pages, was completed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stands as a challenge to all the
 mental speculators who depart from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  central teaching of devotional service to the Per
sonality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Even Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Gandhi stands accused, since his ingenious metaphorical interpretation is simply designed to support his mundane political movement of nonviolence. In India \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da 
personally requested Gandhi to preach the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for what it teaches, K\'e5\'f1\'eba co\'ebsciousness
, just as \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja had personally requested the most famous Indian poet of his time, Rabindranath Tagore.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ninth Chapter Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba categorically advises Arjuna to surrender to Him and to love and worship Him only. He specifically uses the Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , meaning \'93unto Me.\'94 Yet one commentator, a renowned Indian philosopher and political leader, begins his commentary on this crucial verse, \'93It is no
t to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that we have to surrender\'85\'94 It is very clear that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna are standing on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is telling Arjuna to surrender unto Him. But this scholar wants to turn the rea
der away from K\'e5\'f1\'eba by insidiously implying that K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually means to surrender to the eternal unmanifested essence within Himself. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba didn\'92t say this. Significantly, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da entitles his comments
 \'93purports,\'94 not interpretations. In his purports he gives the actual significance of the verses. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da informs all deluded scholars that because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute, there is no qualitative difference between His within 
and His without as there is with conditioned living entities like ourselves.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da can title his edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93As It Is.\'94 The reason why is readily understood from K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s statement to Arjuna in the beginning of the Fourth Chapter regarding Arjuna\'92s qualific
ation for receiving the teachings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is not that Arjuna was a great }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , scholar or ascetic. K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, \'93You are My devotee and My friend; therefore you can understand
 this science rightly.\'94 As unusual as it may seem, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is virtually the only devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who has commentated on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba also disclosed that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can only be understood by those who are in the line of authorized devotees and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (teachers) known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  (disciplic succession). Of the four such successions, the line from Lord Brahm\'e4 yet remains intact, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is the thirty-second teacher in that line. Vedic knowledge is not unlike a family secret that has been c
arefully handed down through many generations. Even though the present family descendants were not personally present, they know precisely what took place generations ago.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After it was completed, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  manuscript was placed in our hands for publication. We approached several big New York publishers, but even with the help of the poet Allen Ginsberg, there was no success. However, \'c7r\'e9la Prabh
up\'e4da had some time previously recorded an album of the hypnotic Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and we ha
ppened to receive an order for a copy from an executive at the Macmillan Company. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who was in New York at the time, instructed me to deliver the album personally and inform them that we had books they might be interested to publ
ish. In the executive office, I sat before a man in the accounting section who had nothing to do with publishing books. But then in stepped his colleague, a chief editor. I was introduced, and then I repeated \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s offer. Believe
 it or not, he was just looking to publish an edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to fill out their religion sectio
n. \'93Bring in the manuscript tomorrow morning,\'94 he said, \'93and we\'92ll publish it.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was then dictated. It is a summary study of the historic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Instead of the exhaustive format of verse to verse translation and purport, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da presented this book in a shortened but more essential manner. \'93My books are for my students,\'94 he to
ld us, and so he wanted to write as many as possible. If }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub could be considered the unde
rgraduate study of spiritual life and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the master\'92s study, then }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the doctorate course. It recounts Lord Caitanya\'92s teachings to the only five discipl
es He personally taught. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the incomplete philosophy of impersonalism is ful
ly analyzed and forcefully defeated by Lord Caitanya in His discussions with the two biggest impersonalists of His time, Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9 and S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya. Also, the quintessence of all detailed knowledge of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and how He acts both in the spiritual and material worlds is disclosed to R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The book was published by Prabhup\'e4da\'92s students, who met the costs by donations of all their personal monies. We decided to print
 it overseas, in Japan, and ultimately in 1968 it came off the presses of one of the world\'92s largest printing organizations. ISKCON Press was then given full responsibility to publish all of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books and to develop }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to the scale of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Time }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By this time it was b
eing printed by offset at five thousand copies per month. At Prabhup\'e4da\'92s request, the issues included more articles by his students. He wanted to see how we were realizing what he was teaching, and he was not concerned for outward polish or sophis
tication in the articles. He said that for a father whose child is first learning how to speak, there is great pleasure even though the child mispronounces the words.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da considered }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. He had us give it to a Japanese printer who, to our dismay, could print a minimum of 20,000 copies per issue. \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 will distribute them,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da assured us. At present, over half a million copies are distributed each month in English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Hindi, Bengali and Swahili.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Macmillan\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also came out in 1968 in an abbreviated 300 page edition, which included appreciations by several well-known authors for commercial appeal. One author who was very well known for his books on Eastern philosop
hy and was solicited with a copy of the manuscript for appreciation wrote back a hot letter to Macmillan. He denounced the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by saying that not to interpret the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was it
self an interpretation. \'93Our book is successful,\'94 declared \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The word juggler had properly understood }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and was properly offended.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1969 ISKCON Press composed and printed with its own machinery the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub subtitled \'93The Knowledge that Brings One Nearer to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 It is an elementary book w
ritten in verse to verse format and fits as a bridge between the impersonal stress of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an
d the distinct personalism of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Its remarkable introduction, \'93Teachings of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub originally delivered as a lecture in Conway Hall in London, explains how one should best approac
h a study of the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also in 1969, the lawbook for the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement was finished. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'93The Ocean of the Nectar of Devotion\'94) was presented as a summary study entitled }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the first \'93wave\'94 of the ocean of nectar, all the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious rules
, regulations, devotional practices, ceremonies and so on are codified and explained with abundant scriptural evidence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is greatly responsible for maintaining the spiritual atmosphere and upholding all the devotional discipline in ISKCON\'92s temples, for it is written in such a way that almost any question in the day to day p
roblems encountered in prosecuting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can be authoritatively solved. The second \'93wave\'94 contains incredible details about Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead\'97His form, personality, abode and
 pastimes with His devotees. The book concludes with a detailed analysis of the variegated relationships of devotion that the living entities have with God, or Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
The Nectar of Devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was printed entirely by ISKCON Press. When the first copy was presented to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, he requested that we read aloud from it. When asked wh
ich portion he would like to hear, he replied, \'93Read from any part you open. Sugar tasted on any side is sweet.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One day when several of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s leading disciples were assembled before him, he announced that he had been reque
sted to write a summary study of the Tenth Canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If \'c7r\'e9la Prabhu
p\'e4da proceeded translating canto by canto, some students feared, he might not be able to complete the confidential Tenth Canto in his life time. Because this portion had been so misrepresented by materialistic religionists, he wanted to leave behind a
n edition which presented this important portion in its proper transcendental perspective. He took our approval and then began dictating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This work is the most entertaining of all of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books. He conceded that he was writing it in such a way that the reader would not detect the p
hilosophy. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, its principal reciter, has declared that ther
e are three classes of men who will be attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pastimes. Those very advanced in transcendental realization, the liberated souls, will relish the pastimes. Those who are on the path to achievement of liberation will automatically 
be purified, and even the gross materialist will enjoy them because of the resemblance between K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s affairs with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the love affairs between ordinary men and women.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The book was printed in Japan in 1970 in two volumes of 750 pages, with the addition of 82 full-color plates. Several talented disciple
s had labored for almost six months to produce magnificent paintings depicting the pastimes. Virtually every detail was referred for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s approval because the paintings also had to be \'93as it is.\'94 A welcome introduction by 
musician George Harrison, who contributed the entire cost of printing the first volume, completes the set of books. Although more expensive than all other of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Books}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the most popular, having gone into three printings to date, as well as publication in a three-volume paperback edition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had never been entirely satisfied with Macmillan\'92s edition of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because they had drastically shortened it for business reasons. However, when the book was well into its fifth printing, Macmillan i
nformed him that they would be honored to bring out the complete edition, including the Sanskrit }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7lokas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
. All other published editions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were decreasing in sales, they reported, whereas \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s was steadily increasing. Therefore, in the fall of 1972, the Macmillan Company released the complete edition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , containing the entire text of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s original manuscript, fully indexed and cross-referenced, along with more than fifty color plates. Finally, this was indeed the c
omplete and authoritative edition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that we had hoped for. The paintings dramaticall
y portray the ideas of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  verses and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s purports. Simply fro
m the pictures the reader will be able to understand the great transcendental message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soon to be released from Japan are eight fully illustrated volumes comprising the first three cantos of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in verse to verse format. The Fourth Canto is still in the manuscript stage. Also still in manuscrip
t is a large two-volume work in which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da discusses the ideas of major ancient and contemporary philosophers\'97from Aristotle and Plato to Jean-Paul Sartre and modern theoretical physicists\'97in the light of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We do not know what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s literary program will be for the future. Since his last books, he has been extensive
ly traveling and preaching, especially throughout lndia and Africa. He is now in Japan on his way back to the United States on his fifth tour around the world since 1965. It is the hope of his disciples that while in the USA he will be able to retire fro
m active management of ISKCON to completely devote himself to his writing, which he has wanted to do for a long time. There are eight cantos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  remaining, as well as the manuscripts started in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and one incomplete manuscript of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta
-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, as a pure devotee free from all defects, can transmit the Absolute Truth as it has been carefully set down i
n the Vedic literature, like a mailman who delivers a letter without opening it to add or subtract something. Because \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is qualified to receive the king of all education, he is empowered to pass it on purely. His books are conside
red Vedic literature because they are in pursuance of Vy\'e4sadeva\'92s original intentions. Thus \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s translations and purports are nondifferent from the original instructions delivered 5,000 years ago by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mission of Lord Caitanya to defeat impersonalism and establish the Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the supreme has 
fully fructified for the benefit of the modern world in the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  figuratively states that impersonalists dwell in the rivers of liberation which gradually lead down to the ocean of nectar to merge with it. They do not know that devotees are in a better position. Devotees d
on\'92t care at all for the rivers of liberation, for they are like sharks who dwell eternally in the deep ocean of transcendental loving service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not having fully realized God, the impersonalist concludes that He is formless, nameless, without personality or abode, and does not en
gage in activities. Then, who is God? To say He is not this, not this, and not that means that He is nothing\'97which is to say that there is no God. Thus, impersonalism has given great impetus to the atheism which characterizes modern civilization. God 
cannot be formless, because if He were less than anything in His creation, how could He be the complete whole? God, the complete whole, must have everything within and beyond our experience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the statements of virtually every Vedic source, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As 
Bhagav\'e4n, \'93possessor of opulences,\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba exhibits all beauty, all fame, all wealth, all knowledge, all strength and all renunciation. Since the very word \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'94 means \'93all-attractive,\'92\'92 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4d
a explicitly explains all of God\'92s all-attractive features. Whereas the scriptures of other religions terminate with the conclusion that God is great, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da begins from that realization to explain }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub how}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is great. The science of the Absolute Truth transcends sectarian religious principles. One who reads \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\'92s books will know God perfectly, regardless of sectarian conceptions of God to which he may adhere. No other literature in philosophy, religion or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is as complete as the body of work that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has dutifully presented to the English-speaking world. This is due to the perfection of the main theme in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92
s books\'97devotional service\'97which far exceeds the four perfections of material life: sense gratification, economic development, pious activities and liberation. The superb quality of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books is due simply to his glorifyi
ng the Supreme and presenting Him as He is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the sales figures for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books approach those of consistent best sellers due to the vigorous eff
orts of ISKCON, critics have mainly ignored them. There does not seem to be any solution to this problem due to the lack of critics who are qualified to understand and explicate transcendental knowledge. The Macmillan }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  received only a handful of reviews, with the nation\'92s largest reviewing syndicate criticizing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da 
for treating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as the literal word of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Be that as it may, the lives of several thousand young men and women from all over the world have been dramatically changed either by t
heir coming into personal contact with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da or simply by their reading his books. There is an instance of one boy who was stationed in the US Air Force in Spain. He was so impressed by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that he immediately took leave to visit the ISKCON center in London. Soon afterward, upon his military discharge, he sur
rendered himself as a disciple and servant. In accordance with the teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da teaches the technique for practicing real spiritual life. He does not give only theoretical knowledge. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba first imparts to Arjuna knowledge of what is material and what is spiritual and who he is, but ultimately He instructs Arjuna to fight on the battlefield. Although this has be
en variously interpreted by commentators, the true significance of this is that in order to realize the spiritual instructions given to him by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna had to render devotional service without material attachment and thus satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus the message of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to surrender oneself to God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It should be noted that all of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s disciples, many of whom are college graduates and former teachers, social
 workers, etc., find that they have ceased reading other books after reading those by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. This is perhaps best explained by the preface to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, th
e Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , where \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says that people love to read various kinds of fiction, but now, with this book, this tendency can be directed to
ward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. \'93The result will be the imperishable satisfaction of the soul, both individually and collectively. \'85 One will find that by reading one page after another, an immense treasure of knowledge in art, science, literature, ph
ilosophy and religion will be revealed, and ultimately by reading this one book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , love of 
Godhead will fructify.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da teaches the most difficult and sublime science\'97the science of how to serve God\'97in such a way that anyon
e can understand it. The concepts are presented over and over again, for repetition is a time-tested learning technique in transcendental study. Thus in whichever of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books one reads first, one will find the entire science o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness presented, yet each succeeding book reveals something more, and with each rereading one will find new light. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books are the most wonderful vehicle because they swiftly transport the reader to a
 timeless and ever-green world where everyone is joyfully awakened to the Absolute Truth of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo's:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p18: In \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s room in the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara Temple          \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\'92s seat overlooking the courtyard
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p19: The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p23: All of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s larger books have been illustrated by his disciples with full-color paintin
gs.\line Top: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu embracing His disciple San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in spiritual ecstasy. (from}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a child liberating the sons of the demigod Kuvera by pulling down the twin trees in which they were imprisoned. (from}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1
\'eba the Supreme Personality of Godhead)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All letters will be personally replied, and correspondence of special interest will be publis
hed regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Sir:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let me first say that I am deeply moved by the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, and as a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba it makes me feel o
verjoyed to see so many of you, all members of ISKCON, all under one spiritual leader, doing so much to spread the good name of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you do not mind, I should like to ask you some questions. Firstly, it has been said in the \'c7}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that in this age of Kali-yuga one who calls upon the Lord with a true heart, who calls upon Him sincerely, shal
l surely get His \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dar\'e7ana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94 [personal audience]. And yet how many of you, or for that matter, how
 many of us, have had it? I am sure that when you all chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , that chant is sincere; I 
know this because some of your fellow brothers and sisters have performed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at our house in Bomb
ay. Then why does the Lord not appear? Or is He too busy and has forgotten His children?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One more thing I have noticed is that in this world the people who lie, who cheat and who are atheists are the ones successful, whereas
 those who are the opposite suffer. You may argue that after death it shall be a different story, but you cannot simply explain that to the atheists because they do not believe in what they cannot see. So it makes it hard to teach them to worship God. Wh
y is God making it hard for people to follow Him? Why does He make it appear that those who worship Him will suffer hardships? Why not make it the other way around?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours very truly,\line Sham Daswami\line Manila, Philipines
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Sham Daswami:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba! I was very glad to receive your letter, especially because you have appreciated the sincere chanting of the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees. You have asked two questions in your letter which I shall try to answer. First you ask why the Lord does not appear to the devotees who chant His name. But you should know that the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is nondifferent from 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. This is the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as taught by Lord Caitanya and indeed all the previous spiritual masters, including Vy\'e4sadeva, the compiler of the Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself declares this when He says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4
di Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93I am not in the heart of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meditating, I am not to be found in the forest, but I am present where My devotees are chanting My holy name.\'94 The Supreme Personality of Godhead further states, \'93Anyone who chants My transcendental name must be consid
ered to be always associating with Me. And I may tell you frankly that for such a devotee I become easily purchased.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sincere chanter of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does receive the Lord\'92s blessings, for the Lord appears by sound vibration. Lord Caitanya prays in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik
\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6akam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prayers, \'93O my Lord. Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings \'85 You have invested all Your transcendental energies in Your name
\'85\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is coming in His holy name, and all the benefit that one can derive from the personal association of the Lord can be had simply by vibrating the holy name: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, H
are Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are overjoyed to see so many members of ISKCON spreading the name of the Lord. But how is it that these devotees are able to give u
p all material pleasures and take to this selfless service? The answer is that they are getting the Lord\'92s blessings by chanting the holy names and serving their spiritual master, who is himself always chanting the Lord\'92s glories. Indeed, the Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant is the Lord\'92s blessing, His \'93prime benediction.\'94 There is no question of the Lord\'92s being \'93too busy.\'94 One can have His association twenty-four hours a day simply by chanting His holy name. You have to try it! One ca
nnot simply look on and say, \'93The Lord is not appearing. He is too busy. He is forgetting.\'94 In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises that when one becomes His devotee, \'93He is never lost to Me, and I am never lost to him.\'94 There is no question of the Lord\'92s \'93forgetting\'94 His children. There is no question of neglect on the part of t
he Lord; rather, the neglect is ours. If we at all desire K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s association, we just have to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regarding your second question, actually we devotees in the Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness are experiencing that as soon as w
e take to devotional service there is no lack in any facility at all. We have many nice buildings, the ISKCON temples in which we reside to perform our devotional service, and if you have ever visited these temples you must have experienced that devotees
 eat very nice food (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). On Sunday hundreds of guests always visit to taste the sumptuous feast
s. There are nice marriages in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for raising children as devotees of the Lord, and we are traveling all over the world to distribute the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement. So there is no question of our being bereft of material necessities upon taking to devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is true that sometimes if a sincere devotee maintains some material attachment, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will crush his material success so th
at he is left only with his attachment to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After all, material opulence in this world is temporary. We may keep something in this world for ten or twenty years, but then we have to give it up. So the real importance to life is not whether 
one is materially opulent. The cheaters and atheists may amass a lot of wealth, but this does not make one successful in the true sense. For example, despite its advancement, the richest country in the world, the United States, is turning out disturbed a
nd unhappy people such as hippies. We cannot say that an atheist is successful just because he has some wealth or a big position. We have to know how to actually judge happiness and success. Real success is to develop self-realization, become a devotee o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba and within this lifetime go back home, back to Godhead. But even while on the path of devotional service, we devotees in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness feel no diffculty for lack of material necessities. If we suffer
 any hardships, we can understand that it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mercy that we are only receiving token suffering for all the wrongdoings that we have committed in so many lifetimes. Once one surrenders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the bona fide spiritual m
aster, all past sinful activities are washed away, and the Lord protects him personally. This can be personally realized by one who takes to devotional service.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your servant,\line Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Bright Day of the Soul
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BRIGHT DAY OF THE SOUL
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A dialogue
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hayagr\'e9va D\'e4sa (ISKCON New V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We stood on a rooftop in Manhattan, gazing out over the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge toward Brooklyn. His friend f
or many years, I asked him, \'93Do you actually love K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 He thought for a second. \'93I love pleasure,\'94 he said finally. \'93To be truthful.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Is K\'e5\'f1\'eba giving you that pleasure?\'94 I asked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Theoretically I admit that He is,\'94 he said. \'93For I know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure. But I often fee
l that the pleasure I\'92m taking is not to His liking.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93To what do you attribute this?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Envy,\'94 he said unhesitatingly. \'93He is infinite, and I am finite; He is powerful, and I am weak; He is opulent, and I am poor;
 He is beautiful, and I am brutish; He is famous, and I am insignificant; He is wise, and I am foolish; He can renounce everything, but I can deny myself nothing. Is there no wonder I am envious?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93If He has all these qualities,\'94 I asked him, \'93why don\'92t you love Him?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Because I cannot see Him,\'94 he said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Why not?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Because I\'92m so unfortunate that I don\'92t want to. Because I\'92m so polluted that I can\'92t,\'94 he said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Your position is pretty sorrowful,\'94 I said. \'93What can I do about it?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Pray for me,\'94 he said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We fell silent for a moment. I watched the seagulls pivot about the bridge in white circles. We had come up dark and narrow stairs to t
he bright day at the top of the roof. I noticed that he automatically felt his back pocket.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93What are you looking for?\'94 I asked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Checking,\'94 he said. \'93My wallet.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Why ? \'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I\'92m afraid of losing it,\'94 he said. \'93It\'92s my life savings.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But you said everything belongs to Him,\'94 I laughed. \'93How can you lose anything that is not yours?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It\'92s not really mine,\'94 he said. \'93It\'92s His. I\'92m simply afraid that He\'92ll take it from me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Then you\'92re a thief,\'94 I said. \'93A thief afraid of being caught. \'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You might say that,\'94 he relented. \'93Whatever I have He\'92s slowly taking back because I\'92ve stolen it from Him. I have some
 beauty, but every day He is slowly taking that away. I have some strength, but the longer I live the less strength I have. When I was in college I felt that I was acquiring knowledge, but now not a day passes when I don\'92t feel myself more and more fo
olish. I used to think of myself as the center of the universe, the most important person alive, but now I only feel my insignificance as one of three billion people on a tiny planet destined to live only three score year and ten and to be buried in a gr
ave that hardly lasts any longer. As you see, my friend, my position is not very enviable; therefore I envy.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But what of love?\'94 I asked. \'93What of your capacity to love?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Whatever I love is simply a reflection of Him,\'94 he said. \'93Because I can\'92t see Him, I love only reflections of Him. He is y
outhful, and therefore I love youth. He is all-knowing, and therefore I love knowledge. He is eternal; therefore I love life. He is blissful, and therefore I love pleasure. I would love only Him if I could but see Him, but I don\'92t deserve that benedic
tion.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You seem conscious of Him,\'94 I said. \'93Isn\'92t that at all auspicious?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Would you consider the position of one holding but a faded photograph of his lover an enviable position?\'94 he asked. \'93I may se
e Him in the beauty of the sky, in a landscape, or in another person, or I may hear Him in a voice or in the lyrics of a popular song, or I may smell Him in the fragrance of gardenias or the musky twilight, or I may taste Him in the freshness of water or
 a just-cut melon, or I may touch Him when I feel someone beside me\'97but these are just memories. These are not Him.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Perhaps they are Him,\'94 I suggested. \'93But perhaps He is teasing you.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Then He is a good teaser,\'94 he admitted. \'93I often see myself running in circles like a dizzy schoolgirl, just waiting for Him 
to pay me a little mind.\'94 He laughed at the image he had conjured of himself. \'93We are all female,\'94 he said finally, \'93at least in respect to Him. He is the enjoyer, and we are the enjoyed. Isn\'92t it the position of the female to be enjoyed?
\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It is,\'94 I agreed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Then in relation to Him we are all female,\'94 he said. \'93He is always controlling, and we are always being controlled. Now what 
we have to learn is to enjoy being controlled. That is what the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enjoy\'97being controlled.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No one enjoys being controlled,\'94 I said. \'93Surely you\'92re mistaken.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In all cases but love you\'92re right,\'94 he said. \'93But in love we secretly want to be controlled. This is because we need dire
ction, and we feel that the object of love can give us direction. Therefore love always concentrates on its eternality. When we love someone, we always feel, \'91I love you forever.\'92 In other words, \'91Love\'92s not time\'92s foot, though rosey lips 
and cheeks within his bending sickle\'92s compass come. Love alters not with these brief hours and weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of doom.\'92 If love is not forever, then it is not love. We all feel this in our love relations, and we ask no le
ss from our lover but that he pledge eternal love. Practically speaking, though, isn\'92t this unreasonable to ask? Eternal love. Who is capable of that?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The eternal lover,\'94 I smiled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Then that\'92s who we actually love,\'94 he said. \'93Anyone other than that is but a poor substitute.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs44\cf0\nosupersub *          *          *
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Who is the eternal lover?\'94 I asked. \'93And what is He like?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93He is male,\'94 he said. \'93And He is but a youth.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The eternal father?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The eternal father,\'94 he repeated. \'93He is a youth, and yet He is the eternal father. We think of Him as old, and indeed He is 
the oldest, but because of this we think that He is an old man, and this is all due to our thinking of Him as an ordinary person. He }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the oldest, but He is eternally young, just like an adolescent boy.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You speak of the Eternal Boy,\'94 I said, \'93but I want to see the eternal girl. It is she who interests me.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93She is His,\'94 he said. \'93Why should she be interested in you when she has Him?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I did not answer. We looked a long time at the long rows of buildings before us and through the hot haze of cars moving slowly along th
e shores of Brooklyn.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93These bodies of ours are like flashes,\'94 he mused. \'93We no sooner cultivate them but they grow old and diseased, and they die. 
We no sooner learn to enjoy ourselves here than we are quickly taken away. All we need know is that whatever we see in the world that is beautiful or magnificent is but a reflection of Him. We need not even think in terms of him and her, as \'c7ukadeva G
osv\'e4m\'e9 did not even perceive sexual distinctions but saw all creatures as living entities, intimately part of Him. The great sages travel through life without losing a glimpse of His presence. In comparison to them, we are like confused children, r
unning from this object to that for satisfaction. Instead of satisfaction, all we find is pain, pain inflicted by other living entities, by nature and by our own minds and bodies. All we want is to drink the waters of satisfaction, but all we get are the
 waters of discontent. All we seek is the nectar of His lotus feet, but all we get is the bile of our own doubt. Because we are weak, we have ceased to even search for Him. Because we are deaf, we have ceased to even hear of Him. Because we are callous, 
we have ceased to even feel Him. Because we are poor, we have ceased to even hope for Him, and because we are not renounced, we have forgotten Him. Our only hope is that out of pity He will turn His lotus eyes to us, and out of pity He will allow us to g
limpse the waters of the Yamun\'e4 River where He bathed and splashed with His feet. Our hopes may not seem realistic, but they are great because they are directed to the great. We have no conception of how great He is. We can only think of this one body
, or one nation, or one planet, or one universe. But simply with one exhalation innumerable universes emanate from the pores of His skin, and with one inhalation they all return to His body, and in this way the entire cosmic creation is manifest and anni
hilated according to a time cycle beyond our powers of comprehension, for universal time loses all significance in the face of what we have to call eternity.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93He exists in eternity?\'94 I asked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Eternity exists in Him,\'94 he said, \'93for it was never without Him. We cannot imagine His beginning. That is not possible, for H
e is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the primeval person, the first progenitor, the unmoved mover, the cause of all cau
ses, the beginning, middle and end of all beings, the mighty God and everlasting Father of all. His greatness we cannot imagine, but we should not be concerned with this. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop
\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cowherd girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, do not recognize Him as such, as the almighty Godhead, but as a boy beloved by them. For them He is not Yahweh, whose name is unspoken
, nor a burning bush, nor a voice from the mountain, nor a thunderbolt, nor the multi-handed Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, nor N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba with all opulences, nor the great Allah, nor the triumphant Messiah, but a young boy named K\'e5\'f1\'eba who simply t
ends the cows, plays His flute and dances. For the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is no one more beautiful than He, nor a
nyone as merry, or, for that matter, as wise. Above all, He knows how to make them mad for Him. During the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dances He would disappear, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would wander about the forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana
 calling for Him. How little they cared about God! Being young country girls, they did not even think of God. Their thoughts were always with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, their friend. Once, when they found Him in the woods waiting for R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, He pl
ayed a trick on them by spouting two extra arms and appearing in His form as Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub approached Him, they offered their obeisances out of formality and then quickly excused themselves to run off and continue looking for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They saw N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, God, in the woods, but they were so eager to find K\'e5\'f1
\'eba that they simply passed Him by. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were not great theologians or philosophers, though we 
understand that in their previous lives they were great sages, and they manifested themselves as cowherd girls in V\'e5nd\'e4vana in order to relish a love relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their one obsession was K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nor did they think of Him philosophically as the embodiment of all spiritual qualities. To them He was just K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, the boy with the lotus eyes, the friend whose flute charmed them, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, their most dearly beloved. Their only reward for loving Him was that love itself and the anguish of separation, but separation was even more relishable than meet
ing, if such could be, for in separation they thought of Him constantly. Every object that met their gaze reminded them of Him. Their minds pondered His form and recalled His words. Upon hearing a flute they would swoon, and the sight of a peacock would 
make them mad with ecstasy. For Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who longed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba as R\'e4dh\'e4, every stream and rivulet was the River Yamun\'e4, and every flower and bee had a story to tell about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The animals somehow knew of Him sec
retly, but they would not divulge His whereabouts or their own knowledge of Him. Who can imagine the ecstasy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when K\'e5\'f1\'eba left V\'e5nd\'e4vana? Some even threw themselves under the wheels of His chariot, imploring Him not to leave for the city life of Mathur\'e4. In the absence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub constantly wept, wondering when He would return and discussing His activities amongst themselves. Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu was always
 being worshiped by demigods like \'c7iva, Brahm\'e4, Indra, Candra and others, but when K\'e5\'f1\'eba walked through the forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, only the cowherd boys walked with Him. He took pleasure in calling the cows and in playing His flute an
d sometimes in running and wrestling with the cowherd boys. When He walked the banks of the Yamun\'e4, He was always garlanded with many forest flowers, and His body was smeared with the pulp of sandalwood and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  leaves. The aroma surrounding Him attracted the bees, and they would hum about Him when He played His flute so that it seemed they were per
forming together. When His flute sounded in the woods, all the animals would stand still and even cease chewing grass to listen carefully. Even the fish and birds appeared stunned by the sounds. Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba was accompanied by Balar\'e4ma, Hi
s elder brother, who appeared almost as attractive as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. After a day in the fields with the cows, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would return home like the moon arising in the evening. Sometimes it would appear that He was a little fatigued from His
 vigorous day, but He would swagger into His home with a large stride, and all men, women and cows would immediately forget their hardships. After K\'e5\'f1\'eba had left V\'e5nd\'e4vana for Mathur\'e4, the cowherd girls would remember how He embraced th
em and talked with them, smiling sweetly, after the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dance in the forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Some
times His face would be smeared with the dust raised by the hooves of the cows, and this made Him all the more attractive to them. What did they care for N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and all His jeweled opulence? They only thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His moving e
yes and remembered His words and their sweet times with Him. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wept throughout the night befor
e He left, and they watched His chariot as long as possible until it faded from sight. They remained standing still like painted pictures, watching the dust of His chariot in the distance. Then they returned to their homes and simply thought of Him day a
nd night. Of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was most grief-stricken. Once She took a bumblebe
e to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s messenger and began to talk to it. She accused the bumblebee of being like his master K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in that the bee\'92s habit was to sit on a flower, take a little honey from it and immediately fly away to taste another flo
wer. \'91K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us the chance to taste the touch of His lips, and then He leaves us altogether,\'92 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 lamented. Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pined like school girls while K\'e5\'f1\'eba was away from them. Now He is gone from us, or somehow we have lost Him, and it\'92s our great tragedy that we cannot even remember or long for Hi
m. If we cannot shed tears for Him, then we should shed tears because we cannot weep. Now we are suffering because we\'92re trying to find some way to forget Him completely. We run from object to object to avoid Him, but eventually everything parts from 
us, and we are left with either the thought of Him or the thought of our own death. Yes, if we are left without a thought of Him, He comes for us as death. He Himself says that for those who have forgotten Him, He comes as death to take everything away. 
But even then we have the freedom to turn from Him, for that freedom He never denies us.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The freedom to turn to Him or avoid Him?\'94 I asked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The freedom to love Him or not,\'94 he replied. \'93For without freedom there can be no love. If I were God, I could certainly forc
e you to love me, but that would not be love. Love is not forced by someone exterior. Love is response, relationship, communication. Love is the assertion of our being, of our essence as living entities. If we were not allowed freedom to love, we would b
e puppets only. There is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His creation; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is complete in Himself, and the creation is complete in itself. All the qualities that are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, including the quality of freedom, are also in the creation in minute qu
antity. Now we must understand that as His creation, we are meant to give Him pleasure, and in giving Him pleasure, we receive it in return. But who knows of this? We have fallen, and our concern is now just with ourselves. We are like the chained prison
ers of Socrates\'92 cave, enjoying the pageant of shadows about us, content with squinting in the darkness.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93We need direction,\'94 I said. \'93Without it we\'92re bound to the cave and the cycles of birth and death.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The spiritual master has come within the cave singing His names,\'94 he said. \'93And now he\'92s leading us out. We must be carefu
l not to hide in the crevices or to lose his voice around the dark corners. We have to listen, not lose his voice, and hasten in the dark after him, trusting that he is leading us out into the light, for he has come from the light and knows the way. Is t
here any other who knows our destination? We may think we know our position on a map, but who knows the destination of mankind? Where are we going? What was our past? We can\'92t even remember the past events in this our present life, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
tells Arjuna, \'91Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot.\'92 And He also tells Arjuna that there was never a time when He did not exist, nor Arjuna, nor all the kings at Kuruk\'f1etra, nor that in the fu
ture any of them shall cease to exist. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us clearly of our eternality and destination, and if His song is too lofty for our comprehension, if we cannot hear it in the depths of the cave amidst the panoramas of shadows projected by desi
re, the spiritual master actually descends to guide us. Our destination is beyond the irreversible succession of events through which we pass out of that cave. Our destiny indeed is to leave that cave, and to arrive. Our journey is our actual evolution, 
our soul\'92s evolution through material bodies that but serve us in our escape. Our soul\'92s progress is symptomized by consciousness, and in its highest state the soul is conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, of its ultimate destination, of its home.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We looked out again across the rooftops toward Brooklyn. The city was hot and seemed to be roaring in pain about us, like an enraged bu
ll. A blast of heat from the streets, of deadly fumes, swept up like an angry sigh.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93After all,\'94 he said, \'93Home is not so different from what we expected\'97a quiet and simple place in the country with lots of 
trees and cows, and Him there, ready to play, stopping and waiting for us.\'94
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\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct pe
rception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.2
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 5
3, 1973
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text related to photo:
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of our most important purposes in publishing}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead Magazine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is to teach the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone can easily chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R
\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare and always be happy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that every living being, whether he appears in a black body, white body, yellow body or even in an animal\'92s or tree\'92s body, is an eternal servant of God. All of these different bodies are only different kinds of ou
tward dress. Just as a dramatic actor may appear continually in different costumes, so, although we are pure spirit souls, we appear in different bodies. Our real, joyful life begins as soon as we admit to Our real identity as pure spirit soul, part and 
parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God. Anyone who is interested in his real spiritual identity should read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to clarify and perfect his philosophical understanding of himself and God, and also he should chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As he chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the entire science of God will be revealed to him. If one seriously chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and regularly reads }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he can live peacefully and blissfully in this life, and at the time of death he can go directly to associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the spiritual sky. To promote this blissful reunion between the Supreme P
ersonality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His separated parts and parcels is the main purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da) }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editor: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $4.50 per year ($6.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California
 90034.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 32 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. 53 \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in Japan.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and thus is being introduced all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a simple, practical and universal way that can be accepted by men of any race, religion or nationality. For information on how you can bec
ome a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, was playing like a child of this material world to manifest His eternal pastimes, He used to bre
ak the butter pots of His foster mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and distribute the contents to His friends. Out of her pure love, mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 once decided to punish her transcendental son, and she took a rope and threatened to tie up the Lord, who then bowe
d His head and began to weep just like an ordinary child. This picture of the Lord is adored by pure devotees because they are conscious of the Lord's supreme position.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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790\cell}
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 Ave. East 98102/ (206)329-9348\cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Knowing and Serving the Original Person
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KNOWING }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\up6 AND}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  SERVING THE ORIGINAL PERSON
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word Govinda refers to one who gives pleasure to the cows and the. senses. There are many incarnations of Godhead, but Govinda is t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the original person. As such He is not technically an incarnation of God but is G
od Himself, the source of incarnations. Govinda is not some impersonal effulgence or void but a person complete in every respect. Unless the origin of everything is a person, how can so many persons or individual living entities\'97be they men, animals, 
demigods, trees or plants\'97exist all over the universe? Every living entity is an individual spirit soul, and every individual spirit soul is a person. How, then, can the origin of everything be impersonal and nothing more? Personal qualities must be t
here in Him, otherwise they cannot be reflected in this material world. This then is the conclusion of Lord Brahm\'e4 in the verse }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj
\'e4mi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 is the 
original creature in this universe, and in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he states that his origin is also a perso
n. \'93I worship that original person,\'94 he states throughout }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole world is laboring under the impersonal conception. No one actually knows anything, of course, but they have developed an impe
rsonal philosophy by means of speculation. But how can this impersonalism stand?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is contradicted at every step of our experience, for every individual entity is a person, and the complete whole from which all enti
ties emanate is also a Person. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-puru\'f1a\'e0. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the verdict of Lord Brahm\'e4, who, having c
reated the universe, knows well what is within this universe. We have very little knowledge of what is within this Universe, and what is beyond is totally unknown to us. This is not the Case with Lord Brahm\'e4, however. Lord Brahm\'e4 is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adi-kavaye, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means that he is the original learned person, the creator of this universe. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kavaye muhyanti yat s\'fcraya\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. 1.1.1}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The origin of everything, the Absolute, the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  summum bonum, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot be impersonal,
 for He is the origin of the person Brahm\'e4. We have no experience of a person coming from something impersonal; because my father is a person, I am also a person. If we trace back through our family trees, we will find that one person comes from anoth
er person, and somehow, if it were possible to trace our origins back to the beginning of creation, we will find the original person whom Brahm\'e4 is praising. The origin of the universe is not void, nor is it some primeval muck, but the origin is a lea
rned person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4, being the first creature, received his knowledge from the original person, and that is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word Brahm\'e4 means }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
j\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or knowledge. One may question how Brahm\'e4 could learn from another person if he were the original creature in the universe. Who was the spiritual master who imparte
d knowledge to him? In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is indicated that that knowledge came from within th
e heart of Brahm\'e4. God is situated in everyone\'92s heart, and although Brahm\'e4 was the first and only creature at the time, the other person, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1a, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was within his heart. It is also stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Lord, is situated within everyone\'92s heart
 and is giving directions to everyone.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h\'e5
d-de\'e7e \'92rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhr\'e4mayan sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yantr\'e4r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni m
\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone\'92s heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of t
he material energy.\'94 (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are not devotees cannot understand how it is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba or God is giving instructions from within the heart, but tho
se who are devotees can understand. The devotees therefore are trying to hear the Lord from within, but in order to hear properly this special qualification is needed. One must be at a certain stage of spiritual advancement. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that to those who are devoted to Him, He gives the means whereby they can understa
nd Him:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajat
\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga\'e0 ta\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mean \'93to be engaged.\'94 The devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba engage full-time in devotional service out of love (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr
\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The devotees always enjoy thinking, \'93Here is an opportunity to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 The more they engage in service, the more they are pleased and the
 faster they make advancement in spiritual life. There is no question of retirement. When we perform some material service, we get tired and think, \'93Oh, I have worked so much. Now let me take a vacation.\'94 However, when one performs spiritual servic
e, he actually gets more energy and says, \'93Let me serve more.\'94 To such a sincere devotee, the Lord, sitting within the heart, gives instructions: \'93Do this, and you will very soon come to Me.\'94 He also gives different instructions to others who
 do not want to turn to Him. \'93You want to do this? Here is your opportunity then. If you want to steal, then go ahead.\'94 If we wish not to turn to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if we wish to forget Him completely, He will give us that facility, for He is always s
atisfying our desires. Consequently it is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that He gives us remembrance of H
imself and also allows us to forget, if that is our desire.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mat
ta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aham eva vedyo\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ved\'e4nta-k
\'e5d veda-vid eva c\'e4ham
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I am seated in everyone\'92s heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am I to be known; indeed I am the compiler of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and I am the knower of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas.\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ordinary persons cannot understand how God can be a person because they think, \'93God must be a person like me.\'94 Therefore in some 
of the scriptures a personality is denied, for as soon as the foolish accept a personality, they think, \'93God is a person like me.\'94 Therefore it is said, \'93God is not a person,\'94 and in some religions, like the Judaic religion, even images of Go
d in the form of pictures or statues are not allowed. But this is not to say that God is not a person at all. When it is said that God is not a person, we should understand that He is not a person like us. In actuality, He is a person, but He is a differ
ent kind of person. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.1]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His personality is eternal; His body does not die like ours. His body is full of bliss, whereas our body is full of misery. His body is full of knowledge, whereas ours is full of ignorance. And He is }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the controller, whereas we are the controlled. How then can God be a person like us?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because we are incapable of understanding how the Absolute Truth can be a person, we have to take lessons from Brahm\'e4, the supreme p
oet and sage of the universe who is the first created person. We are all in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sampraday\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or 
the disciplic succession starting from Lord Brahm\'e4; therefore we accept Brahm\'e4\'92s statements and worship }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1am, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govinda. We may not know that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but if we follow in the foo
tsteps of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great spiritual teachers, we will not have difficulty. Govinda gives Brahm
\'e4 instructions from within his heart, and Brahm\'e4 gives instructions to his disciple N\'e4rada, and N\'e4rada gives instructions to his disciple Vy\'e4sa. Vy\'e4sa\'92s disciple Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya repeats the same message, then \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9, 
and then his disciple Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, then the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc. In this way knowledge is rece
ived by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub step by step in the disciplic succession. When the same message is repeated without
 deviation, the knowledge is transmitted perfectly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or scriptures we learn that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or original
 person expands Himself in many incarnations. These incarnations are diverse, and their activities are described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On one occasion Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba incarnated as a boar, Var\'e4ha, and lifted the world up when it was merged within the waters of the Garbhodaka Ocean. The demon Hira\'ebyak\'f1a pushed the earth within the
 watery half of the universe, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the shape of a boar, not only delivered the planet but annihilated the demon. On another occasion the Lord appeared as a small fish in a water pot, and as time elapsed this fish got bigger and had
 to be taken to a reservoir. The fish kept increasing in size, and when He was quite huge He informed Manu, \'93Devastation is coming. Take all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and put them in a boat, and I shall protect them.\'94 Therefore Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 sings in his prayer, \'93My Lord, in the shape of a fish You saved the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when there was devastation.\'94 The incarnations of Godhead are described in prayers offered by Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a Vai\'f1\'ebava poet w
ho appeared about seven hundred years before Lord Caitanya. Jayadeva was a great devotee, and he wrote a very famous song about the Lord called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4-govinda. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He offers another prayer to the tortoise incarnation. Once the demons and demigods were using a great hill as a churning rod and were churning the ocean with it. The resting place of the chur
ning rod was the shell of the tortoise incarnation. Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore prayed: \'93You appeared as a tortoise just to be a resting place for the churning rod. Your back itched, and You accepted this hill as a rod to scratch the itch.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In another incarnation, N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva, the Lord appeared in order to save Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, a five-year-old boy who was 
being tortured by his atheistic father. The Lord appeared from a pillar of the father\'92s palace as a half-man, half-lion. Prahl\'e4da\'92s father, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, had received benediction from Lord Brahm\'e4 that assured him that he would not be k
illed by any man or animal, so the Lord appeared neither as man nor as animal. We often think that we can thus cheat the Lord by our intelligence, but the Lord is more intelligent than we.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In another incarnation the Lord appeared as V\'e4mana, a dwarf. Lord V\'e4mana appeared before Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, who had conquered a
ll the universal planets and had thus disturbed the demigods. V\'e4mana said, \'93I am a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
and I have come to beg from you.\'94 Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, \'93Yes, I\'92ll give You what You want.\'94 The dwarf asked for only three feet of land, and Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja granted His wish. V\'e4manadeva then took one step and covered half the unive
rse, and then He took another step and covered the other half. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja then said, \'93There is no place for You to take the third step, so please place Your foot on my head.\'94 In another incarnation, as Para\'e7ur\'e4ma, the Lord killed all
 of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kings twenty-one times because of the kings\'92 dishonesty. From the history of the }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it can
 be understood that at that time some of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fled and took shelter in Europe, and consequent
ly modern Europeans are descendants of those }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As Lord R\'e4ma, the Lord fought with R\'e4va
\'eba, a demon with ten heads, and ruled the earth as an ideal king. As Balar\'e4ma, the elder brother of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the incarnation of Sa\'eckar\'f1a\'eba, the Lord was very beautiful, white in complexion, and He wore blue garments. Once He beca
me angry with the Yamun\'e4 River, and He threatened to dry it up. Out of fear of Balar\'e4ma, the Yamun\'e4 agreed to cooperate with Him. As Lord Buddha, the Lord destroyed the Vedic principles with flawless logic and is therefore considered an atheist.
 Lord Buddha, however, was an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he denied the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in order to save ani
mals which were being sacrificed according to the injunctions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the name of Vedic sacrific
e, people were improperly killing animals, and the Lord, as Lord Buddha, appeared to preach nonviolence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the end of this age, Kali-yuga, the Lord will appear as Kalki. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kalki will appear 427,000 years from now, and His mission will simply be to kill. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave instructions in the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but Lord Kalki will not give any instructions. At the end of Kali-yuga people will be so degraded that they will not be able to understand any instructions; therefore the only recourse will be to kill t
hem. One who is killed by the Lord attains salvation. This is one of the Lord\'92s all-merciful qualities; whether He protects or kills, the result is the same. Thus Kalki will appear at the last stage of Kali-yuga and annihilate everything, and after th
at time, Satya-yuga (the Golden Age) will begin again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way we can see that God is not only a person as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e4di-puru\'f1a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the original person, but that He manifests Himself throughout the universe in innumerable incarnations and expansions which are also personal in quality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite all this, we often challenge the Lord and say, \'93There is no God,\'94 or \'93I am God,\'94 or even \'93I don\'92t care for Go
d.\'94 Despite this attitude, which is typical of this age, God is there, and we can see Him at every moment. If we deny God\'92s personality, then He will be present before us as cruel death. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there are instructions teaching us how we can gradually understand God and see Him personally, face to face. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself states, \'93I am the taste of water, I am the sunlight, I am the moonl
ight, I am the vibration of sound in the sky, and amongst great personalities I am the greatest.\'94 If anyone is actually serious about understanding God, or the science of God, he can follow the injunctions given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and realize God in so many ways. Everyone is tasting water daily, so if we remember that God is the taste of water
, then God realization begins. Who has not seen the moon or the sun? And who has not}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub heard sound vibratin
g in the air? In so many ways we can see, feel and hear God. Everyone sees God at every moment, but the atheists claim they do not see Him because He does not exist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Without God consciousness, or without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there cannot be any peace. Everyone is hankering after peace, but n
o one knows how to achieve it. Therefore this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is promoting the greatest welfare work in the world. The process of understanding this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is made very easy in this age by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4pra
bhu through the chanting of the holy names of God, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that in this age people are so fallen that they cannot realize God by any of the prescribed methods; therefore it is recommended that by ch
anting the holy names of God in this age one can get all the benefits derived in previous ages from meditation, temple worship and sacrifice. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, instructs us that the holy name of God is nondiffere
nt from the Supreme Lord; therefore all the energy that God has is also there in His holy name. Now on the absolute platform there is no difference between the word and its referent; therefore there is no difference between the holy name of God and God H
imself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said that there are no hard and fast rules for chanting the name of God, and therefore the names can he chanted 
anywhere and everywhere. In this age the blind are following the blind, for no one knows the aim and objective of human society or the perfection of human life. Life is perfected through self-realization and the reestablishment of our lost relationship w
ith the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is attempting to enlighten human society on this important point. According to Vedic civilization, the perfection of life is to realize one\'92s relationship with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we can understand that all living entities\'97not only human beings, 
but animals and lower life forms-are parts and parcels of God. The parts of anything are meant to serve the whole, just as the hands are meant to serve the body. Similarly, as living entities that are part of God, we are duty bound to serve Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually our position is that we are always rendering service to someone. We are always serving our bodies and the extensions of our bo
dies in the form of family, society, country and so on. If a person has no one to serve, he sometimes keeps a pet cat or dog and renders service unto it. Constitutionally we are made to render service to the Supreme Person, but when we deny that person w
e are forced to render service to something else. In any case, the rendering of service will be there, and that rendering of service is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the eternal activity or occupation of the living entity. On the material platform, despite rendering service to our best capacity, we are never satisfied, nor is the person to whom we are 
rendering that service satisfied. In the material conception, everyone is frustrated, because the service rendered is not properly directed. If we want to render service to a tree, we must water its roots, not just its branches and leaves. Similarly, if 
the stomach is given food, all the other parts of the body are nourished. We should understand therefore that if the Supreme Personality of Godhead is served, all His parts and parcels will be satisfied also. Therefore all welfare activities, including a
ll service to society, family and nation, are perfected by serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a conversation with his disciple, N\'e4rada Muni, Lord Brahm\'e4 made the following statement: \'93The Vedic literatures are made by
 and are meant for the Supreme Lord. The demigods are also meant to serve the Lord as parts of the body, the different planets are also meant for the sake of the Lord, and different sacrifices are performed just to please Him. All different types of medi
tation or mysticism are meant for realizing Him. All austerities are aimed at achieving Him. Culture of transcendental knowledge is for getting a glimpse of Him, and ultimately salvation is in entering His kingdom.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.5.15\'9616) By following in the footsteps of Lord Brahm\'e4, we can attain that ultimate salvation and glimpse that Supreme
 Person worshiped by Lord Brahm\'e4 and all other demigods in the universe.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Brahm\'e4, seated on his lotus, wo
rships the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p5:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Supreme Personality of Godhead expa
nds Himself in many incarnations
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p7:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By chanting the holy names of God one c
an get all benefits.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p8:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the su
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Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. This is the text for advanced students of the science of love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 292 pp., 11 illus., hardcover $ 5.95, paperback $3.95
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the major scriptures of the world indicate that Godhead, or the Absolute Truth, is not impersonal, but is a person. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7op\'e4nisad,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub describes the form and nature of the Absolute Truth.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A complete catalogue of cassette recordings is available upon request.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb360 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 With \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub with \line \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP
\'c4DA IN V\'c5ND\'c4VANA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Hayagr\'e9va D\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, the land of K\'e5\'f1\'eba five thousand years after the disappearance of the Supreme Person, is invaded by eig
hty American and European disciples of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The white and saffron robed pilgrims arrive in V\'e5nd\'e4vana for K\'e4rttika, a celebration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dance with the cowherd girls (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Yearly, V\'e5nd\'e4vana is crowded with K\'e4rttika pilgrims from October 15th to November 15th, the best time of year for V\'e5nd\'e4vana, a month of clear, pleasant days and cool nights.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana is approached by train from Delhi to Mathur\'e4, about ninety miles to the Southeast of Delhi. From Mathur\'e4, one tak
es a bus some eight miles to the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana bordered on three sides by the holy River Yamun\'e4. As a cowherd boy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sported in the Yamun\'e4, and Vaisnavas consider its waters more purifying than the Ganges itself. In K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'92s time, V\'e5nd\'e4vana was a forest, as its name indicates. Today it is a congested holy-town forgotten by the tourist maps, a town of crumbling temples, memories, chanting devotees, filth and poverty-stricken masses. Tourists whiz by it on
 the Delhi-Agra Express, unaware of passing K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s old abode. V\'e5nd\'e4vana was rediscovered by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His disciples R\'fcpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 in the early 16th Century. Many magnificent temples were built in honor of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but despite the sanctity of the place, it has not been kept up.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet no one can deny the spirituality surcharging the atmosphere above the mud, above the forgetfulness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The stars of Orion ascending \'85 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecgas, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub horns and bells wafted by the wind \'85 the dogs quiet after a symphony of agonizing howls \'85 the night before full moon }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub rasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dance night \'85 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (tomb) of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 silent with the peace of four centuries \'85 long branches of the eucalyptus swaying, rustling gently \'85 a monkey scurrying across the roof of R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple \'85 forms iridescent, se
lf-luminous it seems in the moonlight \'85
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At six a.m. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da leaves R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara followed by a half dozen disciples, steps lightly over refuse and 
walks quickly to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parikrama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Path, a dirt road along the Yamun\'e4 which circles V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The Yamun
\'e4 meanders, leaving many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gh\'e4\'f6as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beside the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parikrama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub high and dry. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da strolls with his head high in the morning air. \'93The Yamun\'e4 was broken many places by Balar\'e4ma\'92s 
plow,\'94 he says. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from Ra\'ecgaj\'e9 Temple flow through the air. \'93You can learn such }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he says. Peacocks scurry along, unreal blueballs swaying on their heads. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da 
turns to me. \'93So how do You find V\'e5nd\'e4vana?\'94 he asks. \'93Beyond words,\'94 I answer. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has his secretary gather a handful of water from the Yamun\'e4 and sprinkle it over his head. \'93This is as good as bathing in it
,\'94 he says and walks on. We pass Imlitala Temple and the ancient tamarind tree in its Courtyard. It is said that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu meditated eight days on the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba beneath that very tamarind. A little further we come to the 
tall red-brick spires of Madana-mohana, V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'92s oldest temple, established by San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asks the time, then turns back, taking care not to be late for the lecture at seven.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93From \'9256 to \'9265 I was in V\'e5nd\'e4vana,\'94 he says. \'93I would sit at R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and see the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Rupa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. And I would type and cook a little. These }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhis }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are the best in Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai\'f1\'ebavism. They gave me inspiration to go to the West. I have a hun
dred places to go now, but I still like it here.\'94 He turns to me. \'93What do you think, Hayagr\'e9va?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I\'92m glad you asked me here, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I think the sanitation facilities are not up to your country\'92s,\'94 he laughs. Then seriously: \'93Since I lived here the city h
as deteriorated. The sewage has spoiled it all. Instead of V\'e5nd\'e4vana it is becoming a dungeon. Now there is no place to go in the Yamun\'e4. Gradually they will pollute the whole city.\'94 As he speaks, love and regret for V\'e5nd\'e4vana are in hi
s voice. I recall his dream to renovate the town, rediscover it just as the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s did. \'93The ugliness that you see here is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogam\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94 he says. \'93It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s covering. V\'e5nd\'e4vana appears this way to drive away the atheists and impersonalists. For a devotee it is as good as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana [K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s 
transcendental abode]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but one must have the eyes to see.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Returning to R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara we pass many white Brahman cows, which resemble the cows in the popular prints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
lotus-eyed cows with long ears, dewlaps and humps. Despite a diet of paper, banana peels and other refuse, they seem surprisingly fat. Their eyes remind me of the jerseys in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and I wonder how they would appreciate a diet of hay and gr
ain. V\'e5nd\'e4vana has a remarkably large population of cows, dogs, hogs and monkeys. The dogs snarl, howl, cower and starve. They are all small with pointed faces, and few wag their tails. The monkeys are large and aggressive, and they fare quite Well
. They are good thieves, not only of food but of cassette recorders and cameras, which, it is said, they trade in the marketplace for bananas. The hogs constitute the sanitation department of V\'e5nd\'e4vana; their snouts plow right down the open sewers 
devouring stool and indescribable filth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It may not be very palatable to hear,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, \'93but there is a reason for so many dogs, hogs and monk
eys in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who live in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and outwardly observe the religiou
s forms but secretly commit all kinds of sinful activities take birth as dogs and hogs in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. In this way, by touching the dust of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they become purified. Then after a life as a hog, they are liberated.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I watch a hog nose through an exceptionally fresh heap of stool. \'93There I go,\'94 I think to myself and promise to be more careful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da walks into the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara courtyard, offers obeisances before the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dei
ties of Jiva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, then passes through an archway to Rupa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and a sm
aller courtyard where his disciples are assembled chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. V\'e5nd\'e4vaners circumambulate the Govardhana stone situated in the temple. Most stop to offer obeisances to Prabhup\'e4da. The chanting stops when he enters, the disciples
 bow to the ground, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sits on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vy\'e4s\'e4sana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub looks at his audience with rad
iant smiling eyes, picks up cymbals and leads the chanting:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-m\'e4dhava}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ku\'efja-vih\'e4r\'e9\line
gop\'e9-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dh\'e4r\'e9\line yasoda-nandana braja-jana-ra\'efjana\line yamun\'e4-t\'e9ra-vana-c\'e4r\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Glory to Radha-M\'e4dhava, enjoying in the bushes of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. O protector of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You are the lifter of Govardhana Hill. O son of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, You wander through the forests on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 just to please the inhab
itants of Vraja.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees sit before him, rapt \'85 V\'e5nd\'e4vaners continue to circumambulate the Govardhana stone \'85 a devotee fans Prabhup
\'e4da with a silver handled yak tail, another with a peacock fan \'85 the chanting reaches its climax }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub \'85 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub obeisances \'85 Pradyumna begins reading from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam \'85 Om namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93I offer my obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, V\'e4sudeva,\'94 Pradyumna reads, and the disciples repeat in unison. \'93\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Param\'e4tm\'e4 (Supersoul) 
in everyone\'92s heart and the benefactor of the pure devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who relishes His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da repeats the Sanskrit and begins his lecture. \'93To become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious is not a very difficult t
hing,\'94 he says, \'93but people have no taste. They do not understand the importance of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, yet this is the only way they can become peaceful and happy. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is like a sword in the hand. With it, intelligent men cut through the labyrinthine knot of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, think about Him, meditate on Him and worship Him, you become perfect. It is very simple. Here is God; 
we give His name, address, phone number, everything. Simply qualify yourself to go there by thinking of Him. By thinking of Him you will become the greatest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the goal of all mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97Yoge\'e7vara. You cannot serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba with these blunt material senses. K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be served with matter\'97only with spirit. There are so many impediments to worshiping the demigods, but there is no impediment to worsh
iping K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You simply have to offer Him love. In the material world people are always speaking about love, but there is no love in the material world. People are simply under the control of lust and are trying to satisfy their senses. But love
 is different. Love is the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s senses.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da lectures about forty-five minutes, and after the lecture the devotees chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Prabhup\'e4da return
s to his room beside the main courtyard. He receives visitors in his room for thirty minutes or an hour after the lecture, then he goes upstairs to his quarters on the roof. The devotees return through the busy morning streets of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to R\'e4
\'eb\'e9 Lak\'f1m\'e9 Ku\'efja, a beautiful 200-year-old palace near Ke\'e7\'e9 Gh\'e4\'f6a. The palace, belonging to the King of Bharatpur, is loaned to the devotees during their stay. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maintains and serves R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities in the main courtyard. The walls of the palace are about three feet thick, and many of the room
s are inhabited by bats and lizards. Elaborate carvings adorn the walls surrounding the main courtyard. The River Yamun\'e4 flows outside, and many V\'e5nd\'e4vaners wash their clothes beside the monstrous turtles that bob up and down in the holy waters.
 Sometimes the turtles steal the clothes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Between Ke\'e7\'e9 Gh\'e4\'f6a and R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara is the field of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dance, surrounded by a wall ten feet high and guarded by packs of monkeys. Walking down the streets, one feels the fear of sinking in the ocean of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana \'85 ragged urchins in the street \'85 dark skin, shining black hair, radiant eyes, smiling. They stop to look at the foreigners and jabber in Hindi. Wizened old ladies bow \'85 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Jaya R\'e4dhe \'85}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub haribala \'85 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everyone wears }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beads and beadbags are sold in the market. On the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gh
\'e4\'f6as, g\'e4\'ecj\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub smokers smear their bodies with ashes. After walking down the streets, a Westerner instinctively seeks an escape from the filth and squalor. There are n
o accommodations for Westerners. Only a devotee would remain in V\'e5nd\'e4vana for more than a day. On the main street there are a couple of restaurants where a rupee (10 cents) can buy a generous serving of rice, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dahl, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vegetables and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4p\'e4t\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fruit stands on the streets are cove red with flies. Transportation is primarily by bicycle and cycle rikshas. Old women are predominant, and everywhere are the shouts of children. Most people are gentle and f
riendly, but some are a little suspicious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From R\'e4\'eb\'e9 Lak\'f1m\'e9 Ku\'efja one can see the depleted state of the land. The wonder is that it feeds the people at all. Eve
n the vegetables it yields cannot give sufficient nutrition. Despite these material conditions, there is an unseen and vibrant spirit that moves the people. I sense strongly that there is more to V\'e5nd\'e4vana than meets the occidental eye.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the evening from five to six \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da lectures on R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu (Nectar of Devotion) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the courtyard. Sometimes it is hard to hear him above the chatter of the birds, and someti
mes a monkey fight temporarily interrupts the lecture.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93When K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, \'93He appears here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Therefore this V\'e5nd\'e4va
na }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is so important to the devotees.\'94 I look about and consider the veil of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub over my eyes. I recall years previous amidst the soot and traffic roar of New York\'92s Lower East Side t
hat \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, \'93There is a speck covering your eye, and when it is removed you will see all this as Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha [the spiritual sky].\'94 Now he delivers the same message. \'93Everyone can see God,\'94 he says. \'93It is not ve
ry difficult. God is everywhere. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He describes Himself. Everyone drinks water, and 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'91I am the taste of water.\'92 Atheists are always saying, \'91Show me God,\'92 but if you have the eyes to see God, you can see Him everywhere. If you become saintly by austerities, you can see God everywhere. If you are a materia
list, you can also see God in the sun and moon. Those who are impersonalists can see God in that way. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu challenged God, so God came before him as death. God is willing to reveal Himself according to our expectations. All }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [relationships] are there in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We can enjoy loving pleasure with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in any }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ready to respond in any }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub rasa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopis }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub came to K\'e5\'f1\'eba out of lust, but their lust became purified. Try to approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba in some way or another. Ka\'e0sa was also K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, but he thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an enemy. Nonetheless he was liberated.
 So what to speak of those who are in love with K\'e5\'f1\'eba? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like the sun; He purifies everything. Whatever way you approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you will become purified. Divert your attention to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that is love. You hav
e a particular relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba which will gradually be revealed as you follow the rules of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as the desire for sex is in all entities and becomes manifest at the right age, so }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svar\'fcpa-siddhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [our constitutional position] becomes manifest at the right time. The sun becomes visible when it rises. You cannot force the sun to rise at midnight. Be patient, render devotional service and wait. Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said,
 \'91Don\'92t try to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just get K\'e5\'f1\'eba to see you.\'92 Try to get His attention by serving Him under the orders of the spiritual master.\'94 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the conclusion of the lecture, Acyutananda Sv\'e4m\'e9 says, \'93The people here in India are always accusing us of taking to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness because we are American and have had sufficient sense gratification and material development. They say, \'91First we will develop materially and then take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'92\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Then the hogs are best qualified to be devotees,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da quips. \'93The hogs have license for all kinds of se
nse gratification, and they do whatever they want. They have unrestricted sex life with their mothers and sisters. They are the most highly sense gratified animal in existence. And by this logic they will be the best devotees. The position that we first 
have to complete our materialistic sense gratification is rascaldom. It is like trying to extinguish a fire by pouring ghee on it.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When someone mentions Hinduism, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says: \'93We are not preaching Hinduism. We are attempting to create a societ
y of devotees all over the world, regardless of creed or color. One }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  came to me yesterday a
nd said, \'91The Moslems used to convert the Hindus, and now the Hindus are converting the Christians. So what is the difference?\'92 But we are not making Hindus. My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja never said that Hinduism is better than Christianity. We are simply
 trying to convince people that their original position is with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The word \'91Hindu\'92 is given by the Moslems. It is not found anywhere in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually our system is that of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it is applicable anywhere. The sun is the creation of God, and it is visible everywhere. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not the monopoly of India. Our system is not to change Christians into Hindus, but to revitalize our lost const
itutional position as servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These boys and girls are not working for any nation. They are working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They have understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They are not working for some Hind
u god; they are working for the Supreme Lord Himself.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the evening lecture, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da receives guests in his room. Most of these visitors are Indian, and they offer obe
isances to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, touching his feet. Sitting on a dais in the center of the room, he receives respect even by his silence. From time to time people ask questions. Prabhup\'e4da surveys his audience and waits. At length a new American 
devotee asks, \'93What is the relationship between the disciple and the spiritual master?\'94 The silence resumes. It is not a question to ask \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da personally, for the answer is found in every one of his books. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da turns to me. \'93How do you answer him, Hayagr\'e9va?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The disciple does whatever the spiritual master asks. His relationship is that of the servant to the master.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93That of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub menial }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub servant,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da corrects. \'93Even if the spiritual master asks him to clean the stoolhouse, he will do so.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It is said that the spiritual master is the well-wisher. What does this mean?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the friend of everyone,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says. \'93If I deliver the message to you that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is your friend, I also become your friend. This is friendship\'97preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When you are in danger, no one can give you protection but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore He is your only friend. Our business is only to deliver th
e message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and point out that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is your friend. He is also the proprietor. Whatever you claim as your property will be taken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba when you die. To educate people that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the proprietor is real fri
endship. Just spread this message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and you become the friend and well-wisher of all people. To become a spiritual master is not very difficult; we simply have to carry the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with no adulteration. I am simply a peo
n delivering the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to you. Although I personally may be the greatest fool, since the message I am delivering is from your dearmost friend, I also become your dearmost friend.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guru d\'e4sa, just arriving from Delhi, comes in and offers obeisances to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. \'93I just want to sit at your fee
t, Prabhup\'e4da,\'94 he says.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da laughs like a naughty boy. \'93But my feet are always moving,\'94 he says.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That night I sleep on the roof of R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara \'85 throughout the night I periodically awake. The white-domed }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 glistens in the moonlight. A near full moon sets behind the eucalyptus tree \'85
 all night }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana \'85 cymbals, m\'e5da\'ecgas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub voices in the temple courtyard \'85 all night I watch
 the moon sink from the zenith. There is enough moonlight to write by. Dogs howling eerily like a human chorus, wailing a canine catharsis. A small 1940 style U.S. streetlight is dwarfed by the moon. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9! The lilt of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grows louder, the sway of voices together rowing \'85 the good ship }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85 howls of dogs joining the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85 the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub approach of dawn and robed figures gliding quietly to the courtyard \'85 the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba slowly but unmistak
enly making itself felt \'85 the drapes of the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities open, voices grow louder \'85 cacophony of bells \'85 V\'e5nd\'e4vaners standing in the courtyard before Their Lordships \'85 the smoke of burning cow dung and incense waft
s across the roof \'85 people awake \'85 lanterns \'85 the clank of buckets \'85 voices \'85 figures bowing in the pale light and shadows \'85 bells continuing, shouts \'85 the moon, yellow, heavy, pregnant, descending. A voice sings }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub over a loudspeaker \'85 the dogs starting up again \'85 the long, long howls \'85 a woman\'92s voice sings }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub govinda jaya jaya/ gop\'e4la jaya jaya/ r\'e4dh\'e4rama\'ebah\'e4r\'e9 govinda jaya jaya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to Govinda
, to Him who gives pleasure to the cows and the senses. All glories to Gop\'e4la, the cowherd boy. Glories to \'c7r\'e9 Hari, the enjoyer of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. I see the fading Pleiades between Orion and the moon. The frightening vastness of space
 \'85 the repose, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub presence }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. The voice of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: \'93This
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is coming from Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Just as you receive radio messages from distant pl
aces, you can also receive messages from Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana by the radio of Guru Parampar\'e4. You can receive messages from K\'e5\'f1\'eba by way of Brahm\'e4, N\'e4rada, Vy\'e4sadeva, Lord Caitanya and the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. And now this message is be
ing broadcast by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The message is the same: give up everything and surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94 Messages from Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana! Messages from outer space!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bells, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecgas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moon behind the eucalyptus, Orion at the zenith \'85 a woo woo woo Comanche yell in the courtyard \'85 Deities undraped \'85 old ladies, the same in all religions, widows \'85 old men standing before the Deiti
es, now suddenly joined by young Americans \'85 ding ding dong dong ke-lash ke-lash \'85 old ladies scurrying with lanterns not to be late \'85 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dhe-Govinda }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chanted \'85 early }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'ecgal\'e4rati \'85 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
dozens circumambulating \'85 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'92s black K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deity \'85 ghee lamp circulated \'85 water \'85 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara ki jaya! }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85 people dance in a small circle to the right of the Deities \'85 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kirtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'85 the infirm bowing, touching the dust to their heads, rolling in the dust, eating the dust \'85 indescribable \'85 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub groups dance in circles before the Deities \'85 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nit\'e4i-Gaura haribala!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just before sunrise we follow \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub parikrama.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93If we present things as they are,\'94 he says, \'93they will be accepted. People are saying that Prabhup\'e4da is performing miracl
es, but he says that the miracle is in presenting things as they are. \'93
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We pass by a group of women in an open temple chanting to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. On the side of the street lay little huddled forms 
covered by burlap bags and saffron cloth. They fear no burglars.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In the U.S. they are saying that God is dead,\'94 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says. \'93They are saying this even in the churches. An
d in India they are saying there is no need to serve God\'97just serve the poor man loitering in the street. So you can see that there is a great necessity for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the world. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 said, \'91I don\'92
t find any scarcity in this world except the scarcity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\'92\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back in his room \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da receives letters on the progress of the movement from all over the world. He reads them, mak
es comments and gives instructions on management. He stresses the importance of mutual respect amongst the devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93In the lower stages one simply sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Deity and does not care for the devotees,\'94 he points out. \'93But the 
fact is that the devotees are always in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they should be taken care of. The person who worships the devotees is more important than the person who worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba. An advanced devotee always gives respect to anoth
er devotee. Therefore we address one another as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [master]. This should be realized, not just spoken
. We should always be ready to offer respects to everyone because everyone is originally a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da then outlines a program for Bombay, Delhi and Calcutta. He draws the rough sketch, and the devotees fill in the details. 
\'93If a temple is occupied,\'94 he says, \'93it must be kept up. Otherwise there is no need to occupy it just to hold property. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had no interest in worldly acts, but because the world belongs to Him, He wanted to establish good government.
\'94 Prabhup\'e4da surveys his leaders and continues. \'93He wanted Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira to take charge, and later Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. When such kings took charge, there was no scorching heat or freezing cold. Like such devotee kin
gs, we should make people K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious; then from all points of view the people will be benefited. K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious people are not sentimentalists. They want to reform the world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not just sitting and ch
anting for cheap adoration. Inactivity and silence are not perfection. Activity is perfection. Arjuna was not silent or inactive. He thought, \'91If I fight, my Lord will be pleased. I have to do this.\'92 His activity was spontaneous activity. When one 
knows the Lord and what He wants, there will be activity. Up to seventy years of age I was doing nothing, but by the grace of God I went to the United States to begin this movement. Now that we are becoming successful we can expect to meet with so much r
esistance. Although Gandhi used to use }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub now }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not allowed in the schools in India. But now in the Western countries our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is selling more copies than any other edition. I have great hope for the Western countries, for they are taking up this movement 
seriously. Here we are seeing many temples, and we are also seeing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub smoking. How can a person chant with one hand and smoke with another? It is ludicrous. Such a person cannot be a devotee. Unless we are free from sinful activities, we cannot actually engage 
in devotional service. Now everyone is claiming, \'91This is my country. This is my land.\'92 But the world belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so how can anyone claim it? We are simply guests here for a few years. The land was here before our birth, and after ou
r death it will still be here. How is it ours? How can a mere visitor claim proprietorship? In this way we have to educate the people.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a silence as everyone realizes that any comment would appear foolish. Prabhup\'e4da looks at the young faces about him and see
s agreement and anticipation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93We must become one in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s service. Oneness means individual opinions coincided in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Ju
st as in a family all the individuals work for the family\'97that is oneness. It is a little something like national consciousness. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness all individuals agree to work for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is oneness. We 
are preaching love of God, but most people do not know how to love God. They do not know because they are ignorant of God\'92s form. The fact is that most people do not want to proceed past impersonal Brahman realization. You have to go beyond that to re
alize God, for you cannot love mere air and sky. There must be a form to love. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9. Vigraha }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means form, and it is that form that invokes Our love.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is time to go to the courtyard. All problems cleared, the devotees offer obeisances to the Master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The path of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness is just like a sharpened razor,\'94 Prabhup\'e4da warns. \'93if you are expert, you get a 
clean shave. But if you slip, you get cut.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We follow him into the Courtyard where }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is going on. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stops, obeisan
ces are offered, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da chants and then begins to talk of tile expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At length the subject turns to V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93We should try to make K\'e5\'f1\'eba happy like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop
\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana everyone is trying to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97the birds, trees, cows, the river and all His associates. It is not that V\'e5nd\'e4van
a is only here. We can have V\'e5nd\'e4vana everywhere. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not limited. We should not think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is far away in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana and cannot accept food from us. If you offer food with love, K\'e5\'f1\'eba eats. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba does not leave Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, but His expansion goes and accepts food. This V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which so happens to appear in India, is as worshipable as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshipable, His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [residence] is also worshipable. So we cannot offend His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dh\'e4ma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we live in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, we are living with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for V\'e5nd\'e4vana is nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no difference between the
 original V\'e5nd\'e4vana and this V\'e5nd\'e4vana. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is so powerful.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I stifle sudden outrage. My comprehension is staggered as I consider that in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s abode there is no distress, no death. 
There everything is full of knowledge, bliss and eternality. Who could walk through the squalor and suffering of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and claim it to be nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His abode? My American sense of propriety and logic demands an explan
ation. I hold my tongue throughout Prabhup\'e4da\'92s lecture and afterwards hurry to his reception room to question him before the crowd presses in. He sits regally on his dais, and I feel myself shrink a little and my outrage drop.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Prabhup\'e4da,\'94 I venture timidly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes?\'94 He looks straight at me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I\'92m a little confused by what you said in your lecture. You said that this V\'e5nd\'e4vana is nondifferent from Goloka V\'e5nd
\'e4vana, and I\'92m a little confused by that because\'97\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You must be confused,\'94 he says, looking down at me. \'93You are not perfect.\'94 Silence. My heart stops. \'93Are you perfect?
\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No,\'94 I answer, feeling about two inches high.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Then You must be confused.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I\'92m not the only one who\'92s confused,\'94 I say stupidly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93If you\'92re not perfect, you must be confused. That is the only answer.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93There is no other answer?\'94 I ask, crestfallen.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93If you are not perfect, how can you get the right conclusion?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Most things I call understand, at least intellectually, but\'97\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93That means you are not completely perfect. As far as you are perfect, you understand. Because our senses are imperfect, we understa
nd in an imperfect way. This means that we must understand from the authorities. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says that V\'e5nd\'e4vana is as worshipable as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I can understand that,\'94 I say, \'93but there\'92s birth, old age, disease and death here \'85 all the material miseries.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93This is not Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This V\'e5nd\'e4vana is a replica, but the laws of this material world are working here. We are
 worshiping Deities in the temple, and everyone is seeing that they are made of stone and wood, but still the Deities are not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are not worshiping wood and stone, but to the naked eye they appear s
o. When Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu went to Pur\'e9 and saw Jagann\'e4tha, He immediately fell down and said, \'91Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\'92 It is a question of vision.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The other thing I understood maybe incorrectly was that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba departed from this earth, He took His paraphernalia and
 His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with Him to the spiritual sky.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93You can use what is called a circuit house as all example here. A governor may come and go from a circuit house and take his paraph
ernalia with him. He may come and go with his things, but his house is still there. Whenever K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to this planet, He comes to this place. So this V\'e5nd\'e4vana is as good as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But He won\'92t come here again in this age?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93No, not in Kali-yuga. But when He comes, this is the place.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But it wasn\'92t like this when He was here.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93That may be. But that doesn\'92t mean the place is less important. It is our offense that we are keeping the place not so nice. And
 we have to suffer for it. Those who are responsible for keeping up this place are neglecting their duty, and they have to suffer. They have to take another life as dogs and hogs here. The hogs, dogs and monkeys here are not ordinary. They are devotees w
ho have committed offenses, so their offenses are being compensated by accepting another life in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. In this way they will be purified and liberated. Although they may be hogs, they are not losers. So V\'e5nd\'e4vana is even more important b
ecause even the hogs and dogs here are going to be liberated. Life here is not Polluted because even the most Polluted are being purified.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The V\'e5nd\'e4vana system, which had been veiled to me, begins to clarify. Still I think of the clean, well manicured lawns of bourgeo
is America.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Is there any particular reason K\'e5\'f1\'eba allows His own home to deteriorate?\'94 I persist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93It is not deteriorated. If even the dogs are going to be liberated, how is it deteriorated?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93But it is not nicely kept up.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Not nicely kept up}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs12\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eyes. But if it were not nicely kept up, how could t
he dogs and hogs be liberated?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I consider this point, and the fog begins to roll away.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just like some people try to find fault in K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\'94Prabhup\'e4da continues, \'93but a devotee sees that despite all thes
e things, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Even if the people here do not appear K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, they are most fortunate because they are on the land of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jaya jaya v\'e5nd\'e4vana-v\'e4s\'e9 yata jana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories t
o all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana! There is no discrimination that just the devotees here are glorified. Everyone. Even the hogs. It is more fortunate to be born in V\'e5nd\'e4vana than in a rich or aristocratic family, for in the next life one wi
ll return back to Godhead. Even the hogs are devotees and are liberated. Unless one is a devotee, he cannot take birth here. They may take a hog\'92s or dog\'92s body for a few years, but that is not an impediment. They are simply getting rid of their si
nful activities.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Isn\'92t there another way to do it?\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Why do you want another way? What other way do you suggest? Suppose one is not born as a dog or hog\'92? Does that mean he is very 
elevated? In a hog body at least you don\'92t have a chance to commit more sins. Because you\'92re an animal, you don\'92t have to be bound up again by another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Animals have no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are finishing 
their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not making new }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kar
ma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93The hogs seem happier than the people,\'94 I admit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes. They only have one life to suffer. A hog only eats stool, but a man eats everything. He becomes more implicated.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Even though the people here don\'92t have a bona fide spiritual master, can they still be liberated?\'94 someone asks.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Yes. They are liberated without a spiritual master because V\'e5nd\'e4vana is directly under the supervision of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is their spiritual master.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a lot clearer now, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da,\'94 I say. \'93Thank you very much.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I offer obeisances and leave. As I walk out into the street, a new and sanctified V\'e5nd\'e4vana lies before me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li2520\ri1440\fi-1267 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p12:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the streets of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana: "There is a speck covering your eye, and when it is removed you will see all this as Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha (the spiritual sky)." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vi\'e7akh\'e4 Dev\'e9 D\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2520\ri1440\fi-1267 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p14: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the courtyard of R\'e4dh
\'e4-D\'e4modara: Devotees offer obeisances as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da concludes chanting and begins to speak. On the left is the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vi\'e7akh\'e4 
Dev\'e9 D\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2520\ri1440\fi-1267 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p16: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakti
vedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da: "The answer is found in every one of his books." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yaduvara D\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2520\ri1440\fi-1267 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p31: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba D
eities: "Most people do not know how to love God . . .because they are ignorant of God's form . . . . and it is that form that invokes our love." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava D\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Bhakti, the Perfect Science
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BHAKTI \line THE PERFECT SCIENCE
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 O.B.L. Kapoor, Ph.D.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As commonly understood, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and science are diametrically opposed. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f10\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (devotion) is supposed to rest on blind faith and absolute surrender of human reason and will, while science is supposed to rest on observation and experiment. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f10\fs18\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not doubt, for he says, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0\'e7ay\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97the man who doubts is doomed. Science feeds on doubt, for it says that doubt leads to true
 knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No wonder, therefore, that in this age of science }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is regarded as a sign of backwardness and an effort to escape from the realities of life. But what is strange is that the scientists who swear by truth and open-mindedness, and do not
 accept or reject anything unless it is scientifically proved or disproved, generally adopt the most unscientific attitude towards }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They reject }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and all that it stands for without caring to test 
its propositions scientifically.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 BHAKTI AS A SCIENCE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists argue that the propositions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are not amenable to scientific treatment. But they are mistaken. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is as much a science as physics, chemistry or any other science. It is based on observation and experiment, and its results are capable of verification. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a transcendental science, and its experiments are of a different nature. They are also more difficult than the experiments of ordinary science, for while
 in ordinary science experiments are made on outside objects, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the object of experiment is one
\'92s own self. It is not easy to do with self what we ordinarily do with other objects in scientific experiments.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a scientific experiment the object of study is taken in its pure and original form and in isolation from all other things. Since nat
ure does not always present things in a pure and unmixed form, the object under study has first to be isolated from other things. After this is done, certain changes are made in it, and the results are carefully watched. Under different conditions the th
ing is found to behave in different ways. In this manner, the laws governing its behavior are discovered. The body of knowledge comprising those laws is called a science.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  deals with the self in relation to Bhagavan or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The self also does not exist in its pure form. It is qualified by its association with the body and the sense objects. Its vision is blurred by egoism, gr
eed, lust, anger, jealousy and hatred. The first condition of a scientific experiment in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub therefor
e, is the purification of the self. This is not easy to attain. One can easily manipulate the objects outside the self. One can explode a hydrogen bomb or send an object to the moon. But when it comes to doing something that may change the age-old associ
ation of the soul with the things that are extraneous to it, that is a different matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is human nature to find reasons to ridicule that which is difficult to attain. This partly explains the attitude of the scientist to
ward }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But there are many persons who have performed the experiments in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in spite of this apparent difficulty. The science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the result of generalizations made by them which are described in such works as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bha
kti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, Ujjvala-nilamani, Bhakti-sandarblia, Priti-sandarblia }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and many others. The detailed, precise and systematic treatment in these works of the laws of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the stages of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the con
ditions of the various experiments in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will easily convince anyone who goes through them that }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is, by all standards, a science.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ORDINARY SCIENCE FAILS\line AS AN INSTRUMENT OF KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two questions one must ask while trying to ascertain whether a certain body of knowledge should be called a science:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (1) How far has it succeeded in discovering the real nature of the object of its study?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (2) How far are the laws it has discovered necessary or absolute?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Judging in the light of these questions, we find not only that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a science, but that it is the only science which deserves to be so called. For it alone gives us real knowledge, and its laws alone are necessary.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Developments in modern science have compelled the scientists to acknowledge that they are not able to discover the 
real nature of anything, nor are the laws they discover necessary.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may illustrate this with reference to the science of physics, which is not only the most advanced science today, but which also basi
cally runs into all other sciences.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First, let us take the question relating to the knowledge of the real nature of the object of study and compare, from this point of vie
w, the results obtained by the science of physics with those of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The physicist, trying to discover the real nature of matter, found that the smallest piece of matter, smaller than even the point of a 
pin, was composed of millions of electrons. He tried to study the nature of electrons and found that they were \'93disembodied charges of electricity,\'94 that is, electricity existing apart from matter. But though they were disembodied charges of electr
icity, they seemed to behave sometimes like a particle and sometimes like a wave. Eddington, therefore, suggested that they should be called \'93wavicles\'94 to indicate their dual character, but their real nature remained unknown. If they were not any }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  charged with electricity, but electricity itself, the question remained, what ultimately is electric
ity? The reply was that it is energy or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Energy, it was further explained, was a process. But en
ergy or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  always pertains to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7aktim\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or possesser of energy, and a process is always the process of some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thing}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  moving or acting or doing something. What is that which possesses the energy? What is that thing of which the energy is a process? The physicist has not been able to answer these ques
tions. And he will never be able to answer them, for he has reduced everything to energy, and nothing else remains to which he may point in answer to these questions. The real nature of matter thus remains unknown to him. He cannot say anything about it 
except that it is \'93he knows not what.\'94 Eddington says, \'93Something unknown is doing we do not know what\'97that is what our theory amounts to.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 BHAKTI HOLDS THE KEY TO KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All matter or unconscious things having been reduced by the scientist to some kind of energy or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is obvious that this energy can only be referred to some conscious principle. Scientists like Einstein, Eddington, James Jeans and
 J. B. S. Haldane have already recognized this. Eddington says, \'93Modern physics has eliminated the notion of substance. \'85 I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness.\'94 J.B.S. Haldane says, \'93The mate
rial world, which has been taken for a world of blind mechanism, is in reality a spiritual world seen very partially and imperfectly. \'85 The truth is that not Matter, not Force, not any physical thing, but Mind, Personality, is the central fact of the 
universe.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the scientists can do no more than guess about the existence of the conscious principle underlying this universe, whereas }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  provides direct, intimate and certain knowledge of it. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  knows that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which, according to the physicist, pervades the entire universe, is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para-brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the Supreme Absolute).
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eka-de\'e7a-sthitasy\'e4gner}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jyotsn\'e4 vist\'e4ri\'eb\'e9 yath\'e4\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parasya brahma\'eba\'f9 \'e7aktis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tathedam akhila\'e0 jagat
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just as the rays of fire located at one place are spread all over, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para-brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  extends all over in the form of the world.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.22.54)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The principle behind the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  manifesting itself in the form of the World is so subtle that it must always remain beyond the reach of the physical sciences. It can be apprehended only by the soul purified by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 yath\'e4tm\'e4 parim\'e5jyate \'92sau\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma
t-pu\'ebya-g\'e4th\'e4-\'e7rava\'eb\'e4bhidh\'e4nai\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 tath\'e4 pa\'e7yati vastu s\'fck\'f1ma\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub cak\'f1ur yathaiv\'e4\'efjana-samprayuktam
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Just as by the application of good ointment the eye is slowly cleansed and made capable of seeing finer objects, the soul of a devo
tee is gradually purified by listening to My divine narratives and is able to see the subtle spiritual principle of Mine.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.14.26
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yath\'e4 yath\'e4tm\'e4 parim\'e5jyate 'sau
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mat-pu\'ebya-g\'e4th\'e4-\'e7rava\'eb\'e4bhidh\'e4nai\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tath\'e4 tath\'e4 pa\'e7yati vastu s\'fck\'f1ma\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cak\'f1ur yathaiv\'e4\'efjana-samprayuktam
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4 yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as much as; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the spirit soul, the conscious entity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parim\'e5jyate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97is cleansed of material contamination; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asau}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mat-pu\'ebya-g\'e4th\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97the pious narrations of My glories; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by hearing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhidh\'e4nai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and by chanting; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tath\'e4
 tath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97exactly in that proportion; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pa\'e7yati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97he sees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vastu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Absolute Truth; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'fck\'f1mam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97subtle, being nonmaterial; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
cak\'f1u\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the eye; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97just as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'efjana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with medicinal ointment; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub samprayuktam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97treated.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub When a diseased eye is treated with medicinal ointment it gradually recovers its power to see. Similarly, as a conscious living entity
 cleanses himself of material contamination by hearing and chanting the pious narrations of My glories, he regains his ability to see Me, the Absolute Truth, in My subtle spiritual form. 
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.14.26)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This spiritual principle, which is fundamental to the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , can be tested like any other principle of science. It has actually been tested a number of times by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  like Prahl\'e4da and M\'e9r\'e4 Bai who have proved, by making such physical objects as a pillar and a cobra appear as N\'e5si\'e0ha Bhagavan and \'c7\'e4l
agr\'e4ma (forms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba), that the physical world is in essence the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Bhagav\'e4n or
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that Bhagav\'e4n, as the possessor of that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is present in it everywhere.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE LAWS OF ORDINARY SCIENCE ARE ILLUSORY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now let us take the second question relating to the laws. Since the time of Galileo and Newton, scientists have believed that the world
 is a big machine governed purely by mechanical laws. By the end of the Twentieth Century even the human brain came to be regarded as an intricate machine, governed by the purely mechanical laws of cause and effect. The concept of the free will of man wa
s destroyed, and religion and morality ceased to have any meaning for science.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the emergence of the electron on the stage of science brought about a complete revolution. The myth of the mechanistic structure of
 the universe was exploded. The electrons, which were recognized as the ultimate units of the physical world, were found not to be governed by mechanical laws. They seemed to be completely free in their behavior. The law of causation which is a presuppos
ition of science was found to have no meaning for them.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 1. \'93The concept of strict causation finds no place in the picture of the universe which the new physics 
presents to us,with the result that this picture contains more room than did the old mechanical picture for life and consciousness to exist within the picture itself.\'94\line James Jeans, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Mysterious Universe,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  page 43}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  If there was any law at all which governed their behavior, it was the Law of Indeterminacy, as Professor Heisenberg called it. The apparent determinism in events and the uniformity of nature were illusions, created by the functioning of 
electrons in crowds.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub James Jeans explains this by means of the following illustration: \'93If we spin a half-penny, nothing within our knowledge will be abl
e to decide whether it will come down heads or tails, yet if we throw up a million tons of halfpence, we know there will be 500,000 tons of heads and 500,000 tons of tails. The experiment may be repeated time after time and will always give the same resu
lt. We may be tempted to instance it as evidence of the uniformity of nature, and to infer the action of an underlying law of causation: in actual fact it is an instance only of the operation of the purely mathematical laws of chance.\'94\chftn{\*
\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ibid}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , page 42}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
2
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no determinism in events in which electrons are involved singly, but when a huge crowd of them is involved, as in the smallest
 piece of matter with which the earlier physicists could experiment, the illusion of determinacy creeps in. But this apparent determinism in large-scale events is of a statistical nature. Dirac describes it as follows: \'93When an observation is made on 
any atomic system \'85 in a given state the result will not in general be determinate, i.e., if the experiment is repeated several times under identical conditions several different results may be obtained. If the experiment is repeated a large number of
 times, it will be found that each particular result will be obtained a definite fraction of the total number of times, so that one can say there is a definite probability of its being obtained any time the experiment is performed. This probability the t
heory enables one to calculate.\'94 The laws of the physical sciences are, thus, not fully determinate or necessary. They are only laws of probability based on the mathematical law of averages.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE LAWS OF BHAKTI ARE REAL
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not, at first sight, seem to be in a more advantageous position than any of the physical sciences in respect of its laws, for it deals with man in loving relationship with God. Both man and God are free in their 
behavior like the electrons, and thus there can hardly be any laws regarding their behavior, But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  h
as nothing to do with man and God who are free. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  both man and God are bound in love. The God of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not simply the creator, destroyer and controller of the universe, but the cowherd boy who loves
 to dance to the tune of the milkmaids of Vraja. The God of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the God who says, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 bhakta-par\'e4dh\'e9no hy asvatantra iva dvija:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93I am wholly governed by My }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am not free in the least.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 9.4.63) In the realm of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  it is not God who reigns but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which is but an advanced stage of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and Bhagav\'e4n (God) seek fulfillment in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4. Prem\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub summum bonum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as well as for Bhagav\'e4n. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not seek Bhagav\'e4n but pure, selfless, dispassionate love for Him. Similarly, Bhagav\'e4n does not seek anything but love. He need not seek anything else, for there is nothing which, as the most perfect being, He doe
s not already possess. But as Love He is never perfect. Love is nothing but incessant yearning for more love. Perfection in love means negation of love. Every fulfillment in love creates a gap which calls for further fulfillment. Love is, therefore, esse
ntially dynamic, a vital upward surge through a necessary downward movement. It is self-fulfillment in self-abandonment, self-realization in self-effacement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and Bhagav\'e4n are fully bound by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the laws of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are fully determinate. They are neither the laws of probability nor the mathematical and illusory laws of ave
rages like the laws of the physical sciences, but they are objective and necessary. To take an example, there is a law of attraction in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which may be compared to the law of gravitation in the physical sciences. According to this law, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  attracts Bhagav\'e4n as a magnet attracts a piece of iron.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 3. M\'e4dhurya-k\'e4dambin\'e9, 8. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ha\'e0 ti\'f1\'f6h\'e4mi v
aiku\'eb\'f6he yogin\'e4\'e0 h\'e5daye\'f1u v\'e4 tattat ti\'f1\'f6h\'e4mi n\'e4rada yatra g\'e4yanti mad-bhakt\'e4\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93I live neither in My celestial abode nor in the heart 
of the yogis, but I go and sit wherever My }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sing.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub   }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) And again: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anuvraj\'e4my aha\'e0 nitya\'e0 p\'fcyeyety\'e4\'ecghri-re\'ebubhi\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 \'93I walk on the heels of My }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  so that I may be purified by the dust of their feet.\'94 (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1745 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\cb1\nosupersub TEXT 16
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirapek\'f1a\'e0 muni\'e0 \'e7\'e4nta\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirvaira\'e0 sama-dar\'e7anam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anuvraj\'e4my aha\'e0 nitya\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcyeyety a\'ecghri-re\'ebubhi\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirapek\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97without personal desire; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub munim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always thinking of assisting Me in My pastimes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7\'e4ntam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97peaceful; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nirvairam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97not inimical to anyone; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sama-dar\'e7anam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97equal consciousness everywhere; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anuvraj\'e4mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97follow; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nityam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97always; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub p\'fcyeya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I may be p
urified (I will purify the universe within Me); }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97thus; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'ecghri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the lotus feet; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub re\'ebubhi\'f9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the dust.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub With the dust of My devotees' lotus feet I desire to purify the material worlds, which are situated within Me. Thus, I always follow t
he footsteps of My pure devotees, who are free from all personal desire, rapt in thought of My pastimes, peaceful, without any feelings of enmity, and of equal disposition everywhere.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.14.16)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The law of gravitation may fail. There is nothing in modern science to guarantee that it will not. But the law of attraction in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can never fail, for it is guaranteed by Bhagav\'e4n. It is possible that a fruit may leave the tree and n
ot drop on the ground, but it is not possible that the flower of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  may blossom in the heart of a dev
otee and K\'e5\'f1\'eba may not be attracted by it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As some other examples of laws of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f10\fs18\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we may cite the following:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (1) The law of reciprocity, according to which Bhagav\'e4n fully reciprocates the devotional attitude of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 4. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye yath\'e4 m
\'e4\'e0 prapadyante ta\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93All of them\'97as they surrender unto Me\'97I reward accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of
 P\'e5tha.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4.11]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 4
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (2) The law of total self-surrender, according to which Bhagav\'e4n fully absolves a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of all his sins the moment he completely surrenders himself to Him.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 5. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo mok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9\line }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (3) The law of exclusive meditation, according to which Bhagav\'e4n Himself provides the means and end of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who exclusively and incessantly meditates on Him.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 6. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anany\'e4\'e7 cintayanto m\'e4\'e0 ye jan\'e4\'f9 paryup\'e4sate\line te\'f1\'e4\'e0 nity\'e4bhiyukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0 yoga-k\'f1ema\'e0 vah\'e4my aham
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93But those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form\'97to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Absolute Nature Of Bhakti
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Each of these laws is absolute. Anyone who tries them will find that the results are always the same. Thus the laws of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as well as the knowledge obtained through it are absolute. The absoluteness of the laws of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is due to the fact that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itself is an absolute science. It is not conditioned by anything, not even by Bhagav\'e4n, who is the Condition of all conditions and Cause of all causes. On the contrary, Bhagav
\'e4n Himself is conditioned by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 7. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-va\'e7a\'f9 puru\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ruti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The laws of the other sciences cannot be absolute for 
the simple reason that those sciences are relative and conditioned, at least by the will of Bhagav\'e4n. But the knowledge the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub provides is ultimate and absolute because it is the knowledge of the real nature of Bhagav\'e4n, the center and source of all knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattvata\'f9 \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 8. \'93One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Truly the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  holds within his grasp the very heart and soul of Bhagavan.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 9. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s\'e4dhubhir grasta-h\'e5dayo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.4.63) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How to Eat in Bhakti-Yoga
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub How to Eat in Bhakti-Yoga
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the original energy of the eternal spirit soul. This devotional service or bhakti-yoga 
is not like a religion or yoga process in which one engages part-time, once every Sunday, or for an hour in the morning. Actually, it is the natural activity of the liberated soul. It concerns every sphere of life. There is a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious way
 to do everything\'97a way to eat and sleep, a way to mate and defend, a way to do physical labor, business and farming, a way to administer and govern, and a way to perform intellectual work. There is a K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious way to be a student, a ho
useholder, a retired person or a renounced man. In all activities, in all statuses and classes of life, we can do things in the transcendental way of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Since eating is one of the most basic and important of all activities, thi
s article discusses the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious way to eat.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY RAV\'c9NDRA SVAR\'dcPA D\'c4SA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT [1]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Food is so important that the gradations of human beings and animals can be calculated according to their eating processes. In human so
ciety, for example, the dog-eater is considered to be the lowest, while among animals the stool-eater is likewise lowest. Indeed, George Bernard Shaw wrote a book called You }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are Wh
at You Eat. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The eating process is important, for if one cats like a cat or dog, he\'92ll become like a cat or dog, even in this life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is a discussion of food in terms of the modes or qualities of material nature. Material nature is said to be made }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs12\cf0\nosupersub Lip }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of three modes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (gu\'ebas), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namely, goo
dness, passion and ignorance, and when the living entity or spirit Soul comes into contact with the material nature, he becomes conditioned by the modes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mode of goodness is purer than the others, and one in goodness develops knowledge and becomes conditioned by happiness. The mode of
 passion is born of unlimited desires and longings, and one in passion becomes bound to the fruits of his actions. Moroseness and sleepiness characterize a person in ignorance, and he becomes conditioned by madness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba further explains to Arjuna in the Seventeenth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that persons situated in different modes are attracted to different kinds of food. The Supreme Lord says: \'93Foods in the mode of goodness increase the
 duration of life, purify existence, give strength and increase health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy and fatty, and they are very conducive to the health of the body. Food that is too bitter, too sour, too salty, too pungent, too dry 
or too hot causes distress, misery and disease. Such food is very dear to those in the mode of passion. Foods prepared more than three hours before being eaten, which are tasteless, juiceless, decomposing, which have a bad smell, and which consist of rem
nants and untouchable things, are very dear to those in the mode of darkness.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1
7.8-10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus a person eats according to his conditioned state. Whether one is situated primarily in goodness, passion or ignorance, he is still
 bound by the ropes of material nature. One may avoid untouchable things like meat and liquor and cat only milk products, Sugar, rice, wheat, fruits, vegetables and other foods dear to those in the mode of goodness. He may take his animal fat from milk a
nd his protein from peanuts, whole wheat, dahl, etc., thus avoiding the subhuman practice of slaughtering animals. Yet still he will remain situated within the material energy and will be bound by karmic reaction. Vegetarianism is not enough. It is neces
sary to transcend the modes of material nature, even in eating: \'93When he is able to transcend these three qualities, the embodied being can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life.\'94 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 14.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ACTING WITHOUT ACTING
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba points out, \'93No one can refrain from doing something, not even for a moment.\'94 }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.5}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One has to act because the living force is by n
ature active. But, for an embodied being, each and every action produces a reaction, good or bad, that binds him to the material world. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Yet how can we stop acting? If we want to eat we have to act, and eating is one of the necessities of life; if we stopped eating we would die. However, when we eat food prepared to satisfy our hunger,
 with each mouthful our involvement in the complexities of material nature deepens. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the dilemma of all embodied souls\'97how to act without entanglement. This is the same dilemma that perplexed Arjuna on the Bat
tlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. There was no question of Arjuna\'92s not fighting in the battle, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed him how to fight. The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: \'93O son of Kunt\'e9, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you of
fer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me. Thus You will be freed of all reactions to good and evil deeds, and by this principle of renunciation you will be liberated and come to Me.\'94 (Bg
. 9.27-28)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the solution offered by the Supreme Lord to the dilemma of all embodied souls. When our actions are all done for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, and not for ourselves, such actions produce no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Neither desiring nor hating the fruits of activit
ies, one should simply do everything for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus his consciousness will remain steadily fixed on the Supreme, though his actions appear to be ordinary.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants us to eat only food offered first in sacrifice to Him. He says: \'93The devotees of the Lord are released fro
m all sins because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person sees himself always as a servant of the supreme enjoyer. His meditation on K\'e5\'f1\'eba is uninte
rrupted and steady, and he does not need to drop down to the level of material sense gratification to eat. In the kitchen, he is thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for whom he prepares palatable dishes. He does not enjoy the food while he is preparing it, nor d
oes he taste it, even to adjust the spices. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the first to enjoy. Then, with love and devotion, he offers the preparation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the pleasure reservoir of the senses, and says pleasing prayers asking K\'e5\'f1\'eba to p
lease accept his offering. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not that God is hungry and comes begging some food. No, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always self-satisfied, and whatever we offer Him is His
 to begin with. But He wants to set up a reciprocation, an exchange of feelings. He does not ask for an opulent feast\'97just a little water, a leaf or some fruit, which can be secured by any person under any circumstances. He does not say that He will a
ccept meat, or fish, or eggs, and thus one who wants to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba will refrain from offering Him these things. Just simple vegetarian dishes should be offered\'97the necessary ingredient is love and devotion\'97and K\'e5\'f1\'eba will accept
 them.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HOW CAN GOD EAT?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now one may think, \'93Well, all this sounds very nice, but one thing is missing. You\'92re assuming that God eats. But since God is sp
iritual, not material like us, how can He eat?\'94 This is a good question. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is spiritual, of course. But we have to understand what that means. If we try to figure out God on the power of our own intelligence, we may arrive at our idea of 
God in this way: \'93Spiritual is just the opposite of material; as we have material bodies which limit us, so God Must be spiritual and unlimited by any body. As I have hands and feet, so God must be without hands and feet: I have eyes, ears, a nose, an
d a tongue, and God must be eyeless, earless, noseless, tongueless and so on.\'94 Nearly everyone speculates like this, and that\'92s why so many people have been led to believe that God is impersonal or void. Thus the idea of God\'92s eating becomes dif
ficult to understand.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we should consider, first of all, the worth of this speculative process. Since we are limited by our material bodies, how, by means
 of speculation, are we to have knowledge about an area far beyond the scope of our senses? Since we are enclosed in these material forms, we are conditioned by defective senses, by a propensity for error, by a tendency to be illusioned, and by a propens
ity to cheat. With these defects we can hardly figure out God. Unless we meet an authority who can give us}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f8\fs10\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub definite information about God, we cannot know anything about Him. We can only have vague negative ideas. Because we thus stand in need of aid, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself delivered positive knowledge about Himself to His disciples like Lord Brahm
\'e4 and Arjuna and arranged to have such knowledge handed down through an unbroken chain of perfect spiritual authorities. We can therefore read in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Arjuna, \'93I am unborn, and My transcendental body never deteriorates.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 4.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He further states that the f
orm which He displayed 5,000 years ago on this earth is His own original and transcendental form\'97not an assumed material form, like our own. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not embodied; He is not a spiritual spark covered by a material body. Rather, He is His own 
spiritual form, eternal and always young.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus, according to information from the spiritual chain of authority, God is equipped with all senses\'97sight, touch, taste, smell, et
c. But His senses are spiritual. If we think about it, we can understand how this teaching makes much more sense than the impersonal conclusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth. This means that He is the origin or source of everything; whatever we can experience, spiritual o
r material, is an emanation from Him. Therefore our own mind, senses and intelligence are all creations of the Absolute Truth. This means that the Absolute Truth is not without mind, senses or intelligence. He is not impersonal. If He were lacking in sen
ses or in intelligence, He would be less than His own creation. The very word \'93created\'94 indicates that He has transcendental intelligence. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a person, we are persons. When a father begets a child, that child is equipped with
 hands and legs because the father has them. The child also has senses because his father has senses. Therefore sometimes it is said that man is made in the likeness of God. We have senses because K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Original}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father, has senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But because K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s senses are spiritual, they are not limited in the way that ours are limited. In our material body, each
 sense can only perform its own proper function, but in the transcendental figure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba each and every limb possesses in itself the full-fledged functions of all the other organs. Each sense can perform the functions of all the rest. This mea
ns that He can walk with His hands, see with His hands, or eat with His eyes. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He impregnated all living entities into the womb of material nature by His glance. This is the nature of the Lord\'92s spiritual form. Thus when we offer food to the Lord and he hears our prayers and sees the food on the altar, th
at seeing and hearing are wholly identical with His eating and enjoying the food. In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts Our offering and eats it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT [2]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The remnants of food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pra
s\'e4dam. Pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means mercy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts the offering of food and then returns it to His devotee as His mercy, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself becomes the food which w
as offered to Him. Because the food is in contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it becomes spiritualized, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized. Such food is transcendental, completely free from contact with the modes of goodness, passion and darkness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub less food, and anyone who takes K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a
dvances in spiritual life. One may try to attain the Supreme by an assault of mental speculation, or by drilling the respiration, etc., but what is so nice and so easy as reaching the supreme destination simply by eating?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is prepared with love and devotion for the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is accepted by His
 mercy after it is offered to Him, no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub attaches itself to the food because nowhere is there any sens
e gratification or material desire. In preparing, in offering and eating K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a pe
rson remains fixed in the transcendental position, absorbed in Brahman, spirit, and undeluded by the modes of nature. Eating in this way is the actual attainment of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'93A person is said to have attained to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts for sense gratification nor engages in fruitive activities.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.4)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Renunciation is essential for any person serious about spiritual advancement. If a person claims to be engaged in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or spiritual development but does not firmly engage in renunciation of fruitive activities and sense gratification, he 
is a cheater or is being cheated by a cheater. Somehow or other one must prevent the senses from engaging in material activities of sense gratification this is taught by all authorities, including Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Buddha, Lord Jesus Ch
rist, \'c7r\'e9pada \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once upon a time, many ages ago, a great devotee named Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja practiced very severe }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to realize God in six months. First he ate only fruits and berries every third day, and in the second month he ate dry grass and 
leaves every sixth day; in this way he progressed to taking only a little water every sixth day, and finally, he was taking a breath of air every twelve days. In this way, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja renounced sense gratification and realized God. Now, in this
 age, it is impossible for us to practice such severe austerities to control the senses. Who can do it, or even take the first steps? Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not instruct, \'93Don\'92t eat.\'94 Rather, He says, \'93Eat K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eat sumptuously, and in that way renounce sense gratification ans fruitive activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Any person can prepare, offer and eat K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4
dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  even at home, without inconvenience. Such a wonderful activity is very simple. It is the perfection of eating, and it is \'93everlasting and joyfully performed.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ~INVITATION~
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On behalf of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, we invite You to partake of a sumptuous feast of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba pras\'e4dam every Sunday at any of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temples listed in the front of this magazine. The Sunday transcendental festival and love feast usually begins around four p.m.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please come and enjoy a whole feast of karma-less food and advance wonderfully in spiritual life. The devotees will be
 more than pleased to show you how to offer all your food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so that your eating may always be simply wonderful and your advancement on the path back home, back to Godhead, will be sure.\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Unique Standards of \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE UNIQUE STANDARD OF \'c7R\'c9
MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY KARU\'cb\'c4SINDHU D\'c4SA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many scriptural writings present for perusal by intelligent and enlightened men who are able to appreciate the value of autho
ritative spiritual knowledge. Amongst those fortunate souls who are able to appreciate authoritative information, the question must arise as to which to study. We must first kill the serpent of conditional limitations and fly away from relative terms, fo
r by definition God is the infinite, unlimited Absolute Truth. There are higher and lower principles of truth evident in all endeavors for knowledge, so we must turn ourselves to the complete knowledge of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Although we are obvio
usly finite, we cannot contradictorily impose impotency on the Infinite by charging Him with being unable to reveal Himself to the finite. We necessarily must inspect the various types of information available, with a view toward capturing a grasp on the
 Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the various scriptures there are various indications that God is the most powerful, the supreme creator, the most intelligent, and s
o forth. The conclusion is that God is the Supreme Entity. In the Sanskrit language He is therefore termed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub which means the possessor of all opulence in full\'97that is, unlimited strength, unlimited intelligence, and unlimited beauty, wealth, fame and renunciation. Without such complete opulence there is no meaning to the nomenclature \'93God.
\'94 With the goal of meeting a complete understanding of the Complete, let us search out the authorized information which delivers that knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The standard of the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fulfills all the requisites of even the most demanding and intelligent inquirer for it is factually the acme of literature for the theistic pursuit. This literature was delivered in
 response to the need for guidance in self-realization. The endeavor for self-realization necessitates a complete ontology which is properly derived from scriptural sources. One inquiry which prefaces the speaking of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the request for a summary exposition of the essence of all scriptures and the various duties known therein. Not only is 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the essence of all scriptures, but it is spoken by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the most perfect swanlike transcendental lists who are in full knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The surpassingly excellent attributes of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavatam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are revealed in the second verse of this unrivalled standard for transcendental study. It is therein stated:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'f9 projjhita-kaitavo \'92tra
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93All so-called religiosity covered by fruitive intentions is completely rejected herein.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 1 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fruitive intentions take the shape of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (liberation), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (sense gratifica
tion), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (economic development), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (worldly religiousness or duty), and they despoil the attempt at true religion. The motive for them all is self-aggrandizement. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the sense of worldly religiousness is accepted by those who aspire after }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or economic development, for an intelligent man, recognizing that he is not the independent source of his own support, realizes the necessity for wor
ship of a higher source to fulfill his desires. Economic development, in turn, is pursued for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
(sense gratification), which lies as the ultimate goal for all materially infected beings. Sense gratification is a carousal in the animal propensities of eating, defending, sleeping and sex life and, more subtly, mental speculation. None of these affair
s of the mundane world actually delivers the nectar of complete ecstasy which the soul demands by its nature. Thus in course of time the living being becomes frustrated with religiosity, acquisition and sense gratification, and he desires }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , liberation from them. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mok\'f1a}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , liberation, must also be relegated to the Mundane platform because it is simply a reaction (though quasi-spiritual) to the modes of material existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Taken together, religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation summarize the mundane goals. These, however, must
 be abandoned as pollutions covering the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the essential function of the soul. By an
d large, beings of this world are exclusively engaged with these fruitive intentions and are therefore without the qualification to comprehend the highest truth. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rejects these motives }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub in toto}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as unworthy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beyond merely discarding mundane ethos, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub directs us to the highest goal.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paramo nirmatsar\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sat\'e4\'e0\line vedya\'e0 v\'e4stavam atra
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The highest truth, which is understandable by those who are fully pure in heart, is inculcated herein.\'94\chftn{\*
\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 2 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  given by the same author, Vedavy\'e4sa, distill the vast Vedic texts into concise statements about the nature of the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  impress transcendence from their very onset with the aphorism:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Now [when one is equipped with vast previous preliminary understanding and the facilities of the rare human frame en
dowed with sufficient intelligence], it is time to inquire about the nature of the Absolute Truth.\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 3 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180
\li720\ri720\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human life is uniquely valuable, for it alone offers the opportunity to become enlightened about the Absolute Truth, leaving asid
e the secondary mean concerns of eating, sleeping, defending and mating, which are available in all aspects of living beings down to the lowliest insects and bacteria. The absurd dance of sensuality and mental speculation which dissipates one\'92s precio
us energy into the ever-muting reservoir of mundane elements is abandoned herewith. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fctras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub continu
e:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dyasya yata\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The Absolute Truth is that from which all is emanating, by which all is maintained, and by which all is conserved in
 its unmanifested state.\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 4 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janma-adi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and destruction; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub That Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) is he from whom the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universe arises.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.2)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The same aphorism, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dyasya yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is echoed in Vedavy\'e4sa\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his own bona fide exposition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub texts, which are in the form of codes
 full of great meaning. In dealing with codes, one needs some access or key to understanding, since the compactly concentrated statements imply far more than their apparent simple meanings. Upon inspection, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  give rise to volumes of transcendental indications, and one need only approach the author\'92s own }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for the complete crystallization of this knowledge. In this work Vedavy\'e4sa benedicts us with a vi
ew of all aspects of the Absolute Truth, especially of the original essential feature of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who supports all other features and energies as the Supreme Personality of G
odhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although purely theistic, this topic is completely nonsectarian. The Absolute Truth knows no limit, for it is He from whom everything e
manates and who is the cause of all causes and possessor of infinite opulence and energies (both minute and grand). No one can claim an interest separate from the quest of understanding the Absolute Truth \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for all entities and states of existence have their source in Him. Therefore, the intelligent inquirer will recognize that stu
dy of the Absolute Truth is the prime function of life. There can be no question of validity in accusations of sectarianism because when one realizes the nature of God as the Absolute Truth from whom all emanates, there is no possibility of relegating Hi
m to a realm of eclipsed thought.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedavy\'e4sa states clearly at the beginning of his great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh
\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the Absolute Truth is known in three features: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmeti param\'e4tmeti bhagav\'e4n iti. 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The feature of Bhagav\'e4n or K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, the Personality of Godhead, is supreme. The other two features\'97Brahman (impersonal raw effulgence) and Param\'e4tma (all-pervasive Supersoul)\'97are supported by Him, just as light and heat are inseparably supported by the filament of an incandescen
t electric bulb. Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub summum bonum }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the quest for the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the source and support of all categories of existence, \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba still remains aloof. In the first verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svar\'e4\'f6 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
or fully independent. The understanding of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  position in this matter was bestowed by K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in His divine appearance as \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu in the guise of His o
wn perfect devotee. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya put forth the sublime doctrine of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub or the inconceivable, simultaneous oneness and difference of the Lord. As in the example of the light bulb, one cannot separate the energy from the energetic. (There is no meaning to a light without its radiant energy.) Still, the energet
ic source at the same time remains distinct. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifests all varieties of energies, yet He remains the Supreme Transcendental Entity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The intelligent soul must therefore seek his relationship with the Absolute Truth as his quintessential purpose. However we exist, ther
e are always relationships and functions. We are now encased in gross and subtle forms of matter\'97specifically, the body, mind and intelligence\'97but by careful examination we find that we are not the body, for we identify it as our possession (\'93my
\'94 hand, \'93my\'94 mind, etc.). It is properly owned by the \'93I,\'94 and there is a distinction between \'93me\'94 and what is \'93mine.\'94 We should therefore accept all corporeal functions as corollary to embodiment and thus not at all primary. A
lthough there are many codes prescribed in the Vedic scriptures and elsewhere for the conduct of ordinary activities, they should be executed properly in relation to the Absolute Truth. Similarly, mundane knowledge must also be regarded in the same light
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All duties or essential performances are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or sustainers of the living beings. The living beings are described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternal,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 6 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.17-20)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and thus possessing
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an eternal function. As part and parcel of the Absolute Truth,\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 7 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.35)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all souls are serving \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 8 (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.11)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but som
e, in forgetfulness of their true nature, serve Him only through His external potency, according to their degree of surrender to Him. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and those who worship the formless Brahman effulgence also appreciate some part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub para\'e0 brahma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the Supreme Spirit), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4tma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the all-pervading Supersoul) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the Supreme Personalit
y of Godhead). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or one\'92s function in relation to Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Person. Thus all phases of spiritual realization are climaxed by the attainm
ent of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the substance of the discrete existence of all categories, mundane and transcendental; thus in all circumstances the ultimate reality under
lying all outward manifestations and changes is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the true subject of predication.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The effect of pursuing the knowledge of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4ga
vatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is stated:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vastu \'e7ivada\'e0 t\'e4patrayonm\'fclanam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The highest truth is described to uproot the threefold miseries for the welfare of everyone.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The motive and result are disclosed here as being universal welfare. There are numberless attempts to benefit the public and free the
m from the miseries of existence, which are described as threefold: (1) miseries inflicted by other living beings, (2) miseries inflicted by natural phenomena (floods, heat and cold, etc.), and (3) miseries due to one\'92s own self (mental anxieties, old
 age, etc.). These miseries are inherent in the condition of embodiment and cannot be compromised or surpassed by any amount of planmaking. The solution is to relieve the suffering soul from embodiment by enlightening him to his true nature as part and p
arcel of God and the Lord\'92s eternal servitor. By experiencing himself as aloof from the gross and subtle (mental and intellectual) bodies, the suffering soul becomes free from the inescapable miseries of these coverings. This can be perfected even in 
the embodied state by advancement of transcendental knowledge, which relieves the soul of the false sense of lordship over his bodily designation and its relations and establishes him by degrees in his true position of loving servitorship to the eternal 
Lord \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotional service is clearly the most attractive proposition, surpassing all flickering pleasures of the mundane platform and even the conception of li
beration from the material world (which is no more than mere negation of the innate miseries of mundane existence). One situated in transcendental service is already liberated from the woes of false identification, and above that, he experiences the ecst
atic mellow taste of loving exchange with the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead. This service is truly beneficial for universal welfare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since all souls are equipped with the facility simply to hear the message of Godhead and advance in transcendental understanding, the f
oundation of enlightenment is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or authorized hearing, which is counted as the prima
ry process of the devotional ennead. The application of devotional service is followed causelessly by knowledge and renunciation.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 10 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.3.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The ultimate goal must be surrender to the Absolute Truth, and neces
sarily one must be equipped with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotion, and its corollaries, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowledge (of the mundane and transcendent natures), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , detachment from the mundane platform. All requisites are bestowed simply by authorized hearing of the great literature }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the authentic transcendental science given by the foremost spiritual authority, \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva, the author of all the Vedic literature, which encompasses the entire spectrum of knowledge, bo
th transcendental and mundane. The higher division of knowledge, of course, deals with the higher aspect of existence, generally referred to as spiritual or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is, existence full of truth and eternity, unadulterated consciousness and pure cognition, and full uninterrupted bliss. Vy\'e4sadeva\'92s transcendental expositions deal with a
ll the numerous categories and climax in delivering the substance in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After co
mpiling all of his vast writings, he was not fully pacified even by such great contributions as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub until on the order of his spiritual master he carried out the mission of writing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub which deals directly with the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His devotees. Thus it is said that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the fully ripened fruit of the Vedic tree of wisdom\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 11 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and in fact the literary incarnation of Godhead given by the incarnation of Godhead Himself.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 12 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.3.40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Vedavy\'e4sa\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the full treatise on the Absolute Truth beyond the indica
tions and suggestions of his other discourses, and it is thus intended for the fully mature transcendentalist and inquirer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply by eager aural reception of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the candidate for understanding transcendental knowledge becomes qualified to realize the Absolute Truth to full capacity. If one submits to the Absolute Truth he can know the Absolute Tr
uth. The transmission of the messages of Godhead contains complete transcendental potency by the absolute omnipotency of the Supreme, and by proper association with these messages, the path is cleared for the aspirant. K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually becomes the
 well-wisher of the devotee and vanquishes all inauspiciousness and defectiveness within him. The mood of challenge divorces the defiant soul from any entrance into truth, for the truth stands aloof from challenge or doubt. The sublime and uncomplicated 
means of success is simply to flood the self with the companionship of the truth, thus annihilating the darkness of ignorance, which is fraught with the agonized writhings of the faithless mind. The prime qualification is to hear conscientiously.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the method of hearing is direct and free from complication, it is not cheap; rather, it must come in a strictly authorized m
anner. According to spiritual authorities, the aspirant must receive his instruction from a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or spiri
tual master who is himself qualified by proper hearing and is situated according to the instruction that originates from the Absolute Truth Himself. The precepts are activated by the preceptor; one must receive the literature }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from the person }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the representative of the line of disciplic succession. The understanding is not accessible in any other manner; the transcendental method must be employed above all mundane attempts. 
Often mundaners will attempt to understand or present this great literature according to their own erroneous interpretations, but the method of transmission and the literature itself are both of the same quality as Godhead\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , perfect and complete. Thus the need for adopting some new dichotomy is simply a superfluous concoction. The autho
r, Vy\'e4sadeva, is fully qualified by disciplic succession to render the sublime topics, and the audience of his messages should receive them from Vy\'e4sa\'92s representative without adulteration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Absolute Truth is revealed by degrees in Vy\'e4sadeva\'92s systematic presentation. The full appreciation of the substanc
e is uncovered by grades of categorical revelation in the first nine cantos, and when these are fully assimilated the candidate becomes God realized. Thus when one can understand the nature of the Supreme Person he can take to hearing the succeeding acco
unts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s intimate activities with His closest associates. Often unscrupulous men make a pretense of study of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and immediately leap to the Tenth Canto, which they are unqualified to enter. Transcendental enlightenment, however, is bestowed by the Supreme Transcendence Himself in His full presence in the form of sound v
ibration which comes through His authorized representatives, His transparent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub via media. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no means
 to circumvent the Lord\'92s agency of His pure devotees and approach Him in any other way. Souls contaminated by mundane affinity are unfit to contact the transcendental nature, but by Divine Grace the pure devotees are available just to engage the dise
ased souls in the service of the Transcendence and purify them. The primary qualification is the urge to hear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (topics related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His own words), and thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub cleanses such sincere souls from all affinities for material enjoyment. One who falls into the mire becomes covered by muck. Similarly, one\'92s body made of the material elements bears irrevocable evidence to the desire for material enjoymen
t. Without purification, we must act on the platform of pollution and distraction from the Supreme Absolute Truth \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The cleansing process which allows our dormant desire for the Supreme to come forth is available only in humble selfless service to the lotus feet of the Lord\'92s pure devotees.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 13 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.16-20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By gaining the standard of purity by the grace of the Lord\'92s devotees, the soul becomes qualified to comprehend the nature of the Ab
solute Truth and enter into that nature. When one is no longer diverted by any affinity for the combination of the mundane modes, he is able to fix his mind in undeviating attention on the supermost feature of the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality 
of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub declares that He is known according to the surrender of the individual,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf0\up6 14 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.11)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but the ability to surrender demands enlightenment gained by service. It is said, as noted previously, that the highest truth is understandable by those who are fully pure in heart
, free from all mundane contaminations.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 15 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The purification process must be adopted because the goal is supreme. The means of
 purification are not unreasonable or artificial impositions, but they simply change one\'92s association in such a way that his attention is turned to transcendence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is engaged in some service by hearing, glorifying, questioning, desiring or other bodily activities, for service is the innate
 function of the finite living entities. Within the mundane field, however, the eternal living beings are enmeshed in the service of their temporal and ignorant environment (the transitory material body and mind and their relationships). However, by the 
practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaidhi-bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (regulated devotional life), the individual\'92s function of service is tu
rned to the completely ecstatic activities of loving the eternal Supreme Lord. All beings are attracted by greatness, and thus they serve greatness according to their appreciation. But Bhagavan \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the person of infinite greatness, and when the individual can grasp K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s supremacy, he engages in his original pure servi
ce. The process is therefore not dry, but is a progressive awakening of the attraction for God that is dormant within all conditioned beings. It is simultaneously simple and sublime; the means are the same as the end, for service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the
 so-called practice and also the culmination.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 16 (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.7-9)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most accessible mode of service is simply to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s glories, for thus the natural affinity of the minute so
uls for the Supreme Soul is invoked:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7vara\'f9 sadyo h\'e5dy avarudhyate \'92tra k
\'e5tibhi\'f9 \'e7u\'e7r\'fc\'f1ubhis tat-k\'f1a\'eb\'e4t
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93As soon as one applies his attentive and submissive aural reception to the message [of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ], he becomes attached to the Supreme Lord at once.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 17 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 17
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As discussed previously, once one is purified and free from the distractions of mundane existence, he can turn full proper attention 
to culturing knowledge of the Absolute. As the fully potent Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is fully present in the accounts of His glorious attributes and pastimes, and thus anyone can relish his constitutional ecstasy in the holy service of hearing thes
e glories. Govinda (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) is the reservoir of unlimited spiritual bliss, and by His full presence in His pastimes they remain everfresh, as confirmed by the sages of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaya\'e0 tu na vit\'e5py\'e4ma\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uttama-\'e7loka-vi
krame\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yac ch\'e5\'ebvat\'e4\'e0 rasa-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4du sv\'e4du pade pade
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93We shall never tire of hearing the transcendental pastimes of the Personality of Godhead who is glorified by transce
ndental prayers. Those who have developed a taste of their transcendental relationship with Him relish hearing of His pastimes at every moment.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up6 18 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.19}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the natural fully blissful state of the soul (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) can be experienced, undiminished; one need only accept the proper method of receiving }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We therefore humbly beg the reader to seize this most fortunate opportunity by turning his attention to the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which fixes within one\'92s heart the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the sun, and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba t
o His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the age of Kali shall get light from this pur\'e4\'eba.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 19 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.3.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa266\li2520\ri720\fi-1584 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo's p33:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the transcendental abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is depicted here. \line On the upper left Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba dances on the heads of the demoniac K
\'e4liya serpent whose venom had polluted the waters of the River Yamun\'e4. The Lord subdued the demon simply by dancing on his heads and drove him away from the Yamun\'e4's waters. Pure devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba derive transcendental pleasure fro
m visiting the sites of the Lord's pastimes. \line On the upper right \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da leads disciples on an early morning walk in this transcendental land. \line On the lower right is a temple of worship at Govardhana Hill. When torrents of rai
n once threatened to flood V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba lifted this entire hill as an umbrella to protect His devotees. \line Below, devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement celebrate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'ebk\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord\'97in the streets of present\'97day V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct pe
rception of the self by realization, it is the perfection of religion. It is everlasting, and it is joyfully performed."
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.2
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 5
4, 1973
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This magazine, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is like a desire-fulfilling tree. In the transcendental world called Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha there are trees which can yield any desire. In the same way, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub magazine can actually fulfill all of our desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On our part, we must be very serious and read with great attention. The knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba found herein is exactly what we are
 searching for because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of pleasure. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-attractive and is the source of all enjoyment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In trying to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it will help to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra found on this page. This chant\'97}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97cleans the dust from one's mind. It is a transcendental sound vibration which does not need to be analyzed. Even if one does not know the chemical elements of honey, one can still taste its sweetness very easily.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  magazine very carefully. If one does these simple things he can gradually advance more and more, day by day, until he comes to the point of complete K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, w
hich is the end of knowledge and the highest stage of blissful liberation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da) }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editor: 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $4.50 per year ($6.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 32 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. 54 \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved.       Printed in Japan.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting a scientific program for the respiritualization of all of human society. Althou
gh man has made rapid material progress, there is a need for a spiritual method by which all men can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity through a common cause. The greatest cause for all men is devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead, and thus is being introduced all over the world by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a simple, practical and universal way that can be accepted by men of any race, religion or nationality. For information on how you can bec
ome a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Underneath one of the desire trees in the transcendental land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the spiritual world, there is a jeweled throne on w
hich K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the Supreme Lord and His supreme pleasure potency, are seated. They are served with great reverence and affection by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Approaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Love
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub APPROACHING K\'c5\'d1\'cbA WITH 
LOVE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was on this earth, all the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana loved Him. Indeed, they knew nothing but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Th
ey did not know whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God or not God, nor were they disturbed by such thoughts as, "I shall love K\'e5\'f1\'eba if He is God." Their attitude was one of pure love, and they thought, "He may or may not be God\'97it doesn't matter. We l
ove K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that's all." This then is the platform of real unalloyed love. When one thinks, "If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God, I shall love Him," it should be known that this is not the platform of pure love but of conditional love. While on earth, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba exhibited extraordinary powers, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vrajav\'e4s\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, oft
en thought, "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is such a wonderful child. Maybe He is some demigod." They thought in this way because people were generally under the impression that the demigods were all-powerful. Within the material world the demigods are powerful, bu
t people are not aware that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is above all of them. The highest }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the demigods, Brahm}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , gave his opinion of this matter in the verse }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Sup
reme Controller, and His body is full of knowledge, bliss and eternality." Little did the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana know of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's power as the ultimate controller and master of all the demigods. What is noteworthy is that their love for Him
 was not subject to such considerations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana loved K\'e5\'f1\'eba unconditionally, similarly K\'e5\'f1\'eba loved them unconditionally. }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vraja-jana-vallabha, girivaradh\'e4r\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana stopped performing sacrifices 
to Lord Indra, the chief demigod of the heavens, they placed themselves in a very dangerous position. Indra became very angry and sent powerful clouds which rained over V\'e5nd\'e4vana incessantly for seven days. The whole area began to flood, and the in
habitants became very disturbed. Although He was only seven years old, K\'e5\'f1\'eba saved the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana by lifting Govardhana Hill and holding it up as an umbrella to shield the village. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba thus taught the demigod 
Indra that his disturbances could be stopped simply by His little finger. Seeing this, Lord Indra bowed down before K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba also became known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9-jana-vallabh
a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which indicates that His only business is to protect the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9jana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement aims at teaching people how to become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9janas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or pure lovers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we reach that stage of pure love of God, the Lord will save us from any danger, even if it means His lifting a hill or a mountain. K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not have to practice some }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system in order to lift Govardhana Hill. As God, He is all-powerful, even as a child. He played like a
 child and dealt with others like a child, but when there was need, He manifested Himself as God Almighty. That is the nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God: He does not have to practice meditation or follow some system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in order to become God. He is not a manufactured type of God but is God eternally.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although He is God, He enjoys loving relationships with His devotees, and in order to satisfy His devotees, He often takes roles that a
ppear to be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Subsidiary. K\'e5\'f1\'eba often likes being the child of a devotee, and thus He became the beloved child of Ya\'e7od\'e4, Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana. Because He is God and e
veryone worships Him, no one chastises Him. However, K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoys being chastised by His devotee father and mother, and because K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes pleasure in being chastised, the devotees also take up the role, saying, "All right, I shall bec
ome Your father and chastise You." Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to fight, one of His devotees becomes the demon Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu and fights with Him. In this way, all K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities are carried out in connection with His devotees.
 If we aspire to become such associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, awareness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ya\'e7od\'e4-nandana vraja jana-ra\'efjana. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's only business is satisfying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vrajajanas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and their only business is satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the reciprocation of love. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yamun\'e4-t\'e9ra-vanac\'e4r\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, wanders on the banks of the Yamun\'e4 to please the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the cowherd boys, the birds, the bees and the cows and calves. These are not ordinary birds, bees, cows, calves or men; they have all reached the summit of self-realization and thus, after 
many, many lives, have attained a position whereby they can play with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement can enable everyone to go to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka and become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's associate as a friend, servant, father or mother.
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is agreeable to take any of these positions in relation to His devotee. How He does so is all described in our book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya. To }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realize our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we have but to follow in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya and His chief associates, the six }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa, San\'e4tana, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va, Gop\'e4la, Raghun\'e4tha D\'e4sa and Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a. These }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were always engaged in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dancing in ecstasy. They taught that when one
 is merged in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he merges i
nto the ocean of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is vibrated, one can immediately merge into the ocean of love. That is the sign of pure devotion. Thus at }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the six }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  would merge immediately into the ocean of love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The six }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were not only dear to the other devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu but to the nondevotees as well. A pure devotee's position is that he has no enemy because he is not envious. A pure devotee is always open to everyo
ne, and he does not discriminate that this person can be allowed to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that person should not be allowed. On the material platform, which is a platform of dualism, there are differences between high and low, man and woman, and 
this or that, but on the spiritual platform there are no such distinctions. The pure devotee, seeing everything with an equal mind, is therefore nonenvious. Because he is nonenvious, he is worshipable. Indeed, it may even be said that a person is worship
able simply if he is nonenvious, for it is only possible to be nonenvious on the spiritual platform. This is also the verdict of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line br\'e4hma\'ebe gavi hastini\line \'e7uni caiva \'e7va-p\'e4ke ca\line pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-da
r\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ihaiva tair jita\'f9 sargo\line ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 s\'e4mye sthita\'e0 mana\'f9\line nirdo\'f1a\'e0 hi sama\'e0 brahma\line tasm\'e4
d brahma\'ebi te sthit\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater (outcaste). Those whose minds are established in sameness and
 equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman." (Bg. 5.18-19)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such a position can be obtained by one who has acquired the mercy of Lord Caitanya. Upon obtaining His mercy, a person can deliver suff
ering humanity from material contamination. Because the six }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were such devotees, we offer o
ur respectful obeisances unto them with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vande r\'fcpa-san\'e4tanau raghu-yugau \'e7r\'e9-j\'e9
va-gop\'e4lakau}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The six }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv
\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were expert in scrutinizingly studying all the scriptures with the aim to establish real religion in the world. They left many books to guide us, the most famous of whi
ch is \'c7r\'e9 Rupa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu (The Nectar of Devotion), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which gives t
he neophyte devotee initial direction. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub always worked very hard, day and night, and the
ir business was simply writing books, chanting and dancing. Indeed, they were practically released from the bodily necessities of eating, sleeping, mating and defending themselves out of fear. There was no question of mating at all, nor was there any que
stion of fearing or defending, for they were totally absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At most they used to sleep one and a half hours daily, and they ate practically nothing. Whenever they felt hungry, they would simply go to a householder's home and beg one 
or two pieces of bread.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mission of such saintly persons is but to make suffering humanity happy by elevating everyone to spiritual consciousness. In the ma
terial world, everyone is trying to exploit one another-one nation is trying to exploit another nation, one society is trying to exploit another, one businessman is trying to exploit another, etc. This is called the struggle for existence, and out of it 
the people who are struggling have invented a law called "might is right," but we can actually see that even the most powerful must struggle, just as in the current world situation. There is a great struggle going on between Russia, America and China. Be
cause of such struggle, everyone is suffering. Indeed, the very struggle for existence means suffering. The pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, are not interested in exploiting others but in helping people become happy, and therefore they are worsh
iped on all planets. C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2it even said that a rich man and a learned man cannot be compared because a rich man may be honored in his own country or on his own planet, but a learned man, a devotee of God, is honored wherever he goes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor for a devotee is there a distinction between heaven and hell, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is with him in both places. Where there is K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no question of hell; every place is Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, for instance, didn't enter Jagann\'e4tha Temple at Pur\'e9 because he was born in a Mohammedan family, and the Hindus opposed the Mohammedans entering
 the temple. Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura did not let this disturb him, however. He thought, "Oh, why should I go and disturb them? I shall chant here." Consequently Lord Caitanya, who is Lord Jagann\'e4tha Himself, came daily to see Harid\'e4sa. This is th
e power of a pure devotee: He doesn't have to go to Jagann\'e4tha; Jagann\'e4tha comes to him. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu used to go see Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura daily when the Lord was going to bathe in the sea. The Lord would enter Harid\'e4sa's cott
age and ask, "Harid\'e4sa, what are you doing?" and Harid\'e4sa would reply, "Please come in, my Lord." This then is the actual position of a devotee. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that worship of His devotee is even more valuable than worship of Himself
. The devotee is actually able to deliver K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for he knows the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the science of hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words, eating K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pras\'e4dam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and enjoying K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The impersonalists and voidists may preach dry philosophical treatises on }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am spirit"\'97but ultimately who will be attracted? What is the difference between someone who thinks, "I am a stone," and someone who thinks, "I am
 void?" Why should we become stone, wood or void? Our actual position should be in reciprocating loving affairs with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spark for love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is struck by the spiritual master, the pure devotee. As for myself, my spiritual master, His Divin
e Grace Om Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, ordered me to take up the responsibility of spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the Western world. His Divine Grace had a great desire to preach Lord Caitany
a's message in the West, and my success is both his grace and pleasure. When I first met my spiritual master, I was a very young man in India, a nationalist, engaged in a very responsible office. But although I did not want to go; one of my friends, who 
is still living in Calcutta, forcibly took me to His Divine Grace. I was reluctant to see him because in our home our father used to receive many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and I was not very satisfied with their dealings. I thought that Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja might be a similar man, and if he were, what business would I hav
e in seeing him? But my friend took me forcibly. "Why not see him?" he asked. I finally relented and went with him, and I profited.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On my first visit, His Divine Grace said that it was necessary for educated boys like me to go to foreign countries and preach the gosp
el of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. I replied that India was a foreign dominated nation and that no one would hear our message. Actually at the time foreigners considered Indians to be very insignificant because in the face of so many independent nations India
 was still dependent, being dominated by Britain. At the time there was one Bengali poet who actually lamented that even uncivilized nations like China and Japan were independent, whereas India was dependent on the British. His Divine Grace convinced me 
that dependence and independence are simply temporary conditions, and he pointed out that because we are concerned with the eternal benefit of humanity, we should take up this challenge of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. This meeting with His Divine Grace, my Gu
ru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, took place in 1922, half a century ago.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I was officially initiated in 1933, just three years before the passing of Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja from this mortal world. At the last mome
nt, just a fortnight before his passing away, he wrote me a letter repeating his instructions. He specifically said that I should try to preach this gospel amongst English speaking people. After receiving this letter, I sometimes dreamed that Guru Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja was calling me and that I was leaving home and following him. I was dreaming in this way and thinking, "I have to give up my home. My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja wants me to give up my home and take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sannyasa. " }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the same time I thought, "This is horrible. How can I leave my home? My wife? My children?" This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually I did not want to give up my home life, but Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja made me give it up. Following his orders, I left 
my home, including a few children, but now Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja has given me many nice children all over the world. Thus by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba no one becomes a loser, and this is an example from my own practical experience.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I left India alone in 1965, I feared that I would have a great deal of trouble. The Indian government would not allow me to take a
ny money out of the country, so 1 came with only a few books and fourteen rupees. I arrived in New York City in such a condition, but it was all by the grace of Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everything happens by the combined mercy of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and the spiritual master. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are combined. This is the secret of the success of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub always within us, and consequently He knows everything about our purposes, and He gives us
 the opportunity to work as we decide. If we decide to enjoy this material world, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives us the intelligence to become a very shrewd businessman, or a popular politician, or a cunning man so that we can earn money and enjoy ourselves. Accor
ding to the standards of material life, many people are becoming great. They begin as very poor men and soon, by good fortune, become millionaires. We should not think, however, that they are attaining such success by their own puny endeavors. Without in
telligence, no one can improve, and that intelligence is given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [15.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that He is seated in everyone's heart as the Supersoul and that by His will a man can remember, and by His will a man can forget. K\'e5\'f1\'eba supplies forgetfulness and remembr
ance according to the living entity's desire. If we want to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba and enjoy the material world, He will give us the necessary intelligence so that we can forget Him for good.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many people are thinking, "I can enjoy this material world very nicely. Everyone is having such a good time. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no reason I can't enjoy myself as much as them." This idea is illusion because there is no real enjoyment in the material worl
d. We may rise to a very high position like President Kennedy. We may be very good looking, very famous, very intelligent and well educated, very wealthy and very powerful, and we may have a very beautiful wife and children and hold the highest position 
in the country but at any moment we are subject to be shot down. This is the nature of the material world: We have to face danger at every step. There is no question of having pleasure without impediments. Even when the pleasures are earned, they are ear
ned after a great deal of struggle and sacrifice, and whatever pleasure may be acquired is temporary, for in the material world there is no pleasure that can give us constant and unending enjoyment. Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba can give us that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that it is the welfare of every living entity to give up this nonsensical material activity and just surrender unto Him. Unfortunately, in this age people are so attracted by the gl
itter of material nature, to illusion, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that they are not very interested. K\'e5\'f1\'eba even declares that if one surrenders unto Him, He will give all protection from all sinful reactions, but still people are so attached that they cannot do it. People always fear th
at by surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba they will lose something, just as I feared losing my family by going to the Western world and preaching. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that if He takes anything away, He will reward us a thousand-fold.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master is also kind in that he begs from door to door, country to country, town to town: "My dear ladies and gentlemen, m
y dear boys and girls, please take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." In this way he renders very confidential service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord who gives the orders, and the spiritual master executes those orders; therefore th
e spiritual master is very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba sends him to heaven or to hell makes no difference to him. For the spiritual master, a pure devotee, heaven and hell are both the same if there is no K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
In hell people are suffering in so many ways, and in heaven they are enjoying their senses in so many ways, but a devotee of the Lord can live anyplace where there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and since he brings this consciousness with him, he is al
ways self-satisfied. If he is sent to hell, he will be satisfied simply chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In fact, he does not believe in hell but in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similarly, if he were put in heaven, where there are so many opportunities for sense gratifi
cation, he would also remain aloof, for his senses are satisfied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Thus for the service of the Lord a devotee is prepared to go anywhere, and for this reason he is very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Renounced impersonalist philosophers say that this world is false and that the impersonal Brahman is truth. But if they are asked to go
 out into society where material sense gratification predominates, they will refuse for fear of being affected by those conditions. For a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, however, there is no such difficulty. Because he is controlled and has taken shelte
r of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he is not afraid of going anywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Consequently when devotees meet in a place where there is no K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is no harm, for they take the opportun
ity to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and infuse the place with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This opportunity should always be taken. It is not that one should close himself up in a room and chant alone. The great sage N\'e4rada is a spaceman who travels all
 over the universe. Although he can dwell in the most elevated planets, he sometimes goes to hell and preaches there. That is the beauty of a servant of God\'97he is always acting out of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His parts and parcels.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The underlying principle of devotional service is unalloyed love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Regardless of the position of a particular devotee
\'97as friend, servant, parent or lover of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97his service is unconditional, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not dependent on any material condition. It is transcendental and has nothing to do with the modes of material nature. A devote
e is not afraid to go anywhere, and because of this he sees all material conditions as equal. In the world we may say that this is a good place to be and that is a bad, but, as pointed out before, the devotee is not subject to these mental concoctions. F
or him the basic principle of material existence is bad, for material existence means forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the neutral stage of devotion one may give more importance to the impersonal bodily effulgence of the Lord and to the Supersoul with
in the heart, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness actually develops when one thinks, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is my very intimate master of intimate relationships." In the beginning, of course, impersonal realization and realization of the Supersoul are part of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The partial realization of God in His impersonal aspect or in His aspect as Supersoul enables one to develop veneration of the Lord, but when one has an intimate relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a friend, master, son or lover, then the veneration disappears.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This platform of personal relationship is certainly higher than the impersonal platform or the platform of Supersoul or Param\'e4tm\'e4
 realization. In the neutral conception, one simply realizes that he and the Absolute Truth are one in quality, or he realizes that he is part and parcel of the Supreme. That is certainly knowledge, for when one develops a personal relationship with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba as servant and master, he begins to appreciate the full opulence of the Supreme Lord. One who realizes that God is full in six opulences actually begins rendering service. As soon as one becomes aware of the greatness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and 
understands K\'e5\'f1\'eba's superiority, his service begins. The awareness of God's greatness increases when transcendental service is rendered. A person who serves the Lord in order to satisfy the senses of the Lord becomes satisfied because K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is the Supersoul, and the individual living entity is His part and parcel. If He is satisfied, then the living entity is satisfied. If the stomach is satisfied, then all the parts of the body are satisfied, for they receive nourishment through the 
stomach. When one of my Godbrothers began to fan Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja on a very hot day, Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja asked, "Why are }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you fanning me all of a sudden?" The boy replied, "Beca
use if you are satisfied, we are all satisfied." This is the formula\'97we should not try to satisfy our senses separately but should try to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba's senses. Then naturally we will become satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person is always trying to give satisfaction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this is the beginning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness. Because in the impersonal conception there is no form of God, there is no opportunity to satisfy His senses. However, one who sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba as master can render service. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is referred to as H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a, master of the senses. When it is understood that the Absolute Truth is the master of the
 senses, that our senses are products of His senses and that they should therefore be utilized for the satisfaction of His senses, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is dormant within everyone, begins to awaken. Once Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu asked, "What 
is the difference between the neutral position in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the relationship of master and servant?" In both cases one can understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is great, but in the neutral position there is no inclination for service. Ther
efore the master-servant relationship between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the living entity is more elevated. Then when one attains friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, another transcendental quality is added. There is the conception that God is great and that service
 must be rendered unto Him, but there is also an extra feeling: "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is my friend. Therefore I must treat Him in such a way that He will be happy." With a friend we are not simply content with rendering service but in making him actually happy
 and satisfied. There is also equality in such a relationship, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the devotee relate on equal terms. Thus devotees in this position actually forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba's superiority. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba's boy friends used to ride on K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's shoulders playing games, they did not think that they were greater than Him. There is no question of sense gratification or self-glorification, for the relationship is based on pure love. The devotee's only desire is to give pleasure to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba also takes His friends on His shoulders to derive pleasure from them. Sometimes a person simply accepts the fact that his friend will slap his face but there is no question of inferiority in such an action. When friendship a
nd mutual pleasure are the basis of the relationship, there is no question of insult or inferiority.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole basis of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and a relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the pleasure potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himsel
f. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the damsels of Vraja and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cowherd boy friends are all expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure potency. We all have a tendency toward pleasure because the source from which we emanate is fully 
potent in pleasure. Impersonalists cannot think in these terms, for they deny the pleasure potency; therefore the impersonalist philosophy is incomplete and inferior. Those who are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness recognize the pleasure potency in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and in all His paraphernalia\'97His friends, servants, father, mother and consort. All relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba which aim at satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba's senses are manifestations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure potency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as the individual soul is concerned, it is originally a part and parcel of this pleasure potency, of the reservoir of pleasure H
imself. However, due to contact with material nature, the soul has forgotten its actual position and has become trapped in the evolutionary process of transmigration from one body to another. Thus one struggles hard for existence. Now we must extricate o
urselves from the sufferings of the struggle, from the countless transmigrations that force us to suffer the miseries of birth, old age, disease and death, and come to the point of our eternal life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That eternal life is po
ssible. If one tries his best in this human form of life, in his next life he will get a spiritual body. The spiritual body is already within the gross material body, but it will develop only as soon as one becomes free from the contamination of this mat
erial existence. That is the aim of human life and the actual self-interest of all people. Self-interest is actually realizing, "I am part and parcel of God. I have to return to the kingdom of God and join with Him." Just as we have a social life here, G
od has a social life in the spiritual kingdom, and we can join Him there. It is not that after finishing this body we become void. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna, "Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings, nor in the future shall any of us cease to be." (Bg. 2.12) Our existence is therefore eternal, and
 the changes of birth and death are simply the changes of the temporary material bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The actual process for achieving eternal life is not at all difficult. This process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is based on knowled
ge received from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the most perfect being. Knowledge received from others is defective because the conditioned soul is certain to commit mistakes, certain to be illusioned, certain to cheat and certain to have imperfect senses. The knowledg
e received from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, actually enables us to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Someone may challenge, "Can you show me God?" and our answer is, "Yes. God can be seen at every moment." K\'e5\'f1\'eba says }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raso'ham apsu kaunteya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub am the taste of water." We drink water every day, and the taste of water is there, so if we think of this taste as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will have begun realizing God every day. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [7.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] K\'e5\'f1\'eba further says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabh\'e4smi \'e7\'e4\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am the light of the sun and the moon." Every day we receive sunlight, and in the evening
 there is moonshine, so if we think of the source of these emanations, we will ultimately become God conscious. There are so many similar instances given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the beginning, middle and end of all manifestations. If we want to become God conscious and realize our own essence, it is not very difficult. We only have to 
understand God in truth\'97how He appears, how He disappears and what His functions are then we can become eligible to enter into the kingdom of God. After quitting this material body, a person who understands God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, does not return again t
o earth to accept another material body. Where does he go? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  9.34]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m eti: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "He comes to Me." That should be the aim of any intelligent human being.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text on photo's:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p3 photo }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from Herman Estavez
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li3024\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p4: K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, wanders on the banks of the Yamun}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li3024\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li3456\ri1440\fi-432 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8: The florist Sud\'e4m\'e4, a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the relationship of servitorship, offered the Lord a g
arland when He entered the city of Mathur\'e4. (This is an illustration from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Gurukula New Hope for Humanity
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf1\nosupersub GURUKULA\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub NEW HOPE FOR HUMANITY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Satsvarupa dasa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Why There Is a Need for Gurukula}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone who visits a few of the hundreds of big universities in the United States and other advanced nations will see an impressive arra
y of opulence. Every big state university has dozens of modern buildings with plush student unions, skyscraper dormitories, vast stadiums, acres of scenic campus grounds, etc. But what is the result of all this external opulence in education? By way of a
nswer, there is a suitable allegory told by our spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One time a rumor began that the Himalayan Mountains were going to give birth to offspring. Upon hearing this, many people gathered at t
he foot of these famous mountains because everyone wanted to see what kind of offspring such huge and formidable mountains would produce. With great anticipation, crowds of people gathered, but they were confused and amazed when they saw many rats come r
unning out from the Himalayas. The greatest mountains in the world had given birth to a pack of rats! Similarly, although we have many big campuses staffed by professional managerial administrators, with many offices and many professors with doctorates, 
the offspring of these universities are frustrated men and women who do not know the actual purpose of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Considering this deficiency, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has begun a school named Gurukula (which means, in San
skrit, "the place of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or spiritual master"). Gurukula is revolutionary because it is producing de
votees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One who becomes a self-realized devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba automatically develops all good qualities and is a first-class educated and cultured person because it is a fact that human life is me
ant for self-realization, for finding one's eternal relationship with the Supreme. A human being who neglects self-realization is actually no more than an animal, even if he is very proud of his scientific advancement. Try as he may by attempting to enjo
y with the body or mind, a human being cannot be happy unless he develops knowledge of himself as a spirit soul who is an eternal part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Yet self-realization is the all-important subject whi
ch is not taught in the schools and universities of the advanced nations of the modern world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first step in self-realization is to realize one's identity as separate from the body: "I am not this body but spirit soul." This r
ealization is essential for anyone who wants to be actually successful and happy in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub world, and furth
ermore it is the first step toward entrance into the eternal spiritual world. It is not that one can simply say, "I'm not this body," but one must actually realize it. This is not as simple as it may at first seem. We are not these bodies but pure consci
ousness, yet somehow or other we have become covered by a bodily dress. If one actually wants the happiness and independence to transcend death, one must establish himself in his constitutional position as pure consciousness. Each of us is a minute spiri
t spark who is hankering for the qualities of the whole\'97knowledge, bliss and eternity but these hankerings are frustrated due to the material body. The information on how to obtain the goal of the soul's hankering is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other Vedic literatures, and the pursuit of this goal is meant to be taken up by the practical lifelong
 study of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The authority of these teachings rests on the Vedic literatures which were compiled in Sanskrit five thousand years ago in India. These
 teachings are completely free from the slightest taint of the religious or ethnic sectarianism which leads the less educated dogmatic religionist to argue that God is revealed only to Jews, only to Christians, only to Hindus, etc. K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness is the eternal science of God and is therefore universal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The reason that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was only recently introduced in the West is that it requires to be taught by one who is a 
pure devotee of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It has to be taught by one who understands thoroughly that God, the Supreme Person, is not the property of one small sect but is universal and full of love for all people. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is the first pure devotee to bring the Vedic process of devotional service to the West. Previous to his coming, there was no K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, and it is he who within the last six years has given the inspirati
on and guidance for almost a hundred authorized K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness centers. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement has begun the Gurukula educational project, a primary school for children from ages five 
to fifteen. From an early age, children can learn the Absolute Truth along with their reading, writing and arithmetic. Just as a child needs math and English to get along in this world, he also needs selfrealization in order to practically know his own i
dentity, his duty in life, and how to solve the problems of material suffering. If children can learn that each one of us is actually an eternal spirit and is meant to serve the Supreme, they will not waste the great opportunity of human life; such child
ren can grow up to truly help others find the real meaning of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Formerly, in classical Vedic society, influential citizens sent their children at five years of age to the home of the spiritual master
 to be trained in austerity, sense control and God consciousness, for thus in later life, no matter what occupation they would enter, they would not forget the purpose of life as service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To train children from the early age of five in 
these devotional practices is to train real leaders and good citizens. Indeed, one cannot expect a good society without Gurukula. If children are taught an artificial standard of sense gratification, their brains become spoiled, for by the time they are 
twelve years old they think that life is meant simply for enjoyment of the senses to the fullest extent. We cannot expect sane leaders or responsible citizens from such an }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub educati
on system. However, children who are shown by example that serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba in many ways is the real happiness of life-children who come to understand transcendental knowledge regarding their eternal, blissful servitorship to God\'97will be happy a
nd useful in society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who does not know the real purpose of life cannot help anyone, not even himself. The great leaders of humanity, therefore, are the 
great devotees. From the Vedic histories of India we learn that in bygone ages the great leaders were all holy sages who were able to give the citizens guidance in the real mission of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The qualities of a devotee are mentioned as follows in the Vedic literature: kind to everyone, does not quarrel with anyone, fixed in t
he Absolute Truth, equal to everyone, faultless, charitable, mild, clean, simple, benevolent, peaceful, completely attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, free from material hankering, meek, steady, selfcontrolled, eating no more than required, sane, respectful, hum
ble, grave, compassionate, friendly, poetic, expert, silent. These are the first-class human qualities that are being developed at Gurukula. The leaders of every nation are supposed to protect all the citizens under their jurisdiction, not encourage them
 to live in the illusion of sense gratification, thinking that increased material standards, more cars and bigger tv's will make them happy. The real leader is one who can simultaneously protect the citizens and give them the opportunity to cultivate sel
f-realization while living in their occupations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A society in which people of all occupations strive to go back to Godhead by their practical daily work, under the guidance of leaders 
who have thoroughly realized the principles of God consciousness, is not merely theoretical or utopian. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself has created in man all the qualities needed for a socially and spiritually successful society in which everyone can work together in God consciousness. Such a society would offer the highes
t benefit to all living entities, even to the animals who live within the state. However, in order to be successful, such a state must operate under the strong administration of a God conscious leader, and as long as there are no God conscious leaders, s
uch a state is impossible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As stated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whatever a great man does, others will follow. Nowadays the leaders of society are the lowest class of men, for they lead people only toward the illusory goal of happiness obtained by increased material
 sense gratification. It is this illusory leadership that results in the corruption, war, crime, poverty, pollution and myriad other problems that plague the modern world. Only if men of saintly quality can lead the affairs of the nations of the world ca
n there be peace, prosperity and spiritual advancement for all. This is the version of all the world's scriptures: the real leader is the man who can give spiritual guidance, and the good, sober citizen is one who is trained in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss. Gurukula has been established to fill the need for an institution to train such leaders.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE PHILOSOPHY of GURUKULA}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By studying the lives of great devotees, we learn that they started devotional service from the earliest age. Our spiritual master, His
 Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, gives credit to his father for encouraging him from childhood to practice devotional service in his play. The Vedic histories also cite the same training in the life of great devotees such as Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, who used to imitate worship of the temple Deity in his own childish play at home. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it later became king of the entire world and leader of the most successful God conscious monarchy in history. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is another great devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba who lived long ago and was trained in the devotional princip
les from the earliest age. When he was only five years old he used to tell his fellow classmates, "My dear friends, now is the time to learn what K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is, while we are still very young." Whenever the teacher left the room for rece
ss, he would speak in this way.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At first Prahl\'e4da's young friends told him: "Leave us alone. We are only five years old; let us play. When we are older we will take
 the time to learn about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da, however, spoke with great compassion to the young boys and girls. "My dear friends," he said, "we must take to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness without delay." Prahl\'e4da explained that the life span of a human being is at most one hundred years, and it is calculated that the first twenty years are wasted in the games and sports of youth, the last twenty years in rest and re
tirement in a state of greater or lesser infirmity, and the middle twenty years, in which the sex urge is strong, in raising and maintaining a family. Thus sixty years are spent without self-realization. How much time is left to find the real value of li
fe and begin eternal loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With this consideration in mind, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has asked his disciples to reintroduce the ori
ginal Vedic system of Gurukula. It is described in the Vedic literatures that children living in a God conscious society would go to the home of the spiritual master at five years of age. Even if the children were of a very aristocratic home, they would 
submit themselves to the spiritual master as menial servants to perform service for him and receive spiritual instruction. It is described that a young student would rise early, spend all day receiving knowledge and training from the spiritual master, an
d in the evening he would eat a little rice and then go to sleep. He would }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub think such life great fun because he was serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nowadays, children are spoiled at a ver
y early age; they miss the real point of life because they are mistakenly taught that to please the senses is the all in all. Thus they take to a kind of pampered animalism for the rest of their days, working in order to maintain a high standard of eatin
g, sleeping, sex and defense, and they become useless men who are unable to perform real service for humanity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At Gurukula, however, children are carefully guided to appreciate that serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba is fun. One of the basic requirements of 
real spiritual life is to learn how to control the senses. Bodily pleasure is flickering and intoxicating, and one cannot actually enjoy it because of its momentary nature. One who can come to understand the philosophy of the self as spirit soul will nev
er leave it in favor of a whimsical life of unrestricted sense gratification. In his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beyond Birth and Death, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has written, "We have to understand that if we want to continue the artificial enjoyment of the body we will not be able to obtain our position of eternal enjoyment." Therefore Gurukula works to give realization that
 the purpose of life is to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to gain freedom from the shackles of material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After being trained in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness a man can marry and enter household life and yet not fall prey to unrestricted sens
e gratification. Materialistic householders live simply to work hard and spend money for family maintenance, sex and comfortable sleep at night. Thus they ruin their lives in the darkness of ignorance. But if one learns about the real meaning of life by 
hearing from the spiritual master at Gurukula, he can enter any occupation in the material world and not be materially implicated. In fact, unless one understands the real meaning of life, he cannot be successful as a citizen, as a family man or in any o
ther sphere of life. Therefore the philosophy of Gurukula is a prime necessity for the present day.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE CURRICULUM
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Religious principles such as austerity, truthfulness, cleanliness and mercy are essential to any human civilization. Even though a secu
lar state naturally wishes to declare itself impartial to religious sectarianism, it cannot abandon these religious principles, for in their absence we have pilfering, prostitution, corruption and cruelty. However, if one becomes a devotee of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, he automatically develops all good qualities. Therefore, in addition to their academic subjects, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has asked us to teach the children at Gurukula four things: to always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to become His devotees, to wo
rship Him and to offer Him obeisances.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a well-known fact that one becomes like his associates. For example, if one associates with thieves he will become a thief, or if
 one associates with scholars he will become a scholar. Similarly, one can become saintly in the association of saintly devotees who are guided by a bona fide spiritual master. By associating with those who are vital in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the 
children at Gurukula also follow and become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious themselves.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Children take seriously whatever they learn from their elders. Therefore the teachers at Gurukula teach not simply by precept but also 
by example. Activities in devotional service begin with chanting and hearing about the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the teachers at Gurukula are committed to this hearing and chanting process. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is
 especially recommended in the modern age for a person interested in God realization, and the children al Gurukula take this up with greal enthusiasm by association with older devotees who are themselves enthusiastic over this great chanting for delivera
nce\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The children take it up because the older devotees are doing it. They could be singing the latest sensuous ru
bbish broadcast over the radio, but instead they are singing the glories of the Lord\'97simply by right association.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although in mundane schools the academic qualifications of the teachers are carefully considered, their personal character and habits a
re often most abominable. Indeed, it would be a rare institution that could boast that its teachers are free from smoking, drinking, gambling and loose sexual relationships. According to the Vedic system, however, which is followed by the present-day Gur
ukula, the teacher must not only be learned but also spotless in character. To be a teacher at Gurukula, one must strictly refrain from gambling, intoxication, meat eating and illicit sex, and, most importantly, one must be an initiated devotee of the Su
preme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the strength behind Gurukula is the ultimate teacher-the bona fide spiritual master\'97for it is the spiritual master's association that is the cause of all spiritual progress.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature reveals that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth, is certainly the Supreme Person, and He appeared on earth five th
ousand years ago. To attract everyone back to Godhead, He displayed His transcendental pastimes here just as they are going on eternally in the spiritual world. These pastimes are described in our spiritual master's book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the children at Gurukula very much enjoy acting out the Lord's activities. One
 child will play that he is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and another will play that he is His brother, Balar\'e4ma, as They go off to the woods to find the cows. Sometimes They meet demons sent by Ka\'e0sa. K\'e5\'f1\'eba kills the demons and dances and plays with Hi
s friends, who are one hundred percent absorbed in love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sublime, exalted activity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His intimate unalloyed devotees cannot be understood even by th
e greatest philosophers so long as they attempt to understand them on the basis of mental speculation and concoction. The mundane mind takes K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be an ordinary historical person and His activities to be fiction, but according to all Vedic s
criptures and the disciplic succession of spiritual masters, God is the Supreme Person, and He engages in pastimes of love for the pleasure of His devotees. In other words, the dry scholars and professors will have to take lessons from the children of Gu
rukula regarding the relishable nature of the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just in their playing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are realizing that God is a person and that although He is a person He is the Supreme Lord who maintains all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for classroom academics, Sanskrit, English, primary math, history and geography are taught during six hours of daily study, as descr
ibed below.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GURUKULA in DALLAS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first large Gurukula school of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has been operating for a year on a large estate 
near the downtown area of Dallas, Texas. As of this writing, there are twenty boys and twenty girls attending this transcendental boarding school. The classroom atmosphere is very serious, and the teachers maintain strict discipline. The classes are so a
rranged that one teacher can instruct twenty students at once, even though they are at various levels of age and achievement. All the students work simultaneously on individual assignments given by the teacher, and thus the whole class works silently whi
le the teacher at his desk privately instructs each student one at a time. For example, one student may be learning to write the very first letters of the Sanskrit alphabet. The teacher will go over the work with the student and then give him an assignme
nt to write out. As he returns to his seat to do this, another student, who may already be writing whole verses in Sanskrit, is given further private instruction and an assignment suitable to his or her advancement. Thus all ages can be accommodated side
 by side in any class, and within a short time the students advance very quickly. They also take to the serious nature of the classroom with great appreciation and are very happy to engage their minds in directed study.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The teachers at Gurukula are all initiated disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Jamadagni d\'e4sa Brah
mac\'e4r\'e9 teaches in the Sanskrit department. R\'fcpavil\'e4sa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9 and his wife Candrik\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 are English instructors, and Jayajagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 and D\'e9nat\'e4ri\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 ar
e math and geography teachers. The teachers associate constantly with the children and live with them. The students' parents visit the school on semi-annual "parents' weekends," but the real instruction comes from the teachers, who have dedicated their f
ull time and energy to this upbringing of children in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The children study six hours per day in a six-day week, and on Sunday they are free to play as they like, imitating the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and taking part in the 
Sunday festival that is held at the temple for the many guests who attend.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 GURUKULA and THE FUTURE}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a Sanskrit saying, "Judge the process by the result." We invite all interested persons to visit Gurukula in Dallas, Texas. Rat
her than merely tell you that these children are happy, we invite you to come and see for yourself. There is no doubt about it; they are coming out successful. They are already well behaved and happy and are advancing quickly in all academic subjects. Mo
reover, they are becoming thoroughly realized in what }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub calls the "king of education." 
We very much look forward to the time when these children will come of age and usher in the new era of worldwide K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There is nothing so rare, pure and valuable in this world as a devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; t
herefore, one should appreciate the serious work of Gurukula.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We ask all readers, regardless of their religious upbringing or philosophy of life, to consider the youth of today and the future of th
eir countries and the world. At the rate things are going, civilization is headed for total barbarianism. Gurukula, therefore, is a practical Godsend, and it is to the credit of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da that it is working r
ight now, even as you read this article! The students are there, the teachers are there, the result is being produced. Gurukula is a practical, tangible, workable and successful project which should be continued and expanded upon. Let us all endeavor to 
familiarize ourselves with this important educational project and offer encouragement and help in any way we can.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0 The Guidance of the Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula is ultimately directed by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, whose correspondence with his disciples in 
Dallas shows how carefully he guided, advised and encouraged the program from its inception. In October of 1971 he wrote: "The important matter is that the children are taken care of nicely. . . Now you organize our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious school on the
 basis of a kindergarten and primary school for children up to fifteen years old. As you develop our program there, I shall give you more hints." Similarly, in December, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote: "Encourage them to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba as muc
h as possible, but there is no question of force or punishment. Try as far as possible to discipline them with love and affection so that they develop a taste for austerity in life and think it great fun to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba in many ways. Rising early
 and attending }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'ecgala-\'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [the first temple worship of the day, which is conducted at 4:30 a.m.]
 is enough austerity. Besides that, let them learn, chant, dance, and eat much }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4dam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if they like, 
and do not mind if they have a playful nature."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula in Dallas is located in large and excellent facilities. When ISKCON was negotiating for purchase of the school buildings, at o
ne point it became doubtful whether the owner would sell, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote: "I have been getting good reports that you are all. serious to develop this program, so I am sure that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will bless you with the desired building.
 Good things do not come so easily; you know the difficulties that I encountered in my first year in your country. Sometimes I did not even know where I was to live, nor when I came did I have any friends. But I was always determined to do everything pos
sible to fulfill the desire of my spiritual master, and despite all difficulties I always remained enthusiastic. So do not diminish ,your program in any way now. Continue the school project enthusiastically and expect K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy at all times.
 Everything will come out all right."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's grace the purchase went through successfully, but in one letter to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the Gurukula presiden
t expressed some concern about taking on such a seemingly worldly enterprise as the purchase and maintenance of big buildings. His Divine Grace replied: "Externally we may behave like ordinary men, but internally we remain fixed in the service of R\'e4dh
\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Mayavadi [philosopher who thinks God impersonal or void] cannot accept this fact, and he takes devotional service to be an ordinary material affair. You should never, however, accept the impersonal philosophy at any time."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace continues to give all guidance regarding Gurukula, as can be seen in a recent letter to one of the Gurukula teachers: 
"I am very glad to learn that the children at Gurukula are making good progress in their K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious education. That is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very good news. Yes, if we simply train them p
roperly they will come to the highest standard of Vaisnava devotees. And what is that training? They should simply be engaged in such a way that they are somehow or other remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba at every moment, that's all. It is not some mechanical p
rocess: ' If we force them in such a way, they will come out like this. ' No. We are persons and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a person, and our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always open as a voluntary agreement. That voluntary attitude\'97' Yes, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, I shall gladly cooperate. Whatever You say. '\'97that ready willingness to obey is only possible if there is love. Forcing will not make me agree. But if there is love, oh, I shall gladly do it. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Similarly, if we train children }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub developing and encouraging their propensity to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we shall be successful in educating }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub them to the topmost standard " 
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Parents who wish to consider sending their children to Gurukula for a transcendental education leading to freedom from all the anxiet
ies of material life may write to Gurukula's headmaster, Mohan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nanda dasa, for further information or
 an appointment to visit the school.\line GURUKULA, 5430 GURLEY STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS 75223.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text on photo's:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p10:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  PHOTOS by MURALIV\'c4DANA D\'c4SA and BH\'c4RGAVA D\'c4SA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li3024\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p12: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Excellent facilities: }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  takes a tour of the school grounds with Gurukula teachers and children}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li3024\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p13: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual guidance: In the wonder of a
n atmosphere surcharqed with love of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , children take genuine pleasure in their schoolwork.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li3456\ri1440\fi-432 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p15: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Practical instruction: Devoted, ful
ly trained teachers work personally with each child. \line At right, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gives a S
anskrit lesson for the benefit of the Gurukula children and staff.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li3456\ri1440\fi-432 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p17: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta
 Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li3456\ri1440\fi-432 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p19: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Purity: A child's purity is confirm
ed and nurtured by a pure teacher.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All letters will be personally replied, and correspondence of special interest will be publish
ed regularly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following exchange is reprinted from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Rising Nepal}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a daily newspaper published in Kathmandu, Nepal}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sir,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am surprised that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness plans to build a temple in Nepal for the dissemination of spiri
tual knowledge. I feel they are undertaking this enterprise on the wrong end. They should be advised to open more centres in the West rather than waste their time and money establishing temples in this part of the world. It is the West that is at present
 suffering from an excess of materialism and therefore in urgent need of spiritual teaching. Haven't the members of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba cult, and especially \'c7r\'e9 Gargamuni d\'e4sa Sv\'e4m\'e9, who is at present in Kathmandu, seen that there are alrea
dy enough temples here? I am sure visitors from the West will have no problem listening to sermons on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  or accounts of the Great Epics in our temples. So why do we need their temple?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours,\line Gautam Shakya\line Swoyambhu, Kathmandu
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sir,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In regard to the letter of Gautam Shakya, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement is dedicated to fulfilling the following prediction of Lord 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the great exponent of the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or devo
tion to the all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta:
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa144\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e5thiv\'e9te \'e4che yata nagar\'e4di gr\'e4ma\line sarvatra prac\'e4ra haibe mora n\'e4ma\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CB Antya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  4.126}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In all the villages and towns all over the world, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement will be preached everywhere."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some 500 years ago in Bengal, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appeared as Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and preached this }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement of the congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K
\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja [spiritual master], His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swam
i Prabhup\'e4da, being a practical and sincere servant of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, is just trying to fulfill this prediction of the Lord. He has established over seventy training centers all over the world to scientifically instruct interested students in
 the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub addition, thousands of missionaries have been sent throughout the world to teach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  [the science of the soul's relationship with Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba]. Therefore, under the instruction }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub our Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, we have come to your city of Kathmandu to scientifically train the Nepalese people in the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4
\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam/ kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name! There is no other alternative, there is no other alternative, there is no other alternative for God realization in the age of Kali."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chanting of the holy names is also recommended in the other scriptures of the world. In the book of Isaiah it is enjoined: "And in that
 day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things: this is known on all the earth." (Isa. 12:4\'965)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And in the New Testament it is stated: "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved . . . That ye may with one mi
nd and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . . . And again, Praise the Lord, all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people." (Rom. 10:13, 15:6, 15:11)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, we are not propagating a sectarian idea, but }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are distributing the religion of pure love of God. In our Society we have Jews, Christians, Catholics, Protestants, Parsis, Moslems, Hindus, etc., and all of us are chanting the na
mes of God. The age of Kali (this present age) is what Mr. Shakya so rightly characterizes as one of an "excess of materialism." However, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavatam }{\cs2873
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 12.3.51}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated in one very nice verse sung by Sukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaler do\'f1a-nidhe r
\'e4jann asti by eko mah\'e4n gu\'eba\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "My dear King, this age of Kali is full of faults, but there is one good opportunity." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4d eva k\'e5\'f1\'ebasya mukta-sa\'ecga\'f9 para\'e0 vrajet:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Simply by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one can be liberated and go back to Godhead."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, I do not find your city of Kathmandu free of an "excess of materialism." I am quite surprised that you have not recogniz
ed the degeneration presently existing in your city. I may just cite some examples in this connection. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (1) In the same newspaper in which our activities were reported you will find an article calling for an end to existing co
rruption and injustice. But you will also find a full-page advertisement to attract people to become intoxicated. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (2) I have counted more liquor shops on New Road than you would ordinarily find on an American city street. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (3) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e4\'efj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is freely offered in the streets although it is illegal in the U.S. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (4) Many of the Nepalese youth are turning away from their religious tradition and taking to the Western culture of "eat, drink and be 
merry."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (5) It seems that more crowds jam the cinema shows daily than attend the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4ratis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [ceremonies] at the temples. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (6) In addition, I have seen that the cinema houses seem to be in a better condition than the temples and seem to be better managed. Th
e temples have become sleeping quarters and places to excrete stool and urine, exchange money and sell }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e4\'efj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and other wares to tourists. I have not found transcendental instruction in the science of God in any of the temples.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are only a few of the diseases which are characteristic of this present age. My advice is that the learned men of Nepal organize 
and initiate a program to ward off these diseases\'97not only in Kathmandu but the whole world\'97and give scientific training and education in the science of love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You will also be pleased to know that all the members of our Society refrain from eating meat, fish, eggs, onions and garlic, and they 
also refrain from illicit sex life, gambling, and intoxicants such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e4\'efj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , cigarettes and even coffee and tea. Surely if the intelligent people of the world take up this movement very serious
ly and thus restrain their senses from such nasty habits, the whole world atmosphere may be transformed into Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha (one of freedom from anxiety). All the modern problems pertaining to health, economics, population, politics, ecology, war, etc.,
 may be solved by the practical application of this great science, as outlined in the text of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are presently holding classes on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  every evening at the Nepal Cultural Association in Kathmandu, and everyone is cordially invited to attend these meetings.
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
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Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. This is the text for advanced students of the science of love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 292 pp., 11 illus., hardcover $ 5.95, paperback $3.95
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the major scriptures of the world indicate that Godhead, or the Absolute Truth, is not impersonal, but is a person. }{
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub describes the form and nature of the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 137 pp., hardcover $3.00, paperback, $1.95 
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Easy Journey to Other Planets
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\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system by which one can leave this body for travel to anti-material planets where life is blissful, eternal and full of knowledge.                  96 pp., pa
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness: The Topmost Yoga System
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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practice in God realization, without any deviation from the original Vedic scriptural literature. In this present volume, the author forcefully exposes the speculative systems which d
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Perfection of Yoga/ Beyond Birth and Death/ On the Way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These three books give a general introduction to the transcendental science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and how it can be practiced in the modern world. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains in a clear and simple manner how anyone can perfect his life a
nd attain spiritual realization in this lifetime.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub $.95 per Vol.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8\up14  }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 the Cause of All Causes
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA \line THE CAUSE O
F ALL CAUSES
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (ISKCON HEIDELBERG)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For want of a taste of things spiritual, a grave doubt arises in the minds of those who are enchained by worldly knowledge. On hearing a narration of the pastimes o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they think that the truth regarding K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a mental concoction created }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the imaginative brains of certain learned scholars out of material drawn from mundane principles. With the object of removing this harmful doubt, Lord Brahm\'e4, the chief created person in this universe, distinguishes between spirit and matt
er in a rational manner and then explains the pure pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba according to realization he obtained in a trance of unmixed ecstasy. This is the subject of the Vedic scripture known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 then concludes that the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all existence, all knowledge, and all bliss, whereas all mundane 
experiences are full of palpable ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When people who are not devotees hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, see a picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or see the worship of the Deity of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, they sometimes think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted and worshiped as God }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub foolish sentimen
talists simply on the strength of legendary or mythological scriptures. Because such less intelligent persons are accustomed to understanding things by the direct experience of their limited material senses, they cannot understand the transcendental form
 and absolute nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is described as the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, by the Vedic scriptures. Because these fools, employing the blunt tools of sense, mind and intelligence, indulge in endless speculation re
garding the nature and existence of the Absolute Truth, they infer that the words of authorized scripture, which are in fact the very words of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, of whom they claim to be in search, are also tinged with ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These so-called pilgrims in search of the Absolute are compared with the owl, who sits all day with his eyes closed and then opens his 
eyes when night falls. When the owl is informed that there is a sun whose illumination dissipates the darkness of the night, the owl will argue that it is not possible because he has not seen it with his own eyes. This is called owl philosophy. God is a 
fact and can be seen, but we have to be prepared to cleanse our vision to see God. A sound awakens a sleeping man from the travels of his dreams, and he finds his real self lying in bed. Similarly, all human society is sleeping on the lap of material nat
ure, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are calling us through the agency of the authorized spiritual master to awaken from ou
r material dream and enter our real life of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by hearing authorized philosophy describing the nature of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is a fact. A blind man may not believe in the existence of the sun, but there is a sun nevertheless. Similarly, th
ere is God, and He is the origin of everything. Everything we experience has an original cause. Whether we examine a harmonium, a tape recorder, a house, a city, or whatever, we will find a cause behind everything. If one is asked where he has originally
 come from, he will answer that he has come from his mother and father. If we ask where his father and mother came from, the answer will be that they came from their fathers and mothers. We can conjecture that if we go on searching in this way, we will c
ome to the ultimate cause of everything, the Supreme Father\'97God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However, to save us the botheration of so much research work, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has kindly given us all information and directions regarding His transcendental existence. 
From the scriptures we understand that the one duty in human life is to become fully conversant with and obedient to the words and instructions of God, just as a citizen of a country is expected to be fully obedient to that country's law. Ignorance of th
e law is not excused. Therefore, it is necessary for human society to gain a practical understanding of religion or God consciousness. Now we are unconscious that there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but by hearing and chanting from authorized scripture, one becomes
 aware or conscious of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause of everything, He Himself is not caused by anything. In the material world everything has its caus
e, but when we examine further, we find that each cause has in turn another cause, and this cause and effect goes on and on. That is the difference between God and God's creation. God is the cause of all causes, yet He Himself has no cause beyond Himself
. Therefore, it is a qualification of God that He is supremely independent. If we wish to understand God, we must find that person from whom everything has come, by whom everything is maintained, and into whom everything is merged to rest, who is the con
troller of everything but is not controlled by anyone. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although it has now become fashionable to claim oneself to be God or to say that everyone is God, these foolish statements only show that one has no knowledge of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who God is. Whereas God is the supreme controller, we are controlled at every moment. We are controlled by our senses, which oblige us to eat, sleep, defend ourselves and engage in sex in mat
erial life, and we are further controlled by material nature's law of birth, old age, disease and death. No one can deny or challenge this fact. Who can say, "I am never controlled but always free?" No one can say that, for everyone is controlled, whethe
r by his wife, his boss, community, country, or some other agent. And, most certainly, everyone is controlled by nature's law. For example, no one wants to become old or diseased, but old age and disease come upon us. Similarly, although no one wants to 
die, everyone must. Yet still people foolishly declare, "I am God." What is the use of being God if one is subjected to so many unwanted problems? To claim to be God is simply nonsensical. It is better to become the servant of God than foolishly claim to
 be God Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "The material energy is very difficult to overcome, but one who surrenders unto Me can very easily cross beyond it." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.14) K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not a creation of the mundane minds of mundane wranglers who are entangled in the mundane world. The mundane world is a creation of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba as a gift to the rebellious souls who want to enjoy mundane things because of their willful disobedience toward the Absolute Truth. The living entities are constitutionally spirit souls, part and parcel of the supreme spirit whole, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, yet they are entrapped in this mundane world when they are enchanted by the desire for sense gratification. This enchantment is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are three primary energies of the Lord: (1) the spiritual energy, which manifests the transcendental world known as Vaiku\'eb
\'f6ha, (2) the marginal energy, which is the tiny individual spirit spark known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and 
(3) the material energy, which covers the living entity and causes him to forget his supreme master, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thus affording the illusioned soul the false sense of being the proprietor and enjoyer of everything he sees. When such illusioned living
 entities are confronted with the bona fide description and philosophy of God which is imported directly from the spiritual world for their enlightenment, they attempt to cover God by the same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or ignorance which by the grace of God is covering them. These illusioned souls, who say that they are God, that everyone is God, or that God is imperso
nal and has to accept a form of matter when He comes to this material world, are called M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God, however, is neither formless nor impersonal. On the contrary, He is the supreme amongst all persons. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (15.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that one who knows this fact about Him is to be understood as the knower of everything. This conclusion of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is understood as the most confidential knowledge of the Vedic wisdom. Although everythi
ng is God's energy, one cannot say that everything is God and that we are therefore also God and there is no need to worship God. This M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophy is imperfect, for the conditioned soul is covered by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or illusion. If God were also covered by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y
\'e4, m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would be God. This is contradictory.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be." (Bg. 2.12) From this statement we can understand that God and th
e living entity are both individual; in the past they existed, they exist now, and both the living entity and God will exist as individuals in the future. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is no mention of one's becoming impersonal or becoming God. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that God is the supreme eternal amongst all eternals and that He supplies and fulfills the desires of all others. How then can we conclude that God is impersonal or formless or that everyo
ne is God? If He has created this world with all its varieties of form, how can He be formless? I have form because my father has form, but no one is ever born of a formless father. How then can we imagine that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme father of all l
iving beings, is formless or impersonal? 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is never impersonal. Indeed, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4,
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4, the most intelligent being in this material universe, describes that it is under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's jurisdiction that he engages in material creation. As the origin
al created being in this universe, Lord Brahm\'e4 is the original recipient of the Vedic knowledge, and thus he is the first spiritual master in the disciplic succession through which the science and philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is dissemin
ated in the material world. Brahm\'e4 composed the prayers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as an offering after h
is mature realization regarding the transcendental nature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, following in the footsteps of Lord Brahm\'e4, we accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth a
nd cause of all causes. This is not a question of speculation, sentiment or blind following. We accept the scientific understanding presented by Vedic authorities like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (which was directly spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba 5,000 years ago), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavatam }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (spoken about K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the great sage and literary incarnation, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva), and Lord Brahm\'e4, who expresses his conclusions in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one has a little attraction and faith and agrees to hear from an authorized agent of the Lord, or from the Vedic scripture, he wil
l be convinced about the existence of God in reality. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub present the science of God with all logic
, reason and arguments in order to clear up our illusion. Therefore we should make a scientific experiment which will not cost us anything and which promises us the greatest gain. That experiment is simply to give aural reception to the message of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness as presented by the bona fide representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because this message constitutes an absolute sound vibration, it will have its absolute effect, just as medicine has its effect when prescribed by a bona fide physici
an, regardless of the faith of the patient.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 says, "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord." The word "primeval" in this context indicates that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the o
riginal cause of everything. As already explained, there is a cause for everything, and the cause of all causes is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is also the ultimate effect. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is cause and effect simultaneously. Because everything originally emanates 
from Him, nothing is different from Him, and thus it is understood that God is simultaneously, inconceivably one with and different from everything. The sun is the cause of the sunshine, and clouds also exist due to the existence of the sun, but one cann
ot say that a cloud is the sun, although in another sense there is no distinction between the sun, the sunshine, the vegetation, fruits and flowers produced by the energy of the sun, and the clouds that sometimes cover the sun from our view. Similarly, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is understood as inconceivably, simultaneously identical with and different from everything. This philosophy of inconceivable and simultaneous oneness and difference, which was taught by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, is called the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is ac
cepted by all authorities of Vedic evidence as the complete view of the Absolute Truth. It may be argued that if God is one with everything, He must be all-pervading and therefore impersonal. This argument is accepted as only partially correct, for it is
 said that He is also different from everything simultaneously one and different. Therefore impersonal understanding of the Absolute Truth is partial understanding only.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can try to understand simultaneous oneness and difference in this way: When we speak of a tree, we automatically understand that the
 leaves, branches, fruits, etc., are included. But if we speak of a leaf, we refer to only part of the tree. One cannot say that the leaf is the tree, for ii is only part, and the tree is the whole. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in a like manner, is the supreme whole,
 and all others are His parts. Yet He is a person, as described by Brahm\'e4. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form is full of bliss, truth and substantiality. Substantiality refers to eternal existence. We have no experience o
f any form that is substantial because everything in this material world is temporary. As living spirit souls, we are also eternal and share the same qualities of existence with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But, in contact with material energy, we become bewildered. 
Changing from one body to another, we accept various designations of bodily identification as factual, although they are unreal. The material energy is also eternal, but it is endlessly changeable. The hard struggle of the living entity to adjust to his 
ever changing condition of life in the material nature is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or illusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is subjected to four unavoidable miseries in the struggle for existence\'97namely, birth, old age, disease and death. Even b
efore taking birth, one has to struggle and suffer in the womb of the mother for nine months, and then one comes out with great pain. After living packed within the womb of the mother, where he is surrounded by blood, stool and urine, the child is born c
rying. Thus his life begins in an abominable condition, and similarly it ends in due course when the body becomes old and diseased and is no longer workable. I n this way the soul who is under the spell of bodily identification suffers the changes of bir
th, old age, disease and death, only to accept another body and repeat the same process in his attempt to enjoy a life of illusory sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This changing of bodies is also described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thus we are always changing form. However, the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is noth
ing like the material form of our experience. That is stated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: "Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every millennium in My or
iginal form." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 4.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore we should not think K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be an ordinary person like ourselves. K\'e5\'f1\'eba never comes under the control of material nature. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba created mat
erial nature for the punishment of the conditioned souls, how could it be possible for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be contaminated by material coverings? The king is the creator of the prison house, and he can come }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and go freely and not be arrested. But if the king visits the prison and the prisoners think, "The king has become a prisoner like us," that is a mistake. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears in the material world, His app
earance is nothing like ours. Just as a king comes of his own accord to give amnesty, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears by His internal energy for the pleasure of His devotees. The living entities who are wandering through this material world are forced by the r
eactions of their work to take birth in order to suffer and enjoy the reactions of their past activities, and for this purpose they are awarded different types of material bodies under the stringent laws of nature. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never subject to 
these stringent laws, for it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is the ultimate controller of material nature. Therefore He says, "There is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. 7.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full of truth or knowledge. He says to Arjuna, "Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember al I of 
them, but you cannot." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We cannot even remember all that has happened in this one life. Because we are changing our bodies, we forget. A grown man cannot remember what he said or how he act
ed on the lap of his mother because the body is always changing. We say that we are growing, but actually we are changing bodies. This is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth, to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are bewildered because we accept different types of bodies. For example, when a man is sleeping, his real body is lying in bed, but in dream he accepts another body a mental body\'97and he completely forgets his real bod
y. But although he is sleeping, he dreams that he is awake and is acting with the body that his dream has concocted. Material existence is like that. Constitutionally we are pure spirit souls and have nothing to do with material bodies, but under the spe
ll of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we accept a body for sense gratification, and we act in so many ways in forgetfulness of
 our real identity. Like a man lying in bed dreaming, we are lying in the lap of material nature and forgetting ourselves.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The difference between God and he minute living entity is that God does not change His body, and therefore He never forgets, whereas 
our bodies are changing at every moment, and therefore we are full of ignorance. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not change, He is full of knowledge. He therefore says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4: "I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know everything that has happened in the past, everything that is happening now, and all things that are yet to be. I also know all living entities, but Me no one knows."
 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.26}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full of pleasure, for He is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4n
anda-vigraha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the form of eternity, full knowledge and bliss. The form of our material body, however, is temporary, ignorant and full of misery. Anyone who has accepted a material
 body must be full of misery, because the body is a breeding ground for misery. If we find that we are healthy, that is unusual, for it is the nature of the body to always give us troubles in the form of toothaches, stomachaches and so many other miserie
s. No one can deny this, but still we think and act as if a doctor could give us an injection and we could enjoy good health perpetually. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not need any injection, nor is He ever attacked by disease, for He is God, and He is always enjo
ying. God does not have to suffer, but we suffer because we have forgotten God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although a king is free to enjoy, the disobedient citizens in his state have to suffer under the agency of the king's prison department
. However, it is not that the king wants the citizens to suffer in prison; rather, he is always anxious for the welfare and happiness of all his subjects. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not want His parts and parcels to suffer the pangs of material miser
y. Therefore He appears from time to time in this material world just to remind us of our actual position as His eternal parts. In quality we are one with the Lord, for we are also eternal, full of knowledge and bliss. Death exists only for the body. For
 the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. That which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul. These are instructions given by the Lord in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have only to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba without unnecessar
y interpretation, and immediately we can experience our eternal life of knowledge and bliss.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no necessity of a candle to help us see the sun, for the sun is the source of all illumination. Similarly, there is no need to
 interpret the words of God, to change their meaning, or to speculate in our own way on what God is. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God Himself reveals Himself in His own words. Is there someone more qualified than God who can create a new religion by speculation or interpretation? Religion cannot be created by speculation, for religion is the law of God. It cann
ot be changed, nor is there need for interpretation, for it is clear as it is. God is the supreme proprietor, the supreme enjoyer and the supreme friend of everyone. We are not the proprietors of anything, and therefore we have no right to enjoy anything
 independently of God, who is the best friend of everyone because He is supplying everyone his necessities of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the duty of a human being to understand God, for without this understanding one's life is considered to be a failure. The process
 is very simple. It requires only that we give submissive aural reception to the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and gradually, by our hearing, the cloud which covers our real knowledge will be removed. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, "When one is enlightened with the knowledge by which nescience is destroyed, then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun light
s up everything in the daytime." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When the sun of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness rises in the heart of the con
ditioned soul, he will be able to understand God, his own position, and the material nature, by direct spiritual perception. This is the way of lasting happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Text on drawings:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  p24 The problems of an imitation God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2592\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p26 The body of the conditioned soul continuously changes, but Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba never changes His transcendenta
l body.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb180 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'93Hearing is the beginning of understanding.\'94
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'93Hearing is the beginning of 
understanding.\'94
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\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and selected transcendental prayers and songs chanted in praise of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Recorded live in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and New Delhi. 6 C-90 
and C-60 stereo cassettes (KT 1\'967) each: $3.00/ complete set: $20.00
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nd Lectures by His Divine Grace.
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C-90 stereo cassette (SK-1): $4.00
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arrival of the Pure Devotee. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C-60 stereo ca
ssette (LA72-1): $3.00
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ereo cassette (LA72-2): $3.00
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chanting and Dancing Unlimited
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub chanting and dancing to unlimite
d FREEDOM
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by GU\'cb\'c4R\'cbAVA D\'c4SA\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON V\'e5nd\'e4vana)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The young students living in mutual cooperation in the ISKCON temples around the world are understanding that the goal of life is to re
nder loving devotional service to the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. During the course of the day you may see some of these devoted souls of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness dancing in the main streets of your city, chanting Vedic mantras and hymns, and playin
g drums and cymbals. The most important and popularly known }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or chant to be heard is the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which consists of sixteen words: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Mantra"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers 
to a transcendental chant that can deliver the mind from the material platform of life to the all-blissful spiritual platform. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'Man"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means mind, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "tra"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means deliverance.) When sincerely chanted, the Hare
, K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cleanses one's heart of all the collected sin that has accumulated there for year
s together.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees of ISKCON who chant this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man
tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have now realized the potency of the Vedic scriptures and are sincerely trying to regulate their lives accordingly. All honor and full respect must be given to His Divine Grac
e A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da for coming to the West to deliver this method of truth, thus saving these disciples from the sinful activities of intoxication, meat eating, illicit sex and gambling in which they would otherwise surely have been 
engaged. These four major sinful activities not only bind one to the material conception of life but also send one down to the lower regions of the material creation, As a genuine spiritual master, His Divine Grace is telling his disciples that engaging 
in the service of the Lord will free them from all reactions of material life. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the
 Supreme Lord confirms this when He declares, "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The primary activities of the materialistic person are to eat, sleep, mate and defend. In the animal kingdom these are the only natural
 activities because an animal has limited intelligence. However, we must try to understand that the human form of life is not meant for living like animals. Some people think that by creating a policy of free indulgence in sex, intoxication and general w
anton living they can bring about an end to suffering in the material world. Of course, this path of unrestricted sense gratification is completely unjustifiable, for in no way will it solve life's problems. To give people a chance to experience happines
s, one must become pure in his own activities and be situated in his natural position as spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The human form is the highest form of body in the material world. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say that to attain this form the spirit sou
l has transmigrated through 8,400,000 different species of life. This human form is likened to a boat which can sail the spirit soul over the ocean of nescience to the eternal abode of the Lord. Our spiritual master therefore says that the activities of 
eating, sleeping, mating and defending must go on, but they must be regulated so as to advance our cultivation of God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some people believe that to live a spiritual way of life and achieve perfection one must negate activity, for they think that the cause
 of all suffering is the personality or ego and that reality will be attained when this ego is negated. But, referring to scripture, we find that K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs His disciple Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, "Never was there a time wh
en I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be." (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.
12) From this verse we can understand that the living being has an eternal personality. Trying to negate this ego through a painstaking mechanical process will not bring about the desired goal of happiness. The Vedic authorities inform us that while the 
living being is living in the material world he is covered by a material body which is made up of material elements\'97namely, earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and a false ego which illusions him to believe that this false material body
 is his real self. It is this false concept that the material body is the true self that we have to negate. When we achieve this result we will experience the full nectar for which everyone in the material world is anxious. Our true, self-illumined, ever
-existing spiritual form\'97which is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an eternal form full of knowledge and bliss-will then be uncovered. In this natural constitutional position, the soul becomes eligible to enjoy transcendental pastimes with the reservoir of all bliss, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For millions of years K\'e5\'f1\'eba has been calling us back home, back to Godhead, but we are so persistent in trying some way or oth
er to enjoy this material world that to most of us God consciousness seems just a myth. Therefore we must now wake up, listen and try to understand that this material world was not created for us to try to live in eternally and enjoy, for life here is te
mporary whereas the real life that exists beyond this world is eternal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representatives have appeared on earth time and time again to urge us to come back to Godhead. Five thousand years ago
, K\'e5\'f1\'eba came personally to this material world in His original spiritual form specifically to reestablish religious principles and give pleasure to His devotees. In other words, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was here on earth just 5,000 yea
rs ago! K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In order to deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, I advent Myself millennium after millennium." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To many people who read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the conception that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a person is very difficult to understand. In fact, K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells His d
isciple Arjuna in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub "Only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you, and can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can you enter into the mysteries of My understanding." (Bg. 11.54) Some people actually belittle the idea 
of devoting oneself to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who seems to them to be just an ordinary man, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba also says, "Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all tha
t be." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.11}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fortunately, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has now been translated and explained by a bona fide representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swa
mi Prabhup\'e4da, simply so that we may understand it as it was spoken to Arjuna. Please inquire into this profound scripture. There must be so many questions we ask ourselves from time to time for which we can't find solutions or answers, but all of our
 questions can be answered if we take shelter of the knowledge of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regardless of the religious conception we follow\'97whether Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, or any other faith\'97the study of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in no way 
hinder us or deter us from our path; it can only increase the depth of our understanding. Factually the Truth is one, not many. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a profound treatise that will bring one who studies it nearer to understanding himself, his life and his eternal relationship with
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When devotees are performing chanting on the street, people often approach and ask why they don't get jobs and do something for society
. "What will this dancing, chanting and clashing of cymbals do to help people?" they ask. "Surely making contributions to rehabilitation programs and social welfare societies would be a greater asset to bringing about peace." However, this is not the cas
e. Yes, these activities are very praiseworthy and would help people, but the Society for Krishna Consciousness prefers to go to the root cause of suffering, which is forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because it is due to this forgetfulness that one comes
 to accept a material body, and it is this body which is the breeding ground of all miseries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Performing pious or charitable activities will only bring temporary relief from suffering. Please understand that our position in the m
aterial world is like that of a prisoner who must experience great suffering and unhappiness. A prisoner cannot be made happy in his cell, for it is a man's nature to want freedom. Similarly, as eternal spiritual living beings, we cannot be happy in temp
orary material bodies in a temporary material world. It is up to each individual person to use his intelligence to ask himself if he is really satisfied with temporary and limited freedom. This is the beginning on the path back to real and unlimited free
dom, which one can achieve by going back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next time you see the smiling, happy devotees of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement, please stop and inquire from them further about this
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy. There is no charge. Just put forward your questions. All that you need is an attentive ear with which to listen. And, most importantly, please try chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is all that we ask. Simply by hearing and chan
ting, one can understand the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo's p29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Bill Gorry  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Most Confidential Knowledge
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Most Confidential Knowledge
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reprinted from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Chapter Nine, Text 34) [text is
 in the link]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\li1440 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p33:The R}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities of the London Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba temple.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advert-\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IS THE LITERARY INCARNATION OF GOD
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is all successful, all blissful, and all perfect. It is as bright as the sun. Those persons who have lost their vi
sion due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the age of quarrel shall get light from it."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.3.40-43
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line The sublime science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace \line A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 5
5, 1973
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA  R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each issue of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is intended to be relevant reading that one can relish throughout one life. No one will read yesterday's newspaper because it is hackneyed and irrelevant; it has no lasting value. Nor can one gain permanent knowledge from reports
 of the mundane world, for what was certain knowledge yesterday is subject to completely change today. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  however, transmits the knowledge of the Vedic scriptures, which inform us of the eternal spiritual nature that is beyond this temporary material world. The activities of our bodies, families and nations are all temporary and the
refore unreal, whereas our relationship with God as His servants is eternal, full of knowledge and joy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is meant to revive our original loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, or God. Mundane journals report constant war, crime, violence, poverty and so on, but these miseries are all to be traced to man's forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The real platform of peace and prosperity can be found in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the understanding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, is the proprietor of all that be. The science of Krsna consciou
sness is very sublime and serious but at the same time very easily understood. Foreseeing the materialistic turbulence of this age, the Vedic sages have recommended that one constantly hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and chant His holy name in order to attain 
the highest spiritual perfection. We humbly request you to inquire further and gradually enter the reality of the eternal world by reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra\'97
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4
ma Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa. Devotees of the
 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement in the streets of midtown New York City.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r
\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da) }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editor:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Coordinator: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardan d\'e4sa 
Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Associate Editor:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sanskrit Editors:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nitai d\'e4sa, Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa, Jagan
n\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Design:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustrations Staff:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Yadur\'e4\'eb
\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photographic Staff:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Muralivadana d
\'e4sa, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Production Staff: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa, Navadv\'e9p
a d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6aketu d\'e4sa, R\'e4g\'e4tmik\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Nara dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Donna DeAngelis
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $4.50 per year ($6.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California
 90034.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 32 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. 56 \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved.       Printed in Japan.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, picked up Govardhana Hill with one hand, exactly as a child picks up a mushroom, to save the residents of V\'e5n
d\'e4vana from devastating rainfall. (see page 14).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Test of the Genuine Guru
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE TEST OF THE GENUINE GURU
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 An Interview in London with \line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement i
s to awaken man's original consciousness. At the present moment our consciousness is designated. I am thinking, "I am American," and you are thinking, "I am Englishman," or he is thinking, "I am American." But actually we do not belong to any of these de
signations. We are all part and parcel of God\'97that is our real identification. If we simply come to that consciousness, all the problems of the world will be solved. Now due to our designated consciousness we are thinking ourselves to be different fro
m one another, but if we come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we shall come to know that we are one-the same spirit soul. The same spirit soul is within everyone, although it may be in a different dress. This is the explanation given in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is actually a purificatory process. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmuktam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Its purpose is to make people free from all designations. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Tat-paratvena nirmalam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we become purified, and when we are purified our activities carried out by our purified senses make us perfect. That is the
 ideal perfection of human life. This process is also very simple. It is not necessary for one to become a great philosopher, scientist or whatever. We need only chant the holy name of the Lord, understanding that His person, His name and His qualities a
re all absolute. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process is a great science; unfortunately in the universities there is no department for this science. Therefore we invite all serious men who are interested in the welfare of human society to understand
 this great movement, and, if possible, take part in it and cooperate with us. The problems of the world will be solved. This is also the verdict of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the most authoritative book of knowledge. Many of you have heard of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . It is most important, for our movement is based on it. It is approved by all great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in India\'97R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Lord Caitanya and so many others. You are all representatives of newspapers, so now I am asking you to try to understand this movement as far as possi
ble for the good of all human society.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your Grace, it seems to many people that there are probably more people i
n the world seeking some kind of new spiritual life. At least there is evidence of this. I wonder if you agree with that, and, if so, if you could tell me why.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is an absolutely natural hankering. Because we are spirit souls, w
e cannot be happy in the material atmosphere. If you take a fish from water, it cannot be happy on land. Similarly, if we are without spiritual consciousness, we can never be happy. Today so many people are after scientific advancement and economic devel
opment, but they are not happy. So many of the young people are becoming hippies. They are acting in this way because they are rejecting materialistic life and are trying to search for spiritual life. Actually this is the proper search. K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness is the proper goal of life.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Presumably you would encourage this movement and encourage more people to
 participate. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes. Unless you take to this movement you cannot be happy. That is a fa
ct. Therefore we invite everyone to study and understand this great movement. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What frankly worries me is that since the arrival in Britain some time ag
o of an Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who was the first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that most people ever heard of, there have been a lot of people and a lot of gurus that have suddenly appeared out of nowhere. One gets the feeli
ng sometimes that they are not all as genuine as they ought to be. I wondered whether you thought it would be right to warn the people who are thinking of entering into some kind of spiritual life that they should take care to make sure they have a genui
ne }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to teach them.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do you feel there is such a danger? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course to search out a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very nice, but if you want a cheap }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or if you want to be cheated, then there will be many cheater }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But if you are sincere, you will have a sincere }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . B
ecause people want everything very cheaply, they are cheated. We ask our students to refrain from illicit sex, meat eating, gambling and intoxication, and consequently people think that this is all very difficult and is a botheration. But if someone else
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says, "You may do whatever nonsense you like. Simply take my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra," }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub then people will like it. The point is that people want to be cheated, and therefore cheaters come. No one wants to undergo any austerity. Human life is meant for austerity, but no one is prepared t
o undergo austerity. Consequently cheaters come and say, "No austerity. Whatever you like, you do. Simply pay me and I'll give you some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and you'll become God in six months." All this is going on. If you want to be cheated like this, the cheaters will come.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But what happens if someone in all seriousness wants to find spiritual li
fe and happens to finish up with the wrong }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one wants simply an ordinary education, he has to devote so much tim
e, labor and understanding to it. Similarly, if one is going to take to spiritual life, he must become serious. How is it that simply by some wonderful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they can become God in six months? Why do they want something like that? This means that they want to be cheated.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And how does one tell that one has a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That of course depends on the person who is really anxious for a }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When you go to the market to purchase some things, you test whether they are genuine or not. Similarly, you have to test whether the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is genuine.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can you tell if you don't know? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That requires a little education, a little knowledge. Therefore we are 
opening so many centers to give people an opportunity to know what is genuine and what is not.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How many followers do you have now throughout the world?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For anything genuine, the followers may be very little. For something r
ubbish, the followers may be many.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I meant initiated followers.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have about three thousand. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is growing all the time? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, it is growing, but slowly. This is because we have so many restric
tions. People do not like restrictions. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Where is your following the greatest? In America?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In America, Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia. And of course in India
 there are millions belonging to this cult. Apart from India, however, in other countries there are but small quantities.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do you think your movement is the only way to come to know God?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How do you have that assured?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the authorities, from God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one wants to become initiated in your Society, what does he have to do
 or not do?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First of all you have to give up illicit sex life. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Does that include all sex life? What is illicit sex life?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illicit sex is sex without marriage. Animals have sex with no restricti
ons. In human society there are restrictions. In every country and in every religion there is some system, and that is the guide. Without marriage sex life is illicit. You must also give up all intoxicants. This includes tea, cigarettes, alcohol, marijua
na-anything that intoxicates.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anything else?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One also has to give up animal food. This includes meat, eggs and fish.
 One also has to give up gambling.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I think everyone lives in the temple, don't they?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes. Unless one gives up all these sinful activities, he cannot be init
iated.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So one should give up one's family as well? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are not concerned with families but with individual persons. If one 
wants to be initiated in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, he has to give up all sinful activities.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And the family as well? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But suppose I were to become an initiate wouldn't I have to come and live
 in the temple?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not necessarily.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I can stay at home? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oh yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What about work? Does one have to give up his job? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub simply have to give up these bad habits and chant these beads. Chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub That's all.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Would I have to give any financial support? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub that is your voluntary wish. If you give, that's all right. And if you don't, we don't mind. We do not want to depend on anyone's financial contribution. We depend on God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub wouldn't have to give any money at all? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub this one of the main things that distinguishes the genuine}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the fake }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not a businessman. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means a representative of God. Whatever God says, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  repeats. He does not speak otherwise.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But would you expect to find a real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , for instance, traveling in a Rolls Royce and staying in a penthouse suite or a top class hotel?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes people provide us with a top class hotel, but we generally st
ay in our own temples. We have some sixty temples around the world, and we don't require to go to any hotels.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub wasn't trying to make any accusations. I was merely trying to illustrate the fact that you have given a warning which I think is a valid one. There are so many people interested in finding a spiritual life, and at the same time there are a lo
t of people who are interested in cashing in on it. The point is that we should be able to distinguish one from the other.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Are you under the impression that spiritual life means voluntarily acce
pting poverty? Do you think like that?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Well, I don't, but I only thought that\'97
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A poverty-stricken man may be most materialistic, and a wealthy man may
 be very spiritual. Spiritual life does not depend on one's living in poverty or wealth. Spiritual life is different. Consider Arjuna, for instance. Arjuna was a member of the royal family, and in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba said: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eva\'e0 parampar\'e4 
pr\'e4ptam ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This supreme science was received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way." (B
g. 4.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the past all kings who were saintly understood this spiritual life. Therefore spiritu
al life does not depend on one's material condition. A person may be a king or a pauper\'97whatever his material condition may be, he can still understand spiritual life. Generally people do not know what spiritual life is, and they unnecessarily critici
ze us because they have no knowledge of spiritual life. If I asked you whether you. know what spiritual life is, how would you answer?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Well, I\'97
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because they do not know what spiritual life is, they unnecessarily say
, "It is this," or "It is that." But first of all one should know what spiritual life is. Spiritual life begins when you understand that you are not this body. That is the real beginning of spiritual life. One thus comes to understand that, "I am spirit 
soul." The exact Sanskrit term for this realization }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am spirit soul."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, but how can one actually determine who is a cheater and who is not?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For that we have to become a little expert. If a person is a mechanic, 
he can understand things mechanical, and he can understand who is a valid mechanic. If you have no knowledge of machines, then how can you detect whether this man is a mechanic or not? So some little knowledge is required. If you want to purchase gold an
d know nothing about gold, then how can you understand whether this is gold or some other ore?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So how }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub can people understand about a guru?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub have to be expert in spiritual knowledge. Then you can understand. Otherwise you will simply be cheated. People are being cheated because they have no spiritual understanding, education.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub you think there are many phoney }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Well, there may be many, but there are also many genuine ones. It is no
t that because there is some counterfeit money there is no genuine money. Both of them are there. You simply have to select whether one is counterfeit or not. I may give you a hundred dollar note, but if you do not know what is genuine, you will be cheat
ed. Therefore it is up to you to find out what is counterfeit and what is genuine.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But how can you find out?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That means you have to be qualified also.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Disciple:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Once I remember John Lennon asked you, "How will I know who is the genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ?" And
 you answered, "Just find out the one who is most addicted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is genuine."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But if someone does not know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then how can he find out w
ho is most addicted to Him? That is the test for one who is already aware of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But if one is not aware of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, how can he find out? That depends on his fortune. If he is fortunate, he comes in contact with a genuine }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is why I was asking about the Rolls Royce and the penthouse suites b
ecause that was a very simple way for a learner to be able to say, "Well, this man is in a Rolls Royce, so therefore\'97
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is not the test. Suppose a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is riding in a Rolls Royce. Do you think that just because he is in that car he is not genuine?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub but\'97
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then why are you making this the test? First of all you have to accept 
that your position is that you do not know the test. Because you do not know, you conclude, "Oh, this man is going in a Rolls Royce. Therefore he is not genuine." But that is the wrong conclusion. You should know what is genuine. The genuine guru may go 
in a Rolls Royce or on foot, but that doesn't matter. What you have to test is whether or not he is genuine, and that will require your qualification. My point is that people are not given any spiritual education. Therefore they cannot understand what is
 genuine and what is not.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How do you think people should be educated then?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People should first be taught what they are. Are they the body or somet
hing else? That is the beginning of education. Now everybody is being educated to think that he is this body. Because one accidentally gets an American body, he thinks, "I am an American." This is just like thinking, "I am red," just because you are wear
ing a red shirt. You are neither red, nor black nor white. You are a human being. Similarly, this body is considered to be a dress or a shirt or coat. If we simply recognize ourselves by our shirt and coat, then we have no spiritual education. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub think that such education should be given in schools?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, in schools, colleges, universities. There is an immense literature
 on this subject, an immense fund of knowledge. But the people are not interested. We are publishing many books, and we can publish many thousands more like them, but people are interested in cheap novels and other books. They may read newspapers, but if
 we present some philosophical book they are not interested in reading it. They have lost all their taste.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Presumably if spiritual education were given in schools then we wouldn't 
have to worry about this problem.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, that is so. What is required is that the leaders of society come f
orward to understand this movement. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Have you ever had people come to you who have been previously to a fake }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, there are many.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And what has happened? Have they had their spiritual lives in any way spo
iled by the fake }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No, they are seeking something, and that is their qualification. As soo
n as one is genuinely seeking, God, who is within everyone's heart, helps.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I wonder if the real gurus like yourself have ever tried in any way to pu
t a stop to the false }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97that is, put pressure on them to put them out of business, so to s
peak.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No, that was not my purpose. I started my movement simply by chanting H
are K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I chanted in New York in a place called Tompkins Square Park, and gradually people began to come to me. So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement gradually began to develop. Many accepted, and many did not accept. Those who are fo
rtunate have accepted.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Don't you feel that people are suspicious because of their experience wit
h bad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? If you went to a bad dentist and he broke your tooth, you might be suspicious about 
going to another.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, naturally if one is cheated, he becomes suspicious. But this does.
 not mean that if one is cheated once, he will always be cheated. He should find out something genuine. Either one must be fortunate or well aware of this science. From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagava
d-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [7.3] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we understand that the genuine seekers are very few. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u ka\'e7cid yatati siddhaye. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of many millions of people there may be only one 
who is interested in spiritual life. Generally people are interested in eating, sleeping, mating and defending. So how can we expect to find many followers? First of all it is not difficult to notice that people have lost their spiritual interest. Those 
who are actually interested are all being cheated by so-called spiritualists. You cannot judge a movement simply by the number of its followers. If one man is genuine, then the movement is successful. It is not a question of quantity but quality.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I just wondered whether you knew that there are hundreds or thousands of 
people who have turned up with the wrong guru. I wondered how many people you think might have been taken in
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Practically everyone. [laughter] There is no question of numbering. Eve
ryone.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So this would be thousands of people, wouldn't it?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Millions. Millions have been cheated because they want to be cheated. G
od is omniscient. He can understand. He is within your heart, and if you want to be cheated, God sends you a cheater.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do you think it is possible for everyone to attain the perfectional stage
 you spoke of previously? Is it possible for everyone?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Within a second. Anyone can attain perfection within a second provided 
he is willing. The difficulty is that no one is willing. For instance, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18
.66]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Simply surrender unto Me." But who is going to surrender to God? Everyone says, "Oh, why should
 I surrender to God? I will be independent." If you simply surrender, it is a second's business. That's all. But no one is willing, and that is the difficulty.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When you say that lots of people want to be heated, do you mean that lots
 of people want to carry on with their worldly pleasures and at the same time, by chanting a mantra or by holding a flower, think that they can achieve spiritual life as well? Is this what you mean by wanting to be cheated?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, this is like a patient thinking, "I shall continue with my disease
, and at the same time I shall become healthy." It is contradictory. The first requirement is that one become educated in spiritual life. Spiritual life is not something one can understand by a few minutes' talk. There are many philosophy and theology bo
oks, but people are not interested in them. That is the difficulty. For instance, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is a very long work, and if you try to read this book it may take many days just to understand one line of it. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub describes God, the Absolute Truth, but people are not interested. In the present age people are disturbed in so many ways. If, by chance, one becomes a little interested, he wants something immediate and c
heap. Therefore he is cheated. Actually human life is meant for austerity and penance. That is the way of Vedic civilization. They first used to train boys up as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r
\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and no sex life was allowed at all, up to the age of twenty-five. Where is that education? A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub a student who lives a life of complete celibacy and obeys the commands of his guru at the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Now schools and colleges are teaching sex from the very beginning, and twelve or thirteen-year-old boys and girls are having sex, so how can they have a spiritual life?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am told that in India you are the most sought after guru. I take it tha
t this means you are a genuine guru and have all the knowledge\'97
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How do you know that I am genuine? [laughter] What makes you think that
 I am genuine and another is not?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I don't know that you are. I know only that you say you are and that what
 you say seems to make sense. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First of all I will give you some preliminary idea. The genuine }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is God's representative, and he'll speak about God and nothing else. The genuine }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is he who has no interest in materialistic life. He is after God and God only. That is one of the tests
 of a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is absorbed in the Absolute Truth. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2akopani\'f1ad}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
[}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.2.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is st
ated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rotriya\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is well versed in the scriptures and Vedic knowledge, and he is completely dependent on Brahman." One should know what is Brahman and how one is situated in Brahman. These signs are given in the Vedic literature. As sta
ted before, the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is God's representative. He represents the Supreme Lord just as a vicer
oy represents a king. The real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will not manufacture anything. Everything he says is in accor
dance with the scriptures and the previous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He will not give you a flower and tell 
you that you will be God in six months. This is not a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  business. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  business is to canvass everyone to become devotees of God. That is the sum and substance of a real }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  business. Indeed, he has no other business. He tells whomever he sees, "Please become God conscious."
 Somehow or other if he canvasses on behalf of God and tries to get everyone to become a devotee of God, he is a genuine}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . So have you noted the definition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What about a Christian priest?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Christian, Mohammedan, it doesn't matter. If he is simply speaking on b
ehalf of God, he is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Lord Jesus Christ, for instance, canvassed people, saying, "Just beco
me a lover of God." Anyone\'97it doesn't matter who be he Hindu, Muslim or Christian, is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  i
f he convinces people to become lovers of God. That is the test. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  never says, "I am God,"
 or, "I will make you God." The real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says, "I am a servant of God, and I will make you too a
 servant of God." It doesn't matter how one is dressed. As Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, "Whoever can impart knowledge about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a spiritual master." He does not say that the spiritual master is a person who always wants money and sells }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not interested in collecting money but in getting people to become devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. He has no other business.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the bad }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you understand what a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is, why are you trying to understand the opposite?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was trying to understand how one can recognize a bad }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And what is a bad }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A bad }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  just wants some money or some fame.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Well, if he is bad, how does he become the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? [laughter] How can iron be gold or gold be iron? Actually a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot be bad, for if he is bad he cannot be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . You cannot say "bad }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ." T
hat is a contradiction. You may say "false }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ." But that is not so important. What you have to 
do is simply try to understand what a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is. The definition of a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is that he is simply talking about God, that's all. If he's talking about some other nonsense, then he 
is not a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu
ru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot be bad. There is no question of a bad }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  any more than there's a red }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a white }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . All we have to know is that 
the genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is simply talking about God and trying to get people to become God's devotees. I
f he does this, he is genuine. Is that point clear?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes. Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p3 photo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p4 photo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.  "I am as
king you to understand this movement . . .for the good of all human society."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p5 photo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.  "If you 
are sincere, you will have a sincere }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p7 photo Top }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.  "It 
is up to you to find out what is counterfeit and what is genuine." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li2520\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Below}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and dis
ciples in New York: "It is not a question of quantity but of quality." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vil\'e4savigraha d
\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p8 photo }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.  R\'e4dh
\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities preside as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da teaches disciples in London: "The real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is God's representative, and he'll talk about God and nothing else."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 The Lifter of G}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ovardhana Hill
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Lifter of G}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ovardhana Hill
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by SATSVAR\'dcPA d\'e4sa GOSV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many religious scriptures teaching man about his eternal relationship with God, but the oldest among them are the Vedic liter
atures, which were compiled 5,000 years ago in Sanskrit. The special standard of the Vedic literatures is that while they contain all that is contained in other scriptures, the reader will also find in them information that is not to be found elsewhere. 
In the cream of these literatures, called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (which has been presented in Eng
lish by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub we find the incident of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lifting the Govardhana Hill.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, descended to earth 5,000 years ago and displayed childhood pastimes as the son of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4j
a and Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 in the cowherd village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. When He was only six years old He one day came upon His father and other elders of the community who were preparing a religious sacrifice in honor of the demigod Indra. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's whole purpose in descending to this material world was to teach everyone to worship the Personality of Godhead exclusively and thus be saved from all dangers and the reactions to all past sinful activities. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore, intending to
 stop the sacrifice to the demigod, approached His father very politely and meekly said, "My dear father, what is this arrangement going on for a great sacrifice? What is the result, and for whom is it meant? Do you know what results to expect from this 
sacrifice?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At first Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja did not answer his son, thinking that He could not understand the intricacies of sacrifice, but when K
\'e5\'f1\'eba persisted in His plea, Nanda replied that they were performing the sacrifice because it was traditional. This shows that Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was not a whimsical person, for any genuine spiritual practice must have the sanction of previous 
authorities who have passed down spiritual knowledge. In the case of the Indra sacrifice, however, the object of worship was a demigod, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba suggested that the sacrifice be stopped. He had two reasons for doing so. One was that He
 wanted to discourage demigod worship because its object is material benefit, which is always temporary. Only a less intelligent person engages himself in religion for material benefit. The other reason is that even if one wants material things, he shoul
d approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He asks for surrender and devotional service unto Him. According to all learned spiritual masters, our rightful position is to serve
 Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja offered objections to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's request, and there then followed a logical debate between K\'e5\'f1\'eba an
d His pure devotee Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Our ISKCON artist has depicted Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja gesturing in this debate while his transcendental son listens and prepares to put forward His own argument. These two principal figures are surrounded by cowherd
 men, boys and cows, and in the background is Govardhana Hill.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Child K\'e5\'f1\'eba had still another intention in stopping the Indra sacrifice, and that was to punish the demigod Indra, whom K\'e5
\'f1\'eba knew was very puffed up with excessive pride. One may superficially think that a discussion about whether to worship a demigod is not relevant to modern times because no one worships or believes in demigods any longer. But this is not a fact. A
 demigod is a person who has power and influence far greater than that of an ordinary human. Generally, "demigod" refers to one of the inhabitants of higher material planets who have been entrusted by the Supreme Lord to manage the administrative affairs
 of the universe. For example, Indra is the demigod in charge of rain, Vivasv\'e4n is the demigod of the sun, etc. However, in a broader sense, any influential personality may be called a demigod, and the appeasement of such "big guns" to get favors from
 them is a process that is still going on. One approaches a movie star, a politician or a big industrialist in hopes that he will get his particular desires fulfilled if he pleases such an important personality. During World War II, for instance, there w
as a man in India who was profiting greatly from sales on the black market, and considering that his success was due to the engineer of the war, Adolf Hitler, he arranged for worship of Hitler in his home. Such worship is in the modes of ignorance and pa
ssion. One never makes spiritual progress by approaching a big personality to get material benefits.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great sage \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the original speaker to relate the incident of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Govardhana Hill, cautioned 
those interested in spiritual life not to approach rich householders to beg for material necessities which can easily be gotten from nature. \'c7ukadeva questions, "Why do you need a pillow if you have your soft arm? And if you need lodging, are the cave
s in the mountains stopped up? And as for food, are not the charitable trees still giving fruits?" The point is that one need depend only on the Supreme Lord, who is factually supplying all our needs, material and spiritual.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme religious teacher. Although His purpose was to teach worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, 
He at first spoke to His father as if He were an atheist. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's first point in their logical debate was that for prosperity the cowherd men did not have to worship the demigod Indra, but they had only to work diligently in their occupational d
uty of cow protection in their village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja argued back that simply to work was not enough to guarantee the result desired. For example, in spite of having the best care of a physician, sometimes a patient dies, or in 
spite of all the care and protection which parents give their child, the child dies or goes bad. In other words, material causes are not independent in themselves to bring about the results of activities; there has to be the sanction of the higher author
ity of Providence. Ultimately everything operates under the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. A drowning man may be sent a rescue boat or thrown a rope, but if it is the desire of the Lord that this man die, no boat or rope can save him. The sayi
ng is, "Whomever K\'e5\'f1\'eba kills, no one can save. Whomever K\'e5\'f1\'eba saves, no one can kill."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba nullified Nanda's point in debate, however, by describing Indra to be I like the head of a water department of a city go
vernment. One does not have to worship such an official privately in order to derive the benefit of water from him, for the head of the water department is duty-bound to give water to every good citizen. Therefore one simply has to tend to his own busine
ss occupation to get the facilities he needs; one need not personally worship a demigod. K\'e5\'f1\'eba argued that since the demigods cannot give good benefits to persons who have not executed their duties, the demigods are dependent on the execution of
 these duties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba urged His father and the cowherd men to concentrate on the activities in their own local world of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where
 their duty was primarily to protect the cows. Indra, He said, was simply bound to deliver water; he even pours rain on the ocean, where no one worships him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore requested His father to understand that his real relationship was with 
Govardhana Hill and V\'e5nd\'e4vana Forest and nothing more. "My dear father," K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "begin a sacrifice which will satisfy the local }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [the priestly order] and Govardhana Hill, and let us have nothing to do with Indra."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Influenced by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja offered a compromise. He would agree to do what K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked, but si
nce all the paraphernalia had already been gathered for the worship of Indra, he suggested that they first perform that sacrifice and then afterward the Govardhana worship that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had suggested.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To this K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied, "My dear father, don't delay." K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not like wishy-washy compromises which fall short of
 exclusive devotion unto Him. Readers of the world-famous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will recall that Arjuna, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's disciple on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, also did not want to follow K\'e5\'f1\'eba's will in the beginning, and he offered compromises and delays, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not accept Arjuna"s arguments. If we understand K\'e5\'f1
\'eba rightly as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, what is the point of delaying our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surrender to Him? Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja had already prepared to make an offering to the demig
od for material benefit, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "That doesn't matter. Take what you have, although it was intended for material gain, and use it in service to Me." This is also, the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as taught by \'c7r\'e9la Bh
aktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, the spiritual master of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Whatever talents }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub capacities one should simply be turned over engaged in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everything can be transferred to His account. This is sound philosophy. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme proprietor of all that be, we should rightfull
y engage everything in His loving service. That process will free us from bondage to suffering in this material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is described that all the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were absorbed in love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and simply wanted to please Him. Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja therefore yielded to his son's request and turned fried o
ver command of the worship to krsna who then began to dictate how He wanted the Govardhana sacrifice performed. This is one's rightful position, one should let K\'e5\'f1\'eba tell him exactly what to do. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "Prepare very nice foods
tuffs of all descriptions from the grains and butter collected for the sacrifice. Prepare rice, dahl, then halavah, pakora, pur\'e9 and all kinds of milk preparations like sweet rice and sweetballs and invite all the learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who can chant the Vedic hymns. Give nice grass to the cows. The sacrifice known as Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4 may immediate
ly begin. This sacrifice will very much satisfy Me."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only one who can rightfully speak in the imperative tone. If we
 think that we are God, we become offended to hear K\'e5\'f1\'eba ask for what is rightfully His. But since He is actually the Supreme, He should ask for nothing less than complete surrender and tell us, "Now do this. Now do that." This is also the posit
ion of the spiritual master, who is the servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one obeys the orders of the spiritual master, he will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub become free of the false ego which keeps us bound to th
e cycle of birth and death in the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sometimes called K\'e4rtam\'e9\'e7a, which means "the boss of the cowherd village." It is said that in the morning in
 such villages the K\'e4rtam\'e9\'e7a is asked what he would like to eat, and whatever menu he describes becomes the fare for the whole village. That is the relationship which we should have with the Supreme K\'e4rtam\'e9\'e7a, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whatever H
e desires should be our desire. If we can satisfy Him, that will make us actually happy. Everyone should do what K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants. If we will accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire as supreme, we will get far more than we could ever imagine by struggling on 
our own in the illusion that we are apart from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should all work as instruments for His satisfaction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as Indra was concerned, he was suffering from a delusion which is common to such powerful personalities: he thought that he was 
the supreme controller, forgetting that even the greatest demigod is only part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead from whom everything emanates. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, therefore, with the purpose of chastising Indra, advised th
e cowherd men to stop the Indra sacrifice and begin the Govardhana worship. The honest and simple cowherd men headed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba's proposal and executed in detail everything He advised. They performed Govardhana worshi
p and circumambulation of the hill. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba then declared that Govardhana worship is just as good as worship of Him. In this way He identified with the land in which He displayed His pastimes. Therefore, ever since the inauguration of Govardh
ana worship, people in V\'e5nd\'e4vana still dress nicely and assemble near Govardhana Hill to offer worship and walk around the hill, leading their cows. In all the temples of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and outside of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, huge quantities of food are p
repared and sumptuously distributed to the general population.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Indra understood that the sacrifice to be offered by the cowherd men was stopped by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he became angry, and to expres
s his anger against the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana he ordered his most terrible cloud, which is usually saved only for the time of annihilation, to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and inundate the whole area with extensive floods. Indra was deluded, thinking t
hat he was the all-powerful supreme personality, for when demons become very powerful, they defy the supreme controller, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Indra, although not a demon, was puffed up by his material position and wanted to challenge the Suprem
e Lord. At least for the time being, he thought himself as powerful as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Indra said, "Just see the impudence of the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana! They are simply inhabitants of the forest, but being infatuated with their friend K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, who is nothing but an ordinary human being, they have dared to defy the demigods."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ordered by King Indra, all the dangerous clouds appeared above V\'e5nd\'e4vana and began to pour water incessantly with all their stren
gth and power. There was constant lightning and thunder, blowing of severe wind, and incessant rain, which seemed to fall like piercing sharp arrows. Pouring water as thick as pillars, without cessation, the clouds finally filled all the lands of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana with water, and there was no visible distinction between higher and lower land. The situation was very dangerous, especially for the animals. Unable to find any other source of deliverance, they all approached Govinda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to take sh
elter at His lotus feet. They all began to pray to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are all-powerful, and You are very affectionate to Your devotees. Now please protect us who have been much harassed by angry Indra."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba understood the deliberate exhibition of anger by Indra. "This demigod who thinks himself supreme has shown his great pow
er," He thought, "but I shall answer him according to My position, and I shall thus take away his false prestige." Thinking in this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately picked up Govardhana Hill with one hand, exactly as a child picks up a mushroom from the g
round. Thus He exhibited His transcendental pastime of lifting Govardhana Hill. He then addressed the devotees, "My dear brothers, My dear father, My dear inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, you can now safely enter under the umbrella of Govardhana Hill, whi
ch I have just lifted. Do not be afraid of the hill and think that it will fall from My hand. You have been too much afflicted from the heavy rain and strong wind; therefore I have lifted this hill, which will protect you exactly like a huge umbrella." S
eeing this mystic power of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Indra was dumbstruck and baffled. He immediately called back the clouds and asked them to stop.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the sky was completely cleared of all clouds, there was sunrise again, and the strong winds stopped. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was now k
nown as the lifter of Govardhana Hill, said, "My dear cowherd men, now you can leave and take your wives, children, cows and valuables, because everything is ended. The flood has gone down, along with the swelling of the river." K\'e5\'f1\'eba held up Go
vardhana Hill for seven days. When the flood was over and all the residents and animals had left the shelter of the hill, K\'e5\'f1\'eba placed Govardhana Hill back in its position exactly as it was before. There was a great celebration in the heavens at
 this pastime of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, and many demigods poured showers of flowers from the sky and sounded conchshells. All the people of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, who were very affectionate to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, embraced Him and offered Him incessant blessings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a class of unscrupulous men who declare themselves to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even when they hear the Vedic des
criptions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they attempt to imitate His pastimes such as His dealings of love with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  or cowherd girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Such foolish pretenders sometimes gain followers who are even more foolish because they actually believe that any upstart can become the Supreme Personality of Godhead simply by declaring himself to be so
. Such so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv
\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who falsely pose as incarnations are challenged by this pastime of Govardhana Hill. A common man may try to imitate the loving pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and claim to b
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, but we can ask such false incarnations to perform some}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thing as wonderful as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lifting a mountain with the pinky of His left hand. Of cours
e they cannot do this. We should understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes to this earth to impart to us instructions about how to become God conscious. His teachings are meant to be followed, but His activities as the Supreme Personality of Godhead are wonde
rful pastimes which can never be imitated by a common man. Anyone who declares himself to be God but is unable to enact wonderful pastimes such as lifting Govardhana Hill is the worst of rascals and most preposterous of fools.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indra, the King of heaven, was conscious of his offense before K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore he stealthily appeared before Him from a seclu
ded place. Conscious of his subordinate position, he appeared before K\'e5\'f1\'eba with folded hands to offer prayers. "My Lord," Indra said, "I was a victim of false prestige. When I saw You stop the sacrifice, I thought that You were taking my share o
f the profit, and I forgot my position. There is no question of Your being my rival. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and I am simply Your eternal servant, but due to my false pride I forgot that You are transcendental, beyond the disturbance 
of the material qualities. Your abode is accessible only for one who is completely freed from the onslaught of material qualities like passion and ignorance."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indra appreciated K\'e5\'f1\'eba's right to chastise him and was grateful that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had tactfully removed his false prestige.
 Although Indra had vented all his power in the flood, K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed that this power could be thwarted simply by the pinky of His left hand. Indra saw himself as being grossly ignorant, and he thanked K\'e5\'f1\'eba for His kindness and mercy in 
destroying all his pride. Indra said, "I take shelter of Your lotus feet, my dear Lord. You are not only the supreme controller but the spiritual master of all living entities." After thus offering his humble obeisances, Indra took leave of the Supreme P
ersonality of Godhead and returned to his heavenly kingdom.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p11 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustrations by Mural\'e9dh\'e4ra 
dasa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p15 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indra, the King of heaven, offered 
his humble prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Upon Him I Meditate
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Upon Him I Meditate
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY KARANDHARA D\'c4SA\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON Los Angeles)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya\line janm\'e4dy asya yato 'nvay\'e4d itarata\'e7 c\'e4rthe\'f1v abhij\'efa\'f9 svar\'e4
\'f6\line tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kavaye muhyanti yat s\'fcraya\'f9\line tejo-v\'e4ri-m\'e5d\'e4\'e0 yath\'e4 vinimayo yatra tri-sargo 'm\'e5\'f1\'e4\line dh\'e4mn\'e4 svena sad\'e4 nirasta-kuhaka\'e0 satya\'e0 para\'e0 dh\'e9mahi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I offer my obeisances unto Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, son of Vasudeva, who is the supreme all-pervading Personality of Godhead. I meditate upon Him, the transc
endent reality, who is the primeval cause of all causes, from whom all manifested universes arise, in whom they dwell and by whom they are destroyed. I meditate upon that eternally effulgent Lord who is directly and indirectly conscious of all manifestat
ions and yet is beyond them. It is He only who first imparted Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahm\'e4, the first created being. Through Him this world, like a mirage, appears real even to great sages and demigods. Because of Him, the material univers
es, created by the three modes of nature, appear to be factual, although they are unreal. I meditate therefore upon Him, the Absolute Truth, who is eternally existent in His transcendental abode, and who is forever free of illusion."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the first verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which was compiled by Veda-vy\'e4sa as the perfect commentary on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the summary of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The very ancient kno
wledge of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was recorded by Veda-vy\'e4sa 5,000 years ago, and after he thus recorded the range o
f Vedic knowledge, he summarized it all in the compact synopsis called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The autho
r of a huge voluminous work who wants to make its general information available to those who do not have the time or facility to study the whole work may write a synopsis. Thus after compiling all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva found it necessary to summarize them in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fct
ra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It then became known to him that even this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was not sufficiently explicit to give a clear understanding of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Seeing that it would be misunderstood, he thought it necessary to write a commentary on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itself. This is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the natural commentary on the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub written by Vy\'e4sadeva himself. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Ripe Fruit of Knowledge
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We therefore accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the cream of all Vedic knowledge. From a cow we take milk, and from the milk we derive whey, buttermilk, etc., but the essence of the milk is the cream. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub called the cream or essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and sometimes it is also called the ripened fruit of the Vedic tree of knowledge. A tree has roots, a trunk, branches and leaves, but the quintessence of th
e tree is the fruit. The development of the tree culminates when a succulent, ripened fruit is produced. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is called the ripened fruit of the Vedic tree, for it contains the most sweet and essential knowledge. A tree is produced by the wonderful action of nature, and it produces a nice fruit which is for our benefit. We can take 
that fruit very happily, and thus the purpose of the tree is fulfilled. Similarly, it is described by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being the spotless }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the fruit of V
edic knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one simply understands }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all of the Vedic knowledge is known to him. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, a great Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious spiritual master), once observed that if all the books in the world were burned today and none were left but }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there would be no lack of knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consists of twelve cantos containing about 18,000 verses. The very first verse, which is the invocation, explains the purp
ose of the entire work.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Identity of the Supreme 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the very beginning Vy\'e4sadeva wants to make clear the purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus he begins, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya: "}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub offer my respectful obeisances unto 
the Supreme Lord." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavate }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicates the Supreme, the greatest of all. If one is the greatest athlete, 
the greatest movie star or the greatest scholar, he can be called the supreme in that respect. Thus "supreme" refers to the greatest, no one can be greater than or equal to the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva writes, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya:}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme, or God." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bhagavate }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also means God.) He particularly uses the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudev\'e4ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub to indicate the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9. Thus the complete meaning of this statement is, "I offer my respectful obeisances unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that particular son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 who is the Supreme God." In the very first line of t
his verse, therefore, Vy\'e4sadeva gives us direct and pertinent information regarding the subject matter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of, Godhead, the son of Vasudeva.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first aphorism of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1] }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub states, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jijn\'e4s\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  "Now is the time to understand the purpose of life." What is the proper utilization of our advanced intelligence, and what is the purpose of life? These questions constitute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub brahma-jijn\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or inquiry about the Supreme Absolute Truth. If one studies very carefully and is able to derive the proper perspective from the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he can understand that the overall purpose and design of Vedic knowledge is threefold.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are three categories of Vedic understanding. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means knowledge, and to assimilate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is to assimilate knowledge. The three categories of knowledge are given as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhidheya, sambandha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prayojana. Sambandha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to knowledge of our relationship with the Supreme Lord, }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhidheya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to the process of developing that relationship and approaching God, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prayojana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the perfection of the re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lationship. 
Thus the goal, purpose and design of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to understand our relationship with God, function according to that relationship, and go back home, back to Godhead. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The verse continues, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This refers to the Supreme Lord as "He from whom everything emanates."This is scientific information of the Supreme Lord. There are many scriptures in the world which give information that Go
d is great, God is good, etc., but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub scientifically sets forth detailed informat
ion about God in order to clear up all misgivings or unclear points about what God is.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Scientific Meditation
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To forward the rendering of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva is meditating in this way. He meditates upon Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the cause of all causes from 
whom everything springs. This is an analytical definition of God: He is the cause of all causes. God cannot be caused by anything else; rather, everything must be caused by Him. Furthermore, if God causes everything and brings everything into existence, 
He must also be the maintainer; it is by His energy that creation is maintained. Similarly, He is also the destroyer. Thus the total import of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is "He from whom everything emanates and by whom everything is created, maintained and destroyed."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With this scientific information, one can meditate upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord from whom everything comes. Thinking in this
 way, we can consider that everything comes from Him, including birds, flowers, air, water, body, mind, the universe, the sun, the stars and everything else. All is created by Him. Furthermore, all is maintained by Him. One may think himself the maintain
er of his family, his body or his dog, but that is relative maintenance. Actually there is a higher maintainer than us. We are relative maintainers. For example, I may go to a job, earn a salary and go to the store to buy some food to maintain myself, bu
t who has created the food? The farmer may say that he has produced the food, since he planted the seed and watered it, yet he is not the absolute producer but only a functionary in that production. By nature's way the seed grows into a grown plant. Scie
nce cannot duplicate this process. Thus the food is produced by nature, which is under the direction of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We cannot claim that we can create or maintain anything; rather, we act as functionaries. When someone builds a house, he brings lumber
, nails, plaster and labor and thus assembles it. He cannot actually say, therefore, that he is the creator of the house, but rather he is a functionary in that creation. He has not created the wood nor the metal, but he has only arranged these materials
 in a certain way after nature produces the raw ingredients.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus we are neither the creators nor maintainers. We utilize that which is provided for us. For example, we are maintained by the air a
nd the sun, which are supplied without effort on our part. Similarly, although we know that everything that comes into existence in the material world, including our bodies, our minds and even our planet, is eventually destroyed by the influence of time,
 we are not the controllers of all this. One body is destroyed and another created under the direction of a higher order, a higher force\'97a creator, maintainer and destroyer. This is not a religious sentiment, but these are scientific facts that we hav
e to accept. Therefore Vy\'e4sadeva meditates in this way: "I am thinking, I am worshiping, I am pondering about and meditating upon He from whom everything emanates, by whom everything is maintained, and by whom everything is destroyed."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Supreme Controller 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Furthermore, God is the controller of everything. This is another clue to meditation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is directly and indirectly control
ling everything. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that nothing, not even a blade of grass, moves without t
he will of the Supreme Lord. Therefore it is also explained here that everything is either directly or indirectly under His control. This is quite logical and scientific in accordance with whatever strength or capacity I have, I exercise some control. If
 I had a colony of ants, I could exercise a great amount of relative control over those ants, and similarly a stronger individual can exercise the same degree of control over me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet we have not found anyone who can claim that he is the supreme controller. There have been many politicians, soldiers, statesmen and
 famous personalities who have come and gone with the passing of history. They have performed their pastimes and exercised some temporary control, and now they are all gone. At present, President Nixon is controlling very powerfully in the United States,
 but in fifty years he will be gone, and there will be little memory of him. That is the nature of relative control. That is not supreme control, for God is eternally the supreme controller. He always has been the controller, always is the controller, an
d always will be the controller, both directly and indirectly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Truly enlightened souls (and Vy\'e4sadeva, the compiler of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub among the most enlightened) consider the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the supreme authority in detailed information of God. There must always be some authority. A standard must always be set. For example, ho
w do we know how long a foot is? There is a government bureau of standard weights and measures that keeps a golden rod of a certain length designated as one foot. I f we want to manufacture a ruler, it has to come within a certain tolerance of this rod i
n order to qualify as legally representing a foot. That is the standard. If someone wants to make a ruler, he must agree to accept that standard. We cannot say that we do not accept it, for if we say that a foot is a different length than the standard ro
d, who is to decide? There will be complete chaos. Thus in order to come to any conclusion or common ground, we must find an accepted standard. Of course, the example of the rod is relative and material, but there is no such material relativity in spirit
ual consideration. All different schools of transcendental science accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the supreme standa
rd. If I want to prove something, I must be able to back it up with Vedic injunctions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic standard of transcendental knowledge, one cannot simply make wonderful statements. One must be able to quote fro
m the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and in order to fully support any philosophical statement, one must be able to review, corre
late and integrate all the Vedic aphorisms. They are all in harmony, but sometimes people will take a small portion, divorce it from the rest, and, not understanding its overall pertinence, make a statement out of proper context. We therefore sometimes s
ee disagreements or conflicts between different camps of Vedic knowledge, but this is due to shortsightedness. We must therefore take the correct understanding from Vy\'e4sadeva, the original author himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva informs us that God is the supreme controller. Although we are not very much in control, there is someone in control. It i
s a nonsensical theory that there is no supreme controller. In the morning the sun comes up, but I can neither demand that the sun come up earlier nor force it to go down earlier because the sun is independent of my control. Someone, however, is controll
ing it. One should not conclude that because he or his fellow men cannot control it, no one can. That is called frog philosophy, for a frog who cannot see beyond the length and breadth of his own pond concludes that the pond is everything. That we simply
 cannot imagine how anyone can control the sun does not mean that the sun is not controlled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything in this material universe has a particular design and order; there is no question of randomness. Scientists should know this
. When an experiment is performed in a science class, there is a certain reaction when chemicals are combined. If a professor inquires from a student why this reaction occurs and the student says that it is random and there is no meaning or controlled re
ason, that is nonsensical. It is not at all a scientific answer. There is a reason, and one must factually understand it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a reason why everything is going on as if designed under conscious control. That we cannot perceive it directly or through ded
uction does not mean that it does not exist. For example, in Los Angeles, where this article is being written, all the civic activities are now going on\'97trash is being picked up, the police are on duty, etc.\'97but I cannot fully understand how. Altho
ugh I am not participating in these activities, however, they are going on anyway. I cannot say that nothing is happening or being controlled except where I am involved and aware of it. That would be foolish. Similarly, everything is going on under some 
control, whether we know it or not. That is a scientific fact, and it is God who is doing this controlling. He is the Supreme, He is the cause of all causes, He is the creator, maintainer, and destroyer of everything, and He controls everything. This inf
ormation is given by the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Consciousness Beyond Time and Space 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Continuing, Vy\'e4sadeva says that the Supreme is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhij\'efa
\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fully cognizant. It is said that God is omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent, and these words are very significant. "Omni" indicates that He has no limit. His energy exten
ds everywhere to infinity. I infinity extends not only within 180 degrees or a certain distance but everywhere. I have some potency, and I may be able to push you over with my potency, but certainly I cannot push over a large building. Therefore my poten
cy is limited. But the word "omnipotent" refers to one who has no limit to his potency. Similarly, "omnipresent" indicates that He is present everywhere between the atoms, in the fire, in the sky and everywhere else.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, there is a very clear contrast on this point between the Supreme and ourselves. We are not omnipresent. Our presence is limited 
by time and space. If I am present in one room, I cannot be present in another room at the same time. This is a clear example of how we are not omnipresent. Our consciousness is not everywhere; it is limited. But God is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhij\'efa\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cognizant everywhere. I can pinch my body, a
nd I can feel it, but you cannot feel that pinch. But God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is everywhere and can feel everything. It is in this way that Vy\'e4sadeva is meditating. Whether we accept or reject his meditations is another matter, but Vy\'e4sadeva is thinki
ng, "I meditate upon Him who is present everywhere."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Furthermore, the Lord is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sva-r\'e4\'f6, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or fully independent. However independent one thinks he is, we can actually prove-to him that everyone is dependent. We are dependent on the light of the sun, upon our paychecks, and upon the conditi
ons of material nature. If lightning came and struck us, we would be finished. Where is the question of independence? We are fully dependent upon material conditions. But V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, is independent. He doesn't need anyt
hing for His maintenance and sustenance. He exists to maintain everything else. This is the import of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sva-r\'e4\'f6, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub which is the next aspect in which to contemplate the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Enlightening the First Being
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next Vy\'e4sadeva says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kav
aye": "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub worship the Supreme L
ord V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who imparted knowledge to the first created living being, Brahm\'e4." We receive knowledge from our parents, teachers, brothers and sisters; in many ways we take knowledge from others because when we come into this life w
e are not in knowledge but in ignorance. Similarly, Brahm\'e4, the first created living being, received knowledge from the Lord. We are created by our mothers and fathers, who in turn are created by their mothers and fathers, and if we could trace out ou
r ancestry to its very beginning, we would come to the individual named Brahm\'e4, who is the first created living being. He was born first, and from him all other population has sprouted. Therefore, how did Brahm\'e4 acquire knowledge? God enlightened h
im through consciousness. If my teacher is conscious and I am conscious, he can teach me, and there can be a transmission of knowledge. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-k
avaye }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicates that the Supreme Lord imparted knowledge to Brahm\'e4 through consciousness. Both God, the Supreme, and Brahm\'e4, the first created being, are conscious. Thus the
 Supreme Lord gave knowledge to Brahm\'e4 directly by enlightening him from within his heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is situated within the heart of every living being. This is another aspect of the Supreme upon which one can meditate. He imparts k
nowledge unto us also because although it has become widely dispersed and different parties have claimed proprietorship, all knowledge within the universe originally comes from Brahm\'e4 and has been handed down through time. And Brahm\'e4 received his k
nowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus the full significance of the words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kavaye }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is that knowledge comes to everyone by the agency of the Supreme Lord. This is another way in which Vy\'e4sadeva is meditating. It is his desire to present knowledge of the Supreme, and in order to synthesize his enlightenment and gain inspir
ation, he is meditating in this way on the Lord, thus fixing his mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The state in which one fixes his consciousness by viewing the Supreme from many different angles is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or trance. In that state of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one is fully God-conscious. This verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub serves many purposes, for it not only informs us of Vy\'e4sadeva's meditation but gives us an opportunity to concentrate in the same way. If we want to become God conscious, we can follow the example of Vy\'e4
sadeva in meditating upon the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Illusioned Demigods 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva next considers, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muhyanti yat s\'fcraya\'f9. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic literature, the universe is governed by powerful living beings who are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devas,
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or demigods. For example, in the United States government there is a president, vice-president, secretary of state and many cabinet members, all of whom serve functions in the wo
rkings of the state. Since we never see these officials, the government may seem impersonal, but still these individuals influence our lives. Thus although the government seems like an impersonal force, actually the government consists of individual pers
ons. The government includes entire structures and organizations, but individual persons take care of each branch. If we want to discuss taxes we go to one branch, if we want to talk about agriculture we go to another branch, etc. In this way everything 
has been organized according to categories. Similarly, according to Vedic information the universe is also organized in this way under the supervision of individual personalities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To give another example, I recently visited a big company in Japan where there are ten thousand workers. It was almost inconceivable ho
w there could be so many workers in one company, and I could not see the length and breadth of that company's plant. How much greater, then, are the operations of the entire universe? The sun is coming up and going down, the rain is coming and going, etc
., all according to a designed order systematically governed by laws. It is a huge, organized affair with personalities in key posts to see that everything goes on properly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We receive our mail every day because there are hundreds of men employed to deliver it. Similarly, the sun comes up every day because t
here are hundreds of thousands of individuals who are responsible for this. We may not be able to imagine their potency because we think that it is significant to be able to lift a three hundred pound barbell, what to speak of the sun. But although it is
 beyond our imagination, someone is doing it. This we learn from Vedic information. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub warn us not
 to think that something cannot exist merely because we cannot conceive of it. That is gross ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The demigods are almost like God, for they have a great deal of control and power. This, of course, is relative.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For example, when compared to the ants, we can be considered demigods. Similarly, just as we can squash an ant in one step, there are o
ther living beings who are so great and powerful that they could squash us or even this entire planet in one step. This we learn from Vedic information. These demigods (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcraya
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are in charge of all the
 operations of the universe.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Absolute Truth 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva says that he is meditating upon that individual regarding whom even the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surayah }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or demigods are illusioned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (muhyanti yat }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcraya\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may be ignorant of the Supreme Lord, but 
Vy\'e4sadeva says that even the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'fcraya\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub the demigods who are far greater than us, are also illusioned about the Supreme. Thus no matter how great one is in the material world, he cannot know God by his material qualifications because God is completely autocratic and can never b
e intimidated. There is no one who can come even close to equality with God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the prime minister of an important foreign country wants to visit the United States, immediately the president must allow him to do 
so because the president and the prime minister are on equal terms. But if an ordinary, insignificant citizen wanted to see the president, he would be refused. Even if he threatened to cause trouble, the president would not even consider listening becaus
e he cannot be intimidated. However, although an ordinary politician may have an equal, there is no one who can equal God, not even the great demigods who are mightier than we. The demigods are also illusioned by His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tri-sarga\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or His threefold material energy, which consists of goodness, passion and ignorance. They have become illusioned by the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am\'e5\'f1\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the "almost reality." One may see a mirage of water in the desert, but that is an "alm
ost reality." Actually there is water, and there is a desert, but the water does not exist in the desert. Similarly, the so-called happiness and distress that we experience in material life are not factual but "almost real." They are illusions conducted 
by the agency of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tri-sarga\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the threefold aspects of the illusory energy of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e4sudeva is He by whom even the greatest intellects, controllers and demigods are illusioned. Sometimes we see magicians who can per
form sleight-of hand tricks and bewilder us. We think that a card is in one place, but the magician produces it from another. In this way he creates an illusion by his dexterity. The Supreme Lord upon whom Vy\'e4sadeva is meditating is the supreme magici
an. His dexterity is so grand that He can trick anyone. That is a further item for meditation. God, however, is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirasta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub or never illusioned, because He is the controller of illusion itself. This is another aspect of the Supreme Lord. He is never under the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (illusion) but is the controller of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. M\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub serves Him just as magic serves a magician. Therefore it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sad\'e4 nirasta-kuhakam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "God is eternally free from illusion."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva concludes by saying, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satya\'e0 para\'e0 dh\'e9ma
hi. Satyam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means truth, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
means the Supreme or the Absolute, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9mahi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "I do meditate upon." Therefore Vy\'e4sadeva says
, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto V\'e4sudeva, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, who is the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satya\'e0 para\'e0 dh\'e9mahi: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "He is the Supreme Absol
ute Truth. Upon Him I meditate."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-490 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p16: Illustration by Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub As described by Vy\'e4sadeva, Brahm\'e4 the first created being, meditated upon Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who enlightened him from within his heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-490 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p18: Illustration by Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as a child before Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, He revealed to them His four armed expansion as the all-powerful Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9, is the Supreme Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-490 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20: Illustration by Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub The Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the master of the threefold aspects of illusion, which bewilder all living beings in the material world, who act like puppets under their control.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb180 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'93Hearing is the beginning of understanding.\'94#55
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'93Hearing is the beginning of 
understanding.\'94
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is now making this sound available in a wonderful new series of K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters      #55
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\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub special interest will be published regularly.
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the people they meet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do not believe this is in any way as it should be.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These boys happen to represent God. This comes from within. Their outlook must have mercy. We realize this; therefore handpick these li
ttle peaces [sic] of heaven to place in the middle of these people. Or else it will defeat your purpose.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Love Is. Let it be as it is; with Love or not at all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My prayers be with you... and I beg yours with me.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours in God, Blessed Be, 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lynne Ludwig 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Lynne Ludwig,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter from California, and I have noted the contents carefully, altho
ugh due to extensively traveling and preaching in a tour in India I have not had the opportunity to reply to you at length until now. Your complaint is that you have met two of my young disciples in California and they appeared to you to have "a very neg
ative outlook toward the people they meet." Of course, I do not know the case and what the circumstances are, but kindly forgive my beloved disciples for any unkindness or indiscretion on their part. After all, to give up one's life completely for servin
g the Lord is not an easy thing, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the illusory, material energy, tries especially hard 
to again entrap those who have left her service to become devotees. Therefore, in order to withstand the attack of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and remain strong under all conditions of temptation, young or inexperienced devotees in the neophyte stage of devotional service will sometimes adopt an attitude against those things or persons which may possibly be harmful or thre
atening to their tender devotional creepers. They may even overindulge in such feelings just to protect themselves, and thus they will appear to some nondevotees, who are perhaps themselves still very much enamored by the material energy of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , to be negative or pessimistic.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the actual fact is that this material world is a miserable, negative place, full of danger at every step; it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a temporary abode of death, birth, disease, and old age, a home of suffering and pain 
only. To come to the platform of understanding these things as they are is not very common, and therefore persons who attain to it are described as "great souls."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m upetya punar janma\line du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam\line n\'e4pnuvanti mah\'e4tm\'e4na\'f9\line sa\'e0siddhi\'e0
 param\'e4\'e0 gat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This means that those who have understood that the material worlds are places of misery and temporariness (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) never return here again, and because they are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4na\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the great souls, K\'e5\'f1\'eba keeps them with Him because they have qualified themselves to escape this nasty place by b
ecoming His pure devotees. This verse is spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God Himself, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Who can be a more final authority? The point is that to make advancement in spiritual life, one must view everything material with a pessimistic eye unless it is utilized to serve an
d please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are not very much hopeful for any lasting pleasure or satisfaction for our deepest cravings within this realm of gross matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You refer to the word "love" several times in your letter, but the actual fact is that there is no love in this material world. That is
 false propaganda. What they call love here is lust only, or desire for personal sense gratification:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma e\'f1a krodha e\'f1a\line rajo-gu\'eba-samudbhava\'f9\line mah\'e4\'e7ano mah\'e4-p\'e4pm\'e4\line viddhy enam iha vairi
\'ebam
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, His disciple, that "It is lust only... which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of this world." (Bg.}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.37) In the Vedic language there is no word for materialistic "love," as we call it in the present day. The 
word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes lust or material desire, not love, but the word that we find in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for actual love is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , meaning one's love of God only. Outside of loving God there is no possibility of loving. Rather, there is lusty desire only. Within this atmosphere of matter, the entire range of human 
activities\'97and not only every activity of human beings but all living entities\'97is based upon, given impetus and thus polluted by sex desire, the attraction between male and female. For that sex life, the whole universe is spinning around\'97and suf
fering! That is the harsh truth. So-called love here means that "you gratify my senses, I'll gratify your senses," and as soon as that gratification stops, immediately there is divorce, separation, quarrel, and hatred. So many things are going on under t
his false conception of love. Actual love means love of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone wants to repose his loving tendency in some object which is in his opinion worthy. But the question is one of ignorance only, 
because people have a poor fund of knowledge about where to find that supreme lovable object who is actually worthy to accept and reciprocate their love. People simply do not know. There is no proper information. As soon as you have some attachment for a
nything material, it will kick you upon the face, deteriorate, and disappoint you. It's bound to dissatisfy and frustrate you. That's a fact. But these young boys in your country, and all over the world, are accepting, "Yes, that is a fact," and they are
 getting the right information from K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line sa mah\'e4tm
\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "After many births and deaths, he who is actually wise surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Su
ch a great soul is very rare." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.19) Again K\'e5\'f1\'eba uses that word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , great soul. Therefore our devotees that you have met are not ordinary boys and girls. No. They are to be conside
red actually wise, great souls because they have experienced in many births the miserable disease of material life and have become disgusted. Therefore they are seeking higher knowledge\'97they are seeking something better\'97and when they find K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and surrender unto Him, they become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who are actually situated in knowledge. This ma
terial world is just like a prison house; it is a punishing place meant to bring us to that point of becoming disgusted, surrendering at last to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and going back to our original nature of eternal life in bliss and complete knowledge. Theref
ore it is to the credit of these devotees that they have done what is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sudurlabha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , very rare among all
 men in human society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba one will find the final object in which to invest his love: God. Love of God is present in everyone, 
just like fire in an unlit match, but it is covered over. But if one somehow or other develops his dormant love of God, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes his supreme adorable object, supreme friend, supreme master, or supreme lover, than he shall never again be
come disappointed or unhappy. Rather, because his loving propensity is rightfully placed:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mac-citt\'e4 mad-gata-pr\'e4\'eb\'e4\line bodhayanta\'f9 parasparam\line kathayanta\'e7 ca m\'e4\'e0 nitya\'e0\line tu\'f1yanti 
ca ramanti ca\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  10.9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotee whose life is surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always enjoying "great satisfaction and bliss," and he is constantly enlight
ened, always positive, not negative, as you say. The advanced devotee is the friend of everyone. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-yukto vi\'e7uddh\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , purified soul engaged in loving devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-bh\'fct\'e4tma-bh\'fct\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.7]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. In another place K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mad-bhakta\'f9 sa me priya\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  12.14]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , His devotee, who is very dear to Him, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adve\'f1\'f6\'e4 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 maitra\'f9 karu\'eba eva ca }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 12.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub
]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities. The devotee is supposed to be, furthermore, equal to everyone (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.18). He never discriminates, saying, "This one is good, this one is bad." No.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are descriptions of the more advanced stages of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness that devotees get by development of mature knowledge
. At present many of our students are young boys. They are learning gradually, and the process is so effective, certain, and authorized that if they stick to it they will come to the right point, as you say, of loving. But that love is not material, so i
t should not be judged on the false, sentimental platform of ordinary, mundane dealings. That is our point. Therefore to say they are not loving may be true from the materialists' point of view. They have given up affection for family, friends, wife, cou
ntry, race, and so on, which is all based upon the bodily concept of life, or flickering sense gratification. They have become a little detached from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  love, or lust, and they want K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love, or endless, fully rewarding love, but they have not yet developed to that point, that's all. We cannot expect that all of a sudden your co
untrymen, who are addicted to so many bad habits, will give up eating flesh, taking intoxicants, having illicit sex life, and so many other nasty things, and overnight become great, self-realized souls. That is not possible. That is utopian. But just bei
ng initiated as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee puts one in the topmost category of human society. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa buddhim\'e4n manu\'f1ye\'f1u sa yukta\'f9 k\'e5tsna-karma-k\'e5t:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "He is intelligent in human society. He is in the transcendental position, although engaged in all sorts of activities." And although such a devotee may not yet have advanced to the highest level of spiritual understanding, still
 he is to be considered the most exalted personality, regardless of any temporary frailties.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub api cet su-dur\'e4c\'e4ro\line bhajate m\'e4m ananya-bh\'e4k\line s\'e4dhur eva sa mantavya\'f9\line samyag vyavasito hi sa\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Even if a devotee commits the most abominable actions, he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As you will say, "To err is human." Therefore in the neophyte stage we may always expect some discrepancies. Kindly see the 
thing in this light and forgive their small mistakes. The big thing is that they have given everything, even their lives, to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and that is never a mistake.
\par }\pard \s1308 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your ever well-wisher,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *       *      *
\par }\pard {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most Worshipable \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please, accept my most humble obeisances. It has been more than two months since }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and I am still cherishing the vision of your lotus face while seeing you off at Pittsburgh Airport. After hearing you for six days and
 seeing you every day, my ears and eyes have become lusty. The ears do not want to hear anything but your transcendental voice, and the eyes do not want to see anything but your lotus face. I have been living in the Chicago temple since }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Every day I keep looking at your picture on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vy\'e4s\'e4sana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , thinking that some day you will speak. It hasn't happened yet, and having become impatient, I decided to write to you so that you ca
n hear me more distinctly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All my desires to work as an engineer seem to have dwindled by seeing your lotus face in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. I am enjoying the nectar 
of devotion more and more every day. I have been going on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sainkirtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub every day for an average of six to 
eight hours (sometimes even fifteen) ever since I have been in this temple. I love to go out on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and distribute your books, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is rewarding me with unexpected pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every day I am realizing more and more the magnanimity and potency of your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, which is giving me the strength to resist the attack of this dense forest of the material world with its wild animals, the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (materialists). The people in general are taking one major step every day towards degradation. I cannot un
derstand their royal march towards hell, even though I would have been one of them had you not picked me up from this holocaust. This is more true with Indians than anybody else, especially those present in this country. They do not know anything about V
edic philosophy. They do not have any religion but C\'e4rv\'e4ka's "eat, drink and be merry." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub is existing only in a skeleton form. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub class has become almost extinct. 
The society is a headless body. How can there be any peace and prosperity when they do not know what peace and prosperity mean? How can there be brotherhood when they do not know who their father is? How can there be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4ma-r\'e4jya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [the kingdom of God] without R\'e4ma [God] ?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Amidst all the hypocrisy, quarrel, chaos and disarray, you have come forward with this nectar of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the function of soul. Only very fortunate peop
le\'97those who are picked up by the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself\'97can taste this nectar, as confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line sa mah\'e4tm
\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is ve
ry rare." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.1
9)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana yaj\'efa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub is undoubtedly the highest of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaj\'efas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [sacrifices], and anybody, whether a 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e7\'fc}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or even worse, pure or impure, can take part and get the highest benedic}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tion\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unto Adhok\'f1a
ja, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Out of causeless mercy, you have planted these seeds in our hearts and chosen us to go all over the whole world and plant the seeds of devotion in everyone's heart. Only through your transcendental mercy can one approach Aji
ta, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given you all powers to purify anybody. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
confirms this:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat p\'e4da-sa\'e0\'e7ray\'e4\'f9 s\'fcta\line munaya\'f9 pra\'e7am\'e4yan\'e4\'f9\line sadya\'f9 punanty upasp\'e5\'f1\'f6\'e4
\'f9\line svar-dhuny\'e4po \'92nusevay\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O Suta, those great sages who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord can at once sanctify those who come in touch with them, whereas the water
s of the Ganges can sanctify only after prolonged use." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.1.15)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of the most important and attractive things about you is that you started this movement after being on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [self-realized] platform, on which one does not have to perform any duties and has already realized the Absolut
e Truth. Every word in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub volumes is a proof of this fact. Only a fool can read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagava
d-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and not understand that you are an absolutely realized soul. (A nice Indian friend of mine has already read your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub twenty-five times.) Your purports in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are so powerful and honest that sometimes I simply cannot take so much mercy and cry in ecstasy. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the most ripened fruit of the Vedic tree, is naturally very beautiful and is made sweeter by \'c7uka, its speaker. Your final touch in the form of purports has made it unbearably beaut
iful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I was so stupid and dumb. Although born in a pious }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma
\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub family and brought up nicely, I went off the track and was living like a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dvija-bandhu }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [degraded }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Somehow or other K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave me the intelligence to realize that Your Divine Grace is my only hope, and I 
surrendered to you wholeheartedly. Ever since then, there is always bliss in my life. The emptiness and vacant mood that I was feeling before have been replaced by enthusiasm and satisfaction. In you I have seen a wonderful lake with cool water in the mi
dst of a plain desert. You have given me both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [knowledge] and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [realization]. You have given me the vision that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything], knowing which I do not have to know anything else. I have no qualifications whatsoever, but because I have a
ccepted you as my master and guide, and whatever I know comes from you, I am sure of success, even with al I my imperfections and defects. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub api ced asi p\'e4pebhya\'f9\line sarvebhya\'f9 p\'e4pa-k\'e5ttama\'f9\line sarva\'e0 j\'ef\'e4na-plavenaiva\line v\'e5jina\'e0 s
antari\'f1yasi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Even if you are considered to be the most sinful of all sinners, when you are situated in the boat of transcendental knowledge, you will be able to cross over the 
ocean of miseries." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.36}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My attachment for you is not at all sentimental. Until now, my definition of love was in terms of superficial material relationships wi
th parents, family and friends. Now, since I have developed feelings for you, I am beginning to realize what love is like and how perfect and blissful a loving relationship can be. From time immemorial I have been rotting in this hell, and of trillions a
nd trillions of living entities, how fortunate I am to be born at the same time that you have appeared and to be accepted by you as your spiritual son. You are not an ordinary saint or sage. You can very easily be considered as influential as Christ, Moh
ammed or \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, and yet they did not preach the complete transcendental truth or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata-dharma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Like the twelve }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4janas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [fully realized devotee] who has influenced this whole ag
e. All Vai\'f1\'ebavas for all time must pay you their obeisances. Oh, Prabhup\'e4da, may I lose my legs, may my hands be cut off, may I lose the sight of my eyes and my ability to speak, but may I never lose the shelter of your lotus feet. I do not know
 if I can develop love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this life, but if I can develop love for you, that will be enough.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone who comes in contact with you directly or indirectly will be benefited. The best way one can come in contact with you is through
 your books. If the degraded and misguided Indians can read your books, they may understand the real purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub instead of being brainwashed by professional reciters. There are hundreds of misleading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
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gavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in school. Hence I very sincerely believe that they should read your books. I am wondering if I can translate your books into Gujarati. Gujaratis seem to me to be
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ood Sanskrit student in high school, although I later gave up Sanskrit to become an engineer. I can understand more than half the meaning of the verses even now. I am wondering if I should continue this and learn the language well, which should not take 
a long time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I did not expect to make this so tedious and long a letter. But I do not know how to write nicely and briefly. However, if you read my 
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\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya deve par\'e4 bhaktir\line yath\'e4 deve tath\'e4 gurau\line tasyaite kathit\'e4 hy arth\'e4\'f9\line prak\'e4\'e7ante mah
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is true that you are present in your books, but as I read your books more and more, I feel your separation more and more, and my des
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Ya\'e7omat\'e9nandana,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter, and I am so much pleased to read it. Your letter is so nice that I am a
dvising that it be published in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the meantime you can immediately begin translating al
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be a great service for you. The more you render service, the more you will be enlightened by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thank you once more for understanding our philosophy very nicely.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hoping this will meet you in good health,
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
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nd attain spiritual realization in this lifetime.
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs28\cf0 by Patitoddharana dasa}{\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\b\i0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON EDINBURGH)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Acyuta, drive my chariot!" This was the command given by Arjuna, the great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was attracted to Arjuna's attitude of pure love, was acting as the chariot driver of His devotee. Their conversation on the chariot has be
en recorded by the great sage \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, and it is still well known in many languages in many lands, for their talks comprise the verses of the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna is addressing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the 21st verse of the First Chapter as "Acyuta," or "the infallible Lord." The main point o
f understanding in this connection is that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees His devotee surrender to Him without motivation, He becomes attracted to serve His devotee. Sometimes we have difficulty understanding certain apparently contradictory things about the S
upreme Personality of Godhead. For instance, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that He is far away and He is v
ery near as well. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that although He is the oldest, He still appears as a fre
sh sixteen-year-old youth. Thus it is difficult for us to understand how the Supreme Lord of all living entities can act as the servant of His devotee, for it seems that the devotee should serve His master, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However, for one who is a 
pure devotee such as Arjuna and who only wants to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba without self-motivation of any sort, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is easily purchased. Indeed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes the servant of His devotee. In this understanding is found the confidential tru
th about devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna's unmotivated desire to serve is rare in its purity. Mostly persons who have initial attraction for God would approach the Lord 
as their order supplier and request Him to send them wealth. The pure devotee, however, does not even desire to seek from the Lord the boon of liberation from material life. Thus by his service attitude, born of unalloyed love, the devotee wins the highe
st benediction and remains free of material contamination in much the same way as a lotus, although apparently resting on the water, remains untouched by it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba derives much pleasure in serving such a surrendered soul as Arjuna.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, desiring to deliver the fallen conditioned souls, appeared 500 years ago in Navadv\'e9pa, India, as Lord
 \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. From His pastimes as Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu there is much to be learned, for His entire mission was to teach the rarest gift, that of pure, unadulterated love of God. Lord Caitanya would walk through jungles, towns and 
villages, enchanting the countryside with His singing of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One day,
 as He was traveling, He came across a poor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who was looking over a copy of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was not a puffed up erudite scholar but a simple and pure devotee. He was holding his copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in a very loving and gentle way. On the cover was a picture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba driving the chariot of His devotee Arjuna. Tears of love flowed forth from the lotus eyes o
f the devotee, and a joyous smile adorned his lips. The Lord asked His devotee, "Why are you crying, O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba?" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub The devotee replied, "My spiritual master has asked me to read all the chapters of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub each day. But the difficulty is that I do not know how to read. Thus I am simply turning the pages, but when I think how kind K\'e5\'f1\'eba is for consenting to drive the chariot of Arjuna, I am moved to cry in this way."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya felt the ecstasy of devotional pleasure on hearing the purified feeling expressed by His devotee. He exclaimed, "You are 
the one who is truly learned in the real message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4!" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With these words, the Lord embr
aced the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to His breast, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub good fortune was unbounded. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had simply appreciated Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's causeless mercy upon His pure devotee Arjuna, and for doing so he received the highest of
 benedictions, the Lord's loving embrace, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is attracted by pure devotional service. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub understood K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attraction to drive the chariot of His devotee Arjuna, let us also try to understand it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes the class of men whom we refer to as "impersonalists" or "M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s" make the mistake of trying to become the Sup
reme Lord Himself. They have invented the idea that by somehow or other "merging" themselves with God they can suddenly acquire all the opulence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is the controller of both the spiritual and material worlds. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, who is the actual knower of all things, is not particularly pleased with men who simply try to usurp His exalted position. Such men are jealous of the Lord, and their goal of merging into the Lord's bodily effulgence is the same as the goal of
 the enemies of God, the demons, who, foolishly enough, face the Lord in battle and are consequently vanquished by Him. The impersonalists think that simply by merging they will receive the highest glories, but actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba is more pleased wit
h His surrendered devotee, whose position is that of a most humble servant. It is to him that the highest benedictions actually go.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the present age Lord Caitanya has recommended the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, and He has declared that humility is a prerequisite qualification for uttering the holy name. He said in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One can chant the holy name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more 
tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the holy name of the Lord constantly." Therefore, the humble man who actually aspires after the Lord's grace will 
add this chanting process to his life in a humble and sincere way, and thereby by purified chanting, he will become the actual attractor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Service to the Lord is actually the constitutional eternal engagement of the living entity. The Lord is complete in Himself, yet becaus
e He desires to enjoy and share in relationships of countless unique varieties, He has expanded Himself into the living entities. Without His expansions He would not be complete. The conception of "Lord" is not complete if there is no one to overlord. Th
erefore His completeness is found in His being both infinite and infinitesimal. He has given each soul the choice of serving Him or serving one's own self apart from Him. If there were no question of choice, there would be no question of love. He is most
 pleased, therefore, when a living entity turns to serve Him. It is just as if a rich landowner were offered a small cracker by His child at the dinner table. Even though the offering is insignificant in comparison to the father's great wealth, he is not
 concerned with its meager material value. He is concerned with the loving sentiment with which the offering is made. One of the Lord's names is Ajita, or "the unconquerable."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many demons attacked Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba while He was on this planet, but they all failed and were subsequently conquered by His strong
 arms and superior prowess. For the devotee, however, who is pure in thought, word and deed, Ajita, the unconquerable, becomes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or conquered. The devotee, blessed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the most happy of all persons.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One mustn't think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba requires the devotee to serve for any length of time before the benediction of pure devotional se
rvice is awarded to him. Surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba may take only a moment if the devotee so desires. This is exemplified in the life of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, who had accepted a spiritual master who was unqualified due to his desires for personal aggrand
izement. Bali's master, \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya, guided him to conquer the celestial kingdom of Indra. As Bali did this, the rightful proprietors of the heavenly kingdoms, the demigods headed by Indra, were all chased away. The vanquished demigods, however, 
were all devotees of the Lord; hence they prayed that He return them to their posts so that they could continue their service of universal administration. In order to answer the prayers of His devotees, the all-auspicious Supreme Personality of Godhead 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba incarnated Himself as V\'e4manadeva, a beautifully effulgent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boy 
who was no larger than a dwarf. He is often simply called the dwarf incarnation. He proceeded at once to the kingdom of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, which rightfully belonged to the demigods.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When V\'e4mana arrived, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was most attracted to His extreme beauty. Especially noticeable was V\'e4mana's glowing eff
ulgence. \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya, Bali's spiritual master, recognized that this dwarflike }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must
 be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, knowing that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub approaches the rich for 
the purpose of begging something from them, he declared to Bali, "Don't give this boy anything!"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali, on the other hand, wanting to offer something, ran forward to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub boy out of spontaneous attraction, declaring that whatever He wanted He could have. Bali was ready to surrender everything, but Lord V\'e4manadeva decla
red that since He Himself was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He needed only enough land upon which to sleep. A }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very humble in his material needs. Therefore, Lord V\'e4manadeva requested of him, "Please giv
e Me three steps of land."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Is that all You want?" Bali asked. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Please ask for whatever You would like."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e4manadeva said, "Three steps of land will be enough."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With that, the Lord took His first step. He expanded Himself into gigantic size with His inconceivable potency, and His first step cove
red the entire lower and middle planetary systems. Then, expanding to universal size, He took His second step, and with this step the Lord covered the entire heavenly planetary system. He said to Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, "Now I have covered the entire univer
se in two steps. You promised to give Me three steps. Where can I put My third?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja realized that the inconceivable Lord, the Personality of Godhead, had come to take from him his ill-gotten gains. H
e surrendered unto the Lord and said, "You may put Your third step on my head, my Lord." The Lord was pleased with Bali's surrender, and placing His lotus foot on Bali's head, He benedicted him with pure devotional service. That is the Lord's kindness. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba was pleased with Bali's offering of everything he could give, including his own self. If one rejects all his past nonsense and surrenders unto Him fully, that is called pure devotion. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, in his surrender, rejected an unqua
lified spiritual master who was interested only in greedy motivations. For this, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4jana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or great devotee of the Lord. There are twelve such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4janas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who are accepted as
 great authorities of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness devotional process.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord V\'e4mana, in order to further bless His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4jana }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotee, gave him a kingdom in the lower regions of the universe. The Lord is so kind to His pure devotee Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja that there, on the planet of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, He ac
ts as his personal doorman. Whenever someone comes to see the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4jana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali, the Lord in His four-arme
d form is there to greet the guest. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love for His pure devotee who took only a second to surrender. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not mind offering service to His pure devotee Bali as a doorman any more than He minds offering to drive the c
hariot of Arjuna, for the Lord is the servant of His servant. He is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub attracted by the loving attitude of His devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoys with all His blissful devotees in unending relationships (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the slayer of gigantic and fierce demons such as Ka\'e0sa, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu and R\'e4va\'eba. allows His cowher
d boy friends to conquer Him in play fighting while they sport as children in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. When the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears, He manifests all the pastimes of an ordinary person. Therefore, He accepts a mother, and He displays Hi
s pastime of growing up. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba never gets old. Nor does He have to meditate to "become God." He is God on the lap of His mother or playing with His friends. He is eternally the supermost person, the one without a second. In sporting with His
 friends, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays blissfully with His pure devotees. These are souls who have acted with the desire only to serve Him for thousands of births. By His mystic potency the Supreme Lord has allowed these boys to forget that He is God in pla
ying with Him. They simply think of Him as their most wonderful friend. To add to their joy, He allows these boys to defeat Him in their wrestling matches. He carries His triumphant playmate \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4 on His shoulders, and in that way they play
 together through the Bh\'e4\'eb\'f2h\'e9ravana Forest. Here again the unconquerable becomes conquered, through pure devotional love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not only the supreme servant of His pure devotees who find never-ending bliss in their relationship of transcend
ental reciprocation, but He is the supreme servant of everyone. Everyone accepts the beautiful gifts that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is giving us, such as the sunshine, the rain, the natural beauty of the countryside, the fragran
ce of a flower, the service of the farm animals, the milk of the cow, and many others, but the pure devotee glorifies the Lord by offering these things to Him in love. The pure devotee wants only to give transcendental pleasure to the spiritual senses of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus by his offerings the devotee glorifies the Lord, but even if one does not make any offering to the Lord, the Lord is so magnanimous that He continues to serve the living entity's needs in every way. The insignificant ant gets his lo
ne grain of rice each day, and the elephant gets his hundred pounds of hay.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is simply out of ignorance that the atheistic man thinks that there is scarcity and that abundance can be the result of his work alo
ne. By the so called progressive work of the modern demonic civilization, millions of people have unnecessarily suffered physically and psychologically from the influences of over-industrialization and resultant social degeneration and conflict. The Vedi
c system, however, is one of simplicity in which a man can live happily with his wife, perform his occupational duty and remain happy serving the Lord with the gifts that He provides. His most valuable asset, his breath, he also offers to God, simply by 
singing His name, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus the devotee uses K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba in pure devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Clumsy modern man, in his ignorance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotional service, tries to compete with the Lord. But although he may create 
a plastic flower or fruit, no man can create a real fruit or flower as the Lord can. A man considers himself powerful if he can create many machines, but no one can create a machine that can duplicate itself long after the original inventor has gone away
, although the bodies of humans, aquatics, plants and the other species of life created by the Lord can do this without difficulty. Only the devotee of the Lord, with his clear vision, sees properly that these wondrous manifestations of nature are actual
ly the perfect creations of Godhead. Thus he never competes with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves him for his service attitude.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite the arrogance of modern speculators who try to deny the glories of the Supreme Lord by theorizing that "in the beginning there 
was a chunk," the Lord undauntedly provides for all his sons equally, even if some of them are rascals. The Lord is forbearing, like the earth, which yields its fruits equally for everyone. No one is denied. The pure devotee, always absorbed in trance by
 blissfully singing the names of God, uses these elements of nature in the consciousness of a servant, like one who borrows a car from a friend to do his friend an errand. The devotee walks through this world and uses everything here, but in the consciou
sness that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is both the provider and proprietor. Thus the devotee quickly goes back to Godhead, whereas the demon must revolve through the cycle of millions of births and deaths until he turns his attention to God and becomes His devotee al
so. As a good father is the supreme servant of his family, so the Supreme Father, the Personality of Godhead, is ever waiting for us, His long lost sons, to turn to Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is equal to everyone, but just as a mother turns her favor to the chi
ld who calls for her, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba is especially fond of His devotee who chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once N\'e4rada Muni, the great devotee whose eternal mission is to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba by spreading the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , came to visit Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba when the Lord was in His role as a king. Despite His rega
l opulence, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba bowed down His head and offered N\'e4rada a seat on His royal throne. Because he knew that it was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire to thus teach the world how to respect a saintly person, N\'e4rada accepted the service. But this wa
s only to teach us. N\'e4rada or any pure devotee never makes the mistake of trying to make the Supreme Lord serve him. The pure devotee's only joy, his only relish, is to use every quickly fleeting moment of his life in serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He never 
asks for a moment that K\'e5\'f1\'eba serve him. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees His}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  loving servant engaged in this 
selfless way, He Himself becomes attracted, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes the servant of His devotee. That is real love; that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p28: Illustrations by Bharadv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ja d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p30:THE REAL SCHOLAR OF BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4  In the ecstasy of devotion, Lord Caitanya embraced the pure-hearted }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who had appreciated }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s mercy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p31: INCONCEIVABLE POTENCY Expanding to gigantic size, Lord V}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manadeva covered the entire universe in two steps.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p33: Illustration by Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9  To develop and express love of Godhead, one should adopt the si
mple method taught by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, (center, right) by chanting the holy names of the Lord\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advert-\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam #55
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IS THE LITERARY INCARNATION OF GOD
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is all successful, all blissful, and all perfect. It is as bright as the sun. Those persons who have lost their vi
sion due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the age of quarrel shall get light from it."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.3.40-43
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line The sublime science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace \line A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 5
6, 1973
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GODHEAD IS LIGHT, NESCIENCE IS DARKNESS. WHERE THERE IS GODHEAD THERE IS NO NESCIENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER-\'c4C\'c4RYA OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photo p1:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa. 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA  K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA  R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means clear consciousness. Material existence is symptomized by hazy consciousness, in which one identifie
s himself with his material body and thus with a particular race, religion or nationality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To make progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one must first put aside these bodily designations and understand his real self. It i
s the natural position of every living entity to be an eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, the Supreme Person and supreme cause of all causes. Forgetfulness of one's eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the beginning of hazy consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of the holy names of God }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  counteracts this haziness by invoking one's dormant love for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Reviving this original clear consciousness is a great science that can lead one to a pure life of eternal blissful knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is an instrument to spread understanding of this sublime science.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da) 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editor:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Coordinator: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardan d\'e4sa 
Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Associate Editor:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sanskrit Editors:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nitai d\'e4sa, Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa, Jagan
n\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Design:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustrations Staff:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Yadur\'e4\'eb
\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photographic Staff:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d
\'e4sa, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Production Staff: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa, Navadv\'e9p
a d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6aketu d\'e4sa, R\'e4g\'e4tmik\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Nara dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Donna DeAngelis
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $5.50 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California
 90034.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 32 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. 56 \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved.       Printed in Japan.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, dancing on the hoods of the demoniac serpent K\'e4liya (see pg. 8).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Transcendental Broadcast
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 a television interview with}{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0  \line }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newton Minnow, former director of the FCC, described the world of TV viewing as a "vast wasteland." But when a pure devotee of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba (God) appears on television, the whole performance becomes surcharged with bliss. When television, with its complex technological set-up for reproducing a picture in thousands of TV sets, is used by a pure devotee for the purpose of glorificati
on of the Supreme Lord, it becomes spiritualized. Whoever sees and hears a pure devotee talking about the nature of God and the eternal soul becomes liberated from all misery.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On July 29, 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arrived in Gainesville, Florida to speak at a large student gathering at the University of Florida. Taking advantage of
 his presence in Gainesville, which His Divine Grace described as "a remote corner of the world, thousands of miles from the birthplace of Lord Caitanya" (the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared 500 years ago in India to teach the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the local TV station arranged for this interview.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya predicted that His philosophy of the Absolute Truth would spread to every town and village in the world. As clearly taugh
t in the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it will reveal to us that our real self is not the body but 
an individual spiritual soul and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Spirit, the Soul of all souls. The nature of the spirit soul is eternally fresh. It cannot be destroyed, broken or contaminated. Because he is a pure devotee, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da c
an speak from the transcendental platform of Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have prepared the text of this interview so that the serious reader may repeatedly read it and study the spirit soul in action. As w
e have stated, this was not an ordinary television performance. A serious man wants to know the Absolute Truth in order to solve the problems in his life. Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub advises him, "Just approach a spiritual master." Who will not be eager to listen, for his own benefit, when God reveals Himself through the words of a pure devotee? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth, th
e Supreme Personality of Godhead. As confirmed by all the Vedic scriptures and by the great sages of the disciplic succession, He has a body made of eternity, bliss and all knowledge. God has infinite forms and expansions, but of all His forms, His origi
nal transcendental form is as a cowherd boy, a form which He reveals only to His most confidential devotees. Such are the teachings as laid down in the Vedic literature. And of the sages in the disciplic succession which I mentioned, one is our guest for
 this conversation today. He is }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is the foremost teacher in the West of the philosophy, which, moreover, he teaches not only by word but by example. He came to this country in 1965 on the order of his spiritual master. As a K\'e5
\'f1\'eba disciple, he is presently the most prominent human exponent of a line of succession going back 500 years to the appearance in India of Lord Caitanya, and beyond that to a time 5,000 years ago when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was on this planet and His 
words were recorded. Welcome, sir. What is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is o
ur original consciousness because every living being is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has many expansions. They are called personal expansions and separated expansions. We living entities are His separated expansions. Although we are 
very intimately connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, somehow or other we are now separated because of our contact with material nature. We have practically forgotten that we are part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Actually, that is a fact. We are spoiled, just like a rich
 man's son who somehow or other forgets his father, and loiters in the street as a poor man. Actually, that is not his position. He has simply forgotten. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to invoke in all people the original consciousne
ss that we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why should we remain in this material world and suffer the threefold miseries? We want to revive that original consciousness. The original consciousness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. For example, a man
 born of a large wealthy family should enjoy the title of his family, but unfortunately he may forget his own home and accept menial tasks. The whole Vedic literature is meant for this purpose: to revive our original consciousness. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am not this body, 
I am spirit soul. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You came, sir, to this country in 1965, as I sa
id, on the orders or instructions given you by your spiritual master. Who was your spiritual master?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My spiritual master was O\'e0 Vi
\'f1\'ebup\'e4da Paramaha\'e0sa Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now in this line of succession that we were tal
king about earlier, which goes way back, all the way back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself\'97was your spiritual master the previous one before you? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, the disciplic succession beg
an from K\'e5\'f1\'eba 5,000 years ago.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is your spiritual master still alive?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. He passed on in 1936.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So you are at this particular time, then, the h
ead spiritual master in the world of this movement? Would that be correct?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have many other Godbrothers, bu
t I was particularly ordered to do this from the very beginning. I am trying to please my spiritual master, that's all.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You were sent to this country, to the United St
ates of America. This is your territory\'97is that correct?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My territory? What he said was, "
You go and speak this philosophy to the English-speaking public."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To the English-speaking world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, especially to the Western wo
rld. That is what he told me. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then you came, sir, to this country about five 
or six years ago. You came to this part of the world. As such, you did not come to a part of the world where religion was lacking. I n the United States of America we have many religions, and I think people in this country like to believe, in the great m
ajority, that they are religious people, people who believe in God, who devote themselves to some form of religious expression.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And I wonder what your thinking was. What do yo
u think that you could add to the already living religious expression in this country by coming here and adding your own philosophy to it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I first came to your country
, I was guest of an Indian friend at Butler, Pennsylvania, so although it was a small county, I was very glad because there were many churches, and I spoke in many of them. My host arranged for that. But I did not come with the purpose to defeat any othe
r religious process. That was not my purpose. Our mission, Lord Caitanya's mission, is to teach everyone how to love God. That is all. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But in what way, sir, may I ask, did you think 
and do you think right now that the teaching of the love of God which you are preaching is different and perhaps better than the teachings of love of God which already were being conducted in this country and have been conducted in the rest of the world 
for centuries?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This teaching is the most authori
zed. That is a fact. We are following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya. He is accepted by us, according to the authority of Vedic religion, to be personally K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Which Lord is that? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is the one who came 500 years ago?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To India? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself
, and He teaches how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore His process is most authorized. For example, you are the expert in this establishment. If someone is doing something under your guidance and you personally teach him, "Do it like this," that is very 
authorized. So when Lord Caitanya taught God consciousness, God Himself was teaching. Similarly, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as God, and He speaks all about Himself. In His final instructions }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He said, "Just surrender unto Me. I will take charge of you." But peo
ple misunderstood. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba again came, as Lord Caitanya, to teach people how to surrender. We are following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, and the method is so sublime that even foreigners, who never knew K\'e5\'f1\'eba, surrender. The meth
od is so potent. So that was my purpose. We don't say that this religion is better than that religion, or my process is better. We want to see by the result. In Sanskrit there is a saying, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub phalena paric\'e9yate: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a thing is judged by the result. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A thing is\'97?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Judged by the result. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I can say my method is very nice,
 or you can say your method is very nice, but we have to judge by the result. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub says that that process of religion is very good by following which one becomes a lover of God. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but of course you know your religion is no
t the only one which teaches this particular precept. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have already explained that it 
is not the only one. There may be many, but this is actually effective.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If I understand your philosophy and your histor
y correctly, this particular philosophy and this particular belief originated in the Eastern part of the world, in India. Right? Is it successful there? Do you have a large following?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, yes. Recently I was in India.
 I held two meetings daily for ten days, and from twenty to thirty thousand people attended each day. India's position is that the people there are naturally K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, but at the present moment the so-called leaders want to replace this K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness with material consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness belief or p
hilosophy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  compatible with the Hindu religion?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is compatible with any religio
n because God is one. It is a science of God. If two plus two comes to four, it is understood by everyone. It is not that it is to be understood by the Christian and not by the Hindu. Two plus two equals four is a fact for everyone. Similarly, God is a f
act for everyone. Now how to love God-this is the only process.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you claim, then, that your way of loving God
 is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub way to love God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, at least for this age.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For this age? You mean for Kali-yuga?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the times that we live in right now?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the method is authorized.
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba prescribes this\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and Lord Caitanya They say that this is the only method for self-realization or God realization or learning how to love God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says this. Therefore, it is authorized, and it is actual
ly happening. Otherwise, these boys and girls are foreigners; they never knew K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now I have sixty centers, and at each center there is an average of 100 devotees, and they have dedicated their lives. How is it happening unless it is authoriz
ed?
\par }\pard \s928 \sl240\slmult1\sb86\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You say they never knew K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and yo
u are of course right, but different people name their Gods in different ways. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub name your God K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. In the Western world many, many people name their God Jesus, Jesus Christ. There are other people in different parts of the world who have different names for the Gods which they.  .  .
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li40\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We say that if you hav
e a name which is actually referring to God, that will also do.  We are chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.  According to Vedic literature, }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e7 tu bhagav\'e4n svayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.3.28}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  He has many thousands and millions of names.  Th
is is the original name.  Lord Caitanya does not say that you have to chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but if you have a name for God, you can chant that.  We are not asking that you chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba.  If you actually have a name for God, then you can chant tha
t.  We are requesting that you chant God's holy name.  
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li40\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now you came here in the middle of t
he 1960's, less than a decade ago.  What was it\'97this is what I am trying to find out from you\'97what was the motivating force behind your coming to the United States?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li40\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That I have afready explain
ed.  Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu wanted this propaganda to be made and accepted all over the world.  So my Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, "You go and try to do this." So I came with this purpose, and it is happening.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li40\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There must have been an element, though, 
of dissatisfaction on your part with the way Godhead was being professed in this part of the world before you came.  Otherwise, there would have been no sense in your being here.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li40\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not just this part.  
Practically every part of the world has very little interest in God.  They have more interest in dog.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li40\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You are in general, then, trying to incre
ase the interest in God. Is that correct?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the only inter
est we must have in human life.  
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And you are not particularly interes
ted in what particular name this God has.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, our mission is to 
give people a chance to become God conscious, and the process in this age is the chanting of the holy name of God.  If you have any name of God which is actually a name of God, then you will be successful by chanting that name.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The chanting of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's nam
e, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , seems to play a very important role in the profession of your religiou
s belief.  In fact, I think I will ask you and some of your followers who are sitting here with us tonight to chant the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba a little bit later.  That would probably be the proper ending for this particular program.  However, I am still
 wondering about some of the aspects.  In reading a little bit about your beliefs and your writings and your magazine.  .   .
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If I may correct you h
ere, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a question of my beliefs.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, as you interpret it in your wr
itings.  Let me put it that way.  It seems to me, sir, that there is a very high emphasis placed on the relationship between the individual and God.  
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. That is found eve
rywhere.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but you place more emphasis on 
that relationship than on the relationship between one individual and another individual.  Am I right in that?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have to establish, 
first of all, our lost relationship with God.  Then we can understand the relationship between one individual and another.  If the central point is missing, then there is practically no relation.  You are an American, and another is an American, and both
 of you feel American nationality because the center is America.  So unless you understand God, you cannot understand who I am, nor can I understand who you are.  So first of all we have to re-establish our lost relationship with God.  Then we can establ
ish talk of universal brotherhood.  Otherwise, there will be discrimination.  In your country, or any country, a citizen means a man born in that land.  Is it not?  But people do not take the animals as citizens.  Why don't animals have a right to be con
sidered citizens?  Because there is imperfect knowledge; there is no God consciousness.  Therefore, people think that only humans born in this land are citizens, not others.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not necessarily based on the reli
gious principles, of course.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, that is a philosop
hical principle.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Religion without philo
sophy is sentiment.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Don't you think that there are very 
good reasons for the existence of these rules and regulations in this respect?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Rules and regulat
ions must be established on philosophy. Otherwise it is sentiment. Defective. Religion without philosophy is sentiment. And philosophy without religion is mental speculation. They should be combined\'97philosophy and religion.  Then it is perfect.  
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I think that in this part of the wor
ld, in the Western world, at least as much as I am aware of it, we place a good deal of emphasis on religion in the ways it gets one man to deal with another man\'97the ethic of religion.  Now, in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.  .  .
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are not concerned w
ith how one man deals with another man.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Isn't that part of your K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness movement?
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, this is not import
ant because we know that as soon as one understands how to deal with God, he will automatically deal very nicely with others.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li20\ri20\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But, let's take the Christian religi
on for an example. You know the ten commandments? There is a heavy emphasis in the ten commandments on the relationships between one human being and another: "Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not steal." You know, that sort of thing.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But I say that Jesus Christ neve
r said and never meant that "Thou shalt not kill" refers only to human beings. Where is that evident?  Jesus Christ never said that "Thou shalt not kill" refers only to human beings. Thou shalt not kill any animal.  
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Any life.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Any life.  That is religion.
\par }\pard \s1084 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It has never been interpreted that way.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have interpreted it different
ly, but he said, "Thou shalt not kill." He never said, "Thou shalt not kill amongst human beings." Why do you interpret it in that way? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How would I recognize a true follower of the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement by his behavior? What would his traits be? What would his outward expressions be?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He'd be a very perfect gentleman,
 that's all. You could not find any fault in him. That is perfect K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore, I prohibit my disciples to eat meat. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To eat meat?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. And therefore I prohibit ill
icit sex life. Therefore I prohibit intoxication. They do not even smoke, what to speak of other intoxication. And therefore I prohibit indulgence in gambling. If they can observe just these four rules and regulations, they will become perfect men. It is
 simple.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Or women, I presume. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All manner of men. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Or women...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There's a place for women in the religion, too,
 I presume.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Women and men have the same right
s. Boys and girls are getting married, and they are following the same principles. So these are the four pillars of perfect life. Illicit sex life, meat eating, intoxication and gambling are the four pillars of sinful life. The prohibitions restricting t
hem are the pillars of perfect life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now I would like to ask you one more question, 
and then I would like to ask you to end the program by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One more 
question, though. In the six years you have been in this country, in the United States, have you been encouraged or discouraged?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am encouraged. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Encouraged. Why?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because there are so many devotee
s coming daily. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do you say so many? We have maybe two dozen
 people sitting here, but of course there are 205 or 210 million Americans.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When you sell diamonds, you canno
t expect that everyone will purchase them. There must be the right customer for a diamond. You cannot expect diamonds to be widely sold amongst the mass of people. You cannot expect that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you in general approve of or do you have maj
or complaints about the American society that you now live in?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have no complaint. These boys a
nd girls are very nice. I am, rather, encouraged that these boys and girls are so inquisitive about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the best field anywhere. I can understand that these boys and girls are hankering after something nice. They are frustrated. So no
w, since they have the best thing, they are coming. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I would like to thank you very sincerely for gi
ving us a very brief insight into the teachings and the beliefs of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. May I ask you to ask your followers who are present here with us tonight to join you in the chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for just a minute to close out the program please?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh yes, we can chant.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/\line Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma,\line R
\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Subduing the Serpent Kaliya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Subduing the Se
rpent Kaliya
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by SATSVAR\'dcPA d\'e4sa GOSV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The narrative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e4liya, as described in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book, Volume One, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, vividly illustrates that Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the complete Absolute Truth. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book is }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a summary study of the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are fully described. Many people disbelieve that these narrations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are revelations of transcendental knowledge. They say that the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba ar
e stories about a mythical figure or ordinary historical person. A mistaken description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in terms of this idea recently published in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Time }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub magazine stated that the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba worship Him as one of many gods and hope eventually to go beyond K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and all other gods, to realize the Absolute Truth as the impersonal A
bsolute, or Brahman. This mistaken conclusion, however, has nothing to do with the Vedic literatures or the great philosophers and spiritual masters of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11
\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub   janma-adi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and destruction; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub That Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) is He from whom the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universe arise.}}}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ] }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub explains that the Absolut
e Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9, }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub the source }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states, "Everything emanates from Me" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bg. 10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and "I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman" (Bg. 14.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes that the Supreme Person is the highest aspect of the Absolute Truth and that the impersonal infinite is subordinate to Him, as sunshine is subordinate to the sun. The Supreme Person
 is greater than the all-pervading, impersonal aspect of spiritual truth. Another authoritative Vedic literature, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the supreme controller whose transcendental body is eternal, full of bliss and knowledge. Everything is sustained by His inconceivable energies. Therefore, the highest truth is the Suprem
e Person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But when this inconceivable, all-pervading Absolute Truth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by His mercy appears in human society to attract the fallen 
souls, fools deride Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Fools }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deride Me when I appear in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sometimes people give lip service to the idea that God is inconceivable and capable of anything and everything, but when He actually appears before them and shows ju
st a small fragment of His infinite energy, they reject His activities and say that it is impossible for God to appear as a person. But we must. ask such skeptics why, if God is all-powerful, it is not possible for Him to appear here and engage in transc
endental pastimes with His own devotees. What is to prevent K\'e5\'f1\'eba from coming? We may disbelieve in Him, but we cannot stop Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual authorities all conclude that God is a person, and because His personality is infinite, for Him anything is possible. He is n
ot void or zero. Even ordinary living entities have personalities and activities, so how can God, who is the source of everything, be without form or personality? One should understand that His form is not material or limited like ours, and therefore whe
n He appears in human society in His original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one should worship Him, not reject Him like the fools who say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is less than the impersonal Brahman. Of course, this is a simple matter of knowing the spiritual facts
. Only one who is ignorant of the spiritual science will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 -}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deride K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not understanding that He is 
the Supreme Person. One should not, therefore, hear about the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from skeptics but from the lips }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for in that way one can derive the highest benefit. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub unique because it is a presentation of the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba b
y a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here is a sample from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ook }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that shows the actual transcendental atmosphere of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes: "When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and Their friends entered the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, They played Their flutes, and the boys praised Their u
ncommon activities in the forest. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's head was decorated with a peacock feather. Both He and Balar\'e4ma played Their flutes, and the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (cowherd girls) were joyous to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba returning home. All the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in V\'e5nd\'e4vana remained very morose on account of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's absence. All day they were thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the forest or of Him herding cows in the pasture. When they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba re
turning, all of their anxieties were immediately relieved, and they began to look at His face the way drones hover over the honey of a lotus flower. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the village, the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub smiled and laughed."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the inconceivable cause of all causes, plays in V\'e5nd\'e4vana as a cowherd boy for the pleasure of His p
ure devotees, the cowherd men and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are the actual activities of the spiritual world, and t
he perfection of appreciating these pastimes is far beyond that of meditating on a void or impersonal Absolute. When we appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this mood, we will best understand the significance of this narrative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the K\'e4liya
 snake.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to go with His boy friends and His brother, Balar\'e4ma, to the bank of the Yamun\'e4 to tend the cows. O
ne summer, when all the boys and cows were in the field, they became very thirsty and began to drink the water of the Yamun\'e4. The river, however, had been poisoned by the venom of the great serpent K\'e4liya, and the boys and cows who drank from it su
ddenly fell down, apparently dead, on the ground.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the life of all that lives, simply cast His merciful glance over all the boys and cows, and they at once regained consc
iousness and began to look at each other with great astonishment. They could understand that by drinking the water of the Yamun\'e4 they had died and that the merciful glance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba had restored their lives.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Book }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that when this incident was originally related 
by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 his disciple, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, was eager to hear about the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A pure devotee knows that nothing is difficult for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, including even reviving the dead to life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba'
s inconceivable nature is infinite, beyond our ever understanding it completely. But the symptom of one who is advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is that he becomes more and more absorbed in relishing the Lord's pastimes and always wishes to hear f
urther.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The boys had died because the Yamun\'e4 had been thoroughly poisoned by the black serpent K\'e4liya. The grass near the river bank had 
all dried up, and the river was so contaminated that it emanated a poisonous vapor twenty-four hours a day. If a bird even passed over the river, it would immediately fall dead into the water.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mission in this material world is to vanquish all undesirable elements; therefore, He climbed up a tree on the bank of
 the Yamun\'e4, tightened His belt and jumped into the poisonous river. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba jumped into the water, the river overflooded its banks as if something very large had fallen into it. Hearing the great noise made by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the water,
 the serpent K\'e4liya understood that someone was attacking his home. Coming before K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he saw Him to be delicate and beautiful, His bodily hue resembling a fresh rain cloud. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was smiling and playing in the river with great str
ength because He is the source of all strength. But K\'e4liya felt anger within his heart, and thus he grabbed K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his coils.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the coils of the serpent, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends the cowherd boys and the other residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana
 were stunned with fear. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was their whole life. When they saw Him apparently overpowered by the coils of the serpent, they lost all composure and fell to the ground. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personal associates and family members are understood to 
have been the most exalted persons in the universe. Having given up all material desires and gone beyond all speculation or impersonal understanding of the Absolute Truth, they became so qualified by dint of their previous pious activities that they were
 even allowed to play with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They regarded Him not as the Almighty Godhead but as the dearmost friend in existence. They thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their master, friend, son or lover.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ordinary persons do not even think of God, not to speak of lamenting for the Supreme Personality of Godhead when He appears to be in di
stress. Mostly we lament over our own bodily or mental distress or some distress that affects our friends and relatives. In other words, our feelings are based not on pure love but on sense gratification. Making the mistake of thinking that the body is t
he self, we are happy when we are able to please the bodily senses, and we become unhappy when there is some disruption to that sense pleasure. But there is no real satisfaction in sense gratification because it is always hampered by the miseries of birt
h, old age, disease and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, always focused all their emotions on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore they were eternally liber
ated. There was no question of their ever forgetting Him; rather, they forgot all selfish material desires. And one who always remembers K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way is qualified to transfer at the time of death to the spiritual world in an eternal, blissf
ul form, never to return for another birth in the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the beginning of his discussion with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's disciple Arjuna lamented over the impending death of h
is bodily relatives. This is an example of material lamentation. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba said to Arjuna that his lamentation was not worthy of a wise man, for a wise man laments neither for the living nor the dead. A pure devotee's anxiety caused by thinking 
that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in distress is not, however, like the material lamentation of a man in ignorance. The devotee's emotion is transcendental and purifying because it is in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no question of danger or distress f
or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Godhead. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearing to be in difficulty with K\'e4liya was a pretense, but His devotees' anxiety for Him was a transcendental emotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not only K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends but also the cows and calves were overwhelmed with grief as they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba gripped tightly i
n the clutches of the serpent. Unable to help, they could only cry in great anxiety. Meanwhile, nature manifested ill omens. The earth trembled, and meteors fell from the sky. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mother and father, Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda, were informed
 that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had gone to the pasturing grounds without His older brother, Balar\'e4ma, they were filled with anxiety because they were unaware of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme potency. They ran to the Yamun\'e4, fearful that K\'e5\'f1\'eba might be va
nquished by K\'e4liya. In a short time all the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'97children, young men, old men, women, animals and all living entities\'97had gathered on the bank of the Yamun\'e4. All of the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were pure devotees o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba who did not know anything but Him. They knew that He was their only means of sustenance. Seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba caught in the coils of the snake, they felt lost. When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 arrived at the bank of the Yamun\'e4, she immediate
ly tried to plunge into the river, but she was stopped by the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba's brother, Balar\'e4ma, who was the master of knowledge, knew what was actually happening. He did not grieve but simply stood there smiling. H
e knew how powerful His younger brother K\'e5\'f1\'eba was; there was no cause for anxiety over K\'e5\'f1\'eba's fighting with an ordinary serpent of the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For two hours, K\'e5\'f1\'eba remained like an ordinary child gripped in the coils of the serpent. One may ask why K\'e5\'f1\'eba allow
ed His dearest associates to be put into such anxiety for such a long time. This question can only be answered in terms of the intimate transcendental relationship between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees. An atheist cannot expect to poke his nose into th
e sublime exchanges between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees and understand them. Only a devotee who is simply absorbed in love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and does not seek any reward can fully understand these pastimes. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Only by devotional service am I to be known." (Bg. 18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can appreciate that K\'e5\'f1\'eba performed these pastimes with the K\'e4liya snake to give impetus to inte
nsified feelings of love for Him. Seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba in trouble, the devotees in V\'e5nd\'e4vana became absorbed in remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba His smiling face, His loving words and His dealings with the various demons He had vanquished. The devotees 
on the bank of the Yamun\'e4, therefore, demonstrated the highest stage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97the ecstasy of love in a feeling of separation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not want to disturb their mood of concern and anxiety for Him by immediately sho
wing them that there was no need for distress. Therefore He remained wrapped in the serpent's coils.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba reciprocates and intensifies the love of His devotees. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba first appeared as a small baby, He allow
ed His father, Vasudeva, to carry Him across the River Yamun\'e4 as His protector. Because Vasudeva was absorbed in the mood of protecting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba allowed Himself to be in need of protection. Similarly, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was danc
ing with the cowherd girls, at the height of their loving affairs He disappeared from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dance, 
causing them to become mad with lamentation. They wandered throughout V\'e5nd\'e4vana Forest searching for Him, feeling intense love in separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sixteen years old, He left V\'e5nd\'e4vana altogether, and
 thus all the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, including the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and His father Na
nda, remained in grief over His absence for the rest of their lives. But by always talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chanting His holy name and remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were able to feel the same love as when He was present in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Becaus
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute, remembrance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the same as direct association with Him. Therefore Lord Caitanya prayed, "I do not know anyone but K\'e5\'f1\'eba as my Lord, and He shall always remain as such, even if He handles me roughly
 in His embrace or makes me broken-hearted by not being present before me."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that all the inhabitants of Gokula, having no other recourse than Him, were practically dead with grief, H
e made an immediate move to free Himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded His body within the coils of the K\'e4liya snake, and because of the strain, the snake's coils slackened, and he was forced to release K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He became very angry, expanding his h
oods and exhaling poisonous fumes from his nostrils. K\'e5\'f1\'eba pounced upon him, and the two began moving in a circle. The snake tried to bite K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba pressed the serpent down and then jumped up on top of his hoods. Then K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original master artist of all fine arts, such as dancing, began to dance upon the hoods of the serpent while the hoods moved to and fro. At that time the Lord's lotus feet became tinged with red from the rays of the jewels on the snake
's hoods. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba danced on the hoods of the snake, the residents of the upper planets rejoiced and began to celebrate with showers of flowers, beating of drums and singing of songs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The sublime climax of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's fight with the K\'e4liya snake has been depicted by devotee artists [see this month's front cove
r]. Completely self-assured and transcendental to all danger, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is seen vanquishing the hundred-headed serpent by gracefully dancing upon his hoods in the midst of the turbulent River Yamun\'e4. By smashing the serpent's heads with His lotus
 feet, K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the same time bestowed the highest benediction upon K\'e4liya, for by touching the snake with His holy lotus feet, the shelter of all the worlds, which are sought after by His pure devotees, K\'e5\'f1\'eba released K\'e4liya from
 his sins. The snake became gradually reduced in strength and began to throw up poisonous materials. It appeared as if the Supreme Personality of Godhead were being worshiped and the poison emanating from the mouth of the serpent were flower offerings. T
hen K\'e4liya, now vomiting blood instead of poison, appearing to be almost dead, finally began to realize that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At that time, the wives of the serpent, known as the N\'e4gapatn\'e9s, appeared before K\'e5\'f1\'eba with folded palms and prayed to t
he Lord to forgive their husband. Recognizing the actual position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they addressed Him as the Absolute Truth and expressed the understanding that there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy and punishment. They could understand
 that the apparent punishment inflicted upon their husband K\'e4liya was actually a benediction because his sins were eradicated by the kicks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dancing feet on his heads. They declared that K\'e4liya must have performed greatly pious ac
ts in his past life to get the opportunity to be touched by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. They were perplexed, for although the K\'e4liya snake, having the body of a serpent, must have been very sinful, he was so extraordinarily fortunate that the Lord's 
lotus feet touched his hoods.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They prayed, "O dear Lord, we are simply astonished to see that he is so fortunate as to have the dust of Your lotus feet on his head. 
This is a fortune sought after by great saintly persons. Even the goddess of fortune underwent great austerities just to have the blessing of the dust of Your lotus feet, so how is it that K\'e4liya is so easily getting this dust on his head?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The N\'e4gapatn\'e9s appeared well versed in the conclusion of Vedic literature because they understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the caus
e of all causes. "You are the ultimate goal of all philosophical efforts," they declared, "and You are actually described by all philosophies and by different kinds of doctrines. Let us offer our respectful obeisances unto You because You are the origin 
of all scriptures and the source of all knowledge. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You can bestow upon us the supreme knowledge. You are also the supreme enjoyer."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fully acquainted with the Vedic literature, the N\'e4gapatn\'e9s knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate goal in the search for the Ab
solute Truth. They were also chaste wives who could not live without their husband, and so they prayed unto the Supreme Lord to spare K\'e4liya. "Our dear Lord," they said, "every living creature is Your offspring, and You maintain everyone. This serpent
 is also Your offspring, and You can excuse him although he has offended You, undoubtedly without knowing Your potency." They concluded, "Every living entity can be relieved from all kinds of despair if he agrees to abide by Your orders."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thereafter K\'e4liya himself, having come to his senses because of the kicks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet, also offered prayers. He e
xpressed that it was very difficult for him to give up his envious instincts, for they were natural to his snakelike body. Although the real self is not the body but spirit soul and it has an eternal loving service relationship with God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, even human beings think that they are American, African, black, white and so on in terms of the bodies that they have obtained. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the illusion of material nature is stron
g, and to revive one's memory of one's relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is difficult. K\'e4liya, therefore, begged that K\'e5\'f1\'eba excuse him for his inevitable material tendencies. He said to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Now You can punish me or save me as You 
desire."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After hearing this, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who was acting as a small human child, ordered the serpent, "You must immediate
ly leave this place and go to the ocean. Leave without delay. You can take with you all your offspring, wives and everything that you possess. Don't pollute the water of the Yamun\'e4. Let it be drunk by My cows and cowherd boys without hindrance." The L
ord then declared that the order given to the snake should be recited and heard by everyone so that no one need fear K\'e4liya any longer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased with K\'e4liya and His wives. After hearing His order, the wives worshiped the Lord with offerings of g
arments, garlands, jewels, sandalwood, lotus flowers and palatable foods. Then, obeying the orders of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they all left the waters of the Yamun\'e4. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba finally came out of the river, He was seen by all His friends and re
latives on the bank of the Yamun\'e4. He was decorated with jewels, and all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana felt as if they had recovered their lives on seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba again. They each in turn pressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba to their chests and felt gre
at relief. They were so happy that they felt they had achieved the ultimate goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic literature, the anxiety of our life in the material world can be alleviated simply by hearing these pastimes of 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the lips of a pure devotee. The effect of hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is that one becomes absorbed in the eternal, blissful world and forgets his illusory engagements in this world of death, disease and old age. Many such pastim
es of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which describes the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's c
hildhood, boyhood and youth in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Later, near the end of His pastimes in this world, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as a prince on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, spoke the superb transcendental philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya, the ideal preacher of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, has said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4re dekha, t\'e4re kaha 'k\'e5\'f1\'eba'-upade\'e7a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7.128]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whomever you meet, speak to him 
about K\'e5\'f1\'eba or tell him about the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." To follow this order is to bestow the highest mercy on others, and at the same time, whoever speaks of such pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will also derive the highest pleasure. Many p
eople in this age are too dull to give a patient hearing to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but whoever can hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pious, and whoever can seriously understand and relish the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most fortunate person on e
arth. Such a person is eternally liberated from all distresses, and he becomes eligible to enter the kingdom of God. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba restor
ed the lives of the boys simply by His glance. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nothing is difficult or impossible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p11:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The K\'e4liya serpent grabb
ed Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his coils. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The anxiety of the Lord's devotees is a transcendental emotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p12:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The inhabitants of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana embraced Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hearing of these pastimes alleviates all anxiety}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Beyond the Formless Philosophies
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BEYOND THE FORMLESS PHILOSOPHIES
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  (ISKCON New York)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Filling our eyes and minds, extending throughout the universe, form, in this material world, is everywhere. Even when invisible, all th
ings have form. We cannot imagine a formless mountain, a formless child, a formless snowflake or even a formless atom because by nature a thing and its form are inseparable. But because matter always exists within a form, we sometimes wrongly assume that
 spirit itself must be formless. To attain perfection in spiritual life, one must overcome this misconception and realize the transcendental form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By mental speculation one concludes that because material forms are temporary, spirit, to be eternal, must be formless. This reasoning,
 however, is illogical, like the conditioned thinking of a cow in a barn. If a barn catches fire, the cows there will naturally be frightened, and it may be that whenever they see red in the future, they will fear another blaze. Similarly, we know that t
he forms of matter are doomed. Not to speak of our own bodily forms, enduring for a mere fifty or one hundred years, even the greatest forms, like the planets of our universe, are destined for dissolution. In the material world, form deteriorates and dis
appears, nothing escaping impermanence. But unfortunately, by the imperfect process of mental speculation, we assume that because the forms we know are material and temporary, this fleeting nature must apply to all form. This mode of thinking, which may 
be described charitably as imperfect and more accurately as immature or even childish, is accepted by three classes of thinkers: atheists, voidists, and impersonalists.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Materialism
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of these three, the atheists are the least intelligent. Arbitrarily, without substantial reasons, they hastily run to the indefensible 
conclusion that there cannot be anything beyond the endless combinations and permutations of the material energy. Scoffing at all conceptions of spiritual form, spiritual personality and even impersonal spiritual existence, they obstinately maintain that
 there is nothing beyond the elements of matter. This is because of their material consciousness. Their vision and intellect being dull, all they can see is dull matter. Beyond matter, the spiritual energy certainly exists, but because the atheist absorb
s himself in the actions and reactions of matter, he is unable to perceive it. Spiritual energy, however, can be understood by any intelligent person by its symptom\'97consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With their limited knowledge, atheists can offer no suitable explanation for the existence of consciousness They sometimes try to expla
in that consciousness somehow or other springs spontaneously from a combination of material elements, but their explanation of how this occurs is inadequate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In ancient times, of course, the doctrine of spontaneous generation, which maintains that a mere combination of material elements can p
roduce living beings, was generally accepted. The ancient Greeks, for example, thought that living beings could be generated from mud and slime under the influence of heat. Even such a great philosopher as Aristotle believed that worms, larvae and firefl
ies developed from morning dew, decaying slime, mucus and so on, and that eels, crabs, fish, bedbugs, flies, moths, frogs, salamanders and mice originated in the same spontaneous manner. Variations of this thinking continued throughout the Middle Ages an
d even until modern times. Descartes and Newton accepted the theory of spontaneous generation without qualification, as did the prominent physician William Harvey (the discoverer of blood circulation) and most other leaders of the scientific community. A
fter the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of microorganisms, many European scientists considered the existence of these tiny creatures to be further evidence of spontaneous generation, and it was generally accepted that living entities su
ch as bacteria could be spontaneously produced from material elements until this was completely disproved in 1862 by a brilliant series of experiments performed before the French Academy by Louis Pasteur.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet although in modern times we chuckle at the idea that matter could spontaneously give birth to fish, eels, salamanders or bacteria, 
modern biological science, in a feeble attempt to show the material origin of consciousness, has put forward the theory that living entities such as viruses could be cooked up in nature or in a laboratory by a mixture of amino acids and other such chemic
als. From the viewpoint of logic and evidence, of course, such theories are all hazy, insubstantial and unscientific, and from the viewpoint of ordinary common sense they are simply foolish. If living entities can be produced in a laboratory from a combi
nation of elements, why don't the material scientists stop boasting over their theories and produce practical results? Why don't they brew up more scientists on their own level to assist in their research? Or why don't they create even an ant? The fact i
s, of course, that try as they may to derive life from matter, they cannot create even an ant or a tiny germ.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When challenged with this inability, the foolish scientists heroically answer that they are "on the brink of discovery" or "just on the
 verge" of being able to create life, but it seems this is their permanent position. They always say, "We're trying," but these are the words of failures. Even the most dismal failure can claim to be "trying," but this is merely euphemistic talk meant to
 cover his defeat. The correct explanation for this failure is given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "Consciousness can neither be created nor destroyed." Consciousness is not a material element or compound one can formulate in a laboratory. It is a spiritual element, and its qualities are
 completely different from those of matter. But because they cannot see it with their puny instruments, materialistic scientists arrogantly persist in denying the existence of the spiritual or conscious element, and yet they boastfully advertise their mo
nopoly on biology\'97the so-called science of life\'97although they have no good idea what life is or where it comes from. Such material scientists would make more progress if they studied the scientific explanations of the forms and properties of consci
ousness put forward in Vedic literatures such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; yet despite the inadequacies and contradictions of their own theories, neither these nor other such atheists have the intelligence and humility to do so. In this way they limit their progress within the fini
te jurisdiction of the material energy and disqualify themselves from understanding the existence of transcendental form.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Voidism
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly disqualified are the voidists, of whom the followers of Buddhism are the most prominent. Although Buddhism, like ordinary ath
eism, denies the existence of a Supreme Person, it is to the credit of Buddhist philosophy that it recognizes the futility of material activities aimed at enjoyment in the temporary world of matter. According to the philosophy of Lord Buddha, the existen
ce of the world and its individual living beings arises from a combination of material elements, and if one can realize the illusory nature of his own identity and the existence of the world, he can attain voidness, the ultimate reality, and thus achieve
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or freedom from all material miseries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The flaw in this philosophy is obvious: if everything is ultimately void, what is the source of our so-called illusory consciousness an
d the illusory material world? Even an illusion must have a source, but the Buddhist philosophers cannot explain how the countless varieties of illusion could spring from a source that is void. It might be said that this illusion arises from consciousnes
s and that consciousness arises }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from matter, but, like the theories of the atheistic scientists, this would not explain how gross and lifeless material elements could generate liv
ing consciousness. Still, even if one were so rash as to accept that consciousness somehow spontaneously appeared from a combination of material elements, the voidist philosophy could not explain the source of these material elements. If everything is vo
id, where has the matter come from? The Buddhist philosophy is void of an answer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Considering the extensive inadequacies and inconsistencies of voidist philosophy, it is doubtful that voidism could have won widespread
 acceptance and respectability had it not been for the personal influence of Lord Buddha himself. Voidist philosophy existed, of course, before Buddha's time, but by virtue of his personal life and teachings it gained such popular appeal that by the time
 of Emperor A\'e7oka (273\'96232 B.C.) it was widely spread throughout India, Ceylon, Nepal and other neighboring Asian countries.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Curiously enough, how this came to be so was explained 2,500 years before the time of Lord Buddha in the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is respected by scholars as the mature explanation of the Ved\'e4nta philosophy. I
n the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in a list of incarnations of the Personality of Godhead, a description of Lord Buddh
a appears. In the First Canto, Third Chapter, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tata\'f9 kalau samprav\'e5tte\line sammoh\'e4ya sura-dvi\'f1\'e4m\line buddho n\'e4mn\'e4\'efjana-suta\'f9\line k\'e9ka\'f6e\'f1
u bhavi\'f1yati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the beginning of the age of Kali, the Personality of Godhead will appear in the province of Gaya as Lord Buddha, the son of Anjana, to bewilder the demons who a
re always envious of the devotees of the Lord." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.3.24}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This verse indicates that Lord Buddha may properly be considered an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and it is signif
icant to note that he is specifically mentioned by name and that his parentage, his mission and the province in which
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he would appear are also specifically mentioned. This is the perfect nature of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unlike the theoretical assertations of speculative scientists and philosophers, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub free from the defects of irrelevancy, error, cheat
ing and imperfection. As a revealed scripture received through an authoritative chain of disciplic succession, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub able to transmit pure knowledge in an unadulterated form, and therefore it is quite possible for it to predict, with detailed accuracy, events that will
 occur in future history. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhavi\'f1yati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ("will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub appear") is significant, for it confirms that the event was to take place in the future.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Buddha indeed appeared as the son of A\'efjana in the province of Gay\'e4, 2,500 years after the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prediction, and his appearance is worthy of careful scrutiny. If Lord Buddha was an incarnation of the Personality of 
Godhead who came to bewilder the atheists, why did he deny the very existence of Godhead and instead proclaim an atheistic doctrine of voidism? The explanation for this apparent contradiction is to be found in the verses of Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a grea
t spiritual master in the disciplic line. In a prayer praising ten prominent incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 Jayadeva sings:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nindasi yaj\'efa-vidher ahaha \'e7ruti-j\'e4ta\'e0\line sa-daya-h\'e5daya dar\'e7ita-pa\'e7u-gh\'e4ta\'e0\line ke\'e7ava dh\'e5t
a-buddha-\'e7ar\'e9ra jaya jagad\'e9\'e7a hare\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Da\'e7\'e4vat\'e4ra-stotra }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O my Lord, O Personality of Godhead, all glories unto You! You compassionately appeared in the form of Lord Buddha to condemn the animal sacrifices recommended in 
the Vedic literatures."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the time when Lord Buddha appeared, the people of India were mostly followers of the Vedic literatures, but unfortunately they had d
eviated from the central purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [15.15]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aham eva vedya\'f9: }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the purpose of all Vedic literatures is to lead one gradually to realization of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Materialistic scholars, however, not knowing the real purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mistakenly become preoccupied with the Vedic rituals and ceremonies and therefore mislead people in general, encourag
ing them in sacrifices aimed at material enjoyment instead of spiritual realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Among the sacrifices prescribed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are animal sacrifices. In the course of Vedic rituals, an old bull would be killed upon the altar of sacrifice, and by the power of Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it would then be given new life. The purpose of the sacrifice was not to kill the animal but to show the wonderful power of properly chanted Vedic }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scriptures forbid such sacrifices in the present age of Kali, which has been current for the l
ast five thousand years, because there are no qualified priests who can properly chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At th
e time of Lord Buddha, however, the people in general, misled by an unscrupulous priestly class, were sacrificing animals without discrimination on the plea of Vedic rituals and then indulging in eating the flesh. The real goal of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was forgotten, and under the banner of Vedic religion, slaughterhouses appeared everywhere, catering to the unrestrict
ed taste buds of the degraded and atheistic public.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Buddha came to stop this hypocrisy, and therefore he superficially rejected the authority of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and established his own independent cult of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ahi
\'e0s\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or nonviolence. As long as one indulges in the killing of innocent animals, he cannot progress
 in spiritual realization. Therefore, to save the misled people from the vice of animal killing and save the poor animals from slaughter, Lord Buddha, in his compassion, knowing that the corrupted priestly class would try to defend animal slaughter with 
the Vedic rituals, repudiated the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub entirely and declared his own doctrine of nonviolence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is supreme in everything, and therefore He is also the supreme cheater. By His own transcendental plan He appeared as 
Lord Buddha, rejected the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub concocted the theory of voidism as a pretext for nonviolence, and instil
led within his followers devotion to him. Thus although he outwardly rejected the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and preached an a
theistic doctrine, he is an incarnation of the Personality of Godhead Himself, the original propounder of the Vedic knowledge, and therefore cannot possibly be an atheist. By appearing in this disguise, however, he made the unfaithful atheists faithful t
o him. Thus he turned them toward the real goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The voidist philosophy of Lord Buddha actually has no validity, but it was introduced by the Personality of Godhead as an emergency mea
sure. Those who sincerely devote themselves to Lord Buddha and strictly follow his principles of nonviolence will gradually get the opportunity for elevation in transcendental understanding. However, the modern pseudo-Buddhists who indulge in meat eating
, illicit sex and other forms of gross sense gratification and yet hope to attain liberation from all miseries by repeating a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or meditating on voidness are only fooling themselves and others, and they are certainly wasting their time. As confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , they are destined to take birth among the lower species of life after their current lifetime of pseudomysticism.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For those whose real intent is to enjoy a life of sensory happiness in the material world, the philosophy of voidness is merely a conve
nient rationalization for undisciplined indulgence in materialistic activities. For them there is no question of genuine spiritual progress. But even those who sincerely attempt to attain freedom from material activities by achieving a state of voidness 
will ultimately find this impossible. There is no void anywhere within the creation. Therefore, the path of voidism is a spiritual dead end. Once having determined to give up material enjoyment, the frustrated voidist must ultimately turn to personalism 
to attain actual spiritual freedom. At that time he will have to abandon in its entirety the misconception of voidness. Thus voidism is merely a stumbling block on the path of spiritual realization because it hinders one from understanding the eternal ex
istence of transcendental form. An intelligent person must therefore always 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Impersonalism
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most prominent of the formless philosophies is that of impersonalism. Indeed, the influence of impersonalism in one form or another
 is so great that it may be said to contaminate all conditioned souls. In other words, impersonalism is an integral part of material consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the history of impersonalism is as old as that of the material world, the impersonalist philosophy has most ably been expresse
d and supported by \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, the influential spiritual teacher who appeared in India in the 11th Century. Briefly summarized, the philosophy of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya maintains that the material world is an illusion, wh
ereas only Brahman, the Supreme Absolute, exists in truth. According to \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, the Supreme Absolute Truth is formless, impersonal oneness, and the individual identity of the living being is an illusion; thus when one a
chieves the highest spiritual realization, he relinquishes his individual existence and merges with the supreme impersonal spirit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In establishing his philosophical doctrine of impersonalism, \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya accepts the Vedic literatures as
 authoritative, and this acceptance indicates the underlying purpose of his teachings. When the Personality of Godhead appeared as Lord Buddha, he superficially rejected the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to lead people in general to the religious principles of nonviolence. After the spread of Lord Buddha's teachings, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya sought to defeat the voidist teachings 
of Lord Buddha and reestablish the authority of the Vedic literature. Therefore, as Lord Buddha deliberately rejected the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and introduced voidism to win adherents to his principles of nonviolence, similarly, to reestablish the authority of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya deliberately taught his then-Buddhist followers the misleading philosophy of impersonalism. This is confirmed in both the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iva Pur\'e4\'ebas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although superficially they may appear to be otherwise, both Lord Buddha and \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya were among the greatest of theists, for by their teachings they paved the way for the path of pure devotional service to be esta
blished later by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the chanting of the holy n
ames of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonal philosophy of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya is akin to Buddhism, for both philosophies deny the Personality of Godhead. Howev
er, whereas Buddha maintained that beyond illusion there is only void, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya accepted the Vedic principle that beyond matter there is an eternal spiritual existence. \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, however, insisted that this spiritual exist
ence is impersonal, although this is against the conclusion of all Vedic literatures. Thus \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya both accepted and rejected the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simultaneously. \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya was a brilliant logician, grammarian and scholar, and thus by skillfully misinterpreting the Vedic verses in his own way, he successfully reesta
blished the authoritative status of the Vedic literature while simultaneously repudiating its ultimate conclusions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As clearly stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the purpose of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to underst
and Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This is further confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the most authorized of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub commentaries: "In the revealed scriptures, the ultimate object of knowledge is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead." }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All the Vedic literatures point to Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, as the fountainhead of all e
xistences. The impersonal philosophy is defective in the same way as voidism because it cannot explain how the many varieties of existence could spring from a source in which variety does not exist. The material cosmos is full of infinitely varied creati
ons, and to maintain that they have all emanated from formless oneness is simply illogical. The original source must be a reservoir of transcendental varieties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Impersonalist philosophers claim that the varieties of this material world are all false or illusory and that only the Supreme Absolute
 exists in reality. But if the Absolute is real, how can this world, being an emanation from the Absolute, be false? If the Absolute Truth is real, all emanations from the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Absolut
e Truth must also be real. For example, if a tree has many fruits, can anyone sensibly say that the tree is real but the fruits are false? No. If the tree is real, the fruit must also be real. Therefore, this material world is not merely an illusion. It 
exists in fact. The illusion is that we accept this world to be a permanent home although in fact it is merely temporary.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said, "All that glitters is not gold." Sometimes a seashell underwater appears to be gold though actually it is not. If one think
s an oyster shell to be gold, this is an illusion. But this does not mean that the oyster shell itself is an illusion nor that there is no such thing as real gold. The gold exists, and the oyster shell exists, but mistaking one for the other is illusion.
 Similarly, the conditioned souls are attracted to the glitter of temporary material enjoyment, as if it were permanent, due to illusion. In the material world, nothing is permanently enjoyable. Therefore anyone who tries to be permanently happy here is 
a fool and a rascal acting in gross illusion. This does not mean, however, that there is no such thing as real enjoyment. Real enjoyment is elsewhere, in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that beyond this world in which we now live is an eternal spiritual world that is free from the miseries of birth, death, disease and old age. The limited and temporary varieties of this world are but a
 dim reflection of the unlimited, eternal varieties of that spiritual realm. That world is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda-cinmaya-rasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.37]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in other words, everything there is eternal, fully conscious and full of transcendental bliss. There is nothing like dead matter in the spiritual world. Everything there is a living princ
iple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life in the material world is like diseased life. In a diseased condition, all of one's activities are full of misery, and one cannot e
njoy real pleasure as he does when healthy. Similarly, embodied life in the material world may be said to be a diseased state, and the symptoms of this material disease are birth, death, illness and old age. The impersonalist philosopher intelligently de
sires freedom from this miserable diseased condition, but unfortunately he does not know the proper cure, and therefore he desperately resorts to the drastic prescription of spiritual suicide.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a story that a young boy was once afflicted by a dangerously high fever, and his mother called in a doctor who immediately gav
e him a lethal injection of poison. The mother was struck with grief that her son was no longer breathing and his heart no longer beating, but the doctor was satisfied. "After all," he pointed out, "his fever is now gone." Thus the foolish doctor conside
red himself successful in treating the disease, although the patient had lost his life. Similarly, because the impersonalist does not know the proper means for restoring the afflicted conditioned soul to healthy life, he prescribes the cure that he merge
 with the Supreme and thus extinguish his individual existence. This is nothing more than spiritual suicide. It is true that this method can free the conditioned soul from all material distress, but it also robs him of the opportunity to enjoy eternal pl
easure on the spiritual platform. A conditioned soul cannot become a liberated soul by extinguishing his individuality any more than a diseased man can become a healthy man by committing suicide.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, an intelligent person should never adopt the spiritually suicidal course of impersonalism. Rather, one should follow the pro
cess recommended by the Vedic literature for developing transcendental healthy life. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub [15.7]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke j\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spirit 
soul is eternally a tiny part and parcel of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub confirms t
hat the spirit soul is unchanging in its nature. Therefore, just as we are all persons in our present conditioned life in this world, we will remain eternally persons in the future, even after liberation. The essential difference, however, is that now we
 have forgotten our relationship with the Personality of Godhead and adopted false relationships pertaining to the temporary material body, and in our liberated state we revive our eternal loving relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord
 \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Real liberation, therefore, is to give up the false conception that our short life in this one body is all in all and is meant only for eating, drinking, merrymaking and enjoyment, and to realize that we are all eternally serva
nts of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as we are all persons, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also a person, but He is the Supreme Person. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are innumerable eternal living entities, and they are a
ll persons, but their origin is the one Supreme Person upon whom they eternally depend for their existence. When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub state that the Supreme Lord is formless, this indicates that He does not have a material form like ours, but the Vedic literatures never reject His superexcellent eternal form of knowledge and bliss. His form is made of spir
it, not matter, and therefore His qualities, name and activities are spiritual and unlimited, not material and temporary.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The attempt to impose formlessness on the Supreme Absolute Truth is an unjustifiable and offensive attempt to bring Him down to our own
 mundane level. The impersonalists say, "If God had a form, He would have to be material," but they are in no position to dictate what the Absolute Truth can or cannot do. He is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  [1.1.1]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sva-r\'e4\'f6, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or fully independent, and therefore He is free from all mundane la
ws and can do whatever He pleases, regardless of the restrictions and limitations that mundane philosophers might like to impose upon Him. He is perfectly free to celebrate His eternal lordship in a transcendental form full of knowledge and bliss and to 
invite His sincere devotees to participate in His transcendental pastimes of love in eternal bodies similar to His.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This, in fact, is the reality of the spiritual world. The Supreme Personality of Godhead eternally exists in an all-attractive non-mate
rial form, and in the spiritual world created of His own transcendental energy, He enjoys reciprocating the loving sentiments of His eternal devotees in unlimited pleasure pastimes. The phrase "love of God" can have no meaning without personal existence.
 In a loving relationship, there must be a lover, a beloved and the reciprocation of their mutual affection. There is no question of loving anything impersonal or void. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual Personalism
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Absolute Truth is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and loving devotion to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba exhibited in pure love is achieved through the congregational chanting of the holy name, which is the essence of all bliss. The name "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" is referred to as holy because there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name and Lord \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. This is confirmed throughout the Vedic literature. By chanting the holy name K\'e5\'f1\'eba one directly associates with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and by this supreme association one achieves the supreme perfection. As stated in the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pa\'efcar\'e4tra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub when one chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is dancing on his tongue with His supreme pleasure potency. Thus by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can 
immediately feel transcendental pleasure coming directly from the spiritual platform.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bathing in an ocean of everincreasing transcendental pleasure by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one feels refreshed, and his mind is cleansed of all material misconceptions and anxieties which obscure his true vision One w
ho is serious and sincere in his search for the Absolute Truth will automatically find a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of the Supreme Lord, and by continued chanting of the holy name of the Lord under the direction of the bona fide spiritual ma
ster, one becomes increasingly enlightened in spiritual knowledge and thus realizes his pure and natural identity as an eternal servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regularly chanting and hearing the name and glories of the Lord and rendering service unto a spiritual master who is a pure devotee of 
the Lord destroy all inauspicious material contamination within the heart of the spiritual candidate and thus establish his loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an irrevocable fact. As confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , only by such transcendental loving service can one understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is, and when fully conscious of the Supreme Lord in such devotion, one can enter the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This practical program of devotional progress centered around the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the authorized Vedic way to attain liberation and
 perfectional spiritual understanding. It has been especially recommended by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu as the universal method of God realization in the present age. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is the great teacher of devotiona
l service who appeared in M\'e4y\'e4pura, India, in the year 1486 and propagated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the
 congregational chanting of the holy name. Although the appearance and activities of Lord Caitanya are a matter of historical record, He is not one of the conditioned souls of mundane history. As confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya gl\'e4nir bhavati bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), the Supreme Lord descends to this world in every age to help the conditioned living beings come back home, 
back to Godhead. Lord Caitanya's enlightened biographers have cited numerous authoritative references from Vedic literatures such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavat
am, Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  directly indicating that \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, far from being a mundane personality, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, playing the role of His own devotee. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  informs us:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-var\'eba\'e0 tvi\'f1\'e4k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0\line s\'e4\'ecgop\'e4\'ecg\'e4stra-p\'e4r\'f1adam\line yaj\'efai\'f9 s
a\'eck\'e9rtana-pr\'e4yair\line yajanti hi su-medhasa\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the age of Kali, intelligent persons worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly chants the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself,
 His bodily complexion is not blackish but golden. He is accompanied by His many associates and servitors." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  11.5.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This quotation directly indicates Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who personally inaugurated the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement of chanting the names of the Supreme Lord and dancing in ecstasy. He and His personal associates spread this sublime process of chanting and dancing throughout the Indian subcontinent, and
 now this same process is spreading throughout the world by dint of the efforts of His sincere servitors.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that forecast the appearance of Lord Buddha has also specifically predicted the appearance of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, whose mission, parentage and bodily features are also described in the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vayu Pur\'e4\'eba, Caitanya Upani\'f1ad, Ananta-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and other scriptures. It is therefore the 
duty of every intelligent person to follow the path of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by chanting the transcendental names of the Lord\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare
 Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One need not accept this method on the basis of sentimentality or blind faith. Great scholars in the line of disciplic succession from 
Lord Caitanya have elaborately and convincingly explained His sublime contribution of devotional service in terms of authoritative evidence and reasoning. It is therefore stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "If you are indeed interested in logic and argument, kindly apply them to the mercy of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. If you do so, you w
ill find it to be strikingly wonderful."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conceptions of impersonalism and voidism are manifestations of the darkest materialistic ignorance. As in the darkness of night one
 is unable to distinguish individual objects of vision, so in the darkness of impersonalism and voidism one is unable to distinguish either his own true identity or that of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This darkness, however, can at once be dispel
led by the effulgence of the teachings of Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or illusion, is always compared to darkness, and 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like the self-effulgent sun. Wherever there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba there can be no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
. It is the grace of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu that He makes the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba easily available to all living entities in the form of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Chanting
 this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can free one from all false conceptions, and thus one can enter the eternal reality 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  therefore states: "Let us worship Lord 
\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya. Through His mercy, even a child can cross the ocean of nescience, which abounds with the crocodiles of various erroneous doctrines, to arrive at the true conclusion."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may accept Lord Caitanya to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead or merely a great saintly teacher, but the Vedic literature empha
tically declares to human society that if one at all desires spiritual success in the modern age of quarrel and disagreement }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Kali-yuga)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he must adopt the method taught by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma\line harer n\'e4maiva kevalam\line kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva\line n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath
\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Chant the holy name! Chant the holy name! Chant the holy name! In this Kali-yuga there is no other way, there is no other way, there is no other way at all." (}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5had-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) Following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, the present-day 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is propagating the supreme science of love of Godhead, teaching who God is and how to love Him. Other religious and philosophical systems teach how to negate God, become God, forget God or derive some benefit from Go
d as in an ordinary business relationship, but the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is teaching how to love God. While others deal with God as a "concept" and speculate about whether He factually exists, we appreciate Him as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the most attracti
ve of all persons and the reservoir of transcendental qualities and pastimes, and we relish His personal association by chanting His names, speaking and hearing about His glories and serving Him in love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye yath\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 prapadyante t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "As one worships Me or surrenders unto Me, I reveal Myself accordingly." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 4.11) Therefore, for those who wish to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the subject of a myth, legend, allegory or theory, His existence will remain mythological, legendary, allegorical or theoretical. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will permit those wh
o wish to think of Him as impersonal, void or dead to do so. But those who wish to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in love will be able to see the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face. To them He will reveal His beautiful threefold-bending form of 
\'c7y\'e4masundara, the all-attractive supreme enjoyer who eternally plays on His flute and revels in pastimes of love. Because their eyes are smeared with the ointment of pure love of Godhead, He will always be visible to them in their heart of hearts a
s Govinda, the reservoir of pleasure in His supreme transcendental form. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p14:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Buddha, sustainer of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness He concocted voidism as a pretext for nonviolence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p18:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
 (center), father of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement, celebrating the chanting of the holy name.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb360 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Ecstacy of Madhavendra Pur\'e9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Ecstacy of M\'e4dhavendra Pu
r\'e9
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HOW KRSNA BECAME "THE MILK THIEF" FOR THE SAKE OF HIS BELOVED DEVOTEE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, incre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asingly
 celebrated throughout the world as an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared 500 years ago in India to teach the best means for God-realization in the present age\'97the chanting of the names of God: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Although Caitanya is the Supreme Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Himself, He appeared in form of a 
devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1080\ri1080\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya's followers disciplic succession have presented many authorized books discussing His philosophy and pastime
s. The incident of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearing before the devotee M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 in the form of a most worshipable stone Deity (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) was first told to Lord Caitanya by His spiritual master, and as described here Lord Caitanya later related it to His followers The practice of worshiping the Supreme deity form made of stone, wood or 
metal strictly fol}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lows }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Vedic }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Scriptural injunctions; one }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should not, therefore, consider this to be idol worship. Since we cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the material world in His original form, by 
His mercy He becomes visible to us in the form of a Deity, such as the Deities Gop\'e4la, Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 and Jagann\'e4tha. One should not think K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be stone or wood; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the eternal form of bliss 
and knowledge, but He appears as stone or metal because we cannot see His original spiritual form. By serving the Deity, one associates with K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally. A devotee should not think "Here is stone K\'e5\'f1\'eba," for although because K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is everthing He is also stone, K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Deity form is not the kind of stone that cannot act; rather He can act as the Supreme Lord, even in His stone form. In the temples of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, under the dire
ctuin of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the worship of the Deities by dressing, feeding and caring for Them is an important part of devotional service. Our spiritual master has said in this regard, "As you give more service to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will even speak to you." This actually happened to M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, as described }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the following narration. The story begins in the house of Lord Cai
tanya's close associate Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya, where Lord Caitanya briefly stopped on His journey to Pur\'e9, the holy city of Lord Jagann\'e4tha. This is an excerpt from an unpublished book by His Divine Grace entitled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\'97His Sanny\'e4sa and Sa\'eck\'e9rtan Movement}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as Lord Caitanya lived in the house of \'c7r\'e9la Advaita Prabhu, the duty of cooking was entrusted to \'c7ac\'e9m\'e4t\'e4, Lord Caitanya's mother, for at
 this last opportunity she herself wanted to feed Lord Caitanya and His devotees to her heart's content. Every day the Lord wanted to take leave of His friends and start out for Pur\'e9, but every day the devotees requested Him to remain for two or three
 days more, and the kind Lord could not refuse the request. Thus the functions of honoring }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , holding discourses on spiritual subjects and performing congregational chanting of the holy name Hari, accompanied by music and dance, smoothly continued at Advaita's home. Lord Caitanya pleased His mother by accepting, with His numerous de
votees, the foodstuffs that she cooked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One day the Lord requested all His devotees who had assembled there to disperse to their respective homes. He advised them to continue 
the performance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in each and every house. They would again see the Lord in time when t
hey visited N\'e9l\'e4dri (Pur\'e9). Sometimes the Lord might also return to Navadv\'e9pa to bathe in the Ganges. Advait\'e4c\'e4rya, however, requested the Lord to take with Him four of His associates, namely, Nity\'e4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Pa\'eb\'f2ita 
Jagad\'e4nanda, D\'e4modara Pa\'eb\'f2ita and Mukundadatta. The Lord then took leave of His mother by touching her feet and circumambulating her holy person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord started for Pur\'e9, and cries of lamentation were heard from the house of Advaita Prabhu. Crying at separation from Him, the 
\'c4c\'e4rya began to follow the Lord, but the Lord requested him to go back and console His mother and the other devotees. Saying this, the Lord embraced him and went on calmly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Accompanied by His four abovementioned associates, the Lord proceeded towards Pur\'e9 via Chatrabhoja. This route stretches from \'c7
\'e4ntipura along the bank of the Ganges to Atisan, Panhatie (Sodepura-agarpara) and Barahanagar (a suburb of Calcutta). In those days the waters of the Ganges flowed by the town of Kali-gh\'e4\'f6a. The Ganges now flowing by Bhuwanipore and Kali-gh\'e4
\'f6 is therefore known as \'c4diga\'ecg\'e4 (the original Ganges). This course of the Ganges flowed down via Diamond Harbor by the police station known as Mathur\'e4pura. Passing via this Chatrabhoja, the Lord gradually reached the border of Orissa thro
ugh Briddha-mantreswar.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On His onward march toward Pur\'e9 through the villages of Bengal and Orissa, the Lord Himself sometimes used to beg alms from the vill
agers. Customs officers on His way did not disturb Him, and thus He at last reached Remuna, a village about eight miles west of Balasore. Here the temple and Deity of K\'f1iracora Gop\'e9n\'e4tha are situated. The Deity Gop\'e9n\'e4tha is notorious as a 
thief because He once stole condensed milk for the sake of His beloved devotee. In the transcendental relationship between the Absolute Godhead and His devotees, both the devotees and God Himself take the risk of serving each other at all costs. In trans
cendence, therefore, notoriousness has the same absolute connotation as eminence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The story behind Gop\'e9n\'e4tha's being notorious as K\'f1iracora ("the milk thief") was long before narrated to Lord Caitanya by His 
spiritual master, \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9, and the Lord wanted to repeat the story to His followers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although Lord Caitanya was the Supreme Godhead, He accepted \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9 as His spiritual master, and by this act He taught us 
to accept a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or spiritual master, in the line of spiritual disciplic succession. Lord Caitanya intro
duced Himself as belonging to the Brahm\'e4-Madhva-samprad\'e4ya, or the chain of disciplic succession that descends from \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the following manner. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, transmitted transcen
dental knowledge to Brahm\'e4, from Brahm\'e4 it came down to N\'e4rada, and from N\'e4rada to Vy\'e4sadeva, who is said to have initiated Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya. From Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya the disciplic succession descended as follows: (1) N\'e5hari, (2) M\'e4dh
ava, (3) Ak\'f1obhya, (4) Jayat\'e9rtha, (5) J\'ef\'e4nasindhu, (6) Dayanidhi, (7) Vidy\'e4nidhi, (8) Rajendra, (9) Jayadharma, (10) Puru\'f1ottama, (11) Brahmanyat\'e9rtha, (12) Vy\'e4sat\'e9rtha, (13) Lak\'f1m\'e9pati, (14) M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, (15)
 \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9 and (16) Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Introducing the story of Gop\'e9n\'e4tha's stealing some condensed milk for M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, Lord Caitanya related that M\'e4dha
vendra Pur\'e9 always remained in trance and chose to wander alone, unaccompanied by his disciples. When M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 was in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he was once sitting under a tree near Govardhana Hill. He did not have any food, but a young cowherd b
oy appeared before him with a pot of milk and offered it to him. The cowherd boy inquired why he did not ask for alms, and he also asked what he did in his meditation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, was very pleased to see the beauty of the cowherd boy, and he forgot all about his hunger and thirst. He asked the boy where he lived and how he knew that he was hungry. The boy replied that he was 
a resident of Govardhana Hill and that no one in his jurisdiction remained hungry. Some of the village women had seen the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sitting underneath a tree without food and had conveyed the news to him. Saying this, the boy left without further delay on the plea that he had to milk his cows.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e9 Sv\'e4m\'e9 drank the milk left by the cowherd boy and waited in vain for him to return to take back his pot. He sat down under
 the same tree the whole night, chanting the holy name of Hari (K\'e5\'f1\'eba), and at the end of the night, when he lightly slept, he dreamt that the same boy had come again and taken him by his hand to a place congested with creepers and plants.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The boy explained that he had lived }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that hedge for a very long time and was suffering through the winter, summer and rainy seasons without an adequate shelter. He was just waiting for M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9's arrival, for he intended t
o expose himself to the eyes of people in general by accepting his loving service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub form of the Absolute Personality of Godhead is identical with Him. The Absolute Godhead is not different from His name, fame, form, pastimes, qualit
ies and entourage. He descends to favor His bona fide devotees and appreciate their transcendental loving service. The name, form, and so on, of the Absolute Godhead, being absolute themselves, cannot be experienced by the material instruments of sense p
erception, but by the unbounded mercy of the Absolute the transcendental loving service of His devotees makes it possible for one to see Him as He is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental cowherd boy agreed to come within the view of the general public in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because He was pleased with the loving devotion of M\'e4d
havendra Pur\'e9. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub of Godhead is not, therefore, an idol fashioned by an iconographer. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub potent and has all the transcendental qualities of the Absolute Godhead, but one can perceive them only through loving service. A material example may help one understand this. The
 post office authorities establish a mailbox near one's home, and all letters posted in it reach their respective destinations without difficulty. An imitation mailbox designed to compete with the genuine one will not serve the same purpose; the letters 
posted in the imitation box will never reach their destinations. The difference between the two boxes is that one is authorized whereas the other is a mere facsimile.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as a genuine mailbox is different from an imitation one, so the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub arc\'e4-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub revealed to the general public by a devotee of the caliber of M\'e4dhavendr
a Pur\'e9 is different from the idols of iconographers. The icons of the idolators are like the statues installed in parks and Squares for the appreciation of the public. These statues serve no other purpose than to provide sitting places for crows; they
 cannot do anything, no matter how extensive one's prayers or admiration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Gop\'e4la who out of His own mercy directed M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 to bring Him out into the open must not be mistaken to be an id
ol, but He must be accepted as the Absolute Godhead Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next morning, therefore, Pur\'e9 Svami approached the villagers of Govardhana and asked them to help him extricate the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Gop\'e4la who was in 
the dense forest. The villagers gladly followed him and cleared the way for him to enter the place he pointed out. When the tangle of plants and creepers was removed, the weighty figure of Godhead was found. Some of the strongest among the men put their 
shoulders together and carried the Deity to the top of the hill of Govardhana, where the Deity was set on a big throne of stone and supported by another big stone from behind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the villagers were somehow informed of the Deity's presence, and they came there in large numbers, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bringing with them new earthen pots 
full of strained water from Govinda-ku\'eb\'f2a (a sacred pond). The water pots were one hundred in number. A festival then ensued, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bands performed and the village women sang songs. Some of the village folk began dancing, and the villagers duly brought forward milk, curd and clarified butter that they had collected for the Deity. Sweetmeats and oth
er foodstuffs of various descriptions, along with numerous presents such as flowers, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub plants, new clothing and so }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub came 
in abundance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 personally performed the preliminary function of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub abhi-\'f1eka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (a ceremony to sanctify the Deity) by washing His entire body with the water br
ought in the earthen pots and smearing His body with fragrant oil. After the ablution of the Deity, he properly dressed the Lord's body and decorated Him with flowers mixed with the paste of sandalwood. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub was then offered to the Deity to welcome and worship Him, and all the foodstuffs brought by the villagers, as well as more food especially prepared for Him, were presented before Gop\'e4la.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ten }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cooks were engaged to cook rice and dahl, five }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to prepare vegetables and five to seven }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to bake bread. All the cooked}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  foods were finished by the addition of abundant clarified butter. Then the rice was stacked on the floor upon a new cloth spread out for this purpose, an
d the bread was exhibited before the Deity in the manner of small hills. The vegetable curries, cakes and other preparations were all brought forward in suitable pots, and fragrant, cold drinking water was also offered in many new earthen pots. In this w
ay the Annak\'fc\'f6a ceremony\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn * {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Annak\'fc\'f6a or Govardhana-p\'fcj\'e4, was a celebration in which the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana offered a huge feast to
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. (For further details see "The Lifter of Govardhana Hill" in Back to Godhead No. 55)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub * was again revived by Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and Gop\'e4la, the Absolu
te Personality of Godhead, who had been hungry for a long time before M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9's arrival, ate all these transcendental cooked foodstuffs to His heart's content. Although Gop\'e4la ate all the food, leaving not a bit of it, He again restored
 it all by a transcendental touch of His hand. Only Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja perceived this spiritual process, for Gop\'e4la was unable to conceal His inconceivable acts from an associate like M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have already discussed some logical conclusions about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
arc\'e4-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub at some length, and now we may also discuss to some extent the offering of foodstuffs t
o the Deity. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arc\'e4-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub accepts only foodstuffs offered by bona fide devotees. The Absolute Godhead is always perfectly full in all respects, but He condescends to accept an offering of flowers, leaves, fruit or water if it is offered in transcendental loving servic
e. If one is not hungry he is reluctant to accept even the most delicious and palatable dishes because in the absence of hunger nothing is pleasing to the taste. But if one is actually hungry he may accept food which is not even palatable. God, however, 
being full in Himself, is both hungry and satisfied simultaneously. Although He is always satisfied, He becomes hungry when one offers food }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Him with a fully devotional attitude
 of transcendental loving service. He then accepts the food for the sake of His servitor and again replaces it with His transcendental potency to influence the revival of the spiritual senses of everyone who partakes of the remnants of such }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritualized food). Therefore, there is a gulf of difference between distribution of ordinary foodstuff
s and distribution of spiritualized }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . By accepting and distributing the former, both the giver 
and the taker become subject to the laws of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , whereas by accepting and distributing the latter, both
 the giver and taker transcend the laws of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . To offer cooked or uncooked foodstuffs to the Deity is 
to perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (sacrifice) as ordained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (scriptures), but to cook or collect foodstuffs for one's own self is to put oneself under the severe laws of nature. By performing }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we can have foodstuffs in abundance from the storehouse of nature, but campaigns encouraging farmers to gr
ow more food for our own use simply enrage nature, who then restricts the supply. Such campaigns for self-satisfaction are sure to aggravate scarcity in the world, in spite of all scientific assurances to the contrary. Since the leaders of materialistic 
nations do not know this secret law of nature, when their materialistic endeavors are baffled at the cost of the lives of many innocent followers, these leaders, not knowing the defects in their foolish acts, escape by saying that nature is unkind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Following the Vedic process, therefore, the foodstuffs were all offered to the Deity, and by the order of Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was lavishly distributed to all the villagers, including old men, women and children. First it w
as offered to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and their wives, and then to all others, one after another. The men who
 came from other villages to see the function were also sumptuously fed, and everyone was astonished to see the influence of Pur\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja then turned all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  into Vai\'f1\'ebavas (devotees) and entrusted them }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with various duties in the service of the Lord, for it is the function of a bona fide spiritual master not only to engage himself in the Lord's service but also to engage all others who accept him as their spi
ritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The entire country was informed of the appearance of Gop\'e4la, and thus men from all the neighboring villages came to visit Him. All t
he different groups of villagers asked to perform the Annak\'fc\'f6a ceremony in turn, and thus day after day the villagers brought rice, dahl, wheat products, vegetables, clarified butter, milk, sweetmeats, flowers and various other offerings for the De
ity. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  again and again cooked and offered foodstuffs to Gop\'e4la and distributed }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e4la Himself, being the Personality of Godhead, is the natural center of gravity for all people\'97namely, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (intellectuals), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (administrators), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (agricul
turalists) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (laborers). According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  constitute the face of the Deity, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His arms
, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His thighs and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His legs. None is less dignified in terms of the transcen}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dental service he offe
rs as a limb of the transcendental body of Gop\'e4la. When, however, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and other occupational commu
nities forget their relationship with the loving service of Gop\'e4la, they become degraded. By forgetting the service of Gop\'e4la one forgets his constitutional position and is thus deluded by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the illusory energy). Covered by such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one tries to enjoy material nature on one's own account,
 which one cannot do, instead of serving Gop\'e4la by the grace of spiritual nature. This causes a struggle for false supremacy among the various classes or castes, bringing about the destruction of everything that they try to enjoy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The true realization of a peaceful society is possible through cooperation of all classes or castes, centered around the transcendental
 service of Gop\'e4la. The villagers of Govardhana and other neighboring towns, acting under the guidance of M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 with Gop\'e4la as the Lord of all, offer an ideal example of how to live in a spiritual society that can bring about real 
peace and prosperity. In such a society there is direct communion with God, for its members realize that everything is for God and that God is for everyone, irrespective of caste, creed or color. In such a perfect society, Gop\'e4la is the center of all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The holy place of Gop\'e4la thus became well known to everyone, and whoever came there offered as much as he could afford. Rich men off
ered costly clothing and many valuable gold and silver ornaments, and one rich }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who came there built a big temple for Gop\'e4la. Some of the villagers constructed boundary walls, and others erected a cooking house. Each one of the inhabitants of Vraja gave one cow to Gop
\'e4la, and in that way about 10,000 cows were collected for His service. The four occupational orders of society thus contributed their skills for the service of Gop\'e4la. Two renounced }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who came from Bengal were carefully provided for at the temple. These two }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who became disc
iples of M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, were entrusted with the daily worship of the Deity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Two years passed peacefully in this way, but one night Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja again dreamed that Gop\'e4la was speaking to him. Gop\'e4
la said to M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 that His body was suffering from heat that would not subside. He could be relieved only if the paste of sandalwood grown in Malaya could be applied all over His body. Gop\'e4la thus ordered }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mah\'e4r\'e4ja to go to N\'e9l\'e4cala (Pur\'e9), where Malayan sandalwood was available. He ordered Purr Mah\'e4r\'e4ja to ta
ke responsibility for this personally, since it was not possible for others to execute the task. M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 was greatly pleased to receive this order from Gop\'e4la, and thus he arranged to start for the East. He thereafter left for Bengal, w
here he met Advait\'e4c\'e4rya at \'c7\'e4ntipura and there initiated him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On his way to Pur\'e9 he came to Remuna, where he worshiped the Deity Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9. He asked the attendant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub priests what foodstuffs were offer
ed to the Deity, and he was greatly pleased to see the opulent arrangements there. He asked about the foodstuffs because he thought that he might make the same offering to his Gop\'e4la at Govardhana, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub informed him of a kind of condensed milk named }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am\'e5takeli}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that was daily offered to th
e Deity in the evening. The milk was offered in twelve earthen pots, and its taste was unknown in the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 desired to have a taste of that condensed milk so that he could prepare a similar offering for his Gop\'e4la. But
 he at once became ashamed, remembering Vi\'f1\'ebu, for he thought it an offense to desire to taste food that was yet to be offered to the Deity. Thus after attending the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r
\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the Deity, he left the temple without anyone's knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja never asked anyone for food, and if no one offered him any, he always fasted. This was his vow. Yet he never fel
t hungry or exhausted, for he always fully tasted nectar by remembering his Lord. Coming out of the temple, he sat down underneath a tree in the village marketplace, and in the meantime the Deity at the temple was duly put to bed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After finishing their respective duties, the servitor priests also went to bed, but in a dream one of them saw Gop\'e9n\'e4tha come bef
ore him and ask him to wake up. The Deity ordered the priest to open the door of the temple and search for a pot of condensed milk that He had hidden under His clothing. Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 asked the priest to find this pot of condensed milk, for He had
 kept it aside for M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, who was sitting in the marketplace underneath a tree.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The priest at once woke up, arose from his bed and, thinking of his dream, bathed, opened the temple door and entered the temple. He th
en saw the pot of condensed milk exactly in the place pointed out by Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 in his dream. He therefore took it and went to the marketplace, where he then called out, "M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9! M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9! You are the most fortunat
e. Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 has stolen this pot of condensed milk for you! Please come and take it."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this, Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja came before the priest and introduced himself. The priest then gave him the pot, after telling the circ
umstances under which Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 had stolen it and kept it for him. Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja at once fell into a trance, and the priest, observing his transcendental condition, was struck with wonder, for he was convinced that Godhead was elated 
with M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After this incident, Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja at once decided to leave Remuna, thinking of how people would crowd around him when they ca
me to know of the story in the morning, for he was very much reluctant to be flattered by others for his reputation as a perfect devotee. We know that all conditioned souls are envious of one another. Anyone who becomes famous for an act of goodness is s
ure to be envied by his fellow men. Indeed, a really reputable man is more likely to be mistreated than praised, although our envious human society sometimes justly approves of one who out of sheer humility does not desire to be recognized. Devotees or V
ai\'f1\'ebavas like \'c7r\'e9la M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 are never anxious for direct recognition by people in general nor even for such indirect recognition. They are not even anxious to be recognized by God Himself. Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja therefore tried
 to escape from such recognition, although in fact he was actually credited with the highest recognition because he justly deserved it. Others should not, however, falsely imitate his humble behavior to try to get indirect recognition from others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before departing Remuna, M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 made his respectful obeisances to Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9. Then he left for Pur\'e9 and in
 course of time arrived there by foot. He saw the Deity of Jagann\'e4thaj\'e9, and in his ecstasy he danced, laughed and sang, and he actually fell down in transcendental happiness at seeing Jagann\'e4thaj\'e9. People all over Pur\'e9 came to know about 
the arrival of \'c7r\'e9la M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, and they came to see him with all veneration. The nature of fame is such that it cannot be checked from its natural diffusion; it overcomes even one who does not want it. \'c7r\'e9la M\'e4dhavendra Pur
\'e9 wanted to escape fame at Remuna, but as soon as he reached Pur\'e9 it caught him Fame for devotion to God cannot, therefore, be restrained; it goes its own way unhindered and without extraneous endeavor. Although M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 did not like 
this atmosphere of fame, he was nevertheless obliged to remain in Pur\'e9 because he was duty-bound to collect sandalwood for \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4la. He therefore expressed his mission and disclosed the story of Gop\'e4la at Govardhana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The servitor priests of Jagann\'e4thaj\'e9 were all very glad to learn this news of Gop\'e4la's wanting the sandalwood, and they tried 
their best to collect it for Him. Those among them who were in touch with the authorities of the city influenced the king's officers to help in this matter, and thus the required sandalwood, with an equal quantity of camphor, was collected for Gop\'e4la.
 They arranged for a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub manservant to accompany M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 to carry this sandalwood and camphor, and they also secured the necessary permits from the king's court to free him from delays by customs officials and similar impediments.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 then started for Govardhana, and on his way he once again reached Remuna, the town of Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9, who 
had stolen the condensed milk for him. He offered his respectful obeisances at the feet of Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 and danced before the Deity in his characteristic trancelike state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The priests of Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 were very glad to see M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 among them, and they gave him more }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of condensed milk. He slept there that
 night, and while he was dreaming, Gop\'e4la informed him that He had already accepted the sandalwood and camphor collected for Him. M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 should therefore rub the sandalwood and camphor into a paste and smear it on the body of Gop\'e9n
\'e4thaj\'e9, who was nondifferent from Him (Gop\'e4la). When this was done, His (Gop\'e4la's) fever would automatically go away. Gop\'e4la assured Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja that he need not hesitate; he could perform this act with firm faith.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 woke up, he informed the priests of his dream, and they were all very glad that the cooling paste of sandal
wood that Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja had brought would be smeared on the body of Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 in that hot summer season. Pur\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja engaged the men who had come with him from Pur\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub along with two other local assistants, to grind the sandalwood into a paste, which was smeared daily on the body of Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9. M\'e4dhavendra Pur
\'e9 remained at Remuna until the sandalwood was all used.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya narrated this lengthy story of M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 before His companions in order to teach us that factual service to 
the Supreme Personality of Godhead is performed in the mode of transcendental separation. He gave the example of the transcendental activities of \'c7r\'e9la M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 because he is the original authority in the line of spiritual preceptoria
l succession. Those who devote themselves to the transcendental loving service of Godhead must learn from the activities of \'c7r\'e9la M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9. He renounced the world so completely that he would not even accept a companion lest he be enga
ged in worldly topics, and yet he traveled thousands of miles from Govardhana to collect sandalwood to carry out the order of Gop\'e4la.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 set this example to establish the truth that taking leave of worldly activities is the negative side o
f }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (renunciation), 
but the positive side is engaging oneself fully in the service of the Absolute Whole. \'c7r\'e9la M\'e4dhavendra took a vow not to ask for even a morsel of food for his own self, but nevertheless he accepted the responsibility for carrying sandalwood of 
a considerable weight from a far distant place in the days when such transportation was nearly impossible. He had not even a penny, and yet he was enthusiastic to take on this hard task only for the sake of Gop\'e4la. This is an example of real }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should not do anything or eat anything for his own sense gratification, but he must do everything for the satis
faction of the senses of Godhead and eat everything necessary to serve Him. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s try to deprive the Absolute Truth of personal senses, and they identify themselves with the impersonal Absolute. The Absolute therefore remains a dumb void 
for them, for He has no desire to accept service from such M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s. Actually the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s gratify their own senses by maneuvering in worldly activities in the name of a senseless God, and thus they perpetually remain within the
 orbit of the material world, for they are entrapped by the last snare of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is known as libera
tion. A Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub however, is actually liberated from the very beginning of his loving transcendental service to the Absolute because he always carries out the orders of the sentient Absolute. Although such activities appear to be ordinary worldly functions, t
hey are in fact beyond the bondage of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because they are directed by Godhead Himself. A Vai\'f1\'ebav
a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not ostent
atious, and therefore he does not need to change his garments simply to show that he is in the renounced order of life, but he remains a factual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because he strictly follows the principles of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ve
d\'e4nta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not concerned with any amount of worldly recognition, but, like \'c7r\'e9la M\'e4dhavendra, he can risk everything for the service of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya then repeated a verse spoken by M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 at the time of his departure from this world: "O my Lord, my heart
 is mortified for want of Your presence. Tell me, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 -}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my Lord, how I can see You? Be kind upon me, considering me
 the poorest of all Your devotees."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Repeating this verse, Lord Caitanya became unconscious, and He fell to the floor in a trance. Lord Nity\'e4nanda picked Him up and plac
ed Him on His lap. The Lord then woke up, crying in separation from His beloved \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He began to chant repeatedly, "O my Lord, O my Lord!" Thus the door of Lord Caitanya's love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba was opened, and all the priests of
 Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 were fortunate enough to view this transcendental ecstasy of Lord Caitanya. Many people then assembled there, and in order to avoid a commotion in their midst, the Lord restrained Himself. Just at that moment the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9 ensued, an
d when the Deity was put to bed, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of condensed milk was offered to Lord Caitanya. The Lord was pleased at the sight of the pots of condensed milk, but He accepted only five of them, enough for His devotees. The remaining seven pots were returned to the priests. Thus 
the Lord spent that night at the temple of Gop\'e9n\'e4thaj\'e9, and early in the next morning He started again for Pur\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A young cowherd boy appeared before M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 and offered him a pot of milk.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p23:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Led by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the villagers welcomed and worshiped the Deity. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pleased by devotion, the transcendental cowherd boy agreed to become visible to the public.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p25:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Diety had kept the milk forM\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Bringing the Holy Name to Germany
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ZURUCK ZUR GOTTHEIT
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 BRINGING THE HOLY NAME TO GERMANY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON Heidelberg)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In August of 1968, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da introduced K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the European cont
inent. At that time \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was visiting the Montreal, Canada, branch of his newly founded ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness). The leading devotee of the Montreal Center, \'c7iv\'e4nanda d\'e4sa brahmac\'e4r\'e9, a
pproached \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and informed him that he had saved a thousand dollars that he had intended to use for his enrollment at London University. As a surrendered soul, \'c7iv\'e4nanda offered to engage this money directly in the service of 
his spiritual master. He submitted to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that he no longer felt that the best use of the money was to finance his education at the university, but he suggested that he might be allowed to go to Europe to open the way there for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Prabhup\'e4da, thankful for the proposal, blessed \'c7iv\'e4nanda Prabhu, assuring him that his plans were actually the desires of Lord Caitanya. (Five hundred years ago, Lord Caitanya, the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who delivere
d the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chanting, declared that this message and the chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba would spread all over the world.) Having been given a direct order by the spiritual master, \'c7iv\'e4nanda felt happy and eager to discha
rge his new duty. A real disciple of a bona fide spiritual master always looks for an opportunity to render service at the lotus feet of the spiritual master, and upon receiving an order from the spiritual master, a disciple should take it as his life an
d soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a parallel to this incident in the life of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He himself was a young man when he met 
his spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, in 1922 in Calcutta, India. At that time our spiritual master, then known as Abhay Charan De, was active in Gandhi's movement of nonviolence and noncooperation to make Indi
a an independent nation. At their first meeting, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta asked Abhay Charan De to take up this mission of Lord Caitanya's and distribute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the English-speaking world. Our spiritual master, who was then
 twenty-six years old, was very much impressed by His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, but he replied that since India was still a dependent nation, no one would accept instruction from India. The first step, he said, was to work politically
 for India's freedom. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta replied, "Never mind; if you simply try your best, that will be the perfection of your life. You will benefit, and others who hear you will also benefit." The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement now spreading ar
ound the world is in no way a sectarian movement dependent on any ethnic culture. It is transcendental to Indian, American, Russian, Hindu or Christian. This is the spirit in which Lord Caitanya preached, and Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta conveyed this to our spiri
tual master. Thus in 1922 he planted within the heart of our spiritual master the seed that was later to fructify in the Western world and become the dynamic Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1968, therefore, His Divine Grace was encouraging one of his disciples, \'c7iv\'e4nanda Prabhu, to travel to Europe. \'c7iv\'e4nanda
 had joined the Montreal temple in the summer of 1967. When the first devotees arrived in Montreal in the winter of 1967, \'c7iv\'e4nanda happened to meet them, and he helped them carry their luggage to the rented bowling alley on the corner of Park Aven
ue and Pine Street that was to become their temple. He had just happened to be walking on the street one snowy evening as the devotees arrived in Montreal. They attracted him as they tried to find the address to the new temple. At that time, \'c7iv\'e4na
nda had no idea that he was going to become the President for the Montreal center and the pioneer of the European movement for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iv\'e4nanda was born Samuel Greer in Vermont, USA. After finishing his education, culminating in the study of botany at the Univers
ity of Vermont and Berkeley University, Samuel Greer was considering his career and his military obligations, and he was therefore very thoughtful about his future. He was beginning to ask questions like "Who am I?" "Where do I come from?" "Where am I go
ing?" "Why am I suffering?" "Why do I have to die?" and "What is God?" These questions mark the beginning of human life. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say that until a person asks these basic questions, he is not considered to meet the standard of human consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not long after helping the devotees find their temple, Sam attended their classes in hope of finding the answers to his questions. Samu
el, of course, was very intelligent, and he asked many questions regarding the spiritual science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He used to stay with the devotees at the temple, engage himself in devotional service and hear the lectures from }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and then he would go away for days. While away, he would consider what he had heard an
d seen in the temple and discuss it with his friends. One day Sam resolved to take to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious way of life as a preacher. He shaved his head and since that time has never swayed from his resolution and determination to advance in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He soon became an}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  initiated disciple of His Divine Grace, and preaching the scie
nce of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
, he transformed himself into a K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotee. Upon initiation he was given the name \'c7iv\'e4nanda, but he had not actually met his spiritual master at that time. Hearing from his elder Godbrothers in the temple, who had trained him according 
to the system of disciplic succession, had convinced him about the authority and authenticity of the message of Lord Caitanya, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da initiated him by mail.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iv\'e4nanda had not been in the temple more than a year when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to Montreal. After a short meeting, 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da requested \'c7iv\'e4nanda to go to Europe to try to open a center there. Naturally every disciple likes to stay with his spiritual master and directly associate with him and serve him, but \'c7iv\'e4nanda had advanced to the poi
nt where he did not hesitate to leave the physical presence of his spiritual master to go to a distant place to push on his movement. In fact, he very enthusiastically took the opportunity to serve His Divine Grace at all risk.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The primary concern of those who are advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is to preach for the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  welfare of others. There is one class of transcendentalists who go to the forest to sit alone for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meditation. They are mostly concerned about their own salvation. Pure devotees of the Lord, however, not only think of their own salvation but always absorb themselves in thinking of how they can bring spiritual unders
tanding to those who have no spiritual life. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "O Arjuna, I con
sider one who preaches about this divine discourse between you and Me to be the most dear servant in this world. Never will there be one more dear to Me than he." Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, a great devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, said to the Lord, "I do
 not want to leave behind me in the material world all these living entities who have no alternative than to surrender unto You."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was in that pure spirit, on the order of a pure devotee, that \'c7iv\'e4nanda left Montreal to open a center of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness in Europe. We were all excited by \'c7iv\'e4nanda's daring spirit. I remember that just before he boarded the bus for the airport, he asked me, "What shall I do when I get there? How shall I begin?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I replied, "As soon as you get off the plane, sit down where there are some people and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, accompanying yourself
 with hand cymbals. When a crowd has gathered, explain something about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and ask people to give a small contribution to help spread your mission. This is sure to be successful." \'c7iv\'e4nanda and I laughed, knowing the simpli
city of our life as taught to us by our spiritual father, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7iv\'e4nanda agreed, "Yes! I'll do it if you think I should."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I reassured him, "What else do we have to do but chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yes, our business is to chant," said \'c7iv\'e4nanda. "Chant and explain everything we have heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness f
rom our spiritual master. Other than that, we have no engagement, so if I simply do that, everything will be all right."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first letter from \'c7iv\'e4nanda arrived on August 25, 1968. \'c7iv\'e4nanda was rejected by the immigration authorities in London
, and he had to go to Amsterdam. His letter to Prabhup\'e4da was very enthusiastic, and he enclosed a news clipping in Dutch from an Amsterdam paper in which the reporter had mentioned the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the name of His Divine Grace. There was also a picture of \'c7iv\'e4nanda surrounded by a big crowd of Hollanders. Upon examining this let
ter and the news article, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da immediately dictated a letter to \'c7iv\'e4nanda Prabhu. The letter reads follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub My dear son Brahmac\'e4r\'e9 \'c7iv\'e4nanda, \line      Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive 
your letter dated August 21, 1968, and I declare that it is because K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired you to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub go }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub to 
Amsterdam that you were not admitted into England. I have also seen. the description of your activities in Amsterdam, but I could not understand the language. But one thing ob served in that article was my name Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta. This indicates th
at your tour in Europe is going to be very successful. I hope you will receive this letter and be courageous }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub always chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You wil be successful, in the same way that I was. I came to New York in the same helpless way, and gradually many students like you came to help }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub me. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub So }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub don't }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 
be disappointed; try best, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub help you.\line I understand that one Finnish boy has 
joined you, and so many others will come and join you because the whole world is in need of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja used to say, "There is no scarcity of any thing in this world except K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. " Keep you
r present attitude intact, Have good faith in your spiritual master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and everything }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub right. You already have the secret of success-sincerity. Pull on with that mentality,
 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give you all help. You write to say, "I really miss Prabhup\'e4da and my Godbrothers' association so much. " But I may remind you that I am always with you. Wherever I am, you and your Godbrothers are there. Please remember alway
s the humble teachings that you have received from me, and that will keep you always associated with me and with your Godbrothers also.\line I hope this letter finds you in good health and good K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. \line Your ever well-wisher,
\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We all felt very blissful about the wonderful }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub news: }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness in Europe.'' At that time \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's movement had }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub four established centers\'97one }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York (started in 1966), one }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
San Francisco, California (started in 1968), one in Montreal, Canada (started in 1967), and one in Boston (started in 1967). Prabhup\'e4da declared that now our movement was truly international, for these European activities were a further fulfillment of
 Lord Caitanya's prediction, "In every town and village all over the world, My name will be known." Being captured by the profound simplicity and purity of Prabhup\'e4da's words and deeds, we were happy to accept him as our father in all matters. We knew
 Prabhup\'e4da as our savior, who knew everything that was to be known, because he was coming in line from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A week later, \'c7iv\'e4nanda wrote that he thought it would be better to go to Germany because Germany is the leading nation in Europe
 and the German people are very intelligent and especially fond of philosophy. Prabhup\'e4da replied, "Yes, the German people are very intelligent. You may therefore go to Berlin, which has been the most important city of that country for a very long tim
e."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A student in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness never does anything on his own; he is always aware of his eternal dependence on his spiritual
 master and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It was very appropriate that \'c7iv\'e4nanda ask his spiritual master about his best course of action so he could be certain his action was authorized as favorable service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nscious do not recognize their dependence upon the Supreme God and His representative, the spiritual master. They do everything whimsically; even though they may be leaders of empires, they act under the dictation of their senses. Sometimes such men are 
inspired, but because of their attachment to women, they act just to satisfy their uncontrollable sexual appetites, not considering the consequences. At other times, being attached to fame and fortune, they commit all varieties of abominable actions, bli
nded by their false prestige and lust for material enjoyment. Devotees of the Lord, however, never allow themselves to be directed by anyone other than their spiritual master, whom they accept as the direct representative of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An actual devotee is an emissary of the Supreme Lord, and he is always peaceful and fearless because he knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is gu
iding and protecting him at every moment. A devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always humble and meek. He never makes a false show of strength, but depends upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can work in any way He desires by empowering His devotee. The devote
e never desires to be powerful, rich or famous, but because he engages in the service of the supremely rich, powerful and famous Personality of Godhead, automatically these material opulences are also at his disposal. The devotee never takes advantage of
 these opulences for his own sake, but he uses everything for the service of the Lord. A devotee does not strive to become very much qualified, but because of his surrender, K\'e5\'f1\'eba qualifies him in every way. Some of the qualifications of a devot
ee are as follows: he is kind to everyone, he does not quarrel with anyone, he is fixed in the Absolute Truth, he is equal to everyone, he is charitable, clean, simple and peaceful, he has no material desires, he is selfcontrolled, respectful, humble, po
etic and compassionate, and he does not eat more than required. The Vedic scriptures say that pure devotees are decorated by all these qualities, whereas those who are not devotees of the Lord have no good qualifications and are not to be trusted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the order of his spiritual master, \'c7iv\'e4nanda went to Berlin. In a humble spirit, he began to hold regular }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (chanting) and classes on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in a small shop that he described in his letters very enthusiastically. It was not until some time later, when another devotee from California came to see \'c7iv\'e4nand
a in Berlin, that we learned that the temple in which \'c7iv\'e4nanda was conducting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was without heat and water and that the back wall was completely missing, having been bombed out in the last world war. \'c7iv\'e4nanda, how
ever, did not find any inconvenience; rather, he thought himself fortunate and accepted everything as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. For \'c7iv\'e4nanda the bombed-out storefront was a temple, but to those lacking in spiritual vision it was an unwanted store wi
thout heat and hot water, too close to the dreaded Berlin Wall and therefore not fit for habitation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7iv\'e4nanda sometimes tried to go to East Berlin to introduce the people there to the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the guar
ds at "Checkpoint Charlie," exasperated at the open and simple behavior of Prabhup\'e4da's ambassador from America, turned him away abruptly. Still, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has arranged for our Berlin temple to be exactly opposite the Berlin Wall at the U Bahn St
ation Wollankstrasse. There is no doubt that those on the other side must be regularly hearing, morning and evening, the sweet sounds of those surrendered souls who chant the holy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is completely spiritual; therefore nothing material can check the process of devotional service. From }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we learn of Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, a devotee of the Lord although only five
 years old, and his father, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, a most powerful king and atheist. The father tried in many ways to check the devotional behavior of his boy Prahl\'e4da. He gave him poison, threw him from a high mountain, boiled him in oil, put him in a 
pit of snakes and tried to have an elephant trample him, but still the boy could not be killed. He never stopped the remembrance and chanting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At last the father's rage reached a climax, and he demanded of his son Prahl
\'e4da, "Where is your God?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da replied, "My God is everywhere."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Is He here in this pillar?" Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu asked, pointing to a pillar of the palace.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Prahl\'e4da replied yes, the demon struck the stone pillar with his sword, and at that instant the Lord Himself appeared from with
in the pillar and tore apart the demon Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. Thus there may be a pillar or a wall, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be kept out of any place. The Lord is all-pervading and transcendental. Those apparently being deprived of the knowledge of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness will also soon have the opportunity to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After he had stayed some time in Berlin, more devotees came from the United States to help \'c7iv\'e4nanda in his mission to spread the
 chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Germany. A permanent temple was established in Hamburg, and the boys would be seen every day in the streets of Hamburg\'97sometimes on the Rathaus Platz, sometimes on the Moncheburg Strasse, and so on. Reporters often 
interviewed them and every now and then they appeared on different television stations. Lecturing at universities, they attracted some German boys to their regular }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub classes 
at the temple. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then sent another disciple to Germany to translate his books into German, and shortly thereafter }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub appeared in the German language. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the only magazine in the Western world to distribute the authorized teachings of the Vedic literature. Originally started in English by His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da i
n 1944 in India, it is now published in English, German, Japanese, Hindi, French, Dutch, Spanish and Swahili, and over one million copies are distributed monthly. Our spiritual master calls the press that prints }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The drum used to keep the rhythm for }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub called a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This drum can be heard for several blocks when played loudly, but a press, when printing }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or other transcendental literatures, is heard around the world. Therefore it is the big drum, or big
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These most important activities for the devotee\'97holding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (chanting of the holy names of God on the street) and translating or publishing literatures about the science of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97formed the main activities of the devotees in the Hamburg temple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In August of 1969, His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to Hamburg on the request of \'c7iv\'e4nanda. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da asked the devotees to open a bigger temple to accommodate the many guests, and within a short time the temple moved to a better location. Later the Deities of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba were installed there, and They are being 
worshiped today in the present location of the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in Hamburg.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da stayed in Hamburg for about two months, lecturing in English while his German disciple Ma\'eb\'f2al\'e9bhadra
 translated his words. Prabhup\'e4da met with important Sanskrit professors, and he would be seen early in the morning taking his daily walk on Landugs brucke, the waterfront of Hamburg. Once, while taking a walk with some of his students, he stopped and
 stood, watching a tugboat pull a large ocean vessel backwards into the harbor. Suddenly he turned and said, "Just see! A man under the spell of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [illusion] is just like this big ocean liner. The tugboat is small, but because the big ocean liner has its ship's motor shut off, it is possible for the little tugboat to drag the big ship helplessly t
o dock. Similarly, the soul without K\'e5\'f1\'eba is being pulled by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub down to hell."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh
\'e4rata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the great history of the planet earth, states that the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub warriors of India fled to Europe during the time of Para\'e7ur\'e4ma, an incarnation of Godhead. Therefore, he said, we still notice today that the Germans are the best Sanskrit scholars in the world
; they even excel the Indian Sanskrit scholars. He told us that his spiritual master's first foreign disciple was a German professor, now known as Sad\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, who is still preaching in Sweden.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While Prabhup\'e4da was in Germany, he initiated several German boys into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The Society now has four center
s in Germany\'97one in Hamburg, one in Heidelberg, one in Munich and one in Berlin\'97and maintains five Volkswagen buses in which devotees travel to surrounding cities to distribute books and magazines. This process is very exciting and spiritually rewa
rding for both the devotees and those who come in contact with them. The spiritual master has described that the devotees, with their saffron robes and shaved heads, appear like angels from the spiritual world, and so whoever receives them favorably can 
also take part in the benediction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For this age of darkness, all spiritual authorities
 recommend the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, and we invite everyone, young and old, to join us in this movem
ent in whatever capacity he can.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many ISKCON devotees like \'c7iv\'e4nanda dedicating their lives to making the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba known in every town 
and village. We invite all young, adventurous persons to seriously consider joining this mission to distribute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness all over the world for the benefit of all people of the world. Human life is meant for this purpose: to go back ho
me, back to Godhead. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p27:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7iv\'e4nanda d\'e4sa standing
 before ISKCON's first German cemple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photos p28-29:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above, left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7iv\'e4nanda chanting in front of Hamburg's city hall. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  German boys join \'c7iv\'e4nanda in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba ( 1968). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left and rig
ht:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Gaining momentum, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement spreads in Hamburg and Berlin ( 1973).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p31:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Depending upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba: 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and disciples walking on Hamburg's waterfront ( 1969). \'c7iv\'e4nanda is on the left, in front.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advertisement books #56
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf0 The Books of His Divine Grace AC. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa300\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Vedic literature is a guide to attaining true freedom by transcending material illusion and reviving one's eternal K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is this simple but s
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urport for each verse, this is the most complete and authoritative transmission of this timeless scripture in print and the only one that does not obscure the true spirit of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teachings. A necessity for anyone truly serious about }{\b0\i
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First Canto: 3 volumes, $6.50   
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Third Canto: 1 volume, $6.50
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA}{\b0\v\f0\fs32\cf0  }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 the Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here, in two magnificent volumes, His Divine Grace presents the eternal, blissful pastimes of the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 as they are revealed in the Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the ripened fruit of all Vedic li
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Nectar of Devotion }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Complete Science of Bhakti-yoga
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A complete step-by-step guidebook to becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, enriched by hundreds of factual personal examples. }{\b0\i\ul0
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\nosupersub , both basic and advanced.
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Teachings of Lord Caitanya
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rfection.
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\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This simple, harmonious and beautiful edition of the "jewel of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photo p1:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma H
are Hare
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t follow a plan? Why must I die? Grow old? Feel pain? Is there real happiness here? Or is it somewhere else? Who is God? Does He exist at all?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1944, on the order of his spiritual master. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da founded }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
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ndental knowledge, through a chain}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
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\'f1\'eba is so great and powerful that one cannot approach Him directly, just as one cannot approach even the rulers of this tiny mundane earth. Nor can one gain knowledge of Him by theorizing or speculating about His transcendental position. But by app
roaching His pure devotee\'97one who already knows Him\'97it is possible to understand Him to some extent.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 57 \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedant
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, became the charioteer of His friend and devotee, Arjuna, to whom He spoke the immortal spiritual instructions of
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5,000 years ago on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. This is the cover illus
tration of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4d
a. All glories to Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Vedic Conception of Communism
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE VEDIC CONCEPTION OF COMMUNIS
M
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 An interview in Moscow with\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub world teacher of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the science of understanding God.
\par }\pard \s1279 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is an excerpt from a conversation be
tween His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and author of Bhagavad}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, and Professor Kotovsky, head of the India Studies Department of the University of Moscow, that took place during \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's recent visit to the Soviet Union to i
ntroduce the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The other day I was reading the paper, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moscow}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub News.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There was a Communist congress, and the President declared, "We are ready to take others' experience to improve." So I think the Vedic concept of socialism or communism will much improve the idea of commu
nism. For example, In a socialistic state the idea is that no ;one should starve; everyone must have his food. Similarly, in the Vedic concept of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hastha}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (householder) life it is recommended that a householder see that even a lizard or a snake living in his house should not starve. Even these lower creatures should be given food, and cert
ainly all humans should. It is recommended that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hastha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before taking his lunch, stand o
n the road and declare, "If anyone is still hungry, please come! Food is ready!" If there is no response, then the proprietor of the household takes his lunch. Modern society takes the people as the whole or proprietor of a certain state, but the Vedic c
onception is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub everything is owned by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the supreme controller. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you may enjoy what is allotted to you by Him. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4 g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub but do not encroach upon others' property.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn [{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1. \'c7r\'e9-\'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad-Mantra }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'b9 This is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad Veda.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The same idea is explained in the different }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are many good concepts in the Vedic literature about communism. So I thought that these ideas should be distributed to your most thoughtful me
n. Therefore I was anxious to speak.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is interesting that here in our country there is now great interest
 in the history of old, old thought. From this point of view, our Institute translated into Russian and published many literary monuments of great Indian culture. You will be interested to discover that we published some of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and parts of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4
ya\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are volumes in Russian of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and also a second edition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  translat
ed in full. We have also published the full translation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu-sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with Sanskrit commentari
es. Interest in these publications was so great that they sold out in a week. They are now completely out of stock. It was impossible to get them in the book market after a month. There is great interest among reading people here in Moscow and the USSR t
owards ancient Vedic culture, and from this point of view we published many such books.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Among these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4-pur\'e4\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mah\'e4-pur\'e4\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. We have translated the full text\'97first we present the original 
Sanskrit text, its transliteration, the English equivalent for each word, then the translation, and then a purport or explanation of the verse. In this way, there are 18,000 verses in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are translating everything literally. You can see. Each and every verse is being done like that for the whole }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata Pur\'e4\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The opinion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the great saintly sages who are the preachers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophy, is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nigama-kalpa-taror galita\'e0 phalam.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up10 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is the ripened fruit of the Vedic desire tree. It is accepted by all the Indian scholars, and Lord Caitanya especially preached this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So we have the complete }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in its English translation. If you want to see it, I can show you.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It seems to me that in the Moscow and Leningrad libraries we have near
ly all of the major texts of ancient Indian culture, beginning from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the original texts
 in Sanskrit. For instance, in the Leningrad branch of our Institute there are six or eight editions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu-sm\'e5ti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This institute was founded in Imperial Russia in Leningrad, so in Leningrad we now have a branch of our Institute dealing mainly with the history of Asiatic culture. You will find here an account of what is being translated and 
what studies are being done on the history of Indian religion and also the state of Indian religion, Hinduism, in Hindu India today.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hinduism is a very complex topic. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Oh yes. [they laugh] Really, to my understanding, it is not a religion
 from the European point of view; it is a way of life\'97religion, philosophy, a way of life, whatever you want.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This word "Hindu" is not a Sanskrit word. It was given by the Mohammeda
ns. You know that there is a river, Indus, which in Sanskrit is called Sindhu. The Mohammedans pronounces }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Instead of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Sindhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they made it }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hindu.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So Hindu is a term that is not found in the Sanskrit dictionary, but it has come into use. But the real cultural institution is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7
rama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (social divisions)\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (spiritual divisions)\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9, g\'e5hastha, v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to the Vedic 
concept of life, unless people take to this system or institution of four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and four }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  actually they do not become civilized human beings. One has to take this process of 
four divisions of social orders and four divisions of spiritual orders; that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  India's culture is based on this age-old Vedic system. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub perhaps you have read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the statement }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'96thi
s system was created by Vi\'f1\'ebu [God].\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 (Bg. 4.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So since }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a creation of th
e Supreme, it cannot be changed. It is prevalent everywhere. It is like the sun. The sun is a creation of the Supreme. The sunshine is there in America, in Russia and in India\'96everywhere. Similarly, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system is prevalent everywhere in some form or another. Take, for example, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the most intelligent class of men. They are the brains of the society. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are the administrative class; then the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai
\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are the productive class, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are the worker class. These four classes of men are prevalent everywhere under different names. Because it is created by the original creator, so it is prevalent everywhere, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is interesting that in the opinion of some European and old Russian
 scholars, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system is a later creation, and if you would read the old tex
ts of Vedic literature, you would find a much more simple and agrarian society. It is the opinion of these scholars that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system was introduced in Indian society in the late age of the Vedic era but not from the beginning. And if you would analyze the old texts, you would find that in the old classical India it was not so pr
evalent.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As far as we are concerned, it is mentioned in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.13]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . C\'e4turvar
\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6am. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was spoken five thousand years ago, and in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said, "This system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was spoken by Me to the sun-god." So if you take an estimation of that period, it comes to 40,000,000 years ago. Can the European scholars trace back history 5,000 years? Can they go bac
k 40,000,000 years? We have evidence that this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub system has been current at lea
st 5,000 years. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub system is also mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba. Var\'eb\'e4\'e7ram\'e4c\'e4ra-vat\'e4 puru\'f1e\'eba para\'f9 pum\'e4n.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1
\up12 Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12  3.8.9}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu Pur\'e4\'eba. Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not a phenomenon of a historical period calculated in the modern age. It is natural. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9
mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the comparison is given that just as in the body there are four divisions\'96 the brain division, the arms division, the belly division and the leg division
\'97so by nature's way these four divisions are existing in the social body. There exist a class of men who are considered the brain, a class of men who are considered the arms of the state, a class of men who are called the productive class, and so on. 
There is no need of tracing history; it is naturally existing from the day of creation.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You have said that in any society there are four divisions, but they a
re not so easy to distinguish. For instance, one can group together different social classes and professional groups into four divisions in any society; there is no difficulty. The only difficulty is, for instance, in the socialistic society\'97in our co
untry and other socialist societies\'97how you can distinguish the productive group from the workers.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  For example, we belong to the intellectual class of men. This is a divi
sion. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Intelligent class, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And you can also put together all the intelligentsia in that department. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And then the administrative class. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But who are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas and \'e7\'fcdras? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is the difficulty. Because all others are workers\'97factory workers, collective farm workers and so on. So from thi
s point of view there is a great distinction, in my opinion, between socialist society and all societies proceeding socialism because in modern Western society you can group all social and professional classes in these particular class divisions\'97}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, k\'f1atriyas, vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e7\'fcdras:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  intellectuals, productive class, owners of the productive system (factory owners, for instance) and menial workers. But here you have n
o }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because you have administrative staffs in factories, and you can call them }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and then there are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the workers themselves, but no intermediate class.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is stated. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kalau \'e7\'fcdra-sambhava\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this age practically all men are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7
\'fcdras.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But if there are simply }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the social order will be disturbed. In spite of your state of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is found here, and that is necessary. If you do not divide th
e social order in such a way, there will be chaos. That is the scientific estimation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 You may belong to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  class, but to maintain social order you have to train some of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Society cannot depend on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nor can you depend on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 To fulfill the necessities of your body, there must be a brain, arms, a stomach and legs. The legs, the brain and the arm are all required for cooperation to fulfill the mission of the whole body. So in any society you can see that unless there are thes
e four divisions, there will be chaos. It will not work properly. It will be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and ther
e will be disturbances. The brain must be there, but at the present moment there is a scarcity of brains. I am not talking of your state or my state; I am taking the world as a whole. Formerly the Indian administration was a monarchy. For example, Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  king. Just before his death, he renounced his royal 
order. He came to the forest to hear about self-realization. If you want to maintain the peace and prosperity of the whole world society, you must create a very intelligent class of men, a class of men expert in administration, a class of men expert in p
roduction and a class of men to work. That is required; you cannot avoid it. That is the Vedic conception, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukha-b\'e4h\'fcru-p\'e4da-j\'e4\'f9.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.5.2}}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Mukha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the face, }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b\'e4hu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the arms, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'fcru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the waist, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the legs. Whether you take this state or that state, unless there is a smooth systematic establishment of these four orders of life, the state or society will not run very smoothly.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Generally it seems to me that this whole }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system to some extent created a natural division of labor in the ancient society. But now division of labo
r amongst people in any society is much more complicated and sophisticated. So it is very confusing to group them into four classes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Confusion has come to exist because in India, at a later day, the son o
f a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without having the brahminical qualifications, claimed to be a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and others, out of superstition or a traditional way, accepted him as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore the Indian social order was disrupted. But in our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement we
 are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub training br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  everywhere because the world needs the brain of a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was a monarch, he had a body of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and learned sages to consult, an advisory body. It is not that the monarchs were independent. In his
tory it is found that if some of the monarchs were not in order, they were dethroned by the brahminical advisory council. Although }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  did not take part in politics, they would advise the monarch how to execute the royal function. This is not too far in the past. How long ago was A\'e7oka?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That would be equal to what we call, in our terminology, ancient and m
edieval India. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In old and feudal India\'97you are right\'97it was very open, and the 
major part of the high administrative staff in the legislative department were }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  E
ven in the Mogul era there were }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to advise the Moslem emperors and administrators.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is a fact\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were accepted. They formed the advisory committee of the king. For example, Candragupta, the latest Hindu king, was in the ag
e of Alexander the Great. Just before Candragupta, Alexander the Great went from Greece into India and conquered a portion. When Candragupta became emperor, he had C\'e4\'ebakya as his prime minister. Perhaps you have heard this name C\'e4\'ebakya? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, he was a great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  politician, and it is by his name that the quarter of New Delhi where all the foreign embassies are grouped together is called C\'e4
\'ebakya Pun. C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita was a great politician and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He was vastl
y learned. His moral instructions are still valuable. In India, school children are taught C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita's instructions. Although he was the prime minister, C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita maintained his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  spirit; he did not accept any salary. If a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  accepts a salary, it is understood that he has become a dog. That is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He can advise, but he cannot accept employment. So C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita was living in a cottage, but he actually was the prime minister. Thi
s brahminical culture and the brahminical brain is the standard of Vedic civilization. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu-sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is an example of the standard of brahminical culture. You cannot trace out from history when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu-sm\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was written, but it is considered so perfect that it is the Hindu law. There is no need for the legislature to pass a new law daily to adjust social order. The law given by Manu is so perfect that it can be applicable for all ti
me. It is stated in Sanskrit to be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tri-k\'e4l\'e4dau,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means good for the past, present and 
future.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I am sorry to interrupt you, but to my knowledge all of Indian society
 in the second half of the Eighteenth Century was, by order of the British administration, under a law divergent from Hindu law. There was a lot of change. The actual Hindu law that was used by the Hindus was quite different from the original }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu-sm\'e5ti.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They have now made changes. Even our late Pa\'eb\'f2ita Jawaharlal Nehr
u introduced his own Hindu code. He introduced the right of divorce in marriage, but this was not in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu-sa\'e0hit\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are so many things they have changed, but before this modern age the whole human society was governed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu-sm\'e5ti.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Strictly speaking, modern Hindus are not strictly following the Hindu scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But our point is not to try to bring back the old type of Hindu society. That is impossible. Our idea is to take the best ideas from th
e original idea. For example, in}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there is a description of the communistic ide
a. It is described to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. If there is something good, a good experience, why shouldn't you adopt it? That is our point of view. Besides that, modern civilization is missing one all-important point\'96the aim of human life. S
cientifically, the aim of human life is self-realization, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma-tattvam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is said that unless the mem
bers of human society come to the point of self-realization, they are defeated in whatever they do. Actually it is happening in modern society, despite all economic advancement and other advancement: instead of keeping peace and tranquility, they are fig
hting\'96individually, socially, politically and nationally. If we think about it in a cool-headed way, we can see that in spite of much improvement in many branches of knowledge, we are keeping the same mentality that is visible in the lower animal soci
ety. Our conclusion, according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is that this human body is not meant for wo
rking hard for sense gratification. But people do not know anything beyond that. They do not know about the next life. There is no scientific department of knowledge to study what happens after this body is finished. That is a great department of knowled
ge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dene. Deha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means this body. }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dehina\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means the one who owns this body. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deh\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the owner of the body, is within, and the body is changing from one form to another.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 Bg}{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.13}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The child has a certain type of body that changes to another type when he is older. But the owner of the body still exists throughout. Similarly, when this body is completely changed, we acc
ept another body. People do not understand this. We are accepting different bodies, even in this life, from babyhood to childhood to boyhood to youth. That is a fact\'97everyone knows it. I was a child, but that childhood body is no more. I have a differ
ent body now. What is the difficulty in understanding that when this body will be no more, then I will have to accept another body? It is a great science.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As you know, there are two quite opposite approaches to this problem. 
The approach is slightly different according to different religions, but at the same time, any religion recognizes and searches for the change-of-place experience, or transmigration of spirit. In Christian religion, in Judaism, in ...
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I am not talking religions with you. I am talking science and philosoph
y. One religion may accept one way; that is not our concern. We are concerned with the point that if the owner of the body is permanent in spite of different changes of body, there should be no difficulty in understanding that when this body changes, the
 owner of the body will have another body. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Another approach is that there is no separation. There are no two phen
omena\'97the body and the owner of the body are the same. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (emphatically): No. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When the body dies, the owner also dies. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, no. But why is there no department of knowledge in the university t
o study this fact scientifically? That is my proposition\'97they are lacking. It may be as you say or it may be as I say, but there must be a department of knowledge to study this. Recently a cardiologist in Toronto, a doctor, has accepted that there is 
a soul. I had some correspondence with him, and he strongly believes that there is a soul. So there is another point of view, but our process is to accept knowledge from authority. We have K\'e5\'f1\'eba's statement on this subject, and He is authoritati
ve. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the authority by all the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e4c\'e4ryas. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is 
accepted by scholarly and philosophical circles all ever the world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe\line kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4\line tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir\line dh\'e9ras tatra na
 muhyati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Just as the soul gives up the childhood body and comes to the boyhood body and then to youth, similarly, the soul gives up this body and accepts another body."
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.13}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This statement is given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the greatest authority ac
cording to our tradition of knowledge. We accept such a statement without argument. That is the way of Vedic understanding.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The difficulty is that our approach is that we do not believe in anyth
ing without argument. We can believe only things based on argument.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, that is allowed. That is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena paripra\'f1nena sevay\'e4.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.34}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Pari-pra\'e7na\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  argument, is allowed\'97but not in the challenging spirit, but rather with the spirit to understand. Argu
ment is not denied. But as far as Vedic statements are concerned, they are infallible, and the scholars of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  accept them in that way. For example, cow dung is the stool of an animal. Now, the Vedic statement is that as soon as you touch the stool of any animal\'97even if you touch your own stool\'97you are impure and have to purify yourself
 by taking a bath. According to the Hindu system, after evacuating one has to take a bath.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is quite understandable hygienic knowledge. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, that is right. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But in another place it is stated that cow dung, although the stool of 
an animal, is pure. Even if you apply it to an impure place, that place becomes purified. This is superficially contradictory. In one place it is said that the stool of an animal is impure and as soon as you touch it you have to be purified, and in anoth
er place it says that cow dung is pure. According to our knowledge, it is contradictory\'97but still it is accepted by those who are followers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And the fact is that if you analyze cow dung, you will find that it contains all antiseptic properties. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This I don't know. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, one professor in a medical college has analyzed it, and he found i
t full of antiseptic properties. So Vedic statements, even if found contradictory, if analyzed scrutinizingly will prove correct. There may be an exception. But it is accepted, and when scientifically analyzed and examined, it is found to be correct.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, if you analyze from the scientific point of view, that is right.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are other instances\'97for example, the conch shell. The conch sh
ell is the bone of an animal, and according to Vedic instruction if you touch the bone of an animal you become impure and have to take a bath. But this conch shell is kept in the Deity room because it is accepted as pure by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  My point is that we accept Vedic laws without argument. That is the principle followed by scholars. If you can s
ubstantiate your statements by quotations from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  then they are accepted. You are not req
uired to substantiate them in other ways. There are different kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pram\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or evidenc
es. Proof by Vedic quotation is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti-pram\'e4\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As in the legal court if you can g
ive statements from the law book your statement is accepted, so all statements you give, if supported by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti-pram\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are accepted by scholars. I think you know the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are known
 as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rutis.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7ruti-sm\'e5ti-pur\'e4\'eb\'e4di-pa\'efcar\'e4tra-vidhi\'e0 vin\'e4 aik\'e4ntik\'e9 harer bhaktir utp\'e4t\'e4yaiva kalpate.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Any system we accept must be suppor
ted by evidences of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti, sm\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'efcar\'e4tra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That which is not proved by these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pram\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 is a disturbance.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4mala}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Could I just say one thing? What is in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  could also have been proved in a scientific way. Today, suppose there is a scientific laboratory. What is said by
 that lab is true. That it is true you accept, without going into the propriety of it. Suppose you have a scientific workshop or institution; if this workshop or scientific institution said, "This is not good," the general body would take it for granted:
 "Yes. The scientific body has said so, so it is understood."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, Vedic authoritative statements are accepted by the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [great teachers]. India is governed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. They accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and their followers accept them. The benefit is that I do not waste my time to research whether cow dung is pure or imp
ure, but because it is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to be pure, I accept it. I save my time by accepting t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7ruti-pram\'e4\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In that way there are different statements in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for sociology and politics or anything, for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means knowledge.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6o\line matta\'f9 sm\'e5tir j\'ef\'e4nam apohana\'e0 ca\line vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aha
m eva vedyo\line ved\'e4nta-k\'e5d veda-vid eva c\'e4ham \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 15.15}}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 10
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  May I put one question to you? Have you many branches of your society 
in the world? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Where is your main center, and where are the branches of the K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness society? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Of course, I have over sixty-five branches. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Sixty-five branches. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, and I have made my main center in Los Angeles. And now we are esta
blishing an important center in M\'e4y\'e4pura, the birthplace of Lord Caitanya. Have you been to India?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Six or seven times. Now there is a very difficult situation in Calcutt
a because of the influx of refugees from Bangladesh.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, but we had our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for ten days, and it was very wonderful. The gathering was not less than thirty thousand people daily. They were much interested i
n hearing our lectures, since we lecture from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So people are responding from every part of the world, especially the American boys and girls. 
They are especially interested, and England and also Germany and France. From here I plan to go to Paris. What is the name of that place? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A disciple:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In Paris? Oh, Fontenay-aux-Roses?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, they have taken a whole house, a nice house. So our process is ver
y simple. We ask our students to observe four prohibitive principles\'96no illicit sex life, no eating of meat, fish or eggs, no gambling and no intoxication, including cigarettes, tea and coffee. One has to obey these four principles and chant the Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and you will find how, by this process only, these boys and girls 
are quickly improving. The process is very simple. Besides that, we have books\'97volumes of books\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Throughout all these years, I have written about one dozen 400-page books\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in two parts, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 in six parts. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in one part, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in one part. So we are trying to push this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a historical personality,
 as much as Lenin is a historical personality. Just as you are trying to understand his philosophy, we are trying to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's philosophy.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Are there many participants in your sixty-five branches?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Oh yes, more than one thousand initiated, and outside there are many. T
he one thousand have accepted the principles. Just like these boys. [\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da points to his two secretaries.]
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But does that mean that these students abstain from normal Western, Eu
ropean universities? For instance, can a normal student from one of the various universities who is attending lectures in the normal way also be initiated and admitted to your community?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If you want to live in our community and be initiated, we welcome you. 
If not, come try to understand our philosophy, read our books\'97there are so many books, magazines, questions and answers. Try to understand the philosophy. It is not that all of a sudden a student comes and becomes our disciple. He first of all comes, 
associates and tries to understand. We do not canvass. He voluntarily says that he wants to be a disciple.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What happens if, for instance, one is not a student but a young worker
 or the young son of a farmer? Would he renounce his whole life and join your community in a given center? How would he maintain himself in his day-to-day life, in material life?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As I told you, this propaganda is meant for creating }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all over the world because the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub element is lacking. One who seriously comes to us has to become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  so he should adopt the occupation of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and give up the occupation of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But if one wants to keep his profession and also at the same tim
e understand our movement, that is allowed. We have many professors following our movement. There is Howard Wheeler, a professor at Ohio State University. He is my disciple. He is continuing with his professorship, but almost all the money he is getting 
he is spending for this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e5hasthas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who are in householder 
life outside, are expected to contribute fifty percent of their income for our society, keep twenty-five percent for family, and keep twenty-five percent for personal emergencies. But Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu teaches that it does not matter whether on
e is a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  g\'e5hastha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  householder, or in the renounced order, or a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e7\'fcdra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya says, "Anyon
e who understands the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes My spiritual master." The actual words in Bengali are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kib\'e4 vipra, kib\'e4 ny\'e4s\'e9, \'e7\'fcdra kene naya.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Do you understand a little Bengali? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A little.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, as a vibration. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yei k\'e5\'f1\'eba-tattva-vett\'e4, sei 'guru' haya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Anyone who understands the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can become a spiritual master."\chftn{\*
\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, Madhya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.128}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But by creating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from different social classes of society, you deny the old prescription of the Hindu scriptures. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, I establish it.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to all scriptures\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub etc.\'97every member of one of these four classes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has to be born within it. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, no, no, no.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is the foundation of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: No, no. I am sorry. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The foundation of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas... 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You have spoken incorrectly. With great respect I beg to submit that yo
u are not speaking correctly. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4tur var\'ebya\'e0 m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e5\'f1\'f6a
m gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "These four orders of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, k\'f1atriyas, vai\'e7
yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  were created by Me according to quality and work."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.13}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There 
is no mention of birth. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I agree with you that this is the addition of later }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who tried to perpetuate these qualities. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That has killed the Indian culture. Otherwise there is no necessity of 
the division of part of India into Pakistan. Not only that, but from the historical point of view this whole planet was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and it was controlled by one flag up to the time of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it. Then it gradually separated. This is history. Lately they have separated Pakistan. So }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is now crippled into a small piece of land. Otherwise, according to Vedic scripture, this whole planet is 
called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Formerly it was named }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Il\'e4v\'e5ta-var\'f1a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But since Emperor Bharata ruled this planet, it is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So this culture, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, was always existent. Consider any religion\'96Christian, Mohammedan, Jewish. They are a
t most two to three thousand years old. But you cannot trace out the beginning of this Vedic scripture. It is therefore called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  eternal. This culture is for this whole human society. It is not a religious faith. Religious faith you can change, but real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d
harma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  you cannot change. Try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Give up all other forms of religion and just surrender to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Me.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub "\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  18.66}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is real knowledge\'97to surrender to the Supreme. You o
r I\'97anyone\'97is surrendered to someone. That is a fact. Our life is by surrender, is it not? Do you disagree with this point? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  To some extent you surrender. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, to the full extent.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You have to surrender to the society, for instance. To the whole peopl
e.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, to the whole people, or to the state or to the king or the governm
ent or whatever you say. This surrender must be there.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The only difficulty is that we cannot half surrender to a government o
r a king. The principal difference is of surrender to a king, to a person, or to the society. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, that is only a change of color. But the principle of surrender is t
here. Whether you surrender to monarchy, democracy, aristocracy or dictatorship, you have to surrender; that is a fact. Without surrender there is no life. It is not possible. So we are educating people to surrender to the Supreme, wherefrom you get all 
protection, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba says (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ).\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  18.66}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one can say, "No, I am not surrendered to anyone." Not a single person. The difference is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub where }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he surrenders. The ultimate surrendering object is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "After surrendering to so many things birth after birth, when one is factually wise he surrenders unto Me."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.19}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti sa mah\'e4tm\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Such a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very rare."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.19}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But at the same time it seems to me that surrender is to be accompanie
d by revolt. The history of mankind has proved that mankind has developed only by revolt against some kind of surrender. In the medieval age there was the French revolution. It was revolt against surrender. But this revolution itself was surrender to the
 rank and file of the people. You are agreed? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So it is not enough to come to a full stop. Surrender is to be accompa
nied with revolt against some and surrender to other people.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But the surrender will be fully stopped when it is surrender to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ah, ah.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is full stop\'97no more surrender. Any other surrender you have to
 change by revolution. But when you come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then it is sufficient. You are satisfied. I'll give you an example: a child is crying, and people change laps. Oh, he does not stop. But as soon as the baby comes to the lap of his mother\'97
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It stops.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, full satisfaction. So this surrender, these changes, will go on in
 different categories. But the sum total of all this surrender is surrender }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Theref
ore, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said that this surrender, neglecting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is all }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Either you surrender to this or to that, but final surrender is surrender to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba; then you will be happy. The process of surrender is there, but surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba keeps one quite satisfied, transcendentally. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Haven't you come across hostile attitudes to your teachings from ortho
dox Hindus or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in India?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We have subdued them. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ah.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Any orthodox Hindu may come and challenge, but we have our weapons\'97t
he Vedic literatures. So no one has come. Even Christian priests in America love me. They say, "These boys are American, Christian, Jewish, and now they are so much after God. But we could not deliver them." They are admitting it. Their fathers and their
 parents come to me, offer their obeisances and say, "Sv\'e4mij\'e9, it is our great fortune that you have come here to teach God consciousness." So on the contrary, I have been well received. In India also, since you inquired of India, all other sects a
re admitting that before me many kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub went to the Western countries, but they co
uld not convert even a single person to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. They are admitting that. As far as I am concerned, I don't take any credit, but I am confident that because I am presenting the Vedic knowledge as it is, without adulteration, it is be
ing effective. That is my confidence. If you have the right medicine and you administer it to a patient, you must be sure that he will be cured.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How many out of your one thousand disciples do you have in India itsel
f? How many of your community do you have in India? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In India? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In India there are many K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons\'97hundreds, t
housands, millions. In India there is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no question. There is not a single Hindu who is not K\'e5
\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub conscious.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, I understand. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vai\'f1\'ebavas. This is called the Vai\'f1\'ebava cult. You have been 
in India, so as it is commonly known, there are many millions of Vai\'f1\'ebavas. For example, this gentleman [an Indian gentleman present] is the commander of Air India Airlines. He is not my disciple, but he is a Vai\'f1\'ebava, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
s. Similarly, in India there are millions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons. There are even Mohammedans who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. At Gorakhapura University there is a Mohammedan professor who is a great devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So this i
s natural. It is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is everywher
e, in everyone's heart. It simply has to be awakened by this process. That is all. It is there in your heart also. It is not that it is foreign to you. In everyone's heart there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. By this process we have to awaken it. It is
 just like the way the sun rises. It is not that all of a sudden the sun comes from nowhere. It is there, but it rises in the morning. Similarly, this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is everywhere, but some way or another it is now covered. By this process 
it is reawakened and aroused by association.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You came yesterday to Moscow. Have you seen something here in Moscow? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, I am not very much interested in sightseeing.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But in any case, just to stay in an old-style hotel is not interesting
\'97not many people to see. And you are leaving the day after tomorrow. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is my program. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You are leaving for}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the United States or}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for Europe?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, for Europe. Paris. And we have two very big ceremonies in London a
nd San Francisco. They are making arrangements for the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Car Festival. This car festival is observed in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9. You have been to Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, the car festival has been held from immemorial times. A very old 
tradition. Huge cars. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, and it has now been introduced in the Western countries in London 
and San Francisco, and gradually maybe we will introduce it in other countries also. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In London there is a large Indian community.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, no. This is organized by the Englishmen and Americans. The Indian c
ommunities in London and San Francisco are trying to become\'97you know the word?\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saheb?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [Laughs] Westernized. [They both laugh.] A very great social anthropol
ogist at the University has written something very interesting. He says there are two processes\'97the process of Westernization among }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mainly the upper class, and the process called Sanskritization, which is the process of adopting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  rituals, etc., by so-called lower classes, even untouchables. It is a very interesting process in India just now. But India's position, unfortunately, is problematic. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The difficulty is that India is nowhere. They are trying to imitate Wes
tern life, but from a materialistic or technical point of view, they are one hundred years back.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, that is right. But what to do for India? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is one thing I am experiencing. If India's spiritual asset is dis
tributed, that will increase India's honor. Because everywhere I go, people still adore Indian culture. If this treasure house of India's spiritual knowledge is properly distributed, at least people outside of India will think that they are getting somet
hing from India. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Of course, you're right. The Indian cultural heritage is to be made kn
own everywhere. But at the same time, in what way would this benefit the Indian masses themselves? They are sitting in India, and they have nothing to gain from the spreading of the Indian cultural heritage all over the world. Indian villages have to hav
e fertilizers, tractors, etc. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, we do not object to that. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, I don't think that you object, but at the same time, something ha
s to be done in India. One may call it Westernization, but this introduction of an industrial-technological revolution is needed in all fields of Indian life\'97agriculture, industry, etc. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Arjuna, before understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was a fighter, and after understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he remained a fighter. So we don't want to change the position. For example, you are a respectable professor, a teacher. We don't say that you 
must change your position. We have come to convince you about our philosophy. That is all. Arjuna was refusing to fight. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I don't want to kill my relatives. I do not want this kingdom." But he was taught }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and at the end when K\'e5\'f1\'eba inquired, "What is your decision now?" he said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kari\'f1ye vacana\'e0 tava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes, I shall act as You say.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 18.72}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 17}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That means that his consciousness changed. He was a fighter, and h
e remained a fighter, but he changed his consciousness. We want that. We don't want to disturb the present condition of society. We are not against technology. No, but we try to make them understand this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is our program.
 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Of course, at the same time the final goal of any consciousness is to 
change the society\'97to make it a better society.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is automatic.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I am not really so happy that the ultimate goal is not to disturb soci
ety because in modern society there are many things to be changed through consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That preliminary change is to follow rules and regulations of austerity
. For example, don't take intoxicants.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No indulging in intoxicants, simplicity, etc.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So if one takes to this process. . . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then the others will come automatically. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One's whole life will change because these four things\'97illicit sex l
ife, intoxicants, meat eating and gambling\'97are very great impediments to social improvement.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prof. Kotovsky:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That will automatically make life simpler because a person who does no
t indulge in illicit sex, intoxicants and such other things has to lead a comparatively simple life.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The other day I was speaking in Bombay with a respectable gentleman. I 
was telling him that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 hi p\'e4rtha vyap\'e4\'e7ritya\line ye \'92pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4 \'e7\'fcdr
\'e4s\line te \'92pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Even those who are low-born }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9)\'97striyas,
 vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub are also included by accepting Me. By accepting My shelter they are also elevated to the transcendental position."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.32}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now why have the higher classes of Hindu s
ociety neglected this injunction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suppose one is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  lowborn. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that he can be "elevated to the transcendental position if he accepts Me." Why wasn't
 this message propagated by the higher class people so that the so-called lowborn could be elevated? Why did they reject them? The result was that instead of accepting the Mohammedans, the Indians rejected them, and now they are partitioned off. They hav
e become eternal enemies of India. So for the first time we are trying to elevate persons to the higher position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, even if one is lowborn. Because the soul is pure. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said that the soul is untouched by any material contamination; it is simply temporarily covered. This covering should be removed. Then one beco
mes pure. That is the mission of human life\'97to uncover ourselves from this material environment, come to spiritual understanding and surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then life is perfect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p5:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa. THOUG
HTFULNESS. Take the best idea from the original idea..
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photos p7:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa. PRABHU
P\'c4DA IN RED SQUARE. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is everywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p8:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Top:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yaduvara d\'e4sa. WONDERFUL PROGRAMS. Bangladesh refugees receive spiritual food at a K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness center in Calc
utta. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bottom photo }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8-9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : 
Bali Mardan d\'e4sa. PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da addresses a crowd of thousands at a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Festival in Bombay.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photo p11: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ANCIENT FESTIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO.
 Deity of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the original father of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, dances above a river of people at the annual Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Car Festival.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Four Enemies of Spiritual Life
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE FOUR ENEMIES OF SPIRITUAL LI
FE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Revat\'e9nandana Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From ancient Vedic scriptures like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  comes the message that our human life, with its developed intelligence, is meant for spiritual realization. These scriptures teach the principle that in the body there is an eternal u
nchanging soul who has a fully blissful relationship with the Supreme Soul, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, that he has now forgotten. Because of this forgetfulness, we all undergo the inconveniences and miseries of material life, like old age, disease, app
arent death and many others, and we lead lives that fail to give us enduring happiness or full satisfaction. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  recommends that one seek out a spiritual master who has received the Vedic messages from a line of spiritual masters coming down from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and from such a master learn the true nature of spiritu
al life and the most practical means of experiencing it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that any society based on these principles of spiritual realization will automatically be peaceful and prosperous because spiritual culture naturally gives rise to simple and austere living with ever increasing satisfaction. 
People living in this spiritual way have little cause for envy or quarrel. Because their simple life takes only the bare necessities from the world, they do not disturb the natural harmony of God's material nature, which is meant to provide amply for all
 when undisturbed by greedy men. Moreover, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased when fallen souls endeavor to associate again with Him, and so He sees especially to their needs, even when the general, godless civilization has put itself into difficulties. He a
lso gradually reveals Himself to His devotees, and thus their happiness is ever increasing.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Degraded Activities
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the present human society around the world, we observe neither peace nor general prosperity, but, rather, increasing division, disco
rd and calamities of all kinds. From the Vedic viewpoint, these clearly arise from a complete neglect of the need for spiritual advancement. Although some people still profess various religious creeds, they have but little interest in actually liberating
 the spirit soul from material conditions for returning to the spiritual association of God. As human society in this way neglects the plan of the Supreme Lord, we can expect only ever increasing difficulties as our fallible leaders and planning commissi
ons compound error upon error in a futile attempt to establish the kingdom of God without God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ancient Vedic scriptures say that in a proper culture the human mind will naturally take interest in understanding God and spiritua
l life. Vedic histories tell us that 5,000 years ago and beyond, such proper culture and spiritual orientation were prominent. But in the present iron age\'97called the Kali-yuga\'97doubtfulness and lack of interest in spiritual life bring an era of gros
s materialism, hypocrisy and quarrel. In this age we see the rise of an improper culture where passion for sensual enjoyment gives rise to inauspicious activities that pollute human consciousness, gradually destroying the spiritual inclination of human i
ntelligence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub explains that a peaceful, spiritually progressive culture rests on four pillars-austerity, truthfulness, cleanliness and mercy. These four qualities indicate a state of goodness conducive to spiritua
l aspiration. Unfortunately, the characteristic of this Kali-yuga is that men become inclined toward four basic sinful activities that break these four pillars of religiosity, leading men into the darkness of passion and ignorance. These four degrading a
ctivities, which cause humanity in this age to fall from the spiritual path into frustrated materialism, are gambling, intoxicating habits, illicit sex, and animal slaughter and eating of animal foodstuffs (meat, fish and eggs).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I know very well that nearly all the people of the world today commonly engage in many or all of these practices. One of them, eating o
f animal foods, is usually begun in the first year of life, and the other three are usually taken up-with or without society's consent\'97in the teen-age years or even before. In fact, the reader may well find that in the course of presenting this inform
ation, I have identified his favorite pastimes. My purpose in doing so is not to condemn or even criticize. But I know that few people in the world have a good understanding of why one should not engage in these four activities. The problem, therefore, i
s not so much negligence as a lack of understanding, and my only interest in now presenting criticism of these activities is to help the reader understand why one should abandon them if he wants to awaken his eternal K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or even
 lead a peaceful, happy life in this world.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Gambling
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first sinful activity is gambling. By Vedic standards, gambling is taken to mean not only betting with money over games or sporting
 events, but also speculative, dishonest or illicit business dealings. The primary result of such activities is excessive material attachment due to increased greed and avarice. Other results are loss of mental equilibrium because of anxiety, suffering o
f the participants because of loss, and an increase of dishonesty and cheating that destroys the elevating quality of truthfulness. People gamble because they are attracted by the excitement of risk and the possibility of material gain, but the resulting
 excessive attachment eliminates the possibility of liberating the eternal soul from material entanglements, and it also causes dishonesty, enmity and even violence in social relationships.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The gambling propensity extends itself even into the sphere of religion and spiritual life when men want to understand or explain spiri
tual matters and revealed scriptures on the strength of their speculative abilities although they have no factual experience of spiritual reality. One should try to understand spiritual life only by hearing receptively from those who appear to be fully s
elf-realized spiritual masters. If one instead chooses to rely on his own cleverness, even though he is fallible in every way, he is gambling away the valuable spiritual opportunity of human life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Intoxication
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Intoxication refers to the taking into the body of various chemicals that are not necessary for bodily maintenance and have stimulating
 or depressive effects on the mind and body. Under this heading the Vedic scriptures include everything from tea, coffee and tobacco, with their caffeine and nicotine, to liquor and other more powerful drugs. Countless people in this age depend on some s
uch intoxicants for stimulation or relief from anxiety, but any objective observer will conclude that such enjoyment or relief is only transitory and therefore has no real substance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Instead, there are many detrimental results coming from such intoxicating habits. They cause dependency on material, worldly supports t
hat are never certainly available, and this dependency can increase with the strength of the intoxicant, up to the point of addiction. These habits generally cause loss of bodily or mental health, resulting eventually in disease, premature aging, and ina
bility to fix the mind intelligently and steadily on any subject or problem. In this way, such habits impede spiritual advancement by binding a person with material attachments and at the same time agitating the mind so that it cannot be fixed in meditat
ion on the self and God. Beyond this, with the use of stronger and stronger intoxicants, cleanliness is gradually destroyed\'97witness the usual living conditions of addicts, alcoholics and drug-dependent hippies\'97and the mind is led into degradation a
nd a miserable future. Of course, the stronger the intoxicant, the more pronounced the effects, but we can easily observe in these days how the use of milder intoxicants gradually leads toward dependence on stronger ones.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Illicit Sex
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Illicit sex" refers to any sex life outside of marriage and, more than that, for any purpose other than begetting children. While this
 may seem to imply undue restriction of our greatest physical enjoyment, there are many reasons why unrestrained sex indulgence is the cause of both social breakdown and failure to attain spiritual life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one engages in sex outside of marriage, or even in marriage when not children but sexual pleasure is the desired product, the resu
lt is that if children come, they are unwanted. "We desired only to enjoy sex," the parents lament, "but now this child has come, and we are being inconvenienced." Or, worse than this, the father abandons the mother and child, or the child is rejected by
 both parents. Such unwanted children are naturally brought up with insufficient affection and guidance. Lacking any kind of proper upbringing and lusty because they were conceived out of lust only, they easily fall into bad association with demoniac peo
ple and become dangerous, vice-ridden rascals. City streets and jails around the Western world are presently becoming overburdened with gangs of such dangerous ruffians, and the original responsibility lies with their irresponsible, sexually preoccupied 
parents.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another consequence of this unrestrained sexual indulgence in a society without spiritual understanding is that people become more and 
more inclined toward contraception and abortion. Although a soul is meant to take birth as a result of their sexual intercourse, the parents deny him entrance to the womb by contraception, or they kill his body while he is yet unborn. It is foreseeable t
hat as this godless, materialistic outlook advances, people will discreetly begin to kill born offspring as well if such children do not suit their schemes for sensual enjoyment. Although everyone can sense that all these activities are abominable and ag
ainst the laws of nature, and although the scriptures identify them as murder, which will send those responsible into hellish conditions after death, people }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nevertheless resorting to such killing processes more and more to avoid impediments or restraints to their sensuality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic scriptures like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub therefore inform us that one should indulge in sex only in marriage, and then only at the times when children are likely to be conceived. The husband and wife should be devotees of the Lord, 
and they should raise and educate their children to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states that such sex life, which is not contrary to religious principles, is a representation of Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When intended for sensual pleasure however, sex not only degrades human society but also destroys austerity, creating excessive attachm
ent for the body and bodily pleasures. Thus a person engrossed in sexual indulgence has no possibility of uncovering and experiencing the eternal nature of his soul, not to speak of directly perceiving God in his heart. In this way, unrestrained sex root
s us in bodily consciousness rather than K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Animal Killing
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fourth degrading activity, and probably the most sensitive subject for most people in the West, is animal slaughter. This refers to
 slaughtering or troubling animal forms of life in order to eat their bodies or eggs. Implicated in this process are not only the actual killer of an animal but also the farmer, the transporter, the distributor, the retailer, and the server and eater of 
meat, fish and eggs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When there is no other healthy food available, and where the land is unsuitable for cultivation for vegetable production and dairy farm
ing (conditions generally found only in some desert areas and near the poles), a human being is justified in killing and eating animals. Otherwise, Vedic scriptures inform us that institutionalized animal slaughter and subsistence on animal flesh and egg
s are the most condemned of all sinful activities, resulting in personal and social misery and effectively blocking any attempt at spiritual advancement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scriptural rules and regulations are not meant simply to inconvenience us in our attempt to enjoy life, but rather to open the door to 
higher and fuller enjoyment by spiritual realization in a peaceful culture. Please consider, therefore, the reasons offered by our line of spiritual masters to justify this Vedic injunction.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Reactions
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first reason is the reaction due to slaughter. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagava
d-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is explained that every action performed on the material platform\'97that is, with the intention to enjoy the result\'97will subject us to a reaction-in-kind in th
e future (generally in the next material body we take because of our material desires at the time of death). In other words, we will reap what we sow, as the Bible puts it, in terms of enjoyment and suffering in our next life, in exact accordance with th
e enjoyment or suffering we cause other living beings in this life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, it is a cruel fact of life in the material world that one living being can feed himself only by troubling or killing another, and 
we all need to eat, even if we are culturing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, simply to maintain our bodies. This does not, however, justify troubling or killing conscious animals who can experience fear and pain when systematically slaughtered. When milk p
roducts are available, as well as simpler forms of life that do not suffer when their fruit is removed or even when they are killed, such slaughter is completely unnecessary.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The cows, sheep and other animals we slaughter, as well as the chickens whose eggs we take, are all capable of consciously suffering, j
ust as we do, because they have developed minds and senses. (Plants also, of course, can register rudimentary sensations, but nothing like the fear, pain and pleasure of animals.) Humans are more intelligent than animals, however, and if we misuse our in
telligence simply to gratify our lusty tongues, causing misery to animals when we could instead subsist on simpler forms of life that do not suffer when killed, then, according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we ourselves will be liable to slaughter in the future. For example, today soldiers and civilians all over the world are being maimed and slaughtered in wars, j
ust as they have previously slaughtered animals. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say that there will be constant wars as long a
s there are slaughterhouses, and in this way parents will have to suffer as their sons are killed, just as a cow suffers when her calf is dragged away and butchered to provide our veal cutlets. This is the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (material activity).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Adverse Psychological Effects
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second reason for the Vedic injunction against meat eating is that eating of flesh (or unborn flesh\'97e.g., eggs) creates inauspic
ious psychological effects, especially for those who want to understand spiritual life. The animal food we eat has been dead for hours or days, usually by plan (as meat is aged to increase its flavor), and this means that it is decomposing. The harsh jui
ces from such decomposing flesh cause corrosion in the nervous system, and this can ultimately result in senility, palsy or insanity. It is a verifiable fact that for those peoples of the world who are primarily vegetarian (such as the older generation i
n India) these three curses of life are much less common than in the West. On the other hand, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  i
nform us that cows' milk provides us with necessary animal fat in a form just suitable for the development of the fine brain tissues and higher intelligence necessary for understanding spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The more general psychological effect of eating animal foods is the creation of a gross state of consciousness in which one easily beco
mes harsh, angry and morose, and in which it is very difficult to understand the philosophy and practice of spiritual life The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  inform us that after many years of meat eating it is virtually impossible for a person to understand or accept spiritual principles, and even if he does understand, he cannot advance in the very subtle culture of spiritual 
knowledge and bliss until he puts aside this grossest habit. In addition to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, there are many groups interested in spiritual culture around the world who accept this principle of vegetarianism as essential, includi
ng some Christian sects and monastic orders and even some nondevotional sects such as the practicing Buddhists and impersonalists (monists) of Asia. Lord Buddha especially stressed the inauspicious psychological effects of flesh eating in preaching his d
octrines of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ahi\'e0s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (nonviolence) and meditation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Request
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The third reason applies particularly to those who want to advance in love of God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises that we eat only food first offered to Him in loving sacrifice. He s
ays that if food is offered with love and devotion, He will actually eat it with His unlimited, all-pervading eyes and ears, without actually removing it, as it is offered on the altar with suitable prayers. Offering food in this way forms a purifying li
nk with the Lord through devotion, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs that if one subsists only on the purified remnants of such offerings (K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da),}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  his whole existence becomes sanctified, and he advances surely in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [9.26]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically requests that "a leaf, a fruit, 
a flower or a little water" be offered to Him, and similarly the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  instruct in other places that milk
 products, fruits, grains, vegetables and sugar are the foods to be offered and eaten. Thus, a devotee automatically becomes a vegetarian, since he accepts only K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras
\'e4da.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Others, who do not care to accept this reasonable process, but who instead go on gratifying their tongues with the products of slaughter and misery, can be assured that in
 the future they themselves will become more and more bestial, losing entirely the quality of mercy and being themselves slaughtered in hellish conditions, even birth after birth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These, then, are some of the more salient reasons offered in the Vedic scriptures why gambling, intoxication, illicit sex, and animal s
laughter and meat eating should be shunned by everyone. Basically, each of them results in future individual suffering and the breakdown of society, and, at the same time, each disqualifies one from experiencing his eternal, blissful spiritual life in di
rect touch with God. One cannot free his eternal self from material illusion if he engages in any of these practices, even if he practices some religious or yogic process, because such activities root us in material consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Higher Taste
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The difficulty is that each of these four activities is a source of strong sensual stimulation and mental diversion. Because we are acc
ustomed to accept such stimulation as pleasure, we are generally very much attached to some or all of these sinful activities. If we are now asked to give them up, even with the best of arguments, we will find this difficult.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To put aside what we accept as enjoyment is naturally difficult because originally, as spirits, we are meant to enjoy fully. Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba speaks of this in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Chapter Two) when He says that even one who puts aside a
n inferior activity but maintains a taste for it in his mind is simply pretending and will later fall down from his artificial renunciation. He goes on to say, however, that one who puts aside unwanted so-called enjoyments by experiencing a higher taste
\'97the taste of spiritual enjoyment\'97becomes firmly fixed in spiritual consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The necessity, then, is to understand the spirit soul's way of enjoying and a practical method by which we can actually experience that
 enjoyment, regardless of our past activities. Only in this way can we become truly detached from materialistic life, easily putting aside all sinful activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I have already mentioned, the Vedic scriptures tell us that we are actually eternal servants of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. Now we 
are in a fallen condition, but in our constitutional state we enjoy unlimited bliss by lovingly associating with the Supreme Person, who is the reservoir of all pleasure. If we can practically engage even our temporary bodies and minds\'97all we presentl
y have to work with\'97in the service of the Lord, then only will we begin to experience the higher taste of spiritual pleasure that will give us relief from material lust and sinful life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement we are practicing such devotions life under the guidance of our spiritual master and the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and because the process is pure, we are finding that we can strictly, but without strain, abstain f
rom these four degrading practices By fully engaging our minds, bodies words, work, wealth\'97everything at our disposal\'97in the service of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba we are actually relishing spiritual plea sure in the culture of love of God am making progre
ss toward regaining our eternal positions in the spiritual world In the process, our society of devotee is naturally becoming peaceful and harmonious, showing that the quarrel and hypocrisy of the Kali-yuga quickly vanish wherever sinful life is stopped.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The keys to beginning to experience K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are easily available to everyone. Not everyone can immediately put asi
de gambling, intoxication and so on, even if one can understand that he should do so, but anyone car sing or chant the holy names of the Lord\'97any such names around the world\'97and perhaps also taste a bit of food first offered to the Lord. Perhaps he
 may also be able to understand an authoritative discourse or publication about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that the Supreme Lord is unlimited and that He personally pervades such devotional activities, and thus anyone who engages in them is gradually delivered by His supreme potency. Even the most sinful of all sinners can be deli
vered by the simple process of chanting the names of God and gradually become determined to give up all sinful activities and go on from this platform to relish supreme enjoyment in love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, regardless of your present habits, whether pure or impure, we invite you to please join us in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, and perhaps visit a center for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to taste some K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and hear more as well. In such harmless activities there can be no loss, and you may find the greatest gain.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p14-15:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub                        
                            }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE LORD IN THE HEART\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, appearing in His be
autiful two-handed humanlike form, is the original Personality of Godhead. Yet the Lord also appears in innumerable other forms for various pastimes. As four-handed Vi\'f1\'ebu, the form pictured here, the Lord becomes no bigger than a thumb to appear in
 the heart of every living being. The Lord is personal, not impersonal, and meditation upon His personal form is much easier and more sublime than impersonal meditation. Perfect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo
g\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  concentrate their minds upon this transcendental form of the Lord, beginning from His lotus feet and gradually rising higher and higher, up to His smiling face. The more on
e meditates upon this transcendental form of the Lord, the more his intelligence will be purified, and thus he will be freed from all material desires and attain the highest spiritual perfection. This is fully described in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Second Canto, where this original oil painting first appeared.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Scientist
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA: THE SUPREME SCIE
NTIST
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by SVAR\'dcPA D\'c4MODARA d\'e4sa\line (ISKCON Laguna Beach)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we think calmly and carefully about this wonderful universe, we can see that everything is working under the control of a supreme 
brain. The arrangements in nature are perfectly ordered. Things would be at random without the careful planning of a scientific and engineering brain. It is a common understanding that there is a cause behind each action. A machine cannot run without an 
operator. Modern scientists are very proud of automation, but there is a scientific brain behind automation also. Even Albert Einstein agreed that there is a perfect brain behind all the natural physical laws. When we talk about "brain" and "operator," t
hese terms imply a person. They cannot be impersonal. One may inquire who this person is. He is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme scientist and supreme engineer, under whose kind will the whole cosmos is working. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "
The whole cosmic order is under Me. By My will it is manifested again and again, and by My will it is annihilated at the end."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0
\up12 prak\'e5ti\'e0 sv\'e4m ava\'f1\'f6abhya\line vis\'e5j\'e4mi puna\'f9 puna\'f9\line bh\'fcta-gr\'e4mam ima\'e0 k\'e5tsnam\line ava\'e7a\'e0 prak\'e5ter va\'e7\'e4t \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.8)
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now let us look into a few samples from the Lord's creation, and upon contemplating these exemplary aspects, one should develop a bette
r understanding and appreciation of the existence of the most powerful brain, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The sun that we see daily is the nearest star. It is one hundred earth diameters across and is ninety-three million miles away from the earth. Ev
ery day the sun supplies the solar system with a tremendous amount of heat, light and energy. \'93The very tiny fraction of the sun's energy that falls on the earth\'97estimated at about five parts in a hundred million million\'97is about 100,000 times g
reater than all the energy used in the world's industries. The total energy the sun emits in a single second would be sufficient to keep a one-kilowatt electric fire burning for 10,000 million million years. Put in a different way, the energy the sun emi
ts in one second is greater than the whole amount of energy the human species has consumed throughout its entire history.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 Fred Hoyle, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Astronomy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Garden City, New York Doubleday and Company, 1962), p. 232.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet it is only one of the countless number of stars floating in the sky in every direction. With the material scientific brain, the thermal, electrical and 
nuclear powerhouses have been made. These}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can supply heat, light and energy to a small, limited extent, b
ut Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supplying the whole planet with an unlimited source of energy just from one sun. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: \'93The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. And the splendor of the moon an
d the splendor of the fire are also from Me.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad \'e4ditya-gata\'e0 tejo\line jagad bh\'e4sayate \'92khilam\line yac candramas
i yac c\'e4gnau\line tat tejo viddhi m\'e4makam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  15.12)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The planets are revolving in 
a systematic path around the sun. Even within the smallest atom, the electrons and the protons are orbiting around the nucleus in a perfect manner.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus, from the submicroscopic realm of the atom to the expanding reaches of the galactic objects, this material universe is running lik
e intricate, well-oiled clockwork according to great natural physical laws and principles. Scientists have gained great acclaim for making a few spaceships, whereas K\'e5\'f1\'eba effortlessly produces gigantic spaceships, such as planets and stars, whic
h are perfectly equipped and maintained. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e4m \'e4vi\'e7ya ca bh\'fct\'e4ni dh\'e4ray\'e4my aham ojas\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I enter into each planet, and by My energy they stay in
 orbit.\'94\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  The laws made by the supreme brain always remain perfect; they are never violated. We never see the sun rising in the west and setting in the east. The colorful rainbow that we observe when the sun is shining during a shower is only visible 
when the sun is behind the observer, due to the laws of refraction. Also, each year the seasons change quite periodically, producing symptoms unique to each season.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now let us look into some aspects of the Lord's creation at the molecular level. Chemists find that the different colors in flowers are
 due to chemicals called anthocyanins, and the different aromas are mostly due to chemicals called terpenes and terpenoid compounds. The molecular frameworks for these compounds range from very simple structures to very complex networks. Camphor, for exa
mple,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a terpenoid compound, and the characteristic odor of lemons is due to the molecule called limone
ne, which is one of the simple terpenes. Similarly, the characteristic colors in carrots and tomatoes}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are
 due to molecules called carotenoids, which are higher forms of terpenes. The molecular framework for each definite color or aroma is wonderfully unique. A little change in position of a few atoms in the molecule, a little variation in the geometry of th
e molecule or a slight change in the size of the molecule can cause a color to change from orange to red, a mild, pleasing aroma to become repellent and pungent, and a flavor to change from sweet to bitter. On one extreme we find the smallest molecule, t
he hydrogen molecule, which contains only two atoms of hydrogen. On the other extreme we find giant molecules such as the proteins and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), the building blocks of all living material bodies, which contain innumerable atoms made fo
r a definite function. Similarly, the crystalline pattern of each different molecule is unique. The geometrical shape for sodium chloride (common salt), for example, is cubical. Charcoal, graphite and diamonds are all derived from the same element, carbo
n, and yet the shining and transparent diamond is extremely hard, whereas graphite is soft, black and opaque. This is due to the difference in the crystalline forms of these molecules. In the crystal lattice of the diamond, each carbon atom is tetrahedra
lly surrounded by four other carbon atoms at a distance of 1.54 angstroms (one angstrom =10-8 cm.). In graphite, by contrast, the three bonds of each carbon atom are distorted so as to lie in the same plane, the fourth bond being directed perpendicularly
 to this plane to link with a carbon atom of the neighboring layer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way we can cite innumerable examples of molecular networks so fantastically and delicately arranged that chemists cannot but wo
nder about the most expert hand and brain who is making all these wonderful artistic arrangements in His laboratory. Indeed, the intelligence and ability of the supreme scientist, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are inconceivable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (acintya).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no scientist who can deny it. How then can any chemist abstain from appreciating the wonderful works of the Suprem
e Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba? In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we find: "One should meditate upon the Supreme P
erson as the one who Knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the controller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is l
uminous like the sun and, being transcendental, is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beyond this material nature."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn 
\s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kavi\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebam anu\'e7\'e4sit\'e4ram\line a\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4\'e0sam anusmared ya\'f9\line sarvasya dh\'e4t\'e4ram acintya-r\'fcp
am\line \'e4ditya-var\'eba\'e0 tamasa\'f9 parast\'e4t\line }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At best, scientists can only try to imitate the wonderful artistic works of the Supreme Lord. They cannot even do this properly, and mo
st of their attempts lead to failure and disappointment. Even when they are partly successful, it is only with the greatest difficulty. For example, Professor R.B. Woodward of Harvard, a Nobel Prize winner in chemistry (1965), and Professor A. Eschenmose
r of Zurich took eleven years to synthesize the vitamin }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  molecule. Altogether, ninety-nine scientists 
from nineteen different countries were involved just to accomplish this one small task.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 James H. Krieger, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chemical and Engineering News}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , March 12, 1973, p. 16.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba is making all these complex molecules at will.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interestingly enough, when scientists fail again and again in their attempts to make something, they consciously or unconsciously pray 
to God for help. Does this not indicate the existence of the supreme scientist. Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the natural subordinate position of all other living entities? A crude example is the explosion that occurred inside the Apollo 13 spacecra
ft during its attempt to land on the moon on April 11, 1970. The Apollo capsule was made by hundreds of scientific and technological brains and cost millions of dollars. No one could predict that there would be an explosion. When it happened, however, an
d the lives of the three astronauts were in danger, those involved in the mission requested all the people on earth to pray to God for the safe return of the astronauts. Such is the situation. At times of danger, most people tend to remember God, althoug
h at other times they forget Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, let us look into some very simple and graphic examples of the artistry of the Lord's creation. We see that among the lower forms o
f living entities, social organization is very smoothly maintained. For example, in a bee colony the queen bee is nicely taken care of by the drones (male bees), while the workers collect nectar from flowers all day long. It is quite amazing to consider 
how the bees, with their tiny bodies, can collect such a great amount of honey for themselves as well as for other living entities. In this way, the colony is maintained with beautiful order. Similarly, the loving relationship between a mother and her ba
by is quite clearly visible even in very small forms of living entities. During the monsoon season in tropical countries, when there are torrents of rain, the small ants run to find shelter, carrying their eggs on their heads. The spider makes its wonder
ful webs with great architectural skill to serve as a shelter as well as to catch its prey for survival. Silkworms spin hundreds of yards of fine threads to form cocoons for their shelter during the pupa stage. Inside a tiny seed, smaller than the size o
f a mustard seed, the whole potency of a big banyan tree is present. In this way, we can see the wonderful arrangements of the Supreme Lord, who is creating, maintaining and guiding all living entities, small or big. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "Furthermore, O 
Arjuna, I am the generating seed of all existences. There is no being\'96moving or unmoving\'96that can exist without Me."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12
yac c\'e4pi sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line b\'e9ja\'e0 tad aham arjuna\line na tad asti vin\'e4 yat sy\'e4n\line may\'e4 bh\'fcta\'e0 car\'e4caram \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.39}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The main trouble with material scientists is that they generally neglect the most important and fundamental aspect of their inquiries. 
For example, when Newton saw the falling of the apple, he asked why and how the apple fell. However, he did not inquire who caused the falling of the apple. As an answer to his inquiry, he discovered the laws of gravitation. His answer was that the apple
 fell because of the laws of gravitation. But who made the laws of gravitation? \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da kindly explains that the apple did not fall while green but while ripe. Therefore Newton's gravitational theory was not enough to explain the fallin
g of the apple. There is some other cause behind the total scene of the falling and, thereby, behind the law of gravitation. That cause is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagava
d-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we find, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all causes."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.19}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Furthermore, scientists have to know that the little ability
 they have is also given by the Lord. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pauru\'f1a\'e0 n\'e5\'f1u:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I am the ability i
n man."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.8}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By various mechanical means (telescopes, etc.), assumptions, empiric theories and conceptual models, cosmologists and astronomers are t
rying with tremendous vigor to understand what the universe is, what its size is, and the time scale of its creation. At the present time they are speculating that there may be a tenth planet in the solar system, and they are trying to locate it.\chftn{
\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 D. Rawlins and M. Hammerton, "Is There a Tenth Planet in the Solar System?" }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , December 22. 1972, p. 457}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How far t
hey will be successful in finding a real answer to their attempts only time can tell. But the fact is that they will never be able to fully discover the secrets of nature, which is the product of creation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme scientist. Any tho
ughtful person can understand how foolish he is even to dream of measuring the size of this universe, since he does not know completely the nature of the sun, the nearest star. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da cites the example of the philosophy of Dr. Frog, wh
o lives in a well of three feet and has no idea how vast the Pacific Ocean is but who speculates that the Pacific Ocean might be five feet wide, ten feet wide, etc., comparing it to his well. The point is that comprehending the unlimited knowledge beyond
 by our limited means is simply a waste of time and energy. All the knowledge is already there in the authorized scriptures, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One simply has to take the knowledge}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from the supreme authority, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The details of the creation of this material universe and the living entities like demigods, men and others have been given in the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First Canto, Chapter Three, verses 1-5. The description of the material and spi
ritual universes is completely given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fifth Chapter, and from }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we get the clear information that the entire material universe is only one fourth of the creativ
e energy of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The other three fourths of the creative energy of the Lord are manifested in the spiritual sky, called the Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the golden }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (incarnation) of the Supreme Personality of Godhead \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, clearly explained to San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, one of the Lord's intimate disciples, about the natur
e of these universes. The Lord explained that the material universes have a limited length and breadth, whereas no one can measure the length and breadth of all the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets. These Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets are like the petals of a lotus flo
wer, and the principal part of that flower is the center of all the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has. This part is called K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, or Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has His original eternal abode on this planet. The other 
Vaiku\'eb\'f6has are also inhabited by residents who are full with six opulences\'96wealth, strength, knowledge, beauty, fame and renunciation\'96and in each and every Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planet a different expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba has His eternal abode.
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 Prabhup\'e4da, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , pp. 82-83.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Material scientists have no information of this vast know
ledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Certainly, the secrets of the universe cannot be unfolded by the tiny brains of material scientists. We should agree without a doubt th
at man's vision in all directions is extremely limited by the inadequacies of his senses, his technology and his intellect. None can deny the existence of the supreme scientist, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is the proprietor and knower of everything. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of the intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men...\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e9ja\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line viddhi p\'e4rtha san\'e4tanam\line buddhir buddhimat\'e4m asmi\line tejas tejasvin\'e4m aham\line }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.10}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no Truth superior to Me. Everything res
ts upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya
\line mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga\'eb\'e4 iva\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only fools would argue about the existence of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "Those miscreants who are gross
ly foolish, lowest among mankind, whose knowledge is stolen by illusion, and who partake of the atheistic nature of demons do not surrender unto Me."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na m\'e4\'e0 du\'f1k\'e5tino m\'fc\'f2h\'e4\'f9\line prapadyante nar\'e4dham\'e4\'f9\line m\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\line \'e4sura\'e0 bh\'e4vam \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, instead of denying and challenging the existence of the supreme scientist, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, it should 
be the prime duty of all our scientist friends to appreciate the inconceivable brain of the Lord and His wonderful manifestations everywhere. One may falsely claim the credit for the discovery of radio, television, computers, penicillin, etc. But the fac
t is that everything was already there because nothing can come out of nothing. If someone claims that anything belongs to him, he is the greatest thief. He is stealing property from the supreme father, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and claiming it to be his
. Nothing belongs to us. Everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says: "Every
thing animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to whom 
they belong."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam idam sarva\'e0\line yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat\line tena tyaktena bhu\'ef
j\'e9th\'e4\line  m\'e4 g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Mantra }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration p16:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9 and}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Peter Hawkins 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustrations p18:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DEPENDENCY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97At times of danger, people remember God. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  P
arik\'f1it d\'e4sa \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Top:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub P
OTENCY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Within a tiny seed an entire tree is present. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub GRAVITY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Who made the laws of gravitation? }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustra
tion:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next page:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  One cannot understand the universe by frog philosophy. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Peter Hawkins 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All letters will be personally replied, and correspondence of special interest will be publis
hed regularly.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dist. 315 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Service Above Self\'97He Profits Most Who Serves Best
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Revered Sv\'e4mij\'e9,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On behalf of the members of the Rotary Club of Hyderabad and on my own personal behalf, I convey to Your Divine Grace, as well as to yo
ur international devotees who accompanied your good self, our thanks for having been so kind as to visit our club at the Ritz Hotel, when you graciously gave us all the benefit of listening to your highly spiritual program, including }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and discourses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We were all deeply moved and impressed by the melodious and devotional }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sung by your disciples, with ecstasy clearly written on their faces and with complete dedication to the movement and to their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This was a source of real inspiration to the distinguished audience, and we thank you for giving us an opportunity to listen to 
such soul-stirring }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord R\'e4ma and also participate while they we
re sung in chorus.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the brilliant analysis of your address, delivered with masterly erudition, we have learned a great deal about the present-day prob
lem of whether man, who is increasingly becoming skeptical of religion and all that it implies, will ever succeed in making this world a better place in which to live in peace and harmony and thus give full expression to the noble and spiritual side of h
is nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I need mention that our members heard your thought-provoking discourse with rapt attention and keen interest. We were all impressed by 
your simple and convincing answers to the complex problems faced by the modern world: "Just develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, God consciousness. It changes one's outlook, it suggests a refreshingly spiritual perspective on the world, and the result o
f this new spiritual change is that all the problems that divide mankind will dwindle into insignificance and disappear, paving the way for enduring peace and harmony in the world of today."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have noted your observation that although India is the birthplace of Vedic culture, we have not done anything to propagate this cult
ure, and that Indians should have been trained to spread the true Vedic culture, which will accelerate the spiritual progress of mankind. The propagation of Vedic culture and development of God consciousness will enable humanity to organize everything in
 its right order.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was very enlightening to listen to your analysis, quoting extensively from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that human society loses its meaning the moment it abandons religion and that it cannot exist without religion. To practice religion means to abide by the orders of God. This is religion, and this is explained in the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I once again thank Your Divine Grace and the devotees for the trouble taken for us and hope that you will be kind enough to visit our c
lub in the future whenever you happen to visit this historic city, so that we may be benefited by your divine teachings on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and also receive your blessings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With respectful reverence,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours sincerely,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chairman, Program Committee 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rotary Club of Hyderabad (India)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My Dear Mr. Lahoti,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my greetings and the blessings of Lord Caitanya. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your kind letter, and I am very much enc
ouraged by your appreciation of our humble activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad yad \'e4carati \'e7re\'f1\'f6has\line tat tad evetaro jana\'f9\line sa yat pram\'e4\'eba\'e0 kurute\line lokas tad anuvartat
e
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues." }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  3.21}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore our only hope is that if leading personalities like you and the members of your society try to understand this important move
ment, then others will follow. There is a great need to spread this movement all over the world because without God consciousness no one can be happy. That is a fact. You already have our publications. Kindly read them carefully and try to implement the 
philosophy among your co-workers. I thank you once more for your kind words.
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (ISKCON Los Angeles)
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 his background? Why is he a devotee? What are his cherished goals? How does he live his private life? What is a typical day for a devotee? Most people do not know the answers to these questions. In order to clear up these questions for a large number of
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotee we have chosen is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kavicandra. (This is his spiritual name, which was given at the time of his formal acceptance as a devotee.) Kavicandra is a soft-spoken, twenty-six-year-old family man with a three-year-old daughter with blon
de curly hair and blue eyes. He was born in Minneapolis and attended the University of Minnesota, where he was a liberal arts student. It was at this time that he met his wife, a pleasant brunette with a background of Christian training who is now called
 Mah\'e4\'e7in\'e9. In 1971, discouraged with the materialistic standards of modern society, they began seeking a life of seclusion. In the midst of their search for a pure life (especially for their young daughter), they happened upon the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba devotees in Tucson, Arizona. When he first saw them, Kavicandra was immediately struck by the devotees' great happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From this point he was naturally intrigued to know more about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, and gradually he began associating with
 the devotees more and more. Kavicandra recalls, "The devotees were honest and happy. They were actively doing something, and it was pure. Truthfulness\'97that was the main thing. It was fresh. Everywhere else, everyone was uptight, cheating and lying to
 one another. The devotees were just trying to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba [God] together." Gradually, over a period of months, Kavicandra and his family became progressively attracted to devotional life, and step by step they became full-time devotees. The Tuc
son Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba center was too small to meet the needs of their entire family, so Kavicandra moved to a larger center in Dallas, Texas, which is the home of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or children's school. In Dallas he was a sales representative for Spiritual Sky Scented Products, a devotee-owned business with headquarters in Los 
Angeles. In the spring of 1972, when there was a need for a production foreman at Spiritual Sky, Kavicandra moved to Los Angeles to fill the post.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since then, Kavicandra has experienced increasing fulfillment in his daily life, which is one of dedication to the ideal of serving the
 Supreme Lord wholeheartedly. On a typical day, Kavicandra rises so early that it is practically a symptom of devotion in itself: 3:30 to 4:00 a.m. After a shower and a brief period of chanting the Lord's names on his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  meditation beads, he walks the short distance from his apartment to the temple with his wife and daughter. At 4:30 there is an }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony, an active affair for hundreds of devotees who join in the ecstatic dancing and res
ponsive singing of prayers, accompanied by the melody of a harmonium and the beat of many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (h
and cymbals).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After this joyful ceremony, which lasts about thirty minutes, Kavicandra and most of the other devotees begin their main period of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  meditation. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Japa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is performed by softly chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. You will generally see each devotee carrying a small cloth bag, about the size of a large
 pear, by a strap around his neck. This bag contains a string of wooden prayer beads, each the size of a small marble, which the devotees use to chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  meditation in the morning lasts for a solid one and a half hours. Commenting on this, Kavicandra said, "This is incredible. But there is scriptural evidence that this is spiritual. By chanting the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God), o
ne can associate with God. Because of the absolute nature of His name, it is equal to Him. This is inconceivable to the materialistic mind. However, you can experience this by purifying your senses and mind by the simple practice of chanting."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  period, which ends at 6:30 a.m., the devotees chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurva\'f1\'f6akam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  acc
ompanied by dancing and the melodious harmonium, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  drum and hand cymbals. The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurva\'f1\'f6akam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are verses in praise of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or spiritual master, who plays a most important role. The spiritual master is God's representative from whom the forgetful soul receives instruction and guidance
 in reviving pure consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kavicandra spoke of the soul's lack of fulfillment with the temporary affairs of nonspiritual existence, and he commented on the necess
arily high qualifications of the spiritual master by giving this example: "If you had a toothache, you would want a dentist who is bona fide, who knows the cause of the toothache and can stop it in a way that is favorable. He has credentials or qualifica
tions. Similarly, the spiritual master, who comes in an unbroken succession of disciples, transmits the teachings intact, without change. You can verify this by examining the complete consistency of these teachings throughout their history and the change
less word-for-word presentation of the scriptures. The spiritual master does not ask anything for himself, but, rather, he directs the disciple to chant the holy names and work for enlightenment in an authorized way, according to the scriptures."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is the present representative in the disciplic line of teachers. \'c7r\'e9la Pr
abhup\'e4da }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a title that honors a great spiritual master in the line of devotion) came 
to the United States in 1965 to teach the practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is the founder of the International
 Society for Krishna Consciousness and the spiritual master of the members of this worldwide organization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After chanting the praises of the spiritual master, Kavicandra participates in an hour-long study of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9
mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the beautiful history of the Personality of Godhead. It is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or scripture," says Kavicandra. Prabhup\'e4da was specifically instructed by his predecessor and spiritual master, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, to spread this knowledge to the English-sp
eaking countries. "It is very ancient (five thousand years plus)," states Kavicandra, "and is arranged in a way that will attract you to the Personality of Godhead." The topics covered range from godly governmental administration to ancient history, life
 on other planets and universal creation. "You cannot become attracted to or love someone you know nothing about. Therefore this scripture is particularly valuable because it gives information of how God is working through His many energies, and even how
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is carrying on His most confidential dealings." Kavicandra concluded, "This does not merely skim the surface. It is comprehensive and includes the chanting of the ancient verses in the Sanskrit language. And the study is carried out in re
lation to modern history and innumerable other scriptures such as the Bible. Without this complete understanding, how can we properly share this with others?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At 8:30 there is breakfast for}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kavicandra's diet consists entirely of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sanctified food first offered on the altar to the Lord. Partaking of this delicious food is one of the m
ost easy and delightful practices to which the devotees adhere. Only pure foods are offered and then distributed for everyone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Following breakfast, Kavicandra drives to work as millions of other Americans do. As we mentioned before, Kavicandra works at Spiritual
 Sky Scented Products, a devotee-owned and devotee-operated business enterprise that is a major source of financial support for the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. He works as a production manager of the incense division, which is capable of producing over
 one million sticks of incense a day. Kavicandra has become expert in supervising production in every way, especially in formulating and mixing the various combinations of scenting and coloring materials. Some of the thirty scents of stick incense and tw
enty flavors of cone incense are imported from all over the world, including the Near East, Southeast Asia and India.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The constant supply flow, quality control, ordering of materials, personnel supervision, and management of packaging and deliveries mak
e Kavicandra's days very busy.. "This may seem the same as any ordinary business," stated Kavicandra, "but the reason we do it is different. We are not working for the frustration of gaining money and planning how to spend it. The workers are joyful beca
use they are serving their beloved spiritual master and the Supreme Lord by their activity." In fact, the factory is filled with the sounds of Prabhup\'e4da's lectures and pleasing chanting coming from a tape recorder. The incense factory closes at six o
'clock, when the crew of devotees drive the short distance home.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Following a light meal and a shower, Kavicandra and his family go to the temple for the evening }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony, which they sometimes perform themselves in the key role as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the person who offers the various articles on the altar on behalf of the entire congregation. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony is extremely colorful and melodious, with offerings of delicious foods, lamps of camphor and clarified butter, flowers, water
 and fragrant incense, all to the accompaniment of melodious responsive singing with instruments such as hand cymbals, drums and gongs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Following }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at about 7:30, Kavicandra usually gathers a supply of Prabhup\'e4da's books and goes for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the shopping malls and other areas where people gather. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the most conspicuous of a devotee's practices, for it involves public congregational chanting of the holy names and distribution of literature. This is Kavicandra's favorite activity, sharing the pleasure of divine love with on
e and all. In fact, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  absorbs his weekends and spare time almost completely. Sometimes, ho
wever, Kavicandra remains in the temple after the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony for classes and discussion of s
cripture and singing of the holy names. "All of these things are fun," he said. "We aren't forced to seek pleasure elsewhere."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In speaking with Mah\'e4\'e7in\'e9, Kavicandra's wife, we learned some interesting facts. "Formerly we were impersonalists or voidists,
 believing that the Supreme was a formless void or white light," Mah\'e4\'e7in\'e9 revealed. "This is currently a popular misconception. Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba does have an impersonal energy, but it is not the ultimate. Fortunately, we have received a 
higher realization. Everything has fallen into place with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We've been able to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apply}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  all the religious principles and morals that we were formerly taught without any example or practical application." Mah\'e4\'e7in\'e9 is particularly delighted about the godly atmosphere for raising Bhakti, their three-year-old cherubic daug
hter. "The children actually are engaged in singing the glories of the Supreme Lord in their play rather than singing nonsense like 'Humpty Dumpty' or 'Ring Around the Rosy.' This is really remarkable because many times even big philosophers don't even c
ome to realize that they should ultimately glorify K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Truth." In regard to a woman's position, she positively affirms, "This is the only place where women are respected. We are not regarded as objects for exploitation. The role o
f a woman is properly recognized; we simply have a different type of body, but we are essentially, spiritually, the same as men. We simply have a different outward dress. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, a woman can completely fulfill herself."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When questioned about any difficulty in accepting the life of a devotee, Kavicandra replied, "Of course, at first we may have many bad 
habits, but we are not exactly giving things up. Rather, we are just accepting things which are so much nicer. Suppose I were smoking cigarettes and my doctor told me that if I didn't quit he would have to cut out my lung. Then of course I would quit so 
that I might live. This would be an act of intelligence, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is just like that. By intelligence you can understand how to come to a better life. There is a development of a higher taste, and the lower tastes are naturally lef
t behind. If I am greatly attached to something\'97say an old car\'97and someone offers me a large sum of money for it, even though I am strongly attached to it I would give it up. It's not that we are receiving money, but we are getting a peaceful and h
appy life. Everyone is looking for that. It awakens from within. It's not found in the externals of possessions, fame and so forth."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kavicandra also explained the ease of accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by citing a practical example: "Last Sunday we held a fest
ival at Venice Beach, and thousands of people were there, chanting and dancing, eating the spiritual food which we were distributing for free. They were talking with the devotees and taking the spiritual literature we had. One fellow, who has an automoti
ve repair shop near the temple and who lives right across the street from where the festival was held, said that he thought it was wonderful, especially the music, and he wished we would have more festivals there. Everyone will find something attractive 
about this, and anyone can participate easily."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kavicandra also indicated a broader acceptance of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious life: "Everyone accepts what we are doing anyway. They a
re singing, dancing, eating, looking at pictures and hearing and speaking about someone's pastimes or qualities. We just perform these same activities in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the Supreme Person. We would like everyone to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, the supreme attractive person. Actually, large-scale acceptance is happening. It's not a dream. We have a society, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness\'97ISKCON\'97and we're growing daily. Our spiritual master, Prabhup\'e4da, came to Ne
w York in 1965 to spread this teaching in the West, and now we have over a hundred centers and thousands of members worldwide. Anyone can take part. For instance, one of our active supporters is an extremely famous recording artist. He sings about K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in his songs and helps us a great deal with donations. He's famous, but there are thousands of others who are also participating whom you would not notice as readily as a famous person. In fact, this is not a new concoction. The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas\'97pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "ancient history"\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tell of times in past history when K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was applied on a society-wide basis with phenomenal success. It includes a compl
ete, spiritual, pure social structure that is not a dream but a historical fact. In the past and presently, this is a feasible life for peace and harmony. It doesn't mean that everyone must put on robes and live in a temple. You must simply gain the righ
t conviction in life, and then you will follow it. You can begin K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from any station in life. This deals with the eternal spirit self and goes beyond temporary circumstances such as birth, age, color and so on. We beg people to 
consider K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness impartially and also deeply. This is not a shallow or narrow understanding. It is universal, and if you can properly understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you can attain the highest goal of life."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photos by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p27:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A PURE LIFE}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4sini looks on as her daughter, Bhakti, waters }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  plants in the Los 
Angeles temple garden. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tulas\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is especially sacred to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \line Right: Kavicandra per
forms }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4trika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , offering incense to the temple Deities and then to the assembled devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p28: SHARING AND WORKING FOR K\'c5\'d1\'cbA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kavicandra offers }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to
 Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to pleased onlookers at a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festival.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Devotees work hard in transcendental K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb180 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advertisement Bg #57
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ALL GLORIES TO \'c7R\'c9 K\'c5
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub same as Advert in BTG 56
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 5
8, 1973
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photo p1:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa. 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA HARE HARE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE R\'c4MA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'c4MA R\'c4MA HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is for everyone, regardless of one's religious faith, nationality, race, creed or occupation. This sound vibration is transcendental to all boundaries because it cannot be affected by material conditions; therefore anyone can ch
ant it freely, at any time, in any place or under any circumstances. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare is the most simple and sublime
 method for realizing who God is, who we are, what the material world is, and what the relationship is between us all. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to the energy of the Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the reservoir of all pleasure. God, or K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, is full in knowledge, He is eternal, and He is always blissful. God is absolute because His name and He Himself are nondifferent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This spiritual knowledge is now inconceivable to us because our reasoning power has been contaminated by materialistic consciousness. By our own mental speculation 
we cannot transcend limited and mundane logic. But if one sincerely chants and hears the Lord's name, the Lord, who is seated in everyone's heart, will reveal His inconceivable nature. The articles in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  explain this process of revelation. We humbly request you to experience life beyond the petty happiness and distress of day-to-day act
ivities by sipping the nectar of the holy names. You have nothing to lose, and the gain is very great.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATORS}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardan d\'e4sa, Karandhara dasa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITOR
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Nitai d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub lndrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadv\'e9pa d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Muralidhara d\'e4sa, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Bharadraja d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNICIANS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gar\'e9y\'e4n d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PROOFREADERS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6aketu d\'e4sa, Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa, Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4g\'e4tmik\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Nara dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Du\'f9khahantri dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, Calif. 900
34.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 58 \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedant
a Book Trust.\line All rights reserved.       Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, an expansion of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, lies in mystic slumber amidst fire and huge waves that partailly destroy the universe at the end
 of every millenium. (This is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A.
C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AFRICA}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C
apetown, S. Africa\'97150 Long St., Weiner Bldg., Room#21; Nairobi, Kenya\'97P.O. Box 28946 (E. Africa).
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE AMERICAS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Atlanta, Georgia\'9724 NE 13th St. 30309/ (404) 892-9042; Austin,Texas
\'971003 E. 14 St. 78702/ (512)476-1558; Baltimore, Maryland\'97516 Cathedral St. 21201; Boston, Massachusetts\'9740 N. Beacon St. 02134/ (617)782-8892; Buenos Aires, Argentina\'97Ecuador # 473; Buffalo, New York\'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716)882-0281
; Caracas, Venezuela\'97Cane Luis Roche No. 61, Colinas. De Los Chaguarans/ 769-0783; Chicago, lllinois\'971014 Emerson St., Evanston 60201/ (312)475-9126; Cleveland, Ohio\'9715720 Euclid Ave. E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 451-0418; Dallas, Texas\'975430 Gur
ley St. 75223/ (214) 827-6330; Denver, Colorado\'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; Detroit, Michigan\'978311 E. Jefferson Ave. 48214/ (313) 824-6000; Gainesville, Fiorida\'971104 N.W. 3rd Avenue 32601; Honolulu, Hawaii\'972016 McKinley St. 96822/ 
(808) 949-9022; Houston, Texas\'97707 Hawthorne St. 77006/ (713) 526-0475; Laguna Beach, California\'97641 Ramona Ave. 92651/ (714) 494-9172; Los Angeles, California\'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213)871-0717; Mexico City, Mexico\'97Gobernador Tiburcio. M
ontiel No. 45, San Miguei, Mexico City 18/ (905) 515-4242; Miami, Fiorida\'974001 Kumquat Ave., Coconut Grove 33133/ (305)448-7893; Montreal, Canada\'973720 Park Ave., Montreal 130, Quebec/ (514) 849-4319; New Orleans, Louisiana\'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70
119/ (504)488-1313; New Vrindavan, W. Virginia\'97RD No. 3. Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; New York, New York\'97439 Henry St., Brooklyn 11231/ (212) 596-9658; Ottawa, Canada\'97224 Besserer St.. Ontario; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\'97641 E.Chelten A
ve. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania\'974626 Forbes Ave. 15208; Portland, Oregon\'972507 NE Stanton St. 97212/ (503)284-6395; Regina, Canada\'97226 Retollock St., Saskatchewan; Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico\'9755 Jorge Romany, Santa Rita, San J
uan 00928; St. Louis, Missouri\'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; San Diego, California\'973303 Second Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; San Francisco, California\'97455 Valencia St. 94103/ (415)864-9233; Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic\'97c/o Enriq
ue Estrada Gomez, Av. Independencia #28; Seattle, Washington\'97400 18th Ave. East 99102/ (206) 329-9348; Toronto, Canada\'97187 Gerrard St. East. Toronto 225, Ontario/ (416) 922\'b75415; Vancouver, Canada\'971774 West 16th Ave., Vancouver-9, B.C./ (604)
 732-8422; Washington, D.C.-2015 "Q" St. NW 20009/ (202) 667-3516.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ASIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bombay, India\'97Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Road. Juhu Beach. Bombay 54; Calc
utta, lndia\'973 Albert Road, Calcutta 17/44-3757; Hyderabad, India\'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, Andra Pradesh; Kowloon, Hong Kong\'9745A Broadway, 15/Floor, Mei Foo Sun Chuen; Mayapur, India\'97ISKCON International Center. P.O. Sree Maya
pur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); New Delhi, India\'9766 Babar Road, Bengali Market; Tokyo, Japan\'973-4-18. Shimo-Ochiai Shinjuku-ku/951-5809; Vrindavan, India\'97Radha-Damodar Temple. Seva Kunj, Mathura. U.P.; Vrindavan, India\'97Chattikara Road, R
aman Reti, Mathura, U.P.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AUSTRALIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Adelaide, Australia\'97254A Rundle Street, Adelaide, S.A.; Auckland, New Zea
land\'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/668-666; Brisbane, Australia\'9747 Mary St., Queensland 4000; Canberra, Australia\'97104 Linestone Ave., Ainslie, A.C.T.; Melbourne, Australia\'9714 Burnett St., St. Kilda, Victoria 3182; Perth, Australia\'97500 Fi
tzgerald St., N. Perth. W.A. 6006; Suva, Fiji\'97c/o So. Seas Store. P.O. Box 268; Sydney, Australia\'9712 Wallaroy Crescent, Double Bay, Sydney, N.S.W.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EUROPE:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Amsterdam, Holland\'97Bethanienstraat 39 (C)/020-253160; Berlin, W.Germany\'971
 Berlin 65, Holzstr. 11/491-21-33; Edinburgh, Scotland\'9714 Forrest Road (U.K.)/031-225-4797; Geneva, Switzerland\'979, chemin du Credo, 1213 Petit Lancy/ 022-92-1318; Hamburg, W.Germany\'972 Hamburg 54. Kapitelbuschweg 20/570-53-82; Heidelberg, W.Germa
ny\'9769 Heidelberg 1, Karlsruherstr. 31/ 31354; London, England\'977 Bury Place, Bloomsbury WC1/ 01-405-1463; London, England\'97Bhaktivedanta Manor. Letchmore Heath, Herts./ 779-7244(5); Munich, W. Germany\'978042 Oberschleissheim, Dr. Hoflmeister Str.
7 (Munchen)/3150421; Paris, France\'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 Paris/727.02.02; Stockholm, Sweden\'97Solhagavagen 22, 16352 Spanga.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 With K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the Battlefield of Life
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WITH K\'c5\'d1\'cbA ON THE BATTL
EFIELD OF LIFE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arjuna uv\'e4ca\line senayor ubhayor madhye\line ratha\'e0 sth\'e4paya me \'92cyuta\line y\'e4vad et\'e4n nir\'e9k\'f1e \'92ha
\'e0\line yoddhu-k\'e4m\'e4n avasthit\'e4n\line kair may\'e4 saha yoddhavyam\line asmin ra\'eba-samudyame
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Arjuna said: O infallible one, please draw my chariot between the two armies so that I may see those present here, who is desirous 
of fighting, and with whom I must contend in this great battle attempt.\'94 (Bg. 1.21-22)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tatr\'e4pa\'e7yat sthit\'e4n p\'e4rtha\'f9\line pit\'e8n atha pit\'e4mah\'e4n\line \'e4c\'e4ry\'e4n m\'e4tul\'e4n bhr\'e4t\'e8n
\line putr\'e4n pautr\'e4n sakh\'e9\'e0s tath\'e4\line \'e7va\'e7ur\'e4n suh\'e5da\'e7 caiva\line senayor ubhayor api
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93There Arjuna could see, within the midst of the armies of both parties, his fathers, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, broth
ers, sons, grandsons, friends, and also his father-in-law and well-wishers\'96all present there.\'94 (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 1.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now Arjuna is facing the problem. He is facing all his relatives\'97his grandfathers, his uncles, sons, friends, animals, etc. Yes, t
here were also animals\'97horses and elephants\'96present before Arjuna on the battlefield. According to the Vedic conception, animals are also members of the family. They are considered members because they render service. It is not that we are to give 
protection only to one section of our family. We should not take everything from an animal and give it no protection. This is not civilization. The family includes wife, sons, daughters, cows, dogs, etc. Speaking in terms of either family or state, we sh
ould not give protection just to some members of our family and cut the throats of others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the Battlefield of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kuruk\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all the members of Arjuna's family were present before him, and the problem was that he had to kill them. Since the Battle of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K
uruk\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was a family fight, some of the family members were on the other side as well as on Arjuna's side, Arjuna was even faced with his superiors, his uncles and teachers }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (pit\'e8n, \'e4c\'e4ry\'e4n),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for there were those who were on the platform of father and grandfather\'96B
h\'e9\'f1madeva and Somadatta. Even his great teacher Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya was on the opposing side. Actually before fighting with Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, Arjuna cast an arrow at his lotus feet as a form of obeisance. Such was the etiquette. "My dear sir, yo
u have taught me this fighting art. Now it is being used against you." This is duty. As for Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, he shot an arrow that grazed Arjuna's head, and he said, "My dear son, become blessed." How blessed? "By killing me. I know you will kill me,
 so I give you my blessing."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material world is problematic, especially when we are involved in family, society, friendship and love. These are all entangling. 
In the Second Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deh\'e4patya-kalatr\'e4di\'f1v \'e4tma-sainye\'f1v asatsv api.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all the living entity has an attraction to his body, then to the offspr
ing of the body. The individual is alone, he accepts a wife, and in this way, through the begetting of children, he expands himself. The woman is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub str\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because she helps the man expand. First the individual has affection for his own body, then the wife, then the children. In this way the individual expands his affection for the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material world means attachment; it is not required, but is a foreign thing. It is foreign because we are essentially spiritual\'97
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I
 am spirit." But because we wish to lord it over material nature, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us these bodies. He gives a body to the great god Brahm\'e4 or to the ant\'97whatever one desires, if we want the body of a tiger, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give it; if 
we want the body of a hog, He will give that also. And if we want the body of a demigod, like Brahm\'e4, He will give it. If we want an American or Indian or English body, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give it. He is so kind. A son may be disobedient to his father
 because he wants to enjoy something, but the father says, "All right. Take the money\'97anything." The father is so kind that even though he may not approve of what the son is doing, he says, "All right. You are free. Go ahead and take some money."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material life is a concession given to us by God in order that we may gratify our material senses. Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba does no
t want us to become entangled in this material world. Why does a man get married and beget children? When he is alone, he has no responsibility. Why take on the encumbrance of a wife, home, and children? Why make friends? Why go to such botheration? The 
answer is that we wish to enjoy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also a person. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba has produced so many children-all these living entities. Where does this idea come from that we will be happy with children, society, friendship, love, etc.? What is the origin of such an idea? It is there in K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of love. He is loving R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, so the idea of love has come from Him. Whatever is within our experience is present in K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be impersonal. He is a person exactly li
ke ourselves, but the difference is that He is unlimitedly powerful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba also wants to live peacefully with His family. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is away of training ourselves 
so that we can again live within K\'e5\'f1\'eba's family. With these so-called families in the material world, we are suffering. The family idea is present in the material world, but it is only perfected in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The family idea cannot exist un
less it is present in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of everything. Whatever}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we are seeing 
here in this material world has its origin in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but here it is perverted. When we see a tree, we see it standing erect, but when we see its reflection in a lake, it is upside down, topsy-turvy. Similarly, this material world is a perverted 
reflection of the spiritual world. It is false in the sense that it is a reflection. Those things which we see here exist in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because Arjuna was attached to society, friendship, family and love, when he was faced with his family on the battlefield, he began to 
shirk his duty. "Why do I have to kill my father and father-in-law?" he asked K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "My friends, my sons and grandsons, my brothers. They are all present here." It was natural that Arjuna became overwhelmed by compassion. "When the son of Kunt
\'e9, Arjuna, saw all these different grades of friends and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion." (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) Why was Arjuna in such consciousness? The other side did not think in this way. Arjuna was thinking in this way because he was a devotee. A devotee does
 not like to kill anyone, not even an ant. So why should he be enticed to kill his friends? Arjuna's compassion was the result of devotional life. All Arjuna's belongings were taken away, his wife was insulted, and he was banished for thirteen years. Alt
hough he suffered so many atrocities, when the time came to kill, he was not very eager. He was ready to excuse even his greatest enemy, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not want this. if a devotee is insulted, the devotee may excuse his enemy, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
does not; therefore we should be careful not to insult a devotee. A devotee will excuse one, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba will not excuse. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so strict that He cannot tolerate any insult against His devotee. Therefore the Battle of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kuruk\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was arranged. Arjuna was saying, "Oh, let them be excused. I will not fight." But K\'e5\'f1\'eba said,
 "No, you must fight. You must kill them."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna, then, was in a dilemma. He did not wish to fight, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba was insisting. Arjuna was thinking, "How shall I kill my k
insmen?" This was the real problem, if we want to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we have to be prepared even to kill our so-called bodily relations. All Vedic civilization is arranged in such}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a way that we may become detached from so-called family attachment. First of all one must be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that is, he must live the life of austerity. A}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is supposed to live in the home of the spiritual master and serve him. He may be a king's son or a very great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4
hma\'eba's son,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but he must work as a menial servant for the spiritual master. As soon as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4
r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub agrees to live with the spiritual master, he must live like a menial servant. Whatever the spiritual master orders, he must do. This is the meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are eager to do what the spiritual master asks because they are children and begin their life of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from the age of five. A child will do anything when asked. If he is asked to go from door to door and beg alms for the spiritual master, he will do so. And when a child begs food or money, one will rea
dily give it. In this way the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brings things to the spiritual master, and these things be
come the spiritual master's property. It is not that because the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has begged, what he rec
eives is his property. It is given to the spiritual master. After the food or whatever is prepared, the spiritual master tells the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "My son, come on. Take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the spiritual master
 forgets to call a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will not eat. Although the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  begs for the food and takes it to the spiritual master, if the spiritual master does not ask him to eat, he will not eat. He will starve. This is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus one is first trained to become austere and tolerant. He is also trained up to consider all women as his mother. Indeed, he calls a
ll women except his sister "mother." C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita has given the following definition of a learned man:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4t\'e5vat para-d\'e4re\'f1u\line para-dravye\'f1u lo\'f1\'f6avat\line \'e4tmavat sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line ya\'f9 pa\'e7yati 
sa\'f9 pa\'eb\'f2ita\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e9ti \'c7\'e4stra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He is learned who sees every woman but his wife as his mother." This is the perfection of education. One must see all women except his wife as his mother. Furtherm
ore: "The learned man sees all others' property as no more than garbage in the street. And the learned man also thinks of other living entities as he does his own self." We can experience pleasure and pain, and by this we know that when our head is cut w
e are in pain. Knowing this, how can we cut off the head of an animal? This, then, is the threefold test of education. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2ita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or learned man, sees all women as his mother and all property as no more than garbage in the street, and he considers all living entities as he would consider himself. Unfortunately today there are no learned men.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic civilization is therefore meant to enable us to cut the knot of material attachment. If we at all want to go back to Godhead, our
 attachment for this material world\'97for so-called society, friendship and love\'97must be severed. As long as we have a pinch of attachment for this material world, there is no possibility of going to the spiritual world. Thus by training and educatio
n we must become detached. We have to understand the falsity of this so-called society, friendship and love. As Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says, "We are being carried away by the waves of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4." M\'e4y\'e4ra va\'e7e, y\'e4ccha bhese', kh\'e4ccha h\'e4bu\'f2ubu, bh\'e4i.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Bol}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Just as during the rainy season we see so many trees, vegetables and other debris floating down the river, we are also floating on the waves of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sometimes we are drowning, sometimes we are on the surface, sometimes we are on this shore or that, but as long as we are in this material world, we are being tossed by so many currents. At one moment 
we may be master of some kingdom, and at the other moment we may be a dog. This is our position. Sometimes we are together, and the next moment the waves tear us asunder.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus we are all assembled here, tossed together by the waves of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are thinking, "This is my father, this is my mother, this is my brother, etc." But in actuality these are simply illusory combinations. No one is our fa
ther, no one is our mother, no one is our brother. These are all illusory and temporary combinations, but we are so much attached to such combinations that we refuse to go back home, back to Godhead. Therefore we must develop detachment from all such ill
usions. If we are thinking that in this material world we will be saved through the assistance of family, society, friendship, country, politics, sociology, science, etc., we are mistaken. It is not possible to be saved in this way. Each individual has t
o take care of himself. Our society, friendship and country will never be able to save us. We are under the clutches of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have no independence, nor does anyone have the independence to save us. We may learn how to drive an airplane and go high in the sky, but if we are in danger, no other airplane can save us. Therefore we must be very care
ful pilots.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus in this material world everyone individually has to take care of himself. Everyone must see to it that he is saved from the clutch
es }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4
rya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or teacher, may give one hints as to how he can be saved, but the execution is in the hands of the living entity. If we perform our spiritual duty rightly, we are saved, if t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gives us instructions and we do not follow them, how can he save us? He can save us by hi
s instructions and by his mercy as far as possible, but we have to take the matter in our own hands and take it seriously.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deh\'e4patya-kalatr\'e4di\'f1v\line \'e4tma-sainye\'f1v asatsv api\line te\'f1\'e4\'e0 pramatto nidhana\'e0\line pa\'e7yann api 
na pa\'e7yati\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.1.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are, of course, thinking that we will be protected by our family, by our sons, our fathers, our grandfathers, etc. Everyone is think
ing that his nation, community, philosophy, politics, or whatever, will save him, but all these things are temporary. They come and go. One who is too much attached to society, friendship and love is actually mad. He does not see that the father who gave
 him protection when he was a small child is no longer giving him protection. Now one may be thinking that his sons or wife are giving him protection, but how long will this last? Actually it is only K\'e5\'f1\'eba who can give us protection, and He can 
give protection always. Society, friendship and love will be finished. Just as our grandfathers and fathers may be finished, so in the future our sons and grandsons will be finished. So no one but K\'e5\'f1\'eba can actually give us protection. Therefore
 we must surrender to Him.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." (Bg. 18.66}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaunteya pratij\'e4n\'e9h
i na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes." (Bg. 9.31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The best course, therefore, is to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, fully surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in this way be protected. Otherwise, there is no p
rotection; we will be carried away by the waves of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo by Yaduvara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 
d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo by Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Classes in the Science of God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CLASSES IN THE SCIENCE OF GOD
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This beautiful Bh\'e4gavatam is sufficient in itself for God realization. As soon as one attentively and submissively h
ears the message of Bh\'e4gavatam, he becomes attached to the Supreme Lord." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4
gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.1.2)
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 SATSVAR\'dcPA D\'c4SA GOSV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every day, each of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness centers holds an early-morning class in which a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is read and discussed. The book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a Vedic literature. Therefore, the subject matter is always the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  class there is no discussion of mundane topics concerning the temporary material world. Anyone who reg
ularly takes part in hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the association of devotees will experience a cleansing
 of all inauspicious things from his heart.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our problem is that although we are eternal spiritual souls, we have identified ourselves with our temporary material bodies. In other 
words, we have forgotten who we really are. Most people think they are their material bodies\'97that is the inauspicious misconception that clouds our hearts. We have forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, and we have forgotten our eternal relations
hip with Him. But one can revive that lost relationship and regain his original nature of eternity, bliss and knowledge\'97just by hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  class.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regardless of one's material designation, he should hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One should not object, "I am a Christian. I cannot hear 
about K\'e5\'f1\'eba," or "I am a Jew. I cannot chant the verses of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is universal, He is transcendental to all designations. I have taken my birth in a certain race, a certain nation, a certain religious sect, a certain family\'97but that pertains to my material body, which I am not. Spiritually I am transcendental 
to all temporary designations. I am an eternal servant of God. One should revive such pure consciousness, beyond the scope of ethnic culture and sectarian religion, by hearing the transcendental message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When conducting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  classes, the devotees begin by chanting a Sanskrit verse out loud. This is the same Sanskrit, word for word, that was originally composed 5,000 years ago by \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, the incarnation of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba who compiled all the millions of verses of the Sanskrit Vedic literature. The sound of congregational chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is transcendental, and purification takes place even for a hearer who does not understand a word of Sanskrit. These verses are sometimes compared to gold. Even in the hands of a child who knows nothing of its worth, g
old is always valuable. Similarly, the transcendental sound vibration will always act to purify its hearers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before chanting the verse, the leader first chants the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra
 "o\'e0 namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is an invocation of the Supreme Lord and is translated,"! offer my obeisances unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-pe
rvading." The chanting is responsive\'96the leader chants, and the congregation repeats. This hearing and chanting engage two important senses\'97the ear and the tongue\'97and thus the restless mind is captured, and one can think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the g
oal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here follows a Sanskrit verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (First Canto, Chapter Two, verse 18). At first glance it may seem no more than a jumble of foreign words, but actually it is not foreign. We humbly request you to try pronouncing the wor
ds, aided by the Sanskrit pronunciation guide found on page 2 of this magazine.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na\'f1\'f6a-pr\'e4ye\'f1v abhadre\'f1u\line nitya\'e0 bh\'e4gavata-sevay\'e4\line bhagavaty uttama-\'e7loke\line bhaktir bhavati
 nai\'f1\'f6hik\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The English translation of each word is expertly rendered by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da:
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na\'f1\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96destroyed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4ye\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96almost to nil; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub abhadre\'f1u}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96all that is inauspicious; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nityam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96re
gularly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub , or the pure devotee; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sevay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96by serving; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhagavati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96unto the Personality of Godhead; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub uttama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96transcendental; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7loke}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96prayers; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96loving service;
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96comes into being; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n
ai\'f1\'f6hik\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96irrevocable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has made all these literatures available as a service to humanity because by hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's message
 one can be freed from bondage to ignorance and repeated birth and death. Here is his English translation and purport of the Sanskrit verse.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By regularly hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and rendering service unto the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is practically destroyed, and loving service unto the glorious Lord, who is praised with transcendental songs, is est
ablished as an irrevocable fact."
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Here is the remedy for eliminating all inauspicious things within the heart which are considered to be obstacles in the path of self-r
ealization. The remedy is the association of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two types of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namely the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavat
a [\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [a pure devotee of the Lord]. Both the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are competent remedie
s, and both of them or either of them can be good enough to eliminate the obstacles. A devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is as good as the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is full of information about the Personality of Godhead and His pure devotees. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  book and person are identical.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a direct representative of Bhagav\'e4n, the Personality of Godhead. So by pleasing the devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one can receive the benefit of the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Human reason fails to understand how by serving the devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the book }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one gets gradual promotion on the path of devotion. But actually these are facts explained by \'c7r
\'e9la N\'e4radadeva, who happened to be a maidservant's son in his previous life. The maidservant was engaged in the menial service of the sages, and thus he also came into contact with them. And simply by associating with them and accepting the remnant
s of foodstuff left by the sages, the son of the maidservant got the chance to become the great devotee and personality \'c7r\'e9la N\'e4radadeva. These are the miraculous effects of the association of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And to understand these effects practically, it should be noted that by such sincere association of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one is sure to receive transcendental knowledge very easily, and the result is that he becomes fixed in the devotional s
ervice of the Lord. The more progress is made in devotional service under the guidance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  the more one becomes fixed in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. The messages of the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  therefore, have to be received from the devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 'Bh\'e4gavata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the combinati
on of these two }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will help the neophyte devotee to make progress on and on."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After reading \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's purport, his natural commentary on the verse, the devotee conducting the class will discuss t
he topic of that particular verse. All such discussion is exactly in accord with the authorized version presented by the spiritual master, who is coming in disciplic succession from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. But each Sanskrit word is such a treasure house 
of meaning that a devotee can expound on the subject infinitely, without deviating from the conclusion of the disciplic succession.. This assures the audience that the original truth, as first revealed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is being exactly repeated with al
l its purity and potency intact.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The essential activity of life is to glorify K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose glorious activities can be understood properly from the book }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the person }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gava
ta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Glorification of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is beneficial for all living beings, is performed by a devotee. In his purports to the prayers of King Kula\'e7ekhara, \'c7r\'e9la Prabh
up\'e4da has written, "A devotee of Godhead is he who glorifies the Personality of Godhead under the dictation of transcendental ecstasy. This ecstasy is a by-product of profound love for the Supreme which is attained by the process of glorification." In
 other words, if one begins at once, even as a neophyte, to glorify K\'e5\'f1\'eba as one has heard such glorification from his spiritual master, that will revive one's original love for the Supreme Lord. Glorification is a natural principle of life, but
 now we are turning our attention away from all false glorification and here attempting to describe the philosophy and activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself advises Arjuna to remember Him as being always a person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One should meditate upon the Supreme Person as the one who knows everything, as He who is the oldest, who is the con
troller, who is smaller than the smallest, who is the maintainer of everything, who is beyond all material conception, who is inconceivable, and who is always a person. He is luminous like the sun and, being transcendental, is beyond this material nature
." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  8.9)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our spiritual master has told us of a poetic couplet he wrote that very much pleased his own spiritual master, His Divine Grace Bhaktis
iddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: "The Absolute is sentient, thou hast proved./ Impersonal calamity thou hast removed." God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is a person. He is not void or impersonal. God is a person, just as all the numberless li
ving entities are. He is eternal and full of bliss, and in their original spiritual nature, all living entities share that eternal, blissful nature. But the difference is vast. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is maintaining all others. All are fed by the One. For example
, it is not man who provides the food for the elephants in the jungle, nor does man provide for the ants. That is done by God. He maintains everything, and He is the Supreme Person. He is the chief and original person, and we are His subordinate parts an
d parcels. The simultaneous oneness and difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all others can be explained by the following example. I am one with the President of the United States because we are both humans and both Americans, but the difference is that
 he is the chief American, whereas I am a subordinate. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Person, and everyone else is subordinate to Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Considering that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is vastly more powerful than anyone and that He is a person, one should recognize that His persona
l activities must be extraordinary. There is one verse in the Second Canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where K
\'e5\'f1\'eba in His incarnation of Lord R\'e4ma is described as becoming so angry that His very glance generated burning heat in the ocean, causing fear to the fish and crocodiles. No one can be angry like the Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is made up of thousands of such verses describing the transcendental philosophy and superhuman activities o
f the Supreme Person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In another canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is described that K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original form married 16,000 wives and that He expanded into 16,000 K\'e5\'f1\'ebas to act as an attentive husband to each. One who knows the spiritual science
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can understand how such acts are possible for God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands Himself, by His feature called Supersoul, in the heart of every living creature, and as Supersoul He supplies everyone with memory, intelligence an
d forgetfulness. Therefore, since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in the hearts of all the countless living entities, it was not very difficult for Him to come out of the hearts of 16,000 women who were His great devotees and marry them. But only God can do such thing
s. Some people call K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities mythology, but they are facts. God is the Supreme Person, and His personal pastimes as presented in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are recited and glorified by the greatest transcendental poets and philosophers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba does, being absolute in quality, can liberate whoever submissively hears such pastimes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also 
called Ranchor, which means "He who left the battlefield." Ordinarily a warrior who leaves a battle is derided as a coward, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped in His feature as Ranchor in many temples in India. Chased by the demon Jar\'e4sandha, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba left a battlefield because He had to tend to another pastime, which also involved fighting with armies, to rescue His chief queen, Rukmi\'eb\'e9. At that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His brother, Balar\'e4ma, fled from the demon to the top of a high mou
ntain. Jar\'e4sandha set the mountain on fire, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma leaped down from the mountain, which was eighty-eight miles high. No one can perform such feats but the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There are no activities within our e
xperience that can compare to His pastimes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, God can jump eighty-eight billion miles if He so desires. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The Personality of Godhead is more swift than the mind and can overcome all others running." In His incarnation of V\'e4mana, t
he Lord covered the entire universe in three steps. The Lord's personal form has a bodily effulgence called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and in that light all the planets are sustained. One time, Lord Brahm\'e4, seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged in His pastimes as a cowherd boy, doubted that He was God. He challenged and played a trick on K\'e5\'f1\'eba by stealing His c
owherd friends and cows. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then proved Himself by manifesting the whole universe within His body, and Brahm\'e4 fell down dumbstruck. At that time, Lord Brahm\'e4 admitted: "You appear like a boy, but I know You are God. Your body has inconc
eivable potency."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must therefore come to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supremacy in His form as a cowherd boy holding a flute in His two hands. Sometime
s people formally profess, "Yes, God is unlimited," but when the Supreme Lord comes to this world to give even a small indication of His limitless nature, foolish people deride Him. "No," they say, "He couldn't have lifted Govardhana Hill. He can't appea
r in the brass Deity. He can't appear in the chanting of His name." People who think like this have a poor fund of knowledge. They know that they themselves cannot lift a hill, so they think that it must be impossible for God also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The philosophers of the impersonal school do not believe that God is a person who has His own eternal activities. When they hear about 
R\'e4macandra's eyes' burning red-hot in anger, they take this description to be material. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes, "They want to see negation in perfection." This means that the impersonalist has a negative idea of spirit as no more than the op
posite of matter. Because in this miserable material world there is a variety of people, activities, eating, talking, singing and so forth, they take it that spirit must be devoid of all variety and personality. They want to make everything zero, and the
y think this to be perfection. They take the Absolute Truth to be a kind of blank or void. But this idea of the Supreme is not supported by the version of the Vedic literature. Throughout the whole of the Vedic scriptures we hear that Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, L
ord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the eternal source of everything. There is no void anywhere in His creation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalists' goal is to lose their personal identities and merge as one with the divine "white light," the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But, as we have explained, that effulgent light is only an aspect of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme personality, and 
it is subordinate to Him. Nor can a living entity do away with his individual personality because, like the Supreme Lord, we are eternal persons. The impersonalist philosopher is fearful of real spiritual life because of his bitter experience with person
al varieties in material life. He is like a man who has been ill in a hospital for a long time and who, when told that one day he will recover his health, eat normally and have many pleasurable activities, does not believe it because of experiencing only
 misery for so long.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But factually there }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  healthy, normal life. There }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  an eternal, blissful life of variety 
and personality in loving service to the Supreme Person. Certainly the activities and relationships of this material world are false because they are impermanent, but eternal truth is not void, zero or without variety. The Personality of Godhead has His 
own abode in the spiritual world, and it is described that "once going there, one never has to return to this world of birth and death." We can qualify to go there and enjoy with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His eternal, blissful activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The best method for getting rid of all confusion about actual spiritual life is to hear the authorized version of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The purpose of holding the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  class is to facilitate such hearing. One's attraction for fleeting material pleasures will diminish as one hears about the pastimes of the Supreme Person
 with His pure devotees. All confusion about the nature of God and the living entity will be cleared up as one hears K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy from great authorities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is extremely important that one hear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from the right person, a bona fide spiritual master, if one tries to understand the pastimes of the incarnations of Godhead on his own, or if he is misled by a mundane academic scholar, 
he will come to the wrong conclusion and think that God is an ordinary man or that God is impersonal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But who is the bona fide spiritual master from whom we must hear? Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that one must "approach a spiritual master and inquire from him. . . because he has seen the truth. And when you h
ave thus learned the truth, you will know that all living beings are but part of Me\'96 and that they are in Me, and are Mine." (Bg. 4.34-35) Therefore a spiritual master is one who teaches that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supreme and that we are His eternal servi
tors. Such a teacher carries the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as it is. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Surrender to Me." Therefore, the spiritual master does not misinterpret or change the meaning by saying, "Don't surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You are as good as K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba." There is a system of checks and balances. What the spiritual master says is also stated in the scripture and upheld by the disciplic succession of bona fide teachers. For example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba first spoke the trut
h of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to the first living entity, Brahm\'e4, who in turn spoke it to N\'e4rada. N\'e4rad
a spoke it to Vy\'e4sadeva, who spoke it to \'c7ukadeva. In this way it has come down to the present age, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, our spiritual master, is a bona fide teacher in this direct succession from K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba further describes the person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in answer to Arjuna's question, "What does a person in Transcendence look like? How does he speak, and how does he walk?" K\'e5\'f1\'eba desc
ribes that such a person is not agitated by the happiness or distress of this material world. He controls his senses by fixing his consciousness upon the Personality of Godhead. Great spiritual masters like Brahm\'e4, N\'e4rada and Vy\'e4sa are liberated
 from material desires, and therefore their desire to speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes proves that the Lord's pastimes are not material. Such liberated spiritual masters are not interested in telling fictional stories. Their meditation upon K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is accepted as meditation upon the highest transcendental truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4 prays to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as follows: \'93My conclusion is that You are the Supreme Soul, Absolute Truth, and the supreme 
original person; and although You have expanded Yourself in so many Vi\'f1\'ebu forms, or in living entities and energies, by Your inconceivable transcendental potencies, You are the supreme one without a second. You are the supreme Supersoul."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such spiritual masters go everywhere just to speak to people about the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is self-s
atisfied, He is always most pleased by His devotees. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that one should not be puffed up by his own accomplishments, but should humbly approach a devotee and hear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from him. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has introduced to the West this timeless process of hearing about K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and many sincere men and women have changed their lives and become devotees just by hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's authorized disciples are conducting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cl
asses all over the world, in schools, universities, public festivals\'96everywhere. If people will simply give a submissive ear, the potent transcendental messages of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-
Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can immediately clear all inauspicious conditions from the face of the earth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8-9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p10:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p11:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma leaped 
from the mountain. No one can perform such feats but the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p13:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.  His Divine
 Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da delivers the purifying message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 to a small group of disciples in the recently opened K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness center in Stockholm, Sweden.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 God of the Fools
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GOD OF THE FOOLS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As in the present day, throughout history many cheaters have falsely claimed to be incarnations of God, and naive fol
lowers have acclaimed them. This excerpt from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tel
ls of the fate of one such fraudulent incarnation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE STORY OF KING Pau\'eb\'f2raka is very interesting because there have always been many rascals and fools who have considered themsel
ves God. Even in the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there was such a foolish person. His name was Pau\'eb\'f2raka, and he wanted to delcare himself God. While Lord Balar\'e4ma was absent in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, this King Pau
\'eb\'f2raka, the King of the Kar\'fc\'f1a province, being foolish and puffed up, sent a messenger to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and King Pau\'eb\'f2raka directly challenged K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
through the messenger, who stated that Pau\'eb\'f2raka, and not K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was V\'e4sudeva [the Supreme Lord]. In the present day there are many foolish followers of such rascals. Similarly, in his day, many foolish men accepted Pau\'eb\'f2raka as t
he Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because he could not estimate his own position, Pau\'eb\'f2raka falsely thought himself to be Lord V\'e4sudeva. Thus the messenger declared to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that out of his causeless mercy, King Pau\'eb\'f2raka, the Su
preme Personality of Godhead, had descended on the earth just to deliver all distressed persons.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Surrounded by many foolish persons, this rascal Pau\'eb\'f2raka had actually concluded that he was V\'e4sudeva, the Supreme Personality
 of Godhead. This kind of conclusion is certainly childish. When children are playing, they sometimes create a king amongst themselves, and the child so selected thinks that he is the king. Similarly, many foolish persons, due to ignorance, select anothe
r fool as God, and then the rascal considers himself God, as if God could be created by childish play or by the votes of men. Under this false impression, thinking himself the Supreme Lord, Pau\'eb\'f2raka sent his messenger to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to challenge
 the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The messenger reached the royal assembly of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and conveyed the message given by his master, Pau\'eb\'f2raka. The message contained the following statements.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am the only Supreme Personality of Godhead, V\'e4sudeva. There is no man who can compete with me. I have descended as King Pau\'eb
\'f2raka, taking compassion on the distressed conditioned souls out of my unlimited causeless mercy. You have falsely taken the position of V\'e4sudeva without authority, but You should not propagate this false idea. You must give up Your position. O des
cendant of the Yadu dynasty, please give up all the symbols of V\'e4sudeva which You have falsely assumed. And after giving up this position, come and surrender unto me. If out of Your gross impudence You do not care for my words, then I challenge You to
 fight. I am inviting You to a battle in which the decision will be settled."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When all the members of the royal assembly heard this message sent by Pau\'eb\'f2raka, they laughed very loudly for a considerable time
. After enjoying the loud laughter of all the members of the assembly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied to the messenger as follows. "O messenger of Pau\'eb\'f2raka, you may carry My message to your master: He is a foolish rascal. I directly call him a rascal, and
 I refuse to follow his instructions. I shall never give up the symbols of V\'e4sudeva, especially My disc. I shall use this disc to kill not only King Pau\'eb\'f2raka but all his followers also. I shall destroy this Pau\'eb\'f2raka and his foolish assoc
iates, who merely constitute a society of cheaters and cheated. When this action is taken, foolish King, you will have to conceal your face in disgrace, and when your head is severed from your body by My disc, it will be surrounded by meat-eating birds l
ike vultures, hawks and eagles. At that time, instead of becoming My shelter as you have demanded, you will be subjected to the mercy of these low-born birds. At that time your body will be thrown to the dogs, who will eat it with great pleasure."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The messenger carried the words of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to his master, Pau\'eb\'f2raka, who patiently heard all these insults. Without w
aiting longer, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately started out on His chariot to punish the rascal Pau\'eb\'f2raka. Because at that time the King of Kar\'fc\'f1a was living with his friend the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba surrounded the wh
ole city of K\'e4\'e7\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King Pau\'eb\'f2raka was a great warrior, and as soon as he heard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's attack, he came out of the city along with two }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'f1auhi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  divisions of soldiers. The King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 was also a friend to King Pau\'eb\'f2ra
ka, and he came out with three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'f1auhi\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  divisions.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 An }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aksauhini}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  phalanx consists of 21,870 chariots, 21,870
 elephants, 106,950 infantrymen and 65,600 cavalrymen.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When the two kings came before Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba to oppose Him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw Pau\'eb\'f2raka face to face for the first time. K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw that Pau\'eb\'f2raka had decorated himself with the symbols of the conchshell, disc, lotus and club. He carried the \'c7\'e4r\'ecga bow, and on hi
s chest was the insignia of \'c7r\'e9vatsa.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 These are all ornaments of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 2
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His neck was decorated with a false Kaustubha jewel, and he wore a flower garland in exact imitation of Lord V\'e4sudeva. He was dressed in yellow colored silken garments, and th
e flag on his chariot carried the symbol of Garuda, exactly imitating K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. He had a very valuable helmet on his head, and his earrings, like swordfish, glittered brilliantly. On the whole, however, his dress and makeup were clearly imitation
. Anyone could understand that he was just like someone onstage playing the part of V\'e4sudeva in false dress. When Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw Pau\'eb\'f2raka imitating His posture and dress. He could not check His laughter, and thus He laughed w
ith great satisfaction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soldiers on the side of King Pau\'eb\'f2raka began to shower their weapons upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The weapons, including various kind
s of tridents, clubs, poles, lances, swords, daggers and arrows, came flying in waves, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba counteracted them. He smashed not only the weapons but also the soldiers and assistants of Pau\'eb\'f2raka, just as during the dissolution of this u
niverse the fire of devastation burns everything to ashes. The elephants, chariots, horses, and infantry belonging to the opposite party were scattered by the weapons of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The whole battlefield became scattered with the bodies of animals an
d chariots. There were fallen horses, elephants, men, asses and camels. Although the devastated battlefield appeared like the dancing place of Lord \'c7iva at the time of the dissolution of the world, the warriors who were on the side of K\'e5\'f1\'eba w
ere very much encouraged by seeing this, and they fought with greater strength.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this time, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Pau\'eb\'f2raka, "Pau\'eb\'f2raka, you requested Me to give up the symbols of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, 
specifically My disc. Now I will give it up to you. Be careful! You falsely declare yourself to be V\'e4sudeva, imitating Myself. Therefore no one is a greater fool than you." From this statement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's it is clear that any rascal who advert
ises himself as God is the greatest fool in human society. K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued: "Now, Pau\'eb\'f2raka, I shall force you to give up this false representation. You wanted Me to surrender unto you. Now this is your opportunity. We shall now fight, and
 if I am defeated and you become victorious, I shall certainly surrender unto you." In this way, after rebuking Pau\'eb\'f2raka very severely. He smashed his chariot to pieces by shooting an arrow. With the help of His disc He separated the head of Pau
\'eb\'f2raka from his body, just as Indra shaves off the peaks of mountains by striking them with his thunderbolt. Similarly, He also killed the King of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 with His arrows. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically arranged to throw the head of the Kin
g of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 into the city of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 itself so that his relatives and family members could see it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba did this just as a hurricane carries a lotus petal here and there. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed Pau\'eb\'f2raka and his friend K
\'e4\'e7\'e9r\'e4ja on the battlefield, and then He returned to His capital city, Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned to the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, all the Siddhas from the heavenly planets were singing the glories of t
he Lord. As far as Pau\'eb\'f2raka was concerned, somehow or other he was always thinking of Lord V\'e4sudeva by falsely dressing himself in that way, and therefore Pau\'eb\'f2raka achieved }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one of the five kinds of liberation, and was thus promoted to the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, where the devotees have the same bodily features as Vi\'f1
\'ebu, with four hands holding the four symbols. Factually, his meditation was concentrated on the Vi\'f1\'ebu form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because he thought himself to be Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, it was offensive. After being killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however,
 that offense was also mitigated. Thus he was given }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  liberation, and he attained the same fo
rm as the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p14:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sense Gratification: The Opiate of the People
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Sense Gratification: \line THE O
PIATE OF THE PEOPLE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Bahul\'e4\'e7va d\'e4sa\line (ISKCON Mexico City)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub nidray\'e4 hriyate nakta\'e0\line vyav\'e4yena ca v\'e4 vaya\'f9\line div\'e4 c\'e4rthehay\'e4 r\'e4jan\line ku\'f6umba-bhara
\'ebena v\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The lifetime of the materialistic man is passed at night either in sleeping or in sex indulgence and in the daytime 
in making money, by any means, for gratification of the senses.\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, 
Canto Two, Chapter One, text 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the philosophy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  our present materialistic civilization, being primarily based on the principles of eating, sleeping, sex and defense, is an existence on a par with the lives of lower animals like dogs, hogs, camels
 and asses. Human society has developed into a polished animal existence. The Vedic school of thought considers this the greatest waste of human energy because human life provides a chance to acquire knowledge. Therefore human society should be directed 
toward the goal of liberating the self from its bondage to matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Knowledge concerning the self is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tma-tattva. \'c4t
ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates the living being, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  means knowledge. But those who are too materialistic are unaware of self-knowledge, being too much absorbed in the opiate of sense pleasure. In their dreamlike state of illusion, such foolish fellows, who are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or fruitive laborers, philosophize that man is meant to work hard to enjoy this temporary life. But no pleasure is t
o be found in this transient phenomena, for it is pervaded by fourfold miseries\'96birth, old age, disease and death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Factually speaking, life is a hard struggle for existence. We may claim to be scientifically advanced, but that will not save us from t
he pangs of death. No one, regardless how rich or powerful, will survive the battle against material nature. One should examine the fact that his father or his father's father has already died and that he will therefore also die, and similarly his childr
en, who are the would-be fathers of their children, will also die in due course. How then can one find happiness here?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This physical world is known to be constantly changing. It is created just to be annihilated after some time, like waves in the ocean t
hat appear and in a minute are gone. All material forms are like waves in the great ocean of material energy. They appear, develop, stay for some time, produce byproducts, dwindle and at last vanish from sight. But although material forms undergo many ch
anges, the conscious self always remains the same.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (2.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that seers of truth have}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub concluded that the phenomenal world has no endurance and the conscious element (the self) no cessation. On
e can easily understand this truth. The body is always changing\'96from boyhood to youth, from youth to manhood, from manhood to old age\'96yet the living entity (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub atma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) remains throughout all the changes of the gross body. Once we all had the bodies of five-year-olds, but those bodies no longer exist. Yet }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  still exist. Thus one can see that his existence is more than merely physical. This is the realization of those conversant with the science of the self.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, people who are too attached to sense pleasure never take the time to contemplate the nature of their existence. They go 
on life after life enjoying the meager pleasure they experience through their senses. In false happiness, they never make a solution to their material struggle. Therefore they are compared to dogs, hogs, camels and asses. This comparison may be explained
 as follows.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A common man, untrained in the standard of higher life, unfortunately spends his valuable time trying to perfect his animal propensitie
s. Consumer consciousness, which both communists and capitalists share, educates people into acquiring a doggish mentality. After finishing a so-called education in a technical school, the so-called educated man doggishly goes from shop to shop to apply 
for work, but he is often rejected and informed that his skill has been replaced by a machine. As dogs, although of no real value to society, serve their masters for scraps of food, so these doggish men take meaningless employment to provide themselves w
ith bread.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such unfortunate men do not realize that with the rising and setting of the sun their duration of life decreases. As a dog will bark at
 and quarrel with anyone, so when approached by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  saintly persons who wish to give them enlighte
nment concerning a more meaningful existence, these men argue that life is not meant for contemplating the Absolute Truth. They declare that God is dead and that all spiritual pursuits are simply a waste of time. It is better to get a job, they say, and 
work hard to enjoy life, for by our advancements in medical science we will conquer disease and live indefinitely.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prolong life to the maximum duration and enjoy eating, drinking, sexual intercourse and merrymaking to the fullest\'96this is their hog
gish mentality. They have no information of the eternal existence of the self; like sleeping men who have forgotten wakefulness, materialists, lost to their higher consciousness, want to enjoy the maximum pleasure in this life, thinking that there is no 
existence after death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Modern leaders are very happy to keep people in this ignorant condition and thereby exploit them in the name of advancement. But this i
gnorance about the eternality of the living being and the changing of bodies in the material world has played havoc in the structure of modern human society. Industrial plans to increase the pleasures of life have only multiplied the problems. In a passi
on to get places quickly, man has manufactured the automobile, and now the world is suffering a new misery\'96air pollution. Thus by exploiting nature, man, thinking he is making progress, only aggravates the miseries of his material existence, like the 
camel, who derives pleasure from eating thorny twigs and tasting his own blood when they cut his tongue.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even if by medical science one could prolong his life more than one hundred years, advancement of human civilization would not necessar
ily follow. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  2.3.18]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ask, }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tarava\'f9 ki\'e0 na j\'e9vanti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Do trees not live for hundreds of years?" In San Francisco there are larg
e redwood trees said to be thousands of years old, and similar trees exist all over the world. The lives of Buddha, Socrates, Jesus Christ and, in modern times, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu were all very short. But does that mean that a tree's long l
ife is more important? A prolonged life without the enlightenment to stop the onslaught of material miseries is of little value.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A materialist may argue that the life of a tree and the life of a man cannot be compared because the tree cannot enjoy life by eating a
nd having sex. In reply to this the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ask, "Do not common animals like dogs and hogs, living in the s
ame villages as human beings, enjoy eating and sex?" One who misuses his valuable intelligence in trying to polish these animal propensities is no more than an intellectual beast. A society of such polished animals cannot attain peace, nor can it achieve
 progressive heights. An animal can easily harm another animal but rarely do good.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ass is celebrated as the greatest fool because it works very hard carrying heavy burdens but making no profit, and after working ha
rd for its master, it is awarded with a little grass. The grass the ass receives can be had anywhere, but in ignorance the ass thinks, "if I don't serve my master, how will I eat?" Foolish persons, like asses, work hard day and night for an employer who 
exploits them by making them give the most production for the least wages. The salary they receive barely covers the ever rising cost of living. Thus, exploited by their employers, they are forced to reside in dungeons called apartments while the heads o
f the big enterprise reside in the beauty of the country.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ask, "Could not the necessities of life be acquired without factories and workshops?" One great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  asked, "When there are ample earthly flats to lie on, what is the need of working so hard just to sleep on a bed? When one can use his arms, what is the necessity of a pillow? When one can dress simply but practically
, what is the need of so many clothing shops? Do the trees, which exist for the maintenance of others, no longer give their fruit in charity? Then what is the need of slaughtering innocent animals just for the pleasure of the tongue? Above all, does not 
the Almighty Lord fully protect the surrendered soul?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The life style of higher consciousness is one of simple living but high thinking. One can easily meet the demands of the body. It is on
ly the illusory comforts that man must work like a beast to obtain. Great sages of India like \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, who compiled the Vedic knowledge in written form some 5,000 years ago, lived in simple grass huts on the banks of rivers like the Sara
svat\'e9, yet they left behind immense treasures of transcendental writings full of all perfection. One should use his human energy in this way for the pursuit of higher consciousness. Such a life of self-realization far excels wasting human energy in im
itating the eating and sleeping of animals.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To take birth, work, acquire material possessions, eat some food, grow old and die is not the purpose of human life. Human life is mean
t for earning true value. It is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arthada,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or that which can deliver values. And what is the greates
t value one can attain? Knowledge of the Absolute Truth and one's existence beyond the body is the real value of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human life is so important that even the demigods in the higher planets sometimes aspire for human bodies on this earth because onl
y in the human form can one easily go back to Godhead. Therefore in spite of having obtained such an important body, if one does not come to realize or at least inquire about the Absolute Truth, he has certainly lost sight of his real self-interest.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One obtains the human form of life by a gradual process of evolution in one body after another in a cycle of 8,400,000 species. Politic
ians and scientists who spread the idea of godlessness and sense enjoyment as all in all are misleading innocent people by involving them in illusory engagements to uplift their material position, thus leading them down the royal road to hell, which is n
ot merely an imaginary fiery pit, but repeated birth and death in the 8,400,000 species of life. The opiate of material pleasure such leaders offer never has and never will bring satisfaction to the people, for it is based on a temporary platform.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p14:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Illustration: Bo Schnepf
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Presenting K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness to the British Student Community
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Presenting K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consci
ousness to the British Student Community
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by REVAT\'c9NANDANA SV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE EXPRESSION "K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness" indicates a life of progressing spiritual awareness that prepares one to enter the eterna
l association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) even before the death of the body. Devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bhakti-yoga)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a practical life of rendering service to God under the guidance of the Vedic scriptures and a personal spiritual master. When the spiritual master is bona fide, the results of such spiritual service are complete detachment from t
he alternating pains and pleasures of materialistic life, and an increasing experience of spontaneous joy from within, indicating the awakening of the spirit soul's love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to scriptures, one who experiences the extraordinary, ever-increasing happiness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should feel o
bligated to extend the benediction his spiritual master has bestowed on him by attractively presenting the devotional process to others. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that, among His servants, one who extends himself by presenting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to others who are receptive becomes the most dear servant of all. By becoming ve
ry dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba one makes the most rapid advancement in devotional service, and therefore intelligent devotees try to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The main benefit of associating with a true spiritual master comes by understanding and implementing his divine instructions. A spiritu
al master will produce volumes of books describing and applying the Vedic principles according to the particular time and circumstances in which he is preaching. A disciple who wishes to begin preaching, therefore, finds his best beginning in attempting 
to convince others that they should read his spiritual master's literature. As he becomes expert in this, and also becomes very learned in the Vedic teachings, he may find that the spiritual master is commissioning him increasingly to go out, attract aud
iences, and attempt to convince them himself. Doing this, he automatically will attract serious interest in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  books, and he may rise to the high standard of spiritual realization where he himself can begin to produce pure, potent literature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Often devotees find that because of their bodily and emotional nature, they feel happier when married and raising a family in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. Supporting a family generally means that a devotee will not be able to devote much of his time to active preaching, so he is recommended to preach whenever he finds an opportunity, and at the same time try to set aside fifty percent 
of his acquired wealth to give to those engaged fully in preaching work.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Occasionally, however, we find a devotee who becomes so absorbed in devotional practices and preaching that he becomes steadily free of
 disturbance from sexual desire. The enjoyment of devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba frees him from all other desires, and therefore he may decide to forego marriage and family life to fully concentrate on reaching the larger family of humanity with the message 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Such a factually renounced preacher may eventually formalize his position by accepting initiation by his spiritual master into }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the renounced order of life. At that time he accepts the title }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "sv\'e4m\'e9"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (controller of the senses), along with the responsibilities of maintaining strict celibacy, keeping to the minimum his material eating and sleeping and accumulation of material possessions, and preaching K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness everywhere. Such a qualified }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is revered as a spiritual leader 
by all other classes of men in the Vedic culture.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After spending two years learning the principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious life in America, where I joined the movement in 1968, I tr
aveled to India with my}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in 1971 to assist him in establishing some centers there (an attempt to rein
terest the people of India in the ancient scriptural culture they have come to neglect in recent centuries). In 1972, in Calcutta, I entered the renounced order, and at the end of 1972 my spiritual master commissioned me to travel to the United Kingdom t
o instruct his newer British disciples in the principles of devotional service and preach widely among the people of Great Britain.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Britain, like everywhere in the West, the most immediate and serious interest in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is found 
in the younger generation\'96particularly among some sections of the student and "hip" communities. There are several reasons for this, one being that young people are generally less set in their ways and therefore more liberal in examining new horizons.
 Another reason is that many of the more intelligent youth of today have examined the materialistic life of their parents and found it wanting even at its best. They are therefore more receptive to the idea of using their lives for spiritual realization 
than their predominantly materialistic forefathers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, once said that the student community would provide the be
st source of prospective candidates for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also confirms t
hat when a very intelligent person understands Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme Truth and surrenders to His devotional service, that wise person becomes the dearest of all who approach the Lord. Because of their youth, intelligence and developing qu
alifications, students at colleges and universities certainly have the greatest potential to lead in eventually spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to every town and village around the world. Also, because of their congregating for eight months of the
 year on and near college campuses, it is possible to attempt a systematic program to canvas them for interested souls. Therefore, I decided to concentrate primarily on presenting our process to the student community.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With this idea in mind, in the summer of 1972 I approached the householder devotees who manage our Society's incense and cosmetics busi
ness (Spiritual Sky Scented Products) to inquire whether they would like to purchase a suitable estate car (station wagon) for my use. Seeing it as an opportunity to use their acquired wealth to advance our spiritual master's movement, they agreed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next step was to choose, with the presidents of our British temples, four steady and intelligent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (unmarried student disciples) to fill out a traveling party. The requirements were that they be interested, personab
le and sufficiently learned in the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to speak convincingly with intelligent young people. When this group was formed, we began to amass the necessary paraphernalia to travel for weeks away from our centers and act
ually perform engagements. This included musical instruments to accompany Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chanting, cooking utensils and storable Vedic foods, a large banner with the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantra, some}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  holy pictures for a portable altar, a supply of our spiritual master's books, and our basic personal effects and bedding. We carefully arranged all these 
to fit (tightly) into the car, and physically we were prepared to move.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of the boys, who was extremely steady and fixed in his determination to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, set out ahead of time. Sometimes usin
g trains and buses but usually simply hitchhiking, he began making his way along a prearranged route. Beginning from Scotland and traveling south through Wales and England, he began systematically approaching the student-union executives at nearly all co
lleges and universities to inquire whether they wished to invite us for programs about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. Finding that about seventy percent of the student leaders responded with interest, he would proceed to arrange the dates, publicity a
nd other details of the programs. He would also arrange donations averaging \'a310 ($25) to maintain our party, and usually a place on the campus for us to spend the night.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Traveling ahead like this, he was able to fill nearly every day of the school year with one, if not two (morning and evening), programs
. We traveled along behind actually doing the programs, maintaining the party by the prearranged donations and finding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba always provided us with a place to rest.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the colleges were on their end-of-term breaks, we arranged our own programs at cities throughout Britain.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Renting a hall for an evening, making publicity and selling inexpensive tickets to finance the affairs, we did successful programs atte
nded by fifty to two hundred at Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Nottingham, Oxford, Cambridge, London and Plymouth. We also did numerous programs at youth clubs and secondary schools (high schools) in these "open" periods.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the day of a typical program, after our early morning devotional practices, we would prepare one or two simple but delicious vegetar
ian dishes (wherever K\'e5\'f1\'eba provided a kitchen) and offer them to the Lord with devotion. The resulting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritual food) was partially for our own consumption but mainly for distribution at the program, and whenever there was time the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  would go to a nearby town to distribute literature and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, while I retired to a public library to study and write.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the time for the program arrived, we would go to the campus hall where it was to take place, assemble a simple altar and book array 
and prominently display the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  banner. The altar centered around a large oil pain
ting of Lord Caitanya dancing with His associates. Lord Caitanya appeared in Bengal about five hundred years ago, and scriptures compiled long before predicted His appearance as an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. He inaugurated the movement of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (chanting the names and glories of God), of which we are a part. My spiritual master had i
nstructed me to take such a picture along because the Lord is described to be personally present in such transcendental pictures and because His golden form as a devotee (Lord Caitanya) is the most immediately attractive and understandable of all His inc
arnations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the students (usually from 50 to 250 if the program was properly publicized) came in and took seats, I would briefly introduce our m
ovement as a movement for spiritual awakening and realization based on the ancient Vedic scriptures and handed down by a long line of spiritual masters. I would explain that these scriptures recommend the chanting of the names of God as the most effectiv
e means of awakening K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in these days, and that we would begin the program by chanting for some time. First we would sing a prayer offering our respects to our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and then chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in this way purifying the atmosphere to set the stage for speaking on spiritual matters. We invited them to join in the chanting if they liked.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic scriptures explain that the hearing and chanting of the names of God is essential for cleansing the heart and sanctifying the
 intelligence so that people may grasp the scriptural instructions for attaining perfection in life. They describe that as He is nondifferent from His picture, the absolute Lord is also nondifferent from His innumerable holy names (revealed in scriptures
 around the world), and that to be in the presence of the holy name is therefore to be in the presence of the Lord. Because the ear is the most acute of our senses, this hearing and chanting is the most effective means of awakening K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally, British students are relatively quiet and polite by nature and upbringing, but sometimes some sections of the audience would
 be loudly critical, heckling or simply being noisy at the beginning\'96especially after seeing us in our traditional robes and shaven heads. We found again and again, however, that although most students would not initially take part in the chanting, th
e effect of their simply hearing us chant with our instruments (small, metal cymbals and clay }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub drum) was to still and purify completely the atmosphere in the room. Taking advantage of that more receptive atmosphere, I was then able to address them for as long as an hour, appealing to their good intelligence by explaining the philosophy
 and practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is impossible to present a typical lecture here, but an outline of the basic points I would usually present is as foll
ows:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (1) It is not possible}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to gain perfect s
piritual knowledge by experimental science or speculative philosophizing, even about scriptures. Spiritual knowledge is acquired by hearing the scriptural message from a spiritual master coming in a line of disciples originating from a bona fide incarnat
ion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the origin of all knowledge.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (2)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We do not accept}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the theory that life comes by chance from unliving matter. Our philosophy is that life appears in matter only
 when a living spirit soul is present. (Sometimes many arguments arose concerning this.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (3) The spirit soul is eternal}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and uncha
nging. Therefore we are completely different from our bodies, which are born and will die. We have a spiritual way of enjoying eternally that is far superior to the material way of sometimes enjoying, sometimes suffering, accepting the miseries of old ag
e, disease and death.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4) The soul who quits his body}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the a
ttempt to enjoy the material world takes body after body there, enjoying and suffering the reactions to his past deeds.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (5) The Vedic scriptures}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describe God as
 the Supreme Person, with an eternal body full of unlimited knowledge, beauty, power and bliss. We can see the supreme, personal touch of K\'e5\'f1\'eba even in His material creation, which is full of wonderful manifestations (flowers, human bodies, suns
ets, etc.) that none of us have sufficient intelligence, beauty or power even to imitate.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (6) Everyone seeks loving relationships,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 but in the material world what we call love is always contaminated by selfish interests (lust). Such limited and' temporary relationships do not fulfill our lives.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (7) The perfect friend and lover for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eve
ry living being is the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Spiritual life is not to annihilate the individual self, as some profess, but to relate him with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in an eternal loving relationship.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (8) Love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is awakened}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  b
y devotional service to Him }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bhakti-yoga). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It begins with chanting the names of the Lord, hearing
 about Him from Vedic literatures, and tasting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This awakening shows itself in the dis
position to engage one's life in His service. The final result is that one will leave his body in a divine state of love of God and enter the eternal realm of the Lord as His personal associate.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (9) Service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is practical.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  It does not necessarily require one to give up his family or career. While some may do this, as traveling preachers, one may also practice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by raising a family in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and learning from the spiritual master how to use one's work, wealth, talents and abilities in advancing the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess movement\'96while engaging in the basic devotional practices. (chanting, etc.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (10) If one begins to practice this, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he 
can appreciate for himself the wonderful transformation that comes over his life. Because this process is practical for all and links us with the all-auspicious Lord, we are distributing it around the world as a practical solution for the problems of man
kind, material as well as spiritual.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (11) Whoever wishes to understand }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and ex
perience K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness more fully can do so simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba regularly, tasting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (such as that to be distributed at the end of the program), reading the books on these teachings, and sometimes visiting centers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to observe the actual functioning o
f the society of devotees.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (12) No one should pass}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without a seriou
s investigation of such a process, which offers a satisfying life of spiritual awakening and can lead one past the death of his material body into a life of eternity, bliss and knowledge\'96a life experienced by pure devotees of the Lord even before the 
death of their bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In most circumstances I would open the program for questions at this point. Because the lecture was delivered more as a presentation 
than as a direct proselytizing attempt, it usually found a quite receptive audience, and therefore the questions were normally expository rather than challenging. After taking several such questions, and especially if an argument were developing (meaning
 intelligence giving way to anger), I would invite everyone to take part in an ending chant to actually experience the blissful potency of the revealed names of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whereas in the beginning most students would simply watch us chant, after a reasonable talk they were often inclined to join in. Usuall
y from fifty to one hundred percent of them would stand, clap and join in the chanting, regardless of the conservatism or liberality of that particular student body. By the end of the chant they would often become thoroughly aroused and afterwards expres
s their enjoyment by appreciative words and exclamations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After this conclusion I would invite them to taste some fruit and a sweet grain preparation (halava\'f9) we had earlier offered to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, to speak further with the devotees if they had more questions, and especially to look at the books of our spiritual master and our other literatures. The ensuing discussions with ten to thirty of the more interested students would often go
 on for one, two or even three hours. They usually ate all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  with relish, and interested rea
ders purchased a number of our major books, many magazines, and essays I had written and printed for students. As devotees preaching for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and our spiritual master in this way, we used to conclude almost every program feeling happy to the po
int of ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My spiritual master told me that if the students asked good questions and were motivated to take literature, that indicated that the pr
ogram had been potently effective. Since this was nearly always the case, we are confident that in the course of doing 150 such programs all over Britain, we have made some beginning\'97a planting of seeds that may gradually grow into a K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nscious generation of people who will alter, for the good, both the United Kingdom and the world. Many British young people show a healthy attraction for the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and this process alone, according to the Vedic scriptures, will illuminate this materialistic age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the coming school year we plan to make a second tour through all the colleges and universities here, meeting new students and also o
bserving how some who attended last year's programs have developed by this simple, pure association. Already many have come, on their summer travels, to visit our temples, and a few have actually joined our society as full-time students of our spiritual 
master. In this way we are encouraged to push on, in secondary and primary schools as well, and wherever an audience presents itself. We eagerly await the golden days of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious world-culture the Vedic literatures predict for this ag
e as the result of the appearance of Lord Caitanya and His glorious }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement of chanting
 the holy names of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa. "As the stu
dents came in and took seats, I would briefly introduce our movement as a movement for spiritual awakening and realization based on the ancient Vedic scriptures and handed down by a long line of spiritual masters."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p21:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa. Discussions
 with some interested students would often last one, two or even three hours.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p22:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa. Love of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is awakened by devotional service to Him which begins with chanting His holy names.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Ad-Daily Lectures#58
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Daily Lectures by\line HIS DIVIN
E GRACE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG 57
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Festival
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA FESTIVAL
\line (HEIDELBERG)
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 HA\'c0SAD\'dcTA D\'c4SA\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs24\cf0 (ISKCON HEIDELBERG)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ON JUNE 9th and 10th of 1973 the devotees of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement from Germany, Holland, Sweden, Switzerland, France and En
gland assembled in Heidelberg, Germany, for the celebration of a massive Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festival.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festival? It is a transcendental event organized for the pleasure of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Ju
st as in the material world a meeting or event is conducted especially to show respect and honor to a great man, so a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festival is especially organized to please the Supreme Person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we say "Supreme Person," we mean God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. God is not nameless, formless or impersonal. We understand God to be the 
Supreme Personality, greater than all others. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m, eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n:}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Among all the eternal living beings, there is one Supreme Being, who fulfills the desires of all the others." For example, among many citizens, one is the leader or president. God
, similarly, is the leader of all living beings. He is a person who thinks, feels and wills, but He is always transcendental.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festival features singing, dancing and eating food first offered in sacrifice to please the Supreme Personality o
f Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is usually called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The process of chanting, dancing and 
feasting on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritual food) was introduced by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu almost fi
ve hundred years ago as the authorized process of God realization for the present fallen age of Kali.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the Kali-yuga the Supreme Lord comes as one who always chants the holy name of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hims
elf and whose complexion is yellow. Persons endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Supreme Lord in this form, who will always be accompanied by His eternal associates and will chant and dance to the holy names of God." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  11.5.32).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These words of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub recorded more than 5,000 years ago by the author of the famous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vy\'e4sadeva, foretell the advent of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the incarnation of Godhead for our age, Kali-yuga, the age of quarrel and dissension. Lord Caitanya, like Christ, was a spiritual revolutionar
y who taught that the conceptions of Hindu, Muslim, black, white, male, female and so on are "bodily designations that are finished when the body is finished." Lord Caitanya taught that every living being, regardless of his outer dress as an animal, huma
n, aquatic, bird, fish, etc., is an infinitesimal, eternal spiritual spark of the supreme spirit whole, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To revive our lost consciousness of God and our eternal relationship with Him, Lord Caitanya introduced this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement when He was only sixteen years old, and in a short time He flooded the subcontinent of India with the
 sound of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya systematically staged gigantic Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festivals in which hundreds and thousands of people would sing and dan
ce for days together, feasting on spiritual food and thus feeling fully satisfied, realizing the transcendental pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Lord Caitanya predicted that in the future this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement would spread to every t
own and village of the earth. This prediction of the Lord is today being fulfilled by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is the authorized representative of Lord Caitanya in our time and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritual master who teaches by his life) of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement that is now rapidly sweeping the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can see from the pictures how universally applicable the process of chanting the Lord's holy names is. Everyone\'97young, old, black
, white, German or American\'96can participate in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For this reason Lord Caitanya predict
ed that the congregational chanting of the Lord's holy names would soon become the universal religion. In every community we find scriptures that give us names of God like Allah, Jehovah or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Authorized scriptures like the Bible, }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and Koran give hundreds and millions of names for God, and through the mercy of Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu everyone can take advantage of the holy name of God by taking part in such Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festivals as the one conducted recently in Heidelberg.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Practically the whole city population was in one way or another connected with our Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festival. To get permission to c
onduct the parade on the Haupt Strasse and the fire ceremony on the Markt Platz, we took permission from Herr Handshusheim, the director of city planning, and from the chief of the Heidelberg police, who was very happy to give our parade a police escort.
 We engaged a printer to do our poster, which an advertising company placed all over the city. The television people sent their man to film the festival. Thus at least for the time our festival was in the planning and execution, people from all walks of 
life focused their attention either knowingly or unknowingly on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, through the execution of their daily work.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This technique of applying one's natural activities in the service of the Lord is recommended in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. "Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you give away in charity or perform as penance shou
ld be done as an offering unto Me, and by this principle of work you you will be released from all sinful reactions and will come to Me." When one works for K\'e5\'f1\'eba voluntarily and favorably, he can find the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes people criticize us when they see us arranging to print advertising posters or applying for permits from the police. They thi
nk that in the guise of spiritual mendicants we are trying to perform mundane money-making or political activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People who do not know the science of God sometimes think that spiritual life means to become inactive, renounce the world and sit some
where in a yogic posture taking deep breaths or meditating on something void or impersonal. They criticize, "If you are actually spiritual people, why are you using automobiles, tape recorders, money and so many other material things?" We reply according
 to what we have been told by our spiritual master and the statements of scripture: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything belongs to God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Of all that is material and all that is spiritual, I am both the origin and dissolution." If we can understand that everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba or K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, we can al
so understand further that everything should be used in His service. This is not a very difficult fact to understand; yet if one applies it, the results are profound and revolutionary. We cannot accept that spiritual things have no substance, as if spiri
tual meant only aery, unknowable or formless. No. Rather, the criterion of whether a thing is material or spiritual is whether it is used in forgetfulness of God or the loving service of God. The important factor is the consciousness in which we use thin
gs. For example, an auto mechanic's tools are neither criminal nor lawful. We cannot describe them like that. But to use the tools to steal a car is criminal, whereas to use them to fix a car in a workshop is lawful. The same tools are used, but one enga
gement is criminal and another lawful. Therefore, the activities of the festival\'96singing, dancing and eating\'96are all spiritual, since they are only for the glorification of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to execute any endeavor, five things are needed\'96the place, the senses, the doer, the activity and also the will of providence, or, more exactly, the sanction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. S
o, like any activity, material or spiritual, our festival required practical arrangements.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The place: We rented the Kurfalshees Museum and used the streets and marketplace of Heidelberg for our public activities. The senses: t
he hands, legs, brains and bodies of the devotees, who did everything from making posters and cooking food for K\'e5\'f1\'eba to singing the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ecstatically for hours. We engaged all our senses fully and always in a mood absorbed in praising K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The doers: the one hundred devotees of German ISKCON. The activity: }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  congregational chanting.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the fifth ingredient, the will of God, that is always most certainly there in a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festival. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had
 not only encouraged our Heidelberg festival, but in His form of Lord Caitanya He had said, "In every town and village of the world My name will be heard." Not only had He given His sanction, but, as God, omnipotent in will, He had declared that it would
 be done. Therefore the festivals go on because God Himself is sponsoring them. Our part is simply to become His devotees and arrange them on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's behalf. Otherwise K\'e5\'f1\'eba will get someone else to do it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is always the question of money. In ordinary political rallies, millions of dollars are spent for propaganda to elect an unknown 
man as leader. We are also making propaganda, but for the real leader\'97God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 say that God is the leader of all living entities. To make this fact known, we are prepared to collect unlimited amounts of money and spend it to glorify K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In material life, an insignificant person tries to make himself God by artificial p
ropaganda. But in spiritual life one accepts his position as infinitesimal in comparison to God; he accepts that he is an eternal servant of God and spends all his intelligence and energy\'96whether in the shape of money, strength or whatever\'96to prais
e God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we want to be happy and peaceful, this is the simple formula we should keep in mind: God is the creator of all things, the proprieto
r of all things and therefore the natural enjoyer of all things. He is also the only one qualified to be the true friend of everyone. The mistake of the materialist is that he tries to use everything for his own sense gratification. He takes himself as G
od, the proprietor and enjoyer of everything, but because he does not have the power of God, he is always in anxiety, trying to fulfill his false desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one is actually enlightened as to his constitutional position in relation to God, he tries to please the Lord, and by this endeavo
r the Lord is pleased to reveal Himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "As one surrenders unto Me, I reveal Myself accordingly."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no meaning to life without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as there is no meaning to one's hand unless it is properly connected to the wh
ole body. In material life one is disconnected from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and this is a most unfortunate plight. Therefore it is the aim of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festivals to bring those who have forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba back to their original connection wit
h K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the simple chanting of the transcendental sound vibration Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Singing, dancing and eating in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, under the direction of an expert spiritual master, are all spiritual activitie
s, and those who participate become surcharged with spiritual consciousness. Not only the performers of the festival but also those who come to listen, and even the place where it is conducted, all become sanctified and blissful. Every one should try to 
become active, somehow or other, in this movement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by devoting his life, money or intelligence to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Or, if nothing more, one can at least chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p24-25:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p26-27:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photos: Harin\'e4m\'e4nanda d\'e4sa.
 "If one simply chants the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the holy name will rise within one's heart like the powerful sun and will immediately dissipate all the darkness of ignorance." \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of the holy names creates an atmosphere of transcendental pleasure on the streets of Heidelberg. At the f
ar left, Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa performs a fire sacrifice. Such colorful ceremonies are performed for purification at K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious initiations and marriage celebrations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p28:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.  }{\b\i0
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of these books are available from ISKCON Mailorder, 3959 Landmark, Culver City, Calif 90230
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advert-\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam #58
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IS THE LITERARY INCARNATION OF GOD
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is all successful, all blissful, and all perfect. It is as bright as the sun. Those persons who have lost their vi
sion due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the age of quarrel shall get light from it."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.3.40-43
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM The sublime science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 5
9, 1973
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub  A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photo p1:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa. 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba  K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba  Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma  Hare R\'e4ma  R\'e4ma
 R\'e4ma  Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub magazine is for intelligent people only. To b
e intelligent, one need not have a university degree or engage in intellectual word jugglery because the higher intelligence required for understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not a matter of mundane academic research. The really intelligent person is one who will accept information about God from higher authorities and regard the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness as valuable and important.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic scriptures state: "In the Age of Kali [our present age of quarrel and hypocrisy], people who have sufficient intelligence wil
l worship the Supreme Lord by performing congregational chanting of His holy names." This refers to the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub printed on this page. Chanting this}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is recommended as
 the easy and sublime method for becoming free of all the contamination of this materialistic age and attaining the highest bliss of love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People who are too attached to acquiring temporary}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub material possessions and pleasures, as well as people who take a narrow sectarian view of religion, will not have the intelligence to comprehend the value of chanting the names of God. Th
eir disinclination to understand it is a sign of impurity of heart, which has covered their real intelligence. But whoever is innocent and truly intelligent will be attracted to chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and he or she is the most learned member of 
society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many names of God throughout the world and the universe, but according to Vedic knowledge K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme name.
 Therefore this chanting is recommended as supreme. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Intelligent Being, and when we associate with Him by His holy name, all ignorance and suffering are dissipated. We therefore invite everyone to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba an
d be happy.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNICIANS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gar\'e9y\'e4n d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa
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\'e4sa, Tom Doliner
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 59 \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedant
a Book Trust.\line All rights reserved.       Printed in USA.    Printed in Japan.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the transcendental abode, even the cows, the deer, the birds, the trees\'97everyone\'97is enchanted by the sweet vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's f
lute and the fascinating beauty of His person. This is one of the qualities which only the Supreme Personality of Godhead can possess\'97His superexcellent beauty cannot be matched by anyone.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
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A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
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 (808) 949-9022; Houston, Texas\'97707 Hawthorne St. 77006/ (713) 526-0475; Laguna Beach, California\'97641 Ramona Ave. 92651/ (714) 494-9172; Los Angeles, California\'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213)871-0717; Mexico City, Mexico\'97Gobernador Tiburcio. 
Montiel No. 45, San Miguei, Mexico City 18/ (905) 515-4242; Miami, Fiorida\'974001 Kumquat Ave., Coconut Grove 33133/ (305)448-7893; Montreal, Canada\'973720 Park Ave., Montreal 130, Quebec/ (514) 849-4319; New Orleans, Louisiana\'972936 Esplanade Ave. 7
0119/ (504)488-1313; New Vrindavan, W. Virginia\'97RD No. 3. Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; New York, New York\'97439 Henry St., Brooklyn 11231/ (212) 596-9658; Ottawa, Canada\'97224 Besserer St., Ontario; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\'97641 E.Chelten 
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Juan 00928; St. Louis, Missouri\'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; San Diego, California\'973303 Second Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; San Francisco, California\'97455 Valencia St. 94103/ (415)864-9233; Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic\'97c/o Enri
que Estrada Gomez, Av. Independencia #28; Seattle, Washington\'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 329-9348; Toronto, Canada\'97187 Gerrard St. East. Toronto 225, Ontario/ (416) 922\'b75415; Vancouver, Canada\'971774 West 16th Ave., Vancouver-9, B.C./ (604
) 732-8422; Washington, D.C.-2015 "Q" St. NW 20009/ (202) 667-3516.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ASIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bombay, India\'97Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Road. Juhu Beach. Bombay 54; Calc
utta, India\'973 Albert Road, Calcutta 17/44-3757; Hyderabad, India\'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, Andra Pradesh; Kowloon, Hong Kong\'9745A Broadway, 15/Floor, Mei Foo Sun Chuen; Mayapur, India\'97ISKCON International Center. P.O. Sree Maya
pur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); New Delhi, India\'9766 Babar Road, Bengali Market; Tokyo, Japan\'973-4-18. Shimo-Ochiai Shinjuku-ku/951-5809; Vrindavan, India\'97Radha-Damodar Temple, Seva Kunj, Mathura. U.P.; Vrindavan, India\'97Chattikara Road, R
aman Reti, Mathura, U.P.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AUSTRALIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Adelaide, Australia\'97254A Rundle Street, Adelaide, S.A.; Auckland, New Zea
land\'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/668-666; Brisbane, Australia\'9747 Mary St., Queensland 4000; Canberra, Australia\'97104 Linestone Ave., Ainslie, A.C.T.; Melbourne, Australia\'9714 Burnett St., St. Kilda, Victoria 3182; Perth, Australia\'97500 Fi
tzgerald St., N. Perth. W.A. 6006; Suva, Fiji\'97c/o So. Seas Store. P.O. Box 268; Sydney, Australia\'9712 Wallaroy Crescent, Double Bay, Sydney, N.S.W.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EUROPE:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Amsterdam, Holland\'97Bethanienstraat 39 (C)/020-253160; Berlin, W.Germany\'971
 Berlin 65, Holzstr. 11/491-21-33; Edinburgh, Scotland\'9714 Forrest Road (U.K.)/031-225-4797; Geneva, Switzerland\'979, chemin du Credo, 1213 Petit Lancy/ 022-92-1318; Hamburg, W.Germany\'972 Hamburg 54. Kapitelbuschweg 20/570-53-82; Heidelberg, W.Germa
ny\'9769 Heidelberg 1, Karlsruherstr. 31/ 31354; London, England\'977 Bury Place, Bloomsbury WC1/ 01-405-1463; London, England\'97Bhaktivedanta Manor. Letchmore Heath, Herts./ 779-7244(5); Munich, W. Germany\'978042 Oberschleissheim, Dr. Hoffmeister Str.
7 (Munchen)/3150421; Paris, France\'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 Paris/727.02.02; Stockholm, Sweden\'97Solhagavagen 22, 16352 Spanga.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Obstacles on the Path of Eternity
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub OBSTACLES ON THE PATH OF ETERNIT
Y
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An Excerpt from \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\'92s Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\'c7R\'c9LA R\'dcPA GOSV\'c4M\'c9 was one of six exalted devotees especially chosen through the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
s chain of spiritual masters to teach the devotional service of the Supreme Lord in a scientific manner. Although all of these six great devotees were erudite scholars and prolific writers, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is the most prominent, for he 
most greatly appreciated the nectar of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. His}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Ne
ctarean Instructions), a short work of only eleven verses, teaches the basic principles for arousing one's dormant love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. Written in Sanskrit some 400 years ago, it has now been translated into English, with an illumina
ting explanation of each verse, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.]
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra\'f9 pray\'e4sa\'e7 ca/ prajalpo niyam\'e4graha\'f9\line jana-sa\'ecga\'e7 ca laulya\'e0 ca/ \'f1a\'f2bhir bhaktir 
vina\'e7yati\line }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub NoI 2}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub overeating; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pray\'e4sa\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub too much endeavor; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prajalpa\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub idle talk; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niyama\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for rules and regulations; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4graha\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub too much attachment (or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub agraha\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub too much neglect); }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jana-sa\'ecga\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bad association; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub laulyam\'96}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ardent longing or greed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96and; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'f1a\'f2bhi\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by these six; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
bhakti\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vina\'e7yati\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is destroyed.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Becoming too entangled in these six kinds of activities spoils the development of one's devotional service: (1) eating more than necessary or collecting more than n
ecessary or collecting more funds than required; (2) over-endeavoring for mundane things that are very difficult to attain; (3) talking unnecessarily about mundane subject matters; (4) practicing the scriptural rules and regulations only for the sake of 
following them, with no resultant benefits of spiritual advancement, or rejecting the rules and regulations of the scriptures and working independently or whimsically; (5) associating with worldly-minded persons who are not interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness; and (6) being greedy for mundane achievements.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life is meant for plain living and high thinking. This material world is designed so that one is obliged to work, for all conditioned living beings are under 
the control of the Lord's third energy. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has three primary energies or potencies. The first is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub antara\'ecga-\'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the internal potency, the second is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\'f6astha-\'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the marginal potency, and the third is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bahira\'ecga-\'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  or the external potency. The living entities constitute the marginal potency, and they are situated between the internal and external potencies. Being subordinate as eternal servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or atomic living entities, must remain under the control of either the internal or extern
al potency. When they are under the control of the internal potency they display their natural, constitutional activity, namely, constant engagement in the devotional service of the Lord. This is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter Nine, verse 13:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4nas tu m\'e4\'e0 p\'e4rtha\line daiv\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9\line bhajanty ananya-manaso\line j\'ef
\'e4tv\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4dim avyayam
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully e
ngaged in devotional service because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to persons who are broad-minded, not c
ripple-minded. Cripple-minded persons, always engaged to satisfy their senses, sometimes expand their activities for doing good to others through some "ism" like nationalism, humanitarianism or altruism. They think that personal sense gratification is no
t good but the sense gratification of other persons like the members of their family, community and society, either national or international, is very nice. All this extended sense gratification, from personal to communal and social, may be very good fro
m the material point of view, but such activities have no spiritual value. The quality of such activity }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 sense gratification, whether personal or extended. Only when one gratifies the senses of the Supreme Lord can he be called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or broad-minded person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the above verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, daiv\'e9\'e0 pra
k\'e5tim }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to the control of the internal potency, or pleasure potency, of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, which is manifest as \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 
or Her expansion Lak\'f1m\'e9, the goddess of fortune. When the individual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  souls are under the co
ntrol of the internal energy then-only engagement is to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Vi\'f1\'ebu. This is the position of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Otherwise one is not a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dur\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or cripple-minded person. Such mentally crippled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dur\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are put under the control of the Lord's external potency, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the living entities within this material world are under the control of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  whose business is to subject them to the influence of threefold miseries: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub adhidaivika-kle\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (sufferings caused by the demigods, such as droughts, earthquakes and storms), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub adhibhautika-kle\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (sufferings caused by other living entities like insects or enemies), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub adhy\'e4tmika-kle\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (sufferings caused by one's own body and mind, such as mental and physical }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub infirmities). Daiva-bh\'fct\'e4tma-hetava\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the conditioned souls, subjected to these three miseries by the control of the external energy, suffer various difficult
ies, which are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhayo vyadhaya\'f9 kle\'e7\'e4\'f9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The problem confronting the conditioned souls is the repetition of birth, death, old age and disease. In the material world one has to 
work for the maintenance of the body and soul. But how can one perform such work in a way favorable for the execution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? Everyone requires possessions such as food grains, clothing, money and other things necessary for maint
enance of the body, but one should not collect more than his actual basic needs. If we follow this natural principle there will be no difficulty in maintaining body and soul together.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the arrangement of nature, living entities lower on the evolutionary scale than human beings do not eat or collect more than necessa
ry. As such, there is generally no economic problem or scarcity of necessities in the animal kingdom. If a bag of rice is kept in a public place, the birds will come, eat a few grains and go away, but a human being will take more rice from the bag than h
e requires. He will try to collect more and keep it in store. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  overeating or collecti
ng more than necessary, is prohibited, for the entire world suffers because of it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Collecting and eating more than necessary also causes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pray
\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or unnecessary endeavor. By God's arrangement anyone in any part of the world can live very peacefully if he has some land and a milk cow. There is no need for a man to mo
ve from one place to another to earn a livelihood, for one can produce food grains locally and get milk from cows. That will solve all economic problems. Fortunately, man has been given higher intelligence for the cultivation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess, or understanding of God, one's relationship with Him, and the ultimate goal of life, love of God. But unfortunately, so-called civilized man, not performing such activities, desires to get more than necessary and eat simply to satisfy the tongue.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By God's arrangement there is sufficient scope for producing milk and grains for the human beings all over the world. But instead of us
ing his higher intelligence for cultivating God consciousness, the so-called intelligent man misuses his intelligence to produce many unnecessary things, and for this purpose he opens factories, slaughterhouses, brothels, liquor shops, etc. if people are
 advised not to collect or eat too much or work unnecessarily to possess artificial amenities, they think that such advice is meant to take them back to a primitive way of life because they do not like to accept plain living and high thinking. That is th
eir unfortunate position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human life is meant for realization of God, and the human being has been given higher intelligence for this purpose. Those who would us
e this higher intelligence to attain a higher state should follow the instructions of the Vedic literatures, for taking instructions about the advancement of human civilization from higher authorities actually situated in perfect knowledge gives real mea
ning to human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First Canto, Second Chapter, ninth verse, \'c7r\'e9 S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 describes the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (occupation) meant for cultivation by human beings:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharmasya hy \'e4pavargyasya\line n\'e4rtho \'92rth\'e4yopakalpate\line n\'e4rthasya dharmaik\'e4ntasya\line k\'e4mo l\'e4bh\'e4
ya hi sm\'e5ti\'f9
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "All occupational engagements }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [dharma]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, one who 
is engaged in the ultimate occupational servic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub [dharma]}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  religion, the first step in human civilization, con
sists of occupational engagements performed according to the scriptural injunctions. The higher intelligence of a human being should be trained to understanding this basic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma.}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In human society as a whole there are various concepts of religion, designated as Hindu, Christian, Hebrew, Mohammedan, Buddhist, etc., for without religion human society is no be
tter than animal society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As stated above, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharmasya hy \'e4pavargyasya n\'e4rtho \'92r
th\'e4yopakalpate: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub religion is meant for attaining emancipation, not for getting bread. Sometimes human society manufactures a system of so-called religion aimed at material advan
cement, but that is far from the purpose of true }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Religion entails understanding the laws of God b
ecause the proper execution of these laws ultimately leads one out of material entanglement. That is the true purpose of religion. But generally people accept religion only for material prosperity because of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or an excessive desire for material prosperity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub True religion instructs people to be satisfied with the bare necessities of life while cultivating spiritual consciousness. Even though
 we require economic development, it is required only for supplying the bare necessities of material existence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'e9vasya tattva-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.10]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the real purpose of life is to inquire about the Absolute Truth. Our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pray\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or endeavor, should be to inquire about the Absolute Truth, otherwise we will simply increase our endeavor to satisfy our artificial needs. A spiritual asp
irant should avoid this kind of mundane endeavor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another impediment is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prajalpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unnecessary talking. Generally when we mix with a few friends we immediately begin unnecessary talking, just like croaking toads. If we must talk we should talk about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement
. Persons outside of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are interested in reading heaps of newspapers, magazines and novels, solving crossword puzzles and doing many other nonsensical things. In this fashion they simply waste their valuable time a
nd energy. In the Western countries we have seen old men retired from active life who engage in playing cards, fishing, watching television and debating about useless socio-political schemes. All these and similar frivolous activities are included in the
 category of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prajalpa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Intelligent persons interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should never take p
art in such activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jana-sa\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to associating with persons not interest
ed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One should strictly avoid such association. \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura has therefore advised us to live only in the association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bhakta-sane v\'e4sa). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should always engage in the service of the Lord in the association of the Lord's devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Association with persons engaged in a similar line of business is very much conducive to advancement in that line. Consequently materia
listic persons form associations and clubs to enhance their various types of business. For example, in the business world we find such institutions as the stock exchange and chamber of commerce. We have therefore opened the International Society for Kris
hna Consciousness to give the opportunity for spiritual association to persons who have forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This spiritual association offered by our ISKCON movement is increasing day by day. Many people from different parts of the world are joinin
g this Society to awaken their dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura writes in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Anuv\'e5tti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  commentary that for mental speculators or dry philosophers too much endeavor to acquire knowledge also comes within the category of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (collecting more than needed). According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the endeavor of philosophical speculators to write volumes of books on dry philosophy devoid of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is entirely fu
tile. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who write volumes of books on economic development also fall within the category of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People who have no desire for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and are simply interested in posses
sing more and more material assets, either in the shape of scientific knowledge or monetary gain,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are all
 included under the heading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of aty\'e4h\'e4ra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  labor to accumulate more and more money for future 
generations, without knowledge of their own future position. Only interested in getting more and more money for their sons and grandsons, such foolish persons do not even know what their position is going to be in the next life. There are many incidents 
that illustrate this point. Once a big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  accumulated a vast fortune for his sons and grandsons. La
ter, according to his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he took his birth in a cobbler's house located nearby the same palatial buil
ding he had previously constructed for them. It so happened that this very cobbler came to his former house, and his former sons and grandsons beat him with shoes. Therefore, unless such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub karm\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  become interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness they are simply wasting their time in fruitless activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Accepting some of the scriptural rules and regulations for immediate benefit, as utilitarians advocate, is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niyama-\'e4graha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and neglecting the rules and regulations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meant for spiritual development is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niyama-\'e4graha. \'c4graha}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "eagerness to accept," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub agraha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub means "failure to accept." By the addition of either of these two words to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niyama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("rules and
 regulations") the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niyam\'e4graha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is formed. Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niyam\'e4graha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has a two-fold meaning that is understood according to the particular combination of the words. Persons interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness should not be eager to accept the rules and regulations meant for economic advancement, but, on the other hand, they should very faithfully accept scriptural rules and regulations for the advancement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. They should st
rictly follow the regulative principles like no illicit sex, no eating of meat, fish or eggs, no gambling and no habits of intoxication.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should avoid association with M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, persons who blaspheme Vai\'f1\'ebavas (devotees). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhukti-k\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  interested in material happiness, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
mukti-kamis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  desiring liberation by merging in the existence of the formless Absolute (Brahman), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddh
i-k\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  desiring the perfection of mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub practice are classified as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ras.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To associate with such persons is not
 at all desirable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Desires to expand the mind by perfection of mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga, to}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  merge in the existence of Brahman, or to achieve whimsical material prosperity are all included within the category of greed, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub laulya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All attempts to acquire such material benefits or so-called spiritual advancements are impediments on the path of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The modern warfare between the capitalists and communists is due to their avoiding the advice of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 rega
rding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aty\'e4h\'e4ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The modern capitalists accumulate more wealth than necessary, and the communists, e
nvious of them, want to nationalize all wealth and property. The communists, however, also do not know how to solve the problem of wealth and its distribution. Therefore when the wealth of the capitalists comes into the hands of the communists, that is n
ot the solution to the problem.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious ideology, all wealth belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore unless wealth comes under the admin
istration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba there can be no solution to the economic problem, neither by wealth's being in the hands of the communists nor by its being in the hands of capitalists. There is a nice example in this connection. If a one-hundred-dollar note 
is lying in the street, someone may pick up the note and put it in his pocket. Such a man is not honest. Another man may see the note and decide to let it remain there, thinking he should not touch another's property. Although this second man does not st
eal the note for his own purposes, he is unaware of the proper use of the note. But when a third man sees such a note, he may pick it up, find the man who lost it and deliver it to him. This third man does not take the note for his own expenditure nor ne
glect the note lying in the street. He takes it and delivers it to the man who lost it. This man is therefore both honest and wise.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply transferring wealth from capitalists to communists cannot solve the problems of modern politics because it has been practically 
seen that when a communist gets money he utilizes it for his own sense gratification also. The wealth of the world actually belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Every living entity, man or animal, has the birthright to use God's property for his maintenance. When 
he takes more than his maintenance requires, whether he is a capitalist or communist, he is a thief, and as such he is liable to be punished by the laws of nature. The wealth of the world should be utilized for the welfare of all living entities, for tha
t is the plan of mother nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone has the right to live by utilizing the wealth of the Lord. When people learn this art of scientifically utilizing the Lord's p
roperty and no longer encroach upon others' rights, they can form an ideal society. This basic principle of a spiritual society is stated in the first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the primer of spir
itual culture, as follows:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam idam sarva\'e0\line  yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat\line  tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4\line  m\'e4 
g\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only those things necessary for himsel
f, which are set aside as his quota, and one must not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees know very well that this material world is designed by the complete arrangement of the Lord to fulfil
l all the necessities of life for all living beings without their having to encroach upon the life or rights of one another. This complete arrangement affords the proper quota of wealth for everyone according to his real need, and thus everyone may live 
peacefully according to the principle of plain living and high thinking. On the other hand, materialistic persons who have no faith in the plan of God nor any aspiration for higher spiritual development misuse their God-given intelligence only for the au
gmentation of their material possessions. They devise many systems such as capitalism and materialistic communism to advance their material position without reference to the laws of God or a higher goal of life. Always anxious to fulfill their unlimited 
desires for sense gratification, they are conspicuous by their ability to exploit their fellow living beings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When human society gives up these elementary faults of character enumerated by \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (aty\'e4h\'e4ra, laulya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  etc.) all enmity will will cease between men and animals, capitalists and communists, as will all prob
lems of economic or political maladjustment and instability. This pure consciousness is awakened by the proper spiritual education and practice offered scientifically by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is a spiritual community that can bring about a peaceful condition in the world. Every intelligent man should purify his consciousness of the above-mentioned six hindrances to devotional service 
by taking wholehearted shelter of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa. His Divine
 Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p4-5:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photos: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9.  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There is no need for a man to move from one place to another to earn a livelihood, for one can produce food grains locally and get milk from cows. That will solve all econo
mic problems. " (Photos taken at New Vrndavana, ISKCON's 1,000-acre farming community near Wheeling, West Virginia.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9.  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Human life is meont for plain living and high thinking."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual association offered by the 
International Society for Krishna Consciousness to persons who have forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba is increasing day by day. Here, the founder and spiritual master of ISKCON, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, meets a group of disciples a
t Kennedy International Airport in New York
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Science of Purity
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SCIENCE OF PURITY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by HIS HOLINESS }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
shown above (center) in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, the site of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastimes, is an American svami actively preaching in India since 1967. He has gained considerable recognition}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in Bengal and Uttar Pradesh for his abilities in chanting and lecturing}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in Bengali and English. He has edited a book of songs by great K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious spiritual masters, soon to be published, and is now working on an English t
ranslation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Cait
anya-bh\'e4gavata, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an important Bengali epic describing the activities of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IF ANYONE SAYS; "I don't believe in God," he's either a madman or a number one fool. Not a single scientific advancement has lessened
 the existence or potency of God, and none ever will. Nor has science made man any more secure in his position or powerful in conquering the stringent laws of nature that attack him at every moment. Employing an air conditioner to cool a few square yards
 is not controlling the sun's heat, and enclosing oneself in a plate-glass house is not the same as stopping the rain; nor is struggling through drought relief the same as making the rain come according to one's will. These are simply measures to ward of
f the blows of material nature. Yet these feeble measures of defence are being mistaken for "man's conquest of nature." And, at any rate, sitting in an air-conditioned room with a television, radio and plate-glass windows but having a mind distressed by 
worry, envy and anger is useless.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At a meeting in Bengal, when I was invited to speak to a large group of Muslim scholars about scientific proof of God, I said, "Look at
 this watch. It has twelve numbers on the face. Why? Why not eleven, thirteen or fifteen? Why doesn't it change every day? It's because the day and night are each divided into twelve parts according to the movements of the sun, which for millions of year
s has been coming and going within a twenty-four hour period so predictably that scientists and watchmakers believe it will continue to do so for millions of years in the future." Like the moon and other planets, the sun moves with such precision that sc
ience accepts it as a guide by which to tell time. Now, if manufacturing an accurate watch requires a very intelligent brain, how much more developed the brain must be that created the sun! It is definitely a brain superior to any man's.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To paint a picture of a flower on a table, an artist must work for several hours, and to copy it takes many more hours on a printing pr
ess built and operated by many intelligent men. Still, the flower has no fragrance, nor is it as perfectly formed as a real flower. If one were to bury such a flower in the ground, it would not grow because it would have no seeds. But if I put real flowe
rs in the earth, more flowers would grow, without help from machines or brains, and these flowers that grew would contain seeds and be able to go on producing flowers forever. "Oh, that's just nature," say the scientists. And we answer them, "Yes, it is 
nature. But nature is not working without a supreme and inconceivably vast intellect operating it."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, we don't "create" anything. Take our houses, for example. Air conditioned or not, they are composed of many building material
s, such as cement, steel, sand and bricks. The elements for these materials were found already formed in the earth, and then man changed their forms by mixing them with water, fire, etc. That is not creation; it is only the changing of forms. We can chan
ge the form of the material, but what is it that produces the basic elements we are handling? Science has no answers, but only speculations. The scientists have only theories, but they speak like authorities. A true scientist, however, will admit his ina
bility to explain the facts of creation and the happenings of nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the entire Twentieth Century our view of history has been based upon the discoveries of archaeological findings. Only recently, how
ever, the carbon 14 dating method, the main chemical system for tracing the age of ancient finds, has been proven faulty and imperfect. This also means that all the history books are faulty and imperfect. Darwin says that early man was unintelligent, und
eveloped and uncivilized. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  spoken over five thousand years ago, reveals the supre
me philosophy of life. Were K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna, Vy\'e4sadeva and V\'e4lm\'e9ki cavemen? Could such a highly cultured language as Sanskrit be the creation of the grunts and groans of highly developed apes? I challenge any follower of Darwin to study t
he Sanskrit language with his proudly developed intellect, or even read the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aside from understandi
ng them, to say nothing of equalling the Vedic writings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Let us face the facts that our so-called scientific education has given quite a hazy picture of the past and nothing about the future.
 This has left us in a very precarious present. Why are the Vedic literatures rejected as unscientific? They were written by the most advanced super-intellects, whose laboratories were their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Himalayas and the process of regulated sense control. Material scientific experiments are performed blindly on the strength of imperfect tools, impe
rfect data and imperfect senses by those who have no control over the mind and its tendencies of illusion. A true scientist should make an experiment with the materials gathered from a given field and realize the results. One should not accept the conclu
sions of the imperfect senses
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore we, who are also scientists, accept the authority of the perfect, infallible authors of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Their names should be known\'96Vy\'e4sadeva, Devala, Asita, M\'e4rka\'eb\'f2eya, V\'e4lm\'e9ki and the supreme authority, Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Blind faith? No! In the beginning many doctrines may not be understandable, but it is not long before their meaning is completely revealed, if I cannot understand something now, it is not to be 
rejected as false until proven false. There are many; scientific doctrines we accept without full understanding; in fact, material scientists really know very little about the why's and why not's of most of their principles.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a scientist does not understand a phenomenon, he simply puts his own name on it, Such as "gravity." What is gravity? It is an inco
nceivable energy that attracts material objects. But what is it? What they cannot explain they hide by applying a new name. Try it! What is crystallization? It is only a name of a phenomenon we cannot understand. Actually, the scientist, utterly baffled 
at the transformations of the world, tries to bluff the public with a smoke screen of names. Even the most authoritative of theorems will contain terminology like "maybe," "probably," "it might have been" and "as far as we know," But how far }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you know?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A case in point: From my collegiate studies of Darwin's theory of evolution (which is still just that, a theory, not a law), I clearly 
remember an interesting occurrence. In the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub textbook of 1962 an illustration depicted the stages of develo
pment from the ape to modern man according to Darwin. First was the common ape, then a stone image of the Piltdown man, then the Neanderthal man, then the Cro-Magnon man and modern man. This was all well and good, and for the time it was fashionable to a
ccept it. But in 1963 in the same textbook's illustration depicting "man's growth from the ape," the rather dumb-looking Piltdown chap was not gloriously seated next to the ape but was absent from the "great line of evolution." Why? The "missing link" be
tween animal and rational man had been found to be a hoax! Mind you, all the leading paleontologists, archaeologists and "what-notists" accepted this humbug, which they considered such reliable evidence of the progress of evolution that it found a place 
in every textbook. Thus the clever man in Piltdown, England, who had carved a limestone image of a caveman, buried it in his backyard and cashed in had successfully pulled the wool over the eyes of the whole scientific world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual masters who prepared the Vedic literature, and the Supreme Lord who descended to earth, were all infallible, nonenvious w
ell-wishers to human society who were transcendental to material nature and had no intent to cheat. They did not hoard their unlimited wisdom; they distributed it to us in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda
s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and men who have followed it have achieved the highest destination. We can certainly have faith in these Vedic masters, at least enough faith to begin their process of self-pur
ification. Once the process begins, it is not long before the neophyte experiences the results of spiritual advancement, which are pure knowledge }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (j\'ef\'e4na)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and detachment from material limitations }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (vair\'e4gya). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Then the student, his faith confirmed, continues on the path unrestricted. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The path for all men, regardless of age, sex, religion, community or race, is the path of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One obtains thi
s consciousness by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, not by arguing or pondering over philosophical doctrines. When men's minds are corrupt
, there is no use in their programs for peace, prosperity and the pursuit of happiness. In India, for example, there is a vehement interest in politics. There are innumerable journals, even of a spiritual nature, that devote many pages to discussing the 
impure topics of politicians. This has only misdirected people's attention from their real duty, self-realization or God-realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do not expect anything just and right to be a product of someone who has hot controlled his senses and mind through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First purify the mind by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and then you will see pure spiritual energy develop and purify the environment, if there is a boil on the skin due to impure blood, no skin ointment will help. But as soon as the bloo
d is purified, the sore heals. Cleanse the consciousness that is the root of our existence, and you will cleanse the world thoroughly. If one speck of contamination is in the consciousness, the result will appear on the surface of society in gross form a
s one of the many problems we face. These problems are only symptoms of the disease of lack of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If you want peace, justice, prosperity, satisfaction, knowledge and harmony between men, you must take up the process of internal
 cleansing by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are ample resources in the world, but they are being exploited by people with neither knowledge nor detachment, selfish individu
als with ulterior motives. A person must be without selfishly motivated interests if he really wants to do good in the world. One quickly achieves this purity by practical application of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The immediate fruits of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are knowledge and sobriety. A man who is attached to money and th
e enjoyments of the body cannot be a trusted leader or even a worthy associate. One must be above the influences of these temptations to achieve complete composure and equilibrium.; In such a peaceful state, one's knowledge can be accurate and effective.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every day our senses are bombarded by material experiences that invoke the most abominable desires. Obtaining the satisfaction of these
 desires is not possible, for they lead one on and on to hanker for the unattainable, if .we see a picture of a mountain and then see some gold, the uncontrolled mind will push us to want a mountain of gold. If we see sweets, we will think of eating a mo
untain of sweets. But a mountain of gold or sweets is never to be achieved, and the mind gets more and more agitated. In this state, one becomes enraged at his inability to serve the senses and loses memory of the true reality. There is then no hope of r
egaining sanity, and he is destroyed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How does K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness help? The nine processes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness forcibly direct the mind towards K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. By having the slightest true experience of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the senses lose their poisonous desire for enjoyment, and their thirst is quenched. The nine processes begin, with hearing and chanting the names and glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When on
e has heard sufficiently, he can also repeat what he has heard. In so doing, his mind recalls again and again the names, qualities, forms and pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which are exciting, enchanting and sweet. Then nothing else can attract his mind.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes and form are not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (illusion); to meditate upon them is to absorb the mind in the Supreme in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (true ecstasy)! Therefore the mind absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba is truly safe, detached from bombardment by matter. The safest place for the mind to dwell is in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana-rasa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the mellow quality of glorification of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the ecstasy of chanting the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and hearing attr
active: descriptions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the lips of the eloquent deliverers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari-kath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (topics 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness). Formless, abstract meditations are condemned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Twelfth
 Chapter:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kle\'e7o \'92dhikataras te\'f1\'e4m\line avyakt\'e4sakta-cetas\'e4m\line avyakt\'e4 hi gatir du\'f9kha\'e0\line dehavadbhir av
\'e4pyate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is 
always difficult for those who are embodied." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12.5)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not possible for meditation on formlessness to satisfy anyone for very long. The mind and senses, starved of their sense enjoyment, will force the meditator t
o the material world, just as they conquered Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra, a great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who meditated for 
thousands of years but was disturbed when a beautiful woman attracted him. A person relishing the ecstasy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sweet smile and form, however, will never want to look at ordinary flesh and blood again. Therefore our course of action should 
be to follow the words of the authorities, who say: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ebvat\'e4\'e0 sva-kath\'e4\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9\line pu\'ebya-\'e7rava\'eba-k\'e9rtana\'f9\line h\'e5dy anta\'f9 sth
o hy abhadr\'e4\'ebi\line vidhunoti suh\'e5t sat\'e4m
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a disinterested friend of the virtuous, and His praises sanctify those who listen to or sing them. He abides in the hearts of those who
 hear His Stories. He uproots the evil propensities of their minds.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.17]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p11:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Mexico Takes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub MEXICO TAKES TO K\'c5\'d1\'cbA C
ONSCIOUSNESS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Holiness }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the chief Editor of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub joined the International Society for Krishna Con
sciousness in 1966, after graduating from Brooklyn College and serving as a social worker in New York City. One of the personal secretaries to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, he is now on a tour of colleges in the midwestem Unite
d States.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Haihaya d\'e4sa, the President of the Mexico City Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba center, invited me to come speak to the people of Mexico at the
 installation festival for their center's Deities of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At the time I was in Dallas, Texas, and so was Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, an ISKCON Press traveling photographer. Taking the invitation as a transcendental opportunity, we
 decided to fly together to Mexico City, hopeful that through writing and pictures we could share our experience with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub readers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, Mexico City is actually just another illusion. The world is filled with many famous countries and cities advertised as adven
tures or paradises to lure world travelers. But we can understand, seeing things through the eyes of the Vedic scriptures, that this whole material world exists only as a dream and only because of our attachment to it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the commentary to his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.1.4]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  translation, His Divine Grac
e A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da writes: "The great ocean of material nature is tossing with the waves of time, and the so-called living conditions are something like foaming bubbles that appear before us as bodily self, wife, children, society, 
countrymen, etc." In other words, not only our bodies but also our nations and our entire planet itself exist only for a period of time that is relatively short when viewed from eternity. The living soul is actually different from matter, but because of 
our lack of knowledge of the self and the Supreme Spirit, the force of ignorance victimizes us, spoiling the valuable energy of our human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are searching after permanent living conditions that are not possible in this material world. However the idea of traveling to a for
eign land like Mexico exhilarates us, such havens are all within the kingdom of illusion, known in Sanskrit as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not only is life in the material world temporary, but it is full of misery for all. Whether in Mexico speaking Spanish, in France speaking French, or wherever one may be, everyone in the material world must suffer birth, death, dise
ase and old age. Therefore whether we travel or sit in one place the real purpose of human life is to seek enlightenment from the illusion and pain of identifying with the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should be interested in Mexico, therefore, only in terms of the enlightenment of the people there. For example, K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke
 His sublime philosophy in the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at a place known as Kuruk\'f1etra. Now, tran
scendental scholars and devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are interested not only in K\'e5\'f1\'eba but also in Kuruk\'f1etra, the place where He spoke; but they are interested in Kuruk\'f1etra only because of its relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the enlightenmen
t He gave there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The idea of finding permanent happiness by going to Mexico (or France, Hawaii, or India) is actually illusion. But on the other hand, e
ven though any place in this material world is a place of illusion, every place is also the property of God, for everything that exists, whether material or spiritual, belongs to God. One who sees things as they are is interested in everything in terms o
f its relation to God. He does not reject anything, if one can revive his God consciousness, this will dispell all illusion, and then for him any place, even within the material world, will be fully spiritual, like the eternal, blissful kingdom of God. T
he center for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in Mexico City is attempting to free the whole city from the false idea that the body is the self and help everyone regain his original eternal place in the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During the plane trip we met a young Mexican boy named Octavio who was traveling with his family. He spoke English and was very interes
ted in what we had to say about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He took some spiritual food }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (pras\'e4da)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  th
at we offered and was very open and friendly. His mother would ask him questions about K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Spanish, and he asked us in English. Very agreeable to the concept of being vegetarian, he remarked, "Yes, you do not like to kill animals!" Our firs
t meeting with a Mexican encouraged us. We noticed that at least one family found it enlivening to speak to devotees, and we were also very pleased to speak with them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinking in this way about our trip to Mexico as a transcendental opportunity, we flew down through the clouds past large mountain rang
es and descended upon Mexico City, a sprawling metropolis of ten million people.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the plane landed, we kept chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on our beads, not knowing what to expect of Mexico City. As we approached the officials for immigration and customs, one airport worker waved his hand and greet
ed us loudly, "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" Soon we passed through a large crowd of incoming passengers and met our God-brothers Haihaya and Bahul\'e4\'e7va. In the truck riding to town, Haihaya told us that at least one hundred Mexicans regularly attended the 
temple's activities day and night and at least another fifty boys and girls were full-time devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About a year ago, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da visited the Mexico temple and stayed for five days. Haihaya
 explained that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was widely acclaimed, just on sight as a great saint; although some of the people were not even aware of the Vedic philosophy, they still recognized him as a very saintly person. And many of them went to see him,
 eager to receive benediction from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I asked Haihaya about the claim that the ancient Mayan culture that existed thousands of years ago in Mexico was imported from the Vedi
c civilization of India. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was there, Haihaya said, he stated that there was much in Mexico reminiscent of the Vedic culture. One who lives there can see this in the people's eating, parades, natural fruits, etc. There is als
o much archaeological evidence such as art work in temples, and archaeologists can more seriously study this for further evidence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was in Mexico he primarily stressed the importance of enlightening people about their spiritual nature b
y distributing K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature in Spanish. I asked Haihaya whether the people of Mexico City were taking K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness seriously. He replied, "Many of them come with beads and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba just like full-ti
me devotees. After they buy books, they always read them and ask for more. Also, many of them take to a vegetarian diet after hearing our philosophy."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was not long before we arrived at the temple, which is on Governador Tiburcio Montiel, just two blocks away from the house of the na
tion's President. We drove through a decorated iron gateway into the yard of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple, a three-story white building with domes on the roof that looked Vedic. There was a large lawn in the courtyard, where many guests were sitting un
der trees. There were also many devotional activities underway, such as sewing, preparing flowers, building, painting and washing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As we entered the yard a chanting party started singing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare H
are/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba washes away all material designations by which one thinks his real self to be Mexican, American, black or white. One feels his happy, pure identity as a spir
it soul, servant of God, by chanting this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We felt immediately that we were in our true home, the 
shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and joined with everyone who was singing and dancing. Afterwards, we were offered flower garlands and a dish of fruit }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Vedic hospitality, whenever a guest comes to visit, one must offer him nice things to make him feel at home. Any local culture in the world can adopt this philosophy and way of life, in any
 language, and it always comes out pure and natural.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This way to live in transcendental life }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bhakti-yoga)}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is natural because it applies everywhere. Therefore \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, as a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in disciplic succession, has had great success in establishing K\'e5\'f1
\'eba conscious centers as oases of relief in the midst of the materialistic cities. In the mood of a humble Vai\'f1\'ebava, our spiritual master never claims credit for his achievements of opening over one hundred centers all over the world; he says the
 credit goes to the Lord Himself and the previous spiritual masters, whose instructions he has followed without deviation. Nevertheless, because of his personal instructions, once again we saw a living community of men and women, this time in a culture f
oreign to us, who were peaceful and happy in the execution of devotional activities. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the next day was to be the festival and installation of the forms of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, many devotees and guests wer
e involved with projects of sewing, painting, electrical work and cleaning, and were also talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The temple building opens with a large hall with a winding staircase that dramatically sweeps up to the second floor, which is actuall
y a balcony with rooms off it. The main hall can accommodate hundreds of guests for chanting and feasting, the main activities of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eager to show us the forms of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His eternal consort, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, Haihaya took us to a p
rivate room where devotees were sewing dresses for the Deities. He uncovered the forms of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and we bowed down and paid our obeisances. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a young boy holding a flute, and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is a young gi
rl. Atheists deny the existence of any spiritual form or spiritual life, and even beginners in transcendental life do not understand that the Supreme Spirit is the Supreme Person. But this is the conclusion of the most authorized and complete philosophy 
of God consciousness. The Absolute Truth from which all varieties of life, both temporary and eternal, emanate is the supremely conscious Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All His forms, incarnations and emanations are originally present in His transcenden
tal form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literatures describe that K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually appeared on this planet as a cowherd boy five thousand years ago. As descri
bed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  although He appears in human society to rescue souls who have fallen into the ignorance of material life, He never comes under the material laws nor ac
cepts a material body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that although He is unborn and His transcendental body never decays, He nevertheless appears in this world in every age. In our present state we cannot see the spiritual form of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, which is eternal bliss and knowledge, yet out of His mercy He appears in the incarnation of the Deity, which may be a form of metal, stone or wood. The worshipers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba do not worship wood or stone, but they worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba in t
his form, which is visible even when one has conditioned, material vision. The exchange between the Lord and the devotees in the Deity worship is fully authorized, and one should scientifically understand it by reading ISKCON books such as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which discuss thoroughly this transcendental science. It is a scientific transcendental fact
 that the Lord appears in the form of a Deity just to accept food and decorations offered in the clean and spiritual atmosphere of the temple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the evening before the festival day, about one hundred guests gathered. Haihaya kindly allowed me to lead a class in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  After reading from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  first in Sanskrit, I spoke in English, and a bi-lingual devotee immediately translated my words. Seated on the temple floor, devotees and guests listened wi
th obvious attention and absorption to the words of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I read from the Twelfth Chapter,
 where, in the first verses, Arjuna asks K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Upon which is it more perfect to meditate\'96the impersonal or the personal form?" K\'e5\'f1\'eba then clearly says that whoever worships His personal form is the most perfect. The temple is also 
stated to be the ideal place for such perfect worship of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, God is not present only in a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple; He is all-pervading. But it is recommended that while one should 
increase his taste for singing and chanting the glories of the Lord, he should also increase his inclination to live in a place where K\'e5\'f1\'eba lives. K\'e5\'f1\'eba certainly lives everywhere. This is the vision of the highest devotees. But because
 we are in a lower condition, still attached to material life, and we cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere, we should learn to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple. It is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that especially for worldly householders it is necessary to come to the temple to enjoy musical }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub worship the form of the Lord and appreciate the spiritual atmosphere. This is the only thing that will save the common man from hellish movies, na
ked nightclub dancing and other materialistic endeavors. Everyone is encouraged to dovetail his propensity for social gatherings, festivals and singing by taking part in glorifying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth; otherwise one will waste his life and
 have to go down in the next life to some lower form of life, seeking pleasure in dead material things. And in every form of material life from king to insect there is always suffering.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By speaking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and answering the questions of the assembled devotees, I could understand that the Mexicans were accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in a nonsectarian spirit. Haihaya explained to me later that attraction 
for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very great in Mexico because the people are looking very seriously for God, although they often regard their past religious education as frustrating. Many of them see the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement as the answer to their 
search. The devotees are very respected in the streets, and people very often inquire about the philosophy. People respect the movement more and more as they hear more about it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As phrase by phrase of my English was translated into Spanish, I tried to remember exactly the words of my spiritual master: "We should
 be inclined to live in the circle of temple life and increase our inclination to chant more and more. If at the time of death we can think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we can go and associate with Him eternally in His spiritual abode." Young boys and girls, 
respectable ladies and gentlemen, old men and women\'96all listened with great respect. They were mostly regulars who come daily to the temple to worship the Deity and take spiritual food. Now they could understand that with the appearance of R\'e4dh\'e4
 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba the temple activity would be more blissful and there would be more opportunity to elevate their consciousness higher and higher in love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the class we had another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  chanting the names of God. In this congregational chanting the Mexican temple is practically unexcelled in the world. Accompanied with the traditional Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  drum and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4las,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as well as congo drums and guitars, the singing was full of enthusiasm and pleasure. A small group of singers and musicians gathered in the center, leading the chanting, while others danced around in a
 circle, chanting these universal names of the Lord-Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Sometimes the lead singer would switch to other chants, chanti
ng the name of the spiritual master, "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da! \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da! \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da!" or chanting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "govinda jaya jaya"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the names of the Lord's merciful incarnation Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'96\'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya prabhu nity\'e4nanda \'e7r
\'e9-advaita gad\'e4dhara \'e7r\'e9v\'e4s\'e4di-gaura-bhakta-v\'e5nda\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then back again to the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Th
is chanting went on literally hour after hour without stopping. No one became tired; the enthusiasm increased more and more until it was ten o'clock and the temple managers had to end the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'e9rtana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This chanting goes on every evening, and it is always a great success.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next morning everyone rose an hour and a half before sunrise, which the Vedic civilization recognizes as the best time for spiritua
l advancement. After the early-morning gathering for chanting in the temple, everyone turned to the last preparations before the installation of the Deities, putting last-minute light fixtures in place and painting and sewing for the Deities. There was n
o distinction between devotees and guests; everyone was busily serving, sweeping, mopping, cooking, decorating and so on. Some devotees had been up all night cooking a feast and cleaning. Everyone engaged his senses in some kind of preparation to please 
the Lord. Haihaya d\'e4sa\'92s greatest aspiration is to engage everyone, old and young, in some kind of work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The time for the beginning of the ceremony finally arrived, and simultaneously all preparation was completed. The procedure for insta
lling the Deities in a bona fide K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple is to bathe Them in milk, yogurt and water while reciting the devotional prayers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and then to hold a fire ceremony in which grains and ghee (clarified butter) are offered in the fire while more }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are chanted. The first verse of the prayers of Lord Brahm\'e4's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are as follows: "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, in abodes built with spiritual gems, surrounded by milli
ons of purpose trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds and thousands of goddesses of fortune."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During the installation of the Deities, the priest leading the ceremony is supposed to speak about the worship of the Deity. I spoke on
 a chapter I had read from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the chapter "Prayers by th
e Demigods for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba" there are 5,000-year-old prayers offered by demigods who knew that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was about to descend to the material world to vanquish the demons and give pleasure to His devotees
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Different classes of people speculate about God. Atheists say there is no God, and some transcendentalists say God is void, impersonal 
or formless because they cannot grasp the idea of a spiritual form. Sometimes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub realize God as the
 form of Vi\'f1\'ebu in the heart, which they see in trance. But according to the Vedic literatures all these aspects of the Absolute Truth are included in the highest realization, which is called Bhagav\'e4n realization of the Personality of Godhead in 
His original spiritual form as K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The demigods described that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually appears in the world He puts an end to all imaginative iconography about what 
God is. Some philosophers speculate that because God is the oldest person, He must be an old man with a beard. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  prayers chanted during the Deity installation, however, although He is the oldest, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears as a fresh youth. He has a light blue hue, and He appears like a young boy, never older than sixteen, 
a cowherd boy who always plays His flute. This is the same form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba described in the Vedic literature, as He actually appeared five thousand years ago and as He appears in the Deity form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a court case discussing whether a certain man is alive or dead, there will be various speculative opinions. But if the man being d
iscussed actually walks into the courtroom, upon his appearance all speculation vanishes. In the same way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, demonstrated clearly by His appearance what He is really like. The whole disciplic succession o
f great spiritual masters and all the great authorities of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme
 Truth. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says Himself in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that whoever considers Him an ordinary materia
l person is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "m\'fc\'f2ha,"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which means a rascal or ass.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all originally eternal servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But, because of our dirty desires, we have left His service and are now tryin
g to act like the Lord ourselves. To help us back to our original position, K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes Himself or sometimes sends His incarnation, son, representative or pure devotee\'96and He also appears in material forms such as stone or metal as the Deity.
 In such forms He accepts offerings of food and decorations, provided such offerings are made in loving devotion. Devotees who worship Him in this form are not performing idol worship, but are worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba in an authorized manner. Although H
e is very difficult to understand, He comes before us as the sound of His holy name, as the words of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritual food) and as the Deity, and none of these forms are material. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba has so kindly made Himself available. Therefore, we can clearly comprehend why the Lord declares that whoever doesn't accept Him as He is but thinks Him an ordinary person of the material world is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93m\'fc\'f2ha,\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a rascal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees in Mexico City had taken great pains to decorate their temple. They had painted all the walls to look like V\'e5nd\'e4vana
, the forest setting where K\'e5\'f1\'eba plays in the spiritual world. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vy\'e4s\'e4sana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or seat of t
he spiritual master, was very nicely situated also, just awaiting the arrival of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The picture of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was placed on the seat, reminding devotees of his presence. Near Mexico City a pure marble stone called o
nyx is abundantly available, and the devotees had arranged an onyx altar with onyx dishes and cups for offerings to the Deity. Their Lordships were dressed very beautifully with golden garments. Everyone was chanting and dancing in appreciation of Their 
Lordships, and the chanting went on for hours. Then there was feasting. On the front lawn under a big tree in the shade, I sat with Haihaya and met various friends of the temple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As far as the mundane Mexico City is concerned, we could see that it is geared, like the United States, towards material goals. The wor
ker is very much pressured to work to increase his pay and enjoy sensual life. Everywhere billboards promise: "Come, you'll be happy if you buy this beer." "Buy these pants and you'll be satisfied." Cars rush back and forth, and on the way to the temple 
from the airport we had seen several accidents within a few hours. But while the illusory struggle for pleasure went on in the material world of Mexico City, a hundred or so people gathered in the courtyard of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple, enjoying real lif
e. Every day in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple there is not only feasting but hard work, but it is all done for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for it is the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness that one should stay in his position as a householder, businessman or what
ever and yet perfect his life simply by chanting and hearing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offering food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After chanting and feasting for some time, a large party gathered to chant downtown. We drove to various spots and chanted the holy nam
es. Large crowds gathered, and we profusely distributed Spanish translations of Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the afternoon progressed, we noted regretfully that we had to return to our duties in the United States. As Mural\'e9vadana and I 
finally left our Godbrothers to head for the plane, we both felt we had visited the real Mexico, not the illusory Mexico known to most travelers. The permanent, pure essence of human consciousness is to practice love of God in a society of peace, prosper
ity and loving relationships. Everyone desires this universal brotherhood, but the different "isms" that have been formed are not satisfying because their center is not universal. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth and source of all emanations,
 the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement has a universal center and can be universally auspicious for all. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not a sectarian idea. Our visit to another nation convinced us by experience that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can successfully a
dapt to any mundane culture and "K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ize" it. Just as an iron rod in a fire gets hotter and hotter and finally acts as fire, so anyone or any place becomes pure by association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One can practice this perfect li
fe anywhere by following the Vedic scriptures under the direction of an expert spiritual master. As long as there are sincere souls, they will gather to hear the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and purify their lives.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photos by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p14:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotees sewing garlands for the installation of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p15:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Above: A bi-lingual devotee translates 
Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is for the benefit of a Mexican audience. \line Right: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, distributed in over ten langu
ages around the world, are seen here in Mexico City.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p16:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In this congregational chanting the Mexican temple is practically unexcelled in the world."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p17: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above: "In our present state we cannot 
see the spiritual form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is eternal bliss and knowledge, yet out of His mercy He appears in the incarnation of the Deity. "\line Below: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvar
\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, second from the left, meets with guests on the front lawn of the Mexico City Temple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p18:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "After chanting and feasting for some ti
me, a large party gathered to chant downtown."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All letters will be personally replied, and correspondence of special interest will be published 
regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Revered Sv\'e4mij\'e9,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The residents of the twin cities are happy to have this opportunity to meet you and your esteemed followers. You may be aware that due 
to inadequate rainfall during the last two years and its complete failure this year, more than half of our state [Andhra Pradesh, a state in central India] is in the grip of a serious drought. With a view to supplement governmental efforts to combat this
 evil, a Central Voluntary Organization of citizens drawn from various walks of life has been set up. The members of this organization surveyed the areas affected by drought. The situation is pathetic. There are villages where drinking water is not avail
able for miles. Due to scarcity of fodder, the cattle owners are parting with their cattle for a nominal price. Many of the stray cattle are dying away due to unavailability of fodder and water. The food problem is also very serious. Due to high prices o
f food grains on the open market, purchase of grains at market prices is beyond the reach of poor villagers, with the result that at least five to six million people are hardly having one meal a day. There are many who are on the verge of starvation. The
 entire situation is most pathetic and heart-rending.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We therefore appeal to your revered self to consider how your Society could best come to the rescue of these millions of souls who are 
in unimaginable distress. The Committee would like to suggest that members of your Society appeal to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  [devotees] attending your discourses to contribute their might to the Andhra Pradesh Relief Fund.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Committee is prepared to send some of its representatives along with members of your Society wherever you wish to distribute }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [food] to the hungry millions in the state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4nava-sev\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhava-sev\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ["Service to man is service to God"], the Comm
ittee is confident that even a little effort by your gracious Society will go a long way in mitigating the sufferings of hundreds and thousands of people.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours ever in the service of the Lord, 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T.L. Kapadia, Secretary 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Andhra Pradesh Relief Fund Committee 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hyderabad, India
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *   *   *
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Mr. Kapadia,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please accept my greetings. With reference to your letter and your personal interview, I beg to inform you that without pleasing the Su
preme Personality of Godhead no one can become happy. Unfortunately people do not know who God is and how to make Him happy. Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is therefore meant to present the Supreme Personality of Godhead directly to the people
. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7th Canto, 6th Chapter: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tu\'f1\'f6e ca tatra kim alabhyam ananta \'e4dye ki\'e0 tair gu\'eba-vyatikar\'e4d iha ye svasiddh\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  7.6.25)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The idea stated in this verse is that by pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we please everyone, and there is no question of s
carcity. Because people do not know this secret of success, they are making their own independent plans to be happy. However, it is not possible to achieve happiness in this way. On your letterhead I find many important men in this country who are intere
sted in relieving the sufferings of the people, but they should know for certain that without pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead all their attempts will be futile. A diseased man cannot live simply on the strength of the help of an expert physic
ian and medicine. If this were so, then no rich man would ever die. One must be favored by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore if you want to perform relief work simply by collecting funds, I think that it will not be successful. You have to please the
 supreme authority, and that is the way to success. For example, due to the performance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  here, the rain has begun to fall after a drought of two years. The last time we performed a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Festival in Delhi, there was imminent danger of Pakistan's declaring war, and when a newspaper man approached me for my opinion, 
I said there must be fighting because the other party was aggressive. However, because of our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  movement, India emerged victorious. Similarly, when we held a festival in Calcutta, the Naxalite [Communist] Movement stopped. These are facts. Through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9
rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement we can not only get all facilities for living, but also at the end can go back home, back to Godhead. Those who are of a demoniac nature cannot understand this, but
 it is a fact.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I therefore request you as leading members of society to join this movement. There is no loss on anyone's part for chanting the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but the gain is great. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  what is accepted by leading men is also accepted by common men:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad yad \'e4carati \'e7re\'f1\'f6has\line tat tad evetaro jana\'f9\line sa yat pram\'e4\'eba\'e0 kurute\line lokas tad anuvartat
e
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues." }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 3.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very important. Therefore, through you I wish to appeal to all the leading men of India to accept this movement very seriously and give us all facility to spread this moveme
nt throughout the world. Then there will be a very happy condition, not only in India but all over the world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hoping this will meet you in good health, 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your ever well-wisher, 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness the World Religion
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS THE
 WORLD RELIGION
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Subala d\'e4sa Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Subala d\'e4sa Sv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
a frequent contributor to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the founder of ISKCON's Philadelphia center. Having
 recently returned from a long stay in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, he is now on a speaking tour of colleges in the northeastern United States and Canada.
\par }\pard \s2071 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa vai pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0 paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhok\'f1aje\line ahaituky apratihat\'e4 yay\'e4tm\'e4 supras\'e9dati
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "THE SUPREME OCCUPATION }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [dharma]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendental Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.
" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.6}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clearly defines the proper path of spiritual advancement in life as well as the desired goal to be attained. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and other allied scriptures of the Gau\'f2\'e9ya-Vai\'f1\'ebava-samprad\'e4ya (the disciplic succession of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss) give proper directions in spiritual knowledge to deliver suffering humanity from the darkness of ignorance. Such directions are free from all the mundane concepts of religion that are prominent throughout the world. This transcendental religion, auth
orized by the Supreme Lord Himself, is meant to uplift those who are actually intelligent and ready to take up the direct process of loving devotional service unto Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba under the guidance of the Lord's representative, a bona fide
 spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the very beginning }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  immediately rejects all cheating processes of so-called religious action and puts forward in the clearest terms the true religion of all living entities:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'f9 projjhita-kaitavo \'92tra paramo nirmatsar\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sat\'e4\'e0\line vedya\'e0 v\'e4stavam atra vastu \'e7ivad
a\'e0 t\'e4pa-trayonm\'fclanam\line \'e7r\'e9mad-bh\'e4gavate mah\'e4-muni-k\'e5te ki\'e0 v\'e4 parair \'e9\'e7vara\'f9\line sadyo h\'e5dy avarudhyate \'92tra k\'e5tibhi\'f9 \'e7u\'e7r\'fc\'f1ubhis tatk\'f1a\'eb\'e4t
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Completely rejecting all religious activities that are materially motivated, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh
\'e4gavata Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are pure in heart. The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion 
for the welfare of all. Such truth uproots the threefold miseries. This beautiful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
compiled by the great sage \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva, is sufficient in itself for God realization. As soon as one attentively and submissively hears the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he becomes attached to the Supreme Lord." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What generally passes under the name of religion is not a spiritual culture but a material progression of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (religiosity), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (economic development), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (sense gratification) and }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (liberation). People engage in pious activities so they may advance in economic development. By e
conomic development they are able to satisfy the senses, but when they fail to become happy by sense gratification, they seek liberation. This progression is based not on the satisfaction of God but on the satisfaction of the individual, who wants to mak
e God his order supplier and offer a few prayers as payment. Such a concept of religion is not based on love; it is a sort of business arrangement. We often find that if the Lord fails to satisfy the demands of such worshipers, they decry the very existe
nce of God and become agnostics or atheists.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a cheating process because the living entities are meant for the service and satisfaction of God, not vice versa. One should ne
ver try to make God his order supplier, but should always be ready to carry out the orders of the Lord faithfully, like Sn Arjuna, the hero of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  begin
s from the point of pure devotional service, the true religion, which is where }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  leaves
 off:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upon hearing this statement of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we may wonder how it is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who earlier said in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (4.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya sambhav\'e4mi yuge yuge}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("To reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium"), is now telling us to give up all varieties of religion. Therefore we must know the difference between real religion and apparent religion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since God is one, religion must also be one. There is one common religion of all living entities, and that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not a sectarian concept that artificiall
y tries to decry other religions and establish its supremacy on the basis of mundane superiority and inferiority concepts; it is the natural urge of the spirit soul for engaging in the loving service of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not Christians, Jews, Hindus or Moslems, for these are all bodily designations. Because I have taken my birth in a Christian fam
ily I think I am a Christian, but I do not know that in my next life I may be a Buddhist or something else. A Christian may convert to become a Jew, or a Hindu may become a Moslem. These are all temporary designations having to do with the body. Therefor
e, they are not the one true eternal religion of all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then what is that true religion that is common to everyone? It is service to God. Whether one is Christian or Jew, Hindu or Moslem\'96o
r even dog, cat or demigod\'96everyone is an eternal servant of God. When San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 asked \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svar\'fcpa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or constitutional position, of every living being, the Lord replied that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svar\'fcpa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the living being is the rendering of service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (j\'e9vera 'svar\'fcpa' haya k\'e5\'f1\'ebera 'n
ityad\'e4sa' }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 20.108}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the conditioned state of material existence the living entities serve the Lord indirectly and unfavorably, whereas in the unconditio
ned state of spiritual existence the living entities serve the Lord directly and favorably. To give an example, everyone in the State serves the State. Some serve favorably as policemen, soldiers, politicians, taxpayers, etc., while others serve unfavora
bly as prisoners. Trapped within the prison house of material nature under the supervision of Durg\'e4dev\'e9 (the material energy), the conditioned souls are forced to serve }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4
y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or illusion, and in return for their service they are kicked by the cruel laws of nature. But the liberated souls living in the supreme abode of the Lord serve the Lord dir
ectly in one of five transcendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rasas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or mellow relationships, and they enjoy a life of eternity, kn
owledge and bliss in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the reservoir of all pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Submissive hearing of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from the lips of a
 pure devotee is the proper means of understanding this great science. In the Tenth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  Fourteenth Chapter, in his prayer of regret before \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Brahm\'e4 said, "O my Lord! Those devotees who completely give up the attempt to become one with You by the culture of 
empiric knowledge but simply try to hear about Your glories from the mouths of self-realized saints and live a virtuous life can easily achieve Your favor, although You are unconquerable by anyone within the three worlds." Lord Caitanya approved this dir
ect culturing of devotional service in His discourses with R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya. The Lord rejected many other processes of spiritual realization, but He completely approved the process of pure devotional service executed under the guidance of a bona f
ide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also, the Lord recommends:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena\line paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4\line upadek\'f1yanti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line j\'ef\'e4ninas tattva-d
ar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-rea
lized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth." (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the conditioned state of ignorance we cannot approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly, but He is so kind that He manifests Himself before us
 in the form of the spiritual master, who in turn instructs us regarding the devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naivopayanty apaciti\'e0 kavayas tave\'e7a\line brahm\'e4yu\'f1\'e4pi k\'e5tam \'e5ddha-muda\'f9 smaranta\'f9\line yo \'92ntar b
ahis tanu-bh\'e5t\'e4m a\'e7ubha\'e0 vidhunvann\line \'e4c\'e4rya-caitya-vapu\'f1\'e4 sva-gati\'e0 vyanakti
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O my Lord! No one, not even a devotee who has lived as long as an age of Brahm\'e4, can sufficiently acknowledge his obligation unto Y
ou, for You manifest Yourself in two features\'96namely, externally as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritual master
) and internally as the Supersoul\'96to deliver the embodied living being by giving him directions as to how he can go unto You." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  11.29.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, everyone who is serious about spiritual realization should seek the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master and learn the
 science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from him. As it is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "By th
e mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba one gets a bona fide spiritual master, and by the mercy of the spiritual master one gets K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  further states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeve bhagavati\line bhakti-yoga\'f9 prayojita\'f9\line janayaty \'e4\'e7u vair\'e4gya\'e0\line j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 ca yad aha
itukam
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The immediate result of applying devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is that causeless knowl
edge and detachment follow." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  1.2.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-yog
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the topmost of all transcendental activities. By its practice one achieves all the good results of other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub processes automatically, without having to endeavor for them separately. And the highest goal, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prem\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or pure love of God, is attained exclusively by means of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga
. Bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is open to everyone, and its practice can elevate one to the highest stage of God realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The principles of knowledge and detachment are two important factors on the path of transcendental realization. By attaining perfect kn
owledge of everything material and spiritual one can become detached from material life and become attached to the transcendental loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line sa mah\'e4tm
\'e4 su-durlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] , knowing Me to be the cause of all 
causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.19)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless one gets a taste of higher enjoyment, how can he give up the enjoyment of material pleasures? Some philosophers artificially ren
ounce the world as false and accept the impersonal Brahman as the only reality (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma satyam, jagan-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But, b
ecause they fail to achieve a higher taste of transcendental activities, they cannot give up their material affection, and they again fall down to the mundane plane of humanitarianism, philanthropy, altruism, politics, etc.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the other hand, by engaging in the supermost human occupation, devotional service, a pure devotee certainly retires from all inferio
r occupations of material life and attains a higher taste so that he does not have to come down again. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated that Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, a great devotee of the Lord, prayed to N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva (the half-lion, half-man incarnation of the Lord) as follows: "My dear Lord, I repeatedly pray unto Your lotus feet tha
t I may simply be stronger in devotional service. I simply pray that my K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness may be more strong and steady because happiness derived out of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and devotional service is so powerful that with it one can ha
ve all other perfections of religiousness, economic development, sense gratification and even the attainment of liberation from material existence."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever the pure devotee does he does by the grace of the Almighty. Therefore he progresses smoothly and overcomes all impediments on 
the path. The conclusion is that one who is a pure devotee has all good qualities\'97knowledge, detachment, etc.\'97but one who has only knowledge or detachment may not be well acquainted with the principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which is the supreme occupation for a human being.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement inaugurated by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is the true religion of all living entitie
s, and it is being presented for the well-being of the entire world by our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. He recommends the following simple formula. Let there be:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One God\'96Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One scripture\'96}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One hymn\'96Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One work\'96Loving service to the Lord. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And the net result will be\'96One World of peace and prosperity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9. 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Book for Swanlike Men
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE BOOK FOR SWANLIKE MEN
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Holiness}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
after acting for many years as President of ISKCON's first New York City temple (and simultaneously working as a teacher in the New York City public school system), became director of ISKCON Press and in 1970 accepted the renounced order of life. He was 
the first to introduce the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in Africa and is now on a preaching tour of Kenya and other east African countries.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may rightly be es
teemed above all the many other Vedic literatures, for its English edition stands as the foremost work of the world's leading Vedic scholar and authority,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Sv
\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da. Although His Divine Grace has undertaken many translations of Vedic literatures, including }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and a thousand-page definitive edition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and has written handfuls of small volumes on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub death, space travel and other subjects, it is his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that he 
considers his life's mission. To date he has published six volumes, comprising the first and second of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  twelve cantos, as well as a two-volume summary study of the exceptional Tenth Canto.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Astoundingly, His Divine Grace promises to present the complete, authoritative 18,000-verse Sanskrit work in no less than sixty volumes
. It is also significant that for his historic voyage to America from India in 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da equipped himself with a hastily printed edition of his First Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rather than the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is far more widely known in the West. Now, after almost seven years of preaching, having toured the world four times and opened more than ninety centers in sixteen different countries (at the age 
of seventy-six!), he has announced his retirement to fulfill his pledge to complete, for the benefit of the world, his elaborate English presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  original author is \'c7r\'e9l
a K\'e5\'f1\'eba-dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, the author of the entire galaxy of Vedic literature. Understanding that \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva is actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appearing as a literary incarnation enables one to comprehend how he was able to 
edit the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in four divisions, from which emanates all knowledge of all subjects that exist no
w in the world and will exist in the future; then to write the massive }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (60,000 verses),
 which includes the famous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then the eighteen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and then the highly intricate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Such a vast scriptural literature could issue forth only from the Lord Himself.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ANXIETY AND ITS CAUSE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva produced these works on the eve of the present Kali-yuga millennium, after foreseeing during a spiritual tranc
e the unfortunate fate of man in this age. After having written all these books, the greatly magnanimous sage felt dissatisfied. "I have, under strict disciplinary vows, unpretentiously worshiped the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spiritual master and the altar of sacrifice," he thought. "I have also abided by the rulings and have shown the import of disciplic succession thro
ugh the explanation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by which even women, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and others can see the path of religion. I am feeling incomplete, though I myself am fully equipped with everything required by th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas." (Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.4.28-30)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Deeper meditation intimated to Vy\'e4sa the cause of his despondency:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ki\'e0 v\'e4 bh\'e4gavat\'e4 dharma\line na pr\'e4ye\'eba nir\'fcpit\'e4\'f9\line priy\'e4\'f9 paramaha\'e0s\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line t
a eva hy acyuta-priy\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This may be because I did not specifically point out the devotional service of the Lord, which is dear to both the perfect beings and the infallible Lord." (}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.4.31)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At that moment Vy\'e4sadeva\'92s spiritual master, N\'e4rada Muni, approached the sage. It is the responsibility of a bona fide spiritu
al master to ascertain at once the cause of anxiety in his disciple and remove it by forthrightly speaking the truth, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke to Arjuna in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada told Vy\'e4sa, "Whatever you desire to describe that is separate in vision from the Lord simply reacts with different forms, 
names and results, to agitate the mind as the wind agitates a boat that has no resting place." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
h\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vy\'e4sa had neglected to write directly about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and instead he had presented many other religious observances in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not only had this left Vy\'e4sa agitated, but, because he was an authority, it had harmed all the people of t
his age.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was to no avail that Vy\'e4sa had given transcendental instructions side by side with material topics. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a historical narrative, he had indeed included }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which emphasizes the gist of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that one should relinquish all other engagements and surrender wholly and solely to the lotus feet of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But materialistic men 
are prone to glance over this and dwell on the political, economic and philanthropic topics of the remainder of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as suits then-taste. Therefore, since he had given people a program of materialistic religion that was nothing more than the regulated performance of fruitive activities, they would not heed the essence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that one should realize his relationship with the Lord and surrender to Him without delay. Because Vy
\'e4sa had compromised, his entire presentation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  had been ruined, just as a large pot of swee
t rice would be ruined if someone were to drop a pinch of sand in it. N\'e4rada chided Vy\'e4sa "The people in general are naturally inclined to enjoy, and you have encouraged them in that way in the name of religion. This is verily condemned and is quit
e unreasonable." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For a sincere disciple, deprecation from the bona fide spiritual master is a welcome opportunity. There is no question of exchanging fl
atteries in the master-disciple relationship as many modern }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svamis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and their disciples now do. Vy\'e4sa o
penly admitted his great fault, but with the urging of his spiritual master he rectified it and made it quite clear in the beginning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that this work would be quite different. "Completely rejecting all religious activities that are materially motivated, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh
\'e4gavata Pur\'e4\'eba [\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  propounds the highest truth, which is understandable by those devotees who are pure in heart." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SECRET OF PERFECTION
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva's intention in promoting through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a regulated system of fruitive activities, speculative philosophy and worship of demigods had been to eliminate, somehow or other, all the undue competition between men and 
societies that results from sense gratification. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva wrote all those books just to make everyone happy, the result being that he could not make himself happy. But N\'e4rada Muni knew the secret of happiness, and therefore he instruct
ed Vy\'e4sa to write }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself stated that secret of perfection in one all-encompassing verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectl
y know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  deals with one subject and one subject only: love of God. And it is a great subject matter, fully requiring the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  twelve cantos, in which Vy\'e4sa establishes who God is, what the different relationships with Him are and how they can be established, all culminat
ing in the perfection\'96love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  four consecutive verses summarize the book's entire subject matter. These verses, known as "the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in four verses, are a specific reply by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, to four questions asked by Lord Brahm\'e4, who was the first to receive transcenden
tal knowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this world. Brahm\'e4 asked first: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "What are the forms of the Lord in both matter and transcendence? "The}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  answer is the important }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "aham eva"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  verse;
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aham ev\'e4sam ev\'e4gre\line n\'e4nyad yat sad-asat param\line pa\'e7c\'e4d aha\'e0 yad etac ca\line yo \'92va\'e7i\'f1yeta so 
\'92smy aham
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Brahm\'e4, it is I, the Personality of Godhead, who was existing before the creation, when there was nothing but Myself. Nor was there the material nature, the cau
se of this creation. That which you see now is also I, the Personality of Godhead, and after annihilation what remains will also be I, the Personality of Godhead." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2.9.33)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Three times the Lord repeats }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aham }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ("It is I"), and not without intention. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  use
 repetition to stress what is most important. For example, the \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  state:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma\line harer n\'e4ma eva kevalam\line kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva\line n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath
\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Chant the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chant the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chant the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no other way, there is no other way, there is no oth
er way." Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ninth Chapter K\'e5\'f1\'eba says }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , "Me," four times, just to stress that He is the object of thought, worship, service and liberation. This rep
etition is a sort of chastisement, as when a mother who wants her child to stop some mischief repeats: "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to chastise philosophers who by mental speculation insist that the Lord is not in fact a person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, stands before Brahm\'e4 and says, "It is I, it is I," just to emphasize Himself per
sonally. And, interestingly, immediately after speaking these four verses to Brahm\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba disappears from Brahm\'e4's sight, again just to emphasize that when He says "Me," He refers to Himself personally. Nevertheless, right after K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says, "Me" in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  four times, one so-called scholar writes: "It is not to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 . . ." and then goes on to explain that K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually was referring to the unborn and unmanifest within.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya has forbidden those who want to understand the true meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to read the books of these misleading philosophers. Before answering Lord Brahm\'e4's four questions, K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs how the A
bsolute Truth is to be known. "Knowledge about Me as described in the scriptures is very confidential, and it has to be realized in conjunction with devotional service. The necessary paraphernalia for that process is being explained by Me. You may take i
t up carefully." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.9
.31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ETERNAL FORM OF BLISS AND KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One can have knowledge of the Lord only if it is made known by the Lord Himself. This is repeatedly stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  specifically in the four verses known as the summary verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (10.8-11). Independently, even the greatest mundane thinker cannot understand the Absolute Truth by mental speculation. At 
most, he can achieve realization of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's impersonal (Brahman) aspect, but what the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 calls the most confidential knowledge of the Personality of Godhead can be comprehended by a very few, who receive that knowledge from the Lord in the heart because of their devotional service. The immediate example is Arjuna, whom Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba d
eclared in the Fourth Chapter to be qualified alone out of thousands because rather than being a big scholar, meditator or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he was a real friend and sincere devotee of the Lord. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba revealed transcendental knowledge to him, just as a father might disclose confidences only to his pet son.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The followers of impersonal philosophy stress that the Absolute Truth is ultimately impersonal or void and state that although the Abso
lute may manifest many forms in this world, they are all material. Citing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which are ele
mentary texts of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they conclude from statements such as "the Lord does not have any material fo
rm" that He has no form at all. But how can they explain this statement, which is found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  16): "Please remove the effulgence of Your transcendental rays so that I may see Your
 form of bliss"?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A form of bliss is not within our experience, since everyone in the material world is without exception prone to four miseries: birth, 
disease, old age and death. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  point beyond our limited experience to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the form of eternal bliss and knowledge. From this one can understand how impersonalism is similar t
o materialism and atheism because these philosophies are all based only on what one can experience through the bodily senses or mental speculation. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness) is based on the authority of the Vedic scriptures, in which a personalist has complete faith.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states that the Lord can use any one of His transcendental senses for various purposes. He can eat with His eyes, or He can see with His legs. Obviously this power is beyond the limits of a mundane form. Stan
ding as a direct challenge to impersonalism, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  presents a most elaborate descrip
tion of the Lord's various transcendental forms, which are all identical yet different in appearance. Some of His bodies are black, some red, some yellow and some white; some are two-handed, and some are four-handed; some are like a fish and some like a 
lion. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  relates all the activities or pastimes of these forms in detail, especially in th
e Tenth Canto (published now as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Books).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is no wonder that impersonalists have avoided trying to apply their tainted and speculative interpretations to the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for no verbal jugglery can hide the crystal-clear meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  verses. Even the father of impersonalism, \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, although having written a fam
ous commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  would not touch }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which is a further elaboration of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s
\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by its original author, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ILLUSIONS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4's second question in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "How are the different energies of the Lord working?"\'97is answered as follows: "Whatever appears to be of value, if it is without relation to Me, has no reality. Know it as My ill
usory energy, that reflection which appears to be in darkness." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Seventh Chapter confirms that the Lo
rd has two energies, one spiritual and one material. Material energy manifests itself as that which appears not to be produced from God but to be independent. In other words, anything held not to relate with the Lord is a part of the illusory material en
ergy because factually nothing can exist without being related to Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The knowledge, theories and research of modern scientists who try to dismiss any connection between God and tine world must therefore b
e considered illusory. These scientists refuse to accept the authoritative statements of the scriptures with regards to the Lord's creating the world, yet they can furnish only a plethora of theories and contradictory speculations on how the world is cre
ated, maintained and destroyed. Medical scientists refuse to accept the existence of the soul in the physiological constitution of the body, yet with all their laboratories they cannot give life to a dead body, even if all its physical mechanisms continu
e to exist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like materialistic scientists, impersonalists who maintain that in the ultimate realization the individual self becomes God are in illu
sion. Their claiming to be the Supreme is another way of saying that they have no connection with God, for if one is Himself God he does not have to connect himself with the Lord. Personalism clears away this illusion by explaining that the spiritual ene
rgy of the Lord cannot be as great as the Lord Himself, although there is very little qualitative difference between the energy (the living entities) and the possessor of the energy (the Lord). Just as a fire is a source of heat but the heat is not the f
ire itself, so the Lord is the source of innumerable living entities, although these living entities are not equal to God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To consider God and the living entities one and the same is unreasonable because it is apparent that the living entity is forced to acc
ept many conditions that do not at all affect the infinite Lord. For instance, the embodied soul can exhibit potencies and powers only according to the development of his body. Thus the potencies of an infant, for example, are quite limited in comparison
 to those of a fully grown man. But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears as an infant, He is competent to exhibit His full powers. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4ga
vatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  relates in the Tenth Canto that K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed the terrible demon named P\'fctan\'e4 when He was only an infant on the lap of His mother.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE LORD AND HIS ENERGIES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Brahm\'e4's third question}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97"How }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub play}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His diffe
rent energies?"\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is answered as follows: "O Brahm\'e4, please know that the universal elements enter into the cosmos and at the same time do not enter into the cosmos; similarly
 I Myself exist within everything, and at the same time I am outside of everything." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.9.35}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  explains that the material creation consists of different elements such as earth, air, water, fire and ether. The 
earth, trees, mountains, humans and animals are all made up of different combinations of these elements, yet these elements themselves exist independently. Similarly, the Lord is within everything by His energy yet at the same time outside of everything.
 To give an example, in a monarchy the different governmental departments work as the energy of the king, yet the king is not personally present in every department, although they work by his power. Impersonalists however, perceive only that God is all-p
ervading, within everything, and so mistakenly conclude that He does not have a form in the kingdom of God (Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka), which is beyond the material manifestation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 RECEIVING ENLIGHTENMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How confidential knowledge of the Personality of Godhead's real nature is revealed to a devotee was explained to Brahm\'e4 in answer to
 his fourth question\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "How may I be instructed to discharge the duty entrusted to me?" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba told Brahm\'e4: "A person who is searching after the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, has to search it out up to this, certainly in all circumstances, and in all space and time, and both directly and indirectly." }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.9.36}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not one pure devotee has received enlightenment in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness independently. Rather, every great spiritual master has
 been instructed and benedicted by a previous spiritual master. Not only did Lord Brahm\'e4, the first and greatest of all living entities, receive instructions from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but even the Lord Him
self, the supreme spiritual master, became a disciple of a spiritual master, S\'e4nd\'e9pani Muni, and again when the Lord appeared as Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu He also accepted a spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because spiritual life is undoubtedly difficult, it is necessary to receive knowledge about God from both the scriptures and a spiritua
l master whose life teaches by example what the scriptures teach. In the following verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "bh\'e4gavata"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has a dual meaning: the scripture and the personality who exempl
ifies the scripture, the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "By regularly hearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and rendering service unto the pure devotee [who is also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ], all that is troublesome to the heart is practically destroyed, and loving service unto the glorious Lord, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact." }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But although anyone can relish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  not everyone will, for many people derive pleasure from reading sensuous mental speculations that only waste time, thus increasing their illusion, lamentation and fear. Those who a
re spiritually advanced, however, and are actually disgusted with material life, are a captive audience for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  likens such rare souls to swans that enjoy pleasant pond
s of water, scenic and natural, whereas it compares materialists to crows that prefer to enjoy the garbage of refuse heaps.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impetus for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam's }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub being promulgated to the English-speaking world began in the nineteenth century with \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, the grand-spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta 
Swami Prabhup\'e4da. As a spiritual pioneer, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura first wrote books especially in English to try to interest Westerners in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In one small volume entitled "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  Its Philosophy, Its Ethics and Its Theology," he writes as follows; "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata [\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is pre-eminently }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub book of India. Once enter into it, and you are transp
lanted, as it were, into the spiritual world where gross matter has no existence. The true follower of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  is a spiritual man who has already cut his temporary connection with phenomenal nature and has made himself an inhabitant of that region where God eternally exists and loves. This mighty work is founded on inspiration and its superstruct
ure upon reflection. . .We are therefore obliged to study it deeply through the assistance of such great commentators as \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 and the divine Caitanya and His contemporary followers."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A SPIRITUAL MASTER WHO KNOWS THE LORD
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is absolutely necessary to receive }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gava
tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from a bona fide spiritual master coming in disciplic succession and not from professional reciters or pseudo-devotees. A spiritual master is one who knows the science of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He must have given up all other engagements and be fixed solely in the service of the Lord. Such a spiritual master will always lead one towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba and not away from Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Surrender unto Me on
ly" }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the spiritual master says, "Surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a." He does not interpret K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words and say that it is not to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that we must surrender. He delivers the message as it is, like a postman who delivers a letter to the addressee without opening it and changing what it says.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A bona fide spiritual master must necessarily be a personalist. Impersonalists are not pure because they desire to become one with God,
 like materialists who think themselves number one in the world. Because they are materially contaminated, impersonalists cannot avoid misinterpreting the pure message of the scriptures. It is therefore recommended that one who is eager to accept a spiri
tual master seek a bona fide spiritual master who can lead everyone to God. Such a spiritual master knows everything about the Supreme Personality of Godhead because the Lord is obliged to reveal Himself completely to His sincere devotee. As K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give 
the understanding by which they can come to Me." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is important that the spiritual aspirant be conversant with the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that he will not be misle
d. If one is ignorant of what spiritual life is, how will he be able to evaluate who is a bona fide spiritual master and who is bogus? If one is ill and needs a doctor, one must select a doctor who is qualified to cure him, who perhaps has been recommend
ed by a friend and who has cured other patients. Selecting a spiritual master is just as practical a matter, and because the disease of material life is the most stubborn of all, only an expert spiritual master can cure one\'97if one really wants to be c
ured.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Most people do not understand the seriousness of the disease of material life. Therefore it is stated that if one wants God, the Lord w
ill send him to a spiritual master who will give the Lord to him. We recommend any reader fortunate enough to be seeking the Absolute Truth, God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to approach His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who is such a spiritual master. O
ne can do this just by reading his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the words of His Divine Grace: "There a
re thousands and thousands of literary men all over the world, and they have created many, many thousands of literary works for the information of people in general for thousands and thousands of years. Unfortunately none of them have brought peace and t
ranquility on the earth. This is due to the spiritual vacuum in those literatures; therefore the Vedic literatures, especially }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are specifically recommende
d to suffering humanity to bring about the desired effect of liberation from the pangs of material civilization, which is eating the vital part of human energy."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p23:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Photo by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p25:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Left: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After having written all the Vedic literatures, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva still felt despondent. At that time his spiritual master, N\'e4rada Muni, approached the sage.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p27:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who relish \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam are compared to swans that enjoy pleasant ponds of water, scenic and natural, whereas materialists are compared to crows that prefer to enjoy the garbage of refuse heaps. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead 59
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 Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  understood that Uddhava had a message from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they became very happy and called him to a secluded place to sit down. While talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Uddhava, they forgot all ab
out their household business. They even forgot about themselves as their interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased more and more
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , namely \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, was so much absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by dint of Her personal touch with Him that She actually began to talk with a bumblebee. While 
the other gopis were talking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's messenger Uddhava, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 took that bumblebee to be a messenger from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and began to talk with it. 'My dear friend, I welcome you,' She said. 'You have come
 to take Me to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.' "
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 6
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The three modes of material nature tightly control the conditioned souls within the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA DEVOTEES personally distribute almost half a million }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godheads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  each month, so it is likely that you received this copy by meeting and personally talking with a devotee. Perhaps you wanted to find out more abou
t our humanitarian work, or about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, or}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you might have been curious about our life-style. You m
ight like the singing of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or perhaps the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy intrigues you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever your interest, it can be satisfied here because the subject of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which literally means "the All-attractive," is a name of the original form of God. The Vedic scriptures state that a
lthough people look for pleasure in many ways\'96through money, through fame, through love, or in some other way\'96the essence of what they are looking for is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the source of all pleasure, the embodiment of eternity, bliss and knowledge. O
riginally, in pure consciousness, we have a loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in which we share His qualities, but now we have forgotten it. When we revive that loving relationship, however, all our desires will be satisfied. The Vedic scriptures r
ecommend the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  printed on this page as the best method for reawa
kening our inner K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The articles in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  explain in more detail thi
s eternal, blissful consciousness of the Absolute Truth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MO
VEMENT
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Bharadraja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNICIANS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gar\'e9y\'e4n d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PROOFREADERS
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Harike\'f1a d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6aketu d\'e4sa, Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Tom Doliner
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS
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\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034
.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 60 \'a9 1973 by the Bhaktivedant
a Book Trust.\line All rights reserved.       Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although they may think themselves independent, the living beings in the material world act as puppets of the three qualities of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or illusion. One can cut oneself free from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  strings only by surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for He is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ultimate controller. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (original oil painting by Yadur\'e4
\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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apetown, S. Africa\'9774 A Upper Waterkant St.; Nairobi, Kenya\'97P.O. Box 28946 (E. Africa).
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315; Calcutta, India\'973 Albert Road, Calcutta 17/44-3757; Hyderabad, India\'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, Andra Pradesh; Kowloon, Hong Kong\'9745A Broadway, 15/Floor, Mei Foo Sun Chuen; Mayapur, India\'97ISKCON International Center. P.O. 
Sree Mayapur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); New Delhi, India\'97G 12 Anand Niketan 110023/48480; Tokyo, Japan\'973-4-18. Shimo-Ochiai Shinjuku-ku/ 951-5809; Vrindavan, India\'97Radha-Damodar Temple, Seva Kunj, Mathura. U.P.; Vrindavan, India\'97Chatti
kara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P.
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Germany\'978042 Oberschleissheim, Dr. Hoffmeister Str.7 (Munchen)/ 3150421; Paris, France\'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 Paris/ 727.02.02; Stockholm, Sweden\'97Solhagavagen 22, 16352 Spanga.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Escape from Eternal Time
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ESCAPE FROM ETERNAL TIME
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DH\'c5TAR\'c4\'d1\'d6RA was the eldest son of his father, and therefore according to law he was to be installed on the throne of Hastin
\'e4pura. He was disqualified, however, from his rightful claim because he was blind from birth. Nevertheless he could not forget this bereavement, and his disappointment was somewhat compensated after the death of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u, his younger brother. Hi
s younger brother left behind him some minor children, and Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra became their natural guardian. At heart, however, he wanted to become the factual king and hand over the kingdom to his own sons, headed by Duryodhana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With all these imperial ambitions, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra contrived all sorts of intrigues in consultation with his brother-in-law 
\'c7akuni. By the will of the Lord, however, everything failed, but at the last stage, even after losing all his men and money in the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra still wanted to remain king, being the eldest uncle of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Y
udhi\'f1\'f6hira. Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, who emerged victorious after the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, maintained Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra in royal honor as a matter of duty. Thus Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was happily passing his numbered days under the illusion of
 being a king as the royal uncle of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra at this point was aided by his youngest brother, the great saint and sage Vidura. Vidura came to the palace to 
speak to Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra because he felt duty-bound to awaken him from his slumber of disease and old age. Consequently Vidura addressed Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra as "King" although Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was not a king in fact. Actually everyone 
is a servant of eternal time, and therefore no one can be king in this material world. A king is a person who can order. However, even a king cannot order time and tide. Therefore one is only a false king in this material world, and Vidura particularly r
eminded Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra of this false position and of the fearful happenings approaching him at this time. Vidura informed him that if he wanted to be saved from the fearful situation that was approaching him fast, he had best get out of his illu
sion immediately.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An insanely attached householder who is blind to the passing of eternal time thinks, "I am now happy. I have everything in order. My ba
nk balance is quite enough. I can now give my children enough estate. I am now successful. The poor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  beggars depend on God, but they come to beg from me. Therefore I am more than the Supreme God."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fact is, however, that our duration of life is measured, and no one is able to enhance it even by a second against that time ordain
ed by the supreme will. A human being should cautiously spend his valuable time because even one second passed away cannot be replaced, not even in exchange for thousands of golden coins amassed by hard labor. Every second of human life is meant for maki
ng an ultimate solution to the problems of life, namely the repetition of birth and death and the continuation of the cycle of birth in 8,400,000 species of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material body, which is subject to birth and death, disease and old age, is the cause of all sufferings for the living entity. Othe
rwise the living entity is eternal; he is never born, nor does he ever die. Foolish people forget the problem of repeated birth and death. They do not know how to solve the problems of life, but instead they become engrossed in temporary family affairs, 
not knowing that eternal time passes imperceptibly. Unaware that their measured life span diminishes with every second, they do not make any solution to the big problem, which is the repetition of birth, death, disease and old age. Such a mentality is ca
lled illusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no superior power that can check the cruel hands of death. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratikriy\'e4 na yasyeha\line kuta\'e7cit karhicit prabho\line sa e\'f1a bhagav\'e4n k\'e4la\'f9\line sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0 na\'f9 s
am\'e4gata\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This frightful situation cannot be remedied by any person in this material world. It is the Supreme Personality of Godhead as eternal time [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] that has approached us }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ll.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 1.13.19) However acute the source of bodily sufferings may be, no one wants to die. Even in these days of so-called scientific advancement of knowledge, there is no remedial measure either for old age or for death. Old age is the notice of th
e arrival of death served by cruel time, and no one can refuse to accept either summon calls or the supreme judgment of eternal time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra might otherwise have asked Vidura to find some remedy for the imminent fearful situation, Vidura inform
ed him that there is no remedial measure against death in this material world. Because there is nothing comparable to death in this material world, death is identical with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and this is stated by the Lord Himself in }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5tyu\'f9 sarva-hara\'e7 c\'e4ham.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I am all-devouring death."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Death cannot be checked by anyone. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, in an attempt to become immortal, underwent a severe penance that caused the wh
ole universe to tremble. Brahm\'e4 himself approached Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu to dissuade him from executing such severe penances, and Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu asked Brahm\'e4 to award him the blessings of immortality. Brahm\'e4 said, however, that he himself was
 subject to death, which governs even the topmost planet. How, then, could he award him the benediction of immortality? Therefore there is death even in the highest planet of this universe, and what to speak of other planets, which are far, far inferior 
in quality to Brahmaloka, the residence of Brahm\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Wherever there is eternal time, there is birth, disease, old age and death, and all of these are invincible. Indeed, there is no powerf
ul living being within the universe who can overcome the influence of time. Many poets have written verses on the influence of time, and many devastations have taken place over the universe due to the influence of time. No one could check these devastati
ons by any means. Even in our daily life so many things come and go, and we have no hand in them. We simply have to suffer or tolerate them. We are helpless to provide any remedy. This is the result of time. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yena caiv\'e4bhipanno \'92ya\'e0\line pr\'e4\'ebai\'f9 priyatamair api\line jana\'f9 sadyo viyujyeta\line kim ut\'e4nyair dhan
\'e4dibhi\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whoever is under the influence of supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [eternal time] must surrender his dear life, and what to speak of other things, such as wealth, honor, children, land and home." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.13.20)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Vidura reminded Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra of his precarious condition, influenced by cruel time, for by his past experience Dh\'e5ta
r\'e4\'f1\'f6ra should have more intelligently seen what was going to happen to his own life. Vidura told him:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pit\'e5-bhr\'e4t\'e5-suh\'e5t-putr\'e4\line hat\'e4s te vigata\'e0 vayam\line \'e4tm\'e4 ca jaray\'e4 grasta\'f9\line para-geham
 up\'e4sase
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Your father, brother, well-wishers and sons are all dead and passed away. You yourself have expended the major portion of your life, your body is now overtaken by 
invalidity, and you are now living in the home of another person." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.13.21)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra's father, Vicitrav\'e9rya, had died long ago, when Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and his younger brothers were all li
ttle children, and it was due to the care and kindness of Bh\'e9\'f1madeva that they were properly brought up. Then again his brother P\'e4\'eb\'f2u died also. Then in the Battle of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Kuruk\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  his one hundred sons and grandsons all died, along with all other well-wishers like Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, Kar\'eba and many other kings 
and friends. Thus Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra had lost all his men and money, and now he was living at the mercy of his nephew, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, whom he had put into various types of trouble.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite all these reverses, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra thought he would prolong his life more and more. Therefore Vidura wanted to point o
ut to him that everyone has to protect himself by his action and the grace of the Lord. One has to execute his duty faithfully and depend for the results on the supreme authority. No friends, no children, no father, no brother, no state nor anyone else c
an protect a person not protected by the Supreme Lord. One should therefore seek the protection of the Supreme Lord, for the human form of life is meant for seeking that protection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura even went further in warning Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra of his precarious condition,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub andha\'f9 puraiva vadhiro\line manda-praj\'ef\'e4\'e7 ca s\'e4mpratam\line vi\'e7\'e9r\'eba-danto mand\'e4gni\'f9\line sar\'e4ga
\'f9 kapham udvahan
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You have been blind from your very birth," Vidura told him, "and recently you have become hard of hearing. Your memory is shortened, and your intelligence is distu
rbed. Your teeth are loose, your liver is defective, and you are coughing up mucus." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.13.22) The symptoms of old age were already developed in Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, and one by one Vidura pointed them out to him, concluding that they all served as a warning 
that death was approaching very quickly. Nonetheless Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was foolishly carefree about his future.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The signs pointed out by Vidura in the body of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra were signs of the material body's dwindling before the last stro
kes of death. The body takes birth, develops, stays, creates other bodies, dwindles and then vanishes. Foolish men want to make a permanent settlement for the perishable body, and they think that their estate, children, society, country, etc., will give 
them protection. Because of such foolish ideas, they are overtaken by temporary engagements, and they altogether forget that they must give up this temporary body and take on a new one to arrange for another cycle of society, friendship and love, which w
ill again ultimately perish. Forgetting their permanent identity, they become foolishly active in nonpermanent occupations, forgetting their prime duty altogether.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Saints and sages like Vidura approach such foolish men to awaken them to the real situation, but unfortunately such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [holy men] and saints are taken as social parasites. Thus foolish men refuse to hear the words of these }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and saints, although they welcome showbottle }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and so-called saints who can satisfy their senses. Vidura was not a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4d
hu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who satisfied the unfortunate sentiments of men like Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. He was correctly pointing out the real situation and informing him how he could save himself from 
the catastrophes of life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should never flatter kings or rich men to live comfortably at their 
cost. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should speak to householders about the naked truth so that they may come to their senses
 regarding the precarious material existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra is a typical example of an attached old man in household life. Although he became a pauper in the true sense, h
e nonetheless wanted to live comfortably in the house of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. Thus Vidura told him:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aho mah\'e9yas\'e9 jantor\line j\'e9vit\'e4\'e7\'e4 yath\'e4 bhav\'e4n\line bh\'e9m\'e4pavarjita\'e0 pi\'eb\'f2am\line \'e4datte
 g\'e5ha-p\'e4lavat
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Alas, how powerful are the hopes of a living being to continue his life. Verily, you are living just like a household dog and are eating remnants of food given by 
Bh\'e9ma." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  1.13.23) Vidura especially mentioned Bh\'e9ma because Bh\'e9ma personally killed Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra's two prominent sons, Duryodhana and Du\'f9\'e7\'e4sana. These two sons were very dear to Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra for their notorious an
d nefarious activities, and Bh\'e9ma was particularly pointed out because he killed these two pet sons. Why was Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra living at the house of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas? Because he wanted to continue his life comfortably, even at the risk of 
all humiliation. Vidura was therefore astonished at the powerful urge to continue life despite humiliation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This sense of continuing one's life indicates that a living being is eternally a living entity and does not want to change his bodily h
abitation. A foolish man does not know that a particular term of bodily existence is awarded to him as a term of imprisonment, and the human body is awarded after many, many births and deaths as a chance for self-realization to go back home, back to Godh
ead. Persons like Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra try to make plans to live in the material body in a comfortable position with profit and interest, for they do not see things as they are.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was blind, and he continued to hope to live comfortably in the midst of all of life's reverses. A }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  like Vidura is meant to awaken such blind people and thus help them return to Godhead, where life is eterna
l. Upon returning to God, one does not want to return to this material world of miseries. We can hardly imagine how responsible a task is entrusted to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  like Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Vidura.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  religion sets aside a part of one's life completely for the purpose of self-realization and attainment of salvation in the human form of life. That is a routine division of life. But persons like Dh
\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, even at their weary ripened age, want to stay home, even in a degraded condition. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was actually accepting charity from his enemies. Wanting to point this out and impress upon him that it was better to die lik
e his sons than to accept such humiliating charity, Vidura told him:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub agnir nis\'e5\'f1\'f6o datta\'e7 ca\line garo d\'e4r\'e4\'e7 ca d\'fc\'f1it\'e4\'f9\line h\'e5ta\'e0 k\'f1etra\'e0 dhana\'e0 ye
\'f1\'e4\'e0\line tad-dattair asubhi\'f9 kiyat
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There is no need to live a degraded life and subsist on the charity of those whom you tried to kill by arson and poisoning. You also insulted one of their wives an
d usurped their kingdom and wealth." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.13.24)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Five thousand years ago there was one Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, but at the present moment there are many Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ras in eve
ry home. Politicians especially do not retire from political activities unless dragged by the cruel hand of death or killed by some opposing element. To stick to family life till the end of one's human life is the grossest type of degradation, and there 
is an absolute need for Viduras to educate such Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ras, even at the present moment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura further informed Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra: "Despite your unwillingness to die and your desire to live even at the cost of honor a
nd prestige, your miserly [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] body will certainly dwindle and deteriorate like an old garment.
" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.13.25) The words
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'ebasya jij\'e9vi\'f1o\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in this verse are significant. There are two classes of men. One is c
alled a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the other is called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the miserly man, has no estimation of his material body, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
has a true estimation of himself and the material body. Having a wrong estimation of his material body, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  wants to enjoy sense gratification with his utmost strength, and even in old age he tries to become a young man by medical treatment or otherwise. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra is addressed herein as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because without considering his material body he wants to live at any cost, and Vidura is trying to open his eyes to see that he c
annot live more than his time and that he must prepare for death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since death is inevitable, why should one accept such a humiliating position? It is better to take the right path, even at the risk of 
death. Human life is meant for finishing all kinds of miseries that arise due to material existence, and life should be so regulated that one can achieve the desired goal. Because of his wrong conception of life, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra had already spoil
ed eighty percent of his energy, so it behooved him to utilize his remaining days for the ultimate good. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra's life was miserly because he did not properly utilize the assets of the human form of life. By good luck such a miserly man 
meets a self-realized soul like Vidura, and by Vidura's instructions he gets rid of the nescience of material existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, a great K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee and spiritual master, has sung:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari hari! viphale}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  janama go\'ec\'e4inu\line manu\'f1y
a-janama p\'e4iy\'e4,\line r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba n\'e4 bhajiy\'e4\line j\'e4niy\'e4 \'e7uniyd\'e4 vi\'f1a kh\'e4inu
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Lord, I have simply wasted my life. Having obtained the human body, I have neglected to worship Your Lordship, and therefore willingly I have drunk poison." In 
other words, the human body is especially meant for cultivating knowledge of devotional service to the Lord, without which life is full of anxieties and miserable conditions. Therefore one who has spoiled his life without such cultural activities is advi
sed to leave home without the knowledge of friends or relatives and, being thus freed from all obligations to family, society, country, etc., give up the body at some unknown destination so -that others may not know where and how he has met his death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Vidura advised Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gata-sv\'e4rtham ima\'e0 deha\'e0\line virakto mukta-bandhana\'f9\line avij\'ef\'e4ta-gatir jahy\'e4t\line sa vai dh\'e9ra ud
\'e4h\'e5ta\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He is called undisturbed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [dh\'e9ra]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who goes to an unknown, remote place and, freed from all obligations, quits his material body when it has become useless." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.13.26) A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9ra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is one who is not disturbed, even when there is sufficient provocation. Generally, one cannot give up a comfortable life due to his affectionate relation with wife and children
. Self-realization is obstructed by such undue affection for family, and if anyone is at all able to forget such a relation, he is called undisturbed, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9ra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This, however, is the path of renunciation based on a frustrated life, but stabilization of such renunciation is possible only by assoc
iation with bona fide saints and self-realized souls who can engage one in the loving devotional service of the Lord. Sincere surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord is possible by awakening the transcendental sense of service, and this is made possibl
e by the association of pure devotees of the Lord. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was lucky enough to have a brother like Vidura whose very association was a source of liberation for his frustrated life. Vidura further told Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'f9 svak\'e4t parato veha\line j\'e4ta-nirveda \'e4tmav\'e4n\line h\'e5di k\'e5tv\'e4 hari\'e0 geh\'e4t\line pravrajet sa nar
ottama\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He is certainly a first-class man who a-wakens and understands, either by himself or from others, the falsity and misery of this material world and thus leaves hom
e and depends fully on the Personality of Godhead residing in his heart." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.13.27) Real perfection on the path of liberation is obtained when one is practiced to depend fully on the Supreme Personality of. Godhead, who lives in everyone's heart. One way live i
n the darkest jungle alone, but a steadfast devotee knows very well that he is never alone. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is within him, and He can protect His sincere devotee in any awkward circumstance. One should therefore practice devotional ser
vice at home, hearing chanting of the Lord's holy name, quality, form, pastimes and entourage in the association of pure devotees, and this practice will help one awaken God consciousness in proportion to one's sincerity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidura's words to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra did not go in vain. We are informed by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 r\'e4j\'e4 vidure\'eb\'e4nujena\line praj\'ef\'e4-cak\'f1ur bodhita \'e4jam\'e9\'f2ha\'f9\line chittv\'e4 sve\'f1u sneha
-p\'e4\'e7\'e4n dra\'f2himno\line ni\'e7cakr\'e4ma bhr\'e4t\'e5-sandar\'e7it\'e4dhv\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Thus Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, the scion of the family of \'c4jam\'e9\'f2ha, firmly convinced by introspective knowledge, broke at once the strong ne
twork of familial affection by his resolute determination. Thus he immediately left home to set out on the path of liberation, as directed by his younger brother Vidura." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.13.29)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the great preacher of the principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has stressed the importance of association with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu
s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or pure devotees of the Lord. He said that even by a moment's association with a pure devotee, one can achieve all perfection. Vidura's association with Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra
 serves as an example of this truth. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was tightly bound in a network of material affinities related to politics, economy and family attachment, and he did everything in his power to achieve so-called success in his p
lanned projects, but he was frustrated from the beginning to the end so far as his material activities were concerned. And yet, despite his life of failure, he achieved the greatest of all success in self-realization by the forceful instructions of a pur
e devotee of the Lord, who is the typical emblem of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The scriptures enjoin, therefore, that on
e should associate with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  only, rejecting all other kinds of association, and by so doing one wil
l have ample opportunity to hear the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who can cut to pieces the bonds of illusory affection in 
the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a fact that the material world is a great illusion because everything appears to be a tangible reality but at the next moment eve
rything is evaporated like the dashing foam of the sea or a cloud in the sky. A cloud in the sky undoubtedly appears to be a reality because it rains and due to rain so many temporary green things appear, but in the ultimate issue, everything disappears,
 namely the cloud, rain and green vegetation, all in due course. But the sky remains, and the varieties of luminaries in the sky also remain forever. Similarly the Absolute Truth, which is compared to the sky, remains eternally, and the temporary cloudli
ke illusion comes and goes away. Foolish living beings are attracted by the temporary cloud, but intelligent men are more concerned with the eternal sky with all its variegatedness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The great devotee Vidura tries to enli
ghten his blind older brother. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even by a moment's association with a pure devolee, one can achieve all perfection.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9. 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Glories of San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Glories of SAN\'c4TANA GOSV
\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the Ed
itor of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to Go
dhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nawab Hussein Shah entered the assembly and demanded to know San\'e4tana's intentions}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IN HIS BOOK }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da describes how San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a learned scholar and expert politician, became an important member of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss movement. Five hundred years ago, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was a central figure in the government of Bengal, but by leaving his governmental responsibilities to surrender to Lord Caitanya, he fulfilled a far more important responsibility to both hims
elf and humanity in the service of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the father of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, was a householder for the first twenty-four years
 of His life, and He began the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement before He was twenty. But He gave up His wife and home and entered the renounced order, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to facilitate His mission of preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the first six years of His life as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya traveled all over India performing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the congregational chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, singing and dancing with thousands of people and thus overflooding the land with love of God. While thus engaged, He came to a village in Bengal named R\'e4makeli, a
nd there He met San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and his brother R\'fcpa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the two brothers, then known as S\'e4kara Mallik and Dabhir Kh\'e4s, appeared exalted in their posts as ministers in the Moham
medan government of Nawab Hussain Shah, they were actually degraded. They had been highly placed Hindu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  (intellectuals), but their acceptance of posts in government service had jeopardized both their intellectual and religious standing. Indeed, because of the brothers' association with worldly, sinful people addicted to meat eating, illici
t sex, intoxication and worldly power, the other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  considered them fallen and ostracized th
em from the Hindu community.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That the Hindus had rejected the brothers, considering them half-Moslem, did not concern Lord Caitanya, for He was a universal teacher 
who declared that He was neither Hindu, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but was a servant of the servant of the servant of the Supreme Lord. K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that He is the father of all living entities, not the God of any one sect or religion, and He asks everyone to sur
render to Him. Therefore Lord Caitanya, while distributing the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub taught as a devotee that one should surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When the two brothers San\'e4tana and R\'fcpa met Lord Caitanya at R\'e4makeli, they decided to resign from their governmental posts and join the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mo
vement. And later, despite his former aristocracy, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 admitted that Lord Caitanya had saved him from a hellish life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once in office, most politicians, being interested only in gratifying their own senses, scheme to stay in office until they die or thei
r constituents kick them out. But San\'e4tana wanted to disentangle himself from the service of the State. Nawab Hussain Shah, the ruler of Bengal, liked to hunt and conduct military campaigns, and he usually left the government in San\'e4tana's hands. T
herefore, since San\'e4tana was practically guiding the entire government, how could he leave his post? His resignation would be comparable to our modern Secretary of State's suddenly resigning to become a renounced monk of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba moveme
nt.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nevertheless, after handing over his official responsibilities to his immediate assistants, San\'e4tana stayed home to study }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  intensively with ten or twenty }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas. \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is called the spotless scripture because it leaves behind all compromising philosophies and religions, teaching on
ly pure love of God. Lord Caitanya has declared that for spiritual perfection one need study no books other than}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and therefore His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiv
edanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master spearheading the modern resurgence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is translating the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  into English with elaborate purports to teach knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the people of the West.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana absorbed himself in studying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because simply hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  can change one's life. One should not think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is meant only to give shelter to economic failures, for although he was a wealthy aristocrat, a learned scholar in Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian, and a successful a
nd influential politician, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, considering such opulences insignificant, aspired only to be a humble student of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While preparing himself in this way to join Lord Caitanya, San\'e4tana submitted reports of sickness to the Nawab, but since the ruler 
was anxious to get San\'e4tana's advice on governmental affairs, one day he appeared at San\'e4tana's home. When he entered the assembly of San\'e4tana and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they all stood up to receive him, but unfortunately the Nawab was not interested in hearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-B
h\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You have submitted reports of sickness," he said, "but I sent my physician to see you, and he reported that you have no illness. Your 
behavior greatly perturbs me." When the Nawab demanded to know San\'e4tana's intentions, San\'e4tana answered that he was unable to work any more and that it would be kind of the Nawab to appoint someone else to do his work. The Nawab then left in anger,
 and shortly afterwards he went off to conquer the province of Orissa, ordering the arrest of San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 until he returned.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is unfortunate that the Nawab did not see the value of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for it would have been valuable to his administration. Formerly great leaders consulted the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and its brahminical devotees for practical guidance in organizing a peaceful and prosperous society according to principles of God consciousness. But
 the Nawab, being a rather low-minded hunter, did not take the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  seriously.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite San\'e4tana's apparent misfortune in being imprisoned, one should not think him an ordinary conditioned soul entangled in a sna
re of material circumstances. As confirmed by revealed scriptures, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To make the knowledge He formerly taught in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  easily available to everyone, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in India five hundred years ago to propagate love of God by chanting H
are K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is an eternal servant of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and he appeared in this world to as
sist the Lord in His pastimes. He was never under the influence of material contamination, but difficulties beset him only so that he might set an example of how to act in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dedication to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a declaration of war against material illusion. Freeing oneself from sinful life is somet
imes difficult because of one's previous attachments, but if one is sincere, like San\'e4tana, and depends on the Lord, he will emerge from all difficulties and be able to engage freely in devotional service. Therefore, although San\'e4tana appeared to f
are badly as soon as he took to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his apparent setback was but another feature of his glory, for he had escaped a hellish life and was on the path to becoming a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or master of the senses, who always feels transcendental ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana did not stay long in prison, for his brother R\'fcpa heard of his plight and came to his aid. R\'fcpa, who had been able to
 leave his governmental post and start for Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 to meet Lord Caitanya, arranged to make ten thousand gold coins available for San\'e4tana\'92s release. On hearing that this money was available, San\'e4tana offered five thousand coins to 
the jail keeper as a bribe for letting him go. The jail keeper expressed fear that he would be caught, but when San\'e4tana raised his offer to ten thousand coins, the jail keeper agreed, and San\'e4tana then set out to meet Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, 
traveling not by the open roads but through the jungles.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One might ask, "You describe San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 as a saint, yet he did not hesitate to bribe a government official to release hi
mself. What kind of saintliness is that?" To understand San\'e4tana's purity, however, one must first understand that a devotee's foremost duty is to satisfy the Supreme Lord. A devotee always acts to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not whimsically but as directe
d by the scriptures and his spiritual master. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the absolute morality and the absolute good, one who strives in this way only to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the greatest, purest moralist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Impure and selfish men who do not understand that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and should be offered to Him try to enjoy God's 
property themselves, not properly recognizing the Lord's ownership. Despite their social standing and their reputation as public-spirited citizens, it is such men who are actually cheaters and thieves, whereas devotees like San\'e4tana, who work not for 
their own purposes but only to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, are thereby able to make the greatest contributions to human society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After escaping from prison, San\'e4tana, traveling on foot with one servant, reached a place in Behar called Pabda, where he rested at 
a hotel. But when the hotel keeper's astrologer calculated that San\'e4tana had eight gold coins with him, the hotel keeper formed a plot to kill San\'e4tana. Treating him with artificial respect, the hotel keeper said, "My dear sir, just rest here tonig
ht, and in the morning I shall arrange to get you out of this jungle trap."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana, however, suspecting the man's insincerity, asked his servant, \'c9\'e7\'e4na, if he had money with him. When Is'ana admitt
ed that he indeed had seven gold coins, San\'e4tana, angry at him for secretly carrying money, demanded, "Why do you carry this death knell on the road?" He then took the seven coins and offered them to the hotel keeper.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I understood that you had eight coins with you," the hotel keeper admitted, "and I was thinking of killing you to take them. But I und
erstand you are a good man, and you don't have to offer me the money. I'll help you out of the jungle in any case."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But San\'e4tana insisted, "if you don't take this money, someone else will kill me for it. Please take it." The hotel keeper agreed, an
d that very night he helped San\'e4tana past the hills.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When clear of the jungle, San\'e4tana sent his servant home. Although he was supposed to have been San\'e4tana's menial helper, he was 
secretly carrying eight gold coins, and when his master asked about them he lied, saying he had only seven, so he could keep one coin for himself. It is not that one may not use money in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service\'96indeed, one may collect and spend milli
ons of dollars to build temples and publish books glorifying the Lord. But a devotee, especially one in the renounced order, should be wary of collecting money for his own sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Realizing the contaminating influence of his former wealth and aristocracy, San\'e4tana wanted to divest himself of his opulence and ap
proach Lord Caitanya in a spirit of purity and humility, not as a dollars-and-cents man. To San\'e4tana, material acquisitions were burdens that weighed him down. He understood that they lead only to future bondage in birth and death. As stated in }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The wise, engaged in devotional service, take refuge in the Lord and free themselves fro
m the cycle of birth and death. Thus, by renouncing the fruits of actions in this world, they obtain the place beyond all misery."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the departure of his servant, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, feeling completely free, wearing torn clothing and carrying a water pot 
in his hand, proceeded toward Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. While traveling he met his rich brother-in-law, who was surprised to see him traveling alone in the guise of a beggar. San\'e4tana was no longer eager to associate with worldly men, but his broth
er-in-law insisted that he take an excellent blanket, and San\'e4tana accepted it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana finally arrived in Benares, and he was glad to hear that Lord Caitanya was indeed in the city. When he approached the house
 of Candra\'e7ekhara \'c4c\'e4rya, where the Lord was staying, the Lord, understanding that San\'e4tana had arrived, asked His host to go outside and ask the great devotee standing by the door to come in.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Candra\'e7ekhara went outside, but when he came back he reported to the Lord, "There is no great devotee out there, but only a wretched
 man with a beard."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The man you saw," Lord Caitanya replied, "is actually a pure devotee. Have him come in at once." Thus we can understand that unless on
e already has genuine spiritual knowledge, one cannot recognize a great devotee simply by seeing him. So many false }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  make money by growing long beards, dressing up in saffron robes and 
pretending to be saints. Therefore one should recognize a great spiritualist not by his appearance but by his words. The best way to recognize a genuine pure devotee is by his teachings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When San\'e4tana entered the courtyard of the house, Lord Caitanya ran to receive and embrace him. He touched San\'e4tana with His hand
, but San\'e4tana, thinking himself a lowly, contaminated man, pleaded, "My dear Lord, please do not touch me."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the Lord replied, "I am touching you just for My purification because you are a great devotee. By your devotional service, you can 
deliver the whole universe and enable everyone to go back to Godhead." He then quoted a verse stating that one who fully engages in devotional service is the most valuable person, regardless of his birth or any other consideration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After San\'e4tana explained how he had gotten free from custody, the Lord introduced him to Candra\'e7ekhara. The Lord asked Candra\'e7
ekhara to take San\'e4tana to a barber and make him gentle because he had grown a long beard that Lord Caitanya did not like. Candra\'e7ekhara also offered San\'e4tana new clothes, but San\'e4tana accepted only used garments. When Candra\'e7ekhara invite
d him to have lunch with him every day, San\'e4tana replied, "As long as I stay in Benares I shall beg from door to door."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya heard about this behavior of San\'e4tana, He was greatly pleased. But He noticed the blanket given San\'e4tana by hi
s brother-in-law, and although He said nothing about it, San\'e4tana understood that the Lord did not approve of his wearing it. Therefore he immediately went to the bank of the Ganges, and when he saw a mendicant there washing an old quilt, he asked him
 to trade the quilt for his valuable blanket.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The poor mendicant thought San\'e4tana was joking with him. "You appear to be a nice gentleman," he said. "Why are you mocking me?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am not joking with you," San\'e4tana informed him. "I am serious. Will you kindly take this blanket for the torn quilt?" Then San
\'e4tana exchanged his blanket for the quilt and came before the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya was pleased, and He thanked San\'e4tana. "Being intelligent," He declared, "you have now left behind all your attraction 
for material wealth."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 then brought forward his inquiries about spiritual life. Falling down at the feet of the Lord with great humi
lity, he asked about his own identity. "I have been born of a low family," he said, "and my associations are all abominable. I am the most fallen and wretched of men. Suffering in the dark well of material enjoyment, I never knew the actual goal of my li
fe. I do not know what is beneficial for me. Although in the mundane sphere I am known as a greatly learned man, I am in fact so much of a fool that I even accept that I am learned. You have accepted me as Your servant and delivered me from the entanglem
ent of material life. Now please tell me my duty in this liberated stage of life."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da comments: "We see by this plea of San\'e4tana's that liberation is not the fina
l word in perfection. There must be activities in liberation. San\'e4tana clearly asks, 'You have saved me from the entanglement of material existence. Now, after liberation, what is my duty? Kindly explain it to me. Who am I? Why are the threefold miser
ies always giving me trouble? How can I be relieved from material entanglement?' "
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes people think liberation is the end of spiritual life, but here we see that although the Lord considered San\'e4tana already l
iberated from all material connections, this did not mean that his business in spiritual life was finished. Now he had to take on the activities of spiritual life because acting in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the true essence of renunciation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus by placing his sincere and relevant questions before the Lord with all humility, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 provided Lord Caitanya 
Mah\'e4prabhu with the opportunity to expound upon the true meaning of liberated life. San\'e4tana accepted Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu as his spiritual master, not as a matter of fashion or to dominate the spiritual master as one might a pet, but to sur
render unto Him and ask sincerely and seriously for direction.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The teachings of Lord Caitanya to San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 begin where the instructions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  leave off. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  last instruction, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, answering the questions of Arjuna, said that one should surrender unto Him and thus realize true happiness. But now K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself
 in the form of Lord Caitanya, answering the questions of San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, explained the transcendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub activities}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of a surrendered soul. These instructions give the essence of devotional service to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord instructed San\'e4tana not only in the basic principles of liberated life but also in its scientific details. He explained the
 symptoms of a wise man, how to approach God, and what the expansions and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Godhead are. Des
cribing K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the original source of all other forms of God, He explained the Lord's opulence and the practicalities of rendering service unto Him and attaining the highest stages of attachment and ecstasy. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes these instructions in detail.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya requested San\'e4tana to explain these teachings by writing books about devotional service, but San\'e4tana prayed, "My d
ear Lord, You have taught me so many things, and now You are asking me to explain the principles of devotional service in books for devotees in the future. But I belong to the lowest caste. I have no knowledge, nor do I know how I can execute such an imp
ortant task. But if you kindly give me some hints about the preparation of such books, then I may become qualified to write."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord then blessed him, saying, "By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whatever you write will come from your heart to be accepted as you 
have asked. I shall give you some notes to take down. The first and foremost thing is that one should accept a bona fide spiritual master, for that is the beginning of spiritual life."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After receiving elaborate instructions from the Lord, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 went to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where he faithfully carried ou
t the orders of the Lord, thus becoming one of the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s who propagated the immortal teachings of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Himself wrote only eight verses, which describe the essence of His teachings, but He entrusted to the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s 
the task of explaining the teachings in their fullness. Thus it is the grace of the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s that they scientifically explained devotional service, establishing it firmly on the basis of the ancient Vedic scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not only did San\'e4tana and the other Gosv\'e4m\'e9s write books, but they also taught the meaning of these books by the examples of t
heir own lives. Commissioned by Lord Caitanya, San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, as a transcendental archaeologist, uncovered all the, places where K\'e5\'f1\'eba had engaged in His pastimes 5,000 years ago in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, such as the Govardhana Hill and th
e area of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dance. With the other Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, San\'e4tana helped construct seven important 
temples in V\'e5nd\'e4vana for the worship of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the land where K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared. Sometimes writing, sometimes dancing and chanting by the River Yamun\'e4, always feeling the ecstasy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love for the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and faithfully carrying out the orders of Lord Caitanya, the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s hardly slept at all\'97perhaps 
one or two hours a night\'97and they lived very austerely; but they were always feeling great happiness in executing devotional service to the Lord. Although San\'e4tana had given up an exalted position, he considered it insignificant, and he felt no rem
orse, for he had gained the great treasure of love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, formerly an aristocratic minister of a materialistic ruler, became a humble servant of the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead and a confidential assistant in Lord Caitanya's mission of distributing love of Godhead to the fallen souls of this age. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes him as follows: "San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was a great devotee of the Lord, and he was directly instructed to spread the cult of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by writing many books. His brother, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, was also a minister in the government, but both of them gave up their lucrative governmen
t service and became mendicants to serve the Supreme Lord. Within their hearts they were full of transcendental loving service, but externally they were just like ordinary mendicants with a great liking for the cowherd boy of V\'e5nd\'e4vana (K\'e5\'f1
\'eba). San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was very dear to all pure devotees of his time."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p11:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya embraced San\'e4tana in the courtyard of Candra\'e7ekhara's house}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa. 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON NEWS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A brief look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ------------CENTERS-----------
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS has recently opened centers in Birmingham, Alabama; Capetown, South Africa; Caracas, Venezuela; Buenos Aires, Ar
gentina; Ottawa, Canada; Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Suva, Fiji; Stockholm, Sweden; and Geneva, Switzerland.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE SOCIETY has established its new Paris headquarters in a stately four-story building one block from the Arc de Triomphe. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da personally per
formed the ceremony installing the temple's R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities. His Divine Grace named the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba "Paris \'c9\'e7vara" ("the Controller of Paris"), in conformity with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which state, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam }{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c9\'e7o 1}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  "Everything is owned and controlled by the Supreme Lord." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A PERSONAL FRIEND of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in England has arranged for the Society to open a temple in
 a spacious Victorian mansion in Hertsfordshire, half an hour from London. The new center, located on a beautiful 17-acre estate with gardens, clear lakes and a dozen milk-giving cows, has been named "Bhaktivedanta Manor." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IN LATIN AMERICA, our recently opened center in Buenos Aires already has fifty full-time devotees, the center in Caracas has forty, and the Mexico City branch has s
eventy-five. Traveling parties of devotees have also been warmly received in Colombia, Trinidad, Guyana, Chile and Brazil.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ------------PUBLICATIONS----------
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MACMILLAN COMPANY reports that it has distributed more than 150,000 copies of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  now in its fifth printing. Sales of the many other English editions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are dwindling, the Company notes, as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  continues to grow in popularity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST is now publishing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books in Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish and Swahili. While the Book 
Trust is preparing the Third and Fourth Cantos of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  for publication in English, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is simultaneously translating the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Fifth Canto and K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja\'92s sublime }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement's monthly journal, is now available 
in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Gujarati, Chinese, Dutch, Swahili and Bali. In English, almost half a million copies are distributed each month. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 --------------THE NEW V\'c5ND\'c4VANA COMMUNITY------------
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SIX YEARS OLD and continuing to expand, New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement's model agricultural community dedicated to "plain living and high thi
nking," now extends for some 1,000 acres in the hills of West Virginia. Although most of ISKCON's centers are located in heavily populated cities, the Society has established this simple spiritual village to show that one need not depend upon factories, 
movies, department stores and night clubs for happiness; one may live peacefully and happily with little more than some land, cows and the association of devotees in a transcendental atmosphere of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, everything i}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub done to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The devotees are building gardens and temples, tending the fields, milking the cows and making bread, cheese, butter and yogurt only to please the Lord. Thus New V\'e5nd
\'e4vana, like the original V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's own abode in the spiritual world, is a land of pure consciousness. Yet it is not an imaginary place; it is a practical, down-to-earth, working community, only 9 miles from Wheeling. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ---------THE M\'c4Y\'c4PUR and V\'c5ND\'c4VANA INTERNATIONAL CENTERS---------
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WHEN LORD K\'c5\'d1\'cbA APPEARED ON EARTH 5,000 YEARS AGO, He appeared in the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. Thus V\'e5nd\'e4vana, inconceivably, is nondiffere
nt from the spiritual abode of the Lord. If one goes to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he will immediately feel loving separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who performed such nice activities when He was present there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared again, 4,500 years after His V\'e5nd\'e4vana pastimes, as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Lord Caitanya, who 
appeared in the City of M\'e4y\'e4pur, India, to spread love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, as confirmed by Vedic scriptures. Thus there is no difference between V\'e5nd\'e4vana and M\'e4y\'e4pur; they are both as good as the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great spiritual masters in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious chain of disciplic succession have long desired that people from all over t
he world\'97of all races, religions and nationalities\'97be given a chance to visit these holy places and thus revive their dormant love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, to fulfill the desires of his spiritual masters, our spiritual master, His Divine Grace
 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, is constructing beautiful International Centers for these two holy cities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Centers will have modern guest houses, opulent marble temples, schools for instructing the Vedic arts and sciences, gardens, librar
ies, and galleries of transcendental art. It is an ambitious project, but with the help of ISKCON's friends and life-members, it is progressing steadily. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, construction of the ISKCON temple of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma (K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's elder brother) is in full swing, and in M\'e4y\'e4pur a palatial four-story guest house has already been completed. The proposed temple in M\'e4y\'e4pur, 350 feet high, will have 108 domes. A swirling mural surrounding its central staircase will 
depict elevation from the material world to the topmost spiritual abode.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In V\'e5nd\'e4vana and M\'e4y\'e4pur, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has directed, chanting should go on twenty-four hours a day, "so that n
o one will hear any other vibration than the chanting of the holy names of the Lord." These important International Centers will be special places where people may go for spiritual inspiration and renewal, to return home with fresh insight and the inner 
peace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Every year in March, ISKCON holds its annual World Meeting at the thirty-acre M\'e4y\'e4pur }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to celebrate the Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. The Society extends to all the readers }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  an open invitation to attend this festival. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Yaduvara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE GURUKULA SCHOOL
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON\'92S UNIQUE GURUKULA SCHOOL in Dallas, Texas, now provides a Vedic education for eight young boys and girls. Gurukula has already published two of its own bo
oks especially for K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children, and more will be forthcoming. The students at Gurukula are becoming expert in reading, writing, arithmetic, Sanskrit and, above all, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Living in the Material World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs24\cf0 A }{\b\i\ul\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Back to Godhead}{\b\i\v\f0\fs24\cf0  Analysis
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Running Out of Gas
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It appears that after noisily backfiring for so many years, our modern technological civilization may be running out of gas. A crisis, 
the newspapers call it, an energy crisis.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may note, however, that since energy can be neither created nor destroyed, there }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  enough energy\'96 but we do not know where to get it or what nature's laws for its distribution are. And by wastefully exploiting whatever sources of en
ergy we have found, we have technologically outfoxed ourselves, like the man who cuts off the branch of a tree, not realizing, until he hits the ground, that he was sitting on the branch.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we speak of energy, of course, we understand that it must have a source\'96the sun for solar energy, atoms for nuclear energy, and
 so on. But there is an ultimate source for all these varied sources of energy\'96K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here, of course, is where our energy experts balk. They would prefer that we just chant, dance and read our scriptures and leave solvin
g the energy crisis up to them. But the trouble is that they created the problem in the first place, and now they are incapable of solving it. The best we can hope from them is a patchwork of stopgap solutions, caulked with scientific rhetoric and offici
alese, to cover up the job they have botched so badly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But to exclude God from the energy picture so they can get on with their work, the world's energy czars must either (1) dismiss or disr
egard the idea of God altogether or (2) admit that God exists but say that it's irrelevant. Neither position, however, is defensible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If scientists want to say that there is no God, they must then come up with a better explanation of what the source of all energy is. O
f course, for those who settle for superficial explanations, scientists have them down pat. Solar energy comes from the sun. Nuclear energy comes from the fission or fusion of molecular particles. Speculating cosmogonists can draw neat little graphs of h
ow electrical, nuclear and petrochemical energy ultimately comes from the sun, which in turn was produced from swirling gasses. But these gasses, in turn, came from something that ultimately came from something such speculators know nothing about. In oth
er words, despite all their bluffing, atheistic scientists are no closer to knowing the original source of the universe's energy than the local grease monkey who has suddenly found he can no longer sell you any gas. Were they gentlemen, they would stop t
heir rather pompous theorizing and admit their ignorance instead of denying something they cannot disprove.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the idea that God exists but is irrelevant, this is even more unreasonable. Our industrialized society is in a crunch for new so
urces of energy, but if God is the ultimate reservoir of everything, how can He be irrelevant? The only reason the energy experts declare God irrelevant is that they are scientists and politicians, not theologians, and they would hate to shift their own 
attention, or public attention (what to speak of public funds), from science and politics to something like God about which they know nothing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the basis of Vedic evidence and practical experience, however, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees accept that the reservoir of al
l energy is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam idam sarva\'e0\line yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat\line tena tyaktena bhu\'efj\'e9th\'e4\line m\'e4 g
\'e5dha\'f9 kasya svid dhanam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Everything within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept those things necessary for himself, and one must not accept other t
hings, knowing well to whom they belong." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, Mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The crux of the energy crisis, therefore, is that the leaders of the world are thieves because they are stealing energy from God for th
eir own mundane purposes. The grains the United States dumps in the ocean, the oil the Arab nations hoard, and the rivers and skies into which industrialized nations all over the world pour waste do not belong to them. Who gave these nations the right to
 claim these natural assets as their own and exploit them?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Clearly, these nations do not know to whom the resources belong. But, as the so-called energy crisis indicates, ignorance is no excuse.
 Even if I do not know to whom something belongs, if it is not mine but I claim it as my own, I am a thief. And no matter how big and responsible a thief may be, he is still a thief. Consequently these nations are all nations of thieves. Is it surprising
, then, that nature's laws are catching up with them?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature is governed by strict laws, and if we violate those laws, nature will surely retaliate. Modern scientists, politicians and indus
trialists are ignorant of the laws of nature because they are ignorant of the Personality of Godhead who made and enforces them. And they are ignorant of the Personality of Godhead on purpose, because if they accept the existence of God they will have to
 give up their stolen property and illegal activities and do what He wants, not what they want.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Personality of Godhead wants us to serve Him, not our own selfish ends; and we want to serve ourselves, not Him. In such a conflict
 of interests, the position of the foolish materialist is hopeless because K\'e5\'f1\'eba always has the upper hand. Since He owns and controls everything. He can cut off our supplies at any moment. Now He is cutting off some of our oil, paper, fresh air
 and fresh water. But from Vedic literature we learn that as society becomes more godless, the laws of nature will gradually cut off the supply of milk, grains, fruit, vegetables and practically all the other basic necessities by which even such a godles
s civilization must maintain itself,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The solution to this problem is swift and simple: since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all resources, society will have all the ene
rgy it needs, provided society is connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just as an electric light cannot work unless plugged in to a source of power, society cannot function properly unless connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the ultimate source of all power. A soci
ety that cuts itself off from K\'e5\'f1\'eba also cuts itself off from all chances for peace and prosperity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The problem, therefore, is not a lack of energy but a lack of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can supply unlimited energy,
 but we must learn how to use it wisely in His service. Society's leaders must therefore learn the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for everyone's benefit. And if they cannot, the duty of the intelligent and responsible citizens is to expel such 
leaders from power and replace them with leaders who can. Those who are not God conscious do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. They are ignorant of the laws of nature, and therefore the havoc their technology has created is not surp
rising. We should expect more such havoc in the future, and to a more intense degree, as long as we continue to allow the ignorant to control the energy and the resources of the world.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Flow of Attraction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE FLOW OF ATTRACTION TO K\'c5
\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub tvayi me \'91nanya-vi\'f1ay\'e4 matir madhu-pate \'91sak\'e5t\line ratim udvahat\'e4d addh\'e4 ga\'ecgevaugham udanvati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93O LORD OF MADHU, as the Ganges forever flows to the sea without hindrance, let my attraction be constantly drawn u
nto You without being diverted to anyone else.\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.8.42   (Prayer by Queen Kunt\'e9) Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the previous verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Queen Kunt\'e9 prayed that the Lord kindly cut off her attraction for her kinsmen, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava and V\'e5\'f1\'ebi families. However, giving up one's attraction for material thin
gs is not sufficient. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers say, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma satyam jagan-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "This world is false, and Brahman [spirit] is truth." We admit this, but qualify it. As living entities, we 
want enjoyment. Enjoyment means variety. It is not possible to enjoy anything without variety. Why has God created so many colors and so many forms? In order to create enjoyment out of variety. Indeed, variety is the mother of enjoyment. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d
\'e9 philosophers wish to negate this variety, and therefore they are called impersonalists.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human form of life is meant for reestablishing our relationship with God. This material world means forgetfulness of our relationsh
ip with God. There is no K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this material world, for as soon as there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, as soon as there is action on the basis of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is nothing material. Everything is spiritual.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a woman, Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 had a relationship with two families. That was her attachment. Therefore she prayed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to cu
t off these relationships and free her. But after becoming free, what should she do? That is the question. One may be employed in some business and, feeling inconvenience, resign. That resignation may be all right, but if by resigning one becomes unemplo
yed and has no engagement, then what is the value of resigning?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are frustrated and confused want to negate this material world. They know what they don't want, but they do not know what the
y do want. People are always saying, "I don't want this." But what }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they want? That they do not know.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What they want is actually explained by Kunt\'e9dev\'e9. She says, \'93Let my family relationship cease.\'94 But she further adds, \'93
Let my relationship with You be confirmed.\'94 In other words, she does not want to be attracted to anything but K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is perfection, and this is actually wanted.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must simply be attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours a day without deviation.  In this way our renunciation can be perfect, i
f we think we can be attached to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and material things at the same time, we are mistaken.  We cannot ignite a fire and at the same time pour water on it.  if we do, the fire will not act.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  try to renounce this world (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma satya\'e0 jagan }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).  It is very good to preach renunciation of the world, but side by side we must have attachment for something, otherwise our renunciation will n
ot remain.  We see many M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who say }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma satya\'e0 jagan mithy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but after they take }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they return to the material world to open hospitals and do philanthropic work.  Why, if they have left this world, considering it }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , false, do they again return to take up politics, philanthropy and sociology? Actually this is bound to ha
ppen, for we are living entities and are active, if, out of frustration, we try to become inactive, we will fail in our attempt.  We must engage in activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The supreme activity, the Brahman (spiritual) activity, is devotional service.  Unfortunately the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s do not know thi
s.  They think that the spiritual world is void. However, the spiritual world is exactly like the material world in that it has varieties. In the spiritual world there are also houses, trees, roads, chariots\'96everything is there, but without the materi
al inebrieties. As described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a-\line lak\'f1\'e4v\'e5te\'f1u surabhir abhip\'e4layantam\line lak\'f1m\'e9-sah
asra-\'e7ata-sambhrama-sevyam\'e4na\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, yielding all desire, in abodes built with spiritual gems, surrounded by millio
ns of purpose trees, always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of goddesses of fortune, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the spiritual world there are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  trees, which yield whatever type of fruit we desire. In the material world a mango tree cannot supply grapes, nor can a grape vine supply mangoes. In the spiritual world, however, if we 
take a mango from a tree and at the same time desire grapes, the tree will supply them. This is called a "desire tree." These are some of the actualities of the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this material world we require sunlight and moonlight, but in the spiritual world there is no need of sunlight and moonlight because
 everything is effulgent. Everything can be seen by the light emanating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-l\'e9l\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba stole butter, and the neighborhood friends of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 complained. Actually they were not complaining but were just enjoying the bodily features and the fun of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They told Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4,
 "Your son comes to our house and steals butter. We try to conceal it in the dark so that He cannot see it, but somehow He still finds it out. You had better take away all His ornaments because we think the light of His jewels helps Him to find the butte
r pot." Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 replied, "Yes, I will take off all His ornaments." But the neighbors would reply, "No, no. It is useless. Somehow this boy has an effulgence that comes out of Himself. He can find the butter even without the ornaments." Thus t
he transcendental body is effulgent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because of the effulgence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental body, there is light. Whatever light we see is simply borrowed light from 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba's effulgence. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.40]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya prabh\'e4 prabhavato jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-ko\'f6i-\line ko\'f6i\'f1v a\'e7e\'f1a-vasudh\'e4di vibh\'fcti-bhinnam\line tad brah
ma ni\'f1kalam anantam a\'e7e\'f1a-bh\'fcta\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The bodily effulgence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba generates millions of universes. In this solar system the sun produces many planets, and due to sunshine the planets are war
m and the seasons change. Due to the sun there are trees, green foliage, fruits and flowers. Similarly, whatever we see in creation is all due to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bodily effulgence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s simply see the effulgence, which is impersonal. They cannot see anything more. We may see an airplane rise in
 the sky, but after a while it passes out of our sight due to the dazzling sunshine. The airplane is there, but we cannot see it. Similarly, if we simply try to see the effulgent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b
rahmajyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we are unable to see within it. One of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  petitions the Lord to wind up His effulgence so that He can be seen properly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers cannot see the personal activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba nor the planet where K\'e5\'f1\'eba is perso
nally active. Because they do not see the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they have to return to this material world, despite all their serious penances and austerities. Thus renunciation in itself will not help us. We may artificially renounce, but again 
we will become so-called enjoyers. Such renunciation and enjoyment is like a pendulum that goes this way and that. On one side we become false renunciates, and on the other we become false enjoyers. The remedy is here, however, if we really want to becom
e detached from this material world, we must increase our attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Renunciation alone will not help us. Therefore Kuntidev\'e9 prays: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tvayi me 
\'91nanya-visayd.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  She prays that her attraction be constantly drawn unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba without being diverted to anything else.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this material world there are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are fools who unnecessarily work very hard, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are those who, when a little elevated, think, "Why work so hard? So many things are not required. Why accumulate so much money and food and so much fal
se prestige?" The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub thinks in this way. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  however, is beyond the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9. J\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brs. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.11}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has many desires, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tries to get rid of all desires, but desirelessness can be possible only when we desire to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Otherwise it is not possible to get rid of desire. As }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we should have no desires for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We shoul
d be without attachment for material things, but}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we must have attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way 
our detachment will be fixed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness favorably. This means thinking of how K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be satisfied. We must always t
hink of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was perfect because they had no other desire but to try to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is perfection. There
fore Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu recommends: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ramy\'e4 k\'e4cid up\'e4san\'e4 vraja-vadh\'fc-varge\'eba y\'e4 kalpit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-manjusa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ].}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no better process by which to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead than that method adopted by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gop\'e9s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  had no desire other than to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tr
ied to satisfy Him, including the elder }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ya\'e7od\'e4 and her friends, and so also did the elder
ly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gopas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's brother and His friends of the same age, the boys and gi
rls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Everyone tried to satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'96even the cows, the flowers, the fruits and the water in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This is because everything in V\'e5nd\'e4vana is spiritual; nothing is material.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should understand the difference between spiritual and material. Material means "no living symptoms," and spiritual means "all livin
g symptoms." Both the trees in the spiritual world and those in the material world are living entities, but in trees here the living symptoms are absent. A human being is also a living entity, and the devotees in the spiritual world are also living entit
ies, but in the human beings who are not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious the real symptoms of life are absent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually there is no other consciousness but K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And that consciousness is spiritual. Thus even while in this
 material world if we simply increase our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we will live in the spiritual world. If we live in the temple, we live in the spiritual world because in the temple there is no business other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Ther
e are so many engagements carried out for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Those who strictly follow the regulations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness actually live in the spiritual world, not the material world. We may think we are living in New York, Los Angeles or elsew
here, but we are actually living in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a question of consciousness. A bug may sit on the same seat with the spiritual master, but because the spiritual master has devel
oped consciousness and the bug does not, they are different. They may be sitting in the same place, but the bug remains a bug, and the spiritual master remains the spiritual master. The position in space may remain the same, just as we may remain in the 
material world or the spiritual world, but if our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is strong, we are not in the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus renunciation by itself, the simple giving up of worldly things, is not sufficient. Renunciation may be a helpful process, but it w
ill not help absolutely. When we increase our attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our renunciation will be perfect. As we increase attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, attachment for this material world will automatically diminish. Attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and
 the material world cannot go hand in hand. if a woman is attached to two men\'96her husband and her paramour\'96she cannot maintain her attachment for both. Her attachment will increase for her paramour. Although she may work at her husband's home very 
nicely, her mind will be attached to her paramour, and she will think, "When will I meet him tonight?" In the same way, if we increase our attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, detachment or renunciation of this material world will automatically come.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 prays to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that He may grant her His mercy by which she can become attached to Him. We cannot increas
e our attachment for K\'e5\'f1\'eba without K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy. We cannot become devotees without K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy; therefore we simply have to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for by service K\'e5\'f1\'eba is satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not require anyone's service, for He is perfect in Himself. However, if we give Him service wholeheartedly and sinc
erely, then, by His' mercy, we will make advancement. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau svayam eva sphuraty ada\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God will reveal Himself to us. We cannot see God with these blunt eyes. How then, can we see Him? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.38]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have to smear our e
yes with the ointment of love; then K\'e5\'f1\'eba will reveal Himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba will actually come in front of us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was undergoing penance and meditating upon the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu within his heart, the Vi\'f1\'ebu form su
ddenly disappeared, and his meditation broke. Upon opening his eyes, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja immediately saw Vi\'f1\'ebu before him. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba is there. Like Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, we should always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when we attain perf
ection we will see K\'e5\'f1\'eba before us. This is the process. We should not be too hasty. We should wait for the mature time. Of course, it is good to be eager to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we should not become discouraged if we do not see Him immediate
ly, if a woman gets married and wants a child immediately, she will be disappointed. It is not possible to have a child immediately. She must wait. Similarly, just because we engage ourselves in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we cannot expect to see K\'e5
\'f1\'eba immediately. But we must have faith that we will see Him. We must have firm faith that because we are engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we will be able to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba face to face. But we should not be disappointed. We should simpl
y go on with our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities, and the time will come when we will see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 sees Him face to face. There is no doubt about this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 addresses K\'e5\'f1\'eba as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhupati.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba has thousands of names, and the name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub madhupati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates that He killed the demon Madhu. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is likened to a river, but not an ordinary river. It is like the River Ganges, which is very pure and directly connected to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Kunt\'e9dev
\'e9 prays that just as the River Ganges flows toward the sea, her attraction will flow incessantly to touch K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananya-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unalloyed devotion. Thus Kunt\'e9dev\'e9 prays that her attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba will flow without hindrance. This should also be our prayer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we live in a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple, we live in the spiritual world.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Avoiding Wrong Turns on the Path of Knowledge
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Avoiding Wrong Turns on the Path
 of Knowledge
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li4320\ri4320\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub devotee in the renounced order, is now on a speaking tour of colleges and universities in the midwestern United States.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Editor's note: This is an extract from q
uestions and answers that followed a lecture by His Holiness H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 at the University of Florida.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if we accept the 
arguments of so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that no matter what we do we will all merge into the same point, there is
 no question of free will because we would all be compelled to come together, although we are acting and desiring differently. And without free will, what is the use of liberation? Liberation is meaningless without free will. Therefore the Supreme Lord, 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, advises us to surrender freely to Him. But if we are stubborn like asses and want to worship someone other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will get an inferior result.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says, "Everyone is on the Lord's path in all respects." Therefore it seems to me that although every
one may appear to be on a different path, actually we are all on the same one path.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but you have n
ot given the complete quotation. The other part of that verse says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye yath\'e4 m\'e4m prapadyante t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I reward all men proportionately as they surrender to Me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  4.11]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if things were all the same, as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say, there would be no proportionate exchange. Actually, we should examine this concept of a "path." We should study this analogy. Let's say there's a pathway going all the wa
y from Miami to New York City. That is a path also. But if you examine this path at any moment, you will find perhaps ten thousand cars on this highway. But are there any two cars in exactly the same position? Can you say that any two cars are exactly at
 the same point? Of course not! And the argument that they will all end up together is also false because some cars are going one way and some are going the opposite way. Similarly, any sane man can see that living beings are all in different situations 
in different species of life. And just as cars go in different directions, some people are elevating themselves, and others are becoming degraded. Nowhere in the world do we see that people are automatically becoming perfect. Actually, the world is becom
ing more and more nasty, but although everyone is worried and unhappy, blind and lazy so-called spiritualists go on assuring people, "There's no need to worry. Just be happy. Everything will automatically be all right."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another practical observation is that on a highway there are many exits, and very few cars take a road to the farthest point. For examp
le, on the highway leaving Miami many cars will stop at Atlanta; others will stop at Washington, others at Baltimore and others at Philadelphia, but very few will take the road to the end.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, almost everyone exits prematurely from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that hardly anyone finishes the path. Many people exit prematurely from the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  path
 to chase the illusion of becoming God. Others exit to indulge in material sense gratification. And others consider mere contentment the perfection of life, although anyone can see that many dumb animals are also content.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all other authorities, that is not the perfection of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actual perfection lies in returning to our original eternal positions as servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If someone wants to argue that merely per
forming gross bodily exercises or silent meditation can be equal to directly surrendering unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and directly serving Him twenty-four hours a day in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he may argue, but he is a first-class fool, with no knowledge of actual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and its purpose.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we accept that there is only one path, but that does not mean that we can immediately jump to conclusions and flatter ourselves that
 we are perfect. There is only one path, but that path stretches a long, long way\'96all the way from K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, the highest planet in the spiritual sky, down to the wretched P\'e4t\'e4laloka, the lowest planet within this universe. That one pat
h winds its way up from the pit of this nasty material world, up through the anti-material Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, and all the way up to K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka and the transcendental forest where K\'e5\'f1\'eba dances with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the moonlight.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is natural for modern fools to flatter themselves that they are automatically going to the highest point regardless of their qualifi
cations, but our practical observations of ourselves and others cannot justify this lazy and self-aggrandizing attitude. We find many people in difficulty, and often their difficulty is increasing\'96unhappy people whose unhappiness increases daily. It i
s rare to find someone actually elevating himself. In this age of quarrel, Kali-yuga, we are naturally inclined to be lazy, and we are always eager to get something for nothing and cheat someone. But we should give up wishfully thinking we will automatic
ally become perfect. We should try to deal with our situation honestly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our actual situation is that we are eternal parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But we are now conditioned by material nature. Being p
art of God, however, we do have minute independence, and we can exercise our independence by surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in that way releasing ourselves from this dilemma.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the other hand, the attempt to avoid the ominous repercussions of our sinful life merely by wishfully thinking that we are God, or t
hat our sinful activities may be offered to God, will only prolong our entanglement and the stupor of our material life. We should admit just what we want\'96and take it! If someone wants K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme, let him say it directly, chant it dir
ectly and accept it directly. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba summarized the entire issue of spiritual life by saying that worshipers who pray}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to demigods such as Brahm\'e4 and \'c7iva for material benedictions are dispatched to the planets of the demigods, whereas worshipers
 of ghosts and spirits also become ghosts and spirits. And those who offer everything to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, live with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba indicates that those who worship something other than God are going backwards on the path.
 The Lord says }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  16.7]}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prav\'e5tti\'e0 ca niv\'e5tti\'e0 ca jan\'e4 na vidur \'e4sur\'e4\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Those who are demons do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done." So how can we argue that everything gets the same result? If we want to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, face to face, we should focus 
intensely on that object.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But I don't see any need to worship an external Go
d like K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To my way of thinking, since everyone has the same divine spark within, I can also be God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we may say we 
are God because things are easier said than done. But by my say-so can I become God so whimsically? How does an ordinary man become God? If I can collect a band of naive followers, then I become an incarnation by their votes. That is the democratic spiri
t: incarnations of the people and by the people. But that is nonsense. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1
\'eba teaches us that we can know the authentic incarnations by consulting Vedic literature, where the incarnations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are carefully catalogued. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called "Urukrama" because whenever He incarnates He performs wonderful activ
ities impossible for an ordinary man. But pseudo-incarnations never do anything wonderful. Therefore any intelligent man who studies the authoritative literature will not be cheated. But if we audaciously ignore the revealed scriptures, we can be cheated
 very easily.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I don't see why we should accept any God beyond ou
r own selves. Each person has to have his own realization, not just read about the realization of others. I have to be my own God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you may want t
o be God. But what can you }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For example, if someone comes here to purchase a car from you and gives yo
u a check for five thousand dollars, what do you immediately say to him? This is business. What's the first thing you say to him?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Credit references. . .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes! Credit referen
ces. "Let me call your bank and check this out." Because one has to be polite in business, we say, "Oh, it's not that I don't trust you, but it's just our company policy. Let me call your bank and check your credit references." Because we don't want to b
e cheated. Similarly, if someone claims to be God, we don't want to be cheated and waste our lives serving an imposter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But if a man comes and gives us a check and argues with us, "No, you cannot call my bank, nor have I any credit references, but still you must take the check," will
 you take it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You see, what I mean is. . .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, no, answer the 
question. Will you take the check with no bank references?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So if someone comes
 and claims, "I am God," we say, "Yes, probably you are the Supreme Personality, but our policy is that we want to check your credit; we want to see what you can }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do."}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The activities and qualifications of God are all mentioned in the revealed scriptures.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The scriptures give some idea, but they're limited
 because they're words. You have to get knowledge for yourself. The scriptures are material.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So first you have t
o concede my first point\'96that you can't act like God. But why do you say the scriptures are material? What is the evidence that Vedic literature is material? Material means temporary. There's no evidence that Vedic literature is temporary. It is said 
in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 
[1.1.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke this literature to Brahm\'e4 billions of years ago }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (tene brahm\'e4 h
\'e5d\'e4).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Brahm\'e4 was supposed to create the universe, but he was faltering until K\'e5\'f1\'eba delivered the Vedic scriptures to him from within his heart. Then he could do 
it. And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes very clearly that long before the creation, personified Vedic knowled
ge existed. Great saintly persons accept these descriptions and the Vedic literature is still going strong all over the world. So where is the evidence that it has any cessation? Actually, there is no evidence of a beginning to it and no evidence of its 
end. "Material" refers to temporary things that have a beginning and end. But where is the evidence that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is temporary?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do' you really think it's eternal? After all, it's
 just printed on temporary paper with temporary ink. In a few years it will just be dust.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is nonsense. }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not paper and ink. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a sound vibration. For example, I am speaking, and you can write down on paper what I'm saying and distribute it. That's another thing. But wher
e is the evidence that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has a beginning}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or end?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is said that the sage Vy\'e4sadeva}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wrote it 5,000 years ago.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No! I have already 
given the example that if I speak and you record what I say and type it out, that does not mean that the day you type it out is the day the words were first spoken. These are not very substantial objections.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But how do you know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was anythi
ng more than an ordinary man?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If K\'e5\'f1\'eba w
as ordinary, why then did He act extraordinarily? Why did all the contemporary authorities say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is extraordinary? People argue that these descriptions can be psychologically explained. But actually such faithless demons can be psycholo
gically explained. These fools are simply envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the saintly authorities declare that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is extraordinary, but the demons convince themselves that He is a myth. Why do they do that? if they are not sure, they should in
vestigate. But they cannot stand to investigate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is actually the Supreme Personality ot Godhead. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is just your interpretation. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No! It is not }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub our}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  interpretation. It is Arjuna's interpretation, Asita's, Devala's, N\'e4rada's. It is the opinion of all th
e great transcendental authorities. They all insist that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So if the great say yes and the fools say no, whom shall we believe?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For example, if I want to invest some money and a highly successful businessman says to invest but a poor beggar says not to invest, wh
y should I listen to the poor beggar? if I do, I will also become a beggar. Similarly, who are these people that deny K\'e5\'f1\'eba? What is their caliber? It is well known that they cannot control their senses. They have no definite transcendental know
ledge, nor any experience of real Vedic study. So what is their caliber?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who are these petty critics compared to great souls like N\'e4rada and Vy\'e4sadeva? Vy\'e4sadeva could simply sit down alone, without 
a tinge of material desire, in a secluded place, and spontaneously sing hundreds of thousands of perfectly composed Sanskrit verses so beautiful that five thousand years later they are studied everywhere in the world. And his language is so sophisticated
 that scholars cannot surpass it. All the philosophies of the earth can be found within these verses, and at the end Vy\'e4sadeva defeated all other philosophies to establish K\'e5\'f1\'eba above everything as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vy\'e4sa
deva could pinpoint in detail our modern condition of life. Which of these petty critics could dare presume exactly what life will be like five thousand years from now? Actually, despite their lofty notions on life, many modern philosophers and scientist
s have personal habits like dogs and cats. They are simply addicted to material sense gratification. But Vy\'e4sadeva was pure, uncontaminated. He was not a hypocrite; he was saintly. He was ecstatic twenty-four hours a day. So who are these so-called cr
itics who dare to challenge the transcendental status of Vy\'e4sadeva? K\'e5\'f1\'eba demonstrated that He is God, and all the greatest spiritual authorities confirmed it.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba may have been a very wonderful man,
 but...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If K\'e5\'f1\'eba w
as wonderful, why should He have misunderstood His own position? K\'e5\'f1\'eba said over and over, "I am the Supreme God." But you say K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a man. So if K\'e5\'f1\'eba misunderstood Himself, how was He wonderful? Someone who does not know h
is own position cannot be wonderful. A man becomes wonderful by self-realization. So if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is wonderful, we should accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba's statement that He is God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba may have understood Himself, but to
day we don't understand His real teachings.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is still nonse
nse. K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke very clearly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "I am God." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [1.4.25]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  explains that K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for the least intelligent people. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ("Iti bh\'e4ratam \'e4khy\'e4na\'e0 k
\'e5pay\'e4 munin\'e4 k\'e5tam.") }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if K\'e5\'f1\'eba was speaking for the least intelligent people, which is what we are in this age, why should He speak in riddles? Riddles are
 for clever people. Riddles and esoteric language are not meant for slow learners. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  spec
ifically states that because in this age we cannot understand the esoteric and sophisticated language of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Vy\'e4sadeva included }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  According to the simple and clear language of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Original Person, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are many editions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are not many 
editions according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One must understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as it is, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 spoke it, without adding or subtracting anything. One should therefore hear the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  from a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, its original speaker.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To understand God, one needs intelligent discrimination. But people do not understand this. For example, the schools say, "if we allow 
you to teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then we must allow everyone to come and teach his idea." But that is such foolishness! Why don't they argue this way in hiring their faculty? If there are one hundred applications to join the faculty and one man
 is accepted, does everyone have to be accepted? If a university admits one student, must it then admit every student, without evaluation or limitation? Is that necessary? If the cafeteria serves one kind of food, does it have to serve every kind of food
? The answer is no in every case. They will discriminate between different students, teachers and foods according to their quality. If I use one book in a course, do I have to use every book in the world? No! Then where do they get this foolish idea of n
ot discriminating? Why do they artificially mention it in our case? Discrimination based on ignorance is useless, but discrimination based on quality is necessary. The professor says that if he allows us to teach, he has to allow everyone. But why does h
e marry one girl and not another? Why? What is your answer? Why doesn't he marry all the girls? In every other field they discriminate. In the choice of books, faculty, administration, architecture, landscaping Even the cafeteria discriminates. Why then 
in our case do they suddenly say, "No discrimination, if you come, everyone must come"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because you are a religion.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, they say, "Bec
ause it is a religion, it cannot be proven." But they teach poetry, don't they? In the field of poetry, how can anything be proven? How can you prove that one poem is better than another?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Simply by taste.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But how can you }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prove}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it? How can you prove that Shakespeare is better than an ordinary man?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can't actually prove it because it all depends
 on your personal taste.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But still they}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub make judgments.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the schools are there to educate, not to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub make judgments.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, they }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  make judgments because they offer courses in Shakespeare in every school, but there are no courses in your wr
itings or mine. If they don't judge, then why do they offer certain specific courses in the literature department? Do they offer courses in Shakespeare?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but. . .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do they offer cours
es in your writings? [laughter] Why not? Do they teach a course in Beethoven?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But will they offer
 a course in your singing? Why Beethoven and not others? Why Shakespeare and not others? What is your answer?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It's because of personal taste.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No! It's not person
al taste. Shakespeare is actually better. Beethoven is actually better. There's a difference in quality, and that quality can be ascertained. But to justify qualitative distinctions, we have to understand the absolute value. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If yo
u do not know that there is a central, absolute value, you will think that everything is relative.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then why will they not accept your knowledge?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is what I
'm asking you. Actually, they are cheating. By objective study, anyone can see that we are presenting the most elaborate and expansive philosophy of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But religion cannot be proven empirically.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is this empiri
cal nonsense? If you want to experience with your senses, you must remember that there are different qualities of senses. For example, a dog cannot see certain things a man can see. A dog will not appreciate Beethoven, but that does not mean that Beethov
en is to be rejected. Then why should intelligent people reject K\'e5\'f1\'eba to satisfy doggish men who don't have purified senses with which to see Him?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, there is a standard of quality within this universe. There are three modes of material nature. Some poetry is in the mode of 
ignorance, some is in the mode of passion, and some is in the mode of goodness. Everything\'96religion, philosophy, food, action\'96is within these three modes of nature. So you discriminate between ignorance, passion and goodness. But why not discrimina
te between goodness and transcendence? What is your answer?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, these other things can be understood. . .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba can 
also be understood. But not with dull senses, not with a blunt mind. We have to purify our intelligence. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is subtle, not gross, we have to elevate ourselves. Then we can understand Him. Then we can perceive Him directly. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says: "This religion is the perfection because it gives direct perception of the self." Therefore the universities should give the students the opportunity to develop this perception.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the university is supported by the State, and 
the State cannot support any religious movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then what is the de
finition of religious? That God is involved? Why can the government support everything, but not God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Separation of Church and State. . .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You do not know wha
t separation of Church and State is. The government cannot impose a particular religion by force, but it must encourage everything that is beneficial for the welfare of the citizens. The State cannot tell someone at gunpoint, "You must chant Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba," and separation of Church and State was meant to insure that such coercion would never be used. But the modern idea is a perversion. The government must make propaganda for God and spiritual life, otherwise the country will become wretched and
 vicious, just as modern nations are now becoming. Otherwise why is propaganda on the currency\'96"In God We Trust"? The founding fathers never meant that the State was to separate itself by ignoring God. They never meant that. Why did they make propagan
da for God on the currency?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Response:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because it does not indicate any particular religi
on.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub H\'e5day\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. But we are not
 a particular religion. We are not sectarian. We are presenting a philosophy and technique that brings one to the point of God consciousness, which nullifies all designations. Christian, Hindu and all such designations are dissolved by God consciousness,
 so how can God consciousness be a designation?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not imposing anything upon people who don't want it. For example, if the government offers a course in geology, does that mean t
hat it's forcing everyone to become a geologist? No. And besides that, geology is accepted as standard knowledge. You may argue that God's existence has not been proven, but neither has the existence of the atomic particle, except by its symptoms. And an
yone can know God by His symptoms. The government recognizes the need for geological science, but the government leaders are utter fools if they do not recognize the need for a spiritual science, if we offer K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in schools, how i
s that any more of an imposition than offering geology? If I offer a course in anthropology, am I forcing everyone to become an anthropologist? No. So the government should give us the facility to offer courses everywhere in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
 It is not an imposition on anyone's freedom, but it will give intelligent and serious students inquiring about the essential problems of life an opportunity to receive sublime and authoritative scientific answers.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Breaking Through the Clouds
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Breaking Through the Clouds
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Vanam\'e4l\'e9 d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vanam\'e4l\'e9 d\'e4sa }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub leads a party of
 devotees from ISKCON's Dallas center who travel all over the U.S.A. distributing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness literature. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was a big rock concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, attended by more than 100,000 people, a panorama of men and women sitting around o
n a green field, many of them turning on to drugs while waiting for the band to begin. Distributing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  I could see many people around me in the position I used to be in\'96depressed, despite having made all arrangements for pleasure through music and drugs\'96and this made me more eager to give everyone the transcendental knowledge of my spir
itual master's magazine.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I was approaching people on the field and exchanging a few words with them to convince them to take a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One boy no older than sixteen came up and asked me, "Got any grass?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I don't smoke," I replied, "but here's something better. Here, take one of these."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One of what?" he asked,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It's a magazine about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a name of God. We're passing them out for a small donation. Can you give something to help?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Sure, I'll give you all the change I have," he said, "which isn't much." He enthusiastically emptied out his pocket, and along with ke
ys, guitar picks and some small sea shells, he found a quarter and handed it to me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Thanks a lot," I said. "Take this magazine home and read it when you have some time in a thoughtful mood. This is a heavy magazine. So
me of it you'll understand and some you won't, but I'm sure you'll appreciate the ideas. You won't be disappointed." He smiled, and with mutual feelings of brotherhood, we parted, he with his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and I with another opportunity to act in devotional service, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having been like them myself not long ago, I could easily identify with those taking part in the scene on the worn grass field. I remem
bered gathering with them at past concerts, waiting in anticipation and eagerness for a musical miracle to come and clear away the clouds of boredom. As I walked through the crowds, passing out magazines, the musicians onstage made last-minute preparatio
ns with the microphones and instruments, and the people in the crowd passed marijuana pipes from one to another in a mood of togetherness, exchanging jokes and smiles. But although it was all supposed to be very wonderful, to me it seemed ultimately a sa
d and depressing affair. I couldn't see how any of this could make anyone really happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I recalled my old life clearly. I used to wake up each morning not knowing what to do besides go to school. I remembered how I used to 
watch television, take intoxicants and sleep. I had wasted so much valuable time! I used to talk on the telephone for hours. "What do you want to do tonight?" I would ask my friend.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I don't know," he would answer. "What do you want to do?" and so on. And all the while I thought I was enjoying myself, I had never fo
und anything worth doing. That knowledge was never taught in school; it remained unknown to me.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I remember when I first bought a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from a devotee in Times Square in New York City. The first thing I read was an interview with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in which he said: "Everyone is thinking, 'There are so many problems I
 have to solve. I have to make this much money. 1 have to do this and that.' But actually we have no such problems. We are manufacturing these problems. Our only real problem is how to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He say
s, 'Yes, accept Me. Simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I am yours.' That's all." I had read it and thought, "Yes, how to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Take one of these," I chanted, approaching another boy and girl. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a name of God. It means 'the 
highest pleasure.' This world is His property; it belongs to Him. And we belong }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Him in the spiritual
 sky. And here, this card invites you to our free Sunday }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  feasts." A bearded boy looked straight at m
e with appreciation in his eyes and gave me a quarter to cover the cost of printing. "Thanks," he said.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Read it carefully," I encouraged him. "It's about what gives life meaning."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I've been meaning to get one of these," he said. "Thanks again."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I walked on, looking for the next person to whom to give a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ba
ck to Godhead,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  remembering slightly how it was when I was in that boy's shoes, skeptical but open-minded enough for a chance. "Here, take one of these," I continued. And I felt as
 if each magazine were a lightning bolt that could break the thickest cloud. I knew each magazine contained the transcendental knowledge of my spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Meditation in the age of quarrel
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub MEDITATION in the age of quarrel
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub personal secre
tary for western Europe to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, first joined the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in 1967. He has recently organized the openings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness centers in Heidelberg, Munich and S
tockholm.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Yaduvara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE MEDITATION BUSINESS is flourishing. Soon, it appears, every suburban town will have its regular classes in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  meditation for health and freedom from neuroses, and every college campus will have its}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in residence. But despite the popularity of meditation as put forward by various }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and meditation societies, few people know the true meaning of meditation. According to the Vedic scriptures, the original sou
rce from which knowledge of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  flows, most forms of meditation are virtually impossible to perform in t
he modern world, and therefore one should learn to meditate by the simple method of chanting and hearing the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may find the Vedic directions for true meditation in the Sixth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which explains that the goal of meditation is to absorb the mind in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and enable one to see the transcendental
 four-armed form of Vi\'f1\'ebu within his heart. This system of meditation entails many difficult austerities. One must sit in a rigid posture in a sacred and secluded place, completely control the body's urges for sensual gratification, and utterly ren
ounce sex. The scriptures say that such meditation was indeed possible in Satya-yuga, an age long past when men lived for 100,000 years and the celebrated V\'e4lm\'e9ki Muni, the author of the epic R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba, meditated for 60,000 years to achieve
 perfection. But in the modern age, Kali-yuga, the Age of Quarrel, such meditation is practically impossible because there is no guarantee that one will live for even sixty years. The so-called meditation now practiced in our modern cities may provide a 
lucrative business for the shrewd few who teach it, but in achieving the real goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c meditation}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it has no practical value.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite the great difficulties of meditation in this age, however, the scriptures describe Kali-yuga's one great facility:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaler do\'f1a-nidhe r\'e4jann\line asti hy eko mah\'e4n gu\'eba\'f9\line k\'e9rtan\'e4d eva k\'e5\'f1\'ebasya\line mukta-sa\'ecg
a\'f9 para\'e0 vrajet
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This age of Kali is an ocean of faults, but it offers one great advantage: in this age one can attain liberation simply by chanting the holy name of God." (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  12.3.51}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, those who are sentimentally meditating but do not know the true meaning of meditation should stop wasting their valuable tim
e and chant the holy names of God as found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HOW TO MAKE BEADS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may chant either loudly so that others may also join in hearing and chanting, or softly on beads for personal meditation. For perso
nal chanting, one may purchase beads in any hobby store. Tie a knot about six inches from the end of a long string, and then string 108 beads, tying a knot after each one. Then pull the two ends of the string through one large head bead, making a total o
f 109, tie a tight knot right next to the head bead, and cut off the excess string.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HOW TO CHANT ON THE BEADS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To meditate using the beads, hold them in your right hand. Hold the first bead with your thumb and middle finger and chant the complete
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Ha
re R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Then go to the next bead, holding it with the same two fingers, and again chant the entire }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then go on to the next bead and then the next, continuing in this way until you have chanted on all 108 beads and have come again to the head bead. Do not chant on the head bead. Turn the beads arou
nd and chant on them in the opposite direction, one after another. By chanting on all 108 beads, from one side of the head bead to the other, you will have completed one "round."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although there are no hard and fast rules for chanting, if possible one should try to chant sixteen rounds daily and also give up the f
our habits of materialistic life: (1) eating meat, fish and eggs, (2) taking intoxicants such as liquor, coffee, tea and cigarettes, (3) indulging in illicit sex (sex performed outside of marriage or with contraceptives) and (4) gambling. To gain the gre
atest benefit from chanting, one should also read a portion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  every day.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHAT lS THE MAH\'c4-MANTRA?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Sanskrit, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "great," }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "mind," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "deliverance." The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , therefore, is the "Great Chanting for Deliverance of the Mind." Especially in our complex modern society, many unwanted thoughts and anxieties cloud the mind. But the chanting of the holy n
ames of God, or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cleanses the mind of all unwanted thoughts and simultaneously fixes i
t upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This fixing of the mind upon God is the basic principle of all meditation, and therefore vibration of the transcendental sound of the H
are K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a simple, authorized and effective method of transcendental meditati
on. Although the Vedic scriptures recommend many different ways of meditation, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hafha-yoga, raja-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they also conclusively state:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma\line harer n\'e4maiva kevalam\line kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva\line n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath
\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In this age of Kali there is no other way, no other way, no other way to achieve liberation than to chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name o
f God." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF CHANTING THE MAH\'c4-MANTRA?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are three stages of elevation in the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the first stage, the chanting polishes the mirror of the mind. Like a mirror, the mind has reflective power. It is meant to form clear pictures fro
m the sensations that strike it. But because contact with matter has covered our minds with material contamination, just as dust might cover a mirror, our reflections are no longer clear. The transcendental sound of the holy name of God cleanses the dust
 from the mirror of the mind, and this automatically brings one to the second stage in chanting.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the second stage, the chanting frees one from the symptoms of material existence, namely, hankering and lamentation. In material lif
e one hankers for what he does not have\'96"I want a car, I want a wife, I want money"\'96and he laments for what he has lost: "I've lost my car, I've lost my wife, I've lost my money," etc. Regularly chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba frees one from such twof
old anxieties and elevates one to the liberated stage described as follows in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (18.54}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line mad-bha
kti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who is transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Spirit. He never laments nor desires to have anything. Being equally disposed to every living ent
ity, he attains the highest devotional perfection."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the third stage of chanting, one attains an all-blissful life }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (\'e4nandamayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [Vs \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 \'e4nanda-mayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anandamaya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub composed of happiness;}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  abhy\'e4s\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by nature.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub By nature, the Supreme Lord is blissful.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.12]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When situated on this platform, one is never disturbed by anything. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes this as follows: "In the stage of perfection called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or trance, one's mind is completely restrained from material mental activities by practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is characterized by one's ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice in the self. In that joyous state, one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental 
senses. Established thus, one never departs from the truth, and upon gaining this he thinks there is no greater gain. Being situated in such a position, one is never shaken, even in the midst of the greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from
 all miseries arising from material contact." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.20-23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE ABSOLUTE NATURE OF THE HOLY NAME
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is absolute, and therefore anything directly connected with Him\'96 such as His holy name, form, pastimes, paraphernalia and entour
age\'96is identical with Him. In the material world of duality, things are different from their names. For example, a thirsty man's calling out "Water! Water! Water!" will not satisfy his thirst because the name water and the substance water are complete
ly different. But in the absolute world there are no such differences; there a thing and its name are one. Therefore simply by vibrating the holy name of God, one associates with God directly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material world we experience this in a crude way when we associate with someone thousands of miles away by radio waves. This sam
e principle works in the spiritual world, but it works perfectly, bringing one beyond the limits of time and space.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, recommended that one chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  twenty-four hours a day and thus make one's life perfect. He said: "One can chant the holy name of God in a humble state of mind
, thinking himself lower than the straw in the street. One should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige and always ready to offer all respects to others. In such a humble state of mind, one can chant the holy name of the Lor
d constantly."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba gradually detaches one from material concepts and brings one to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a trance in which one realizes the Supersoul }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Param\'e4tm
\'e4)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  through his transcendental mind and intelligence, without misidentifying himself with the Supreme. This is the goal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A living being is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9v\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the atomic self), and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called Param\'e4tm\'e4 (the Supreme Self). In perfect K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one realizes the eternal relationship between the atomic soul and the Supreme Soul,
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this age, therefore, the best method of practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to chant and hear the holy names of God, as found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. This is the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There are no hard and fast rules for chanting; one can chant at any time or in any place
 while at the same time continuing to work in his present occupation. One need not give up his job or family because the chanting automatically purifies one's life, adjusting unwanted and unnecessary difficulties. The authorized scriptures of the world's
 civilized nations give various names for God, but the Vedic scriptures especially recommend the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. We th
erefore humbly request you to chant this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and be happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p27:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advertisement books #59
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub same as BTG 58
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead 59
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA \line The Supreme
 Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG 59
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 6
1, 1974
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The three modes of material nature tightly control the conditioned souls within the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace \line A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Invocation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INVOCATION
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delivered before the Philadelphia City Council by Rav\'e9ndra Svar\'fcpa d\'e4sa, President of the Philadelphia Center o
f the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma H
are Hare
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the great chanting for peace. It means: "O my Lord, O energy of the Lord, please engage me in Your service." This is the one tr
ue universal and eternal religion: service to the Lord, who is known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, R\'e4ma, Jehovah, Allah, and many other names. We must become conscious of our relation with that Supreme Person, call Him as you will-this religion is preached by al
l prophets, in all scriptures, in all lands. No one can safely ignore this teaching\'96not even the so-called "secular state"\'96because without morally sound, law-abiding citizens, no institution, religious or secular, can endure, We have seen the thous
ands who have taken to chanting "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba" become first-class citizens, giving up the destructive habits like unrestricted sex and indulgence in intoxicants that are now destroying the moral fiber of those who will lead us in the future. It is
 not sufficient to provide for the bodily welfare of the citizens: if they simply eat, sleep, mate and defend like polished dogs, hogs, camels and asses, how have we done our duty? Shall we take such expense and effort to train a person to read, but then
 disclaim responsibility when that skill is exercised only on the most vile and degrading literature? The state may not favor any particular faith, but it cannot ignore the general principles of religion. Invoking the names of God "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, H
are R\'e4ma" reminds us of this fact. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo by Philadelphia Daily News
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 61 \'a9 1974 by the Bhaktivedant
a Book Trust.\line All rights reserved.       Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, performed His pastimes as a cowherd boy in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, His friends would fan Him, massage Him, c
ollect flowers for Him and play songs on their flutes for His transcendental pleasure. (This is an illustration from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami P
rabhup\'e4da.)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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946 (E. Africa).
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7315; Calcutta, India\'973 Albert Road, Calcutta 17/44-3757; Hyderabad, India\'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, Andra Pradesh; Kowloon, Hong Kong\'9745A Broadway, 15/Floor, Mei Foo Sun Chuen; Mayapur, India\'97ISKCON International Center. P.O.
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ikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P.
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 New Zealand\'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; Melbourne, Australia\'9714 Burnett St., St. Kilda, Victoria 3182/ 663-1331; Melbourne. Australia\'97299 St. Lonsdale St., Victoria; Perth, Australia\'97G.P.O. Box SB 64, W.A. 6001; Sydney, Austral
ia\'9712 Wallaroy Crescent, Double Bay, Sydney, N.S.W./365671.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EUROPE:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Amsterdam, Holland\'97Herengracht 96/ 020-249410; Berlin, W. Germany\'971 Berl
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lowes St., Salford 7, Lancs.; Munich, W. Germany\'978042 Oberschleissheim, Dr. Hoffmeister Str. 7/ 3150421; Paris, France\'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 Paris/ 727.02.02; Rome, Italy\'97Sede Centrale: Via Mistretta 2, (Piazza Lodi) 00182; Stockholm, Sweden\'97
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Tiny World of Modern Science
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Tiny World of Modern Science
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 a dialogue with}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  }{\b0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  \line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Los Angeles, April 16, 1973}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Photos by Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For many years, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness movement, has every day customarily taken an hour-long early morning walk with some of his disciples wherever in the world he is then preaching. Sometimes His Divine Grace says little; he simply chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on his beads and walk
s. Sometimes, however, he holds animated discussions or even arguments, challenging disciples to defend materialistic viewpoints so that he can defeat them with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The following dialogue was recorded on an inspired morning walk
 at Venice Beach, Los Angeles. Walking with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da were two of his disciples, Karandhara d\'e4sa and Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara d\'e4sa, a chemist working on his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry at the University of California.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scientists are worried about energy sources, and 
now they are working to utilize solar energy for cooking, lighting and various other purposes. They are hoping that when they exhaust all other energy sources, they will be able to use solar energy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is not a very new theory. Eve
ryone knows that because the roots of trees store the sun's energy, it is possible to get fire from a tree. These scientists are tiny creatures, but they are very proud. We don't give them credit, because they are simply stating what everyone knows. As s
oon as you cut a tree, you cannot get fire from it. It has to be dried in the sun. When the energy is gathered from the sun, the tree can be utilized for fire. Actually everything is being maintained by the sun's energy, but the scientists don't know whe
re the sun's energy comes from. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad \'e4ditya-gata\'e0 tejo jagad bh\'e4sayate 'khilam\line yac candramasi yac c\'e4gnau tat tejo viddhi m\'e4makam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. And the splendor of the moon and the splendor of fire are also from Me."
 [Bg. 15.12]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jyoti\'f1\'e4\'e0 ravir a\'e0\'e7
um\'e4n:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Of lights I am the radiant sun." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Also in the Eleventh Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Arjuna tells K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcrya-netram:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The sun and moon are amon
g Your great unlimited eyes."}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This knowledge is contained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but scientists cannot attain this knowledge by their speculation. Can they?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not possible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what is their knowledge? The s
criptures say that even if you can count all the grains of sand on earth, you still would not be able to understand God. All this material counting does not mean that you have the capacity to understand the unlimited. But it is even beyond their capacity
 to count all the material things. Why are the scientists so proud of their energy and capacities? They do not even know of the material things, and what to speak of the spiritual. As far as scientists and other living entities are concerned, their knowl
edge is limited. But this is not so for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we receive knowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that knowledge is perfect. In the scriptures we receive information that there are 900,000 species of life existing within the ocean. The information giv
en in the scriptures is exact because it comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says: "As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, I know everything that has happened in the past, all that is happening in the present, and all things that are
 yet to come." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We have to take knowledge from the supreme knower
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For perfect knowledge we have to a
pproach a superior person, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One may try to learn a subject by reading books at home, but he can le
arn much better by going to college and approaching a professor. In the same way, we have to approach a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Of course, if we encounter a false }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  our knowledge is false. But if our }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is perfect, our knowledge is perfect. We accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If He is perfect in knowledge, our knowledge is also perfect. As far as we're concerned, we do not have to be perfect in ourselves, but i
f we receive knowledge from the perfect, our knowledge is perfect. We cannot say that we understand that there are 900,000 species of life in the ocean because we have studied the entire ocean. Rather we say that we take this information from scriptures 
and therefore it is perfect. This is the Vedic process.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists may carry out much research work, but however great a scientist may be, his senses are imperfect. Therefore he cannot have p
erfect knowledge. What is the value of our eyes? We cannot see without sunlight, nor can we see small things without a microscope. Our eyes are imperfect, and the instruments our eyes have discovered are also imperfect. How, then, is it possible to get p
erfect knowledge? Because the living entity is limited, his knowledge is limited. A child may know that two plus two equals four, but when he speaks of higher mathematics, we do not take him seriously. The senses through which a scientist acquires knowle
dge are limited and imperfect; therefore his knowledge is limited and imperfect. In his ignorance he may claim to know everything, but that is simply nonsense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A blind man may lead another blind man, but what does it avail them when they both fall into a ditch? The laws of nature bind us hand a
nd foot, yet we think}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we are free to speculate. This is illusion. Although conditioned by so many of natu
re's laws, the rascals think they are free. Yet if there is a cloud, they cannot see the sun. What power have we to see? Only when nature's laws give us some facility are we able to see. Indeed, we can only experiment under certain conditions, and if the
 conditions are not favorable, our experiments fail. Why then, are we so proud of experimental knowledge?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why experiment? Things are already there. The sun's energy is there, given by God for us to use. What else is there to know? So many ap
ples fall from trees. What further need is there to explain the law of gravity? Actually the scientists are lacking in common sense. They are simply concerned with "scientific" explanations. They say the law of gravity works only under certain conditions
, but who has made these conditions? When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as Lord R\'e4macandra, He threw stones on the water, and the stones floated. The law of gravity did not work in that case. Therefore the law of gravity works only under the direction of th
e Supreme Lord. The law in itself is not final. A king may give a law, but he can change that law immediately. The ultimate law-giver is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and a law will only work by His will. Scientists try to explain God's will in so many ways, but becau
se they are conditioned by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  illusion, they can only talk like a person haunted by ghosts. Tell
 me, what is the scientific explanation that accounts for all the varieties of trees?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say that}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nature mutates and makes these varieties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then it must be nature's will. And
 what is that will? Does the land have any will?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, they are}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub very vague on that point.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means that they do not have p
erfect knowledge. They do not know that behind nature is the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They explain that the chemical composition of the
se different plants is different.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right, but who made the
se chemical compositions? As soon as you say "chemical composition," you immediately require a God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say there is no need for a God because if yo
u mix two chemicals together\'96
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God or not, there must be some wil
l. There must be some consciousness. Two chemicals mix and produce such and such. Who mixes them? Consciousness is there. Well, that consciousness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is consciousness everywhere, and as soon as you accept that consciousness, you mus
t accept consciousness as a person. Therefore, we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  it is stated that consciousness is all-pervading. You may have consciousness, and I may have consciousness, but there is another consciousness, which is all-pervading. My consciousness is limited to my body, and your consciousness is limited
 to yours, but there is another consciousness that is within you, me, and everyone. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually everything in the world is relative. That is a scientific fact. Our bodies, lives, intelligence and everything else are all re
lative. To us an ant may seem to have a very short life, but for the ant his life is about a hundred years in duration. That hundred years is relative to the body. Similarly, Brahm\'e4, who lives fantastically long from our point of view, only lives a hu
ndred years from his point of view. This is relativity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the relativity is based upon our individual 
situation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Therefore it is said that wha
t is food for one is poison for another. People are thinking that because they cannot survive on the moon, no other living entities can. Everyone thinks of things in a relative way, in his own terms. This is the meaning of frog philosophy. The frog is al
ways thinking of things in relation to his well. He has no power to conceive of the Atlantic Ocean because his well is his only experience. God is great, but we are thinking of God's greatness in our own terms, in terms of relative greatness. Some insect
s are born at night; they grow at night, have their children at night and die at night. They never see the sun; therefore they conclude that there is no such thing as day. If you asked the insect about the morning, he would say, "There cannot be any morn
ing." Similarly, when people hear of Brahm\'e4's long duration of life from the scriptures, they do not believe it. They say, "How can anyone live for such a long time?" In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagava
d-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sahasra-yuga-paryantam\line ahar yad brahma\'ebo vidu\'f9\line r\'e4tri\'e0 yuga-sahasr\'e4nt\'e4\'e0\line te \'92ho-r\'e4tra-vi
do jan\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of Brahm\'e4's one day. And such also is the duration of his night." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Brahm\'e4, by these calculations, lives for so many millions and trillions of years. We cannot believe this, although evidence is 
given in the scriptures. In other words, we conclude that K\'e5\'f1\'eba talks nonsensically while we speak as authorities. Even great scholars say that these scriptural statements are all mental speculations. Although these men are nothing but rascals, 
they pass for reputable scholars. They place themselves above God's position by attempting to refute or deny the statements of God in the revealed scriptures. In this way so many fools in the guise of scholars, scientists and philosophers are misguiding 
the whole world. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of course so much is being written about Darwin's
 theory. In any library there are hundreds of books on his theories.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do they accept or}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reject them?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Generally they accept him, but there are some who
 are very critical.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Darwin speaks about the evolution 
of the species of life, but he has no real information about spiritual evolution. He knows nothing about the progress of the spirit soul from lower forms of life to higher forms. He claims that man has evolved from monkeys, but we can see that the monkey
 is not extinct. If the monkey is the immediate forefather of man, why is he still existing?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Darwin says that the species are not created inde
pendently but are descended from one another.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If there is no question of indepen
dence, how can he abruptly begin with a certain species? He must explain how the original species came into existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scientists claim that the earth was created by bi
ological chemistry, and they refuse to teach God created the earth because they think everyone will consider them fools.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If their biology and chemistry are
 so advanced, why don't they create something? They claim they may be able to create life in the future, but why in the future? Life is already created. Is science based on the future? We should trust no future, however pleasant we may think it will be. 
This is the world, and it is given now. Everyone is thinking the future will be very pleasant, but what assurance do we have of this? They have to accept that they do not know what the truth actually is. They say that they are expecting to arrive at the 
truth in the future, but that is simply proof that their knowledge is imperfect. This is something like a bankrupt man giving a postdated check. What is the value of the man's check if he has no money? Who will accept such a check? He may talk of having 
money in the future, but there is no assurance of this. They are claiming that their scientific method is perfect, and at the same time when a practical example is needed, they simply postdate the example. They claim to have millions of dollars worth of 
knowledge, but if you ask them a question, they simply give you a postdated check. Why should we accept it? They cannot even produce a spear of grass through their biological or chemical experiments. Nonetheless they are claiming that the creation is pro
duced by some chemical or biological method. Why does no one question all this nonsense?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the ultimate analysis, when they consider the 
origin of life, they say that everything started from matter. In other words, living matter comes from non-living matter.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From where is this living matter c
oming now? Did it come from non-living matter in the past and not at the present? How is the ant coming? Is it materializing from dirt? Even an ant does not come from inert matter. What proof do they have of such a theory? Darwin claims that in the dista
nt past no really intelligent man existed, that man simply evolved from the apes. If there were no intelligent brain in the past, how is it that these Vedic scriptures were written thousands and thousands of years ago? How do they explain a sage like Vy
\'e4sadeva?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They have no explanation. They simply say these a
re unknown forest sages.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Vy\'e4sadeva may be unknown to the
m, but nonetheless he was there. How is it he got such a brain? He may be unknown to you or to me, but nonetheless his brainwork is there, his philosophy is there, his language, linguistics, poetic arrangements and verbal strength. You may not know the p
erson, but you can understand the brain.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Weren't all the varieties of animals existing fro
m the beginning?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Simultaneous creation is veri
fied by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the varieties of animals and men as well as demigods were existing from 
the beginning. A living entity wants a certain type of body, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives it to him. Because he desires things in a certain way, he associates with certain qualities of nature in matter. According to his association, he receives a particular 
type of body. The psychological forces, the mind, thinking, feeling and willing determine the particular type of situation and body the living entity receives. The evolutionary process is there, but it is not an evolution of species. It is not that one s
pecies of life develops from another, for, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba states: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakt\'e4d vyaktaya\'f9 sarv\'e4\'f9\line prabhavanty ahar-\'e4game\line r\'e4try-\'e4game pral\'e9yante\line tatraiv\'e4vyakta
-sa\'e0j\'efake
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When Brahm\'e4's day is manifest, this multitude of living entities comes into being, and at the arrival of Brahm\'e4's night they are all annihilated." }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The evolution is the spiritual evolution of the individual living entity through the various species of life. If one enters into the bo
dy of a fish, he has to undergo the evolutionary process step by step. If one is on the top of the stairs and somehow falls down, he again has to go up the evolutionary staircase step by step. Of course the scientists are busy making so much research tha
t they cannot understand this. If you tell them they are going to be trees in their next life, they think you are speaking nonsense. After all, what can we learn by research? When the, the cause of all causes is known, then everything knowable becomes kn
own, and nothing remains unknown. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  state: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam eva\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavanti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb
\'f2aka Up.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we know t
he Absolute Truth, all other truths become known, but if we don't know the Absolute Truth, we are in ignorance. One may not be an official scientist or philosopher, but he may challenge anyone and talk boldly if he only knows one thing\'96K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This contemporary civilization is so proud of its independence, but actually it is so much dependent on oil. If the oil supply is stopp
ed, then what will these rascal scientists do? They cannot do anything. Let them try to manufacture oil in their test tubes, enough oil to run their civilization on. At present there is a scarcity of water in India. What can the scientists do about this?
 They may know the chemical composition of water, but they cannot produce it when there is a great scarcity. They require the help of clouds, and all that is God's manipulation. Actually they cannot do anything. They have gone to the moon, but for all th
eir labor they have simply taken away some dust and rocks. The rascal government exacts taxes and spends money unnecessarily. This is their intelligence. It is a state of asses, that's all. The politicians have no sympathy or compassion. They do not cons
ider that the hard-earned money is coming from the public and that they are spending it by shooting big rockets off to other planets. All they do is promise to bring back more dust. First they may get a handful of dust, then they promise to bring back to
ns of dust. What is the meaning of all this?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They believe that there}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may be life on Mars.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They may believe or not believe
\'97what is the gain? What we do know is that life is here. They know this, yet they are engaged in fighting and in killing life. Here is life. Here is a human being. Life is here undoubtedly. But they are busy trying to destroy it with their big bombs. 
This is their scientific advancement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are very curious to know what is going on on
 other planets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means that for their childish
 curiosity they are spending so much money. They can spend so much to satisfy their curiosity, but when so many poverty-stricken countries ask them for help, they say there is no money. They are very proud to go to the moon, but why don't they take infor
mation how to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana? If they go there, all their curiosity will be satisfied. They will learn that beyond this inferior energy there is indeed a superior, spiritual energy. This material energy cannot work independ
ently. The spiritual energy has to join it. Material elements are not created of themselves. It is the soul that is creative. We may try to make something with matter, but matter does not create itself. Hydrogen and oxygen will only come in contact when 
moved by the superior energy. Only fools can expect the entire cosmic manifestation, which is only matter, to come into being automatically. We may have a nice car, but if there is no driver, what is its use? Unless a man knows how to work a machine, unl
ess a man pushes a button, the machine does not work. Similarly, without the superior energy, the material energy cannot act. Behind this wonderful cosmic manifestation is the direction of a superior energy. All this information is given in the scripture
s, but still people will not believe it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually everything is God's property, but people are claiming this property to be theirs or their country's. Now they are talking abou
t the problem of overpopulation, but the fact is that God has supplied enough. Actually there is enough land and enough food if it is properly used. People are artificially creating problems, and the scientists are helping them by giving them so many des
tructive devices. They simply encourage the rascals and rogues who are trying to use up God's property, if you help a murderer or a thief, you also become a criminal. Is that not so? There is so much trouble in the world because the scientists are helpin
g all the thieves and rogues. Thus they are all criminals. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Stena eva sah. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  3.12]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One who does not recognize the proprietorship of 
the Supreme Lord is a thief.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once we accept the mystic power of the Supreme Lord, everything is solved. The scientists may claim that life starts from dull matter, 
but we are saying that life starts from life. We can actually see that birds are begetting birds, beasts are begetting beasts, and human beings are begetting other human beings. Life comes from life, and we have proof of this, but where is the proof that
 life starts from dull inert matter? Just give one instance of life arising from matter. The scientists may claim that life began with some chemical, but they cannot tell us where this chemical comes from. If there were such a chemical, it came from God,
 the Supreme Life. That is our answer to the scientist. What do you think his reply will be?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The scientist will}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub reply}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that he cannot believe}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is nonsense. You can see that
 ordinary life, a tree, for instance, produces so many chemicals. How can one say that he does not believe this? An ordinary fruit like an orange produces so many chemicals. One can actually see this. An ordinary tree, which is a living being, produces s
o many chemicals. The Supreme Lord is the supreme living being. Whatever we have in minute quantity, God has in infinite quantity. That is the difference between God and the living entity. Man can produce a little water in the form of perspiration, but G
od's perspiration can produce unlimited seas. We have the same potencies as God, but we can only produce a little. God can produce things in enormous, unlimited quantity. We are limited, and He is unlimited. We may have some powers, even some mystic powe
rs, but the storehouse of all power is God. God is full of all mystic power. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.42}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is so much evidence of this in scripture and in life, but the rascals do not accept it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our mission is to bring these rascals to their senses. Now one must find out the means to do this. The rascals are suffering but becaus
e they are sons of God they should not suffer. They do not know that there is God or that there is happiness. They know nothing of bliss or of eternal life. They are carrying on so much research and living for fifty, sixty or seventy years. After that th
ey do not know what is going to happen. They have no knowledge that life is eternal. Actually their position is like that of an animal. An animal does not know what is after death, nor does he actually contemplate death. He does not know why he is here, 
nor does he know the value of life. Under the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the animal simply goes on eating, 
sleeping, defending, mating and dying. That's all. People are endeavoring so hard, but for what purpose? They say that they are struggling so hard to make provisions for the next generation, but what are the provisions for? They cannot reply to that. Thi
s K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to give real purpose to life by establishing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, as the center of everything. It is therefore to the scientist's benefit to understand this important movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and discipl
es (Karandhara d\'e4sa is on the far left, Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara d\'e4sa on the far right, holding the tape recorder.) "However great a scientist may be, he cannot have perfect knowledge."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p7: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "They are claiming that this creation i
s produced by some chemical or biological method. Why does no one question all this nonsense?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p8: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "Behind this wonderful cosmic manifesta
tion is the direction of a superior energy."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'93To Me\'94 Means to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub "TO ME" MEANS TO K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the natural occupational duty of the spiritual soul. Religions, sects, denominations 
and faiths exist on the mental and intellectual platforms, but every creature, from demigods down to insects, has a true spiritual identity as a loving devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Holiness }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 ACYUT\'c4NANDA SV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub an American devotee in the renounced order of life, has been actively preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in northern India for the last five years. He is the editor of a book of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious songs written by great spiritual ma
sters, soon to be published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub WHEN WE SPEAK OF a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee, we do not refer to a person born in a family of devotees or someone wearing two 
white lines on his forehead. Since "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" refers to the Supreme Lord, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub every living creature is naturally a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because our false egos cover our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, however, we think that we are Christians, Hindus, Indians, Americans or Russians, or that we are tall, short, brown, white and so on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should understand the term "K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee" to be identical to the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "soul."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vera 'svarupa' haya\'97k\'e5\'f1\'ebera 'nitya-d\'e4sa' \line k\'e5\'f1\'ebera 'ta\'f6asth\'e4-\'e7akti,' 'bhed\'e4bheda-pr
ak\'e4\'e7a'\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, Madhya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  20.108}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The real nature of the living entity is to be the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The living entities constitute the marginal potenc
y of the Lord, which although different from Him is not different from Him. In his true form, the soul is a person, a person who has a romantic relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When purified of material illusion's limitations, this loving energy will bl
oom in our consciousness, if it does not, this indicates imperfect realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and all Vedic literatures clearly establi
sh these points, but we always meet people who get the whole message backwards. To understand why they do is not easy, for the scriptures themselves explain the process of knowing the Lord: loving devotion alone. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  verses affirm repeatedly that only through devotion, not merely by studying speculative doctrines or contemplating a f
ormless void, can one attain perfection. K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals to Arjuna the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4-rahasya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or secr
et of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  not because Arjuna is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yog\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ved\'e4ntic scholar or monk, for he is not. Arjuna is a worldly householder, soldier and politician. What, then, qualifies him to receive the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  secret? What is it in Arjuna that draws from \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba the secret of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti rahasya\'e0 hy etad uttamam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Because you are My devotee and inti
mate friend, I reveal this secret to you." (Bg.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.3}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As a label's instructions explain how to take a medicine, so this verse explains the process for understanding the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one should simply become a friend and devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He will then reveal everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba thoroughly explains }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-y
oga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and meditation, Arjuna refuses to follow these processes. "My mind is too unstable to control," he says. "It would be easier to control the wind." Does Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba the
n chastise Arjuna for being a cowardly disciple and not taking up }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such yoga? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Does He encourage Arjuna in 
any way to follow the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  path? No. He tells Arjuna, }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Of all yogis, he who worships Me with faith and devotion I consider the best." (Bg. 6.47) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Third Chapter the Lord discusses }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but of all }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9's,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba considers the devotee supreme.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Eighth Chapter K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that one can reach the Supreme Lord only by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti: bhakty\'e4 labhyas tv ananyay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Bg. 8.22). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ananyay\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "in no other way." This Eighth Chapter abounds with verses directing us to accept the path of devotion rather than any other. In the seventh verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba urges us, }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Always think of Me and at the same time carry out your duty with your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed upon Me."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Again in the fourteenth verse, the Lord stresses the same exclusive devotion. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For one who remembers Me unflinchingly, and who constantly engag
es in devotional service, I am easy to obtain."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Ninth Chapter the Lord describes the specific character of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a broad-minded great soul, as being that of a devotee. Beginning with the thirteenth verse, the Lord extolls }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  emphasizing again that it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the only path:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4nas tu m\'e4\'e0 p\'e4rtha\line daiv\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9\line bhajanty ananya-manaso\line j\'ef
\'e4tv\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4dim avyayam
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who are not deluded, the great souls (mah\'e4tm\'e4s), are under the protection of the divine nature. They fully engage in devotional se
rvice because they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible." (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.13}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The term }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ananya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  indicates that no other way is at all acceptable. What are the characteristics of these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4\'e0\line yatanta\'e7 ca d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'f9\line namasyanta\'e7 ca m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4\line
nitya-yukt\'e4 up\'e4sate
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion." (Bg. 9.14}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord then lists nondevotional practices performed by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anye
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "others." Who are these others? Since the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  glorify and worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, those who cultivate speculative knowledge, meditate upon the universal form, or worship the abstract one, diverse in many, are not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but merely "others."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The famous twenty-second verse assures devotees that if they reject all other engagements and single-mindedly concentrate upon K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, they need not bother for their personal needs, for the Lord says, "I personally maintain one who engages in My service." Special words in verses twenty and twenty-one also note that the heavenly planets are not the ultimate goal and that one s
hould not worship as equal to K\'e5\'f1\'eba the demigods who preside there. Many common readers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  think that all gods are equal and that it therefore does not matter whom one chooses as his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i\'f1\'f6a-deva }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub (worshipable deity).}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But in verse twenty-five the Lord says otherwise. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Y\'e4nti mad-y\'e4jino 'pi m\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Other devotees achieve other destinations, "but only those who worship Me will li
ve with Me." And how should one worship the Lord?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toyam yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may worship Him even by offering only}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, with love
 and devotion." (Bg.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.26}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Certainly it is not the value of the leaf, flower or fruit that attracts the mercy of the Lord; it is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub love. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should enter every aspect of one's life, for the Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat karo\'f1i yad a\'e7n\'e4si\line yaj juho\'f1i dad\'e4si yat\line yat tapasyasi kaunteya\line tat kuru\'f1va mad-arpa\'ebam
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me." (Bg.}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.27)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Ninth Chapter ends by describing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti's}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  astounding purificatory quality of being able to turn }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into saints. The Lord declares, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na me bhakta\'f9 pra\'eba\'e7yati:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My devotee will never perish." (Bg. 9.31}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  In the final verse, whose words are again repeated in the Eighteenth Chapter, the Lord enjoins:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam\line \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 m
at-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me." (}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.34}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not have much time to talk to Arjuna, for the battle cries have already been heralded.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He teaches}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna in the most 
concise words. Therefore anything the Lord repeats is most significant.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Tenth Chapter contains four of the strongest verses stressing the importance }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (verses 8-11).
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate\line iti matv\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanv
it\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me w
ith all their hearts." }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 10.8}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mac-citt\'e4 mad-gata-pr\'e4\'eb\'e4\line bodhayanta\'f9 parasparam\line kathayanta\'e7 ca m\'e4\'e0 nitya\'e0\line tu\'f1yanti 
ca ramanti ca
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How do devotees behave? What always engages their minds? }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The thoughts of My pure devo
tees dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightening one another and conversing about Me." (Bg. 10.9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga\'e0 ta\'e0\line yena
 m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me." (}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.10}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And finally:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4m ev\'e4nukamp\'e4rtham\line aham aj\'ef\'e4na-ja\'e0 tama\'f9\line n\'e4\'e7ay\'e4my \'e4tma-bh\'e4va-stho\line j\'ef
\'e4na-d\'e9pena bh\'e4svat\'e4
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Out of compassion for them, I, dwelling in their hearts, destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born of ignorance." (Bg.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.11}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An intimate friend always knows deeper truths about someone than those who gather information from outsiders. Indeed, no one can say mo
re about you than you yourself. Similarly, no one can tell more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba than K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and He chooses to reveal such knowledge to His intimate devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After revealing the universal form to Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba shows His four-armed form and then His humanlike two-armed form and says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ha\'e0 vedair na tapas\'e4\line na d\'e4nena na cejyay\'e4\line \'e7akya eva\'e0-vidho dra\'f1\'f6u\'e0\line d\'e5\'f1\'f6a
v\'e4n asi m\'e4\'e0 yath\'e4
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This form which you are seeing with your transcendental eyes cannot be understood simply by studying the Vedas, nor by undergoing serious penances, nor by charity, 
nor by worship. It is not by these means that you can see Me as I am." (Bg. 11.53)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How is it, then, that Arjuna can see the transcendental form of the Lord? The next verse echoes the answer given in the previous chapte
rs:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 tv ananyay\'e4 \'e7akya\line aham eva\'e0-vidho \'92rjuna\line j\'ef\'e4tu\'e0 dra\'f1\'f6u\'e0 ca tattvena\line prav
e\'f1\'f6u\'e0 ca parantapa
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you, and can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can you enter
 into the mysteries of My understanding." (Bg. 11.54) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mentions this same point. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vede\'f1u durlabham adurlabham \'e4tma-bhaktau:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Lord is rarely known through Vedic study but easily known through self-surrender." (Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.33}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Twelfth Chapter is entirely devoted to steering us away from the difficult path of impersonalism. Arjuna puts the question clearly:
 "Which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  do you consider the higher\'96the one who contemplates Your formless aspect or the devote
e who worships Your form?" Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's answer is just as direct and clear as the question:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca\line mayy \'e4ve\'e7ya mano ye m\'e4\'e0\line nitya-yukt\'e4 up\'e4sate\line \'e7raddhay\'e4 para
yopet\'e4s\line te me yuktatam\'e4 mat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Blessed Lord said: He whose mind is fixed on My personal form, always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith, is considered by Me to be th
e most perfect." (Bg. 12.2)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the fifth verse the Lord totally discourages mental speculation on formless, attribute-less Brahman,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the chapter's remaining fifteen verses, He totally supports }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The following chapters of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub give an analytical description of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His supremacy over the material modes of nature, and His presence as the Supersoul and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The conclusion of the
 Fifteenth Chapter is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yo m\'e4m evam asamm\'fc\'f2ho\line j\'e4n\'e4ti puru\'f1ottamam\line sa sarva-vid bhajati m\'e4\'e0\line sarva-bh\'e4vena bh
\'e4rata
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is to be understood as the knower of everything, and he therefore engages himself in full 
devotional service, O son of Bharata." (Bg. 15.19}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusion of the Eighteenth Chapter, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4's}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  last, and therefore the conclusion of the entire }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Through devotion am I to be known." (Bg. 18.55}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the repetition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad bhakto}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ("Thinking of Me, become My devotee")}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  leads us to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  final statement\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m ek
a\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me.\'94 (Bg. 18
.66}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no room for challenging or misunderstanding these statements.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose for the above summary of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to reveal over forty-five verses exclusively supporting the path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "TO ME" MEANS TO K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4m, mad, asmi, man, mama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (all forms of the words "I," "Me," and "I am") when spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself refer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Any 
other interpretation simply hides K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His real identity. By trying to interpret the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba to mean "black," "dark," "unknown" and so on, nondevotees simply want to say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not a worshipable person, but somet
hing with no personality and therefore not worshipable. This point breeds complete rejection of true }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and a complete misunderstanding of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since love must be exchanged between two 
persons\'97the lover and the beloved\'97an impersonal, abstract, formless objective cancels the possibility of devotion. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the above forty-five verses, emphatically declares that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is 
the way\'96and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ananya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the only way.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should not waste time trying to concoct twisted interpretations of Vedic statements. For example, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari o\'e0 tat sat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means that Hari, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the Absolute Truth. Now, Hari can mean "snake," "thief," "lion" or"K\'e5\'f1
\'eba." But are we to understand that the Absolute Truth is a snake? A lion? A thief? Are we to build temples to snakes, lions and thieves? Of course not. Therefore, one must understand the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub hari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from the definition of the scriptures. The Absolute Truth is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One cannot expect to fix one's mind and intelligence on snakes, lions or thieves 
and surrender everything to them, nor can one surrender one's services and the fruits of all activities to "the dark," "the black," or "the unknown." How can there be love if there is no knowledge of the beloved? The recipient of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  must be a person, and that person must be the Supreme Absolute Truth, if one considers K\'e5\'f1\'eba less than the impe
rsonal Absolute, one does not understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One's show of devotion is then only symbolic and therefore useless. Real love is not symbolic; it comes from the spiritual platform:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line mad-bha
kti\'e0 labhate param
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "After fully realizing his spiritual identity, one does not hanker for any attainment nor lament for any loss. Seeing all beings with an equal eye, the soul develops
 supreme devotion." (Bg. 18.54}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  exists even after }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  liberation. A devotee will never allow anything to obstruct the soul's passionate love for the Lord, and therefore although oth
er }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  forget their personal independence when they approach liberation, a devotee does not. He cont
inues his devotion beyond liberation. That is real love. Not that one loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba until one achieves liberation, and then love ends. No. Love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4
tana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  eternal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mentions three truths as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the transcendental realm is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
an\'e4tana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the living being }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is san\'e4tana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The joining of these three is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the eternal engagement,
 and that is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People often think that the ultimate is a formless spirit and that from that spirit pour K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Vi\'f1\'ebu, \'c7iva and thirt
y-three million other demigods. At the ultimate end, they think, all will merge again into voidness. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub states just the opposite. The Lord says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhava\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am the source of all." }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 10.8}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Furthermore, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 k\'e5tsnasya ja
gata\'f9 prabhava\'f9 pralayas tath\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am the creator and destroyer of this entire universe." (Bg. 7
.6}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These statements prove tha
t K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth. But is the Lord referring to His void aspect or His personal aspect? The answer is very strong:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyakta\'e0 vyaktim \'e4panna\'e0\line manyante m\'e4m abuddhaya\'f9\line para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanto\line mam\'e4vyayam anut
tamam
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Unintelligent men, who know Me not, think that I have assumed this form and personality. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is c
hangeless and supreme." }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.24}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form does not change, evaporate, dissolve or merge into nonexistence, for it is not a material body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes are going on eternally, unobstructed by the creation, maintenance and destruction of this world. His form is n
ot material; it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an embodiment of eternity, knowledge and bliss. Tha
t such a form of spiritual qualities exists beyond the three modes of nature is inconceivable to a mind overpowered by these modes, but it is completely clear to the minds of His devotees, for by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and no other way can one understand the Lord. The Lord says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma
\'ebo hi prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4ham:}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am the basis of Brahman [the impersonal Absolute]." (Bg. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.27}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The impersonal A
bsolute (Brahman) is subordinate to the Lord's personal feature (Bhagav\'e4n), just as sunlight is subordinate to the sun.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scriptures are like a grand algebraic equation. One side of the equation describes the Absolute's qualities but does not give His i
dentity. For example, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raso}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai 
sa\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "He, the Absolute, is the source of all loving tastes [rasas]." This gives the idea of a person but keeps His identity hidden. In algebra the equation would look like this
:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub x=}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the source of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  give the left side of the equation, and }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on the right, gives the identity of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub x. K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e7 caitanya-rasa-vigraha\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the embodiment of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub rasas."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub x=}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Who is the Supreme Lord? Who is the Absolute Truth? Whenever the scriptures speak of the Supreme, the Lord, or the Absolute, if we understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be this unknown Supreme Person, our knowledge is perfect and complete.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p11:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructing }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to His friend and disciple Arjuna. If one becomes a devotee of the Lord, He will then r
eveal everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p12: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba revealing His four-
armed and then His two-armed form. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advert-\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam #61
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IS THE LITERARY INCARNATION OF GOD
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is all-successful, all-blissful and all-perfect. It is as bright as the sun. Thus persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in th
e age of quarrel shall get light from it."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Sublime Science of the Supreme Personality of Godhead\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Available from\line ISKCON Mailorder\line 3959 Landmark\line Culver City, Calif. 90230
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Arrival of a Pure Devotee
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Arrival of a Pure Devotee
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, founder and spiritual master of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), sto
pped here for a few days recently as part of his continuing tour of ISKCON centers around the world. At JFK International Airport, as more than one hundred disciples royally greeted him and curious reporters thronged around him, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
 explained, in clear language and with fixed conviction, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy of a God-centered society in which "everything animate and inanimate is recognized to be controlled and owned by the Lord."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Will this solve the energy crisis?" one reporter asked. "Yes, why not?" \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da immediately responded. "The only lac
k in the world today is the lack of God consciousness."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and his disciples went to the New York ISKCON center, where devotees had made preparations for feastin
g and festivities during their spiritual master's brief stay.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Entering the temple, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first offered his obeisances to the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities who preside there
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To allow devotees to approach Him easily, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears in the form of the Deity. Althoug
h the Deity is apparently made of metal or stone, a pure devotee understands that the form of the Lord is non-different from the Lord. Thus the Lord, by His inconceivable potency, appears as the Deity to enable devotees to serve Him and become attracted 
to Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's pleasure, one group of disciples enacted a play, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Kidnaps Rukmi\'eb\'e9," taken directly
 from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Complete with transcendental humor, romance, drama, a fight scene and K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy, the performa
nce greatly pleased His Divine Grace}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who declared that seeing the play was even better than reading the 
book.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's stay in New York, though ecstatic, was brief. Satisfied by the high standard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s in the New York temple, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, after two days, left for the ISKCON World Headquarters in Los Angeles. Devotees of a genuine spiritual master, however, strive never to allow their beloved spiritual master to leave their minds. Thus e
ven in his absence, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, though traveling throughout the world, remains present for his disciples, who joyfully continue to remember and follow his pure instructions on the science of devotional service.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p15 photos: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa; right Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bottom}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa;
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p15 photos: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d
\'e4sa;  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bottom}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa;
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p16 photos: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vil\'e4s
a-vigraha d\'e4sa;  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa;
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is
 now traveling around the world with her husband to produce a documentary film about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Philosophy Of Love Of God
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada-bhakti-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a treatise on the fundamentals of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, composed by N\'e4rada Muni, one of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's greatest eternal devotees. Aeons ago, N\'e4rada received Vedic knowledge from his father and spirit
ual master. Lord Brahm\'e4, the first created living entity, who received the Vedic science of God from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself at the dawn of creation. Each of N\'e4rada\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub s\'fctras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or codes, therefore, is a highly concentrated expression carrying great meaning. The following is an excerpt from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's as yet unp
ublished translation and commentary of this important work.]
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HIS DIVINE GRACE\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swa
mi Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub CODE l
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ath\'e4to bhakti\'e0 vy\'e4khy\'e4sy\'e4ma\'f9
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha\'96now, ata\'f9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub therefore; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhaktim\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vy\'e4khy\'e4sy\'e4
ma\'f9\'96we}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  shall try to explain.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Therefore I shall now try to explain the process of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  wherein the Lord says that a self-realized person is always in the transcendental state known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bhuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and is characterized by joyfulness. When one is self-realized, he becomes joyful; in other words, he is free from the material contamina
tion of lamentation and hankering. As long as we are in material existence, we lament for losses in our life, and we hanker for what we do not have. A self-realized person is joyful because he is free from material lamentation and hankering. After attain
ing self-realization, one sees all living entities equally. He sees no distinction between the higher and lower species of life. A learned man does not distinguish between a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4
hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and a dog because he sees the soul within the body. He does not consider the external bodily features. Such a perfected, self-realized person is eligible to understand }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional service to the Lord is so sublime that only through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can one understand the constitutional position of the Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clearly states, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one can understand the Supreme Lord through devotional service and by no other process (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . There are different processes of understanding the Absolute Truth, but if one wants
 to understand the Supreme Lord as He is, he has to take to the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are other p
rocesses\'96such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, dhy\'e4na-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and other mystic methods\'96but it is no
t possible to understand the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead, except through His devotional service. This is confirmed in the Fourth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  wherein we learn that K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted to instruct }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna simply because Arjuna was a devotee and a friend of the Lord (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub 4.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  teaches the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba explained it to Arjuna because he was a great devotee. As far as spiritual life is concerned, devotional service is the highest perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are generally misled by the spell of material nature's illusory energy. There are innumerable living entities within material na
ture, and only some of them are in human bodies. According to Vedic literature there are 8,400,000 species of life. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said that there are 900,000 species of aquatics, 2,000,000 species of plants, 1,100,000 species of insects, 1,000,000 species of birds, 3,000,000 species of animals, and only 400,000 species of human life in the
 universe. The human species are the least numerous of all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All living entities can be divided into two divisions: some of them are moving, and some of them, like trees, are unable to move. These
 two divisions are further divided into many subdivisions. Some species are meant for life in the air, some for life in the water, and some for life on the ground. Among the living entities that move on the ground, only 400,000 are human species. Of thes
e 400,000 species of human beings, many are uncivilized or unclean. From the Vedic historical point of view it is understood that the "Aryans" (those who believe in advancing in spiritual life) are the most civilized of human beings. Among the Aryans, th
e Indians are especially cultured, and among the Indians, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are most expert in knowledg
e of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic culture, or Ved\'e4nta (the science of God), is respected all over the world, and there are people everywhere anxious to unde
rstand its purport. The highest perfectional stage of Vedic cultural understanding is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  in the Fifteenth Chapter, wherein the Lord says that the purpose of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to 
understand Him (Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba). (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fortunate are those attracted to Vedic cultural life. The Hindus call themselves followers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some say they follow the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4ma Veda, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and some say they follow the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g Veda. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub T
here are different followers of different sections of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who more or less declare that they are Ve
dic followers. Factually, however, they are not followers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because they do not follow the rul
es and regulations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore Lord Caitanya says that since the so-called followers of the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  perform all kinds of sinful activities, the number of the actual followers of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is very small; and even in this small, exclusive, number, most are addicted to the process of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the process by which one can elevate himself to the perfectional stage of economic development
. Most strict followers of the Vedic system of life are attached to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the sacrific
ial portion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for worship of different demigods. They are attached to particular portions for 
particular material results. Out of many millions of such followers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub process, 
some actually engage in the process of understanding the Supreme, the Absolute Truth. They are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  Perfection for a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  lies in attaining the stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or self-realization. Only after self-realization is attained does the stage of understanding devotional servic
e begin. The conclusion is that one can begin the process of devotional service, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  when one is a
ctually self-realized. One entangled in the bodily concept of existence cannot understand the process of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Therefore," the First Code states, "I shall now try to explain the process of devotional service." This indicates that this process of
 devotional service is for the already liberated and self-realized. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the first aphorism is }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or inquiry into the Supreme Absolute Truth, concerns those who have been elevated to the position of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-k\'e4\'eb\'f2
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (philosophical speculation) from the lower stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (pious fruitive work). Only when a man is perfectly situated in the realization that he isn't body but pure spirit soul can he begin the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or devotional service.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub CODE 2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4 tv asmin parama-prema-r\'fcp\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub devotional service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tu\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  but; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asmin\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in this description of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakti; parama\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub highest stage; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prema-r\'fcp\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub But in this description of devotional service, the highest stage is love of God.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As stated before, after attainment of the highest stage of self-realization, one becomes situated in the devotional service of the Lord
. The perfection of devotional service is the attainment of love of God. Love of God involves the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the devotee, and the process of devotional service. Self-realization }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (brahma-bh\'fcta) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the beginning of spiritual life; it is not the perfectional stage of complete spiritual realization. One may understand that he is not th
is body and has nothing to do with this material world. That realization is his freedom or liberation from material entanglement, but that is not the perfectional stage. The perfectional stage begins with the activities of the self-realized position. One
 must act in the understanding that a living entity is eternally the subordinate servitor of the Supreme Lord\'96otherwise there is no meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or self-realization, if one is puffed up with the idea that he is the Supreme Brahman, or that he has become one with N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, or that he has merged into the supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub effulgence, he has not grasped the perfection of life. The self-realized may be highly learned and have understandi
ng, but that is not the perfectional stage. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that persons who a
re falsely puffed up and who think they have become liberated by understanding their constitutional position as Brahman, or spirit soul, are factually still contaminated. Their intelligence is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not purified because they have no understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there are three levels of transcendentalists. There are the self-realized transcendentalists who are knowers of the impersonal Brahman feature of the Absolute Truth; there are the knowers of 
the localized position of the Supreme as Param\'e4tm\'e4, as understood by the process of yogic mysticism; and there are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  persons who are already in knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who engage in the devotional service of the Lord. Those who simply understand that man is not matter but spirit soul and who desire to merge into the 
Supreme Spirit Soul are in the lowest transcendental position. Above them are those mystics who, by meditation, can see within themselves the four-handed Vi\'f1\'ebu within the heart. They are on the second level. But persons who actually associate with 
the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the highest among all transcendentalists. In the Sixth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  the Lord says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0\line mad-gaten\'e4ntar-\'e4tman\'e4\line \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0\line sa me yu
ktatamo mata\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "And of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9's,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and is the highest of all." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is the beginning in the attainment of the highest perfectional stage, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prema,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the most authorized devotee in the devotional line, said that there are different stages in coming to the poin
t of love of Godhead. The first requirement is that one should be sufficiently faithful about attaining love of Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  teaches that one should give up all other processes of self-realization and fully surrender unto the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is faith. One who has full faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba and surrenders unto Him is eli
gible to be raised to the highest perfectional stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prema. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya taught that}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  prema}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the highest perfectional stage of human life. Some persons are addicted to the processes of religion, and 
others are addicted to economic development, sense gratification or the idea of salvation from material existence. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prema,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or love of Godhead, is above all these stages; this highest stage of love is above religion, above economic development, above sense gratification and above liberation or salvation. It begins with firm faith that one who engages in 
full devotional service has attained perfection in all of these processes. This faith is the beginning in the attainment of love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one continues to be elevated more and more, he realizes his association with persons already situated in the highest perfection of l
ove of Godhead. Simply by mental speculation or so-called meditation, one cannot rise to the perfection of love of Godhead. But if one associates with pure devotees or an elevated devotional society, the next step is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajana-kriy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  acceptance of the regulative principles for worshiping the Supreme Lord. When one associates with a pure devotee of 
the Lord, he naturally accepts such a person as his spiritual master, and when one accepts a pure devotee as spiritual master, the duty of the spiritual master is to train the neophyte devotee in the principles of regulative principles of devotional serv
ice, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaidhi-bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The regulative principles of devotional service are based on one's capacity to ser
ve the Lord. The expert spiritual master engages his followers in work that will gradually develop their consciousness of service to the Lord. Therefore the preliminary step in understanding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prema,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  love of Godhead, is to approach a proper pure devotee and accept him as the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next stage is reached when}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one regularly performs the primary principles of devotional service under the guidance of the spiritual master. Then, gradually, all the misgivings of material life are vanquished. There are many habits we acq
uire in the association of material contamination, chief of which are illicit sex relations, meat eating, intoxication and gambling. One who engages in the regulative principles of devotional service is first of all restricted by the expert spiritual mas
ter to abstain from these four principles of sinful life. One cannot rise to the highest perfectional stage of love of Godhead unless he is purified, for God is pure. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.12]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , when Arjuna
 accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord, he said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "pavitra\'e0 parama\'e0 bhav\'e4n." Pavitra\'e0 paramam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  means the purest. The Lord is the purest, and if one wants to serve the Supreme Lord, he must also be pure. Unless one is pure, he cannot understand what the Personality of Godhead is, nor can he engage in His service in love, for devotional
 service, as stated before, begins from the point of self-realization, when all misgivings of materialistic life are vanquished.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After following the regulative principles and purifying the material senses, one next attains }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which is firm faith in the Lord. When one attains this stage, he has firm faith in the personal conception of the Supreme Pers
onality of Godhead. No one can persuade him to deviate to the understanding that God is impersonal and has no form, or that any form created by imagination can be accepted as God. These more or less nonsensical conceptions of the Supreme Lord cannot diss
uade him from firm faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  th
e Lord has stressed in practically all the verses that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but there are many scholars and many commentators who, despite Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's stressing this point, deny the personal conception of the Lord. Even som
e great scholars who have written commentaries on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  say that one does not have to surre
nder unto the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that one should not even accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead but should accept instead that which is within K\'e5\'f1\'eba as Supreme. Such fools do not know what is within
 and what is without. They comment according to their own whims. Such persons cannot be elevated to the highest stage of love of Godhead. They may be scholarly, and they may be elevated in other departments of knowledge, but they are not even neophytes i
n the process of attaining the highest perfection, love of Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  indicates acceptance 
of the words of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as they are, withou
t deviation and without commentary.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one is fortunately able to rise to the stage of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni\'f1
\'f6h\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  after vanquishing all misgivings wrought by material existence, he can then rise to the stage of attachment, which is the beginning of love of Godhead. By progressing, 
one attains a more advanced stage of relishing a reciprocal exchange between the Lord and himself. Every living entity is eternally related to the Supreme Lord, and this relationship is in one of many different transcendental relationships. At the stage 
called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4sakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or attachment, one can understand his relationship with the Supreme Lord. Understanding
 one's position in relationship with the Lord is the beginning of reciprocation. By constant reciprocation between the Lord and the devotee, one is elevated to the highest stage of love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub CODE 3 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am\'e5ta-svar\'fcp\'e4 ca
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e5ta\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternal; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub svar\'fcp\'e4\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub character; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'96also.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION 
\par }\pard \s1814 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub This stage of devotional life is eternal.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one attains the perfectional stage of love of Godhead, he becomes immortal even in his present body. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Lord says that any person who simply understands His transcendental activities and His appearance and d
isappearance in this material world becomes liberated, and after quitting his present body, he at once reaches His abode. Therefore it is to be understood that one who has attained this love of God has perfect knowledge, and even if he falls short of per
fect knowledge, he has the preliminary perfection of life that a living entity can attain. The greatest misconception of self-realization is to think of oneself as being one with the Supreme. Persons under this misconception cannot be raised to the highe
st stage of love. Therefore one who has attained the highest stage of loving service to the Lord has understood his subordinate position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the Lord and the living entities are qualitatively one, the living entities are limited, and the Lord is unlimited. This und
erstanding is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am\'e5ta-svar\'fcp\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and it makes one eligible to be eternally situated. In the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.87.30]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is a prayer: "O Supreme Eternal, if the living entities were equal with You and were all-pervading and all-powerful like You, there would be no possibility of t
heir being controlled by the external energy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore, the living entities should be accep
ted as fragmental portions of the Supreme. This is also confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  wherein the Lor
d says, "The living entities are My fragmental portions." As fragmental portions, they are qualitatively one with the Supreme, but they are not unlimited.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is convinced that he is eternally a servitor of the Supreme Lord is called immortal. Unless one can understand that as a living
 entity he is eternally a servitor of the Supreme, there is no question of immortality. One who accepts this position, however, becomes immortal. In other words, those under the misconception that the living entity and the Supreme Lord are equal in all r
espects, both qualitatively and quantitatively, are mistaken, and they are still bound to remain in the material world. They are not elevated to the position of immortality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upon attaining love of God, one immediately becomes immortal and no longer has to change his material body. Even if he is not perfect
ed in love of Godhead, his devotional service in this line is considered immortal. Any action in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will be finished with the change of body, but devotional servi
ce, even if not rendered perfectly, will continue into the next life, and the living entity will be allowed to make further progress. The constitutional position of the living entity as a fragment of the Supreme Lord is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as well as in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani
\'f1ads.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.9]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states that if the tip of a hair were divided into one hundred parts and then 
again one part were divided into another one hundred divisions, that one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair would be the size of the living entity. This fragmental position of the portions of the Supreme Lord is confirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be eternal; it cannot be changed. One who understands his constitutional position as a fragmental part a
nd parcel of the Supreme Lord and engages himself in devotional service with all seriousness at once becomes immortal.
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is Associate Edito
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub WE SOMETIMES HEAR the complaint that there are so many religious and spiritual groups with so many different teachings that it has beco
me difficult to distinguish among them. People sometimes throw up their hands and drop spiritual life altogether, protesting, "How can I decide what's true and what's not? It's too confusing!" The revealed scriptures of the world, however, confirm that b
y the grace of God one who seeks a true spiritual life will find it. But to avoid confusion, one must use careful intelligence to discriminate between the saints and the swindlers, the incarnations and the imposters, the holy men and the hypocrites.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perhaps the revealed scriptures of the world will afford us some help in this matter, if we can find some common ground among them. Aft
er all, they are the ancient, accepted sources of understanding about God and spiritual life for countless millions of people, and they may provide us with at least a beginning.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the world's major scriptures, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Holy Bible and the Koran, agree that God, or the Supreme Truth, is one, and that He is the cause or creator of everything that exists. This simple information in itself 
will help one settle the confusion about whether God is a void, God is a divine light, we are all God ourselves, or just who or what God is. Let us therefore examine these different philosophical ideas according to logic and according to scriptures
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IS GOD A LIGHT? A VOID? IS EVERYONE GOD?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is God a void? Some think He is. For them, the highest truth is nothing. But nothing, of course, is nowhere to be found. Even outer spa
ce is an ethereal ocean of waves, rays and particles. All over the universe we find light, sound and innumerable planets with rivers, mountains, trees, birds and, of course, people. On this planet at least (and, according to the Vedic scriptures, on all 
planets), people are the most prominent beings\'96people with ideas, with feelings, with creativity. And since God, by definition, is the source of all that exists, our conception of God must be adequate to explain how He has caused all these manifestati
ons. But how could so many people and things come from a void nothing? Because it cannot answer this question, we must consider voidism a mistaken idea.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is God a divine light? The idea that God is a light elevates us only slightly above the idea that He is void. God is not nothing, the a
dvocates of this philosophy tell us, but He is an all-pervading spiritual effulgence. The Vedic scriptures call this effulgence Brahman, and they agree that it is an aspect of the Absolute Truth. But Brahman must be a subordinate aspect of the Truth, for
, again, if the ultimate reality is an impersonal light, where do all the universe's varied forms and living beings come from? If the original truth is impersonal, how could it be the source of people? And what about love of God? If God were zero or an i
mpersonal light, love of God would be meaningless because love cannot be impersonal. Therefore those who speak}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub of love of God and yet call God impersonal are contradictory in their ideas. We must therefore reject their philosophy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is each of us God? Although religion generally teaches that we are all eternal, all the world's scriptures make the distinction between
 the infinite greatness of God and the infinitesimal nature of His eternal parts and parcels, if you, I and everyone else are as good as God, why can we not create entire universes? How has the Supreme forgotten He is supreme, and why does He have to suf
fer miseries like old age, disease and death? Any person in such a limited and fallible position who nevertheless thinks himself God must certainly face grave doubts about his sanity.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CHEAP GODS, BIG TALK
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then there are some men who teach that not everyone is God but at least they themselves are divine incarnations. Again, determining whe
ther there is truth in these claims is not a matter of sentiment. One may again determine the truth through logic and reason, assisted by scriptural guidance. Generally, however, modern self-proclaimed incarnations either reject the scriptures as being "
just words," or else interpret the scriptures according to then-own purposes. For them, this is a strategic necessity. As long as there is no authority concerning the symptoms of a genuine incarnation and a genuine process of spiritual realization, anyon
e can claim to be God or a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by concocting his own means of self-realization. A few }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub perhaps a few chemicals, and a little dash of slick advertising, and\'96presto!\'96you too can be God in on
ly six months. But to hoodwink gullible followers one must minimize the scriptural authorities, for one who reads the scriptures may discover the truth, and one who knows the truth has no need for a fly-by-night Lord. Therefore a symptom of bogus incarna
tions is that they generally minimize the scriptures by saying they are outdated, allegorical, only partially correct, improperly recorded, or simply wrong.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The revealed scriptures predict the genuine incarnations of God well in advance of their earthly appearances. For instance, the Old Tes
tament predicted the appearance of Lord Jesus Christ, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub predicted the appear
ance of Lord Buddha, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and even Lord Kalki, who will not appear for another 400,000 years. Without reference to such bona fide scriptural predictions, no incarnation of the Lord can be bona fide. Indeed, the scriptures warn tha
t in this age there will be many false incarnations. Lord Jesus Christ cautioned his followers that in the future many imposters would claim to be him. Similarly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also warns of false incarnations, describing them to be just like glowworms imitating the moon. Modern imposters often claim that their ideas represent the same teachi
ngs taught by Christ or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but anyone truly familiar with the teachings of Christ or K\'e5\'f1\'eba can easily see that this is just nonsense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When a genuine incarnation appears, He performs many wonderful activities. For example, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on earth He e
xhibited His strength by lifting a mountain with His pinky. He exhibited His beauty by attracting not only the most beautiful girls in the universe but also the minds of the greatest Vedic sages. He exhibited His knowledge by speaking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one of the world's most profound and respected spiritual texts. Similarly, when Lord Jesus came he walk
ed on water, cured the in-curably ill, and even rose from the dead. What wonderful activities do the modern so-called incarnations offer us? Big talk. Period. Their glorious pastimes consist of being smacked by cars, hospitalized for ulcers, or splattere
d in the face by cream pies. After cleaning his suit of such a pie, thrown by a skeptical onlooker, one so-called incarnation defended his divinity by explaining that Jesus Christ also had to endure many sufferings at the hands of the ignorant. This is t
he position of such false incarnations. They cannot walk on water, they cannot cure the sick, they cannot rise from the dead, and they cannot even properly preach God consciousness, but when they get the insults they deserve, they have the audacity to co
mpare themselves to Jesus Christ. We have nothing further to say about such incarnations. Anyone who wants a God like that is welcome to have him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE SUPREME AND HIS SERVANTS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Genuine and Otherwise)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For those who are more intelligent, however, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  directs: "One who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination. Therefore one sh
ould understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of the scriptures. Knowing such rules and regulations, one should act so that he may gradually be elevated." (Bg. 16.23-24)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual life, then, need not be confusing. It can be quite simple to understand, but one must understand spiritual life from reliable
 authorities. Specifically, to understand the Supreme one should accept the instructions of the Supreme as found in revealed scriptures. If we examine the various scriptures of the world, we will indeed find agreement among them, for the Bible, the Koran
, and not only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but all Vedic literatures agree that the Supreme Truth is ultimately t
he Supreme Person. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [10.8]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Personality of Godhead affirms, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhava\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I am the origin of everything." Similarly, in the Bible, Lord Jesus Christ repeatedly refers to the Supreme as "the Father," a personal form of address. Logic also supports the same conclusion. The
 universe is full of people, and where but from a person could they have come? The intelligent order of the universe indicates the existence of a supremely intelligent person.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Understanding God as the Supreme Person, we may next rightly question, "What is our position?" Good sense will tell us, as will the scr
iptures, that if God is the Supreme Person and we are also people, although definitely not supreme, we should be His servants. Lord Caitanya, the scripturally foretold incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) who began the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement five hu
ndred years ago, summarized all the Vedic scriptures in the conclusion }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vera 'svar\'fcpa' haya\'97k\'e5\'f1\'ebera 'nitya-d\'e4sa':}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The eternal position of a living being is that of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servant." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 20.108}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Accepting the Lord's supremacy and one's own subordinate position, one can understand that the best spiritual process is that which mos
t fully develops one's desire to render loving service to the Lord. But to avoid still another pitfall in recognizing genuine spiritual life, one must discriminate between those who factually engage in the Lord's service and those who merely talk about i
t. In other words, one should not be a hypocrite who talks about love of God but does not follow the instructions of God. One should not live a day-to-day life of materialism and yet claim to be God conscious. Nevertheless, many such hypocrites say they 
accept God as the Supreme Father and say they have love for God, yet they do not follow His instructions, and they level narrow, sectarian criticisms at those who do, denouncing them with quotations taken out of context from scriptures they themselves do
 not live by. In different parts of the world they call themselves Christians, Muslims, Hindus and so on, but in fact their own scriptures condemn them as the lowest of rascals.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But even if one is sincere in wanting to practice devotion to God, most scriptures do not tell us much about Him. The Bible, for exampl
e, says that God is great, but}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it does not tell us in detail of His greatness. We may accept our position
, which is to serve the Supreme Great, but unless we know who He is and unless we have a practical process for offering our service to Him, advancement in faith and love will be difficult. Does God have a residence? Is He alone? What does He do? What doe
s He look like? And how may we go on living and working in the world and yet devote all our actions in service to Him? May we inquire about Him at all, or is He too great for us to know more about Him than "God is spirit"? These are all legitimate questi
ons, and to dedicate oneself to the Absolute Truth as the Personality of Godhead, one must have the answers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not having received such transcendental information about God, even though they acknowledge Him as the Supreme Father, people often sup
pose that ultimately He has no face or personality they can relate to or know anything about. This scarcity of knowledge exists because the world's great scriptures limit their teachings according to time, place and the ability of people to understand th
em. For example, an important principle in the Koran's teachings is that no one should have sex with his mother. Since Mohammed gave stress to such a principle, we can understand that the people to whom he was speaking, to be in need of such instruction,
 must have been quite degraded. Similarly, Lord Jesus Christ taught the people of his time, "Do not kill." In other words, people who had to be instructed not to have}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sex with their mothers or not to kill or murder were not told the complete glories of the personal pastimes of the Supreme Person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because they could not appreciate them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and other Vedic literatures K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals confidential and scientific knowledge of God to His intimate devotees, and through them all mankind can benefit. Thus the Vedic literature is like a complete
, unabridged dictionary among scriptures, whereas other scriptures, like pocket dictionaries, are equally valid but less informative. Through the Vedic literature, therefore, one can not only become a more learned scholar in the techniques of the science
 of God, but also gain a personal understanding of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless one understands God as the Supreme Transcendental Person, with whom one can exchange love through devotional service, one will n
ot be able to defend himself against the attacks of cheaters and impersonalists. The Vedic literature therefore champions personalism on behalf of all true devotees. Those who truly seek love of God should turn to the Vedic literature to receive strength
 in transcendental knowledge and learn how to practice devotional service }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bhakti-yoga)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unto the Personal
ity of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE NECTAR OF IMMORTALITY
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes the personal features of God. Not that God is an old man with a beard, as some speculate, but an eternal youth, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Envious people, flabbergasted to hear that K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is eternally youthful and beautiful, surrounded by friends in His own transcendentally pleasing abode, resent that so much information about God is available in the Vedic scriptures. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by His descent into the material world 5,000 
years ago, revealed His pastimes and form and banished all imaginary ideas about God. This is all described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should not expect to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately, while still in impure material consciousness. In this age, hearing is more imp
ortant than seeing. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states: "Chanting of the holy name of the Lord is the most successful method for God-realization in the age of Kali [the present age of quarrel and hypocrisy]." Lord Caitanya declared that one may chant any na
me of God he finds in his religion, but Lord Caitanya Himself chanted the name "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," accepting it as the original name of God. Such chanting. He taught, can clear the mind of all hazy conceptions of God and enable one to see and understand K
\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, avoiding both false doctrines and hypocrisy, one should somehow develop his love of God. The purpose of this analysis is not
 merely to find faults or criticize others, but to clear up some popular misconceptions about spiritual life and offer authorized Vedic information. As explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opa
ni\'f1ad,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by discriminating between knowledge and ignorance one can transcend the confusion of material consciousness and enjoy the nectar of immortality.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Supreme Glory
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA'S SUPREME GLORY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0  }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 KARANDHARA D\'c4SA}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I MIGHT BE A PAUPER and enjoy coming to talk with you, but even if I were the richest man in the world, I might still enjoy a simple talk. Especially if I were a ve
ry great man, it would not be difficult for me to spend a little time with my own chosen friends. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's being the Supreme Lord, infinite and inconceivably great in every way, does not inhibit His wanting to enjoy simple relationship
s. Although the greatest person, He likes to enjoy a little sport, some friends, a bit of affection. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not different from us in this respect; He is the Supreme Great, but this does not mean He cannot enjoy relationships with His pure devo
tees such as Bh\'e9\'f1ma, or Arjuna, or the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who are simple village girls, or His Mothe
r Ya\'e7od\'e4. Impersonalists or atheists may consider these transcendental loving pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba proof that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is mundane, but to devotees who follow the authorized directions of revealed scriptures, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's affectionat
e dealings are proof of His supreme glory.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba has created millions of universes, and on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra He revealed all these universes to His friend
 Arjuna within His personal form. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub records the awesome magnificence of that universal 
form of the Lord, spreading unlimitedly in all directions. What K\'e5\'f1\'eba has done, and what He is capable of doing, is beyond measure. It is inconceivable. But, most wonderfully, the Lord wants to share affectionate exchanges with His devotees. The
 devotees relish this transcendental aspect of the Lord's magnificence above all else.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Impersonalists assume that since God is the Supreme Great, He cannot have distinctive qualities. But if He were completely impersonal, 
with no qualities, how could He be great? Impersonalist philosophers say K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form and personality are material and therefore cannot be absolute. They think that to be spiritual the Absolute must have no qualities or variety like those of the
 material world. But the Vedic literature informs us that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, form and personality are all transcendental and that He is the source of all material and spiritual variety.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ultimate understanding of the Absolute Truth is that}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is the Personality of Godhead, with a form of eternity, bliss and knowledge. To say that God cannot have a distinctive form or qualities denies His being inconceivably great, for
 although God is the supreme controller, the creator of everything that be, with power and glory beyond comprehension, by His unlimited potencies He can nevertheless be medium sized and stand in your room. Understanding this personal aspect of the Lord i
s much greater than thinking Him simply an impersonal, obscure power, pushing everything but never to be known or seen.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The true greatness of God is that He is a person, hardly bigger than you or I, who can sit down and engage in simple talk. He is so gre
at that He is not preoccupied with creation, maintenance and destruction. Rather, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's various potencies carry on all the cosmic affairs, while He simply relishes the joy of playing in the forests with His friends, the young village girls and
 cowherdboys of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He is the master of all energy, both spiritual and material, yet He takes pleasure in simple, reciprocal, sportive play with His devotees. He simply likes to be with His loved ones.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should never think of God cheaply, however, comparing His loving exchanges to those of an ordinary man. As soon as we understand who
 God is, the potency of His supreme position overwhelms us, as the Lord's universal form overwhelmed Arjuna. In that form, Arjuna could see everything being created, maintained and annihilated, all under the influence of time, and he could not keep his c
omposure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who have a callous or abusive attitude can never understand God's unlimited greatness and power. And unless one understands K\'e5
\'f1\'eba as the omnipotent Supreme Lord, he cannot be purified enough to enter loving relationships with Him. One cannot enter the association of the Lord prematurely, while still retaining the desire to lord it over others. Were K\'e5\'f1\'eba to appea
r before us as an ordinary boy while we are still in the conditioned state, we might try to exploit Him, compete with Him, steal from Him, or somehow or other subvert His position. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not want to associate with us in this way. If we
 want to fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why should He want to come? K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not want to mix with anyone inimical towards Him, nor is He forced to do so.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are forced into a cycle of action and reaction, birth and death, in the association of imitation K\'e5\'f1\'ebas who struggle agai
nst one another in the pool of material existence. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not forced into such association. As long as we remain in a conditioned state of mind, K\'e5\'f1\'eba stays away. He simply desires to enjoy pure love and affection with His friends
 in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Besides being the Supreme Great, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also the Supreme Pure. When we see someone pure, his qualities are obvious. He has n
o malice and no greed, he is kind to everyone, and he has no desire to exploit or subvert. He simply wants to be friendly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Person in that way. He wants to be very gentle and kind and not encounter inimical feelings. He there
fore does not allow those who have inimical attitudes to come into His direct association. He allows them to have those attitudes, but He does not want to associate with them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To associate with the Lord on a personal basis, one must first develop a desire to serve Him and surrender to Him. It is difficult to
 do this simply by thinking of the Lord as the supreme great, the supreme controller, or the all-pervading God. We have no affinity for the all-pervading because we are not all-pervading. Although it is quite logical that there is all-pervasiveness and a
ll-greatness, we cannot identify with that. We can identify with someone with whom we can speak, with whom we can have a relationship, with whom we can talk and play. We cannot identify with a force or power beyond our conception. But if that perfect bei
ng, that supreme object of love, can come before us in a transcendental form, we can then identify with Him and have actual pleasure in that relationship.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By practicing pure devotional service under the guidance of a spiritual master, one can become completely K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious in t
his lifetime and at the time of death go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode in the spiritual world. There K\'e5\'f1\'eba engages in the same transcendental relationships with His pure devotees that He enjoys when He descends to V\'e5nd\'e4vana within the material
 world. Both within the material world and within His eternal and original abode, K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, far beyond the material universes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always surrounded by loving friends, elders, cows,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and cowherd boys.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's relationships with His devotees are all unique, not stereotyped. For example, Bh\'e9\'f1ma is a famous devotee of th
e Lord in the sporting relationship of a military fighter, Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, a warrior, always considered himself a servant of the Lord but by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrangement, when the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra came about, Bh\'e9\'f1ma was on the opposing sid
e. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes that by the influence of inevitable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4la,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or time, Bh\'e9\'f1ma was face to face with K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the battlefield, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired to have such sport.
 Bh\'e9\'f1madeva had a military spirit, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, driving the chariot of Arjuna, was also manifesting His chivalry. Bh\'e9\'f1madeva\'92s duty was to try to kill Arjuna in battle. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore, driving Arjuna and facing the arrows
 of Bh\'e9\'f1ma, very much enjoyed the battle's challenge, accepting the arrows' wounds simply as bites, like those of lovers, for they were not inimical but affectionate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus one may render loving service to the Lord even as His opponent. Just as we enjoy challenging, jousting, sporting, fighting, runnin
g and competing in chivalry, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme enjoyer, also takes pleasure in it. There was no question of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's actually being injured in this fighting, for He is unlimited and omnipotent. But only the devotees of the Lord are able
 to understand the pastimes He displays. Those who are rebellious against Him merely consider these pastimes proof that He is mundane.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to appear before His devotees in the way the devotees want to serve Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears before the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His cowherd girl friends, always as a cowherd boy. To the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not a warrior; to them He is always a boy of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana Forest. Years after K\'e5\'f1\'eba left V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 
when He was the King of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, He met with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  coming before them with many chariots, e
lephants, soldiers, maidservants, and all the pomp and paraphernalia of the king of the most opulent land in the world. But when the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba attired as a royal warrior, they simply thought of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. They could not see K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the King of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 or the warrior of Kuruk\'f1etra. They could s
ee K\'e5\'f1\'eba only in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, as their youthful loving friend. No matter what He was doing, they saw Him as He was in V\'e5nd\'e4vana because this was their relationship with Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Each and every living entity in creation has an eternal, unique relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now we have forgotten God and our rel
ationship with Him, for we are in the material world, trying to enjoy the illusion that we ourselves are the central enjoyers and proprietors. But human life is meant to revive our dormant love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This should be the goal of all our endea
vors.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p27:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Illustration }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord, He acts as a personal friend towards a devotee like Arjuna.
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "No one can live without loving someone else. This propensity is present in every living being. Even an animal like
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE BHAKTI VIEWPOINT K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness in the University
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Use the convenient order card supplied in this magazine).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa480\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE VEDIC SCRIPTURES recommend the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the best means to realize love of God in the present age. It is said that long ago humans live
d for many thousands of years, and in more peaceful surroundings than they live in now. In that age they were advised to understand the Supreme by practicing silent meditation. But in our modern age such meditation is not at all practical. Many groups ad
vertise such yoga, but it is not genuine if they do not follow its strict rules, which require one to sit down all alone in a sacred place, completely fearless and free of sex, holding one\'92s body erect in meditation for long periods of time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In yet another past age, the scriptures recommend people to perform costly temple worship by holding elaborate rituals in which huge we
alths of butter and gold were offered to the Deity. That also is not practical in our modern age, when there is a scarcity not only of wealth but even of basic natural resources.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Foreseeing the many difficulties of this age, which is called the Age of Quarrel and Hypocrisy, Vedic sages prescribed for us the easy 
and sublime method of chanting the holy name of God, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra as the most appropriate form of self-realization. The same perfection formerly obtained by silent meditation or costly temple worship may now be achieved simply by chanti
ng names of God. Anyone serious about spiritual life should try, even if only in his spare time, to adopt this easy and authorized method for achieving spiritual perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p1 photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Devotees chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba in front of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
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yapur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); New Delhi, India\'97G 12 Anand Niketan 110023/011-671-643; Tokyo, Japan\'973-4-18, Shimo-Ochiai Shinjuku-ku/ 951-5809; Vrindavan, India\'97Radha-Damodar Temple, Seva Kunj, Mathura. U.P.; Vrindavan, India\'97Chattik
ara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P./178.
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 New Zealand\'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; Melbourne, Australia\'9714 Burnett St., St. Kilda, Victoria 3182/ 663-1331; Melbourne. Australia\'97299 St. Lonsdale St., Victoria; Perth, Australia\'97G.P.O. Box SB 64, W.A. 6001; Sydney, Austral
ia\'9712 Wallaroy Crescent, Double Bay, Sydney, N.S.W./365671.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EUROPE:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Amsterdam, Holland\'97Herengracht 96/ 020-249410; Berlin, W. Germany\'971 Berl
in 31, Kurfurstendamm 153/ 8-86-25-39; Edinburgh, Scotland\'9714 Forrest Road (U.K.)/ 031-225-4797; Geneva, Switzerland\'979, chemin du Credo, 1213 Petit Lancy/ 921-318; Hamburg, W.Germany\'972 Hamburg 54, Kapitelbuschweg 20/ 570-53-82; Heidelberg, W.Ger
many\'9769 Heidelberg 1, Karlsruherstr. 31/ 31354; London, England\'977 Bury Place, Bloomsbury WC1/ 01-405-1463; London, England\'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford WD2 8EP, Hertfordshire/ Radlett 7244; Manchester, England\'97382 Great Clowe
s St., Salford 7, Lancs.; Munich, W. Germany\'978042 Oberschleissheim, Dr. Hoffmeister Str. 7/ 3150421; Paris, France\'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 Paris/ 727.02.02; Rome, Italy\'97Sede Centrale: Via Mistretta 2, (Piazza Lodi) 00182; Stockholm, Sweden\'97Solh
agavagen 22, 16352 Spanga/ 760-0852.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Matchless Gift
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE MATCHLESS GIFT
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Liberation in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace \line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we simply worship the original person (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) we need not fear being misled by anyone. \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9, the original commentator on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4ga
vatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [6.1.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , explains that one can reach the perfection of life simply by devotional service 
(}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kevalay\'e4 bhakty\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ); one need not be dependent on any other process. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m
\'e9, the original speaker of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , says that one can put an end to material life by
 one stroke (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kevalay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). There is no need to first undergo severe penance and austerity, practi
ce celibacy, control the mind and the senses, give charity, perform great sacrifices and become very truthful and clean. Simply by one stroke\'96by accepting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'96one immediately rises to the highest position. By just taking to
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one develops all transcendental qualifications. The goldsmith uses a small hammer and taps\'97the gold many times, but the blacksmith uses a large hammer, and with one stroke his job is finished. This is the blacksmith's me
thod; we take the big hammer of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and finish all material life. There is no need to und
ergo the many lesser disciplines, nor to follow any other process. In actuality, there is no possibility of even following the other Vedic processes to perfection. For instance, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  process would say: \'93You have to become strictly celibate and sit in the forest with your body at a right angle to the ground, pressing your nose w
ith your finger for six months.\'94 Who could follow such an instruction? Since such a method is not practical in this present age, the goldsmith\'92s method has to be discarded. The solution is to take the blacksmith's hammer of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness and finish off all sinful reactions immediately.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By devotional service one has to become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva-par\'e4ya
\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a devotee of Lord V\'e4sudeva, or Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In other words, we have to learn how to become lovers of V\'e4sudeva. If the world takes up this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness, the planet is certain to be peaceful. Now the earth is quickly becoming a hellish planet, and if this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not taken up, this hellish condition will progress despite all advances in education and economic development.
 Therefore those who are thoughtful should take this movement very seriously and try to understand its value. It is not something manufactured by one man or a group of disciples. It is authoritative and age-old, based on the Vedic literatures that date b
ack thousands of years.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e9h\'e4ram iva bh\'e4skara\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.1.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Bh\'e4skara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to the sun. The sun immediately dissip
ates mist or fog as well as darkness. We should therefore try to make the sun of K\'e5\'f1\'eba rise within our hearts. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  22.31]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also it is stated that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like the sun and that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the illusory energy, is darkness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yah\'e4\'ec k\'e5\'f1\'eba, t\'e4h\'e4\'ec n\'e4hi m\'e4y
\'e4ra adhik\'e4ra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as soon as the sun of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present, the darkness of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  immediately disappears. Without following this process, it is very difficult to overcome the ocean of darkness, m\'e4y\'e4. But if we simply teach people to surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, God, all the fog and mist of illusion will disappear. The method is very simple:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, 
Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The more one goes on chanting, the more the darkness of many lives is dissipated. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ceto-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by chanting, one can cleanse the dust from the mirror of his mind and perceive things very distinctly. Thus one will know what he is, what God is, what this world is, what our relationship with God in this world is, how to 
live in this world, and what our next life is. Such knowledge is not taught in schools, where one is taught how to manufacture or acquire products for sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is always a hard struggle going on involving man's attempt to dominate material nature. However, for every convenience he manages
 to produce, there is an inconvenience accompanying it. For example, recently some engineers designed an airplane that can fly at great speeds without danger. When the plane flies, however, it breaks windows all over the city. Our time is thus being wast
ed in constructing so many devices to give us temporary and artificial convenience at the price of a proportionate amount of inconvenience. This is all part of the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the law of action and reaction. For whatever we do, there must be a reaction by which we become entangled. That is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'ef\'e4rth\'e4t karma\'ebo \'92nyatra\line loko \'92ya\'e0 karma-bandhana\'f9\line tad-artha\'e0 karma kaunteya\line mukta-s
a\'ecga\'f9 sam\'e4cara
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Work done as a sacrifice for Vi\'f1\'ebu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world. Therefore, O son of Kun
t\'e9, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one acts for sense gratification, work entangles him, whether the work be good or bad, but if one works for K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (yaj\'ef\'e4rth\'e4t karma\'eba\'f9),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he will be free, regardless of the possible undesirability of his work.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not only does \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 recommend unalloyed devotional service, but he further says that by devotional ser
vice one's sinful activities will be negated. Every one of us is more or less sinful, for if we were not sinful we would not have been put into material bodies. As soon as one is free from sinful life, he is liberated and transferred to the spiritual wor
ld in a spiritual body. The whole process is to cleanse oneself from the contamination of sinful or material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.1.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "My dear king, those who are sinful can become purified from contamination by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapa-\'e4dibhi\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practicing austerity." \'c7ukadeva also said, however, that no one can become completely purified by executing this process of austerity. 
There are many examples of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who practiced austerities but did not emerge completely pure. Vi\'e7v
\'e4mitra Muni, for example, was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who wanted to become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and therefore began to practice austerity. Later on, however, he became a victim of Menak\'e4, a society girl of the he
avenly planets. Because Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra was not pure, he became entangled with her and begot a child. Therefore it is said that even if one performs austerities and penances, worldly circumstances are so implicating that somehow or other they will invol
ve one again and again in the material modes of nature. There are many examples of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who gi
ve up the world, renouncing it as false, saying, "Let me turn to Brahman [spirit] " but they again become entangled in the work of the world when they set up hospitals and perform philanthropic work and welfare activities. If the world is false, why are 
they attracted to welfare activities? The philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness maintains that this world is not false but that it is temporary. God created this world, and He is true, so how can His creation be false? Because this is the creation o
f God, and God is the Absolute Truth, this creation is also true. We simply see it otherwise due to illusion. The world is a fact, but it is a temporary fact.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person may claim something within this world to be his property, but that is a false claim. It is a fact that it is someone's propert
y, but it is God's property }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This does not mean, however, that the
 property is false. What is false is the claim to the property, which is based upon a puffed-up false consciousness that the individual is the proprietor, the master, or God. Everyone desires to be master or proprietor of something, then minister, then p
resident, and then God. When everything else fails, the living entity wants to become God. The tendency is there to want to become the greatest of all, but the fact remains that God is the greatest and the living entity is small compared to Him. The smal
lest is not false, and the greatest is not false, but when the small thinks that he is great, that is false.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We understand from Vedic literature that Brahman, or the spirit, is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub a\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4\'e0sam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  smaller than an atom, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahato mah\'e9y\'e4\'e0sam,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  greater than the greatest. As far as we can conceive, the space that contains the universe is the greatest, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba has shown millions of universes in His mouth. The greatness
 of God cannot be comprehended by the living entities, who are part and parcel of God. As living entities, we are very minute, infinitesimal, and God is infinite. Indeed, the magnitude of the individual spirit soul is so microscopic that it cannot be see
n. One cannot even imagine it with his material senses. Therefore it is said that the spirit soul is smaller than an atom }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (a\'ebor a\'eb\'e9y\'e4\'e0sam).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the living entities and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, are both spirit, they are qualitatively one. Quantitatively, however, t
he Lord is great and the living entities are small. This fact can be accepted immediately on the basis of Vedic information. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.48]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasyaika-ni\'e7vasita-k\'e4lam ath\'e4valambya j\'e9vanti loma-vilaj\'e4 jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-n\'e4th\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  many millions of universes 
come out of God's body when He exhales, and they again disappear when He inhales. Simply by His breathing, millions of universes are created and dissolved. If this is the case, then how can the living entities claim proprietorship over anything? One's po
sition is safe only insofar as he does not falsely declare himself God or proprietor. It has become fashionable to claim to be God, and fools accept such claims, but from the Vedic literatures we understand that God is not so cheap.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As long as we are not making puffed-up ego-centered claims, we are already liberated. There is actually no need to seek liberatio
n. But as long as one thinks, "I am this body," he is not liberated. Liberation means knowing perfectly well that one's self is separate from the body. Therefore \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.1.
11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4ya\'e7citta\'e0 vim
ar\'e7anam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Develop your knowledge; that will give you relief." Our knowledge is perfect when we come to know that we are very small particles of spiritual sparks, and that God, 
the Supreme, the greatest spiritual identity, supplies all our necessities }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By knowing ourselves as minute particles, part and parcel of God, we can unde
rstand that our duty is to serve God. God is the center of all creation, of the whole universal body; He is the enjoyer, and we are His servitors. As this conception becomes clear, we become liberated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Liberation entails freedom from all false conceptions. It is not that upon liberation one acquires ten hands. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.10.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub liberation (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) is defined as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hitv\'e4nyath\'e4 r\'fcpam. Hitv\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "giving up," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anyath\'e4 r\'fcpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  denotes a false conception of life. This is to say that when one is situated in his original constitutional position, having given up all false notions, he is liberated. It is also said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that by the acquisition of knowledge, one becomes liberated immediately. That knowledge can be very easily acquired, for it is s
imple: God is great, and I am very small; He is the supreme proprietor supplying all necessities, and I am His servant. Who can challenge this? It is a fact. We are simply under the false impression that we are this or that, and this leads us to the ulti
mate false impression that we are God. Yet we do not consider what manner of God we are. A small bodily disorder will send us to the physician. One who claims to be the Supreme, therefore, should be understood to have fallen to the last snare of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is thus fallen cannot even be liberated, for he is bound by false impressions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only when one has attained proper knowledge can he actually be liberated. The stage of liberation is also called the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stage, or the stage of spiritual realization. One who has attained this stage is characterized by 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 in}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  this way:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line mad-bha
kti\'e0 labhate param
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman [spirit]. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally disposed t
o every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.\'94 (Bg. 18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The joy that follows realization arises from understanding, "I was illusioned by false notions for so long. What a fool I was! I was th
inking that I was God, but now I can understand that I am God's eternal servant." Upon gaming such realization, one attains liberation and becomes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prasann\'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or jolly, for this is the constitutional position of the living entity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no lamentation when one is in pure consciousness, for he knows that he is a small part, a spiritual spark protected by t
he Supreme Lord. Where then is the scope for lamentation? A small child feels free as long as he knows that his father is there. He thinks, "My father is standing by me, so I am free. No one can harm me." Similarly, when one surrenders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 he has complete faith that he is not in danger because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is protecting him. One who is thus surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not subject to lamentation or desire, whereas one who is not God conscious simply hankers and laments. He hankers f
or that which he does not possess, and he laments for that which he did possess but has lost. A God conscious person is not subject to such misery. If something is lost, he knows that it is God's wish, and he thinks, "God desired this, so it is all right
." He does not desire anything, for he knows that all his necessities are being provided by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme father.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as one understands his relationship to God, he realizes universal brotherhood, for he understands that all men and animal
s\'96indeed, all life itself \'96are all parts of the supreme whole and are therefore all equal. Seeing this, one does not envy, exploit or trouble another living entity. Thus a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba automatically develops all good qualities, for he 
is in the proper consciousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto mahad-gu\'eb\'e4 mano-rathen\'e4sati dh\'e4vato bahi\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5.18.12}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One who has developed K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness will manifest all the good qualities of the demigods. Indeed, it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e4\'efch\'e4-kalpa-tarubhya\'e7 ca k\'e5p\'e4-sindhubhya eva ca }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pra\'eb\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a Vai\'f1\'ebava, or devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is an ocean of mercy to others. He gives the greatest gift to society, for society is in dire need of God consciousness. A Vai\'f1\'ebava bestows the pri
celess gift of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Simply by chanting this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one
 can remain in a liberated state.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should not think, however, that this state is simply a state of trance whereby one remains seated in lotus position in a corner for
 days on end. No, liberation means serving. One cannot simply say, "Now I have dedicated my life to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Let me remain seated in trance." The standard of surrender must be maintained }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ni\'f1evay\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by serving. As one serves the Supreme Lord, the Lord reveals Himself within the heart. The program of devotional service to the Lord is executed fr
om morning to night. Indeed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that one must engage in devotiona
l service to Him twenty-four hours a day. It is not that we should meditate for fifteen minutes and then engage in all kinds of nonsense. The more we serve, the more dedicated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba we become; therefore a person should utilize whatever talent
s he has for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are nine process of devotional service-hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping the Deity in the temple, praying, carrying out orders, serving the Lord as friend, and sacrificing everything for Him\'97and one
 should always keep engaged in at least one of these nine processes. One who is always engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service never becomes disgusted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bhajat\'e4m pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam
).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Service must be rendered with love, but in the beginning this may be difficult, and so one may become disgusted. As one makes progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, however, he 
will find it pleasing. This is indicated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4;
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat tad agre vi\'f1am iva\line pari\'eb\'e4me \'92m\'e5topamam\line tat sukha\'e0 s\'e4ttvika\'e0 proktam\line \'e4tma-buddhi-pr
as\'e4da-jam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93That which in the beginning may be just like poison, but at the end is like nectar, and which awakens one to self-realization, is said to be happiness in the mo
de of goodness.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.37}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once one has attained the spiritual platform, it is material service that actually becomes disgusting. For example, if one chants Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba throughout his life, he will not grow tired of the names, but if one chants a material name over and over, he will soon become disgusted. The more one chants the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more he becomes attached. Thus service by }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtanam,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  hearing and chanting about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the beginning. The next process is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub smara\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'96always remembering K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When one is perfect in chanting and hearing, he will always remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this third stage, he becomes the greatest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor is progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness ever lost. In the material world, if one begins to construct a factory but does not com
plete it, the factory is useless for all intents and purposes, if the construction is stopped and the building half finished, whatever money is invested is lost. This is not the case with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, for even if one does not come to the
 perfectional point, whatever work he does is his permanent asset, and he can begin from that point in his next life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also confirms in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that one begins K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness cannot lose anything:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub neh\'e4bhikrama-n\'e4\'e7o \'92sti\line pratyav\'e4yo na vidyate\line sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya\line tr\'e4yate mahato bhay
\'e4t
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.40}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Sixth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  when Arjuna asks about the fate of the unsuccessful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4rtha naiveha n\'e4mutra\line vin\'e4\'e7as tasya vidyate\line na hi kaly\'e4\'eba-k\'e5t ka\'e7cid\line durgati\'e0 t\'e4ta
 gacchati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Son of P\'e5th\'e4, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world; one who doe
s good, My friend, is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub never}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub overcome by evil." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.40)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord then indicates that the unsuccessful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  takes up his practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the next life, beginning from the point where he left off. In other words, if one has finished fifty percent of the process in on
e life, in the next life he begins at fifty-one percent. Whatever material assets we accumulate in our life, however, are all annihilated at death, for we cannot take material opulence with us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But one should not think that he will do well to wait for the next life to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We should try to fulfil
l the mission of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises us that one who becomes His devotee will come to Him without fail:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi satya\'e0 te\line pratij\'e4ne pri
yo \'92si me
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are my ve
ry dear friend." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we think of coming to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we should not think that we will be standing before a void or an impersonal bright light. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, is a person, just as we are persons. Materially we can understand that our father is a person, and that his father is also a person, and that his father's father is a person and so on back to the supreme father, who must also be a per
son. This is not very difficult to understand, and it is noteworthy that God is called the supreme father not only in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but in the Bible, Koran, and other scriptures. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also conf
irms that the Absolute Truth is the original father from whom everything has taken birth or emanated. This is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m\line eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord is the supreme eternal amongst all living entities. He is maintaining all others." The desires and life symptoms displayed by all living entities are simpl
y reflections of the desires and life symptoms of the supreme father. In other words, our desires are born because He has desires. Because we are part and parcel of God, we have all the instincts of God in minute quantity. The sex play and sex life we se
e in the material world is but the perverted reflection of the love found in the spiritual world. This world is material because God is forgotten here, but once He is remembered the world immediately becomes spiritual. In other words, the spiritual world
 is that place where K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not forgotten. That is also the definition of the spiritual world given by Vedic literatures. We must therefore plan our lives in such a way that it will not be possible for us to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba for a moment.
 In this way, by engaging in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we will therefore always live in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha or V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At present, because of our polluted consciousness, we are turning the world into a materialistic and hellish place, and because we are 
ignorant of our constitutional position, we have created innumerable problems, just as in dreams we create so many problems. But in actuality there are no problems. I may dream that I am in a great storm, or that I am being pursued, or that someone is ta
king my money, or that I am being devoured by a tiger, but actually these are all creations of my mind. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asa\'ecgo hy aya\'e0 puru\'f1a iti \'e7rute\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "asa\'ecgo hyaya\'e0 puru\'f1a" iti \'e7rute\'f9  
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
S\'e4r\'e4rtha Dar\'e7ini}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.24 & 5.5.4)\line \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asa\'ecgo hyaya\'e0 puru\'f1a ity}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5had\'e4ra\'ebyakopani\'f1at}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [4.3.15-16]\line }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  say that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1a }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the soul) 
has no connection with all its dreamlike material activities. Therefore we must engage in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process to awaken from this dreaming condition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above all the fruitive laborers, speculators and mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog
\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or devo
tees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can be perfectly peaceful, whereas the others cannot because everyone bu
t the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one who has pure love, has desire. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uddha-bhakta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pure devotee, is desireless because he is simply happy serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He does not know or even care whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God o
r not; he just wants to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nor is he concerned with the fact that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is omnipotent or that He is all-pervasive. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the cowherd boys and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  did not know whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba was God or not, but they simply loved Him. Although the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were not Ved\'e4ntists, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they were happy because they were simple village girls and boys wh
o wanted to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is a very highly elevated position called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0 tat-paratvena }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirmalam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the stage of purity in which one is liberated from all material desi
gnations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are trying to understand God, they are not aware
 of their illusory condition. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.9.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they are fools because they are working hard for i
llusory happiness. There is no question of peace for them. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or speculators, wanting t
o get relief from the hard work of this material world, reject this material world }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (brahma satyam jagan-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their position is a little higher than that of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have taken this material world as everything. They say, "Here we shall be happy," and their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or religion, consists of trying to make a peaceful atmosphere within this material world. The fools do not know that this has been tried for millions of years but has never happened and never will happ
en. How can peace in the material world be possible when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the creator Himself, says that this place is meant for trouble and miseries?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4-brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line punar \'e4vartino \'92rjuna\line m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line punar janma na vidyate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My a
bode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  8.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  not only is this world full of suffering, but it is also temporary. One cannot simply agree to go ahead suffering the threefold miseries and 
stay here. Even that will not be allowed. In this world, not only will he be punished while staying here, but he will also be kicked out at the end. One may accumulate a large bank balance or an expensive home, a wife, children, and so many amenities, an
d he may think, "I am living very peacefully," but at any day he may be told, "Please get out."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Why?" he will ask. "It is my house, and it is paid for. I have money and a job and responsibilities. Why should I get out?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just get out. Don't talk. Get out."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On that day a man sees God. "Oh, I did not believe in God," he may think. "But now here is God finishing off everything." Thus it is sa
id that the demoniac recognize K\'e5\'f1\'eba as death, for at that time He takes everything away from them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do we want to see God as death?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the demon Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he saw Him as death personified, but the devotee Prahl\'e4da saw Him in His pers
onal form as his beloved Lord. Those who challenge God will see Him in His ghastly aspect, but those who are devoted to Him will see Him in His personal form. In any case, everyone will ultimately see God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An honest person can always see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Try to understand Me. Try to see Me everywhere." By wa
y of facilitating this method, the Lord says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raso 'ham apsu kaunteya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I am the taste of water." When we are thirsty and need a glass of water, we can drink it and feel happy, understanding that the power of water to quench
 our thirst is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similarly, as soon as there is sunrise or moonshine, we can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for He says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabh\'e4smi \'e7a\'e7i-s\'fcryayo\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I am the light of the sun and moon." At a further stage we can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the life force within everything, as He indicates in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu\'ebyo gandha\'f9 p\'e5thivy\'e4\'e0 ca\line teja\'e7 c\'e4smi vibh\'e4vasau\line j\'e9vana\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u\line tapa
\'e7 c\'e4smi tapasvi\'f1u
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the light in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of all ascetics." (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once we understand that all things are dependent upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba for their existence, there is no possibility of His ever becoming lost to us. In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord indicates that all things abide in Him both in their beginning and in their end
 and also in the interim state:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etad-yon\'e9ni bh\'fct\'e4ni\line sarv\'e4\'eb\'e9ty upadh\'e4raya\line aha\'e0 k\'e5tsnasya jagata\'f9\line prabhava\'f9 pralay
as tath\'e4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga
\'eb\'e4 iva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Of all that is material and all that is spiritual in this world, know for certain that I am both its origin and dissolution. O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there 
is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls on a thread." (Bg. 7.6-7)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is easily visible, but He is only visible to those who are devoted to Him. For those who are envious, foolish or unintel
ligent, He obscures Himself with His veil of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4y\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ha\'e0 prak\'e4\'e7a\'f9 sarvasya\line yoga-m\'e4y\'e4-sam\'e4v\'e5ta\'f9\line m\'fc\'f2ho \'92ya\'e0 n\'e4bhij\'e4n\'e4ti
\line loko m\'e4m ajam avyayam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent. For them 1 am covered by My eternal creative potency [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  thus the deluded world knows Me not, who am unborn and infallible." (Bg. 7.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This eternal creative potency, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which obscures K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the unintelligent, is dissolved by love. This is the verdict of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hi
t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena\line santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who thus see K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not anxious because they know where they are going at death. One who has taken the gift of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness knows 
that he will not have to return to this material world to take another body but will go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not possible to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba unless one attains a body like K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  body, a body full of eternity, knowledge and bliss. One cannot enter into fire and not perish unless he himself becomes fire
, and similarly one cannot enter into the spiritual realm in a body that is not spiritual. In a spiritual body one can dance with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dance like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This
 is not an ordinary dance, but the dance of eternity, in the association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Only those who have become purified in their love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba can participate in it. One therefore should not take this process of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as something cheap, but as a matchless gift bestowed upon suffering humanity by the Lord Himself. Simply by engaging in this process, all the anxieties and fears of one's life, which in actuality revolve about the fear of deat
h, are allayed.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Living in the Material World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A }{\b\i\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Back to Godhead}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  Analysis
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Carbon 14 Goes Out of Date
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A RECENT ISSUE of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Time}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  carries an article in which leading archaeological authorities admit that they have long been wrong in their theory of "the cultural inferiority of prehistoric civilization in Europe." The artic
le states, "Now, in a surprising about-face, archaeologists are sharply questioning their old assumptions about the cultural inferiority of early Europeans." What has prompted this major reassessment is a change in archaeology's key dating tool\'96the so
-called carbon 14 "nuclear clock."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For our present purposes we need not discuss the technicalities of why the scientists' wonderful play with the "nuclear clock" has prov
ed inaccurate. Suffice it to say that nature has out-tricked them and forced them to make major adjustments in the science of archaeology.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This radical change in archaeological theory should serve as a lesson that the pronouncements of material science, based on knowledge g
ained through imperfect senses by imperfect minds, are subject to error; they should not be considered absolute. Science so dominates all fields of knowledge, however, that when materialistic scientists say that they can make man immortal in his material
 body or that they can create life, we receive the news as credible, for we are under the sway of the scientific method of speculation. But now the archaeologists' change of view gives evidence that this method is defective. And whoever puts forward such
 theories as absolute fact is indeed cheating.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The modern materialistic mind cannot process the idea that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has already informed us of the Absolute T
ruth through sacred, revealed scriptures and that these words spoken by God represent axiomatic scientific facts. We prefer to research for our knowledge. Indeed, we do not believe in the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead because we cannot 
find Him through our empiric methods.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But those who are real educators, scientists and philosophers, the liberated sages of the Vedic civilization, follow the Vedic literatu
re as sources of Absolute Truth from which one can derive all the material and spiritual knowledge necessary for attaining perfection in human life. The conclusion of Vedic thought is that man is not a product of this material world; his real self is an 
eternal spiritual soul who is part of the Complete Whole, or God\'96\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Man's duty for perfect happiness is to engage in transcendental loving service to that Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may note with interest that archaeologists, having reviewed their mistaken method for dating ancient bones and plants, now conclude,
 "We have completely undervalued the originality and creativity of prehistoric Europe." Now they understand that even in prehistoric times skilled and cultured workers were living in Europe. Thus the empiric method yields glimpses of reality only after m
any mistakes and many revisions of theories.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if one simply gives submissive aural reception to the Vedic literature, one can at once have access to all knowledge, material and 
spiritual. For example, it is well known to followers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the ripened frui
t of all Vedic literature, that highly sophisticated forms of human society existed on earth 5,000 years ago, and even long before that. In fact, the first living entity, Brahm\'e4, who appeared in the beginning of material creation, is the most highly d
eveloped, sanctified and intellectual being, and he is capable of creating entire planetary systems, as well as the bodies of all species of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So long as we deny the authority of the Vedic scriptures, taking them to be mythology, and instead turn to the theories of the scientis
ts who are playing with material nature to the amazement of people in general, we will be subject again and again to errors and revisions of the truth; we will never come to know the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name,
 form, quality and pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba through his materially contaminated senses." In his commentary to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [6.8]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prab
hup\'e4da writes: "A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person has realized knowledge, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, because he is satisfied with pure devotional service. By realized knowledge, one becomes perfect. . . but by academic knowledge, one is easily de
luded and is confused by apparent contradictions."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Archaeologists and other scientists would do well to use their technological methods to confirm, in scientific language, the truth enun
ciated in the revealed scriptures. In this way, they could free themselves of error, and both they themselves and all mankind would benefit.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the highest paradise
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the highest par
adise
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  O.B.L. Kapoor, Ph.D.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O. B. L. Kapoor}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Ph.D., has served as Hea
d of the Philosophy Department and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at B.R. College in Agra, India, as Principal and Head of the Philosophy Department at K.N. Government Postgraduate College in Varanasi, as Principal of the Government college in Rampur, and a
s a member of the Executive Council of Agra University. He has been residing in V\'e5nd\'e4vana since his retirement in 1967 and is engaged at present in writing books and articles concerning the teachings of Sn Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His disciples. 
He was initiated in 1932 by His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, by whose order }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was first established in 1944.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustrations by Kim Murray
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'c5ND\'c4VANA is the transcendental dwelling place }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (dh\'e4ma) of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Being a manifestation of His intrinsic energy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (svar\'fc
pa-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it i
s a part of Himself.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 1. More specifically, it is the concentrated (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fcrti}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) form of that aspect of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svar\'fcpa-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sandhin\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the ground and source of all existence, predominates.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It consists like Him of the attributes of existence }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (sat),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  intelligence }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (cit) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and bliss }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\'e4nanda)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and is different from the phenomenal world, which is a manifestation of His extrinsic energy }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (m\'e4y\'e4-\'e7akti).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Also, since it is a manifestation of His intrinsic energy, it is inseparably
 related to Him. We can think neither of K\'e5\'f1\'eba without V\'e5nd\'e4vana nor of V\'e5nd\'e4vana without K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally stays in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and does not move even a step out of it (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e5nd\'e4vana\'e0 parityajya sa kvacit naiva gacchati).\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 2. Cited in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laghu-bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.5.461}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Y\'e4mala}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as there are infinite manifestations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there are infinite manifestations of His abode. For each manifestation of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is a corresponding manifestation of His dwelling place. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the highest manifestation of Bhagav\'e4n (the Personality of Godhead), His abode, V\'e5nd\'e4vana, is the highest abode. Just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Bhagav
\'e4n Himself }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (svaya\'e0 bhagav\'e4n)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and all other manifestations of Bhagav\'e4n are manifestations of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (supreme abode) itself }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (svaya\'e0 dh\'e4ma),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and all other manifestations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4
ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the manifestations of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaiku\'eb\'f6h\'e4di tada\'e0\'e7
\'e4\'e0\'e7am svaya\'e0 v\'e5nd\'e4vana\'e0 bhuvi\line  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba, P\'e4t\'e4la-kha\'eb\'f2a,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  38, 89.) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  V\'e5nd\'e4vana 
manifests itself partly or fully according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's manifesting Himself partly or fully. Just as each partial manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is transcendental and all-pervading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (vibhu)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  even though it appears phenomenal and limited, each partial manifestation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh
\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is transcendental and all-pervading, even though it appears phenomenal and limited. Even the different kinds of objects in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which look so much like phenomenal objects, are transcendental (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c
inmaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaiku\'eb\'f6hera p\'e5thivy\'e4di sakala cinmaya\line m\'e4yika bh\'fcte
ra tathi janma n\'e4hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub haya\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.53) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 [a great authority on the Vedic scriptures] states that each one of them is concentrated Brahman (spirit).\chftn{\*
\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 r\'fcpa\'e0 tattva\'e0 manas\'e4pi\line grah\'e9tum na \'e7akyate brahma-ghanatv\'e4t \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2,4,50,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'d6\'e9k\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even though each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is infinite and all-pervading, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4mas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are said to be
 situated one above another. Situated above the mundane sphere, which is graded into fourteen worlds\'96the seven Lokas and seven P\'e4t\'e4las\'96and beyond the River Viraj\'e4, is the Brahmaloka, or Siddhaloka, which is the residence of all the freed }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (mukta)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  souls }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  19.153). Above the Brahmaloka i
s the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paravyoma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where the infinite }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub avat\'e4ras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or partial manifestations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, reside, and which is the support of infinite spiritual regions called Vaiku\'eb\'f6has (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.13). Above all these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4mas}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka (K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode), which, according to the differences in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and associates }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (parikaras),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  appears in three different forms\'97as Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Mathur\'e4 and Gokula (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  5.13). Gokula, the highest of the three, is also called V\'e5nd\'e4vana because V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the central portion of Gokula.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The situation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4mas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  above or below each other should not, however, be taken in its literal sense. It actually implies their gradation according to their excellence (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub mahim\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The excellence of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  depends on the degree to which it manifests the highest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  V\'e5nd\'e4van
a. Thus the excellence of Siddhaloka is greater than the excellence of the phenomenal world, the excellence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paravyoma is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  greater than the excellence of Siddhaloka, the excellence of K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka is greater than the excellence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paravyoma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the excellence of Gokula is greater than the excellence of all the rest of K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. The excellence of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the greatest of all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (1.154.6) V\'e5nd\'e4vana is described as the highest }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma (parama\'e0 padam)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Vi\'f1\'ebu. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also describes it as the highest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself describes it as "M
y highest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4ma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ''\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 pr\'e4pya na nivartante\line tad dh\'e4ma parama\'e0 mama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. 8.21)  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is so described because it surpasses all other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4mas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in grandeur }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (ai\'e7varya)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and sweetness }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (m\'e4dhurya).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But its peculiarity is that its sweetness completely eclipses its grandeur, so that everything here assumes a form sweet beyond 
expression. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not appear here as God or even as a king, but as a cowherd boy with the crest of a peacock feather on His crown and a flute in His hand, eternally engaged in amorous pastimes with His consorts on the bank of the River Yamu
n\'e4 underneath the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kadamba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub trees and in the green groves; laden with sweet-smelling flowers, all of whi
ch breathe an atmosphere of freedom and sweetness most congenial to Him and His consorts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is therefore not possible to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's presence anywhere else. K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Mathur\'e4 and Dv\'e4rak\'e4 is no
t really the K\'e5\'f1\'eba of V\'e5nd\'e4vana but His partial manifestation called V\'e4sudeva. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba is said to go out of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, as, for example, when He goes to Mathur\'e4 at the invitation of Ka\'e0sa, it is really His partial
 manifestation V\'e4sudeva who goes there, not K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, who remains unmanifest during that period in His manifest pastimes (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub praka\'f6a-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) in V\'e5nd\'e4vana.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya\'e0 v\'e5nd\'e4vana\'e0 n\'e4ma\line           nitya-r\'e4sa-rasotsava\'e0
 \line     ad\'e5\'e7ya\'e0 parama\'e0 guhya\'e0 \line            p\'fcr\'eba-prema-rasotsavam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padm
a Pur\'e4\'eba, P\'e4t\'e4la-kha\'eb\'f2a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 51) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indicating how K\'e5\'f1\'eba is inseparably connected with V\'e5nd\'e4vana in His highest aspect, which fully displays His sweetness, 
R\'e4dh\'e4, to whom even a moment's separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unbearable, is not satisfied to find Him in Kuruk\'f1etra, where He appears as a king with His entourage and not as a cowherd with His flute (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cc. Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.72-73). She is also not satisfied to find Him in Nava-v\'e5nd\'e4vana, a replica of V\'e5nd\'e4vana specially prepared for Her in 
Dv\'e4rak\'e4, because it lacks the atmosphere of freedom and the charm and grace so natural to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and is therefore not conducive to the highest bliss She is accustomed to experience in the company of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not surprising, therefore, that Uddhava, the wisest of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s associates, Wishes to be a blade of grass or a creeper
 in V\'e5nd\'e4vana so that he may be consecrated by the dust of the holy feet of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s\'e4m aho cara\'eba-re\'ebu-ju\'f1\'e4\'e0 aha\'e0 sy\'e4\'e0 \line          v\'e5nd\'e4vane ki\'e0 api gulma-latau\'f1adh\'e9n\'e4m\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  10.47.61) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Even the great \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, who regards the form and pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as creations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  reveals a secret desire to be in V\'e5nd\'e4vana so that he may sit on the bank of the Yamun\'e4 and pass each long day of his life in the twinkling of an eye, meditati
ng on K\'e5\'f1\'eba: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kad\'e4 v\'e5nd\'e4ra\'ebye tara\'ebi-tanay\'e4-pu\'ebya-puline\line smaran \'e7r\'e9-gop\'e4la\'e0 nimi\'f1am iva nesy\'e4mi di
vas an\line (Abhil\'e4\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The celestial Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Mathur\'e4 and Gokula (V\'e5nd\'e4vana) have their replicas on earth [in India] in the forms of the geogra
phical Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Mathur\'e4 and V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which are known as their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub praka\'f6a-prak\'e4\'e7as,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 or manifest forms. These appear as parts of the phenomenal world to our clouded vision, but are in essence identical with their Celestial counterparts. Here also K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally present with Nanda, Ya\'e7od\'e4 and His other associates and p
erforms His pastimes with them as in the celestial Dv\'e4rak\'e4, Mathur\'e4 and V\'e5nd\'e4vana. If we could see them with spiritual eyes, they would without a doubt appear in their true form (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.20-21). Even today, while staying in these very abodes and in their very bodies, the devotees who attain accomplishment }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (siddh\'e4vasth\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) in devotion are blessed with the vision of the divine pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His associates; such devote
es need not be transported to any other abode or level of existence. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends to these abodes, however, at the time of His manifest pastimes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (praka\'f6a-prak
\'e4\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  even those who are
 not devoted can see these pastimes in their true form. Such is the effect of the divine touch of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with these abodes, which otherwise appear phenomenal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Besides the manifest forms of K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, there is also an unmanifest form of it on earth that has the peculiar power of always
 remaining invisible; it remains on earth without touching it. Thus there are two }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apraka\'f6a-prak\'e4\'e7as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (unmanifest forms) of K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. One is the K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka situated above }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paravyoma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  which is called by various names: Goloka, Gokula, \'c7vetadv\'e9pa, Vrajaloka or V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The other is the invisible K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka situated on earth, which is different from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4pa\'efcika,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the phenomenal K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka visible to our material eyes and actually touching the earth. It is also called Gokula or Vraja.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Laghu-bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (1.277.78) that Goloka is a majestic manifestation }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (vaibhava-prak\'e4\'e7a) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Gokula, which is essentially sweet in appearance and therefore greater in excellence. As an instance of the majesty }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (vaibhava
)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Goloka, he cites the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Var\'e4ha Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which says that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  trees of Goloka spread out majestically with their hundr
eds of branches, which is just in keeping with its }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ai\'e7varya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (opulence), while the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kadamba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  trees of Gokula are medium-sized, which is in keeping with its }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (sweetness). A special reason why Gokula excels Goloka in sweetness is that in Goloka K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present eternally without birth, on accoun
t of which His pastimes in Goloka differ in certain respects from the sweet human aspect in which they reveal themselves in the phenomenal Gokula. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes the pastimes of V\'e5nd\'e4vana as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nara-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (manlike pastimes) and those of Goloka as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub deva-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Godlike pastimes). This 
theory is supported by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dance in Goloka, which K\'e5\'f1\'eba is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to have performed on the head of K\'e4liya Naga, the thousand-headed cobra, although there i
s no mention of this in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 also (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e4la-camp\'fc, 
P\'fcrva-kha\'eb\'f2a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  19), Goloka is the majestic manifestation of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He describes V\'e5nd\'e4vana as the inner side }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (antar-ma\'eb\'f2ala)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Goloka, and Goloka as the outer side }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bahir-ma\'eb
\'f2ala)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. But they are not the outer and inner side of each other in the physical sense, for it is possible to see Goloka in V\'e5nd\'e4vana (because Goloka is 
the majestic manifestation of V\'e5nd\'e4vana) but not possible to see V\'e5nd\'e4vana in Goloka (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-sandarbha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 116). According to R\'fcpa and J\'e9va, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, T\'e9k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.
4), Goloka can be attained by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaidh\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (ritualistic) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but V\'e5nd\'e4vana can be attained only by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4g\'e4nug\'e4 bhakti,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  flowing spontaneously
 like a current, disregarding the rules and regulations of ritualistic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 9. R\'fcp
a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, all contemporary followers of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, are great authorities on the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yog
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Note: This number [9] is missing in the text and has been placed here as it seems appropriate.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is a further indication of the difference between the two abodes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana seems to differ from R\'fcpa and J\'e9va in regard to both the relation between Goloka and V\'e5nd\'e4vana and the means of
 their realization. According to him, Goloka (or rather the part of Goloka called Gokula) and the phenomenal Gokula or V\'e5nd\'e4vana are identical.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath
\'e4 kr\'e9\'f2\'e4ti tad-bh\'fcmau goloke 'pi tathaiva sa\'f9\line                atha aurdhvatay\'e4 bhedo 'nayo\'f9 kalpyeta kevalam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5had-bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 2,5,168)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5had-bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Gopa Kum\'e4ra sometimes stays in Goloka and sometimes in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, without being able to make out an
y difference between them.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 Ibid. 2,6,374 }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to him, both abodes can be attained only by spontaneous devotion and not by any other means.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 Ibid. 2,5,172 
}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\cb1\up12 12
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The difference between the two points of view, however, will seem negligible if we take into consideration the following points;
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Although San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 regards Goloka and V\'e5nd\'e4vana as identical, it is clear from his }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f6\'e9k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-bh\'e4gavat\'e4m
\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (2, 5, 78-79) that V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub marma-tar\'e4\'e0\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Goloka, or the part of Goloka that supersedes the whole in excellence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. San\'e4tana also admits that the excellence of the phenomenal Vraja exceeds the excellence of Goloka at the time of the
 manifest pastimes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (praka\'f6a-l\'e9l\'e4)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 Ibid. 2,5,96 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6\'e9k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. Although R\'fcpa and J\'e9va regard Goloka as the majestic manifestation of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, J\'e9va seems to regard th
em as essentially identical. He establishes their identity by referring to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "goloka eva nivasati"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  text
 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub "tatraiva rama\'eb\'e4rthe hi nitya-k\'e4la\'e0 sa gacchati"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  text of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di Pur\'e4\'eba,
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one of which says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba always stays in Goloka and the other that He always stays in the phenomenal V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and by saying that the contradiction between th
em can be resolved only if the two are regarded as actually one and the same. In answer to a question regarding the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hari-va\'e0\'e7a's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mention of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lifting Govardhana Hill in Goloka, he clearly states that since Goloka and Gokula are identical, a pastime that took place in Gokula can always be mentioned in reference to Goloka.
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 For a fuller discussion on the subject, see \'c7r\'e9 Manindra Nath Guha's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 M
\'e4dhava-m\'e4dhurya-ma\'efju\'f1\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pp. 165-66. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. Regarding the means of realizing the two abodes, although San\'e4tana holds that it is spontaneous devotion for both, h
e maintains that if an aspiring devotee adopts any other means, he has a vision of Goloka but is not able to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba perform His pastimes with His associates, or if he is able to do so, he cannot himself participate in the pastimes.\chftn{\*
\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-bh\'e4gavat\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2,5,172 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6\'e9k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5. Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 states that those who wish to realize the sweetness of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba but pr
actice ritualistic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot attain R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana because their }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not spontaneous, and they cannot attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Dv\'e4rak\'e4 because they do not desire t
o do so. Therefore they attain R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Goloka, the majestic manifestation of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, S\'e4dhana-
bhakti-lahar\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1,2,303 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6\'e9k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus we may conclude that there is essentially no difference between Goloka and Gokula (V\'e5nd\'e4vana). Goloka is a particular manife
station of V\'e5nd\'e4vana in which sweetness predominates, but not to the extent to which it predominates in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. It is therefore called the majestic manifestation of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is attained by spontaneous devotion, wher
eas Goloka is attained by ritualistic devotion. The greater the dominance of spontaneity, the fuller the realization of Goloka's sweetness.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 This is in accordance 
with the principle: 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yad\'e5\'e7\'e9 bhavan\'e4 yasya siddhir bhavati tad\'e5\'e7\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [yad\'e5\'e7\'e9 - }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like which}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; bhavana - }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub meditation}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; yasya - }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of whom}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; siddhi\'f9 - }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub perfection}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; bhavati - }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; tad\'e5\'e7\'e9 - }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like that}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ;  \line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to one\'92s state of mind one attains perfection.\'94}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  -Siddh\'e4nta-ratnamala]}}}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But when spontaneous devotion is pure, Goloka is realized in its highest aspect which displays sweetn
ess fully and is called the inner side }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (antar-ma\'eb\'f2ala) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Goloka. In this aspect Goloka is 
identical with the phenomenal V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and the sweetness displayed here is the same as that in the phenomenal V\'e5nd\'e4vana, except for the difference caused by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's always being present in Goloka as a young boy of tender 
age }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (nitya-ki\'e7ora),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  although in the phenomenal V\'e5nd\'e4vana He takes birth and gradually at
tains boyhood.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The veracity of the claim that the phenomenal V\'e5nd\'e4vana, which looks like any other part of the material world to our material ey
es, is itself the spiritual V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the highest abode, surpassing even Goloka in its excellence, may be questioned. But \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya and His followers are ever so emphatic in their statements about its transcendental character. \'c7r\'e9 R
\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that devotees who have ardent love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba are even today blessed with a vision of His divine pastimes in this very V\'e5nd\'e4vana. San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that V\'e5nd\'e4vana is here on earth and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's unmanifest pastimes are going on in it even now, but none except those to whom He and His devotees are kind can see it.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'96mahim\'e4m
\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  4.83}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Prabodh\'e4n
anda Sarasvat\'e9 describes how he actually sees this V\'e5nd\'e4vana in its real form with all its transcendent beauty and excellence: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aho sarvoparyati vimala-vist\'e9r\'eba-m\'e4dhurya-\line sphurac-candra-pr\'e4ya\'e0 sphurati mama v\'e5nd\'e4vanam idam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh, this V\'e5nd\'e4vana of mine, stationed above every other abode! How it shines near me like a big moon in all its resplendent beauty!" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'96mahim\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.83)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No ground is thus left for any doubt that this very V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the highest paradise, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally revels in H
is spiritual pastimes. Residing here, therefore, is considered one of the most important aspects of devotional service. Prabodh\'e4nanda says that if one takes shelter of V\'e5nd\'e4vana with faith and devotion, he will be blessed with a vision of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  dance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His consorts even if he does not perform any other regulative worship.
 He concisely states his entire philosophy of V\'e5nd\'e4vana in another verse, which says that to reside in V\'e5nd\'e4vana is to perform the highest worship, to attain V\'e5nd\'e4vana is to attain the highest end, and to realize V\'e5nd\'e4vana is to r
ealize the highest truth and the highest bliss.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12  Ibid. 17,85 }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 19
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Bhakti Viewpoint
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Bhakti Viewpoint
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE UNIVERSITY
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Professor Alton L. Becker }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is Associate Pr
ofessor of Linguistics and Director of the Center for South and Southeastern Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He recently invited}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa
 d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Editor of Back }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to address a meeting of the faculty and. students of the Center. This is a record of that event.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Professor Becker:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When I first informed memb
ers of the faculty that I was inviting a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotee to speak at our meeting, the response was negative. I think that often our view of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is one bordering perhaps on annoyance, or a feeling that the
se people are interlopers in a field that we properly academically control. And I think it's a loss, a tremendous loss, for our university and ourselves that the devotional side, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  side, of knowledge or wisdom is something we have rejected in our university traditions for thousands of years. That we should be dispassionate, detached an
d sort of impersonal about learning, particularly learning of the eastern religions, has been almost a presupposition of every course and every class in college.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many of us feel that this divorcing of the personal or devotional from learning, from wisdom, is a bad thing. And so I think we have a 
great deal to learn about the religions of India from people who have taken a direct, more involved and, I think, more complete and total approach to the things we read about in books.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have with us today Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and two other devotees who have come from Madison, Wisconsin, at my invitatio
n to speak to us about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. I thought what we would do today is to let them give an introduction to what they are doing and then open up the meeting to questions. And so without taking any more time, let me turn the 
hour over to Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you very much, Pro
fessor Becker.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our movement stands on the authority of the Vedic literature, which of course is studied in universities throughout the world. I am goi
ng from university to university, talking to professors and showing them our books, so I am also learning about the academic approach Professor Becker described. But we understand that the real scholars of Vedic literature are its original compiler and t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [teachers] who come in what is called the disciplic succession. These Vedic scriptures, 
like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, Upani\'f1ads, Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata Pur\'e4\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were enunciated, according to the evidence we get from the books themselves, by God, or the Absolute Truth.
 They are not ordinary literature. Of course, they can be studied for language, history, philosophy or religion\'96but what do they actually mean, aside from different interpretations?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our approach is to give great respect to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  themselves, the compilers of the Vedic literature, for being very clear-headed and complete in their presentation. We want to know what they have to say. We want to appreciate it w
ithout making our own interpretation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This position actually has the greatest integrity. As Professor Becker was saying, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is sometimes accused of not having integrity. This is what I meet when I show people }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say, "I can\'92t use that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because it says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God and that one should approach Him as the supreme authority. Now, there are many other interpretations, and if I present this one to my students, I may be ac
cused of some kind of religious sectarianism."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some professors, however, are more academically astute. I have been inspired to talk with Professor Dimock of the University of Chicago
, who has written the introduction to Swami Bhaktivedanta's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He says that ou
r approach, which is a forceful presentation }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is perfectly legitimate. Not only is it perfectly
 legitimate\'96it is the purport of the Vedic literature. An actual scholar of the Vedic literature must know how to understand these books from the original scholars. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-
g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [4.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam\line ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9\line sa k\'e4leneha mahat\'e4\line yogo na\'f1\'f6a\'f9 pa
rantapa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He gives the key to understanding this book. "The science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " the Lord says, "was taught and passed down in a disciplic succession of teachers, and the saintly kings understood it in that way." In other words, the teachings are meant for society's leaders
, so that they may train themselves in spiritual life and pass this knowledge down for the benefit of everyone. "But in the course of time," K\'e5\'f1\'eba continues, "the succession was broken, and now I am passing this knowledge on to you." Thus in }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Arjuna, the disciple, becomes another recipient of this knowledge, and in the n
ext verse K\'e5\'f1\'eba states why: "Because you are My devotee and friend." It is this devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that makes one a Scholar of the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So who are these original scholars? I am talking about liberated souls such as Vy\'e4sadeva, the compiler of almost all the Sanskrit sc
riptures, and N\'e4rada Muni, and great sages }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'e5\'f1is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) like Lord Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva. We may c
onsider all these people mythological, but why not simply try to see what they are presenting?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because people are suffering in material life, limited by birth, death, disease and old age, great sages, out of compassion, have prese
nted this literature whereby one can understand himself as eternal and free himself of all the inebrieties connected with the material body. This is the purpose of the Vedic literature. So we want to Study the language, grammar and history minutely, but 
to this end: to appreciate how this literature can solve the problems of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In addition to sages like Vy\'e4sa and N\'e4rada Muni, we consult more recent sages like Madhva \'c4c\'e4rya, R\'e4m\'e4nuja \'c4c\'e4r
ya and Lord Caitanya, who have transmitted the meaning of the Vedic literature through an authorized disciplic succession. But people who know next to nothing about the disciplic succession more or less irreverently poke into the Vedic literatures, espec
ially }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For instance, Mahatma Gandhi made a commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to put forward his philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
ahi\'e0s\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nonviolence. But to do that is rather difficult because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is taught on a battlefield, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba urging Arjuna to tight. The first verse begins, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma-k\'f1etre kur
u-k\'f1etre }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [1.1]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Kuruk\'f1et
ra is the place where the battle occurred. It's a place in India, and you can go there even today. But Gandhi says that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kuru-k\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "the body." Then the five P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers are mentioned. Gandhi says they represent the five senses. His idea, of course, is that the battle did not actually happen. But we take it from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himsel
f that Kuruk\'f1etra is an actual place where a real battle was fought. This is called the direct meaning, in contrast to the indirect meanings like Gandhi's.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (devotee), the impersonalist and the so-called objective grammarian and historian all have in common the quest for knowledge. I spoke with one graduate student majoring in East Asian studies at the University of Minne
apolis. I asked him, "Why are you studying this? What are you preparing for by studying?" He answered that he was not studying to make money or prepare for an occupation; the main reason was to get knowledge. Simply because the knowledge is worthwhile, i
t should be studied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This pure attitude is very nice. The objective is not grossly materialistic\'96not to study so that in ten years one will be making so 
much money. The study itself is worthwhile.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So what is that knowledge? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  teach us that a person is not the material body. We have to enter this area of Absolute Truth if we are actually to talk about knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [7.19], real knowledge is described:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line sa mah\'e4tm
\'e4 su-durlabha\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Real knowledge is knowledge of the Absolute Truth, the transcendental source of everything, which is beyond all speculation. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  begins this inquiry. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "What is the Absolute Truth?" The next code states, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janm\'e4d
y asya yata\'f9 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S
\'fctra 1.1.2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub   janma-adi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and destruction; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub That Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) is He from whom the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universe arise.}}}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub :}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  "The Absolute Truth is that from which everything is coming." Outside the university or inside, if you can find that Absolute Truth\'97whether by research, by chanting or by reading books\'96if you can
 understand where everything is coming from, who you are, and how you are different from the material world, then your knowledge is perfect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should not study Vedic culture as if it were a collection of quaint tribal customs, thinking, "They perform their death-rites like t
his, and they have this strange belief about God and the supernatural." Rather, each of us requires knowledge of his own position. I who am studying this book\'97what is my solution to death? The Vedic literature teaches us how to be free of death. The }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  actually give us information, as human beings, how to realize our blissful transcendental nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In stressing this aspect, the translations and commentaries of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da have been apprec
iated by such an esteemed scholar as Professor Dimock to be actually hitting the nail on the head. We want to cooperate with scholars and educators in distributing some of these books to serious students. This spring, the University of Minnesota is offer
ing a course called "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Through the Ages." Of course, the professor, Dr. Tapp, takes the approach that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is someone mythical, but at least the man appreciates that our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Book}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a very strong presentation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as someone real. And students will see that this is a dynamic presentation, not another dead st
udy. Therefore Professor Tapp is using this book as required reading, and he also wants to include }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a summary study of a famous book by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a disciple of Lord Caitanya, about the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I spoke to another professor at the University of Minnesota, Professor Kopf, who is studying Vedic literature from a historical point o
f view. He is very perplexed because according to archaeological records there was no society further back than three thousand years ago; yet }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub according to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dates back much further. So he took other books, but he was doubtful about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But when I got to Chicago and met Professor Dimock, he said that this professor had called him up and asked, "What about this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by Swami Bhaktivedanta?" And he said, "Yes, it's excellent. You should take it."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not money-making book publishers, nor are we sectarian religionists trying to bring prayer books to people. That may have some v
alue, but we are teaching knowledge of a higher value than the sentimental or sectarian. We are therefore presenting a humble plea for scholars and educators to examine our books seriously and try to use them to promote a proper understanding of what Ved
ic literature actually is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our meeting is short, if there are any questions, we would like to discuss them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is a part of the mythical body of literature 
about K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  where He is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [warrior] and assists the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas by rather tricky means. People therefore sometimes question K\'e5\'f1\'eba's character. I was
 wondering if you thought these things preceded the development of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a prophet.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just see. You have one u
nderstanding\'97that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is devious, practically immoral\'96but I have the understanding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all good and that He is actually the God of the Jewish, Christian and Mohammedan religions. Of course, we have different teachers. 
You have read some books, but I can only tell you the version I have heard from my spiritual master in disciplic succession. That is the version of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and the version of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  within the Vedic culture. According to them, interpretations considering K\'e5\'f1\'eba an ordinary human being or mythical hero have no importance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I was in England last summer, a famous professor, Professor Zaehner of Oxford University, gave a talk there in which he said that 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba is immoral. He cited some murderer, Charles Manson, and said that he was following K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teachings. This kind of talk is actually very offensive to one who follows }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you are also asking why K\'e5\'f1\'eba was on a battlefield\'96a scene of violence\'96and advocating violence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the answer, you have to go to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But one should also understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is the Absolute Truth personified, not an ordinary person. When He comes into the material world, He may act as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but He is not within the conditioning of this material world. And when He does something, no one is affected for evil. For instance, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed or Arjuna killed under K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's direction, whoever was personally killed in that way gained eternal liberation to the spiritual world. Moreover, the battle was arranged just to annihilate miscreants. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I come in age after age to annihilate the miscreants
." At the time of the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas had been thrown out of their rightful kingdom by Duryodhana and his brothers, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted Arjuna to fight for the throne and justly rule the people. It was not a political
 war like those nowadays.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You ask why K\'e5\'f1\'eba was using tricky means. Once K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked His devotee Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira to lie to Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4ry
a by saying that his son was dead because He knew that this would discourage Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya. Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira at first hesitated. He said, "I can't tell a lie; I am a moral man." But actually authorities have analyzed that this somewhat diminished 
his stature as a truly moral man because he was hesitating to follow instructions from the Personality of Godhead. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the all-good Personality of Godhead, and whatever He does is for the ultimate liberation of those with whom He comes in c
ontact. If you consider Him an ordinary man, you cannot understand Him. He Himself says this in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4\line m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam\line para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanto\line mam
a bh\'fcta-mahe\'e7varam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have quoted repeatedly from Sanskrit. Does }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  translate effectively into English?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
conscious devotees are all learning }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and yet we are not Sanskrit scholars. But the te
achings have been so effective that we have completely taken to this way of life. I was just talking to a very nice English professor here, Sheridan Baker, who is helping us edit our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub magazine. He was talking about Thoreau and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Walden.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We noted that Thoreau had great appreciation for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Emerson also appreciated it, and so did Einstein. There have also been many others who appreciated it. But no one became a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba until these English translations by Swami Bhaktivedanta and his personal demonstrat
ion of devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So his translations have been very effective. There are now thousands of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you, in your activities, ever have to face a bel
ieving Christian?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A believing Christian? V
ery rarely. We very rarely meet any believing Christians. [laughter]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I didn't mean to be cynical about Christianity. I j
ust meant that you base your religion on the idea that these texts reveal the truth. Now the question has to arise in arguing with a Christian why you believe these texts reveal the truth and not their texts. And my question is how you would answer that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, the explanation ou
r spiritual master has given is that not only the Bible but the Koran and all bona fide scriptures differ according to three different principles\'96time, place and the persons taught. An expert religionist can make the adjustments. For example, in the M
ohammedan religion there is an injunction that no man should sleep with his mother. So we understand that since this was being stressed, the people must have been very degraded; they must have been doing that. Also, "Thou shalt not kill." Only murderers 
need to be advised not to do it. So the Absolute Truth is contained in all scriptures, but there are different levels of spiritual culture and information about what God is. The example is given that a small pocket dictionary and an unabridged dictionary
 are both valid, but the unabridged dictionary has more. So if one wants to know more than "God is great," he can consult the Vedic literature. But if a student, say a fourth-grade arithmetic student, criticizes, "Oh, in calculus they are learning all so
rts of nonsense that we never learned about," then he is wrong.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What the Christian claims precisely is that his Bib
le is above your scripture, and my question is how you argue with him about the idea that yours is above his.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don't get much descri
ption of the Personality of Godhead from the Bible. The Christian does not know much about the nature of the spiritual world or the activities there or how to engage in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga
.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is elaborately described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have read that in fact the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
us movement has cornered the incense market and is starting real estate speculation in New York. Now do those profits go down to the members, or where is the profit going? You said you weren't money-making and you weren't book publishing, but you seem to
 be in book publishing, and I have read that in fact there is a lot of money-making going on. I was just interested in who handles that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Where is all the money g
oing? We are spending it all. We just put in a printing order for over $500,000 worth of books; we are always printing books. Our members don't receive any salaries. There is not someone off in India or Monte Carlo who has all the K\'e5\'f1\'eba money an
d is living it up. The money is being spent for our projects\'97for buildings, for our active food distribution program in India in our M\'e4y\'e4pur, Bombay and Calcutta centers, and mainly for printing books. We distribute our books practically at what
 they cost us, and whatever profit we make goes back into producing more books.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are a very book conscious society. We feel that the most effective way to spread this truth is to present it in literature. In New Y
ork we are trying to buy a building to use as a headquarters. We are not speculating, looking for land to make money. But, nevertheless, money-making is all right, provided it is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. There is one impersonalist philosopher who is 
said to have been so detached from material life that if anyone offered him money, as an automatic reflex his hand would turn away from it. But if you offer a Vai\'f1\'ebava (devotee) money, he will at once take it; and if you give him a million dollars,
 he will come back the next day to ask for more. Because he sees that everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy and should be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you have some distinction between laymen and non
-laymen?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. To become a formal 
disciple, one must follow four rules: no meat eating, no illicit sex, no gambling and no intoxication. If one does that, and if he also chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantr
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a certain minimum number of times daily, he is considered a "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba person."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am not very concerned about the money aspect of i
t. You were speaking before about a humble plea for knowledge, and I feel very good about that. But the aspect of your group that most of us see on the street is considerably more pushy and considerably more offensive to me, and I would consider that a b
etrayal of what you are doing. Yet that is presumably done within the same organization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We support those boys an
d girls who are out all day distributing books. They are very great workers. You are appreciating our humble presentation, but our presentation is inferior to theirs. Theirs will have more effect. They distribute so many books, and they are so selfless
\'97they don't keep any profit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a Vedic tradition. Formerly a disciple spent from morning to night collecting something for the spiritual master, and at night 
he would just lie down on the floor and take a little rice and think that austerity was nice. Now, of course, the public is not interested in giving alms for a spiritual cause. But even though society is so materialistic, the devotees are out there, and 
all I can ask is that you forgive these disciples if you are offended by them, because actually they have no intent other than to give you this knowledge and call attention to it. Humanity is generally asleep, and they are trying to distribute this knowl
edge. It's their only desire. And if you can take a book or talk with them, you will see they are not actually offensive people; they are very nice. They are more humble than our formal presentation because they are doing more to spread actual spiritual 
culture than you in your classroom or me talking here. They have dedicated themselves to spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the American culture. That's very brave of them. One can go door to door in India, and just by seeing a devotee in saffron,
 people will offer respect. But we wear saffron and\'96just the opposite. Yet rather than be frustrated and retire, the devotees have persisted. And many people, when they stop and understand what's happening, like seeing devotees in the street persisten
tly chanting and trying to distribute these books. If it were a bogus movement, if it were something harmful, then it would be offensive. But they are not cheating anyone. Their understanding is that everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they are try
ing to get something or someone into the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li2520\ri1440\fi-605 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p15:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub We want to study the language, grammar and history minutely, but to this end: to appreciate how this literature can solve the problems of life . . . .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2520\ri1440\fi-605 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p16: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the all-good Perso
nality of Godhead. If you consider Him an ordinary man, you cannot understand Him."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2520\ri1440\fi-605 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p17: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub "We support those boys and girls who
 are out all day distributing books . . They have dedicated themselves to spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. . "
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Los Angeles K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Community
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE LOS ANGELES K\'c5\'d1\'cbA C
ONSCIOUS COMMUNITY
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Perfection of Renunciation
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Text by}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0  
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Photos by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a former fine
 arts student at the University of Washington, joined the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in 1970. He and his wife have been members of the New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 community ever since. Their five-year-old daughter is a student at ISKCON's Gurukula schoo
l in Dallas, Texas.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a graduate of Ma
ryland Institute of Art, also joined the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in 1970. He and his wife are also residents of New Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HIGH IN THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS, a naked }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sits in a cave, on a deerskin, meditating on the Supreme Truth. He eats nothing, sees no one and goes nowhere, for he is practicing renunciation of the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In an entirely different setting, in Los Angeles, California, a community of three hundred Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees lives in a subu
rban neighborhood sometimes called the "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba quarter," which includes a dozen offices, four apartment buildings, a book warehouse, a stately temple and a large factory. Men and women, many with young children, they dance, sing, eat sumptuo
usly, work hard and handle large sums of money\'97yet surprisingly enough, they also claim to practice renunciation of the material world. Even more astounding, if we examine the positions of the recluse meditator and the society of devotees, we find tha
t according to the Vedic scriptures the lives of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees are more renounced, for everything the devotees do is for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While taking a tour of the Los Angeles community (which, for its opulence, he named "New Dv\'e4rak\'e4" after Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cel
estial capital city on earth), \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, once recited this verse from the Vedic scriptures:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4saktasya vi\'f1ay\'e4n\line yath\'e4rham upayu\'efjata\'f9\line nirbandha\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sambandhe\line yukta\'e0 vair
\'e4gyam ucyate
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4pa\'efcikatay\'e4 buddhy\'e4\line hari-sambandhi-vastuna\'f9\line mumuk\'f1ubhi\'f9 parity\'e4go\line vair\'e4gya\'e0 phal
gu kathyate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When one is not attached to anything but at the same time accepts everything in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one is rightly situated above possessiveness. On the ot
her hand, one who rejects everything, without knowledge of its relationship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is not as complete in his renunciation." (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.255-256) \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked that this quote be written on a sign and hung in a prominent place in the temple, for it pinpoints the essence of the Los Angeles t
emple\'92s spiritual success: that all its activities and paraphernalia are directed not for anyone's selfish sense gratification but for the transcendental pleasure of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Temple Worship
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The entire Los Angeles community of devotees gathers}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (congregational chantin
g of the names of God) at 4:30 every morning. According to Vedic scriptures, to rise one and a half hours before sunrise and attend the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony starts the day with potent spiritual inspiration. Men on one side, women on the other, in two rows the length of the temple, the devotees face the three closed doors that house the holy Deities. The 
women wear saris; the men, dhotis (robes)\'97white if they are married, saffron if they're not. Both men and women wear white clay }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  marks on their foreheads, signifying that they are devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba begins, accompanied by hand cymbals and drums. After a few minutes of chanting, the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (altar attendant) rings a bell and then opens the three large doors, revealing the Deities, chief of
 whom are R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  then offers the Deities a flame, handkerchief, conch shell and other articles one after another in large circles, as the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba increases its tempo, the devotees swaying rhythmically from side
 to side, a few small children dancing with their parents. On the marble altars, artfully arranged with flowers, vases and candles, three silver trays of milk and sweets present the first of six daily offerings to the Deities, who are dressed in silks an
d ornaments. Singing and dancing, the devotees worship with rapt attention. But, one might ask, who are the Deities?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has clearly explained the Deity worship in his books and lectures. "You cannot approach or see K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 with your present blunt senses and contaminated desires," he writes. "But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that He appears before you in the form of the Deity so that you may see Him and render loving service. Everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, and so 
He can appear in this form if He likes."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple with R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, His eternal consort and pleasure energy, is not a mere idol fas
hioned from imagination, nor is the worship in the temple a whimsical or concocted process. The Vedic scriptures describe in detail the Lord's form and how to carve or paint the form of the Deity. Since the Supreme Lord is absolute, His form is not diffe
rent from Him. Thus the form of the Lord in the temple is an authorized incarnation of the Lord who can accept the loving service of His devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da often gives the example of a mailbox. The post office establishes boxes for the deposit of mail, and because 
these boxes are authorized, putting mail in the box is as good as putting it in the post office itself. Similarly, because the Vedic scriptures authorize the form of the Lord in the temple as a fully potent incarnation of the Lord, to worship the Deity i
n the temple is to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This facility to worship the Lord's form is a great benediction because it enables one to serve the Lord in a personal way and fix one'
s mind upon the Lord's personal features. The vital principle of Deity worship is to fix one's mind upon the form of the Lord and consider oneself His humble servant.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this consciousness, the devotees in New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 consider themselves humble servants of the Deity. Thinking of Him as the owner
 and controller of everything, the devotees depend upon His mercy and act only to please Him. By centering all their activities around K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way, the devotees create the blissful spiritual atmosphere of devotional service that is the ess
ence of New Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub New Dv\'e4rak\'e4\'92s Distribution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Worship is not confined to the temple. Since the Supreme Lord is all-pervading, His devotees go everywhere to preach His glories for th
e benefit of those who have forgotten Him. Although New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 sponsors presentations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in high schools and colleges in the Los Angeles area and also holds daily classes and a Sunday festival at the temple, its most i
mportant programs for spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the distribution of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most visible of the temple's activities is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rta
na, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the public congregational chanting of the holy name of God, as in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-man
tra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The Vedic scriptures recommend t
his chanting as the most effective means for spreading spiritual consciousness in the modern age. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Garu\'f2a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gives the following comparison: "The state of conditioned life in the material world is like the unconsciousness of a man bitten by a snake, for both these unconscious states can be ended by the sound of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Commenting on this verse, our spiritual master explains: "When a man is snake-bitten he does not die immediately, but first becomes unc
onscious and remains in a comatose condition. Anyone who is in the material world is also sleeping, as he is ignorant of his actual self or his actual duty and his relationship with God. So materialistic life means that one is bitten by the snake of}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  illusion, and thus, without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is almost dead. Now the so-called de
ad man bitten by a snake can be brought back again to life by the chanting of some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are expe
rt chanters of these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who can perform this feat. Similarly, one can be brought back into K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness from the deadly unconscious state of material life by hearing of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Understanding the potency of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  new Dv\'e4rak\'e4\'92s devotees go to the busiest areas of Los Angeles to spread this benediction. As their other duties allow, some devotees go out chanting once a week, some once a day, an
d some every day, all day long. This chanting not only purifies those who chant but also those who hear, be they conscious of its potency or not. Thus one who hears the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-man
tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gradually becomes eligible to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and engage in the devotional service of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the background for this chanting is a uniquely detailed, clear, scientific and therefore convincing philosophy of spiritual consc
iousness, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees understand that their most effective preaching is the distribution of their spiritual master's books, which convey this philosophy as originally enunciated by the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 distributes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books not only locally but on a nationwide level, for devotees in New Dv\'e4rak
\'e4 arrange the shipment of books to other K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious centers throughout the United States. According to the devotees who manage New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's book warehouse, last year the warehouse served as a distribution center for five hundred t
ons of books. New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 is also the distribution center for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which now has a mont
hly circulation of almost half a million copies. The money collected on sales of books and magazines goes for printing more, and thus the distribution is always increasing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Locally, devotees distribute K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature personally, hand to hand, to interested readers. The chanting party di
stributes many books, and other devotees, who go out individually with big bags full of books, distribute many more. According to R\'e4me\'e7vara d\'e4sa, one of the chief architects of New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's book distribution program, "These book distribut
ors are the greatest friends of mankind because they are dedicated to spreading knowledge and giving relief and the joyful life everyone is seeking. They don't take vacations; they are always thinking of how to distribute this knowledge."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some devotees are so eager to distribute K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books that they do it all day long. Tripur\'e4ri d\'e4sa, one of New 
Dv\'e4rak\'e4's most enthusiastic distributors, explains: "Every time I give someone a book, I feel that I've pleased my spiritual master. Prabhup\'e4da came here to distribute this science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to everyone, and the duty of the
 disciple is to serve and assist the spiritual master. By pleasing God's devotees one can please God. So when I try to help the mission-of my spiritual master, I know I have pleased K\'e5\'f1\'eba too. Whoever gets a book gets the highest knowledge, and 
he can be really joyful."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Adding still another dimension to New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's programs, Golden Avatar Productions makes the philosophy and chanting of the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement available on the radio, on records and on tape cassettes. Started two years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'ebak\'e4nti d\'e4sa, an electronics engineer who worked for six years with NBC television before joining the New Dv\'e4rak
\'e4 community, Golden Avatar has distributed more than 25,000 tape cassettes and produces a weekly radio show, broadcast by eighty stations throughout the United States.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Brahmac\'e4r\'e9s
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone in New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but how each devotee does so depends upon his skills and leanings and also upon hi
s social status. A Vedic community divides its members into four social groups: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (studen
ts), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (householders), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the retired) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the renounced). Each of these groups has different duties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since the duty of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a married man who wishes to develop detachment and retire from family life\'96is to travel for purification, and the duty of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
anny\'e4s\'e9\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a renounced ascetic\'96is to travel and preach, there are no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprasthas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in residence at New D
v\'e4rak\'e4; all the devotees are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hasthas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are unmarried K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious students. The Vedic culture does not allow an unmarried boy to dally in sexual affairs, for such intrigues simply create agitation, both for oneself and for others, and thus stan
d in the way of spiritual progress. According to the Vedic system, one who feels a need for the companionship of a woman should marry and live as a peaceful and responsible gentleman, and one who does not feel such a need should forget about sex altogeth
er and concentrate his energy in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  life, therefore, is a life of freedom from s
ex\'96and the entanglements that come with it. A}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  need not worry about how to get food, m
oney, a home and security to keep a wife and family happy. He keeps only the bare necessities of life (which K\'e5\'f1\'eba provides very easily), and he can go anywhere at a moment's notice. Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  life is simple and}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub carefree.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can engage full time in cultivating K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for his own spiritual advancement and spreading it for the benefit of others, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  constitute New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's main preaching force. Most of the book distributors and members of the chanting party are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  like R\'e4me\'e7vara and Tripur\'e4ri. New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 also has two groups of three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who travel all around the United States in vans, distributing K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books and telling peop
le about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They take great pleasure in traveling and preaching.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who are not out on the road live in the main temple building at New Dv\'e4rak\'e4. (The unmarried girls live in similar quarters across the street, and married couples live in apartments in the neighborhood.) Living a
nd working together in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  form a closely knit family of 
Godbrothers. "This is an ideal life for spiritual advancement," says Gopav\'e5ndap\'e4la d\'e4sa, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  who serves as New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's temple coordinator, organizing the temple's daily routine work. "Some people may think }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life very austere and dry, but actually it is full of nectar." Gopav\'e5ndap\'e4la, twenty-three years old, was born in California. He lived in various }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  communes prior to}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub joining the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. "Because of the powerful cleansing effect and the joy of the chanting," he says, "I was curious to learn more about the philosophy." Since he was unmarried and wanted to join the tem
ple, he became a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at New Dv\'e4rak\'e4. "We do not give up anything through artificial re
pression," he notes. "But we get more enjoyment from serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba than from material life. One can stay a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if he likes, or one can marry. The main thing is to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Householder Life in New Dv\'e4rak\'e4
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the strict rules of most genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub systems, including }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hatha-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhya-yoga,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub women are not allowed to participate, and men must renounce all family ties. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is so powerful in its purification that its full benefits are available to renounced celibates and to married men and women as well.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Vedic scriptures," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains, "describe two kinds of householders: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hasthas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hamedh\'e9s. A g\'e5hastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a married man who lives with wife and children, but transcendentally\'96to realize the Supreme Truth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e5hamedh\'e9s,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  however, live only for their families and friends; they are envious of others. Please do not be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5ham
edh\'e9."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Disregarding spiritual culture, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hamedh\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  spend their days either making money or spending it, and their nights they spend sleeping or enjoying sex. They depend upon their families, friends, communities and nations, not realizing that these are armies of fallible s
oldiers who cannot protect them from death. Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hamedh\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the final issue, are failures, 
because they die without realizing the ultimate goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious householder is a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  g\'e5hastha}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who lives for transcendental progress, not for envious competition with others for artificial opulence. Most of New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's married couples live in comfortable apartments in f
our nearby buildings owned by the Society, but their lives revolve as much around the temple as around their homes, for the center of their lives is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Since marriage affords a less austere, physically more comfortable existence than the lif
e of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  some devotees find it easier to make K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious progress in marria
ge than in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  life. In return for the pleasures of being a house holder, a married man take
s the responsibility for both the spiritual welfare and material comfort of his family. Thus New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's householders all work at paying jobs\'97some within the New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 community, others outside. Generally the men who work outside give 
half of their income to supporting the temple's programs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, husband and wife assist each other in serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they raise children in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Su\'e7arm\'e4 d\'e4s\'e9, a married girl at New Dv\'e4rak\'e4, says, "Our children, five years old and 
two years old, are automatically learning spiritual principles, and this is one big thing that drew us here. We were trying to do meditation and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and it always had to be when the children were asleep. We couldn't include them in it. But even a child can chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This is a practical spiritual community," comments Um\'e4pati d\'e4sa, a 36-year-old householder who has settled in New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 
with his wife, Il\'e4vat\'e9, and who works as a computer programmer for New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's Spiritual Sky Scented Products Company. "Regardless of one's occupation or social position, anyone can engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and achieve the hig
hest perfection of life."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Spiritual Sky
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By the way you are managing this business," stated a letter from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to Jayat\'e9rtha d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, Pr
esident of the Spiritual Sky Scented Products Company, "I can understand that you are completely surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Spiritual Sky, whose headquarters are also a part of the Los Angeles K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious community, is a commercial ent
erprise organized by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement to gather funds for use in spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual Sky is growing quickly, having doubled its size each year for the past four years and looking to double it again in the comin
g year. The company markets and manufactures incense, oils, shampoo, soap and other scented products. "It may seem contradictory or hard to understand that we are engaged in business dealings but still act on the spiritual platform," says Jayat\'e9rtha, 
the company's slender 24-year-old president. "But it's simply a matter of whose account you are working for. We are working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The revenue from this business is not accumulating in someone's bank account or being used to buy big, luxurio
us houses or something like that. Everyone works here as a volunteer, and their incidental expenses for living are provided. We all live simply, and it works nicely."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "We're not bound up by any of this work," explains Ra\'ebadh\'e9ra d\'e4sa, the company's marketing vice-president. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba ass
ures us in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that anyone who surrenders the fruits of his labors to Him is}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub free from implication in materialistic life. That's the secret of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: work done for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's pleasure." He elaborates further: "Of course, that's not a whimsical principle. We are taking guidance from our spiritual master and scripture. You can't concoct away for serving God and pleasing Him just by doing anything that pleases }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub saying}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it pleases Him. On the other hand, the process isn't dry; since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme and we're His parts and parcels, our pleasure is included in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayat\'e9rtha notes that although Spiritual Sky may appear just like any other enterprise, there are two fundamental differences. The f
irst is that the Company uses its profits only to spread the teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and the second is that the mentality of the staff is transcendental, for it is fixed upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "We are practical spiritualists," says Jayat\'e9rtha. "Funds and organization are useful\'97even jet aircraft and technology can be use
ful if employed properly. We do not deny these things by artificially renouncing them; we simply use them for advancing spiritual understanding."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees are confident about taking on so many apparently worldly activities in New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 because all these activities are 
authorized by a bona fide spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. One cannot take on any spiritual activity by one's whimsical concoction. One must receive guidance from a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the programs in New Dv\'e4rak\'e4\'96from temple worship, to book distribution, to the operation of Spiritual Sky\'96take place und
er \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's sanction. The essence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is "always to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba and never to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba." The spiritual master engages his disciples in such a way that they may always be able to think
 of the Supreme Lord while engaged in their various duties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da travels all over the world, preaching in Nairobi, London, Paris, Sydney, Tokyo, Bombay, Mexico City, and all 
over the United States, but he spends at least three months a year in New Dv\'e4rak\'e4, where he is able to concentrate on translating the Vedic scriptures into English.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Los Angeles, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da rises early and goes on a morning walk in a nearby park or at Venice Beach by the Pacific Oce
an, all the while speaking to his disciples about K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy. Then he comes back to give the morning class to the devotees in the temple from an elevated seat called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub vy\'e4s\'e4sana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy\'e4s\'e4sana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  literally means "the seat of Vy\'e4sa," Vy\'e4sa being the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who originally compiled all the Vedic literature. A bona fide spiritual master must follow in the footsteps of Vy\'e4sa, always glorifying K
\'e5\'f1\'eba according to the conclusions of the Vedic literature.) From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vy\'e4s\'e4sana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9l
a Prabhup\'e4da speaks about the science of God, leads the devotees in chanting and worshiping the Deity, and, on behalf of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, accepts the devotees' service, as a viceroy accepts honor on behalf of a king. The spiritual master never consider
s himself God or accepts service on his own behalf; he only accepts service on behalf of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the building next to the temple are \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's quarters, where he composes his books on a dictaphone. Working at ni
ght, he has produced more than a dozen important books in this way. The devotees of New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 have also made a walled garden for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that he has declared one of his favorite places in the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is traveling in another part of the world, however, he is present in his instructions. He has told 
the devotees that if they always chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba sincerely 
through New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's many programs, they will become completely purified and go back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Conclusion
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New Dv\'e4rak\'e4, then, demonstrates the perfection of renunciation, for the devotees there see everything as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy 
and engage everything in His loving service. New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 is growing because its residents are following in the footsteps of the denizens of the original Dv\'e4rak\'e4 by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba in pure devotion. Of course, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's own celes
tial city is opulent beyond comparison. The Vedic scriptures state, for example, that the residents there enjoy eternal youth and beauty, like K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and that brilliant jewels illuminate its palace walls, making electricity unnecessary. 
New Dv\'e4rak\'e4's working facilities are on a scale more recognizable to this world, but its real opulence\'96for which you will not be able to find a match even if you travel all over the world\'96lies in transcendental knowledge of God. Even the chil
dren there realize that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything, the cause of all causes, and He is their dearest friend, the topic of their talk and play.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees in New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 have practical God conscious knowledge because they know how to practice renunciation by doing everyt
hing in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus they are dedicated to expanding their activities in the future in all ways\'97by distributing more books, welcoming more families and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm
ac\'e4r\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  increasing their success in business, and doing everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure. In return for their endeavors, they do not ask anything of the Lord but tha
t He be pleased to continue engaging them in enthusiastic service to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, His pure devotee. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has declared in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that devotees who work twenty-four hours a day in His service are very dear to Him and will surely attain Him in His eternal spiritual world. In New Dv\'e4rak\'e4\'97and almost one hundred I
SKCON centers like it\'97the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is successfully demonstrating how to live constantly in the highest spiritual consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, while at the same time executing one's daily duties as a student
, businessman or householder. This is an ideal model the entire world can follow.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1800\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Top left,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To attend the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana ceremony before sunrise starts the day with potent spiritual inspiration. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Top right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'c7ilavat\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, head seamstress at New Dv\'e4rak\'e4, sews clothes for the Deities. A true devotee is always engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9 offers the Deities a flame and other articles one after another. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Opposite page}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , The smiling, all attractive R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities are the center of attention for the New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 community. The Deity is no
t an idol; the Lord makes Himself visible in the Deity form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1800\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p23:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotees chant the mah\'e4-mantra at joyous Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba festivals in the parks and beaches of Los Angeles. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  R\'e4me\'e7vara d\'e4sa takes great pleasure in showing an interested gentleman one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books.
 Devotees in this way distribute millions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books every year. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5
\'f1\'ebak\'e4nti d\'e4sa and his associates of Golden Avatar Productions prepare a tape for a radio broadcast. Their motto: "Hearing is the beginning of understanding." \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Natural joy illuminates the face of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1800\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The duty of a brahmacar\'e9 is to engage always in hearing and speaking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1800\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p24:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 householder community. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bottom left
,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Mothers and daughters outside of the Los Angeles temple. Even a child can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and thus participate in the highest system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bottom right.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If one is fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he can make his home very happy simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma. Hare R\'e4
ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jayat\'e9rtha d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9, President of Spiritual Sky. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 2.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spiritual Sky's computer prints out the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra while not engaged doing inventory. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marketing Manager Ra\'ebadh\'e9ra d\'e4sa handles daily affairs of business and finance in transcendental K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. \line }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The computer center at Spiritual Sky. Everything can be used in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. \line }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Devotees in Spiritual Sky's warehouse, who ship out almost 1 million sticks of incense per month, set a perfect e
xample by thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba while engaged in their work. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Spiritual Sky is the largest i
ncense manufacturer in the United States. All its profits go for the service of the Supreme lord.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo on the lawn of Bhaktivedanta Manor by Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R
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ivilization, for it offers a spiritual vantage point from which to see clearly the inconsistencies of modern human society.
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tes in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  purports, "It is understood that in the past people depended on nat
ure's gifts of fruits and flowers without industrial enterprises promoting filthy slums for residential quarters. Advancement of civilization is not established on the growth of mills and factories to deteriorate the finer instincts of the human being; i
t rests on developing the potent spiritual instincts of humanity."
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ns and orchards, dairy cows, lakes, paths, footbridges and greenhouses, could provide an ideal home or business opportunity for a materialist. But our spiritual master, following the Vedic injunction that everything in truth belongs to God, has sanctifie
d the Manor\'96 K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized it\'96by dedicating it to the service of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can bring pleasure to the entire world. Therefore every square inch of Bhaktivedanta Manor is dedicat
ed to the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
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ed lives, guided by the ideas presented here in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We therefore take great pleasure in offe
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATORS}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034
.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 63 \'a9 1974 by the Bhaktivedant
a Book Trust.\line All rights reserved.       Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu a scripturally predicted incarnation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared 500 years ago in India, showed by His personal example how to d
eve lop love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dancing in ecstasy. (Original oil painting by Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa.)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AFRICA: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Capetown, S. Africa\'9774 A Upper Waterkant St.; Nairobi, Kenya\'97P.O. Box 28
946 (E. Africa).
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE AMERICAS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Atlanta, Georgia\'9724 NE 13th St. 30309/ (404) 892-9042; Austin,Texas
\'971003 E. 14 St. 78702/ (512) 476-1558; Birmingham, Alabama\'97537 52nd St. South 35212; Boston, Massachusetts\'9740 N. Beacon St. 02134/ (617) 782-8892; Buenos Aires, Argentina\'97Ecuador # 473; Buffalo, New York\'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-
0281; Caracas, Venezuela\'97Calle Luis Roche No. 61, Colinas, De Los Chaguaramos/ 760-0783; Chicago, lllinois\'971014 Emerson St., Evanston 60201/ (312) 475-9126; Cleveland, Ohio\'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 451-0418; Dallas, Texas\'97
5430 Gurley St. 75223/ (214) 827-6330; Denver, Colorado\'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; Detroit, Michigan\'978311 E. Jefferson Ave. 48214/ (313) 824-6000; Gainesville, Fiorida\'971104 N.W. 3rd Avenue 32601; Honolulu, Hawaii\'971578 Ala Aoloa Lo
op 96819/ (808) 839-2210; Houston, Texas\'97707 Hawthorne St. 77006/ (713) 526-0475; Laguna Beach, California\'97641 Ramona Ave. 92651/ (714) 494-9172; Los Angeles, California\'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; Mexico City, Mexico\'97Gobernador 
Tiburcio., Montiel No. 45, San Miguel, Mexico City 18/ (905) 515-4242; Miami, Fiorida\'974001 Kumquat Ave., Coconut Grove 33133/ (305) 448-7893; Montreal, Canada\'973720 Park Ave., Montreal 130, Quebec/ (514) 849-4319; New Orleans, Louisiana\'972936 Espl
anade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-1313; New Vrindavan, W. Virginia\'97RD No. 3. Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; New York, New York\'97439 Henry St., Brooklyn 11231/ (212) 596-9658; Ottawa, Canada\'97224 Besserer St., Ontario/ (613) 829-2174; Philadelphia, P
ennsylvania\'97424 E. Woodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania\'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; Portland, Oregon\'972507 NE Stanton St. 97212/ (503) 284-6395; Regina, Canada\'971863 Rae St., Saskatchewan/ (306) 523-6825; Rio
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a St. 94103/ (415) 864-9233; Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic\'97Calle Cayetano Rodriguez No. 36; Santiago, Chile\'97Padre Mariano 70C, Providencia 9; Seattle, Washington\'971400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 329-9348; Toronto, Canada\'97187 Gerrard St. E
ast, Toronto 225, Ontario/ (416) 922-5415; Vancouver, Canada\'971774 West 16th Ave., Vancouver-9, B.C./ (604) 732-8422; Washington, D.C.-2015 "Q" St. NW 20009/ (202) 667-3516.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ASIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bombay, India\'97Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Road. Juhu Village, Bombay 54/57
7315; Calcutta, India\'973 Albert Road, Calcutta 17/44-3757; Hyderabad, India\'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, A. P.; Kowloon, Hong Kong\'9745A Broadway, 15/Floor, Mei Foo Sun Chuen; Mayapur, India\'97ISKCON International Center. P.O. Sree Ma
yapur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); New Delhi, India\'97G 12 Anand Niketan 110023/011-671-643; Tokyo, Japan\'973-4-18, Shimo-Ochiai Shinjuku-ku/ 951-5809; Vrindavan, India\'97Radha-Damodar Temple, Seva Kunj, Mathura. U.P.; Vrindavan, India\'97Chattik
ara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P./178.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AUSTRALIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Adelaide, Australia\'9713A Frome St., Adelaide, S.A./ 020-253160; Auckland,
 New Zealand\'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; Melbourne, Australia\'9714 Burnett St., St. Kilda, Victoria 3182/ 663-1331; Melbourne. Australia\'97299 St. Lonsdale St., Victoria; Perth, Australia\'97G.P.O. Box SB 64, W.A. 6001; Sydney, Austral
ia\'9712 Wallaroy Crescent, Double Bay, Sydney, N.S.W./365671.
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in 31, Kurfurstendamm 153/ 8-86-25-39; Edinburgh, Scotland\'9714 Forrest Road (U.K.)/ 031-225-4797; Geneva, Switzerland\'979, chemin du Credo, 1213 Petit Lancy/ 921-318; Hamburg, W.Germany\'972 Hamburg 54, Kapitelbuschweg 20/ 570-53-82; Heidelberg, W.Ger
many\'9769 Heidelberg 1, Karlsruherstr. 31/ 31354; London, England\'977 Bury Place, Bloomsbury WC1/ 01-405-1463; London, England\'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford WD2 8EP, Hertfordshire/ Radlett 7244; Manchester, England\'97382 Great Clowe
s St., Salford 7, Lancs.; Munich, W. Germany\'978042 Oberschleissheim, Dr. Hoffmeister Str. 7/ 3150421; Paris, France\'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 Paris/ 727.02.02; Rome, Italy\'97Sede Centrale: Via Mistretta 2, (Piazza Lodi) 00182; Stockholm, Sweden\'97Solh
agavagen 22, 16352 Spanga/ 760-0852.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Perfect Questions, Perfect Answe
rs
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Conversations about spiritual life between Bob Cohen, a young Peace Corps worker in India, and His Divine Grace A.C. Bha
ktivedanta Swami}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da. Recorded at the ISKCON International Center at Lord Caitanya's Birt
hplace, M\'e4y\'e4pur, India
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "God." "Spiritual life." These were such vague terms to me before I met Prabhup\'e4da. I have always been interested i
n religion, but before I met the devotees, I did not have the intelligence or proper perspective needed to inquire fruitfully about spiritual life. I had been to Hebrew School and had studied Oriental philosophy, but I could never get satisfying answers 
to my questions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\ri360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After graduating college with a B.S. in Chemistry, I joined the Peace Corps and went to India as a science teacher. In Indi
a I inquired about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. I was curious about its authenticity. Attracted by the chanting and intrigued by the philosophy, I had visited the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in New York several times before going to India, but
 I did not consider the seemingly austere life of a devotee for myself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\ri360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India I first met the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees in Calcutta during October of 1972. The devotees could clearly e
xplain to me the purpose of yoga and the need to inquire about spiritual life. I began to feel that the rituals and ceremonies they practiced were not dull, sentimental obligations, but a real, sensible way of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\ri360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At first, however, it was very difficult for me to understand the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In so many su
btle ways, my Western upbringing prevented me from seeing things that were as plain as the nose on my face! Fortunately, the devotees convinced me of the need to practice some few basic austerities, and thus I was able to gain the intelligence and desire
 to understand spiritual life. I can now recall how distant and tenuous my concepts of spiritual and transcendental existence were. I met Prabhup\'e4da briefly at this time, and shortly thereafter I decided to become a vegetarian. (I was proud of being a
 vegetarian, but later Prabhup\'e4da reminded me that even pigeons are vegetarians.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\ri360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In February I met some devotees in Calcutta, and they invited me to a festival in M\'e4y\'e4pur (a holy island ninety miles
 north of Calcutta) in honor of the appearance day of Lord Caitanya, who is considered an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. I left for M\'e4y\'e4pur planning to stay two days at the most, but ended up staying a week. There I met Prabhup\'e4da again.
 I was the only Western nondevotee on the island, and since I was living with the devotees on their land, this was a unique opportunity to learn intimately about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When I met Prabhup\'e4da, he asked me how I was and if I had a
ny questions. The devotees had explained to me that Prabhup\'e4da could answer any questions about spiritual life because he represents a disciplic succession of spiritual masters. I thought that Prabhup\'e4da might really know what is going on in the wo
rld. After all, his devotees claimed this, and I admired and respected his devotees. So with this in mind I began to ask my question. Inadvertently, I had approached a spiritual master }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (guru)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the proper manner, submissively asking questions about spiritual matters.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\ri360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da was pleased, and over the next several days he answered my questions. I asked them mostly from an academic po
int of view, but Prabhup\'e4da always gave me personal answers so that I would take to spiritual life. Prabhup\'e4da was patiently trying to help me understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) is the supreme enjoyer, supreme friend and supreme proprietor. I put
 forward many impediments to accepting the obvious: that I would have to become serious about God consciousness to understand God. But Prabhup\'e4da relentlessly yet kindly urged me on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\ri360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now I am back in the United States working for my master's degree in geology at Rutgers, sponsoring K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
s activities on the campus, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba myself every day, and associating with the devotees at the temple in New York. Gradually, am overcoming material impediments. Due to the kindness of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, I have realized the i
mportance of inquiring about spiritual life from a genuinely self-realized person. Spiritual life has thus become more real to me and less sentimental.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob Cohen
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This movement is especially meant to enable a human being t
o reach the real goal of life. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The real goal\'97?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The real goal of life. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Is the real goal of life to know God? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. To go back home, back to Godhead. That is the real goa
l of life. Just like the water that comes from the sea\'97it forms clouds, the clouds fall down as rain, and the actual goal is to flow down the river and again enter the sea. So, we have come from God, and now we are embarrassed by this material life. T
herefore, our aim should be to get out of this embarrassing situation and go back home, back to Godhead. This is the real goal of life.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m upetya punar janma\line du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam\line n\'e4pnuvanti mah\'e4tm\'e4na\'f9\line sa\'e0siddhi\'e0
 param\'e4\'e0 gat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ["After attaining Me, the great souls, who are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogi's}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the version of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If anyone comes to Me\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upetya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he does not come back again. Where? To this place\'97}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This place is the abode of miseries. Everyone knows, but they have been 
fooled, befooled by so-called leaders. This is miserable life, material life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, God says, that this place is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f9kh\'e4layam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is a place of miseries. And it is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 temporary. You cannot make a compromise: "All right, let it be miserable. I shall remain here as an American or Indian." No! That also you cannot do. You cannot remain an American. You may think that, having been born in America, you are very happy. But
 you cannot remain an American for long. You will have to be kicked out of that place. And your next life you do not know! Therefore, it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub miserable and temporary. That is our philosophy. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But when you have some knowledge of God, then life is not so miserable?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No! }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  knowledge will not do. You must have perfect knowledge.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\line }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Bg. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tattvata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "perfectly." Perfect knowledge is being taught in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So, we are giving human society a chance to learn }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as it is and make their lives perfect. That is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Science of the Soul
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What does your science say about the transmigration of the 
soul?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I think...that science...cannot deny or affirm it. Science does not know it.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore I say that science is imperfect.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Science may, though,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say something. It is said in science that energy is never destroyed; it is just changed. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That's all right. But how the energy is working in the futu
re\'96that science does not know. How is the energy diverted? How, by different manipulations, is the energy working differently? For instance, electrical energy. By different handling it is operating the heater, and it is operating the refrigerator. The
y are just the opposite, but the electrical energy is the same. Similarly, this energy\'96living energy\'96how is it being directed? Which way is it going? How is it fructifying in the next life? That they do not know. But in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is very simply stated.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni yath\'e4 vih\'e4ya\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub [Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You are covered by a dress, by a shirt. When this shirt is unusable, you change it. Similarly, this body is just like a shirt and coat. When it is no longer workabl
e, we have to change it. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What is the "we" that has to change? What is constant? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is the soul. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  From one life to the next? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is the soul\'96I. What "you" is speaking? You! What "I
" is speaking? Identity: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or soul.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  My soul is different from your soul?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. You are an individual soul, I am an individual soul. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You have removed yourself from karmic influences. If I was to remove myself from 
karmic influences, would our souls be the same or different? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The soul is of the same quality in all. You are under a cer
tain conception of life at the present moment, and these countrymen of yours [the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness devotees] were under a certain conception of life, but by training they have taken to another conception of life. So the ultimate training is h
ow to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is perfection.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If two people are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, is their soul the same? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The soul is always the same.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In each person? In each person is it the same?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ah, yes. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [pointing to two devotees]: If these two are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, are their s
ouls the same? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The soul is the same but always individual, even if they ar
e not K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. For instance, you are a human being, and I am a human being. Even if I am not a Christian, even if you are not a Hindu, still we are human beings. Similarly, the soul may not be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, or he may be K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious\'97it doesn't matter. But the soul is the soul. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Can you tell me more about this? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Soul\'97as pure spirit, all souls are equal. Even in an ani
mal. Therefore it is said [Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.18] }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who are actually learned do not see the outward covering, either in a human being or in an animal.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Feeling God Inside
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If I may ask another question on this?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I have considered the soul somewhat as part of God. At times I think I feel God. 
I'm here, and you may say God is here. So if the soul is inside me, then should I be able to feel God inside me? Not all of God, I mean, but a...
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Part of God. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But I don't feel God in me, but God may be here, separate-separate from me. But s
hould I be able to feel God inside me, since my soul is part of God?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. God is inside also. God is everywhere. God is inside a
nd outside also. This is to be known. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How do you feel God inside you?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Not in the beginning, but you have to know from the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [scriptures], by the Vedic information. For example, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9
 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God is there in every one's heart. [Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 8.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Param\'e4\'ebu-cay\'e4ntara-stham }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.35}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : God is also within every atom. So this is the first information. And then, by the yogic process, you have to realize it. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yogic process? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Is chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba such a yogic process?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, it is also a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogic process.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What kind of yogic process must I do to find out\'96to feel this information\'96t
o feel the soul inside? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, there are many different yogic processes, but for this
 age this process is very nice. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chanting. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Through this 1 can feel not only God outside but God inside? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You'll understand everything of God\'96how God is inside, h
ow God is outside, how God is working. Everything will be revealed. By this attitude of service, God will reveal Himself. You cannot understand God by your endeavor. Only if God reveals Himself. Just like\'97when the sun is out of your sight at night, yo
u cannot see it by your torchlight, or any light. But in the morning you can see the sun automatically, without any torchlight. Similarly, you have to create a situation\'97you have to put yourself in a situation\'96in which God will be revealed. It is n
ot that by some method you can ask God, "Please come. I will see You." No, God is not your order carrier.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You must please God for Him to reveal Himself. Is that correct? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Finding A Spiritual Master
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara [\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's secretary]:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How do we know when we are
 pleasing God?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When we see Him. Then you will understand. Just as, when yo
u eat, you do not require to ask anyone whether you are feeling strength or your hunger is satisfied, if you eat, you understand that you are feeling energy. You don't need to inquire from anyone. Similarly, if you actually serve God, then you will under
stand, "God is dictating to me. God is there. I am seeing God." A devotee: Or God's representative. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It comes easier. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You have to go through God's representative.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9-Gurv-a\'f1\'f6akam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If you please God's representative, then automatically God becomes 
pleased, and thus you can directly see Him. An Indian gentleman: How to please God's representative?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You have to carry out his orders, that's all. God's represe
ntative is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He asks you to do this, to do that\'96if you do that, that is pleasing.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4pras\'e4d\'e4n na gati\'f9 kuto 'pi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Without the grace of the spiritual master one cannot make any advancement." if you displease him, then you are nowhere. Therefore we worship the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strair\line uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi\'f9\line kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya
 eva tasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ["The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord because of his being the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged by all rev
ealed scriptures and is followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9-Gurv-a\'f1\'f6akam)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should be accepted as God. That is the injunction of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should be}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acc
epted as a representative of God?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God's representative. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the external manifestation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But different from the incarnations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that come? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In what way is the external manifestation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  different from the external manifestation of, let us say, K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Caitanya when They come to earth?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So there are symptoms of who is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The general symptoms are described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet\line samit-p\'e4\'ebi\'f9 \'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham\line }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mundaka Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.12}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
must come in a disciplic succession, and he must have heard thoroughly about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from his s
piritual master. Generally a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub symptom is that he is a perfect devotee, that's all. And he s
erves K\'e5\'f1\'eba by preaching His message. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya\'97He was a different type }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  than you are? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, no. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot be of different types. All }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are of one type.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But He was\'96was He also an incarnation at the same time? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, but He is representing t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I. . . I see. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And then. . .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was God, He demanded:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But people misunderstood Him. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba again came as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and taught people }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub how to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Doesn't He say in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the spiritual master"?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, He is the original spiritual master because He was acc
epted as spiritual master by Arjuna. So what is the difficulty? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7i\'f1yas te 'ha\'e0 s\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0h prapannam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna told the Lord, "I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 2.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So unless He is a spiritual master, how does Arju
na become His disciple? He is the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru. Tene brahma h\'e5d\'e4 ya \'e4di-kavaye:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "It is 
He only who first imparted Vedic knowledge unto the heart of Brahm\'e4, the first created being." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore He is the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. He is the original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then His disciple Brahm\'e4 is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  then his disciple N\'e4rada is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  then his disciple Vy\'e4sa is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in this way there is a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru-parampar\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [disciplic succession of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub gurus\}. Eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [Bg. 4.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The transcendental knowledge is received through the disciplic succession.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Receiving Knowledge From K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  receives his knowledge through the disciplic succession, not directly from K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Do you recieve some knowledge directly from K\'e5\'f1\'eba? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direct instruction is there: }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub !}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I see, but. . .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But you have to learn it through the disciplic succession, 
otherwise you will misunderstand it. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But presently you do not receive information directly from K\'e5\'f1\'eba? It com
es through the disciplic succession from the books?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is no difference. Suppose I say that this is a pencil
. If you say to him, "This is a pencil," and if he says to another man, "This is a pencil," then what is the difference between his instruction and my instruction?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy allows you to know this now?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You can take K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy also, provided it is de
livered as it is. Just as we are teaching }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Just give up all other forms of religion and simply surrender unto Me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now we are saying that you should g
ive up everything and surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instruction and our instruction. There is no deviation. So if you receive knowledge in that perfect way, that is as good as receiving instructio
n directly from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But we don't change anything. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When I pray reverently, faithfully, does K\'e5\'f1\'eba hear me? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  From me to Him? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, because He is within your heart He is always hearing y
ou\'97whether you are praying or not praying. When you are doing some nonsense, He is also hearing you. And when you pray, that is very good\'97welcome.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  To K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ear, is praying louder than nonsense?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No. He is all-perfect. He can hear everything. Even if you 
don't speak, even if you simply think, "I shall do it," then He hears you. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarvasya c\'e4ha\'e0 h\'e5di sannivi\'f1\'f6a\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is seated in everyone's heart. [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.15
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But one should pray\'97is that so?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is his business\'97praying.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Whose business? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Every living entity's. That is the only business. }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]. That is the statement of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What does that mean? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He supplies everything to everyone. He is supplying food to
 everyone. So He is the Father. So why should you not pray, "Father, give me this"? Just as in the Christian Bible there is, "Father, give us our daily bread." That is good\'97they are accepting the Supreme Father. But grown-up children should not ask fr
om the father; rather, they should be prepared to serve the father. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [devotion]. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  My questions you solve so nicely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Everyone laughs with affection.)
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thank you very much.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So, should I ask you another question now?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Oh, yes. Yes!
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Sex and Liberation
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I've asked devotees about how they feel towards sex in their relations, and I see
 the way they feel, but I can't see myself acting the same way. See, I'll be getting married at the end of this summer.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hmm? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I'll be getting married at the end of this summer, in September or August when I 
return to America. And the devotees say that the householders only have sex to conceive a child, and 1 cannot picture myself at all in such a position, and\'96um\'96what kind of sex life can one lead, living in the material world?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Vedic principle is that one should avoid sex life altog
ether. The whole Vedic principle is to get liberation from material bondage. There are different attachments for material enjoyment, of which sex life is the topmost enjoyment. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says that this material world. . .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu\'e0sa\'f9 striy\'e4 mithun\'e9bh\'e4vam etam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
[}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.5.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Man is attached to women, and woman is attached to man. Not only in human society\'97in animal society also. That attachment is the basic principle of material life
. So, a woman is hankering or seeking after the association of a man, and a man is hankering or seeking for the association of a woman. All the fiction novels, dramas, cinema and even ordinary advertisements that you see simply depict the attachment betw
een man and woman. Even in the tailor's shop you will find in the window some woman and some man.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prav\'e5ttir e\'f1\'e4\'e0 bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 niv\'e5ttis tu mah\'e4phal\'e4m }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Manu-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So this attachment is already there. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Attachment between man and woman?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Man and woman. So if you want to get liberation from this m
aterial world, then that attachment should be reduced to nil. Otherwise, simply further attachment\'97you will have to take rebirth, either as a human being or as a demigod or as an animal, as a serpent, as a bird, as a beast. You will have to take birth
. So, this basic principle of increasing attachment is not our business, although it is the general tendency. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e5ha, k\'f1etra, suta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [home, land, sons]. But if one can reduce and stop it, that is first class. Therefore our Vedic system is to first of all train a boy as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no sex life. The Vedic principle is to reduce attachment, not to increase it. Therefore the whole system is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Indian system calls for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub var\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub four social orders and four spiritual orders. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmacarya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [celibate s
tudent life], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [married life], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [retired life] and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [renounced life]\'97these are the spiritual orders. And the social orders include }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [intellectuals], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [administr
ators], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [merchants and farmers] and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [ordinary workers]. So under this system, the regulative principles are so nice that even if one has the tendency to enjoy material li
fe, he is so nicely molded that at last he achieves liberation and goes back home, back to Godhead. This is the process. So sex life is not required, but because we are attached to it, therefore there are some regulative principles under which it is main
tained.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Bodily Conception of Life
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that\'97
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu\'e0sa\'f9 striy\'e4 mithun\'e9-bh\'e4vam eta\'e0\line tayor mitho h\'e5daya-granthim \'e4hu\'f9\line ato g\'e5ha-k\'f1etra-su
t\'e4pta-vittair\line janasya moho 'yam aha\'e0 mameti\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.5.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This sex life is the basic principle of material life\'97attachment for man or woman. And when they are united, when a man and woman are united, that attachment bec
omes increased, and that increased attachment will induce one to accumulate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a home), }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1etra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (land), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sut
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (children), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4pta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (friendship or society) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vitta. Vitta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means money. In this way}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97g\'e5ha-k\'f1etra-sut\'e4pta-vittai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he becomes entangled. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janasya moho 'yam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this is the illusion. And by this illusion he thinks, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub aham mameti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am this body, and anything in relationship with this body is mine." 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What is that again?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This attachment increases. The material attachment involves
 thinking, "I am this body, and because I have this body in a particular place, that is my country." And that is going on: "I am American, I am Indian, I am German, I am this, I am that\'96this body. This is my country. I shall sacrifice everything for m
y country and society." So in this way, the illusion increases. And under this illusion, when he dies he gets another body. That may be a superior body or inferior body, according to his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So if he gets a superior body, then that is also an entanglement, even if he goes to the heavenly planets. But if he becomes a cat or dog, then his life is 
lost. Or a tree\'97there is every chance of it. So this science is not known in the world\'96how the soul is transmigrating from one body to another, and how he is being entrapped in different types of bodies. This science is unknown. Therefore when Arju
na was speaking\'97"If I kill my brother, if I kill my grandfather on the other side. . . "\'97he was simply thinking on the basis of the bodily concept of life. But when his problems could not be solved, he surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and accepted Him
 as spiritual master. And when K\'e5\'f1\'eba became his spiritual master, He chastised Arjuna in the beginning:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'e7ocy\'e4n anva\'e7ocas tva\'e0\line praj\'ef\'e4-v\'e4d\'e4\'e0\'e7 ca bh\'e4\'f1ase\line gat\'e4s\'fcn agat\'e4s\'fc\'e0
\'e7 ca\line n\'e4nu\'e7ocanti pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You are talking like a learned man, but you are fool number one because you are talking about the bodily concept of life." So this sex life increases the bodily co
ncept of life. Therefore, the whole process is to reduce it to nil. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  To reduce it over the stages of your life?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. Reduce it. Just as a boy is trained up as a student up
 to twenty-five years, restricting sex life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahmac\'e4r\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So, some of the boys remain }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nai\'f1\'f6hika-brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [celibate for life]. Because they are given education and they become
 fully conversant with spiritual knowledge, they don't want to marry. But one who has no such restraint is allowed to marry. That is also restricted\'97he cannot have sex life without being married. Therefore in human society there is marriage, not in an
imal society.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Spiritual Culture in a Degraded Society
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But people are gradually descending from human society to a
nimal society. They are forgetting marriage. That is also predicted in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  12.2.3]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Dam-paty
e 'bhirucir hetu\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the Kali-yuga [the present age of quarrel], eventually there will be no marriage performances; the boy and the girl will simply agree to live together
, and their relationship will exist on sexual power. If the man or the woman is deficient in sex life, then there is divorce. So, for this philosophy there are many Western philosophers like Freud and others who have written so many books. But according 
to Vedic culture, we are interested in sex only for begetting children, that's all. Not to study the psychology of sex life. There is already natural psychology for that. Even if one does not read any philosophy, he is sexually inclined. Nobody is taught
 it in the schools and colleges. Everyone already knows how to do it. [He laughs.] That is the general tendency. But education should be given to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stop}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it. That is real education.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [There is a long pause, filled with the sound of bicycle horns, children playing, and throngs of people calling to one 
another.]
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Presently, in America, that's a radical concept.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Well, in America there are so many things that require refo
rmation, and this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement will bring that. I went to your country and saw that the boys and girls were living like friends, so I said to my students, "You cannot live together as friends; you must get yourselves married."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Many people see that even marriage is not sacred, so they find no desire to marry
. Because people get married, and if things are not proper, they get a divorce so very easily. . . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, that also. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  . . . that some people feel that to get married is not meaningful.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, their idea is that marriage is for legalized prostituti
on. They think like that, but that is not marriage. Even that Christian paper\'97what is that? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Watch\'97? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Watchtower? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Watchtower.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It has criticized that one priest has allowed a marriage between two men\'97homosexuality. So these things are all going on. They take it purel
y for prostitution, that's all. So therefore people are thinking, "What is the use of keeping a regular prostitute at such heavy expenditure? Better not to have this."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You use that example of the cow and the market.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes\'97when the milk is available in the marketplace, what 
is the use of keeping a cow? [Everyone laughs.] It is a very abominable condition in the Western countries\'97I have seen it. Here also in India, gradually it is coming. Therefore we have started this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement to educate peop
le in the essential principles of spiritual life. It is not a sectarian religious movement. It is an essential cultural movement for everyone's benefit.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON NEWS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A brief look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Festivals Of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE DEVOTEES of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness are preparing for a number of important upcoming festivals that are celebrated every year. These
 festivals are great transcendental opportunities because they afford one the chance to hear about, chant about and remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the association of pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees invite everyone to j
oin in the bliss of these celebrations. For further details, please write or call the ISKCON center nearest you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE FIRST CELEBRATION}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is Rathay\'e4tr\'e4, w
hich occurs this year on June 21. (K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals occur on a different day every year, according to our Western solar calendar, because their appearance is calculated by the Vedic calendar, which is lunar.) The Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 festiv
al, which has been observed in India's holy city of Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 for thousands of years, glorifies Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His form as Lord Jagann\'e4tha, which means "the Lord of the universe."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the Deity is omnipotent, He can appear in fully spiritual incarnations apparently made of wood. Lord Jagann\'e4tha is such an i
ncarnation of the Lord. On the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 day, the devotees bring the Jagann\'e4tha Deity on a parade of many miles in a huge cart. Chanting and dancing jubilantly, the thousands of people who gather for the festival pull the cart through the stree
ts with long ropes. The celebration concludes with a sumptuous feast of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  food f
irst offered to Lord Jagann\'e4tha. In London and in San Francisco, the first city in the West where the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival was held, thousands of people participate in celebrating Rathay\'e4tr\'e4.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE NEXT FESTIVAL,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, m
arks the Appearance Day of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is what we might naturally call His "birthday" except that K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not take birth like an ordinary human being. His so-called birth is a transcendental pastime He performs through His mysti
c potency. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhavi\'f1ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said, "My Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, please let us kno
w the date when Your mother, Devak\'e9-dev\'e9, gave birth to You. If You kindly inform us about this, we shall observe a great celebration on this date. We are souls one hundred percent surrendered unto Your lotus feet, and we wish only to please You wi
th our ceremonies." K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees, therefore, hold great celebrations on the Appearance Day of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, especially in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, where the Lord appeared on earth, and in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, a K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onscious community in the hills of West Vriginia that is a transcendental replica of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's original abode. This year, Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 occurs on the 11th of August.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE NEXT FESTIVAL,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4, cele
brates the Appearance Day of the spiritual master. According to all the revealed Vedic scriptures, one should honor the spiritual master as much as one honors the Supreme Lord because he is a confidential representative of the Lord. The Appearance Day of
 our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, is the day after Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9. Thus the devotees observe Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, as Vedic scriptures enjoin, by fasting all day and hearing and chanting Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's glories; then on the next day, Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4, the devotees glorify the spiritual master by offering prayers, flowers and ceremonies in his honor, and then an opulent feast. Since the service of the spiritual master is the life and soul 
of a sincere disciple, all the members of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement observe Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4 with great devotion. In New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, almost one thousand people gather annually for celebrations of Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 and Vy\'e4s
a-p\'fcj\'e4 that extend for an entire week. The many advanced devotees who attend give special discourses about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and, except on Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, there is opulent feasting daily throughout the week of the festival.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FINALLY,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, the Appe
arance Day of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, takes place after the Appearance Day of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, on September 23. R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure potency, and She appears as His eternal consort. She is the symbo
l of devotional service in the highest degree. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it is very difficult to approach Him. But devotees take advantage of His compassionate nature, represented by R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, by always
 praying to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's compassion. Again, devotees celebrate this festival by chanting and feasting in great ecstasy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub photos p9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top-Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa; Bottom-Mah\'e4jana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub photos p10:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top-Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa; Bottom left-Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa; Bottom right-Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa;
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Education to End All Miseries
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Education to End All Miserie
s
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY HIS HOLINESS }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 SATSVAR\'dcPA D\'c4SA GOSV\'c4M\'c9}{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0   
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the 
Editor of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is currently traveling with His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
, serving as his personal secretary.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EVERYONE WILL AGREE that a human being needs some kind of education. Some teachers stress preparing oneself for an occupat
ion, while others assert that the quest for knowledge itself sufficiently justifies an education. But unless one's vocational education or search for knowledge can reveal to him his own identity, the purpose of life, his relationship with God and the uni
verse, and the path of freedom from material miseries, whatever else he learns is but a waste of time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The well-known incident of the unduly proud scholar and the boatman illustrates this point. A scholar once engaged a ferryboat man to r
ow him across a river. Observing that his boatman was quite uneducated, the scholar began to show off his own learning and simultaneously criticize the boatman.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My good boatman," the scholar said, "just see how the first stars are appearing in the sky. We may observe the juxtapositions of plane
ts and stars to a degree that is marvelous. Tell me, do you know the science of astronomy?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "No sir," the boatman replied, adding that he knew little beyond rowing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You don't know astronomy?" the scholar said. "Poor fellow! Then your life is twenty-five percent wasted."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some time passed, and the scholar began commenting upon the various land formations around them, boasting that he was also a master of 
geology. "Do you knew the science of geology?" he asked. When the boatman said he did not, the scholar declared, "Oh, then fifty percent of your life is wasted." Then the scholar next launched into a dissertation on psychology, and when the boatman admit
ted he knew nothing about it, the scholar announced, "Indeed, seventy-five percent of your life is wasted!"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suddenly black clouds began pouring rain, and a squall rocked the little ferryboat. Within minutes the storm became so serious that wav
es broke over the ferry's, sides, and the ferryman, seeing they would have to abandon the boat, turned to the scholar and said, "Sir; I'm afraid this boat is lost. We'll have to swim for it. Do you know the art of swimming?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the scholar replied, "I don't know how to swim."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Oh, sir," said the boatman, "then one hundred percent of your life is wasted!" He then dove into the river and began swimming, while t
he educated scholar drowned.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus although a man may pretend to be educated, his education is useless if he does not learn how to save himself from the miseries of 
life and ultimately from death itself. The Vedic literature refers to a human being who does not use his human birth to solve life's perplexities as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or miser. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Garga Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states; "
He is a miserly man who does not solve the problems of life and who thus quits this world like the cats and dogs, without understanding the science of self-realization." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'eb. Up. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.8.10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The 
real wealth of human life lies in becoming enlightened and solving the problems of life. Education that misses or ignores this must be considered subhuman.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Facing the Problems
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What, then, are the problems of existence? First, there are the fourfold miseries birth, death, disease and old age. There are miseries caused by other living entit
ies, such as biting bugs and human enemies; there are miseries caused by the very nature of our bodies, such as mental anxiety, indigestion and broken limbs, and there are miseries inflicted on us by natural calamities beyond human control}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  such as earthquakes, droughts and floods. For our education to be fruitful, it should help us find a solut
ion these problems.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One might object to our assumption that human life should yield freedom from miseries. Some people think misery the natural human condi
tion. They say we are meant-to suffer. Nevertheless, living entities of all species want to be happy and avoid suffering; no one takes suffering naturally. Misery may seem inevitable, yet philosophers, humanitarians and politicians ever seek its remedies
. Not only does a human being try to avoid suffering; even an ant resists being killed. Ask anyone if he is eager to deteriorate with old age. To answer honestly, one would have to say no. What about disease or death? Would anyone like to die right now? 
"No thanks." Sometimes people try to block out suffering with sensual pleasure. For example, one might temporarily forget one's anxieties through drugs or liquor. But after the high wears off, the anxieties return.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One's claim to be happy and content is a deception if one has not conquered the miseries of birth, death, old age and disease. For exam
ple, say we were to visit a friend in the hospital and find that his leg was in traction, he was unable to pass urine unless a nurse brought a bedpan, he had to receive shots regularly, and he could not eat solid food. If we asked our friend how he was f
eeling and he replied, "I'm all right," we might ask, "What is that 'I'm all right'?" With so many miseries, how could he consider himself all right?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such illusions of well-being and satisfaction are common among lower animals. Cattle and chickens, for instance, eat their grass and gr
ains in contentment, although their master feeds them simply to kill them. A human being, however, won't stand for being miserable. He protests, or he seeks a solution.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hedonists, of course, say that the only solution is to go on enjoying the pleasures of the senses and not dwell on miseries, but unfort
unately life's miseries curb their pleasure at every step. One might have palatable food to eat, but if someone were to mix sand into it, no one would be able to enjoy it, for although its taste would still be there, the sand would grit against one's tee
th and nullify the enjoyment. The pains of material life similarly nullify all the enjoyments of the material world. But if despite all sufferings, one is determined to enjoy material life\'96 to eat sweet food mixed with sand\'96still one cannot. No one
 is allowed to stay here. We may want to make our home here and enjoy, but death kicks us out. There are no exceptions. Everyone is forced to leave.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, with the facilities of human life, one should seek an ultimate solution to misery. Still one might object that to stop suffe
ring is impossible, The painter Van Gogh once wrote in a letter, "Misery is eternal," But the solution is at hand, as we shall describe herein, if only one approaches the problem seriously and receives the proper education.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Giants Who Fail Us
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should think that if we scrutinized the works of great writers, scientists and artists, they would help us conquer these miseries. But as we consult our great th
inkers, we find they do not have the solution. Socrates, Shakespeare, Freud or the latest Nobel Prize winning scientists may be giants in their fields, but reading their works cannot free one from death or old age, Scientists, of course, are well-known f
or what they supposedly will do in the future. Those called gerontologists even profess to be on the verge of discovering how to stop aging and death. But according to a recent report in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Newsweek,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "they have not reached anything even resembling an elixir of youth." In any case, aside from hopes that some heroic scientist may rescue us from our prob
lems, the miseries of birth, death, old age and disease have no solution. No one wants them, but no one is free from them,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even humanity's greatest scientists and philosophers cannot solve the problems of life because everyone born into the material world is
 conditioned by four basic imperfections. First, we are prone to make mistakes\'96"to err is human." In India, for instance, Mahatma Gandhi was supposed to have been a very great person, but he too committed mistakes. Five minutes before he came to the m
eeting at which he was killed, his confidential associates warned him not to go, but nevertheless he persisted. Another imperfection is that we fall into illusion, mistaking one thing for another. We are also imperfect in that we are prone to cheat. For 
example, I must admit that I sometimes make mistakes and sometimes fall into illusion. But if nevertheless I write a book claiming to be the truth, is that not cheating? How can one subject to so many imperfections claim to be a teacher? And another impe
rfection is that we have limited senses. With our limited ears we can hear only a certain range of sounds, and with our eyes we observe the huge sun in the sky to be no bigger than a half dollar. These conditions of material nature, imposed upon one and 
all, limit man in his knowledge.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Perfect Intelligence
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But perfect knowledge to free us from suffering is available\'96from the perfect source. Unlike knowledge spoken by imperfect, conditioned living entities, that spo
ken by God is perfect, free of defect. There is a supremely intelligent being, and His intentions toward mankind are loving. As the supreme creator, He can give the knowledge for supreme freedom from misery.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atheists argue that there is no Supreme God, but they cannot explain how the huge cosmic manifestation of universes, planets and living
 beings has come about. The pious accept that God is the creator, but atheists speculate that everything has arisen automatically through spontaneous combustion, chance chemical and Sexual combinations, blind evolution, and so on. These explanations iden
tify only intermediate causes; none of them disproves the existence of a Supreme Lord who is the cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The universe displays wonderful management, engineering and artistry, and behind all these huge affairs of nature is a gigantic brain o
r intelligence. If a child sees a spacecraft orbiting in the sky, he may think it is doing so by chance, without control, but a mature person knows that teams of intelligent scientists and technicians are controlling its flight. Why, then, should we assu
me, like ignorant children, that these huge spacecraft called planets are flying in exact, grand orbits through space automatically, with no intelligence behind them? Our scientists may observe the workings of the universe and describe how the law of gra
vity holds the planets in orbit, but simply to observe the phenomenon and label it "the law of gravity" does not really explain or in any way duplicate the inconceivable mystic potency that enables the planets to float and sail through space. Indeed, to 
observe laws in the universe is to admit that there must be a lawmaker behind them. Thus begins a conviction in the existence of a supreme intelligence, a supreme controller\'96God\'96who alone can give man the ultimate knowledge of how to become free fr
om suffering.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental nature of God is revealed in Scripture, which is His spoken word. The original scripture is called the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda (veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "knowledge"). For the benefit of all living beings, God revealed information on how to become free 
from the suffering of material life, and a disciplic succession of spiritual masters has conveyed it to us. Such knowledge is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apauru\'f1eya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which means that it originates not from imperfect men within this world, but, without defect, from God. In Vedic literature the supreme controller, the intelligent being from whom everything emanates, is call
ed K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which means "All-attractive." The Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has given authoritative literature to men in different lands, and His words appear to differ according to the times and places they were delivered, and the understanding o
f the people in those places; thus we have the Bible, Koran and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet the teaching of 
the Supreme is one, for its conclusion is always the same: obedience to God will end all suffering.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Education Beyond the Body
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To take the first step in transcendental knowledge, one should understand that he is not his body but a spiritual soul. Nevertheless, most big scholars, philosopher
s and political leaders have not taken even this first step. They have not mastered even the ABC's of real education. Rather, thinking they are their bodies, they identify themselves with their families, races, nations and so on. A person in bodily consc
iousness thinks, "I am John Thompson," "I am a white man," "I am an American," "I am black," "I am Christian," "I am Communist," "I am human," and so on. Yet within a few years the demise of the body vanquishes all such designations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Vedic literature, the real self, as an eternal soul who exists in a loving relation to God, the complete whole, does not d
ie when the body dies, nor does he grow old when the body grows old. He cannot be cut; nor can he be killed. He is joyful always. If one understands this, he can disentangle himself from his long history of suffering. But if one does not undertake this s
tudy, whatever else he does in his bodily identity is defeated at the time of death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human education, then, must not merely instruct us how to prepare for a job or how to speculate upon the imperfect views of great think
ers. Rather, it must enable us to solve the problems of life. A human being should be dissatisfied as long as he cannot extricate himself from the prison called the material world, where everyone is subject to the strict punishments of old age, death and
 disease. To be gainfully employed within the prison, to try to enjoy prison life to the utmost, or to give up all hope of ever getting out of prison and simply to sit down to read and write books for amusement is not the real nature of a freedom-loving 
being. Each of us, by our original nature, is meant to be free of the sufferings material nature imposes upon us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although our confinement in the material world is under the jurisdiction of the supreme controller, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He is not to blame 
for our suffering. We ourselves have brought it about by our ignorance. Lacking education in what is what, thinking we belong to the material world, we have forgotten our spiritual nature. But because K\'e5\'f1\'eba has not forgotten us\'96even though we
 have absorbed ourselves in temporary activities and thus forgotten Him-He sends His personal representative, the spiritual master, to offer us the path by which to return home, back to Godhead, to teach us by precept and example the life of God consciou
sness, a life of eternity, bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advert-\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam #63
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IS THE LITERARY INCARNATION OF GOD
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is all-successful, all-blissful and all-perfect. It is as bright as the sun. Thus persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the
 age of quarrel shall get light from it."
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub LORD \'c7R\'c9 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, enjoying His pastimes as a cowherd boy, returns home from the pasturing grounds at the end of the day.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Is the Supreme Personality of Godhead; He is not Impersonal. In His V\'e5nd\'e4vana pastimes especially, He Is always surrounded by the cowherd boys, the cowherd girls, His mother and all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1800\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sa\'eck\'e9rtana - The Foremost Benediction
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SA\'ccK\'c9RTANA\line THE FOREMOS
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\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4sa }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub earned his BA in economics and philosophy from Cornell University in 1969 and shortly thereafter joined the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. He is the President of ISKCON's New}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub York City center, which s
ponsors an especially enthusiastic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub program.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub OF THE MANY transcendental activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, foremost is the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  program. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa
\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the congregational chanting of the name, fame and pastimes of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As part of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotees chant and dance in the streets, distribute books about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and distribute }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba)\'96all to glorify K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the father of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, but in the disguise of a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He appeared five hundred years ago to revive the original pure God consciousness of all liv
ing entities.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only by reviving this consciousness within oneself can one achieve steady, unwavering peace
 and happiness. Understanding this to be the real need of everyone, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is not only omniscient but omnipresent, being seated within the heart of every living entity, appeared as Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In spreading the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement, Lord Caitanya set the perfect example for anyone who aspires to become a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus attain an eternal life of bliss and knowledge. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was not conce
rned with acquiring self-esteem, many followers, or a great reputation, but wherever He went He always chanted the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma
, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Even though He is in fact the Supreme Person, He presented Himself with a meek and humble attitude. Thus He gained the respect of everyone He met and convinced everyone to join Him in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The present-day International Society for Krishna Consciousness is working to fulfill Lord Caitanya's prophecy that in this Kali-yuga (
the Age of Quarrel) the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be heard in every city, village and town. It is to execute such an ambitious mission that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da left his homeland, India, at the advanced age of se
venty and sailed to the United States to found the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da performed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck
\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  alone but with undeterred spirit, for over a year, until a few young men, attracted by his sincere presentation, became his disciples. In the seven years since then, mo
re than seventy K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temples have sprung up all over the globe, with thousands of devotees taking up Lord Caitanya's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  banner.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may ask how so much interest and activity could be generated in so short a time. It is the plan of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, without whose sanction not even a blade of grass can move. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya\line gl\'e4nir bhavati bh\'e4rata\line abhyutth\'e4nam adharmasya\line tad\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 s\'e5j
\'e4my aham
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'96at that time I descend Myself." (B
g.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes in the form of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to distribute the real process of self-realization for this a
ge\'96}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the congregational chanting of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy names. Many forms of self-re
alization and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are popular today, but to achieve the quickest and most perfect result, one should tak
e direction from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the Supreme Lord. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the cream of al
l the Vedic literatures, Vy\'e4sadeva, who is the literary incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, predicts the appearance of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He declares:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-var\'eba\'e0 tvi\'f1\'e4k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0\line s\'e4\'ecgop\'e4\'ecg\'e4stra-p\'e4r\'f1adam\line yaj\'efai\'f9 s
a\'eck\'e9rtana-pr\'e4yair\line yajanti hi su-medhasa\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In this Age of Kali, people who are endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the golden incarnation of the Lord [Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu], who is accompani
ed by His associates, by performing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  11.5.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Anyone desiring freedom from the anxiety and disappointment of material life can seriously take up the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
and thus realize the goal of life. The human form of life is not meant simply for eating, sleeping, mating and defending like animals; it is meant for self-realization. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4
nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  states, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub human life is meant for understanding the Absolute Truth. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what is that Absolute Truth? K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bha
gavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga
\'eb\'e4 iva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O conqueror of wealth [Arjuna], there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread." (Bg. 7.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate\line iti matv\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanv
it\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me 
with all their hearts." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus by taking perfect information from the perfect source, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one achieves the perfect result\'96devotional service to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Chanting and hearing are the recommended means of achieving devotional service. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is all-powerful, He is present as His name, qualities, form, pastimes and paraphernalia. Therefore simply by chanting and hearing K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's name, one associates with K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly. Thus one is liberated from the influence of the material energy and comes under the influence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's spiritual potency. This is the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos by Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Publishing in the Service of the Lord
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Publishing in the Service of the
 Lord
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a gr
aduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, is a professional photographer and an expert on photomicrography, in which small objects are reproduced as magnified images. She first joined ISKCON while doing freelance work in India. She and her husband, al
so a professional photographer, are currently traveling around the world making documentary films about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 and}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "JUST AS ONE cannot separate the body from the soul while in the conditioned state, so the disciple cannot separate the sp
iritual master's order from his very life."\'96\'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura (a great spiritual master in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious line of disciplic succession).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many years ago, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja instructed His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta
 Swami Prabhup\'e4da, his disciple, to spread the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the English-speaking people of the world. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has never forgotten his spiritual master's request; indeed, he has made it the very center of
 his life, and, assisted by his disciples, he has now organized an ambitious publishing and book distribution program that every year sees hundreds of thousands of copies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books distributed around the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Daily, in the early morning hours, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da translates and explains original Sanskrit and Bengali scriptures in the En
glish language on a dictaphone. The tapes are sent to ISKCON Press in New York, where they are typed out, composed, and edited by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's students. The duty of a surrendered soul is to make the desire of his spiritual master his own d
esire. For this reason the devotees at ISKCON Press enthusiastically accept the responsibility for publishing Prabhup\'e4da's words. The artists at the press make "windows to the spiritual sky" with their illustrations for the books, and the photographer
s have complete facilities to portray the activities of the Lord's servants here on earth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the press operations, including shooting with a copy camera, designing, spotting, stripping, printing, cutting and binding, are car
ried out by the disciples, with the intention of pleasing the Supreme Personality of Godhead and His pure devotee, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The books that ISKCON Press publishes are the foundation of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement because, as Prabhup\'e4da says, "These boo
ks present the perfect peace formula, beyond sectarian and national limitations. Simply by engaging in the process of self-realization described in such transcendental literature, one can transcend material consciousness and thus subdue all the problems 
of life." In the major cities of more than twenty countries around the world, devotees, with all humility and respect, offer everyone the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in book form.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters #63
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  welcome correspondence pertaining to the subject matter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. All letters will receive a personal reply, and correspondence of special interest will be pub
lished regularly.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A READER OBJECTS TO BACK TO GODHEAD'S EXCLUSIVITY
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sirs:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perhaps I misunderstand you, but I feel saddened when it appears to me that you espouse K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as the only path t
o the realization of God and, moreso, when you denounce as less worthy other philosophies which in fact differ only in aspect and reach the same ultimate goal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This platform of personal relationship is certainly higher than the impersonal platform or the platform of Supersoul or Param\'e4tm
\'e4 realization." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. 54
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I gather here that one of the impersonal philosophies referred to is Ved\'e4nta, which is nondualistic, with "many and no" personified 
God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May I quote from the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as translated by Swami P\'96\'97:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Some whose hearts are purified realize the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  within themselves through contemplation. Some realize the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophically. . .Others follow the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of right action. Others w
ho do not know these paths, worship God as their teachers taught them. If these faithfully practice what they have learned, they will pass beyond death's power."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And again, "Others worship Me, knowing Brahman in all things. Some see Me as one with themselves, or separate. Some bow to the countles
s gods that are only My million faces."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Each man has his own "inclination." Hence the four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogas\'96r
\'e4ja, j\'ef\'e4na, bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  I see no indication in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that one path is inherently superior to another (assuming that either of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yogas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or a combination of them is practiced with Truth, according to the scriptures.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At any rate, it is also possible to adhere to the "platform of personal relationship" with another of God's faces (the Holy Mother or B
uddha, for example) and realize "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" consciousness simply under a different name, say Christ consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "When goodness grows}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub weak,\line When evil increases,\line I make myself a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
body.\line In every age,\line I return to deliver the holy. . ." 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perhaps K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Godhead\'96but if worshiped in the same manner, does it matter what we call Him? Or is it fair to
 discredit worshiping in a manner closer to our own inclination to reach the ultimate Truth ("all paths lead to me. . .")?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Impersonalists cannot think along these terms [i.e., tendency towards pleasure"], for they deny the pleasure potency; therefore the im
personalist philosophy is incomplete and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inferior." Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. 54. This is an inadequate and unf
air value judgment of Ved\'e4nta. Unfortunate in that whether or not one views the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as concerne
d with K\'e5\'f1\'eba the individual and His aspect as Brahman, the Ultimate Reality, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Godhead, the message is the same. Inadequate in that it does not acknowledge or relate the joy and peace that Ved\'e4nta has to impart to 
those of us who find it easier to worship God as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tman/param\'e4tman.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The methods may be different, and yet we travel the same road, leading to the same place. Only our vehicles differ. This should not act
 as a wedge between us but should bring joy in the knowledge that we\'96all of us right Buddhists, Jews, Christians, Hindus\'96are travelers on the same road, honoring each other's way, seeing harmony, not disorder, and that we can respect and acknowledg
e the unity in our endeavor.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Truth is One: sages call it by various names." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g Veda. O
\'e0.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Elayne Prince
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li2880\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Ms. Prince,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have not expounded K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as the superior philosophy of God realization to sadden you; it is our duty to prese
nt K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as superior because as far as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  speak for themselves, this presentation is perfectly correct.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g Veda's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  statement that the Truth is one although called variously is certainly valid, but this does not mean that everything is the truth. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clearly reject this idea. One must discriminate between Truth and illusion.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anyad evahuh sambhavdd\line anyad ahur asambhavat \line iti susruma dhwanam\line ye nas tad vicacaksire
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is said that one result is obtained by worshiping the supreme cause of all causes and that another is obtained by worshiping what is not supreme. All this was h
eard from the undisturbed authorities who clearly explained it." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Mantra }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since nothing exists outside of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, certainly all paths lead to Him in one or another of His manifestations. But this does 
not mean that all paths lead to His highest manifestation. Some paths lead up, others down. Indeed, in that part of the "All paths lead to Me" verse which you did not quote, the Lord affirms, "I reward everyone differently }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub according to the nature of his surrender}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.11) Different kinds of transcendentalists get different rewards. Not everyone achieves the same ultimate goal. If all paths led to the same goal, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would not bother to speak }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for our benefit, to point out the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub most suitable}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  path to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub highest}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you have not seen indications in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that one path is inhe
rently superior to another, I suggest you look more closely. True, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
explains different systems of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but you will find that the Lord concludes:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0\line mad-gaten\'e4ntar-\'e4tman\'e4\line \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0\line sa me yu
ktatamo mata\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and is the highest of all." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Here the Lord clearly indicates that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of devotional service, is the topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, surpassing all others. All other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yogas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are but means to elevate oneself to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have mentioned that some people bow to the gods who are but the million faces of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But you should understand this ver
se clearly. The faces of the many demigods are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's faces because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is their Supreme Lord, just as the faces of a king's agents are faces of the king they represent. But this does not mean that all the demigods are equal to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clearly rejects this idea. If you look only eight verses past the one you 
quoted in this connection, you will find that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye \'92py anya-devat\'e4-bhakt\'e4\line yajante \'e7raddhay\'e4nvit\'e4\'f9\line te \'92pi m\'e4m eva kaunteya\line yajanty avid
hi-p\'fcrvakam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whatever a man may sacrifice to other gods, O son of Kunt\'e9, is really meant for Me alone, but it is offered without true understanding." (Bg. 9.23}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the next verse the Lord emphasizes the same point:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 hi sarva-yaj\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line bhokt\'e4 ca prabhur eva ca\line na tu m\'e4m abhij\'e4nanti\line tattven\'e4ta\'e7 c
yavanti te
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am the only enjoyer and the only object of sacrifice. Those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down." (Bg. 9.24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba refers to the devotees who chant His glories as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , great souls (Bg. 9.13-14), but He refers to the worshipers of the demigods as "unintelligent" }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.20) and declares that their minds are "distorted by material desires." How then can you say that both classes of worshipers are equal?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor do the devotees of the demigods achieve the same goal as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees. Those who worship the demigods, Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba says, achieve limited and temporary enjoyment on the planets of the demigods, but His devotees ultimately reach His supreme planet (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.23). Elsewhere in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a declares:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4nti deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n\line pit\'e8n y\'e4nti pit\'e5-vrat\'e4\'f9\line bh\'fct\'e4ni y\'e4nti bh\'fctejy\'e4\line y
\'e4nti mad-y\'e4jino \'92pi m\'e4m
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; those who worship ancest
ors go to the ancestors; and those who worship Me will live with Me." (Bg. 9.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Commenting on this verse, our spiritual master writes: "Nowhere in authentic scriptures is it said that whatever you do and whatever yo
u worship you will ultimately reach the same goal. Such foolish theories are offered by self-made masters who have no connection with the bona fide system of disciplic succession. The bona fide spiritual master cannot say that everyone's own mode of wors
hip\'96be it worship of the demigods or of the Supreme\'96leads to the same goal. For a common man it is very easy to understand that a person starting by train from Bombay can reach the destination for which he has purchased his ticket, and nowhere else
. A person who has purchased a ticket for Calcutta can reach Calcutta. But contemporary so-called masters say that whatever spiritual ticket you may purchase will take you to the supreme goal. Such mundane and compromising offers attract many foolish cre
atures to become puffed up with their manufactured methods of spiritual realization, but the Vedic instruction does not uphold them. Unless one has received knowledge from the bona fide spiritual master, one cannot have the real thing as it is." It is no
t unlikely that your mistaken ideas about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have come from the books you have read. For
 a translation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by a bona fide spiritual master, I strongly recommend }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As It Is by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God has many faces, for He appears in many incarnations, such as Vi\'f1\'ebu and R\'e4ma. This does not mean, however, that all faces a
re as good as God's. Not everyone who has a face is God. Richard Nixon has a face. You have a face. I have a face. Even cats and dogs have faces. Does this mean that Mr. Nixon, you, I and all the cats and dogs are as good as God? Of course not. One must 
learn from authorities who God is. Then one can know His face from the faces of His many sons.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have mentioned worship of the "holy mother," by which I assume you mean the goddess K\'e4l\'e9, or Durg\'e4. But, as the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  confirms (Bs. 5.44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Durg\'e4 is the goddess who personifies the Lord's material energy-in other words, she is may a (illusion) personified. How can worship of illusion be the same as w
orship of the Absolute Truth? Again, God has many names, but this does not mean that all names are as good as His. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kali-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub santara\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states: "The only means to counteract the evil eff
ects of Kali-yuga [the present age of quarrel and anxiety] is these sixteen names of the Lord: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ H
are R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You indicate that there is no difference whether one is concerned with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Brahman (impersonal) aspect or with His feature
 as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees an entire chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'96Chapter Twelve\'96to rejecting this idea. There Arjuna asks:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4 ye\line bhakt\'e4s tv\'e4\'e0 paryup\'e4sate\line ye c\'e4py ak\'f1aram avyakta\'e0\line te\'f1\'e4\'e0 
ke yoga-vittam\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Which is considered to be more perfect: those who are properly engaged in Your devotional service, or those who worship the impersonal Brahman, the unmanifested?" 
(Bg. 12.1) The Lord emphatically}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub replies:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mayy \'e4ve\'e7ya mano ye m\'e4\'e0\line nitya-yukt\'e4 up\'e4sate\line \'e7raddhay\'e4 parayopet\'e4s\line te me yuktatam\'e4 m
at\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He whose mind is fixed on My personal form, always engaged in worshiping Me with great and transcendental faith, is considered by Me to be most perfect." (Bg. 12.2
) Thus it is clear that K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not consider the two paths the same. He considers one path superior\'96}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotion to Him in His personal feature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You cite the joy that Ved\'e4nta has brought you, but unless you understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you d
on't even know what Ved\'e4nta is. Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no meaning even to the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "ved\'e4nta." Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  means "knowledge" and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "the ultimate." What is the ultimate knowledge of the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
hagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aham eva vedya\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "By all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, I}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  am to be known." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the author and k
nower of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unless you understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, all your 
so-called Ved\'e4nta is useless. The purpose of studying the Ved\'e4nta literature is to understand the Absolute Truth. And what is that Absolute Truth? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub   janma-adi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and destruction; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub That Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) is He from whom the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universe arise.}}}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ] }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub says, }{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  "The Absolute Truth is the source of everything." And what is that source? Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says
 in }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate\line iti matv\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanv
it\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am the source of everything. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts."
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 10.8}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You say, "Perhaps K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Godhead. But if worshiped in the same manner, does it matter what we call Him? Or is it
 fair to discredit worshiping in a manner closer to our own inclination?" Obviously it does matter, at least to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Otherwise He wouldn't have specified in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  how one should act. After expounding the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub before Arjuna, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba indeed says: "Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.63}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But then the Lord clearly reiterat
es the central message of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  confidential teachings:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi satya\'e0 te\line pratij\'e4ne pri
yo \'92si me
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My ve
ry dear friend." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.65}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Why should we try to dream up excuses for doing anything else? If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is indeed the Supreme Godhead, why don't you do what He says?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fear." (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I must indeed respect and honor you for your endeavor to know the Truth. But to cheat you by saying that all paths lead to the same goa
l would not be at all respectful. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say, "The path of spiritual realization is undoubte
dly difficult." There are many wrong turns and dead ends. Therefore one should be careful to follow, with the help of a bona fide spiritual master, the authorized directions that the Lord Himself, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  maps out.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who understands }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should promptly come to the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  by surrendering unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba and engaging in His devotional service. One who follows this supreme path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has indeed understood the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in truth.
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 An unpublished manuscript by\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukunda m\'fcrdhn\'e4 pra\'ebipatya y\'e4ce bhavantam ek\'e4ntam iyantam artham\line avism\'e5tis tvac-cara\'eb\'e4ravinde bhave 
bhave me \'92stu bhavat-pras\'e4d\'e4t
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukunda-m\'e4l\'e4-stotra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Verse\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub MM mantra 3 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukunda m\'fcrdhn\'e4 pra\'ebipatya y\'e4ce
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhavantam ek\'e4ntam iyantam artham
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  avism\'e5tis tvac-cara\'eb\'e4ravinde
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhave bhave me 'stu bhavat-pras\'e4d\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mukunda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O Lord Mukunda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'fcrdhn\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with my head; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebipatya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bowing down; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4ce}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I respectf
ully beg; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavantam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from You; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub ek\'e4ntam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97exclusively; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iyantam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97this much; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub artham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desire to be fulfilled; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avism\'e5ti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97freedom from forgetfulness; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tvat}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub cara\'eba-aravinde}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97at the lot
us feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhave bhave}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in each repeated birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub me}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97my; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub astu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97let there be; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhavat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Your; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub pras\'e4d\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the mercy.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Lord Mukunda! I bow down my head to Your Lordship and respectfully ask You to fulfill this one desire of mine: that in each of my future births I will, by Your Lor
dship's mercy, always remember and never forget Your lotus feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Translation is by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) King Kula\'e7ekhara
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O my Lord Mukunda! I bow my head down before Your Lordship's lotus feet and respect fully ask for the fulfillment of my 
only desire. Throughout my repeated births may I never forget but always remember You by Your Lordship's mercy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURPORT:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Despite all difficulties, a pure de
votee has nothing to ask from the Lord. The world in which we live is a miserable place. It is, so to speak, a prisonhouse for the ever joyful spirit soul. A prisoner cannot move or enjoy life freely, and similarly the living entities who have been condi
tioned by the laws of material nature are doomed. Indeed, they are bound by the four principal miseries\'97namely birth, death, old age and disease. These miseries are imposed upon the living entities by the laws of external nature (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  M\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub punishes the forgetful living entities who are busy making plans for lasting happiness despite all material distresses. By the mercy of the Lord, the pure devotee knows this very well. Ph
ilosophy means understanding this truth, and advanced knowledge means understanding the naked truth of this world and not being deluded by the temporary beauty of this illusory show. Material nature is not at all beautiful; it is like an imitation peacoc
k. We must have the sense to understand that a real peacock is a different thing altogether. Those who are mad after enjoying or capturing the imitation peacock, as well as those who have only a pessimistic view of the imitation peacock and no positive i
nformation about the real peacock, are illusioned by the modes of material nature. Those who are after the imitation peacock are called fruitive workers, and those who simply condemn the imitation peacock and are ignorant of the real one are called empir
ic philosophers. Disgusted by following a mirage, these empiric philosophers seek to merge into a void.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A pure devotee, however, cannot be classified among such bewildered people. He does not aspire to enjoy the imitation peacock, nor does
 he condemn it out of disgust like the baffled empiricist. Rather, he seeks the reality. He is superior to all the servants of material nature because he prefers to serve the Lord, the master of all. He seeks the substance and does not want to give it up
. The lotus feet of Mukunda (\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the giver of liberation) are the substance, and being a most intelligent devotee, King Kula\'e7ekhara prays to obtain this substance without a shadow. A devotee of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) 
is not at all afraid of any circumstance that may befall him. He is neither afraid to visit the kingdom of Pluto nor anxious to enter the kingdom of heaven. For him both these kingdoms are of equal value; they are but castles in the air. He does not aspi
re to attain either of them, nor does he condemn them. What he ultimately desires is very nicely expressed in the words of King Kula\'e7ekhara.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A pure devotee of the Lord like King Kula\'e7ekhara does not pray to God for material wealth, followers, beautiful women or imitation p
eacocks because he knows the real value of such illusory shows, if he is circumstantially placed amidst such illusory things, he does not artificially try to extricate himself or condemn such illusions. For instance, Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, 
a great associate of Lord Caitanya and a rich man's son with a beautiful wife and other paraphernalia, met Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu at P\'e4\'ebih\'e4\'f6i, a village about forty miles from Calcutta. He asked the Lord's permission to accompany Him and
 leave his material connections. The Lord refused this proposal and instructed \'c7r\'e9la Raghunatha d\'e4sa that it is useless to leave worldly connections out of sentiment or out of artificial renunciation. Rather, one should have a complete knowledge
 of the physical world, and, while behaving outwardly as a worldly man, he must inwardly cultivate his faith in spiritual life. This will help one progress in spiritual life. No one can cross a large ocean by jumping. What was possible for Hanum\'e4n by 
the grace of R\'e4ma is not possible for everyone.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn *As related in the epic {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Hanum\'e4n leaped across the Indian Ocean to reach Lanka from India on a mission for Lord R\'e4ma, an incarnation of the Personality of Godhead.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub * To cross the ocean
, one must wait and see by what means one can gradually reach the other side.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although a pure devotee does not bother himself with what is going to happen next in the material world, he is nonetheless constantly a
lert, and he does not forget his ultimate aim. Therefore King Kula\'e7ekhara prays to remember the lotus feet of the Lord. Forgetting one's relationship with the Lord and thus remaining in the ocean of material hankering is most abominable. In the lower 
animal species, the living entity completely forgets his relationship with the Lord, and consequently he is constantly busy eating, sleeping, fearing and attempting to gratify his senses. Such a life of forgetfulness is the aim of modern civilization, wh
ich seeks to attain such an animalistic life by improved economics. There is regular and specific propagandizing by agents of the external energy to root out the very seed of divine consciousness. This is an impossible attempt, because the divine conscio
usness of a living being cannot be killed, although it may be temporarily choked by circumstances.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his original identity, the living entity and his original spiritual qualities are indestructible. One can kill neither the spirit so
ul nor its spiritual qualities. Remembering the Lord and desiring to serve Him are the spiritual qualities of the soul. One may artificially attempt to suppress the spiritual qualities, but these qualities will be reflected in a perverted way on the mirr
or of material existence. The spiritual desire to serve the Lord out of transcendental love is reflected in a perverted way in the material desire for wine, women, wealth and so on. The so-called love of material things\'96even for country, community, re
ligion and family\'96is but a perverted reflection of the love of Godhead dormant in every soul. King Kula\'e7ekhara position is that of a liberated soul; he does not wish to pollute his genuine love of God by love of material things.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhave bhave,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  meaning "throughout repeated births," are very significant here. A pure devotee is never afraid of repeated birth. This is not true of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (mental speculator) who aspires to merge into the Absolute and thereby stop the process of repeated birth. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated that the birth and deeds of the Personality of Godhead are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub divya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or transcendental. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Lord tells Arjuna: "Many, many births both you and I have passed. I can remember all of them, but you cannot, O subduer of the enemy!" }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4.5}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For the Lord there is no history of past, present and future, but for the living being there is such a history
 due to his forgetfulness of the past. However, a living entity who is a constant companion of the Lord is also transcendentally situated. His birth and death are one and the same. They are but ephemeral flashes, and they do not in any way affect the spi
ritual existence of a devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To cite a crude example, a cat captures both her offspring and her prey, the rat, in her mouth. In the eyes of the layman, both capturi
ng processes may appear the same, but in fact there is a vast difference. While being carried in the cat's mouth, the rat and the cat's offspring see things differently. For the rat, his capture is death, whereas for the offspring, it is but a pleasurabl
e touch. The passing away of a devotee from the active scene of material existence may appear to be death, but it is different from the death of an ordinary man. The death of an ordinary being grows from his good and evil deeds, and his next birth is awa
rded according to his past deeds. It is different for a devotee, however. Even if a devotee fails, he is guaranteed birth in a good family\'96that of a learned and devoted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hm
a\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or of a rich mercantile }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Thus the devotee who fails in his spiritual attempts has a better chance to improve his spiritual condition and devotional service by taking birth in a well-to-do family. Unfortunately in this iron age the members of well-to-do families misu
se their prosperity in various ways and instead of improving their spiritual life simply degrade themselves by bad association. King Kula\'e7ekhara therefore prays not to forget the lotus feet of the Lord throughout his repeated births.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A devotee who has attained perfect success in devotional service returns to Godhead without a doubt. For him there is no question of re
peated birth and death. But if a devotee does not attain complete perfection, he is guaranteed birth in a learned and well-to-do family, and even if he is not given birth in a good family, he is blessed by being able to remember the lotus feet of the Lor
d. Such a benediction is greater than any number of material assets. Constant remembrance of the Lord's name, fame and qualities automatically counteracts the reactions of all vices and extends the blessings of goodness. Constantly remembering the lotus 
feet of the Lord is the same as rendering active service to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore a pure devotee does not ask the Lord for material wealth, manpower, followers or beautiful women. Rather, he simply prays for
 unalloyed faith in the Lord's service. This should be the prayer and life motto of all prospective students in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p27-Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Living in the Material World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Analysis
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Cheaters and the Cheated
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There's a sucker born every minute," P.T. Barnum is alleged to have said. And whether he said it or not, it's certainly true. And when we add all those newborn suc
kers to the old fools already here, we really wind up with a population problem. Sucker: "a person easily cheated or deceived." And who is that? We'd hate to say the majority of the American people\'96the most educated, sophisticated and highfalutin peop
le in the world. But, then, someone elected Richard Nixon.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If Nixon had been a rotten king, no one but Nixon would have been to blame for the way he's run things. But the American people freely 
elected him to the presidency. Now they have no one to blame but themselves. The trouble is that like it or not we are suckers. And to make matters worse, we can be relied upon to fall for the same tricks again and again.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Certainly we all must acknowledge that the chief executive post of the world's leading democracy calls for a man of great integrity, sobriety and intelligence who w
ill act in the best interests of the citizens. Only a man whose intelligence can rule his senses can be entrusted with such important responsibilities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But who will select such a chief executive? In 1972 the American people overwhelmingly endorsed Richard M. Nixon. Now they're beginning
 to see what they voted for\'97a man of questionable character who apparently cheated his country for the sake of his own bank balance and political ambitions, a man whose intelligence and sense of duty seem too weak to control his desires.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who elected such a leader? Fools! The same fools who smoke fire to keep "kool" and who think Coke to be "the real thing." The same fools who ventured into the New F
rontier to find a Great Society and found instead the Vietnam war. The same fools who thrilled and cheered as man set off to conquer space and who woke up a few billion dollars later with nothing but heaps of "moon rocks."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest show on earth\'96democracy! Government of the people! By the people! For the people!" But when the people are easily manipulated
 by false propaganda financed by self-interested businessmen and politicians, democracy is little more than a farce. In such a perverted democracy, ignorant voters elect useless leaders. Thus the blind lead the blind, and the entire society falls into a 
ditch.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the democratic form of government is to be at all meaningful, the voters must be qualified voters who know how to discriminate betwe
en a Madison Avenue illusion and a genuinely substantial political leader.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From many points of view, Mr. Nixon was an excellent choice for the presidency. He was a widely experienced administrator whose shrewdness in foreign policy is almo
st undeniable. His defect, however, was his personal character.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can we insure that the man we elect will be a man of integrity? The Vedic literature declares:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4sti bhaktir bhagavaty aki\'efcan\'e4\line sarvair gu\'ebais tatra sam\'e4sate sur\'e4\'f9\line har\'e4v abhaktasya kuto 
mahad-gu\'eb\'e4\line manorathen\'e4sati dh\'e4vato bahi\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who has unflinching devotion for the Personality of Godhead has all good qualities. But one who is riot a devotee of the Lord has only material qualifications 
that are of little value. This is because he is hovering on the mental plane and is certain to be attracted by the lure of materialism." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.18.12)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus if we want our leaders to be men we can trust, they must be not only materially qualified but also God conscious, or K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a conscious. Otherwise we will simply remain a society of cheaters and the cheated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person can actually be entrusted with the leadership of a great nation because he is above material desires. He knows that there is no gr
eater gain in life than the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore the vested interests cannot buy and sell him like ordinary mundane politicians. He performs his duty conscientiously as a service to the Supreme Lord, and because he is serving the Supreme,
 he diligently serves all his citizens, whom he sees as being parts and parcels of the Supreme. If one waters the root of a tree, one automatically serves all the leaves and branches. Similarly, only a leader who serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba can properly serve 
his citizens.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, the American people\'96 and the people of the entire world\'96must be educated to demand of their leaders that they be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, God cons
cious. America's motto, "In God We Trust," indicates the proper direction in which the people of America and the world must turn. One who does not put his trust in God must ultimately place his trust in the illusions of this material world\'96and thus be
come entangled in an endless network of perplexity. Illusioned voters thus entangled will repeatedly elect illusioned leaders to continue a bewildered society for backwards progress. To have a truly progressive society, we must place our confidence in le
aders who are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. If one puts his trust in a servant of illusion rather than a servant of God, illusion will make him a sucker indeed\'96again and again and again.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets. It is the purest knowledge, and because it gives direct perception of the self by realizati
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p1 Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nama o\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya bh\'fc-tale\line \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktived\'e4nta-sv\'e4min
 iti n\'e4mine\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Pra\'ebati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We offer our respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is very dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, having taken shelter at Hi
s lotus feet."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namas te s\'e4rasvate deve gaura-v\'e4\'eb\'e9-prac\'e4ri\'ebe\line nirvi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7\'fcnyav\'e4di-p\'e4\'e7c\'e4tya-de\'e7
a-t\'e4ri\'ebe
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our respectful obeisances unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and deliver
ing the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism. "
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya deve par\'e4 bhaktir yath\'e4 deve tath\'e4 gurau\line tasyaite kathit\'e4 hy arth\'e4\'f9 prak\'e4\'e7ante mah\'e4tmana
\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Unto those broad-minded souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master, all the imports of spiritual knowledge are automatically revealed. 
" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.23)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Among all the eternal living beings, one living being is the Supreme Eternal. He is the Supreme Lord, and all others are His servants. The Lord has many names, but 
the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba is universal, for this means "all-attractive."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every one of us has an eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba that we have somehow forgotten. Unless we revive this dormant relations
hip, we cannot have peace and happiness\'97either individually, nationally or on a global scale.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not a myth, a legend or the subject of an allegory. Nor is He an impersonal light or vague omniscient force. He is a 
person, the Supreme Person. He lives, and we can live with Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As one needs the help of a qualified teacher to understand the material sciences, one also needs a qualified teacher to understand the 
science of God. Such a teacher is the spiritual master. A genuine spiritual master must be able to instruct his students in the practical details of understanding who God is, what our relationship with Him is, and how this relationship can be revived.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having received scientific instruction in God consciousness from revealed Vedic scriptures, the devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness movement assert with conviction\'97a conviction nourished both by Vedic knowledge and by practical experience\'97that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is the genui
ne spiritual master who can teach us how to know Him, how to love Him, and how to go back to Him-back home, back to Godhead. With this special issue of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which celebrates the appearance anniversaries of our spiritual master, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal consort, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, we invite intellig
ent, broad-minded people to study and understand this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement for their own eternal benefit and the benefit of others.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATORS}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardan d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub lndrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadv\'e9pa d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja 
d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jeffrey Dunan
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gar\'e9y\'e4n d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fc
dana d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Cakradhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PROOFREADERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Harike\'f1a d\'e4sa, Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa, Gop
\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4g\'e4tmik\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Nara
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Mamat\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Du\'f9khahantri-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034. 
Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 64 \'a9 1974 by the Bhaktivedanta Book
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\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
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\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of this important spiritual movement, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los 
Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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12 Wallaroy Crescent, Double Bay, Sydney, N.S.W./365671.
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hemin du Credo, 1213 Petit Lancy/ 921-318; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hamburg, W. Germany}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972 Hamburg 54, Kapitelbuschweg 2
0/ 570-53-82; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heidelberg, W. Germany}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9769 Heidelberg 1, Karlsruherstr. 31/ 31354; }{\b\i0\ul0
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\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Solhagavagen 22, 16352 Spanga/ 760-0852.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Birth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Birth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ILLUSTRATION: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4
s\'e9; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PHOTO:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Jeffrey Dunan
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AS STATED in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord says that His appearance, birth, and activities are all transcendental, and one who understands them factually becomes immediately eligible to be transferred to the spiritual world. The Lord's appearance or bir
th is not like that of an ordinary man who is forced to accept a material body according to his past deeds. The Lord's appearance is explained in the Second Chapter: He appears out of His own sweet pleasure. When the time was mature for the appearance of
 the Lord, the constellations became very auspicious. The astrological influence of the star known as Rohi\'eb\'e9 was also predominant because this star is considered to be very auspicious. Rohi\'eb\'e9 is under the direct supervision of Brahm\'e4. Acco
rding to the astrological conclusion, besides the proper situation of the stars, there are auspicious and inauspicious moments due to the different situations of the different planetary systems. At the time of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s birth, the planetary sys
tems were automatically adjusted so that everything became auspicious.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At that time, in all directions, east, west, south, north, everywhere, there was an atmosphere of peace and prosperity. There were ausp
icious stars visible in the sky, and on the surface in all towns and villages or pasturing grounds and within the minds of everyone there were signs of good fortune. The rivers were flowing full of waters, and lakes were beautifully decorated with lotus 
flowers. The forests were full with beautiful birds and peacocks. All the birds within the forests began to sing with sweet voices, and the peacocks began to dance along with their consorts. The wind blew very pleasantly, carrying the aroma of different 
flowers, and the sensation of bodily touch was very pleasing.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At home, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who were accustomed to offer sacrifices in the fire, found their homes very pleasant for offerings. Due to disturbances created by the demoniac kings, the sacrificial fire altar had been almost stopped in the
 houses of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but now they could find the opportunity to start the fire peacefully. Bei
ng forbidden to offer sacrifices, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were very distressed in mind, intelligence and acti
vities, but just on the point of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance, automatically their minds became full of joy because they could hear loud vibrations in the sky of transcendental sounds proclaiming the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The denizens of the Gandharva and Kinnara planets began to sing, and the denizens of Siddhaloka and the planets of the C\'e4ra\'ebas be
gan to offer prayers in the service of the Personality of Godhead. In the heavenly planets, the angels along with their wives, accompanied by the Apsar\'e4s, began to dance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The great sages and the demigods, being pleased, began to shower flowers. At the seashore, there was the sound of mild waves, and above
 the sea there were clouds in the sky which began to thunder very pleasingly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When things were adjusted like this, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is residing within the heart of every living entity, appeared in the darkn
ess of night as the Supreme Personality of Godhead before Devak\'e9, who also appeared as one of the demigoddesses. The appearance of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu at that time could be compared with the full moon in the sky as it rises on the eastern horizon. The ob
jection may be raised that, since Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on the eighth day of the waning moon, there could be no rising of the full moon. In answer to this it may be said that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the dynasty which is in the hierarchy of
 the moon; therefore, although the moon was incomplete on that night, because of the Lord's appearance in the dynasty wherein the moon is himself the original person, the moon was in an overjoyous condition, so by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he could app
ear just as a full moon.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In an astronomical treatise by the name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kham\'e4nikya,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the constellations at the time of the appearance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are very nicely described. It is confirmed that the child born at that auspicious moment was the Supreme Brahma
n or the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva saw that wonderful child born as a baby with four hands, holding conchshell, club, disk and lotus flower, decorated with the m
ark of \'c7r\'e9vatsa, wearing the jeweled necklace of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaustubha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stone, dressed in yellow silk, appearing
 dazzling like a bright blackish cloud, wearing a helmet bedecked with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaid\'fcrya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stone, valuable br
acelets, earrings and similar other ornaments all over His body and an abundance of hair on His head. Due to the extraordinary features of the child, Vasudeva was struck with wonder. How could a newly born child be so decorated? He could therefore unders
tand that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had now appeared, and he became overpowered by the occasion. Vasudeva very humbly wondered that although he was an ordinary living entity conditioned by material nature and was externally imprisoned by Ka\'e0sa, the all-perv
ading Personality of Godhead, Vi\'f1\'ebu or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was appearing as a child in his home, exactly in His original position. No earthly child is born with four hands decorated with ornaments and nice clothing, fully equipped with all the signs of
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Over and over again, Vasudeva glanced at his child, and he considered how to celebrate this auspicious moment: "Generally, when a male child is born," he thought, "people observe the occasion with jubilant celebration
s, and in my home, although I am imprisoned, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has taken birth. How many millions of millions of times should I be prepared to observe this auspicious ceremony!"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Vasudeva, who is also called \'c4naka-dundubhi, was looking at his newborn baby, he was so happy that he wanted to give many thous
ands of cows in charity to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic system, whenever there is an auspi
cious ceremony in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  king's palace, the king gives many things in charity. Cows decorated wi
th golden ornaments are delivered to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and sages. Vasudeva wanted to perform a charitab
le ceremony to celebrate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance, but because he was shackled within the walls of Ka\'e0sa\'92s prison, this was not possible. Instead, within his mind he gave thousands of cows to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Vasudeva was convinced that the newborn child was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, he bowed down with folded hands and 
began to offer Him prayers. At that time Vasudeva was in the transcendental position, and he became completely free from all fear of Ka\'e0sa. The newborn baby was also flashing His effulgence within the room in which He appeared.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vasudeva then began to offer his prayers. "My dear Lord, I can understand who You are. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the 
Supersoul of all living entities and the Absolute Truth. You have appeared in Your own eternal form which is directly perceived by us. I understand that because I am afraid of Ka\'e0sa, You have appeared just to deliver me from that fear. You do not belo
ng to this material world; You are the same person who brings about the cosmic manifestation simply by glancing over material nature."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may argue that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who creates the whole cosmic manifestation simply by His glance, cannot come wit
hin the womb of Devak\'e9, the wife of Vasudeva. To eradicate this argument, Vasudeva said, "My dear Lord, it is not a very wonderful thing that You appear within the womb of Devak\'e9, because the creation was also made in that way. You were lying in th
e Causal Ocean as Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, and by Your breathing process, innumerable universes came into existence. Then You entered into each of the universes as Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu. Then again You expanded Yourself as K\'f1\'e9rodaka\'e7
\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu and entered into the hearts of all living entities and entered even within the atoms. Therefore Your entrance in the womb of Devak\'e9 is understandable in the same way. You appear to have entered, but You are simultaneously all-per
vading. We can understand Your entrance and nonentrance from material examples. The total material energy remains intact even after being divided into sixteen elements. The material body is nothing but the combination of five gross elements\'96namely ear
th, water, fire, air and ether. Whenever there is a material body, it appears that such elements are always existing outside of the body. Similarly, although You appear as a child in the womb of Devak\'e9, You are also existing outside. You are always in
 Your abode, but still You can simultaneously expand Yourself into millions of forms.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One has to understand Your appearance with great intelligence because the material energy is also emanating from You. You are the orig
inal source of the material energy, just as the sun is the source of the sunshine. The sunshine cannot cover the sun globe, nor can the material energy\'96being an emanation from You\'96cover You. You appear to be in the three modes of material energy, b
ut actually the three modes of material energy cannot cover You. This is understood by the highly intellectual philosophers. In other words, although You appear to be within the material energy, You are never covered by it."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub W}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub e hear from the Vedic version that the Supreme Brahman exh
ibits His effulgence, and therefore everything becomes illuminated. We can understand from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the Brahman effulgence, emanates from the body of the Supreme Lord. 
And from the Brahman effulgence, all creation takes place. It is further stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 that the Lord is also the support of the Brahman effulgence. Originally He is the root cause of everything. But persons who are less intelligent think that when the Supreme Personality of Godhead comes within this material world, He accepts the material
 qualities. Such conclusions are not very mature, but are made by the less intelligent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead is directly and indirectly existing everywhere; He is outside this material creation, and He is also
 within it. He is within this material creation not only as Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4y\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu; He is also within the atom. Existence is due to His presence. Nothing can}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub separated from His existence. In th
e Vedic injunction we find that the Supreme Soul or the root cause of everything has to be searched out because nothing exists independent of the Supreme Soul. Therefore the material manifestation is also a transformation of His potency. Both inert matte
r and the living force\'96soul\'96are emanations from Him. Only the foolish conclude that when the Supreme Lord appears He accepts the conditions of matter. Even if He appears to have accepted the material body, He is still not subjected to any material 
condition. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has therefore appeared and defeated all imperfect conclusions about the appearance and disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My Lord, Your appearance, existence and disappearance are beyond the influence of the material qualities. Because Your Lordship is the
 controller of everything and the resting place of the Supreme Brahman, there is nothing inconceivable or contradictory in You. As You have said, material nature works under Your superintendence, just like government officers working under the orders of 
the chief executive. The influence of subordinate activities cannot affect You. The Supreme Brahman and all phenomena are existing within You, and all the activities of material nature are controlled by Your Lordship.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ukla. \'c7ukla}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or 'whiteness' is the symbolic representation of the Absolute Truth}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub because it is unaffected by the material qualities. Lord Brahm\'e4 is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rakta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or re
d, because Brahm\'e4 represents the qualities of passion for creation. Darkness is entrusted to Lord \'c7iva because he annihilates the cosmos. The creation, annihilation and maintenance of this cosmic manifestation is conducted by Your potencies, yet Yo
u are always unaffected by those qualities. As confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, harir hi nirgu\'eba\'f9 s\'e4k\'f1\'e4t:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  the Supreme Personality of Godhead is always free from all material qualities. It is also said that the qualities of passion and ignorance are nonexistent in the person of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My Lord, You are the supreme controller, the Personality of Godhead, the supreme great, maintaining the order of this cosmic manifesta
tion. And in spite of Your being the supreme controller, You have so kindly appeared in my home. The purpose of Your appearance is to kill the followers of the demoniac rulers of the world who are in the dress of royal princes but are actually demons. I 
am sure that You will kill all of them and their followers and soldiers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I understand that You have appeared to kill the uncivilized Ka\'e0sa and his followers. But knowing that You were to appear to kill hi
m and his followers, he has already killed so many of Your predecessors, Your older brothers. Now he is simply awaiting the news of Your birth. As soon as he hears about it, he will immediately appear with all kinds of weapons to kill You."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fter this prayer of Vasudeva, Devak\'e9, the mother of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, offered her prayers. She was very frightened because of her brother's atrocities. Devak\'e9 said, "My dear Lord, Your eternal forms, like N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Lord R\'e4ma, \'c7e\'f1a, Var\'e4ha, N\'e5si\'e0ha, V\'e4mana, Baladeva, and milli
ons of similar incarnations emanating from Vi\'f1\'ebu, are described in the Vedic literature as original. You are original because all Your forms as incarnations are outside of this material creation. Your form was existing before this cosmic manifestat
ion was created. Your forms are eternal and all-pervading. They are self-effulgent, changeless and uncontaminated by the material qualities. Such eternal forms are ever-cognizant and full of bliss; they are situated in transcendental goodness and are alw
ays engaged in different pastimes. You are not limited to a particular form only; all such transcendental eternal forms are self-sufficient. I can understand that You are the Supreme Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "After many millions of years, when Lord Brahm\'e4 comes to the end of his life, the annihilation of the cosmic manifestation takes pla
ce. At that time the five elements\'96namely earth, water, fire, air and ether\'96enter into the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahat-tattva.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mahat-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  again enters, by the force of time, into the nonmanifested total material e
nergy; the total material energy enters into the energetic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pradh\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pradh\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  enters into You. Therefore after the annihilation of the whole cosmic manifestation, You alone remain with Your tra
nscendental name, form, quality and paraphernalia.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My Lord, I offer my respectful obeisances unto You because You are the director of the unmanifested total energy, and the ultimate res
ervoir of the material nature. My Lord, the whole cosmic manifestation is under the influence of time, beginning from the moment up to the duration of the year. All act under Your direction. You are the original director of everything and the reservoir o
f all potent energies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Therefore, my Lord, I request You to save me from the cruel hands of the son of Ugrasena, Ka\'e0sa. I am praying to Your Lordship to p
lease rescue me from this fearful condition because You are always-ready to give protection to Your servitors." The Lord has confirmed this statement in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by assuring Arjuna, "You may declare to the world, My devotee shall never be vanquished."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While thus praying to the Lord for rescue, Mother Devak\'e9 expressed her motherly affection: "I understand that this transcendental fo
rm is generally perceived in meditation by the great sages, but I am still afraid because as soon as Ka\'e0sa understands that You have appeared, he might harm You. So I request that for the time being You become invisible to our material eyes." In other
 words, she requested the Lord to assume the form of an ordinary child. "My only cause of fear from my brother Ka\'e0sa is due to Your appearance. My Lord Madhus\'fcdana, Ka\'e0sa may know that You are already born. Therefore I request You to conceal thi
s four-armed form of Your Lordship which holds the four symbols of Vi\'f1\'ebu\'96namely the conchshell, the disc, the club and the lotus flower. My dear Lord, at the end of the annihilation of the cosmic manifestation, You put the whole universe within 
Your abdomen; still by Your unalloyed mercy You have appeared in my womb. I am surprised that You imitate the activities of ordinary human beings just to please Your devotee."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On hearing the prayers of Devak\'e9, the Lord replied, "My dear mother, in the millennium of Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu, My father Vasudeva 
was living as one of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub praj\'e4patis,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and his name at that time was Sutap\'e4, and you were his wife na
med P\'e5\'e7ni. At that time, when Lord Brahm\'e4 was desiring to increase the population, he requested you to generate offspring. You controlled your senses and performed severe austerities. By practicing the breathing exercise of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system, both you and your husband could tolerate all the influences of the material laws: the rainy season, the
 onslaught of the wind, and the scorching heat of the sunshine. You also executed all religious principles. In this way you were able to cleanse your heart and control the influence of material law. In executing your austerity, you used to eat only the l
eaves of the trees which fell to the ground. Then with steady mind and controlled}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sex drive, you worshipe
d Me, desiring some wonderful benediction from Me. Both of you practiced severe austerities for 12,000 years, by the calculation of the demigods. During that time, your mind was always absorbed in Me. When you were executing devotional service and always
 thinking of Me within your heart, I was very much pleased with you. O sinless mother, your heart is therefore always pure. At that time also I appeared before you in this form just to fulfill your desire, and 1 asked you to ask whatever you desired. At 
that time you wished to have Me born as your son. Although you saw Me personally, instead of asking for your complete liberation from the material bondage, under the influence of My energy, you asked Me to become your son."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, the Lord selected His mother and father\'96namely P\'e5\'e7ni and Sutap\'e4\'96specifically to appear in the material w
orld. Whenever the Lord comes as a human being, He must have someone as a mother and father, so He selected P\'e5\'e7ni and Sutap\'e4 perpetually as His mother and father. And on account of this, both P\'e5\'e7ni and Sutap\'e4 could not ask the Lord for 
liberation. Liberation is not so important as the transcendental loving service of the Lord. The Lord could have awarded P\'e5\'e7ni and Sutap\'e4 immediate liberation, but He preferred to keep them within this material world for His different appearance
s, as will be explained in the following verses. On receiving the benediction from the Lord to become His father and mother, both P\'e5\'e7ni and Sutap\'e4 returned from the activities of austerity and lived as husband and wife in order to beget a child 
who was the Supreme Lord Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In due course of time P\'e5\'e7ni became pregnant and gave birth to the child. The Lord spoke to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva: "At that time My name was P\'e5\'e7nigarbha. In the next millennium also you took birth as Aditi and Ka\'e7yapa, and I
 became your child of the name Upendra. At that time My form was just like a dwarf, and for this reason I was known as V\'e4manadeva. I gave you the benediction that I would take birth as your son three times. The first time I was known as P\'e5\'e7nigar
bha, born of P\'e5\'e7ni and Sutap\'e4, the next birth I was Upendra born of Aditi and Ka\'e7yapa, and now for the third time I am born as K\'e5\'f1\'eba from you, Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva. I appeared in this Vi\'f1\'ebu form just to convince you that I am
 the same Supreme Personality of Godhead again taken birth. I could have appeared just like an ordinary child, but in that way you would not believe that I, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, have taken birth in your womb. My dear father and mother, you
 have therefore raised Me many times as your child, with great affection and love, and I am therefore very pleased and obliged to you. And I assure you that this time you shall go back home, back to Godhead, on account of your perfection in your mission.
 I know you are very concerned about Me and afraid of Ka\'e0sa. Therefore I order you to take me immediately to Gokula and replace Me with the daughter who has just been born to Ya\'e7od\'e4."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having spoken thus in the presence of His father and mother, the Lord turned Himself into an ordinary child and remained silent.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being ordered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva attempted to take his son from the delivery room. and exactly at that tim
e, a daughter was born of Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4. She was Yogam\'e4y\'e4, the internal potency of the Lord. By the influence of this internal potency, Yogam\'e4y\'e4, all the residents of Ka\'e0sa's palace, especially the doorkeepers, were overwhelmed wi
th deep sleep, and all the palace doors opened, although they were barred and shackled with iron chains. The night was very dark, but as soon as Vasudeva took K\'e5\'f1\'eba on his lap and went out, he could see everything just as in the sunlight.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just like sunlight, and wherever there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the illusory energy, which is compared to darkness, cannot remain. When Vasudeva was carrying K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 the darkness of the night disappeared. All the prison doors automatically opened. At the same time there was thunder in the sky and severe rainfall. While Vasudeva was carrying his son K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the falling rain. Lord \'c7e\'e7a in the shape of 
a serpent spread his hood over the head of Vasudeva so that he would not be hampered by the rainfall. Vasudeva "came onto the bank of the Yamun\'e4 and saw that the water of the Yamun\'e4 was roaring with waves and that the whole span was full of foam. S
till, in that furious feature, the river gave passage to Vasudeva to cross, just as the great Indian Ocean gave a path to Lord R\'e4ma when He was bridging over the gulf. In this way Vasudeva crossed the River Yamun\'e4. On the other side, he went to the
 place of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja situated in Gokula, where he saw that all the cowherd men were fast asleep. He took the opportunity of silently entering into the house of Ya\'e7od\'e4, and without difficulty he replaced his son, taking away the baby girl 
newly born in the house of Ya\'e7od\'e4. Then, after entering the house very silently and exchanging the boy with the girl, he again returned to the prison of Ka\'e0sa and silently put the girl on the lap of Devak\'e9. He again clamped the shackles on hi
mself so that Ka\'e0sa could not recognize that so many things had happened.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A full account of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth and activities on earth is to be found in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s b
ook}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This article is an excerpt from that book
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1800\ri1080\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears befor
e His mother and father in the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu to convince them that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9;
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1800\ri1080\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva carries his son K\'e5\'f1\'eba across the River Yamun}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  . . .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9;\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Below\'97}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and replaces his son for the daughler of Ya\'e7od\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Reality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Appearance
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Reality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'92s Appearance
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By His Holiness }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 SATSVAR\'dcPA D\'c4SA GOSV\'c4M\'c9}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0   
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is the personal secretary of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not mistakenly think}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's appearance and pastimes are mythical or allegorical. Rather, we should accept Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Absolute Truth, the cause of all causes, who actually appeared in a humanlike form and walked the earth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub states that the proper transcendental understanding of His appearance is so important that if one realizes
 only this one subject, at the time of death he does not have to return to the material world, but goes to join K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the eternal spiritual world called Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should hear the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from a pure' devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who has understood K\'e5\'f1\'eba through his own
 spiritual master in a disciplic succession from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  that those who thus perfectly understand Him worship Him in His personal form. He declares, "There is no truth superior to Me. Everything depends on Me, as pearls are strung on a thread." Materialistic scientists and philosophers who accept 
as truth only what they perceive with their imperfect senses, as well as so-called transcendentalists who speculate that God is impersonal, cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, nor can they achieve the perfection of life, love of God. Working out
side of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, therefore, they exist in illusion, for whatever they achieve independently from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is vanquished at the time of death, and then they must take on new bodies in the various species of material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most elevated transcendentalists, however, understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or pastimes, and relish them without cessation. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  declares: "The highest perfectional gain of humanity is to discuss the activities and glories of the pious actor [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]." The great sages who compiled the Vedic literatur
e, and the great spiritual masters who in turn recited it, such as Vy\'e4sadeva, \'c7ukadeva, N\'e4rada and others, were completely free from all the vices of material attachment because they were aware of spirit's permanence and matter's temporality. Co
nsequently their being fully absorbed in the activities of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is solid evidence that the accounts of His activities are not whimsical tales. Had these pastimes been merely tall stories, such perfect sages would not have rel
ished them. These sages were concerned with the highest good for humanity, beyond the illusion of temporary material welfare work, and therefore we should take seriously their recommendation that we hear the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are many exa
mples of devotees who have attained perfection simply by hearing these pastimes.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Eternal Road Show 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yearly we celebrate Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 to commemorate the day K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on earth some 5,000 years ago. But that same 
occurrence, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth on a planet in one of the material universes, is not a one-time event. It is always going on somewhere, even now as you read this article!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Instructing His great disciple San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 regarding the spiritual technology of the Supreme Lord's descent }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (avat\'e4ra).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya explained that just as the sun perpetually seems to rise and set somewhere on earth, so 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally appears and disappears in His transcendental pastimes. The time is always six a.m. somewhere on earth. An hour after six a.m. in New York City, six a.m. arrives in Detroit. An hour later it moves further west, and an hour la
ter it is elsewhere. Similarly, Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 and all the pastimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed on earth continuously move and appear sequentially on planets in various universes. Lord Caitanya told San\'e4tana, "His pastimes are like the waves of t
he Ganges River; as there is no limit to the flowing waves of the Ganges, there is no cessation to the different features and incarnations Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals in different universes." 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears in our universe for only 125 years, but in each and every universe He exhibits all the pastimes He performs here
, including His apparent birth, His boyhood pastimes and His pastimes as a youth. Since the universes are numberless, His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are going on at every moment, at every second, without limit. They are therefore called eternal. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To our vision, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is born as the son of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva, and after 125 years He disappears or dies. But the fact is 
that He exists eternally; He simply leaves this world for another. We may again cite the example of the sun, which first rises every day on the eastern horizon but still is not a product of that horizon. Although when we first behold the sun we associate
 it with the east because of our angle of vision, the sun always shines independently in the sky, regardless of how it appears and disappears to us locally. The sun does not die or set in the evening; it only seems to as it leaves our vision. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's coming and going is something like that. He associates with a mother and father and takes birth in a certain family and land, but He exists eternally and travels from universe to universe to enjoy blissful exchanges with His devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes go on as a kind}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub road show, visiting one planet after another. Not only does K\'e5\'f1\'eba travel; He brings with Him His mother, His father, His cowherd friends, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cows and the land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never considered alone, without His eternal associates and abode. Wh
en He descends, He descends with His entourage and paraphernalia, and when He travels they all travel with Him. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's road show is separate from and yet identical with His supreme original activities on the spiritual planet Goloka in th
e eternal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the effulgent spiritual sky far beyond all the material universes. It is said that
 the Lord is so captured by the association of the liberated devotees in Goloka that He never leaves\'96but He expands Himself to come to the material universes, enact the same pastimes, and thus attract the fallen souls, who are His parts and parcels, t
o come back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears in our universe, according to an eternal schedule, once every 4,320,000 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub x}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1,000 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub x 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  years. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  concerned devotees ask, "Now that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has l
eft, where-can we find the religious principles?" The answer is that by reciting the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as related in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one can associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as di
rectly as one could by being face to face with Him. That is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4-smara\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  association by 
remembrance. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are absolute, remembering those past
imes is the same as being with Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The perfection of human life, therefore, is to practice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakt
i-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  under the direction of a spiritual master and thus attain pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, free from all material sense gratification. By hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes fro
m the spiritual master, one becomes attracted to the activities of the spiritual world, which are always performed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure, and thus one is cured of the desire to lord it over the material world. Under the spiritual master's directi
on, one can take part in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes simply by remembering them. Thus one can eventually join K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His eternal traveling road show and ultimately transfer oneself to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Goloka planet in the spiritual sky.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Three Occasions for Transcendental Festivities
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Three Occasions for Transcendent
al Festivities
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a 
graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, is a professional photographer who joined ISKCON in 1971. She is now traveling around the world making documentary films about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THIS YEAR, three auspicious days of special celebration for all devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead fall within the months of August and September. The f
irst (August 11) is Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, the unique day commemorating K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance on earth five thousand years ago. The next day, Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4 (August 12), celebrates the appearance anniversary of our beloved spiritual master, H
is Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Finally, R\'e4dh\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 (September 23) marks the appearance day of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal companion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 is the most opulent festival day for devotees. In India it is still observed with great pomp in every Hindu hous
e, and even the devotees of other religious groups enjoy the ceremonies of this auspicious day. Many people make a holy pilgrimage to Gokula V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the place of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, which is located near Delhi in India. It is said that if
 someone simply goes to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he will immediately feel separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who performed such nice activities when He was present there. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples have arranged for the construction of an opulent K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This temple will officially open in a joyful ceremony on this coming Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the west, hundreds of devotees observe Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 by making a holy pilgrimage to New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, a 1,000-acre K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious community in the West Virginia hill country. New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is so named because it is the western counterpart of India's V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Great authorities on spiritual science state that the area known as Gokula V\'e5nd\'e4vana,
 where K\'e5\'f1\'eba performed His pastimes on earth, is as good as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal abode in the spiritual sky. Poor human understanding cannot possibly determine how Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the spiritual world, far be
yond human comprehension, can be nondifferent from actual geographical places in India and West Virginia. Yet V\'e5nd\'e4vana and New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, although on earth, are on the spiritual plane; their positions in material space and time in no way res
trict their eternal transcendental nature.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For the pleasure of the Lord, New V\'e5nd\'e4vana has contented, milk-giving cows (now numbering more than two hundred), acres of rolli
ng green pasturing grounds, and vast tracts of farmland where devotees raise a wide variety of crops. Thus all the necessities of life are easily provided, and the residents of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana find that the combination of simple rural living and K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness makes their lives complete and fulfilling. Devotees in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana are now constructing seven temples, modeled after the seven major temples in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. Soon, therefore, no one in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana wil
l ever be beyond the sound of temple bells, reminding everyone of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's all-attractive presence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During the week of Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, devotees from all over North America flock to this beautiful land for many days of festiviti
es to glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Simply hearing about the transcendental activities of the Lord in the association of pure-hearted devotees brings feelings of transcendental bliss. In fact, the first symptom of one who has actually come 
to the spiritual platform is that he is always joyful. This joyous life is attained as a reaction to reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or associating with people interested in the spir
itual life of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, especially those who are seriously determined to achieve the favor of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da allows his most advanced disciples in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to accept the renounced order of life and 
engage themselves full time in preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness (opposite, below). In this order, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the devotee breaks his connection with wife and family and fully surrenders his life to the Lord's service. The thoughts of such pure devotees dwell in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightening one ano
ther and conversing about Him. By the grace of the Lord these fully dedicated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are able to
 abandon all material desires born of false ego and thus become fully self-satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The association of other devotees, especially such elevated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
anny\'e4s\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  generates spontaneous feelings of happiness within the minds of the devotees who come together at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana for the many days of festivities. There is ec
static singing (above), dancing and philosophical discussion throughout the days and nights. For the entire week of Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba goes on literally twenty-four hours a day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples begin the day of Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 as usual by rising and bathing early and chanting the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'96Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Ha
re R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare-until }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'ecgal\'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at 4:30 a.m. Each day at thi
s time, the Lord is worshiped with incense, a camphor lamp, a ghee lamp, water in a conchshell, a flower, a handkerchief, a peacock fan and a whisk, while the assembled devotees sing beautiful prayers in glorification of the spiritual master and K\'e5
\'f1\'eba (see the inside back cover of this magazine). This chanting is accompanied by the melodious sounds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecgas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (drums) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (hand cymbals). Such purifying devotional activities arous
e feelings of ecstasy even in neophytes. Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'ecgal\'e4rati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'ecgala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "auspicious") is always adorned with joyful clapping, dancing and exclamations of "Haribol! Haribol!" ("Chant the names of Har
i, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba.")
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  most of the disciples continue their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (soft chanting of the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  while others bathe and dress the Deities of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. According to reveal
ed scriptures, since God is unlimited and absolute, there is no difference between the Lord and the Lord's form and name. Therefore the Deity, or form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is God Himself, but this fact is visible only to His devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To honor K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the day of His birth, devotees offer their services to the Deities by dressing Them in new garments made esp
ecially for the occasion and lavishly decorating the Lord's altar with flowers to create a nice transcendental atmosphere so that everyone naturally becomes absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental appearance in this world. In observance o
f the great day of Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 itself, no one takes any food or water until midnight, when, after a majestic bathing and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony, a little }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the Lord's mercy in the form of food)
 is distributed to everyone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The day after K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance day is Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4, the appearance day of the spiritual master of the universe (}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad-guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Although bogus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  often claim the title }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad-guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to increase their false prestige, we prop
erly honor \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da with this title because he is a bona fide representative of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme spiritual master, and is making K\'e5\'f1\'eba's message known all over the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the day of Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4 in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, as in all the ISKCON centers around the world, the disciples read their perso
nal offerings in appreciation of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. In their own words, the disciples express the purport of this prayer:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 aj\'ef\'e4na-timir\'e4ndhasya j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'efjana-\'e7al\'e4kay\'e4\line cak\'f1ur unm\'e9lita\'e0 yena tasmai \'e7r
\'e9-gurave nama\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I was born in the darkest ignorance, but my spiritual master has opened my eyes with the torch}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gautam\'e9ya-tantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The morning's activities culminate in an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  offered simultaneously to the Deities and to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The spiritual master is not God, but he is God's pure representative. Therefore, on account of his being the most conf
idential servitor of the Lord, he is honored as much as the Supreme Lord Himself. After the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cere
mony, all the devotees partake of a sumptous feast of K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to their full satisfactio
n.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The third festival, R\'e4dh\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, the appearance day of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, occurs on September 23.
 \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 personifies K\'e5\'f1\'eba's internal energy, or pleasure potency. She is described as the symbol of devotional service in the highest degree, and She is known throughout the world as the most beloved of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Her name is always associated with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for devotees speak of "R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba." R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is always prepared to fulfill all the desires of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, She is the supply source of all the dema
nds of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and She is qualified with uncommon qualities for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. R\'e4dh\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 is a special opportunity to glorify \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, under whose care one can attain
 perfection in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many thousands and millions of living entities are wandering within this material world, and some of them, by the grace of Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master, can get the seed of devotional service. One must sow this seed in the field of the heart, just as a gardener sows the seed of a valuable tree. Periodic occasions for remembering the Lord and His pure devotees, such as 
Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4, and R\'e4dh\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, stimulate ecstatic love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Joining in these activities is just like pouring water on the creeper of devotion. As one hears and chants the holy name of the Supreme
 Lord or takes part in discussions of devotional service in a society of pure devotees, the plant of devotional service sprouts from the seed of devotion and begins to grow freely. When fully grown, it transcends the length and breadth of the universe an
d enters the effulgence that pervades the spiritual world. The plant penetrates even this effulgence and then gradually enters the planet known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where it takes shelter at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After attaining this po
sition, the plant produces the fruit known as love of Godhead. That is the ultimate goal of devotional service and the perfection of human life. Therefore devotees take advantage of these festive days to glorify Their Lordships \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4d
h\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Their pure devotee, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, 1972. De
votees of the Lord take advantage of His appearance day to make a holy pilgrimage to New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where Their lordships \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Jagann\'e4tha, Subhadr\'e4 and Balar\'e4ma\'97all forms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'97preside. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub a
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  During the New V\'e5nd\'e4vana fe
stival, Sud\'e4m\'e4 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja (center, with saffron staff), one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples in the renounced order of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , preaches the glories of the Lord to the assembled devotees. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub a
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Opposite:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The appearances of the Lord, H
is pure devotee and His pleasure potency are occasions for especially ecstatic singing and dancing.  In India, as in the rest of the world, national and sectarian limitations become irrelevant in a flood of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 An Invitation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub An Invitation
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement wish to warmly invite you to join in the celebrations taking place during the months of August and Septemb
er. For more information, please write or call the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temple nearest you. (The temple addresses are on page 2 of BTG.) To arrange to attend the special week-long festival in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, please write or call Paramaha\'e0
sa Sv\'e4m\'e9 in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Vy\'e4sa-P\'fcj\'e4 Day Address
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Vy\'e4sa-P\'fcj\'e4 Day Address
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delivered at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Sept. 2, 1972, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub OF COURSE those who are my students know what this ceremony is, but I shall inform those who are visitors something about 
this ceremony so that it may not be misunderstood. Outsiders may see and wonder why this person is being worshiped like God, and there may be some doubt. Actually this ceremony is etiquette, and it is called Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4. Vy\'e4sa is the original 
author of Vedic literature, and he is an incarnation of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba [God]. It is he who gave us all Vedic knowledge, and he received the knowledge from N\'e4rada. N\'e4rada received the knowledge from Brahm\'e4, and Brahm\'e4 received it from K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. In this way, by disciplic succession, we receive transcendental knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Five thousand years ago, before Vy\'e4sadeva, there was no need of written literature. People's memories were so sharp that they would 
remember for life whatever they had heard from the spiritual master. In this age of Kali-yuga, however, we are reduced in bodily strength, power of memory, feelings of sympathy for others, duration of life, and religious propensities. In this way we have
 degenerated in this age. We can understand this very easily. Formerly when a person was attacked, many people would come to help him, asking, "Why is this man being attacked?" However, at the present moment if a man is attacked, passers-by will not care
 because they have lost their sympathy for others and their sense of mercy. Our neighbor may starve, but we don't care. Formerly, however, there was sympathy for other living entities, even for an ant. For instance, when Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was
 touring his kingdom and saw a man trying to kill a cow, he immediately drew his sword and said, "Who are you? Why are you killing a cow in my kingdom?" The government is supposed to give everyone protection; it is not that the government is meant to giv
e protection only to human beings and not to animals. Because it is Kali-yuga, however, the government discriminates between two nationals. A national is one who has taken birth in a country. The trees, aquatics, flies, reptiles, snakes, birds, bees, hum
an beings-everyone born in the land was formerly protected by the government. Why should the government give protection to one type of living entity and neglect others? This means that human beings have lost their sympathy for other living entities, and 
this is one of the characteristics of Kali-yuga. Before the advent of Kali-yuga, even an ant would not be killed unnecessarily. There was one instance of a hunter who killed many animals, but when he became a devotee, he was not prepared to kill even an 
ant. Thus this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is so nice that it makes a person perfect in knowledge, perfect in strength-perfect in everything.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This process by which one can make life perfect is coming down from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of everything, and the
refore knowledge of perfection is also coming from Him. Periodically (after millions and millions of years) K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes. He comes once in a day of Brahm\'e4, and a day of Brahm\'e4 is so long that it is difficult to calculate. According to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahma\'ebo vidu\'f9\line vr\'e4tri\'e0 yuga-sahasr\'e4nt\'e4\'e0 te 'ho-r\'e4tra-vido jan\'e4
\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of Brahm\'e4's one day. And such also is the duration of his night." (Bg. 8.17}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Brahm\'e4's one day is about 4,320,000,000 years. This means that K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes once every 8,640,000,000 years. Why does He
 come? He comes to show how a human being should live in order to make his life perfect. K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes thus once in a millennium and imparts perfect knowledge in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This perfect knowledge that comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is distributed by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  disciplic succession. The example may be given of a ripened mango at the top of a mango tree. If the mango is dropped, it will be lost; so the mango is handed from one person to another,
 from one limb to another, until it is brought down. I n the same way, Vedic knowledge is taken from authority coming down through disciplic succession. As stated, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the knowledge to Brahm\'e4, Brahm\'e4 gives it to N\'e4rada, N\'e4rad
a gives it to Vy\'e4sadeva, Vy\'e4sadeva to Madhva \'c4c\'e4rya, Madhva \'c4c\'e4rya to his disciplic succession, later to M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, to \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9, to Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, to the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, to \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa 
\'c4c\'e4rya, to J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, to K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9, to Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, to Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9, to Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9, to Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, to Gauraki\'e7ora 
d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and then to my spiritual master, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, and now we are distributing that same knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not that we manufacture knowledge. How can perfect knowledge be manufactured? To manufacture perfect knowledge, we must be perfec
t, and, being in the conditional state, we are conditioned by four defects. The first defect is that we commit mistakes. Of all the people who are seated here, there is not one person who can claim that he has never committed a mistake in his life. That 
is natural; to err is human. To commit mistakes is not unusual; it is indeed the usual thing. Even illustrious personalities like Mahatma Gandhi committed so many mistakes. Another defect in the conditioned living entity is the tendency to be illusioned.
 This means accepting one thing to be something else. For instance, we accept this body to be ourself, but it is not. From this false conception, all the trouble in the world comes. People are thinking, "I am American, I am Indian, I am Russian, I am man
, woman, dog, cat, etc." This is illusion because we are not these bodies. We can understand this at death when one's relatives cry, "Oh, my son is gone! Oh, my daughter is gone!" The body may be there, but we lament that the person is gone. Thus after d
eath we can understand that our father or son was not this body; he was something else. Mistaking the body to be the self in this way is called illusion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another defective characteristic of the living entity is the propensity to cheat. Everyone is trying to cheat others. When businessmen 
make agreements, they try to make the agreement in their favor. One person is thinking that he is so clever that he is cheating the other, and the other person is thinking in the same way. The cheating propensity is there, even between the husband and wi
fe, and sometimes between father and son, what to speak of other relations. Finally, the fourth defect of the living entity is that he has imperfect senses. We are very much proud of our sense of sight. Everyone says, "Can you show it to me? I want to se
e." But what actually is our power of seeing? At night it is very difficult to see, and if there is a wall, we cannot see through it. Every day we see the sun as a small disc, but actually it is thousands of times larger than the earth. We cannot see any
thing situated a long distance from us, nor can we even see our own eyelids, which are actually covering the eyes themselves. In this way if we study every one of our senses, we will find that they are imperfect. If we are illusioned, if our senses are i
mperfect, if we have a cheating propensity, and if we are certain to commit mistakes, how can we give perfect knowledge? Since an imperfect personality can only give imperfect knowledge, there is no benefit in accepting knowledge from any ordinary living
 entity. If knowledge is imperfect, what is its use? A conditioned living entity can only theorize, but we don't want theory. We want to know the facts. That perfect knowledge which is factual can only come from God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who distributes knowledge exactly as God distributes it, who distributes the same knowledge imparted by God, is also perfect. A pos
tman may deliver us a hundred dollars, but we do not consider that the postman is giving us a hundred dollars. The money is sent by a friend, and it is simply the postman's business to hand it over as it is, without taking anything or adding anything to 
it. His perfection is that he delivers the hundred dollars as it is sent by one's friend. That is his perfection. The postman may be imperfect in so many ways, but when he does his business perfectly, he is perfect. Similarly, Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4 means t
hat we are receiving knowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba perfectly through the agency of the spiritual master. The spiritual master is the representative of Vy\'e4sa because he is delivering that same knowledge that is coming down by disciplic succession from 
Vy\'e4sa. Because he delivers that knowledge without change, he is offered respects one day out of the year on his appearance day as the representative of Vy\'e4sadeva, and this is called Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master receives all honor and all contributions on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not that he receiv
es them for his personal self. For instance, when India was under British rule, there was a viceroy who represented the king, and often many people would present the viceroy with valuable jewels. However, it was the law that the viceroy could not touch e
ven a single jewel, for they were all going to the royal treasury. The viceroy could accept all contributions on behalf of the king, but the contributions themselves actually went to the king. Similarly, on Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4 day whatever honor or contr
ibutions are given to the spiritual master are rendered to God. Just as knowledge comes from the top and goes downward, the honor and contributions go from the bottom upward. This, then, is the process. The spiritual master has to teach the disciple how 
to send his respects and contributions to God. This is the real meaning of Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4. The spiritual master is accepted to be as good as God. Why?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strair\line uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi\'f9\line kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya
 eva tasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The spiritual master is honored as much as the Supreme Lord because of his being the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed s
criptures and is followed by all authorities. Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of \'c7r\'e9 Hari [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (scriptures) and Vedic literatures declare that the spiritual master is as good as God. It is not that he is God, but that he is as good as God. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s or impersonalists think that the spiritual mas
ter is God, but we Vai\'f1\'ebavas (devotees) do not accept this. How can a man become God? Rather, because the spiritual master is God's representative, he is honored as much as God. One should not think that he is offered respects because he has become
 God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya eva tasya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is just as when someone pats our son or dog, we become ple
ased. The spiritual master is a very confidential servant or dog of God; therefore if we can please him\'96 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God becomes pleased. If someone pleases our small child
, we become automatically pleased. One may please a child with a two-cent piece of candy, but to please the father, thousands of dollars may be required. So the purpose of pleasing the father may be fulfilled by offering the son a two-cent piece of candy
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This, then, is the business of the spiritual master. One should not think that this person is sitting very comfortably and accepting al
l honor and contributions for himself. The honor and homage to the spiritual master are needed just to teach the student how to offer them to God. This is the sum and substance of Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4. Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p13:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da with disciples and well-wishers at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The spiritual master is honored as the representative of God.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub a
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE WORD "PRABHUP\'c4DA" is a term of the utmost reverence in Vedic religious circles. It signifies a great saint even among saints. The word actually has two meani
ngs: first, one at whose feet }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (p\'e4da)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  there are many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a term meaning "master" that the disciples of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  use in addressing one another); second, one who is always found at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (the supreme master).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the line of disciplic succession through which K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is conveyed to mankind, there have been a number of figu
res of such spiritual importance as to be called Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da executed the will of his master, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and therefore he and
 his associate Gosvamis are called Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura executed the will of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, and therefore he is also addressed as Prabhup\'e4da. Our spiritual mast
er, O\'e0 Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktivedanta Swami Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, has in the same way executed the will of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da in carrying the message of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 to the western world. Therefore, following in the footsteps of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, we, the humble servants of His Divine Grace from all the different centers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, prefer to address His Grace our spiritual master as Prabhup\'e4da. W
e have asked if we may have his permission to do so, and he has kindly said yes.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Vy\'e4sa-P\'fcj\'e4 Homage }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 by Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Vy\'e4sa-P\'fcj\'e4 Homage }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub by Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to you\line Who have given us light\line To open our eyes,\line Which were firmly shut tight.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we first came to you \line In the darkness of night \line The words from your lips \line Made everything bright.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "What is your goal\'96\line Godhead to find \line Or God to become? \line Please make up your mind.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If you want to become God, \line You can't be God now. \line Can a non-God become God? \line Please let me know how.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "God is within you, \line Sitting there in your heart, \line Just waiting for your \line Loving service to start.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "But if you insist \line That you want to be Him, \line You're cheating yourself \line And have nothing to win.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If the seed of devotion\line With chanting you sow, \line Then God will give sunlight \line To help make it grow.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "But if to become God \line Remains your ambition, \line Why then should God \line Help His own competition?
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God,\line And God He is always,\line On Ya\'e7od\'e4\'92s lap\line Or in Dv\'e4rak\'e4\'92s hallways.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Or in Kuruk\'f1etra, \line He's God all the same\'96\line It's not that by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord He became.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You are a spark, \line And God is the fire:\line And you can be Godly}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you truly desire.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Your qualities match His,\line But the quantity's different, \line For God's nature is infinite \line Whereas you're insign
ificant.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I cannot be God, \line For I truly am small, \line But He kindly allows me \line To serve Him. That's all.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "That is His mercy, \line Transcendent and sweet. \line Take it! Be happy! \line That's all I entreat."
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Your Divine Grace\line We were blessed to meet, \line And thus we were forced \line To fall at your feet.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You poured nectarlike words \line Through the holes in our ears \line To clean out our hearts \line And vanquish our fears.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arousing within us \line Our love for the Lord, \line Our actual life \line His servant restored.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now we beg to remain \line Individual souls, \line Serving the servant \line Of the one Spirit Whole.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All glories to you \line Who have given us this;\line A life that's eternal, \line Full of knowledge and bliss.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Taking us from the darkness, \line Cold and alone, \line Back to Godhead, \line Back to home.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the son of a Massa
chusetts lawyer, is a graduate of Brandeis University and is President of ISKCON's center in Bombay}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 To Understand His Greatness 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TO UNDERSTAND HIS GREATNESS 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A survey of the transcendental accomplishments of the foremost spiritual teacher of the modern age, His Divine Grace A
.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li1800\ri1440\fi-1008 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The spiritual grandfather of th
e Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. A great scholar, lifelong ascetic and powerful preacher, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta wrote many books and established temples throughout India 
to make known the eternal teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In 1933, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta became the spiritual master of Abhay Charan De, who was later to be known as His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In 1936, ju
st days before departing from this world, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta specifically ordered \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the English language. It is to fulfill this order that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has come to
 the West.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right, above}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da pre
aching in Tompkin's Square Park (October, 1966).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right, below}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Early disciples of the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba movement pose before \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's first temple (1968).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1965, at the age of 70, a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba packed a metal suitcase with books and personal belongings, lef
t his small room in India's holy city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and boarded the steamship }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jaladuta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to s
ail to the West.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He arrived at Boston's Commonwealth Pier on September 18, 1965, with little hope that the American people would pay heed to the message 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness that his spiritual master had charged him to deliver. "Most of the people here, " he wrote in a poem to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "are covered by nature's modes of ignorance and passion. I do not know how they will be able to u
nderstand Your transcendental message. " He had no friends and nowhere to stay. He had brought only forty rupees and his books. "But I know that Your causeless mercy can make everything possible," he prayed, "because You are the most expert mystic. . . .
Somehow or other You have brought me here to speak about You. Now it is up to You to make me a success or a failure, as You like." Now, nine years later, it is clear that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has made His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4d
a an overwhelming success.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1966, after months of personal struggle, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da rented a storefront at 26 Second Avenue in New York City. A few yo
ung students joined him, and with their help \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da formed the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). In his first storefront temple, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would lecture from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , distribute }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (food that had been offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba), and lead his tiny group of disciples in chanting the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'96Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On Sundays, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would go to nearby Tompkin's Square Pork, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba as usual, distribute }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and urge the young people he found there to revive their dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York Times}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  published a report on \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's activities, with a picture of \'c7r\'e9la 
Prabhup\'e4da and a headline declaring that he was attracting young people to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This was the birth of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basis of the movement is the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  itself\'96Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. This chanting\'96the most recom
mended means for spiritual progress in this age\'96cleanses the mind. Thus it enables one to transcend temporary designations of race, religion and nationality and understand one's true identity as an eternal, spiritual living being. According to the Ved
ic literature, the eternal living being takes birth in one body after another in 8,400,000 species of life. But the chanting frees one from this cycle of birth and death. In an age where philosophical speculation simply leads to disappointment or confusi
on, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  lifts one directly to spiritual knowledge. In other words, simply by c
hanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can directly experience self-realization. People are confused and misled because they look for happiness in the material world. But the chanting at once puts one in touch with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the reservoir of all happiness
. Thus one becomes fully satisfied, and the pains and pleasures of material life become insignificant. The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore, is the prime benediction for all humanity. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has introduced this chanting all o
ver the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After carefully training his first disciples in New York to carry on the chanting and maintain the temple in his absence, \'c7r\'e9la Pr
abhup\'e4da flew to San Francisco. There he again attracted a few serious followers and started his second temple. Other temples soon appeared in Montreal, Boston and Buffalo, and the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement spread to large cities throughout America
 and Canada.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1968 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sent three married couples to London. Prabhup\'e4da's own spiritual master had wanted a permanent cent
er in London, and he had sent disciples to start one, but somehow they were unable to do anything. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples, however, drew immediate attention. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Chant Startles London, " headlined the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco Chronicle.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's devotees chanted on the streets, in clubs and in private homes, they establ
ished a permanent center only a few blocks from the British Museum, and they made a record of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that became the number one song in all Great Britain. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sent other disciples to Germany and France, and soon the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement was flourishing all over Europe. He later sent disciples to Africa
, Australia, South America, Indonesia and Japan. Now there are more than 65 temples all over the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These temples are not simply places for devotees to live comfortably, eating and sleeping at the expense of the spiritual master or the 
public. Rather, they are active centers where everyone is busy working to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'96}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and, th
rough K\'e5\'f1\'eba, serve all living beings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The temples fulfill two main functions. First, they are centers where people can learn about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and get a taste for spiritua
l life by attending classes, festivals and other special programs. Second, they are colleges for training serious students to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 calls this the "king of education" because one who understands K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, attains not only the most valuable knowledge but also the most perfect self-realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Two especially notable centers are the ISKCON temples in India's holy cities M\'e4y\'e4pur and V\'e5nd\'e4vana. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the b
irthplace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and M\'e4y\'e4pur is the birthplace of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the "golden incarnation" of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who makes love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba very easily available in our modern age of quarrel. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktiv
inoda \'d6h\'e4kura, the spiritual master of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's own spiritual master, wanted Westerners especially to have the chance to come to these holy places to cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has fulfilled
 \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda's wish. He has built wonderful temples with fully modern facilities so that now Westerners can visit these holy places without discomfort, absorb themselves in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and return home spiritually purified a
nd refreshed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s projects is New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, a 1,000-acre K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious farm community in the h
ills of West Virginia. First established in 1968, New V\'e5nd\'e4vana provides the ideal atmosphere of a busy yet peaceful village fully devoted to spiritual progress. Moreover, it demonstrates how a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious society engages each person a
ccording to his talents and propensities. In ISKCON's temples in large cities, devotees work as preachers, or they employ their technical or professional skills in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. In New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, however, devotees maintain the farm, gro
w crops and tend cows for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This illustrates how every individual can live happily in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by working in the occupation for which he is most inclined.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has also established the West's first K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious school\'96}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a primary school in Dallas, Texas, for almost one hundred boys and girls between the ages of five and fifteen. The Vedic lite
rature says that a human birth is a rare opportunity, for a human being has the intelligence with which to understand the ultimate purpose of life. Therefore from the very beginning a young child should learn how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then he will be h
appy in both this life and the next. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , therefore, aside from teaching reading, writing and arithm
etic, teaches a young child how to cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Thus \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is giving these children the chance to become not only expert in ordinary material affairs but spiritually enlightened as well.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, furthermore, has brought }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1
\'eba-pras\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to the Western world. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. According to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eating food prepared only for the enjoyment of the senses implicates one, under the laws of }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in a network of sinful reactions. But eating food offered first to K\'e5\'f1\'eba has just the opposite ef
fect. Simply by eating such }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , one cleanses himself of the reactions to past sins, which are imp
ediments to self-realization. Thus even if one cannot understand Vedic philosophy, or even chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can advance in spiritual life simply by eating }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1
\'eba-pras\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, therefore, has arranged to distribute such }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all over the world. In India, where hunger, for many people, is a day-to-day problem, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's temples distribute }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to as many as six thousand people daily. And in the West, where food is plentiful but spiritual realization is not, a
ll \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's temples distribute }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as a regular part of their programs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s most substantial contribution, however, is to be found in his books. His Divine Grace has written more th
an a dozen large philosophical books to explain the principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in a logical, practical and scientific way. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books are not actually new. They are English translations of Sanskrit scriptures tha
t are thousands of years old, But \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is the first to present these scriptures purely, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as they are}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , without changing their meaning to fit preconceived mundane notions. Now, consequently, for the first time, people are understanding the eternal wisdom of these ancient scriptures. They are therefore becoming devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to the West, more than seven hundred editions of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were available in English. But although scholars and philosophers studied }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for hundreds of years, not a single person became a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But now thousands of people have read }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , understood its message and thus become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees. In this way they are finding 
unlimited bliss and satisfaction, and they are becoming eligible to get out of this material world and at the time of death go back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books give overwhelming evidence that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness is the supreme perfection of spiritual life. Too often, people have assumed that the Supreme is impersonal or void. Even people who believe that the Supreme is a person have had little idea of who that person is. But \'c7r\'e9la P
rabhup\'e4da has given explicit knowledge of the Supreme as the Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He has explained in detail His name, form, qualities and pastimes and explained how to develop love for Him. Nowhere else can one find out p
recisely who God is, what He looks like, where He lives, and how He enjoys His pastimes with His devotees in the spiritual world. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, by virtue of its completeness, its authenticity, the integrity of its Vedic logic an
d arguments, and its potency to invoke one's dormant love of Godhead, surpasses all the other philosophies of the world. It is this supreme philosophy that is being freely distributed by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the mercy and kindness of His Divine Grace that he has dedicated all his time and energy to give us the chance to know and love K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. We can only aspire to follow in his footsteps, for by his personal example he has shown the meaning of pure devotion. We have yet to fully appreciate \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's greatness and the greatness of the gifts he has given us. Mor
eover, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is always humbly unwilling to take personal credit for his accomplishments. "I am most insignificant," he says. "But somehow or other I have tried to carry out the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and my spiritual master. Whateve
r success has come, it is only by their grace."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p18:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ISKCON devotees from around the world hold }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck
\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , congregational chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in Mayapur, India, the birthplace of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Lord Caitanya is the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who
 stressed the importance of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for the modern age.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's preachers broadcast the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in Nairobi, Kenya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub a
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Bright-faced devotees and the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in San Juan, Puerto Rico.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bottom:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 Every year, thousands of people share the bliss of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in ISKCON's Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Car Festival in San Francisco.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  brings transcendental 
ecstasy to New York City's Central Park. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub a
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A view of the ISKCON International Center on the holy island of Mayapur. The center has ample living space for five hundred devotees and guests. The sacred rivers Ganges and Sarasvati flow nearby. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9;\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bottom, left: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta Manor, ISKCON's European headquarters, named in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's honor, rests on a spacious estate just oustide London.
 The Society also maintains an active center in the city itself. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub a\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Middle, left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The main building of 
ISKCON's Gurukula school in Dallas, Texas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p21:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left and below:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Farming, gardening and construction in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo left: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo below: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub a\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above and left}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Sanskrit and a smile at Gurukula. The teachers, noted the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New York Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , are both strict and affectionate, and the children laugh easily. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub a
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p22:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A child at Gurukula learns how to read and be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub below}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9;
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p23:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Top: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's 
books give explicit knowledge of the Absolute Truth as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Mural}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub dhara d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub a
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above, left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da prep
ares }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for a feast in ISKCON's Temple in Honolulu. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Tidbits of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  win eager acceptance at the Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival in London. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub a\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Far left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub : Devotees distribute full plates of }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to children in Mayapur, West Bengal. "You hav
e my admiration and blessings for your selfless work."\'97Kenneth Keating, former US Ambassador to India. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bhargava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub a
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p24:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da initiat
es his disciples in the authorized Vedic way of spiritual understanding. He teaches as }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a sp
iritual master who imparts the essence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness both by precept and by the ideal example of his life.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9;
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Who is that Girl with K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHO IS THAT GIRL WITH K\'c5\'d1
\'cbA?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 JAY\'c4DVAITA D\'c4SA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the Editor of Back t
o Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When people see a picture like the one you see here, they often ask, \'93Who is that girl with K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 Th
e answer is that She is \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s pleasure potency.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement humbly try to glorify \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9 because by Her mercy one can advance wonderfully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Par\'e9k\'f1it d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 What Is The Pleasure Potency?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub EVERYONE naturally wants to enjoy, yet no one is fully independent in finding enjoyment. To satisfy our desires, we need the association of others. We use the expre
ssion \'93to enjoy oneself,\'94 but we enjoy ourselves most in good company. Indeed, most people would find prolonged solitude practically unbearable.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, the Supreme Lord, being the source of everything is fully independent. He is independent in His existence, His
 knowledge, and His pleasure, for everything rests upon Him, as pearls are strung on a thread.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore, needs no one. Since in one sense He }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  everything, no one exists outside of Him. Consequently, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba wants to enjoy, He expands the potency or energy within Himself 'that gives Him enjoymen
t. This potency is a person. Her name is \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is not a different person from K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97or, rather, She is both one with and different from Him. How 
could two people be one person, or one person be two? A simple example will illustrate how this is so. The sun cannot exist without the sunshine, nor the sunshine without the sun. We say, "The sun is in my room\'94\'96even though the sun itself is ninety
-three million miles away\'96because the sun appears in the form of its energy. Therefore the energy (the sunshine) and the energetic (the sun) are simultaneously one and different. Similarly, R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are simultaneously one and dif
ferent. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the self-effulgent Lord, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is His supreme pleasure energy. Together They constitute the complete Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Who Can Understand All This?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One cannot understand anything about R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba through mental speculation. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His potencies are }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  inconceivable, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anant
a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unlimited. He is the very source of the mind itself, and therefore He is beyond the mind. The limited mind cannot understand the unlimited Personality of Godhead. The Vedic lit
erature explains this very logically: "That which is transcendental to material nature is inconceivable, whereas speculative arguments are all mundane. Since mundane arguments cannot touch transcendental subject matters, one should not try to understand 
transcendental subjects through mundane arguments."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When ordinary mundane intellectuals try to explain or interpret the identity or pastimes of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's unlimited nature bewilders }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub them,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and therefore they misconstrue everything. Thus they sometimes c
onsider R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be like an ordinary girl and boy of the material world. But although they often pose as learned scholars, they do not know what they are talking about. One should therefore strictly avoid the contused mundane ide
as ot such blundering intellectuals, if one wishes to understand R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one must understand Them by hearing submissively from a bona fide authority.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The original authority on K\'e5\'f1\'eba is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Everyone is first an authority regarding his own self, and this is 
also true of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.. Moreover, since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unlimited, no one can understand Him fully. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's disciple Arjuna confirms this as follows in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svayam ev\'e4tman\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0\line vettha tva\'e0 purusottama\line bh\'fcta-bh\'e4vana bh\'fcte\'e7a\line deva-deva jagat-pa
te
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Indeed, You alone know Yourself by Your own potencies, O origin of all, Lord of all beings, God of gods, O Supreme Person, Lord of the universe!" (}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.15)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is inconceivable to mental speculation, those to whom He reveals Himself can understand Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba fir
st gave such transcendental understanding to Brahm\'e4, the first created living being. Brahm\'e4 later transmitted this knowledge to his son N\'e4rada, who transmitted it to Vy\'e4sa, the author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this way, the knowledge has descended from master to disciple, through a chain of disciplic succession, even down to the present day. 
A spiritual master in this disciplic line is a bona fide authority regarding K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is the proper person from whom to receive transcendental knowledge.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 What Gives K\'e5\'f1\'eba Pleasure?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to such spiritual authorities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure, and therefore He is all-attractive. Yet K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Himself derives pleasure from the service rendered by His}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotees. Such devotional service att
racts even Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, while speaking to a friend, confirms this as follows in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "My dear Uddhava, you may know from Me that the attraction I feel for devotional service rendered by My devotees is not to be equalled even if one performs mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophical speculation or ritualistic sacrifices, studies }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  practices severe austerities or gives up everything in charity. These are of course, very nice activities, but they are not as attractive to Me as the transcendental loving service rendered 
by My devotees.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf9\nosupersub SB 11.12.1-2
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na rodhayati m\'e4\'e0 yogo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na s\'e4\'eckhya\'e0 dharma eva ca
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na sv\'e4dhy\'e4yas tapas ty\'e4go
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ne\'f1\'f6\'e4-p\'fcrta\'e0 na dak\'f1i\'eb\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb94\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vrat\'e4ni yaj\'efa\'e7 chand\'e4\'e0si
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e9rth\'e4ni niyam\'e4 yam\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yath\'e4varundhe sat-sa\'ecga\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-sa\'ecg\'e4paho hi m\'e4m
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Supreme Pe
rsonality of Godhead said; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na rodhayati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97does not control; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Me; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yoga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  system; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97neither; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'e4\'eckhyam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the analytic study of the material elements; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dharma\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97ordinary piety such as nonviolence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97also; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97neither; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sv\'e4dhy\'e4ya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Vedas;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub tapa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97penances; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ty\'e4ga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the renounced order of life; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97nor; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub i\'f1\'f6\'e4-p\'fcrtam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the performance of sacrifice and public welfare activities such as digging wells or planting trees; 
}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97neither; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub da
k\'f1i\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97charity; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vrat\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub \'97taking vows such as fasting completely on Ek\'e4da\'e7\'e9; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yaj\'efa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wo
rship of the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub chand\'e4\'e0si}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97chanting confidential }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantras;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t\'e9rth\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97going to holy places of pilgrimage; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub niyam\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97following major instructions for spiritual discipline; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yam\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and also minor regulatio
ns; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub avarundhe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97brings under control; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat-sa\'ecga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97association with My devotees; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97material association; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub apaha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97removing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Me.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead said:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  My dear Uddhava, by
 associating with My pure devotees one can destroy one's attachment for all objects of material sense gratification. Such purifying association brings Me under the control of My devotee. One may perform the a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga system, engage in phil
osophical analysis of the elements of material nature, practice nonviolence and other ordinary principles of piety, chant the Vedas}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  perform penances, take to the renounced order of life, execute sacrificial performances and dig wells, plant trees and perform other public welfare activities, give in charity, carry out severe vows, worship the demigods, c
hant confidential mantras}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  visit holy places or accept major and minor disciplinary injunctions, but even b
y performing such activities one does not bring Me under his control.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.12.1)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is full in six opulences: beauty, wealth, fame, strength, knowledge and renunciation. No amount of material opulence, th
erefore, can attract Him. Just as one could not attract a millionaire by offering him a few dollars, one cannot attract K\'e5\'f1\'eba merely by one's limited material opulence. Nevertheless, pure devotional service attracts even K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is 
the unique transcendental excellence of devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the embodiment of pure devotional service. No one can be a greater devotee than She. The v
ery name R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 comes from the Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4r\'e4dhana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means "worship." Her
 name is R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 because She excels all in worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so beautiful that He can attract millions of Cupids and is therefore called Madana-mohana, "the attractor of Cupid," R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9 can attract even K\'e5\'f1\'eba. She is therefore called Madana-mohana-mohan\'e9\'96"the attractor of the attractor of Cupid."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The same K\'e5\'f1\'eba who is not attracted by any amount of material opulence finds \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 irresis
tible. One time K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to joke with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cowherd girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, was hidi
ng Himself beneath a bush, but finally they spotted Him from a distance. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then changed Himself into His four-armed form of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  approached and found N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba instead of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were not very interested in Him; only K\'e5\'f1\'eba's original two-armed form attracted them. They therefore of
fered their respectful obeisances unto Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and prayed that He would bestow upon them the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal association. Then they went on searching for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9 passed by, however, K\'e5\'f1\'eba tried to maintain His disguise as Narayana but was unable to do so; He kept slipping back to His original two-armed form. This illustrates the great influence of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9\'92s pure 
transcendental love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [4.11]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that as one surrenders unto Him, He reciprocates accordingly. Therefore the more R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 tries to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the 
more He desires to please Her, thus in turn increasing Her enthusiasm to increase His pleasure. Therefore although the Lord is unlimited, both He Himself and His potency for pleasure are always increasing. The all-blissful reciprocation between the Lord 
and His pleasure potency is expressed in the transcendental pastimes of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which are described in detail in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Love or Lust\'96What's the Difference?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The reciprocation of love between}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the essence of spiritual love. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the origin of everything, He is the origin of love also. The attraction between boys and girls in the material 
world is a perverted reflection of the purely spiritual relationship between R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One who thinks he can be happy through material sexual enjoyment cannot understand the relationship between R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba; and, 
conversely, if one hears about R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba from a bona fide spiritual master, his material sexual desires evaporate.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material world, although one may profess true love, inwardly one's real desire is to enjoy his own senses. We love someone as lo
ng is he or she pleases our senses, and when such sensual pleasure dwindles, the so-called love dwindles with it. Thus the love affair ends in separation or divorce. But pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the spiritual platform have no desires to please 
themselves. They desire only to please Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is true unalloyed love. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What we speak of as "love" in the material world is actually lust, or a desire to serve oneself. It has no permanent basis: today I lov
e one girl, tomorrow another, according to my changing fancy. Indeed, although a boy and girl may change sexual partners as often as dogs and cats do, in our modern idiom we refer to their sexual intercourse as "lovemaking," as though the gross friction 
of two hot bodies could generate love. We speak of love so easily, but actually in this material world there is no love\'96it is all lust. The difference between love and lust is like the difference between gold and iron. Both gold and iron are metals, b
ut otherwise they are not at all alike. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conditioned souls in the material world are generally misdirected and frustrated in love because they try to get pleasure by satisf
ying their material bodily senses. They do not know that they are different from their bodies. The body is always changing\'96from childhood, to youth, to old age\'96but the same person is always present in each body. He identifies himself as an American
 or Englishman, a Jew or a Christian, a boy or a girl, according to his body, but that body is not himself. Therefore no matter how diligently he tries to be happy by gratifying his bodily demands, he is never successful. Just as one cannot satisfy a bir
d by cleaning its cage and not feeding the bird itself, one cannot satisfy himself merely by trying to satisfy his physical senses. Besides that, the more one tries to satisfy the senses, the more they demand. Indulgence cannot satisfy the senses, any mo
re than gasoline can extinguish a fire. Trying to smother one's anxieties with the gasoline of sense gratification will only ignite an explosion. Therefore, by trying to satisfy his material desires for sensual enjoyment the poor conditioned soul merely 
increases his desire, but not his satisfaction. He becomes a servant of the senses, working hard to fulfill hankerings that can never be fulfilled. To find real pleasure, one must find real love\'96and for this one must love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To be truly h
appy, one must engage in His devotional service. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such devotional service is under the control of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. She is the presiding Deity of devotional ser
vice. Because She is very merciful, devotees especially take advantage of Her merciful nature to attain the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Indeed, although engagement in pure devotional service is rarely achieved, one can achieve it very easily by the grace 
of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  confirms that those who are truly }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  great souls, take shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 prak\'e5ti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or spiritual energy\'96\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. "Always chanting My glories," Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares, "endeavo
ring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion." (Bg. 9.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This devotional service is not an activity of the material world; it is fully spiritual because it is directly under the control of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's spiritual energy\'96\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To perform devotional service, one should follow in the footsteps of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 by performing pure devot
ional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, without any concern for material profit. But one should not worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not complete without R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, as the sun is not complete without the sunshine. One should theref
ore worship both R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for together They are the complete Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, worshiping R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is better than worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba. More precisely, one can best worship Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, through \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, His supreme pleasure energy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But rather than offer a flower dire
ctly to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, better to offer the flower to \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, requesting, "My dear R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, please recommend me to Your K\'e5\'f1\'eba." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme controller, yet He is controlled by
 the pure devotion of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is therefore also known as the "property of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9." if one can please R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9', therefore, one can very easily please Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 has the vision of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
mah\'e4-bh\'e4gavata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the most highly elevated devotee. Thus She sees everyone equally, if anyone approaches Her to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even if he is the most fallen, She immedi
ately bestows Her mercy upon him by recommending to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, here is a devotee. He is better than Me." Because \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is always absorbed in thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, She is very dear to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore if one tries in this way to reach K\'e5\'f1\'eba through R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, he will surely be successful.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 How Can We Learn To Serve R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To be able to serve R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one must first approach a bona fide spiritual master. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has two energi
es\'96material and spiritual. The spiritual energy is full of eternal bliss and knowledge, whereas the material energy causes ignorance, misery and death. Although we are all originally spiritual, unfortunately we are now engrossed in the material energy
. Because of illusion, however, we do not remember our real position, nor do we know how to return to the spiritual world. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally descends to this material world to attract us by exhibiting His transcendental pastimes and by 
speaking the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for our enlightenment. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned to His abo
de 5,000 years ago. Does this mean that we can no longer approach Him? No. In His absence, we may approach Him through His representative, the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master is the mercy incarnation of God. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, approaching Him is 
difficult. But He is also most compassionate, and out of His compassion He empowers His pure devotees to bring back home, back to Godhead, the fallen souls who have forgotten Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, the tenderhearted female counterpart of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, represents His compassionate na
ture. Therefore the spiritual master, who compassionately appears in the material world for the sake of the fallen souls, is considered a representative of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. By the mercy of the spiritual master, one can obtain th
e mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There is no alternative means for success. Without the mercy of the spiritual master, one cannot make any progress in devotional service. This is the opinion of all bona fide authorities on devotional life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master trains his disciples in such a way that they can become free from bondage to material consciousness, engage in dev
otional service, and thus gradually develop pure love of Godhead. The spiritual master has the responsibility of scientifically engaging each disciple in a practical manner. Among the many different paths for the attainment of spiritual realization, one 
needs the expert guidance of a bona fide spiritual master to understand which path to follow to make actual progress toward the supreme goal.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In our modern age, the most recommended process for perfection is to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'96Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R
\'e4ma, Hare Hare. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are names of the Lord, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  addresses Har\'e4, the pleasure potency of the Lord\'96\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. As living spiritual souls, we are originally spiritual energy, but somehow or other we have now fallen into this material world of bir
th and death. But when we come under the shelter of the supreme spiritual energy, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, we come to our happy, normal position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is the potency who gives transcendental pleasure to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When the mercy of that potency is bestowed
 upon a living entity, he develops love of Godhead and thus attains the highest pleasure\'96and he can also distribute that pleasure to others. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has introduced this process of chanting to the Western
 countries and is spreading it all over the world. "The chanting," he says, "is exactly like the cry of a child for its mother's presence. Mother Har\'e4 [\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9] helps the devotee achieve the Lord Father's grace, and t
he Lord reveals Himself to the devotee who chants this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sincerely."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advert-KB #64
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE BEST FRIEND OF EVERYONE IS A
 BOOK
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as in BTG #62
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\*\bkmkstart SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 1}{\*\bkmkend SRI SRI GURV-ASTAKA 1}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c7R\'c9 GURV-A\'d1\'d6AKA\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub Eight Prayers Glor
ifying the Spiritual Master}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub )\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as in the {\*\bkmkstart Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas}{\*\bkmkend Songs of the Vaisnava Acaryas}Songs of the Vai\'f1\'ebava \'c4c
\'e4ryas (1972)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advert-The Living Library #64
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Living Library of Transcende
ntal Knowledge
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In this world, there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. Such knowledge is the mature fruit of al
l mysticism. And one who has achieved this enjoys the self within himself in due course of time." \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.38]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one is situated in transcendental knowledge, he need not search for peace elsewhere, for he enjoys peace within himse
lf. Cultivate this transcendental knowledge. Read the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub available from:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The International Society for Krishna Consc
iousness, 3959 Landmark, Culver City, Calif. 90230.\line (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Use the convenient order card supplied in this magazine}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 6
5, 1974
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees at the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness center in New Orleans, Louisiana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In New Orleans And Around the World. . .
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub In New Orleans And Around the Wo
rld. . .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is everywhere because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everywhere. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead. He lives far away, 
in the spiritual world, but He also lives within the heart of every living being. Thus no one can be farther from us than K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'96 and no one can be closer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since everyone is a part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, everyone has a relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just as one's hand is part of one's body a
nd is therefore meant to serve the whole body, every living being is part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Living Being, and therefore every living being is meant to serve Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement it to revive our awareness of this eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the natural, joyful consciousness that lies dormant within us all. To return to this pure consciousness is the purpose of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has established more than eighty centers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness around
 the world. In these centers, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples learn and teach others the techniques for becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, as taught in ancient Vedic scriptures such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The most important of these techniques is the chanting of the holy names of God, as found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We invite you to learn more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and our relationship with Him by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and by reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which explains the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy and tells about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. We also invite you to visit one of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness centers\'97anywhe
re in the world\'97and thus come closer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada d\'e4sa
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d\'e4sa
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\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jeffrey Dunan
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dana d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Cakradhara d\'e4sa
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Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 65 \'a9 1974 by the Bhaktivedanta Book
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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ishna-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P./178.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Becoming Pure
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Becoming Pure
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Conversations about spiritual life between Bob Cohen, a young Peace Corps worker in India, and His Divine Grace A.C. Bha
ktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Recorded at the ISKCON International Center at Lord Caitanya's Birthplace, M\'e4y\'e4pur, India
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have always been interested in religion, but before I met the devotees, I did not have the intelligence or proper perspe
ctive needed to inquire fruitfully about spiritual life. I had been to Hebrew School and had studied Oriental philosophy, but I could never get satisfying answers to my questions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After graduating college with a B.S. in Chemistry, I joined the Peace Corps and went to India as a science teacher. In India I inquired
 about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. I was curious about its authenticity. Attracted by the chanting and intrigued by the philosophy, I had visited the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in New York several times before going to India, but I did not c
onsider the seemingly austere life of a devotee for myself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India I first met the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees in Calcutta during October of 1972. The devotees could clearly explain to me
 the purpose of yoga and the need to inquire about spiritual life. I began to feel that the rituals and ceremonies they practiced were not dull, sentimental obligations, but a real, sensible way of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At first, however, it was very difficult for me to understand the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In so many subtle ways, m
y Western upbringing prevented me from seeing things that were as plain as the nose on my face! Fortunately, the devotees convinced me of the need to practice some few basic austerities, and thus I was able to gain the intelligence and desire to understa
nd spiritual life. I can now recall how distant and tenuous my concepts of spiritual and transcendental existence were. I met Prabhup\'e4da briefly at this time, and shortly thereafter I decided to become a vegetarian. (I was proud of being a vegetarian,
 but later Prabhup\'e4da reminded me that even pigeons are vegetarians.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In February I met some devotees in Calcutta, and they invited me to a festival in Mayapur (a holy island ninety miles north of Calcutta
) in honor of the appearance day of Lord Caitanya, who is considered an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. I left for M\'e4y\'e4pur planning to stay two days at the most, but ended up staying a week. There I met Prabhup\'e4da again. I was the only We
stern nondevotee on the island, and since I was living with the devotees on their land, this was a unique opportunity to learn intimately about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When I met Prabhup\'e4da, he asked me how I was and if I had any questions. The 
devotees had explained to me that Prabhup\'e4da could answer any questions about spiritual life because he represents a disciplic succession of spiritual masters. I thought that Prabhup\'e4da might really know what is going on in the world. After all, hi
s devotees claimed this, and I admired and respected his devotees. So with this in mind I began to ask my question. Inadvertently, I had approached a spiritual master }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (guru)}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the proper manner, submissively asking questions about spiritual matters.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da was pleased, and over the next several days he answered my questions. I asked them mostly from an academic point of view,
 but Prabhup\'e4da always gave me personal answers so that I would take to spiritual life. Prabhup\'e4da was patiently trying to help me understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) is the supreme enjoyer, supreme friend and supreme proprietor. I put forward man
y impediments to accepting the obvious: that I would have to become serious about God consciousness to understand God. But Prabhup\'e4da relentlessly yet kindly urged me on.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now I am back in the United States working for my master's degree in geology at Rutgers, sponsoring K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities
 on the campus, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba myself every day, and associating with the devotees at the temple in New York. Gradually, am overcoming material impediments. Due to the kindness of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, I have realized the importance of
 inquiring about spiritual life from a genuinely self-realized person. Spiritual life has thus become more real to me and less sentimental.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob Cohen
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thank you so much for allowing me to as
k my questions.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is my mission. People should understand the science of
 God. Unless we cooperate with the Supreme Lord, our life is baffled. I have given the example many times that a screw which has fallen from a machine has no value. But when the same screw is again attached to the machine, it has value. Similarly, we are
 part and parcel of God. So without God, what is our value? No value! We should again come back to our position of attachment to God. Then we have value.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I met a fellow today who came in the afternoon. His reason for coming\'96you may 
find it humorous\'96was that he heard the hippies were in M\'e4y\'e4pur.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He heard that hippies were in M\'e4y\'e4pur. I was talking to him, and then some 
devotees were talking to him. He had said some things to me which I could find no answer for. And he said he would come back tomorrow and meet some devotees. But let me tell you what he said. This is confusing. When he was young. . .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He's Indian? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, Indian. He lives nearby and speaks English fairly well. When he was young he
 worshiped Kali [a popular demigoddess] every day very rigorously, and then the floods came. When the floods came, the people saw hardship, and now he has no religion, and he says he finds his happiness in trying to develop love among people. And I could
n't think of what to say to him to add God and religion to his life. He says that after he dies, "maybe I'll become part of God, maybe not," but he can't worry about it now. He says he's tried these religious experiences, but they didn't work. One reason
 I ask this is because when I go back to America, a lot of people I come across are like this. They see that religion, like his worship of Kali or other kinds of religion they've experienced, doesn't work. And I don't know what to say to them to convince
 them it's worth trying.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Do not try at the present moment. You try to be convinced y
ourself.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. I asked him to see devotees, but then on the way out, as he was leaving down
 the road, I met him again and told him, "Come back," but. . . Oh, I see.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  first of all be convinced. And then try to convince others. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s instruction is that you can improve the welfare of others when 
your own life is a success:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4rata-bh\'fcite haila manu\'f1ya-janma y\'e4ra\line janma s\'e4rthaka kari' kara para-upak\'e4ra\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.41}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First make your life perfect. Then try to teach others.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The devotees have said to me that without consciousness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba all the
 time, you cannot be happy. But at times I feel happy. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  At times. Not always. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But if you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, you will feel h
appy always.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They had implied that you cannot feel happy without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is a fact. For example, if you are an animal of the la
nd and you are thrown into the water, you cannot be happy in water in any condition. When you are again taken up to the land, then you'll be happy. Similarly, we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We cannot be happy without being part and parcel of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. The same example: the machine part, without the machine, has no value; but when it is again put into the machine, it has value. We are part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; we must join K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And you can join K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately by your
 consciousness, simply by thinking, "I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is mine." That's all. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What is that? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. . . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is mine! 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Mine?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. Mine. My K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ah.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is mine. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is mine. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And I am K\'e5\'f1\'eba's. That is our actual position. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. Everything is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Becau
se everything is generated by the energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and everything }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the energy of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An Indian gentleman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, I have one question. What is the statu
s of service minus devotion? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hmm? That is not service, that is business. [Everyone laugh
s.] For example, here in M\'e4y\'e4pur we have employed a contractor. That is not service\'96that is business. Is it not? Sometimes they will advertise, "Our customers are our masters." Is it not? But in spite of the flowery language\'96"Our customers ar
e our masters"\'96this is business, because nobody is a qualified customer unless he pays. But service is not like that. Service\'96Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu prays to K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 tath\'e4 v\'e4 vidadh\'e4ti lampa\'f6o\line mat-pr\'e4\'eba-n\'e4thas tu sa eva n\'e4para\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 8]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You do whatever You like, but still You are my worshipable Lord." That is service. "I don't ask any return from You." That is service. When you expect some return,
 that is business. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I wish to ask you to advise me on how I can come to feel closer to God. I'll be l
eaving you soon. And I'm. . .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You have to be purified.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I come to the temple at times, and then I leave, and I'm not sure how much I take
 with me.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It does not take much time. Within six months you will real
ize your progress. But you have to follow the regulative principles. Then it will be all right. Just like these boys and girls are doing. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, I see.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They have no tendency for going to the cinema or going to a
 hotel. No. They have stopped all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anarthas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  all unnecessary things. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I feel that when I go back, they'll\'96
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The whole}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub human life is meant for purification.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tapo divya\'e0 putrak\'e4 yena sattva\'e0 \'e7uddhyed yasm\'e4d brahma-saukhya\'e0 tv anantam }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.5.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Sattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means existence. So if you don't purify your ex
istence, then you will have to change your body. From this body to that. Sometimes it may be higher, sometimes lower. For example, if you don't cure a disease, it can put you into trouble in so many ways. Similarly, if you don't purify your existence, th
en you will have to transmigrate from one body to another. There are very subtle laws of nature. Now there is no guarantee that you will get a very comfortable body or an American body. Therefore, it is essential for the human being to purify his existen
ce. Unless you purify your existence, you will hanker after happiness but will not always be happy. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When I go back to my job in New York, I hope I'll become pure, but I'm sure that 
I won't become as pure as your devotees here. I\'96I don't see myself doing that.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You can do as they are doing. They were not pure in the beg
inning; now they are pure. Similarly, you can become pure. For example, in your childhood you were not educated\'96but now you are educated. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So, what are the things that I may do? When I go back, I must. . . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When do you go back?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I'll be going back to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chaibasa to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub do my work there, and. . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What is there in Chaibasa?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is where I do my teaching. I live there.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So better not to teach\'96because you do not know what to t
each.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [laughs] I'll be going\'96I don't like this teaching so much, and I'll be returni
ng to America in May, but while I'm here, this is my agreement for staying in India.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If you are serious, you can keep yourself pure anywhere. It
 doesn't matter whether you stay in America or India. But you must know how to keep yourself purified. That's all.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You mean by following these}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub principles?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. I went to America, for instance, but either in America
 or India, I am the same man. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I have tried somewhat to follow since I met you the first time [a brief visit in 
Calcutta during November, 1971].
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hmm. But follow\'96 you must }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub strictly}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  follow if you are serious.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Maybe\'96okay, maybe\'96what I say now is\'96well\'96the most foolish of all I've
 said. But let me tell you how I feel.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, no, not foolish. I don't say foolish\'96but imperfect.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Okay. [He laughs.] Imperfect. But let me tell you. I feel that right now I admire
 and respect your devotees, but I don't feel as if I am part of them, or even that I have a great desire to be part of them. I feel that I just\'96 want\'96I want to do what is right, come closer to God, and if\'96and if I just go to a better life next t
ime\'96I'd be satisfied.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Very good. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I guess it's material clinging, but. . . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So, you just follow in their footsteps, and your desire wil
l be fulfilled. We are training them how to become purified and happy. That is our mission. We want to see everyone happy. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarve}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sukhino bhavantu.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  People do not know how to become happy. They do not take the standard path to become happy. They manufacture their o
wn way. That is the difficulty. Therefore, \'c5\'f1abhadeva gave this advice to his sons: "My dear boys, just undergo austerity for transcendental realization." Everyone is performing austerity. This boy I know\'96he had to go to a foreign country to lea
rn commercial management. Now he is well situated. In this way, everyone must undergo some austerity for future life. So why not take that austerity for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub permanent }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub happiness? You have to purify your existence and your body. As many times as you accept a material body, you will have to change it. But as soon as you get a spiritual body, there is no q
uestion of change. You already have a spiritual body. Now, due to our material contamination, we are developing the material body. But if we associate with spiritual life, then we shall develop a spiritual body. The same example I have several times give
n is that if you put an iron rod within fire, it will become like fire. Is it not? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Put the iron rod into fire? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, and it will become like fire. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Although iron. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, if you always keep yourself spiritually engaged,
 your body will act spiritually, although it is material. The same example: when an iron rod is red hot, touch it anywhere, and it will burn. It takes on the quality of fire. Similarly, if you always keep yourself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then yo
u will become spiritualized. You will act spiritually. No more material demands. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How do I do this? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This process. They are doing it. You have seen these boys, 
our six boys who have been initiated today. It is very simple. You have to follow the four restrictive regulations and chant these beads. Very easy.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Well, but, see\'96when I am back in Bihar and following my lifestyle there, I\'96
if I follow all these regulative principles\'96some I follow now, but not all\'96
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Some means? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Some?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are only four regulative principles. Some means three
, or two? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Two or three.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So why not the other one?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, no. I mean I follow one or two. One or two I follow now. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [laughs] Why not the other three? What is the difficulty? W
hich one do you follow? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Which one do I follow? Well, I'm almost vegetarian, but I eat eggs. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then that is also not complete.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, not}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub even complete. Since last time [November], I've become vegetarian, but. . .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vegetarian is no qualification. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Not much.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The pigeon is vegetarian. [Bob laughs in relief.] The monke
y is vegetarian\'96the most rubbish creature.. . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Well. . .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The monkey is vegetarian. This naked }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  lives in the forest\'96the most mischievous. . . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I\'96I felt that it was a little bit of progress because it was somewhat difficul
t at first, then easy, and I had returned to. . .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, you can stick to all the regulative principles, provide
d you take to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process\'96otherwise it is not possible. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, this is it. I have\'96when I'm back in Bihar, and\'96um\'96my friends may sa
y. . .We're sitting in the evening, and there's nothing to do but fight mosquitoes, and they say, "How about smoking some marijuana?" And I say, "Sure, there's nothing else to do," and then I sit down, and I enjoy myself for the evening. Now we did this,
 we got carried away, we were doing it every day and realizing we were hurting ourselves and stopped, but still on occasion we. . .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You have to live with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub us.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then your friends will not ask you, "What about marijuana?" [Bob laughs.] Keep the association of devotees. We are opening
 centers to give people a chance to associate with us. Why have we taken so much land [in M\'e4y\'e4pur]? Those who are seriously desirous\'96they will come and live with us. Association is very influential, if you associate with drunkards, you become dr
unk; if you associate with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhus,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  then you become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara [\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's secretary]: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He can come and stay with 
you in Bombay. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, you can stay with us in Bombay. But he wants friends w
ith marijuana. That is the difficulty.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Let me ask you about something else; then maybe I'll comeback to this. I find tha
t I think of myself too much, and this way I can't think of God so much. I think of myself in too many places. How can I forget about myself so I can concentrate on other, more important things?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As they [the devotees] have done.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [laughs] You are saying to me that my path\'96I think what you're saying is that 
my path to purity is to become a devotee.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Do you hesitate? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Well, I. . .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Is it very difficult to become a devotee?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  For myself\'96it is. I don't feel so much the desire. First the devotees tell me 
that they have given up material life. These four regulative principles, they have explained to me, entail giving up material life, and that I see. And in place of this they have. . . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What do you mean by material life? 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Bob is silent.]
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I am sitting on this bed. Is it material or spiritual? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Material.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then how have we given up material life? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I think how I interpreted it was a desire for our material gains. . . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What is material? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Working towards material gains and not giving up all materials. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Material life means\'96when you desire to gratify your sens
es, that is material life. And when you desire to serve God, that is spiritual life. That is the difference between material life and spiritual life. Now we are trying to serve our senses. But instead of serving the senses, when we serve God, that is spi
ritual life. What is the difference between our activities and others' activities? We are using everything\'96table, chair, bed, tape recorder, typewriter\'96so what is the difference? The difference is that we are using everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The devotees have said that the sensual pleasures they have given up are replaced
 with spiritual kinds of pleasures, but\'96see\'96I haven't felt this. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Spiritual pleasures come when you desire to please K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. That is spiritual pleasure. For example, a mother is more pleased by feeding her son. She's not eating, but when she sees that her son is eating very nicely, then she becomes pleased. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hmmm. Spiritual pleasure, then, is pleasing God.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Spiritual pleasure means the pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes. Material pleasure means the pleasure of the senses. Th
at's all. This is the difference. When you simply try to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that is spiritual pleasure.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I had viewed this as\'96my thought of pleasing God was to. . . 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Don't manufacture your ways of pleasing God. Don't manufact
ure. Suppose I want to please you. Then I shall ask you, "How can I serve you?" Not that I manufacture some service. That is not pleasing. Suppose I want a glass of water, if you concoct the idea, "Sw\'e4m\'e9j\'e9 will be more pleased if I give him a gl
ass of milk, hot milk," that will not please me. if you want to please me, then you should ask me, "How can I please you?" And if you do what I order, that will please me.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then, is being a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A devotee is one who is always pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He 
has no other business. That is a devotee. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Can you tell me some more about chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba? I have for quite so
metime chanted, but never regularly\'96just a little bit here and there. I just got beads very recently, and once in a while I feel comfortable chanting, and once in a while not comfortable at all. Maybe I don't chant properly. I don't know.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, everything has a process. You have to adopt the proces
s.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bob:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The devotees tell me of the ecstasy they feel when chanting. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, the more you become purified, the more you will feel e
cstasy. This chanting process is the purifying process.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Path of Bhakti
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Path of Bhakti
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by O.B.L. Kapoor, Ph.D.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O.B.L. Kapoor, Ph.D., }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has served as Head 
of the Philosophy Department and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at B. R. College In Agra, India; as Principal and Head of the Philosophy Department at K. N. Government Postgraduate College in Varanasi: as Principal of the Government College in Rampur, and a
s a member of the Executive Council of Agra University. He has been residing in V\'e5nd\'e4vana since his retirement in 1967 and is engaged at present in writing books and articles concerning the teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His disc
iples. He was initialed in 1932 by His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, by whose order }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was first established in 1944.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BHAKTI}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot, strictly speaking, be defined
, because it is transcendental. \'c7\'e4\'eb\'f2ilya, however, defines it as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4nuraktir \'e9\'e7vare,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e4\'eb\'f2ilya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  S\'fctra 2. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means exclusive and intense loving attachment to the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is recognized in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parama-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the highest and most satisfying function of the soul.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 \tab {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa v
ai pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0 paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhok\'f1aje \line ahaituky apratihat\'e4 yay\'e4tm\'e4 supras\'e9dati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }
}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Skanda Pur\'e4\'eba}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (2.9.40)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says in reply to a question by Uddhava, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l\'e4bho mad-bhaktir uttama\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Devotion to Me is the hig
hest end." N\'e4rada describes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as indescribable love (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anir}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vacan\'e9yam prema svar\'fcpam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and the grandest and most sublime of all human experiences. Even the writer of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Advaita-siddhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Madhus\'fcdana Sarasvat\'e9,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 He has also written }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-bhakti-ras\'e4yana, Bh\'e4gavata-pur\'e4\'eba-prathama-\'e7loka-vy\'e4khy\'e4, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4-g\'fc\'f2h\'e4rtha-d\'e9pik\'e4, Veda-stuti-\'f6\'e9k\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'e4\'eb\'f2ilya-s\'fctra-\'f6\'e9k\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  all of which promulgate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to whom nonduality is the highest truth, regards }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as 
one hundred times superior to liberation.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub param\'e4rthikam advaita\'e0 dvaita\'e0 bhajana-hetave \line t\'e4d\'e5\'f1\'e9 yadi bha
kti\'f9 sy\'e4t s\'e4 tu mukti-\'e7at\'e4dhik\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He says that one realizes at the dawn of true knowledge that duality is even more beautiful than nonduality.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dvaitam moh\'e4ya bodh\'e4t pr\'e4k\line j\'e4te bodhe man\'e9\'f1ay\'e4 \line bhakty-artha\'e0 kalpita\'e0 dvaitam \line advait\'e4d api sundaram}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya recognizes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as the only way to attain the Lord. He cites in this connection the following verses from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20.137):
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na s\'e4dhayati m\'e4\'e0 yogo\line na s\'e4\'eckhya\'e0 dharma uddhava\line na sv\'e4dhy\'e4yas tapas ty\'e4go\line yath\'e4 bh
aktir mamorjit\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is not possible to attain Me through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  renunciation, penance, study of the scriptures or the performance of duty in the same manner in which one may attain Me through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhakti." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 11.14.20)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4ham ekay\'e4 gr\'e4hya\'f9\line \'e7raddhay\'e4tm\'e4 priya\'f9 sat\'e4m
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I can be attained only through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and not through any other means." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.14.21)}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya deprecates }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the way of action), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the way of knowled
ge) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the eightfold way of mysticism) because they do not lead to the same goal as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti. J\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which consists of contemplation and discrimination, leads to realization of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirvi\'e7e\'f1a-brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the impersonal Absolute) and the soul's immersion in it. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  with its eight ancillaries consists of restraint }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (yama),}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  culture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (niyama),}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub posture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'e4sana),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  breath control }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (pr\'e4\'eb\'e4y\'e4ma),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  withdrawal of the senses }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (praty\'e4h\'e4ra),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  attention }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (dh\'e4ra\'eb\'e4), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meditation }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [dhy\'e4na),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and concentration }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [sam\'e4dhi).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It leads to the realization of Param\'e4tm\'e4 (the Supersoul within the heart). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which consists of the performance of compulsory }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (nity
a)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and occasional }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [naimittika] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
duties as enjoined by the scriptures, leads to the attainment of heaven for as long as the effect of the living entity's good deeds endures. But none of them leads to the attainment of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagav\'e4n.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 proves the superiority of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  over }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, j\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anv
aya-vyatireka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that is, by the methods of agreement in presence and agreement in absence. Realization of the supreme end as Bhagav\'e4n is present where }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is present and absent where }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is absent. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  do not lead to the realization of Bhagav\'e4n but only to the realization of the partial aspects of Bhagav\'e4n
, accompanied by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (liberation),\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 The realization of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub savi\'e7e\'f1a-param\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the Super-soul within the hear
t), to which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  leads, is regarded as a stage higher than the realization of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirvi\'e7e\'f1a-brahman.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the aspiring transcendentalist is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakta, yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is supposed ultimately to lead to the realization of}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  whereas }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as such leads neither to Bhagav\'e4n nor to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub muk
ti. Karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  leads to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  only 
indirectly by preparing the way for it. But not all kinds of action are preparatory to release. Only actions performed without attachment prepare the ground for ultimate release by producing a tranquil state of mind suitable for inquiry about the real na
ture of the self. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  advises the resignation of all acts to Bhagav\'e4n, the S
upreme Person.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.6. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But it may be asked, if only disinterested actions are useful for liberation, how shall we explain the Vedic injunctions regarding the
 performance of ceremonial rites apparently aimed at worldly enjoyment? The answer is that the real object of Vedic injunctions is not to produce attachment to worldly objects but gradually to wean us out of them by permitting only restricted use of them
 and by offering counter-attractions. The ceremonial rites enjoined in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are therefore called }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parok\'f1a-kriy\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7
\'e4tras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub expounding the performance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parok\'f1a-v\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are not meant for all persons and all times and}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
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\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is impossible for a man who has not acquired complete control over his mind. It can be practiced only in a 
sacred place and in a special posture.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ibid,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  6.36. }}}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It enjoins the performance of exercises that are not within the capacity of everyone, especially in the 
present age of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kali. J\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is impossible for persons who have not developed aversion to the objects
 of the senses and who do not possess philosophical acumen, self-restraint and mental tranquility.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.1}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  possible for everyone\'96even for the lowlies
t and most sinful\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti\'f9 pun\'e4ti man-ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4 \'e7vap\'e4 k\'e4n api sambhav\'e4t }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  11.14.21). Also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.30. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and can be practiced at all times and under all circumstances. Prahl\'e4da is said to have practiced }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in his mother's womb, Dhruva in childhood, Ambar\'e9\'f1a in youth, Yay\'e4ti in old age, Aj\'e4mila at the time of death, and Citraketu in he
aven after death. Even those consigned to hell\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 yath\'e4 harer n\'e4ma\line k\'e9rtayanti ca n\'e4rak\'e4\'f9 \line tath
\'e4 tath\'e4 harau bhaktim\line  udvahantau divya\'e0 yayu\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-bhakti-vil\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or those who have attained liberat
ion after bondage\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukt\'e4 api l\'e9lay\'e4 vigraha\'e0\line k\'e5tv\'e4 bhagavanta\'e0 bhajante\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e5si\'e0ha-t\'e4pan\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.5.16). }}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have practiced, devotion and attained the supreme end. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is meant alike for those who desire liberation and those who have attained it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The paths }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are not eternal. They cease as soon as one attains
 the goal. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the eternal and supreme function of the soul }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (parama-dharma),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is both the means and the end.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is independent (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub karma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are dependent on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-s\'e4pek\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They cannot lead to liberation or bliss without the aid of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  22.17)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhakti haya abhidheya-pradh\'e4na\line bhakti-mukha-nir\'e9k\'f1aka karma-yoga-j\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot even begin without }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  implies faith in Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Godhead, whom the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aims to realize in His partial aspect as Param\'e4tm\'e4. No matter how long the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  performs the yog\'e9c exercises and practices austerities, all his efforts will be useless if he lacks in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 11.14.21) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if he is sincerely dev
oted to Bhagav\'e4n and perceives Him in everything, realization, as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, will be lasting
.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 Bg. 6.30-31 }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because Param\'e4tm\'e4 is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub savi\'e7e\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or qualified, and we cannot rea
lize Him through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  without }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b
hakti, yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is sometimes regarded as a kind of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and is styled as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-mi\'e7ra-bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or fidelity to knowledge, which li
beration is impossible without, is itself the result of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcana-bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consisting of the ceremonial worship of the Deities.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7a\'eckara-bh\'e4\'f1ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 8.56. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his commentary on }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he says that although liberation is the result of higher knowledge }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (vidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prepares the ground for higher knowledge by bringing the grace of God.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'e4r\'e9r
aka-bh\'e4\'f1ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  3.2.5. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 17
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The realization of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirvi\'e7e\'f1a-brahman }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is also not permanent 
without }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya speaks of two kinds of persons who follow the path of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  those who do not have faith in Bhagav\'e4n and who seek to realize }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirvi\'e7e\'f1a-brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  independently, and those who have faith in Him but desire to attain }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The former attain liberation and immersion in Brahman after a great deal of effort.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 12.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The latter attain the state of immersion in Brahman more easily by the grace of Bhagav\'e4n. Bhagav\'e4n lets them enjoy this state for some
 time, but ultimately He lifts them to His own abode so that they may enjoy contiguity with Him, which entails much higher pleasure than immersion in Brahman. This is natural because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which conditions their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is, after all, a potency of Bhagav\'e4n Himself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no fruit of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that cannot be attained by }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub without the aid of any other means. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Mukti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the ultimate end of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  attains after long and arduous discipline, comes to the devotee of i
tself as a necessary accompaniment of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  22.21).\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kevala j\'ef\'e4na 
'mukti' dite n\'e4re bhakti vine \line k\'e5\'f1\'ebamukhe sei mukti haya vin\'e4 j\'ef\'e4ne}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 19}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  J\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (renunciation) are themselves natural concomitants of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since Brahman is only a partial aspect of Bhagav\'e4n, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 knowledge of Brahman is only a part of the knowledge of Bhagav\'e4n that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  attains through devo
tion. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vair\'e4gya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which is a forced affair in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a natural consequence of exclusive devotion to Bhagav\'e4n. The more intense the love for Bhagav\'e4n, the less the attachment to the objects of th
e world. The desire for worldly enjoyment, which is difficult to subdue and which results in many complexes if suppressed, automatically becomes weak as the desire for loving service to Bhagav\'e4n becomes strong, and ultimately it disappears.\chftn{\*
\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 Modern psychology also emphasizes the need to sublimate impulses rather than suppress them. It holds that total suppression of desires and impu
lses is not possible. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as 
independent means of realization are redundant to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, the tranquil state of mind (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub citta-v\'e5tti-nirodha
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tries to reach t
hrough its eightfold path (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asampraj\'ef\'e4ta-sam\'e4dhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the soul's realization of its real nature as the infinitesimal part of divine consciousness (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cit-ka\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), to which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ultimately leads, come to the devotee as a natural result of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The superiority of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  over the other paths of realization is thus apparent. Those who prefer }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na to bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are therefore likened to people who run after the chaff and disregard the grain. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (6.46-47)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states unequivocally that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is superior to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is superior to them all. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na, yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  however, must not be underrated. They are useful as providing alternative ways to realize bliss for people who are not by nature and tem
perament inclined towards }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They are also useful as aids to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  inasmuch as they are free from all desires for worldly enjoyment. But since they aim at }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or a certain blissful state of self, they are not wholly disinterested or selfless in their approach }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  19.149}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhakta}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ni\'f1k\'e4ma, ataeva 's\'e4nta' \line bhukti-mukti-siddhi-k\'e4m\'e9\'97sakali 'a\'e7\'e4nta'}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore they may serve as aids to
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  only in the earlier stages, but must be given up later for the sake of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uddha-bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or pure devotion, which is devotion without any selfish desire and without any cause }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (ahaituk\'e9).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But even in the earlier stages, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef
\'e4na, karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
cannot be regarded as essential parts of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Other virtues, like continence, kindness and cleanliness
, also cannot be treated as parts of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  although they are its natural concomitants }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  22.145)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gy\'e4di\'97bhaktira kabhu nahe 'a\'ecga'
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ahi\'e0s\'e4-yama-niyam\'e4di bule k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhakta-sa\'ecga
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 22
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 defines }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub uttama-bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the highest devotion, as harmonious pursuit of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nuk\'fclyena k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu\'e7\'e9lana)}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that is unenveloped by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef
\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 This is in opposition to R
\'e4m\'e4nuja, who defines it as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4nug\'e5h\'e9tam.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and uninterrupted by the desire for anything. The pursuit is not harmonious if the devotee harbors in his heart any desire other than the desire to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Like the Kantian doctrine of the Categ
orical Imperative of Duty, the doctrine of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  implies the Categorical Imperative of Service to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. The devotee serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba for the pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and not for anything else.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svanu\'f1\'f6hitasya dh
armasya sa\'e0siddhir hari-to\'f1a\'ebam (Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.13) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But unlike the Kantian Imperative, which is dry and exacting and is an imposition from without, the Categorical Imperative of Service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the natural function of the soul and is therefore pleasant and
 satisfying in itself. Though the devotee serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba for the pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, pleasure comes to him automatically. Such is the very nature of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if the devotee's attitude towards service is tainted in the slightest degree by a concealed desire for his own pleasure, he is deprived, to that extent, of the supreme delight that c
omes from pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Even the pleasure that automatically comes to the devotee from an act of service i
s condemned by a true devotee if it in any manner obstructs his service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is regrettable that the idea of service is not properly understood and appreciated by those who have difficulty reconciling it with 
their egoism. They think that the path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is meant exclusively for persons who are intellectually 
weak and temperamentally submissive. They cannot understand that in the spiritual world, where love reigns supreme, to serve is to love and to love is to rule. In love, self-sacrifice is self-realization, and self-effacement is self-fulfillment. In love 
there is reciprocity. Each member of the loving relation depends on the other; each feels deficient without the other. Each wants to draw close to the other and to win the other by love and service. The Lord, being the partner in the loving relation of }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wants to realize Himself more fully through the loving service of His devotees. He derives greater
 pleasure from being controlled by His devotees than presiding over them.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-va\'e7a\'f9}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puru\'f1o bhaktir eva bh\'fcyas\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4\'f6hara \'c7r\'fcti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 25
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But though pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has no place for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as such, they are necessarily implied within it. Pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as directed to Bhagav\'e4n presupposes a certain knowledge of the object of devotion, His form, His attributes and the relationship between Him and the rest
 of the world. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  warns against any indifference towards knowledge of this kind, w
hich is necessary for firm faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba and exclusive devotion to Him }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  2.117}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub siddh\'e4nta baliy\'e4 citte n\'e4 kara alasa
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ih\'e4 ha-ite k\'e5\'f1\'ebe l\'e4ge sud\'e5\'f2ha m\'e4nasa
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 26
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also implies acts like hearing the praises of the Lord
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'e7rava\'eba)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and chanting His name or uttering His praises }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (k\'e9rtana).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It implies }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not in the sense of renouncing the objects of the world, but in dedicating them to the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It does not imply completely eradicating cravings and impulses, but completely transforming or 
purifying them under the subordination of the central impulse of service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub resolv
es the natural conflict between life and spirit not by denying life but by making it conform to spirit. The infusion of spirit into life changes the very character of our instincts. The instincts are nature's urges. The infusion of spirit turns them into
 spiritual urges. The manifestations of natural urges are gross and painful, whereas the manifestations of spiritual urges are fine and delightful. Caitanyism thus introduces a new outlook on life. It promises a new joy by rejuvenating and reforming life
 on a spiritual pattern.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not inconsistent with either }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (enjoyment), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (indifference to the objects of the world) or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 (liberation), but neither }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vair\'e4gya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is the end of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or a part of it }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  22.145)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gy\'e4di\'97b
haktira kabhu nahe 'a\'ecga'
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ahi\'e0s\'e4-yama-niyam\'e4di bule k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhakta-sa\'ecga
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  True }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is that in which worldly objects are enjoyed without attachment and with the ultimate aim of realizing K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Describing the qualification nec
essary for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that only those persons are fit for }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who have faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (j\'e4ta-\'e7raddha)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and who are neither too attached (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4tisakta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) nor too indifferent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (na nirvi\'eb\'eba)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  to the world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Uddhava, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "J\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as such do not promote the spiritual welfare of persons sincerely devoted to Me."\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn \s1075 \ql\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tasm\'e4n mad-bhakti-yuktasya\line yog\'e9no vai mad-\'e4tmana\'f9 \line na j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 na ca vair\'e4gya\'e0 \line pr\'e4ya\'f9 \'e7reyo bhaved i
ha
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  11.20.31) }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 28
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as directed to Bhagav\'e4n not only are useful but are the 
very channels through which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  functions, for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub works on our entire personality. It takes different shapes in knowledge, devotion and service. "In knowledge it takes the force of divine curiosity. In
 devotion it is the integrating force." And in service it is the will taking the shape of a cosmic force and fulfilling the divine ends in creation.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs20\cf0\up12 M.N. Sirkar: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hindu Mysticism,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  pp. 118-19. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 29
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  therefore, cannot be treated in isolation from devotion. Devotion presupposes a certain knowledge of the object of devotion. This is indicated
 by the very nature of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9 \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the pleasure potency of God), which includes the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0vit-\'e7akti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the potency that is the seat of knowledge. But as an integrating force, devotion brings
 us closer to the object of devotion and leads to greater intimacy with it. Greater intimacy results in higher knowledge, which again is followed by active expression in love and service. The knowledge of the devotee is not like the abstract and passive 
knowledge that makes the monist stand as a witness or an independent onlooker to the movement of life. "To him [the devotee] knowledge and life are eternally associated. To know is to act. Every fresh acquisition of knowledge makes the movement of life m
ore graceful, for it reveals the love that is at the heart of existence; and the two axes of love are knowledge and service."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ibid
.,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  p. 115. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 30
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The path of realization is but one, and that is the integral path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya regards it as the real teaching of the scriptures, the essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-bh\'e4gavata Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.148, 4.33). If people speak of many paths of realization, they do so because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  clouds their intelligence.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \chftn
\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-m\'e4y\'e4-mohita-dhiya\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puru\'f1\'e4\'f9 puru\'f1ar\'f1abha
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7reyo vadanty anek\'e4nta\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yath\'e4-karma yath\'e4-ruci
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mat-may\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by My illusory potency; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mohita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97bewildered; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhiy
a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97those whose intelligence; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97people; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub puru\'f1a-\'e5\'f1abha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97O best among men; }{\cs2873\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7reya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97what is good for people; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub vadanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97they speak; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aneka-antam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in innumerable ways; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4-karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to their own activiti
es; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4-ruci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to what pleases them.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O best among men, the intelligence of human beings is bewildered by My illusory potency, and thus, according to their own activities a
nd whims, they speak in innumerable ways about what is actually good for people.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.14.9 }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The intelligence of different persons is differently conditioned by the three modes of material nature. Therefore, they interpret the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub differently and speak of the paths of realization as more than one.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.14.5-7
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tebhya\'f9 pit\'e5bhyas tat-putr\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deva-d\'e4nava-guhyak\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub manu\'f1y\'e4\'f9 siddha-gandharv\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa-vidy\'e4dhara-c\'e4ra\'eb\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kindev\'e4\'f9 kinnar\'e4 n\'e4g\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rak\'f1a\'f9-kimpuru\'f1\'e4daya\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bahvyas te\'f1\'e4\'e0 prak\'e5tayo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub raja\'f9-sattva-tamo-bhuva\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4bhir bh\'fct\'e4ni bhidyante
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 patayas tath\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yath\'e4-prak\'e5ti sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub citr\'e4 v\'e4ca\'f9 sravanti hi
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tebhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from them (Bh\'e5gu Muni, etc.); }
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pit\'e5bhya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from the forefathers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97their; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub putr\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97sons, descendants; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the demigods; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub d\'e4nava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97demons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub guhyak\'e4\'f9
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the Guhyakas; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manu\'f1y\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97human beings; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub siddha-gandharv\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Siddhas and Gandharvas; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa-vidy\'e4dhara-c\'e4ra\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97along with Vidy\'e4dharas and C\'e4ra\'ebas; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kindev\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97a different human species; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub kinnar\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97half-humans; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4g\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97snakes; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub rak\'f1a\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97demons; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kimpuru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97an advanced race of monkeys; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'e4daya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and so on; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bahvya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97many different; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of such living entities; }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub prak\'e5taya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97desires or natures; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub raja\'f9-sattva-tama\'f9-bhuva\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97being generated from the three modes of material nature; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4bhi\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by such material desires or tendencies; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4ni}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all such living entities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhidyante}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97appear divided in many material forms; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and their; }{\cs2873
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pataya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97leaders; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat
h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97divided in the same way; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yath\'e4-prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97according to propensity or desire; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarve\'f1\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all of t
hem; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub citr\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97variegated; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4ca\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97Vedic rituals and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mantras;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sravanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97flow down; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub From the forefathers headed by Bh\'e5gu Muni and other sons of Brahm\'e4 appeared many children and descendants, who assumed different
 forms as demigods, demons, human beings, Guhyakas, Siddhas, Gandharvas, Vidy\'e4dharas, C\'e4ra\'ebas, Kindevas, Kinnaras, N\'e4gas, Kimpuru\'f1as, and so on. All of the many universal species, along with their respective leaders, appeared with differen
t natures and desires generated from the three modes of material nature. Therefore, because of the different characteristics of the living entities within the universe, there are a great many Vedic rituals, }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub mantras}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  and rewards.
\par }\pard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.14.5-7 }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 32
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not possible to look at }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na, karma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as means of realization in the
ir proper perspective without reference to the nature of Bhagav\'e4n (the Supreme Lord) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the 
subordinate living being) and the relationship between them. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is only an infinitesimal part of Bha
gav\'e4n who has strayed away from Him under the influence }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (illusion). The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub own power is limited, whereas the power of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as a potency of Bhagav\'e4n, is unlimited. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  therefore cannot cross the bounds }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with
out the help of Bhagav\'e4n. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na, karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in their abstract form, which involve independent efforts by the living being, are of no avail. The very nature of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as an independent being precludes him from realizing the Perfect by his own effort. The only course open to him is the way of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says, "It is difficult, indeed, to overcome My }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  independently of Me. Only those sincerely devoted to Me can overcome it." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.14) Only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that proceeds from the higher intelligence \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba grants to one sincerely devoted to Him, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that is a product of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the p
leasure potency (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9 \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) of Bhagav\'e4n, can dispel the clouds of ignorance and enable th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  attain Bhagav\'e4n. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  based on his own limited understanding cannot do this }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.10-11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a spiritually gravitational force that takes us to 
the center. It is a force that works at two ends. In our own hearts it roots out all egoistic impulses that carry us away from the center and releases the integrating forces leading to complete surrender of all our faculties, so that knowledge, love and 
will may act in complete harmony with the divine rhythm. In God it energizes His mercy and releases the forces of redemption that lead to the final integration of our being with Divine Will. This is confirmed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's urging Arjuna to surrende
r completely to His will, and His promising, on Arjuna's so doing, to free him from all bondage and sin. This is the principle of divine grace necessarily implied in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It may be asked how the principle of divine grace can be reconciled with the transcendent and self-sufficient character of the Divine B
eing, who remains unaffected by the material and has no desires or motives. The answer lies in the nature of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  as a function of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9 \'e7akti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which, as we have already seen, energizes both 
Bhagav\'e4n and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Like a lamp, which reveals itself as well as other objects, the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9 \'e7akti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of Bhagav\'e4n placed in the hearts of His devotees causes bliss to Him as well as to them. I
n fact, Bhagav\'e4n, the supreme relisher of bliss }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (rasika-\'e7ekhara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ),}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub relishes the bliss flowing from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9 \'e7akti}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the hearts of His devotees }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'e7akty-\'e4nanda)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  even more than He relishes the bliss flowing from the nature of His own self (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svar\'fcp\'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ). The gravitational force of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hl\'e4din\'e9 \'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  draws the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub towards Bhagav\'e4n, and Bhagav\'e4n towards the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
surrenders himself to Bhagav\'e4n, and Bhagav\'e4n surrenders Himself to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Grace is nothing but
 the surrender of Bhagav\'e4n to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 Grace is extende
d to the suffering souls not directly, but through the saintly persons who are themselves the recipients of grace, because God is of the nature of pure bliss and it is not possible for Him to experience their suffering. The saintly persons are also beyon
d the phenomenal world and its sufferings, but, it is said, they have the memory of past sufferings, which fills their hearts with sympathy. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 33
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The whole of spiritual life is governed by the law of harmony. Love is the law of harmony in its highest form. Self-surrender on our pa
rt and mercy on the part of God are the manifestations of the law of harmony.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 "God energizes as Mercy at the summit and perfection of His activity."\'97Meister Ec
khardt}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up12 34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of self-surrender, the soul strikes a divine chord and realizes an inner harmony of the highest order and a poise and equilibrium much more than the intellectual.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sixteen Thousand Wives
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Sixteen Thousand Wives
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Ancient Vedic Scriptures Tell About The Most Extraordinary Marriage In History
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness SATSVAR\'dcPA D\'c4SA GOSV\'c4M\'c9  
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is the personal secretary of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A RECENT ARTICLE in the "Religion" section of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Newsweek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  magazine included a charge from "one wizened Hardwar scholar" that the founder and spiritual master of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, His Divi
ne Grace A.C. BhaktiVedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, had by an adroit juggling of the Vedic texts "sold his celibate followers on an erroneous belief in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, a popular rural god with 16,000 wives." This is not the first time }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Newsweek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has published criticisms of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. When devotees challenged }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Newsweek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for having published a similar quotation, this one from a supposed scholar in the West, the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Newsweek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  staff replied, "All of these [quotations] were presented without any effort on the part of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Newsweek's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  editors to evoke any particular response; we prefer to offer our readers a wide range of
 facts and outlooks so that they may draw their own well-informed conclusions." Any critical reader must surely recognize, however, that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Newsweek's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  editors carefully choose those facts and quotations that amplify their own views. This is not wrong, of course. But what is the competence of a mundane news magazine to evaluate spiritual truth? As
 it is said, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. And this especially applies when a magazine with 17\'bd}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub million readers presents its own slant on spiritual life as an impartially selected "wide range of facts and opinions." Thus those who draw their spiritual knowledge from weekly news magazines are more likely to find fallacies than well-i
nformed conclusions. For as this article will show, belief in K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not at all erroneous, nor is K\'e5\'f1\'eba merely a "rural god." And His extraordinary marriage to 16,000 wives is not the mythological escapade of a popular pagan deity. Ra
ther, it is singular evidence that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is indeed the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basic defect in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsweek's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  reporting on the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is that it rests upon the authoritative statements of uncertified and, indeed, bogus authorities. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Newsweek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  reporter Tony Clifton journeyed up the Ganges to solicit the supposedly expert spiritual opinions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (holy men) of Rishikesh (the Dwelling of the Hermits). There he found "hundreds of holy men who do nothing more than 'subdue' their bodies 
almost to the point of death. Some starve themselves; others stand like storks on one leg for months at a time." Truly, Tony Clifton was impressed. "I saw one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu,"}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he reported, "who has held his right arm outstretched for so long that it has atrophied. Another. . . lies on a bed of nails and never speaks." Here, he concluded, was "precisely the kin
d of discipline that has kept Hinduism alive for 3,500 years."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we must ask ourselves, how does Tony Clifton know what has kept Hinduism alive? He may be an expert political correspondent. He see
ms comfortable and convincing in his reports on Mrs. Gandhi's government. But what does he know about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and spiritual life? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the most revered of India's sacred books, explicitl
y states that those who undergo obdurate self-torture are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "asuras,"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or ungodly demons (Bg. 17.5-7). What 
about that, Mr. Clifton? What makes one a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  anyway? Is the naked mendicant who sleeps on a bed of
 nails automatically a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? What about the sword-swallower and the fire-eater at Ringling Brothers? 
Are they }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  too?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one wants to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one must understand Him from genuine authorities, not from the fakirs in the streets of Hard
war. The statement that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is "a rural god with 16,000 wives" is a blunder that shows that its speaker does not even know the basic biography of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on earth 5,000 years ago. He lived in the rural vill
age of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, but in His life as a cowherd boy He never took even one wife. He married only after He left V\'e5nd\'e4vana and became an opulent king in the city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Putting aside the opinions}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pseudo-s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rishikesh and Hardwar, we can find the authentic description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's life and identity in India's ancient Vedic scripture
s, especially in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the 5,000-year-old natural com
mentary on the famed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which gives classical definitions of the Absolute Truth in ters
e Sanskrit codes. Since }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is extremely complex and difficult to follow, its author, the
 sage Vy\'e4sadeva, composed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to describe the Absolute Truth more clearly. Both
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  begin with the same phrase\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which refers to "the source from which everything emanates." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  however, describes this source abstractly, whereas }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub expli
citly reveals this source to be \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many other Vedic scriptures confirm K\'e5\'f1\'eba's identity as the Supreme Truth. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atharva Veda,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for example, says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmanyo Devak\'e9-putrah:}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Devak\'e9, is the Supreme Personality." Similarly, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme controller." And in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Himself confirms that He is the original source of everything }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhava\'f9) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and t
hat nothing is superior to Him }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\'f9).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has deeply influenced writers and philosophers for thousands of years, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's being the speaker of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also testifies to His supremacy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Although I am eternal," K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t
\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in this world in every millennium in My original transcende
ntal form." (Bg. 4.6) K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared 5,000 years ago as the son of Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4 in the small Indian village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. His life is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tenth Canto, which His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has summarized in his two-volume work }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everyone in V\'e5nd\'e4vana dearly loved K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'96as a butter thief, a transcenden
tal flute player, the tender of thousands of cows and, even when He was but a small child, the killer of many demons. He was the most dearly beloved of His parents, the cows, the calves, and the boys and girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastime
s in V\'e5nd\'e4vana are His most confidential, and one can enter into them only by unalloyed affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original form as a cowherd boy. Not by practicing rigid austerities in the Himalayas, performing yog\'e9c meditation, or bec
oming a religion editor for a big magazine can one ever hope to realize this most perfect knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After spending His boyhood in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba lived as King of the opulent city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4. Only there did He mar
ry. In Dv\'e4rak\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba played the role of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as the supreme creator, He has designed human society with four natural divisions. Thus accordi
ng to a person's qualities, one works as either a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (an intellectual or spiritual teacher), 
a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (an administrator or warrior), a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (an agriculturalist and protector of cows), or a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (a laborer or servant). In a society that recognizes these natural divisions, everyone can execute the duties of his occupation as a service to the Supreme Lord and thus achieve the real pur
pose of human life\'96to go back home, back to the kingdom of God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, being the Supreme Godhead, the creator and maintainer of the universe, is above all these social divisions, yet in His pastimes He acted first as cowherd and then 
as king, just to set the perfect example of how a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should live.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India during the time of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k
\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  kings often had more than one wife, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba had eight. Later, He married more than 16,000 wives. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da comments, however, that we should 
not have been surprised if He had married even sixteen million wives, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is unlimited. Indeed, we may note with wonder that K\'e5\'f1\'eba married }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  16,108 wives.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our wizened Hardwar scholar sardonically comments that the followers of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement worship a god with 16
,000 wives whereas they themselves are celibate, as if to suggest that the devotees believe in K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that they may derive some kind of vicarious sexual enjoyment from worshiping a deity who is either fictitious, lusty or both. Had he been not
 only wizened but wise as well, our so-called scholar might have avoided such crassness. As stated in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (ata\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4m\'e4di na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba through speculation or conje
cture because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is beyond the mind and senses. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself declares in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4\line m\'e4nu\'f1\'e9\'e0 tanum \'e4\'e7ritam\line para\'e0 bh\'e4vam aj\'e4nanto\line mam
a bh\'fcta-mahe\'e7varam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Only fools deride Me when I descend in the human form.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, who know K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead, enjoy transcendental pleasure simply by chanting His holy names\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Thus freed from the desires of the material world, they engage fully in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pure devotional service, knowing Him to be the Supre
me Personality, original and inexhaustible.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic sages who dedicated their lives to pursuing the Absolute Truth had no reason to waste time with made-up tales of an imaginary
 sexual superhero. As a powerful and strictly renounced sage, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the original speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  would never have taken part in discourses about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's marriages if they were ordinary sexual affairs. Therefore his keen interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's marriages proves that they have nothing to do with munda
ne lust. Furthermore, Vedic philosophers like Vy\'e4sadeva and N\'e4rada worship these pastimes and declare that hearing about them can free one from the suffering of repeated birth and death. These are the truly revered authorities on spiritual understa
nding, and theirs are the opinions we should regard as conclusive, not those of a nameless scholar.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should also note for the sake of accuracy that the followers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not necessarily celibate. This is another misconc
eption. Many K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees are married, and the movement's Gurukula school in Dallas, Texas, with its abundance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children, gives evidence that they are not at all celibate. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, o
ne need not give up sex; one need only regulate sex, like everything else, to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, just how did K\'e5\'f1\'eba come to marry 16,000 wives? We can find the history of this pastime in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (or \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's summary study }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Once a demoniac king named Bhaum\'e4sura was creating disturbances all over the universe, going even so far as stealing treasure from the demigods
 of the higher planets. Finally, acting on an appeal from the demigod Indra, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with His wife Satyabh\'e4m\'e4, rode forth from His palace on the back of His giant eagle, Garu\'f2a, to put an end to Bhaum\'e4sura's mischief.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Flying on the back of Garu\'f2a, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared like a blackish cloud, shining with electricity, gliding by the sun. Garu\'f2a
, an expansion of the Supreme Lord, is almost as powerful as the Lord Himself. Followers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pra
ise him as one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's most elevated devotees, for he always intimately serves the Lord by carrying the Lord wherever He desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arriving at Bhaum\'e4sura's fortress, K\'e5\'f1\'eba found it surrounded by many protective barriers. After routing Bhaum\'e4sura's out
lying circle of military guards, K\'e5\'f1\'eba used His transcendental club and Sudar\'e7ana }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cakra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a ra
zor-sharp weapon of pure energy that appears like a whirling disc of light, to smash through a network of electricity, a watery moat, and a wall of deadly gas. Then, fighting from the sky, K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed Bhaum\'e4sura's remaining military commande
rs one by one and finally beheaded Bhaum\'e4sura with His Sudar\'e7ana. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifested His fighting spirit to vanquish the demon and demonstrate the unlimited variety of His activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After Bhaum\'e4sura's death, K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the demon's opulent palace, where he found 16,100 princesses, whom the demon had ki
dnapped. When the princesses saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they were captivated by His beauty. Thus they prayed for His causeless mercy with a desire to become His wives. According to the Vedic social system, the demon's carryin
g off the girls had dishonored them; no one, therefore, would have married them. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, as the Supersoul in everyone's heart, could understand their pure desire. Therefore He decided to accept them as His wives.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The marriage was not merely a token of acceptance. To be actually present as the ever-faithful husband of each princess, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 expanded Himself into 16,100 forms. Thus, 16,100 K\'e5\'f1\'ebas married the 16,100 princesses in 16,100 different palaces\'97all in one auspicious moment. Thus He proved that He is indeed the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepted these 16,100 girls not because of a desire to gratify His senses but because of their pure devotion. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  self-satisfied. Moreover, in the spiritual world He is served constantly, wit
h great reverence and affection, by thousands of transcendental goddesses of fortune. Only because these 16,100 princesses prayed to Him with pure hearts did K\'e5\'f1\'eba agree to accept them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The statement that K\'e5\'f1\'eba married 16,100 wives is not at all an exaggeration. As explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands Himself into the heart of every living being as the Supersoul to give memory, forgetfulnes
s and knowledge. Consequently, for Him to come out of the hearts of 16,100 of His devotees is not at all impossible. K\'e5\'f1\'eba behaved with each queen like an ordinary mortal. He built them each a palace and gave each queen personal attention and op
ulence beyond compare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We must admit, however, that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's marrying so many wives greatly strains our usual concepts of reality. But we are not alon
e in our perplexity. Even K\'e5\'f1\'eba's greatest devotees cannot fully comprehend K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's great devotee N\'e4rada Muni, who eternally travels to praise K\'e5\'f1\'eba in different planets throughout the universe, he
ard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's marriage and wanted to see for himself how K\'e5\'f1\'eba was living with His wives. He therefore approached the palace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His principal queen, Rukmi\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Muni entered the palace, a wonderful structure with pillars and arches that glowed with sapphires, diamonds, ivory and gold. 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba was being fanned by Rukmi\'eb\'e9, but when He heard that N\'e4rada had come, He immediately went forth to greet him. Taking the opportunity to show the world how to honor a devotee,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He washed the sage's feet, gave him something to eat and asked if there were anything He could do to serve him. N\'e4rada, however, did not forget his own po
sition. He prayed to the Lord, "Please grant that I may never forget Your lotus feet in any condition of my life." N\'e4rada then left that palace and entered another.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This time he found the Lord, in the company of another queen, playing chess with His confidential friend Uddhava. But when Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba again rose to offer him respect, N\'e4rada simply walked out in astonishment. As a great sage who can travel from planet to planet without the aid of any vehicle, N\'e4rada knows how }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by mystic perfection, can expand themselves into as many as eight forms. Those eight forms, however, will all look the same, like duplicate snapshots; th
e expanded forms cannot act independently. Therefore, when N\'e4rada saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba acting independently in individual expansions, he was filled with the greatest wonder.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada entered another palace and found the Lord acting as an affectionate father with His children. In another palace he found K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consulting ministers on business; in another, performing religious duties with His wife; and in still others, meditating, giving charity and seeing to the marriages of His sons. In each palace, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was performing a different kind
 of pastime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Having seen one single K\'e5\'f1\'eba living simultaneously in 16,100 different palaces, N\'e4rada prayed to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "My d
ear Lord, You have revealed to me Your inconceivable mystic power, by which You are personally present in each palace. You are indeed the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Please give me Your blessings and permission to travel all over the universes to sin
g the glories of Your transcendental activities."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied to N\'e4rada that He was displaying such varieties of householder life just to teach the whole world how to act.
 Ordinarily, householder life entangles one in material affairs, which are the cause of suffering in a cycle of repeated birth and death. But when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center, one's household is sanctified, and thus even while executing the duties of fa
mily life one may progress on the path back to Godhead. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, therefore, in His pastimes as Dv\'e4rak\'e4's king, set the example of ideal family life while at the same time proving Himself the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This, then, is the way to understand Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His transcendental pastimes. Those who view K\'e5\'f1\'eba with mundane ey
es, and who have only mundane news magazines to guide them, will see K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be no more than a mythological figure or an ordinary human being. But those with clear vision, who have learned about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from authentic spiritual authoriti
es, will understand the import of His pastimes. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  simply by virtue of thi
s understanding, they will be able to transcend the entire material world and join K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pure devotees in the eternal world of pure devotional service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p12-13:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The princesses prayed for the causele
ss mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a desire to be His wives. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p15:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In one palace the sage N\'e4rada found Lor
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba acting as an affectionate father with His children. In each palace, K\'e5\'f1\'eba was performing a different kind of pastime. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Living in the Material World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Analysis
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Dying in the Material World
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Life is amply long for him who orders it properly." \'96Seneca (8 B.C.\'96A.D. 65)\line 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientists of various disciplines are working hard to discover the principles of the biological clock within the human body that sets the pace for aging and finally
 signals the time for death. Thus they hope to learn how to prolong man's life, and apparently they are making some progress. How successful their efforts will prove remains to be seen, but perhaps even more important, if they do succeed, how shall we us
e our extra time?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just to live a long life is not in itself especially praiseworthy. After all, many trees live for hundreds and even thousands of years.
 How, then, is the longevity of a human being superior to that of a tree? One may say that human beings are superior because they breathe, whereas trees do not. But the bellows of a blacksmith also breathes. Unlike the tree and the bellows, a human being
 eats and enjoys sex, but do not the beasts all around us do the same? What, then, is the superior quality of human life?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The distinguishing quality of a human being is that he has the intelligence to inquire about the purpose of life. The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  therefore declare: "He is a miserly man who does not solve the problems of life as a human being and wh
o thus quits the world like the cats and dogs, without understanding the science of self-realization."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A miser does not know how to use his resources properly. Therefore, even if science grants us more years, the extra time will be of lit
tle avail to a miserly materialist. Those who are too materialistic do not inquire into the problems of life. They spend their nights sleeping or enjoying sex, and during the day they make money and maintain their families. The temporary happiness}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living in comfortable homes with their wives and children lulls them into a false sense of security. Thus although they know that everyone who came before them has died, somehow this does not bring them to rea
lize that they too will die\'96and that they must make their lives successful before death comes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature asks, "What is the value of a prolonged life that is wasted without attention to the meaning of human life? Even a
 moment of full consciousness would be better, for that gives one a start in pursuing one's supreme interest."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In trying to extend the span of human life instead of trying to understand the purpose of the time already allotted to us, scientists a
re misusing their energy. They are giving their attention to the essential problems of birth, death, disease and old age, but they are approaching these problems in patchwork fashion. They are changing the way in which these problems attack us, but they 
cannot solve the problems. They may put off old age and death, but neither death nor old age can be stopped. They may find a cure for one disease, but they can never put an end to disease itself. Thus these problems always weigh heavily upon us. The scie
ntists alter the way in which the problems affect us, but that is like shifting a heavy burden from one's shoulders to one's head and then again to the shoulders. We must all still bear the burden of the miseries nature places upon us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even the scientists probing into the causes of aging and death will also have to die. At the time of their death, if they have neglecte
d the purpose of life\'96spiritual realization\'96because they were too preoccupied with their work, what will they have gained?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, many scientists have avoided facing this problem by adhering to the theory that life itself is but a series of chemical reac
tions. According to this view, human life is no more than an intricate pattern of biochemical transformations. If this idea is valid, however, why should scientists want to interfere with the workings of nature's plans? Why is it that even the scientists
 themselves do not wish to die? If a scientist were to spill a flask of chemicals, he might be annoyed that his experiments were momentarily interrupted, but he would simply clean up the mess and go on with his work. But if his wife, son or daughter were
 suddenly to die, the same scientist would react quite differently. If human life is no more than a series of chemical reactions, why should this be so? In the Vietnam war, tons of chemicals were lost through bombings and other military operations. Yet h
ow many of us lamented for such a loss? We grieve for the lives lost in the conflict. This indicates that life must be more than merely chemical.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub explains that the living being is in reality an eternally existing spiritual soul. This being so, scientific research into longevity is unnecessary and misdirected because every living being is alrea
dy eternal. The real point, therefore, is not how to prolong one's existence within the body, but to make one's life successful. While in this human form, one should learn how to recover his eternality. Otherwise, his life is a failure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic history }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  tells us that the great King Par\'e9k\'f1it, 5,000 years ago, learned that he had only seven days more in which to live. Thus he immediately left his home and kingdom and spent his last days
 hearing from the self-realized saint \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 about the purpose of human life. "What is the duty of everyone," the King inquired, "and especially of one who is about to die?" The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  records that by hearing \'c7ukadeva's replies to these questions, the King, in a mere seven days, attained perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  therefore recommends that although one may hear about, speak about or conduct research into innumerable subjects, an intelligent person should spend his valuable time hearing from self-realized authorities about the s
cience of self-realization. This science begins with an understanding of one's own spiritual identity, and it culminates in an understanding of the supreme spiritual identity, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and our relationship with Him. As confirmed in 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  an intelligent person who can fully understand this science can attain freedom from 
old age and death and return to his eternal spiritual position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ancient Indian politician C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita has commented that one cannot buy back so much as a moment of wasted time, ev
en for millions of dollars. We therefore appeal to scientists, educators and, indeed, all intelligent men not to waste time, money and valuable human energy for research that will be of only temporary benefit and that will distract both them and those wh
o follow them from the central purpose of human life. We request such men to give their attention to the science of self-realization as presented in such books as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  for thus they can fulfill all their present scientific goals\'96and go far beyond them.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 V\'e5nd\'e4vana, K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s Transcendental Abode
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub V\'c5ND\'c4VANA, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'92s Transcendental Abode
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1970 and then wrote a technical book on the art of close-up photography. She and Yaduvara d\'e4sa, her husband, also a profes
sional photographer joined ISKCON in 1971 while shooting assignments in India. They are now traveling around the world making documentary films about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos by Yaduvara d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ninety miles southeast of New Delhi, India, is a railway station known as Mathur\'e4. From Mathur\'e4, a bumpy seven-mile 
ride by horse-cart brings one to a unique town called V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This simple village is unlike all other places in the world, for when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Godhead, comes to earth with His associates to display His pastimes, He comes on
ly to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Indeed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba never leaves V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'96and, by His grace, pure devotees can appreciate the Lord's presence in V\'e5nd\'e4vana even today.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the onset of Kali-yuga, the present Age of Quarrel, the importance of V\'e5nd\'e4vana was forgotten until 450 years ago, when Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the
 original father of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, sent two of His chief disciples, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, to excavate the sites in V\'e5nd\'e4vana where K\'e5\'f1\'eba had performed His pastimes. These Gosv\'e4m
\'e9s, assisted by \'c7r\'e9la Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, established important temples in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and wrote books to explain the 
science of devotional service. They scrutinizingly studied all the revealed scriptures with the aim of establishing eternal religious principles for the benefit of all human beings. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s not only explained devotional service but also taught
 by their own example how to develop pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da explains that the purpose of going to a holy place like V\'e5nd\'e4vana is to learn how to love K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is dormant within every living being, but in material consciousness one forgets K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus misdirects one's love. Therefore the Vedic literature Rukmi\'eb\'e9 that one approach a spiritual master and learn from
 him how to revive one's K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature's greatest gift to a living being is the human form of life, for only in the human form is one able to inquire about the Absolut
e Truth and thus attain true happiness. Human intelligence is meant for such inquiry. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  therefore, "A human being who goes to a sacred place simply to bathe in a holy river and not to meet men of spiritual wisdom should be considered no better than a cow or an ass."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness has therefore built an International Center in V\'e5nd\'e4vana so that people from 
all over the world may come to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to learn how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba and thus fulfill the purpose of human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a summary study of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes: "R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has stated that. . . five kinds of devotional activities\'96namely, residing in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, worshiping the Deity of the Lord, reciting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  serving a devotee, and chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are so potent that a small attachment for any one of these five items can arouse devotional ecstasy even in a neophyte." K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s, therefore, offers a scientific program for reviving one's original blissful nature. We humbly request our readers to understand and adopt this program and thus learn how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. One who follows this path can purify hi
s vision. Thus he will be able to see Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and see V\'e5nd\'e4vana everywhere.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p17:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A view of the parikrama, or path of pilgrims, that encircles V
\'e5nd\'e4vana. Pure devotees who circumambulate V\'e5nd\'e4vana always remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba in transcendental pleasure. \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On a side street in V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p18:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4rati, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a ceremony of worship, in the temple of R\'e4dh\'e4-
rama\'eba. This temple was established by \'c7r\'e9la Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s regularly held K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious discourses in \'c7r
\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9's R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9's bhajana-ku\'f6\'e9 (the place where he performed his devotional service) is in the temple's courtyard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (left, above)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The beads on which he chanted the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra are on view in his sam\'e4dhi, or tomb }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (left).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A view of \'c7r\'e9la San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9s Madana-mohana
 temple, one of the oldest temples in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The tiny village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana has more than 5,000 K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temples, both large and small. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1584\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Far left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A bathing place near V\'e5nd\'e4vana's Govardhana Hill. The Vedic scriptures relate that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba once lifted this hill as an umbrella to protect His devotees in V\'e5nd\'e4vana from a devastating thundersto
rm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1584\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Sev\'e4-ku\'efja, the holy place where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba performed His celebrated r\'e4sa dance, devotees absorb themselves in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1584\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4rati at Ke\'e7i-gh\'e4\'f6a, a bathing place on the River Yamun\'e4. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has written: "I remember the Lord standing by the banks of the Yamun\'e4, so beautiful amidst the }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kadamba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub trees, where many birds are chirping in the gardens. And these impressions are always giving me transcendenta
l realization of beauty and bliss." 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1584\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cows recline in a V\'e5nd\'e4vana yard. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also known as Govinda, "well-wisher of the cows," for His pastimes as a cowherd boy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the courtyard of the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da teaches his disciples about K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Absolut
e Truth. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1584\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This painting from a temple in Sev\'e4-ku\'efja depicts Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His eternal consort, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, with Their loving attendants, the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gop\'e9s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1584\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da guides disciples on a tour of the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is foll
owing directly in the footsteps of the six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana by spreading their teachings all over the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p21:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana celebrate a festival in honor
 of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1584\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Construction at the site of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple of ISKCON's International Center in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, before
 its opening in August of 1974.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1584\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON devotees hold sa\'eck\'e9rtana, congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , in the streets of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is a Gosv\'e4m\'e9?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT IS A GOSV\'c4M\'c9?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IN THE PRESENT material world people are interested in understanding the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a word meaning body, mind and soul) only in reference to the body. Medical science, physiology and biology are concerned with the body, and psychology is concerned with the mi
nd, with thinking, feeling and willing. Unfortunately, however, no one is studying the deepest meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'96that is, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as soul. Many schools and colleges throughout the wor
ld are dedicated to the study of physiology, biology, psychology, sociology and so on, but where is the school for the understanding of the soul? Many nations may be proud of their scientific advancement, but they are simply thinking that the body is eve
rything. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is stated that one who thinks that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the body is an ass. The body is composed of material elements, and those who cannot see the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or who do not understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e4tm\'e4-tattva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the science of the soul, are concerned only with the material body. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  those who are interested only in the body and mind to the exclusion of the soul are called materialistic.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy is to understand the science of the soul.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti tat tattva-vidas\line tattva\'e0 yaj j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 advayam\line brahmeti param\'e4tmeti\line bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdya
te
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Learned transcendentalists who know the Absolute Truth call this nondual substance Brahman (the impersonal feature of the Absolute Truth], Param\'e4tm\'e4 [the loc
alized feature of the Absolute within everyone's heart] or Bhagav\'e4n [the Supreme Personality of Godhead]." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.2.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A materialistic person cannot understand this science of the soul, for materialists are interested only in mental speculation and sense
 gratification. In India there are many famous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or saintly persons, but most of them are simply
 interested in mental speculation. They are not perfect. Those who are busy understanding the bodily conception of life are also materialistic. But unfortunately these materialists are accepted as leaders in politics, sociology, philosophy and so on. Man
y are accepted as incarnations of God, as magicians or as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Through many devious means they misle
ad society, and consequently the present world is in a chaotic condition.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 speaks to everyone, but he particularly addresses Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4jendra,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "best of kings." Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was addressed in this way because just before his death he was hearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which deals with the science of the Absolute Truth, from \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Generally people are not interested in the subject matt
er of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In those days, however, everyone was interested in the science of the s
oul. Ordinary human beings are generally concerned with the bodily conception of life, or with mental speculation. They enjoy hundreds and thousands of various subjects, but they are not conversant with the science of the soul. Those who are really inter
ested in the science of the soul are active in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our goal is to become fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. To attain this goal, we follow the six original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'96\'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa, San\'e4tana, Bha\'f6\'f6a Raghun\'e4tha, \'c7r\'e9 J\'e9va, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a and Raghun\'e4
tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. These }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in name only.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The six}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  explained how one can become interested in the science of the soul. Of course today there are many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who indulge in sinful activities, but the original six }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were
 different. When we speak of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we refer to the followers of the original six }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the direct disciples of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first qualification for a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is that he knows how to control his senses. Generally people are disturbed by six kinds of urges\'96the urge to talk, the urge to become angry, and the urges of the mind, stomach, tongue and 
genitals. Through these urges, material nature forces us to remain in the material world. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 is one who controls the urges of the bodily senses. As soon as one knows how to control these urges, he can become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Many people are forced to act according to the urges of the body, yet they claim to be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s. A gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub however, should be ideal. A real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should
 follow in the footsteps of the original six }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not only the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who remain in V\'e5nd\'e4vana but those everywhere should be ideal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for V\'e5nd\'e4vana is everywhere. Wherever there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's temple and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glorification (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana is present. It was Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself who said, "My mind is always in V\'e5nd
\'e4vana." This was because He was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes as \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu just to teach us how to be pure devotees of God. To be pure devotees, we must follow His instructions. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's most confidential instruction is:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'e7yasi yuktvaivam\line \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 m
at-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who thinks in this way is always living in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. if one faithfully worships Radha and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and strictly follow
s the rules and regulations, he is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, even though according to ordinary vision he may be situated in New York or London or Hong Kong. if one worships Radha and K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, he must actually be a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a first-class Vai\'f1\'ebava, or devotee. This V\'e5nd\'e4vana was excavated by the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, p
articularly R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. Raghun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a, J\'e9va, Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a and Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9s all joined to execute the order of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and wrote books about K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and His pastimes, books that contain very high spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the business of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above all, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is always busy with K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtan\'e9ya\'f9 sad\'e4 hari\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not refer only to chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and playing cymbals. }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also means writing books about K\'e5\'f1\'eba as well as reading books about Him. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also includes talking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thinking of Him, worshiping Him, cooking for Him and eating for 
Him. All that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  therefore, should always engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in this way or that, twenty-four hours a day. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prem\'e4m\'e5t\'e4mbho-nidh\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One who has pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba can remain satisfied simply by engaging in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One should always consider his time wasted unless he is engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. The time we take for sleep is simply wasted time. We should try to save this time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were engaged twenty-four hours a day in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They slept only two or at the utmost three ho
urs daily. It is said that the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s conquered }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nidr\'e4, \'e4h\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vih\'e4ra. Nidr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to sleep, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4h\'e4ra }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to eating or collecting, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vih\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  refers to sense enjoyment. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is one who has mastered the senses. The word 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means master, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g
o}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to the senses. One who cannot control his tongue or his sleep, however, is not a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9 }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub god\'e4sa. D\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means 
servant. Instead of becoming servants of the senses, we must become servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Unless we conquer the senses, they will always be requesting us to eat, sleep and have sexual intercourse. This is the process of material life. In material l
ife, one is subjected to the dictations of the senses. But although the mind may tell us to eat more and sleep more, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says "no" to the senses. We therefore have to become so strong that we will reply "no." In this way one can be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is dear to all kinds of men. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e9r\'e4dh\'e9ra-jana-priyau:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he is kind to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dh\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adh\'e9ra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'d1a\'f2-gosv\'e4my-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is one who controls the senses, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adh\'e9ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is one who cannot control them. The Gosv
\'e4m\'e9s were kind and dear to all. When the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they were very popular. If a man had a quarrel with his wife, he would go to San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who would give him directions by which he could settle his 
problems. When San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 gave his judgment\'96be it true or not\'96people would simply accept it. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were that popular. The people who asked San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 for advice were not saintly people, but their lives wer
e successful because they abided by the orders of San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Thus they also were liberated. They may have acted improperly, but they abided by the orders of San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9. San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was also very kind to them. 
The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s even used to clothe the ordinary men, give them }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and have them come and hea
r Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in that way the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s would control them. As soon as one is under the control of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he becomes a Vai\'f1\'ebava, or devotee. Respect cannot be demanded, but when one is a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  people who see him will automatically offer respect. To receive such respect, one must be a clean and pure Vai\'f1\'ebava. Sometimes when a person sees a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or a pure Vai\'f1\'ebava, he will automatically chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not have to ask one to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. People automatically chant.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nor is a Vai\'f1\'ebava envious. His only business is to see how to bring people to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is also Prahl
\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's philosophy.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitara\'eby\'e4s\line tvad-v\'e9rya-g\'e4yana-mah\'e4m\'e5ta-magna-citta\'f9\line \'e7oce tato vimukh
a-cetasa indriy\'e4rtha-\line m\'e4y\'e4-sukh\'e4ya bharam udvahato vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4n
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dear Lord, I have no problems and want no benediction from You because I am quite 
satisfied to chant Your holy name. This is sufficient for me because whenever I chant I immediately merge in an ocean of transcendental bliss. I only lament to see others bereft of Your love. They are rotting in material activities for transient material
 pleasures and spoiling their lives toiling all day and night simply for sense gratification, with no attachment for love of Godhead. I am simply lamenting for them and devising various plans to deliver them from the clutches }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of m\'e4y\'e4." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.9.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The entire world is suffering from material disease, and people are now very unhappy. Let us therefore preach this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness. My spiritual master used to say, "I have so many temples, but if by selling all these buildings I can save one man from this material disease, my mission will be successful." That is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9. A gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is always trying to save others from the material disease. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 wrote }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with this in mind. He quoted many Vedic scriptures and gave a great deal of evidence in that work, for previously people
 would take Vedic references as truth. At present, however, people will not accept any evidence. They will only accept the evidence given by their own senses, if they like something they will accept it, and if they do not like it they will reject it. For
merly society was not so degraded. As soon as a person gave evidence from Vedic literatures, people would accept it. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 quoted from scriptures like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The purpose in quoting all these literatures was to
 establish real religious principles }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'f1ad-dharma).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By following a true system of religion, one can bec
ome a great lover of God. What kind of religion will maintain slaughterhouses? Only when there is no attempt to preach real knowledge are slaughterhouses maintained by the thousands with the sanction of so-called religion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why did the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s write so many books to establish real religion? They were simply interested in the welfare of the general po
pulace. Unless we follow religious principles, human life is defeated. The human form of life is a chance given by nature to escape the cycle of birth and death. Rascals do not realize that birth, old age, disease and death are going on. They simply try 
to solve temporary problems, not knowing that the real problems are birth, old age, disease and death. By following religious principles, one can stop the repetition of birth and death. Imparting this knowledge is the business of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Salvation or liberation does not rest with this party or that party, with capitalism or communism or whatever. W
hat will people derive from such parties? One may follow capitalism, communism or any other "ism," but after death he is immediately placed under the grip of material nature. At that time, concepts of nationalism will simply go to hell as one becomes a d
og. That is nature's way. If one acts like a cat or dog all his life and does not take advantage of the human form, nature will give him the body of a cat or dog in the next life. This is the secret science of nature, which is unknown to so many people. 
Not knowing this science, one may become a lower animal in the next life, even though in this life one may be a president or prime minister.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the time of death we have to accept another body. What body we accept will depend on our nature. Material nature will afford us a su
itable body. There are many cats and dogs, and we may wonder where they all come from. At the same time we see so many people wasting the human form of life. Because they neglect the purpose of human life, they are given the bodies of lower animals. In t
his way so many lower animals come about. We may not accept this idea; we may have our own theory. But nature's law may be different from our theory. After all, what do we know? We have to learn from the authorities. The business of a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gosv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is to save people from becoming cats and dogs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s received the mercy of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, they were able to lessen the burden of this mate
rial world. They lived in an ideal way and set the example for others to follow. Simply by following in their footsteps, our lives will become successful. We should ignore the many pseudo }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and simply try}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub to follow the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way our lives may become successful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p23:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally people are disturbed by six kinds of urges\'97the urge to talk, the urge to become angry, and the urges of the mind, stomach, tongue and genitals. Through these urges, material nature forces us to re
main in the material world. The first qualification for a gosvam\'e9 is that he knows how to control those bodily urges.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p24:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s lived in an ideal way and set the example for others to follow. We should ignore the many pseudo gosv\'e4m\'e9s and simply try to follow the real gosv\'e4m\'e9s. In this way our lives ma
y become successful.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Some Day the Tiny Soul Will Want to Get Out of Illusion
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 New York City, March 31, 1974\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Vi\'f1\'ebujana Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Vi\'f1\'ebujana Sv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub joined the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in San Francisco in 1967. He has recently returned to the U.S. from India, where he sailed down the Ganges, stopping at towns and villages along her banks to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, distribu
te food first offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa
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such enjoyments, experiencing a higher taste, one is fixed in consciousness." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one experiences }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ruci,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which, means a taste for Spiritual life, he can rise above the attraction of the illusory energy by the mercy of the Lord. Then he is able to feel }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya. Vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the strength that protects us, even when we are neophytes in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, from breaking the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious r
egulative principles and being attracted to the flickering sensual enjoyments of the mundane world. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ruci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,
 and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'96the taste for spiritual life and the strength to maintain it\'96are rarely achieved.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you had a huge diamond and were carrying it around with you on the street, people might flock to see such a diamond. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ruci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  however, are much more valuable diamonds. But although you are all walking through the streets with these valuable gifts, unfortunately no one is interested, in following you to take advantage of th
em. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ruci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are such wonderful gems, however, that if you give them away to others, these gems will still stay with you. No one has everseen diamonds you can give to everyone and still keep with 
you at the same time. But that is the value }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of ruci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the taste for spiritual life and the energy to be protected from the pull }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub of m\'e4y\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One can achieve a spiritual taste and spiritual strength by the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and to understand how this works is a great sc
ience. By the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one gets the association of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is living with 
us\'96with all living entities, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vas\'96in}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the form of the Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Supreme Soul. This
 Supreme Soul accompanies every living entity as he wanders throughout the 8,400,000 species of life in his vain search for happiness. This Supersoul is a great friend\'96actually the only friend\'96 of the living entity, and He arranges to fulfill the d
esires of His friend, the tiny living being, regardless of whether they are perverted or pure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This Supreme Soul, however, is always waiting for the small }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j
iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  soul to turn to Him in love and affection, leaving aside the false happiness of the material body. He knows that some day the tiny soul will want to get out of material entang
lement. This may happen because of frustration with painful experiences, because of a desire to achieve financial stability, because of curiosity, or because of wisdom (these are four major reasons why one turns to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness) ; but whe
n the Supersoul sees that the tiny }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  soul is turning towards Him, towards the Absolute Truth, He gr
adually directs him, purifies him, and gives him the association of a great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-ved\'e4nta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or devotee
 of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as one gets the association of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-ved\'e4nta,
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the pure devotee or spiritual master, and hears from his lips the nectarean waves flowing just like the wonderful River Ganges, these waves enter his ears and his heart and purif
y him. Thus he is freed from the seeds of contaminated material desires. When he hears sufficiently, his intelligence becomes satisfied, and he agrees to act on the instructions of his bona fide spiritual master. The more he acts on these instructions, t
he more he becomes freed from past bad habits and the conditional responses of this material world. Thus his conditional association is completely vanquished. This, of course, is where he achieves a spiritual taste (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ruci}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and spiritual strength }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (vair\'e4gya).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one develops a taste for associating with pure devotees and carrying out their orders, one is able to see things as they are. In t
he beginning, the spiritual master instructs the disciple about the misery of this material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should never minimize the importance of hearing how miserable this material world is. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  explains that one should always hear about the flickering nature of the mundane world. One should constantly remember how much su
ffering is here. Otherwise one may be attracted again, if one is not sufficiently aware of the miseries of material existence, one might still be attracted by its false beauty. But when one can actually see the plain fact of material }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the cycle of birth and death, this acts as a great stimulus for spiritual life. This is why, whenever \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da lectures, he always tells us, "This world is full of miseries. Even the body causes you misery. You may serve your senses like a dog or an ass, but the senses are bad masters that won't give you any payment for your service." He remi
nds us over and over again. Why? Because this is a stimulus for spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One might think, "Well, I don't need to hear this any more. I've heard it over and over again. Let me now just hear about the superior,
 spiritual energy of the Lord." If one makes this error, he will also mistake the spiritual pastimes of the Lord for material pastimes and fall down again into material activities, thinking that they are equal to the activities of the Lord. Unless one he
ars about his precarious position as a tiny spiritual being in this material world, he will actually continue his propensity to think himself as good as the Lord, and to think his activities and pastimes equal to the Lord's. Therefore one should never fa
il to hear sufficiently, daily, about the miseries of material existence.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no happiness here in this material world. Whatever is taken as happiness but is not connected with the Lord has no value. Ther
efore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Know it to be only a shadow of reality, only a shadow of happiness." \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gives the example that a foolish animal runs away from an actual reservoir of water to chase a mirage in the desert, and thus it di
es. Similarly, all of us have left the nectarean pastimes of the Lord, and now we are trying to enact perverted pastimes in this material world. Thus we are simply stranded in the dry sands of material life, and we are suffering. Our suffering is so acut
e that it dulls our senses, so much so that we cannot even perceive that we are suffering. The material energy is so cruel that it will make one think that suffering is happiness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore it is our duty to travel and preach about the material energy, the spiritual energy and the controller of both\'96K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Hearing these descriptions, people will gradually be able to see their position. The material energy will force them to see their position, and then they will remember, "Oh, this was told to me long ago by the devotees of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba m
ovement. I should have listened to them then." At that time they will come to us. When the material energy forces them to remember what we have been telling them for so many years, what they have read in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for so many years\'96when it forces them to see this truth of material suffering\'96then they will come to us. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da ha
s said that the time is coming in the world when there will be so much chaos that people will be forced to come to us. Then we must be able to gradually turn them towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and engage them in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotional service
.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advert-Bg #65
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG #63
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Advert-The Living Library #65
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Living Library of Transcende
ntal Knowledge
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub same as BTG #64
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 6
6, 1974
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Paris\line And Around the World\'85
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes we forget that God is a person. But He is. In fact, He is the Supreme Person, the original father of us all, and our dearest friend as well. Because His ac
tivities and qualities are infinite, He is known by innumerable names. The name K\'e5\'f1\'eba means "all-attractive;" no one can be more attractive than God. So if we simply hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from an authority who has scientific knowledge of Him
, we cannot fail to be attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and to His loving service, which is the ultimate goal of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder-\'e4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousnes
s, is presenting such knowledge on the basis of ancient Vedic scriptures like Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 and \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. He has established more than eighty centers throughout the world, simply for one purpose\'97to give everyone a chance to hea
r about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here you see the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in Paris. Located in the elegant 16th district, the temple maintains sixty full-time devotee
s. The devotees teach a weekly course in Vedic Wisdom at Nanterre University, run a press and translating office (now finishing the French edition of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is) and hold a weekly festival that attracts some four hundred guests. Also, s
everal groups of devotees travel in vans throughout the country, distributing spiritual literature (more than 40,000 copies of French Back to Godhead monthly) and raising funds to support the temple. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was officially welcomed at t
he Paris City Hall in August 1973 by Jacques Dominati, President of the City of Paris.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In spiritual life there is no meaning to such terms as French, American, Russian, Chinese. The relationship between Krsna and every livi
ng being goes beyond national and sectarian boundaries. We can easily reawaken our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4m
a, Hare Hare. Back to Godhead explains why this is so. It tells about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement and gives a taste of its philosophy. For more, we invite you to read our larger books or visit the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple nearest you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos Bh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub rgava d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh
\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, K\'e5\'f1\'ebakath\'e4 d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jeffrey Dunan
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dana d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Cakradhara d\'e4sa
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\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
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\'f9khahantri-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Mamat\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, M\'e4h\'e4may\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9. Matsya d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 66 \'a9 1974 by the Bhaktivedanta Boo
k Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #45
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
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A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Cover
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the request of His friend Arjuna, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed His four-armed form of Vi\'f1\'ebu and then His beautiful two-armed form.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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mbay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Har
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attikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P./178.
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12 Wallaroy Crescent, Double Bay, Sydney, N.S.W./365671.
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\'979, chemin du Credo, 1213 Petit Lancy/ 921-318; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hamburg, W. Germany}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972 Hamburg 54, Kapitelbu
schweg 20/ 570-53-82; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'977 Bury Place, Bloomsbury WC1/ 01-405-1463; }{\b\i0\ul0
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7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manchester, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97382 Great Clowes St., Salford 7, Lancs.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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Rome, Italy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Sede Centrale: Via Mistretta 2, (Piazza Lodi) 00182; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stockholm, Sweden}{\b0\i0\ul0
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orgia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9724 NE 13th St. 30309/ (404) 892-9042; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Austin, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonwealth Ave. 02116/ (617) 782-8892; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97132 Bidwell 
Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chicago, lllinois}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971014 Emerson St., Evanston 60201/ (312) 475-912
6; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 451-0418; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
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{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'978311 E. Jefferson Ave. 48214/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesville, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\'97107 Knox St. 77006/ (713) 869-7809; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97641 Ramona Ave. 92651/ (714) 
494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
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s Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972228 N.E. Union St. 97212/ (503) 284-6395; }{\b
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Who Is Crazy?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHO IS CRAZY?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace \line }{\b\i0\ul\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The whole world is divided into factions, and each accuses the others of being crazy. But if there are no criteria by 
which to judge sanity, then who can decide
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 mat-par\'e4
ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, engage your body in My service and surrender unto Me. Completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me." }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that one should always think of Him, be His devotee and worship Him. This is the process of devotional service
; it is not very difficult, and anyone can execute it by thinking of God, offering obeisances and rendering some service unto Him. Generally people identify with some party, either socially, politically, economically or religiously. In America there are 
the Republican and Democratic parties, and on the international scale there are the capitalists and the communists. Religiously, people identify with a party as Christian, Moslem, Hindu and so on. In India there are social parties also, like the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmanas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In short, to avoid belonging to some party or other is not possible. Spiritualism, however, means that we should identify ourselves with God's party.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On this platform also there is "party-ism" in that the spiritualists call the materialists crazy, and the materialists call the spiritu
alists crazy. We have formed a Society for Krishna Consciousness, and those who do not like it say that we are "crazy." Similarly, a person in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness sees a person who is acting in material consciousness as a crazy person. Who, then
, is actually crazy? Who decides? How are the parties involved capable of deciding? Indeed, the whole world is divided into parties, each accusing the others of being crazy, but if there are no criteria by which to judge sanity, then who can decide? If w
e ask any man, any common man on the street, what he is, he will reply, "I am this body." He may give some further explanation by saying that he is Christian, or Hindu, or Jewish, or that he is Mr. So-and-So, or whatever, but all these are simply designa
tions he attaches to the body. In other words, they all arise from the body. When a person says that he is an American, he is referring to the body because by some accident or reason he is born into the land of America and so takes the title of an Americ
an. But that is also artificial because the land is neither American nor French, nor Chinese, nor Russian, nor anything\'97land is land. We have simply artificially created some boundaries and said, "This is America, this is Canada, this is Mexico, Europ
e, Asia, India." These are our concoctions, for we do not find that these lands were originally divided in this way. Three or four hundred years ago this land was not even known as America, nor was it even inhabited by white men from Europe. Even a thous
and years ago Europe was inhabited by different peoples and called different names. These are all designations that are constantly changing. From the Vedic literatures we can understand that this whole planet was known as Il\'e4v\'e5ta-var\'f1a, and one 
king, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bharata, who ruled the entire planet, changed the name of the planet to Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a. Gradually, however, the planet became divided again, and different continents and sectors became known by different names. Even recently Ind
ia has been divided into a number of countries, whereas earlier in the century India had included Burma, Ceylon and East and West Pakistan. In actuality the land is neither Bh\'e4rata-var\'f1a, India, Europe, Asia or whatever\'97we simply give it these d
esignations in accordance with time and influence. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as we give the land designations, we also give our bodies designations, but no one can say what his designations were before birth
. Who can say that he was American, Chinese, European or whatever? We are thinking that after leaving this body we will continue as American or Indian or Russian. But although we may live in America during this life, we may be in China in the next, for w
e are constantly changing our bodies. Who can say that he is not changing bodies? When we are born from the womb of our mother, our body is very small. Now, where is that body? Where is the body we had as a boy? We may have photographs that remind us wha
t the body was like in past years, but we cannot say where that body has gone. The body may change, yet we have the feeling that we do not change. "I am the same man," we think, "and in my childhood I looked like this or like that." Where have those year
s gone? They have vanished along with the body and everything that came in contact with it. But although everything is changing at every moment, we are still sticking to our bodily identification so that when we are asked what we are, we give an answer t
hat is somehow or other related to this body. Is this not crazy? If a person identifies with something he is not, he is considered crazy. The conclusion is that one who identifies with the body cannot really be considered sane. This, then, is a challenge
 to the world: Whoever claims God's property or earth as belonging to his body, which is constantly changing, can only be considered a crazy man. Who can actually establish that this is his property or that this is his body? By the chances of nature a pe
rson is placed in a body and is dictated to by the laws of material nature. Yet in illusion we think we are controlling that nature. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni\line gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9\line aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4
\line kart\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by n
ature." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 3.27) 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material nature is pulli
ng everyone by the ear, just as a stern teacher pulls a student. Every individual is under the dictations of material nature and is being put sometimes in this body and sometimes in that. We are now fortunate to have acquired a human body, but we can eas
ily see that there are many other types of bodies (8,400,000 according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and by the 
laws of nature we can be put into any type of body according to our work. Thus we are completely in the grip of material nature. Although this lifetime we may be fortunate in acquiring a human body, there is no guarantee that the next time we will not ha
ve the body of a dog or some other animal. All this depends on our work. No one can say, "After my death, I will take my birth again in America." Material nature will force us into this body or that. Since we are not authorities, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub informs us that everything is being conducted by the supreme laws of nature, and it is the foolish man who 
thinks, "I am something. I am independent." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this is false reason. 
Although the living entity is different from the body, he thinks, "I am this body." Therefore \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya basically preached the same message over and over: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha
\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "I am not this body; I am Brahman, spirit soul."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nonetheless, even when we have resolved to take to the path of self-realization, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or illusion persists. By self-realization a person may come to realize that he is not the body but a spiritual soul. What then is his position? Void? Imp
ersonal? People think that after the demise of this body there is nothing but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or void. The 
impersonalists similarly say that as soon as the body is finished, one's personal identity is finished also. In actuality, however, the body can never be identified with the living entity any more than a car can be identified with its driver. A person ma
y direct a car wherever he wishes, but when he gets out of the car he does not think that his personality is gone. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks of the living entity in this way:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati\line bhr\'e4mayan sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni\line
yantr\'e4r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as on a machine, made of the mat
erial energy." (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These various bodies are like cars, and they are all moving. One person may have an expensive kind of car, and another person may have 
an inexpensive one; one person may have a new car, and another person may have an old one. Should we then think that when we are out of the car of the body the personality no longer exists? This is another kind of craziness. The void philosophy, which ma
intains that after death we become nothing, is also a craziness that has been contradicted. We are not void but spirit. When one attains spiritual realization, knowing himself as spirit outside the body, he can advance further by inquiring about his duty
 as spirit. "What is my spiritual work?" he should ask. Realizing one's spiritual identity and asking about one's spiritual duty is actual sanity. So much individuality and discrimination are displayed by the living entity even in the body. Should we thi
nk that at death one's intelligence, discrimination and individuality no longer exist? Although we may make such great plans and work so hard within the body, are we to assume that when we leave the body we become void? There is no basis for this nonsens
e, and it is directly refuted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the very beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tv ev\'e4ha\'e0 j\'e4tu n\'e4sa\'e0\line na tva\'e0 neme jan\'e4dhip\'e4\'f9\line na caiva na bhavi\'f1y\'e4ma\'f9\line sarve
 vayam ata\'f9 param
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe\line kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4\line tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir\line dh\'e9ras tatra na
 muhyati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. As the embodied soul continually passes, 
in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.12-13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the spiritual identity of the individual soul continues after death, for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba assures Arjuna of the eternality }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all the individual souls assembled on the battlefield. The spiritual spark or self is within the body f
rom the moment the body begins to form within the womb of the mother, and it continues existing in the body as the body undergoes all of its changes through infancy, childhood, youth and old age. This means that the person who is within the body is prese
nt from the moment of conception. The measurement of this individual soul is so small that the Vedic scriptures approximate it to be no larger than one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair\'97in other words, as far as human vision is concerned, it is
 invisible. One cannot see the soul with material eyes, but the soul is there nonetheless, and the fact that the body grows from the shape of a pea to full-grown manhood is proof of its presence. There are six symptoms of the soul's presence, and growth 
is one of them. If there is growth, or change, one should know that the soul is present within the body. When the body becomes useless, the soul leaves it, and the body simply decays. One cannot directly perceive the soul's leaving the body, but one can 
perceive it symptomatically when the body loses consciousness and dies. In the Second Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the following simile to illustrate this process: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4s\'e4\'e0si j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ni yath\'e4 vih\'e4ya\line nav\'e4ni g\'e5h\'eb\'e4ti naro 'par\'e4\'ebi\line tath\'e4 sar\'e9r
\'e4\'ebi vih\'e4ya j\'e9r\'eb\'e4ny\line any\'e4ni sa\'e0y\'e4ti nav\'e4ni deh\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the soul takes on new bodies, the soul does not select the bodies himself; the selection is made by the law of nature. However
, the mentality of the soul does affect the selection, as indicated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the following verse:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 ya\'e0 v\'e4pi smaran bh\'e4va\'e0\line tyajaty ante kalevaram\line ta\'e0 tam evaiti kaunteya\line sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4va-
bh\'e4vita\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In whatever condition one quits his present body, in his next life he will attain to that state of being without fail." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As one's thoughts develop, his future body also develops. The sane man understands that he is not the body, and he also understands wha
t his duty is: to fix his mind on K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that at death he can attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba's nature. This is the advice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the last verse of the Ninth Chapter:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam\line \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 m
at-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, engage your body in My service and surrender unto Me. Completely absorbed in Me, surely will you come to Me." }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every embodied soul is in the constant act of thinking. To refrain from thinking something is not possible for a moment The duty of the
 individual, therefore, is to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There should be no difficulty in this, nor any harm; K\'e5\'f1\'eba has pastimes and activities, He comes to earth and leaves His message in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and there are so many literatures about K\'e5\'f1\'eba that thinking of Him is neither a difficult nor costly task. There are en
ough literatures on K\'e5\'f1\'eba to last one a lifetime, so there is no shortage of material. Thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, should be favorable. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a man is employed, he may always be thinking of his employer: "I must get there on time. If he sees me late, he may deduct from my paycheck." This kind of thinking will not do. It is necessary to thi
nk of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with love }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bhava mad-bhaktah). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material world when the servant thinks of the 
master, there is no love; he is thinking only of pounds, shillings and pence. Because that kind of thinking will not save us, K\'e5\'f1\'eba requests that one just be His devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with love, or devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, actually means service. The spiritual master prescribes various du
ties to enable the neophyte devotee to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the Society for Krishna Consciousness, for instance, there are so many duties assigned: printing, writing, typing, dispatching, cooking, and so on. In so many ways the students are thinki
ng of K\'e5\'f1\'eba because they are engaged in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the duty indicated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mad-y\'e4j\'e9 
m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even if we are not inclined to obedience, we must obey and offer respects }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (namaskuru
). Bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotion, minus respect is not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One should engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness with love and respect and should thus fulfill his designated duties. Then life will be successful. One can never be happy by identifying himself with the material body and engaging
 in all kinds of nonsensical activities. For happiness, there must be consciousness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; that is the difference between spiritualism and materialism. The same typewriter, dictation machine, tape recorder, mimeograph machine, paper, ink, the
 same hand}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on the surface, everything is the same, but everything becomes spiritualized when it is us
ed in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This, then, is spiritual. We should not think that something has to be uncommon to be spiritual. The entire material world can be transformed into spirit if we simply become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. By ardently follo
wing the instructions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and following in the footsteps of the grea
t }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub teachers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh
agavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the line of disciplic succession, we can spiritualize the earth and restore its inhabitants to sanity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub photo p4: This is a challenge to the world: Whoever claims God's property as belonging to his body can only be consid
ered a crazy man. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Collage. Indrapramada d\'e4sa. Photo: Gar\'e9y\'e4n d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How the Teachings of Lord Caitanya Came to the Western World, Part 1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub How the Teachings of Lord Caitan
ya Came to the Western World
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Brahmananda Svami }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub served for
 many years as the first president of the first ISKCON temple in the United States (while at the same time working as a teacher in the New York City public school system). He later became director of ISKCON Press and in 1970 accepted the renounced order 
of life. He was the first to introduce K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in Africa. He has recently been preaching in Africa and India.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He reasons ill who tells that Vai\'f1\'ebavas die When thou art living still in Sound! The Vai\'f1\'ebavas die to li
ve and living try To spread a holy life around!"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub verse by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4ku
ra on the tomb of the great saint \'d6h\'e4kura Harid\'e4sa at Pur\'e9, India 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Calcutta in 1896, the teachings of Lord Caitanya began their journey to the West. In Bengali-speaking Calcutta on August 20th of that year, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivin
oda \'d6h\'e4kura published a small English treatise entitled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\'97His Life and Precepts. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Seventy-one years later, in 1967, in Montreal, Canada, a graduate student came across a copy of this book while browsing through the rare-book collection of the McGill University library. The book was a wonderful find for him because he was a
 dedicated follower of Lord Caitanya's, having been convinced of Lord Caitanya's teachings by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, whom he had accepted as his spiritual master. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was born in Calcutta on Septemb
er 1, 1896, only a few days after }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya-His Life and Precepts }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was published. Thus by a tr
anscendental arrangement this significant book and he who would fulfill the purpose of the book appeared together.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (authoritative scriptures) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (authoritative teachers)
 affirm that Lord Caitanya, who appeared in Bengal 500 years ago, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The great Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states that in Kali-yuga (the present Age of Quarrel) the Supreme Lord descends not in His }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub original form as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
but in the garb of a golden-complexioned devotee who constantly sings the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord Caitanya, the perfect devotee, descends to teach us how to love Him. Although He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, He shows us how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, lik
e a teacher who takes up a pencil and writes as if learning the ABC's, just to teach his pupils how to write. Lord Caitanya is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, but as one great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has declared, He is more kind then K\'e5\'f1\'eba because He teaches pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo mah\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya\line k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te\line k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-\line n
\'e4mne gaura-tvi\'f1e nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  19.53}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus in this age if one wants to be an unalloyed devotee of God, practically speaking one need only follow the teachings of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 A Trusted Representative 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\'97His Life and Precepts}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, pioneered in bestowing upon the world the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness through the instructions of Lord Caitanya. He himself appea
red near Lord Caitanya's very birthsite, in the district of Nadia in West Bengal, India, in 1834. Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura is not a conditioned soul born in this temporary world because of the effects of bad deeds performed in previous lives; he is a }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-siddha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an eternal associate of the Lord, and he is indeed the transcendental energy of Lord Caitany
a Mah\'e4prabhu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (gaura-\'e7akti-svar\'fcp\'e4ya). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes during spiritual peril the Lord empowers a tr
usted representative to act on His behalf, just as a king may send an ambassador to a foreign land to represent him. Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub because he is a representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-ci
d-\'e4nanda-vigraha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the embodiment of eter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nity, knowledge and bliss. He was sent by Lord Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu to revive Mah\'e4prabhu's message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and thus redeem the modern world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While cultivating spiritual consciousness, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura was simultaneously a prominent magistrate in the gove
rnment of Bengal. Thus Bhaktivinoda's life exemplifies what he contributed to spiritual knowledge. He proved that renunciation }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (vair\'e4gya) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consists not of ceasing or abolishing any activity, but of adjusting every activity and using every object of the world for the service of the Lord, without thought of personal gain or enjoyment. Thus Bhaktivinoda \'d6
h\'e4kura, while outwardly a materially successful man, was an ascetic of the highest order }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (yukta-vair\'e4g\'e9). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub He was completely distinct from the stereotyped Hindu ascetics who renounce everything because they think that everything is mundane, yet he was not among the pseudo devotees }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (sahajiy\'e4s) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who indulge in sensual pleasure on the plea that because they are part of God they should be free to enjoy like Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To live in the Himalayas eating roots and berries, shunning all the activities of the world, actually shows one's lack of spiritual kno
wledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub belongs to God. This is the verdict of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7o}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0 yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Everything in the
 world, both animate and inanimate, belongs to the Supreme Lord." Since He is the proprietor, we cannot renounce anything, for one can give up only what one has in the first place. Therefore an enlightened man accepts his quota, what he needs for his mai
ntenance, while at the same time fully aware that God is the proprietor who maintains him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An Active Preacher 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura preached devotional service, which is the real message of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and all the Vedic scriptures. A devotee surrenders everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by using everything in the Lord's service. \'c7r\'e9la Bha
ktivinoda wrote in one song: "My mind, my household affairs, my body\'97whatever is mine\'97I offer to You, my dear Lord, for Your service. Now You can do with them as You like. You are the supreme master of everything, so if You like You may kill me, or
 if You like You may give me protection. All authority belongs to You. I have nothing to claim as my own." This illustrates the surrendered attitude of a pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Bhaktivinoda, just to perform devotional service was not enough. As a truly realized soul, he yearned for the day when the entire w
orld would taste the nectar of devotion. Each night the \'d6h\'e4kura would rest for only four hours, from eight until midnight, and then he would write until morning, when he would go to the courthouse for his judicial duties. In this way he wrote more 
than one hundred books while still a magistrate. Bhaktivinoda maintained a respectable position in society, but at the same time explained in detail how to get out of this material world. The result was that people listened to him more respectfully than 
had he been a hirsute hermit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda wrote his books mostly in Bengali but also in Sanskrit and Urdu, and to make the teachings of Lord Caitanya appreciable to
 those outside Bengal and India, he also wrote in English. He wrote his first work, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari-kath\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a book
 of Bengali verses, in 1850. At a meeting in Calcutta in 1869 he delivered a remarkable speech in English entitled "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Its Philosophy, Its Ethics, and Its Theology." Other works he wrote in English during this time include "Speech on Gautama," "Reflections" (poems), "Jagann\'e4tha Temple of Pur\'e9," }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "\'c7lokas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on the S}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of \'d6h\'e4kura Harid\'e4sa," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "\'c4kha\'f2\'e4s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Monasteries] of
 Pur\'e9." \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda started }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Sajjana-to\'f1a\'eb\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a unique monthly journal t
hat continued through seventeen volumes. He composed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kaly\'e4\'eba-kalpataru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a collection of Bengali son
gs, and wrote many other books, among them }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-\'e7ik\'f1\'e4m\'e5ta, \'c7ara\'eb\'e4gati, Jaiva-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prema-prad\'e9pa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (a fiction showing the excellence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Furthermore, he published numerous Bengali translations of important Sanskrit works, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (one edition with Sanskrit commentary by \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 and a second
 with commentary by \'c7r\'e9 Baladeva Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka, Mana\'f9-\'e7ik\'f1\'e4, \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu-sahasra-n\'e4ma, \'c7r\'e9 Cai
tanya Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (with a commentary by \'c7r\'e9 Baladeva Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Careful Presentation 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During the 1890's reports came to India of an intensified European and American interest in Indian culture, and a particular interest i
n Sanskrit. In 1896 Bhaktivinoda penned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gaur\'e4\'ecga-smara\'eba-ma\'ecgala-stotra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 104 Sanskr
it verses concerning Lord Caitanya's life and precepts. He sent copies to literary and scholastic luminaries all over the world. Today, Bhaktivinoda's only surviving son still preserves a letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson, the famous American transcendenta
list, gratefully acknowledging receipt of Bhaktivinoda's book but requesting books in English. As a result of such requests, Bhaktivinoda then wrote }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\'97His Life and P
recepts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a preacher, Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura wanted to make the teachings of Lord Caitanya understandable to people in general and popular
 among them. This missionary spirit followed the express desire of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Although Lord Caitanya Himself wrote only eight short verses on His teachings, He ordered His chief disciples to write volumes of books explaining, codifying 
and substantiating these teachings with Vedic authority. It is quite evident from Bhaktivinoda's books that he took great pains to make these topmost transcendental teachings readily appreciable. For instance, in his speech on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we see the \'d6h\'e4kura making an old, massive Sanskrit tome really interesting because he writes 
about it in such an honest and charming way. He writes: 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has suffered from shallow critics both Indian and foreign. That book has been accursed and denounced by a great number of our young countrymen who have scarcely read its contents and pondered the philosophy on which it
 is founded. It is owing mostly to their having imbibed an unfounded prejudice against it when they were in school. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as a matter of course, has been held in derision by those teachers who are generally of an inferior mind and intellect. This prejudice is not easily shaken off when the student grows up unless he candidly studies the book an
d meditates on the doctrines of Vai\'f1\'ebavism. We are ourselves witnesses to the fact. When we were in college, reading the philosophical works of the West and exchanging thoughts with the thinkers of the day, we contracted a hatred of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub great work seemed like a repository of ideas scarcely adapted to the Nineteenth Century, and we hated to hear any argument in its favour. To us then a volume of Channing, Parker, Emerson or Newman had m
ore weight than whole lots of Vai\'f1\'ebava works. Greedily we pored over the various commentations upon the Holy Bible and the labours of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tattva-bodhin\'e9 Sabh\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub containing extracts from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but no work of the Vai\'f1\'ebavas had any favour with us. But when we ad
vanced in age and our religious sentiment received development, we turned Unitarian in our belief and prayed as Jesus prayed in the Garden. Accidentally, we fell upon a work about the Great Caitanya, and on reading it with some attention in order to sett
le the historical position of that Mighty Genius of Nadia, we had the opportunity to gather His explanations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub given to the wrangling Ved\'e4ntists of the Benares school. This accidental study created in us a love for all the works which we could find about our Eastern Saviour. We gathered with difficulties the famous }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'fcrcas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub written in Sanskrit by the disciples of Caitanya. The explanations we got of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from these sources were of such a charming character that we procured a copy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub complete and studied its texts (difficult, of course, to those who are not trained in philosophical thoughts) with the as
sistance of the famous commentaries of \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9. From such study it is that we have at last gathered the real doctrines of the Vai\'f1\'ebavas. Oh! What trouble it is to get rid of prejudices gathered in unripe years!" It is rare to fin
d such honesty in the field of religion, where blind faith often demands dishonesty in order to keep itself intact.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next, we see the \'d6h\'e4kura writing like a real religious freethinker: 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Subjects of philosophy and theology are like the peaks of towering and inaccessible mountains standing in the midst of our planet, inv
iting attention and investigation. Thinkers and men of deep speculation take their observations through the instruments of reason and consciousness. But they take their stand on different points when they carry on their work. These points are positions c
halked out by the circumstances of their social and philosophical life, different as they are in the different parts of the world. Plato looked at the peak of the spiritual question from the West, and Vy\'e4sa made the observation from the East; so Confu
cius did it from further East, and Schlegel, Spinoza, Kant and Goethe from further West. These observations were made at different times and by different means, but the conclusion is all the same inasmuch as the object of observation was one and the same
. They all searched after the Great Spirit, the unconditioned Soul of the Universe. They could not but get an insight into it. Their words and expressions are different, but their import is the same. They tried to find the absolute religion, and their la
bours were crowned with success, for God gives all that He has to His children if they want to have it. It requires a candid, generous, pious and holy heart to feel the beauties of their conclusions. Party spirit\'97that great enemy of truth\'97will alwa
ys baffle the attempt of the enquirer who tries to gather truth from religious works of his own nation, and will make him believe that absolute truth is nowhere except in his old religious book. What better example could be adduced than the fact that the
 great philosopher of Benares will find no truth in the universal brotherhood of man and the common fatherhood of God? The philosopher, thinking in his own way of thought, can never see the beauty of the Christian father. The way in which Christ thought 
of His own father was love absolute, and so long as the philosopher will not adopt that way of thinking, he will ever remain deprived of the absolute faith preached by the western Saviour. In a similar manner, the Christian needs adopt the way of thought
 which the Ved\'e4ntist pursued, before he can love the conclusions of the philosopher. The critic, therefore, should have a comprehensive, good, generous, candid, impartial and sympathetic soul."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And finally, we see his humor: "'What sort of a thing is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Bh\'e4gavata?' }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asks the European gentleman newly arrived in India. His companion tells him with a serene look that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a book which his Oriya bearer daily reads in the evening to a number of 
hearers. It contains a jargon of unintelligible and savage literature for those men who paint their noses with some sort of earth or sandal and wear beads all over their bodies in order to procure salvation for themselves. Another of his companions, who 
has travelled a little in the interior, would immediately contradict him and say that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a Sanskrit work claimed by a sect of men, the Gosvamis, who give }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub like the Popes of Italy, to the common people of Bengal, and pardon their sins on payment of gold enough to defray their social expenses. A third gentleman will repeat a third explanation. A young Bengali chai
ned in English thoughts and ideas, and wholly ignorant of the pre-Mohammedan history of his own country, will add one more explanation by saying that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a book containing an account of the life of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was an ambitious and an immoral man! This is all 
that he could gather from his grandmother while yet he did not go to school. Thus the Great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
ever remains unknown to the foreigners, like the elephant of the six blind men who caught hold of the several parts of the body of the beast. But Truth is eternal and is never injured, but for a while, by ignorance."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Fight Against Casteism 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For his time, Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura's approach and thought were downright rebellious. Of all the world's religions, certainly none
 is more conventional and reactionary than Indian religion, but there was no protest from the orthodox because Bhaktivinoda presented his arguments most reasonably. This kind of intelligent reasoning, rather than emotionalism, was what Bhaktivinoda used 
to expose what has been the singlemost perversion of Indian religion: caste consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although Gandhi is more popularly known in the struggle against casteism, actually Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura had campaigned against it
 long before. And even before him, it was Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu who first promoted spiritual equality in India. Indeed, Mah\'e4prabhu's two foremost disciples, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, had been deemed outcastes by orthodox Hi
ndu society because they had very closely associated with the Muslim rulers of the time. Lord Caitanya also appointed Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, who was born a Mohammedan, to be the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or master of the holy name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only one who is enlightened, who sees spiritually, can see all creatures equally }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is materially contaminated must see differences because bodies naturally differ. It is the body which is m
ale or female, brown or white, young or old, American or Indian, and so on. In his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Life and Pre}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cepts}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Bhaktivinoda made Lord Caitanya's teachings in this regard quite clear:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "The religion preached by Mah\'e4prabhu is universal and not exclusive.... The principle of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub as the future church of the world, invites all classes of men, without distinction of caste or clan, to 
the highest cultivation of the spirit. This church, it appears, will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub extend all over the world and take the place of all sectarian churches, which exclude outsiders from the preci
ncts of the mosque, church, or temple."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nevertheless, after Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, a group of self-interested }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arose who declared that by genealogy they were the only qualified spiritual leaders. Such exclusiveness is very strong in Indian religion and, of cours
e, not unknown in other religions. This group's idea was to monopolize all religious functions and collect money. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had opposed such imposters. In fact, on one occasion in Benares, as a protest, He purposely resided at the house of a
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub although it is mandatory for a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to stay with a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub describes four orders of spiritual and social life, but nowhere do
es it hold that one's birth determines one's place among these orders. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.13]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0 \line gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to this verse, four classes\'97intellectuals; administrators, merchants and laborers\'97are all created by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus we naturally find these di
fferent classes in societies all over the world. However, these classes manifest themselves naturally; they are not artificially created. Everyone has different qualities inherent within him and will behave accordingly. But in no circumstances does one's
 behavior depend only upon one's birth. If one's father is a highcourt judge, this does not mean that one is himself a high-court judge. He also must first be trained and win a judicial appointment. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore says that one is classified ac
cording to one's qualities }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (gu\'eba), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and not one's birth }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (janma). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the caste system as created by the Lord is meant to take account of one's natural qualities, regardless of one's birth. I
f one is born in the family of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or laborer, but has the qualities of a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or intellectual, then he must be accepted as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and if one is born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub family but has he qualities of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he must be accepted as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub History now records how India has generally come to reject caste designations, but Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura had to fight caste consci
ousness not only in worldly society but even within religious society. Thus it is rather surprising that anyone who purports to be a follower of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu could refuse to accept }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who happen to be born as non-Indians. Lord Caitanya counted
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa, San\'e4tana, and Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura among His chief disciples. He elevated them to the status of Vai\'f1\'ebava, which 
is even higher than that }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub to demonstrate that anyone who is qualified must be accepted as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or holy man. 
Lord Caitanya even predicted that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name would be sung in every town and village of the world. Did He mean that only Indians would be singing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name all over the world? Obviously He meant that Europeans, Americans and Africa
ns would also take to the chanting of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The revealed scriptures state that anyone who takes to the chanting of the holy name is situated on the topmost spiritual platform. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says: "If a person born in a family of dog-eaters takes to chanting the holy nam
e of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is to be understood that in his previous life he must have executed all kinds of austerities and penances and performed all the Vedic sacrifices." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.33.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Similarly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta (\'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 7.23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) states: "In distributing love of Godhead, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His associates did not consider who was a fit candidate and who was not, nor where such dist
ribution should or should not take place. They made no conditions. Wherever they got the opportunity, they distributed love of Godhead." And, again in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.26: "The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement will inundate the entire world and drown everyone, whether one be a gentleman, a rogue, or even lame, invalid or blind." Lord Caitanya mad
e no bodily distinctions, for His movement is purely spiritual.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scriptures declare that anyone who discriminates against a qualified devotee is doomed. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcye vi\'f1\'ebau \'e7il\'e4-dh\'e9r guru\'f1u\line nara-matir vai\'f1\'ebave j\'e4ti-buddhi\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who considers the worshipable Deity of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to be stone, the spiritual master to be an ordinary human being, or a devotee to be
long to a particular caste or creed, is possessed of hellish intelligence." Nevertheless, such material consciousness still prevails in some religious quarters. Even today the priests of the temple of Lord Jagann\'e4tha at Pur\'e9 will not allow any nonI
ndian to enter, even though Lord Caitanya Himself stayed there for twelve years and Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura was the chief administrator of the temple for over five years, from 1871 to 1876.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to be continued}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub photo p8:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Historic Volume. The book tha
t first brought Lord Caitanya's teachings to the West.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub photo p9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bhaktivinoda. The pioneer or the program to spread the benediction of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  consciousness throughout the entire world by the instructions or Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-books #66
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG #65 [but the "c" in 118c & 119c is removed]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-btg #66
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub We'd like to send you K\'e5\'f1
\'eba
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG #65
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Universal Form
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA'S UNIVERSAL FORM
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  has served as President of ISKCON's Boston Temple, as Editor of Back to Godhead and, most recently, as personal secretary to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the founder-\'e4c\'e4rya of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. He is now traveling in the 
United States, distributing K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature to libraries and college professors.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SELECTIONS OF BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 is that in which Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's disciple Arjuna sees that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body encompasses the enti
re universe. A prominent university scholar describes the universal form as "the mystery" of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, one can easily understand the universal form by studying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  through the testimony of Arjuna and the devotees who Follow him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna asked to see the universal form not for himself but for the benefit of others, who might doubt that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. Arjun
a indeed accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Earlier in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Arjuna 
had already expressed his realization that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth. The Lord had described that he is all-pervading and that lie can be seen in everything great and powerful in the material world. "Of purifiers," the Lord said, "I am the win
d. Of flowing rivers I am the Ganges. Of all sciences I am the spiritual science of the self. . . . Know that all beautiful, glorious and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hearing of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's opulences, Arjuna declared, "You are the Supreme Brahman, the Ultimate." Arjuna had testified, moreover, th
at although some might think that his friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba had swayed his opinion, such great sages as N\'e4rada, Devala Asita and Vy\'e4sa\'97and all the Vedic scriptures\'97confirm that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is indeed the Supreme. Nevertheless, so t
hat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his acceptance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as God would not be merely theoretical, Arjuna requested K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
to reveal his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or universal form. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore agreed to reveal this form to 
Arjuna, and He blessed Arjuna with the special vision he needed to see it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The universal form is the form of the Supreme Lord in which one can see everything in the universe, all at once. In the universal form,
 one can see past, present and future. One can see all the demigods of the material creation, and all other living beings. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub graphically describes the revelation of the universal form: "Arjuna saw in that universal form many unlimited mouths and unlimited eyes. It was all wondrous. The form was decorated with divine, dazzling orname
nts and arrayed in many garbs.... All was magnificent, all expanding, unlimited. This was seen by Arjuna. If hundreds of thousands of suns were to rise at once in the sky, they might resemble the effulgence of the Supreme Person in that universal form." 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. 11.10-12)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba manifested His cosmic form, He nonetheless continued to exist in His form as a human being, sitting beside Arjuna.
 Arjuna was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friend, but upon seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the universal form, he was filled with awe and wonder. Bewildered and astonished, his hairs standing on end, Arjuna began to pray with folded hands, offering obeisances to the Supreme
 Lord: "O Lord of the universe, I see in Your universal body many, many forms\'97bellies, mouths, eyes\'97expanded without limit. There is no end, there is no beginning, there is no middle to all this. Your form, adorned with various crowns, clubs and di
scs, is difficult to see because of its glaring effulgence, which is fiery and immeasurable like the sun. You are the supreme primal objective. You are the best in all the universes, You are inexhaustible, and You are the oldest. You are the maintainer o
f religion, the eternal Personality of Godhead.... You are spread throughout the sky and the planets and all space between."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With innumerable faces, arms and legs, terrible teeth, and radiant colors spreading everywhere, the universal form bewildered the great
 warrior Arjuna. "I cannot keep my balance," Arjuna said. "Seeing Your blazing deathlike faces, I am bewildered! All our soldiers and the soldiers of the enemy are rushing into Your mouths, their heads smashed by Your fearful teeth. As the rivers flow in
to the sea, all these warriors enter Your blazing mouths and perish. I see all people rushing with full speed into Your mouths as moths dash into a blazing fire. I see You devouring all people." In great fear, Arjuna told the Lord, "I do not know what Yo
ur mission is, and I desire to hear of it."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thereupon, the universal form of the Lord replied: "Time I am, the destroyer of the worlds, and I have come to engage all people. With 
the exception of you, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava brothers, all the soldiers on both sides will be slain." (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
11.32)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who have studied }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know that it is a dialogue between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna in which K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, tries to convince Arjuna, His friend and disciple, to fulfill his duty as a warrior by 
fighting against a demoniac army. Throughout }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives many arguments why
 Arjuna should fight, and He especially assures Arjuna that he and all the others in the battle are eternal spiritual souls who cannot actually be killed. In His universal form, however, the Lord tells Arjuna that even if he refused to fight, the materia
l bodies of all the warriors would nevertheless be destroyed, for that was the plan of the Lord. If Arjuna refused to fight, they }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would die in another way; their death could not b
e checked. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba explained to Arjuna the mission of the universal form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord of the universe, He enjoys eternal personal relationships with His devotees such as Arjuna.
 However, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in His universal form. Arjuna, overwhelmed, begged K\'e5\'f1\'eba to forgive him for all the personal familiarities of their friendship. Arjuna said, "I have in the past addressed You as my friend, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, w
ithout knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I dishonored You many times while we were relaxing, lying on the same bed or eating together, sometimes alone and sometimes among friends. Please excuse me for al
l my offenses. You are the father of the complete cosmic manifestation, the worshipful chief, the spiritual master. No one is equal to You, nor can anyone be one with You." (Bg. 11.41-43) Thus although Arjuna, seeing his friend in the form of Time, was v
ery much afraid, he could not forget that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was his friend in a loving relationship.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to our spiritual master, the main reason Arjuna asked K\'e5\'f1\'eba to show this form was to discredit imposters who might c
ome later and claim to be God. Many rascals boast that they are God or incarnations of God, but they should be challenged to show a form as wonderful as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which all the universes appear within K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body. No one but the Supreme Lord Himself can display such a form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna's vision of the universal form was real; it was not a dream, for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicates that many other important personalities also beheld the universal form when the Lord revealed it to Arjuna. Moreover, since five thousand year
s ago, when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was spoken, great philosophers and spiritual masters have confirmed the r
eality of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's universal form.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes fraudulent Gods bluff their followers by asserting that they can indeed show them the universal form. One time a boy came to 
the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness center in New York and announced to the devotees that he was God. When asked to show his universal form, he declared, "Yes, here it is," and then he held up his arms so that everyone could behold his cosmic body. But a di
splay of mere insolence and a form of skin and bones\'97"Here it is. Can't you see it?"\'97does not constitute a revelation of the universal form. Nor can word jugglery, LSD, hypnotism or charisma induce a true vision of the universal form. Only the Supr
eme Godhead can reveal that cosmic form, and as stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only His pure devotees are quali
fied to see it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some professors and scholars try to dismiss the universal form by saying that it is a poetic fantasy. Such an interpretation, however, 
is contrary to all the understanding of Vedic literature. These professors and their students may take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be fanciful, but the real philosophers, the spiritual masters who come in the disciplic line from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who have guided the course of Vedic philosophy for thousands of years, accept }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the Absolute Truth. Mundane scholars do not know whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed His universal form, but the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the spiritual masters who teach by the example of their lives) do know. That the tiny minds 
of atheists cannot accept such a wonderful manifestation as the universal form does not disprove its existence. The message of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who showed the universal form, as clearly stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itself. We accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as it is, on the authority 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus we need not consult foolish speculators for their opi
nions. Since they try to interpret }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in their own way, they cannot possibly understand 
the universal form as it is.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After seeing the form of the universe in the body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Arjuna could not maintain his equilibrium. Thus he begged K\'e5
\'f1\'eba not only to forgive him for his familiarity as a friend, but to relieve his mind by again showing him the form in which Arjuna knew Him as the Personality of Godhead. Arjuna prayed: "After seeing this universal form, which I have never seen bef
ore, I am gladdened, but at the same time my mind is disturbed with fear. Therefore, please bestow Your grace upon me and reveal again Your form as the Personality of Godhead. O universal Lord, I wish to see You in Your four-armed form, with helmeted hea
d and with club, wheel, conch and lotus flower in Your hands. I long to see You in that form."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic scriptures, the Supreme Lord has innumerable forms and incarnations. Among them, the fourarmed form of Vi\'f1
\'ebu is often celebrated as the foremost, for He is the source of many other incarnations and is the ultimate controller of the material world. Despite popular Western misconceptions, Vi\'f1\'ebu is not one of a hierarchy of Hindu deities like the gods 
and goddesses of the ancient Greeks. According to the Vedic scriptures, God is one without a second, but He can appear in many different forms, just as a gem appears in different colors when viewed under different kinds of light. Thus the Supreme Lord ma
y appear as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as Vi\'f1\'ebu or as the universal form, but He is always the same Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba answered: "My dear Arjuna, happily have I shown you this universal form within the material world by My internal po
tency. No one before you has ever seen this unlimited and glaringly effulgent form.... But your mind has been perturbed by seeing this horrible feature of Mine. Now let it be finished. My devotee, be free from all disturbance. With a peaceful mind you ca
n now see the form you desire." (Bg. 11.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 49)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus at the request of His friend Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba stopped displaying the universal form and showed Arjuna His four-armed form as
 Vi\'f1\'ebu. Then at last He showed him His two-armed form. This very much encouraged Arjuna. Arjuna said, "Seeing this humanlike form, so very beautiful, my mind is now pacified, and I am restored to my original senses."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's changing from the universal form to the four-armed form and finally to the two-armed form is most significant, for thi
s demonstrates that all other forms are coming from the original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Many interpreters say that the universal form is the most important feature in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Others stress the form of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Actually, however, Vi\'f1\'ebu and the universal form are but aspects of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as we see Him in His two-armed form 
when He drives the chariot for Arjuna. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.3.28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n sv
ayam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the source of all other incarnations of Godhead. In that humanlike form, He has 
such inconceivable potencies that He can expand into the whole universe. Therefore that original form is His most worshipable and most important. Furthermore, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in His two-armed form, is the reservoir of all loving relationships. The L
ord appears in various forms to create the material world and perform various pastimes, but in His original form as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord fully reciprocates transcendental love with His devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To say that the impersonal spirit or universal form is more exalted than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, is a great disserv
ice to the meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's humanlike form is His very Self, and there is
 no truth higher than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [5.1]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord, the supreme controller. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is the original form of Godhead. Therefore devotees desire 
to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His two armed form, which is the most confidential form of Godhead. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has commented: "Those who deride K\'e5\'f1\'eba, taking Him to be an ordinary person, must be ignorant of His divine nature. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba has actually shown His universal form and His four-armed form, so how can He be an ordinary human being?" Most editions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub unfortunately give interpretations that misguide the reader, but an actual devotee is not confused because the original verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaga
vad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are as clear as the sun. They do not require a lamplight from foolish commentators.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave Arjuna special vision to see the gigantic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original form is even more difficult. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G
\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, after returning to His original two-armed form, tells Arjuna: "The form you are seeing now is very difficult to behold. Even the demigods are ever 
seeking the opportunity to see this form, which is so dear."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In His original form, K\'e5\'f1\'eba eternally reciprocates with His devotees as their master, friend, child or lover. The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub however, is not an eternal form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but a temporary manifestation to convince even 
a common man of the Lord's almighty nature. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has said, "Don't try to love the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub It is not possible." In the universal form, the Lord displays His opulence and power, but He does not reciprocate love with His devotees. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da therefore gives the example that if a boy's father is a policeman, even th
e boy himself might become afraid and forget his love if his father appeared before him, revolver blazing, in the line of duty. Similarly, Arjuna became fearful when he saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba's universal form. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned to His pleasing two
-armed form, however, Arjuna was fully satisfied.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed His universal form to inspire all men to fix their minds upon Him and devote themselves to Him alone. The
 universal form is meant to convince us that although K\'e5\'f1\'eba may appear like an ordinary human being, He is indeed the all-powerful Personality of Godhead. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'e7va-r\'fcpa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should be the object of our meditation and our love. He is the original form of Godhead, the reservoir of all beauty, knowledge, wealth, 
strength, fame and renunciation. Therefore when we revive our dormant love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we also, like Arjuna, will find full spiritual satisfaction.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 New V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub New V\'e5nd\'e4vana
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By His inconceivable potency, the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared 5,000 years ago as a cowherd boy in the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. The devo
tees of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, therefore, who have established a 1,000 acre K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious community in West Virginia, have called it New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. In New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the devotees find that by following the Lord's example
 of living with what the land and cows provide, they can easily be free of all economic problems. By pursuing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in such an untroubled atmosphere, one can reestablish one's eternal relationship with the Supreme Person and thus b
egin the joyful journey back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One can start this journey back to Godhead here on earth, by developing an attraction to serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In
 the material world, we are not able to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere. Therefore He appears in the form of the worshipable Deity in the temple to accept service from His devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana work hard at their different duties, but they all work on behalf of the Deity. Both the Lord and Hi
s devotees derive transcendental pleasure from such devotional service. Throughout the world, the disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da are following this authorized process of self-realization\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his purports to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes: "The secret of success is to take refuge under the protection of the Supreme Lord. Without His sanction, nothing can be possible. The rivers, the hills, frui
ts, flowers, grains and so on are not creations of man. They are all creations of the Supreme Lord, and the living being is allowed to make use of the property of the Lord for the service of the Lord. By His will, there is enough of everything, and we ca
n make proper use of things to live comfortably without any enmity between men, between men and animals, or between men and nature. The control of the Lord is everywhere, and if the Lord is pleased, every part of nature will be pleased." It is this K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious understanding that has made New V\'e5nd\'e4vana an exemplary community, worthy of being emulated throughout the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p17:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo Top: Yaduvara d\'e4sa; Below Right & Left: Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Opposite:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Their Lordships \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-V\'e5nd\'e4vana-candra are the worshipable Deities who preside over New V\'e5nd\'e4va
na. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4nu d\'e4sa;
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja (cen
ter), one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's first disciples and the president of the New V\'e5nd\'e4vana community, leads devotees in ecstatic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A new barn rises in a New V\'e5n
d\'e4vana field. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Dharm\'e4tm\'e4 d\'e4sa;
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A devotee quietly chants the Lord's ho
ly names while observing the opulence of His creation. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Devotees gather hay, pick tomatoes and till the soil. Farming in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana is transcendental because it is performed not for any material motive, but as service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9; Top right:Jeffrey Dunan
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Middle:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the morning, afternoon and evening
, the devotees come together in small groups to sing devotional songs and have classes in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left, below}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Picking flowers for Their Lordsh
ips \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-V\'e5nd\'e4vana-candra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9;
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub graduated fr
om Rochester Institute of Technology in 1970 and then wrote a technical book on the art of close-up photography. She and Yaduvara d\'e4sa, her husband, also a professional photographer, joined ISKCON in 1971, while shooting assignments in India. They are
 now traveling around the world making documentary films about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Turning Our Love Toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub TURNING OUR LOVE TOWARD K\'c5
\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness KIRTAN\'c4NANDA SV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Editor's note: In June of 1972, after a Sunday love feast at the Los Angeles Temple, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedant
a Swami Prabhup\'e4da was scheduled to give an address to his disciples. While the disciples awaited the arrival of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in the sanctuary, one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's earliest disciples, Kirtan\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, delivered 
the following talk. It is followed by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's address.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have no qualification to stand before you tonight and present myself as a teacher. I am not a teacher, but am simply her
e to relate what I have heard, what I have known through my association with a pure devotee of the Lord. We have learned from reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that the process for receiving spiritual knowledge is simply this: somehow or other, by some circumstance or good fortune, or by some past deed we have committed perhaps even by accident,
 we must attain the association of a pure devotee of the Lord. By such transcendental association, we get a chance to hear. If we take up that hearing process seriously, we have a chance to perfect our lives. This is a fact. We can actually see this demo
nstrated simply by looking around. Six months ago, where were these young people, who now have such glowing faces? Where were they one year or two years ago, before they met \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da? Thus we can see that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is cha
nging the face of the globe. How? Not by any cheap magic, but by His association. His association gives us a chance to learn the real principles of religion, the actual principles of spiritual life. This is not a difficult process; it is actually the eas
iest process in the world because it is normal. Indeed, it is our constitutional position.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are all eternally K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and are all parts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is declared by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himse
lf in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wherein He says, "You are all My parts and parcels. I am the seed-giving fathe
r of every living entity." Anyone can understand that the qualities of the father are also present in the child. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, therefore, is not a foreign condition imposed upon us. Somehow or other we have temporarily forgotten it, 
and we must have that knowledge revived. And reviving that knowledge is what the pure devotee does. At a press conference in London, a reporter asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, "What have you come here to teach?" Prabhup\'e4da replied, "I have come to te
ach what you have forgotten\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Thus we have forgotten our eternal loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is simply teaching anyone who will listen how we can revive that loving connection with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Factually we all have a connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba that can't be broken. We may remember it, or we may forget it; we may have a con
nection in love, or we may have a connection in another way. We may even be connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in envy, fear or hatred. The point is that everyone is connected to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that everyone believes in Him. Who doesn't believe in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba? Someone may say, "I am an atheist." This simply means that he doesn't believe in K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a friend. But doesn't he believe in death? For such a person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is cruel death. Everyone believes in K\'e5\'f1\'eba in one way or a
nother. Some believe in Him as their friend, some believe in Him as their lover, some as their enemy. Ka\'e0sa was believing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba as an enemy, thinking, "He has come to destroy me." Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-gita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In whatever way you want to approach Me, I will also approach you. If you want to approach Me with envy, I am cruel de
ath, or I am your eternal enemy." Time is the destroyer of everyone, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am time."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How do we want to be connected to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Do we want a loving connection or another kind of connection? What is the advantage? 
It must be obvious. Where there is a loving connection, there is the chance of reviving our normal relationship. We are all eternally related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by love because He is the father of everyone. He is the source of everything. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ovindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub He is the cause of all causes, the original person. There is actually no question of anything but love. The question is simply how long you want to take until you revive that love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How long will you be satisfied with loving 
all the reflections of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? How long will you be satisfied by all the temporary manifestations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This afternoon \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy, and he said that everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's ene
rgy. For K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is no difference between material and spiritual, but for us there is a difference. If we simply love this energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what is the result? This energy is temporary, changing. Our platform of love is shifting, an
d therefore we are frustrated because our desire is to be connected with that eternal reservoir of pleasure. Everyone is looking for the loving fountain of youth. Everyone wants pleasure, youth, beauty, fame, knowledge, strength and renunciation. But how
 can we get all these things? How can we get more than some flickering reflection? K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the process of reviving this connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is the reservoir of all these qualities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means all-attractive, and factually when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present personally on this earth 5,000 years ago, He displayed all these qualities unlimitedly. He displayed unlimited wealth, unlimited beauty, unli
mited knowledge, strength, fame and renunciation. Whatever He did, He did as God. He didn't have to become God by some mystic process or by meditating on this or that. He was God from the moment of His appearance, and He acted in that way.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We all want to love and be loved; that is our nature. Consequently we are loving so many temporary objects. We love our friends or chil
dren, and when we become frustrated with loving our children, we take to loving dogs. We cannot stop that tendency to love, nor should we. We must, however, purify it. Instead of loving the creation, we have to love the creator. Instead of loving the ene
rgy, we have to love the energetic. Instead of loving the leaves of the tree, we must love the root. When we water the root, the whole tree is automatically nourished. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is simply learning how to water the root of everything
\'97learning how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We automatically love all of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy and all living entities because they are part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How can we claim to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba and not love all the parts of Him? On the other hand, h
ow can we claim to have brotherhood if we have no knowledge of the Father? If we simply gain knowledge of the Father, we can automatically love all His sons and daughters. This is not possible otherwise. Loving the Father means loving the children. Howev
er, if we start out trying to love each of the children independently, we will never be successful. Mankind has been trying this process for thousands of years with no success. The attempt is unsuccessful because everyone is missing the central point\'97
K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the process of connecting with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not artificial; it is natural. It is not external to us; it is actually our nature. It is made very simple by the grace of the pure devotee. Of course, he is not 
making this up; he is presenting the process to us exactly as he received it from his spiritual master. This is his greatness. He is presenting exactly what he heard from his spiritual master, who received it just as Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu presented it:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma\line harer n\'e4maiva kevalam\line kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva\line n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath
\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this age of Kali, self-realization is very difficult. Our duration of life is short, and our memory is also short. We have no great interest in philosophy, nor h
ave we any great aptitude. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu says, however, that if we simply chant this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or any name for God, we can revive our loving connection with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus Lord Caitanya is accepted as the most munificent incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo mah\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya\line k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te\line k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-\line n
\'e4mne gaura-tvi\'f1e nama\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We offer our humble obeisances to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and who is more munificent than any other incarnation, including K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Himself, because He is doing what no other incarnation has ever done\'97distributing love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba freely to whomever will just come and take it, to whomever will simply hear." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  19.53}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We began by saying that spiritual life begins when one somehow or other associates with a pure devotee. That association means hearing 
from a pure devotee. Then it is up to us. The pure devotee says, "Just surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name are nondifferent; therefore if you simply surrender to this process of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you will attain the perfe
ction of life." One attains the human form of life only after a long struggle, after an evolutionary process through 8,400,000 species of life. It is a rare opportunity, and we should not take it lightly. Unfortunately we spend our lives as if we have no
 other business than simply making a livelihood\'97eating, sleeping, defending and mating. The human form of life, however, is different from other forms because in this life we can make a solution to all the problems of existence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that this human form of life is an ideal boat for crossing the ocean of birth and death. If one
 is fortunate enough to meet a pure devotee, the spiritual master, he can acquire the proper captain, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the breeze that will carry us across.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness there are no contradictions. The pure devotee says, "Simply surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba." K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says, "Simply surrender unto Me." The devotee does not say, "Surrender to me." Nor does he say, "Surrender to yourself." Nor does he say, "Surrender to your wife, or surrender to your country." He tells us simply to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the
 cause of all causes, the original person, that beautiful form standing in a three-curved way, playing a flute and tending His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub surabhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cows. K\'e5\'f1\'eba dances in ecstasy with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inviting all the 
conditioned souls to come back home. He invites us to come join in those eternal pastimes of love.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But in order to come we must learn how to love. That is our problem; we have forgotten how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Consequently we rush
 to and fro in this material world trying to love this and that-wife, country, society, cats, dogs. Thus we are always frustrated. Why? Because we cannot harbor our love there indefinitely. A person may love his wife very much, and she may love him very 
much, but what ultimately happens? At some point she disappoints her husband, or her husband disappoints her, or she dies or her husband dies. Their love, therefore, just becomes a means of disappointment. Everyone is looking for love, for friendship, an
d that love and friendship cannot be fulfilled in this changing world. Our fulfillment lies in taking to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (At this point \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master, enters the sanctuary. All the devotees greet him with shouts of praise and offer obeisances. \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then begins to address the assembled devotees and guests.)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Perfect Knowledge for Human Society
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PERFECT KNOWLEDGE FOR HUMAN SOCI
ETY
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 An Introduction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub L}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for kindly parti
cipating in this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. When this society was registered in 1966 in New York, a friend suggested that it be named the Society for God Consciousness. He thought that the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sectarian. The dictionary als
o says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a Hindu god's name. But in actuality if any name can be attributed to God, it is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually God has no particular name. By saying He has no name, we mean that no one knows how many names He has. Since God is unlimited,
 His names also must be unlimited. Therefore we cannot settle on one name. For instance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sometimes called Ya\'e7od\'e4-nandana, the son of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4; or Devakinandana, the son of Devak\'e9; or Vasudevanandana, the son of Vasud
eva; or Nandanandana, the son of Nanda. Sometimes He is called P\'e4rtha-s\'e4rathi, indicating that He acted as the charioteer of Arjuna, who is sometimes called P\'e4rtha, the son of P\'e5th\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God has many dealings with His many devotees, and according to those dealings, He is called certain names. Since He has innumerable dev
otees and innumerable relations with them, He also has innumerable names. We cannot hit on any one name. But the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba means "all-attractive." God attracts everyone; that is the definition of God. We have seen many pictures of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, and we see that He attracts the cows, calves, birds, beasts, trees, plants, and even the water in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He is attractive to the cowherd boys, to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, to the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and to all human society. Therefore if any particular name can be given to God, that name is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni, a great sage and the father of Vasudeva, who compiled all the Vedic literatures, gave the following definition of 
God:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ai\'e7varyasya samagrasya\line v\'e9ryasya ya\'e7asa\'f9 \'e7riya\'f9\line j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gyayo\'e7 caiva\line \'f1a\'eb
\'eb\'e4\'e0 bhaga it\'e9\'ecgan\'e4\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu P. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.5.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is thus defined by Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni as one who is full in six opulences\'97who has full strength, fame, wealth, 
knowledge, beauty and renunciation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavan, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the proprietor of all riches. There are many rich men in the world, but no one can cla
im that he possesses all the wealth. Nor can anyone claim that no one is richer than he. We understand from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub however, that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present on this earth He had 16,108 wives, and each wife lived in a palace made of marble and bedecked with jewels. The rooms were filled with furniture made of ivory and gold, and
 there was great opulence everywhere. These descriptions are all given vividly in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub In the history of human society we cannot find anyone who had 16,000 wives or 16,000 palaces. Nor did K\'e5\'f1\'eba go to one wife one day and another wife another day. No, He was personally present in every palace at the same time. This mea
ns that He expanded Himself in 16,108 forms. This is impossible for an or}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dinary man, but it is not very difficult for God. If God is unlimited, He can expand Himself in unlimited 
forms, otherwise there is no meaning to the word "unlimited." God is omnipotent; He can maintain not only 16,000 wives but 16,000,000 and still encounter no difficulty, otherwise there is no meaning to the word "omnipotent."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are all attractive features. We experience in this material world that if a man is very rich, he is attractive. In America, Rocke
feller and Ford are very attractive because of their riches. They are attractive even though they do not possess all the wealth of the world. How much more attractive, then, is God, who is the possessor of all riches.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has unlimited strength. His strength was present from the moment of His birth. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was only t
hree months old, the Putana demon attempted to kill Him, but instead she was killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is God. God is God from the beginning. He does not become God by some meditation or mystic power. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not that type of God. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba was God from the very beginning of His appearance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba also has unlimited fame. Of course, we are devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and know of Him and glorify Him, but apart from us
, many millions in the world are aware of the fame of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In all countries all over the 
world }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is r
ead by philosophers, psychologists and religionists. We are also finding very good sales with our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub As It Is. This is because the commodity is pure gold. There are many editions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub but they are not pure. Ours is selling more because we are presenting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
as it is. The fame of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's fame.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has unlimited beauty. Indeed, He possesses all opulences in full.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beauty, another opulence, is possessed unlimitedly by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is very beautiful, as are all His associat
es. Those who were pious in a previous life receive an opportunity in this material world to take birth in good families and good nations. The American people are very rich and beautiful, and these opulences are a result of pious activities. All over the
 world people are attracted to the Americans because they are advanced in scientific knowledge, riches, beauty and so on. This planet is an insignificant planet within the universe, yet within this planet, one country\'97America\'97has so many attractive
 features. We can just imagine, then, how many attractive features must be possessed by God, who is the creator of the entire cosmic manifestation. How beautiful He must be\'97He who has created all beauty.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person is attractive not only because of his beauty, but also because of his knowledge. A scientist or philosopher may be attractive 
because of his knowledge, but what knowledge is more sublime than that given by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ? There is no comparison in the world to such knowledge. At the same time, K\'e5\'f1\'eba possesses full renunciation (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vair\'e4gya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). So many things are working under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direction in this material world, but actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not present here. A big factory may continue to work, although the owner may not be present
. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's potencies are working under the direction of His assistants, the demigods. Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is aloof from the material world. This is all described in the revealed scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God, therefore, has many names according to His activities, but because He possesses so many opulences and because with these opulences
 He attracts everyone, He is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Vedic literature asserts that God has many names, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the principal name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to propagate God's name, God's glories, God's activities, God's beauty and
 God's love. There are many things within this material world, and all of them are within K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The most prominent feature of this material world is sex, and that also is present in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are worshiping Radha and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, an
d attraction exists between them, but material attraction and spiritual attraction are not the same. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba, sex is real, but here in the material world it is unreal. Everything we deal with here is present in the spiritual world, but here it 
has no real value. It is only a reflection. In store windows we see many mannequins, but no one cares about them because everyone knows that they are false. A mannequin may be very beautiful, but still it is false. When people see a beautiful woman, howe
ver, they are attracted because they think she is real. In actuality, the so-called living are also dead because this body is simply a lump of matter, and as soon as the soul leaves the body, no one would care to see the socalled beautiful body of the wo
man. The real factor, the real attracting force, is the spiritual soul. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the material world everything is made of dead matter; therefore it is simply an imitation. The reality of things exists in the spiri
tual world. Those who have read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can understand what the spiritual world is like, for 
there it is described.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paras tasm\'e4t tu bh\'e4vo 'nyo\line 'vyakto 'vyakt\'e4t san\'e4tana\'f9\line ya\'f9 sa sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line na\'e7yat
su na vina\'e7yati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yet there is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manifested and unmanifested matter. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in
 this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists are attempting to calculate the length and breadth of this material world, but they cannot begin. It will take them thousand
s of years simply to travel to the nearest star. And what to speak of the spiritual world? Since we cannot know the material world, how can we know what is beyond it? The point is that we must know from authoritative sources.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most authoritative source is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for He is the reservoir of all knowledge. No one is wiser or more knowledgeable than K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. informs us that beyond this material world is a spiritual sky, which is filled with innumerable planets. That sky is far, far greater than material space, which constitutes only one fourth of the entire creation. Similarly, the living enti
ties within the material world are but a small portion of the living entities throughout the creation. This material world is compared to a prison, and just as prisoners represent only a small percentage of the total population, so the living entities wi
thin the material world constitute but a fragmental portion of all living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who have revolted against God\'97who are criminal\'97are placed in this material world. Sometimes criminals say that they don't c
are for the government, but nonetheless they are arrested and punished. Similarly, living entities who declare their defiance of God are placed in the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Originally the living entities are all part and parcel of God and are related to Him just as sons are related to their father. Christia
ns also consider God the supreme father. Christians go to church and pray, "Our Father, who art in heaven." The conception of God as father is also in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-p
rada\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It should be understood that all the species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father." (B
g. 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are 8,400,000 species of life\'97including aquatics, plants, birds, beasts, insects and human beings. Of the human species, most 
are uncivilized, and out of the few civilized species only a small number of human beings take to religious life. Out of many so-called religionists, most identify themselves by designations, claiming, "I am Hindu, I am Moslem, I am Christian, and so on.
" Some engage in philanthropic work, some give to the poor and open schools and hospitals. This altruistic process is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of millions of these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there may
 be one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a term meaning "one who knows." Out of millions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one may be liberated, and out of billions of liberated souls, one may be able to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This, the
n, is the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u\line ka\'e7cid yatati siddhaye\line yatat\'e4m api siddh\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line ka\'e7cin m
\'e4\'e0 vetti tattvata\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth." (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then, is very difficult. Although the understanding of God is a difficult subject, God explains Himself i
n }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He says, "I am like this, and I am like this. The material nature is like this, an
d the spiritual nature is like that. The living entities are like this, and the Supreme Soul is like that." Thus everything is completely described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although understanding God is very difficult, it is not difficult when God Himself gives us His own knowledge. Actually that is the only process by which we can understand God. Tc underst
and God by our own speculation is not possible, for God is unlimited and we are limited. Our knowledge and perception are both very limited, so how can we understand the unlimited? If we simply accept the version of the unlimited, we can come to understa
nd Him. That understanding is our perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Speculative knowledge of God will lead us nowhere. If a boy wants to know who his father is, the simple process is to ask his mother. T
he mother will then say, "This is your father." This is the way of perfect knowledge. Of course, one may speculate about his father, wondering if this is the man or if that is the man, and one may wander over the whole city, asking, "Are you my father? A
re you my father?" The knowledge derived from such a process, however, will always remain imperfect. Indeed, one will never find his father in this way. The simple process is to take the knowledge from an authority\'97in this case, the mother. She simply
 says, "My dear boy, here is your father." In this way our knowledge is perfect. Transcendental knowledge is similar. I was just previously speaking of a spiritual world. This spiritual world is not subject to our speculation. God says, "There is a spiri
tual world, and that is My headquarters." In this way we receive knowledge from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the best authority. We may not be perfect, but our knowledge is perfect because it is received from the perfect source.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to give perfect knowledge to human society. By such knowledge one can understand wh
o he is, who God is, what the material world is, why we have come here, why we must undergo so much tribulation and misery, and why we have to die. Of course, no one wants to die, but death will come. No one wants to become an old man, but still old age 
comes. No one wants to suffer from disease, but surely enough disease comes. These are the real problems of human life, and they are yet to be solved. Civilization attempts to improve eating, sleeping, mating and defense, but these are not the real probl
ems. A man sleeps, and a dog sleeps. A man is not more advanced simply because he has a nice apartment. In both cases, the business is the same\'97sleeping. Man has discovered atomic weapons for defense, but the dog also has teeth and claws and can also 
defend himself. In both cases, defense is there. Man cannot say that because he has the atomic bomb he can conquer the entire world or the entire universe. That is not possible. Man may possess an elaborate method for defense, or a gorgeous method for ea
ting, sleeping or mating, but that does not make him advanced. We may call his advancement polished animalism and that is all.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Real advancement means knowing God. If we are lacking knowledge of God, we are not actually advanced. Many rascals deny the existence o
f God because if there is no God, they can continue their sinful activities. It may be very nice for them to think that there is no God, but God will not die simply because we deny Him. God is there, and His administration is there. By His orders the sun
 is rising, the moon is rising, the water flows, and the ocean tides rise and fall. Thus everything functions under His order. Since everything is going on very nicely, how can one realistically think that God is dead? If there is mismanagement, we may s
ay that there is no government, but if there is good management, how can we say that there is no government? Just because people do not know God, they say that God is dead, that there is no God, or that God has no form. But we are firmly convinced that t
here is God and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God. Therefore we are worshiping Him. That is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Try to understand it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Yaduvara d\'e4sa;
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba lives in the spiritual world, which 
is transcendental to material existence. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9;
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\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar\line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Here are the upcoming holidays and festiva
ls for K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees. Devotees of the ISKCON center\line nearest you will gladly tell you more about the meanings of these festivals and how they are celebrated.}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\cell\cell}
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\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\v\f0
\fs20\cf0 Sept. 20\line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Appearance day of \'c7r\'e9 }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1 S\'e9t\'e4dev\'e9}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 , the consort of \'c7r\'e9 Advaita Prabhu.}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Sept. 21\line }{
\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Appearance day of \'c7r\'e9 Lalit}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1 \'e4-dev\'e9}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 , one of the eight principal gop\'e9s.}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Sept. 23\line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r
\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 appearance day of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal consort}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Sept. 23\line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (}{\v\f0
\fs24\cf0 Par\'e7vaik\'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans).}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Sept. 28\line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 V\'e4mana-dv\'e4da\'e7\'e9.\line Appearance }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 day}{\v\f0
\fs24\cf0  of \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Sept. 29\line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Appearance }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 day}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0  of \'c7r\'e9la Saccid\'e4nanda Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4ku
ra}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Sept. 30\line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Disa}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 ppearance }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 day}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0  of \'c7r\'e9la Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\ql\sl240\slmult1
\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Oct. 1\line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7var\'fcpa-mahotsava (the day when Lord Caitanya's brother, Vi\'e7var\'fcpa, accepts the renounced order of life).}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\b\v\f0
\fs20\cf0 Oct. 12\line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (Indir}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 \'e4}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 -ek}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans).}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs20\cf0 Oct. 25\line }{\v
\f0\fs24\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 R}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 \'e4}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 macandra-vijayotsava (the victory celebration of Lord R}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 \'e4}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 macandra). \line }{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Appearance}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0  day of \'c7r\'e9 Madhv}{\v\f0\fs24
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\cf0 \'e7\'e4}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 -ek}{\v\f0\fs24\cf0 \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans).}{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\v\f0\fs20\cf0 \cell}
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Personality of Godhead is perfect and complete. And because He is completely perfect, all emanations from Him, such as this phenomenal world, are perfectly equ
ipped as a complete whole. Whatever is produced of the complete whole is also complete by itself. And because He is the Complete Whole, even though so many complete units emanate from Him, He remains the complete balance." 
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The beautiful, intricate and perfect manifestations in this material world are not the products of an accident-a haphazard combination of matter. This material worl
d has been perfectly created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That Supreme Person has provided complete facilities for living beings to realize the nature of the complete whole, and with that realization to live happily and peacefully and thus comp
lete within themselves.
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , send your name and address and cash, check or money order to the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90034.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Don't be a Victim
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DON'T }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\up6 BE A}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  VICTIM
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By properly using your intelligence, you can escape from the forces of illusion and the dangers of repeated birth and death
.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Pu\'f1\'f6a K\'e5\'f1\'eba Sv\'e4m\'e9 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each day thousands of human beings are born, and each day thousands die. In fact, this material world has been described as a vast ocean of birth and death. Anyone 
struggling to stay afloat in a vast ocean is sure to be defeated in due course of time, unless a ship comes along and gives him shelter, for no one can swim indefinitely in the middle of the ocean. Both animals and human beings are struggling in the grea
t ocean of birth and death, and although their activities differ, in the end the human body and the animal body are equal: both are annihilated. We should know that from the moment we are born, death is certain. Therefore, the so-called struggle for exis
tence is like the squirming of a man about to die by the guillotine.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What makes a human being lose sight of this fact? There is a conversation in the Vedic scriptures between two great souls\'97Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, a mighty king who lived 5,000 years ago, and Yamar\'e4ja, the lord of death. Both were learned transcendentalists, and they were discussing the condition of men in the material world. Yamar\'e4ja asked Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1
\'f6hira, "What is the most wonderful thing in this material world?" King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira expertly answered, "The most wonderful thing is that a man sees everyone dying around him\'97parents, friends, well-wishers, even animals\'97and still he is think
ing that he will not die." This is called illusion, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("that which is not"). Because a man th
inks he is immune to death, he misuses and spoils his valuable human life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Human life differs from other forms of life because a human being has a greatly developed intelligence. Generally, eating, sleeping, ma
ting and defending make up the entire field of an animal's activities. Human beings also eat, sleep, mate and defend, but they have another, special function: to use their developed intelligence to understand the Absolute Truth. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1]}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a renowned philosophical work, informs us of the prime duty of human life: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "ath\'e4to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4." Brahma-jij
\'ef\'e4s\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means inquiry into Brahman, or the Absolute Truth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Ath\'e4to"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means immediately, now that we have human intelligence with which to understand our actual position and the position of Brahman.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living beings differ from the material energy, just as a man differs from the clothes he wears. We are not the material body, nor does our existence depend upon the material body. We are each a pure spi
ritual soul, a part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. Because we have misused our tiny independence, we have come under the control of His external energy, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Therefore when we die the quality of our desires forces us to accept another material body in one of the various species of life, including trees, animals, birds, insects, reptile
s, humans and so on. These different bodies are awarded to us by God through the agency of His material energy because of our desire to enjoy materially in one way or another.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human form of life is a special opportunity to understand transcendental science and become free from repeated birth and death. Act
ually, the soul does not change, and so we feel our unchanging identity throughout our life; constant changes are due only to our material bodies. The soul transmigrates through material nature in different varieties of bodies by virtue of his material d
esires. Although the eternal soul is by nature full of bliss and knowledge, these bodies give rise to the varieties of happiness and distress in this world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material nature, however strict, is just. If someone wants to enjoy eating, sleeping, mating and defending, nature will offer him a bod
y suitable for that. But although eating, sleeping, mating and defending are present in human life, lower animals are more adept at such activities. Consider how easily animals fulfill their needs, compared to the complex arrangements of civilized man. U
nfortunately, many people think there is nothing beyond this business of eating, sleeping, mating and defending. They do not like to accept the existence of the soul, for they fear the personal responsibility the soul would have to assume for all their a
bominable activities. Such so-called human beings are actually no better than polished animals, and they are taking the risk of actually becoming animals in their next birth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Great sages have compared human life to a great sum of wealth. One should know how to spend this human life properly, without squanderi
ng or hoarding its energy. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Garga Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a man who quits his human body like a cat o
r dog, without having sufficiently inquired into the Absolute Truth, is considered to be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
or a most miserly man }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5had-\'e4ra\'eb. Up. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.8.10]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, therefore, are simply trying to educate people about the great boon of human life
. If one is sincere, he can use this human life to achieve the greatest benefit\'97the revival of his eternally blissful pure consciousness\'97and escape from the round of birth and death in this miserable material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The consciousness of the living being is originally pure, just as water is originally pure when it falls from the clouds. However, when
 the water hits the earth, the result is mud. So, our original pure consciousness has become muddied by contact with material nature. However, as pure water can be extracted from mud by distillation, so our original pure consciousness can be revived by t
he chanting of 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma H
are Hare
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We cordially invite all who are interested to pursue these topics of discussion at one of the many ISKCON centers throughout the world,
 and to chant the holy names of God for self-purification. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-invitation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A return to normalcy
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The people in this photograph never eat meat, fish or eggs. None of them gamble. They do not engage in sex outside of marriage. Nor do 
they take any form of intoxicants. and each day, besides their normal working duties, they all chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. This is normal?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness say that to live a joyful, pure life, following the instructions of 
God as found in the revealed scriptures, is normal indeed. They don't insist that you follow these principles of austerity, but they would like to invite you to visit any one of the \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples around the world 
(listed on page 2 of this magazine) to investigate the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, the oldest spiritual culture known to mankind.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-bg #66
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b\i0\ul0
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub "In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub ... in comparison with which our modern world and literature seem puny and trivial."}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Walden. Henry David Thoreau
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Definitive English Edition 
of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hardcover, $10.95; paperback, $4.95. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To order your copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , send your name and address and cash, check or money order to the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., L.A., Calif. 90034.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 6
7, 1974
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In a Castle in West Germany, And Around the World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub In a Castle in West Germany, And
 Around the World...
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare \line Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This castle is our Society's headquarters for West Germany. Built in 1890 for a German royal family, it's called Schloss Rettershof, ("the castle of the knights"). 
Now it's one of the more than eighty worldwide centers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of the Society is to teach a simple, practical and scientific way that we can reawaken the natural spiritual awareness that
's present within us all. Whether one is American, German or English, Christian, Buddhist, Hindu or Jew, black or white or whatever, everyone is really a spiritual living being. On the spiritual platform, bodily labels don't make any difference. Spiritua
lly, everyone is equal because everyone is a tiny part of the same supreme reality. That supreme reality is the Supreme Personality of Godhead\'97God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a universal name for God because }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means all attractive." After all, who could be more attractive than God? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is also a name for God, and it means '"the highest eternal pleasure." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a call for God's blissful spiritual energy. These three names\'97Hare, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma\'97are the seeds of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or Chant. By chanting these spiritual names of God, one comes directly to the spiritual platform
, which is blissful, eternal and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Almost 100 K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees live at Schloss Rettershof, and they travel in 16 new Volkswagen buses to cities, villages
 and towns throughout Germany, just to spread the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, tell people about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and distribute books that explain the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy. This is the philosophy that you'll find in }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Read on, and find out more about it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ~~~His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da~~~\line Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya Of The International Society For Krishna Consci
ousness\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos Bh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub rga
va d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATORS}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardan d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh
\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jeffrey Dunan
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gar\'e9y\'e4n d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fc
dana d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Cakradhara d\'e4sa, Bharat Jagannath
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PROOFREADERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa, Tattvavit d\'e4sa, Gop
\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4g\'e4tmik\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Du
\'f9khahantri-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, M\'e4h\'e4may\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Matsya d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 67 \'a9 1974 by the Bhaktivedanta Boo
k Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words#67
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sanskrit words and names in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are spelled according to a system accepted by scholars throughout the world which indicates the exact pronunciation
 of each word. Vowels in Sanskrit are pronounced almost as in Italian. The sound of the short }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in b}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t, the long }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in f}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r and held twice as long as the short }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in ev}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de. Long }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in p}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub que. The vowel }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is pronounced like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  in the English word fib}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub c}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is pronounced as in the English word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ch}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub air, and the aspirated consonants (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ch, jh, dh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etc.) are pronounced as in staun}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ch-h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eart, hed}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ge-h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub og, re}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d-h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ot. The two spirants }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are pronounced like the English }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is pronounced as in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub un. So pronounce }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as KRISHNA and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub CHAITANYA.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
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A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Wa
tseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This Publication is Available in MICROFORM
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ....from 
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Cover
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Ke\'e7ava.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God is one, but He has many forms. The Lord displays His power an
d opulence in innumerable forms called Vi\'f1\'ebu expansions. \'c7r\'e9 Ke\'e7ava is one of these Vi\'f1\'ebu forms. The original Vi\'f1\'ebu is Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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mbay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Har
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\nosupersub Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON International Center. P.O. Sree Mayapur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub New Delhi, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9719 Todar Mal Lane, New Delhi 110001; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taipei, Taiwan}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9729-7, Hung Chow, South Rd., Section 2; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tokyo, Japan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97-Ichichome. 1-44 Mita, Minalo-ku; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vrindavan, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Krish
na-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P./178.
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\nosupersub Adelaide, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9713A Frome St., Adelaide, S.A./ 020-253160; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Auckland, New Zeala
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9714 Burnett St., St. Kilda, Victoria 3182/ 663-1331; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melbourne. Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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12 Wallaroy Crescent, Double Bay, Sydney, N.S.W./365671.
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Amsterdam, Holland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Herengracht 96/ 020-249410; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Berlin, W. Germany}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\'972 Hamburg 54, Kapitelbuschweg 20/ 570-53-82; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'977 Bury Place, Bloomsbury WC1/
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 An Awareness of What is Best and Most Beautiful
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub AN AWARENESS OF WHAT IS BEST AND
 MOST BEAUTIFUL
\par }\pard \s1279 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A discussion between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub founder and spiritual master of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and Desmond James Bernard O'Grady, poet.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Editor's note: Desmond O'Grady is a thir
ty-nine year old Irish poet who has recently published some nine books of poetry, including Hellas, The Dying Gaul and The Dark Edge of Europe. He is represented in a number of anthologies, including New Modern Poetry. He has studied at Harvard and inclu
des Ezra Pound as one of his most influential teachers. He is well known in Ireland as one of that country's major poets.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li360\ri360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the founder and spiritual master of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, travels around the world
, he often meets leading figures in philosophy, politics, science and literature. He always exhorts such influential men to take to the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and employ its realization in their work. This discussion with Mr. O'Grady too
k place in Rome during May, 1974.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Your edition of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very nice.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is the fifth edition in two years.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In which country has the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement been the most su
ccessful?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Everywhere. In Africa, America, Canada, Japan, China. But a
ctually it has been most successful in America. Many Americans have taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What about here in Rome? Have you had problems with the police?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA: We}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  have problems everywhere. Police sometimes harass us, bu
t usually they become tired and eventually don't do anything. [laughter]
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The system give up? That's marvelous. I feel very tired of the system 
myself. Something is wrong with the present state of affairs. Maybe you can give me some advice on how to beat the system. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You Irish people! You are never tired of fighting. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No. [laughter] It's inside us. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Actually, the fighting has been going on constantly. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Well, what do you suggest we do about it? I mean, is it morally correc
t for me to be sitting here\'96 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As long as we remain illusioned by the bodily conception of
 life, thinking we are these bodies, one man thinking "I am Irish," another thinking "I am Italian, American, Indian," and so on\'97as long as this goes on, the fighting will go on. You cannot stop fighting between dogs and cats. Why do they fight? The d
og simply thinks, "I am a big dog." And the cat thinks, "I am a big cat." In the same way, if we think," I am an Irishman" or "I am an Englishman," then we are no better than the cats and dogs. As long as people remain in a bodily conception of life, the
re will be fighting.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What was Mahatma Gandhi fighting in the House of Commons?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That was another dog-ism. There is no difference. A dog thi
nks, "I am a dog," because he has the body of a dog. If I am thinking that I am Indian because this body was born on Indian soil, then how am I different from the dog? The bodily conception of life is simply animalism. When we understand that we are not 
these bodies but are spirit souls, there will be peace. There cannot be any peace otherwise. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa eva go-khara\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub . The Vedic literatures state that a person in the bodily concept of life is exactly like a cow or an ass. People have to transcend this inferior conception of the self. How is that done?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo \'92vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4
ya kalpate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level
 of Brahman." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 14.26]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In our society, there are many Mexicans, Canadians, Indians, Jews and Muslims, but they no longer consider themselves Muslims, Christians, Jews or whatever. They ar
e all servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is Brahman realization. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That's giving it a name also. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, a name must be there. But although, for example, your 
name is different from that of another Irishman, you nonetheless all feel that you are Irish. One's name may be different, but that doesn't matter. The quality should be one. That is required. When we acquire K\'e5\'f1\'eba's quality, then, despite diffe
rent names, there will be peace. That is called so 'ham. The names of different people in a nation may be different, but all the people feel the same nationality. Varieties may exist, but if the quality is the same, that is oneness, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line mad-bha
kti\'e0 labhate param
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every livi
ng entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This world is miserable for the materially infected person, but for the devotee, the entire world is as good as Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. For the impersonalist, achieving th
e Brahman stage, becoming one with the Absolute, is the last word.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Is the Absolute external or internal?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is no external or internal. The Absolute is without d
uality.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  OK, but on an individual level\'97
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are not absolute. When we are situated on the absolute p
latform, we are absolute. However, now we are in the relative world. The Absolute Truth is here also, but our senses are not sufficiently elevated to understand that Absolute Truth. As long as we are under the control of time, there is no question of bec
oming absolute.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So absolute means life beyond time?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam \line eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\line tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma \line naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rju
na
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains M
y eternal abode, O Arjuna." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is absolute\'97going back home, back to Godhead. As long as one is in the material world and identifies with this body, he transmi
grates from one body to another. That is not absolute. This is clearly stated here. When one goes back to the spiritual world, he attains the absolute position.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  All right, but this is my question: Is it sufficient for us to sit her
e\'97you sitting there and we as friends sitting with you engaging in the gentle art of conversation, while across the ocean\'97
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The point you have missed is that although you are sitting 
in one place and I am sitting in a different place, this difference does not affect our actual existence. We are both human beings. The conceptions of Irishman, Englishman, Protestant, Catholic and so on are but different dresses. One has to become free 
from these designations. When one is thus free, he becomes purified.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0\line tat-paratvena nirmalam\line h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-\line sevana\'e0 bhaktir
 ucyate\line }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada-pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When you have purified your senses and engaged those purified senses in the service of the master of the senses, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you have perfected your life. That 
is nonduality, and that is absolute.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But the system insists that you think yourself American or Indian or A
frican or whatever.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. Materialistic society means duality.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But that's unavoidable. How can you avoid material existence? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is possible in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The lotus
 lives in the water but never touches the water. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I don't think you can explain situations in one area with metaphors fr
om another. How can you argue political problems in terms of vague spiritual concepts? Their nature is completely different.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Sometimes a variety of examples helps us to understand or a
ppreciate the problem better. In this vase there is a variety of flowers, and that variety helps us better appreciate the idea of flowers. From any point of view, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can resolve all problems. Why just the problems of Irishmen or Englishmen? A
ll problems. That is called unity in diversity. Our students come from different back grounds, but because they are all in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they are unified. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Very good. Yes, I accept that. I would like to know, though, that when
 you say K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is there any difference between that and Christ consciousness?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, there is no difference. Christ came to preach the messa
ge of God. If you actually become Christ conscious, you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And does becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious or God conscious mean becom
ing self-conscious? That is, conscious of who we really are again?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, God consciousness includes self-consciousness, but sel
f-consciousness is not necessarily God consciousness. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But it may be?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One may achieve consciousness of the God that is within him. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That means he is God conscious. You are now in the sunlight
, and consciousness of the sun includes your ability to see yourself. In the darkness you cannot see yourself. At night you can't even see your own hands or legs, but if you come before the sun, you see the sun and yourself also. Without sunlight, withou
t God consciousness, self-consciousness is incomplete. However, God consciousness makes self-consciousness very clear.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We meet a lot of young people in our teaching profession, and we don't
 try to teach them any kind of didactic salvation. We do try to direct them toward an awareness of what is best and what is most beautiful and what is most spiritually nourishing in the world about them\'97that is, insofar as the system allows us. Very f
requently the students are not neutral enough to be in a spiritual condition; they are more in an emotional one. What we are faced with often is the basic question of "Who am I?" or, "What is it all about?"
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Or they ask, "Why am I here?"
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, very good. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are asked, "Why should I be here? Who are you, teacher, and what gi
ves you the right to tell us what to think or what to be or what not to be? Why should I read Shakespeare? Why should I listen to Mozart? I prefer Bob Dylan." These kinds of question seem to emanate from a very disillusioned state of mind, and insecurity
, and uncertainty and a lack of credibility in the total structure of things as they are. Frequently we have to answer these questions in a cataclysmic sort of way. Rather than presenting direct answers, we must answer indirectly, taking account of the c
onditioning that prompted students to ask these questions in the first place. Do you think that we should try to reach them more directly?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  You are talking about the problem of\'96
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Modern education.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. So many questions are there, but they are not answered
 by modern education. "Why have I come here? What is the purpose?" These questions should be answered perfectly. Therefore the Vedas }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MU}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.2.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  enjoin:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad vij\'ef\'e4nartha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To find answers to all these questions, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What if you have none? What if we are told that Mr. Nixon is the bona 
fide spiritual master? What do we do?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No. No. [laughter] There is a standard for bona fide spirit
ual masters. You have only heard one line of the verse. Who is the spiritual master? That is the next line: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rotriya\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to one who has
 heard from another bona fide source. A spiritual master is he who has taken the message from another qualified spiritual master. This is just like a medical man who has taken the knowledge of medical science from another medical man. Similarly, the bona
 fide spiritual ' master must come in a line of successive spiritual masters. The original spiritual master is God. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes. Granted.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One who has heard from God explains the same message to his
 disciples. If that disciple doesn't change the message, he is a bona fide spiritual master. That is our process. We take lessons by hearing from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, and from Him understand who is perfect. Or we hear from His representative, who does no
t contradict K\'e5\'f1\'eba and who has realized His message. It is not that we speak one thing and do all nonsense. One who does so is not a spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Now there's my poor old father, living west of Ireland. A simple old m
an, 78 years now, your generation. He has gotten to the point at his age where he says, "They tell me, the priests, they tell me ultimately that it's God who knows. But I want to know who told God." Then he comes to me and says, "You went to school and y
ou read books. Tell me, who told God?" So I have no answer. That is the difference between 78 and 39 years.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, it is not a difference of age. The difference is knowle
dge. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the question is raised: Who is God? First of all there is this questi
on. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Who taught God. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No. First of all there is the question who is God. Then we 
shall ask who taught God. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : now we should inquire who is God. Unless you know who God is, how can you raise the question of who instructed God? If you don't know God, the question does not arise who instructed God. Is this not so?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Who God is is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-s\'fctra }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub   janma-adi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and destruction; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub That Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) is He from whom the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universe arise.}}}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub . }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub : God is He from whom everything emanates. That is God\'96the Supreme Being from whom everything emanate
s. Now, what is the nature of that Supreme Being? Is He a dead stone or a living entity? That is also explained. }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy asya yato 'nvay\'e4d itarata\'e7 c\'e4rthe\'f1v abhij\'ef
a\'f9 svar\'e4\'f6}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub : the Supreme Being is fully cognizant of everything, directly and indirectly. Unless He is fully cognizant of everything, He cannot be God. Then the question tha
t you raised comes, Who taught God? And that is also answered. Svar\'e4\'f6: He is fully independent. He does not need to take lessons from anyone. That is God. If one needs to take lessons from others, He is not God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4, and He did not have to learn it from anyone. I had to learn it from my spiritual master, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not have to learn it from anyone. One who does not need to take lessons from others is God.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Where does human love come in?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Everything is coming from God. Being part and parcel of God
, we manifest partial love because the original love is there in Him. Nothing can exist if it is not in God; therefore love is there in God. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And manifestations of love are manifestations of God? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Unless the loving propensity is there in God, how can we ma
nifest it? A son born of a particular father has the symptoms of the father. Because the loving propensity is in God, we have that same propensity.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Maybe love is generated in you by the need.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, there is no question of "maybe." We are defining God in
 absolute terms. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is He from whom everything has emanated. The fight
ing propensity is also there in God, but His fighting and His loving are absolute. In the material world we experience that fighting is just the opposite of loving, but in God the fighting propensity and the loving propensity are one and the same. That i
s the meaning of absolute. We learn from the Vedic scriptures that when the so-called enemies of God are killed by God, they attain liberation.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Is it possible to arrive at this understanding of God alone?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No. Therefore we have cited this verse: tad vij\'ef\'e4nart
ha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet. The word abhigacchet means "must." It is not possible alone. In Sanskrit grammar this is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidhi-li\'ec}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  form of a verb, and this form is used when there is no choice. The word abhigacchet means that one must approach a guru. That is the Vedic version. Therefore in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  you will find that Arjuna was talking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but when he saw that things were not being resolved, he su
rrendered himself to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and accepted Him as his guru.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4rpa\'ebya-do\'f1opahata-svabh\'e4va\'f9\line p\'e5cch\'e4mi tv\'e4\'e0 dharma-samm\'fc\'f2ha-cet\'e4\'f9\line yac chreya
\'f9 sy\'e4n ni\'e7cita\'e0 br\'fchi tan me\line \'e7i\'f1yas te \'92ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am
 Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." (Bg. 2.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So here we can s
ee that Arjuna is confused about his duty.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Is this duty to the self, to others, or to the state?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A soldier's duty is to fight with the enemy. Arjuna was a s
oldier, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba advised him, "The opposite party is your enemy, and you are a soldier. Why are you trying to be nonviolent? This is not good." Then Arjuna said, "Actually, I am confused. In this confusion I cannot make the right decision. I th
erefore accept You as my spiritual master. Please give me the proper lesson." In a chaotic condition, in a confused state of life, one should approach another, who is in full knowledge of the matter. You go to a lawyer to solve legal problems, and you go
 to a physician to solve medical problems. Everyone in the material world is confused about spiritual identity. It is therefore our duty to approach a bona fide spiritual master who can give us real knowledge. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I am very confused. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So you must approach a spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And he makes a decision on how to help me stop this confusion? 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, the spiritual master is one who solves all confusion. 
If the spiritual master cannot save his disciple from confusion, he is not a spiritual master. That is the test.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka-\line tr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya k\'e4ru\'ebya-ghan\'e4ghanatvam\line pr\'e4ptasya kaly\'e4
\'eba-gu\'eb\'e4r\'ebavasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1
\'f6aka}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This whole confused world is just like a blazing forest fire. In a forest fire all the animals are confused. They do not know where to go to save their lives. In th
e blazing fire of the material world, everyone is confused. How can that blazing forest fire be extinguished? It is not possible to utilize your man-made fire brigade, nor is it possible to simply pour buckets of water. The solution comes when rain from 
the clouds falls on the forest fire. Only then can the fire be extinguished. That ability is not in your hands, but is in the mercy of God. So, human society is in a confused state, and it cannot find a solution. The spiritual master is one who has recei
ved the mercy of God, and he can deliver the solution to the confused man. One who has received the mercy of God can become a spiritual master and deliver that mercy to others.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The problem is to find this spiritual master. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is not a problem. The problem is whether you are since
re. You have problems, but God is within your heart. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
 God is not far away. If you are sincere, God sends you a spiritual master. Therefore God is also called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub caitya-guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the spiritual master within the heart. God helps from within and from without. Everything is thus described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This material body is like a machine, but within the heart is the soul, and with the soul is the Supersoul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who gives directions. The Lord says, "You wanted to do this; now here is
 the chance. Go and do it." If you are sincere, you say, "Now, God, I want You." Then He will give you directions. "Yes, now you come and get Me like this." This is His kindness. However, if we want something else, that is all right. We can have it. God 
is very kind. When I want something, He is in my heart directing me and telling me how to have it. So why should He not give directions on how to have a spiritual master? First of all we must again be eager to revive our God consciousness. Then God will 
give us a spiritual master. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thank you very much. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thank you very much. My request to you is this. You are a p
oet. Just describe God. You are expert in describing, and therefore I ask you to kindly describe God in your occupation. Then your life will be successful. And if one hears you, his life will also be successful. That is the injunction:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ida\'e0 hi pu\'e0sas tapasa\'f9 \'e7rutasya v\'e4\line svi\'f1\'f6asya s\'fcktasya ca buddhi-dattayo\'f9\line avicyuto \'92rtha
\'f9 kavibhir nir\'fcpito\line yad-uttama\'e7loka-gu\'eb\'e4nuvar\'ebanam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata
m, 1.5.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many leaders in society who are poets, scientists, religionists, philosophers, politicians and so on. Those who are so expert are given this injunction: y
our duty is to perfect your occupation by describing the glories of the Supreme Being. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  My experience is that for some extraordinary reason, one is chosen to 
do a particular thing. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That reason is given here. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avicyuta\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The infallible choice is this: "Let them describe the glories of the Lord."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But you were saying that the spiritual master is chosen. The spiritual
 master, the poet, the priest is chosen by God. This person is chosen to write poems or paint pictures or make music.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So when you compose music, compose music about God. That is
 your perfection. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When one works for God in his line, then his line becomes his perfecti
on?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MR. O\'92GRADY:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Song
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Song
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line All the way is Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Let me know Thy love for me.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line I will live my life for Thee.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Lord and master of my soul.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Love and praise Thee over all
.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line To Thy name I\'92ll sing and 
dance.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line All the time in Thy presence.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line All the ways be Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \line {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'96C.B.\line Rome, May 22, 1974
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar #67
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
r
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here are the upcoming holidays and festivals for K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees. Devotees of 
the ISKCON center\line nearest you will gladly tell you more about the meanings of these festivals and how they are celebrated.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
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\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160
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\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub October 27\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ppearance of \'c7r\'e9la Mur}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ri Gupta. Beginning of Urja-vrata, or K}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rtika-vrata.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0
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ns (it continues through November 29).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 4\line
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narottama d\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 8\line }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of 
\'c7r\'e9la V\'e9racandra Prabhu.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 November 10\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eka
d\'e4s\'e9 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 15\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Govardhana-p\'fcj\'e4 (anniversary of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lifting the Govardhana Hill). Annak\'fcta-mahotsava. Appearance day of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Rasik\'e4nanda Prabhu. Disappearance day of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  V\'e4sudeva Ghosh }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 22\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Gad\'e4hara d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9la Dhananjaya Pan\'f2ita and \'c7r\'e9la 
\'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya Prabhu.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 November 25\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (Utt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na-ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4ji Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard

\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON NEWS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A brief look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Nine New Books Make Spiritual Classics Available
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has just published nine new K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious book
s by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. They are all translations, with purports, of Sanskrit and Bengali scriptures never before available in English. Each book is hardbound, with about 400 pages of text, plus original full-color p
aintings to illustrate each volume.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Six of the books complete the Third and Fourth Cantos of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7
r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the scripture that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has made his life's work. To present all twelve cantos, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da calculates, will take sixty 
volumes. Seven volumes have previously been published. The Bh\'e4gavatam is considered}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the postgraduate s
tudy of all spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The other three new books form the first section (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l
\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This book describes the pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the incarnation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared as a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to teach the highest form of love of Godhead. Work is underway on the middle a
nd final sections of this great book\'96at least another six volumes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Book Trust has also issued new editions of two other important books by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9-\'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Improvements include new paintings, carefully polished Sanskrit editing, and large new indexes.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Scholars in Love with Bhaktivedanta Books
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After a few years}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of what could be described as only casual flirtation, scholars and l
ibrarians are starting to fall in love with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books. The libraries of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Swarthmore and dozens of other major universities have placed standing orders for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97for all the volumes published and all those yet to come. "This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  translation is very good," wrote the librarian at the Cleveland Public Library in placing a standing order for the prestigi
ous John G. White Collection. "Please check and see what books of yours we do not have and send me those that are missing."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professors are becoming enthusiastic. "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This Nectar of Devotio
n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the greatest book ever published on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub !" declared Dr. Carl Waugh, Professor of Indian Religion at Cleveland State University. And Dr.H.B. Kulkarni of Utah State University found Prabhup\'e4da's books "of incalculable value to anyone who is curious about India's spiritual
 and cultural heritage." He added: "The author of these books displays on every page an astounding scholarship, and also an understanding and ease of exposition which are the rarest gifts."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scholars especially praise \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagav
ad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Dr. Samuel D. Atikins of Princeton called it "a beautifully designed script of the stanzas, beautifully presented with accredited transliterations and a pr
actical working vocabulary, followed by an outstanding exegesis ... A beautifully done book." Professor Shaligram Shukla of Georgetown offered this review: "It is a deeply felt, powerfully conceived and beautifully explained work. I don't know whether to
 praise more the translation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , its daring method of explanation, or the endless fer
tility of its ideas .... I have never seen any other work on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  with such an important and author
itative voice and style. It is a work of undoubted integrity. I strongly recommend this book."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Newsweek Impressed by ISKCON School
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Newsweek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the popular American news magazine, in a welcome reversal of its attitude to
ward K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness (see "Ten Thousand Wives," BTG 65), has published a very favorable article about ISKCON's Gurukula school in Dallas, Texas. The school, it reported, is a "most convincing sign that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is here to
 stay."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Vedic Culture and Agriculture
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , ISKCON's 1,000-acre farm in West Virginia, has proved so successf
ul that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has asked his disciples to begin many other such farm communities. The Society, therefore, has purchased farmland in Pennsylvania, upstate New York, Louisiana\'97and in the holy city of M\'e4y\'e4pur, India.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many reasons for establishing such K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious farms. First, many people find an urban setting most uncongenial 
for spiritual advancement; they prefer to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the simple, peaceful atmosphere of the country. Everyone likes to work in a different way, and the farms give the Society a broader ability to engage everyone in the work most suitable for
 him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Second, such K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious communities give an ideal example of how one can live very simply, depending on the natural gifts
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba has provided rather than the artificial products of supermarkets and factories. In other words, they provide a model for simple living and high thinking.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Perhaps even more important, however, is that these communities can give ISKCON a kind of independence from the shaky financial structu
res of America and the other nations of the world. According to the Vedic scriptures, real wealth lies in land, cows and natural resources, not in paper money. After all, land and cows provide food and a place to live, and so they have real value. But pa
per bills are just promises. Their value changes with inflation, and they may at any time become utterly worthless. According to the Vedic scriptures, therefore, our modern world economy, based on a false standard, is headed for almost certain collapse. 
But by raising its own food on its own land, ISKCON will be able to independently provide for the basic needs of its members and thus carry on its mission of spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, regardless of the economic ups and downs of a materialis
tic society. We might add here that modern economists would greatly benefit from studying the scientific financial knowledge presented in the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Vedic knowledge is many-sided. The Vedic scriptures deal not only with religion but also with politics, economics, sociology, art, psychology and all other subjects necessar
y for a progressive human culture.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9 D\'e4modar\'e4\'f1\'f6aka
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 D\'e4modar\'e4\'f1\'f6
aka
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (Eight verses in Praise of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His form as D\'e4modara)
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by \'c7r\'e9 Satyavrata Muni \line translated by His Holiness Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears on earth, He performs extraordinary pastimes as a transcendental cowherd boy. As a child, Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba lived with His pure devotees in the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, or Gokula. In the spiritual world (Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha) the Lord, in His form called N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, is worshiped with great awe and reverence, but the devotees in V\'e5nd\'e4
vana have such great love for the Lord that they even forget that He is the Lord. Because of their intense love for Him, they think of Him as their friend, son or lover. And the Lord, to please His devotees, responds in the roles in which the devotees th
ink of Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a transcendental pastime, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to steal butter from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the ladies of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Once, however, His mother caught Him, bound His waist with a rope, and tied Him to a grinding mortar to punish Him. T
he Lord is therefore also known as D\'e4modara (d\'e4ma means "rope," and udara means "waist").
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s courtyard were two trees, who were actually sons of the demigod Kuvera but had been cursed to stand as tree
s. By His mercy, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba crawled between these trees, dragging the heavy mortar behind Him, and pulled the trees down, thus liberating Kuvera's two sons. The details of these pastimes are described in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s book entit
led }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The eight-verse prayer on the following page is chanted daily by devotees during the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious month of D\'e4modara. Thi
s year, the month of D\'e4modara begins on Nov. 1 and continues through Nov. 29.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nam\'e4m\'e9\'e7vara\'e0 sac-cid-\'e4nanda-r\'fcpa\'e0\line lasat-ku\'eb\'f2ala\'e0 gokule bhr\'e4jam\'e4nam\line ya\'e7od\'e4-b
hiyol\'fckhal\'e4d dh\'e4vam\'e4na\'e0\line par\'e4m\'e5\'f1\'f6am atyantato drutya gopy\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To the supreme controller who possesses an eternal form of blissful knowledge, whose glistening earrings swing to and fro, who manifested Himself in Gokula, who sto
le the butter that the gop\'e9s kept hanging from the rafters of their storerooms and who then quickly jumped up and ran in retreat in fear of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 but was ultimately caught\'97to that Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 D\'e4modara, I offer my humble
 obeisances.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rudanta\'e0 muhur netra-yugma\'e0 m\'e5janta\'e0\line kar\'e4mbhoja-yugmena s\'e4ta\'ecka-netram\line muhu\'f9 \'e7v\'e4sa-kampa
-trirekh\'e4\'ecka-ka\'eb\'f6ha-\line sthita-graiva-d\'e4modara\'e0 bhakti-baddham
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon seeing His mother's whipping stick, He cried and rubbed His eyes again and again with His two lotus hands. His eyes were fearful and His breathing quick, and a
s Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 bound His belly with ropes, He shivered in fright and His pearl necklace shook. To this Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 D\'e4modara, who is bound with His devotee's love, I offer my humble obeisances.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it\'e9d\'e5k sva-l\'e9l\'e4bhir \'e4nanda-ku\'eb\'f2e\line sva-gho\'f1a\'e0 nimajjantam \'e4khy\'e4payantam\line tad\'e9ye\'e7it
a-j\'efe\'f1u bhaktair jitatva\'e0\line puna\'f9 prematas ta\'e0 \'e7at\'e4v\'e5tti vande
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those superexcellent pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s babyhood drowned the inhabitants of Gokula in pools of ecstasy. To the devotees who are attracted only to 
His majestic aspect of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the Lord herein reveals: "I am conquered and overwhelmed by pure loving devotion." To the Supreme Lord D\'e4modara, my obeisances hundreds and hundreds of times.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vara\'e0 deva mok\'f1a\'e0 na mok\'f1\'e4vadhi\'e0 v\'e4\line na c\'e4nya\'e0 v\'e5\'ebe \'92ha\'e0 vare\'e7\'e4d ap\'e9ha\line 
ida\'e0 te vapur n\'e4tha gop\'e4la-b\'e4la\'e0\line sad\'e4 me manasy \'e4vir\'e4st\'e4\'e0 kim anyai\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Lord, although You are able to give all kinds of benedictions, I do not pray to You for liberation, nor eternal life in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, nor any other boon. My on
ly prayer is that Your childhood pastimes may constantly appear in my mind. O Lord, I do not even want to know Your feature of Param\'e4tm\'e4. I simply wish that Your childhood pastimes may ever be enacted in my heart.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ida\'e0 te mukh\'e4mbhojam atyanta-n\'e9lair\line v\'e5ta\'e0 kuntalai\'f9 snigdha-raktai\'e7 ca gopy\'e4\line muhu\'e7 cumbita
\'e0 bimba-rakt\'e4-dhara\'e0 me\line manasy \'e4vir\'e4st\'e4m ala\'e0 lak\'f1a-l\'e4bhai\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Lord, the cheeks of Your blackish lotus face, which is encircled by locks of curling hair, have become reddened like bimba fruit due to Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4\'92s k
isses. What more can I describe than this? Millions of opulences are of no use to me, but may this vision constantly remain in my mind.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo deva d\'e4modar\'e4nanta vi\'f1\'ebo\line pras\'e9da prabho du\'f9kha-j\'e4l\'e4bdhi-magnam\line k\'e5p\'e4-d\'e5\'f1\'f6i-
v\'e5\'f1\'f6y\'e4tid\'e9na\'e0 bat\'e4nu-\line g\'e5h\'e4\'ebe\'e7a m\'e4m aj\'efam edhy ak\'f1i-d\'e5\'e7ya\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O unlimited Vi\'f1\'ebu! O master! O Lord! Be pleased upon me! I am drowning in an ocean of sorrow and am almost like a dead man. Please shower the rain of mercy on
 me; uplift me and protect me with Your nectarean vision.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kuver\'e4tmajau baddha-m\'fcrtyaiva yadvat\line tvay\'e4 mocitau bhakti-bh\'e4jau k\'e5tau ca\line tath\'e4 prema-bhakti\'e0 sva
k\'e4\'e0 me prayaccha\line na mok\'f1e graho me \'91sti d\'e4modareha
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Lord D\'e4modara, in Your form as a baby Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 bound You to a grinding stone with a rope for tying cows. You then freed the sons of Kuvera, Ma\'ebig
r\'e9va and Nalak\'fcvara, who were cursed to stand as trees, and You gave them the chance to become Your devotees. Please bless me in this same way. I have no desire for liberation into Your effulgence.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namas te \'92stu d\'e4mne sphurad-d\'e9pti-dh\'e4mne\line tvad\'e9yodar\'e4y\'e4tha vi\'e7vasya dh\'e4mne\line namo r\'e4dhik
\'e4yai tvad\'e9ya-priy\'e4yai\line namo \'92nanta-l\'e9l\'e4ya dev\'e4ya tubhyam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O Lord, the entire universe was created by Lord Brahm\'e4, who was born from Your abdomen, which was bound with a rope by Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. To this rope I offer 
my humble obeisances. I offer my obeisances to Your most beloved \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and to Your unlimited pastimes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb360\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p10:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Killing of Ka\'e0sa
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Killing of Ka\'e0sa
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has served as President of ISKCON's Boston Temple, as Editor of }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and, most recently, as personal secretary to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the founder-
\'e4c\'e4rya of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. He is now traveling in the United States, distributing K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature to libraries and college professors.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 states that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends to this world to vanquish miscreants and rescue His devotees.
 Once when the world was overburdened with demoniac forces, the demigods prayed for the appearance of the Lord. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepted the prayer, and He decided to appear as the son of two pure devotees, Vasudeva and his wife, Devak\'e9. Years bef
ore K\'e5\'f1\'eba's actual advent, on the day Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva were married, Ka\'e0sa, the brother of the bride, was driving the couple to Vasudeva's home. In the middle of the joyous procession, a voice suddenly rang out from the sky. "Ka\'e0sa,"
 the voice said, "you are such a fool! You are driving the chariot of your sister, but you do not know that the eighth child of your sister will kill you!"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa then at once took hold of Devak\'e9 and drew his sword to kill her. This shows the essence of Ka\'e0sa's demoniac mentality: a
nyone or anything that threatened his bodily enjoyment must be destroyed. Vasudeva at once intervened and pleaded with Ka\'e0sa not to kill Devak\'e9. Vasudeva spoke in a very enlightened way. Death, he told Ka\'e0sa, is inevitable, so why should we be a
fraid of it? After the end of this body, we get another body to fulfill our desires. Death is only a change of bodies. The real self is eternal, so we should try to find our real life beyond the body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, Ka\'e0sa, being an atheist, could not listen to good instruction. Although each of us has but little control over the fo
rces of nature, foolish people try to become lords of all they survey. They live only for the pleasure of the body, taking the body to be the self, and disregarding the soul. In ignorance, they say there is no soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This philosophy is now very popular, but it has existed since time immemorial. Thousands of years ago, in Vedic times, it was propounde
d by a philosopher named C\'e4rv\'e4ka, who taught that one should simply enjoy sensual pleasures, like eating, as much as he can. One should not hesitate to commit any irresponsible act to reach his goal, and one should not worry about the next life bec
ause at death everything will be finished. When modern so-called leaders take up this philosophy, people in general follow, and society becomes hellish. Not considering the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, or His supreme proprietorship, men ta
ke to animal slaughter, abortion, intoxication\'97anything. We are seeing only the beginning of this in current times. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious persons like Vasudeva try to give enlightenment, many so-called educated men take them lightly and say th
at the existence of God and the eternity of the soul are myths. And when governments also fail to meet their responsibility to further God consciousness, social degradation is assured.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To dissuade Ka\'e0sa from murdering Devak\'e9, Vasudeva promised that he and Devak\'e9 would bring Ka\'e0sa each of their children as t
hey were born so that he could do what he liked with them. Ka\'e0sa relented, and when Vasudeva brought Ka\'e0sa their first-born child one year later, he became a little compassionate and spared the baby.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later, however, Ka\'e0sa became alarmed when he heard from the sage N\'e4rada that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was soon to appear. N\'e4rada told Ka
\'e0sa that in his past life he had been a demon named K\'e4lanemi, who had been killed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead. On hearing this, Ka\'e0sa foolishly became determined to kill the Lord. "Any child might be K\'e5\'f1\'eba," he co
ncluded. He at once ordered the imprisonment of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 and killed their child. Ka\'e0sa committed many other atrocities, all so that he might live and rule at any cost. He made alliances with many demoniac kings and imprisoned anyone who 
opposed him, including his own father, Ugrasena. In this way he expanded his kingdom, just as modern politicians do, until he became the strongest emperor of his time. He broke the solidarity of the Yadu dynasty, which included all of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's re
latives, and forced them to hide in caves. Year after year Devak\'e9 gave birth to a child, and Ka\'e0sa murdered every one\'97six in all\'97fearing each to be the child who would kill him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself became the eighth child, He cheated Ka\'e0sa. He appeared before Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 as the Supreme Lord
 and then transformed Himself into a normal child. K\'e5\'f1\'eba ordered Vasudeva to exchange Him with a female child just bom to Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 in nearby Gokula. Although Vasudeva was shackled and Ka\'e0sa's prison well guarded, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba'
s mystic potency Vasudeva was able to escape from the prison, make the exchange, and return unnoticed to his cell.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa heard the cries of the newborn child as his death knell, and he rushed in to kill him. But the baby flew up into the air and a
ssumed the form of the demigoddess M\'e4y\'e4. "You rascal," she said to Ka\'e0sa. "The child who will kill you has already been born elsewhere. You cannot kill Him."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Threatened in this way, Ka\'e0sa and his demoniac associates began an all-out purge, ordering the murder of all male children born with
in the previous ten days. Ka\'e0sa also harassed all saintly persons and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He knew that th
e devotees are the heart and soul of his enemy, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so he tried to attack Him by persecuting His closest servitors and putting a stop to all religious activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, was not at all fearful. He simply enjoyed His childhood pastimes in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, giving pleasure to H
is friends, His mother and father, and the cowherd men and women. Ka\'e0sa, however, tried repeatedly to disrupt K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes. First he sent a witch named P\'fctan\'e4, who had already killed many babies by her black arts. She tried to kill 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He was only a few months old. She smeared poison on her breast, appeared in V\'e5nd\'e4vana as a beautiful young woman, and took permission from Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 to give K\'e5\'f1\'eba her breast to suck. Baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba, howev
er, not only sucked her breast milk, but sucked out her life as well.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After P\'fctan\'e4, Ka\'e0sa sent many demons, among them T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta and Agh\'e4sura. T\'e5\'eb\'e4varta appeared in the shape 
of a whirlwind and tried to kidnap K\'e5\'f1\'eba and destroy Him high in the sky. Aghasura, the brother of P\'fctan\'e4, came before K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends as a giant serpent. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba nonchalantly killed these ferocious demons one aft
er another. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father, Nanda, and other elders of the village were concerned about the constant attacks upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so they moved their entire village community to a more suitable place, where they hoped to be free from attack. But
 more demons came; a giant horse, an enormous bull, a pack of asses, and many others. Child K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed them all, assisted by His brother, Balar\'e4ma.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sixteen years old, Ka\'e0sa discovered for certain that K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana was Devak\'e9's eight
h child. N\'e4rada told Ka\'e0sa of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's true identity and related how He had killed all the demons without difficulty. In desperation, Ka\'e0sa formed his final plot: he arranged for a big wrestling match at Mathur\'e4 and sent Akr\'fcra, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's uncle, to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to invite K\'e5\'f1\'eba and all His relatives and neighbors to attend the gala affair.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Akr\'fcra was actually a great devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So when he arrived in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he confided to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that the
 wrestling match was an elaborate plan to kill Him and His brother. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma mildly laughed at this. They invited all the townsmen to go to Mathur\'e4, and They Themselves set out with Akr\'fcra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrival in Mathur\'e4 was supposed to be His entrance into an ominous trap, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba very blissfully and lig
htheartedly entered the city. And when the news spread that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, had come, all the residents of Mathur\'e4 spontaneously turned out to see Him. The real festival in Mathur\'e4 became the festival of seeing K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. All the young girls were very eager to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but out of modesty they went to the roofs of the houses to catch a glimpse of Him. The people had heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His activities, but only now did they have the chan
ce to see Him. They became ecstatic and rushed from whatever they were doing to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba passing through the streets. People talked back and forth about how beautiful K\'e5\'f1\'eba was, and they praised the great fortune of the gop\'e9s and ot
her devotees of V\'e5nd\'e4vana who were able to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba every day.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are two kinds of human beings\'97devotees and demons\'97and in Mathur\'e4 K\'e5\'f1\'eba encountered both. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
nd Balar\'e4ma were walking through the streets of Mathur\'e4, They met a washerman carrying various garments. K\'e5\'f1\'eba asked the washerman for some clothing and promised to award him all good fortune. This is the basis of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess: the devotee offers whatever he has to the Lord, and the Lord, although not in need, accepts the offering to help awaken the devotee's original relationship of service to Him. Unfortunately, this washerman thought himself a servant not of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba but of Ka\'e0sa. Not only did he refuse to give K\'e5\'f1\'eba clothing, but he called Him impudent. "Don't ask for things that are the King's property," he said, "or You will be punished." K\'e5\'f1\'eba became very angry with this servant of Ka
\'e0sa and killed him, using only His hand as a weapon.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A little later K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma met a florist who was exactly the opposite of the washerman. He was very submissive and s
imply prayed to be eternally engaged in devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The florist gave K\'e5\'f1\'eba a very beautiful garland at his home, and thus his desire was fulfilled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma also met a young hunchback woman carrying sandalwood paste. Her duty had been to bring sandalwood to Kin
g Ka\'e0sa daily, but when she saw the personal beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, she voluntarily offered the sandalwood paste to Them. In return, K\'e5\'f1\'eba transformed her from a hunchback into a beautiful young woman by touching her with H
is hand. One may take these extraordinary encounters to be fictitious or imaginary, but they are the actual historic activities the Personality of Godhead performed while present on earth some 5,000 years ago. The great authorities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness who are passing down the narrations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  do not doubt these facts. Mundane scholars and people in general may doubt them, but they cannot understand
 the science of God as presented in Vedic literature. One who is not rendering service to the Personality of Godhead through a bona fide spiritual master can only whimsically speculate about what God can or cannot do.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma approached the sacrificial arena in Mathur\'e4, They saw a big display where a giant bow was being gu
arded by state soldiers. K\'e5\'f1\'eba walked right past the guards, picked up the bow and broke it. The sound of the bow's cracking reverberated throughout the land and sky and even reached the palace of Ka\'e0sa. The guards rushed K\'e5\'f1\'eba and B
alar\'e4ma, but the two brothers immediately killed them and left the arena.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thereafter, K\'e5\'f1\'eba continued to visit various places in Mathur\'e4, and the citizens turned out to see Him, astonished at His e
xtraordinary beauty and opulence. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9la Prab
hup\'e4da writes, "The two brothers strolled carefree in the street, not caring for the law and order of Ka\'e0sa." In this way They hinted at the severe danger awaiting Ka\'e0sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Ka\'e0sa heard the bow break and heard how the guards had been killed, he partially realized the power of the Supreme Lord. He und
erstood that the eighth child of Devak\'e9 had come to kill him. That night he could not rest at all, for both awake and dreaming he had inauspicious visions. He looked in the mirror but could not see his head. He saw stars in the sky double. He saw hole
s in his shadow, heard a buzzing sound in his ears, and had ghastly dreams of ghosts, poison and murder. Thus he understood that his death was sure. But when morning finally came, he busily arranged for the wrestling match. In his last hours, with death 
so near, rather than pray to the Supreme Lord for mercy, Ka\'e0sa anxiously planned how to avert what he knew was certain.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All those who share Ka\'e0sa's demoniac mentality are like that. They can see that material nature will eventually kill them, just as i
t has killed everyone else in history. Yet they act as if they will never die. A great devotee once called this the most wonderful phenomenon: people see the hand of death take away all their predecessors, but they think that they themselves will not die
. The Ka\'e0sas of this world are always busy planning how to enjoy this life, even up till the second they are snatched away by death. So many modern cities have been built all over the world, but no one who lives in them has any guarantee that he won't
 be kicked out today or tomorrow by death. Ignoring the next life only insures that we will have to take another birth to suffer miseries again and again. Ka\'e0sa was like a man trying to raise his temperature when he already has a high fever; when the 
fever reaches 107 degrees, a man dies. Ka\'e0sa could not see that all his plans to survive would be vanquished, nor did he care to hear about the next life. Like a typical politician, on the morning of his death Ka\'e0sa busied himself making plans for 
this temporary world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After bathing and performing other morning duties, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma heard drums playing at the wrestling arena, and They 
prepared to go see the fun. But when They arrived at the gateway of the arena, a big elephant with a rider blocked Their path. This was another of Ka\'e0sa's schemes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba told the elephant's caretaker to immediately clear the path, but the man
 became angry and provoked the elephant to charge K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba moved around the elephant, dragged it by its tail, tripped it and finally killed both the elephant and its rider.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma then proceeded into the arena, where everyone at once became attracted to Them. The audience was complet
ely attentive to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. The residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were all reciting Their pastimes, and others, seeing Them for the first time, began to praise Their qualities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suddenly, a musical fanfare announced the start of the wrestling match. The famous champion wrestlers C\'e4\'eb\'fcra and Mu\'f1\'f6ika
 approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, and C\'e4\'eb\'fcra said, "We have heard all about You. The King desires to see You display Your wrestling abilities." K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied that although He and Balar\'e4ma liked to play and sometimes They wr
estled with Their cowherd friends, They were not professional wrestlers. K\'e5\'f1\'eba said plainly that a match of" professional wrestlers against young boys would not be equal, and this would disturb the audience. But the wrestlers insisted that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were not ordinary boys, and so the match began.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many members of the audience called out their disapproval, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His brother appeared to be delicate boys of tender ag
e, whereas the wrestlers were mountainous strongmen, trained in the art of crushing opponents. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da specifically describes what the members of the audience said. "But my dear friends," someone spoke out, "just look at the face of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There are drops of perspiration on 
His face from chasing His enemy, and His face appears like a lotus flower with drops of water. And do you see how the face of Lord Balar\'e4ma has turned especially beautiful? There is a reddish hue on His white face because He is engaged in a strong wre
stling match with Mu\'f1\'f6ika." Another spectator exclaimed, "Even in front of the King this wrestling match is going on between incompatible sides." Thus the members of the audience were very attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but at the same time they saw 
great danger and felt anxiety for Him. Even K\'e5\'f1\'eba's very intimate devotees, such as His mother and father, were also very anxious because they too did not know the unlimited strength of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actually all-powerful, and there is nothing to fear when He is fighting a conditioned living being of the materi
al world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is declared throughout the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be the Absolute Truth, the source from whom 
everything comes and upon whom everything rests. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says that He alone existed be
fore creation. He is now the only ultimate reality, and after annihilation only He will remain. But by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's internal spiritual energy, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , He acts in different relationships with His servitors according to how they approach Him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all personal feelings, so we should not be surprised that He reveals Himself differently in various 
relationships. To the mass of people at the wrestling arena He appeared as the most beautiful personality, but to the wrestlers He appeared like a thunderbolt. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (warriors) saw Him as the strongest ruler, while the females saw Him as the most attractive male. The cowherd men from V\'e5nd\'e4vana saw Him as their own kinsman, while the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  saw Him as the Supersoul in everyone's heart. Ka\'e0sa also saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba uniquely\'97as Death P
ersonified.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa was always fearful that K\'e5\'f1\'eba would someday kill him. Thus he spent his whole life absorbed in thoughts of how to kil
l K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because he was always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Ka\'e0sa was K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. But because he thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba unfavorably, he is not considered a devotee of the Lord. He was not practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (devotional service). To be always thinking, like Ka\'e0sa, of how to avoid submitting to the Lord's supreme will is the
 principal engagement of a whole class of men, including modern educators, scientists, politicians and philosophers. By hearing about Ka\'e0sa, we can clearly understand why such a mentality is self-defeating.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma engaged the wrestlers in the standard wrestling holds and maneuvers for some time, but when the anxious 
protests of the audience grew too great, K\'e5\'f1\'eba simply spun one wrestler in the air, Balar\'e4ma hit the other, and the famous wrestlers were dead. Other wrestlers came forward, but the two brothers killed them immediately, and the remaining wres
tlers ran from the arena. Musicians spontaneously beat their drums, and the crowd cheered the victory of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa was enraged. He announced that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma should be driven from the city of Mathur\'e4, Their riches plund
ered, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father killed. K\'e5\'f1\'eba could not tolerate such talk. He jumped over the high wall protecting King Ka\'e0sa and stood before him face to face. Ka\'e0sa tried defending himself with a sword, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba grabbed him 
and dragged him down from the throne. After throwing him on the ground, K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed Ka\'e0sa by punching him with His fist. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then dragged Ka\'e0sa around the arena the way a lion drags an elephant after killing it, just to assure 
His parents, relatives and all pious people that Ka\'e0sa was actually dead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may wonder why this narration contains so much violence and killing, since the Supreme Personality of Godhead is said to be all-mer
ciful. But there is no question of wrongdoing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's actions. Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute, whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba does is absolutely good. Fighting and killing is required for a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (warrior) when there is a need to punish miscreants who threaten the peaceful citizens of society. When such criminals need to be rebuffed, nonvio
lence is cowardice, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are naturally nonviolent toward all living entities, even animals, but if the demoniac make a violent disturbance, the devotees are prepared
 to counter such violence in the service of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally kills someone, He gives that person the benediction of liberation. Astoundingly, Ka\'e0sa was imme
diately awarded }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4r\'fcpya-mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  upon being killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This means that he went to the s
piritual planets, where he was able to live in eternity, bliss and knowledge with a form almost exactly resembling the Supreme Lord's in opulence and beauty. Such liberation is very difficult to achieve, even after hundreds of lifetimes spent searching f
or the Absolute Truth. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and ascetics achieve release from all material desires only after prolong
ed, severe austerities. But even they do not reach the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets; they merge into the impersonal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the effulgence of the Lord. Ka\'e0sa, however, had a personal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba day and night: "When will He come? What is He doing now? When will He kill me?" So Ka\'e0sa was given a pl
ace more exalted than all the impersonal mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  school or the philosophers who speculate about the impersonal Absolute Truth. This gives a hint of the great power of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If an avowed enemy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is given such a high place, we can barely even imagine the sweet favor 
the Lord awards to those who relate to Him in a positive, loving way, always rendering service to Him and chanting His glories.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, one might ask why K\'e5\'f1\'eba should personally fight with a demon like Ka\'e0sa. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, being the source of all e
manations and qualities, has His own transcendental desires. Therefore He also has a fighting propensity, which He exhibits in His playful wrestling with the cowherd boys of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Authorities in the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness info
rm us that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's choice to fight with Ka\'e0sa indicates that Ka\'e0sa is actually a liberated devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's who was sent to the material world to provide the Lord a suitable opponent. Ka\'e0sa could not actually threaten K\'e5
\'f1\'eba; K\'e5\'f1\'eba arranged the fight for His personal pleasure. This understanding brings us to a level of consciousness beyond violence or nonviolence, morality or immorality.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba displays His eternal pastimes with His devotees just to attract us to return to His loving service. We are all eternal p
arts and parcels of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we are now suffering the miseries of repeated birth and death in the material world, in forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should not struggle to rival K\'e5\'f1\'eba; rather, we should understand that the only bu
siness of our life is to serve the Lord. We each have a natural aptitude for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that should be developed, under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master. The first engagement is to hear the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
Our present age is very fallen, full of materialistic and impersonal concepts of reality, but the truth is available in the vast treasurehouse of Vedic literature. The sincere seeker will find that truth very easily, if he begins with a submissive ear.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb360\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p13:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub The entire community moved, looking for safety. \line When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba killed P\'fctan\'e4, her body again became that of a giant demoness.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Illustrations: 
Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p14:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub The florist offered an exquisite garland to the Lord. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Devah\'fcti dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p15:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The caretaker provoked the elephant to try to kill Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p16:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma fought with Ka\'e0sa's wrestlers. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa 
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG #65 [but the "c" in 118c & 119c is removed]
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\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub We'd like to send you K\'e5\'f1
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Traveling and Preaching with Radha Damodar
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Vi\'f1\'ebujana Sv\'e4m\'e9 and His Holiness Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub LET US OFFER OUR PROSTRATED OBEISANCES unto the lotus feet of our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, whose words and loving 
merciful actions have inspired us, and thousands like us, to spread this divine movement, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, throughout the world, in every town and village.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are unlimited ways to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but all of them contribute to the chanting of His glories. From the very beginning, a
fter we joined the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in 1968, we were attracted to traveling and preaching, and by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's grace we were allowed to assist in opening temples in cities all along the West Coast of the United States.
 We have both taken the vow of the renounced order of life, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , firmly committing ourselv
es to live as traveling celibate preachers. We have both traveled extensively, preaching chanting and distributing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (delicious spiritual food), and have opened K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness centers in the United States, Europe and India.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since June of 1973, we have taken the Supreme Lord Himself (in His Deity form called R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara) all over the United State
s. Along with ten other devotees, we bring the Lord to colleges, fairs and any large festive gathering. There we set up tents and spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, accompanied by ancient instruments, distributing }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , preaching individually to interested people, and distributing books by our spiritual master. Lord 
Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in the role of a devotee, first expounded this glorious program for self-realization: dancing and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the accompaniment of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (drum) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (cymbals), feasting on delicious food first offered to the Lord, and hearing the philosophy of God realization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Formerly, in the ancient Vedic culture, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was required to go alone into the forest and perform severe austerities. In this age, however, Lord Caitanya has directed that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  simply stop mundane social intercourse and devote his life exclusively to the service of the Lord. Lord Caitanya Himself traveled widely thr
oughout India, enlightening even tigers and bears. We cannot inspire animals to chant, but we can give human beings the chance to perfect their lives through this simple yet deep and sublime process of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For ten monks, serving the Supreme Lord as He tours the continent is full of unlimited bliss. We perform ceremonies of worship six time
s a day, even while}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moving sixty miles an hour over the continental divide. In a compact kitchen that tur
ns out }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for hundreds, we cook all varieties of delicious vegetarian food for the Lord. We study
 daily the sacred teachings of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  given to us by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and we are always pr
epared for the order of our spiritual master, who can send us anywhere to glorify the Supreme Lord and defeat atheistic propaganda.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everywhere we hold our sacred K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, people become convinced of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious way of life. 
They become inspired to join us in this divine mission of traveling and preaching, and so in only a few months we have started the same program with a second bus. And soon, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire, we hope to see hundreds of buses bringing these bliss
ful festivals to every town and village.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Vi\'f1\'ebujana Sv\'e4m\'e9 joined the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in San Francisco in 1968. He
 accepted the renounced order in 1970, and since then he has been traveling, holding festivals and opening K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious centers throughout the United States.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Tam\'e4l K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9, one of ISKCON's Governing Body Commissioners, also joined K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness in 1968. He accepted sanny\'e4sa in 1972 in Jaipur, India. He served as President of ISKCON's Los Angeles center and was then sent overseas to help initiate ISKCON's preaching programs in Europe. For the last five years he has bee
n \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s secretary for India. He has recently returned to}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub United States for increased preaching.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara Deities. The Supreme Lord appears in the form of the Deity so that we in the material world c
an have the chance to see Him directly. The Deity is not an idol. When the fonn of the Lord, as described in revealed scriptures, is copied in the material elements, the Lord Himself personally appears. An advanced trancendentalist sees no difference bet
ween the Lord and the form of the Deity. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  answers a young man's questions about spiritual life. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebujana Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , at an outdoor gat
hering, explains the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The painting behind him depicts Lord Caitanya Mah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhu and His associate preachers. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos Vipra d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious traveling festival in San Diego, California. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Middle:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebujana Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cooking for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the kitchen of the traveling party's bus. The cust
omized Greyhound bus has everything needed for a mobile K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bottom: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Books are the basis and preaching is the essence of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vipra d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Primal Origins
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRIMAL ORIGINS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Yoge\'e7vara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s1279 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yoge\'e7vara d\'e4sa is a 24-year-old American now living at the ISKCON center in Paris, France. He has studied at
 the University of Wisconsin and the Sorbonne. He and his wife play important roles in preparing K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books and magazines for publication In French and other European languages.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before accepting the renounced order of life in 1959, our spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, was chief superviso
r in the laboratory of Dr. Jagadis Chandra Bose, renowned Indian botanist and chemist, whose most memorable experiments were in the field of consciousness-perception in plants and other nonmoving entities. Dr. Bose was an innovator in the true sense of t
he term. He attempted successfully to show contemporary men of science the need for a spiritual perspective in their work\'97an open-mindedness that would allow them to examine more objectively the conclusions of the Vedic scriptures\'97and simultaneousl
y he resolved the ambivalent attitude toward Western science held by many of his Hindu associates. Dr. Bose summarized his most recurrent experimental theme in these concluding remarks of his lecture-demonstration at the Royal Institute in 1901:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "I have shown you this evening the autographic records of the stress and strain in both the living and the no
nliving. How similar are the two sets of writing, so similar indeed that you cannot tell them the one from the other! They show you the waxing and waning pulsations of life\'97and the climax due to stimulants, the gradual decline in fatigue, the rapid se
tting in of death rigor from the toxic effect of poison. It was when I came on this mute witness of life and saw an all-pervading unity that binds together all things\'97it was then that for the first time I understood that message proclaimed on the bank
s of the Ganges thirty centuries ago: 'Those who behold the One in all the changing manifoldness of the universe, unto them belongs the eternal truth, unto none else, unto none else.\'92 " \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360
\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 Quoted in RabindranathTagore, "Acharya Jagadisher Jaivarta," Vasudhara, 2 (1958), pp. 107-9.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\up6 1
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This must have been hard to swallow for some of Bose's Western listeners, steeped in an Aristotelean scientific culture. The intellects
 of modern science prefer on the whole to see such conclusions relegated to convenient departments of parapsychology and religious studies, thus freeing themselves from the responsibility of conscientiously seeking to resolve the dichotomy between scienc
e and religion. This situation has arisen not because all scientists are necessarily anti-religion, but rather because religion for so long has not shown her scientific side\'97the substantive, researchable quality that would make her more attractive to 
the rationalist.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A quality of honest men is that they admit ignorance of things beyond their knowledge, and further that they accept an idea when convin
ced of it by proper reason and argument. The Vedic conception of the forthright man of science is one of an individual bent on extending the perimeters of emperical knowledge to bring about a fusion with transcendental truth. Real science, according to t
he Vedic conception, is not unspiritual, but, rather, unrestricted, truly experimental\'97even to the extent of experimenting with the chanting of ancient }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , for example, or attempting the various yoga systems as means for self-purification. And real religion, say the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Veda
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , rests not on blind following or mere sentiment, but rather on a scientific analysis of matter, spirit and the control of both.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is not a new viewpoint. The greatest scientific thinkers in history have all been spiritual men who have tried to unify the appare
nt divergencies between science and religion. All have pointed to the same ultimate truth in science and religion, but only from different points of vision.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "Subjects of philosophy and theology are like the peaks of large and towering and inaccessible mountains stan
ding in the midst of our planet inviting attention and investigation. Thinkers and men of deep speculation take their observations through the instruments of reason and consciousness. But they take different points when they carry on their work. These po
ints are positions chalked out by the circumstances of their social and philosophical world. Plato looked at the peak of the spiritual question from the West, and Vy\'e4sa made the observation from the East: so Confucius did it from further East, and Sch
legel, Spinoza, Kant and Goethe from further West. These observations were made at different times and by different means; but the conclusion is all the same inasmuch as the object was one and the same."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180
\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\up6 \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, The Bh\'e4gavata: Its Philosophy, Its Ethics and Its Theology. pp. 15-16.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs18\cf0\up6 2
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, as a practical program for implementing the conclusions of spiritual science, may offer some valuable ins
ights into primal origins, or the beginnings of the creation, which might not otherwise be available to sincere men of science. This information is drawn from authentic Vedic texts, and, as we shall see, it finds convincing supportive evidence in modern 
logic and scientific discovery.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientific opinions about the origins of creation have been summarized into two very famous theories, called Big Bang and Steady State.
 The Big Bang theory hypothesizes that originally there existed an enormous manifestation of matter that by its own gravitational force "turned in" on itself, creating a density so great that it ultimately exploded, sending gas, dust and radiation flying
 millions of miles into space. Little by little, over an unimaginably long time, these substances began synthesizing into solid elements, which in turn became planets and other celestial bodies. The Steady State theory, however, suggests that the process
 of creation is going on perpetually, from a source in the universe that constantly produces material elements. These elements spread out and form the planets, stars and other celestial manifestations. Thus the process of creation is constantly going on.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Original Cause
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of the two theories, Vedic references tend toward the Big Bang theory, which suggests that at a certain time well in the future the process will reverse itself, and
 all the planetary systems, galactic clusters and so on will begin to decompose as the universe again turns in on itself. At that time all forms within the universe will cease to exist, having returned to their original state, and the program will begin 
anew. 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "At the end of the millennium [the Lord says], every material manifestation enters into My nature, and at the
 beginning of another millennium, by My potency, I again create." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "This material nature is working under My direction, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By i
ts rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (Bhagavad-gita }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.10}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The major distinction between scientific theories and Vedic statements is that scientific theories are obliged to stop at the point of 
primal origins (where did the primeval "lump" or source of the steady state come from?), whereas the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 continue their explanation back to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the primal cause of all causes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Vedic statements, no creation exists without a clearly defined purpose, though that purpose may remain hidden from our eye
s for some time. Contrary schools of thought, however, such as the Existential and Absurdist schools, propose that the creation is purposeless, meaningless, and that life is an absurdity, a dreamlike state that ends with death. Followers of these rather 
depressing ideologies generally lead unhappy lives, for they find no meaning for living yet are unable to explain why they prefer to live rather than die.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Neither the meritorious men of science nor the devoted followers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  agree with the idea of purposelessness. In fact, neither in the macrocosm of the universe nor in the microcosm of the tiniest atomic particle do we find such aim
lessness or disorder. Order pervades every inch of space and time, and the history of man reads like a captain's log book\'97with page after page of notes, charts and graphs, all attempting to define and order the world around us.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The creation took place, according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , by the will of the Supreme Lord. To accommodate the desires of living beings who sought to live outside His jurisdiction, the Lord created the material world, just as a government construct
s a prison}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for citizens who want to live outside the laws of the state. The rebellious souls who prefer t
he pseudo independence of material life get various bodies in this world according to how lusty they are to enjoy the resources of material nature (animals occupy a position lower than human beings, yet higher than plants and trees). The forgetful living
 beings, ignorant of their original spiritual nature, try to enjoy to the best of their tiny ability, but in this way they implicate themselves further and further in the entanglements of material life. 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the do
er of activities that are in actuality carried out by nature." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ) 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "The living entity in material nature follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of material nature. 
Thus he meets with good and evil amongst various species." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 13.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describe the human form of life as the loophole through which to escape from the world of birth and death. After a natural evolution through 8,400,000 species, the living being achieves a human form, in which he can revive his do
rmant self-consciousness and return home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Touch of a Living Being
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, some people consider themselves too rational to accept unseen laws of reincarnation or the existence of a Supreme Being. They expr
ess their objections by posing rhetorical questions like, "If God created everything, then who created God?" But even if we think that someone else created God, this still implies the existence of an ultimate cause So actually no one objects to the idea 
of some ultimate cause\'97neither the proponents of the empiric school nor the students of spiritual science. Admitting an ultimate cause, therefore, we must ask this basic question of creation: was that original cause conscious or inert?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I was small, I remember now, there was a game I would play for fun with friends. I would set up a line of dominoes, so long that i
t extended into the next room. Then when a friend would come in, I would push the first domino and watch my friend's surprised face as the line of dominoes fell, as if by magic, across the room. Because my friend could not see who moved them, he would be
 amazed by the feat. Similarly, we wonder at the workings of nature, who bears rich harvests year after year, as if by magic, and turns the color of leaves on the autumn trees with masterful discretion. We gape childlike at the vastness of space and its 
perfect order, self-sufficient planets and orchestral movements. On a human level, the beauty of a painting reflects the creativity of its painter, the harmonies of a piano concerto that of its author, and the qualities of a son those of his father. Thro
ughout the history of the world, there has never been creation without the touch of a living being. That same principle holds true, according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , on a universal scale.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Evidence of the Unseen
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the objection to unseen movers, a second example will explain this principle to the skeptic: The electron has never actually bee
n seen, though its discovery has launched a whole new field of investigation\'97subatomic physics\'97which deals with particles so small that they are virtually invisible and can be tracked only by a tail of bubbles they leave behind them as they travel 
through some medium, such as liquid oxygen. These electrons are like the jet planes we know have just passed overhead because we can see their white tails of smoke. So, the entire cosmic manifestation displays the creative potency of the Supreme, though 
He Himself remains invisible to our gross vision. And as the electron makes no extraneous effort to create its tail, so the Supreme exerts very little energy to create this material world. We can hardly imagine, therefore, how great is the total creative
 power of the Supreme Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The objection raised by the rationalists is more semantic than sincere: if everything has a cause, then what caused God? The difficulty
 we have in accepting something or someone without a cause is due to our conditioned life, for nothing within our experience has ever been causeless. "Cause and effect" is a familiar, practical law that allows us to deal with everyday affairs without hav
ing to abandon any of our common values. But causelessness implies supremacy, absoluteness, a God to whom we will have to surrender\'97and because God has a very bad reputation in the material world, that idea repels us, frightens us. We have no knowledg
e of God, except what the village elders have told us about a wrathful, chastising Deity, and the whole concept of "surrender" appears aboriginal, uncivilized.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If God does exist," the modern pioneering man tells himself, "then I will have to accept a subordinate position"\'97something he finds
 hard to do. So modern educators teach quite the contrary\'96that our young should learn to think for themselves, to become independent. ("We don't actually know any better than you," the teacher says. "Try to find the solution by yourself.") This they c
all the spirit of self-sufficiency or "the human potential." But the result of such indoctrination has been that many educated men automatically throw up a wall of self-defense when a discussion veers toward love of God. Marxist theory epitomizes this sp
irit of self-sufficiency by stressing the "infinite creative power of the people," man's ability to resolve his problems and create for himself a perfect society, a classless society, in which research will be unimpaired by political oppression, in which
 men in every sphere of activity will feel satisfied and productive\'97in other words, a kingdom of God without}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our purpose here is not to show all the defects in this kind of reasoning. Writers of much greater merit have successfully done so alre
ady. Rather, this article is an attempt to present basic scientific information that will help sincere inquirers understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the cause of the universe\'96and help them understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba's causeless nature.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Ultimate Goal of Research
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is not made of atoms and molecules. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  adds that His body contains no veins or other mechanical arrangements for maintaining itself. K\'e5\'f1\'eba the person and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body are nondifferent. Therefore both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His body a
re eternal, without beginning or end, unlike our material bodies, which perish with the passage of time and molecular deterioration.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual world is nondual. Non-dual does not mean, as some Ved\'e4ntists say, that we are the same as God. "Non-dual" refers to th
e fact that in the spiritual world there is no qualitative difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His form, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pastimes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His abode. All are of the same eternal, blissful nature. In that e
ternal, blissful spiritual world, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is engaged in playing lovingly with His devotees in varieties of relationships and affairs. Renowned scholars and speculative philosophers often interpret K\'e5\'f1\'eba's personal life and loves as mythol
ogical, in the same way that the wranglers in the scientific arena interpret God as a creation of the mind of man. Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not man-made, nor are His activities mythological. Love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba constitutes the ultimate goal of resea
rch and the perfection of all knowledge. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "After many births of speculative research, the truly intelligent man surrenders unto Me, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, kno
wing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.19}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Spirit of Investigation
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many theories about the origins of creation strongly resemble the explanations of Vedic literature. Space theorists such as Albert Eins
tein and the German writer Willie Ley have described the universe as expanding in three dimensions. This is corroborated by the Vedic writings. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes that the material universes exit from the immense body of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, the creative Personality of Godhead, in the form of particles, three times the size of an atom, t
hat gradually expand. Now, according to Vedic scientific calculation, the universe we live in has attained a diameter of 4,500,000 miles, past which the sevenfold coverings of the universe begin. These coverings are earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind a
nd intelligence. The first layer extends 8,000,000 miles, and each successive layer extends for ten times the thickness of the preceding layer. The study of these material elements is called S\'e4\'eckhya. It was first described by the great incarnation 
Kapiladeva. His advent and instructions on the cosmic manifestation, its spiritual counterpart and the supreme control of both are all described in the Third Canto of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gav
atam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beyond the sevenfold coverings of the material universe is the spiritual sky, which is unknown to the empiric researcher. Its residents
 enjoy eternal life, full of bliss and knowledge (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), unimpaired by the miseries of life 
in the material world. This material world is described as a perverted reflection of that spiritual realm. Everything found here exists in its original pure state in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paravyoma}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or spiritual sky. Here, for example, a flower lives and then dies. There, it only lives. Death is unknown. As varieties of life exist here, so great varieties of life also exist 
in the spiritual world. But there the cows, the swans, the trees\'97all living beings\'97are of the same eternal, spiritual nature as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. This material universe displays a graduation of planetary systems; and so also in the spiritual 
sky there are diverse planets, each inhabited by self-realized souls who have no thought other than to serve the Lord of their hearts, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the planet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the highest abode of all (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 1.154.6). Devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who have purified themselves of all material desire, false pride and envy return to that supreme abode after leaving their present bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A careful study of Vedic scriptures reveals that nowhere has science or research been forbidden or condemned. Rather, the same spirit o
f investigation has been encouraged everywhere, throughout the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  directs that one should approach a spiritual master with questions (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paripra\'e7na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). And, again, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says "Apply your reason and logic."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is sad to see how this spirit of true scientific investigation has been stifled, especially in contemporary educational institutions
. Spiritual study should not be avoided. ISKCON proposes that all universities develop within the structure of their already existing curricula a department of spiritual sciences to deal directly with the question of God's existence, the nature of univer
sal law, and the practical application of spiritual knowledge. Accredited instructors from among the ranks of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees are prepared to assist in organizing such departmental studies, and for this they require no salary. Our purpo
se is not self-interested. According to the circumstances either traditional or "free university" classes may be given, and courses may deal with any revealed scriptures, not only the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Excellence of the Vedas
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , however, are outstanding. They contain information on everything from medicine and farming to a detailed explanation of time sequences on upper and lower planets, from techniques of yoga and meditation to household hints and rec
ipes for tasty vegetarian dishes-from detailed explanations of governmental organization to masterful directions on constructing and decorating a temple or residential building. The verses in each of the hundreds of Vedic texts conform to strict rules of
 poetry and meter. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  contain drama, history and complex philosophy, as well as simple lessons of 
etiquette. Military protocol, use of musical instruments, biographies of great saints and sages of the past\'97these are but a few of the subjects covered by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . By following Vedic directions, all the great spiritual leaders in the history of India have achieved perfection (Bg. 4.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . How, then, could we say that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , compiled by the incarnation Vy\'e4sadeva, are works of a mortal being? Scriptures are not products of the material world, where passion and ignorance predominate. No person under the influence of passion and ignorance could poss
ibly produce an authentic scripture. For over 5,000 years the Vedic teachings have been studied and admired by the world's most profound scholars. No mundane writing can possibly approach the level of an authentic revealed scripture.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The original speaker of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba (K\'e5\'f1\'eba), as stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'e4nti-parva, Mok\'f1a-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , chapter 349, verse 68).}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva and those who follow in succession from him are the propagators of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So the principal difference between the empiric researcher and the spiritual experimentalist is that the mundane researcher refuses to a
ccept information coming from a realm beyond his sensual perception\'97despite constant reminders that his senses can fail him\'97whereas the spiritualist has adopted a submissive attitude. The spiritualist, therefore, by approaching the proper authority
, can acquire knowledge that could not otherwise be obtained.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Cavil as Much as You Like"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The conclusions of the two schools are the same: that there exist living beings and a manifested world; that both of them are controlle
d; that since nothing within our experience exists without some cause, there must also be a cause for the cosmic manifestation; that man is struggling on account of ignorance; and, finally, that human life is meant for realizing our actual position and r
esolving the frustration imposed by our ignorance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists like Bose have served to help dissuade thoughtful men from accepting the idea of man's ability to solve all his problems ind
ependently. Although this idea may superficially appear palatable, in fact the same problems confront modern, technologically advanced Everyman that have always confronted him: birth, old age, disease, death. And no progressive planning commission or wel
l-meaning manifesto will ever do away with these ubiquitous companions to life in the material world. Nor should useless arguments taint our spirit of investigation. After all, who can deny the infinitude of even this material creation, which is describe
d as only one-fourth of the entire creation of God? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e9\'f1ma-parva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  section of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acinty\'e4\'f9 kha
lu ye bh\'e4v\'e4 na t\'e4\'e0s t\'e4rke\'eba yojayet: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Things of an inconceivable nature certainly cannot be grasped by argument." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub 2.5.93}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura concludes, "Cavil as much as you like"\'97ultimately one must surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Religion - Material and Spiritual
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub RELIGION Material and Spiritual
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1971 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da lectured at a series of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals held in a huge pandal, o
r exhibition tent, in downtown Delhi, India. This is one lecture from that series.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to our Vedic system, there are two kinds of religion. First we must try to understand what religion is. Religion
 refers to our constitutional position. Religion is different from faith. A faith can be changed. One may be a Christian or a Mohammedan or Hindu, but according to the Vedic system, religion cannot be changed. Religion is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the constitutional position of the living entity It is to the living entity what sweetness is to sugar or heat is to f
ire. Everything has some essential characteristic, and the essential characteristic of the living entity is his eternal religion, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Sixth Canto, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9tam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : the principles of religion are directly enunciated by the Lord. In the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba uses the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in this way:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya\line gl\'e4nir bhavati bh\'e4rata \line abhyutth\'e4nam adharmasya \line tad\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 s\'e5j
\'e4my aham
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97at that time I descend Myself." (B
g.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears on this planet to establish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), then why does He say abandon all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )? This means that but for surrender unto the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whatever}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is going under the name of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not actually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma. Dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not m
ean going to the church for some ulterior motive, for some money or sense gratification. Generally people cultivate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma, artha, k\'e4ma, mok\'f1a\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation. But one should not take to religion simply to make more money. That is not pure devotion. Pure devotion is described in this way:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any\'e4bhil\'e4\'f1it\'e4-\'e7\'fcnya\'e0 \line j\'ef\'e4na-karm\'e4dy-an\'e4v\'e5tam\line \'e4nuk\'fclyena k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4nu-
\line \'e7\'e9lana\'e0 bhaktir uttama\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu 1.1.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 clearly states that if one wants to execute unalloyed devotional service, he must be freed from all kinds of materia
l contamination. One should not have any ulterior motive in approaching God but should approach God only out of love. This is the teaching of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7li\'f1ya v\'e4 p\'e4da-rat\'e4\'e0 pina\'f1\'f6u m\'e4m\line adar\'e7an\'e4n marma-hat\'e4\'e0}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karotu v\'e4\line yath\'e4 tath\'e4 v\'e4 vidadh\'e4ti lampa\'f6o\line mat-pr\'e4\'eba-n\'e4thas tu sa eva n\'e4para\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I do not know anyone except K\'e5\'f1\'eba as my Lord, and He will always remain as such, even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by
 not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, but He is always my worshipable Lord, unconditionally." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the attitude of a pure devotee. His exchange with God is not like the exchange between one merchant and another. He does not wa
nt anything of God except God's pure devotional service. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are desirous of liberation. 
They want to merge with the Supreme, and to this end they undergo austerities. They are serious, but they desire to become one with God. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also undergo severe penances in the mystic yoga system, but they desire mystic powers. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are also full of desires for sense gratification. Everyone has some demand, therefore, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the devotee, is different. There is no desire for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  other than serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As stated by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na dhana\'e0 na jana\'e0 na sundar\'e9\'e0\line kavit\'e4\'e0 v\'e4 jagad-\'e9\'e7a k\'e4maye\line mama janmani janman\'e9svare
\line bhavat\'e4d bhaktir ahaituk\'e9 tvayi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O almighty Lord! I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor have I any desire to enjoy beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. What I want only is 
that I may have Your causeless devotional service in my life\'97birth after birth." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7i
k\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu rejects even liberation. This is the state called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This means devoid of desire for material things. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4
m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  19.149]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there is a verse that reads: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k
\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhakta\'97ni\'f1k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ataeva '\'e7\'e4nta'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub / }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhukti-mukti-siddhi-k\'e4m\'e9\'97sakali 'a\'e7\'e4nta'.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are many p
lanets for those who worship the demigods, and in the higher planetary system the program for sensual enjoyment is much better than on other planets. Just as on this planet the American standard of living is far greater than that of other countries, in o
ther planets the standard of living is far greater than on this earth. The inhabitants live many thousands of years. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it is stated that Brahm\'e4's duration of life is very long indeed.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sahasra-yuga-paryantam\line ahar yad brahma\'ebo vidu\'f9\line r\'e4tri\'e0 yuga-sahasr\'e4nt\'e4\'e0\line te \'92ho-r\'e4tra-vi
do jan\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By human calculation, a thousand ages taken together is the duration of Brahm\'e4's one day. And such also is the duration of his night." (Bg. 8.17}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although this may be the case, K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line punar \'e4vartino \'92rjuna\line m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line punar janma na vidyate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My a
bode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So even if one goes to the higher planets like Brahmaloka, he will have to come back again. However, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that if one co
mes to Him, back to Godhead, then he does not have to return to the material world. The living entities within the material world are always full of anxiety and fear because their position is nonpermanent. A devotee, however, is not afraid of this materi
al world. He simply wants one thing\'97wherever he is he wants to be able to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. That is the aim of the devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as there are two natures\'97material and spiritual nature\'97so there are two kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or religion: material }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and spiritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mov
ement is meant for development of spiritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Material }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consists of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, but spiritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vasya tattva-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4 n\'e4rtho ya\'e7 ceha karmabhi
\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This means that one should try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Absolute Truth. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is eternal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is eternal and we are also eternal. In the Eleventh and Fifteenth Chapters of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , eternal, and in the Eighth Chapter His spiritua
l world is also described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub San\'e4tana-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to the eternal engagement of the living entity in the service of the Supreme Eternal. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Eternal, the Supreme Living Being, the Supreme Lord, and the Supreme Dharma.
 Our troubles in this material world result from our attempt to become one with the Supreme. To gain relief from this suffering, we are instructed in this way:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We need only understand this last teaching of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ara\'eb\'e4gati,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  surrender. That is the ultimate goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Those who are engaged in mental speculation will take a long time to come to this point. The real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , great souls, fully engage in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4nas tu m\'e4\'e0 p\'e4rtha\line daiv\'e9\'e0 prak\'e5tim \'e4\'e7rit\'e4\'f9\line bhajanty ananya-manaso\line j\'ef
\'e4tv\'e4 bh\'fct\'e4dim avyayam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who are not deluded, the great souls, are under the protection of the divine nature. They are fully engaged in devotional service becau
se they know Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, original and inexhaustible." (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  9.13}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We accept the ultimate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This surrendering process is meant not for less intelligent people, but for the most intelligent because K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that after many births one who is actually in kno
wledge surrenders unto Him, knowing Him to be the cause of all causes and all that is. (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.19). If thi
s is the ultimate goal of life, then why not surrender immediately? Why should we wait any longer? This is the process of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-books #67
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG #65
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-bg #67
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE.\line }{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub As It Is
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub If you can't tell your son what life is for, you're in trouble.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The time's going to come\'97maybe sooner than you think\'97when he's going to want to know what life's all about, what life's for. 
 And when he turns to you for answers, what will you do?  Will you try to get by with some old cliches?  Will you tell him it's not an easy question and then change the subject?  Or will you really know?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Vedic writings it is said that one should not become a teacher, a leader, a spiritual master\'97or a parent\'97unless he can
 save those who depend on him from being entangled in material life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite all else one may do, if one fails in this, he is a failure in his duty.  Therefore it is every parent's responsibility to k
now for sure what life's really all about\'97and to be able to enlighten his children.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In this world there is nothing so sublime and pure as transcendental knowledge. And one who has achieved this enjoys the self withi
n himself in due course of time."\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 4.38
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The d
efinitive edition of the world's oldest book on the science of knowing oneself. Published by the Macmillan Company. 1,000 pages, 68 full color illustrations. Hardbound: $11.95, Softbound: $7.95. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To order your copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , send your name and address and cash, check or money order to the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., L.A., Calif. 90034.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine No. 6
8, 1974
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How the Teachings of Lord Caitanya Came to the Western World page }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Pras\'e4da page }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Secretary To a Pure Devotee page }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 24
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In Mexico City}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf8  }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 and Around the World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub In Mexico City}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub and Around the World
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma H
are Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A few blocks from the house of Mexico's president lies the Mexico City Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple, one of the many centers of the International Society for Krishna 
Consciousness that have appeared in Latin America in recent years.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the ancient Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as in the Bible also, it is said that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or Cod, is the father of everyone. Therefore, it is very natural that Latin Americans, like their northern brothers, are taking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness and chanting the holy names Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This chanting is a call to the Supreme Lord and His supreme energy to lift us out of material consciousness and reestablish us in our natural position as His eterna
l loving servants. The consciousness of eternal service to the Supreme Lord is natural for every living being, and it is transcendental to all nationalistic and sectarian boundaries. The chanting is simple and universal. And it is authorized as the most 
effective means of self-realization for this age by the Vedic literature, which gives in-depth knowledge of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the science of devotional service. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhup\'e4da, who is the founder and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (spiritual master) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, has brought this science to the West so that sincere and intelligent people may take advantage of this easy and sublime me
thod of reviving their eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. The articles inside }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will tell you more about the philosophy and activities of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub photo: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Mexico City Temple of the Inter
national Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub photo: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya Of The International Society For Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATORS}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardan d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh
\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jeffrey Dunan
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Gar\'e9y\'e4n d\'e4sa,
 Cakradhara d\'e4sa, Urukrama d\'e4sa, Bharat Jagannatha, Orville Griffiths, Victor Gonzalez.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PROOFREADERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa, Tattvavit d\'e4sa, Gop
\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jaya\'e7acinandana d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4g\'e4tmik\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Du
\'f9khahantri-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, M\'e4h\'e4may\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Matsya d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  No. 68 \'a9 1974 by the Bhaktivedanta Boo
k Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronounciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Godhead, appeared on earth, He sometimes played like a small child to enjoy pastimes with His devotees. Here He is pictured ac
cepting food from His pure devotee Ya\'e7od\'e4, who acts in the role of His mother. Although 5,000 years have passed since then.  even an ordinary devotee can offer food to the Lord (see page 12).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Divine Culture
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DIVINE CULTURE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace\line }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is a misconception that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement represents the Hindu religion. In act, however, K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness is in no way a faith or religion that seeks to defeat other faiths or religions. Rather, it is an essential cultural movement for the entire human society and does not consider any particular sectarian faith. This cultural movement is espec
ially meant to educate people in how they can love God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes Indians both inside and outside of India think that we are preaching the Hindu religion, but actually we are not. One will no
t find the word "Hindu" in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Indeed, there is no such word as "Hindu" in the entire Ve
dic literature. This word has been introduced by the Muslims from provinces next to India, such as Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Persia. There is a river called "Sindhu" bordering the northwestern provinces of India, and since the Muslims there could not 
pronounce "Sindhu" properly, instead they called the river "Hindu," and the inhabitants of this tract of land they called "Hindus." In India, according to the Vedic language, the Europeans are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mlecchas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yavanas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  Similarly, "Hindu" is a name given by the Muslims.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub India's actual culture is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  where it is stated that according to the different qualities or modes of nature, there are different types of men, who are generally classified into four social orders and four spi
ritual orders. This system of social and spiritual division is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The f
our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vamas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or social orders, are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or spiritual orders, are }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya, g\'e5hastha, v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system is described in the Vedic scriptures known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The goal of
 this institution of Vedic culture is to educate every man for advancement in knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. That is the entire Vedic program.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya talked with the great devotee R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, the Lord asked him, "What is the basic principle of human lif
e?" R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya answered that human civilization begins when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is ac
cepted. Before coming to the standard of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there is no question of human civiliz
ation. Therefore, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to establish this right system of human civilization, which is known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiva
-var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub divine culture.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system has now been taken in a perverted way, and thus a man born in the family of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the highest social order) claims that he should be accepted as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But this claim is not accepted by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (scripture). One's foref
ather may have been a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  according to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gotra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the family hereditary order, but real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is based on the factual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub quality}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one h
as attained, regardless of birth or heredity. Therefore, we are not preaching the present-day system of the Hindus, especially those who are under the influence of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, for \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya taught that the Absolute Truth is i
mpersonal and thus he indirectly denied the existence of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya\'92s mission was special; he appeared to reestablish the Vedic influence after the influence of Buddhism. Beca
use Buddhism was patronized by Emperor A\'e7oka, 2600 years ago the Buddhist religion practically pervaded all of India. According to the Vedic literature, Buddha is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who had a special power and who appeared for a special 
purpose. His system of thought or faith was accepted widely, but Buddha rejected the authority of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  While Buddhism was spreading, the Vedic culture was stopped both in India and in other places. Therefore, since \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya's only aim was to drive away Buddha's system of philosophy, he introduced a system called M\'e4y\'e4v
\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Strictly speaking, M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy is atheism, for it is a process in which one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub imagines}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that there is God. This M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da system of philosophy has been existing since time immemorial. The present Indian system of r
eligion or culture is based on the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, which is a compromise with Buddhist philosophy. According to M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy there actually is no God, or if God exists, He is impersonal and all-pe
rvading and can therefore be imagined in any form. This conclusion is not in accord with the Vedic literature. That literature names many demigods who are worshiped for different purposes, but in every case the Supreme Lord, the Personality of Godhead Vi
\'f1\'ebu, is accepted as the supreme controller. That is real Vedic culture.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness does not deny the existence of God and the demigods, but M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy de
nies both; it maintains that neither the demigods nor God exists. For the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, ultimately all is zero. They say that one may imagine any authority\'97whether Vi\'f1\'ebu, Durg\'e4, Lord \'c7iva or the sun-god\'97because these are the de
migods generally worshiped in society. But the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy does not in fact accept the existence of any of them. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s say that because one cannot concentrate one's mind on the impersonal Brahman, one may therefore im
agine any of these forms. This is a new system, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'efcop\'e4san\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It was introduced by \'c7a
\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya, but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not teach such doctrines, and therefore they}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are not authoritative.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  accepts the existence of the demigods. Th
e demigods are described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and one cannot deny their existence, but they are not to be unders
tood or worshiped according to the way of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. The worship of demigods is rejected in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clearly states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4mais tais tair h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9\line prapadyante \'92nya-devat\'e4\'f9\line ta\'e0 ta\'e0 niyamam \'e4sth\'e4ya
\line prak\'e5ty\'e4 niyat\'e4\'f9 svay\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natur
es." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.20) Furthermore, in the Second Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verse 44, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhogai\'e7varya-prasakt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line tay\'e4pah\'e5ta-cetas\'e4m\line vyavas\'e4y\'e4tmik\'e4 buddhi\'f9\line sam\'e4dhau n
a vidh\'e9yate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the minds of those who are too attached to sense enjoyment and material opulence, and who are bewildered by such things, the resolute determination for devotion
al service does not take place." Those who are pursuing the various demigods have been described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub h\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which means "those who have lost their senses." That is also further explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapter Seven, verse 23:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub antavat tu phala\'e0 te\'f1\'e4\'e0\line tad bhavaty alpa-medhas\'e4m\line dev\'e4n deva-yajo y\'e4nti\line mad-bhakt\'e4 y\'e4n
ti m\'e4m api
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary. Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, but M
y devotees reach My supreme abode." The rewards given by the demigods are temporary because any material facility must act in connection with the temporary body. Whatever material facilities one gets, whether by modern scientific methods or by deriving b
enedictions from the demigods, will be finished with the body. But spiritual advancement will never be finished.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People should not think that we are preaching a system of religion. No. We are simply preaching how to love God. There are many theorie
s about the existence of God. The atheist, for example, will never believe in God. Atheists like Professor Jacques Monod, who won the Nobel Prize, declare that everything is chance (a theory already put forward long ago by atheistic philosophers of India
 such as C\'e4rv\'e4ka). Then other philosophies, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-m\'e9m\'e4\'e0s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophy, accept th
at if one goes on doing his work nicely and honestly, automatically the result will come, without need for one to refer to God. For evidence, the proponents of such theories cite the argument that if one is diseased with an infection and takes medicine t
o counteract it, the disease will be neutralized. But our argument in this connection is that even if one gives a man the best medicine, he still may die. The results are not always predictable. Therefore, there is a higher authority, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiva-netre\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a supreme director. Otherwise, how is it that the son of a rich and pious man becomes a hippie in the stre
et or that a man who works very hard and becomes rich is told by his doctor, "Now you may not eat any food, but only barley water"?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-m\'e9m\'e4\'e0s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  theory holds that the world is going on without the supreme direction of God. Such philosophies say that everything takes place by lust }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (k\'e4ma-haituka).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  By lust a man becomes attracted to a woman, and by chance there is sex, and the woman becomes pregnant. There is actually no plan to make the woman 
pregnant, but by a natural sequence when a man and a woman unite, a result is produced. The atheistic theory, which is described in the Sixteenth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as asuric, or demoniac, is that actually everything is going on in this way, because of chance resulting from natural attraction. This demoniac theory supports the idea that if one
 wants to avoid children, he may use a contraceptive method.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, however, there is a great plan for everything\'97the Vedic plan. The Vedic literature gives directions regarding how men and 
women should unite, how they should beget children, and what the purpose of sex life is. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that sex life sanctioned by the Vedic order, or sex life under the direction of the Vedic rules and regulations, is bona fide and is acceptable to Him. But chance sex life is not acceptable. If by chance one is sexually att
racted and there are children, they are called}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  var\'eba-sa\'eckara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  unwanted population. That is the way 
of the lower animals; it is not acceptable for humans. For humans, there is a plan. We cannot accept the theory that there is no plan for human life or that everything is born of chance and material necessity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya's theory that there is no God and that one can go on with his work and imagine God in any form just to keep pe
ace and tranquility in society is also more or less based on this idea of chance and necessity. Our way, however, which is completely different, is based on authority. It is this divine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommends, not the caste system as it is understood today. This modern caste system is now condemned in India also, and
 it should be condemned, for the classification of different types of men according to birth is not the Vedic or divine caste system.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many classes of men in society\'97some men are engineers, some are medical practitioners, some are chemists, tradesmen, busin
essmen, and so on. These varieties of classes are not to be determined by birth, however, but by quality. No such thing as the caste-by-birth system is sanctioned by the Vedic literature, nor do we accept it. We have nothing to do with the caste system, 
which is also at present being rejected by the public in India. Rather, we give everyone the chance to become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and thus attain the highest status of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because at the present moment there is a scarcity of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hm
a\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  spiritual guides, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  administrative men, and because the entire world is being ruled by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or men 
of the manual laborer class, there are many discrepancies in society. It is to mitigate all these discrepancies that we have taken to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. If the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  class is actually reestablished, the other orders of social well-being will automatically follow, just as when the brain is perfectly in order, the othe
r parts of the body, such as the arms, the belly and the legs, all act very nicely.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ultimate goal of this movement is to educate people in how to love God. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu approves the conclusion that the hig
hest perfection of human life is to learn how to love God. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement has nothing to do with the Hindu religion or any system of religion. No Christian gentleman will be interested in changing his faith from Christian to Hi
ndu. Similarly, no Hindu gentleman of culture will be ready to change to the Christian faith. Such changing is for men who have no particular social status. But everyone will be interested in understanding the philosophy and science of God and taking it 
seriously. One should clearly understand that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not preaching the so-called Hindu religion. We are giving a spiritual culture that can solve all the problems of life, and therefore it is being accepted all over 
the world.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How the Teachings of Lord Caitanya Came to the Western World, Part 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOW THE TEACHINGS OF LORD CAITAN
YA CAME TO THE WESTERN WORLD \line (part 2)
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness }{\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 served for several years as the first president of the first ISKCON temple in the United States (while at the same time working as a teacher in the New York City public school system). He later became director of ISKCON Press and in 1970 accepted the re
nounced order of life. He was the first devotee to introduce K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in Africa. He has recently been preaching in Africa and India.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in the form of His own pure devotee, appeared 500 years ago in Bengal, India, to teach\'97by His own example\'97how one can become fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
ious. The teachings of Lord Caitanya were recorded and transmitted by many faithful disciples, but they were virtually unknown in the West until 1896, when \'c7r\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, a great spiritual master in the disciplic line from Lord Caitanya, published a short book entitled}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'97His Life and Precepts }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and sent copies to the Western world. The following is the second of three articles depictin
g the pioneering efforts of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, and those who have followed him, in spreading the great benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the West.]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DISPLAYING THE TRANSCENDENTAL ENERGY of Lord Caitanya, Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura made a startling prophecy, like Lord Cai
tanya, who had previously predicted the worldwide spread of the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In 1885, almost 100 years ago, Bhaktivinoda published an article in his monthly journal, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Sajjana-to\'f1a\'eb\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in which he wrote as follows: "Lord Caitanya did not advent Himself to liberate only a few men of India. Rather, His main objective was to
 emancipate all living entities of all countries throughout the entire universe and preach the Eternal Religion. Lord Caitanya says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-bh\'e4gavata: }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'In every town, country and village, My name will be sung.'
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There is no doubt that this unquestionable order will come to pass. In the world now there are so many religious communities, and in t
heir purest mature form they are the religion of singing the praises of the Lord. At the present time there is a great spiritual quest going on in the world, and it seems that one unalloyed religion which is the essence of all the religions will soon eme
rge. What is that religion? It is plain to see that in western countries and in Asia, religions are engaged in conflicts. There is no doubt that these religions will not be able to endure. Therefore many of the established religions which harbour prejudi
ced, conflicting beliefs have become fragmented. When all these contradictory dogmas are removed, it is then and there that all religions will be united. Let us consider what specifications the Eternal Religion would have: 1. God is one and is the all-kn
owing source of knowledge. He is devoid of all limitations and is the reservoir of all qualities. 2. All living entities are infinitesimal parts and parcels of consciousness, and the eternal function of all living entities is to serve the Supreme Lord. 3
. To sing the glorious qualities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and to establish the brotherhood of all men is pure religion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Gradually the established religions will then be removed of all specific contradictions, and the secular or 'party spirit' will not re
main. Then all castes, all creeds and men of all countries will be united in coexistent brotherhood under the Supreme Personality of Godhead, united by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana." H
ari-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord. This congregational chanting was especially taught by Lord Caitanya, by Lord Nity\'e4nand
a, His associate, and by Their devotees, such as Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura and \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa Pa\'eb\'f2ita. Thus \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda continues: "Then and there, personal hereditary status will be considered insignificant, and intercaste hatred wi
ll disappear, and the common brotherhood of man will never be forgotten. Then we will carry the vessel of the Nectar of Devotion of Harid\'e4sa, we will follow the words of \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa and smear our bodies with the dust of Their Feet. O Lord Caitany
a, Lord Nity\'e4nanda, the human race will spontaneously dance in ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Very soon the unparalleled path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9r
tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  will be propagated all over the world. Already we are seeing the symptoms. Already many Christians have tasted the nectar of divine love of the holy name and are dancing with
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [hand cymbals] and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecgas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [drums]. Educated Christians are ordering these instruments and shipping them to England. By the super-excellence of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name and
 the grace of pure devotees, our consciousness gets purified. After listening to a lecture on these principles, a great gathering of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  danced with drums and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4las,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  singing, 'Fill your eye
s with the vision of the advent of the Two Holy Brothers [Lord Caitanya and Lord Nity\'e4nanda].' Even the Salvation Army somehow or other has its form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When I see these signs, my hopes of seeing Lord Caitanya's aforesaid prophecy being fulfilled are quickened, and that time has arrived. Although there is still no pure society of Vai\'f1\'eba
vas to be had, yet Lord Caitanya's prophetic words will in a few days come true, I am sure. Why not? Nothing is absolutely pure in the beginning. From imperfection, purity will come about.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Oh, for that day when the fortunate English, French, Russian, German and American people will take up banners, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecgas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and raise }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub through their streets and to
wns. When will that day come? Oh, for the day when the fair-skinned men from their side will raise up the chanting of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jaya \'e7ac\'e9nandana, jaya \'e7ac\'e9nandana ki jaya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [All Glories to Lord Caitanya! All Glories to Lord Caitanya!] and join with the Bengali devotees. When will that day be? On such a day they will say, 'Our dear Brothers, we have taken sh
elter of the ocean of Lord Caitanya's Love; kindly embrace us.' When will that day come? That day will witness the holy transcendental ecstasy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebava-dharma}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [the eternal occupation of devotional service to the Lord] to be the only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [eternal engagement], and all the sects and religions will flow like rivers into the ocean of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'f1\'ebava-dharma.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When will that day come?"
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Birthplace of the Lord
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To usher in this new day of spiritual glory, Bhaktivinoda had founded the Vi\'e7va Vai\'f1\'ebava R\'e4j Sabh\'e4 (international Societ
y of Devotees) in 1844. The purpose of this organization was to propagate the teachings of Lord Caitanya through meetings, public discourses, and publication and distribution of literature. Its establishment was an important step in the realization of th
e \'d6h\'e4kura\'92s dream of a society based completely on theistic principles, as described in the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In previous epochs, Indian culture, social habits and customs were all connected with religion. Art, literature and drama\'97and even marriage customs, diet and people's names\'97were all God-centered. But du
ring Bhaktivinoda's time, the onslaught of atheistic materialism had become so evident that he felt the need for vigorous preaching to radically change the deteriorating mentality of the people. His original motto\'97"Back home, back to Godhead"\'97point
ed out his message to the deluded populace of Kali-yuga (the present Age of Quarrel). Bhaktivinoda propagated Lord Caitanya's method of congregational chanting of the holy name, for he was convinced that if only a small number of India's people took Lord
 Caitanya's teachings to heart, peace and harmony would prevail throughout the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To give impetus to the mission of Lord Caitanya, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda painstakingly searched out Lord Caitanya's birthplace. Until 
the \'d6h\'e4kura\'92s time, the precise location of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'92s appearance was unknown\'97a fact that indicates how moribund His teachings had become in India. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda combed old government records and consulted antiquar
ian maps and authentic books written during the time of Lord Caitanya. Then he took support from the inspired testimony of his spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9. In \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur, on the eastern bank of
 the Ganges, the holy site was finally ascertained. For this Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 is memorialized by all Vai\'f1\'ebavas:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gaur\'e4virbh\'e4va-bh\'fcmes tva\'e0\line nirde\'f1\'f6\'e4 saj-jana-priya\'f9\line vai\'f1\'ebava\'96s\'e4rvabhauma\'f9\line 
\'e7r\'e9\'96jagann\'e4th\'e4ya te nama\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Jagann\'e4tha }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pra\'ebati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances to Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa Babaji, who is respectful to the entire community of devotees and who discovered the place where Lord Cai
tanya appeared." In this way, Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 and Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura followed the example of the six exalted Gosv\'e4m\'e9s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, who were sent to V\'e5nd\'e4vana by Lord Caitanya to uncover the sites of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's pastimes. During the time of Lord Caitanya, V\'e5nd\'e4vana was just an open field. By revealing these holy sites, the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s sparked a renaissance in God consciousness. Similarly, Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura resurrected the teachings 
of Lord Caitanya and provided the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement with a center from which Mah\'e4prabhu's movement could be broadcast throughout the world.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Lord Sends Assistance
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now that the great pioneering work had been established, another enlightened personage was needed to carry it on. Bhaktivinoda prayed f
ervently to Lord Caitanya to send someone. (We are reminded of how, four hundred years earlier, \'c7r\'e9 Advaita Prabhu, foreseeing a hellish growth of materialism and irreligion, had similarly prayed for the advent of Lord Caitanya Himself.) Another pr
ophesy was then penned by \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda: "A personality will soon appear to preach the teachings of Lord Caitanya and move unrestrictedly over the whole world with His message."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On February 6, 1874, while Bhaktivinoda was serving in Pur\'e9 as manager of}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the Jagann\'e4tha temple, a son was born to him. At the moment of birth, when the infant was taken from his mother, the child's umbilical cord was draped around h
is neck and across his chest, appearing like the thread }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  wear after their initiation. Ever
yone was very impressed with this sign. During the annual Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 festival, six months later, in July, the massive holy cart in which Lord Jagann\'e4tha, a form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is pulled by thousands of devotees came to a sudden stop just out
side Bhaktivinoda's house. While the crowd was trying to get the cart moving again, Bhaktivinoda's wife took the opportunity to have her new son blessed by Lord Jagann\'e4tha. She rushed out of her house with the baby and placed him high on the cart at t
he lotus feet of the Lord. At that very moment, a huge flower garland worn by Lord Jagann\'e4tha fell down, encircling the infant. Bhaktivinoda, overjoyed, then understood that his own son was Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's answer to his prayers. That son
 would later be known as \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the child grew up, Bhaktivinoda eagerly gave him transcendental instruction. Thus at the age of only seven years, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta
 Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura had committed to memory the entire }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and could even explain
 the meaning of its verses. Once, the young boy took a mango from the room of the family Deity and ate it. Bhaktivinoda reprimanded his son, explaining that to eat food meant to be offered to the Lord was an offense. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta resolved on the sp
ot never again to eat a mango, and he kept this vow throughout his life, despite the mango's being perhaps the world's most tasty fruit. At the age often, Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura initiated his son with the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a student, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 distinguished himself in mathematics, history, philosophy and Vedic astronomy. He wrote s
cholarly articles and treatises, edited two monthly magazines and started a cultural association, as well as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f6ol}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , or school, to teach astronomy. He was offered, but declined, a chair at Calcutta University. Throughout this time, he attended and participated in his father's Vi\'e7va Vai\'f1\'ebava R\'e4j Sabh\'e4.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda wanted his son to be initiated with the essential G\'e4yatr\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because it is not customary for one's own father to perform this ceremony, he instructed Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta to approach \'c7r\'e9la Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa 
B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, an important saint of Navadv\'e9pa, which is near \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur: At first Gauraki\'e7ora seemed to the young man a very unlikely choice for a spiritual master. He was living an extremely secluded and asce
tic life, he had no disciples, and he was even illiterate. So Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta apparently did not take his father's instructions to heart. But Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura could understand that Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa was a great teacher in the preceptori
al disciplic succession. He was renunciation personified }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (vair\'e4gya-m\'fcrti)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and was always merged in 
the elevated state of spiritual separation from K\'e5\'f1\'eba known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vipralambha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, in 1901, Bh
aktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura surrendered himself, and Gauraki\'e7ora duly accepted him as his only disciple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1911 Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura was invited to address the All-India conference of Pa\'eb\'f2itas. Unable to attend because of illne
ss, he sent Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 to speak in his place. The lecture was entitled "Truth Regarding the Comparative Position Between a Br\'e4hma\'eba and a Vai\'f1\'ebava." It was received as a work of genius and was the highlight of the confere
nce. By 1913 Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta had established his first printing press, the Bh\'e4gavata Press in Krishnanagar, solely for printing his writings. He then wrote the first of his many famous Bengali commentaries, which include his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Anubh\'e4\'f1ya" on \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub "Anuv\'e5tti"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upade\'e7\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and a commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Mission Begins Expanding
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura stayed mainly in M\'e4y\'e4pur during this time, writing and sometimes giving discourses 
to the pilgrims who began to visit Lord Caitanya's birthsite. He was respected for his authoritative books and forthright preaching. An important figure in a popular religious organization once approached Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta and was so impressed by his pu
rity and potency that he became his disciple. He arranged for Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta's transportation to Calcutta, rented a storefront for him, and in many other ways provided Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta with good facilities for preaching. Soon many people once again
 became interested in the teachings of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta then extended his preaching throughout India, following the example of Lord Caitanya. Lord Caitanya had spread His t
eachings by dispatching the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s north to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and Lord Nity\'e4nanda to West Bengal and had preached Himself in South India and Orissa. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta soon was able to open centers in many cities, such as Calcutta, Bombay, A
llahabad, Benares, Bhuvane\'e7var, Dacca, Hardwar, Madras, New Delhi and Pur\'e9. Ultimately, sixty-four such centers were established. The purpose of these centers was to broadcast the teachings of Lord Caitanya, to distribute Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta's books
 and to perform worship of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-m\'fcrti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or form of the Lord, according to the authorized princ
iples of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  scriptures.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Fateful Meeting
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like his great father, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura wanted to promulgate Lord Caitanya's teachings beyond the shores o
f India. Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura had determined the course with his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya\'97His Life and Precepts.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  The medium of preaching had to be English, rather than Bengali or any other Indian language, because English is the common language of the commercial world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was in 1922 that Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura planted the seed for the great world mission he had inherited from hi
s father. Abhay Charan De, who was later to become His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, Founder and \'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, was at that time building up a successful pharmaceutical-manufact
uring concern in Calcutta. A friend who had heard Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta speak took Abhay Charan De to meet the saintly teacher. Thus in 1922, on a rooftop of the house where Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta was staying in Calcutta, Abhay Charan De first presented himself
 before \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, although at first, because of pressing business matters, he was reluctant to go meet him. Immediately Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta gave \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da what was to be his life's mission: "Preach the message of Lord
 Caitanya, especially in the English language. You will benefit, and everyone you preach to will benefit." At the time, however, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was active in Gandhi's ever-growing independence movement; he doubted that foreigners in the West c
ould take any instruction from India, since India was not even independent. In reply, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura explained the teachings of Lord Caitanya. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was very much impressed. "Here is a real }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a real saintly person," he said after taking his leave.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "The Lion Guru"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his preaching, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 was especially keen to confront and defeat what is known as M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da or impe
rsonalist philosophy. This is the mission of Lord Caitanya, who converted the most powerful M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 impersonalists of His time, such as Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9, who had 60,000 followers, and S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya,
 who conducted an important school for training M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 teachers. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s are impersonalists who maintain that God is under the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (illusion). According to them, His attributes, such as His name, form and activities, are all materially contaminated. On the other hand, the Vai\'f1\'ebavas, the personalist devot
ees of the Lord, correctly accept the transcendental nature of the Lord and everything connected with Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that His birth and activities are all transcendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (janma karma ca me divyam).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, however, stress the impersonal aspect of the Lord, ultimately concluding that He is nothing. This, of course, is an atheistic idea. Unlike the Buddhists, who arrive at the same conclusion but do not accept
 any Vedic authority, the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s try to argue their point from the Vedic scriptures. Therefore Lord Caitanya has forbidden all devotees to read Vedic commentaries by M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [9.11]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avaj\'e4nanti m\'e4\'e0 m\'fc\'f2h\'e4\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  those who deride the Lord because 
of His humanlike form are all fools and rascals. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta met and defeated all such wrangling M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s so ferociously chat he became known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub si\'e0ha-guru,}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or "the lion }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thus, Bhak
tisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 is the personification of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's teachings }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (gaurav\'e4n\'e9-\'e7r\'e9-m\'fcrti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) because he refused to tolerate any statement that was against the doctrine of devotional service as enunciated by Lord Caitanya's chief disciple, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub r\'fcp\'e4nuga-virud-dh\'e4pa siddh\'e4nta-dhv\'e4nta-h\'e4ri\'ebe).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his books, obviously not intended for an ordinary audience, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura revealed his genius for te
aring apart the materialistic philosophy of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s in order to establish the truth. His style, although scholarly and at times abstruse, will reveal to any serious reader a depth of transcendental understanding and charm. But one must 
be prepared to read and reread his great words. Here is an example, from his introduction to his English translation and commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The materialistic demeanour cannot possibly stretch to the Transcendental Autocrat who is ever inviting the fallen conditioned souls t
o associate with Him through devotion, the eternal serving mood. The phenomenal attractions are often found to tempt sentient beings to enjoy the variegated position, which is opposed to undifferentiated monism. People are so much apt to indulge in trans
itory speculations, even when they are to educate themselves on a situation beyond their empiric area or experiencing jurisdiction. The esoteric aspect often knocks them to trace out immanence in their outward inspection of transitory and transformable t
hings. This impulse moves them to fix the position of the Immanent to an Indeterminate Impersonal Entity, no clue of which could be discerned by moving earth}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and heaven}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub through their organic senses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The lines of this booklet will surely help such puzzled souls in their march towards the Personality of the Immanent lying beyond thei
r sensuous gaze of inspection. The very first stanza of this publication will revolutionise their reserved ideas when the nomenclature of the Absolute is put before them as K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Indispensable Press
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1923, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura opened the Gaudiya Printing Works in Calcutta, the second of four pr
esses he would establish. For preaching work, a press is indispensable. Of course, in preaching }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  congregational chanting, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  drum is also important. We will rarely see devotees
 on a chanting party without one. But \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta dubbed the press the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e5had-m\'e5da\'ecga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  or "greater }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga,"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because the sound of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is limited to the immediate vicinity, whereas a press can pour out literature that can reach for thousands of miles. In 1927 Bhak
tisiddh\'e4nta converted his father's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sajjana-to\'f1a\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  journal into }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Harmonist,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a magazine. He also published a daily newspaper called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Nadia Prakash,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or "The Light of Nadia," Nadia being the district where Lord Caitanya appeared. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta was once asked the reason for publishing a daily 
newspaper about God. He replied that here in the material world there are thousands of daily newspapers reporting repetitious occurrences that become stale after one day, so what to speak of the necessity for reporting the events of the spiritual world, 
where everything is dynamic, conscious and ever fresh.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 traveled throughout India in the same way as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who had toured on foot from n
orthern India down to Cape Cormorin. In 1919 Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta toured northern and eastern Bengal, and in 1921 he went further east, to Dacca. Then, in 1922, he led a mass }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parikra
ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (pilgrimage) in the 84-mile V\'e5nd\'e4vana-Mathur\'e4 area. Together with hundreds of his disciples, he went by foot to visit the sacred places of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, i
ncluding R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a and \'c7y\'e4ma-ku\'eb\'f2a, Govardhana, and Barsana. Setting up tent camps all along the way, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta would take every opportunity to preach to the local inhabitants and explain to his disciples the history an
d significance of the sacred places. In between R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a and \'c7y\'e4ma-ku\'eb\'f2a he conducted a large initiation ceremony.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An Attempted Assassination
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The pilgrimage was not without difficulties. All along the way, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub shopkeepers would close their shops and refuse to sell provisions to the party. They protested against Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta because his disciples included
 those born as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  members of the lowest caste. In accordance with the teachings of Lord Caitan
ya, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 enlisted disciples from all ranks of men and elevated them to the topmost position of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (literally one who knows Brahman, or spirit). The opponents of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta resented his turning those born as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub non-br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  into better }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  than t
hem. In particular, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nity\'e4nanda-va\'e0\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a class of priestly persons supposedly descended from 
Lord Caitanya's great associate Lord Nity\'e4nanda, claimed for their particular class the exclusive right to the practice of devotional service. There was such a struggle that they even attempted to assassinate \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta. These prie
sts approached the local police commander, a notoriously corrupt official, and offered him a huge bribe so that he would not try to apprehend them after they had committed the horrible deed. But the officer warned Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, for although killing
 was commonplace, he could not associate with a plot to kill a holy man. This incident is strikingly similar to the conspiracy against Lord Caitanya by the caste }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of His day, who hired the Muslim police to disrupt the Lord's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  parties and smash the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  drums.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ultimately Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta succeeded in establishing that devotional service is not restricted to a particular class of men. This is
 the principle of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who so aptly cited the following passage from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e4\'e7i-kha\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  portion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "In the country known as May\'fcradhvaja, the lower-caste
 people, who are considered less than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are also initiated into the Vai\'f1\'ebava cult of de
votional service. And when properly dressed, with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tilaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on their bodies and beads in their hands and on 
their necks, they appear to be coming from Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the spiritual world. In fact, they look so beautiful that immediately they surpass the ordinary }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94                      (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to be continued}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Prophecy Fulfilled. American, German,
 French, English and Indian disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da join in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the holy city of Navadv\'e9pa, West Bengal, during a pilgrimage in March of 1974.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8-9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Holy Site. The birthplace of Lord 
\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. \'c7r\'e9la Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.\line Renunciation personified.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p10: \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and the foremost scholar and devotee in the recent age.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Pras\'e4da
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Pras\'e4da
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What food is sometimes buttery, sometimes sweet, sometimes spicy, sometimes mellow, often unusual and always tastes good? Answer: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da. "Pras\'e4da"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "God's mercy," and it specifically refers to food that's been offered to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. If you've ever been around Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees, you may well have been offered some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the form of exotic dishes like puris, halavah, kichories or laddus, or perhaps just slices of apple with dates and nuts. What's the difference between }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p
ras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and ordinary food? They may look quite the same. But the difference is that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has been offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in love by one of His devotees, whereas ordinary food has not.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The special quality of a devotee that distinguishes him from others is that he recognizes God's supreme dominion over all that is. He k
nows that the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is creating and providing not only all the food we eat, but also the air we breathe, the water we drink and, in fact, the very earth on which we live. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo\line matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate\line iti matv\'e4 bhajante m\'e4\'e0\line budh\'e4 bh\'e4va-samanv
it\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything comes from Me. The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service and worship Me wit
h all their hearts." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus the devotee, out of a sense of duty, gratitude and love, first offers all his food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Although Cod is independent and in no way needs su
ch offerings, our desire to serve Him is natural, like the natural wish of a mature child to serve the parents who have provided for him all his life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The offering of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  gives a good example of how a devotee acts in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee does not ask, "O God, please give us our daily bread." No. The devotee does not ask God to be
 his order supplier, for he knows that God is already providing everything for us\'97and for all other living beings, from the elephant to the ant. Therefore the devotee accepts the food that the Lord has already provided\'97food made with fruits, vegeta
bles, milk, sugar and grains\'97but first he offers the food back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The food may be offered to the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple, or to the spiritual master, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative. In any case, it is always under
stood that the offering is made through the spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nondevotees, of course, will object that such devotion is senseless. This world and the life in it, they will say, have sprung from an 
impersonal lifeless force. The perfect order and harmony of the universe originated from the dust of outer space. Life originally came from matter\'97from some chemicals that came together by chance. K\'e5\'f1\'eba reciprocates with such dull materialist
s by remaining hidden from their view, until finally, at the end of their contaminated lives, He comes to them as death and takes away everything they have.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who have understood that God exists but who have not yet fully understood the science of devotion may ask why, since God is alrea
dy providing everything, we should take the trouble to offer our food to Him. Aside from expressing gratitude, we should offer our food first to the Lord because this will protect us from the materialistic snares that would otherwise entangle us as we ea
t. That every action has an equal and opposite reaction is a commonly known law in physics. What people generally don't know, however, is that this law extends far beyond the boundaries of physics; it is a law of nature that profoundly affects almost eve
ry aspect of our lives. Even a simple act like eating can involve us in a network of material reactions.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literature says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vo j\'e9vasya j\'e9vanam:}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  one living being serves as food for another. To eat, we all must kill. Because animals are less intelligent, the laws of nature do not hold them responsible for the killing they na
turally perform. However, when a human being kills, he becomes involved in a complex network of actions and reactions. For the suffering he inflicts, he himself will have to suffer at some time in the future. But by preparing food for God and offering it
 to Him before eating it, one becomes exempt from the reactions imposed by material nature. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice. Others, who prepare food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin" (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Commenting on this verse, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, "The devotees of the Lord, who are in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, offer foo
d to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then eat\'97a process which nourishes the body spiritually. By such action not only are past sinful reactions in the body vanquished, but the body becomes immunized to all contamination of material nature. When there is an epidemi
c disease, an antiseptic vaccine protects a person from the attack of such an epidemic. Similarly, food offered to Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] and then taken by us makes us sufficiently resistant to material affection, and one who is accustomed to 
this practice is called a devotee of the Lord."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Neophytes in self-realization offer their food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba according to the instructions of advanced devotees whose only interest
 is to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such great souls serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba out of love and expect nothing for themselves in return. But how does one please that Supreme Person, who is completely independent, fully cognizant and all-pervading and who is the orig
inal cause of all causes? Simply by following His instructions\'97and the instructions of His pure devotees\'97with a serious and sincere attitude. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0\line yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati\line tad aha\'e0 bhakty-upah\'e5tam\line a\'e7n\'e4m
i prayat\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one wishes to be purified by rendering transcendental devotional service to the Supreme, he should find out what the Lord wants of h
im. One who loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give Him whatever He wants, and he avoids offering anything undesirable or unasked for. Thus, one should not offer meat, fish or eggs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If He desired such offerings, He would have said so. Instead, H
e clearly requests a leaf, fruit, flowers and water, and He says of such an offering, "I will accept it." Therefore we should understand that He will not accept meat, fish and eggs. Vegetables, grains, fruits, milk and water are the proper foods for huma
n beings and are described by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Whatever else we eat cannot be offered to Him, since He will not accept it. Thus we cannot be acting on the level of loving devotion if we offer such foods.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once the Supreme Personality of Godhead has accepted an offering (He can accept it by seeing it and hearing the prayers of His devotees
), the food, now }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has tremendous spiritual potency. Therefore devotees distribute it freely to
 everyone. Such spiritualized food increases one's duration of life, purifies one's existence, and gives strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Moreover, it nourishes one's transcendental realization. And that is a special quality that one cannot 
purchase with any amount of money.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1800\ri1800\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You can find out more about how to cook for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offer your food to Him from the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
Cookbook, published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. You can get one at the ISKCON center nearest you, or else we can mail you one. See page 22 for further details.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p12: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To please K\'e5\'f1\'eba's senses, d
evotees prepare delicious offerings according to ancient Vedic recipes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba must relish everything first, so the food is never tasted before it is offered. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Vi
\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appears in the form of the Deity in the temple to accept the service of His devotees. \line Ab
ove, He is offered a noon meal. \line Below, even tiny remnants of the offering are greatly valued because the food has become K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized, spiritualized.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p14: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At San Francisco's annual Rathay\'e4
tr\'e4 Festival last year, 12,000 full plates of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were distributed. With devotees serving secon
ds, thirds and fourths, one and all took to their full satisfaction. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p15: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the village of Mayapur in West Be
ngal, India, devotees feed up to 20,000 people daily a substantial diet of rice and dahl (a high-protein bean soup). With donations from the West, this program is expanding to other poverty-stricken areas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p16: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Africa (above), England (right), 
America (below), Germany (bottom, left), on nationwide American television (bottom, right), and in Australia, Iran, South America, Canada\'97wherever there are devotees\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4
da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is freely distributed. This is the joyful K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious program: sing for God, dance, discuss the most elevated and scientific philosophy of self-realization, and wh
en you are tired, enjoy k\'e5\'f1\'eba-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos middle: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, lower: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Purity
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in 
Purity
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY HIS HOLINESS ACYUT\'c4NANDA SV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [His Holiness Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 is one of the first American students initiated into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. When}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da initiates a new devotee, he requests the devotee to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mantra }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and, while chanting, to avoid ten offenses. At a recent initiation ceremony for new disciples in V
\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da requested Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 to instruct the new initiates about these ten offenses. By \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s request, Acyut\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9's remarks are reproduced here.]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The name of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as found in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R
\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97is a transcendental sound vibration. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4ma cint\'e4ma\'ebi\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'ebas caitanya-rasa-vigraha\'f9/ p\'fcr\'eba\'f9 
\'e7uddho nitya-mukto 'bhinnatv\'e4n n\'e4ma-n\'e4mino\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His name are non-different. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself is transcendental, and so are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's paraphernalia, as well as K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Himself. They are all made of transcendental energy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [4.9]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , janma karma ca me divyam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba's bir
th and activities are eternal and transcendental. When an ordinary person is born due to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the laws 
of material action and reaction, his body is all wrinkled up and covered with blood and mucus. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is born smiling. In Mathur\'e4 He is born holding a conchshell, disc, club and lotus and decorated with a crown, jewels, a beautiful garland
 and all of His transcendental ornaments. None of us are born like that here; we are all born because of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  But not K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And simply by knowing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth and activities are divine, one also becomes divine. Then one need not take birth again in the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Spiritual nature has form (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub caitanya-rasa-vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ); it is not formless. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's nature has form, but that form is divine, transcendental, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi. Ci
nt\'e4ma\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also implies consciousness }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (cint\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "consciousness" or "divine substance"). And K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form is not different from His name. A transcendental sound, however, cannot be uttered by material lips. A transcendental sound must be uttered by transcendental se
nses. The transcendental form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be seen only by transcendental eyes, and the transcendental name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be spoken only with transcendental lips. Therefore we have to purify our senses, purify our eyes, purify our tongue
, purify our lips, purify our hands\'97everything must become purified. Then we can understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is natural, because spirit is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja;}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it cannot be perceived by material senses. Scientists want to see everything with their mundane eyes, but so many things cannot be seen that way. To see tiny microbes or distant planets, you
 have to make your vision finer with a microscope or telescope. So, to see spirit you also have to purify your vision, make it finer. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.38]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you have to smear the ointment of love upon your eyes. Ordinary }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and mental speculators cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Only devotees, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  can see Him (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  18.55]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
; bhakty\'e4 tv ananyay\'e4 \'e7akya\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub  11.54]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are ten offenses (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ma-apar\'e4dhas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) to be avoided while chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These are given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as well. Only devotees can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His personal form, because they are the ones who avoid these ten o
ffenses. When we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must therefore be very careful to avoid these offenses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is someone chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba offensively or without offenses? You may not know. Suppose I showed you two white pills\'97one 
arsenic and the other aspirin. You might not know which is which. You would have to go to an authority\'97a doctor, for example\'97who could give you the right thing. You wouldn't go to a quack; he might give you the arsenic. After all, it's a white pill
, and you don't know the difference. Therefore you have to go to a genuine doctor. In the same way, we must hear the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba only from devotees who are avoiding these ten offenses. Otherwise, the chanting will be like milk touched
 by the lips of a serpent. Milk is very pure and healthful, but milk touched by the lips of a serpent will turn to poison. We may see a nice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or saintly person, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but if he is not avoiding these offenses, hearing from him is dangerous.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first offense}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhu-nind\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to blaspheme devotees who have dedicated their lives to propagating the holy name of the Lord. The devotees who surrender th
eir lives to the Lord and who fully engage in preaching must be spotless in their character. Still, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  says that if someone fully engages in preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and chanting the holy name, he should be regarded as saintly even if by chance he commits some abominable activity. We should not magnify the faults of a devote
e. The moon is shining, spreading its sweet, cool light, and although the moon also has some black spots, the moonlight shines so brightly that we should not consider them. In the same way, even if a preacher accidentally commits a serious mistake, that 
should be excused. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1ipra\'e0 bhavati dharm\'e4tm\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.31]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  very quickly he will be purified. Temporarily there may be some spot on his character, but very soon it will be washed away b
y the potency of chanting the holy name. Then he will be pure, like the clear sky. If there was a cloud over a patch of sky a few moments ago but now the sky is clear, what is the difference between that sky and the sky that was never covered? There is n
o difference; both are pure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we speak ill of devotees, people will lose faith in their words. Such a loss of confidence merely hinders the spiritual progress of 
humanity. Bees look for honey, whereas flies look for open sores. Some people are like flies. If they see the slightest fault, they magnify it out of proportion. But we should not be like flies; we should be like buzzing bees and see all the good qualiti
es of a devotee. If there are any bad qualities, they will soon be washed away. We should never speak ill or gossip about devotees who have surrendered their lives to the holy name.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second offense}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to consider demigods, like Lord \'c7i
va or Lord Brahm\'e4, to be equal to or independent of the name of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the material world there are many super-powerful living beings who control the workings of nature. They are called demigods. Just as some human bei
ngs are more powerful than others, the demigods are even more powerful than any human being. But the Supreme Personality of Godhead is \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is complete and full because He has full opulences\'97all wealth, all strength, all fame, 
all beauty, all knowledge and all renunciation. No other personality, no other deity or demigod, has these qualities in full. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eba-avat\'e4ra. P
\'fcr\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means that He is complete\'97completely complete. All the demigods, like \'c7iva, Candra and Indra, are partial aspects of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . For example, the moon tonight is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am\'e4v\'e4sy\'e4,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the dark moon. The moon is there, but you cannot see any light. Then tomorrow there will be a thin light coming from the moon. The whole moon is there, but you can see only partial as
pects of it, until the full moon appears. In the same way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has many forms, but the Lord manifests His full potency only as \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7y\'e4masundara, with two arms holding the flute (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ve\'ebu\'e0 kva\'ebantam aravinda-dal\'e4yat\'e4k\'f1am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bs}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5.30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is the original, full Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are many people who worship many deities, even K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but do not believe that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supreme. They think that
 although God has no form or name, some portion of God has slipped into }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and taken the form of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7iva, Durg\'e4 or the other demigods. "I shall worship this deity and concentrate on his form," such a worshiper thinks, "and then one day the form will dissolve and I will dissolve, and I'll become as good as him. I'll become equal to
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba" That is an offense. That is not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but prostitution. It is what I have called }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ve\'e7y\'e4-v\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  a prostitute's philosophy. What is a prostitute's proposal? A prostitute does not love an
yone. Any man on the street is as good as any other. But the prostitute thinks, "If this man gives me something, then I'll }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pretend}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to love him. If I can get something from this man\'97or any man, it doesn't matter who\'97then I'll pretend to love him." In the same way, people think, "Oh, any god, it's all the same. If I can get something, then it's wor
th the pretense of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I'll go worship in the temple." But that is not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that's cheating. You're not worshiping what you think is the Supreme. You think the Supreme is formless. Then why are you pe
rforming }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arcana, s\'e4dhana, p\'fcj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and other kinds of worship?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The demigods are only partial parts of a part of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are very far from the Supreme Absolute Truth. The Absolute Truth 
has nothing to do with matter. Therefore even Lord \'c7iva, who is almost as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is not the Supreme because his activity pertains only to material destruction. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is compared to milk, and Lord \'c7iva is compared to y
ogurt. Yogurt is milk, but if you eat yogurt the reaction in the stomach is cold, and if you drink milk the reaction in the stomach is hot\'97just the opposite. So if you worship Lord \'c7iva, or any demigod, the reaction will be material, but if you wor
ship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the reaction will be eternal spiritual development. Therefore we should not equate the names of \'c7iva, Durg\'e4, Candra and other demigods with the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name has full spiritual potency.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees in the disciplic line from Lord Caitanya understand that the names of the demigods all come from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name. Le
t's take Indra for an example. "Indra" means "king." K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parame\'e7vara,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the supreme king, 
so really the name "Indra" belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Indra. And the demigod Indra, who is the king of the heavenly planets, is named after K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Another demigod: \'c7iva. "\'c7iva" means auspicious. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'ecgalo ma\'ecgal\'e4n\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nothing is more auspicious than K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is \'c7
iva, and the \'c7iva who is the deity of destruction is named after Him. My name is Acyut\'e4nanda. I am not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyuta. Acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I am the servant of Acyuta. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "servant." So I am 
named after K\'e5\'f1\'eba as His servant, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, all the demigods are K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indra means K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
d\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7iva means K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  Candra means K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa. Ekala \'e9\'e7vara krsna \'e4ra saba bh\'e5tya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub \'c4di }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 5.142}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the one supreme enjoyer, the supreme personality, is K\'e5\'f1\'eba; everyone else is His servant. Therefore we must concentrate on the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The third offense}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to disobey the orders of the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or spiritual master. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the only connection we have between ourselves and God. If an ant crawls on your body, the ant cannot even understand that you are a human being and that he is walking on a man. 
He thinks he is walking on a forest of trees. Nor can you explain, "Mr. Ant, you are walking on me." You don't have the power to explain yourself to him, and he doesn't have the power to understand where he is. You are both helpless. But even farther apa
rt are the living entity }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (j\'e9va)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are tiny; the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jiva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is one ten-thousandth the size of the tip of a hair. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so great that from the pores of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, w
ho is but one partial aspect of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, innumerable universes are coming, like dust particles coming through a window.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should realize our position as tiny living beings and not try to imitate God. The universe we live in has many different galaxies an
d an infinite number of planets, and they are all enclosed in one bubble that has come from a pore of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu. Millions and millions of bubblelike universes are coming from each pore of Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu, and we are living in one of those u
niverses. Our universe has millions of planets, and one tiny planet is earth. On that planet earth there is so much water and land, and the land, which is only about one third of the planet, is divided into so many countries, with so many states in each.
 One insignificant country among all these countries is India, which is divided into twenty-one states. One state is Bengal, and in Bengal there are many cities. One city is Calcutta, which is further divided into}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub so many areas\'97Ballygunge, Tallygunge, Burra Bazaar, and so on. One place there is Camac Street, and on Camac Street there is one house in w
hich many devotees are living, and one of those devotees is thinking, "I am God." You are so tiny, so insignificant! The only connection you, as an insignificant being, have with the Supreme Significant Being is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the spiritual master, is the transparent via medium between the infinite God and the finite soul. The Infinite can make Himself known to the finite. He is not weak. We cannot explain ourselves to an ant, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba can ex
plain Himself to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore, to offend or disobey the order of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative,
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is suicide.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one has }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru-\'e7raddh\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  faith in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  if it is nighttime but the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says it's day you will see the sun shining. Beyond our material sense perception, we must accept the order of t
he bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our senses are fallible, limited, imperfect, but the words of the bona fide }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are pure and perfect. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guru-mukha-
padma-v\'e4kya, cittete kariy\'e4 aikya, \'e4ra n\'e4 kariha mane \'e4\'e7\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Guru-vandan\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  our only wish is to hear and unde
rstand the orders of the spiritual master. Disobeying the orders of the spiritual master will stop any progress in spiritual life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4do yasy\'e4
pras\'e4d\'e4n na gati\'f9 kuto 'pi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  i
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased with you but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is displeased, there is no hope; and if the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is pleased and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is displeased, you have nothing to worry about.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are preaching slavery, divine slavery. Every country of the world has a scheme for enjoyment\'97communism, socialism, democracy or w
hatever\'97but they are all trying to have enjoyment independent of the Supreme Lord. We are preaching that slavery is far more blissful than a false sense of independence. What the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, we do. But he is perfect. To be a slave of perfection\'97that is ecstatic life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fourth offense:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to blaspheme the Vedic literature or litera
ture in pursuance to the Vedic version. The Vedic literatures are in harmony with the words of the spiritual master, for the spiritual master will not say anything that is not upheld in the scriptures. Therefore the words of the scriptures and the spirit
ual master are our guidelines.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic scriptures are spoken by God Himself, and by those who have perfect understanding. Unlike philosophies concocted by imperfect
 human intelligence, the Vedic scriptures were written by perfect intelligence, by devotees, by great sages who sacrificed their lives, not by leaders who lived in luxury and wanted to write some constitution or put forward some policy to further their s
ense gratification. Such leaders live in luxury at the expense of everyone else. As much as they can, they try to bluff people with altruistic talk, but their real goal is to live in luxury at your expense. You starve and they live in luxury, no matter w
hat they preach. The great sages who saw the Supreme Absolute Truth sacrificed their lives for the Supreme; they lived in such hardship\'97for us\'97because they were our well-wishers. Devotees are all oceans of mercy who come to save us.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4\'efch\'e4-kalpa-tarubhya\'e7 ca\line k\'e5p\'e4-sindhubhya eva ca\line patit\'e4n\'e4\'e0 p\'e4vanebhyo\line vai\'f1\'ebav
ebhyo namo nama\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto all the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees of the Lord. They are just like desire trees who can fulfill the desires of everyon
e, and they are full of compassion for the fallen conditioned souls." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Vai\'f1\'ebava}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pra\'eb\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The great sages and devotees do not come to cheat; they come to give us the Vedic literatures. Therefore these scriptures are scientif
ically pure. We find so much scientific evidence to support the statements of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For example, the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  declare that cow dung is so pure that you can even put it in the temple, and now science is findin
g out that in fact cow dung has many antiseptic qualities. But for thousands of years we knew that cow dung is pure; we didn't have to do scientific research. So why not just accept Vedic literature as it is, pure and perfect, without having to doubt it?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some people interpret the words in the Vedic scriptures, assuming them all to be allegorical or symbolic. But such interpretations can
not influence the devotees who have been serving in India, for we have seen the places where K\'e5\'f1\'eba's incarnations have stood. If someone obstinately insists that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes are all mythology, I can take him by the ear to Hastin
\'e4pura and the Indraprastha fort where the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas lived, then pull him by the other ear to Kuruk\'f1etra, 100 miles from there, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  then by the nose to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba performed His pastimes, and dunk his thick head into the holy River Yamun\'e4. Were these places fashioned mer
ely to justify some poems? Certainly not. Here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and M\'e4y\'e4pur we develop faith, the seed of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  when we see the places where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had Their pastimes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fifth offense:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to consider the glories of chanting the Hare
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  imaginary. It is said in the Vedic literature that by once chanting the holy name 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba one can eradicate more sins than he can possibly commit in all the fourteen worlds. So we should not doubt this. We should not consider this an exaggeration. But that statement is a big pill to swallow. Therefore although we may say tha
t chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an easy process for spiritual perfection, people will doubt that it's true. If I stood on the street and said, "diamonds, free diamonds," no one would believe me. But here the scriptures are saying more than that. }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjana\'e0 bhava-mah\'e4-d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'ebam }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1}{\cs2873\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you can get complete liberation fro
m all sins by purely chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba once. People will doubt that this is true. To have full faith in the holy name is not easy; still we must. We must never think that the Vedic scriptures are just bluffing, trying to woo us into chanting b
y exaggerating the potency of the chanting. No, we must have complete faith.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sixth offense:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to interpret the chanting of the holy name o
f the Lord. Some people like to twist the statements of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the meaning of the holy name of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. For example, we chant the names Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means thief, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means lion, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  also means snake. So does Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mean snake K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thief K\'e5\'f1\'eba, lion K\'e5\'f1\'eba? No. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Harir o
\'e0 tat sat: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hari is the Supreme Absolute Truth. Does this mean that a thief is the Supreme Absolute Truth? Should we build a temple to a thief? Should we build a temple to a sna
ke?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With a dictionary you can interpret, bend and twist words unlimitedly. For instance, I may speak of President Kennedy. But "ken" can me
an "mental position," and "eddy" means a swirling pool, so a word juggler may say that Kennedy was someone whose mind was mixed up and who became the president. One can twist words like that in so many ways. "The teacher," said the boy, "is a fool." The 
teacher said the boy is a fool. If we change the punctuation, the whole sentence has a completely different meaning. In the same way, some people try to twist out false, completely deceptive meanings from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we don't want that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We don't want some twisted interpretation. We want the truth, as it is. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is giving }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is. One should not try to twist out some other meaning. We should not be like the foolish man whose w
ife told him to purchase some ghee, clarified butter. He went out to buy the ghee, but when he went to the man who sold ghee, that man said, "My ghee is so fine, it's like oil." So the man said, "Oh, oil. Oil must be better than ghee." So he went to the 
man who sold oil. But the oil man said, "My oil is so clear, it's as clear as water." So the fellow thought that water must be better than oil. So instead of ghee, he bought some water. Step by step he came to something useless. You can't fry anything in
 water, but he thought that water is better than ghee. In that way, a mental speculator can twist and turn everything. K\'e5\'f1\'eba means black, black means dark, dark is unknown, So K\'e5\'f1\'eba means unknown. It's a very dangerous kind of philosoph
y. So we cannot interpret the meanings of these words; rather, we should accept them according to the understanding of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the pure devotees in the disciplic line.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seventh offense:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to commit sinful activities on the strengt
h of chanting the holy name of the Lord. Chanting the holy name rids us of so many sins, but we should not think, "I will commit sinful activities and then chant to become pure. Then I'll commit more sins and then chant again." That is nonsense. That is 
cheating. You cannot cheat K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nor can you cheat the holy name. The holy name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba will know what you are doing. In some religions it is a policy that on Saturday one may confess all his sins and thus become pure so that on Sunday he may come into the church. Then, starting from Monday, he can resume his
 sinful nonsense. But if one has confessed that his sins are wrong, why should he commit them again? He will be forgiven once or twice, if he commits them unknowingly, but the third or fourth time he will have to suffer. One cannot go on using the Lord t
o justify one's sin. That is nonsense. To try to use the strength of the holy name to justify one's evil propensities is considered the worst offense. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eighth offense:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to consider the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba one of the auspicious ritualistic activities offered in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for fruitive gains (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). We are chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba to get }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97not for the sake of religiosity (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), economic development (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub artha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ), sense gratification (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) or even liberation (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). When someone is imbued with love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, liberation seems wholly miserable because in impersonal liberation there is no l
ove. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is manifested in His spiritual abodes, such as Goloka and Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, and He appears in the material world as an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or incarnation. In the form of the Var\'e4ha }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K
\'e5\'f1\'eba went to the darkest region of hell to rescue the planet earth. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears to His devotees in hell, on earth, in heaven and in Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, but in the impersonal Absolute, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmajyoti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not manifest Himself. Therefore, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub kaivalya\'e0 narak\'e4yate }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-candr\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  impersonal liberation (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaivalya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) is worse than hell for a devotee.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\up14  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba for any personal gain. No
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhana\'e0 na jana\'e0 na sundar\'e9\'e0 kavit\'e4\'e0 v\'e4 jagad-\'e9\'e7a k\'e4maye }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we don't want money, we don't want 
followers, we don't want beautiful women, nor do we want popularity, education or an important position. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mama janmani janman\'e9\'e7vare bhavat\'e4d bhaktir ahaituk\'e9 tvayi:}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we want causeless devotion, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 at the feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nothing else. Therefore we are chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97for that and that alone.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ninth offense:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to instruct a faithless person about the glo
ries of chanting the holy name. Anyone can take part in chanting the holy name, but we should not give deeper instruction or initiation to one who is faithless. This lack of faith may be due to his ignorance, and therefore we may be able to give him know
ledge and purify him. But before he is purified, if he has made up his mind to be averse to K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bahir-mukha, vimukha), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the more we instruct him about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more he will hate K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then we will be causing that person to commit more offenses, and this is an offense on our part. Therefore, one should not give deeper inst
ruction on chanting the holy name to someone who has no faith; rather, we must first develop his faith by giving him knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People have no faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba only because they are ignorant. They have not been exposed to real knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
but have absorbed only false notions. For example, in Japan during World War II, the Japanese air force took young boys, thirteen or fourteen years old, and taught them how to fly planes. They didn't teach them how to land the planes, but only how to tak
e off and fly. They told these innocent boys that for the sake of their country they could crash the plane into an enemy boat and them climb out alive. They didn't tell them that explosives had been loaded into the plane and that they would be killed. Th
e pilots were given only a small amount of fuel, so they couldn't turn back if they became afraid. Finally, their commanders charged them with some false notions about love of country and love of their forefathers and then sent them off on their mission.
 They were simply a suicide squad. All they had was partial knowledge, partial fuel and partial education, and so, charged up with some false sentiments, they were deluded into committing suicide. In the same way, modern education is giving us only parti
al education, so that we will work like dogs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to popular belief, the Indian people do not have any capacity to work. This is a misconception. I have seen extremely old peo
ple walking eight or nine miles around Govardhana Hill in the hot sun. They climb the seven hills to Tirupati temple, take cold baths in the month of M\'e4gh (January), or walk all the way to Badarik\'e4\'e7rama. They are so willing to perform these acti
vities for spiritual realization, so why aren't they eager to work in a factory? Because they know they are not getting spiritual benefit by working in a factory. They want spiritual benefit, because people in India are basically religious. They know tha
t }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (liberation) cannot be achieved by working in a factory, but the government is trying to propound
 the philosophy that work is worship. The government leaders know that people are basically religious, so they're saying, "If you work hard in the hot factory, you'll get }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti."}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They are trying to screw out a false meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub work hard and forget anything else. No religion, no temple, just work in the factory. They are trying to impose this philosophy on the public to get people to work in the factory and think that factory work or
 hard labor is auspicious, pious activity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But it doesn't work. Go into any office building and you'll find everyone sitting around smoking, trying to do the least work possible.
 But if you go to Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, you'll see a huge temple there built thousands of years ago. How did the people get the energy to build such a temple? They knew, "I'm doing it for Jagann\'e4tha, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba." That brought out the best in 
them. If the people know they're working for some cheating minister, they will also be cheaters. They'll do the least amount of work possible. However, if they work for God, they know that He sees everything they do and that by pleasing Him they can see 
Him and live with Him. That is an inspiration. But modern leaders don't like that. They want people to work for them, not for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They think, "Oh, if you work for me, that is worship." This is bogus. We are
 accepting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4tma-panth\'e4\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the path of the previous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the great spiritual masters. Does modern society know more than the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The last offense}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is to not have complete faith in the chant
ing of the holy name and to maintain material attachment even after understanding so many instructions in this matter. K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.59]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , rasa-varja\'e0 raso 'py asya para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 nivartate:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "One who is attached to sensual enjoyment becomes freed from that attachment when he experiences a higher taste." We devotees in India are apparently living very difficult lives. Although we are Americans, we are slee
ping on the floor, eating only one or two meals a day, living in this hot country and dressing and living humbly. So people may think that we're suffering, but actually we are not\'97we are blissful. We're happy because we have the holy name, because we'
re getting a higher taste. But if after having this higher taste we again want the lower taste, that is a great mistake. A person in that position is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4nt\'e4\'e7\'e9. V
\'e4nt\'e4\'e7\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means one who eats his own vomit. When one rejects one's low attachments, that is compared to vomiting. However, after one has gotten a higher taste, indulging 
again in a lower taste is as good as eating vomit. Therefore, to maintain material attachment after hearing the glories of the holy name of the Lord is an offense.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If we avoid these ten offenses to the holy name of the Lord we will certainly make progress, by the grace of the spiritual master, Lord
 Caitanya and Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The result will be, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  our conscio
usness will be purified. That is a necessity. How can we have peace or make any progress when our consciousness is cloudy and agitated?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There was a meeting between some mideastern leaders concerned with making peace in Israel. They had assembled in a room and were about 
to take seats at different tables. Jordan was assigned to one table, Syria to another, Iran to another and Israel to another. The Israelis, however, didn't want to take their assigned seats. They wanted to sit at a table on the other side of the room. Bu
t the Syrians said, "No, we want this table." So a raging argument ensued, in which the members of the peace talk threatened to close the talks and go to war. Because their minds were agitated, they couldn't make peace even in a ten-foot room. Therefore 
the first need in society is for purity of consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With impure consciousness within, how can we externally have peace or purity? First we must become pure internally. For example, here i
n India the merchants now adulterate the ghee (clarified butter) by mixing in many impure things to save money. Why? Because they no longer believe in God. If they believed in God, they would think, "This ghee may be offered in a temple somewhere. To mak
e it impure would be a great offense." But because they are not God conscious, they think, "Who cares? No one will see me. The government won't know." But although one may escape the vision of the government, one cannot escape the vision of God. The Supr
eme Lord sees everything. However, if we eliminate the idea of God as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the witness, th
en hell will prevail. Therefore we must purify the consciousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhava-mah\'e4-d\'e4v\'e4gni-nirv\'e4pa\'ebam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub when our consciousness is purified, automatically the fire of our material existence will be extinguished.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba disseminates transcendental knowledge into the heart like moonlight (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7reya\'f9-kairava-candrik\'e4-vitara\'eba\'e0 vidy\'e4-vadh\'fc-j\'e9vanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and increases our ecstasy at every moment (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardhanam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). In material ecstasy, pleasure gradually decreases. If you get pleasure from eating one piece of candy, before long you'll need two pieces to get the same pleasure. Then you'll need three, 
then five, and soon you won't want to look at candy any more. That is material pleasure; it decreases. But in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nand\'e4mbudhi-vardhanam pratipada
\'e0 p\'fcr\'eb\'e4m\'e5t\'e4 sv\'e4danam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at every step you'll get a fuller taste of nectar. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarv\'e4tma
-snapana\'e0 param }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vijayate}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e7r\'e9-krsna-sa\'eck\'e9rtana\'e0:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  everyone can become cleansed by chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra. \'c4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means the body, the mind, the intelligence, endeavor, the soul and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gave all these different meanings for the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  when He explained the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Verse of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam . . . sarv\'e4tma-snapanam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  when we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  become purified\'97the mind, the intelligence, the soul. By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all living entities can b
ecome happy. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba also becomes happy when we chant.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may offer K\'e5\'f1\'eba a flower (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 
phala\'e0 toyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  9.26]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub abhinnatv\'e4n n\'e4ma-n\'e4mino\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). So by chanting the holy names of the Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are giving Him the best offering. In }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 11.5.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efai\'f9 sa\'eck\'e9rtana-pr\'e4yair yajanti hi sumedhasa\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  those who are intelligent in this Age of Quarrel
 will worship the Supreme Lord by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana-yaj\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the sacrifice of chanting the holy n
ame of the Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (sacrifice) must be performed, for without }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  even material prosperity is impossible. In this Age of Kali the recommended sacrifice is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana-yaj\'efa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and those who are intelligent will perform this chanting of the holy names of the Lord and therefore follow
 the teachings of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is our goal, our object of meditation and worship. He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself with a golden complexion, surrou
nded by His associates. Lord Caitanya, however, carries no weapons, Lord R\'e4macandra carries a bow and arrow, Para\'e7ur\'e4ma has His ax, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has His disc, and Vi\'f1\'ebu carries a conch, disc, club and lotus. But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is
 empty-handed. His only weapons are His associates, like Lord Nity\'e4nanda and Harid\'e4sa, because His weapon is love. Instead of killing the demons and giving them liberation, He made them into devotees and conquered them by love. Lord Nity\'e4nanda u
sed to go from house to house, knock on their doors and beg the people to please chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He would open the door, fall prostrate on the floor and roll on the ground, begging them to chant the holy name of the Lord. How can you deny His 
request? The Supreme Personality o Godhead is at your feet, begging you rolling in the dust of your house. Will you deny Him? Can you refuse? No intelligent person can refuse Him Therefore, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and avoid these offenses. That is the 
perfection of human life.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-btg #68
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub We'd like to send you K\'e5\'f1
\'eba
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG #65
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-books #68
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG #65 [but the "c" in 118c & 119c is removed]
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Secretary To a Pure Devotee
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SECRETARY TO A PURE DEVOTEE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is one of the leaders of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. U
ntil he returned to the United States in July to organize distribution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious hooks to schools and libraries, he was serving as the personal secretary of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the founder and spiritual master of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, has
 been extensively traveling to preach and oversee the progress of his disciples. As Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 traveled with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da around the world\'97from New York to London, Paris, Hamburg, Geneva, Bombay, Melbourne and bac
k to Los Angeles (with many other stops in between\'97he kept a personal diary, filled with accounts of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's activities and words. These are excerpts from that diary.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs40\cf0 *       *      *
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hyderabad, India. April 19
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the press conference in Hyderabad one reporter asked right away whether \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub advaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (monistic) or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (dualist) philosopher. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da scoffed at the question. "What is the point of discussing such things\'97whether one is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub dvaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub advaita.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ann\'e4d bhavanti bh\'fct\'e4ni }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  3.14]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  'All living beings subsist on food grains.' }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ann\'e4d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means grains. The people have no grains. 'Grains are produced from rain, and the rain from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  (sacrifice).' So perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaj\'efa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dvaita or advaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  you may be, but you still need grains."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs40\cf0 *       *      *
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 April 20
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was recalling the press conference. One newspaper reported that he had said that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  contains all answers to all problems\'97social, political and otherwise\'97and should not be misinterpreted. He smiled when he hea
rd that and said, "They have captured the main points of my talk." As for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvaita/advaita,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he said
, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba never says we are all one. If a servant says, 'Yes, I am the same as the master,' that is his impudence. But the master never says it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Arjuna, 'Many births you and I have had, but you are not the same as Me. You f
orget; I do not. Therefore you should surrender to Me.' Where is the question of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub advaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  if K\'e5
\'f1\'eba says 'Surrender to Me\'92? Our philosophy is both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub advaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dvaita.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are one with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in our qualities, but He is much greater than us."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs40\cf0 *       *      *
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 April 21
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After his lecture at the exhibition grounds, a crowd of about 1,000 presses forward, and with great difficulty, forming a human chain, we escort \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da back to his car. Many spectators dive forward to touch his feet. On the way back, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was appreciating that the big crowd was silent during his whole lecture. "The women and children," he said, "could not even understand Engl
ish. This is a good field for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." Later I commented that his lectures seemed planned out, although I see that he simply chooses a verse and speaks without preparation. "It appears that I prepare?" he asked. "Yes," I said, "ther
e is such symmetry to each lecture." "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is speaking," he said, "I am not speaking. I am His microphone. Let us depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He will do everything."
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 April 22
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On his early-morning walk, with three }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sannyas\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [disciples in the renounced order] present, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da took the role of a pious religionist and challenged us, saying we had nothing to teach him, since he already loved God. "But you don't
 know what God is," one of us said. "That's all right," he said. "Whatever idea I have, I am praying. If I didn't love God, I wouldn't go to church." We gave argument after argument, but he rejected them all, saying he was as good in his religion as we w
ere in ours; he had his own love of God and scripture and world religion, and he was as good as we were. We couldn't catch him. Finally he revealed to us what we should have said: "If you love God, why do you disobey Him?"
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs40\cf0 *       *      *
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A sympathetic Endowments Officer from the government was talking with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He said that the government policy is that everyone should be God c
onscious, and it seems they have a branch that dispenses money to different temples for the propagation of Hindu culture. He said that "orthodox }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas"}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [religious intellectuals] object to ISKCON because we recruit men from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mleccha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yavana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  classes [meat-eaters, outcast
es] and make them }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da opened his Sanskrit }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and turned to a passage where N\'e4rada is talking to King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira about the four or
ders of society [intellectuals, administrators, merchants and laborers]. N\'e4rada said that if you find in another country a person working as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with the qualities of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  he must be accepted as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then read \'c7r
\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9's comment on the verse also. If one gets a degree as an engineer but sits home and doesn't work, he's not an engineer. K\'e5\'f1\'eba created the four social orders on the basis }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of gu\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  karma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one's qualities and his work. It's very scientific. One must acquire the qualities, and he must work. And the role of a secular government is to see that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are actually working as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So the four castes must be maintained. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Prabhup\'e4da said that if the Indian government would finance him, he could rid India of godlessness in a year. "People are fed up with materialism and cheating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Why not support this movement? Immediately we could open one hundred Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama Colleges and start training. We wouldn't just rubber st
amp a man }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'91br\'e4hma\'eba\'92}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because he happens to be born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  family. That religion of the body won't do. One must actually become qualified."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is just one sample of the practical discussions about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and practical proposals that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da talks 
about with respectable men hour after hour, day after day, untiringly, with 100% conviction and fresh enthusiasm.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said that someone wanted to write a book about him, just like the big books people write about their }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to call the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus God.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he said, "No, write books about K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97hundreds of volumes about K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 April 25
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We flew to Tirupati. In the mountains nearby is Tirmula, where there is the richest temple in India, the Ve\'ecka\'f6e\'e7vara temple, with its B\'e4laj\'e9 Deity. 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da very much liked the cottage the temple managers provided for him. They were very respectful and let our party enter the temple, although (l) people usually have to wait on a long line, since 15,000 people enter daily, and (2) We
sterners are usually not allowed in. Following behind \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, however, we walked right in. In the cottage there was a picture of the B\'e4laj\'e9 Deity. Prabhup\'e4da said that the Deity's name means "child," K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a cowher
d boy, not in His Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha aspect [His majestic form in the spiritual planets]. "What do the rascal scientists know of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha?" I said. "They haven't seen these planets through their telescopes."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He said, "That [telescope knowledge] is imaginary, defective. So many planets are glittering at night. What do the scientists know of t
hese other planets? They cannot say that such a place [the spiritual sky] is not possible. The rascals can't get a vague idea of even this one planet." I said they are making progress because 500 years ago people thought the earth was flat. "Not in the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas,"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he said. "It is clearly stated: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub goloka, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meaning 'round.' Maybe in your Bible," he laughed, "but although you didn't know, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  knew."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About all the people going to see B\'e4laj\'e9, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, "This shows that the mass of people are still attracted
 to God, despite government propaganda. The people are coming and going, visiting the Deity. But an advanced devotee can capture God in his heart. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-
vilocanena:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  with the ointment of love of God spread over his eyes. Of course, Deity worship is good for the neophyte."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We went three or four times daily to receive }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dar\'e7ana }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [association] of the B\'e4laj\'e9 Deity. One time we went at 2 in the morning. The Deity is very big, in a dark inner sanctum where the only light comes from the torches held by the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [attendants]. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would regularly leave his cane on the rail before 
B\'e4laj\'e9, and then, after we were walking out, he would call "Where is my stick?" and we would have to go back for it. As the general mass of people go into the temple for alleviation of material distress, they call out "Govinda!" When \'c7r\'e9la Pr
abhup\'e4da started in (you have to go barefoot in the whole area around the temple, outside also) he would say "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tarn aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi"}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord]. He said we should build temples like this Ve\'ecka\'f6e\'e7vara temple, which has a gold dome and wonderful facilities for visiting pilgrims. While he
 was there, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da took B\'e4laj\'e9\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [food offered to the Lord] and sa
id it was tasteful. He said that Lord Caitanya had visited this and many other places all over south India. We were thinking that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who says he hasn't visited any holy places in India except M\'e4y\'e4pur and V\'e5nd\'e4vana, was
 visiting them to purify them. 
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 May 25 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People ask, What is \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's day like? \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da rises about 1:30 a.m. Sometimes around 2 or 3 a.m. I awaken and hear him dictati
ng. Once one man in Bombay said to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, "Today I rose at 2:30!"\'97to which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replied, "I rose at 1:30!" In Hyderabad Gargamuni Sv\'e4m\'e9 said to me, "What other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in India gets up at 1:30 to write books?" It is great proof of his authenticity. In Bombay we set up a small house of mosquito netti
ng for him to work in. He opens the big volume of Bengali }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and with a s
mall desk lamp lit, he begins translating the synonyms one by one, clicking the dictaphone button as he pauses briefly for his thoughts.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The translation work usually goes on for two or three hours, sometimes less. From around 3 to 5 he sits and chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
on his beads. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da chants beads almost silently, although the motion of the beads can sometimes be heard in the next room, and sometimes "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His regular morning walk begins just before the sun comes up. In India, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, clothing is artificial; India i
s so warm. In other countries sometimes he has to bundle up in big coats and a hat. He wears a pair of shoes that he saves only for the morning walks. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known to appear in yellowish garments with a peacock feather in His hair, our spir
itual master wears saffron, with a wrapper around his shoulders or over his head, and walks with his cane, followed by his devotees. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub book}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  it says that a devotee is like a waterfall\'97s
ometimes he speaks, and sometimes he is silent. I asked what this means, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said that the devotee speaks at his will; he is not obliged to speak. Devotees are eager to accompany \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da on his walks. Sometimes
 he speaks the whole time. He walks long, usually about an hour and a half. If it rains he says, "Today we will take our walk sitting down," and we ride in the car.
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Geneva, Switzerland. May 30
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Flying here, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, "This is a very dangerous spot [amidst the Alps]. Many planes crash here." Later I asked if great sages still lived in 
the Himalayas. He said yes: Vy\'e4sadeva, V\'e4lm\'e9ki and Nara-N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. I mentioned to him that in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he says that there's a gold peak in the Himalayas. "Yes," he said, "if they find that out, they will become mad to go there." This afternoon we were given an official reception by the governor of Geneva. \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da spoke on the verse }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa vai pu\'e0s\'e4m. . .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The science of God must begin with knowle
dge that one is spirit soul, not the body." The governor asked, "If everyone becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, won't the economy be in trouble?" "No," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, and he quoted the same verse he cited over a month ago in Hyderabad: }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ann\'e4d bhavanti bh\'fct\'e4ni.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Everyone subsists on grains." So he proposed that if everyone cul
tivates his own land and keeps cows, there will be no economic problem. One should live simply and spend the saved time solving the problems of birth, death, old age and disease. Later \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked, "Were my answers all right?" I said 
that the governor asked about the economy being in trouble if everyone became a devotee because he thinks we are simply beggars. "Therefore," Prabhup\'e4da said, "I talked about tilling the land. We are not beggars. We are giving the highest knowledge. W
e gave him the book of highest knowledge [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ], but he could not give us anything
."
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 June 5
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This morning on his walk, and again tonight with the Dean of Theology at Geneva, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave this example: What is the important thing in the bod
y? It is the spirit soul, the life force. That is what's making the body move. Just as in an airplane the important thing is the pilot. The living entity within the body, the life force, is making the hand move, the eye see, the mind think. . . So in the
 universe, there is a life, a Soul, which is moving everything. As the person within the body is the important thing, so the Supreme Person is the important element in the universe that is making everything move and sustaining everything. We are }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7varas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or controllers, of our bodies, but He is the supreme controller, even of us. Each of us i
s controlled by God, the supreme controller, so to disobey His orders is sinful life. To agree to obey His direction is religion. Tonight after explaining this, he said, "I think this is perfect knowledge." 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He talked often with the Christians about why they disobey God by killing other living entities. Finally one of them complained that we
 were just talking the whole time about meat-eating. "Why can't we talk of higher principles?" they asked. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, "So long as one is sinful, there is no question of understanding higher principles."
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Paris, France. June 9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He said that Paris attracts so many tourists. His hosts drove him around to see the Louvre buildings, the Arc de Triomphe, and other sites. He said that in India (f
or example at Tirupati, where B\'e4laj\'e9 temple is) the same tourist urge is there, common people are visiting daily by the thousands, and the statues are there, but in India it is for God. While driving they pointed out where embassies are, and one de
votee quipped, "So we have opened a K\'e5\'f1\'eba embassy." "Why one embassy?" he said. "Every house should be an embassy. Everywhere, a K\'e5\'f1\'eba embassy."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God." This means that the word preceded the creation. Therefore it was transcend
ental. We have to inquire, "What is a transcendental Word?" The poet Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub golokera prema-dhana hari-n\'e4ma-sa\'eck\'e9rtana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes from K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka." This means it is a transcendental, not a material, sound or word. The creation comes from the word of God. For example, His Divine Grace \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has started what is now a very large spiritual movement. In the beginning of the movement there were no buildings and students; he came to this country without money, only with the word. But by preaching the transcendental word, all 
of ISKCON has become manifested. That's an example of the creative power of the word. The transcendental word of God, existing before the creation, is eternal, above the material creation\'97and it is the cause of the whole creation. Therefore by transce
ndental sound we are chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and becoming God conscious.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs40\cf0 *       *      *
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Germany. June 18
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta arranged a procession of 20 vehicles from the airport to the castle where the devotees are staying. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was pleased: "My heart
 becomes engladdened when I hear a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a German village." [A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a drum for chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.] He quoted Lord Caitanya's verse that in every village the ch
anting will be heard. He said, "We should be aware that our goal is a worldwide movement. Actually, we have communities all over the world, but the movement is still very, very small. It will expand, however, and the whole world can be united under K\'e5
\'f1\'eba for peace." But then, he said, people's only objection to us is that we are trying to prevent them from going to hell; therefore they misunderstand us. It's like when a man flies a kite on a roof and you see that he's in great danger, about to 
walk off the roof. But when you tell him, "Look out! You're in danger!" he becomes angry. "What! You have checked my movement." Any gentleman will speak out if he sees another plunging into danger. But they object. One world under K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97we ar
e not after domination, but we want to free people from death, old age and disease.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has been pointing out that the wars which are starting every few years in the West can be traced to }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub from cow killing. It has very disastrous effects, the slaughterhouse. He says, "People should live in peac
e, eating the food they raise themselves from the land, and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why artificially start these wars? They do not recognize that everything belongs to God. You can have the land to work; He has given you enough of everything to liv
e peacefully. It is the fault of the so-called leaders. The mass of people are good."
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 June 19
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He said that the idea of transmigration of the soul is very important\'97the beginning of transcendental philosophy\'97but no one in the West understands it. I brou
ght up the argument that although the materialist will accept that we are changing bodies in this lifetime, and also that he is experiencing the change of bodies in dreams, these things are still within one lifetime, so he does not experience changing bo
dies at the time of death. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, "But in the dream one doesn't remember everything; so much of it is a hodge-podge mixture of different things. Our nature is to forget. Also, do you remember everything of your childhood? We have
 forgotten so many things. We do not remember being in the womb of the mother and suffering under those conditions, but we were there. The fact that we do not remember something does not mean it did not exist. So, we are forgetful and do not remember our
 past lives. The most important thing is the authority of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; He is the perfect authority, and He logically presents transmigration in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4."}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I said, "If we simply say you must believe it because K\'e5\'f1\'eba says so, they will take it as dogmatic." "No," he said, "the reasoning is given there, but the authority is final
. For example, if you want to know who your father is, you can investigate in different ways your genealogy, your natural attraction to both parents, or your similarity to them in character\'97but finally the mother is the authority without flaw."
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Melbourne, Australia. June 21
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I mentioned to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that now that India has the nuclear bomb, other small nations are rushing to get it. He said, "What is this nuclear bomb? I
 will drop it on you and in turn you will drop it on me. What is the advancement over the dogs? This tearfulness of one nation for another with nuclear bombs is the dogs' mentality. Sometimes, even when chained by their respective masters, two dogs will 
fight as soon as they meet. Have you seen it? It's no better than that. "But," I pursued a vague anxiety, "devotees sometimes think we are planning for the long-term future when we distribute books to schools and libraries, but if everything is going to 
end in nuclear war. . ." "Assure them," said \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, "that there will be no nuclear war if they take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And even if there is nuclear war, that is not going to end everything. Formerly there was the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [a weapon of Vedic times similar to today's nuclear bomb]. Everything is under the control
 of the Supreme Lord. We are not afraid of the nuclear bomb, because the soul cannot be killed by the atom bomb. Do you know that? Have you read it? So what do they want to do in fear of the nuclear bomb\'97to sit down and do nothing and cry?" I said, "W
ell, we are asking people to invest in 60 volumes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but they might s
ay, 'I don't want to make such a long-term investment in the future because there is nuclear war ahead.' " "Then why are they going to the university? Why don't they stop eating? Do they mean one should not go for an education and should not have any hop
e and should stop everything?" "Yes," I said, "some think like that\'97that it is doom." \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da expressed concern that people have been put into such a consciousness. Then he repeated that I should assure people that there will not be 
such a war if they can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. "In fact, because of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, there will be no nuclear war. But even if there is, the soul cannot be killed, so we are not afraid the bomb will kill the soul."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Melbourne, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has been getting lots of news coverage. One article misrepresented him, saying, "His Divine Gra
ce is resigned to dying soon and returning to earth as an}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub animal." Amogha prepared a letter to the editor
 asking him to print what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da actually said. Amogha wrote that a pure devotee's condition is just the opposite: he goes to the kingdom of God after leaving this body. The next morning in class, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da commented on
 the news article. He explained how the reporter, being against us, was really saying, "Let the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub come back as a dog." (Actually all the miscreants will come back in the lower forms of life, not the devotees.) Prabhup\'e4da had actually said, "The devotee doesn't mind how he comes back, so long as he is with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To become K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's animal is a great thing. In K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka the cows embraced by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the other animals\'97or even the plants\'97are very exalted to be with K\'e5\'f1\'eba." So there is no objection if he becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba's animal
 in his next life.
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 June 29, 1974
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On his morning walks through the Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne, Prabhup\'e4da would ask how many varieties of plants they have. On several occasions he asked
, "Do they have two million varieties? K\'e5\'f1\'eba has produced two million varieties of plants, but I think maybe they have two thousand." He said, "The plants are standing still while we are able to walk because they are being punished. But although
 it is punishment, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's intelligence is so nice that it has become a beautiful arrangement." Madhudvi\'f1a Mah\'e4r\'e4ja asked, "If one gets a body according to his desire, so that one who wants to eat flesh can become a tiger\'97well, who w
ould want to become a tree?" (We understand that tree life is the result of too much lust.) \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, "The students in America like to stand naked. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, 'Here, take the body of a tree. Stand naked for a hundred ye
ars.' " I could suddenly understand better Prabhup\'e4da's position as our savior. He can save us from coming back in the lower species. If we follow the regulations of devotional life he has taught us, if we don't fall down from this, we can go to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba at the end of this life. Those bewildered by material desires have to go on in the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da is very interested in the excellent response from high church officials here in Melbourne. He wants to make a united effo
rt with the Christians. The preaching platform is that they should chant the name of Christ, which is the same philologically as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, coming from the Greek "Christos," and stop the animal slaughter. The clergy is appreciating this approach.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p24:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recalling the press conference}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba never says we are all one.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p25:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Early-morning translation.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Working before sunrise for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p26:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Traveling and preaching.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Disciples and newsmen meet \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da at the Geneva airport. To Prabhup\'e4da's right is }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, his secretary. \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Official reception.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The President of the Conseil d'Etat, the main goveruing body of the Canton of Geneva, welcomes \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to Geneva City
.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p27:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Transcendental words.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da instructs his disciples during a morning walk in Paris.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p28:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The plants are standing still, while we are able to walk."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A pure devotee teaches his disciples to sec K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrangement e
verywhere.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar #68
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
r
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here are the upcoming holidays and festivals for K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees. Devotees of the ISKCON center\line nearest you will gladly tell you more about the meanings of these festivals.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 22\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Gad\'e4dhara d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9, \'c7r\'e9la Dhana\'efjaya Pa\'eb\'f2ita and \'c7r\'e9la \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4sa \'c4c\'e4rya Prabhu.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 25\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (Utt}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na-ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans). \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Gauraki\'e7ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4ji Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 28\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Bh\'fcgarbha Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and \'c7r\'e9la Ka\'e7i\'e7vara Pa\'eb\'f2ita.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 November 29\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub End of C\'e4turm\'e4sya-vrata and \'dcrja-vrata
.\line Haimantika-r\'e4sa-y\'e4tr\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line Appearance of }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Ni\'e0b}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rk
a \'c4c}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub December 9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (Utpann}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting 
from grains and beans). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub December 10\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Kaliya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura and \'c7r\'e9la Narahari Sarak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub December 11\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la S\'e4ra\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 December 25\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (Mok\'f1ada-ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-bg #68
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text 12]                                                        The Yoga of the Supreme Person                       
                                            709
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub The splendor of the sun, which dissipates the darkness of this whole world, comes from Me. And the splendor of the m
oon and the splendor of fire are also from Me.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf9 PURPORT
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The unintelligent cannot understand how things are taking place. The beginning of knowledge can be established by und
erstanding what the Lord explains here. Everyone sees the sun, moon, fire and electricity. One should simply try to understand that the splendor of the sun, the splendor of the moon, and the splendor of electricity or fire are coming from the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead. In such a conception of life, the beginning of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, lies a great deal of advancement for the conditioned soul in this material world. The living entities are essentially the parts and parcels of the Supreme L
ord, and He is giving herewith the hint how they can come back to Godhead, back to home. From this verse we can understand that the sun is illuminating the whole solar system. There are different universes and solar systems, and there are different suns,
 moons and planets also. Sunlight is due to the spiritual effulgence in the spiritual sky of the Supreme Lord. With the rise of the sun, the activities of human beings are set up. They set fire to prepare their foodstuff; they set fire to start the facto
ries, etc. So many things are done with the help of fire. Therefore sunrise, fire and moonlight are so pleasing to the living entities. Without their help no living entity can live. So if one can understand that the light and splendor of the sun, moon an
d fire are emanating from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then one's K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will begin. By the moonshine, all the vegetables are nourished. The moonshine is so pleasing that people can easily understand that they
 are living by the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without His mercy there cannot be sun, without His mercy there cannot be moon, and without His mercy there cannot be fire, and without the help of sun, moon and fire, no one c
an live. These are some thoughts to provoke K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the conditioned soul.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a page from chapter 15 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagava
d-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You can get this great book from your books store or you can get it from us (please see page 22).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ad-What does K\'e5\'f1\'eba taste like!
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What does K\'e5\'f1\'eba taste l
ike!
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li3240\ri3240\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  9.26)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "the Lord's mercy," and 
it refers specifically to food that has been offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Hundreds of delicious dishes can be made with five basic ingredients (vegetables, grains, sugar, fruit, and milk). When these are prepared with care and offered in devotion to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, He accepts the offering with His glance, and the food becomes "K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized"- it becomes nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We would like to invite you to visit any one of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temples around the world, listed on page two of this magazine, to experience spiritual food.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every day, and especially on Sundays, we have a program of singing, dancing, philosophy and feasting on K\'e5\'f1
\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
10 No. 1, 1975
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inside cover photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace\line A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya Of The International 
Society For Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In the Gurukula School in Dallas, Texas}{\b\v\f0\fs20\cf8  }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 and Around the World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub In the Gurukula School in Dallas
, Texas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub and Around the World
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE \line HARE R\'c4MA   HARE R\'c4MA   R\'c4MA R\'c4MA   HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A self-realized person must know what is matter, what is spirit, and who is the controller of both. Matter consists of things that have no independent life, like st
ones, machines and even our very bodies. Spirit is the living force. And the controller of both is God Himself, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The children at Gurukula ("the place of the spiritual master") are cultivating self-realization by engaging in 
practical service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Gurukula, the children's school of the International }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Society for Krishna Consciousness}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has one hundred children, ages 3-13, and thirty well-trained teachers. They rise early, bathe and attend early-morning worship of the Lord in the
 Gurukula temple. And later, during the day, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub children study English, math and Sanskrit.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is dormant in the heart of everyone. So when a child comes in touch with a natural way of life, full of good ass
ociation, intelligent direction and worthwhile activity\'97in other words, when he comes in touch with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97his dormant love awakens. He becomes strong, self-controlled, honest and satisfied. And when he grows up, he can become
 qualified to lead the world away from materialistic peril and into secure service to the Lord. Thus Gurukula is producing spiritual leaders for the world of tomorrow.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, anyone, of any age, can be as satisfied as the children of Gurukula. One need only chant the holy
 names of God, as found in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97and get to know one's eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula is one of more than eighty worldwide centers of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, which was established in 
1966 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. This magazine, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tell you about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement and the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. As you look through it, on page 1
8 you'll find an article telling you more about Gurukula.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead v10#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
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 d\'e4s\'e9, Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh
\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jeffrey Dunan
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ar\'e9y\'e4n d\'e4sa, Cakradhara d\'e4sa, Urukrama d\'e4sa, Orville Griffiths, Victor Gonzalez.
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\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jaya\'e7acinandana d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4g\'e4tmik\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, M
\'e4h\'e4may\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1974 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
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\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS/ MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Wa
tseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover v10#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears in the spiritual world with His etemal consort, \'c7r\'e9mati R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4n\'e9. }{\b0
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\'e4prabhu)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a classic spiritual text that has recently been translated from Bengali into English, with elaborate purports, by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabh
up\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World v10#1
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A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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mbay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Har
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\'97Krishna-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P./178.
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\'971578 Ala Aoloa Loop 96819/ (808) 839-2210; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97107 Knox St. 77006/ (713) 869-78
09; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97641 Ramona Ave. 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-1313; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindavan, West Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
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orbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 SE Hawthorne 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Francisco, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97455 Valencia St. 94103/ (415) 861\'b76464; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seatt
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\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97187 Gerrard St. East, Ontario M5A 2E5/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972015 "Q" St. NW 20009/ (202) 667-3516; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Winnipeg, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97160 Home St., 
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'93In the Beginning Was the Word"
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'93In the Beginning Was the Wor
d"
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A discourse on the Holy Bible by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Delivered on June 1
4, 1974, in Paris, France
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much for kindly participating in this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement, which is a movement for the vibration of transcendental sound. Sound is the origin of all creation. That is admitt
ed in the Bible also. We are reading a passage from the Bible:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [A disciple reads] The Gospel According to Saint John. Chapter 1. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Wo
rd was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it 
not."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This same principle is explained in the Vedic literature. Here it is said, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, a
nd the Word was God." Because God is the Absolute Truth, there is no difference between God and God's form, His qualities and His word. Everything related to God is also God. In the material world, name and substance are different. For example, when you 
are thirsty, if you simply utter the words "water, water, water," that will not quench your thirst. But in the spiritual world the name of God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead are the same.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub shall quote one Sanskrit verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which parallels this Biblical passage:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ma cint\'e4ma\'ebi\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e7\line caitanya-rasa-vigraha\'f9\line p\'fcr\'eba\'f9 \'e7uddho nitya-mukto\line 
\'92bhinnatv\'e4n n\'e4ma-n\'e4mino\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Padma }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purport of this verse is that the name of God is as powerful as God Himself. It is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means "complete," }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7uddha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means "free from all material contamination," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub which means "eternal." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Abhinnatv\'e4n n\'e4ma-n\'e4mino\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means that there is no differ
ence between the name and the person whose name we are chanting. Thus when we chant the holy name of God, like the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is personally present. One need not chant the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba; one may chant any name that he knows
 is God's. God has many names, which may be chanted with the same effect in different languages and in different countries.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Father of Everyone
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually God has no name, but names are given to Him according to His activities. For example, we are chanting God's name "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" because "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" 
means "all-attractive." How is God all-attractive? We can get some idea from our conception of attractiveness in this material world. One is attractive in this material world if he is very rich, very powerful, very wise, beautiful, famous or renounced. T
hus one may become attractive in six ways. The Vedic literature states:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ai\'e7varyasya samagrasya\line v\'e9ryasya ya\'e7asa\'f9 \'e7riya\'f9\line j\'ef\'e4na-vair\'e4gyayo\'e7 caiva\line \'f1a\'eb
\'eb\'e4\'e0 bhaga it\'e9\'ecgan\'e4\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu P. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.5.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This verse indicates that God is all-attractive because He is the richest of all, He is the strongest, the most beautiful, the most wise, the most renounced and the
 most famous.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our position\'97we human beings who are sitting in this hall, as well as all other living beings\'97is that we are all sons of God. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-p
rada\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It should be understood that all the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possi
ble by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father." (Bg. 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus acc
ording to the Vedic conception, all living entities in all forms of life are parts and parcels of God. Your Bible says that in the beginning there was only the Word and that the Word was God. Therefore, God existed before the creation. And where did all 
the created creatures come from? They came from God. Thus all of the 8,400,000 species of creatures were made by God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He who creates must be the father, for even in the material sense, it is the father who creates his children. How can we deny that this
 is so? Here in the Bible it is said that all things were created by Him. One cannot whimsically deny the authoritative statements of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the Bible. Therefore, He is the father of everything. When you go to the church, you pray, "Father, give us our daily bread." This indicates that He is the father of everyone. Therefore here it is clearly s
aid, "All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made." This is perfect knowledge.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 In the Image of God 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The same ideas are also stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the most perfect philosophy presented in the Vedic language. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.1
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 ath\'e4to brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub atha}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97now; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ato}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97therefore; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s
\'e4}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97inquire into Brahman.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Now, therefore, one should inquire into Brahman (the Supreme Personality of Godhead).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport}}}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.1]}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ath\'e4to brahma
-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Human life is meant for inquiring about God." This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s movement, therefore, is meant to enable one to understand God. This movement has been active in the Western countries only for the last six or seven years, but it has been on this planet for the last five thousand years. When I say "K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness," this means God consciousness. Human life is meant for understanding God and becoming God conscious. An animal cannot possibly understand God. Our advertisements have invited everyone to this meeting to discuss something about God, but only hu
man beings have come, not cats and dogs. The human life is a chance given by nature with which to understand God, but if one does not fulfill this opportunity, his next life may not be that of a human being. The soul is within the body, and it is a part 
and parcel of God. If you can understand the soul, therefore, you can partially understand God. Indeed, if you study yourself, to some extent you study God because you are a sample of God. In the Bible it is also said that man is made in the image of God
. Therefore if you study yourself\'97that study is called meditation\'97then you can understand God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For those who are in the bodily concept of life, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system and meditation are very important for self-realization. In fact, however, if you want to understand yo
urself, you can do it very easily by a very simple method. Just consider your finger and ask yourself whether you are your finger. The answer will be no. I am not the finger; it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
my }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub finger. Everyone, even a child, will say, "This is my finger, this is my hand, this is my leg, my head." No one will say, "I finger, I head, I leg." Therefore the conclusion sh
ould be that I, the soul, am different from this material body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material body changes because of the presence of the soul. For example, a child changes his body and gets a different body\'97that 
of a young boy. Then the boy changes his body and gets a different body\'97that of a young man, who in turn gets the body of an old man. Every one of us can consider himself in this way: "I had the small body of a child, I had the body of a small boy, I 
had a youthful body, and now I have an old body." By this simple study I can understand that I am different from the body. And I can also understand that because I am eternal, I was existing within all these bodily forms. Therefore in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re:}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub after the des
truction of this body, I, the soul, am not destroyed but continue to live." As described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the soul is eternal.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin\line n\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bhavit\'e4 v\'e4 na bh\'fcya\'f9\line ajo nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4
\'e7vato \'92ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not
 slain when the body is slain." (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Life After Death
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Death is but the destruction of this outer, gross material body. We all have experience that although every night our body lies in bed, with my subtle body, which c
onsists of mind, intelligence and ego, by dreaming I leave my bedroom and go elsewhere. Thus we all have experience of leaving our gross bodies and taking our subtle bodies to do something else while the gross bodies are still here. Therefore, I, the sou
l, am changing back and forth between gross and subtle bodies. I dream with the subtle body, and when the dream is over I return to the gross body. And the change that takes place when the subtle body carries the soul from one gross body to another is ca
lled death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The subtle body of mind, intelligence and false ego carries one to another body according to the nature of his mind. The mind is always
 full of thoughts, and at the time of death, according to those thoughts in which his mind is absorbed, the soul is given another gross body. This is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ya\'e0 ya\'e0 v\'e4pi smaran bh\'e4va\'e0\line tyajaty ante kalevaram\line ta\'e0 tam evaiti kaunteya\line sad\'e4 tad-bh\'e4va-
bh\'e4vita\'f9 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain without fail." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  Thus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the attitudes of the mind, carry one to the next gross body at the time of death.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that after death the soul gets another body }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4nta
ra-pr\'e4pti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What kind of body will one get? It is necessary to prepare oneself. Now, we can see t
hat there are so many kinds of bodies. In the water there are 900,000 species, in the vegetable kingdom, among the trees and plants, there are 2,000,000 kinds of bodies, and there are also 11,000 species of insects, 1,000,000 types of birds and 3,000,000
 types of beastly bodies.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are 400,000 human species, and the civilized man is considered to be in the perfect bodily situation because nature gives us this
 human form of body to enable us to understand God. In other forms of life, there is no chance of understanding Him. Therefore, the duty of each of us, before our next death comes, is to understand God. If we simply misuse this body to live like cats and
 dogs, we are missing our greatest chance.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because we are completely under the control of material nature, we cannot possibly say that we are free. That is stated in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni\line gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9\line aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4
\line kart\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself the doer of activities that are in actuality carried out by n
ature." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 3.27)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are three modes of material nature, namely goodness, passion and ignorance. When we are under the control of material nature, we associate with these m
odes, or qualities. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'fcrdhva\'e0 gacchanti sattva-sth\'e4\line madhye ti\'f1\'f6hanti r\'e4jas\'e4\'f9\line jaghanya-gu\'eba-v\'e5tti-sth\'e4\line 
adho gacchanti t\'e4mas\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Those who associate with the mode of goodness are promoted to the higher planetary systems, those in the mode of passion remain in the middle planetary systems, an
d those in the mode of ignorance descend to the lower planetary systems." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  14.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore, although we may like to think that we are independent, these three modes of nature have been carrying us from one planet to another and from one body to another since time immemorial. We
 are all eternal, but because our consciousness has been polluted by these three qualities of nature, we have to undergo repeated birth and death in the material world. Therefore, we should take advantage of the opportunity afforded by the human form of 
life to become free from these material qualities and rise to the spiritual platform of God consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Getting in Touch with God
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the beginning was the Word." This indicates that before creation, transcendental sound existed.  That word or transcend
ental sound is not like material sound, for if we associate with the transcendental sound Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we become purified and thus become transcendental.  To give a crude example, if we put an iron rod into a fire, it will gradually become warmer
 and warmer until it becomes red hot.  When it is red hot, it will no longer be iron; it will be fire.  How has it become fire?  By association with the fire.  Therefore if you simply keep yourself in touch with God through the transcendental sound, grad
ually you will become godly, and as soon as you become godly, you will become the same in quality as God\'97full in riches, full in power, full in knowledge and everything else.  Therefore the Vedic instruction is, "Don't keep yourself in darkness.  Come
 to the light." At the present moment, the entire world, for want of godly understanding, is in darkness.  But since we have the privilege of this human form of life, we should not stay in darkness, without knowledge of the soul and God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li0\ri0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As long as I think that I am this body, I am in darkness.  One who has a material body has four needs\'97eating, sleeping, sexu
al intercourse and defense.  Cats and dogs also eat, sleep, have sex and defend, but a human being should not be educated only in these four principles of animal necessities.  The real need of humanity is the need to understand God.  Therefore in every c
ivilized human society there is some system of religion.  Whether it is Christianity, Mohammedanism, Hinduism or whatever, in civilized society there must be some form of religion, and a human being is supposed to follow the religious principles to have 
complete knowledge of God and himself, and to know the goal of life.  It doesn't matter whether one is Christian, Hindu or Muslim; the real purpose of life is to know God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li0\ri0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Vedic literature it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e0 tu s
\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9tam: "Dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or religion, consists of the codes given by God." To give a practical example, if one abides by the laws of the state, then he is 
a good and peaceful citizen.  You may not like the laws of the state, but if you do not follow them you will be punished. Similarly, if you do not follow the laws of God, you will be punished. You may declare independence, but there is no possibility of 
such independence.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Surrendering to the Supreme Person
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, in conclusion, there is God, and God\'92s word indicates that God is a person.  As soon as we accept the word of
 God, we have to conclude that God is a person. You are vibrating words and I am vibrating words, and this shows that we are persons. The word of God and God Himself are not different, yet God is a person, and He speaks. If He can speak, then He can also
 hear, smell, eat and perform all other sensual activities. If He could not hear, then our prayers to Him\'97\'93O God, please give us our daily bread\'94\'97would be useless. Therefore from the statements of the scriptures\'97whether the Bible or }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is understood that God is a person like you.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li0\ri0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetanas cetan\'e4n\'e4m/ eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This verse indicates that God is 
the Supreme Being. Even in the dictionary it is stated that \'93God\'94 refers to the Supreme Being. We are all beings, but God is the supreme being. Just as in every state there are citizens but there is one chief citizen or chief executive, so among th
e many living beings there is one supreme living being. Just as we are living beings, God is also a living being, and just as we eternal, God is also eternal. But God is one, whereas we are many. And what is significant about that one? }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that one\'97God\'97is maintaining all the other living beings. He 
is a person and we are persons, but because He is the one who maintains us, we therefore go to God to beg for our daily bread. By constitutional position, therefore, we are predominated, and God is the predominator; we are very small, and God is very gre
at.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li0\ri0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the present moment, however, we are defying this position, and that is why we are in trouble. Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss movement, therefore, is educating people to understand that since they are always subordinate to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, if they surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba they will be happy. Do not remain in a rebellious condition of life. Just surrender to God and you wil
l be happy. That is the final conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.66] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'ebam vraja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ). We are making so many plans to become happy and they are failing, but if we take this plan, if we surrender to God, then all our problems will be solved. Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement does not try to make Hindus into Christian 
or Christian into Hindus. That is not our purpose. Or only request to you is this: every one of you, try to understand God, love Him and be happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li0\ri0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The final conclusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is that if you want your mind to be peaceful, you should understand three things: that God is the supreme enjoyer, that His is the proprietor of everything, and that His is the friend of
 everyone. If you very scientifically understand only these three things, then you life will successful.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li0\ri0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You can understand these simple truth by chanting God\'92s name: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is an address to the e
nergy of God, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  meand God, who is all-attractive, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is also a name of God. So in this verse\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare/ Hare R
\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'96there are only three words: Hare, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma. Therefore anyone can chant these three names\'96Hare, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma\'97and make his life perfect. I hope that you will join us 
in chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li0\ri0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub photos}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How the Teachings of Lord Caitanya Came to the Western World (Part 3)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub How the Teachings of Lord Caitan
ya Came to the Western World\line (Part 3)
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in the form of His own pure devotee, appeared }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 500 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub years ago in Bengal, India, to teach\'97by His own example\'97how one can become fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. The teachings of Lord Caitanya we
re recorded and transmitted by many faithful disciples, but they were virtually unknown in the West until 1896, when \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, a great spiritual master in the disciplic line from Lord Caitanya, published a short book entitle
d \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'97His Life and Precepts and sent copies to the Western world. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda foresaw a time when Easterners and Westerners would join in a universal method of spiritual realization by chanting the holy name o
f God. Moreover, he predicted, "A personality will soon appear to preach the teachings of Lord Caitanya and move unrestrictedly over the whole world with His message."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub After the disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, his son, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 M
ah\'e4r\'e4ja, a great scholar and pure devotee, continued to expand the mission of Lord Caitanya. He wrote many books and established printing presses and sixty-four temples dedicated to preaching the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The following is the third of three articles depicting the pioneering efforts of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, \'c7r\'e9la Bh
aktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and those who have followed them in spreading the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness throughout the world.] [part 1, 2]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Instead of having his disciples retire to remote holy places, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta sent them out to preach in the crowded ci
ties, where the need was greatest. This required the introduction of some revolutionary practices, such as allowing his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , his disciples in the renounced order, to ride in automobiles. Until Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta's time, holy men were restricted to walking or riding in animal-drawn carts; automobiles were too extravagant. But if the pre
aching of Lord Caitanya's message could be furthered by using automobiles, why should they be rejected? Here was a practical application of Bhaktivinoda's philosophy of renunciation, in which nothing was to be used for sense gratification but everything 
could be employed for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta also allowed his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  to wear sewn clothing. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is discouraged from wearing sewn clothing, t
o prevent attachment to women, but this concession was made to enable his men to preach in respectable society in the big cities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1933 Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta sent out several teams of preachers to London and Berlin. He even managed, with great difficulty, to send th
em money from India to finance their preaching. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta was eager to fulfill Bhaktivinoda's prophecy that Westerners would embrace Lord Caitanya's movement. But he would not live to see it, for his disciples were unable to establish anything s
ubstantial in Europe. Even before leaving India on their mission, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were doubtful about
 attracting Europeans to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. After all, Europeans were inveterate meat-eaters, whereas they themselves were strict vegetarians. Yet Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta instructed that the mission of Lord Caitanya could be executed in all circums
tances. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, therefore, was an actual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . An }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is "one who teaches by his example." In this world there are many supposed teachers, but invariably their private 
lives are quite at variance with their teachings. Therefore a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or ideal teacher, can
not be adjudicated or selected. "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " is not a material designation or title, like president, ch
airman or professor; an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  must have spiritual qualifications. An actual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  must be spiritually empowered by the previous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because of his total surrender to his spiritual master. This is illustrated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
hagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : among many candidates, Arjuna alone received the ability to understand the mystery of God from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97simply because he alone was K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's unalloyed devotee and friend.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1936, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura received a letter written by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, inquiring how he could be of service. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta's reply may be considered crucial to the 
mission of Lord Caitanya. Rather than suggest something new, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta reiterated the order he had given to Bhaktivedanta Swami at their first meeting: "Preach the teachings of Lord Caitanya in English. You will be benefited, and everyone who he
ars you will be benefited." Obviously this instruction, given first in 1922 and again after fourteen years, was very important.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A fortnight later, \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prabhup\'e4da departed from this
 earth. The stage had now been set for that great personage who would actually fulfill the prophecy of Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura by expanding the vigorous initial efforts of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 and boldly preaching the teachings of Lord Cait
anya all over the world.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Pure Devotee 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the signs of a great devotee, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh\'e4gavata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that he is generally born into a famil
y of devotees. \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was such a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-bh\'e4gavata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for his father was \'c7
r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, the literary incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who compiled all the Vedic literature. Another was Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, whose grandfather was Arjuna and whose grandmother was Subhadr\'e4, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sister. The great
 benefit for a child born in such a family is that he gets spiritual education right from birth. The early lives of great devotees are often similar. Just as Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura was trained from birth by Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4ku
ra, Bhaktivedanta Swami was also fortunate to be trained in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by his own father.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even in childhood, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da expressed the perfection of transcendental devotion. Like Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, h
e worshiped the Deities his father had given him. He simply imitated the worship of Radha-Govinda he used to see in the nearby family temple. (Those early Deities of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's are still worshiped today by his sister in Calcutta.) As a c
hild, Bhaktivedanta Swami would often spend his time studying the Indian Railways Timetable. He would see what trains were going from Calcutta to two other places: V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and Pur\'e9, where Lord Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu had resided. After calculating the fares, he would then scheme up different ways of raising the money to go.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Even as a boy, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da showed a proclivity for preaching. In Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, India, there is a yearly festival
 called Rathay\'e4tr\'e4, in which the Deity of Lord Jagann\'e4tha (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) goes on procession in a huge }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ratha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub or float. So, with a miniature }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ratha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would hold neighborhood p
rocessions, invite all his family members and friends and distribute lots of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this day \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has instructed his disciples to do just what he was doing as a child\'97to worship R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities and stage Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 festivals a
ll over the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace dedicates his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supre
me Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as follows: "To my father, Gour Mohan De }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (1849-1930, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who raised me as a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious child from the very beginning of my life. In my boyhood ages he instructed me how to play the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [a drum for chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba]. He gave me R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vigraha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Deities] to worship, and he gave me Jagann\'e4tha }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ratha }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to duly organize the festival as my childhood play. He was kind to me, and I imbibed from him the ideas later on solidified by my spiritual master, the eternal father."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a member of one of Calcutta's aristocratic families, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was given the best education. He attended Scottish Ch
urches College, run by British missionaries, where he studied economics, philosophy and history. As a follower of Gandhi's non-cooperation movement, however, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da refused to accept his university degree. He married in }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1918. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub An astrologer foretold that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would in time become as wealthy as the wealthiest man in
 India. Soon afterward, though still a young man, he was selected to manage a well-known pharmaceutical laboratory.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The all-important meeting with Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 occurred in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub 1922. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [For a description of that meeting, see Part }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of this article, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. 68.] }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has remarked that although others would ask many questions of the spiritual master simply to make an impression, he asked only one: "How may I serve you?" After that
 initial meeting, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da spent several years developing his firm into a very successful business, but he never forgot Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura. He offered financial support to Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta's Gau\'f2\'e9ya Mis
sion and introduced some of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to his business associates. \'c7r\'e9la 
Prabhup\'e4da would sometimes visit Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta's mission and discuss devotional philosophy with his disciples, but when the devotees urged him to take initiation from Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da avoided it, admitting that he jus
t liked to come and associate with the devotees. Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta was very pleased with this remark. Thus \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da never took a very active part in the activities of the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha. At one point, the disciples, understanding 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's sincerity, encouraged him to become a full-time member and even to live with them, but then Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta prophetically declared that it would be better for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to remain apart. "One day he will join
 fully and do wonderful things," Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta said. Then in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1933 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in Allahabad, where \'c7r\'e9la P
rabhup\'e4da was living with his family, he became an initiated disciple of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Following the Master's Orders
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1933 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da delivered an address to a Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha convocation honoring the appearance day of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat
\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura. In that speech \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained the meaning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and he also expressed his deep devotion to his spiritual master as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "Personally, I have no hope of having any direct service [to K\'e5\'f1\'eba] for the coming crores of births 
of the sojourn of my life, but I am confident that some day or other I shall be delivered from the mire of delusion in which I am at present so deeply sunk. Therefore let me with all my earnestness pray at the lotus feet of my Divine Master to let me suf
fer the lot for which I am destined for all my past misdoings, but to let me have this power of recollection, realized through the unflinching mercy of my Divine Master, that I am nothing but a tiny servant of the Almighty Absolute Godhead. Let me theref
ore bow down at His lotus feet with all the humility at my command."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1944, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub after \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta's demise, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da pursued his spiritual master's order by founding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a fortnightly English paper that he himself wrote, edited and published. He was also its sole distributor. His Divine Grace preached actively, using his home for frequent small functions cons
isting of congregational chanting and authoritative discourses from the Vedic scriptures. But \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's wife was of a different bent. She did not like these meetings and even prevented her husband from instructing their children in devo
tional principles. Then came some unavoidable business reverses, and so finally in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1959 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prab
hup\'e4da took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (the renounced order of life) from one of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Godbrothers and left home. He went to the holy village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, fulfilling his childhood desire. There he co
mmenced writing and publishing several important books, in preparation for his voyage to America in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1965, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub which was to be the fulfillment of his spiritual master's order. [For a background description of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's writing and his work in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, see "The Books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da,"
 in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 52, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the author of this article.]
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Pointing Out What America Had Missed 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once in America, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da indefatigably preached the teachings of Lord Caitanya. This was, of course, the first time that we Americans had ever hea
rd of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. I will always remember the way \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would look at a picture of Lord Caitanya he had brought with him from V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He had it high on the wall opposite his sitting place in his tiny New York 
apartment, and as he would unfold the glorious teachings of Lord Caitanya, he would regard that picture with an expression of deep transcendental love. It was that sublime feature of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's that inspired me to broaden my understandin
g of Mah\'e4prabhu's teachings.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Coming from the East at the age of 70, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had a great deal to say to us space-age Americans. He spoke the truth.
 For example, here is what he wrote in his introduction to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "As far as material necessities are concerned, the human civilization at the present moment is very much adva
nced in living comfortably, but still we are not happy because we are missing the point. The material comforts of life alone are not sufficient to make us happy. The vivid example is America: the richest nation of the world, having all facilities for mat
erial comfort, is producing a class of men completely confused and frustrated in life. I am appealing herewith to such confused men to learn the art of devotional service as directed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub and I am sure that the fire of material existence burning within their hearts will be immediately extinguished. The root cause of our dissatisf
action is that our dormant loving propensity has not been fulfilled despite our great advancement in the materialistic way of life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub will give us practical hints how we can live in this material world perfectly engaged in devotional service and thus fulfill all our desires in this life and the next. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub not presented to condemn any way of materialistic life, but the attempt is to give information to religionists, philosophers and people in general how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One may live without material disc
omfiture, but at the same time he should learn the art of loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. At the present moment we are inventing so many ways to utilize our propensity to love, but factually we are missing the real point, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We are watering all parts
 of the tree but missing the tree's root. We are trying to keep our body fit by all means, but we are neglecting to supply foodstuffs to the stomach. Missing K\'e5\'f1\'eba means missing one's self also. Real self-realization and realization of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba go together simultaneously. For example, seeing oneself in the morning means seeing the sunrise also; without seeing the sunshine no one can see himself. Similarly, unless one has realized K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is no question of self-realization."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Challenging the Bog\'e9 Yog\'e9s
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was a blunt critic. His targets were all the things sacrosanct to us young American materialists: sense gratification, mental speculation,
 sex, meat-eating, skyscrapers, fast cars, the United Nations, nationalism, science, space exploration, family and love, impersonal spirituality and other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He was against the entire modern civilization. He even discouraged us from eating in restaurants. One thing difficult for us to accept in the beginning was his unreserved criticism of oth
er }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As student-aged youths, we were skeptical of those who claimed to monopolize anything, 
what to speak of the truth. We were tired of those who said that theirs was the only way. Our idea for eliminating all the hatred in the world was simply to accept everything as good. Let everyone do his own thing, we thought; you can follow or not, but 
you should not criticize, especially in spiritual matters. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da swept away all this. He showed us how to discriminate sensibly between true and false spirituality. Like Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, who had courageously defeated a }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  imposter who was imitating K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would not let us be mi
sguided by the "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yog\'e9s," }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as he called them. To this day \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has continued to chide so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub gurus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who mislead their followers from the path of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. Here is a recent article from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Time }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Feb. 11, 1974):
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "Trouble is stirring in Nirvana. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami of the Hare Krishna movement, at a news conference 
in Hong Kong last week, denounced a rival }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub guru: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub self-styled divinity Maharaj Ji, 16}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub now counseling his disciples in California. The ascetic Swami, whose followers constitute a kind of saffron-robed Hindu versi
on of the Salvation Army, began by saying, \'91You've got to decide whether he is God, or a dog.\'92 Noting the young leader's luxurious life style, the Swami declared rather ominously, \'91He is cheating people, but he will be cheated in a bigger way. W
hen God meets cheats, he can be a better cheat than they.\'92 "
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da did not come to America as a beggar. "I have come to teach you what you have forgotten," he told reporters. "
It is love of God." He chose America of all places in the West because the entire world is following her example of economic development. If he could succeed in making Americans take up spiritual life, then the rest of the world would follow. This was hi
s master plan for fulfilling his spiritual master's order.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Explosion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing the potential for spreading Vedic culture in America, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da requested his Godbrothers in India to help him. But they were not interested,
 so \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da founded his own society in July of 1966}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He called it the Internati
onal Society for Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON. There was some discussion among his first students that "Krishna" was too sectarian a name for the title of the Society\'97"the International Society for God Consciousness" would be more readily acceptab
le. But Prabhup\'e4da wanted K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name. "'God is the position, but God has a name, and His name is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We know who God is, so we want to call Him by His name," he explained.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After opening the first ISKCON center, in New York, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was invited by some students to come to the West Coast. H
e entrusted the responsibility for publishing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to his disciples, a number of whom he had t
rained to go preach the teachings of Lord Caitanya themselves and establish centers. These early disciples were not very adept in quoting Sanskrit, nor in the procedures of Deity worship, nor even in following all the practices of devotional life\'97but 
they were convinced. They opened several more centers\'97in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle; then in Montreal and Vancouver; and soon in Buffalo, Washington, D.C., and Boston.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sent a group of disciples to London. Whereas the advanced Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sent by Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura were unable to accomplish anything in London for years, three American ho
useholder couples soon opened a thriving K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness center in the heart of downtown London. It has since expanded to include a temple and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asrama }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on a stately seventeen-acre manor just outside the city. With the world-famous musician George Harrison, the English disciples have recorded several records of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba that have b
ecome hits all over Europe and even in Japan, and that have financed the publication of one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books. No wonder \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da proudly declared that these householders were far greater than many big }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples have now opened almost fifty centers in America, and another fifty in half a dozen European count
ries, as well as Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Japan, Africa and South America. In these centers, R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities are very opulently worshiped, and there are feasts and Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 festivals, with as many as 
25,000 people attending. There are also classes for the public and all-important book distribution. This has all been accomplished solely by the effort of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who maintains close contact with the administrators of all his temples. 
He writes up to twenty-five letters daily, both to give spiritual guidance and to see to the Society's management. In 1970 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da formed amongst his senior disciples a Governing Body Commission (GBC), consisting of twelve zonal secreta
ries to administer K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious affairs in twelve different sections of the world and to cooperate in spreading the teachings of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. This is exactly how Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, who coined the title GBC, wante
d his Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha administered after his departure.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Innovations by a Dynamic \'c4c\'e4rya 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not only do \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Godbrothers refuse to help \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da spread the teachings of Lord Caitanya, but they unfortunately criticize
 his accomplishments. In the very beginning they wrote from India that it simply wasn't possible to make devotees out of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mlecchas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (heathens who do not follow the four Vedic prohibitions against meat-eating, illicit sex, gambling and intoxication). Their conclusion was exactly opposite to the teachings of Lord Caitanya and the historic mission of Bh
aktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura and Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura. Thus \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da found himself having to preach the teachings of Lord Caitanya to his own Godbrothers, as if they were the same caste conscious }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who have continuously opposed Lord Caitanya's mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They criticized \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's being addressed as "Prabhup\'e4da." They maintained that only Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 deserved to have that titl
e and that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da was being disrespectful by proclaiming himself Prabhup\'e4da. Actually, however, the term "Prabhup\'e4da" came to be used because some of Prabhup\'e4da's disciples wanted to address their
 beloved spiritual master with a term more respectful than "Swamiji" or "Guruji," which are used to address an ordinary }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then an article appeared in an early }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to s
ettle the matter: "PRABHUPADA. The word Prabhup\'e4da is a term of the utmost reverence in Vedic religious circles, and it signifies a great saint even among saints. The word actually has two meanings: first, one at whose feet }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (p\'e4da) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub there are many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhus }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (a term meaning 'master,' which the disciples of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub use in addressing each other). The second meaning is one who is always found at the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (the supreme master).
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "In the line of disciplic succession through which K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is conveyed to mankind, there
 have been a number of figures of such spiritual importance as to be called Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da executed the will of his master, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and therefore he and his associate Gosv\'e4m\'e9
s are called Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura executed the will of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, and therefore he is also addressed as Prabhup\'e4da. Our Spiritual Master, Om Vi\'f1\'ebup
\'e4da 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktivedanta Swami Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, has, in the same way, executed the will of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da in carrying the message of love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the Western worl
d, and therefore we American and European humble servants of His Divine Grace, from all the different centers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub movement, have followed in the footsteps of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da, and prefer to address His Grace our Spiritual Master as Prabhup\'e4da, and he has kindly said \'91Yes.\'92 "
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next, the Godbrothers audaciously claimed that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was mixing boys and girls together, especially on the chanting
 and preaching parties. Vedic culture rigidly controls the relations between men and women. If a girl even goes out of home alone at night, she is immediately rejected by her family members. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot even speak to a woman in a secluded place nor be alone with even his mother or sister. Lord Caitanya would not allow a woman to come near Him
, even to offer obeisances, nor would He allow Himself to hear the female temple attendants (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
 singing religious songs. However, what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da found when he came to the U.S.A. was quite a different style of life. Co-ed dormitories, legalized abortions and free distribution of contraceptives are all part of the modern permissivene
ss of Western materialistic civilization. Understandably, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da thought that as soon as he would introduce the four prohibitions, all the early students would go away. Americans were too accustomed to unrestricted mixing of the sexes 
for them all to become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (lifelong celibates) and to follow all strictures. \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da thought it better for their spiritual life for them to marry and restrict themselves to one husband or wife. But who would arrange for them to marry? Being a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s
\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub himself, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was forbidden to have anything to do with household life. But he was alone in America, so he overstepped the rule and personally performed 
the marriage ceremonies for his students according to Vedic rites. (Now that disciples are qualified, all marriages are performed by ISKCON's temple presidents.)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da modified other devotional practices to introduce the teachings of Lord Caitanya abroad. For instance, he has 
set the minimum number of "rounds" to be chanted on the meditation beads at sixteen (approximately two hours of time) rather than the sixty-four rounds \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 had set for his disciples. This is because Americans are g
enerally not inclined to lengthy periods of meditation. This genius for adopting new ways to extend the teachings of Lord Caitanya is the very qualification of a real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4rya. Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes how Lord Caitanya devised many methods and even tricks, in particu
lar His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub just to get all opposition to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub conscious. An }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does not follow hackneyed methods; he introduces dynamic ways to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Unfortunately, however, those who do not have the conviction or spiritual potency to spread the teachings o
f Lord Caitanya beyond their dutiful circle of pious widows just plod along in the same stereotyped way and jealously criticize the real achievement.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Great Personality
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Innovation by an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub does not adulterate the teachings of Lord Caitanya. The goal remains the same, but only the means are modified to suit the time, place and circumstances. This enthusiasm for preaching is the very essence of the teachings of Lord 
Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who Himself even preached to the animals in the forests. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's success in doing what no other spiritual master has ever done is simply due to his unflinching dependence on Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the previous
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The evidence is found on page after page of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books. Fo
r example, he writes in his preface to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "Our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is genuine, historically authorized, natural and transcendental du
e to its being based on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub It is gradually becoming the most popular movement 
in the entire world, especially amongst the younger generation. It is becoming more and more interesting to the older generation also. Older gentlemen are becoming interested, so much so that the fathers and grandfathers of my disciples are encouraging u
s by becoming life members of our great society, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In Los Angeles many fathers and mothers used to come to see me to express their feelings of gratitude for my leading the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mo
vement throughout the entire world. Some of them said that it is greatly fortunate for the Americans that I have started the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in America. But actually the original father of this movement is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himsel
f, since it was started a very long time ago but is coming down to human society by disciplic succession. If I have any credit in this connection, it does not belong to me personally, but it is due to my eternal spiritual master, His Divine Grace Om Vi
\'f1\'ebup\'e4da Paramaha\'e0sa Parivrajakacarya 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prabhup\'e4da."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has brought many of his disciples to India so that his Godbrothers can see the results of his preaching f
or themselves, and a few of them are beginning to recognize that he is actually the successor to Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While this article was first being written, preparations for the first great Mayapur pilgrimage were in full swing. On land purchased a
t the birthsite of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has initiated a project to build the tallest and most majestic temple in India, as well as a Vedic University for students from all over the world. Already one building has been complet
ed. For this year's festival, devotees from ISKCON centers throughout the world will have gathered for nine days of chanting, processions, lectures, films, exhibitions, organizational meetings and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub feasting, as well as the bliss of associating with their beloved spiritual master and each other. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that His devotees like very much to be together.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mac-citt\'e4 mad-gata-pr\'e4\'eb\'e4\line bodhayanta\'f9 parasparam\line kathayanta\'e7 ca m\'e4\'e0 nitya\'e0\line tu\'f1yanti 
ca ramanti ca
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bliss enlightening one another and conversi
ng about Me." (Bg. 10.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It cannot be disputed that the great personality predicted by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura is none other than His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pr
abhup\'e4da. He has traveled and preached around the world almost 10 times, he has opened centers in America, Europe, South America, India, the Far East, Australia and also Africa, and he has written a score of best-selling books on the teachings of Lord
 Caitanya. It is quite understandable why \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da dedicates one of those books (aptly entitled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as follows:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DEDICATED TO
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Sacred Service\line of\line SRILA SACCIDANANDA\line BHAKTIVINODA THAKURA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who Initiated The Teachings of Lord Caitanya\line in\line The Western World\line (McGill University, Canada)\line in 1896
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Year Of My Birth
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Legion of Pure Devotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivinoda's philosophy of using material things in the loving service of God has been fully implemented by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He purposely came to Americ
a because America has more at its disposal than any other country in the world. Instead of wasting time and money going to the moon to collect rocks, that same organizing talent can be used to send souls back home, back to Godhead. Whereas Bhaktisiddh
\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 first used automobiles and printing presses, his foremost disciple has enlisted Americans to use their boundless wealth and technology to spread the teachings of Lord Caitanya, thus fulfilling the 89-year-old prophecy of Bhaktivinoda
 \'d6h\'e4kura. Now, for the first time, the world is so eager for the teachings of Lord Caitanya that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's foreign students are building a memorial to Lord Caitanya at His birthsite. The effect on native Indians has been a revival
 of interest in their own Vedic culture. India will only be respected by the rest of the world if it spreads this spiritual culture. If India neglects this responsibility and tries only to mimic Western materialism, India will be an inveterate beggar nat
ion. Thus, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da should be recognized as his country's foremost ambassador.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is the successor in the disciplic line from Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura because he has dedi
cated his entire life to fulfilling his spiritual master's command. He has raised the most unqualified candidates to a position higher than those born in the families of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma
\'ebas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be able to follow a
nd learn from such a rare transcendental personality is an invaluable opportunity. Disciples from all over the world, therefore, repeatedly offer their obeisances to His Divine Grace as follows:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nama o\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebu-p\'e4d\'e4ya\line k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pre\'f1\'f6h\'e4ya bh\'fc-tale\line \'e7r\'e9mate bhaktived\'e4nta-\line
sv\'e4min iti n\'e4mine\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Pra\'ebati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I offer my humble obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is the most dear to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba on this earth because he has t
aken complete shelter at the Lord's lotus feet."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then they offer their obeisances with another, even more telling verse.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namas te s\'e4rasvate deve\line gaura-v\'e4\'eb\'e9-prac\'e4ri\'ebe\line nirvi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7\'fcnyav\'e4di-\line p\'e4\'e7c\'e4
tya-de\'e7a-t\'e4ri\'ebe
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I offer my humble obeisances to you, O spiritual master, servant of Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanya and deli
vering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism. "
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The opportunity is now presented to everyone, whether an ordinary }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub karmi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or a learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub American or Indian, to stand up and be counted in the Lord's legion of pure devotees, with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da as the commander-in-chief. Let us giv
e up all hesitation, discard impure sectarian designations and surrender ourselves at the lotus feet of the Lord's pure representative. As the great sages of Naimisaranya prayed to their spiritual master, \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, let us also pray: "We 
think that we have met Your Grace by the will of providence, and thus we accept you as the captain of the ship for those who desire to cross the dangerous ocean of Kali [the modern age of materialism], which destroys all the good qualities of a human bei
ng." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub 1.1.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who among 
us is so foolish as to hesitate needlessly and thus risk missing the boat of transcendental perfection, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 served for several years as the first president of the first ISKCON temple i
n the United States (while at the same time working as a teacher in the New York City public school system). He later became director of ISKCON Press and in 1970 accepted the renounced order of life. He was the first devotee to introduce K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness in Africa.]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p10: Rathay\'e4tr\'e4. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : The festival in San Francisco.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
: Devotees lift Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in His form as Lord Jagann\'e4tha, to His place on His float.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p11: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Preaching in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy city. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub photo: Yaduvara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p12: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in America. A blunt critic. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1080\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p13: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in London. Fulfilling his master's desires. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v10 #1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
r
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here are the upcoming holidays and festivals for K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devote
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{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub December 25\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (Mok\'f1ada-ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 8\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Locana d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
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\nosupersub January 23\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (Putrad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 27\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pu\'f1y\'e4bhi\'f1eka-y\'e4tr\'e4 of Lord 
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\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of the Vai\'f1\'ebava month of M\'e4dhava.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 January 30\line }{\b0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Basic Scientific Guidebook of Spiritual Realization Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
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f Spiritual Realization \line BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Ruci d\'e4sa
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the transcendental science of God spoken by the father of religion Himself, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is the essence of all Vedic know
ledge. By receiving }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub through the proper system, one can become cleansed of all sinful 
reactions and attain perfection in spiritual life.
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\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ima\'e0 vivasvate yoga\line proktav\'e4n aham avyayam\line vivasv\'e4n manave pr\'e4ha\line manur ik\'f1v\'e4kave \'92brav\'e9t
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I instructed this imperishable science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to the sun-god, Vivasv\'e4n, and Vivasv\'e4n instructed it to Manu, the father of mankind, and Manu in turn instructed it to Iksvaku." (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 
As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub was spoken to Vivasv\'e4n approximately 120,400,000 years ago and has been extant in human society for two million years. It was spoken again to Arjuna 5,000 years ago because in course of time the succession was broken and the science appear
ed to be lost. Detecting that the purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had been scattered by demoniac commentators, 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba reestablished the disciplic succession 5,000 years ago by speaking the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Arjun
a on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. Arjuna's qualification for receiving }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [4.3]}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was that he was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee and friend }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (bhakto 'si me sakh\'e4 ceti) .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da translated the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into English with authorized purports to convey its meaning straightforwardly because almost every commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was the work of a self-motivated scholar, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or politician who did not accept Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such interpreters think that they can separate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body, soul a
nd mind, for they do not know that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute. He is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His 
body, soul and He Himself are one.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to Arjuna on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra just before Arjuna was to take part in a civil war. K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted Arjuna to fight, for it was his duty as a service to the Lord. But Arjuna did n
ot want to kill his relatives and teachers who faced him on the battlefield. Arjuna, being thus confused, then accepted Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as his spiritual master:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4rpa\'ebya-do\'f1opahata svabh\'e4va\'f9\line p\'e5cch\'e4mi tva\'e0 dharma-samm\'fc\'f2ha-cet\'e4\'f9\line yac chreya\'f9 s
y\'e4n ni\'e7cita\'e0 br\'fchi tan me\line \'e7i\'f1yas te 'ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am
 Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me." (Bg. 2.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, we should all come to this stage of understanding that we are confused and that our best interest lies in accepting a bona fi
de spiritual master who is in the line of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that we may solve the problems of life\'97namely birth, death, old age and disease\'97and go back home, back to Godhead. The problems of life appear without our wanting them. Is that n
ot a fact? For example, no one wants to get old, become diseased or die, and if people fully understood the miseries of birth, they would be terrified of accepting rebirth. Yet these miseries are forced upon us. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [13.9]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , janma-m\'e5tyu jar\'e4
-vy\'e4dhi-du\'f9kha-do\'f1\'e4nudar\'e7anam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one should be aware of the evils of birth (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ),}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub death (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5tyu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ),}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub old age (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jar\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and disease (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vy\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic wisdom recommends that to become free from these fourfold miseries, one
 should approach a bona fide, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious spiritual master in the line from Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Otherwise, if one fails to use his human intelligence to try to solve these problems, one is a miserly person (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5pa\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and meets his death just like cats and dogs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Throughout }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and very elaborately in the Second Chapter, the Lord gives many examples to explain that one is not the body but an eternal spiritual soul who is a part and parcel of God. He says that the soul existed 
always, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub always will exist. The soul is traveling from boyhood to youth, then to old age, and so, similarly, the soul passes into another body at death. The eternal (spirit) ha
s no cessation, and the temporary (the body) has no endurance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4sato vidyate bh\'e4vo n\'e4bh\'e4vo v
idyate sata\'f9) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.16]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The s
oul can never be killed by anyone }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vin\'e4\'e7am avyayasy\'e4sya na ka\'e7cit kartum arhati}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.17]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The soul never takes birth and 
never dies }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.20]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He is unborn }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aja}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ),}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternal }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and ever-existing }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4\'e7vat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is undying and primeval. The soul is not slain when the body is slain }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and mystic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system, but his final conclusive instructions are as follows:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi satya\'e0 te\line pratij\'e4ne pri
yo \'92si me
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My ve
ry dear friend. Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." (Bg. 18.65-66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By surrendering unto the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can become free from material bondage. Why, then, don't the philosophers, sci
entists, administrators and leaders of society surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub answers this q
uite frankly. Those who are actually learned leaders of society\'97great figures in history like Brahm\'e4, \'c7iva, Vy\'e4sa, Devala, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya and many others\'97surrender unto Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. But those who are only dressed like scientists, philosophers and leaders of society for material gain do not accept the plan and path of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, let us all worship Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and be happy and go back to Godhead, for He is the cause of all causes }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is the source of all spiritual and material worlds, and everything emanates f
rom Him }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.8]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is the master and friend of every living entity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To understand these ideas more fully, one may acquire a copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with its translations and elaborate purports by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. His Divine Grace is an unalloyed
 devotee of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba who strictly follows the principles of disciplic succession through which }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has been handed down over the centuries. Therefore he presents the spiritual knowledge of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simply and clearly, without personally motivated interpretations. Please read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with its true devotional purports by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. And chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare H
are. Your life will become sublime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p16:Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p17:Illustration: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub -Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub -Bharadr
\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Gurukula
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Gurukula
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whenever I see pictures of the Gurukula school in Dallas, Texas, or whenever I am fortunate enough to visit there, I alway
s think, "I wish I had gone to Gurukula when I was a boy; I wish every child could go there." When we first disciples joined the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement in 1966, there was no children's school; and besides, even then we were too old for Gurukula. Gu
rukula, a school for children ages five to fifteen, was founded by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in 1971. Why should we wish that every child could attend Gurukula? Because Gurukula is the only school teaching how to live according 
to the Vedic scriptures, which teach one how he can know himself to be eternal, blissful and full of knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There have been many favorable news articles written about this new educational project, but one criticism sometimes given is that Guru
kula indoctrinates children who are too young to resist its spiritual philosophy. In answer, we may note that any method of raising children is a kind of indoctrination, even letting your child do and think whatever he likes. Whatever parents or instruct
ors teach by their example, a child will take very seriously. In the impressionable, formative years, therefore, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is training children in the perfection of religion. This training is hardly reprehensible. Indeed, 
it's what the world needs.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So what goes on at Gurukula? First of all, as in no other school, there is chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dancing in ecs
tasy, and eating of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In all these activities the children have
 the company of many wonderful friends their own age, who are all devotees of the Supreme Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub tells us that if one seriously pursued spiritual consciousness in his past life but did not perfect his progress, in the next life he may take birth in a family of devotees or advanced transcendentalists. Therefore, the children at Gurukula a
re not ordinary, or they wouldn't have been born as the sons and daughters of devotees who want their children to be brought up in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. They are extraordinary children because their parents want them to be liberated from further 
suffering and to become eligible to enter the Kingdom of God. Of course, Gurukula is open to all children, regardless of race, creed or financial position, but the fact remains that the children attending Gurukula are actually elevated souls in the bodie
s of children. The great sage J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 said, "If a child is properly trained, he can become a great devotee of the Lord." Therefore, any child who goes to Gurukula has the best of friends\'97playmates who are always chanting about and glorif
ying K\'e5\'f1\'eba and eating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The academic curriculum at Gurukula includes English, math, history and geography, but the children also learn to read Sanskrit so that
 they can understand the Vedic literature in its original language. Also, Gurukula stresses practical instruction in personal cleanliness. The teachers, who all live with the students at Gurukula, follow four rules: no illicit sex, no meat eating, no int
oxication and no gambling. Thus they are real teachers, and because of their dedication to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness they can offer real love and guidance to the children by helping them revive their dormant love for God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Someone may say that Gurukula is a very specialized school, but when the Vedic civilization was current, thousands of years ago, the sp
iritual values taught at Gurukula were inherent in every educated person. So a Gurukula education is not a sectarian creed or an artificial imposition on the mind. It is nothing less than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the revival of the individual's loving relationship with God, which has now been all but totally forgotten by the world's great civilizations.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Where I went to school, and maybe where you went to school\'97or where your child goes to school now\'97the other kids were simply conc
erned with enjoying material life and didn't much care about spiritual realization. Drugs and illicit sex were the norm, even in the grammar schools. Of course, I learned many things in the schools and colleges I attended, but if I had not met His Divine
 Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, I would have wasted my life. Human life is actually meant for realizing oneself as a spiritual soul, and realizing one's eternal relationship with God as His servant. Unless one learns who he is in relation to the Absolu
te Truth, whatever he does is simply a waste of time. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The science of God, learned in a nonsectarian way, as taught by K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious teachers, books, and life practices, takes yea
rs to mature. Those of us who have come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness at a late stage, too late to become proficient in Sanskrit and with so many bad habits, are still fortunate, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness acts so quickly. Anyone can see this
, for the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees who are now the older members of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement have indeed broken away from all the contaminating activities of materialism. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so pure that a devotee so
on becomes very hopeful of complete success, no matter what his past history. But we wish we had begun earlier, and naturally we wish others to have the chance. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should be glad that in America such a pure spiritual force is present to counteract the failures of materialism. Gurukula should be 
encouraged, and indeed every parent should consider, "Why don't we send our child there?" One who is beyond sectarianism and who sees the ultimate good for his child as spiritual happiness will be hard-pressed to find a better school than Gurukula.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p18: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dv\'e4rak\'e4dh\'e9sa d\'e4sa offers a
 lamp to K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . A child develops his natural love of God by caring for small Deities of the Supreme Personality. Many of the children have Sanskrit names, which are all d
ifferent ways of saying "servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Honoring a saintly person}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . Gurukula children t
ake pleasure in offering flowers and respect to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da during one of his visits to the school.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p19: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The Gurukula auditorium}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . This is one of two main buildings. The school also has an inner courtyard and a large open playground. One hundred children and forty adults live at Gurukula. \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A God-centered English lesson}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . Children at Gurukula simultaneously learn about reading and the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p20: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula awakens a child's true inner 
potential}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub the potential for spiritual enlightenment}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . Gurukula, commented }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Newsweek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  magazine, is "a most convincing sign that K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness is here to stay."\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhaktin Lisa Marie practices writing the Sanskrit alphabet}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 
. Sanskrit, the original language of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , is the key to a vast treasurehouse of spiritual wisdom.
\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is blissful!}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Shining with spiritual happiness, Gurukula children spont
aneously chant the holy names of Cod.\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ideal teacher, ideal student.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  The teachers at Gurukula teach b
y example as well as precept
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p21: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Swinging the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Through such Godcentered festivals, the children come to think of God as their best friend.\line Starting early in spiritual life. Vai\'f1\'eb\'e4va d\'e4sa, age 4-1/2, came to Gu
rukula from Paris, France, where his father is president of the ISKCON center. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p22: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Playing for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has said, "They have a playful nature. let them play and run."\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Nandini d\'e4s\'e9
 waters the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favorite plant.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  The Vedic scriptures say, "If someone sows a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub tulasi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  tree somewhere, certai
nly he becomes devoted to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A specimen of Gurukula art.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p23: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Benediction. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, on a visit to Gurukula, hands out sweets to the students.\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurukulas around the world.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Using the successful Dallas school as a model, ISKCON is starting several other Gurukulas in America, Europe and India. Here Gargamuni Sv\'e4m\'e9 leads Bombay Gurukula students in chant
ing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dancing.\line Photos Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, one of the leaders of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, is t
raveling throughout the United States to introduce K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature in major schools and libraries. He frequenty visits the Gurukula school in Dallas.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters v10#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of Back to Godhead welcome correspondence pertaining to spiritual enlightenment. All letters will receive p
ersonal replies, and correspondence of general interest will be published regularly.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Gratitude for Enlightenment
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da,
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May I take this opportunity to thank you for presenting K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so nicely. We are the most fortunate generation in
 history, to be present when the gate to Enlightenment is thrown open in a simple way in which all may benefit\'97Service and Love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your students are setting the standard in worship, and your lucid books have become the epitome of Transcendental Philosophy in this ag
e.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So I would like to inform you that I too am entering into Devotional Service by participating in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way the prediction of Lord Caitanya will be fulfilled and the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be heard in every town and 
village.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone will agree that this movement is presenting the purest form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and thanks to you it is daily inspiring thousands in pure love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am taking the advice of your disciple K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, who so graciously answered my question "How does one begin Devo
tional Service?" "By chanting the names of God."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Richard White
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Are Men and Women Equal in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To the Editor:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have just finished reading another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and I enjoy the publication greatly. I have thought of entering a temple and becoming a full-time devotee, but there is one major question in my mind in regard to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness. I feel as though woman is regarded as lesser than man within K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. I have heard that she is regarded as lesser in the temple. I believe that we are equal. Please tell me if I am wrong in my assumption.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bill Oliver
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li4320\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Marshallberg, North Carolina
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Oliver:
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upon which K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness rests, a living being is not the material body, but is the spiritual soul within the body. The distinctions between man and woman, however, are sim
ply material; they have nothing to do with the spiritual soul within. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person sees no difference between the spiritual soul in the body of a woman and that in the body of a man. In fact, he sees that even within animals the same
 type of spiritual soul is present. There are 8,400,000 species of life, according to the Vedic knowledge, but there is only one type of spiritual soul in all these different bodily forms. Therefore, as stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A learned person sees all living entities equally." (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, in one's personal dealings one must generally observe some practical bodily distinctions. For instance, a self-realized devote
e may wish to marry and raise a family. But unless he recognizes the obvious bodily differences between male and female, how could he possibly do so?
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Men and women have different physical and psychological talents and capabilities, and one should not artificially try to ignore or nega
te them. Rather, all these talents and capabilities should be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. For example, women are capable of bearing children, whereas men are not. Where, then, is the question of equality? Although there is spiritual oneness, the
 bodily differences exist. Therefore the principles of the Vedic civilization prescribe different duties for men and women, according to their respective natures. By executing these duties in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, both men and women can become sp
iritually happy and spiritually perfect.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that a woman who surrenders to Him in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is fully eligible to go back to Godhead. There are many great women devotees, such as Kunt\'e9dev\'e9, Draupad\'e9, Ya\'e7od\'e4may\'e9
 and many others, whose glories are described in the Vedic literatures. Similarly, some of the most advanced devotees in our present K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are women, and they are all respected and appreciated for their spiritual advanceme
nt.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic literature, women have many good qualities. In some respects, they are even superior to men. For example, women 
are generally understood to be more soft-hearted and therefore more receptive to religious and spiritual ideas. However, the Vedic literature warns that women, more than men, are prone to be misguided by desires for sense gratification. The Vedic system,
 therefore, prescribes that a woman should always be protected. In her childhood her father should protect her, in her youth her husband should protect her, and in her old age her grown children or another guardian should protect her. In this way she wil
l remain pure in consciousness and be eligible to participate in a society based on spiritual principles. If women are not protected in this way, they will become the unfortunate victims of unscrupulous men who will exploit them for sense gratification. 
We can see this actually happening in modern society.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You will find that our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement restricts the association between men and women. This is not because of a 
hatred of women. Such control is necessary for a society of smooth progress in spiritual realization. The Vedas say that a man is like butter and a woman is like fire. The butter must melt in the association of fire, and therefore they must be brought to
gether only when necessary. The basic principle of material existence is attachment for sexual enjoyment. When a man and woman unite, the knot of material attachment tightens, and thus one becomes tied down to home, family, society, bank balance and so o
n, and forgets the importance of self-realization. Therefore, sexual enjoyment and self-realization go ill together.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India our spiritual master is sometimes criticized because he allows both men and women to participate fully in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness movement. According to his critics, this violates the Hindu social system. But the purpose of this movement is not to establish the Hindu social system. The purpose is to give everyone the opportunity to become perfect in self-realization an
d devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such devotional service is fully spiritual, and therefore everyone is equally eligible to participate, regardless of race, nationality or any other temporary material designation
s.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Back To Godhead Begins Its Tenth Year In The West
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Back To Godhead Begins Its Tenth
 Year In The West
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa is the Editor }{\b0\v\f0\fs24\cf0 of Back to Godhead
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub WITH THIS ISSUE, we mark with pleasure the beginning of the tenth year that BACK TO GODHEAD is being published in the West. BACK TO GODHEAD is a unique spiritual jo
urnal because it is fully devoted to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or topics related to Lord \'c7r\'e9
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, first we must know ourselves. For many, the very question \'93Who am I?\'94 seems absurd. "Why, 
of course I know who I am,\'94 we say. All right, then. Who are you? I reply that I am Mr. Such and Such, I am a citizen of America, I'm married and have two kids. I tell how old I am, what my religion is, what corporation I work for and so on. In other 
words, I circle around the point. I know many things }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub about }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub myself. But who am I? That I cannot say.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD, therefore, begins at this point. Before we can know what is important to us or what will make us happy, first we must 
know who we are. BTG, therefore, is a philosophical magazine, for this is the beginning of philosophy. Indeed, it is the very beginning of human life because only human beings can inquire about their identity; animals cannot. Animals can only eat, sleep,
 mate and defend. In fact, many animals do these things better than we do. A pigeon, for example, cannot read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Playboy, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub but it has sexual intercourse hundreds of times a day. A pig cannot read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gourmet, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but alt
hough we would not agree with the pig's choice of delicacies, it knows how to eat with gusto. To inquire about one's real identity, however, and about the purpose of life, is the special prerogative of a human being. Human life truly begins, therefore, w
hen one asks himself, "Who am I?\'94 Because BTG deals with this essential question, it is therefore more important than magazines concerned only with the affairs of the material body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of BACK TO GODHEAD is to train the mind so that one can understand the self. How? BTG is not a magazine of speculative theo
ries, opinions and mental concoctions. It is intended to be a magazine of knowledge, and knowledge cannot be invented, but only discovered. What is the best way to discover who we are? BACK TO GODHEAD rests on the principle that the best way is to learn 
from a qualified authority.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, this may seem stuffy or dogmatic, but actually it is simple common sense. The quickest, surest way to get knowledge even about com
monplace mundane affairs\'97to say nothing of self-realization\'97is to get it from someone who already knows. For example, if I want to know who my father is, the easiest way is to ask my mother. I could speculate or perform some research, but the quick
est, most certain and most direct way\'97indeed, the only way to be sure\'97would be to ask my mother. Similarly, to know something about calculus or chemistry we may consult a professor, to know the price of goods we consult a salesman, or to know the t
ime we ask someone with a watch. In this way, we very naturally rely upon authorities to get knowledge.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But where shall we find a genuine authority on spiritual life? We accept that the most reliable authority on spiritual truth is the anc
ient literature of India, the Vedic scriptures, especially }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since time immemorial, the world has looked toward India as a center of spiritual culture. Long bef
ore the birth of Christ, Socrates or even Moses, the great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and mystics of India were exploring t
he territory of inner consciousness. And even then, these explorers used the Vedas as their maps. The Vedic literatures were committed to writing only 5,000 years ago, when they were compiled by the great sage Vy\'e4sa, but actually they have no beginnin
g, for they consist of eternal transcendental knowledge. BACK TO GODHEAD, therefore, contains no speculations or theories about spiritual life, but only ideas authorized by the Vedic scriptures.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first point of Vedic knowledge is that all living beings are different from their material bodies. The body is compared to a suit o
f clothing, and the spiritual spark of consciousness within the body is like the person wearing the clothing. Just as we change our clothing, we are also changing bodies. We see that a child grows up and becomes a boy and then an old man, and finally he 
dies. Actually, however, the spiritual spark of consciousness never changes. What we see changing is the body. The soul within is constant. Thus death, which to us appears final, is actually only another change. When the body becomes old and worn out, th
e soul changes to a new body, and thus the cycle of birth and death begins again. However, by understanding oneself to be different from the body, and by understanding the Supreme Self, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can become free from the repetition of birth 
and death and return to his natural home in the spiritual world. The need for such transcendental realization\'97and the science of how to achieve it\'97is explained in BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD\'97and its eternal guide as well\'97is His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pra
bhup\'e4da, the author of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Teachings of Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and many other English translations and summary studies of the ancient Vedic scriptures. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first started BACK TO GODHEAD in India in 1944, and later he continued it in the West.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American studen
ts had begun the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. Then, within only a few months, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da spent almost the entire treasury of the new temple (and a tiny treasury it was) to buy two 
second-hand mimeograph machines. His spiritual master had always stressed the importance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature, and therefore within a short time the first American issue of BACK TO GODHEAD appeared. It was a crudely mimeographed affair,
 hand-stapled by the devotees, but it conveyed the transcendental message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. "Godhead is light," it announced. "Nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From its very start, the only purpose of BACK TO GODHEAD was to present }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-k\'e4tha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub topics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. "Blessings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" began an introduction from the editors in
 the first issue. "BACK TO GODHEAD is a bi-monthly publication [now it is monthly] issued by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. This publication is principally concerned with promulgating through the medium of essays, poems and articles
 the truths expounded by Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The article then went
 on to explain that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the same Supreme Lord who is worshiped by different people throughout the world by different names, for God is one and one only.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the introduction came the text of a lecture by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. "Everything we have should be used for K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
\'94 he said. "We should use our tongue to speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and to eat food properly prepared and offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should use our eyes to look at pictures of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and our ears to hear a master speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We sh
ould use our feet to walk to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's temple, and our hands to hold the broom that sweeps the temple floor. We can use our nose to smell flowers offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We can use our genitals to produce children whom we will raise in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. Even if we cannot follow these suggestions. we can always chant, 'Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare R\'e4ma.' We must divert the mind from its material engagements and put it into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is not recommended to me
ditate on formless void. The mind should be focused on K\'e5\'f1\'eba:"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's constant encouragement, the devotees managed to put together a new BTG more or less monthly. The humbl
e little magazine gradually grew more refined. Soon it was being printed by offset, and when a young art student became one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's first disciples, simple illustrations began to grace its pages.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace has often called BTG "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.\'94 He described its importance in a 
letter to his disciples in June of 1968. "I have entrusted BACK TO GODHEAD into your hands,\'94 he wrote, "because this paper is the beginning of my spiritual life. During the time of my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru mah\'e4r\'e4ja's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [spiritual master's] passing away, his last instruction to me was, 'You try to preach whatever you have learned from me in English. That will do 
good to you and the people who hear you.' This instruction was given to me in 1936, and I started this paper in 1944. So during my householder life I was printing this paper and distributing it almost free\'97some [subscribers] were paying, and some of t
hem were not. But I was trying my best at my cost.\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The old Indian BTG appeared in newspaper form, twice a month It contained English translations and purports of verses from important bo
oks like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it also featured incisive articles dealing with current scientific, political and economic news in a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious way. Now, in the West, BTG continues to present articl
es taken from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as well as news of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and spiritual perspectives on current affairs. BTG has gradually grown in popu
larity, and it is being recognized as a unique journal of spiritual enlightenment.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no room in BACK TO GODHEAD for mundane subjects. So many magazines deal with politics, economics, sports, electronics, fiction
, sex, movies, cars and so on, but because they have no relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they simply create a polluted atmosphere. Although they may be expertly written in language decorated with similes and metaphors, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub condemns them as being no better than refuse, suitable only for men who are no better tha
n crows.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na yad vaca\'e7 citra-pada\'e0 harer ya\'e7o\line jagat-pavitra\'e0 prag\'e5\'eb\'e9ta karhicit\line tad v\'e4yasa\'e0 t\'e9rtha
m u\'e7anti m\'e4nas\'e4\line na yatra ha\'e0s\'e4 niramanty u\'e7ik-k\'f1ay\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Those words which do not describe the glories of the Lord, who alone can sanctify the atmosphere of the whole universe, are considered by saintly persons to be lik
e unto a place of pilgrimage for crows. Since the all-perfect persons are inhabitants of the transcendental abode, they do not derive any pleasure there:" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.5.10}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD, therefore, deals only with topics of spiritual value. Anything unrelated to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the service of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is rejected.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of BACK TO GODHEAD is to create a revolution\'97not a mundane political revolution, but a revolution in consciousness, a re
volution based upon the spiritual pleasure of understanding our relationship with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and using everything in His service,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-v\'e4g-visargo janat\'e4gha-viplavo\line yasmin prati-\'e7lokam abaddhavaty api\line n\'e4m\'e4ny anantasya ya\'e7o \'92\'ec
kit\'e4ni yac\line ch\'e5\'ebvanti g\'e4yanti g\'e5\'ebanti s\'e4dhava\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That literature which is full of descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, forms and pastimes of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a different crea
tion, full of transcendental words directed toward bringing about a revolution in the impious lives of this world's misdirected civilization. Such transcendental literatures, even though imperfectly composed, are heard, sung and accepted by purified men 
who are thoroughly honest." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.5.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despite materialistic advancement, we have failed to create a world society of peace, amity and satisfaction only because we have negle
cted the primary importance of a spiritual atmosphere of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The living being is a spiritual soul, and therefore material advancement alone cannot make him happy. But in the pure atmosphere that can be created by }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub topics related to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the good qualities of humanity will certainly flourish.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whatever the leaders of society do, common people follow. Therefore, since America and the other highly developed Western nations are n
ow leading the world in material advancement, we are hopeful that the honest and pure-hearted intelligentsia of these nations will recognize the need for the proper spiritual balance and will therefore attune their minds to spiritual realization by readi
ng BACK TO GODHEAD regularly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p27: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub One of the original issues of Back t
o Godhead published by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in India (Delhi, July 1960).
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub p28: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A copy of the first issue of Back to G
odhead published in the United States (New York City, October 1966).
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-bright faces v10#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The face is the index of the min
d.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meet the bright faces of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By the practice of bhakti-yoga one's mind is completely freed from material mental activities. In that joyous state, 
one is situated in boundless transcendental happiness and enjoys himself through transcendental senses. Experience the nectar of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The disciples of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da invite you to visit any of the \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R
\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temples around the world. They are listed on page 2 of this magazine. 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-bg v10#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub "When I read the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, I ask myself how God created the universe. Everything else appears to be superfl
uous."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li7200\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Albert Einstein
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2880\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The definitive edition of the world's oldest book on the science of knowing oneself. Published by the Macmillan Compa
ny. 1,000 pages, 68 full-color illustrations. Hardbound: $11.95, Softbound: $7.95 To order your copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  see page 25 of this magazine or pick up one at your nearest bookstore.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
10 No. 2, 1975
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li2520\ri0\fi-2520 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inside cover photo:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for K
rishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In San Juan, Puerto Rico and Around the World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO AND ARO
UND THE WORLD
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,
\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bright sunshine, beautiful beaches, cool ocean breezes\'97it's no wonder that tourists flock to Puerto Rico. But if Puerto
 Rico is so alluring, we can just try to appreciate how attractive is the person who created Puerto Rico. That person is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It's natural for people to travel to beautiful places because as spiritual beings we all originally belong in the most beautiful place,
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode, the spiritual world, as pictured on the cover of this month's BACK TO GODHEAD. We need not work very hard to get material happiness, because a certain amount of happiness comes to everyone automatically, just as everyone has to s
uffer a certain amount of pain, even though he doesn't want it. So even in the most pleasing retreats in the material world, one cannot be completely happy because material happiness is always tainted by material distress. One who is intelligent, therefo
re, should try for the pure form of happiness that one cannot find even if he wanders all over the material world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In New York the airlines advertise, "Enjoy peaceful Puerto Rico." And in Puerto Rico they say, "Find satisfaction in New York." But, re
ally, going from one place to another in this material world won't help us find the peace we want. That peace is within us, and we can find it, even at home, when we go beyond the boundaries of material consciousness and revive our eternal relationship w
ith K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The easiest way to revive our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R
\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Try it and see! There are no hard and fast rules for chanting this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub even a child can take part in it. Yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness also offers a complete spiritual philosophy that can satisfy even the most adamantly doubting intellectual. Therefore, in San Juan and throughout the world, people se
arching for the kind of happiness and knowledge that can't be found in the material world are finding it in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. You'll find out more about how and why in the pages of this BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead v10#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SENIOR EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITORIAL BOARD }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Vi\'e7
\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, C
akradhara d\'e4sa, Urukrama d\'e4sa, Orville Griffiths.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PROOFREADERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana 
d\'e4sa, Jaya\'e7acinandana d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4g\'e4tmik\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, M
\'e4h\'e4may\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Matsya d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 Editorial Offices: 38 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1975 by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, please write to the Society's secretary at 3764 Wa
tseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ....from 
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover v10#2
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itings describe that in that world all the land is touchstone, all water is nectar, every word is a song and every gait a dance. One who is fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious can enter the spiritual world.
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\'97Krishna-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P./178.
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ria St., Bellvue Hill/ 69-5547.
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er-9, B.C./ (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D.C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972015 "Q" St. NW 20009/ (202) 667-3516; }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Winnipeg, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97160 Home St., Manitoba/ (204) 775-3575.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Love Beyond Surrender
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Love Beyond Surrender
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The position, the special attractions and the opulences of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be understood only by devotional service }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bhakti). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we wish to gain the favor of a great personality, we must satisfy him by our service. Even in this material world, one cannot un
derstand a great man by speculation alone. If we wish to understand what a great man is, we have to satisfy him with our service, friendship and love, and he will disclose what he has to offer us. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a similar process. If we wish to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His opulences and His special features, as well as His special attractive qualities, we must understand Him through this process of devotional service called K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness. Indeed, in the last chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattvata\'f9\line tato m\'e4\'e0 tattvato j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4
\line vi\'e7ate tad-anantaram
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lord by such devotion, he can 
enter the kingdom of God." (Bg. 18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Seventh Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u\line ka\'e7cid yatati siddhaye\line yatat\'e4m api siddh\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line ka\'e7cin m
\'e4\'e0 vetti tattvata\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those who have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth." (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, the vast majority of men are engaged in the animal propensities to eat, sleep, be merry, enjoy and mate a little. Of mi
llions of these, only one will strive to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He is, and of millions of these, only one will succeed. Only those who have attained perfection can understand what K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually is. That perfection and understanding can be attai
ned by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotion, as indicated also in the Eleventh Chapter:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 tv ananyay\'e4 \'e7akya\line aham eva\'e0-vidho \'92rjuna\line j\'ef\'e4tum dra\'f1\'f6u\'e0 ca tattvena\line prave
\'f1\'f6u\'e0 ca parantapa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you, and can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can you ente
r the mysteries of My understanding." (Bg. 11.54)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Most Charitable Personality 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One can enter the abode of K\'e5\'f1\'eba when one understands perfectly what K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. Of course one cannot understand K\'e5
\'f1\'eba perfectly, but only insofar as one's capacity to understand Him. The understanding must be of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as He actually is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (tattvata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Otherwise, there is no entrance into His abode. Lord Cait
anya instructed San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 about K\'e5\'f1\'eba through devotional service, and His instructions are very important. We should understand and note them as much as we do }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives instructions directly to Arjuna about fruitive activity, philosophical speculation and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system. Ultimately, however, K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructed Arjuna, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Give up all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me." (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya, however, by His special blessings, gives what even K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not give, what K\'e5\'f1\'eba hesitated to give, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba knew that if He spoke of abandonment of duty }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (dharma) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and total surrender unto Him in the very beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna would not accept it. Actually it was not necessary to elaborately go through so many phases of instructions in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for the most confidential instruction was that Arjuna give up everything and just surrender
 unto Him. Although this is the actual instruction of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it was not spoken in the begin
ning. This is because there are many types of human beings, and the paths of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are required for them. The special mercy of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, however, is that He directly gives thi
s highest instruction. What K\'e5\'f1\'eba could not give directly on the battlefield is given directly by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His incarnation as Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Therefore Lord Caitanya is considered the
 most munificent, the most charitable personality. Indeed, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 offered his respects to Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu in this way.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo mah\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya\line k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te\line k\'e5\'f1\'eb\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-caitanya-\line n
\'e4mne gaura-tvi\'f1e nama\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I offer my respectful obeisances unto the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, who is more magnanimous than any other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub even K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, because He is bestowing freely what no one else has ever given\'97pure love of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 19.53}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very difficult, and many great scholars, philosophers and personalities are frustrated in their attempt
s, but Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is so merciful and magnanimous that He is directly offering }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Blind Faith Rejected
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The way of receiving knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also indicated by San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9. He fell at the feet of Lord Caitanya M
ah\'e4prabhu and said, "My dear Lord, I have simply wasted my time by trying to gratify my senses. That is my only qualification. I belong to the lowest class of men, and my associates are also of the lowest type. I have fallen, and I am the lowest of al
l. These are my qualifications." In actuality San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 belonged to a high-caste }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub family, but because he accepted service in the Moslem government, he did not consider himself a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Traditionally, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would never accept service of any type\'97they would 
starve first. Because R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 accepted service, they were considered to be outside the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub community. Although the social conditions at that time were very strict, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu accepted San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We should not think, however, that San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9's position was unique. Nor should we consider ourselves as belonging to th
is community or that community, for in any case we have all fallen from our eternal position. When approaching a spiritual master, one should not be puffed up by his so-called qualifications. One should forget whatever nonsense he has learned and approac
h the spiritual master as a blind slave. This is the qualification. One must set aside his conceptions of "I believe," and "I think," and "I cannot." Thus San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is indicating that because he is simply absorbed with the animal propensi
ties of eating, sleeping, mating and defending, because he has fallen from his eternal position, because he is ostracized and his association is low, and because he has wasted his time, he does not know what is actually beneficial to him. This is his sta
tement, although he was very aristocratic and was a learned Sanskrit scholar.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is not a case of false humility, for San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was a devotee,. and unless he actually felt something to be so, he 
would not say it. Although San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 was called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2ita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a learned man, he did no
t feel that he deserved this title, because he did not know the goal of life. Our nature is that although we may be fool number one, if someone addresses us as a learned person, we accept it. This is our illusion: we never accept ourselves as a fool, but
 think, "Who can be greater than me? I can think for myself. What is the need of a spiritual master? I can become a religious leader, I can become such and such." This is our mentality, but this mentality should be sacrificed before approaching a spiritu
al master. First one must select a spiritual master, and this requires some knowledge, and then when one is sure that the spiritual master is bona fide, he should offer himself submissively. When San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 first met Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4p
rabhu, he did not surrender himself, but after hearing Him he realized the greatness of His message and then submitted himself. This then is the process. There is no question of blind faith.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Knowledge Through Devotion
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Throughout }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba emphasizes the importance of understanding Him in truth, and it is Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu who bestows this knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the process of love and devotion. Simply under
standing that there is God is not sufficient; we must understand God in fact. Nor is it sufficient to consider God our order supplier. K\'e5\'f1\'eba must be known in truth }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (tattve
na), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and it is Lord Caitanya who explains Him in truth. As mentioned before, it is not possible to understand God to the fullest extent, but to the extent of our human capabilitie
s. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has explained about Himself in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and that is sufficient, but Caitany
a Mah\'e4prabhu offers even more information. Of all of the activities of the living entity, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is both the enjoyer and the master, but those who are not aware of this fall down from their true relationship with Him:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 hi sarva-yaj\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line bhokt\'e4 ca prabhur eva ca\line na tu m\'e4m abhij\'e4nanti\line tattven\'e4ta\'e7 c
yavanti te
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am the only enjoyer and the only object of sacrifice. Those who do not recognize My true transcendental nature fall down." (Bg. 9.24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Throughout }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we find that K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Just surrender to Me, and I will give you all protection." Lord Caitanya, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in the role of a devotee, goes further in His explanation. He advises surr
ender, but in addition He explains the activities following surrender. Following surrender, there is worship, and the proper process for worship is described by Lord Caitanya and His immediate followers, especially R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The impersonalists, or M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s, contend that God has no form, that He is impersonal, and that therefore it is necessary t
o imagine a form of the Godhead in order to render worship or to meditate upon Him. However, this is refuted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should not think of God as void or impersonal, nor should we simply imagine a form of Him, nor should we worship demigods o
r spirits. All of this is discouraged in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4nti deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n\line pit\'e8n y\'e4nti pit\'e5-vrat\'e4\'f9\line bh\'fct\'e4ni y\'e4nti bh\'fctejy\'e4\line y
\'e4nti mad-y\'e4jino \'92pi m\'e4m
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; those who worship ancest
ors go to the ancestors; and those who worship Me will live with Me." (Bg. 9.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Beyond The Material Universe
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have freedom of action, and God rewards us the results\'97whatever we want. If we worship material things, then we attain them. In o
ther words, we remain on the material platform life after life. If we worship highly elevated living entities (the demigods) then we go to the worlds of these beings. Similarly, if we worship our ancestors, we will go to their worlds also. And if we wish
 to go to the planet where K\'e5\'f1\'eba resides, known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, we have to worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is certainly not unreasonable; if we wish to attain a particular destination, we must purchase a ticket for that destination and n
ot another. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub explains that the planet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is different from others, for 
when one attains it he has no longer to return to this material world.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9\line punar \'e4vartino \'92rjuna\line m\'e4m upetya tu kaunteya\line punar janma na vidyate 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place. But one who attains to My a
bode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Regardless of where we go in this material world\'97even to the highest planets\'97we have to return, sometimes to a higher position, a
nd sometimes to a lower. Just as the soul transmigrates from one body to another, it also transmigrates from one planet to another. We should attempt to go to that realm from which we do not have to return, and that is known as the realm of Vaiku\'eb\'f6
ha, the spiritual sky, which is beyond the material universe. If we remain always in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, our transfer to that planet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is guaranteed. It is a question of practice, for the mental condition that prevails at the ti
me of death determines the form of body one acquires in the next life. Just as we have to prepare for examinations in an ordinary school, we also have to prepare for the examination known as death. If we at all want to transfer ourselves to that planet k
nown as K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-dh\'e4ma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then we have to practice. The human life is specifi
cally meant for the practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Those who are even apprentices in this realm are already considered liberated, just as a sincere student who is preparing himself for his examinations may already be considered to have passed 
them. In other words, he prepares himself so thoroughly that his passing of the examination is guaranteed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The method of preparing for the examination of death, the method of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is outlined by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this
 way:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yat karo\'f1i yad a\'e7n\'e4si\line yaj juho\'f1i dad\'e4si yat\line yat tapasyasi kaunteya\line tat kuru\'f1va mad-arpa\'ebam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offer
ing unto Me." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.27)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Loving Exchange
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As stated before, we have to make friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is not possible to claim any favor of the Supreme, but if we appro
ach Him with love it is said that He can actually be conquered. There are six principles of love by which one can understand that another person loves him. The first is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4ti}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97when we love someone, we must give him something. The second is that we must take something from him. Next, we must give him something to eat and also accept what he gives to ea
t. One must also disclose his mind, and if the beloved is in difficulty, one must also hear him disclose his. We have to relate to God in this way. The beginning, therefore, is offering something. As stated before, this is not very difficult, for it is f
acilitated to such an extent in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that any poor man from any part of the world can make
 an offering that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will accept.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0\line yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati\line tad aha\'e0 bhakty-upah\'e5tam\line a\'e7n\'e4m
i prayat\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it:' (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These four items can be offered universally. No one is so poor that he cannot offer a leaf, or a flower, or a piece of fruit, or a litt
le water. Indeed, it is not possible even to live without water; so there is no excuse for any living being not to make an offering due to having no offerable object. It is not the gift that is important, but the love with which it is offered. Love is th
e principal ingredient. Because the gifts are brought with love, K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is full, but He accepts our devotional love. Love means that we should offer K\'e5\'f1\'eba the most dear, the choicest, the best t
hing. It is not that we should keep sumptuous foods for ourselves and offer K\'e5\'f1\'eba only a leaf and a little water. That is known as cheating, and of course it is not possible to conceal this cheating from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Since everything belongs 
to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is really not possible to offer Him anything; therefore the only thing we are actually offering is our love. All goods and resources in the universe are supplied by K\'e5\'f1\'eba; the same objects may be there, but if we utilize th
em to gratify our senses, we go to the darkest regions of the universe, and if we offer them to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with love, these very objects become spiritualized and become a means for liberation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Consciousness for Peace
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Simply by changing our consciousness we can spiritualize the whole world. The world is anxious for peace, and this is the actual method
\'97change of consciousness. If we encroach upon God's property and try to utilize it for our own purposes, then there is no possibility of peace. Everything in the world belongs to God\'97nay, everything in the creation\'97and it is necessary for us to 
acknowledge this. If we steal something from someone else, we cannot expect peace. Nor can we ever really expect to enjoy that stolen property, because we will always be anxious about being caught. Similarly, by stealing from God we become subject to app
rehension by His police force, which is known as material nature. As soon as we use the property of God to gratify our own senses, nature will inflict miseries upon us. This is the law of nature and is clearly stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daiv\'e9 hy e\'f1\'e4 gu\'ebamay\'e9\line mama m\'e4y\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line  m\'e4m eva ye prapadyante\line m\'e4y\'e4m et\'e4
\'e0 taranti te 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross bey
ond it." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.14)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not in our power to surpass the stringent laws of material nature. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Gu\'ebamay\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to the three modes of goodness, passion and ignorance. Regardless of how strong we may think we are, the three qualities of material nature are s
tronger and will hold us under their sway. To extricate ourselves, we should not attempt to dominate nature by utilizing her resources for our own personal gratification but should offer whatever resources are there to the Supreme Lord and then partake o
f them. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The Lord is supplying us with everything, and all we need do is acknowledge it. If we offer things to God and God accepts them, He becomes our friend, and if God is our friend, we will not want anything. We w
ill find ourselves totally fulfilled and will find that we have everything. There will be no anxiety, for once we know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our friend and protector, we will become peaceful automatically.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v10 #2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
r
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
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\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 26\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhurotsava of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearan
ce }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 27\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Begi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nning of the Vai\'f1\'ebava month of Govinda.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Conversations from India
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CONVERSATIONS FROM INDIA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa480\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A senior member of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement tells how K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has gone from East to West and back again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Last March, when hundreds of devotees from all over the world gathered in India for a pilgrimage to the holy cities Maya
pur and V\'e5nd\'e4vana, I had the opportunity, after four years, to again have the association of my senior Godbrother, His Holiness Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. The ISKCON temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana was then under construction,
 and Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja had a small grass-and-adobe hut nearby, which he used as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h
eadquarters for chanting, reading and executing his various K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious duties.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, our spiritual master, first brought some of his devotees to India in 1970, he entrusted
 to Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja the responsibility for overseeing the Society's various preaching programs in India. I knew something about these programs from pictures, news clippings and letters I'd received from devotees, but still I felt 
that I didn't have a clear picture of what we were really doing there. However, Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja is always eager to talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and so he kindly agreed to tell me about what our movement has done in Ind
ia during the past four years.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, there in his hut in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the transcendental land where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself had appeared 5,000 ye
ars ago to display His transcendental pastimes, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and I spent several mornings simply talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97and especially K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in India. Here is an excerpt from our conversations, which we tap
ed to share with readers of BACK TO GODHEAD. We will print more in a future issue.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa; Editor}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TAM\'c4LA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA GOSV\'c4M\'c9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7
r\'e9la}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da has said that originally, after he took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [the renounced order of life], his program was that he wanted to preach to the Indian people; that was his intenti
on. But although the original culture of India was a culture of God consciousness, the difficulty was that when Westerners took over India, they introduced their own materialistic}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub values and impressed upon the Indians that the Indian spiritual culture was backwards, primitive, inferior. After years of Western domination, these ideas began t
o take hold, and the Indian people began to think that real progress was to be found in industrialization and Western materialism. Therefore \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da found that people were. reluctant to again seriously take up the principles of spiritua
l life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da decided to go to America. He thought that if he could get some of the materialistic Westerners to apprecia
te the science of devotional service as found in the Vedic scriptures\'97and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to actually become sincere devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead\'97then the 
Indians would also realize the importance of the spiritual culture they had given up.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India people are just starting to get enthusiastic about materialistic life, but in the West many people are frustrated with empty m
aterialism. They are starting to realize that just to have bigger and bigger cities, more cars and more television sets will not necessarily make them happy. So \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da thought that if he could get some of these Westerners to become spi
ritually pure, they could inspire the Indian people and in this way set off a spiritual chain reaction.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub JAY\'c4DVAITA D\'c4SA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub So \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sees great spiritual potential in India.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TAM\'c4LA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA GOSV\'c4M\'c9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da always used to say, "My main business is in the West." But at the same time I could see that he was spending 
much of his time here in India. So I could understand that India must also be very important.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Land of Pious Life
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I remember \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da saying that to take birth in India is a very rare opportunity. It means that one is very high in the spiritual evolutionary cyc
le. We understand from the Vedic literature that the living being is not actually his material body; he is the spiritual soul within the body. That spiritual soul is eternal, but because of material desires, he's taking birth in one body after another, i
n various species of life. The body is temporary, and after the death of the body, according to one's consciousness, he takes a new body. In this way, the living being takes body after body, in 8,400,000 species of life, until gradually he comes to the h
uman form. Then, in that human form, one gets the opportunity to cultivate spiritual consciousness, or God consciousness, and the perfection of that God consciousness is to get free from this cycle of birth and death by becoming a pure devotee of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, God, and going back home, back to Godhead. But even if one doesn't achieve that perfection, if one makes only partial advancement on the path, he still gets to come back again in another human body and continue from where he left off.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It would seem, therefore, if we study the past, that to take one's birth in India would be an advantage, because India is traditionally
 a country of spiritual culture. It is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pu\'ebya-bh\'fcmi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or the land of pious life. Many great in
carnations of God have appeared in India. For example, this city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is special because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared here. Therefore even today there are so many temples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba here, the people chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name, 
and they're always hearing and chanting about the activities of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So if you happen to be born in a place where you can see the places of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, hear and chant His holy names or take food that's been offered to the Lord, 
that's very auspicious. And Lord Caitanya said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4rata-bh\'fcmite haila manu\'f1ya-janma y\'e4ra/ janma s\'e4rthaka kari' kara para-upak\'e4ra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who has taken his birth as a human being in the land of India should make his life successful and work for the benefit of all other people."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub JAY\'c4DVAITA D\'c4SA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub So India is a good place to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TAM\'c4LA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA GOSV\'c4M\'c9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, it's a very good preaching field. It's go
od because the people are still to some extent K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious here in India. Preaching here is not a question of teaching something completely new; it's a question of reviving something which is not very dormant. We say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness is the dormant God consciousness within everyone. But here it's not quite as dormant. It's just barely sleeping. You go anywhere and start chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and right away people join in with the chanting. You don't have to teach th
em these nonsectarian holy names of the Lord, because they already know how to chant them\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Purity in the Midst of Confusion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But you }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub do}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  have to overcome the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da influence, the impersonal influence. That is very strong. In the West, people are innocent. They are materialistic, but their spiritual tradition is more or less simple and straightforward because they 
have faith in only one God, the Supreme Lord who created everything, and they generally understand that everyone else is a servant of God. Now originally the Vedic writings contain the same information found in other scriptures in other parts of the worl
d, but they also reveal more.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gives the example that two plus two equals four both in elementary arithmetic and in advanced calculus, but w
ith calculus one has a more detailed understanding. In the same way, other scriptures tell us that God is great, but through the Vedic scriptures we can understand how He manifests His greatness because they tell about His name, form, qualities and pasti
mes. The Vedic scriptures also give information that God has an impersonal aspect, just as the sun has its sunshine, and they tell us that there are many demigods, who are also living beings like us, subordinate to God, but who control various functions 
of nature as a service to the Supreme Lord. So the Vedic literature is advanced and comprehensive, and therefore one must be pure to understand it.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic culture was originally one of purity, in which the central point was God consciousness. But it has gradually deteriorated bec
ause we've now entered an age of quarrel and hypocrisy, called Kali-yuga. In this age, which began 5,000 years ago and will last roughly 400,000 more, people are short-lived, their memories are short, their good qualities are diminished, and their minds 
are generally agitated. Therefore, people in this age are generally more inclined toward sense gratification than spiritual life, and so the high standards of the Vedic culture, even in India, are gradually being forgotten.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, with the combined influence of Kali-yuga and Western materialism, what's happened in India is that various so-called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or spiritual teachers, have twisted the scriptures and confused people by teaching that there's no difference
 between God, the demigods and the impersonal feature of God. Taking advantage of the innocent people, they've taught that God is impersonal and that we are all one with God. They don't distinguish between God in His personal form, God in His impersonal 
feature, the demigods and the ordinary living beings. Their main point is that everything is one and everybody is one. "Everything is one. But I am the biggest one, I am the leader of the ones, because I have realized it." That is their point. And bewild
ered people subscribe to these ideas.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These teachings, however, distort the real principle of Vedic spiritual culture. According to the Vedic scriptures, we are all one with
 God in our qualities, but God is great whereas we are very tiny. The example is given of a golden ornament and a mine of gold. The gold in the ornament and the gold in the mine have the same qualities, but the quantity of gold in the ornament cannot com
pare to the quantity in the mine. Another example is that of the drop of ocean water and the vast ocean itself. The drop is qualitatively one and quantitatively different from the ocean. Similarly, we are one with God in our qualities, but we are differe
nt from Him in quantity because He is very great and we are very small. The impersonal aspect is also one with God because it is a part of God, but it is not the complete realization; it is only one partial feature of God, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that it is subordinate to God's personal form. The demigods are also servants of God. They may be more
 powerful than us, but they are all tiny in relationship with God. The Vedic scriptures say, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cetana\'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cetan
\'e4n\'e4m: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There is one supreme eternal living being among all the many eternal living beings." There is one Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and 
everyone else is His servant. That is the original Vedic principle.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Sensation Within the Heart
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, the distorted teachings of the impersonalists and demigod worshipers, mixed with the upsurge of materialism, have caused confusion in the spiritual culture of 
India, but actually that confusion is only superficial because in their hearts most Indian people still think of themselves as servants of God. They may sit and hear some lecture by a big impersonalist scholar, but ultimately you'll find that when they g
o home they have a little altar, and before they eat they offer their food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They sing to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they celebrate Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 [K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance day]. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They love}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And this spirit of devotion to the Supreme Lord is actually lying dormant in every Indian's heart. That is the point.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub JAY\'c4DVAITA D\'c4SA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub It's just been covered over.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TAM\'c4LA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA GOSV\'c4M\'c9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, in the cities it may be a bit more covered, and in the big cities the people are often very materialistic, but in their hearts at least seventy-five or eighty percent of the people are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. It's
 just slightly covered over. Only within the last couple of hundred years has it been covered over.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavism, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, is very strong in the hearts of many, many people, and seeing Westerners taking to Vai
\'f1\'ebavism has a particular effect. It's like a shock. It produces a tremendous sensation within the hearts of these people. They almost want to cry. It's something so much pleasing to them that all they want to do is say, "Please come into my home. P
lease stay with us." It's like that. They cannot express how happy they are. It's a very wonderful feeling. That's a very developed K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious spirit. And Prabhup\'e4da sees that.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In a battlefield, if someone is very seriously injured and someone is not so seriously injured, you first heal the one who is not so se
riously injured, because you have a better chance of saving him. These people in India, at least many of them, are in that position. They can be brought up to the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness very, very easily.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, when people in India see Western K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees, they often feel pride, thinking that we are also becomin
g Hindus. Now, we're glad that they're pleased by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, but actually we have to explain to them that we are not in fact becoming Hindus. Rather, we are becoming Vai\'f1\'ebavas, or devotees of the Supreme Lord. This i
s natural. The soul is neither Christian, nor Hindu, nor Jewish. The natural, eternal position of every single soul is to be a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. Therefore, we tell our Indian friends that we are not trying to spread the culture of one pa
rticular nation, sect or faith. Rather, we want to come to a higher understanding, an understanding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actually the same Supreme Lord who is within everyone and who is worshiped by different names throughout the world, and that devoti
onal service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the natural spiritual consciousness that is dormant within every living being.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An Ecstatic Beginning
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So that is the background of the position of India. Prabhup\'e4da's program for coming to India revolved around a plan to immediately restore the spiritual balance 
in Indian culture. In America he had to present his program slowly at first because when he first came, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was a science that no one knew anything about. So he started very humbly\'97"I opened a temple on Second Avenue, and I ch
anted in a park"\'97and gradually he became successful. When he came back to India, however, the news of his wonderful preaching in America had preceded him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first thing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da did was to come to Bombay, to a meeting called the S\'e4dhu Sam\'e4j, where all the big }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [saintly persons in India come together once a year. At this meeting almost every }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was a M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
sanny\'e4s\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And then Prabhup\'e4da came on with forty disciples from ten different countries, including Sarasvat\'e9 [the three-year-old daughter of an American devotee couple
], and just completely overwhelmed everyone. We all sat down in the third or fourth row, behind all the big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub This was up on a very elevated stage, and there were about ten thousand people sitting on chairs on the ground. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were all giving lengthy addresses, but I could see that all the people were straining to catch a glimpse of Sarasvat\'e9, of the foreign disciples, and especially of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. They had practic
ally no interest in these big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, after about two and a half hours of lengthy, tedious lectures, they gave us the nod, and the first thing we did was start a ri
p-roaring }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We danced all around those big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4dhus, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub encouraging them to join in dancing and singing the holy names of the Lord. But they were too embarrassed to do so\'97in fact, most of them walk
ed right off the stage. And we just took over the whole stage, then we jumped to the ground, and everyone rose up. We didn't ask them\'97they just rose up and started chanting and dancing. All the guards were trying to control them, but they pushed the g
uards away, and the people came in and were dancing with us in ecstasy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We had }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for about half an hour. Finally we stopped and asked everyone to sit down. (Everyone rushed up to the stage. They didn't even want to sit down.) Then Prabhup\'e4da just said, "I do not want to say anything. I think tha
t this chanting has said everything I could possibly say. I am not making any claims to have performed any miracles. I do not claim to be God. I am simply the servant of the servant of the servant of God. I am spreading Lord Caitanya's message, and this 
is the result." He gave a very humble talk\'97about two minutes\'97but it was just more than anyone could have said. And immediately it was all over the front pages. Then he told us to go on the streets for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub immediately}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub again, all over the front pages. Our pictures were featured in all the leading magazines. It was sensational. We were the first substantial group of Eastern-influenced Westerners to come to India; no one had ever done this before.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And that was just the beginning. It was followed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4
\'eb\'f2ala, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4\'eb\'f2ala }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub program in Bombay, which was just unbelievable. [This was a two-week-long K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festival in a huge }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4\'eb\'f2ala, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or exhibition tent, in Cross Maiden, the central crossroads of Bombay.] It put us in the forefront of public attention.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Leaders of India
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub JAY\'c4DVAITA D\'c4SA: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How did the temples here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana and M\'e4y\'e4pur f
irst get started?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TAM\'c4LA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA GOSV\'c4M\'c9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time, I remember\'97it was about three or four months after we came to India\'97Prabhup\'e4da was searching for land in M\'e4y\'e4pur. "I came to get land in M\'e4y\'e4pur." [\'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur is th
e birthplace of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the original father of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.] We had tried to go to M\'e4y\'e4pur to look for land when we first came to Calcutta, but we couldn't; the flood waters stopped us from crossin
g the Ganges to go. So Prabhup\'e4da was thinking, "Maybe Lord Caitanya doesn't want me to establish a temple in M\'e4y\'e4pur." So he sent me to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, but we didn't get any land in V\'e5nd\'e4vana either. He kept saying to us, "You have to es
tablish yourselves and do something tangible. It will not do if you are simply known as dancing white elephants. 'They came, sang, danced\'97and left.' You must do something substantial so that they will say, 'The Westerners have come, and this is what t
hey have done.' " So Prabhup\'e4da was trying for some land, and somehow we finally got this land in M\'e4y\'e4pur and began construction. Then again someone gave us land here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, so we began constructing a temple here also. Then we got l
and in Bombay. The land in M\'e4y\'e4pur is in the best location. You've seen it now. It's centrally located on the main road, between all the temples. The land in V\'e5nd\'e4vana is on the main road, bordering on three different roads, and it's in the m
ost serene and respected area of spiritual importance, where all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are located. I
t's the best location. The land in Bombay is now said to be worth four times what we paid for it. It's said that this area will become like the Miami Beach of India, visited by millions of people, and we have five acres. In Hyderabad we were donated land
 directly in the center of the city, like Times Square and 42nd Street. And at least 1,000 to 2,000 people come to the daily noontime service, without any advertising.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we have very nicely situated land, and the leading men of India have enrolled as members of our Society. Prabhup\'e4da has always st
ressed, "Get to the leaders of India." And we have. We count among our life members the leading industrialists, politicians and professionals of India, about three thousand of them. We're establishing different places with guest houses for them to stay i
n, as well as guest houses for tourists from abroad.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Practical Program for Basic Needs
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub JAY\'c4DVAITA D\'c4SA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub The building in M\'e4y\'e4pur is wonderful. Westerners like us can come here, live without inconvenience and advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. What is Prabhup\'e4da stressing for India now?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TAM\'c4LA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA GOSV\'c4M\'c9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now our program is slowly starting to shift. Our movement is definitely number one in India. Everyone acknowledges that there is no other movement so substantial, at this particular time, as our movement.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub JAY\'c4DVAITA D\'c4SA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Spiritually.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TAM\'c4LA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA GOSV\'c4M\'c9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritually! Everyone has now acknowledged that this is the number-one movement and that Prabhup\'e4da is the number-one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the world. The Indian people acknowledge that fact, clearly. So now that he's established our movement's prestige as first class and has gotten this land, which establishes our struct
ure, he's especially working for the benefit of the masses. And the way is by food distribution. That is the method of approach. Feed a man, give him }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [sanctified food] and let him engage in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [chanting] and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [temple worship]. That can gradu
ally help thousands and thousands of people, not only by relieving their hunger but by reviving their K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Because if anyone comes to our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  distribution program, that means he's hungry. If he is hungry, that means he can't listen to philosophy. If his hunger is not satisfied, he'll never become K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
ious. This is the point. If we just went around with a program of speaking and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they'd
 come once or twice, but they wouldn't see its practical value. But if you give them }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  d
aily, with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and speaking, eventually you can convince them, "Look, this is the most pra
ctical way of life. Why don't you just live with us completely and work with us?" This is the program.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Practically speaking, many people in India are hungry. Not only can't they afford to purchase the necessary food to feed their families
, but staple foods are no longer available in the larger cities of India. For example, the major cities Bombay and Calcutta, as well as many other cities of India, are now passing through. a crisis period, in which there is no wheat available whatsoever.
 The basic food, called chapati, which goes along with every meal, just as in the West there is bread, is made from this wheat, but no wheat is available. And when it is available it is mixed with sawdust. Then, too, the rice being sold is of a terribly 
inferior quality. No one even wants to use it. Rice is another basic staple of the Indian diet. So with such important necessities as rice and wheat not available, people are literally starving here in India. Therefore we are organizing on an internation
al basis to bring foodstuffs here to India that are very plentiful in other countries of the world. We are arranging for wheat, milk powder and other surplus foodstuffs from America, Canada and Australia.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Prosperity Through God Consciousness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, God has arranged the world in such a way that what is short in one place is plentiful in another. Even within our own countries we may find in one place a
 surplus of gold and in another place a surplus of wheat, but in the place where there's gold there may be no wheat at all. Therefore the national economy is run so that there's a balance, by bringing products from places where they're plentiful to other
 places, where they're short. This now should be done worldwide. Actually, these national boundaries are man-made. God had no such boundaries in mind when He made this planet. Rather, He wants people throughout the world to cooperate. So if we want to co
operate with God's plan, we must overcome these nationalistic boundaries and bring whatever is lacking in one country from the countries where it is in plentiful supply.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With this in mind, we are now arranging for these foods to be brought to India. Of course, we do not hope to immediately feed all the h
ungry people of India. But in the major cities, such as Calcutta, Bombay and Delhi, we can immediately begin to feed thousands daily. And this program can gradually expand to include more and more people as it proves successful. We have no doubt that whe
n people begin to eat the purified food we'll be serving\'97which is not merely food but what we call the mercy of God, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , since it's being given as an offering from God\'97people will begin to appreciate that God is maintaining them. In effect, we hope that when people's hunger is alleviated, they will be able to listen closely and have enoug
h faith in the fact that God is their only maintainer and protector. The entire Vedic civilization was based on this God-centered philosophy. So that has to be restored to India. If it is, then the peopled of India will automatically once again take to a
 very natural, happy and prosperous way of life. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [Part 2]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His Holiness Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba G
osv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A Spiritual Chain Reaction. Below: Americ
an and Indian devotees in Bombay join in chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra and dancing in ecstasy. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: R.S.S. Badal
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above and left: In the city of Surat, people jammed the streets to greet the American and European devotees and offer t
hem garlands of flowers. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Yaduvara d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The World We Live in
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The World We Live in
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IN THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER OF }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Arjuna, the perfect student, requested K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the perfect teacher, to present a detailed analysis of the phenomenal world. Such a study of material nature, for the purpose of disti
nguishing matter from spirit, is known as Sankhya philosophy. The Lord replied to Arjuna's request by briefly explaining the twenty-four material elements (illustrated on the following pages) that comprise the material world. These elements are K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's external, or inferior, energy, but they exist eternally in some form or another. We find ourselves now in a temporary combination of these material elements called the material world, which, by the arrangement of the Lord, is complete in itself b
ecause these elements provide the complete resources for its existence and maintenance. Therefore by studying these elements, one can understand himself, his body, the world in which he lives and the relationship between the three. Gradually one can lear
n to distinguish oneself, as superior, spiritual energy, from the inferior, material energy. And one can scientifically realize that the original source of both these energies is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When our
 consciousness returns to its original purity, we can understand all these very clearly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our vision now, however, is clouded by false ego, which is the basic principle of material existence. False ego means the acceptance of
 the body to be oneself. Thus our bodily designations, such as American, Russian, black, white, Christian, Hindu, man, woman, fat, thin, stupid and intelligent, are manifestations of false ego. Our real ego is spiritual, for we are tiny spiritual parts o
f the supreme living entity, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Since we are actually spiritual souls, our only connection with our material bodies and minds is that we dwell within them for fifty or a hundred years. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub therefore compares the gross or visible body to a coat, and it compares the subtle body\'97consisting of mind and intelligence\'97to a shi
rt. The person within, however, is different from the bodily shirt and coat. His misidentification with this body is called false ego. And in the illusion created by false ego, one thinks that by material arrangements and plans he will become happy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can understand to some extent that the body we have is a symptom of our desires and activities. That is why we can tell so much abou
t a person simply by looking at him. As it is said, the face is the index of the mind. We have forgotten, however, that before we had this body we had another body, and we do not know that when this present body is finished we will be forced to accept an
other. In other words, our present body and activities reflect our previous body and activities and give the background for the next. The man who likes to eat without discrimination may attain the body of a hog, for hogs eat anything and everything. One 
who has fixed his consciousness on godly qualities will change to the form of a demigod. And one who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious will be transferred to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode in the spiritual world to associate with the Supreme Lord. Thus, at the time of
 death the consciousness we have created will carry us to our next body.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may ask, who knows my consciousness at the time of death? Who is to say what future body I deserve? K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows. An expansi
on of the Supreme Personality of Godhead lives in the heart with the spiritual soul, just as one friend sits with another. One friend, the soul, is trying to enjoy life by gratifying his senses. The other friend, however, the Supersoul, is simply watchin
g, for He is the transcendental witness, overseer, permitter and supreme enjoyer. He is the constant companion and the most dear friend of every conditioned soul because it is He only who fulfills our desires, both in this life and in the next. As we may
 smell the aroma of a rose by being near it, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as the Supersoul in the heart, knows exactly what we want, and in due course (even though it may not be the best for us and even though He may not want to give it to us), He rewards us with 
a body just suited to our desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This science of the transmigration of the soul is yet unknown to material scientists, although Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Persona
lity of Godhead, has presented it authoritatively and practically in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and although gre
at teachers and saintly persons have accepted it throughout the ages. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93The living entity in the material world carries his different conceptions of life from one body to another, as the air carries aromas.\'94 (Bg. 15.8) Air, bein
g subtle, cannot be contaminated, but it may carry fair or foul odors. Similarly, the spiritual soul is completely, pure; it is eternal, full of bliss and knowledge, and it cannot be materially contaminated. It does, however, carry our material desires, 
which force us to accept one body after another in this material world to fulfill those desires.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba continues, "The living entity, thus taking another gross body, obtains a certain type of ear, tongue, nose and sens
e of touch, which are grouped about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. 15.9)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  The five knowledge-acquiring senses (the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and touch) and the five working senses (the voice, legs, hands, evacuating organs and reproductive organs) seek and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub interact with the five objects of the senses (form, sound, smell, taste and touch), under the direction of the mind. This interaction produces desire, hatred, pleasure or pain, depending on how each set of senses responds to its objects. 
Thus we can understand why one man's food is another's poison; why we are repelled by stool, for example, which for the hog is a sought-after meal. The example of Arjuna shows how bodily relationships (which are also material interactions) cause material
 perplexity. Because of bodily and mental relationships, Arjuna was averse to fighting his kinsmen in the Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore spoke }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to teach Arjuna (and ourselves as well) the highest criterion of happiness, transcendental to the relative and flickering actions and reactions of the twenty-four material el
ements.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Lord said, "The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are strug
gling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although the soul is always pure, it comes under the control of nature when trapped within a material body because the body, being composed of
 the twenty-four material elements, acts according to the laws of nature, which govern those elements. The embodied living entity has no power to change those laws. Suppose he is put into the body of a dog. He must then act like a dog; he must bark with 
his vocal cords, he must eat food suitable for a dog, he must raise his leg in a certain way, and so on. In the same way, human beings, under the dictation of the mind, are also forced by the laws of nature to accept or reject different sense objects. Th
e difference between animals and humans is that we have higher intelligence, enabling us to understand who we are\'97that we are actually not material but spiritual entities and that as spiritual souls we can be liberated from our embarrassing position i
n this material world when we wholeheartedly accept and follow the process given to us by bona fide spiritual authorities. That is the sum and substance of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says, \'93This divine energy o
f Mine [the material energy] is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it.\'94 (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.14)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, can be compared to a king, for as a king, being the lawmaker, is beyond all the laws in his kingdom a
nd even has the power to pardon prisoners, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cause of all causes, is beyond the control of nature, and His devotee, who by His grace has understood His glories, is freed from material control. Such a devotee feels full in himself and
 is callous to material happiness or distress. He is liberated from the urges of the mind and senses. A person in such transcendental consciousness still has desires, he still accepts and rejects, but he accepts anything favorable and rejects anything un
favorable for the execution of devotional service. He has no interest separate from that of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To become free from the influence of material energy, we have to change our consciousness. How? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam\line \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 m
at-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me and become My devotee. Offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me." (}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus we can liberate ourselves from repeated births and deaths by learning how to control our minds so that we become absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The mind is always eng
aged in some kind of thought, but one's thoughts will be restricted to the actions and reactions of the twenty-four material elements unless and until one engages in spiritual hearing and spiritual chanting, following the example of a bona fide teacher F
actually the whole material creation consists only of different names for the material elements and has no more significance than the babble of sea waves. The only links we have with the real, spiritual world are God's representatives who throughout the 
ages have passed down His confidential, transcendental knowledge, without whimsically changing it. When our thoughts connect with this spiritual line, they will transcend material qualities, and we will then be able to overcome the laws of nature. Otherw
ise not.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In trying to satisfy their illusory desires, which spring from the interactions of the elements, materialists remain bound by the strin
gent laws of material nature as if by iron chains. They do not know that the material sciences in which they take shelter deal only with the gross elements and the objects of the senses, and nothing more.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Philosophers and psychologists who study mental activities also have only fragmental knowledge because they do not know the ultimate so
urce, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "The foolish cannot understand how a living entity can quit his body, nor can they understand what sort of body he enjoys under the spell of the modes of nature," the Lord says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "But one whose eyes are trained in knowledge can see all this." (Bg. 15.10)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da comments on this verse: "Every living entity is quitting his body under certain circumstances and enjoying under certain circumstances u
nder the spell of material nature. As a result, he is suffering different kinds of happiness and distress, under the illusion of sense enjoyment. Persons who are everlastingly fooled by lust and desire lose all power of understanding their change of body
 and their stay in a particular body. They cannot comprehend it. Those who have developed spiritual knowledge, however, can see that the spirit is different from the body and is changing its body and enjoying in different ways. A person in knowledge can 
understand how the conditioned living entity is suffering in this material existence. Therefore those who are highly developed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness try their best to give this knowledge to the people in general, for their conditional life is v
ery much troublesome. They should come out of it and be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and liberate themselves to transfer to the spiritual world."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As illustrated on the following pages, there are twenty-four material elements, which are the constituents of the entire m
aterial creation. The word "element" in this context refers to the fundamental features of both the world and the bodies of living beings. First there are the five great elements\'97earth, water, fire, air and ether\'97which in different combinations com
pose our gross (visible) bodies and the visible universe as well. Beyond these are the subtle elements\'97mind, intelligence and false ego\'97which gather information (or misinformation) from the five knowledge-acquiring senses, namely the eyes, ears, no
se, tongue and sense of touch. Then, according to the dictations of the mind and intelligence, we act. Why do we act? 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We act for pleasure, either immediate (like the pleasure of eating something tasty) or future (like the pleasure of the succ
ess we achieve after hard work or study). We perform the activity with our working senses\'97the voice, legs, hands, evacuating organs and reproductive organs. And this activity is always related to the objects of our senses\'97form, sound, smell, taste 
and touch. Everything we perceive in the world we live in falls into one of these five categories of sense objects. The mind, the center of the senses, is always thinking, feeling and willing and always accepting or rejecting the different objects of the
 senses. This interaction produces either desire, hatred, pleasure or pain. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All these elements and their interactions have one thing in common: they are always subject to change, for they are material
 and therefore impermanent. However, the knower of these elements and their interactions, the spiritual soul, is different. When he revives his eternal relationship with the Supersoul, the Lord, he becomes free from the control of the laws of material na
ture, and his life becomes perfect. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our entire range of knowledge is limited to the material world we live in. The only way for us to understand that which is b
eyond the perception of our senses, mind and intelligence is to hear submissively from a bona fide spiritual master. The spiritual master, God's representative, enlightens us from without, and his message is confirmed from within our heart by the Superso
ul. These transcendental vibrations have such potency that even if we do not understand them with our mind and intelligence, we are still purified by simply hearing them. Therefore hearing is most important. It is the beginning of spiritual life. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub SUPERSOUL
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SPIRIT SOUL
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub THE 24 MATERIAL ELEMENTS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub GROSS ELEMENTS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 . Earth  2. Water  3. Fire  4. Air   5. Ether
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub KNOWLEDGE-ACQUIRING SENSES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6. Eyes   7. Ears  8. Nose   9. Tongue   10. Touch   11. Voice   12. Legs   13. Hands   14. Evacuating Organs   15. Reprodu
ctive Organs
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \cellx4486
\cellx8612\cellx12738\cellx16864\pard\intbl
\qc\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub 16 Mind
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The center of the senses. Controls acceptance and rejection of sense objects}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub 17 Intelligence
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Provides the power of  discrimination.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub 18 False Ego
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual soul's mistaken identification with the material body.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub 19 Pradh\'e4na
\par }\pard\intbl \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Unmanifested stage of the modes of material nature.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \cell
}
\row \pard
\s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub OBJECTS OF THE SENSES
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20. Form   21. Sound   22. Smell   23. Taste   24. Touch
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub RESULTS OF THE INTERACTIONS OF THE 24 MATERIAL ELEMENTS
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub PLEASURE   PAIN   DESIRE   HATRED
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Initiation Into K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Initiation Into K\'e5\'f1\'eba C
onsciousness
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 is one of the leaders of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Until 
he returned to the United States in July to organize distribution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books to schools and libraries, he was serving as the personal secretary of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IF A CASUAL ONLOOKER attends an initiation ceremony at a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple, he will find the action colorful and 
absorbing, but most likely he will be bewildered as to what it all means. For a typical initiation, about one hundred devotees gather in the temple. The men and women to be initiated\'97perhaps a dozen of them\'97sit in two rows, facing the devotee desig
nated to be the priest of the ceremony. The priest sits on a pillow before a smooth dirt mound about three feet square, which is decorated with incense and flowers. Later, during the ceremony, a fire will be built on this mound. Beside the mound is a sta
ck of firewood, five bowls of brightly dyed rice flour, and bowls of sesame and barley seeds, clarified butter, fruits and spices. Objects considered auspicious in the Vedic culture, such as large banana leaves, coconuts, flower garlands, and clay pots f
illed with water, decorate the temple. Throughout the ceremony, except during a lecture by the priest, all the devotees individually chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The sound of many voices chanting produces 
the powerful effect of a droning, humming prayer.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Often these ceremonies are held in the presence of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder and spiritual m
aster of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. In that case, the most important moment for the initiate comes when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da calls him forward to be accepted as a disciple. The devotee bows before his spiritual master and then stands before h
im face to face. "Do you know the four rules?" \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asks. "Yes," he answers. "How many rounds do you chant daily?" The disciple answers, "At least sixteen rounds." \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da nods: "All right. Try to avoid the ten offe
nses. Your name is Govinda d\'e4sa." The other devotees then congratulate their new Godbrother.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what does all this mean? What are these four rules and ten offenses? And why rules? What are these initiates agreeing to? How did a
pparently ordinary people change to become disciples at a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba initiation? To understand what is going on at the initiation ceremony and what has led these people to become disciples\'97and to understand how one goes about becoming a disci
ple\'97let us look back from the time of the ceremony to the time when the initiates first heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first invitation may come in many different ways. "Someone gave me a book about K\'e5\'f1\'eba," recalls one devotee. "The Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba people came to speak at our school,"says another. "They held a festival in my town." "I met one on the street, and we talked." Because of the active preaching of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees, thousands of people daily hear something abo
ut K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But when some people hear they become eager to hear more, whereas others do not.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The hearing that sparks initial attraction to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called, in Sanskrit, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means "faithful hearing." Of course, when we speak of "faith
" we risk the immediate distaste of atheists and agnostics, and if we say "faith in God," they sour. But such faith is exactly what is required. Sometimes they argue, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness requires faith even in the beginning? We'll never accept 
something simply on faith." The materialistic investigator says, "We must experiment, prove, give evidence, and even then we never say that something is true. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We constantly experi
ment and revise." Nevertheless, although materialistic scientists and scholars constantly revise their latest versions of the truth, they cannot rightly assert that they have done away with faith. We find, rather, that everyone places his faith in someth
ing or someone. One may not have the faith to join a society for God consciousness, but then he has faith instead that if he joins the Bank of America, for example, his money will be safe. Or he has faith, as most people do, in news reports and airline s
chedules, or in the quality of the food he buys, although he cannot always inspect it. A man even has enough faith in his barber to allow him to shave his throat with a sharp razor. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, however, means to have unflinching trust, 
not in barbers and news media, but in something sublime.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious faith is never blind, for it is based on knowledge. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba discusses different aspects of fai
th in Chapter Seventeen of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The living being is said to be of a particular faith," t
he Lord explains, "according to the modes he has acquired." \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da comments upon this verse, "Everyone has a particular type of faith, but his faith is considered good, passionate or ignorant according to the nature he has acquired. Th
e real fact is that every living being is originally the fragmental part of the Supreme Lord. But when one forgets his relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead and comes into contact with the material nature, the resultant artificial faith is
 only material." A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, however, has faith in great authorities, such as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the disciplic succession of spiritual masters, whose words are always in accord with the Vedic literature, originally spoken by G
od. A communist places his trust in Marx or Lenin, but a devotee trusts Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Both have faith, but beyond that one must examine whether the leader or authority he trusts is perfect. In the beginning, one may not accept or understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the all-perfect Personality of Godhead, the source o
f everything spiritual and material, but a faithful person thinks, "These people are speaking something about God consciousness. Let me hear what they have to say." This is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raddh\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub faithful hearing, the first step in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One who has }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub raddh\'e4 will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go further; one who doe
s not will turn away.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the inclination to hear topics about K\'e5\'f1\'eba develops progressively from life to life. Thus one who in his past life took to spirituality but could not follow it to perfection takes to it again
 in the next life automatically, from where he left off. In any case, authorities in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness tell us that hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the association of devotees of the Supreme Lord is the perfect religious process for enhancing 
one's spiritual development. The prospective devotee, therefore, likes to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and to hear the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next step is a natural one: the person who is hearing wants to hear more. Only to spend his spare time reading books like }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-B
h\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no longer enou
gh. He wants more association, and not just with the books but with people who understand the books and follow their instructions. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub explicitly say, "Unless one associates with devotees, one cannot develop love of God; one cannot achieve it on one's own." In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes the lives of such devotees: "The thoughts of My pure devotees dwell in Me, their lives are surrendered to Me, and they derive great satisfaction and bl
iss enlightening one another and conversing about Me."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The beginning candidate starts to find his materialistic association unsatisfying. Usually he tries to introduce K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
us ideas to his own family or friends. Sometimes he is successful and his friends also want to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but often they think he has gone crazy. In any case, he decides to seek practical advice from advanced devotees on how to proceed fu
rther in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He visits the temple more frequently, reveals his mind to the devotees, and spends more time chanting and reading.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By now, having progressed by hearing, he desires friendship with the Lord's devotees and even thinks ahead to his relationship with the
 spiritual master. The Vedic literature repeatedly stresses that saintly association is the most important necessity in spiritual life. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion, the Complete Science
 of Bhakti-Yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enumerates the most important principles of devotional service. The first three are as follows: (1) accepting the shelter of the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritu
al master, (2) becoming initiated by the spiritual master and learning from him how to discharge devotional service, and (3) obeying the orders of the spiritual master with faith and devotion. From reading or from hearing lectures, one may also learn thi
s verse from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad: "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub learn that transcendental science, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master who appears in the disciplic succession and who is fixed in the truth." Or this famo
us quotation from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. In
quire from him submissively\'85\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Friendship with the devotees is one thing, but approaching the spiritual master means surrendering to him and following his instruction
s. Is the candidate ready to do it? He becomes thoughtful. According to the Vedic system, one should stay with a spiritual master for a year before deciding whether to accept him as one's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
also should observe the candidate for a year to ascertain whether he is eligible. Whether to surrender to a spiritual master is the most important choice in life, and it should be considered as thoroughly as possible. Having read some of the books and as
sociated with devotees, one may consider his decision in this way: "I have heard from the Vedic literatures that I must take initiation. I must use this human life to go back to Godhead and become free from birth and death in the material world. I have h
eard it, but now what am I going to do about it?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one finds that he does not deeply desire to live in the Absolute Truth, he should not seek initiation from a spiritual master. If he
 is not serious, why make a superficial commitment to the spiritual path? Unfortunately, however, it has become fashionable to accept a spiritual master as one would accept a pet. Especially from India, many cheaters have come for those who are insincere
 about spiritual life but who want to be flattered that they are making spiritual advancement. They take to spiritual life as a kind of recreation. Nowadays we commonly hear how so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gurus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have taken money and cheated their disciples with bogus teachings. A serious candidate, therefore, may be hesitant about surrendering to a spiritual master, for 
he wants to be sure that he does not naively accept someone who will cheat him.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To find a real spiritual master is crucial. However, there is a standard way to ascertain who is a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the Vedic literature proclaims that the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As
 stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g Veda, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Vi\'f1\'ebu is the Supreme, and those who are godly think only of His lotus f
eet." Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is the ultimate object of all paths of meditation and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Th
e spiritual master, therefore, is one who preaches the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba without adulteration. We have already quoted from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wherein Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself advises, "Try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master." In the verse after that, the Lord says, "And when you have learned the truth from the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , you will know that all beings are but part of Me\'97and that they are in Me, and are Mine." If a so-called spi
ritual master does not present K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the highest truth, if he changes the message originally spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba or if he concocts teachings of his own, he cannot be considered a genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . To be genuine, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must follow the instructions of another genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who comes in the disciplic s
uccession from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If one is sincere, the Lord, who is within everyone's heart, will guide him in taking the right step by approaching the genuine teacher, not a pretender. If one desires real spiritual life, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will help him. But
 if he wants something else, K\'e5\'f1\'eba may allow him to be cheated.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one is convinced that he has indeed found a genuine spiritual master, the next step is to follow his instructions. \'c7r\'e9la Prabh
up\'e4da's most basic request to everyone is that one chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One need not 
be initiated to begin chanting. The chanting is recommended for everyone, in all circumstances. In fact, the scriptures recommend chanting the holy names of God as the only suitable means of God realization in our present age of quarrel and hypocrisy (Ka
li-yuga). The name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and therefore chanting brings one into direct contact with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As stated in the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pa\'efcar\'e4tra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the syllables of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub contain all other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the results of all othe
r spiritual processes. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may be sung with other devotees or chanted to oneself on }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beads, a string of 108 beads that devotees use for chanting. The process is to say the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub while fingering each bead; chanting on 108 beads is called "chanting a round." In the beginning one s
hould set himself a quota of a certain number of rounds daily, even if only one or two. Once having set that quota, he should never go below it. Initiated disciples agree to chant a minimum of sixteen rounds daily. In the beginning neophytes find it diff
icult to chant more than a couple of rounds daily, but in the highest stages pure devotees chant the holy names constantly, day and night, in the profound ecstasy of love of God.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In addition to chanting, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asks his initiated students to strictly refrain from four major sinful activities: (
1) illicit sex, (2) meat eating, (3) intoxication and (4) gambling. On the basis of knowledge alone, one should see these activities as detrimental to his advancement. To actually give them up, however, one must feel a superior pleasure from transcendent
al consciousness. Most people indulge extensively in all four of these activities. Wherever we go we see advertisements for liquor and cigarettes, and nearly all advertising depends in some way upon sexual attraction. In today's culture, therefore, givin
g up these things requires a whole commitment. One has to decide if he really wants spiritual life, for there is no question of cultivating these sinful activities and at the same time advancing spiritually. Consequently one who is insincere will try to 
find some fault with spiritual advancement and will fall back into material desires, but one who sincerely chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be freed from all misgivings and will then make rapid progress.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The prerequisites for initiation, therefore, are to chant sixteen rounds daily and follow the four rules.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one takes to these principles, he usually decides he wants to live with devotees like himself. The International Society for Krishna
 Consciousness has therefore been formed so that devotees may live together, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the center of their lives. Their living together is not ordinary communal life. In all K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples the Deity of the Lord is installed, and by K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy wherever there is Deity worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba is actually present. The Deity worship is not idol worship, for it is authorized by all Vedic scriptures; the Deity is as much K\'e5\'f1\'eba as is His name or His word. Thus devotees l
ive in the temple as servants of the Lord, who is present in the Deity form. It is stated that to live in a brothel or bar is to live in the mode of ignorance; to live in the city, the mode of passion, and to live in the forest, the mode of goodness. But
 living in the temple of the Lord is transcendental, beyond all material modes.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Temple life has special potency because everything done in the temple is an act of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or devotional service to the Lord. All such acts are sanctified and free of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or material reactions. For example, the devotees eat only food first offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just by eating the remnants of such an offering, which are calle
d }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one advances toward the goal of life, love of God. Because the devotees in the temple, dire
cted by a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thus act within the spiritual energy, although they may live in New York or London they are not actually anywhere within the material world; by, virtue of their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub activities and consciousness, they are in the spiritual world. This is not to be known academically, but it is realized by devotees who live in asso
ciation with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who eat K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and who work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One may also live in his own home with his family and regular occupation, but by following the instructions of the spiritual master he 
can make his home as good as a temple, provided he follows the same procedures. It is imperative for one who wants to be an initiated devotee to rise early in the morning, no later than 4 a.m., and, after bathing, to begin chanting and reading from books
 like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Early rising and restriction of eating and material pleasure may seem pointless and troublesome for a materialist, but the devotee who wants initiation
 takes to these austerities with love and enthusiasm, and he feels happy results very quickly. The first result is that one becomes freed from material despondency and becomes jolly and hopeful about going back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One's initiation really takes place when one gains firm determination to dedicate his life to following the instructions of the spiritu
al master. His initiation ceremony, although very important, follows automatically once he decides to become a devotee and dedicate his life. After he begins sincere, regulative service, the day will surely come when the temple's leaders recommend him fo
r initiation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During the initiation ceremony, the initiates come forward, one after another, and are personally handed beads upon which \'c7r\'e9la P
rabhup\'e4da has chanted for sanctification. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da or the priest performing the ceremony asks each candidate if he knows the four rules and is willing to follow the requirements for daily chanting. The first initiation is technically 
called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub initiation, or initiation into the holy name. There are further initiations in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, such as brahminical initiation, which may be given one year after the first initiation, and initiation into the renounced order, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub initiation is sufficient in itself to bring one to the highest perfection of love of God; if the student will faithfully follow the spiritual master, nothing else is needed but }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari-n\'e4ma.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To be effective, however, the chanting must be performed without offenses. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lists the following ten offenses to be avoided while chanting: "1) To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating 
the holy name of the Lord. 2) To consider the names of the demigods like Lord \'c7iva or Lord Brahm\'e4 to be equal to, or independent of, the name of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. 3) To disobey the orders of the spiritual master. 4) To blaspheme the Vedic literatur
e or literature in pursuance of the Vedic version. 5) To consider the glories of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be imagination. 6) To give some interpretation of the holy name of the Lord. 7) To commit sinful activities on the strength of the holy name 
of the Lord. (Because by chanting the holy name of the Lord one can be freed from all kinds of sinful reactions, it should not be taken that one may continue to act sinfully and after that chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba to neutralize his sins. Such a dangerou
s mentality is very offensive and should be avoided.) 8) To consider the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba one of the auspicious ritualistic activities offered in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as fruitive activities }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-k\'e4
\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9) To}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub instruct a faithless person about the glories of the holy name. (Anyone can take part in chanting the holy name of 
the Lord, but in the beginning one should not be instructed about the transcendental glories of the Lord. Those who are too sinful cannot appreciate the transcendental glories of the Lord, and therefore it is better not to instruct them in this matter.) 
10) To not have complete faith in the chanting of the holy names and to maintain material attachments, even after understanding so many instructions on this matter." Anyone serious about becoming a devotee of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement should be ca
reful to avoid these ten offenses.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As for the spiritual name given at the time of initiation, it is usually a name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or one of His devotees. The name is a
lways affixed with the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "d\'e4sa" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for men, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for women, both of which mean "servant." One is not given the name "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," "Govinda" or "Caitanya," but "K\'e5\'f1\'eba d\'e4sa
," "Govinda-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9" or "Caitanya d\'e4sa," indicating that the initiate is not God Himself but a humble servant of God. (Bogus spiritual masters make the great mistake of simply giving their disciples names of God, such as Govinda or N\'e4r
\'e4ya\'eba, without indicating that the disciple is a servant of Govinda or N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Thus the unfortunate followers think that by becoming initiated they have somehow become as good as God.) As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the real eternal father, so the spiritual name he gives his disciple is an eternal name by which the spiritual master and Godbrothers and Godsisters know the disciple.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After each initiate has been given his beads and spiritual name, he sits down, and the priest, under the guidance of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhu
p\'e4da, continues the ceremony. After spreading colored dyes over the dirt mound in decorative crisscrosses and building a small fire, the priest begins chanting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub glorifying the past spiritual masters in the succession from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. The priest and devotees chant responsively, and at the end of each verse the priest pronounces the wor
d }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "sv\'e4h\'e4," }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which indicates the offering of oblations. Handfuls of sesame and barley mixed with clar
ified butter have been handed to the initiates, other devotees and guests, and when the priest says }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "sv\'e4h\'e4" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and pours a ladle of clarified butter into the fire, everyone throws grains into the fire as well. This simple procedure surcharges everyone present with spiritual happiness, and it is better experienced than described in words. Formerly such
 sacrifices were held on a grand scale, with tons of grains and clarified butter offered into the sacrificial fire. But this present age, Kali-yuga, finds mankind short in natural resources, and so a token amount of grain and butter is offered. The prima
ry sacrifice for this age, however, is the congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and
 therefore we need not lament for our lack of huge amounts of grains to offer in sacrifice. If there were no other paraphernalia but the holy name, it would still be complete, and without the holy name the sacrifice would be only a false show.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are chanted, the priest announces, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "k\'e9rtana!" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ("Chanting!"). Immed
iately }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub players start striking their drums, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karat\'e4la }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub players beat their brass hand cymbals, and a lead singer begins melodiously singing the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Congregational chanting with the participation of many devotees thus becomes the ultimate perfection of the initiation sacrifi
ce. This chanting process is so auspicious that it is envied by denizens of higher planets, even though they have all the material wealth and knowledge for opulent sacrificial ceremonies. Nevertheless, a Vedic ceremony is considered incomplete without di
stribution of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and so the initiation ceremony is also an occas
ion for full, sumptuous feasting for all who attend.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In summary, the initiation ceremony, far from being merely a colorful ritual, is a necessity for genuine spiritual life. Although every
one, even if not initiated, is encouraged to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and will receive spiritual benefit if he does so, unless one is initiated by a genuine spiritual master he will not receive the spiritual strength to remain steady in chanting Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and following spiritual principles, and after some time he may slide down again to material consciousness. The non-initiate is sometimes compared to a student who is allowed to sit in on a professor's class but who has not officially regist
ered for the course. Although such a student may benefit by auditing the class, he must formally join the class if he wishes to receive college credit. Similarly, only when one is initiated does he become eligible for the full benefits of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness, for then his link to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is established, through his own spiritual master and all the great spiritual masters of the past. Then, by implicit faith in his own spiritual master and in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the truths of the Ved
ic literature are revealed to him. This is the path for the serious candidate on the path of spiritual perfection.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Fruits, grains spices and brightly col
ored dyes are all ingredients in the initiation ceremony
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p21: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above and left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 conducts an initiation ceremony at the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temple in Paris, France. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p22: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p23: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Far left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As one gradually progresses, he wants not only to read spiritual books but to associate with those who understand and follow the instructions of the books. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Jeffrey Dunan.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left and below:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Every day, thousands of people come in
 touch with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for the first time. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below, right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One who is interested in
 becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious learns how to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra on beads for personal meditation. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Yaduvara d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p24: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A morning philosophy class at the ISKCON
 temple in Los Angeles. (The Deity of the Lord is visible in the background.) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p25: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da hands sanctifi
ed beads to a new initiate. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Taking Shelter of Lord Nity\'e4nanda
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Taking Shelter of Lord Nity\'e4n
anda
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A song by \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura 
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Explained in English\line by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Five hundred years ago, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared in West Bengal in the rol
e of His own pure devotee\'97\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Lord Caitanya is considered the most munificent incarnation of Godhead because He made love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba easily available through the chanting of the mah\'e4-mantra\'97Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared as Lord Caitanya, His principal associate in spreading the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mo
vement was Lord Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu. Lord Nity\'e4nanda is Lord Caitanya's expansion. In other words, He is nondifferent from Lord Caitanya. The same Supreme Lord appeared in different forms\'97as Lord Caitanya and Lord Nity\'e4nanda\'97to bestow mercy 
upon the fallen souls of the material world. This song, therefore, describes the benefits of taking shelter of Lord Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura was a great devotee and spiritual master in the disciplic chain coming down from
 Lord Caitanya. He has written many songs, and they are recognized as authoritative by all K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees. He sang these songs in simple Bengali language, but the purport\'97the deep meaning of his songs\'97is very significant. His Div
ine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has therefore explained many of these songs in English and taught them to his disciples. (Cassette recordings of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da singing and explaining these songs are available from Golden Avata
r Productions in Los Angeles.)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nit\'e4i-pada-kamala ko\'f6\'e9-candra-su\'e7\'e9tala\line je ch\'e4y\'e4ya jagat ju\'f2\'e4ya\line hena nit\'e4i bine bh\'e4i r
\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4ite n\'e4i\line d\'e5\'f2ha kari dhara nit\'e4iyera p\'e4ya
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub se sambandha n\'e4hi j\'e4ra b\'e5th\'e4 janma gela t\'e4\'92ra\line sei pa\'e7u ba\'f2a dur\'e4c\'e4ra\line nit\'e4i n\'e4 bali
la mukhe majila sa\'e0s\'e4ra-sukhe\line vidya-kule ki karibe t\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eckare matta haiy\'e4 nit\'e4i pada p\'e4sariy\'e4\line asatyere satya kari m\'e4ni\line nit\'e4iyera karu\'eb\'e4 habe bra
je r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4\'92be\line dhara nit\'e4i-cara\'eba du\'92kh\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nit\'e4iyera cara\'eba satya t\'e4\'ech\'e4ra sevaka nitya\line nit\'e4i-pada sad\'e4 kara \'e4\'e7a\line narottama ba\'f2a du\'f9
kh\'e9 nit\'e4i more kara sukh\'e9\line r\'e4kha r\'e4\'ecg\'e4 cara\'ebera p\'e4\'e7a\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9-Ni
ty\'e4nanda-Ni\'f1\'f6h\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa540\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [The above verse is }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub not}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  in BTG]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a very nice song sung by Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. He advises that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nita
i-pada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kamala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means lotus, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means feet), are a shelter where one will get the soothing moonlight not only of one but of millions of moons. We can just imagine the aggregate total value of the soothing shine of millions of moons. In this mate
rial world (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), which is progressing toward hell, there is always a blazing fire, and everyon
e is struggling hard without finding peace; therefore, if the world wants to have real peace, it should take shelter under the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda, which are cooling like the shining of a million moons. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ju\'f2\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means relief. If one actually wants relief from the struggle of existence and actually wants to extinguish the blazing fir
e of material pangs, Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura advises, "Please take shelter of Lord Nity\'e4nanda:'
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What will be the result of accepting the shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda? He says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hena nit\'e4i bine bh\'e4i}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub unless one takes shelter under t
he shade of the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4ite n\'e4i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97it will b
e very difficult for him to approach R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The aim of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to enable us to approach R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba and associate with the Supreme Lord in His sublime pleasure dance. Narottama d
\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura advises that if one actually wants to enter into the dancing party of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he must accept the shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then he says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub se }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sambandha n\'e4hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sambandha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "connection" or "contact." Anyone who has not contacted a relationship with Nity\'e4nanda is understood to have spoiled his human birth. In an
other song also Narottama d\'e4sa says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hari hari viphale }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janama }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go\'eb\'e4inu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : anyone who does not approach R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba through a relationship with Nity\'e4nanda has uselessly spoiled his life
. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5th\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means \'93useless.\'94 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Janma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "life." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub T\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  means \'93his,\'94 and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sambandha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub means "relationship." Anyone who does not make a relationship with Nity\'e4nanda is simply spoiling the boon of his human form of life. Why is he spoiling it? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sei }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'e7u ba\'f2a dur\'e4c\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
Sei}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "that," }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'e7u}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mean
s "animal," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dur\'e4c\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "misbehaved" or "the most misbehaved." Without elevation to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness through the mercy of Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda, life is simply spoiled for the animal propensities of sense gratification. Narottama d\'e4sa says that ordinary animals can be tamed, but when a human being is animalistic, hav
ing only animal propensities, he is most horrible, for he cannot be tamed. Ordinary cats and dogs or even a tiger can be tamed, but when a human being goes out of his way and neglects to take to the human activity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his hig
her intelligence will simply be misused for animal propensities, and it is very difficult to tame him. The enactment of state laws cannot make a thief an honest man; because his heart is polluted, he cannot be tamed. Every man sees that a person who comm
its criminal offenses is punished by the government, and also in scriptural injunctions punishment in hell is mentioned. But despite hearing from scripture and seeing the action of the state laws, the demoniac cannot be tamed.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What are they doing? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nit\'e4i n\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bolilo mukhe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Since they do not know who Nity\'e4nanda is, they never say the names of Lord Nity\'e4nanda and Lord Caitanya. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Majilo so\'e0s\'e4ra-sukhe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Majil
o}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "becomes absorbed."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They become absorbed in so-called material enjoyment. They don't care who Lord Caitanya and Nity\'e4nanda are, and therefore they go de
ep down into material existence. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vidy\'e4-kule ki koribe t\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : if one has no connection with Nity\'e4n
anda, and if he does not come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or his so-called academic ed
ucation, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kule}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , birth in a high family or great nation, will not protect him. Regardless of whether on
e is born in a very big family or nation or has a very advanced academic education, at the time of death nature's law will act, his work will be finished, and he will get another body according to that work.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why are these human animals acting in this way? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aha\'eck\'e4r
e matta hoi\'ef\'e4, nit\'e4i-pada p\'e4sariy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . They have become maddened by a false concept of bodily life, and thus they have forgotten their eternal relationship with Nity
\'e4nanda. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asatyere satya kori m\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : such forgetful persons accept the illusory energy as factual. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asatyere}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  refers to that which is not a fact, or, in other words, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means that which has no existence but is a temporary illusion only. Persons who have no contact with Nity\'e4nanda accept this illusory body as factual.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura then says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nit\'e4iyera karu
\'eb\'e4 habe, braje r\'e4dh\'e4-k\'e5\'f1\'eba p\'e4\'92be}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If you actually want to approach the assoc
iation of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you must achieve the mercy of Lord Nity\'e4nanda first. When He is merciful toward you, then you will be able to approach R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Dharo }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nit\'e4i-cara\'eba du\'92kh\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Narottama d\'e4sa advises that one firmly catch the 
lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then again he says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nit\'e4i-cara\'eba satya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . One should not misunderstand and think that as he caught hold of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , similarly the lotus feet of Nity\'e4nanda may also be something like that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or illusion. Therefore Narottama d\'e4sa confirms,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nit\'e4i-cara\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : the lotus feet of Nity\'e4nanda are not illusion; they are a fact. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub T\'e4h\'e4ra sevaka nitya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : and one who engages in the transcendental loving service of Nity\'e4nanda is also transcendental. If one engages in the transcendental loving service of Nity\'e4nanda in K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness, he immediately achieves his transcendental position on the spiritual platform, which is eternal and blissful. Therefore he advises, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nit\'e4i-pada sad\'e4 koro \'e4\'e7a}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : always try to catch the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Narottamo ba\'f2o dukh\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , is taking the position that he is very unhappy. Actually, he is representing ourselves.
 He says, "My dear Lord, I am very unhappy." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nit\'e4i more koro sukh\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Therefore I am praying to Lord 
Nity\'e4nanda to make me happy." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4kha r\'e4\'ecg\'e4-cara\'ebera p\'e4\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Please keep me in a cor
ner of Your lotus feet."
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nd Around the World\'85
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Har
e Hare
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, like any other large industrialized city, is fast-paced, crowded and noisy. By contrast, \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura is peaceful and serene, for it is a transcendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t
\'e9rtha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or holy place.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It was at \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura, almost five hundred years ago, that the Supreme Lord descended to this world as the great t
eacher \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to propagate the chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (t
he Great Chanting for Deliverance): Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one can counteract the miseries of material l
ife and quickly be elevated to the highest spiritual platform\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prema-bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (love of God). Indeed, Lord
 Caitanya taught that by the congregational chanting of these holy names of God, the people of the world can begin a new era of peace, brotherhood and prosperity. And by the grace of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, His prediction that the holy name of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba would one day be sung in every town and village in the world is now being fulfilled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The work of broadcasting the transcendental message of Lord Caitanya is today being carried out by the International Society for Krishn
a Consciousness (ISKCON). Under the direction of its founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktive
danta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, ISKCON, over the past eight years, has established centers in cities throughout Europe, America, Africa and Asia. Pictured below is \'c7r\'e9 M\'e4y\'e4pura-candrodaya Mandira, the ISKCON World Center at \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4
y\'e4pura, where ISKCON devotees from all over the world gather each year to celebrate the appearance day of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. This year, the auspicious anniversary of Lord Caitanya's appearance will be observed on March 27. Once again, devote
es from every corner of the globe will join in M\'e4y\'e4pura for a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festival, beginning in mid-March, to glorify Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, His holy abode \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura, and His pure devotee \'c7r\'e9la Prabh
up\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you cannot join us in India for this wonderful celebration, we invite you to take part in the festival through the pages of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back to Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura is a spiritual place of pilgrimage; and on the transcendental 
level, hearing about such a holy place is practically as good as being there.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna 
Consciousness.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead v10#3
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SENIOR EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9
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\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  MEMBERSHIP
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tseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90034.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PLEASE WRITE FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover v10#3
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya predicted almost 500 years ago that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness would spread to every village and town in the world. Now His prediction is coming true
. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees from all over the world are seen during their yearly pilgrimage to Lord Caitanya's birthplace.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World 10#3
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A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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mbay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Har
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Delhi, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9719 Todar Mal Lane, New Delhi 110001; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taipei, Taiwan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 66-1540, Niavaran; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tokyo, Japan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97-Ichichome. 1-44 Mila, Minalo-ku;
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}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lautoka, Fiji}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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ts Rd. and Drummoyne Ave. Drummoyne., N.S.W.
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\'976241 Schloss Rettershof, bei Konigstein-Taunus/ 06174-21357; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Geneva, Switzerland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'979, chemin
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orgia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971287 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E. 30306/ (404) 377-8680; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Austin, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971003 E. 14 St. 78702/ (512) 476-1558; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\'97257 Sylvan Way 95006/ (408) 338-4465; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bridesville, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rock Mountain Rd., British Colum
bia; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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and, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'978311 E. Jefferson Ave. 48214/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesville, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 SW Depot Ave. 32601
/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9751 Coelho Way 96817/ (808) 839-2210; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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s, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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Box 620. McCreary's Ridge. Moundsville. W. Virginia 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97
439 Henry St., Brooklyn 11231/ (212) 596-9658; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97224 Besserer St., Ontario/ (613)
 236-9091; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. Woodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }{\b\i0\ul0
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 St. 94103/ (415) 861\'b76464; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 329-9348; }
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D.C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972015 "Q" St. NW 20009/ (202) 667-3516; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Winnipeg, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97160 Home St., Manitoba/ (204) 775-3575.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord }{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 Caitanya's Benediction for Humanity
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Lord }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Caitanya's Benediction for Humanity
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 An excerpt from \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, \line A new translation, with purports, \line by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Four hundred years ago, by the request of the greatest transcendentalists of his time, K\'e5\'f1\'ebadasa Kavir\'e4ja Go
sv\'e4m\'e9 wrote }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , an account of the teachings and activities
 of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is the Supreme Lord Himself, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the form of His own pure devotee. Although K\'e5\'f1\'ebadasa Kavir\'e4ja was so advanced in age that the task appeared almost impossible, he eventually c
omposed this work, in three sections, describing the early, middle and final pastimes of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya and His essential instructions to His most intimate disciples.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first section, entitled \'93}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'94 describes the first twenty-four years of Lord Caitanya's life, including His childhood and household activities, as well as the all-important philosophical discussions He held
 with the greatest scholars of His time, after He entered the renounced order of life.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in His }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub declares that His mission is to annihilate the demoniac and establish the pious; and, accordingly, accounts of the activities of the Godhead's incarnations tell of numerous contest
s between the Supreme Lord and great atheistic personalities. But Lord Caitanya, the golden }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , i
s called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maha-vadanya-avat\'e4ra, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the most munificent incarnation of Godhead, for He settled such conf
licts by congregational chanting and persuasive argument and thereby blessed everyone He met with love of Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , therefore, not only relates the most confidential pastimes of the golden }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but also fully explicates His sublime devotional philosophy.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Ninth Chapter of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or first section, describes the Caitanya tree, a most wonderful species, which bears the fruit of genuine self-realization, or love of Godhead. By understanding this tree, one can reali
ze the continuing and ever-increasing potency of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The trunk of this tree is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and from Him, in unbroken succession, stem various branches that gradually span the entire globe in 
the form of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. One who hears of this transcendental tree will certainly have the seeds of devotional love of Godhead implanted within his heart and will appreciate the divine potency of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has translated}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  into English with full explanations for the purport of each verse. Here, in the following excerpt from this work, His Divi
ne Grace explains how the distribution of the fruits of the Caitanya tree is the ultimate benediction for the world, and, as well, he reveals the compass of the unlimited mercy of the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TEXT 42 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub et\'e4vaj janma-s\'e4phalya\'e0\line dehin\'e4m iha dehi\'f1u\line pr\'e4\'ebair arthair dhiy\'e4 v\'e4c\'e4\line \'e7reya-\'e4c
ara\'eba\'e0 sad\'e4
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Synonyms:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub et\'e4vat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97up to this}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; janma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of birth}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; s\'e4phalyam\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub perfection}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; dehin\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of every living being}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; iha\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in this world}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; dehi\'f1u\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub toward those w
ho are embodied; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4\'ebai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by life}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub ; arthai\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by wealth}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; dhiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by intelligence}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; v\'e4c\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub by words}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; \'e7reya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eternal good fortune}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; \'e4cara\'ebam\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub acting practically}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ; sad\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub a
lways}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Translation: \'93It is the duty of every living being to}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub perform welfare activities for the benefit of others with his life, wealth, intelligence and words.\'94
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purport:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are two kinds of general activities\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7reyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or activities which are ultimately beneficial and auspicious, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub preyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or those which are immediately beneficial and auspicious. For example, children are very fond of playing. They don't want to go to sc
hool to receive an education, and they think that to play all day and night and enjoy with their friends is the aim of life. Even in the transcendental life of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we find that when He was a child He was very fond of playing with His fri
ends of the same age, the cowherd boys. He would not even go home to take His dinner. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 would have to come out to induce Him to come home. Thus it is a child's nature to engage all day and night in playing, not caring even for his healt
h and other important concerns. This is an example of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub preyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or immediately beneficial activitie
s, but there are also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7reyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or activities which are ultimately auspicious. According to Vedi
c civilization, a human being must be God conscious. He should understand what God is, what this material world is, who he is and what their interrelationships are. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7reyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or ultimately auspicious activity.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this verse, which is quoted from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata
m, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said that one should be interested in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sreyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . To achieve the ultimate goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7reyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or good fortune, one should engage e
verything, including his life, wealth and words, not only for himself but for others also. However, unless one is interested in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7reyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in his own life, he cannot preach of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7reyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for the benefit of ot
hers.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This verse cited by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu applies to human beings, not to animals. As indicated in the previous verse by the
 words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manu\'f1ya-janma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub these injunctions are for human beings. Unfortunately, human beings, although th
ey have the bodies of men, are becoming less than animals in their behavior. This is the fault of modern education. Modern educators do not know the aim of human life; they are simply concerned with how to develop the economic condition of their countrie
s or of human society. This is also necessary; the Vedic civilization considers all aspects of human life, including }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (religion), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub artha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (economic development), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (sense gratification) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mok\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (liberation). But humanity's first concern should be religion. To be religious, one must abide by the orders of God, but unfortunately people in this age have rejected religion, and they are busy in ec
onomic development. Therefore they will adopt any means to get money. For economic development one does not need to get money by hook or by crook; one needs only sufficient money to maintain his body and soul. However, because modern economic development
 is going on with no religious background, people have become lusty, greedy and mad after money. They are simply developing the qualities of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (passion) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (ignorance), neglecting the other qualit
y of nature, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (goodness), and the brahminical qualifications. Therefore the entire society is in ch
aos.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that it is the duty of an advanced human being to act in such a way as to facilitate human society's attainment of the ultimate goal of life. There is a similar verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Part Three, Chapter Twelve, verse 45, which is quoted in this chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as verse 43.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TEXT 43
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pra\'ebi\'eb\'e4m upak\'e4raya yad eveha paratra ca\line karma\'eb\'e4 manas\'e4 v\'e4c\'e4 tad eva matim\'e4n bhajet
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Synonyms:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pra\'ebi\'eb\'e4m}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub all living entities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upak\'e4raya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for the benefit; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub yat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97whichever; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in this world or in this life; }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub paratra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97in the next life; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karma\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by work; 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manas\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by the mind; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e4
c\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by words; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97that
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub eva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub matim\'e4n}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97an intelligent man; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhajet\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub must}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub act.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Translation:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub \'93By his work, thoughts and words, an intelligent man must perform actions which will be beneficial for all living entities in this life and in the next.\'94
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purport:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Unfortunately, people in general do not know what is to take place in the nex
t life. To prepare oneself for his next life is common sense, and it is a principle of the Vedic civilization, but presently people throughout the world do not believe in a next life. Even influential professors and other educators say that as soon as th
e body is finished, everything is finished. This atheistic philosophy is killing human civilization. People are irresponsibly performing all sorts of sinful activities, and thus the privilege of the human life is being taken away by the educational propa
ganda of the so-called leaders. Actually it is a fact that this life is meant for preparation for the next life; by evolution one has come through many species or forms, and this human form of life is an opportunity to promote oneself to a better life. T
his is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4nti deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n pit\'e8n y\'e4nti pit\'e5-vrat\'e4\'f9\line bh\'fct\'e4ni y\'e4nti bh\'fctejy\'e4 y\'e4nti mad-y
\'e4jino 'pi m\'e4m
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; those who worship ancest
ors go to the ancestors; and those who worship Me will live with Me." (Bg. 9.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore, one 
may promote himself to the higher planetary systems, which are the residence of the demigods, one can promote himself to the Pitrloka, one can remain on earth, or one can also go back home, back to Godhead. This is further confirmed by }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti so 'rjuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . After giving up the body, one who knows K\'e5\'f1\'eba in truth does not come back again to this world to accept a material body, but he goes back home, back to Godhead. This knowledge is in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and people should be given the opportunity to understand it. Even if one is not able to go ba
ck to Godhead in one life, the Vedic civilization at least gives one the opportunity to be promoted to the higher planetary systems where the demigods live and not glide down again to animal life. At present, people do not understand this knowledge, alth
ough it constitutes a great science, for they are uneducated and trained not to accept it. This is the horrible condition of modern human society. As such, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is the only hope to direct the attention of intelligent 
men to a greater benefit in life. 
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TEXT 44
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4l\'e9 manu\'f1ya \'e4m\'e4ra n\'e4hi r\'e4jya-dhana\line phala-phula diy\'e4 kari' pu\'ebya up\'e4rjana
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Synonyms:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4l\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97gardener; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub manu\'f1ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97man; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4m\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97My; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there Is none; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub r\'e4jya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97kingdom; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97wealth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub phala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fruit; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub phula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97flowers; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub diy\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97giving; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kari'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97do; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pu\'ebya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97piety; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub up\'e4rjana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97achievement.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Translation: \'93I am merely a gardener. I have neither a kingdom nor very great riches. I simply have some fruits and flowers that I 
wish to utilize to achieve piety in My life.\'94
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purport:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In performing welfare activities for human society, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu presents Himself as being not very rich, thus indicating that a man need not be rich o
r opulent to act for the welfare of humanity. Sometimes rich men are very proud that they can perform beneficial activities for human society whereas others cannot. A practical example is that when there is a scarcity of food in India on account of meage
r rainfall, some members of the richer class very proudly distribute foodstuffs, making huge arrangements with the help of the government, as if merely by such activities people will be benefited. But suppose there were no food grains. How would the rich
 men distribute food? Production of grains is completely in the hands of God. If there were no rain, there would be no grains, and these so-called rich men would be unable to distribute grains to the people.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The real purpose of life, therefore, is to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 describes in h
is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that devotional service is so exalted that it is beneficial and auspiciou
s for every man. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu also declared that to propagate the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cult of devo
tional service in human society, one does not need to be very rich. Anyone can do it and thus render the highest benefit to humanity if he knows the art. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu takes the part of a gardener because although a gardener is naturally no
t a very rich man, he has some fruits and flowers. Any man can collect some fruits and flowers and satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead in devotional service, as recommended in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0 yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati\line tad aha\'e0 bhakty-upah\'e5tam a\'e7n\'e4mi prayat
\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One cannot satisfy the Supreme Lord by his riches, wealth or opulent position, but anyone can collect a little fruit or flower and offer it to the Lord. The Lord says that if one brings such an offering in devotion, He will accep
t it and eat it. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba eats, the entire world becomes satisfied. There is the story in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  illustrating how by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eating, the 60,000 disciples of Durvasa Muni were all satisfied. Therefore it is a fact that if by our life }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (pr\'e4\'ebai
\'f9), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by our wealth }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (arthai\'f9), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub by our intelligence }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (dhiy\'e4) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or by our words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (v\'e4c\'e4) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, naturally the entire world will become happy. Therefore our main duty is to satisfy t
he Supreme Godhead by our actions, our money and our words. This is very simple. Even if one does not have money, he can preach the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to everyone. One can go everywhere, to every home, and request everyone to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Thus the entire world situation will become very happy and peaceful.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TEXT 45
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 m\'e4l\'e9 ha\'ef\'e4 v\'e5k\'f1a ha-il\'e4\'ec ei ta' icch\'e4te\line sarva-pr\'e4\'eb\'e9ra upak\'e4ra haya v\'e5k\'f1a haite
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Synonyms:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4l\'e9 ha\'ef\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97although I am the gardener; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5k\'f1a ha-il\'e4
\'ec}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97I am also the tree; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ei ta'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97this is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub icch\'e4te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by My will; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva-pr\'e4\'eb\'e9ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of all living entities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upak\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97welfare; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub haya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97there is; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub v\'e5k\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the tree; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub haite}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Translation: \'93Although I am acting as a gardener, I also want to be the tree, for thus I can bestow benefit upon all.\'94
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purport:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is the most benevolent personality in human 
society because His only desire is to make people happy. His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement is especia
lly meant for the purpose of making people happy. He wanted to become the tree Himself because a tree is supposed to be the most benevolent living entity. In the following verse, which is from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (10.22.33), K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself highly praised the existence of a tree.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TEXT 46
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aho e\'f1\'e4\'e0 vara\'e0 janma\line sarva -pr\'e4\'eby-upaj\'e9vanam\line su-janasyeva ye\'f1\'e4\'e0 vai\line vimukh\'e4 y
\'e4nti n\'e4rthina\'f9 
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Synonyms:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97oh, just see; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub e\'f1\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of these trees; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub varam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97superior; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub janma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97birth; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pr\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97living entities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub upaj\'e9vinam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97one who provides maintenance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub su-jan
asya iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97like the great personalities; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ye\'f1\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub from whose; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97certainly; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vimukha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97disappointed; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub y\'e4nti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97goes away; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97never; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub arthina\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub one}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub who is asking for something.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Translation: \'93Just see how these trees are maintaining every living entity! Their birth is successful. Their behavior is just like 
that of great personalities, for anyone who asks anything from a tree never goes away disappointed.\'94
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Purport:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  According to Vedic civilization, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are considered to be great personalities because if anyone goes to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  king to ask for charity, the king will never refuse. The trees are compared to those noble }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because everyone derives all kinds of benefits from them\'97some people take fruit, others take flowers, others take leaves, others ta
ke twigs, and others even cut the tree, and yet the tree gives to everyone without hesitation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unnecessarily cutting trees without consideration is another example of human debauchery. The paper industry cuts many hundreds and tho
usands of trees for its mills, and with the paper so much rubbish literature is published for the whimsical satisfaction of human society. Unfortunately, although these industrialists are now happy in this life by dint of their industrial development, th
ey do not know that they will incur the responsibility for killing these living entities who are in the forms of trees. A needy person may derive many advantages from trees and also from many animals, but in modern civilization people have become so ungr
ateful that they exploit the trees and animals and kill them. These are some of the sinful activities of modern civilization.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This verse, quoted from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was spoken by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to His friends when He was taking rest underneath a tree after His pastimes of stealing the clothes of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vastra-hara\'eba-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). By quoting this verse, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu teaches us that we should be tolerant and beneficial like trees, which give everything to the needy persons who come underneath them.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p3-5: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Collage:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v10 #3
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
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\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
 The appearance of Lord Caitanya Mah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhu has begun a new era in spiritual history. Thus th
e day after His appearance anniversary this year marks the start of the year 489 of the Caitanya Era.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\pard\intbl
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\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub March 2\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktis}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ddh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nta Sarasvat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9 Puru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1otta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub March 8\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (Vijay}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans).}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 March 11\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7iva-r\'e4tri-vrata.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub March 12\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la Jagann\'e4tha-d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4ji Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and \'c7r\'e9la Rasik\'e4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 March 17\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ppearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9 Puru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1otta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
March 22\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Starting today, devotees perfom }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parikrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (circumambulation) of the nine islands that form }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Navadv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa-dh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma (see page 18 for a map and explanation). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parikrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Antar-dv}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Each of the nine islands is associated with one of the nine forms of devotional service: \'c7r\'e9 Antar-dv\'e9pa\'97self-surrender; \'c7r\'e9 Simanta-dv\'e9pa\'97hearing; \'c7r\'e9 Godruma-dv\'e9pa\'97chanting; \'c7r\'e9 Madhya-dv\'e9pa\'97remembering; 
\'c7r\'e9 Kola-dv\'e9pa\'97serving the lotus feet of the Lord; \'c7r\'e9 \'c5tu-dv\'e9pa\'97worshiping; \'c7r\'e9 Jahnu-dv\'e9pa\'97praying; \'c7r\'e9 Modadruma-dv\'e9pa\'97carrying out the Lord's orders; \'c7r\'e9 Rudra-dv\'e9pa\'97serving as the Lord's
 friend.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub March 23\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parikrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Simanta-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 March 24\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (Saphal}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parikrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Godruma-dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Madhya-dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 March 25\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parikrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Kola-dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c5tu-d
v}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa. Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppea
rance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9la M}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhavendra Pur\'e9.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub March 26\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parikrama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Jahnu-dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Modad
ruma-dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and
 \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Rudra-dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub March 27\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gaura-p\'fcr\'ebim\'e4 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppear
ance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu) (fasting until moonrise). \'c7r
\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-M\'e4dhava dola-y\'e4tr\'e4.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 March 28\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of the year 489, Caitanya Era. First day of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious month of Vi\'f1\'ebu. \'c4nandotsava of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha Mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Appearance of Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Appearance of Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who was also known as Vi\'e7vambhara ("Lord of the universe"), appeared in Bengal, India, 489 years ago and taught love of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. The Vedic scriptures, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, Upani\'f1ads, Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and especially 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all reveal K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be the Supreme Truth and the dearmost friend of every living being. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Give up all other forms of religion and surrender to Me. I shall then protect yo
u.\'94 Lord Caitanya, therefore, urged everyone He met, "Surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His holy name is the only shelter."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because thousands of years had passed since K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance on earth and because people had not fully understood K\'e5\'f1
\'eba from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dearmost servant, showed everyone exac
tly how to render loving service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's own words as revealed in Vedic literature. These Vedic writings were compiled 5,000 years ago, but when Lord Caitanya came He created a great revival of love for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Most importantly, Lord Caitanya delivered the chanting of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy names: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, as He was also called, did not invent the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba; He took it directly from 
the Vedic scriptures. The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub h}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub arer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma eva kevalam/ 
kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name! In the Kali-yuga [the Age of Quarrel and Hypocrisy] 
there is no other way, no other way, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no other way." The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kalisantara\'eba Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also says that these sixteen words in thirty-two syllables\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Har
e\'97are the most effective means for counteracting the contaminating effects of Kali-yuga.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the Vedic scriptures, the chanting is the only process perfectly suitable for the age in which Lord Caitanya appeared, Kal
i-yuga, a spiritually fallen age. Kali-yuga is still going on, and we shall feel its disruptive influence more and more. Therefore Lord Caitanya gave a great impetus to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement by inaugurating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the congregational chanting of the holy names. Indeed, He set in motion, by His own example, a movement that 
would spread all over the world as the greatest benediction for the people of today. Almost five hundred years ago, He Himself foretold, "The chanting of the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be heard in every town and village of the world."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We know a great deal about the life and teachings of Lord Caitanya because His immediate followers wrote many books, all authoritativ
ely based on the Vedic scriptures. His chief literary followers were known as the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s. Among them, J\'e9va, San\'e4tana and R\'fcpa especially wrote dozens of scholarly spiritual books proving }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to be the ultimate goal of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja and V\'e5nd\'e4vana d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura also wrote authoritative biographies of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, and many of their learned foll
owers have contributed elaborations and expositions upon the philosophy of Lord Caitanya, thus establishing the basis for a complete and consistent spiritual movement.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As we observe the 489th anniversary of Lord Caitanya's appearance, let us consider His significance for the people of the world today. 
K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9, in his biography }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de
scribes the events leading to \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya's appearance. We shall try to relate them here, for they tell us much about His mission.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "To fulfill a particular desire within His mind, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Vrajendra-kum\'e4ra, decided to descend on this planet after matu
re contemplation." K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja plainly declares that Lord Caitanya is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Lord Caitanya's advent is also mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-var\'eba\'e0 tvi\'f1\'e4k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e0 s\'e4\'ecgop\'e4\'ecg\'e4stra-p\'e4r\'f1adam\line yaj\'efai\'f9 sa\'ec
k\'e9rtana-pr\'e4yair yajanti hi sumedhasa\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In this Age of Kali, people endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the Lord, who is accompanied by His associates, by performing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana-yaj\'efa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [congregational chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba]." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  11.5.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This verse also describes that in the Age of Kali, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will appear, but His complexion will be golden. When Lord 
Caitanya taught His disciple San\'e4tana how to detect a genuine incarnation of God, He pointed out that the activities and bodily hues of the incarnations are described in the scriptures. Since the time of Lord Caitanya, many men have posed as Gods or }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ras, col}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lected money and attracted followers, but such imposters never fool the experts wh
o know the transcendental science.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scriptures indicate that the incarnation for Kali-yuga is \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is also called Gaur\'e4\'ecga or Ga
urasundara (Gaura means "gold") because of His golden hue. His complexion is golden, and His activities engage everyone in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To enact His mission, He always appears with His associates. Thus Lord Caitanya is most often worship
ed in His form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'efca-tattva, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in which He is accompanied by His immediate expansions Nity\'e4nanda, 
Advaita, Gadadhara and \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes that before Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba took birth as Lord Caitanya, He requested many of His devotees to precede Him. "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba first allowed His family of superiors to descend on the earth." (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c4di }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.53) These included \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 and Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra, who were to appear as His mother and father; M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, who was to appear as a gr
eat spiritual master in the line \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya would follow; and \'c7r\'e9 Advaita, \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa and Nity\'e4nanda, three of the Lord's principal associates who would appear as His elders in His pastimes. He also sent Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, 
who, despite his birth in a Moslem family, would become the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4m\'e4c\'e4rya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or master of the holy nam
e, celebrated for chanting 300,000 names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba daily. In an important book called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gaura-ga\'ebodde\'e7a-d\'e9pik\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kavi-kar\'ebap\'fcra has ascertained that the associates or family members of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes 5,000 years ago in V\'e5nd\'e4vana reappeared in different roles in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya
. Thus Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra and \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 were formerly Nanda and Ya\'e7od\'e4, the mother and father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; Nity\'e4nanda was formerly K\'e5\'f1\'eba's brother, Balar\'e4ma; and Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya was an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's Vi\'f1\'ebu expansion from whom all the universes emanate at the time of universal creation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub describes the birthplace 
of Lord Gaurasundara before the Lord's advent: "Before the appearance of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, all the devotees of Navadv\'e9pa used to gather in the house of Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya. In these meetings of devotees, Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya used to recite
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub decrying the paths of philosophical speculation and fruitive activity and establishi
ng the superexcellence of devotional service." (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.63-64)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja further mentions that devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the actual conclusion of the Vedic
 scriptures. Although different sections of the Vedic literature teach different paths, staunch devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba reject other processes, such as philosophical speculation, yogic gymnastics and unnecessary austerities and rituals, for these
 are meant only to raise people gradually to devotional service. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says at the end of His teachings in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18.66]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Give up all other varieties of religion and just surrender 
to Me." Devotees, therefore, are the topmost transcendentalists and so need not engage in any other process than devotional service. If one takes to another process but doesn't recognize that love of the Supreme Person is the supreme goal, he cannot be a
ccepted as a genuine transcendentalist, and his practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or meditation is a waste of time.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is stated that the associates who preceded Lord Caitanya were reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exclusively. One who doesn't know the conclusion may search through many literatures and philosophies inquiring for the ultimate. These two Vedic literatures, however, hold the cream of all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9, a great Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4
c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (spiritual master), wrote, "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which issued from the lotus-like lips of Padmanabha Himself [Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba], must be well assimilated; what is the use of a multiplicity of other scriptures?" Lord Caitanya Himself prescribed reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as primary because although the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only hint at the Absolute Truth, that Truth is fully developed in the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which records the spoken words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which contains narratives }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub about }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pure devotees.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The associates of Lord Caitanya are described as Vai\'f1\'ebavas, which means devotees of the Absolute Truth in His aspect as the Supre
me Person. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub continues: "In the house of Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya, all the Vai\'f1
\'ebavas took pleasure in always talking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, always worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba and always chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.66)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From this we can understand that the devotees who gathered at Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya's house were fully absorbed in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, either through talking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the basis of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub worshiping the Lord in His form as the Deity, or chanting in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (singing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba) with musical instruments. Because such Vai\'f1\'ebavas understand that ther
e is nothing but K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His energy, they never forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba for a moment, and they always engage their senses in some kind of devotional service to the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goes on to cite the predominant moo
d of the assembled Vai\'f1\'ebavas: "But \'c7r\'e9 Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya Prabhu felt pained to see all the people without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, simply merging in material sense enjoyment." (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.67) Such is the vision of all pure devotees. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura (the spiritual master of His Divi
ne Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da) used to say, "There is no scarcity of anything within this world. The only item scarce is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." The devotee can see that for want of God consciousness people are suffering terribly
. In ignorance, people think they can be happy without cultivating spiritual life, and so they absorb themselves in plans and activities just to satisfy their senses. Yet this only causes suffering, all over the world. Food shortages, fuel shortages, war
 and poverty are all directly traceable to humanity's forgetfulness of its relationship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material nature runs by strict laws, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a science of how to live in harmony with the material and spir
itual nature by acting always in loving relation to the Supreme Lord, who is in fact the supreme proprietor. Man acts as if no one were in charge but him, and so the masses of people are misled by capitalism, communism, consumerism, voidism and so many o
ther godless "isms" Man breaks nature's laws and suffers from the crises that result. A devotee onlooker is very much aggrieved to see this.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The same materialistic tendencies plagued Navadv\'e9pa 500 years ago, and so Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya expressed His sorrow for the people. 
The Vai\'f1\'ebavas at His home were free of all anxiety themselves because of their participation in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (topics about K\'e5\'f1\'eba), but a Vai\'f1\'ebava is unhappy to see others unhappy. Another great Vai\'f1\'ebava, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, whose life is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub once prayed: "Saintly persons and ascetics generally travel alone, concerned only with their own salvation, but I am not like them. I do no
t want to go back to the kingdom of God alone, leaving all these bewildered people who have no other shelter but Your Lordship. Unless they can come with me, I shall not go back to Godhead." A Vai\'f1\'ebava feels free of all difficulty, but he also feel
s compassion for those who have been duped into accepting a false civilization that will cause them only suffering in this life and the next.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Vai\'f1\'ebava" is not a sectarian designation. Lord Jesus Christ and Lord Mohammed were also powerful Vai\'f1\'ebava personalities wh
o worked to bring humanity to love of God. Only the presence of such Vai\'f1\'ebavas can save human society. Lord Caitanya was to appear in a community of such Vai\'f1\'ebavas, but with one difference: He Himself was the Supreme Lord, the object of the V
ai\'f1\'ebavas' prayers. Thus even though appearing as a devotee, He would be able to deliver love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How Lord Caitanya descended at the specific request of Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Seeing the condition of the world, \'c7r\'e9 Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya began to think seriously of how all these people 
could be delivered from the clutches of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (material illusion). \'c7r\'e9la Advaita Prabhu though
t: 'If K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appears to distribute the cult of devotional service, then only will liberation be possible for all people:" (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.68-69)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da comments on this prayer: \'93Just as a condemned person can be relieved by a special favor of the chief executive head, the president or king, so the condemned people of this Kali-yuga can be delivered only by the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead Himself or a person empowered especially for this purpose. \'c7r\'e9la Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya Prabhu desired that the Supreme Personality Himself advent to deliver the fallen souls of this age.\'94 Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya thus promised to cause
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to descend, and He began to worship the Supreme Lord with offerings of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tulas\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lea
ves and water of the Ganges. "By loud cries He invited K\'e5\'f1\'eba to appear," writes K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja, "and this repeated invitation attracted Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to descend."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as the prayers of Lord Brahm\'e4 caused Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to descend in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, so the prayers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pure
 devotee, Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya, caused Him to come again as Lord Caitanya. Of course, the Supreme Lord comes at His own will for His own mission, as stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practices, O Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion\'97at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and annihi
late the miscreants, as well as to establish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium." (Bg. 4.7-8)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to these verses, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears specifically to mitigate the anxieties of pure devotees who are eager to see Him in His pastimes. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He appears in every millennium. This indi
cates that He also incarnates in the Age of Kali. Thus Lord Caitanya, as the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead, is described secretly, indirectly, in the confidential parts of revealed scriptures such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are greatly attracted by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement of Lord Caitanya because instead of killing the miscreants, the Lord, through this movement, delivers them by His causeless mercy. When R\'fc
pa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 first met Lord Caitanya, R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 therefore offered this prayer: "I offer You my most humble obeisances, for You are the most munificent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, offering what was never offered before, even by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself\'97pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." These are some of the special features of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Caitanya.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya's appearing as the son of \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 and Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra cannot be compared to the birth of an ordinary con
ditioned soul. It is comparable only to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance as the son of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva. Before the birth of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9, the wife of Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra, gave birth to eight daughters one after anot
her, but just after their birth they died. Unhappy at the death of his children, and desiring a son, Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. After this, \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 gave birth to a highly qualified son, whom they named 
Vi\'e7var\'fcpa. Greatly pleased with their son, the husband and wife especially began to serve the feet of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes elaborately wha
t happened next: "In the month of January in the year 1407 of the Saka Era [A.D. 1486], Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the bodies of both Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra and \'c7ac\'e9. Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra said to \'c7ac\'e9m\'e4t\'e4: 'I see wonderful things! Yo
ur body is effulgent, and it appears as if the goddess of fortune were now staying personally in my home. Anywhere and everywhere I go, all people offer me respect. Even without my asking, they voluntarily give me riches, clothing and paddy.'
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "\'c7ac\'e9m\'e4t\'e4 told her husband: 'I also see wonderfully brilliant human beings appearing in outer space, as if offering prayers
.'
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra then replied: 'In a dream I saw the effulgent abode of the Lord enter my heart. From my heart it entered your h
eart. I therefore understand that a great personality will soon take birth."' (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.80-5) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 did not become pregnant as an ordinary woman becomes pregnant because of sensua
l indulgence. But exactly as K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the heart of Devak\'e9 through the heart of Vasudeva, so Lord Caitanya appeared in the heart of \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 through the heart of Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub While \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 was pregnant, Nilambara Cakravart\'e9 (the grandfather of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu) astrologically calc
ulated that in that month, at an auspicious moment, the child would be born. At the time of Lord Caitanya's appearance, a wonderful natural phenomenon occurred\'97a full lunar eclipse. K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja writes, "When the spotless moon of 
Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu became visible, what would be the need for a moon full of black spots on its body?"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India all the followers of the Vedic scriptures customarily bathe in the Ganges or the sea as soon as there is a lunar or solar ecli
pse. Strict followers of the Vedic religion stand in the water throughout the eclipse and chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . At the time of Lord Caitanya's birth such a lunar eclipse took place, and naturally the people standing in the water were chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R
\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja relates that not only were the followers of the Vedas chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but the Mohammedans and others joined them, imitating the chanting. Thus Hindus and Mo
slems joined together in chanting the holy name of the Lord when \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu appeared. It was miraculously appropriate that He who throughout His life would induce everyone to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the world at a mome
nt when everyone was joyfully chanting because of the lunar eclipse, Certainly it signaled the advent of a great leader of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja relates that the whole world was induced to blissful chanting of the holy names by the appearance of 
\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. "All the ten directions became jubilant, as did the waves of the rivers. Moreover, all beings, moving and nonmoving, were overwhelmed with transcendental bliss\'85 At that time \'c7r\'e9 Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya Prabhu, in H
is own house at \'c7\'e4ntipura, was dancing in a pleasing mood. Taking Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura with Him, He danced and loudly chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But why they were dancing no one could understand\'85 In this way all the devotees, wherever the
y were situated, in every city and every country, danced, performed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and gave charity by
 mental strength on the plea of the lunar eclipse, their minds overwhelmed with joy." (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.97, 99, 103)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the Lord's appearance, respectable ladies of the neighborhood came to visit the newly born child, whose bodily color resembled 
shining gold. Among them, S\'e9t\'e4dev\'e9, who was Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya's wife and a recognized devotee, was astonished when she saw Vi\'e7vambhara, for she could appreciate that except for a difference in color, the child was directly K\'e5\'f1\'eba H
imself.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states, "Lord Caitanya is very merc
iful to anyone who hears this narration of His birth, and thus such a person attains the lotus feet of the Lord." (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.122)
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja writes that the pastimes of Lord Caitanya are unlimited and that he can give only a tiny part of them
 in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of that tiny part, we have here taken only a brief glimpse, as sp
ace would permit. The readers are advised to read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  further, especially for an el
aborate discussion, supported by scriptural references, concerning the identity of Lord Caitanya with K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. There is also extensive material on the happy results of chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has recently completed his translation, with purports, of the entire }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (11,555 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub verses). The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust has published three volumes of the set, and at least nine more volumes will be printed before it is completed. As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's p
urports establish, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is genuinely continuing Lord Caitanya's mission of spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness all over the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We hope that these few lines on the appearance of Lord Caitanya will encourage interest in the potent reality of Lord Caitanya's }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is authentically based on the Vedic literature and int
ended precisely for this age. K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja emphatically states that if one is at all interested in his self-betterment, he should not miss the chance to take to the teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu: "Anyone who attains a
 human body but does not take to the cult of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is baffled in his opportunity. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Am\'e5tadhun\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a flowing river of the nectar of devotional service. If after getting a human body one drinks the water in a poison pit of material happiness instead of the water of such a river, it would be better for him not to have lived, but
 to have died long ago."
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p11:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-books v10#3
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura a Holy Pilgrimage
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9DH\'c4MA M\'c4Y\'c4PURA
\line A Holy Pilgrimage
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'93In this Age of Kali, people endowed with sufficient intelligence will worship the golden incarnation of t
he Lord [\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu], who is accompanied by His associates, by performing congregational chanting of the holy name of God.\'94\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 11.5.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thousands of years ago, the Vedic scriptures revealed that in the present Age of Quarrel, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in the guis
e of a devotee, would descend to this material world to distribute love of God. Thus God Himself would teach us how to approach God. To fulfill this prediction, the Supreme Lord appeared in the year 1486 In the town of M\'e4y\'e4pura, which is on the ban
k of the Ganges in what is now known as West Bengal. ("The Appearance of Lord Caitanya," in this issue, gives further details about the Lord's descent.) In this incarnation, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, taught that the easiest, mo
st effective means for self-realization is the chanting of the holy names of God, especially Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Following in the footsteps of Lord Caitanya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has brought }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord, to all parts of the world. And each year, durin
g the anniversary of Lord Caitanya's appearance, many of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples from the worldwide ISKCON centers of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement go to M\'e4y\'e4pura, where they celebrate Lord Caitanya's appearance and become increasingly enthusiastic to serve the Lord with devotion.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To perform devotional service, one should purify his mind and senses and use them to satisfy the Supreme Lord, following the instructio
ns of a bona fide spiritual master. The purpose of traveling to a holy place like M\'e4y\'e4pura is to advance in such purified devotional consciousness.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Caitanya prescribed that one should begin his spiritual life in devotional service by hearing of the Lord's activities from a real
ized devotee of the Lord. If one cultivates spirituality in this way and keeps himself on the honest path in life, then although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never conquered, He becomes conquered by that process.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this Age of Kali there is no possibility of acquiring spiritual knowledge by renunciation, by speculation or by fruitive work. Becau
se most people are fallen and because there is no time to elevate them by a gradual process, the best course, according to Lord Caitanya, is to let them remain in whatever occupation they are in but to engage them in hearing of the activities of the Supr
eme Lord as those activities are explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The transcendental messages of the scriptures should be received from the lips of realized souls. In this 
way a person may continue to live in whatever occupation he is in and still make progress in spiritual advancement. Thus one can surely advance and fully realize the Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who has begun this process finds that his transcendental feelings are aroused simply by hearing of the glorious names, forms, quali
ties and entourage of the Supreme Lord. Such a fortunate person develops a desire to visit the places where the Lord performed His transcendental pastimes. Confirming the importance of visiting such holy places, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say, "To travel to different places of pilgrimage means to attain emancipation from material bondage. By such traveling, one can 
pass over the desert of material existence:"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Throughout the beautiful green farmlands on the island of M\'e4y\'e4pura, the devotee has occasion to remember the Lord constantly: "Ne
ar this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nima }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tree, \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9 bore a son known as Vi\'e7vambhara [Lord Caitanya]. That son is the 
maintainer of the entire universe and is the leader of all living entities. The moon was eclipsed at the time of the Lord's appearance, and the people of M\'e4y\'e4pura were then engaged, as is usual on such occasions, in bathing here in the Ganges with 
loud chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this place Ke\'e7ava Mi\'e7ra of Kasmira, the greates
t scholar of the day, was defeated by Lord Caitanya, who was then still a young boy. And here, in the house of \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa Pa\'eb\'f2ita, several years later, the Lord opened a nocturnal school of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [chanting] with His sincere followers. There He preached, sang, danced, and expressed all sorts of spiritual emotions. At this place the Lord ca
me in the evening, with thousands of followers, and had a long discussion with the local ruler, a Mohammedan Kazi. And here the Kazi, feeling the highest ecstasy in the association of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, joined the Lord's }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub party"
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this way, the devotees visit all the places in M\'e4y\'e4pura where Lord Caitanya's pastimes were performed. So those coming to this
 sacred land always feel transcendental pleasure.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During the pilgrimage to M\'e4y\'e4pura this year, the devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement will chant the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with their Godbrothers from around the world, and they will also visit the places where 
the Lord performed His pastimes. But most importantly, they will hear instructions about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from their spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who has spread the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the teachings of Lord Caitanya throughout the world. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such a great personality is a holy place personified. He can turn any place into a holy place of pilgrimage because he carries 
the Personality of Godhead within his heart. The Personality of Godhead is always with such a pure devotee because of his unalloyed service.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples have therefore set the following verse by the great \'c7r\'e9la Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 
\'d6h\'e4kura as the guiding theme for their pilgrimage to \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\i\f0\fs28\cf0 yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4do\line yasy\'e4pras\'e4d\'e4n na gati\'f9 kuto 'pi\line dhy\'e4yan stuva\'e0s tasya ya\'e7as tri-sandhya\'e0\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara
\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make any progress. There
fore, I should always remember and praise the spiritual master. At least three times a day I should offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of the spiritual master. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
[}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By hearing about the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from such a pure devotee, we can gradually come to understand that there i
s no difference between the Supreme Lord and His name, form, pastimes, qualities and abode. They are all on the same spiritual level. The Lord's holy name is therefore as good as the holy places of pilgrimage. By visiting a holy place like M\'e4y\'e4pura
, one can be freed of all impurities. But even if one cannot go to such a place, one can have the same benefit at home\'97or anywhere\'97simply by chanting the holy names of the Lord\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p14:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Preceding page:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Joyful ISKCON devotees circumambulate M\'e4y\'e4pura on Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Road. The road is named after the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \line }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This page: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pilgrims serenely float down the River Jal\'e4\'ecgi to the home of the great spiritual master \'c7
r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Following in the footsteps of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4pr
abhu ISKCON devotees from East and West join in chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra in the streets of the city of Navadv\'e9pa. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p15: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The first of four residential buildings in M\'e4y\'e4pura that will accompany a proposed ISKCON temple, with 108 domes, and an ISKCON university for spiritual education. Cornerstone marks the beginning of con
struction. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Distribution of food to the local people, after it has first been offered to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, is one of the important programs at ISKCON's M\'e4y\'e4pura Center 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p16: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Background: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The full evening moon illumines the land of M\'e4y\'e4pura on the anniversary of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's appearance. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Left and below:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Devotees hold }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub congregational chanting\'97outside the temple surrounding the holy place where Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu appeared. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
ackground:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The full evening moon illumines the land of M\'e4y\'e4pura on the anniversary of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's appearance. 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p17: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu bestow Their benedictions upon Their devotees at \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below and right:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Beneath the nima tree at the site where the Lord appeared stands a replica of His father's humble cottage. Figures of Lord Caitanya as an infa
nt with His mother, \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9, are on view within. 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Glories of \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Glories of \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma
 M\'e4y\'e4pur
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Nitai d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Nit\'e4i d\'e4sa, a graduate of Exeter Academy and the University of Colorado, is a personal secretary to His Divine Gr
ace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura is the home of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this abode, apparently located in the district o
f Nadia, West Bengal, the Supreme Personality of Godhead wonderfully appeared almost five hundred years ago. He appeared in the form of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the most merciful incarnation of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. General
ly the Supreme Personality of Godhead is invisible to the eyes of ordinary people, who are lacking in spiritual knowledge. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (7.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  n\'e4ha\'e0 prak\'e4\'e7a\'f9 sarvasya yoga-m\'e4y\'e4-sam\'e4v\'e5ta\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am not manifest before all people, for I am covered by My }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga-m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or spiritual energy." In M\'e4y\'e4pura, however, He drew back the curtain of His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and revealed Himself, with His associates and His wonderful activities, before the eyes of all. For this reason, \'c7r\'e9 M\'e4y\'e4pura is a dear place for those sincerely trying to follow the inst
ructions of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. And that place is dear to Him also.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One might ask, since the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the owner and controller of everything, why should He choose one spot as par
ticularly dear? The answer is that He is like a rich man, who may control a thousand acres of land but still be the most fond of the two or three acres where his house is located and his family lives. In this way, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lor
d, is the proprietor of all the planets within this universe and all the spiritual planets beyond, certain places are especially dear to Him. Within this universe, He has chosen certain places for performing His transcendental pastimes. Such places, like
 Kuruk\'f1etra, Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, V\'e5nd\'e4vana and \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura, have thus become famous because of the Lord's activities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chief doctrine taught by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97and strongly underlined by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'97is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the one non-dual Absolute Truth, and anything connected with Him is the same non-dual Tru
th. The Lord and His name, the Lord and His fame, the Lord and His qualities, activities and paraphernalia are all one and the same. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is never tinged by material qualities, and so anything associated with Him is also spi
ritual. The abodes in which the Supreme Lord has carried out His activities are therefore spiritual and pure. And although they appear within the material world, in fact they are transcendental, beyond the material creation.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since these abodes are absolute, one cannot distinguish between them to assign more importance to one than to another. Nevertheless, be
cause Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has appeared in this Age of Kali, the Age of Quarrel, specifically to give the religious principles for this age\'97and, indeed, to give love of Godhead as it has never been given before\'97His abode, M\'e4y
\'e4pura, is considered the highest of all the abodes of the Supreme Lord. Although all the abodes, being absolute, are one and the same, still there are distinctions among them. That is the inconceivable nature of spiritual truth, which exists beyond th
e feeble minds of ordinary men. The truth about the Supreme Lord and His names, qualities, pastimes, paraphernalia and abode can be understood only by realization. And those devotees who have realized the highest level of perfect love for the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, have concluded that M\'e4y\'e4pura is the highest abode.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Discovering the Original Site
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During the last century, when \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura was all but forgotten, the great spiritual master \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivi
noda vigorously sought to restore it to its true importance. To be near that holy spot, he several times requested, while serving as a Government magistrate, to be transferred to the town of K\'e5\'f1\'ebanagara, which is near \'c7r\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa (M
\'e4y\'e4pura). When all such requests were rejected, he was willing to resign so that he could live where \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had appeared. When the Government officials saw his sincerity and intentness, however, they finally granted his re
quest for a transfer. Thereafter, \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda spent every spare moment visiting Navadv\'e9pa, a town on the Western bank of the Bh\'e4g\'e9rath\'e9, or Ganges.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To his surprise, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda found that the city then called Navadv\'e9pa was not more than a hundred years old and so cou
ld not have possibly been the same Navadv\'e9pa, or M\'e4y\'e4pura, where Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had appeared, although its residents tried to convince him that it was. \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda, therefore, tried to find the actual appe
arance site of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Some people insisted that the city of Navadv\'e9pa was indeed the site where the Lord had appeared, whereas others held that the actual site was now under the Ganges River.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the midst of such different opinions, \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda ascertained the actual birthplace of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya
 Mah\'e4prabhu. By inquiring from the local people, he heard about a place northeast of Navadv\'e9pa, on land owned by Moslems, where there were seven large mounds covered with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tul
as\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub plants. It was shrouded with rumors, and it was uninhabited and uncultivated by the local Moslems, who, because of stories about strange lights and sounds, considered it ha
unted and never went there. That very spot, he learned, was also respected by a few perfect devotees as the actual appearance site of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Furthermore, two maps made by British pilots who had navigated the Ganges in the Eight
eenth Century marked a town named Nadia on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eastern }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bank of the Bh\'e4g\'e9rath\'e9, north of the Jal
\'e4\'ecgi. That location corresponded to the one discovered by \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda then showed the site to Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9, the foremost devotee of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4pr
abhu at that time, who definitely confirmed that it was the site where \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had appeared. Although Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 was incapacitated and had to be carried in a basket, when he reached that holy place and 
found it genuine, he immediately jumped up and began to dance, shedding tears of ecstatic love for Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Mission Begins
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda then began working to establish this holy place in its real glory. He started a campaign for funds throughou
t Bengal to establish a temple to Lord Caitanya and His consort, Vi\'f1\'ebu-priy\'e4. And by careful reference to the holy scriptures and transcendental realization, he located and marked all the different places of the Lord's pastimes. \'c7r\'e9la \'d6
h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda himself took up residence on the island of Godruma, just across the river from the appearance site of the Lord. There he constructed a house, called \'c7r\'e9 Sv\'e4nanda-sukhada-ku\'efja, and he seriously began widespread preachin
g of the message of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The mission of preaching and developing \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura was later taken up by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda's son \'c7r\'e9
la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, who spread Lord Caitanya's teachings throughout India and who in the course of his preaching established sixty-four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'f6has, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or centers. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta further developed \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura by constructing a large temple at the site of Lord Caitanya's appearance and establishi
ng a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ma\'f6ha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where Candra\'e7ekhara, one of the Lord's associates, used to have his house. Now His Divin
e Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual son of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, is spreading the message of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya all over the world, establishing temples in important cities, and further devel
oping \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Prediction Fulfilled 
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is said that \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda, standing on the balcony of his house in Godruma years ago, looked across the Ri
ver Jal\'e4\'ecgi toward the birthsite of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and predicted that one day there would be a shining city filled with devotees of Lord Caitanya from all over the world. If today one visits the house of \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda
 and goes to that balcony, he will see directly before him, fulfilling the prediction of \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda, the ISKCON M\'e4y\'e4pura-candrodaya Mandira, ISKCON's World Center at the Birthplace of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Ex
plaining the name of ISKCON's M\'e4y\'e4pura center, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4pura-candra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub means Lord Caitanya, who is compared to the moon, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub udaya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "the arising." So }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4pura-candra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means \'93the arising of Lord Caitanya\'94 He further said that the moon rises in two ways
\'97by coming above the horizon and by growing from the new moon to the full moon. ISKCON's completed building in M\'e4y\'e4pura, he said, is like the new moon, which gradually grows until full. When the ISKCON project in M\'e4y\'e4pura is actually compl
eted, the prediction of \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda will be totally fulfilled.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his recent visit to \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura, His Divine Grace further solidified the plans for the future city. He indicate
d the site for an enormous temple to be constructed, pointed out the main streets of the future city, showed where other roads should be constructed and where land should be bought, and encouraged the construction of a huge lake, surrounded by a park, wi
th bathing places for the future residents. In this way, he gave many ideas for a city of pure devotion to the Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As M\'e4y\'e4pura-candrodaya develops, the entire world will be able to see the potency of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4
prabhu. From all over the world people will come to stay there, live peacefully and advance steadily in spiritual life. The only actual platform on which all the people of the world may stand united is one of pure devotional service to the Supreme Lord, 
and that is found only in the teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Every other philosophy or solution, if examined carefully, will be found to fall short. The M\'e4y\'e4pura-candrodaya Mandira, therefore, will be the shining example for all the
 nations of the world.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The discoverer of \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, has written in simple Bengali verse a book 
called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa-dh\'e4ma-m\'e4h\'e4tmya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Greatness of \'c7r\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa-dh\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am humbly submitting a translation of the first chapter in
 the hope that those who have taken to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and are making efforts to take shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu will be encouraged and inspired with enthusiasm to go to \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4
pura, either to visit or to stay and help this great program develop.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I humbly offer my respectful obeisances to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, by whose mercy I have been able to 
visit the holy abode of \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura and whose mercy I am begging in order to describe the glories of that transcendental land. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda entitles his first chapter \'93The General Greatness of \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y
\'e4pura\'94
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ALL GLORIES TO NAVADV\'c9PA-CANDRA, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the moon of Navadv\'e9pa
, the son of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9. All glories to Lord Nity\'e4nanda, the wandering mendicant. All glories to \'c7r\'e9 Advaita Prabhu, the greatest personality. All glories to Gad\'e4dhara and \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa Pa\'eb\'f2ita.\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn Lord Nity\'e4nanda, \'c7r\'e9 Advaita Prabhu, Gad\'e4dhara and \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa Pa\'eb\'f2ita were principle associates of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.}* All glories to Navadv\'e9pa, the essence of all holy places. All glories to the resident
s of Navadv\'e9pa, who are associates of Lord Caitanya. At the feet of all the devotees, I offer my humble obeisances. I shall briefly describe \'c7r\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa-dh\'e4ma.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The glories of the circle of Navadv\'e9pa are unlimited. Even Brahm\'e4 and the other demigods do not know them. Who, then, can describ
e these glories? If Lord \'c7e\'f1a N\'e4ga cannot describe them fully with one thousand mouths, how shall I, a tiny living entity, describe them? Although it is true that these glories are unlimited and that even the god of gods, Lord \'c7iva, cannot re
ach their end, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's desire is very strong, and His devotees dispense their orders under the control of that desire. By the desire of Lord Caitanya, the devotees have given their command. Thus I shall describe the glories of Nadia
 by their mercy.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Intimate Pastimes Revealed
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is one very confidential topic of which I do not desire to speak but cannot refrain from speaking. Since the time when Lord Caita
nya became unmanifest, the devotees have ordered that His pastimes be made manifest in His eternal abode. It is known throughout the material creation that my Lord Caitanya's incarnation is more confidential than all others. His confidential pastimes, of
 which the scriptures speak in a confidential way, do not appear in the minds of nondevotees. M\'e4y\'e4-dev\'e9 (illusion) has for a long time covered and hidden all the confidential scriptures connected with these pastimes. And aside from the many such
 unmanifested scriptures, M\'e4y\'e4-dev\'e9, by covering the eyes of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2itas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or learned scho
lars, always hides whatever topics appear concerning Lord Caitanya in the revealed scriptures also. Thus the deep pastimes of Lord Caitanya have become unmanifest. But M\'e4y\'e4 is very sincere in knowing the desire of the Lord, and she has taken away t
he deception from the eyes of the living entities. Thus the truths of Lord Caitanya are manifested in this material universe, and the hidden and confidential scriptures have very easily become manifest, dispelling the dilemmas of all the arguments of the
 living entities.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the most merciful Lord Nity\'e4nanda who has manifested the truths of Lord Caitanya in the hearts of the living entities. By His 
order, M\'e4y\'e4 gives up her covering, and thus learned devotees can obtain that scriptural wealth. One whose doubt of this is undestroyed is a very unfortunate person. Why does he uselessly continue to live? When the Lord extends His mercy, all fortun
ate people become very happy. O people! Just see the symptoms of the unfortunate. They consider themselves intelligent, but do not accept the mercy of the Lord. Rather, by false arguments they fall into M\'e4y\'e4's pit again and again.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O my dear Kali-yuga living being, please come here. Give up all of your crooked ways. Just take this pure love of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga.
" Saying this, Lord Nity\'e4nanda calls again and again. But these unfortunate people do not accept the invitation. Why don't people respect such unalloyed love? Considering very diligently, just see how all living entities are making so many arrangement
s for happiness. Some argue, and some practice yoga within this material world. For happiness one gives up household life and goes to the woods. For happiness one king fights another. For happiness a man chases women and gold. For happiness one cultivate
s art and science. For happiness one gives up happiness and teaches misery. For happiness one flounders in the ocean and drowns.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Calling loudly and raising both His hands, Lord Nity\'e4nanda says, "Come here, living entity. Give up your dilemmas of fruitive action
 and speculative knowledge. I shall give you the perfect activity for happiness, and in return I shall take nothing. There is no difficulty in this. There is no loss, and you will not be hurt in any way. Uttering the holy name, Gaur\'e4\'ecga, just dance
 without anxiety. There is no mistaking it. You will always feel pure joy." In this way Lord Nity\'e4nanda distributes love of God. But the unfortunate, because of their sinful activities, do not want it. Anyone who even once says "Gaur\'e4\'ecga-Nit\'e4
i" puts an end to the results of unlimited sinful activities.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Offenses Pardoned
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O people! Please hear one more confidential topic. The wealth of the pastimes of Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga is just suitable for the living en
tity influenced by the Age of Kali. Lord Gaurahari, as R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, eternally enjoys His pastimes with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakh\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (cowherd girls). The living entities have long been able to understand the principle of those V\'e5nd\'e4vana pastimes from the revealed scriptures. Certainly those eternal pastimes of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are the
 glory of \'c7r\'e9 V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Indeed, those glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode, although unlimited, are made known to the entire world by means of the holy scriptures. Still, people generally do not obtain pure love for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just consider within your heart, "What is the reason for this?" In this there is one confidential truth, which a living entity deluded by the material energy cannot consider. If one worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba for many births and yet does not 
develop love of Godhead, there must be offenses in his worship. But if one becomes free from such offenses and chants the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, without difficulty he obtains pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here is a great distinction between the inc
arnation of Lord Caitanya and that of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is so merciful that even in the existence of offenses, the living entity obtains from Him the wealth of pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Any living entity who calls 
"Nit\'e4i-Caitanya" need not search; rather, pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba flows from his eyes, and in a short time the offenses themselves flee, his heart becomes purified, and thus the pure love increases. The offenses of the living entities in the Age 
of Kali are unlimited and inevitable, and without the holy name of Gaura there is no deliverance from them. "Except for Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga, we see no means of deliverance in the Age of Kali." That is what the scriptures shout.
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Navadv\'e9pa, Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga has appeared. Navadv\'e9pa is the greatest of all the holy places. In other holy places of pilgrim
age, offenders are severely punished, but in \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma Navadv\'e9pa offenses are always cleansed away. The proof is found in the two brothers Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i. Despite having committed many offenses, they attained the shelter of the Lord
s Caitanya and Nit\'e4i. Just put aside talks of other holy places; even in V\'e5nd\'e4vana offenders are punished. But in Navadv\'e9pa-dh\'e4ma, even if one commits hundreds and hundreds of offenses, by the mercy of Lord Nity\'e4nanda one can easily be 
delivered.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Essence of All Abodes
\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such is the glory of Navadv\'e9pa-dh\'e4ma, which is in the circle of Gau\'f2a (West Bengal). "Most fortunate is that land," say all th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or sages. O brother! One who resides in the land of Navadv\'e9pa is greatly fortunate, for 
he obtains pure love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whosoever goes at any time to visit Navadv\'e9pa becomes freed from all offenses. Whatever a pilgrim obtains by wandering to all the holy places is obtained simply by remembering \'c7r\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa. This all t
he scriptures sing. A person who simply sees Navadv\'e9pa gets the great fortune of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba birth after birth. Even one who practices }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub buddhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  never again takes birth if he goes to Navadv\'e9pa. If a person wanders in Navadv\'e9pa, at every step he obtains the result of ten millio
n horse sacrifices. That too is stated in all the scriptures. if anyone resides there and chants his given }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  becomes Lord Caitanya, and so he is easily delivered. What }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  obtain in other holy places after ten years of practice is obtained in Navadv\'e9pa by practicing for only three nights. The liberation obtained in other holy places by knowledge of Brahman is obtained simply by bathi
ng in the Bh\'e4g\'e9rath\'e9 in \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma Navadv\'e9pa. The five types of liberation\'97achieving the same planet as the Lord, getting a form similar to that of the Lord, obtaining opulence equal to that of the Lord, getting direct association w
ith the Lord, and merging into the Brahman effulgence\'97can be obtained in Navadv\'e9pa, even without one's knowledge, by those who desire such liberation. Falling at the feet of the pure devotees in \'c7r\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa, material enjoyment and libera
tion always remain their maidservants. The devotees, however, beat these two and try to drive them away. But still these maidservants do not give up the lotus feet of the devotees and run away. What one obtains, O brother, in the seven holy places after 
one hundred years is obtained in \'c7r\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa by residing there a single night. That Navadv\'e9pa-dh\'e4ma is the essence of all holy abodes. In the Kali-yuga the living entity can cross over the ocean of material life by taking shelter of \'c7
r\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa. The two fields of knowledge called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4raka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (crossing over the ocean of material exi
stence) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4raka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (obtaining the other side of that ocean) continuously serve the residents of \'c7r
\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa as a matter of ordinary course. Taking great pleasure, thus sings Bhaktivinoda, whose desire is the shade of the lotus feet of Lord Nity\'e4nanda and His eternal consort, J\'e4hnav\'e4-dev\'e9.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the First Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Nava
dv\'e9pa-dh\'e4ma-m\'e4h\'e4tyma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , entitled "The General Glories of \'c7r\'e9 Navadv\'e9pa."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya and His associates da
nce and chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in this diorama at \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pura.
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ISKCON devotees from around the worl
d chant to honor \'c7r\'e9la \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda at his home in Godruma-dv\'e9pa. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Jeffrey Dunan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A sketch of the temple planned for t
he ISKCON World Center in M\'e4y\'e4pura. When completed, it will be one of the largest temples in India.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 S}{\i0\v\f0\fs20\cf8 a\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub S}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub a\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kaler do\'f1a-nidhe r\'e4jann asti hy eko mah\'e4n gu\'eba\'f9/\line k\'e9rtan\'e4d eva k\'e5\'f1\'ebasya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukta-sa\'ecga\'f9 para\'e0 vrajet}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O King, the Age of Kali is an ocean of faults. It is an age of quarrel, confusion and hypocrisy. But in this age there is
 one great advantage\'97simply by chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, one can be freed of all material contamination and thus be elevated to the spiritual world." (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 12.3.51)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The age of Quarrel and Hypocrisy\'97Kali-yuga\'97is the age we live in now. It is an age fraught with problems and anxieti
es, a confused age in which spiritual progress is especially difficult. Therefore, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, descended to this world as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to give humanity a direct and potent way to make progres
s in self-realization and consciousness of God. That authorized way for spiritual advancement is the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, especially as found in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or Great Chant for Deliverance\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R
\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The original }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub explicitly declare that no spiritual path is superior to that of chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hare k\'e5\'f1\'eba, hare k\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line k\'e5\'f1\'eba k\'e5\'f1\'eba, hare hare\line hare r\'e4ma, hare r\'e4ma,\line r
\'e4ma r\'e4ma, hare hare
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub iti \'f1o\'f2a\'e7aka\'e0 n\'e4mn\'e4\'e0\line kali-kalma\'f1a-n\'e4\'e7ana\'e0\line n\'e4ta\'f9 paratarop\'e4ya\'f9\line sarva-
vede\'f1u d\'e5\'e7yate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "These sixteen words\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97are especially meant to counteract the degrading and contaminating influence of the materialistic Age of Kali. After searching t
hrough all the Vedic literature, one cannot find a method of religion more sublime for this age than the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kalisantara\'eba Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To further emphasize that the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the genuine Vedic way to achieve spiritual success in our modern age, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4pra
bhu often quoted the following verse from the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma\line harer n\'e4maiva kevalam\line kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva\line n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath
\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In this Age of Kali there is no other means, no other means, no other means for self-realization than chanting the holy name, chanting the holy name, chanting the 
holy name of Lord Hari [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this Age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra
, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the incarnati
on of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kali-k\'e4le n\'e4ma-r\'fcpa k\'e5\'f1\'eba-avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, simply by chanti
ng the holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does so is certainly delivered. This chanting has been introduced in the West by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. His Divine Grace says, \'93Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
and His holy name are identical, the holy name is eternally pure and beyond material contamination. It is the Supreme Personality of Godhead as a transcendental vibration.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic literature, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is compared to the sun, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or illusion, is compared to darkness. Just as the sun, appearing above the horizon, dissipates the darkness of night, so Lord Caitanya's movement of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or congregational chanting of the holy name of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, can dissipate the materialistic consciou
sness of the Age of Kali.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his purports to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains the essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement: "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement has been introduced by Lord Cai
tanya Mah\'e4prabhu just to dispel the illusion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by which everyone in this material
 world thinks himself to be a product of matter and therefore to have many duties pertaining to the body. Actually, the living entity is not his material body; he is a spirit soul. He has a spiritual need to be eternally blissful and full of knowledge, b
ut unfortunately he identifies himself with the body, sometimes as a human being, sometimes as an animal, sometimes a tree, sometimes an aquatic, sometimes a demigod, and so on. Thus with each change of body he develops a different type of consciousness 
with different types of activities and thus becomes increasingly entangled in material existence, transmigrating perpetually from one body to another. Under the spell of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y
\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he does not consider the past or future but is simply satisfied with the short life span he has gotten for the present. To eradicate this illusion, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Ma
h\'e4prabhu has brought the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement, and He requests everyone to accept and dis
tribute it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu requested His followers to spread the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement all over the world, and He predicted that through 
their efforts His holy name would one day be chanted in every village and town on the surface of the globe. As a sincere servant of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has taken up the mission of spre
ading the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement, and thus he has been able to render a great service to human
ity in this Age of Quarrel and Confusion. Although ten years ago few people in the West had even heard of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, now these names are becoming household words in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe
, Australia and, in fact, throughout the world. In the purports of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes, \'93The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is being distributed all over the world through the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and people who were leading confused, chaotic lives are now feeling transcendental happiness. They are finding peace in }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and therefore they are acknowledging the supreme benefit of this movement.\'94 \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, however, declines to accept any personal credit for the success of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. \'93This is the blessing of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu,\'94 he continues. \'93His prediction is now factually being fulfi
lled, and those who are sober and conscientious are appreciating the value of this great movement.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Yaduvara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana in New York City.}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left: }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Gar\'e9y\'e4n d\'e4sa, Right: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Top: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  at ISKCON's annual Rath\'e4-y\'e4tra Festival in London. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bottom: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana in Surat, In
dia. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Yaduvara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Taste of the Full Nectar
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Taste of the Full Nectar
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Tripur\'e4ri d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone appreciates some aspect of God's innumerable manifestations. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub   janma-adi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and destruction; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub That Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) is He from whom the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universe arise.}}}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub : everything comes from the Su
preme Lord. In both the spiritual and material worlds, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is providing countless varieties of situations for all living beings, who are parts of Him. In the material world, although we cannot perceive His hand in everything, He directs t
he wanderings of all living entities (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub bhr\'e4mayan sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub ). And in the spiritual world, where 
He is always visible, He arranges to fulfill the desires of His pure devotees. Nothing exists that the Lord has not sanctioned; in fact, not a blade of grass moves outside the will of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God has provided this material world to allow us to try to be happy without Him, and to teach us that our attempts to do so will always be fruitless. So we cannot h
old God responsible for our sufferings, for we have chosen them ourselves. By our material desires, manifested in our activity, we continuously implicate ourselves in a cycle of birth and death. Struggling in this world for survival, forgetful of our rea
l nature, we appreciate but little of what the Lord has to offer.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord is the reservoir of pleasure, security and knowledge. Yes, knowledge, too, comes from God. God has all knowledge. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [15.15]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "From Me come knowledge, remembrance and forgetfulness." We are suffering, but only because of ignorance. What is that ignorance? It is the bodily concept of life. When
 we forget our true spiritual nature, we try hard to satisfy our bodily senses. \'93I am this body," we think, "and everything related to this body is mine.\'94 This is the primary dictation of the false ego. We are born into this misconception, and our 
false ego is enhanced when we are misinformed about our ultimate benefit by other conditioned souls, who are also misinformed but who pose themselves as authorities. Thus we try to be satisfied and enjoy life without really understanding what life has to
 offer. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the life of all that lives. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba has the entire spiritual world to offer everyone-we simply must choose to associate with the Lord directly, in harmony, rather than in opposition to His will.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives knowledge for the conditioned souls through the Vedic literatures, which contain knowledge of both the spiritual and material worlds. This know
ledge can afford us full appreciation of life, and this alone can satisfy us. It gives us a taste of the full nectar for which we are always anxious. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has told us, in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or eight verses of instruction, that this taste is found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, which is the life of all transcendental knowledge. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "There is nothing as sublime as transcendental knowledge." And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement is both the realization and the distribution of such transcendental knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we are at all looking to be happy by understanding who we are, we can begin by appreciating the happiness we can find in the transcendental message spoken by Lor
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Handed down to us as it is, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not merely a book. To the contrary, it is the most secret of all secrets, the king of knowledge.
 It is a manifestation of the Lord's opulence of knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yet if we choose to go further, we can appreciate the most wonderful aspect of the Lord\'97His mercy. By His mercy, He sends His devotees from door to door, from pe
rson to person, to distribute knowledge of Him. Such devotees have no other thought than how to deliver the fallen souls back to Godhead, how to bring them in direct touch with their only real friend, Lord Caitanya. We all belong to Lord Caitanya. Just s
ee His mercy as He yanks us out of the darkness of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (illusion) to join Him eternally in
 His pastime of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . "Say, stop a second\'97we want to give you one of these books. 
They let us see how to enjoy life in a more real way." This simple request by a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee is actually the request of Lord Caitanya. Expressing the transcendental desire of Lord Caitanya, we ask you to give a donation for the costs 
of printing, read one of the books of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, and then pass it on to a friend.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tripur\'e4ri d\'e4sa, a traveling preacher, is so devoted to distributing K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature that \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has called him "the incarnation of book distribution."
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I OWED A MAGNIFICENT DAY TO THE BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent,
 the voice of an old intelligence, which in another age and climate had pondered the same questions which exercise us.\'94
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK... SEEMS TO HAVE REACHED THE HIGHEST STATE OF SPIRITUAL ILLUMINATION ONLY FEW BLESSED SOULS ACHIE
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa626\li8640\ri720\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Dr. H. B. Kulkarni Utah State University
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e Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is a work of spiritual genius. . . . a deeply felt, powerfully conceived and a beautifully explained work. I don't know whether to praise more the translation of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa626\li4320\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Shaligram Shukla Professor of Sanskrit and Linguisitics Georgetown University 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "THE BOOK WHICH, IN A WHOLE LIFETIME, HAS GIVEN ME THE GREATEST ENLIGHTENMENT"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa626\li5760\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "IT IS THE MOST INFORMATIVE AND SUBLIME BOOK IN THE WORLD"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa626\li5760\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Arthur Schopenhauer 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The scholar, the student, and the increasing number of Western readers interested in classical Vedic thought have been d
one a service by Swami Bhaktivedanta. By bringing us a new and living interpretation of a text already known to many, he has increased our understanding manyfold.''
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa626\li4320\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Professor Edward C. Dimock, Jr. The University of Chicago 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri2160\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  AS IT IS by His Divi
ne Grace A. C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA. The Definitive English Edition of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . To order your copy see page 9. 
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri2160\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Known as the greatest literary gem of medieval India, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the most authoritative work on the life and teachings of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, the powerful saint, mystic a
nd theistic reformer. Within his lifetime, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya transformed the face of India in four respects: philosophically, by defeating the greatest contemporary scholars and logicians; religiously, by organizing the largest, most wide
spread theistic movement in India's history; socially, by his strong criticism and reformation ofthe caste system; politically, by his organization of a massive civil disobedience movement in Bengal, 450 years before Gandhi. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tran
slated from the original Bengali and fully explained in English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A deluxe multi-volume set. 1490 pages, 48 full-color illustrations. Published by The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To order your copy, please turn to page 9. 
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\bkmkend Back to Godhead Magazine, #10-04}{\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 10 No. 4, 1975
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li2520\ri0\fi-2520 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inside cover photo}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Socie
ty for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What Can Turn a Greyhound Bus Into a Temple?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What Can Turn a Greyhound Bus In
to a Temple?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Chanting
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,\line R
\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, known in India for thousands of years, is the great prayer for peace\'97for individual p
eace of mind and worldwide tranquility. By repeating these nonsectarian names of God the sincere chanter is gradually released from material illusions and elevated to the platform of pure spiritual consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This prayer
 has been given to the other countries of the world by the spiritual master of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. He has endowed his disciples with his spirit of traveling and enlightening the world
 in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and they in turn are using their Western technology to spread the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pictured above are some of the traveling students of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. They have converted three Greyhound buses into mobile temples to bring the me
ssage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to every town and village in the United States and Canada. Their program consists of week-long festivals, featuring chanting (accompanied by Eastern instruments), delicious vegetarian feasts, and lectures from the bo
oks of their spiritual master. They have just completed a tour of colleges in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Arizona and California and are now preparing for a tour of Canada and the northern United States. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement proposes to change t
he modern misconception that God should be kept locked in a church all week and then uncovered for an hour on Sunday. The truth is that serving the Supreme Lord is a 24-hour-a-day engagement, leading to eternal bliss. As you read through the pages of BAC
K TO GODHEAD, you'll find out how the members of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement live this truth and how they teach it all over the world.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vipra d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead v10#4
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ha\'e0sad\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SENIOR EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
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\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Choice is Yours
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Choice is Yours
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Besides working steadily to translate the ancient Sanskrit scriptures of India into English, and besides personally guidi
ng the members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in their spiritual advancement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da travels extensively to explain K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to people throughout the world. Wher
ever he goes, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da delivers public lectures directed toward bringing about a scientific understanding of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or one's eternal loving relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
 went to West Virginia to deliver such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub discourses in New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, a 1,000-acre K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious spiritual community, thousands of spiritual seekers gathered to hear him. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sent two reporters to cover the event and to speak with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Here, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is interviewed by Jon Nordheimer of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we mean God. Everyone has some vague idea of God, but no clear idea. Therefore God descends to show what He is. If we speculate on God, someone will think one thing, and an
other person will think another. This is the result of speculation. But if God Himself comes and shows Himself as He is and speaks about Himself, that is perfect knowledge. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is spreading that message: God Himself
 is speaking about Himself: "I am this; I am like this; My form is like this; My activities are like this; My address is this and that\'97if you like, you can come back to Me. This is the situation. Everyone can come to Me." All this information is in }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God speaks about Himself and presents Himself as He is. We s
imply have to take that information; then we can understand God. As soon as we understand God, we can go home immediately. It is very simple. God says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\line tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line naiti m\'e4m eti so \'92rj
una
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth agai
n in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So God is there; that's a fact. Anyone can go back to Him and live an eternal life full of bliss and knowledge simply by knowing about it. When God Himself comes, a
ll great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stalwart men, accept Him: "Yes, He is God." If we simply understand God, 
we make a solution to all our problems. What is the problem? Because we are part and parcel of God, we are qualitatively equal with Him. God is eternal, and we are eternal. God is blissful, and we are blissful. God is full of knowledge; we are also full 
of knowledge. Unfortunately we are hampered by this material body. Therefore our problem is how to get out of this material body and come to our spiritual body. The spiritual body is there, just as our real body is present underneath our shirt and coat. 
I, you, and every one of us is a spiritual spark, part and parcel of God, and we are placed within a gross and subtle body. When this particular body is finished, we are carried by a subtle body into another gross body. That is called transmigration of t
he soul. And when we finally get free from the subtle body also, we go back home, back to Godhead. It is that easy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human beings therefore should endeavor to get out of this gross and subtle body, attain the spiritual body and go back home. That should be the aim of human endeavo
r. Not that we should simply live like animals. Animals cannot get out of the gross and subtle body because to extricate oneself one must know in fact what God is. An animal cannot know what God is, but a human being can. That is the opportunity afforded
 by this body; nature gives us this human body just to understand God, but if we simply use it for animal propensities, we again go to the animal kingdom. That is a form of punishment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da, it's been thirty-five years since you were given this mission by your spiritual master to bring the word of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the West. A lot has happened in the world over that period of ti
me. The world has\'97
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is nothing. That period of time is relative. As human beings, we live for some time\'97say for a hundred years\'97but there are demigods who can live for millions of years. And an ant will live for on
ly a few hours. So this is relative. But time is eternal, and what is happening in so-called human history has no consideration from the viewpoint of eternal time. That is all relative. If there is some catastrophe in ant society, the ants may be very mu
ch concerned, but human society does not take any notice of it. Similarly, if a catastrophe occurs in human society, the demigods, who are higher than us, do not consider it. Some birds or cats or dogs may be fighting, and for them it may be a catastroph
e, but for us it is nothing. This is the relative world, and we should know that what has happened in this world is not worthy of consideration in terms of universal affairs. Things are coming and going like seasonal changes. Arjuna put this question to 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "This is a catastrophe! I have to kill my own men." Although Arjuna believed this to be a catastrophe, K\'e5\'f1\'eba likened it to seasonal changes. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4tr
\'e4-spar\'e7\'e4s tu kaunteya \'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9kha-d\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9,
 the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress and their disappearance in due course are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the winter season water is not very pleasant, but in the summer it is very pleasing. What, then, is the condition of water? Is it pleasing or not? The water is the same, but in touch 
with our skin it becomes pleasing or not according to the climatic circumstances. Just because the summer is hot, should I give up cooking? Work must be done. Similarly, just because water is cold in the winter, should I give up my bath? No. These things
 may come and go, but we have to do our duty. Our duty is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; that is our philosophy, and that is an actual fact. These seasonal changes may come and go in life; sometimes they may please us, and sometimes they may pinch us, but
 our duty in human life is to understand God. We shouldn't care for all these catastrophes that come and go. We should have no concern, for their nature is like that\'97sometimes pleasing and sometimes not pleasing. Despite all this, we have to do our du
ty, which is to understand God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What about the future? Is it possible to bring more people into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? To expand?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course there are good men and bad men, and good men are taking to this movement because it is a good movement. "Good" means not having illicit sex, not eating meat, not indulging in intoxication, and no
t indulging in gambling. If anyone observes these four principles, he is considered a good man, and if he does not observe them, he is a bad man. So good men will take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, and bad men will not. We give distinct 
rules on how to become good, for if one does not become good, how can he understand God, who is all good? First we must become good men; then we can understand God. God is all good, and if we don't become good we cannot understand Him\'97that's all. It's
 up to us to make the choice. The future is open for everyone. There is no restriction; no one says, \'93This class of men shall be good, and this class of men shall be bad:\'94 Anyone can become good. If we educate a child nicely, he becomes good, but i
f we train him foolishly, he becomes a rascal. It is the duty of the government, of the father and of the teachers to make everyone good. If the government is bad, if the father is bad and the society is bad\'97how can the child be good? Everywhere the g
overnment, father and society are bad; therefore we are producing bad men, and therefore there is no peace and prosperity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What about the men who surround you?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They're all good men.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They are good men who were raised 
in a bad society. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They were raised in a bad society, but they have chosen to become good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Is that preordained, or is it by f
ree choice?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Free choice. What is preordained? You are here of your free choice. If you like, you can sit down and talk with me, and if you don't like, then you can go. That is your free choice. Free choice makes desti
ny; if I act in goodness, then my future is good. And if I act badly, my future is bad. That is destiny. Man is the architect of his own destiny. If you are educated, your future is nice, and if you remain foolish, then your future is bad. Future destiny
 depends on present action. This life is an opportunity to make the next life, and if we behave like human beings, then in our next life we will go back home, back to Godhead. But if we behave like animals, then in the next life we will take animal bodie
s. That's all. All this is very clearly described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conclusion is that 
human beings are meant for understanding God, but if we waste our time understanding dog, that is our choice. If we try to understand dog instead of God, and if we become attached to dog, then we will become dogs in our next life. And if we are attached 
to God, we become like God in our next life. The choice is ours.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ye yath\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 prapadyante\line t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham\line mama vartm\'e4nuvartante\line manu\'f1y\'e4\'f9 
p\'e4rtha sarva\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93All of them\'97as they surrender unto Me\'97I reward accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of P
\'e5th\'e4.\'94 [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.11]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is everything, and we can associate with Him according to our choice. The ability to choose, or our conscience, is given to us in the human form so we can utili
ze it. All the ingredients are there. The spiritual master is there, the scripture is there, and God is there, within you and within me. The atmosphere is calm and quiet, we have a good boat and a good navigator, and the wind is blowing favorably. We sho
uld take our chance and cross the ocean. This human body is a very nice boat, and we have a very good navigator, the spiritual master. We also have a very favorable wind\'97the instructions of God. If we don't take this opportunity and solve the problems
 of life, we are cutting our own throats. If you cut your own throat, who can save you? We can say, "Now here is an opportunity. Take it and be saved from birth, old age, disease and death," but if you don't take advantage, what can we do?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why does all this exist? Why the challenge in the first place? Why }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [illusion]?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means that you are unfortunate. Here it is light, and there it is darkness. If I tell you to come from the darkness
 into the light and if you don't come, that is your misfortune. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub there, and God is there. If you want to remain in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub then how can you be saved? I can help you by saying, "Don't remain in darkness. Please come out into the light." But if you say, "No, I shall remai
n here," then how can I save you? You have your choice. God is there, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub there. If you take to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m
\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rem
ain in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What can I do, and what can God do? That is your choice.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who created }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub man or God?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The government may create a prisonhouse, but why do you go there? Does the government invite you there? No, you become a criminal and go there. The prisonhouse is there, and the university is there. Why do
 some people go to prison rather than the university? The government is not partial to people; it does not say, "You live in this university and be educated, and you go to the prison and live there." It is the individual's choice. Similarly, God has crea
ted so many things, but our duty is to follow God's instructions. God says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Just give up all nonsense and surrender unto Me. I shall give you all protection." That is God's declaration. Why don't you take to that? God is all-powerful, and He may create so many things for some pur
pose, but why don't you follow God's instructions? God says, "Surrender unto Me," so why not surrender? Why surrender to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is the individual's choice. Another example: the government does not want the youth to become hippies, but they are abandoning a wealthy life just to lie down in the street. In London I've seen many boys lying
 in the street. Why? We Indians may lie in the street because we are poor, but they are not poor, nor are the Americans. Why have some of the younger generation accepted this way of life? They have enough food, enough houses, enough money, facilities, ma
chines\'97everything. Why are they accepting this kind of life?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They reject what they see.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, but they are coming from respectable fathers, from a respectable nation. Why are they rejecting this mode of civilization?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They don't really find it respectable.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore everyone has his choice. That you have to accept. Why do you forget it? God has given us everything, and now it is up to us to make our choice. So God is good, and if we follow His instructions, 
we become good.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What problems do you have in making His word, His instructions, reach the ears of everyone in the world?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are not preaching our own words; we are preaching God's words. Now it is up to you to make your choice. God says to give up all engagements and just surrender unto Him. God says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam\line \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 m
at-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will
 come to Me." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suppose I am a member of a political party and am always thinking of Mr. Such-and-such, my leader. I become a staunch follower of that leader, worship him and offer
 obeisances to him. So many people are sacrificing their lives simply by following a political leader, and for party superiority they are doing so many things, always thinking of the party's activities, always offering obeisances and worshiping the party
's principles. If all these things are transferred to God, they become good. God says, "Think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer obeisances unto Me." If we transfer these activities to God, we can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is what
 we are teaching. We advise that what you are doing for some nonsense, do it for God. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is not difficult. But if I want to love a dog and become a dog in my next life, instead of loving God and becoming like God in 
the next life, that is my choice. The prison and university are open to everyone, and by making our choice, we can make our future destiny. These boys and girls are worshiping God, and people criticize them, but when a man worships a dog, he is not criti
cized. In this way society has progressed. When one worships God, he is criticized, and when he worships dog, he is considered a gentleman. So it is folly to be wise where ignorance is bliss.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What is the role of women in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There is no distinction between men
 and women.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I keep hearing about certain prope
nsities women have that would separate them from propensities men have.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Well, it is still man's duty to bec
ome the husband and woman's duty to become the wife; so these propensities are there. But all this can be adjusted. I have many students and am getting them married, and they are living peacefully and advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Not that e
veryone }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [celibate]. We have many }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hasthas}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [married men] and children. In this way the propensities of the woman and the man are adjusted. A man wants a woman, and a woman wants a man, so we say, \'93All right, take it. Live peacefully, but don't change par
tners.\'94 We don't allow divorce; once they're married there is no separation. Nor do we allow boys and girls to live together as friends. If a man wants a woman and a woman wants a man, they should become united by marriage, live peacefully and advance
 in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is our proposal. In this way all facilities are there in this movement. Our program is to make people godly, and everyone should help us. Every sane man should help this movement for the good of human society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What about the United States gover
nment?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, it should come forward. My stu
dents here are all United States citizens. I have not imported them from India. They are Americans, and they are in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub difficulty}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So why shouldn't the government come forward? Their character is being formed, and they are becoming God conscious by participating in this
 movement. The government is spending millions of dollars to stop LSD and other drug intoxication, but my students are giving up everything simply by following my word. So why isn't the government coming forward to help me?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They don't care about the people, 
Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But don't they want good for their 
own men? I am stopping American boys and girls from taking LSD and other drugs, and the government is spending millions of dollars to do this. It is only practical that they come forward to support this movement. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Understanding is needed, for I kno
w some of the misconceptions that exist about your movement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Are the misconceptions cleared?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I hope so.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, we invite everyone to come her
e to listen to our philosophy, take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [sanctified food] and sing and dance with us. This
 program is very nice. We do not make distinctions in human society. We do not say that we shall serve the Indians and not the Americans or the Americans and not the Africans. We are going everywhere with this movement. We take all human beings to be par
t of God. Not only human beings, but every living entity\'97animals also.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How many followers do you have?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Well, this is a very difficult job,
 naturally. We don't have a large number of followers. As soon as you try to sell a diamond, you cannot expect many customers. Nonetheless, a diamond is a diamond, even if there are no customers. The number of customers is not the test. The customer must
 pay the value of the item. In this society we propose that you give up illicit sex, meat eating, intoxication and gambling. When people hear this, they go away saying, "Oh, Sv\'e4m\'e9j\'e9 is very conservative." But I cannot become liberal and tell eve
rybody, "Go ahead and do all nonsense, and you can become God conscious." I cannot possibly recommend that. Therefore my first condition is that if someone wants to become my student he has to follow these four regulative principles. Consequently I do no
t have many followers, but I do have a select few. Because they are select, they will bring about a revolution in the world. One moon is sufficient to dissipate darkness. If there is one moon, there is no need for millions of stars. It is useless to expe
ct a large number of followers. We want only one good follower. If I can get one man to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, I will consider my mission fulfilled. If you talk to whatever small number of followers I have, you will find that they speak better 
than any great philosopher, better than any scientist or politician. That is the quality of my students. What's the point in talking nonsense? One's words may be simple, but they should be valuable. Every day your employer is printing so many newspapers.
 On Sunday, especially, the paper is so big that one can hardly carry it. But after reading it an hour, people throw it away. Here is this book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and people keep it and read it for a lifetime, and in this way it has been read for the past 5,000 years. Give such literature that will be taken and kept forever.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Laughing] It's already been sugge
sted that we [the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are not divinely inspired. At any rate, this book\'97
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one gets a diamond, he possesses
 something valuable. But in this civilization you are simply making plastic plates and plastic cups. In fact, in Japan I have seen pasteboard homes. And everyone is thinking that he is advanced. Formerly people used to have golden and silver utensils, bu
t now they have plastic ones, and still they are very proud to be so materially advanced. What is your position? You have a bunch of paper and think, "I am a millionaire." What is the value of that paper? Is that not cheating? However, if we possess gold
 or diamonds worth a million dollars, that is actual wealth. But we are educated in such a way that we think we are millionaires by paper only. As soon as there is some catastrophe, millions of such dollars cannot buy bread. This actually happened in Ger
many; millions of marks could not purchase one piece of bread. All this is going on in the name of advancement of civilization, and the real purpose of life, God consciousness, is missing. So every thoughtful man should come forward to understand this mo
vement and take it seriously. Why are the people being misled? We just have to try to understand this philosophy, the basic principles of God consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Can you really expect to change th
e whole society?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That I have already explained. The 
change is up to you; it is your choice. If everyone becomes God conscious, the world becomes the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many people have tried to change the world, but we see that they have failed. Many people have tried to see God, but they do not succeed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is because their purpose is not strong. That is due to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub forgetfulness. Just like darkness and light: if your light is strong, there is no darkness. But if you have no light, or if your light is not very strong, there is darkness. This is the principle: if you want to drive away darkne
ss, you must bring light. That is the only medicine. You don't have to make a separate endeavor to drive away darkness. As soon as you bring light, darkness will go. The motto of our magazine }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is: "Godhead is light, nescience is darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97s\'fcrya-sama, m\'e4y\'e4 haya andhak\'e4ra\line y\'e4h\'e4\'ec k\'e5\'f1\'eba, t\'e4h\'e4\'ec n\'e4hi m\'e4y
\'e4ra adhik\'e4ra\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ma
dhya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  22.31}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is also the Vedic injunction: don't remain in darkness; come to the light. How is this possible? When I flew from London
 to Los Angeles, there was no darkness, for we did not allow the sun to set. Similarly, if you don't allow K\'e5\'f1\'eba to set, you remain always in light. This means that if you don't forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, your life will be successful. If you aim you
r plane westward and don't stop, you will remain in sunlight all the time. Similarly, if you remain in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by the simple method of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare 
R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare, you will never see the darkness. This is because K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name are absolute; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not different from His name. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is light, and if we associate with th
e name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we remain in light. Remaining in light is a very simple method; therefore you see all these boys with their beads chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. In this way }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cannot touch them. No intoxication, no illicit sex, no meat eating, no gambling. How can thes
e boys, who have been trained to practice these four items from the beginning of their lives, give them all up? Everything is possible, provided we make the choice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore according to Vedic civilization, in the beginning of life you become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahm
ac\'e4r\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then you are allowed to marry and become a householder, and after a number of years you remain a husband but abandon sexuality, and that is called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally you take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and leave your family to practice and preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is Vedic civilization. Everything is provided to enlighten the people i
n general. All the knowledge is there, and the method is there; we simply have to take advantage of it. If we do not, how can we expect a peaceful and happy world? If society creates animals, then how can it expect peace and prosperity? In spite of so ma
ny big universities and all educational facilities, this society is producing hippies and frustration. There must be discontent and frustration among the youth because we are spiritual souls and cannot become happy simply by amassing material comforts. W
e must have spiritual life. If a fish is taken out of water, it cannot be made happy with all the comforts of land. To be happy, a fish must have all the freedom of water. Similarly, we are all spiritual sparks, and we cannot become happy in matter. We r
equire spiritual food, a spiritual atmosphere.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DISCIPLE:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da, it's time for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata-dharma.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PRABHUPADA: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub already finished here. [Lau
ghter] You go and speak. [Turning to interviewer] At least write in your paper that we are not sentimentalists. We have a large philosophical background. Thank you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub INTERVIEWER:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you. [Leaves] 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p3:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 You Can't Eat Nuts And Bolts
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub You Can't Eat Nuts And Bolts
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Conversations From India (Part II)}{\b0\v\f0\fs22\cf0  [part }{\b\v\f0\fs22\cf0 1}{\b0\v\f0\fs22\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A senior member of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement describes how materialism has plundered India\'92s valuable jewel of Ved
ic culture.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa446\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Last year, while the ISKCON temple in India's holy city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana was still under construction, His Holiness Tam
\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, a senior member of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, lived nearby the construction site in a small grass-and-adobe }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hut, }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which he used as a headquarters for chanting, reading and performing his various K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious duties. When I visited V\'e5nd\'e4vana on pilgrimage, Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a Mah\'e4r\'e4ja spent several mornings with me, answering my questions about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and India's ancient Vedic culture. A portion of those conversations, which we taped to share with readers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub appeared in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BTG }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Here is another excerpt from our e
arly-morning conversations.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness is the background of India, how is it that India has become known all over the world for being an economically backward country? In some parts of India you walk down the streets and see beggars everywhere, people with little or nothing to eat. Is
 that the fruit of Vedic civilization?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First 
of all we have to ask, "What is a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious Vedic civilization?" If we study the life of a typical villager in a Vedic community, we may find him living with his wife and a few children in a thatched hut with mud walls and a dirt floor. He
 has a couple of cows, a well and four or five acres of land. The river is nearby. He may never have gone beyond two or three villages away, but he's very happy. He lives to a ripe old age, doesn't get many diseases, works honestly in the fields, and has
 enough milk and grains to eat. With his extra produce, beyond what he needs to maintain his family, he may trade for clothing, jewelry and other items. In other words, he lives a very simple life. And he has sufficient time to cultivate God consciousnes
s or spiritual consciousness. That is the ideal K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious Vedic culture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ideal materialistic culture\'97do we have to go into it? It's what we find throughout the world today; that is to say, a culture that has no thought of God but 
is simply based upon accelerating and fulfilling desires for bodily enjoyment. It doesn't have anything to do with fulfilling the needs of the real self, the soul within the body. It simply deals with the body, the gross material body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , the individual is a pure spiritual soul, eternal, all-cognizant and full of bliss. In his original state, residing in the kingdom of God, the soul has a spiritual body endowed with spiritual qualities. But now, living in this material w
orld, the soul is covered by a material body, which brings with it temporality, ignorance and great suffering. Vedic culture is concerned with transporting the soul back to the kingdom of God for a life of eternity, knowledge and bliss. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub tell you to work enough to maintain a healthy body and a healthy life for your family and spend the balance of your time developing love of God, God consciousness. And the work you do is honest work, using the things given by God, like the gr
ound, water and sun. No cheating is involved; it is not a cheating process. You have a just amount, given to you by God, and you use it properly. God supplies everything you need.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Cheating Civilization
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, God has provided all our natural resources, but today's civilization is taking them from Him without any thought of return. Hardly even a "thanks." A mate
rialist simply tries to enjoy the body. Never mind if the resources will run out; never mind where they came from\'97just madly chasing after material prosperity. It's a cheating, thieving civilization. And very cumbersome, too. Suppose a man lives in a 
twenty-five-room house or builds a twenty-five-story building or a hundred-story building. What is the need actually? Does he need it to keep alive? No. It has nothing to do with just maintaining the body. It's geared for accelerating and fulfilling bodi
ly desires. It has nothing to do with the essential needs. But most people deem this to be advancement. That is the point. So first of all we have to understand what advancement is. According to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, advancement means simple livi
ng and high thinking.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But India now, it seems,
 doesn't ever have the simple necessities.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yes, t
hat's true. But in India now we don't find the ideal Vedic culture. When we did fine it, two or three hundred years ago, it }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ideal. You wouldn't have found people starving to death. But what happened was this\'97the first picture the West gets of India comes through the eyes of the British. The British see India, and they see a Vedic culture, 
which is very simple and, in their terminology, barbaric, backwards, because from the materialistic standpoint anyone who lives in a mud hut with a grass roof is backwards. If he can't read English\'97of course he may read Sanskrit, but if he can't read 
English he's illiterate. The Indian people were reading Sanskrit, many of them but not English. "Oh, he's illiterate:" In the same way, one may know }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but if he doesn't know the Bible he's irreligious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So in other words, the whole process of westernizing, India or materializing India began about two or three hundred years ago. The Westerners introduced their so-ca
lled civilization, with its coffee, tea and meat eating. They built factories and developed large cities that had never been developed before. The entire Indian economy had been based on the villages, but under British rule and then recently more and mor
e, everything moved toward the city. What happened is that the Vedic culture broke down. When it was present, the necessities of life were plentiful; there was no difficulty. But by and by it broke down. People were encouraged, "Come into the cities to w
ork in the big factories." And what is the great advantage of the big factories? Luxury: an economy with the ultimate goal of material, temporary sense gratification. And as bodily satisfaction becomes paramount, spiritual culture fades away. But the act
ual necessities\'97fruits, grains, vegetables, milk\'97these were not produced by the factories. You can't eat nuts and bolts, you know. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Railway Robbery
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The British built the ra
ilroads.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Br
itish built the railroads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub link up all the big cities so that people would no longer, live in 
villages. The British induced the villagers to come to the cities to work }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the factories. Then
 they took all the goods and all of India's wealth to Britain. Gandhi's whole movement was to stop this. What did Gandhi say? Village industry. Go back to the village; begin the small, industries. Decentralize, dematerialize, deindustrialize. He had the 
intelligence to see that this was required. But unfortunately by the time so-called independence came, the people were already materialized to a great extent; enough people had become so polluted that they could no longer go back.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The materialistic disease eats away at a man's intelligence so that he loses the strength to realize his fallen condition; instead, he sees his fallen position as s
uperior. But how has the city man actually improved his condition? Has he solved any of the real problems of life, such as birth, death, disease and old age? No. Does he actually know who he is\'97that he is pure spirit soul, not his body? No. So what is
 the gain? He lives in a big, comfortable house, complete }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with all luxuries and a big bank balance. But at the time of death, how will any of these help him? Can he take his h
ouse or bank balance with him? You see, the material disease is so bewildering that at the time of death a man clings desperately to all his possessions. All his life he has identified himself with his body and his possessions, instead of cultivating kno
wledge of the true self, the soul, and the real possession, love of God. As a result he dies in misery and ignorance, destined for a hellish future. But just as a crazy man thinks that he's sane and everyone else is insane, so a materially diseased perso
n thinks, \'93I'm very well off, but the other man is not.\'94 The man in the village? \'93Oh, barbaric, backwards, impoverished.\'94 You see? But the Vedic villager lives simply and honestly, and with the better part of his time he cultivates spiritual 
knowledge. He has real wealth: knowledge of the self, of God, and his relationship with God. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Lure of City Life
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These people were lured out of the villages, and now they've become completely indoctrinated to believe that a cumbersome, complex society is more advanced. A socie
ty of slaughtering millions of animals to drink their blood instead of drinking their milk, a society of prostitution, of living packed together in small places where there's insufficient air and space\'97this is more advanced. But actually, you know, th
ere's a huge amount of land in India, enough to maintain not only seven hundred million people but ten times that; there is that much land. Go traveling on the train in India, and you'll find that nearly all of India is unpopulated except for a few big c
ities. We hear that people are living in horrible conditions. But the most horrible conditions exist within the cities. The people in the villages are still relatively happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fact is, however, that the city life and the city consciousness are beginning to infiltrate the villages, so that now most of the young men have left the villag
es. Therefore the villagers are no longer farming properly. There aren't enough young men to farm properly, so there's not enough food. There's not enough produce. And the intelligent men, the leaders of the village, the spiritual leaders, are also gone.
 Everyone is being lured away into this dream of the city and led to believe that the city is the panacea that will bring all happiness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So the problems in India
 today are due to lack of a Vedic, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious culture.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In a V
edic culture, there is no poverty. The poverty we see here is not present in a Vedic culture; it's a consequence of our modern materialistic culture.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All right. Because the t
raditional Indian culture has been contaminated by Western culture, it doesn't work. So suppose we introduce K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and the mass of Indian people, the intelligentsia of Indian people, take to it. Then what do they do practically?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fi
rst thing is that a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious culture, or a perfect society, is based on a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub system. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub society is a community of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, k\'f1atriyas, vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [intellectuals, administrators, farmers and workers]. One of the first features of Indian culture destroyed by foreigners was the caste system. This p
oint is very much played up. "India was for so long held down by the caste system, but now it's being abolished, and India is developing." But what is the caste system? The caste system, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, was originally created by Him.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0\line gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I have created these four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [castes or divisions of human society] according to the qualities and work of different people." K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, says, "I have created these divisions." And what are they? The }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are the intelligent men\'97are there not intelligent men all over the world? }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means the protective class. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub teaches and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub protects. Is there not a class of administrators who protect? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'e7ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means a farmer, a protector of cows or a trader. Aren't there people everywhere who normally do that? And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means one who simply does menial work, assisting the other classes. So in any country in the world, not just in India but everywhere, you'll find these four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or occupational divisions. Automatically they are there. By nature, everyone is inclined toward a certain type of work, and theref
ore the purpose of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub system is to define the duties of each division, so th
at everyone will have his own work to do and everyone can work cooperatively in a peaceful and progressive society. Without these four divisions, there's no question of a civilized society. There are so many societies\'97human society, animal society, pl
ant society and so on. But only the human society is considered civilized. Why? Because a human being can regulate his life to achieve a higher purpose. The so-called caste system is therefore meant to regulate human society in such a way that everyone c
an be prosperous and at the same time God conscious. So what is the question of destroying these divisions? You cannot destroy them; it's not possible to destroy them. They represent natural divisions of labor, divisions of work. So the first point is th
at if we're going to restore the culture of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub if we're going to restore prosperity to In
dia, we have to clearly define divisions of human society and establish them properly.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Natural Divisions
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the greatest attack upon the caste system? Its critics say that it holds a man back. It unfairly gives preference to one community above another. Now, anyon
e who says this has not understood the actual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub system. In its modern, polluted
, materialistic form, the caste system holds people down, but the actual system of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is n
ot like that. According to the actual Vedic system, the different duties required within any community or society must be given to persons who are naturally meant to perform them. For example, in your body there's a head, there are arms, there's a belly,
 and there are legs. It's not that there's only a head, only legs or only arms. All are needed for a healthy body. Similarly, in a healthy social body, there are those meant to teach, those qualified to provide protection and administration, those inclin
ed toward agriculture and those needed to help the others. All are given equal respect as being necessary for a healthy social body. So, similarly, all have an equal right to develop love of God. Everyone is respected on the worldly plane as being requir
ed for a well-rounded society, and everyone is respected on the spiritual platform as a servant of God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar\'e7ina\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a learned person sees with equal vision a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub an elephant, a cow, a dog and a dog-eater One who has Vedic vision sees spiritually, so he sees all living entities as equals. Therefore in the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4
\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub system all living entities were given an equal opportunity to develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One caste was never superior to another. In the eyes of God, every
one is equal, so in the eyes of a Vedic man also, everyone is equal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to restore the caste system on the Vedic basis. For instance, we must train qualified teachers. Instead, society now has teachers who are not at all qualifi
ed. Teaching means giving knowledge. And what is knowledge? One should know spirit, matter and the creator of both. That is real knowledge. Knowledge should not simply deal with materialistic subjects. To have complete knowledge means to also know about 
spiritual subjects, especially about God, who has created everything. So where is the qualified man? The teachers who are now teaching have no knowledge of God. And where is the institution where knowledge of God is available? The universities offer, cou
rses in every field of material research, but we hardly find even one course in the science of God or the science of the soul. In fact, because of separation of church and state, you're not allowed to teach about God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Brains of Society
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, first of all, we want to create a community of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who can understand God, the spiritual world, the soul and the material world should be considered the brain of the social body. They should give advice. To whom? To the administrato
rs. And who are the administrators? They're those who know how to maintain a Vedic society, how to implement the teaching of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub practically. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub teaches that God
 is the center of the state because He is the original proprietor of everything within the state. Actually this is not an exaggeration. From the Vedas we learn, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7
\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarva\'e0 yat ki\'efca jagaty\'e4\'e0 jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : everything within the universe is controlled and owned by the Lord. Why? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 sarvasya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prabhavo }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pra
vartate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : because He is the source of all planets and because everything is emanating from Him. As the creator of everything, from huge planets to minute atomic particles, God 
has natural proprietary rights. We are only secondary proprietors because we've gotten everything from Him on a loan basis. Since He is the real master, whatever we have should be used in His service. Everything should center around service to God. Every
one is a servant of God, and if the master is satisfied, all the servants will automatically become satisfied because the master gives full protection and maintenance to his faithful servants. That is what the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub teaches. And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gives directions to practically implement that understanding. \'93All right, let the farmers go out and bring home the produce. Let it be offered to God and then be distributed equally to all. L
et the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be maintained for their teachings. They shouldn't have to take up any othe
r employment. Let them simply teach and be given enough to maintain themselves. And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , who are helping all the other communities\'97let them also get enough; give them a fair share of what they farm. See that everyone has proper living standards, see that everyone is instructed properly, see that everyone is protected from at
tack, and see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always being served.\'94 That is the business of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . And what is the business of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? He should see that the animals are prote
cted, the fields are being worked and the land is productive. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has created the earth and given it to man\'97\'93Here is a gift; take care of it.\'94 Since it is actually God's land, it should be used as He intended. That is the business of 
a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97to take care of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's earth and produce from it. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's givin
g is complete (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0 p\'fcr\'ebam ada\'f9 p\'fcr\'ebam ida\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). It can provide enough to maintai
n everything if it's dealt with properly. That is the business of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7ya\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to use the land 
properly. And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  business? To serve all the others. And for that service, because 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are so faithful, they are maintained completely by the other three orders. If a 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  does menial service for a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub takes care of him. If he's employed by a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will take care of him. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is like a child. You simply take care of him nicely. There is nothing wrong with this: everyone becomes happy. So this is our program. This is 
an ideal community.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Beyond the Barriers of Birth
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In modern India, caste s
eems to be determined by birth. The caste you're born into is the caste you stay in. But can there be changing also? What would you say about that? Could someone in the family of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , for instance, become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These 
castes are not fixed according to birth. A man can be born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  caste and be elevated
 to the highest position of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It's according to his ability. If he's qualified, t
here's no stopping him. It's not something fixed; it's according to the nature of a person and the work he's doing. Suppose your father is a judge on the Supreme Court, does that make you also a Supreme Court justice? No, of course not. You have to be pr
operly qualified. It's not a question of heredity. The caste system simply means a system of division of labor.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suppose we reinstitute t
he var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama divisions, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious teachers, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious administrators, and so on. What is the next step? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord C
aitanya has shown the way. He instructs: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma eva kevalam/ kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Vedic scriptures explain that history progresses in cycles of ages, and the age we're in now is called Kali-yuga. In the Kali-yuga, the best way to attain the perfection of life is 
to chant the holy names of the Lord: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. There is no other way, there is no other way, there is no other way. Lord Cai
tanya repeats "there is no other way" three times, just to emphasize the point. In previous ages other methods were recommended. Each age has different conditions, both in the people and in the environment, and, accordingly, an appropriate method for ach
ieving the truth is recommended. In this age the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana-yaj\'efa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the chanting of the H
are K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, is perfect. All the divisions of society may cooperate to perform it successfully. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means chanting God's name congregationally for the well-being of the nation and the well-being of all the citizens. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yaj\'efa}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means sacrifice\'97everyone must sacrifice. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should bring abundant amounts of grains, fruits, vegetables and milk products from the fields. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  should pass laws encouraging all the citizens to take part in the sacrifice. And they should see that each person offers his services fully, according to his occupation. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may assist in every way possible. And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub should lead everyone in chanting the holy names\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma
, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The Vedic scriptures confirm this:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yata\'f9 prav\'e5ttir bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line yena sarvam ida\'e0 tatam\line sva-karma\'eb\'e4 tam abhyarcya\line siddhi\'e0 v
indati m\'e4nava\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, man can, in the performance of his own dut
y, attain perfection:" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.46}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This, then, is the culmination of Vedic society. Everyone working for a common goal: to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This is the perfection of life. I
f India once again takes up the Vedic way, there will be no limit to, her prosperity, no end to the people's joy. And why just India? Let the whole world join the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rt
ana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement of Lord Caitanya and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare H
are. Let everyone perfect life's mission and go back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News v10#4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A brief look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Literature Distribution More Than Doubles In One Year
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness made 1974 an outstanding year for the distribution of tran
scendental literature. Following the request of their spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, to "distribute my books profusely," in 1974 the devotees distributed more than 6-1/2 million pieces of literature\'97from sma
ll pamphlets to 1,000-page BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4S. More people than ever before\'97some 400,000 of them\'97took large, 400-page K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books. In only one year's time the annual distribution of BACK TO GODHEAD magazine (described by \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da as "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub con}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sciousness movement") almost doub
led to four million copies. And in 1975\'97in February alone\'97circulation climbed to 900,000 copies. Has the distribution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub conscious }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub books reached its peak? "This is only the beginning," said Ramesvara d\'e4sa, the devotee in charge of the Society's central book warehouse in Los Angeles. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is unlimited. There's no e
nd }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in sight."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 World Tour
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has just completed a tour }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON temples in the Western Hemisphere. After first visiting Hawaii, he then went on to Los Angeles, Mexico City, Caracas, Miami, 
Atlanta, Dallas, and New York. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is now in M\'e4y\'e4pura, India, where he is celebrating the appearance day of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu with many of his disciples from around the world. He plans to open the V\'e5nd\'e4vana (In
dia) K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple in late April and, tentatively, to then visit the newly opened center on Mauritius, an African coastal island whose Prime Minister is a life member of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Waking Up to Higher Happiness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Waking Up to Higher Happiness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Is there a higher enjoyment beyond the relative pleasures and pains of material life? His Holiness Revat\'e9nandana Sv\'e4m
\'e9 describes how to achieve the realm of transcendental consciousness, where pleasure is ever increasing
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY HIS HOLINESS REVAT\'c9NANDANA SV\'c4M\'c9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub W}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hen we are asleep we dream\'97sometimes pleasant dreams, but sometimes nightmares al
so. Although we sometimes suffer nightmares and don't know how our dreams will develop, we nevertheless become attached to sleeping, and if someone tries to wake us, we resist. It might be that when we awaken we'll have many enjoyable things to do, but b
ecause we are bewildered by our dreams, we think, "Why is he disturbing me? Better let me sleep." Similarly, embodied life is like a dream for the sleeping spiritual soul. Although we are eternal and naturally blissful, we think, "I am this body," and be
cause of past impious activities, life sometimes seems like }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nightmare. There is no possibility
 of perfect, happy life as long as we mistake the body to be the self. But when offered knowledge of our eternal life as spiritual souls, we resist because we don't want to accept the trouble of changing our actions from bodily motivated to spiritually m
otivated. It may be possible, though, to achieve eternally joyful life through spiritual advancement, and so even if ideas like reincarnation and self-realization are new to us, they are worth trying to understand.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may have some knowledge of our own bodies and the world around us, but we can't know whether we existed before our bodies were conceived or whether we will go on
 living after death. Scientists have their theories, but these are only possibilities and will never be more because no one can directly investigate the past, before the body, or the future, after death. Materialists may think that they are no more than 
lumps of chemicals, come to life of their own accord, and that when the chemicals break down and death occurs everything is finished. But this theory is only a "maybe." Because the soul is not material and so does not register on their instruments, the s
cientists cannot locate it. But does this disprove its existence? When I can't find my car keys, does that mean they don't exist?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Life Comes From Life.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In fact, we should not e
xpect to get life from dead matter. From unconscious, inert chemicals we won't get life and consciousness, no matter how we combine them, just as we won't get milk from the fleshy bags on the neck of a goat, even though they look like nipples. There must
 be a conscious element that combines with the bodily chemicals and brings them to life. We might call that element the spirit soul, or self. The idea that life }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub due to the presence of a spirit soul and that death occurs when the soul departs from the body is not only reasonable, but is also the opinion of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the most philosophical scripture in the world. Only by such a revelation of knowledge from the higher aut
hority of the Supreme Spirit can we get real knowledge of what causes life and what happens after death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dehino \'92smin yath\'e4 dehe\line kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4\line tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir\line dh\'e9ras tatra
 na muhyati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into anot
her body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba offers an example to help us understand that we are eternal souls who live in bodies only temporarily and who are unaffected by bodily changes. 
I may think that the twenty-eight-year-old body I see in the mirror is me, but I can also remember that once I had a five-year-old body. I recall going to kindergarten, drawing with big, hexagonal crayons, eating graham crackers and milk, and so on. You'
d hardly imagine that the body I have now has developed from that body, because there is almost no similarity between them. Since then, scientists agree, every cell has changed or been replaced, and my mind has changed as much as my body. Yet I was there
 then, and the same \'91I,\'92 or sense of self, is here now, The part that remains the same while the body and mind change is the spiritual soul, and so I can understand that I am not an aging, dying body, but an unchanging spiritual being. The }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub informs us that we will not }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub change even at the moment of death, but will leave dead bodies behind and go }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
to future living conditions. If all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lives we have been attached to bodily pleasures and ment
al diversions, when we leave this body the laws of nature will force us to take birth in another body, in which we can go on with such activities. Thus the eternal soul changes bodies just as a person takes off an old, worn coat and puts on a new one.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One might protest that it's a bit far-fetched to believe that we live forever and migrate from body to body, and this might especially be so if one also hears that 
in his next body he is going to have to accept the good and bad reactions he deserves because of his deeds in this body. The materialist likes to believe that when he dies everything is finished and that he won't have to endure }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub any }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub misery in an afterlife because of the misery he sometimes causes for others in this life. But this is not the case.
 Not only does K\'e5\'f1\'eba offer us knowledge of this transmigration of the soul, but it's not at all unreasonable. I can recall that I existed at fifteen years of age, at ten and at five, but I cannot remember what I was doing when I was two years, o
ld. Does this mean that I did not exist at two? No, my good sense, as well as my parents, will confirm that I existed then also. Why, then, is it so difficult to learn from the Supreme Parent that I also existed one hundred years ago and one million year
s ago, but have simply forgotten, just as I have forgotten my recent babyhood?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can't recall what it was like to be locked in the womb of the mother, but from the kicking of the unborn baby in his struggle to be free we can understand that i
t is very miserable to be awake but cramped upside-down in darkness in the fluid of the natal sac. After the pain of being squeezed out into the world by muscular contractions, we go through the helplessness and real or imaginary fears of childhood. Then
 we move through a life of sometimes enjoying and sometimes suffering\'97accepting the reactions of our deeds in the previous body\'97and although we want to remain young, fit and ready to enjoy life forever, the laws of nature do not allow this. Instead
, we must gradually become old and decrepit, suffer miserable diseases, and finally go through the total loss and fearful illusion of dying. To go through this once is bad enough, but to do it again and again is really intolerable for the spiritual soul.
 We should not think that this is the "theory" of reincarnation. From the scientists we get uncertain theories, but from the Supreme Scientist we can get the facts. Reincarnation is such a fact, but because we are limited, tiny souls, we forget what we h
ave factually gone through.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Web of Karma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes we see that a person is not even born fit to enjoy life\'97he is born poor and underprivileged, or very ugly, or even crippled or retarded. This is not simply the result of random chance o
r "cruel fate." K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fcta-bh\'e4vodbhava-karo visarga\'f9 karma-sa\'e0j\'efita\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  "The action that develops these material bodies is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or fruitive activit
y." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  8.3) Destiny, or fate, is not due to chance, but is the result of our own previous work 
in the world to get some results and enjoy them. We're all caught in a web of karmic reactions from the past, and busy with more fruitive activities in the present, in this way steering ourselves toward repeated birth, old age, disease and death in the f
uture. That is why K\'e5\'f1\'eba offers us the knowledge of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub teach us the nature of the soul so that we can deliver ourselves from this material bondage. Therefore He s
ays, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e9ras tatra na muhyati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : "The self-realized soul is not bewildered by the process of chan
ging from body to body." If we can achieve complete self-realization\'97direct experience of our eternal, blissful nature\'97we put a permanent stop to the dreadful process of reincarnation. Leaving our bodies in divine consciousness, with no more attach
ment for karmic activities, we are then fit to enter the eternal, spiritual sky and enjoy perfect life in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's living place. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tad bh\'e4sayate s\'fcryo\line na \'e7a\'e7\'e4\'ecko na p\'e4vaka\'f9\line yad gatv\'e4 na nivartante\line tad dh\'e4ma para
ma\'e0 mama
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That abode of Mine [the spiritual world] is not illuminated by the sun or moon, nor by electricity. One who reaches it never
 returns to this material world." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There everything is luminous, and because we there attai
n our original, spiritual forms, we stop changing bodies. Undisturbed by old age, sickness and death, we can then enjoy our unlimited, blissful life in the association of the Supreme.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Self-realization, therefore, is the real business of life, and the ability to progress in this direction is the distinguishing feature of the human species. There a
re innumerable species of living beings\'97plants, fishes, animals, humans and so on\'97and wherever we see life in a body, we may know that a spiritual soul is present to cause the consciousness. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a person who becomes very degraded can lose his human body at death and be forced to accept birth in the animal kingdom (}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He then has to transmigrate from one lower species to another until he has expiated all the reactions of his human sins. Then he is reinstated in the human form. In animal life ther
e is all facility for eating, sleeping, mating and defending\'97the bodily propensities\'97and human beings can also do these things, but the reason a human birth is periodically awarded to the spiritually forgetful soul is that in a human body the soul 
has the greater intelligence needed to discriminate between body and self and to engage in yoga, or activities for spiritual deliverance. Therefore a soul who gets a human birth but takes no interest in self-realization, and who goes on working only to m
aintain his body\'97as the cats and dogs do\'97has wasted a most valuable chance. He may not get another for literally millions of miserable births and deaths.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Perfection of Yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The culture of self-realization is called yoga, and while there are several approaches to yoga described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-
g\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub through philosophical introspection, mystic meditation and active devotion\'97the final goal of all is the same. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhokt\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapas\'e4\'e0\line sarva-loka-mahe\'e7varam\line suh\'e5da\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line j\'ef
\'e4tv\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 \'e7\'e4ntim \'e5cchati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigod
s, and the benefactor of all living entities, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Despite what some people think, the goal of yoga is not to become a nonentity by merging into a void or spiritual light. The self is an eternal individual (}
{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.
7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who never becomes void or merges into formlessness. The real goal of that individual soul's s
truggle to end suffering and enjoy supreme happiness is explained here-he must know K\'e5\'f1\'eba and revive his original relationship with Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba? He is the supreme spiritual personality, described in great detail in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and other Vedic scriptures\'97especially }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse He is described as the supreme owner, the supreme enjoyer and the best friend of all living beings. Earlier the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  explains that He has an eternal, spiritual body, which is full of knowledge, power and beauty and which never gets old or dies. In the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Personality of Godhead is acclaimed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the supreme eternal amongst many eternals (like we ourselves) and the supreme livin
g being among all living beings. When we hear this description of God as a person, we may become puzzled because we tend to equate the idea of "person" with the idea "having a material body." Because we, although spiritual, are encaged in material bodies
, we tend to assume that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in the same condition. But from Vedic references we can begin to understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is eternal and spiritual, rather than temporary and material. In the spiritual world there is no difference 
between body and self. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Lord of all spiritual personalities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can learn from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that we fell into the cycle of birth and death because we rebelled against our original position as loving servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that the only way we can permanently solve all the problems that have resulted is by again
 surrendering to Him. Sometimes a rich man's son becomes envious of his father, and although he has all facilities for a happy life under his father's shelter, he rebels and leaves home, determined to enjoy life on his own. It is not surprising if he the
n fails, becomes bewildered and suffers, forgetting his father and birthright. In that fallen condition, foolish thoughts of becoming his father are useless. Until he humbly returns to his subordinate position, he can't get relief from suffering or enjoy
 a fully happy life. So it is with self-realization: all approaches to yoga described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub through work, philosophy or meditation\'97culminate in the devotional service of the Lord, or pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f48\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Going Home.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this age the philosophical and 
meditational approaches have become impractical because our minds and the world outside are agitated and materialistic. Therefore the path of surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and becoming His devotee has become not only the best way but the only way to att
ain spiritual perfection. We cannot artificially control our agitated minds by mental speculation or mystic yoga, but if we actively engage our minds in thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His service, the mind automatically becomes controlled. Thus finding h
igher spiritual satisfaction from the very beginning, we can become steady in the service of the Lord. In this way the boat of this material body moves across the ocean of material existence, and the passenger, the spiritual soul, finds a harbor at the l
otus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the beginning, when we occasionally do something for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees, we are performing what is called karma-yoga, and when we fully surrender to devotional service under the guidance of scri
pture and the spiritual master, we are performing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme purifier }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.12}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and when we link with Him through service we become purified of falsely thinking, "I am this body." Thus 
we begin to relish spiritual bliss. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0\line yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati\line tad aha\'e0 bhakty-upah\'e5tam\line a\'e7n\'e4m
i prayat\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  To make such an offering is practical for everyone, for even the poorest man can offer K\'e5\'f1\'eba a flower or a little water. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we follow this principle by learning how to perform all our daily activities\'97cooking, raising a family, working, singing, dancing, reading and so o
n\'97in such a way as to always satisfy K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offer all the results of our work to Him. Instead of cooking for ourselves, we cook pleasing vegetarian dishes and offer them to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with devotion before we ourselves eat. Whatever ext
ra money we earn we use not to increase bodily comforts, but to help propagate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Instead of spending hours reading of sex, violence and other mundane topics, we read detailed scriptures describing K\'e5\'f1\'eba and spiritual 
life, and we enjoy internal peace and happiness in the process. And at all times we sing or say the holy names of the Lord, so that there is no chance of forgetting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even for a second.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one's mind is always fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba in such ways, one naturally feels His all-attractiveness more and more, and because one cannot be shaken from this
 devotional service, one is always in trance }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (sam\'e4dhi), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub actively meditating on the Supreme. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba says (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  11.54) that when He reveals Himself before a fully purified devotee, the 
devotee can then see both himself and God. When one becomes a pure devotee and thus turns to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with spiritual vision, he attains the perfection of all yoga, and the highest happiness in life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Revat\'e9nandana Sv\'e4m\'e9, a frequent contributor to BACK TO GODHEAD, has been actively preaching K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness for the past 6 years in India, Great Britain and the United States. He is currently traveling and lecturing at ISKCON centers and at colleges on the West Coast.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p 17:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG v10#2
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes v10#4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Link-up
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG v10#2
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v10 #4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa626\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness invite you to visit any one of the more than sixty-five K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious centers\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn (listed  on page two of this issue)}* for weekday classes and a delightful feast every Sunday. Write or call the center nearest you for further information.
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160
\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named 
for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub March 28\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gaura P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'fcr\'ebim\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  P}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba (the \'c4nandotsava of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra). K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious month of Vi\'f1\'ebu begins.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 4\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa Pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb\'f2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ita.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 April 7\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (P\'e4pa-vimocan\'e9 Ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans).}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 April 8\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba. Disa}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of Govinda Gho}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub a. (breakfast)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 15\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 April 19\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma-navam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vrata }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (fasting) (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of Lord
 R\'e4macandra).}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 April 20\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma-navam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (breakfast)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 April 21\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 (K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mada Ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9) (fasting from grains and beans).}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30
\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 22\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (breakfast)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 April 24\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma's R\'e4sa-y\'e4tr\'e4. Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 's Vasanta R
\'e4sa. Appearance of \'c7y\'e4m\'e4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Va\'e0\'e7ivadan\'e4nanda \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160
\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell}
\row \pard
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Pastimes of Scholarship
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE PASTIMES OF SCHOLARSHIP
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A song by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura translated from the Bengali by His Holiness Acyut}{\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs28\cf0 \'e4}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9
\nosupersub Vidy\'e4ra Vil\'e4se (from \'c7ara\'eb\'e4gati)
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Text One
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidy\'e4ra vil\'e4se, k\'e4\'f6\'e4inu k\'e4la,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parama s\'e4hase \'e4mi
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tom\'e4ra cara\'eba, n\'e4 bhajinu kabhu,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ekhona \'e7ara\'eba tumi
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Synonyms
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0\tx0\tx0\tx0\tx288\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\tx9360\tx10080\tx10800 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vidy
\'e4ra vil\'e4se\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in the distractions of mundane learning; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub k\'e4\'f6\'e4inu k\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I passed the time; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub parama sahase\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub with g
reat confidence; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4mi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub t
om\'e4ra cara\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your lotus feet, O Lord; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4 bhajinu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I did not worship; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kabhu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ever; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ekhona\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub but now; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ara\'eba tumi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub You are my only shelter.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Translation
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With great enthusiasm I spent my time in the pleasures of mundane learning, and never worshiped Your lotus feet, O Lord. Now You are my only shelter.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4ra vil\'e4se}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , k\'e4\'f6\'e4inu k\'e4la,\line p
arama s\'e4hase \'e4mi\line tom\'e4ra cara\'eba, n\'e4 bhajinu kabhu,\line ekhona \'e7ara\'eba tumi
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9
\nosupersub Text Two
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub po\'f2ite po\'f2ite, bharas\'e4 b\'e4rilo,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ne gati habe m\'e4ni'
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se \'e4\'e7\'e4 biphala, se j\'ef\'e4na durbala,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se j\'ef\'e4na aj\'ef\'e4na j\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Synonyms
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0\tx0\tx0\tx0\tx288\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\tx9360\tx10080\tx10800 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub po\'f2
ite po\'f2ite\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub reading on and on; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bharas\'e4 b\'e4\'f2ilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub my hope grew; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4ne\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub material knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gati\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub life's true goal; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub habe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub will be attained; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4ni'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I considered
; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se \'e4\'e7\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that hope; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub
biphala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub was fruitless; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se j\'ef\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub that knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub durbala\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub proved feeble; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se j\'ef\'e4na\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aj\'ef\'e4na j\'e4ni\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I know now to be ignorance.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Translation
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Reading on and on, my hopes grew and grew, for I considered the acquisition of material knowledge to be life's true goal. How fruitles
s those hopes turned out to be, for all my knowledge proved feeble. Now I know that all such erudition is actually pure ignorance.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub po\'f2ite po\'f2ite, bharas\'e4 b\'e4rilo,\line j\'ef\'e4ne gati habe m\'e4ni'\line se \'e4\'e7\'e4 biphala, se j\'ef\'e4na durb
ala,\line se j\'ef\'e4na aj\'ef\'e4na j\'e4ni
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9
\nosupersub Text Three
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ja\'f2a-vidy\'e4 jata, m\'e4y\'e4ra vaibhava,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tom\'e4ra bhajane b\'e4dh\'e4
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub moha janamiy\'e4, anitya sa\'e0s\'e4re,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vake koraye g\'e4dh\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Synonyms
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0\tx0\tx0\tx0\tx288\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\tx9360\tx10080\tx10800 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ja\'f2
a-vidy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mundane knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub jata\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub all; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4ra vaibhava\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub is the power of the illusory energy; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom\'e4ra bhajane\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to Your service; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub b\'e4dh\'e4\'97
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub an impediment; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub moha janamiy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub bringing about infatuation; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anitya sa\'e0s\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for this temporary world.; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9vake\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub to the eternal soul; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub karaye g
\'e4dh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub it turns into an ass.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Translation
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub All the so-called knowledge of this world is born of the flickering potency of Your illusory energy (m\'e4y\'e4). It is an impediment 
to the execution of devotional service to You. Indulgence in mundane knowledge verily makes an ass of the eternal soul by encouraging his infatuation with this temporary world.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ja\'f2a-vidy\'e4 jata, m\'e4y\'e4ra vaibhava,\line tom\'e4ra bhajane b\'e4dh\'e4\line moha janamiy\'e4, anitya sa\'e0s\'e4re,
\line j\'e9vake koraye g\'e4dh\'e4
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9
\nosupersub Text Four
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sei g\'e4dh\'e4 ho'ye, sa\'e0s\'e4rera bojh\'e4,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bahinu aneka k\'e4la
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b\'e4rdhakye ekhona, \'e7aktira abh\'e4ve,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kichu n\'e4hi l\'e4ge bh\'e4lo
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Synonyms
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0\tx0\tx0\tx0\tx288\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\tx9360\tx10080\tx10800 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sei g
\'e4dh\'e4 ho'ye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub here is one such ass; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4rera bojh\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the burden of material existence; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vahinu\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub I have carried o
n my back; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub aneka k\'e4la\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for a long time; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf2\nosupersub b\'e4rdhakye\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in my old age; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ekhano\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub now; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7aktira abh\'e4ve\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub for want of the power to enjoy; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kichu n\'e4hi\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub absolutely nothing; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub l\'e4
ge bh\'e4lo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub pleases me.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Translation
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Here is one person who has been turned into such an ass, who for so long has carried on his back the useless burden of material existe
nce. Now in my old age, for want of the power to enjoy, I find that nothing at all pleases me.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sei g\'e4dh\'e4 ho'ye, sa\'e0s\'e4rera bojh\'e4,\line bahinu aneka k\'e4la\line b\'e4rdhakye ekhona, \'e7aktira abh\'e4ve,\line 
kichu n\'e4hi l\'e4ge bh\'e4lo
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9
\nosupersub Text Five
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9vana j\'e4tan\'e4, hoilo ekhona,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se vidy\'e4 avidy\'e4 bhelo
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub avidy\'e4ra jw\'e4l\'e4, gha\'f6ilo bi\'f1ama,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub se vidy\'e4 hoilo \'e7elo
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Synonyms
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0\tx0\tx0\tx0\tx288\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\tx9360\tx10080\tx10800 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub j\'e9v
ana j\'e4tan\'e4 hoilo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub life has become agony; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ekhano\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub now; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se vidy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidy\'e4 bhelo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub has become ignorance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub avidy\'e4ra jv\'e4l\'e4\'97}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub the burning pain of ignorance; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gha\'f6ilo vi\'f1ama\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub has become intolerable; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub se vidy\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub that knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hoilo \'e7elo\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub has become a pointed spear.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Translation
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub Life has now become agony, for my so-called erudite knowledge has proven itself to be worthless ignorance. Material knowledge has now 
become a pointed shaft and has pierced my heart with the intolerable, burning pain of ignorance.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vana j\'e4tan\'e4, hoilo ekhona,\line se vidy\'e4 avidy\'e4 bhelo\line avidy\'e4ra jw\'e4l\'e4, gha\'f6ilo bi\'f1ama,\line 
se vidy\'e4 hoilo \'e7elo
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9
\nosupersub Text Six
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tom\'e4ra cara\'eba, bin\'e4 kichu dhana,
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4re n\'e4 \'e4che \'e4ra
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakativinoda, ja\'f2a-vidy\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2i,'
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tuw\'e4 pada kore s\'e4ra
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Synonyms
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0\tx0\tx0\tx0\tx288\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx7920\tx8640\tx9360\tx10080\tx10800 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tom
\'e4ra cara\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vin\'e4\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf2\nosupersub besides; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kichu dhana\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub any treasure; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4re\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub in this world; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e4 \'e4che \'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub there is none else; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub bhakativinoda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub this 
Bhaktivinoda; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ja\'f2a-vidy\'e4 ch\'e4\'f2i'\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub giving up all mundane knowledge; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub tuy\'e4 pada\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub Your lotus feet; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kore s\'e4ra\'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub makes the sum and substance of his life.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Translation
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O Lord, there is no treasure worth seeking in this world other than Your lotus feet. Bhaktivinoda abandons all his mundane knowledge a
nd makes Your lotus feet the sum and substance of his life.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tom\'e4ra cara\'eba, bin\'e4 kichu dhana,\line sa\'e0s\'e4re n\'e4 \'e4che \'e4ra\line bhakativinoda, ja\'f2a-vidy\'e4 ch\'e4
\'f2i,'\line tuw\'e4 pada kore s\'e4ra
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (1) Once I spent long, long hours in the pastimes of scholarship. I never took to service of Your lotus feet as I do now. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (2) Reading on and on, never finding satiation, I felt that knowledge would be the highest goal. That hope was false and frui
tless\'97that knowledge was ignorance. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (3) Materialistic studies are the glare of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m
\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  only, for they are an obstacle to spiritual progress. The infatuated person is trapped in the impermanent world, falsely trying to enjoy it, and such studies make hi
m as foolish as an ass. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4) When they stretch out over }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub long time, one loses all energy and is sapped of all power to enjoy. By the time old age comes, nothing in the world is tasteful for such an ass. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (5) Now at the end of life I realize that all my academic study is ignorance. Realization of this fact is burning like a pier
cing dart. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (6) \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says: "Without Your lotus feet there is no value in the world. Reflecting upon my 
material studies, I take to Your lotus feet and superexcellence. "
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a g
reat scholar and spiritual master, appeared in India some three generations ago. He has written that in his youth he absorbed himself in speculative books on religion and philosophy, both Eastern and Western. In the course of his studies he discovered th
e philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and so later fully dedicated his life to the service of Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Perfection of Yoga: Pure Love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Perfection of Yoga: Pure Lov
e of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yoga" is a word becoming increasingly familiar top people all over the world. Many are asking, "What }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  yoga? What does the yoga practitioner seek to achieve? And what is the ultimate goal of yoga?"
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Bh\'e4gavata Dharma Discourse}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an address on the science of understanding God, delivered in Delhi, India.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is the topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system. You have perhaps read in the Sixth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , wherein Arjuna declined to accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, t
he following words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogin\'e4m api sarve\'f1\'e4\'e0\line mad-gaten\'e4ntar\'e4tman\'e4\line \'e7raddh\'e4v\'e4n bhajate yo m\'e4\'e0\line sa me yuk
tatamo mata\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93And of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and is the highest of all\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is known as Yoge\'e7vara, the master of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and if one takes K\'e5\'f1\'eba within his heart, he becomes the topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are different kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and there are different }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga-siddhis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or yogic perfections
\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4, laghim\'e4, mahim\'e4, pr\'e4pti, pr\'e4k\'e4mya, \'e9\'e7it\'e4 va\'e7it\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . T
he perfect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can act wonderfully. They can become smaller than the smallest and bigger tha
n the biggest. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can create planets and can become lighter than a feather. He can also fl
y in the air without the aid of a machine. These are all called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddhis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . There is actually a plan
et within this universe called Siddhaloka, and the residents of that planet can fly from one planet to another without any kind of spaceship. We receive this information from Vedic literature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nonetheless, K\'e5\'f1\'eba still says that a person who is always praising Him within himself with faith and love is the highest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of all. The purpose of all yoga systems is to get to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who always resides within the
 heart. That linking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba or that union is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  verifies that the Lord is indeed sitting in everyone's heart:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line h\'e5d-de\'e7e \'92rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati\line bhr\'e4mayan sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni
\line yantr\'e4r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are 
seated as on a machine, made of the material energy." (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, everyone is carrying the Supreme Lord within his heart, but one who is conscious of carrying the Lord is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Therefore the purpose }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our movement is to make everyone K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, or to make everyone a perfect }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Anyone who is conscious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart is to be consi
dered a most elevated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It is not that one has to study all the Vedic literatures very har
d or undergo some yogic practices like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhy\'e4na, dh\'e4ra\'eb\'e4, \'e4sana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pr\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . That is very difficult business and not to be taken lightly. Five thousand years ago, when advi
sed to take up this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, Arjuna declined, saying, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it is not possible." A
rjuna came from a very great royal family, and he was so elevated that he could talk to K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally as a friend. Despite all his great qualifications, Arjuna declined to accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, that is, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, claiming himself unfit for this practice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this age no one can practice the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system systematically, for it is very difficult. First of all one has to leave home, select a very secluded place and sit down there alone. You cannot attend some transcendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  society in a big city. In America there are many transcendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  societies, but people are simply being misled. However, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bha
kti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, as recommended by Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, is the easiest process and can be practiced even by a child. When you chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra and dance
 in ecstasy, you can feel actual advancement. Even small children can take to this process. While I was chanting in Tompkins Square in New York, alone, these boys and girls used to come and chant and dance. Such a nice system.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must practice this system by chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare. This system is very scientific in that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's qualities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's entourage and everything belonging to K\'e5\'f1\'eba or in relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba are all absolute. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ma cint\'e4ma\'ebi\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'e7\line caitanya-rasa-vigraha\'f9\line p\'fcr\'eba\'f9 \'e7uddho nitya-mukto\line 
\'92bhinnatv\'e4n n\'e4ma-n\'e4mino\'f9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Padma }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the version of Vedic literature. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub caitanya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means living force. God is not dead but is actually a living force.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9\line sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9\line an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9\line sarva-
k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There are many personalities possessing the qualities of God, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme because none can excel Him. 
He is the Supreme Person, and His body is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss. He is the primeval Lord Govinda and the cause of all causes." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.1)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub full of being, knowledge and bliss and possessing a form. We must try to understand absolute knowledge in this way. }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vadanti tat tattva-vidas tattva\'e0 yaj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.2.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Absolute Truth is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub advayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub free from duality. H
ere, in this dream world, which we call the relative world, everything is separated. If we are thirsty and want water, we may chant, "Water, water, water." But we will not be satisfied. We require the substance water because the substance and the name wa
ter are different. They are not on the absolute platform. But as far as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is concerned, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name are nondifferent. They are identical, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub complete. Just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is complete, His name and form are al
so complete, That is why we are here worshiping the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is complete. No one should think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is separate from this form. If He were separate, there would be no meaning to the words Absolute Truth. Therefore in the V
edic scriptures one is forbidden to enter the temple and, upon seeing the transcendental form of the Lord, think that it is made of metal, stone or iron. No We should know for certain that according to the injunctions of the Vedic scriptures, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is present. Such a realization may require advancement in spiritual knowledge, but actually there is no difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His form. This form has descended and is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4-vigraha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means form, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means worship. If we are sincere in
 wanting to worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, by His omnipotence, presents Himself in this form we can see. At the present moment we cannot see God with our gross senses. Our present ears cannot even hear about the transcendental name of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind that He descends as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4-vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'92s special mercy. We should not think K\'e5\'f1\'eba is formless; He is actually existing eternally in His transcendental form.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a-\line lak\'f1\'e4v\'e5te\'f1u surabh\'e9r abhip\'e4layantam\line lak\'f1m\'e9-
sahasra-\'e7ata-sambhrama-sevyam\'e4na\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, the first progenitor, who is tending the cows, fulfilling all desire, in abodes built 
with spiritual gems and surrounded by millions of wish-fulfilling trees. He is always served with great reverence and affection by hundreds of thousands of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lak\'f1m\'e9s}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or goddesses of fortune." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the members of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da school of philosophy say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is imaginary, but this is not so. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Absolute
 Truth, as stated in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga
\'eb\'e4 iva
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O conqueror of wealth}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Arjuna], no truth is superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. 7.7}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How, then, can K\'e5\'f1\'eba be formless? He has His transcendental form. This is also described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ve\'ebu\'e0 kva\'ebantam aravinda-dal\'e4yat\'e4k\'f1a\'e0\line barh\'e4vata\'e0sam asit\'e4mbuda-sundar\'e4\'ecgam\line kandarp
a-ko\'f6i-kamin\'e9ya-vi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7obha\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept at playing on His flute, whose eyes are blooming like lotus petals and wh
ose head is bedecked with peacock feathers, whose figure is the form of beauty tinged with the hue of blue clouds and whose unique loveliness charms millions of cupids." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{
\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  5.30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are statements made by Lord Brahm\'e4 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a painting drawn up by some artist's imagination. We are not following or
 worshiping some artist's imagination. We are following the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or Vedic scriptures. The facts therefore have to be learned from these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, we should see the world through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub just as we see the world by the light of the sun. It is not possible to see the w
orld with these blunt eyes. We can only see under certain conditions, and this is true of all the senses. They function only under certain conditions. It is not possible to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by these senses, but if we follow the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it will be possible to s
ee Him. How? We must engage in devotional service and surrender unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line bhajat\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga\'e0 ta\'e0\line yena
 m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me." (}{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you do not develop that love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then you cannot see K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But when you are fully developed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love, you will see K\'e5
\'f1\'eba at every moment.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prem\'e4\'efjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena\line santa\'f9 sadaiva h\'e5daye\'f1u vilokayanti\line ya\'e0 \'e7y\'e4masundaram ac
intya-gu\'eba-svar\'fcpa\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is \'c7y\'e4masundara, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, with inconceivable innumerable attributes, whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged 
with the salve of love." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bs. 5.38}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is very scientific. No one should think that it is a sentimental movement. By the grace of Lord Caitanya, Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba will show special mercy to the fallen conditioned souls of the world in this age. The mercy of Lord Caitanya has made K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness very easily available. Therefore R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 praised Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu as the mos
t munificent incarnation: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub namo mah\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  19.53}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vadanya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refers to one who gives charity, and the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means great. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is addressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-vad
\'e4nya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub because He distributes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba) generously to everyone. That is Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's special mercy. Just at the right moment, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu came to claim the fallen conditioned souls. All my disciples were on the p
latform of the reprobates Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i, but simply by chanting this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub they have changed. Now they are chanting and dancing in pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So what was possible five thousand years ago and five hundred years ago is still possible today if we but take to this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must also take care to cleanse the impurities from the mirror of the mind, or, in the words of Lord Caitanya, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the problems of the world are due to an impure condition of the heart resulting from contamination by the modes of material nature; otherwise every man, every living entity, is as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba be
cause everyone is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims
 all living entities as His parts and parcels:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke\line j\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9\line mana\'f9-\'f1a\'f1\'f6h\'e4n\'e9ndriy\'e4\'ebi
\line prak\'e5ti-sth\'e4ni kar\'f1ati
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Because of conditioned life, they are strugg
ling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we are also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub However, we are now covered by these material bodies and minds, and we have to cleanse them. That is not impossible. It is made possible by the chanting of the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Suprem
e Person, are nondifferent. Lord Caitanya has also confirmed this.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4mn\'e4m ak\'e4ri bahudh\'e4 nija-sarva-\'e7aktis\line tatr\'e4rpit\'e4 niyamita\'f9 smara\'ebe na k\'e4la\'f9\line et\'e4d
\'e5\'e7\'e9 tava k\'e5p\'e4 bhagavan mam\'e4pi\line durdaivam \'e9d\'e5\'e7am ih\'e4jani n\'e4nur\'e4ga\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O my Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of name
s like K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all Your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness You enable us to easily approach You by Your 
holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6a
ka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We do not arbitrarily say that everyone should chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba because Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However
, if one has any other names for God, one can chant them also. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu verified that God has many names }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4mn\'e4m ak\'e4ri bahudh\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, no one should just make up a
 name of God. The name must be real, not imaginary. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, for instance, has been chanted from time immemorial. The name K\'e5\'f1\'eba is found in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was written five thousand years ago, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is not some new invention. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atharva Veda }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name is also there. We are not inventing a name by chanting K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is the real name of God. That is indicated by all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras. K\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.3.28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nor should we think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a Hindu K\'e5\'f1\'eba or an Indian K
\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is neither Indian nor Hindu. He does not belong to any particular religion. He is the father of all living entities, as stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-p
rada\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunt\'e9, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and
 that I am the seed-giving father." (Bg. 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8,400,000}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub species of life, including aquatics, trees, plants, insects, birds, bees and uncivilized men. K\'e5\'f1\'eba claims all of these as His sons; therefore K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is not for any particular country or religion. Why does there have to be a particular religion? Religion is one. There cannot be two religions. If there are two, one of them must be false. There is only one religion, and that religion is surrender 
unto God. There cannot be any other. Where there is no surrender unto God, and where there is no process of developing love for God, there is no religion. Many people execute some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or religious system, but do not know whether they are making progress or not. But this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can be directly perceived because it is
 real religion. If we are hungry and eat something, we do not require a certificate from others to tell whether we are satisfied. We receive satisfaction simply by eating. The devotees who have taken to this real religion, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, a
re feeling progress; otherwise why are they coming with me? What is this country of India in comparison with their countries? It is poverty-stricken. These Americans and Europeans are all rich men's sons, and I have not bribed them. They have followed me
 here to India because they are feeling progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. They are understanding the real meaning of religion and are executing the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub wherein K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam\line \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 m
at-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Engage your mind always in thinking of me, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will
 come to Me." (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately many people read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but are misled by so-called commentators. Many so-called learned scholars who comment on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are actually envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba mentions such envious people in the very text of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaga
vad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4n aha\'e0 dvi\'f1ata\'f9 kr\'fcr\'e4n\line sa\'e0s\'e4re\'f1u nar\'e4dham\'e4n\line k\'f1ip\'e4my ajasram a\'e7ubh\'e4n
\line \'e4sur\'e9\'f1v eva yoni\'f1u
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ''Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, i
nto various demoniac species of life." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated in the Seventh Chapter, one who does not surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nar
\'e4dhama, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lowest among men. Why? Because the human form of life is meant for developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The animals cannot develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness,
 and similarly if a human being does not develop K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he is low on the scale of living entities. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub enjoins, this life is meant for inquiring about Brahman, about God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is therefore important, for we are giving every living entity the chance to make his life successful. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba s
tates:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4m upetya punar janma\line du\'f9kh\'e4layam a\'e7\'e4\'e7vatam\line n\'e4pnuvanti mah\'e4tm\'e4na\'f9\line sa\'e0siddhi\'e0
 param\'e4\'e0 gat\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yog\'e9s in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of mi
series, because they have attained the highest perfection." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the highest perfection of life\'97to understand and approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Our humble request is that everyone take to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
It does not matter what position a person may be in. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 hi p\'e4rtha vyap\'e4\'e7ritya\line ye \'92pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4 \'e7\'fcdr
\'e4s\line te \'92pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter in Me, though they may be of lower birth, can approach the supreme destination.
" (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 9.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One can therefore approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba regardless of birth or situation. That is the verdict of all the scriptures and all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we just try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our lives will be successful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be understood by two processes, and one is this process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-y
oga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One can also try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by the process of philosophical speculation, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But if one takes to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, his knowledge will actually be perfect. 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janman\'e4m ante\line j\'ef\'e4nav\'e4n m\'e4\'e0 prapadyate\line v\'e4sudeva\'f9 sarvam iti\line sa mah\'e4tm
\'e4 sudurlabha\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes a
nd all that is. Such a great soul is very rare." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.19)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "great soul," refers to an unflinching devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One who has unflinching faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba has to be accepted as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
\'e4dhu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a holy man, even though his behavior may not be in order.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub api cet sudur\'e4c\'e4ro\line bhajate m\'e4m ananya-bh\'e4k\line s\'e4dhur eva sa mantavya\'f9\line samyag vyavasito hi sa\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Even if one commits the most abominable actions, if he is engaged in devotional service, he is to be considered saintly beca
use he is properly situated." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must develop love of God. That is the actual test. At the present moment we cannot perceive K\'e5\'f1\'eba; we have to purify our senses. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa vai pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0 paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhok\'f1aje. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That religion by which we develop love for the Supreme Lo
rd, who is beyond sense perception, is the supreme religion. The process of worship is very simple, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives it in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0\line yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati\line tad aha\'e0 bhakty-upah\'e5tam\line a\'e7n\'e4m
i prayat\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course K\'e5\'f1\'eba's process of eating is different from ours. If we offer K\'e5\'f1\'eba a plate of food in the temple, after He eats we will see that the fo
od is still there. That is the nature of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eating. We do not know how it is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba eats, but because He says He eats, we have to understand that He does.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our request therefore is that everyone chant this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One's heart will be cleansed gradually, and one will approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I did not tell these boys and girls from America and Europe to become my disciples, but when they began c
hanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they automatically did. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub also requested that they not take meat, fish o
r eggs, that they not have illicit connection with women, that they not take any form of intoxication including tea, coffee or smoking, and that they not gamble. If you believe in these conditions, and if you can accept them, then I will accept you. Our 
acceptance of disciples is not a bluff. If I would have told them to do whatever they liked and become my disciples, then millions would have come, but because of these restrictions, only a few of them have come. But numbers do not matter. I am not after
 disciples; I only want to see that one man has understood K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is my mission, and that is not very difficult. Please, then, try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is my request. The process is so simple that if you chant this Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub your heart will be cleansed. Then you will understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And if yo
u are curious to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give you the intelligence. The opportunity is there. Don't misuse this human form of life and forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Try to understand, develop your K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and be happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego-these are the eight inferior energies of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that make up the material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But beyond these material energies is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's superior energy, consisting of the living beings who are struggling with material nature and who are sustaini
ng the universe. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is more to a person than just the outward material body. And then, too, there is even more than the mind and intellect. Within the body and mind is that intan
gible "something;' that spiritual force that gives life to this material universe. But what is that spiritual energy within us? Where does it come from? Where is it going? If you've ever asked yourself these questions, you'll find this book uniquely valu
able.
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
10 No. 5/6, 1975
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li2520\ri0\fi-2520 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inside cover photo}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Societ
y for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In Denver, Colorado, and around the world
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub In Denver, Colorado, and around 
the world\'85 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE/\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,\line
R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93People come to Colorado for purification,\'94 says Kurusrestha d\'e4sa, president of the Denver center of the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba movement. "It's a clean atmosphere. Clean climate, nice people. People come to Colorado from all over the country for spiritual purification."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That's natural. A living being is a combination of matter and spirit\'97matter externally and spirit within. So naturally we want to satisfy our physical needs, and
 after those needs are taken care of, there has to be something more. Higher than the body is the mind, and the mind, too, needs to be satisfied. That's why every human civilization naturally includes some form of music, art, philosophy, and social cultu
re. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For some}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  people, that seems enough. For others, however, it's not. Higher than the body and 
mind }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the soul and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub soul to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub needs to be satisfied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately modern society generally caters to the body and mind, but it does not consider the needs of the soul. When those needs are unfulfilled, we're prone to
 a kind of}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub creeping dissatisfaction, despite all material comforts. Out of thousands of men, a v
ery few\'97perhaps only one\'97will have the insight to recognize that this incompleteness is due to a lack of self-knowledge. It is such a rare person who strives to purify his consciousness and achieve spiritual enlightenment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But where is spiritual knowledge to be found? "Many of the spiritual seekers who come to Denver don't really know what they're looking for," says Kurusrestha. "They
 may sense that material happiness isn't enough for them, and they may be looking for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spiritual life, but they have only a vague idea of what that spiritual life might be" The
 purpose of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, therefore, is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub provide reliable guidanc
e on the path leading back to our original spiritual consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even among those }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub w}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ho attain some measure of spiritual advancement, hardly one will truly understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate goal of spiritual life because He is the supreme form of eternity, knowledge and bliss. But one cannot know K\'e5
\'f1\'eba merely by mental speculation or yogic exercises. By these methods one may get a vague or impersonal idea of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but to actually know K\'e5\'f1\'eba in truth, one should take guidance from a bona fide spiritual master who is a pure d
evotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such a devotee acts with his body, mind and words only for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore he is considered a fully liberated soul, even in this material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Denver center for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, like the more than }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sixty-five oth
er cen}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ters of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement around the world, offers a program of spiritual enlightenment under the auspices of such a pure devotee\'97His Divine Grace A.C.
 Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Although \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or sp
iritual director, of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, he has not invented his own method of attaining spiritual knowledge; rather, he is simply transmitting the knowledge that has been preserved for thousands of years in the classic g
uide to spiritual perfection known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By spreading the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra (the transcendental sound vibration you see on the preceding page) and by spreading the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub message of spiritual enlightenment, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is creating }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub transcendental atmosphere of peace and spiritual satisfaction. You'll find out more about it in the
 pages of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead v10#5/6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SENIOR EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITORIAL BOARD }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Vi\'e7
\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha-s\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, C
akradhara d\'e4sa, Arcita d\'e4sa , Jeffrey Dunan.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PROOFREADERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Tattvavit d\'e4sa, Gop
\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Jaya\'e7acinandana d\'e4sa.
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ng pilgrimage in India, this year we are publishing one less issue of BTG than usual. That is why the present issue is marked "No. 5/6". Our yearly subscribers, of course, will receive a full twelve issues.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Questions for the Welfare of the World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub QUESTIONS FOR THE WELFARE OF THE
 WORLD
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A discourse delivered at the New V\'e5nd\'e4vana spiritual community in West Virginia by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub munaya\'f9 s\'e4dhu p\'e5\'f1\'f6o \'92ha\'e0\line bhavadbhir loka-ma\'ecgalam\line yat k\'e5ta\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sampra\'e7no
\line yen\'e4tm\'e4 supras\'e9dati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O sages, I have been justly questioned by you. Your questions are worthy because they are linked to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and so are of relevance to the world's welf
are. Only questions of this sort are capable of completely satisfying the self." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 1.2.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub JUST AS we are holding a meeting here for a few days, a similar meeting was held at least four thousand years ago in a place c
alled Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya. Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya is in India and is situated near Lucknow. The place is still existing, and if one goes to India he can visit it. Its atmosphere is very conducive to spiritual undertakings. Formerly all the great sages u
sed to assemble in the forest at Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, and it is said that all the demigods used to visit there. It was at Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, at a meeting of great sages, that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was discussed. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was first imparted to Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it by \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it, who was emperor of this planet, was cursed by a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to die within seven days. Although he was very wrongly cursed, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it nonetheless
 tolerated it. He could have counteracted such a curse, but he did not do it. Instead, he took the opportunity to retire from active life and prepare for death. He had only seven days to die, and because he was king of the earth, all the great}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sages and kings from all parts of the world came to see him. The problem they discussed was what to do at t
he time of death. Many great sages and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub made numerous suggestions, telling him, "M
ah\'e4r\'e4ja, you simply have to do this, or do that." Later, at the arrival of \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, it was decided that \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who had recently learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from his father, Vy\'e4sadeva, could impart that knowledge to the King.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was Vy\'e4sadeva's last contribution. It was Vy\'e4sadeva w
ho was the original compiler of all Vedic literature. He wrote many books\'97the four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the 
108 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eighteen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the 1,400,000 verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These books contain }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hundreds of thousands of verses, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub alone contains eighteen thousand verses. In this way Vy\'e4sadeva compiled so many books for the benefit of people in this Age of Ka
li. Unfortunately, people are not interested in these literatures. Even the people of India have lost interest, and what to speak of people of other countries. They are busy doing research, but they are neglecting the mature research already carried out 
by Vy\'e4sadeva. This neglect is the misfortune of India. At any rate, Vy\'e4sadeva summarized all the Vedic literatures}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra. Veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means knowledge, and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means end; thus the ultimate goal of education and knowledge is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ved\'e4nta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one knows }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ved\'e4nta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he knows everything, for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub me
ans ultimate knowledge. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam eva vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavanti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Up.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yet after compiling }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub philosophy, Vy\'e4sadeva was not satisfied. Because he was feeling some vacancy and was sorrowful, his spiritual master, N\'e4rada, appeared before him. N
\'e4rada could understand that Vy\'e4sadeva was not happy even after compiling so many great volumes of Vedic literature, and N\'e4rada addressed him as Par\'e4\'e7arya, for Vy\'e4sadeva's father was Par\'e4\'e7ara Muni.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Par\'e4\'e7arya, why are you unhappy?" N\'e4rada asked. "You have undergone all kinds of penances, performed all Vedic rituals, written so many books\'97why are yo
u unhappy?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva answered, \'93My dear lord, what you say is right\'97I am unhappy. But you can find out the cause of my unhappiness.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You have considered so many things," N\'e4rada Muni replied, "but you have not written anything that absolutely concerns the pastimes of the Supreme Personality of
 Godhead. Without discussing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you cannot be happy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is a fact. At the present moment also there is great educational advancement. There are many universities and technological institutions, and there is economic
 development to such an extent that in America there is sufficiency of everything. Yet people are unhappy. The youth especially are becoming disillusioned. Why? The answer is that there is no knowledge of God. This is the only cause of unhappiness. Every
 one of us is part and parcel of God, and because of this our real hankering is for God. A child is similarly part and parcel of his mother, and when he is unhappy, nothing can satisfy the child but the lap of his mother. Although everyone may try to pac
ify the child, he will go on crying and crying till he reaches his mother's lap and is nursed by her. Similarly, we are all children of God, but we are making plans to be happy independent of God, and that is not possible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore at the present moment there is a great necessity to understand God, and for this reason the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement has started. Unfortunate
ly, the modern leaders of India are neglecting Vedic culture and are begging technological information from Western countries. That is their misfortune. Although I am single-handedly trying to present the original Vedic culture, it can be seen that peopl
e all over the world are accepting it very happily. The government of India should have known of this necessity, but unfortunately they have no knowledge of their own culture. They have lost their own culture, and now they are begging from other cultures
. In any case, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub culture is not for any particular country or nation; it is meant
 for everyone. God is not monopolized by anyone. He is for everyone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-p
rada\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunt\'e9, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and
 that I am the seed-giving father." (Bg. 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Universal Brotherhood}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 . 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sarva-yoni\'f1u }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indicates that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the father of all species of life\'97
of aquatics, trees, plants, insects, birds, animals and so on. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is stated
 that there are 8,400,000 species of life, and it should be understood that all of them\'97whether in the air, sea or land\'97are sons of God. This is real universal brotherhood. We cannot think in terms of the brotherhood of all living entities because 
the central point is missing. The central point is God, but people are making themselves, their families, their society, their nation or even the whole human race the central point. In other words, they are trying to elevate these things to the position 
of God. However, these things are all imperfect. Unless we can see all living entities with an equal eye, we cannot be considered learned. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line br\'e4hma\'ebe gavi hastini\line \'e7uni caiva \'e7vap\'e4ke ca\line pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar
\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste]." (Bg. 5.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus according to Vedic culture the gentle and sober }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sees everything equally. Unless one is gentle and sober, he cannot be learned. That is the test of education. A demonic man cannot really be considered educated; he must be }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sama-dar\'e7\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He must see all with an equal vision. There are many elevated living entities, but the lea
rned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is considered to be the topmost. Although there are many varieties of living 
entities, one who is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa\'eb\'f2ita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub learned, sees all of them on the same platform. How is this? 
He does not see the outward covering; he sees the soul within everyone. Having such a vision, what is his situation? This is also described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line mad-bha
kti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman. He never laments nor desires to have anything
; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me." (Bg. 18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That Brahman vision is possible when one is actually in contact with Brahman, the Supreme. If the central point is missing, this is not possible. At present everyon
e is manufacturing his own system of knowledge, and consequently the entire world is in turmoil and confusion. Consequently, at the advent of this age of chaos, shortly after the departure of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba from the world, the great sages assembled 
at Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya to discuss}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present o
n this planet five thousand years ago, and after His departure the sages assembled, and their question was: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'fchi yoge\'e7vare k\'e5\'f1\'ebe\line brahma\'ebye dharma-varma\'ebi\line sv\'e4\'e0 k\'e4\'f1\'f6h\'e4m adhunopete\line dha
rma\'f9 ka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 gata\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Abso
lute Truth, the master of all mystic powers, has departed for His own abode, please tell us by whom religious principles are presently protected.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This was the main question. It is significant that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is mentioned here as Yogesvara. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub very popular in the West. Generally the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means mystic power, for if one 
actually becomes a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he attains many mystic powers. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who has actually attained perfection can become smaller than the smallest and can fit himself into the smallest compar
tment. If he is imprisoned, he has the ability to come out through the smallest hole imaginable. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'ebim\'e4-siddhi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub laghim\'e4-siddhi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can float in the sky just like a cottonflower, and by other powers he can produce whatever he desires on the sp
ot. There are in this way many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub siddhis, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or perfections. Indeed, the very powerful }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can even manufacture a planet. Visvamitra Muni, for instance, produced men from trees. Thus }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not simply a matter of pressing one's nose and holding the breath; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is practiced by real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to get material po
wer. There are many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who can perform such magical feats, but all of these accomplishments
 are quantitatively small when compared to the powers of the Lord. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may be able to float
 himself in air, but God, by His yogic power, can float millions and trillions of planets in space. The supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is K\'e5\'f1\'eba; therefore it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'fchi yoge\'e7vare k\'e5\'f1\'ebe. \'c9\'e7vara }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means controller. There are many yogic powers and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the supreme controller of all. Thus it is mentioned in this verse that the master of all mystic powers, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has left the planet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma\'ebye dharma-varma\'ebi. Dharma-varma\'ebi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refers to Him who embodies religious
 principles. The Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub actually refers to God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Generally }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub translated into English as religion, but this is not a perfect translation, for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub different from religion. Religion i
s usually defined in a dictionary as a kind of faith, but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not really a faith. Faith can be changed. Today a man may be a Hindu, and tomorrow he may be a Moslem or Christian. Faith is 
not, then, actually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refers to that which cannot be changed. Water is liquid and cannot be changed into a solid. One may argue that water may become solid as ice, but that i
s not its natural condition. That is artificial. The solidity of water as ice is temporary, and as soon as the temperature rises, the water returns to its natural condition. As liquidity is the natural state of water, similarly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the natural state of the living entity.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Our Natural Position}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 . 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since the living entity is part and parcel of God, he has a natural position. For instance, one's finger is part and parcel of the body, and as such it has a natura
l position. That is, it works in accordance with the rest of the body. The finger may pick up a piece of cake, but the finger itself does not use it. It takes it to the mouth. In this way the finger serves the whole body. Similarly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indicates that the living entity, being part and parcel of God, must serve Him. The attitude of service is pr
esent in every living entity, but one person is serving himself, another is serving his family, another is serving his society or country. In any case, service is there, and if one has nothing to serve, he will sometimes take on a dog or cat to serve. Ho
wever, it should be noted that service to anything other than the Supreme Lord is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ill
usion. Service is actually meant for God, but because we have forgotten Him, we are rendering service to so many forms of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consequently when God comes He establishes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K
\'e5\'f1\'eba came to this earth, He proclaimed His manifesto in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in this way:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yad\'e4 yad\'e4 hi dharmasya\line gl\'e4nir bhavati bh\'e4rata\line abhyutth\'e4nam adharmasya\line tad\'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 s\'e5j
\'e4my aham
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0\line vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m\line dharma-sa\'e0sth\'e4pan\'e4rth\'e4ya
\line sambhav\'e4mi yuge yuge
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligio
n\'97at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium." (Bg. 4.7-8)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus K\'e5\'f1\'eba came to establish real religion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba sages assembled at Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya knew the mission of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They knew that He c
ame to establish religion, and they were wondering, since K\'e5\'f1\'eba was no longer on the planet, under whose care religion was entrusted. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dharma\'f9 ka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba
\'e0 gata\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present, He was discharging real religion. How was that? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He 
was killing demons and giving protection to His devotees. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is absolute, both His killing and protecting are the same. This, then, is the main question of the sages of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya, and it is answered first by \'c7ukadeva Gosv
\'e4m\'e9's disciple, S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear sages," S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 replied, "you have asked questions concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and these questions are very nice." The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means very nice or perfect. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
havadbhir loka-ma\'ecgalam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "These questions," S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 continued, "are asked for the good fortune of the entire world, for they concern K\'e5\'f1\'eba, in whom t
he real principles of religion abide. If we ask questions about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, try to understand Him and discuss Him, our lives become perfect."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Simply by trying to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one's life can be perfect. The perfection of life means getting out of this material condition and attaining our cons
titutional position in our original spiritual life. Originally we are all spiritual sparks\'97not only we, but all other living entities as well\'97trees, plants, aquatics, insects, microbes and so on. Wherever we find living symptoms we should know that
 there is a living entity, and that that living entity is part and parcel of God. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub or according to pious and impious activities, the living entity is obliged to accept a certain type of body. The acceptance of that body is in the hands of nature; science will not help. This is the verdict of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni\line gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9\line aha\'eck\'e4ra-vim\'fc\'f2h\'e4tm\'e4
\line kart\'e4ham iti manyate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three modes of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of acti
vities that are in actuality carried out by nature." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.27)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may theorize about so many things, and we may be great scientists, but when death comes, we cannot protect ourselves.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e4tasya hi dhruvo m\'e5tyur\line dhruva\'e0 janma m\'e5tasya ca
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For one who has taken his birth, death is certain; and for one who is dead, birth is certain." (Bg. 2.27)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Nature's Control}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 . 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may be puffed up by advancement of scientific knowledge, but we must be under the control of birth, old age, disease and death. This }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  prakrti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nature, and nature is control
led by God. This is also stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line s\'fcyate sacar\'e4caram\line hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. B
y its rule this manifestation is created and annihilated again and again." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not think that material nature is working independently; that is not possible. Matter cannot act independently. We may see that matter is working, but act
ually we are superior. Scientists may see that a molecule is working in this way or that way, but one who is seeing this activity is actually superior. Matter works under certain material laws, but in actuality the living entity is superior, and of all l
iving entities, the supreme living entity is God. This is the verdict of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo nity
\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Up}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nitya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means eternal; God is eternal, and we are also eternal. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cetan\'e4n\'e4m
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is full in knowledge, and we have some knowledge. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dull }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matter has no knowledge. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme eternal, and He is supremely cognizant. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eko bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 yo vidadh\'e4ti k\'e4m\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Katha Up}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is singular, and the living entities are plural; God is one, and the living entities are many. There is no limit to the living entities. We have 
experience of this, for even within our room thousands and thousands of ants may come out of a small hole, and even within a drop of water there are thousands of microbes. These are all living entities under different conditions of life. Thus the living 
entities are many, but God is one.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the distinction between the plural living entities and the singular supreme living entity? It is that the supreme living entity is supplying the plural enti
ties with all necessities. As civilized men, we have industries and businesses to solve our economic problems, but we human beings are but a small part of the many living entities. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub out of 8,400,000 species of life, different types of hum
an beings comprise only }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 400,000 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub species. Out of these, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 75% }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are uncivilized. Aside from the small number }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub civilized human beings, other living entities have no problem eating, sleeping, defending and mating. We have created so-called problems by our civilization. Otherwise, there is
 no difficulty. Elephants eat a large quantity of food, but God is supplying it for them, and they also have sleeping arrangements and mating arrangements. The same can be said for the other species of life. An educated man should understand that if God 
makes such arrangements for other living entities, he makes them for man also.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the human form of life we should try to understand what God actually is; this is our special prerogative. We should not worry that if we search after God our oth
er problems will not be solved. By such a search, all our other problems will automatically be solved. Just as there is an arrangement for our distress, there is a similar arrangement for our happiness. No one wants distress, but why do distresses come u
pon us? The distresses have already been arranged, and we should know that if our distresses have been arranged, our happiness is also. We should not be disturbed by so-called distress and happiness; they are going and coming. K\'e5\'f1\'eba enlightened 
Arjuna about this at the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4tr\'e4-spar\'e7\'e4s tu kaunteya\line \'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9kha-d\'e4\'f9\line \'e4gam\'e4p\'e4yino \'92nity\'e4s
\line t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like th
e appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2
.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Neither summer nor winter remains forever; they both change. We should not bother, therefore, about so-called happiness and distress. Perfect civilization depends o
n the arrangements made by God, even as the lower animals depend upon them. Birds chirp in the morning, and they do not worry about how they are going to find food during the day, for they know that there is food provided and that they simply have to go 
get it. Our real problem is not insufficient food or sleeping arrangements. Our real problem is that we have forgotten God. We must revive our God consciousness again\'97it is not very difficult\'97and utilize our time in reestablishing our relationship 
with God. Our business should thus always be to inquire about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God, and try to understand Him, for as soon as we understand God, our material conditional life will be finished. This is validated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\line tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line naiti m\'e4m eti so \'92rj
una
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth agai
n in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna" (Bg. 4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should know K\'e5\'f1\'eba in truth; we should not try to know Him by our own concoctions. We should know Him scientifically, for knowledge of God is a great sci
ence, and it is set forth by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 te \'92ha\'e0 sa-vij\'ef\'e4nam\line ida\'e0 vak\'f1y\'e4my a\'e7e\'f1ata\'f9\line yaj j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4 neha bh
\'fcyo \'92nyaj\line j\'ef\'e4tavyam ava\'e7i\'f1yate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge both phenomenal and noumenal, by knowing which there shall remain nothin
g further to be known." (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 7.2)
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa-vij\'ef\'e4nam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub it is a great science. If we try to understand God, we have nothing more to understand. All knowledge is there; God is everything, and if we understand Him, we understand everything. Therefore S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 proclaimed that the great s
ages' questions about K\'e5\'f1\'eba are so nice that they are auspicious for the entire world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have begun this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, and it is not for our personal benefit; it is good fortune for the whole world. We should all try to inqui
re about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and try to understand Him. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yay\'e4tm\'e4 supras\'e9dati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub soul (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub feel satisfaction.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p3: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Auspicious Assembly. "The problem they discussed was what to do at time time of death." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  " . . there are 8,400,000 species of li
fe, and all of them\'97whether in the air, sea or land\'97 are sons of God. This is real universal brother hood.''
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p5: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who is spiritually aware sees every
one equally. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste]."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (Bg. 5.18}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p6: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We may theorize about so many things, 
and we maybe great scientists, but when death comes we cannot protect ourselves."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p7: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  appears in the material world, whatever He does is for the spiritual upliftment of all living beings.\line }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Transcendental Pastimes. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Holding true to His promise to "protect the pious and annihilate the miscrean
ts" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. 4.8)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is pictured }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (left)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  sticking out the life of the demonic witch P}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'fc}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tana and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (below)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  protecting His devotees from the devouring flames of a forest fire.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Who's Pulling the Strings
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Who's Pulling the Strings
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Vishakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why are some people by nature outgoing and talkative while others are quiet and shy? What are the forces of nature that c
ompel people to act the way they do? How do these forces work, and who is controlling them?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub DR. AND MRS. A.B. BRIGHT }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and their two childr
en have a small home, just suitable to their needs, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a peaceful country town. Dr. Bright is th
e local M.D., a thoughtful, qualified man, respected for doing his job honestly and selflessly. His hobby: reading books of philosophy, poetry and science. Mrs. Bright and the children (the children aren't in school) farm and garden around the house and 
care for the family cow. The Brights are mildly prosperous people who give thanks to God for the things they have and take their religion as a serious duty. By almost anyone's standards, they'd have to be considered exceptionally pious. They don't gamble
, and for them intoxicants are strictly taboo\'97they don't smoke, and not to speak of liquor, they don't even drink coffee or tea. Dr. Bright has seen too many of his patients bring trouble to themselves through extramarital affairs, so he's always been
 faithful to his wife; and she, too, has always been faithful to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub him. The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brights decided long a
go that killing animals }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub barbaric, so they never eat meat, fish, chicken }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub even eggs. All in all, the Brights lead a clean, simple and happy life. But the Brights are conditioned by a sens
e of happiness and knowledge. They are attached to their harmonious world. Therefore they are bound }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the mode of goodness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Smiths, by contrast, live in suburbia in a stylish home filled with modern conveniences. Each morning Larry Smith gulps down breakfast in time to fight traffic 
to the office. There he sits all day dealing with different "headaches," as he calls them. A hard job, but worth it, he figures, since it lets him afford the luxuries he enjoys and still have some money left over for the stock market and some rather shad
y business schemes he has going on the side. ("Money is the honey," Larry says.) Gloria, his wife, wakes up in time to see that the two older children look decent (family prestige is important to the Smiths) and sends them off to school. She spends most 
of her day with the baby ("the one we didn't expect," says Larry). Either Gloria's in the house with the TV going, in the playground with the other housewives and children, in the beauty salon, or (sometimes it seems like forever) shopping. All day the S
miths are active, on the go. At night they relax, but sometimes their minds are just so wound up that they can't get a good night's sleep. They squabble with each other, and sometimes they're depressed, but as Larry jokingly philosophizes, "There's no pr
oblem so great that sex can't solve it." On the weekends the Smiths make a show of being religious, but it's more or less a social affair, since in fact they generally disregard the guidelines of their scriptures. This family is typical of the mode of pa
ssion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mode of ignorance is exemplified by the lives of John Dull and Betty Grumble. They never got married, but they live together, in squalor, in a cheap apartment i
n New York City. Welfare checks cover part of the rent, and at the end of the month John gets together the rest by peddling drugs. Religion, they both decided long ago, is something they want no part of. They spend their time sleeping (at least ten or tw
elve hours a day) or else getting high on drugs, feasting on beer and salami, and languishing in their apartment. For years they've dreamed about starting a commune in Spain, or perhaps Madagascar or Nepal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What are these forces called "modes"? The modes of nature\'97goodness, passion and ignorance\'97are aspects of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inferior energy. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, has innumerable energies. For our understanding, however, they have been classified in three groups: the inferior energy, which is material; the superior energy, which is spiritual; and the marginal energy\'97we ours
elves, the living entities. We are called marginal because we may come under the influence of either the superior or the inferior energy. For example, our body is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inferior energy. That means that by nature it is temporary and is a source
 of ignorance and misery. If one identifies with the body or mind\'97if one thinks that he's an American or Indian, that he's fat or thin, healthy or sick, Hindu or Catholic, democratic or communistic, and so on\'97he then comes under the influence of th
e inferior energy and its material qualities. Thus one is impelled to act by the modes or qualities of material nature\'97goodness, passion and ignorance. If we remember, however, that the life force\'97the source of consciousness within the body\'97is d
ifferent from the body itself, and if we act in that remembrance, then we can free ourselves from the influence of the material energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conscious spark that gives life to the body is a tiny particle of the spiritual energy of the Supreme Lord, and so it has an eternal relationship with the Lord.
 When we act according to that relationship, which is one of service to the Lord, then we are acting naturally, spiritually. Thus we are completely liberated from the modes of material nature, and we revive our natural spiritual qualities of eternity, kn
owledge and bliss.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We generally think that we're in control of our actions and that we're making our own decisions, but the supreme authority
, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, declares that this is not the case. He says that we are acting as puppets\'97victims\'97of the forces of nature. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "All men are forced to act helplessly according to the impulses born of the modes of material nature; therefore no one can refrain from doing something, not even for a mom
ent." }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.5}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  Not just you and I, but "no being existing, anywhere in the material world, is free from the three modes of material nature." (Bg. 18.40)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To return to our earlier example, Dr. Bright, our learned physician, feels advanced in knowledge and materially happy in his peaceful library at home. But although 
his life may seem pleasant, he's still in the bodily or material concept of life, and therefore he is in illusion. He thinks that he is Dr. Bright, an American, a middle-aged man, a husband, a father, a reasonable, well-educated country gentleman. But th
ese designations are all material; they concern only the body and mind. Dr. Bright has not yet realized that he is neither his body nor his mind; he is a spiritual soul, an eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Since he misidentifies himself with his body, 
he must come under the influence of the laws of nature governing that body. So he must continue suffering the bodily problems of birth, old age, disease and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one in the mode of goodness is bound in this way, what to speak of those in the lower modes? Those in passion, like the Smiths, are bound by their attempts to sa
tisfy their uncontrollable hankerings and longings. And those in ignorance, like Mr. Dull and Miss Grumble, are bound by madness, indolence and sleep.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our real life, as we mentioned, is spiritual, and so it is eternal, blissful and full of knowledge. Under the illusion of goodness, however, we look for this realit
y in mundane learning and a feeling of material satisfaction. In passion we seek it in sex and possessions; and in ignorance we seek it in sleep and intoxication. Thus our pure spiritual nature is perverted by impure desires, born of the modes of nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Bright, Smith, Dull and Grumble were born, they had no control over when or where they'd take birth, what kinds of bodies they'd be given or who their parents 
would be. Somehow or other, nature put each of them, helpless, into his own predicament. Now they }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub think}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that they're controlling their fate, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but actually their helplessness has }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub changed. They}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are still acting according to the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bodies}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that a higher authority has given them. They are neither the proprietors nor the controllers of the actions and reactions of those bodies. They are simply dro
wning in the midst of a material ocean, being tossed by the waves of that ocean and struggling for existence. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who can see that all activities are performed by the body, which is created of material nature, and sees that the self, the soul within, does nothing, actually sees." }{\cs2873\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.30}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this point we can hear ourselves protesting: "I have control over what I do. I can choose whether to go to the bar or the opera, whether to marry a prostitute or
 a Radcliffe girl. Nothing is forcing me to act."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, we have minute independence. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svarat, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or completely independent; God can do whatever He likes. And since we are tiny parts of God, we also have His quality of independence\'97but only in a minute quantity, proportionate to our size. The
refore, according to our desires, our body acts either in goodness, passion, ignorance or some combination. But whatever these desires are, they are material. They spring from our bodily concept of life, and therefore they are products of the modes of na
ture. And the ways we try to fulfill these desires are also material. Thus we are revolving in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's inferior, material energy. "Sometimes the mode of passion becomes prominent," Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "defeating the mode of goodness. And s
ometimes the mode of goodness defeats passion, and at other times the mode of ignorance defeats goodness and passion. In this way there is always competition for supremacy." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as the basic colors yellow, red and blue mix in different ways to produce an uncountable variety of tints and hues, so goodness, passion and ignorance mix together to pr
oduce innumerable illusions in our minds, This explains why the Brights sometimes quarrel over trivial problems; why the Smiths, and even }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dull}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and Grumble, sometimes unexpectedly give to a bona fide religious charity; and why the Smiths go partying once in a while, dr
ink too much, and find themselves hungover in bed the next morning, overcome by the mode of ignorance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like it or not, we should understand that we are now tightly tied by ropes of illusion. A man bound by the hands and feet cannot free himself; he must be helped by 
a person who is unbound. Because the bound cannot help the bound, the rescuer must be liberated. Therefore only K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the fully liberated Supreme Lord, or His bona fide representative, the spiritual master, can release the conditioned soul. Wit
hout such superior help, one cannot be freed from the bondage of material nature. The only way to get completely free from its clutches is to surrender to the Supreme Person. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is difficult to overcome. But those who have surrendered unto Me can easily cross beyond it." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.14)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Brights and Smiths, and Dull and Grumble, can become free from the material concept of life simply by receiving}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bona fide transcendental knowledge. If one has been living in a dark room all his life, he is always fl
oundering, unable to see things as they are}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once the lights are switched on, however, everything
 becomes apparent, and one can at once act properly. Similarly, with the light of transcendental knowledge we can overcome our bondage and act in accordance with our spiritual nature}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus we can liberate ourselves from this material world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who understands this philosophy concerning material nature, the living entity, and the interaction of the modes of nature is sure to attain libera
tion. He will not take birth here in this material world again, regardless of his present position." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who is thus becoming freed from illusion and who is scientifically understanding his pure, natural consciousness is sure to become a devotee of the Supreme Lord
. In the beginning such potential devotees naturally develop the desirable personal qualities that characterize the mode of goodness. They strictly avoid all sinful activities: they do not eat meat, fish or eggs, they take no intoxicants, and they do not
 gamble or engage in illicit sex. But, beyond that, they seek out a bona fide spiritual master and then cultivate transcendental knowledge under his guidance. Thus each day they hear scientific information about K\'e5\'f1\'eba from Vedic scriptures like 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and they chant the holy names of God\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma
, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Chanting this transcendental vibration is recommended in the scriptures as the best way to transcend the three modes of material nature in our difficult age of quarrel and hypocrisy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee of the Lord is free from bondage to the modes because his mind, body and words act spiritually\'97that is, in relationship to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He always se
rves the pleasure of the Lord. For the sake of the Lord he will do any work needed, and for such work he will live anywhere\'97whether it be in the country, suburbs or city. Such a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee accepts whatever is favorable to the ser
vice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and rejects everything unfavorable to that service. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo \'92vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4
ya kalpate
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of mate
rial nature and thus comes to the level of spiritual perfection." (Bg. 14.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus we can attain spiritual perfection simply by remembering our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and acting in that relationship. We need not be disturbed by the 
modes of nature, for instead of putting our consciousness into material activities, we can transfer it to activities centered around K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such K\'e5\'f1\'eba-centered activities make up }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we engage in this topmost }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub system, we acquire the same spiritual qualities as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The Lord is eternal, blissful and full of knowledge, and we are part of Him, as gold particles are part of a gold mine. Thus our sp
iritual qualities are similar to those of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The difference, however, is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is infinite, whereas the living entities are infinitesimal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the modes of material nature are very difficult to overcome, we can overcome them easily if we have the mercy of the Lord, for the Lord, after all, is the 
creator and controller of the modes. And how can we attain that mercy?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya deve par\'e4 bhaktir\line yath\'e4 deve tath\'e4 gurau\line tasyaite kathit\'e4 hy arth\'e4\'f9\line prak\'e4\'e7ante mah
\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The mercy of the Lord can be obtained only by those surrendered souls who have implicit faith in both the Lord and the sp
iritual master." Such fortunate souls can at once become free from the three modes of material nature and regain their original spiritual nature, which is one of boundless transcendental joy in a loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Perso
nality of Godhead.\'94 (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.23}{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p10: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All living beings}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the material world are controlled like puppets by the three modes of nature. Those modes are in turn controlled by Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  As the three basic colors (yellow, red
 and blue) mix together in innumerable tints and hues, so the Lord's inferior energy in the form of the modes of goodness, passion and ignorance combine in different ways to cover us with illusion . The basis of this illusion is forgetfulness of our spir
itual identity: we think that we are our bodies. The self-realized person, however, has full understanding of God, of himself and of material nature. Such a great soul is beyond the influence of the three modes of materi'al nature, and he can liberate us
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p13: On the following two pages}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you'll find a guide to understanding the three modes of material nature, their influences and their effects. On the material platform, these three modes are never found in their pure 
state; they are always mixed with one another. The mode of "pure goodness," therefore, is spiritual; only one who is liberated from all material contamination can act in that transcendental mode. To further understand the modes of nature and the spiritua
l reality beyond them, the reader can refer to Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, from which the information for this chart was derived.
\par }\pard \trowd\trgaph62\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 
\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1786\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr
\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0
\brdrcf0\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IG
NORANCE\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 PASSION\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 GOODNESS\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 PURE GOODNESS\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Pure goodness is fully spiritual. It is transcendental to the three mod
es of material nature.}*}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1786\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\cb1\nosupersub General Characteristics\cell\qj
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Foolishness, madness, illusion, inertia, indolence and sleep.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Unlimited, uncontrollable desires and longings, intense endeavor, greed, bondage to material fruitive activities and attachment to the fruits of action.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Relative purity, illumination, happiness and freedom from sinful reactions. Conducive to real knowledge.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Complete, 
unmotivated, unfailing devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Absolute knowledge, purity, illumination, happiness and freedom from sinful reactions.\cell}
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1786\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf11\nosupersub Destination After Death\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub The hellish worlds and the animal kingdom.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub The association of fruitive workers on the earthly planets.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub The heavenly planets.\cell\qj
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub The eternal abode of the Supreme Lord.\cell}
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1786\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\nosupersub Obje
cts of Worship\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Ghosts and spirits.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub D
emons, powerful men and self-proclaimed, imitation gods.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub The demigods and the impersonal conception of God.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead.\cell}
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1786\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\nosupersub Food\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Tasteless, stale, putrid, decomposed, unclean. Cooked more than three hours before being eaten. Remnants of the meals of others. Meat, fish, eggs and liquor.\cell\qj\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Too bitter, sour, salty, pungent, rich, dry or hot. Causes pain, distress and disease.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Increases longevity, purifies one's existence, gives strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Nourishing, sweet, juicy, fattening and palatable. Milk products, grains, sugar, fruit and vegetables.\cell\qj
\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Frees one from past sinful reactions and protects one from future contamination. Invokes one's dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Prepared by devotee
s according to scriptural injunctions and offered with devotion to the Supreme Lord. Remnants of the meal of a saintly person or the spiritual master.\cell}
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1786\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11
\nosupersub Sacrifice\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed faithlessly, in defiance of scriptural injunctions, and with no spiritual food distributed, no hymns chanted and 
no remunerations made to the priests.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed proudly, ostentatiously, for the sake of some material end or benefit (such as elevation to the h
eavenly kingdom).\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed as a duty, according to scriptural regulations, and with no expectation of reward.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed according to scriptural injunctions, and under the guidance of the spiritual master, to please the Supreme Lord.\cell}
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1786\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\nosupersub Austerity\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed foolishly by means of obstinate self-torture or to destroy or injure oth
ers.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed ostentatiously to gain respect, honor and reverence. Brings only unstable, temporary results.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed with faith and without desires for one's material benefit. Bodily Austerities: cleanliness, simplicity, celibacy, nonviolence, offering of respect to the demigods, }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub , spiritual master, and superiors like the mother and father. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Austerities of Speech}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub : speaking beneficially, truthfully and inoffensively and with reference to Vedic authorities. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Mental Austerities}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub : Serenity, simplicity, gravity, self-control and purity of thought, detaching the mind from sense
 gratification.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed with faith and with a desire to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead.\cell}
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\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\nosupersub Charity\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed at an improper time and place, to an unworthy person like a
 gambler or drunkard, or contemptuously, without respect.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed to get something in return, with a desire for fruitive results, or in a grudg
ing mood.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed as a duty, at the proper time and place, to a worthy person and with no expectation of material returns.\cell\qj\sl240
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed only to satisfy the Supreme Lord.\cell}
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1786\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\nosupersub Renun
ciation\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Consists of giving up one's prescribed duties because of illusion.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Consists of giving up one's prescribed duties because of fear or because they appear troublesome.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Co
nsists of performing one's prescribed duties because they ought to be done and abandoning attachment to the fruits of one's work.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Consists of per
forming one's prescribed duties in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and employing the fruits of one's work for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\nosupersub Kn
owledge}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub \cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Very meager. Unrelated to the Absolute Truth. Breeds attachmen
t to one kind of work as all in all. Concerned only with bodily comforts, eating, sleeping, mating and defending, and so resembles the knowledge of animals.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0
\nosupersub Gives rise to speculative doctrines and theories through which one sees the body as the self and consciousness as a temporary by-product of the body. Rules out the existence of the eternal individual soul within.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Gives rise to a vision of one undivided spiritual force within the bodies of all living beings.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Enables one to see all living beings as eternal, individual, spiritual servants of the supreme living being, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\cell}
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\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf11\nosupersub Action\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Irresponsible, violent, distressing to others. Performed in illusion, without consideration of scriptural injunctions or 
future bondage and consequences. Results in further foolishness}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf11\nosupersub \cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Perfor
med under false egoism, and with great effort, to satisfy one's desires to enjoy the fruits of his work. Results in distress. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf11\nosupersub \cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed under scriptural regulations, as a matter of duty, without attachment, and without love and hate, by one who renounces the fruits of his actions. Results in purification}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf11\nosupersub \cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Performed solely for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master
.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf11\nosupersub \cell}
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\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\nosupersub Worker\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Disregards scriptural injunctions. Materialistic, obstinate, cheating, lazy, morose, procrastinating and expert in insulting others.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Attached to the fruits of his work and intent on enjoying them. Greedy, envious and unclean. Entangled by happiness when successful and distress when unsuccessful. Heedless of whether his work is pure or impur
e.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Free from material attachments, pride and false ego. Enthusiastic, resolute and unswayed by success or failure.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Unconditionally serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual master under any and all circumstances.\cell}
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1786\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5372\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx8958\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx13984\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx17930\pard\intbl
\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf11\nosupersub Understanding\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Considers irreligion to be religion, and religion to be irreligion. Strives always in the wrong dire
ction.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Misguided, perverse and imperfect. Cannot distinguish between religion and irreligion, truth and untruth, and what should and should not b
e done.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Intelligently discriminates, under scriptural direction, between what is to be done and not to be done, what is to be feared and not to b
e feared, and what is liberating and what is binding.\cell\qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\nosupersub Always perfectly considers K\'e5\'f1\'eba through personal realization, confirmed by the sc
riptures and the spiritual master.\cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr\sb360 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Renunciation: The Higher Taste
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub RENUNCIATION: The Higher Taste
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It's difficult to understand how someone on the path of spiritual realization can reject the things most people find enjo
yable. Renunciation of worldly pleasure is possible only if one experiences a higher satisfaction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Almost everyone, at one time or another, has been attracted by hearing about the activities of renounced, saintly people. Mi
llions have admired the lives of Jesus, Buddha or, in the modern age, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu because they rejected the pleasures of this world as insignificant and lived for a higher reality. For most of us, however, renunciation of the world is som
ething we may admire in a saint but never undertake ourselves. But why, then, do we admire genuinely saintly people? We admire them because we see that they have reached a fulfillment beyond our grasping attempts for happiness through money and sensual p
leasure. For saintly life is based on a superior pleasure principle: if a man can renounce his deep-rooted attachment to material enjoyment, he becomes eligible to taste an even greater happiness. Renunciation, therefore, is intended for every human bein
g.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But advocating personal renunciation is enough to provoke almost everyone's displeasure. A politician who would seriously propose that we live austerely and spend m
ost of our efforts finding spiritual happiness could never win a majority of voters. Often parents become extremely disturbed to learn that their children are becoming interested in spiritual life and giving up coffee, tea and cigarettes, meat eating and
 illicit sex; they even disown their children for such radical behavior Marriages split up if the husband or wife becomes dedicated to the Absolute Truth and uninterested in sexual enjoyment. And one who turns away from talking about and planning hopeful
ly for good times in the material world is liable to be completely ostracized from all social groups!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indeed, renunciation of material pleasure is probably among the most unpopular ideas we could think of. But that is only because people do not understand what it is
. Certainly if renunciation is taken to mean "depriving oneself of happiness," no one could expect a sane human being to accept it, nor would we find renounced saints attractive. If renunciation consists of stopping the senses so that one doesn't hear, s
ee or eat, one couldn't make much of a case for it, any more than one could make a popular argument for suicide. But such uninformed notions of "repression," "giving up life" and "doing without human necessities" fall short of describing true renunciatio
n. For an advanced transcendentalist, renouncing material pleasure is natural, since he rejects inferior pleasure only for something superior. If a man is eating inferior food but someone brings him something very tasty to eat, will his renunciation of t
he food he was eating be considered sensory deprivation? Of course not. He is simply showing good intelligence. Similarly, renouncing the way of "eat, drink and be merry" is both natural and intelligent, for when one attains the pleasure of spiritual lif
e, he automatically loses his taste for pale things.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 High Pressure Propaganda}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 .}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The materialist, however, considers immediate sensual pleasure the all-in-all, and so for him there is no question of pleasure beyond satisfying his senses and mind
. He is concerned not with how to give up the pleasure of the material world, but with how to get as much of it as possible. Because the major civilizations of the present world are materialistic, their mighty propaganda machinery urges us to enjoy our s
enses fully for as long as we live. Immense moneymaking industries stimulate us to work hard for more and more pleasure. Life has in fact become so complicated that people in all occupations demand higher wages to purchase things they don't even need. Dr
ive downtown in any city in America, and you'll see billboards left and right, most advertising liquor and cigarettes and the rest generally advertising cars, airlines, ice cream or whatever else through implications of sexual pleasure. Thus one is const
antly pressured to think, "If I buy this, it will increase my sexual enjoyment." But amid the all-out drive for pleasure through sense gratification, are people really becoming more happy?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Sanskrit Vedic literature there is a verse spoken by a saintly king named \'c5
\'f1abha, saying that the entire "work hard }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for pleasure" syndrome is an illusion. \'c5\'f1abha was giving advice to his sons at the time of his retirement. "My dear sons," he
 said, "there is no reason to labor hard for sensual pleasure while in this human form of life, for such pleasure is available even to the stool-eating hogs. Rather, in this life you should undergo penances to purify your existence, and as a result you w
ill be able to enjoy unlimited transcendental bliss."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sensual pleasures will come automatically to each of us, according to our species and our destiny. These pleasures, \'c5\'f1abha says, are "available even to the st
ool-eating hogs." Certainly the hog takes pleasure in eating, sleeping and sex. And the hog enjoys in its own way, without needing to build educational institutes, read advertisements, purchase goods or work hard in factories. Moreover, \'c5\'f1abha says
, even if one does work very hard for sensual happiness, he cannot increase the enjoyment for which he is destined. If one earns millions of dollars, that doesn't mean that he can eat more than a poor man. Nor by becoming wealthy or influential can he ha
ve more sex than a monkey, who enjoys dozens of mates. We work hard in a technologically advanced culture so that we can sleep on big spring-cushioned mattresses. But a dog sleeps just as soundly in the alley, and the dog also mates without complication 
whenever it has the urge. Therefore, just as pleasure comes automatically to the animals and just as miseries like those of disease come to us without being sought, so pleasure for our senses will also come automatically, without our having to work day a
nd night for it.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Miseries of Material Life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not only is the feverish pursuit of pleasure unnecessary, but there is no possibility that anyone can attain lasting happiness in this world, no matter how elaborat
ely one arranges for his comfort. Material life inflicts so many miseries upon us that what we call happiness is really just temporary relief from the continual onslaught of natural miseries. Chiefly these are the miseries of death, disease, old age and 
rebirth. Also, our very bodies inflict pain upon us, other living entities inflict pain upon us, and so also do natural disasters such as droughts, earthquakes and floods. Whatever happiness we think we have attained is soon ripped away by one of these m
iseries. Even if one claims to be happy in spite of the miseries, he is still not allowed to stay and enjoy his happiness-mixed-with-misery, for death forces him to leave the scene.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A relevant story concerns the early life of Lord Buddha. Raised as a prince, he led a sheltered existence and never knew anything of the world outside the palace gr
ounds. On the very first day he ventured outside the palace, however, he met a man suffering from a terrible disease. He asked the man what was wrong, and the man replied, "I am afflicted by disease."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Will I also be afflicted by disease?" asked the young Buddha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes," the man replied. "Everyone eventually becomes diseased,"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next he met a man debilitated by old age. The sheltered young prince had never seen such an aged person. "What is the matter with you?" he asked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am simply old," the man replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Will I also grow old?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes, of course."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, Lord Buddha saw a dead body. He was told that this was death and that it would happen to him also. But rather than accept what he saw as "the hard knocks o
f life," the Buddha entered meditation to understand how one could escape from such suffering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The human being is unique among the living species because he can seriously inquire: "Why do I have to suffer? Who am I that am subject to so many miseries? How can
 I get free?" The solution is not to increase material pleasures in a temporary world always filled with misery. But what is the solution? His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da once asked some of his disciples, "If it were possible to l
ive a life of eternal happiness with an endless variety of enjoyment\'97singing, dancing, loving and eating\'97wouldn't everyone want that?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One disciple answered, "But \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, people don't believe that such a life is possible."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Never mind that," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said. "Whether it is possible we can discuss at another time. But if there could be such a life, would you not find it 
desirable?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unending happiness. That is what King Raabha referred to as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-saukhyam, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unlimited bliss. Love, affection, enjoyment with friends eternally. Yes, it would be very desirable But does such happiness exist?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before we can understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-saukhyam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eternal happiness, we first have to clear away one almost universal misconception. That misconception is the idea that the individual self is the same as the material body. When \'c5\'f1abha said, "Become purified 
and then experience }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-saukhyam," }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that "purified" involves realizing, "I am not this body. In
 my real identity, I am a spiritual soul." If one thinks that he is the body and so thinks in terms of material designations\'97"I am an American," "I am a black man," "a Jew," "a woman" and so on\'97he remains in ignorance. One should understand that th
e self is beyond the mind and body.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Gift of Knowledge.}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The real gift of saintly persons is that they disseminate knowledge. That knowledge cuts to pieces the network of illusion by which we identify with the material bo
dy and material world, which in fact are causing all our suffering. Such knowledge is found in books like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the essence of the Vedic literature of India, which was spoken by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, thousands of years ago and is still being read and studied today by scholars all over the world. 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's statements are not dogmatic; they can be considered through reason and logic, and if we hear them carefully they will shed much light on how to become free from suffering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba enlightens His disciple Arjuna, who is bewildered because he is thinking in the bodily concept of the self. K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells him that the real person is eternal: "As the embodied soul continually passes, in this bod
y, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change\'85For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is un
born, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." (Bg. 2.13, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the teachings of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we are originally eternal, blissful and full of knowledge as servitors of God. But because we have misused our free will by trying to supersede God, who is the supreme enjoyer, by the supreme will we have 
been sent to this material world to try to enact our desires. How we have associated with the material nature since time immemorial, transmigrating from one body to another according to our work and desire, forms a very complicated history. But more impo
rtant than tracing out our long history of sense gratification is the chance that now, in the human form of life, we can become free and return to our original blissful nature. To become free from the suffering of material life, one has to see himself as
 different from the body and disassociate himself from this material world. Therefore Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said: "When a man gives up all varieties of sense desire that arise from mental concoction, and when his mind finds satisfaction in the self alone, 
then he is said to be in pure transcendental consciousness\'85 The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment, though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing such engagements by experiencing a higher taste, He is fixed in consciousnes
s." (Bg. 2.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 59}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To realize one's self as a spiritual soul and to find one's relationship with the Supreme Spirit, God, formerly one had to practice difficult methods of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and meditation involving severe austerities, strict physical and mental discipline, and complete abstin
ence from sex life. Today these methods are hardly possible, for people are short-lived, little interested in spirituality, and always disturbed by the agitations of civilized life. Consequently for this age the scriptures have prescribed a special metho
d of benediction so that even people accustomed to a materialistic life can discover their spiritually ecstatic loving relationship with God. That method, delivered in Bengal, India, five hundred years ago by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, is the chanting 
of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. By chanting this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub which consists of names of the Supreme Lord, one can cleanse the mirror of his mind and lose all the misgivings that have arisen within him due to bodily life. The evidence that the chanting works is shown in the lives of the devotees of the 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, whose activities are shown in this magazine. By virtue of the transcendental cleansing effect of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, young, intelligent, educated men and women all over the world are experiencing spiritual happines
s that comes from beyond the mind and senses. Of course, one has to taste it for himself before he can declare, "This is superior," but the evidence from the lives of these devotees is very convincing. A few years ago, they had never heard of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-saukhyam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they were addicted to all sorts of intoxication and sexual indul
gence in their search for pleasure and happiness. But now they have easily renounced the most advertised material pleasures with the feeling of "good riddance to rubbish." They have turned their senses toward a higher engagement-serving the senses of the
 Supreme Lord
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Higher Taste
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, one may like the way of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees without wanting to follow it himself. "Chanting is nice," one may say. "Living simply is ni
ce. But how can I think of shaving my head, giving up my wife, my family and my job, or giving up my responsibilities in the world?" If one thinks in this way, he is still mistaking renunciation for something negative, like going off to the mountains to 
live as a frustrated hermit. But renunciation doesn't mean no wife, no children, no food, no enjoyment. It means giving up doing things selfishly in ignorance, thinking that the self is the body, and instead doing everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As K\'e5
\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering to Me
. In this way you will be freed from all reactions to good and evil deeds, and by this principle of renunciation you will be liberated and come to Me." (Bg. 9.27-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1\nosupersub 28}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As long as we are in the material world, to live we have to satisfy our senses, but we should regulate them by offering }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our activities to the Supreme. Because our misconceptions and materialistic habits run deep, we need to hear patiently about renunc
iation from a genuine spiritual master. If one thus understands that he is a tiny living entity who possesses nothing and who therefore has nothing to renounce, he won't be afraid of losing out by giving everything to the Supreme. Thus he will be eligibl
e to transcend the frenetic race for sense gratification and taste nectar even in this life. And if he develops full love of God, at the end of this lifetime he will transcend the material world and join with K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have admired the renunciation attained by great saints throughout history. That same spirit of renunciation is to be found in those who are devoted to chanting H
are K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Certainly the present civilizations of the world are anti-renunciation and all for enjoying. But their promises of happiness through increased material indulgence are nothing more than a hoax. Where disease, old age, death and rebirth
 are repeatedly enforced upon one, how can one be happy? And after having acted whimsically for sense gratification, where will one go in his next life? The materialist closes his eyes to this like a scared rabbit faced with danger and says, "There is no
 next life. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can do whatever }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub want. At death it will all be over." But a human being is meant to consider life more fully and not just seek to enjoy like a hog. If there is a way to trans
cend even death and to live forever in happiness, our duty is to inquire about it fully. Therefore the compassionate message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub intended for our study, under the guid
ance of a realized spiritual master. The only real goal, the only challenge, for a spirited human being is how he and his fellow man can transcend the miseries of material life and find eternal happiness. If one simply steps onto this auspicious path of 
inquiring into the self and the way back to Godhead, he at once feels such purified pleasure that he shakes off the misbegotten hankerings and lamentations that beset all conditioned souls. By thus throwing away all that is inauspicious in favor of tangi
ble happiness on the way to the Supreme, one arrives at true renunciation.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Prescription For The Age Of Quarrel
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Prescription For The Age Of Quar
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Chant the names of the Lord, chant the names of the Lord, chant the names of the Lord. In this age of quarrel and hypocri
sy, there is no other way, no other way, no other way."
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma\line harer n\'e4maiva kevalam\line kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva\line n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 38.126}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BY NOW, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people are a familiar sight on the sidewalks of the world's big cities. As the smiling, robed
 devotees happily dance to the beat of drum and hand cymbals, the vibration of "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare" rises over the noises of the stree
t. The newspapers may speak of a "new religion," but the devotees, dancing and chanting among the skyscrapers, can trace what they're doing far, far back to a certain gathering of sages, for instance, in a holy place in India named Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya,
 5,000 years ago, at the very beginning of the present age. (See "Questions for the Welfare of the World," page 3.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sages were greatly concerned about the welfare of the people in this age, who usually know very little about spiritual life and who tend to be caught up in mate
rial activities and anxieties. In former ages, people were more inclined toward spiritual realization. But the sages knew that in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, people would have shorter lives and would be increasingly quarrelsome, lazy, misguided an
d unlucky, and above all, they would always be disturbed. The sages prophesied, however, that the Lord Himself would descend in the iron age and would flood the entire world with ecstatic love of God by performing "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "\'97the public congregational chanting of the glories of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some 4,500 years later, in 1486, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu appeared in West Bengal to fulfill their prophecy by inaugurating the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yuga-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the path of spiritual realization for this age. Lord Caitanya chanted }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and danced in ecstasy, and He also taught a scientific understanding of God and His energies. Lord Caitanya's process was neither sentimental nor fanatical; it was firmly grounded on the most profound Vedic philoso
phy. Therefore Lord Caitanya's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  movement attracted the greatest logicians and sch
olars of the day in India, and it continues to attract intelligent and educated people today in the West. Lord Caitanya Himself was brilliant in logic and argument. Nevertheless, He emphasized the simple message of this verse from the Vedic scriptures:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4maiva kevalam\line kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Chant the names of the Lord, chant the names of the Lord, chant the names of the Lord. In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy,
 there is no other way, no other way, no other way."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya foretold that every town and village in the world would one day hear this chanting. In 1966, when His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
\'e4da, the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON),
 arrived on the shores of America, this prophecy began to come true. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is a direct descendant in a line of spiritual teachers from Lord Caitanya. And now his students, in every major city of the world, are broadcasting the glories
 of the Lord, following the essential teachings indicated by the sages of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya 5,000 years ago.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As a direct result of the efforts of ISKCON, the name "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" is becoming just as familiar to Westerners as names
 of God like Jehovah, Buddha, and Allah. Nevertheless, people may still sometimes mistakenly think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a "new god" or "the Hindu God." Actually, God is one, the father of all living beings. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the same primordial Supreme
 Being we have always heard about. We may not have heard the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but since we know that God is unlimited, we can understand that He also has unlimited names. So we shouldn't be surprised to hear a name we haven't heard before. The name K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is special, however, because it means "all-attractive." We have heard that God is all-knowing and all-powerful, but it has not been very much emphasized that He is all-attractive. Since God is the most outstanding person, however, He must b
e the most beautiful, the strongest, the richest, the most famous, the wisest and also the most renounced. These are all attractive qualities. So the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97"the all-attractive one"\'97is practically a definition of God. Once we understan
d this, we should have no difficulty accepting the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a genuine name of God. Similarly, "Rama" is another name of God. It means "the person who is the source of the highest pleasure." And "Hare" is a call to God's energy, which unites
 us with the Lord in loving devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To chant God's names is a simple and sublime way to elevate oneself to a fully spiritual life because we can associate with God just by saying His name. Since God i
s omnipotent, He is actually present in His name, and so when we utter His name, He is immediately with us. This association is extraordinarily beneficial. We naturally pick up the qualities of those with whom we associate. If one associates with drunkar
ds, for example, one may also become a drunkard, and if one associates with thieves, one may also learn to steal. By the same principle, if one associates with God, one can also become godly. In this age, practically everyone is to some extent a victim o
f bad association, but by the mercy of Lord Caitanya one can immediately come to the platform of the most elevated association, association with the most pure, most exalted person\'97God Himself\'97simply by saying His name. Thus one can become free from
 all impurity and so become fully joyful. The personal lives of the devotees chanting on the streets afford practical evidence of the purity that results from K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness; because they have intelligently taken up the chanting of Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are no longer bedeviled by the vices of this age.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya instructed His followers to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba wherever people gather. Thus everyone can benefit by a
ssociation with God, simply by hearing His names while passing by, or by remembering them later on. Formerly, people used to frequent temples, churches or mosques, but this custom is now rapidly dying out. God is so merciful, however, that if people will
 not come to Him, He will go to them. This is the essence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When people see the devotees chanting, they usually wonder why the devotees dress so distinctively. After all, they say, spirituality belongs to the soul, not the b
ody. The answer is that the body is also God's and so should be used in His service. To remind people of God is a service to God. When people see a devotee, with saffron robes, shaved head and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tilaka, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a mark of devotion, on his forehead, they naturally think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and they even say, "Oh! Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Thus a devotee, simply b
y his appearance, reminds one of God and inspires one to chant the holy name of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A chanting party usually includes devotees who distribute books and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazines. This literature presents the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in depth, so that one can study it carefully and understand it. Such literature is full of gl
orification of God, and therefore reading it is just as spiritually beneficial as chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees also pass out food (usually sweets) that has been offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Such food is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is also K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy because that food has been prepared for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the
refore has become spiritualized. By eating such sanctified food, one gradually purifies one's consciousness and is relieved of the reactions of past sinful activities. In New York City alone, some 20,000 people a week get one of the transcendental sweets
 the devotees distribute.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So in these ways\'97by chanting and dancing, by distributing transcendental literature, and by handing out spiritual food\'97the devotees of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement are making the pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness easily available to people through
out the entire world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Stockholm, Sweden, devotees fill a street with transcendental sound. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above, center}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in Paris, France. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  To spread a scien
tific philosophical understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotees distribute books such as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ten years ago, His Divine Grace A. C. B
haktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da brought the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the West. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhap\'e4da's Western devotees chanting at a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  festival in India. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Far right:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Glorifying K\'e5\'f1\'eba in New Orleans.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in M
exico City.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Attraction for the Message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Attraction for the Message of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'f9 svanu\'f1\'f6hita\'f9 pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0\line vi\'f1vaksena-kath\'e4su ya\'f9\line notp\'e4dayed yadi rati\'e0\line \'e7
rama eva hi kevalam
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Duties [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] executed by men, regardless of occupation, are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Supreme Lord.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 1.2.8)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IN HUMAN SOCIETY there is always some kind of religious institution. One's religion is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub faith. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dharma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub precisely, is one's constitutional and functional duty. The essence of real religion is the rendering of service to God. However, we have manufactured many different religions in society according t
o the countries and circumstances. It is stated in this verse, therefore, that one may execute any type of religious principle, but the result should be that one achieves perfection. Now, one may say that he is perfectly executing the principles of his r
eligion as found }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Bible or Koran, and that is all very good, but what is the result? The r
esult should be that one increases his desire or tendency to hear about God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
desire does not occur, however, if one's religion is impersonal. Generally people believe that God has no form. But if He has no form, how can one hear about His activities? Simply formless, formless, formless. How long can one go on thinking like that? 
If God is formless, our hearing about Him is finished. God is not formless. He has His form, and He is a person. He also has His activities. As the Supreme Lord\'97Himself says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\line tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line naiti m\'e4m eti so \'92rj
una
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in thi
s material world, but attains My eternal abode." (Bg. 4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub birth or appearance, is mentioned here, neither God nor the living entity actually takes birth. They are both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ajah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unborn. As stated in the Second Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin\line n\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bhavit\'e4 v\'e4 na bh\'fcya\'f9\line ajo nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4
\'e7vato \'92ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \s171 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existin
g, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What, then, are death and birth as we know them? These words simply refer to the changes of the body. In fact, every night we die. The gross body remains inactive o
n the bed while the subtle body takes us away to dreamland. This is proof that we have two types of body\'97a gross and a subtle body. The subtle body is composed of mind, intelligence and ego. A foolish person cannot see or accept the subtle body, but t
he subtle body is there. Everyone accepts the presence of mind, intelligence and ego, so in that sense everyone accepts the subtle body. We work with them daily, but we cannot see them. Death involves the leaving of the gross body by the subtle body, whi
ch carries the individual away. Thus the living entity leaves one body and takes on another. The soul transmigrates from one gross body to another gross body, keeping the subtle body intact, and the subtle body is given up when one is liberated. When one
 gives up the subtle body also, he is promoted to the spiritual kingdom and attains a spiritual body. Therefore while living in the gross body, we have to educate the subtle body in such a way that it becomes completely spiritualized.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Overcoming False Ego. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The subtle body, as stated, is composed of mind, intelligence and ego. We should therefore always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in our minds, and we should also employ ou
r intelligence in working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should also change our false ego. Ego means "I am," and false ego means "I am American, I am European, I am Indian, I am a human being, and so on." This false "I am" has to be changed to "I am an eternal s
ervant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." If one can thus educate or transfer the activities of the subtle body\'97mind, intelligence and ego\'97one can give up the material subtle body at the time of death. One can then attain a spiritual body and go back home, back t
o Godhead. This is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. At death one automatically gives up the gross body; now we should practice giving up the subtle body. To give up the subtle body, one has to develop love of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the beginning of this process one must have some faith or respect. For instance, you have come to this temple out of faith and respect. We do not discuss politic
s, sociology or anything else here. Our business is simply to talk about God. Those who discuss God are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saintly persons. There are two types of men in the world\'97materialists and transcendentalists. Those who are interested in spiritual life talk of self-
realization, and those who are materialistic talk about the body and things that pertain to the body\'97politics, sociology, welfare activities and so}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on. A materialistic person will read the newspaper, but a transcendentalist will read authorized books of Vedic wisdom like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was the great sage \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 who told Par\'e9k\'f1it Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: "My dear King, there are many hundreds and thou
sands of topics for the materialistic person." This is a fact, as we can easily observe. There are so many novels, magazines, newspapers, so-called philosophies, cinemas and so on. Because materialists have no information about the soul, they are always 
talking about the body, or, at most, they philosophically discuss the mind. One philosopher theorizes one thing, and another philosopher theorizes something completely different. Thus a great deal of literature is generated, but it is all nonsense becaus
e it is mental speculation. I may speculate in one way, and you will speculate in another; you will refute me, and I will refute you. Therefore there are so many various points of view about the body and mind. Why do people engage in all this talk? \'c7u
kadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 says that it is because they have no vision of the soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are interested simply in maintaining the body are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e5hamedh\'e9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally atheistic men have no interest in God. Atheists were present, of course, many thousand
s of years ago. In fact, two classes of men are always living in this world\'97atheists and theists, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not think that atheism is some sudden new development. The number of atheists may be increased at the present moment, but they were also present thous
ands of years ago. For instance, there was C\'e4rv\'e4ka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Muni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub muni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refers to a mental speculator or th
oughtful person. C\'e4rv\'e4ka Muni also presented his philosophy of atheism: "As long as you live," he said, "live very joyfully and enjoy your senses." This is the atheistic principle. In India, sense enjoyment is based on ghee, clarified butter. If on
e has butter, he can prepare many nice foodstuffs. If one goes to India, he can see that many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub offer sweets and good foodstuffs prepared from grain, fruit, sugar and butter. This is part of the basic principle of materialistic life\'97eating, sleeping, defe
nding and mating. Thus C\'e4rv\'e4ka Muni advises that we eat very nicely and enjoy our senses. This is atheistic philosophy.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Running the Risk of Death. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such a so-called philosopher has no vision of the soul, which is transmigrating in the 8,400,000 species of life. But the atheists do not care about such transmigra
tions. Even if they are informed that if they act in such a way they will become trees in their next life, they say, "It doesn't matter. Let me enjoy." Or they say, "If I become a tree, what is the harm? I will forget." People have become so hardened tha
t they have lost their self-interest. One may tell a child, "You are always playing and not }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub receiving any education. For this you will suffer. You will have no position in soc
iety." But the child will say, "I do not care." This child may speak in this way out of his ignorance, but the risk is still there. Similarly, one may deny the transmigration of the soul, but the materialistic way one is acting will assure one a body in 
the lower species\'97animal, aquatic or reptile.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By ignoring such facts, people do not show very good intelligence. One can easily understand that the transmigration of the soul is a natural fact. At this stage in
 our lives we accept past, present and future. One has had his past as a child or a boy, and now he may be a young man, and in the future old age is waiting. There is past, present and future in all stages of life. Just because one is an old man, one sho
uld not think that there is no future. We have experienced the past, and we are experiencing the present, so there must be a future also. For an old man\'97or for anyone, actually\'97there must be a future, and that future means taking another body, the 
body of either an animal, a man, or a demigod. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one can prepare 
himself for the next body. The ultimate goal, however, is to attain a body in the kingdom of God.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-ja\'e0 buddhi-yukt\'e4 hi\line phala\'e0 tyaktv\'e4 man\'e9\'f1i\'eba\'f9\line janma-bandha-vinirmukt\'e4\'f9\line pada
\'e0 gacchanty an\'e4mayam
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The wise, engaged in devotional service, take refuge in the Lord and free themselves from the cycle of birth and death by renouncing the
 fruits of action in the material world. In this way they can attain that state beyond all miseries." (Bg. 2.51)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Leaving the Material World. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may attain a body in a wealthy family, or one may attain the body of a king or a cat, and all this depends on one's work. Just as this is possible, one can atta
in a body that will enable one to associate with God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anta-k\'e4le ca m\'e4m eva\line smaran muktv\'e4 kalevaram\line ya\'f9 pray\'e4ti sa mad-bh\'e4va\'e0\line y\'e4ti n\'e4sty atra
 sa\'e0\'e7aya\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And, whoever, at the time of death, quits his body, remembering Me alone, at once attains My nature. Of this there is no doubt." (Bg. 8.
5)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba go to Him at the time of death. And what is the advantage of going to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upetya tu kaunteya punar janma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidyate: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who attains to My abode, O son of Kunt\'e9, never takes birth again." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 8.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One who attains K\'e5\'f1\'eba never has to return again to the material w
orld, which is temporary and full of misery. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4brahma-bhuvan\'e4l lok\'e4\'f9 punar \'e4vartino 'rjuna: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub "From the highest planet in the material world down to the lowest, all are places of misery wherein repeated birth and death take place." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . One may think that he may make adjustments and rid himself of the material miseries, but even if he succeeds in doing this,
 nature will not allow him to live in the material world permanently. One may think, "I am an American. I have enough land, money and resources. I shall simply live as an American." But one may live as an American only for seventy years or one hundred at
 the utmost. No one is allowed to live permanently as an American, European, Indian or whatever. Even Brahm\'e4, the topmost living entity in the material world, cannot remain as Brahm\'e4. Although one day of Brahm\'e4 contains millions of earth years, 
Brahm\'e4 cannot remain indefinitely. Nor can an ant, cat, elephant or man. There is no demigod who is allowed to live forever. Of course, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu underwent severe penances in an attempt to live forever and become immortal in his material bod
y, but it was not possible. Scientists in the present age may claim that by scientific endeavor man may become immortal, but this is lunacy. There was never such an incident in the past, nor is such an incident observable in the present, so how can we ex
pect it in the future? It is not possible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An intelligent person should therefore try to attain the ultimate transmigration\'97back home, back to Godhead. This should be the actual aim of life. Unfortunately
, people do not know this; therefore we are trying to render our humble service to human society by imparting this information. People are trying to become happy in so many ways, but instead of becoming happy, they are becoming "hippie." }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub therefore has an important message for everyone.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Developing A Taste. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub herein states that the way to become actually happy is to d
evelop the propensity to hear about topics that relate to God. One may execute his religious functions very dutifully, but attraction for messages about the Supreme Lord is absolutely essential. For instance, we have this temple and are worshiping R\'e4d
h\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities. That is fine, but at the same time we must develop our desire to hear about K\'e5\'f1\'eba; otherwise the worship will dwindle after a few days. The process is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebam, k\'e9rtanam, smara\'ebam, arcanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97hearing and chanting about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, remembering Him and serving Him. As soon as people lose their p
ropensity to hear about the pastimes of God, all these churches, temples and mosques will become empty. In the Christian world\'97not only Christian, but others also\'97this is happening. They are having to close up churches because no one is attending. 
Going to church officially on Sunday without enlightenment, without understanding God, will not last long. People will become uninterested and stop going. In Los Angeles, for instance, we have purchased one church. Even when that church was open, no one 
was attending, but since we have purchased it, hundreds of people are coming every day. This is because the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are present. People are actually hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Religion may have its churches, temples and mosques, but if
 so-called religious people do not develop a desire to hear about God, it will all go in vain, for religious activities are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus if we do not develop the propensity to hear about God, we have wasted our time. Going and coming simply become labor. Therefore in churches or temples there mu
st be regular recitations about the pastimes, activities and nature of God. if this is not there, people will lose interest, and the temples will have to close. Talks of God are here in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness because our God is not impersonal or vo
id. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Person, and we can actually see how He stands and how He enjoys Himself with His eternal consort and lover, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Supreme Lover. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here, then, is God. God is not engaged in punishing someone, at least not the original God. God is engaged in enjoying Himself with His eternal consort. \'c7r\'e9ma
t\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is enchanting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is enchanting R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. This is the only business of God. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit
\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is said that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes before R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, she becomes so engladdened upon seeing the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba that She actually be
comes more beautiful, and as soon as R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 becomes more beautiful, K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes engladdened and becomes more beautiful. Thus unlimitedly there is competition between Them to become more and more beautiful. In the spiritual wo
rld everything is unlimited; therefore both R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are becoming unlimitedly beautiful, and both of Them are enjoying unlimitedly. This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Similarly, if we develop our propensity to hear about God and 
His activities with His cowherd boy friends and girl friends, with His mother, father and teacher, we will be acting for our greatest self-interest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material world is but a perverted reflection of that spiritual life, and here also we find that we have girl friends, boy friends, mothers and fathers and teac
hers, but here everything is an imitation. The relationships there are also found here and vice versa. But because the relationships here between father and son, lover and beloved, friend and friend, master and servant and so on are material, they do not
 stand. I may be a person's servant, but if he does not pay me a salary, I will not stay. I may be someone's friend, but if my interest is not fulfilled, I give up that friendship. My love with a boy or girl may be there, but as soon as there is some dis
crepancy, there is separation or divorce. Thus everything here is perverted by false ideas: All these relationships, however, are present in the kingdom of God in our relationship with God. There all these relationships are eternal. Becoming servants of 
God, we enjoy with Him eternally as our master. By becoming friends of God, we enjoy eternal friendship. By becoming father or mother of God, we can enjoy parental affection between father and son or mother and son. And by becoming lovers of God, we beco
me eternally happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unless we hear about this, how can our desire to return to God become intensified? Only when a person hears of a foreign country and learns something about it does 
he desire to go there. So, to desire to return to Godhead, we first have to hear about the kingdom of God. To give us this information, K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes and manifests His pastimes in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There He shows us how He deals with His friends an
d servants, with His mother and father, and with His lovers. This is God's mercy by which we may become inclined to go back to God. The purpose of our religious duties should therefore be to develop our propensity to hear about God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Spontaneous Attraction. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Notp\'e4dayed yadi ratim. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ratim }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means attraction, or, actually, the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rati }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means sexual appetite. The Gosv\'e4m\'e9s explain }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in this way: when a young boy and girl meet, their sexual desire immediately becomes agitated. This does not have to be taught to them. It is natural. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub rati, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spontaneous attraction. So, as soon as there is spontaneous attraction to hear about God, we should know that perfection is being attained. If we are att
ending some hackneyed program in a church or mosque but not developing such attraction to hear about God, then all attendance is useless.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To develop such attraction, one should associate with a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that is, one who is acting on behalf of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One who acts for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is automatically pious or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
\'e4dhu. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is pure, and those who are acting for God are pious. Each and every activity in our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temples is a pious activity. As soon as one assoc
iates with pious devotees, one will be inclined to act like them. This is actually taking place in our program, for our students are chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dressing in such a way, worshiping in such a way, reading these Vedic literatures, and so on. One should therefore first attend the temple, associate with the devotees and gradu
ally increase his desire to become like the devotees. Then one may approach the spiritual master for initiation. In this way one can take to devotional service, and as soon as one does, all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub anarthas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unwanted things, are finished. What are these unwanted things? Illicit sex. Why illicit? If sex is wanted, then we get married. Meat-eating. Why eat 
such rotten things as dead animals, which are kept in refrigerators for years? We have sweetmeats and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub halavah, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub nice fruits and vegetables\'97so many things. Intoxication. Why drink or smoke? It has already been established that these things are injurious to one's health. Gambling. Why throw away all of our money? We can utilize it properly in the 
service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So all of these are unwanted things, and we have become habituated to them through practice. However, if we become devotees and render service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba under the direction of the spiritual master, these things will aut
omatically vanish. In this way our faith becomes established. And what is the result of this?
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattvata\'f9\line tato m\'e4\'e0 tattvato j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4
\line vi\'e7ate tad-anantaram
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme Lor
d by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God." (Bg. 18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the execution of religious principles we must observe so many formulas, but the ultimate end should be that we develop spontaneous attraction for hearing about G
od. This is actually wanted. We should not become showbottles of religious life. We should actually try to understand what is religion and what is God and in this way make our lives successful.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead v10#5/6
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 Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the gop\'e9s understood that Uddhava had a message from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they became very happy and called him to a seclud
ed place to sit down. While talking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba with Uddhava, they forgot all about their household business. They even forgot about themselves as their interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba increased more and more
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One of the gop\'e9s, namely \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, was so much absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by 
dint of Her personal touch with Him that She actually began to talk with a bumblebee. While the other gop\'e9s were talking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's messenger Uddhava, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 took that bumblebee to be a messenger from K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and began to talk with it. 'My dear friend, I welcome you,' She said. 'You have come to take Me to K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'eba.' "
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\par }\pard \s671 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To order your copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0
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\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
10 No. 7, 1975
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bringing an Ancient Festival to the Western World
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa180\li2520\ri0\fi-2520 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inside cover photo:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival in downtown Chicago
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival in Downtown Chicago
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival i
n Downtown Chicago
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Har
e Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The scene is a downtown area in a great metropolis: honking horns, vendors' shouts, crowded streets. Business goes on as usual as the towering canopies appear in th
e distance, accompanied by the rhythmic sound of drums and hand cymbals. Suddenly, the parade explodes into view\'97three enormous, gaily decorated carts surrounded by waving pennants, astonished onlookers and dancers in saffron robes. As flower petals r
ain down, the chanting rolls through the city streets in waves, inundating everything and everyone with transcendental sound\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4m
a, Hare Hare. This is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or Great Hymn for deliverance from material contaminati
on. Composed entirely of the names of God, it is profusely chanted at the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival described above.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 is an ancient festival glorifying Lord Jagann\'e4tha, the Supreme Lord of the universe. Although Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 has been observed for thousands
 of years in India, it is not an Indian or Hindu festival. The location of the above scene could just as easily be London's Trafalgar Square as Pur\'e9, India. Since 1966, as a result of the efforts of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness,
 the joyful Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival has become an international event. People of all ethnic and religious backgrounds now celebrate Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 in cities all over the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This year, ISKCON will again present the transcendental Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival in major cities throughout the world. This issue of BACK TO GODHEAD explains what
 the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival is and how it came to the West. We invite you to experience the spiritual excitement of Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 by joining us in the streets of your city or by reading the pages of this magazine.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p1: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub photo: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedan
ta Swami Prabhup\'e4da Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead v10#7
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITORIAL BOARD }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, Jay\'e4d
vaita d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Mural
\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, C
akradhara d\'e4sa, Arcita d\'e4sa.
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a, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Dev\'e4mrta d\'e4sa.
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i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 membership
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\nosupersub \'97Corner Wrights Rd. and Drummoyne Ave., Drummoyne, N.S.W.
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ipeg, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97160 Home St., Manitoba/ (204) 775-3575.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Elevation to Ecstasy
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Elevation to Ecstasy
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A lecture delivered at last year's Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub L}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub adies and gentlemen, devotees and all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub present, I thank you very much for kindly joining this Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival. This festival has been go
ing on in India for more than 2,000 years in the city of Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9. The name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagann\'e4tha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub co
mes from two words\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagat, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means "the universe," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4tha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means "the Lord." Thus Jagann\'e4tha means "the Lord of the universe." The Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub movement, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, are meant to enable one to realize the Lord of the universe. From 
Vedic literature we understand that there are not only one but innumerable universes. It is said:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya prabh\'e4 prabhavato jagad-a\'eb\'f2a-ko\'f6i-\line ko\'f6i\'f1v a\'e7e\'f1a-vasudh\'e4di-vibh\'fcti-bhinnam\line tad brah
ma ni\'f1kalam anantam a\'e7e\'f1a-bh\'fcta\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the primal Lord, who is endowed with great power. The glowing effulgence of His transcendental form i
s absolute, complete and unlimited. It is the basis for the varieties of countless planets, with their different opulences, in millions and millions of universes." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.40)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as the sun is the source of the sunshine, so the Supreme Lord is the source of the impersonal effulgence in which all the universes rest. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, therefore:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti tat tattva-vidas\line tattva\'e0 yaj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam\line brahmeti param\'e4tmeti\line bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdyate
\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.11}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This verse informs us that the Absolute Truth may be realized from three angles of vision in three different aspects. One is impersonal (
Brahman), and another is localized (Param\'e4tm\'e4), but the ultimate phase of the Absolute Truth is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We find in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says: "There is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. 7.7}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead says that He is the ultimate goal, the Absolute Truth. The K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, therefore, is meant to help one advance in understanding the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material world is full of relative truths, but one need not study these relative truths separately, for in the Vedic literature, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasmin vij\'ef
\'e4te sarvam evam vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavanti: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If one understands the Absolute Truth, the relative truths will automatically be understood." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Up.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.3}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material world is full of relative truths, and the spiritual world is the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Age of Fighting
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Absolute Truth is very difficult for us to understand, however, because we are living in the age called Kali-yuga, which is an age of fighting and misunderstand
ing. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pr\'e4ye\'eb\'e4lp\'e4yu\'f1a\'f9 sabhya kal\'e4v asmin yuge jan\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the symptoms of this age is that almost everyone has a very short life span. We understand from the 
Vedic literature that in this age one can live for as many as 100 years. There are four }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yugas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or
 ages\'97Satya-yuga, Treta-yuga, Dvapara-yuga and Kali-yuga. In the Satya-yuga, or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yuga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of tr
uthfulness, we used to live for 100,000 years. (I say "we used to live" because in fact we are eternal. although we are changing from one body to the next.) In the next age, Treta-yuga, the duration of life was reduced to 10,000 years, and in the next, D
vapara yuga, it was reduced to 1,000 years. Now, in Kali-yuga, our duration of life is limited to only 100 years. But unfortunately, because we are fallen\'97because our bodily strength, our sense of mercy, our memory and our other good qualities have al
l been reduced\'97we do not live for even 100 years. For instance, I am now about eighty years old, so people think that I have lived very long. But eighty years is nothing; we should actually live for 100 years. Because of our sinful life, however, the 
time is coming when our duration of life will be reduced so much that if a man lives for twenty or thirty years, he will be considered a grand old man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, since we are not very comfortable in material life, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to take us to the spiritual life of the spiritual 
world. There is a spiritual world, and we receive information about it from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Those who have read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub know this, and so I shall request all of you to read our 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . We have published about twenty books, each a minimum of four hundred pages long, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eleven hundred pages. Nevertheless, we shall have to publish about ei
ghty books to fully explain the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I know that all the American ladies and gentlemen here are educated and intelligent, and I am very much obliged to the Americans who have helped me make this moveme
nt popular all over the world. When \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu first introduced the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, He said:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4rata-bh\'fcmite haila manu\'f1ya-janma y\'e4ra\line janma s\'e4rthaka kari\'92 kara para-upak\'e4ra\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cc. \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.41}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He thus expressed His desire by saying that anyone who has taken birth as a human being in Bharata-varsa, or India, should understand the
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and spread it all over the world for the benefit of all humanity. He also said:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e5thiv\'e9te \'e4che yata nagar\'e4di gr\'e4ma\line sarvatra prac\'e4ra haibe mora n\'e4ma\line  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CB Antya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  4.126}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a prediction that in all the villages and towns of the entire world, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement will be known. So 
with the cooperation of you young Americans who are kindly helping to spread this movement, it is now factually becoming well known all over the world. I recently went to Melbourne, Australia, where we held a similar festival, in which many thousands of 
people joined and chanted and danced with us. Then I went to Chicago, where we held the same ceremony. Now this morning I have come here, and I am so glad to see that you are also joining this movement.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Universal Movement
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is a universal movement. Don't think that it's something only for Indians or Hindus. It is a movement for every living being. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme liv
ing being, and we are subordinate living beings. Because we are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are qualitatively one with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because of our material association, we have forgotten that our qualities are in the same category as His
. We are qualitatively the same as K\'e5\'f1\'eba but quantitatively different, just as a drop of ocean water is equal in its qualities to the entire ocean, although the drop is but an insignificant portion of the great ocean. We are part and parcel of G
od, God is great, and we are small; God is the maintainer, and we are maintained; God is the predominator, the master, and we are the predominated servants.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This understanding that God is great and that we are all servants of God is the essence of self-realization. Self-realization means knowledge of one's own identity.
 The self-realized person must be able to answer the question, "Who am I?" and since this movement enables one to do so, it is a movement of self-realization. I am therefore very glad that you are taking part in it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We celebrate the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival every year. I started the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival here in San Francisco in 1967, and in your great country it has con
tinued here since then. We also celebrate the same festival in other cities, such as London. Last year when I was in London, more than ten thousand people followed our procession from Piccadilly Circus to Trafalgar Square. Our Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival 
was well received. In fact, there is a great monument in London called the Nelson column, and because our Jagann\'e4tha car was so high, a leading London newspaper, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Guardia
n,}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub reported that the car competed with that monument.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So I am glad that in Europe, in America and, indeed, all over the world, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is being very well received. A few days ago, we h
ad a meeting in Melbourne, Australia, in which the Bishop of Melbourne and many other priests greatly appreciated this movement. Indeed, they admitted that they can learn a great deal from it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I therefore request you not to consider this movement a sectarian movement or a cultural import from India, for this is a movement meant for all humanity. Its purpo
se is to educate men in such a way that humanity will be lifted to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub platform, the platform of self-realization. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line mad-bha
kti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The meaning of this verse is that if you come to the platform of self-realization, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub understanding, you will always be jubilant. By our constitutional 
position we are meant to be jubilant, and therefore, despite frustration due to our contact with matter, we are always hankering for happiness. We have to get out of contact with matter and come to the stage of self-realization in order to be always jubi
lant. If you become self-realized, you will have no more hankerings and desires. Instead, you will feel, "Now I have everything and am fully satisfied." The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees here come from the same country as you, and formerly they also 
felt frustrated. Now, however, they feel complete, and that is why they are chanting and dancing.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Dance of Love
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This dancing is not the dancing of dogs; it is a dance of feeling. Those who are dancing are actually understanding God and feeling their relationship with God. The
refore, their dancing is not ordinary, it is a dance of love of God. And it is open to everyone who will simply chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You are generally young, whereas I am an old man who may die at any moment. Therefore I request you to take this movement seriously. Understand it yourselves and th
en preach it throughout your country: People outside America generally follow and imitate what America does. I am traveling all over the world, and everywhere I see other countries building skyscrapers and in other ways imitating your country. Therefore 
if you kindly become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and chant and dance in ecstasy, in emotional love of God, the entire world will follow you. Thus the entire world can become Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, a spiritual world in which there will be no more trouble. Thank yo
u very much.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p4: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotee
s here come from the same country as you, and formerly they also felt frustrated . . ."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p5: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now, however, they feel complete, an
d that is why they are chanting and dancing."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 - An Ancient Festival Comes to the West
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub RATHA-Y\'c4TR\'c4 \'97an Ancient
 Festival Comes to the West
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was in San Francisco, 1967, that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples first came to him with a small, carved wooden 
image. They didn't know what it was, but they were attracted to it\'97its bright colors, red, black and green, and its large, saucerlike eyes. Moreover, the unique form was labeled "Made in India." The neophyte devotees couldn't help being surprised when
 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, upon seeing the image, immediately offered his obeisances and requested that two similar images be brought from the import emporium where one of his disciples had come across the first one. Thus, in this unassuming way, the et
ernal forms of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; His sister, Subhadr\'e4; and His elder brother, Balar\'e4ma, made Their divine appearance in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Upon \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's orde
r, the disciples recarved the three-inch Deities in a much larger size, placed Them upon the altar of the San Francisco temple, arranged a curtain around Them, and from that time onward offered Them all respect and worship.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THROUGH THE }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7\'c4STRAS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or scriptures we learn that God's energy is everywhere. God is not different from His energy, just as the sun is not different from the sunshine; therefore it is correct to say that God, in His energy, is ev
erywhere. However, it is not possible for us to establish an intimate relationship with this impersonal, all-pervasive aspect of God. Therefore, to enable us to relate to Him personally, God, the Supreme Person, descends to the material world in the auth
orized form of the Deity. In unusual circumstances, such a Deity may be found in an unlikely place, such as an import emporium, but no matter where He is, He remains the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub summum bonum, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cause of all causes. We may find gold in a dirty place, but its }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub value does not change; it is still gold. So, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always K\'e5\'f1\'eba, wherever He may be. He is always Jagann\'e4tha, the Lord of the universe. As a pure devotee of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da perfectly reali
zes that the form of Lord Jagann\'e4tha and Lord Jagann\'e4tha Himself are non-different. Therefore he offered obeisances to the Lord and instructed his disciples to worship the Deity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Simply by following sincerely the instructions of an expert spiritual master, one can make spiritual advancement, surely and certainly. Thus when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhu
p\'e4da explained that there should be a great festival in honor of Lord Jagann\'e4tha each year, his disciples were eager to make the proper arrangements. M\'e4lat\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, the young disciple who had first brought the small carved Deity t
o the San Francisco temple, recalls: "One day \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da called us up to his quarters and told us about a wonderful yearly festival in Pur\'e9, Lord Jagann\'e4tha's home in India. He requested that we also hold this great festival, called 
Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4. He said that Jagann\'e4tha should be kept in seclusion for fifteen days prior to the festival, and in that time we should thoroughly cleanse and repaint the temple. So that's what we did. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained that Jagann
\'e4tha, Balar\'e4ma and Subhadr\'e4 should ride in three hand-pulled vehicles with wheels about eight feet high. But for the first festival we had to simplify things, so we used a large flatbed truck, decorated with leaves and flowers. We began at the c
orner of Haight and Lyon Streets and proceeded to the ocean." During the journey, the devotees continuously chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and distributed fruit and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chapatis}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a kind of bread) that had first been offered to the Lord. "It was Lord Jagann\'e4tha's first public appearance in the West," said M\'e4lat\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, "and what was lacking i
n opulence was made up for by everyone's enthusiasm."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 ceremony has always been very dear to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was a young boy, his father, Gour Mohan De, wh
o was also a great devotee of the Lord, built him a small cart. Then, at the same time that Lord Jagann\'e4tha, Balar\'e4ma and Subhadr\'e4 were being magnificently pulled through the streets of Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 in three giant carts with millions of
 pilgrims in attendance, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and his young friends would pull their small cart through the streets near their home in Calcutta. This procession, although small, was nonetheless glorious. Just in front of the cart some of the youngst
ers played }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecgas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (drums) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karat\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (cymbals) and sang for the Lord's pleasure. Others pulled the cart with ropes, while still others cared for the Deities during Their journey, 
fanning Them and seeing to Their comforts. As the jubilant group passed, people would stop their work, come out of their homes or offices to watch, and be reminded of the Lord. In this way, everyone benefited. As confirmed in the revealed scriptures, "A 
person who sees the Lord's Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 car festival and then stands up to receive the Lord can purge all kinds of sinful results from his body." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahm\'e4\'eb\'f2a Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub similar statement appear
s in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhavi\'f1ya Pur\'e4\'eba: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Even if born of a lowly family, a person who follows the Rath
a-y\'e4tr\'e4 car when the Deities pass in front or from behind will surely be elevated to achieving equal opulence with Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Lord."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the children grew, Gour Mohan De would have the cart built proportionately larger, and each year the children would distribute ample }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (food that had first been offered to the Lord in love) to one and all. Thus by imitating their elders these 
fortunate children were honoring the Lord from the beginning of their lives.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every one of us has a natural tendency to honor someone, just as a child has a natural propensity to walk. This propensity to honor and love someone is present in e
very living being. Even an animal like a tiger has this loving propensity at least in a dormant stage, and it is certainly present in human beings. The missing point, however, is where to repose our love so that everyone can become happy. At the present 
moment, human society teaches one to love his country or family or his personal self, but there is no information about where to repose the loving propensity so that everyone can become happy. That missing point is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lor
d Jagann\'e4tha, and by celebrating different ceremonies in honor of the Lord, such as Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, we can learn to stimulate our original love for the Lord and thus enjoy our blissful life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is for this reason, to revive the God consciousness dormant in their hearts and in the hearts of others, that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first asked his disciples
 to organize a Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival. Now this ceremony is observed not only in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 and San Francisco (which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has called New Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9), but also in many of the other centers of the Internationa
l Society for Krishna Consciousness around the world. Previously \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was participating with his playmates in this great event, and today he is still participating, but now with his disciples. That is the nature of a pure devotee; he
 is continuously and fully absorbed in his eternal loving relationship with the Supreme Lord. Such a pure devotee is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (9.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself: "
Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival that will be held this month in major cities throughout the world will enable millions of people to come directly in touch with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Himself. Those fortunate souls will get the opportunity to sow the seed of love of God in their hearts, and if they water that seed by continuing to hear and chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97tha
t seed will fructify, and the spiritual plant of their love of Godhead will start to grow and grow.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process of developing our dormant love for God is easy, and it can be performed in a happy mood. One does not have to undergo any severe penance or austerity. 
We can live this life serving God, guided by an expert spiritual master, and in any position, anywhere in the world, perform some kind of service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus we can become eligible to go back home, back to Godhead. One can
 start the whole process simply by participating in the Lord's wonderful Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival. Everyone is welcome.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1080\ri720\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p8:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Deities of Lord Jagann\'e4tha (far right), Subhadr\'e4 (center), and Balar\'e4ma (left) made Their first public appe
arance in the western world in San Francisco, June, 1967. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Below:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Preparing for the celebrat
ion. Devotee carpenters make the five-ton, forty-five-foot high carts.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri720\fi-432 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub      Above:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Three huge carts await the 
arrival of their transcendental passengers in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Jagann
\'e4tha, the Lord of the universe, on His way to the ratha cart, where He will sit and observe the festival in His honor. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Below:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da participates in Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 every year, just as he did in his childhood. Here he arrives at the London ceremony
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri720\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p9:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The two and a half-mile journey to the sea begins. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The streets of Philadelphia become sanctified by the presence of the Lord and His devotees. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Deities' carts are pulled by hand with strong ropes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri720\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p11: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As San Francisco's 1974 Ratha-y\'e4
tr\'e4 festival concludes, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da leads the entire audience, thirty-thousand, in a joyful k\'e9rtana (chanting of the holy names of the Lord).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri720\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Accompanied by His devotees, guests and thousands of participants, Lord Jagann\'e4tha makes His way through the streets of
 downtown Chicago. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bottom:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Since the Jagann\'e4tha car festival was introduced in the West,
 each year it grows larger. Here, in Golden Gate park, an early festival is about to begin.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri720\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p13:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Crowds jam London's Trafalgar Squar
e as Lord Jagann\'e4tha and His associates take Their places on the steps of the Nelson Monument. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub As Jagann\'e4tha, Subhadr\'e4 and Balar\'e4ma look on, a play based on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is performed by a devotee cast after the feast in San Francisco. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Everyo
ne who took part in the celebration enjoys a full-course meal of pure vegetarian }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (food
 first offered to Lord Jagann\'e4tha).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Whose Worship is Idol Worship?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Whose Worship is Idol Worship?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Are the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees idol worshipers? 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A senior member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness resolves this question by explaining the authenticity
 of the Deity form of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IT'S NATURAL for us to want to know what God looks like, just as it's natural for a child who's never seen his father to want to know wh
at his father looks like. And just as such a child may imagine, "Maybe my father looks like this" or "Maybe he looks like that," so we, too, speculate about what God must be like. The artist Michelangelo, for example, knowing God to be the original perso
n, speculated that He must actually look old, with white hair and the features of an aged man. In this way, perhaps all of us have at one time or another formed at least some mental picture of God from whatever little we knew of Him. Imagination, however
, is not reality, and therefore the Supreme Lord, both in the Bible and in other scriptures, warns us not to engrave our imaginary conceptions in wood or stone and thus offer homage to our illusions,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the soul hankers to see the beautiful form of God, and if he cannot do so, he is likely to try to satisfy himself with the beautiful but temporary things to be 
seen in the material world. Or worse still, in frustration he may conclude that there is no such thing as God or that God really has no form at all. However, actually seeing the form of God in the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival can rescue the soul from the p
erils of materialism and the hopelessness that comes from thinking that God is void or dead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes people unfamiliar with the meaning of the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival think that the devotees singing and dancing with their arms in the air are offering h
omage to a statue. Indeed, sometimes they condemn the entire celebration as paganism. Or else they hesitate to join the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 parade, for they remember that God is "a jealous God" who commands, "Thou shalt have no other God before Me" and "Th
ou shalt not worship a graven image." What about this? Are the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people really idol worshipers?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Golden Calf
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To know for sure, first we must define what idolatry is. Concisely, idolatry is the worship of a material form of God imagined by the human mind. The classic exampl
e occurs in the Bible. When Moses ascended Mt. Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments, in his absence the Israelites molded a golden calf and began to worship it as God. This, indeed, was idolatry, for instead of worshiping God, they had worshiped their o
wn whimsical creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But aren't the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people also worshiping statues made of metal and wood? To understand what is actually going on in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples
 and the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 parade, first we must think about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God (K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a name of God), as a real person. We must overcome false notions that God is impersonal or void, for such ideas arise only from a poor fund of knowledg
e. A child who sees a satellite floating in space may think that it's traveling on its own, but the enlightened father knows that great teams of scientists are applying their intelligence and energy to guide the satellite in its orbit. Similarly, a thoug
htful human being must know that directing all the greater satellites we call }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the stars and planets is a supreme intelligence, a supreme person. The cosmos, with its seemingly
 unlimited wonders, could not have just hatched from some void or impersonal force. Such an idea is absurd. "Force" implies that ultimately a person must be applying the force. We may not know who that person is, but that is no excuse for denying that He
 exists.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Honest Ignorance
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Granting, as we reasonably should, that such a person does exist, why should we deny Him a name, form and other personal qualities? We may honestly admit that we do
n't know what they are, but to say that what we don't know about cannot exist betrays a narrow, unreasonable mind. If God is the Supreme Person, the Supreme Father, He must have all the qualities of a person. Otherwise, how could personal qualities appea
r in His sons? The emanations cannot have more than their source; the parts cannot have more than the whole; the tiny drop cannot have more than the ocean. Just as an ocean of water has the same chemical makeup as its individual drops, the Supreme Living
 Being must have all the personal qualities found in the innumerable living beings who are part and parcel of Him. Therefore, God must also have a name, form and senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So if God has a personal form, what is it? Our limited, imperfect mind and senses cannot tell us, for He is beyond them. Indeed, God is beyond the entire universe. 
(How else could He be its creator?) Therefore if we want to know about the personal qualities of God, we must receive this information from God Himself, through the revealed scriptures. We may also learn from a self-realized saint or spiritual teacher, b
ut the qualification of such saintly teachers\'97like Jesus Christ, for example\'97is that they always speak on the basis of the scriptures and refer to the scriptures to support their own words. They never invent anything new.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, although the scriptures of the West consistently speak of God as a person, they give only scanty information about His personal form, qualities and kingdom
. If we want more detailed information about God, we must turn to the Vedic scriptures of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. These are books like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and other scientific scriptures, which were first compiled in writing in India some 5,000 years ago.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the call of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement: if you indeed want to understand God in His full glory as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, then yo
u must turn to these scriptures, for nowhere else will you find the details of His spiritual name, form, qualities, pastimes and abode.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consider this excerpt from the Bhaktivedanta purports of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is:
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The supreme abode of the Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa
\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cint\'e4ma\'ebi-dh\'e4ma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a place where all desires are fulfilled. The supreme abode of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana, is full of palaces made of touchstone. There are also trees called 'desire trees,' which supply any type of eatab
le upon demand, and there are cows known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub surabhi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which supply a limitless supply of milk. In 
this abode, the Lord is served by hundreds of thousands of goddesses of fortune (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lak\'f1m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and He is called Govinda, the primal Lord and the cause of all causes. The Lord is accustomed to b
low His flute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (venu\'e0 kva\'ebantam). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His transcendental form is the most attractive in all the 
worlds\'97His eyes are like lotus petals and His bodily color like clouds. He is so attractive that His beauty excels that of thousands of cupids. He wears saffron cloth, a garland around His neck and a peacock feather in His hair."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Not Imagination
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is to be stressed that these are not imaginary conceptions, like those of a poet or an artist. These are the explicit descriptions of the revealed Vedic scriptur
es. The Vedic scriptures tell us God's name\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and they describe in minute detail His qualities, pastimes, entourage and abode. And most important for resolving the question of idol worship, they describe in detail His form.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The forms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 car and in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temples are not imaginary creations. They are fashioned exactly acc
ording to the descriptions of the Vedic literature. The Deity is not a whimsical icon. When we see the form of the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, what we are seeing is the actual form of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But even if we accept that the Deities in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness temples accurately represent what God looks like, this still does not explain why the Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba people worship the form of the Deity as if it were actually God Himself. This is a matter that requires some philosophical astuteness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The reason the Deity is accorded such reverence is that the form of God is God. There is no difference between the form of the Lord and the Lord Himself. On the mat
erial platform, a person and his picture, for instance, are different. Seeing a picture of a friend may remind us of that friend, but the picture is only a representation, not the friend himself. Furthermore, in the material world a person is different e
ven from his very body, for the body is matter whereas the person is the spiritual spark within the body. But God, if we accept Him as being fully spiritual, must be free from all such dualities. The Supreme Personality of Godhead and His transcendental 
form are the same spiritual identity. The Vedic literatures describe that each part of His transcendental body can perform any of the functions of any other part. Thus although with our eyes we can only see, the Lord can not only see with His eyes, but a
lso taste, smell or hear with them. Thus the transcendental form of the Supreme Lord is unlimited and all-powerful.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Transcendental Appearance
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord's form is eternally transcendental wherever He appears, even in the material world. When an ordinary living being comes to the material world, the material
 energy subjects him to many limitations. It covers him with a temporary material body that afflicts him with many miseries. Thus he has to get old and diseased and finally die and accept another body. But the Supreme Lord is not under the material laws 
of nature; He is beyond those laws, just as a king who visits a prison is beyond the laws that govern the prisoners. The transcendental form of the Supreme Lord has all opulence and power. Therefore the Lord has the power to appear in the material world 
in His transcendental form as the Deity but always remain the same transcendental Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may object that God cannot have a form made of ordinary matter like wood or stone. But we should consider that for the Lord there is no difference between matter
 and spirit, for the Lord can change spirit into matter and matter into spirit. Everything is God's energy, and God is all-spiritual. Therefore all of God's energy is also spiritual. We call it "material" or "spiritual" according to how it acts upon us, 
but in reality it is one spiritual energy. To draw another comparison, electricity is one single energy, although sometimes it works in a refrigerator to cool things and sometimes in a stove to make things hot. The expert electrician who can master elect
rical energy can use it to perform either function. Similarly, the Lord, the master of all energies, can turn matter into spirit at His will. Who can stop Him? So even if we accept the Deity as being stone or wood, we must admit that the Supreme Lord has
 the power to change stone or wood into spirit at any moment.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Eternal Omnipresence
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In one sense, the Lord is already present in all stone and wood\'97as well as everywhere else\'97because everything is His energy. Wherever God's energy is existing
, God Himself is also existing, just as the sun is present wherever there is sunshine. A fully God conscious person can recognize God's presence in His energy, and therefore He can see God everywhere. For the benefit of those who are not so advanced, how
ever, the energy of God can be shaped into the transcendental form of God so that even in this material world we can see the transcendental form of the omnipresent Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are addicted to the idea of a formless, impersonal God object to the worship of the Deity in the temple. "God is everywhere," they say. "Why should we wor
ship Him in the temple?" But if God is everywhere, is He not in the temple also? God is certainly everywhere, but we cannot see Him everywhere. We are all eternal servants of the Lord, but we have forgotten our relationship with Him. Therefore the Lord, 
by His causeless mercy, appears as the Deity in the temple so that even in this world of material forgetfulness we can see Him and revive our eternal relationship with Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How does the Lord change matter into spirit? He does so when He appears, by the grace of His devotee, as the transcendental form of the Deity. When a pure devotee p
aints or carves the form of the Deity and calls upon the Lord to kindly agree to accept his humble service, the Lord agrees to do so, provided everything is done according to the scriptural regulations. One's sincere attitude of service to the Lord and s
trict adherence to the rules of the scriptures are the essential ingredients that make Deity worship vastly different from worship of an ordinary idol. If the form one worships is merely imaginary, then one's worship is whimsical idolatry. But if one wor
ships the authorized transcendental form of the Lord with a sincere desire to serve the Lord, and if one strictly adheres to the rules and regulations of the scriptures, his worship is transcendental, and the Lord will certainly accept it. The example is
 often given of a post office and an authorized mailbox. Because the post office may be far from our homes, the postal officials install authorized boxes in various neighborhoods so that we can use them to send our mail. One can paint any box blue and re
d and call it a mailbox, but it will have no value. However, when the postal officials install an }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub authorized }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub mailbox, that box is as good as the post office itself. Similarly, an imaginary form of God is nothing more than an idol; but the authorized form of the Lord is as good as the Lord Himself, and the Lord, in His transcendental form as the 
Deity, will accept the service we render to Him and will also reveal Himself to us more and more.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, we may see the Deity to be no more than wood or stone, but that is due only to our defective vision. The Lord cannot be seen with our blunt material senses. On
e has to purify his eyes by seeing through the vision of the scriptures and by rendering devotional service to the Lord. This is the process for developing our spiritual vision so that we will be able to see the supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Process of Purification
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only by devotional service can the Lord be known. As confirmed in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur
\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ata\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-n\'e4m\'e4di\line na bhaved gr\'e4hyam indriyai\'f9\line sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau\line svayam 
eva sphuraty ada\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "No one can understand the transcendental nature of the name, form, qualities and pastimes of the Lord through his materially contaminate
d senses. Only when one becomes spiritually saturated by transcendental service to the Lord are the transcendental name, form, qualities and pastimes of the Lord revealed to him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub specifically mentions that we can best begin to purify our senses by purifying the tongue. Of all the senses, the tongue is the most difficult to control. Nev
ertheless, one can control it very easily by eating food first offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and by chanting the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Ha
re R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. This will certainly purify the tongue of even a most materialistic person. And when the tongue is thus engaged in the service of the Lord, all the other senses can also be engaged.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The worship of the Lord as the Deity\'97and specifically the worship of Lord Jagann\'e4tha in the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival\'97is an opportunity for us to purify o
ur senses in this way. When the Lord appears before us as the Deity, we can purify our minds simply by thinking about Him. Similarly, we can purify our eyes simply by seeing Him, our ears and tongues just by hearing and chanting His holy names, our nostr
ils by smelling the incense and flowers offered to Him, and our bodies by standing up to see Him, dancing before Him or bowing down to offer Him our obeisances.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ye yath\'e4 m\'e4\'e0 prapadyante t\'e4\'e0s tathaiva bhaj\'e4my aham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub : "As }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one surrenders himself unto Me, I reciprocate with him." Thus for one who refuses to accept the verdict of the Vedic scriptures and who therefore conside
rs the Deity a wooden idol, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will remain an idol forever. The scriptures say that such a person is cursed with a hellish mentality. But for one who tries to appreciate the Lord's presence as the Deity and render service unto Him, the Lord w
ill one day fully reveal Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p15:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Although the scriptures of the West consistently speak of God as a person, they give only scanty information about His personal form, qualities and Kingdom."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p16: A p\'fcjar\'e9 (priest) makes an offering to the Deity of Lord Jagann\'e4tha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The reason the Deity is accorded such reverence is that the form of God is God. There is no difference between the form of th
e Lord and the Lord Himself"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-432 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19: "Wherever God's energy is existing, God Himself is also existing; just as the sun is present wherever there is s
unshine."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-books v10#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG v10#2
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes v10#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Link-up
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG v10#2
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v10 #7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
r
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa626\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness invite you to visit any one of the more than sixty-five K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious centers\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn (listed  on page two of this issue)}* for weekday classes and a delightful feast every Sunday. Write or call the center nearest you for further information.
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consc
ious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa94\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named fo
r a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 489, Caitanya Era\line Vai\'f1\'ebava Month of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (30 days, June 24-July 23)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (dark f
ortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1 (June 24)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub V\'e4mana 5}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (June 28)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\qc\sl0\slmult1
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of C}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Dance of Divine Love
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE DANCE OF DIVINE LOVE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has sponsored Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festivals in m
ajor cities throughout the world. The devotees of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are introducing this ancient festival to the modern world because they are followers of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who is pictured at the right. Lord Caitanya i
s an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared 500 years ago to teach that the best way to achieve spiritual perfection in the present Age of Quarrel is to chant the holy names of the Supreme Lord. The following article recounts the miraculous dancing a
nd transcendental pastimes performed by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu when He personally took part in the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, India. The article is an excerpt from \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Madhya-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chapters }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a work originally composed in Bengali, shortly after Lord Caitanya's disappearance, by the great poet and spiritual master K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9. It has been translated i
nto English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who has supplemented the work with illuminating purports.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, who danced in front of the cart of \'c7r\'e9 Jagann\'e4tha, b
e all glorified! By seeing His dancing, not only was the ,whole universe held in wonder, but Lord Jagann\'e4tha Himself became very much astonished.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All glories to \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya and all the devotees of Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Glorifying the listeners of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , I request them to hear the description of the dancing of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu at the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival. This is very enchanting. Please hear it with great attention.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His personal associates got up in the dark and attentively took their early morning baths.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They then went to see the ceremony of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4\'eb\'f2u-vijaya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During this ceremony, Lord Jagann\'e4tha leaves His throne and gets up onto the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  car.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Prataparudra in person [the King of Orissa], as well as his entourage, allowed the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub p\'e4\'eb\'f2u-vijaya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ceremony to be seen by all the associates of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and His prominent devotees\'97Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya, Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu and others\'97were greatly happy to observe how Lord Jagan
n\'e4tha was beginning the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The very strongly built }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dayit\'e4s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [carriers of the Jagann\'e4tha Deity] were as powerful as drunken elephants. They manually carried Lord Jagann\'e4tha from the throne to the car.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dayit\'e4 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub refers to one who has}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub received the mercy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord. Lord Jagann\'e4tha has a number of stalwart}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub servants known as}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dayit\'e4s. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These servants do not come from very high-caste families }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (br\'e4hma\'ebas, k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas), }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub because they are
 engaged in the service of the Lord, they have}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub been elevated to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub respected position.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While carrying the Deity of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, some of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub dayit\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  took hold of the shoulders of the Lord, and some caught His lotus feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord Jagann\'e4tha Deity was bound at the waist by a strong, thick rope made of silk, From two sides the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dayit\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  caught hold of this rope and raised the Deity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Strong, puffed-up cotton pads called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tul\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were spread out from the throne to the cart, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dayit\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  carried the heavy Deity of Lord Jagann\'e4tha from one pillow-like pad to the next.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dayit\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  carried the heavy Deity, some of the pads broke, and the cotton contents floated into the air. When they broke, they made a heavy, cracking sound.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jagann\'e4tha is the maintainer of the whole universe. Who can carry Him from one place to another? However, the Lord moves by His personal will, just to perfo
rm His pastimes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the Lord was transported from the throne to the car, tumultuous sounds were made on various musical instruments. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was chanting
 "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ma\'ebim\'e4 ma\'ebim\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ," but He could not be heard.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ma\'ebim\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub used in Orissa to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub address }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a respectable person. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jagann\'e4tha }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was being respectfully }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub addressed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9 Cai
tanya in this way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the Lord was being carried from the throne to the car, King Prat\'e4parudra personally engaged himself }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Lord's service by cleansing the road with a broom that had a gold
en handle.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King sprinkled the road with water scented with sandalwood. Although he was the owner of the royal throne, he engaged himself in menial service for the sake of 
Lord Jagann\'e4tha.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the King was the most exalted and respected person, he nonetheless accepted the menial service of the Lord. Thus he became a suitable candidate to receive 
the Lord's mercy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon seeing the King engaged in such menial service, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu became very happy. Simply by rendering this se
rvice, the King received the mercy of the Lord. 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unless one receives the mercy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he cannot }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead or engag
e in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devotional }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub service.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ath\'e4pi te deva pad\'e4mbuja-dvaya-\line pras\'e4da-le\'e7\'e4nug\'e5h\'e9ta eva hi\line j\'e4n\'e4ti tattva\'e0 bhagavan-mah
imno\line na c\'e4nya eko \'92pi cira\'e0 vicinvan\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.14.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Only a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub has received }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub small }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fraction }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the mercy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord can understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Him. Others may engage in theoretical speculation to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but they }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cannot }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anything }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Him. When \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub saw the King engaged in menial service for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Jagann\'e4tha, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub He became very happy. Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub became eligible to receive \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mercy. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a devotee accepts Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the universal guru and Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the Supreme Personality of Godhead }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he is benefited }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the combined }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mercy }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stated by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub instructions }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Cc. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 19.151}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm\'e4\'eb\'f2a bhramite kona bh\'e4gyav\'e4n j\'e9va\line guru-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4de p\'e4ya bhakti-lat\'e4-b\'e9ja
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The seed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of devotional service fructifies and becomes a transcen
dental creeper. Finally it reaches the lotus feet of the Lord in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual sky. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub seed is obtained by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mercy of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the guru. By the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord's }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mercy one gets the association }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of a bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the mercy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the guru, one gets the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chance }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub to render devotional service. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub service, the science }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, carries one from this material world to the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone was astonished to see the decorations on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ratha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  car The car appeared to be newly made of gold, and it was as high as Mount Sumeru.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The decorations included bright mirrors and hundreds and hundreds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4maras}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [white whisks made of yak tails]. On top of the car were a neat and clean canopy and a very beautiful flag.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The car was decorated with silken cloth and various pictures. Many brass bells, gongs and ankle bells rang.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the pastimes of the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 ceremony, Lord Jagann\'e4tha got aboard one car, and His sister, Subhadr\'e4, and elder brother, Balar\'e4ma, got aboard t
wo other cars.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fine white sand spread all over the path before the car resembled the bank of the Yamun\'e4, and the small gardens on both sides looked just like those in V\'e5
nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Lord Jagann\'e4tha rode in His car and saw the beauty on both sides of Him, His mind was filled with pleasure. The pull
ers of the car were known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau\'f2as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and they pulled with great pleasure. However, the car wen
t sometimes very fast and sometimes very slow.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the car would stand still and not move, even though it was drawn very forcibly. The chariot therefore moved by the will of the Lord, not by the strength o
f any ordinary person.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the car started, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu gathered all His devotees and, with His own hand, decorated them with flower garlands and sandalwood pulp.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param\'e4nanda Pur\'e9 and Brahm\'e4nanda Bh\'e4rat\'e9 were both personally given garlands and sandalwood }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pulp }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from the very hands of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. This increased their transcendental pleasure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, when Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya and Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu felt the touch of the transcendental hand of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, They both became very p
leased.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord also gave garlands and sandalwood pulp to the performers of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The two chief performers were Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara and \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There were four parties of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub performers, comprising twenty-four chanters. In each party there were also two }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  players, making an additional eight persons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There was also a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub party from the village known as Kul\'e9na-gr\'e4ma. R\'e4m\'e4nanda and Satyar\'e4ja were appointed the dancers in this group.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another party came from \'c7\'e4ntipura and was formed by Advaita \'c4c\'e4rya. Acyut\'e4nanda was the dancer, and the rest of the men were singers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another party was formed by the people }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub people were singing in a different place. In that }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub group, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narahari Prabhu and Raghunandana were dancing. Four parties chanted and danced in front of 
Lord Jagann\'e4tha, and on both sides were two other parties. Another was at the rear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus there were seven parties of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and in each party two men were beating drums. Thus fourteen drums were being played at once. The sound was tumultuous, and all the devotees became mad.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the Vai\'f1\'ebavas came together like an assembly of clouds. As the devotees chanted the holy names in great ecstasy,
 tears fell from their eyes like rainfall.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub resounded, it filled the three worlds. Indeed, no one could hear mundane sounds or musical instruments other than the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu wandered through all seven groups, chanting the holy name, "Hari, Hari!" Raising His arms, He shouted, \'93All glories to Lord Jagann
\'e4tha!\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu then exhibited another mystic power by performing pastimes simultaneously }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all seven groups.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone said, "Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub present in my group. Indeed, He does not go anywhere else. He is bestowing His mercy upon us."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, no one could see the inconceivable potency of the Lord. Only the most confidential devotees, those in pure, unalloyed devotional service, could understand
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jagann\'e4tha was very pleased by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s
a\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and He brought }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub car to a standstill just to see the performance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Prat\'e4parudra also was astonished to see the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He became inactive and was converted to ecstatic love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the King informed K\'e4\'e7\'e9 Mi\'e7ra of the glories of the Lord, K\'e4\'e7\'e9 Mi\'e7ra replied: "O King, your fortune has }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub limit!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King and S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya were both aware of the Lord's activities, but no one else could see the tricks of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only a person who has received the mercy of the Lord can understand. Without the Lord's mercy, even the demigods, headed by Lord Brahm\'e4, cannot understand.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu became very satisfied to see the King accept the menial task of sweeping the street, and 
for this humility, the King received the mercy of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu: He could therefore observe the mystery of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's activities:
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The mystery }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub activities is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub described by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura: Lord Jagann\'e4tha was astonished to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub see the transcendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dancing and chanting of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He stopped His cart to see the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dancing. Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
danced in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub such a mystical way that He pleased }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jagann\'e4tha. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The seer and the dancer were one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the same Sup
reme Person, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord, being }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one and many of the same time, was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub exhibiting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub variegatedness }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His pastimes. That is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub meaning behind }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub His mysterious }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub exhibition. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the mercy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub could understand how both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Th
em were enjoying each other's activities. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mysterious exhibition was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu's }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub simultaneous presence in seven groups. By the mercy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub could understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that also.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the King was refused an interview, he was indirectly granted causeless mercy. Who can understand the internal potency of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was playing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the part }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a world teacher, He }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub had }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refused to see the King because a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub king is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mundane }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub person interested in money and women. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indeed, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the very name "king" suggests one who is
 always }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub surrounded }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by money and women. As a sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub afraid of both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub money and women. The }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub very word "king" }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub re
pugnant to one who is in the renounced order of life. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu refused to see }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub King, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but indirectly, by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub causeless mercy, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub able to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub understand }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the mysterious activities }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord. Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub activities were exhibited sometimes to reveal Him }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Supreme Personality }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Godhead and }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sometimes to show Him as a devotee. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Both kinds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub activity are mysterious }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub appreciated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub only by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pure devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the two great personalities S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya and K\'e4\'e7\'e9 Mi\'e7ra}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub saw Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's causeless mercy upon the King, they became astonished.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, performed His pastimes for some time in this way. He was personally singing and ind
ucing His personal associates to dance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to His need, the Lord exhibited sometimes one form and sometimes many forms. This was being executed by His internal potency.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indeed, the Personality of Godhead forgot Himself in the course of His transcendental pastimes, but His internal potency [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub l\'e9l\'e4-\'e7akti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] knowing the intentions of the Lord, made all arrangements.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated in the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Supreme }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has multi-potencies, which act so perfectly that all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub consciousness, strength and ac}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tivity are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub being directed }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub solely by His will." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  6.8)
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu exhibited His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mystic power in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub presenting Himself simultaneously in each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub every }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub group. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub people thought }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one, but some saw that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was many. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub internal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devotees could }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub understand that the Lord, although one, was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ex}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub hibiting Himself as many in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub different sa\'eck\'e9rtana groups. While \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu was dancing, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He forgot }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Himself and was simply absorbed in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ecstatic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bliss. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His internal potency arranged everything per}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fectly. This is the difference between the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub internal and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub external potency. In the material world, the external potency (material energy) can act only aft
er one endeavors at great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub length, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Supreme Lord desires, every}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is performed automatically by the internal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub potency. By His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub will, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub things happen }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub so perfectly that they appear to be carried out automatically. Som
etimes the activities of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub internal potency }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are exhibited }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub material world. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fact all the activities of the material nature are actually performed by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inconceivable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub energies of the Lord, but so-called scientists }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and students }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub of material nature are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to understand ultimately how things are happening, They 
evasively }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub conclude }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that everything is being }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub done }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by nature, but they do not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub know }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that behind nature is the potent Supreme Personality }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Godhead. This is explained by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line s\'fcyate sacar\'e4caram\line hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This material nature is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub working }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub under My direction, O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub son }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kunt\'e9, and it is producing all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moving }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and unmoving beings.
 By its }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rule }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this manifestation is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub created and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub annihilated again and again." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba formerly performed the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dance and other pastimes at V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu performed uncommon pastimes moment after moment.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's pastime, His dancing in front of the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, could be perceived only by pure
 devotees. Others could not understand. Further examples of the Lord's uncommon dancing can be found in the revealed scripture, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded Himself into }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub many forms while }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub engaged in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the r\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4 dance, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub also expanded }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Himself }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He married 16,000 wives in Dvaraka. The same process was adopted }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Mah\'e4prabhu when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He expanded Himself into seven forms to dance in each and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub every group of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the sa\'eck\'e9rtana party. These ex}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pansions }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were appreciated by pure devotees, including }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prat\'e4parudra. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for reasons }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub external formality \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refused to see King Prat\'e4parudra because he was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub king, King }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prat\'e4p
arudra became one of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub most confidential devotees }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub special mercy upon him. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub could see \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabhu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub simultaneously present in all seven }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub groups. As confirmed in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cannot see the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub expansions o
f }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the transcendental forms }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the Lord unless one is a pure }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devotee }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu danced in great jubilation and inundated all the people with waves of ecstati
c love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Lord Jagann\'e4tha got to His car, and Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu caused all His devotees to dance in front of the car.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing the dancing and the ecstatic love of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, everyone became astonished. In their hearts they became filled with love of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone danced and chanted }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ecstatic love, and a great noise resulted. Everyone was overwhelmed with transcendental bliss just to see the dancing of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4pr
abhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Apart from the others, even Lord Jagann\'e4tha and Lord Balar\'e4ma, with great happiness, began to move very slowly upon seeing the dancing of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya M
ah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jagann\'e4tha and Lord Balar\'e4ma sometimes stopped the car and happily observed Lord Caitanya's dancing. Anyone who was able to see Them stop and watch the }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dancing }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub became witness to Their pastimes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his prayer known }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitany\'e4\'f1\'f6aka, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has given a viv
id description of the Lord's dancing before the car of Jagann\'e4tha.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PURPORT
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gosv\'e4m\'e9 composed three prayers, each with the title }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitany\'e4\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The verse next }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub quoted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is from the first of the Caitanyastaka prayers }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub included }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub book }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stava-m\'e4l\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu danced down the main road in great ecstasy before Lord Jagann\'e4tha, the master of N\'e9l\'e4cala, who was sitting on His cart. C
aitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was overwhelmed by the transcendental bliss of dancing. He manifested waves of ecstatic love of Godhead, and He was surrounded by Vai\'f1\'ebavas who sang the holy names. When will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu again be visible to my vision?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub hears the description of the car festival will attain \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He will also attain the elevated state by which he will have firm conviction in devotional service and love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Appearance of Lord Jagann\'e4tha
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Appearance of LORD JAGANN
\'c4THA
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By Nit\'e4i D\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE RATHA-Y\'c4TR\'c4 festival, the parade of the chariots of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, Subhadr\'e4 and Balar\'e4ma, is yearly celebrated at th
e home of Lord Jagann\'e4tha in India called Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9. At Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, Lord Jagann\'e4tha is worshiped in one of the oldest temples in India. The story of how Lord Jagann\'e4tha appeared is a very interesting episode in Vedic histo
ry.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Indradyumna was a great devotee of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and was very eager to meet Him face to face. One time, by the Lord's arrangement, a devotee of the Lord arr
ived in the court of King Indradyumna, and in the course of discussion he began to talk about an incarnation of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu named N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava. After hearing these topics, King Indradyumna became very inspired and sent different }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in different directions to search for and inquire about Lord N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava. All of them
, however, were unsuccessful and returned to the capital city of the King, except for one priest of the name Vidy\'e4pati. After wandering in many places, Vidy\'e4pati finally came to a district whose population was of a non-Aryan type called \'c7abara. 
There he took shelter in the house of a local of the name Vi\'e7v\'e4su. When he arrived, the master of the house was not there, but his young daughter, Lalit\'e4, was there alone. In a short time the master of the house returned and instructed his daugh
ter to render all service needed for hospitality to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  guest. For some time Vidy
\'e4pati stayed there, and later, by the special request of the \'c7abara, he married the \'c7abara's young daughter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Vidy\'e4pati lived in the house of the \'c7abara, he noticed some peculiarity in his host's behavior. Every night the \'c7abara would go out, and on the next 
day at about noon he would return to the house scented with various fragrances such as camphor, musk and sandalwood. Vidy\'e4pati inquired from his wife about the reason for this, and she informed him that her father would go out to a secret place to wor
ship \'c7r\'e9 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After that day, Vidy\'e4pati's joy knew no bounds. Actually Lalit\'e4 had been ordered by her father not to tell anyone about \'c7r\'e9 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava, but she 
overstepped that order by telling her husband. Vidy\'e4pati immediately became eager to see \'c7r\'e9 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava, and finally one day, by the repeated request of his daughter, the \'c7abara Vi\'e7v\'e4su bound the eyes of Vidy\'e4pati and took hi
m to see \'c7r\'e9 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava. As they were leaving, Vidy\'e4pati's wife. secretly bound some mustard seeds in the border of Vidy\'e4pati's cloth, and so while passing on the path he threw them down to mark the way. When they reached \'c7r\'e9 N
\'e9la-m\'e4dhava the \'c7abara removed the blindfold, and Vidy\'e4pati, seeing the unprecedented beauty of the Deity of \'c7r\'e9 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava, began to dance in ecstasy and offer prayers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here it is clearly seen that \'c7r\'e9 Nila-madhava was a Deity incarnation of the Supreme Lord. Deity incarnations are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arc\'e4-vigraha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Lord appears in Deity forms to benefit His devotees, especially those who are less advanced. Since the Lo
rd cannot be seen by any but the most advanced devotees, He appears as the Deity to accept worship. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Always think of Me, become My devotee, worship Me and offer Me your obeisances." Therefore He appears as the Deity to accept the worship
 and obeisances of His devotees. He puts Himself in the hands of His devotees to receive their service and help them develop love for Him. This is an aspect of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's great mercy and His desire to free all the conditioned souls from bondage in 
this material world. Thus Vidy\'e4pati personally witnessed the mercy of \'c7r\'e9 Nila-madhava.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Vidy\'e4pati finished his prayers, the \'c7abara kept him near the Deity and went out to collect roots and forest flowers for worship. While the \'c7abara was
 out, Vidy\'e4pati witnessed an astounding thing. A sleeping crow fell off a branch of a tree into a nearby lake and drowned. It immediately took a four-armed Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha (spiritual) form and started back to the spiritual sky. Seeing this, the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  climbed up the tree and was about to jump into the lake, following the liberated crow.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As he was about to jump, however, a voice in the sky said, "O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , since you have been able to see \'c7r\'e9 Nila-madhava, you should before all else inform King Indradyumna." Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  climbed down from the tree and waited.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The \'c7abara soon returned carrying forest flowers and roots and started his daily worship of Lord N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava. As he was engaged in the service of the Lord
, the Lord spoke to him, saying, "I have for so many days accepted the simple forest flowers and roots offered to Me by you. Now I desire the royal service offered to Me by My devotee King Indradyumna.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the \'c7abara heard this, he thought, "I shall be cheated from the service of \'c7r\'e9 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava!" Therefore he bound his son?in?law Vidy\'e4pati and
 kept him in his house. After a time, however, at the repeated request of his daughter, he freed the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and allowed him to go. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  then immediately went to King Indr
adyumna and informed him of the discovery.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King, in great ecstasy, went forth with many people to bring back \'c7r\'e9 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava. From the mustard seeds thrown along the path by Vidy\'e4pati, sm
all plants had grown. So by following these plants the King was able to trace the path to \'c7r\'e9 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava. When they reached the spot, however, they did not find Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not being able to see the beautiful form of the Lord, King Indradyumna besieged the village of the \'c7abaras and arrested the \'c7abara named Vi\'e7v\'e4su. Sudden
ly, however, a voice in the sky said to the King, "Release this \'c7abara! On top of N\'e9la Hill you should construct a temple. There as D\'e4ru-brahman, or the Absolute Truth manifest in a wooden form, you will see Me. You will not see Me as N\'e9la-m
\'e4dhava."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To build the temple, King Indradyumna made arrangements to bring stone from a place called Baulam\'e4l\'e4 by building a road from there to the N\'e9la-Kandara Hill
. The holy abode of \'c7r\'e9 K\'f1etra, or Pur\'e9, is in the shape of a conch, and in the navel of that conch the King established a town of the name R\'e4ma-K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pura and constructed the temple. The temple extended 60 cubits beneath the eart
h and rose 120 cubits above the surface. At the top of the temple the King built a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or rou
nd pinnacle, and on top of that a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cakra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or disc. He also had the temple decorated with golden or
namentation. Then King Indradyumna, desiring for Lord Brahm\'e4 to consecrate the temple, traveled to Brahmaloka and spent a long time there waiting for him. During that time, the temple, which is very near the sea, became covered with sand from the shor
e.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When King Indradyumna was away, first Suradeva and then G\'e4lam\'e4dhava took over as the kings of that area. it was G\'e4lam\'e4dhava who raised the temple from w
ithin the sands, where it had been buried for a long time. Shortly after the temple was uncovered, however, King Indradyumna returned from Lord Brahm\'e4's abode. Indradyumna claimed that he had constructed the temple, but G\'e4lam\'e4dhava put forward t
he claim that he was its constructor. In a banyan tree near the temple, however, lived a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'fc\'f1a\'eb\'f2i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  crow who had been living through many ages, constantly singing the name of Lord R\'e4ma. From his abode on the branches of that banyan tree, the crow had seen the whole construction of the temple. Therefore he made it known that actually Kin
g Indradyumna had constructed the temple and that in his absence it had been covered by sand. He further said that King G\'e4lam\'e4dhava had later merely uncovered the temple. Because King G\'e4lam\'e4dhava had concealed the truth, Lord Brahm\'e4 then o
rdered him to reside outside the grounds of the temple, on the western side of the lake called Indradyumna-sarovara.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indradyumna then prayed to Lord Brahm\'e4 to consecrate the temple and the surrounding area, known as \'c7r\'e9 K\'f1etra which gives the highest type of liberation
. But Lord Brahm\'e4 said, "This \'c7r\'e9 K\'f1etra is manifested by the Supreme Lord's own internal potency, and the Supreme Lord manifests Himself. Therefore it is not within my power to install the Lord here. Lord Jagann\'e4tha and His abode are eter
nally situated in this material world by His own mercy. Therefore I shall simply place a flag on top of the temple and give this blessing: anyone who from a distance sees this flag and bows down, offering his prostrated obeisances, shall easily become li
berated." After some time, King Indradyumna became discouraged at so much delay in seeing \'c7r\'e9 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava. Deciding that his life was useless, he lay down on a bed of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ku\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  grass, being determined to give up his life by fasting. At that time Lord Jagann\'e4tha spoke to him in a dream as follows: "My dear King, don't be anxious
. I shall come floating in from the sea in My wooden form as D\'e4ru-brahman at the place called B\'e4\'eckimuh\'e4n." With a company of soldiers, the King then went to that place and saw on the shore a huge piece of wood marked with a conch, disc, club 
and lotus. Although he engaged many men and elephants to move that D\'e4ru-brahman, or woody Brahman, they couldn't even budge it. But that night in a dream Lord Jagann\'e4tha again spoke to the King, saying, "Bring My previous servant Vi\'e7v\'e4su, who
 used to serve Me as N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava, and place a golden chariot in front of D\'e4ru-brahman!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King began to work according to the instruction of that dream. He brought the \'c7abara Vi\'e7v\'e4su and put him on one side of D\'e4ru-brahman, and on the oth
er side he put the br\'e4hma\'eba Vidy\'e4pati. Placing a golden chariot before the D\'e4ru-brahman, he then started kirtana, chanting of the holy names of the Supreme Lord. Then the King caught hold of D\'e4ru-brahman and prayed for the Lord to mount th
e chariot. D\'e4ru-brahman was then easily placed on the chariot and taken to an appointed place. There Lord Brahm\'e4 began a sacrifice and established a Deity of Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva on the raised platform of the sacrifice. It is said that the place
 where the present temple stands is the place where the sacrifice was performed and that the N\'e5si\'e0ha Deity now standing at the western side of the Mukti-ma\'eb\'f2apa in the temple compound is that original N\'e5si\'e0ha Deity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To carve the Deity of Lord Jagann\'e4tha from the D\'e4ru-brahman, King Indradyumna called many expert sculptors. None of them, however, was able to touch D\'e4ru-b
rahman, for as soon as they started, their chisels broke and fell to pieces. Finally the Supreme Lord Himself came in the disguise of an old artist who introduced himself as Ananta Mah\'e4r\'e4n\'e4.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Utkala Kha\'eb\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  54.22\'9665), the artist Vi\'e7vakarma, the architect of the demigods, 
carved the Deities in pursuance of the desire of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who had assumed the form of an old }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *He promised that if he were allowed to work behind closed doors for twenty-one days, the Deity would be carved. Immediately preparations were made. According to th
e old sculptor's directions, all the other artists were engaged in making three chariots. The old sculptor then took D\'e4ru-brahman into the temple and closed the doors, after making the King promise that the sculptor would reside alone and the King wou
ld not open the doors of the temple even slightly before the twenty-one days were up. After fourteen days had passed, however, the King was unable to hear the sounds of the artist's tools, and so he became full of anxiety. Although his minister again and
 again forbade him, the King, on the advice of his queen, by force opened the door of the temple with his own hand.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Inside, the King did not find the old sculptor, but instead he saw that D\'e4ru-brahman was manifested in three forms, as Lord Jagann\'e4tha, Subhadr\'e4 and Balar
\'e4ma. Going forward in front of these three Deities, he saw that Their fingers and toes were unfinished. The King's wise minister then informed him that the architect was none other than Lord Jagann\'e4tha Himself and that because the King had broken h
is promise by opening the doors seven days too soon, Lord Jagann\'e4tha had manifested Himself in that way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the King, thinking himself a great offender, decided to end his life. Thus again he lay down on a bed of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ku\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  grass and began fasting. When half the night had passed, Lord Jagann\'e4tha appeared to the King in his dreams. The Lord said, "I am eternally
 situated here in N\'e9l\'e4cala in the form of Lord Jagann\'e4tha as D\'e4ru-brahman. In this material world, I descend in twenty-four Deity incarnations with My abode. I have no material hands and feet, but with My transcendental senses I accept all th
e items offered in service by My devotees, and for the benefit of the world I move from one place to another. You have broken your promise, but that is just a part of the sweetness of My pastimes to manifest this Jagann\'e4tha form, which protects the et
ernal words of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Anyway, those devotees whose eyes are smeared with the salve of love wi
ll always see Me as \'c7y\'e4masundara, holding a flute. If your desire is to serve Me in opulence, then from time to time I may be decorated with hands and feet made of gold or silver. You should certainly know, however, that My limbs are the ornaments 
of all ornaments."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  assert, specifically in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (3.19):
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ap\'e4\'ebi-p\'e4do javano grah\'e9t\'e4\line pa\'e7yaty acak\'f1u\'f9 sa \'e7\'e5\'eboty akar\'eba\'f9\line sa vetti vedya\'e0 
na ca tasy\'e4sti vett\'e4\line tam \'e4hur agrya\'e0 puru\'f1a\'e0 mah\'e4ntam
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Without legs and hands, He moves and accepts. Without eyes He sees, and without ears He hears. He knows all that is knowable, but no one
 knows Him. They call Him the original Supreme Person." To protect this assertion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Lord Jaga
nn\'e4tha takes His form without hands and legs. Still, Lord Jagann\'e4tha is able to accept fifty-six different types of food, offered eight times daily, and He tours the world in His splendid carts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hearing the words of Lord Jagann\'e4tha in his dream, the King became satisfied and prayed to Him as follows: "My Lord, grant that those who appear in the family of
 the sculptor who manifested Your form may age after age assist in constructing the three carts."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jagann\'e4tha, slightly smiling, replied, "That shall be." Then Lord Jagann\'e4tha said to the King, "The descendants of Vi\'e7v\'e4su, who used to serve Me as
 N\'e9la-m\'e4dhava, should generation after generation serve Me. They may be called My }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dayit\'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
. The descendants of Vidy\'e4pati born from his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wife should perform the Deity wors
hip for Me. And his descendants born from his \'c7abar\'e9 wife, Lalit\'e4, should cook My food. They shall be known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fcy\'e4ras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then King Indradyumna said to the Lord Jagann\'e4tha, "My Lord, kindly grant one favor to me. Let the doors to Your temple be closed for only three hours a day. The
 rest of the time, let the doors be open so that all the residents of the universe may have access to see You. Further, let it be that all day long Your eating may go on and that Your lotus fingers may thus never become dry."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jagann\'e4tha replied, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Tath\'e4stu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , so be it. And for yourself, what benediction do you ask?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The King replied, "So that no one in the future will be able to claim Your temple as his own property, I desire to be without descendants. Kindly just grant me this
 one benediction."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jagann\'e4tha replied, " }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tath\'e4stu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , so be it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the merciful Lord Jagann\'e4tha, Subhadr\'e4 and Balar\'e4ma appeared in this material world to benefit all living beings. What is the benefit They bestow? Tha
t is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (U. Kh. 52.12):
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pratim\'e4\'e0 tatra t\'e4\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4\line svaya\'e0 devena nirmit\'e4m\line an\'e4y\'e4sena vai y\'e4nti\line bhava
na\'e0 me tato nar\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba tells Lak\'f1m\'e9-dev\'e9, "In that great abode known as Puru\'f1ottama-k\'f1etra, which is rarely ac
hieved among all the three worlds, the Ke\'e7ava Deity, who was fashioned by the Supreme Lord Himself, is situated. If men simply see that Deity, they are easily able to come to My abode." In this way Lord Jagann\'e4tha is delivering the whole universe, 
especially as He rides on His cart before the eyes of all. Therefore I offer my prostrated obeisances to Lord Jagann\'e4tha, Subhadr\'e4 and Balar\'e4ma on the occasion of Their chariot ride and pray for Them to forgive me for any offenses I have committ
ed in my clumsy attempt to describe Their glorious appearance.
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\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. Experience life in a mobile }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Daily classes in }{\b0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vegetarian }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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ival
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\par }\pard \s170 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Chicago\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Saturday, July 12. Parade starts at State and Ada
ms St., 1:00 P.M. ; feast at Civic Center, 3:00 P.M.\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Philadelphia\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Saturday, July 12 . Parade star
ts at Art Museum oval, 12 noon ; feast at Independence Mall , 3 :00 P.M .\line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub San Francisco\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Sunday, J
uly 20. Parade starts at John F. Kennedy Dr. entrance to Golden Gate Park, 12 noon; feast in Lindley Meadow, 3:15 P.M.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-bg v10#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b\i0\ul0
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\par }\pard \s170 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#5/6
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
10 No. 8, 1975
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In San Diego, California and around the world\'85
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub In San Diego, California and aro
und the world\'85
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE/\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA, R\'c4MA R
\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nearing the end of its arduous journey from Calcutta to New York ten years ago, the cargo ship }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Jaladuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  docked briefly in Boston. One of the few passengers on board was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who at the age of sixty-nine was
 making his first journey outside of India. His mission, given him by his spiritual master, was to teach the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the people of the Western world. When he stepped off the boat, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da noticed how m
aterially inclined the people of the West were. He saw what a difficult task he would have, and he prayed to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba for help. A year later, in a humble storefront in New York City, he founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousne
ss (ISKCON) and began the movement that's surprising the world with its remarkable growth and popularity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over the past nine years, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has established ISKCON centers (like the one above in San Diego) in over seventy major cities throughout the wor
ld. His message is simple and clear: "Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and your life will be sublime." The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a chant or prayer requesting the Supreme Lord to engage us in His service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The disciples of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who have taken his advice and experienced the pleasure of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and serving the Lord, are natural
ly eager to express their gratitude to him. They'll do this formally on August 31, his birthday anniversary, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . By a wonderful coincidence, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 falls on the day following Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday celebration (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). 
Therefore both events are observed side by side with equal enthusiasm. You'll find out more about the significance of these two days as you read through this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD.
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\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the Int
ernational Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead v10#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SENIOR EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITORIAL BOARD }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Santo\'f1a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhakta}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Mural
\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, C
akradhara d\'e4sa, Arcita d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PROOFREADERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jaya\'e7acinandana d\'e4s
a, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Matsya d\'e4sa, Jayadharma d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1975 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  MEMBERSHIP
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e to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90034.
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover v10#8
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a.\line Illustration: Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
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atam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first installment of a serialized presentation of India's great spiritual classic.
 Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World v10#8
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A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What is Guru?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What is Guru?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A lecture given by \line His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da \line on Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4 day, 1973, at Bhaktivedanta Manor, England
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 aj\'ef\'e4na-timir\'e4ndhasya\line j\'ef\'e4n\'e4\'efjana-\'e7al\'e4kay\'e4\line cak\'f1ur unm\'e9lita\'e0 yena\line tasma
i \'e7r\'e9-gurave nama\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my spiritual master, opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gautam\'e9ya-tantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aj\'ef\'e4na}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means ignorance or darkness. If all the lights in this room immediately went out, we would not be able to tell where we or others are sitting. Everything woul
d become confused. Similarly, we are all in darkness in this material world, which is a world of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tamas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tamas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub timira}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub means darkness. This material world is dark, and therefore it needs sunlight or moonlight for illumination. However, there is another world, a spiritual world, that is beyond this darkness. That world is described by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na tad bh\'e4sayate s\'fcryo\line na \'e7a\'e7\'e4\'ecko na p\'e4vaka\'f9\line yad gatv\'e4 na nivartante\line tad dh\'e4ma para
ma\'e0 mama}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "That abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by electricity. One who reaches it never returns to this material world." (}
{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 From Darkness to Light
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub business is to bring his disciples from darkness to light. At present everyone is suffering due to ignorance, just as one contacts a disease out of ignorance. If 
one does not know hygienic principles, he will not know what will contaminate him. Therefore due to ignorance there is infection, and we suffer from disease. A criminal may say, "I did not know the law," but he will not be excused if he commits a crime. 
Ignorance is no excuse. Similarly, a child, not knowing that fire will burn, will touch the fire. The fire does not think, "This is a child, and he does not know I will burn." No, there is no excuse. Just as there are state laws, there are also stringent
 laws of nature, and these laws will act despite our ignorance of them. If we do something wrong out of ignorance, we must suffer. This is the law. Whether the law is a state law or a law of nature, we risk suffering if we break it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub business is to see that no human being suffers in this material world. No one can claim that he is not suffering. That is not possible. In this material world, th
ere are three kinds of suffering: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhy\'e4tmika, adhibhautika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhidaivika}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are miseries arising from the material body and mind, from other living entities and from the forces of nature. We may suffer mental anguish, or we may suffer from other living entities\'97from ants 
or mosquitoes or flies\'97or we may suffer due to some superior power. There may be no rain or there may be flood. There may be excessive heat or excessive cold. So many types of suffering are imposed by nature. Thus there are three types of miseries wit
hin the material world, and everyone is suffering from one, two or three of them. No one can say that he is completely free from suffering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We may then ask }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub why}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the living entity is suffering. The answer is: out of ignorance. He does not think, "I am committing mistakes and am leading a sinful life; that is why I am suffe
ring." Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub first business is to rescue his disciple from this ignorance. We send our children to school to save them from suffering. If our children do not receive an education, we fear that they will suffer in the future. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sees that suffering is due to ignor
ance, which is compared to darkness. How can one in darkness be saved? By light. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub takes the torchlight of knowledge and presents it before the living entity enveloped in darkness. That knowledge relieves him from the sufferings of the darkness of ignorance.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Guru is One
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may ask whether the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is absolutely necessary. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inform us that he is:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet\line samit-p\'e4\'ebi\'f9 \'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham\line }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mundaka Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.12}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enjoin us to seek out a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub actually, they say to seek out }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub not just }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one because he comes in disciplic succession. What Vy\'e4sadeva and K\'e5\'f1\'eba taught 5,000 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub years ago is also being taught now. There is no difference between the two instructions. Although hundreds and thousands of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4
c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have come and gone, the message is one. The real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot be two because the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  does not speak differently from 
his predecessors. Some spiritual teachers say, "In my opinion you should do this," but this is not a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
. Such so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are simply rascals. The genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has only one opinion, and that is the opinion expressed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Vy\'e4sadeva, N\'e4rada, Arjuna, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and the G
osv\'e4m\'e9s. Five thousand years ago Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and Vy
\'e4sadeva recorded it. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva did not say, "This is my opinion." Rather, he wrote, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhagav\'e4n uv\'e4ca, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is, "The Supreme Personality of Godhead says." Whatever Vy\'e4sad
eva wrote was originally spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva did not give his own opinion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consequently, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He does not misinterpret the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba but transmits them exactly as they were spoken. If we send a telegram, the person who delivers the telegram does not have to correct it, edit it or ad
d to it. He simply presents it. That is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  business. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may be this person or that, but the message is the same; therefore it is said that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is one.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the disciplic succession we simply find repetition of the same subject. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam\line \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 m
at-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Engage your mind always in thinking of Me, become My devotee, offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely y
ou will come to Me." (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  These very
 instructions were reiterated by all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya an
d Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. The Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s also transmitted the same message, and we are simply following in their footsteps. There is no difference. We do not interpret the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba by saying, "In my opinion, the Battlefield of Kuru
k\'f1etra represents the human body." Such interpretations are set forth by rascals. In the world there are many rascal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who give their own opinion, but we can challenge any rascal. A rascal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  may say,
 "I am God," or, "We are all God." That is all right, but we should find out from the dictionary what the meaning of God is. Generally, a dictionary will tell us that the word God indicates the Supreme Being. Thus we may ask such a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "Are you the Supreme Being?" If he cannot understand this, then we should give the meaning of supreme. Any dictionary wil
l inform us that supreme means "the greatest authority." We may then ask, "Are you the greatest authority?" Such a rascal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , even though proclaiming himself to be God, cannot answer such a question. God is the Supreme Being and the highest authority. No one is equal to Him or greater than Him. Yet there are many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Gods, many rascals who claim to be the Supreme. Such rascals cannot help us escape the darkness of material existence. They cannot illumin
e our darkness with the torchlight of spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  will simply present what the supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , God, says in bona fide scripture. A }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot change the message of the disciplic succession. Once there was a gentleman named Vallabh
\'e4c\'e4rya, who was very devoted to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Vallabh\'e4c\'e4rya wrote a commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and he presented it to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, saying, "Lord Caitanya, please hear my commentary on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You will find that it is far better than \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9's." \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9 was a very ancient commentator Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu immediately rejected Vallabh
\'e4c\'e4rya, saying, "Oh, are you claiming that you have written something better than \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9?" Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu then chastised Vallabh\'e4c\'e4rya, saying, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sv\'e4mike yini n\'e4 m\'e4nena, tini ve\'e7y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu sarcastically used the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which also means husband. He said, \'93I think that one who does not recognize the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [husband] is a prostitute.\'94 In other words, "If you do not recognize \'c7r\'e9dhara Sv\'e4m\'e9, then you are a prostitute. How can 
I hear from a prostitute?"
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 No Research Necessary
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must understand that we cannot carry out research to find the Absolute Truth. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself said, "My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja considered me a great 
fool." He who remains a great fool before his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub himself. However, if one says, "I am so advanced that I can speak better than my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru," }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub he is simply a rascal. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam\line ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9\line sa k\'e4leneha mahat\'e4\line yogo na\'f1\'f6a\'f9 pa
rantapa
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This supreme science was thus received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way. But i
n course of time the succession was broken, and therefore the science as it is appears to be lost." (Bg. 4.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taking on a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not simply a fashion. One who is serious about understanding spiritual life requir
es a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a question of ne
cessity, for one must be very serious to understand spiritual life, God, proper action and one's relationship with God. When we are very serious about understanding these subjects, we need a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub guru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We shouldn't go to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub simply because a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may be fashionable at the moment. Surrend
er must be there, for without surrender we cannot learn anything. If we go to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub simply to ch
allenge him, we will learn nothing. But we must accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub just as Arjuna accepted his }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e4rpa\'ebya-do\'f1opahata svabh\'e4va\'f9\line p\'e5cch\'e4mi tva\'e0 dharma-samm\'fc\'f2ha-cet\'e4\'f9\line yac chreya\'f9 s
y\'e4n ni\'e7cita\'e0 br\'fchi tan me\line \'e7i\'f1yas te 'ha\'e0 \'e7\'e4dhi m\'e4\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 prapannam
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me clearly
 what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.\'94 (Bg. 2.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 From "God" to Dog
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the process for accepting a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative, the former }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4ryas' }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub representative. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are His representatives; therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub should be offered the same respect one would offer to God. As Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura says in his prayers to the spiritual master: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gu
rv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By the mercy of the spiritual master, one receives the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Thus, if we surrender to the bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we surrender to God. God accepts our surrender to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gur
u.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba instructs:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." (Bg. 18.66}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Someone may argue, "Where is K\'e5\'f1\'eba? I shall surrender to Him." But no, the process is that we f
irst surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative; then we surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4straih: }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as good as God. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we offer respects to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we are offering respects to God.
 Because we are trying to be God conscious, it is required that we learn how to offer respects to God through God's representative. In all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub described to be as good as God, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub never says, "I am God." The disciple's duty is to offer respect to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub just as he offers respect to God, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub never thinks, "My disciples are of
fering me the same respect they offer to God; therefore I have become God." As soon as he thinks like this, he becomes a dog instead of God. Therefore Vi\'e7van\'e4tha Cakravart\'e9 says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya eva tasya. }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because he is the most confidential servitor of God, th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub offered the same respect that we offer God. God is always God, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub always }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
guru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As a matter of etiquette, God is the worshipable God, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the, worshiper God }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (sev\'e4-bhagav\'e4n). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub addressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "lord," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "position." Thus }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prabhup\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "he who has taken the position of the Lord." This is the same as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strai\'f9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only if we are very serious about understanding the science of God is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub required. We should not try to keep a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as a matter of fashion. One who has accepted a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub speaks intelligently. He 
never speaks nonsense. That is the sign of having accepted a bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should certainly 
offer all respect to the spiritual master, but we should also remember how to carry out his orders. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself tells us the method of seeking out and approaching the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena\line paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4\line upadek\'f1yanti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line j\'ef\'e4ninas tattva-d
ar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-reali
zed soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth." (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The first process is that of surrender. We hav
e to find an exalted person and willingly surrender before him. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enjoin that before we t
ake a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we study him carefully to find out whether we can surrender to him. We should not accept a }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suddenly out of fanaticism. That is very dangerous. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should also study the person who wants to become a disciple to see if he is fit. That is the way a relationship is established between the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and disciple. Everything is provided, but we must take up the process seriously. Then we can be trained t
o become a bona fide disciple. First we must find a bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub establish our relationship with him a
nd act accordingly. Then our life will be successful, for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can enlighten the sincere disciple who
 is in darkness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Perfecting Our Life
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone is born a rascal and a fool. If we are born learned, why do we need to go to school? If we do not cultivate knowledge, we are no better than animals. An an
imal may say that there is no need of books and that he has become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but how can anyone obt
ain knowledge without the study of authoritative books on science and philosophy? Rascal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tr
y to avoid these things. We must understand that we are all born rascals and fools and that we have to be enlightened. We have to receive knowledge to make our lives perfect. If we do not perfect our lives, we are defeated. What is this defeat? The strug
gle for existence. We are trying to obtain a better life, to attain a superior position, and for this we are struggling very hard. But we do not know what a superior position actually is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever position we have in this material world must be given up. We may have a good position or a bad position; in any case, we cannot remain here. We may earn mi
llions of dollars and think, "Now I am in a good position," but a little dysentery or cholera will finish our position. If the bank fails, our position is gone. So actually there is no good position in this material world. It is a farce. Those who try to
 attain a better position in the material world are ultimately defeated because there is no better position. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (14.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says what the better position is:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo \'92vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4
ya kalpate
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature 
and thus comes to the level of Brahman."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Is there any science that gives us the knowledge by which we may become immortal? Yes, we may become immortal, but not in the material sense. We cannot receive this
 knowledge in so-called universities. However, there is knowledge contained in the Vedic scriptures by which we may become immortal. That immortality is our better position. No more birth, no more death, no more old age, no more disease. Thus the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub takes on a very great responsibility. He must guide his disciple and enable him to become an eligib
le candidate for the perfect position, immortality. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub must be competent to lead his discip
le back home, back to Godhead. Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "A criminal may say, 'I did not know the law,' but he will not be excused if he commits a crime. Ignorance is no excuse."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p5: "A rascal guru may say, 'I am God,' or 'We are all God.' That is all right, but we should find out what the meaning of
 God is."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p6: "One who is serious about understanding spiritual life requires a guru."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p7: "We should not accept a guru suddenly out of fanaticism. That is very dangerous."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Celebrating the Birth of Lord }{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Celebrating the Birth of Lord }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Five thousand years ago, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, descended from the spiritual world and appear
ed in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. Naturally an occasion of great joy for His devotees, His birthday, Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, was celebrated with opulence and gaiety. The original Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub took }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub place in V\'e5nd\'e4vana at the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub house }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's foster father, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. Learned br\'e4hma\'ebas and astrologers led the festivities, and all the town's residents joined in the singing, dancing, and feasting. Each year si
nce then Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees have marked the auspicious event in the same way. Today, people from many nations, having heard about this wonderful day, take pleasure in celebrating Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub following pages depict }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub last }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub year's festival at Bhaktivedanta Manor, near London, England.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Birth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An International Holiday
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by M\'e4dhav\'e4nanda d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many Indian people who have left their homeland in search of material prosperity in the West have become estranged from their own culture. But when they see young W
esterners taking to the essence of the Vedic tradition in the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they are moved to review their neglected heritage and revive their practice. Thus thousands of Indians regularly visit K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness center
s around the world. One of them, Bhaktivedanta Manor, is pictured here.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktivedanta Manor is a large estate in the countryside near London, England. Its bountiful gardens, orchards, pastureland and dairy accompany an exquisite temple 
graced by Deities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His eternal consort, R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. The formal name of the Deities, \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-Gokul\'e4nanda, honors Gokula, a farming village in India where K\'e5\'f1\'eba lived thousands of 
years ago.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Drawn by these perennial attractions, busloads of Indian guests come to the Manor every Sunday. As they arrive, they bow down before the altar, offering prayers, fr
uits, grains and flowers. The Indian guests feel quite at home doing this, for as His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has said, "Most Indian people are by nature K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, but being attracted by the glare of material l
ife in the West, they have forgotten their great culture and heritage."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, Indians are not alone in this regard. The cultural mainstream of all human civilization, East and West, is its spiritual heritage, and all contemporary s
ocieties are beset by forgetfulness of this fact. It is the aim of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness to remind us all, regardless of background, of our permanent relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Indians and native-b
orn Britishers alike appreciate the transcendental }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub qualities of a Sunday feast at the Manor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Last August at Bhaktivedanta Manor, a celebration of the birthday, or appearance day, of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba drew over five thousand people to the temple. That gath
ering is seen on these pages. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance day, called Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, is the most important holiday on the Vedic calendar. Expecting a crowd, the devotees erected a large tent on the front lawn. Inside the tent, festivities\'97pla
ys, movies, slides, discourses and congregational chanting of the Lord's holy names\'97continued through the day and evening until midnight. Then a magnificent ceremony called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
abhiseka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was performed. The Deities were bathed in yogurt, milk, rose water, clarified butter and honey, with fifteen hundred guests staying to watch. At its conclusion, every
one enjoyed a sumptuous feast of food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That evening, inspired by the transcendental mission of ISKCON, eleven guests enrolled in the society's life membership program.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On many days that summer, the Deities were taken from Their altar, placed on a palanquin and carried through the local village of Letchmore Heath. Hundreds of parti
cipants followed, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. And in November a throng of nine thousand came to the Manor to celebrate a favorite holi
day, Govardhana-p\'fcj\'e4, which commemorates K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental pastime of lifting Govardhana Hill.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing about the marvelous programs at Bhaktivedanta Manor, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da commented, "This movement of Lord Caitanya's is so wonderful. There are so
 many festivals\'97Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, Gaura-p\'fcr\'ebim\'e4, Govardhana-p\'fcj\'e4, Jhulana-y\'e4tr\'e4, Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, R\'e4sa-l\'e9l\'e4. Practically speaking, there is a big festival every two months. So let there be many such wonderful prog
rams, and let everyone come and see the blissful life of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." The devotees of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness extend this invitation to all readers of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We hope you'll join us at the ISKCON center nearest you for this month's Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 celebration on August 30.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p10:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Smiling affectionately, the Deities gr
eet visitors to Bhaktivedanta Manor. \line Friends of the Society from the London area gather at the estate for the Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 fair.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p11:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Indians are familiar with Vedic litera
ture, but most haven't heard the meaning clearly explained. They are eager to read the books of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da to gain a better understanding.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chanting the Lord's holy names is the highlight of the program, and it continues for many hours. The beautiful sound awakens
 spiritual consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees and guests crowd into the huge pavilion all afternoon and evening for the plays, dances and concerts. The Deitie
s preside at the right of the stage.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Killing of P\'fctan\'e4 Witch
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Killing of P\'fctan\'e4 Witc
h
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even as a child, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba demonstrated His divinity by performing superhuman feats. The following account of
 His slaying the witch P\'fctan\'e4 is taken from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, The Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub AFTER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consulting with his demoniac ministers, Ka\'e0sa instru
cted a witch named P\'fctan\'e4, who knew the black art of killing small children by ghastly, sinful methods, to kill all kinds of children in the cities, villages and pasturing grounds. Such witches can play their black art only where there is no chanti
ng or hearing of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It is said that wherever the chanting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is done, even negligently, all bad elements\'97witches, ghosts and dangerous calamities\'97immediately disappear. And this is certa
inly true of the place where the chanting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is done seriously\'97especially in V\'e5nd\'e4vana when the Supreme Lord was personally present. Therefore, the doubts of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja were certainly based on affection 
for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Actually there was no danger from the activities of P\'fctan\'e4, despite her powers. Such witches are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub khecar\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means they can fly in the sky. This black art of witchcraft is still practiced by some women in the remote northwestern side of India. They can transfer themselves from one place to another on the branch
 of an uprooted tree. P\'fctan\'e4 knew this witchcraft, and therefore she is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub khecar\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'fctan\'e4 entered the county of Gokula, the residential quarter of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, without permission. Dressing herself just like a beautiful woman, she en
tered the house of Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. She appeared very beautiful with raised hips, nicely swollen breasts, and flowers in her hair. She looked especially beautiful on account of her thin waist. She was glancing at everyone, with attractive looks and s
miling face, and all}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were captivated. The innocent cowherd women
 thought that she was a goddess of fortune appearing in V\'e5nd\'e4vana with a lotus flower in her hand. It seemed to them that she had personally come to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is her}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub husband. Because of her exquisite beauty, no one checked her movement, and therefore she freely entered the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. P\'fctan\'e4, the kille
r of many, many children, found baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba lying on a small bed, and she could at once perceive that the baby was hiding His unparalleled potencies. P\'fctan\'e4 thought, "This child is so powerful that He can destroy the whole universe immediat
ely."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 God is Always God 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'fctan\'e4's understanding is very significant. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is situated in everyone's heart. It is stated in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that He gives one necessary intelligence, and He also causes one to forget. P\'fctan
\'e4 was immediately aware that the child whom she was observing in the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. He was lying there as a small baby, but that does not mean that He was less powerful. The materialistic 
theory that God-worship is anthropomorphic is not correct. No living being can become God by undergoing meditation or austerities. God is always God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the child-baby is as complete as He is as a full-fledged youth. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da 
theory holds that the living entity was formerly God but has now become overwhelmed by the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore they say that presently he is not God, but when the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub taken away, then he again becomes God. This theory cannot be applied to the minute
 living entities. The living entities are minute parts and parcels of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; they are minute particles or sparks of the supreme fire, but they are not the original fire, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Person
ality of Godhead, even from the beginning of His appearance in the house of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed the nature of a small baby and closed His eyes, as if to avoid the face of P\'fctan\'e4. This closing of the eyes is interpreted and studied i
n different ways by the devotees. Some say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba closed His eyes because He did not like to see the face of P\'fctan\'e4, who had killed so many children and who had now come to kill Him. Others say that something extraordinary was being di
ctated to her, and in order to give her assurance, K\'e5\'f1\'eba closed His eyes so that she would not be frightened. And yet others interpret in this way: K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared to kill the demons and give protection to the devotees, as it is stated i
n the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4.8)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first demon to be killed was a woman. According to Vedic rules, the killing of a woman, a }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cows}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or of a child is forbidden. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was obliged to kill the demon P\'fctan\'e4, and because the killing of a woman is forbidden according to the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He could not help but close His eyes. Another interpretation is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba closed His
 eyes because He simply took P\'fctan\'e4 to be His nurse. P\'fctan\'e4 came to K\'e5\'f1\'eba just to offer her breast for the Lord to suck. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that even though He knew P\'fctan\'e4 was there to kill Him, He took her as His nu
rse or mother.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are seven kinds of mothers according to Vedic injunction: the real mother, the wife of a teacher or spiritual master, the wife of a king, the wife of a }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the cow, the nurse and the mother earth. Because P\'fctan\'e4 came to take K\'e5\'f1
\'eba on her lap and offer her breast's milk to be sucked by Him, she was accepted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba as one of His mothers. That is considered to be another reason He closed His eyes: He had to kill a nurse or mother. But His killing of His mother or nur
se was no different from His love for His real mother or foster Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4. We further understand from Vedic information that P\'fctan\'e4 was also treated as a mother and given the same facility as Ya\'e7od\'e4. As Ya\'e7od\'e4 was given libera
tion from the material world, so P\'fctan\'e4 was also given liberation. When the baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba closed His eyes, P\'fctan\'e4 took Him on her lap. She did not know that she was holding death personified. If a person mistakes a snake for a rope, he 
dies. Similarly, P\'fctan\'e4 killed so many babies before meeting K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but now she was accepting the snake that would kill her immediately.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Sword in a Decorated Case
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When P\'fctan\'e4 was taking baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba on her lap, both Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Rohini were present, but they did not forbid her because she was so beautifully d
ressed and because she showed motherly affection towards K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They could not understand that she was a sword within a decorated case. P\'fctan\'e4 had smeared a very powerful poison on her breasts, and immediately after taking the baby on her 
lap, she pushed her breastly nipple within His mouth. She was hoping that as soon as He would suck her breast, He would die. But baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba very quickly took the nipple in anger. He sucked the milk-poison along with the life air of the demon. In
 other words, K\'e5\'f1\'eba simultaneously sucked the milk from her breast and killed her by sucking out her life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that because the demon K\'e5\'f1\'eba came to offer her breast milk to Him, He fulfilled her desire and acce
pted her activity as motherly. But to stop her from further nefarious activities, He immediately killed her. And because the demon was killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she got liberation. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba sucked}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub out her very breath, P\'fctan\'e4 fell down on the ground, spread her arms and legs and began to cry, "Oh, child, leave me, leave me!" She w
as crying loudly and perspiring, and her whole body became wet.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Nightmare Finished
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As she died screaming, there was a tremendous vibration both on the earth and in the sky, in all directions, and people thought that thunderbolts were falling. Thus
 the nightmare of the P\'fctan\'e4 witch was over, and she assumed her real feature as a great demon. She opened her fierce mouth and spread her arms and legs all over She fell exactly as Vrkasura when struck by the thunderbolts of Indra. The long hair o
n her head was scattered all over her body. Her fallen body extended up to twelve miles and smashed all the trees to pieces, and everyone was struck with wonder upon seeing this gigantic body. Her teeth appeared just like ploughed roads, and her nostrils
 appeared just like mountain caves. Her breasts appeared like blind wells, and her two thighs appeared like two banks of a river; her two hands appeared like two strongly constructed bridges, and her abdomen seemed like a dried-up lake. All the cowherd m
en and women became struck with awe and wonder upon seeing this. And the tumultuous sound of her falling shocked their brains and ears and made their hearts beat strongly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  saw little K\'e5\'f1\'eba playing on P\'fctan\'e4's lap, they very quickly came and picked Him up. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, Rohini and other elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  immediately performed the auspicious rituals by taking the tail of a cow and circumambulating His body. The child was completely washed with the urine of a cow, and the dust created 
by the hooves of the cows was thrown all over His body. This was all just to save little K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub from further inauspicious accidents. This incident gives us a clear indication of how important the cow is to the family, society and to living beings in general. The transcendental body of K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not require any protection, but t
o instruct us on the importance of the cow, the Lord was smeared over with cow dung, washed with the urine of a cow and sprinkled with the dust upraised by the walking of the cows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After this purificatory process, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , headed by Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Rohi\'eb\'e9, chanted twelve names of Vi\'f1\'ebu to give K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body full protection from all evil influences. They washed their hands and feet and sipped water three 
times, as is the custom before chanting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They chanted as follows: "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, may the Lord who is known as Ma\'ebim\'e4n protect Your thighs; may Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu who is known as Yaj\'efa protect Your legs; may Lord Acyuta protect Your arms; may Lord Hay
agr\'e9va protect Your abdomen; may Lord Ke\'e7ava protect Your heart; may Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu protect Your arms; may Lord Urukrama protect Your face; may Lord \'c9\'e7vara protect Your head; may Lord Cakradhara protect Your front; may Lord Gad\'e4dhara pro
tect Your back; may Lord Madhus\'fcdana, who carries a bow in His hand, protect Your eyesight; may Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu with His conchshell protect Your left side; may the Personality of Godhead Upendra protect You from above, and may Lord T\'e4rk\'f1ya prot
ect You from below the earth; may Lord Haladhara protect You from all sides; may the Personality of Godhead H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a protect all Your senses; may Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba protect Your breath; and may the Lord of Svetadv\'e9pa, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba
, protect Your heart; may Lord Yoge\'e7vara protect Your mind; may Lord P\'e5\'e7n\'e9garbha protect Your intelligence, and may the Supreme Personality of Godhead protect Your soul. While You are playing, may Lord Govinda protect You from all sides; and 
when You are sleeping, may Lord M\'e4dhava protect You from all danger; when You are working, may the Lord of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha protect You from falling down; when You are sitting, may the Lord of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha give You all protection; and while You are 
eating, may the Lord of all sacrifices give You all protection."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 began to chant different names of Vi\'f1\'ebu to protect the child K\'e5\'f1\'eba's different bodily parts. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was firmly 
convinced that she should protect her child from different kinds of evil spirits and ghosts\'97namely D\'e4kin\'e9s, Y\'e4tudh\'e4n\'e9s, K\'fc\'f1m\'e4\'eb\'f2\'e4s, Yak\'f1as, R\'e4k\'f1asas, Vin\'e4yakas, Ko\'f6ar\'e4, Revat\'e9, Jye\'f1\'f6h\'e4, P
\'fctan\'e4, M\'e4t\'e5k\'e4s, Unm\'e4das and similar other evil spirits who cause persons to forget their own existence and give trouble to the life air and the senses. Sometimes they appear in dreams and cause much perturbation; sometimes they appear a
s old women and suck the blood of small children. But all such ghosts and evil spirits cannot remain where there is chanting of the holy name of God. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was firmly convinced of the Vedic injunctions about the importance of cows and the h
oly name of Vi\'f1\'ebu; therefore she took all shelter in the cows and the name of Vi\'f1\'ebu so that He might save the child. Vedic culture has taken advantage of keeping cows and chanting the holy name of Vi\'f1\'ebu since the beginning of history, a
nd persons who are still following the Vedic ways, especially the householders, keep at least one dozen cows and worship the Deity of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, who is installed in their house.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Loving Protection
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  of V\'e5nd\'e4vana were so absorbed in affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba that they wanted to save Him, although there was no need to, for He had already protected Himself. They could not understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead playing as a child. After performing the formalities to protect the child, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 took K\'e5\'f1\'eba and let Him suck her own breast. When the child was protected by Vi\'f1\'ebu }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 felt that He was safe. In the meanti
me, all the cowherd men who went to Mathur\'e4 to pay tax returned home and were struck with wonder at seeing the gigantic dead body of P\'fctan\'e4. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja recalled the prophecy of Vasudeva and considered him a great sage and mystic }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  otherwise, how could he have foretold an incident that happened during his absence from V\'e5nd\'e4vana? After this, all the residents of Vraja cu
t the gigantic body of P\'fctan\'e4 into pieces and piled it up with wood for burning. When all the limbs of P\'fctan\'e4's body were burning, the smoke emanating from the fire created a good aroma of }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aguru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This aroma was due to her being killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This means that the demon P\'fctan\'e4 was washed of all her sinful activiti
es and attained a celestial body. Here is an example of how the Supreme Personality of Godhead is all-good: P\'fctan\'e4 came to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but because He sucked her milk, she was immediately purified, and her dead body attained a transcendenta
l quality. Her only business was to kill small children; she was only fond of blood. But in spite of being envious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she attained salvation because she gave her milk to Him to drink. So what can be said of those who are affectionate to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba in the relationship of mother or father?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Immense Profit
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The pure devotees always serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba with great love and affection, for He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul of every living entity. The
refore it is concluded that even a little energy expended in the service of the Lord gives one immense transcendental profit. This is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: sv-a
lpam apy asya dharmasya tr\'e4yate mahato bhay\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Devotional service in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so sublime that even a little service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, knowingly o
r unknowingly, gives one the greatest transcendental benefit. The system of worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba by offering flowers from a tree is also beneficial for the living entity who is confined to the bodily existence of that tree. When flowers and fruits a
re offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the tree that bore them also receives much benefit, indirectly. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arcana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  process, or worshiping procedure, is therefore beneficial for everyone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshipable by great demigods like Brahm\'e4 and Lord \'c7iva, and P\'fctan\'e4 was so fortunate that the same K\'e5\'f1\'eba played in her lap as a li
ttle child. The lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which are worshiped by great sages and devotees, were placed on the body of P\'fctan\'e4. People worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offer food with great reverence and devotion, but automatically He sucked the milk f
rom the body of P\'fctan\'e4. Devotees therefore pray that if simply by offering something as an enemy P\'fctan\'e4 got so much benefit, then who can measure the benefit of worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba in love and affection?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should only worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba if for no other reason than so much benefit awaits the worshiper. Although P\'fctan\'e4 was an evil spirit, she gained elevat
ion just like the mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is clear that the cows and the elder }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  who offered milk to K\'e5\'f1\'eba were also elevated to the transcendental position. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can offer anyone anything, from liberation to anything materially conceivable. Therefore, there cannot be any doubt of the salvation of 
P\'fctan\'e4, whose bodily milk was sucked by K\'e5\'f1\'eba for such a long time. And how can there be any doubt about the salvation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who were so fond of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Undoubtedly all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , cowherd boys, cows and everyone else who served K\'e5\'f1\'eba in V\'e5nd\'e4vana with love and affection were liberated from the miserable condition of material existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana smelled the good aroma from the smoke of the burning P\'fctan\'e4, they inquired from each other, "Where is this good fr
agrance coming from?" And while conversing, they came to understand that it was the fumes of the burning P\'fctan\'e4. They were very fond of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and as soon as they heard that the demon P\'fctan\'e4 had been killed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they of
fered blessings to the little child out of affection. After the burning of P\'fctan\'e4, Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja came home and immediately took up the child on his lap and began to smell His head. In this way, he was quite satisfied that his little child wa
s saved from this great calamity. \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has given a blessing to all persons who hear the narration of the killing of P\'fctan\'e4 by K\'e5\'f1\'eba: they will surely attain the favor of Govinda.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Sixth Chapter of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "P\'fctan\'e4 Killed."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Il
lustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam v10#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the first installment of a new monthly feature: a serialized presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the re-spiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scien
tific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, please see page 15 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [below]
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins\'97First Canto "Creation"\'97Ends TEXT 12
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-books v10#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG v10#2
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes v10#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Link-up
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub same as BTG v10#2
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v10 #8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
r
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa626\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness invite you to visit any one of the more than sixty-five K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious centers\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn (listed  on page two of this issue)}* for weekday classes and a delightful feast every Sunday. Write or call the center nearest you for further information.
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1
\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa94\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named fo
r a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 489, Caitanya Era\line Vai\'f1\'ebava Month of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (29 days, July 24\'97August 21, 1975)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (dark fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5 (July 28)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara 8}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (July 31)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of \'c7r\'e9la }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of \'c7r\'e9la Lokan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub tha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11 (August 3)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12 (August 4)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4mik\'e4-ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e4das\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba after 5:17 a.m. and before 9:
32 a.m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukla-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bright fortnight)}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 19 (August 11)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 24 (August 16)}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of \'c7r\'e9la Raghunandana \'d6h\'e4kura and \'c7r\'e9la }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vamsid\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4-Govinda's Jhulana-y\'e4tr\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 25 (August 17)}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 26 (August 18)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pavitr}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ropan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc
\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba before 9:32 a.m. Disa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9la Gaurid\'e4sa Pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb\'f2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ita. Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pavitr\'e4ropanpotsava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9dhara }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 29 (August 21)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 25 (July 18)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The end of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4-Govinda's Jhulana-y\'e4tr\'e4. Appearance of Lord Baladeva (fasting).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Return Yatra of Lord Jagann\'e4tha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 9 (August 30)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10 (August 31)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ...with advanced disciples of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. Experience life in a mobile }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0
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\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meditation and the philosophy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Delivering the Message Unchanged
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Delivering the Message Unchanged
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The day on which a disciple celebrates the appearance of his spiritual master is called Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4. The word \'93Vy\'e4sa\'94 indicates \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4s
adeva, a powerful incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) who compiled all of the Vedic literature, and \'93}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'94 means worship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vy\'e4sadeva appeared five thousand years ago, at the dawn of the present Age of Quarrel, just when widespread moral deterioration was about to begin. He could fore
see that the people of this age would be short-lived, unfortunate and always disturbed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before Vy\'e4sadeva, all the Vedic scriptures were taught and received verbally in disciplic succession. The memories of both the students and the spiritual masters
 of those ages were so sharp that once they heard a transcendental message from their spiritual master, the message was immediately imprinted into their brains and considered a written language.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To give the unfortunate people of the modern age a chance to partake of the knowledge contained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva undertook the enormous task of compilation. He composed the millions of Sanskrit verses of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , 
including }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . No one else in history can compare with him as a poet, phil
osopher or writer, and he is thus known as Mah\'e4muni (the great sage). He is the spiritual master of all who follow the teachings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . His final, mature work, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , is known as the \'93ripened fruit of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'94 and is sufficient in itself for 
God realization. The precious }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has been handed down in disciplic succession, from }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to disciple, in an unbroken chain, and today His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
\'e4da, spiritual master of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, is delivering it in turn to his disciples.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Out of his causeless mercy, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva wrote }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for the benefit of the fallen people of Kali-yuga (the modern age), and out of his causeless mercy \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is personally translating and expanding this monum
ental work\'97and he is preaching it throughout the western world as well. At the advanced age of seventy, he traveled under great hardship from India to America to found the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and today, nine years later, h
e tirelessly works eighteen to twenty hours a day, still translating and preaching the eternal message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : pure, unalloyed service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God).
\par }\pard \qj\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360\tx144\tx288 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many so-called gurus, in India and elsewhere, who preach something other than pure devotional service
 to God. But such }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Gurus\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are condemned by Vy\'e4sadeva at the beginning of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The supreme occupation for all humanity is that by which men can attain to l
oving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted in order to completely satisfy the self.\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.2.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And they are condemned by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Just give up all other forms of religion and surrender unto Me. I will protect you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear.
\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
Those}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who are followers of the Absolute Truth, the source of all emanations, accept that all know
ledge of the Absolute Truth is coming from the Vedic scriptures compiled by Vy\'e4sadeva, which include }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The emphatic conclusion of these scrip
tures, which are the cream of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of all incarnations and manifestations. And this conclusion has been reiterated by all the spiritual masters i
n disciplic succession, such as Lord Brahm\'e4, N\'e4rada, Vy\'e4sadeva and, in the modern age, Lord Caitanya, who stressed the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore one who is an actual spiritual master, who is imparting genuine knowledge of the Absolute Truth, must preach the message of Vy\'e4sadeva without change. S
o on his appearance day, the disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da will worship him as a bona fide representative of Vy\'e4sadeva, who is faithfully preaching the pure message of Vy\'e4sadeva throughout the world.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p18:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva receives inspiration to compile }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  from his spiritual master, Narada Muni.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vy\'e4sasana (The seat of Vy\'e4sa). One who qualifies himself as a pure representative of \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva is eligible to be seated here.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE MOST BLESSED EVENT
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1969 a unique book was discovered\'97a collection of tributes to \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup
\'e4da written by his disciples, one of whom was Abhay Caran Das, later to become His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Those who came upon it were students of His Divine Grace, and they were inspired by it to print a similar volume in
 his honor. Since then it has become an annual publication, presented to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da on his appearance day. This selection from last year's book was written by Giriraja d\'e4sa, now President of the ISKCON center in Bombay, India.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  your appeara
nce day is the most historic event in the history of man. Under your divine guidance the whole world is being inundated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. As stated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-c
arit\'e4m\'e5ta (\'c4di }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.26}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ):
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub saj-jana, dur-jana, pa\'ecgu, ja\'f2a, andha-ga\'eba\line prema-vany\'e4ya \'f2uv\'e4ila jagatera jana
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement will inundate the entire world and will drown everyone, whether one be a gentleman, a rogue or
 even lame, invalid or blind."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this Age of Quarrel everyone is full of lust, anger and greed, being engrossed in the modes of passion and ignorance. We, all your disciples, were also born in t
hat same ocean of material desires. We have been suffering in the hellish darkness of the material world since time immemorial. But you are a beam of light, pure and transcendental to this godless world, glowing with love of God. All the evils that we kn
ow are completely unknown to you, and all of the bliss in which you are immersed is alien to us. And yet you have so kindly extended your all-merciful hand to pull us out of this dark well of material life. As Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura has said: 
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cak\'f1ud\'e4na dila-yei, janme janme prabhu sei\line divya-j\'ef\'e4na h\'e5de prak\'e4\'e7ita\line prema-bhakti y\'e4h\'e4 hai
te avidy\'e4 vin\'e4\'e7a y\'e4te\line vede g\'e4ya y\'e4\'ech\'e4ra carita
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The spiritual master opens my darkened eyes and fills my heart with transcendental knowledge. He is my lord, birth after birth. From him
 ecstatic love of God emanates; by him ignorance is destroyed. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Guru-vandan\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You have thus established the truth of the wonderful vision of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Vedic scriptures). Not only have you delivered all your disciples from the clutches of sinful life (meat-eating, intoxication, illicit sex and so on), but you have also inculcated th
em with divine qualities such as self-control, austerity, simplicity, non-violence, truthfulness and cleanliness. Who but your divine self could have brought about such astounding changes? As Narottama d\'e4sa said in his prayer to a Vai\'f1\'ebava:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4h\'e4ra nika\'f6e gele p\'e4pa d\'fcre y\'e4ya\line emana day\'e4la prabhu keb\'e4 koth\'e4 p\'e4ya 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whose association but yours can cause the sinful reactions of the most sinful man to run away? Who is so merciful as Your Divine Grace? 
Search as I may, I cannot find him." You are the greatest Vai\'f1\'ebava because you are the most magnanimous and because you are bestowing upon us the highest perfection: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prema-bh
akti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (love of God).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You are so kind and humble that you do not take any credit for all your achievements. Taking unflinching shelter at the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta
 Sarasvat\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, you give all the credit to them. Your spiritual master is now glorified all over the world. We, who are so polluted by this Age of Kali, have nonetheless been accepted by you, so we simply pray earnest
ly to Lord Caitanya and the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s to help us glorify Your Divine Grace all over the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day, on your morning walk, a man started blaspheming you, saying that you are always criticizing everyone else. Your disciples were with you, and they were goin
g to take him away, but you stopped them, smiled and said, "I'm just saying what K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After a while the man came to his senses. He bowed down and touched your feet, and you accepted him. Who can stand against you? Your patience and determination are limitless. You are causelessly merciful because of being
 always absorbed in love of R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You are on the transcendental platform, free from anxieties. You have no business dealings with mundane people; you only deal with them to show them your causeless mercy. Somehow they must become at
tracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is your only concern.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba vibrated through your lips surpasses K\'e5\'f1\'eba the singing of the Gandharvas, the celestial singers. As soon as the n
ame "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" is mentioned to you, your face beams like the morning sun. O \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, when will we deserve to be your disciples? When will we give up our petty little worlds? When shall we be allowed entry into the world of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (perfected human beings) with Your Divine Grace? Even after hearing so much from yo
u, still we do not understand the value of the soul, especially the soul who has surrendered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nor have we any appreciation of our Godbrothers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But you have started this movement from zero. Long before starting ISKCON, you struggled unsuccessfully for many years to find just one person who could learn pure 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from you. Even though you now have thousands of disciples, you never lose sight of the value of each and every one of them. Each of them receives boundless mercy from you. You do not look at anyone's faults. Someone may be ni
nety-nine percent in illusion and one percent in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but you just look at his one percent and immediately devise a trick to increase his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and expand his service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear father, on this day of your divine appearance we make a meager offer of love at your lotus feet, and we beg that you accept it. We pray for the strength req
uired to recognize our Godbrothers and Godsisters as your loving children. We beg for the cooperative spirit to push on this movement throughout and even beyond this world. We pray that K\'e5\'f1\'eba may give us the intelligence to act for your pleasure
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material existence is a nightmare, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. We do not want to come back here. You have brought us this far; now please take us further away f
rom this hellish place, back to where the supremely attractive person is playing upon His flute, enjoying eternal sports with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please take us back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-guru karu\'eb\'e4-sindhu\line adhama jan\'e4ra bandhu\line lokan\'e4th lokera j\'e9vana\line h\'e4 h\'e4 prabhu kara d
ay\'e4\line deha more pada-ch\'e4y\'e4\line ebe ya\'e7a ghu\'f1uk tribhuvana
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Our spiritual master is an ocean of mercy, the friend of the poor and the lord and master of the devotees. O master, be merciful unto me
. Give me the shade of your lotus feet. Your fame is spread all over the three worlds."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Two recent editions of the \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4 tribute book.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4 Offering v10#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4 Of
fering
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \cellx720\cellx1440
\cellx2160\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb230\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Adore adore ye all\line \tab }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The happy day,\line Blessed than heaven,\line \tab Sweeter than May,\line When He appeared at Pur\'e9,\line The holy place,\line My Lo
rd and Master,\line \tab His Divine Grace.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Forty years ago, a disciple of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura composed a poem in honor of the appearance of his spiritual master. \'c7r\'e9la Bh
aktisiddh\'e4nta greatly appreciated this simple expression of reverence and love. The disciple, Abhay Charan Das, was to become His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, founder-\'e4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consci
ousness.\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb230\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 Absolute is sentient\line \tab Thou hast proved,\line Impersonal calamity\line \tab Thou hast removed.\line This gives us a life\line \tab Anew and fresh.\line Worship thy feet,\line \tab Your Divine G
race.\cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \cellx720\cellx1440
\cellx2160\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb230\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oh! My Master,\line \tab The evangelic angel,\line Give us Thy light,\line \tab Light up They candle.\line Struggle for exist
ence\line \tab A human race\line The only hope\line \tab His Divine Grace\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb230\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 Forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line \tab We fallen souls\line Pay most heavy\line \tab The illusion\'92s toll.\line Darkness around\line \tab
All untrace,\line The only hope,\line \tab His Divine Grace.\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb230\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 Had you not come,\line \tab Who had told\line The message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba,\line \tab Forceful and bold?\line That\'92s your right,\line \tab You ha
ve the mace.\line Save me, a fallen,\line \tab Your Divine Grace.\cell}
\row \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \cellx720\cellx1440
\cellx2160\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb230\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Misled, we are\line \tab All going astray.\line Save us, Lord,
\line \tab Our fervent pray.\line Wonder Thy ways\line \tab To turn our face,\line Adore Thy feet,\line \tab Your Divine Grace\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb230\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 Message of service\line \tab Thou hast brought,\line A healthful life\line \tab As 
Caitanya wrought.\line Unknown to all,\line \tab It\'92s full of brace.\line That\'92s your gift,\line \tab Your Divine Grace\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb230\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 The line of service\line \tab As drawn by you\line Is pleasing and healthy,\line 
\tab Like morning dew.\line The oldest of all,\line \tab But in new dress\line Miracle done,\line \tab Your Divine Grace.\cell}
\row \pard
\s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p22:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Universal Teacher
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE UNIVERSAL TEACHER
\par }\pard \s1279 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub The following speech was given by Abhay Charan Das (His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da) before 
the members of the \'c7r\'e9 Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6ha in Bombay, in February 1936, on the occasion of the appearance anniversary of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura.
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strair\line uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi\'f9\line kintu prabhor ya\'f9 priya
 eva tasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the revealed scriptures it is declared that the spiritual master should be worshiped like the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thi
s injunction is obeyed by pure devotees of the Lord. The spiritual master is the most confidential servant of the Lord. Thus let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of our spiritual master." }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, on behalf of the members of the Bombay branch of the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Ma\'f6ha, let me welcome you all because you have so kindly joined us tonight in our c
ongregational offerings of homage to the lotus feet of the world teacher, \'c4c\'e4ryadeva, who is the founder of this Gau\'f2\'e9ya Mission and the president-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7va-vai\'f1\'ebava R\'e4ja-sabh\'e4\'97I mean my eternal divine master, Paramaha\'e0sa Parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4
nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sixty-two years ago, on this auspicious day, the \'c4c\'e4ryadeva made his appearance by the call of \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivino
da at \'c7r\'e9-k\'f1etra, Jagann\'e4tha-dh\'e4ma at Pur\'e9.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, the offering of such an homage as has been arranged this evening to the \'c4c\'e4ryadeva is not a sectarian concer
n, for when we speak of the fundamental principle of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurudeva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryadeva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we speak of something that is of universal application. There does not arise any question of discriminating 
my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from yours or anyone else's. There is only one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who appears in an infinity of forms to teach you, me and all others.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryadeva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as we learn from the bona 
fide scriptures, delivers the message of the absolute world, the transcendental abode of the Absolute Personality, where everything nondifferentially serves the Absolute Truth. We have heard so many times: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4jano yena gata\'f9 sa panth\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("Traverse the trail which your previous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has passed"), but we have hardly tried to understand the real purport of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If we scrutinizingly study this proposition, we can understand that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mah\'e4jana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is one, and the royal road to the transcendental world is also one. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (1.2.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is said:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad-vij\'ef\'e4n\'e4rtha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigaccet\line samit-p\'e4\'ebi\'f9 \'e7rotriya\'e0 brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In order to learn the transcendental science, one must approach the bona fide spiritual master in disciplic succession, who is fixed in 
the Absolute Truth."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus it has been enjoined herewith that in order to receive that transcendental knowledge, one must approach the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Therefore, if the Absolute Truth is one, about which we think there is no difference of opinion, the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also cannot be two. The \'c4c\'e4ryadeva to whom we have assembled tonight to offer our humbl
e homage is not the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of a sectarian institution or one out of many differing exponents of the
 truth. On the contrary, he is the Jagad-guru, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of all of us; the only difference is that
 some obey him wholeheartedly, while others do not obey him directly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (11.17.27}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya\'e0 m\'e4\'e0 vij\'e4n\'e9y\'e4n \line n\'e4vamanyeta karhicit\line na martya-buddhy\'e4s\'fcyeta \line sarva-deva-
mayo guru\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One should understand the spiritual master to be as good as I am," said the Blessed Lord. "Nobody should be jealous of the spiritual mast
er or think of him as an ordinary man, because the spiritual master is the sum total of all the demigods." That is, the \'e4c\'e4rya has been identified with God Himself. He has nothing to do with the affairs of this mundane world. He does not descend he
re to meddle with the affairs of temporary necessities, but to deliver the fallen, conditioned souls\'97the souls, or entities, who have come here to the material world with a motive of enjoyment by the mind and the five organs of sense perception. He ap
pears before us to reveal the light of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and to bestow upon us the blessings of full-fledged free
dom, after which we should hanker at every step of our life's journey.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendental knowledge of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was first uttered by God to Brahm\'e4, the creator of this particular universe. From Brahm\'e4 the knowledge descended to N\'e4rada, from N\'e4rada to Vy\'e4sadeva, and from Vy\'e4sadeva to Madhva, and in this process o
f disciplic succession the transcendental knowledge was transmitted by one disciple to another till it reached Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, who posed as the disciple and successor of \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9. The present 
\'c4c\'e4ryadeva is the tenth disciplic representative from \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the original representative of Lord Caitanya who preached this transcendental tradition in its fullness. The knowledge that we receive from our Gurudeva is not d
ifferent from that imparted by God Himself and the succession of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the precept
orial line of Brahm\'e4. We adore this auspicious day as \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4-tithi because the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the living representative of Vy\'e4sadeva, the divine compiler of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas, Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One who interprets the divine sound, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7abd
a-brahma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by his imperfect sense perception cannot be a real spiritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because in the absence of proper disciplinary training under the bona fide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the interpreter is sure to differ from Vy\'e4sadeva (as the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s do). \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva is the prime authority of Vedic revelation, and therefore such an irrelevant interpre
ter cannot be accepted as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  howsoever equipped he may be with all the acquirements of material knowledge. As it is said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  samprad\'e4ya-vih\'e9n\'e4 ye \line mantr\'e4s te ni\'f1phal\'e4 mat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Unless you are initiated by a bona fide spiritual master in the disciplic succession, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that you might have received is without any effect."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, one who has received the transcendental knowledge by aural reception from the bona fide preceptor in the d
isciplic chain, and who has sincere regard for the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  must needs be enlightened w
ith the revealed knowledge of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . But this knowledge is permanently sealed to the cognitiv
e approach of the empiricists. As it is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (6.23}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya deve par\'e4 bhaktir \line yath\'e4 deve tath\'e4 gurau\line tasyaite kathit\'e4 hy arth\'e4\'f9 \line prak\'e4\'e7ante ma
h\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Only unto those great souls who simultaneously have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic
 knowledge automatically revealed."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, our knowledge is so poor, our senses are so imperfect, and our sources are so limited that it is not possible for 
us to have even the slightest knowledge of the absolute region without surrendering ourselves at the louts feet of \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva or his bona fide representative. Every moment we are being deceived by the knowledge of our direct perception. It is
 all the creation or concoction of the mind, which is always deceiving, changing, and flickering. We cannot know anything of the transcendental region by our limited, perverted method of observation and experiment. But all of us can lend our eager ears f
or the aural reception of the transcendental sound transmitted from that region to this through the unadulterated medium of \'c7r\'e9 Gurudeva or \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva. Therefore, gentlemen, we should surrender ourselves today at the feet of the represe
ntative of \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sadeva for the elimination of all our differences bred by our unsubmissive attitude. It is accordingly said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena \line paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4\line upadek\'f1yanti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0 \line j\'ef\'e4ninas tattva
-dar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just approach the wise and bona fide spiritual master. Surrender unto him first and try to understand him by inquiries and service. Such 
a wise spiritual master will enlighten you with transcendental knowledge, for he has already known the Absolute Truth."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To receive the transcendental knowledge we must completely surrender ourselves to the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a spirit of ardent inquiry and service. Actual performance of service to the Absolute under the guidance of th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is the only vehicle by which we can assimilate the transcendental knowledge. Today
's meeting for offering our humble services and homage to the feet of the \'c4c\'e4ryadeva will enable us to be favored with the capacity of assimilating the transcendental knowledge so kindly transmitted by him to all persons without distinction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, we are all more or less proud of our past Indian civilization, but we actually do not know the real nature of that
 civilization. We cannot be proud of our past material civilization, which is now a thousand times greater than in days gone by. It is said that we are passing through the age of darkness, the Kali-yuga. What is this darkness? The darkness cannot be due 
to backwardness in material knowledge, because we now have more of it than formerly. If not we ourselves, our neighbors at any rate have plenty of it. Therefore, we must conclude that the darkness of the present age is not due to a lack of material advan
cement, but that we have lost the clue to our spiritual advancement, which is the prime necessity of human life and the criterion of the highest type of human civilization. Throwing of bombs from airplanes is no advancement of civilization from the primi
tive, uncivilized practice of dropping big stones on the heads of enemies from the tops of hills. Improvement in the art of killing our neighbors by means of machine guns and poisonous gases is certainly no advancement from primitive barbarism, which pri
ded itself on its art of killing by bows and arrows. Nor does the development of a sense of pampered selfishness prove anything more than intellectual animalism. True human civilization is very different from all these states, and therefore in the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (1.3.14) there is the emphatic call:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub utti\'f1\'f6hata j\'e4grata \line pr\'e4pya var\'e4n nibodhata\line k\'f1urasya dh\'e4r\'e4 ni\'e7it\'e4 duratyay\'e4\line durga
\'e0 pathas tat kavayo vadanti
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Please wake up and try to understand the boon which you now have in this human form of life. The path of spiritual realization is very di
fficult; it is sharp like a razor's edge. That is the opinion of learned, transcendental scholars."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, while others were yet in the womb of historical oblivion, the sages of India had developed a different kind of civiliza
tion, which enabled them to know themselves. They had discovered that we are not at all material entities, but that we are all spiritual, permanent, and indestructible servants of the Absolute. But because we have, against our better judgment, chosen to 
completely identify ourselves with this present material existence, our sufferings have multiplied according to the inexorable law of birth and death, with its consequent diseases and anxieties. These sufferings cannot be really mitigated by any provisio
n of material happiness, because matter and spirit are completely different elements. It is just as if you took an aquatic animal out of water and put it on the land, supplying all manner of happiness possible on land. The deadly sufferings of the animal
 are not capable of being relieved at all until it is taken out of its foreign environment. Spirit and matter are completely contradictory things. All of us are spiritual entities. We cannot have perfect happiness, which is our birthright, however much w
e may meddle with the affairs of the mundane things. Perfect happiness can by ours only when we are restored to our natural state of spiritual existence. This is the distinctive message of our ancient Indian civilization, this is the message of the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  this is the message of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and this is the message of all the real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  including our
 present \'c4c\'e4ryadeva, in the line of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, although it is imperfectly that we have been enabled, by his grace, to understand the sublime messages of our \'c4
c\'e4ryadeva, O\'e0 Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da Paramaha\'e0sa Parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, we must admit that we have realized definitely that the divine message from his holy lips
 is the congenial thing for suffering humanity. All of us should hear him patiently. If we listen to the transcendental sound without unnecessary opposition, he will surely have mercy upon us. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  message is to take us back to our original home, back to God. Let me repeat, therefore, that we should hear him patiently, follow him i
n the measure of our conviction and bow down at his lotus feet for releasing us from our present causeless unwillingness for serving the Absolute and all souls.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we learn that even after the destruction of the body, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the soul, is not destroyed; he is always the same, always new and fresh. Fire cannot burn him, water cannot dissolve him, the air cannot dry him up, and the sword cannot kill him. He is everlasting and eternal, and t
his is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.84.13}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke\line sva-dhi\'f9 kalatr\'e4di\'f1u bhauma ijya-dh\'e9\'f9\line yat-t\'e9rtha-bu
ddhi\'f9 salile na karhicij\line jane\'f1v abhij\'efe\'f1u sa eva go-khara\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Anyone who accepts this bodily bag of three elements [bile, mucus, and air] as his self, who has an affinity for an intimate relationship
 with his wife and children, who considers his land as worshipable, who takes bath in the waters of the holy places of pilgrimage but never takes advantage of those persons who are in actual knowledge\'97he is no better than an ass or a cow."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, in these days we have all been turned foolish by neglecting our real comfort and identifying the material cage
 with ourselves. We have concentrated all our energies for the meaningless upkeep of the material cage for its own sake, completely neglecting the captive soul within. The cage is meant for the undoing of the bird; the bird is not meant for the welfare o
f the cage. Let us, therefore, deeply ponder this. All our activities are now turned toward the upkeep of the cage, and the most we do is try to give some food to the mind by art and literature. But we do not know that this mind is also material in a mor
e subtle form. This is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (7.4):
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9 \line kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca\line aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me \line bhinn\'e4 prak
\'e5tir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s170 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Earth, water, fire, air, sky, intelligence, mind, and ego are all My separated energies."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have scarcely tried to give any food to the soul, which is distinct from the body and mind; therefore we are all committin
g suicide in the proper sense of the term. The message of the \'c4c\'e4ryadeva is to give us a warning to halt such wrong activities. Let us therefore bow down at his lotus feet for the unalloyed mercy and kindness he has bestowed upon us.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, do not for a moment think that my Gurudeva wants to put a complete brake on the modern civilization\'97an impossib
le feat. But let us learn from him the art of making the best use of a bad bargain, and let us understand the importance of this human life, which is fit for the highest development of true consciousness. The best use of this rare human life should not b
e neglected. As it is said in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.9.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub labdhv\'e4 sudurlabham idam bahu-sambhav\'e4nte\line m\'e4nu\'f1yam arthadam anityam ap\'e9ha dh\'e9ra\'f9\line t\'fcr\'eba\'e0 
yateta na pated anum\'e5tyu y\'e4van\line ni\'f9\'e7reyas\'e4ya vi\'f1aya\'f9 khalu sarvata\'f9 sy\'e4t
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This human life is obtained after many, many births, and although it is not permanent, it can offer the highest benefits. Therefore a so
ber and intelligent man should immediately try to fulfill his mission and attain the highest profit in life before another death occurs. He should avoid sense gratification, which is available in all circumstances."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let us not misuse this human life in the vain pursuit of material enjoyment, or, in other words, for the sake of only eating,
 sleeping, fearing, and sensuous activities. The \'c4c\'e4ryadeva's message is conveyed by the words of \'c7r\'e9 R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9: (Bh.R.S. 1.2.255-256)
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an\'e4saktasya vi\'f1ay\'e4n \line yath\'e4rham upayu\'efjata\'f9\line nirbandha\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba-sambandhe \line yukta\'e0 va
ir\'e4gyam ucyate/
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr\'e4pa\'efcikatay\'e4 buddhy\'e4 \line hari-sambandhi-vastuna\'f9\line mumuk\'f1ubhi\'f9 parity\'e4go \line vair\'e4gya\'e0 phal
gu kathyate
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One is said to be situated in the fully renounced order of life if he lives in accordance with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He should be
 without attachment for sense gratification and should accept only what is necessary for the upkeep of the body. On the other hand, one who renounces things which could be used in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, under the pretext that such things are mate
rial, does not practice complete renunciation."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purport of these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7lokas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can only be realized by fully developing the rational portion of our life, not the animal portion. Sitting at the feet of the \'c4c\'e4ryadeva, let us try to understand from this transcendental source of knowledge what we are, w
hat is this universe, what is God, and what is our relationship with Him. The message of Lord Caitanya is the message for the living entities and the message of the living world. Lord Caitanya did not bother Himself for the upliftment of this dead world,
 which is suitably named Martyaloka, the world where everything is destined to die. He appeared before us four hundred fifty years ago to tell us something of the transcendental universe, where everything is permanent and everything is for the service of
 the Absolute. But recently Lord Caitanya has been misrepresented by some unscrupulous persons, and the highest philosophy of the Lord has been misinterpreted to be the cult of the lowest type of society. We are glad to announce tonight that our \'c4c
\'e4ryadeva, with his unusual kindness, saved us from this horrible type of degradation, and therefore we bow down at his lotus feet with all humility.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, it has been a mania of the cultured (or uncultured) society of the present day to accredit the Personality of Godh
ead with merely impersonal features and to stultify Him by claiming that He has no senses, no form, no activity, no head, no legs, and no enjoyment. This has also been the pleasure of the modern scholars due to their sheer lack of proper guidance and tru
e introspection in the spiritual realm. All these empiricists think alike: all the enjoyable things should be monopolized by the human society, or by a particular class only, and the impersonal God should be a mere order supplier for their whimsical feat
s. We are happy that we have been relieved of this horrible type of malady by the mercy of His Divine Grace Paramaha\'e0sa Parivr\'e4jak\'e4c\'e4rya Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. He is our eye-opener, our eternal father, o
ur eternal preceptor and our eternal guide. Let us therefore bow down at his lotus feet on this auspicious day.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, although we are like ignorant children in the knowledge of the Transcendence, still His Divine Grace, my Gurudeva,
 has kindled a small fire within us to dissipate the invincible darkness of empirical knowledge. We are now so much on the safe side that no amount of philosophical argument by the empiric schools of thought can deviate us an inch from the position of ou
r eternal dependence on the lotus feet of His Divine Grace. Furthermore, we are prepared to challenge the most erudite scholars of the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da school and prove that the personality of Godhead and His transcendental sports in Goloka alone consti
tute the sublime information of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . There are explicit indications of this in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ch\'e4ndogya Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'e7y\'e4m\'e4cchaba\'f6ha\'e0 prapadye \'e7abal\'e4cchay\'e4ma\'e0 prapadye.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a\'e7ve iva rom\'e4\'ebi vidh\'fcya p\'e4pa candra iva r\'e4hormukh\'e4t pramucya.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  dh\'fctv\'e4 \'e7ar\'e9ramak\'e5ta\'e0 k\'e5t\'e4tm\'e4 brahmalokamabhisa\'ecbhav\'e4m\'e9ti abhi-sa\'ecbhav\'e4m\'e9ti.}}}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.13.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ): 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7y\'e4m\'e4c chavala\'e0 prapadye \line \'e7aval\'e4c chy\'e4ma\'e0 prapadye}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For receiving the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I surrender unto His energy (R\'e4dh\'e4), and for receiving the mercy of His energy, I surren
der unto K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Also, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c5g Veda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (1.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .22.20):{\*\bkmkstart Rg Veda (1.22.20)}{\*\bkmkend Rg Veda (1.22.20)}
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9 parama\'e0 pada\'e0\line sad\'e4 pa\'e7yanti s\'fcraya\'f9\line div\'e9va cak\'f1ur \'e4tata\'e0\line vi\'f1
\'ebor yat parama\'e0 padam
\par }\pard \s170 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The lotus feet of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu are the supreme objective of all the demigods. These lotus feet of the Lord are as enlightening as 
the sun in the sky."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The plain truth so vividly explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G
\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  which is the central lesson of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , is not understood or even suspected by the most powerful scholars of the empiric schools. Herein lies the secret of \'c7r\'e9 Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4. When we meditate on the transcendental pastimes of the Absolute Godhead
, we are proud to feel that we are His eternal servitors, and we become jubilant and dance with joy. All glory to my divine master, for it is he who has out of his unceasing flow of mercy stirred up within us such a movement of eternal existence. Let us 
bow down at his louts feet.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gentlemen, had he not appeared before us to deliver us from the thralldom of this gross worldly delusion, surely we should ha
ve remained for lives and ages in the darkness of helpless captivity. Had he not appeared before us, we would not have been able to understand the eternal truth of the sublime teaching of Lord Caitanya. Had he not appeared before us, we could not have be
en able to know the significance of the first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7loka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9 \line sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha\'f9\line an\'e4dir \'e4dir govinda\'f9 \line sarv
a-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In Berkeley, California, and around the world \'85.
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub In Berkeley, California, and aro
und the world \'85.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   \line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA   HARE HARE\line HARE R\'c4MA     HARE R\'c4MA   
 \line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA      HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once you\'92ve heard it , you\'92ll never forget it. You may not know what the words mean\'97nevertheless there\'92s something captivation about the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba chant. Is it the catchy tune, or the fascinating way in which the words are repeated and reversed ? People who chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba say both contribute to its appeal. But they know that the secret of the chant\'92s attraction is the quality of
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rs of those words report, as do the chanters of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that the practice is freeing them from anxiety, opening up their minds to a liberated view of themselves, and investing them with blissfulness? No, of course not. The invented litany wo
uld only drive its creators to distraction
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ng good character, gaining knowledge of both the material and spiritual worlds, and helping other people to be free from pain. There is, then, a special quality to the sound of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is it ?
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nguage changing through the centuries. They are names of God, a ceaselessly energetic as God Himself. When you pronounce these sounds, you are propelled into your eternal position as a particle of spiritual energy, a person living in a transcendental nat
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
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\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, please writ
e to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90034.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This Publication is Available in MICROFORM
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover v10#9
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world five thousand years ago, they played just like human beings. Disguised in this way they prrformed many superhuman acts.\line Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
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atam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The continuing}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub presentation of India's great spiritual classic. Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World v10#9
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A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9723 Wellington Ave., Quatre Bornes, P.O. Box 718.
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\'97Krishna-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, UP/178.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Everything Belongs to God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Everything Belongs to God
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Communism can\'92t work the way Karl Max outlined in his famous Manifesto. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabh
up\'e4da explains why K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not the state, must be the center of a truly perfect and classless society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Three years ago His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da held a series of conversations with his personal s
ecretary, \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa. The subject was Western philosophy, and their talks ranged over the vast array of thought which 2000 years has produced. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da pointed out the points of value\'97and the inevitable defects\'97in t
he philosophies of Plato, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Kant, Darwin and many others. Part of the forthcoming book, the following excerpt on Karl Marx explains how spiritual communism is the true perfection of society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Karl Marx contended that p
hilosophers have only interpreted the world; the point is to change it. His philosophy is often called "dialectical materialism" because it comes from the dialectic of George Hegel\'97thesis, antithesis, and synthesis. When applied to society, his philos
ophy is known as communism. His idea is that for many generations, the bourgeoisie (the property owners), have competed with the proletariat (the working class), and this conflict will terminate in the communist society. In other words, the workers will 
overthrow the capitalistic class and establish a so-called dictatorship of the proletariat, which will finally become a classless society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But how is a classless society p
ossible? Men naturally fall into different classes. Your nature is different from mine, so how can we artificially be brought to the same level?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His idea is that human natu
re, or ideas, are molded by the means of production. Therefore everyone can be trained to participate in the classless society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then training is required?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And what will be the center of t
raining for this classless society? What will be the motto? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The motto is "From each acc
ording to his ability, to each according to his need." The idea is that everyone would contribute something, and everyone would get what he needed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But everyone's contribution is d
ifferent. A scientific man contributes something, and a philosopher contributes something else. The cow contributes milk, and the dog contributes service as a watchdog. Even the trees, the birds, the beasts\'97everyone\'97is contributing something. So, b
y nature a reciprocal arrangement is already there among social classes. How can there be a classless society?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Well, Marx's idea is that t
he means of production will be owned in common. No one would have an advantage over anyone else, and thus one person could not exploit another. Marx is thinking in terms of profit. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First we must know what profit a
ctually is. For example, the American hippies already had "profit." They were from the best homes, their fathers were rich\'97they had everything. Yet they were not satisfied; they rejected it. No, this idea of a classless society based on profit-sharing
 is imperfect. Besides, the Communists have not created a classless society. We have seen in Moscow how a poor woman will wash the streets while her boss sits comfortably in his car. So where is the classless society? As long as society is maintained, th
ere must be some higher and lower classification. But if the central point of society is one, then whether one works in a lower or a higher position, he doesn't care. For example, our body has different parts\'97the head, the legs, the hands\'97but every
thing works for the stomach.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Actually, the Russians supp
osedly have the same idea: they claim the common worker is just as glorious as the top scientist or manager. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But in Moscow we have seen that 
not everyone is satisfied. One boy who came to us was very unhappy because in Russia young boys are not allowed to go out at night.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Russian authorities wou
ld say that he has an improper understanding of Marxist philosophy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That "improper understanding" is
 inevitable. They will never be able to create a classless society because, as I have already explained, everyone's mentality is different. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Marx says that if everyone 
is engaged according to his abilities in a certain type of production, and everyone works for the central interest, then everyone's ideas will become uniform.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Therefore we must find out the r
eal central interest. In our International Society for Krishna Consciousness, everyone has a central interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore one person is speaking, another person is typing, another is going to the press or washing the dishes, and no one i
s grudging, because they are all convinced they are serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Marx's idea is that the cen
ter is the state.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the state cannot be perfect.
 If the Russian state is perfect, then why was Khrushchev driven from power? He was elected premier. Why was he driven from power?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Because he was not fulfilli
ng the aims of the people. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Well, then, what is the guarante
e the next premier will do that? There is no guarantee. The same thing will happen again and again. Because the center, Khrushchev, was imperfect, people begrudged their labor. The same thing is going on in non-Communist countries as well. The government
 is changed, the prime minister is deposed, the president is impeached. So what is the real difference between Russian Communism and other political systems? What is happening in other countries is also happening in Russia, only they call it by a differe
nt name. When we talked with Professor Kotovsky of Moscow University, we told him he had to surrender: either he must surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or to Lenin, but he must surrender. He was taken aback at this.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  From studying history, Marx
 concluded that the characteristics of culture, the social structure, and even the thoughts of the people are determined by the means of economic production.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  How does he account for all the 
social disruption in countries like America, which is so advanced in economic production?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He says that capitalism is 
a decadent form of economic production because it relies on the exploitation of one class by another. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But there is exploitation in the
 Communist countries also. Khrushchev was driven out of power because he was exploiting his position. He was giving big government posts to his son and son-in-law.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He was deviating from the d
octrine.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But since any leader can deviate
, how will perfection come? First the person in the center must be perfect, then his dictations will be correct. Otherwise, if the leaders are all imperfect men, what is the use of changing this or that? The corruption will continue.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Presumably the perfect lead
er would be the one who practiced Marx's philosophy without deviation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Marx's philosophy is also im
perfect! His proposal for a classless society is unworkable. There must be one class of men to administer the government and one class of men to sweep the streets. How can there be a classless society? Why should a sweeper be satisfied seeing someone els
e in the administrative post? He will think, "He is forcing me to work as a sweeper in the street while he sits comfortably in a chair." In our International Society, I am also holding the superior post: I am sitting in a chair, and you are offering me g
arlands and the best food. Why? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because you see a perfect man whom you can follow.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That mentality
 must be there. Everyone in the society must be able to say, "Yes, here is a perfect man. Let him sit in a chair, and let us all bow down and work like menials." Where is that perfect man in the Communist countries? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Russians claim that Len
in is a perfect man. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lenin? But no one is following L
enin. Lenin's only perfection was that he overthrew the Czar's government. What other perfection has he shown? The people are not happy simply reading Lenin's books. I studied the people in Moscow. They are unhappy. The government cannot force them to be
 happy artificially. Unless there is a perfect, ideal man in the center, there cannot possibly be a classless society.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perhaps they see the worker
s and the managers in the same way that we do\'97in the absolute sense. Since everyone is serving the state, the sweeper is as good as the administrator. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But unless the state gives perfe
ct satisfaction to the people, there will always be distinctions between higher and lower classes. In the Russian state, that sense of perfection in the center is lacking.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Their goal is the productio
n of material goods for the enhancement of human well-being.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is useless! Economic produc
tion in America has no comparison in the world, yet still people are dissatisfied. The young men are confused. It is nonsensical to think that simply by increasing production everyone will become satisfied. No one will be satisfied. Man is not meant simp
ly for eating. He has mental necessities, intellectual necessities, spiritual necessities. In India many people sit alone silently in the jungle and practice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They do not require anything. How will increased production satisfy them? If someone were to say to them, "If you give up this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  practice, I will give you two hundred bags of rice," they would laugh at the proposal. It is animalistic to think that simply by increasing production
 everyone will become satisfied. Real happiness does not depend on either production or starvation, but upon peace of mind. For example, if a child is crying, but the mother does not know why, the child will not stop simply by giving him some milk. Somet
imes this actually happens: the mother cannot understand why her child is crying, and though she is giving him her breast, he continues to cry. Similarly, dissatisfaction in human society is not caused solely by low economic production. That is nonsense.
 There are many causes of dissatisfaction. The practical example is America, where there is sufficient production of everything, yet the young men are becoming hippies. They are dissatisfied, confused. No, simply by increasing economic production people 
will not become satisfied. Marx's knowledge is insufficient. Perhaps because he came from a country where people were starving, he had that idea.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, now we've seen that pr
oduction of material goods alone will not make people happy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Because they do not know that re
al happiness comes from spiritual understanding. That understanding is given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub God is the supreme enjoyer, and He is the proprietor of everything. We are not actually enjoyers; we are all workers. These two things must be there: an enjoyer and a worker. For example, in our body the stomach is the enjoyer, and all other 
parts of the body are workers. So this system is natural: there must always be someone who is the enjoyer, and someone who is the worker. It is present in the capitalist system also. In Russia there is always conflict between the managers and the workers
. The workers say, "If this is a classless society, why is that man sitting comfortably and ordering us to work?" The Russians have not been able to avoid this dilemma, and it cannot be avoided. There }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub must}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  be one class of men who are the directors or enjoyers, and another class of men who are the workers. Therefore the only way to have a truly class
less society is to find that method by which both the managers and the workers will feel equal happiness. For example, if the stomach is hungry and the eyes see some food, immediately the brain will say, "O legs, please go there!" and "Hand, pick it up,"
 and "Now, please put it into the mouth." Immediately the food goes into the stomach, and as soon as the stomach is satisfied, the eyes are satisfied, the legs are satisfied, and the hand is satisfied. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But Marx would use this as 
a perfect example of communism. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But he has neglected to find out
 the real stomach
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His is the material stomach
.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But the material stomach is alwa
ys hungry again; it can never be satisfied. In the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement we have the substance for feeding our brains, our minds, and our souls. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yasya prasadad 
bhagavat-prasadah.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If the spiritual master is satisfied, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba is satisfied, and if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is satisfied, then everyone is satisfied. Therefore you are al
l trying to satisfy your spiritual master. Similarly, if the Communist countries can come up with a dictator, who, if satisfied, automatically gives satisfaction to all the people, then we will accept such a classless society. But this is impossible. A c
lassless society is only possible when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in the center. For the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the intellectual can work in his own way, the administrator can work in his way, the merchant can work in his way, and the laborer can work in
 his way. This is truly a classless society. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How is this different from 
the Communist country, where all sorts of men contribute for the same central purpose, which is the state?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The difference is that if the st
ate is not perfect, no one will willingly contribute to it. They may be forced to contribute, but they will not voluntarily contribute unless there is a perfect state in the center. For example, the hands, legs and brain are working in perfect harmony fo
r the satisfaction of the stomach. Why? Because they know without a doubt that by satisfying the stomach they will all share the energy and also be satisfied. Therefore, unless the people have this kind of perfect faith in the leader of the country, ther
e is no possibility of a classless society. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Communists theorize tha
t if the worker contributes to the central fund, he will get satisfaction in return.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, but if he sees imperfection
 in the center, he will not work enthusiastically because he will have no faith that he will get full satisfaction. That perfection of the state will never be there, and therefore the workers will always remain dissatisfied. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The propangandists play upo
n this dissatisfaction and tell the people that foreigners are causing it. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But if the people were truly sat
isfied, they could not be influenced by outsiders. If you are satisfied that your spiritual master is perfect\'97that he is guiding you nicely\'97will you be influenced by outsiders? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the Communist state will
 never be perfect, there is no possibility of a classless society. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Marx examines history and s
ees that in Greek times, in Roman times, and in the middle ages slaves were always required for production.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Russians are also creating s
laves\'97the working class. Joseph Stalin stayed in power simply by killing all his enemies. He killed so many men that he is recorded in history as the greatest criminal. He was certainly imperfect, yet he held the position of dictator, and the people w
ere forced to obey him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His followers have denounce
d him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That's all well and good, but hi
s followers should also be denounced. The point is that in any society, there must be a leader, there must be directors, and there must be workers, but everyone should be so satisfied that they forget the difference. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No envy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ah, no envy. But that perfection
 is not possible in the material world. Therefore Marx's theories are useless.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But on the other hand, the 
capitalists also make slaves of their workers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wherever there is materialistic 
activity, there must be imperfection. But if they make K\'e5\'f1\'eba the center, then all problems will be resolved. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Are you saying that any sys
tem of organizing the means of production is bound to be full of exploitation?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, certainly, certainly! The m
aterialistic mentality }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  exploitation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then what is the solution?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness! 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How is that? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Just make K\'e5\'f1\'eba the cen
ter and work for Him. Then everyone will be satisfied. As it is stated in the Fourth Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [4.31.14]
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yath\'e4 taror m\'fcla-ni\'f1ecanena\line t\'e5pyanti tat-skandha-bhujopa\'e7\'e4kh\'e4\'f9\line pr\'e4\'ebopah\'e4r\'e4c ca yat
hendriy\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0\line tathaiva sarv\'e4rha\'ebam acyutejy\'e4
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you simply pour water on the root of a tree, all the branches, twigs, leaves, and flowers will be nourished. Similarly, everyone can be
 satisfied simply by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyutejy\'e4. Acutya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ijy\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means worship. So this is the formula for a classless society: make K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) the center and do everything for Him.
 There are no classes in our International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Now you are writing philosophy, but if I want you to wash dishes, you will do so immediately because you know that whatever you do, you are working for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and for y
our spiritual master. In the material world different kinds of work have different values, but in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness everything is done on the absolute platform. Whether you wash dishes or write books or worship the Deity, the value is the same
 because you are serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is a classless society. Actually, the perfect classless society is V\'e5nd\'e4vana. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, some are cowherd boys, some are cows, some are trees, some are fathers, some are mothers, but the center
 is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and everyone is satisfied simply by loving Him. When all people become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and they understand how to love Him, then there will be a classless society. Otherwise it is not possible.
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To be continued}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa94\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Communists have not created a classless society. We have seen in Moscow how a poor woman will wash the streets while her boss sits comfortably in his car. So where is the classless society?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa94\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Why should a sweeper be satisfied seeing someone else in the administrative post? He will think, 'He is forcing me to work as a sweeper in the street while he sitscomfortably in a chair."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa94\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The only way to have a truly classless society is to find that method by which both the managers and the workers will feel equal happiness."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa94\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In any society there must be a leader, there must be directors, and there must be workers, but everyone should be so satisfied that they forget the difference."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa94\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Understanding Ourselves
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHO AM I?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Simple Test for Thoughtful People.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Am I my head or my face ? No, it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub my}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  face. Am I my chest ? No, it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub my}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  chest. Am I my arm or my hand ? No, it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub my}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  arm and hand. Am I my leg? No, it is }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub my}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  leg. All the parts of my body\'97indeed, my entire body\'97is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mine. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But who am }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the owner of the body ?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf0\nosupersub Understanding Ourselves
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IF WE PERFORM THE EXPERIMENT as above, we can immediately come to the very first understanding in spiritual life: we are not our bodies; rather we are conscious of 
them. Under the influence of illusion, however, we falsely identify ourselves with our bodies and think we belong to a certain family, nation, race, religion, political party, and so on. The goal of human life is to awaken from this illusion and become r
einstated in our real identities as fully conscious spiritual beings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our daily lives can be compared to acting in a play. We have become so absorbed with our temporary roles in this play that we have completely forgotten our true off
stage identities. Someone is taking the part of our parent, another person is acting as our lover, another as our friend or foe, but actually it is all simply a performance; our real identities are something else. Our very bodies are nothing more than co
stumes, but out of illusion we identify ourselves with them and try to relate to others on the basis of these costumes. The resulting relationships are not false; they are real, but they are temporary and therefore illusory. When the curtain falls on our
 play\'97when death comes\'97all the different relationships we have cultivated during our lives will be finished, and our real self, an individually conscious spirit soul, will be transferred to a new situation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Nature of Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern scientists have touched upon the properties of the spirit soul in their research into anti-material particles. A fundamental assumption of their theory is th
at there may exist another world, an anti-material world, composed of anti-particles. They conjecture that this anti-material world might consist of atomic and sub-atomic particles spinning in reverse orbits to those of the world we know.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But if we really want to find out about the nature of consciousness and its source, the anti-material spirit soul, we must go beyond the tentative gropings of munda
ne scientists. We must search out the revealed knowledge contained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the most ancient
 and widely recognized source of transcendental science in the world. Since the soul is imperceptible by our gross senses, the authoritative Vedic wisdom is the only means for understanding it. We must accept many things solely on the basis of superior a
uthority. For example, if I want to know who my father is, I must accept the authority of my mother. I cannot experimentally find out his identity; I must simply use intelligent discrimination to find the right source of knowledge. Similarly, to understa
nd the science of the soul, we must turn to the Vedic literature, and specifically to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  contains the essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for it is spoken by Lord 
\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme All-knowing Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "As the sun, situated in one place, illuminates the entire universe, so a small particle of spirit [the soul situated within t
he heart] illuminates the entire body with consciousness." Just as sunshine proves the sun is present in the sky, consciousness proves the soul is present in the body. When the soul leaves the body, consciousness disappears and the body dies. Thus consci
ousness is the symptom of the soul's presence in the body.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Anti-material World
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material scientists misconceive the soul, a particle of anti-matter, to be only another variety of material energy. But real anti-matter must be anti-material, 
or spiritual. If matter is subject to annihilation, then anti-matter must be indestructible. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains this quality of the soul in the following excerpts from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 20): "An immeasurable particle of anti-material energy is engaged w
ithin the material body (which includes the mind and intelligence). The material body is destructible, and as such it is changeable and temporary, as is the material world. But the anti-material force is indestructible and therefore permanent. For the an
ti-material particle, which is the vital force, there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does it ever cease to be. It is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. When the material body is annihilated, the anti-material particle
 is never affected." The Lord further explains how the soul transmigrates from one body to another. "The material body progressively changes from childhood to boyhood, from boyhood to youth, and from youth to old age, after which the anti-material partic
le leaves the old, unworkable body and enters another material body." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.13}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, with some reflection we can understand a few of the characteristics of the material and the anti-material energies. The material energy is unconscious, lifele
ss, and temporary, being subject to the influence of time. Referred to in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 as the inferior or external energy, the material energy has eight divisions: earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego. All mundane knowledge is limited to these eight material principles. On the other hand, the anti-material ene
rgy stands in opposition to all the material qualities. The anti-material particle of energy is the living force, described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the superior or internal energy. The material body is animated by this living force, and when it is separated from the body, the body becomes useless and dies. The nature of the anti-material pa
rticle (the soul) is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sat-cid-\'e4nanda\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eternal, full of knowledge, and blissful\'97and as such
 it is undoubtedly superior to the material energy.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Uncovering Our Real Identity
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because we belong to the superior, spiritual energy, we cannot understand our true identity or achieve eternal happiness in full knowledge if we continue to act on 
the false platform of the inferior, material energy. But if all our relationships in this material world are temporary and illusory, then with whom can we establish a meaningful and lasting relationship? Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba answers this question in the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.17, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\cb1
\nosupersub 18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ); "I am the father of this universe, the mother .. .and the most dear friend." Thus we do not have to give up personal relationships, but rather re-establish ou
r real, eternal relationship with our most dear friend, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord explains elsewhere in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  how this material world is actually a perverted reflection of the spiritual world: everything in this material world is there in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode, but in its ideal, perfect form, for that is th
e world of anti-matter or spirit. In the eternal kingdom of God, there are trees, animals, flowers, people and so on, but unlike the material world, they all exist in intimate loving relationships with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each of us has a place in the spiritual world, for that is our eternal home. As spiritual beings, we are not meant for this temporary world of matter. We are like a
 fish out of water: Just as a fish can never be happy with any number of comforts outside of the water, we can never be truly happy outside of the spiritual atmosphere of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's abode. If we persist in trying to find pleasure in this material w
orld, only repeated frustration and suffering await us. But if we make it our only business to cultivate our eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. we can gain re-entry into that transcendental realm of Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the world without anxiety, and 
attain a life of complete knowledge and endless bliss.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p8:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News v10#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A brief look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR PROCLAIMS "RATHA-Y\'c4TR\'c4 DAY"
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha Car Festival Huge Success Worldwide
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a proclamation issued June 23, 1975, Mayor Joseph L. Alioto established July 20 as "Ratha-Y\'e4tr\'e4 Day" in San Franc
isco. Ratha-Y\'e4tr\'e4 is a large festival sponsored in San Francisco and many other cities and countries by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The proclamation from the mayor's office noted that "this event, held in India annually dur
ing the month of July, is known to be one of the oldest in the history of man." The Bay Area event has been observed for the past nine years and is modeled after the original celebration still held annually in the city of Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Previewing the attractions, the mayor described "a two-day celebration in Golden Gate Park, highlighted by a parade with forty-five-foot-high Jagann\'e4tha carts an
d a free vegetarian feast." Jagann\'e4tha, like K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is a name for God. The parade honors a pleasure ride He took thousands of years ago during His pastimes on earth. The entire festival is energized by continuous chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Ratha-Y\'e4tr\'e4 festivals in San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, London and Melbourne\'97among other cities\'97were a big hit with the thousands who attende
d. In each festival, spectacular chariots forty or fifty feet high rolled along the parade route, pulled by devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and recruits from the crowd, who delighted in the work. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Germantown Courier}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  described the cart in the Philadelphia parade: "Its towering canopy of red and yellow fabric, ornamented with silver swans, swayed gentl
y. Diamond-shaped mirrors on the spokes of its seven-foot wheels splintered the light. A fringe of silk pennants fluttered from its upper deck, where little children leaned over to fling handfuls of flowers to the crowd."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Speaking to the huge gathering outside Philadelphia's Art Museum after the parade, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da described how the soul ev
olves through millions of species of life. Human life, he explained, should be used for spiritual awakening His Divine Grace also took part in the San Francisco festival one week later. At Lindley Meadow in Golden Gate Park, he carefully explained the me
aning of the words of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant and requested those present to "cooperate with God." The theme of cooperation played a part in an introductory speech by California State Senator Milton Marks, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da expanded on 
it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In each city, Ratha-Y\'e4tr\'e4's finale was a massive feast of vegetarian food which had been offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The largest crowd was in San Francisc
o, where festival organizers brought over five tons of food for the banquet. That was enough to satisfy even late-comers like a young priest who said, "I've got five hundred kids with me. Can you feed them all?" The answer was yes\'97and they all had sec
onds.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DISTRICT JUDGE RULES PUBLIC CHANTING LEGAL
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub U.S. District Judge Alfred L. Luongo recently approved a consent decree legalizing the public activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. The
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia Bulletin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  reported:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Devotees of the Krishna Consciousness Society can dance and chant on the highways and byways without interference by Philadelphia police. And they can preach from 
religious literature and distribute sanctified food and flowers to people in public areas, transportation terminals, and Philadelphia International Airport."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ruling settled a two-month conflict between devotees and local municipal officials. Arrests of many ISKCON members for alleged violations of city ordinances had
 provoked the normally peaceful devotees to bring a lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia. They also sought an injunction to stop police from harassing them in violation of their First Amendment right to practice their public activities, called }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As a result, the police are now restrained from making arrests on the basis of "unconventional appearance, manner, life-style or religious activities," the decree s
tated. The judge also ordered all pending litigation discontinued and said that all arrest records must be destroyed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bulletin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  noted that "the decree recognizes the Krishna Society as an authentic religion." Similar decisions reached in dozens of cities in the United States and other countries indicate a growing appreciation of the authenticity of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v10 #9
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r a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 489, Caitanya Era\line Vai\'f1\'ebava Month of 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (August 22\'97September 20, 1975)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell}
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\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (dark fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 2 (}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a 12}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 3 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a 13}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Annad\'e4-ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4das\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9 P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba before 7:56 a.m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukla-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bright fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 10 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a 20}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 11 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a 21}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  S}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4dev}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (consort of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Advaita)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc
\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lalit\'e4-dev}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 13 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a 23}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 16 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a 26}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 (Appearance of }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4 is at noon)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Par\'e7vaik\'e4das\'e9 Vi\'f1\'ebu-s\'e5\'eckh\'e4la-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 17 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a 27}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 18 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a 28}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekad\'e4s\'e9-p}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba before 9:30 A.M.   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  V\'e4mana-dv\'e4da\'e7\'e9    Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la J\'e9va }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Bhaktivinoda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat16\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub September 19 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a 29}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 20 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1
\'e9ke\'e7a 30}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx7200\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx14400\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ananta-caturda\'e7\'e9-vrata    Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Haridasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Vi\'e7var
\'fcpa-mahotsava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam v10#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, please see page 13.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" TEXT 13\'97}
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 2 TEXT 9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters v10#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The edirors of BACK TO GODHEAD welcome correspondence pertaining ro spiritual enlightenment.\line All letters will receive pers
onal replies, and correspondence of general interest will be published regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Secretary,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have a question about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4 As It Is.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Does the immortality of the soul justify the act of killing? Arjuna feels himself unable to kill, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba sanctions Arjuna's fighting by saying that 
the soul doesn't perish with the body (Bg, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.17-18)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Is this ethical?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay Kirsch, Plainview, New York
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Jay,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Killing and war are never advocated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Indeed, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As 
It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub advocates nonviolence in a number of places (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  10.4-5, 13.8, 16.1-3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Nonviolence }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (ahimsa)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is one of the most important sub-religious principles and is practiced naturally by all devotees of the Lor
d. But, according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  even higher than nonviolence is direct obedience to the will
 of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba did not give His order whimsically, as is done in today's wars, which are brought about by the political desires of the leaders. An ordinary leader c
annot kill and claim he has God's sanction. However, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is personally instructing Arjuna to kill. It must be understood that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God Himself, not an ordinary man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we do not accept Krsrsa's supreme position, then we cannot understand anything about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is completely transcendental and cannot be judged by any conditioned souls within the material world. Neverthele
ss there are good reasons for His ordering Ayuna to kill.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First, K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that for the organization of human society there must be four divisions, and that one of these is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or warrior class. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'f1atriya}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means one who gives protection to the innocent. K\'e5\'f1\'eba doesn't advocate violence, but if a criminal becomes violent, then he has to be punished by violence. That punishing
 is the business of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next, the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Manu-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes five kinds of criminals who can be punished by violence\'97(1) one who kidnaps your wife, (2) one who attacks you with a lethal weapon, (3) one who sets fire to your home, (4) one who tries to take your 
land, and (5) one who tries to give you poison. If someone attacks me, shall I be non violent? In the case of personal attack, defensive violence is natural. Violence is necessary to stop the unnecessary attack of an immoral aggressor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, in the specific case of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna, those opposed to them were bent on war. They were a political clique who had committed many atrocities agai
nst K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees\'97in fact, they had fulfilled all the five qualifications of punishable criminals as listed above. Even after this, K\'e5\'f1\'eba tried to negotiate peace with them, but they were determined to fight. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Ar
juna fought only in defense. They cannot be blamed for fighting back when they were attacked. To refrain from fighting at such a time is artificial nonviolence. It is cowardly, especially for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, the material world is relative. The very word "nonviolence" presumes the existence of violence. Even though you are nonviolent, others are violent. So 
you may have to be violent to protect innocent members of society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, there will always be war in the material world because war is a natural reaction to sinful activity. It cannot be stopped by a material adjustment, any mor
e than a flood or an earthquake can be stopped.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material world is characterized by sinful activity, which brings about war and other miseries. We can be free from sinful activity only by following the instruc
tions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as Arjuna did. By developing devotion to the Supreme Lord we can be transferred to the spiritual world and not have to come back again to this place of miseries. We are meant to live in the spiritual world. Th
at is the sum and substance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  teaching that the soul is immortal. On this basis
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Life in the Womb
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Life in the Womb
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first nine months are not idyllic, says a timeless text. This vivid report should give us second thoughts about going "bac
k to the womb."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CERTAIN PSYCHOLOGISTS and folklorists imagine that the womb was a very nice place\'97a comfortable, warm home where food .and
 shelter were provided without our effort. Some even say that throughout our adult lives, we unconsciously desire to return to that protection and security, "floating undisturbed in the warm, dark, quiet world of unparalleled intimacy with the beloved mo
ther." By the scientific method of hearing from Vedic literature, however, we get the actual account of a human being's conception, his pre-natal condition, and his birth. Contrary to what our psychologists and folklorists have imagined, life in the womb
 is among the most painful and miserable of human experiences.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a 5,000-year-old spiritual classic containing the essence of Vedic knowledge, gives the following vivid description of the living entity's experience from the point of conception to the time of birth: "Under the supervision of t
he Supreme Lord (\'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba) and according to the results of his work, the living entity, the soul, is made to enter the womb of a woman through the particle of a man's semina to assume a particular kind of body. On the first night, the sem
ina and ovum mix, and on the fifth night the mixture ferments into a bubble. On the tenth night it develops into a form like a plum, and after that it gradually turns into a lump of flesh. In the course of a month, a head is formed, and at the end of two
 months, hands, feet and other limbs take shape. By the end of three months, the nails, fingers, toes, body hair, bones and skin appear, as do the organ of generation and the other apertures in the body, namely, the eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth and anus. 
Within four months from the date of conception, the seven essential ingredients of the body (lymph, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and semina) come into existence. At the end of five months, hunger and thirst make themselves felt, and at the end of six 
months the fetus begins to move in the abdomen\'97on the right side if the child is a male and on the left side if female."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Painful Confinement
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The actual experience of the fetus, however, cannot be known by mere medical observation. For this information we must go to the Vedic scriptures, which give us dir
ect knowledge of events beyond our normal experience. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  continues, "Deriving its 
nutrition from the food and drink taken by the mother, the fetus grows and remains in that abominable residence of stool and urine, which is a breeding place for all kinds of worms. Bitten again and again all over his body by these hungry worms in the ab
domen itself, the child suffers terrible agony because of his tenderness. He thus becomes unconscious moment after moment. When the mother eats bitter, pungent foods or food that is too salty or too sour, the body of the child incessantly suffers pains t
hat are almost intolerable. Placed within the amnion and covered outside by the intestines, the child remains lying on the side of the abdomen, his head turned toward his belly and his back and neck arched like a bow." An adult would be unable to endure 
such a difficult confinement. The child's pain is beyond our conception, but because his consciousness is yet undeveloped, he is able to tolerate it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As adults, we have forgotten all this suffering and absorbed ourselves in trying to become happy in material life. Life in the womb may seem remote; no one has ever
 told us before about its actual nature, and it has not concerned us. Writing on this topic, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da comments, "It is an unfortunate civilization in which these matters are not plainly discussed to make peo
ple understand the precarious condition of material existence."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Astounding Remembrance. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the end of seven months in the womb, the child remains just like a bird in a cage unable to move freely and suffering without relief. At that time, if the soul i
s fortunate, he gains one astounding facility: he can remember all the troubles of his past one hundred lives. The vision of his wasted attempts to be happy makes him grieve wretchedly. While in the womb, the living being realizes that he has unnecessari
ly entered the material world. In this frightful condition, he prays with folded hands, appealing to the Lord, who has put him there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes a woman in labor promises herself that she will never again become pregnant and suffer such severe pain. Or a man on the operating table may promise himse
lf that he will act in such a way as to never again become diseased and undergo surgery. Similarly, the child, deeply repentant, prays to the Lord that he will never again commit sinful activities and be forced into another womb. He prays as follows: "I 
take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appears in His various eternal forms. I, the pure soul, appearing now to be bound by my activities, am lying in the womb of my mother by the arrangement of the
 Lord's illusory energy. I offer my respectful obeisances unto Him, who is also here with me, but who is unaffected and changeless. He is unlimited, but He is perceived in the repentant heart."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Repentant Prayer
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The child in the womb, praying out of bewilderment and repentance, realizes he is not independent or supreme. He seeks shelter from the Supreme Lord, perceiving tha
t the Lord in his heart is the supreme master and that he is subordinate. By the grace of God, the child in the womb can understand his actual relationship with the Supreme Lord, and he realizes that he has been reduced to his abominable condition becaus
e of his forgetfulness of God. He wants to get out, but he understands that he can do so only by the mercy of the Supreme Lord, and thus he asks for the Lord's blessings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After nine months, however, the child in the womb makes an extraordinary request to the Lord: "Although I am living in a terrible condition, still I do not wish to 
depart from my mother's abdomen to fall again into the blind well of materialistic life." The child foresees that the trauma of birth will destroy his clear knowledge of the miseries of material life and his remembrance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If he forg
ets the ordeal in the womb and again assumes the false position of an enjoyer, it would be better for him never to be born. Although bitten and burned and surrounded by blood and urine, at least in the womb he is able to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The thou
ght of his future miseries makes him reluctant to take birth, but of course he cannot possibly live in the womb much longer. While he thus extols the Lord, the wind that helps parturition propels him forth with his face turned downward. Pushed down sudde
nly by the wind, the child comes out with great trouble, breathless and deprived of his memory due to severe agony. He cries piteously, having lost his superior knowledge in the ordeal of birth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not take lightly this account of life in the womb. One may say, "I cannot remember such pain in the womb. I am not suffering now, so why worry? Besides, I
 don't care." According to this way of thinking, ignorance is bliss. But it is only a temporary illusion of bliss. Although we now have no idea of the suffering in the womb, by reading such scriptures as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we can understand the terrible condition there and learn how to act in such a way that we will not suffer again. We learn from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that, as individual souls, we are never created, but are eternal, fragmental parts of the Supreme Lord. By misusing our small i
ndependence, we desire to be supreme and are thus cast into the material world. Then we wander, according to our material desires, from body to body in each of the different species, until we finally evolve to the human form of life. All this happens und
er the supervision of the Supreme Lord. As \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , "I am seated in everyone's heart, and I direct the wanderings of all living beings." If, upon reaching the human form of life, we do not utilize the opportunity for self-realization, we will again be forced to enter a womb and undergo repea
ted tortures there. We should therefore thoughtfully reflect, "What can we do to avoid such miseries?"
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 True Identity
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Repeated acceptance of material life is due to forgetting our true identity as eternal loving servants of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore reviving our r
elationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is crucial because that is the only means for the soul to escape the cycle of repeated birth and death. The primary method for doing this is chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared five hundred years ago in Bengal, India, recommended that everyone take up this Great Chant for Deliv
erance to awaken his dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We should also follow the instructions given by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (9.27-28): "All that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me. In this way you will be free
d from all reactions to good and evil deeds, and by this principle of renunication, you will be liberated and come to Me." By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and acting in this way, the conditioned soul cleanses his mind of the false notion that he can enjo
y this material world separate from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He gradually becomes completely surrendered to the Supreme Lord, and at the end of life liberation from the miseries of repeated birth and death is assured. K\'e5\'f1\'eba not only speaks the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for our guidance. He also manifests Himself internally as the Supersoul within our h
earts and externally as the spiritual master to instruct us how to avoid the repeated miseries of material existence. If one is anxious to get out of the material entanglement, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will direct him from within the heart how to approach a genuin
e spiritual master. By following the instructions of a spiritual master, one can perfect devotional service and be transferred to the spiritual world, which is completely free from birth and death. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are all eternal spirit souls, but death and rebirth are great dangers for us as long as we remain in conditioned, material existence. We must pray to the Lord, a
s did the child in the womb, to realize our eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But we should not wait until it is too late. Preparing for the next life is a proposal for thoughtful human beings, a proposal we ar
e meant to act on by following spiritual authorities while we are still healthy in this lifetime.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Overruling the Supreme Court
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub According to the 1973 United States Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, only in the last twelve weeks of preg
nancy does the growing fetus have a right to live despite the mother's wish to abort him. This decision supports the claim of those who favor abortion that killing a human embryo after a few weeks or months is not murder because, human life has not yet d
eveloped. They say that not until a full six months after conception does }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub  fetus become "viab
le," or able to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf6\cb1\up14  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub sustain itself outside the womb. Until that time, the embryo is supposedly nothing but
 a lump of flesh, and is therefore "abortable."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub According to Vedic wisdom however, the right to life is determined by laws that even the Supreme Court cannot overrul
e. It is the law of karma, working under the direct supervision of the Supreme Lord, that determines when an individual spirit soul will be placed in a human womb. Thus to deny a spirit soul a human birth due him by the laws of karma is to defy the will 
of God in a most heinous fashion.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\cb1\nosupersub The Vedas tell us that anyone who prevents a spirit soul from entering the mother's womb by contraception, or who des
troys a developing fetus, is subject to severe punishment after death. In the case of abortion, both the person performing the abortion and those sanctioning it are forced at the time of death to enter wombs where they themselves become victims of the sa
me 'vicious act. Thus those who are anxious to enjoy sexual pleasure, yet wish to avoid the responsibility of having children, should soberly consider the severe consequences of contraception and abortion, which are grave transgressions of the laws of na
ture. Unlike the edicts of the Supreme Court, there is no escaping their strict enforcement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb626\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p16: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sculpture, Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Although we now have no idea of the suffering in the womb, by reading such scriptures as the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam and the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, we can understand the terrible condition there and lear
n how to act in such a way that we will not suffer again."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If, upon reaching the human form of life, we do not utilize the opportunity for selfrealization, we will again be forced to enter a womb and undergo repeated tortures there. We should therefore thoughtful
ly reflect, 'What can we do to avoid such miseries?' "
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub explains that the spiritual master can impart knowledge because he has seen the truth.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (B.g. 4.34)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 V\'e5nd\'e4vana Land of No Return Part 1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub V\'c5ND\'c4VANA Land of No Retur
n\line Part 1
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the beginning of time, man has yearned for the perfect home\'97a paradise, a Shangri-la, a Walden\'97where he could live eternally i
n peace and happiness. Such a place cannot be found anywhere in the material world, however, for the material world is by its very nature temporary and frustrating. To end our weary searching, we must go beyond this world of duality, beyond the boundarie
s of space and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub time,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  into the spiritual realm.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, is that sought-after eternal resting place because it is at V\'e5nd\'e4vana that Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of G
odhead, descended to this planet five thousand years ago. The Lord's appearance and activities are not mundane; they are completely transcendental. Just as a king may travel with all his retinue, set up camp, and conduct his affairs of state in the same 
style as if he were in his palace, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought with Him all His transcendental associates and paraphernalia and created on earth an exact replica of the spiritual world, known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Because
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the eternal and entirely spiritual abode of the Lord, it is nondifferent from Him. At V\'e5nd\'e4vana, one will find unlimited wealth, strength, 
fame, wisdom, beauty and renunciation\'97all the six opulences possessed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Indeed V\'e5nd\'e4vana }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and, to go there is to perceive God Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As you enter the boundary of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, you can feel that this place is somehow different. First you explore the forest. The cool, sandy earth feels like lotu
s dust beneath your feet as you walk amidst the different kinds of trees: the black-barked tamala, the medicinal nim, the great banyan and the adorable tulas\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (V\'e5nd\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a name of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  tree, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means forest). Here the forests are like parks, their grasses careful
ly manicured by thousands of white cows. The slow-moving cows, with their wide-eyed children's stares, look like ancient sages silently meditating as they chew. Parrots and other multicolored birds decorate the trees, cascading pleasant songs into your e
ars, while peacocks in great abundance strut impressively and display their train of regal feathers. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is bounded on three sides by the Yamun\'e4 River, whose waters are as pure as the primordial waters of creation. It is said that if one b
athes in the Yamun\'e4, all the sins of his millions of past lives are washed away. If you have even a little knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or even a slight attachment to Him, everything in V\'e5nd\'e4vana reminds you of Him, and you find yourself feeling
 a kind of love for Him known as separation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As you wander within the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana along the narrow, twisting, medieval streets, you come upon a series of temples made of heavy russet stone, whic
h has been carved and filigreed into decorative lotus designs. As you enter one temple courtyard, you see Him: the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in the form of pure black marble, standing on a silver throne within a protect
ive cupola, His feet strewn with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  leaves. His body is bent attractively in three places,
 and He plays the flute, inviting you to take Him into your heart of hearts. Next to Him stands His inseparable consort, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, immaculate and beautiful. Do not think these Deities to be mere stone. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba s
ays in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.24}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , "Unintelligent men, who know Me not, think that I have assumed this form and personality. Due to their small knowledge, they do not know My higher nature, which is changeless and supreme." Anyone can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Deity, but fir
st he must purify his vision by hearing about the Lord from the lips of a pure devotee, and by chanting His glories. Lord Caitanya, an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared in Bengal, India, five hundred years ago, especially recommended chanting an
d hearing the holy names: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. This chanting churns up a very special ointment unavailable in any pharmacy. It is known 
as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4va,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  devotion. If you apply this ointment of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4va }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to your eyes, you can see the Deity as He really is\'97transcendental, alive, and worshipable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana has not always been a city of Deities and temples, however. Five hundred years ago, V\'e5nd\'e4vana was simply open fields. At that time, \'c7r\'e9 
Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu personally went there to ascertain the holy sites where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had exhibited His transcendental pastimes. Soon afterward, Lord Caitanya sent to V\'e5nd\'e4vana six of His foremost disciples, known as the Six Gosv\'e4m
\'e9s. Their mission was to continue the work of determining the exact locations of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, to develop these sites, and to write authoritative books on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the land of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is supremely beautiful, so is His abode. According to mundane vision, however, V\'e5nd\'e4
vana appears to be an ordinary village. Therefore to really see V\'e5nd\'e4vana in its full, glorious beauty, we must purify our vision by becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. The Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s have shown the way. They not only led perfectly saintly K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious lives themselves, but they wrote hundreds of spiritual guidebooks based on the revealed Vedic scriptures. By their mercy the sincere seeker can achieve the highest boon of life\'97love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The teachings of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da are identical with those of the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, for he follows in direct disciplic succ
ession from them. Therefore by following his teachings, we can see V\'e5nd\'e4vana as it really is. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a poem written by Lord Brahm\'e4, the most exalted living being in this universe, describes the V\'e5nd\'e4vana that the pure souls perceive:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The transcendental land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is always spiritual. That spiritual land is populated by goddesses of fortune, who are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  These are all beloved of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only lover of all those }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The trees of that land are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub kalpa-v\'e5k\'f1a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wish-fulfilling trees, and one can have anything he wants from them. The land is made of touchstone and the water of nectar. In that supreme abo
de, all speech is song, all walking is dancing, and one's constant companion is the flute. Surabhi cows flood the land with milk, and everything is self-luminous, just like the sun in the material world. Since every moment there is spent in loving servic
e to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no past, present or future." The human form of life is meant for understanding this transcendental land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. One who is intelligent should cultivate knowledge of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal 
domain, and reach that supreme abode even in this lifetime.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , personal secretary to
 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, explains that his spiritual master resided in the most sacred and serene city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana for a number of years and then left in 1965 to teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the people of 
the West. By \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's infinite mercy and fixed determination, thousands of young men and women have taken up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and some of them have been inspired to come to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to serve Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in H
is personal abode. Under the direction of His Divine Grace, his disciples have built a magnificent temple and international guest house so that others, especially from abroad, can visit V\'e5nd\'e4vana and experience its intense spiritual atmosphere. Thi
s is part 1 of a three-part series on V\'e5nd\'e4vana and ISKCON's beautiful center there. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [part }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub OVERLOOKING V\'c5ND\'c4VANA TOWN}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Madana-mohana temple awaits 
early-morning worshipers. A favorite place of pilgrimage, the temple was built in the sixteenth century by San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9, a great Vai\'f1\'ebava saint, with the financial help of a wealthy salt merchant. When the merchant's barge ran aground 
in the nearby Yamun\'e4 River, a small cowherd boy directed him to seek help from San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9. San\'e4tana advised him to pray to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when he did so, his barge loosened and drifted free. In gratitude, the merchant gave 
the profit from the subsequent sale to San\'e4tana, who spent it all to build the lovely temple.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p22:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub TRADITIONAL MAINSTAYS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of village economy, cows are adored in remembrance of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's affection for them. When He sported in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  thousands of years ago, one of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favorite pastimes was escorting the cows into the pasturing 
grounds along with His elder brother, Balar\'e4ma.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BLACK MARBLE DEITY}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, pose
s invitingly in a temple established four hundred years ago by \'c7y\'e4m\'e4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9. This form of the Lord is called \'c7y\'e4m\'e4sundara, which means "dark and beautiful." He is pictured here accompanied by His eternal consort, \'c7r\'e9ma
t\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p23:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub HALF ITS ORIGINAL SIZE}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the R\'e4dh\'e4-govinda temple of \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 stands in mute testimony to intolerance. A conquering Moghul tyran
t, Aurangzeb, was so infuriated by its magnificence that he had the top dismantled stone by stone. Although the temple is missing four stories, its grand style still attracts pilgrims and scholars alike. The commanding architecture of the central hall ma
rks it as the largest of the temples built by the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub EMBRACING}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'c5ND\'c4VANA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on three sides like a protective mother, the Yamun\'e4 River preserves the sanctity she derived from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba when He play
ed in her waters. So pure is her water that }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's residents use it for drinking, cooking, la
undering and bathing. A bath here, it is said, washes away the sins of millions of past lives. Starting high in the Himalayas, the Yamun\'e4 flows past }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on a six hundred- mile journey to the city of Allahabad where she joins the sacred Ganges.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p24:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA BATHED HERE}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at \'c7y\'e4maku\'eb\'f2a (below), and since then His followers have taken advantage of the pool's purifying effect. \'c4ml\'e9 Tal
\'e4 tree (left) on the Yamun\'e4's bank was living during Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes thousands of years ago. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who pioneered the reclamation of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V
\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's holy sites five hundred years ago, would chant His daily }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  here in the morning.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub TO DIE IN}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'c5ND\'c4VANA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is considered favorable for one's spiritual advancement. Sitting in the shade of the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple, these tombs of n
oted spiritual masters are visited by devotees for inspiration in spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s170 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Heroes of V\'e5nd\'e4vana Forest
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Heroes of V\'e5nd\'e4vana For
est
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 an excerpt from }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 , by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Accompanied by the cowherd boys and Balar\'e4ma, K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought forward the cows and played on His flute throughout 
the forest of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which was full of flowers, vegetables, and pasturing grass. The }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  forest was as sanctified as the clear mind of a devotee and was full of bees, flo
wers and fruits. There were chirping birds and clear lakes with waters that could relieve one of all fatigue. Sweet-flavored breezes blew always, refreshing the mind and body. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with His friends and Balar\'e4ma, entered the forest and, seei
ng the favorable situation, enjoyed the atmosphere to the fullest extent. K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw all the trees, overloaded with fruits and fresh twigs, coming down to touch the ground, as if welcoming Him by touching His lotus feet. He was very pleased by th
e behaviour of the trees, fruits and flowers, and He began to smile, realizing their desires.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba then spoke to His elder brother Balar\'e4ma as follows: \'93My dear brother, You are superior to all of us, and Your lotus feet are worshiped by the 
demigods. Just see how these tress, full with fruits, have bent down to worship Your lotus feet! It appears that they are trying to get out of the darkness of being obliged to accept the form of trees. Actually, the trees born in the land of V\'e5nd\'e4v
ana are not ordinary living entities. Having held the impersonal conception of God in their past lives, they are not put into this stationary condition of life. But now they have the opportunity of seeing You in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and they are praying for 
further advancement in spiritual life through your personal association. Generally, trees are living entities in the mode of darkness. The impersonalist philosophers are in that darkness, but they eradicate it by taking full advantage of Your presence. I
 think the drones that are buzzing all around You must have been Your devotees in their past lives. They cannot leave Your company because no one can be a better, more affectionate master than You. You are the supreme and original Personality of Godhead,
 and the drones are just trying to spread Your glories by chanting every moment. I think some of them must be great sages, devotees of Your Lordship, and they are disguising themselves in the form of drones because they are unable to give up Your company
 even for a moment. My dear brother, You are the Supreme worshipable Godhead. Just see how the peacocks are dancing before You in great ecstasy. The deer, whose behaviour is just like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [young cowherd girls], are welcoming You with the same affection. And the cuckoos who are residing in this forest are receiving You with great joy because
 they consider that Your appearance in their home is so auspicious. Even though they are trees and animals, these residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are glorifying You. They are prepared to welcome You to their best capacity, as is the practice of great souls 
in receiving another great soul at home. As for the land, it is so pious and fortunate that the footprints of Your lotus feet are marking its body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is quite natural for these V\'e5nd\'e4vana inhabitants to thus receive a great personality like You. The herbs, creepers and plants are also so fortunate to tou
ch Your lotus feet. And by Your touching the twigs with Your hands, these small plants are also made glorious. As for the hills and the rivers, they too are now glorious because You are glancing at them. Above all, the damsels of Vraja, the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  attracted by Your beauty, are the most glorious, because You embrace them with Your strong arms."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, both Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma began to enjoy the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to their full satisfaction, along with the calves and cows on 
the bank of the Yamun\'e4. In some places both K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were accompanied by Their friends. The boys were singing, imitating the humming sound of the drones and accompanying K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, who were garlanded with for
est flowers. While walking, the boys sometimes imitated the quacking sound of the swans in the lakes, or when they saw the peacocks dancing, they imitated them before K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also moved His neck, imitating the dancing and making Hi
s friends laugh.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cows taken care of by K\'e5\'f1\'eba had different names, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba would call them with love. After hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba calling, the cows would imm
ediately respond by mooing, and the boys would enjoy this exchange to their hearts' content. They would all imitate the sound vibrations made by the different kinds of birds, especially the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub cakoras,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  peacocks, cuckoos and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bh\'e4radv\'e4jas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Sometimes, when they would see the weaker animals fleeing out of fear of the sounds of tigers and lions, the boys, along with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, would imitate the animals and run away with th
em. When they felt some fatigue, they would sit down, and Balar\'e4ma would put His head on the lap of one of the boys just to take rest, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba would immediately come and begin massaging the legs of Balar\'e4ma. And sometimes He would take a
 palm fan and fan the body of Balar\'e4ma, causing a pleasing breeze to relieve Him of His fatigue. Other boys would sometimes dance or sing while Balar\'e4ma took rest, and sometimes they would wrestle amongst themselves or jump. When the boys were thus
 engaged, K\'e5\'f1\'eba would immediately join them, and catching their hands, He would enjoy their company and laugh and praise their activities. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba would feel tired, He would sometimes take shelter of the root of a big tree, or the la
p of a cowherd boy, and lie down. When He would lie down with a boy or a root as His pillow, some of the boys would come and massage His legs, and some would fan His body with a fan made from leaves. Some of the more talented boys would sing in very swee
t voices to please Him. Thus very soon His fatigue would go away. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose legs are tended by the goddess of fortune, shared Himself with the cowherd boys as one of them, expanding His internal potency to 
appear exactly like a village boy. But despite His appearing just like a village boy, there were occasions when He proved Himself to be the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes men pose themselves as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cheat inno
cent people, but they can only cheat; they cannot exhibit the potency of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was thus engaged in exhibiting His internal potency along with the supermost fortunate friends, there occurred another chance for Him to exhibi
t the superhuman powers of Godhead. His most intimate friends \'c7r\'e9d\'e4m\'e4, Subala and Stokak\'e5\'f1\'eba began to address K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma with great love and affection thus: "Dear Balar\'e4ma, You are very powerful; Your arms are 
very strong. Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are very expert in killing all kinds of disturbing demons. Will You kindly note that just near this place there is a big forest of the name T\'e4lavana. This forest is full of palm trees, and all the trees are filled
 with fruits. Some fruits are falling down, and some of them are very ripe, even in the trees. It is a very nice place, but because of a great demon, Dhenuk\'e4sura, it is very difficult to go there. No one can reach the trees to collect the fruits. Dear
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, this demon is present there in the form of an ass, and he is surrounded by similar demon friends who have assumed the same shape. All of them are very strong, so it is very difficult to approach this place. Dear brothers,
 You are the only persons who can kill such demons. Other than You, no one can go there for fear of being killed. Not even animals go there, and no birds are sleeping there; they have all left. One can only appreciate the sweet aroma that is coming from 
that place. It appears that up until now, no one has tasted the sweet fruits there, either on the trees or on the ground. Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to tell You frankly, we are very attracted by this sweet aroma. Dear Balar\'e4ma, let us all go there and enjoy
 these fruits. The aroma of the fruits is now spread everywhere. Don't You smell it from here?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba were thus petitioned by Their smiling, intimate friends, They were inclined to please them, and They began to proceed toward the
 forest, surrounded by all Their friends. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Immediately upon entering the T\'e4lavana, Balar\'e4ma began to yank the trees with His arms, exhibiting the strength of an elephant. Because of this Jerking, all t
he ripe fruits fell down on the ground. Upon hearing the sound of the falling fruits, the demon Dhenuk\'e4sura, who was living there in the form of an ass, approached with great force, shaking the whole field so that all the trees moved as if there were 
an earthquake. The demon appeared first before Balar\'e4ma and began to kick His chest with his hind legs. At first, Balar\'e4ma did not say anything, but then, with great anger, the demon kicked Him again more vehemently. This time Balar\'e4ma immediate
ly caught hold of the legs of the ass with one hand and, wheeling him around, threw him into the treetops. While he was being wheeled around by Balar\'e4ma, the demon lost his life. Balar\'e4ma threw the demon into the biggest palm tree about, and the de
mon's body was so heavy that the palm tree fell upon other trees, and several fell down. It appeared as if a great hurricane had passed through the forest, and all the trees were falling down, one after another. This exhibition of strength is not astonis
hing because Balar\'e4ma is the Personality of Godhead known as Ananta \'c7e\'f1an\'e4ga, who is holding all the planets on the hoods of His millions of heads. The whole cosmic manifestation is maintained by Him, exactly as two threads hold the weaving o
f a cloth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the demon was thrown into the trees, all the friends and associates of Dhenuk\'e4sura immediately assembled and attacked Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba with g
reat force. They were determined to retaliate and avenge the death of their friend. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma caught each of the asses by the hind legs and, exactly in the same way as before, wheeled them around. Thus They killed all of them by 
throwing them into the palm trees. Because of the dead bodies of the asses, there was a panoramic scene. It appeared as if clouds of various colors were assembled in the trees. Hearing of this great incident, the demigods from the higher planets showered
 flowers on K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and beat their drums and offered devotional prayers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A few days after the killing of Dhenuk\'e4sura, people began to come into the T\'e4lavana forest to collect the fruits, and animals began to return without fear to 
feed on the nice grasses growing there. Just by chanting or hearing these transcendental activities and pastimes of the brothers K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, one can amass pious activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and Their friends entered the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, They played Their flutes, and the boys praised Their uncommon activities 
in the forest. Their faces were decorated with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tilaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and smeared with the dust raised by the cow
s, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's head was decorated with a peacock feather Both He and Balar\'e4ma played Their flutes, and the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were joyous to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba returning home. All the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana remained very morose on account of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's absence. All day they were thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the forest or of Him herding cows in the pasture. When they saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba returning, all their anxieties wer
e immediately relieved, and they looked at His face the way drones hover over the honey of the lotus flower. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered the village, the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  smiled and laughed. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, while playing the flute, enjoyed the beautiful smiling faces of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
gop\'e9s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma were immediately received by Their affectionate mothers, Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Rohini, and, according to the time's demands, they beg
an to fulfill the desires of their affectionate sons. Simultaneously, the mothers rendered service and bestowed benediction upon their transcendental sons. They very nicely took care of their children by bathing and dressing Them. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dres
sed in yellowish garments, and Balar\'e4ma was dressed in bluish garments, and They were given all sorts of ornaments and flower garlands. Being relieved of the fatigue of Their day's work in the pasturing ground, They looked refreshed and very beautiful
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They were given palatable dishes by Their mothers, and They pleasantly ate everything. After eating, They were seated nicely on clean bedding, and the mothers began
 to sing various songs of Their activities. As soon as They sat down on the bedding, They very quickly fell fast asleep. In this way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma used to enjoy V\'e5nd\'e4vana life as cowherd boys.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustrations: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "..
.Balar\'e4ma immediately caught hold of the legs of the ass with one hand and, wheeling him around, threw him into the treetops."
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness  v10#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide community of devotees practicing }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the eternal science of loving service to God. The Society was founded in 1966 by His D
ivine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, a pure devotee of God representing an unbroken chain of spiritual masters originating with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following eight principles are the basis of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. We invite all our readers to 
consider them with an open mind and then visit one of the ISKCON centers to see how they are being applied in everyday life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By sincerely cultivating a bona fide s
piritual science, we can be free from anxiety and come to a state of pure, unending, blissful consciousness in this lifetime.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are not our bodies but eternal, spir
it souls, parts and parcels of God (K\'e5\'f1\'eba). As such, we are all brothers, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ultimately our common father. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal, all-knowing,
 omnipresent, all-powerful, and all-attractive. He is the seed-giving father of all living beings, and He is the sustaining energy of the entire cosmic creation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Absolute Truth is contained in the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the oldest scriptures in the world. The essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a literal record of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We should learn the Vedic knowledge fro
m a genuine spiritual master-one who has no selfish motives and whose mind is firmly fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Before we eat, we should offer to the L
ord the food that sustains us. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes the offering and purifies us. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We should perform all our actions as of
ferings to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and do nothing for our own sense gratification.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God has an unlimited variety of names. Some of them\'97like Jehovah, Adonai, Buddha and Allah\'97are familiar to us, while the names K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rama may be 
less so. However, whatever name of God we may accept, we are enjoined by all scriptures to chant it for spiritual purification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Muhammed counseled, "Glorify the name of your Lord, the most high." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Koran }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 87.2) Saint Paul said, "Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Romans }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.13) Lord Buddha declared, "All who sincerely call upon my name will come to me after death, and I will take them to Paradise." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vows of Amida Buddha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King David preached, "From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Psalms }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 113.3) And the world's oldest scriptures, the Vedas of India, emphatically state, "Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name of the Lord. In this age of quarrel there is no other
 way, no other way, no other way to attain spiritual enlightenment." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The special design of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant makes it easy to repeat and pleasant to hear. Spoken or sung, by yourself or in a group, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba inv
ariably produces a joyful state of spiritual awareness\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD.
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atam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The continuing}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub presentation of India's great spiritual classic. Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 International Society For Krishna Consciousness Centers Around The World 10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHN
A CONSCIOUSNESS \line CENTERS AROUND THE WORLD
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.. Yeoville/ 43-2006; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lusaka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
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\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9723 Wellington Ave., Quatre Bornes, P.O. Box 718.
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Road. Juhu, Bombay 400 054/ 579-373; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calcutta, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, A.P.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jakarta, Indonesia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gg. Kelinci IV: 8-A; }{
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\'97Krishna-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, UP/178.
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\nosupersub \'97Corner Wrights Rd. and Drummoyne Ave., Drummoyne, N.S.W.
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gen, Denmark}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Riggervej 11, 2660 Brond by Strand; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Edinburgh, Scotland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. 2. Box 449 zip: 39426/ 
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Everything Belongs to God 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Everything Belongs to God\line P
art II
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Can Communism take the greed out of human nature? Karl Marx said "yes," but \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains that avarice will continue until people are spiritually satis
fied.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The people are not happy simply reading Lenin's books." His Divine Grace said in last month's Back to Godhead. "Real hap
piness come from spiritual understanding." Concluding his critique of communism, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da discusses the profit motive, human nature, and the Marxist misunderstanding of religion.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa269\li2880\ri2880 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Part two of a conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and his personal secretary, 
\'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Marx's definition of communism is "The 
common or public ownership of the means of production, and the abolition of private property." In our International Society for Krishna Consciousness, don't we have the same idea? We also say, "Nothing is mine." We have also abolished private property.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  While the communist says, "Nothing is mine,"
 he thinks everything belongs to the state. The state, however, is simply an extended "mine." For example, if I am the head of a family, I might say, "I do not want anything for myself, but I want many things for my children." Mahatma Gandhi, who was sac
rificing so much to drive the English out of India, was at the same time thinking, "I am a very good man; I am doing national work." Therefore, this so-called nationalism or so-called communism is simply extended selfishness. The quality remains the same
. The real change occurs when we say, "Nothing belongs to me, everything belongs to God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore I should use everything in His service." That is factual.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx says that the capitalists are para
sites living at the cost of the workers.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the communists are also living at the co
st of the workers: the managers are drawing big salaries, and the common workers are dissatisfied. Indeed, their godless society is becoming more and more troublesome. Unless everyone accepts God as the only enjoyer and himself simply as His servant, the
re will always be conflict. In the broad sense, there is no difference between the communists and the capitalists because God is not accepted as the supreme enjoyer and proprietor in either system. Actually, no property belongs to either the communists o
r the capitalists. Everything belongs to God.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx condemns the capitalists for makin
g a profit. He says that profit-making is exploitation and that the capitalists are unnecessary for the production of commodities.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Profit-making may be wrong, but that exploit
ative tendency is always there, whether it is a communist or a capitalist system. In Bengal it is said that during the winter season the bugs cannot come out because of the severe cold. So they become dried up, being unable to suck any blood. But as soon
 as the summer season comes the bugs get the opportunity to come out, so they immediately bite someone and suck his blood to their full satisfaction. Our mentality in this material world is the same: to exploit others and become wealthy. Whether you are 
a communist in the winter season or a capitalist in the summer season, your tendency is to exploit others. Unless there is a change of heart, this exploitation will go on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I once knew a mill worker who acquired some money. Then he became the proprietor of the mill and took advantage of his good fortune to become a capitalist. Henry Fo
rd is another example. He was an errand boy, but he got the opportunity to become a capitalist. There are many such instances. So, to a greater or lesser degree, the propensity is always there in human nature to exploit others and become wealthy. Unless 
this mentality is changed, there is no point in changing from a capitalist to a communist society. Material life means that everyone is seeking some profit, some adoration, and some position. By threats the state can force people to curb this tendency, b
ut for how long? Can they change everyone's mind by force? No, it is impossible. Therefore, Marx's proposition is nonsense.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Marx thinks the minds of people can be 
changed by forced conditioning.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not possible. Even a child cannot be
 convinced by force, what to speak of a mature, educated man. We have the real process for changing people's minds: chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ceto-darpa\'eba-m\'e4rjanam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : this process cleanses 
the heart of material desires. We have seen that people in Moscow are not happy. They are simply waiting for another revolution. We talked to one working-class boy who was very unhappy. When a pot of rice is boiling, you can take one grain and press it b
etween your fingers, and if it is hot you can understand all the rice is boiling. Thus we can understand the position of the Russian people from the sample of that boy. We could also get further ideas by talking with Professor Kotovsky from the Indian De
partment of Moscow University. How foolish he was! He said that after death everything is finished. If this is his knowledge, and if that young boy is a sample of the citizenry, then the situation in Russia is very bleak. They may theorize about so many 
things, but we could not even purchase sufficient groceries in Moscow. There were no vegetables, fruits, or rice, and the milk was of poor quality. If that Madrasi gentleman had not contributed some dahl and rice, then practically speaking we would have 
starved. The Russians' diet seemed to consist of only meat and liquor.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The communists play upon this universal
 profit motive. The worker who produces the most units at his factory is glorified by the state or receives a small bonus.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why should he get a bonus?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To give him some incentive to work hard
.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just to satisfy his tendency to lord it over
 others and make a profit, his superiors bribe him. This Russian communist idea is very good, provided the citizens do not want any profit. But that is impossible because everyone wants profit. The state cannot destroy this tendency either by law or by f
orce.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The communists try to centralize everyt
hing\'97money, communications, and transport\'97in the hands of the state.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what benefit will there be in that? As s
oon as all the wealth is centralized, the members of the central government will appropriate it, just as Khrushchev did. These are all useless ideas as long as the tendency for exploitation is not reformed. The Russians have organized their country accor
ding to Marx's theories, yet all their leaders have turned out to be cheaters. Where is their program for reforming this cheating propensity?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Their program is to first change the so
cial condition and then, they believe, the corrupt mentality will change automatically.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Impossible. Such repression will simply caus
e a reaction in the form of another revolution.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are you implying that the people's ment
ality must first be changed, and then a change in the social structure will naturally follow?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. But the leaders will never be able to t
rain all the people to think that everything belongs to the state. This idea is simply utopian nonsense.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx has another slogan: "Human nature 
has no reality." He says that man's nature changes through history according to material conditions.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He does not know the real human nature. It i
s certainly true that everything in this cosmic creation, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagat, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub changing. Your body changes daily. Everything is changing, just like waves in the ocean. This is not a very advanced philosophy. Marx
's theory is also being changed; it cannot last. But man does have a fundamental nature that never changes: his spiritual nature. We are teaching people to come to the standard of acting according to their spiritual nature, which will never change. Actin
g spiritually means serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If we try to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba now, we will continue to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba when we go to Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the spiritual world. Therefore, loving service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or eternal. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
hagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , nitya-yukta up\'e4sate: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My pure devotees perpetually worship Me with devotion."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The communists give up K\'e5\'f1\'eba and replace Him with the state. Then they expect to get the people to think, "Nothing in my favor; everything in favor of the 
state." But people will never accept this idea. It is impossible; let the rascals try it! All they can do is simply force the people to work, as Stalin did. As soon as he found someone opposed to him, he immediately cut his throat. The same disease is st
ill there today, so how will their program be successful?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Their idea is that human nature has no 
reality of its own. It is simply a product of the material environment. Thus, by putting a man in the factory and making him identify with the state and something like scientific achievement, they think they can transform him into a selfless person.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But because he has the basic disease, envy, 
he will remain selfish. When he sees that he is working so hard, but the profit is not coming to him, his enthusiasm will immediately slacken. In Bengal there is a proverb: "As a proprietor I can turn sand into gold, but as soon as I am no longer the pro
prietor, the gold becomes sand." The Russian people are in this position. They are not as rich as the Europeans or the Americans, and because of this they are unhappy.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One of the methods the authorities in R
ussia use is to constantly whip the people into believing there may be a war at any moment. Then they think, "To protect our country, we must work hard."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the people cannot make any profit on thei
r work, however, they will eventually lose all interest in the country. The average man will think, "Whether I work or not, I get the same result. I cannot adequately feed and clothe my family." Then he will begin to lose his incentive to work. A scienti
st will see that despite his high position, his wife and children are dressed just like the common laborer.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx says that industrial and scientifi
c work is the highest kind of activity.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But unless the scientists and the industrial
ists receive sufficient profit, they will be reluctant to work for the state.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Russian goal is the production of m
aterial goods for the enhancement of human well-being.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Their "human well-being" actually means, "If
 you don't agree with me, I'll cut your throat." This is their "well-being." Stalin had his idea of "human well-being," but anyone who disagreed with his version of it was killed or imprisoned. They may say that a few must suffer for the sake of many, bu
t we have personally seen that Russia has achieved neither general happiness nor prosperity. For example, in Moscow none of the big buildings have been recently built. They are old and ravaged, or poorly renovated. Also, at the stores the people had to s
tand in long lines to make purchases. These are indications that economic conditions are unsound.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx considered religion an illusion th
at must be condemned.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The divisions between different religious fa
iths may be an illusion, but Marx's philosophy is also an illusion.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you mean that it's not being practic
ed?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the sixty years since the Russian Revolut
ion, his philosophy has become distorted. On the other hand, Lord Brahm\'e4 began the Vedic religion countless years ago, and though foreigners have been trying to devastate it for the last two thousand years, it is still intact. Vedic religion is not an
 illusion, at least not for India.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Here is Marx's famous statement about r
eligion. He says, "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of the heartless world, just as it is the spirit of the spiritless situation. It is the opiate of the people."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He does not know what religion is. His defin
ition is false. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub state 
that religion is the course of action given by God. God is a fact, and His law is also a fact. It is not an illusion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the definition of religion in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub surrender unto God\'97this is religion.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx believes everything is produced fr
om economic struggle and that religion is a technique invented by the bourgeoisie or the capitalists to dissuade the masses from revolution by promising them a better existence after death.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He himself has created a philosophy that is 
presently being enforced by coercion and killing.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And he promised that in the future thin
gs will be better. So he is guilty of the very thing that he condemns religion for.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As we have often explained, religion is that
 part of our nature which is permanent, which we cannot give up. No one can give up his religion. And what is that religion? Service. Marx desires to serve humanity by putting forward his philosophy. Therefore that is his religion. Everyone is trying to 
render some service. The father is trying to serve his family, the statesman is trying to serve his country, and the philanthropist is trying to serve all humanity. Whether you are Karl Marx, or Stalin, or Mahatma Gandhi, a Hindu, a Muslim or a Christian
, you must serve. Because we are presently rendering service to so many people and so many things, we are becoming confused. Therefore, K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises us to give up all this service and serve Him alone:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of service and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear." (B
g. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The communists\'97and even to a certain ext
ent the capitalists\'97believe that service for the production of goods is the only real service. Therefore they condemn us because we are not producing anything tangible.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can they condemn us? We are giving service t
o humanity by teaching the highest knowledge. A high court judge does not produce any grains in the field. He sits in a chair and gets $25,000 or $30,000. Does that mean he is not rendering any service? Of course he is. The theory that unless one perform
s manual labor in the factory or the fields he is not doing service would simply give credit to the peasant and the worker. It is a peasant philosophy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a story about a king and his prime minister. Once the king's salaried workers complained, "We are actually working,
 and this minister is doing nothing, yet you are paying him such a large salary. Why is that?" The king then called his minister in and also had someone bring in an elephant. "Please take this elephant and weigh it," the king said to his workers. The wor
kers took the elephant to all the markets, but they could not find a scale large enough to weigh the animal. When they returned to the palace the king asked, "What happened?" One of the workers answered, "Sir, we could not find a scale large enough to we
igh the elephant." Then the king addressed his prime minister, "Will you please weigh this elephant?" "Yes sir," said the prime minister, and he took the elephant away. He returned within a few minutes and said, "It weighs sixteen hundred and fifty pound
s." All the workers were astonished. "How did you weigh the elephant so quickly?" one of them asked. "Did you find some very large scale?" The minister replied, "No. It is impossible to weigh an elephant on a scale. I went to the river, took the elephant
 on a boat, and noted the watermark. After taking the elephant off the boat, I put weights in the boat until the same watermark was reached. Then I had the elephant's weight." The king said to his workers, "Now do you see the difference?" One who has int
elligence has strength, not the fools and the rascals. Marx and his followers are simply fools and rascals. We don't take advice from them; we take advice from K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His representative.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So religion is not simply a police force to
 keep people in illusion?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Religion means to serve the spirit. That is 
religion. Everyone is rendering service, but no one knows where his service will be most successful. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Serve Me, and you will serve the spiritual society." This is real religion. The Marxists want to build a so-called perfec
t society without religion, yet even up to this day, because India's foundation is religion, people all over the world adore India.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx says that God does not create man; rat
her, man creates God.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is more nonsense. From what he says, I can 
tell he is a nonsensical rascal and a fool. One cannot understand that someone is a fool unless he talks. A fool may dress very nicely and sit like a gentleman amongst gentlemen, but we can tell the fools from the learned men by their speech.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx's follower was Nikolai Lenin. He reinf
orced all of Marx's ideas and added a few of his own. He believed that revolution is a fundamental fact of history. He said that history moves in leaps, and that it progresses toward the communist leap. He wanted Russia to leap into the dictatorship of t
he proletariat, which he called the final stage of historical development.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. We can say with confidence\'97and they may n
ote it carefully\'97that after the Bolshevik Revolution there will be many other revolutions, because as long as people live on the mental plane there will be only revolution. Our proposition is to give up all these mental concoctions and come to the spi
ritual platform. If one comes to the spiritual platform, there will be no more revolution. As Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4ta\'f9 para\'e0 parama vedmi na yatra n\'e4da\'f9}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Now that I am seeing God, I am 
completely satisfied. Now all kinds of theorizing processes are finished." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  4.9.13]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So God consciousness is the final revolution. There will be repeated revolutions in this material world unless peop
le come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba revolution.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Vedic injunction is that people are searchin
g after knowledge, and that when one understands the Absolute Truth, he understands everything. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam eva\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bhavati. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Up.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People are trying to approach an objective, but they do not know the final objective is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are simply tr
ying to make adjustments with so many materialistic revolutions. They have no knowledge that they are spiritual beings, and that unless they go back to the spiritual world and associate with the Supreme Spirit, God, there is no question of happiness. We 
are like fish out of water. Just as a fish cannot be happy unless he is in the water, we cannot be happy apart from the spiritual world. We are part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but we have left His association and fallen from the sp
iritual world because of our desire to enjoy this material world. So unless we reawaken the understanding of our spiritual position and go back home to the spiritual world, we can never be happy. We can go on theorizing for many lifetimes, but we will on
ly see one revolution after another. The old order changes, yielding its place to the new. Or in other words, history repeats itself.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Marx says that there are always two conflic
ting properties in material nature, and that the inner pulsation of opposite forces causes history to take leaps from one revolution to another. He claims that the communist revolution is the final revolution because it is the perfect answer to all socia
l contradictions.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the communist idea is spiritualized, then it 
will become perfect. As long as the communist idea remains materialistic, it cannot be the final revolution. They believe that the state is the owner of everything. But the state is not the owner; the real owner is God. When they come to this conclusion,
 then the communist idea will be perfect. We also have a communistic philosophy. They say that everything must be done for the state, but in our International Society for Krishna Consciousness we are actually practicing perfect communism by doing everyth
ing for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We know K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer of the result of all work }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhokt
\'e4ra\'e0 yaj\'efa-tapasam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
The communist philosophy as it is now practiced is vague, but it can become perfect if they accept the conclusion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme proprietor, the supreme enjoyer, and the supreme friend of everyone. Then people will be happy. Now they mistrust the state, but if the people accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as their 
friend, they will have perfect confidence in Him, just as Arjuna was perfectly confident in K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. The great victory of Arjuna and his associates on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra showed that his confidence 
in K\'e5\'f1\'eba was justified:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yatra yoge\'e7vara\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'ebo\line yatra p\'e4rtho dhanur-dhara\'f9\line tatra \'e7r\'e9r vijayo bh\'fctir\line dhruv
\'e4 n\'e9tir matir mama
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Wherever there is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the master of all mystics, and wherever there is Arjuna, the supreme archer, there will also certainly
 be opulence, victory, extraordinary power, and morality. That is my opinion." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.78}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So if K\'e5\'f1\'eba is at 
the center of society, then the people will be perfectly secure and prosperous. The communist idea is welcome, provided they are prepared to replace the so-called state with God. That is religion.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the broad sense, there is no difference between the communists and the capitalists, because God is not accepted as the Supreme Enjoyer and Proprietor in either system."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If K\'e5\'f1\'eba is at the center of society, then people will be perfectly secure and prosperous. The communist idea is welcome, provided they replace the so-called state with God." 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News  v10#10 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON NEWS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A brief look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Literary Landmark Reached By BBT
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub LOS ANGELES\'97The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust is proud to announce the completion of a major new publication: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the jewel of medieval Indian literature. This devotional classic presents the life and teachings 
of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who initiated the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement some 500 years ago. Originally written in Bengali by K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who completed it in 1616, it has now been rendered into English by H
is Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da in seventeen volumes containing about 7500 pages. The massive work features the original Bengali script, phonetic transliterations of each verse, word-for-word definitions, precise translations, purp
orts, a variety of indexes, and 255 full-color illustrations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The translating and writing of commentary for this work took His Divine Grace only eighteen months, and the last thirteen volumes of the set were prepared for print
ing by the BBT staff in less than two months\'97all with no loss of the BBT's standard of high quality printing and illustration.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *  *  *
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delta City Acclaims \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub NEW ORLEANS\'97Officials here praised the spiritual master of the Krishna Consciousness Society today for "establishing a workable altern
ative to the problem of drug addiction and alienation." Representing Mayor Landrieu was welfare chief Morris Jeff, who presented His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da with honorary citizenship, a key to the city, and a fragrant garland 
of roses. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da reciprocated by handing Mr. Jeff a volume of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub The brief ceremony took place at a reception held July 31 in the spiritual master's honor. Mr. Jeff later commented that his meeting with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was "a beautiful experience."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Transcendental Art Style Recognized
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub NEW YORK\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious art made an impact in a recent competition here. The American Institute of Graphic Arts awarded a Ce
rtificate of Excellence to BACK TO GODHEAD magazine for the cover of issue No. 57, which featured a painting by Baradraja d\'e4sa of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna on a chariot riding into battle. The cover was one of 135 book, record album, promotional 
and magazine covers selected out of 2400 entries. It is being displayed in AIGA's "Cover '75 / Catch the Eye" exhibition, which is touring the United States and Canada.
\par }\pard \s160 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa0\li3600\ri3600\fi0\tx360\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp144\brdrcf0\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw60\brsp144\brdrcf4\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw60\brsp144\brdrcf4\shading10000\cfpat10 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs28\cf15\nosupersub Farm Report
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over the past eight years, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has established fourteen successful farmin
g communities in various parts of the world. As national economies founder and cities go bankrupt, ISKCON's farms flourish and grow, proving that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is providing not only potent spiritual knowledge, but a viable alt
ernative lifestyle as well. There's full employment for everyone and natural prosperity when everything's done for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For more information please write ISKCON's Secretary at 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Ca. 90034
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub NEW V\'c5ND\'c4VANA (MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA.)\'97"While herding the beautiful bulls, the Lord, who was the reservoir of all opulence and for
tune, used to blow His flute, and thus He enlivened His faithful followers, the cowherd boys." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhag.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  3.2.29)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This past summer was definitely bull season here. At Bahulaban, largest of New V\'e5nd\'e4vana's six farms, eleven of the seventeen new arrivals were bull calves.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most of our bulls are used for ox teams because we don't need so many for breeding. Right now our oxen program is in the rough stages, but what we have going is ver
y promising. We're working four teams regularly, and several others are being trained up. Many New V\'e5nd\'e4vana residents enjoy watching the oxen as they haul the milk from the barn to the temple's milk separator twice a day. The bulls are working bet
ter together all the time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The medical program is also being improved to properly care for the increased number of calves. We examine each of them twice a day for any abnormality which might 
indicate sickness, and the sick ones get more complete treatment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Milk production from the herd is soaring because there are so many "fresh" cows now. All told, the cows at Bahulaban are giving almost a thousand pounds of milk dai
ly, and they're still increasing!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday (Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9) we put the barn into excellent shape. Everyone who visited us for the holiday celebration was able to re
lish the purity and simplicity of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cow protection program. It's easy to appreciate this wonderful service when we see so many milk preparations\'97sweets, curd, yogurt and cream\'97offered to the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple
 every day. When we satisfy the Supreme Lord, He satisfies us with His mercy.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub *  *  *
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub NEW ORLEANS (PICAYUNE, MISS.)\'97Iskcon's 200-acre farm here is only a year old, yet it's already in full operation. Located in an ideal 
spot just sixty miles east of New Orleans, the farm enjoys abundant rainfall all year round. The trees and fields are always luxuriantly green, and for this reason we can let the cows wander freely in all seasons. We never have to confine them to barns. 
One or more kinds of vegetables can always be cultivated, and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba has blessed us with a nice orchard and many beehives.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In early August we were given the great benediction of a personal visit from His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. As his car pulled up to the main house, we 
all bowed down to offer our respects, humbly grateful for the opportunity to have our farm sanctified by the holy feet of our spiritual master, a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da toured the farm on foot late in the afternoon. When he saw all the tractors, binders, and other machinery we used for working the farm, 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was somewhat critical. We had spent thousands of dollars purchasing the most up-to-date farm machinery, yet he favored a simpler approach. "As far as possible," he said, "machines should be avoided because they provide an opport
unity for idleness, gossiping and excessive sleep. If every man works according to his innate nature, that is the healthy state, but if one man works a machine and all the others remain idle, then it is a devil's workshop." He suggested we begin training
 our five bull calves to replace the machines for farm labor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then spoke to us for some time on how the natural way of life is superior to the artificial, mechanized life in the cities. He described h
ow our farm could be modeled after village life in Vedic India: "The farm should be mainly run by householder couples. They can live in small cottages and take care of the cows and till the fields. In the villages of India, where there are many cows, nat
urally there is also an abundant supply of milk. The residents don't turn all the milk into ghee [clarified butter] for sale. Rather every day each family puts their supply into one big pot with a fire under it and takes out as much as they need for drin
king and cooking that day. At night, whatever milk is left is converted into yogurt, stored and then churned into butter. The buttermilk is fed to the calves, and the butter is turned into ghee. In this way, not a single drop of milk is wasted. So this i
s the formula for an abundant life: some land, hard work, cow protection, and doing everything for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v10 #10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
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\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5760\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx11520\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx17280\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calend
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\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named for a
 different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{\b0
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 489, Caitanya Era\line Vai\'f1\'ebava Month
 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (September 21\'97October 20, 1975)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell}
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  (dark fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukla-pak\'f1a}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bright fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
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\clshdng10000\cellx17280\pard\intbl
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub October 14 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 24}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub October 16 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 26}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx11520\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx17280\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub macandra-vijayotsava. Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Madhv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rya.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Ekad\'e4s\'e9 P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba before 9:27 a.m. Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Raghun}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha d}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Raghun}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha Bha\'f6\'f6a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ja }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gosv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell}
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\clshdng10000\cellx17280\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub October 2 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 12}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub October 15 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 25}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub October 20 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 30}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\clshdng10000\cellx17280\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tr}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\nosupersub ri Gupta. Beginning of \'dcrja-vrata.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Darwin's Mistake
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub DARWIN'S MISTAKE
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His conclusions rest heavily on a thin surface of guesswork. \line Real evidence supporting his theory is in short supply.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Bali Mardan d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Over the past 150 years, the expanding role of science in almost every sphere of life has produced a revolution in ideas\'97a revolution
 epitomized by Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Although never proven more than a theory, it is accepted by millions as fact. In discussing the influence and implications of his theory, I shall suggest an alternative explanation of evolution that is
 both theistic and scientific, and which does not depend upon the imperfect methods of speculation used by Darwin. Because this account of man's origin has until only recently been confined to the Vedic literature originally written in Sanskrit, Western 
man has heretofore remained ignorant of its profound significance.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Science Versus Religion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Western civilization held to a strong belief in the existence of one Supreme God, and the fabric of life was woven o
f this faith. With the advent of the Age of Reason, however, the credibility of Christianity was severely tested in the crucible of scientific scrutiny. Although many Christians saw in the discovery of scientific laws new revelations of God's glory, prob
ing scientific criticism of the explanations of the creation given in the Bible undermined the traditional authority of Christian doctrine.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The literal Biblical description of man's origin was given its severest test in 1859, when Charles Darwin published }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Origin of Species, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a treatise which was designed to prove the gradual evolution of man from lower forms of life. Until Darwin's time, Church doctrine was expressed by such authorities as Archbishop Ussher, who specified that
 the world was created at "9:00 a.m., October 23, 4004 B.C." This date was calculated from the Biblical record by tracing history back to Adam and Eve and then to the cosmic creation. But Church spokesmen found it difficult to refute Darwin's all-encompa
ssing explanations. After some initial resistance, most advocates of the Biblical version of evolution realized the tide of the times and began to praise Darwin for showing how intelligently God had arranged the evolution of species from lower life forms
 up to the human form. Darwin himself, however, avoided mention of God in his writings. Privately he admitted, "I look upon all human feeling as traceable to some germ in the animal."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the late 19th century, fundamentalists could no longer hold the scientists at bay with their literal interpretations of the Bible, and Church authorities tried t
o adjust Christian theology to scientific change. An increasingly materialistic community of scientists saw that the time was ripe to attack man's faith in God and establish science as the new deity with themselves as its priests. For example, in 1893 Er
nst Mach said, "The theological conception of things gave way to a more rigid conception; and this was accompanied with a considerable gain in enlightenment\'85The physical philosophy of theology is a fruitless achievement, a reversion to a lower state o
f scientific culture."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today, the ideas of Darwin play an integral role in much scientific research. Modern geneticists and biochemists, for example, have expanded Darwinism by producing 
a theory of existence in which God has become extraneous. By promising life from the laboratory and immortality within the fleshly body, they have convinced the public that the origin of human life is a molecular accident and that man himself is nothing 
more than a complex combination of chemicals.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But if we examine Darwin's methods, we will find his conclusions to be less "scientific" than the certainty with which he states them would suggest. In theorizing t
hat all life forms have developed from one remote ancestor, Darwin decided that some unknown force must have combined with the time factor to cause the evolution of the different species we see today. He thought that the final stage of this process was t
he development of man from the monkey. In the writings of Thomas Malthus (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An Essay on Population}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Darwin found the mechanism that seemingly gave evolution its conclusive rationale. Malthus said 
that animals and man reproduce in geometric progression, whereas the supply of food in the world increases only arithmetically. He argued that if even one species of life reproduced without any check, it would soon overrun the world. (Fish and insects la
y many thousands of eggs.) Malthus described a constant struggle for existence in which the population of living organisms is trimmed, thus keeping an equilibrium in nature. Darwin suggested that the struggle for existence would favor certain varieties o
f life, and that the fittest of those would survive, fitness being measured in terms of the capability of an organism to gather food, defend itself, and reproduce. He called this the process of "natural selection," which supposedly was the mechanism natu
re provided to guide the changing species along the path of evolution. Later, the genetic theories of Gregor Mendel and others provided explanations for the occurrence of mutations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his diary, Darwin admits "a constant tendency to fill up the wide gaps of knowledge by inaccurate and superficial hypotheses." This suggests that Darwin's theory
, however well it may explain his collected data, rests merely on circumstantial evidence. Neither Darwin nor anyone since has directly observed a transition from one species to another. No one has ever seen a parent from one species give birth to an off
spring initiating a new species. The best Darwin could do was claim that such an event must have happened in the past. He felt this was the only way to explain his observations.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Alive and Well
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Peking Man, Neanderthal Man and like discoveries have made headlines throughout the world as primitive human forms that have preceded the evolutionary development o
f modern man. Such claims are closer to propaganda than to scientific truth. As we see around us, primitive forms live side by side with more advanced ones. The Darwinists once declared that a primitive fish, the Coelacanth, had been extinct for the last
 seventy million years. But quite surprisingly, the Coelacanth has since turned up alive and well in the waters off South Africa, unchanged from fossilized forms hundreds of millions of years old. There are many similar examples, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub each instance the scientists cleverly rearrange their theories to fit the changing evidence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That primitive men exist, in the past or in the present, does not prove that civilized men are a recent development. The evidence found by Dr. Leakey in Africa with
in the last few years definitely shows more advanced humans living at a much earlier period than less developed human species found living at a later date. There is no real evidence of higher forms evolving from lower ones. Were future scientists to disc
over the remains of twentieth century aboriginal tribes in New Guinea, would it be valid for them to conclude that such were the dominant form of human life in the twentieth century? Of course not, because the aborigines of New Guinea represent only a sm
all fraction of the human race at the present time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Furthermore, in India, the center of the ancient world, the civilized method of disposing of the dead has always been to cremate the bodies, thus leaving no evidenc
e for future paleontologists to speculate about. Excavated bones come from aboriginal tribes living side by side with the advanced Vedic culture. Proof of Darwinism rests on a very thin surface of empirical guesswork. It is actually no proof at all.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Missing Links
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The best-known and most obvious evidence against Darwinism is the virtual absence of intermediary forms of species, either alive or fossilized. Without these missin
g links, there are no connecting links through which evolution could have proceeded. In addition, Darwinists cannot explain the development of fish, birds, whales or dolphins. The duckbilled Platypus also defies their explanation, as do thousands of othe
r wonderful creatures. A few quotes from the scientists themselves will reveal Darwin's theory for what it is\'97an unscientific claim to satisfy the minds of atheistic men:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The fossil record does not tell us how fishes came into existence\'85we can only guess as to the way in which the first fishes originated." (Url Lanham, }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Fishes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The origin of the birds is largely a matter of deduction. There is no fossil evidence of the changes through which the remarkable change from reptile to bird was a
chieved." (A.J. Marshal, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Biology and Comparative Physiology of Birds}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not only is there no proof that lower forms of life develop into more complex and advanced ones, but even the theory of change by mutation, which had been so readil
y accepted, has now been shown to be faulty. Dr. Alan Wilson, professor of biochemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, and Dr. M. King, a research geneticist, presented evidence in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Science }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazine, April 11, 1975, that mutation cannot possibly account for the changes in life forms necessary for evolutionary development. The pillars o
f Darwinism are crashing to the ground, for without a valid explanation of variation, Darwin's whole idea becomes absurd.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The actual fact is that there is no solid evidence for Darwinian evolution. Millions accept it blindly, not daring to question the scientific community that has giv
en the theory its stamp of approval.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Vedic View of Evolution
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Darwin's error was to minimize his own human frailty. Overlooking the limitations of his own senses and mind, and ignoring the inevitable human tendency to become i
llusioned and make mistakes, he cheated the public by claiming as fact that which could only be tentative hypothesis. To find the conclusive explanation of the origin of species, we must approach a source of knowledge which is beyond the imperfections of
 our tiny brains. This infallible source of knowledge is the Vedic scriptures which, unlike the speculative postulates of empirical scientists, are spoken directly by the Supreme Lord Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic literature, we find a well-substantiated explanation of the origin of the many species from a theistic, yet thoroughly scientific, point of view. The t
heists of Darwin's time had no scientifically viable arguments with which to defend and explain divine creation. For instance, why does life display such a varied gradation of organisms, from the most simple amoeba to the complex human being? What is the
 relationship between animal and human life? The answers to these questions are given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the Vedic information, the material body is only a temporary covering of the eternal soul\'97a puppet that dances for some time until the soul passes o
n to the next life form. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a manual for spiritual lif
e spoken by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) Himself: "As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The soul, the vital spiritual spark in each material body, is thus understood to be the active principle in the cycle of birth and death. The nature of the soul is 
described as follows: "Know that which pervades the entire body to be indestructible. No one is able to destroy the imperishable soul. Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction." (Bg, }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.17-18) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientists have no access to knowledge of the soul through their methods of empirical ob
servation and experimentation, because the soul is described as being beyond the purview of the mundane world, immeasurable by the blunt instruments of our senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern Darwinists postulate a common ancestor for all species\'97a single-celled organism with minimal life functions. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub also specify one origin for all living entities, but the Vedic conclusion is that the origin of all species is God. As Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba explains in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It should be understood that all species of life,
 O son of Kunt\'e9, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father." (Bg. 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Many present-day followers of Darwin maintain that life originated by accident in a primeval chemical soup, but when the Vedic scientist asks to know where the soup came from\'97or the universe for that matter\'97Darwinists cannot reply. The 
theory of accidental creation of the universe is based simply on unproved assumptions and an unwillingness to admit ignorance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Darwin theorized that the varieties of life forms gradually evolved from one another over a great span of time. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub however, explicitly describe the process by which all species were created at the beginning of the universe. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub categorize 900,000 species of aquatic life, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 2,000,000}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub species of plant and tree life, 1,100,000 species of insects, 1,000,000
 species of birds, 3,000,000 species of beasts and 400,000 species of human beings. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub do 
not say that all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8,400,000}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub species of life must exist simultaneously on any one planet. There are countless millions of planets within God's creation, each with life forms suitable for its environment. Simply because a particular species\'97such as the dinosaur\'97is n
o longer visible on earth is no proof that it does not exist somewhere else.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material world is created for the small minority of souls who rebel against the supremacy of God. The Lord provides a place for them where they may act out thei
r fantasies as tiny gods of the mundane sphere. At the same time, however, God provides the means by which the fallen souls may revive their God consciousness and return to the spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Perfect Plan
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The apparent lack of God's mercy in nature caused Darwin to disbelieve in a creator. He lamented, "I can see no evidence of beneficent design." Actually, the miseri
es that all creatures are heir to in this world are, in one sense, a blessing, for they prompt the living entity, when he reaches the human form of life, to inquire into the means of escape from this painful condition. Suffering exists as long as we try 
to exploit nature and remain in ignorance of our true spiritual position. Evolution is the means by which the Supreme Lord gradually brings the living entity to full consciousness, and the varieties of life are the various prisons the soul must pass thro
ugh on his sojourn within matter. The culmination of the soul's evolution is the human form of life, where one may at long last end the cycle of birth and death and re-enter the spiritual realm. If, however, one misuses human life by neglecting spiritual
 culture, he must again descend into the animal species and once more be subject to the process of evolution. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-vaivarta }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub states that: "One attains the human form of 
life after transmigration through }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8,400,000}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub species of life by the process of gradual evolution. The human form of life is spoiled for those conceited fools who do not take shelter of the lotus feet of Govinda [God]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fate of those who misuse human life is further described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence into various demoniac species of life. Attainin
g repeated births among the species of demoniac life, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most abominable type of existence." (Bg. 16.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub emphatically declare that having now achieved the extremely rare human form, we should use the opportunity to inquire about God, the origin of everything. The most complete and authoritative information on God and His creation is to be found 
in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub themselves, and the essence of the Vedic wisdom is contained in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This literature, presented in English for the first time without adulteration by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, prov
ides the seriously inquisitive seeker with a totally theistic and scientific explanation of the creation of the universe and the origin of species, and explicit instructions on how he can complete the evolutionary process by becoming God conscious in the
 human form of life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The actual fact is that there is no s
olid evidence for Darwinian evolution. Millions accept it blindly, not daring to question the scientific community that has given the theory its stamp of approval."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes v10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SOUNDS OF TRANSCENDENCE!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-feast v10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Feast . . .
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on a multi-course banquet of exquisite vegetarian cuisine offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also . . . plays, music, dance and mantra meditation in the transcendental atmosphere of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple. 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every Sunday at all ISKCON centers 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub See page two for the one nearest you.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam v10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, please see page 15.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 2 TE
XT 10\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 2 TEXT 27
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-books v10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v10#9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Summer Sessions With \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Summer Sessions With \'c7r\'e9la
 Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub In five cities and on a transcontinental jet, His Divine Grace spends a typical month at his favorite pastime\'97teac
hing K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Article and photography by Visakha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He's probably logged as much flight time in the past ten years as any other traveling emissary. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
 Prabhup\'e4da has gone around the world twelve times visiting his ISKCON centers, lecturing and insuring a high standard of spiritual life among his disciples. The author traveled with him this past summer as he shuttled from West to East coast and back
 again, holding informal meetings and having dialogues with those who came to ask questions no one else could answer.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Los Angeles: June 24\'9628
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL At The Los Angeles Temple, disciples arranged for a meeting between \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and Dr. John B. O
rr (Chairman of the Department of Religious Studies, University of Southern California), Dr. Stillson Judah (Chairman of the Department of Phenomenology and History of Religion, and head librarian at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California),
 Dr. John P. Crossley (University of Southern California), Dr. Mize (Long Beach City College), and other scholars from various universities. After all the guests had assembled and were seated comfortably in a small garden within the Los Angeles temple co
mplex, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da walked in with a quick step, sat down before them, and began to speak.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All the revealed scriptures indicate that having achieved the human form of life, we should now find out what God is. That is real science\'97to inquire about the 
problems of life. And what are those problems? The real problems are birth, death, old age and disease.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our struggle for existence means that we try to avoid distress, and we seek happiness. Our real distress is that we have to die. You may have taken birth in a rich
 American family, and you may work in a big skyscraper and drive a very nice automobile, but at any moment you can be kicked out by death. We are looking for happiness, but we must find out where there is permanent happiness. That is intelligence; not th
at I create a circumstance where }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub am happy for some years and then get kicked out."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da finished his brief talk and the guests were introduced to him. A lively conversation ensued that continued late into the evening.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Denver: June 28\'96July 5
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub AFTER HIS FOUR-DAY VISIT To Los Angeles, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da traveled to Denver, where a family of devotees was pleased to give the
ir house, right across the street from the temple, for their spiritual master to live in during his visit. There Prabhup\'e4da would have mock debates with his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (renounced) disciples, showing them how to defeat other philosophies.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the meaning of the Absolute Truth?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That from which everything emanates.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everything must have come from something. No one can deny that. Now if you know what the Absolute Truth is we challenge you to present it.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We agree that there is an Absolute Truth, but we canno
t at this time say exactly what it is.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then you cannot say that the Vedic explanation i
s wrong. If you don't know what gold is and a friend gives it to you, saying, "Here is gold" how can you deny it? You have no knowledge, therefore you cannot claim it is not gold. Similarly, if you don't know what the Absolute Truth is, what grounds do y
ou have for denying that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Absolute Truth? If you don't accept our philosophy, then you must present your philosophy. But if you don't have a philosophy you must agree to hear from an authority who does.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that argument is logical; we should at least list
en to you. But we have heard so many versions of the "truth." Why should we accept your version?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is like saying, "I have come across so many
 counterfeit coins, why should I think there is a real coin?" No. Because there are counterfeit coins, therefore there must also be genuine coins. It is our misfortune that we are unable to distinguish the real coins from the counterfeit ones.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say that you are presenting the Absolute Truth and that the Absolute Truth is God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But I think your position is dogmatic. There are many t
ruths, many gods.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Absolute Truth is one; God is one. God canno
t be many. If God has competition He cannot be God. If you don't admit K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God then you present who God is. But if you don't know who God is or what God is then you cannot say that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not God. If you speak that way then you a
re being dogmatic. You do not know what God is, yet dogmatically you are saying that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not God. Therefore, we say that those who deny the supremacy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are members of the owl civilization. The owls never open their eyes
 to see the sun. This is the unfortunate defect of conditioned souls; they demand to see God, but when God comes before them personally, or when He sends His pure representative, they cannot see.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Chicago: July 5\'9611
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ON THE PLANE FROM DENVER TO CHICAGO \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da scanned the lead article in an international news magazine entitled, "Crime
: Why and What to Do." He noted that the overwhelming problem was lucidly presented, but that no practical solution was offered. So, in Chicago, when the local mayor, a representative from the police force and a state assemblyman came individually to vis
it Prabhup\'e4da, he spoke to them for three consecutive days about the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious solution to the problem of crime.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All three gentlemen were very receptive, especially the state senator, Mr. John Porter, who came with his wife:
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Porter: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub understand you were speaking to some police officials about crime.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Crime means anything you do without K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. It is simply a question of degree. Material life is criminal life. Everyone is busy. So many cars are going this way and that, here and there, but ask anyone what is God, he'll be disturbed; "What is this nonsense?" He thinks it is a
 waste of time to talk about God. But one in spiritual life is only interested in God. Actually, human life is perfect when one remembers only God.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mrs. Porter: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can you live a spiritual life outside the temple?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. It is a simple method: chant Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. You can do it anywhere, even while walking on the street. There is no tax, no loss and you can develop your spiritual life. Is it difficult? You have a tongue, you can chant. Do it and see the practical result. The temple is a place where you can 
come once in a day and get inspiration. But if you have no time, you can chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mahamantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anywhere yo
u are and gradually make advancement. If you have more time, you can read our books.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Porter: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christians have the concept of original sin and sal
vation. What is your view of that?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I mentioned, anyone who is in the material wo
rld is criminal. It is like a prison house\'97everyone there is a criminal except the officers. Everyone in the material world is sinful to some degree. Those who are completely purified understand God, love Him and go back home, back to Godhead. In diff
erent countries, at different times and under different circumstances, there are different religious principles and methods of purification. Just like in the Christian religion there are ten commandments how to become pure. But if you do not follow them 
and still say that you are Christian, that is hypocrisy. If you follow the instruction given by God or God's representative, then you are religious; but if you don't follow, simply to say, "I am Hindu, I am Christian, I am Muslim," has no meaning. The ma
in business is how to understand God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Philadelphia: July 11\'9615
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub IN HIS QUARTERS AT THE PHILADELPHIA TEMPLE, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained to a young man from India the process of understanding Go
d:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says, 'I can be understood only by devotional service, sincere service.' It is very easy to learn this art; there is no distinction as to ca
ste, creed, color. Now so many people are loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One doesn't have to be expert in philosophy or science or be very rich and intelligent. No. Simply love K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Even the priests are surprised. They have told me, 'These boys and girls used to be our students, but they never wanted to go to church. Now they spend all their t
ime for God.' And just today at the airport one reporter asked, 'What is it that you are offering that has made your students so affectionate and enthusiastic and loving?' I told him, 'I have simply tried to give them K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I have not bribed th
em.' "
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub PROFESSOR THOMAS J. HOPKINS is the Chairman of the Department of Religious Thought at Franklin and Marshall College. He wrote his doctor
al dissertation on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and has been closely following the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
movement since its beginning in America in 1966. For these reasons Professor Hopkins has long been anxious to meet with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and in Philadelphia he finally had the opportunity.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Hopkins: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of all the things which you have written, which is
 the most important?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The most important thing is how to love God.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Hopkins: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But which book?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Ved\'e4nta philosophy; first the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad
-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Hopkins: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But is there one of the translations or purports w
hich you would want everybody to read?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says that the ultimate goal in life is how to become liberated, not how to develop economically. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We should just get money honestly, not for sense gratification but for the necessities of life; to fulfill the bodily demands, not artificially to create them. Why? Because the ultimate goal is to attain liberation. I
t is not to make a new model car every year. We should not work hard day and night and go to church for material profit, praying to God to get money. People want material gain because they have no spiritual information; therefore they are described as }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ," }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub fools and rascals. If I take care of my shirt very nicely but I do not care for the person inside the shirt, then what is my position? Similarly, this whole material world is busy taking 
care of the body, not the soul inside the body. Therefore, all these so-called educational institutions are blind. It is a society of the blind leading the blind.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Hopkins: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the solution?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First of all understand you are spirit. Find out
 what is your relationship with God and act accordingly. That is the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 En Route
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE CAPTAIN OF THE UNITED AIRLINES JET that took Prabhup\'e4da from Philadelphia to Berkeley, California, took advantage of the long flig
ht to talk with His Divine Grace. Later on, Prabhup\'e4da recalled the conversation. The captain asked that if God is all good, then why is there evil in the world? "I explained that for God there is no evil, just good. Just as my chest is as important t
o me as my back; if there is pain in my back I take care of it. I do not ignore it thinking that the front is more important. Evil is compared to the back of God. It is not different from His front, or goodness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Then the question came, 'If everything is good from God's point of view, then how can there be evil?' I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gave another example to explain. It is just like the sun. On the body of the sun there is no shadow. We create shadow by turning our back to the sun. Simi
larly, when we turn away from God there is evil."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The captain inquired further, "How is it possible to attain peace?" Prabhup\'e4da replied, "By understanding that God is the supreme proprietor, the supreme enjoyer
, and the supreme friend." Prabhup\'e4da explained these three aspects of God in detail, and showed the captain a few of the sixty volumes of books that have been published by the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement on the science of God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Berkeley: July 15\'9621
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE DAY AFTER PRABHUP\'c4DA ARRIVED a press conference was held, with all the major newspapers and television stations represented. Sitti
ng under the glare of TV lights in the large Berkeley temple room, Prabhup\'e4da was faced with the question, "What will happen to the movement when you die?" His answer came back immediately: "I will never die." All the guests and devotees cheered and P
rabhup\'e4da continued, "I live in my books."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *  *  *
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE PRESIDENT of the Assembly of World Citizens came to visit His Divine Grace. His society is dedicated to bringing peace in the world, 
and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was very stern with him. Prabhup\'e4da told him, "The world can never be united if we maintain our [bodily] designations. How can you unite people of different designations? If someone is thinking, 'I am American, I am Russi
an, I am black, I am white, I am a woman, a man, communist, capitalist, etc., there will always be disunity. But in our movement we never think of ourselves as any material [bodily] designation. We understand all living entities are spirit souls, part an
d parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the actual platform of unity. If you bring together people who don't understand this simple fact, they will simply talk nonsense. So without spiritual understanding, the idea of a 'world citizen' is foolish. It will ne
ver be successful."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY, Dr. James Freeman of the California State University, and some of his students paid a visit. The discussion
 turned to the reason for all the different species of life. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began, "The basic defect is that scientists do not know that the soul is different from the body. According to my activities I get a different body. The body is like a
 dress. According to the price you pay [your activities] you get a different dress [body]. For example, when you go to court, you are punished or rewarded according to your activities. The judge is impartial; it is your activities that determine if you a
re punished or rewarded. The supreme judge is the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Devotees of the Lord, however, are not under }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [the laws of material nature]. Just as a king or president can overrule the decision of a judge, similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba promises that those who surrender to Him will be protected by Him; He takes charge
 of the devotee, and the laws of material nature cannot then act. To reach this perfection we must fulfill K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire. If we maintain personal desires, then we are still under the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Freeman then asked, "How do we know when we are acting according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire and when we are acting according to our own de
sire?" \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da answered, "When we manufacture our own plan, we are subject to the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should act according to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's order; that is His desire. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub [devotion]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this point an Indian gentleman who was present commented that in his opinion everyone should have the right to worship the way they want. Prabhup\'e4da objected:
 "Then everyone in the state can do what they want?" "No," came the reply. Prabhup\'e4da continued, "If you can't make your own law, then how can you make your own religion? It is not possible. Religion means to follow God's law."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conversation turned to politics. Prabhup\'e4da's arguments persuaded everyone present that democracy was not the best form of government. "The common man has no
 sense whom to elect; he proves this by electing an unqualified leader and later trying to change him or pull him down. Meanwhile, thousands of bureaucrats live off the taxes of the people and spend their time planning how to keep themselves in power.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The ideal government is that which is administered by a perfect, saintly person. We can see from the Vedic histories, a benevolent king is responsible to see that 
the citizens in his kingdom are well situated both materially and spiritually."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *  *  *
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SWAMI CHIDANANDA, President of the Divine Life Mission, and some of his young followers sat before Prabhup\'e4da one afternoon and expres
sed their opinion about the merits of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is a process of different bodily exercises. Pr
abhup\'e4da explained that the idea of making spiritual advancement by manipulating the body is wrong because, "I am not the body, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am spirit soul." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the process of linking up with God through de
votion, begins with the proprietor of the body, the spirit soul. Other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub including }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub begin on the material platform by prescribing different ways to control the senses artificially. But 
this is very difficult in this age. Even Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra Muni, a very great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of the past, fell do
wn after meditating for many years because he became attracted to a woman. Similarly, nowadays so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub cannot control their sexual urges.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continued, "It is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavata
m }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that in this age of quarrel and hypocrisy men have short lives. They are quarrelsome, lazy, misguided, unlucky and above all always disturbed. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub practice will never be successful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Practically speaking these boys and girls in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness have taken directly to the spiritual platform. How? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harer nama harer n\'e4ma harer namaiva kevalam/ kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this fallen age the only way, the only way, the only way to attain self-realization is by chanting the names of the Lord. If you really want to help people, pr
each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub philosophy, the philosophy from the scriptures."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Swami Chidananda agreed that all the great saints tended to emphasize }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and that even his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bro
ught chanting of the holy names to many parts of India.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub JUST FIVE MINUTES AWAY from the Berkeley temple is the sprawling campus of the University of California. In the morning Prabhup\'e4da wo
uld walk there, past somber gray buildings and carefully manicured lawns. Once he challenged, "For all the 'advancement' of modern civilization, how is the problem of death being solved?" A devotee responded, "People are trying to learn how to meet death
 cheerfully." Prabhup\'e4da laughed, "it is like the man who is sentenced to death by the judge, but the lawyer consoles him, 'That is all right, you can be hanged cheerfully.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees informed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that the university authorities had to put glass in the clock tower on the campus to prevent suicides. Prabhup\'e4da
 responded, "Education which leads to hopelessness is not education."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *  *  *
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A PRACTICING CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, Dr. Allan Gerson, had been testing devotees in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement to convince his colle
agues of the validity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. His tests showed that devotees are markedly calmer, milder, more unbiased, and freer from anxieties than non-devotees. When he came to see Prabhup\'e4da in San Francisco, however, Prabhup\'e4da expla
ined that since the soul is beyond the body, mind and intelligence, psychology does not apply.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Gerson: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If the soul is at peace, then wouldn't the mind an
d intelligence be at peace also?"
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yes, these tests may show this, but they will n
ot give you any help. A diseased man will have certain symptoms, and a healthy man will have certain symptoms. Our goal is not to study the symptoms; we want to touch the origin of the disease and clear it away.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You and your colleagues have no information of the spirit soul. So how will you understand the cure? The first business is 
to understand the soul\'97but not by mental activities, mental concoction. Kindly explain to your colleagues these simple facts: there is a soul beyond the mind and intelligence, and that soul is eternal and is transmigrating from one body to another. Op
en their eyes so that they can see how 'drug addicted hippies have become loving servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and humanity' [from a letter from Dr. Judah]. We can see practically that these boys and girls have become happy. How have they become happy? They
 have been following the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If we take up this simple formula, the whole human society will become happy."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Los Angeles: July 21\'9625
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub DURING HIS MORNING WALKS in Los Angeles, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da took pleasure verbally sparring with his disciples by refuting their v
arious atheistic arguments. As he spoke, the devotees would gather around him, straining to hear his soft voice over the ocean waves.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everywhere the spiritual touch is required befor
e matter will work. (A computer needs a person to push the buttons, a watch requires someone to wind it or put the batteries in it, etc.) In the same way, there is a brain behind nature, but because material scientists cannot imagine this brain, they say
 creation takes place by chance. Is it a very good explanation that by chance certain}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chemicals came toge
ther and there is life? The whole problem is they cannot distinguish between matter and spirit.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But scientists can point to so much progress they have
 made\'97time and laborsaving machines.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The real progress they do not know. The real pro
gress is to check death. We are simply trying to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, He promises, "One who understands Me need never return to this material world of birth and death but comes to My eternal abode." (Bg. 4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do we know K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words are true? Is it simply blind faith?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, not blind. Just as I know that on the other 
side of this ocean is Japan. I may never have been there, but I believe the authorities. Everyone without exception must have faith in something. You have faith that when you give your money for an airline ticket, you will get to your destination. Simila
rly, I am walking, I do not know the way, but someone I trust tells me, "Now go this way..." I have faith that this person will direct me properly. According to our purity we have faith in different authorities. Faith in the scriptural authority will gro
w with good association. You don't need to have knowledge to have faith in God. Simply by having such faith knowledge will come. K\'e5\'f1\'eba will give you knowledge. And how to begin this whole process? By hearing from a self realized soul, by chantin
g Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and by taking K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [food which has been offered to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba with devotion]. It has nothing to do with the mind or intelligence or any other material condition. But if one has no faith, not even enough to hear and chant, then he must remain in this world of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : As pleased to see his disciples as they are t
o see him, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da glides down an airport escalator surrounded by song.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teaching the Teachers.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  West Coast scholars listen as His Divine Grace reveals the essence of Vedic knowledge.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Defeated! }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Students delight in a well-turned phrase
 from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da during a mock debate.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Human life}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is meant for self-realization, not sense gratification," His Divine Grace explains to reporters during a Philadelphia airport news confer
ence.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Early days}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of ISKCON are fondly recalled by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, devotees, and Prof. Thomas J. Hopkins of Franklin and Marshall College.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Evening Study Session.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A devotee assists his spiri
tual master by citing pertinent scriptural evidence.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cal State Prof.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  James Freeman and student hear. ..
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . .. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explain the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disciples gather around}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His Divine Grace at Venice Beach in Los Angeles to hear their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub guru's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  timeless teachings.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 S}{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 treet}{\v\f0\fs20\cf8  Sa\'eck\'e9rtana
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub STREET SA\'ccK\'c9RTANA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu unleashed a spiritual revolution and }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 a }{\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 tidal wave of love.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE FIRST TIME devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba took their chanting to the street was in India five hundred years ago. Except for religious ho
lidays it had never been done before, but on this occasion in the city of Navadv\'e9pa, West Bengal, it }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub had }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub to be done.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Most of the people in Navadv\'e9pa joined the Sa\'eck\'e9rtana movement as soon as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu began it. He recommended always chanting the names of
 God, and they readily took up the practice. Especially in the evenings, households rang with the cheerful music of devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, both Hindu and Muslim partisans came before the district's governor, Chand Kazi, complaining that the devotees' singing was too loud for them. The Kazi rea
cted to the complaints by bursting into a home, angrily breaking a drum and prohibiting any further chanting.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu boldly retaliated, ordering Sa\'eck\'e9rtana groups brought into the streets for a mass march through all the neighborhoods of the 
city. On the appointed night, tens of thousands of devotees streamed through Navadv\'e9pa in a torchlight parade. With Lord Caitanya leading they made their way to the governor's mansion, chanting and dancing with great enthusiasm.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hearing the chanting throng, the Kazi immediately hid himself in the upstairs quarters of his home. When some local notables were sent to get him, however, he came 
outside to meet the crowd. He and Lord Caitanya exchanged pleasantries, then launched into an extensive philosophical discussion. The Kazi finally confessed an affection for the new devotional style, and was moved to proclaim, "To as many descendants as 
take birth in my dynasty in the future, I give this grave admonition: no one should check the Sa\'eck\'e9rtana movement."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Five hundred years after that initial success, Lord Caitanya's Sa\'eck\'e9rtana movement is flourishing. Public chanting of the holy names of God is now commonplace
 in the streets of cities throughout the world, and Lord Caitanya's famous prediction, "In every town and village the holy name will be sung," is quickly being fulfilled.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BLISSFUL SONG}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and bright banner attract students at University of Puerto Rico. San Juan is one of eleven Latin American cities
 hosting centers of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  consciousness. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub PROPHECY COMES TRUE}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (left) in Stockholm as spirited band of devotees advertise glories of the Lord. Five hundred year's earlier, \'c7r
\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu foretold global scope of Sa\'eck\'e9rtana. \line Cymbals aloft, (right) chanter leaps along Parisian thoroughfare. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters v10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of BACK TO GODHEAD welcome correspondence pertaining to spiritual enlightenment. All letters will receive pers
onal replies, and correspondence of general interest will be published regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Editors,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub     The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  speaks of reincarnation. Why can't we remember our past lives?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi2160 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Francie Cappucci
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li720\ri0\fi2160 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Marino, California
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Ms. Capucci,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We forget our past lives in the same way that a person with amnesia forgets his past. Just as amnesia is caused by a traumatic psychological experience or physical 
injury, the severe trauma of death and rebirth erases the memory of our previous life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But what is the ultimate importance of my knowing that in my past life I had the body of an American or a Russian, a cow or a dog? The crucial thing is to remember 
who the eternal "I" is who undergoes all these changes of bodies. The Vedic scriptures, especially }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , can reveal to us who we really are behind the facade of bodily identification. By hearing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad
-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  and acting on them, we gradually awaken to our real identity as a pure spiritual being, an eternal loving servant of the Supreme Spirit, God. With this understanding all our curiosity about past, present or future lives will be satisfied.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Editors,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am confused by the great variety of spiritual reading matter available today. Each author claims that his is "The Way.
" But I need more than just a book. I need someone I can trust to guide me on the spiritual path. How can I make such a decision?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Georgia Callahan
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li2880\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kenyon, Rhode Island
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Ms. Callahan,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your confusion is well justified. Anyone interested in spiritual life today is confronted by such an array of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , priests, sages and self-made gods\'97each claiming his teachings alone to be the "Truth"\'97that reasoned choice seems impossible. Here are a few time-tested guidelines by which any honest seeker can judge a prospective spiritu
al master and the path he advocates.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First we must understand the meaning of the word "spiritual." It indicates something in relation to the Supreme Spirit, God. The goal of a spiritual discipline shou
ld be realization of God and our relationship with Him. This eliminates the great majority of groups on the market today\'97from yoga and meditation societies to the so-called human potential movements\'97because their aim is only improvement of the body
 or mind. They give no information on how we can discover our spiritual identity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your observation that you "need more than just a book" is a good one, and is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (The Song of God): "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. T
he self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth." (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.34}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  goes on to state the necessary qualifications of a genuine guru: First and foremost, he must be part of a disciplic chain of spiritual masters beginning with the speaker of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) Himself. Furthermore, he must be humble, self-controlled, peaceful, completely uninterested in personal gain, and al
ways glorifying God with his words and deeds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  tells us that "such a great soul is very rare." (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.19) Few people make the g
rade. But, we do know that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master of ISKCON, lives up to the expectations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . You can find this out for yourself by reading his books. If you choose to become his disciple, you will have made a good decision. He is a person you can trust to guide you safel
y on the spiritual path.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes2 v10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Link-up
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Gop\'e9s Enchanted by the Flute
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Gop\'e9s Enchanted by the Fl
ute
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 an excerpt from}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, \line }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by His Divine Grace A. C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased with the atmosphere of the forest, where flowers bloomed and bees and drones hummed very jubilantly. Whi
le the birds, trees and branches were all looking very happy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, tending the cows and accompanied by \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma and the cowherd boys, began to vibrate His transcendental flute. After hearing the vibration, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana remembered Him and began to talk amongst themselves about how nicely K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing His flute. When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop
\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  were describing the sweet vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute'; they also}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub remembered their pastimes with Him; thus their minds became disturbed, and they were unable to fully describe the beautiful vibrations. While discussing the transcendental vibration, they also remembere
d how K\'e5\'f1\'eba dressed, decorated with a peacock feather on His head, just like a dancing actor, and with blue flowers pushed over His ear. His garment glowed yellow-gold, and He was garlanded with a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vaijayanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  necklace. Dressed in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub such }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an attractive way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba filled up the holes of His flute with the nectar emanating from His lips. So they remembered Him, entering V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest, which is always glorified by the footprints 
of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very expert in playing the flute, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were captivated by the sound vibration, which was not only attractive to them, but to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub living creatures who}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub heard it.
 One of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9
s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  told her friends, \'93The highest perfection of the eyes is to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma entering the forest and playing Their flutes and tending the cows with Thei
r friends.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Persons who are constantly engaged in the transcendental meditation of seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, internally and externally, by thinking of Him playing the flute and en
tering the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest, have really attained the perfection of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is also 
confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that anyone who is always absorbed in the thought of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the topmost of all }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yog\'e9s.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub expressed her opinion that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, while tending the cows, appeared just like actors going to play on a dramatic stage. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was dressed in glowing garments of yellow, Balar\'e4ma in blue, and They held new t
wigs of mango tree, peacock feathers, and bunches of flowers in Their hands. Dressed with garlands of lotus flowers, They were sometimes singing very sweetly among Their friends. One }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  told her friends, \'93how is it K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma are looking so beautiful?\'94 Another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  said, \'93My dear friend, we cannot even think of His bamboo flute\'97what sort of pious activities did it execute so that it is now enjoying 
the nectar of the lips of K\'e5\'f1\'eba?\'94 K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes kisses the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; there
fore the transcendental nectar of His lips is available only to them, and His lips are considered their property. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  asked: \'93How is it possible that the flute, which is nothing but a bamboo rod, is always engaged in enjoying the nectar from K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s lips? Because the flute is engaged in the service of the Supreme L
ord, the mother and the father of the flute must be happy.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The lakes and rivers are considered to be the mothers of the trees because the trees live simply by drinking water. The waters of the lakes and rivers of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana were full of happy lotus flowers because the waters were thinking, \'93How is it that our son, the bamboo rod, is enjoying the nectar of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s lips?\'94 The bamboo trees standing by the banks of the rivers and lakes were also happy
 to see their descendant engaged in the service of the Lord, just as persons advanced in knowledge take pleasure to see their descendants engage in the service of the Lord. The trees were overwhelmed with joy and were incessantly yielding honey, which fl
owed from the beehives hanging on their branches.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub spoke about K\'e5\'f1\'eba to their friends: \'93Dear friends, our V\'e5nd\'e4vana is proclaiming the glories of this entire earth because this planet is glorified by the lotus footprints of the son of Devak\'e9. Besides that, when Govind
a plays His flute, the peacocks immediately become mad. When all the animals, trees and plants\'97either on top of Govardhana Hill or in the valley\'97see the dancing of the peacock, they all stand still and listen to the transcendental sound of the flut
e with great attention. We think that this boon is not possible or available on any other planet.\'94 Although the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were village cowherd women and girls, they had knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Similarly, one can learn the highest truths simply by hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from authoritative sources.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub said, \'93My dear friends, just see the deer! Although they are dumb animals, they have approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nana. Not only are they attracted by the dress of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, but as soon as they
 hear the playing of His flute, the deer, along with their husbands, offer respectful obeisances unto the Lord by looking at Him with great affection.\'94 The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were envious of the deer because the deer were able to offer their service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba along with their husbands. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thought themselves not so fortunate because whenever they wanted to go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, their husbands were not very happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub said, \'93My dear friends, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so nicely dressed that He appears to be the impetus for various kinds of ceremonies held by the womenfolk. Even the wives of the denizens of heaven become attracted after hearing the transcendental
 sound of His flute. Although they are traveling in their airplanes, enjoying the company of their husbands, upon hearing the sound of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s flute they immediately become perturbed. Their hair loosens and their tight dresses slacken.\'94 Th
is means that the transcendental sound of the flute of K\'e5\'f1\'eba extended to all corners of the universe. It is also significant that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub knew about the different kinds of airplanes flying in the sky.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  said to her friends, \'93My dear friends, the cows are also charmed as soon as they hear the transcendental sound of the flute of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It sounds to them like the pouring of nectar, and they immediately spread their long ears just 
to catch the liquid nectar of the flute. As for the calves, they are seen with the nipples of their mothers pressed within their mouths, but they cannot suck the milk. They remain struck with devotion, and tears glide down their eyes, illustrating vividl
y how they are embracing K\'e5\'f1\'eba heart to heart.\'94 These phenomena indicate that even the cows and calves in V\'e5nd\'e4vana knew how to cry for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and embrace Him heart to heart. Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious affection is culmi
nated in shedding tears from the eyes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A younger}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  gop\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub told her mother, \'93My dear mother, the birds, who are all looking at K\'e5\'f1\'eba playing on His flute, are sitting very attentively on the branches and twigs of different trees. From their}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub features it appears that they have forgotten everything and are engaged only in hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute. This proves that they are no
t ordinary birds; they are great sages and devotees, and just to hear K\'e5\'f1\'eba's flute they have appeared in V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest as birds." Great sages and scholars are interested in Vedic knowledge, the essence of which is stated in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aham eva vedya\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Through the knowledge of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba has to be understood. From the behavior of these birds, it appears that they were form
erly great Vedic scholars who took to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's transcendental vibration and rejected all branches of Vedic knowledge. Even the River Yamun\'e4, being desirous to embrace the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba after hearing the transcendental vibration 
of His flute, broke her fierce waves to flow very nicely with lotus flowers in her hands, to present them to Mukunda with deep feeling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The scorching heat of the autumn sun was sometimes intolerable, and therefore out of sympathy the clouds in the sky appeared above K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma and T
heir boy friends while They engaged in blowing Their flutes. The clouds served as a soothing umbrella over Their heads just to make friendship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  began to praise the unique position of Govardhana Hill. "How fortunate is Govardhana Hill, for it is enjoying the association of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, who are accustomed to walk on it. Thus Govardhana is always in touch with t
he lotus feet of the Lord. And because Govardhana Hill is so obliged to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, it is supplying different kinds of fruits, roots and herbs, as well as very pleasing crystal water from its lakes, as a presentation to the Lord.
" The best presentation offered by Govardhana Hill, however, was newly grown grass for the cows and calves. Govardhana Hill knew how to please the Lord by pleasing His most beloved associates, the cows and the cowherd boys. Another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  said that everything appeared wonderful when K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma traveled in the forest of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana playing Their flutes and making intimate friendship with all kinds of moving and nonmoving living creatures. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma played on Their transcendental flutes, the moving creatures became stunned and stopped their activit
ies, and the nonmoving living creatures, like trees and plants, began to shiver with ecstasy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma carried binding ropes on Their shoulders and in Their hands, just like ordinary cowherd boys. While milking the cows, the boys bound 
their hind legs with a small rope. This rope almost always hung from the shoulders of the boys, and it was not absent on the shoulders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma. In spite of Their being the Supreme Personality of Godhead, They played exactly like
 cowherd boys, and therefore everything became wonderful and attractive. While K\'e5\'f1\'eba was engaged in tending the cows in the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana or on Govardhana Hill, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the village were always absorbed in thinking of Him and discussing His different pastimes. This is the perfect example of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness:
 somehow or other to remain always engrossed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The vivid example is always present in the behavior of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Therefore, Lord Caitanya declared that no one can worship the Supreme Lord better than by the method of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  were not bo
rn in very high }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub families. They were born in the families of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97not big mercantile communities, but the families of cowherd men. They were not well educated, although they heard all sorts of knowledge from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub authorities of Vedic knowledge. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub gop\'e9s'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  only purpose was to remain always absorbed in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Il
lustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Th
e highest perfection of the eyes is to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma entering the forest and playing Their flutes and tending the cows with Their friends."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tour v10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Tour
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#8
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness v10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness (ISKCON) is a worldwide community of devotees practicing }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the eternal science of loving service to God. The Society was founded in 1966 by His D
ivine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, a pure devotee of God representing an unbroken chain of spiritual masters originating with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following eight principles are the basis of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. We invite all our readers to 
consider them with an open mind and then visit one of the ISKCON centers to see how they are being applied in everyday life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  By sincerely cultivating a bona fide s
piritual science, we can be free from anxiety and come to a state of pure, unending, blissful consciousness in this lifetime.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We are not our bodies but eternal, spir
it souls, parts and parcels of God (K\'e5\'f1\'eba). As such, we are all brothers, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is ultimately our common father. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal, all-knowing,
 omnipresent, all-powerful, and all-attractive. He is the seed-giving father of all living beings, and He is the sustaining energy of the entire cosmic creation.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Absolute Truth is contained in the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the oldest scriptures in the world. The essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a literal record of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We should learn the Vedic knowledge fro
m a genuine spiritual master-one who has no selfish motives and whose mind is firmly fixed on K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Before we eat, we should offer to the L
ord the food that sustains us. Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes the offering and purifies us. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We should perform all our actions as of
ferings to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and do nothing for our own sense gratification.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The recommended means for achieving the
 mature stage of love of God in this age of Kali, or quarrel, is to chant the holy names of the Lord. The easiest method for most people is to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub man
tra:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-iso v10#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li720\ri0\fi-360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perfectly Packaged by K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who else can do it? He makes its juice grow sweet in the sun, and its special organic container grows with it. The orange
: a perfect package from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To produce this tasty fruit, He creates beautiful trees, and in the seed of every fruit, He puts a completely new tree. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, does everything perfectly. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba? What's He really like? Everyone uses His products every day, but very few know anything about the 
wonderful personality behind these marvelous inventions. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  brings you cl
oser to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It's filled with detailed information of His unique qualities. Satisfying knowledge in a beautifully illustrated and easy-to-read format. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9
\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : perfectly packaged by K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Translation and Purports by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line 160 pages, 8 full-color illustr
ations.\line To order see page 15.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
10 No. 11, 1975
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In Vancouver, British Columbia and around the world\'85
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub In Vancouver, British Columbia a
nd around the world\'85
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,\line 
R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba for lots of reasons. Some people are just curious. Some want material benefits, or relief from anxiety. But the best reason to chan
t Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is to get to know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as you can get acquainted with someone by associating with him, you can find out about K\'e5\'f1\'eba by associating with His name because the sound "K\'e5\'f1
\'eba" is the same as K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. It's called the sound incarnation of God. "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba" is a call to the Lord to engage us in His service. The process is simple and sublime.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pb:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p1:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Devotees at the Vancouver center of the
 International Society for Krishna Consciousness }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-iso v10#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 \'c9\'c7OPANI\'d1AD
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#10
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead v10#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SENIOR EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadvipa d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Arcita d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa, Yug
ala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Bhakta Lennie.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TYPE COMPOSERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Matsya d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1975 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 membership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub  MEMBERSHIP
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For information on how you can become a registered member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, please writ
e to the Society's secretary at 3764 Watseka Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90034.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover  v10#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Exalted loving relationship between the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His eternal consort 
\'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, is portrayed in this oil painting by Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Special Centerfold Section }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The continuing}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub presentation of India's great spiritual classic. Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-btg subscription v10#11
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Psychoanalysis and the Soul
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE SOUL
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 In each person Freud found an id, an ego, \line and a superego-but he failed to find the self.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Part of a forthcoming book, the following is a conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
\'e4da and his disciple, \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sigmund Freud's idea was that many psyc
hological problems originate with traumatic experiences in childhood or infancy. His method of cure was to have the patient try to recall these painful events and analyze them.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But he did not know that one must again beco
me an infant. After this life, one will be put into another womb, and the same things will happen again. Therefore it is the duty of the spiritual master and the parents to save the child from taking another birth. The opportunity of this human form of l
ife is that we can understand the horrible experiences of birth, death, old age, and disease and act so that we shall not be forced to go through the same things again. Otherwise, after death we shall have to take birth in a womb and suffer repeated mise
ries.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Freud treated many people suffering fro
m neuroses. For instance, suppose a man is sexually impotent. By recalling his childhood, he may remember some harmful experience with his father or mother that caused him to be repelled by women. In this way he can resolve the conflict and lead a normal
 sex life.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, even in the so-called normal condit
ion, the pleasure derived from sexual intercourse is simply frustrating and insignificant. For ordinary men attached to the materialistic way of life, their only pleasure is sexual intercourse. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [Vedic scriptures] say, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yan maithun\'e4di-g\'e5hamedhi-sukha\'e0 hi
 tuccham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : the pleasure derived from sexual intercourse is tenth class at best. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7.9.45]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because they have no idea of the pl
easure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the materialists regard sex as the highest pleasure. And how is it actually experienced? We have an itch, and when we scratch it, we feel some pleasure. But the aftereffects of sexual pleasure are abominable. The m
other has to undergo labor pains, and the father has to take responsibility for raising the children nicely and giving them an education. Of course, if one is irresponsible like cats and dogs, that is another thing. But for those who are actually gentlem
en, is it not painful to bear and raise children? Certainly. Therefore everyone is avoiding children by contraceptive methods. But much better is to follow the injunction of the \'e7\'e4stras: simply try to tolerate the itching sensation and avoid so muc
h pain. This is real psychology. That itching sensation can be tolerated if one practices K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Then one will not be very attracted by sex life.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud's philosophy is that people have 
neuroses or disorders of their total personality\'97various conflicts and anxieties\'97and that all these originate with the sexual impulse.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That we admit. An embodied living being must
 have hunger, and he must have the sex impulse. We find that even in the animals these impulses are there.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud believed that the ego tries to re
strain these primitive drives, and that all anxieties arise from this conflict.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our explanation is as follows: Materialistic
 life is no doubt very painful. As soon as one acquires a material body, he must always suffer three kinds of miseries: miseries caused by other living beings, miseries caused by the elements, and miseries caused by his own body and mind. So the whole pr
oblem is how to stop these miseries and attain permanent happiness. Unless one stops his materialistic way of life, with its threefold miseries and repeated birth and death, there is no question of happiness. The whole Vedic civilization is based on how 
one can cure this materialistic disease. If we can cure this disease, its symptoms will automatically vanish. Freud is simply dealing with the symptoms of the basic disease. When you have a disease, sometimes you have headaches, sometimes your leg aches,
 sometimes you have a pain in your stomach, and so on. But if your disease is cured, then all your symptoms disappear. That is our program.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his theory of psychoanalysis, Freud 
states that by remembering and reevaluating emotional shocks we've experienced in childhood, the tension we are feeling now can be released.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what is the guarantee that one will not 
get shocked again? He may cure the results of one shock, but there is no guarantee that the patient will not receive another shock. Therefore Freud's treatment is useless. Our program is total cure\'97no more shocks of any kind. If one is situated in rea
l K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he can face the most severe type of adversity and remain completely undisturbed. In our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, we are giving people this ability. Freud tries to cure the reactions of one kind of shock, but 
other shocks will come one after another. This is how material nature works. If you solve one problem, another problem arises immediately. And if you solve that one, another one comes. As long as you are under the control of material nature, these repeat
ed shocks will come. But if you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, there are no more shocks. \'c7y\'e4masundara: Freud's idea is that the basic instinct in the human personality is the sexual drive or libido, and that if the expressions of a child's sexual
ity are inhibited, then his personality becomes disordered.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everyone has the sex appetite: this tendency
 is innate. But our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system restricts a child's sex life from the earliest stages of his devel
opment and diverts his attention to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. As a result there is very little chance that he will suffer such personality disorders. In the Vedic age the leaders of society knew that if a person engaged in unrestricted sex indulgence
, then the duration of his materialistic life would increase. He would have to accept a material body birth after birth. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enjoin that one may have sexual intercourse only if married. Otherwise it is illicit. In our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society, we prohibit illicit sex, but not legal sex. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (7.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma-viruddho bh\'fcte\'f1u k
\'e4mo 'smi bharatar\'f1abha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
"I am sexual intercourse that is not against religious principles." This means that sex must be regulated. Everyone has a tendency to have sex unrestrictedly\'97and in Western countries they are actually doing this\'97but according to the Vedic system, t
here must be restrictions. And not only must sex be restricted, but meat-eating, gambling and drinking as well. So in our Society we have eliminated all these things, and our Western students are becoming pure devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The people at la
rge, however, must at least restrict these sinful activities, as explained in the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Th
e Vedic system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [four social orders and four spiritual orders] is so scienti
fic that everything is automatically adjusted. Life becomes very peaceful, and everyone can make progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If the Vedic system is followed by human society, there will be no more of these mental disturbances.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud says that sexual energy is not on
ly expressed in sexual intercourse, but is associated with a wide variety of pleasurable bodily sensations such as pleasures of the mouth like eating and sucking.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras: yan maithun\'e4di-g\'e5hamedhi-sukham. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The only pleasure in this material world is sex. The word }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4di }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub indicates that the basic principle is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub maithuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sexual i
ntercourse. The whole system of materialistic life revolves around this sexual pleasure. But this pleasure is like one drop of water in the desert. The desert requires an ocean of water. If you find one drop of water in a desert, you can certainly say, "
Here is some water." But what is its value? Similarly, there is certainly some pleasure in sex life, but what is the value of that pleasure? Compared to the unlimited pleasure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, it is like one drop of water in the desert. E
veryone is seeking unlimited pleasure, but no one is becoming satisfied. They are having sex in so many different ways, and the young girls walking on the street are almost naked. The whole society has become degraded. Now the female population has incre
ased everywhere, and every woman and girl is trying to attract a man. The men take advantage of the situation. There is a saying in Bengal: "When milk is available in the marketplace, what is the use of keeping a cow?" So men are declining to keep a wife
 because sex is so cheap. They are deserting their families. And the more that men become attached to women, the more the female population of the world will increase.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How does that result in more women?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When men have more sex, they lose the power 
to beget a male child. If the woman is sexually more powerful, a girl is born, and when the man is more powerful, a boy is born. This is \'c4yur-Vedic science. For instance, in the Punjab state of India, there are fewer women because the men are very sto
ut and strong. So when women are very easily available, the men become weak and beget female children. Sometimes they become impotent. If sex life is not restricted, there are so many disasters. And now we are actually seeing them: impotency, no marriage
, increased female population. But no one knows why these things are happening or how human psychology can be controlled to avoid them. For this they must look to the perfect system of Vedic civilization.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Freud says that as the child grows up, 
he begins to learn that by giving up immediate sensual satisfaction, he can gain a greater benefit later on.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But even this so-called greater benefit is i
llusory because it is still based on the principle of material pleasure. The only way to entirely give up these lower pleasures is to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (2.59),}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6va nivartate: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By experiencing a higher taste, he is fixed in consciousness." And as Yamunacarya said, "Since I have been engaged in th
e transcendental loving service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, realizing ever-new pleasure in Him, whenever I think of sex pleasure, I spit at the thought, and my lips curl in distaste." That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Our prescription is that in the beginning
 of life, the child should be taught self-restraint }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (brahmacarya) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and when he is past twenty he can marry
. In the beginning he should learn how to restrain his senses. If a child is taught to become saintly, his semen rises to his brain, and he is able to understand spiritual values. Wasting semen decreases intelligence. So from the beginning, if he is a }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and does not misuse his semen, then he will become intelligent and strong and fully grown.
 For want of this education, everyone's brain and bodily growth is being stunted. After the boy has been trained as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if he still wants to have sex enjoyment, he may get married. But because he then has full strength of body and brain, he will immediately beget a male child. And because he has been trained from childhood to renounce m
aterialistic enjoyment, when he is fifty years old he can retire from household life. At that time naturally his firstborn child will be twenty-five years old, and he can take responsibility for maintaining the household. Household life is simply a licen
se for sex life\'97that is all. Sex is not required, but one who cannot restrain himself is given a license to get married and have sex. This is the real program that will save society. By speculating on some shock that may or may not have occurred in ch
ildhood, one will never discover the root disease. The sex impulse, as well as the impulse to become intoxicated and to eat meat, are present from the very beginning of life. Therefore one must restrain himself. Otherwise he will be implicated. 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the Western system of bringing up ch
ildren seems artificial because the parents either repress the child too severely or don't restrict him at all.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is not good. The Vedic system is to giv
e the child direction for becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. There must be some repression, but our use of repression is different. We say the child must rise early in the morning, worship the Deity in the temple and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the beg
inning, force may be necessary. Otherwise the child will not become habituated. But the idea is to divert his attention to K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious activities. Then, when he realizes he is not his body, all difficulties will disappear. As one increases h
is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he becomes neglectful of all these material things. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the prime remedy\'97the panacea for all diseases. 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Freud divided the personality into thre
e departments: the ego, the superego and the id. The id is the irrational instinct for enjoyment. The ego is one's image of his own body, and is the instinct for self-preservation. The superego represents the moral restrictions of parents and other autho
rities.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is certainly true that everyone has some 
false egoism, or }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'eck\'e4ra}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub For example, Freud thought he was Austrian. That is false ego, or identifying oneself with one's place of birth. We are giving everyone the information that this identification with a material body is ignorance. It is due to ignorance only th
at I think I am Indian, American, Hindu or Muslim. This is egoism of the inferior quality. The superior egoism is, "I am Brahman. I am an eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." If a child is taught this superior egoism from the beginning, then automatically
 his false egoism is stopped.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud says that the ego tries to preser
ve the individual by organizing and controlling the irrational demands of the id. In other words, if the id sees something, like food, it automatically demands to eat it, and the ego controls that desire in order to preserve the individual. The superego 
reinforces this control. So these three systems are always conflicting in the personality.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the basic principle is false, since Freu
d has no conception of the soul existing beyond the body. He is considering the body only. Therefore he is a great fool. According to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophy, anyone in the bodily concept of life
\'97who identifies this body, composed of mucus, bile and air, as his self\'97is no better than an ass.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then these interactions of the id, the 
ego and the superego are all bodily interactions?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, they are all subtle bodily interactions
. The mind is the first element of the subtle body. The gross senses are controlled by the mind, which in turn is controlled by the intelligence. And the intelligence is controlled by the ego. So if the ego is false, then everything is false. If I falsel
y identify with this body because of false ego, then anything based on this false idea is also false. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or illusion. The whole of Vedic education aims at getting off this false platform and coming to the real platform of spiritual knowledge, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-j
\'ef\'e4na. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When one comes to the knowledge that he is spirit soul, he immediately becomes happy. All his troubles are due to the false ego, and as soon as the individual realizes
 his true ego, the blazing fire of material existence is immediately extinguished. These philosophers are simply describing the blazing fire, but we are trying to get him out of the burning prison house of the material world altogether. They may attempt 
to make him happy within the fire, but how can they be successful? He must be saved from the fire. Then he will be happy. That is the message of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and that is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's message in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Freud identifies the body with the soul. He does not know the basic principle of spiritual understanding, which is
 that we are not this body. We are different from this body and are transmigrating from one body to another. Without this knowledge, all his theories are based on a misunderstanding. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not only Freud, but everyone in this material world is under illusion. In Bengal a psychiatrist in the civil service was onc
e called to give evidence in a case where the murderer was pleading insanity. The civil servant examined him to discover whether he actually was insane, or whether he was simply under intense stress. In the courtroom he said, "I have tested many persons,
 and I have concluded that everyone is insane to some degree. In the present case, if the defendant is pleading insanity, then you may acquit him if you like, but as far as I know, everyone is more or less insane." And that is our conclusion as well. Any
one who identifies with his material body must be crazy, for his life is based on a misconception.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud also investigated the problem of 
anxiety, which he said was produced when the impulses of the id threaten to overpower the rational ego and the moral superego.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Anxiety will continue as long as one is in t
he material condition. No one can be free from anxiety in conditioned life.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it because our desires are always fr
ustrated?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Your desires must be frustrated because
 you desire something that is not permanent. Suppose I wish to live forever, but since I have accepted a material body, there is no question of living forever. Therefore I am always anxious that death will come. I am afraid of death, when the body will b
e destroyed. This is the cause of all anxiety: acceptance of something impermanent as permanent.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Freud says that anxiety develops when t
he superego represses the primitive desires of the id to protect the ego. Is such repression of basic instincts very healthy?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. For us repression means restraining one
self from doing something which, in the long run, is against one's welfare. For example, suppose you are suffering from diabetes, and the doctor says, "Don't eat any sweet food." If you desire to eat sweets, you must repress that desire. Similarly, in ou
r system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmacarya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is also repression. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should not sit down with a young woman, or even see one. He may desire to see a young woman, but he must repress the desire. This is called }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tapasya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or voluntary repression.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But aren't these desires given outlet i
n other ways? For instance, instead of looking at a beautiful woman, we look at the beautiful form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is our process: }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6va nivartate. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  2.59]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you have a better engagement, you can give up an inferior engagement. When you are captivated by
 seeing the beautiful form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, naturally you have no more desire to see the beautiful form of a young woman.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What's the effect of childhood experien
ces on one's later development?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Children imitate whomever they associate wit
h. You all know the movie "Tarzan." He was brought up by monkeys, and he took on the habits of monkeys. If you keep children in good association, their psychological development will be very good\'97they will become like demigods. But if you keep them in
 bad association, they will turn out to be demons. Children are a blank slate. You can mold them as you like, and they are eager to learn.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So a child's personality doesn't develo
p according to a fixed pattern?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. You can mold them in any way, like soft 
dough. However you put them into the mold, they will come out\'97like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bharats}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub chapatis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kachoris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [types of Indian pastries]. Therefore if you give children good association, they will develop nicely, and if you put them in bad association, they will develop poorly. They have no independent psychology.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually, Freud had a rather pessimisti
c view of human nature: he believed that we are all beset with irrational and chaotic impulses that cannot be eliminated.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is not only pessimism, but evidence of 
his poor fund of knowledge. He did not have perfect knowledge, nor was he trained by a perfect man. Therefore his theories are all nonsense.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He concluded that it was impossible to 
be happy in this material world, but that one can alleviate some of the conflicts through psychoanalysis. He thought one can try to make the path as smooth as possible, but it will always be troublesome.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is true that one cannot be happy in this 
material world. But if one becomes spiritually elevated\'97if his consciousness is changed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97then he will be happy.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The panic-stricken passenger is the soul, who is riding in the vulnerable chariot of the body. The driver (the intelligence) has lost control of the mind (the reins) and the horses (the five senses) are draggi
ng him helplessly about.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "He may cure the results of one shock, but there i s no guarantee that the patient will not receive another shock. Therefore   Freud's treatment is useless. Our program is total cure-no more shocks of any kind."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "He did not have perfect knowledge, nor was he trained by a perfect man. Therefore his theories are all nonsense."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters  v10#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of BACK TO GODHEAD welcome correspondence pertaining to spiritual enlightenment. All letters will receive pers
onal replies, and correspondence of general interest will be published regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Editors,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Ninth Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter in Me though they be of lower birth\'97women, merchants, as well as workers\'97can approach the supreme
 destination." (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  9.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Why are women designated as inferior? If she wishes, a woman can be an author, a scientist, or a theologian. I fail to see how this kind of discrimination can oc
cur in a text of such high, holy wisdom. Can you explain it to me?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Samantha Galatz
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li2880\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Westport, California
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Samantha,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the verse you've quoted, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is referring to the Vedic social system, which was organized to promote spiritual realization. In Vedic culture, per
sons who were inclined toward spiritual life and austerity were considered more advanced than those attached to material comforts. Generally, women, merchants and workers were in the second group, and therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba refers to them as "of lower 
birth."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the present age, however, virtually no one is inclined to practice strict spiritual discipline, and thus no one is considered advanced by Vedic standards. Even h
ighly acclaimed achievements such as becoming a great author, scientist or theologian are insignificant compared with the attainment of pure spiritual enlightenment. Self-realization is the highest goal of life, and as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains, is av
ailable to all, regardless of sex or social position. The only qualification is that we adopt the principles of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  enunciated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In this way we can actually tr
anscend all temporary designations, such as male and female, and realize our position as eternal loving servants of God. This understanding is the ultimate liberation and the essence of the holy wisdom of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Editors,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I would like to start practicing some form of spiritual discipline. How can I become adept at meditation?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub John C. Gallamar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li2880\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Columbia, South Carolina
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear John,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before taking up a system of meditation, you should first understand the real aim of spiritual practice. You're probably aware that there are many forms of "meditat
ion" by which one can relax or improve his body or mind. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the most co
mprehensive manual on spiritual life, states that the ultimate goal of meditation is to realize one's eternal relationship with God by absorbing the mind in thought of Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the present age, the most effective means of meditating on the Lord is chanting and hearing His holy names. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, an incarnation of Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared in Bengal, India, five hundred years ago to propagate the chanting of the holy names, specifically recommended chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantr
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. By vibrating these transcendenta
l names, your heart will become cleansed of all material contamination, and you'll very rapidly realize your true spiritual identity as part and parcel of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although there are no hard and fast rules for chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97you may chant it anywhere, anytime\'97you'll find the following procedure helpful in starting your own program of meditation. First, obtain a set of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub japa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  beads. (Chanting on the beads will help you concentrate.) Next, set up a regular schedule for meditating on the Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and try your best to stick to it. When you chant, pronounce each word v
ery carefully, and listen intently. Try to visit a K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness center and consult with those who are also practicing this form of meditation. If you follow these simple guidelines, you will surely make rapid progress on the path of spiri
tual realization.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes2 v10#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Link-up
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Spiritual Education
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SPIRITUAL EDUCATION
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Two Public School Teachers Take a Look at Gurukula
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurukula, in Dallas, Texas, is a school unlike any other in America. At a time when this country's schools are receiving 
much criticism, the alternative methods of Gurukula are attracting attention. Two public school teachers comment on Gurukula in a talk with BTG's senior editor, Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Randy Gribbin is thirty-two. He teaches sixth grade in an academically advanced school in northern Texas.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How did you first become 
interested in Gurukula?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I'm preparing a master's thesis on variegated educ
ational methods, so I was prompted to investigate Gurukula's controversial teachings. Frankly, I was negatively inclined to begin with, but I tried to approach the situation with an open mind. As a result, I learned a great deal about education and about
 myself\'97not only as a teacher, but as a human being as well.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees who teach at Gurukula were very kind; they allowed me to come and go freely and to talk with the children. I observed a
 lot of effective teaching in Gurukula's classical Vedic setting. And I talked with many dedicated teachers motivated by love and concern for the children rather than by a paycheck or a higher position in bureaucratic hierarchy. I found that very enlight
ening.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How does Gurukula compare with the public school
 system?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For one thing, the children at Gurukula not only l
earn self-control, but they're also taught the reason for controlling themselves\'97to attain God consciousness. Many modern schools have moved toward an open concept, with very unstructured courses. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub instance, one hundred students are divided into three classes, and they meet-with three teachers\'97in one big room. It's supposed to be conducive to inte
rteacher communication, but the difficulty is that there's no emphasis on self-control. So in the schools we see a lot of chaotic movement. Children are going this way and that\'97it's very confusing.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the Gurukula style is the one used many years ago. There is a classroom, there are rules, and the children obey the teacher stri
ctly. I think it's nice to see. At Gurukula, I saw very well-mannered children, who were respectful to others.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why do you think students disrespect teachers in
 the public schools?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because, in many cases, the teachers don't actuall
y care about the students, and the children can sense this. In our school we spend most of our time disciplining the children. In fact, discipline is the number one problem. On the other hand, Gurukula is organized: the children come in, sit down and get
 ready for class. For the most part, public schools' experiments with unstructured "do your own thing" education have not been successful.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What about Gurukula's emphasis on spiritual teac
hing?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, in the public schools there is no mention of
 God anywhere. The children are not allowed to talk about God or to say prayers, and the teachers are forbidden to make any statement about God. At Gurukula, however, the main emphasis is God\'85
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But is it a public school's responsibility to te
ach about God?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I feel it's a basic responsibility of the parents,
 the churches and the schools to teach the children the fundamental principles of religion. Unfortunately, they're not doing the job. I think the rise in crime in the schools is directly related to this complete neglect of spiritual values.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How does Gurukula compare with the public school
s in its teaching of reading, writing and arithmetic?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the public schools, there's been an emphasis on
 modern methods of teaching English and math. In English classes, the emphasis has been on creative writing\'97no sentences, no grammar, no diagramming\'97but the result is that now we have high school students }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who are illiterate. They can't even write a clear sentence. Actually, in teaching fads or methods, the pendulum swings from one extreme to another. Now they're seeing the failure of the unstructured programs and they'r
e becoming more structured. Since the new math books were over the children's heads, now the books are becoming more basic. But there's no firm educational philosophy. At Gurukula the educational program has been a very structured program all along. In g
rammar they're teaching the parts of the sentence. As a result, the children can read and write very nicely. A young boy read a book to me, and he was able to pronounce long words.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about learning Sanskrit?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, I've always been in favor of foreign languag
es for children. Sanskrit is a basic language, and most other languages are derived from it. I think learning Sanskrit is good.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At Gurukula, all the children must rise very ear
ly in the morning, shower and attend the daily program of temple worship, prayer and meditation. What do you observe as the effect of such austerity?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see strong children who'll be able to live anywh
ere, under any conditions. They're not lazy. On Saturdays they don't spend two or three hours watching Popeye on television. They're healthy and bright. If anyone goes to a recognized public school and then comes to Gurukula, he'll immediately see the di
fference. The children at Gurukula are all wide-eyed and alert, and they concentrate on their studies. Most public school kids are busy dressing up to attract the opposite sex, passing notes and smoking marijuana.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In a newspaper article, a New York psychologist 
said chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba causes brain damage. What do you think of that?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, from what I've seen, there's nothing wrong w
ith chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What's wrong with praising God? It cleans my mind to hear it. It must clean the children's, too.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How do you think the Gurukula children will comp
are with their peers when they graduate?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gribbin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They'll be the best educated children in society. 
Not only will they have knowledge of math and English and history, but they'll also know their relationship with God. They won't need material things to keep them happy. I think they'll be very strong.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *   *   *
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anthony Stachursk has been teaching for nine years in Michigan in elementary, junior high and high schools.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What do you think of the discipline at Gurukula,
 compared with that in the public schools?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Stachursk: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There's a great deal of dissatisfaction among both teachers and parents with today's public schools. Up until recently, there hadn't been enough discipline, but responsible parents demanded it, and now things are going in th
e opposite direction\'97away from permissiveness. In our school we have three teachers constantly prowling the cafeteria, yet it's still bedlam. The difficulty is that there's no accepted idea of what to do with a misbehaving child. Besides, attempts at 
discipline are useless it they are not backed up with exemplary behavior by the teachers. Too many teachers are simply concerned with what they'll do on vacation and how they'll save on income tax\'97not with the welfare of the students.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Somehow these problems don't exist at Gurukula. For example, all the children\'97even the four and five-year olds\'97sit in the dini
ng hall at Gurukula and eat with self-control. They don't throw their food around or perform other antics you commonly see in public schools. And the teachers are completely dedicated: they spend practically all their time with the children. In the publi
c schools the motivation is mostly money. There's very little inspiration.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is your feeling about spiritual instruction
 for young children?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Stachursk: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, when I first became interested in Gurukula
, I was what you'd call an atheist. I was teaching in a public school at that time, and I came to the conclusion that the public schools don't care whether the child is religious or atheistic: they simply don't want the issue brought up in the classroom.
 For example, a book I was teaching from said that life comes about by evolution, and I was criticized for teaching atheism. Later another teacher was criticized for reprimanding a child who took God's name in vain. They simply want you to give the infor
mation and not give any opinions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At Gurukula spiritual instruction is given, but it's based on reason, and it's given with love by people who are actually le
ading an exemplary life. Whatever imperfections there may be in Gurukula can be worked out. As far as lack of facilities is concerned, whatever lack they have is only due to a shortage of money. But the public schools cannot be changed, no matter how muc
h money they have, because they lack a spiritual foundation.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What do you think these Gurukula children can do
 for the United States when they grow up?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Stachursk: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I'm sure they can serve society in a variety of 
ways, either as full-time devotees giving spiritual instruction, or in some other capacity. In any case, spiritual education should be encouraged. What's perfect about it is the positive direction. What's the point of education in the public schools? The
 cities pour so much money into the buildings and systems, but what is the sense of having a Cadillac if it is going in the wrong direction? I find that the teachers in the public schools are lost souls. They have no philosophy, and they admit it. Guruku
la is just the opposite. It's a school with purpose and hope.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Swing festival}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  teaches children that God appreciates their personal loving service. Special programs such as this accent Gurukula's st
andard academic curriculum.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Plenty of outdoor play}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  invigorates Gurukula youngsters. Health and cleanliness are important aspects of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious way o
f life.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Peaceful classrooms}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  insure high standard of education at Gurukula. Teachers devoted to school's purpose easily maintain student intere
st.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Everything Should Be Done on the Basis of Love
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Everything Should Be Done on the
 Basis of Love
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurukula\'92s founder, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, talks with the school\'92s administrators during a recent visit.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why should a child be taught K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness? Why is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness better than material consciousness?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because I'm not this temporary material body; I
'm an eternal spirit soul.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is required to
 understand the distinction between the eternal spirit soul and the temporary body. Any kind of education that doesn't teach this simply continues the repetition of birth and death. Nobody wants to die, but nobody knows how to become free from the punish
ment of death. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, however, stops this vicious cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, devotees will also die, but after death they won't have to accept another material body. Therefore their next death will 
be their last. We are teaching that after annihilation of the present material body, if we are not forced to accept another material body, then there is no more death. When both the students and the teachers at Gurukula know this perfectly, then the scho
ol will be successful. Why should one be subjected to birth, death, old age and disease? How to conquer all these things\'97that is real knowledge. We are explaining this knowledge in our books, and our students should be elevated to a full understanding
 of it.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once Lord Pennardbroker, who sits in the English House of Lords, came to see me. I asked him, "What is your philosophy of life?" He 
replied, "Well, I'm trying to live fully. That's all." But after death? He knew nothing of that. And that is the defect in modern education: nobody knows what is going to happen to him after death.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Does }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have information about Gurukula?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. In the Seventh Canto, N\'e4rada says that a
 student living at a Gurukula should first learn to control his senses. Then he should learn to act for the benefit of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97not for his own benefit. He should be just like a servant: the master orders, and the servant carries out the order. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (student) must be humble. Although he is not getting any money, he should accept many hardships out of love for the spiritual master. He should work just like you are working. I am not paying
 you, but you are working. Why? Out of love for me. This is the basic principle. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub shoul
d think, "My spiritual master is my best friend. Therefore I must render service to him."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So these are the basic principles of student life. Then, when one is fixed in devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His representative, the
 spiritual master, everything is automatically revealed. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub especially is under the super
vision and protection of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the beginning there should be no concern about how he has learned h
is ABC's. He should first learn sense control and the basic principle that all his activities are for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub benefit\'97not his own. Then, whatever the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub desires he do, he will execute.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, does this mean that 
the atmosphere here must be very strict?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not strict. Everything should be done on the bas
is of love. Strictness is not very good. The students should act automatically, out of love. That is wanted. Superficially, strictness may be necessary\'97some material laws or basic principles\'97and if they don't follow they'll be reprimanded. But they
 should develop the idea of love.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teacher:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Should we ever force the children to act in a K\'e5
\'f1\'eba conscious way?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sometimes you have to do that, but even so, the 
basic principle should be love. Sometimes, out of love, a father must force his son to do something; that does not mean the father is the enemy of the son.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. If we're permissive with the children, the
y'll take advantage of us.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They shouldn't be allowed to do that. Children a
re innocent: as you teach them, they learn. Discipline must be there\'97sometimes force must be applied\'97but everything should be done on the basis of love.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dayananda:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It seems like it would take some time to develop the
 ability to always teach with love. 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. In the meantime our regulated living will t
each the children automatically. If they rise early, chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub offer obeisanc
es and engage in Deity worship, automatically they will develop spiritually.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sometimes, unless we encourage them very strong
ly. they will not chant.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You should tell them, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Now }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sit down! Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba! Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" If you chant, they will chant. If you yourself observe very str
ict discipline, they will follow.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dvarakanatha:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It seems that we must become humble. We must be s
ervants to the children in the sense that we do everything we can to facilitate their service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When they see that we are surrendering to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they will surrender to us.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Very good idea. Example is better than precept. 
You should all be personal examples. If you do not practice what you preach, but simply force the children, that will not be very good. If every one of you rises early in the morning, so will the children. You shouldn't think, "All this austerity is mean
t for the students, not for us. We are liberated now so we can sleep until 7:30." Both teachers and students must perform devotional service. C\'e4\'ebakya Pa\'eb\'f2ita once said. "If you are lenient with your children, they will acquire many faults, bu
t if you are strict with them, they will develop good qualities." Either with your son, your disciple, or your student, you should always strictly enforce the rules. Don't be lenient. After all. they're children. If you are lenient with them, they will t
hink the usual practice is to be undisciplined. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They must rise early. That is discipline. 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We've seen that when children are given good di
scipline, they respond favorably.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Why be lenient? Out of love, shall we let o
ur disciples and sons go to hell? That is foolishness.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa89\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But when they are sixteen years old they should be treated as friends. From five years to fifteen years, all the students should be 
under strict disciplinary order. Then, as soon as they attain their sixteenth year, treat them as friends. If you try to force them after sixteen, they may rebel and leave altogether, as is happening in the Western countries.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the girls?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Vedic civilization a girl is kept under the v
igilance of her father up to her sixteenth year. Then she must be entrusted to a young man who takes charge as her husband.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, in our movement, the
 fathers send their daughters to Gurukula.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So teach them especially how to be chaste and ho
w to be expert in cooking. Then they will never be neglected by their husbands. They will be very happy.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some of our girls are intelligent Sanskrit stud
ents.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right. They can teach, and they can p
reach. All the Gurukula students should be treated in such a way that they become good citizens and good devotees. And they should know the value of life. At other schools the students are like cats and dogs because they do not know the value of life. Th
erefore the whole world is in a chaotic condition. In other educational institutions, the students are educated to become polished dogs. That's all. But at our Gurukula, students are educated to become human beings. That is the difference: our business i
s self-realization.
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}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
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\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
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XT 28-29\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 3 TEXT 13
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News  v10#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON NEWS
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 COURTS RULE IN FAVOR OF K\'c5\'d1\'cbA
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Two recent court decisions confirming ISKCON's right to conduct its public programs have increased the scope of the Society's activities. In California, Los Angeles
 County Fair officials failed in their attempt to bar devotees from the Pomona fairgrounds. Pomona City Court Judge Howard D. McClain ruled that ISKCON members have a legal right to perform }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dancing and distributing literature) at the fair. After seeing pictures of the wide streets at the site, the ju
dge declared that the thirty devotees going to the fair would not inhibit the flow of the 1.5 million visitors expected, as officials had contended.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Airport Victory
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Denver, Colorado, another important victory was won when U.S. District Court Judge Fred M. Winner ruled that city ordinances restricting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub at Stapleton International Airport were unconstitutional. His decision specifically confirmed the lega
lity of "such activities as chanting, dancing, disseminating literature, or wearing the common attire of their sect." The victory marks a successful culmination of a three-year battle between Denver ISKCON and the Denver City Council, which had issued tw
o ordinances prohibiting the Society's activities at the airport.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These recent victories highlight a growing legal consensus supporting the public programs of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Since the late 1960's, ISKCO
N has won dozens of court contests in cities around the world, confirming the right to conduct }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub on city streets and parks.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 New York ISKCON Moves to Manhattan
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A long-awaited move across the East River is taking Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's New York devotees from two Brooklyn Heights brownstones to a twelve-story temple near Colu
mbus Circle in Manhattan. The center at 340 West Fifty-fifth Street has 300 rooms (including offices), an exhibition hall, a restaurant, and a 250-seat theater. On one floor is a magnificent temple room with a beautiful altar of marble and onyx.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Steady growth over the past nine years has gradually taken the New York center, ISKCON's first, from a one-room storefront on the Lower East Side to this location w
ithin walking distance of Broadway, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Fifth Avenue.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Public relations director Pa\'efcaratna d\'e4sa said, "Being located in the communications hub of the world is a great advantage for broadcasting the Lord's message
 more effectively." Official opening day is set for Sunday, November 9 (the festival of Govardhana P\'fcj\'e4.)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 Celebration Draws Thousands
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over fourteen thousand devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, many from London's large Indian community, gathered at Bhaktivedanta Manor to celebrate the Lord's birthday, Janm
\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9. The manor, ISKCON's British headquarters, is a country estate located in the village of Letchmore Heath, a tiny London suburb.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Local residents were apprehensive at the prospect of such a huge influx of people, and the town's small police force braced itself the day before the August weekend
 festival. But their fears proved unfounded. Indeed, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Watford Observer }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub described the celebrati
on as a "model of peacefulness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A colorful wedding, complete with a Vedic fire ceremony, began the two-day program, which continued with movies, slide shows, an art show and lavish vegetarian feas
ting. The forty devotees who live at the manor also staged an elaborate play depicting a pastime of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and led the guests in chanting the Lord's holy names.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The story of the celebration was carried in England's leading newspapers, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London T
imes }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London Telegraph, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub both of which ran pictures of the wedding ceremony. Also on hand to cover the event were the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Evening Echo, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Watford Observer }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub District Post.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Farm Report
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Farm Report
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over the past eight years, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has established fourteen successful farmi
ng communities in various parts of the world. As national economies flounder and cities go bankrupt, ISKCON's farms flourish and grow, proving that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is providing not only potent spiritual knowledge, but a viable a
lternative lifestyle as well. There's full employment for everyone and natural prosperity when everything's done for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For more information please write ISKCON's Secretary at 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Ca. 90034.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Fraction of Yield Supplies N.Y. Temple
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub NEW VARSANA (Port Royal, Pa.) From our experience over the past year, we're clearly seeing that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrangement for "simple living and high thinking" i
s easily available for anyone who wants it. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's grace we were able to feed the entire New York temple of over one hundred devotees throughout the summer with only a fraction of the yield from our garden (two acres of assorted vegetables),
 one acre of potatoes, and our small herd of cows. And there's plenty left to last the rest of the year, too. In fact, the potatoes we harvested from that one acre could supply the New York devotees for five years! It took six devotees only two days to c
ut and hand-plant one ton of seed potatoes, and when the potatoes were ready, we dug them up with a simple horse-drawn potato digger that worked very well.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's six hives of honeybees are still busily gathering what will be our third crop of honey. The honey collected so far has been offered to Their Lordsh
ips \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-Govinda at the New York temple, sold at the temple store, and given as gifts to the Deities of other temples. The careful management of Adipati has strengthened the hives, and they should produce twice as much honey ne
xt year.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Under the management of Devak\'e9nandana d\'e4sa, our milking operation is also flourishing. Nineteen Brown Swiss cows give about eight hundred fifty gallons of mil
k weekly, of which two hundred goes to the New York temple. The rest is sold to a nearby dairy, and the income from these sales helps to cover our farm expenses. Our oxen-training program is also off to a good start. One bull has reached training age and
 will soon be hauling firewood to heat the new building.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over five hundred neighbors from around the county came to an open house we recently held. Our guests dined on a vegetarian feast offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, sa
w the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movie, talked with the devotees, and appreciated our cows. Generally they seemed quite pleased with their new neighbors. We've also started a program at nearby Penn State University. It seems that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is providing eve
rything we could ask for to advance in His service.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Param\'e4nanda d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 British Columbia Farm Flourishing
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub NEW GOKULA (Bridesville, British Columbia) In the crisp Canadian morning air, the sound of a drum echoes off the surrounding hills, hand cymbals ring, and voices ri
se in song as the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba begin another day of devotional service. This is New Gokula, the 320-acre ISKCON farm-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the interior of Canada's westernmost province, British Columbia. Just five miles from Bridesville in the district of Rock Creek, it lies on the rolling land that ends at the United States border.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of our main projects this summer was transforming the seventy-year-old farmhouse originally on the property into a shining new temple for Their Lordships \'c7r
\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 Madana-mohana (the presiding Deities of the community). We doubled the area of the old house by adding a kitchen, a serving room, a guest area, workrooms, and offices. Since Canadian winters are long and snowy, we insulated the
 entire house and built a special sun-room with double insulating glass for \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Tulas\'e9dev\'e9 (a sacred plant dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba). The neighbors are amazed at the transformation of the house and farm. All of them are helpful and encou
raging: they teach us things like how to get a tractor out of the mud, and we teach them about K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rabbits, deer, and squirrels are a few of the many kinds of creatures who share the land with us, but the main animals are the cows. We have nineteen of them (eight
 of which are milk cows), six calves, a collection of heifers, and four oxen. During the day, they can all be seen grazing on the hills. For several weeks this summer we fenced off one rather wild pasture area, only to find that the cows were too spoiled
 to eat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub such rough grasses. They are accustomed to highly cultivated fields. In the spring they loved to get into the budding crop of winter wheat and nibble on the tasty grai
ns. Now, however, they are settling down in a rich pasture of oats.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cows are giving over three hundred pounds of milk a day, keeping the devotees well nourished. We especially delight in offering Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba fancy prepar
ations made with yogurt, ghee (clarified butter), cream and curd. All the devotees here at New Gokula are realizing the vital importance of the cow to human life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Gokula is especially suited for growing alfalfa. This crop is quite wonderful: not only is it very high protein and the best of all feeds (the cows love it), bu
t it also enriches the soil with nitrogen. It has long roots that absorb minerals and water, and after it's planted, it grows for more than ten years without reseeding.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Weatherwise, it's been a strange year: very cool and dry in the spring, and then cool and wet in summer. Because of this the vegetables did poorly this year, but th
e grains are doing great. We expect to harvest them soon and fill our granaries to the brim with almost 150 tons of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All in all, though we've had some difficulties, we here in New Gokula are very happy and content. We're confident that if we just follow \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's
 instructions and worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba wholeheartedly, He will provide us with everything we need\'97both materially and spiritually.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Bah\'fcdaka d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s1291 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p16:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Baby bulls train as oxen at New Gokula
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\cs3918\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Con}{\v\f0\fs20\cf9 scious Calendar v10 #11
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\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named for a
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 489, Caitanya Era\line Vai\'f1\'ebava Month
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\cb1\nosupersub  (dark fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell}
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\clshdng10000\cellx17280\pard\intbl
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(}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4madara 5}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell
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\nosupersub \cell}
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\clshdng10000\cellx17280\pard\intbl
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\clshdng10000\cellx17280\pard\intbl
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\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx17280\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Feast-ISKCON centers v10 #11
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . . . on a multicourse banquet of exquisite vegetarian cuisine offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also . . . plays, music, dance and mantra meditation in the transcendental atmosphere of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every Sunday at all ISKCON centers listed below.
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.. Yeoville/ 43-2006; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lusaka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Zambia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Twin Palms Road. P.O. Box 971 (Central Africa); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mombassa, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Maungano Road. P.O. Box 84228. East Africa; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nairobi, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Muhoroni Close, Ngara Rd, P.O. Box 28946 (E. Africa)/ 31568; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Louis, Mauritius}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9723 Wellington Ave., Quatre Bornes, P.O. Box 718.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ASIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bombay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Road. Juhu, Bombay 400 054/ 579-373; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calcutta, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973 Albert Road, Calcutta 700017/44-3757; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hyderabad, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, A.P.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jakarta, Indonesia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gg. Kelinci IV: 8-A; }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kowloon, Hong Kong}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9738 Mody Rd., 4/f1., Tsim Sha Tsuy/3-668061; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madras, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9750, Aspiran Gardens, 2nd Street Kilpauk, Madras 10/ 612515; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON International Center. P.O. Sree Mayapur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Delhi, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9719 Todar Mal Lane, New Delhi 110001; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Tehran, Iran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 66-1540, Niavaran; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tokyo, Japan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97-Ichichome. 1-44 Mila, Minalo-ku; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vrindavan, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97Krishna-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, UP/178.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AUSTRALIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adelaide, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9713A Frome St., Adelaide, S.A./ 223-5115; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Auckland, New Zealand}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lautoka, Fiji}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974 Nasoki Street, P.O. Box 125; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melbourne, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Albert Park, Victoria/ 329-9844:; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sydney, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97Corner Wrights Rd. and Drummoyne Ave., Drummoyne, N.S.W.
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amsterdam, Holland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Herengracht 96/ 020-249410; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Copenha
gen, Denmark}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Riggervej 11, 2660 Brond by Strand; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Edinburgh, Scotland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9714 Forrest Rd., United Kingdom EH1 2QN; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Frankfurt A. Main). W. Germany}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'976241 Schloss Rettershof, bei Konigstein-Taunus/ 06174-21357; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Geneva, Switzerland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'979, chemin du Credo, 1213 Petit Lancy/ 921-318; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'977 
Bury Place, Bloomsbury WC1/ 01-405-1463; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath,
 Watford WD2 8EP, Hertfordshire/ Radlett code 9276, 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paris, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 
Paris/ 727.02.02; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rome, Italy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Sede Centrale: Via Mistretta 2, (Piazza Lodi) 00182; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stockholm, Sweden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9711453 Stockholm, Grevgatan 18/60788l.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub LATIN AMERICA: Buenos Aires, Argentina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Ecuad
or 473; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caracas, Venezuela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Calle Luis Roche No. 61, Colinas, De Los Chaguaramos/ 76-74-57; }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mexico City, Mexico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gobernador Tiburcio., Montiel No. 45, San Miguel, Mexico City 18/ 277-3124; 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9755 Jorge Romany, Santa Rita, 00925/ (809) 764-1373; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Augustine, Trinidad and Tabago}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97corner of Gordon Streets and Santa Margarita Circular, St. Augustine, 
Trinidad/662-4605; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Jose, Costa Rica}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hatillo No3, Calle Costa Rica No.12/26-3248; }{\b\i0
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0
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ey, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. 2. Box 449 zip: 39426/ 
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'97Land of No Return Part 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub V\'c5ND\'c4VANA\line Land of No 
Return Part II
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [part }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I ONCE VISITED V\'c5ND\'c4VANA, INDIA with His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. As I accompanied him on his daily walk one morning
 we suddenly came upon a particularly beautiful spot. The cool sands were thick with foliage; the tall trees full of singing birds. As the sun brightened the clear morning sky, peacocks filled the air with their peculiar call. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da looked over his shoulder and said to me, \'93So, Brahm\'e4nanda, this is V\'e5nd\'e4vana. How do you like it?\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93It\'92s wonderful, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da,\'94 was all I could reply. I felt that he was actually revealing the glories of V\'e5nd\'e4vana to me even though 
I had no particular spiritual qualification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the place where the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared five thousand years ago. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba descended there from His own spir
itual planet, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana to attract us by displaying His supernatural pastimes. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has explained that when K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends to the material world, this same V\'e5nd\'e4vana descends with Him just as an entourage 
accompanies an important personage. Because when K\'e5\'f1\'eba comes His land also comes, V\'e5nd\'e4vana is not considered to exist in the material world. Therefore devotees take shelter of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana in India, for it is considered to be a rep
lica of the original Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the spiritual land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, everyone loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97even the animals and plants. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s2077 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20
\cf9\nosupersub SB 10.15.7
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e5tyanty am\'e9 \'e7ikhina \'e9\'f2ya mud\'e4 hari\'ebya\'f9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kurvanti gopya iva te priyam \'e9k\'f1a\'ebena
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'fcktai\'e7 ca kokila-ga\'eb\'e4 g\'e5ham \'e4gat\'e4ya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhany\'e4 vanaukasa iy\'e4n hi sat\'e4\'e0 nisarga\'f9
\par }\pard \s1712 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub n\'e5tyanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97are dancing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub am\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97these; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e7ikhina\'f9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97peacocks; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9\'f2ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub 
\'97O worshipable Lord; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub mud\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with joy; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hari\'ebya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the female deer; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kurvanti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97are making; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gopya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub gop\'e9s;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97as if; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub te}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97for You; }{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub priyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97gratification; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e9k
\'f1a\'ebena}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by their glancing; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub s\'fcktai\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97with Vedic prayers; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97and; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub kokila-ga\'eb\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the cuckoos; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub g\'e5ham
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97to their home; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'e4gat\'e4ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub \'97who has arrived; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub dhany\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97fortunate; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub vana-okasa\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the residents of the forest; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub iy\'e4
n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97such; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub hi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97indeed
; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub sat\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of saintly personalities; }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub nisarga\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97the nature.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub O worshipable one, these peacocks are dancing before You out of joy, these doe are pleasing You with affectionate glances, just as the
 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  do, and these cuckoos are honoring You with Vedic prayers. All these residents of the forest are 
most fortunate, and their behavior toward You certainly befits great souls receiving another great soul at home.
\par }\pard }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.15.7) describes how the peacocks greeted Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His brother Balar\'e4ma: \'93O worshipable one, just see how the peacocks returning to their n
ests are greeting You with full pleasure! The cuckoos on the branches of the trees are also greeting You in their own way. All the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are glorious because everyone is prepared to render devotional service to You.\'94 And later i
n the same work: \'93Just see how the cranes and swans on the water are singing the glories of the Lord! While standing in the water they are meditating and worshiping him!\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even today one can see many different kinds of wildlife in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Indeed, the are appears to be a kind of sanctuary where all living entities can take she
lter. For example, V\'e5nd\'e4vana is a haven for cows. Hundreds of them in herds go out into the pastures in the morning and dutifully return at sundown. Some venture through the town streets and are fed, patted and offered respect and worship, for ever
yone knows they are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favorite pets. Once, on my first visit to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, I bathed in the Yamun\'e4 and then began walking through one of the outlying forests. I was marveling at how the forest floor had been transformed into a neat
ly clipped grass carpet by the feeding cows, when suddenly a stream of them came through the trees. Soon hundreds of white cows were all around me, sometimes eating the grass, sometimes nibbling at the leaves on the low-hanging tree branches, sometimes f
rolicking and running like playful friends. As the passing herd started to thin out, I saw a cowherd boy in the rear, chiding some of the stragglers. He was about nine years old, dark and frail, clad in a simple cloth and carrying a small stick. He ran b
ehind the white heads of the cows, fully absorbed in his occupation. Upon seeing such a sight as this in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, how could one possibly not remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is renowned for His role as a transcendental cowherd boy?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many elderly Bengali widows have also made V\'e5nd\'e4vana their haven. Their backs bent with old age, they crowd the city's streets while intently going to the tem
ples. They are especially seen in the early morning on the banks of the river Yamun\'e4, where, draped in their white widows' saris, they look like a flock of white ducks, dipping and bathing and offering their oblations. It is said that half of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana's twenty-five thousand residents are these Bengali widows. They have come to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to die. Having brought whatever life savings they had and deposited it with one of the temples, they receive a room and bare necessities, and in this wa
y they count their days and their prayer beads until they pass away. Although to die in V\'e5nd\'e4vana is certainly auspicious, K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommends in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that wherever one may die, if he can at that time remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His activities, name, form, or abode, then he is immediately transferred to the transcendent
al planet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Other inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana are the artisans, the silver craftsmen, the doll makers, the bead carvers, the carpenters, and the shopkeepers. They are all Vr
ajavasis (people born in V\'e5nd\'e4vana) who can trace their families far, far back, and who themselves will never care to leave V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There are also the caste }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv
\'e4m\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who by birthright are the mentors of the temples. They are the town's brahminical aristocrats and are given all respect. Finally, there are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or temple priests and the numerous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub b\'e4b\'e4j\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The latter are simply humble beggars, frail and nearly naked, who wear broad clay marks called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tilaka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on their dark bodies. They eat at the free kitchens called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub chatras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and have no fixed address.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub recommends that when one visits a holy place like V\'e5nd\'e4vana, he should take spiritual instructions from the holy persons residing there. Unfortunately, most visitors to V\'e5nd\'e4vana fail to do this, and they leave V\'e5n
d\'e4vana having done little more than take a bath there. Even so, anyone who goes to V\'e5nd\'e4vana will be benefited. His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Any person may go [to V\'e5nd\'e4vana], and even if he i
s sinful, he will at once contact an atmosphere of spiritual life and will automatically chant the names of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This we have actually seen and experienced." In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da further comments: "The places in the eighty-four square-mile district of Mathur\'e4, [in which V\'e5nd\'e4vana is
 located] are so beautifully situated on the banks of the river Yamun\'e4 that anyone who goes there will never want to return to this material world." \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has confirmed in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that even non-devotees who come to V\'e5nd\'e4vana can experience transcendental emotions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But to fully appreciate the transcendental quality of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, you must be transcendentally qualified. K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His abode are visible only to His 
devotees; to others they remain a mystery. As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The mystery [of God] is unfolded before the eyes of His pure devotees because their eyes are anointed with love for Him. And this love of Godhead can be attained only by the practice of transcendental service to the Lord, and nothing
 else. Factually, the spiritually developed person is able to have the vision of the kingdom of God always reflected within his heart\'85"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The best way to experience V\'e5nd\'e4vana is to humbly approach a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and try to receive his mercy. Because he has seen the Absolute Tru
th, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he can open our eyes and anoint them with love so that we can also get a glimpse. In the same way that a pair of eyeglasses enables a person with poor vision to see everything clearly, the pure devotee is the trans
parent via medium through which we can clearly perceive God. Therefore to fully appreciate V\'e5nd\'e4vana, one should become a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What does it mean to become a devotee? A devotee is one who has purified himself of all material lust by performing devotional service under the guidance of a bona 
fide spiritual master. In that pure state of mind and heart, he can devote himself to the Lord and experience transcendental love for God. As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Teachings of Lord Caitanya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "V\'e5nd\'e4vana is actually experienced as it is by persons who have stopped trying to derive pleasure from material enjoyment. 'When 
will my mind become cleansed of all hankering for material enjoyment so I will be able to see V\'e5nd\'e4vana?' one great devotee asks. The more K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious we become and the more we advance, the more everything is revealed as spiritual."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who goes to V\'e5nd\'e4vana should carefully avoid committing any offense there. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the sacred abode of the Lord, and to act sinfully there i
s equivalent to offending Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. A sin committed in the Lord's abode is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh\'e4ma-apar\'e4dha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and is severely punishable\'97one hundred times more so than if committed outside V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Conversely, a pious act performed in V\'e5nd\'e4vana yields one hundred times greater benefit than one performed outside. The n
umerous hogs, dogs, monkeys and turtles who inhabit V\'e5nd\'e4vana attest to many impure devotees who in their last life committed sins in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. They've taken birth in one of these lower species, but in their next life, due to developing an a
ttachment for the sacred dust of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they will be promoted back to Godhead by the Lord's mercy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should not make the mistake of prematurely retiring in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. If one is not advanced in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and goes there to retire from mat
erial activities, he is quite likely to perform material activities in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. To prevent this, the Vedic system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub provides for a gradual disentanglement from material life. Before taking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or complete renouncement, one may enter the order of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in which all family and business responsibilities are handed over to the elder sons. Thus one can travel to various places of pilgrimage with his wife, always, however, maintaining strict celibacy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But one who is pure enough to actually reside in V\'e5nd\'e4vana can develop love of Godhead by following in the footsteps of one of the eternal residents of that l
and. He should try to emulate the deep devotion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends, parents, or conjugal lovers. Consider K\'e5\'f1\'eba's uncle Akr\'fcra: when he entered the outskirts of V\'e5nd\'e4vana and saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba's footprints in the dust, his ecs
tatic love for Him increased so much that the hairs on his body stood up. His eyes were flooded with tears, and in ecstasy he jumped from his chariot and fell down on the ground, calling out, "How wonderful this is! How wonderful this is!" Such pure devo
tion is the ideal way of seeing V\'e5nd\'e4vana. When one loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba this intensely, he also loves V\'e5nd\'e4vana in the same way, for one cannot separate V\'e5nd\'e4vana from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Indeed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternally present there, 
inviting us back to His wonderful abode.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the third and final part of this series on V\'e5nd\'e4vana, His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Swami describes ISKCON's exquisite new K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple
\'97how it was built and what it's like to live there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1800\ri1800\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Deity in a tree.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba is worshiped as the boy who stole the cowherd girls' clothes while they bathed in the Yamun
\'e4  River and teased them when they begged for His mercy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1800\ri1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub         New temple}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (foreground) rises a
t site of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth. Old temple was destroyed by Mogul emperor Aurengzeb, who built a mosque in its place. Pilgrims can go down into the cellar and see a replica of the prison cell where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba first appeared.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1800\ri1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub       White mogra flowers}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and red rose 
petals, soon to decorate a temple Deity, are patiently strung into a garland by a resident of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Devotees say that by wearing garlands, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes the flowers more beautiful. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1800\ri1800\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Exquisite \'c7r\'e9ji temple}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , honoring the birthplace of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, overlooks village of Var
\'f1\'e4\'eb\'e4 and the lush countryside where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed His transcendental pastimes five thousand years ago. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1800\ri1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub      Taking rest}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the Mirror Temple, 
little Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba lies on soft bedding. V\'e5nd\'e4vana residents say He's only pretending, and will soon get up to steal some butter\'97one of His favorite pastimes. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1800\ri1800\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotee douses himself}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with purifying Yamun\'e4 water from his brass }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lo\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a V\'e5nd\'e4vana-style morning shower. Multi stranded thread over his shoulder signifies brahminical status. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1800\ri1800\fi-720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub        Sweet water well}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on grounds of M
adan\'e4-mohana temple refreshes thirsty visitors. In a little shelter just a few yards from here, the great devotee San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 wrote his many books during the Sixteenth Century. Once, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, disguised as an ordinary cowherd 
boy, agreed to serve San\'e4tana, His pure devotee, by drawing him water from this well. Present-day attendant enthusiastically offers the tasty water to all who come.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1800\ri1800\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Temples surround lake}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  at R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a, sacred bathing place of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. A small sum rents a tiny one-room house here for a lifetime. For centuries saints have made
 this their home. The great poet and devotee K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9 lived here in a simple hut as he wrote the magnificent {\*\bkmkstart Sri Caitanya-caritamrta}{\*\bkmkend Sri Caitanya-caritamrta}}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , a glorification of Lord Caitanya's pastimes.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1800\ri1800\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: by Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Deity Who Was Called as a Witness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Deity Who Was Called as a Wi
tness
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs28\cf0 An excerpt from \'c7r\'e9-Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, translation and commentary \line by }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub AT VIDY\'c4NAGARA IN SOUTH INDIA }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there were once two }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who decided to make a long tour to see different places of pilgrimage. First they visited Gay
\'e4, then K\'e4\'e7\'e9, then Pray\'e4ga. Finally, with great pleasure, they came to Mathur\'e4. There they visited all twelve forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, saw Govardhana Hill and at last came to the town of V\'e5nd\'e4vana itself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, at the site where the Govinda temple is now situated, there was at that time another great temple where gorgeous worship of Lord Gop\'e4la was p
erformed. When the pilgrims visited this temple, the beauty of the Gop\'e4la Deity stole away their minds, and feeling great happiness, they remained there for a few days.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the two }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was an old man, and the other was young. Because the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub always rendered service to the older one, the old man was very pleased with him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Grateful Acknowledgment
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After their stay in the Gop\'e4la temple, the older man told the younger, "You have rendered various types of service to me. You have assisted me in traveling to al
l these places of pilgrimage. Even my own son does not render me such service. By your mercy, I did not become fatigued while on this tour. If I do not show you any respect, I would be ungrateful. Therefore, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub promise to give you my daughter in charity."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The younger }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub replied, "My dear sir, please hear me. You are saying something very unusual; such a thing never happens. While you are a most aristocratic family man, well educated and very rich, I am not at all aristocratic. Indeed, I am without a 
decent education and have no wealth. Sir, I am not a suitable bridegroom for your daughter. I render service to you only for the satisfaction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very pleased by service rendered to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and when the Lord is pleased, the opulence of one's devotional service increases."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The older }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub replied, "My dear boy, do not doubt me. I shall give you my daughter in charity, for I have already decided this."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub said, "You have a wife and sons, and you have a large circle of relatives and friends. Without their consent, you cannot possibly give me your daughter in charity."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My daughter is my own property," said the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If I choose to give my property to someone, who has the power to stop me? My dear boy, I shall give my daughter to you in charity, and I shall ignore the position of all others. Don't do
ubt me in this regard; just accept my proposal."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The younger }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub replied, "If you have actually decided to give your young daughter to me, then say so before the Gop\'e4la Deity."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Solemn Vow
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Coming before Gop\'e4la, the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub said, "My dear Lord, please witness that I have given my daughter to this boy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In India the custom is to honor any promise made before the Deity. Such a promise cannot be canceled. In Indian villages, whenever there is a quarrel between two pa
rties, they go to a temple to settle it. Whatever is spoken in front of the Deity is taken to be true, for no one would dare lie before the Deity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the younger }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub addressed the Deity, saying, "My dear Lord, You are my witness. If necessary, I shall call for You to testify later on."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After these talks, the two }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub started for home. As usual, the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub acco
mpanied the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as if the older man were his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (spiritual master) and rendered service to him in various ways.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon arriving in Vidyanagara, each }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub went to his respective home. After some time, the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub became very anxious. He began to think, "I have given my word to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub in a holy place, and what I promised will certainly come to pass. I must now disclose this to my wife, sons, other relatives and friends."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub called for a meeting of all his relatives and friends, and before them he narrated what had taken place in front of Gop\'e4la. When those who belonged to the family circle heard the narration of the old }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they made exclamations showing their disappointment, and requested that he not make such a proposal aga
in. They unanimously agreed: "If you offer your daughter to a degraded family, your aristocracy will be lost. When people hear of this, they will make jokes and laugh at you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub said, "How can I undo the promise I made in a holy place while on pilgrimage? Whatever may happen, I must give my daughter to the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Ominous Threat
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once again, the relatives were unanimous. "If you give your daughter to that boy, we shall give up all connection with you." Indeed, his wife and sons declared, "If
 such a thing happens, we shall take poison and die."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub said, "If I do not give my daughter to the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he will call
 \'c7r\'e9 Gop\'e4laj\'e9 as a witness. Thus he will take my daughter by force, and in that case my religious principles will become meaningless."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The old man's son replied, "The Deity may be a witness, but He is in a distant country. How can He come to bear witness against you? Why are you so anxious over thi
s? Besides, you do not have to flatly deny you spoke such a thing. There is no need to make a false statement. Simply say that you do not remember what you said, and I shall take care of the rest. By argument, I shall defeat the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The son of the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was an atheist. Consequently, he did not believe in the spiritual position of the Deity, nor did he have any faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As a typical idol worshiper, he considered the form of the Lord to
 be made of stone or wood. Thus he assured his father that the witness was only a stone Deity and was not capable of speaking. Besides that, he assured his father that the Deity was situated far away and consequently could not come to bear witness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hopeful Plea
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When he heard his son's statement, the mind of the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub became very agitated. Feeling helpless, he simply turned his attention to the lotus feet of Gop\'e4la and prayed, "My dear Lord Gop\'e4la, I have taken shelter of Your lotus feet, and the
refore I request You to please protect my religious principles from disturbance and at the same time save my kinsmen from dying."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day, while the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was thinking deeply about this matter, the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub came to his house. After coming before the old man and offering respectful obeisances, he very humbly folded his hands and spoke as follows: "You have promised to give your daughter to me, but now you do not say anything. What is your conclus
ion?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub remained silent. Taking this opportunity, his son immediately came out of the house with a stick to strike the younger man. The son said, "Oh, you are most degraded! You want to marry my sister, just like a dwarf who wants to catch th
e moon!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing the stick in the hand of the son, the younger }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fled. The next day, however, he gathered together all the people of the village. They called for the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and brought him to their meeting place. The young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub then began to speak before them as follows: "This gentleman has promised to give his daughter to me, yet now he does not keep his promise. Please ask him about his behavior."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Sensitive Inquiry
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the people gathered there addressed the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba: }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Why are you not fulfilling your promise? You have given your word of honor."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub said, "My dear friends, I do not exactly remember making a promise like that."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the old man's son heard this, he took the opportunity to juggle some words. Becoming very impudent, he stood before the assembly and said, "While touring vario
us holy places of pilgrimage, my father carried much money. Seeing the money, this rogue decided to steal it. There was no one besides this man with my father. Giving him an intoxicant known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhutura }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to eat, this rogue made my father mad. Then he took all my father's money and claimed that it had been taken by some thief. Now he is claiming that
 my father has promised to give him my sister in charity. All of you assembled here are gentlemen. Please judge whether it is befitting to offer this poor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub my father's daughter."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hearing these statements, all the people gathered there became a little doubtful. They thought it was quite possible that because of attraction for riches, one migh
t give up his religious principles.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time, the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub said, "My dear gentlemen, please hear. Just to gain victory in an argument, this man is lying. Being very satisfied with my service, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br
\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub said to me of his own accord, 'I promise to give my daughter to you.' At that time, I forbade him to do this, telling him, 'O best of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am not a fit husband for your daughter. Whereas you are a learned scholar, a rich man belonging to a
n aristocratic family, I am a poor man, uneducated and with no claim to aristocracy.'
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Still, this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub insisted. Again and again he asked me to accept his proposal, saying, 'I have given you my daughter. Please accept her.' I then said, 'Please hear me. You are a learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your wife, friends and relatives will never agree to this proposal. My dear sir, you will not be able to fulfill your promise. Your promise
 will be broken.'
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yet, again and again the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub emphasized his promise. 'I have offered you my daughter,' he said. 'Do not hesitate. She is my daughter, and I shall give her to you. Who can forbid me?'
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "At that time I concentrated my mind and requested the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to make the promise before the Gop\'e4la Deity. When we came before the Deity, this gentleman said, 'My dear Lord, please witness that I have offered my daughter to this }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in charity.'
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Accepting the Gop\'e4la Deity as my witness, I then submitted the following at His lotus feet: 'My dear Lord, if this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub later hesitates to give me his daughter, I shall call on You as a witness. Please note this with care and attention.' Thus I h
ave called upon a great personality in this transaction. I have asked the Supreme Godhead to be my witness. The entire world accepts the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub described himself as having no claims to aristocracy and as being an uneducated common man, still he had some good qualifications: he believed that the Supreme Personality of Godhead was the topmost authority, he accepted the 
words of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba without hesitation, and he had firm faith in the Lord's consistency. When the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was finished speaking, the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub immediately a
greed to his statement. He said, "If Gop\'e4la personally comes here to serve as a witness, I shall surely give my daughter to the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub son also 
immediately agreed, saying, "Yes, this is a very nice settlement."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Absolute Arrangement
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the Supersoul within the heart of all living entities, K\'e5\'f1\'eba knows everyone's desire, everyone's request and everyone's prayer. The father and son were 
thinking in a contradictory way, yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba created a situation wherein they both agreed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thought, "Since Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very merciful, He will certainly come to prove my statement."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The atheistic son thought, "It is not possible for Gop\'e4la to come and bear witness." Thinking like this, both father and son agreed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub took this opportunity to speak: "Please write this down so that you may not again change your word of honor." All the assembled people got this statement down in black and white and, taking the signatures of agreement from both of the
m, served as the mediators.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub then said, "Will all you gentlemen present please hear me? This elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub certainly truthful and is following religious principles. He has no desire to brea
k his promise, but fearing that his kinsmen will commit suicide, he is deviating from the truth. By the piety of the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub shall call the Supreme Personality of Godhea
d as a witness. Thus I shall keep his truthful promise intact."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub immediately started for V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Upon arriving there, he first offered his respectful obeisances to the Deity and then narrated everything in full detail. "My Lord," he said, "You are the protector of brahminical culture, and 
You are also very merciful. Therefore, kindly show your great mercy by protecting the religious principles of us two }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My dear Lord, I am not thinking to become happy by getting the daughter as a bride. I am simply thinking that the old }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has broken his promise, and that is giving me great pain."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Selfless Request
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was not at all the intention of the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to get the daughter of the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub in marriage and thus enjoy material happiness and sense gratification. His only concern was that the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub had promised something, and if Gop\'e4la did not bear witness to that transaction, then the older }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub would incur a spiritual blemish. That is why the young man went to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to ask the Deity for protection and help. The young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was a pure Vai\'f1\'ebava (devotee of the Lord), and his only desire was to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the older }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who was also very devoted to the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub continued, "My dear Sir, You are very merciful and You know everything. Therefore, kindly be a witness in this case. A person who knows things as they are and still does not bear witness becomes involved in sinful activities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The dealings between a devotee and the Lord are very simple. The young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub said to the Lord, "You know everything, but if You do not bear witness, You will be involved in sinful activities." There is no possibility, however, of the Lord's being invol
ved in sinful activities. A pure devotee, even though he knows everything of the Supreme Lord, can speak with the Lord exactly as if He were a common man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba replied, "My dear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go back to your home and call a meeting of all the men. In that meeting, just try to remember Me. I shall certainly appear there, and at that time I shall protect the honor of both you }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by bearing witness to the promise."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Sir," said the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "even if You appear there as a four-handed Vi\'f1\'ebu Deity, still, none of those people will believe in Your words. Only if You go there in this form of Gop\'e4la and speak the words from Your beautiful face will
 Your testimony be accepted by all the people."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "I've never heard of a Deity's walking from one place to another."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub replied, "That is true, but how is it that You are speaking to me, although You are a Deity? My dear Lord, You are not a statue; You are actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda. Now, for the sake of the old }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can do something You have never done before."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Gracious Consent
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gopalaji then smiled and said, "My dear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub just listen to Me. I shall walk behind you, and in this way I shall go with you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who have understood the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, form, quality and so forth\'97can also talk with the Deity. To an ordinary person,
 however, the Deity will appear to be made of stone, wood or some other material. In the higher sense, since all material elements ultimately emanate from the supreme spiritual entity, nothing is really material. Being omnipotent, omnipresent and omnisci
ent, K\'e5\'f1\'eba can deal with His devotees in any form without difficulty. By the mercy of the Lord, the devotee knows perfectly well about the Lord's dealings. Indeed, he can talk face to face with Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord continued, "Do not try to see Me by turning around. As soon as you see Me, I shall remain stationary in that very place. You will know that I am walking be
hind you by the sound of My ankle bells. Cook one kilo of rice daily and offer it to Me. I shall eat that rice and follow behind you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub started for home, and Gop\'e4la followed him, step by step. While he walked, the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub could hear the tinkling sound of the Lord's ankle bells. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub became very pleased, and he cooked first-class rice for Gop\'e4la to eat. When he neared his own village, the young man began to think as follows:
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Auspicious Arrival
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Having now come to my own village, I shall go home and tell all the people that the witness has arrived." Then the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turned to look back, and he saw that Gop\'e4la, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was standing there smiling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord told the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now you can go home. I shall stay here. Do not fear."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub then went to the town and informed everyone of Gop\'e4la's arrival. They were struck with wonder. All the townspeople went to see the witness Gop\'e4la, and when they saw Him actually standing there, they all offered their respectful 
obeisances. They were very pleased to see the beauty of Gop\'e4la, and when they heard He had actually walked there, they were all amazed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub being very pleased, came forward and immediately fell like a stick in front of Gop\'e4la. Thus in the presence of all the townspeople, Lord Gop\'e4la bore witness that the elderly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub had offered his daughter in charity to the young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
br\'e4hma\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the marriage ceremony was performed, the Lord informed both }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub two }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are My eternal servants birth after birth. I have become very pleased by the truthfulness of
 you both. Now you can ask for a benediction."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With great pleasure, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub said, "Please remain here so that people all over the world will know how merciful You are to Your servants." Thus Lord Gop\'e4la stayed, and the two }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub engaged in His service. After hearing of the incident, many people from different provinces began to come to see Gop\'e4la. Eventually the king of 
the province in which Vidy\'e4nagara is located heard this wonderful story, and he also came to see Gop\'e4la. Being very satisfied, the king constructed a nice temple, and regular service was executed. Thus, the Deity became very famous as S\'e4k\'f1i-G
op\'e4la, the Gop\'e4la who bore witness to the marriage vow.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The same Gopala Deity who testified in the dispute between two }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was moved to this temple in Cuttak, India, from Vidy\'e4nagara by King Puru\'f1ottama.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tour v10#11
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#8
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness  v10#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#10
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 advert-books v10#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A WORLD OF TIMELESS KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Explore the realm of\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the\line books of His Divine Grace\line A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pra
bhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Send today for your free, full-color catalog\'97use coupon on page three.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
10 No. 12, 1975
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness  v10#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#10
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead v10#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SENIOR EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness Satsvarupa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m
\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha-s\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadvipa d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Ra\'efcora d\'e4sa, Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Arcita d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa, Yug
ala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Kala\'ecka d\'e4sa, Bhakta Lennie.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub al\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Suras\'e4-dev\'e9
 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1975 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover  v10#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being an incarnation of the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is also dear to all living crearures.
 When He traversed the holy forests of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, five hundred years ago, all the animals, plants, and even the insects became very jubilant. Cows followed Him, peacocks danced, cuckoos sang, and the deer came and licked His body. (An origin
al oil painting by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Special Centerfold Section }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The continuing}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub presentation of India's great spiritual classic. Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9l
a Prabhup\'e4da first carne to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mov
ement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present topics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p2:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prab
hup\'e4da }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb840\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma\line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It's natural to praise someone who does something wonderful, and God does the most wonderful things of all. He creates the entire cosmic manifestation, orbiting cou
ntless planets and stars with astonishing skill and artistry. He gives light to the sun and fragrance to a rose, and He invests life in all that lives. Whatever wealth, wisdom, beauty, strength, fame or renunciation we see in this world is merely a fragm
ent of His opulence. He directs the wanderings of all living beings by expanding Himself into everyone's heart. Indeed, the entire universe is pervaded by His energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He gives humanity great scriptures revealing the eternal truth about Himself, which can liberate us from all suffering, and He sends His representatives to teach it
. Moreover, He Himself descends into the material world and performs superhuman activities to attract and purify our minds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He knows everything\'97past, present and future\'97and never forgets any service rendered to Him, no matter how small. His glorious qualities are unlimited, and He 
is known by millions of names, like K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rama. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is bo
th a glorification of God and an appeal to be engaged in His service. Find out more in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pho
to: Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Life Comes from Life
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LIFE COMES FROM LIFE
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Can science create life in the laboratory?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On a morning walk with his disciples, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains why it's not possible to produce life from chemical
s, now or in the future.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The whole world of science and techn
ology is running on the false idea that life is born from matter. We cannot allow this nonsensical theory to go unchallenged. Life does not come from matter. Matter is generated from life. This is not theory; it is fact. Science is based on an incorrect 
theory; therefore all its calculations and conclusions are wrong, and people are suffering because of this. When all these mistaken modern scientific theories are corrected, people will become happy. So we must challenge the scientists and defeat them. O
therwise they will mislead the entire society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Matter changes in six phases: birth, growth, maintenance, production of by-products, dwindling and death. But the life within matter, the spirit soul, is eternal; i
t goes through no such changes. Life }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub appears }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to be developing and decaying, but actually it is si
mply passing through each of these six phases until the material body can no longer be maintained. Then the old body dies and the soul enters a new body. When our clothing is old and worn, we change it. Similarly, one day our bodies become old and useles
s, and we pass on to a new body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dehino 'smin yath\'e4 dehe kaum\'e4ra\'e0 yauvana\'e0 jar\'e4/ tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4ptir}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body
 at death." And a little later (2.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub antavanta ime deh\'e4 nityasyokt\'e4\'f9 \'e7ar\'e9ri\'eba\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This means th
at only the material body of the indestructible and eternal entity is subject to destruction. This material body is perishable, but the life within the body is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nitya, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eternal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the measurement of the soul within the body is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair. This is very small; in fact, it is atomic. Yet because of that atomic spiritual energy, my body is working. Is it so difficult to understand?
 Suppose a man thinks himself very stout and strong. Why is he stout and strong? Only because within his body is a small spiritual spark. But as soon as the spiritual spark is gone, his body dies and his strength and vigor become void. If scientists say 
that matter is the cause and origin of life, then let them bring just one dead man back to life by injecting him with chemicals. But this they cannot do.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since scientists cannot see the spirit soul, they sa
y its existence is very doubtful.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can they see it? It is too small
 to see. Where is such seeing power?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Still, they want to sense it by some means.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you inject just one grain of dead
ly poison into someone, he immediately dies. No one can see the poison or how it acts. But the poison is acting nevertheless. In the same way, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say that because the minute particle called the soul is within the body, the whole body is working nicely. If I pinch myself, I immediately feel it because I am conscious all over my skin. But as soon a
s the soul is absent, which is the case when my body dies, you can take this same skin and cut it and chop it, and no one will protest. Why is this simple thing so hard to understand? Is this not detecting spirit?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the soul. But what about God?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all let us understand the s
oul. The soul is a small God. If you understand the sample, then you can understand the whole.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da points at a dead tree with his cane.] Now here is matter. Formerly leaves and twigs were growing from this tree. Why are they not growing
 now? Can the scientists answer this question?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They would say the chemical composition has changed
.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All right, then if they are so advan
ced in knowledge of chemistry, they must supply the proper chemicals to make branches and leaves grow again.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Knowledge means that one must be ab
le to demonstrate his theory. They should be able to show in their laboratories that life is caused by a combination of chemicals.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the scientific method means fir
st observation, then hypothesis and then demonstration. But these scientists cannot demonstrate their hypothesis. They simply observe and then speak nonsense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientists say that the chemicals are the cause of life. But all the chemicals that were there when the tree was living are still present. And life-energy is also t
here. There are thousands of microbes in the tree, and they are all living entities. No one can claim that life-energy is lacking in the body of this tree.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what about the life-energy of the tree itself?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is the difference. The liv
ing force is individual, and the particular individual living entity which was the tree has left. This must be the case, since all the chemicals that are necessary to support life are still there, yet the tree is dead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here is another example: suppose I am living in an apartment, and then I leave it. I am gone, but many other living entities remain there\'97ants, spiders and so fo
rth. It is not true that simply because I have left the apartment, it can no longer accommodate life. Other living entities are still living there. It is simply that I\'97an individual living being\'97have left. The chemicals in the tree are like the apa
rtment; they are simply the environment for the individual living force\'97the soul\'97to act through. Thus the scientists will never be able to produce life in the chemical laboratory.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The so-called scientists say that life begins from chemicals. But the real question is, "Where have the chemicals come from?" The chemicals come from life, and this
 means that life has mystic power. For example, an orange tree contains many oranges, and each orange contains chemicals-citric acid and others. So where have these chemicals come from? Obviously they have come from the life within the tree. The scientis
ts are missing the origin of the chemicals. They have started their investigation from the chemicals, but they cannot identify the origin of the chemicals. Chemicals come from the Supreme Life\'97God. Just as the living body of a man produces many chemic
als, the Supreme Life (the Supreme Lord is producing all the chemicals found in the atmosphere, in the water, in humans, in animals and in the earth. And that is called mystic power. Unless the mystic power of the Supreme Lord is accepted, there is no so
lution to the problem of the origin of life.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists will reply that they cannot believe i
n mystic power.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But they must explain the origin of 
the chemicals. Anyone can see that an ordinary tree is producing many chemicals; they cannot deny it. But how does it produce them? Since they cannot answer this, they must accept that the living force has mystic power. I cannot explain how my fingernail
 is growing out of my finger; it is beyond the power of my brain. In other words, it is growing by inconceivable potency, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exists in an ordinary being, imagine 
how }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub much}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  acintya-\'e7akti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God 
possesses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The difference between God and me is that although I have the same potencies as God, I can produce only a small quantity of chemicals, whereas He can produce enormo
us quantities. I can produce a little water in the form of perspiration, but God can produce the seas. Analysis of one drop of seawater gives you the qualitative analysis of the sea, without any mistake. Similarly, the ordinary living being is part and p
arcel of God, so by analyzing the living beings we can begin to understand God. In God there is great mystic potency. God's mystic potency is working swiftly, exactly like an electric machine. Machines operate by certain energy, and they are so nicely ma
de that all the work is done simply by pushing a button. Similarly, God said, "Let there be creation," and there was creation. Considered in this way, the workings of nature are not very difficult to understand. God has such wonderful potencies that the 
creation, on His order alone, immediately takes place.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists don't accept God or }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is their rascaldom. God exists,
 and His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-\'e7akti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub also exists.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Scientists say that life was created biochemically.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And I say to them: "Why don't you cr
eate life? Your biology and chemistry are very advanced, so why don't you create life?"
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They say they will create life in the future. 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When in the future? If the scientist
s know the creative process, why can't they create life now? If life has a biochemical origin, and if biologists and chemists are so advanced, then why can't they create life in their laboratories? When this crucial point is raised, they say, "We shall d
o it in the future." Why in the future? That is nonsense. Trust no future, however pleasant. What is the meaning of their advancement? They are talking nonsense.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They say that they are right on the verge of creati
ng life.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that is also the future in a dif
ferent way. They must accept that they still do not know the truth about the origin of life. Since they are expecting to be able to create life in the future, presently their knowledge must be imperfect. Their proposal is something like giving someone a 
post-dated check. Suppose I owe you $10,000 and I say, "Yes, I will pay you the entire sum with this post-dated check. Is that all right?" If you are intelligent, you will reply, "At present, give me at least five dollars in cash so I can see something t
angible." Similarly, the scientists cannot produce even a single blade of grass by biochemistry, yet still they claim that life is produced from matter. What is this nonsense? Is no one questioning this? We can prove that life began from life. Here is th
e proof: When a father begets a child, the father is living and the child is living. But where is the scientist's proof that life comes from matter? We can prove that life begins from life, and we can also prove that the original life is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
But what evidence exists that a child is ever born out of a dead stone? The scientists cannot prove that life comes from matter. They are leaving that aside for the future. 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karandhara: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basis of what the scientists call "scientific i
ntegrity" is that they talk only about what they can experience through their senses.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then they are suffering from what we
 call "Doctor Frog's philosophy." There was once a frog who had lived all his life in a well. One day a friend visited him and informed him of the existence of the Atlantic Ocean.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh, what is this Atlantic Ocean?" asked the frog in the well.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is a vast body of water," his friend replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How vast? Is it double the size of this well?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh no, much larger," his friend replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How much larger? Ten times the size?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way the frog went on calculating. But what was the possibility of his ever understanding the depths and far reaches of the great ocean? Our faculties, exper
ience and powers of speculation are always limited. The frog was always thinking in terms relative to his well. He had no power to think otherwise. Similarly, the scientists are estimating the Absolute Truth, the cause of all causes, with their imperfect
 senses and minds, and thus they are bound to be bewildered. The essential fault of the so-called scientists is that they have adopted the inductive process to arrive at their conclusions. For example, if a scientist wants to determine whether or not man
 is mortal by the inductive process, he must study every man to try to discover if some or one of them may be immortal. The scientist says, "I cannot accept the proposition that all men are mortal. There may be some men who are immortal. I have not yet s
een every man. Therefore how can I accept that man is mortal?" This is called the inductive process. And the deductive process means that your father, your teacher or your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says that man is mortal, and you accept it.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So there is an ascending process of gaining knowledg
e and a descending process?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The ascending process will neve
r be successful because it relies on information gathered through the senses, and the senses are imperfect. So we accept the descending process.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God cannot be known by the inductive process. Therefore He is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which means "unknowable by direct perception." The scientists say there is no God because they are trying to understand by direct perception. But He is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub therefore the scientists are ignorant of God because they are missing the method of knowing Him. In order
 to understand transcendental science, one must approach a bona fide spiritual master, hear from him submissively, and render service to him. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains this in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena paripra\'f1nena sevay\'e4.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is a scientific journal called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nature. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It contains articles concerning natural products like plants and animals, but it does not mention God\'97onl
y nature.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may correctly observe that plants
 are being produced by nature, but we must ask, "What has produced nature?" To ask }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub question is intel
ligence.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists don't think about that.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So they are fools. As soon as we spe
ak of nature, the next question should be, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whose }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nature?" For instance, I speak of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nature, and you speak of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nature. Therefore, as soon as nature is mentioned, the next inquiry should be, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whose }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nature?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nature means energy, and as soon as you speak of energy, you must accept that there is a source of that energy. For example, the source of electric energy is the el
ectric powerhouse. Electricity is not produced automatically. We must install a powerhouse and a generator. Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is said that material nature is working under K\'e5\'f1\'eba's direction.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So do you mean to say that science has started from 
an intermediate point\'97not from the original point?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is it exactly. They are ig
norant of the origin. The scientists start from one point\'97but where does that point come from? That they do not know, in spite of vast research. One has to accept that the original source is God, who is full of all mystic powers and from whom everythi
ng emanates. He Himself says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhavo matta\'f9 sarva\'e0 pravartate, "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me." Our conclusions are not based on blind faith; they are most scientific. Matter comes from life. In life\'97in the origin\'97the
re are unlimited material resources; that is the great mystery of creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern scientific research is just like S\'e4\'eckhya philosophy, which analyzes material elements. S\'e4\'eckhya means "to count." We are also S\'e4\'eckhya philos
ophers to some extent because we count and analyze the material elements; this is land, this is water, this is air, this is sunshine, this is fire. Furthermore, I can count my mind, my intelligence and my ego. Beyond my ego, however, I cannot count. But 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that there is existence beyond the ego, and that existence is the living force\'97the spirit soul. This is what the scientists do not know. They think that life is merely a combination of material elements, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba denies t
his in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. Apareyam itas tv any\'e4\'e0 prak\'e5ti\'e0 viddhi me par\'e4m: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "
Besides this inferior nature there is a superior energy of Mine." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The inferior energy is the material elements, and the superior energy is the living entity,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po \'92nalo v\'e4yu\'f9\line kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca\line aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me\line bhinn\'e4 prak
\'e5tir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence and false ego\'97altogether these eight comprise My separated material energies." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains here in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4yu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (gas) comes from Him, and that finer than the gases is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (ether). Finer than ether is the mind, finer than the mind is intelligence, and finer than the intelligence is the soul. But the sc
ientists do not know this. They can perceive only gross things. They mention }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4yu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but where d
oes the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e4yu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  come from? Where does the gas come from?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That they cannot answer.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can answer. We have the knowledge that gas comes from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kha
, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or ether, and ether comes from mind, mind comes from intelligence, and intelligence comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's superior energy, the spirit soul.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are both inferior and superior energies studied in S
\'e4\'eckhya philosophy.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4\'eckhya philosophers do not know of superior energy. They simply analyze the material elements, just as the scientists do. Nei
ther the scientists nor the S\'e4\'eckhya philosophers know anything of the spirit soul. They are simply analyzing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's material energy.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They are analyzing the creative material elements?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Material elements are not creative! 
The soul is creative. No}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one can create life with only matter, and matter cannot create itself. You, a li
ving entity, can mix hydrogen and oxygen to create water. But matter itself has no creative energy. If you place a bottle of hydrogen near a bottle of oxygen, will they automatically combine without your help?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. They must be mixed.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the superior energy\'97the livi
ng entity\'97is required. Oxygen and hydrogen are inferior energy, but when the superior energy mixes them, then they can become water.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Inferior energy has no power unless superior energy is involved. This sea [indicating the Pacific Ocean] is calm and quiet. But when superior force\'97air\'97pushes
 it, high waves are created. The sea has no power without the superior force. Similarly, there is another force superior to the air, and another and another, until we arrive at K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the most superior force. This is real research. Suppose a rai
lroad train is just starting to move. The engine pushes one car, which pushes another and so on until the entire train is moving. And the whole motion originates with the engineer, a living entity. Similarly, in the cosmic creation, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives 
the first push, and then, by means of many successive pushes, the entire cosmic manifestation comes into being. This is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: may\'e4dhyak\'f1ena pr
ak\'e5ti\'f9 s\'fcyate sa-car\'e4caram. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunt\'e9, and is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule th
is manifestation is created and annihilated again and again." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And a little later:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad-yonir\line aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-p
rada\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All species of life are made possible by birth in material nature, and I am the seed-giving father." (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  For example, if we sow a banyan seed, a huge tree eventually grows up and produces millions of new seeds. Each of these seeds, in turn, produces another tree with millions of new seeds, and so on. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original seed-givin
g father.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, the scientists only observe the immediate cause, they do not perceive the remote cause. There are two causes\'97the immediate cause and remote cause.
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "the cause of all causes." If you understand the cause of all causes, then you understand everything. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam eva\'e0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhavati: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If you know the original cause, the later, subordinate causes
 are automatically known." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Up.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the scientists are searching after the original
 cause, when the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which contain perfect knowledge, give the original cause, they won't acce
pt. They keep to their partial, imperfect knowledge. 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustrations: Ra\'efcora d\'e4sa/  Photos: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p5: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CREATION. Innumerable universes ar
e generated from the transcendental body of Lord Mah}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -Vi}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1\'eb}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u, an expansion of Lord \'c7r\'e9 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the original Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p6: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The so-called scientists say that
 life begins from chemicals. But the real question is, 'Where have the chemicals come from?'"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p7: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like a frog who can't accept the e
xistence of anything outside his own well, a materialistic scientist denies the existence of God because God is outside his limited sensory experience.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p8: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Nature means energy, and as soon 
as you speak of energy, you must accept that there is a source of that energy."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p9: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Material elements are not creativ
e! The soul is creative. No one can create life with only matter, and matter cannot create itself."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement Came to Africa
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub How the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Move
ment Came to Africa
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he story of how the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement came to Africa starts in 1971 in th
e United States. I was in Tallahassee, Florida, teaching an experimental course in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness at the state university, when I received a letter from my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, instructi
ng me to go immediately to West Pakistan for preaching work. I had very little money, and I knew the trip to Pakistan would be long and arduous. However, a disciple takes his spiritual master's order as his very life and soul, and I was determined that n
othing would stop me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first leg of my journey took me to New York City, where a young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9
\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn single male student}* }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub assistant joined me; then the two of us flew to London. From London we went to Paris via hydroplane and rail. In Paris I had a g
ood opportunity to preach at Dauphine University, the Sorbonne, and to some yoga groups. After a few days in Paris, we boarded the Orient Express for a forty-eight-hour train ride to Istanbul, Turkey.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First we crossed the French, Swiss and Italian Alps and then descended onto the broad plains of Italy, with its many grape and olive farms. We saw Genoa, Venice and
 Trieste pass by our windows and then entered Yugoslavia, with its broad collective farms of peasants. From Belgrade our route took us to Sophia, Bulgaria, then through northern Greece and on into the European side of Turkey, where at last we entered Ist
anbul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In my compartment on the train during the entire trip was a Turkish lady who had brought along an ample supply of French b
read and cheese. I had prepared some very nice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Food offered to 
Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub consisting of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (farina with butter, peppers and spices), various vegetables, fried }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puri
s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (a type of flat bread), and some delicious sweets. When I offered some to the woman on the first day, she refused, preferring her bread and cheese. But on the second day she
 accepted some and liked it very much. In fact, she ate sumptuously, and I took the opportunity to talk with her about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. She was very favorable and said she would pray to God for our success. From this incident I realized how 
important }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub distribution is in spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. By eating }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a person gradually becomes spiritually purified and receptive to the message of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Istanbul we met two boys\'97an American and a Canadian\'97who were both intelligent and spiritually inclined. They were going to India and decided to accompany u
s to Pakistan. During the two-day train ride to the Turkish hill-town of Erzurum, the next stop on our journey, I talked constantly to the two boys about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The Canadian was going to India on a spiritual quest and was writing a
 journal of his }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub daily thoughts and experiences. He had titled it "A journey to the East," after the famous book by Hermann Hesse, and he was writing into it everything I said 
about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He was also avidly reading our books. By the time we reached Erzurum, he had learned all the prayers for offering }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and was also chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub japa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub beads.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The train pulled into Erzurum in the morning, and we all went to a nearby hotel to wait for the bus to Tabriz, Iran, which
 was scheduled to leave the following morning. Since we had a whole day, we decided to go out on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we took our drums, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karat\'e4l
as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (hand cymbals) and some pamphlets, went out into the village square, sat down and started chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A large crowd of several hundred curious villagers q
uickly formed. Suddenly my chanting was interrupted by a tap on the shoulder. When I looked up I saw that we were surrounded by many policemen and plainclothes detectives. They took us to the police station and confiscated our passports. (Only later did 
I learn that they suspected us of being Christian missionaries. In Turkey, preaching Christianity is against the law.) They also took all our books and pamphlets and sent them off to the university for translation. They wouldn't let us call the American 
embassy in Ankara, and worst of all, none of our captors spoke English.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After several days in jail, we were finally permitted to live outside in our hotel, although the police kept our passports so we could not leave town. We then place
d a telephone call to the American embassy, but after several days of "investigating" our case, we had still heard nothing concerning our release. Finally, we made our way to the university and met a professor there who had studied in America. He was qui
te friendly toward us when we explained our situation. After he gave a favorable report about us to the police, they decided to let us leave and continue our journey. They still wanted to keep our books, though, and I had to become very forceful with the
m and demand that the books be returned. At last, seven days behind schedule, we boarded the bus for Tabriz, marveling at how Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba protects His devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the bus to Tabriz, the Canadian and American boys decided to go their own way. I explained to them that if they were going to India, they should make it a point 
to visit V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Ninety miles south of Delhi, V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the transcendental abode where K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared five thousand years ago to exhibit His extraordinary pastimes. I later found out that the Canadian boy did indeed go to V\'e5
nd\'e4vana and stayed with one of our devotees.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We spent one night in Tabriz and then went on to Tehran and Meshed. In Meshed we got our visas for Afghanistan and boarded
 a bus which took us across the border into the city of Herat. From Herat we rode across the desolate terrain of central Afghanistan until we came to Kandahar. The use of opium and marijuana was very common there, not only among the local population, but
 also among many American and European hippies. The next town we reached was Kabul, where we made the last connection before entering Pakistan. After riding through the famous Khyber Pass, an incredible masterpiece of nature, we finally descended onto th
e warm plains of Pakistan. Our bus let us down in Peshawar, and from there we took a train to Lahore.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I had planned to make Lahore my destination because it is the leading university city in Pakistan. First I visited the venerable Punjab University, where I spoke wi
th the chairman of the philosophy and religion department. He thought K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was a sectarian religion. I explained to him that far from being a sectarian religion, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the essence of all religion because 
it is the inseparable quality of every living entity. Just as sweetness is the essential quality of sugar (there is no such thing as sugar that is not sweet), similarly, service is the essential quality of every living entity. Everyone is a servant, from
 the street sweeper on up to the president. The husband serves the wife, the wife serves the children, the businessman serves his customers, and the worker serves his boss. But ultimately everyone is a servant of God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the cause of all cau
ses. How to fully realize this fact and always act as a servant of God is the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the Punjab University campus, some students became antagonistic when I spoke with them, telling me that the Koran was t
he only book. But I showed them that one of our books, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was written by a d
evotee who was a high official in the Muslim government. Then they listened intently, and invited me to speak at a philosophy class. However, as the days went by, the number of incidents grew. Students accused us of being spies and called us ill names. S
ome people once rubbed the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tilaka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub off}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our foreheads and warned us not to walk on the streets or we'd be stabbed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile the political situation was becoming more and more critical. The Pakistani government was whipping up anti-Indian war fever. Newspapers and radio programs
 were filled with anti-Indian propaganda. Finally, the local Hindus told us that Pakistan was no place for us to be, so when the fighting broke out over in East Pakistan, we reluctantly took a Swissair flight from Karachi to Bombay, where \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da had just started his Indian preaching program.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unknown to me, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had read a newspaper story reporting that four Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba missionaries from America had been shot and killed by Pa
kistani soldiers. (In East Pakistan my brother, Gargamuni Sv\'e4m\'e9, was also preaching with an assistant.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I entered \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's room in Bombay to offer him my humble obeisances, he was relieved to see me well. He rose from his seat, came forward and
 embraced me. Although I had been traveling and was dirty and sweaty, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was so relieved to see me unharmed that he embraced me again and again. From his touch I felt great transcendental ecstasy. I also felt great shame because I 
was so unclean. I felt too sinful to be worthy of this wonderful benediction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon after I arrived in Bombay, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da decided that I should go to Africa and preach. None of our men had been there, and he was very pleased to 
contemplate that if I went to Africa, we would then be preaching on the five major continents of the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I did not know what to expect in Africa. A few hunting stories by Ernest Hemingway and some adventure films had led me to believe that Africa was a place of jungles
, wild animals and primitive peoples. I naively thought there was no electricity in Africa, so I gave my tape recorder away, gathered together a few essentials\'97a drum, a pair of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karat\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and a metal box full of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books\'97and prepared myself for the journey.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon after my assistant and I boarded the ship for Africa, the seas became very rough, making the journey difficult. Anoth
er problem was that although there was Indian-style vegetarian food available, it was neither very palatable nor cooked under especially clean conditions. I became absorbed in thinking of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who has vividly shown us the meaning of
 real devotion: to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness without concern for one's own well-being. At the advanced age of seventy, he traveled alone aboard a ship from India to America in 1965. 1 wondered at the difficulty he must have endured traveling ac
ross the Atlantic Ocean during the September hurricane season. I thought of how he had also traveled with only a metal box full of books, a pair of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karat\'e4las}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and forty rupees (I had a bit more\'97$20) and of how he would cook his plain meals on a little tin stove the captain's wife had given him. I remembered how he had wanted to get off the 
ship and return to India, but had remained aboard, and how he had even experienced a stroke during the trip. Who could fail to be inspired by such an example!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone in the world is concerned primarily with his own well-being, but a self-realized soul\'97a pure devotee of the Lord\'97is only concerned with fulfilling K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire. This selflessness is the essence of love. A pure devotee's love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is just like that of a mother who does not hesitate to run in front of a moving car to save the life of her child. She doesn't think, "if I run in 
front of this car, I may be killed." No: because of her love for her child, she will risk her own life. Similarly, one who is K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious also has this mentality of total surrender.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the sea journey was scheduled to take eight days, only after a rough voyage of twelve days did the ship finally arrive in the port of Mombasa on the coast 
of the east African state of Kenya. Unfortunately, no one had told us that a first-class return ticket was needed to enter Kenya, so we failed to meet the immigration requirements. The immigration officials would not let us disembark, and when the ship's
 authorities began talking about sending us back to India, I became very discouraged. One day passed, and in the evening of the second day a man approached me and struck up a conversation. I explained my predicament to him, and he offered to place a tele
phone call to our center in Bombay and have them wire me a ticket. I gave him the $20. Another day passed. Finally, on the fourth day, the ticket arrived but our Bombay center had sent a third-class ticket instead of the first-class one we required.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By this time, all the members of the crew as well as the dock workers were talking about "the two Americans dressed as Ind
ian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [saintly persons] who could not get off the ship." People would come to the dock an
d point to us sitting on the ship's deck. They said we would probably have to go all the way back to India. Finally, the manager of the shipping company agreed to issue us a first-class ticket, for which we could repay him later. This satisfied the immig
ration officials, and on the afternoon of the fourth day we took our belongings and started walking down the gangplank. Just then the ship's whistle tooted, signaling departure within half an hour.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we came down the gangplank, many dock workers, officials, and other people crowded around us and started cheering. They
 were very glad to see that we were successful, and we were very glad to know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in everyone's heart, was taking care of us. I was now sure that K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted me to preach in A
frica.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After disembarking, we just stood on the dock for a while, greatly relieved after sixteen days on board the ship. We had no money and didn't know where to go. Soon 
an Indian man approached me, and we began conversing. He was very favorable toward us and toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and he drove us in his car to a Hindu temple of Lord \'c7iva. Within a few moments we were safely ensconced in a comfortable ro
om with a fan, beds, a veranda overlooking a courtyard, and other conveniences.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each day people would come to see "the American }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhus." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They would offer us fruit, flowers, money and other necessities. We were reminded of M\'e5gr\'e4ri, the devotee of N\'e4rada Muni who had been a hunter by profession. He had led a very sinful life, 
but after he became a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his life was very peaceful and pleasant. He did not have to hunt animals; people would bring him fruits and flowers and many other things so that he could offer ample }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to the Lord. Formerly, we had been like M\'e5gr\'e4ri\'97hunters after the illusory pleasures of intoxication, illicit sex, 
uncontrolled tongue. But now, by the grace of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, we had become purified of these things.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During this time, we were preaching exclusively to the Indian nationals in Africa, and we began to appreciate their unique
 position among the world's people. Because vestiges of the deeply spiritual Vedic culture are still present in India, the Indian people have respect for a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they are charitable and kind, and they are not as mad after sense gratification as people in the Western countries. They showed us their character by helping us out in many ways durin
g those difficult early days and by being enthusiastic to introduce us to their compatriots. They would take us to various functions, and we would speak on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had not given me any specific instructions
 on how to preach in Africa, and somehow or other I concluded that I should preach mainly to the Indians, just as Prabhup\'e4da was doing in India. Remembering the incident in Erzurum, I was reluctant to take K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the local peo
ple\'97to go out into the streets and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97although that was my inclination. I didn't know how the authorities would react.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After a month and a half in Mombasa, I received an invitation from an Indian family to go to Nairobi for Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday cele
bration. Since Nairobi is three hundred miles inland, we had to take a taxi across the broad, flat African plains. We stopped frequently along the way to view the many rhinoceroses, elephants, giraffes and other wildlife. I came to know how really big Af
rica is. It contains one-fifth of the world's land, being almost as large as Asia and twice as large as South America. The coastline of Africa is as long as the earth's diameter at the equator. It is sealed off from the rest of the world by the forebodin
g Sahara Desert and the Atlas Mountains in the north, and its shores are protected by huge sandbars and impenetrable thickets along the coastlines. From the sea, many of its rivers, such as the Congo and the Zambezi, are impassable due to the rapids and 
other natural barriers. For many years, malaria prevented outsiders from penetrating inland. For these reasons, the distinct lifestyles, languages and cultures of the people of Africa had for the most part remained intact until fairly recently. Due to th
e vast differences between each tribal group, there are only nineteen people per square mile in Africa. Thus Africa contains few real cities. Whenever food was found wanting, people could easily move to a nearby tract of virgin land that would provide al
l their needs.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we arrived in Nairobi, we held a very successful program at a R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple. People were astonish
ed that Americans had taken to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and they appreciated our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
and our lectures on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very much. Many wanted to help us in our mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shortly thereafter, three American devotees arrived. They were sent by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who by this time had reached London. He had fallen ill there, and 
having heard that the African climate is very healthful, he desired to come to Africa to recuperate. First \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to Nairobi and remained one night at the home of a life member with whom we were staying. (This life member later su
rrendered at the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and became his initiated disciple.) We then arranged for Prabhup\'e4da to stay in a nice house in Mombasa, in a location I had once described to him as one of the most wonderful places in the world
. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da walked into his spacious, airy room overlooking the aquamarine-colored sea and saw the cloudless skies, the pleasant sunshine and the white sandy beach fringed with palm trees, he said, "Yes, Brahm\'e4nanda, this is one o
f the most wonderful places in the world." \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da quickly recovered his health with the help of the mild climate, the abundant varieties of fruits and vegetables, and various rich milk-products. Prabhup\'e4da then decided to return to 
Nairobi, the capital of the country, and launch the African preaching campaign from there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Nairobi, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da personally demonstrated how a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub should preach. We would stay at the homes of various Indians, and although they provided very comfortable accommodations for us\'97nice food and sleeping quarters\'97\'c7r\'e9la
 Prabhup\'e4da would never stay in one home longer than three days. He would travel from home to home, strictly following the Vedic injunction that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub should never stay in one place for more than three days. This rule prevents their becoming attached to bodily comforts as well as inconveniencing their hosts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At each residence, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would hold intimate talks with the gentlemen of the house and give }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dar\'e7ana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (audience) to the family members and their friends in the afternoons. And in the evenings he would conduct }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and give lectures. In this way, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da made good friends with many prominent Indian people in N
airobi, and they willingly became life members. Today they continue to take an active interest in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later, I expanded the life member program. I stayed for one and a half months in Lusaka, Zambia, moving to a different res
idence every three days just as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had done. In this way I was able to preach by example. People could see firsthand how we rose before dawn, took a cold bath, performed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub japa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and refrained from intoxication, illicit sex, meat-eating and gambling. A Vai\'f1\'ebava preaches not only by his words, but also by his actions. This separates us from so many bogus }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub groups, whose members may be expert in speaking some speculative philosophy or presenting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in a pleasing way to an audience, but who are not able to practice in their private lives the austerity necessary for spiritual realizat
ion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began encouraging me to preach directly to the African people. "This is our real business in Africa," he said. So we organized a program a
t the University of Nairobi, placed an ad in the newspaper, printed and displayed some posters, and distributed handbills. The night of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's lecture, the auditorium was so crowded with African students that people had to stand outs
ide to look through the doors and windows. At the end of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's speech the students cheered. Then we had }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub showed a film, and distributed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As a 
result of this engagement, we received a lot of favorable publicity.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next program Prabhup\'e4da instituted was preaching to the general public. The first event was held in a hall situated
 in a rather shabby area of town. We went there one evening and just opened the doors and started chanting. Pretty soon the hall filled up with many curiosity seekers right off the street. There was a full house when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da walked in, 
effulgent in his bright, silken robes. He quickly passed among the curious people, got up on stage and started chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then he spoke about the meaning of human life. He said that the real aim of human life is to understand that we a
re not this body but pure spirit soul, and that our duty is to serve the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Most of the people could not understand what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, since they spoke only Swahili, but they all enjoyed themselves n
evertheless. They were all smiles, as they danced, chanted and clapped. A few days later, Prabhup\'e4da departed for India, having fully inspired us to carry on the preaching work in Africa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon afterward we organized our first outdoor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub performance at Nairobi's Kamakunji Park. We simply stood under the largest tree there and started chanting. Soon a large crowd gathered and immediately began chanting with us. Some were even dancing
 in a sort of African shuffle step. We had a battery-powered megaphone, and one young man stepped forward and offered to translate our lectures into Swahili. Everyone really enjoyed this. We then distributed a sweet food preparation called }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bundi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that the crowd liked even more. Every weekend we held this program, and soon we became well known.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon one young Kenyan joined our movement. This was considered a great event by the local Swahili newspaper. It published his photo with shaven head and }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tilaka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and headlined the story, "When You See These People, Don't Say 'Jambo!' Say 'Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!' " 
(Jambo is the Swahili equivalent of hello.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By this time we were holding }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtan
a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub processions in the heart of downtown Nairobi and distributing literature. We rented social halls in various housing estates for evening programs. We would show a film of the
 Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival in San Francisco, and when the image of Lord Jagann\'e4tha appeared on the screen, all the people would clap and cheer. We purchased a vehicle with a distinctive roof carrier for storing our literature and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub utensils, and we fitted it out as a gaily painted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Safari van, complete with a tape pl
ayer and a loudspeaker system. As we drove down the city streets playing the tape of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, people would stop and stare at us. Many would start dancing in the streets. The first time we went into the local
 villages to distribute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we prepared the favorite national food of Kenya\'97maize, mea
l and cabbage\'97but the people were very reluctant to take it. "Don't give us what we already have on our tables," one man called out. "Why don't you give us some of that sweet stuff!" Then all the children would chant, "Sweets! Sweets! Sweets!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da returned to Nairobi in January, 1972, to preside at the World Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Festival held at the Nairobi city stadium. The British B
roadcasting Company made a film of the festival and also interviewed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who publicly initiated the first Kenyan devotee. This time \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da stayed in our new temple, a spacious house we had purchased in a resident
ial area not far from the downtown commercial section of Nairobi.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before returning to India, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da encouraged us to further expand our preaching. Thus we made extensive preaching safaris throughout northern and
 western Kenya, to neighboring Tanzania and Zambia, and even down into Salisbury, Rhodesia.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In each of the towns and in the surrounding villages, we held a full program of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9r
tana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub film shows, lectures, life-membership enrollments, and literature and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub distribution. Then we held }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub processions down the main street. Finally we called upon prominent citizens to subsidize the cost of complete sets of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books and five-year subscriptions to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazine, which we then donated in their names to all the towns' libraries, schools and colleges. These institutions were extremely
 grateful to receive a gift of books from abroad. Large quantities of magazines were also subsidized, which we then distributed to the people at token cost.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Lusaka, Zambia, a group of wealthy Indian life members became very enthusiastic about our preaching to the local people. Anxious to participate, they all agreed 
to come to a program we were holding that night at a social hall in a low-income area of town. In the evening they all arrived at the hall in a caravan of large Mercedes cars. As soon as they entered the hall, a large crowd of children gathered outside. 
They were excited from the afternoon, when we had driven through the area with our loudspeakers blaring a bouncy Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hundreds of kids had run after our truck, and we had thrown leaflets to them announcing the evening program. Now they were singing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba outside the hall at the top of their lungs. So we open
ed the doors and they flooded in\'97an ecstatic swirling mass of beautiful, black kids. Once they were inside, we started a tumultuous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The life members had never expected anything like this. They had come wearing their finest clothes and gold jewelry. I invited them to come up and take refuge on the stage, and they did so, sitting 
down very stiffly and chanting in their usual sedate way while trying not to see what was happening all around them. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was so ecstatic that I jumped off the stage and danced with the kids until we were all exhausted. Then we showed the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 film and sent them home with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The members later agreed that from then on we could do all the preaching ourselves, and they would just help out with contributions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we returned to Nairobi, practically every Kenyan greeted us with "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba" or "Hare R\'e4ma." Even the sh
oeshine boys were chanting one of our Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba tunes. I was reminded of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, the transcendental village where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on earth, 5,000 years ago. There all the residents chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and gree
t each other by vibrating the holy name. Previously I had written a letter to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da expressing how much I appreciated V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and he had replied that this was very good and that I should try to spread the V\'e5nd\'e4vana spir
it to Africa. Now it appeared to me that, by his grace, Nairobi had become a black V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement came to Africa\'97not by our efforts, but by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's. We are simply foll
owing what he has told us to do, and what he has done himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Holiness Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is
 personal secretary to His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and represents Africa as one of ISKCON's twelve Governing Board Commissioners.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By 
train, plane, bus and boat, Brahm\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9 made his way from Paris to Mombasa in early 1971.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam v10#12
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}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
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ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters    v10#12
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub welcome correspondence pertaining to spiritual enlightenment. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All letters will receive personal replies, and 
correspondence of general interest will he published regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Editors,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It has been one year since I received my copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from your mail-order department. Since then I have read it through twice and am almost through it again. It is the kind of book that f
ascinates me. And to one of my tendencies it speaks a thoroughly understandable message. Strangely, from childhood up I have never felt at home in my own culture. The material things that so fascinate our people leave me cold and always have.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I understand perfectly the purport of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
G\'e9t\'e4's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  great discipline, and if I weren't so old (over eighty-one) I could integrate myself quite well with its philosophy. It is so satisfyingly complete\'97ancient, ye
t as modern as today. It is an awesome, ageless wonder.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All my reading, for the brief time allotted me, will be from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , be assured. Enclosed is my check for a subscription to your BACK TO GODHEAD magazine. The last issue I received was from some devotees who
 tarried here for a while in 1973.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Believe me to be faithfully,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mrs. A. Marguerite Kuersteiner 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Louisville, Kentucky
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thank you for your very kind letter. We are most pleased to have you as a subscriber to BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By submissively hearing the message of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  philosophy. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "And I declare that he who studies this sacred conversation worships me by his intelligence." (Bg. 18.70}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The sincere sentiment you so nicely express in your letter proves that age is no barrier to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li720\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Editors,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let me offer my praise and thanks to you for your efforts in spreading love of God in the Western world. In this age we a
re all sorely in need of spiritual enlightenment, and we have been greatly served by you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have a question that has been troubling me. I can understand the importance you place on the exalted science of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and on receiving knowledge through an unbroken chain of spiritual masters, but is there no r
oom for other methods, other religions and other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ?
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Grange,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your question reveals a common misunderstanding that many people have about religion: that it is a creation of man and thus subject to many interpretations. Actuall
y, religion is created by God and is, therefore, eternal and unchanging. There may be many faiths in the world\'97such as Christian, Muslim or Hindu\'97but the one immutable constant in all of them is the development of love of God through unalloyed serv
ice to Him. How to actually achieve this goal of love for God\'97the essence of all religion\'97is the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  delineated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To fully understand the importance of receiving knowledge through disciplic succession\'97a chain of authentic spiritual masters\'97one must first understand the im
portance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The goal of Vedic knowledge is explained by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vedai\'e7 ca sarvair aha\'e0 eva vedya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . "By all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  am I to be known." (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And what is the process for knowing K\'e5\'f1\'eba? In the Eighteenth Chapter, verse 55, He says: }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . "One can understand Me only by devotional service." The goal of Vedic st
udy is therefore realized by one who practices }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  under the direction of a genuine spiri
tual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The method of chanting the holy names of the Lord to achieve spiritual perfection is also supported by Vedic evidence. In the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is said:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma\line harer n\'e4maiva kevalam\line kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva\line n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In this age of Kali (quarrel and hypocrisy) the only means of spiritual realization is chanting the holy name of the Lord. T
here is no other way, no other way, no other way."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v10 #12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named for
 a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{\b0
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 489, Caitanya Era\line Vai\'f1\'ebava 
Month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (November 19\'97December 18, 1975)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (dark fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub November 29 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava 11}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 30 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava 12}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub December 1 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava 13}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Utpann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Ek\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba before 9:38 a.m.  Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la S}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'ecga \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukla-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bright fortnight)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell
\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub December 8 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava 20}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
December 11 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava 23}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub December 14 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava 26}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub December 15 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava 27}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub O\'f2ana-\'f1a\'f1\'f6h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Lord Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha
\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Madhus\'fcdana d}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Moksad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Ek\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e9 P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba before 9:45 a.m. \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (dark fortnight) of the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub December 22 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub December 28 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 10
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub December 29 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 11}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0
December 30 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 12}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasv
at\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura Prabhup\'e4da\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saphal\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Farm Report    v10#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Farm Report
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over the past eight years, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has established successful farming communit
ies in various parts of the world. As national economies flounder and cities go bankrupt, ISKCON's farms flourish and grow, proving that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is providing not only potent spiritual knowledge, but a viable alternative 
lifestyle as well. There's full employment for everyone and natural prosperity when everything's done for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. For more information please visit or write any of the farms listed in opposite column.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ATLANTA }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Mulberry, Tennessee)\'97Last June, ISKCON devotees f
rom Atlanta purchased a 250-acre farm in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains of southern Tennessee. Graced with beautiful green hillsides for pasturing the cows, the farm also has verdant forests for shade and lumber, bottomland and hilltops for g
rain production, and abundant springs of clear, pure water flowing into many ponds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first challenge we encountered was erecting adequate dwellings. The two barns on the property were in good shape, but the small, hundred-year-old house was hard
ly suitable as a temple and living quarters for fifteen devotees. In a short time we completed three cement-block houses, each of which can hold two couples. A large combination temple and kitchen should be finished this winter. In addition, a solid marb
le temple is scheduled for spring, and the hundred-year-old house has been refurbished and now has a beautiful temple room, fresh outside paint and an insulated dormitory. Thus everyone is comfortably situated for the winter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are finding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are not only spiritually purifying but economically sound as well. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba says there must be a class of men dedicated to farming and cow protection. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has sent us eight cows to protect, and, as soon as Yamun\'e4 (our expectant cow) has her ca
lf, there will be sufficient milk for both the farm and the Atlanta temple (about seventy-five devotees). And by the end of this year we will have harvested literally tons of grains\'97enough to supply both ourselves and nearby temples with }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chapatis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (whole wheat bread) for the entire year. The garden is flooded with eggplants, tomatoes, zucchini a
nd beans, and this winter we will grow spinach, collards and turnips. With such abundance always at hand, graciously supplied by God, what need is there for hellish slaughterhouses to unnecessarily give pain to innocent animals?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gradually our village will expand and develop according to the Vedic standard of peace, harmony and spiritual culture. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has explained that 
if our farm projects around the world are successful then modern industry will no longer be necessary. We will not have to make propaganda; people will see our example and automatically reject the artificial way of life. From the farm we can obtain all n
ecessities\'97milk, fruits, grains, vegetables and fodder\'97to satisfy both the animals and ourselves materially, and then we can all focus our energies on spiritual development. This is the perfection of Vedic village life: to be self-sufficient and li
ve peacefully and happily in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Balavanta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Feast-ISKCON centers v10 #12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FEAST
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . . . on a multicourse banquet of exquisite vegetarian cuisine offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also . . . plays, music, dance and mantra meditation in the transcendental atmosphere of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every Sunday at all ISKCON centers listed below.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AFRICA: Johannesburg, S. Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9759 Muller St
.. Yeoville/ 43-2006; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lusaka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Zambia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Twin Palms Road. P.O. Box 971 (Central Africa); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mombassa, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Maungano Road. P.O. Box 84228. East Africa; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nairobi, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Muhoroni Close, Ngara Rd, P.O. Box 28946 (E. Africa)/ 31568; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Louis, Mauritius}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9723 Wellington Ave., Quatre Bornes, P.O. Box 718.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ASIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bombay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Road. Juhu, Bombay 400 054/ 579-373; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calcutta, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973 Albert Road, Calcutta 700017/44-3757; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hyderabad, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, A.P.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jakarta, Indonesia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gg. Kelinci IV: 8-A; }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hong Kong}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9738 Mody Rd., 4f1., Tsim Sha Tsuy, Kowloon/3-668061; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madras, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9750, Aspiran Gardens, 2nd Street Kilpauk, Madras 10/ 612515; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON International Center. P.O. Sree Mayapur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Delhi, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9719 Todar Mal Lane, New Delhi 110001; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Tehran, Iran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 66-1540, Niavaran; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tokyo, Japan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97-Saitama-ken, Tokorozawa-shi, Mikajima Ohaza 284/1429-24-5932; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vrindavan, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Krishna-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, UP/178.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AUSTRALIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adelaide, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9713A Frome St., Adelaide, S.A./ 223-5115; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Auckland, New Zealand}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lautoka, Fiji}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974 Nasoki Street, P.O. Box 125; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melbourne, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Albert Park, Victoria/ 329-9844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sydney, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97Corner Wrights Rd. and Drummoyne Ave., Drummoyne, N.S.W.
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amsterdam, Holland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Herengracht 96/ 020-249410; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Copenha
gen, Denmark}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Riggervej 11, 2660 Brond by Strand; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Edinburgh, Scotland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9714 Forrest Rd., United Kingdom EH1 2QN; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Frankfurt A. Main). W. Germany}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'976241 Schloss Rettershof, bei Konigstein-Taunus/ 06174-21357; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Geneva, Switzerland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'979, Chemin du Credo, 1213 Petit Lancy/ 921-318; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'977 
Bury Place, Bloomsbury WC1/ 01-405-1463; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paris, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 Paris/ 727.02.02;
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rome, Italy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Sede Centrale: Via Mistretta 2, (Piazza Lodi) 00182; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stockholm, Sweden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9711453 Stockholm, Grevgatan 18/60788l.
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or 473; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caracas, Venezuela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Calle Luis Roche No. 61, Colinas, De Los Chaguaramos/ 76-74-57; }{
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Africa's Bright Future:
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Africa's Bright Future:
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Independence through K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Practical solutions to Africa's economic, political and social problems. An interview with His Holiness Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4
m\'e9, Chairman of ISKCON's African Mission.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What do you regard as the challenge of the ISKCON mission
 in Africa?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The challenge of the African mission 
is the same challenge we find everywhere in the world: to go out and present K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as we have been taught it by our spiritual master, and to convince people that K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious life is the solution to the problems of mode
rn day society by showing our practical example.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Christian missionary movement has been very active in 
Africa for about one hundred years and has played a very important role in the, continent's development. How do your philosophy and practices differ from theirs?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Christian missionaries have actua
lly done a lot of good work in Africa. They have taught the people that God exists and that one should offer Him respect. But because their philosophy is based on a material }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub conce
ption of human welfare, they are mainly concerned with things like opening hospitals and schools, which can only temporarily alleviate suffering. They do not understand that the individual is actually spiritual\'97an eternal part of God or K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\'97and that real human welfare is to awaken people to this truth, which can actually liberate them from all material miseries.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What are the advantages of working here in Africa rather t
han in America or in Europe?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The main advantage is having a field 
that is still undeveloped. In one sense we can call Africa a new frontier for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The continent is tremendous\'97it is a vast conglomerate of fifty-four nations\'97and there are many challenges yet uncovered. Of course, in any p
art of the world there is opportunity for preaching, but Africa is especially suitable because it's a unique combination of East and West. We find not only large universities and modern cities but simple village life as well. We can preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness on both levels. There are also many native Indians here, and this gives us an opportunity to make life members, as we do in India. So we have a very broad field for our missionary activities.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I've heard you're establishing a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub program in Africa. Can you explain what }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a comprehensive system of social organi
zation designed to uplift everyone to the platform of spiritual understanding. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
system there are four spiritual orders and four functional classes. The four functional classes are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are the most intelligent members of society. As the spiritual authori
ties, they give direction to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who administer the government and protect the citizens. Th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub engage in trading, cow protection and farming, and in this way support the other three class
es. And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or laborers assist the other three classes. The four spiritual orders are the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (single male students), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub g\'e5hasthas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (householders following the regulative principles of spiritual life), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4napra
sthas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (those who are retired from household life), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (those who have completely renounced everything for the purpose of self-realization).
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system the same as the caste system?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but it is not the artificial cas
te system prevalent in India today, which is based on birthright. If I claim to be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  becau
se my father was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , that is artificial. For example, suppose a qualified doctor has a son.
 The son is not automatically a doctor. He may become a doctor, but he is not born a doctor. Similarly, the son of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not automatically a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He must actually qualify himself as
 a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The system we advocate accepts a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  by qualification, not by birth. This is the caste system given by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba for the benefit of human society.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When someone joins your mission, how do you determine his 
place in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don't force a person into a specif
ic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We simply let him work according to his propensities, and he naturally falls into one of these categories.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system solve the problems of society?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system, everyone's energies are directed toward serving God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This means that God is the supreme controller and owner of everything. Thus when everyone cooperates in using everything
 in His service, He provides all the necessities of life. In this way society becomes peaceful, free from the disturbances created by a godless civilization.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How are you introducing this program here in Africa?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At present we have a small-scale proj
ect in the coastal village of Kilifi, near Mombasa, Kenya. We live among the villagers, teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness at regular meetings, and apply the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  philosophy. We're getting very good results in Kilifi, and the government has recently promised us another plot of land where we will expand our activities.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How will the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system change the present economic structure of Africa?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The basic principle is to go back to 
the land. For example, here in Mauritius, the European colonists came to exploit. They took the land, which was at one time used for raising the necessities of life, and turned the island into a one-crop economy. In this way people became dependent upon 
foreign imports for their subsistence. And because they were dependent, the prices could be controlled, and the people were forced into such a degraded position that they could barely get by from day to day. The whole idea of importing and exporting, whi
ch came about as a result of colonialism, is simply artificial. If the land is properly used with an aim toward self-sufficiency, then the people will not be dependent for their livelihood upon importing and exporting. We are trying to present the idea o
f }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on a small scale with an aim toward self-sufficiency. If a man can become self-suff
icient in providing food for himself by proper use of the land and by keeping a few cows, then his primary problem is solved. Using the same land and the same simple process, he can also construct a small house and live very peacefully there with his fam
ily. Then he can begin to make cloth to provide clothing, and by following this system he will become completely freed from the unwanted things in society that simply cause agitation and disturbance. He will be in an ideal atmosphere for cultivating K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the real purpose of life.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You mentioned that trade is artificial. But doesn't it yie
ld the benefit of promoting contact between various peoples? Wouldn't total self-sufficiency lead to indifference and hostility between different people of the world?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, the only valuable connection betw
een countries\'97as between individuals\'97is on the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Every individual living entity is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, instead of each state becoming the center of activity, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba remain
s the center of activity, then there is peace and harmony between individuals as well as nations. The present system creates envy between the haves and the have-nots. Under the banner of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, however, the whole world can be unite
d with God as the center.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you have a food distribution program here like the one 
in India?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. At our temple in Nairobi we dist
ribute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Food offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba}* }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub daily, and we also prepar
e large quantities of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for distribution in villages throughout Kenya. The devotees go out every
 day in trucks and distribute the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the villages. This program has become very popular in Ken
ya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, unlike the mass food distribution program in India\'97which we may yet develop in the future\'97our main emphasis has been on teaching self-sufficiency thr
ough the establishment of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system. Many groups have come to Africa and tri
ed mass food-distribution programs, and although they temporarily relieved some suffering, they did not have the long-range effect that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  college will have. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  college we are educating people to take care of themselves and be independent of handouts from philanthropic organizations. Although we are doing both kinds of work, we find that the real future lies in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  education, which will instill a sense of pride in the people and give them what they actually want: self-s
ufficiency and, ultimately, spiritual enlightenment.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Have you had any success in making dedicated African devot
ees?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, a great deal. For example, sever
al months ago two of our men came to see me and indicated that they were very anxious to travel and preach. One of them had just been initiated, and the other had been with us for only six months. I immediately arranged for them to take books and }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  into neighboring Tanzania, where they were to open up a center in Dares Salaam. Unfortunately, they w
ere stopped at the border by immigration officials and forced to return to Nairobi. Although we were disappointed at not being able to successfully establish a center in Tanzania, we were not discouraged because the men had developed the determination to
 go out on their own and preach. Now we are arranging for them to travel and preach within Kenya. Because this preaching attitude is developing among the local men who have joined us, we are very encouraged. The desire to preach is the most important thi
ng in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do you propose to solve the challenge of preaching K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the people of Africa?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The solution lies in how effectively 
we are able to present K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as it is. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, our spiritual master, has given us the perfect example. When he came to America in 1966, he began preaching, and gradually young men and women came forward and start
ed to take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Professor Stillson Judah of Berkeley University has recently written a book about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in which he concludes That it has a very good chance of surviving in the Western world because the 
senior disciples are serious and have remained fixed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The same idea applies in Africa. Now we have nearly thirty Kenyan men and women, and we are very encouraged by their progress. Some of them have been initiated, and the
y are all taking the process very seriously and becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Therefore, we are confident the movement will spread here in Africa. We are also very encouraged that many foreign devotees\'97particularly from the United States and Euro
pe\'97are taking a new interest in the ISKCON mission in Africa. In the past year nearly fifty young men and women from America and Europe have come to Africa, and they are all enthusiastically engaged here. As long as this missionary spirit is present a
mong the members of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is sure to spread in Africa and all over the world.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. In Nairobi, Yoge\'e7a d\'e4sa ad
hik\'e4r\'e9 is training to be the president of the Nairobi temple. And in Mombasa a recent initiate named Sarvavit d\'e4sa brahmac\'e4r\'e9 is also being trained for the presidency of that city's temple. Within six months to one year these men will be a
ble to take their posts, and they will then become the leaders of the ISKCON mission in Africa. Many others are being trained in Deity worship, cooking, gardening, farming and other aspects of service, according to their capacities. They will eventually 
take over the work now being done by the foreign students of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What special programs have you instituted in Africa?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One of the most important is the life
 membership program begun in 1971. We arrived in Africa with very little money and completely dependent on the support of the local people. We do not receive money from overseas, as many other missions do. Therefore our first problem was how to raise fun
ds. At that time \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had just instituted the program of life membership in India, and we began a similar program among the Indian nationals in Africa. At first we did not even have books. We simply issued a life membership card and 
promised that in the future we would give them the books and they would receive BACK TO GODHEAD magazine every month for the rest of their lives. To date we have enrolled well over one thousand life members throughout Africa. Most of them are members of 
the Indian community, and they have given us their financial support. Any endeavor requires organization, labor, land and capital. We have the ability to organize and to provide labor, and from the local population we request capital and land. As we acqu
ire these things, we are then able to apply the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and make it work for the benefit of the local inhabitants.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our next program was starting Deity worship in the temples. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote us a letter explaining that for the new men traveling and preaching woul
d be too difficult in the beginning; therefore it would be necessary to establish temples like the ones in the West. So in 1973 we installed the Deities of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-Ba\'ecavih\'e4r\'e9 in our Nairobi temple, and by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's
 grace it has become the most popular R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in that city. On Sunday we have two feast programs, and during the week we receive many guests.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our third program is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  college, launched within the past year on an experimental basis. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system itself is well-tested and proven\'97we know it will work. It is simply up to us to become pure and determined enough to practically apply the principles in Africa.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, our traveling }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (preaching) parties are as active as ever. Just a few weeks ago we sent a group of devotees to the ancient city of Addis Ababa, high in the mountains of Ethiopia. We've received reports that they are doing very well the
re. They've met some very intelligent people who are taking interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We have high hopes that the mission will continue to expand in this way, although traveling in Africa is certainly not easy. The group that went to Ethi
opia spent five days of arduous travel to go about a thousand miles. Spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in Africa is a challenge for anyone, but I am confident we are attracting people who can meet this challenge successfully.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How have the African people received your movement here?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Very well. We've now established cent
ers in Nairobi, Johannesburg, Mombasa and Mauritius. In the beginning, people were curious, and we found large crowds gathering wherever we held a public event. But now, although we still attract large crowds wherever we go, the movement has matured to t
he point where we're beginning to interest the intelligentsia\'97the leaders of society. They are coming forward not only out of curiosity but also out of a genuine desire to learn something.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is your role in the ISKCON African mission?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am trying to practically apply the 
instructions given to me by my spiritual master. Most of the management and organization work is carried out by the African students. I simply preach and keep them enlivened and fixed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What do you feel ISKCON can contribute to the African peop
le?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As I mentioned before, the most impor
tant thing we are trying to give them is a simple, peaceful way of life, which is what everyone is looking for. They are fed up with the exploitation of the Europeans, and now the Russians and the Chinese are coming\'97all simply to exploit the land and 
the people of Africa. But we have not come here to exploit Africa; we have come to give the African people what they actually want: a peaceful, God-centered way of life. This is our most important contribution to Africa and to the world.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What advice would you give the leaders of the emerging Afr
ican nations?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They should approach those who are sp
iritually enlightened for guidance in governing their nations. Here in Mauritius, for example, we have learned through meeting some of the top ministers in the government that they are trying to develop a perfect state. According to the Vedic literatures
, a perfect state must have God at the center. During the Vedic age, such rulers as Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it and Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira presided over perfectly peaceful and prosperous God-conscious empires. There was no enmity or dissensio
n even among individuals; everyone was both materially and spiritually opulent. If the leaders of society would consult the Vedic literature, they could understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the practical solution to all the problems of modern 
life. Then, if the leaders themselves take up the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they will actually acquire the qualities necessary to govern effectively: mercifulness, cleanliness, austerity, and truthfulness. If these qualities prevail in the
 leaders of society, then the general populace will soon acquire them, and the sinful, destructive activities of illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating will automatically be eliminated. Then the entire human civilization can be saved.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How is your mission funded?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our activities are financed primarily
 through the sale of literature published in America by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. Contributions from life members are also an important source of income. As I mentioned before, we have over one thousand life members enrolled in Africa alone. We also 
have several thousand in India and Europe.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are you still seeking help from devotees in other countrie
s?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, we are interested in attracting 
serious-minded men and women to come to Africa and help us propagate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Africa is a great challenge because it is a strange place, and anyone who comes here must be prepared to make certain adjustments. But there is also an urg
ent need for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness here. Now the people of Africa are looking for development, and they are naturally trying to follow in the footsteps of those nations who appear to be most developed. To the untrained, materialistic eye, the West
ern world appears to be very advanced, but from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [scriptures] we understand that they ha
ve simply created a hellish condition of life. In fact, in the big cities of the West, many people\'97especially the youth\'97are becoming so frustrated by so-called advanced technology that they are fleeing to the country. Actually, people all over the 
world are looking for a peaceful, natural way of life, and we know by our experience within the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society how to achieve that. We are simply trying to give everyone the opportunity to take advantage of the ideal Vedic way of li
fe.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What do you see as the future of the ISKCON African missio
n?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our goal is to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness to the entire continent of Africa. By exploring areas of western and northern Africa and the islands surrounding the continent, we have found an excellent field for spreading Vedic culture. People are actually anxious to take to the Vedic w
ay of life, and we see a very bright future.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have some very serious men and women now, and they are becoming determined and eager to preach the message of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to their countrymen. As
 long as the devotees have this missionary spirit, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will be successful in Africa or in any part of the world. The real Vai\'f1\'ebava spirit is not to be satisfied simply remaining alone in a secluded place and attaining 
salvation, but to go out and preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and save all the fallen souls. The great Vai\'f1\'ebava saint Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was offered whatever he desired by the Lord, including liberation from all material miseries. But ra
ther than take liberation, Prahl\'e4da chose to stay in this world and preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that the unfortunate people could be saved and go back to home, back to Godhead. As long as this attitude prevails in ISKCON, our mission will b
e successful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you're interested in assisting the work of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in Africa, please contact Trida
\'eb\'f2\'e9 Ch\'e4yavana Sv\'e4m\'e9, ISKCON African Mission Headquarters, P.O. Box 28946, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. Telephone 331568.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18-19:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pioneers of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in Africa chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the beach at Mombasa, Kenya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At ISKCON's farm community (above) in the village of Kilifi, just north of Mombasa, a devotee teaches local youngsters bow a portable irrigation pump works. Although the community depends largely upon manu
al farming techniques, a limited amount of basic machinery is also utilized.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees give the cows special attention. Below, a farm worker bathes Mah\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, a thoroughbred Freesland cow fr
om Europe who gives about sixteen pounds of milk a day. Bathing the cows three times a week helps prevent tick fever and other diseases.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How plants grow\'97and how they can grow better\'97is the subject of this class on the Kilifi farm. The farm has attracted the interest of the Kenyan government which has recently promised ISKCON another p
lot of land to expand its programs.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mark of tilaka, an insignia of the soul, is prominently displayed on the forehead of a young student at ISKCON's primary school in Nairobi. Spiritual instruction compliments the school's standard academic 
curriculum.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Nairobi temple's special outdoor kitchen (below) a devotee prepares large amount's of a wholesome maize dish for distribution in the villages of Kenya (above). Every day thousand's of Africans benef
it from this food that's been offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His consort \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 stand as Deities at the ISKCON temple in Nairobi, a large house surrounded by gardens of sweet-smelling flowers, clear ponds, a
nd many fruit trees. The forty devotees from Africa, India, Europe and the U.S. who live and work here receive hundreds of visitors a week.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Twenty-six year old Caityaguru d\'e4sa, son of an Indian government minister, shows Bhaktivedanta Book Trust literature to students at the University of Nairobi. Devotees are now busily translating the lit
erature of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement into Swahili.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Special Kindness of Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Special Kindness of Lord Cai
tanya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, an incarnation of the Supreme Lord, appeared in India in the fifteenth century. His mis
sion was to freely distribute pure love of God to everyone without considering who was qualified or unqualified. He predicted that the whole world would one day hear the chanting of the Lord's holy names. The first of the following three narratives is ex
cerpted from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's introduction }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The final tw
o are taken from his English translation of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an extensive acc
ount of Lord Caitanya's life and teachings.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Delivering the Drunken Brothers
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya was preaching in the town of Navadv\'e9pa, two of His closest associates, Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu and Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, approached a noisy 
crowd on the main road. They learned from passers-by that two brothers, Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i, were once again causing a disturbance in a drunken condition. These two brothers had been born in a respectable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub family, but due to bad association they had become debauchees of the worst type. Not only were they drunkards, but they 
were also meat-eaters, woman hunters and thieves.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu decided that these two fallen souls must be the first to be delivered by Lord Caitanya's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement. If they were delivered from their sinful way
s, the good name of Lord Caitanya would be still more glorified. Thinking in this way, Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu and Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura pushed through the crowd and asked the two brothers to chant the holy name of Lord Hari.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This enraged Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i. The two drunks attacked Nity\'e4nanda and Harid\'e4sa with filthy language, and chased them for a considerable distance. Lat
er, when Lord Caitanya heard of the incident, He was glad that Nity\'e4nanda and Harid\'e4sa had tried to deliver such fallen souls.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day, Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu went to see the brothers again. As He approached them, M\'e4dh\'e4i threw a piece of earthen pot at Him. It struck Nity\'e4nanda 
on the forehead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and blood began to flow. But Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu was so kind that instead of protesting against the heinous act, He said, "it does not matter that you have t
hrown this pot at Me. I still request you to chant the holy name of Lord Hari." Astonished to see the mercy of Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, Jag\'e4i at once fell down at His feet and asked Him to pardon his sinful brother. When M\'e4dh\'e4i again attempted to h
urt Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, Jag\'e4i stopped him and implored him to beg for Nity\'e4nanda's mercy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, news of the attack on Nity\'e4nanda reached Lord Caitanya, who hurried to the spot in a fiery mood. The Lord immediately invoked His Sudarsana }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cakra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (His ultimate weapon, shaped like a wheel) to kill the sinners. But Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu reminded 
Him of His mission to deliver the hopelessly fallen souls of the age, of whom Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i were typical examples. Ninety-nine percent of the population of the age resemble these brothers, despite high birth and apparent respectability.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the Lord raised His Sudar\'e7ana }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cakra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu implored Him to forgive the two brothers, both Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i fell at the lotus feet of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, begging Him to forgive them for their gross behavior. After Nity
\'e4nanda reiterated their plea, the Lord agreed to accept them on one condition: that henceforward they would completely give up all their sinful activities. Both brothers agreed, and the Lord kindly accepted them. He never again referred to their past 
misdeeds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This incident illustrates the special kindness of Lord Caitanya. In this age no one can claim to be sinless. Yet Lord Caitanya accepts anyone, no matter how sinful,
 on the condition that he promise not to indulge in sinful activities after being accepted as a disciple of a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *   *   *   *
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Initiating the Buddhists
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On His extraordinary tour of South India, Lord Caitanya visited many villages, and all the residents became Vai\'f1\'ebavas (devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba) by chanting
 the holy names Hari and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In this way, many thousands of people were delivered from the miseries of material life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes the Lord would establish the supremacy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by defeating various opposing philosophies. Once, a very learned Buddhist scholar c
ame before the Lord with his disciples to establish the philosophical conclusions of Buddhism. With great pride, he set forth the nine Buddhist principles, but \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu broke them to pieces with strong logical arguments.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many people had gathered to hear the debate, and when they all began to laugh, the Buddhists, who were all atheists, became fearful and ashamed. Atheists may be ver
y expert in mental speculation and argument, but they can be defeated by a Vai\'f1\'ebava firmly situated in his conviction and God consciousness. The Buddhists understood that Lord Caitanya was a powerful Vai\'f1\'ebava, and they returned home very unha
ppy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later they began to plot against the Lord. Their plan was to discredit Him by tricking Him into eating untouchable food. The next day the Buddhists brought a plate 
of contaminated food to \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, calling it }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (spiritua
l food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba). As the food was being offered to the Lord, a very large bird swooped down, grabbed the plate with its beak and flew up into the air with it. All the food fell on the Buddhists and the plate itself fell down on the head 
of the chief Buddhist teacher, making a great sound. The teacher's head was cut by the edge of the plate, and he immediately fell to the ground unconscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this calamity, all the Buddhist disciples cried aloud and ran to the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu for shelter. They addressed Him as the Suprem
e Personality of Godhead, saying, "Sir, please excuse our offense. Please have mercy on us and bring our spiritual master back to life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord replied, "Chant the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Hari very loudly near the ear of your spiritual master. Then he will regain consciousness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Following \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's advice; all the Buddhist disciples began to chant the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Rama and Hari in unison. Soon the B
uddhist scholar regained consciousness and immediately began to chant the holy name of Lord Hari with his disciples, much to the astonishment of all the onlookers. In this way Lord Caitanya initiated the Buddhists into the chanting of the holy name of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, converting them to Vai\'f1\'ebavism by reviving their original K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Inspiring the Jungle Animals
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu decided to travel to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the place of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub named Balabhadra Bhattacarya was chosen t
o assist the Lord, and before sunrise one morning they started their journey.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the way, they passed through Jh\'e4rikha\'eb\'f2a forest. At this time the Lord was in great ecstasy due to love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Packs of tigers, elephants, r
hinoceroses and boars approached Him, but the Lord passed right through them unharmed. Balabhadra Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was very afraid, but by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's influence all the animals stood to one side.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the Lord splashed water on the bodies of some of the elephants, and they began to chant, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" and dance. Some of the elephants fel
l to the ground, and some roared in ecstasy. Seeing this, Balabhadra Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was completely astonished.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While passing through the jungle, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu chanted very loudly. Hearing His sweet voice, all the does came near Him. A group of tigers then 
joined the deer and began following the Lord. When He shouted, "Chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba! K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" the tigers and deer began to chant "K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" and dance in ecstasy. Indeed, the tigers and deer embraced each other and kissed! Balabhadra Bha
\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was struck with wonder at the sight, but \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya simply smiled to see all the fun.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way the Lord was able to deliver even the animals from the bonds of material existence.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26-27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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ly bestow benediction upon all. ({\*\bkmkstart Sri Caitanya-caritamrta}{\*\bkmkend Sri Caitanya-caritamrta}\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, {\*\bkmkstart Adi-lila}{\*\bkmkend Adi-lila}\'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4, Ch. 1, verse }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa0\li2160\fi-2160 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inside front cover:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His Divine Grace A.C. Bhak
tivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness 
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma R\'e4ma R\'e4ma Ha
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nd God does the most wonderful things of all. He creates the entire cosmic manifestation, orbiting countless planets and stars with astonishing skill and artistry. He gives light to the sun and fragrance to a rose, and He invests life in all that lives. 
Whatever wealth, wisdom, beauty, strength, fame or renunciation we see in this world is merely a fragment of His opulence. He directs the wanderings of all living beings by expanding Himself into everyone's heart. Indeed, the entire universe is pervaded 
by His energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He gives humanity great scriptures revealing the eternal truth about Himself, which can liberate us from all suffering, and He sends His representatives to teach it
. Moreover, He Himself descends into the material world and performs superhuman activities to attract and purify our minds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He knows everything\'97past, present and future\'97and never forgets any service rendered to Him, no matter how small. His glorious qualities are unlimited, and He 
is known by millions of names, like K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rama. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra is both a glorification of God and an appeal to be engaged in His service. Find out more in this issue of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness  v11#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara d\'e4s
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa, Bibh\'e4vati-
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4
sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
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ala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, Kala\'ecka d\'e4sa, Bhakta Lennie.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1975 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover  v11#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the supremely beautiful Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on this earth five thousand years ago, He showed by His own
 example how the cow should be protected and revered.\line (An original oil painting by Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Special Centerfold Section }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The continuing}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub presentation of India's great spiritual classic. Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9l
a Prabhup\'e4da first carne to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mov
ement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present topics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Crime: Why and What to Do
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CRIME: WHY AND WHAT TO DO
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Criminals struck every three seconds in the United States as crime rose a dramatic eighteen percent in 1974. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da 
discusses the problem with Chicago Police Department media relations expert Lt. David Mozee. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [related BTG }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub article}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SSR}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I understand you have some ideas that could 
help us in our efforts to prevent crime. I'd be very interested to hear them.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The difference between a pious man a
nd a criminal is that one is pure in heart and the other is dirty. This dirt is like a disease in the form of uncontrollable lust and greed in the heart of the criminal. Today people in general are in this diseased condition, and thus crime is very wides
pread. When the people become purified of these dirty things, crime will disappear. The simplest process of purification is to assemble in congregation and chant the holy names of God. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and is the basis of our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. So, if you want to stop crime, then you must gather as many people as possible
 for mass }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This congregational chanting of the holy name of God will dissipate all the d
irty things in everyone's heart. Then there will be no more crime.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you have any feelings about crime here in 
the United States as opposed to the crime in your own country of India?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is your definition of crime?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Any trampling on the rights of one person by 
another person.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Yes. Our definition is the same. In 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said, }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Everything belongs to God." So, everyone has the right
 to utilize whatever is allotted to him by God, but he may not encroach upon others' property. If he does so, he becomes a criminal. Actually the first crime is that you Americans are thinking this land of America is yours. Although two hundred years ago
 it was not yours, you have come from other parts of the world and claimed it as your land. Actually it is God's land, and therefore it belongs to everyone, since everyone is a child of God. But the vast majority of people have no conception of God. Prac
tically speaking, everyone is godless. Therefore they should be educated to love God. In America, your government has a slogan: "In God we trust." Is that correct?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But where is the education about God
? To trust is very good, but simple trust will not endure unless it is backed up with scientific knowledge of God. One may know that he has a father, but unless he knows who his father is, his knowledge is imperfect. And that education in the science of 
God is lacking.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you feel that it's lacking only here in th
e United States?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : No. Everywhere. The age we live in i
s called Kali-yuga, the age of forgetting God. It is an age of misunderstanding and quarrel, and the people's hearts are filled with dirty things. But God is so powerful that if we chant His holy name we become purified, just as my disciples have become 
purified of their bad habits. Our movement is based on this principle of chanting the holy name of God. We give everyone the opportunity, without any distinction. They can come to our temple, chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub take a little }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Foo
d first offered to the Supreme Lord.}* }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as refreshment, and gradually become purified. So if the governmental authorities give us some facilities, then we can hold mass }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, without a doubt, the whole society will change.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If I understand you correctly, sir, you are s
aying that we should emphasize a return to religious principles.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Certainly. Without religious princip
les what is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the difference between a dog and a man? Man can understand religion, but a dog cannot. That is the difference. So if human society remains on the level of dogs and cat
s, how can you expect a peaceful society? If you bring a dozen dogs and put them together in a room, will it be possible to keep them peaceful? Similarly, if human society is filled with men whose mentality is on the level of dogs, how can you expect pea
ce?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If some of my questions sound disrespectful, 
it is only because I do not completely understand your religious beliefs. I mean no disrespect whatsoever.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, it is not a question of my relig
ious beliefs. I am simply pointing out the distinction between human life and animal life. Animals cannot possibly learn anything about God, but human beings can. However, if human beings are not given the facility to learn about God, then they remain on
 the level of cats and dogs. You cannot have peace in a society of cats and dogs. Therefore, it is the duty of the governmental authorities to see that people are taught how to become God conscious. Otherwise, there will be trouble, because without God c
onsciousness there is no difference between a dog and a man: the dog eats, we eat; the dog sleeps, we sleep; a dog has sex, we have sex; a dog tries to defend itself, and we also try to defend ourselves. These are the common factors. The only difference 
is that a dog cannot be instructed about his relationship with God, but a man can.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Wouldn't peace be a precursor to a return to 
religion? Must we not first have peace?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, no, that is the difficulty. At t
he present moment, no one actually knows the meaning of religion. Religion means to abide by the laws of God, just as good citizenship means to abide by the laws of the government. Because no one has any understanding of God, no one knows the laws of God
, or the meaning of religion. This is the present status of people in today's society. They are forgetting religion, taking it to be a kind of faith. Faith may be blind faith. Faith is not the real description of religion. Religion means the laws given b
y God, and anyone who follows those laws is religious, whether a Christian, a Hindu, or a Muslim.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With all due respect, isn't it true that in I
ndia, where religious customs have been followed for centuries upon centuries, we are seeing not a return but a drawing away from spiritual life?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but it is due only to bad leade
rship. Otherwise, the vast majority of the Indian people are fully conscious of God, and they try to follow the laws of God. Here in the West, even big college professors do not believe in God, or life after death. But in India, even the poorest man beli
eves in God, and in a next life. He knows that if he commits sins he will suffer and if he acts piously he will enjoy. To this day, if there is a disagreement between two villagers, they will go to the temple to settle it, because everyone knows that the
 opposite parties will hesitate to speak lies before the Deities. So in most respects, India is still eighty percent religious. That is the special privilege of taking birth in India, and the special responsibility also. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu 
has said,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'e4rata-bh\'fcmite haila manu\'f1ya-janma y\'e4ra\line janma s\'e4rthaka kari\'92 kara para-upak\'e4ra\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, Adi }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.41}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone who has taken birth in India should make his life perfect by becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Then he should distribute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness all ov
er the world.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sir, there is a Christian parable that says i
t is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to come before the throne of God. Do you think the wealth of the United States and other Western countries is a block to spiritual faith?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Too much wealth is a block. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba states in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub 2.44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhogai\'e7varya-prasakt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line tay\'e4pah\'e5ta-cetas\'e4m\line vyavas\'e4y\'e4tmik\'e4 buddhi\'f9\line sam\'e4dhau n
a vidh\'e9yate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one is materially very opulent, he forgets God. Therefore too much material wealth is a disqualification for understanding God. Although there is no absolute law
 that only the poor man can understand God, generally if one is extraordinarily rich, his only ambition is to acquire money, and it is difficult for him to understand spiritual teachings.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In America, those who belong to the Christian
 faith also believe these things. I don't see any vast differences between the spiritual beliefs of one religious group and another.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the essence of all religion is 
the same. Our proposal is that whatever religious system one follows, he should try to understand God and love Him. If you are a Christian, we do not say, "That is no good; you must become like us." Our proposition is that whether you are a Christian, Mu
slim, or Hindu, simply try to understand God and love Him.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If I could return to my original purpose for 
coming, might I ask what advice you could give to assist us in reducing crime? I recognize that the first and foremost way would be a return to God, as you say\'97there's no doubt about that\'97but is there something that we could immediately do to dimin
ish this spreading criminal mentality?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. As I've already outlined in the
 beginning of our talk, you should give us the facility to chant the holy name of God and distribute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Then there will be a tremendous change in the population. I came alone from India, and now I have many followers. What did I do? I asked them to sit down and chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and afterwards I distributed a little }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If this is done on a mass scale, the entire society will become very pleasing. This is a fact.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Would you want to start the program in an are
a of affluence or an area of poverty?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We do not draw such distinctions. An
y place easily available to all kinds of men would be very suitable to hold }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no
 restriction that only the poor men need the benefit, but the rich do not. Everyone needs to be purified. Do you think criminality exists only in the poorer section of society?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. But I meant to ask whether there would be
 more of a beneficial influence\'97more of a strengthening of the community\'97if the program were held in a poorer area rather than an affluent area.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our treatment is for the spiritually
 diseased person. When a person is afflicted with a disease, there are no distinctions between a poor man and a rich man. They are both admitted to the same hospital. Just as the hospital should be in a place where both the poor man and the rich man can 
easily come, similarly the location of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub facility should be easily accessible to all. 
Since everyone is materially infected, everyone should be able to take advantage.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The difficulty is that the rich man thinks he's perfectly healthy, although he's the most diseased of all. But as a policeman, you well k
now that there's criminality among rich men and poor men alike. So our chanting process is for everyone because it cleanses the heart, regardless of the man's opulence or poverty. The only way to permanently change the criminal habit is to change the hea
rt of the criminal. As you well know, many thieves are arrested numerous times and put into jail. Although they know that if they commit theft they will go to jail, still they are forced to steal because of their unclean hearts. Therefore without cleansi
ng the heart of the criminal, you cannot stop crime simply by more stringent law enforcement. The thief and the murderer already know the law, yet they still commit violent crimes due to their unclean hearts. So our process is to cleanse the heart. Then 
all the troubles of this material world will be solved.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's a very difficult task, sir.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not difficult. Simply invite e
veryone: "Come, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dance and take sumptuous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da!"}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the difficulty? We are doing this at our centers, and people are coming. But because we have very little money, we can hold }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only on a small scale. We invite everyone, and gradually people are coming to
 our centers and becoming devotees. If the government would give us a large facility, however, we could expand unlimitedly. And the problem is big; otherwise why are there national news articles asking what to do? No civil state wants this criminality. T
hat's a fact. But the leaders do not know how to stop it. If they listen to us, however, we can give them the answer: Why crime? Because people are godless. And what to do? Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you like, you can adopt this process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Otherwise, we will continue condu
cting it on a small scale. We are just like a poor medical man with a small private practice who could open a big hospital if he's given the facility. The government is the executor. If they take our advice and adopt the process }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of sa\'eck\'e9rtana,}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then the problem of}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub crime will be solved.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are many Christian organizations in the
 United States that give the holy communion. Why doesn't this work? Why is this not cleansing the heart?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To speak frankly, I find it difficul
t to find one real Christian. The so-called Christians do not abide by the Bible's order. One of the ten commandments in the Bible is, "Thou shalt not kill." But where is that Christian who does not kill by eating the flesh of the cow? The process of cha
nting the Lord's holy name and distributing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will be effective if carried out by persons who are actually practicing religion. My disciples are trained to strictly follow religious principles, and therefore their chanting of the holy name of God is different from others'. Th
eirs is not simply a rubber-stamped position. They have realized the purifying power of the holy name through practice.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sir, isn't the difficulty that although a sma
ll circle of priests and devotees may follow the religious principles, those on the fringe deviate and cause trouble? For example, assume that the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement grows to gigantic proportions, as Christianity has. Wouldn't you then have a p
roblem with people on the fringe of the movement who professed to be followers, but were actually not?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That possibility is always there, bu
t all I am saying is that if you are not a true Christian, then your preaching will not be effective. And because we are strictly following religious principles, our preaching will be effective in spreading God consciousness and alleviating the problem o
f crime.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lieutenant Mozee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sir, let me thank you for your time. I will d
eliver this tape recording to my superiors. Hopefully, it will be effective, as you are effective.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s170 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s170 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If human beings are not given the facility to learn about God, then they remain on the level of cats and dogs. You cannot have peace in a society of cats and dogs."
\par }\pard \s170 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Give us the facility to chant the holy name of God and distribute pras\'e4da. If this is done on a mass scale, the entire society will become very pleasing."
\par }\pard \s170 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li1440\ri1440 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The thief and the murderer already know the law, yet they still commit violent crimes due to their unclean hearts. So our process is to cleanse the heart. Then all the troubles of this material world will be solved."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 How I Came to the }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Movement
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub How I Came to the }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness Movement
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Du\'f9khahant\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as told to Bibh\'e4vati-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I was a young girl in Bordentown, New Jersey, I went to a strict Catholic elementary school. The religious training I received there wasn't too satisfying, tho
ugh. I remember asking questions like, "Is God old?" "What does He look like?" "What does He do all day?" Unfortunately, none of my teachers could answer these questions, so I began reading outside books to satisfy my curiosity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During my high school years, I became very interested in journalism\'97especially the technical aspects of graphics and printing. After I graduated, I got a job at 
Princeton University Press as an IBM type composer. They put me to work composing a thousand-page book on the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the evenings I read books on Oriental religion and mysticism, looking for answers to the questions that had first occu
rred to me in grade school. But the books were all very vague. They talked about things like "the light" and "cosmic consciousness," but they never gave any concrete answers to my basic questions. One book told me that to meditate I must sit down and try
 to clear my mind of all thoughts. But when I sat down and tried to do this, all of a sudden I thought, "How can you possibly clear your mind of all thoughts if you're thinking about clearing your mind of all thoughts? That's a thought, and you always ha
ve to keep that thought in your mind in order to do it." So I just threw the book out. Meanwhile, I was becoming very bored with the Arab-Israeli conflict.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day a friend of mine showed me a book she had gotten from a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotee. It was called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , The book's introduction alone was so complete\'97it explained all the things I'd been wondering about! I didn't know an
ything about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, but I was so impressed with the book's author, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, that I said to myself, "He must be my spiritual master." Following his instructions in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , I started chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A few months later, while browsing in a bookstore, I found another book by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . It was the most beautiful book I'd ever seen. I was very excited about it, so I bought it, took it home, and began to read it. I 
couldn't put it down. Everyday, I brought the book to work with me. That wonderful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  changed my life. In fact, it convinced me to become a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day I was working at my desk when a young man walked into the office. I immediately noticed his saffron robes and shaven head, and then I saw that he was carryi
ng a copy of the same }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I had on my desk. He was a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotee,
 and he'd come to Princeton Press to check on their book production methods. I'd never met a devotee before, but I'd been praying to K\'e5\'f1\'eba to send someone, and I felt that this devotee had been sent by K\'e5\'f1\'eba for my sake.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later, when I had a chance to talk with him, my first question was, "Do you need any composers?" I'd noticed that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was published by ISKCON Press, and I'd daydreamed of working for them. "If I can compose books like the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ," I told him, "I'll work for free." The devotee, whose name was R\'e4dh\'e4vallabha d
\'e4sa, encouraged me to visit the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in New York. He told me about the four basic rules of spiritual life: no meat eating, gambling, illicit sex or intoxication. I immediately began following them because I saw how pure and happy
 he was, and I wanted to be like that.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon afterward I visited the temple in New York. Everyone was very friendly, especially one girl named Rukmi\'eb\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, who went out of her way to be pleas
ant and encouraged me to move in with the devotees and take up their way of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back in Princeton, I thought about everything that had happened, and I decided to become a full-time devotee. After moving into the temple I immediately began to co
mpose my spiritual master's books at ISKCON Press, and I've been working there ever since. Sometimes, during a rush, I work up to sixteen hours a day, but because these books are sacred, I feel very fulfilled. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the practica
l }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I'd been looking for all along.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finding K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was like finding a rain cloud in the desert. It's revealing the truths I've always wanted to know. And I'm especially fortunate
 to be working on the books of my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, for in this way I am helping others to also find out the truth.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Reincarnation\'97The Soul's Journey on the Wheel of Birth and Death
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Reincarnation\'97The Soul's Jour
ney on the Wheel of Birth and Death
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By D\'e4modara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The vast wheel of birth and death carries the soul on its seemingly endless sojourn through 8,400,000 species of life. A
t the top of the wheel is human life, which, if spent wisely, can liberate the soul from the bondage of repeated birth and death.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Ra\'efcora d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was twenty-six." Henry Ford said that in the San Francisco}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Examiner }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on August 26, 1928}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This surprising announcement put him in the ranks of a select group of Americans\'97Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Tom Paine, and of course Emerson, Thoreau and Whitman\'97who believed that the soul goes on
 to a new body when the present body dies. We tend to think of reincarnation, or transmigration of the soul, as a recent import from India, but actually the concept of reincarnation plays an important role in the philosophical and theological tradition o
f the West. Plato, who lived in Greece during the fourth century B.C. and who helped lay the foundations of Western philosophy, held that "a soul is allied with different bodies at different times." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Laws, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.903)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub And in the third century A.D., Origen, one of the fathers of the Christian Church, wrote in his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First Principles:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub By some inclination towards evil [certain] souls lose their wings and come into bodies, first of men; then th
rough their association with the irrational passions, after the allotted span of human life they are changed into beasts, from which they sink to the level\'85of plants. From this condition they rise again to the same stages and are restored to their hea
venly place.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, as Christian theology solidified over the centuries, this view became decidedly heretical, and in A.D. 553}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Emperor Justinian issued his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anathemas Against Origen: }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If anyone assert the fabulous pre-existence of souls and the monstrous restoration which follows from it, let him be anathema [cursed]." This edict snuffed out almost all talk of 
transmigration throughout Christendom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Was Justinian right to condemn the idea of reincarnation as "fabulous" and "monstrous," or is the soul actually "allied with different bodies at different times," a
s Plato thought? The best way to settle the matter is to go directly to the source\'97the earliest mention of reincarnation. Fortunately, the earliest records of transmigration are also the most philosophically complete. They're found in the Vedic Sanskr
it literature written around 3,000}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B.C. In India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic view of reincarnation is clearly explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which is universally accepted as the essence of Vedic spiritual knowledge. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba enlightens His student and friend Arjuna in the science of self-realization, beginning with a lucid presentation of the process of reincarnation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Soul Within the Body
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right at the beginning of His instruction to Arjuna, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares that transmigration of the soul is a fact: "As the embodied soul passes, in this b
ody, from boyhood, to youth, to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The existence of the soul\'97an unchanging conscious principle within an ever-changing material body\'97is implied by the recent findings of modern science. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The
 Human Brain, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Professor John Pfeiffer points out that "your body does not contain a single one of the molecules that it contained seven years ago." He compares the living body
 to a whirlpool. The form doesn't change, but all the ingredients stream through at a dizzying pace. In his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Foundations of Biology, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub L. L. Woodruff gives another apt analogy:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'85The old saying that the materials forming the human body change completely every seven years is a tacit r
ecognition that lifeless material, in the form of food, is gradually transformed into similar living matter under the influence of the body. Indeed, just as a geyser retains its individuality from moment to moment, though it is at no two instants compose
d of the same two molecules of water identically placed, so the living individual is a focus into which materials enter, play a part for some time, and then emerge to become dissipated in the environment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, during the seventy-year lifetime of an average American, he has "died" and been "reborn" ten times. Of course, unlike the body's ultimate demise, when personal 
identity seems to end, these intermediate "deaths" don't destroy the body's structure and personal characteristics. Be that as it may, however, the physical substances of a seventy-year-old person's body have actually changed ten times over. Has he been 
ten different people? Of course not. But then what exactly do we mean by the word "person"?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The best way to answer this question is to contemplate the person we know best\'97ourselves\'97through a simple exercise in memory. For instance, the farthest back 
I can remember is a day when I was about one-and-a-half years old. I was asking my mother if she could understand what I had been saying to her. I didn't know the right words, though, and I became very frustrated. In my mind this incident sticks out vivi
dly\'97what it was like physically and psychologically. Through such memories I can directly experience the continuity of my existence over the years. I can recall millions of things I did, saw, heard and felt. No one else enjoyed or suffered all these t
hings\'97only I did. Thus I as a person am continuous, despite the discontinuity of my body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Going further, I can become aware that my emotions, thoughts and memories are also ever-changing. I'm actually an observer of even these mental phenomena. They are 
flowing by me in the same way that the molecules of my physical body are flowing by me. My body is a gross form made of gross particles, and my mind is a subtle form made of subtle particles. But I'm neither one of them. The person I call myself is in re
ality a continuity of consciousness\'97an eternal spiritual soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The question now arises, "Why haven't the scientists found the soul?" The simple answer is that an empirical scientist observes everything through his material sens
es and mind, which are too gross to perceive the subtle spiritual soul. There are some scientists, however, who do understand something of the existence of the person beyond the mind and body. For example, physicist Irwin Schroedinger, who in 1933 won th
e Nobel Prize in physics for his work in wave mechanics, wrote in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What Is Life?: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Even if a skill
ed hypnotist succeeded in blotting out all your earlier reminiscences, you would not find that he had killed you. In no case is there a loss of personal existence to deplore. Nor will there ever be." Of course, the most definitive statement on this subje
ct is given by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself: "For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." (Bg.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Sojourn of the Soul
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How you (the soul) pass from one body to another is explained by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba through a striking analogy: "Just as a person puts on new garments, giving up o
ld ones, similarly the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains that the mind is the mechanism behind these transmigrations: "Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, that state he will attain wit
hout fail [in his next life]." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Everything we've thought and done during our life makes an impression on our mind, and the sum total of all these impressions determines our final thoughts at death, According to the quality of these thoughts, we are awarded a s
uitable new body after death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I remember that when I was ten or twelve, back in the early fifties, we used to jokingly say things like "Don't kill that fly! It may be your great-grandfather!" Th
at wasn't too far off, but we missed the real point of transmigration, which is that our next body after this one is better or worse according to the quality of our activities in this life. If we're saintly, we'll get a saintly body next time, but if we'
re doggish, we'd better prepare ourselves for a dog's life after this one. This is the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub which states that for every action we perform, either good or bad, there is an appropriate reaction to be reaped either in this life or in a future life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So the millionaire and the genius are reaping the benefits of good }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the pauper and the dunce, having committed sinful activities, are getting their just deserts. Perhaps we would like the system better if everyone became a millionaire or a genius, but
 the purpose of the law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not to provide us a cozy homestead in the material world. The purpose is to bring us to the point of asking the all-important question: "How can I escape from
 the painful cycle of birth and death?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And a tediously painful cycle it is. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the vast cosmic wheel of birth and death rolls through }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8,400,000}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub species of life: 900,000 aquatics, 2,000,000 plants, 1,100,000 insects, 1,000,000 birds, 3,000,000 quadrupeds, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 400,000}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub humans. If you start at the lowest level
, you first have to pass through the very simplest one-celled organisms before reaching those with sense perception. Finally, you evolve through all the mammals up to the human stage. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains that after death "the living entity, thus taki
ng another gross body, obtains a certain type of eye, ear, tongue, nose}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and sense of touch, whic
h are grouped about the mind. He thus enjoys a particular set of sense objects." (Bg. 15.9) Therefore the type of body we have now is an expression of our consciousness at the time of our last death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Origen guessed back in the third century, the path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub doesn't always lead uphill. Once having reached the human stage, we can fall back down into lower forms of life if we misuse the facilities of the human body. The human form is special because only 
human beings have sufficient intelligence to inquire into the means for getting out of the cycle of birth and death. Only in the human form can we stop identifying ourselves with the bodies we are passing through and learn to see our spiritual identity w
ithin. Once we realize our eternal, indestructible spiritual nature, we are free from the vicious cycle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Soul and the Supersoul
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To actually establish ourselves on the spiritual platform, not only must we know ourselves (spirit) and matter (our bodies, minds and the world around us), but we m
ust know the controller of both (God) as well. We know that God exists because there's no other sensible explanation for the design of the universe. A story about Isaac Newton illustrates this point well. The famous British scientist once made an intrica
te model of the solar system. Somehow he'd figured out how to gear miniature planets to revolve around a miniature sun in a facsimile of their observed orbits. One day an acquaintance, an atheist, dropped by his house and was astonished by the ingenious 
machine.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Who made this wonderful machine?" he asked. "Nobody," Newton replied. "It just happened." "Oh come now, stop teasing me. Who put together this machine?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Well," said Newton, "you're convinced that some person constructed this machine. But when you confront the entire universe, which is manufactured with a degree of 
precision far beyond that of this model, and on a scale infinitely greater, then you say it just happened by chance. Why is that? Only because you don't want to admit there's a person so great he could do such a thing. But there is, and He is God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What role God plays in our sojourn throughout the many species of life in the material world is explained by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart\'85and is directing the wanderings of all living
 entities, who are seated as on a machine made of the material energy." (Bg. 1}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When we transmigrate from one body to another, we forget all our past activities and unfulfilled desires. But the omniscient Lord, the eternal witness within our heart, knows all 
these things, and He fashions another body just suitable for us to try to satisfy our unfulfilled desires.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the only way to escape from the chained victimization of repeated birth and death in this material world is to transform our mentality in such a way that at th
e moment of death we'll be completely free of all material desires. It's not necessary, or even possible, to stop desiring altogether; rather, it is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub quality }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of our desires that must change\'97from material to spiritual. Material desires we're familiar with\'97we've been cultivating them all our lives. But what are spiritual desires, and how c
an we cultivate them? K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Engage your mind alway
s in thinking of Me and become My devotee. Offer obeisances and worship Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will come to Me." (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At present we are always absorbed in thoughts of material well-being. As we have seen, however, this mentality inevitably leads to the misery and frustration of rep
eated birth and death. To be released from this painful wheel of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we need only transfer our
 thoughts to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then, at the time of death, He will award us a spiritual body to enjoy eternal, blissful association with Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The easiest way to absorb our mind in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is to hear and chant His glories, beginning with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4
ma, Hare Hare. In addition, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has written many books describing the activities, qualities and words of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By sincerely trying to follow the instructions found in these books, all of 
which contain the highest Vedic wisdom, one can cultivate loving devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and go back home, back to Godhead at the end of this lifetime.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Feast-ISKCON centers v11 #1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FEAST
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . . . on a multicourse banquet of exquisite vegetarian cuisine offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also . . . plays, music, dance and mantra meditation in the transcendental atmosphere of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every Sunday at all ISKCON centers listed below.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AFRICA: Johannesburg, S. Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9759 Muller St
.. Yeoville/ 43-2006; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lusaka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Zambia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Twin Palms Road. P.O. Box 971 (Central Africa); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mombassa, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Maungano Road. P.O. Box 84228. East Africa; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nairobi, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Muhoroni Close, Ngara Rd, P.O. Box 28946 (E. Africa)/ 31568; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Louis, Mauritius}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9723 Wellington Ave., Quatre Bornes, P.O. Box 718.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ASIA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bombay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Road. Juhu, Bombay 400 054/ 579-373; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calcutta, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973 Albert Road, Calcutta 700017/44-3757; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hyderabad, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, A.P.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jakarta, Indonesia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gg. Kelinci IV: 8-A; }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hong Kong}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9738 Mody Rd., 4f1., Tsim Sha Tsuy, Kowloon/3-668061; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madras, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9750, Aspiran Gardens, 2nd Street Kilpauk, Madras 10/ 612515; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Delhi, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9719 Todar Mal Lane, New Delhi 110001; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tehran
, Iran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 66-1540, Niavaran; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tokyo, Japan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Krishna-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, UP/178.
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\cb1\nosupersub Auckland, New Zealand}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lautoka, Fiji}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974 Nasoki Street, P.O. Box 125; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melbourne, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Albert Park, Victoria/ 329-9844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sydney, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97Corner Wrights Rd. and Drummoyne Ave., Drummoyne, N.S.W.
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amsterdam, Holland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Herengracht 96/ 020-249410; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Copenha
gen, Denmark}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Riggervej 11, 2660 Brond by Strand; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Edinburgh, Scotland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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XT 37\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 4 TEXT 15
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News  v11#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A brief look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP\'c4DA VISITS MAURITIUS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A recent tour of Africa took His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da through East and South Africa, and to the island state of Mauritius, six hundre
d miles off the coast of Madagascar. There he spoke with many people, among them Mr. Khemraj Gungah, president of the Narmadesvara Sivalaya temple in Rose Bell, and Mr. Gautum Teelock, ex-Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture. Contrastin
g ancient Vedic culture with modern civilization, His Divine Grace noted:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Vedic society is based on the principle of love\'97between husband and wife, father and son, the king and the citizens, and so on. Civilization must be founded on 
love, not law. By law you cannot make a person love you. First he must love you, then he will gladly follow your law.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Modern civilization lacks this basis of love, so everything is superficial and false. But if devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba [God] is made the basic principle, then peo
ple will be happy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knowing of local plans to reorganize social and political structures, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then proposed that an ideal state based on the instructions of }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be se
t up in Mauritius. "People will be very inclined to it," he said. "In a big state\'97especially a highly industrialized one\'97it would not be possible, but in a small state like Mauritius you can make it happen. You wouldn't be making a new experiment. 
This experiment has already been made and proven successful. In Vedic days, people lived strictly according to the principles summarized by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  They made the test and proved that the principles are true. So you just have to follow what is already there. You simply have to accept the Vedic authority."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and his disciples meet with Mr. Gungab and Mr. Teelock.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ISKCON Flourishing in Latin America
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Returning from a ten-week tour of Latin America, His Holiness Hrdayananda d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, director of ISKCON's activities in that part of the world, reported
 that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is flourishing there. "We're even distributing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books in the middle of the Amazon jungle," he said. He went on to describe how a small party of devotees rode a jungle boat up the 
Amazon river to the city of Manaus in the interior of Brazil. They stayed there for one week, distributing literature and giving talks on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Elsewhere in Brazil, thirty devotees transformed a large house in the modern city of Sao Paulo into a gracious temple. They're looking forward to touring the countr
y in a newly acquired bus to distribute the forthcoming Portuguese-language }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad,}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Another new facility is a beautiful fifty-acre 
farm about one hundred miles north of Rio de Janeiro.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In San Jose, Costa Rica, His Holiness met with acting President Jose Guzman and later made two one-hour guest appearances on Costa Rica's most popular TV talk show.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And in Trinidad, the devotees went to court after the police tried to stop their public chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The verdict? "Why are you bothering these r
espectable young men and women?"}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the judge asked the police. "Let them go on with their work. The
y're doing good."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Cow Protection - Practical Necessity for a Peaceful Society
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub COW PROTECTION\line Practical Ne
cessity for a Peaceful Society
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Photographs by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub SPEAKING ON THE TROUBLED CONDITION }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of our modern world, the late historian Arnold Toy
nbee once said, "The cause of it [the world's malady] is spiritual. We are suffering from having sold our souls to the pursuit of an objective which is both spiritually wrong and practically unobtainable. We have to reconsider our objective and change it
. And until we do this, we shall not have peace, either amongst ourselves or within each of us."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The conditions of our urbanized, technology-oriented society that prompted Dr. Toynbee's remarks are no mystery to us. Especially in the West, and increasingly in t
he rest of the world, the mad quest for artificial luxuries has created a chaotic atmosphere pervaded by greed and power-seeking. The goal of life? "How many ways can I make money?" and "How many ways can I spend it?" The results of such a philosophy are
 painfully evident: internationally, we face the risk of nuclear destruction; nationally, crime waves and political corruption rule the land; and individually, we are plagued with anxiety, frustration and despair. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the unfortunate result of a society without spiritual direction. According to the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a truly peaceful, progressive society must be based on service to God. Such a spiritually evolved civilization actually flouris
hed on this planet five thousand years ago and the people were rich in both spiritual and material assets. The Supreme Lord was pleased with the service rendered by the citizens, and thus He profusely supplied the necessities of life\'97milk, food grains
, fruits, vegetables, silk, cotton, minerals and jewels. Being fully satisfied spiritually, people did not look for pleasure in artificial sensual stimulation indulged in at the cost of health and sanity. People lived simply, close to nature and close to
 God\'97free of the encumbrances of a modern mechanistic civilization. Dwelling on tracts of land suitable for complete self-sufficiency, Vedic agricultural families used all the resources at hand. Because the cows were treated very affectionately and pr
otected from any harm, they were very joyful and secure. Thus, they contributed much greater amounts of milk than today's animals. The very valuable cow dung was used not only as a fertilizer but also as a heating and cooking fuel, and even as a cleanser
. (Modern science has confirmed the disinfectant properties of cow dung.) And bulls provided the muscle for plowing and harvesting the fields, milling the grain, and pulling oxcarts full of people and commodities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Accustomed as we are to modern conveniences, we may regard such a life as primitive and far from ideal. However, when the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba appe
ared on this planet five thousand years ago, He showed by His own example that for both material prosperity and spiritual advancement, human civilization must maintain the cow and bull very carefully.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At New V\'e5nd\'e4vana, ISKCON's Vedic village near Moundsville, West Virginia, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's example is being put into practice. Established by His Divine 
Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da nine years ago, New V\'e5nd\'e4vana now spreads over one thousand acres of hilly farmland and is a perfect example of the benefits derived from organizing society according to the principles of cow protection and service t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His Holiness K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, leader of the New V\'e5nd\'e4vana community, describes the project's purpose: "It is a great vision of presenting to everyone, not only in this country but in the whole world, how one can bec
ome K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious living just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba lived in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, depending on nature and the cows."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following is a conversation between BTG staff photographer Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 and two cowherd men of New
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 d\'e4s\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You seem to enjoy working with cow
s very much. Can you tell us why?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ambar\'e9\'f1a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The cows here at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana ar
e special. You can sense this immediately when you come in contact with them. They're K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cows. They\'92re very dear to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when you work with them it's easy to remember Him. They're mellow and their temperament reflects on y
ou.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You have to approach them with an attitude of service. By relating to them on a personal basis and serving them with a humble attitude, you can see them as living b
eings with feelings and personalities. Most farmers raise cows with a dollar sign in their mind. It's very impersonal. Regular dairy farmers or ranchers use the cow as a machine or a tool for their own selfish ends. It's very gross. But when we serve K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's cows, we realize that each one has a specific personality.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 d\'e4s\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why do you say that these cows at 
New V\'e5nd\'e4vana are K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cows? Aren't all the cows everywhere K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cows?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ambar\'e9\'f1a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but these cows are special. They b
elong to K\'e5\'f1\'eba even more because they're serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba more. That is, their milk is being offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temple here. That's why we take so much trouble with them. Because the milk they give is for the pleasure of Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Also, these cows are happier than cows on other farms. Most farmers send their cows to the slaughterhouse when they get to be a certain age. The cows know they're going to be slaughtered\'97they can sense it. They seem very sad, so they'
re less attractive. But our cows know they're not going to be slaughtered\'97they know they're being protected. They're a lot happier, and they give lots of milk.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 d\'e4s\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What's your daily routine?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ga\'ebendra d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One of the best things about working with 
cows is that your life becomes well regulated. We get up at two in the morning to milk the cows. It's very nice because we know we're doing it just to please Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. It puts us right on the transcendental plane first thing in the day.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The schedule fits in nicely with our temple routine. We milk the cows at two o'clock, and as soon as we're done milking, we go into the temple and attend the mornin
g functions. We're busy all the time this way, and we don't fall down to a mundane level. The early morning hours are the best time for spiritual practice.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ambar\'e9\'f1a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Cows are the most regulated animals I k
now. They eat at a certain time, are milked at a certain time, go out to the fields at a certain time, walk so many hours a day, chew their cud for so many hours a day. Their bodies function on a tight schedule, and whenever this schedule is upset even a
 little bit, they immediately let you know. So you have to be really fixed in your duty. You have to think, "If I don't milk the cows, they'll get sick, and then they won't give any milk." The devotees who are cooking the food that gets offered to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba are thinking the same thing\'97"If I don't cook this offering for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then He won't get anything to eat." The consciousness is very personal, very nice.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ga\'ebendra d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It's just like with people. There's always
 an exchange of feelings. Since the cow is a person too, when we become friendly toward them, each cow responds personally. That's how cows are\'97the more affectionate you are to them, the more affectionate they are to you. They give more milk and are h
appier.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ambar\'e9\'f1a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's one thing about New V\'e5nd\'e4v
ana. All the animals here are free from anxiety, and anyone who comes here feels that and also becomes free from anxiety. Recently a newspaper reporter visited us, and he wrote in his article that when you're at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana you may not realize ho
w free from the mundane rat race you are, but as soon as you go back you understand that you've been in a transcendental place.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 d\'e4s\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you think it's practical to put
 so much emphasis on the cow?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ga\'ebendra d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, we've seen here that cows actually c
an support human society materially and spiritually. In fact, that's the purpose of the cow. They give more milk than their calves can drink. So the extra milk is meant for us\'97it helps us develop a good brain for understanding spiritual life. Also, sh
e supplies pure cow dung that can be recycled into the fields to cultivate the grains and the pastures. And the bull helps till the fields. In this way a perfect cycle is maintained. We cultivate crops on land fertilized with manure; then we offer the fo
od to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba: K\'e5\'f1\'eba eats sumptuously, we eat sumptuously, the cows eat sumptuously, and everyone is satisfied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, slaughtering the cow is detrimental to everyone. The meat is harmful to your body and your brain. And the cow has been caused much pain, so there
 are great sinful reactions to suffer. If you protect the cows, give them what they want, and derive the benefits in the way K\'e5\'f1\'eba intended, then when they die of their own accord you can use the skin for leather, if necessary. But you don't hav
e to kill cows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says the cow is an offenseless living being. It's K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrangement that the cow takes so little and gives so much. From her milk you can make hundreds of delicious preparations. She simply performs her service very pe
acefully without any bother to anyone. These are the qualities of an ideal devotee, and they're reflected on those who work with the cows.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the peaceful hill country near Moundsville, West Virginia, a sprawling thousand-acre farm called New V\'e5nd\'e4vana gives sanctuary to cows, guaranteeing them a long and happy life in return for their 
bountiful supply of milk. Milking the cows is a cheerful activity for the herdsmen, who appreciate the animals' good temperament.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jets of warm milk squirt into a bucket from a cow's generous udder. Buckets are then poured into ten-gallon cans. On a good day, a holstein fills up one can with eighty pounds of milk. \line }{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Every day at four P.M., the cream from the day's two milkings is churned into butter by Vidh\'fcttama 
d\'e4s\'e9. Inside the can, the rod she holds is attached to a round wooden disc with a sawtoothed edge. When the rod is moved up and down, the disc churns the cream into a rich, light-colored butter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee offers dairy foods and a variety of the farm's harvest to please Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on the altar at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. \line Below are a few of the many tasty dishes that can be made with milk. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Gopav
\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Children love the cows at New V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Above, Jennifer enjoys a pastry cooked in clarified butter. Below, feeding the calves half gallons of milk at a time, Ambar\'e9\'f1a's wife Vijaya d\'e4s\'e9 
fills in for the mother cows. When feeding directly from their mothers, calves often get sick from their inevitable overindulgence. For cows, calves and bulls to live happily, human beings must protect them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Afternoon sun streams through late summer foliage as an ox team hauls logs for winter firewood out of the forest. Bulls are needed as much as cows in a Vedic community; besides hauling, they plow the field
s, grind the grains, and provide transportation. The trio of bulls, cows and land forms the central structure of Vedic economy. Below, Ambar\'e9\'f1a d\'e4sa rounds up two young bulls to take them down the hill to the barn.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ga\'ebendra d\'e4sa treats his son to a ride on Dvipa, a two-year old heifer. A local West Virginia newspaper recently called New V\'e5nd\'e4vana's 120 cows "one of the best dairy herds in the state."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you would like to visit ISKCON's New V\'e5nd\'e4van community,\line please write or call: R.D. No.1, Box 620,
\line Moundsville, W. Va. 26041/ (304)845-2790
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Case Against Animal Slaughter
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Case Against Animal Slaughte
r
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 From the standpoints of health, \line economics and ethics, animal slaughter and\line meat-eating are detrimental to human society.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HEALTH
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although meat is certainly a source of concentrated protein it is a very poor source of other food elements like minerals, vitamins and carbohydrates. In addition, 
eating flesh from the cow or any other animal is detrimental to the health of human beings for many reasons. For example, if a human, who has a much longer colon than the carnivorous animals, eats flesh, the following problems will ensue:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Intestinal bacteria in the long bowel will change from fermentative to putrefactive, thus causing poisons to be absorbed int
o the bloodstream. These poisons need to be eliminated, so energy is diverted from other essential bodily functions, including thinking.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. The natural synthesis of vitamin B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs20\cf0\nosupersub 12}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\dn14  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will be inhibited, possibly leading to anemia.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. Animal toxins will tend to disrupt the proper metabolism of carbohydrates. This can cause diabetes.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 4. Nonnutritive substances resulting from the digestion of animal flesh tend to be carcinogenic (cancer-inducing) irritants.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The minimum daily requirement of protein, which nutritional experts calculate to be between seventy and ninety grams, is easily achieved with dairy products and foo
ds from the vegetable kingdom. Protein, is found in ample quantity in milk, cheese, yogurt, whole wheat, corn, many varieties of nuts and beans, and some vegetables. Thus vegetables, fruits, grains and dairy products provide a perfectly balanced diet. Co
nsuming animal flesh, on the other hand, results in excess protein, which produces liver ailments, high blood pressure, and hardening of the arteries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, dead animal flesh contains many toxic elements, such as:
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Wastes from the dead animal's bloodstream, germs, and drugs injected to offset animal disease.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. Fear poisons released into the bloodstream at the time of slaughter.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. Bacteria from putrefactive decomposition, which commences as soon as the animal dies. Because flesh is an excellent insulato
r, not all of these bacteria are killed by cooking.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Due to forced feeding, penning, and other unnatural practices, animals raised for slaughter suffer from dozens of diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease, fevers, 
catarrhal conditions, cancer, tuberculosis, and mastitis. In addition, poultry are often impregnated with estrogens, which can cause cancer. Many studies in cancer research reveal that areas in which meat-eating is highest tend to have the highest cancer
 rate, while vegetarian areas generally have a far lower rate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Immediately after an animal is slaughtered, rigor mortis sets in, and then the process of decay takes over. Thus meat-eating always involves consumption of decayed 
flesh together with its incumbent dangers to health.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ECONOMICS
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The implementation of cow protection at the international level would be a massive step forward in solving the world food crisis. Some economic advantages of cow pr
otection are as follows:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1. Flesh foods are more than fifty percent water and therefore extremely costly to buy as a source of protein.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2. Land that will produce one ton of beef will produce ten to twenty tons of highly nutritive vegetable food.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3. For every hundred pounds of dry substances eaten by cattle, only four to sixteen pounds comes back as flesh foods.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 SOME ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Slaughtering animals causes extreme suffering. Animals are sentient creatures with feelings like humans. Cows especially can
 sense that they are going to be slaughtered, and they live in constant fear.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2. We have no right to artificially end the life of any creature, especially that of a cow, who nurses her own offspring and th
e whole human society with her milk.
\par }\pard \s982 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3. Killing animals breeds insensitivity toward all beings, sadism and general irreverence. Pythagoras taught, "Those who kill a
nimals for food will be more prone than vegetarians to torture and kill their fellow men."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The strict law of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  deals measure for measure with anyone who violates the laws of nature. As long as the people of the world continue to murder and eat their two most benign friends, the cow and bull, they will perpetually suffer the sinful reactions of cr
iminal violence and catastrophic wars.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub References:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Case for Vegetarianism, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Geoffrey L. Rudd
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Man's Place in Nature, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T.H. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Huxley
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  H.M.S.O. Manual of Nutrition }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (British Gov't.)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters   v11#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The editors of BACK TO GODHEAD welcome correspondence pertaining to spiritual enlightenment. All letters will receive pe
rsonal replies, and correspondence of general interest will be published regularly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Editors,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I read in BTG, Vol. 10, No. 11, that your society recently acquired a twelve-story temple building near Columbus Circ
le in New York City. Isn't using a facility like this somewhat hypocritical for an organization that professes detachment from material things?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li3600\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jeffrey Schaefer
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li3600\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Schaefer,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as renunciation of material things is concerned, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has commented in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One should not give up anything which can be utilized in the service of the Lord. For instance, we are using many machines for the advancement of our present K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, machines like typewriters, dictaphones, tape recorders, microphones and airplanes. Sometimes people ask us, 'Why are you utilizing material products if you condemn the advancement of material civilization?' But actually 
we do not condemn. We simply ask people to do whatever they are doing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If the typewriter can be utilized for advancing our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, we must accept it. Similarly, the dictaphone or any other ma
chine must be used. Our vision is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everything. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the cause and effect, and nothing belongs to us. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's things must be used in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Editors:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I have read in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 
As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that to progress on the path of devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, one must be in the associat
ion of other devotees and under the guidance of a bona fide spiritual master. Must this association and guidance be in person, or does studying the writings of the spiritual master amount to the same thing?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li3600\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub George Payne
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li3600\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Southington, Conn.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Payne,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two kinds of association with the spiritual master\'97by his physical presence and through his words. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has emphasized that associ
ating with him by hearing his words or reading his books is more important than being in his physical presence. In a letter to one of his disciples, he wrote: "It is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [illusion] is very strong\'97insurmountable\'97but that one who surrenders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not touched by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . So, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all our books are as good as K
\'e5\'f1\'eba because in them we deal only with the topic of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore taking shelter of these books means taking shelter of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97there is no doubt about it. If you stick to this principle, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not attack you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As far as association with devotees is concerned, Lord Caitanya has declared that giving up the company of worldly-minded persons and associating only with devotees
 is the first principle of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has established numerous K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness centers throughout the world expressly for this purpose. Anyone can come and live at one of these centers, cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness acc
ording to the rules and regulations prescribed by the spiritual master, and be completely free from the influence of mundane persons. Of course, such total involvement is often out of the question for a person with deep family and business commitments, b
ut as far as possible anyone serious about advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should deal with non-devotees as little as possible and cultivate friendships with devotees through correspondence and personal visits to nearby K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness centers. In this way any sincere person, regardless of his circumstances, can advance on the path back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v11 #1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
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\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named for
 a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 489, Caitanya Era\line Vai\'f1\'ebava 
Month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (December 19, 1975\'97January 17, 1976)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukla-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bright fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0
\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 2 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 15}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 4 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 17}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 13 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 26}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 January 14 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 27}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Locana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa \'d6h\'e4kura\cell\ql\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la J}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va Gosv\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Jagadi}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a Pa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb\'f2i}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ta\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Putrad\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ek\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ra\'eba before 9:58 a.m. \cell}
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\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub M\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (January 18\'97February 15, 1976)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt
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\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (dark fortnight) of the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 21 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 22 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4d
hava 5}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 27 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 10}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0
\fi0 January 28 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 11}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub macandra Kavir}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ja. Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Gop}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance
 of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Locana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
sa \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \'d1at-tila-ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Ek\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 P}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba before 10:01 a.m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Deliverance of Ajamila
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Deliverance of Aj\'e4mila
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A story from }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.  }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub here was once a young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn A priest or teacher.}* }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub named Aj\'e4mila, who was a reservoir of good characte
r and conduct. He was mild and gentle, always truthful, well versed in the Vedic scriptures, and very pure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day, on the request of his father, Aj\'e4mila went to the forest to collect fruit, flowers and grasses. On the way home, he came upon a very lusty low-class man
 embracing and kissing a prostitute. Both of them were drunk, and the man was smiling, singing and enjoying himself without shame. The prostitute's eyes were rolling in intoxication, and her dress had become loose. When Aj\'e4mila saw her, the lusty desi
res in his heart awakened, and in illusion he fell under their control.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Remembering the instructions of the scriptures, Aj\'e4mila tried not to gaze at the woman. He strained to control his lusty desires with the help of his knowledge a
nd intellect, but he failed and as a result lost all his good sense. In the days that followed he always thought about the prostitute, and within a short time he took her as a servant in his house and abandoned all the brahminical principles.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e4mila began spending the money he had 
inherited from his father on various gifts to satisfy the prostitute. He even abandoned his beautiful young wife, who came from a very respectable family. Thus Aj\'e4mila spent his long life irresponsibly breaking all the rules and regulations of the hol
y scriptures. He was unclean and addicted to forbidden activities. Living extravagantly, he maintained his family by harassing others, cheating, gambling and theft.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over the eighty-eight years of Aj\'e4mila's life, he fathered ten sons by the prostitute. Aj\'e4mila's youngest son, a baby named N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, was naturally v
ery dear to both his father and mother. The child's broken language and awkward movements greatly endeared him to old Aj\'e4mila, who always took care of him and enjoyed his activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is a name for God, and thus unintentionally the old man was always chanting the holy name of the Lord. Although he was referring to his son and no
t the original N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba, Aj\'e4mila was becoming purified because the holy name of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba is very powerful. Always taking care of his son and calling his name, Aj\'e4mila was not aware that his own life was now exhausted. As the time 
of death approached for the foolish Aj\'e4mila, he began thinking exclusively of his son N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the moment of death, Aj\'e4mila saw three awkward persons with deformed bodily features, fierce and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub twisted faces, and hair standing erect on their bodies. They were the Yamad\'fctas (the servants of Yamar\'e4ja, the lord of death), and they had come to take Aj\'e4mila away to their master's abode. When Aj\'e4mila saw them, he becam
e extremely bewildered, and because of his attachment to his child, who was playing a short distance away, he loudly and tearfully called the child's name: "N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba!"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Immediately the Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas, the servants of the Supreme Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu (N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba), arrived on the spot
. They had heard the holy name of their master from the mouth of the dying Aj\'e4mila, who had chanted without offense because he had chanted in complete anxiety. As the Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas arrived, the Yamad\'fctas were snatching the soul from the body 
of the dying Aj\'e4mila. With resounding voices, the messengers of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu ordered them to stop and thus saved Aj\'e4mila from death. Although the servants of Yamar\'e4ja have jurisdiction over all sinful living beings, the messengers of Vi\'f1
\'ebu are capable of punishing even Yamar\'e4ja himself if he wrongs a devotee of Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Yamad\'fctas were thus forbidden from carrying out their mission, they exclaimed, "Who are you, sirs, that you dare challenge the jurisdiction of Yamar\'e4
ja? Whose servants are you, where have you come from, and why are you forbidding us to touch Aj\'e4mila? You may know that this man Aj\'e4mila did not undergo atonement for his sins. Because of his sinful life, we must take him to the court of Yamar\'e4j
a for punishment. According to the extent of his sinful acts, he will be punished and thus purified."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas replied, "Aj\'e4mila has already atoned not only for sins performed in one life but for those performed in millions of lives, for in a helpl
ess condition he chanted the holy name of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Although he was calling his son's name, he nevertheless uttered the four syllables }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4-r\'e4-ya-\'eba. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Simply by chanting the name of N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba in this way, he sufficiently atoned for the sinful reactions of millions of lives.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Chanting the holy name of the Lord is the best process of atonement for a thief, for a drunkard, for one who betrays a friend or relative, for one who kills a }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for one who indulges in sex with the wife of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or another superior, for one who murders women, the king or his father, for one who slaughters cows and for all other sin
ful men. Simply by chanting the holy name of the Lord, such sinful persons can attract His attention.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the time of death, Aj\'e4mila helplessly and very loudly chanted the holy name of the Lord. That chanting alone has alr
eady freed him from the reactions of all sinful life. Therefore, O servants of Yamar\'e4ja, do not try to take him to your master for punishment. One who chants the holy name is immediately freed from the reactions of unlimited sins, even if he chants in
directly to indicate something else, jokingly, for musical entertainment, or even neglectfully. This is accepted by all the learned scholars of the scriptures. If one chants the holy name of Hari and then dies because of an accidental misfortune, one is 
immediately absolved from having to enter hellish life, even though he is sinful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Although one may neutralize the reactions of sinful life through austerity, charity, vows and other such methods, these pious activities cannot uproot the material
 desires in one's heart. However, if one serves the Personality of Godhead, he is immediately freed from all such contaminations. If a person unaware of the effective potency of a certain medicine takes that medicine, it will act even without his knowled
ge because the medicine's potency does not depend on the patient's understanding. Similarly, even though one does not know the value of chanting the holy name of the Lord, if one chants knowingly or unknowingly, the chanting will be very effective."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas released the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aj\'e4mila from the bondage of the Yamad\'fctas and thus saved him from death. Aj\'e4mila, now free from fear, came to his senses and immediately offered respects to the Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas by bowing his h
ead at their feet. He was extremely pleased by their presence, for they had saved him from the Yamad\'fctas. When the Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas saw that Aj\'e4mila was attempting to say something, they suddenly disappeared.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having heard the discourse between the Yamad\'fctas and the Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas, Aj\'e4mila could now understand the transcendental religious principles concerning 
the relationship between the living being and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Furthermore, since Aj\'e4mila had heard their glorification of God, he was now a perfectly pure devotee and could thus remember all his past sinful activities, which he gre
atly regretted having performed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am such a sinful person," he said. "But now since I have this opportunity, I must completely control my mind, life and s
enses and always engage in devotional service so that I may not again fall into the deep darkness and ignorance of material life. Because I identified myself with my body, I was subjected to desires for sense gratification and thus performed many pious a
nd impious acts. That was my material bondage.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But now I shall disentangle myself from that bondage. Being a most fallen soul, I was victimized by illusions and was like
 a dancing dog led around by a woman's hand. Now I shall give up these lusty desires and free myself from these illusions. I shall become a merciful, well-wishing friend to all living entities and always absorb myself in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because of a moment's association with devotees of the Supreme Lord, Aj\'e4mila was able to detach himself with determination from the material conception of life. 
Freed from all material attraction, he immediately started for the city of Hardwar on the Ganges River. In Hardwar, Aj\'e4mila stayed at a Vi\'f1\'ebu temple, where he executed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the process of devotional service. He controlled his senses and fully applied his mind in the service of the Lord. When his intelligence and mind were fixed on th
e form of the Lord, Aj\'e4mila once again saw before him the four celestial messengers of Vi\'f1\'ebu. Recognizing them as the ones he had seen previously, he offered his respects by bowing down before them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas had gone away for some time to allow Aj\'e4mila to become firmly fixed in meditation on the Lord. Now that his devotion had matured, they re
turned to take him back to the spiritual world. Upon seeing the Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas, Aj\'e4mila gave up his material body and regained his original spiritual body, which was just suitable for an associate of the Lord. This is the result of perfection in 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: after giving up the material body, one is immediately transferred to the spiritual world in one's original spiritual body to become an associate of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Accompanied by the Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas, Aj\'e4mila then boarded a golden airplane that took him through the airways, direc
tly to the abode of the Supreme Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the husband of the goddess of fortune. Although he had been destined to be carried away to hell by the Yamad\'fctas, Aj\'e4mila was saved by the Vi\'f1\'ebud\'fctas and was able to go back home, back to G
odhead, because he chanted the holy name of the Lord at the time of his death. Therefore if a person faithfully and inoffensively chants the holy name of the Lord, who can doubt that he will return to Godhead?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the time of death one is certainly bewildered because his bodily functions are in disorder. At that time, even one who 
throughout his life has practiced chanting the holy name of the Lord may not be able to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub very distinctly. Nevertheless, such a person receives all the benefits of chanting the holy name. While the body is fit, therefore, we should chant the holy name of the Lord loudly and distinctly. If one does so, it is quite p
ossible that even at the time of death he will be able to properly chant the holy name of the Lord with love and faith and return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt.
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness  v11#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once you've heard it, you'll never forget it. You may not know what the words mean\'97nevertheless there's something captivating about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant
. Is it the catchy tune, or the fascinating way in which the words are repeated and reversed? People who chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba say both contribute to its appeal. But they know that the secret of the chant's attraction is the quality of the sound itse
lf.
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rs of those words report, as do the chanters of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that the practice is freeing them from anxiety, opening up their minds to a liberated view of themselves, and investing them with blissfulness? No, of course not. The invented litany wo
uld only drive its creators to distraction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the sound of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so enriching that a whole culture has been founded on it. Furthermore, the people who chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba are developi
ng good character, gaining knowledge of both the material and spiritual worlds, and helping other people to be free from pain. There is, then, a special quality to the sound of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What is it?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The words Hare, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and R\'e4ma have a special quality because they are seeds of pure spiritual consciousness. They are not a product of an earthbound l
anguage changing through the centuries. They are names of God, as ceaselessly energetic as God Himself. When you pronounce these sounds, you are propelled into your eternal position as a particle of spiritual energy, a person living in a transcendental n
ature. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals to you the person you really are.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Ra\'efcora d\'e4sa,  Yadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4
sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
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\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, M\'e4khanataskra d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana-guru d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub al\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Suras\'e4-dev\'e9
 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover  v11#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The great Vedic rulers of the world knew that government without God consciousness could lead only to disaster. Therefore they
 would take advice on how to run state affairs from learned and saintly devotees of the Lord. Here the great sage N\'e4rada Muni instructs King Pr\'e4c\'e9nabarhi\'f1at that the goal of life is spiritual enlightenment, not increased sensual pleasure. An 
original oil painting by Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Special Centerfold Section }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The continuing}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub presentation of India's great spiritual classic. Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9l
a Prabhup\'e4da first carne to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mov
ement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present topics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Meditation and the Self Within
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Meditation and the Self Within
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Can meditation solve our everyday problems? Is there life after death? Can drugs help us achieve self-realization? Duri
ng a recent visit to South Africa, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da discussed these questions with Bill Faill, a reporter for the Durban }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Natal Mercury}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" is a name for 
God which means all-attractive. Unless one is all-attractive he cannot be God. So this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means God consciousness. All of us are small particles of God, equal in quality with Him. Our position as living entities is like that of 
a small particle of gold in relation to a large quantity of gold.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are we something like sparks in a fire?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Both the fire and the spark 
are fire, but one is big, and the other is very small. Unlike the relationship between the spark and the fire, however, our relationship with God is eternal, although at the present moment we have forgotten that relationship due to contact with the mater
ial energy. We are facing so many problems only because of this forgetfulness. If we can revive our original God consciousness, then we shall become happy. This is the sum and substance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is the best process to revive ou
r original God consciousness. There are different processes of self-realization, but in the present age of Kali, people are very fallen, and they require the simple process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Now they are thinking that so-called material ad
vancement is the solution to their problems, but this is not a fact. The real solution is to get out of the material condition entirely by becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. Because God is eternal, we are also eternal, but in the material condition we ar
e thinking, "I am this body," and therefore we must repeatedly change from body to body. This is due to ignorance. Actually we are not our bodies but spiritual sparks, parts and parcels of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the body is just like a vehicle for the sou
l?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. It }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub just like a motorcar. Just as you go from one place to another in a car, similarly, due to mental concoction in the material
 condition of life, we are going from one position to another trying to become happy. But nothing will make us happy unless we come to our real position, which is that we are all parts and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub parcels of God and that our real business is to associate with God and help all living entities by cooperating with Him. Civilized human life is attained only after a long evolution through 8,400,000 species of life. So if we don't take advan
tage of this civilized human life to understand who God is, who we are, and what our relationship is, but instead simply waste our life like cats and dogs, going here and there looking for sense gratification, then we will have missed a great opportunity
. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is meant to teach people how to take full advantage of the human form of life by trying to understand God and our relationship with Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If we don't make the most of this life, do we ge
t a second chance in another life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. According to your desires at
 the time of death, you get another body. That body is not guaranteed to be a human body, however. As I've already explained, there are 8,400,000 different forms of life. You can enter any of them, according to your mental condition at death. What we thi
nk of at the time of death depends on how we act during our life. As long as we are in material consciousness, our actions are under the control of the material nature, which is being conducted in three modes: goodness, passion, and ignorance. These mode
s are like the three basic colors\'97yellow, red, and blue. Just as one can mix red, yellow, and blue to produce millions of colors, similarly, the modes of nature are being mixed to produce many varieties of life. To stop the repetition of birth and dea
th in different forms of life, we must transcend the covering of material nature and come to the platform of pure consciousness. But if we do not learn the transcendental science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, then at death we must transfer to another 
body, either better or worse than our present one. If we cultivate the mode of goodness, then we are promoted to the higher planetary system, where there is a better standard of life. If we cultivate the mode of passion, then we will remain at the presen
t stage. But if out of ignorance we commit sinful activities and violate nature's laws, then we will be degraded to animal or plant life. Then again we must evolve to the human form, a process that may take millions of years. Therefore a human being must
 be responsible. He must take advantage of the rare opportunity of human life by understanding his relationship with God and acting accordingly. Then he can get out of the cycle of birth and death in different forms of life and go back to home, back to G
odhead.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you think transcendental meditation is helpin
g people?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They do not know what real medita
tion is. Their meditation is simply a farce\'97another cheating process by the so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub svamis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . You're asking me if meditation is helping people, but do you know what meditation is?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A stilling of the mind\'97trying to sit in the c
enter without swinging either way.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what is the center?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I don't know.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So everyone is talking very much 
about meditation, but no one knows what meditation actually is. These bluffers use the word "meditation," but they do not know the proper subject for meditation. They're simply talking bogus propaganda.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Isn't meditation valuable just to get people thi
nking right?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Real meditation means to achi
eve a state in which the mind is saturated with God consciousness. But if you do not know what God is, how can you meditate? Besides, in this age people's minds are so agitated that they cannot concentrate. I have seen this so-called meditation; they are
 simply sleeping and snoring. Unfortunately, in the name of God consciousness or "self-realization," many bluffers are presenting non-standard methods of meditation without referring to the authorized books of Vedic knowledge. They are simply practicing 
another type of exploitation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about some of the other teachers, like Ousp
ensky and Gurdjieff? In the past they brought to the West a message similar to yours.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We would have to study the partic
ulars of their teachings to know whether they meet the Vedic standard. God consciousness is a science, just like medical science or any other science. It cannot be different because it is spoken by different men. Two plus two equals four everywhere, neve
r five or three. That is science.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you feel that others may have possibly taught
 the genuine method of God consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unless I study their teachings in
 detail, it would be very difficult to say. There are so many bluffers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just doing it for money.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all. They have no standard
 method. Therefore we are presenting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as it is, without any personal interpretation. T
his is standard.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, if you begin dressing things up, you inevit
ably change them.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is n
ot a new process. It is very, very old\'97and standard. It cannot be changed. As soon as you try to change it, then the potency is lost. This potency is just like electricity. If you want to generate electricity, you must follow the standard regulations,
 arranging all the negative and positive poles properly. You cannot construct the generator whimsically and still produce electricity. Similarly, there is a standard method of understanding K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy from proper authorities. If 
we follow their instructions, then the process will act. Unfortunately, one of the dangerous diseases of modern man is that everyone wants to do things according to his own whims. No one wants to follow the standard way. Therefore everyone is failing, bo
th spiritually and materially.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement gro
wing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh yes, very much. You may be sur
prised to know that we are selling books in the tens of thousands. We have about fifty books, and many librarians and college professors are very appreciative of them because until their publication there was no such literature in existence. It is a new 
contribution to the world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness seems to involve sh
aving the head and wearing saffron robes. How can an ordinary man caught up in family life practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The saffron robes and the shaven 
head are not essential, although they create a good mental situation, just as when a military man is dressed properly, he gets energy\'97he feels like a military man. Does that mean that unless he is in uniform he cannot fight? No. In the same way, God c
onsciousness cannot be checked\'97it can be revived in any circumstances\'97but certain conditions are helpful.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore we prescribe that you live in a certain way, dress in a certain way, eat in a certain way, and so on. These things are hel
pful for practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but they are not essential.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then one can be a student of K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness while going about normal daily life? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How about drugs? Can they help in the process of
 God realization?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If drugs could help God realizati
on, then drugs would be more powerful than God. How can we accept that? Drugs are chemical substances, which are material. How can something material help one realize God, who is all-spiritual? It is impossible. What one experiences from taking drugs is 
simply a kind of intoxication or hallucination; it is not God realization.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you think the great mystics down through the 
ages have actually seen the spiritual spark you mentioned earlier?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What do you mean by mystic?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It's just a name given to people who have had an
 experience of another level of reality.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don't use the word "mystic." O
ur reality is God realization, which occurs when we come to the spiritual platform. As long as we have a bodily concept of life, our understanding is sense gratification because the body is made of senses. When we progress from the bodily platform and we
 see the mind as the center of sense activity, we take the mind as the final stage of realization. That is the mental platform. From the mental platform we may come to the intellectual platform, and from the intellectual platform we can rise to the trans
cendental platform. Finally we can rise above even the transcendental platform and come to the spiritual platform. These are the stages of God realization. However, in this age, because people are so fallen, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [scriptures] give the special recommendation that people come directly to the spiritual platform by chanting the holy names of Go
d: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. If we cultivate this practice on the spiritual platform, then immediately we can realize our spiritual identity
. Then the process of God realization becomes successful very quickly.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Today a lot of people are saying that we must lo
ok inward for the truth rather than outward into the world of the senses.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Looking inward means knowing that
 you are a spirit soul. Unless you understand that you are not the body but rather you are a soul, there is no question of looking inward.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First we have to study, "Am I this body, or am I something within this body?" Unfortunately, this subject is not taught in any schoo
l, college, or university. Everyone is thinking, "I am this body." For example, in this country people everywhere are thinking, "I am South African, they are Indian, they are Greek," and so on. Actually, everyone in the whole world is in the bodily conce
ption of life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness starts when one is above this bodily conception.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the recognition of the spiritual spark comes 
first?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Recognizing the existence of
 the spirit soul within the body is the first step. Unless one understands this simple fact, there is no question of spiritual advancement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it a question of just understanding it intell
ectually?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the beginning, yes. There are 
two departments of knowledge: theoretical and practical. First one must learn spiritual science theoretically; then, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by working on that spiritual plat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub form, one comes to the point of practical realization.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, today almost everyone is in the darkness of the bodily conception of life. Therefore this movement is very important 
because it can lift civilized men out of that darkness. As long as they are in the bodily conception of life, they are no better than animals. "I am a dog," "I am a cat," "I am a cow." Animals think like this. As soon as someone passes, a dog will bark, 
thinking, "I am a dog. I have been appointed here as watchdog." Similarly, if I adopt the dog's mentality and challenge foreigners\'97"Why have you come to this country? Why have you come to my jurisdiction?"\'97then what is the difference between the do
g and me?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is none. To change the subject a little, i
s it necessary to follow certain eating habits to practice spiritual life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the whole process is meant t
o purify us, and eating is part of that purification. I think you have a saying, "You are what you eat," and that's a fact. Our bodily constitution and mental atmosphere are determined according to how and what we eat. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [scriptures]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub recommend that to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
ious, you should eat remnants of food left by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If a tuberculosis patient eats something and you eat the remnants, you will be infected with tuberculosis. Similarly, if you eat }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then you will be infected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Thus our process is that we don't eat anything directly. First we offer the foo
d to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then we eat it. This helps us advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You are all vegetarians?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a 
vegetarian. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can eat anything because He is God, but in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He says, "I
f one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water, I will accept it." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He never says, "Give Me meat
 and wine."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How about the tobacco question?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Tobacco is also an intoxicant. We
 are already intoxicated by being in the bodily conception of life, and if we increase the intoxication, then we are lost.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Faill:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You mean things like meat, alcohol, and tobacco 
just reinforce bodily consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Suppose you have a disease a
nd you want to be cured. You have to follow the instructions of a physician. If he says, "Don't eat this; eat only this," you have to follow his prescription. Similarly, we also have a prescription for being cured of the bodily conception of life: chanti
ng Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's activities, and eating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
This treatment is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1800\ri1440\fi-360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Real meditation means achieving a state in which the mind is saturated with God consciousness. But if you do not know what God is, how can you meditate?"
\par }\pard \s574 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1800\ri1440\fi-360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Looking inward means knowing that you are a spirit soul. Unless you understand that you are not the body but rather you are a soul, there is no question of looking inward."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Nectarean Teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya, Part 1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Nectarean Teachings of \'c7r
\'e9 Caitanya, Part 1
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (translated from the original Bengali by \'c7r\'e9man Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GOP\'c9PAR\'c4\'cbADHANA D\'c4SA joined ISKCON soon after graduating from Columbia University in 1972 with a B. A. in li
nguistics. Now a member of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Sanskrit department, he is continuing his translation of Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya \'c7ik\'f1\'e4
m\'e5ta }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by the request of his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [part }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (1838-1914)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub was well known during his time as a re
spectable family man, the father of twelve children, and as the local magistrate for the colonial British government of the district of Pur\'e9 in Orissa, India. There he supervised the management of the temple of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, one of the largest a
nd most famous temples }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub India. Less publicly, he was recognized by the community of Gau\'f2\'e9ya Vai
\'f1\'ebavas\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Followers of Lord {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , an incarnation o
f the Supreme Lord who appeared in West Bengal, India, five hundred years ago.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub * as their spiritual master in disciplic succession from Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda's special interest was pioneering the distribution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the English-speaking world. He dedicated much of hi
s life to this effort, writing and speaking extensively in English and encouraging other devotees to do the same. His mission has been continued and greatly expanded by his son, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, and by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh
\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9's disciple, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Published in 1886}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-\'e7ik\'f1\'e4m\'e5ta (The Nectarean Teachings o
f \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was written in straightforward Bengali so that a general audience of devotees and interested laymen could readily appreciate its message. The book system
atically and uncompromisingly establishes the basic principles of devotional research, carefully defeating the unsound philosophical positions of sentimental spiritualists, sectarian fanatics, and exploitative scientists. Its subject matter is based larg
ely on the conversations between \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, which are contained in \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja's classic biography, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta. Caitanya-\'e7ik\'f1\'e4m\'e5ta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub presented by the author as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub "a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub flood of nectar," is divided into eight sections called "Rainfalls." Each Rainfall }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub further subdivided into several "Downpours." The present article is taken from the first Downpour of the first Rainfall.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub HAVING REACHED AN END, in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's 
devotional service, to all theories born out of inconclusive and argumentative illusion, and offering my obeisances to the giver of that devotion, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, I am now undertaking the compilation of this book, entitled }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-\'e7ik\'f1\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this world there are three basic phenomena: the Supreme Controller (God), conscious living entities, and dead matter. Dead material things are those that have no
 capacity to desire, i.e., that are devoid of willpower. We thus designate }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub material such obje
cts as earth, stone, water, fire, air, space, houses, clothing, , and the bodies of living beings. On the other hand, such entities as humans, animals, birds, worms, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sects are types of living beings, each of which possesses the potencies of thinking and desiring. Among all forms of conscious life, the particular cognitive ability of the huma
n species }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unique, and therefore the human form is declared by many authorities to be the chie
f among all sentient and dull beings.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Supreme Controller
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The supreme controller is by His own nature complete and purely conscious. He creates everything, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub liv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ing and nonliving, and He is everyone's protector and regulator. By His desire our benefit can arise, and by His desire }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub complete failure can occur. In His identity as the Supreme Lord, He dominates over the spiritual universe, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha
, which }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eternal and free from anxiety. He is the ruler of all rulers, and thus all activities
 in every world are going on according to His desire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whereas an object of the material world assumes some gross form, the Supreme Lord is without any such form. For this reason, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub describe Him as "formless", meaning that we
 cannot perceive Him with our gross senses. But all things have some innate form, and the Lord is no exception. As the supremely conscious living entity, He has a living, conscious form, as opposed to the unconscious form of dead matter. We too are consc
ious living entities, but we experience our consciousness through gross material bodies. Thus our naturally conscious identities have become hidden within material identifications. The Lord, on the other hand, is a purely }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub conscious }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub being, and therefore His natural, vital form, full of consciousness, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His complete identity. We can see His form, however, only with fully conscious vision steeped in devotion. We cannot see God with material
 eyes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some unfortunate people have }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub faith in the Supreme Lord. Their eyes of knowledge have been stamped shut. Having been unable to perceive the form of the Lord with material vision, they have decided that He does not exist. Just as persons who are blind from 
birth cannot see the sun, similarly, atheists cannot possibly believe in the Supreme Lord. By nature, any human will believe in God. It is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub only }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub those who from birth have been given false instruction in impure association, and who have gradually come under the influence of bad conditioning, who do not accept the existence of God. In their case, apa
rt from their own loss, what loss is there for the Lord?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not consider the Lord's abode, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub material place. Madras, Bombay, Kas
hmir, Calcutta, London, Paris\'97these are all gross material places. To go to them we must transport our gross body across various material countries and provinces by foot, rail, or ship. Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, however, is not this type of region. Eternal, fu
ll of life, and faultless, Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha has a special location beyond all the material worlds. It cannot be seen by the eyes or contemplated with the mind. The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub only }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub way we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go to this 
inconceivable abode is to satisfy the Supreme Lord, who is manifested there. At that time }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub wil
l be able to engage in the service of the Supreme Lord eternally.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Problematic World
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this material world, happiness is temporary. It is soon lost. In addition, everyth
ing here is full of misery: taking birth involves much hardship and distress, and after birth one must care for his body by eating, sleeping, and so forth. Any interference with these functions, beginning with eating, causes great difficulty. Disease is 
always a danger, along with such miseries as cold and heat. To mitigate these distresses, one must earn money and accept many bodily inconveniences, such }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub constructing and maintaining a home. After a few years of marriage and raising children, one eventually grows old and loses his good intelligence. During the course of all these developme
nts, one may arrive at }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub some }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub concocted conceptions of life by discussion and argument with other 
people. In conclusion, the cycle of birth and death is certainly not an experience }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unmixed ha
ppiness. People in general think of the temporary cessation of pain as "happiness," but real happiness means to escape from this distressful cycle of material life. If }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub could attain Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the abode }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Supreme Lord, we would no longer be compelled to endure temporary happiness and distress. Rather we could obtain uninterrupted, eternal bliss. Therefore our ambition should be to satisfy the Lord and be promoted to His eterna
l abode.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as a person awakens to his real self-interest, which is devotional service to the Lord, he should begin practicing it. Thinking, "Now we can enjoy pleasure 
in the material world, and later, when we grow old, we will work for the satisfaction of the Lord," is a fruitless attitude. Time is very valuable. From the very day one knows what is to be done, he must make the effort to do it. The human form of life i
s especially rare, and no one can say when death will occur. Therefore, even children should be taught how to practice devotional service to God. The Vedic histories tell of the great devotees Dhruva and Prahl\'e4da, who achieved the mercy of the Lord at
 an extremely young age. If they were capable of performing devotional service in childhood, why should we doubt that any child can? Actually, anyone who practices serving the Lord from early childhood is sure to gradually reach his natural spiritual pos
ition.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Motivations for Service
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are four basic causes why persons in different conditions of life try to achieve the satisfaction of the Supreme Lord: fear, hope, a sense of obligation, and 
spontaneous attraction. Some people are impelled to worship the Lord out of fear of hell, poverty, disease or death. Others worship Him in hopes of achieving sense gratification or success in the material world. However, neither of these groups can find 
unadulterated happiness in their worship of the Lord unless they ultimately renounce all fear and hope and instead become attached to pure devotional service. The third group of devotees, driven by a sense of duty or obligation, pray to God with gratitud
e for His being the creator of the universe. And the last group are those who are motivated by neither fear, hope, nor obligation, but who automatically achieve love for the Lord by worshiping Him, and who thus serve Him out of spontaneous attraction. Ju
st as in the material world, simply by seeing something, we may immediately develop a desire for it and then strive for it, similarly, persons in whose hearts this inclination arises simply by thinking of the Supreme Lord act in His devotional service be
cause of spontaneous attraction. Their devotional service is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ga-bhakti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Worshipers engaged in serving God out of fear, hope, or a sense of duty are not as pure as those who serve Him spontaneously. The actual devotees are those who serv
e the Supreme Lord in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ga-m\'e4rga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cc \'c4di}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.15]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the path of spontaneous worship. Only after spontaneous attraction has developed can one enter into the intimacy of the deep relationship existing between the living entity and the Lord. This relationship is eternal, but for the 
living entity bound to material nature, it remains hidden unless he finds the right process to uncover it. Just as fire can be manifested by rubbing a flint stone, so one's relationship with God can be revealed by following one of the various paths of de
votional service. For many people, their spiritual relationship is manifested by constant worship motivated by fear, hope, or obligation. For example, first Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja worshiped Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu in the hope of attaining a kingdom. But in the c
ourse of his devotional practice, he developed spontaneous attraction in knowledge of his pure relationship with the Lord and rejected any material benediction for sense gratification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Material fear and hope are extremely contemptible. Thus, when a practicing devotee's intelligence becomes strong, he abandons fear and hope, and his sense of duty b
ecomes his only impetus for service. Until spontaneous attraction for the Supreme Lord develops, he maintains this sense of duty, which encompasses two broad categories: observance of the various functions of devotional service and avoidance of what is a
gainst the regulative principles of devotional service. He carefully follows the methods of realizing God consciousness that were determined with careful consideration by great authorities in the distant past and then recorded in books. This is known as 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidhi-m\'e4rga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the path of regulated devotional service. By becoming regulated by the concept of
 duty, the devotee develops respect for the authority of the revealed scriptures and for the regulations of devotional service in practice.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Common Ground
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we look at the historical accounts of different peoples throughout the world, we can easily see that faith in God is a common characteristic of all humankind. Ev
en uncivilized, animalistic nomads, whose occupation is hunting for animal flesh, still offer obeisances to the sun and moon, huge mountains, great rivers and even large trees, worshiping them as creators and controllers. Why is this? Because the belief 
in a Supreme Lord is a natural and essential function of human life, and thus even when a human being is heavily conditioned, as long as his consciousness is not completely covered, his belief in God will be manifested to a certain extent. However, after
 he attains some status of civilization and begins to study various kinds of material knowledge, his natural faith in God becomes more or less covered by false arguments; and direct atheism, or else the monistic idea that the ultimate truth is void, may 
take root in his mind. We should understand that such miserly attitudes simply indicate an unhealthy consciousness devoid of spiritual strength.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whether he be totally uncivilized or well suited for developing faith in the Supreme Lord, a human being can have his progress suspended and his life made wretched 
by the three atheistic diseases of materialism, agnosticism, and voidism. Although not everyone is attacked by these diseases, some do fall prey to them and become attached to their own situations, thus remaining unqualified to reach any higher position 
in life. On the other hand, even uncultured forest dwellers, by virtue of becoming civilized and expert in morality and education, and then further adopting the social and spiritual organization of the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn A system of social organization that divides society into four functional classes and four spiritual orders for the purpose of progressive spiritual realization.}*, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can very quickly come to the platform of devotees qualified to engage in the service of the Supreme Lord. This is the natural course of a human being's spiritual growth. But if 
obstructions in the form of spiritual disease arise, one's way of life becomes perverted.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Superficial Differences
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although human nature is the same everywhere, people living in different nations and on different continents acquire different secondary characteristics. It is impo
ssible to find two people living in the world who have exactly the same secondary nature. Even two brothers born from the same womb will differ in appearance and personality, what to speak of people born in separate countries. In different regions, thing
s such as the locations of bodies of water, air currents, mountains and forests, and the availability of foodstuffs and clothing all vary. Consequently, differences naturally occur in people's appearance, social status, occupation, and style of dressing 
and eating. Each nationality has a peculiar disposition of mind, and thus various conceptions of the Supreme Lord, although the same in essence, appear superficially dissimilar. As people in different places rise above their aboriginal condition and grad
ually develop culture, science, law, and devotion to God, their means of worship also diverge in terms of language, costume, kinds of offerings, and mental attitudes. Considering all these secondary differences impartially, however, we find no discrepanc
y. As long as the object of worship is the same, there is no harm. Therefore Lord Caitanya has specifically ordered that we should execute our own service to the Supreme Lord in the mode of pure goodness and at the same time refrain from ridiculing the r
eligious codes of others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Under the influence of the above-mentioned factors, the religious systems proclaimed by different nationalities vary in the following ways:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (1) different spiritual masters
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (2) differences in mental and emotional attitudes toward worship
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (3) different prescribed rituals of worship
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4) different types of affection for and activities in relation to the object of worship
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (5) different names and terminologies resulting from differences in language.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because of the variety of spiritual authorities, in some places people honor the Vedic sages, in others they revere the prophets led by Muhammed, and in still other
 regions they esteem the religious personalities who follow Jesus. Similarly, in each locality many different men of knowledge are shown particular respect. Each community should, of course, properly honor its own spiritual masters, but simply for the sa
ke of gaining followers, no one should try to establish that the instructions given by one's own local spiritual master are better than the instructions of spiritual masters everywhere else. The propagation of such an antagonistic position would certainl
y be inauspicious for the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee's prescribed ritual of worship varies according to his mentality and devotional feeling. In some places the mode of worship is to seat oneself in a sacred
 place and practice renunciation and breath control. In another place worship is performed by falling down five times during the day and evening\'97even if caught unprepared\'97to offer obeisances facing the direction of the chief shrine. And elsewhere w
orshipers kneel down, either in the temple or at home, and with folded hands declare their own fallen condition and the glories of the Lord. Each of these types of worship also differs in the matter of what to wear, whether and how to eat, what is clean 
or unclean, and so forth. Furthermore, the sentiment and behavior toward the worshipable }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ob}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ject 
vary among religions. Some worshipers, whose consciousness is saturated with devotion, set up a Deity of the Supreme Lord in their heart, in their mind, or in the outside world, with the understanding that it is non-different from the Lord. In other proc
esses, which are inclined more toward logical argument, a conception of the Lord is formed within the mind and worshiped; external images are not accepted. Actually, however, all of these Deities are factual representations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In accordance with language differences, the Lord is called by various names. Different names are also given to the religious systems, and there are different termi
nologies for use during worship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The many religions of the world have naturally grown very distinct from each other due to these five kinds of differences. However, to create mutual discord because
 of these differences would be disastrous. If one happens to be in another's temple at the time of his worship, one should think, "Here my Lord is being worshiped in a different form. Since I am committed to my particular practice, I cannot take part in 
this ritual, but as I watch it, I am developing a greater feeling for my own method of worship. The Supreme Absolute Truth is one without a second. Therefore, as I offer my obeisances to the form which I see here, I pray to my Lord, from whom this form c
omes, that this Deity will help me expand my love for Him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who do not behave in this way, but who exhibit malice, envy, or ridicule toward other religious processes, certainly deviate from true religion due to a lack 
of intelligence. If such people actually loved their own Supreme Lord, they would not be attracted to such useless disputes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, although it is nonsensical to ridicule other religious practices, if we notice some genuine fault, we should never tolerate it. Rather, we should
 make every effort to uproot it by proper means and thus benefit the deluded practitioners. For this reason, Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu argued with the Buddhists, Jains, and M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s and brought them to the true path. All devotees of the Lo
rd should follow the example of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and reject all so-called religious systems containing the unwanted elements of atheism, agnosticism, materialism, disbelief in the existence of the spirit soul (which amounts to the idea th
at working for the body is all in all), hedonism, and impersonalism. Devotees should know that these systems are unauthorized, deceptive, and only dim reflections of\'97and sometimes completely against\'97the principles of real religion. Actually, follow
ers of these fraudulent processes are pitiable. According to their ability, devotees should make every effort to protect people in general from all these evils.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pure, unalloyed love of God is the actual eternal religion of the spirit soul. Thus, in spite of the above-mentioned five kinds of distinctions among religious syst
ems, we should recognize as genuine any religious process whose goal is the realization of pure love of God. It is useless to quarrel over superficial differences. If the goal of a process is pure, then the system is fully auspicious.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News  v11#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Book Distribution Climbs 34.5% in 1975.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Defying the serious recession that slowed the world economy in 1975, ISKCON devotees increased their sale of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature last year by more t
han one third over 1974. The grand total topped nine million books and magazines, not including the Spanish, German, French, and Japanese literature sold abroad. Of two million books distributed, over a half million were fully illustrated 300-400 page vo
lumes, and the seven million BACK TO GODHEAD magazines almost doubled the previous year's total.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why the vast increase? "It's all due to the dedication of the devotees as well as a growing receptivity of the public to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness," explained R
\'e4me\'e7vara d\'e4sa, a trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, which publishes the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and BACK TO GODHEAD magazine. With renewed commitment to fulfill \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's request t
o "distribute my books profusely," the members of ISKCON spent more time and energy than ever before doing just that. In the process they showed impressive determination and steadfast faith. For example, the hundred-man R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling 
party crisscrossed North America in six new Greyhound-type buses and ten vans, breaking sales records and simultaneously putting on full-scale lecture and festival programs on dozens of campuses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The public's increasing receptivity to K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious literature is also a key factor in the remarkable sales record. In a recent letter to His Holiness T
am\'e4l K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9, leader of the R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling party, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da observed, "There is no other instance in history where religious books were sold with such enthusiasm and success."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 New Preaching Centers Acquired
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To accommodate expanding book distribution and festival programs, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is busily acquiring new preaching bases in maj
or American cities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The new Detroit temple is a Spanish-mission style stucco and marble mansion that originally housed the wealthy Lawrence B. Fisher, of "body by Fisher" fame, when he
 was the first president of Cadillac Motors in 1929. Replete with formal gardens, fountains, and even a waterfall, the estate lies on the Detroit River and features an ornate boathouse with indoor boat well. The temple was purchased with donations from l
ocal supporters and others sympathetic to the cause of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ninety percent of the residents of the district in which the temple is located expressed approval of their new neighbors in a poll conducted by local authorities. M
any residents asked if the new Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple would provide recreational facilities for their children. Govardhana d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4ri, president of the Detroit temple, replied, "Yes, your children may come over and sing with us anytime. We a
lso have puppet shows, plays, and lots of free food!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Maryland, ISKCON devotees have recently purchased a striking fifteen-acre estate within an easy half-hour's drive from Washington, D. C. Constructed a few years 
ago as a day camp and riding stable, the estate sports a gymnasium, barn, and swimming pool. Residents of Potomac, the affluent suburb that surrounds the estate, will greet the devotees on March 1st, 1976, the official opening date.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Plans for the estate reveal that it will be a thriving center for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One of its functions will be to serve as a base for groups of devote
es to regularly tour the Washington area, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and distributing literature. In addition, the gymnasium on the property will be converted into a temple for worshiping the Deities of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In a kitchen desi
gned to meet rigorous government health code standards, devotees will prepare elaborate }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Food first offered ro Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}*}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  feasts for hundreds. And by developing the guesthouse facilities (including a swimming pool), the devotees hope to attract members of Washington's diplomatic circles, among others, f
or Sunday festivals and life membership programs.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 "We'd Like You To Meet K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'85"
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub "We'd Like You To Meet K\'e5\'f1
\'eba\'85"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Introducing people to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a full-time job for the members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. They chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on Sa
n Francisco Bay and on Parisian boulevards, give out free pineapples\'97offered first to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97in the old section of San Juan, and distribute literature at Los Angeles International Airport. On the go a steady eighteen hours a day, the d
evotees attribute their enthusiasm to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the Supreme Personality }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead
. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's their secret, and they want Him to be everyone else's, too. Hearing the music, tasting the food, and looking over the books, people the world around are meeting K\'e5\'f1\'eba for the first time, the beginning of a beautiful\'97and per
manent\'97relationship.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa; Bottom}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What's Wrong with Our Politicians
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR POLITICIAN
S
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A point-by-point analysis of the problem and a positive program for change.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (edited from a pamphlet by His Holiness Siddhasvar\'fcpa \'c4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9)
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub TO SAY THAT MOST POLITICIANS are incompetent, and in many cases downright dishonest, isn't very controversial. We've all read about thei
r blunders, their tricks, and their schemes. So the aim of this article is not to give proof of their failure to bring about world peace and prosperity; it is rather to show that the root cause of their incompetence is selfish materialism, and that the r
emedy is the re-spiritualization of society through the worldwide propagation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following are some of the reasons why a self-centered materialist is incapable of bringing about a peaceful and harmonious world society:
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He has no sense of spiritual brotherhood.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The materialistic leader can never bring harmony to society because he fails to see the spiritual unity of all mankind. Preoccupied with superficial distinctions su
ch as race, class, or nationality, he cannot understand that all living beings are his brothers, being children of God, the Supreme Father. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba puts it in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4.35) 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And when you have thus learned the truth, you will know that all living beings are but part of Me, and that t
hey are in Me and are Mine.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He has a one-sided view of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Instead of using his influence to bring about social conditions favorable for both s
piritual as well as economic development, the materialist considers economic development to be the all in all. Thus he promotes the creation of an artificial environment that is far from peaceful, contemplative, or healthful. Devoid of spiritual culture,
 the people become alienated from God, nature, and each other. And the more alienated and materialistic the people get, the more frustrated, angry, and bewildered they become. Thus a materialistic leader takes the people on a "progressive" march to a hel
lish existence.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He's ambitious and self-serving.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The materialistic politico, having neglected the spiritual side of life, is never satiated in his drive for power and position. Since his number one consideration i
s his own political advancement, he continually campaigns for office, and after winning the election, he's afraid of being removed from his seat. He is so preoccupied with the fear of losing his job, status, power, and wealth that this fear itself\'97not
 love, or actual concern for the people\'97is the primary motivation for his activities. Materialistic leaders are merely merchants, trading empty promises for votes, and the people naturally distrust them. Everyone knows that a sly merchant must be watc
hed very carefully: even when offering a "good bargain," he ultimately has his own bank balance in mind.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He's always disturbed and often irrational.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the materialistic politician is not at peace with himself, he cannot help others find peace, either individually or collectively. Unable to realize all his 
political ambitions, he is often subject to deep inner frustration, which may cause him to behave irrationally. A person in such a disturbed state of mind cannot have the clear intelligence needed to solve today's complex problems. Even if his mind is ra
zor-sharp, his decisions will never be clear if his heart is infected with selfish desires. A crooked politician may be intellectually astute, but an envious person with a sharp mind is like a poisonous snake with a beautiful jewel on its forehead. The s
nake is still dangerous, despite its fancy ornaments.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His perception is blurred.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Due to the pressures of power, many of today's leaders try to forget their miseries by dimming their awareness with intoxicants like alcohol, amphetamines, caffeine
, and nicotine. A recent article in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles Times }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub revealed that the highest rate of alcoh
olism in the United States is in Washington, D. C., and in Washington, D. C., the area most affected is Georgetown, the suburb where most U. S. senators and congressmen live. A true leader sharpens his awareness; he doesn't blur it with a haze of intoxic
ation.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He neglects God's laws.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today's politicians are too busy wheeling and dealing to pay much attention to the laws of God. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, al
l the world pursues.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A good leader must be an ideal example for the people to admire and try to follow. If he is able to set the standard of perfect behavior, then the people will natur
ally be inclined to follow. Therefore he must obey God's laws and possess godly qualities himself. Of course, many politicians go to church and publicly declare their piety. A person is known, however, not by his words, but by his deeds. Certain qualitie
s must be present in a worthy leader, and certain ones must be absent. For instance, a spiritually enlightened leader is free from lust, anger, and greed. Although strong in his determination, he is gentle, compassionate, and ready to respect others. Abo
ve all, he actually follows God's laws; he doesn't simply proclaim himself to be pious and then act sinfully beyond the range of the TV cameras.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are just a few reasons why a materialistic person is unqualified to be a leader of society. The list is endless, but they all point to the same conclusion: a 
materialistic politician, devoid of spiritual knowledge and ignorant of the goal of life, can never help bring about world peace and prosperity. Since the problem stems from ignorance, the obvious solution is education. Unfortunately, present-day educati
onal institutions provide no information about our spiritual nature and our relationship with God. In a recent conversation with Dr. Thomas J. Hopkins of Franklin and Marshall College, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da expanded on t
his theme:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "People want material gain because they have no spiritual information. If I take care of my shirt very nicely, but I do not care for the person inside the shirt, th
en what is my position? Similarly, this whole material world is busy taking care of the body, not the soul inside the body. Therefore all these so-called educational institutions are blind. It is a society of the blind leading the blind. The solution is 
first of all to understand that you are spirit. Then find out what is your relationship with God and act accordingly."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This, then, is the goal of human life. As long as we ignore our relationship with God and remain caught up in the pursuit of material wealth and physical comforts a
lone, we will always find ourselves alienated, confused, and anxious about the future. World peace and prosperity do not depend upon more sophisticated weaponry or increased productivity, but on the widespread propagation of genuine spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This knowledge can be easily acquired through the practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , especially the hearing and chanting of the holy names of God. The result of chanting the name of the Lord is that the heart of the chanter becomes cleansed, and he sees his true spiritu
al identity as an eternal servant of God. God has many names, and they are given in the various scriptures of the world. Different names refer to His different attractive features: Jehovah means all-powerful, Allah means all-compassionate, and so on. The
 name K\'e5\'f1\'eba, however, means all-attractive and thus contains all other names of God within it. Therefore the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97is especially purifying and can rapidly awaken our consciou
sness of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, it is not possible to present even an adequate summary of the sublime process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in a few short pages. The inquisitive reader is referred to the works of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In his books, especia
lly the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , he has presented a crystal-clear picture of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  process.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By reading these books and chanting the holy names of God, the people of the world can become spiritually strengthened and convinced of the need for genuine spiritu
al leadership. Then, when the time comes to choose their leaders, they will naturally select a person with the qualities necessary to guide human society on the path back to home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Three Examples of Perfect Leadership
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub From the pages of Vedic history 
...\line Three Examples of Perfect Leadership
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even armies of bodyguards can't protect today's political leaders, but King Par\'e9k\'f1it was such an exalted personality that he was always perfectly protected by
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Even as a child in his mother's womb, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba shielded him from the searing heat of a nuclear weapon hurled by his father's enemy. Later Par\'e9k\'f1it was trained and finally enthroned by his grandfather, King Y
udhi\'f1\'f6hira.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Par\'e9k\'f1it followed the Vedic system of consulting a council of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eb
as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (learned and saintly philosophers) on state affairs. While today's "think tank" experts sell themselves to the highest bidder, the self-realized sages who advised Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it gave their services freely, without salary. Thus they were above suspicion of any special interest, and they guided the king purely and flawlessly in his administration.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it was very vigilant in protecting the citizens. When the four symptoms of sinful life so prominent in modern times\'97illicit sex, intox
ication, meat-eating, and gambling\'97began to appear, he undertook a tour of the world to vanquish them from his kingdom. He came across an abominable low-class man torturing a cow and severely chastised him with the following words: "Whoever causes off
enseless living beings to suffer must fear me anywhere and everywhere in the world. Any upstart who tortures the innocent shall be immediately uprooted by me, no matter who he may be." Foreseeing the future degradation of human society, Par\'e9k\'f1it th
en said that if an unqualified, sinful man is allowed to act as an executive head, "certainly irreligious principles like greed, falsehood, robbery, incivility, treachery, misfortune, cheating, quarrel, and vanity will abound."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although King Par\'e9k\'f1it was certainly famous for his impeccable administration, he is better known for his spiritual ac
tivity after leaving the post of king. Early in his reign he was cursed to die by a young }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub boy due to a misunderstanding. Although he could have nullified the curse, King Par\'e9k\'f1it accepted it as God's will, and decided to fast until death. He seated himself on the bank of the Ganges River, and an assembly of the greatest pers
onalities of the day soon gathered to witness the wonderful event. During the seven days of life remaining to him, King Par\'e9k\'f1it neither ate nor slept nor moved from his seat. His only activity was to ask \'c7r\'e9la \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 quest
ions about transcendental subjects and to listen intently to his answers in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is the culmination of all Vedic knowledge and simply by hearing it, the king achieved the highest goal of life\'97ecstatic love for Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja P\'e5thu
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unlike today's leaders, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja P\'e5thu considered it his primary duty to enlighten the citizens with spiritual knowledge. He knew that any leader who simpl
y exacts taxes from the people, but does not inform them of the mission of human life, is thoroughly condemned. Indeed, he is liable to suffer for the impious activities they perform out of ignorance. King P\'e5thu advised the citizens: "Dedicate your mi
nds, your words, your bodies, and the fruits of your labor for the service of the Supreme Lord. Then you will surely achieve the final objective of life [love of God]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, under the king's firm hand all law-abiding citizens were perfectly protected from both internal and external dangers. Everyone was pleased by his pract
ical activities, and all the citizens were very satisfied to have him as their ruler. When he traveled through the world on his victorious chariot, appearing as brilliant as the sun, all thieves and rogues hid themselves, and all other kings recognized h
is supremacy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, King P\'e5thu did not present himself as a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub royal authority empowered to comm
and everyone. In fact, he was renowned for his humility and impartiality. He ruled so impartially that if the son of his enemy was innocent, he would not punish him, but if his own son was punishable, he would not hesitate to punish him. Even though he w
as very opulent due to the prosperity of his entire empire, King P\'e5thu was never inclined to utilize his opulences for the gratification of his senses. He remained unattached, exactly like the sun, which remains unaffected in all circumstances.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like all saintly kings of the Vedic age, King P\'e5thu voluntarily gave up his rule before death or infirmity overtook him, and he retired to the forest to complete
ly immerse himself in God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was famous as "the king whose enemy was never born" because he was so pious that no one hated him. Indeed, his qualifications were so gloriou
s that his fame spread all over the universe and his pure devotional service induced the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself to become his intimate friend.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another epithet for King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was "the personification of goodness," for by continuous service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he was freed from all desire for
 sense gratification and personal wealth, fame, or power. This complete selflessness made him a worthy emperor of the world. "All good for the citizens!" was his motto, and he lived up to it by always seeing to the social, political, economic, and spirit
ual upliftment of the citizens of his kingdom. Due to his perfect administration and his pure devotion to God, even the rivers, oceans, hills, forests, etc., were all pleased with him, and they supplied their bounty profusely. Thus during the reign of Ki
ng Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira the citizens of the world were never troubled by a lack of any necessity, or by mental agonies, diseases, excessive heat or cold, or any other disturbance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like all saintly kings of the Vedic age, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira renounced his kingdom at the end of life to devote himself exclusively to spiritual practice. After enthr
oning Par\'e9k\'f1it as emperor of the world, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira gave up his regal dress and left for the North. His devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was so pure that even before relinquishing his body he achieved the highest spiritual abode.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Feast-ISKCON centers v11 #2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FEAST
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . . . on a multicourse banquet of exquisite vegetarian cuisine offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also . . . plays, music, dance and mantra meditation in the transcendental atmosphere of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every Sunday at all ISKCON centers listed below.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AFRICA: Johannesburg, S. Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9759 Muller St
.. Yeoville/ 43-2006; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mombassa, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Maungano Rd., P.O. Box 84228, East Africa; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nairobi, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Muhoroni Close, Ngara Rd, P.O. Box 28946 E. Africa/ 31568; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Louis, Mauritius}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9723 Wellington Ave., Quatre Bornes, P.O. Box 718.
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\cb1\nosupersub Tehran, Iran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 66-1540, Niavaran; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tokyo, Japan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'977 Bury Place, Bloomsbury WC1/ 01-405-1463; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paris, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 Paris/ 727-0202; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rome, Italy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Sede Sociale, Via Mistretta 2, Rome 001
82/7583873; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stockholm, Sweden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Grevgatan 18, Stockholm 11453/ 08-607-881.
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or 473/86-36-73; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caracas, Venezuela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Calle Luis Roche No. 61, Colinas de Los Chaguaramos/ 76-74
-57; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mexico City, Mexico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gobernador Tiburcio., Montiel No. 45, San Miguel, Mexico City 18/ 277
-3124; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9755 Jorge Romany, Santa Rita, Rio Piedras}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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idad and Tabago}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gordon St. at Santa Margarita Circular, St. Augustine, Trinidad/662-4605; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San 
Jose, Costa Rica}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hatillo No3, Calle Costa Rica, Casa 12/26-3248; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Santo Domingo, Dominican Repu
blic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Cayetano Rodriguez No. 36; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sao Paulo, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rua Bolivia 180, Jardim Prudencia 04648.
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\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box170, Alexander, Sydney, NSW, 2015/698-9141.
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\'971014 Emerson St., Evanston 60201/ (312) 491-0844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cl
eveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975430 Gurley Ave. 75223/ (214) 827-6330; }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Denver, Colorado}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 33-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'978311 E. Jefferson St. 48214/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Gainesville, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 SW Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9751 Coelho Way 96817/ (808) 595-3947; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 526-9860; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973716 Broadway 89030/
 (702) 649-5459; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way, 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Blvd. H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Or
leans, Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340-348 West 55th St. 10019/ (212) 765-8610; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97224 Besserer St., Ont/ (613) 236-9091; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97424 E. Woodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Phoenix, Arizona}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'977602 N. 27th Ave.,
 85021/ (602) 995-1241; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 SE Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o ISKCON Phoenix; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Diego, Ca
lifornia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973300 Third Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Francisco, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973006 Laguna St. 94123 (415) 567-7440; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. E. 98102/ (206) 329-9348; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Avenu
e Rd., Ont. M5A 2E5/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971774 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver-9, B.C./ (
604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D.C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972015 "Q" St. NW 20009/ (202) 667-3516; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Winnipeg, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97160 Home St., Winnepeg, Man./ (204) 775-3575.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON FARMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Bridesville. B.C. Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Rock Mt. Road, VOH 1BO/ (604) 446-2436; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (contact ISKCON Buffalo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, M
ississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rt No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delaplane, Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rt No 1. Box 22, 22025/ (703) 364
-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay Le Male, 3660 Valency; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kilifi, Kenya, Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub contact}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ISKCON Nairobi); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhak
tivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire/ WD2 8EP, Radlett, 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97(}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub contact}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mulberry, Tennessee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rt No 1. Box }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 146A. 37359/ (615) 759-7058; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, West Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ookala, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P.O. Box 112, 96774/ (808) 935-6116; Petropolis, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97(}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub contact}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ISKCON Sao Paulo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub RD No 1, 17082/ (717) 527-2493.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar v11 #2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
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\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named for
 a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{\b0
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\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 489, Caitanya Era\line Vai\'f1\'ebava 
Month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (January 18\'97February 15, 1976)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukla-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bright fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 5 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 19}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )\cell\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 February 7 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 21}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell\qc\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 February 8 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 22}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt
\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0
\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasanta-pa\'efcam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Vi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1\'ebupriy\'e4 Dev}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Pundarika Vidyanidhi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub la Raghun}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa Gosv\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Raghunandana \'d6h\'e4kura, Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Vi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub van}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha Cakravart}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\cell\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Advaita-saptam\'e9 (a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Advait\'e4c\'e4rya\'97fasting)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Advaita-saptam\'e9 breakfast }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 10:05 a.m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 9 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 23}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub February 10 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 24}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 11 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 25}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub February 12 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 26}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9p\'e4da M
adhv\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nuj}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. Fasting for Var\'e4ha-dv\'e4da\'e7\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Ek\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub breakfast after 8.50 a.m. and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 10:00 a.m. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Var
\'e4ha-dv\'e4da\'e7\'e9 (a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Var\'e4ha)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 13 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4
dhava 27}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 14 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 28}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 15 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub M\'e4dhava 29}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Nity\'e4nanda-trayoda\'e7\'e9 (a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu\'97fasting)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nity\'e4nanda-trayoda\'e7\'e9 breakfast }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:59 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhurosava of Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Narottama d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sa \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat3\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat3\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat3
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat3\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (February 16\'97March 17, 1976)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4680\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx10080\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx15480\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (dark fortnight) of the month of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya
\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 20 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda 5}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 25 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda 10}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 26 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda 11}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 February 28 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda 13}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4680\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx10080\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx15480\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx19440\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Bhaktisiddh
\'e4nta Sarasvat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'d6h\'e4kura Prabhup\'e4da. Disappearance of Puru\'f1ottama \'d6h\'e4kura
\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vijay\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Ek\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub breakfast after 8.07 a.m. and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:54 a.m.
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\'c7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iva-r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tri-
vrata (optional fast)
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Peace Formula
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Peace Formula
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Divine Grace }{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as a national state is protected by the department of law and order, so the state of the universe, of which this earth is only an insignificant fragment, is pr
otected by the laws of nature. This material nature is one of the potencies of God, who is the ultimate proprietor of everything that be. This earth is, therefore, the property of God, but we living entities, especially the so-called civilized human bein
gs, are claiming God's property as our own under an individual and collective false conception. If you want peace, you have to remove this false conception from your mind and from the world. This false claim of proprietorship by the human race is the cau
se of all disturbances of peace on earth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Foolish, so-called civilized men are claiming proprietary rights on God's property because they have now become godless. You cannot be happy and peaceful in a godle
ss society. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that He is the factual enjoyer of
 all the living entities' activities, that He is the Supreme Lord of all universes, and that He is the well-wishing friend of all beings. When the people of the world know this as the formula for peace, it is then that peace will prevail.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, if you want peace at all, you will have to change your consciousness into K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, both individually and collectively, by the simple
 process of chanting the holy name of God. This is the standard and recognized process for achieving peace in the world. We therefore recommend that everyone become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is practical, simple, and sublime. Four hundred and eighty years ago this formula was introduced in India by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya, and now it is available i
n your country. Take to this simple process of chanting as above mentioned, realize your factual position by reading the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and reestablish your lost relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God. Peace and prosperity will be the immediate worldwide result.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes v11#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SOUNDS OF TRANSCENDENCE!
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10 #12
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Kidnapping of Princess Rukmi\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Kidnapping of Princess Rukmi
\'eb\'e9
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A story from }{\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead\line  }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb449\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The King of Vidarbha, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Bh\'e9\'f1maka, had five sons and a young daughter known as Rukmi\'eb\'e9. Many saintly persons use
d to visit the King's palace, and from them Rukmi\'eb\'e9 obtained information about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Simply by hearing about the opulences of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she desired to surrender herself to His lotus feet and 
become His wife. All the relatives of King Bh\'e9\'f1maka agreed that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 should be given in marriage to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and after hearing how Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was a reservoir of all transcendental qualities\'97intelligence, liberality, exquisite 
beauty, and righteous behavior\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself decided that she was fit to be His wife.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, Rukmi\'eb\'e9's brother Rukm\'e9 arranged for her to be married to \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, a determined enemy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When the black-eyed, beautiful 
Rukmi\'eb\'e9 heard of this settlement, she became very morose. But, being a king's daughter, she could understand political diplomacy, and therefore she decided to take immediate steps to acquire K\'e5\'f1\'eba as her husband. After some deliberation, s
he wrote a letter to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and entrusted it to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub messenger. Without delay
, she sent him with her letter to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's capital city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Reaching the gate of Dv\'e4rak\'e4, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub informed the doorkeeper of his mission. and the doorkeeper led him to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who was sitting on a golden throne. After the messenger was duly greeted according to his brahminical status, he c
arefully read Rukmi\'eb\'e9's letter to the Supreme Lord:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O infallible and most beautiful one, I have heard of Your transcendental qualities. I may be shameless in expressing myself so directly, bu
t You have captivated me and taken my heart. I am an unmarried girl, young in age, and You may doubt the steadiness of my character. But my dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, since You are the supreme lion among human beings, the supreme person among persons, any girl
 not yet out of her home, or any woman of the highest chastity, would desire to marry You, being captivated by Your unprecedented character, knowledge, opulence and position.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I know that You are very kind toward Your devotees. Therefore I have decided to become Your eternal maidservant. My dear Lord, I dedicate my life and soul unto You
r lotus feet. I have selected Your Lordship as my husband, and I request You to accept me as Your wife. You are supremely powerful, O lotus-eyed one. Now I belong to You. It would be ludicrous if what is enjoyable for the lion is taken away by the jackal
. Therefore I request You to immediately take care of me before I am taken away by \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. Please come here and catch hold of my hand so that I may not be touched by \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la and his men."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased to hear Rukmi\'eb\'e9's statement. He shook hands with the messenger and said, "My dear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am very glad to hear that Rukmi\'eb\'e9 is anxious to marry Me, since I am also anxious to get her hand. I can unders
tand that Rukmi\'eb\'e9's brother has arranged her marriage with \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la in a spirit of animosity }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub toward Me. So I am deter}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mined to give him a good lesson. Just as one can bring forth fire from ordinary wood by proper manipulation, similarly, after dealing with the demoniac princes, I shall bring forth Rukmi\'eb\'e9 like fire from thei
r midst."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba heard that Rukmi\'eb\'e9's marriage was scheduled for the following day, He decided to leave for the k
ingdom of Vidarbha immediately. He ordered His driver to harness the horses to His chariot and prepare for the journey, and they started at once. Within a single night they rode one thousand miles to their destination, the town of Kundina.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's elder brother, Lord Balar\'e4ma, soon received the news that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had left for Kundina accompan
ied only by a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and that \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was there with his ally Jar\'e4sandha an
d a large number of soldiers. Suspecting that they would attack K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma took strong military divisions of chariots, infantry, horses and elephants and rode to the precinct of Ku\'eb\'f2ina.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, inside the palace, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was expecting K\'e5\'f1\'eba to arrive. But when neither He nor the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub messenger appeared, she became full of anxiety and began to think how unfortunate she was. She thought, "There is only one night bef
ore my marriage day, and still neither the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nor K\'e5\'f1\'eba has returned. I cann
ot understand this."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being the Supersoul of all living beings, K\'e5\'f1\'eba could understand Rukmi\'eb\'e9's anxiety, so He sent the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inside the palace to let her know that He had arrived. When Rukmi\'eb\'e9 saw the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub she was elated. She smiled and asked him whether or not K\'e5\'f1\'eba had come. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub replied, "The son of the Yadu dynasty, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has arrived!" He further encouraged her }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by saying}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had prom
ised}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to carry her away without fail. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was so thrilled by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub message that she wanted to give him in charity everything she possessed. However, finding nothing at h
and suitable for presentation, she simply bowed down and offered him her humble respects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When King Bh\'e9\'f1maka heard that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma had come, he invited Them to see the marriage ceremony of his daughter. He arranged to receive Th
em and Their soldiers in a garden house. As was the Vedic custom, the King offered K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma honey and fresh washed cloth.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, Rukmi\'eb\'e9 came out of the palace to visit the temple of the Goddess Durg\'e4. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was dressed ver
y beautifully, and as she proceeded toward the temple, she was very silent and grave. Her mother and girl friends were by her side, and she was surrounded by royal bodyguards. In this way she entered the temple and offered her prayers to the deity. Ordin
ary people pray to Durg\'e4 for material wealth, fame, strength and so on. Rukmi\'eb\'e9, however, desired to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba for her husband, and therefore she prayed to the deity to be pleased with her and bless her. Then she caught hold of the han
d of one of her girl friends and left the temple, accompanied by the others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the princes and visitors who had come to Kundina for the marriage were assembled outside the temple to see Rukmi\'eb\'e9. When the princes, who were especially 
eager to see her, caught sight of Rukmi\'eb\'e9 leaving the temple, they were struck with wonder. Indeed, they thought she had been especially manufactured by the Creator to bewilder them! She appeared to be just a youth not more than thirteen or fourtee
n years old. Her body was well constructed, the middle portion being thin. The beauty of her green eyes and pink lips was enhanced by her scattered hair and different kinds of earrings, and around her feet she wore jeweled lockets. All in all, the bodily
 luster and beauty of Rukmi\'eb\'e9, which was specifically intended to attract the attention of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, appeared as if painted by an artist perfectly presenting beauty following the description of great poets.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the princes gazed upon her beautiful features, she was not at all proud. Her eyes moved restlessly, and when she smiled very innocently, her teeth appeared
 just like lotus flowers. Expecting K\'e5\'f1\'eba to take her away at any moment, she proceeded very slowly toward her home. The motion of her legs was just like that of a full-grown swan's body, and her ankle bells tinkled very mildly.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The princes assembled there were so overwhelmed by Rukmi\'eb\'e9's beauty that they almost became unconscious, and they fe
ll from the backs of their horses and elephants. Full of lust, they hopelessly desired Rukmi\'eb\'e9's hand, comparing their own beauty to hers. \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Rukmi\'eb\'e9, however, was not interested in any of them. In her heart she was simply expec
ting K\'e5\'f1\'eba to come and carry her away. As she adjusted the ornaments on the fingers of her left hand, she happened to look upon the princes. Suddenly she saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was among them. Although Rukmi\'eb\'e9 had never seen K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a before, she was always thinking of Him, and thus she had no difficulty recognizing Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ignoring the other princes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately took Rukmi\'eb\'e9 and placed her on His chariot. He then proceeded slowly, without fear, taking Rukmi\'eb
\'e9 away exactly as a lion takes a deer from the midst of jackals. Meanwhile, Balar\'e4ma appeared on the scene with the soldiers of the Yadu dynasty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jar\'e4sandha, who had previously been defeated many times by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, began to roar, "How is this? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is taking Rukmi\'eb\'e9 away from us witho
ut any opposition! What is the use of our being chivalrous fighters? My dear princes, just look! We are losing our reputation by this action! It is just like a jackal's taking booty from a lion!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the princes, led by Jar\'e4sandha, then became very angry at K\'e5\'f1\'eba for kidnapping Rukmi\'eb\'e9. They stood up and properly armed themselves with their
 bows and arrows. However, as they began to chase after K\'e5\'f1\'eba on their chariots, horses and elephants, the soldiers of the Yadu dynasty turned and faced them. Terrible fighting between the two belligerent groups ensued. The princes opposing K
\'e5\'f1\'eba were all very expert fighters, and they shot their arrows at the Yadu soldiers just as a cloud splashes the face of a mountain with torrents of rain. Determined to defeat K\'e5\'f1\'eba and recapture Rukmi\'eb\'e9 from His custody, Jar\'e4s
andha and his companions fought with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's army as severely as possible. Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was seated by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's side on His chariot. She became fearful when she saw the arrows of the opposing party raining onto the faces of the soldiers 
of Yadu, and she looked at K\'e5\'f1\'eba, grateful that He had taken such a great risk alone. She felt very sorry. K\'e5\'f1\'eba understood, and He encouraged her with these words: "My dear Rukmi\'eb\'e9, don't worry. Please rest assured that the soldi
ers of the Yadu dynasty will kill all their opponents without delay."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Balar\'e4ma and the commanders of the Yadu soldiers did not tolerate the defiant attitude of Jar\'e4sandha's army. Th
ey started to strike them with their arrows. As the fighting progressed, the princes and soldiers of the enemy began to fall from their horses, elephants and chariots.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the enemy found that they were gradually being defeated, they thought it unwise to risk losing men for the sake of \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la. They felt that \'c7i\'e7u
p\'e4la himself should have fought to rescue Rukmi\'eb\'e9 from the hands of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but when they saw that \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la was not competent enough to fight with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they decided not to lose their strength unnecessarily. Therefore 
they ceased fighting and dispersed.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rukmi\'eb\'e9's brother Rukm\'e9, however, was very agitated. He was determined to personally teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba a lesso
n. He drew his bow and forcefully shot three arrows directly against K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body. Then he condemned K\'e5\'f1\'eba, saying, "You are the most abominable descendant of the Yadu dynasty. Stand before me for a minute so I can teach You a good less
on! You are carrying away my sister just like a crow stealing clarified butter meant for use in a sacrifice. You are proud of Your military strength, but You cannot fight according to regulative principles. You have stolen my sister, so now I shall relie
ve You of Your false prestige. You can keep my sister in Your possession only as long as I do not pin You to the ground with my arrows."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon hearing all these crazy words from Rukm\'e9, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba immediately shot an arrow and severed Rukm\'e9's bowstring. Rukm\'e9 then took up another bow 
and shot another five arrows at K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Attacked for a second time by Rukm\'e9, K\'e5\'f1\'eba again severed his bowstring. Again Rukm\'e9 took up a bow, and yet again K\'e5\'f1\'eba cut its string. Having run out of bows, Rukm\'e9 took the assis
tance of swords, shields, tridents, lances, and similar other weapons used in hand-to-hand combat. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba destroyed them all in the same way as before. Repeatedly baffled in his attempts, Rukm\'e9 finally took his sword and ran very swiftly t
oward K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as a fly hurtles toward a fire. As soon as Rukm\'e9 reached Him, K\'e5\'f1\'eba cut his weapon to pieces, took out His own sharp sword, and prepared to kill him. But Rukmi\'eb\'e9, understanding that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was not goin
g to excuse her brother, fell down at the Lord's lotus feet. In a very grievous tone, trembling with great fear, she began to plead with Him: "Please do not kill my brother just before the auspicious time of our marriage. I am happy to get You as my husb
and right at the last moment before my marriage to \'c7i\'e7up\'e4la, but I do not want our marriage to cost my elder brother's life. After all, he loves me, and he simply wants me to marry someone who, according to his calculations, is a better man than
 You.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At Rukmi\'eb\'e9's request, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba grew compassionate and agreed not to kill the foolish Rukm\'e9. At the same time, He wanted to give him some slight 
punishment. So He tied Rukm\'e9 up with a piece of cloth and snipped at his mustache, beard, and hair, leaving some spots here and there.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba then brought Rukmi\'eb\'e9 to Dv\'e4rak\'e4 and married her according to the Vedic rituals. All the inhabit
ants were happy on this occasion, and in every house there were great ceremonies. The citizens of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 were so pleased that they dressed themselves with the nicest possible ornaments and garments and presented gifts to the newly married couple. 
The story of how K\'e5\'f1\'eba kidnapped Rukmi\'eb\'e9 was poeticized, and the professional readers recited it everywhere. In this way, all the inhabitants of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 were extremely jubilant, seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, and Rukmi\'eb
\'e9, the goddess of fortune, peacefully united.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At Rukmi\'eb\'e9's request, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba grew compassionate and agreed not to kill the foolish Rukmi. At the same time, He wanted to give him some slight punishment. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Patron Member v11#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BECOME A PATRON MEMBER
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Freedom in knowledge v11#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 World of Timeless knowledge v11#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A WORLD OF TIMELESS KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
11 No. 3/4, 1976
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness    v11#3/4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#10
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb660\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE K\'c5\'d1\'cbA,\line K\'c5\'d1\'cbA K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, HARE HARE\line HARE R\'c4MA, HARE R\'c4MA,\line R\'c4MA R\'c4MA, HARE HARE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God has an unlimited variety of names. Some of them\'97like Jehovah, Adonai, Buddha, and Allah\'97are familiar to us, while the names K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma may
 be less so. However, whatever name of God we may accept, we}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are enjoined by all scriptures to ch
ant it for spiritual purification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Muhammed counseled, "Glorify the name of your Lord, the most high." (Koran 87.2) Saint Paul said, "Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be saved." (Romans 10:13) Lord Buddha declared, "All who sincerely call upon my name will}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub come to me after death, and I will take them to Paradise." (Vows }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Amida Buddha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18) King David preached, "From the rising of the sun to}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised." (Psalms 113:3) And the world's oldest scriptures, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of India, emphatically state, "Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name of the Lord. In this age of quarrel there is no 
other way, no other way, no other way to attain spiritual enlightenment." (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The special design of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant makes it easy to repeat and pleasant to hear. Spoken or sung, by yourself or in a group, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub invariably produces a joyful state of spiritual awareness\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this issue }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD magazine.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead     v11#3/4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
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a
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha S\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa, Bibh\'e4vati-
dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadvipa d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Ra\'efcora d\'e4sa,  Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4
sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Arcita d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Gopav
\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, M\'e4khanataskra d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ahobala-n\'e5si\'e0ha d\'e4sa, Candan\'e4c
\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana-guru d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub al\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Suras\'e4-dev\'e9
 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover  v11#3/4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees representing thirty countries on six continents joined His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da at la
st year's opening of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Balar\'e4ma Temple in Vrnd\'e4vana, India. The three-day springtime celebration in the town of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth inaugurated a new phase of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in "the land of religion." Symbolizing a
n effort to revitalize India through strengthening its unique spiritual heritage, the temple opening marked the beginning of ISKCON's program to attract people the world over to the land of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth.\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Special Centerfold Section }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gav
atam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The continuing}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub presentation of India's great spiritual classic. Translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of BACK TO G
ODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna C
onsciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mov
ement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present topics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p3: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedan
ta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousne
ss}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India) Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Christ
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA OR CHRIST
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Name Is the Same
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During a recent morning walk near ISKCON's center in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta 
Swami Prabhup\'e4da and several of his disciples were joined by Father Emmanuel Jungclaussen, a Benedictine monk from Niederalteich Monastery. Noticing that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was carrying meditation beads similar to the Catholic rosary, Father Em
manuel explained that he also chanted a constant prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, be merciful unto us." The following conversation ensued:
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86\fi0\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the
 meaning of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christ?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christ }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comes from the Greek word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christos, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub meaning "the anointed on
e."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0\shading10000\cfpat1 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christos is t
he Greek version of the word K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is very interesting.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When an Indian person calls on K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, he often says, "Krsta." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Krsta is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a Sanskrit word meaning "attraction." So when we address 
God as "Christ," "Krsta," or "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," we indicate the same all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Jesus said, "Our Father, who art in heaven, sanctified be Thy name," that name of God was Krsta or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Do you agree?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think Jesus, as the Son of God, has revea
led to us the actual name of God: Christ. We can call God "Father," but if we want to address Him by His actual name, we have to say "Christ."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. "Christ" is another way of s
aying }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'f6a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and "}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'f6a"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is another way of pronouncing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the name of God. Jesus said that one should glorify the name of God, but yesterday I heard one theologian say that God has no name\'97that we can c
all him only "Father." A son may call his father "Father," but the father also has a specific name. Similarly, God is the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub general name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose
 specific name is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore whether you call God "Christ," "K\'e5\'f1\'f6a," or "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," ultimately you are addressing the same Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, if we speak of God's actual name, then
 we must say, "Christos." In our religion, we have the Trinity: the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. We believe we can know the name of God only by revelation from the Son of God. Jesus Christ revealed the name of the father, and therefore we take the n
ame Christ as the revealed name of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, it doesn't matter\'97K
\'e5\'f1\'eba or Christ\'97the name is the same. The main point is to follow the injunctions of the Vedic scriptures that recommend chanting the name of God in this age. The easiest way is to chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
 Rama and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are names of God, and Hare is the energy of God. So when we chant the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , we address God together with His energy. This energy is of two kinds, the spiritual and the material. At present we are in the clutches of the material energy. Therefore we pray to K\'e5\'f1\'eba that He may kindly deliver us from the servi
ce of the material energy and accept us into the service of the spiritual energy. That is our whole philosophy. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means, "O energy of God, O God (K\'e5\'f1\'eba), please engage me in Your service." It is our nature to render service. Somehow or other we have come to
 the service of material things, but when this service is transformed into the service of the spiritual energy, then our life is perfect. To practice }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [loving service to God] means to become free from designations like Hindu, Muslim, Christian, this or that, and simply to serve God. We have created Christian, Hindu, and Mohammedan religions
, but when we come to a religion without designations, in which we don't think we are Hindus or Christians or Mohammedans, then we can speak of pure religion, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukti? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [liberation from material miseries]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we speak of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is included. Without }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there is no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but if we act on the pl
atform of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is included. We learn this from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (14.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 ca yo \'92vyabhic\'e4re\'eba\line bhakti-yogena sevate\line sa gu\'eb\'e4n samat\'e9tyait\'e4n\line brahma-bh\'fcy\'e4
ya kalpate
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down under any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material natu
re and thus comes to the level of Brahman."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is Brahman K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is Para-brahman. B
rahman is realized in three aspects: as impersonal Brahman, as localized Param\'e4tm\'e4, and as personal Brahman. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is personal, and He is the Supreme Brahman, for God is ultimately a person. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this is confirmed:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vadanti tat tattva-vidas\line tattva\'e0 yaj j\'ef\'e4nam advayam\line brahmeti param\'e4tmeti\line bhagav\'e4n iti \'e7abdyate
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Learned transcendentalists, who know the Absolute Truth, call this non-dual substance Brahman, Param\'e4tm\'e4, or Bhagavan." The featur
e of the Supreme Personality is the ultimate realization of God. He has all six opulences in full: He is the strongest, the richest, the most beautiful, the most famous, the wisest, and the most renounced.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, I agree.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because God is absolute, His name
, His form, and His qualities are also absolute, and they are non-different from Him. Therefore to chant God's holy name means to associate directly with Him. When one associates with God, one acquires godly qualities, and when one is completely purified
, one becomes an associate of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But our understanding of the name of God is
 limited.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, we are limited, but God is u
nlimited. And because He is unlimited, or absolute, He has unlimited names, each of which is God. We can understand His names as much as our spiritual understanding is developed.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub May I ask a question? We Christians also pr
each love of God, and we try to realize love of God and render service to Him with all our heart and all our soul. Now, what is the difference }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub etween your movement and ours? Why do you send your disciples to the Western countries to preach love of God when the gospel of Jesus Christ is propounding the same message?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The problem is that the Christian
s do not follow the commandments of God. Do you agree?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, to a large extent you're right.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then what is the meaning of the C
hristians' love for God? If you do not follow the orders of God, then where is your love? Therefore we have come to teach what it means to love God: If you love Him, you cannot be disobedient to His orders. And if you're disobedient, your love is not tru
e.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All over the world people do not love God, but their dogs. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is therefore necessary to teach people how to revive their forg
otten love for God. Not only the Christians, but also the Hindus, the Mohammedans, and all others are guilty. They have rubber-stamped themselves as Christian, Hindu, or Mohammedan, but they do not obey God. That is the problem.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Visitor: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can you say in what way the Christians are disobedi
ent?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The first point is that they
 violate the commandment "Thou shalt not kill" by maintaining slaughterhouses. Do you agree that this commandment is being violated?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Personally, I agree.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Good. So if the Christians want t
o love God, they must stop killing animals. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But isn't the most important point\'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If you miss one point, there is a
 mistake in your calculation. Regardless of what you add or subtract after that, the mistake is already in the calculation, and everything that follows will also be faulty. We cannot simply accept that part of the scripture we like, and reject what we do
n't like, and still expect to get the result. For example, a hen lays eggs with its back part and eats with its beak. A farmer may consider, "The front part of the hen is very expensive because I have to feed it. Better to cut it off." But if the head is
 missing there will be no eggs anymore because the body is dead. Similarly, if we reject the difficult part of the scriptures and obey the part we like, such an interpretation will not help us. We have to accept all the injunctions of the scripture as th
ey are given, not only those that suit us. If you do not follow the first order, "Thou shalt not kill," then where is the question of love of God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Visitor:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Christians take this commandment to be applicable t
o human beings, not to animals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That would mean that Christ was n
ot intelligent enough to use the right word: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub murder. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub killing, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and there is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub murder. Murder }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refers to human beings. Do you think Jesus was not intelligent enough to use the right word\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub murder}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97instead of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub killing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Killing }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means any kind of killing, and especially animal killing. If Jesus had meant simply the killing of humans, he would hav
e used the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub murder.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But in the Old Testament the commandment "T
hou shalt not kill" }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub does }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub refer to murder. And when Jesus said, "Thou shalt not kill," he extended this co
mmandment to mean that a human being should not only refrain from killing another human being, but should also treat him with love. He never spoke about man's relationship with other living entities but only about his relationship with other human beings
. When he said, "Thou shalt not kill," he also meant in the mental and emotional sense\'97that you should not insult anyone or hurt him, treat him badly, and so on.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not concerned with this or
 that testament but only with the words used in the commandments. If you want to interpret these words, that is something else. We understand the direct meaning. "Thou shalt not kill" means, "The Christians should not kill." You may put forth interpretat
ions in order to continue the present way of action, but we understand very clearly that there is no need for interpretation. Interpretation is necessary if things are not clear. But here the meaning is clear. "Thou shalt not kill" is a clear instruction
. Why should we interpret it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Isn't the eating of plants also killing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy tea
ches that we should not even kill plants unnecessarily. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (9.26) K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0\line yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati\line tad aha\'e0 bhakty-upah\'e5tam\line a\'e7n\'e4m
i prayat\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If someone offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or a little water, I will accept it." We offer K\'e5\'f1\'eba onl
y the kind of food He demands, and then we eat the remnants. If offering vegetarian food to K\'e5\'f1\'eba were sinful, then it would be K\'e5\'f1\'eba's sin, not ours. But God is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
ap\'e4pa-vij\'efa\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sinful reactions are not applicable to Him. He is like the sun, which is so powerful that it can purify even urine\'97something impossible for us to do. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is also like a king, who may order a murderer to be hanged, but who himself is not subjected to punishment because he is very powerful. Eating food first offered to the Lord is also something like a soldier's killing during wartime. In a war, w
hen the commander orders a man to attack, the obedient soldier who kills the enemy will get a medal. But if the same soldier kills someone on his own, he will be punished. Similarly, when we eat only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [the remnants of food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba], we do not commit any sin. This is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (3.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yaj\'efa-\'e7i\'f1\'f6\'e4\'e7ina\'f9 santo\line mucyante sarva-kilbi\'f1ai\'f9\line bhu\'efjate te tv agham papa\line ya pacant
y \'e4tma-k\'e4ra\'eb\'e4t
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food that is first offered for sacrifice. Others, who prep
are food for personal sense enjoyment, verily eat only sin."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot give permission to ea
t animals?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes\'97in the animal kingdom. But
 the civilized human being, the religious human being, is not meant to kill and eat animals. If you stop killing animals and chant the holy name Christ, everything will be perfect. I have not come to teach you, but only to request you to please chant the
 name of God. The Bible also demands this of you. So let's kindly cooperate and chant, and if you have a prejudice against chanting the name K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then chant "Christo" or "K\'e5\'f1\'eba"\'97there is no difference. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya said: }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4mn\'e4m }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ak\'e4ri bahu-dh\'e4 nija-sarva-\'e7aktis. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "God has millions and millions of names, and because there is no difference between God's name and Himself, each one of these names has the same potency as God." Therefore, even if you accept designations like Hindu, Christian, or
 Mohammedan, if you simply chant the name of God found in your own scriptures, you will attain the spiritual platform. Human life is meant for self-realization\'97to learn how to love God. That is the actual beauty of man. Whether you discharge this duty
 as a Hindu, a Christian, or a Mohammedan, it doesn't matter\'97but discharge it!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I agree.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [pointing to a string of 108 medi
tation beads] We always have these beads, just as you have your rosary. You are chanting, but why don't the other Christians also chant? Why should they miss this opportunity as human beings? Cats and dogs cannot chant, but we can because we have a human
 tongue. If we chant the holy names of God, we cannot lose anything; on the contrary, we gain greatly. My disciples practice chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba constantly. They could also go to the cinema, or do so many other things, but they have given everyt
hing up. They eat neither fish nor meat nor eggs, they don't take intoxicants, they don't drink, they don't smoke, they don't partake in gambling, they don't speculate, and they don't maintain illicit sexual connections. But they do chant the holy name o
f God. If you would like to cooperate with us, then go to the churches and chant, "Christ," "K\'e5\'f1\'f6a," or "K\'e5\'f1\'eba." What could be the objection?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is none. For my part, I would be glad
 to join you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, we are speaking with you as a
 representative of the Christian church. Instead of keeping the churches closed, why not give them to us? We would chant the holy name of God there twenty-four hours a day. In many places we have bought churches that were practically closed because no on
e was going there. In London I saw hundreds of churches that were closed or used for mundane purposes. We bought one such church in Los Angeles. It was sold because no one came there, but if you visit this same church today, you will see thousands of peo
ple. Any intelligent person can understand what God is in five minutes; it doesn't require five hours.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I understand.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the people do not. Their dise
ase is that they don't want to understand.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Visitor: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think understanding God is not a question of inte
lligence, but a question of humility.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Humility means intelligence. "The
 humble and meek own the kingdom of God." This is stated in the Bible, is it not? But the philosophy of the rascals is that everyone is God, and today this idea has become popular. Therefore no one is humble and meek. If everyone thinks that he is God, w
hy should he be humble and meek? Therefore I teach my disciples how to become humble and meek. They always offer their respectful obeisances in the temple and to the spiritual master, and in this way they make advancement. The qualities of humbleness and
 meekness lead very quickly to spiritual realization. In the Vedic scriptures it is said, "To those who have firm faith in God and the spiritual master, who is His representative, the meaning of the Vedic scriptures is revealed."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But shouldn't this humility be offered to e
veryone else, also?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but there are two kinds of r
espect: special and ordinary. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya taught that we shouldn't expect honor for ourselves, but should always respect everyone else, even if he is disrespectful to us. But special respect should be given to God and His pure devot
ee.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, I agree.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think the Christian priests sho
uld cooperate with the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. They should chant the name Christ or Christos and should stop condoning the slaughter of animals. This program follows the teachings of the Bible; it is not my philosophy. Please act according
ly and you will see how the world situation will change.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Emmanuel: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whether you call God 'Christ,' 'K}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e5\'f1\'f6}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a,' or '}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,' ultimately you are addressing the same Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "They have rubber-stamped themselves as
 Christian, Hindu, or Mohammedan, but they do not obey God. That is the problem."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rga
va d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If you simply chant the name of God fo
und in your own scriptures, you will attain the spiritual platform."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Nectarean Teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya\line Part 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Nectarean Teachings of \'c7r
\'e9 Caitanya\line Part 2
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (translated from the original Bengali by \'c7r\'e9man Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa Brahmac\'e4r\'e9) }{\b0\v\f0\fs24\cf0 [part }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 1}{\b0\v\f0\fs24\cf0 ]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub GOP\'c9PAR\'c4\'cbADHANA D\'c4SA joined ISKCON soon after graduating from Columbia University in 1972 with a B.A. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub linguistics. Now }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub member of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Sanskrit department, he is continuing his translation of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya \'c7ik\'f1\'e4m\'e5ta by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the request of his spiritual master, His}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura (1838-1914) was a pion
eer in the distribution of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the English-speaking world. He dedicated much of his life to this effort, writing and speaking extensively in English and encouraging other devotees to do the same. His mission has been continued
 and greatly expanded by, his son, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9, and by his son's disciple, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Published in 1886, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-\'e7ik\'f1\'e4m\'e5ta (The Nectarean Teachings o
f \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub systematically and. uncompromisingly establishes the basic principles of devotional practice. Its subject matter is based largely on the conversations be
tween \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya , Mah\'e4prabhu and R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9s, as recorded in \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja's classic biography, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-
carit\'e4m\'e5ta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The present article comprises the second half of the first chapter.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE NATURE OF LOVE is that it accepts something as its subject and something as its object. Without a subject and an objec
t, love is impossible. In pure spiritual love, the heart of the living entity is the subject, and Lord}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone is the object. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Absolute Truth, once pure, unadulterated love for Him awakens, all subordinate worshipable objects become summed up in His original form. Therefore only love for K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is actually pure love. While reading this book in its entirety, one will directly experience that pure love to the extent that he is actually searching for it.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If, however, simply upon hearing the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the reader becomes argumentative, he will be cheated of any factual realization of the Absolute Truth. To argue about the 
holy name of the Lord is futile The object indicated by the holy name K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme goal of every living entity. The nectarean pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the crown jewel of all Vedic literatures, were directly perceived in trance by \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, the best of sages. Following t
he advice of \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4rada, Vy\'e4sadeva entered into devotional service to the Lord, the natural form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and then was able to see the original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Later he described }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes with His devotees, who exhibit devo
tion free from all material designations. This pure love destroys the living entity's distress, illusion, and fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to their different qualifications, people who read or hear the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba perceive them either intelligently or ignorantly. At the time of
 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance, when His pastimes are manifested to material vision, they stimulate increased intelligent perception by the wise class of men, but only more foolish understanding by those whose intelligence is absorbed in matter. Perce
ption arising under the influence of the Lord's knowledge potency is intelligent perception, but perception that develops in ignorance is unintelligent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one tries to understand the nectarean pastimes of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba foolishly, one may present many argumentative objections. No such objections are raised, 
however, if one perceives the Lord's pastimes with intelligence. If one hopes to achieve the supreme goal of life, he should quickly develop this intelligent perception. Why should one choose to understand things in a foolish way and thus, by creating ar
guments, allow one's best interest to be ruined?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Intelligent perception of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes is briefly summarized as follows. Those who can rise above thinking of material things, and who can thus be
come actually thoughtful, can see things intelligently. They see the form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with spiritual vision, hear the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with spiritual hearing, and fully relish K\'e5\'f1\'eba with their spiritual sense of taste. All the pa
stimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are nonmaterial\'97i.e., they are transcendental to this material world. Therefore, by themselves, one's material eyes and other material senses cannot perceive their presence. Only by the inconceivable potency of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
can these pastimes be perceived with material senses. When, at the time of His appearance the Lord makes His pastimes accessible to gross senses, He grants direct participation in them only to those with intelligent perception. Thus the general mass of p
eople perceive His pastimes unintelligently. They foolishly consider K\'e5\'f1\'eba to be something impermanent, thinking that His body, like ours, is born, grows old, and dies. Because of unintelligent perception, some people also believe that formlessn
ess is the ultimate reality and that form can exist only in the material sphere. Therefore, since K\'e5\'f1\'eba has a form, they conclude that He is material.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one can ascertain the nature of the Absolute Truth by argument. How can human reason, which is limited, deal with the unlimited subject of the Absolute Truth? If
 one wishes to understand and directly experience the Absolute Truth, he must engage in devotional service to the Lord. This process of devotional service, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhak
ti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the prelimi
nary stage of what we have previously referred to as pure love of God. One can develop intelligent perception only by receiving the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and one can receive the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba only by acting in devotional service, not simply 
by acquiring knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many kinds of sentiment for the Supreme Truth are seen in the world, but apart from all of them, the affection for the original form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only s
entiment that meets the standard of pure, unalloyed love. For example, one cannot apply the term }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pure love }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub to the feeling for Lord Allah presented in the Islamic scriptures. Even the prophet who was Lord Allah's dearmost friend was unable to directly see His transcendental body, for although he entered into a relationship of friendship with the Lo
rd, he was kept at a distance under the spell of His opulence. Likewise, the Christian conception of "God" is a very aloof phenomenon, and there are certainly no discussions of the pastimes of the impersonal Brahman. Nor is the magnificent form of Lord N
\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba the most natural object for the soul's ecstatic love. Therefore the only immediate object of pure ecstatic love is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose original form is found in its eternal splendor in the transcendental abode of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's V\'e5nd\'e4vana is by nature eternally full of sweetness and bliss. Although spiritual opulence is fully present there, its predominating aspect is
 not felt. Fruits, flowers, and young sprouts\'97these are the riches of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. The domain's subjects are the herds of cows, the friends are the cowherd boys, the consorts are the gop\'e9s, and the food is the milk products such as butter and y
ogurt. The River Yamun\'e4 and all the forests and gardens are full of love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In fact, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana all of nature acts in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who elsewhere receives the worship and reverence of everyone as th
e Supreme Absolute Truth, is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana the sole treasure of life, sometimes known familiarly to the worshiper as his equal, and sometimes as his inferior.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How else could the insignificant living entity ecstatically love the Absolute Truth? The Supreme Truth has His own pastimes and His own desires, and He is anxious t
o have the living entity's pure love. How can He who is by His nature supreme, who, like common men, hankers for worship but can never be fully satisfied by such worship, obtain His own happiness? By covering His opulences with the quality of sweetness a
nd evoking the love of His devotees. Thus Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the reservoir of the most wonderfully relishable pastimes, accepts equality with and inferiority to those living entities fit to relish the transcendental relationships of V\'e5nd
\'e4vana, and in this way He obtains His own pleasure.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For those who accept pure and complete love of God as the only goal in life, who else but K\'e5\'f1\'eba could they choose as the object of that love? Furthermore, 
if the language were changed so that words such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba, v\'e5nd\'e4vana, gopa, gop\'e9, go-dhana, govardhana, yamun\'e4, kadamba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and so on could not be found anywhere, then devotees trying to develop pure ecstatic love would simply have to somehow pick other words for all the holy names, abodes, paraphernalia, forms, and pastimes of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, there is no object of pure love except K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After careful consideration, we can see that there are just two ways of achieving love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, namely, regulated devotional service and spontaneous serv
ice. Spontaneous devotion is rare. Regulations have no more power over a person whose spontaneous attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba has developed, but as long as it has }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub developed, his prime business is to follow the rules of regulated devotional service. Until uncontaminated, spontaneous attraction becomes prominent, a candidate must accept as his
 duty both the essential and minor regulative principles of devotional service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mention two paths, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidhi-m\'e4rga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (regulated devotiona
l service) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ga-m\'e4rga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (spontaneous devotional service). Since }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ga-m\'e4rga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  completely voluntary
, it does not have specifically prescribed regulations. Only one who is especially fortunate and highly qualified can enter onto this path. I have consequently written here only about the process of devotional service on the platform of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidhi-m\'e4rga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunate persons cannot recognize the Supreme Lord. For the sake of carrying out their livelihood, they are forced to establish many rules of conduct known as }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e9ti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or morality. However, regardless of how excellent a code of morality may be, if it does no
t further the development of God consciousness, it cannot bring about the perfection of human life. Such morality is simply renegade morality. On the other hand, a set of moral codes that encourages belief in God and prescribes authorized activity on His
 behalf should be respected as a proper system of guidelines }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (vidhi) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for the behavior of human be
ings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two types of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidhi: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub major and minor. When one accepts the satisfaction of the Lord as the only goal in life, then the process that immediately fulfills this purpose is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mukhya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (major) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidhi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub In contrast, a process that more or less indirectly indicates the final goal of satisfying the Lord is known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (minor) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidhi. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, bathing early in the morning 
is one guideline of behavior. By bathing in the morning, the body is cleansed and made free from disease. Thus the mind becomes steady, and when the mind is steady, one is fit to worship the Lord. In this case, then, the goal of life (to worship the Supr
eme) is not realized directly, since the immediate result of bathing is merely a clean body. If one takes bodily cleanliness to be the ultimate goal of bathing, he will not get the fruit of devotional service. Therefore, except for the worship of the Lor
d, all other results of the moral principle of bathing are intermediate benefits, and when such secondary results are involved, interference with the final goal is always a possibility.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, the immediate goal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukhya-vidhi is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub service to the Supreme Lord. In this major process of activity, there is no intermediate result standing between the means of the regulative principles and the end of devotional service. Chanting th
e glories of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and hearing topics about Him are aspects of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukhya-vidhi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub since 
the direct consequence of both is pure devotion. However, if one simply executes the main process of devotional practice in relation to K\'e5\'f1\'eba but neglects secondary regulations, he will not be able to fulfill the needs of the body, and thus it w
ill be impossible for him to maintain his life. How can one adopt the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukhya-vidhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (direct devoti
onal service to the Lord) if he cannot even keep his body and soul together? The gist of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau\'eba-vidhi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub then, is that by diligent application of all types of education, art, industry, etiquette, and orderliness, which are prime assets of human life, and by also taking to heart bodily, mental, and social regulations, one can honestly maintain hi
s livelihood and thus facilitate his service to the Lord's lotus feet. When }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau\'eba-vidhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub actually carried to its complete fructification, it becomes the assistant of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukhya-vidhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and helps make human existence fully ecstatic with the nectar found at the Lord's lotus feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many styles of human life: nomadic life, barely civilized life, civilized life enriched by material science, atheistic moral life, theistic moral life, de
votional life in practice, and the life of a devotee in ecstatic love of God. Actually, human existence as such begins with religious morality. As long as one's way of life is not centered around God (and by extension, as long as it remains uncivilized, 
unscientific, and immoral), it cannot be considered any better than animal life. Real human life must be governed by the rules and restrictions of theistic morality. Therefore the considerations of this discussion begin with God-conscious moral life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Among the chief ornaments of a God-conscious way of life are material science, culture, and ethics. And when, along with these features, religious morality matures 
into devotional life, all one's desires are satisfied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The activities of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (living entity) are known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jaiva-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and on the human level, as human }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has two aspects, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau\'eba
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukhya}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which are concerned with conditioned and purely spiritual activities respectively. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gau\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or conditional, }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deals with th
e world of matter, its material modes, and the conditioned living entity's relationship with them. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or spiritual, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has as its subject the pure spirit soul and is therefore the actual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jaiva-dharma
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gau\'eba-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in fact nothing more than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukhya-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub affected by material nature and transformed according to the modes of matter\'97goodness, passion, and ignorance. As the living entity's activities r
ise above these three modes and again become fully spiritual, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau\'eba-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub changes into }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukhya-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In other words, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau\'eba-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the soul's natural propensities covered and perverted by material designations. When all false designations are eliminated from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau\'eba-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it becomes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mukhya-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gau\'eba-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub includes both the conditioned activities prescribed by the regulations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau\'eba-vidhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and those forbidden by its restrictions, or in other words, both pious and sinful activities. A person should not artificially renounce his conditioned activities
; rather, in the advanced stage of his liberation from the material modes, these activities will automatically be transformed back into spiritual activities. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gau\'eba-dharma}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub comes about when the conditioned soul allows his spiritual activities to become perverted. These 
material activities can again become spiritualized if reconverted by the proper means. Therefore, in future chapters, we shall first discuss the rules and restrictions of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gau
\'eba-vidhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub then those of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mukhya-vidhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and finally the perfection of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jaiva-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devotional service in ecstatic love of God
.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Discovering the Lord's Birthplace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Discovering the Lord's Birthplac
e
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Acyut\'e4nanda Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1886, when \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura was stationed in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, India, as a government minister, he became so anxious to see the land o
f Lord Caitanya that he applied many times for a transfer to any town nearby. Upon not receiving the desired transfer, he formally submitted a resignation from public service, but it was refused. Then, to his great rejoicing, he obtained a transfer to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba-nagara, twenty-five miles from Navadv\'e9pa, M\'e4y\'e4pur, the birthplace of the Lord. Once stationed there, he did not let a single free moment pass without visiting the land of Navadv\'e9pa. He made inquiries about the exact whereabouts 
of the different places of Lord Caitanya's pastimes and soon discovered that the then city of Navadv\'e9pa was a town of only one hundred years' standing. Convinced that Navadv\'e9pa was not the actual birthplace of Lord Caitanya, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinod
a became curious to locate the authentic spot. He at once commenced a vigorous inquiry to find the truth of the matter. Finally, after persistent inquiry, he was told that the actual site was lost under the shifting course of the Ganges. Not satisfied wi
th even this explanation, he himself set out to discover the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga-p\'e9\'f6ha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (birthplace). After
 great difficulties, he came to know of a place then in the possession of the Mohammedans that was being adored by many realized souls as the true birthplace of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Local inquiry and corroborative evidence from ancient maps 
of the latter part of the eighteenth century that showed the name \'93\'c7r\'e9 M\'e4y\'e4pur\'94 at last helped him discover the actual site. As a final proof, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda showed the site to Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9, the foremo
st devotee of Lord Caitanya at that time, who confirmed that it was definitely the site where the Lord had appeared. Although Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4j\'e9 was old and disabled, when he was brought to that holy place and found it genuine, he imme
diately jumped up and began to dance in ecstasy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon afterward, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda retired from his government position and personally went door-to-door in Calcutta to raise funds for the construction of a 
temple memorializing Lord Caitanya\'92s birthplace. Today, pilgrims from every part of the world congregate there to pay their respects to the Lord and His pure devotees.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Like a jewel on the Ganges plain, the first building of a future city, ISKCON's world headquarters in M\'e4y\'e4pur, India, rises\line above the fertile fields of Lord Caitanya's homeland.\line }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bottom:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Classic red sandstone tomb of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura rests peacefully amids
t the palms o n the banks of the Jal\'e4\'ecgi.
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Nearing the spires and five-tiered tower at the birthplace of Lord Caitanya, worldwide delegates of ISKCON make their annual springtime pilgrimage. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bottom:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ancient nim tree under which Lord Caitanya took His birth gave Him His youthful nickname of "Nim\'e4i.''
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Feast-ISKCON centers    v11 #3/4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FEAST
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . . . on a multicourse banquet of exquisite vegetarian cuisine offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also . . . plays, music, dance and mantra meditation in the transcendental atmosphere of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every Sunday at all ISKCON centers listed below.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ann Arbor, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97718 W. Madison St. 48103/ (313) 665-6304; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atlanta, Georgia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971287 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E. 30306/ (404) 378-9182; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Baltimore, Maryland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97200 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville 21228, (301) 788-6783; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Be
rkeley, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonwealth Ave. 02116/ (617) 536-1669; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Charlotte, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. 7 Box 870, Mallard Creek Road, 28213/ (704) 596-5151; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chicago, lllinois}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'971014 Emerson St., Evanston 60201/ (312) 491-0844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cl
eveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975430 Gurley Ave. 75223/ (214) 827-6330; }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Denver, Colorado}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 33-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Lenox 48215/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesvil
le, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 SW Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9751 Coelho Way 96817/ (808) 595-3947; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 526-9860; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Co
ast Hwy 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973716 Broadway, N. Las Vegas 89030/ (702) 649-
5459; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way, 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Blvd. H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, L
ouisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 10019/ (212) 765-8610; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97224 Besserer St., Ont/ (613) 236-9091; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. W
oodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Phoenix, Arizona}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97see R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temp
les; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 SE Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971925 W. University Dr. Tempe, Arizona 85281/ (602) 968-6126; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
San Diego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973300 Third Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Francisco, California}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973006 Laguna St. 94123 (415) 567-7440; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. E. 98102/ (206) 329-9348; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97243 Avenue Rd., Ont. M5A 2E5/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971774 W. 16th A
ve., Vancouver-9, B.C./ (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D.C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972015 "Q" St. NW 20009/ (202) 667-3516
; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Winnipeg, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97160 Home St., Winnepeg, Man./ (204) 775-3575.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON FARMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Bridesville. B.C. Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Rock Mt. Road, VOH 1BO/ (604) 446-2436; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (contact ISKCON Buffalo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, M
ississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rt No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delaplane, Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rt No 1. Box 22, 22025/ (703) 364
-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay Le Male, 3660 Valency; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kilifi, Kenya, Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub contact}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ISKCON Nairobi); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhak
tivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire/ WD2 8EP, Radlett, 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97(}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub contact}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mulberry, Tennessee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rt No 1. Box }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 146A. 37359/ (615) 759-7058; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, West Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs22\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ookala, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v11#3/4
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}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News   v11#3/4
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ISKCON Joins "Mummers' Parade"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With roots in pre-colonial America, Philadelphia's New Year's Day Mummers' Parade of elaborately costumed string bands and colorful floats has been a city-sponsored
 classic since 1901. This year's parade was certainly unique for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna were there, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself along with His most heroic devotee, riding on their chariot surrounded by chanting, dancing Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba devotees. Televised live during the parade and highlighted on the evening news, the prizewinning K\'e5\'f1\'eba chariot and marchers were the result of a joint effort by ISKCON and the Charles Klein New Year's Association, a famous Mummers' Parade 
marching club of over sixty years' standing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the members of the Klein club saw ISKCON's Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 parade in Philadelphia last year, they marveled at the spontaneous joy and enthusiasm it generated
. They immediately called ISKCON's Philadelphia temple to find out how they could create at the Mummers' Parade the same surcharged atmosphere and spirit they felt at Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4. "They contacted me, wanting to make their Mummers' Parade theme 'Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba,' " explained Philadelphia temple president Rabindra Svar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9. "They asked our advice and participation in the parade."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Klein Club then designed and built a dazzling sixteen-foot yellow and red chariot, complete with canopy and "drawn" by three life-size white horses. The chariot
 was designed and decorated according to the famous K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna painting on the cover of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In addition, the Republican party donated a large white elephant mounted on wheels, which was later draped with a crimson Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba banner.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the day of the parade, the magnificent chariot, carrying a beautifully dressed K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna, preceded by the elephant, and surrounded by a jubilant 
mass of singing and dancing devotees, rolled up Broad Street in central Philadelphia. The transcendental spectacle won a parade prize as well as live television coverage. In addition, the official program magazine of the Mummers' Parade featured a three-
hundred-word description of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance in this material world five thousand years ago. Explaining how K\'e5\'f1\'eba carried out His divine mission of protecting the pious and annihilating the unrighteous on the Battlefield of Kuruk
\'f1etra, the official statement, which was later read on television, concluded: "So chant along with us Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare as this gr
eat moment in ancient India is relived today here on Broad Street. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!"
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Farm News - Mississippi Farm Flourishing 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Everything in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is always increasing," goes a favorite ISKCON saying, and the New Orleans temple farm in Carriere, Mississippi, proves t
he point. Temple leaders are negotiating the purchase of an additional two hundred fifty acres of land, which will expand the Deep South farm community to well over four hundred acres.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lots of hard work in the spirit of devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba has produced bountiful results from the fertile Gulf Coast soil. For example, last fall the farm's thr
ee acres of sugarcane provided one hundred gallons of syrup. Right now, thirteen hundred strawberry plants are sitting in a one-acre garden, and, in a poor year for pecans, devotees still harvested over two hundred gallons of the nutritious nuts from twe
nty trees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, forty acres of winter rye grass is helping to nurture a herd of forty-one cows, calves, and bulls. "Here at the farm we produce all the milk, curd, but
ter, ghee, and cream our temple in New Orleans needs\'97and then some!" said temple and farm president Nity\'e4nanda d\'e4sa Adhik\'e4r\'e9. Having just constructed a milking house adjacent to the farm's twin seventy-foot silos, the New Orleans devotees 
are presently getting thirty-five gallons of milk a day from sixteen cows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the heavy construction begins in the spring, when a hilltop temple overlooking all the surrounding countryside is due to be built. The worship room will be seve
nty by fifty feet, with a split-level floor and a balcony, and above this will be a large feasting hall. Nity\'e4nanda d\'e4sa invites other ISKCON devotees as well as interested visitors to come to Carriere and take advantage of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness in a rural setting. [See page 14 for address.]
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar    v11 #3/4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
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\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx9720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14760\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named for
 a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx9720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14760\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 489, Caitanya Era\line Vai\'f1\'ebava Month
 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (February 16\'97March 17, 1976)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx9720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14760\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  (dark fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx9720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx14760\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 28 (}{
\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda 13}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 February 29 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Govinda 14}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 March 1 (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Govinda 15}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx9720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx14760\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iva-r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tri-vrata (optional fast)}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub iva-r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tri-vrata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub break-fast }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:54 a.m.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub la Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanda Gosv\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx9720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx14760\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ukla-pak\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bright fortnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Heaven on Earth\line The K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple: A Model Spiritual Community
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Heaven on Earth\line The K\'e5
\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple: A Model Spiritual Community
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A conversation between BTG editor D\'e4modara d\'e4sa and K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple president Dhana\'efjaya d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why has the International Society for
 Krishna Consciousness spent so much time and effort constructing such a large temple in a small Indian village like V\'e5nd\'e4vana?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhana\'efjaya d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first reason is that we want to a
ttract people from all over the world to visit the holy land of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth\'97and to provide nice facilities for them when they come. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is a land of great spiritual potency. In fact, it's said in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that anyone who visits V\'e5nd\'e4vana, even if he's sinful, will at once contact a spiritual atmosp
here and automatically chant the holy names of the Lord. Of course it may appear to an outsider that for us to build a big temple in a small village is a waste of energy. But the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana is not only a place to
 worship God. It is the hub of a long-range social reform project. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the center of religion in India\'97the birthplace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Starting from this point, we want to re-institute a culture bas
ed on God consciousness, strictly according to the design of the Vedic literature. We plan to make it a success in every way\'97economically, agriculturally, socially.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Vedic culture flourished in India the temple was the center of life\'97the center of all community activities. The temple's school educated the children; its r
eligious services provided inspiration and purpose; and the temple priests counseled the townspeople on family and economic problems as well as their spiritual life. On the whole, the temple provided a common focus of life that gave solidarity to the com
munity and fostered friendship and purposefulness. Constructing the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple is a very practical first step in reinstating that strength into Indian culture. The temple can provide the material and spiritual necessities of life w
hen the rest of society is failing. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But why should Westerners like yourself
 and so many others in ISKCON feel they have the right or the responsibility to educate Indians in their own culture?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhana\'efjaya d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub True, for centuries Westerners have c
ome to India to teach that economic development is the path to success. But we're teaching Indians a different lesson\'97that materialism }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub isn't }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub what human life is all about, and therefore that industrialization isn't the answer to their problems. Only Westerners can teach this lesson to India because only Westerners have experienced the emptiness and 
frustrations of gross materialism. The present generation of Indians hasn't been through this yet so they're easily led to believe that large-scale industry will solve all their problems.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But before the present era, before the English and the Moguls occupied the subcontinent, the people of India understood that a social structure without God at the c
enter is doomed to failure. Now, by and large, they've forgotten this. In the villages, the people are still religious, but their practice rarely goes beyond ritualism. They have little knowledge of the philosophy and scriptural basis of their own Vedic 
culture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, is very concerned about India's condition. He's a rare soul who is fully conversant with the Vedic basis of Indian 
society. Taking direction and inspiration from his }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat
\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, he sees that if India is to prosper once again, it must reawaken its own unique spiritual heritage, which once made India the most opulent country on earth. In fact, the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say that India was once the capital of the whole planet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since the past greatness of India was due to its spiritual strength, to try to rebuild India on a materialistic, Western model is foolish. The solution is rather to
 reconstruct Indian society on the basis of the ancient Vedic tradition. This tradition is much more than just a collection of rites and customs; it's a living, integrated, scientific philosophy and life-style that can solve India's problems if applied a
s it was meant to be applied. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple is going to be a center for Vedic studies where people can learn the original solutions to all spiritual and material problems, practically apply them, and then teach them to others.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Besides the long-range plans for Indian
 society, what has the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple done concretely for the V\'e5nd\'e4vana community?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhana\'efjaya d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right now we're distributing food to 
hundreds of people daily. Fresh, sweet water\'97hard to come by in the area\'97is available for everyone. At the well, residents and pilgrims can drink and use the water for bathing. We have many tubs for poor people to wash in. And on the roadside, our 
trough provides fresh water for oxen, buffalo, and cows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But we provide more than handouts: we employ people. In building the temple, we employed hundreds of local men. We kept alive traditional crafts by giving work to s
culptors, woodworkers, and many other craftsmen living in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Now, to continue their work, we're developing cottage industries to supply the temple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, construction has begun on the temple school. We're filling up an acre of land next to the main plot, and planning to start off with facilities for 250 
students. It will be the only school in V\'e5nd\'e4vana where both Hindi and English are taught. Both Indian and Western children will learn there, and teachers will be drawn from both ISKCON's worldwide staff and the local residents. We plan to affiliat
e the school with Agra University. Another benefit for the neighborhood will be the branch offices of the post office and the Punjab National Bank that will occupy two of the storefronts on the roadside concourse of the school's land.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also in the works is a dairy farm about three miles from the temple. It has about 500 acres of pastureland and 150 acres for growing wheat, vegetables, and other cr
ops. The present owners of the farm want us to manage it for them. They've seen how well we're doing with our farms in other countries, and more important, they have faith that we can maintain a devotional atmosphere at the farm, which will give the work
ers there a fulfilling life centered around service to God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p17: Exquisite domes atop ISKCON's K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana herald an international spi
ritual community.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: Top left: His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da pitches in a trowelful of earth to initiate temple constru
ction as His Holiness Gurud\'e4sa Swami (far left) looks on. \line Top right: With intense concentration, artist applies finishing touches temple sculpture in preparation for opening of beautiful K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple, now V\'e5nd\'e4vana's m
ost popular. \line Bottom: Open door reveals auspicious tamal tree, one of five in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, around which temple was built.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How It All Began\'85
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub How It All Began\'85
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by His Holiness Guru d\'e4sa Swami
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (as told to D\'e4modara d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I first learned of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's plan for a "heaven on earth" in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India in May of 1970. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the birthplace of Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, which lies some ninety miles southeast of Delhi. I was in Delhi when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote me a letter explaining his plan. He asked me to investigate a report that the king of Bharatpur wanted to give us one of his many V\'e5nd
\'e4vana palaces. Of the many palaces the Mah\'e4r\'e4ja of Bharatpur owned around V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the Lak\'f1m\'e9r\'e4\'eb\'e9 Ku\'efj palace was especially beautiful. In his letter, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said it would be excellent as an ISKCON ce
nter. So we looked into it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's arrangement, however, the Lak\'f1m\'e9r\'e4\'eb\'e9 Ku\'efj palace was not to be our ISKCON, V\'e5nd\'e4vana, center. At our first meeting and l
ater on, the king made various offers, but it soon became clear to us that he was more interested in getting money than in giving charity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da found out that no palace was available, he reluctantly turned his attention to construction. Construction work is a big endeavor, par
ticularly in India, but now it was our only recourse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first step in actually constructing our temple was to find a good location. I liked best a one-acre site in the Raman Reti district, about five miles west of th
e center of town. I sent \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da a map and told him that the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Saraf, wanted to donate the land to us. The Sarafs had become familiar with some ISKCON devotees who were living in V\'e5nd\'e4vana at a place known as Br
ahma-ku\'eb\'f2a, and they liked them very much. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da accepted the donation and told us to go on with the work of making an ISKCON, V\'e5nd\'e4vana, center. He really catalyzed things with a letter to us in June of 1972: "We have fen
ced the land, but otherwise we have done nothing. So immediately bricks must be brought so they can sit during the rainy season and become soaked. A tube well must be dug immediately. I don't know why this has not been done. If needed, we can draw the wa
ter up by pump and store it in a tank, just as at the V\'e5nd\'e4vana train station. We shall require much water for construction and for the vegetation, so a water supply must be there. We must have our own well. Sweet or salty, it does not matter."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Water is scarce throughout V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Besides, the V\'e5nd\'e4vana municipal pipeline had not yet reached the Raman Reti area. And even if it had, it couldn't
 have provided us with sufficient water, for it only runs in the morning and the evening. So for such a large construction project, the pipeline would have been both costly and impractical.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A friend of mine\'97a water expert\'97came to help us. We tried to ascertain how we could get sweet water in an area that had up till then yielded only salty. Sweet
 water was much preferred, for then we would not have to depend on any other source for drinking and cooking water. But a sweet-water well was almost unheard of in that part of the district, because the ground was full of minerals. In fact, our plot was 
surrounded by tracts with only saltwater wells on them. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's grace, however, when we finally dug our well we hit pure, sweet water. Everyone in V\'e5nd\'e4vana was amazed. They thought that perhaps we were mystics, and that certainly K\'e5
\'f1\'eba was blessing us. In either case, they reasoned, it made our temple very special.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the sweet well got started, everyone in the area came, not only to ask for water, but also to see the project that had been so blessed by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
As a result, the public opinion forming around us was becoming very positive.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next step in the project was to employ an architect to draw up plans for the building itself. Two architects from India submitted one plan each\'97very grandios
e schemes\'97and Saurabha d\'e4sa, a devotee of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's from Holland, submitted two plans. We chose one of his. He didn't have as many years of experience as the professional architects, but still his design outclassed theirs. As a de
votee, he knew exactly how to arrange things for the pleasure of the Deities on the altar. He designed four Deity workrooms directly underneath the altar\'97one for sewing, one for storing decorations, one for storing big items such as swings, thrones, a
nd hanging backdrops, and one room with a safe where the Deities' jewelry could be kept. No ordinary architect could have thought of these things.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In July, 1972 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote me, "You have told me that the water from the well is sweet. That is very good news. Water in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, if it i
s sweet, is very digestive. Simply by drinking that water one becomes healthy. As far as the name of the temple is concerned, you can call our place the ISKCON K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That was the first mention of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told us that it would be the only such temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He wa
nted to feature K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma because the area of Raman Reti where the temple was to stand was where K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma played as cowherd boys with Their friends. Raman Reti means "enjoyable sands." There's a nice park near t
he temple dedicated to Their dancing. It has an overwhelming feeling and is a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub wonderful place to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Meanwhile, several factors were holding up progress
. First was a lack of money. The funds for the project were coming from our collections in Delhi, Calcutta, and Hyderabad. Every day two or three devotees would visit businessmen in their offices and appeal to them for donations as part of our membership
 drive. But the money was coming in slowly. In addition, we had little in the way of building materials because of government shortages. Rather than allot goods to religious groups, they preferred to support the army and movie theaters.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To try to remedy this situation, I regularly went to Delhi to talk with officials such as the Minister of Mining and the man who controlled allotments of cement. I'
d go to their homes early in the morning, sometimes while they were still in their pajamas so they couldn't escape, and impress upon them the need for a center of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. This approach finally struck a sympathetic
 note, and they began to sanction the amounts of cement and steel we needed. But still we experienced shortages. We could get only little bits and pieces here and there, either because we didn't have much money or because the government would only give u
s small amounts at one time. During this difficult period, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote me, "Now go on and develop the V\'e5nd\'e4vana center with full enthusiasm and do not be discouraged by any temporary setbacks. Always work in the spirit of being 
completely dependent on K\'e5\'f1\'eba for everything." And indeed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba always made it possible for the work to go on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miraculous things would happen. When hundreds of people had been denied their supplies, we'd get our order approved. When there was a flood in the river our sand ca
me from, new sand from another location came through right on time to be mixed with the cement that had just come in from another place. In this way we were being trained to depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, especially since we were building His temple in V\'e5n
d\'e4vana itself. We didn't consider these obstacles to be unpleasant incidents. They seemed to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba's test\'97to see how much love we were willing to put into His temple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over the next two years, the temple building went up gradually while the guesthouse, which did not require such fine workmanship, shot up suddenly. We planted fruit
 trees for future gardens and built other shelters for the storage of as many as three thousands bags of cement at one time. Trucks rolled onto the property day and night, and each time a truck arrived, the peacocks would trumpet their joy. It was great.
 An interesting fact is that the whole temple was built by hand. Our only machine was a little cement mixer. The scaffolding was simply bamboo tied together. The ornamental work\'97peacocks, elephants, scrolls\'97was done by skilled masons who chipped br
icks by hand. We didn't buy anything prefabricated. We cut it ourselves out of brick or red sandstone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After plans for the triple altars had been finalized, we went to Jaipur to arrange for the carving of the Deities. Baradr\'e4ja Prabhu went there three times, very 
kindly staying there at great sacrifice to oversee the work.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the completion date drew near, we traveled all over India getting Deity paraphernalia\'97marble plates, silver staffs, six-foot brass lamps, clothing, a special 
type of jewelry from jodhpur, and so on. Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told us how to set up a festival for the temple opening. He told us to invite our life members, religious and government leaders, and dramatic troupes (including ISKCON's dancers).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The festival for the opening of the temple was held in April, 1975. Dozens of government officials attended from all around the country (including the governor of t
he state of Uttar Pradesh). There were concerts, dances, plays, guest speakers, feasts for thousands, a three-day ancient Vedic bathing ceremony to install the Deities, and a gigantic parade through the town of V\'e5nd\'e4vana featuring elephants and gai
ly costumed marching bands.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, a year later, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple is just as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wanted it: a living, exciting temple. Classes are held throughout the 
day in both English and Hindi. Devotees chant before the Deities twenty-four hours a day. The guest house, V\'e5nd\'e4vana's only modern accommodation, has eighty beautiful rooms, each with separate bath and balcony\'97comfortable living by any standards
, East or West\'97and two first-class restaurants. Today the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple receives more visitors than any other temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, proving what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has always advised us: with enthusiasm, patience, and c
omplete faith in K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all obstacles can be overcome and all endeavors can meet with success.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19: Shower of flower petals rains down as enthusiastic devotees fill the temple with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy names.
\line At opening celebration last April, nightly dramatic performances in temple courtyard bring to life India's vast Vedic literature.\line Beaming devotees chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba as they weave their way through one of V\'e5nd\'e4vana's colorful baza
ars. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: Delicious vegetarian dishes, prepared according to traditional Vedic recipes and offered first to the Deities, 
are served at the International Guest House restaurant. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 Spirit }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 from Stone
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\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Baradr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (as told to D\'e4modara d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was in M\'e4y\'e4pur, in what is now West Bengal, when I received a letter from His Holiness Gurudasa Swami asking me to go to Jaipur to see how the carving of th
e twelve Deities for the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple was coming along. When I arrived in Jaipur, the sculptor let me stay at }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub his }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub home along with the twenty-five members of his household\'97three generations\'97all of whom helped with the carving.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My first look at the Deities was inspiring. The two that were almost finished were good, and I suggested only a few small changes\'97a slight enlargement of the eye
s and a change in the cheek structure. I was going by my personal experience. Indian sculptors have their own tradition, but much of it has been spoiled by years of catering to modern tastes. I was trying to stick to the old tradition, where the image is
 considered beautiful only when it reflects the meditative mood of the, sculptor and evokes that same mood in the onlooker. There are also strict rules about proportion, but they are secondary. A small deviation in the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rules }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can remain as long as the Deity has the proper mood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After instructing the sculptor on the few changes I wanted made, I saw two rough chunks of marble\'97one white and the other black\'97that were to become the Deitie
s of Balar\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I was spellbound. The two brothers were being carved in Their characteristic shapes, and just for fun the sculptors had put Them together the way They would appear on the altar with Balar\'e4ma's elbow raised }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub up to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lean on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's shoulder and K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s arms positioned to hold His flute. Encha
nted, I felt I could see right through the white and black marble to the finished Deities inside.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A few months later, after a short visit to our clay-modeling workshop in Bengal, I returned to Jaipur. This time I watched the sculptors finish all the Deities exce
pt the one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The first attempt wasn't turning out too well, so I asked them to start over again. Then I took a train up to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to be there when K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma, and the other completed Deities arrived. 
They were being driven up on a Golden Jaipur Co. truck named "Krishna," which I thought very auspicious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub About two A.M. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the night the Deities were scheduled to arrive, I was awakened by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub terrific uproar.
 All the peacocks in V\'e5nd\'e4vana seemed to be trumpeting their piercing cries, producing waves of sound that started far off and then swept across }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub miles }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of holy land to the other side of town, echoing, back and forth. I rose, dressed, and went outside }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub see what was going on. Lo }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub behold, the truck with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma had pulled in!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The workmen }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub unloaded the truck, the next morning were very nice. All day long, every day, they'd chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba as they worked, and when some extra service turned }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub u
p, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they'd do it }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub nothing, And although their supervisor was a Muslim, he was very concerned about the Deities. "Be careful, be careful! Don't break K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" he would shout, perspiring heavily. The crew of Muslims and Hindus labored side by side, loudl
y chanting }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they carried K\'e5\'f1\'eba; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whenever they put a box down, they would cry }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub out }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in unison, "All glory to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next I spent about a month painting the Deities. The residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub soo
n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub learned about the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub new }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma, and they }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub would come }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to the window of the room I was 
working in to catch a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub glimpse }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Them. But the Deities were always turned away from the window w
hen I was painting, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub so }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the eager V\'e5nd\'e4vanites would bang on the window grating with their 
sticks, saying, "I want to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma!" But they had to wait.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the painting was finished, I returned }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bengal for another short visit and then went back to Jaipur a third and final time to supervise the carving of the last Deity\'97\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The work should have taken four days, but it stretched out
 to a full month. Not only was the sculptor very temperamental, but on top of that he spoke only Hindi, which I can't speak. Although communication was difficult, however, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy the work turned out nicely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later on, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana; I was painting the final touches on the Deity of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat
\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da walked into the room to inspect the work. "Thank you very much," he said to me. "But one thing,'" he added }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub his gentle yet uncompromising way, "the lips should be a little more pink." I gladly changed the color. After so many months of giving orders to sculptors, it was refreshing to take order
s from a pure devotee of the Lord.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: At high point of grand opening ceremony, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da personally performs first offering to the Deit
ies. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Glories of the Golden Avatara
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Glories of the Golden Avat
\'e4ra
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f15\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since the beginning of time, avat\'e4ras have descended from the spiritual world to impart transcendental knowledge. B
ut none have ever distributed knowledge or love of God as freely as the golden avat\'e4ra\'97\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Taken from "}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu: 
His Life and Precepts}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ," a short work by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura first published in 1896.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the district of M\'e4y\'e4pur, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the town of Nadia, just after sunset on the evening of February 18, 1486, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, advented Himself in the form of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. The
 moon was eclipsed at the time of His birth, and the people of Nadia, as was usual on such occasions, were bathing in the Ganges and loudly crying, "Hari bol! Hari bol!"\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Chant the holy name of the Lord!''}* His father, Jagann\'e4t
ha Mi\'e7ra, was }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub poor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the Vedic order, and his mother, \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9, was a model good woman.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya was a beautiful child, and the ladies of the town came to see Him with presents. They named Him Gaurahari on account of His golden complexion, and His
 mother called Him Nim\'e4i on account of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nim }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tree near which He was born.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya was an infant in His mother's arms, He wept continually, and when the neighboring ladies cried, "Hari boll" He would stop. Thus the words }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hari bol }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were always being uttered in the house, indicating the future mission of the Lord: to spread th
e chanting of the holy names of God throughout the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub on pilgrimage was taken in as a guest in the house of Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub cooked some rice and was reading grace with meditation upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba when the infant Nim\'e4i came and ate the offering. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tonished at the child's act, cooked again at the request of Jagann\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra. Again Nim\'e4i ate the
 cooked rice while the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was offering it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with meditation. Although
 thoroughly discouraged, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was persuaded that he should cook for a third time af
ter everyone had gone to sleep. This time Nim\'e4i showed the traveler His form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and blessed him, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub became overwhelmed with ecstasy at the appearance of the object of his }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub worship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beautiful as the child Nim\'e4i was, everyone heartily loved to see Him every day. As He grew up He }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub became a whimsical and frolicsome lad, and after His fifth year, He was admitted into a primary school where He picked up Bengali in a very short time. In His eighth year, He was admitted into the school of Ga\'ecg\'e4d\'e4sa in Ga\'ecg
\'e4nagara, close to the village of M\'e4y\'e4pur. In just two years he became well read in Sanskrit grammar and rhetoric, as well as scriptural studies and logic.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Scholastic Prowess
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the age of fourteen or fifteen, Caitanya married Lak\'f1m\'e9dev\'e9, the daughter of Vallabh\'e4c\'e4rya, also of Nadia. At this age Caitanya was considered one
 of the best scholars of Nadia, the renowned seat of logic and Sanskrit learning. All the scholars and logicians were afraid of confronting Him in literary discussions. At this time he would preach devotional service at intervals. During Caitanya's resid
ence in East Bengal, His wife, Lak\'f1m\'e9dev\'e9, left this world from the effects of snakebite. On returning home, He found His mother in a mourning state. This time He consoled her with a lecture on the uncertainty of human affairs. Later, at His mot
her's request, He married Vi\'f1\'ebupriy\'e4, the daughter of San\'e4tana Mi\'e7ra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya was now so renowned that He was considered to be the best scholar in Nadia. At this time Ke\'e7ava of Kashmir came to Nadia to discuss philosophy with the 
scholars there. Afraid of this scholar, the professors of Nadia left town on the pretense of an urgent invitation. Thus Ke\'e7ava met Lord Caitanya on the banks of the Ganges in M\'e4y\'e4pur, but after a very short discussion he was defeated by the boy 
and obliged to decamp out of shame. Nim\'e4i was now the most important scholar of His time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the age of sixteen or seventeen Caitanya traveled to Gay\'e4 with a host of His students, and there He took spiritual initiation from \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9, a ren
ounced devotee and a disciple of the renowned M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9. Upon His return to Nadia, Nim\'e4i turned religious preacher. Indeed, His religious nature became so strongly represented that Advaita Prabhu, \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa, and others, who had bef
ore the birth of Caitanya already accepted the path of devotion were astonished at the change of the young man. He was now no longer a contending logician, a wrangling debater, and a criticizing rhetorician. Now He swooned at the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
nd behaved as an inspired man under the influence of His religious sentiment. His secretary Mur\'e4ri Gupta has given an eyewitness account of how He showed His heavenly powers in the house of \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa in the presence of hundreds of His followers
, who were mostly well-read scholars.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this time He and His sincere followers opened a nocturnal school of chanting in the compound of \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa. There the Lord preached, there He sang, there H
e danced, and there He expressed all sorts of religious feelings. Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, a renowned preacher of devotional service who had just completed His travels all over India, joined Caitanya at that time. In fact, a host of preachers of devotion, a
ll sincere at heart, came and joined Him from different parts of Bengal. Nadia now became the regular seat of many exalted devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whose mission was to spiritualize mankind with the highest influence of the devotional creed.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Rogues Converted
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first mandate that Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu issued to Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu and Harid\'e4sa, another of His intimate disciples, was this: "Go, friends, go through 
the streets of the town, meet every man at his door and ask him to sing the name of Hari and lead a holy life. Then come to Me every evening and report the results of your preaching." Thus ordered, the two preachers went out and met Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh
\'e4i, two most abominable characters, who insulted them upon hearing Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's mandate. Soon, however, the two rogues were converted by the influence of devotion inculcated by their Lord. The people of Nadia were now surprised. They said,
 "Nim\'e4i is not only a gigantic genius, but He is certainly a missionary from God almighty."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Br\'e4hma\'eba's Complaint
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From this time to His twenty-third year, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu preached His principles not only in Nadia but in all important towns and villages around that city. 
In the houses of His followers He showed miracles, taught the esoteric principles of devotion, and sang the holy names of God with other devotees. His followers in the town of Nadia commenced to sing the holy name of Hari in the streets and bazaars. This
 created a sensation and roused different feelings in different quarters. The devotees were highly pleased. But some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub became jealous of Nim\'e4i's success and complained to Chand Kazi, the ruling magistrate of the district, that Caitanya was violating Hindu principles. The Kazi then went to \'c7r\'e9v\'e4sa's house and broke a dru
m, declaring that unless Nim\'e4i ceased making noise about His strange religion, the Kazi would be obliged to enforce Mohammedanism on Him and His followers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When this declaration was brought to Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's notice, He ordered all the townspeople to return in the evening carrying torches. This they did, and N
im\'e4i marched out with His chanting party divided into fourteen groups. Upon His arrival at the Kazi's house, He held a long conversation with the Kazi and in the end communicated into his heart His devotional influence by touching his body. The Kazi w
ept, admitting that the keen spiritual influence he had felt had cleared up his doubts and produced in him the highest ecstasy. The Kazi then joined the chanting party.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The world was astonished at the spiritual power of the great Lord, and hundreds and hundreds of heretics converted and joined His banner after this affair. But some
 of the jealous and low-minded }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kuliya picked a quarrel with Caitanya and collected a party to oppose Him. The Lord was naturally softhearted, though strong in His principl
es. He declared that party feelings and sectarianism were the two great enemies of progress, and that as long as He should continue to inhabit Nadia as a member of a certain family, His mission would not meet with complete success. He then resolved to be
come a citizen of the world by cutting His connection with His particular family, caste, and creed, and with this resolution He embraced the position of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa\chftn{\*
\footnote\chftn The renounced order of life.}*}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  at Katwa, under the guidance of Ke\'e7ava Bharati of that town, in His twenty-fourth year. After taking the renounced order, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, as He was now named, wished to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and reside there. However, on the request of His dear mother, \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9, He consented to live at Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 so that she could easily hear news of Him.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Logician Swayed
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon His arrival at Pur\'e9, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu saw Lord Jagann\'e4tha in the temple and then resided with S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya at the latter'
s request. S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was a gigantic scholar of the day. He was the best logician of the time and was known as the most erudite scholar in the Ved\'e4nta philosophy of the school of \'c7a\'ebkar\'e4c\'e4rya. His brother-in-law
 Gop\'e9n\'e4tha Mi\'e7ra, who had known Mah\'e4prabhu from Nadia, held Him in great reverence and declared that the renunciate was not a common human being. On this point Gop\'e9n\'e4tha and S\'e4rvabhauma had a hot discussion. S\'e4rvabhauma then reque
sted Mah\'e4prabhu to hear his recitation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the latter tacitly subm
itted. Caitanya heard with silence what the great S\'e4rvabhauma uttered with gravity for seven days, at the end of which the latter said, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya! I think you do not understand the Ved\'e4nta, for you have not said anything after hearin
g my recitation and explanations." Caitanya replied that while He understood the verses very well, He could not make out what \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya meant by his commentaries. Astonished at this, S\'e4rvabhauma said, "How is it that You understand the 
meanings of the verses but do not understand the commentaries which explain the verses? Ahh, well! If You understand the verses, please let me have Your interpretations." Mah\'e4prabhu thereupon explained all the verses in His own way, without touching t
he pantheistic commentary of \'c7a\'ebkara. The keen understanding of S\'e4rvabhauma saw the truth, beauty, and harmony of Caitanya's explanations. S\'e4rvabhauma was then obliged to utter that it was the first time he had found someone who could explain
 the Ved\'e4nta in such a simple manner. He then submitted himself as a follower of Lord Caitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a few days S\'e4rvabhauma turned out to be one of the best devotees of the time. When reports of this were circulated, the whole of Orissa sang the praise of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya, and hundreds and hundreds came to Him and became His followers. In the meantime Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu thought of visiting Southern India, and He started with one K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa on the journey.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Touring the South
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's biographers have given us many details of His journey to South India. First He went to K\'fcrmak\'f1etra, where He performed a miracle by c
uring a leper named V\'e4sudeva. He then met R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, the governor of Vidy\'e4nagara, on the banks of the God\'e4var\'e9 and had a philosophical conversation with him on the subject of love of God. He worked another miracle by touching (m
aking them immediately disappear) the seven trees through which R\'e4macandra, the son of Da\'e7aratha, had shot His arrow and killed the great V\'e4l\'e9 R\'e4ja. He preached devotional service and chanting the names of God throughout the journey. At Ra
\'ecgak\'f1etra He stayed for the four months of the rainy season in the house of Vye\'ecka\'f6a Bha\'f6\'f6a. There He converted the whole family of Vye\'ecka\'f6a to devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, along with the son of Vye\'ecka\'f6a, a boy of t
en years named Gop\'e4la, who afterward went to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and became one of the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s or prophets serving under their leader, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon the Lord's return to Pur\'e9, King Prat\'e4parudra and several }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub joined the banner of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He was now twenty-seven years of age. In His twenty-eighth year He went to Bengal as far as Gau\'f2a in Malda. There He picked up tw
o great personages named R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana. Though descended from the lines of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub these two brothers had become demi-Muslims by their continual contact with Hussain Shah, then the emperor of Gau\'f2a. Their names had been changed by the emperor into Dabir Khas and Sakara Mallik, and the Shah loved them heartily, for they w
ere both learned in Persian, Arabic, and Sanskrit and were loyal servants of the state. The two gentlemen had found no way to come back as regular Hindus and had written to Lord Caitanya for spiritual help while He was at Pur\'e9. Caitanya had written in
 reply that He would come to them and extricate them from their spiritual difficulties. Now that Caitanya had come to Gau\'f2a, both the brothers appeared before Him with their long-standing prayer. Caitanya ordered them to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and meet
 Him there.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Revive the Holy Places"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 finally met Lord Caitanya at Allahabad, the Lord trained him in spirituality for ten continuous days. Then the Lord directed him to go to
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana to write theological works scientifically explaining pure devotion and to revive the places where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had at the end of Dvapara-yuga exhibited His spiritual pastimes for the benefit of the religious world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 left Allahabad for V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu came down to Benares. San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9 joined Him there and took ins
truction for two months on spiritual matters.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While at Benares, Caitanya had an interview with the learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of that town in the house of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who had invited them all. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were headed by their most learn
ed leader, Prak\'e4\'e7\'e4nanda Sarasvat\'e9. But after a short controversy, they submitted to \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, admitting that they had been misled by the commentaries of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. It was impossible even for learned scho
lars to oppose Caitanya for long, for there was some spell in Him that touched their hearts and made them weep for their spiritual improvement. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Benares soon fell at the feet of Caitanya and asked for His grace. Caitanya then preached pure devotion and instilled into their hearts spiritual love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which obliged
 them to give up sectarian feelings. The whole population of Benares became devotees after this wonderful conversion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and they performed a mass chanting of the holy names with their new Lord. After sending San\'e4tana to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu went to Pur\'e9 again through the jungles with His comrade Bal
abhadra, who reported that the Lord performed many miracles on the way, such as making tigers and elephants dance upon hearing the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From His thirty-first year, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu continually lived in the house of K\'e4\'e7\'e9 Mi\'e7ra. During His last eighteen years, in this world, Lord Cai
tanya's life was one of settled love and piety. He was surrounded by numerous followers, all of whom were exalted devotees distinguished from the common people by their pure character, deep learning, firm religious principles, and spiritual love of R\'e4
dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu slept short. His ecstatic sentiments carried Him far and wide in the firmament of spirituality every day and night, and all His admirers and 
followers watched Him throughout. He worshiped, communicated with His missionaries at V\'e5nd\'e4vana, and conversed with those religious men who daily came to visit Him. He sang and danced, and oft times lost Himself in religious beatitude. He was most 
amiable in nature, and He was humility personified. His sweet appearance gave cheer to all who came in contact with Him. All who came to Him recognized Him as the all-beautiful God appearing in this world for the benefit of mankind.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : A tense moment of confrontation 
is resolved as Nadia's city magistrate (the Kazi) accepts the divinity of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu and pledges never again to obstruct the congregational chanting of the names of God. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Lord Caitanya reveals Himself as 
the combined form of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba to His pure devotee R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, who is overcome by ecstatic emotion at the sight. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara
 d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Patron Member   v11#3/4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BECOME A PATRON MEMBER
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Freedom in knowledge   v11#3/4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The real treasure of India   v11#3/4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE REAL TREASURE OF INDIA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9 CAITANYA-CARIT\'c4M\'c5TA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the late fifteenth century, the kings of Europe sent their\tab  boldest explorers in search of new routes to treasu
re-filled India. Many returned home, their ships laden with silks and spices. But they missed the real treasure of India which was just then being profusely distributed by the great saint and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu broke open the treasure-house of pure love of God and freely distributed its co
ntents. After almost five centuries of relative obscurity, this incomparable treasure has at last been brought to the West in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the first authorized, easily readable English translation of the life and teachings of the most munificent spiritual figure the world has ever seen. Lavishly illustrated with 
266 beautiful, full-color paintings and never-before-published photographs, this new translation and extensive commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da offers a reading experience no other literature can approach. To order a
ny single volume or the entire seventeen volume set, use coupon on inside back cover. 
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
11 No. 5, 1976
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness    v11#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#10
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, \line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God has an unlimited variety of names. Some of them\'97Jehovah, Adonai, Buddha, and Allah\'97are familiar to us, while the names K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and Rama may be less so. However, whatever name of God we may accept, all scriptures enjoin us to chant it for spiritual purification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Muhammed counseled, "Glorify the name of your Lord, the most high" (Koran 87.2). Saint Paul said, "Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved" (Roma
ns 10:13). Lord Buddha declared, "All who sincerely call upon my name will come to me after death, and I will take them to Paradise" (Vows }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Amida Buddha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18). King David preached, "From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised" (Psalms 113:3). And the world's oldest scriptures, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of India, emphatically state, "Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name of the Lord. In this age of
 quarrel there is no other way, no other way, no other way to attain spiritual enlightenment" (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The special design of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant makes it easy to repeat and pleasant to hear. Spoken or sung, by yourself or in a group, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub invariably produces a joyful state of spiritual awareness\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD magazine.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi-1656 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inside cover}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : devotees at the Miami center of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on Miami Beach. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Photos: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1800\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedan
ta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v11#5
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagajivan d\'e4sa.
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dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Ra\'efcora d\'e4sa,  Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4
sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Arcita d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Gopav
\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, M\'e4khana-taskra d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ahobala-n\'e5si\'e0ha d\'e4sa, Candan\'e4c
\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana-guru d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub al\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v11#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Traveling throughout the universe, from planet to planet, the great sage N\'e4rada Muni delivers the chanting of the Lord's ho
ly names. He stays on each globe only briefly, but anyone who sees or hears this pure devotee\'97even for a moment\'97grows in devotion to the Lord. N\'e4rada inspired \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva to write the beautiful \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, an epic na
rative describing the transcendental pastimes of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And he worked another wonder in a hunter who took pleasure torturing animals. (See page 25.)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of BACK TO G
ODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna C
onsciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mov
ement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present topics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Plato\'92s Politics
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PLATO'S POLITICS
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Could Plato have gotten his ideas from India's ancient Vedas? \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da reveals remarkable similarities b
etween Plato's "ideal state" and the perfect society outlined in the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Part of a forthcoming book, the following is a conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
\'e4da and his disciple \'c7y\'e4masundara d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato believed society can enjoy prosper
ity and harmony only if it places people in working categories or classes according to their natural abilities. He thought people should find out their natural abilities and use those abilities to their fullest capacity\'97as administrators, as military 
men, or as craftsmen. Most important, the head of state should not be an average or mediocre man. Instead, society should be led by a very wise and good man\'97a "philosopher king"\'97or a group of very wise and good men.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This idea appears to be taken fro
m the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , where K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the ideal society has four divisions: }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [intellectuals], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1
atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [warriors and administrators], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [merchants and farmers], and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [laborers]. These divisions come about by
 the influence of the modes of nature. Everyone, both in human society and in animal society, is influenced by the modes of material nature [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rajo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamo-gu\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or goodness, passion, and ignorance]. By scientifically classifying men according to these qualities, society can become
 perfect. But if we place a man in the mode of ignorance in a philosopher's post, or put a philosopher to work as an ordinary laborer, havoc will result.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the most intelligent men, wh
o are interested in transcendental knowledge and philosophy\'97should be given the topmost posts, and under their instructions the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [administrators] should work. The administrators should see that there is law and order and that everyone is doing his duty. The next section is the productive class, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who engage in agriculture and cow protection. And finally there are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , common laborers who help the other sections. This is Vedic civilization\'97people living simply, on agriculture and cow p
rotection. If you have enough milk, grains, fruits, and vegetables, you can live very nicely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  compares the four divisions of society to the different parts of the body\'97the head, the arms, the belly, and the legs. Just as all parts of the body cooperate to keep the body fit, in the ideal state all sections of society c
ooperate under the leadership of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Comparatively, the head is the most importa
nt part of the body, for it gives directions to the other parts of the body. Similarly, the ideal state functions under the directions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who are not personally interested in political affairs or administration because they have a higher duty. At present this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is training }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If the administrators take our advice and conduct the state in a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious w
ay, there will be an ideal society throughout the world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How does modern society differ from the 
Vedic ideal?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now there is large-scale industri
alization, which means exploitation of one man by another. Such industry was unknown in Vedic civilization\'97it was unnecessary. In addition, modern civilization has taken to slaughtering and eating animals, which is barbarous. It is not even human.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Vedic civilization, when a person was unfit to rule he was deposed. For instance, King Vena proved to be an unfit king. He was simply interested in hunting. Of c
ourse, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are allowed to hunt, but not whimsically. They are not allowed to kill many b
irds and beasts unnecessarily, as King Vena was doing and as people do today. At that time the intelligent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub objected and immediately killed him with a curse. Formerly, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub had so much power that they could kill simply by cursing; weapons were unnecessary.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At present, however\'97because the head of the social body is missing\'97it is a dead body. The head is very important, and our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movemen
t is attempting to create some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who will form the head of society. Then the admini
strators will be able to rule very nicely under the instructions of the philosophers and theologians\'97that is, under the instructions of God-conscious people. A God-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub consciou
s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub would never advise opening slaughterhouses. But now, the many rascals heading th
e government allow animal slaughter. When Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Par\'e9k\'f1it saw a degraded man trying to kill a cow, he immediately drew his sword and said, "Who are you?! Why are you trying to kill this cow?" He was a real king. Nowadays, unqualified men ha
ve taken the presidential post. And although they may pose themselves as very religious, they are simply rascals. Why?\'97because under their noses thousands of cows are being killed while they collect a good salary. Any leader who is at all religious sh
ould resign his post in protest if cow slaughter goes on under his rule. Since people do not know that these administrators are rascals, they are suffering. And the people are also rascals because they are voting for these bigger rascals. It is Plato's v
iew that the government should be ideal, and this is the ideal: The saintly philosophers should be at the head of state; according to their advice the politicians should rule; under the protection of the politicians, the productive class should provide t
he necessities of life; and the laborer class should help. This is the scientific division of society that K\'e5\'f1\'eba advocates in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0 gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were cre
ated by Me."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato also observed social divisions. Ho
wever, he advocated three divisions. One class consisted of the guardians, men of wisdom who governed society. Another class consisted of the warriors, who were courageous and who protected the rest of society. And the third class consisted of the artisa
ns, who performed their services obediently and worked only to satisfy their appetites.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, human society does have this
 threefold division, also. The first-class man is in the mode of goodness, the second-class man is in the mode of passion, and the third-class man is in the mode of ignorance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato's understanding of the social orde
r was based on his observation that man has a threefold division of intelligence, courage, and appetite. He said that the soul has these three qualities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is a mistake. The soul does 
not have any material qualities. The soul is pure, but because of his contact with the different qualities of material nature, he is dressed in various ways. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement aims at removing this material dress. Our first instr
uction is: "You are not this body." It appears that in his practical understanding Plato identified the soul with the bodily dress, and that does not show very good intelligence.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato believed that man's position is ma
rginal\'97between matter and spirit\'97and therefore he also stressed the development of the body. He thought that everyone should be educated from an early age, and that part of that education should be gymnastics\'97to keep the body fit.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that in practice Plato
 very strongly identified the self as the body. What was Plato's idea of education?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To awaken the student to his natural pos
ition\'97whatever his natural abilities or talents are.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what is that natural position
?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The position of moral goodness. In other
 words, Plato thought everyone should be educated to work in whatever way is best suited to awaken his natural moral goodness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But moral goodness is not enough,
 because simple morality will not satisfy the soul. One has to go above morality\'97to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Of course, in this material world morality is taken as the highest principle, but there is another platform, which is called the transcen
dental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (v\'e4sudeva) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub platform. Man's highest perfection is on that platform, and this is confirmed in }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, because Western philosophers have no information of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub platform, they consider the material mode of goodness to be the highest perfection and the end of morali
ty. But in this world oven moral}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goodness is infected by the lower modes of ignorance and passion. You ca
nnot find pure goodness }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (\'e7uddha-sattva) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in this material world, for pure goodness is the transcendenta
l platform. To come to the platform of pure goodness, which is the ideal, one has to undergo austerities }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (tapas\'e4 brahmacarye\'eba \'e7amena ca damena ca) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.1.13]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One to has to practice celibacy and control the mind and senses. If he has money, he should distribute it in charity. Also, one shou
ld always be very clean. In this way, one can rise to the platform of pure goodness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is another process for coming to the platform of pure goodness\'97and that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If one becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, all the g
ood qualities automatically develop in him. Automatically he leads a life of celibacy, controls his mind and senses, and has a charitable disposition. In this age of Kali, people cannot possibly be trained to engage in austerity. Formerly, a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [celibate student] would undergo austere training. Even though he might be from a royal or 
learned family, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub would humble himself and serve the spiritual master as a menia
l servant. He would immediately do whatever the spiritual master ordered. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub wo
uld beg alms from door to door and bring them to the spiritual master, claiming nothing for himself. Whatever he earned he would give to the spiritual master, because the spiritual master would not spoil the money by spending it for sense gratification
\'97he would use it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is austerity. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub would also observ
e celibacy, and because he followed the directions of the spiritual master, his mind and senses were controlled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today, however, this austerity is very difficult to follow, so \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has given the process of taking to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness dire
ctly. In this case, one need simply chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare and follow the regulative principles given by the spiritual master. Then 
one immediately rises to the platform of pure goodness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato thought the state should train cit
izens to be virtuous. His system of education went like this: For the first three years of life, the child should play and strengthen his body. From three to six, the child should learn religious stories. From seven to ten, he should learn gymnastics; fr
om ten to thirteen, reading and writing; from fourteen to sixteen, poetry and music; from sixteen to eighteen, mathematics. And from eighteen to twenty, he should undergo military drill. From twenty to thirty-five, those who are scientific and philosophi
cal should remain in school and continue learning, and the warriors should engage in military exercises.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this educational program for a
ll men, or are there different types of education for different men?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, this is for everyone.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is not very good. If a boy i
s intelligent and inclined to philosophy and theology, why should he be forced to undergo military training?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, Plato said that everyone should un
dergo two years of military drill.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But why should someone waste two 
years? No one should waste even two days. This is nonsense\'97imperfect ideas.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato said this type of education reveal
s what category a person belongs to. He did have the right idea that one belongs to a particular class according to his qualification.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that we also say, but we dis
agree that everyone should go through the same training. The spiritual master should judge the tendency or disposition of the student at the start of his education. He should be able to see whether a boy is fit for military training, administration, or p
hilosophy, and then he should fully train the boy according to his particular tendency. If one is naturally inclined to philosophical study, why should he waste his time in the military? And if one is naturally inclined to military training, why should h
e waste his time with other things? Arjuna belonged to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [warrior] family. He and his brother
s were never trained as philosophers. Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya was their master and teacher, and although he was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he taught them }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dhanur Veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [military science], not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-vidy\'e4. Brahma-vidy\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is theistic philosophy. No one should be trained in everything; that is a waste of time. If one is in
clined toward production, business, or agriculture, he should be trained in those fields. If one is philosophical, he should be trained as a philosopher. If one is militaristic, he should be trained as a warrior. And if one has ordinary ability, he shoul
d remain a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or laborer. This is stated by N\'e4rada Muni, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.11.35}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : yasya yallak\'f1a\'eba\'e0 proktam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The four class
es of society are recognized by their symptoms and qualifications. N\'e4rada Muni also says that one should be selected for training according to his qualifications. Even if one is born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub family, he should be considered a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if his qualifications are those of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And if one
 is born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub family, he should be taken as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub if his symptoms are brahminical. The spiritual master should be expert enough to recognize the tendencies of the student and immediate
ly train him in that line. This is perfect education.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato believed that the student's natura
l tendency wouldn't come out unless he practiced everything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, that is wrong\'97because the 
soul is continuous, and therefore everyone has some tendency from his previous birth. I think Plato didn't realize this continuity of the soul from body to body. According to the Vedic culture, immediately after a boy's birth astrologers calculated what 
category he belonged to. Astrology can help if there is a first-class astrologer. Such an astrologer can tell what line a boy is coming from and how he should be trained. Plato's method of education was imperfect because it was based on speculation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato observed that a particular combina
tion of the three modes of nature is acting in each individual.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then why did he say that everyone
 should be trained in the same way?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because he claimed that the person's nat
ural abilities will not manifest unless he is given a chance to try everything. He saw that some people listen primarily to their intelligence, and he said they are governed by the head. He saw that some people have an aggressive disposition, and he said
 such courageous types are governed by the heart\'97by passion. And he saw that some people, who are inferior, simply want to feed their appetites. He said these people are animalistic, and he believed they are governed by the liver.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is not a perfect description
. Everyone has a liver, a heart, and all the bodily limbs. Whether one is in the mode of goodness, passion, or ignorance depends on one's training and on the qualities he acquired during his previous life. According to the Vedic process, at birth one is 
immediately given a classification. Psychological and physical symptoms are considered, and generally it is ascertained from birth that a child has a particular tendency. However, this tendency may change according to circumstances, and if one does not f
ulfill his assigned role, he can be transferred to another class. One may, have had brahminical training in a previous life, and he may exhibit brahminical symptoms in this life, but one should not think that because he has taken birth in a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub family he is automatically a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person may be born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub family and be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is a question not of birth b
ut of qualification.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Plato also believed that one must qualif
y for his post. His system of government was very democratic. He thought everyone should be given a chance to occupy the different posts.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually, we are the most democra
tic, because we are giving everyone a chance to become a first-class }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness movement is giving even the lowest member of society a chance to become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by 
becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ca\'eb\'f2\'e4lo 'pi dvija-\'e7re\'f1\'f6ha\'f9 hari-bhakti-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Sm\'e5ti V\'e4kya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although one may be born in a family of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4las }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [dog eaters], as soon as he becomes God conscious, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, he can be elevated to the highest position. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that everyone can go back to home, back to Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Samo 'ha\'e0 sarva-bh\'fcte\'f1u: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am equal to everyone. Everyone can come to Me. There is no hindrance." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9.29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the purpose of the social orders
 and the state government?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The ultimate purpose is to make e
veryone K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is the perfection of life, and the entire social structure should be molded with this aim in view. Of course, not everyone can become fully K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious in one lifetime, just as not }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub students in a university can attain the M.A. degree in one attempt. But the idea of perfection is to pass the M.A. exami
nation, and therefore the M.A. courses should be maintained. Similarly, an institution like this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement should be maintained, so that at least some people can attain and everyone can approach the goal-K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7y\'e4masundara:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the goal of the state government is t
o help everyone become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
 is the highest goal. Therefore, everyone should help this movement and take advantage of it. Regardless of his work, everyone can come to the temple. The instructions are for everyone, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is distributed to everyone. Therefore, there is no difficulty. Everyone can contribute to this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can contribute their intelligence; the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their charity; the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  their grain, milk, fruits, and flowers; and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub their bodily 
service. By such joint effort, everyone can reach the same goal\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ''The ultimate purpose [of the ideal 
state] is to make everyone K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. That is the perfection of life, and the entire social structure should be molded with this aim in view.''}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Form of God: Fact or Fancy?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE FORM OF GOD: FACT OR FANCY?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Is God a formless force, or the supreme eternal person?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 An analysis by Ca\'eb\'f2\'e9d\'e4sa d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Very often the readers of BACK TO GODHEAD become puzzled when they see a picture of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Usually they have been exposed 
only to Western religious philosophy, which hints that God is a person\'97the eternal father of every living entity\'97but gives scanty information about His form. For this reason many people think God is formless or void. But by using a little logic we 
can easily understand that if God is our eternal father, He must have form. Our fathers are persons with form. And if we count back thousands of generations we will find that our forefathers were also persons with form. Why should we think that the origi
nal, primeval, absolute father (God) is not a person, or that He is a formless person? The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub person }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub im
plies form; a formless person does not exist.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nevertheless, many people think that since God is spirit, He must be formless. They consider spirit to be some transparent, ethereal "force." However, beyond this h
azy conception of spirit, which is not upheld in any of the great scriptures of the world, is the scientific explanation of spirit\'97or, as modern science calls it, antimatter\'97found in the Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literatures do not deny the formless aspect of God. Rather, they explain that beyond the formless, impersonal realization of God is the highest understand
ing of the Absolute Truth as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Vedic literatures explain that God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is a person. Just as we are all individual persons, so God is also an individual person. But He is not an ordinary, materially covere
d person like us. He is a transcendental person (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub And to realize His personality is to realize all His transcendental features\'97His name, His qualities, His activities, His associates, and His form.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God, who is complete, cannot be formless. Everything in His creation has form, so how can God have no form? This would mean that God is less than His creation\'97or
 in other words, that the complete is incomplete, which is simply illogical. The complete whole must contain everything within our experience and beyond our experience; otherwise He cannot be complete. In addition, all the great scriptures of the world i
nstruct us to love God. How can we love something formless or void? It's impossible. We are all persons, and we desire to love other persons\'97not some dark oblivion in outer space. We desire personal relationships, and the ultimate relationship is with
 the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97with His bluish hue, lotus eyes, blooming youthfulness, and pearl-white smile\'97is not fanciful. It is not created by an artist, a ph
ilosopher, or a mundane poet after seeing the beautiful panorama of the material world. This anthropomorphic idea doesn't answer the question, "Where does the beauty of nature come from?" Actually, the beautiful things of nature are reflections of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's original beauty. He is the prototype, as He explains in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.41}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yad yad vibh\'fctimat sattva\'e0 \'e7r\'e9mad \'fcrjitam eva v\'e4/tat tad ev\'e4vagaccha tva\'e0 mama tejo-'\'e0\'e7a-sambhavam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Know that all beautiful, glorious, and mighty creations spring from but a spark of My splendor."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now we might ask, "Why do you accept the statements in the Vedic literature about the form of God?" But if we reflect for a moment, we can understand that every day
 we accept the statements of superior authorities on subjects we know nothing about. For }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub instance, few of us have ever actually visited mainland China, yet we believe that it 
exists and that almost a billion people live there. We believe the magazine, newspaper, radio, and television reports about China. These are the sources of our knowledge, and if we wish we can confirm them by going to China ourselves. In the same way, th
e Vedic literatures are the source of knowledge that reveals K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form to us. And we can confirm that knowledge as well\'97by following the Vedic teachings in our everyday life and developing the vision to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, to properly receive the Vedic teachings, we must approach a perfect authority, whose knowledge is coming from the Absolute through an unbroken line of spir
itual masters. Then our knowledge will be perfect. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is such a spiritual master, and he is giving us authoritative knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form through books such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9ma
d-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These books have existed more than five thousand years, and by
 following them many learned men have attained perfect knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form. For example, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is a detailed description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form by one of the most exalted personalities in the universe, Lord Brahm\'e4. After thousands of ye
ars of meditation, Brahm\'e4 actually met K\'e5\'f1\'eba face to face. In his ecstasy he related what he saw:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ve\'ebu\'e0 kva\'ebantam aravinda-dal\'e4yat\'e4k\'f1a\'e0\line barh\'e4vata\'e0sam asit\'e4mbuda-sundar\'e4\'ecgam\line kandarp
a-ko\'f6i-kamin\'e9ya-vi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7obha\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept at playing on His flute, who has blooming eyes like lotus petals, whose head is bedecked with a peacock feather,
 whose figure of beauty is tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and whose unique loveliness charms millions of cupids" (Bs 5.30).
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'ecg\'e4ni yasya sakalendriya-v\'e5ttimanti\line pa\'e7yanti p\'e4nti kalayanti cira\'e0 jaganti\line \'e4nanda-cinmaya-sad-uj
jvala-vigrahasya\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, whose transcendental form is full of bliss, truth, and substantiality, and who is thus full of the most dazzling splendor. Ea
ch limb of that transcendental figure possesses in itself the full-fledged functions of all the other organs, and He eternally sees, maintains, and manifests the infinite universes, both spiritual and mundane" (Bs 5.32).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Experts in the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub have related to us the knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form through an unbroken disciplic succession. They encourage us to test the methods th
ey prescribe, and to experience unlimited pleasure by seeing K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form ourselves.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub reading the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, we c
an learn about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's names, qualities, pastimes, and form. Then, with determination, we can practice the scientific process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and elevate ourselves to the perfectional stage of life\'97pure love of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ca\'eb\'f2\'e9d\'e4sa d\'e4sa, who came to the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement in late 1973, graduated from the State Unive
rsity of New York (at Buffalo) with a B.A. in history and later taught at Niagara University. At present, he teaches the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness at the ISKCON temple in Pittsburgh.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Eyes to See God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Eyes to See God
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (An excerpt from }{\b0\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the Way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, }{\b0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You cannot see Me with your present eyes. Therefore I give you divine eyes, so that you can behold My mystic opulence" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  11.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can we get the eyes to see God? How can we become God conscious, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, in every step of our life? Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes it very eas
y for us: "O son of Kunt\'e9 [Arjuna], I am the taste of water, the light of the sun and the moon, the syllable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; I am the sound in ether and ability in man" (Bg. 7.8}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this verse \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is describing how we can become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious fully, in all stages of life. For instance, all living entities must
 drink water. The taste of water is so nice that when we are thirsty, nothing but water seems to do. No manufacturer can create the pure taste of water. We can thus remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba when we drink water. No one can avoid drinking water every day of
 his life, so God consciousness is there\'97how can we forget?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are nine different processes for associating with God, and the first method of association is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97hearing. By reading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we hear the speeches of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which means that we are actually associating with God. (We should always remember that when we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we refer to God.) In as much
 as we associate with God, and as we go on hearing the words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His names, the contamination of material nature is reduced. If we understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is sound, illumination, water, and so many other things, we cannot avoid H
im. If we can remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way, our association with Him is permanent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is like association with sunshine. Where there is sunshine, there is no contamination. As long as one is out in the ultraviolet rays
 of the sun, he will not be diseased. Western medicine recommends sunshine for all kinds of diseases, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say a diseased man should worship the sun to be cured. Similarly, if we associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, our maladies are cured. By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba we can associate with K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and we can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in th
e sun and the moon, and we can hear K\'e5\'f1\'eba in sound and taste Him in water.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is especially useless to speculate about God. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub recommends that one give up all sorts of speculation. Instead, one should become submissive, realizing not only that he is an insignificant creature, but also that this earth 
is only one small point in the great universe. New York City may seem very large, but when one realizes that the earth is such a small spot, and that on the earth the United States is just another small spot, and that in the United States New York City i
s but a small spot, and that in New York the individual is only one out of millions, then one can understand that he is not so very important after all. Realizing our insignificance in the face of the universe and God, we should not be artificially puffe
d up but should be submissive.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should be very careful not to fall prey to frog philosophy. Once there was a frog in a well, and upon hearing of the Atlantic Ocean from a friend, he asked, "Oh,
 what is this Atlantic Ocean?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is a vast body of water," his friend replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How vast? Is it double the size of this well?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh no-much, much larger."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How much larger? Ten times the size?" In this way the frog went on calculating. But how could he ever understand the depths and far reaches of the great ocean? Our
 faculties, experience, and powers of speculation are always limited. We can give rise only to such frog philosophy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After giving up speculation, what should we do? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub recommends that we become humble and hear God's message submissively. We may hear His message also from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and other Vedic literatures. The only qualification is that we receive the transcendental message from a realized soul\'97a pure devotee of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Seventh Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives additional ways to perceive Him in every step of life: "I am the original fragrance of the earth, and I am the heat in fire. I am the life of all that lives, and I am the penances of 
all ascetics" (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba can create flavors and fragrances. We may synthetically create some scents or fragrances, but these are not as good as the originals that occur 
in nature. When we smell a good natural fragrance, we can think, "Oh, here is God. Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Or when we see some natural beauty, we can think, "Oh, here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Or when we see something uncommon, powerful, or wonderful, we can 
think, "Here is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Or when we see any form of life, whether it be in a tree, in a plant or an animal, or in a human being, we should understand that this life is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for as soon as the spiritual spark, which i
s part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is taken away from the body, the body disintegrates. "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, know that I am the original seed of all existences, the intelligence of the intelligent, and the prowess of all powerful men" (Bg.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here again it is obvious that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the life of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that lives. Thus at every step we can see God. People may ask, "Can you show me God?" Yes, of course. We can see God in so many ways. But if one closes his eyes and says, "I shall not see God," t
hen how can he be shown?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The easiest way to see God is to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba always. Never mind whether you are in a factory or in a hell, in a shack or in a skyscraper\'97it doesn't
 matter. Just go on chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. There is no expense, there is no impediment, there is no caste, there is no creed, th
ere is no color\'97anyone can do it. Just chant and hear. Then, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's grace, you will have the eyes to see Him everywhere and always.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p10: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Altar Deities in Detroit, Michig
an: flute-playing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and radiant \'c7r\'e9mati R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: 
Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
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les a dark cloud newly appearing in the sky during the rainy season. Just as the rainfall glistens, His bodily features also glisten. Indeed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the sum total of all beauty. He stands gracefully with His legs crossed. His body curved, and 
His head tilted to the side. His yellow garment is more attractive than newly arrived lightning. A peacock feather decorates His head, and on His neck hangs a lovely necklace of brilliant pearls. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eyes defeat the beauty of white lotu
s flowers, and His eyebrows move slowly like bumblebees on His lotuslike face. As He takes His charming, flute to His lips and moves His fingers upon it here and there, His face looks as beautiful as the full autumn moon. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Yoge\'e7vara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Feast-ISKCON centers    v11 #5
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also . . . plays, music, dance and mantra meditation in the transcendental atmosphere of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every Sunday at all ISKCON centers listed below.
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.. Yeoville/ 43-2006; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mombassa, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Maungano Rd., P.O. Box 84228, E. Africa; }{\b\i0\ul0
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van, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Krishna-Balarama Temple, Chattikara Road, Raman Reti, Mathura, UP.
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\'974 rue Le Sueur, 75016 Paris/ 727-0202; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rome, Italy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Sede Sociale, Via Mistretta 2, Rome 001
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5)277-3124; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9755 Jorge Romany, Santa Rita, Rio Piedras}{\b\i0\ul0
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le, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 SW Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\cb1\nosupersub \'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 526-9860; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Co
ast Hwy 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973716 Broadway, N. Las Vegas 89030/ (702) 649-
5459; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way, 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Blvd. H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, L
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\cb1\nosupersub \'97224 Besserer St., Ont/ (613) 236-9091; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. W
oodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Phoenix, Arizona}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97see R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temp
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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971925 W. University Dr. Tempe, Arizona 85281/ (602) 968-6126; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
San Diego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973300 Third Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Avenue Rd., Ont. M5A 2E5/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'971774 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver-9, B.C./ (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D.C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972015 "Q
" St. NW 20009/ (202) 667-3516; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Winnipeg, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97160 Home St., Winnepeg, Man./ (204) 775-3575.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON FARMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Bridesville. B.C. Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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falo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delaplane, Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt No 1. Box 22, 22025/ (703) 364-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay Le Male, 3660 Valency; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire/ WD2 8EP, Radlett, 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, India}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mulberry, Tennessee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt No 1. Box 146A. 37359/ (615) 759-7058; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, West Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Petropolis, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(cont
act ISKCON Sao Paulo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97RD No 1, 17082/ (717) 527-2493.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tour     v11#5
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v11#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 5 TE
XT 26\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 6 TEXT 9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A  look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Relieving the "Religious" War
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Years of bitter fighting, terrorist bombings, armored cars, and patrolling troops have made residents of Belfast, Northern Ireland, rather grim. But as visiting dev
otees have noted, Belfasters brighten when they hear the chanting of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The pe
ople here in Belfast are naturally pious, so they're curious about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness," reported Vrajendra Kumara d\'e4sa, one of the devotees from ISKCON's London center. Even though shooting and bombing sometimes flare up nearby, the devotees
 are following Lord Caitanya's instructions to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness "wherever you go, to whomever you meet." To Catholics, Protestants, soldiers\'97anyone and everyone\'97the devotees are distributing spiritual food, K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
us literature, and the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In February the devotees ventured to Coleraine, a town of fourteen thousand, also in Northern Ireland. Despite snow and gale-force winds they distributed books enti
tled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon the danger of frostbite forced the 
devotees off the street, but by that time one in every four families had received a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub book.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ISKCON Miami's "Heavenly Forest"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Swarms of bumblebees humming around newly-grown mango buds, peacocks strutting beneath flower-laden trees, cows munching happily in the fields\'97ISKCON's new eight
-and-a-half-acre farm on the western outskirts of Miami, Florida, resembles Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's spiritual abode, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has requested that the land be developed into "a tropical paradise full of fruits and flo
wers," and Temple President Narahari d\'e4sa and the other devotees are fulfilling that request. They recently installed a marble floor in the seventy-by-twenty-foot temple room and built a new barn.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But there's still plenty of devotional work for the fifty devotees on the farm, which is named New Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya (after a sacred forest in India). Some go o
ut daily to distribute \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books and magazines. Others are busy putting the finishing touches on the temple. And still others take care of the bees, cows, and peacocks.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We have fourteen working beehives right now," Narahari said, "and we've built an additional twenty hives that we plan to set up over the next year. We expect at le
ast one hundred fifty pounds of honey a year from each hive, which should fully supply our temple's needs\'97and then some."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, the herd of five cows (two Jerseys, two Brown Swiss, and a Guernsey) produces more than enough milk to provide a sumptuous variety of milk sweets and oth
er dishes for the temple's Deities\'97Their Lordships \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 Gaura-Nit\'e4i.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Narahari seems confident that the paradisal environment, the beautiful Deities, and the natural joy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will attract many spiritually-mi
nded people to New Naimisaranaya.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On-Campus Chaplaincy Approved
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The University of Maryland, one of America's largest (with an enrollment of over forty thousand), recently granted ISKCON permanent facilities to offer K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness on campus. Located in College Park, Maryland, eight miles from Washington, D.C., the university will provide ISKCON with an office in its interdenominational chapel.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The formal confirmation of ISKCON's on-campus ministry stemmed from increasing student interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious programs at the university. A committee 
of students, faculty, and administrators examined the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and agreed that ISKCON fulfilled the requirements of the Board of Regents for appointment to a chaplaincy. The committee then voted unanimously to grant ISKCON fa
cilities for its programs on campus.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a typical week, Gabh\'e9ra d\'e4sa, ISKCON's on-campus representative, gives lectures to various classes, meets with individual students and professors, and orga
nizes seminars on the philosophy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of his most popular pro
grams is a class in Vedic cooking, held in campus dormitories. Devotees teach the students how to prepare Indian vegetarian food and how to offer the tasty dishes to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with devotion. The classes culminate in feasting for all. "By increa
sing our lectures, seminars, and free vegetarian feasts," says Gabh\'e9ra d\'e4sa, "we hope to share even more of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy and way of life with the community."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar    v11 #5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
r
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 17}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub April 27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of Ke}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ava vrata (Hang a water pot over }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t
uls\'e9 dev\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for one month. The pot should have a hole in the bottom with a rope in it so that water leaks out in small drops. Use a large plant, so she doesn't get over wa
tered.\cell\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of  Abhir\'e4ma \'d6h\'e4kura\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of  V\'e5nd\'e4vana d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa \'d6h\'e4kura\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Varuthin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:40 a.m.
\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Appearance of Gad\'e4dhara Pa\'eb\'f2ita\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb
\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard
\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub May 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub May 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub May 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub May 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub May 11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub May 13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ppearance of Lord N\'e5si\'e0hadeva }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fasting until noon).  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ji (spiritual master of Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Captured by K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Captured by K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Peace Corps veteran tells how on his first professional photo assignment he became interested in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Yadubara d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 (as told to Bibh\'e4vati-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was staying with some friends on Long Island, in July, 1970, when }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asia Magazine }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub called and gave me my first professional assignment\'97a photo-essay on the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people. I knew that they chanted on the 
streets of Manhattan, so I rode in on the Long Island Railroad to find them. But when the train pulled in at Penn Station, I had no idea where to look. I surfaced at Thirty-fourth Street\'97and there they were. Just down the street they were dancing and 
singing, their robes flapping like orange flags against the bright blue sky. I walked up to one young man and asked him if I might take some pictures. "Sure," he said. Later on, I rode with the group to their temple, on Second Avenue, in the East Village
. That summer I did two articles on the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In the fall I chose them as the subject of my M.A. thesis. With the consent of my professors, I booked a flight to India, where I planned to photograph the spiritual master of the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba movement as he toured with a group of his American disciples. I heard later that one of my professors had remarked, "John will probably go to India and become a yogi and never come back."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nothing could have been farther from my mind. I was determined to get my M.A. in photography. During my three years with the Peace Corps in Malaysia, just as a hobb
y I had taken photos of the Malaysian people. The result had been a successful photo show for the American ambassador. Encouraged, I had decided to study photography at Rochester Institute of Technology.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At R.I.T. I had met my wife, Jean, who was a promising young photographer. At nineteen, she had just published her first book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Macrophotography. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I was leaving for India in December, Jean was having an exhibition of her photographs in New York City.
 We decided that she would stay in New York and join me in a few months.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the plane took off, I knew that something very exciting lay ahead. Imagine\'97I was going off alone to India to meet some American Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees, 
and I barely knew their whereabouts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I settled back in my reclining chair and opened }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the basic scripture of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. A devotee named Guru d\'e4sa had told me that if I wanted to write a good thesis on the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, I should s
tudy this book carefully. I began with the Ninth Chapter, "The Most Confidential Knowledge," in which Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "This knowledge is the king of education, the most secret of all secrets." I felt I knew nothing about spiritual life. Althoug
h I couldn't understand the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  very well, at the same time I thought, "Here's something v
ery profound."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After landing in Bombay, I looked up an Indian gentleman at an address the New York devotees had given me. He told me the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people were in Surat, 
a town two hundred miles north of Bombay. Immediately I booked a third-class ticket and caught a train for Surat. It was evening when the train pulled in. Someone showed me the ricksha stand, where rows of lean men stood smoking cigarettes beside their t
hree-wheeled vehicles. "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" I said hopefully. "Yes! I know! I know!" one man shouted and grinned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I got into his ricksha, and we raced off through the noisy streets into the dusk. The whole town was out strolling. Ricksha bells rang constantly as my driver threa
ded his way through the crowd of people, bicycles, and white cows. He stopped before a modern stucco house. As I jumped from the ricksha, I noted that standing on the steps was a fair-skinned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in saffron robes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Inside I found an old friend from the New York temple whose beaming face told me what I wanted to know\'97"Welcome to India!" That night I entered another world. Fi
rst, my host Mr. Jariwallah gave me a garland of flowers and a silver tray filled with Indian cooked foods and fruits. When I had finished, my devotee friend took me in to meet his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sat on a pillow, and he looked very stately. A devotee handed him a copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Asia Magazine }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and told him I had done an article on the devotees. After looking through the article, he smiled and said, "Yes, that is very nice." I explained to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that I wanted to take more photographs, and he agreed. 
So, thanks to my picture-taking, I got to spend several hours in his room. He kindly introduced me to all his visitors: "This is John Griesser. He is an expert photographer."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At 4:20 A.M. the next day, about twenty of us gathered in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's room for the morning service. A devotee named D\'e9nan\'e4tha d\'e4sa sat on t
he floor and chanted, the drum in his hands exploding with rhythm. Another devotee performed the ceremony. He offered incense, ghee lamps, flowers, and a peacock fan to the Deities\'97Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His consort \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4
\'eb\'e9, who stood together on a small marble altar. Everyone sang Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba to a melodious tune I hadn't heard before.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave a lecture. I admired his scientific descriptions of how the body is formed and the soul enters into it. His talks revealed a kee
n philosophical intelligence. My mind was satisfied when I heard his version of the mystery of birth, death, disease, and old age. He also explained that whatever insures people's spiritual happiness is the highest welfare work. I understood that the des
ire to alleviate suffering is the basic motive of a genuine guru.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I've often thought how lucky I was on my visit to India. Some Westerners wander around India for years\'97meeting various yogis and so-called gurus, shopping in baz
aars, contracting diseases, and generally getting lost. I didn't even go to India with a spiritual aim. I simply wanted to finish an M.A. thesis and increase my photographic skill. Yet what a stroke of luck\'97on my first night in India, I met a pure dev
otee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Surat every day was a huge festival. I had a rare vision of an older, more spiritual India than I'd seen in Bombay. Around nine o'clock every morning, the devote
es went out chanting in the streets, and I followed them with my camera. The welcome they received is one of my best memories of India. At each house someone would come out to garland the devotees, and after a few minutes the devotees' ecstatic faces wou
ld be hardly visible behind the flowers. Bolts of colorful cloth hung across the narrow streets, from balcony to balcony. Ladies showered flowers down on us from their windows. Indians naturally respect devotees of the Lord, and when the devotees happen 
to be young Westerners, they are even more popular.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was glad to see the devotees in their glory, because I respected them as people and as friends. There was Guru d\'e4sa, a large and jolly person who himself took 
photographs of everything. There was Yamun\'e4, his wife, a gifted singer who had introduced radio audiences to the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra when she recorded it with George Harrison on Apple Records. There was Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the group's lea
der, whose determination I admired. And there was Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa, who offered me his cheerful friendship. These special people helped me to appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the festival in Surat, the whole party moved on to Allahabad, about three or four hundred miles west of Benares. I went to Bombay to develop my film. After a 
few days I took a train to Allahabad and joined the devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At Allahabad it was the time of the Kumbha Mel\'e4, a festival that happens every six, years. The Kumbha Mel\'e4 draws some six million people to the meeting point 
of three sacred rivers. Pilgrims come by foot, by camel, and by train. Prominent yogis even come on the backs of elephants. Somehow six million people crowd together at the meeting of the Ganges, the Yamun\'e4, and the Sarasvat\'e9 rivers to take their b
ath at that astrologically correct time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The night I arrived, the Allahabad train station was packed. I hailed a ricksha driver and said, "Take me to the Ganges." After he'd peddled through the blackness f
or about half an hour, I wondered whether he was taking me to a secluded place to rob me. I asked, "Where is it? Where is the Ganges?" He motioned with his hand, "Wait\'97just wait!" in the bossy way that ricksha drivers have. Suddenly he stopped. The ni
ght was so dark that I couldn't see anything, but he was signaling, "We're here." I got out, paid him, and started walking along what turned out to be a high cliff. As far as I could see below me, there were twinkling lights. I now realized that the dark
 strip running between the two fields of light was the Ganges\'97and that the lights were millions of torches, candles, ghee lamps, and small hurricane lamps dotting the campsite of the Kumbha Mel\'e4. The smell of cow-dung fires floated up to my nostril
s, and I heard a great hum coming from below. It was the mingling of many mantras and prayers. I was awestruck.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carefully yet quickly, I climbed down the side of the cliff to the maze of tents below. At the bottom I spotted a policeman and asked him to help me find the Americ
an devotees. He led me to the nearest cluster of tents, which stood facing the dirt road. Once again I'd caught up with the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next morning, the devotees formed their usual chanting party along the road beside the Ganges. The sight of these twenty young men and women dancing along the r
oad with drums and cymbals was a joy to the other pilgrims. They were very friendly toward us. Apparently, they had never seen foreigners who sang and danced like that.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From morning till night, thousands of people streamed into our large tent. They saw our large R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities and then took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (spiritual food). All the while, they listened to the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was thoroughly enjoying myself. I could feel that the holy Ganges was purifying me. After bathing in her waters, I felt lighter in body and spirit. An Indian heal
th official there told me, "Science cannot explain why, but the Ganges never becomes stagnant or polluted."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My life at the Kumbha Mel\'e4 festival settled into a pleasant pattern. At night I slept on a rug in a tent. In the morning I joined the chanting party, and afterwa
rd I helped with the cooking. I was learning how to roll chapatis [flat whole-wheat bread]. There were also opportunities to photograph the yogis. Sometimes they paraded on elephants\'97their naked bodies smeared with ashes, their foreheads lined with re
d and yellow clay. Others wore long hair and beards and filmy white robes. I got some good pictures of the yogis, but they seemed indifferent to me as a person. One actually laughed at me, as if being a Westerner somehow disqualified me from being there.
 I could sense that many of the yogis had unusual mystic powers, but I felt that they didn't have much compassion for other people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was averse to riding proudly on elephants, but he took an interest in someone like me. At all hours, he kindly discusse
d spiritual matters with the people who visited him in his red tent. With a small light hanging from above, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sat on a raised seat, and his visitors sat on carpets.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He roared like a lion at those who challenged the existence of God, but he was soft as a rose with those who were open-minded. Most often he was simply friendly and
 charming to everyone. Sometimes when he saw me he would ask, "is everything all right?" About that time, I shaved off my mustache. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da noticed, he said, "Oh, that's very good. You look very nice."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Allahabad I also met an American student. He was from the University of Benares, and he invited me to visit him there. A few weeks later I went to see him. I thi
nk I wanted to talk to someone removed from K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, to give myself another angle on what I was experiencing. Or perhaps I was just restless. Anyway, in late February I went to the holy city of Benares, or V\'e4r\'e4\'ebas\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At my friend's place were students from Australia, New Zealand, America, and India. One evening I cooked a vegetarian dinner and offered it with prayers before a pi
cture of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everyone enjoyed the time-honored Indian dishes I'd learned to prepare in Allahabad. I mentioned that the devotees would soon be in town for a festival, but the students weren't very interested. At the same time, their talk 
about their new courses and old acquaintances seemed rather trivial. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was making more sense than anything else I had come across.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The festival at Benares was to commemorate the appearance day of Lord Caitanya, the sixteenth-century }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub avat\'e4r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who founded the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. The devotees were eager to go to Benares, because there\'97within a few hours\'97Lord Caitanya convince
d several thousand scholars to become His disciples. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in Benares, the townspeople honored him as the foremost teacher of Lord Caitanya's philosophy, and they took him through the town in an ornate coach drawn by four
 white horses. He seemed to be going from victory to victory on his Indian tour.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That afternoon I went to see \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da at the house where he was staying. He sat under a tree in a sun-splashed courtyard, eating some }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gu\'f2a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [solidified molasses]. His expressive features lit up with a smile of welcome when he saw me. He was
 talking in his accented, rhythmic English about his boyhood days in Calcutta, and he described a gracious city, before the crowding and squalor of today. As a schoolboy he had seen splendid Victorian buildings of white marble, surrounded by stately lawn
s and trees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Serene and lighthearted, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da looked at me and remarked, "John, I think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba has captured you." I agreed. I had known it for qui
te a while, but now \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had confirmed it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the festival in Benares, we all took a train back to Bombay, on the western coast. By this time I was wondering what had happened to Jean. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had 
captured me, and I hoped He would capture her also. I expected her to come to India soon, but she'd been delayed. In April I got a letter from her.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub She wrote, "I expect to be leaving New York in two weeks, if there are no more complications. Personally, I'm feeling very restless. I've learned to be technically 
competent, but I find myself searching for something worth saying in my photographs. I want to do something positive with my camera\'97something that will make people happier, or better in some way. I have a medium, but no message."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While reading Jean's letter, I remembered what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had once said: "If one is not in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he must be disturbed, becaus
e there cannot be a final goal for the mind." When she finally arrived, I tried to be patient with her and to help her have the same pleasing exposure to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness that I'd had. She went in to visit \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da with the b
ook she had written. He praised her technical know-how and gave her a big garland to wear. She was speechless.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this time, in the heart of Bombay, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and his disciples were presenting one of the biggest spiritual festivals the city had seen in many y
ears. R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities stood on a stage inside a huge tent. In this canvas pavilion \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would lecture to twenty or thirty thousand people every night. White-shirted Indian businessmen and their well-groomed wiv
es took part in the chanting. Everywhere the people welcomed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and his disciples. Also, many people invited them to their homes to chant in front of the family Deities and to take some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (which might include spicy vegetables, sweet rice, fruit, and sweets, all in little stainless-steel cups).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the festival ended, Jean and I decided to leave Bombay. Exotic India still attracted our photographic propensities, so we asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's adv
ice about going off to photograph a country village. He suggested that we go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'97the small village (ninety miles north of Delhi) where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba grew up. It seemed a good way to quench our thirst for the picturesque. I had com
e to India to photograph the faces of devotion, and V\'e5nd\'e4vana, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told us, is full of devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We took a train to the town of Mathur\'e4, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's actual birth site. From there we rode a horse-drawn cart to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. As we entered V\'e5nd\'e4va
na, sunset was approaching. So we searched for the home of our host, a seventy-five-year-old Indian medical doctor who was a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As we drove on, the temples facing the road offered us glimpses of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities, and me
lodious chants rose and fell away. The air smelled of incense and the smoke from cow-dung fires. The streets of the bazaar were jammed with people who had come to see the home of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When we reached our destination, darkness had set in.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day we went out to explore. It was the rainy season, and the greenery was thriving. There seemed to be peacocks in every tree, and small, colorful birds ho
pped toward us with inquisitive glances. We took photographs of the cows wandering across the gentle green hills or standing on the orange earth. Holy men with wooly hair and simple clothes grinned amiably at us as we snapped their pictures. Then Jean we
nt to photograph the Bengali widows in the temple, and for an hour she joined them in their chanting. There are hundreds of well-known tourist spots all over the world, we thought\'97but the most beautiful of all, unknown in the West, is the land of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had guided us to a place where his devotees were staying, and we were glad to be with them. Their friendship helped us appreciate K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Giriraja was always telling us stories about K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His brother Balar\'e4ma as we traced Their steps through the white, sandy roads of the Raman Reti district. Our next-door neighbor was Doctor Kapoor, a retired physics professor w
hose admiration for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was boundless. He often told us how Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba dwelled within everyone's heart, and he encouraged us to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything in V\'e5nd\'e4vana demanded to have its picture taken\'97from the tiny donkey with his burden to the ancient shops, dwellings, and temples that lined the
 main streets of the bazaar. Old Bengali widows in white saris greeted us with a friendly "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Monkeys leered and threatened from the rooftops of the market. At dusk the bells of a thousand little temples began to ring, mingling with th
e cowbells of returning herds. In the evening everyone visited the temples to see the Deities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I thought K\'e5\'f1\'eba must have brought us to V\'e5nd\'e4vana on purpose. The land of His pastimes was helping Jean to experience the beauty of K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nsciousness. I hoped she would be receptive to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Being with him had cleared up my doubts and I was sure that his was the best message Jean and I could convey through our photography.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After a month in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, we got a call from Guru d\'e4sa, in Calcutta. At his invitation we went to Calcutta and helped publish a special book for \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's birthday. The book contained beautiful photographs of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and tributes from his disciples.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub About two months later, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to Calcutta. After being with him for many months and studying his teachings, I was sure that \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da was a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that I should accept him as my spiritual master. When I read K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub about the qualities of a pure soul, I found that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da fit the description. He was always glorifying K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he was humble, and he was always trying to enlight
en people with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On October 10, 1971, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da formally accepted me as his disciple. We prepared a fire sacrifice and purchased garlands for him and all the devotee
s who were to receive initiation. During the ceremony \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da chanted gravely on our prayer beads and then gave them to each of us. He handed me my beads, sanctified by his touch, and said, "Your name is Yadubara d\'e4sa." Thus my spiri
tual life officially began.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since Jean was not quite ready, she did not take initiation at this time. One day \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked her about her family. "They're all atheists, \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da," she said.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Do you have a brother?" he asked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes, he's an atheist too, and a communist."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How did you get here?" he asked with a twinkle in his eye.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By your mercy," she said.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No," said \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, "It was by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy that you came here."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later in October, we all went to another festival\'97this time in Delhi. Jean and I got the chance to do publicity and to photograph the important men who visited 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Every night we sat onstage and heard him confirm that the most important duty of the human being is to reestablish his connection with God. Many important men came to listen, including the Canadian High Commissioner and the Ind
ian Minister or Education.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I prepared a photographic exhibit by enlarging my eleven-by-fourteen prints at a photography shop in Delhi. After mounting them, I placed them on exhibit stands bor
rowed from a government office. There were pictures of our joyful dancing and chanting in Surat, Allahabad, Benares, and Bombay.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another popular feature of the festival was our "Question-and-Answer Booth." A devotee would sit and answer questions from the visitors. Each day the booth had to s
tay open until midnight or later, to satisfy all the curious people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the festival had ended, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da took us all on a journey to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. We traveled together in buses to visit the places where K\'e5
\'f1\'eba danced and swam and performed heroic feats. We went to the Yamun\'e4 River, specifically to the place where K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed His mother all the universes within His mouth. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da felt the water and said, "It is too cold 
for an old man like me. But you all take a bath. I'll put a few drops on my head." The ladies went farther along the river, and the men went splashing into the water. We were very delighted when, a short while later, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da decided to 
join us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day a question prompted Jean and me to visit \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in his quarters. He looked magnificent, striding briskly back and forth and chanting, "Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, shouldn't we have a spiritual marriage?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes, that is my desire," he answered at once, looking pleased with us for having thought of this idea. "Yes, that is my desire," he said again\'97"that you live ha
ppily together in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness." His confident voice made the whole plan very pleasing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Afterward, Jean said to me, "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's purity is so attractive that he can convince even a hard-core atheist like me to believe in God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Her initiation and our spiritual marriage came on November 29, 1971. Guru d\'e4sa performed the ceremony, and Jean received her new name\'97Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9
 d\'e4s\'e9. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da remarked that it had been "a very transcendental ceremony."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since that time we've tried to follow our spiritual master's advice on marriage. "Marriage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the perfection of married life, becaus
e the basic principle is that the wife will help the husband so that he may pursue K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and the husband will also help the wife to advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In this way, both husband and wife are happy, and their l
ives are sublime."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the next year or so, we lived in the temple in Bombay, where I acted as secretary. We made a few small films and sent them back to the devotees in America.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1973 Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 and I flew to New York to start work on "The Hare Krishna People." We heard we would need six or seven people to make the film, but we ende
d up doing everything ourselves. I bought a manual of movie-making, and Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 and I planned out our work. With her doing the sound and me doing the photography, the documentary took ten months. We spent five months shooting in Europe, Mexico, 
and the United States. Then we settled in New York for five more months to edit. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da likes "The Hare Krishna People" very much. He's seen it at least a dozen times and has urged me, "Make more films about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I'm grateful that my first photo-essay back in 1970 took me to my spiritual master, and that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da turned that small assignment into a full-time
 and fulfilling engagement in the service of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There's an old Bengali proverb that seems to explain my good fortune very nicely: "By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you get your spiritual master. And by the grace of your spiritual master,
 you get K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p16-17: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The splendor of spiritual In
dia: Bars\'e4\'eba, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba's beloved R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 was born.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garlanded by the townspeople, Am
erican devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant His holy names in Surat. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Yaduvara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sunset silhouettes pilgrims as t
hey make their way to the River Ganges to celebrate the Kumbha Mel\'e4 festival.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Deity poses gracef
ully during Benares festival commemorating His appearance. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Yaduvara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22-23:  .  .  .  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a modern medium and
 a timeless message. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today, five years after Yadubara's first meeting with the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees in New York City, he and his wife Visakha are busy making K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious films. At the Los Angeles center's Sunday feast (upper right), Yadubara likes to discuss transcendental philosophy with interested guests. Each morning and evening he studies the Vedic literature with other devotees (lower right) 
to increase his understanding of his spiritual master's teachings. Presenting these timeless teachings through the modern medium of film provides Yadubara with a full-time and fulfilling engagement. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-1080 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After initiation \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da in structs Yadubara on the disciple's duties}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes v11#5
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10 #12
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From Sadist to Saint
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 He enjoyed half-killing animals and watching them writhe in pain.  But before long he wouldn't harm an ant . . .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, as the holy sage N\'e4rada was making his way to Allahabad, India, he came upon a deer writhing in pain on the forest floor. It was pierced with an arrow, and
 its legs were broken. Farther along, N\'e4rada saw a boar twisting in agony\'97it, too, pierced with an arrow, its legs broken. Still farther, a rabbit was going through the same torment. All this suffering pained N\'e4rada's heart, for devotees of the 
Lord always feel sympathy for others. So N\'e4rada wondered, "What fool has done such gruesome things to all these helpless creatures?" Deeper into the forest, N\'e4rada saw the culprit\'97a hunter, lurking behind a tree. With his reddish eyes, dingy com
plexion, and dangerous expression, he looked like the lord of death, Yamar\'e4ja, standing with a bow and arrows in his hands. Seeing the hunter bracing to kill more animals, N\'e4rada approached him. As N\'e4rada brushed through the foliage, all the ani
mals fled. Enraged, the hunter was about to attack N\'e4rada with foul language. But the saint radiated such goodness and kindness that the hunter's temper cooled. Amazingly meek, he put a question to N\'e4rada.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O great saint, why have you strayed from the common path through the forest to come here? Just by seeing you, all the animals I was stalking have gotten away."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes," N\'e4rada replied, "please forgive me. I have come here to ask you about something that's troubling me. I've seen many boars, deer, and rabbits on the path
\'97half-killed and writhing in agony\'97and I suspect you have done this."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes, that's a fact," the hunter said.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But you are committing great sins!" N\'e4rada protested. "If you must kill animals for a living, why not kill them and be done with it? Why do you leave them half-
killed and dying in anguish?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear sir," replied the hunter, "my father named me Mrgari, 'the enemy of the animals.' He taught me to half-kill animals and leave them flopping around in pain.
 When I see half-killed animals suffer, I feel great pleasure."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Please grant me one thing," implored N\'e4rada.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Of course, my dear sage. Take whatever animals or anything else you'd like. If you want some animal skins, come to my house. I'll give you either a deerskin or a t
iger skin."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I do not want any animal skins, but I do want something else. Just promise me one thing\'97that from now }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whenever you kill an animal, you will kill it completely\'97you will not leave it half-killed."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear sir," said the hunter, "what kind of request is that? What's the difference between half-killing animals and completely killing them? What's wrong with lea
ving the animals lying half-killed?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada explained, "If you leave the animals half-killed, you are purposely giving them pain. And by the law of God and nature, whatever pain you give to others y
ou must suffer in return. My dear M\'e5g\'e4ri, you kill animals for your living. Now, when you kill animals you certainly commit horrible sins, but when you half-kill them, your sins are much worse. All the animals you have tortured and killed will retu
rn the pain to you. One after another, they will torture and kill you\'97in your next life and in life after life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although he was grossly sinful, by associating with the saintly N\'e4rada Muni M\'e5g\'e4ri realized his sins, repented, and became purified. "My dear sir," the hun
ter pleaded, "when I was very little my father taught me to half-kill animals. Please tell me how I can get rid of all the sinful reactions I've been piling up over the years. Now I give myself up to you and fall down at your holy feet. Please save me fr
om my sinful reactions. Please show me the path to freedom."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada told the hunter, "If you actually hear and follow my instructions, I can show you the real path to freedom."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear sir, I'll do whatever you say. "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All right\'85First of all, break your bow. Then I will show you how you can be free."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "What? Break my bow? But if I break it, how will I make a living?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada assured the hunter, "There is no need to worry. Just follow my instructions. You won't have to kill animals. I'll send you enough food to feed both you an
d your wife. I'll make sure you have all you need. When you surrender to the Lord, He takes special care of you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Trusting the saintly N\'e4rada, the hunter broke his bow and fell at his feet, and he surrendered himself totally. With a kind hand N\'e4rada raised the hunter and 
began instructing him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Just go back to your home and give away whatever you have to the Lord's devotees. Then, wearing only simple clothing, you and your wife should leave }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub home. On the riverbank build a small }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thatched house, and in front of it grow the sacred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  plant on a raised platform. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub tulas\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  plant is a pure devotee of the Lord and adorns His lotuslike feet. The Lord will be very pleased with you if you always serve His pure devotee with water
 and other things, and if you always chant His holy names\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. As for your living, perform your daily duties, and ev
ery day I'll send enough food for both of you. You can take as much as you need."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then N\'e4rada restored the half-dead animals. Saved from their ordeal, the animals fled. When he saw the pure devotee N\'e4rada work this miracle, M\'e5g\'e4ri mar
veled. Humbly he bowed to N\'e4rada. At last, M\'e5g\'e4ri returned home }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to carry out N\'e4rada's instructions, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada himself proceeded to Allahabad.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once we understand the dangers of sinful life, we should give it up with sincerity and sorrow\'97just as M\'e5g\'e4ri did. We should surrender to the Supreme Lord
\'97that is, we should follow the instructions of His pure devotee. Only then can we be free from our sinful reactions and start to serve the Lord. Sometimes people make some atonement and then knowingly commit the same sins again. The scriptures compare
 such atonement to an elephant's bathing. An elephant takes a thorough bath, but as soon as it comes out of the water, it throws dirt all over its body. To become free from all sinful reactions, we must follow the instructions of an authentic spiritual m
aster. As Jesus Christ said, "If you love me, keep my commandments." The Supreme Lord gives His pure devotee the power to deliver anyone who follows the principles of devotional service\'97avoid intoxication, gambling, illicit sex, and meat-eating; and c
hant the holy names of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So M\'e5g\'e4ri exactly followed the instructions of N\'e4rada, his spiritual master. The news spread that the pure devotee N\'e4rada had changed M\'e5g\'e4ri from 
sadist to saint. The villagers were astonished when they came to see the new devotee. According to spiritual custom, whenever people go to see a saintly person they should bring grains and fruit. And since all the villagers saw that M\'e5g\'e4ri had turn
ed into a great devotee, they brought such eatables with them. Each day the people brought the former hunter so much grains and fruit that ten or twenty people could have eaten their fill. Yet, following N\'e4rada's instructions, M\'e5g\'e4ri took only w
hat he and his wife needed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After some days had passed, N\'e4rada was talking with his friend, the sage Parvata. N\'e4rada told him, "I have a disciple who was formerly a hunter. Let's go to s
ee him." The two sages journeyed to the hunter's home. When M\'e5g\'e4ri saw his spiritual master coming in the distance, he began running quickly toward him. On the way the hunter caught sight of many ants scurrying around his own feet. He wanted to bow
 down before N\'e4rada and Parvata, but he saw that if he did so he would crush some of the ants. So, slowly and gently, M\'e5g\'e4ri cleared the ants away with a cloth. At last he fell down flat to honor his spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear hunter," N\'e4rada beamed, "your new-found nonviolence doesn't surprise me. People who perform devotional service to the Blessed Lord are naturally nonviol
ent. They see the Lord living within the heart of everyone\'97even the tiny ant\'97so they never hurt any living being out of envy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e5g\'e4ri received both great sages in the courtyard of his home. He spread out a straw mat for them to sit on, and with great devotion he made them comfortable.
 Then he fetched water, and with deep affection he washed the sages' feet. Both the hunter and his wife sprinkled the wash water over their heads. Filled with love for the Lord, M\'e5g\'e4ri began chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. His body trembled, and tears welled in his eyes. He raised his hands and danced in ecstasy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After seeing the hunter's ecstasy, Parvata told N\'e4rada, "You are a touchstone\'97you have turned iron into gold. My dear N\'e4rada, you are really glorious. How 
pleased K\'e5\'f1\'eba must be with you! By following your instructions, even the lowest person\'97a hunter of animals\'97can quickly come to the path of devotion to the Blessed Lord."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada then asked the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hunter}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear M\'e5g\'e4ri, are you getting enough food every day?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter replied, "My dear teacher, everyone you send gives me something when he comes to see me. You send many people, and they bring so much that we don't know 
what to do with all the food. Do you think you could tell the people to bring enough only for two?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hunter was following his spiritual master's instructions with utter sincerity, and N\'e4rada showered him with well-wishes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "May K\'e5\'f1\'eba always bless you. And may you always please the Lord with your sincere devotional service."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the animals fled, the enraged hunter was about to attack N\'e4rada with foul l
anguage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27: . . . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Slowly and gently, the hunter cleared the ants away with a cloth. }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustrations: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Patron Member   v11#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BECOME A PATRON MEMBER
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Freedom in knowledge   v11#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The real treasure of India   v11#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE REAL TREASURE OF INDIA
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as .. The real treasure of India   v11#3/4
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
11 No. 6, 1976
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness    v11#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#10
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, \line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chanting rolls through the crowd in waves as the huge cars, with their towering canopies and colorful garlands, rumble along the city streets into the park. Thi
s is Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, the ancient Festival of the Chariots, glorifying Lord Jagann\'e4tha, the Lord of the universe. People have celebrated Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 for thousands of years in Pur\'e9, India, and since 1966 the International Society for Krishna
 Consciousness has made this joyous festival an international event. United by the chanting of the holy names of God, people of all ethnic and religious backgrounds now celebrate Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 in cities all over the world. Experience the spiritual ex
citement of Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 in the festival city nearest you and read more about the transcendental science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the pages of BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v11#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha S\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagajivan d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bibh\'e4vati-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi
\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana-guru d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadvipa d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub GRAPHIC DESIGNER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jeni Davis.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Arcita d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus
\'fcdana d\'e4sa, M\'e4khana-taskra d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1vanda d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Anila d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana-guru d\'e4sa, Jaya\'e7ac
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-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v11#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Climbing rooftops for a panoramic view, strolling along the Grand Route, or strenuously tugging the ropes that pull the big car
s, hundreds of thousands of devotees take part in the ancient Ratha-y\'e4tra, or Festival of the Chariots, held every summer in Pur\'e9, India. Three colossal chariots carrying the three Jagann\'e4tha Deities here begin their stately, two-mile journey sy
mbolizing Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's visit to the town of His childhood pastimes. This year the International Society for Krishna Consciousness will sponsor Rath\'e4y\'e4tr\'e4 festivals in ten cities worldwide. (Photograph by Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P2: His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of BACK TO
 GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna
 Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the back
bone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present topic
s concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Secret of Real Religion
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SECRET OF REAL RELIGION
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today, it seems, there are more spiritual groups than ever before competing for public attention and allegiance. Freelan
ce reporter Sandy Nixon finds out what makes K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness unique in an interview with His Divine Grace A. C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My first question is very basic. What is K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" means God. We ar
e all intimately connected with Him because He is our original father. But we have forgotten this connection. When we become interested to know, "What is my connection with God? What is the aim of life?" then we are called K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How does K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness develop in 
the practitioner?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a
lready there in the core of everyone's heart. But because of our materially conditioned life, we have forgotten it. The process of chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare\'97revives the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness we already have. For example, a few months ago these American and European boys and girls did not know about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but just yesterday we saw how they were chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dancing in ecstasy throughout the whole Ratha-y
\'e4tr\'e4 procession. Do you think that was artificial? No. Artificially, nobody can chant and dance for hours together. They have actually awakened their K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by following a bona fide process. This is explained in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  22.107):
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nitya-siddha-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema 's\'e4dhya' kabhu naya\line \'e7rava\'eb\'e4di-\'e7uddha-citte karaye udaya
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is dormant in everyone's heart, and when one comes in contact with devotees, it is awakened. K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness is not artificial. Just as a young boy awakens his natural attraction for a young girl in her association, similarly, if one hears about K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the association of devotees, he awakens his dormant K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness and Christ consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christ consciousness is also K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but because at present people do not follow the rules and regulations of Christianity\'97the commandments of Jesus Christ\'97they do not come to the standard of God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is unique about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
 among all religions?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Primarily, religion means to know
 God and to love Him. That is religion. Nowadays, because of a lack of training, nobody knows God, what to speak of loving Him. People are satisfied simply going to church and praying, "O God, give us our daily bread." In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this is called a cheating religion, because the aim is not to know and love God but to gain some per
sonal profit. In other words, if I profess to follow some religion, but I do not know who God is or how to love Him, I am practicing a cheating religion. As far as the Christian religion is concerned, ample opportunity is given to understand God, but no 
one is taking it. For example, the Bible contains the commandment, "Thou shall not kill," but Christians have built the world's best slaughterhouses. How can they become God conscious if they disobey the commandments of Lord Jesus Christ? And this is goi
ng on not just in the Christian religion, but in every religion. The title of Hindu, Muslim, or Christian is simply a rubber stamp. None of them knows who God is and how to love Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can one tell a bona fide spiritual master fro
m a fake?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whoever teaches how to know God a
nd how to love Him-he is a spiritual master. Sometimes bogus rascals mislead people. "I am God," they claim, and people who do not know what God is believe them. You must be a serious student to understand who God is and how to love Him. Otherwise, you w
ill simply waste your time. So the difference between others and us is that we are the only movement that can actually teach one how to know God and how to love Him. We are presenting the science of how one can know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personalit
y of Godhead, by practicing the teachings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They teach us that our only business is to love God. Our business is not to ask God for our necessi
ties. God gives necessities to everyone\'97even to one who has no religion. For example, cats and dogs have no religion, yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba supplies them with the necessities of life. So why should we bother K\'e5\'f1\'eba for our daily bread? He is alre
ady supplying it. Real religion means to learn how to love Him. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa vai pu\'e0s\'e4\'e0 paro dharmo\line yato bhaktir adhok\'f1aje\line ahaituky apratihat\'e4\line yay\'e4tm\'e4 supras\'e9dati
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "First-class religion teaches one how to love God without any motive." If I serve God for some profit, that is business\'97not love. Real
 love of God is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ahaituky apratihat\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it cannot be checked by any material cause. It is unconditional. 
If one actually wants to love God there is no impediment. He can love Him whether he's poor or rich, young or old, black or white.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nixon: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do all paths lead to the same end?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. There are four classes of men
\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef
\'e4n\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the yogis, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaktas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub each achieves a different goal. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub work for some material profit. For example, in the city, many people work hard day and night, and their purpose is to get some money. Thus, they are
 fruitive workers, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a person who thinks, "Why am I working so hard? The birds, bees, elephants, and other creatures have no profession, yet they are also eating. So why 
should I unnecessarily work so hard? Rather, let me try to solve the problems of life\'97birth, death, old age, and disease." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'ef\'e4n\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub try to become immortal. They think that if they merge into God's existence, then they will become immune to birth, death, old age, and disease. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub yogis }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub try to acquire some mystic power to exhibit a wonderful show. For instance, a yogi can become very small: if you put him into a locked room, he can come out 
through any little space. By showing this kind of magic, the yogi is immediately accepted as a very wonderful man. Of course, modern }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  simply show some gymnastics\'97they have no real power. But a real }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub has some power, which is not spiritual but material. So the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wants mystic power, the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wants salvation from the miseries of life, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wants material profit. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotee\'97doesn't want anything for h
imself. He simply wants to serve God out of love, just like a mother serves her child. There is no question of profit in a mother's service to her child. Out of pure affection and love, she cares for him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When you come to this stage of loving God, that is perfection. Neither the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karm\'e9, }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
nor the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can know God\'97only the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakta. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [18.55],}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub "Only through the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can one understand God." K\'e5\'f1\'eba never
 says one can understand Him by other processes. No. Only through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you are interested t
o know God and love Him, then you must accept the devotional process. No other process will help you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What transformation does one undergo on the path?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No transformation\'97your origina
l consciousness is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Now your consciousness is covered with so much rubbish. You have to cleanse it, and then\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Our consciousness is like water. Water is by nature clear and transparent, but some
times it becomes muddy. If you filter all the mud out of the water, it again comes to its original clear, transparent state.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can one function better in society by becoming K
\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you can see that my disciple
s are not drunkards or meat-eaters, and from a physiological point of view they are very clean\'97they'll never be attacked by serious diseases. Actually, giving up meat-eating is not a question of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but of civilized human lif
e. God has given human society so many things to eat\'97nice fruits, vegetables, grain, and first-class milk. From milk one can prepare hundreds of nutritious foods, but no one knows the art. Instead, people maintain big slaughterhouses and eat meat. The
y are not even civilized. When man is uncivilized, he kills poor animals and eats them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Civilized men know the art of preparing nutritious foods from milk. For instance, on our New V\'e5nd\'e4vana farm in West Virginia, we make hundreds of first-class 
preparations from milk. Whenever visitors come, they are astonished that from milk such nice foods can be prepared. The blood of the cow is very nutritious, but civilized men utilize it in the form of milk. Milk is nothing but cow's blood transformed. Yo
u can make milk into so many things\'97yogurt, curd, ghee (clarified butter), and so on\'97and by combining these milk products with grains, fruits, and vegetables, you can make hundreds of preparations. This is civilized life\'97not directly killing an 
animal and eating its flesh. The innocent cow is simply eating grass given by God and supplying milk, which you can live on. Do you think cutting the cow's throat and eating its flesh is civilized?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, I agree with you one hundred percent\'85One t
hing I'm very curious about: can the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be taken symbolically as well as literally?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. They must be taken as they ar
e, not symbolically. That is why we are presenting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are you attempting to revive the ancient Indian c
aste system in the West? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mentions the caste system\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Where does the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mention the caste system? K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub c\'e4tur-var\'ebya\'e0 may\'e4 s\'e5\'f1\'f6a\'e0 gu\'eba-karma-vibh\'e4ga\'e7a\'f9: "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I created four divisions of men according to their quality and 
work" (4.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . For instance, you can understand that there are engineers as well as medical practitioners
 in society. Do you say they belong to different castes\'97that one is in the engineer caste, and the other is in the medical caste? No. If a man has qualified himself in medical school, you accept him as a doctor; and if another man has a degree in engi
neering, you accept him as an engineer. Similarly, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub defines four classes of men in
 society: a class of highly intelligent men, a class of administrators, a class of productive men, and ordinary workers. These divisions are natural. For example, one class of men is very intelligent. But to actually meet the qualifications of first-clas
s men as described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they need to train, just as an intelligent boy requires tr
aining in a college to become a qualified doctor. So in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement we are training the intelligent men how to control their minds, how to control their senses, how to become truthful, how to become clean internally and exte
rnally, how to become wise, how to apply their knowledge in practical life, and how to become God conscious. All these boys [gestures toward seated disciples] have first-class intelligence, and now we are training them to use it properly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We are not introducing the caste system, in which any rascal born in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub family is automatically a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He may have the habits of a fifth-class man, but he is accepted as first-class because of his birth in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub family. We don't accept that. We recognize a man as first-class who is trained as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It doesn't matter whether he is Indian, European, or American; lowborn or highborn\'97it doesn't matter. Any intelligent man can be trained to adopt first-class habits. We want to stop the nonsensic
al idea that we are imposing the Indian caste system on our disciples. We are simply picking out men with first-class intelligence and training them how to become first-class in every respect.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do you feel about women's liberation?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So-called equal rights for women 
means that the men cheat the women. Suppose a woman and a man meet, they become lovers, they have sex, the woman becomes pregnant, and the man goes away. The woman has to take charge of the child and beg alms from the government, or else she kills the ch
ild by having an abortion. This is the woman's independence. In India, although a woman may be poverty-stricken, she stays under the care of her husband, and he takes responsibility for her. When she becomes pregnant, she is not forced to kill the child 
or maintain him by begging. So, which is real independence\'97to remain under the care of the husband or to be enjoyed by everyone?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How about in spiritual life\'97can women also suc
ceed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We make no distinction on the bas
is of sex. We give K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to both men and women equally. We welcome women, men, the poor, the rich\'97everyone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vidy\'e4-vinaya-sampanne\line br\'e4hma\'ebe gavi hastini\line \'e7uni caiva \'e7vap\'e4ke ca\line pa\'eb\'f2it\'e4\'f9 sama-dar
\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a learned and gentle }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  5.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you explain the meaning of the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba mantra?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is very simple. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means, "O energy of the Lord," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K
\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means, "O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Just as there are males and females in the material world, similarly, God is the original male }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (puru\'f1a), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and His energy }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (prak\'e5ti) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the original female. So, when we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we are saying, "O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, O energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, kindly engage me in Your service."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you please tell me a little bit about your 
life and how you knew that you were the spiritual master of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My life is simple. I was a househ
older with a wife and children\'97now I have grandsons\'97when my spiritual master ordered me to go to the Western countries and preach the cult of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So I left everything on the order of my spiritual master, and now I am tryin
g to execute his order and the orders of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How old were you when he told you to go to the We
st?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At our first meeting, he ordered 
me to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the West. I was then twenty-five years old, a married man with two children. I tried my best to carry out his orders and started managing BACK TO GODHEAD magazine in 1944, when I was still in household life. I
 started writing books in 1959 after retiring from family life, and in 1965 I came to the United States.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have said that you are not God, and yet it ap
pears to me, as an outsider, that your devotees treat you as if you were God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is their duty. Because 
the spiritual master is executing God's order, he should be respected as much as God, just as a government officer should be respected as much as the government because he executes the government's order. Even if an ordinary policeman comes, you have to 
respect him because he is a government man. But that does not mean he is the government. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4k\'f1\'e4d-dharitvena samasta-\'e7\'e4strair, uktas tath\'e4 bh\'e4vyata eva sadbhi
\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme Lord because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord. This is acknowledged in all revealed scriptures 
and followed by all authorities." }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I also wonder about the many beautiful material t
hings that the devotees bring you. For instance, you left the airport in a beautiful, fancy car. I wonder about this because\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That teaches the disciples how to
 regard the spiritual master as good as God. If you respect the government representative as much as the government, then you must treat him opulently. If you respect the spiritual master as much as God, then you must offer him the same facilities you wo
uld offer to God. God travels in a golden car. If the disciples offer the spiritual master an ordinary motorcar, it would not be sufficient because the spiritual master has to be treated like God. If God comes to your home, will you bring him an ordinary
 motorcar\'97or will you arrange for a golden car?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One of the most difficult aspects of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness for an outsider to accept is the Deity in the temple\'97how it represents K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Could you talk a little bit about that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. At the present moment, becau
se you have not been trained to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He kindly appears before you so you can see Him. You can see wood and stone, but you cannot see what is spiritual. Suppose your father is in the hospital, and he dies. You are crying by his bedside, "No
w my father is gone!" But why do you say he is gone? What is that thing which is gone?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, his spirit is gone.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And have you seen that spirit?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So you cannot see spirit, and God
 is the Supreme Spirit. Actually, He is everything\'97spirit and matter\'97but you cannot see Him in His spiritual identity. Therefore, to show kindness toward you, He appears out of His unbounded mercy in the form of a wooden or stone Deity so that you 
can see Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ms. Nixon:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ''If you are interested to know God and lo
ve Him, then you must accept the devotional process. No other process will help you."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Can Creation Come from Chaos?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CAN CREATION COME FROM CHAOS?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A challenge to the prevailing scientific view \line that life comes from a chance combination of material elements.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Edited from an original paper by M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa, Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa, and Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara d\'e4sa:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although scientists would like to assume that in the past, inert chemicals combined to produce life, as yet no one has eve
r observed such an event. In addition, although scientists have many theories about how life is working inside the cell, they have not been able to combine the constituent chemicals to form living cells, even in controlled laboratory settings. Thus, the 
claim of molecular biologists that life has come about by evolutionary development\'97beginning from a primordial environment of methane, ammonia, and water sparked by an electromagnetic or thermal stimulus\'97has never been substantiated by experimental
 evidence. Although scientists have found traces of amino acids (the building blocks of biological molecules) in reaction chambers filled with ammonia, methane, and water, the formation of these simple amino acids does not prove that life evolved by a ch
ance combination of chemicals. Amino acids are a very long way from a living organism, so there is really no substantial justification for concluding that this common laboratory experiment proves life originated by chance in a "primordial chemical soup."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nor have the biologists found a chemical which, when injected into a dead organism, will restore life. In fact, they are having a difficult time explaining the acti
vities of the living cell by chemical equations. Physicist Louis de Broglie has commented, "It is premature to reduce the vital processes to the quite insufficiently developed conceptions of nineteenth and twentieth century physics and chemistry." And ev
en if the microbiologist does try to analyze a living cell in the detail necessary to discover its exact chemical activity, he would have to kill it, obliterating with his instruments the very principle of "life" he was seeking in the first place. Conseq
uently, many scientists are now looking for new concepts beyond chemistry and physics to explain how life works. These new attempts are called holistic approaches, which consider the living organism as a whole and view life as complementary to matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nevertheless, most materialistic scientists reject this idea. They ignore the fact that living systems defy the second law of thermodynamics, which strictly governs
 inert matter. According to this law, no complex system of chemical reactions can maintain itself indefinitely. Yet living systems }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub do }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub maintain themselves, generation after generation, without any loss of complex order. Therefore we can safely say that life does not act according to the laws of chemistry and physics, and that it is perfectly scien
tific to talk of life as a principle separate from matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, from the point of view of mathematics and logic, we can see that complex living organisms cannot arise spontaneously from unorganized matter; there must be th
e touch of higher intelligence. Suppose we have a collection of short rods (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). If we then pass t
hem through a box that combines the rods two at a time, at right angles to each other, we shall arrive at }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Then suppose we join the L's together at random. We can see that the final}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub configurat
ion }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has no greater form than that which was explicitly specified in the system going from }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In other words, for }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub C}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to have a specific, complex structure, we have to supply specific, complex information to create 
that structure. A random pairing of L's cannot produce a complex, organized pattern. For example, if we wanted to generate the structure below, (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) we would have to supply explicit information at each step of the operation. In other words, all the information specifying the final structure must be available throughout the development of the structur
e. The basic mathematical theorems of Kolmogorov and Chaitin\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 1. G.J. Chaitin, \'93Information\'96Theoretic Computational Complexity,\'94 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub IEEE Transactions}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IT-20 (1974), pp. 10-15. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * governing so-called complexities of formal systems confirm this argument. In general, all of this proves that something simple cannot create something complex by a random process. And when we apply this conclusion to the curren
t theory of evolution, we see that random atoms and molecules couldn't possibly have developed into complex living forms without an outside source of information.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we have seen, known scientific principles such as those of thermodynamics, mathematics, and logic con}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub firm that life comes from life, not from matter. Also, it is a fact of experience that a living plant comes from another living plant, an amoeba comes from an amoeba, a dog from a dog, and a human being from another human being. On th
e other hand, no one has ever observed a living entity coming from dead matter. Despite all this evidence, however, most scientists still cling to the theory that life comes from matter. Why?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The strongest arguments of the evolutionists are based on the fossil record. However, objective analysis of the fossil record reveals a different story than the one
 the evolutionists would have us believe. First, it is an admitted fact that after one hundred years of digging, practically no fossils of intermediate species (the famous "missing links") have ever been found to confirm the Darwinian evolution-of-specie
s theory. Second, fossil records do show that an entire system of highly evolved marine life-forms appeared abruptly at the beginning of the Cambrian age. There are thousands of feet of fossil-free sedimentary rock below the Cambrian stratum. Indeed, no 
undisputable pre-Cambrian fossils have been found anywhere in the world. Although evolutionists have many imaginative explanations for this sudden appearance of complex marine life, available evidence clearly does not confirm their theory that life origi
nated from matter and gradually evolved into more and more complex forms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition to the insufficient evidence upon which the evolutionists base their theories, their methods are suspect. Foremost among these are the conflicting datin
g processes used by archaeologists\'97especially the use of radioactive isotopes such as carbon 14.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2. Colin Re
nfrew, "Carbon 14 and the Prehistory of Europe," }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientific American. Vol. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 225 (October 1971), p
p. 63-72.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bes
ides this, there are a great number of false claims of various evolutionists that point up the highly speculative nature of their whole theory. For example, Haeckel's "primordial muck," supposedly the stuff that first generated life, turned out to be no 
more than a combination of inorganic salts. His error was discovered only after the idea had been widely circulated and had created a stir in scientific circles. Another embarrassment for evolutionists was the story of "Piltdown man." After being accepte
d for forty years, Piltdown man proved to be a hoax\'97a "fossil" planted by someone seeking name and fame and interested in supporting evolution. Yet the evolutionists are no more certain now about the age of man than in the heyday of Piltdown man. Thei
r constantly changing dating schemes regularly push the "original" man farther and farther back into the past. Finally, even the most well known evidence supporting the evolutionists' theories has recently been called into question. For instance, several
 investigators have pointed out that the famous series showing how the horse evolved, which still appears in many young people's textbooks, is erroneous and misleading\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3. Norman Macbeth, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Darwin Retried; an Appeal to Reason }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Boston: Gambit, 1971), p. 15.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : the actual fossils betray abrupt and unchronological changes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can the scientific community continue to ignore all the evidence presented against Darwinian evolution? Because they've been conditioned to accept it as fact. P
sychologists have discovered that this conditioning, or expectancy, plays a very important role in perception. For example, if you place a thermometer in some hot water, you expect the mercury to rise in the tube, and that's what you see. But actually th
e mercury in the column first drops and then rises\'97because the glass of the thermometer expands more rapidly than the mercury at first. So our expectation has colored our perception. Similarly, scientists expect archaeological and other evidence to co
nfirm Darwinian evolution, and this is what they perceive, despite insufficient evidence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An even more deep-rooted reason for adherence to the Darwinian theory of evolution is that it provides a very convenient basis for hedonism, a life view free of con
cern for future consequences or morality. Aldous Huxley once said, "I had motives for not wanting the world to have meaning\'85 For myself, as, no doubt, for most of my contemporaries, the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of li
beration. The liberation we desired was simultaneously liberation from a certain political and economic system and liberation from a certain system of morality. We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom."\chftn{\*\footnote
\chftn \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4. Aldous Huxley, "Confession of a Professed Atheist," Report, Vol. 111, No. 9 (June 1966), p. 19.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When someone believes that life comes from matter rather than from spirit, his concern for morality diminishes considerably. If all life is merely a complex combination of chemical reactions, and if there is thus 
no supreme creator and controller, what need is there for moral restraint? This is not a new philosophy. In ancient Greece, Epicurus postulated that everything was simply a combination of atoms and the void\'97nothing more. Today the word }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub epicurean }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub describes a person whose main activity is enjoying fine food and drink. The conclusion is that Dar
winian evolutionary theory, with its implication that life comes from matter, is a philosophy that justifies unrestricted sense gratification, but it is by no means scientific.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus we have seen how the theory that life originated from matter is dubious on many grounds. First, no one has ever actually observed such an event. On the contrar
y, every day we see living organisms producing other living organisms\'97trees produce trees, dogs produce dogs, and so on. Second, living systems defy the laws of thermodynamics, proving that life is a principle separate from matter. Third, by the laws 
of mathematics and logic we concluded that a random combination of chemicals could not have produced complex living organisms without an outside source of information. In addition, we noted some of the more flagrant discrepancies in the evolutionists' ar
gument: the virtual absence of both pre-Cambrian fossils and "missing links" between species, and Piltdown man, Haeckel's muck, and the misleading diagrams showing how the horse evolved. Finally, we noted how the scientists' expectations and their deep-r
ooted hedonistic motives make their observations and conclusions less than impartial.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although materialistic science has spread throughout the world, recently it has been challenged by thoughtful scientists, philosophers, and other intelligent people
. Notably, the famous psychologist Carl Jung investigated the Western philosophical concept of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and found that there is no clear definition of the term. Jung concluded that the term }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub matter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no more than a symbol we attach to our observations of reality, and he saw no reas
on why we couldn't see reality as spiritual (that is, conscious) rather than material. Further, many researchers are discovering phenomena that simply defy explanation by the standard laws of mathematics, chemistry, and physics. For instance, the newly r
ecognized field of parapsychology concerns psychic phenomena such as ESP (mental telepathy), psychokinesis ("mind-over-matter"), and reincarnation. These phenomena suggest the need for a new understanding of nature\'97one that will explain the things aro
und us in terms of a conscious cause.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We find such an explanation in India's ancient }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These books, which are about five thousand years old in written form and still older in oral tradition, describe that the underlying principle and source of life is personal consciousness, or spirit. Today
, our tendency is to accept that everything is simply impersonal energy, and therefore that is all we see. But if we accept a personal, conscious background of existence, then we can understand that there must also be a Supreme Person, God. God explains 
Himself through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub come to us through the spiritual master, who, as part of a line of spiritual masters, delivers the Vedic message unchanged (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 4.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because our mind and senses are imperfect and cannot perceive spirit, we cannot know God, the Supreme Absolute Truth, by induction or mental speculation. The only w
ay to overcome such difficulties is to approach a bona fide Vedic authority (one who has himself transcended the limitations of the senses and mind) and begin practicing real science\'97practical realization of the Vedic wisdom as taught by the spiritual
 master. In other words, in the Vedic sense, scientific method means to approach the spiritual master and follow his instructions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process is actually very practical. The spiritual master prescribes a process of spiritual discipline, and the student carries it out according to the directio
ns given. If he experiences the predicted result, then the student draws the conclusion that the spiritual master was right. If the spiritual master is actually bona fide, then the result will be positive. This procedure is quite similar to an honest sci
entist's reporting his results along with his experimental method. Anyone who wants to verify the result can perform the same experiment himself. When the same result is reproduced by several scientists, it is called scientific. However, there is one ver
y basic difference between the methods of materialistic and Vedic science: the materialistic scientist relies totally on speculation and data coming through his imperfect senses to arrive at his conclusions, while the spiritual master relies on a perfect
, divine source of knowledge. The bona fide spiritual master receives his knowledge directly from the supreme knower, God, or through the disciplic succession from God Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But how can we know whether someone who claims to be a spiritual master is bona fide or not? According to the Vedic literatures, a genuine spiritual master must mee
t the following three qualifications: (1) He must teach according to the system of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parampara, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or 
disciplic succession. In other words, he must have received instruction from a bona fide teacher, who also received instruction from a bona fide teacher, etc. He must be able to trace his disciplic succession back to God Himself. A bona fide teacher will
 therefore never present anything that has not been presented by his predecessor teachers. (2) He must teach according to the authorized Vedic literature. All his conclusions must be supported by the Vedic scriptures. (3) His arguments and conclusions mu
st agree with those of other teachers of spiritual knowledge already accepted as authoritative. So we find that the teachings of a bona fide spiritual master are in accord with the teachings of great saintly personalities like Jesus, Muhammad, R\'e4m\'e4
nuja, or Moses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All of these qualifications are met by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master of the International Society for Krishna Consci
ousness. He is scientifically presenting the Vedic description of the origin of life and matter. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has presented in an English translation with extensive commentary, life is eternal\'97it is never created or destroyed (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2.12). In addition, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) explains that there is a supreme etern
al living force who is supporting the infinitesimal living forces. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub describes Him as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the supreme controller, who possesses a purely spiritual body composed of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa
c-cid-\'e4nanda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (eternity, knowledge, and bliss). And what is matter? Again from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (7.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we learn that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of the eight separated energies that make up what we call the material energy, or matter. These eight energies are developed by a grad
ual process from pure consciousness, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, into (1) false ego (based on our desire to be separated from K\'e5\'f1\'eba), (2) intelligence, (3) mind, (4) ether, (5) air, (6) fire, (7) water, and (8) earth. Everything that we exp
erience is a combination of these two kinds of energy\'97the superior, conscious living entities and the inferior, inanimate material elements. And above both of them is God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, guiding and controlling all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Thirteenth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God explains how He has expanded Himself into every atom of the world as the Para-brahman, or Supersoul }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 13.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Material natu
re works under the directions of the Supersoul, who is omniscient and thus perfectly aware of the desires and activities of every living being. According to how we act during our lifetime, we create a certain state of mind, or consciousness. This conscio
usness is understood in detail by the Supersoul, and He awards us a suitable body in our next life. There are }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8,400,000 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub different kinds of bodies (species) to accommodate the different mentalities of the living beings. So evolution is not a process of physical development, but of conscious development-from almost unconscious stages like trees or f
ungi, up through simple moving creatures like insects, up through birds, then four-legged animals, and finally to man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we reach the human form, we are at a juncture, for it is only in the human form that we have an intelligence keen enough to understand how to get free of the v
icious cycle of birth and death. Human intelligence is meant for inquiring into this most important subject, not for developing extravagant means for sensual enjoyment. The method for liberation is one of purification\'97purification of our mind by heari
ng the sacred message from a bona fide source, and purification of our heart by rendering service to God. Anyone truly interested in finding the ultimate limit of knowledge, as well as attaining an eternally blissful life, must take up this process of de
votional service to God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 About the Authors
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa (Dr. Michael Marchetti, Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry, Georgetown University, 1971) has worked as a National Science F
oundation fellow at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D. C.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa (Dr. Richard Thompson, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Cornell University, 1973) has written a monograph on statistical mecha
nics published by the American Mathematical Society in 1974.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara d\'e4sa (Dr. Thoudam Damodar Singh, Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry, University of California, 1974) has worked
 as a post-doctorate research associate at Emory University in Atlanta.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All three men are now coauthoring a book on the origins of life and matter to be published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Two Ph.D.'s for }{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Two Ph.D.'s for }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \cellx5760
\cellx7200\cellx12960\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa:\line "The materialists' theory that matter is the source of life isn't based on any observed data."}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa
:\line "They have faith in chance, and we have faith in God. That's what it comes down to."}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 \par \pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You were both working 
scientists with Ph.D.'s when you joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. M\'e4dhava, you were a chemist at the National Bureau of Standards, Sad\'e4p\'fcta, your doctoral dissertation had just been accepted for publication by the Amer
ican Mathematical Society. These days we don't usually see scientists like you advocating spiritual ideas. How did you come to accept the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as scientifically sound?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When I first came into contact with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, I heard \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da say something I'd never considered before. He said that everything could be understood in terms of a personal basis, rather than an impersonal basis. I began to understand that personalism wa
s superior to impersonalism, because personality could include impersonality, but impersonality could not include personality. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's concept was more all-encompassing, consistent, and rational. So I accepted it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I pursued science for many years. Th
e object of science, I felt, was to find out what the absolute truth is. Otherwise, what's the use of research? So I primarily studied mathematics, which I saw as the basis of the other sciences. But by graduate school I had come to the conclusion that m
athematics was not leading me to the truth, but to the void. It seemed to be only an arbitrary game of operations played with symbols on pieces of paper. I became frustrated because I realized there had to be something beyond mathematics, which didn't ma
ke sense according to my scientific training, but which was nevertheless very important. So I investigated various sources of information outside the scientific realm\'97yoga, spiritual groups, and so forth\'97and then I came to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousn
ess. It was what I'd been looking for.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you think other scientists will be able to accept K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness as you have?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, if they consider it with an ope
n mind.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What impact do you want your present work to have?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First, we want to expose other scientist
s to K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious ideas. Also, we think that people in general will also be interested in how two former academic scientists view K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There's a lot of interest now in the limits of science. More and more people are q
uestioning science's ability to solve the world's problems. We've seen science's ability to create problems. Now many people doubt it will be able to get us out of that situation. They feel that science has been overrated and they're beginning to look at
 wider and wider perspectives to understand what's going on. In psychology, the Gestalt movement has become popular because it doesn't try to analyze consciousness in terms of behaviorism or atomism. In scientific theory we're seeing a lot of emphasis on
 how the observer influences what he's observing. In every scientific experiment, the consciousness of the observer has to be accounted for, but present theories don't explain how. In addition, there are problems now in understanding the fundamentals of 
mathematics and of reason itself. There's also a general trend toward trying to understand consciousness and the higher psychology of living beings. A recent study conducted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science showed a great deal o
f public interest in phenomena that can't be explained by the known laws of science, such as psychokinesis, telepathy, Kirlian photography, and so on.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you tell us something about your present scientif
ic work?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We're trying to solve a fundamental prob
lem-the problem of the origin of life. Today, most scientists say that matter creates life. But from our point of view\'97from the spiritual scientists' point of view\'97it's the other way around: life creates matter. We feel we have the advantage becaus
e we can observe life creating matter. For instance, a lemon tree can manufacture a drop of lemon juice. But of course a drop of lemon juice can't create a tree. So we're collecting the necessary scientific evidence to verify our everyday observation. On
 the other hand, the materialists' theory that matter is the source of life isn't based on any observed data. It's simply a mental construct, a theory with no hard evidence to support it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But doesn't quantum mechanics support the theory that m
atter produces life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Some people say it does, but we 
disagree. Quantum mechanics is the most widely accepted theory on the structure of matter. It was developed in the period from 1900 to about 1930. If you look }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the library, you'll see that all the science books published today claim that quantum mechanics applies in every material situation. Most scientists say it's universal, But actually, quantum 
theory has been empirically verified by only very limited laboratory experiments. Although quantum theory is great for simple situations like that, it's not mathematically feasible to apply it to anything more complex. For instance, theoretical chemists 
admit that they can't apply quantum mechanics exactly to any molecule more complex than the diatomic hydrogen molecule, which is a very simple molecule. All they can do is assume it will work with bigger molecules. But a law that applies to one molecule 
won't necessarily apply to another. Still, they're gambling that quantum mechanics will. And to make matters worse, they're assuming that the human body, which }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub inconceivably complicated, functions according to the theories of quantum mechanics. Such an assumption is irresponsible. No one can say that the nerve cells of the brain, for example, work i
n that way. Well, no one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub should }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say it\'97but they do anyway. Many scientists even say there can't be a s
oul because the presence of a soul would violate some "well-established" physical laws. But when you get right down to it, no one can tell if those laws really do apply to living organisms or not.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You've brought up an interesting question. Why do so ma
ny scientists take it upon themselves to defeat religion? They say that as mankind progresses in scientific knowledge, he no longer has any reason to believe in God or the soul. But you're saying there's nothing inherent in science to prove this.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's right. The materialists' attitude
 is based on an error in judgment. They base all their work on the unspoken assumption that everything has an impersonal basis. In other words, their belief that we can explain everything in terms of matter is just that\'97only a belief, not the result o
f an experiment. When we analyze, a materialistic scientist's statements, we find that his concept of matter is not empirical, as he claims, but metaphysical. So it seems that the materialists are simply trying to replace }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual religion with a material one, of which they will of course be the new high priests.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But haven't the material scientists created life in the
 laboratory?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To my knowledge, the farthest they'v
e gone, so far is to take apart a virus, put the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parts }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub test tube, and watch them recombine. Is this creating life? First }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
of all, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whether }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not you ca
n call a virus "life" is a difficult question. To many people, viruses seem more like chemicals than living organisms. Second, the scientists didn't create the virus anyway. They took it apart, and when they juxtaposed the molecules. they recombined. The
ir accomplishment wasn't so remarkable, really, although it }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub took a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub lot of work.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can you demonstrate }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the laboratory how life creates matter?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Several investigators have observed
 a remarkable phenomenon called biological transmutation that is experimentally verifiable and that can't be explained }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub terms of our present physical and chemical theories. It occurs every day, in animals }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub plants. Most scientists in modern textbooks don't discuss biologi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cal }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub transmutation because i
t doesn't conform to their present theories. What happens is this: when }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub put a seed }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub into }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soil and add water and nutrients, the seed begins to grow. Now, after a certain amount of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub time, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the chemical composition of the germinated seed will be different from an ungerminated one. But after }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub analyze them, you see that this difference can't be explained by any additions of water or nutrients, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by any chemical reactions we can infer. The chemical difference between the growing and nongrowing seeds has 
to be explained }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub some other way. And }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub no }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one knows what that explanation might be. Somehow the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub living }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub seed actually creates not only compounds, but also basic elements, out of other elements. This }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub comparable to what happens inside }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nuclear reactor 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub hydrogen bomb! To think that }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tiny seed does this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub matter of course, by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub its }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub life energy alone, is inconceivable to the materialistic mind. But 
anyone with an, open mind }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub admit that the process of life }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a mystery to us; It's beyond our present understanding. Life doesn't obey the laws of chemistry or physics.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub    Furthermore, Heisenberg discovered in 1927 that beyond a certain minuteness of atomic structure, we can't be certain of both the po
sition and the velocity of particles. In other words, our ability to investigate the ultimate nature of things with our present methods is limited. Beyond that limited range, we have to say that the world is inconceivable. Besides that, especially at the
 atomic level, the instruments we use always disturb whatever we're looking at. So we can't really talk about the structure of nature as it is. All we can talk about is the structure of our investigations, which is a different thing entirely.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. For instance, in Newton's study
 of gravitation, he spoke of an attraction between two bodies separated by space. But what is it that goes through space to hold the two bodies together? No one has ever answered this question. When Newton first presented his theory of gravitation, scien
tists and philosophers rejected it as mysticism.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The conclusion is that within the univer
se there's an energy at work, a life energy. We can't see it, but it must be there. Many great scientists have concluded that the energy which moves the universe is spiritual. And they have accepted that there is a supreme controller behind the universe.
 Einstein thought that way. And so did Galileo.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But most scientists don't think that way.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right. They exclude God by assuming that
 the material energy }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub working on its own without any outside help. However, by analyzing the activity 
of the material energy, we can see that it doesn't perform according to materialistic theories. Other elements must be considered.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Doesn't the theory of evolution do away with the necess
ity for God, or any spiritual purpose, in the development of nature?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Evolutionists justify their views by
 saying, more or less, "if it didn't happen our way, we'd be forced to accept a supernatural explanation, and that we refuse to do." That's their best argument. But how did the eye evolve? They say, "It had to evolve by chance mutations, because otherwis
e we'd have to suppose divine creation." They have faith in chance, and we have faith in God. That's what it comes down to.
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falo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v11#6
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}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
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ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 6 TE
XT 10\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 6 TEXT 35
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News    v11#6
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Vedic Psychology Explained at Los Angeles Convention
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Last April 9 in Los Angeles, an overflow crowd of two hundred psychologists attended a symposium on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness at the Western Psychology Associati
on convention. The featured speaker at the symposium was Bahul\'e4\'e7va d\'e4sa, a college program coordinator for ISKCON's Berkeley center, who set the theme as a comparison of Eastern and Western approaches to psychology.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Noting that in childhood we all start at an animalistic level of behavior, Bahul\'e4\'e7va proposed that the goal of individual growth should be "to reach a point o
f consciousness\'97we call it K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97where one becomes the master of his biological urges." Being careful to distinguish this kind of sense control from repression, he advocated it as a necessary part of "our ability to refine ou
rselves, to rise up to the level of spiritual existence."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Describing ISKCON members as "people who are serious about helping suffering humanity," he concluded by asking his audience to read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Bahulasva's speech received warm app
lause.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Preceding Bahul\'e4\'e7va at the podium were Dr. Alan Gerson, a clinical psychologist from the Los Angeles area, and Dr. J. Stillson Judah, a professor at the Gradu
ate Theological Union in Berkeley.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Gerson presented the results of his extensive psychological tests of devotees. Titled "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba: Insane Dropouts or Vanguard of a Saner Society?" his
 paper opted for the latter idea.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Judah, whose book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna and the Counterculture }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was published two years ago by Wiley & Sons, praised the work of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da in giving young Americans "a meaningful way to love God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The program opened and closed with refreshments and musical offerings of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant. As devotees passed around silver trays of food offered to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, one appreciative Ph.D. commented, "I've been to a lot of symposiums at conventions, but this is the first time they served hors d'oeuvres."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Restaurant Opens in Atlanta
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delicious food, unusually personable waiters, and a soothing atmosphere of devotional art and music have made the newly-opened Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Natural Vegetaria
n Foods Restaurant, at 1451 Oxford Road, Atlanta, a popular dining spot with local Emory University students. Located just one block from the school's main entrance, the restaurant specializes in serving the college community with exquisite Indian cuisin
e at low prices. Only $1.50 buys a customer as much as he likes of the basic fare, and $3.00 buys that plus fancy pastries, entrees, salads, and sweets. Since all the food is offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, it bestows great spiritual benefit on those who eat 
it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One very popular feature is the strict hygienic standard maintained at all times. Restaurant manager M\'e4radar\'e4ja d\'e4sa stated unequivocally, "Everything must
 be spotlessly clean. Cleanliness is an essential of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We want this to be the cleanest place anyone's walked into."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Much of the produce for the kitchen comes from ISKCON's 250-acre farm in Tennessee. This keeps prices down and quality up. The new Atlanta restaurant joins establis
hed or soon-to-be-opened ISKCON restaurants in Honolulu, New York, Boston, and Laguna Beach, California.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar    v11 #6
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 8\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 June 9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 12\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 June 13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of Ga\'ecg\'e4-m\'e4t\'e4 Gosv\'e4m\'e9
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of Baladeva Vidy\'e4bh\'fc\'f1a\'eba\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava-nirjal\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (
fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:20 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Celebration of the cira and dahi festival held by Raghun\'e4tha d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 at \'c7r\'e9p\'e4ta P\'e4nih
\'e4\'f6i\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Sn\'e4na-y\'e4tr\'e4 (bathing festival) of Lord Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub tha. Disappearance of Mukunda Datta and \'c7r\'e9dhara Pa\'eb\'f2ita. \line Full Moon\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of \'c7y\'e4m\'e4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub June 22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 27\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 June 29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of Vakre}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vara Pa\'eb\'f2ita\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9v}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa Pa\'eb\'f2ita\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Yogin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:24 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0
\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of Gad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhara Pa\'eb\'f2ita and \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura.
 Cleaning of the Gu\'eb\'f2ic\'e4 temple at Pur\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 (car festival) of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha. Disappearance of Svar\'fcpa D}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub modara and \'c7iv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanda Sena.\cell}
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\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Lord Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha's return }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Pur\'e9\line City of Jagann\'e4tha, Lord of the Universe
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ha, Lord of the Universe
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jagann\'e4tha Suta d\'e4sa and D\'e4modara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Photographs by Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa and Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the Great Temple in Pur\'e9 the presiding Deities are (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from left to right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) Lord Balar\'e4ma, Lady Subhadr\'e4, and Lord Jagann\'e4tha Himself. Jagann\'e4tha means \'93Lord of the Universe.\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means\'93universe,\'94 and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub n\'e4tha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93lord.\'94) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Balar\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is a combination of the Sanskrit words }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bala}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (\'93strength
\'94) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (\'93pleasure\'94). Thus, Balar\'e4ma is the Lord who gives spiritual strength 
and pleasure. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Subhadr\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means \'93one who is very auspicious.\'94 Devotees worship the three to
gether in the sanctum sanctorum at the center of the huge temple complex. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sacred city of Pur\'e9 is one of India's most popular attractions for pilgrims and tourists. Situated on the shore of 
the Bay of Bengal, this city of 80,000}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is most famous for its colossal temple of Jagann\'e4tha, t
he Lord of the universe. Overlooking Pur\'e9 from atop N\'e9la Hill, the temple's 215-foot solid-stone tower is visible for miles around. The original structure disappeared long ago through a series of reconstructions, the present design dating from the 
first century A.D. The location of the temple, however, has always stayed the same. (The most recent reconstruction took place in A.D. 1200 under King Chodaganga and his successor, Anangabhima.) One of the most striking features of the temple is that it 
rests atop an immense platform in the heart of the city. Also, Lord Jagann\'e4tha's altar room, beneath the central spire, is the nucleus of some thirty smaller temples added in later periods by various rulers. A twenty-one-foot wall encloses the entire 
complex, where two thousand people work daily in the service of the Lord. 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Men, women, and children, residents of Pur\'e9, and pilgrims from all over India crowd the temple year round. For a glimpse of Lord Jaga
nn\'e4tha, they enter here, where two large stone lions flank the East Gate. The sign on the left announces that no foreigners are allowed inside, an age-old custom legalized by the Temple Act of 1803. Within the Pur\'e9 temple, beyond the reach of Weste
rners' cameras, brahmans and astrologers read beautiful prayers to Lord Jagann\'e4tha who stands on a six-foot altar. The Lord's servants bathe Him, dress Him in exquisite hand-tailored garments, decorate Him with flowers and perfumes, put Him to rest, a
nd gently awaken Him. In addition, dancers perform for the Lord's pleasure, a devoted crew cleans His quarters eight times a day, and His devotees hold many festivals to honor Him. In the Sandalwood Festival, devotees take a small set of Jagann\'e4tha De
ities to a large bathing pool and set Them in a boat. The Deities then sail around a manmade island, on which sits an exquisite little temple. Every day during the festival, the Deities' servants anoint Them with large quantities of fragrant sandalwood p
aste. Many of the Lord's present-day servants claim to be in the line of His first attendants, who lived thousands of years ago.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oxcart filled with handmade clay pots makes its way to the temple's main kitchen. Catering to an average of ten thousand every day, and on some festival days ten ti
mes that number, the kitchen feeds a large part of Pur\'e9's townspeople. The kitchen's five hundred employees\'97cooks, servers, carriers, and sellers\'97can be mobilized to feed twice as many people as usual on only four hours' notice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To insure maximum cleanliness and efficiency, the cooks wear surgical-like masks and stay silent while they work. All the food served is spiritual food: Lord Jagann
\'e4tha first accepts it at one of eight daily offerings. Typical offerings include curried vegetables, cheeses, coconut juice, sweet paddy, soup, and endless varieties of cakes, pastries, and candies. A pavilion outside the Lion Gate sells the tasty pre
parations to those who aren't allowed in but still want to benefit by eating spiritual food. The bearded brahman carries on his head a "half-pot" of rice. Half-pots are made by splitting whole pots in half and filling up each half separately\'97a quick a
nd accurate measuring system from the land of simple living and high thinking.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Streets filled with transcendental music greet nighttime strollers in Pur\'e9. Among the shops selling food, clothing, and souvenirs on Pur\'e9's Grand Route are ma
ny sidewalk temples like this one. Devotees at this beautiful little temple, about a block away from the Jagann\'e4tha temple wall, welcome everyone to view their Deities and hear their chanting of the Lord's holy names. The singing at some temples goes 
on twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Every night, through the main temple's huge loudspeakers, singers send out the seven hundred verses of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to saturate the city's atmosphere with transcendental sound.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carving and painting Jagann\'e4tha Deities is a long-standing tradition for the craftsmen of the Mah\'e4patra family. They say this work has been going on in their 
family for "uncountable generations." Here \'c7r\'e9dhara Mah\'e4patra carves Lord Jagann\'e4tha out of wood from the medicinal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nima }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tree. His uncle, Gop\'e9n\'e4tha Mah\'e4patra, applies finishing touches. Gop\'e9n\'e4tha's son, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-candra Mah\'e4patra, is a twenty-year old college student who helps with the business transactions. At
 their shop, about a quarter of a mile from the main temple, the Mah\'e4patra family sells Deities to pilgrims and local residents, who take Them home to worship. Almost everyone in Pur\'e9 has Jagann\'e4tha Deities in his home, and most children grow up
 with their own set. Every year, \'c7r\'e9dhara helps carve the decorations on the gigantic Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 cars. He proudly shows visitors the Certificate of Excellence the government has awarded him for his carving of the cars' decorative horses, dri
vers, and other figures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like a king on a pleasure excursion, Lord Jagann\'e4tha goes out for a ride every summer in one of India's biggest religious festivals\'97Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 ("The Fe
stival of the Chariots"). One of the most important holidays for devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 originated here in Pur\'e9, where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims jam the city to join the parade. They pack the Grand Route, a street as wid
e as an eight-lane highway, and fill the nearby buildings and rooftops to get a good look at the three colossal chariots carrying, in order, Balar\'e4ma, Subhadr\'e4, and Jagann\'e4tha. For a month before the celebration, over a hundred craftsmen\'97fort
y-two woodcarvers, thirty laborers, fifteen painters, ten tailors, and nine nailsmiths\'97work long and hard to build the chariots. On the festival day the heavy, six-foot Deities are taken out of the temple and carried toward the cars. Broad-shouldered 
devotees swing the Deities back and forth gracefully for Their pleasure as the Raj of Pur\'e9, observing a time-honored tradition sweeps Their path with a gold-handled broom. An official tourist handbook explains that "this practice brings home the idea 
to everybody that the highest political head of the State is not superior to a sweeper in the eyes of God, who is the Supreme Object of Worship by everyone on the face of the earth." At last, the carriers hoist the Deities up onto Their colorful vehicles
 with strong silken ropes. Canopies of red, yellow, green, and black billow and sway as Their Lordships settle in for the ride. Now the two mile journey begins. Pilgrims tug the huge cars , speeding them up and slowing them down with big ropes tied fore 
and aft. All afternoon the procession plows through the sea of worshipers chanting "Jaya Jagann\'e4tha! Jaya Jagann\'e4tha!" ("Victory to the Lord of the universe!") After several hours They reach Their goal: the Gu\'eb\'f2ic\'e4 temple, where the Deitie
s will stay for nine days to "freshen up." During this time Their servants repaint Their features; then the Deities emerge and go back to the big temple even more bright-faced than before. The return journey }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub another occasion for celebration. After the festival, attend
ants reinstall the Deities in Their former places on the temple's main altar. There They will remain until next year's Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, the most spectacular offering to the Lord of the universe.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Sovereign Who Served the Lord
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SOVEREIGN WHO SERVED THE LOR
D
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A powerful king's humble service invokes the mercy of Lord Caitanya
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Taken from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta
, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub About five hundred years ago, the Indian province of Orissa was ruled by a great king named Prat\'e4parudra. Mah\'e4r\'e4j
a Prat\'e4parudra was a sincere devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he worshiped Him in the form of the Jagann\'e4tha Deity, at the great Jagann\'e4tha temple in Pur\'e9. One day the king heard that a famous K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
conscious saint, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, had come to live in Pur\'e9. Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was an avatar (an incarnation of God) and Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra was very eager to talk with Him. However, Lord Caitanya had adopted the r
ole of a monk (sanny\'e4s\'e9) to teach pure devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and He strictly followed the injunctions forbidding a sanny\'e4s\'e9 to meet people absorbed in material affairs. Therefore, He was reluctant to meet such a worldly person as Mah
\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the king found out that Lord Caitanya had come to Pur\'e9, he called the scholar S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya to his palace. "I have heard that a gre
at personality has come from Bengal and is staying at your home," the king explained. "I have also heard that He }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub very merciful. Please do me the favor of arranging an interview with Him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya replied, "All that you have heard is true, but the interview will be very difficult to arrange. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is in t
he renounced order. Consequently, He is very detached from worldly affairs. He stays in solitary places\'97even in dreams He would not grant an interview to a king. Still, in spite of these things, I would try to arrange a meeting with Him, but He has ju
st left to tour South India."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing this, the king asked, "Why did you let Him leave? Why didn't you fall at His feet and keep Him here?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Lord Caitanya is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He is completely independent," answered the Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya. "I tried very hard to
 keep Him here, but I could not."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You are the most learned and experienced man I know," the king said. "Since you accept \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then I also accept Him a
s K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When He returns, I wish to see Him just once\'97to make my eyes perfect."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Lord at last returned to Pur\'e9, S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya humbly informed Him, "Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra is very anxious to meet You. 
He wanted me to ask You if You would see him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as He heard this proposal, Lord Caitanya covered His ears with His hands and said, "My dear Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, why are you making such an undesirable 
request? I am in the renounced order of life, and for Me to meet a king is just as dangerous as meeting a woman. To meet either would be just like drinking poison." Sorrowfully, the Lord said, "For a person seriously desiring to cross the ocean of materi
al miseries and obtain the Lord's mercy, seeing either a materialist or a lusty woman is more abominable than drinking poison."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya replied, "My dear Lord, what you have said is correct, but this king is not ordinary. He is a great devotee and servant of Lo
rd Jagann\'e4tha."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Although the king is certainly a great devotee," said Lord Caitanya, "as a sanny\'e4s\'e9 I must still consider him a venomous snake. Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, if y
ou continue to speak like this you will never see Me here again." Afraid of further angering the Lord, the Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya returned home and began to meditate on the matter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra, who had gone to his capital city of Kataka, sent a letter to the Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya begging him to get the Lord's co
nsent for a meeting. The Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya wrote the king that Lord Caitanya had not given His permission. The king immediately wrote another letter: "Please appeal to all the devotees associated with \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to submit my p
etition at the lotus feet of the Lord. By the mercy of the devotees, one can attain the shelter of the Lord's lotus feet. If Lord Caitanya does not show mercy to me, I shall give up my kingdom, become a mendicant, and beg from door to door."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This letter disturbed S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya. He met with all the devotees and described the king's wishes, showing the letter to all of them. Every
one was astonished that Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra had so much devotion for \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. One devotee said, "The Lord will never consent to meet the king, and if we ask Him to do so, He will feel very unhappy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We shall go once again to the Lord," the Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya suggested, "but we shall not request Him to meet the king. Rather, we shall simply describe the go
od behavior of the king." Having reached a decision, they all went to the place where Lord Caitanya was staying. When the Lord saw them, He said, "Why have you all come here?" Although they had intended to speak, they could not utter a word. "I see that 
you want to say something," said Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, "but you do not speak. What is the reason?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu, the Lord's closest associate, answered, "We want to tell You something, but we are afraid to speak on such a delicate matter. Nevertheless, we
 must inform You that unless he sees You, the king of Orissa will become a beggar. It is the nature of an attached man to give up his life if he does not attain his desired object." Knowing the king's seriousness, the devotees were trying to save him fro
m suicide. Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu then suggested, "There is a way by which You need not meet the king, but which would enable him to continue living. If You would mercifully send one of Your garments to him, he would remain alive, hoping to see You sometim
e in the future."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya agreed to this proposal, and Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu then obtained a garment used by Him and delivered it to S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya, who 
sent it to the king. When the king received the old cloth, he began to worship it exactly as he would have worshiped the Lord directly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra came to Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 from Kataka, along with his band of secretaries, ministers, and military officers. Also with him 
was one of his governors, R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya. R\'e4m\'e4nanda had met Lord Caitanya on the Lord's tour of South India, and they had become close friends. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu had asked R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya to resign his post and join 
Him at Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 so that they could talk together every day about the activities of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and share their understanding. When R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya arrived in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, he hurried with great anticipation to see Lo
rd Caitanya. After they greeted each other, he said to the Lord, "I informed Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra of Your order. I said, 'Your majesty, I cannot continue my political }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub activities. I desire only to stay at the lotus feet of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. Kindly give me permission.' Upon hearing Your name, he immediately rose from his throne and embraced me. My dear Lord, as soon as the king heard Your holy name, he
 was overwhelmed by great ecstatic love. He granted me a full salary as a pension, and requested me to engage in Your service without anxiety. Then he humbly said, 'Because I am most fallen and abominable, I am unfit to receive an interview with the Lord
. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and service to Him makes life successful. He is very merciful, and I hope that he will allow me an interview in one of my future lives.' My Lord," said R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, "I don't think 
I have even a fraction of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra's ecstatic love for You."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear R\'e4m\'e4nanda," the Lord replied, "you are the foremost of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees, and whoever serves you is blessed by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The king has s
hown so much devotion for you that K\'e5\'f1\'eba will certainly accept him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the days that followed, the Lord enjoyed the company of R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya, talking with him about Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pastimes. While they were abs
orbed in these conversations, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra called for S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya. The king made him sit on an elegant chair and offered him respectful greetings. Then he began lamenting, "\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has
 descended just to deliver all kinds of sinful, lowborn persons. But has \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu incarnated to deliver all kinds of sinners except a king named Prat\'e4parudra? If \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is determined to avoid me," crie
d the king, "then I am determined to give up my life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya was astonished at the king's strength of purpose. He thought such determination to be impossible for a worldly man. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat
\'e4parudra continued, "If I do not receive \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's mercy, both my body and my kingdom are useless."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At last, S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya said, "My dear king, don't worry. Your firm determination will surely inspire \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to be
stow His mercy upon you. Only pure love can attract the Supreme Lord, and since your love for \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu is very deep, He will undoubtedly be merciful to you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya felt great compassion for the king and wanted to help him as much as he could. He blessed the king that he might receive the mercy of th
e Lord by making this suggestion: "There is one way to see Lord Caitanya directly. On the day of the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival, He will dance before the Deity in great ecstatic love. Afterward He will enter the Gu\'eb\'f2ic\'e4 garden. At that time you 
should go there alone, in plain dress, and read the five chapters from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dancing with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [cowherd girls]. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya 
Mah\'e4prabhu will be in a mood of ecstatic love, and He will embrace you, knowing you to be a pure devotee. Do not worry: the Lord has already changed His mind about you due to R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya's description of your pure love for Him." After thus
 encouraging the king, S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya returned home. In the days that followed, R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya would remind the Lord of the king's desire to see Him. Using expert diplomacy, R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya gradually softened the 
Lord's heart.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Lord," R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya said, "You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. You have nothing to fear from anyone."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu objected, "I am not the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I am just an ordinary human being, and I fear public opinion. As soon as th
e general public finds a little fault in a sanny\'e4s\'e9, they advertise it like wildfire. A black spot of ink on a white cloth cannot be hidden; it is always very prominent." (Actually, of course, Lord Caitanya }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead and couldn't be harmed in the least by public opinion. Yet He knew that if people found any disc
repancy in His behavior\'97such as associating with a worldly-minded king\'97their criticism would hamper His mission of preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Lord, You have delivered so many sinful people. King Prat\'e4parudra is actually the Lord's servant and devotee."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There may be much milk in a big pot," \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu replied, "but if it is contaminated by one drop of liquor, it is untouchable. The king certa
inly possesses many good qualities, but simply by taking the title of 'King,' he has infected everything. However, if you are still very eager for Me to meet the king, please bring his son to Me first. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say the son represents the father. So meeting Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra's son would be just as good as meeting the king himself."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4nanda R\'e4ya then went to tell the king about his talk with \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and following the Lord's order, he brought back the king's 
son to see Him. The young prince's blackish complexion, large lotus eyes, yellow garments, and jeweled ornaments reminded everyone of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Here is a great devotee," \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said, "for anyone who sees him remembers the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Just by sen
ding Me this boy, the king has put Me very much in his debt." Seeing all this, the devotees praised the boy for his great spiritual fortune. R\'e4m\'e4nanda took him back to the king's palace. The king was very glad to hear of his son's experience, and w
hen he embraced him, he also felt ecstatic love\'97just as if he had touched \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu directly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At last the day came for Lord Jagann\'e4tha's annual Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival. After bathing early in the morning, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu saw Lord Jagan
n\'e4tha transferred from His throne to the car, while musicians created a tumult and thousands looked on. Although King Prat\'e4parudra was the exalted owner of the royal throne, he wanted to do some menial service for Lord Jagann\'e4tha. Therefore, he 
personally swept the road with a gold-handled broom and sprinkled the road with sandalwood-scented water. Seeing the king sweeping the street and sprinkling it with water, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu became very happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the huge cars moved along the road toward the Gu\'eb\'f2ic\'e4 temple, the devotees danced and chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba with great enthusiasm. \'c7r\'e9 Caita
nya Mah\'e4prabhu divided the devotees into seven parties, with two drums in each group. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra was astonished by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (congregational chanting of the Lord's holy names). All the devotees chanted the holy names in great ecstasy, with tears falling from their eyes, and Lord Caitanya wandered through all se
ven groups chanting, "Hari! Hari!" Raising His arms, He shouted, "All glories to Lord Jagann\'e4tha!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Prat\'e4parudra could hardly believe his eyes when he saw Lord Caitanya appear simultaneously in all seven }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub groups. The king became stunned with ecstatic love. Although the Lord had previously rebuffed the king, He now showered His favor 
upon him by revealing His mystic power.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although the other devotees could not see the Lord appearing in seven places, they were also overwhelmed with transcendental ecstasy just to see His dancing. Everyo
ne was dancing and chanting, and the sound echoed all around as \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu danced and wandered through the crowd.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the servants of Lord Jagann\'e4tha had pulled the cars as far as the Gu\'eb\'f2ic\'e4 garden, they stopped, and all the devotees offered the Deities some simpl
e food they had prepared. The king with his queens, the ministers, and all other residents of Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 offered preparations to the Lord, and a large crowd gathered to watch.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time Lord Caitanya stopped His dancing and went into the garden to rest. The Lord was covered with perspiration, and He enjoyed the cool, fragrant breezes i
n the garden. All the devotees who were chanting and dancing with Him also went there and rested under each and every tree.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu was resting in ecstasy, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra entered the garden. Following S\'e4rvabhauma Bha\'f6\'f6\'e4c\'e4rya's
 instructions, the king had replaced his royal garments with the simple clothes of a devotee. He was so humble that he first offered respects with folded hands to all the devotees in the garden. Then, taking courage, he fell down and touched the lotus fe
et of the Lord. Then the king started to recite the verses about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dancing with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . When Lord Caitanya heard these verses, He was pleased beyond limit and said again and again, "Go on reciting! Go on reciting!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra recited a very special verse:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub My Lord, the nectar of Your words and the descriptions of Your activities are the life and soul of those who 
are always aggrieved in this material world. These narrations are transmitted by exalted personalities who can eradicate all sinful reactions. Whoever hears these narrations attains all good fortune. These narrations are broadcast all over the world and 
they are filled with spiritual power. Those who spread the message of Godhead are certainly the most munificent welfare workers (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10.31.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as the king recited this verse, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu embraced him and cried, "You are the most munificent! You are the most munificent!" The Lor
d rose in ecstatic love and embraced the king, exclaiming, "You have given me invaluable gems, but I have nothing to give you in return!" Saying this, the Lord began to recite the same verse again and again. Both the king and Lord Caitanya were trembling
, and tears were flowing from their eyes. Finally the Lord asked, "Who are you? You have done so much for Me. All of a sudden you have come here and made Me drink the nectar of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The king replied, "My Lord, I am most obedient to You. It is my ambition that You accept me as the servant of Your servants." Then \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu 
displayed some of His divine opulences to the king, but forbade him to disclose these secrets to anyone. Although \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu knew who the king was, He pretended not to know.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing that the king had received the Lord's special mercy, the devotees became blissful and praised his good fortune. After submissively offering prayers to the de
votees and obeisances to \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the king left the garden.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra received the mercy of Lord Caitanya. Ordinarily, the king would not have had a chance to meet the Lord, but when the Lor
d saw that he was serving Lord Jagann\'e4tha as a menial sweeper, He bestowed His full mercy upon him. In the years that followed, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra had many more opportunities to render service to Lord Jagann\'e4tha, and he maintained his h
umble attitude in spite of his wealth and power. Even to this day, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prat\'e4parudra's descendants remember his example. At the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival each year, the present king of Orissa takes a gold-handled broom and sweeps the road i
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If your order is under $4.95, please add $ .50 for postage, $4.95 to $9.95 add $.70 postage. and over $9.95 add 6% of total order.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Festival of chariots    v11#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Festival of the Chariots
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It's the world's oldest celebration\'97Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, The Festival of the Chariots. At Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 everyone w
orks together\'97pulling the majestic vehicles of the Lord of the Universe and chanting His holy names.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Come and help draw Him along the path to the park, the meadow, or the square. And at the end of the parade enjoy a sump
tuous feast and transcendental music.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atlanta, July 25\'97(404) 378-9182\line Chicago, June 26\'97(312) 491-0844\line Cleveland, June 23 (216) 851-9367\line 
London, (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub please call}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) 01-405-1463 \line Montreal, (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub please call}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) (514) 527-1101 \line New York, July 18 (212) 765-8610\line Paris, (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub please call}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) 727-0202\line Philadelphia, July 10 (215) 849-1767\line San Francisco, July 25 (415) 843-7874 \line Toronto, (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub please call}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) (416) 922-5415\line 
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
11 No. 7, 1976
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Declaring Our Dependence on God
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Short Statement of the Philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness    v11   #7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Short Statement of the Philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#10
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, \line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God has an unlimited variety of names. Some of them Jehovah, Adonai, Buddha, and Allah\'97are familiar to us, while the names K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and R\'e4ma may be less so. However, whatever name of God we may accept, all scriptures enjoin us to chant it for spiritual purification.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Muhammad counseled, "Glorify the name of your Lord, the most high" (Koran 87.2). Saint Paul said, "Everyone who calls upon the name of th
e Lord will be saved" (Romans 10:13).
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord Buddha declared, "All who sincerely call upon my name will come to me after death, and I will take them to Paradise'' (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vows of Amida Buddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  18).
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub King David preached, "From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised" (Psalms 113:3). 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the world's oldest scriptures, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of India, emphatically state, "Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name of the Lord. In this age of quarrel there is no other way, no other way, no other way to attain s
piritual enlightenment" (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The special design of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant makes it easy to repeat and pleasant to hear. Spoken or sung, by yourself or in a gro
up, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  invariably produces a joyful state of spiritual awareness\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consc
iousness.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD magazine.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v11#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha S\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9van d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bibh\'e4vati-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi
\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana-guru d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadvipa d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub GRAPHIC DESIGNER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jeni Davis.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Arcita d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus
\'fcdana d\'e4sa, M\'e4khana-taskra d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Candan\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub al\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v11#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With an urgency reminiscent of Paul Revere, an ISKCON devotee in Philadelphia chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba to awaken people to re
volution. But his is a revolution in consciousness: he and others like him strive to free the country and the world from spiritual ignorance. Their battle cry: "Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and your life will be sublime."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photograph by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P2: His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of BACK TO
 GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna
 Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mov
ement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present topics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9  (San Diego)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Declaring Our Dependence on God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Declaring Our Dependence on God
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Two hundred years ago, Americans fought the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub War of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Independence to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub assure life, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub liberty, and happiness in a fledgling }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nation. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a conversation with t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD staff, His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da explains that Am
ericans can actually achieve these things only by maintaining }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God conscious society, with }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God conscious leaders.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thomas Jefferson put the basic philosophy of the Amer
ican Revolution into the Declaration of Independence. The important men of the day who signed this document agreed that there are certain very obvious or self-evident truths; the first of which is that all men are created equal. By this they meant that }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub men are equal before the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub l
aw }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and have an equal opportunity }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub be protected by the law.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that sense men are, as you say, created equal.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another point in the Declaration of Independence is tha
t all men are endowed by God with certain natural rights that cannot be taken away from them. These are the rights of life, liberty, and\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But animals also have the right t
o life. Why don't animals also have the right to live? The rabbits, for instance, are living in their own way in the forest. Why does the government allow hunters to go and shoot them?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They were }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub simply }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub talking about human beings.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then they have }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub real philosophy. The narrow idea that my family or my brother is good, and that I can kill others, is criminal. S
uppose that for my family's sake I kill your father. Is that philosophy? Real philosophy is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub suh\'e5da\'e0 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : friendly to all living entities. Certainly this applies to human beings, but even if you unnecessarily kill one animal, I shall immediately protest, "What nonsense are you doing?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The founders of America said that another natural right
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the right to liberty, or freedom. Freedom in the sense that the government doesn't have the right to
 tell you what kind of job you have to do.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If the government is not perfect,
 it should not be allowed to tell people what }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do. But if the government is perfect, then it can.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The third natural right they mentioned was that every h
uman being has the right to pursue happiness. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. But your standard of happine
ss may be different from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub standard. You may like to eat meat; I hate it. How can your standard of happ
iness be equal to mine?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So should everyone be free to try to achieve whatever s
tandard of happiness he wants?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, the standard of happiness sho
uld be prescribed according to the qualities of the person. You must divide the whole society into four groups: those with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  qualities, those with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  qualities, those with }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7ya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub qualities, and those with }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  qualities.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub B}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub r\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the learned and pious teachers (and leaders) of society, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the warriors and administrators, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are the farmers and merchants and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the laborers. }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub * Everyone should have good facility to work according to his natural qualities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You cannot engage a bull in the business of a horse, nor can you engage a horse in the business of a bull. Today practically everyone 
is getting }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub college education. But }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub what is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub taught at these colleges? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mostly }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub technical knowledge, which is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  education. Real higher education means 
learning Vedic wisdom. This is meant for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Alone, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub education leads to a chaotic condition. Everyon
e should be tested to find out which education he is suited }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may be given technical education, but most }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should work }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the farms. Because everyone is coming to the cities to get an education, thinking, "We can get more money," the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub agriculture is being neglected. Now there is scarcity because no one }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub engaged in producing
 nice foodstuffs. All these anomalies have been caused by bad government. It is the duty of the government to see that everyone is engaged according to his natural qualities. Then people will be happy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So if the government artificially puts all men into one
 class, then there can't be happiness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, that is unnatural and will ca
use chaos.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  America's founding fathers didn't like classes because 
they'd had such bad experience with them. Before the revolution, Americans had been ruled by monarchs, but the monarchs would always become tyrannical and unjust.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because they weren't trained to b
e saintly monarchs. In Vedic civilization, boys were trained from the very beginning of life as first class }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [celibate students]. They went to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru-kula, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the school of the spiritual master,
 and learned self-control, cleanliness, truthfulness, and many }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub other }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub saintly qualities. The best of them
 were later fit to rule the country.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The American Revolution has no special significance. The point }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that when people become unhappy, they revolt. That was done in America, that was done }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub France, and that was done in Russia.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The American revolutionaries said that if a government 
fails to rule the people properly, then the people have the right to dissolve that government. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Just }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in Nixon's case: they pulled him down. But if they replace Nixon with another Nixon, then what is the value? They must know 
how to replace Nixon with a saintly leader. Because people do not have}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that training and that culture, th
ey will go on electing one Nixon after another and never become happy. People can be happy. The formula for happiness is there in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first thing they must know }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that the land belo
ngs to God. Why do Americans claim that the land belongs to them? When the first settlers went to America, they said, "This land belongs to God, therefore we have a right to live here." So why are they now not allowing others to settle }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the land? What is their philosophy? There are so many overpopulated countries. The American government should let
 the people go to America and should give them facility to cultivate the land and produce grains. Why are they not doing that? They have taken others' property by force, and by force they are checking others from going there. What is the philosophy behin
d this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no philosophy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Rogueism is their philosophy. The
y }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub take }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the property by force, and then they make a law that no one can take another's property by force.
 So they are thieves. They cannot restrict }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub property from being occupied by God's sons. America and
 the other countries in the United Nations should agree that wherever there is enough land, it may be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub utilized}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by the human society for producing food. The government can }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub say, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All right, you are overpopulated. Your people can come here. We will give them lands and they can produce food'." We }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub see a wonderful result. But will}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
they do that? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then what is their philosophy? Rogueism. "I will take the land by force, and then I wo
n't allow others to come here."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One American motto is, "One nation under God."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. There should be one nation under God, and one }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub world }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub government under God as well. Everything belongs to God, and we are all His sons. That philosophy is wanted.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But in America people are very much afraid of a central
 government, because they think that whenever there's a strong government there will always be tyranny.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the leaders are properly train
ed, there cannot be tyranny.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But one of the premises of the American system of government is that if a leader has too much power, he will inevitably become corrupt.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have train him in such a way 
that he cannot become corrupt!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is that training process?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That training is the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn A system of dividing society into four social and four spiritual
 orders according to people's natural qualities.}* Divide the society according to quality and train people in the principle that everything belongs to God and should be used in the service of God. Then there really can be "one nation under God."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if society is divided into different groups, won't 
there be envy?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, no. Just as in my body there 
are different parts that work together, so the society can have different parts working for the same goal. My hand is different from my leg. But when I tell the hand. "Bring a glass of water," the leg will help. The leg is required, and the hand is requi
red.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But in the Western world we have a working class and a 
capitalist class, and there is always warfare going on between the two.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. The capitalist class is requ
ired, and the working class is also required.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But they are fighting.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because they are not trained up, 
they have no common cause. The hand and the leg work differently, but the common cause is to maintain the body. So if you find out the common cause for both the capitalists and the workers, then there will be no fighting. But if you do not know the commo
n cause, then there will always be fighting.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Revolution?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the most important thing is to find the common cau
se that people can unite on?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, just like in our K\'e5\'f1
\'eba conscious society you come to consult me about every activity because I can give you the common cause. Otherwise, there will be fighting. The government should be very expert to know the aim of life\'97the common cause\'97and they should train the 
people to work for the common cause. Then they will be happy and peaceful. But if people simply elect rascals like Nixon, they will never find a common cause. Any rascal can secure votes by some arrangement, and then he becomes the head of the government
. The candidates are bribing, they are cheating, they are making propaganda to win votes. Somehow or other they get votes and capture the prime post. This system is bad.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So if we don't choose our leaders by popular election, 
how will society be governed?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You require }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, k\'f1atriyas, vai\'e7yas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e7\'fcdras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as when you want to construct a building, you require engineers. You don't want sweepers. Isn't that so? What will the sweeper do? No, there must be engineers. 
So if you follow the division of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are allowed to govern. And for the legislative assembly\'97the senators\'97only qualified }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now the butcher is in the legislative assembly. What does he know about making laws? He is a butcher, but by winning votes he become
s a senator. At the present moment, by the principle of vox populi, a butcher goes to the legislature. So everything depends on training. In our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious society, we're actually doing that, but in the case of politics, they forget it. The
re cannot be just one class. That is foolishness, because we have to engage different classes of men in different activities. If we do not know the art, then we will fail, because unless there is a division of work, there will be havoc. We have discussed
 all the responsibilities of the king in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The different classes in society
 should cooperate exactly as the different parts of the body do. Although each part is meant for a different purpose, they all work for one cause: to maintain the body properly. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the actual duty of the government?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To understand what God wants, and
 to see that society works toward that aim. Then people will be happy. But if the people work in the wrong direction, how can they be happy? The government's duty is to see that they are working in the right direction. The right direction is to know God 
and to act according to His instructions. But if the leaders themselves do not believe in the supremacy of God, and if they do not know what God wants to do, or what He wants us to do, then how can there be good government? The leaders are misled, and th
ey are misleading others. That is the chaotic condition in the world today.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the United States there has traditionally been the s
eparation of church and state.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am not talking about the church
. Church or no church\'97that is not the point. The main thing is that the leaders have to accept that there is a supreme controller. How can they deny it? Everything in nature is going on under the Supreme Lord's control. The leaders cannot control natu
re, so why don't they accept a supreme controller? That is the defect in society. In every respect, the leaders are feeling that there must be a supreme controller, and yet they are still denying Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But suppose the government is atheistic\'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then there cannot be good governm
ent. The Americans say they trust in God. But without the science of God, that trust is simply fictitious. First take the science of God very seriously, then put your trust in Him. They do not know what God }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but we do. We actually trust in God.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They're manufacturing their own way of governing. And that is their defect. They will never be successful. They are imperfect, and if t
hey go on manufacturing their own ways and means, they will remain imperfect. There will always be revolutions\'97one after another. There will be no peace.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Who determines the regulative principles of religion th
at people should follow?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God. God is perfect. He does that
. According to the Vedic version, God is the leader of all living entities }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are different from Him because He is all-perfect, and we are not. We are very s
mall. We have the qualities of God, but in very small quantity. Therefore we have only a little knowledge\'97that's all. With a little knowledge you can manufacture a 747 airplane, but you cannot manufacture a mosquito. God has created the mosquito's bod
y, which is also an "airplane." And that is the difference between God and us: we have knowledge, but it is not as perfect as God's. So the leaders of the government have to consult God; then they will rule perfectly.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Has God also devised the most perfect government?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ruled the government in Vedic times. When there was a war, the king was the first to fight. Just like your Geor
ge Washington: he fought when there was a war. But what kind of president is ruling now? When there is a war, he sits very securely and telephones orders. He's not fit to be president. When there is war, the president should be the first to come forward 
and lead the battle.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if man is small and imperfect, how can he execute G
od's perfect orders for a perfect government?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although you may be imperfect, be
cause you are carrying out my order, you're becoming perfect. You have accepted me as your leader, and I accept God as my leader. In this way society can be governed perfectly.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So good government means first of all to accept the sup
reme being as the real ruler of the government?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot directly accept the su
preme being. You must accept the servants of the supreme being\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or Vai\'f1\'ebavas 
[devotees of the Lord]\'97as your guides. The government men are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97the second class. Th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should take advice from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or Vai\'f1\'ebavas and make laws accordingly. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should carry out the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  orders
 in practice. And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should work under these three orders. Then society will be perfect.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub lllustration: R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub mapras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub da d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'e4s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub a\line Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: ''The actual duty of government is to understand what God wants, and to see that society works toward that aim."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: "The leaders of the government have to consult God; then they will rule perfectly."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes v11  #7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SOUNDS OF TRANSCENDENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10 #12
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Simple Living, High Thinking
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Simple Living, High Thinking
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The cause of it [the world's malady] is spiritual. We are suffering from having sold our souls to the pursuit of an obj
ective which is both spiritually wrong and practically unobtainable. We have to reconsider our objective and change it. And until we do this, we shall not have peace, either amongst ourselves or within each of us."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li7200\ri0\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Arnold Toynbee\line London }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Observer
\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 25 October 1972
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The reason for Mr. Toynbee's remark is that, at present, governmental plans for social development around the world rely s
olely on economics, technology, science, and material education. His disapproval of one-sided, materialistic culture finds confirmation in sociologist Pitirim Sorokin's statistical analysis of the past twenty-five hundred years of human history. Dr. Soro
kin writes, "We are living in the most scientific, most technological, and most schooled century; and the same century happens to be the bloodiest of all the preceding recorded twenty-five centuries."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Obviously, then, the materialistic plans for social development are failing. Paradoxically, the materially advanced nations are just as frustrated as the developing
 nations, if not more so. The people in the few areas where materialism has produced the greatest wealth suffer from the greatest psychological distress and highest crime rates. If both the rich man and the poor man are suffering, then clearly their prob
lem is not material, but must stem from the need for something }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub other }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub than material. Historian The
odore Roszak defines that need as follows: \'93Technological achievements are\'85 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub meaningless }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in 
the absence of a transcendent correspondence. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They leave ungratified that dimension of the self which reaches out into the world for enduring purpose, undying value.\'94 Psych
ologist Abraham Maslow shows how a sole reliance on materialistic theories actually inhibits all human progress: \'93\'85the major motivation theories by which most men live can lead him only to depression and cynicism.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The alternative to this bleak scene is a spiritually conscious society. This proposal, however, usually provokes two objections: one, that religion is always dogmat
ic and inevitably leads to "holy wars", two, that a spiritual society is impractical.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those aware of only Western religious history would readily agree with the first objection. However, the history of the Vedic civilization of India proves that peop
le in a genuine spiritual society live in the greatest mood of tolerance. Even today, the followers of Vedic culture respect all views, be they Christian, Buddhist, Muhammadan, or whatever. The other objection (that a spiritual society is impractical) al
so withers before Vedic history. In fact, the oldest civilization in the world (the Vedic civilization) is also the most spiritual. Dr. Sorokin's study of history shows that organizations based on a materialistic ideology, whether they be businesses, nat
ions, or any other, have a maximum life span of only a few hundred years. On the other hand, he has this to say about spiritual organizations: "The longest existing organizations are the great ethical-religious organizations\'97Taoism, Confucianism, Hind
uism, Buddhism, Christianity, Muhammadanism, and the like. They have already lived more than one or two or three millennia." Longevity (which means practicality and strength) results from the satisfaction of people's basic spiritual needs.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At present the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), founded by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, is approaching our pres
sing social problems with a spiritual solution. Based on the world's largest operational body of spiritual knowledge, the Vedas, ISKCON maintains over one hundred microcosmic spiritual communities throughout the world. Social scientists and government of
ficials, including the former prime minister of India, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lal Bahudar Shastri, have prais
ed ISKCON's practical efforts to improve the human condition. Dr. John B. Orr, Director of the School of Religion at the University of Southern California, appraised ISKCON's social implications in this way: "Perhaps your movement is the revolution we've
 all been waiting for."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why did Dr. Orr call the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness society revolutionary? Perhaps because K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness strikes at the heart of humanity's problem
s, our forgotten relationship with the Supreme Being. Specifically, awareness of our relationship with God generates knowledge of the natural laws that govern the successful organization of society. Therefore, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is pri
marily a system for rectifying our spiritual predicament, it solves our material problems as well.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Science attempts to discover general patterns that rule its object of study. By applying the scientific laws of social development found in the Vedas, ISKCON is pro
ving that patterns for harmonious living do exist. Rather than vainly treating symptoms of the social disease, now the world's governments can observe K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious communities and learn how to treat the real cause of their troubles (the spiri
tual void in people's lives) by following the laws of nature and of God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The First Step
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To comprehend how a spiritual society works, we must first understand, at least theoretically, man's spiritual identity and his spiritual needs. Then the feasibilit
ies, desirabilities, and actualities of a spiritual society will become readily apparent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literature describes man as a marginal being who lives on two planes simultaneously. First, we dwell in material energy, gross and subtle, that comprises 
our physical body and environment. The material energies include solid matter, liquids, radiant energy, gas, space, mind, intelligence, and material ego. Our four "animal" needs\'97food, rest, sex, and defense (including shelter)\'97spring from this plan
e. The material energies are mechanical, unconscious entities governed by the laws of cause and effect. Like an automobile, which requires a conscious driver to operate it, the inert material energies require a conscious person to activate them. Even the
 highly esteemed human brain is simply a masterful computer that still requires a qualitatively different energy, a conscious energy, to work it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material energies are inferior to the second plane of man's existence, his consciousness, or spiritual energy. A primary characteristic of spiritual energy is c
ontinuity, or permanence. In the Vedic handbook of self-knowledge, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba emphasizes this point: "As the embodied soul [consciousness] continually passes, in this body, from boyhood, to youth, to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death" (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To grasp the truth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's statement, we may reflect on the nature and functions of our bodies, mental processes, and consciousness. A helpful anal
ogy is what commonly happens in a movie theater. Suppose the movie is a biography, showing a great man's birth, trials, achievements, and passing. During the movie, thousands upon thousands of images flash upon the screen. Yet, when the movie is over and
 the curtain closes, the screen that permitted us to see the movie remains unchanged, exactly as it was before the movie began. Consciousness (our soul) is like the movie screen, and the movie itself is like the sensations and thoughts we experience thro
ughout our lifetime. And after the "movie" of one lifetime is over, our consciousness remains intact and immediately enters another body to experience a new set of thoughts and sense impressions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Material scientists have tried arduously to disprove this view. They realize that the continuity of identity within the ever-changing body and mind defies one ironc
lad law of material energy, namely, that matter is endlessly changing. If every living being has a permanent identity, this would offer the strongest evidence for the existence of a nonmaterial, or spiritual, energy, something material scientists are rel
uctant to admit. Until recently many scientists had pinned their hopes on finding some physical substance in the brain, which they hypothetically termed the memory trace, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub en
gram. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Supposedly, the engram would have accounted for our continuous sense of identity during the life of the body, but it would die along with the body. The engram would then
 have relegated identity to the temporary status of a material thing. The December, 1975, issue of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harper's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub magazine reports on the complete bankruptcy of the search for the engram. Science could not find the memory trace, and one of its most ardent advocates, Dr. Karl Lashley, who had spent thirty years searching, "ended by laughing cynically at h
is own foolishness in thinking that it existed."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To put it simply, material science is simply baffled by consciousness. Why? Because, as Dr. Oliver Sacks (of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, N
ew York) noted in the same issue of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harper's, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Consciousness does not yield to dissection or anal
ysis." The best Dr. Sacks and other scientists can do is to "suggest its nature by metaphors and images."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But by thoughtful observation, we can understand the qualitative differences between the spiritual and the material energies, and thereby directly perceive consciou
sness. First, examine the gross material elements\'97solid matter, liquids, radiant energy, gases, and space\'97from which all chemical compounds and bodies originate. They are ignorant, insentient, lifeless. They remain inert unless acted upon by a livi
ng, conscious being. Next, we can think of our bodies and how they are animated by consciousness. We can examine our own consciousness (our feelings, thoughts, and aspirations) and consider our free will (our ability to move and make choices) and our cap
acity to inquire into our identity, our origin, our destiny.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we can see, there certainly is a gulf of difference between the material body and the conscious person. We live in two worlds: the outer world of matter, which g
ives us a material body and a field of activities, and the inner world of consciousness, which provides us with our very life energy. It follows that a perfect society should satisfy both these aspects of man's nature.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Social Policy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritual realization dramatically changes the focus of human effort. The materialistic conception of life multiplies material desires, which lead to the over-devel
opment of industry and technology, and to a ravenous, urban-consumer economy. Social scientists are nearly unanimous in warning us that the continuation of this trend will lead to ecological and social disaster. Therefore, the return to a simpler life st
yle (one in harmony with nature's laws) has emerged as the highest priority. A spiritual society automatically achieves this end by offering people higher and more enduring satisfactions. Hence, the motto of Vedic civilization is "Simple living and high 
thinking."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON's more than thirty centers in the United States practically demonstrate the guideline of simple living and high thinking. Most of the members come from middl
e-to upper-class families with average annual incomes of $17,000. These very same people are now members of families that average $4,000 a year. (The income of ISKCON's farm-project families is considerably less.) Despite this substantial drop in income,
 however, ISKCON devotees attest to being happier and more satisfied with their lives. How is this possible? The simple explanation is that by reducing their material aspirations, the devotees have increased the time and energy available to advance in th
e truly meaningful and pleasurable occupation of life, namely, the development of self-realization and spiritual culture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The example of a fish out of water is appropriate here. If you take a fish out of the ocean and put it on land, it will flop around in great anguish until you throw
 it back in. Similarly, when human beings are out of their natural spiritual environment, they also feel a deep-rooted anxiety that they can relieve only by returning to the life-sustaining atmosphere of a spiritual society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (the source book on spiritual civilization, translated from the Sanskrit by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da) differentiates the spiritual from the material conception of society. "T
he city of Dv\'e4rak\'e4 Pur\'e9 was filled with the opulences of all seasons. Everywhere were hermitages, orchards, flower gardens, parks, and reservoirs of water breeding lotus flowers." This well-constructed city had regular planned roads, streets, an
d lanes. The city was full of residential homes, assembly houses, and temples, all displaying varieties of architectural beauty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In commenting on Dv\'e4rak\'e4, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da further mentions that 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub all the people depended on nature's gifts of fruits and flowers, without industrial enterprises promoting fil
thy huts and slums for residential quarters. Advancement of civilization is estimated not on the growth of mills and factories to deteriorate the finer instincts of the human being, but it rests on developing the potent spiritual instincts of human being
s and giving them a chance to go back to Godhead\'85Human energy should be properly utilized in developing the finer senses for spiritual understanding, in which lies the solution of life. Fruits, flowers, beautiful gardens, parks, reservoirs of waters w
ith ducks and swans playing in the midst of lotus flowers, and cows giving sufficient milk and butter are essential for developing the finer tissues of the human body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and other Vedic literatures explain that there is a complete arrangement in nature for our maintenance. However. when we exploit nature for excessive material enjoyment, we disturb that natural arrangement, and scarcities and unf
air distribution of wealth result. The individual can enjoy life only by dovetailing his desires and activities for the benefit of the complete whole, just as our hand is normal and useful only as long as it is attached to the complete body and serves th
e needs of the complete body. If the hand were severed from the body, it might still appear like a hand, but it would have none of the potencies of an actual hand. Similarly, we are parts and parcels of the complete whole (God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba), but if
 we detach ourselves from the interests of the complete whole, social chaos results.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literature prescribes the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub system as the means to integrate the parts of human society with the complete whole. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a comprehensive social organization
 designed to raise everyone to the platform of spiritual understanding. First, to satisfy material needs, society has four main groups, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub highly learned intellectuals, administrators and military men, farmers and merchants, and the assistants to the other three groups. "Such divisions are in terms of educational qualifications, not bi
rth," writes today's foremost Vedic authority, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Intellectuals, scholars, and teachers make up the first group, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas.
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Providing the overall direction and education for the other three groups, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are like the brain of the social body. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Whatever action is performe
d by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps. And whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues." Naturally, corruption of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  leads to corruption and chaos th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub roughout the society. To counteract this possibility, the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub system prescribes that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub live simply, without even taking a salary. The other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var
\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub freely provide the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with the basic necessities of life. Thus relieved from material complexities, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are free to devote themselves to studying the standard books of Vedic knowledge. This literature fully describes how to organize society for the common good and how to elevate everyone to spiritual consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub distribute this knowledge without charge to the people in ge
neral, and to the government leaders in particular. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (18.42}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes how the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub conduct themselves: "Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness\'97these are the quali
ties by which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub work." Because of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas' }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub virtue and disinterest in personal advantage, the other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub respect and follow them. This mutual trust frees Vedic society from the class exploitations and struggles that so mar our modern world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity, and leadership are the qualities of work for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are the administrative and military men. Their responsibility is to execute the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas' }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub instructions, enforce the codes of standard ethics, and protect all living entities (including animals
 and plants) from danger. Thus, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are like the arms of the social body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The name for the chief executive of Vedic government is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4jar\'f1i. R\'e4ja }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "political head," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5\'f1i }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub means "sage." Besides knowing the science of government, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4jar\'f1i }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub must a
lso be learned in spiritual matters: He provides the perfect example of the ideal citizen, thus inspiring all the other citizens to be unselfish and cooperative in their dealings with each other. A healthy society shuns idleness. Therefore, one major fun
ction of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rajarsi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  to see that each citizen is gainfully employed in one of the four groups.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Farming, cow protection, and business are the qualities of work for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas
\'85}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. 18.44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 
The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or the productive group, provide the economic base for society through dairy farm
ing, business, and agriculture. Because the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub produce the material necessities of life, 
they are like the stomach of the social body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Business includes trade and manufacturing. Although we may maintain certain technological advances, we should significantly reduce the scale of industrialization. M
echanized industry causes unemployment, bad working and living conditions, and pollution. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gives this explanation of the inherent difficulties of mechanization: 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub When one machine works for a hundred men, the hundred men become unemployed, and one technician gets all the 
salaries. The expert computer technician makes a $30,000 salary, and others go unemployed. Many people think this is advancement of civilization. But does advancement of civilization mean to become happy by exploiting others? Let }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub everyone }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub be happy. This is Vedic civilization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious society guarantees full employment by returning to a decentralized economy stressing cottage industries and hand craftsmanship. A spiritu
al society utilizes certain modern advancements like electricity and printing, but because the general population returns to a materially simple life, the amount of industry retained presents no environmental problems.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub there is labor and service to others" (Bg. 18.44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub assist the other }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'ebas }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in performing their duties. Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are like the legs of the social body. Since the leaders are spiritually conscious, they organize the society's work and distribute its wealth for the benefit of the entire social body. Because they are satisfied, the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub do not resort to strikes, riots, and revolutions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just like a human body, a social body requires a brain, arms, a stomach, and legs to function. No single part should artificially dominate and exploit the other par
ts. Rather, by working together, all the parts can maintain the body's health.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To achieve cooperation in human society, we have essentially this choice: the gun or the tongue. By violence a tyrant can force people to cooperate. However, as Dr.
 Sorokin pointed out, this method succeeds only briefly and precipitates further violence. On the other hand, "the tongue" (or spiritual education) awakens the loving social cooperation characteristic of ISKCON communities. The message of the K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness movement, that we are all parts and parcels of the complete whole (K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God), evokes the noblest responses from the human heart. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness melts material selfishness, the one roadblock on our path from
 present-day chaos to perfect social order.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we have seen, the varna aspect of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system furthers the material well-being of society. As we shall see, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  aspect of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system furthe
rs society's spiritual well-being. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  refers to a spiritual order of life, and the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system has four such orders: student life, householder life, retired life, and 
devotional life. Space permits us to touch only on student life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Primarily, Vedic education aims to develop young people's total potential. Students cultivate sense and mind control, spiritual intelligence, and love for K\'e5\'f1
\'eba (God). The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious school, called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru-kula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (home of the spiritual teach
er), teaches students an occupational skill, but makes character-building the first order of business. Mr. Randy Gribbin, a sixth-grade teacher in an advanced school in northern Texas, studied the ISKCON Gurukula in Dallas. When asked, "What do you obser
ve as the effect of this spiritual discipline?" Mr. Gribbin replied,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I see strong children who'll be able to live anywhere, under any conditions. They're not lazy. They're health
y and bright. If anyone goes to a recognized public school and then comes to Gurukula, he'll immediately see the difference. The children at Gurukula are all wide-eyed and alert, and they concentrate on their studies. Most public-school kids are busy dre
ssing up to attract the opposite sex, passing notes, and smoking marijuana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every school administrator recognizes the need for discipline and hard work. Indeed, all countries want to instill these virtues in their youth. In this most import
ant respect, how can ISKCON's humble schools surpass multibillion-dollar education programs? Again, the answer lies not in technology or buildings, but in approach. ISKCON's instructors practice their spiritual teachings in full-time association with the
 students. Thus, the students see not just theory but practical example. Although they receive no salaries, the Gurukula teachers are enthusiastic and dedicated, their motive being love. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da describes Gurukula's basic philosophy in 
this way:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Everything should be done on the basis of love. Strictness is not very good. The students should act automati
cally out of love. Superficially, strictness may be necessary\'97some material laws or basic principles\'97and if they don't follow, they'll be reprimanded. But they should develop the idea of love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Great leaders (such as Lord Jesus in the West and Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu in the East) have organized millions of people through spiritual love. Spiritual love 
unifies people most effectively, because it transforms people into ideal human beings. As taught in ISKCON's schools, spiritual love has no material substitute. Uniquely potent to stimulate social cooperation, spiritual love derives from nonsectarian spi
ritual life (K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Conclusion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  system provides for perfect social organization by fulfilling both the material and the spiritual needs of human society. Our modern world confirms the Vedic conclusion that without such a system, anomie and disorder reign supreme. There
fore, ISKCON is presenting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97as a preliminary stage to establish the proper 
social atmosphere for spiritual realization, the actual goal of human life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p8-9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d
\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p13: Integrating human society with K\'e5\'f1\'eba: (upper left) intellectuals provide overall direction, (upper right)
 administrators execute their instructions, (lower left) farmers and merchants provide the economic base, and (lower right) laborers help the others.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Feast-ISKCON centers    v11 #7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FEAST
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . . . on a multicourse banquet of exquisite vegetarian cuisine offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also . . . plays, music, dance and mantra meditation in the transcendental atmosphere of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious temple.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every Sunday at all ISKCON centers listed below.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub AFRICA: Durban (Natal),}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S. Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON c/o Papatial Kara, 201 Grey St.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Johannesburg, S. Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9759 Muller St., Yeoville 2001/ 43-2006; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mombassa, Kenya}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Maungano Rd., P.O. Box 84228, E. Africa; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nairobi, Kenya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Muhoroni Close, Ngara Rd, P.O. Box 28946 E. Africa/ 31568; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Louis, Mauritius}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 718.
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bombay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Rd., Juhu, Bombay 400 054/ 579-373; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calcutta, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973 Albert Rd, Calcutta 700017/44-3757; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gujarat, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97168
7   Kadwa Pol, Dariapur, Ahmedabad-1; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hong Kong}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9738 Mody Rd., 4th fl., Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon/3
668061; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hyderabad, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Road, A.P.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jakarta, Indonesia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o \'c7r\'e9mati Aravind\'e4k\'f1\'e9 D\'e4s\'e9 J1n Angkasa Dalam 11/19; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Delhi, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9721A Feroze Gandhi Rd Lajpatnagar III, New Delhi 110024/382-742; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tehran, Iran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 66-1540, Niavaran/281-645; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tokyo, Japan}{\b0
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\nosupersub \'97 Rock Mt. Rd, VOH 1BO/ (604) 446-2436; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Buffa
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Then and Now
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THEN AND NOW
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Right to Distribute the American Dream
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1776, when the American Dream was very new, you could expect to find out about the latest inspiration of Tom Paine, Sam Adams, or Alexander Hamilton when you wal
ked along Main Street, stepped into the town square, or answered your doorbell.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not that you would take wisdom for granted, but you could expect to find out about it. The first American settlers had come to get away from political and religious
 oppression; to search out a new land rich in freedom and God consciousness. As far back as the early 1600's, John Winthrop and the other settlers of Jamestown and New Salem had cherished the right to dream of a free and God-conscious country and to shar
e their dream with their neighbors:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Now the only way to avoid this shipwreck and to provide for our posterity is\'85to do justly, to love mercy, 
to walk humbly with our God. For this end\'85we must hold each other in brotherly affection; we must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekness, gentleness, patience, and liberality [Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity," 1630].
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To Americans it had always been natural to take in the day's news together with "the good news," whether from the pulpit, the pamphlet, the town crier, or the Gospe
l flier (or the newspaper or magazine). In his tract }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Christian at His Calling }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Boston, 1701), C
otton Mather had sounded a theme that Americans of every denomination and persuasion have often heard, namely, that "the good life" and the good news of God consciousness go together:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'85Thus, thou art careful to do the business that must be done for the relief of thy bodily wants. It is wel
l; do it, do it. But, thy soul, thy soul, the salvation of thy soul\'85this is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub one thing }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub that is needful\'85Wherefore, be your business never so much, yet use prayer with meditation on the Word of God, ever
y day, both by yourselves and with your families, and this both morning and evening\'85And be assured, all your business will go on the better, all the day, for your being thus faithful to God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since Americans had long}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub been accustomed to distributing and receiving God-conscious ideas through tracts and talks, through leaflets and lectures, naturally they continued the tradition during their hour of crisis. Thus, if you had been living in almost any 
town in Pennsylvania late in December of 1776, you would have seen a copy}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Tom Paine's "The Ame
rican Crisis":
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ... Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could su
rvive, that the city and country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it\'85 Throw not the burden of the day upon Providence, but "show your faith by good works," that God may bless you\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, from the very first, the American Dream had been God-conscious; the Lord had been in the ideas that Americans spoke and heard, distributed and received, And in
 that "depth of winter," when the American cause seemed to be faltering, "The American Crisis" so stirred General Washington that he ordered it read to his troops.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the American victory in the Revolutionary War, the First Congress of the United States, in its first session, passed ten constitutional amendments that Americ
ans have come to call their Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights' very first article presented something that, the founding fathers seem to have felt, was of first importance in keeping the American Dream alive:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,
 or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1866, the Thirty-ninth Congress passed the Fourteenth Amendment to insure that the States would uphold the First Amendment:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub immunities of citizens of the United States ... nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In recent years, although a different enemy has taunted America and the rest of the world with the tag line "God is dead," the United States Supreme Court has confi
rmed the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Although some Americans may at first have been disgruntled, the Court has upheld the God-conscious American Dream, In Murdock v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1943), Justice William O. Douglas affirmed that "hand
 distribution of religious tracts is an age-old form of 'missionary evangelism," and that "the mere fact that the religious literature is 'sold' by itinerant preachers rather than 'donated' does not transform evangelism into a commercial enterprise\'85It
 should be remembered that the pamphlets of Thomas Paine were not distributed free of charge."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Martin v. City of Struthers, Ohio (1943), Justice Black delivered the Supreme Court's ruling:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The right of freedom of speech and press has broad scope. The authors of the First Amendment knew that novel 
and unconventional ideas might disturb the complacent, but they chose to encourage a freedom which they believed essential if vigorous enlightenment was ever to triumph over slothful ignorance. This freedom embraces the right to distribute literature and
 necessarily protects the right to receive it\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In concurring, Justice Murray made a further statement; in which Justice Rutledge and Justice Douglas joined:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I believe that nothing enjoys a higher estate in our society than the right given by the First and Fourteenth
 Amendments freely to practice and proclaim one's religious convictions\'85Distribution of such circulars on the streets cannot be prohibited\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thanks to these rulings, we can still expect to receive inspiration about the God-conscious American Dream on Main Street (or at the airport), in the town square (o
r in a local park or a school auditorium), or at the door (of our home or our car). In the last ten years, if you've walked along Broadway in New York or San Francisco, or passed through Los Angeles International Airport or O'Hare International Airport, 
or taken a course in sociology or psychology, you may have seen a copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Human society, at the present moment, is not in the darkness of oblivion. It has made rapid progress in the f
ield of material comforts, education, and economic development throughout the entire world. But there is a pinprick somewhere in the social body at large, and therefore there are large-scale quarrels, even over less important issues. There is need of a c
lue as to how humanity can become one in peace, friendship, and prosperity with a common cause. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub will fill}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub this need, for it is a cultural presentation for the respiritualization of
 the entire human society\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perhaps now we can understand why Justice Murray ended his statement on Martin v. City of Struthers with these words: "Freedom of religion has a higher dignity than
 municipal or personal convenience. In these days free men have no loftier responsibility than the preservation of that freedom. A nation dedicated to that ideal will not suffer but will prosper in its observance."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v11#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 6 TE
XT 36\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 7 TEXT 17
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News    v11#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ISKCON\'97Ten Years of Spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 6, 1976, marks the tenth anniversary of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In only a decade, ISKCON has grown into a worldwide confederation 
of more than one hundred }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub schools, temples, institutes, and farm communities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Early in 1966, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da rented a small storefront at 26 Second Avenue, in New York City. A few young students joined 
him, and with their help \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da formally incorporated ISKCON in July of that year. In this first R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in the United States, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da lectured from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub distributed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba), and led his tiny group of disciples in chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. After training these first disciples to maintain both the temple and the 
chanting, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da flew from New York to San Francisco. There he again attracted a few serious followers and started his second temple. Soon the devotees started temples in Montreal, Boston, Buffalo, and other large cities throughout Ame
rica and Canada.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1968 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sent three married couples to London. They chanted on the streets, in clubs, and in private homes, and soon they established a per
manent center two blocks from the British Museum. Later they made a record of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra that became the country's number one song. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then sent other disciples to Germany and France, and before long the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba movement was flourishing all over Europe. Today the movement extends to Africa, Australia, South America, Indonesia, and Japan as well.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also in 1968, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da founded New Vrindaban, an experimental Vedic community in the hills of West Virginia. Inspired by thriving New Vrindaban (no
w spread over more than one thousand acres), his students have since founded several similar communities in the United States and abroad.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1972 His Divine Grace introduced the Vedic system of primary and secondary education into the West by founding the Gurukula (school of the spiritual master) in D
allas, Texas. Though it began with three children in 1972, the Gurukula now has an enrollment of several hundred. In addition to the original school in Dallas, there are now teaching facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia; Los Angeles, California; Por
t Royal, Pennsylvania; Indre, France; and \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur, India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has seen to the construction of a large international center at \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur, in West Bengal, India. (This is to 
be the nucleus of a Vedic village.) In 1975, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da opened the magnificent K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple and international guest house in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India. At these centers Westerners can live comfortably and gain firsthand e
xperience of Vedic culture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yet \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da considers his most significant contribution over the years to be his books on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Since 1966,
 he has written more than fifty hard-bound and over a dozen soft-bound volumes. Highly regarded by the academic community for their authenticity, depth, and clarity, they have become standard textbooks in numerous college courses. Further, through transl
ation, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's writings now appear in eleven languages. As a result, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (established in 1972 to publish the works of His Divine Grace) has become the world's largest publisher of books in the field of Indian 
religion and philosophy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Intellectual leaders have affirmed that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books are both authentic and appropriate for the modern world. Dr. John L. Mish, Chief of the Ne
w York Public Library's Oriental Division, had this to say: "The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust editions of famous religious classics of India, with new translations and commentaries, are an important addition to our expanding knowledge of spiritual India. The
 new edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is particularly welcome."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Samuel Atkins, Professor of Sanskrit at Princeton University, commented, "I am most impressed with A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da's scholarly and author
itative edition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is a most valuable work for the scholar as well as the
 layman and is of great utility as a reference book as well as a textbook. I promptly recommend this edition to my students. It is a beautifully done book."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar    v11 #7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
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\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr
\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb
\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 7\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 July 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 9\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 July 11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr
\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb
\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Her\'e4-pa\'efcam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Lord Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha's return }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 from the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Gu\'eb\'f2ic\'e4 temple.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \'c7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ayan\'e4 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\line C}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sya can be started from this date, as well as the 11th or the 16th. (Fast from spinach for the first moth, from yogurt the second, from milk the third, and from urad and masura dahl the fourth.)\cell\cell\ql\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:28 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\line Guru-p\'fcr\'ebim\'e4.\line Full moon.\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0
\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 30\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 August 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
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\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of Gop\'e4la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of Lokan\'e4tha Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after 6.48 and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:48 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of  Vam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4ji and Raghunandana \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Jhulana-y\'e4tr\'e4 begins.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pavitr\'e4ropa\'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9 E}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub August 19\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 7:31 a.m.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Gaurid\'e4sa Pa\'eb\'f2ita\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Appearance o
f  Lord Baladeva }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (fasting till noon)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub End of Jhulana-y\'e4tr\'e4.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Full Moon.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6ami }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (fasting till midnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nan
dotsava (the birth ceremony of child }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba performed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja). Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Krishna Consciousness: }{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 The Spirit of '76!
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Krishna Consciousness: }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Spirit of '76!
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You see them in almost every big city in the United States: devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba singing the holy names of God (Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare). In India, the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba has been going on for thousands upon thousands of years. During the American Bicentenn
ial celebration this summer, there will be another cause for celebration: in the Western world, the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba has now been going on for ten years. And, two days after the two hundredth anniversary of the United States of America on 
the Fourth of July, the devotees will commemorate the tenth anniversary of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness: "One nation under God"; yes, and one world under God. In ten years of service, the International Society for Krishna Conscious
ness has seen the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba spread all over the earth. In harmony with the teachings found in every faith throughout the world, these dedicated chanters feel that the spiritual sound of God's names will purify the atmosphere and ref
resh all the world's people.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Students, workers, and businessmen talk with devotees and hear the devotees talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Like the other communities within the city, the
 devotional community has an important task to perform. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means 'the all-attractive
 one'; He is the most beloved friend of everyone," say the devotees. "We'd like to introduce you to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Most people take a keen interest in hearing about the beautiful Lord and about our unbreakable link with Him. The devotees' spiritual mas
ter, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, has helped them to see that all people are devotees of the Lord; the only difference is that some are not remembering their identity and some are remembering their identity. That simple differ
ence, in turn, means the difference between hatred and harmony, between distress and delight, throughout the world. Just as the whole tree enjoys health when we water its root, so the whole world will flourish when we all serve the Lord. By introducing (
actually, reintroducing) people to K\'e5\'f1\'eba (in airports, classrooms, business districts\'97almost anywhere) the devotees help to ease the pangs of material life and to bring their countrymen lasting happiness. Nor is the devotees' task a matter of
 sentimentality or wishful thinking. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da emphasizes that "books are the basis" of this nonsectarian movement to spread God consciousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4, \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub come to us from the Vedic literatures, the most time-honored books in the human heritage. The subject matter: the science of linking ourselves with the original self, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In thirty-two cities w
ithin the United States and in forty-two other cities around the world, devotional communities flourish. Friendship, the arts, and spiritual growth contribute to the appeal of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious life for the thousands who've taken it up. Of course,
 the special joy of this life is to be conscious of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, to feel the Lord's presence at every moment, in every activity. "Before my disciples took to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da recalls, "the pangs of material life
 made them gloomy. But now people say that they are bright-faced. Therefore, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You'll be happy, and you'll make everyone happy." Guests are welcome at any time during the week. Yet the best time for visiting an ISKCON community i
s Sunday afternoon. Every Sunday the devotees have their traditional Love Feast, with vegetarian food, plays, movies, and good company (and, of course, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba). ISKCON country villages have sprung up at eleven farm sites worldwide. 
One of these self-sufficient communities, the Society's world headquarters in M\'e4y\'e4pur, India, is slated to grow into a mini-city of sixty thousand residents, with its own airport. The local government sees it as a big help to that area's economy. E
lsewhere, as at these farms in West Virginia, Mississippi, and British Columbia, prize herds and fertile gardens yield food for both farm-working and city-dwelling devotees. Whether they live in the city, in the country, or in traveling buses, devotees o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba look forward to a world filled with God consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Gariy\'e4n d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Jeni Davis.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Top, Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.\line Bottom: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Curing the Crimes of a Lifetime
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CURING THE CRIMES OF A LIFETIME
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Bibh\'e4vati-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adapted from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With recent disgrace of an American president still fresh in our minds, it is interesting to read of a similar case in anc
ient times. Five thousand years ago, a blind king named Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra dishonored his high post and caused the death of millions. His story is of special importance, even today, because he found an antidote to the crimes of a lifetime, and in hi
s old age became self-realized.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was the acting monarch of Hastin\'e4pura, the capital of the Vedic kingdom of Bh\'e4rata, which five thousand years ago (according to t
he Vedic literature) spread over most of the planet. Hastin\'e4pura was on the banks of the Yamun\'e4 River, at the site of present-day Delhi. As its name indicates (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hasti}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "elephant"), it was a city full of opulently decorated elephants. Noblemen rode elaborate chariots past marble palaces inlaid with glittering jewels. The sweet smell of ince
nse drifted out of latticed windows. Trees bearing fruits and flowers lined the wide streets, which were sprinkled with scented water. There was no hint of poverty or distress. Hastin\'e4pura was the crown jewel of the abundant Vedic civilization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra's position as king was never legal, for he was blind, and Vedic law ruled that a blind man could not be king. Thus the t
hrone went to his younger brother P\'e4\'eb\'f2u. But when P\'e4\'eb\'f2u died in his young manhood, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra began ruling on behalf of P\'e4\'eb\'f2u's five sons, who were still children. In an age of great and honorable kings, Dh\'e5tar
\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was an exception. Swayed by his eldest son Duryodhana's ruthless lust for power, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra began to abuse the guardianship of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas by closing his already-blind eyes to the planned and purposeful efforts of Du
ryodhana to destroy the boys.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the descendant of a great royal dynasty, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra had the lineage and rearing of a proper monarch. But it seemed that he was as blind spiritually 
as he was physically. Although he admired and even loved the five fatherless princes, he began to contemplate taking away their kingdom and even their lives.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yet Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was not simply a ruthless monster preying on defenseless youths. There were great paradoxes in his nature. On the one hand, he appreciat
ed the good counsel of his saintly younger brother, Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Vidura. On the other hand, he was weak enough to be swayed by his attachment to a son whom he knew to be dishonorable. Like many of us, though he knew right from wrong he felt powerless to
 stem the relentless tide of events\'97events that were to sweep him across the border between good and evil into a disastrous war.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Full of envy, the young Duryodhana and his brothers (the Kuru princes) watched their five cousins growing day by day into energetic, effulgent personalities loved b
y everyone. Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, the eldest, was heir to the throne, and as he approached manhood, Duryodhana decided to murder him, his four brothers, and their mother, Queen Kunt\'e9. Boyish rivalry had developed into a struggle for survival.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We do not know what doubts and guilts were in the mind of the old blind king when he heard the treacherous suggestions of his eldest son and his cunning ministers. 
But he liked something of what he heard. He himself wanted to seize the throne. So Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra asked the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas and their mother, Queen Kunt\'e9, to visit a nearby city named V\'e4ra\'eb\'e4vata. There the conspirators planned to f
inish them off.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the very presence of sympathetic figures like Vidura and Bh\'e9\'f1ma, the innocents were beset by a peril they could neither foretell nor fight against. Only th
e power of a few telling words from Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Vidura startled them into a realization of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra's treachery. As the five heroic youths were leaving Hastin\'e4pura with their beautiful and noble mother, Queen Kunt\'e9, Vidura spoke so
me enigmatic words that eluded the rest of the royal family. His words were meant only for the ears of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "A weapon not made of steel or any other material element can be more than sharp enough to kill an enemy," Vidura said. "He who knows this is never disturbed. Fire 
cannot extinguish the soul; it can merely annihilate the material body." Although Mah\'e4tm\'e4 Vidura habitually lectured the royal family about spiritual matters, Queen Kunt\'e9 was puzzled by these words. "What did he mean?" she later asked Yudhi\'f1
\'f6hira, and he explained to her precisely what Vidura had meant. The fine residential palace at V\'e4ra\'eb\'e4vata was to be their funeral pyre. They did in fact find that the walls of the new palace were made of combustible materials and shellac. Fir
e would be the weapon lurking in the walls of their new home.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When you are young and strong, no future seems altogether bleak. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas lived hopefully in the palace of shellac for almost a year. Then, one night, 
Vidura came to them in disguise and informed them that the housekeeper was going to set fire to the house on the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fourteenth night of the waning moon. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra h
ad been biding his time, but now the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas remembered with a jolt that he really intended to assassinate them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In an intricately plotted escape, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas entered a tunnel under the house, and as the house burned down they fled into the forest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra heard of the supposed death of his five nephews and their mother, he performed the funeral rites with great cheerfulness. The only othe
r cheerful face was that of Vidura, who knew the facts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and Vidura smiled and the relatives mourned, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas wandered in the forest, wondering how they had come to this predica
ment. Bhima used his strong body to protect his mother, Kunt\'e9, and his brothers from all sorts of calamities. They took to begging for food and eventually disguised themselves as brahmans. The simple white dress of brahmans, however, could not cover t
he hearts of these warriors. When the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas heard of the marriage contest for the Pa\'efc\'e4la princess, Draupad\'e9, they were determined to see this wonderful event.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Draupad\'e9 had wanted to marry Arjuna, the most skillful bowman among the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas, and her father had therefore contrived a test so difficult that only s
omeone of Arjuna's greatness could pass it. The target was a fish hanging near the high ceiling of the palace. Just under it hung a wheel. The aspiring archer had to pierce the fish's eye through the spokes of the protecting wheel. Moreover, he'd have to
 do this without looking at the target! On the ground was a water pot in which the fish and the wheel were reflected. The contestant had to fix his aim on the target by looking at the trembling water in the pot. Everyone was astonished when Arjuna, in th
e dress of a poor brahman, pierced the target. The contending princes offered stiff resistance to Arjuna, but he fought them off and gained the hand of Draupad\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna took his new bride home to the humble but where he stayed with his mother and brothers. On arriving, he called out joyfully for them to come and see his priz
e. Kunt\'e9, thinking that Arjuna had obtained something to eat on his begging rounds, did not come out, but said, "Whatever you have, you must share it equally with your brothers." In this unusual way, Draupad\'e9 became the wife of not one but all five
 of the young princes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hard days of living in a bamboo hut now passed away like a dream. All at once the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas' fortunes changed with the startling speed of an arrow wingi
ng to its target. They took Draupad\'e9, who was a wealthy and powerful princess, back with them to Hastin\'e4pura and set up residence at Indraprastha, a nearby city. Then they built a glittering palace with a mysterious defense system designed to bewil
der enemies. The people of the kingdom worshiped the young princes as heroes, and they soon had amassed so much wealth and subordinated so many lesser princes that Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira decided to hold a R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This sacrifice was a battle cry of sorts, since it required that all lesser kings and princes pay taxes to support the cost of the elaborate ceremony. King Yudhi
\'f1\'f6hira (who was known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aja-\'e7atru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or one who has no enemies) fortunately had only one 
dissenting king, Jar\'e4sandha, to deal with before he could declare himself qualified to hold the sacrifice and in effect become the emperor of the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira was to be the most powerful king in the world, it was not for his own sake that he wanted to proclaim it. His real motive was to invite Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and please Him by offering Him the worship reserved for the most exalted person in the assembly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, who was honor personified, invited all the elders: his teacher Dro\'eb\'e4c\'e4rya, Bh\'e9\'f1ma (the grandfather of the Kurus), Mah\'e4tm
\'e4 Vidura, and Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. He also invited Duryodhana and all the other sons of Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra. Kings came from all over the world, and the ordinary citizens also visited the ceremony. In that setting the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas openly 
declared to everyone that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was the Supreme Lord, and they offered Him their worship. However, a trace of viciousness marred the luxuriant sacrifice. When Duryodhana saw that Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira had become overwhelmingly more famous and o
pulent than he, he began to burn with jealousy. He allowed his pride to poison everything he saw in connection with the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas. Even the artful construction of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's new palace only kindled his rage. The defense system outside th
e castle consisted of moats so designed that it was impossible to tell water from dry land. Duryodhana approached some water, thinking it to be land, and fell in. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's queens laughed at him, but Duryodhana did not take it as a joke. His hair 
standing on end in anger, Duryodhana immediately left the palace in silence, with his head bowed. King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira felt sorry, for he knew that inevitably this incident would increase the enmity between the two wings of the Kuru dynasty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon afterward, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra sent Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira an invitation to a gambling match. Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira well knew that this gambling match was meant to 
destroy him. Unhappily, he accepted the challenge; as a prince he could not honorably refuse. Duryodhana had asked \'c7akuni, a notorious cheater, to play dice with Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira. Very early in the game, Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira realized that \'c7akuni was 
cheating. His moral integrity, however, forced him to continue the game until \'c7akuni had won everything\'97including Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's wealth, his kingdom, and even his wife, Draupad\'e9. In a painful scene, Duryodhana's brother Du\'f9\'e7\'e4sana t
ried to strip Draupad\'e9 naked in front of the assembled warriors. We cannot imagine how shocking this act was to the chaste queen and her chivalrous husbands. Helplessly, Draupad\'e9 called on the Supreme Person, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By His mystic powe
r, K\'e5\'f1\'eba lengthened her sari without limit, so that Du\'f9\'e7\'e4sana was unable to fully humiliate her. This tense scene was a seed that grew in time into the catastrophic Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As a result of the gambling match, Duryodhana banished the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas to the forest for twelve years. He promised them that if they could spend the thirteent
h year incognito, without being discovered by anyone, he would give back their kingdom. That feeble promise from their dangerous enemy was a shaky claim to the throne. But they had no other recourse. So, empty-handed, they walked out of Hastin\'e4pura in
to the shadow of exile. For twelve years they lived in the forest with Draupad\'e9, and they also managed to survive the thirteenth without being discovered. Then they went to Hastin\'e4pura and reminded Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra of his son's promise to re
turn their kingdom. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, whose character wavered between candor and mean trickery, tried to deny that promise. Finally, the P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas asked for only five villages to rule, one for each of them. According to the Vedic code of b
ehavior for a warrior, they could not accept employment or go into business, but had to be rulers of some kind. Then, with no objection from Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, Duryodhana said that he would not give them enough land to push a pin into. With that fl
ippant remark, Duryodhana created a deadlock. The P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas had no kingdom. But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, wanted the pious P\'e4\'eb\'f2avas to be more powerful than Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and his sons. So now they
 had no recourse but to fight.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Vedic sources, the resulting battle\'97the famous Battle of Kuruk\'f1etra\'97lasted for 18 days and took 640 million lives. Such a massacre as a result
 of a vendetta between two parts of one family may seem impossible. Yet the ancient records describe in considerable detail atomic weapons that could decimate entire armies. This great battle, although it took place five thousand years ago, involved weap
ons more subtle and more deadly than those that modern scientists have developed. Although the contending warriors rode in chariots drawn by horses, they could shoot (by mantra) arrows that could find a specific target. Huge elephants fell down like cut 
trees before air, water, and fire weapons unknown today.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the storm of destruction finally abated, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was left with nothing but his burning conscience and his good wife, Gandhar\'e9. They had lost
 all their sons and grandsons. All the principal soldiers killed in the battle were related in some way or another; therefore the family members mourned together. Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, far from acting like a conqueror, felt great remorse. He 
was very conscious of his duty toward Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra and Gandhar\'e9, and he took care of them both in royal style.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An indication of King Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira's glorious character is that he felt the battle of Kuruk\'f1etra to be his fault, even though the errors of Dh\'e5tar\'e4
\'f1\'f6ra were colossal. For his part, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra settled into the role of the honorable royal uncle, somehow resigning his conscience to the fact that because of his decision, millions of people had died within a few days.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fortunately, while Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was grasping at a life of skin-deep respectability, Vidura, his younger brother, returned to the palace after some years 
of pilgrimage. When he saw Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra living comfortably in the palace of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira and callously forgetting his former acts of aggression, Vidura's saintly attitude turned hard as steel. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sadhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ("saint") means "one who cuts." So, with words, the s\'e4dhu Vidura began to cut away the false sense of security which Dh\'e5tar\'e4
\'f1\'f6ra felt as he sat in the gorgeous palace of his nephew. Vidura saw that Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra was accepting the hospitality of Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira because he did not know what else to do. As his life passed imperceptibly away, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1
\'f6ra spent his old age in casual ease, surrounded by what was left of his family. To Vidura this looked like a crisis, and he compassionately began to talk to him: "My dear king, please get out of here immediately. Do not delay. The Personality of Godh
ead in the form of time is approaching us all. Under the influence of time you must surrender your life, what to speak of other things, such as wealth, honor, children, land, and home." Vidura wanted to point out to Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra that the human
 form of life is meant for seeking the shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. So he spoke abrasively, trying to bring him to his senses. "You have been blind from your very birth, and recently you have become hard of hearing. Your memory is short
ened, and your intelligence is disturbed. Your teeth are loose, your liver is defective, and you are coughing up mucus." He encouraged the aging king, who had become addicted to the rarefied atmosphere of the P\'e4\'eb\'f2ava palace, to leave home withou
t anxiety. "A first-class man wakes up and realizes the falsity and misery of this material world. He thus leaves home and depends fully on the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart. Please, therefore, leave for the North immediately without le
tting your relatives know."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The time had come for Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra to take his stand. Was he going to go on wasting his life, refusing to admit that his position at court was morally un
tenable? Or was he going to polish up his tarnished values during the last days of his life? The common practice in Vedic civilization was for a man to set aside the last part of his life for the sole purpose of self-realization and the attainment of sal
vation. Therefore, Vidura's good advice carried more weight than it would today.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because Vidura was genuinely compassionate toward Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra, his words illuminated the consciousness that had been haunted by darkness for so many yea
rs. Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra clearly saw the truth in what Vidura was saying, and in an extraordinary display of resoluteness, left the palace without fanfare to set out on his lonely path. Gandhar\'e9 followed her husband as an expression of her loyalty,
 although he did not ask her to do so.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They went to a place called Saptasrota, on the southern side of the Himalayan mountains, where the waters of the Ganges divide into seven parts. There Dh\'e5tar\'e4
\'f1\'f6ra practiced mystic yoga, bathing three times daily, performing a fire sacrifice, and drinking only water. In this way he was able to control his mind and free it from thoughts of family life. He was able to lock up the Pandora's box of material 
desires and throw away the key, and he thus finally freed himself of the desire to play God with the lives of others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Long before, when he had declined to cooperate with the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra had simply increased the false egotism covering his rea
l spiritual identity. Now, through the yogic process, he learned to concentrate all his senses on the Supreme and to understand himself as the Lord's eternal servitor. Thus he got free from the material propensities of hankering for power and wealth and 
attained his spiritual identity by the grace of his brother Vidura. K\'e5\'f1\'eba had shown his mercy upon Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra by sending Vidura, and when the old king was actually practicing the instructions of Vidura, the Lord directly helped him 
to attain the highest perfectional stage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After some time, Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ra quit his body by his developed mystic power, and the body burned to ashes. In this way, the king who could not live with ho
nor died with honor. By the mercy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee, he was able to make his life a success.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is kind to everyone, everywhere. So the leaders of today's society can also benefit from His mercy, as much as the blind king did. The modern Vidura 
is His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, and the modern yoga process is chanting the names of God. They both stand ready to help our modern Dh\'e5tar\'e4\'f1\'f6ras come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97either in retirement, or bette
r yet in youth, to be able to lead others to the transcendental goal. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 de
v\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: Everyone was astonished when Arjuna pierced the target. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa.
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If your order is under $4.95, please add $ .50 for postage, $4.95 to $9.95 add $.70 postage. and over $9.95 add 6% of total order.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 What if one book said it all?      v11#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What if one book said it all?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The voice of wisdom seems to speak in many tongues, through many ages\'97from Lao-tse\'92s Chinese to Shakespeare\'92s 
English, from Muhammad\'92s Arabic to Hegel\'92s German. You could get pretty discouraged trying to find the Absolute Truth by reading everything there is to read. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    But what if one book said it all\'97everything you\'92d ever want to know about cosmic Creation, the mysteries of Ti
me, the workings of Karma, the inner Self, and the Supreme Being, God? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    And what if that book were an easily readable, fully illustrated translation of the world\'92s most renowned guidebo
ok on spirituality\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? Wouldn\'92t it be worth $5.95 to put it on your bo
okshelf? If you think so, please clip the coupon inside the back cover. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 330 page
s, 56 full-color illustrations, English translation and extensive commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
11 No. 8, 1976
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness    v11#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10#10
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba \line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma\line Hare R\'e4ma \line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma\line Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God has an unlimited variety of names. Some of them\'97Jehovah, Adonai, Buddha, and Allah\'97are familiar to us, while the names K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma may be l
ess so. However, whatever name of God we may accept, all scriptures enjoin us to chant it for spiritual purification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Muhammad counseled, "Glorify the name of your Lord, the most high" (Koran 87.2). Saint Paul said, "Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved" (Roma
ns 10:13). Lord Buddha declared, "All who sincerely call upon my name will come to me after death, and I will take them to Paradise" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vows of Amida Buddha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  18). King David preached, "From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised" (Psalms 113:3). And the world's oldest scriptures, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of India, emphatically state, "Chant the holy name, chant the holy name, chant the holy name of the Lord. In this age of
 quarrel there is no other way, no other way, no other way to attain spiritual enlightenment" (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The special design of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba chant makes it easy to repeat and pleasant to hear. Spoken or sung, by yourself or in a group. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  invariably produces a joyful state of spiritual awareness\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD magazine.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v11#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha S\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9van d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7
\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana-guru d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Arcita d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus
\'fcdana d\'e4sa, M\'e4khana-taskra d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Candan\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhana-guru d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Jaya\'e7ac\'e9nandana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v11#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, comes to this world, He invites all of us to live in the spiritual world with Him. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba can make this invitation because His very name means "the all-attractive"; He's all-wealthy, all famous, all-powerful, all-wise, all-renounced, and all beautiful. When the Lord appeared five thousand years ago in India's V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the vi
llage girls were among His many devotees. This year people throughout the world will celebrate Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance day on August 18. (An original oil painting by Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa.)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P2: His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of BACK TO
 GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna
 Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the b
ackbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present to
pics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Separating the Saints from the Swindlers
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Separating the Saints from the S
windlers
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every day the number of people interested in practicing yoga and meditation increases by the thousands. Unfortunately, a
 person looking for a suitable teacher is likely to encounter a bewildering array of "gurus, "mystics, and self-made gods. In an interview with the London}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Times, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da explains how a sincere seeker can tell the difference between a cheater and a genuine teacher.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb266\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your Grace, it seems that more people than ever 
are seeking some kind of spiritual life. I wonder if you could tell me why this is so.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The desire for spiritual life is 
an absolutely natural hankering. Because we are spirit souls, we cannot be happy in the material atmosphere. If you take a fish out of the water, it cannot be happy on land. Similarly, if we are without spiritual consciousness, we can never be happy. Tod
ay, so many people are after scientific advancement and economic development, but they are not happy because these are not the actual goals of life. Many young people are realizing this, and they are rejecting materialistic life and are trying to search 
for spiritual life. Actually, this is the proper search. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the proper goal of life. Unless you take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you cannot be happy. That is a fact. Therefore, we invite everyone to study and understand 
this great movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What frankly worries me is that since the arrival 
in Britain some time ago of an Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yog\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who was the first "guru" that most people ever heard of, a
 lot of "gurus" have suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Sometimes I get the feeling that all of them are not as genuine as they ought to be. Would it be right to warn people who are thinking of taking up spiritual life that they should make sure that they
 have a genuine guru to teach them?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Of course, to search out a g
uru is very nice, but if you want a cheap guru, or if you want to be cheated, then you will find many cheating gurus. But if you are sincere, you will find a sincere guru. Because people want everything very cheaply, they are cheated. We ask our students
 to refrain from illicit sex, meat eating, gambling, and intoxication. People think that this is all very difficult\'97a botheration. But if someone else says, "You may do whatever nonsense you like, simply take my mantra," then people will like him. The
 point is that people want to be cheated, and therefore cheaters come. No one wants to undergo any austerity. Human life is meant for austerity, but no one is prepared to undergo austerity. Consequently, cheaters come and say, "No austerity. Whatever you
 like, you do. Simply pay me and I'll give you some mantra and you'll become God in six months." All this is going on. If you want to be cheated like this, the cheaters will come.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the person who seriously wants to find 
spiritual life, but who happens to finish up with the wrong guru?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you simply want an ordinary ed
ucation, you have to devote so much time, labor, and understanding to it. Similarly, if you are going to take to spiritual life, you must become serious. How is it that simply by some wonderful mantras, someone can become God in six months? Why do people
 want something like that? This means that they want to be cheated. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can a person tell he has a genuine guru?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can any of my students answer thi
s question?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A disciple:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Once I remember John Lennon asked you, "How will
 I know who is the genuine guru?" And you answered, "Just find out the one who is most addicted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He is genuine."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. The genuine guru is God's re
presentative, and he speaks about God and nothing else. The genuine guru is he who has no interest in materialistic life. He is after God, and God only. That is one of the tests of a genuine guru: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is absorbed in the Absolute Truth. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upa
ni\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.2.12}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rotriya\'e0 bra
hma-ni\'f1\'f6ham.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The genuine guru is well versed in the scriptures and Vedic knowledge, and he is completely dependent on Brahman." He should know what Brahman [spirit] is and 
how to become situated in Brahman. These signs are given in the Vedic literature. As I said before, the real guru is God's representative. He represents the Supreme Lord, just as a viceroy represents a king. The real guru will not manufacture anything. E
verything he says is in accordance with the scriptures and the previous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He will not give y
ou a mantra and tell you that you will become God in six months. This is not a guru's business. A guru's business is to canvass everyone to become devotees of God. That is the sum and substance of a real guru's business. Indeed, he has no other business.
 He tells whomever he sees, "Please become God conscious." If he canvasses somehow or other on behalf of God and tries to get everyone to become a devotee of God, he is a genuine guru. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about a Christian priest?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Christian, Muhammadan, Hindu\'97i
t doesn't matter. If he is simply speaking on behalf of God, he is a guru. Lord Jesus Christ, for instance. He canvassed people, saying, "Just try to love God." Anyone\'97it doesn't matter who\'97be he Hindu, Muslim, or Christian, is a guru if he convinc
es people to love God. That is the test. The guru never says, "I am God," or "I will make you God." The real guru says, "I am a servant of God, and I will make you a servant of God also." It doesn't matter how the guru is dressed. As Caitanya Mah\'e4prab
hu said, "Whoever can impart knowledge about K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a spiritual master." A genuine spiritual master simply tries to get people to become devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God. He has no other business.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the bad gurus\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what is a "bad" guru?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A bad guru just wants some money or some fame. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, if he is bad, how can be be
come a guru? [Laughter.] How can iron become gold? Actually, a guru cannot be bad, for if someone is bad, he cannot be a guru. You cannot say "bad guru." That is a contradiction. What you have to do is simply try to understand what a genuine guru is. The
 definition of a genuine guru is that he is simply talking about God\'97that's all. If he's talking about some other nonsense, then he is not a guru. A guru cannot be bad. There is no question of a bad guru, any more than a red guru or a white guru. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "genuine guru." All we have to know is that the genuine guru is simply talking about God and try
ing to get people to become God's devotees. If he does this, he is genuine. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If I wanted to be initiated into your society, wha
t would I have to do? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, you'd have to give 
up illicit sex life. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does that include all sex life? What is illicit se
x life? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Illicit sex is sex outside of mar
riage. Animals have sex with no restrictions, but in human society there are restrictions. In every country and in every religion, there is some system of restricting sex life. You would also have to give up all intoxicants, including tea, cigarettes, al
cohol, marijuana\'97anything that intoxicates. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Anything else? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You'd also have to give up eating
 meat, eggs, and fish. And you'd have to give up gambling as well. Unless you give up these four sinful activities, you could not be initiated. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How many followers do you have throughout the worl
d? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For anything genuine, the followe
rs may be very few. For something rubbish, the followers may be many. Still, we have about five thousand initiated disciples. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement growi
ng all the time? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is growing\'97but slowly.
 This is because we have so many restrictions. People do not like restrictions. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Where is your following the greatest?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the United States, Europe, Sou
th America,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and Australia. And, of course, in India there are millions who practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consci
ousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you tell me what the goal of your movement i
s? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The purpose of this K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness movement is to awaken man's original consciousness. At the present moment our consciousness is designated. Someone is thinking, "I am an Englishman," and another is thinking, "I am an American." Actually, we do not belong to any of these 
designations. We are all part and parcel of God; that is our real identification. If everyone simply comes to that consciousness, all the problems of the world will be solved. Then we shall come to know that we are one\'97the same quality of spirit soul.
 The same quality of spirit soul is within everyone, although it may be in a different dress. This is the explanation given in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is actually a purificatory process }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmuktam).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Its purpose is to make people free from all designations }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (tat-pa
ratvena nirmalam).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When our consciousness becomes purified of all designations, the activities we carry out with our purified senses make us perfect. Eventually, we reach the idea
l perfection of human life. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is also a very simple process. It is not necessary to become a great philosopher, scientist, or whatever. We need only chant the holy name of the Lord, understanding that His personality, His name,
 and His qualities are all absolute.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a great science. Unfortunately, in the universities there is no department for this science. Therefore 
we invite all serious men who are interested in the welfare of human society to understand this great movement and, if possible, take part in it and cooperate with us. The problems of the world will be solved. This is also the verdict of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the most important and authoritative book of spiritual knowledge. Many of you have heard of the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our movement is based on it. Our movement is approved by all great }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in India. R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, Lord Caitanya, and so many others. You are all
 representatives of newspapers, so I ask you to try to understand this movement as far as possible for the good of all human society.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you think your movement is the only way to know
 God? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How are you assured of that? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From the authorities and from God
, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  18.66].
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does "surrender" mean that someone would have to l
eave his family? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But suppose I were to become an initiate. Wouldn't
 I have to come and live in the temple?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not necessarily. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I can stay at home? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about work? Would I have to give up my job? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, you'd simply have to give up 
your bad habits and chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra on these beads\'97that's all.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Would}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have to give any}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub financial support?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, that is your voluntary wish. 
If you give, that's all right. And if you don't, we don't mind. We do not depend on anyone's financial contribution. We depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I wouldn't have to give any money at all? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is this one of the main things that distinguishes 
the genuine guru from the fake guru?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, a genuine guru is not a busi
nessman. He is a representative of God. Whatever God says, the guru repeats. He does not speak otherwise.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But would you expect to find a real guru, say, tra
veling in a Rolls Royce and staying in a penthouse suite in a classy hotel?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sometimes people provide us with 
a room in a first-class hotel, but we generally stay in our own temples. We have some one hundred temples around the world, so we don't require to go to any hotels. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I wasn't trying to make any accusations. I was mer
ely trying to illustrate that I think your warning is a valid one. There are so many people interested in finding a spiritual life, and at the same time there are a lot of people interested in cashing in on the "guru business."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are you under the impression that
 spiritual life means voluntarily accepting poverty? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, I don't know. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A poverty-stricken man may be mat
erialistic, and a wealthy man may be very spiritual. Spiritual life does not depend on either poverty or wealth. Spiritual life is transcendental. Consider Arjuna, for instance. Arjuna was a member of a royal family, yet he was a pure devotee of God. And
 in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4pta\'e0 ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo vidu\'f9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "This supreme science was received through the chain of disciplic succession, an
d the saintly kings understood it in that way" [Bg. 4.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . In the past, all kings who were saintly unders
tood spiritual science. Therefore, spiritual life does not depend on one's material condition. Whatever a person's material condition may be\'97he may be a king or a pauper\'97he can still understand spiritual life. Generally people do not know what spir
itual life is, and therefore, they unnecessarily criticize us. If I asked you what spiritual life is, how would you answer?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, I'm not sure. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Although you do not know what spi
ritual life is, you still say,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It is this," or "It is that." But first you should know what spiritual li
fe is. Spiritual life begins when you understand that you are not your body. This is the real beginning of spiritual life. By seeing the difference between your self and your body, you come to understand that you are a spirit soul (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you think this knowledge should be a part of ev
eryone's education?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. People should first be taugh
t what they are. Are they their bodies, or something else? That is the beginning of education. Now everyone is educated to think he is his body. Because someone accidentally gets an American body, he thinks, "I am an American." This is just like thinking
, "I am a red shirt," just because you are wearing a red shirt. You are not a red shirt; you are a human being. Similarly, this body is like a shirt or coat over the real person\'97the spirit soul. If we recognize ourselves simply by our bodily "shirt" o
r "coat," then we have no spiritual education.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you think that such education should be given i
n schools? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes\'97in schools, colleges, and 
universities. There is an immense literature on this subject\'97an immense fund of knowledge. What is actually required is that the leaders of society come forward to understand this movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Have you ever had people come to you who had previ
ously been involved with a fake guru?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, there are many. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Were their spiritual lives in any way spoiled by t
he fake gurus?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, they were genuinely seeking s
omething spiritual, and that was their qualification. God is within everyone's heart, and as soon as someone genuinely seeks Him, He helps that person find a genuine guru.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Have the real gurus like yourself ever tried to pu
t a stop to the false gurus\'97that is, put pressure on them to put them out of business, so to speak. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, that is not my purpose. I sta
rted my movement simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I chanted in New York in a place called Tompkins Square Park, and soon people began to come to me. In this way, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement gradually developed. Many accepted, and man
y did not accept. Those who are fortunate have accepted.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Don't you feel that people are suspicious because 
of their experience with fake gurus? If you went to a quack dentist and he broke your tooth, you might be suspicious about going to another dentist.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Naturally, if you are cheate
d, you become suspicious. But this does not mean that if you are cheated once, you will always be cheated. You should find out someone genuine. But to come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you must be either very fortunate or well aware of this science. 
From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.3}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub we understand that the genuine seekers are very few: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub manu\'f1y\'e4\'eb\'e4\'e0 sahasre\'f1u ka\'e7cid yatati siddhaye. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Out of many millions of people, there may be only one who is interested in spiritual life. Generally, people are interested in eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. So how can we expect to find many followers? It is not d
ifficult}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub notice that people have lost their spiritual interest. And almost all those who are actually 
interested are being cheated by so-called spiritualists. You cannot judge a movement simply by the number of its followers. If one man is genuine, then the movement is successful. It is not a question of quantity, but quality. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I wondered how many people you think might have be
en taken in by fake gurus.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Practically everyone. [Laughter.]
 There is no question of counting. Everyone.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This would mean thousands of people, wouldn't it? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Millions. Millions have been chea
ted, because they want to be cheated. God is omniscient. He can understand your desires. He is within your heart, and if you want to be cheated. God sends you a cheater. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it possible for everyone to attain the perfecti
onal stage you spoke of previously?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Within a second. Anyone can attai
n perfection within a second\'97providing he is willing. The difficulty is that no one is willing. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub "Simply surrender unto Me" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . But 
who is going to surrender to God? Everyone says, "Oh, why should I surrender to God? I will be independent." If you simply surrender, it is a second's business. That's all. But no one is willing, and that is the difficulty.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you say that lots of people want to be cheate
d, do you mean that lots of people want to carry on with their worldly pleasures and at the same time, by chanting a mantra or by holding a flower, achieve spiritual life as well? Is this what you mean by wanting to be cheated?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is like a patient think
ing, "I shall continue with my disease, and at the same time I shall become healthy." It is contradictory. The first requirement is that one become educated in spiritual life. Spiritual life is not something one can understand by a few minutes' talk. The
re are many philosophy and theology books, but people are not interested in them. That is the difficulty. For instance, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a very long work, and if you try to read this book, it may take many days just to understand one line of it. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes God, the Absolute Truth, but people are not interested. And if, by chance, someone becomes a little interested in spiritual life, he wants something immediate and cheap. The
refore, he is cheated. Actually, human life is meant for austerity and penance. That is the way of Vedic civilization. In Vedic times they would train boys up as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s;
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  no sex life was allowed at all up to the age of twenty-five. Where is that education now? A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a student who lives a life of complete celibacy and obeys the commands of his guru at the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru-ku
la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [school of the spiritual master] . Now schools and colleges are teaching sex from the very beginning, and twelve-or thirteen-year-old boys and girls are having sex. How can the
y have a spiritual life? Spiritual life means voluntarily accepting some austerities for the sake of God realization. That is why we insist on no illicit sex, meat eating, gambling, or intoxication for our initiated students. Without these restrictions, 
any "yoga meditation" or so-called spiritual discipline cannot be genuine. It is simply a business deal between the cheaters and the cheated.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Reporter:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you very much. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p4: Illustration: R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6:  "If you want to be cheated, then you will find many cheating gurus. But if you are sincere, you will find a si
ncere guru."\line "The genuine guru is God's representative, and he speaks about God and nothing else."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: "Whatever God says, the guru repeats. He does not speak otherwise."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes v11  #8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE SOUNDS OF TRANSCENDENCE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v10 #12
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Light of my Life
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Light of my Life
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Tribute to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97Prapanna d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My Gurudeva, light of this dark universe,\line My only hope is to glorify you.\line In this attempt\line I call upon your in
telligence\line To light my intelligence.\line Let your words guide my pen, and\line Let your eternal presence,\line With its brightness,\line Illumine my way in the night\line Of this existence.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the eternal abode of the Lord\line You have come to this filthy mire,\line Whose hoggish men roll about,\line And the m
ost defamed you\'92ve chosen.\line This is your mercy.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your words, your glances,\line Like a miraculous rain,\line Wash away the filth,\line The arid crust of lust;\line And the f
ever of wanting\line To be owners and lords\'97\line This also they extinguish.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fulfilling Lord Gaur\'e4\'ecga\'92s wish,\line Without discrimination you distribute\line The contents of the storehouse
\line Of transcendental love.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Who could imagine?\line Erasing the image\line Of the aged and vengeful God,\line You give us K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda,\line 
The youthful cowherd boy\'92\line The naughty son, the transcendental lover.\line And you teach us the perfection\line Of remembering Him moment by moment.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually,\line I know less than nothing about you,\line For your heart is surely\line An endless treasure chest\line Full of
 the Lord\'92s beautiful pastimes.\line The only thing I know, O Gurudeva,\line Is that the cooling shine\line Of your lotus feet\line Can alone make a blind man see.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Finding a Genuine Guru
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Finding a Genuine Guru
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In talking about spiritual life with college students, BACK TO GODHEAD contributor Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa often explains 
why a person who wants genuine spiritual life needs a genuine spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I remember that, before I met my spiritual master eight years ago, I had always hoped I would meet someone who could guide me to a highe
r truth. It wasn't a clearly formulated idea\'97more like a secret wish. I would read books by people I thought had some higher understanding, and I would take some ideas from this author, some from that. But there wasn't anyone I could respect as really
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowing.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No doubt, they had their insights, ideas that seemed fresh and brilliant. But there wasn't anyo
ne about whom I could say, "This man truly has knowledge. Let me approach him and ask him to be my teacher."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, in 1968, I met my spiritual master\'97His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. And after I had studied and tested his teachings, and after my 
doubts (my protectors!) were satisfied, I decided to become his disciple. Now, as a student of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, I travel to colleges throughout the central United States, speaking with people about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and trying to ans
wer their questions according to what my spiritual master has taught me. Many of the students I talk to want answers to the same questions I once struggled with\'97questions like, "To live a spiritual life, is it necessary to accept a spiritual master?" 
"Is there only one spiritual master, or can there be more than one?" "Where does the spiritual master get his knowledge?" and "How can I find my spiritual master?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A student at a university in Michigan recently asked me, "If I'm a spiritual person, why can't I find spiritual truth on my own? Why go to someone else? Why can't I
 just reach the truth by my own experience?" The image is familiar: a sincere seeker, gleaning clues to the truth wherever he can find them, putting the pieces together by his own intuition and sensitivity until finally he solves the puzzle of life. Nobl
e, is it not?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, but how naive! When I want knowledge about any material subject (be it chemistry, physics, mathematics, geography, grammar, or even how to make a wristwatch), 
the quickest, surest, easiest way is simply to find someone who knows and ask him. Imagine yourself in a big city you've never been in before. Suppose you want to find the post office. How would you do it? Would you start walking around and try to guess 
which way to go? You might. But if you were really serious about mailing your package, you'd approach a policeman or postman, get yourself a clear set of directions, and then go straight to your destination.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritual life is like trying to find a post office in a strange city. We can waste our time speculating, trying to follow our hearts, or we can get serious and adm
it that we don't know where we're going, and that we need to follow someone who knows what's what. This is the first step in factual spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Question: "But if I'm sincere, why can't I become self-realized just on the strength of my sincerity?" You can, but only by sincerely following the right process. S
uppose you sincerely want to become a doctor. That sincerity is the first thing you need. But if you're genuinely sincere, you won't try to become a doctor by buying some medical textbooks in the college bookstore and studying at home. No. You'll go to m
edical school, study under qualified experts, and in this way gradually become a qualified doctor yourself. In the same way, if you're sincere about becoming self-realized, you should sincerely try to find a bona fide spiritual master and study under him
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Question: "But isn't it higher to find the truth on your own, to struggle for it and finally achieve realization?" You have to decide which you'd rather be\'97noble
 or self-realized. If you're serious about self-realization, you should welcome all the help you can get. To put off finding the truth just to enjoy the romance of being a "perpetual seeker" would be ludicrous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Question: "But I've read the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  among other spiritual books, and it seems to me that I can understand them and practice spiritual life on my own." Then you haven't understood the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because near the end of the Fourth Chapter Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba clearly says, "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spirit
ual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth" (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 For what reason should I accept a spiritual master?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You shouldn't accept a spiritual master merely as a matter of fashion\'97because all the big rock stars have spiritual masters, or because yoga and meditation are "
in." Nor should you approach a spiritual master to find out how to get better grades, how to relax, or how to improve your sex life. These things have nothing to do with self-realization, the goal of real spiritual life. Of course, if you want something 
else, there are many so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and gurus who, for a modest fee, will be happy to oblige you
. That may be big business, but spiritual life is another thing entirely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The age-old Vedic literature of India tells us clearly how to enter into spiritual life: "One must approach a spiritual master if he desires spiritual realization" 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mundaka Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  1.2.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Also, "The aspirant should surrender to a spiritual master if he is genuin
ely inquisitive about the highest goal of life" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 11.3.21}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . And in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a more recent part of the Vedic literature, it is said, "There are many so-called gurus who are very exp
ert in plundering the money of their disciples, but rarely can one find a spiritual master who can free his disciples from all material anxieties."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The highest goal of life, self-realization, puts you beyond the happiness and distress, the pleasure and pain, of this material world. Life in this material world i
s full of perplexities, and a person who sincerely wants to find a solution to the perplexities of life should search out a genuine spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In approaching the genuine spiritual master, a person should show the same submissiveness as Arjuna did in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  where he said to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this c
ondition I am asking You to tell me clearly what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. 2.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Who is the spiritual master?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one can have greater knowledge than God in any subject matter\'97spiritual or mundane\'97because He knows everything. Therefore, the original spiritual master is
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But if we are seeking to revive our spiritual consciousness, or God consciousness, we must now be out of touch with God. So how can we take direction from God? The great spiritual master K\'e5\'f1\'eba
d\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9 answers this question:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93The conditioned soul [a person who is not self-realized] cannot revive his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by his own effort. But out of his causeless mercy. Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba compiled the Vedic literature and its supplements, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  20.122}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Thus, by hearing the Vedic literature with great faith and attention, we }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  actually take spiritual direction from God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we talk about the Vedic literature, we're talking about the oldest, most comprehensive, most scientific spiritual literature in the world. The Vedic literature
 includes the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and (most importantly) the }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Where do these great books of wisdom come from? Not from imperfect thinkers of this world. They come from the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba; He spoke the Vedic knowledge to the first created being, lord Brahm\'e4. Lord Brahm\'e4 then passed down this same knowledge to his sons and disciples, who did the same for their own followers. Then, five thousand years ago. Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Himself again appeared in this disciplic succession as His literary incarnation, Vy\'e4sadeva, and wrote down that same Vedic knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, the main idea is this: to know whether someone is a bona fide spiritual master, we have to check the Vedic literature, because the characteristics of the bona 
fide spiritual master are specifically described there. For thousands upon thousands of years, seekers have reached perfection by following the Vedic directions on the path of perfection.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But what if I want to follow the Bible instead of the Vedic literature?" Th
ere's no use arguing the merits of the Bible over the Vedic literature. Both the Bible and the Vedic literature are scripture, and therefore they are in agreement, not opposition. The only difference is that the Vedic literature contains much more specif
ic information about God than you'll find in the Bible. They're like dictionaries. The small desk dictionary and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Webster's Third International}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are both valid authorities, and they are in agreement. Yet the big dictionary has more information. The Vedic literature is like the big dictionary.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "What if I don't accept the Vedic literature?" Then you're unfortunate, beca
use you won't be able to take advantage of the knowledge it contains. For example, if you want to know who your father is, you have to find out from your mother. She's the authority. If you don't want to take her word for it, that's your privilege. But t
hen you'll never know for sure. In the same way, if you don't accept the Vedic literature, you'll never grasp the time-tested spiritual wisdom it contains.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Question: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But can't someone meet a genuine spiritual master without having studied an
ything?" Certainly. A fortunate person might meet a perfectly bona fide spiritual master just by the will of providence. But then again, that fortunate person might not be you. You might meet a cheater instead. How will you know? Suppose you're looking f
or a good mechanic. Even if you don't know anything about cars or mechanics, you still might be lucky enough to find a mechanic who's expert and honest. But if you know the qualifications of the man you're looking for, your chances are much better. The s
ame goes for finding a spiritual master. Knowledge is reliable; luck isn't. And surrendering to a spiritual master is too important a decision to leave to luck. You have to surrender to the spiritual master, but not blindly or sentimentally. First you sh
ould study him carefully to find out whether he has the qualifications spelled out in the Vedic literature.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 What are the qualifications of the spiritual master?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The qualifications of the bona fide spiritual master can be summed up in two words: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e7rotriyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7rotriyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that the spiritual master must have received the
 revealed Vedic knowledge from his spiritual master, who in turn received it from his, and so on in a line of spiritual masters extending back to the original spiritual master, K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. This is called the disciplic succession. To be bona f
ide, a spiritual master has to belong to this disciplic succession coming from the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The bona fide spiritual master does not invent anything new. He's a messenger, not an inventor. His duty is to transmit the Vedic knowledge as the Lord originally s
poke it and as the disciplic succession has handed it down. Just as a postman delivers your letters without subtracting anything or adding anything of his own, so the spiritual master delivers the spiritual message of Vedic knowledge }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as it is,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without adding or subtracting anything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can you tell whether the spiritual master meets this qualification? Very easily. The words of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are recorded in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and you merely have to compare. For example, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "Always think of Me and surrender to Me" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  So the bona fide spiritual master instructs his disciples to think always of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba and surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If a so-called guru advises his disciples to think of something impersonal or void instead of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or to surrender to someone other than K\'e5\'f1\'eba, how can he be bona fide? We should immedia
tely reject him as worthless.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nor can the spiritual master advertise that he himself is God. The bona fide spiritual master always presents himself as a humble servant of God, never as God Himse
lf. Any so-called guru who claims to be God, or who tells his disciples that they can become God, is a charlatan. The bona fide spiritual master acts as a humble servant of the Lord and instructs his disciples to do likewise.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now we come to the genuine spiritual master's second qualification: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-ni\'f1\'f6h
am.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub means that the spiritual master has full faith in the Supreme (in K\'e5\'f1\'eba) and is always absorbed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The spiritual master must be free from all material attachments. He must be the master of his senses
, not their servant. For instance, if someone is addicted to liquor, women, or cigarettes, there is no question of his being a guru. There are so many examples of so-called gurus and swamis who advertise themselves as being on the platform of eternity, b
liss, and knowledge, but who fall down from their yoga practice to have sex with their disciples. Thus, they fail to meet the standard of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To be truly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-ni\'f1\'f6ham,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the spiritual master must be a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Always think of Me. Become My devotee. Worship Me and offer homage to Me" (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . So the bona fide spiritual master always thinks of K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, he is a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he always worships and glorifies K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that no one is dearer to Him than one who preaches His glories. Therefore, another qualification of the bona fide spiritual master is that he glorifies Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba all over the world. Such a spiritual mast
er is directly empowered by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Even other devotees and transcendentalists offer respect to such an exalted personality and honor him with the title }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "p
rabhup\'e4da,"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  meaning "one at whose feet sit many masters."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 How can I find a bona fide spiritual master?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First, let's see why so many seekers }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fail }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to find a bona fide spiritual master. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am in everyone's heart, and from Me come knowledge, remembrance, and forgetfulness" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In other words, as long as we want to forget K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will help us forget Him. We can easily see how so many imitation gurus can
 cheat their disciples. Because most people want material sense pleasure instead of genuine spiritual life, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sends them to a cheater. But as soon as we sincerely desire to revive our eternal loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba will send us to a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 If I find a bona fide spiritual master, what should I do?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Surrender to him. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub advises, "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth
" (Bg. 4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you find a qualified spiritual master, in whom you have full confidence, you sh
ould surrender to him wholeheartedly and render service to him. If you approach the spiritual master with a submissive attitude and ask him sincere questions about spiritual life, he will certainly bless you with enlightenment.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 How does the spiritual master give knowledge?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes we hear folk tales in which a spiritual master enlightens his disciple by touching him, by transferring his power through some kind of electric shock. The
re are others who supposedly impart enlightenment by their twinkling glances, by talking in riddles, or by whispering secret mantras into the disciple's ear. None of these methods has anything to do with the genuine Vedic process of spiritual enlightenme
nt.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic method is simply this: The spiritual master is a self-realized soul, and by hearing and following the spiritual master's instructions, the disciple can al
so become self-realized. No secret mantras. No magic mushrooms or cactus buttons. No mystical hocus-pocus. The spiritual master simply imparts to his disciple the instructions he has heard from his own spiritual master, and the disciple becomes self-real
ized by hearing these instructions in a humble mood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The disciple places his sincere questions before the spiritual master, and the spiritual master answers these questions authoritatively (with reference to the autho
rized scriptures and his predecessors in the disciplic succession).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 What does it mean to be a servant of the spiritual master?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The disciple should think of himself as a menial servant of his spiritual master. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura, a great spiritual master of the late ninet
eenth century, prayed to his guru: "O pure devotee, O spiritual master, please accept me as your dog."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14 8 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ara\'eb\'e4gati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  A dog always depends on his master's mercy and stays ready to carry out his master's order. In the same way, a bona fide disciple places himself in the p
osition of a dog before his spiritual master and tries to satisfy him by carrying out his orders. In fact, the bona fide disciple respects his spiritual master as much as God Himself.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Question}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : "But why do I have to treat the spiritual master like God? Didn't you say he
's a humble servant of God?" Exactly. The spiritual master is a humble servant of God, and he tries to bring everyone back to the humble service of God. But there is no way to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba's servant directly. You have to become a servant of the 
servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The guru serves K\'e5\'f1\'eba by acting as His representative in this material world. Therefore, as we have said, the guru is as good as God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spiritual master doesn't accept our service on his own behalf, any more than the President's representative (such as the Secretary of State) accepts service on 
his own behalf. Rather, the spiritual master thinks, "Because I have accepted the responsibility of acting as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative, it is my duty to accept service from my disciples and to offer that service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." In this way, th
rough the genuine Vedic system of spiritual discipline, the spiritual master revives our natural spiritual consciousness by training us to act as eternal servants of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Question:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Still, it all sounds so dry and austere." Spiritual life requires a little 
austerity. But it's not dry austerity. The spiritual master's orders are called "the regulative principles of freedom." In other words, although we may feel (especially at first) that the spiritual master's instructions are just giving us trouble, by fol
lowing these instructions we wash away material contaminations and enjoy transcendental bliss from within\'97and not just in some afterlife, but here and now.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this age especially, the sacrifices that the disciple must undergo are very simple. In previous ages, the disciple had to perform rigorous physical exercises and
 adhere to strict vows of renunciation. But in this age the most important "austerity" is simply to chant and hear the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R
\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  confirm, "Chant the holy name, chant the ho
ly name, chant the holy name of the Lord. In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy, there is no other way, no other way, no other way to achieve self-realization" (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-
n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) This chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is easy and enjoyable, and it can make your life sublime.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The science of devotional service is full of transcendental potency, and we can realize this potency if we hear from a bona fide spiritual master and render service
 to him in a humble, submissive mood. Then we are sure to receive spiritual understanding and to advance on the path that leads out of material perplexity and back to home, back to Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub (References on next page.)
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Feast-ISKCON centers    v11 #8
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\'97c/o ISKCON C.3a A.4, Montes de Oca/25\'b744\'b757; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Calle
 Cayetano Rodriguez No. 36; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sao Paulo, S.P., Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rua Bolivia 180, Jardim Prudencia 04648/24
6-1408.
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\nosupersub Auckland, New Zealand}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lautoka, Fiji}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 125; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melbourne, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria 3206/ 329-9844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sydney, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'9750 Buckingham St., Surry Hills, NSW 2010/698-9141.
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rkeley, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonwealth Ave. 02116/ (617) 247-7300; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. 7 Box 870, Mallard Creek Rd, 28213/ (704) 596-5151; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chicago, lllinois}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97
1014 Emerson St., Evanston 60201/ (312) 491-0844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Clevel
and 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975430 Gurley Ave. 75223/ (214) 827-6330; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Denver, Colorado}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Lenox 48215/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesvil
le, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 S.W. Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9751 Coelho Way 96817/ (808) 595-3947; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 526-9860; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Co
ast Hwy, 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973716 Broadway, N. Las Vegas 89030/ (702) 642
-0968; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Blvd. Que. H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, 
Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 10019/ (212) 765-8610; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97224 Besserer St., Ont/ (613) 236-9091; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. W
oodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-
7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 S.E. Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o ISKCON, New York; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San D
iego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973300 Third Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 329-9348; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Avenue Rd., Ont. M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'971774 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver-9, B.C. (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D. C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710310 O
aklyn Rd., Potomac, Maryland 20854/ (301) 229-2100; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Winnipeg, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97160 Home St., Winnepeg, M
an. R3G 1W9 (204) 775-3575.
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\nosupersub \'97 Rock Mt. Rd., VOH 1BO/ (604) 446-2436; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Buff
alo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delaplane, Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 1. Box 22, 22025/ (703) 364-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay-Le-Male, 36600 Valency Chateau d'Oublaise; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London
, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire/ WD2 8EP, Radlett 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mulberry, Tennessee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 1. Box 146A. 37359/ (615) 759-7058; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, West Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Petropolis, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Sao Paulo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 17082/ (717) 5
27-2493.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v11#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 7 TE
XT 18\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 7 TEXT 47
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News    v11#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Begins Tour
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At 9:00 p.m. on June 1, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da stepped from a plane at Los Angeles International Airport and began his summer tour 
of the United States. Greeting him were hundreds of his disciples from the many West Coast K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious communities. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da stayed ten days at the Los Angeles R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple (the most populous of the more
 than eighty centers throughout the world) and then flew on to centers in Toronto, Pittsburgh, New V\'e5nd\'e4vana (West Virginia), Washington, and New York.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While in Los Angeles, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained his broad vision of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement to reporter Richard Dalrymple, religion writ
er for the Los Angeles }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Herald Examiner:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Just as in my body there are different parts, but the mo
st important part is the brain, so the important section of society is made up of those who are fully God conscious. You can cut off my hands or my legs and I shall live. But if you cut off my head, 1 must die. At the present moment there are big scienti
sts and skilled technologists; they are society's hands and legs. But there is no brain. Therefore, in one sense it is a dead society. So we are trying to bring America back to life by supplying the brain. If America takes K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness se
riously, other nations will follow. Make a 'United Nations' for God consciousness}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and all people 
will be benefited."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 New Temple Under Way in Fiji
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On May 9, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da laid the cornerstone for a majestic temple in Lautoka, Fiji. The new facility will be known as the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-K\'e4liya temp
le, in commemoration of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastime of punishing the great serpent K\'e4liya, during His advent five thousand years ago.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before the ceremony, ISKCON devotees chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and danced in a large procession through Lautoka's main street.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the stone-laying ceremony, hundreds of leading Fijians (including Lautoka's Mayor Hari Punja) listened attentively as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explained what pr
inciples the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement upholds, and how it is working to propagate those principles throughout the world.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Psychologists Praise Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Publications
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There's one science that nearly all of us want to know about: the science of the self. The Eastern counterpart of what Westerners call psychology is yoga, the scien
ce of linking the self with the Supreme Self\'97a treasure long "locked away" in the Sanskrit language of ancient India's Vedic literatures. No wonder, then, that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da\'92s word-for-word translations and
 clear-cut explanations of the Vedic literatures have won}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the acclaim of}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub psychologists.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. James N. Mosel, Emeritus Professor and Chairman of the Department of Psychology at the George Washington University, says this about \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "To the psychologist, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is of great interest because it is perhaps the most ancient account on record of a remarkable psychotherap
eutic session, administered to a 'patient' suffering from what today some would call 'ontological anxiety.' Swami Bhaktivedanta's translation is most useful in gaining an understanding of the psychological doctrine involved. . . . The translation affords
 the reader a rare and most welcome balance between the document's literal psychological content and its philosophic import."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Garry Gelade, Professor of Psychology at England's Oxford University, makes this appraisal of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "This is a book to be treasured.... The clarity and precision of his commentaries on the text can rarely ha
ve been equalled. No one of whatever faith or philosophical persuasion who reads this book with an open mind can fail to be both moved and impressed."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar    v11 #8
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\qc\sl0
\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
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\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jhulana-y\'e4tr
\'e4 begins.
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 7:
31 a.m.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Gaurid\'e4sa Pa\'eb\'f2ita\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Appearance o
f  Lord Baladeva }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (fasting till noon)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
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\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Full Moon.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Janm\'e4\'f1\'f6ami }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (fasting till midnight)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nan
dotsava (the birth ceremony of child }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba performed by Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja). Vy\'e4sa-p\'fcj\'e4.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Annad\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 (fasting fr
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\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0
\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub September 5\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 September 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:30 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Appearance of S\'e9t\'e4 \'d6h\'e4
kur\'e4ni (Advait\'e4c\'e4rya's wife)\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 R\'e4dh\'e4\'f1\'f6ami (appearance of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:30 a.m.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda\cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 An Age-old Tradition Comes to the Western World
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub An Age-old Tradition Comes to th
e Western World
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 In India, people have worshiped the Lord's form for centuries, and now the practice is flourishing in the West.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Photographs by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Lord appeared five thousand years ago to enact His pastimes (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub see p. 24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), good people rejoiced to be in His presence, to live on the same earth with Him. Yet, when Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba no longer visibly walked th
e earth, how did these people, His devotees, react? We'd expect that they were unbearably lonely. But for thousands of years devotees in India have known that we can personally see and serve the Lord in His Deity form. Now, to the Western mind this idea 
may seem unfamiliar, but it's easy to understand. For instance, the post office may be far from our homes, so the postal officials install authorized mail boxes around the city for our convenience. Those boxes are as good as the post office itself. Simil
arly, the authorized form of the Lord is as good as the Lord Himself, and the Lord, in His form as the Deity, accepts the service we offer Him. Although the average person might suppose that the Deity only represents the Lord, the mature devotee understa
nds that the Deity is the Supreme Lord Himself. For that reason, he worships the Deity with respect and love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since 1966, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness has started more than eighty temples worldwide to share the open secret of Deity worship. The Deitie
s pictured at right stand on the altar of the temple at ISKCON's Los Angeles community, New Dv\'e4rak\'e4. (Dv\'e4rak\'e4 is a city in India where the Lord performed many heroic activities during His advent on earth five thousand years ago.) The Deity on
 the left is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dv\'e4rak\'e4dh\'e9\'e7a,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "The Lord of Dv\'e4rak\'e4." Just like royalty, Lord Dv
\'e4rak\'e4dh\'e9\'e7a and His queen, \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Rukmi\'eb\'e9-dev\'e9, enjoy the best of everything: a gorgeous room, an elaborate wardrobe of morning, evening, and nighttime clothes, and all kinds of personal service. Every morning at 4:15 A.M., 
Laba\'ecgalatik\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 gently places on the marble altar a silver plate laden with milk sweets and slices of fruit. Then she offers the food to the Lord by reciting prayers. (The devotees make seven such offerings throughout the day.) "It
's not that God becomes hungry," Laba\'ecgalatik\'e4 explains. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is complete in Himself. He doesn't require anything from us. But if we serve the Lord in some way, if we please Him, then by His grace we can understand Him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From 8:45 to 11:00 A.M., the doors to the Deities' room remain open so that anyone can come, offer respects, and perhaps offer some fruit or flowers for the Lord's 
pleasure. By 11:00 A.M., the largest offering of the day is ready. Generally, this offering consists of twenty-five dishes (including succulent vegetables, thick creams, breads, sweets, rice, soup, and cheese), and on special days there may be as many as
 three hundred savory items. After the noontime offering, the Lord "rests" until 3:45 P.M., when the devotees greet Him with prayers and incense and frosted cakes, cakes floating in milk, rice pudding, nectar drinks, cheese pies, cookies, honey, and othe
r things. Preparing all this food requires a team of ten devotees working nearly 'round the clock, seven days a week}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seven full offerings a day also means a lot of dishwashing, and Racit\'e4mbara-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 and her family help out}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When I first came to the temple, Deity worship didn't attract me," she says, "but now it's my favorite work. Sometimes nondevotees argue with me, 'God is everywhere. Why must I come to the temple t
o worship Him?' I explain that God }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  everywhere\'97the entire creation is His energy\'97but it's
 very difficult to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub see}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God everywhere, and it's impossible to serve Him like that. Therefore, the
 Lord kindly appears as the Deity, so that we can serve Him with our body, mind, and words." "After decorating the Deities with store-bought jewelry for two years," says L\'e4l K\'e5\'f1\'eba d\'e4sa, "I got an inspiration and a desire to personally hand
craft Their jewelry. I didn't have any experience; so I got a book and some basic tools, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba provided the intelligence." At first a part-time experiment, L\'e4l K\'e5\'f1\'eba's jewelry-making soon turned into a full-time engagement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One necklace takes three or four days of designing and crafting, and a whole set of jewelry (including crowns, necklaces, chokers, bracelets, foot-bells, and earrin
gs) might take a month. But L\'e4l K\'e5\'f1\'eba's determination and devotion are unswerving. "High-class people have everything custom-made," he reasons, "and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's the highest-class person of all."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Along with a few other devotees, Tu\'ecgabhadr\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 spends her whole day making the Deities' beautiful clothing. The elaborate outfits of silk, sa
tin, velvet, and chiffon reveal expert designing and exquisite hand-tailoring. Even so, the seamstresses never feel complacent. "Spiritual life is never stagnant or static," Tu\'ecgabhadr\'e4 explains. "We're always trying to improve the quality of our s
ervice."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Flowers add a fragrant dimension to Deity worship. The devotees use artistic combinations of mums, roses, gardenias, and carnations to decorate the altar and garlan
d the Deities. D\'e9ne\'e7vara-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, a newly initiated devotee from Paris, spends her afternoons polishing the vases, arranging the flowers, and making the Deities' garlands. "Since I started doing things for the Deities," she says, "It's e
asy for me to understand that God is not a threatening, foreign force\'97He's a person."}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 is a celebration of welcoming the Lord. Just as we would help a guest feel at home by offering him gifts and refreshment, so the devotees offer the Lord incense, camphor, clarified butter, water, a napkin, a flower, and cooling fans. As the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4rati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ceremony begins, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p
\'fcj\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or priest, steps to the edge of the Deity room and sounds a conchshell heralding the celebration}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Then he offers the incense sticks, the lamps of flaming camphor and butter}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the water (in a conchshell), the napkin, the flower, the peacock fan, and the yak-tail whisk, in that order. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents the first five items to the Deities with graceful, circular hand motions. Then he sends pleasant breezes over Their Lordships with the
 fan and whisk}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the Los Angeles temple the devotees make seven such offerings at regular times
 each day.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In contrast with the quietly reverent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'fcj\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the devotees in the temple room are exuberant. As the half-hour }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  starts, the lead singer chants prayers and the congregation joins in responsively, all to the accompaniment of rhythmically ringing hand cymbals and pulsating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecgas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (oblong clay drums struck from both ends). At first the group simply sways from side to side, in time with the singing. But soon the pace quickens, 
and some people start dancing as the music moves them. In a moment others have caught up the mood. The joy is contagious. Even a newcomer watching the bright-faced devotees (as they laugh, clap, jump, and whirl with arms upraised) can see that here is an
other dimension, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the heart of everything and transcendental bliss prevails.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Birth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Birth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa300\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Three thousand years before the Son of God appeared on earth, God Himself appeared. Ancient India's Vedic literature tells us how and why.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adapted}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'c5\'d1\'cbA, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Five thousand years ago, the people of the earth were suffering under many demoniac rulers, especially the wicked king Ka\'e0sa. At last the rulers became so oppres
sive that Lord Brahm\'e4, the chief of the universal demigods, appealed to the Supreme Lord, Vi\'f1\'ebu [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], for help. As Lord Brahm\'e4 sat in meditation, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu transmitted a message to him which Lord Brahm\'e4 then relayed to t
he other demigods: "Very soon Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, will appear on earth along with His supreme potencies. All of you demigods should immediately take birth in families of the Yadu dynasty. When, in due course of time, the
 Lord Himself appears in the Yadu dynasty, you should assist Him in His mission of annihilating the demons and establishing the devotees."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some time later, a great wedding took place in what is now known as India. King Devaka gave his daughter, Devak\'e9, to Vasudeva in marriage. Vasudeva was the son o
f King \'c7\'fcrasena, the leader of the Yadu dynasty, in which Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba was to appear. Being very affectionate toward his daughter, King Devaka gave a magnificent dowry to his new son-in-law: four hundred elephants decorated with golden garla
nds, fifteen thousand decorated horses, and eighteen hundred chariots. Following an ancient Indian custom, Devak\'e9's brother Ka\'e0sa voluntarily took the reins of the chariot and drove the bride and bridegroom to their new home. As they drove in the c
hariot along the road to Mathur\'e4, Vasudeva's home and the Yadus' capital city, musicians played melodiously on conchshells, bugles, drums, and kettledrums.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The procession was passing very pleasingly when a voice suddenly vibrated from the sky: "Ka\'e0sa! You are such a fool! You are driving the chariot of your sister a
nd your brother-in-law, but you do not know that their eighth child will kill you!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa immediately caught hold of Devak\'e9's hair and drew his sword to kill her. But before he could strike her Vasudeva interjected, "My dear brother-in-law! Y
ou are the most famous king of the Bhoja dynasty. And everyone knows that you are the greatest of warriors."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Though shocked at Ka\'e0sa's behavior, Vasudeva was able to stay the sword of Ka\'e0sa with this flattery. Vasudeva continued, "Are you so infuriated that you are p
repared to kill a woman\'97indeed, your own sister\'97just at the auspicious time of her marriage?" Ka\'e0sa was well known as the most demoniac of all the kings in the Bhoja dynasty. In fact, he was one of the demons whom Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu intended to an
nihilate. Nonetheless, Vasudeva was aghast that Ka\'e0sa could kill his own sister.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Ka\'e0sa reflected for a moment, Vasudeva spoke on a more philosophical plane. "Why should you be so afraid of death? Death is born along with you right at the m
oment of your birth. From the very day you took your birth, you began to die. And when you die, your present body will stop functioning; you will take another body. Therefore, I beg you not to be overwhelmed by the fear of death, nor to bear malice towar
d your sister. You are safe for the present. Also, Devak\'e9 and I might not even have sons in the future. And if we do have sons, I promise that I shall present all of them to you for the necessary action."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa knew the value of Vasudeva's word of honor, and he was convinced by his argument. So he desisted from the heinous attempt to kill Devak\'e9. Greatly please
d, Vasudeva praised Ka\'e0sa's decision, and the party continued to Mathur\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In due course of time, when Devak\'e9 bore a son, Vasudeva kept his word and brought the child to Ka\'e0sa. Vasudeva felt great anguish when he handed over the newb
orn child, and Ka\'e0sa took pity on his brother-in-law. "My dear Vasudeva, you need not present this child to me. I am not in danger from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  child. The voice said that the eighth child would kill me. Why should I harm this child unnecessarily? You can take him back."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, at that time the great sage N\'e4rada came to talk with Ka\'e0sa. Being very anxious to accelerate the descent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, N\'e4rada informed K
a\'e0sa that in Mathur\'e4 the members of the Yadu dynasty were preparing for the advent of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Demigods were taking birth as Yadus, and in the village of Gokula, just across the Yamun\'e4 River, the cowherd families headed by King Nanda we
re also getting ready for the Lord's appearance. N\'e4rada warned Ka\'e0sa to be on his guard.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa now understood that it was Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu who would kill him, and that the Lord was coming soon. So he at once arrested Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 and put th
em behind prison bars.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Within the prison, shackled in iron chains, Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 gave birth to sons year after year; and, thinking each baby to be the incarnation of Vi\'f1\'ebu,
 Ka\'e0sa murdered them, one after another. Then he captured and imprisoned his own father, Ugrasena, who was the leading king of the land. Thereupon, Ka\'e0sa declared himself the leading king, and after making alliances with many other demoniac rulers,
 he did indeed become the most powerful king in all of India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the years when Ka\'e0sa murdered the first six babies of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva, many of Ka\'e0sa's friends and relatives approached him and begged him to st
op his atrocities. But instead of complying, by the force of his personality Ka\'e0sa moved these supplicants to bow down and worship him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, when Devak\'e9 became pregnant for the seventh time, a plenary expansion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba known as Ananta appeared within her womb. Devak\'e9 was overwh
elmed with both jubilation and lamentation. She was happy that the Lord had taken shelter in her womb, but at the same time she was afraid that as soon as she gave birth, Ka\'e0sa would kill the child.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ordered His internal potency (Yogam\'e4y\'e4) to descend to the earth. Yogam\'e4y\'e4 cast a spell 
over Devak\'e9 and another wife of Vasudeva's, Rohi\'eb\'e9, who was across the Yamun\'e4 River living with King Nanda and Queen Ya\'e7od\'e4 in the village of Gokula. Frightened away by Ka\'e0sa's atrocities, Rohi\'eb\'e9 and many others from the Yadu d
ynasty were living outside Mathur\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Yogam\'e4y\'e4 had cast her influence over Devak\'e9 and Rohi\'eb\'e9, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba transferred His primary expansion from Devak\'e9's womb to Rohi\'eb
\'e9's womb. Thus, people thought that Devak\'e9's seventh pregnancy was a miscarriage. But actually the baby, a boy, was born to Rohi\'eb\'e9 in Gokula. He was to be known as Balar\'e4ma, the brother and constant companion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now the time had arrived for the birth of the fateful eighth child of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9. From the spiritual world, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba entered by His mystic po
wer into the heart of Vasudeva, who thus appeared just like the glowing sun. Then Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba passed from the heart of Vasudeva into the heart of Devak\'e9, exactly as the setting sun's rays transfer to the full moon rising in the east. The Lord 
did not appear within Devak\'e9 by seminal discharge; rather. He appeared independently, by His own energy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, Devak\'e9 became the residence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is one without a second and the cause of all creation. Because she was within
 the prison walls of Ka\'e0sa's palace, no one but Ka\'e0sa could see her transcendental beauty, which appeared like fire contained within a pot. When Ka\'e0sa saw his sister's extraordinary beauty, he at once understood that God had indeed taken shelter
 in her womb, and he became distraught. At first he decided to kill Devak\'e9, but then he changed his mind, fearing public outrage at the murder of a pregnant woman.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the days went by, an ocean of animosity against the Lord swelled in Ka\'e0sa's heart. He patiently awaited the child's birth, expecting to kill him as he had kil
led Devak\'e9's other sons. He was obsessed with the thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba twenty-four hours a day. While sleeping, eating, working, sitting, or walking, all he could see around him was K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the time drew near for the appearance of the Lord, auspicious constellations and stars moved to influential positions in the heavens. In all directions, peace an
d prosperity spread over the earth. Rivers flowed full of water, and lakes were decorated beautifully with lotus flowers. Peacocks and other beautiful birds in the forest danced with their consorts and sang with sweet voices. The wind blew pleasantly, ca
rrying the aroma of many flowers, and the sensation of bodily touch was very pleasing. At the seashore, the mild sound of lapping waves mingled with the gentle thunder of the clouds above. On the heavenly planets, angels and their wives danced, Gandharva
s and Kinnaras sang, and the C\'e4ra\'ebas offered prayers to the Personality of Godhead. The great sages and demigods showered flowers down upon the earth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, in the darkness of night, as a thunderstorm brought heavy rains to Mathur\'e4, the Lord appeared before Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 within the jail of Ka\'e0sa. Va
sudeva was struck with wonder when he saw the newborn child. The baby had four arms, and He held a conchshell, a club, a disc, and a lotus flower in His hands. He was decorated with the special mark of \'c7r\'e9vatsa on His chest, and around His throat h
ung the jeweled necklace of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kaustubha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stone. He was dressed in yellow silk, and he wore valuable 
bracelets, earrings, and other ornaments all over His body. On His head, which was abundantly covered with hair. He wore a helmet bedecked with a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vaid\'fcrya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  stone. Shedding His effulgence within the room, the child appeared as dazzling as a bright, blackish cloud.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Convinced that the newborn child}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva bowed down with folded hands and began to offer Him prayers: "My dear Lord, I can understand who You are. You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul of all living
 entities and the Absolute Truth. I can understand that You have appeared before us in Your own eternal form just to deliver us from our fear of Ka\'e0sa. You have appeared to kill the uncivilized Ka\'e0sa and his followers. But, knowing that You were co
ming to kill him, he has already murdered six of Your elder brothers, and now he is simply awaiting the news of Your birth. As soon as he hears of it, he will immediately come here with all kinds of weapons to kill You."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then Devak\'e9 offered her prayers. "My dear Lord, all Your eternal forms in Your millions of incarnations are original forms, because They are outside the material
 world and existed before the creation of this cosmos. They are eternal, all-pervading, self-effulgent, changeless, and uncontaminated by material qualities. Your eternal forms are ever-cognizant and situated in transcendental goodness, and They always p
erform blissful pastimes. They are also self-sufficient, and 1 can thus understand that You are the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But I am afraid for You because of my brother Ka\'e0sa. My Lord, Ka\'e0sa may already know that You are born. Therefore, I request You to conceal Your four-armed f
orm holding the conchshell, disc, club, and lotus flower."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing their prayers, the Lord replied, "I have appeared in this Vi\'f1\'ebu form just to convince you that I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I could hav
e appeared as an ordinary child, but then you wouldn't have believed that I am the Supreme Lord. My dear mother and father, you have accepted Me as your child with great affection, and I am very pleased with you. You shall go back to home, back to Godhea
d, because you have perfected your mission. Now I order you to take Me immediately to Gokula and exchange Me for the daughter who has just been born to Ya\'e7od\'e4." Having spoken thus, the Lord transformed Himself into an ordinary child and remained si
lent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Exactly at that time, a daughter was born to King Nanda and Queen Ya\'e7od\'e4, in Gokula. She was Yogam\'e4y\'e4, who had previously cast her spell so that Balar
\'e4ma could transfer to the womb of Rohi\'eb\'e9. Now, even as she lay as a newborn baby beside Ya\'e7od\'e4 in Gokula, she spread her influence to Mathur\'e4. All the people in Ka\'e0sa's palace, including the doorkeepers, fell asleep. And the palace d
oors automatically opened, although they had been barred and shackled with iron chains. When the door of the jail opened, Vasudeva lifted up baby K\'e5\'f1\'eba and walked outside. Severe rain was falling and the night was very dark, but by K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a's influence Vasudeva could see as clearly as if the sun were shining. The plenary expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba known as Lord Ananta appeared in the shape of a serpent, and He spread His hoods over Vasudeva's head to protect him from the downpour.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On arriving at the bank of the Yamun\'e4, Vasudeva saw that the river was roaring with waves and that the whole span was full of foam. Still, in that furious featur
e, the river gave passage to Vasudeva, just as the Indian Ocean once made a path for Lord R\'e4ma when he was bridging the gulf to Lanka.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other side, Vasudeva went to the house of Nanda in Gokula. All the cowherd men were fast asleep, and Vasudeva took the opportunity to slip into Ya\'e7od\'e4'
s room. Without difficulty he exchanged the two babies. Then he returned to Mathur\'e4, went back into the prison, and silently placed the girl on the lap of Devak\'e9. So that Ka\'e0sa would not know that anything had happened, Vasudeva then adjusted al
l the doors and gates and again clamped the shackles on himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The gatekeepers awoke to the newborn child's crying and rushed into Ka\'e0sa's bedroom to tell him the news. Ka\'e0sa jumped out of bed and exclaimed, "Now the crue
l death of my life is born!" So perplexed that his hair stood on end, Ka\'e0sa proceeded to the jail.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On seeing her brother approaching, Devak\'e9 prayed to him meekly, "My dear brother, please do not kill this female child. I promise she will be your son's wife. Do
n't kill her. You are not to be killed by a girl. That was not the omen. You are to be killed by a male child. So please, do not kill her. My dear brother, even though you have killed so many of my newborn children, that was not your fault. You were advi
sed by demoniac friends. But now I beg you to excuse this girl. Let her live as my daughter."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, Ka\'e0sa was so cruel that he did not listen to the beautiful prayers of his sister. He forcibly grabbed the newborn child, raised her over his head, and a
ttempted to dash her mercilessly on the stone floor. But the child slipped from his hands and flew up into the sky! Hovering there, she revealed herself as the Goddess Durg\'e4, decorated with a fine dress, flower garlands, and ornaments. In her eight ha
nds she held a bow, a lancet, arrows, a bell, a conchshell, a disc, a club, and a shield. Demigods prayed to her and offered her gifts. She looked down at Ka\'e0sa and addressed him, "You rascal, how can you kill me? The child who will one day kill }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has already been born, and is elsewhere. Don't be so cruel to your poor sister." Then Durg\'e4 dep
arted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Overwhelmed with fear after hearing Durg\'e4's words, Ka\'e0sa released Vasudeva and Devak\'e9 from their shackles. Addressing them politely, he said, "My dear sist
er and brother-in-law, completely neglecting our intimate relationship, I have acted just like a demon in killing my own nephews. I don't know what will be the results of these acts of mine. Probably I shall be sent to the hell where }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub killers go.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear sister Devak\'e9, you are so gentle and kind. Please forgive me. Don't be aggrieved by your children's death, which I have caused. Actually, they were not 
killed by me at all. Their death was predestined. Everyone has to act according to destiny, even unwillingly. Please forgive the atrocities I have committed against you. I am very poor-hearted, and you are so greathearted, so take compassion on me and fo
rgive me." With tears flowing from his eyes, Ka\'e0sa fell down at their feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Devak\'e9 saw her brother's repentance, she was pacified and forgave all his atrocious activities. Vasudeva also forgave all past incidents and, smiling, addre
ssed Ka\'e0sa, "My dear fortunate brother-in-law, every living entity is born ignorant, thinking that this material body is his self. And on the basis of this ignorant conception, we create enmity and friendship. Lamentation, jubilation, tearfulness, env
y, greed, illusion, and madness are different features of our material concept of life. When these things influence us, we engage in acts inimical to others and forget our eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Vasudeva spoke to Ka\'e0sa in such an illuminating way, Ka\'e0sa became very pleased, and his guilt for killing his nephews subsided. With the permission of hi
s sister and brother-in-law, he then returned home in great relief.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, across the river in Gokula, Ya\'e7od\'e4 was fast asleep. Because she was exhausted by the labor of childbirth, she could not remember whether she had gi
ven birth to a boy or a girl.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day, King Nanda declared that Ya\'e7od\'e4 had given birth to a male child, and Nanda celebrated the birth of his son very joyfully. He called for learned 
astrologers and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to perform the birth ceremony according to Vedic custom. Wearing 
fine dress, ornaments, and garlands, Nanda and his relatives sat down in front of what they thought was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthplace. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  then chanted auspicious mantras, and astrologers read a horoscope of the child's future. Everyone worshiped Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu and the demigods and also the forefathers of the family. Finally, King N
anda distributed to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  both hills of grain and 200,000 well-ornamented cows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Nanda worshiped Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, he desired only that his newborn child would be happy. He prayed to Vi\'f1\'ebu to protect the child, not knowing that his son 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba was Himself the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the origin of Vi\'f1\'ebu and the origin of all material and spiritual worlds. In this way, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba began His earthly pastimes, in which He would annihilate the demons and deliver
 His devotees back to His own abode, Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the darkness of night, during a thunderstorm, the Lord appeared in Ka\'e0sa's 
jail.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To protect his son K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Vasudeva carried Him across the River Yamun
\'e4 and left Him in place of Ya\'e7od\'e4's daughter.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Patron Member    v11#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BECOME A PATRON MEMBER
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Freedom in knowledge    v11#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#7
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 What if one book said it all?      v11#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What if one book said it all?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#7
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
11 No. 9, 1976
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v11#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha S\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9van d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7
\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Karu\'eb\'e4sindhu d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Caruh\'e4sa d\'e4sa, J
ayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Arcita d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus
\'fcdana d\'e4sa, M\'e4khana-taskra d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Candan\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Jaya\'e7ac\'e9nandana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v11#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seven-year-old Sammohin\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 puts the finishing touches on a colorful blackboard portrait of Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Like the other students at ISKCON's primary school in Los Angeles, she studies English, history, math, and ancient India's Vedic literatures. The Vedic literatures explain how to spiritualize matter by using it in the Lord's service, and the child
ren at ISKCON's Gurukula are learning the art (see page 16). \line Photograph by Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9. 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P2: His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of BACK TO
 GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna
 Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the b
ackbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present to
pics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Getting to the Soul of Psychology
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Getting to the Soul of Psycholog
y
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If psychology pushed to its deepest truths, it could not stop short of arriving at spiritual questions."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Dr. Rollo May
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On October 3, 1972, psychologist Dr. Gerald Frazer visited His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da at I
SKCON's world headquarters, in Los Angeles. Their conversation follows.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am curious to know what you do when one of y
our students has a problem on the physical or emotional platform. Do you help that person over his problem by getting him to transcend it, by rising above it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we speak only on the transce
ndental platform, not on the bodily or mental or intellectual platform. We recognize four platforms: the bodily or sensual platform; then, above that, the mental platform; above that, the intellectual platform; and above that, the spiritual platform.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First of all, our direct perception is on the sensual platform, by sense perception }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (indriy\'e4\'ebi par\'e4\'eby \'e4hu\'f9).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For example, now I am directly seeing your tape recorder\'97this is the sensual platform. But if you describe yo
ur tape recorder to me, then I see it on the mental platform. These two visions\'97sensual and mental\'97are different. And when an electronics expert thinks of how to improve the tape recorder, he is seeing on the intellectual platform. That is another 
vision. So, even in the material realm, there are three visions, three platforms: sensual, mental, and intellectual. And above all these is the spiritual platform. On this platform is the soul, who experiences the world through the material senses, mind,
 and intelligence.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, we speak on the spiritual platform. We know that if someone is spiritually sound, then he will be intellectually, mentally, and phy
sically sound as well. That is our proposition. When you have one hundred dollars, then you also have fifty dollars, twenty-five dollars, and ten dollars. So, we train our students spiritually. For spiritual understanding, they have to rise early in the 
morning, they have to take a bath, they can eat only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [vegetarian foods offered 
to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba], and they refrain from certain things. In this way, their physical and hygienic problems are automatically solved. We don't spend very much in doctor's bills. In the last seven years, I have not had one doctor's bill. And most of 
our students are not troubled by physical disease.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Good health actually depends}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub on the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub presence of the spirit soul within the body. Within y
our body is you, the spirit soul. And because the spirit soul is there, your body looks healthy. But as soon as the spirit soul is gone from your body, your body will immediately begin to decompose. This is the distinction between a living body and a dea
d body. When the spirit soul is within a body, it is called a living body, and as soon as the spirit soul is not there, it is called a dead body. Therefore, you should always keep yourself spiritually fit. Then you will keep mentally, intellectually, and
 physically fit.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, as far as the spirit soul is concerned, do you have any conception of it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some conception. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My words cannot describe it very well. It is the
 inexpressible, ineffable essence of both me and you. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, that is not an explanation. T
hat is a negation. Unless we actually perceive and know the spirit soul, there is no question of spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When you talk about the spirit soul, you seem to
 refer to that part of me I feel most when I am not using my physical senses.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your physical senses are working 
due to the presence of the spirit soul. You are moving your hand because the spirit soul is within you. And as soon as the spirit soul is gone from your body, your body becomes simply a lump of matter.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, matter is separate from the spirit soul?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. The soul is the vital force,
 the moving force, that is in you, that is in me, that is in the ant, that is in the elephant, that is everywhere. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it in our bodies after we are dead?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Death means you are gone from you
r body. But other spirit souls are there in your body in so many germs, parasites, and so on. There are innumerable individual spirit souls in your body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Individual spirit souls? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. You are an individual, I am 
an individual, everyone is an individual}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what is there about all spirit souls that is
 the same?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The quality is the same. Just as 
(since you are a human being and I am a human being) you have two hands and I have two hands, you have two legs and I have two legs, and so on. But still, you and I are different. That is individuality. Understanding that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What happens when someone comes to you, and he i
s caught up in a problem in, say, the physical or mental plane, and he can't understand the spiritual plane. Do you tie him into the spiritual plane so that he can transcend his problem?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that is the purpose of the K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. If someone comes to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious platform, then he has no more problems, either physical, mental, or intellectual.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What I am especially curious about is how you br
ing someone to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness when he approaches you. Do you have a healing process?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Just as you heal by some psy
chiatric process, so we also heal by this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you say a bit about that process?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is the chanting of the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. This chanting is just like the process for curing snakebite. Have you seen snake charmers in India? We have them there still. If someone is bitten by a snake and is lying unconscious, the snake charmer can gradually awaken him by ch
anting a certain mantra. This is a material process. Similarly, we are spirit souls, and everyone of us is either psychologically or physically diseased. So, by this chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba we awaken the consciousness that cures all our physical,
 mental, and intellectual diseases.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It would seem that someone would have to have a 
certain kind of mentality for the chanting to be of assistance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. We create the healthy mentali
ty simply by chanting. We chant, and we ask him to join us in chanting. Then he is cured intellectually, mentally, and physically.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are many people who would not do that. The
y seek healing from other individuals and not from themselves\'97not from what they can achieve through internal concentration or chanting. They are not used to looking within.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nevertheless, we have so many stu
dents who have been cured of all mental, physical, and intellectual problems simply by chanting. There are so many students. You can talk to any of them.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  After they've gone through the process to get to
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, do your students stay in the temple, or do they go out into the community and work at regular jobs?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Some of them do that. This studen
t [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gestures toward a devotee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] is a doctor of chemistry. He is doing his job, but he is in K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness. And there are many professors and many workers in our movement. One doesn't have to live in the temple. No. He can live outside, but he keeps his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. However, within the temple it is easier to remain K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a conscious because of the association of devotees. Their association is an important influence.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you teach control of the body?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. No meat-eating, no intoxicat
ion, no illicit sex, no gambling. These are some of the no's. And there are so many yeses. Do's and do nots; that is control of the body. Our students do not go to the cinema or restaurants. They do not even smoke, drink tea or coffee\'97nothing. We have
 no such expenditures, and almost no doctor's bills.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You said no illicit sex. What is permissible sex
?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Permissible sex means, first of a
ll, sex only with one's wife. One must be married, and with his wife he can have sex once in a month after the menstrual period. And when his wife is pregnant, no more sex life. This is permissible sex.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you impose any punishment for illicit sex?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Punishment will be there automati
cally, by nature's way. As soon as you violate nature's law, you will be punished. Suppose you are eating. If you eat a little more than you need, you will be punished. That is nature's law. If you have too much sex, then you become impotent. That is nat
ure's punishment for too much sex indulgence. And if you indulge in all these prohibited things\'97illicit sex, intoxication, meat-eating, and gambling\'97then you will never understand spiritual consciousness. That is the greatest punishment. If you do 
not understand spiritual life, you remain like an animal, in ignorance. So, in spite of getting the chance of a human body, if we remain like animals, is}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub this not the greatest punishment?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I suppose it is, but how can we end this ignoran
ce?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As soon as you understand God, th
en your knowledge is perfect. If you do not understand God, then your knowledge is imperfect. The animals cannot be educated about God, but human beings can. Therefore, there are so many scriptures in the human society. But if you don't take advantage of
 this human life to understand God, then you remain an animal.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Have you seen people who have understood God, wh
o have been K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious, but who have regressed back to the bodily, mental, or intellectual platforms?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Just as you may be cured of 
a disease but again become infected and have a relapse, so you may also become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious but again fall down into material life. But if you always keep yourself spiritually fit, then there is no chance of downfall.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you tell me what the essence of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness is?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To understand God. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To understand God and to do what is most natural
\'97to follow the natural laws?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The essence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness is to know God and to love Him. That is our proposition. Human life is meant for understanding God and loving Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I can easily follow what you are saying. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness seems to involve doing what's most natural. Overeating, overindulging in sex, overdoing anything is not natural.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First of all, the basic principle
 of understanding is that you are a spirit soul\'97you are not your body. But because you have accepted a body, you have to suffer so many bodily troubles. All our troubles are due to this material body. Therefore, this material body itself is our proble
m.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since, as you mentioned before, the spirit soul 
and the body are always different, does the perfectly realized soul feel physical distress? In other words, can someone in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness get a physical disease?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The body is subject to physical d
isease. How can I avoid it? But if I do not identify with my body, then the disease will not bother me. For example, suppose two men are sitting in a very nice car. Somehow or other the car is damaged. The man who possesses the car is afflicted, but the 
other man is not, although they are both sitting in the same car. Why is this? Can you explain this psychologically? The owner is afflicted\'97he is concerned\'97but his friend is not concerned. What is the cause of the owner's distress?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His possession. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. The owner is absorbed in pos
session: "Oh, my car is ruined!" But because the friend has no sense of possession, he is not affected. In the same way, the body is different from the soul, and when you come to the consciousness of not possessing your body, then there is no trouble.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, someone in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness may 
come down with a bodily illness, but he won't be afflicted by it spiritually?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, he won't be afflicted. He is 
just like the man who is perfectly detached from his car: "All right, the car is damaged. I will lose some money, but it doesn't matter." But another man, who is very much absorbed in possession, thinks, "Oh, my car is damaged!" In the same way, one who 
is absorbed in bodily identification is more afflicted, and one who is not absorbed, who knows that he is not his body, is not afflicted. It is a question of consciousness. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person may become diseased, but he simply says, "Oh, i
t comes and goes. It doesn't matter. Let me do my duty. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." This is the difference. It is a question of development of consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What do you do when someone preoccupied with bad
 thoughts comes to you?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When someone is absorbed in thoug
hts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there is no scope for bad thoughts. You can think of only one subject matter at a time, so if you are absorbed twenty-four hours a day in thoughts of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then there is no question of bad thoughts. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If I understand you correctly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba co
nscious people are cured of bad thoughts just by getting away from them\'97not by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub expressing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the thoughts
 and getting away from them, but by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  expressing the thoughts and getting away from them. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The process is like this: a man c
omes to our society with bad thoughts, but by chanting, chanting, chanting, he becomes relieved of these bad thoughts.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He doesn't talk about the bad thoughts to anyone
? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He may talk or not talk; it doesn
't matter. But the bad thoughts go away.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One thing I don't quite understand. You and the 
people around you often seek to proselytize strangers, to involve new people. Why is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You also proselytize. When a madm
an goes to you, you turn him into a sane man. Is that not proselytizing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but he comes to me. Your people go out to o
ther people.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So we are better friends to those
 who are suffering. You charge fees, but we canvass without any personal gain. Therefore, we are better friends than you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What if someone says no to you?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then it is no. Suppose a fruit ve
ndor is canvassing, "Here is a nice mango." That does not mean everyone will buy. The mango is good. Because someone does not buy it, that does not mean the mango is bad. It is his misfortune that he did not buy the nice mango.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I was just thinking of what you said about charg
ing a fee. How else could professional people make a living? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Of course. You are a professional
, but we are not professionals. We distribute our knowledge without demanding a personal salary. We distribute such an exalted thing\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97without any desire for our own profit.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yet it seems to me that when a person joins you 
he gives you his time, he gives you his energy\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, he gives everything. Take th
ese devotees, for instance. They have given everything. Why do they give everything? We don't charge anything. Do you think they are all fools to give everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba? What is your idea?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They may do whatever they wish. They want to giv
e everything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. And that is natural\'97to gi
ve everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is the sane condition. To withhold anything from K\'e5\'f1\'eba is an insane condition. It is something like stealing from this temple. Suppose someone takes this box without my knowledge. He will be in tribulation: 
"Oh, I have taken this without Swamiji's knowledge! What will he think?" But he is cured of all this trouble when he returns the box. Similarly, everything belongs to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Everything belongs to God. Nothing belongs to me, not even this body. T
herefore, to offer everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the sane condition of life. So, when someone comes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he returns every thing that he has received from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is sanity. Everyone else is a thief, enjoying ano
ther's property and claiming it to be his. For example, take your country, the United States of America. Do you think it is actually your country? Two hundred years ago it did not belong to you; it belonged to the red Indians. Now you are claiming it to 
be your country. Why? After another two hundred years it might belong to others. So, why is it your country now? Similarly, God has given us this life, God has given us this body. God has given us this mind, God has given us everything. Therefore, everyt
hing belongs to God, and to come to this understanding is called K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about other philosophical studies\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually, by philosophical study 
we have to understand that everything belongs to God. That is the original philosophy: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4syam ida\'e0 sarvam:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Everything belongs to God." You, I, and everyone else belong to God, and since we are all children of God, we have the right to use God's property\'97but not more than what we require. Now, you are God's son, I am God's son, and ev
erything is God's property. So, you may enjoy your father's property, and I may enjoy it, but when you encroach on my property so that I starve, that is illegal. If we accept that everything belongs to God, and that we are all sons of God\'97every one of
 us, even animals, insects, birds, bees, trees\'97then we all have the right to use God's property\'97but no more than what is required. That is God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, I certainly agree with that, but again, my
 own conflict is whether K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the only consciousness for everyone. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Other consciousness is partial. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is full. For instance, American national consciousness\'97that is partial. But when you speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, that is complete.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is it more complete than Hinduism?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are talking of God, not Hindui
sm or Christianity. God is for everyone. God is neither Hindu nor Christian; He is for everyone. Simply love God. It doesn't matter whether you are Hindu or Christian or Muslim or whatever.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Frazer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you for seeing me and talking with me.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you very much. Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "If you do not understand spiritual life, yo
u remain like an animal, in ignorance." \line "The animals cannot be educated about God, but human beings can."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Human life is meant for understanding God and
 loving Him." 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 advert-tapes    v11#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SOUNDS OF TRANSCENDENCE
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once every week for ten weeks, $19. (outside USA and Canada $24.)
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Meditation
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace sings and plays harmonium. Pure devotional music in praise of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Meditation
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Meditation
\par }\pard \s901 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased with the atmosphere of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest, where flowers bloomed and bees and drones hummed jubil
antly. While the birds, trees, and branches were all looking very happy, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, tending the cows and accompanied by \'c7r\'e9 Balar\'e4ma and the cowherd boys, began to vibrate His transcendental flute. When the cowherd girls of V\'e5nd\'e4vana 
heard the sweet vibration, they began to talk among themselves about how nicely K\'e5\'f1\'eba was playing His flute. They also described how K\'e5\'f1\'eba dressed, decorated with a peacock feather on His head (just like a dancing actor) and with blue f
lowers pushed over His ear. His garment glowed yellow-gold, and He wore a vaijayant\'e9 garland around His neck. Dressed in such an attractive way, K\'e5\'f1\'eba filled up the holes of His flute with the nectar emanating from His lips. So the cowherd gi
rls remembered Him entering the V\'e5nd\'e4vana forest, which is always glorified by the footprints of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His companions.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the reasons why Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared five thousand years ago was to give us subject matter for meditatio
n. This description of K\'e5\'f1\'eba entering the forest of V\'e5nd\'e4vana is taken from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How Much Faith Should We Put in Education?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOW MUCH FAITH SHOULD WE PUT IN 
EDUCATION?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With theories being established, taught, and discarded like disposable napkins, a father wonders whether his child will get a
 real education.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Rav\'e9ndra Svar\'fcpa d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the summer of 1970, I felt for the first time the fear that parents know when their child ventures out into the world. My daughter Emily wasn't even three years 
old, a toddler. Yet one morning, as I watched her walking down the street to play, I suddenly saw her facing the whole sweep of her future.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At moments like this, a person really comes face-to-face with the question of education. I started to think of what I could teach her to help her through the assort
ed puzzles of this world. And, much to my dismay, I realized that I had nothing to say.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not that I was uneducated, by ordinary standards. I had majored in philosophy in college, studied literature for a year in graduate school, and had gone on to two y
ears' study in religion, also in graduate school. Yet, though I'd pondered for some seven years the greatest works of human thought (and in prestigious universities, under the tutelage of the best professors), all that came to mind as I watched my daught
er playing were the hollow slogans of the day: "Be cool," "Don't get hung up."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I marveled. Was this all I had gotten from my education? Surely I had studied many sides of many issues, explored the world-views of many cultures and the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Zeitgeists}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of many ages, traced out the thought waves of many geniuses. Still, for certain, I knew nothi
ng. There was nothing I could give my child. And who could say she would learn anything more from her years of schooling than I had learned from mine?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, as I look back, I am amazed at my gullibility. I remember being a college freshman, tremulously but hopefully taking my seat in the old high-ceilinged lecture 
room where shining dust slowly swirled in the bars of sunlight. "Introduction to Philosophy," read my schedule card. Now, I thought, I would really find the answers to the questions that persistently troubled me: "Who am I?" "Where did I come from?" "Whe
re am I going?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "What is philosophy?" asked the instructor, a thin young Englishman with blond (almost whitish) hair and a very confident manner. He began writing our answers on th
e blackboard.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I raised my hand. "Philosophy means trying to find out who you are, where you've come from, and where you're going."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He wrote it down.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes," said the instructor, slowly and carefully, "there is a person in this department who goes around asking those questions"\'97he paused\'97"and I reply, 'My na
me is Kevin Wright, I am coming from College Hall, and I am going to Bennett Hall!' " He stood grinning at me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was dumbstruck\'97and ashamed of my naivete. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was philosophy! The great professional thinkers of the day had concluded that real philosophers don't bother with the kind of childish questions that bothered me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But I remained bothered, nonetheless. By my senior year I knew well what the inquirer in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub The Rubaiiyat of Omar Khayyam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  had meant when he said:
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Myself when young did eagerly frequent\line Doctor and Saint, \line and heard great argument \line About it and about: but 
evermore\line Came out by the same door \line where in I went.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Why are you in philosophy?" I asked one up-and-coming young professor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "To win arguments," he replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another advised me, "Success in philosophy is understanding clearly what you're confused about."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I still didn't know anything after several years of graduate school, but by then I had devised a practical test by which to judge competing philosophies. This test 
had nothing to do with the process of argument and speculation\'97from that I derived only frustration. The arguments, counterarguments, and counter-counterarguments were interminable. Besides that, to be famous as a philosopher, you had to put forth a n
ew position; mere agreement would put an early end to your career. Therefore, since I was awash in an endless, stormy sea of differing philosophies, and since there was no hope of establishing once and for all any single philosophy as true, when various 
teachers would argue their positions I would just think to myself, "If I accept your philosophy, I'll at best become the same kind of person as you. Is that what I want to be?" This was my practical test, and on that basis I never found any philosophy I 
could accept.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was in that same year, 1970, after twenty years of schooling, that I finally found my first real teacher: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
. Here was a man I could follow. Perfectly calm and self-assured, he radiated a personal warmth and a sincerity of purpose that were completely lacking in my previous teachers. And when he spoke the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, every sylla
ble seemed to carry the weight of eternal truth. No tinge of doubt or cynicism or flippancy marred his words.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was with him a few years later when he dramatically demonstrated why my so-called education had been such a disaster. Sitting behind his desk in a room filled wit
h his students, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had just been introduced to a professor from a large university who had brought along several students of his own.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "What do you teach?" \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da inquired.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Hinduism," answered the professor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "And what is that Hinduism?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I don't know," came the immediate response.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You don't know?" repeated \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, his eyebrows raised in astonishment. Then he asked the question that went with Socratic directness to the basi
c defect of Western education:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If you don't know, how can you teach?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The professor was caught by surprise; evidently, this idea had never occurred to him. He tried to evade the question by giving many reasons }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub why}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he didn't know, but \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da pressed his point. The logic of it was inescapable: If you don't know
 something, how can you possibly teach it?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da made a further point. A person who does not know something, but who teaches it anyway, is a cheater. Again the logic was inescapable: the 
professor was constrained to admit, in front of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's students and his own, that he himself was indeed a cheater.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, I had been cheated, and what was to prevent my children from being cheated also? Education means to acquire knowledge from a teacher, but if the so-called teach
er has no knowledge, how is education possible? Of course, he may instruct us in a technical skill or practical craft, but \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, like the ancient Greeks, doesn't count that as actual knowledge; it is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub techne,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "know-how," the mere mastery of a trade.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the educators are keeping up the bluff. Finding themselves unable to know the truth, they fashion their own ignorance into philosophical doctrine and teach }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as the truth. Their thinking seems to go something like this: "If we can't find out who we are
 or where we've come from, then such questions are meaningless. If we can't discover a standard of knowledge free from cultural or historical bias, then there is no such standard." At least in this way they can give courses in ignorance and award doctora
tes to the most distinguished. And, they hope, perhaps no one will notice\'97the emperor has no clothes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But a few of us are noticing, under the tutelage of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. I can remember the very moment when the root of Western education's 
problem became clear to me....
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was still and quiet, just past dawn, and a mist hung over Philadelphia's Schuylkill River. An occasional motorist speeding along the river road could observe (wi
th some surprise, no doubt) a small band of people walking slowly along the bank. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and a group of his disciples were taking a morning walk. The steady tapping of his cane on the pavement underscored the cadence of his soft, low v
oice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Your Western knowledge is defective," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said. He stopped and stood firm. "It is like this: 1 see that one man has died, and another, and an
other, and so on." He checked off the deaths in the air with small strokes of his cane. "Still, I think that I might not die. Just because so many have died, does it follow that I must also die? Don't your scientists believe like that\'97that even though
 so many have died, they themselves might not? This is the defect. Your process of knowledge is 'the ascending process.' That process is defective, because it always leaves some doubt. All your so-called knowledge is based on this defective principle."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I felt elated. Of course! I recalled the philosophy texts. It was the "Problem of Induction"! Suppose I want to find out whether all robins are red-breasted, and I 
examine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  number of robins }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be any great number, even a million). My premises and conclusions proceed something like this:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1. Robin 1 has a red breast.\line 2. Robin 2 has a red breast.\line 3. Robin 3 has a red breast.\line . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . . . . . . . .\line n. Robin }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  has a red breast.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, all robins are red-breasted. Yet, although all my premises are true, the conclusion can still be false, for there is no guarantee that "robin }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n +}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1" won't have a blue or green breast. Only if I examine every single robin can my conclusion be guarante
ed. Of course, this test is impossible; the inductive process can never give me absolute certainty that all robins have a red breast. And, consequently, all experimental generalizations, all scientific "laws"\'97indeed, the entire body of mundane knowled
ge, which rests inevitably on the inductive process\'97is doubtful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 know we shall die," Prabhup\'e4da was continuing. "How? Not by speculation, but because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (2.27), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e4tasya hi dhruvo m\'e5tyur:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  'For on
e who has taken birth, death is certain.' Therefore, because God says I must die, and He has perfect knowledge\'97is that not the definition of God, that He has no defect?\'97because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says it, therefore we can accept it as true."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da," I interjected, "Western philosophers like John Stuart Mill, David Hume, and Bertrand Russell have also noticed this difficulty wit
h induction. But their reaction was to become skeptics."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Skeptics!" exclaimed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. "Skepticism is not allowed! That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a
nother}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  speculation!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Another speculation?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes! 'Because I cannot know; therefore, no one can know.' Just see what rascaldom this is!}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'I am ignorant, so everyone must be ignorant.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In other words, the skeptic understands that because of the defect in induction, he can have no knowledge. But then, on the basis of that same faulty inductive proc
ess, he claims that no one can have any knowledge. This is "another speculation," and thus completely unacceptable.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This is my challenge," said \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. "I am challenging that all your Western knowledge is defective. You have no knowledge. I have come here to g
ive you actual knowledge and defeat these rascal speculators!" Prabhu-pada's fiery eyes darted at us. His words carried real authority. After all, he had behind him a five-thousand-year line of spiritual masters coming from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the car driving back to the temple, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da added, "I could understand if they would simply say, 'I don't know.' But instead they say, 'Maybe,'
... 'perhaps,'... 'it could be,'... 'it might be.' You are a resident of this city," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da continued, turning to me, "and a visitor here may ask you directions. Is it very good, if you don't know, still to say, 'Go this way'; 'try goi
ng that way'? Better just to tell him, 'I don't know.' Similarly, the so-called educators speculate, put forth big theories, and thus mislead everyone."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I remembered that when I was in college, mankind had supposedly emerged five million years ago, and civilization had spread into Europe from Mesopotamia. But these 
days, humans seem to have appeared three million years ago, and European ruins predate Mesopotamian ones. The old teaching, being false, never was knowledge, and the new teaching is equally liable to change any day. In fact, a revision in the theories of
 human prehistory occurs practically every week.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Someone digs a hole, discovers a few bones, and constructs a theory that supposedly explains all the evidence. Then "those in the know" teach this theory as fact. M
eanwhile the digging continues, fresh evidence contradicts the established theory, and a new theory emerges to become the new teaching. Then another hole... and another... and another.... The "learned sector" establishes, teaches, and discards theories l
ike disposable napkins. At no point is there even the remote approximation of knowledge, since all these theories about the distant human past are based on diggings covering only an infinitesimal fraction of the earth's surface. Nevertheless, so-called s
cientists disseminate so many "facts" about human prehistory, which the innocent public then accepts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But can real knowledge and truth change on a week-to-week basis? If the authorities or experts keep changing their teachings, can we call such teachings knowledge? 
And if the experts are not transmitting knowledge, can we say that they are educating us? We're seeing our great expert leaders are blind, and when the blind lead the blind, everyone falls into the ditch.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Underachieving School,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  educational critic and teacher John Holt vividly describes his frustrating experiences with obsolescent and amorphous knowledge. He argues that teachers and students are wasting their time and may as well "abandon the panicky qu
est for certainty and understanding and order and... be willing to swim, to suspend themselves\'97I think of a bird in air or a fish in water\'97in the uncertainty and confusion and bafflement in which it is our fate to live for the rest of our lives."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here is the cop-out of today's educator. Confusion is king. But, just as the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hot}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  implies that somewhere there is something that's cold, the very word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub blind}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  implies that somewhere there is someone who can see. Should we really "abandon ... certainty and understanding and order" and so readily embrace "uncertainty and confusion and bafflement"? \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gives us good reason to think otherwise.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The son of a career military officer, Rav\'e9ndra Svar\'fcpa d\'e4sa was born in 1944. He, his wife Saud\'e4man\'e9-dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, their six-year-old son Yudhi\'f1\'f6hira, and their nine-year-old daughter Lalit\'e4 (Emily) came to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in 1971. Since then, Rav\'e9ndra Svar\'fcpa has coordinated ISKCON's Philadelphia center. Afte
r receiving his B.A. in philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, in 1966, he went on to graduate work, first at the University of Massachusetts and now at Philadelphia's Temple University. He will submit his Ph.D. dissertation in April, 1977.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p10-11: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4s
a.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p13: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: R\'e4mapras\'e4da d
\'e4sa
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oodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-
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\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San D
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON FARMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Bridesville, B.C. Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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alo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mulberry, Tennessee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v11#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
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\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 7 TE
XT 48\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 8 TEXT 19
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News     v11#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 UN Conference Welcomes Vedic Alternative
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This June, in Vancouver, Canada, 4,500 delegates from 135 countries met in an atmosphere of emergency. Their goal: to improve human living conditions worldwide. Thi
s gathering, called the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements\'97"Habitat," for short\'97included both governmental meetings and (for the first time in UN history) a meeting of authorized nongovernmental organizations ("NGO's").
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON representatives, including Gurud\'e4sa Sv\'e4m\'e9, Revat\'e9nandana Sv\'e4m\'e9, and Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa, addressed many assemblies and seminars dur
ing the two weeks of NGO meetings. ISKCON's outdoor tent-exhibit, entitled "Simple Living, High Thinking," drew rousing applause from thousands of visitors. According to the New York }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Times, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub most countries wanted to "free themselves from Western ideas on planning and from dependence on Western technology." As a result, considerable praise went t
o ISKCON's plans for a model city in M\'e4y\'e4pura, India (based on both classical Vedic town planning and the latest natural technology, such as windmill power units and methane gas converters). 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Besides Indian delegates who pledged their support, Ronald Seigal, head of the International Assistance Division of the Department of Housing and Urban Development,
 invited the devotees to Washington for further discussions on the M\'e4y\'e4pura project.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Anthropologist Applauds \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How did the ancients live, and what could they teach us about living? With so much interest today in the cultural riches of "lost" civilizations. Doctor Thomas J. M
aloney, Professor of Anthropology at Southern Illinois University, has this to say about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da: 
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hers, but this work makes this empathetic view much easier. The vivid illustrations add to the easy transference from one culture to the other.... The 'working' translation and the more poetic English version are, of course, invaluable, and the purports 
are of great value...." 
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\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 New York Celebrates Festival of the Chariots
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In 1966, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, when you had just arrived here in New York from India, you would go alone to Tompkins Square Park and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba
. Now, ten years later, thousands of people have come here to Washington Square Park to hear you." It was Sunday, July 18. K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, an early disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, was speaking to his s
piritual master at the climax of an event that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had made possible. "Actually," Prabhup\'e4da explained, "it is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba who has made this festival possible. He wants everyone, all over the world, to chant Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba and be happy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An estimated ninety thousand people saw the Festival of the Chariots (Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4), a transcendental parade that moved down Fifth Avenue from Central Park to 
the West Village. Many helped pull the three mammoth chariots, with their bright red and yellow canopies and huge wooden wheels. Along with the chanting and dancing devotees there were young people, housewives, and businessmen\'97all taking part in this 
commemoration of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's return journey to His beloved V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One business executive who watched the festivities from his office in the World Trade Center commented, "It looked like the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen." At 
the park, everyone enjoyed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's talk and a feast of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  spiritual food.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All three major television networks and the New York }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Daily News }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub confirmed the festival's 
success. Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 celebrations in eleven other cities (including San Francisco, London, and Paris) met with similar response.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calendar    v11 #9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Calenda
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 Conscious Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sept. 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sept. 4\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Sept. 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sept. 6\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Sept. 7\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Sept. 8\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4\'f1\'f6ami (appearance of \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Par\'e7va E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:30 a.m.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Appearance of \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Ananta-caturda\'e7\'e9-vrata. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of Harid\'e4sa 
\'d6h\'e4kura\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Vi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'fcpa-mahotsava ( the acceptance
 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya's brother Vi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'fcpa)
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Full moon.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 R\'e4macandra-vijayotsava (celebration of R\'e4ma's victory over R\'e4v
a\'eba).\line Appearance of Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct. 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct. 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct. 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct. 13\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 16\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e4p\'e4\'ecku\'e7a E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4d
a\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of K\'e4rtika-vrata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 8:07 a.m.\line Disappearance of Rag
hun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\cell\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saradiya Rasa-y\'e4tr\'e4 of Lord }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line Disappearance of Mur}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ri Gupta.\line Full Moon.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0
\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bathing festival of R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bahul\'e4\'f1\'f6ami\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Gurukula: School for the Soul
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Gurukula: School for the Soul
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A young teacher talks about what it's like to work with the children at ISKCON's primary school in Los Angeles.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 \'97by Dv\'e4rak\'e4n\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Born thirty-one years ago, in Cleveland, Ohio, Dv\'e4rak\'e4n\'e4tha d\'e4sa graduated from the University of Florida. 
In 1972 he began work at ISKCON's Gurukula in Dallas as a math and English teacher, and the following year he served as the school's assistant headmaster. In 1974 Dv\'e4rak\'e4n\'e4tha took his present post as a children's counselor in Dallas and continu
es in this capacity at ISKCON's Los Angeles center, where he lives with his wife K\'e5\'f1\'ebapriy\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 and their three children (K\'e4me\'e7\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, eleven; Sammohin\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, seven; and Uddhava d\'e4sa, 
three).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I started working as a counselor, I began spending more time with the children. I was surprised to find out how difficult it was, and how much responsibility I
'd taken on. Before, I'd taken care of the children on an academic level, and then on an executive level, but now I had to tend to their more personal spiritual and material needs. The boys I worked with were between four and eight years old, and I had t
o see that they stayed orderly and clean, that they learned how to take care of themselves physically, and that they also took care of their belongings (clothing, crayons, books, and so on). And their living space had to be kept up, too. Also, because Gu
rukula's standard of personal behavior is very demanding\'97in a sense, higher than what most adults are accustomed to\'97I had to set a good example of behavior for the children to follow.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After a short time, though, working so closely with the children got to be very wonderful, because I could see them spontaneously growing more and more K\'e5\'f1
\'eba conscious in their daily activities. Inside the classroom they were a bit formal, but outside the classroom they showed their advancement spontaneously. I could tell that they were naturally becoming devotional: they wanted to serve, and they were 
very friendly. Sometimes I felt personally very moved by this. They'd give me presents (whatever little things they had), and when a new boy would move in, the others would treat him like an old friend and help him out by teaching him the ropes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, when I told the children that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is practical, they asked what I meant by that. I explained that just as they have many chores and d
uties to perform (folding their clothes, cleaning their rooms, going to school, and so on), other children all over the world have the same kinds of chores to do. So, I told them, whether they were at Gurukula or not, they'd be doing these things anyway.
 But at Gurukula, because they're doing these simple things for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they're advancing spiritually. Right away they understood, and they appreciated this idea very much. I was surprised that they caught on so quickly, but \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has said that these children, for the most part, have taken birth in ISKCON especially to finish up their devotional service. In their last life they didn't quite perfect it, so this time they've been given the association of devotees from an earl
y age. It is because of this previous experience that they so much appreciate being engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another thing the children appreciate a lot is their schedule. Aft all, human beings are creatures of habit. We like to have our activities regulated. If we have no
 plan in on daily lives, then we're always in anxiety, wondering what's going to happen next. So, having a schedule makes life simple for the children at Gurukula, because they know what they're going to be doing during the day. We feel they need this se
nse of security. But their schedule isn't so regimented that they lose their personal identity. There's still variety\'97some days we alter the usual schedule. By contrast, a very common situation in America today is that both the parents work and the ch
ildren have to come home to an empty house. They have to get their own food, don't know what to do, watch tv. Very often they end up getting into trouble. But the Gurukula children are very well taken care of. I think you'll find that when a child is wel
l taken care of, his day is well structured. His parents don't want him to run wild. So, some people think our children are forced to behave in a way we impose on them, but in reality we're just giving them the care they want and need.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub True, by usual American standards, their life is austere. But isn't this good? Haven't so many of us, children of the affluent society, complained that our upbringi
ng was too soft? Our parents handed us everything on a silver platter; we didn't have to work for it. That was bad for our character. A lot of times we had to invent obstacles to overcome, just to develop some moral fiber. We had a lot of pleasures, mayb
e, but they were all meaningless, purposeless. At Gurukula, though, the children are getting pleasure from something different\'97purposeful service to the Lord, and to humanity. They don't just agitate their senses by watching tv or playing with more to
ys than they need.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For most kids toys are a very important part of life. But not for our children. They have just a few simple things, like blocks, balls, things for digging in the sa
nd. Beyond these, they use their imagination to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub make }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub toys. They're more self-reliant than the usu
al, pampered child. They use sticks and things\'97whatever they can find. They're naturally happy by just using their imagination and creativity. Also, rather than solving their problems for them, I try to get our children to figure things out for themse
lves. I could take the easy way out by just giving them something else to distract them, or by just buying another toy. But when they have to solve their problems in their own way, the result is much more satisfactory.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One thing the children like very much is to reenact K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes. While I was with the four-and five-year-olds in Dallas, every day after the morning s
ervices we used to play in a sunny upstairs hallway. I would let the children play freely while I chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on my beads. The whole time they'd put on plays of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's adventures. One boy was a good leader, and, using me as the 
audience, he'd organize the others in some pretty good dramatic performances. They were simple skits\'97one day a cardboard box became Matsya, the fish incarnation. A couple of boys climbed in as the personified }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and they went swimming around the hallway. For another play, the boys used two steps leading up to the bathroom as a chariot. Fo
ur boys got in front as horses, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna rode their chariot on the Kuruk\'f1etra battlefield.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, when there }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  toy around, they'll play with it, because toys are designed to attract children. So they play with it for a while. But they usually get little satisfaction from it and end up fighting over it. That's the general fate of toys. But whe
n there aren't so many toys around, or when they get bored with them, they go back to reenacting stories they've heard about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Children are imaginative, and they live well in a simple setting. Toys tend to complicate life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If someone hears about Gurukula second-or third-hand, he might think the children are deprived. But anybody who's actually visited Gurukula can attest to the fact t
hat the students are very happy. Our critics are always trying to find reasons why the children shouldn't be happy, but the fact is that they are happy. In Dallas, I once had to do jury duty, and I got into a conversation about Gurukula with a woman wait
ing next to me. She accused us of brainwashing the children, and her main gripe was that we "don't let them watch tv." But I pointed out that tv is filled with violence, sex, commercials that induce us to act in certain ways, and stories that portray cer
tain life-styles and activities as ideal. I turned her argument around by pointing out that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub she }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub w
as brainwashing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub her }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub children to be violent, sex-hungry, and so on. Well, she couldn't say anythin
g to that. The fact is that every parent and every teacher conditions the minds of the children in their care. The issue is not "brainwashing," but rather the intrinsic value of what's being taught. Everybody's conditioned. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub how }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we are conditioned; that's the point. Is it harmful conditioning or beneficial conditioning?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Common sense tells us that a child has to be protected. A child crossing the street has to be protected. We may be restrictive, but it's a good thing for the child.
 Anyway, when a child reaches a certain age he can be allowed to cross the street by himself. So, when our students are older and can understand the intricacies of society for themselves, then their exposure to these things won't be harmful. But when the
y're young, they're very easily molded, and they have to be carefully protected.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to remember that the Gurukula children are acquiring not only an education but also a simple and pure culture: they're learning devotion. Their education ha
s a purpose. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has said the Gurukula students should grow up to be the leaders of our country. They won't be recluses. They'll be serving American society, and world society. Sometimes it may seem that we're trying to build a kind
 of isolationist religious community, like the Amish have. But our students won't be restricted in that way. They'll be able to perform any activity in society. Of course, we're mostly interested in producing teachers and advisors, because we feel this i
s the most critical need of society. The main problem in the world today is that there aren't enough intellectual leaders who are devotees of God; this affects all the other social classes very much. So, our general principle is that if a student has a s
trong character and a good working understanding of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, he can apply his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to whatever he does in life and be an ideal example in society. That's the kind of person we want to graduate from Gurukula.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The school\'92s director, Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa, replies to some often-asked questions.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How does Gurukula fit in with today's society?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Today many people, especially the le
aders, have given up the idea of good character and God consciousness. But with that mentality, no one can be peaceful or happy.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of us in this world\'97we're connected with one another; we're like the limbs and branches of a tree. And we're connected with God;
 He's like the tree's root. So if we all water the root, if we serve the Lord, then the tree\'97our whole world\'97will flourish. So we want the students at Gurukula to develop ideal character. They'll have one aim in life: to serve the Lord and all livi
ng beings. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But how will these children function in society? They m
ay develop "ideal character," but how will they live in the everyday world twenty years from now?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains that according to the qualities of an individual's work, he can serve in society in 
any one of four ways. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes the intellectual like this: "Peacefulness, self-c
ontrol, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness\'97these are the qualities by which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  work" (Bg. 18.42}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are especially meant to teach the other classes and guide society along the spiritual path. So, when a child shows intellectual trait
s, we train him accordingly. 
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes the administrators: "Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity, and l
eadership are the qualities of work for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are men of first-class intelligence, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are men of sec
ond-class intelligence, and below the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e7\'fcdras. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So for the two other divisions of society, "farming, cow protection, and business are the kinds of work suitable for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and for the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  there is labor and service 
to others" (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula is especially meant to develop progressive persons who understand the spiritual values of life and make a contribution to huma
n society. We are educating these boys and girls how to live a proper human life, whatever the social conditions. Then, wherever they may live and whatever they may do, if they remain K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious they will be happy and successful. This is th
e real point of Gurukula. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you tell us a little bit about what the children 
learn in terms of traditional subjects like math, science, social studies, history, and geography? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They learn English, math, geography,
 history, and so on, so that they can understand the modern world and be able to relate with people in an intelligent way. But the main thing is that the child learns the principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do you determine your teachers' qualifications? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our teachers are all good devotees. 
That's the first prerequisite. They must carefully follow the regulative principles: no meat-eating, no gambling, no illicit sex, no intoxication. They must also be exemplary in their behavior: chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, attending temple fu
nctions, always keeping clean, and so forth. Basically they have to exhibit the characteristics of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (as I mentioned before, cleanliness, truthfulness, austerity, self-control, and so on). And if they have some material qualifications, so much the better. Most of our academic teachers do have teaching certificates, and they've had some teach
ing experience before coming to the movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you describe a typical day for a child in Gurukul
a? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The children rise early (along with 
their parents and teachers) and attend the temple functions from four-thirty till eight o'clock in the morning. This morning program provides the children with a firm K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious foundation for the rest of the day. At eight o'clock the child
ren take breakfast, and by nine-thirty they're in class. The first class period of the day stresses English and lasts until lunch, with a break in the middle to attend services in the temple. After lunch the older children chant the verses of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the original Sanskrit language, and they learn the Sanskrit alphabet and grammar. This aftern
oon session lasts an hour to an hour and a half; then there's math, geography, and history. After three-thirty the older children have free time, and the younger children have free time after two o\'92clock.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How does discipline fit into Gurukula's educational pic
ture? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In his letters to us, \'c7r\'e9la Pr
abhup\'e4da has said that the children need two things: learning and love. As far as discipline, there should be no permissiveness, but at the same time there should be no strong punishment. Our teachers can help the children to become self-disciplined b
ecause they themselves are self-disciplined. That's the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious way to teach: not just by precept, but by example.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p16: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p17: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Gurukula means "the guru's house." Her
e, students make themselves at home with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Coloring Book }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (center)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . A colorful crayon drawi
ng }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (above)}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His beloved R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, by Dv\'e4rak\'e4n\'e4tha's se
ven-year old daughter, Sammohin\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p19: An eight-year-old prepares a lesson in Sanskrit, the world's oldest language (opposite page }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [18]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , left) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4
s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The three R's form the core of an academic curriculum that emphasizes spiritual understanding (opposite page }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [18]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , right). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Teachers and counselors have close, friendly relationships with both younger and older students (top). ISKCON's Gurukula in Mayapura, India (bottom). There are eight Gurukulas worldwide. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo top: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20-21: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cooking delicious food to offer the
 Lord is an important part of the students' cultural experience}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (opposite page, upper left.) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mura
l\'e9vadana d\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fresh-air activities at New Vrindavan, ISKCON's West Virginia farm community, 
attract many families where children study and play at the Gurukula there }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (opposite page, lower left) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Ph
oto: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Charging down to the waves, Dv\'e4rak\'e4n\'e4tha and the boys keep i
n shape at Santa Monica beach}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (center) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Next, you take the front part and fold it like this . ... " A new student learns the traditional art of tying a dhoti}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (above).
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p22-23: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The students at Gurukula know that 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba is pleased when they water Tulas\'e9, His favorite plant}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (opposite page, left) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mur
al\'e9vadana d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Each morning and evening, the children dance and sing in the temple's festive
 atmosphere}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (opposite page, right and above) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With respect and love, a student makes an offering to the Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (bottom). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Sinister Father Saintly Son
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Sinister Father Saintly Son
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Like father like son," the saying goes. \line So how was it that the most sinister personality ever to darken the universe fathered a great saint?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adapted from}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A vicious storm raged through the darkness. Pierce winds hissed again and again and uprooted gigantic trees. Thick clouds covered the sky, and lightning flashed as 
though laughing. The ocean with its high waves wailed as if stricken with sorrow. Jackals and dogs howled ominously, and birds flew shrieking from their nests. The twin demons Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu and Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a were being born.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Day by day, year after year, they grew more powerful, more evil, and more dominant over all the other demons, who made alliances with them. Then, under the directio
n of Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a and Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, the demons set out to conquer the demigods, their archenemies and the administrators of the universe. In their war for universal power, the demons enjoyed many victories, but at last Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu [K
\'e5\'f1\'eba] Himself killed Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a. His brother's death overwhelmed Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu with grief and rage. He bit his lips and gazed upward with eyes whose blazing anger filled the sky with smoke. He took up his trident, glanced around f
iercely, bared his terrible teeth, and began to speak to his demon friends.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O my friends," he roared, "Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu is supposed to behave equally toward the demigods and the demons, but now He has taken the demigods' side and killed my
 very dear brother Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a. For this I shall sever His head from His body! And with His profuse blood I shall please my dead brother Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a, who was so fond of sucking blood. Only then shall I be pacified!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu sent his demoniac friends throughout the world to wreak havoc on the innocent and the pious, and then he set out to fulfill his own evil 
plans. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu not only wanted to rule the universe and possess all mystic perfections but also, and most important, he wanted to become immortal. To achieve these seemingly impossible ends, he went to the valley of the Mandara Hill and began
 performing severe austerities: he stood on his tiptoes and kept his arms held upward and his eyes fixed on the sky.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the intensity of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu's exertion, the hair on his head began shedding a light as brilliant as a supernova. All the rivers and oceans seethed, and 
all the mountains and islands on the surface of the globe began trembling. Stars and planets fell from the heavens, and fires blazed in all directions. So long did Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu remain in his painful position that grass, bamboo sticks, and finally 
a huge anthill covered his body. The ants devoured his skin, fat, flesh, and blood, until only his skeleton remained.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seeing his ghastly condition, the demigods said, "The malicious Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu has been devoured by his own sins, just as a serpent is eaten by small ants." Th
us encouraged, the demigods, headed by Indra, launched a fierce attack upon the demons. Showing unprecedented strength, the demigods massacred the demons, and to save their own lives the demon generals scattered in all directions. They fled from their ho
mes in great haste, forgetting their wives, animals, and household belongings. Finally, the victorious demigods plundered the palace of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu and arrested the pregnant Queen Kay\'e4dhu, one of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu's wives.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As King Indra, the leader of the demigods, led Kay\'e4dhu away, the great sage N\'e4rada appeared on the scene. "O king of the demigods," N\'e4rada said, "you shoul
d not so mercilessly drag away this chaste wife of another man. Release her immediately!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93But King Indra said, "Within this woman's womb is the seed of the great demon Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. Therefore, let her remain in our custody until she gives birt
h to the child; then we shall release her.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada replied, "The child within her womb, who will be known as Prahl\'e4da, is completely sinless. In fact, he is a great devotee\'97a powerful servant of Lord
 Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Personality of Godhead. You will not be able to kill him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon hearing this. King Indra honored the words of the exalted saint N\'e4rada and released Queen Kay\'e4dhu. Then, having defeated the demons' armies, the demigods
 returned to their celestial kingdom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada brought the queen to his hermitage and, assuring her all protection, he requested, "My dear child, please remain here until your husband returns." Kay\'e4
dhu desired the safety of her unborn child, so she stayed in the care of N\'e4rada, serving the sage with great devotion. Because N\'e4rada is naturally very kind to all fallen souls, he instructed her on religion and transcendental knowledge, and his wo
rds were free of any material contamination. While the queen heard his teachings, the child within her womb also listened attentively to N\'e4rada's spiritual message. Thus, even before his birth, Prahl\'e4da received his spiritual education.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, other residents of heaven approached Brahm\'e4, the foremost demigod, to complain to him that the scorching light still emanating from Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ip
u's head had made their planets uninhabitable. Thus informed, Brahm\'e4 and the other demigods went to see Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu to pacify him and end his severe austerities. "I am astonished to see your endurance!" exclaimed Brahm\'e4 upon seeing Hira\'eb
yaka\'e7ipu. "Despite being bitten and eaten by worms and ants, you are still keeping your life air circulating within your bones. This is certainly wonderful! By your severe austerities you have won my favor, and I am prepared to give you whatever bened
ictions you desire." After speaking these words, Brahm\'e4 sprinkled spiritual water on the skeleton of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. The demon now blossomed forth in a youthful body whose lustrous, golden limbs could withstand the striking of thunderbolts.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At once Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu addressed Brahm\'e4. "Please grant that I not be killed by any created living being; that I not die inside or outside any residence, dur
ing daytime or night, nor on the ground or in the sky; that I not be killed by any being created by you, nor by any weapon, nor by any human being or animal\'97indeed, that I not meet death from any entity, either living or nonliving; that I have no comp
etitor; that I have sole lordship over all living beings and presiding deities; and that I acquire all mystic powers."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Brahm\'e4 had granted him all these requests, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu exclaimed, "At last, now I am immortal and invincible! Now I shall challenge Vi\'f1\'ebu and
 avenge the death of my brother!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Very swiftly, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu conquered all the planets in the universe, took up residence in the lavish palace of King Indra, and forced the demigods to bow do
wn at his feet. He even stole the sacrificial oblations meant for the demigods. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu ruled severely, and he was always drunk on strong-smelling wines and liquors.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During this time Queen Kay\'e4dhu returned to the palace of her husband and bore him a son\'97Prahl\'e4da. He was a reservoir of all transcendental qualities becaus
e he was an unalloyed devotee of God. Determined to understand the Absolute Truth, he had full control over his senses and mind. He was kind to all living creatures and the best friend of everyone. Toward respectable persons he behaved just like a menial
 servant, to the poor he was like a father, and to his equals he was like a sympathetic brother. Always very humble, he considered his teachers, spiritual masters, and older Godbrothers to be as good as the Lord Himself. Indeed, he was completely free of
 any pride that might have arisen from his good education, riches, beauty, and aristocratic birth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu did not know that Prahl\'e4da had already learned devotional service while in the womb of his mother. So, when Prahl\'e4da turned five, Hira\'eb
yaka\'e7ipu sent him to school to acquire a materialistic education. Prahl\'e4da studied along with the sons of other demons. At school he heard and recited lessons on politics and economics, but he did not like them because they required that he conside
r one person a friend and another person an enemy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After Prahl\'e4da had attended school for some time, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu took him on his lap and affectionately inquired, "My dear son, please tell me about your fa
vorite subject in school."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da replied,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub "O king of the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub demons, as far as I have learned from my spiritual master, any per
son who accepts his temporary body and temporary household life as real is certainly embarassed by anxiety, having fallen into a dark, dry well filled only with suffering. He should leave home at once, go to the forest, and take shelter of God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Startled, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu laughed sardonically and said, "Thus is the intelligence of children spoiled by the words of the enemy!" He told his assistants, "Give
 this boy complete protection at school. Devotees of the Lord may go there in disguise, so take care that his intelligence is not further influenced by them."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After taking Prahl\'e4da back to school, Prahl\'e4da's teachers (\'d1a\'eb\'f2a and Amarka) said to him, "Dear son Prahl\'e4da, all peace and good fortune unto you.
 Now, we are going to ask you a few questions, so please do not speak lies; just reply with the truth. The other boys here are not like you; they do not speak in a deviant way about 'God.' How have you learned these instructions? How has your intelligenc
e been spoiled? Have our enemies polluted you?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da answered, "Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the Personality of Godhead, who deludes those in the material world and thus creates in their mind
s distinctions such as 'friend' and 'enemy.' Now I am actually seeing this delusion, which I previously heard about from learned authorities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Since every one of us is an eternal servant of God, we are not different from one another, but persons who are unable to ascertain the existence of the Lord within
 themselves always think in terms of 'friend' and 'enemy.' The same Personality of Godhead who has created this situation has given me the intelligence to take the side of your so-called enemy. As iron is attracted by a magnet, I am attracted by the Lord
."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da's teachers were furious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Bring me a stick!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This Prahl\'e4da is damaging our good name!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "He must be punished!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Continuously threatening him, \'d1a\'eb\'f2a and Amarka started to teach Prahl\'e4da about worldly pseudo-religion, money-making, and sense pleasure. After some tim
e, they again presented him to his father. When Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu saw Prahl\'e4da bowing down before him, he affectionately showered the child with his blessings and jubilantly embraced him with both his arms. He sat Prahl\'e4da on his lap and, with te
ars gliding down from his eyes onto the child's smiling face, he spoke to his son.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Prahl\'e4da\'97" he began. "My dear son, for a long time you have heard so many things from your teachers. Now please repeat to me whatever you think is th
e best of that knowledge."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fearlessly, Prahl\'e4da said, "Hearing and chanting about the holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia, and pastimes of the Supreme Lord; remembering them; serving
 the lotus feet of the Lord; offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia; offering prayers to the Lord; becoming His servant; considering the Lord one's best friend; and surrendering to Him (in other words, serving Him with b
ody, mind, and words)\'97these nine processes are known as pure devotional service, and I consider anyone who has dedicated his life to the service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu through these nine methods to be the most learned person, for he has acquired complete
 knowledge."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His lips trembling in rage, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu turned to \'d1a\'eb\'f2a. "What is this nonsense! Some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'br\'e4hma\'eba'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  you are! You have disobeyed my order! You have taken shelter of my enemies! You have taught this}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub poor boy about devotional service!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1a\'eb\'f2a quickly replied, "O King, O enemy of Indra! Whatever your son has said was not taught to him by me or by anyone else. His devotional service has deve
loped spontaneously. Please, give up your anger. Do not unnecessarily accuse us!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu turned to his son and said, "You rascal! Most fallen member of our family! If your teachers did not teach you this, who did?!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prahl\'e4da answered, "Persons who}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub have accepted as their leader a blind man attached to external sense objects cannot understand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, to engage in the devotional service of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. Only if such per
sons take shelter of the lotus feet of a devotee of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu can they be freed from material contamination."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Blinded by anger, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu threw Prahl\'e4da from his lap onto the ground. "Servants! Take him away and kill him at once!" he screamed. "By becoming a de
votee of Vi\'f1\'ebu, Prahl\'e4da has become my brother's murderer! He is a traitor, a poisoned limb of the family, and he must be amputated immediately! Kill him without delay!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demoniac servants of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, who had fearful faces, sharp teeth, and reddish beards, then started to strike Prahl\'e4da's tender body with their tr
idents. They shouted, "Chop him up! Pierce him!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, Prahl\'e4da just sat silently and meditated on the Personality of Godhead, and the demons' weapons had no effect on him. Seeing this, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu b
ecame fearful and contrived various ways to kill his son. He threw him beneath elephants' feet; he cast him into the midst of huge, fearful snakes; he cursed him with destructive spells; he hurled him from a hilltop; he conjured up frightening apparition
s; he gave him poison; he starved him; he exposed him to severe cold, winds, fire, and water; he even threw heavy stones to crush him. But throughout these trials Prahl\'e4da simply meditated on Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, and thus he remained unharmed. Hira\'ebya
ka\'e7ipu became very anxious about what to do next.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But \'d1a\'eb\'f2a and Amarka were still very hopeful that they could change the boy by the force of their teaching. So once again Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu put Prahl\'e4
da under their care, and once again they systematically and unceasingly taught Prahl\'e4da about worldly pseudo-religion, business, and sensual satisfaction. But whenever the teachers left the classroom to attend to household affairs, Prahl\'e4da would s
peak to his classmates about the uselessness of materialism. His friends loved and respected him, and because of their tender age, they had not yet been polluted by their teachers' instructions. Thus they listened attentively to Prahl\'e4da's words.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "A person who is sufficiently intelligent," he told them, "should practice devotional service from the very beginning of life, giving up all other engagements. This
 human body is rarely achieved, although it is temporary like other bodies. In the human body we can perform devotional service to God, and even a slight amount of sincere devotional service can give us complete perfection.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The human form of life affords us a chance to return home, back to Godhead. Therefore, all living beings, especially human beings, must serve the lotus feet of Lor
d Vi\'f1\'ebu. This devotional service is natural because Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, the Personality of Godhead, is the most beloved friend, master, and well-wisher of everyone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We should not try merely for sensual pleasure, for it results only in a loss of time and energy, but no actual spiritual profit. But if we try to serve Lord Vi\'f1
\'ebu, then surely}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we can attain the spiritual platform of self-realization."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the sons of the demons appreciated the transcendental instructions of Prahl\'e4da, and they took them very seriously. But \'d1a\'eb\'f2a and Amarka became afrai
d. They saw that by associating with Prahl\'e4da their students were becoming devotees of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu. When the teachers approached Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu and described the situation, he went into a great rage. Trembling in fury and hissing like a snak
e trampled underfoot, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu called for his son.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Prahl\'e4da came before his father, his hands were folded, and he looked peaceful, mild, and gentle. Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu stared at him with crooked eyes and re
buked him harshly: "O most impudent, stupid troublemaker! O scum of the earth, you have violated my power, and therefore you are an obstinate fool! Today I shall send you to your death! Prahl\'e4da, you rascal, you know that when I am angry all the plane
ts in the universe tremble! Tell me\'97by whose power have you become so impudent and fearless?!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calmly, Prahl\'e4da replied, "My dear king, the source of my strength is the source of yours also, and the source of everyone's. Whether moving or stationary, super
ior or inferior, every living being is under the control of the all-powerful Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You say there is a being superior to me," said Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, "but where is He? If He is everywhere, then why is He not present in this pillar you see before
 you? Do you think He is in this pillar?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes," Prahl\'e4da answered, "He is there."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu's rage flared more and more. "Because you are speaking such nonsense," he said, "I shall now sever your head from your body! Now let me see your
 most worshipable God come to protect you!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, exactly at that moment, out of the very pillar that Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu had singled out, a wonderful and terrifying form appeared, a form never before seen
\'97half man and half lion, with angry eyes like molten gold, a shining mane that expanded the dimensions of His fearful face, and a razor-sharp tongue that moved about like a dueling sword. The Supreme Personality of Godhead had incarnated in His wrathf
ul form of N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shocked and bewildered, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu gazed at the Lord, then picked up his club and attacked him boldly. N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva played with him just as an eagle 
plays with a snake, allowing him time and again to escape the long, threatening nails of His lotus hands. Finally, the Lord grabbed him and placed him on His lap. Then, in the doorway of the assembly hall, He very easily tore the demon Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ip
u to pieces.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By His transcendental cleverness, Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva was able to kill Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu without contradicting any of Brahm\'e4's benedictions. The execution 
took place neither inside nor outside, but in the doorway; neither on land nor in the sky, but on the Lord's lap; neither during the day nor during the night, but at twilight; neither by man, beast, or demigod nor by any created being, but by the Persona
lity of Godhead; and not by any weapon, but by the Lord's own lotus hands.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods showered Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva with flowers and then offered Him respectful prayers, glorifying Him and thanking Him for saving the universe from the
 oppressive reign of Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu. Prahl\'e4da, also, offered the Lord very beautiful prayers, asking Him only for the strength to serve Him and to love Him. When N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva encouraged Prahl\'e4da to request some favor, the boy simply aske
d the Lord to save all people, including his demoniac father, from repeated birth and death in this world. Thanks to the devotional training he received from the pure devotee N\'e4rada, Prahl\'e4da made his life successful\'97he remembered the Lord alway
s and pleased Him with his loving service.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu threw Prahl
\'e4da from his lap onto the ground. "He is a traitor, a poisoned limb of the family, and he must be amputated immediately!"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To become immortal, Hira\'ebyaka
\'e7ipu performed severe austerities}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (top). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, the demigods plundered his palace and arre
sted his queen, Kay\'e4dhu }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (right). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But N\'e4rada pleaded for Prahl\'e4da, the great devotee with
in her womb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustrations: Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: They shouted, "Chop him up!" "Pierce him!" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Illustration: Caruh\'e4sa d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27: The Lord grabbed the demon, placed him on His lap, and tore him to pieces. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Patron Member    v11#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BECOME A PATRON MEMBER
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Freedom in knowledge    v11#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#7
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 What if one book said it all?      v11#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What if one book said it all?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#7
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
11 No. 10, 1976
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pictured: Devotees outside the St. Louis center of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v11#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness}{\b\i0
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha S\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9van d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7
\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Govinda d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Caruh\'e4sa d\'e4sa, J
ayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Arcita d\'e4sa, Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus
\'fcdana d\'e4sa, M\'e4khana-taskra d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Candan\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, Jaya\'e7ac\'e9nandana d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v11#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since God is everyone's father, does He ever grow old? We can understand that, being spiritual, He doesn't. Also, ancient India
's Vedic literature gives us details about how He looks and acts. Among other things, the Supreme Lord is always young. He has a charming face, a complexion like a blue cloud, a peacock feather in His hair, and He plays a flute. His name, K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 means "the reservoir of pleasure."\'97Diorama by the First American Theistic Exhibition (F.A.T.E.).
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P2: His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of BACK TO
 GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna
 Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the b
ackbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present to
pics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 (Detroit)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba - The Reservoir of Pleasure
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line The Reservoi
r of Pleasure
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 How can we find pleasure that lasts? 
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A talk by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97this sound is transcendental. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means the highest pleasure. Each of us, every living being, seeks pleasure. But we do not know how to seek pleasure perfectly. With a materialistic 
concept of life, we are frustrated at every step in satisfying our desire for pleasure, because we have no information regarding the real level on which to have real pleasure. For the last few weeks we have been learning that we are not this body; we are
 consciousness. Not exactly consciousness, for consciousness is actually the symptom of our real identity: we are pure soul, now merged within this material body. Modern material science lays no stress on this; therefore, the scientists are sometimes mis
led in their understanding of spirit soul. But spirit soul is a fact, which anyone can understand by the presence of consciousness. Any child can understand that consciousness is the symptom of the spirit soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even after the destruction of this body, our consciousness is not destroyed. Rather, our consciousness is transferred to another type of body and again makes us awa
re of the material conception of life. That is also described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  At the 
time of death, if our consciousness is pure, we can be sure that our next life will not be material\'97our next life will be spiritual. If our consciousness is not pure at the point of death, then, after leaving this body, we shall have to take another m
aterial body. That is the process which is going on. That is nature's law.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material body has two divisions: the subtle body and the gross body. Just as we may cover ourselves with a shirt and coat, so the pure soul is covered by the "s
hirt and coat" of the subtle and gross bodies. Our bones, blood, flesh, and our different senses (like our eyes, ears, and skin) make up our gross body; and our mind, intelligence, and false ego make up our subtle body. False ego means the misconception 
that I am matter, that I am a product of this material world. This misconception makes me localized. For example, because I have taken my birth in India, I think myself Indian. Because I have taken my birth in America, I think myself American. But, as pu
re soul, I am neither Indian nor American. I am pure soul. These others are designations. American, or Indian, or German, or Englishman; cat or dog, or bee or bat, man or wife: all these are designations. In spiritual consciousness we become free from al
l such designations. That freedom is achieved when we are constantly in touch with the supreme spirit, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is simply intended to keep us in constant touch with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba can be in constant companion
ship with us because He is omnipotent. Therefore, He can be fully in touch with us by His words. His words and He are not different. That is omnipotence. Omnipotence means that everything relating to Him has the same potency. For example, here in this ma
terial world, if we are thirsty and we want water, simply repeating "water, water, water, water," will not satisfy our thirst, because this word does not have the same potency as water itself. We require the water in substance. Then our thirst will be sa
tisfied. But in the transcendental, absolute world, there is no such difference. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's name, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's quality, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's word\'97everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba and provides the same satisfaction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some people argue that Arjuna was talking with K\'e5\'f1\'eba because K\'e5\'f1\'eba was present before him\'97whereas in my case K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not present, so 
how can I get directions? But that is not a fact. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is present by His words\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In India, when we speak on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we regularly perform worship with flowers, or with other paraphernalia, as is required for 
worshiping. In the Sikh religion also, although they have no form of the Deity, they worship the book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Grantha S\'e4hab.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Perhaps some of you are acquainted with this Sikh community. They worship this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Grantha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  Similarly, the Muslims worship the Koran. Similarly, in the Christian world, the Bible is worshiped. It is a fact that Lord Jesus Christ is present by his words. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also present by His words.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These personalities, either God or the Son of God, who come from the transcendental world, keep their transcendental identities without being contaminated by the ma
terial world. That is their omnipotence. We are in the habit of saying that God is omnipotent. Omnipotence means that He is not different from His name, from His quality, from His pastimes, from His instruction. Therefore, the discussion of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is as good as discussion with K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is seated in your heart, and in my heart too. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh
\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0 h\'e5d-de\'e7e 'rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . God is situated in everyone's heart. God is not away from us. He is present. He is so friendly that He remains with us in our repeated change of births. He is waiting to see when we shall turn to Him. He
 is so kind that though we may forget Him, He never forgets us. Although a son may forget his father, a father never forgets his son. Similarly, God, the original father of everything, everybody, all living entities, will never forsake us. We may have di
fferent bodies, but they are our shirt-coats. That has nothing to do with our real identity. Our real identity is pure soul, and that pure soul is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. There are 8,400,000 species of life. Even the biologist and the anthro
pologist cannot calculate this accurately, but from authoritative, revealed scripture we get this information. Human beings represent 400,000 species, and there are 8,000,000 other species. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, claims that all of them, w
hether beast, man, snake, god, semi-god, demigod\'97anything whatever\'97all of them are, in reality. His sons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The father gives the seed, and the mother receives the seed. The body is then formed, according to the mother's body. And when the body is completely formed, it com
es out\'97either from cats, from dogs, or from man. That is the process of generation. The father gives the seed, and it is emulsified with two kinds of secretion in the womb of the mother, and on the first night the body is formed just like a pea. Then,
 gradually, it develops. There are nine holes that develop: two ears, two eyes, nostrils, a mouth, a navel, a penis, and an anus.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to his last karma, or action, one gets this body to enjoy, or to suffer. That is the process of birth and death. And after finishing this life, again one 
dies, and again one enters into the womb of some mother. Another type of body then comes out. This is the process of reincarnation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should be very diligent as to how we can discontinue this process of repeated birth and death and change of body. That is the prerogative of the human form of li
fe. We can stop this process of repeated birth and death. We can get our actual spiritual form again and be blissful and full of knowledge and have eternal life. That is the purpose of evolution. We should not miss this. The entire process of liberation 
begins just as we have now begun this chanting and hearing. I wish to point out that this chanting of the holy name of God (Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Ha
re Hare) and hearing the truths of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is as good as bodily association with K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. That is stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This process is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Even if one does not understand the language, still, just by hearing, he acquires some piety. His assets lead him 
to a pious life, even if he does not understand\'97it has such power.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are two topics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Two kinds of topics, actually. One topic is this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is spoken }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And the other topic concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  That is spoken }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub about}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So there are two types of
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (topics), and both of them are equally potent because they are connected
 with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is spoken on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra, some people have asked what we have to do with the battlefield. We have nothing to do with any battlefield. We are after knowledge of the spiritual sphere. Then, why should we bothe
r about this battlefield? Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is on the battlefield, and therefore the whole battlefield has become K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized. Just as when an electric current is passed into some metal, the whole metal becomes surcharged with electricity, s
o too, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba is interested in some matter, that matter becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba-ized. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any need at all of talking about the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. That is His omnipotence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have accumulated many inauspicious things within our hearts due to our material contamination during the course of many, many births. Many, many births\'97not on
ly this birth, but past births as well. So, when we search into our hearts with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  then the contamination we have accumulated will be washed off. Our hearts will be cleansed of all rubbish. And, as soon as all the rubbish is cleared off, then we are situated in pure consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is very difficult to eradicate all the false designations from oneself. For example, I am Indian. It is not very easy to immediately think that I am not Indian, 
but pure soul. Similarly, it is not a very easy task for anyone to end his identification with these bodily designations. But still, if we continue hearing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-k
ath\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it will be very easy. Make an experiment. Make an experiment to see how easily you'll be able to free yourself from all these designations. Of course, it is not possi
ble to clear out the rubbish from the mind all of a sudden, but by hearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 we are immediately aware that the influence of the material nature becomes slackened.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material nature is working in three modes\'97goodness, passion, and ignorance. Ignorance is hopeless life. Passion is materialistic. One who is influenced by th
e mode of passion wants this false enjoyment of material existence. Because he does not know the truth, he wants to squeeze out the energy of the body just to enjoy this matter. That is called the mode of passion. As for those in the mode of ignorance, t
hey have neither passion nor goodness. They are in the deepest darkness of life. Situated in the mode of goodness, we can understand, at least theoretically, what I am, what this world is, what God is, and what our interrelationship is. This is the mode 
of goodness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By hearing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-kath\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we will be freed from the stages of ignorance and passion. We will be situated in the mode of goodness. At least we'll have the real knowledge\'97knowledge of what we are. Ignorance is like the animal existence. The animal's 
life is full of suffering, but the animal does not know that he is suffering. Take the case of a hog. Oh, how miserable his life is: living in a filthy place, eating stools, and always unclean. Yet the hog is very happy by eating stools, and having const
ant sexual intercourse with the she-hog and just getting fat. The hog gets very fat, because of the spirit of enjoyment which is there\'97although, for him, it is sensual enjoyment.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not be like the hog, falsely thinking that we are very happy. Working hard all day and night, then having some sex life\'97we think that in this way we ar
e very happy. But this is not happiness. This has been described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as a hog's 
happiness. Man's happiness is when he is situated in the mode of goodness. Then he can understand what true happiness is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In our daily routine, if we hear this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-katha,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the result will be that all the dirty things in the heart, accumulated life after life, will be cleared out. As a matter of fact, we will see that we are no longer in ignorance or in passion, but a
re situated in the mode of goodness. What is that position?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We will find ourselves joyful in every circumstance of life. We will never feel morose. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we find that this is our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (highest stage of goodness) situation. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub teach us that we are not this matter. We are Brahman. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aha\'e0 brahm\'e4smi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya preached this gospel to the world. We are not this matter; we are Brahman, spirit. When spiritual realization is actually accomplished, then our s
ymptoms will change. What are those symptoms? When one is situated in his own spiritual consciousness, then he will have no hankering and no lamentation. Lamentation is for loss, and hankering is for gain. Two diseases characterize this material world. W
hat we do not possess, we hanker after: "If I get these things I'll be happy. I have no money, but if I get a million dollars, then I'll be happy." When we actually have a million dollars, somehow it will be lost, and we'll cry, "Oh, I have lost it!" So 
the second disease is lamentation. When we hanker for earning, that is a kind of distress. And when we suffer loss, that is also distress. But if we are situated in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh
\'fcta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we will neither lament nor will we hanker. We will view equally everyone and everything. Even if we are situated in the midst of fiery turbulence, we will not be distu
rbed. That is the mode of goodness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "the science of God." If we persevere in the science of God, we wi
ll be situated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  status. From that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub status, we have to work, for work is recommended here. So long as we have this material body, we have to work. We canno
t stop working; it is not possible. But we have to adopt the tactics of yoga, and in this way, even by doing some ordinary work which by destiny or circumstances we are put into, there is no harm. Suppose that, in one's own occupation, one must speak a l
ie or his business can't go on. Lying is not a very good thing, so one concludes that the business is not based on very moral principles and one should therefore give it up. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  however, we find instruction not to give it up. Even if we are put in such circumstances that our livelihood cannot go on without some unfair 
practice, we should not give it up. But we should try to make it purified. How is it purified? We should not take the fruitive result of our work. That is meant for God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suk\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means pious activities. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub du\'f1k\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means impious activities. On the material level we can be pious or impious. Either we are performing some pious activities, or 
we are performing some impious activities\'97or we have a mixture, pious and impious. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises that we should act with knowledge of, or devotion to, the Supreme. What does that knowledge mean? It means that I am the part and parcel of 
the supreme consciousness, or that I am not this body. If I identify myself as an American, as an Indian, or this or that, then I am on the material plane. We should identify ourselves as neither Americans nor Indians, but as pure consciousness. I am a s
ubordinate consciousness of the supreme consciousness; in other words, I am the servant of God. God is the supreme consciousness, and I am His servant. So, for our present understanding, subordinate means servant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We don't ordinarily carry out the work of a servant in relationship to God. Nobody wants to be a servant, but everyone wants to be the master, because to become a s
ervant is not a very palatable thing. But to become the servant of God is not exactly like this. Sometimes the servant of God becomes the master of God. The real position of the living entity is to be the servant of God, but in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  we can see that the master, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, became the servant of Arjuna. Arjuna is sitting in the 
chariot, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is his driver. Arjuna is not the owner of the chariot, but in the spiritual relationship we should not cling to the concept of the material relationship. Although the whole relationship, just as we have experience of it in thi
s world, is there in the spiritual world, that relationship is not contaminated by matter. Therefore, it is pure and transcendental. It is of a different nature. As we become advanced in the spiritual conception of life, we can understand what the actual
 position in the spiritual, transcendental world is. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here the Lord instructs us in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub buddhi-yoga. Buddhi-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means that we have full consciousness of not being this body; if I act with this understanding, then I'm not body\'97I am consciousness. That is a fact. Now, if we act on the level of consciousness, then 
we can overcome the fruitive result of good work or bad work. It is a transcendental stage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It means that we are acting on another's account\'97on the Supreme's account. We are not liable to loss or gain. When there is gain, we should not be puffed up. We 
should think, "This gain is for the Lord." And when there is loss, we should know that this is not our responsibility. It is God's work\'97His. Then we will be happy. This we have to practice: everything on account of the Supreme. This transcendental nat
ure we have to develop. This is the trick of doing work under these present circumstances. As soon as we work on the level of bodily consciousness, we become bound by the reaction of our work. But when we work through spiritual consciousness, we are not 
bound either by pious activities or by vicious activities. That is the technique.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Man\'e9\'f1i\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this word is very significant. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Man\'e9\'f1\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "thoughtful." Unless one is thoughtful, he cannot understand that he is not this body. But if one is a l
ittle thoughtful he can understand, "Oh, I am not this body. I am consciousness." Sometimes, in our leisure time, we can see, "Oh, this is my finger, and this is my hand. This is my ear, and this is my nose. Everything is mine, but what am I, what am I?"
 I am feeling that this is mine, and that I am. Simply a little thought is required. Everything is mine\'97my eyes, my finger, my hand. My, my, my, and what is the I? The I is that consciousness, in which I am thinking, "This is mine."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, if I am not this body, then why should I act for this body? I should act for myself. Then, how can I work for myself? What is my position? I am consciousness. 
But what kind of consciousness? Subordinate consciousness\'97I am part of the supreme consciousness. Then, what will my activities be? My activities will be under the guidance of the supreme consciousness, just as in the office, the managing director is 
the supreme consciousness. For example, in the office everyone is working under the direction of the manager; therefore, they have no responsibility. They have only to discharge their duties. Either pious or impious duties\'97never mind. In the military 
line, too, the order of the captain or the commander is there. The soldier has to execute it. He does not consider whether it is pious or impious. That does not matter. He simply has to act; then he is a real soldier. He acts in that way and he gets his 
reward. He gets title and honor. He doesn't care. The commander says, "Just go and kill the enemy," and he is rewarded. Do you think that by killing one gets reward? No\'97it is for the duty discharged.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, here the situation is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is instructing Arjuna. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme consciousness. I am consciousness, the part and parcel of 
the supreme consciousness. So my duty is to act according to that supreme consciousness. For example, I consider my hand as a part of my body. Now, it is moving in its own way. "As I want, let my hand be moved. Let my legs be moved. Let my eyes be opened
 and see." So, I am dictating, and these parts are working. Similarly, we are parts and parcels of the Supreme. When we train ourselves to act in accordance with supreme consciousness, then we become transcendental to all these pious or impious activitie
s. That is the technique. What will the result of this technique be? We become free from the bondage of birth and death. No more birth and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern scientists and philosophers do not think about these four things: birth, death, disease, and old age. They set them aside. "Oh, let us be happy. Let us enjoy
 this life." But human life is meant for finding a solution to this bondage of birth, death, disease, and old age. If any civilization has not found a solution to these four problems, then that is not a human civilization. Human civilization is meant for
 finding a solution to these things.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So here in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the Lord says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma-ja\'e0 buddhi-yukt\'e4 hi. Karma-jam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means when
ever there is action there will be some reaction. If one acts in badness, there will be a bad reaction. But reaction, either good or bad, is, in the higher sense, all suffering. Suppose that by good action I get a good birth, fine bodily features, and a 
good education. All these good things I may have, but that does not mean that I am free from material pains. The material pains are birth, death, old age, and disease. Even if I am a rich man, a beautiful man, an educated man, born in an aristocratic fam
ily, and so on, I still cannot avoid death, old age, and disease.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, we must not be concerned with pious activities or impious activities. We must be concerned with transcendental activities only. That will save us from this bond
age of birth, death, old age, and disease. That should be our aim in life. We should not be hankering after good or bad things. For example, suppose one is suffering from some disease. He is lying in bed, eating, passing nature's call uncomfortably, and 
taking bitter medicines. He always has to be kept clean by the nurses; otherwise there is an obnoxious smell. While he is lying in this condition some friends come to him and ask how he is feeling. "Yes, I am feeling well." What is this "well"? Lying in 
bed uncomfortably, taking bitter medicine, and unable to move! Yet despite all these inconveniences he says, "I am well." Similarly, in our material conception of life, if we think, "I am happy," that is foolishness. There is no happiness in material lif
e. It is impossible to have happiness here. In this condition, we do not know the meaning of happiness. That's why this very word is used, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub man\'e9\'f1i\'eba\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "thoughtful."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We seek happiness by some extraneous, artificial means, but how long does it last? It will not endure. We again come back to sorrow. Suppose, by intoxication, we fe
el happy. That is not our actual happiness. Suppose I am made unconscious by chloroform, and I don't feel the pain of an operation. That does not mean that I am not having an operation. This is artificial. Real pleasure, real life, exists.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba commands in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the thoughtful give up the reaction of work, being situated on the level of pure consciousness. The result is that this bondage of birth and death, disease, and old age comes to an end. This end
 is in union with the true identity, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the reservoir of pleasure and eternal bliss. There, indeed, is the true happiness for which we are intended.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p6: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are 8,400,000 kinds of bodies that the soul can enter. In the human form he 
can understand he is not the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p8: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We can see, "Oh, this is my finger, and this is my hand. But what amI?"
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Feast-ISKCON centers    v11 #10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FEAST
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Enjoy a full-course vegetarian yoga dinner ... and plays, music, and mantra meditation ... every Sunday at the ISKCON center
 nearest you.
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rgh, Scotland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9714 Forrest Rd., Edinburgh EH1 2QN/031-225-4797; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Frankfurt A. Main). W. Germany}
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a Ardeatina No. 53 (Cristo Foro Colombo No 2)/ 5740416; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stockholm, Sweden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Grevgatan 18, Stockh
olm 11453/ 08-607-881.
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\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria 3206/ 329-9844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sydney, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'9750 Buckingham St., Surry Hills, NSW 2010/698-9141.
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\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ann Arbor, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97718 W. Madison St. 48103/ (313) 665-6304; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atlanta, Georgia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971287 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE 30306/ (404) 378-9182; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Baltimore, Maryland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97200 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville 21228/ (301) 788-6783; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Be
rkeley, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonwealth Ave. 02116/ (617) 247-7300; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Charlotte, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. 7 Box 870, Mallard Creek Rd, 28213/ (704) 596-5151; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chicago, lllinois}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97
1014 Emerson St., Evanston 60201/ (312) 491-0844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Clevel
and 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975430 Gurley Ave. 75223/ (214) 827-6330; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Denver, Colorado}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Lenox 48215/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesvil
le, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 S.W. Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9751 Coelho Way 96817/ (808) 595-3947; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 526-9860; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Co
ast Hwy, 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972600 Demetrius, Las Vegas 891011 (702)642-09
68; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Blvd. Que. H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, 
Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 10019/ (212) 765-8610; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97224 Besserer St., Ont/ (613) 236-9091; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. W
oodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-
7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 S.E. Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o ISKCON, New York; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San D
iego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973300 Third Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 329-9348; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Avenue Rd., Ont. M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'971774 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver-9, B.C. V6J 2M1 (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D. C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'9710310 Oaklyn Rd., Potomac, Maryland 20854/ (301) 229-2100.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON FARMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Bridesville, B.C. Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97 Rock Mt. Rd., VOH 1BO/ (604) 446-2436; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Buff
alo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delaplane, Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 1. Box 22, 22025/ (703) 364-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay-Le-Male, 36600 Valency Chateau d'Oublaise; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London
, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire/ WD2 8EP, Radlett 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mulberry, Tennessee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 1. Box 146A. 37359/ (615) 759-7058; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, West Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Petropolis, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Sao Paulo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 17082/ (717) 5
27-2493.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Starting to See the Center of Things
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Starting to See the Center of Th
ings
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What he said cleared things up for me. \'93If I throw a handful of stones into the water, the circles they make will ove
rlap and clash. But if I could throw the stones all at one center point, the circles would never clash. In the same way, if I have my center of interest and you have your center of interest, our interests will clash. But if we find the perfect center, we
'll have perfect harmony.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An account by Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Ever since the Stone Age, people have come up with so many nonsensical ideas to explain the forces of nature." That's what my father, a Chicago lawyer, would tell 
me when I was growing up. "The idea of a God may give peace and inspire morality, but scientifically-minded people are beyond all that."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My seventh grade teacher showed me a different angle. He reasoned, "There are so many things we can't see. We can't see atoms or air or our own minds. Does that mea
n they don't exist? Just because we can't see God, does that mean He doesn't exist?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That made sense to me, and I had a change of heart. I didn't exactly know who God was, but somehow I knew He was at the center of things.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, four years later (in my junior year of high school), a close friend laughed at my ideas. "The wonders of nature are just coincidences. You're just imagining t
hat a God is doing these things." His strong personality and arguments persuaded me to set aside my belief for the time being.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still, I wanted some kind of perfection in my life, and I thought I could find it by studying psychology. I read books like Eric Fromm's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Art of Loving,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and finally I enrolled in Brandeis University's psychology department so that I could learn how to h
elp people get along better. But soon it became clear that most psychiatrists were themselves disturbed, and that their rate of suicide was surprisingly high. Besides, all the "experts" had different theories and rarely agreed on anything.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dismayed at not being able to find any peace of mind, I turned to the East for spiritual wisdom and looked for a spiritual teacher. For a start, I read about Zen Bu
ddhism and also attended a weekend meditation led by a well-known American Zen master. What an experience that was. All of us had to sit straight and stiff and play all kinds of mental games to empty our minds. We had to meditate on riddles like, "What i
s the sound of one hand clapping?" At times, when I fell asleep, a monitor would swat me on the shoulder with a stick. Needless to say, I felt uncomfortable. After the meditation, someone asked the master about Ved\'e4nta philosophy. He replied, "I have 
enough trouble keeping up with Zen. How can I think about Ved\'e4nta?" It seemed to me that a real spiritual teacher should know everything about spiritual life. So right then I knew that this man wasn't the teacher I was looking for.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later, I studied the writings of a famous Indian whom many people had called an incarnation of God. I asked one of my friends how I could study under him, but my fr
iend told me that he didn't accept any students. I thought, "What kind of master is this? Without accepting students, how can he benefit anyone? So that he can be detached he's denying others the opportunity to be enlightened?" This didn't make much sens
e to me, so I gave up on him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next, I became interested in a group that offered a popular version of meditation. Their leading American representative had rented a big hall in Cambridge to demon
strate the technique. But when I went there I found out that I'd have to pay an initiation fee of thirty-five dollars and give up some kind of sense pleasure for one week. I wondered, "Thirty-five dollars\'97this is spiritual life? And if sense pleasure 
is bad, then why give it up for only one week?" It all sounded a little strange.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So it went. Whenever I found that a "swami" or "yogi" or "perfect master" or "realized soul" was anywhere within a thousand miles, I would rush to meet him. "This-
\'e4nanda," "That-\'e4nanda"\'97so many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4nandas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I met, but I always came away disgusted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, on April 18, 1969, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da came to the Brandeis campus to speak on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  My girl friend tried to persuade me not to go. "Why can't we be like other couples?" she asked tearfully. "Why do 
you always have to run to these swamis and yog\'e9s? Why can't we be like everyone else?" I didn't want to disappoint her, and I actually tried to forget about the lecture, but from within I felt I had to go. Not wanting to hurt my girl friend's feelings
, I reassured her, "Let me go to this one lecture, and this will be the last swami I visit."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When one of my classmates and I entered the hall, the lecture had just ended. We saw \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sitting on a magnificent chair in the middle of the s
tage. He was surrounded by chanting and dancing devotees. Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa, (now Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9) the president of Boston's K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple, led the enthusiastic chanting. As the sound system boomed the transcendental vibrations of
f the bare brick walls, I felt like jumping up and joining in. When the chanting ended, the devotees bowed to offer their respects to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Then he left the stage, and a few disciples followed him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some of the devotees needed a ride to Harvard Square, so I gave them a lift in my station wagon. As we rode along, I mentioned that I'd been looking into Zen. "Acco
rding to the Buddhists," I said, "this world is just an image; it's like a movie. And behind it all is nothing."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee commented, "Sure, this world }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  like a movie. But when you're watching a movie, you know that there's someone behind the whole show: a projectionist. So there's also someone behind this world\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba." The more I listened to the devotees, th
e more I wanted to hear their guru. When I dropped them off in Harvard Square I asked a devotee named Patita-p\'e4vana where the temple was. He told me how to find it and said that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would be speaking there the next evening. I dec
ided to go.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I spent the next day anticipating my visit to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple. Finally, about 6 p.m., I set out. The temple was in an out-of-the-way but pleasant part of 
Boston called Allston. At the given address, 95 Glenville Avenue, I found a small storefront. With anxiety and eagerness I rang the doorbell, and a pleasant young man opened the door and welcomed me in. The room was thick with the smoke and fragrance of 
incense. It was a smallish room, crowded and warm. I saw \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da seated on the same chair as at the auditorium on campus. He was speaking, but I could hardly hear him. Yet I did catch one thing he said. He quoted a verse from the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Out of many thousands among men, one may endeavor for perfection, and of those w
ho have achieved perfection, hardly one knows Me in truth" (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That struck me. I thought, "Spiritual life isn't cheap. That's one thing I've learned already."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After he finished speaking, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked for questions. A nicely dressed young man in the back of the room raised his hand. "Swamiji," he said, "
How has K\'e5\'f1\'eba created }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [illusion, or forgetfulness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba]?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave a beautiful answer. He began, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is just like a cloud. Isn't the cloud produced by the sun?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "And doesn't the cloud also cover the sun?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In this way K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also creating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and due to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes c
overed. Actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not covered, but our vision is covered, so we are not able to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then I asked my question: "There are so many different processes of self-realization, like Zen Buddhism, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kriy\'e4-yoga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and others, and so many different teachers, with each one advocating his process as the best. How can we actually know what is the proper wa
y?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then questioned me. "First of all, what is your goal? Do you want to serve God, or do you want to become God?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I didn't know what to say.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If you want to become God, that means that you are not God now. But how can somebody who is not God become God? God is God. He never has to become God by any mysti
c yoga process. He already }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is God when He is on the lap of His mother, Ya
\'e7od\'e4; He is God when he is tending the cows with His friends; He is God when He is speaking the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on the Battlefield of Kuruk\'f1etra. God is always God. Not that by some mystic yoga process He becomes God. You are not God, nor can you become God. God is in your heart, and if you surrender to Him you can become godly. He is 
ready to help you, but if you try to become God you are only cheating yourself. If you want to become God then why should God help the competition? But if you want to serve God then God will give you all facility. So what do you think\'97do you want to b
ecome God or do you want}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to serve God?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was speaking, I realized that actually I }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub had}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wanted to become God. In fact, in my apartment I had painted a sign in bright, fancy letters; it said, "You Are God." Another thing I realized as he was speaking was that \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da was the spiritual teacher I'd been looking for, and that he could see right into my heart. I became ashamed, because I knew that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was seeing all of my foolishness. Then he repeated, "What do you think\'97do you want to
 serve God, or do you want to become God?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I hesitated. I had some inclination to serve God, but I admitted, "Actually, I see that I wanted to become God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said emphatically, "Yes, that is right! But how can you become God? You cannot. God is in your heart, and if you water the seed of devotio
n by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will give you all the sunshine to make it grow."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every vibration in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's voice struck my ear and entered my heart. Meanwhile, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked the devotees to distribute }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (spiritual food, offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba) to everyone. Earlier in the evening \'c7r\'e9la
 Prabhup\'e4da had initiated several new devotees, and now a feast would complete the occasion. One devotee brought a large platter with many varieties of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and offered it to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who quipped, "I am not God; I cannot eat all this. Distribute it." Then one joyful devotee approached me. "If you like," she said, "you c
an help distribute the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I was thankful for the chance to do some service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After everyone else had begun eating, I sat down and looked at my plate. There were so many preparations that I'd never seen before; I didn't know which one to try 
first. I bit into a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pakora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a breaded cauliflower chunk, zestfully spiced and deep-fried in pure 
butter). In all my life I had never tasted food so delicious. I looked at the devotees around me relishing their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and then I tried a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub puri }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (a light pastry, puffed in pure butter) and 
some eggplant and tomato with curd. Again the taste was extraordinary. One by one I tasted all the preparations, and each one was more wonderful than the last. I'd never experienced such pleasure in eating. I reflected that everything in K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness was that way. The philosophy, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the chanting, the temple, the devotees
, and their spiritual master\'97all were on a superior level.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next evening I visited again. On alternate nights, instead of speaking at the temple, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would speak at one of the nearby universities, a
nd that night he was going to speak at Boston University. I came early so that I could drive the devotees to the program in my station wagon. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da spoke clearly and simply and then opened the floor to questions. One person asked, "Wh
at can this movement do for the hungry people of the world?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replied, "If you give a bag of rice to the pigeons, one pigeon will take some grains and go away, another pigeon will take some grains and
 go away, and in this way all the pigeons will have enough. But if you put a bag of rice in a busy marketplace, the first man who sees it will take the whole bag and hoard it. So the real solution to the food problem is to change the greedy mentality in 
human society. Actually, there is no scarcity of anything; there is only a scarcity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. God has provided for everybody. We simply have to accept what He has given and distribute it equally. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousnes
s."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the questions and answers, with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da looking on, the devotees danced in a circle and chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. When I joined them I be
gan to sense that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually is present, as He says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "wi
thin the hearts of all living beings." It was a bright moment in my spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next night, after \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's lecture at the temple, I asked a question (each time Prabhup\'e4da spoke I would limit myself to just one carefull
y thought-out question): "What is the relationship between service to man and service to God?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replied, "If a hungry man comes to you and you feed him, in a few hours his hunger will return and he will have the same problem all over 
again. But if you give him K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all his problems will be solved permanently. If you give a man a million dollars, all of his ten-dollar problems will be solved. Similarly, if you give a man K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all of hi
s little problems will be solved, including eating. And his problems will be solved permanently. He'll become completely satisfied."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A few nights later, after a lecture at Harvard, the students asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da many challenging questions, but he easily answered all of them. One stu
dent said, "You're chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but couldn't you just as well count from one to ten over and over again, and wouldn't that have the same results?" \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replied, "Yes, you can try counting, and when you finish countin
g, you can try chanting." Everyone laughed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another boy rambled on about how we need revolution. "This chanting has been going on for many years," he said. "But now we have to take action, just like the Russi
an Revolution."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da inquired, "Now you've had your Russian Revolution, but are the people in Russia happy?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The boy replied, "Well, no."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, "Then what is the value of this revolution? And even if the situation has improved, again it will get worse. Better to chant Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba and get the permanent solution."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the question-and-answer period, the devotees chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Later, I lingered among the audience, noting how they'd appreciated \'c7r\'e9la Prab
hup\'e4da and the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. A disciple told me what I'd already gathered: K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pure devotee can never be defeated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I kept coming to hear \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da speak, either at the temple or at a university. One night he said something that I found especially illuminating: "O
ur whole life is simply wasted in these two activities\'97hankering and lamenting. Either we are hankering after what we don't have, or we are lamenting over what we've lost." That pretty much summed up my life. Prabhup\'e4da added, "The peace we are han
kering for, life after life, moment after moment\'97we'll get it when our desires are purified and dovetailed with the Lord's desires."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave a moving lecture at the Harvard University International Students Association. He said, "Our radius of love is always ex
panding. If you give a baby some food, he'll simply put it in his mouth; he thinks only of himself. But when he gets a little older, he may think of sharing the food with his mother, then with his father, and then with his brothers and sisters. If you gi
ve him food when he is still older, he might share it with his friends. When he is a young man, he may think of his community's welfare, and when still more mature he may think in terms of serving the society or the country, until finally he might come t
o the point of serving all humanity. But still his love is not all-encompassing. What about the cows? Are they not also sensitive living beings? Then why should we kill them? And what about the plants? We are cutting down so many trees and killing so man
y cows and other animals. Why should we not love all living entities?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then gave a nice example. What he said cleared things up for me. \'93This is our defect: our love is not perfect. I have my area of intere
st, and you have your area of interest, but mine overlaps and conflicts with yours. If I throw a handful of stones into the water, the circles they make will overlap and clash. But if I could throw the stones all at one center point, the circles would ne
ver clash. In the same way, if I have my center of interest and you have your center of interest, our interests will clash. But if we find the perfect center, we'll have perfect harmony. And what is that perfect center? That perfect center is God\'97K
\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although I was still living at my apartment, I liked the idea of working with Prabhup\'e4da's disciples. But I was in doubt about whether I should move into the tem
ple or stay where I was. One night, I got the opportunity to drive \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da back to the temple after his lecture. Here was the chance to ask him something that had been on my mind for some time. "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, what should I 
do with the rest of my life?" I was anxious, because I expected that he would ask me to move into the temple right away. But he replied, "Just study our books very thoroughly and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." I was relieved that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da w
as so understanding. He'd already helped me to}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub see that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the center of things, and I could see that the rest would come naturally.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the end of 1970, not long after he had come to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, Girir\'e4ja d\'e4sa went al
ong on \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's well-received return tour of India. Since that time, Girir\'e4ja has journeyed all over the subcontinent, encouraging the people to revive their K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious culture.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, since 1972 Girir\'e4ja has acted as president of ISKCON\'92s Bombay branch, so he has centered most of his
 work on that city. Among his other responsibilities, Girir\'e4ja helps coordinate the Indian affairs of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and ISKCON\'92s life membership program.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Despite many hardships, from the very beginning Girir\'e4ja has guided the construction of ISKCON\'92s new guest house-
restaurant-temple complex in Bombay. Set to open in April of 1977 the new structure is both well-styled and well-located (just off Juhu, one of the world\'92s most enchanting beaches). And with its diorama display (highlighting great Vedic personalities 
and events) and its theater for transcendental cinema and drama, ISKCON\'92s new Bombay complex promises to become a world cultural center.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Transcendental Sounds    v11#10
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Link-up to the most important spiritual master in the world today}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Set C
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Three times every week for six weeks, $35. (outside USA and Canada $42.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Meditation
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace sings and plays harmonium. Pure devotional music in praise of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Single LP .... $4.95}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub      R1\line }{\b0\i0
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Single LP .. .. $4.95}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    R2\line }{\b0\i0
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v11#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
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\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 8 TE
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News    v11#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Birthday Celebration: K\'e5\'f1\'eba Takes the Cake
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On August 18, thousands of Los Angeles residents saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday celebration, both in person (at ISKCON's Los Angeles center) and on television. 
Three stations and the Los Angeles }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  covered this commemoration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearanc
e on earth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The event climaxed with a special gift to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba: a half-ton cake shaped like an ancient Indian palace, complete with domes and balconies, colored ligh
ts, nectar-showering fountains, and gingerbread elephants. (The edible edifice took five days to make and ten days to eat.) Aside from the cake, the devotees offered the Lord 745 dishes; so}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub there was plenty for everyone.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Inside and outside the temple, transcendental bands played and sang the Lord's glories. Also, the festival featured a butter-churning contest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (right)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and exhibits of transcendental sculpture, paintings, and books. Similar celebrations took place at other ISKCON
 centers worldwide.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Spiritual Classic Now Available in Chinese
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the first time ever, the nearly one billion residents of China can read an authorized translation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da commented that the publication, on June 1, of the first six chapters of the Chinese }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (translation from the English by Ya\'e7omati-suta d\'e4sa) was "a great triumph in the 
effort to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness all over the world." Distribution of the new book in Hong Kong and Taiwan has begun.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 New ISKCON Center at Himalayan Foothills
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON devotees have opened a new center in Candigarh, the capital city of the northwest Indian states of Punjab and Harayana, at the base of the Himalayan mountain
s. At present, the fledgling center boasts only five members (including president Caityaguru d\'e4sa), all from India, England, and America. Despite this shortage of manpower, the residents have responded to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness enthusiastically.
 Both the Governor of Punjab and the Chief Minister of Harayana have declared publicly that they will assist the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious movement in every way possible.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Transcendental Safari Through African Northeast
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recently, Jagatguru Sv\'e4m\'e9 and several other devotees journeyed through the African states of Kenya, Ethiopia, Somaliland, French Afar, and Sudan to chant Hare
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba and give classes on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The people of northern Suda
n found K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness particularly attractive, and the devotees plan to return to that area soon.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Sociologists Speak Highly of Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Publications
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Elwin H. Powell, Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York (Buffalo), recently made this evaluation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "While I would not presume to assess the metaphysical validity of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, I would urge my fellow sociologists to examin
e the work as a possible key to understanding what Sorokin called 'ideational cultures.' This transcendental mysticism from the East is now taking root in the 'counter-cultures' of the West and providing, for many, a way out of the anomie\'97the wilderne
ss\'97of a disintegrating civilization."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And Dr. C. L. Spreadbury, Professor of Sociology at Stephen F. Austin University, remarked, "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  provide insight into the culture of India in a way which ordinary textbooks cannot do for sociologists. These books provide insight into sociology of religion, stratification, and control without e
ver needing to use those particular words. The books are not only beautiful, but also relevant to our times as we as a nation search for new cultural patterns for our way of life." 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vedic Calendar    v11 #10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Vedic Calendar
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedic Calendar\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Y
ear 490, Caitanya Era
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
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\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct. 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct. 4\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct. 8\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 13\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 16\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4macandra-vijayotsava (celebration of R\'e4ma's victory over R\'e4va\'eba).\line Appearance of Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub P\'e4p\'e4\'ecku\'e7a E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of K\'e4rtika-vrata}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 8:07 a.m.\line Disappearance of Rag
hun\'e4tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa Kavir\'e4ja Gosv\'e4m\'e9s.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saradiya Rasa-y\'e4tr\'e4 of Lord }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line Disappearance of Mur}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ri Gupta.\line Full Moon.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappeara
nce of Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Bathing festival at R\'e4dh\'e4-ku\'eb\'f2a.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bahul\'e4\'f1\'f6ami\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Appearance of V\'e9racandra Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of \'dcrja-vrata.\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct. 19\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 20\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 23\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 24\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 25\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct. 30\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 2\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of Narahari Sarak\'e4ra \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:27 a.m.}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Solar eclipse at Kuruk\'f1etra\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 Goverdhana-p\'fcja.\line Annak\'fc\'f6a Mahotsava.\line Appearance of Rasik\'e4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of V\'e4sudeva Gho\'f1a\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Gop\'e4\'f1\'f6ami.
\line Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9niv\'e4s\'e4c\'e4rya, Dhana\'efjaya Pa\'eb\'f2ita and Gad\'e4dhara d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Utth\'e4n\'e4
 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\line Disappearance of Gauraki}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4ji
\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 6\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 11\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:27 a.m.\line End of C\'e4turm\'e4sya that began on Sayana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 (July 8th).\line End }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of \'dcrja-vrata.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of Bhugarbha Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and K\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub vara Pa\'eb\'f2ita\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 End of the C\'e4turm\'e4sya that began on full moon (July 11).\line Haimantik\'e4 R\'e4sa-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4tr\'e4 of
 Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of the K\'e4ty\'e4yan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vrata of th
e gop}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 End of the C\'e4turm\'e4sya that began on Jul
y 16.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Summer Sessions
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Summer Sessions
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the last eleven years, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has circled the globe thirteen times
 to talk on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness with disciples, reporters, professors, and public officials. What follows is a sampling of highlights from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s tour of America this summer.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On June 1 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in Los Angeles, and he spent ten days at ISKCON's world headquarters there b
efore flying to Detroit. At Detroit's ISKCON center he met with Mr. George Gullen, president of Wayne State University.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gullen:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I think we are terribly caught up in things no
t of the spirit.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Material things, like your b
ody or my body, are temporary. They will not last. The body has taken birth at a certain date, it will endure for a certain number of years, and then it will be finished. But the spirit\'97that will continue. It will accept another body. Just as I gave u
p my childhood body and accepted the body of a boy, then gave up my boyhood body and accepted the body of a young man, similarly, my present body (I am now an old man) will soon be finished, and I will accept another body. So the spirit soul is eternal a
nd the body is temporary. We are taking care of the body very much, and that is required, but what about the spirit soul? This education is lacking. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gullen:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, this is true. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The human body is especially impo
rtant because, unlike the cats and dogs, it has complete consciousness by which we can understand God. Therefore, if we do not use this developed consciousness for understanding God and our relationship with Him, then we are no better than cats and dogs.
 The distinction between animals and man is that we can be educated about God. But modern education is keeping people in ignorance about God. It is keeping them on the level of cats and dogs. And how can you have peace among cats and dogs? If you bring a
ll the dogs of your city together, will they sit down peacefully? No, it is not possible. So, if we keep our citizens on the level of cats and dogs, how can we expect peace? The leaders of society must take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or God conscio
usness, if they are serious about the advancement of civilization.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gullen:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We do not teach these things in public schools b
ecause we do not know about them.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Now you must decide whether 
to remain in ignorance or learn this science and teach it. This K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not sectarian; it is a science for the whole human society. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gullen:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Personally, I would like to learn more. I think 
this is good for the whole world. It is needed.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the opportunity of the human
 form of life must be utilized for self-realization. There is no alternative; otherwise, human life will be spoiled. Suppose a person is due to receive his father's money. If someone checks him so that he does not get it, that's a heinous act. The actual
 inheritor must get it; that is justice. Similarly, in this human form of life one can receive education about God. If it is lacking, then one misses the opportunity to fulfill the mission of human life. Then, after death, there is a chance of falling do
wn into the lower species of life. Although anyone can see that the body is changing at every moment, even highly educated men don't believe the soul continues after death. If one does not understand this simple truth, he is not even a gentleman, what to
 speak of a learned scholar. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Gullen:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 12. Michigan state congressman Jackie Vaughn works in Detroit's inner city to improve relationships between blacks
 and whites. He talked with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da about some of the city's social problems.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Congressman Vaughn:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have been trying to do good to people,
 especially poor people.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everyone tries to help others. Th
e cat is anxious to give protection to her kittens. The birds bring food to their offspring, and the little ones are so engladdened when the mother comes: "Here is food! Here is food!" So this sentiment of doing good is also there in the animals, but the
se are not actual welfare activities. Animals are interested only in their body, while humans are interested in the extensions of their body\'97wife, children, society, community, or the whole nation. When there is some national crisis, the separate comm
unities forget their small interests and lay down their lives for the nation. In this way there is progress, but this progress is not perfection. If you water the branches of a tree, someone else waters the leaves, someone the fruits, someone the twigs
\'97it is all imperfect. One who waters the root is perfect. And the root is God. Otherwise, all partial endeavors are a failure. The history of the world shows different nations trying for their separate interests, and all unsuccessful in the end. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Congressman Vaughn:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It appears that progress is slow in impr
oving black-and-white relationships. I guess it's because we're not taking first things first.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means we're acting in ignora
nce. We do not know what is the first thing. But if we pour water on the root, that is, if we make God the center of our activities, then everything is all right. Otherwise, it is a failure.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In America a common slogan is "In God we trust." But unless we know scientifically how God is the only trustworthy person, how can we t
rust in Him? If I do not know what God is, how can I trust in Him? So everything should be understood scientifically. We should study what God is and how we should put our faith and trust in Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness teaches this science of God. 
The government should cooperate with us in teaching the people the science of God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 15. Today, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da received a visit from Monsignor Clement Kern and Rev. Edward L. Scheuerman. T
he priests expressed their concern about the worldwide lack of God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People in general are out of God 
consciousness. Is this not so?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Msgr. Kern:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I would agree. Consciousness of God is defi
nitely on the wane. It is difficult even to speak about God. There is no willingness to listen. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why have people come to this cond
ition? They are not prepared even to hear about God. A priest in Boston said to me, "Your disciples come from Christian and Jewish families. Yet they were not coming to our church. They never inquired about God. But now the same boys and girls are mad af
ter God." In Los Angeles we purchased a big church. It was vacant; no one was coming. But now, although the church is the same and the people are the same (residents of Los Angeles), it is always packed.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Msgr. Kern:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hopefully, that is a sign that young people are 
seeking to change their lives for the better.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The reason why K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness attract
s us, whereas Western religion did not, is that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is giving specific information about the Supreme Person\'97not just that God is great, but how God is great, what His name is, what His form is. Generally, this information is lack
ing. But the Vedic books give specific information about God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Msgr. Kern:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God reveals Himself to us in many ways, but many
 people do not wish to see Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is one verse in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (7.28) which says that those who are addicted to sinful life cannot understand God. Therefor
e, sinful activities must be stopped. If you allow people to continue their sinful activities, how can you expect them to understand God? How can you expect that God will be revealed to them? It is not possible.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Scheuerman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I agree. We, too, see sin as that wh
ich separates us from God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, because people are entangled
 in sinful activities, they are unable to understand God. And one of the worst sins in human society is animal killing. There is a verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (10.1.4}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that states, "The gl
orification of the Lord is done by the liberated person. Such glorification is so sublime. Therefore, who except the animal killer can refrain from glorification of the Lord?"
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So human beings should stop killing animals and learn to cooperate with each other. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba orders that human society must be divided into four divisions, and that they should cooperate to understand God. J
ust as in our body we have the head, the arms, the belly, and the legs, and all the parts cooperate for maintaining the body, so society should also have a "head," "arms," and so forth.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Scheuerman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, you are seeking to train the intellig
ent men to be first-class so that they can teach others? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Here are the qualities of a 
first-class man: peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. 18.42}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Scheuerman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, these are worthy goals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So where is the institution that 
is teaching this? Most institutions teach technology. But if there are no first-class men\'97no brain in society\'97who will guide the others, the hands and legs?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Scheuerman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Jesus said, "Seek first the kingdom 
of heaven, and all other things will be added." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If the first-class man is at the 
head of society, everything will be done properly.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Scheuerman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the downtrodden, the poor? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A man is really poor when he is i
n ignorance. The food problem can be solved. In America, Australia, Africa there is so much land lying vacant. Men are not engaged in growing food grains, but are instead brought to Detroit to manufacture automobiles.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Scheuerman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You want to correct the problems of the w
orld by the indirect approach\'97by training men who will be qualified to execute a solution. We believe in direct, person-to-person help\'97feeding the hungry.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In Bengal we are daily supplying 
at least one thousand people with food. Here in Detroit, and at all our other centers, we feed everyone who comes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Scheuerman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So you utilize the direct approach as wel
l. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Anyone who comes is getting 
not only food and shelter but also spiritual education. We are teaching people to be first-class, how to avoid being implicated in sinful activity. I have not imported these boys and girls from India. They are all recruited here.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Father Scheuerman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your Eastern program seems to have great 
appeal for young people.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not Eastern or Western. To 
become peaceful\'97is that Eastern or Western? Peaceful is peaceful. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is meant for everyone.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 16. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da flew to Toronto, where his disciples gave him a warm reception at the airport. The f
ollowing day, Kathy Kerr of the Toronto Star asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to explain what the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kathy Kerr:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I understand that your movement is an extension 
of the Hindu religion.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, that is not correct. You will
 not even find the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hindu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the Vedic scriptures. Real religion, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not a kind of faith. It is the eternal characteristic of all living entities. It is compared to a chemical composition. For
 example, the chemical composition of sugar makes it sweet. If something is pungent, you can know for sure that it is not sugar. Similarly, the eternal characteristic of all living entities is the same\'97to serve the Supreme Lord\'97and the Vedic system
 is meant to train human beings to come to this ultimate goal of life. That system is called the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  which gradually trains one how to be a perfect human being and understand the goal of life. It is not for a particular sect or nation, but for the whole human society.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kathy Kerr:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do you teach people to become perfect?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The first thing is to understand 
our spiritual identification\'97we are not this body. But at present everyone all over the world is under the bodily concept of life. This misconception is the defect of modern civilization. They are taking care of the body but have no information of the
 soul, the living force within the body. The whole human society is going on in ignorance, so we are trying to give knowledge. Our books are being well received; we are printing and distributing millions. This is our service, and it is meant for all huma
n beings, not just Hindus or Christians or Muslims. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a science meant for everyone. I have not come to preach Hinduism. What is the use of changing Christians to Hindus? We want to make all human beings perfect in knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kathy Kerr:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is there more than one way to do this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is only one way: to realize
 our spiritual identity. A spirit soul is within you and within me. Your skin may be white and mine may be colored, but within, the soul is the same. And there is a process to understand the soul. It is very simple: you were once a child, but now that bo
dy is gone. So where is that child's body? You have changed bodies, but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are the same. Why can't peopl
e understand this simple truth? Suppose I see you in this dress, and the next day I see you in another dress. If I know you, I will not be confused; I will know that you have simply changed your dress. Similarly, we are changing our bodily "dress" from c
hild to youth to adult. Medical science confirms that our body is changing at every moment.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kathy Kerr:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does that mean you deny your body?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Your dress is not unimportant
, but you are more important than your dress. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kathy Kerr:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Would you say that your movement is more educati
onal than religious?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is educational. It is als
o a religion, but not a man-made religion. As I have explained, the soul is the same everywhere, just as sugar is the same whether you are in Europe or America. The soul is suffering because of the material body. We are teaching everyone how to get out o
f the material body and stay in the original, spiritual body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kathy Kerr:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is there so much attraction to this movement
? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because we are giving the real sp
iritual facts. We do not bluff by saying "Meditate and become God." K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the science of how to understand God, how to understand yourself, and how to reestablish your relationship with God.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 18. Professor Sivaraman of McMaster University asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, "Do you think that bhakti [devotio
n to God] is the solution to the problems of the world? "Here is Prabhup\'e4da's answer:
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is your natural position. You are protected, and God is the protector. That is a fact. You cannot live a moment without 
His protection. Therefore, your real identification is that you are the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The relationship between God and us is like the relationship between a father and his children. The father's duty is to maintain the ch
ildren, and the children's duty is to remain obedient to the father. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the family is p
eaceful. Modern civilization is missing the father. They see only the children and the mother, the material nature. The root cause of all problems is that we are missing the father. Our research work cannot help us understand the father. One must take kn
owledge through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to understand. Here in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Supreme Father personally comes to teach. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "I am the Supreme Father."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 21. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in New Vrindavan, ISKCON's thousand-acre farm in Moundsville, West Virginia.
 Here are some of his opening words to the devotees there:
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The prominent trend in modern civ
ilization is to improve the economic condition\'97in other words, to improve the standard of sense gratification. Lower grades of life, like aquatics, insects, birds, and beasts, are only interested in sense enjoyment\'97eating, sleeping, sex, and defens
e. And we mistakenly think that our standard of happiness is higher than that of these other living entities. But in any kind of sex life, whether between dogs or between human beings, the pleasure is the same. Don't think that when the dogs enjoy sex li
fe on the public street, their pleasure is any less than ours when we have sex life in a luxurious apartment. No. The pleasure is the same. We think that our pleasure in eating nice food is greater then the pig's pleasure in eating stool. But no, the pig
 is also getting the same pleasure. So economic development cannot improve the quality of pleasure. That is not possible.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, economic development is unnecessary. By God's arrangement everything is provided for. As anyone can see, He is providing for
 all the animals, from the ant to the elephant; and they are not endeavoring for economic development. So does that mean we don't have to work? No. We must work, but not for eating, sleeping, sex life, and defense. Rather, we must work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 and try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The human being's business is to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If you don't try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba but simply try to improve your eating, this is not civilization. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is
 presenting a new life for civilization: how to become a servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. After that, everything else will come automatically.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 30. Mike Darby of the Wheeling}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Inte
lligencer }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub talked with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da about religionists who don't believe in God, and about scientists who believe that life comes from chemicals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Darby:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I understand that your movement is trying to edu
cate people. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. We are just coming from Detr
oit. They have so many factories there for automobiles, but nothing to educate people to the right path.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Darby:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aren't the Christians also trying to guide peopl
e along the spiritual path?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Christians are passing resolu
tions according to time and circumstances, and they are changing the instructions of the Bible. How can they be called followers of Christ? For example, the Bible states, "Thou shall not kill." But the Christians are killing; they are maintaining slaught
erhouses. Why? It is clearly stated in the Commandments, "Thou shall not kill." So what is their qualification? If they are violating the law themselves, how can they guide anyone?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Darby:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I have met people who call themselves Christians
, but who deny the existence of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not only Christians, but the whol
e world is now denying God. Religion has become a subject for laughter, and if someone is God conscious, he is considered fool number one\'97not very advanced. The rascal scientists think in this way, and they bluff you into believing that life is produc
ed from chemicals. But when we challenge them, "Can you make an egg with chemicals and put it in the incubator until a chicken hatches?" they will not answer. Anyone can see the composition of an egg\'97a little white and yellow substance. There are many
 chemicals that are white, and many that are yellow. We challenge the scientists to combine the right ones into an egg, put a shell around it, and produce a chicken. They cannot do this, and they will never be able to do it. But still they assert that li
fe is coming from chemicals, and people accept this bluff.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Darby:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The scientists say life comes from chemicals, bu
t they haven't begun to prove it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually, any sane man can unders
tand that life is not produced from chemicals. He simply has to analyze his body to try to find out the source of life. The first analysis is the breathing. Suppose a man has just died. Someone may say, "Because his breathing has stopped, he is dead." Bu
t what is this breathing? Simply air. With a machine you can make air pass through his lungs, but will that bring him back to life? Similarly, you can analyze anything\'97the blood, the skin, the muscles, the bone, the stool, the urine\'97but you will fa
il to find the source of life. Then why do the scientists say life is a combination of chemicals? Can they take all the elements of the body and produce another body? They are talking nonsense, and foolish people are accepting. And they are being paid a 
high salary for this at the cost of the taxpayer.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now they claim to have gone to the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub moon. Whether they have actually gone is doubtful, but in any case, why are they coming back again? That is our challenge. If they have gone to the moon, they should colonize there. Why come back to the
 earth? Why not live there? Then the overpopulation problem will be solved, and they can start their industry, drill for oil, and so on. Why do they not do that? They simply spend billions of dollars and bluff people into thinking that they have gone to 
the moon. And the people are so satisfied that now they are paying for another excursion to Mars.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Darby:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Scientists say the moon's atmosphere is unsuitab
le for life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then why do the rascals spend so 
much money to go there?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Darby:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To impress the people. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means they are bluffers, and
 people are so foolish that they do not challenge them. Now they are going to Mars to bring back some more dust and rock at the taxpayers' expense. They are spending so much money for nothing! If one tenth of the money was given to us to spread K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness, not a single penny would be wasted. But no, they would rather spend millions of dollars to bring back some dust. Is that a very sane government? Why don't the people challenge the government? They have this power. When they found tha
t they had been cheated by Nixon\'97that he had captured the presidential post for his own satisfaction\'97they agitated and got him down. The people are blind, and they are being led by blind leaders. The result is catastrophe.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 3. After a short flight, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived at the ISKCON center in Washington, D.C. In his quarter
s there he talked again about scientists, this time with Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa, one of his Ph.D. -holding disciples.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Many scientists claim that life come
s from the molecules of a primordial chemical soup made of water, ammonia, and hydrocarbons, and influenced by ultraviolet radiation. After the radiation has bombarded the chemicals for a long time, amino acids, then proteins, form by chance. In other wo
rds, the scientists say life is the result of chance molecular forces acting over a long time span.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They would have us wait millions 
of years before life comes. But I can see practically that after a bird lays an egg, life comes within a week. A bird can create life within a week, but a scientist will say, "Oh, no, it takes millions of years."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. This theory\'97that life comes 
from molecules\'97makes life appear meaningless, and therefore we feel it is the root cause of the moral breakdown we are experiencing in society today.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don't condemn the scientists. 
We say, "Take credit for as much as you like, but do not deny the existence of God. You have created the 747 jet. All right, take the credit. But you can't create a mosquito. A mosquito is nothing but a small airplane, with a pilot. So just admit that th
ere is a supreme creator. You cannot see Him, but He exists nonetheless."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 5. Mr. David Loomis, Presbyterian minister and chaplain at the University of Maryland, came to see \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our philosophy is that endeavors 
for material happiness result in loss of time and energy, with no actual profit. But endeavor for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness results in self-realization, the highest goal of life. In Indian civilization there are so many books of knowledge, vast librar
ies\'97but there is no instruction for starting factories and industries. This drinking, gambling, meat-eating, and prostitution only help us to forget the real business of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Loomis: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I see that this room is pleasing. It is tasteful
ly decorated. So, when is sense gratification helpful?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Only when it is absolutely necess
ary. Take sleeping, for instance. Sleeping is required because the material body must rest. But sleeping is a waste of time: as long as you sleep, you cannot do any work. Therefore, sleep should be minimized. That is austerity: to voluntarily accept some
 hardship for the advancement of spiritual life. Eating, sleeping, sex, and defense should all be minimized by practice. And the more we minimize these, the more we can advance in spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Loomis:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is it better to have a human body than a dog
's body?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because you can utilize the human
 body for a higher purpose. Since you have a human body, you are sitting here and listening to me. }{\cs2563\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad\f5\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  dog cannot hear about spiritual life. Therefore, the human body should be engaged in inquiring about the Absolute Truth. Unfortunately, in the modern civilization people are only interested in the comforts of the body.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 7. Author Bill Sauber and Dr. Dinesh Sharma, of the National Institute of Art, talked with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4
da about travel to other planets.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Sauber:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I met your disciples in the airport, and I foun
d the things they said interesting. I agree with you that human society has to adopt a life-style that is a little simpler. We cannot use our material resources unnecessarily. Also, I spoke to the devotees about going to other planets. This, I think, is 
very important.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it is possible to go to othe
r planets. You can go to the higher planets, where the duration of life is very long. Our six months is equal to one day there. And everyone there lives ten thousand years composed of such days. But they also die; life is not permanent there, either. Alt
hough the standard of life is very high, there is still birth, death, old age, and disease. But if you transfer yourself to the spiritual world, then you do not get another material body. You do not die.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bill Sauber:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Don't you have to carry your material body to o
ther planets?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is in the material world. Bu
t we each have a spiritual body, without any material covering. With it you can transfer to the spiritual world. Everything in the material world will be destroyed, but there is another nature, a spiritual world, where you don't require this material bod
y. There you remain in your spiritual body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point Drs. Sharma and Sauber began
 a short discussion of their ideas and}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophies.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do not try to understand the inconceivable by argument. In whatever way we go on arguing, we cannot come to a conclusion. In K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness our process is to take knowledge from the authority. The modern scientists and philosophers argue, but they come to no conclusion. They are just like two lawyers arguing in court: no conclusion is reached until the decision is given b
y the authority, the judge. And his decision they have to accept. It is final. So we accept the authority of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is accepted as the authority by all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ry
as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [spiritual teachers] and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub [scriptures]. His authority is confirmed, and if we take His conclusions then we benefit. Otherwise, if we go on arguing with our limited knowledge, we cannot understand the conclusion. If you are perplexed, you should accept the proper a
uthority. And that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before leaving the United States for ISKCON's European headquarters, near London, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da stopped
 to visit the Hare Krishna Building, in New York. On July 16, George Orwell of Associated Press came to do an interview.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are you saying that this material life is like a
n evil prison,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and that the real goal is another life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Now you have understood. Thi
s material life, with its repeated birth, disease, old age, and death, is not a desirable life. To live in this jail is not desirable.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, in a sense, one should repudiate
 this life, this world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not repudiate\'97understand.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That it is not a good life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That it is not a good life. The m
aterial world means false identification of the body with the self. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, isn't it important to try to improve this 
life so it won't be a prison?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and to improve it means to u
nderstand that I am not a person of the jail; I am a person of freedom. The trouble is that, after living in the jail for a long time, one tends to think, "Outside the jail I cannot live." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, I hope we all get out of it somehow, some 
way. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and that is why we are tryin
g to educate the prisoners: "Your life is not perfect within the jail. Your perfect life is outside the jail." This is our education.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Life cannot be perfect in the jail?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, but when we try to instruct t
hem, the persons in the jail are thinking, "What is this? He is not working to improve the jail life?" They are such fools and rascals that they cannot understand that one can live outside the jail.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you are not working for the jail life, why ar
e you here? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Suppose a man has gone to jail an
d he becomes reformed. He may take up the task of giving education to the prisoners: "My dear brothers, this life is not good. Become honest. Then you will be released from jail and not have to return." So the other prisoners are working hard. They are h
ammering bricks. But instead of taking his advice, they resent him: "This man is not hammering bricks. He is only talking." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, you think people should get away
 from what they are doing in the world? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, don't misunderstand. As long 
as you are in the jail, you have to work according to the principles of the jail. But you must know that jail life is not good, that it is not all in all.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, when you get through instructing the men h
ammering the bricks, are they going to lay down their hammers, too?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, they don't need to. Try to un
derstand. They may continue hammering, but their knowledge will be complete. At least they must know, "This hammering is not our real business; it is our punishment." That}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Isn't that a rather negative way to look at it?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why negative? That is a }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub positive}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  understanding. If you are suffering, and I say, "Don't suffer," is that negative, or is that positive?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Orwell:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why is work in the world necessarily suffering? 
It is a mixture of pain and joy. It seems negative to look upon it as all punishment.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is why people are envious of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious men. People say, "These men are not hammering like us. They must think there is no value in our hammering." In this way, most people think hammering is the real business of life. So, our business is to educate them: "Your hammer
ing is not your real business. Freedom is your real business."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-936 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p18-19: Are young people starting to change their lives for the better? \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da discusses the que
stion with Reverend Edward L. Scheuerman (opposite page). At the Toronto temple, disciples look on as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da distributes cookies to the children (center). At Golden Avatar recording studios, in Los Angeles, Prabhup\'e4da plays the mrda
nga and chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra (above).
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-936 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p20-21: Residents of the New Vrindavan farm community greet \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da during an early morning walk (o
pposite page). At a New Vrindavan construction site, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da looks at a stained glass window (above).
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-936 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p22-23: Atop New York's Hare Krishna Building, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da talks with some of his disciples (opposite p
age). George Orwell of Associated Press notes down Prabhup\'e4da's remarks during an interview (above).\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Child Who Challenged the Universe
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE CHILD WHO CHALLENGED THE UNI
VERSE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Turned away by his father King Utt\'e4nap\'e4da, five-year-old Dhruva craved an even greater kingdom: "My only desire is
 to occupy a post within this universe more exalted than that yet achieved by anyone else."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was millions of years ago, just after the creation of the universe. Utt\'e4nap\'e4da, the king of the earth, was relaxi
ng in the royal chambers with Suruci, his favorite of two queens. Suddenly Suruci's little son Uttama climbed onto the king's lap, and the king patted him with fatherly affection. Just then another young boy tried to climb onto the king's lap. He was Dhr
uva, the son of Sun\'e9ti, the other queen. Although the king loved his sons equally, just to please Queen Suruci he refused to welcome Dhruva. Then, with great pride and malice. Queen Suruci rebuked Dhruva in the very presence of the king.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear child," she said to Dhruva, "although surely you are also the king's son, because you are not born of my womb you do not deserve to sit on the king's lap, 
nor on the royal throne. If you desire the throne, you must first satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead V\'e4sudeva [another name for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, meaning "the owner of everything"] by undergoing severe austerities. Then, when He favors you, you 
shall still have to die and take birth in my womb before r being crowned emperor of the world."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as a snake breathes heavily when hit by a stick, so Dhruva, stricken by the strong words of his stepmother, was breathing heavily out of great anger. When he s
aw that his father was silent and did not protest, Dhruva immediately left the palace and went to his real mother, Queen Sun\'e9ti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Dhruva reached his mother, his lips were trembling in anger, and he was crying grievously. Queen Sun\'e9ti lifted her son onto her lap and listened attentively
 as the palace residents, who had heard Suruci's harsh words, related everything to her. Sun\'e9ti quickly lost her composure and became like a leaf burning in the forest fire of grief.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lamenting and breathing heavily, Sun\'e9ti addressed Dhruva. "My dear son, don't become vengeful, for if you inflict pain on others, you yourself will suffer from t
hat pain. What Suruci said is true. Your father is ashamed of me. He doesn't consider me his wife, or even his maidservant. It's a fact\'97you took birth in the womb of an unfortunate woman. Suruci told you to worship the lotus feet of Lord V\'e4sudeva. 
So, if you want to sit on the same throne as your stepbrother Uttama, you must immediately execute Queen Suruci's instructions. Take shelter of Lord V\'e4sudeva, who is very kind to His devotees, and worship Him. Lord V\'e4sudeva is so kind to His devote
es that if you go to Him, then the combined kindness of millions of mothers like me would be surpassed by His affectionate and tender dealings. When everything else fails, V\'e4sudeva is able to help His devotee. I can see that only He can mitigate your 
distress."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Considering his mother's instructions carefully, Dhruva immediately fixed his determination and left the palace to seek out God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon the news of Dhruva's quest reached the wandering sage N\'e4rada, a pure devotee of the Lord. He was struck with wonder at the young lad's fierce determination,
 but he wanted to test Dhruva's strength of purpose for himself. So N\'e4rada went to Dhruva, touched the boy's head with his all-virtuous hand, and spoke to him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear boy," N\'e4rada said, "you are only a child, attached to sports and other frivolities. Why are you so affected by words insulting your honor? Don't be diss
atisfied. The ways of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are very wonderful. Therefore, an intelligent person accepts his destiny and is satisfied with whatever comes, be it favorable or unfavorable. Besides, the process of yoga you have chosen to perform is very diffi
cult, even for experienced mystics. It is better that you go home."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Dhruva could not accept the words of the saint. "My dear lordship," he said, "you have kindly explained how to attain peace of mind. It is a good instruction. B
ut I am covered by ignorance, and that kind of philosophy does not touch my heart. I know I am very impudent to reject your advice, but it isn't my fault. It is because I was born in a family of warriors. With the arrows of her harsh words my stepmother 
has pierced my heart, so your valuable instructions cannot stay there. My only desire is to occupy a post within this universe more exalted than that yet achieved by anyone else. Therefore, O learned sage, please tell me of an honest path I may follow to
 achieve the goal of my life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhruva's words pleased N\'e4rada and evoked his compassion. The saint said, "Your mother's instruction to serve Lord V\'e4sudeva with devotion is actually just suit
able for you. You should completely absorb yourself in His service in the following way. First, go to the bank of the Yamun\'e4 River, in the forest of Madhuvana, for there it will be very easy for you to become purified. Bathe thrice daily, and after ea
ch bath sit calmly and practice the three kinds of breathing exercises. Then meditate patiently on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord V\'e4sudeva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Lord's face is very beautiful and pleasing in its attitude. He never looks displeased, and He always awards benedictions to His devotees. His eyes, nicely deco
rated eyebrows, raised nose, and broad forehead are all very beautiful. His entire body is decorated, and He wears a valuable jeweled helmet and yellow silk garments. Indeed, in every way the Lord is very pleasing to the eyes and mind of the beholder."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When N\'e4rada finished speaking, Dhruva accepted the sage as his spiritual master and bowed down at his feet. Then he went to Madhuvana forest by the bank of the Y
amun\'e4 to execute devotional service. Meanwhile, N\'e4rada went to the palace of King Utt\'e4nap\'e4da and assured Dhruva's father, who was distraught at the disappearance of his son, that the boy was under the protection of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Hearin
g this, the king gave up all his duties and simply thought of his son Dhruva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the forest, Dhruva began to worship the Lord just as N\'e4rada had instructed. During the first month, Dhruva ate only fruits and berries every third day\'97just
 enough to keep his body and soul together. In the second month, he ate only dry grass and leaves every sixth day, and he continued his worship of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. During the third month, he remained completely in trance, meditating on the form of Lo
rd V\'e4sudeva and chanting the prescribed mantra. In this month his only food was water\'97and that only every ninth day. In the fourth month, having become a complete master of the yogic breathing exercises, Dhruva lived only on air. Every twelfth day 
he would inhale and exhale, and this was how he sustained himself. Finally, by the fifth month, Dhruva had controlled his breathing so perfectly that he was able to stand motionless on one leg and concentrate his mind fully on the Supreme.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Dhruva thus captured in his heart the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the refuge of the total material creation and the master of all living entities, t
he universe began to tremble. Just as when hundreds of people are sitting in a flying airplane, they each share in the total force of the airplane, so when Dhruva's minute energy was perfectly identified with the Lord's through pure devotional service, h
is energy became as powerful as the total cosmic energy. Thus, the pressure of Dhruva's big toe pushed down half the earth, just as an elephant being carried on a boat rocks the boat left and right with his every step. Also, Dhruva's severely restricted 
breathing choked the cosmic breathing process. At this time all the demigods became greatly dismayed and prayed to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba for help.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After reassuring the demigods, the Lord traveled to the Madhuvana forest on the back of His great winged carrier, Garu\'f2a. When the Lord arrived, Dhruva was stand
ing there in meditation. He could not at first perceive the Lord externally, for he was deeply absorbed in contemplating the Lord's form within his mind. Suddenly, Dhruva could no longer see the Lord in his heart. The lad became perturbed, and his medita
tion broke. But as soon as he opened his eyes he saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead before him, just as he had been seeing Him in his heart. Overwhelmed with divine ecstasy, Dhruva fell prostrate at the Lord's feet. Dhruva wanted to glorify the Lord 
with suitable prayers, although, being a small boy, he did not know how. Knowing Dhruva's desire, the Lord touched His conchshell to the boy's forehead and imparted to him the transcendental inspiration known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-maya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Thereupon, Dhruva understood the Absolute Truth and His relationship with all living beings, and he offered Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba his deliberate and conclusive prayers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Lord, by Your unbroken transcendental glance You are the Supreme witness of all intellectual activities. You are eternally liberated, You exist in the state of 
pure goodness as the changeless Supersoul, You are the original Personality of Godhead (full with six opulences), and You are eternally the master of the three modes of material nature. Thus, You are always different from the ordinary living entities. As
 Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, You maintain all the affairs of the entire universe, yet You stand aloof and enjoy the results of all sacrifices."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hearing the sincere praise of Dhruva, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba said to him, "My dear Dhruva, son of King Utt\'e4nap\'e4da, you have piously executed your vows. I know th
e desire within your heart. It is an ambitious desire, very difficult to achieve, yet I shall favor you with its fulfillment. After you depart from your present body, I shall award you the glowing planet known as the Pole Star, which outlasts even the un
iversal dissolution at the end of each millenium. Until then, you will rule this earthly planet for thirty-six thousand years after your father goes to the forest in his old age. During all that time, your senses will stay as strong as they are now; you 
will never grow old. You will enjoy the blessings of material happiness in this life, and at the time of your death you will remember Me and come to Me, never to return to this material world."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having bestowed these benedictions upon Dhruva, the Supreme Personality of Godhead left the Madhuvana forest on the back of Garu\'f2a and returned to His own abode.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, Dhruva was not very happy. He was ashamed of the material demands he had held in his mind when the Lord appeared before him. "Alas!" he thought. "Just see 
how unfortunate I am! I approached the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, who can cut the chain of repetition of birth and death\'97but still, out of foolishness, I prayed for perishable things. With my materialistic vision of duality, I saw my brother as m
y enemy, and I lamented within my heart. I am like the ignorant pauper who begged the emperor for a few broken grains of husked rice, even after the emperor had offered him anything he wanted." Thinking in this way, Dhruva made his way back to his father
's palace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Utt\'e4nap\'e4da, who had feared that Dhruva was dead, considered himself the most wretched person for having rebuffed his son. So, when a messenger came from 
N\'e4rada to inform him of Dhruva's imminent return, the king could hardly believe the news. Very eager to see the face of his lost son, he mounted a chariot, gathered a procession of his family and attendants, and left the city to greet Dhruva. On seein
g the boy approaching from a distance, the king got down from his chariot in great haste and went to meet him. Breathing heavily, King Utt\'e4nap\'e4da at last embraced Dhruva. But Dhruva had changed; now he was completely sanctified by the spiritual tou
ch of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then Dhruva's mother and brother welcomed him back with tears of ecstasy. Even his stepmother Suruci appreciated his innocence. With tears of sincere feeling, she b
lessed him. "My dear boy, long may you live!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Dhruva entered the capital city, the residents praised him jubilantly. They had decorated the entire city with columns of banana and betel nut trees, as well as 
bunches of fruits and flowers. At every gate there were burning lamps and large water pots adorned with multicolored cloths, strings of pearls, flower garlands, and hanging mango leaves. The domes of the city's palaces glittered, as did the domes of the 
beautiful airplanes hovering over the capital.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In time, King Utt\'e4nap\'e4da enthroned Dhruva as emperor of the world. Then the old king detached himself from worldly affairs and entered the forest. Soon Dhruva
 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and his two queens, Bhrami and Il\'e4, raised a very beautiful family. But tragedy struck when Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja's brother Uttama met his death in the Himalayan mountains, at the hands of a Yak\'f1a tribesman. Soon afterward, Suruci w
ent to search out her missing son, but she died in a forest fire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When he heard of his brother's death, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was overwhelmed with grief and anger. Desiring revenge, he mounted his invincible chariot and set out si
ngle-handed for the Yak\'f1as' city Al\'e4kapur\'e9, in the Himalayas. As soon as he reached Al\'e4kapur\'e9 he blew his conchshell. The sound reverberated in all directions, and the wives of the Yak\'f1as became terribly frightened.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unable to stand the resounding vibration of Dhruva's conchshell, the ferocious Yak\'f1a warriors came forth from their city and attacked Dhruva. When Dhruva began t
o kill them by shooting three arrows at a time, the Yak\'f1as\'97130,000 strong\'97countered by shooting six arrows at a time. Then they began to shower Dhruva, his chariot, and his chariot driver with feathered arrows, iron bludgeons, swords, tridents, 
lances, pikes, spears, and other weapons. Just as incessant rain covers a mountain, so an incessant shower of weapons covered Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The sun of King Dhruva seemed to have set within the ocean of Yak\'f1as. But just as the sun suddenly breaks through the fog, so Dhruva's chariot suddenly appeared 
from within the armies of the Yak\'f1as. When Dhruva's wonderful bow twanged and his arrows hissed, the hearts of his enemies filled with grief. His arrows first scattered their countless weapons, just as a blast of wind scatters clouds; then his arrows 
pierced the shields and bodies of the enemy, just as thunderbolts pierce mountains. Those Yak\'f1as who somehow survived began fleeing. None of the enemy soldiers stayed in martial formation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja then desired}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to see the city of Al\'e4kapur\'e9, but he thought to himself, "No one knows the plans of the mystic Yak\'f1as." He waited and talked with his charioteer.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon they heard a tremendous sound, as if the entire ocean were rushing upon them, and they saw a great dust storm coming at them from all sides. Within a moment th
e entire sky became overcast with dense clouds. They heard thunder and saw dazzling lightning, and then a severe rainfall started. But it was not an ordinary rain: falling through the sky were blood, mucus, pus, feces, urine, marrow, and trunks of bodies
,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next, a huge mountain fell from the sky, and from all sides rained hailstones, lances, clubs, swords, and enormous chunks of stone. Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja also saw g
roups of mad elephants, lions, and tigers, along with many large, angry-eyed serpents vomiting fire\'97all coming to devour him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, as if the end of the universe were at hand, a fierce ocean with foaming waves and great roaring sounds came rushing toward him. Just at that moment, when h
e was completely overpowered by the illusions that the demoniac Yak\'f1as had conjured up, a company of great sages appeared before Dhruva to encourage him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our dear Dhruva," they said, "may}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the all-powerful Lord slay all your formidable enemies. You have nothing to fear, for you are a soul surrendered to Him, and you have chanted His holy name: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub o\'e0 namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Simply by chanting and hearing the Lord's holy name, anyone can be fully protected from fierce death. Therefore, the all-mer
ciful Lord has already saved you, His dearmost devotee."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Encouraged by the sages' words, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja sanctified himself by touching water and then took up a special arrow made by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. As 
soon as Dhruva joined this arrow to his bow, the apparitions created by the Yak\'f1as disappeared, and golden-shafted arrows with feathers like a swan's wings flew out from his bow. The arrows entered the bodies of the Yak\'f1as with a great hissing soun
d, just as peacocks enter a forest with tumultuous crowing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those sharp arrows dismayed the enemy soldiers; they became almost unconscious. But a few Yak\'f1as managed to collect their forces, and in a great rage they again 
attacked Dhruva with upraised weapons. But Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja saw the Yak\'f1as coming and cut them to pieces with his arrows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At this time, Dhruva's grandfather, the wise and powerful Manu, saw that his grandson was killing many innocent Yak\'f1as who had had nothing to do with his brother
 Uttama's death. Out of compassion, Manu approached Dhruva to give him good instruction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear son," Manu said, "please stop. To become unnecessarily angry is not good, for this is the path to hellish life. Now you have gone beyond the limit by killi
ng many offenseless Yak\'f1as. Furthermore, you have angered the demigod Kuvera, who is related with the Yak\'f1as. For these reasons, please stop}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this killing."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja took his grandfather's kind words to heart and returned to his capital city.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the rest of his 36,000-year reign, Dhruva rendered devotional service unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with unrelenting energy. He possessed all godly qualities\'97h
e was respectful to the Lord's devotees, very kind to the poor and the innocent, vigilant to uphold religious principles\'97and thus all the citizens regarded him as their father. In this way, over many, many years, Dhruva favorably executed the duties o
f a king.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, he handed over the charge of the royal throne to his son. Dhruva realized that the Supreme Lord has created this cosmic manifestation just to bewilder the 
living entities as a dream or a phantasmagoria would bewilder them. So he left his kingdom, considering his body, his treasury, palaces, and pleasure grounds, his army, friends, wives, and children to be creations of the Lord's illusory energy. Thus, in 
due course of time he retired to the forest known as Badarik\'e4\'e7rama in the Himalayas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Badarik\'e4\'e7rama King Dhruva fully purified his senses by bathing regularly in the crystal-clear water. Fixing himself in a sitting position, he controlled hi
s breathing and completely withdrew his senses from all external stimuli. Then he concentrated his mind on the form of the Lord and entered into trance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because of Dhruva's transcendental bliss, tears flowed incessantly from his eyes, his heart melted, his limbs shivered, and the hairs all over his body stood on end
. Transformed by this state of divine ecstasy, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja completely forgot about his bodily existence and became liberated from material bondage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just then Dhruva saw an exquisite airplane, as big as a house, descending from the sky. It looked as if the full moon were approaching him, illuminating all ten dir
ections. Two beautiful associates of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba were in the plane, and seeing that they were personal servants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja immediately stood up, offered them his respects with folded hands, and ch
anted the holy names of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The two servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (named Nanda and Sunanda) addressed Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in unison: "Our Lord has deputed us to take you to the spiritual world,
 where even great sages and demigods cannot go. Please come with us and live there eternally."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To Dhruva these words were as sweet as pouring honey, and he immediately offered his obeisances to the servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then Dhruva worshiped the airplan
e, and while he did so he became as brilliant and illuminating as molten gold. Just as Dhruva was boarding the wonderful airplane, death personified approached him. Completely unafraid, however, Dhruva put his feet on the head of death and then boarded t
he plane.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the sky, drums sounded and voices sang, and the demigods showered Dhruva with flowers. However, just as the transcendental airplane was about to leave the eart
h, Dhruva remembered his mother Sun\'e9ti. He thought, "How can I go to the spiritual world and leave my poor mother behind?" But Nanda and Sunanda understood his mind, and they showed him that Sun\'e9ti was going forward in another plane.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While Dhruva was passing through space, he saw all the planets of the solar system. Then he passed beyond the seven planetary systems of the great sages, and finall
y he reached the self-effulgent planets of the spiritual world. Thus, as he had desired, Dhruva had obtained the most exalted post within this universe, the Pole Star. And at last, because of his unflinching service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he went back h
ome, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24-25: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9
 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2088\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: Right: Dhruva meditated on the Lord and ate only grass and leaves every sixth day. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left: Overwhelmed with divine ecstasy, Dhruva fel1 prostrate at
 the Lord's feet. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2088\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27: Dhruva saw fierce animals coming to devour him. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Patron Member    v11#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BECOME A PATRON MEMBER
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li2160\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as  BTG V11 #1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Freedom in knowledge    v11#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FREEDOM IN KNOWLEDGE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#7
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Easy Journey to Other Planets     v11#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For the perfect yog\'e9 who has attained success in leaving his body in perfect consciousness, transferring from one p
lanet to another is as easy as an ordinary man's walking to the grocery store" (page 40).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the inner secrets of yoga, read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eas
y Journey to Other Planets}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Ninety-six pages, eight full-color plates. To order, use coupon inside back cover.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo \'a9 California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Institution of Washington.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
11 No. 11, 1976
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pictured: Devotees chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in New York's Central Park.  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v11#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Holiness}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha S\'fcta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9van d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7
\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTISTS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Indrapramada d\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Govinda d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, 
Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Candan\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $6.00 per year ($7.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v11#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For those of us who wonder what it's like in the world beyond, paintings like this one follow the descriptions of the transcend
ental realm found in the Vedic literature. Here we see the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and His eternal consort, \'c7r\'e9mati R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'ebi. (Original oil painting by Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, award winner in the 1974 }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Print}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Magazine Poster U.S.A. contest.)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P2: His Divine Grace A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUP\'c4DA\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of BACK TO
 GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first came to the United States in September of 1965, and by October of 1966 he and his first American student had begun the International Society for Krishna
 Consciousness in a small storefront in New York City. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the beginning, BACK TO GODHEAD magazine was an integral part of ISKCON. In fact, it has often been called "the b
ackbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement" by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who began writing, printing and distributing it himself in 1944. Over the years, BACK TO GODHEAD has changed in many ways, but its purpose has remained one: to present to
pics concerning K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for the spiritual enlightenment of its readers. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: (New York) Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 In Any Language
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub In Any Language
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In any language, isn't communicating what we really care about? And in any spiritual process, isn't God consciousness all th
at really counts?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa540\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Kevin Lahart of }{\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Newsday}{\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0  interviews His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I wonder if you could tell me how you came to fo
und the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement here in the United States?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I was ordered by my spiritual mas
ter to do this work, so on his order I came to the U.S. I came alone, with no help or money. Somehow or other I stayed. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How did you attract followers? You landed in New
 York and\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  My attraction was this chanting o
f the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. That's all. I had no magic. Others had some sort of magic. I never showed any magic. At Tompkins Square Park I was chanting, and gradually some boys came. First a picture was published by the New York }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Times.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then we started a branch in San Francisco, later Montreal, Boston, then Los Angeles.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You just chanted at Tompkins Square Park, and pe
ople came.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I chanted under a tree. (I t
hink that a picture was also published in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub East Village Other}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in a very big article.) Naturally, some 
boys came and joined me and began to dance. That was the beginning.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What did you have to offer them? You were chanti
ng in the park, and they would come up to you and say, "What are you doing? What are you chanting?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I would tell them, "Chanting is f
or spiritual realization. You chant; then gradually you realize your self. You realize that you are a spiritual being and that you are not the body. Then your spiritual life begins." Actually, human life is meant for spiritual realization, but if one doe
s not realize his spiritual identity, then he remains an animal. That is the difference between animals and man. Man is supposed to be spiritually realized.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And how is that spiritual dimension realized? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  First one has to realize that he 
is not the body; he is spirit soul, and the spirit soul is within the body. The soul means consciousness. It is just like sunshine. The soul is a very small particle, but it is shining as consciousness. And after the annihilation of this body, the spirit
 soul is transferred to another body. There are 8,400,000 different forms of life, and at the time of death we have to transmigrate to one of these forms. So today I am in an American body or an Indian body,\'97very comfortably situated, but at the time 
of death my particular mentality will transfer me to a particular type of body.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The material laws are very subtle. We, the spirit soul, are covered by a gross body and a subtle body. The gross body is made of earth,
 water, fire, air, and ether, and the subtle body is made of mind, intelligence, and ego. And the spirit soul is within these outward gross and subtle bodies. When the gross body is annihilated, the subtle body\'97the mind, intelligence, and ego\'97carri
es the soul to another body. What kind of body we get depends on what we are thinking at the time of death. An example is given in the scriptures: just as the air carries the aroma of a rose garden or the bad odor of a filthy place, similarly, the mind, 
intelligence, and ego carry me to a particular type of body according to the thought in which I am absorbed at the time of death.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What are we, ultimately? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Ultimately you are spirit soul, b
ut, being materially engrossed, you are creating various material situations, and you are being transferred to various material bodies. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For what purpose? What is the final thing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, unless you become spirituall
y realized, you cannot know the final thing. The final thing is that we are part and parcel of God. Somehow or other we are entangled in this material atmosphere. So the final stage is to go back home, back to Godhead. Unless we know this and practice ho
w to return back to Godhead, we have to remain within this material world, transmigrating from one body to another. Therefore, human intelligence is meant for understanding your spiritual identity and the goal of life, and acting accordingly. That is the
 purpose of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. It is an educational movement to bring people from gross ignorance to the highest enlightenment of spiritual understanding. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is the educational process internal or external?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is internal, but external beha
vior affects internal inclinations. If you associate with some bad company, then internally also you develop bad propensities, and if you associate with good company, then internally you develop good propensities. So internal and external are interrelate
d. By external behavior we influence the internal energy, and because of the internal atmosphere we receive our next external body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You said that your movement brings people "to th
e highest enlightenment of spiritual understanding." How does that happen? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Their original, dormant K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness is awakened. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So that consciousness is within us, and it needs
 to be brought out? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And how is that brought out?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is brought out by this proce
ss of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness-associating with devotees, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, eating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  [food offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba], and so forth. You have to undergo some process. A man who is unconscious can again become conscious by some process. If one becomes unconscious, then by another process you can bring him back to conscio
usness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can I ask you a rather long question? Assuming t
hat all human beings have an innate ability to speak, a child will learn Sanskrit, English, French, Chinese, or whatever, depending on the circumstances he finds himself in. Now, if I were Chinese, I would say that Chinese is the best language, while you
, as an Indian, might take it differently. So, what is the best way to communicate? Now, in terms of your movement's bringing out God consciousness, which I would compare to the ability to speak, how is your path, your way, better than others?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no question of one proce
ss being better or superior. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means God consciousness. So, whether you are Chinese, or English, or American, you have consciousness, and when that consciousness is purified, you become God conscious.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But is your way the only way? I would think that
 there are many different ways to get to God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because God is one, God conscious
ness is one. Different ways there may be, but only if you actually come to God consciousness are the different ways approved. Otherwise, they are bogus. Whether you come to God consciousness through the Christian process or the Chinese process or the Ind
ian process, it doesn't matter. But if you do not come to God consciousness, then it is all bogus.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And how can you tell that someone has come to Go
d consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God consciousness means that you 
understand, "I am part and parcel of God; therefore I am a servant of God." Then the process is all right.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your movement has been criticized to some degree
. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How is it criticized? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People have said that it works against the famil
y and against Western society.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He gestures to several disciples.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Here is a family man. Here is a family man. How can you say our movement is against the family? The
re are so many families. And there are children. Have you seen our class in the morning? There are many family members\'97children, husband, wife. They are present there. How can you say we are against the family? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But are your followers encouraged to visit with
\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Let's take your questions one by 
one. You say we are against the family, but this is wrong propaganda. There are so many families in our society. It is a complete society. There are family members, there are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm
ac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [celibate students], there are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [renounced monks], and there are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [devotees retired from fam
ily life]. Whatever situation is suitable for you, you can accept. And in any situation you can become God conscious.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is wrong propaganda to say that we are against families. Here is a young man and his wife: they are a family. And there are many oth
er families. Why do you say that we are against the family? It is wrong. You should note that this sort of criticism is especially envious. It is not proper. We invite all families to come and take K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I've been approached by devotees at airports, on
 streets, and in other places, and asked to buy literature. Is that the way to God consciousness, by selling and soliciting? How does that fit in?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If I sell you a book about K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness and you read it, you benefit by giving money to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and by reading about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How does it benefit the person who works on the 
street selling the book?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is giving service to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba without pay. That is a sign of love. In the material field, also, there are many philosophers, scientists, artists, who work out of love for the subject matter, not for a salary. That is love. But our devotees are also becoming spiritually purified
. And the more service they give to God, the more they become spiritually advanced.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What are some other sides to your movement? I se
e people selling books, but what else do your disciples do?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If you stay in our temple for one
 whole day, from four o'clock in the morning to ten o'clock at night, you will see how we are engaged in many different practices: worshiping the Deity, chanting on beads, studying Vedic literatures, cleaning, cooking, and so many other things. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You rise at four? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramesvara Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this temple, at three or three-thi
rty. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And chant? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramesvara Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Chant and study. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the purpose of rising at four in the mor
ning, chanting and studying?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  To become accustomed to spiritual
 life. In the beginning it is a little like military training: "You must do this at this time, this thing at that time." So any training means regulated life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the most important project?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The most important project is to 
become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the most important practice to come to t
hat stage? Is one technique more important than the others?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot say that one thing is 
more important, and another is less important. But if someone can't live in our temple, then we recommend to him, "At least chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in your home, take K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub read my books, and follow the regulative principles, or, in other words, refrain from sinful life." R\'e4me\'e7vara Sv\'e4m\'e9, can you explain what sinfu
l life is? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4me\'e7vara Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Illicit sex, meat-eating, intox
ication, and gambling. We find that these activities disturb the body and mind. They are not conducive for spiritual practices.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For example, if a diseased man wa
nts to be cured, he goes to a doctor, who says, "Don't do this. Don't eat this." The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [script
ure] also cures disease\'97the disease of the mind\'97by bringing the mind to the spiritual platform. And for this there is something to do, and something not to do. That's all.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I understand you came here ten or eleven years a
go, and that you were almost seventy at the time? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I came here at the age of se
venty years. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What were you doing previously? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I was a family man. I retired in 
1954. Previously, when I was twenty-five years old, my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru mah\'e4r\'e4ja\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my spiritual master\'97aske
d me to take seriously this task of spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the West. So I was at that time a family man. I thought, "Let me adjust my family affairs; then I shall do it." So that adjustment took me long years. I finally took it up seri
ously at the age of fifty-eight. And when I was seventy years old, I came}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to your country.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Was it difficult for you to give up what you wer
e doing in order to devote your full time to spiritual affairs? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is the Vedic system that after
 a certain age, one should give up family connections and completely devote oneself to God consciousness. In the beginning, until age twenty-five, one should learn about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from the guru. Then, if he is able to avoid family life
, he does not become a family man. But if, due to circumstances, he is unable to remain celibate, he may become a family man. So he can remain a family man and then, at age fifty, give it up. He then retires from family life, but he travels to holy place
s with his wife. Sometimes he stays with her, and sometimes he stays alone. In this way, when by practice he can completely give up family attachment, the wife goes back home and remains under the care of her elderly children, and the man takes }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and remains alone. Then his only work is to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is the Vedic s
ystem.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4me\'e7vara Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Vedic system is a tradition
al social system from ancient India.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is it better to do it the way you did it, or to 
remain single?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Vedic system trains a }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  not to enter into the entanglement of material life. That is the Vedic system. The basic princi
ple is to avoid entanglement in material affairs. So at the early age, up to twenty-five years, one should be trained to continue as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [celibate] if he can, and then he can take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But
 if he is unable to remain }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  then let him go step by step. Let him take to household life
, then retired life, then }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  at the end. But it is compulsory that he finally give up family lif
e. Not that he waits for death to take him away. That is not the Vedic system.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But young men tend not to possess a great deal o
f wisdom. How can they be fit for renounced life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They have to be trained. For exam
ple, here we have so many young men who are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is no injunction that a young man cann
ot become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If he is able, he can take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the beginning. But if he is not able, let him enter household life and then remain a householder until the fiftieth year. Then he can retire
 and take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Nothing is forced. It is a gradual process. But the ultimate end is to become free
 from all material attachment and completely devote one's life to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is the ultimate. Human life is meant for that purpose\'97self-realization, or spiritual realization. That opportunity must be given to all human beings. 
Unfortunately, at the present moment civilization has no scope for spiritual realization. Men live like animals\'97eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. They do not know that there is another life, a spiritual life. Now we are trying to educate them. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How important is it to look after physical life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Physical life? You must keep your
self fit to execute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is not our desire to become sick and not be able to chant. Our purpose is to chant, and we require the physical necessities just to keep ourselves fit. Not more than that. Eating is necessary. Without 
eating I will die. So we take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We do not eat in the restaurant or hotel. No. We
 take nice vegetables, rice, grains, sugar, milk (full of vitamins). There is no deficiency of food, so it is unnecessary to kill animals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You run farms as well, do you not?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are they working farms, producing farms?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. We have many farms in your c
ountry. Just now I am coming from New Vrindavan, in West Virginia. Many devotees are living there. If you go some time, you can see how they are living. And there are other farms\'97in New Orleans, for instance. Tomorrow we are going to our farm in Penns
ylvania. So we get enough milk, enough food grains, enough fruits, and there is no economic problem. Our purpose is to save time from unnecessary labor for the necessities of life, and to utilize the saved time for developing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
. As far as the body is concerned, we should have as much as is required to maintain ourselves, but no more. In general, the motto in all our temples and farms is "plain living and high thinking."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Is your Society}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub open to}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub everyone?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. We give all help to anyone w
ho comes to our Society. We give shelter, we give food, we give instruction, we give dress\'97everything\'97without any condition. We invite everyone, "Please come and live with us." We have 102 centers all over the world, and we invite everyone to come 
live with us very comfortably and practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How many centers in the U.S.?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  About fifty, including the farms.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How are they supported? Do they support themselv
es? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba supports them.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba supports them? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Everything belongs to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is within you, if K\'e5\'f1\'eba dictates, "Give the K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple three thousand dollars," you give it. Actually, this is a fact. One man came and gave me a check for three thousand dollars. I never asked him 
for any money, but K\'e5\'f1\'eba sent money through him. We do not worry about what will happen tomorrow, but we are very nicely maintained by K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (9.22) K\'e5\'f1\'eba says,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anany\'e4\'e7 cintayanto m\'e4\'e0\line ye jan\'e4\'f9 paryup\'e4sate\line te\'f1\'e4\'e0 nity\'e4bhiyukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line yoga
-k\'f1ema\'e0 vah\'e4my aham
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "To those who worship Me with devotion, meditating on My transcendental form, I carry what they lack and preserve what they have."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you still have to go out and ask occasionall
y, don't you? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, it is not that we sit back and wait for 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba to send things to us.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we don't sit down idly. We a
re not idle preachers. We are working very hard, harder than ordinary people.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4me\'e7vara Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The books we distribute are for
 educating people about their spiritual identity, and the people give donations to cover the cost of printing.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now I am eighty years old. I am w
orking twenty-one hours a day. I think I work more than my young disciples.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4me\'e7vara Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. It is hard to keep up 
with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. We are publishing his books, and sometimes he is ahead of us by seventeen volumes. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do you spend your days? You do a lot of trav
eling, I understand.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. We travel throughout the wor
ld. Wherever I go, I translate and write books at night, and in the daytime I meet devotees and manage the affairs of the Society. My disciples ask me about many things, and they take my decisions as final. From all over the world letters are coming. Alt
hough I have over twenty secretaries, still they consult me, and I give them advice. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mardan:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the evening \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da goes t
o bed at ten o'clock and gets up at eleven-thirty to begin translating.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You sleep just a couple of hours, then.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, one and a half hours.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's it? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Of course, in the daytime I 
take two hours of rest. So, in this way, altogether three to four hours' rest. Our philosophy is not that you sit idly and wait for God to send things. No. We know that God will send everything, but still we work. Without God's sanction, nothing can come
, and we must work to become qualified to receive the favor of God. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are you surprised at the way the organization ha
s prospered? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am not surprised. It is natural
. For example, if you do business in a proper way, there will be profit. Similarly, if you act as enjoined in this book of knowledge, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your endeavor will expand and prosper. Two plus two always equals four. It will never total three or five. So here the Lord says, "For one who is engaged twenty-four hours a day in My service, I prov
ide whatever he requires, and I protect whatever he has." Thus, if you actually serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whatever you need will come.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does God speak to you directly?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. God speaks to you when you a
re qualified. You cannot expect God to be an order supplier, but when He sees that you are qualified, then He will speak to you. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4me\'e7vara Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is difficult for people to u
nderstand that God can speak to a man.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People cannot understand many thi
ngs. When a radio message is received, a foolish man cannot understand how the radio is playing. He thinks, "How is it speaking?" So any common man will be astonished at how God can speak to you. But that is foolishness. God says,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajat
\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga\'e0 ta\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me" (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . God is situated in everyone's heart. As soon as He sees that a person is qualified, He gives him instruction.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you still must work to achieve whatever K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is giving you. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you work for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
 You have to work. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am curious about how K\'e5\'f1\'eba communicat
es\'97whether directly or indirectly.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, not indirectly. K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a communicates directly to His pure devotee. A pure devotee always consults K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba will tell him, "Do like this." Not figuratively. Directly. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Does that apply to all kinds of decisions and ac
tivities? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Everything\'97because a devotee d
oes not do anything without consulting K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But that applies only to a very greatly elevated
 soul? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Therefore, the minor devotee
s consult the spiritual master. That is our process. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ramesvara Sv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you for your coming. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mr. Lahart:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: "I would tell them, 'Chanting is for spiritual realization. You chant; then gradually you realize yourself. You
 realize that you are not the body. Then your spiritual life begins.'"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: "Whether you come through the Christian or Chinese or Indian process, it doesn't matter. But if you do not come t
o God consciousness, then it is all bogus." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8: "When a radio message is received, a foolish man thinks, 'How is it speaking?' So any common man will be astonish
ed at how God can speak to you." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Transcendental Sounds    v11#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Transcendental Sounds
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#10
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Transcendental Trend in Science
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Transcendental Trend in Scie
nce
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 For a long time scientists have been asking, What's going on? And some of them have tried to find out, \line What's behind it all?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by D\'e4modara d\'e4sa and Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sir Isaac Newton once made a remarkable model of the solar system. Thanks to a clever hand-cranking mechanism, all of the tiny spinning globes orbited a small "sun.
"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On entering Newton's study, one of his colleagues, a materialist, couldn't help noticing the model. He was flabbergasted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dr. Newton," the man stared, "who made this wonderful contraption? The planets move with utter precision, you know. Why, it's ingenious. Who made it?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No one," Newton replied. "One day last week it simply appeared here."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Really, Dr. Newton, I think you've kept me in suspense quite long enough. Now kindly tell me: who made this solar system?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear Doctor," Newton said, "if you'll pardon my saying so, you're a fool. Just one look at this solar system and you demand to know who made it. But every eveni
ng you're looking at the real solar system. Why don't you ask who made that?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While aware of how little he knew, Newton (along with most of his contemporaries) was sure of one thing: "This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets
 could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being." Of course, that was in the seventeenth century.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before long, God-conscious science sagged under the weighty mathematical apparatus that Newton himself had done so much to build. By 1874, John Tyndall could make t
his materialist-science manifesto:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The impregnable position of science may be described in a few words. We claim, and we shall wrest from theolo
gy, the entire domain of cosmological theory. All schemes and systems which thus infringe upon the domain of science must, insofar as they do this, submit to its control and relinquish all thought of controlling it. Acting otherwise proved always disastr
ous in the past, and it is simply fatuous today.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Tyndall\'92s view, Newton's God had gone into retirement. Perhaps it had been inevitable. In Newton's own view. God had been little more than an old watchmaker w
ho'd wound up the universe a long time ago and was letting it run on by itself. And now, for physicist Tyndall and others, even this idea of God had no appeal. Now man was in control. Or so they thought. The high-stepping march of materialist science got
 bogged down only fifty years later-right in physics, Tyndall's own field.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By 1900, when Max Planck's quantum theory gave the world an exact unit of atomic energy, physics had become the cutting edge of materialistic science's slice into t
he universe. Chemists, biologists, even astronomers\'97all sought to reduce their data down to the physicist's atomic or subatomic particles. Acids, muscle fibers, and galaxies weren't necessarily real any more. Only atomic particles were real. If someth
ing was real, you could boil it down\'97"reduce" it\'97to its atomic particles. So in every field of science, the experts began thinking "reductionism." For a while, as the materialist scientists were reducing matter to its smallest particles, many peopl
e wondered whether they were reducing science to absurdity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the physicists closed in and boiled things down, matter's inner secret seemed only to get lost in the steam. In fact, by 1927 Werner Heisenberg had formulated hi
s Uncertainty Principle. He showed that at the infinitesimal subatomic levels where "reductionism" takes us, it's impossible to say }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub where}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a particle is even if you know how it's moving, and it's impossible to say how it's moving even if you know where it is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, Heisenberg pointed out that the very beams of energy used to observe a particle disturb the particle observed, so you can't really say }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub what }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is, either. And the final blow: even the consciousness of the observer disturbs the particle. So the scientists
 ended up asking not just what, where, or how, but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In other words, "reductionism"\'97the pil
lar of materialist precision\'97began to look a lot like a study in psychology.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over the last fifty years, Nobel Prize winner Heisenberg and others have turned the scientific tide. As we'd expect, the materialist and reductionist scientists are
 still with us, but now a whole new wave of anti-materialist and transcendentalist scientists has emerged.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another member of this wave, Nobel Prize winner Erwin Schrodinger, turned many heads when, in 1925, he wrote on "the profound rightness of the basic conviction" in 
the Vedic literature (such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ):
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub It is not possible that this unity of knowledge, feeling, and choice which you call }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub your own}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  should have sprung into being from nothingness... [It is] essentially eternal and unchangeable and numerically }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub one }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub in all men, nay in all sensitive beings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And some thirty-five years later, in his introduction to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da confirmed that spiritual understanding is "based more or less on the oneness of the entire human society, nay, on the en
tire energy of living beings." We can observe in these two statements a sameness of world view, and even of words\'97a remarkable harmony between the transcendentalist and the physicist. More and more, science present is sounding like science past\'97the
 God-conscious science of Newton's day and before.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With a special urgency, Schrodinger wanted to show that the human personality couldn\'92t just \'93have sprung into being from nothingness." He argued for the exist
ence of an eternal transcendental energy\'97in fact, an energy not only eternal, not only transcendental, but also personal. He disowned the impersonalism of many of his fellow scientists and lamented, "No personal God can form part of a world-model that
 has only become accessible at the cost of removing everything personal from it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Again, Schrodinger echoes the five-thousand-year-old Vedic literature, which foresaw the bewilderment of materialist science (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  12.5):
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For those whose minds are attached to the unmanifested, impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome. To make progress in that discipline is a
lways difficult for those who are embodied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So even thousands of years ago there were people who thought that beyond the universe, everything is impersonal or even void. In fact, the ancient Greek Democritus 
once called all existence just "atoms and the void." But just as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had refuted the impersonalists of His day, Plato refuted Democritus. In his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Timaeus}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Plato affirmed, "This world came to be, in very truth, through the providence of God\'97a living being with soul and intelligence." Much later, in 1898, after John Tyndall had spoken
 up for the voidists, B.P. Bowne wrote, "If, then, the idea of Being must include permanence as well as activity, we must say that only the personal truly is. All else is flow and process."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It's clear that supporters of a God-conscious, personalist science have been with us all along, too. This transcendental tradition in scientific thought wends its w
ay from the Vedic literature and sages to Westerners like Plato, Bowne, and Schrodinger, and, thanks to the translations of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, to readers like ourselves.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Where the Wasteland Ends, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Theodore Roszak decries the so-called scientific vision that "disintegrates the landscape, reduces it to bits and pieces, discovers how it works, but not what it }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub means.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The action of the parts blocks out the meaning of the whole." He}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suggests "that the richest symbols in human culture come down to us from an early generation of supremely gifted visionaries," and that progress for humanity is to find "the way }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub back.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  To the source from which the adventure of human culture takes its beginning. It is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub progress which the good society exists to facilitate for all its members."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He calls the ideal the "Old Gnosis," and holds that "we have nothing to add to the splendor of the Old Gnosis and can make no progress 'beyond it.' We can do no mor
e than return to it, borrow from it, reshape it to suit the times."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recently, Dr. Roszak has confirmed that the Vedic literatures, \'93especially the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upan
i\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and a great work like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are certainly expressions of the insights that are fundamental to culture, or to what I called the 'Old Gnosis.' Swami Bhaktivedanta's version of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is very good\'97a very fine work, nicely done with a literal translation.\'94 Additionally, the studies of Dr. J. Stillson Judah have traced \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's lineage back to what Roszak called "an early generation of gifted visionaries."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For his part, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has already begun to reshape the Old Gnosis to suit the times. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains the Vedic wisdom in the language of the latest discoveries in space science and physics. 
As he says, "It is enlivening to see the principles of the eternal religion of man from the viewpoint of the modern scientist."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p10-11: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Graphics: R\'e4mapras\'e4da 
d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Every evening you're looking at 
the real solar system," Newton once told a friend. "Why don't you ask who made that?"\line Einstein talked of a benevolent Being. "I refuse to believe that God plays dice with the world."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p13: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Plato affirmed,"This world came t
o be, in very truth, through the providence of God-a living being with soul and intelligence." \line B.P. Bowne wrote, "only the personal truly is. All else is flow and process."
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iego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973300 Third Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Avenue Rd., Ont. M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'971774 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V6J 2M1 (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D. C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971
0310 Oaklyn Rd., Potomac, Maryland 20854/ (301) 299-2100.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON FARMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Buffalo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601
) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Costa Rica, South America}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub See}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  New Viraj\'e4; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delaplane, Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 1. Box 22, 22025/ (703) 364-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dixon, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub See }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Godruma; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay-Le-Male, 36600 Valency Chateau d'Oublaise; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 8EP/ Radlett 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, 
India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moundsville,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub West Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub See }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Godruma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Box 81 Tavern Route, Dixon, Missouri 65459 / (314) 422-3966;}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  New Viraj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Dulce Nombre Tayutic Turriaiba, Costa Rica, Central America (Contact ISKCON Costa Rica.); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, West Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Petropolis, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Rio de Janeiro); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 17082/ (717) 527-2493.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v11#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 8 TE
XT 38\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 9 TEXT 6-7
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News    v11#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 English Professor Eulogizes Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.G. Medlicott, Jr., professor of English at the University of Connecticut, recently made this appraisal of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now, through the auspices}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust of Los Angeles, students of the American Transcendentalist Period can benefit from a superbly translated and edited edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Concepts of the self, duty, personal attainment, and self-reliance\'97all facets of a world germane to Emerson and Thoreau and their contempor
aries\'97now become clear in this rich edition. Chapter Four, entitled 'Transcendental Knowledge,' is particularly useful in drawing parallels between Emerson's essays on transcendental thought and the concepts of Eastern thinkers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The publishers of this volume are to be complimented in making such a definitive book available to so many for such a nominal cost. For students of American litera
ture, especially, having the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  at hand will prove invaluable."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A New ISKCON Center for Hyderabad, India
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On August 18th (Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's appearance day), an estimated 150,000 people celebrated the grand opening of ISKCON's new center in Hyderabad, South India. Ju
st two years ago, leading Indian confectioner G. Pulla Reddy donated a prime downtown site, and, under the guidance of Mah\'e4\'e0\'e7a Sv\'e4m\'e9, work began on the splendid new temple. Generous contributions from many ISKCON life members financed the 
project. Chief Minister J. Vengal Rao and Endowments Minister Sagi Suryanarayana Raju praised \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da for reminding the Indian people of their cultural heritage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The center will offer daily seminars on the Vedic literatures, mainly the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Also, at nearby colleges, factories, and business centers, the devotees will hold seminars on practical spiritual living.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Ozark Farm Supplies St. Louis Center
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dixon, MO.\'97ISKCON's new farm in the Ozarks (125 miles southwest of St. Louis) does more than look rustic. True, it includes thirty-five acres of rolling woodland
s. At the same time it boasts forty acres of grazing land (for oxen and cows) and one hundred acres of cropland. In fact, the farm has a lot to do with the creamy milk products and luscious vegetable dishes served at the St. Louis center's Sunday love fe
ast.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The farm's combination of hardworking devotees and fertile soil keeps the St. Louis center brimming with cabbages, cucumbers, lettuce, peas, spinach, and squash, as
 well as cauliflowers, potatoes, and tomatoes (and more). And the soil promises to stay fertile. The Maries River feeds into a creek, four natural springs, and five ponds, so there's water all around. Perhaps that explains the farm's name\'97New Godruma,
 after a sacred Indian island.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Plans for the future include bee colonies, an orchard, a temple, more houses (built largely of rocks from the farm's riverbeds), a greenhouse, and, naturally, plent
y of milk and vegetables for the St. Louis center.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vedic Calendar    v11 #11
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\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedic Calendar\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 490, Caitanya Era
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 3\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 6\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 7\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 11\cell}
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\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Utth\'e4n\'e4 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\line Disappearance of Gauraki}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ora d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4ji\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:27 a.m.\line End of C\'e4turm\'e4sya that began on Sayana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 (July 8th).\line End }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of \'dcrja-vrata.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of Bhugarbha Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and K\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vara Pa\'eb\'f2ita
\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 End of the C\'e4turm\'e4sya that began on full moon (July 11).\line Haimantik\'e4 R\'e4sa-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4tr\'e4 of Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of the K\'e4ty\'e4yan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vrata of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 End of C\'e4turm\'e4sya that began on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 16th}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 16
\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 18\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 19\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 27\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 29\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Dec. 2\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub End of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e4rtika-vrata.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Utpann\'e4 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub befor
e 9:33 a.m.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of K\'e4liya K\'e5\'f1\'ebad\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 O\'f2ana-\'f1a\'f1
\'f6hi of Lord Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of Madhus\'fc
dana d\'e4sa B\'e4b\'e4ji\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mok}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ad\'e4 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from g
rains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dec. 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Spirited New Theater
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Spirited New Theater
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many filmmakers and playwrights say that lately, fresh material has been awfully hard to find. Enter a young theatrical 
troupe, their material so ancient it\'92s brand-new.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa, photographs by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In New York City the news is getting around: a group of yoga students have formed an acting troupe and are entering the professional theater world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Early in 1976, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness purchased a twelve-story building on Manhattan's West 55th Street (in the off-Broadway theater di
strict). When the devotees told \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that the center had a good-sized auditorium, his face brightened. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da then called for Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9, the most experienced actor in the movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Why don't you organize a theater in New York?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 recalled that the subject of theater had come up at his first meeting with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, back in 1967. At that time, \'c7r\'e9
la Prabhup\'e4da had asked, "What do you do?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I love to sing and dance. I've done it ever since I was a young boy,'' Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 had replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Very good. You can go all over the world and present K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious theater."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's spiritual potency had so impressed Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 that he soon joined the movement. However, as a beginner in spiritual life, 
he wanted to get a deeper understanding of his new life-style before bringing theater into it. Now, after eight years, there seemed to be another obstacle.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now that I'm a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [renounced monk]," Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, "will this acting and dancing be considered a proper thing for me to do?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That is your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [renunciation]," said \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. "Lord Caitanya Himself used to play in drama."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Lord Caitanya is an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared in India five hundred years ago to popularize the 
chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}*
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This answer encouraged Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9. He remembered the many times that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had spoken vigorously against the idea that spiritual l
ife requires a person to become inactive or to renounce his occupation. To support this point, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da often quoted the verse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which says that a person who unselfishly performs his occupation "is in the renounced order of life, and he is the true mystic: not he who lights no fire and performs no work" }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da acknowledged people's backgrounds. In the spirit of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhag
avad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he would say, "Let him sing," "Let him paint," "Let him dance," "Let him do business...." "Yes, engineering\'97construct temples. ..." "These talents are not t
o be taken lightly. They should not be wasted. They are actually the result}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of austerities perfor
med in previous lives and should be used in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9's doubts were dispelled. To please his spiritual master, he would put together a professional theater company in New York.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In every nook and cranny of 340 West 55th Street, Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 could see the signs of new life. The drab, institutional colors on the walls (the buildin
g had been a hospital) had given way to bright reds, yellows, greens, blues, and oranges. The three hundred rooms, formerly filled with the dying, now housed energetic spiritual students who sang the Lord's glories, and the entire building vibrated with 
happiness and hope.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9, the new center also meant the rebirth of a promising career that he had set aside ten years earlier. A strong theatrical streak ran in
 his family. His grandfather and grandmother, Willie and Bo Bo Covain, had choreographed several of Shirley Temple's movies and also had worked closely with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, the master of tap dance. At age eleven, Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 had p
layed in his first movie, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Porgy and Bess.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  His work in James Baldwin's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
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on Broadway. By his sixteenth year he had earned a reputation as one of the most promising actors in Los Angeles.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But in spite of my success," Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 said, "I lost my motivation. I was feeling frustrated. I wasn't frustrated materially\'97I was well off\'97bu
t artistically speaking, I didn't have much depth." He dropped his acting to search for meaning. His search took him to San Francisco, where he lived for a year and a half with the Grateful Dead rock band, as a member of their "family." Still dissatisfie
d, he retreated to Ken Kesey's farm to reflect on his life. There he found and read three volumes of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which moved him so much that in 1967 he set off for India to learn directly from the author. But his journey ended in San Francisco. There he met some devotees, who asked him where he was
 going.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "To India," he told them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Why?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93To meet the man who wrote this book.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That's our teacher. He's staying right here in San Francisco." \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and some of his early disciples had just opened a temple, and before long,
 the young actor decided to stay a while.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "When the devotees started doing drama," Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 recalled, "it was fairly amateurish." But in 1971 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote to one of the ac
tors, "One day, very soon, your dreams will come true and you will be acting our K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious dramas on Broadway." If \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said that the players would make Broadway, then Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 was convinced that it wou
ld happen\'97through spiritual purity, perfect technique, and tons of practice. He reassembled a workable company in New York before the end of April.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Returning from India with Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 were a husband-and-wife team, Lohit\'e4k\'f1a d\'e4sa and Rasaj\'ef\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9. Their experience befo
re taking up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was like that of the other players. They had studied their art intensely; then, after becoming professionally involved, they had found nothing meaningful to express. At this point, they had opened their minds to 
new possibilities. After coming in touch with the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, they had decided to join.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lohit\'e4k\'f1a d\'e4sa\'92s forte is ballet. He studied with Alfredo Corvino, the American Ballet Theater, and Ballet Arts and then danced professionally with the 
New Jersey Ballet Company. To}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub him the essence of theater always seemed to be spiritual. "But in m
y work," he said, "the spiritual side never manifested itself to me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His wife, Rasaj\'ef\'e4, studied acting with a group called the Player's Workshop and performed with them more than seven years, in both Germany and New York. She w
as branching out into films and a part with the Metropolitan Opera when she and her husband first visited the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba center. By acting she gained some insight into reincarnation. "I didn't know exactly what it was," she said, "but I had some
 idea that I had been through many, many lifetimes. The tip-off was that I could play certain characters almost at once, without any prior experience of them in this lifetime."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In reminiscing about his first exposure to K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious theater, Lohit\'e4k\'f1a d\'e4sa said, "It wasn't much technically, but the material was so fant
astic. I thought, 'This is for me.' I wanted to do theater that elevated people and allowed them to transcend time and space and their bodies, and this theater seemed to do just that." His wife agreed, and six weeks later they moved into the center.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the time rehearsals began, in April, here were ten members: eight actors and actresses (four of whom had done work in dance) and two stagehands. "To get the comp
any on its feet," said Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9, "I worked everyone from nine in the morning to nine at night. Many of the players balked. They couldn't imagine that it required so much time and energy, but I was firm and soon everyone came around."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The company is developing a wide repertoire that ranges from street theater to straight drama, and from musical comedy to pure dance. On a typical day, not only do 
the players sharpen their acting and dancing skills, but also they rehearse as many as three pieces.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The main dancers, Lohit\'e4k\'f1a d\'e4sa and \'c7atar\'fcp\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, attend professional dance classes daily, mostly at Maggie Black's. "The classes 
are intense," said \'c7atar\'fcp\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9. "They often last two and a half hours. You start with slow stretching exercises, work your way up to fast footwork, then to small jumps, and finally you're running, leaping, and jumping across the 
room."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before and after the classes, many of the top dancing stars ask \'c7atar\'fcp\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 about her experiences in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Often sh
e tells them about the similarities between dance and spiritual life. "Dance is such a discipline\'97forcing your body into the various postures. Your body\'97and even your mind\'97tires, but you keep going. Spiritual life demands the same discipline and
 dedication. Our bodies and minds are lazy. They cling to their selfish ways, so you have to coax them. And when you perfect your discipline\'97in dance your movements assume a natural beauty and grace, and in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness you attain inne
r happiness and peace."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because of the company's small size, the players don't confine themselves to working on stage. Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 serves as overall producer and coordinator. 
Rasaj\'ef\'e4 designs and makes the costumes. Lohit\'e4k\'f1a doubles as the acting coach. Praj\'e4pati d\'e4sa (who along with \'c7atar\'fcp\'e4 forms the company's second husband-wife team) acts, directs, and designs the sets. "There are no stars here,
" said Praj\'e4pati d\'e4sa. "Everyone pitches in on whatever needs to be done."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Street Theater
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You're walking down crowded Fifth Avenue. The urban tension grips your shoulders and you daydream about getting away from it all for a few days. Suddenly, over the 
traffic's roar you hear a man screaming. "Help! Help! Help! I'm drowning! Help!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Drowning on Fifth Avenue?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You turn your head, and your feet, toward whatever's going on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh, no! Marvin! Someone help! Please! My husband's drowning!" cries a tall blonde, her face distorted by grief.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By now you are part of a sizable crowd, all eyes and ears fixed on the unfolding drama.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An official-looking man in an olive suit struggles out from among the onlookers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Don't worry, ma'am," he says. "I'll save that poor guy! I'm a social worker! Saving people is my business! Look. The hungriest come to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub me.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If they need a shirt on their back, they come to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub me.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If the sheriff throws them out on the street, they come to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub me.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  If they need a\'97"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Please hurry\'97or it'll be too late!" pleads the blonde.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The social worker tears off his jacket and "dives" into the imaginary lake. He swims to the drowning man, grabs him, then starts pulling him back to the shore. The 
victim struggles, and, reluctantly, the social worker subdues him with a punch. At this point, the drowning man slips out of his jacket. Then the social worker strokes his way back to land.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He yells, "Everything's OK! I told you I'd take care of him! Here he is, ma'am! I told you! I told you I'd save him!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Marvin?,.. AAAAAAAAAHHH!! You fool! You didn't save Marvin! You saved his coat!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now another member of the company steps up and says, "The moral of this story is that while a social worker can alleviate a person's material problems (or save his 
coat), he can't begin to help the real person living inside the body (or the soul). Only by taking up a spiritual process can we do that. And in this age, the easiest and most recommended process is to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra: Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/\line Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the company performs }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Drowning Man,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  people clap and shout "More! More!" "Many people think that street theater started with the antiwar skits during the sixties," Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 noted. "But actually, if you study the history book of Indian
 drama, you'll discover that street theater originated five hundred years ago in Bengal, with Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. He wanted to show people about spiritual life and help them remember God\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Age of Quarrel
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In May the company completed its first stage piece. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Age of Kali,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  penned by Girish Candra Ghosh, the "Shakespeare of Bengal." "He was a brilliant author," says Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9. "He'd sit with a secretary on either side and dictate two plays at
 once." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Age of Kali }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub closely resembles a medieval morality play, and perhaps a little amazingl
y, it is the company's most popular work.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prajapati d\'e4sa explained, "Kali is the personification of evil. He destroys everyone's good qualities. In the Western world the closest thing to Kali is the devi
l, but Kali isn't some ghoul with pointed horns. He looks quite respectable\'97dressed in high style, and so forth. In this day and age, he's the trendsetter."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 plays Kali. He paces onto the stage through an eerie fog, and "Sin" (Rasajna-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9) accompanies him. This is Kali's age to rul
e, and he and Sin talk over their strategy. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  With perverted desires will I flood their minds. They'll be vultures for pleasur
e, but only torment find. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Sexual perversions will be in vogue. Oh, Kali, Kali, you're such a rogue. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sin is Kali's faithful servant. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  What would you like for dinner, dear? Some freshly killed cow, chicken, or deer? 
Government-inspected turkey, rabbit, or lamb?
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  No, tonight I'll eat my}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fellow man!}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali signals the decline of God-consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Worship of God? Ha! There'll hardly be any. But even the pauper will worship his
 penny.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali and Sin conclude the first act by confronting the audience. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali and Sin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We're planning all the trouble the world's gonna be put in. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  For I'm Kali. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And I'm his consort Sin. 
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali and Sin:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This is the age that'll do you all in!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The rest of the play takes place in Sin's court, where she is surrounded by her cohorts Lust, Anger, and Greed. A depressed Kali trudges in with sad news: Lord Cait
anya Mah\'e4prabhu has incarnated and is spreading the chanting of God's holy names in every town and village. Now their corrupt regime is doomed. Sin is outraged and vows to fight right down to her last vice. But from offstage the audience hears the sou
nd of chanting grow louder and louder.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Playwright Diane Richards is so intrigued with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub she has offered to turn it into a full-length musical. "We haven't reached anywhere near perfection yet," admitted Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9, "but the reaction from the rest of the theatrical community is v
ery encouraging." He accounts for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  popularity in this way: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Age of Kali}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has beautiful effects\'97fog, strobes, colored wheels, flamboyant costumes\'97and dance and upbeat music. And
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fits}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub right into this whole }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'Exorcist'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  trend. There's lust. There's anger. There's greed. These are real forces that bewilder everybody. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  they come to life, and the audience feels relief to see them subdued."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The troupe performs }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Age of Kali }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in rotation with other works adopted from the classical Vedic literatures of India. From the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they enact dramas and dance pieces depicting the pastimes of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They combine dance and drama in their portrayal of the worldly famous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Most recently, they're working on a full-length production from the epic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These plays provide relief from a modern theater addicted to anti-heroes, alienation, and commercial fluff. They portray great personalities who meet tremendous cha
llenges with spiritual strength. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba slashes away the doubt
s of his disciple Arjuna with the weapon of transcendental knowledge. In the series about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, the youthful heroes K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma do away with demons such as the kidnapper Pralamb\'e4sura.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "These plays both entertain and present spiritual life in a pleasing way," said Rasaj\'ef\'e4 d\'e4s\'e9. "It's a natural form of enlightenment both for the players
 and the audience, and for me that's the perfection of theater."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Does Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 have a timetable for the company's debut on Broadway?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We're in no hurry," he said. "After all, by uniting Vedic and Western theater the troupe is creating a new art form\'97and that's not something you do overnight. B
esides, I quit my career ten years ago, and then K\'e5\'f1\'eba (through \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da) gave me another chance. So I've learned one thing\'97it's K\'e5\'f1\'eba's timetable, not mine."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After a performance, Sud\'e4m
\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 discusses stage strategy with the players}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Plenty of exercise like this hel
ps make difficult dance movements appear effortless.\line When she's not rehearsing or performing, Rasaj\'ef\'e4 d\'e4s\'e9 spends her time making costumes.\line "Patience is a virtue. "Making up as K\'e5\'f1\'eba takes Lohit\'e4k\'f1a d\'e4sa over two a
nd a half hours.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Battlefield backdrop scene comes 
to life. Artists paint on special paper that rolls up for easy storage.\line Dancers practice on the roof of New York's Hare Krishna Building.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: (Left) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A scene from}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The Age of Kali. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Personified Lust, Anger, and Greed meet with Kali, personified Evil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (seated), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the court of Sin. Sud\'e4m\'e4 Sv\'e4m\'e9 plays Kali}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . (opposite page, bottom).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In classic Indian style, \'c7atar
\'fcp\'e4 d\'e4s\'e9 uses flowing dance movements and hand gestures to tell the story and express emotions.\line Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna brace themselves for battle in stage version of Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In their off-Broadway theater, th
e players bow to thunderous applause. Every Sunday evening they play to capacity crowds.\line Reenacting K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes. Here, mother Yasod\'e4 scolds child K\'e5\'f1\'eba for stealing butter.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Boar Who Battles for Planet Earth
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Boar Who Battles for Planet 
Earth
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The lady was lusty and wanted sons. \line Little did she know that her children would be demons, and that the Lord Himself would have to come and kill them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was evening. The sun was setting on the forest cottage of the great sage Ka\'e7yapa Muni. As the sage sat in ecstatic t
rance, meditating on Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba deep within his heart, his beautiful wife Diti approached him in a lusty mood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O learned one," she said, "Cupid is forcibly distressing me with his arrows tonight, just as a mad elephant troubles a banana tree. I want to have sons, like your 
other wives, so please lay with}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub me and pacify my anxiety."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O afflicted one," said Ka\'e7yapa, "I shall certainly satisfy you forthwith, but you must wait just a few moments. This particular time of day is most inauspicious
, for at this time Lord \'c7iva, the king of the ghosts, travels throughout the land on the back of his bull, accompanied by his horrible, ghostly companions. Lord \'c7iva's body is reddish and is covered with ashes, and his hair is dusted with the whirl
wind dust of the burning crematorium. Of course, his devilish appearance is misleading, for his personal qualities are beyond reproach. Indeed, he controls the material energy. Considering all these things, we should wait until a more auspicious time so 
as not to offend him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Diti felt pressed by Cupid, and she caught hold of Ka\'e7yapa's clothing, just like a shameless prostitute. Unable to dissuade his wife, Ka\'e7yapa resigned him
self to his fate and lay with Diti in a secluded place.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Afterward, Ka\'e7yapa bathed himself and meditated on the Supreme Lord's eternal effulgence, silently chanting sacred hymns. When he had finished, Diti approached h
im, her face lowered in shame.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub She said, "My dear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  please see that Lord \'c7iva does not kill my embryo because of the great offense I have committed against him. He is forgiving, but his anger can move him to chastise others. Since he is the husband of my sister Sat\'e9, I p
ray that he will forgive me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Diti trembled with fear as Ka\'e7yapa answered her: "Because your mind was polluted, because you defiled the evening hour, because you neglected my directions, and 
because you ignored the demigods, everything was inauspicious. O haughty one, you will therefore bear two contemptuous sons from your condemned womb. O unlucky woman, they will bring constant lamentation to all the three worlds! They will kill poor and f
aultless creatures, torture women, and enrage great souls. At that time the Supreme Lord of the universe, the well-wisher of all, will descend and kill them, just as Indra smashes mountains with his thunderbolts."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Diti was terribly disturbed, but after some time she became pacified. "After all," she said, "it is very good that the all-merciful Lord will kill my sons and in th
at way liberate them from material bondage."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since she knew that her sons would cause nothing but grief all over the universe, Diti tried to hold them within her womb. During this time the sun dimmed, and the 
demigods went to Lord Brahm\'e4 to ask his help. Brahm\'e4 explained that the Supreme Lord wanted to exercise His fighting spirit: He had arranged that two demigods take birth as His demoniac opponents. Finally, after a full hundred years' pregnancy, Dit
i brought forth her twin sons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon the two demons' birth, many fearful things happened throughout the heavenly and earthly planets. Earthquakes shook the land, and many foreboding planets like S
aturn appeared in the sky. Comets, meteors, and thunderbolts disturbed the atmosphere. Darkness reigned everywhere, and cows grew so terrified that they yielded not milk but blood. Clouds rained pus, and, without the slightest wind, trees came crashing d
own. The end of the universe seemed at hand.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Soon Diti's sons began to exhibit uncommon bodily features. Their steellike frames grew as large as two mountains, and the crests of their gold crowns seemed to tou
ch the sky. Wherever they went they blocked the sun, and with their every step the earth shook. Ka\'e7yapa saw the demoniac nature of his twin sons and named them accordingly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After naming the elder son Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, "one whose only concern is gold and soft bedding," Ka\'e7yapa called the younger son Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a, "one who h
unts for gold everywhere." In fact, Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a would excavate so much gold from the earth as to upset the planet's equilibrium and plunge her into the Garbhodaka Ocean, at the universe's bottom. To lift the earth out of the muck beneath the Garb
hodaka Ocean, the Supreme Lord would incarnate as Var\'e4ha, the giant boar. With its long tusks, a boar can pick things up from filthy places; so the Lord would appear as the giant boar Var\'e4ha to rescue the earth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu was undergoing severe austerities to get a benediction from Brahm\'e4. When Brahm\'e4 granted his desire, Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu thought
 that he had become immortal. So he became extremely haughty and vicious, and he brought all three planetary systems under his control.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Always eager to fight for his elder brother, Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a took a huge club on his shoulder and traveled all over the universe. With golden anklets that clang
ed on his feet, a gigantic garland that swayed around his neck, and a fierce temper that flared for even the slightest reason, Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a traversed the heavenly planets. His enormous mental and bodily strength (he shared Brahm\'e4's boon upon Hi
ra\'ebyaka\'e7ipu) made him very proud. He feared death at the hands of no one, and there was no checking him. Seized with fear at the very sight of him, the demigods fled to their heavenly abodes. When he could not find Indra and the other demigods who 
had previously been proud of their power, Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a roared with cruel laughter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After returning from the heavenly kingdom, the mighty Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a dove deep into the Garbhodaka Ocean, just as a wrathful elephant might dive into a river. 
He moved about in the ocean for many years and smote the gigantic wind-tossed waves again and again with his iron mace; thus, he terrified all the sea's inhabitants. Finally, he reached the city of Vibh\'e4var\'e9, which lies within the watery kingdom. I
t is the capital of the demigod Varu\'eba, lord of the aquatics.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a fell at Varu\'eba\'92s feet in false humility. Smiling with contempt, the demon asked, "Give me battle, O supreme lord! You are the guardian of 
an entire sphere and a ruler of wide fame. Having crushed the might of many arrogant and conceited warriors, O lord, you are fit to be worshiped by the rare and lavish R\'e4jas\'fcya sacrifice!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus mocked by an enemy whose vanity knew no bounds, the lord of the waters grew extremely angry. But by the strength of his reason, Varu\'eba curbed his anger and 
cooly replied: "O dear one, we have now desisted from warfare, having grown too old for combat. Besides, you are so skilled in the arts of war that I do not see anyone but Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu who is worthy to meet you in battle. Therefore, you should seek H
im out without delay. I am sure that you will then be rid of your pride at once and will lie down on the battlefield, surrounded by dogs, for eternal sleep. Just to exterminate wicked fellows like you and show His grace to the virtuous, the Lord assumes 
various incarnations, such as Var\'e4ha, the divine boar."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recklessly ignoring Varu\'eba's prediction, Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a dove deep into the ocean to search out Lord Var\'e4ha. The Lord had just then descended into the dep
ths to rescue the earth, and Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a came upon Him as he was bearing the globe upward on the ends of His massive tusks.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demon laughed. "Oh, an amphibious beast! O fool, O lowest of the demigods in the form of a boar, just listen to me. This earth planet is entrusted to us, the re
sidents of the lower regions, and You cannot take it from my presence without being punished by me. You rascal. You have been nourished by our enemies just to kill us, and You have managed to kill a few demons by remaining invisible. But Your power is on
ly a sham, O fool, so today I shall enliven my kinsmen by smashing Your skull with my mace!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a's shaftlike words pained Lord Var\'e4ha, He tolerated the pain without reacting, for He saw that the earth on the end of His tusks was 
frightened of falling. Instead of fighting at once, Lord Var\'e4ha rose out of the water\'97just as a bull elephant emerges from the river with his she-elephant when assailed by a crocodile.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the Lord rose out of the water, the demon chased Him, roaring like thunder. "Are you not ashamed to flee a challenging adversary? But then again, what could sham
e a shameless wretch like You?!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Var\'e4ha placed the earth within His sight on the surface of the water and transferred His own energy to her so that she could float. While the enraged Hira
\'eby\'e4k\'f1a looked on, Brahm\'e4 sang the Lord's praises, and the other demigods showered flowers upon Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the earth now safe, the Lord turned to Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a, laughed mockingly, and began to vent His own terrible anger. "O mischievous one, I am indeed an amp
hibious beast, and I am seeking to kill hunting dogs like you. I have no fear from your loose talk, for you are bound up by the laws of death. You are said to be the commander of many soldiers, so now you can take prompt steps to conquer Me. Give up all 
your foolish talk and slay Me. A proud man is but an ass if he fails to fulfill his promised word."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus challenged by Lord Var\'e4ha, Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a trembled in anger. Like a cobra he hissed, all his senses shaken by wrath. Now the demon sprang upon the Lord
 and struck His chest with his huge mace. But the Lord easily dodged the blow. Again and again the demon rushed the Lord, brandishing his mace and biting his lip in rage. Then with His own mace the Lord struck the enemy's right temple. But, also an exper
t fighter, the demon used his mace to block the blow.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way, the demon Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a and Lord Var\'e4ha struck each other with their huge maces, each enraged and each intent on winning. Their rivalry was ke
en, and both sustained many injuries from the maces' sharp points. With each new injury, they became more enraged at the smell of the blood smeared over their bodies. Both were great fighters, and with the earth floating helplessly nearby, they looked li
ke two bulls battling for a cow.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After some time, Brahm\'e4 and his associates came to see Lord Var\'e4ha's fight for the earth. Brahm\'e4 said, "My dear Lord, this demon Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a has ha
rassed and terrorized the demigods, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the cows, and innocent people whose only
 refuge is Your lotus feet. Since I awarded him a boon, he has simply wandered throughout the universe looking for a worthy opponent. My dear Lord, please do not play with this most wicked and arrogant serpent any longer, for he is very skilled at conjur
ing up tricks. My dear Lord, You are unconquerable, so please kill him immediately, before the demoniac hour arrives and he presents some new approach favorable to him. The dark evening is fast approaching. Therefore, since You are the Soul of all souls,
 kindly kill Him quickly by Your divine energy and win victory for the demigods."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When he heard Brahm\'e4's anxious words. Lord Var\'e4ha laughed heartily and accepted his prayer with a glance laden with love. Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a was stalking fea
rlessly before Him, so the Lord sprang at the demon and aimed His mace at his chin. But the demon knocked the mace from the Lord's hand, sending the splendid weapon whirling into the sea. A cry of alarm arose from the assembled crowd of demigods and sage
s. But their worst fears proved ill-founded, for although Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a had an excellent chance to strike the Lord, the demon respected the law of one-to-one combat and put aside his own mace. This further kindled the fury of the Lord, who then inv
oked His Sudar\'e7ana disk, the supreme weapon.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the Sudar\'e7ana disk whirled}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord's hands, and as the Lord confronted Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a, 
the onlookers cried, "May You win the victory! Please finish him!" When the demon saw the Lord standing before him with His Sudar\'e7ana disk, his anger exploded. Again he hissed like a serpent and bit his lip hatefully. For some time he stared at the Lo
rd with burning eyes. Then, suddenly, he took up his mace once more and hurled it at the Lord, screaming, "You are slain!" But the Lord playfully knocked the mace down with His left foot, even though it had come upon Him with the force of a tempest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then the Lord told the demon, cooly, "Take up your weapon and try again, eager as you are to conquer Me." Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a retrieved his mace and with a loud roa
r hurled it at the Lord. But the Lord stood His ground firmly and caught the mace with the ease of a large hawk snatching a mouse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His valor frustrated and his pride destroyed, Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a was reluctant to take up the mace for a third time. Instead, he came forth with his fearsome tride
nt, flaming like fire, and hurled it at the Lord with all his strength. But the Lord tore it to pieces with the razor-sharp rim of His Sudar\'e7ana disk. Now even more enraged and roaring loudly, the demon rushed at the Lord and pounded His broad chest w
ith fists as strong as thunderbolts. The demon's blows could have pulverized mountains, yet they caused not even a tremor in any part of the Lord's body\'97any more than a wreath of flowers would shake an elephant. Defeated, Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a suddenly 
disappeared.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demon then used such wizardry against Lord Var\'e4ha that the onlookers filled with alarm. In an instant, fierce winds blew from all directions and spread dust 
and darkness everywhere. Stones came in volleys from every corner, as if thrown by machine guns. Lightning\'97and thunder-filled clouds covered over the luminaries in the sky, and pus, hair, blood, feces, urine, and bones rained down. Mountains discharge
d all kinds of weapons. Naked, loose-haired demonesses appeared with raised tridents. But once again the Lord released His Sudar\'e7ana disk and dispersed all the demon's magical forces.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a saw all his apparitions dispelled, he came once again before Lord Var\'e4ha. This time he put his arms around the Lord to crush Him, but to
 his amazement he found the Lord standing outside his clasp. Finally, the demon struck the Lord with his stonelike fists, and at that time the Lord slapped him at the root of the ear. Though the Lord had struck him indifferently, Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a's bo
dy wheeled, his eyeballs bulged out of their sockets, his arms and legs shattered, and he fell down dead, like a gigantic tree uprooted by the wind. Having enjoyed himself in the great battle, the Lord ended the terror of Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a for the grea
t pleasure of the saints and demigods.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods were overjoyed. "All obeisances unto You! You have assumed the form of a boar to maintain the world, and fortunately for us, You have slain this demon 
Hira\'eby\'e4k\'f1a, who was a torment to the three worlds. Now, O Lord we have become happy under the shelter of Your lotus feet. We know that You will always protect those who are devoted to You."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24: "The earth belongs to the residents of the lower regions, "the demon told the boar, "and You cannot take it wi
thout being punished by me." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 
dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26-27: With its long tusks, a boar can pick things up from filthy places; so the Lord appeared as the giant boar Va
r\'e4ha to rescue the earth. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Easy Journey to Other Planets     v11#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For the perfect yog\'e9 who has attained success in leaving his body in perfect consciousness, transferring from one p
lanet to another is as easy as an ordinary man's walking to the grocery store" (page 40).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the inner secrets of yoga, read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eas
y Journey to Other Planets}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Ninety-six pages, eight full-color plates. To order, use coupon inside back cover.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo \'a9 California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Institution of Washington.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
11 No. 12, 1976
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Easy Journey to Other Planets     v11#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For the perfect yog\'e9 who has attained success in leaving his body in perfect consciousness, transferring from one p
lanet to another is as easy as an ordinary man's walking to the grocery store" (page 40).
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the inner secrets of yoga, read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eas
y Journey to Other Planets}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Ninety-six pages, eight full-color plates. To order, use coupon inside back cover.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo \'a9 California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Institution of Washington.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Chant and be happy      v11#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be happy. . .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June Lahner,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  jewelry designer, with son Jason:
 "Chanting makes me more perceptive, more in harmony with everything and everyone around me."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mrs. Sally Rawley,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  merchandiser: "When I'm ner
vous I find chanting very calming. I don't get shaken up at little things."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bruce Kleinberg,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  executive secretary: "Chantin
g helps you see things in perspective. My outlook is a lot brighter."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mrs. Grace Acquistapace,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  housewife: "I'm more 
openminded. Chanting has opened my eyes to things I never noticed. It's like beautiful music\'97a very peaceful feeling, very satisfying."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Donald R. Tuck,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  associate professor, Weste
rn Kentucky University: "I've noticed that as chanters progress from level to deeper level, they become more realistic, more tolerant."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paul Bleier,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  printing executive: "When there's
 pressure, I chant it's the one thing that charges my batteries. It clears my mind and brings me back in focus."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stephen Farmer,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  health food store owner: "If I
 start my day on a spiritual note by chanting Hare Krishna, I can make it through the day in a pleasant mood."
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare Krishna \line Hare Krishna\line Krishna Krishna\line Hare Hare\line Hare Rama\line Hare Rama\line Rama Rama\line Hare Ha
re
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Anyone can chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba (Huh-ray Krish-na) mantra, anytime, anywhere. The main thing is to listen closely t
o the sound. Whether you sing it or say it, alone or with others, the Hare Krsna chant brings about joyful spiritual awareness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chanting can work for everyone, and there's no fee or initiation.\line If you'd like to meet other people who chant, visit a
ny of the more than 120 centers worldwide (like the one in Melbourne, Australia, pictured at left). See last page for addresses.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace      v11#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Septe
mber, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part of 
ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTISTS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Indrapramada d\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Govinda d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, 
Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Candan\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v11#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One thing I feel from this painting," remarks artist Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, "is that the Supreme Lord is totall
y likeable. He's the person who's easiest to like." She notes, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His cowherd boyfriends are coming back home at the end of the day, and the cowherd girls are looking on. It's really clear to me, you know. Being the Lord naturally means 
being completely likeable, or completely attractive\'97which makes sense, because the name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  means 'the all-attractive one.' "
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Reincarnation and Beyond
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Reincarnation and Beyond
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I can remember being a young man, a boy, a baby. What was I before that\'97what will I be next?" 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mike Robinson of London Broadcasting Company interviews His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb446\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can you tell me what you believe\'97what th
e philosophy of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
 is not a question of belief; it is a science. The first step is to know the difference between a living body and a dead body. What is the difference? The difference is that when someone dies, the spirit soul, or the living force, leaves the body. And th
erefore the body is called "dead." So, there are two things:
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one, this body; and the other, the living force within the body. We speak of the living force within the body. That is the difference 
between the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which is spiritual, and ordinary material science. As such, in the beginning it is very, very difficult for an ordinary man to appreciate our movement. One must first understand that he is a soul, or s
omething other than his body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And when will we understand that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can understand at any moment,
 but it requires a little intelligence. For example, as a child grows, he becomes a boy, the boy becomes a young man, the young man becomes an adult, and the adult becomes an old man. Throughout all this time, although his body is changing from a child t
o an old man, he still feels himself to be the same person, with the same identity. Just see: the body is changing, but the occupier of the body, the soul, is remaining the same. So we should logically conclude that when our present body dies, we get ano
ther body. This is called transmigration of the soul. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So when people die it is just the physical bo
dy that dies? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. That is explained very elabo
rately in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 2.20}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin. . . na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you often quote references?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we quote many references. K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is a serious education, not an ordinary religion. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To a devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Find that v
erse in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disciple:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin\line n\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bhavit\'e4 v\'e4 na bh\'fcya\'f9\line ajo nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4
\'e7vato \'92ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For the soul, there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, 
undying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you very much for reading that. So can 
you explain to me just a bit more? If the soul is undying, does everybody's soul go to be with God when they die?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not necessarily. If one is qualif
ied\'97if he qualifies himself in this life to go back home, back to Godhead\'97then he can go. If he does not qualify himself, then he gets another material body. And there are 8,400,000 different bodily forms. According to his desires and karma, the la
ws of nature give him a suitable body. It is just like when a man contracts some disease and then develops that disease. Is that difficult to understand?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It's very difficult to understand all of it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Suppose somebody has contracted s
mallpox. So, after seven days he develops the symptoms. What is that period called? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Incubation? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Incubation. So you cannot avoid i
t. If you have contracted some disease it will develop, by nature's law. Similarly, during this life you associate with various modes of material nature, and that association will decide what kind of body you are going to get in the next life. That is st
rictly under the laws of nature. Everyone is controlled by the laws of nature\'97they're completely dependent\'97but out of ignorance people think that they are free. They're not free; they're }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub imagining}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that they're free, but they are completely under the laws of nature. So, your next birth will be decided according to your activities-sinful or pious, as
 the case may be. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your Grace, could you go back over that just 
for a minute? You said that nobody is free. Are you saying that if we live a good life, we in some way determine a good future for ourselves? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So we are free to choose what we believe to b
e important? Religion is important, because if we believe in God and lead a good life\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not a question of belief. D
o not bring in this question of belief. It is law. For instance, there is a government. You may believe or not believe, but if you break the law, you'll be punished by the government. Similarly, whether you believe or don't believe, there is a God. If yo
u don't believe in God, and independently do whatever you like, then you'll be punished by the laws of nature.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see. Does it matter what religion you belie
ve? Would it matter if one was a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is not a question of religion.
 It is a question of science. You are a spiritual being, but because you are materially conditioned, you are under the laws of material nature. So you may believe in the Christian religion, and I may believe in the Hindu religion, but that does not mean 
that you are going to become an old man and I am not. We're talking of the science of growing old. This is natural law. It is not that because you are Christian you are becoming old, or because I am Hindu I am not becoming old. Everyone is becoming old. 
So, similarly, all the laws of nature are applicable to everyone. Whether you believe this religion or that religion, it doesn't matter.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, you're saying that there's only one God c
ontrolling all of us?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There's one God, and one nature's
 law, and we are all under that nature's law. We are controlled by the Supreme. So if we think that we are free or that we can do anything, that is our foolishness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see. Can you explain to me what difference 
it makes, being a member of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement 
is meant for those who are serious about understanding this science. There's no question of our being some sectarian group. No. Anyone can join. Students in college can be admitted. You may be a Christian, you may be a Hindu, you may be a Muhammadan\'97i
t doesn't matter. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement admits anyone who wants to understand the science of God. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what difference would it make to someone
\'97being taught how to be a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba person? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  His real education would begin. T
he first thing is to understand that you are a spirit soul. And because you are a spirit soul, you are changing your body. This is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ABC of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub spiritual understanding. So, when your body is finished, annihilated, you are not finished. You get another body, just as you may change your coat and shirt. If you come to see me tomorrow wearing a different 
shirt and a different coat, does that mean you are a different person? No. Similarly, each time you die you change bodies, but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the spirit soul within the body, remain the same. This point has to be understood; then one can make further progress in the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I am beginning to understand, but what I'm fi
nding difficult is how this ties in with the large numbers of your people we see handing out Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba literature on Oxford Street.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This literature is meant to convi
nce people about the need for spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And you're really not concerned whether or no
t they join the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It doesn't matter. Our mission is
 to educate them. People are in ignorance; they are living in a fool's paradise, thinking that when their body is finished, everything is finished. That is foolishness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And you are basically just concerned to tell 
them that there is a spiritual dimension to life? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our first concern is to tell you 
that you are not this body, that the body is your covering (your shirt and coat) and that within the body you are living.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I think I've got that now. If we could g
o on from there\'97you said that how you lived made a difference in your life after death, that there are natural laws that determine your next life. How does the process of transmigration work?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The process is very subtle. The s
pirit soul is invisible to our material eyes. It is atomic in size. After the destruction of the gross body, which is made up of the senses, blood, bone, fat, and so forth, the subtle body of mind, intelligence, and ego goes on working. So at the time of
 death this subtle body carries the small spirit soul to another gross body. The process is just like air carrying a fragrance. Nobody can see where this rose fragrance is coming from, but we know that it is being carried by the air. You cannot see how, 
but it is being done. Similarly, the process of transmigration of the soul is very subtle. According to the condition of the mind at the time of death, the minute spirit soul enters into the womb of a particular mother through the semen of a father, and 
then the soul develops a particular type of body given by the mother. It may be a human being, it may be a cat, a dog, or anything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are you saying that we were something else be
fore this life? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And we keep coming back as something else the
 next time? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, because you are eternal. Acc
ording to your work, you are simply changing bodies. Therefore, you should want to know how to stop this business, how you can remain in your original spiritual body. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see. So if I become K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
s, I wouldn't risk coming back as a dog?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a devotee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Find this verse: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam. . . 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disciple:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\line tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line naiti m\'e4m eti so \'92rj
una
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this
 material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna" (Bg. 4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God is saying, "Anyone who unders
tands Me is free from birth and death." But one cannot understand God by materialistic speculation. That is not possible. One must first come to the spiritual platform. Then he gets the intelligence required to understand God. And when he understands God
, he does not get any more material bodies. He goes back home, back to Godhead. He lives eternally; no more change of body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I see. Now, you've read twice from your scrip
tures. Where do these scriptures come from? Can you briefly explain that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our scriptures are coming from Ve
dic literature, which has existed from the beginning of creation. Whenever there is some new material creation\'97like this microphone, for instance\'97there is also some literature explaining how to deal with it. Isn't that so?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, that's right, there is.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And that literature comes along w
ith the creation of the microphone.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's right, yes. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, similarly, the Vedic literatu
re comes along with the cosmic creation, to explain how to deal with it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see. So, these scriptures have been in exis
tence since the beginning of creation. Now, if we could move on to something I believe you feel very strongly about. What is the main difference between K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and the other Eastern disciplines being taught in the West? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The difference is that we are fol
lowing the original literature, and they are manufacturing their own literature. That is the difference. When there is some question on spiritual matters, you must consult the original literature, not some literature issued by a bogus man. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is t
he easiest process to become purified, especially in this age, when people are so dull that they cannot very easily understand spiritual knowledge. If one chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then his brain becomes purified, and he can understand spiritual things
.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can you tell me how you are guided in what yo
u do? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We take guidance from the Vedic l
iterature.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From the scriptures you quoted?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, it's all in the literatures.
 We're explaining them in English. But we're not manufacturing anything. If we were to manufacture knowledge, then everything would be spoiled. The Vedic literature is something like the literature that explains how to set up this microphone. It says, "D
o it like this: some of the screws should be on this side, around the metal." You cannot make any change; then everything would be spoiled. Similarly, because we are not manufacturing anything, one simply has to read one of our books, and he receives rea
l spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How can the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba cons
ciousness affect the way people live?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It can relieve people's suffering
. People are suffering because they are misunderstanding themselves to be the body. If you think that you are your coat and shirt, and you very carefully wash the coat and shirt but you forget to eat, will you be happy? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, I wouldn't. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Similarly, everyone is simply was
hing the "coat and shirt" of the body, but forgetting about the soul within the body. They have no information about what is within the "coat and shirt" of the body. Ask anybody what he is, and he will say, "Yes, I am an Englishman," or, "I am an Indian.
" And if we say, "I can see you have an English or an Indian body, but what are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?"\'97that he cannot s
ay. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The whole modern civilization is 
operating on the misunderstanding that the body is the self }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (deh\'e4tma-buddhi).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the mentality of
 the cats and dogs. Suppose I try to enter England, and you stop me at the border: "I am an Englishman," you say, "but you are Indian. Why have you come here?" and the dog barks, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "
Rau rau,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  why are you coming?" So what is the difference in mentality? The dog is thinking he's a dog and I'm a stranger, and you are thinking you are an Englishman and I am an Ind
ian. There's no difference in mentality. So if you keep people in the darkness of a dog's mentality and declare that you are advancing in civilization, you are most misguided. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, moving on to another point, I gather the
 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement has some concern for areas of the world where there is suffering.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, we have the only concern. Ot
hers are simply avoiding the main problems: birth, old age, disease, and death. Others have no solutions to these problems; they are simply talking all kinds of nonsense. People are being misguided. They are being kept in darkness. Let us start to give t
hem some light.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, but apart from giving spiritual enlighte
nment, are you also concerned for people's physical well-being?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Physical well-being automatically
 follows spiritual well-being.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And how does that work?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Suppose you have a car. So, natur
ally, you take care of the car as well as yourself. But you don't }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub identify}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  yourself as the car. You don't
 say, "I am this car." That is nonsense. But this is what people are doing. They are taking too much care of the bodily "car," thinking that the "car" is the self. They forget that they are different from the "car," that they are a spirit soul and have a
 different business. Just as no one can drink petrol and be satisfied, so no one can be satisfied with bodily activities. He must find out the proper food for the soul. If a man thinks, "I am a car, and I must drink this petrol," he is considered insane.
 Similarly, one who thinks that he is this body, and who tries to become happy with bodily pleasures, is also insane.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There's a quote here that I'd like you to com
ment on. I was given this literature by your people before I came, and one of the things you say here is that "Religion without a rational basis is just sentiment." Can you explain that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Most religious people say, "We be
lieve... " But what is the value of this belief? You may believe something which is not actually correct. For instance, some of the Christian people say, "We believe that animals have no soul." That is not correct. They believe animals have no soul becau
se they want to eat the animals, but actually animals do have a soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do you know that the animal has a soul?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You can know, also. Here is the s
cientific proof: the animal eats, you eat; the animal sleeps, you sleep; the animal has sex, you have sex; the animal also defends, you also defend. Then what is the difference between you and the animal? How can you say that you have a soul but the anim
al doesn't? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I can see that completely. But the Christian 
scriptures say\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Don't bring in any scriptures; th
is is a commonsense topic. Try to understand. The animal is eating, you are eating; the animal is sleeping, you are sleeping; the animal is defending, you are defending; the animal is having sex, you are having sex; the animals have children, you have ch
ildren; they have a living place, you have a living place. If the animal's body is cut, there is blood; if your body is cut, there is blood. So, all these similarities are there. Now, why do you deny this one similarity, the presence of the soul? This is
 not logical. You have studied logic? In logic there is something called analogy. Analogy means drawing a conclusion by finding many points of similarity. If there are so many points of similarity between human beings and animals, why deny one similarity
? That is not logic. That is not science.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if you take that argument and use it the 
other way\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There is no other way. If you are
 not arguing on the basis of logic, then you are not rational.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, OK, but let's start from another hypothe
sis. Suppose we assume that a human being has}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub no}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soul\'97
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then you must explain the differe
nce between a living body and a dead body. I have already explained this at the beginning. As soon as the living force, the soul, is gone from the body, even the most beautiful body has no value. No one cares for it; it's thrown away. But now, if I touch
 your hair, there will be a fight. That is the distinction between a living body and a dead body. In a living body the soul is there, and in a dead body the soul is not there. As soon as the soul leaves the body, the body has no value. It is useless. Thi
s is very simple to understand, but even the biggest so-called scientists and philosophers are too dull-headed to understand it. Modern society is in a very abominable condition. There is no man with a real brain.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are you referring to all the scientists who f
ail to understand the spiritual dimension in life? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Real science means full know
ledge of everything material and spiritual.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you were a chemist in secular life, were 
you not? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I was a chemist in my previo
us life. But it doesn't require any great intelligence to become a chemist. Any commonsense man can do it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But presumably you think that material scienc
e is also important, even if today's scientists are dull-headed.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Material science is important jus
t so far. It is not all-important.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see. Can I come back to a question that I h
ad from before? When we were differing a few minutes ago you were saying, "Don't bring the scriptures in; just use common sense." But what part }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub do}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the scriptures play in your religion? How important are they? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Our religion is a science. When w
e say that a child grows into a boy, it is science. It is not religion. Every child grows into a boy. What is the question of religion? Every man dies. What is the question of religion? And when a man dies, the body becomes useless. What is the question 
of religion? It is science. Whether you're Christian or Hindu or Muslim, when you die your body becomes useless. This is science. When your relative dies, you cannot say, "We are Christian; we believe he has not died." No, he has died. Whether you are Ch
ristian or Hindu or Muslim, he has died. So when we speak, we speak on this basis: that the body is important only as long as the soul is in the body. When the soul is not there, it is useless. This science is applicable to everyone, and we are trying to
 educate people on this basis. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But if I understand you correctly, you seem t
o be educating people on a purely scientific basis. Where does religion come into it at all? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Religion also means science. Peop
le have wrongly taken religion to mean faith\'97"I believe." [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] Look up the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub religion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the dictionary.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Disciple:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Under }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub religion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the dictionary says, "recognition of superhuman control or power, and especially of a personal God entitled to obedience, and effecting such
 recognition with the proper mental attitude." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Religion means learning how 
to obey the supreme controller. So, you may be Christian and I may be Hindu; it doesn't matter. We must both accept that there is a supreme controller. Everyone has to accept that; that is real religion. Not this "We believe animals have no soul." That i
s not religion. That is most unscientific. Religion means scientific understanding of the supreme controller: to understand the supreme controller and obey Him\'97that's all. In the state, the good citizen is he who understands the government and obeys t
he laws of the government. He is a good citizen. And the bad citizen is the one who doesn't care for the government. That is the bad citizen. So, if you become a bad citizen by ignoring God's government, then you are irreligious. And if you are a good ci
tizen, then you are religious.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I see. Can you tell me what you believe to be
 the meaning of life? Why do we exist in the first place? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The meaning of life is to enjoy. 
But now you are on a false platform of life, and therefore you are suffering instead of enjoying. Everywhere we see the struggle for existence. Everyone is struggling, but what is their enjoyment in the end? They are simply suffering and dying. Therefore
, although life means enjoyment, at the present moment your life is not enjoyment. But if you come to the real spiritual platform of life, then you'll enjoy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can you explain to me, finally, some of the s
tages you go through in spiritual life? What are the spiritual stages a new devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba goes through?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The first stage is that you are i
nquisitive. "So," you say, "what is this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement? Let me study it." This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7raddh\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or faith. This is the beginning. Then, if you are serious, you mix with those who are cultivating this knowledge. You try to understand how they are feeling. Then you'll feel, "Why not become one of them?" And when you become one
 of them, then all your misgivings soon go away. You become more faithful, and then you get a real taste for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Why aren't these boys going to see the cinema? Why don't they eat meat or go to the nightclub? Because their taste 
has changed. They hate all these things now. In this way, you make progress. First faith, then association with devotees, then removal of all misgivings, then firm faith, then taste, then God realization, and then love of God, the perfection. That is fir
st-class religion. Not some ritualistic ceremony of "I believe, you believe." That is not religion. That is cheating. Real religion means to develop your love for God. That is the perfection of religion.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mike Robinson:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thank you very much for talking with me. It's
 been a pleasure talking to you. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
  Photos: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: "When your body is finished, you are not finished. You get another body, just as you may change your coat and shirt.
''
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: ''Everyone is simply washing the 'coat and shirt' of the body, but forgetting about the soul within the body."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8: ''As soon as the living force, the soul, is gone from the body, even the most beautiful body has no value."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p9: "The meaning of life is to enjoy. If you come to the real, spiritual platform of life, then you'll enjoy."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Transcendental Sounds    v11#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Transcendental Sounds
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#10
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Heroes, Anti-Heroes and Antidotes
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HEROES ANTI-HEROES AND ANTIDOTES
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A former student of psychology traces his life, from childhood to now\'97from looking up to others to looking into himself.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On June 17, 1959, with summer vacation just a few days away, I walked onto my grammar school playground in a lighthearted 
mood. Just then my best friend Billy rushed over to me with wide eyes. Did you hear the news?!\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "What news?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This morning Superman killed himself! He shot himself in the head with a luger!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At first I thought Billy was kidding, but soon I noticed that everyone in the yard was talking about the story\'97George Reeves, TV's Superman, had committed suicid
e. I couldn't believe it. A hero\'97how could a hero do that? I couldn\'92t believe it. A hero\'97how could a hero do that?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Emerson said, "It is natural to believe in great men." And in his book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Hero, A
merican Style,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Marshall William Fishwick remarks that "people are ineffective without leaders. The search for paragons is inherent in human nature." In an article in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today's Health }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazine, social critic Marya Mannes goes a little further. She says, "Unless we have som
e image of human greatness, of human excellence, to build on, we shall find it difficult to be animated by great dreams. We will be only moles burrowing in the darkness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For its part, modern psychology calls its equivalent of the hero or paragon the "ego ideal." A person forms his ego ideal by picking out traits of parents, friends,
 and others in the society at large. Researchers are quick to point out that healthy models make for healthy people, while sick models, like Hitlers and Stalins, make for sick people and a sick world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Social commentators are concerned about today's shortage of inspiring, healthy models. "Where Have All the Heroes Gone?" asks Edward Hoagland in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The New York Times Magazine,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub U.S. 
News & World Report}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  talks about "The Vanishing Hero." So perhaps I was right, back there on the school playground,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub feeling I'd been let down.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the time I'd entered high school, most fictional heroes struck me as cardboard characters. I had to pass them by. Now, political leaders, past and present, repla
ced them. Then, in my freshman year of college, in 1965, the Watergate mood hit me early.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the afternoon when Georgetown University played host to some members of Congress, I was one of the first students to trot up the steps of Harlan Hall. My mind wa
s filled with anticipation. I wanted to get involved in government; it seemed a good way to work with people. During my first few months at school, I'd absorbed as much as I could of the theory and history of government, and now came a bonus\'97the chanc
e to talk with the people who were making the history I was studying.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As I stood on the thick red carpet, the university's past presidents stared down at me from their portraits on the old wood walls. Even their grave faces couldn't d
ouse my enthusiasm. In less than forty minutes I'd be sharing the room with the country's leaders.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While I was thinking this way, a congressman dressed in a blue blazer bounded up the steps and walked hurriedly across the room. Several friends and I approached hi
m and started asking questions, but he seemed totally intent on wherever he was going. He never slowed down.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Boys," he said, "I'm a Johnson Democrat. That answers }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  your questions. Now, where\'92s the bar?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we stood there openmouthed, the congressman glided past us and ordered a bourbon on the rocks,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My other brushes with politicians only reinforced this first bruised impression. With the world so much in need of unity and cooperation, I felt turned off by so mu
ch small-mindedness. It all seemed like a cheating, losing game, and I didn't want to play it. So after my sophomore year I opted for a change\'97psychology.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At least psychology could tell you something about what was going on inside people. What surprised me was that all this inside knowledge of human nature just seemed
 to turn psychologists into pessimists. I'll never forget the day when one of my best professors, Dr. M., compared human beings to lemmings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The lemming is a peculiar breed of rat that lives in Scandanavia," said Dr. M. in his usual intense way. "Every so often\'97it seems to happen without any rhyme or
 reason\'97one lemming starts running frantically across the countryside. This 'running fever' spreads to the other rats, and soon a kind of mass hysteria infects them. For months and months they migrate, only to reach the coastline and a dead end.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " 'Dead end'\'97that's really what it is. Without hesitating, the lead lemming leaps into the sea, and all the rest follow him. The few that survive produce some mo
re, and then they go through the suicide sequence all over again.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Maybe we're like the lemmings. World Wars I and II, Vietnam, the Middle East,... World War III\'97it's a frightening thought, but if you look at our record,... may
be that's the best we can do."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Motivation and Personality, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub psychologist Abraham Maslow talked about this kind of thinking. He chided not only psychologists but also many others in the intellectual community for denying "the possibility of improving human nature and society, or o
f discovering intrinsic human values, or of being life-loving in general." During my college days I empathized with Maslow's criticisms. Yet even more appealing to me were his positive insights about human potential.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Early in his career, Maslow had become disgusted with modern psychology's obsession for studying mental disease. He felt that the study of sick and crippled persons
 could only produce a sick and crippled psychology. Maslow reversed this trend by researching the dynamics of health. He wrote,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub If we want to know the possibilities for spiritual growth, or moral development in human beings, then I maint
ain that we can learn most by studying our most moral, ethical, or saintly people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maslow's research reached its height in his description of the fully healthy or "self-actualized" person. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Towards a Psychology of Being,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he wrote, "In these healthy people we find duty and pleasure to be the same thing, as is also work and play, self-inter
est and altruism." In an earlier essay he had pointed out,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub For such people virtue is its own reward.... They spontaneously tend to do right because that is what they }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub want}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  to do, what they }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub need }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub to do, what they enjoy, and what they will continue to enjoy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The self-actualized displayed clearer perception of reality, more openness to experience, greater spontaneity, and a firmer sense of identity. They also possessed g
reater creativity, treated different kinds of people equally, and had a greater ability to love. They valued justice, simplicity, beauty, individuality, joy, and honesty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The more I read about self-actualization, the more I liked it. But there was one hitch. Maslow didn't know how the self-actualized got that way:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub We simply do not have available today enough reliable knowledge to proceed to the construction of the One Goo
d World. We do not even have enough knowledge to teach }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub individuals}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  how to love each other.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I still wanted self-actualization, but naturally I didn't know how to get there either.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By this time I was in my senior year. Most of my classmates (even those who shared my feelings) kept themselves busy by applying to graduate schools or jockeying fo
r a job. I could have forgotten my predicament that way and buried myself in some institutional cubbyhole, but something inside me refused to allow it. "You can't fool yourself. You'll never be happy by doing that." With mixed emotions, I kept to that co
nclusion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In other words, in so many ways this was a frightening decision to make. There were so many nagging questions. "Will I become an oddball and cut myself off from my 
family and friends?" "How will I support myself?" "Will I get into something worthwhile, or will I just wind up getting nowhere fast?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the same time, I knew that something was missing, from my life and from the lives of most people. I wanted to ferret out that "something."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Searching
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I climbed the stairs out of the dungeonlike subway, not far from the West Village. It was October 16, 1969. After jogging four blocks, I arrived at 735 Spring Stree
t. I tried to open the door, but it was bolted shut. I rang the bell, and soon someone was peering through the peephole. "What's your name?" said the muffled voice. I replied (as I'd been instructed), "Danny the Red." The door creaked open, and a smiling
 brunette with glasses and a collegiate sweater greeted me. Behind her stood three men with baseball bats. She continued the interrogation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Who sent you?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I met Mark Folsom up at Columbia, and he suggested that I come down and check things out."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the mention of "Mark" the three men dispersed and the girl's smile widened.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Good. My name's Andrea. Let me introduce you to Ted Gold."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Blotched mimeograph paper, crumpled coffee cups, pop bottles, and hundreds of crushed cigarette butts littered the brick floor of Ted Gold's office. The walls were 
plastered with posters of the revolutionary masses and the pantheon of armed struggle\'97Lenin, Mao, Castro, and Che Guevara. Ted Gold himself had reddish hair, thick glasses, and an energetic though ruffled air about him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "What do you know about communism?" he asked. No pleasantries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Just what I've learned in college and from a few books I've read."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gold's line of vision sank to the floor, then honed back in on me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Communism means violent revolution," he said. "There's no redeeming value in this capitalistic society\'97none."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "None?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "None! Insurance, welfare, social security\'97these are all stopgap measures designed to tranquilize the masses and prevent them from rising up and smashing their o
ppressors. There's nothing of value in this society\'97NOTHING! Our job is clear. We must tear this rotten structure down\'97brick by brick\'97until nothing can stop the revolution."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since the main purpose of my visit was to hear about the radical movement's vision of the perfect society, I asked, "After you've torn everything down, what will yo
u replace it with?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gold fidgeted. It appeared I'd asked the wrong question.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We don't have time to worry about things like that. All we have to do is rip this society apart. What happens after the revolution will take care of itself."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That's all you can tell me?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "So you'll help us tear it down?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I don't know. Let me think about it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He didn't care for my answer, and I hadn't cared for his. Since he wouldn't or couldn't tell me any more, I left.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Almost five months later, on March 7, 1970, a headline in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York Times }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub read, "Townhouse Razed by Blast and Fire; Man's Body Found." The firemen theorized that a gas leak had triggered the blast, but the man's body was too disfigured for immediate identif
ication. Then, two days later, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ran Ted Gold's picture and tagged him as the disaster's 
victim. Familiar with Gold's radical background, the police decided to keep sifting through the debris. Finally, on March 11, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  front page said, "Bombs, Dynamite, and Woman's Body Found in Ruins of 11th St. Townhouse." According to Chief Inspector Albert Seedment, "The people in the house were obviously putting together the component parts
 of a bomb, and they did something wrong."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For two years I'd been searching for a workable solution to the problematic life I saw all around me\'97but without much success. I was beginning to sense that, tho
ugh billed as a haven of peace and love, the so-called counterculture harbored about as much narrow-mindedness as there was anywhere else.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first real light appeared in the spring of 1971, when I started investigating Eastern meditation. The descriptions of enlightened meditators closely matched Mas
low's ideal of the self-actualized person, and there was a practical way to get there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cultural difference didn't really bother me much. Although I wasn't a very religious person, I'd sometimes thought, "I don't know what truth is, and I don't car
e if a red, white, black, yellow, or brown man speaks it\'97or if it comes from the north, south, east,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub or west. All I know is, I want it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the start, I sensed the power of turning inward, the power of meditation. At one and the same time, I was becoming more aware of my inner self and more aware o
f the people and events around me. Yet I noticed that many spiritualists, including big teachers, became not so much self-realized as self-serving.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For instance, after you had gained a little spiritual power, the next step\'97the "in" thing to do\'97was to admit that you were really God, posing for now as a mer
e mortal. It got to be sort of dizzying, meeting all these yog\'e9s who were actually God. Then gradually it began to make sense. If you were God you could pretty much get what you wanted. God doesn't have to ask twice. But, to be fair, these divine deba
uchees provided some of the best comedy I'd ever seen.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, one day during the summer of 1972, at a green-lawned country retreat, I was sitting in on a verbal meditation. The Great One said, in a sonorous voice,
 "Feel that you are that same power that has manifested innumerable suns, moons, and stars.... Feel yourself creating and maintaining innumerable ... owwwwWWWWW!!" All at once a severe toothache jolted the Great One's jaw. The meditation seemed to be end
ing a little sooner than the supreme will had ordained, but perhaps toothaches were just a divine entertainment. His other pastimes included phobias for mosquitoes, airplanes, and death. And, to make matters worse, the Great One was in constant anxiety a
bout whether the United States government would grant him immigration status.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nonetheless, I stayed convinced that meditation could awaken the self. All I had to do was find a way to practice it purely. I carried on as well as I could. Then, 
one day in the spring of 1973, I was walking through the Port Authority Bus Terminal, on 40th Street, to catch a Greyhound to the Catskill Mountains. The noise level at the terminal was high\'97hundreds of arriving and departing buses, honking taxicabs, 
and bustling travelers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suddenly, above the tumult, I heard a woman's voice call out, "Hey, yog\'e9!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I stopped dead in my tracks. You didn't have to be clairvoyant to tell that I was interested in yoga and meditation. My white pants and Indian shirt were giveaways.
 Still, I couldn't help thinking, "Who cares about yoga in the Port Authority?" I turned around and saw a smiling young American woman dressed in an Indian sari. She had a travel bag across her shoulder.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba," she said, folding her hands together in a traditional, prayerlike greeting.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba," I replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My name's Daiva \'c7akti. What's yours?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Daniel."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During our pleasant conversation, I told her that two years ago I'd married a girl who also meditated.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Do you have any children?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes, a baby boy named Maitreya."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Daiva \'c7akti heard that name, her face lit up in near ecstasy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Maitreya!" she said, reaching into her travel bag. "Have a look at this book. It's about the great Vedic sage Maitreya."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Maitreya was a Vedic sage? But don't the Buddhists consider him to be the coming Buddha [enlightened one]?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Daiva \'c7akti smiled. "Twenty-five hundred years before Lord Buddha appeared, the sage Maitreya lived in India, and this book has his teachings."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This revelation whetted my curiosity so much that I offered to buy the book. I handed her a ten-dollar bill, said "Thank you," and rushed off to catch my bus. As so
on as I'd settled into my recliner, I absorbed myself in reading. This book was so attractive that it took me only three days to finish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To my delight, the book told about the irrationality of trying to be God. "God is conscious of everything past, present, and future, and also of each and every corn
er of His manifestations, both material and spiritual." But as for the ordinary person, he "does not even know what is happening within his own personal body. He eats his food but does not know how this food is transformed into energy or how it sustains 
the body."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The author. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, recommended }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakt
i-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (unselfish loving service) as the sure cure for all forms of egotism. My college friends and I had joked that newspaper headlines should herald the big ego as public en
emy number one. Now the idea of conquering the big ego by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub captivated my mind. \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said that this service attitude was "dormant in everyone ... the natural inclination of every living being,... the highest perfection in life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I recalled how I'd enrolled in college with the idea of landing a job in public service. All my life I'd been serving someone or something\'97my parents, my teacher
s, my friends (even my car). \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da pointed out how big businessmen had to serve their customers and the president had to serve his country. It seemed that no matter what I did, it would be some sort of service. And, as \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da said, you could reach the ultimate state of consciousness by directing your service toward the complete whole, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I was able to pick up the logic of practically everything \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote. His students, who were making K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness available in s
uch hectic places as the bus terminal, also impressed me. Nonetheless, my experiences with counterfeit groups made me reluctant to get involved. It was only after several months of thinking and reading K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious books that I decided, in th
e winter of 1973, to check into this process more closely.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to the ancient Vedic literature (which the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement publishes, in English) your personality depends on the kind of sound you 
hear. Loving, truthful, spiritual sound creates a loving, truthful, spiritual personality; self-motivated, materialistic sound creates a self-motivated, materialistic personality. When I thought about it, I realized that perhaps I'd never heard a spiritu
al sound in my life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally, spiritual sound is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra. Man}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "mind," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "release." A mantra
, then, is a sound vibration that can release the mind from self-centered, material thought processes. Chanting mantras was nothing new to me; for more than four years I had chanted all kinds of mantras. Yet chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra\'97Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare-gave me astonishing results. I wanted to cleanse and refresh my mind and heart, and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba was l
ike taking a shower on the inside.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, I observed how the benefits of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba carried over into the everyday lives of other chanters. And my own experience was similar to that 
of my friend Howard Resnick, who said, "I didn't follow any particular leader. I just saw that chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba was a bona fide process, and that people who practiced it were becoming happy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After I started chanting, my personality started developing rapidly. Having chanters as friends helped. Instead of wasting time in small talk, they were thinking ab
out "Who am I?" and "What's the best thing I can do with my life?" The all-embracing scope of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness especially pleased me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At least seven years earlier, I'd seen how pettiness and the party spirit cause most of the world's conflicts. Now, by chanting I experienced each person as part of
 a harmonious whole (God). Deep inside I felt the same as everyone else, and at the same time completely unique. I felt more united with other people, and, paradoxically, more of an individual. Instead of being at loggerheads, in K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
ness the group and individual enhanced each other. And I saw that simply by chanting, thousands of people were realizing this ideal in their own lives.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Already, I'd found that almost every theme sounded by progressive thinkers (like Maslow) came in for full development in the techniques and literature of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness. I wanted to share my realizations, so I started lecturing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in grammar schools, high schools, and colleges. At first, many of the listeners had their doubts, but after an explanation, the majority fou
nd K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious methods and goals agreeable. Many teachers told me that their students had reacted with more interest to my presentation than to any other class in the semester. Gradually I realized that I was touching upon that missing "some
thing" I'd felt the need for during my own college years.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I asked many teachers to assess the current student mood. They said, almost without exception, that the students of the mid-1970s had turned apathetic. Apparently t
he questioning, questing spirit of the '60s had gone away. But how could anyone blame the students? Who could they look to\'97unstable movie and TV stars, unprincipled politicians, unsure teachers, self-destructive revolutionaries, self-indulgent saviors
? Old or new, the heroes were tarnished. Still, when I talked with the students about the pleasure of spiritual living, glimmers of excitement played on their faces.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By 1975 I was ready to fill out my personal observations about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness with scientific evidence. Psychology seemed like a natural approach to t
ake, so I invited several psychologists with no prior experience of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to study the effects of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The findings of Drs. Allen Gerson and Ronald Huff, along with interviews I conducted, confirmed my impr
ession that chanting produces a state of human health that modern psychology is just beginning to imagine.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here are some highlights of the research. Dr. Gerson, a practicing clinical psychologist who also specializes in psychological testing, reports that chanters "are m
ore keenly aware and have sharper mental cognitions." Richard Arthur, an instructor of English at Rutgers University, brought to mind Maslow's self-actualized person when he told me, "Chanting makes me more aware of what to do and what not to do. And now
, I naturally feel happy about doing the right thing."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition, the psychologists found chanters brimming with self-confidence. Art director Nathan Zakheim affirmed to me, "After years of being a closed-in person an
d trying to protect myself from experiences, now I'm really different. Chanting makes me so exuberant that I sail through situations that used to stymie me." Dr. Gerson notes that chanters are seldom if ever bored, but "are always in a state of discovery
 that allows them to see things more vividly."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, Dr. Gerson detected that chanting promotes creativity in all spheres of life. "I'm astounded," he said, "with the percentage of creative people among chanters
." Daniel Clark, a thirty-five-year old filmmaker who has been chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba for ten years, told me how chanting affected his creativity. Clark said, "Before I started chanting, I thought myself limited to films, but now I see that I have 
a talent for writing, lecturing, acting. You can do anything, in a sense. You don't become a superman, but all your hang-ups go away. Then you find that your capabilities as a spiritual person are very great."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Robert Grant, a successful young publishing executive, says that chanting even improves business aptitude. "Now I'm doing all kinds of things\'97management, publish
ing, working with artists\'97things I've never done or displayed any skill for. I find that chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives me the insight on how to do it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As housewives like Mrs. Stephanie Lindberg have found, chanting inspires people to give their daily routines a creative touch. Mrs. Lindberg related to me, "Now my 
mind is bubbling with new ideas. By chanting I experience a freedom that makes my life more creative and stimulates me to use my talents in ways I never thought of before." Mr. Grant reported a similar feeling to me when he said, "I feel some connection 
with God that makes me do things in a spontaneous, joyful, uninhibited way." It's interesting to note how these experiences recall those of the ancient sages. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9m
ad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja delights, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You have enlivened all my sleeping senses\'97my hands, legs, ears, touch sensation, life force, and especiall
y my speech."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The psychologists verify that chanters enjoy a strong sense of identity and uniqueness. Dr. Ronald Huff (a clinician with an extensive background in bio-feedback) n
otes "greater individuality in the way chanters relate to the external experience, indicating greater uniqueness." After more than fifty case studies, Dr. Gerson concludes, "Chanters have a clear sense of identity. They know who they are in relationship 
to the universe, where they're going, and how they can improve themselves and the world around them."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A secretary, Heather Payne, disclosed to me that chanting allows her "to overcome any prejudices I may have felt toward people." Here, both psychologists score the 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious process highly. Says Dr. Gerson, "The democratic character structure [the ability to treat people fairly] comes through strongly in chanters."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With this greater tolerance, chanters naturally have more ability to love. Richard Arthur told me that in his better moments of chanting, "I relate to people on the
 basis of love, and I can feel them pick up on it." Judy Guarino, an illustrator in her early thirties, remarked, "I experience affection for people I've never known before. Now I'm able to be a better friend." According to Dr. Huff, "Parents who chant e
njoy more expressions of mature and meaningful affection with their children." Dr. Gerson describes chanters as "open, friendly, warm, and outgoing as a group, as well as individually."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, chanters report that their love approaches what Daniel Clark called "cosmic\'97a love of the whole world with all its human beings, animals, and plants, an
d ultimately for God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So research shows chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra to be a scientific, effective means for liberating human potential. Chanting works for men and women, youn
g and old, rich and poor, black and white. Oriental and Westerner. Also, as the record demonstrates, chanting has brought people self-realization for thousands of years.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What's been so convincing for me is that whereas other processes always turned stale, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious experience keeps getting fresher and fresher. Eve
ry other process I tried seemed to yield results at first, but I always reached a point where I couldn't or wouldn't go any further.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness the progress has been steady without any signs of stopping. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has given me a deep feeling of self-satisfa
ction and contentment. Often I check my progress, and it always amazes me how well my body, my emotions, my mind, my intelligence, my soul, all of me\'97feels about chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you find something good, you want to share it. And K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the best thing I've found. Of course, as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, it's 
inevitable for mankind to evolve to higher consciousness. Yet, as he also says,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Why do others have to wait for thousands and thousands of years to attain these heights? Why not give them th
e information immediately in a systematic way, so}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub that they may save time and energy?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That makes sense to me. And, as progressive thinkers past and present have discovered, giving yourself to this kind of work is sheer pleasure.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li2880\ri1440\fi-1008 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p10-11: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Yadubara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri1440\fi-1008 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12-13: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The lead lemming leaps into 
the sea, and the rest follow. Maybe we're like the lemmings. World Wars I and II ... World War III\'97maybe that's the best we can do."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v11#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 9 TE
XT 6-7 PURPORT\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 9 TEXT 26
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News      v11#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Floridians Feel Good About ISKCON\'92s Farm
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even me residents of South Honda, who are long familiar with exotic tropical vegetation, have never heard of the Jobaticaba tree (which produces grapes directly fro
m its bark) or the star apple tree (whose fruit tastes just like a blue-berry sundae). Yet there they are, right on an 8.5-acre estate that fifty hardworking devotees have transformed into a tropical paradise.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And there is much more at New Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya Forest (named after a pilgrimage site in India) to delight the people of semisuburban Coral Way, near the Evergl
ades. The devotees have put in over five hundred banana trees (including special Mysores and Raja-puris imported from India), three hundred rose bushes, fifty dwarf Puerto Rican plantain trees, a full three acres of stunning yellow and orange marigolds, 
plus pink and yellow frangipani, super-fragrant night-blooming jasmine, gardenias, and hibiscus. They have also planted stands of litchi nut, lime, and pineapple trees, as well as papaya, fig, eucalyptus, tamarind, and others too numerous to mention.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Perhaps the most popular features, though, are the thirty-eight beehives and the mango orchard. With an abundance of flowers to choose from, the bees are busy all y
ear round. The devotees bottle the flood of honey, put their own New Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya Forest label on the bottles, and sell or give most of the bounty to neighbors or guests. Even more popular are the delicious mangoes, which the devotees harvested 
by the hundreds this year.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When devotees first began developing the farm, under the guidance of temple president Narahari d\'e4sa, the neighbors were pleased to see the wonderful transformati
on of the abandoned estate. They eagerly offered various kinds of help, such as plowing up the future marigold field with a tractor-pulled disker and advising the devotees on planting techniques. Now many local children love to visit "the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba farm." They come, mostly on horses or ponies, to swim in the lake and get refreshments.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The neighbors also appreciated that the devotees helped to keep a proposed shopping center out of the area. At a critical meeting of the local civic association, of
 which New Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya Forest is now an honorary member, a representative of the prospective developer contended that not a single landowner on Coral Way opposed the shopping center. At that point the neighborhood representative literally jumpe
d out of her seat with a letter from the devotees saying that they were one of the biggest landholders on Coral Way, and that they were strongly opposed to the shopping center.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The plans were shelved, to the great glee of the neighbors, and now they're supporting the devotees' effort to get a rezoning for widening the farm's programs. Said
 Terry Skinner, president of the civic association, "The devotees are doing a wonderful job developing and beautifying their property, which is becoming a great asset to the community."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Historian Hails \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Thomas N. Pappas, professor}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub history at Anderson College, has this to say about the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust edition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The first available English edition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  makes this most significant publication accessible to a broader public of students and scholars. This spiritual lawbook, with a most useful introduction by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktive
danta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, is a necessary supplement to any serious study of Vedic culture. The Sanskrit diacritical equivalents and the glossary are most useful guides to further study and deeper understanding of ancient spiritual law and Vedic culture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I recommend this volume to any student or scholar of Vedic thought. To the generalist and specialist alike it will generate considerable provocation and understand
ing. It is an indispensable addition to any serious library collection."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vedic Calendar    v11 #12
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5040\pard\intbl
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 490, Caitanya Era
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named 
for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{
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\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:39 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 End of K\'e4ty\'e4yan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -vrata of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saphal\'e4 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of Dev}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanda Pa\'eb\'f2ita.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:47 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of Mahe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a Pa\'eb\'f2ita and Uddh\'e4ra\'eba Datta \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dec. 23\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Jan. 5\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Jan. 10\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Jan. 11\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Jan. 13\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Jan. 16\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0
\ri0\fi0 Jan. 17\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of J}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub va Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Jagad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub a Pa\'eb\'f2ita.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Pu\'f1p}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhi\'f1eka-y}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tr}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (flower-bathing festival) of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of Gop}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Bha
\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub macandra Kavir}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ja.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of Locana d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -til\'e4 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:59 a.m.\cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Our Sense of Wonder ~ Gone Under
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Our Sense of Wonder ~ Gone Under
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now that scientists like Jacques Monod have helped us toward \'93an anxious quest in a frozen universe of solitude,\'94 
here are some time-tested secrets for rediscovering the warm and wonderful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Alienation," social scientists say, is our inability to relate meaningfully to others, to nature, and to ourselves. As Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner reports in }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientific American,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  alienation is growing at an alarming and unprecedented rate. This trend appears to 
result from a radically different life view imposed upon the past few generations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not so many years ago, most people saw in human events and the things of nature the hand of a purposeful God. But today, many scientists, such as the late Nobel Pri
ze winner Jacques Monod, regard God, meaning, and an intelligence behind the universe as childish concepts. In Monod's words, man must awaken to 
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub his fundamental isolation. Now does he at last realize that, like a gypsy, he lives on the boundary of an ali
en world. A world that is deaf to his music, just as indifferent to his hopes as it is to his suffering or his crimes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God no longer holds "the whole world in His hands." Now emptiness, the void, accounts for everything, and mankind-long accustomed to living in a world full of meani
ng\'97grapples with how to adjust to this revolutionary change.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It hasn't been easy, nor the results encouraging. As historian Theodore Roszak observes, twentieth century society has projected "a nihilistic imagery unparalleled 
in human history." The main themes of the century stand out as disillusionment, pessimism, and the lure of destruction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Clearly, Monod was no maverick. Nobel laureate Francis Crick (co-unraveller of the DNA code) has said, "I myself, like many scientists, believe that the soul is ima
ginary." In schools all over the world, students learn that man is a "naked ape," or, as one textbook puts it, "nothing but a complex biochemical mechanism powered by a combustion system which energizes computers with prodigious storage facilities for re
taining encoded information."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This main theme in modern science\'97"reductionism"\'97has drawn much criticism. Dr. Roszak, for instance, depicts reductionism as "the effort to turn what is alive
 into a mere thing." Psychiatrists and social commentators like Dr. Viktor E. Franki feel that the society spawned by reductionism is wearing away humanity's psychological health. Recently, an international congress of psychoanalysis concluded that "ever
 more patients are suffering from a lack of life content."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the layman's language, "lack of life content" means anxiety, stress, boredom, apathy, despair, meaninglessness, cynicism\'97in a word, alienation. As playwright 
Eugene Ionesco writes, "Cut off from religion, metaphysics, and roots, man is lost. His actions become senseless, useless, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub absurd."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By defining man as a machine and affording him no more dignity than a stone or a piece of broken glass, reductionism has cut deep. Our sense of wonder, our ability 
to appreciate life's everyday beauties\'97the sun, the moon, the fragrance of the earth\'97has comes into question and grown dull.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Return to the Root
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The effects of reductionism are prompting many people to reexplore the spiritual dimension. English novelist J.B, Priestly, for one, visited the Colorado}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub River and observed how it had carved out the Grand Canyon. He said, "You feel when you are there that God g
ave the river its instructions."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Roszak asks, "Why, one wonders, should it be thought crude or rudimentary to find divinity brightly present in the world where others find only dead matter or a
n inferior order of being?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In their textbook }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Psychology,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lindzey, Hall, and Thompson confirm, "All human cultures from the dawn of history have valued the mystical or religious experience. Man always seems to be searching for some higher form of consciousness or awareness." This state
ment returns us to the crux of the problem: twentieth century man has deviated from this search and is paying the price\'97alienation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the past, people solved alienation by experiencing what we might call "the divine presence," both within themselves and in the people and things around them. But
 simply wiping the dust off old catechisms and relearning their formulas by rote won't help us. The emphasis of numerous religious groups on memorizing doctrines rather than on experiencing God has only weakened people's convictions\'97and has helped (or
 even started) the process of alienation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Despite its obvious shortcomings, modern science has taught us at least one thing: we should test a truth before we accept it. And thousands of years ago, sages and
 yogis had the same idea. They advised their students not to dwell in doctrines but to link themselves with the living world around them. By following the sages' directions for meditating on nature, the students experienced truth for themselves.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appropriately, the handbook of spiritual education, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deals extensively with alienation and its cure. At the beginning, Arjuna suffers from intense alienation. "My mind is reeling.... Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all com
posure because of weakness.... I can find no means to drive away this grief which is drying up my senses." The Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, instructs Arjuna on how to rediscover his ability to live in a meaningful. God-conscious way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub About halfway through the work, Arjuna asks, "How should I meditate on You? In what various forms are You to be contemplated, O Blessed Lord?" (Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.17). In reply, the Lord suggests ways to realize His presence in the happenings of this world. His Divin
e Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da comments that since it is difficult to perceive God directly, "One is advised to concentrate the mind on physical things in order to see how K\'e5\'f1\'eba [God] is manifested by physical representations."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This process is like appreciating an artist through his art. When we see a masterpiece, we naturally admire the talent and skill of its creator. The yogis and sages
 report that by looking upon the universe with this same sense of wonder, we can experience }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (blissful immersion in God consciousness), or what today's psychologists call a "peak experience." Alienation vanishes, and we feel reconnected to the root of existence\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the pages that follow, the reader will find some of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's suggestions, accompanied by short meditations\'97all in all, "enough to make you wonder
." As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has remarked, by reawakening this sense of wonder "one becomes increasingly enlightened, and he enjoys life with a thrill, not only for some time, but at every moment."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Of lights I am the radiant sun."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As scientists have discovered, the sun gives out more energy in one second than all the earth's people could use in millions of years. Al
so, the sun is the light of our lives; without it the entire world would be dark. Even our light bulbs are simply reservoirs of the sun's rays. And, as we learn from the Vedic literature, the sun itself is but a tiny reservoir of the Lord's glowing efful
gence.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Of purifiers I am the wind."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Most people have experienced the zestfulness of a breezy day, or, in winter, those gusts that simply "go right through you." The wind, wh
ooshing all around, seems to wash us even more smoothly and swiftly than water (and it even sounds clean). The wind, then, suggests the all-pervasive, all-purifying Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Of bodies of water I am the ocean."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of all bodies of water, the ocean runs the deepest and stretches the farthest. In fact, for sheer greatness, practically nothing else in 
the world can compare to it. So the ocean reminds us of the Lord\'92s greatness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "I am the original fragrance of the earth."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everything in this world has a certain flavor or fragrance, as the fragrance of a pine tree, a lemon, or a rose. This pure, original flav
or in everything is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "I am the taste of water."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Most of us have had the experience (say, after driving through a desert) of walking right past the soft drink dispenser to the water foun
tain. When you're really thirsty, nothing satisfies like water\'97the pure taste of water, which is one of the energies of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "I am the heat in fire."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We need fire for our factories, our furnaces, and our frying pans. As we've already seen, fire comes from the sun, and the sun comes from
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So the fire and the heat of the fire are K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "I am the healing herb."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How could it be that things that grow in the ground provide just the right remedies for worrisome diseases? When man-made "wonder drugs" 
come about only after much care and concentration, do these natural wonder drugs come about, as scientists say, by chance\'97or by the Lord's kindness?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "I am the ability in man."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can a master musician or artist do with ease what most of us couldn't do with the greatest effort? What makes the difference between 
"all thumbs" and "all-star"? The answer is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "I am victory, I am adventure, and I am the strength of the strong."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Conquest and the questing spirit, even the questing capacity\'97all come from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Among the stars I am the moon."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the moon fills the night with its cool light, people feel refreshed. And the moon's light makes vegetables grow and become succulent
. Thus, the moon brings to mind the cooling and soothing face of the Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Among subduers I am time."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The glory that was Rome"\'97and the glory that was anything else\'97just couldn't outlast eternal time, by which Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba get
s the best of everything and everyone.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Of secret things I am silence."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our ability to hold forth on some topic, or to hear about it, or to hush up about it, comes from the Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Of weapons I am the thunderbolt."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The thunderbolt, the ultimate shocker, gives us some idea of the Lord's power.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Of seasons I am the flower-bearing spring."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone likes spring. It's neither too hot nor too cold, the flowers and trees blossom, the grass comes alive, and everything flourishes
. The greens and pinks and blues and yellows, the fresh-smelling breezes, the sun-filled evenings\'97as with any other work of art, these masterstrokes tell us something about the artist. The most joyful of all seasons, spring reminds us of the most joyf
ul of all persons, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names (}{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 japa}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 )."
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everybody is giving his time and energy to get something he can enjoy. The father works hard all day so that he can enjoy the happiness o
f his wife and children. The politician spends long hours in meetings and masterminding sessions so that he can have a satisfied constituency. Everybody is taking pains to please somebody. Yet there's a way to please everybody, and it's pleasing in itsel
f\'97chanting the Lord's holy names.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Prince Passed On Too Soon
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Prince Passed On Too Soon
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa480\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The king had many wives, but, strangely, he couldn't have a son. \line What happened when he finally got one was even more strange.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There's a saying that parents live on through their children. How often we hear, for instance, about a father telling his son, "You'll be greater than I was," or, "
You should finish what I started." But, ages ago, the great King Citraketu felt like dying\'97he could not have a son.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Otherwise, while King Citraketu ruled the earth everything went beautifully. Fruit trees hung low with their juicy yield, luscious vegetables crowded the fields, th
e mountains were generous with their gems and minerals, and the seas provided pearls. For his own part, the king seemed to have everything that anybody could want: youth, good looks, intelligence, wealth. And he had many Queens, all of them with lovely f
aces and enchanting eyes\'97and all of them barren.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, Citraketu had everything, except what he wanted most. A son would not only carry on the dynasty but also offer sacrifices to the demigods and insure his parent
s' heavenly reward. As Citraketu looked to the future, he was brokenhearted. Not one of his other blessings could make him happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, one day, the king's life took a strange turn. The great sage A\'ecgir\'e4 was traveling through the universe, and by his sweet will he came to the royal palac
e.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When A\'ecgir\'e4 walked into the throne room, Citraketu got up from his throne and bowed. The king knew that his visitor was a great guru. He praised A\'ecgir\'e4 
with well-chosen words, washed his feet, and fed him with the finest foods. Citraketu served the holy man personally, performing his duty as a humble host to a guest of the highest spiritual wisdom. When A\'ecgir\'e4 had finished eating and was relaxing 
on a richly decorated seat, the king humbly sat at his feet. Then A\'ecgir\'e4 began to speak.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear king," he said, "I hope that your kingdom is peaceful and that all your people are feeling well. But I can see that you are not happy yourself. Your face t
ells me that you are not satisfied with your life; there is a goal that you desire but have not yet reached. Who is to blame? Are you at fault, or have others kept you from success? Please tell me\'97your pale face reflects a deep anxiety in your heart."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O A\'ecgir\'e4, great master," King Citraketu answered, "you can understand everything about people who are bound by the laws of this material world. So you must a
lso know why I am brokenhearted. You have perfect vision because you are so determined and pure. Still, you have asked me to tell you why I am anxious. Since you have asked, I will answer.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes, I have fallen short of my life's goal. Just as a hungry person cannot feel satisfied by being garlanded with flowers, I cannot feel satisfied by having a grea
t empire and many possessions. My misery is this: I have no son. Please, O high-minded sage, save me and save my family. Please do something so that I may have a son."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The transcendentalist A\'ecgir\'e4 had no business fulfilling ordinary material desires, but out of his kindness he did not turn the king away. Drawing on his mysti
c power, he took some rice boiled in milk and sugar, offered it in a ritual to a demigod named Tva\'f1\'f6\'e4, and then gave it to Citraketu's favorite queen\'97K\'e5tadyuti.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now," the sage told the king, "you will have a son\'97a son who will bring you both joy and sadness." Without waiting for an answer, A\'ecgir\'e4 left the palace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Trusting the sage's word, Citraketu conceived a child in the womb of K\'e5tadyuti. And, to everyone's amazement, in time she gave birth to a son. When they heard th
e news, all the citizens were overjoyed for their king.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After bathing and dressing himself in gorgeously ornamented robes, Citraketu asked the royal priests to bless the newborn child and perform the birth ceremony as th
e holy scriptures directed. Then, rejoicing, he gave gifts to the priests\'97gold, silver, clothing, jewels, villages, horses, elephants, and cows. Finally, just as a rain cloud freely waters everything (even the mountains and the oceans), the king lavis
hed his riches upon everyone present. In that way he hoped to spread the good name of the new prince.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With the king's hopes now fulfilled after so much frustration, his love for the little child grew day by day. And, naturally, his love for the boy's mother Queen K
\'e5tadyuti also grew.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not surprisingly, as K\'e5tadyuti became more and more happy, the other queens became more and more hateful. As time went by, the king hardly cared about them, and 
they burned with envy. They, too, wanted to have sons, but they couldn't. Only K\'e5tadyuti had gotten the sage's blessing, and the other queens cried bitterly to each other.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If a wife has no sons, she has nothing but sadness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Her husband neglects her."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Her co-wives insult her and treat her like a maidservant."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Such a woman is condemned in every way."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Even the husband's maidservants receive his compliments; they have nothing to regret. But we are now the maidservants of the maidservants\'97we are the most wretch
ed."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unable to stand their pain, the queens lost all common sense. They went mad, and at last they plotted to murder the baby. One day, when the mother and the nurse wer
e both out of the baby's room, some of the queens entered silently and put poison into his mouth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In another wing of the palace. Queen K\'e5tadyuti called out, "Nurse, bring the young prince to me. I think he's been sleeping long enough."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the nurse went to the child's room and approached his bed, she saw that his eyes were turned upward. Shocked, she looked closer and saw that he wasn't breathin
g, that his heartbeat had stopped, that he was dead. "I am doomed!" she cried, striking her bosom with both hands and sobbing loudly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the queen heard the shrieking, she ran in. The nurse, struck with grief, was lying by the bed. As K\'e5tadyuti neared her child, her dress and hair and mind we
re in disarray. On seeing the upturned eyes and the lifeless limbs, she fainted and fell next to the nurse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many others in the palace heard the screams, and they came to the prince's bedroom\'97some hastily, others hesitantly. At the sight of the dead baby, none of them c
ould hold back their tears. Even the murderous queens made their way through the door; they made a show of weeping along with the others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When someone told the king what had happened, he nearly went blind. Grief set his mind aflame, and he stumbled through the palace hallways toward his son's room, sl
ipping and falling countless times along the way. Half-delirious, he lurched through the crowded doorway to the tragic scene. Surrounded by his ministers, royal officers, and priests, he got a glimpse of his dead boy and could not contain himself any lon
ger. Shaking and disheveled, he fell unconscious at the child's feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shortly, Citraketu regained his senses. He tried to speak, but he was breathing too heavily for the words to come out. Through his tears he saw Queen K\'e5tadyuti n
ext to him, leaning against the bed. The garland of flowers that had decorated her hair was slipping down to the floor. Tears mixed with mascara traced gray lines down her face and stained her dress. She refused to leave her dead child, and as she looked
 at the baby's body she cried like a sad songbird. Then, growing bitter, she raised her eyes upward and screamed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O God! You are useless! You have a law that a son can die only after his father dies. Yet You have let my son die while his father is still living. You may say tha
t You don't remember that law, and You may say that birth and death take place on account of our own activities. But I say that out of cruelty You have broken Your own law! If we are so powerful that we can bring on birth and death, then who needs God?!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Or if You say that there must be a God because there must be someone to run things, I am not impressed. You may be God, but You are not intelligent\'97You make par
ents love their child so that they will raise him nicely, but then You take away the child. Now everyone will neglect their children. You are not very smart!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Trembling, the queen turned again to her son's bed and spoke to the corpse in a heartrending way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Little one!}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub I am helpless and full of grief. Please don't go away. Just look at your father. We are helpless now. You are our only hope. Please don't go away with Death any farther. Come back to us."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Giving up all sanity, she indulged herself in impossibilities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My baby, you have slept a long time. Now please get up. You must be very hungry, so get up and suck my breast. Please dry our tears."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My dear son, I am the most unlucky person. I can no longer see your gentle smile. You have closed your eyes forever. You've been taken away from this planet, and y
ou will never return. I shall never hear your voice again."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hearing K\'e5tadyuti carrying on so pathetically, the king poured out his despair in long, loud wails. All the king's followers gave in to the deepest depression; c
rying unashamedly, they all but passed out.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Far away, A\'ecgir\'e4 heard of the tragedy. Along with the sage N\'e4rada, he traveled at once to the palace of Citraketu and made his way to the prince's fateful 
bedroom. There he saw the king lying on the floor like another dead body. Forgetting formalities, A\'ecgir\'e4 addressed the king\'97not with sentimental words of pity, but with the uncompromising words of transcendental wisdom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O King," A\'ecgir\'e4 said, "what kinship does that dead body have with you? Or you with it? As for the soul who lived inside it, you may say he is your son, but w
as he your son before he lived there? Or will he be your son tomorrow? Just as the waves of the ocean push together and pull apart grains of sand, so the waves of time cause people to meet and separate. It is nature's law, and no amount of lamentation ca
n stop it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Seeds sown in the ground sometimes grow and sometimes do not. That is natural. Fathers sometimes get sons, and sometimes they do not. That is also natural. So you 
should not weep or suffer so much over the death of your son. What we think of as 'kinship' comes about only because the Supreme Lord arranges it for us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "From the father's body and the mother's body comes a child's body. The atoms of those bodies are eternal, and the souls who manifest themselves through the atoms a
re also eternal. The distinctions we make between people on the basis of family or country are imaginary. We make these distinctions only out of a lack of knowledge."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Enlightened by these instructions, King Citraketu regained his hope in life. Wiping his haggard face with his hand, he spoke to A\'ecgir\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Of all men, you are the most praiseworthy. You know everything. You wander all over the world just to do good to materialists like us, who are always attached to s
ense gratification. I am as foolish as a village animal like a pig or a dog. Please ignite the torch of knowledge. Save me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A\'ecgir\'e4 replied, "My dear King, when you wanted to have a son, I came to you. I could have given you the supreme transcendental knowledge at that time. But whe
n I saw that your mind was absorbed in material things, I gave you a son\'97who, as I had warned you, caused you both happiness and misery. Now you are experiencing the sadness of family life. Your family, and indeed your whole kingdom, are all causes of
 distress. Because they are not permanent, they are no better than dreams for you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93O King Citraketu, try to understand whether you are body, mind, or soul. Consider where you have come from, where you are going after you give up this body, and
 why you are under the control of the material nature. If you come to understand your real position, you will be able to give up your attachment to illusory things, such as these material forms. And you will also be able to give up your belief that mater
ial kinship lasts forever."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When A\'ecgir\'e4 had finished speaking to the king, the great sage N\'e4rada exercised his mystic power and brought the dead son into the vision of all the lamenti
ng relatives. "O soul," N\'e4rada said, "all good fortune unto you! Look\'97your father and mother and all your friends and relatives are stricken because you have passed away. You died at such an early age, and the rest of your life still remains. So go
 back into your body. Enjoy the rest of your life with your friends and relatives. Take the royal throne\'97and all the wealth your father will give you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By N\'e4rada\'92s mystic power, the soul returned to the dead body. Then he spoke, as everyone gaped.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I transmigrate," he said, "from one body to another, according to the quality of my past activities. Sometimes I go to the species of the demigods, sometimes to th
e lower animals, sometimes to the plants, and sometimes to the humans.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In which birth were these people my mother and father? Actually, no one is my mother and no one is my father. How can I accept these two people as my parents?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Just as gold and other commodities travel from one place to another in the course of purchase and sale, so, as a result of his activities, the living soul wanders 
throughout the entire universe, being injected into one kind of body after another by one kind of father after another.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The spirit soul is eternal and imperishable. He has no beginning or end. He never takes birth and he never dies. Being part and parcel of the Lord, he possesses th
e Lord's qualities in a minute quantity. So you should not lament for him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having finished speaking, the soul left the infant body and disappeared from the palace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Citraketu and all the other relatives of the dead son were amazed. The words of the spirit soul had wiped away their grief. They felt free of the dilemmas of materi
al attachment. In this mood, they performed their duties of holding the proper funeral ceremonies and burning the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The queens who had poisoned the boy felt disgusted at what they had done, and they had lost all their bodily luster. They gave up their ambition to bear children an
d went to the holy River Yamun\'e4 to bathe and do penance for their sinful activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Leaving his palace and his royal position, Citraketu also went to the Yamun\'e4 River, bathed there, and offered water to the demigods and his forefathers. A\'ecgir
\'e4 and N\'e4rada accompanied him, and he offered them his respects. The king had decided to dedicate the rest of his life to gaining spiritual awareness. N\'e4rada then accepted Citraketu as his disciple and gave him a prayer for reaching the stage of 
perfection. After N\'e4rada and A\'ecgir\'e4 had left, Citraketu fasted, drank only water, and chanted the prayer. Within several days he saw, face to face, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord was as white as the white fibers of a lotus flower and dressed in bluish garments. Surrounded by saintly persons and adorned with a sparkling helmet, armle
ts, and belt. He was smiling. As soon as Citraketu saw the Lord, tears of love flowed from his eyes, and he bowed down at the Lord's lotus feet. On account of his ecstasy, Citraketu's voice choked up, and at first he had difficulty saying anything. But s
oon he was able to offer the Lord prayers that came from deep within his heart.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thoroughly pleased, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Citraketu how he could make his devotion perfect. Since he had followed the sages' instructions so well, K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 asked him to rule Vidy\'e4dhara-loka, a heavenly planet. There, in the valleys of Sumeru Mountain, his body and senses stayed fresh, and for millions of years he enjoyed chanting the Lord's glories.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Citraketu had seen his way past the short-lived kinship of this world. Finally, he went back to the spiritual world\'97to his lasting kinship, with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d
\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How can I accept these two people a
s my parents?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as Citraketu saw the Lord, h
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\'97Krishna-Balarama Mandir, Chattikara Rd., Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P.
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\'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 528-9004; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy, 92651/ 
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ve issues of BACK TO GODHEAD. My check or money order for $6 is included.
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 What to do this Sunday?   v11#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What to do this Sunday?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why not drop in at a transcendental love feast? For ten years now, thousands of people\'97all kinds of people\'97have enjoyed
 the traditional hospitality, the talks on topics like reincarnation and meditation, and finally\'97the world-famous feast. So wear your usual Sunday afternoon clothes, and after the feast be sure to stay for the movie, play, or puppet show. Every Sunday
, at all ISKCON centers. See last page for the center nearest you. 
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12 No. 1, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A FARM IN FRANCE: Each Day's a Festival
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 POY     v12#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub do you have\line PEACE of MIND ?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When you receive your copy, you'll understand why so many persons seeking peace of mind today are turning to the special form of yoga tau
ght in this book. There are no torturesome exercises, no mind-straining meditation, no far-off mysticism, and no obscure philosophy. It is simple, safe, and sound; anyone can learn and practice it. And no wonder-the book is written by the world's leading
 exponent of this form of yoga. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, founder and director of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. 
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\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As you begin to apply the book's clearly-described principles to your life, you'll quickly experience a new realm of mental poise and inn
er happiness\'97even amidst the most trying circumstances. This is what many well-known educators, politicians, actors, and artists are finding. You'll worry less and enjoy more. Your power of concentration, memory, understanding, and creativity will imp
rove. You'll work more energetically, confidently, and efficiently, as well as relate better to people. And you'll succeed more easily at whatever you're trying to achieve. At night you'll fall asleep immediately, and in the morning you'll awaken thoroug
hly refreshed\'97with even fewer hours of sleep than you normally need. But best of all, you'll be detached and unshaken by life's many stresses and tensions, simply because you'll grow to identify yourself with your eternal, knowledgeable, blissful soul
 within\'97instead of with your finite body, mind, and intellect. Consequently, you'll understand the real purpose of your life and your unique role in creation. 
\par }\pard \s170 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa269 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub WIDELY ACCLAIMED}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub PERFECTION OF YOGA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , containing eight extraordinary color prints
, has won acclaim from discriminating persons around the world. Dr. Frank Ledworth of the University of St. Andrews says. "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub THE PERFECTION OF YOGA}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard \s170 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa269 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub SPECIAL BONUS
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we receive your order, we'll send you FREE our new colorful sixteen-page book catalog. It's filled with an astonishing selection of
 books on yoga, philosophy, religion, psychology, and culture. These best-selling masterpieces represent the cream of India's great classics... and they are all translated with consummate scholarship and matchless wisdom by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktiv
edanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. (If you wish, youmay order this free catalog without ordering the book.) 
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa269\li720\ri720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub This book is now yours for only 95c. So don't miss out on this exceptional value. While you're thinking of it, }{\b0\i\ul0
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\fs32\cf0\nosupersub mail it to us today}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub . Your peace of mind is just a few days away! 
\par }\pard \s170 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub do you have \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\nosupersub PEACE of MIND?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\par }\pard \s170 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If not, this amazing book will show you\'97as it's shown over one million readers\'97how to easily acquire it.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Chant and be happy      v12#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be happy. . .
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v11#12
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace      v12#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7
\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub RESEARCH EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTISTS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Indrapramada d\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, R\'e4dh\'e4-Gop\'e9n\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 Govinda d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yaduvara d\'e4sa, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, 
Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa, Bhakta Michael Cody
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Candan\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1976 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v12#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I never lived on a farm before, but I always wanted to," says K\'e5\'f1\'eba-bh\'e4min\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9. " It's the perf
ect setting, especially for children." (She and her husband Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa have three\'97including daughter Gaurav\'e4n\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, shown helping in the carnation patch. In the background is the farm's old chateau.) "You can do everythin
g here planting, building, beekeeping, artwork, writing, publishing\'97so many things are going on. And when you're so close, there's a community feeling, a satisfying feeling. If you're aware, each day's a festival."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr\sb180 {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Can We Keep Society from Going to the Dogs?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Can We Keep Society from Going t
o the Dogs?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many observers feel that with corruption so common and scandal nearly standard, society is in a bad way and getting wor
se. What's really happening, and what to do? India's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhavans Journal}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub interviews His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first question is this: "Is the influence o
f religion on the wane? And if so, does this factor account for the increase in corruption and the widespread deterioration of moral values?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, religion is on the wane. Thi
s is predicted in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 12.2.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
tata\'e7 c\'e4nudina\'e0 dharma\'f9 satya\'e0 \'e7auca\'e0 k\'f1am\'e4 day\'e4l k\'e4lena balin\'e4 r\'e4jan na\'eck\'f1yaty \'e4yur bala\'e0 sm\'e5ti\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In the Kali-yuga [the p
resent age of quarrel and hypocrisy] the following things will diminish: religiosity, truthfulness, cleanliness, mercifulness, duration of life, bodily strength, and memory."
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These are human assets, which make the human being distinct from the animal. But these things will decline. There will be no mercifulne
ss, there will be no truthfulness, memory will be short, and the duration of life will be cut short. Similarly, religion will vanish. That means that gradually we will come to the platform of animals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Religion will vanish? We'll become animals?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Especially when there is no relig
ion, it is simply animal life. Any common man can distinguish that the dog does not understand what religion is. The dog is also a living being, but he is not interested to understand the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is not interested. That is the distinction between man and dog: the animal is not interested.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So when the human beings become disinterested in religious things, then they are animals. And how can there be happiness or peace in an
imal society? They want to keep people as animals, and they are making a United Nations. How is it possible? United animals, society for united animals? These things are going on.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you see any hopeful signs?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At least they have detected that 
religion is declining. That is good. "Declining" means they are going to be animals. In logic it is said that man is a rational animal. When the rationality is minus, then he is simply an animal, not a human being. In the human society either you become 
Christian, Mohammedan, Hindu, or Buddhist; it doesn't matter. There must be some system of religion. Human society without religion is animal society. This is a plain fact. Why are people so unhappy now? Because there is no religion. They are neglecting 
religion.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One gentleman has written me that Tolstoy once said, "Unless dynamite is put underneath the church, there cannot be any peace." Even no
w the Russian government is very strictly against God consciousness, because they think that religion has spoiled the whole social atmosphere.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It seems there could be some truth in that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The religious system might have b
een misused, but that does not mean that religion should be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avoided. Real religion should be taken. It does not mean that because religion has not been properly executed by the so
-called priests, religion should be rejected. If my eye is giving me some trouble on account of a cataract, it does not mean that the eye should be plucked out. The cataract should be removed. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I think history shows that many people have mis
used religion. Isn't that a fact?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub These people have no conception o
f God, and they are preaching religion. What is religion? Religion means }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9tam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The path of religion is directly enunciated by the Supreme Lord." God's order. They have no conception of God\'97they do not know what God is\'97and they are professing some religion. How long can it go on artificially? It will d
eteriorate.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That has become the present condition. They have no idea of God, so how will they know what is the order of God? Religion means the ord
er of God. For example, law means the order of the state. If there is no state, then where is the order? We have got a clear conception of God\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And He is giving His order, and we accept it. It is clear religion. If there is no God, no c
onception of God, no order of God, then where is religion? If there is no government, then where is the law?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, there wouldn't be any law. It would be an
 outlaw society. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Outlaw\'97everyone is an outlaw, 
manufacturing his own concocted system of religion. That is going on.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just ask\'97in any religious system, what is their conception of God? Can anybody tell clearly? Nobody can tell. But we shall immediate
ly say,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ve\'ebu\'e0 kva\'ebantam aravinda-dal\'e4yat\'e4k\'f1a\'e0\line barh\'e4vata\'e0sam asit\'e4mbuda-sundar\'e4\'ecgam\line kandarp
a-ko\'f6i-kamin\'e9ya-vi\'e7e\'f1a-\'e7obha\'e0\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who is adept in playing on His flute, whose blooming eyes are like lotus petals, whose head is 
bedecked with a peacock's feather, whose figure of beauty is tinged with the hue of blue clouds, and whose unique loveliness charms millions of cupids" }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 5.30). Immediately, we can give a description of God.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If there is no idea of God, then what kind of religion is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I don't know.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is bogus. They have no concept
ion of God, and therefore there is no understanding of religion. That is the decline, and because religion is declining, the human beings are becoming more and more like animals.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Animal" means one has no memory. A dog comes when there are some eatables; I say "Hut!" and he goes away. But again he comes\'97he has
 no memory. So when our memory of God is reducing, that means that our human qualities are reducing. In the Kali-yuga these human qualities will be reduced. That means that people are becoming like cats and dogs.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Here's the second question: "The traditional ch
arge against Vedic [Indian] culture is that it is fatalistic, that it makes people slaves to the belief in predestination, and that it therefore inhibits progress. How far is this charge true?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is that progress? Is a dog's
 jumping progress? Is that progress? A dog is running here and there on four legs, and you are running here and there on the four wheels of the automobile. Is that progress? That is not the Vedic system. According to the Vedic system, the human being has
 a certain amount of energy, and since the human being has better consciousness than the animals, therefore the energy of the human being is more valuable than the energy of the animals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Probably no one would dispute that the human be
ing has more freedom or, I suppose, responsibility than the animals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So human energy should be utilize
d for spiritual advancement, not that the energy should be employed to compete with the dog. The saintly person is not busy like the dog. Today people think that "dogness" is life, but actual life is spiritual progress. Therefore, the Vedic literature sa
ys,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasyaiva heto\'f9 prayateta kovido\line na labhyate yad bhramat\'e4m upary adha\'f9\line tal labhyate du\'f9khavad anyata\'f9 su
kha\'e0\line k\'e4lena sarvatra gabh\'e9ra-ra\'e0has\'e4
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Persons who are actually intelligent and philosophically inclined should endeavor only for that purposeful end which is not obtainabl
e even by wandering from the topmost planet (Brahmaloka) down to the lowest planet (P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub la). As far as happiness derived from sense enjoyment is concerned, it can be obtained automatically in the cour
se of time, just as in the course of time we obtain miseries even though we do not desire them" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1.5.18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ].
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Could you explain that a little further?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The human being should exert his 
energy for that thing which he did not get in many, many lives. In many, many lives the soul has been in the form of dogs, or demigods, or cats, birds, beasts, and many others. There are 8,400,000 different types of bodies. So this transmigration of the 
soul is going on. The business in every case is sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Which means?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For example, the dog is busy for 
sense gratification: Where is food, where is shelter, where is a female, where is defense? The man is also doing the same business, in different ways. This business is going on life after life. Even a small insect is trying for the same thing. Birds, bea
sts, fish\'97everywhere the same struggle is going on. Where is food, where is sex, where is shelter, and how to defend. The Vedic literature says that these things we have done for many, many lives, and that if we don't get out of this struggle for exis
tence, we will have to do them again for many, many lives.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I'm beginning to see.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, so these things should be st
opped. Therefore, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja makes this statement:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sukham aindriyaka\'e0 daity\'e4\line deha-yogena dehin\'e4m\line sarvatra labhyate daiv\'e4d\line yath\'e4 du\'f9kham ayatnata
\'f9
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My dear friends born of demoniac families, the happiness perceived with reference to the sense objects by contact with the body can b
e obtained in any form of life, according to one's past fruitive activities. Such happiness is automatically obtained without endeavor, just as we obtain distress" [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.6.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ].
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A dog has got a body and I have got a body. So, my sex pleasure and the dog's sex pleasure-there is no difference, the pleasure derived
 out of sex is the same. A dog is not afraid of having sex pleasure on the street before everyone, and we hide it. That's all. People are thinking that to have sex pleasure in a nice apartment is advanced. However, that is not advanced. And they are maki
ng a dog's race for this so-called advancement. People do not know that according to whatever kind of body one has acquired, the pleasure is already stored up.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What do you mean, "the pleasure is already stor
ed up"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is called destiny. A pig has
 got a certain type of body, and his eatable is the stool, You cannot change it. The pig will not like to eat halvah [a sweetmeat made of wheat toasted in butter]. It is not possible. Because he has got a particular type of body, he must eat like that. C
an any scientist improve the standard of living of the pig?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I doubt it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r
\'e4ja says that it is already stored up. The pleasure is basically the same, but a little different according to the body. The uncivilized man in the jungle is having the same thing.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now people are thinking that civilization means constructing skyscraper buildings. But Vedic civilization says, No, that is not advance
ment. The real advancement of human life is self-realization, how much you have realized your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub self. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not t
hat you have constructed skyscraper buildings.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But wouldn't what you're saying make sense to m
ost people? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes people misunderstand. I
n a high court, a judge is sitting soberly, apparently doing nothing, and he is getting a high salary. Someone else is thinking, "I am working so hard in the same court, rubber stamping-and not getting one-tenth of the salary of the judge." He is thinkin
g, "I am so busy, working so hard, and I am not getting as good a salary as the man who is just sitting on the bench." The situation is like that: the Vedic civilization is meant for self-realization, not for a dog's race.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Still, isn't it usually considered honorable to
 work hard, to struggle and eventually "get ahead" in life?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , fruitive }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub workers, have been described in the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2h
as, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asses. Why are they compared to the asses? Because the ass works very hard with loads on his back, and in return his master gives him only a little morsel of grass. He stands 
at the door of the washerman and eats grass while again the washerman loads his back. He has no sense that if I go out of the cottage of the washerman I can get grass anywhere\'97why am I carrying so much?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That brings to mind some people I know.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The fruitive worker is like that.
 He is very busy in the office, and if you want to see him he will say, "I am very busy." So what is the result of your being so busy? He takes two pieces of toast and one cup of tea. And for this purpose you are so busy? He does not know why he is busy.
 In the account books he will find that the balance was one million dollars and now it has become two million. He is satisfied with that, but he will take only two pieces of toast and one cup of tea, and still he will work very hard. That is what is mean
t by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Asses\'97work like asses, without any aim in life.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But Vedic civilization is different. The accusation is not correct\'97people in Vedic civilization are not at all lazy. They are busy f
or a higher subject matter. Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja stresses that this busyness is so important that it should begin from the very childhood. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kaum\'e4ra \'e4caret praj\'efa\'f9 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one should not lose a second's time. That is Vedic civilization. The asses see, "These men are not working like I am"\'97like dogs and asses\'97and they consider that we are escap
ing. Yes, escaping your fruitless endeavor. The Vedic civilization is meant for self-realization.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Could you give us more of an idea what the Vedi
c civilization is like?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic civilization begins fro
m the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub system there is this arrangement: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [intellectuals, advisors], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [administrato
rs], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [merchants, farmers], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [workers], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [students], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub grhasthas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [householders], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprasthas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [retired married people], and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [renounced monks].
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ultimate goal is that K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, should be worshiped. So if you worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then you fulfill all
 your occupational duties, either as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba, k\'f1atriya, vai\'e7ya, \'e7\'fcdra, brahmac\'e4r\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub anything. Take to it immediately\'97take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is so important.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If people really knew about a lifestyle that wa
s more natural, more fulfilling, what would be the problem? They actually would, as you say, take to it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But because they do }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub know, therefore there is no religion, simply a dog's race. The dog is running on four legs, and you are running 
on four wheels\'97that's all. And you think that the four-wheel race is advancement of civilization.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, modern civilization is practically said to do nothing. Whatever is obtainable by destiny, you will get it, wherever you are.
 Rather, take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The example is given by Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, that you do not want anything distasteful and yet it comes upon you. Similarly, even if you do not want happiness which you are destined, it will come upon
 you. You should not waste your energy for material happiness. You cannot get more material happiness than you are destined.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can you be so sure of that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How shall I believe it? Because y
ou get some distressful condition although you do not want it. For instance, President Kennedy died by the hand of his own countryman. Who wanted it, and why did it come? He was a great man, he was protected by so many, and still he was destined to be ki
lled. Who can protect you?
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if the distressful condition comes upon me by destiny, then the other position, the opposite number\'97happiness\'97will also come. 
Why shall I waste my time for this rectification? Let me use . my energy for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. That is intelligent. You cannot check your destiny. Everyone will experience a certain amount of happiness and a certain amount of distress. Nobody
 is enjoying uninterrupted happiness. That is not possible.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as you cannot check your distressed condition of life, so you cannot check your happy condition of life. It will come automaticall
y. So don't waste your time for these things. Rather, you should utilize your time for advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Would a K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious person not try
 for progress?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The thing is that if you try for 
progress vainly, then what is the use of that? If it is a fact that you cannot change your destiny, then what is the use of that? We will be satisfied with the amount of happiness and distress that we are destined.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedic civilization is meant for realization of God. That is the point. You'll still find in India that during important festivals many 
millions of people are coming to take bath in the Ganges, because they are interested how to become liberated. They are not lazy. They are going thousands of miles, two thousand miles away to take bath in the Ganges. They are not lazy, but they are not b
usy in the dog's race. Rather, they are busy right from their childhood trying to become self-realized. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kaum\'e4ra \'e4caret praj\'efo dharm\'e4n bh\'e4gavat\'e4n iha. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are so busy that they want to begin the business from their very childhood. So it is the wrong conception to think that they are lazy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then the question may be raised that if destiny
 cannot be checked, then why not let every newborn child simply run around like an animal, and whatever is destined to happen to him will happen?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, the advantage is that you can
 train him spiritually. Therefore it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tasyaiva heto\'f9 prayateta kovida\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You should engage y
our energy for self-realization. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ahaituky apratihat\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotional service, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
, cannot be checked. Just as material destiny cannot be checked, your advancement in spiritual life cannot be checked if you endeavor for it.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba will change destiny\'97but only for His devotee. He says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyomok\'f1ayi\'f1y\'e4mi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I shall give you all protection from all reactions of sinful activities."
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For instance, if one is condemned by the law court to be hanged, nobody can check it. Even the same judge who has given this verdict ca
nnot check it. But if the defendant begs for the mercy of the king, who is above all the laws, then the king can check it.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, our business is to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And if we artificially want to be more happy by economic development, that i
s not possible. So many men are working so hard, but does it mean that everyone will become a Henry Ford or a Rockefeller? Everyone is trying his best. Mr. Ford's destiny was to become a rich man, but does it mean that every other man who has worked as h
ard as Ford will become a rich man like Ford also? No. This is practical. You cannot change your destiny simply by working hard like an ass or a dog. But you can utilize that energy for improving your K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Exactly what is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness? C
ould you tell us more?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How to love God\'97that is K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. If you have not learned to love God, then what is the meaning of your religion? When you are actually on the platform of love of God, you understand your relationship with God-that "I am part and parcel of God." Then you extend y
our love to the animal, also. If you actually love God, then your love for the insect is also there. You understand, "This insect has got a different body, but he is also part and parcel of my father; therefore, he is my brother." Then you cannot maintai
n a slaughterhouse. If you maintain a slaughterhouse and disobey the order of Christ, "Thou shalt not kill," and you proclaim yourself as Christian or Hindu, that is not religion. Then it is simply a waste of time\'97because you do not understand God, yo
u have not got any love for God, and you are labeling yourself under some sect, but there is no real religion. That is going on all over the world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can we cure the situation?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Per
sonality of Godhead. If you do not accept that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme entity, then try to understand. That is education: there is somebody supreme; K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not Indian; He is God. Just like the sun rises first in India but that does not m
ean that the sun is Indian, similarly, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in India, now He has come to the Western countries, through this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interviewer: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Transcendental Sounds    v12#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Transcendental Sounds
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#10
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The World of Names
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE WORLD OF NAMES
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 By D\'e4modara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Everywhere you look there are so many names. Names for packages, names for signposts, names for places, names for plants, names for people. Names are convenient, and mayb
e a little confusing.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "History's first psychotherapy session, "on a battlefield, raises a question: "John," "Jane," "Black," "White," "Girl," "
Boy," "Student," "Soldier"\'97what's in a name?
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub People hailed him as a great military hero. They said he was as strong as a lion. With bow and arrow he was beyond belief: he could hit a
 hundred-foot-high target obscured by the spokes of a chariot wheel\'97even if he had to take aim by looking at the target's rippling reflection in a water pail. More than once he'd fought off hundreds of soldiers without any help.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But today, as the time for his next battle drew near, Arjuna was shaking with anxiety. Looking over the two armies from a vantage point midway between them, Arjuna 
slumped down on his chariot, in despair.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His physical strength hadn't failed him. He was still the match of any soldier on the enemy side (with the exception of Bh\'e9\'f1ma, perhaps). But even Bh\'e9\'f1m
a's skill and fortitude couldn't have driven Arjuna into this deep depression.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The renowned warrior had lost his courage because }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he was about to take part in a civi
l war\'97a war in which he would be pitted against his grandfather, his father-in-law, his cousins, his uncles, and the very teacher at whose feet he'd learned the art of war. Others, too, on both sides, were now poised to plunge arrows, swords, and lanc
es into the bodies of their relatives and superiors. Arjuna's skin burned and his mouth dried up as he contemplated the horrible events to come.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "How can any good come from this?" he thought aloud. "What use would our victory be if we should ruin our whole society, our whole culture, in the process? We'll ri
p apart the fabric of family ties, and then our civilization will lie in shreds."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His only desire was to leave at once\'97to leave the battlefield and leave his profession. To go to the woods, perhaps, and take up the life of a beggar. "I'd rathe
r live by other people's money than by my relatives' blood," he decided.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Uncles, cousins, teachers, grandfathers, fathers-in-law, sons, brothers-in-law\'97the very network of social relationships that before had given Arjuna so much plea
sure, now had driven him to a nervous breakdown. How could he kill these people? He knew the enemy soldiers by name\'97names that sound strange to us (like Duryodhana, Bhuri\'e7rav\'e4, Dro\'eba), but names that signified intimate relationships to him. M
editating on those names and relationships, Arjuna wept out of compassion and hopelessness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna's self-searching, recorded in the opening pages of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was a natural response to a terrifying situation. Caught in a web of conflicting social designations, he considered that his only way out was to change his own designation from 
"soldier" to "beggar." But soon Arjuna's trusted friend and teacher, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) was to show him that even as a beggar he would be unhappy. The answer, said Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was to stop thinking of himself
 as "soldier," "'beggar," "student," and start looking for his real identity on a level deeper than that. Otherwise, K\'e5\'f1\'eba suggested, Arjuna's life would be full of anxiety.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The same is true for me. It's a commonsense fact of my life that if somebody approaches me at my job or on the street and asks me in an offhand way who I am, then I
'll probably answer with my name. Names are convenient. They make social interaction possible. How could we ever finalize legal documents, sign checks, introduce ourselves at parties, reminisce about old friends, if we didn't use names? It would be nearl
y impossible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the name is not the same as the thing named. In this connection we usually think of Shakespeare: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other nam
e would smell as sweet." How much more true that is, then, of a human being. As convenient as names are, they're just superficial concepts of our personal identity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Names are superficial, because, for one thing, each of us has little choice about the designations that fix us in this world, the world of names. For instance, take
 that triumphant cheer heard in hundreds of languages, in thousands of maternity rooms: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It's a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bo
y!" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suddenly, that little human being who had been a mystery, an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has been pinned down. It's a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub boy. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For the
 parents, the relatives, the family's friends, and for the whole culture, that means a lot. A complex structure of obligations and expectations has been set up. Starting with blue (not pink) baby clothes, moving through baseball and Boy Scouts, on throug
h high school to high finance, that little person's trajectory through life has to a great extent been determined for him just by the pronouncing of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub boy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You may object that the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub boy}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  alone isn't determining the baby's future. It's the condition that the word denotes. If John Doe had a baby girl and yet insisted on calling her a boy, he wouldn't be able to make his dr
eam come true simply on the authority of the name itself. Surely there's a real quality, the baby's sex, that the name is intended only to represent, and not to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Am I stretching the point to call so much attention to a simple word?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yes, I would be stretching the point if all we had to contend with was one or two names\'97\'93boy,\'94 \'93girl\'94 \'93man,\'94 \'93woman\'94 \'93Me Tarzan, you J
ane.\'94 Then life, and self-awareness, would be an easy job. But we don't live in that kind of world. Like Arjuna, we live in a world of millions of names. And to make things worse, even the names we call our own are usually assigned to us before we hav
e any choice. Somebody's waiting for us, before we emerge, with a complete outfit of names ready to put on us. We don't have any say in the matter. We're controlled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That American slang expression "handle" is a good one. In some parts of the country they'll ask you, "What's your handle?" if they want to know your name. That says
 a lot. A name is a way to control another person, to handle him. As the baby squeezes out of the womb into the world of social realities, he's assigned all kinds of handles: "boy," "John," "American," "white," "Presbyterian," "middle class," "midwestern
er," "middletowner." Before he even knows what hit him, he's spinning in the social whirl. And by the time he's old enough to do something about it, old enough to take control of his life, "John" is too bewildered by his designated names, and by the supe
rficial qualities they represent, to be able to sense his deeper, personal qualities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Psychologist Rollo May quotes one of his patients as saying, "I'm just a collection of mirrors, reflecting what everyone else expects of me." In a well-known survey
 of the 1950's, a distraught American housewife made this disclosure:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I've tried everything women are supposed to do-hobbies, gardening, pickling, canning, being very social with 
my neighbors, joining committees, running PTA teas. I can do it all, and I like it, but it doesn't leave you time to think about-any feeling of who you are. There's no problem you can even put a name to. But I'm desperate. Who am I?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There's no problem you can even put a name to," the lady laments. But names }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub her problem. She's been assigned too many names, none of them getting to the heart of her personal identity. Today's foremost scholar of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, suggests a cure for the problem of names:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub American, or Indian, or German, or Englishman; cat or dog, or bee or bat, man or wife: all of these are desig
nations. In spiritual consciousness we become free from all such designations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many people have fought against the false limitations imposed on them by superficial designations, many have tried to become free. In the 1960s Theodore Roszak wrot
e, "The bohemian fringe of our youth culture\'85 is grounded in an intensive examination of the self, of the buried wealth of personal consciousness." Today the beat goes on in a more respectable way. In a September 13, 1976, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Newsweek }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub article}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on genealogy ("perhaps the fastest-growing hobby in America"), the writers noted,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Although genealogy's uses range from investigating possible hereditary causes of cancer to settling estate di
sputes, the single most compelling reason for its new popularity comes down to the question "Who am I?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And the problem of identity is deeply enmeshed in one of the longest standing, most divisive issues in American culture-the racial problem. The names "black" and "w
hite" have stirred destructive emotions since the 1600s. In his autobiographical novel of 1937, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Black Boy, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Richard Wright told of his struggle to get free from designations:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The white South said it knew "niggers," and I was what the white South called a "nigger."\line Well, the whit
e South had never known me\'97never known what I thought, what I felt\'85 The pressure of Southern living kept me from being the kind of person that I might have been. I had been what my surroundings had demanded, what my family\'97conforming to the dict
ates of the whites above them\'97had expected of me, and what the whites had said that I must be.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having decided "that the South could recognize but part of a man," Wright moved north to Chicago in his search for freedom. Some people move north, some take drugs,
 some hire genealogists or psychologists. They want to leave, as Arjuna did, the artificial conflicts brought upon them by designations assigned to them by others.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How superficial those conflicts are! Because others have assigned me certain names, or because circumstances have put me in a certain position, I'm forced into conf
licts I can't avoid-simply because of the social commitments my name implies. If I'm a Hatfield, then I must be against the McCoys. If I'm a fifth-century-B.C. Athenian, then I must fight against the Spartans. If today I'm a Northern Irish Catholic, then
 I must fight the Protestants. Owners vs. Workers. Black vs. White. Men vs. Women. Town vs. Gown. "Anybody over thirty can't be trusted." This is very frustrating for me because I'm not really fighting for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub my }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rights, or perhaps not even for anything I believe in if given a chance to think about it. I'm defending something superficial, which some
body else most likely assigned to me without my asking for it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To be sure, we can change some of our designations. Age, of course, changes anyway, of its own accord. Then, I can change my educational status, my occupation, my s
ocial class, or perhaps my given name, if I'm determined. And some people in extreme circumstances even decide to change their sex (the 1975 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Obstetrics and Gynecology Annual }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub reports that "it is apparent that several thousand transsexuals of both sexes live in the U.S. today"). Or, in protest, like many draft evaders during the Vietnam War, I could e
migrate to Canada or Sweden and change my citizenship. On the other hand, as a last resort, I might try to shed all my names, escape from all my qualities, to become "one with the void," as some Buddhists do.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But these reactions to discontent are probably as meaningless as the conflicts that caused the discontent. Without a look deeper within, a mere shuffling around of 
names or superficial qualities isn't going to help. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba told Arjuna, "of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is no cessation." In other words, things that change aren't real, and things that are real don't 
change. Changing names isn't going to free us from the tyranny of names.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That could leave us in a pretty desperate place, were it not for a simple feeling that we've all had. It comes out in your life in a natural way, because it's a nat
ural thing to feel. It's almost like changing names, but it isn't really, because it's just a matter of discovering the identity you }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub already }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub have but just aren't aware of. It's a matter of finding your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub permanent }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub name.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With proper direction, this feeling of permanent identity, or permanent consciousness, can lead to great things. And the first step is very simple. We ask, "What is
 the identity that I have throughout life, that I can't change even by the most drastic measures?" Let's not think of changing. Let's think of that which we }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cannot }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub change. Now, there may be many answers to this question. But it seems the most meaningful answer for us right now would be something like this: "I am a human being." Yes, "human being" is
 a name. But at least for this lifetime it's a permanent name. With this understanding, we jump the first hurdle\'97the most difficult hurdle\'97on the path of liberation from the tyranny of names.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still, that name "human being" can easily turn into a cliche, a sentimental catchword as bad as any other. It might go no further than sending UNESCO Christmas card
s to the people on your mailing list. So we need to know the implications of this label "human being." What is the essence of a human being? What makes man so different from the other animals? So many philosophers and anthropologists have spoken and writ
ten so many words on this subject that it may seem impossible to come to a final definition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But with a little careful study, we can make out a clear pattern in most of the attempts. I don't have the space to indulge in full-scale analysis, but I hope a few
 examples will suffice. For instance, Kierkegaard said that man is unique because "he can concentrate his entire energy upon the fact that he is an existing individual." Again, Rollo May has noted, "man is very different from the rest of nature. He posse
sses consciousness of himself; his sense of personal identity distinguishes him from the rest of living or nonliving things." We hardly need to go on, except perhaps to hark back to that classic statement of Plato's:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Self-knowledge would certainly be maintained by me to be the very essence of knowledge, and in this I agree w
ith him who dedicated the inscription "Know Thyself!" at Delphi.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rene Descartes was one who undertook to know himself. After formulating his famous statement, "I think, therefore I am," he said,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub I thence concluded that I was a substance whose whole essence or nature consists only in thinking, and which,
 that it may exist, has need of no place, nor is dependent on any material thing; so that "I," that is to say, the mind [soul] by which I am what I am, is wholly distinct from the body, and is even more easily known than the latter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This ability of ours to inquire about our identity\'97the very size and sophistication of the human brain underscores this ability\'97receives much clearer definiti
on in the Vedic literature of India. There we read that self-realization is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub law }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of human life
, just as swimming is the law of fish life, and flying is the law of bird life. Each kind of body is meant for a particular purpose, and if that purpose isn't fulfilled, then that animal has wasted its life. So if the human animal doesn't spend his time 
seriously inquiring into the quality of the self, then he is, so to speak, breaking the law of human life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our life in these human bodies isn't something neutral. The body may be a machine, but still we have feelings, and we can't deny that for much of life our feelings 
are painful. Arjuna on the battlefield, the confused housewife at her PTA teas, Richard Wright in the South\'97they all were suffering. In his introduction to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes about this point:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Every man is in difficulty in so many ways, as Arjuna was also in difficulty in having to fight the Battle of
 Kuruk\'f1etra. Arjuna surrendered unto Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and consequently this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub wa
s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub spoken. Not only Arjuna, but every one of us is full of anxieties because of this material existence. O
ur very existence is in the atmosphere of nonexistence. Actually we are not meant to be threatened by nonexistence. Our existence is eternal\'85
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Out of so many human beings who are suffering, there are a few who are actually inquiring about their positio
n, as to what they are, why they are put into this awkward position, and so on. Unless one is awakened to this position of questioning his suffering, unless he realizes that he doesn't want suffering but rather wants to make a solution to all sufferings,
 then one is not considered to be a perfect human being. Humanity begins when this sort of inquiry is awakened in one's mind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The message, then, coming to us from those who've researched the problems of living, is that human life is meant for self-knowledge. Of all life forms, only man can
 understand the purpose of existence\'97to break free from the suffering brought on by illusory names, and to gain happiness in real selfhood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the battlefield, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Arjuna discussed the science of self-knowledge at length. K\'e5\'f1\'eba told His friend that the self is spiritual: "Fo
r the self there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be\'85 He is not slain when the body is slain\'85 As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the 
old and useless ones."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba appealed to Arjuna's reason and direct perception and brought him from a fragmented, name-bound concept of self to a higher awareness of his personal
 existence, beyond material conflicts. Secure in self-knowledge, Arjuna could then choose a role for himself that fully satisfied his spiritual nature. In other words, he could see his real spiritual identity\'97neither warrior nor beggar but an eternal 
servant of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the end of Arjuna and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's dialogue (the end of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ),}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Arjuna was cure
d of his anxiety. A person who studies their conversation today can get the same benefit. One scholar has termed it "history's first psychotherapy session," and for countless people the first is still the best.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet." Names are convenient, 
but what's in a name? 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p13: "It's a boy!" Suddenly, that little human being who had been a mystery, an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , has been pinned down. It's a boy. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-648 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p14: On the battlefield, K\'e5\'f1\'eba appealed to Arjuna's reason and brought him to a higher awareness of his per
sonal existence.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v12#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 9 TE
XT 27\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 9 TEXT 41
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 ISKCON News     v12#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ISKCON News
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Kidnapped Devotee's Ordeal Ends
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub She Returns to Fiance for Gala Wedding 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles\'97On November 7, more than one thousand guests attended the wedding of Madonna Slavin and Edward Watford, at the \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Temple. Madonna and Ed are known to friends by their Sanskrit names, Kulapriy\'e4 and \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta. After the wedding ceremony they were the guests of honor at a reception and dinner. "I last saw such a beautiful wedding at the Raj Bhavan 
in Bombay, thirty years ago," said Mr. Kantilal Khetani, president of a large Indian cultural society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Only a few short weeks before their marriage, the mood had been different. Professional "deprogrammers" hired by the parents of the bride-to-be had forcibly abducte
d her. For five days the "deprogrammers" mistreated her and shifted her to different locations on the California coast. The kidnappers threatened her with physical torture, confiscated her sacred prayer beads, and derided the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the sixth day Kulapriy\'e4 escaped, and police flew her back to Los Angeles. She asked her pare
nts to apologize and sign a statement that they would not again have her abducted; they refused. Still, she invited them to her wedding. "I want to continue our relationship," she said, "but they must respect my right to live by the religion of my choice
."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 English Professor Praises }{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Bha}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 g}{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 avad-}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 g}{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Ann Stanford, Professor of English at the Northridge campus of California State University, recently made this learned assessment of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: "Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an excellent translation of this important religious work. Swami Prabhup\'e4da renders the words of the master creator of the }{\b0\i
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s the full religious purport of its message can. Being myself a translator of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k
now he has been faithful to the tremendous task of bringing this work fully into the present."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'93Deprogramming\'94 Denounced at Scholars\'92 Convention
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the annual joint meetings of the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the American School of Oriental Research, some two hundred
 scholars signed a petition supporting religious freedom for the members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The St. Louis meeting of religion professors, theologians, archeologists, and graduate students took action on an appeal from a group of devotees and professors who
 felt that "deprogrammers" were threatening religious freedom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The issue is a significant one on today's religious scene, with small parents' organizations claiming that American youth are being "psychologically kidnapped" by r
eligious groups. The parents advocate and practice forcible abductions and "deprogrammings" of individuals who have chosen religions different from their own.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees hold that their religious practices have been part of the mainstream of Indian culture for thousands of years. In support of t
he movement, scores of Indian government and business leaders have sent letters to U.S. government authorities in New Delhi and Washington.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We would attest to the fact that this is a bona fide Hindu religion," Professor J. Frank Kenney of the University of Arkansas said at the St. Louis meeting. Then h
e delivered a paper on His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A concluding note of support came from Professor Shaligram Shukla of Georgetown University. "I am one who has practiced the same precepts of the Hindu faith, and th
erefore the activities of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da are most dear to me. We people of India are most grateful to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious society; we frequent their temples regularly\'85 Their methods of worship are the 
same as are used in India\'85 To call them by unkind names is to insult the most precious tradition of the ancient Indian culture. This is my personal feeling and that of my whole family as well as millions of individual Indians."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vedic Calendar    v12 #1
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedic Calendar\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 490, Caitanya Era
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named 
for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{
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\nosupersub bhi\'f1eka-y}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tr}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (flower-bathing festival) of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of Gop}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub la Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub macandra Kavir}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ja.}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of Jayadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of Locana d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'d1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'f6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -til\'e4 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\line Jan. 17\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise.}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasanta-pa\'efcam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line Appearance of Vi\'f1\'ebupriy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -dev}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , Pu\'eb\'f2ar}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ka Vidy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nidh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Raghun}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 and Raghunandana \'d6h\'e4kura.\line Disappearance of Vi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub van}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha Ca
kravart}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jan. 26\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Jan. 28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jan. 29\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Jan. 30}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jan. 31\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 2\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 3\cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15
\clshdng10000\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of Advaita \'c4cary}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0
\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaim\'e9 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting for Var\'e4ha dv\'e4da\'e7\'e9)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Appearance of Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Var\'e4ha (break-fast)\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of Lord Nity}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanda.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sun
rise.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat17\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Feb. 4\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb.
 8\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 14\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 15\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Farm in France
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Farm in France
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa photographs by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 "People are tired of struggling for the privilege of living in a pressure cooker. We see smaller, more spiritual communities as the trend of the future . ... "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If air and noise pollution, commuting, traffic jams, inflation, crime, overcrowding, and speed mania make you hunger for a saner lifestyle, then you're not alone. A
lready, a growing number of concerned citizens (including intellectuals and scientists) are asking serious questions about where modern society is going.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the thought-provoking book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Small Is Beautiful }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (which government officials around the world are reading carefully), E.F. Schumacher airs some of this new movement's views. As he sees it, today's society is based on "greed and envy." Thus, cities and na
tions have developed an almost exclusive eye for material (mostly economic) gain and have tragically neglected humanity's personal and spiritual needs. In other words, money\'97not mankind\'97matters. The remedy, Schumacher says, is to return to a simple
r, smaller-scale, and more spiritual lifestyle.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1965, before these ideas were popular, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P
rabhup\'e4da traveled from India to the West and appealed for "simple living and high thinking"\'97the motto of the ancient Vedic culture. In general, people responded sympathetically, and many wanted to learn about the Vedic cultural experience, more th
an five thousand years of natural, spiritual living.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub William Ehrlichman was one of the studious ones. While earning his Bachelor of Science degree at the State University of New York (Buffalo), he took a course in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and read some of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's English renderings of the Vedic literature. Before long, Ehrlichman asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da for formal initiation. He received the Sanskrit name Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa, which m
eans "one who serves the all-opulent Supreme Lord," and his clear-sightedness and devotion quickly earned him a role of leadership in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1973, after Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa had successfully managed the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness center in Detroit for several years, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked hi
m to go to France and help the Paris center. By 1975 he was directing a thriving community of more than one hundred fifty people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Success brought its problems," Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa says. "People felt attracted to the Vedic lifestyle, but the big-city atmosphere made things difficult. Of cours
e, we'd been educating people with Prabhup\'e4da's books. But still, I was feeling that the time had come to demonstrate the practicality of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness by setting up a model Vedic community."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After months of searching, Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa found an ideal location in the Loire Valley\'97two hundred acres of gently rolling hills, with forests, fields, a lar
ge chateau, and five other buildings. The owner, a World War II resistance hero now engaged in philanthropic work, sympathized with the K\'e5\'f1\'eba community's goals. So he sold the property for a low down-payment and financed the rest at excellent te
rms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The farm project's name is New M\'e4y\'e4pur (after the birthsite of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, who five hundred years ago revived K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousne
ss for the modern age). The project's thirty-three-year-old coordinator, Vi\'f1\'ebuma d\'e4sa, graduated from Middlebury College, in Vermont, and taught school in Ontario, Canada. He says, "New M\'e4y\'e4pur has had instant appeal, both for our members 
and for our guests. In big cities, when we talk about spiritual life it's hard for people to get more than an intellectual grasp of it. But here the atmosphere is so peaceful and alive that spiritual living comes naturally. At a place like this, people c
an feel themselves becoming spiritually transformed."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There are no special qualifications for living at New M\'e4y\'e4pur," says Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa. "Anybody with any kind of skill is welcome. And anybody can work th
e fields and provide his family with a good, wholesome life. Most people are looking for a really peaceful community, so it's important for us to supply what they want." He adds, "People are tired of struggling for the privilege of living in a pressure c
ooker. We see smaller, spiritual communities as the trend of the future, and we want to accommodate anyone who feels interested in this kind of living."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 FARMING
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who inspired the New M\'e4y\'e4pur project, has written, "Human energy should be utilized in developing the finer senses for spiritual un
derstanding, in which lies the solution of life. Fruits, flowers, beautiful gardens, parks, reservoirs of water with ducks and swans playing in the midst of lotus flowers, and cows giving sufficient milk and butter are essential for developing the finer 
tissues of the human body."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New M\'e4y\'e4pur's chief gardener and farmer, twenty-seven-year-old Haribol\'e4nanda d\'e4sa, is in charge of actualizing this Vedic vision on the fields of France
. "I come from an English industrial town, Sheffield," he says. "I left school quite young, when I was fifteen, and immediately I got a job growing tomatoes in a nursery for two years. After that I worked as a landscape gardener for two and a half more y
ears. Then, I just dropped out into the youth culture. Eventually, I ran into the K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees in Amsterdam. They had a rare feeling about them, like pioneers. That aroused my curiosity, and I soon discovered that they }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pioneers. They were bringing forward a higher consciousness, and at the same time they had their feet on the groun
d. So I joined them."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although ordinarily it takes several years to switch a farm over to organic methods, Haribol\'e4nanda got some good results from his first organic crop. "We worked 
a lot of manure and compost into the soil," he says, "and we've been getting yields, for instance in the tomato patch, that would have required almost a ton of chemical fertilizers. And everyone says that our tomatoes taste better than the chemical ones.
"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tomatoes aren't the only thing Haribol\'e4nanda cultivates. "We also raise cucumbers, bell peppers, broccoli, green peas, green beans, lima beans, lettuce, corn, ca
rrots, squash, pumpkins, potatoes, spinach, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, and melons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba [God] and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's creations are abundant, you know? People today feel out of touch with God and nature, so they don't realize the bounty th
at's theirs just for the asking (and a little planting and hoeing). If people all over the world raised gardens like this, they'd have no food shortages, and the out-of-doors work would make everyone a lot healthier."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has said, flower gardens are conducive to physical and mental health. So the devotees have dedicated a full two acres to three thousand
 carnation plants and five hundred rose bushes, as well as marigolds, chrysanthemums, African gladiolas, and zinnias. Along with some other women, Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa's wife K\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhamini-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 likes to gather flowers and string gar
lands. "Flowers give the temple a festive feeling," she says. "You naturally think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Haribol\'e4nanda has added even more variety to what was already a sizable tree population. "There were walnut, chestnut, hazelnut, and cherry trees here when we ar
rived," he says. "And we've planted a hundred fifty new fruit trees\'97apple, pear, peach, nectarine, red currant, and black currant. The land is also teeming with sixty or seventy kinds of medicinal herbs\'97peppermints, pines, rosemary, comfrey, and on
 and on. And everywhere you go there are plenty of wild blackberries. We've picked a two-and-a-half-months' supply for making jams, chutneys, and pies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Only four people, including my wife and me, work the fields full-time. Of course, sometimes other devotees give a little help\'97maybe an hour of weeding or hoeing
 or whatever else needs doing." Haribol\'e4nanda feels that farming in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness has made his life ecstatic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I've always enjoyed raising plants, but the satisfaction is a thousand times better when you do it to please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If you farm out of a spiritual motive,
 the harvest is a lot more than you can imagine. It's devotion for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There's pure love involved."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE CHILDREN
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New M\'e4y\'e4pur's forty children have a mellowing effect on the whole community. "We're sure they'll grow up to be strong, saintly people," says Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4
sa, "So everyone really tries to keep their environment peaceful and full of devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These children are so bright and pure, and, fortunately for us, they're always around." The French public appreciates the K\'e5\'f1\'eba community's 
efforts to raise their children in a natural, uplifting setting rather than in the cities. "People see that the children here are healthy and happy," says Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa. "It's something they want for their own children."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub French-born Jyotirmay\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 studied ethnology at the Sorbonne, in Paris. Also, she helped to translate \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  i
nto a popular French edition, and she now heads the unique school system at New M\'e4y\'e4pur. She says, "We follow the traditional Vedic method of education, including subjects like history, geography, reading, writing, and math. The children really lik
e the idea of self-discipline and higher wisdom. The God-centered feeling of Vedic culture is as natural to them as breathing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "More and more, parents and students are feeling cheated by the modern educational system," says Jyotirmay\'e9, "because it fails to develop a child's character and
 sense of purpose in life. When you emphasize these things from the very beginning, the child is a lot happier. Many people underestimate children's potential. Children have minds that are yearning for meaning; that's why they're always asking questions.
 They want to do something meaningful with their lives, and the longer you wait to guide them, the harder it is for them to mature. And, of course, if the child is left without guidance, he usually develops in an unruly ,way and makes headaches for himse
lf and society."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Jyotirmay\'e9's view, the students develop their spiritual qualities not so much from theoretical learning as from the living example of their teachers (inside a
nd }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub outside }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the classroom). "The students and teachers have a very warm, personal relationship. Th
e teachers care not just for the children's academic progress but also for their spiritual development. So the children feel a real sense of security."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A special forest is reserved for the children to play in and, as cottages are built, to live in. Jyotirmay\'e9's face brightens whenever she discusses the forest an
d her plans for it. "It's a beautiful piece of land with tall trees," she says. "We're clearing out the old trees so we can plant lots of forest flowers. We'll have our own garden, and the children will help the teachers to grow all the fruits and vegeta
bles that the school needs. It'll be like a heaven-on-earth for the children. They'll live naturally, just like in Vedic times." Right now the children go to the forest for gathering wood, learning arts and crafts, gardening, eating their meals, and romp
ing around. Jyotirmay\'e9 adds, "We like to get together and put on plays about the childhood pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That way we think about Him and remember Him."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jyotirmay\'e9 measures the school's success by "how happy the children are with their teachers and with themselves. Because the people who teach have a sense of spi
ritual vision, the children spontaneously share in it. This is the real K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious way to teach and live."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 CULTURAL LIFE
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As E. F. Schumacher points out in a recent issue of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub East-West Journal, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Congestion makes city life intolerable, and the emptiness\'97the mental starvation\'97makes rural life intolerable." Fortunately, New M\'e4y\'e4pur transcends these two extremes and comb
ines the best of both worlds. Sophisticated yet simple, this Vedic community is proving in the West what has long been known in the East: intellectual and spiritual interests flourish when nourished by the peace and energy of nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New M\'e4y\'e4pur serves as the French headquarters of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT). Formerly, the Vedic classics were known only to the cream of French socie
ty (Victor Hugo, Romain Rolland, and Andre Malraux, for instance). Now the devotees are translating \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's acclaimed English renderings into deluxe French editions and distributing them throughout the French-speaking world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub French scholars have lavished praise upon both \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and the BBT for the translations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub among other works. Dr. Olivier Lacombe of the Sorbonne praises what he terms their "authenticity." Dr. Francois Chenique of the Institute of Political Studies, Paris, says that 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub La Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 tell qu'elle est }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub offers his countrymen "their first contact with the true 
India, the ancient India, the eternal India." Paul Lesourd, writer and honorary professor at the Catholic University of Paris, vows that if the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4's }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub message "were wider spread and more respected, it would transform the world in which we live into a better, more fraternal place."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees make a thorough study of the Vedic culture (through formal classes, informal discussions, and tests) and that's what distinguishes New M\'e4y\'e4pur fr
om a host of other back-to-the-land projects. Vi\'f1\'ebuma says, "Spiritual life, developing a relationship with the supreme person, is what gives New M\'e4y\'e4pur so much harmony and joy. We not only till the land; we also till our minds to come up wi
th ideas that'll please K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That's the real source of our happiness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New M\'e4y\'e4pur also acts as a melting pot. People from more than twenty countries\'97including France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Poland, Spain, Swed
en, the United States, Venezuela, and Vietnam\'97live there. "So many individuals from so many backgrounds are working together happily and communicating with ease. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is universal," Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa says. New M\'e4y\'e4pur's
 everyday scenes of international cooperation bear out Paul Lesourd's statement that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub offers a key to world peace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New M\'e4y\'e4pur's ambitious social experiment offers us much hope. In a time when the world's secular institutions are hard-pressed to meet even the minimal needs
 of civilized living\'97clean water and air, decent schools, parks, and so forth\'97New M\'e4y\'e4pur's achievements are notable. Organic farming, horticultural innovations, ecological planning, natural medicine, book publishing, spiritual education, com
munity cultural life, personal fulfillment\'97all spring from the community's God consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The environmental crisis," one ecologist has noted, "is an outward manifestation of a crisis of mind and spirit." So we can understand why New M\'e4y\'e4pur has no
 crisis: the Vedic culture has always given first priority to spiritual development. Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa says, "We've had no losses by doing that\'97only gains, in every way."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: "Simple living": free of overmechanized clutter and clatter, community members work in a happy mood. With his 
horse and wooden cart (top), Devarata brings a load of freshly cut straw to the cowshed. In the fifty-meter-long greenhouse he and the others made last winter, Haribolinanda waters new plants and flowers (above). A simple power saw (right) comes in handy
 when Bhavasindhu-pota constructs new farm buildings.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19: Harvest time is heartening: the community has been cultivating fruit, vegetables, flowers, and devotion to Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Here are one bunch of chick-peas (below) and one pailful of tomatoes (bottom) out of thousands. At day's end (right) the devotees carry back the fruits of their labor, including gratitude.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: The children like to help out by shelling peas (below) and picking blackberries (bottom). In New M\'e4y\'e4pur'
s devotional atmosphere, work and play are virtually the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: When the weather's warm, Jyotirmay}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  takes school out into nature (left). "Here," she says, "the children have so much room to run around and play in that they also enjoy sitting down for a class
." In their straw playhouse (below), these lads sometimes act out K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes as a cowherd boy. The children's special forest boasts many of these straw houses. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: "High thinking": chanting and dancing (below, middle) and feasting and philosophy (below) inspire everything co
mmunity members do. The devotees find the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra especially enlightening.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23: On special occasions (below), the community celebrates by dedicating everything, including the fruit of the ear
th, to the Supreme Lord. Each morning and evening the devotees come together (left) to hear from and talk about the Vedic literatures. Says Bhagav\'e4n d\'e4sa (shown giving a class), "Today's society may be 'civilized,' but do we know who we really are,
 why we're here, or what happens to us when we leave? Even the animals know the science of caring for the body. The Vedic culture stresses what only a human being can know\'97the science of caring for the soul."\line Whether the devotees are making cloth
es in the sewing room (left) or making plans in temple coordinator Vi\'e7vambhara's office (far left), there's a feeling of love and trust. Vi\'e7vambhara notes, "Even if you don't know someone\'97if you know his father, you feel like walking over to the
 person and saying, 'Hello. You're the son of Mr. Jones\'97I can see him in you.' So when you're K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious you feel good about everybody, because you can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba in everybody."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Year-long Lunch
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Year-long Lunch
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The cowherd boys were glad to be having lunch on the river-bank with their friend K\'e5\'f1\'eba. How could they have
 known that a whole year later, the meal would still be going strong?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear friends," said Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba to the other cowherd boys, "Look at this wonderful place!" He'd brought them to the sun-dappled bank of the Yamun\'e4 River
, after an adventurous morning in the pastures outside V\'e5nd\'e4vana town. "This is an ideal place to eat our lunch. Afterward, we can play on the soft, sandy river bank."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba turned to the sparkling river and glorified its beauty. "See those lotus flowers in the water, their petals opened wide; and smell their fragrance dr
ifting all around us. And listen\'97nearby in the trees the peacocks are calling out to one another, and their calls are mingling with the songs of other birds and the whispers of the leaves. This is clearly the best place for us to have our lunch. The c
alves can stay close to us, drink water from the Yamun\'e4, and graze on the tasty grass."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's friends were glad to hear what sounded to them like a brilliant suggestion. It was late and they were feeling hungry, what's more, they all agreed 
that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba had found a perfect place for them to sit and eat. So they let loose the calves and arranged themselves in a big circle. K\'e5\'f1\'eba sat in the center, and all the boys turned toward Him, so that while they ate they could see 
Him face to face. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was like the whorl of a big lotus flower, and the other boys were like the petals. Together, they opened up the lunch boxes their mothers had given them early that morning. Then they began to eat and joke with one another
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But as the boys ate, their attention given completely to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the delicious food, they failed to notice that the calves had wandered away, allured by 
the fresh new grass of the deep forest. Soon the calves were out of sight entirely. When the boys discovered this, they became scared and called to K\'e5\'f1\'eba for help, as they always did when they were in distress.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh, K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" they cried out. "The calves have disappeared! What should we do?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Don't worry," Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba answered. "And don't interrupt your lunch. Go on enjoying. I'll look for them Myself." So, sparing His friends the trouble, the L
ord got up and walked away to search for the lost calves. He spent much time in His search, looking in the thickets and the forests and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the nearby caves }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mountain crevices. The cal
ves were nowhere to be found.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, knew what was happening. He didn't really have to look for the calves, because He knows everything. Sti
ll, He was playing the part of an ordinary human being\'97just to please His friends. So He knew exactly where the calves were, and He also knew they hadn't left the river bank on their own. They'd been lured away by none other than four-headed Brahm\'e4
, the demigod who directs universal affairs. And, as K\'e5\'f1\'eba was }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub enjoying climbing around the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hills and looking in the caves, back at the lunch site Brahm\'e4 was now using his mystic powers to steal the cowherd boys. Then he hid the boys and the calves in
 a secret place and put them into a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub long, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deep steep.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba was aware, too, of the reason why Brahm\'e4 was playing these tricks on Him. Somebody had told Brahm\'e4 that the Supreme Personality of Godhead was 
living in the little town of V\'e5nd\'e4vana as a five-year-old boy named K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the son of Nanda. On hearing this, Brahm\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub skeptical. So he hit upon a plan to test K\'e5\'f1\'eba's powers for himself. He thought, "After His friends and calves have mysteriously disappeared, what will this little boy K\'e5\'f1\'eba do?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, by Brahm\'e4's magic, the picnic spot was deserted. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba thought, "Brahm\'e4 has taken away the boys and the calves. How can I go back to V\'e5n
d\'e4vana alone? The boys' mothers }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cry in despair, and the calves' mothers will feel sick w
ith grief."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord asked Himself this question, but He was hardly at a loss for an answer. At once He manifested Himself in multiple forms\'97boys and calves who looked and a
cted precisely like the very boys and calves Lord Brahm\'e4 had hidden. Each new boy was in fact K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but had the bodily features and behavior of one of the original boys; and the same was true of each of the new calves. Appearances thus resto
red, soon the happy boys and calves were making their way back to town.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub None of the townspeople in V\'e5nd\'e4vana knew what had transpired that afternoon out in the pasture. They simply saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His friends strolling into
 the village, casually tapping the calves with sticks to keep them in order, and raising up a cloud of golden dust in the late afternoon sun. There seemed to be nothing unusual. And, as always, the boys put the calves into their cowsheds and then went ho
me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Long before the boys arrived, the mothers had heard the sound of their flutes. Now the mothers ran out of their homes and embraced the boys. On account of their mat
ernal affection, milk flowed from their breasts, and they allowed the boys to drink it. Although they didn't know it, their offering was not to their sons but to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then the boys played at home, as usual. Also, during the
 evening the mothers bathed the children, decorated them with ornaments, and gave them the food they needed after a hard day's work. In the cowsheds the mother cows, who had been away in the pasture during the day, now called the calves. The calves came 
joyfully, and the mothers licked their bodies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, family relations for the cows and the cowherds remained unchanged, except that the mothers' affection for the children grew and continued to grow day after da
y. Clearly, the cows and women of V\'e5nd\'e4vana had even greater love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba than for their own offspring. And for many months K\'e5\'f1\'eba maintained Himself as the boys and calves of V\'e5nd\'e4vana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day, after a full year had elapsed, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His brother Balar\'e4ma were in the forest tending some calves. All at once, they noticed that the cows g
razing atop Govardhana Hill were looking down upon the boys and calves in the valley. On sighting the calves, the cows started running toward them and leaping down the hill. Practically melting with love for the calves, the cows didn't care about the rou
ghness of the path down to the pasture. With their milk bags full and their tails raised, they sped toward the calves, pouring milk on the ground as they ran.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The calves in the valley were older than the cows' own calves\'97they weren't expected to drink milk directly from the milk bag, but were ordinarily satisfied with 
grass. Yet the cows came running down to them anyway. When the cows reached the bottom, they licked the calves' bodies, and the calves drank the cows' milk. There appeared to be an extraordinary bond of love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While the cows had been running down the hill, the men taking care of them had tried to stop them but had failed. Now the men felt baffled, ashamed, and angry. Yet 
as they came down the hill and into the valley, they saw the boys taking care of the calves and felt overwhelming paternal affection. At once, the fathers' anger and shame disappeared, and they lovingly lifted the boys up into their arms. After embracing
 the boys, the fathers went about the business of bringing the cows up the hill. Along the way, they thought of the children, and tears fell from their eyes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Balar\'e4ma gazed upon this remarkable exchange of love between the cows and calves and fathers and boys\'97when neither calves nor boys needed so much care\'97H
e began to wonder how it all had come about. Before long He concluded, "It was arranged by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and even I couldn't perceive His mystic power." In other words, Balar\'e4ma understood that all the boys and calves were really Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
's expansions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Balar\'e4ma quizzed K\'e5\'f1\'eba about the incident. "My dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba," He said, "at first I thought the boys and the calves were great sages or demigods i
n disguise. But now I think they are actually Your expansions. They are all You! You Yourself are playing as the boys and calves. Please, clear up this mystery for Me. Where have Our friends, the original boys and calves, gone to?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba briefly explained how Brahm\'e4 had stolen the boys and calves, and how He had concealed the theft so that the families wouldn't be distress
ed. While They were talking, Brahm\'e4 returned to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Only a moment had passed\'97by his reckoning of time. By human reckoning, a whole year had come and gone. At any rate, Brahm\'e4 wanted to see the fun caused by his kidnapping. But he wa
s dumbfounded to see that the boys and calves were still playing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, just as they had been a year earlier! How could this be? He was confident that he'd put them to sleep by his mystic spell. "How is it," he marveled, "that they appear t
o be here, playing with K\'e5\'f1\'eba?!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Brahm\'e4 stared at the scene, something even more wonderful happened. To convince Brahm\'e4 that these weren't the original boys and calves, K\'e5\'f1\'eba tran
sformed His expansions into four-armed Vi\'f1\'ebu forms. Besides a bluish complexion and yellow garments, They all had four hands and held a club, a disk, a lotus flower, and a conchshell. On Their heads They wore golden, jeweled helmets that glittered.
 Pearls, earrings, armlets, and flower garlands also bedecked Their beautiful bodies, and there were golden bells around Their waists and legs, splendid rings on Their fingers, and strings of gems around Their smooth necks. This display of divine potency
 left Brahm\'e4 utterly confounded.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba took compassion upon the demigod. He saw that Brahm\'e4's mind was reeling, so He decided to change things back to the way they'd been b
efore He had expanded Himself as calves and cowherd boys.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Relieved from his confusion, Brahm\'e4 felt that he was waking up from a state near death. Before him he saw Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba playing the part of a small cowherd
 boy\'97holding a lump of fruit salad in His left hand and searching for His lost calves and friends, just as He'd been doing a year earlier.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With great devotion, Brahm\'e4 bowed down on the ground before the Lord, his four helmets touching K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. Joyfully, Brahm\'e4 washed Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's feet with his tears. He repeatedly fell and rose, praying to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and recalling His wonderful activities. Having emptied his heart, Brahm\'e4 stood up, smeared his hands over his eyes, and with the Lord's permission returned to 
his abode. He was convinced, at last, of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's identity as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba had left His cowherd boyfriends eating lunch on the bank of the Yamun\'e4\'97a year before. Then Brahm\'e4 had put the boys to sleep and had hidden t
hem away, but the boys knew nothing of that. Now K\'e5\'f1\'eba brought them back, woke them up, and walked onto the picnic site as if nothing had happened. It was a whole year later, but the cowherd boys thought He'd returned after being away for just a
 moment. They laughed: K\'e5\'f1\'eba could never leave them for any longer than a little while. Overjoyed, they greeted Him. "Dear K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You've returned so quickly! Please, come and join us. Let's eat together." K\'e5\'f1\'eba smiled and accep
ted their invitation. Once again He enjoyed the lunchtime company of His friends, the cowherd boys.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adapted from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24-25: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Mural\'e9dhara 
d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Was K\'e5\'f1\'eba actually the S
upreme Personality? Skeptical, Brahm\'e4 made a plan. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
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J 2M1 / (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D. C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710310 Oaklyn Rd., Potomac, Maryland 20854/ (301) 299
-2100.
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\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Buffalo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601
) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Costa Rica, South America}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 1. Box 22, 22025/ (703) 364-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dixon, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub See }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Godruma; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay-Le-Male, 36600 Valency Chateau d'Oublaise; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 8EP/ Radlett 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, 
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub See }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Godruma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Box 81 Tavern Route, Dixon, Missouri 65459 / (314) 422-3966;}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  New Viraj\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Dulce Nombre Tayutic Turrialba, Costa Rica, Central America (Contact ISKCON Costa Rica.); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Vrindaban, West Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Petropolis, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Rio de Janeiro); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 17082/ (717) 527-2493.
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S. Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON c/o Papatlal Kara, 201 Grey St.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Johannesburg, S. Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9759 Muller St., Yeoville 2001/ 43-2006; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mombassa, Kenya E. 
Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Maungano Rd., P.O. Box 82224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nairobi, Kenya E. Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Muhoroni Close, Ngara Rd, P.O. Box 28946 / 331568; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Louis, Mauritius}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 718.
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ahmedabad, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971687 Kadwa Pol, Dariapur, Ahmedabad-1, Gujarat; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bombay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Rd., Juhu, Bombay 400 054/ 579-373; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calcutta, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'973 Albert Rd, Calcutta 700017/44-3757; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chandigarh, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o ISKCON, 103, Sector 23-A/ 2799
6; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hong Kong}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9738 Mody Rd., 4th fl., Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon/3668061; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hyderabad, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Rd., Hyderabad, A.P.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jakarta, Indonesia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o \'c7r\'e9mati Aravind\'e4k\'f1\'e9 D\'e4s\'e9 J1n Angkasa Dalam 11/19; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madras, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9750, Aspiran Gardens, 2nd St., Kilpauk, Madras 10/ 612515;  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON International Center, P.O. Sree Mayapur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Delhi, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9721A Feroze Gandhi Rd., Lajpatnagar III, New Delhi 110024/382-742; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Taipei, Taiwan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97158 Roosevelt Rd., Section 3, 2nd fl.; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tehran, Iran}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON, c/o P.O. Box 66-1540, Niavaran/281-645; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tokyo, Japan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97-4-25-14, Chuo Nakano-ku/ (03)381-4174; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vrindavan, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97Krishna-Balarama Mandir, Chattikara Rd., Raman Reti, Mathura, U.P.
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amsterdam, Holland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Herengracht 96/ 020-249-410; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Berlin
, W. Germany}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Charlottenburg, Lohmeierstr / 12/070-3419204; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dublin, Ireland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975 Talbot St., Dublin 1; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Frankfurt A. Main, W. Germany}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'976241 Schloss Rettershof, bei Konigstein-Taunus/ 06174-21357; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Geneva, Switzerland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97Chateau Banquet, 94, Rue de Lausanne Ch. 1202/(022)32.63.60; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England (city)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'977 Bury Pl., Bloomsbury, London WC1/ 01-405-1463; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England (country)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bha
ktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 8EP/ Radlett 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Munich, W. Germany}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'978 Munich 20, Pappenheimstr, 2; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paris, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974 rue Le Sueur, Paris 75016 / 727
-0202; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rome, Italy}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Viale Di Porta Ardeatina No. 53 (Cristo Foro Colombo No 2) 00154/ 5740416; 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stockholm, Sweden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Grevgatan 18, Stockholm 11453/ 08-607-881.
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No. 54A-40; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buenos Aires, Argentina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Calle Ecuador 473/86-36-73; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caracas, Venezuela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Calle Luis Roche No. 61, Colinas de Los Chaguaramos;  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Georgetown, Guyana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON, c/o 78 Robb St., Bourda; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mexico City, M
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ito Ecuador}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Tamayo 1317 / 230869; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rio de Janeiro, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gordon St. at Santa Margarita Circular Rd., San Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago/ 662-4605; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Juan, Puerto Rico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 What to do this Sunday?    v12#1
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What to do this Sunday?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why not drop in at a transcendental love feast? For ten years now, thousands of people\'97all kinds of people\'97have enjoyed
 the traditional hospitality, the talks on topics like reincarnation and meditation, and finally\'97the world-famous feast. So wear your usual Sunday afternoon clothes, and after the feast be sure to stay for the movie, play, or puppet show. Every Sunday
, at all ISKCON centers. See last page for the center nearest you. 
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12 No. 2, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 POY     v12#2
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Chant and be happy      v12#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be happy. . .
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v11#12
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace      v12#2
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nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
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\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#2
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTISTS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Ananda d\'e4sa, R\'e4dh\'e4-Gop\'e9n\'e4tha
 d\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Drgh\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yadubara d\'e4sa, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, 
Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa, Bhakta Michael Cody, Bhakta Steve Podlewski
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-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v12#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I used to really be into city living. I never would have thought of living in a place like this," says Ga\'ebendra d\'e4sa. "A
nyway, my brother is a devotee, too, and he told me about spiritual life and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I liked what he was saying, but what really attracted me was the chanting. I'd never felt so much bliss as when a lot of people were chanting Hare 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba together. So after a while my wife Dvijapriy\'e4 and I decided to come here to New Vrindavan [near Moundsville, West Virginia] and raise our son P\'e4rtha-s\'e4rathi; he's four now. Another thing: Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba took care of cows, so 
when you do the same you naturally remember Him. That way things can be plain and simple\'97you're always in a good mood." 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Who's the Brains Behind this Operation?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub WHO'S THE BRAINS BEHIND THIS OPE
RATION?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People ask this question every day, about everyday things. But when it comes to things cosmic, should we ask "Who"\'97or
 "What"? The Caracas Metaphysical Society interviews His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now let us discuss this: What is 
"limited"\'97and what is "unlimited" ?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This material world is a combination o
f many different elements\'97intelligence, mind, so on and so forth\'97and in the center of all this is the essence, which is eternal. And this eternal thing cannot have any name or any form, because then it would be limited. And that would be a contradi
ction.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. This material world is tempor
ary, but spirit is eternal\'97that is clear understanding. The material elements are earth, water, fire, air, sky, mind, intelligence, and ego; and the spiritual element is utilizing these material elements. That is the distinction between matter and spi
rit.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For example, this microphone is a combination of earth, water, air, and fire, but a living being had to combine the material elements i
nto this microphone\'97the combination of material elements was done by some living entity. Now, exactly like the microphone, the whole cosmic manifestation is a combination of material elements, and there is one living being\'97the supreme being\'97who 
has combined them. This is how the universe is working. Is that admitted?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So that is the difference between
 "limited" and "unlimited." You and I are living beings, and we can create something limited, like this microphone or big airplanes. But there is another living being who has created innumerable planets that are floating in the air. Is it not so? We have
 taken the credit for becoming big scientists and creating the 747 airship, which can carry five hundred passengers. But how many have we created? Maybe several hundred or several thousand. But there are millions and trillions of planets floating in the 
air, just like the 747s, and those planets contain many big mountains and oceans. So we can create limited things with our limited brains, but the supreme being can create unlimited things because He has an unlimited brain.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Are you suggesting that God has a brai
n?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. And as soon as we understand
 that He has a brain, we know that He is a person. Therefore, God is a person, ultimately. Just as the government is impersonal, but the president is a person, similarly the energies working the cosmic manifestation are all impersonal, but the brain behi
nd them is personal. That is the distinction between person and "imperson."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You said that God is a person, ultimat
ely. What do you mean, "ultimately"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I explained, in one sense the 
government is impersonal, but ultimately the president is a person. The government is going on under the order of the president. Therefore, the impersonal government is not as important as the personal president.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another example: the sun, the sunshine, and the sun-god. The sunshine is impersonal, the sun globe is localized, and within the sun glo
be is the sun-god. So in one sense they are all one\'97they all manifest heat and light. But the sunshine is different from the sun globe and the sun-god. There is sunshine in this room, but that does not mean the sun globe is here. And the sun-god contr
ols the sun globe. Therefore, the sunshine, the sun globe, and the sun-god are simultaneously one and different. Is it clear? Any question about this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why do you say that God is more import
ant than His energy?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is common sense. The sunshine 
is universally spread, and the sun globe situated in one place is the source of that sunshine. So which is more important\'97the sun globe or the sunshine? This lamp is situated in one place, and the illumination is spread throughout the room. What is mo
re important\'97the illumination or the lamp? The fire is localized in one place, and the fire's light and heat are expanded for many feet. So which is more important\'97the fire or the heat and light? Similarly, God is a person (though He is not a perso
n like you or me), and He expands His energy just as a fire expands heat and light. Whatever we see is the expansion of God's energy. 
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The situation is just like that of a big businessman and his factories. The man is a person, but he is conducting hundreds of factories
 over a large area. Are the factories more important, or is the man more important? If an ordinary person in this material world can become so important, you can just imagine how important a person God is, considering the unlimited expansion of this mate
rial world.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the person is ultimately the most important. The impersonal feature is there\'97just like the impersonal feature of sunshine\'97but 
the sun globe is more important than the sunshine, and within the sun globe is the sun-god, who is the most important. So which do you think is the most important\'97the sun-god, the sun globe, or the sunshine? What is your idea?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  All of them are important.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All of them. That's all right. Bu
t comparatively, since the sun-god is the source of all heat and light, he is the most important. Similarly, God is expanding His energy throughout all the universes. God is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub en
ergetic. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Com}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub paratively, although in one sense there is no difference between the energy and the energeti
c, the energetic is more important than the energy. So God and His energy are simultaneously one and different. That is our philosophy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You said that God expands Himself. But
 this implies that God modifies or changes Himself.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. God can expand Himself unlimi
tedly, and still He remains as He is. That is the meaning of "unlimited." You may have a hundred dollars in your pocket, and if you spend one dollar, one dollar, one dollar, then ultimately you will have zero. But about God it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p\'fcr\'ebasya p\'fcr\'ebam \'e4d\'e4ya p\'fcr\'ebam ev\'e4va\'e7i\'f1yate: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Because God is the complete whole, even
 though so many complete units of energy emanate from Him He remains the complete balance" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c9\'e7o}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Invocation}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . For you, that would mean that you could take a hundred dollars and spend it, and still you would have the hundred dollars. God can actually do this. He can expand Himself into millions and 
millions of separate universes, and still He is the same individual. That is God. We shouldn't think of God according to our own conception\'97that if I have a hundred dollars and then I spend a hundred dollars, I will have zero. God is not like that. Go
d can expand Himself unlimitedly, and still He remains the same.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There is another nice example. Suppose you take a candle and light up another candle with it, then another candle, and another and anot
her, up to millions of candles. The original candle remains as powerful as ever, and the other candles you lit up now have the same power as the original. But, for our understanding, we take the original candle to be the first candle, the next as the sec
ond candle, then the third, fourth, fifth, and so on. But each candle is equally powerful, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub original }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub candle is still there. Similarly, by His expansions God does not diminish. That is the meaning of God, and that is also the meaning of "unlimited."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can we understand the difference b
etween God's personality and individuality, and our own? If God expands Himself into everything, then He must be inside all of this creation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. That is the difference betwe
en God and us: God is situated everywhere, but you are not situated everywhere. You are situated within your body, and I am situated within my body. You cannot feel the pains and pleasures of my body, nor can I feel your pains and pleasures. But God is e
verywhere, and therefore He can understand what your pains and pleasures are, and what my pains and pleasures are. That is the difference between the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or individual soul, and the super-atma, or Supersoul. You are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and God is the super-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But since God is pure spirit, or }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and we are also pure spirit, can we not eventually evolve up to the level of God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. We admit that God is spirit a
nd you are spirit, but God's power and your power are not equal. God said, "Let there be creation," and there was creation. But if you say, "Let there be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub capat\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [bread]," there will be no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub capat\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub unles
s you work. You have to work for it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is the whole, and we are the parts
, and we are evolving to integrate ourselves with that whole.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That's all right, but you can nev
er }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub become the whole.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But we are in evolution.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. The part is a part eternally,
 and the whole is the whole eternally.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So one does not integrate himself with
 the whole when one becomes evolved?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. You are already in the whole.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore, we are all one.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One and different\'97that is our 
philosophy. We are just like one small screw in a machine. The screw is part of the machine, so in one sense the small screw and the machine are one. But the small screw is not equal to the whole machine, nor can the screw be called the whole machine.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we are forever a part of the whole?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 15.7}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ],}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke j\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness be co
mpared to the ultimate consciousness of Christ?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. There is no difference betwe
en consciousness of Christ and that of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, provided one follows Christ's orders. Christ spoke as the son of God, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is speaking as God, so there is no difference in their teachings. Whether the father speaks it or the son spea
ks it, the truth is the same.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness i
s the highest state of the mind, could you explain to the people how one can achieve K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness while living in one's own home? In other words, for those who are outside the temple, who have their jobs and live in their houses, how is i
t possible to achieve K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is very easy. You simply chant
 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do we chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As you have seen my disciples cha
nt, and as I am chanting: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the meaning of this Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba mantra?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "the energy of God," and K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Rama are names of God. So the mantra means, "Oh, God, I have fallen into this material world. Kindly accept me again." That's all.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From my point of view, your repetition
 of this mantra over and over again is something like hypnotism. For example, some tribes also chant during various rituals.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is your opinion; you are not
 an authority.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Please explain.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the statement in the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.14}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4\'e0\line yatanta\'e7 ca d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'f9\line namasyanta\'e7 ca m\'e4\'e0 bhakty\'e4\line
nitya-yukt\'e4 up\'e4sate
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Always chanting my glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me wit
h devotion." So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says directly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Always chant My name." It
 is not that we can chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub anything }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and still receive the same benefit.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I always understood from Indian philos
ophy that you cannot give God a name because that would be limiting God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. We don't give God a name. God
 has names according to His actions. Take the name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "all-attractive."
 That is a quality of God-that He is all-attractive. Similarly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Allah }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "great." God is great; theref
ore he is called Allah. So actually God has no name, but according to His actions He has many names.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You mentioned pain. What is the origin
 of pain, and what is the origin of pleasure?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as you come to the materi
al world you must experience the duality of pain and pleasure. We can all appreciate this very easily. Take cold water, for example. Cold water is sometimes painful and sometimes pleasing, is it not? The water is the same, but in winter it is painful and
 in summer it is pleasing. How can the same thing be both pleasing and painful? Because of changing circumstances. The same thing is either pleasing or painful under different circumstances. Similarly, fire is also sometimes pleasing and sometimes painfu
l. The fire is the same, but circumstantially it becomes painful or pleasing. In the winter season the fire is pleasing, and in the summer season the same fire is painful.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, these feelings of pain and pleasure are due to this material body. So if you get out of this material body, and if you remain in y
our spiritual body, then there will be no more duality of pain and pleasure. Try to understand: the origin of pain and pleasure is our attachment to this material body, but if we can somehow or other get out of this material body, then there will be no m
ore duality of pain and pleasure, but simply eternal pleasure. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub confirms this: }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nandamayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub [Vs \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.12
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 \'e4nanda-mayo 'bhy\'e4s\'e4t
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb58\sa58\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub anandamaya\'f9\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub composed of happiness;}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub  abhy\'e4s\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97by nature.
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub TRANSLATION
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb36\sa86 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub By nature, the Supreme Lord is blissful.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 }}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.12]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "By nature the spirit soul is joyful." And in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4 na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub as soon as you become spiritually self-realized, then there are no more flickering pains and pleasures.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pleasure }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "the absence of pain." Since in your spiritual
 identity there is no pain, there is simply pleasure. So our endeavor should be how to again get our original spiritual body. Our spiritual body is already there, but it is covered by the material body, and therefore we are experiencing pain. But somehow
 or other, if you remove the covering of the material body, then you will simply be in pleasure. Therefore, our only attempt in this human body should be how to revive our spiritual body. That process is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If you simply unders
tand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then you will revive your spiritual body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You said that we have a material body 
and also a spiritual body. Are the spirit and matter born simultaneously; or is matter born first, and then the spirit comes?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  From spirit, matter has come. God
 said, "Let there be creation." God is spirit and creation is matter\'97so God was there, and material creation came later on.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why does the spiritual body become cov
ered by the material body?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When one goes to prison he has to
 put aside his usual dress and take the prison dress. Similarly, anyone who comes into this material world has to take a material body. This is the law. Unless you have this material body, how can you feel pleasure in material sense enjoyment? It is just
 like performing on stage: if you are going to play a certain part, you have to dress accordingly. Therefore, this material body is compared to a dress. For example, every lady and gentleman sitting here\'97every one of us\'97has a different dress.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But our dress is superficial. As human beings we are one. Similarly, each one of us has a different bodily dress, but spiritually we ar
e one. And this is true of all living entities: they are in different bodily dresses only.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The dresses are calculated to total }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 8,400,000}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub different forms. In the water there are }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
900,000}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub different dresses, and there are 2,000,000 different types of trees and plants. There are 1,100,0
00 species of insects, 1,000,000 types of birds, 3,000,000 types of beasts, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 400,000}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub forms of human beings. In this way, the living entity is passing through different dresses.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And the best dress is this human form, because in this dress you can understand what God is, what you are, and what your relationship w
ith God is. Then you can act in that relationship and go back home, back to Godhead. In this human form of dress you have developed consciousness.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if you miss this opportunity to understand God, then again you will be put into the cycle of the evolutionary process. We should no
t, therefore, misuse this human form. We should utilize it properly to understand the unlimited God and our relationship with Him, and to act on this knowledge. That is the perfection of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Metaphysical Society: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you very much for speaking with 
us.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you for coming here. Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: "There are millions and trillions of planets floating in the air, just like the 747s .... So we can create limite
d things with our limited brains, but the supreme being can create unlimited things because He has an unlimited brain."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Going with Your Grain
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Going with Your Grain
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Heartwarming Way to }{\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 Get You Going on a Chilly Day (or any day)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the frost is on the window, getting going may mean going against your grain. That's the time for an Old Indian surprise\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub halav\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Steaming hot and full of fruit, nuts, and buttery, wheaty goodness, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub halav\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  will fuel you through the morning in good style. So, whether you're going to climb the Himalayas or catch the 8:01, try going with 
your grain\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub halav\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here are the makings:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1 cup farina (or Cream of Wheat)\line 1/2 cup butter\line 1 cup sugar\line 2 cups water,\line 1/3 cup strawberries (and/or o
ther fruit or nut bits)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before you start cooking the grains, put the sugar and water into a one-quart saucepan and let the mixture simmer.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next, melt the butter in a skillet, add the farina, and cook the grains on a low flame for twenty minutes, or until they turn golden brown. Stir constantly with a w
ooden spoon (don't burn!). Just as the grains are starting to turn golden brown, add the strawberries (or whatever you come up with).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, as soon as the grains are ready, bring the sugar-water mixture to a rapid boil and slowly add it to the grains. Keep the whole combination on a low flame for 
two minutes, stirring all the while.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, take the pan off the flame and stir for one more minute. Chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba (to bring out the best in any dish) and serve hot. (Makes four portions.
)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Plain and Simple
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PLAIN AND SIMPLE
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Toward a More Natural Way of Living
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89\li720\ri720 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ecologists have long urged us to switch from heavy technology back to farming\'97"back to the land." But, wouldn't you know, c
ertain other people insist farming depends on technology\'85 Where do we go from here?
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by R\'fcp\'e4nuga d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a resurging interest in farm life, many people are taking to homesteading For the most part, they seem motivated by desires for freedom from high-priced food and
 public utilities, or perhaps by a desire for peace of mind and God consciousness (both customarily sought in the comparatively peaceful atmosphere of the country). People of all ages, especially young people, are investigating country life as a way arou
nd dependence upon oil and machinery and the health hazards of artificial fertilizers and insecticides. These new farmers are inclined toward "do-it-yourself' inventions and organic gardening. And the dozens of publications dedicated to these ideals give
 us some indication of just how popular they are becoming.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ironically, though, while people are looking to the country for a simpler, more natural way of living, the owners of "agribusinesses" (sprawling farm complexes) and
 the manufacturers of farm equipment are convinced and trying to convince the rest of us that farming depends on technology.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One national advertisement by a farm machinery manufacturer depicts the historical development of farming techniques, leading up to the phenomenal modern harvests. 
The first illustration shows a single man in a corner of a field cutting small amounts of grain by hand with a scythe. He represents the earliest, "primitive" farming methods. The second illustration shows a man driving a horse-drawn machine, indicating 
how much more could be accomplished using animals. The third illustration pictures an early tractor in operation, and the series ends with a photograph of a giant, modern tractor silhouetted against a blue sky and endless fields of perfectly cut grain. T
he tractor is replete with a wrap-around windshield, radio, air conditioning, and padded dash.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But if the first illustration were expanded beyond the close-up of the lone man in one corner of the field, we would see a whole field of men working together with 
scythes, very much as they still gather bundles of grain in parts of India. In America the process of urbanization has brought nearly all the descendants of those people who formerly worked in the fields with scythes, horses, and oxen into an economic de
pendence upon a comparatively small number of farmers using sophisticated machinery. Unscrupulous business practices by food processing conglomerates, inflated living costs, a scarcity of honest labor, bad weather, an exodus of young people to the cities
, and the high cost of machinery and artificial fertilizers have forced many owners of smaller farms to exploit the land for as much yield as possible, as soon as possible, as often as possible. Yet the numbers of farms going out of business indicate tha
t it still costs too much to produce too little.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The latest federal Agriculture Department figures show that between 1954 and 1974 the United States farm population dropped more than 50%\'97until today only about 
10 million people (out of a nation of more than 200 million) live on farms. In addition, although the total farmland remained at about one billion acres, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub number }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of farms dropped almost 42%. In fact, since the 1940s the number of farms has decreased by three million, and it continues to drop by two thousand per week. Clearly, "agribusiness" is
 gobbling up the small-and medium-size farms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This "to-the-hilt" exploitation of land resources has brought the ecological movement of the 1970s down on automated, high-yield farming, the kind that depends almo
st entirely upon chemical fertilizers. One may argue that such chemicals are, after all, also a part of nature, and that scientists are simply using them in a more advantageous way. However, studies indicate that prolonged use of chemical fertilizers des
igned to increase soil nitrates creates an artificial dependence on the chemical itself: the chemical fertilizers kill the myriad microorganisms and earthworms in the soil that naturally produce such nitrates.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Initially there may be "bumper" crops, if climatic conditions are good; but eventually the soil loses fertility. And the long-range leaching effect can be disastrou
s. Wes Buchele, Professor of Agricultural Engineering at Iowa State University, describes the situation in no uncertain terms. "We've lost one-half of the country's topsoil since we started farming here." Perhaps the fledgling back-to-the-land movement i
s more than the desperate attempt of a few oversensitive malcontents to escape city life. Perhaps it's the first indication of an agricultural movement that can avert ecological catastrophe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Let's look at the historical background of modern agricultural techniques:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Forshadowing the massive introduction of chemical fertilizers were the theories of nineteenth-century German chemist Baron Justus von Liebig, who in 1840 published 
an essay entitled "Chemistry in Its Application to Agriculture and Physiology." His idea was that when a living plant is incinerated and all its organic matter destroyed, the mineral salts remaining in the ashes will contain all that's required for its g
rowth (basically potash, nitrates, and phosphates.) Other scientists and agriculturalists concluded that simply adding these chemicals to the soil would maintain its fertility.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although this conclusion apparently oversimplified ages of agricultural practice, the observable results were impressive. Artificial fertilizers composed of the abo
ve chemicals and calcium oxide (lime) produced good initial crops\'97which seemed to verify Liebig's experiments. This apparent breakthrough led to the astronomical fertilizer production now so lucrative for the chemical industry. Typically, whenever a f
armer has a soil test made on his fields, if the laboratory report indicates deficiencies of phosphate, lime, and so on, he receives a formula of chemicals. He then adds them to the soil to correct the imbalance. Here we have the basis of the prevalent b
elief that "you get out of the soil what you put into it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, this conclusion came into question a few years ago, when the French agricultural bulletin "Nature et Progres" disclosed a startling experiment. A researche
r reported that every month for one year, he had monitored two identical soils\'97one to which only fermented compost had been added, and one to which an organic mixture rich in phosphorus had been added. At the end of the year, the first sample containe
d one-third }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub more }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub phosphorus than the second sample, the one to which phosphorus had originally be
en added.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, soil itself can produce phosphorus without any external supply of this mineral. The researcher called it "a miracle of the living soil!" One wonders where the
 phosphorus in the first sample came from, since none was added before or during the experiment. After all, chemists have learned that it's impossible to create new elements or transform one element into another (that is, to alter an element's atomic str
ucture) simply by chemical reactions. At the same time, many scientists still believe that all reactions occurring in nature are in fact simply chemical\'97or, in other words, that life comes from chemicals.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But this conviction came under fire from another chemist, Albrecht von Herzeele, who in 1873 performed some experiments that were subsequently ignored. Von Herzeele
 demonstrated that seeds sprouted in distilled water, with nothing added but air, increased their content of elements like sulphur, calcium, and magnesium (although the law of conservation of matter holds that this is impossible). This experiment proved 
that plants can continuously create matter as well as absorb matter from soil, water, and air. Von Herzeele claimed that plants could also transmute or change one element into another (such as phosphorus into sulphur, and so on).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1958, after ten years of experiments, Professor Pierre Baranger, director of organic chemistry at the Ecole Polytechnique, in Paris, announced his verification o
f Herzeele's work to a distinguished gathering of scientists at Switzerland's Institut Genevois. By 1963 he had demonstrated that as leguminous seeds (like those producing common alfalfa and clover hay) grow in a manganese-salt solution, iron replaces th
e manganese. In time he explained more about such germinations, including the exact lunar phases that affected them. Baranger concluded that plants are constantly producing chemical transmutations of elements\'97without the enormous energy of modern "ato
m smashers," which till then had been the only known means for transmuting one chemical into another.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Louis Kervran, another French scientist, also contends that lunar phases are extremely important in the germination of crops, and that by transmutation, microorgani
sms maintain the balance of elements in the soil. He concludes that transmutation results from enzymes that act as catalysts for the reaction. Kervran points out that enzyme activities are biological in origin, not chemical (although the results may be c
hemical); thus, the classic laws of chemistry do not apply to these phenomena. In other words, he contradicts the assertion that life comes only from chemical combinations. Kervran notes in his "Biological Transmutations" (1962) "that matter has a proper
ty so far unexplained by modern science."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Nature of Substance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (1968), Rudolf Hauschka further hints that this property of matter is its dependence upon life, that chemicals constantly come from life, and that life comes from life (not from chemicals, not from matter). Having duplic
ated many of Herzeele's experiments, Hauschka concludes that life is not the result of a combination of elements, but that it precedes the elements: "It is logical to assume that life existed long before matter and originates in a preexistent spiritual c
osmos."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first Western scientist to demonstrate the real importance of life activities in agriculture was Sir Albert Howard, who at the turn of the century was the imper
ial botanist to the Indian government. Beginning in Pusa, Bengal, and continuing for forty years in other parts of the subcontinent, Howard managed several experimental agricultural stations. His famous book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Agricultural}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Testament }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (1943) inspired a surgeon named J. I. Rodale to begin the organic farming movement in the United States, during the early 1940s. By
 following the ancient methods of Indian farmers\'97who regularly aerated the soil, used no artificial fertilizers or pesticides, and returned accumulated cow manure and compost to the land\'97Howard virtually eliminated disease from both soil and animal
s. Also, he managed dairy cows and kept oxen for plowing. He wrote, "With no chemical help from science, and by observation alone, he [the Indian farmer] has in the course of ages adjusted his methods of agriculture to the conservation of soil fertility 
in a most remarkable manner\'85 For countless ages he has been able to maintain the present standard of fertility."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In typical empiric fashion, Howard attributed the remarkable success of Indian farmers to their powers of observation. He did not study the origins of their technol
ogy\'97the Vedic. literature, which prohibits artificial fertilizers, the growing of tobacco (Howard himself grew that) and other intoxicants, and the killing of cows and bulls. Cows, the basis of a balanced agriculture, provided milk products from the c
onsumption of grasses, and bulls tilled the fields, provided transportation, and so on. And both cows and bulls provided ample organic fertilizer. The Vedas also indicate that the growth of vegetation relates directly to the phases of the moon.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although he copied the technology of the Bengali farmers, Howard did not actually live among them. Their ancient life-style, called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97God-centered\'97was still prevalent when Howard conducted his experiments (although it had largely det
eriorated into a vestigial "caste system" throughout most of India, on account of the prolonged Muhammadan and British occupations). The survival of the God-centered conception was due primarily to the powerful rejuvenation of Vedic culture by Lord Caita
nya Mah\'e4prabhu. His influence was great throughout India, and especially in Bengal, some four hundred years before Howard's time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This God-centered conception is relevant because it forms the basis for a workable agricultural life-style. Such a life-style includes a strict consideration of the
 ecological balance between humans, animals, the land, and God. Although sophisticated modern farmers might concede that the success of their endeavors, including their use of innovative machinery, depends in the end on "acts of Providence or God," or at
 least upon chance, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7\'e4v\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (God-centered) farmer considers that long-range prod
uction and ecological balance require actual God consciousness. Therefore, even today in the Nadia district of Bengal, farmers make a point of gratefully offering God a portion of the crop in the form of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or vegetarian food preparations. These offerings are often part of community celebrations (called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parties) in which the members of the community or village meet, especially in the morning and evening, to chant God
's holy names and dance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This God-centered mentality shows us something\'97not about a "primitive" agrarian culture, as the British used to think (Howard had to caution his readers not to t
hink in terms of "ignorant, backward villagers"), nor about some distant Indian sect, but about a life-style that's in real harmony with the ideals of the modern American back-to-the-land movement. In fact, some of the most successful of the modern farm 
communities are based expressly upon }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub isavasya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub principles. Still more or less in the early stages,
 including locations in Missouri, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, these communities are nevertheless impressive\'97especially the fifteen-hundred-acre community in Moundsville, West Virginia. Needless to say, these projects draw 
their inspiration from the Vedic culture, especially from the teachings of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) say that these farm communities of theirs don't use technological prowess to try to outwit n
atural laws. Rather, community members try to do their work in a God-conscious way. "Success cannot come by working at your own risk," says K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Sv\'e4m\'e9, founder and director of the community in West Virginia (called "New Vrindavan"). "
You may get good results for a while, but lasting success depends on how conscious you are of your relationship with the actual proprietor of nature."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gradually, the community members are becoming aware that God is always present\'97in every place and at every moment. As they learn this art of being conscious of G
od's presence, these people naturally develop a devotional, serving attitude toward everyone, including humans, plants, and animals. They see all living beings as spiritually equal, because all living beings are equally related with God. Thus, devotees c
an attest that returning to the land, to vegetarianism, to nonviolence, to herbal medicine, and to ecological concern\'97returning to nature\'97necessitates returning to God (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) consciousness, our natural consciousness. The age-old Vedic lit
eratures describe that consciousness, in clear-cut, scientific terms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, in most instances the work of scientists like Howard, Kervran, Baranger, and Hauschka echoes these Vedic conclusions. Howard, for example, simply rediscove
red ancient, biologically sound, and ecologically balanced agrarian practices based upon Vedic principles. And Hauschka's assertion that life is not a combination of elements, that instead it "precedes" matter and "originates in a preexistent spiritual c
osmos," tells us what the Vedic literatures said thousands of years ago. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
the essence of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub verifies that individual life is never created or destroyed, but that i
t is moving (transmigrating) among temporary bodies sustained by God (K\'e5\'f1\'eba), the original life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The other scientists we've mentioned have introduced conceptions in chemistry and biology that forecast a reevaluation and expansion of modern science's standard no
tions. The conceptions of these men reveal a new respect and appreciation for nature and a budding awareness of the ultimately transcendent quality of life itself. We may interpret these developments as a prologue to the imminent age of anti-materialism 
and spiritual enlightenment predicted in the fifteenth century by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (the Vedic literature specifically intended for this age) points out, chemistry, biology, psychology, economics, sociology, and other modern disciplines, when pursued objectively, are sure to arrive at the same absolute 
truth\'97consciousness of God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And a simpler, more natural way of living will result.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12: People whose parents worked in the fields with scythes, horses and oxen now depend on a few farmers using soph
isticated machinery. \line A researcher found that the soil can nourish itself without any outside supply. He called it \'aba miracle of the living soil!\'bb
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p13: A workable agricultural life-style would be based on the ecological balance between humans, animals, the land, 
and God.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Transcendental Sounds    v12#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Transcendental Sounds
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#10
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v12#2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 9 TE
XT 41 PURPORT\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 10 TEXT 11-12
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Parents Proud of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Movement
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recently, a few people, including some elements of the news media, have leveled charges against ISKCON ranging from "brainwashing" to "kidnapping" to "false adverti
sing." Leading the attack are a few parents of devotees. To gauge the broad sentiment of our members' parents, we did a survey and found the overwhelming majority favorable to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Here are two typical responses to o
ur question, "How would you evaluate your child's participation in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mrs. Polly Perlmutter of Bloomfield, Connecticut; said this:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "My son Daniel (\'c7rava\'eb\'e4nanda d\'e4sa) entered the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement almost five years ago
\'85 I would say that the movement has given a discipline and deep meaning to my son's life. I do not forget that this movement is not all things to all people, but to my son it is fulfilling and beautiful. In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub minds (my husband's and mine) we compare our son's life to the life of a Catholic, monk or a religious Jew }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub in a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Hassidic sect:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Do I think that my son is brainwashed? I can best answer this by asking the question, 'Is our very society not being brainwashed daily by the advertising media (li
quor and cigarette ads) and pornographic movies and literature'." And what about the children who are being 'educated' by the violence and killing on television? I prefer that my son is devoting his life to the love of God and the service of humanity\'97
a rare endeavor in this age. And since I know that my son has voluntarily chosen the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement to exercise these rights, and that he can leave it whenever he wishes, I cannot see how the term 'brainwashing' can be applicable to this mo
vement. I sincerely believe from my contacts with many devotees that they are happy and have found fulfillment by loving and serving Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God). This may not be my wish for my life, but my son has chosen it for his, and I wholeheartedly re
spect it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mrs. Loretta F. Senesi of Long Island, New York, had this to say:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "I have a son who has been in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement for six years, and I can truly say that I have
 respect and admiration for him. He married in the movement and has a devoted wife and two lovely children. They live clean, spiritual lives and are happy. I have visited the temple many times and participated in their devotional services spoken with man
y devotees, and seen their enthusiasm. They are all intelligent, honest, and sincere. My son has been free to visit at home with his family, and he has done so many times. I feel that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement has given my son a new purpose in life, an
d also a deep concern for his fellow man.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Bill of Rights guarantees freedom of religion. Where is this freedom when parents are allowed to kidnap their children and forcibly try to change their beliefs
" These same parents should, I feel, love their children for what they are, and not for what they want them to be. What objection can there he to this movement, when the devotees are working for the Lord and all mankind, trying to spread God Consciousnes
s throughout the world? When you look around and see how some people live, how they are wasting their lives, I say thank God for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, on the West Coast, Mrs. Rose Forkash (left) of Carpenteria, California, has organized devotees' parents to counteract the propaganda against ISKCON and t
o deepen the communication between devotees and their parents. Mrs. Forkash, the mother of L\'e9l\'e4\'e7akti d\'e4s\'e9, knows many devotees personally. Her advice to others whose children are "Krishnas": "I hope the parents }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub look into the hearts of their children and see what they're seeing\'97and learn to love God, as they are."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Linguist Lauds\line }{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. William F. Shipley, professor of. linguistics at the University of California (Santa Cruz), has this to say about the book widely known as "the essence of all V
edic knowledge": "The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Is}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da] proves to be an inspiration and a delight\'85 This is a beautiful book, subtly combining excellent scholarship with a rev
erent sensitivity."
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Editors\line BACK TO GODHEAD magazine\line 3764 Watseka Ave.\line Los Angeles\line California 90034
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vedic Calendar    v12 #1
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedic Calendar\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 490, Cait
anya Era
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each named 
for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.}{
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Feb. 2\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 4\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 8\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 14\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 15\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 17\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0
\fi0 Feb. 18}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of Lord Nity}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanda.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.\line Madhurotsava of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of  Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vijay\'e4 E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0
\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Siva-ratri }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (optional fasting)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Break-
fast after sunrise.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Feb. 19\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 Feb. 22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub March 1\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 March 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub March 3\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 March 5\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 March 6\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx4320\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clcfpat15\clshdng10000\cellx5040\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j\'e9 and Rasik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Appearance of Puru\'f1ottama \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4malak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9. (fasting from grains and beans)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Break-fast after sunrise.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of M}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dhavendra Puri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gaura-P\'fcr\'ebim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (appearance of Lord Cait
anya).\line Dola-y}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tr}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e4 of R\'e4dh\'e4-M\'e4dhava begins.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nando
tsava (birth ceremony for Lord Caitanya performed by Jagann}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha Mi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Beginning of Year 491, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya Era.\cell}
\row \pard
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 "Deprogramming\'94 ~ Deep Trouble
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub "Deprogramming\'94 ~ Deep Troubl
e
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Meditation," says psychiatrist Wolfgang Kretschmer, "has a good chance of eventually becoming one of the leading therapeutic techniques." More and more psychologis
ts, psychiatrists; and doctors from institutions like Harvard and UCLA are supporting this view, Their articles are appearing in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Science, Scientific American, The American Jour
nal of Psychiatry}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Journal}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Counseling }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Psychology}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ; and other publications.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Psychology Today}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ; Dr. Daniel Goleman says meditators can better handle stress, that they feel more }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub control of their lives, and that they have}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "fewer psychological or psychosomatic prob
lems such as colds, headaches, and sleeplessness." In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Journal of Humanistic Psychology}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Dr. J
ohn Heider says spiritual disciplines like meditation, yoga, and mantras [the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, for instance] are "as necessary to a life of growth as regular brushing is to dental hygiene."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Allan Gerson and Dr. Ronald Huff have conducted studies on the psychological effects of chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. They find chanters "are more ke
enly aware and have sharper mental cognitions." Also, "chanters have a clear sense of identity. They know who they are in relationship to the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub verse, where they're going, and how they can improve themselves and the world around them." And Gerson and Huff describe Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba meditators as "friendly, warm, and outgoing as a group, as well 
as individually.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, some parents of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba meditators have reacted unfavorably to their new life-style. In fact, some parents have even gone so far as to br
eak the law, by hiring professionals to abduct their legal-age }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub children. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These abductors are eup
hemistically called "deprogrammers," and they employ intensive psychological and even physical abuse on Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba meditators to make them renounce their new life-style.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even more disturbing are the efforts of perhaps a dozen psychiatrists and psychologists to legitimize such illegal activity. Ignoring the previously mentioned body 
of scientific data, they label meditation and the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba as "brainwashing" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub "mind control." They neglect to say that worldwide there are literally millions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba centers (including those in India), and that there are tens of millions of perfectly normal people who chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra for 
self improvement. In other words, with unsubstantiated claims these people are trying to take away fundamental American liberties\'97freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and the simple freedom to }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub live; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub your own life as you see fit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub History offers us grim examples of similar abuses. Hitler used psychology and psychiatry }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub justifications for his extermination campaigns. The Soviet Union also uses these professions to repress critics and minority lifestyles. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Clearly, this misuse of the psychological sciences endangers American freedom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the legal front, the battle is reaching its peak in New York. On October 14, a grand jury in Queens County indicted the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and
 two of its members on an unprecedented charge of \'93illegal imprisonment by mind control.\'94 The case grew out of the attempts of two families to have their legal-age offspring removed from the flare K\'e5\'f1\'eba center in New York and "deprogrammed
." When the "deprogramming"' failed and the two members\'97a man, twenty-two, and a woman, twenty-four\'97returned to the group, the frustrated parents gained the cooperation of a judge, a district attorney, and a grand jury. And they had two Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba leaders indicted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The District Attorney's office then had the man and woman sequestered as "material witnesses" and sought to have them committed to mental institutions for "treatmen
t." In fact, the court did commit the young man. After two weeks he was released\'97a court-appointed team of psychiatrists who had examined him for a week testified that he was perfectly sane and competent. However, an avid supporter of "deprogramming,"
 psychiatrist John G. Clark, Jr., felt that the young man's ability to conceal his symptoms was "proof" of the depth of the brainwashing he had undergone. The doctor and the young man's parents urged that he be put into isolation and subjected to "stress
 tests" ("deprogramming") to break the alleged mind control. But the hospital psychiatrists said that such tactics would "raise serious questions about the patient's legal rights and about ethical consideration in the practice of medicine."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The hospital psychiatrists gave the young man a clean bill of health. How seriously, then, can anyone take Dr. Clark's diagnosis? Whether tests show a problem or no
t, whether other professionals see a problem or not, people like Dr. Clark insist that there is a problem. And, what is really frightening, Dr. Clark feels that to deal with the "problem," he should have the right to drastically interfere with another pe
rson's freedom. Before individuals like Dr. Clark involve everyone in a senseless witch-hunt, they might first submit }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub themselves }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for psychological testing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Happily the judge. sensed that the attempts to commit the woman were what he called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "
a ploy," }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and he released her.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 WHAT IS BRAINWASHING?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Originally, the term "brainwashing" referred to a Chinese Communist method of ideological persuasion through extreme psychological and often physical coercion. The 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Encyclopedia Britannica}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  defines brainwashing as "a colloquial term\'85applied to any technique de
signed to manipulate human thought or action against the desire, will, or knowledge of the individual." In popular usage it becomes an imprecise, all-encompassing, and pejorative term for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub describing any-kind of persuasion or behavior that we disagree with.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bona }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fide }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub religious and Cultural organization b
ased }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub upon the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ancient spiritual tradition of India. Its, founder and spiritual leader, His Divin
e Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Swami }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da, is a distinguished scholar and religious leader 
of international repute, His authoritative translations }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub commentaries }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India's ancient religious and philosophical classics are studied in universities throughout the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ways }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub which people join the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are quite informal (talking with members, reading books, using, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness meditation techniques, and so forth). A member }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement is free to increase or decrease his involvement as he or she sees }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fit. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, an intensive psychological study of more than fifty members conducted in 1975 by Dr. Allan Gerson produced not the slightest sign of "br
ainwashing," In fact, Dr, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ger}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub son }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub was }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub surprised by the members\'92 above-average mental health.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "DEPROGRAMMING"}{\b0\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'97}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 REALITY-INDUCING THERAPY?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Parents sometimes make up their own minds to hire deprogrammers. More often, however, the deprogrammers actively persuade parents that their sons and daughters have
 been "brainwashed" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement or are under its \'93mind contr
ol.'\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parents have hired vigilantes like Ted Patrick (who is now serving a one-year jail
 sentence, in Orange County, California, for false imprisonment of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba member). Such "deprogramming" amounts to nothing less than extreme psychological and often physical intimidation aimed at inducing a person to renounce his or her life-st
yle. Usually, the "deprogrammers" isolate and restrain the victim. Then they confiscate and destroy religious apparel }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub possessions }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (books, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub holy pictures, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and so }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub forth), and they vilify the person's beliefs through hours of shouting, In one case, the physically }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub beat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a pregnant mother. In another case, a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba member refused to stop }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub reciting }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prayers, and they filled his mouth with ice and gagged him. Such "deprogramming" often lasts for several we
eks\'97all this to get the "brainwashed" person back to a "normal" state, in which he can again make "free choices." That these torture sessions have been euphemistically called "stress tests," \'93intensive therapy\'94 and "reality-inducing therapy" sho
uld not, perhaps, strike us as unusual, In our age of Orwellian ''Newspeak," Hitler named his death camps "Charitable Foundations for Institutional Care."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE THREAT TO YOU
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Deprogrammers\'94 are a ruthless bunch. William Willoughby, religion editor of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wa
shington Star}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , revealed the mercenary side of "deprogramming" when he wrote, "The fees they're charging run $3,000.00 or more for the kidnappings and brainwashing (pardon me d
eprogramming)\'85 Frighteningly, "deprogramming\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14 .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  groups have gotten police, judges, and district a
ttorneys to bend the law in assisting "deprogrammings." And, because of their mercenary }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub motives }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
"deprogrammers" have abducted not }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub only }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba members but also Catholics and Protes
tants, among others. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Behavior }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazine Wayne Sage reports, "The deprogrammers say, privately, that they would like to use their techniques against Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses." If 
"deprogrammers\'94 and their academic accomplices succeed in getting legal cover for their crimes, any American }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub wh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub o lives a life contrary to their standards will face abduction and torture. Judge Logan Moore said to Ted Patrick on the day of his sentencing, \'93This country never functioned well under vigilantes. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub efforts are such, and if We ruled in your favor, it wouldn't stop with anyone. We would have condemned religious freedom.
"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The National Council of Churches and other organizations have looked into the issue. The Council found no evidence of brainwashing among the religions, but plenty o
f evidence to condemn the deprogrammers, The Council's Governing Board said, \'93\'85kidnapping to compel religious deconversion is criminal." The world's lending expert on brainwashing, Dr. William Sargant, said in Britain's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guardian}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (October 4, 1976) that "deprogramming" "is the sort of thing Charles Manson used, on people and very much the 
sort }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thing that was done to Patty Hearst." Dr. Sargant concluded by saying that he would be "
dreadfully horrified" if "deprogramming" came into use in Britain.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In another recent editorial, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Church & State}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  magazine said, "For the state through the police and courts to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub allow }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub and thereby encourage religious kidnapping is for the state itself to blast gaping holes through the constitutional shields of our most husk rights which the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p
olice }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and courts exist to defend\'85 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Law }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub enforcement officials must protect the rights of all persons to believe as they please and must restrain the deprogrammers\'85 Let }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub us bury}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it ["deprogramming"]. before it buries }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub liberties."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What disturbs us most is the mistrust that "deprogrammers" are planting in the public's mind about meditation, yoga, and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Science is pr
oving the effectiveness of these techniques in advancing the cause of personal and social health. And, in December, 1976, Governor Edmund Brown, Jr. urged the sending of "priests, nuns, ministers, and Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba followers" into California's ment
al hospitals to help improve patient conditions. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra meditation is helping thousands of Americans to raise their consciousness to higher and happier levels. It seems tragic that this good work is being maligned.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 PLEASE HELP US CORRECT THIS SITUATION
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is a threat to our basic human rights, and the time for action is now. We urge all Americans of conscience to take a stand against criminal "deprogramming\'97
please contact the press and radio and television stations and the police, the courts, and other government agencies in your local area. We especially urge psychiatrists, psychologists, and doctors to speak out against the misuse of their professions, To
 help in the New York case, write a letter (protesting the absurd and unprecedented charge of "illegal imprisonment by mind control\'94) to:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nicholas Ferraro\line District Attorney, Queens County\line 125-01 Queens Boulevard -\line Kew Gardens, New York 11415
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you want more information on how you can help. or if you are a professional (doctor, lawyer, psychologist) and can give us advice or assistance, please write to:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Michael A. Grant\line 3764 Watseka Ave.\line L.A. CA 90034
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1800\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p16: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Bhaktin Margaret}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Podlewski
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\li1800\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p17: Dr. Stillson Judah, a professor and Librarian Emeritus at Berkeley's Graduate Theological Union, speaks out again
st "deprogramming." }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Church & State}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  magazine says, "Let us bury it before it buries our liberties."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Notes from Northern Ireland
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Notes from Northern Ireland
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A former civil rights worker went to the war-torn island with an ancient peace formula. \line It was disarmingly simple.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Gurud\'e4sa Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Civil War in Northern Ireland." "Bomb Scare in Hotel Europa\'97Three Die in Terrorist Attack." The headlines screamed across the world from the tiny island.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Control Zone\'97Unattended Vehicles Will Be Towed Away," the yellow signs shouted, and they seemed to be everywhere. At first we couldn't figure out the reason for
 the signs, but we soon learned: terrorists put a bomb in a stolen car, drive the car-bomb up to a target, then run and let the bomb go off. Usually, the target is a pub; more casualties that way. We also saw plenty of oil drums filled with cement and co
nnected by thick iron bars, looking like so many fat folk dancers with their arms on one another's shoulders. These drums keep car-bombs from coming up past the curbs and next to the buildings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A man with one leg, another with a patch over an eye, a maimed child\'97all were common sights. At the infamous junction of the Falls and Shankhill roads (the scene
 of much of Belfast's violence), we met a man from the bomb squad, which is called "Felix" because they need nine lives and then some. Whenever there's a bomb scare or an unattended package or car, they come to investigate and, if necessary, to deactivat
e. "Our job isn't easy," the man explained, "because these bombs have devices that explode if you move them or even shine a flashlight on them. Quite a few of my friends have been blown up."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day we saw and heard two great explosions and two buildings blown to the ground. Rubble was everywhere. A blackish cloud hung over the area for hours, and human
 limbs stuck out from between the wood and stone. Another day we were on the way to a launderette with large bundles of clothes. We asked directions, and when we reached the spot where the launderette was supposed to be, there was nothing left. Most time
s when we went to use a phone box, we'd find it bomb-gutted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By asking a few questions, we learned that the terrorists start their training at age five and their vandalism at age six. In fact, a six-year-old's first duty is s
etting bombs off. As a result, bands of youngsters roam the streets, and bombs may explode at any moment. One day we noticed that except for a few smouldering scraps, a huge gasoline storage tank had disappeared.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On every street we saw the remnants of houses that may once have been the whole world to the people who lived in them. The illusion was gone now, of course. Here wa
s bare-faced evidence of how the material world changes and decays. You just couldn't get around it\'97something once quite solid now destroyed, someone once quite alive now dead, someone once quite happy now heartbroken. You could say this for Belfast: 
the old adage "Here today, gone tomorrow" really hit home.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The people's character seemed just }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub about as changeable\'97a strange mixture of piety 
and mischief, peace and violence, happiness and sadness, mysticism and cynicism, friendliness and suspicion. Very rarely did anyone walk alone; they were more likely to stay in groups, almost like herds of animals leery of attack. Younger children told m
e that they didn't go out after dark, for fear of being shot. Anxiety appeared to be the watchword.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One man who visited our mobile bus-temple said it seemed like "a portable oasis." It was a small oasis, to be sure, but anyone could come in off the street and take
 in the peaceful feeling of the little temple room and its library of age-old Vedic literatures, English renderings by my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our advance man, Bhaumadeva d\'e4sa, would go ahead of the bus to see professors, community leaders, terrorist leaders, police spokesmen, youth groups, and newspape
r and t.v. reporters, and he set up a good number of festival programs for our group. A number of people were so glad we were coming that they gave us an honorarium. In a town called either Derry or Londonderry (depending on your point of view), one man 
was crying. "We thank you so much!" he said. "No one comes here anymore\'97they're too afraid. They won't even come for money, what to speak of for an idea or belief, as you people have."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Belfast we saw hundreds of bombed-out houses, with windows broken and roofs charred\'97blackish skeletons that used to be brownstone shelters. Soldiers carrying 
machine guns were a common sight. But life went on, the soldiers mixing with the shoppers, even though at any moment violence could break out. The people stepped over and through rubble as if it didn't exist.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the day we arrived, television, radio, and newspaper interviewers came to talk with us. One man asked, "What can you suggest that would put an end to the fightin
g between the Catholics and the Protestants?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We can overcome this sectarianism," I said, "if we can understand what's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub inside our b
odies\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub if}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we can
 relate on a loving basis of soul to soul. This fighting because of 'Catholicism' or 'Protestantism' or any 'ism' is artificial. Love of God is for everybody; it's not 'Catholic' or Protestant.' Would we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 'He's Mr. Green Coat; he's Mr. Orange Shirt'? Then why should we say 'He's Catholic; he's Protestant'? What is the historical or geograp
hical beginning of love of God? It has no beginning or end. So the alternative to this problem of sectarianism is to understand that we are not these material bodies, with all their labels. We're spiritual persons; we all have the same spiritual father."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In a slightly challenging tone, a t.v. announcer asked, "Do you think that Northern Ireland can use another religion? Do you think another religion will help?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I answered, "This is not exactly a religion; it's a way of life. Northern Ireland and the world could surely use another way of life." The man ended his interview w
ith "Thank you" and a thoughtful "Hmmm."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many people would approach us as we went around the country. Sometimes they'd say, "If there were more like you, this would be a better place." Apparently they want
ed to hear us, because they made room for us right in the middle of their towns. So, surrounded by soldiers, barricades, and barbed wire, we put on festivals. The first day in Lurgen a huge crowd of people came.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, at night we always made it a point to stay outside the cities, because of the possible violence. In Lurgen, for instance, we stayed near a big lake. In L
isburne, we found a little country lane. In Bangor, a port town, the people gave us permission to stay at Pickie Pool Marina, a natural seawater pool.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We put on festivals in Bangor (on the coast) for three days. Each one of our programs included chanting and explaining the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma
 R\'e4ma, Hare Hare), a short talk with questions and answers, a drama, a film, and vegetarian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (spiritual food). The people were really receptive.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of the highlights, we found, was the drama. We put on two street plays, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Boatma
n and the Scholar }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Genie in the Bottle. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The latter depicted a genie who came out of the bottle warning that if he didn't get something to do, he'd kill the person who'd set him free. The idea was that if you don't engage your mind in something useful, your min
d will do away with its master, your intelligence. Bhaumadeva, our advance man, made a delightful genie\'97with green cheeks, purple lips, wide, bulging eyes, and so on. He'd spring out of the "bottle" (a blanket) right there on the street. In the towns 
and villages we did this play many times, and the people would get amazingly involved.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At first the king (who had liberated the genie) would say, "I want you to repair and wash all the broken windows in Belfast." That's a lot of broken windows, but th
e genie would make a noise, run off, and be back practically in no time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It's done, master."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next the king would ask the genie, "Trim all the hedges in my kingdom," and the genie would run off and come back again almost before the king could turn around.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, with sword flashing, the genie would say, "Give me something else to do\'97or I'll kill you!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the king couldn't think of anything else to keep the genie busy, he'd muse to himself, "Ah! The genie should chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97that's one thing you 
can do forever!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that point, the king encouraged the whole crowd to help the genie in chanting, and the people would join in the chanting to help keep the genie satisfied. A youn
g girl said, "This is the third time I've seen this play; I like the genie."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many times we'd talk with people on the street\'97all kinds of people, some from the Ulster Defense Army (the U.D.A.), others from the I.R.A., still others from the
 peace movement, and occasionally a few from "Felix," the bomb squad.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Belfast, almost daily we went into the City Centre and through the barricades of the Control Zone, where we put on a street drama, gave an address, and chanted H
are K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The people received us quite well. Once, when a drunken man tried to disrupt the play, the audience shouted him away.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even the radio and television spread the word when we were getting ready to go into the two big trouble areas, the Shankhill and Falls roads. One was a Protestant s
tronghold, the other a Catholic stronghold; fighting would break out at the junction. And these people weren't just squabbling or name-calling. They meant business and shot to kill, and, as I say, their children were taking after them. Yet many from both
 sides would ask us "When are you coming? When you do, our house is the green one on the right" (or whatever). Once the car battery ran out, and I asked a gentleman to help. He did, and he asked me what we were doing in Northern Ireland. When I told him 
he said, "If there's anything you need\'97anything\'97just come to my house and ask me. Day or night-just ask."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On top of the bus we mounted a platform that held six to eight devotees. Then we installed a run-around railing and a public-address system, complete with two micro
phones and some sturdy speakers. All over Northern Ireland's towns and villages, most people were both friendly and eager to share our festive mood. Sometimes they'd dance in the street or give us "thumbs up" from their windows. Policemen and soldiers gr
inned. One trooper put his gun down and took a photo as we passed. The children ran out of holes in the battered walls. Old people smiled and hobbled along after us, and many swayed their heads to one side (their silent way of saying, "That's nice"). Som
e of the kids jumped up and down when we went by, and many of them climbed onto the bus and joined us. Others just waved, and we waved back. Once, through open windows, what looked like a whole schoolhouseful of hands and faces waved and smiled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub People encouraged us in so many ways. They were especially friendly when we rode on the top of the bus like that. In a grand procession we'd go along the Falls Road
, chanting and dancing on top of the bus. At the same time I'd announce that we were going to come to a specific park the next day and give out spiritual food. Then Bhaumadeva\'97the genie\'97would get out of the bus and pass out leaflets and candy. A mi
llion kids would follow him, as though he were handing out gold. They were chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and skipping and following the bus down the street.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, I'd talk to the people through the public-address system and encourage them to chant. Sometimes, when I saw people standing before their shops, I'd say someth
ing like, "Everyone in Nelly's Knitting Store should chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." They would be all excited because we were speaking about them in their shops, and they'd try to chant. Other times I'd say, "Anyone with his hands in his pockets and his fro
nt teeth missing should chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." When they realized that we were speaking about them, they'd perk up and chant. Or I'd say, "Anyone walking a dog should chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba," or "All patients in the Royal Hospital should chant Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba," and so on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One very interesting thing happened in the Falls Road. Just when we were preparing to leave and had stopped chanting, some of the same children who'd been so joyous
 and peaceful reverted to their old ways. They started picking up stones and throwing them at us on top of the bus, and we had to leave rather hurriedly. It seemed that as soon as the chanting stopped, the genie of the mind wanted to go on a killing spre
e again and block out the natural good feelings for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and everybody else.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was becoming clear. When someone is thinking "I'm Irish," "I'm American," "I'm African," that's a lower state of consciousness. A more evolved state of conscious
ness would be, "I'm a spiritual individual; I have a lasting, loving relationship with the Lord, with everyone." Of course, that basic idea appears in all the scriptures of the world. You'd think it would have sunk in by now, but some of these people wer
en't too keen on hearing it. Sometimes they'd come up, pretend to be interested, and suddenly start jeering. And sometimes young people would throw stones. Usually, though, the people were beautiful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Take the Senior Citizens Club of Coleraine, for instance. The festival we put on for them was much like other festivals (including ones at the Overseas Students Clu
b, the Baha'i hall, a girl's school called Fort Hill Intermediate, Ulster College, Queens College, and Londonderry Technical School).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We're members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness," I began. "This isn't a new movement. It's been going on for thousands and thousands of years
. In fact, the Vedic culture is as old as the planet. We're dedicated to simple living, with God as the goal and God as the center of all that we do. This life-style is also known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the yoga of devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The backbone of this yoga process is chanting or singing the holy name of the Lord. This chanting is called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub manas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means 'mind,' and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tr }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means 'to deliver'\'97a cleansing of the m
ind. When we sing Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we cleanse the mind of all the dust that has accumulated there. This is a yoga process that we can all do very simply. Yoga doesn't really mean that you have to do gymnastics or push your nose; it means that you lin
k up with God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Then I said the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the people said i
t after me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now I'd like to introduce these ancient instruments. These little hand cymbals are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub karat\'e4las; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they're made from old guns\'97certainly a nice alternative for Northern Ireland. This is the basic rhythm\'97one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-th
ree-and you can follow it by clapping your hands. Then I'd introduce the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (an oblong
 clay drum whose small end makes a bell-like sound and whose big end makes a long, low sound) and the harmonium (a small, hand-pumped Indian "organ"). While everyone was clapping, I explained that chanting is a spiritual conversation. "First you hear the
 leader sing, and then you sing while he listens. So let's try it." The senior citizens got into the chanting easily and seemed to be really enjoying themselves. You'd have sworn they had done this before.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then I spoke a little bit about the "old-age problem." "In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Vedic culture}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ," I said, "people who were old and experienced in living were honored rather than neglected. Even if an older person couldn't walk far, people would come to hear him. This is called 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the renounced stage of life. At that point all the knowledge, all the training, all 
the experience, all the practice that you've gained you give to others. Not that the very people you once supported now reject you\'97instead, they respect you all the more. Nowadays, they're only waiting for you to leave them something in your will. In 
the Vedic culture, the elderly really give something to the whole society\'97they give God consciousness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before the festival ended we put on our "genie" drama\'97everyone got involved in it\'97and again we had a question-and-answer session, feasting, and chanting. Duri
ng the last chant the senior citizens got up and raised their arms "toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba" (I showed them, naturally), and we did "the swami step" (one foot crossing the other, back and forth\'97\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da showed this to his first American
 students, back in 1966). So all of us chanted and danced together. When it was time to leave, these kind people said the festival had been "one of the best moments of our lives. Now, what more can we do for K\'e5\'f1\'eba?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If you and your children and grandchildren keep chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba," I said, "you'll see what more K\'e5\'f1\'eba can do for you. For one thing, you'll h
ave peace here in Northern Ireland."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19: Far left: here I am, leading the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on a grim gray day in the town square of Lurg
en, near Belfast. Left: here, atop a refurbished old Swedish bus, we're chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in downtown Belfast. Middle: on an unusually sunny morning in Bangor, three devotees chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Nearby, some school girls waiting for a b
us seem to be enjoying what they're hearing. Middle, below: a motorcyclist in Lurgen talks with a devotee. In a town called either Derry or Londonderry (depending on your point of view), a man told us, "No one comes here anymore\'97they're too afraid." B
elow: the dramas and the chanting were highlights of our festivals. (This one took place at Woodvale Park, on Belfast's Shankhill Road.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: Below: here we are on the Falls Road, in Belfast. A few devotees are giving these children candy and invitation
s to come to a festival in a nearby park. Just when we were preparing to leave and had stopped chanting, some of these same children who'd been so joyous and peaceful started throwing stones. (We came back the next day and put on the festival anyway. The
re were no stones in the park.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: Left and above: not far from Belfast's city hall, "the genie" delights his audience. He'd warn everyone that if
 he didn't get something to do, he'd "kill" the person who had set him free. Many people would follow us around the city to see the play again. A few said, "We haven't seen so many smiles here in a long time." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Life in the Villages... The Way It's Always Been (and probably always will be)
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Life in the villages}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ... \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs40\cf1\nosupersub the way it's always been \line }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub (an
d probably always will be)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photographs by Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa and Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Reportedly someone once asked Gandhi, "What do you think of Western civilization?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He quipped, "I think it would be a good idea."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another time he observed, "The real strength of India [of the age-old Vedic civilization] lies in her villages."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It used to be easy for us New Yorkers and Londoners and Chicagoans and Parisians to shrug off remarks like these. ("What do those people know, anyway?")
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It used to be easy, until people like Dr. Theodore Roszak and E.F. Schumacher (a British economist, no less) pointed to corruption and pollution and started writing
 books like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Where the Wasteland Ends }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Small Is Beautiful\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub telling}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub us what those people knew all along.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The cultivation and expansion of needs," says Schumacher, "is the antithesis of wisdom\'85the antithesis of freedom and peace. Every increase of needs tends to inc
rease one's dependence on outside forces over which one cannot have control, and therefore increases existential fear. Only by a reduction of needs can one promote a genuine reduction in those tensions which are the ultimate cause of strife and war."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The people on these pages make use of simple technology\'97things that really save time and labor. They just don't care for technology that saves you little and ens
laves you a lot. They have enough of everything, but over profit margins and migraine headaches they prefer peace of mind and freedom of soul.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sunset casts a soft glow over sublime architecture (left). In villages we find fields, flowers, lakes, trees, building
s, and pathways that satisfy our yearning for beauty. The boy and his cow (below) and the sage chanting mantras on his beads (left page) remind us what civilization is about. The cow provides milk, butter, yogurt, and cheese, the bull pulls the plow, and
 the man of learning offers wisdom\'97he guides people toward their life's fulfillment. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This man (left) runs only one store (not a chain of them), and he just does what he can to keep it well stocked with g
rapes, mangoes, persimmons, oranges, and other things for his village\'92s people. Mother Nature does the rest (and seems to be doing fairly well). Perhaps this abundance isn't so surprising, since from childhood to old age these people absorb themselves
 in God-conscious culture. The young lad (top) is holding an ektar, a one-stringed gourd instrument. During his lifetime he\'92ll have all kinds of cultural experiences, from drum playing and drawing to study and self-realization. When he\'92s as old as 
the old gentleman (above), his life will still be unfolding. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These people sometimes use simple gadgets; it\'92s just that they don't let the gadgets use }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub them}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . With his spinning wheel (below, left) this man makes raw cotton, wool, or silk into thread. With her handloom (ri
ght) this lady makes thread into fabric. (Here, in fact, she\'92s fashioning a sari. The decorative borders call for exquisite craftsmanship.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, the tailor (below, right) takes the fabric plus his tape measure, pencil, scissors, and needle and thread (ma
ybe a sewing machine, too) and makes you a custom shirt or jacket, or whatever. All this without smokestacks or punch clocks or shutdowns or markups. Things are plain and simple, and peaceful.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This man (right) is an intellectual, though he may or may not be able to tell you about Newtonian physics. He studies 
the ancient Vedic literatures, which answer questions like \'93Who are we really?\'94 \'93Why are we here?\'94 and \'93Where are we going when we leave?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we\'92ve seen, the Vedic civilization (the \'93wisdom civilization\'94) rests upon the cow and bull (rather than th
e slaughterhouse and factory) and upon the real intellectual (the man of wisdom). Here Mr. Schumacher makes a comment: \'93The neglect, indeed the rejection, of wisdom has gone so far that most of our intellectuals have not even the faintest idea what th
e term could mean. As a result, they always tend to try and cure a disease by intensifying its causes. The diseases having been caused by allowing cleverness to displace wisdom, no amount of clever research is likely to produce a \line cure.... Wisdom ca
n be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub found }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub only inside oneself.... We are suffering from a metaphysical disease, and the cure mus
t therefore be metaphysical.'\'92 People like the one pictured here can tell us the cure. They and the Vedic literatures they study recommend chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra and living simply\'97for freedom, peace, and wisdom. 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs28\cf8 The}{\v\f0\fs16\cf8\up14  }{\v\f0\fs28\cf8 Wedding Voyage
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was the eve of Rajoman's wedding day. In joyful anticipation he put on his finest silk turban, tunic, and robes, and then his most precious jeweled ornaments. As
 he rushed to join his father and friends, he heard them calling, "Rajoman! Please hurry! It's getting late and we have a long journey before us! We have to reach Gudara, your bride's village, before morning!" Just then the lad emerged from the house, an
d the group went on their exuberant way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Bengal, India, the scene of our story, there are many rivers. The sacred Ganges floods the plain, reaching out to the sea like a hand grasping with outstretched 
fingers. Approaching one such river at nightfall, Rajoman's party saw some boatmen clustered around a campfire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Ho! Boatmen!" Rajoman's father called out. "Take us to the village of Gudara and you'll earn a week's wages in one night!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The head boatman looked over the well-dressed group and said, "You're going to a wedding?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Certainly! Can't you see how my son has become a great lord today? But tomorrow," the father laughed, "he shall become the slave of the beautiful maiden Opal!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Ha ha! Well, climb aboard, you happy people! We'll get you to Gudara by morning, for we have a fair wind to help us, and strong backs as well!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now the marriage party boarded the simple but sturdy craft. Tired from the evening's walk and lulled by the boatmen's rhythmic rowing, Rajoman and his companions so
on fell asleep.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As soon as the new day dawned, the young bridegroom awoke. But his excitement turned to anger when he raised his head and glanced toward the riverbank.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Look!" he shouted. "We haven't even moved a yard from where we were last night! What do you say, boatman?! Are you playing games with me?! If so, you're in for tro
uble!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now hold on!" the boatman replied. "Don't forget that we've been working hard all night long\'97while you slept. I'm as perplexed about this as you are!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, from the stern of the boat, Rajoman's father cried out, "Look here! I've solved the mystery! All this time the anchor's been sunk into the riverbed!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our human body is like a boat, and the success of our voyage depends on how we use our mind\'97as an anchor, or a rudder. If we keep our mind sunk into self-serving
, we'll stay moored here in this world, lifetime after lifetime. If we keep our mind engaged in serving the Supreme Lord, then we'll have smooth sailing to spiritual enlightenment.
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Calle}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Italia 1957, Ocean Park, Santurce 00911; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Pedro, Costa Rica}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o ISKCON C.3a A.4, Montes de Oca/25\'b744\'b757; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Calle Cayetano Rodriguez No. 36; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sao Paulo, S.P.
, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rua Pandia Calogeras. 84, (Caixa Posta1 4.855), Liberdade / 278-0138; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Turrialba}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Costa Rica}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gopi Bh
umi Dham,  Dulce nombre Tayutic.
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\nosupersub Auckland, New Zealand}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lautoka, Fiji}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 125; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melbourne, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria 3206/ 329-9844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sydney, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'9750 Buckingham St., Surry Hills, NSW 2010/698-9141.
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\cb1\nosupersub Baltimore, Maryland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97200 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville 21228/ (301) 788-6783; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Be
rkeley, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonwealth Ave. 02116/ (617) 247-7300; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Charlotte, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'971824 E. 7th St., 28204 / (704)596-5151; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chicago, lllinois}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971014 Emerson St.
, Evanston 60201/ (312) 491-0844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cleveland 44112/ (216)
 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975430 Gurley Ave. 75223/ (214) 827-6330; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Lenox 48215/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesville, Florida}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 S.W. Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9751 Coelho Way 96817/ (808) 595-3947; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 528-9004; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy, 92651/ 
(714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972600 Demetrius, Las Vegas 89101/ (702)642-0968; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Minneapolis, Minnesota}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97216 Ridgewood Ave. 55403 / (612)874-8780; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Blvd. Que. H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 10019/ (212) 765-8610; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97224 Besserer St.
, Ont/ (613) 236-9091; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. Woodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 S.E. Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o ISKCON, New York; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis,
 Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Diego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973300 Third Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 329-9348; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Ave
nue Rd., Ont. M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971774 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V6
J 2M1 / (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D. C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710310 Oaklyn Rd., Potomac, Maryland 20854/ (301) 299
-2100.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON FARMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Buffalo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601
) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Costa Rica, South America (New Viraj\'e4)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Dulce Nombre Tayutic Turrialba, Costa Ri
ca, Central America (Contact ISKCON Costa Rica.); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delaplane, Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 1. Box 22, 22025/
 (703) 364-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dixon, Missouri (New Godruma)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Box 81 Tavern Route, Dixon, Missouri 65459 / (3
14) 422-3966; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay-Le-Male, 36600 Valency Chateau d'Oublaise; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 8EP/ Radlett 7244; }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moundsville,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub West Virginia (New Vrindaban)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mulberry Tennesse (Murari Sevak)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No. 1, Box 146-A 37359/ (615)75901058; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Petropolis, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Rio de Janeiro); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 1
7082/ (717) 527-2493.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Read these books     
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 What to do this Sunday?    
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What to do this Sunday?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#1
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
12 No. 3-4, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ART: A RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL SPIRIT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub MEDITATION: WHY AND HOW TO DO IT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE SPIRITUAL REAWAKENING: 1966 REVISITED
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Book that Started It All      v12#3-4    
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Yoga and Meditation:\line The Bo
ok that Started It All
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97it was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence which in another age and climate had 
pondered and thus disposed of the same questions which exercise us.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Ralph Waldo Emerson, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Journals}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. The largest-selling, most widely-used edition
 ofthe }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the Western world (more than two and one-half million copies in print). 330 
pages, 55 full-color illustrations. Hardbound: $5.95. Softbound: $2.95. To order your copy please see inside back cover. 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Chant and be happy
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be happy. . .
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v11#12
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#3-4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Govinda d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITOR}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa, Navayauvana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa \line }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub STAFF WRITERS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Drutakarma d\'e4sa, Nalin\'e9-kantha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTISTS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Ananda d\'e4sa, R\'e4dh\'e4-Gop\'e9n\'e4tha
 d\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Indrapramada d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa, M
ural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Drgh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa, Yadubara d\'e4sa, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gad\'e4graja d\'e4sa, Madhus\'fcdana d\'e4sa, 
Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa, Bhakta Michael Cody, Bhakta Steve Podlewski, Bhakta Larry Tremaine
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Candan\'e4c\'e4rya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gop\'e9par\'e4\'ebadhana d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9k\'e4nta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v12#3-4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " I don't care if I'm a 'great artist' or not," says John Swindler (Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa). "I just want my art to point toward t
he mysteries and the beauties of the truth, that's all. Whether it comes into the context of being great or famous, that doesn't matter so much. If I feel that it evokes the desire to understand something higher and to appreciate a higher beauty, that's 
what I care about\'97because that's the experience I have with it, and that's the experience I would like to share. And if it becomes 'great,' fine; if it doesn't, fine. That doesn't matter, as long as I can somehow point toward that higher direction." S
ee interview on page 25. Photograph by Charles Payne (Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Treasury of Timeless Wisdom
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A TREASURY OF TIMELESS WISDOM
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da on the Vedic Literature of Ancient India.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On matter and spirit...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everything that exists is a product of matter and spirit. Spirit is the basic field of creation, and matter is created by spirit.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the nature of the soul \'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The individual particle of spirit soul is a spiritual atom smaller than the material atoms, and such atoms are innumerable. This very small spiritual spark is the b
asic principle of the material body, and the influence of such a spiritual spark is spread all over the body as the influence of the active principle of some medicine spreads throughout the body. This current of the spirit soul is felt all over the body 
as consciousness, and that is the proof of the presence of the soul.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On matter, spirit, and transmigration of the soul...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no endurance of the changing body. That the body is changing every moment by the actions and reactions of the different cells is admitted by modern medical
 science; and thus growth and old age are taking place in the body. But the spirit soul exists permanently, remaining the same despite all changes of the body and the mind. That is the difference between matter and spirit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This individual soul finally leaves the body at death and transmigrates to another body\'85 The living being is eternal by nature, but due to his bondage in the mat
erial existence he has to change his body from one to another. This process is called transmigration of the soul.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On self-realization...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The basic principle of self-realization is knowledge that the living entity is not this material body but that he is different from it and that his happiness is in 
eternal life, bliss, and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On regaining our spiritual identity \'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One should always remember that as long as he has a material body, he must face the miseries of repeated birth, death, old age, and disease. There is no use in maki
ng plans to get rid of these miseries of the material body. The best thing is to find out the means by which one may regain his spiritual identity.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the soul's need for freedom ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The self [soul] is beyond the gross body and subtle mind. He is the potent active principle of the body and mind. Without knowing the need of the dormant soul, one 
cannot be happy simply with emolument of the body and mind. The body and the mind are but superfluous outer coverings of the spirit soul. The spirit soul's needs must be fulfilled. Simply by cleansing the cage of the bird, one does not satisfy the bird. 
One must actually know the needs of the bird himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The need of the spirit soul is that he wants to get out of the limited sphere of material bondage and fulfill his desire for complete freedom. He wants to get out o
f the covered walls of the greater universe. He wants to see the free light and the spirit. That complete freedom is achieved when he meets the complete spirit, the Personality of Godhead. \'85The hankering soul must be satisfied by the perfect scientifi
c process of perfect devotional service.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On diseased life vs. healthy life ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Material existence of the living being is a diseased condition of actual life. Actual life is spiritual existence, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub existence, where life is eternal, blissful, and full of knowledge. Material existence is temporary, illusory, and full of mis
eries. There is no happiness at all. There is just the futile attempt to get rid of the miseries, and temporary cessation of misery is falsely called happiness. Therefore, the path of progressive material enjoyment, which is temporary, miserable, and ill
usory, is inferior. But devotional service of the Supreme Lord, which leads one to eternal, blissful, and all-cognizant life, is called the superior quality of occupation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On breaking the chains of karma...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since time immemorial each living entity has accumulated the various reactions of his good and bad work. As such, he is continuously ignorant of his real constituti
onal position. One's ignorance can be removed by the instruction of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whic
h teaches one to surrender unto Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in all respects and become liberated from the chained victimization of action, birth after birth.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the purpose of human life ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life is especially meant for self-realization. That is to say, man should come to know what he is, what the world is, and what the Supreme Truth is.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On overcoming ignorance and attaining peace ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ignorance is the cause of our bondage, and knowledge is the cause of our liberation. This knowledge is the mature fruit of devotional service, and when one is situa
ted in transcendental knowledge, he need not search for peace elsewhere, for he enjoys peace within himself.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the need for a bona fide spiritual master. .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The path of spiritual realization is undoubtedly difficult. The Lord therefore advises us to approach a bona fide spiritual master in the line of disciplic successi
on from the Lord Himself. No one can be a bona fide spiritual master without following this principle of disciplic succession, The Lord is the original spiritual master, and a person in the disciplic succession can convey the message of the Lord as it is
 to the disciple\'85 Such a spiritual master should be accepted in full surrender, and one should serve the spiritual master like a menial servant, without false prestige. Satisfaction of the self-realized spiritual master is the secret of advancement in
 spiritual life. [And] inquiries and submission constitute the proper combination for spiritual understanding\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The result of receiving knowledge from a self-realized soul, or one who knows things as they are, is learning that all living beings are parts and parcels of the Su
preme Personality of Godhead, Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'85 The living entities, as separate parts and parcels of the Supreme, have a purpose to fulfill. Having forgotten that purpose since time immemorial they are situated in different bodies as men
, animals, demigods, etc. Such bodily differences arise from forgetfulness of the transcendental service of the Lord. But when one is engaged in transcendental service through K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one becomes at once liberated from this illusion
.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the futility of material life\'97and the way out...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Owing to ignorance, one does not know that this material world is a miserable place where there are dangers at every step. Out of ignorance only, less intelligent p
ersons try to adjust to the situation by fruitive activities, thinking that resultant actions will make them happy. They do not know that no kind of material body anywhere within the universe can give life without miseries. The miseries of life\'97namely
 birth, death, old age, and diseases\'97are present everywhere within the material world. But one who understands his real constitutional position as the eternal servitor of the Lord, and thus knows the position of the Personality of Godhead, engages him
self in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Consequently, he becomes qualified to enter into the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha planets, where there is neither material, miserable life, nor the influence of time and death.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On getting out of the material entanglement\'97permanently ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living being is in the state of forgetfulness of his relationship with God due to his being overly attracted to material sense gratification from time immemoria
l. His struggle for existence in the material world is perpetual, and it is not possible for him to get out of it by making plans. If he at all wants to conquer this perpetual struggle for existence, he must reestablish his eternal relation with God. And
 one who wants to adopt such remedial measures must take shelter of literature such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas\'85 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the spotless }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and it is especially meant for those who are desirous to get out of the material entanglement permanently
.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the power of God's name ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is as powerful as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. There is no difference at all. Anyone, therefore, can take advantage of the holy names of 
Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba even in the midst of greatest dangers. The transcendental name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, even though uttered unconsciously or by force of circumstances, can help one attain freedom from the hurdle of birth and death.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On making our life complete ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The completeness of human life can be realized only when the human form of life is engaged in the service of the complete whole\'85 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the complete w
hole, and everything else is his part and parcel. The relation is one of the servant and the served, and it is transcendental and is completely distinguished from our experience in material existence. This relation of servant and the served is the most c
ongenial form of intimacy. One can realize it as devotional service progresses. Everyone should engage himself in that transcendental loving service of the Lord, even in the present conditional state of material existence. That will gradually give one th
e clue to actual life and please him to complete satisfaction.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On faith and knowledge ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Men without faith in God and His revealed word find no good in this world, nor in the next. For them there is no happiness whatsoever. One should therefore follow t
he principles of revealed scriptures with faith and thereby be raised to the platform of knowledge. Only this knowledge will help one become promoted to the transcendental platform of spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the state of the world...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this age, men are not only victims of different political creeds and parties, but also of many different types of sense-gratificatory diversions, namely cinemas,
 sports, gambling, clubs, mundane libraries, bad associations, smoking, drinking, cheating, pilfering, bickerings, and so on. Their minds are always disturbed and full of anxieties due to so many different engagements. In this age, many unscrupulous men 
manufacture their own religious faiths, which are not based on any revealed scriptures, and very often people who are addicted to sense gratification are attracted by such institutions. Consequently, in the name of religion so many sinful acts are being 
carried on, and the people in general have neither peace of mind nor health of body.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On waking up to our relationship with the Supreme...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By pouring water on the root of a tree, all the parts of the tree are automatically nourished. Only those branches and leaves which are detached cannot be so satisf
ied. Detached branches and leaves dry up gradually, despite all watering attempts. Similarly, human society, when it is detached from the Personality of Godhead like detached branches and leaves, is not capable of being improved, and one attempting to do
 so is simply wasting his energy and resources.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The modern materialistic society is detached from its relation with the Supreme Lord. And all its plans which are being made by atheistic leaders are sure to be baf
fled in every step. Yet they do not wake up to this. In this age, the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord is the prescribed method for waking up.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On spiritual education ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Modern civilization is a patchwork of activities meant to cover the perpetual miseries of material existence. Such activities are targeted toward sense gratificatio
n, but above the senses there is the mind, and above the mind there is the intelligence, and above the intelligence there is the soul. Therefore, the aim of education should be self-realization, realization of the spiritual values of the soul.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the dangerous age we live in ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The age of Kali is very dangerous for the human being. Human life is simply meant for self-realization, but due to this dangerous age, men have completely forgotten
 the aim of life\'85 Out of madness they frankly say that there is no need for self-realization because they do not realize that this brief life is but a moment on our great journey toward self-realization. The whole system of education is geared toward 
sense gratification, and if a learned man thinks it over, he sees that the children of this age are being intentionally sent to the slaughterhouses of so-called education.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the responsibility of the world's leaders...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Human life is meant for cultivation of spiritual knowledge, in eternal relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the executive heads of all states a
nd all planets are obliged to impart this lesson to the citizens by education, culture, and devotion. In other words, the executive heads of all states are intended to spread the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness so that the people may take advanta
ge of this great science and pursue a successful path, utilizing the opportunity of the human form of life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On a simple way to bring about world peace and friendship ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Who is there, desiring deliverance from the vices of the Age of Kali [the present age of quarrel and hypocrisy], who is not willing to hear the glories of the Lord
?" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.1.16}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The leaders of the people are very much anxious to live in peace and friendship, but they have no information of the simple method of hearing the glories of the Lor
d. On the contrary, such leaders are opposed to the propagation of the glories of the Lord. In the name of a secular state, such leaders are enacting various plans every year. But by the insurmountable intricacies of the material nature of the Lord, all 
these plans for progress are being constantly frustrated. They have no eyes to see that their attempts at peace and friendship are failing. But here is the hint to get over the hurdle. If we want actual peace, we must open the road to understand the Supr
eme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and glorify Him for His virtuous activities as they are depicted in the pages of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On finding the center of enjoyment \'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here in the material world there is always a clash between different individual beings, because here the center of enjoyment is missed. The center of enjoyment is t
he Supreme Lord, who is the center of the sublime and spiritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dance. We are all meant for 
joining him, for enjoying life with one transcendental interest and without any clash. That is the high platform of spiritual interest, and as soon as such a perfect form of oneness is realized, there can be no question of illusion or lamentation.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On perfecting the human condition...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Personality of Godhead expanded himself into many for His ever-increasing spiritual bliss, and the living entities are parts and parcels of this spiritu
al bliss. They also have partial independence, but by misuse of their independence, when the service attitude is transformed into the propensity for sense enjoyment, they come under the sway of lust\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lust is only the perverted reflection of the love of God which is natural for every living entity. But if one is educated in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness from the v
ery beginning, that natural love of God cannot deteriorate into lust. When love of God deteriorates into lust, it is very difficult to return to the normal condition. Nonetheless, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is so powerful that even a late beginner can 
become a lover of God by following the regulative principles of devotional service.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, from any stage of life, or from the time of understanding its urgency, one can begin regulating the senses in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, devotional service o
f the Lord, and turn the lust into love of Godhead\'97the highest perfectional stage of human life.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On attaining universal love ... 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The basic principle of the living condition is that we have a general propensity to love someone. No one can live without loving someone else. This propensity is pr
esent in every living being. Even an animal like a tiger has this loving propensity, at least in a dormant stage, and it is certainly present in the human beings. The missing point, however, is where to repose our love so that everyone can become happy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the present moment the human society teaches one to love his country or family or his personal self, but there is no information where to repose the loving prope
nsity so that everyone can become happy. That missing point is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness teaches us how to stimulate our original love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and how to be situated in that position where we can enjoy ou
r blissful life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the primary stage a child loves his parents, then his brothers and sisters, and as he daily grows up he begins to love his family, society, community, country, n
ation, or even the whole human society. But the loving propensity is not satisfied even by loving all human society; that loving propensity remains imperfectly fulfilled until we know who is the Supreme Beloved. Our love can be fully satisfied only when 
it is reposed in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This theme is the sum and substance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which teaches us how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba in five different transcendental mellows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our loving propensity expands just as a vibration of light or air expands, but we do not know where it ends. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the science of loving e
veryone of the living entities perfectly by the easy method of loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We have failed to create peace and harmony in human society, even by such great attempts as the United Nations, because we do not know the right method. The method is v
ery simple, but one has to understand it with a cool head. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness teaches all men how to perform the simple and natural method of loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If we learn how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the
n it is very easy to immediately and simultaneously love every living being.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is like pouring water on the root of a tree or supplying food to one's stomach. The method of pouring water on the root of a tree or supplying foodstuffs to the 
stomach is universally scientific and practical, as every one of us has experienced. Everyone knows well that when we eat something, or in other words when we put foodstuffs in the stomach, the energy created by such action is immediately distributed thr
oughout the whole body. Similarly, when we pour water on the root, the energy thus created is immediately distributed throughout the entirety of even the largest tree. It is not possible to water the tree part by part, nor is it possible to feed the vari
ous parts of the body separately. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness will teach us how to turn the one switch that will immediately brighten everything, everywhere. One who does not know this method is missing the point of life.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p4-5: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jan Steward
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p6: "Out of madness people frankly say that there is no need for self-realization, because they do not realize that 
this brief life is but a moment on our great journey toward self-realization."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p7: "At the present moment the human society teaches one to love his country or family or his personal self, but the
re is no information where to repose the loving propensity so that everyone can become happy."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Best of Both Worlds...
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Best of Both Worlds...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Why have you come here?" they asked him. "Your America is so wealthy\'97why have you come here?" Yes, why had twenty-five-year-old Tracy Ladd adopted an ancient In
dian life-style and ventured to the Southern Indian city of Hyderabad?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Says Ladd, "When people would come up to me on the street and ask me what I was doing here, why I'd left my rich country, I'd try to explain that I felt their count
ry was rich in another way\'97rich in spiritual heritage. But still I felt a lot of people didn't understand. They wanted so much to take after the American culture\'97they couldn't understand why an American would want to take after their culture."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One Hyderabad resident who could understand was G. Pulla Reddy, whose confectionery business had given him occasion to travel and see the West's spiritual bankruptc
y for himself. When Ladd (\'c7r\'e9kara d\'e4sa) and some other K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious devotees told Mr. Reddy that they had come to build a temple and help the people remember their spiritual culture, he offered them a piece of choice land right in th
e heart of the city.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "So," Ladd says, "we started organizing the project right away. Mr. G.V. Reddy, the Minister of Town Planning, did the design for the building, and many other peopl
e offered their skills, too. Ornamental craftsmen came all the way from Madras to do detailed work on the columns, archways, domes, and so forth. Even the little children helped out. Some of them served out lunch [from the temple's temporary kitchen] to 
the hundreds of people who came each day."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the temple opened last summer, J. Vengal Rao, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (India's fifth-largest state), and seven other state ministers gave deep thanks 
to the American devotees and their spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. (The center continues to offer daily seminars on the Vedic literatures and to distribute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , spiritual food, to all who come. And at nearby colleges, factories, and business centers, the devotees hold seminars on practical spiritua
l living, including mantra meditation.) Chief Minister Rao remarked, "History is in reverse. Once, Indians tried to follow Western ways, but now the people of these countries are looking to India for spiritual direction. Thank you for reminding us of our
 culture."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To make clear what was happening, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told the State Ministers a little story. "Once there were two men," he said. "One was blind, and the oth
er was lame. What could either one do alone? Both were useless. But when they combined together, everything was all right. The blind man could walk, so he took the lame man on his back. And the lame man could see, so he gave the blind man directions\'97'
Go this way\'85' In that way both men got their work done very nicely.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now, I say that India is lame\'97it has no wealth\'97and America is blind\'97it has no spiritual culture. Let us combine together. Then we can give benefit to the 
whole human society."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p9: Far left: lavishly decorated elephant leads procession marking opening of ISKCON's Hyderabad Temple. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next right: at the temple's opening, the Chief Minister said, "History is in reverse. Once, Indians tried to follow Wester
n ways, but now the people of these countries are looking to India for spiritual direction." Tall Tracy Ladd stands in the back, next to staff-carrying Ya\'e7od}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nandana Swami. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left: the main dome of the new temple that the Americans and Indians built together.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above: as soon as the American devotees started organizing the project, the Minister of Town Planning did the design for t
he building, and ornamental craftsmen did detailed work on the columns, archways, and domes. \line Left: especially endearing to all who visit the temple are the Deities, Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and His consort }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mat}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left: a God-conscious festival. Said }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9l}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , "India is lame\'97it has no wealth\'97and America is blind\'97it has no spiritual direction. Let us combine together. Then we can give benefit to the whole human society."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Matchless Gifts 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Matchless Gifts 
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Howard Wheeler (Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I walked around the corner with him, and he pointed out a small storefront building between First and Second Streets, ne
xtdoor to a Mobil filling station. It had been a curiosity shop, and someone had painted }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Matchless Gifts}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  over the window. At the time I didn't realize how prophetic the words were.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I first met my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, I felt that there was never a time when I did not know him. I never t
ire of telling of my first meeting with him }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the streets of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lower }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub East Side New York. At the time, I was hurrying from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub my }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mott Street apartment, which had become }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub refuge }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub psychedeliacs, to a much quieter apartment on
 Fifth Street where I hoped to get some peace. I was walking down Houston Street and across Bowery, past the rushing traffic and stumbling derelicts, and after crossing Bowery, just before Second Avenue, I saw His Divine Grace jauntily strolling down the
 sidewalk, his head high }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the air, his hand in a beadbag. He struck me like a famous actor in 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub very familiar movie. He seemed ageless, though later }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub found out that he was seventy years old. He }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub wearing the traditional saffron-colored }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub robes }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the renounced order, and quaint white shoes with points. Coming down Houston Street, he looked like the genie that popped out of Aladdin's lamp. I was fresh from a trip to India, and His Divine Grace reminded me of the many ho
ly men I had recently seen walking the dirt roads of Hardwar and Hrishikesh and bathing in the Ganges. I had gone to India to look for a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  but had returned disappointed. It was on this bright July morning, when I was least expecting it, that \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, out of His infinite mercy, sent }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to me. The old Vedic adage\'97by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba you get }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and by the grace of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  you get K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97was justified. Afterwards, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da (as we were later to call him) often told me, "If you are sincere, you don't have to search out your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba will send him." So amid the hot clang and clamor of Houston and Bowery, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  had found me out.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We stopped simultaneously, and I asked the first question that popped into my mind\'97"Are you from India?"\'97and he smiled cordially. "Oh, yes, and you?" I told h
im no, but that I had just returned from India and that I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub very interested in his country and
 Hindu philosophy. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub then told me that he had come }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Calcutta and had been in New York almost ten months. His eyes were as fresh and as cordial as a child's, and even standing before 
the trucks that roared and bumbled their way }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub down }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Houston Street, he emanated a cool tranquility
 that was unshakably estab}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lished in something far beyond the great metropolis that roared around us. He answered all my questions readily, as though speaking a dialogue he was
 well acquainted with. I told him about my India trip briefly, and he asked me if I had been to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. "I didn't get a chance to," I told him. "I got sick on the food and had to leave."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then informed me that he had a place around the corner where he was planning to hold some classes and that he had been wondering whether or not it was suitable. 
I walked around the corner with him, and he pointed out a small storefront building between First and Second Streets, next door to a Mobil filling station. It had been a curiosity shop, and someone had painted the words "Matchless Gifts" over the window.
 At the time I didn't realize how prophetic the words were. "This is a good area?" he asked me. I told him that I thought it was. I had no idea what he was going to offer in his "classes," but I knew that all my friends would be glad that an Indian swami
 was moving into the neighborhood. For the past two or three years, like so many downtown New Yorkers in their twenties, we had been reading books on Eastern philosophy and religion, burning lots of candles and incense and taking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ga\'efj\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peyote and LSD as aids to meditation. Actually it was more intoxication than meditation; meditation was a 
euphemism that somehow connected our highs with our readings. "I would like to hear your lectures," I told him, after reassuring him that the storefront was suitable. I noticed a placard in the window that read: "Lectures on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami. Mon. Wed. Fri. 7-9."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You will bring your friends?" he asked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes," I promised. "Monday evening."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I forget the rest of the conversation, but I do remember afterwards telling everyone I knew about the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who had inexplicably appeared in our midst.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I attended the first meeting in the little storefront with two of my friends who were later to be initiated as K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda and Um\'e4pati. I was surprised to
 see half a dozen people there. The storefront was narrow and squalid. There was no rug on the wooden floors and no decorations save one painting in the window of Lord Caitanya dancing with His disciples. Years later I was to find out that this was paint
ed by an artist who had been given a small picture by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to use as a model for a larger canvas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The only additions to the plain storefront were little straw mats for sitting. At the rear were two windows, a bathroom door and an unattractive sink. In the middle
 of the room a bare light bulb hung from a cord. Um\'e4pati, K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda and I sat in the middle of the room and looked around at a half dozen other young men who, like us, didn't know what to expect. We sat quietly and waited for about five minut
es. Then the door opened and out came His Divine Grace. He deftly slid the white pointed shoes off his feet, sat down on one of the straw mats and looked out at his new audience. When he saw me he smiled. "You have brought your friends?" I said, "Yes." "
Very good," he said and took out a pair of cymbals. He started to play them and sing, " }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vande 'ham" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and then Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. He indicated that we were to answer the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and slowly, awkwardly
 at first, we tried to follow. There were no other instruments\'97only the clanging of three pairs of cymbals. Eventually we started clapping, but no one got up to dance. I noticed that about a dozen people had gathered outside the window to watch. \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da finally brought the chanting to a close and recited a prayer. Nobody bowed. Nobody knew what to do. We all simply sat in anticipation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then he began his lecture, using }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub recall that in those early lectures he spoke m
ainly in terms of Absolute Truth to better communicate with us. No one had the slightest idea what "K\'e5\'f1\'eba" meant. I had read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before, and so had my friends, but to us K\'e5\'f1\'eba, at most, was just a literary personification of the Divine, a characterization of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya's Self. At that first meeting I had some 
difficulty understanding what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, but his words nonetheless moved me, and I was interested to hear more. I noticed that my friends were also listening attentively, and most of the others seemed to show respect. Then, incredibl
y, midway through the lecture, an old white-haired begrizzled Bowery bum entered the storefront and walked right through the middle of the room, past all of us who sat in shocked silence, and on up towards \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who sat beneath the b
ack windows. I didn't know what he was about to do, but I noticed that he was carrying a package of paper hand-towels and a couple of rolls of toilet paper. He didn't say a word, but walked right past \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and carefully placed the ha
nd-towels by the sink and the toilet paper on the floor under the sink. Then, clearing his throat and saying something incoherent, he turned around and walked out. No one knew what to say and no one knew whether or not \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had been 
insulted.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Just see," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da suddenly said. "He has just begun his devotional service. That is the process. Whatever we have\'97it doesn't matter what\'97w
e must offer it for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He then concluded his lecture and led another chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The first chanting lasted forty-five minutes, his lecture lasted at least an hour, an
d the second chanting lasted around thirty minutes. A couple of people left after the lecture. Americans are simply not accustomed to sitting on the floor for over two hours. After the second }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sliced up an apple and passed it to us on a plate. While this was being distributed, he went out the side door and return
ed to his apartment in the rear building. I noticed a basket on the front mat in which some people had put a little money. I contributed fifty cents, and then my friends and I left. On our way out one of the boys told us that the next meeting would be We
dnesday at seven o'clock but that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would also welcome people in his rear apartment during the day.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We attended the next meeting Wednesday night. It followed the same format as the first. After the last }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub went up to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and began to question him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Have you ever heard of LSD?" I asked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No," he said.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It's a psychedelic drug that comes like a pill, and if you take it you can get religious ecstasies. Do you think that that can help my spiritual life?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You don't need to take anything for your spiritual life," he told me. "Your spiritual life is already here."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I agreed with him immediately, although I would have never agreed with anyone else who would have said such a thing. I agreed mainly because he seemed so absolutely
 positive that there was no question of not agreeing. "Yes, my spiritual life is here," I thought to myself. I knew that he was in a state of exalted consciousness, and I was hoping that somehow he could teach the process to me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next morning I went around to his apartment to see him alone. He welcomed me in and told me that he needed help in spreading this philosophy. I noticed that he 
was typing, and I asked if I could be of any help there. I was a very good typist, and not knowing any other way to help, offered my services. He handed me the first chapter of the Second Canto of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and asked if I could type it out. I set up a typewriter in his room and began to work.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I typed most of the morning and then told him that if there was any more typing he needed done, to let me know, that I would be glad to take it home. "Oh, I. have l
ots more," he said, opening his closet door and pulling out two huge bundles of paper tied with saffron cloth. There were thousands of pages in the bundles. I was astounded. It looked like a lifetime of typing.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Early Morning Meetings
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next week, which was the first week in a sultry New York August, a time when the air hangs so hot and heavy that it obscures the tops of buildings with a yellow
 mist, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da received a box of handbills which had been donated by a friend. There must have been five thousand of them, and they read: "Practice the transcendental sound vibration Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. This chanting will cleanse the dust from the mirror of the mind." Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's name was given and the name of the International Society for Krish
na. Consciousness, 26 Second Avenue, and the times of the meetings\'977:00 A.M. daily and 7:00 P.M. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At the bottom of the sheet was the invitation: "You are cordially invited to come and bring your friends." "There they are,"
 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told us. "Now you simply have to distribute." I took a handful of the bills. "You think they're all right?" he asked me. I told him I thought they were fine. "We will call our society ISKCON," he then told us, smiling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "What's that?" I asked. "I-S-K-C-O-N," he spelled the letters out. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "ISKCON\'97International Society for Krishna Consciousness." Then he laughed. He was obviously having fun. It was also in early August that we began attending the e
arly morning meetings. None of us had ever gotten up before ten or eleven in the morning, but the magnetism of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da drew us out of our dark Mott Street dens at 6:30 and down from fifth floor apartments into deserted Lower East Side s
treets. I would walk briskly over to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and feeling better than ever before. Miraculously the Lower East Side no longer looked drab. The sidewalks and buildings seemed to sparkle, and in the early mo
rning, before the smog set in, the sky was red and golden. I would sing all the way to his front foyer then ring the buzzer marked A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, and the door would buzz and open, and I would go through the hallway on through the small patio b
etween the back apartment and the storefront and up to his small second floor apartment, tip-toeing quietly in order not to awaken the neighbors.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those early morning meetings were the most beautiful and most intimate. "Softly," he would say, just lightly touching the cymbals together, and we would barely touc
h our hands to clap. He would chant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub loka}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with his eyes c
losed and sit in the rays of sun that streamed through the windows in the early morning. We would listen, entranced, then join in response to Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Afterwards he would give a copy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to one of us and would have us read the Sanskrit transliterations, correcting our mispronunciations, and then the text. Then he wo
uld begin to explain each verse thoroughly. There were only six or eight of us at these meetings, so we had ample opportunity to discuss the philosophy with him. Actually, by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy, I had nothing else to do. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub had returned from India with practicall
y no money, and though I hadn't worked for over a year, I wasn't even interested in looking for a job. I did have a feeling, however, that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was a key to a larger consciousness of which I could somehow partake. I desperately wanted a teacher to lead me into a world which I knew existed and which I felt was very near to me, yet
 somehow could not reach.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Divine Intoxication
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Shortly after we distributed the handbills, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da informed us that he would like to go out into one of the parks to chant. This surprised us all
, and after conferring we decided that Washington Square was the best place. It was on a Sunday, when Washington Square is most crowded, that we followed \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da down the side streets of the Lower East Side to the park. There must have 
been about ten of us then, and I remember the stares \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's saffron robe, beadbag and pointed white shoes received. It was almost like following a Martian down the street. Somehow he floated through it all, seemingly unaware of the s
tares, comments and general sensation he was creating.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We walked through the Sunday crowds of Washington Square, and finally \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da chose a place to sit down on the grass next to teenagers who were ki
ssing and playing bongo drums. There was a sign that said "Keep Off the Grass," but everyone ignored it. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da pulled up his robes and sat comfortably and solidly upon the ground, and we followed suit self-consciously. He played a pai
r of cymbals and led us chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. By that time one of us had acquired a small drum and managed to follow \'c7r\'e9l
a Prabhup\'e4da's rhythm. We chanted about three minutes and immediately a crowd gathered around us. I remember one sailor who listened for a few seconds then threw his cigarette to the ground and huffed, "What the hell is this?" Very quickly the police 
swooped down on us, and one of the policemen asked who was in charge of our group. We could only indicate \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. The policeman turned to him and said, "Don't you see the sign?" \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da looked again at the "Keep Off t
he Grass" sign, then smiled charmingly and walked down onto the asphalt. We followed him and asked if he wanted someone to run back to the temple to get a rug, but he said "No," and once more sat down firmly, this time on the hot asphalt, and we sat in a
 circle around him. We chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba for about thirty minutes, and the crowd thickened. No one joined in the chant. They were all perplexed. It was the first time that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub had been held before the public in America. After the chanting, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told me to read his preface to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to the people who had assembled. I remember reading the passage:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Disparity in the human society is due to the basic principle of a godless civilization. There is God or the Almighty One from whom everything emanates and by whom 
everything is merged to rest. The material scientist is trying to find out the ultimate source of creation very insufficiently, but it is a fact that there is one ultimate source of everything that be. This ultimate source is explained rationally and aut
horitatively in the beautiful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When reading this passage, I did not recognize my own voice, for it seemed to me that a larger voice was speaking through me. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which was the first that any of us had ever attended in public, had a strangely exhilarating effect on us all. We 
felt divinely intoxicated, and I marveled at the unusual power of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub when chanted publicl
y. Actually Lord Caitanya specifically recommended }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or the public chanting of Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba amidst many people, for this age of chaos (Kali).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub we asked \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da whether he thought our public performance successful. He was so happy with it that he requested that we go out every afternoon and chant in the streets and parks. Following his request, about six or eigh
t of us would walk around the Village in the afternoon and even up and down the narrow streets of Chinatown, playing a bongo drum and cymbals and chanting the magic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must have looked pretty ragged, and I'm sure we didn't make much of an impression, but there was lots of spirit. Despite our bumbling selves, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had la
unched Lord Caitanya's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement in the Western world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12: His cool tranquility was established in something far beyond the metropolis ....
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p13: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da requested that we chant in the streets and parks. Here, he shows us how. I'm behind and 
to his right, clapping.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Transcendental Sounds
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Transcendental Sounds
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#10
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v12#3-4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 10 T
EXT 11-12 TRANSLATION\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 10 TEXT 28
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Orphaned By Mother Nature?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ORPHANED BY MOTHER NATURE?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f27\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub TODAY'S LECTURE\line 'MAN, MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE'\line HAS BEEN CANCELLED BECAUSE \line OF THE NATURAL GAS SHORTAGE
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Auth in Philadelphia Inquirer
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ORPHANED BY MOTHER NATURE?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Can we discern any pattern in the recent earthquakes, bitter cold, and scarcities of water, petroleum, and natural gas?
 Perhaps Mother Nature is telling us a little secret about our obligations to God. Five thousand years ago, Queen Kunt\'e9 said it well, as she spoke to the Supreme Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba ....
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub CANTO 1, CHAPTER 8, TEXT 40\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (From }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Translation and Commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Sw
ami Prabhupada)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village    v12#3-4
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 India\'92s}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  \'93Nightingale\'94 Sings for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lata Mangeshkar, the world's most prolific recording artist (with more than twenty thousand songs to her credit), recently went on a rare concert tour of North Amer
ica.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Known as "the nightingale of India," the humble Miss Mangeshkar has won the Padma Bushan, India's highest national award, and so many "Filmfare" awards (her country
's equivalent of the Oscar) that she's had to declare herself ineligible for more. Time magazine called her "the indisputable and indispensable queen of India's playback singers."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When she went on stage last January 30 at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium, Miss Mangeshkar told her audience, "I'm giving this concert as a benefit program for the I
nternational Society for Krishna Consciousness. The proceeds are going to a cultural theater they're building in Bombay." She then captivated her fans with a three-hour concert beginning with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and going on to the popular songs that have made her India's most famous vocalist.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I began singing at age five," she said after the concert. "My father taught }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub me }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our classical music\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4gas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I was a child, I learned to sing only for God." And why the ben
efit concert? "My whole family are members of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba society\'85 When I sing for Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba; everything is complete."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 Devotees Delight Indian }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Villagers 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the last few weeks the residents of over forty villages along the holy Yamun\'e4 and Ganges Rivers have been startled\'97and delighted\'97by }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unusual sight: a lively group of ISKCON devotees riding into town }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a bullock cart. Dressed in flowing saffron robes and loudly playing drums and small cymbals, the devotees quickly draw a crowd with 
their enthusiastic chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then liberally distribute free, sanctified food }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (pras\'e4da) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious literature written }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the local language.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da recently requested a few of his disciples to begin this ancient, Vedic method of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (spreading the glories of the Lord), and under the guidance of His Holiness Lokanatha Swami the program is meeting with great success
 in the simple villages of rural India.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Alice Coltrane: A New Album
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just arrived in the stores is a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub new }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub release by Alice Coltrane; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub wife }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the late master saxophonist
 John Coltrane. The current Warner LP, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Nama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sankirtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ("singing the names of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba"), features Arjuna John Coltrane, Jr., on drums and Al
ice (Turiyasangitananda) on keyboards and harp. "The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ," she says about 
one cut, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Maha-mantra\'97Maha: great\'97of all the mantras\'85 It is a liberating }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  because it contains three of the most powerful names of the Supreme."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Religion }{\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 Professor Praises ISKCON
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Is the International Society for Krishna Consciousness a pseudo-religious "cult" or a genuine religious culture? Here's what Dr. George Bond, Assistant Professor of
 Religion at Chicago's Northwestern University, said recently about ISKCON:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Krishna Society represents a Western outgrowth of a living religious movement }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India which goes back over two thousand years. Since my field of study is Eastern religions, I have been interested to observe many of the Eastern religious movements which h
ave arisen }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the U.S. and to compare them with the beliefs and practices of the religions of As
ia, If you make this comparison; you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub find that in every respect the Krishna Society reflect
s the authentic teachings of Hinduism. Their religion centers around the ideas of one of the main Indian holy books, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the book which Mahatma Gandhi read daily }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub his chief 
inspiration. They follow a peaceful philosophy stressing the unity of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub beings and God's love 
for humanity. They have brought this religion, which is followed by millions of Indians, and established it in the West as an alternative and a complement to Western religions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Their books represent translations of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub some }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the most important Hindu scriptures as well as commentaries upon Indian philosophy. These books exemplify the highest ideals of Indian thought. To quote but one }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub opinion }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of these books, Dr. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub John }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub L. Mish, head of the Oriental Division of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub York Public Library, has said, 'The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust editions of famous religious classics of India, with new translations and commentaries, are an important addition to our expanding knowledge of spiritual India.'
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The founder of the Krishna Society, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, stands in the best tradition of Indian religion. Describing this man's writings, Professor J. Bruce L
ong of Cornell University has said, 'A.C. Bhaktivedanta has combined a healthy mixture of the devotion and aesthetic sensitivity of a believer, and the intellectual rigor of a textual scholar.' "
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Why and How to Meditate
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Why and How to Meditate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why is meditation becoming so popular these days? What does a person feel while meditating that is so enjoyable? To answer these questions, psychologist Lawrence Le
 Shan interviewed many meditators. To Le Shan, the comment that best summed up the meditational experience was, "It's like coming home."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Home," of course, is a secure and happy place where we feel that we belong and are loved for being our real selves. Home is filled with relatives and friends who s
upport us. Home protects us from the world's dangers, while allowing us to learn of that very same world's opportunities for our happiness. But today, unfortunately, the feeling of being "at home" is an increasingly rare one.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philosophers, psychologists, and politicians describe our times with words like "anxiety," "despair," "conflict," "hot war," "cold war," and "future shock." Social 
commentators tell us that our society is growing more and more mechanical, impersonal, and unsympathetic to human needs. Even in wealthy and relatively secure countries like the United States, families incessantly move from one neighborhood or apartment 
to another, and if by chance one has physical security, there still remains a pervasive feeling of psychological homelessness. People don't know where, amid society's constant change and crass commercialism, to put their allegiance, where to rest their h
earts. Finally, even the simplest life functions (drinking water, eating, and breathing) can }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub now }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
cause us anxiety because of the threat of pollution.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It's natural for us to want to feel at home. Yet, as we see, our uptight, breakneck-speed civilization fails to give us that homey feeling. In fact, modern civiliza
tion often frightens us, sends our blood pressure soaring, makes our adrenalin flow, and forces us to seek strong relief. Some people fight their fear with drink, drugs, and/or television. Still, this type of relief is temporary, superficial, and hardly 
pleasing. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dull}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ing the awareness of a problem doesn't solve it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In seeking a more permanent and satisfactory solution to these problems, many people (including doctors and psychologists) have now turned towards meditation and ha
ve gotten impressive results. Dr. Daniel Goleman reports that "the ability to handle stress increases with practice in meditation." Scientists are discovering that meditation can significantly improve a person's physical and mental health. Dr. Le Shan no
tes "a greater efficiency and enthusiasm in the everyday life [of meditators]." And meditation achieves all this without any harmful side effects.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What's more, when we read time-tested manuals of meditation (the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 A
s It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for instance), we. find that peace }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mind and relief }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stress are only pleasant by-products asso
ciated with the meditator's attainment of an even higher goal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For one thing, as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub explains, meditation clears away a person's ignorance and unhealthy habits naturally, without harmful repressions, by, allowing him to experience a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub higher pleasure. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For example, people smoke cigarettes and indulge in alcohol and drugs because they derive a certain pleasure from them. However, during the practi
ce of meditation, the meditator gradually experiences greater and greater degrees of an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub internal }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
pleasure that supplants his desire for unhealthy substances. This same principle works to remedy harmful psychological reactions like anxiety, stress, or unwarranted anger. Meditation permits the individual to contact the healthy psychological tendencies
 already existing within himself. This experience of health is so intrinsically rewarding that the meditator naturally begins to gravitate towards these healthy tendencies in everyday life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The source of this higher pleasure experienced in meditation is an unfettered and enlightened }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub self. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that this enlightened state "is characterized by one's ability to see the self by the pure mind and to relish and rejoice }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the self." The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub also explains that when a meditator links his individual consciousness in a loving, reciprocal relationship with the Supreme Being (God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba), the experience of enlightenment develops to its highest potential and be
comes permanent. "Being situated in such a position,'' says the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , "one is never shaken,
 even in the midst of the greatest difficulty. This indeed is actual freedom from all miseries\'85"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While moving towards this goal, the meditator literally has the feeling of "going back home," as His Divine Grace A. C, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da describes 
it. "Home," in this context, means that the individual realizes his true identity and is able to act on it. Meditation, then, not only relieves distress, but also promotes the fullest possible expression of the human spirit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Or, as the saying goes, the best defense is a good offense. The best way to defend ourselves from stress, alienation, and the feeling of homelessness, is to adopt a
 practice that will move us in the positive direction of going "back home," back to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub real sel
ves and a loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 THE TECHNIQUE OF MEDITATION
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Geraldine Coster says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and Western Psychology, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Modern religion does not stress the search for
 self-awareness sufficiently to appeal to the scientific or even to the critically intelligent mind." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Coster }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub feels that meditation does appeal to this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub type }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of person, because meditation is 
a practical technique whose beneficial results he meditator experiences }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub achieve the beneficial effects of meditation doesn't require any mental or intelle
ctual adjustments, as, for instance, the prior acceptance of a set of beliefs. The very practice of meditation enlightens }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub consciousness }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to the point where the individual experiences truth, experiences reality, by direct perception. In other words, meditation embodies the scientific and nonsectarian spirit that so attracts modern }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub people.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The question now arises, What meditational technique is best suited for our times? The amazing proliferation of "consciousness-raising" techniques has confused many
 people; but if we again consult classical authorities on the sub}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ject, we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub find reassuring unanim
ity: both respected teachers and books strongly recommend }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub oral mantra meditation }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as the best mean
s of experiencing self-realization and higher pleasure in this day and age. And modern psychologists like Dr. John Heider (in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Journal of Humanistic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Psychology) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are quick to agree. Meditati
on and mantras are, in Heider's words, "as necessary to a life of growth as regular brushing is to dental hygiene."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Abraham Maslow explains that a person }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub know whether or not a process is working for him if "\'85it feels better subjectively than any other alternative. The new experience validates' itself\'85 It is self-justifying, self-validating." The practice of ma
ntra meditation }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub quickly }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub proves itself to be the kind of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub self-justifying, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub self-validating experience that Maslow is talking about here.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oral mantra meditation is easy to learn and pleasant to practice. After you read the following instructions, you can immediately start to practice meditation in you
r own home, without incurring costly initiation fees.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 MAHAMANTRA MEDITATION
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Five hundred years ago, in India, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu ushered in the modern age of mantra meditation by freely initiating everyone\'97regardless of rac
e, religion, or social-status\'97into the chanting of the most effective mantra of all, the once-secret Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba ["Huh-ray Krish-na"] Mahamantra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maha }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "great," }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub man }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "mind,"' and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "release." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mahamantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub then, means "the great sound vibration to release the mind from undesirable conditions." In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Psychology }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consciousness }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Robert E. Ornstein }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Actually, the \'91magic\'92 lies in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sound }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the words, which are designed to have a certain effect on consciousness." By simply hearing the sound of a mantra, a person clears his mind o
f unfavorable psychological qualities and simultaneously cultivates favorable qualities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no need for a private mantra. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu democratized meditation by making the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra available on the most }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub liberal }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub terms to everyone. He taught, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub "There }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are no hard and fast rules, for chanting\'85 A person can chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra anywhere, at any time, either to relieve distress or to a
dvance in self-realization. However, the early morning is an especially favorable time for meditating. Also, the practice of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra meditation proceeds more smoothly when you set aside a specific amount of time per day for meditating.
 Set aside a convenient amount of time that fits into your schedule, and, if possible, gradually increase your practice up to an hour or more. You can arrange your practice in two or more sessions during the day or evening.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, assume any comfortable position, except a slouching or reclining one (you'll just become drowsy). You can chant while sitti
ng, while standing, or while walking. You can keep your eyes open or closed, or you can alternate between open and closed eyes. Repeat the mantra (Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R
\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare) audibly to yourself for as long a time as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub intend to medi
tate. (Make sure that you move your }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub lips }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and jaw as in pronouncing ordinary words.) You can chan
t as loudly or as softly }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like. You can vary your pitch and inflection too. Remember, "The
re are no hard and fast rules." Meditation is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub personal science, and people aren't machines. Th
ere's no mechanical way to develop your potential. If a meditational technique is to succeed, then it has }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub natural, free, and expressive }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yourself are. Rather, than stifling }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub your }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub personal, self-expressive tendencies, the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba technique works with these tendencies to stimulate natural, flowing meditation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While you're chanting, simply fix your mind on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hearing the sound of the mantra. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When you talk, it's natural for you to listen to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub your }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub voice, During meditation, direct this natural attentiveness to hearing the mantra. The quality of your meditation }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub depend on how well you do this.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It's true that in the course of a meditation your }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mind }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may wander or daydream. When this happens, don't fight it, just bring your attention back to hearing the mantra. As \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (6.26),}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "From whatever and wherever the mind wanders due to its flickering and unsteady nature, one must certainly withdraw it and bring it back }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub under }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the control of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub self." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub explains, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The mind }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub naturally restless\'85 but it can rest in the sound vibration }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba." The mind is seeking knowledge and pleasure, and be cause the mind find' these things in the sound of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba ma
ntra, it becomes peaceful and satisfied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub words }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra come from the ancient Sanskrit language. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means
 "one who takes away all mental disturbances" and "one who awakens all healthy qualities." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a
lso means "the energy or pleasure potency of God." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  are personal names for God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5
\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "all-attractive." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "reservoir of pleasure." When a meditator repeats these sounds, the mantra gradually unfolds its meaning to him and enhances his personal development.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You now have everything that you need to start practicing meditation in your own home. Simply repeat the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra and listen to the sound. Progres
s will follow automatically. One last hint\'97your rate of progress will also depend on the sincerity of your feeling while you chant. Again, meditation is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub personal }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub science.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you encounter any difficulties or have any questions about Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra meditation or about meditation in general, get in touch with your nearest K
\'e5\'f1\'eba center (listed on page 28) or write me, Daniel Maziarz, care of BACK To GODHEAD magazine. And have a gentle, pleasant journey ''back home."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p16: If "Home is where the heart is," then it's little wonder in our uptight, breakneckspeed (not to say heartless)
 civilization\'97that so many of us feel homeless. But meditation, some say, is "like coming home."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p17: Social commentators tell us our society is growing more and more mechanical, impersonal, and unsympathetic to h
uman needs. In other words, it's getting harder and harder for us to have that "homey" feeling. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustrations by: R\'e4dh\'e4-Gop\'e9n\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Art: A Return to the Original Spirit
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Art: A Return to the Original Sp
irit
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If it's been some years since you last visited an art exhibit, you may be in for a surprise. Far from a Da Vinci or Michelangelo rendering of a pastoral scene or th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pieta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you're likely to see an oversized ceramic cigarette butt, or maybe a 7,200-meter line (d
rawn on paper and rolled into a chrome-plated can for display), or perhaps a couple of realistic vinyl eyeballs, or an empty canvas, or\'85 nothing at all\'97the artist's statement may be to lock you out of the gallery.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Art critic and lecturer Peter Hawkins says, "One New York artist did his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub piece de resi
stance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by going into the Museum of Modern Art and spraying Picasso's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guernica }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with dayglow paint. They put him }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub jail, but he got reviews in all the art magazines. Now his work is in great demand." Says Hawkins, an associate of London's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Royal }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub College of Art, "What's been happening is that people have been using art to sell their products, and now art itself has become just another product. For an artist in a money-oriented society, the most imp
ortant thing }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub selling. His bread and butter depends on whether someone's going to buy his }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub painting. So if he's going to survive as an artist, he's forced to come up with the unusual, the bizarre. He ends up literally battling with other artists for recognition. He ha
s to sacrifice something\'97his integrity\'97to attract attention to himself."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to Hawkins, artists haven't always been in such a plight. "If we look back into our history as far as we can see," he says, "art was an expression of an i
nner vision, it was a kind of sacrifice to the divine. The ancient Greeks worshiped and honored Athena in their artwork. The early Christian artists, up to the Renaissance, painted exclusively about Christ. When people came to see their work painted on a
 church wall, they became enthralled with devotion. Even during the Renaissance, when artists like Da Vinci became scientists, they used their discoveries of new techniques to evoke a sense of devotion in their viewers. As soon as the Florentine artists 
discovered perspective in painting, they used it to depict the life of Christ more realistically. Techniques were never ends in themselves. Wherever you look before the Renaissance, you'll find that artists were painting with devotion. Instead of attract
ing attention to themselves, they attracted attention to God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nathan Zakheim, art consultant for the University of California and the city of San Francisco, claims that the devotional spirit in art is still alive. "We have an 
Athens here," says an enthusiastic Zakheim about the art academy he directs in a palm-lined section of West Los Angeles. "We're trying to have that open forum where our work flows naturally from our purpose in living. All the artists here paint from a sp
irit of devotion that's continually expanding."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Zakheim (Nara-n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba d\'e4sa) agrees with critic Hawkins that traditionally, art was mystical and austere. "But gradually," he says, "artists started fla
ttering and catering to their patrons. Fine art lost its devotional and mystical quality when artists started trying just to satisfy their wealthy patrons. So in terms of art history, our academy is harking back to that original concept\'97painting to ex
press a higher reality and to bring out the natural sense of devotion in the person who sees it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The academy Zakheim directs began in the late sixties, when His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Prabhup\'e4da came to America to introduce ancient India's Vedic culture\'97the wisdom of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. While still in India preparing for his task, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had called for "a cultural presentation for the re-spiritualization of the entire human soc
iety\'85 There is a need," he wrote, "for a spiritual atmosphere\'85 a clue as to how humanity can become one in peace, friendship and prosperity with a common cause."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da founded the art academy," says Zakheim, "upon that spirit of a 'common cause.' What's unique here is that all of us who paint see our wor
k as part of a greater art\'97practicing the yoga of devotion. We paint from a desire to understand our higher selves, our spiritual selves, and to relate to others on that higher level. So our artwork stays free from the kind of nihilistic imagery that 
assaults you when you walk into a gallery today. We're trying to produce an art that is positive, creative, and inspirational."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Five hundred years ago, Michelangelo expressed a similar thought. "True artistic inspiration," he said, "is not derived from the material world. The visible world h
as value only in reflecting the divine idea."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The artists at the academy are currently painting passages from an ancient 18,000-verse epic called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam (The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Written in Sanskrit and translated into English by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India's greatest spiritual classic. It describes the all-attractive personal 
nature of the absolute, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the highly evolved spiritual life-styles that attraction for K\'e5\'f1\'eba inspired in people. "If you're sensitive to the sublime personal relationships found in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam,\'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Zakheim says, "you'll expand your own awareness thousands of times. As artists, we're trying to paint these
 historical personalities in a way that's as authentic as possible. By illustrating their spotless character and way of living, we're trying to show them some respect. That in itself will be sufficiently evocative."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whether the academy's paintings create a significant impact in the art world remains to be seen. Already, however, a few critics have spoken highly of them. After v
iewing some of the paintings, Professor John La Plante of Stanford University termed them "works of art of a higher visual order. They have," he said, "a remarkable sense of realism. They're not painted in the symbolic manner that's common in Indian pain
tings; rather, they contain a visual precision which is amazing. The images are so convincing that they quit being symbols and become reality."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mr. Burton Frederickson, the curator of California's J. Paul Getty Museum, found the academy's paintings "fascinating. I am impressed that the artists are reviving 
traditional techniques similar to those used by classical artists. The traditional aspects of the craft are pretty much forgotten today, and the academy's efforts to revive them are very commendable."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Royal College associate Peter Hawkins observes that the paintings are "saturated with devotion. The quality of devo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tion seems to vibrate in them." Hawkins compares them with the works of Fra Angelico, whose frescos depicting the life of Christ are world-renowned. For Hawkins, the academy's paintings "need to be felt within the heart 
rather than directly perceived with the eye. I feel that I'm looking into a purely spiritual space. With each viewing I'm learning something new."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With techniques that have been all but forgotten, and imagery that is startlingly new to Western viewers, the academy's art promises to create quite a stir. "Some w
ill say we're turning the clock back a hundred years," says Zakheim, "while others will call it the most progressive art movement of the day. That's not so important to us. We're not trying to make popular images. What we are trying to do is get a kind o
f introspection and inspiration from God, who we hope will guide us to a clearer and clearer understanding of how to paint. If somehow we have that inspiration, naturally people who see our work will also become inspired. They'll see that all over the wo
rld we need a spiritual standard of living to free us from our malaise. And when that happens, there will be a Renaissance to end all renaissances!"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: Above: early morning sunlight illuminates an artist's easel. The painting employs classical techniques to illu
strate a timeless account of divine love. \line Right: Judy Guarino (Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9) blends paints to find the appropriate hue. She was the first Western artist to do extensive illustration of the ancient Vedic texts.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: Below: Miriam Briks (Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9) refers to a book on Flemish artists to get technical hints fo
r her painting. \line Bottom Left: academy director Nathan Zakheim (far left in photo) consults with three other artists on a preliminary sketch for a new painting. \line Bottom Right Amendola Dominique (Drgh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9) studied art in her na
tive Paris." With K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness," she says, "I discovered art could have another dimension.''
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: Right: Matthew Goldman (Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa), in a reflective mood. \line Below: "During my college years, I spe
nt all my summers painting," says Mark Missman (Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa). " I realized then that painting in itself wasn't totally fulfilling. So I read all the books I could get on meditation and inquired about how I could learn to meditate. Someone gave
 me a list of meditation centers, with the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple on top. Since then my painting's become truly meaningful and much more satisfying." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23: Below: the academy artists carefully research classical painting techniques. Here they tour the Getty Museum, s
tudying compositions of the "old masters." Later they met with the museum's curator, who found their work "quite impressive." \line Bottom: Douglas Ball (Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa) puts finishing touches on his composition "The Appearance of Vamana."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24: Above: artists at the academy dispel a popular myth\'97the artist as an egocentric loner. Kevin Yee (R\'e4mad
\'e4sa Abhir\'e4ma d\'e4sa) points out a fine detail in Mark Missman's painting, while Douglas Ball experiments with color shading. \line Above Right: Howard Sewell (Haravapu d\'e4sa) points out a drawing technique to Sandra Griffis (Sa\'efjay\'e4-dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9), an art graduate from Goddard College. \line Right: an artist meditates on the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mah\'e4-mantra before he begins a day of painting.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Appearance of V\'e4mana"}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18 x 24 inches}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   Do
uglas Ball  (Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa)\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Cursing of Upabarha\'eba"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18 x 24 inches}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   Miriam Briks  (Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9)\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Incarnation of Dhanvantari"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 12 x 16 inches}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   John C. Swindler  (Jayar\'e4ma d\'e4sa)\line  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The R\'e4jas\'fcya Sacrifice" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 24 x 30 inches}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   Mark Missman  (Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Creativity In K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness\line An Artist Speaks
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Creativity In K\'e5\'f1\'eba Con
sciousness\line An Artist Speaks
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is your background as an artist?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I can say that my painting started off with mus
ic, because as a child I studied music more than I studied art. I spent most of my time practicing and playing the piano. When I reached sixteen or seventeen I started to become more interested in visual arts, and I began drawing quite a bit. Then I went
 to study drawing at Washington University, in St. Louis, at the school of fine arts there. I studied under one teacher for two years, and in my third year I was majoring in painting. A lot of problems came up, because my idea of painting and the idea of
 the teachers was entirely different. They were into very contemporary trends, and I guess they thought of me as a reactionary, because all my paintings were full of detail and mostly visionary. They thought my work was too insubstantial; it wasn\'92t ou
trageous enough. So I spent my whole third year in college fighting it out with these teachers. Finally I just left, about six weeks before the end of that year, and I went to Europe to see the museums and all the great paintings that I\'92d been studyin
g for years. Then I came back and kept painting. I went to live in an isolated little spot in Arkansas for awhile so that I could paint in a more peaceful atmosphere. Then I went back to St. Louis, where I started finding out about K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness\'97going to the temple now and then, and learning about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I was always looking for beauty in art, truth in art, and I always appreciated art that pointed in a high direction. I was looking for beautiful form, and when I started to he
ar about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, His form was something I naturally became interested in. So I read the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and got to know a few devotees. It was all very attractive. It made a lot of sense to me, and I turned toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for inspiration in my art work. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Previous to this, were there any influences in 
your art work?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I\'92ve always been influenced by Leonardo da V
inci. Leonardo\'92s work\'97the more I study it, the more real it become to me. His landscapes are so endlessly deep and mysterious. They\'92re full of a vital, creative energy that\'92s always pulling upwards. Also, Fra Angelico, as far as devotional pa
inters go\'97to me he\'92s the greatest. He said that before he would even pick up a paintbrush he\'92d pray, and as he was painting the face of Christ he would be crying. For him Christ was a very real experience. That devotion he felt for Christ can be
 seen in his compositions. Everything he painted was glowing with devotion and simplicity. It\'92s the sort of simplicity that reflects higher truths, right in the line and right in the color. Also, I\'92ve always like Indian sculpture, because it\'92s t
he finest example of perfect form and ideal beauty. The, too, there\'92s always the symmetry of a leaf, or the color of sky\'85. All these things influence me as an artist.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now that you\'92re painting for K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 do you find any difference in your role as an artist?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I\'92ve always felt a kind of need to glorify G
od in my work, because painting is something He\'92s given me. And now I have that desire even more. I\'92m mostly interested in trying to show how beautiful K\'e5\'f1\'eba is. He\'92s great and H\'92s beautiful; He\'92s kind and He\'92s compassionate. I
 just want to try to remind people that God is actually a very beautiful and kind. Person. Whether it takes me ten years to do a painting or ten days, I have to glorify K\'e5\'f1\'eba the best I can. Anything less than that I consider very unsatisfactory
 and very frustrating.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Did you ever want to become a great artist?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I don\'92t care if I\'92m a \'91great artist
\'92 or not. I just want my art to point toward the mysteries and the beauties of the truth, that\'92s all. Whether it comes into the context of being great or famous, that doesn\'92t matter so much If I feel that it evokes the desire to understand somet
hing higher and to appreciate a higher beauty, that\'92s what I care about\'97because that\'92s the experience I have with it, and that\'92s the experience I would like to share. And if it becomes \'91great,\'92 fine; if it doesn\'92t, fine. That doesn
\'92t matter, as long as I can somehow point toward that higher direction.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How has chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba affected y
our work?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, I can just follow my own progression. My 
conception of form, my standards of beauty\'97they\'92ve all become so much higher since I\'92ve taken chanting seriously.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Specifically, I\'92d like to know how the chant
ing affects your creativity.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I guess a lot of people think that it limits in
dividuality and kind of groups everyone together, right? Because everyone's chanting in the same place, doing the same thing, externally it seems very uninteresting. But, internally, I know if you take it seriously\'85 I mean, I don't take chanting nearl
y as seriously as I should\'85 but when I do take it seriously, there's nothing but very positive results. Chanting is a link with God, and we're eternally individual parts of God\'97whole, complete parts. When you chant, your completeness, your individu
ality, becomes more manifest. And as your individual personality begins to come out, your higher perceptions begin to open up. It's a spiritual vibration, so naturally spiritual vibrations are going to open up all those higher channels of consciousness. 
And chanting can also manifest itself in form. Not that I've experienced this directly myself, but indirectly I've experienced it within my work\'97a spiritual sense of beauty, color, and form. Chanting opens a new spiritual dimension.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, rather than restricting your cr
eativity, chanting does just the opposite.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, definitely. Anyone who can think that chant
ing is restricting creativity doesn't know anything about chanting.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So overall, creativity seems to have an importa
nt role in your devotional life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think creativity should be there in all aspec
ts of life. Why be uncreative? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most creative person, and we all come from Him. So why not be creative? We can create beautiful things and give them back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In what ways do you think K\'e5\'f1\'eba-consci
ous art is unique?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It's unique in that it's presenting a clear und
erstanding of what truth is, a clear understanding of the original person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-what He looks like, what He does, how He relates to people\'85 When we talk about truth, until we talk about K\'e5\'f1\'eba we're missing so much. Even if K\'e5\'f1
\'eba is not mentioned, there are still high forms of art. But art remains incomplete until it contains an awareness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Then art can express the highest aspects of truth.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Navayauvana: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you have any personal goals as an artist?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jayar\'e4ma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, yes. I just want to become more honest and 
sincere in my work. Hopefully, that will give some pleasure to my spiritual master and anyone else who sees it.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Scholar and the Boatman
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Scholar and the Boatman
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Though a mass of gray was moving in across the northwest sky, the sun was still shining. As he ambled down the shrubby slope to the beachfront below, the man felt a
 chilly breeze coming through the trees. He turned up his collar and made his way more quickly to the little boat dock, with its slats of soggy old wood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Boatman! Take me across!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yessir\'97climb aboard!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Professor Perkins wasn't what you'd call an old man\'97graying, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to be }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sure; but still sprightly, even athletic-looking. In the subcontinent's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub academic }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub circles, he had long been a man to watch. There was perhaps no }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who could match his fertile wit, his sweeping command and instant recall in practically every field of higher learning.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The boatman had seen better days (not that they'd really been much better, of course). His body bent from thousands of hours' paddling }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the sun, he was carrying on to keep his family fed and a roof over their heads. As the scholar leaped lithely onto t
he deck and sat himself down beneath the hooped cabin roof, the boatman bowed from the waist. He recalled an old adage: a king is respected in his own realm, but a learned }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub man
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is respected }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
over the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Boatman,\'94 ,the scholar opened, \'93the water is becoming rather choppy. While you're out here }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub have }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you ever thought about the relationship between total torque and crosscurrent impact?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sir, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub I can't }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that I have."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For one }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thing, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub more streamlined apparatus should likely yield a greater mechanical advantage. But then, I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub don't }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub suppose you've studied much about physics, have you?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "None at all, sir. I just row this boat across the bay."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Mmmm. Boatman, it appears that you've wasted twenty-five percent of your life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A little later, the scholar asked, "Boatman, have }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ever looked into statistics and probability?\'97I'm thinking here of Gaussian }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub possibly Poisson distribution. With }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub these dark clouds comi
ng }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub over us; do you have any idea what a graph of storm probability would look like?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No sir, I never have studied whatever it }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you're talking about. I don't know what you mean."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You mean you've never studied advanced mathematics? Ah, then, my dear fellow; you should know that you've surely wasted fifty percent of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub your }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You're probably right, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sir. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I just }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub row }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this boat across the bay. By the way, there seems to be a bi
g storm coming."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the boat began to heave and the sky took on a dark glow, the scholar said, "Tell me, boatman, do you know anything about gauging deviations }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the STP\'97standard temperature and pressure\'97to forecast wind velocity }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a storm center?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I'm sorry, sir. I really don't."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You're a bit dense, boatman, aren't you? Are you telling me that you've never learned anything about meteorology?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I guess I haven't, sir."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Well, then, you've wasted a full seventy-five percent of your life! What do you have to say for yourself?!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I just row this boat across the bay\'97say, hold on tight! It's really raining and blowing hard!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just then the boat capsized. While the boatman floated and readied himself }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub finish the crossing, the scholar flailed out from within his waterlogged suitcoat, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub if to hook the sky with his umbrella handle.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Boatman!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Sir! We'll have }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub swim the rest of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub way!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But\'85}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I can't swim!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Then it looks }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub though you've wasted a hundred percent }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub your life!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whatever else we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub learn in our life's voyage, there's one thing we all need to know: how\'97when death "capsizes" our material body\'97to, cross safely to the spiritual world. So, while the West's technological science can make our voyage more comfortable,
 we need the East's spiritual science to make it successful.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Are You in Touch 
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day's spiritual trends?
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\nosupersub Bombay,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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\'973 Albert Rd, Calcutta 700017/44-3757; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chandigarh, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o ISKCON, 103, Sector 23-A/ 2799
6; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hong Kong}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9738 Mody Rd., 4th fl., Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon/3668061; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\nosupersub \'977 Bury Pl., Bloomsbury, London WC1/ 01-405-1463; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England (country)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bha
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub LATIN AMERICA: Bogota, Columbia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Carrera 4a, 
No. 54A-40; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buenos Aires, Argentina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Calle Ecuador 473/86-36-73; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Georgetown, Guyana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON, c/o 78 Robb St., Bourda; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guadalajara, M
exico\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Avenida Vallarta 2035, Sector Juarez / 157498; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guayaquil, Ecuador\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\cb1\nosupersub 76 Jiron Juan de la Fuente, San Antonio Miraflores/ 471-810; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mexico City, Mexico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97Gob. Tiburcio Montiel 45, San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico City 18 D.F./ (905)277-3124; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Quito Ecuador}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 181 A; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rio de Janeiro, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Estrada Velha da Tijuca, 102, Usina; S}
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gordon St. at Santa Margarita Circular Rd., San Augustine, Tr
inidad and Tobago/ 662-4605; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Juan, Puerto Rico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Calle}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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rkeley, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\cb1\nosupersub \'971824 E. 7th St., 28204 / (704)596-5151; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chicago, lllinois}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971014 Emerson St.
, Evanston 60201/ (312) 491-0844; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cleveland 44112/ (216)
 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975430 Gurley Ave. 75223/ (214) 827-6330; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Lenox 48215/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesville, Florida}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 S.W. Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 528-9004; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy, 92651/ 
(714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972600 Demetrius, Las Vegas 89101/ (702)642-0968; }{\b\i0\ul0
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Minneapolis, Minnesota}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97216 Ridgewood Ave. 55403 / (612)874-8780; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Blvd. Que. H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 10019/ (212) 765-8610; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97224 Besserer St.
, Ont/ (613) 236-9091; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. Woodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o ISKCON, New York; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis,
 Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Diego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973300 Third Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 329-9348; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Ave
nue Rd., Ont. M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971774 W. 16th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V6
J 2M1 / (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D. C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710310 Oaklyn Rd., Potomac, Maryland 20854/ (301) 299
-2100.
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\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Buffalo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601
) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Costa Rica, South America (New Viraj\'e4)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Dulce Nombre Tayutic Turrialba, Costa Ri
ca, Central America (Contact ISKCON Costa Rica.); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delaplane, Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 1. Box 22, 22025/
 (703) 364-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dixon, Missouri (New Godruma)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Box 81 Tavern Route, Dixon, Missouri 65459 / (3
14) 422-3966; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay-Le-Male, 36600 Valency Chateau d'Oublaise; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 8EP/ Radlett 7244; }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moundsville,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub West Virginia (New Vrindaban)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Rio de Janeiro); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 1
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Read these books     
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub READ THESE BOOKS-IMPROVE YOUR LI
FE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 What to do this Sunday?    
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What to do this Sunday?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#1
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
12 No. 5, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma\line Hare R
\'e4ma\line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma\line Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Many people in our materialistic world are feeling a void in their lives\'97a lack of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
something }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that they can't quite put their finger on. To fill this void, many are taking up "consciousness-raising" or "meditational" techniques. Several individuals and groups
 have marketed various techniques to a largely innocent public, with some mention that most of their methods are "inspired by" or "adopted from" the spiritual disciplines of India. What these entrepreneurs have really done is to water down and exploit ge
nuine spirituality.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, one spiritual teacher has consistently refused to compromise. And from Harvard to Oxford to the Sorbonne, the world's leading scholars agree: His Divine Gr
ace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is delivering India's sacred devotional culture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as it is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The key to understanding this culture and elevating ourselves to clear consciousness\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97is the simple, easy, yet sublime process of 
chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra. Mah\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "great," }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub man }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "mind," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tra }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "release." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub then, means "the great chanting for releasing the mind from illusion." The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub consists of three names for God: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (God's pleasure energy), }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (God, the all-attractive Supreme Personality), and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (God, the reservoir of all pleasure). \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains that simply by chanting and hearing these sounds, "one can achieve al
l the benefits of spiritual life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India's most respected spiritual books and teachers all bear out \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's statement. For instance, six centuries ago \'c7r\'e9dhara Swami said, "
If one always chants the holy name of the Lord with great devotion in the morning and evening, one can become free from all material miseries."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If the process is so easy, can we learn it from anyone? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub explains, "Unless one receives his mantra from a bona fide spiritual master in the authorized disciplic succession, his mantra will be without any effect." \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4d
a, the foremost teacher in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-Madhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub disciplic succession, freely offers th
e Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to fill whatever void may exist in our lives.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pictured: devotees (top) chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in downtown Amsterdam and (bottom) standing before the Amsterdam
 center of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 (Washington D. C.)
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa, Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vic\'e4ru d\'e4sa\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dharm\'e4dhyak\'f1a d\'e4sa, 
Drutakarma d\'e4sa, Nalin\'e9-kantha d\'e4sa, Navayauvana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhanaguru}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTISTS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Indrapramada d\'e4sa, Navadvipa d\'e4sa, Ya
mar\'e4ja d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Locana dasa, Mural\'e9
dhara d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHERS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
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a, R\'e4dh\'e4-Gop\'e9n\'e4tha d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa, Sahadeva-sakha d\'e4sa, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Ve\'ebudhara d\'e4sa, Yugala-ki\'e7ora d\'e4sa, Bhaktin Diane Silver
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v12#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da (our spiritual master) has called our paintings 'windows to the spiritual world,' " says Bhaktive
danta Book Trust artist Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa. \'93That\'92s because we exactly follow the descriptions given in ancient India's Vedic literature.\'94 This painting illustrates a verse from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : \'93K\'e5\'f1\'eba's face is decorated with ornaments, such as earrings resembling sharks. His ears are beautiful, His cheeks brill
iant, and His smiling is attractive to everyone. Whoever sees Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba sees a festival. His face and body are fully satisfying for everyone to see...\'94 (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 9.24.65).
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Beyond Animal Technology
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Beyond Animal Technology
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Though today's scientist has devised a lofty technology, essentially he knows about as much as his dog: how to eat well,
 how to sleep peacefully, how to have an enjoyable sex life, and how to defend against enemies. But what about }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub human }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub technology\'97How is a living body different from a dead body? Who are we really? Where have we come from? Where are we going at death? We can find out all these things\'85 from someone who knows.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An excerpt from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
, the Matchless Gift}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The purpose of this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is to bring man back to his original consciousness, which is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, clear consciousness. Whe
n water falls from the clouds, it is uncontaminated like distilled water, but as soon as it touches the ground it becomes muddy and discolored. Similarly, we are originally pure spirit soul, part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore our original c
onstitutional position is as pure as God's. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mamaiv\'e4\'e0\'e7o j\'e9va-loke\line j\'e9va-bh\'fcta\'f9 san\'e4tana\'f9\line mana\'f9-\'f1a\'f1\'f6h\'e4n\'e9ndriy\'e4\'ebi
\line prak\'e5ti-sth\'e4ni kar\'f1ati
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The living entities in this conditioned world are My fragmental parts, and they are eternal. But due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the}{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub six senses, which include the mind" (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\cs2873\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus all living entities are part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it should always be remembered that we are speaking of God, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub denoting the all-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead. As a fragment of gold is qualitatively the same as a gold reservoir, so the minute particles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body are therefore qualit
atively as good as K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The chemical composition of God's body and the eternal spiritual body of the living entity is the same\'97spiritual. Thus originally, in our uncontaminated condition, we possessed a form as good as God's, but just as ra
in falls to the ground, so we come in contact with this material world, which is manipulated by the external material energy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we speak of external energy or material nature, the question may be raised, "Whose energy? Whose nature?" Material energy or nature is not active independently
. Such a concept is foolish. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is clearly stated that material nature
 does not work independently. When a foolish man sees a machine he may think that it is working automatically, but actually it is not-there is a driver, someone in control, although we sometimes cannot see the controller behind the machine due to our def
ective vision. There are many electronic mechanisms which work very wonderfully, but behind these intricate systems there is a scientist who pushes the button. This is very simple to understand: since a machine is matter, it cannot work on its own accord
 but must work under spiritual direction. A tape recorder works, but it works according to the plans and under the direction of a living entity, a human being. The machine is complete, but unless it is manipulated by a spirit soul, it cannot work. Simila
rly, we should understand that this cosmic manifestation which we call nature is a great machine, and that behind this machine there is God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is also affirmed in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub where K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti\'f9\line s\'fcyate sacar\'e4caram\line hetun\'e4nena kaunteya\line jagad viparivartate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunt\'e9, producing all the moving and unmoving beings, and by its rule this manifestation is created 
and annihilated again and again" (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . So K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that material nature is acting under His direction. Thus behind everything there is a supreme controller. Modern civilization does not understand this due to lack of knowledge. It is the purpose 
of this Society for Krishna Consciousness, therefore, to enlighten all people who have been maddened by the influence of the three modes of material nature. In other words, our aim is to awaken mankind to its normal condition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are many universities, especially in the United States, and many departments of knowledge, but they are not discussing these points. Where is the department f
or this knowledge that we find given by \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ?}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When I spoke before some students and faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, t
he first question I raised was: "Where is the technological department which is investigating the difference between a dead man and a living man?" When a man dies, something is lost. Where is the technology to replace it? Why don't scientists try to solv
e this problem? Because this is a very difficult subject matter, they set it aside and busily engage in the technology of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. However, Vedic literatures inform us that this is animal technology. Animals are also tryin
g their best to eat well, to have an enjoyable sex life, to sleep peacefully, and to defend themselves. What, then, is the difference between man's knowledge and the animals' knowledge? The fact is that man's knowledge should be developed to explore that
 difference between a living body and a dead body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That spiritual knowledge was imparted by K\'e5\'f1\'eba to Arjuna in the beginning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Being a friend of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's, Arjuna was a very intelligent man, but his knowledge, as all men's, was limited. K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke, how
ever, of subject matters which were beyond Arjuna's finite knowledge. These subjects are called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub adhok\'f1aja }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub because our direct perception, by which we acquire material knowledge, fails to approach them. For example, we have many powerful microscopes to see what we cannot see with our limited vision, but there is no microscope that can show us the s
oul within the body. Nevertheless, the soul is there.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Where am I? What am I?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub informs us that in this body there is a proprietor\'97the spirit s
oul. I am the proprietor of my body, and other souls are the proprietors of their bodies. I say, "my hand," but not "I hand." Since it is "my hand," I am different from the hand, being its owner. Similarly, we speak of "my eye," "my leg," "my this," "my 
that." In the midst of all of these objects which belong to me, where am I? The search for the answer to this question is the process of meditation. In real meditation, we ask, "Where am I? What am I?" We cannot find the answers to these questions by any
 material effort, and because of this all the universities are setting these questions aside. They say, "It is too difficult a subject." Or they brush it aside: "It is irrelevant."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus engineers direct their attention to creating and attempting to perfect the horseless carriage and wingless bird. Formerly, horses were drawing carriages and th
ere was no air pollution, but now there are cars and rockets, and the scientists are very proud. "We have invented horseless carriages and wingless birds," they boast. Although they invent imitation wings for the airplane or rocket they cannot invent a s
oulless body. When they are able to actually do this, they will deserve credit. But such an attempt would necessarily be frustrated, for we know that there is no machine that can work without a spirit soul behind it. Even the most complicated computers n
eed trained men to handle them. Similarly, we should know that this great machine, which is known as the cosmic manifestation, is manipulated by a supreme spirit. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Scientists are searching for the ultimate cause or the ultimate controller of this material universe and are postulating different theories and proposals, but the r
eal means for knowledge is very easy and perfect: we need only hear from the perfect person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By accepting the knowledge imparted in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anyone can immediately know that this great cosmic machine, of which the earth is a part, is working so wonderfully because there is a driver behind it\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our process of knowledge is very easy. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instruction, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t
\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the principal book of knowledge given by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4di-puru\'f1a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Himself, the Supreme Primeval Person, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is indeed the perfect person. It may be argued that although we have accepted Him as a perfect person, there are many ot
hers who do not. But one should not think that this acceptance is whimsical, He is accepted as the perfect person on the evidence of many authorities. We do not accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba as perfect simply on the basis of our whims or sentiments. No\'97K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is accepted as God by many Vedic authorities like Vy\'e4sadeva, the author of all Vedic literatures. The treasurehouse of knowledge is contained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and their author, Vy\'e4sadeva, accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Vy\'e4sadeva's spiritual master, N\'e4rada, also accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba as such. N
\'e4rada's spiritual master, Brahm\'e4, accepts K\'e5\'f1\'eba not only as the Supreme Person but the supreme controller as well\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The supr
eme controller is K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no one in the creation who can claim that he is not controlled. Everyone, regardless of how important or powerful, has a controller over his head. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, however, has no controller; therefore He is God. He is the controller of everyone, but there is no one superior to Him, no one to control Him; nor is there anyone equal to Him, no one to share His platform of absolute control. This may sound v
ery strange, for there are many so-called gods nowadays. Indeed, gods have become very cheap, being especially imported from India. People in other countries are fortunate that gods are not manufactured there, but in India gods are manufactured practical
ly every day. We often hear that God is coming to Los Angeles or New York and that people are gathering to receive Him, etc. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is not the type of God created in a mystic factory. No. He was not made God, but He is God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should know, then, on the basis of authority, that behind this gigantic material nature, the cosmic manifestation, there is God\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and that He 
is accepted by all Vedic authorities. Acceptance of authority is not new for us; everyone accepts authority\'97in some form or another. For education we go to a teacher or to a school or simply learn from our father and mother. They are all authorities, 
and our nature is to learn from them. In our childhood we asked, "Father, what is this?" and father would say, "This is a pen," "These are spectacles," or "This is a table." In this way, from the very beginnings of life a child learns from his father and
 mother. A good father and mother never cheat when their son inquires from them; they give exact and correct information. Similarly, if we get spiritual information from an authority, and if the authority is not a cheater, then our knowledge is perfect. 
However, if we attempt to reach conclusions by dint of our own speculative powers, we are subject to fall into error. The process of induction, by which, reasoning from particular facts or individual cases, one can arrive at a general conclusion, is neve
r a perfect process. Because we are limited and our experience is limited, the inductive process of acquiring knowledge will always remain imperfect.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Perfect Source of Knowledge
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But if we receive information from the perfect source, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if we repeat that information, then what we are speaking can also be accepted as perfect 
and authoritative. This process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or disciplic succession, means hearing from K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, or from authorities who have accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and repeating exactly what they have said. In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba recommends this process of knowledge: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam ima\'e0 r\'e4jar\'f1ayo}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vidu\'f9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This supreme science was thus
 received through the chain of disciplic succession, and the saintly kings understood it in that way" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . 4.2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Formerly, knowledge was passed down by great saintly kings, who were the authorities. In previous ages, however, these kings were }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e5\'f1is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97great learned scholars and devotees\'97and because they were not ordinary men the government which they headed w
orked very nicely. There are many instances in Vedic civilization of kings who attained perfection as devotees of God. For example, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja went to the forest to search out God, and by practice of severe penance and austerity he found God w
ithin six months.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness process is also based on austerity, but it is not very difficult. There are restrictions governing eating and sex life (only }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , food first offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is taken, and sex is restricted to married life), an
d there are other regulations which facilitate and foster spiritual realization. It is not possible in these days to imitate Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, but by following certain basic Vedic principles, we can make advancement in spiritual consciousness, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness. As we advance, we become perfect in knowledge. What is the use in becoming a scientist or a philosopher if we cannot say what our next life will be? A realized student of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can very easily say what his 
next life is, what God is, what the living entity is, and what his relationship with God is. His knowledge is perfect because it is coming from perfect books of knowledge, such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This, then, is the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is very easy, and anyone can adopt it and make his life perfect. If someone says, "I'm not educated a
t all, and I cannot read books," he is still not disqualified. He can still perfect his life by simply chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us a tongue and two ears, and we may be surprised to 
know that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is realized through the ears and tongue, not through the eyes. By hearing His message, we learn to control the tongue, and after the tongue is controlled, the other senses follow. Of all the senses, the tongue is the most voracio
us and difficult to control, but it can be controlled simply by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and tasting K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We cannot understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba by sensual perception or by speculation. It is not possible, for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so great that He is beyond our sensual range.
 But He can be understood by surrender. K\'e5\'f1\'eba therefore recommends this process:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya\line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja\line aha\'e0 tv\'e4\'e0 sarva-p\'e4pebhyo\line mok\'f1ayi
\'f1y\'e4mi m\'e4 \'e7uca\'f9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Give up all varieties of religiousness, and just surrender unto Me; and in return I shall protect you from all sinful reactions. Therefore, you have nothing to fea
r" (Bg. 18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, our disease is that we are rebellious\'97we automatically resist authority. Yet although we say that we don't want authority, nature is so strong tha
t it forces authority upon us. We are forced to accept the authority of nature. What can be more pathetic than a man who claims to answer to no authority but who follows his senses blindly wherever they lead him? Our false claim to independence is simply
 foolishness. We are all under authority, yet we say that we don't want authority. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , illusion. We do, however, have a certain independence\'97we can choose to be under the authority of our senses or the authority of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The best and ultimate authority is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, for He is our eternal well-wisher, and He 
always speaks for our benefit. Since we have to accept some authority, why not accept His? Simply by hearing of His glories from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and by
 chanting His names\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97we can swiftly perfect our lives.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p6: "Even the most complicated computers need trained men to handle them. Similarly, we should know that this great
 machine, which is known as the cosmic manifestation, is manipulated by a supreme spirit. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa Photos: Mural\'e9vadana
 d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p7: "Scientists are searching for the ultimate cause or the ultimate controller of this material universe and are po
stulating different theories and proposals, but the real means for knowledge is very easy and perfect: we need only hear from the perfect person, K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 KRSNA - }{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 The }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Personal Form Of }{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Personal Form Of }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub God
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "The Supreme Lord walks and does not walk. He is far away, but He is very near as well. \line He is within everything, and yet He is outside of everything."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This mantra is from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the oldest of the famed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub which are the philo
sophic heart of the sacred scriptures of India. The mantra presents contradictions\'97by way of proving the inconceivable potencies of God. In India, as well as throughout the world, those who admit God's existence have always disputed whether God is imp
ersonal or personal. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub school accepts only an impersonal aspect of the Lord a
nd rejects His personal feature. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub school (devoted to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, th
e Supreme Personality of Godhead, and represented today by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement) accepts the Lord as both impersonal and personal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not take it for granted that just because we cannot see God with our eyes, the Lord does not have a personal existence. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra refutes this argument by warning us that the Lord is "far away but very near }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub well." The abode of the Supreme Lord is far, far beyond the material sky, and its distance cannot even be measure
d. But despite the Lord's being so far away, He can at once, within less than a second, descend before us with a speed swifter than the mind or wind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And there is no power to prevent the primeval Supreme Being from coming before }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub us }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the material world in His supreme personal form. For example, the Lord can appear in the form of Deities supposedly made of earth, stone, or wood. Although engraved from wood
, stone, or other matter, these forms are not idols (as the iconoclasts contend). In our present state of imperfect material existence, we cannot see the Supreme Lord because of our imperfect senses. Yet those devotees who want to see Him by means of mat
erial vision are favored by the Lord, who appears in a so-called material form to accept His devotees' service. One should not think that such devotees are worshiping an idol. They are factually worshiping the Lord, who has agreed to appear before them i
n an approachable way. Nor is the Deity form fashioned to the whims of the worshiper. (This is the actual meaning of the Biblical injunction, "Thou shalt not worship a graven image"\'97one is forbidden to imagine a form and worship it as God.) The Deity 
form is authorized by scripture and exists eternally }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paraphernalia. This can be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ac}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tually felt by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sincere devo
tee, but not by an atheist. For the surrendered soul the Lord is always within reach, whereas for the unsurrendered soul He is far, far away and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cannot }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be approached.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord walks...}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " Thousands go on a procession with the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deity during this festival in U\'f2up\'e9, near Mangalore, South India (above). People in India have known for ages that God is a pe
rson\'97and that as the master of all energies, He can manifest Himself as He likes, even through Deity forms supposedly made of earth, stone, or wood. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d
\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is far away, but He is very near as 
well..." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Though He never leaves His spiritual abode, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba also appears in such places as Los Angeles (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub opposite page}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). (His queen: \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 Rukmi\'eb\'e9-dev\'e9.) For the surrendered soul K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always within reach. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Man on the Moon
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub MAN ON THE MOON
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A case of mass brainwashing
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By now it's no secret that the space scientists have cheated us out of billions of dollars. But the hoax is even more colo
ssal than we could have imagined.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, the spiritual master of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, once described materiali
stic civilization as "a society of the cheaters and the cheated." Looking at our modern world, we can easily see why: massive advertising campaigns for cigarettes and liquor that promise pleasure but deliver disease; widespread gambling rackets of all ki
nds, some government-sponsored, that bilk the public of billions each year; high-level corruption of many leaders in industry and government that reveals a nearly total disregard for the public's welfare. From all this, and much more, the only conclusion
 to draw is that the vast majority of people, out of ignorance of a meaningful goal of life, actually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub desire to be cheated\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub actually}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub feel the need for the false promises and outright lies
 of the hucksters to provide some hope of happiness from day to day. Thus a few clever, aggressive professionals take advantage of the ignorant masses and engage in large-scale cheating for their own selfish interests.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While cheating goes on in all fields of endeavor, one of the most outstanding is modern science. Scientists can make useful contributions to material life, but they
 become cheaters when they claim that science is (or someday will be) independent of the laws of nature. Theories such as "Life originates from matter and can be created in the laboratory," or "Since there is no supreme intelligence directing the univers
e, we [the scientists] are the only ones who can explain existence," are all bluffs perpetrated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub without a shred of scientific proof. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Their only purpose is to advance the prestige of the scientists and net them billion-dollar government grants for endless research. Recent efforts to travel to the moon provide a prime example of this kind of lucra
tive mass "brainwashing," which is still succeeding with a large portion of the gullible public.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Twenty-eight percent of all Americans, according to a Gallup poll cited in the Los Angeles {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on October 13, 1976, have seen through the sham and now believe the moon landing to be a fake.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * Despite the tremendous volume of propaganda proclaiming the "conquest of outer space," we have information from a very reliable source, the Sanskrit Vedic scriptures, that the so-called "astronauts" }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub never actually went to the moon. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although most people hold it as an article of absolute faith that 
man first reached the moon in July, 1969, the manned moon landing is actually a colossal hoax.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We realize that this is very difficult for you to accept, since it directly contradicts your established beliefs. But since you yourself have }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub actually gone to the moon, you owe it to yourself to consider why you are so confident that the "astronauts" actual
ly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub have }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gone there. Why do you accept the popular version of the manned moon landing? Because you
 believe the authority of the scientists, the journalists, and the politicians who propagate that version. When we cite the Vedic scriptures, which state that the "astronauts" could not have gone to the moon, we are simply favoring another authority. In 
both cases, it is a matter of accepting an authority and believing what it says.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, why do we believe the Vedic scriptures rather than the material scientists? Because the Vedic scriptures differ from the conclusions of material science in tha
t they are not based on imperfect sensory investigation, but are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apauru\'f1a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub i.e., they emanate 
from God, who is beyond the material world. In other words, Vedic evidence stands above the defects of conditioned souls within the material world. Thus, when it comes to real scientific knowledge, the standard of Vedic authority is perfect because it or
iginates directly from the all-perfect, omniscient Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic account of our planetary system is already researched, concluded, and perfect. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub state that the moon is 800,000 miles }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub farther }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from the earth than the sun. Therefore, even if we accept the modern calculation of 93 million miles as the distance from the earth to the sun, how could the "astronauts" have traveled to the moon\'97a dis
tance of almost 94 million miles\'97in only 91 hours (the alleged elapsed time of the Apollo 11 moon trip)? This would require an average speed of more than one million miles per hour for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub the spacecraft, a patently impossible feat by even the space scientists' calculations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another important reason why the manned moon landing must be a hoax is that, according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub each planet has its particular standard of living and atmosphere, and no one can transfer from one planet to another without becoming properly qualified. Th
is means that if someone wants to go to Mars, for instance, he has to give up his present gross material body and acquire another one suitable for life on that particular planet. Vedic knowledge teaches that the living being doesn't die with the death of
 the body, but that he is an eternal spirit soul. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub "As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.13}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the time of de
ath the human being transfers to another material body according to the desires he cultivated and the work he performed during his lifetime. Therefore, since the moon has a particular standard of life and atmosphere, if one wants to travel there he has t
o adapt his material body to the conditions of that planet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even on the earth planet these restrictions hold true. For example, a human being cannot possibly live in the water, nor can a fish live on land. These are the rigi
d conditions of life, and any attempt to defy them is artificial and will fail. Similarly, just as you have to change your dress if you want to go from India to Europe, where the climatic conditions are different, so you also have to change your physical
 "dress" if you want to go to the specialized atmosphere of the moon. In other words, if you want to go to the moon or the sun or any other higher planet, you can keep your finer dress of mind, intelligence, and ego, but you have to leave behind your gro
ss dress (your physical body) made of earth, water, fire, and other material elements, and acquire a body suitable for your destination.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, none of this will help you solve the real problem of life\'97entrapment in the vicious cycle of birth and death. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub even if one transfers in his next life to a very elevated position in the highest p
lanet in the universe, Brahmaloka, he will still have to experience birth and death. The goal of human life is to free the soul from its continuous transmigration among different species of life on various planets, and to transfer to the spiritual planet
s, where life is eternal. To reach these planets, a complete change of both gross and subtle bodies is necessary, for one can reach the spiritual sky only in a spiritual form. We will elaborate on this a little later, but our point here is that you canno
t simply force yourself onto another planet without the proper qualification.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as in the United States there are laws controlling the entry of foreigners through the issuance of visas, so in the universe there are also laws controlling th
e movement of all living beings\'97even astronauts and scientists\'97and unless one's karma is such that he deserves to take birth on the moon or the sun or the earth or wherever, he cannot defy the laws of nature and go there by force. The scientists ar
e always claiming they are independent of nature's law, but even }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub have to submit to death and
 rebirth; they cannot check them. Similarly, they cannot go to the moon planet, which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d
escribe not as a lifeless desert but as a heavenly planet of extraordinary material pleasures. Where the astronauts actually went, or how this fabrication of lunar visitation will one day be exposed to people in general, are not part of our present discu
ssion. But the Vedic teachings warn us that the manned moon landing is certainly an empty bluff.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we contradict the revered scientists like this and warn people that, through the use of brainwashing propaganda, they are being cheated out of billions of hard
-earned tax dollars\'97we ourselves are accused of brainwashing. But which is better: a sober warning or a colossal multi-billion-dollar hoax? Furthermore, even if, for argument's sake, we accept that the "astronauts" }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub did }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub go to the moon, our main contention still holds: the moon excursion is a hoax, a mass brainwashing job. Why? Because it ha
s no value. Even the scientists now admit its uselessness, and their interest in going to the moon has subsided. After many years of concentrated effort and billions of dollars of public money spent, the scientists have concluded that the moon is uninhab
itable and have stopped trying to go there. But the public is encouraged to regard this failure as a wonderful achievement! "Just see! They have come back with some moon dust!" Long ago the Vedic literatures said the moon was uninhabitable by man, before
 going there the scientists themselves predicted they could not live in that atmosphere, and upon reaching the moon they discovered the same thing\'97that they could not live there. So what is the value of this kind of billion-dollar excursion, which has
 produced only a few rocks?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The scientists' stubbornness is like that of a boy who is repeatedly warned by his father not to stick his finger in the revolving blades of a fan, but who goes ahe
ad and does it anyway, and is hurt. The scientists insisted that a lunar landing would prove the United States to be the most advanced nation. Never mind that it cost billions, which could have been spent on worthwhile projects, such as feeding the starv
ing. The brainwashing was so extreme that at one point Pan American Airlines was even selling tickets to the moon, and there was talk of colonizing it, although everyone acknowledged that it is impossible to live there. And yet if we speak out strongly a
gainst this nonsense, people say }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are brainwashed\'97for not believing in the bluff of the moon
 excursion. Now, having squeezed as much prestige as possible out of their great "success" in reaching the moon, the scientists have become disappointed and set their sights on Mars\'97and the huge expenditure of public funds goes on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Again, we do not say that man should neglect science, but rather that he should practice science according to the authorized knowledge of the laws of nature. The sc
ientists should not attempt to defy the laws of nature, or those of God, but should work humbly in harmony with the real purpose of human life\'97liberation from the cycle of birth and death. Despite all scientific theorizing, research, and technology, t
he scientists do not even know the nature of the life within the body, how life enters the body, and where life goes after death. Not being able to produce even the smallest living creature, and being unable to stop death, the modern scientists should no
t consider themselves the all-in-all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If we desire to praise someone for scientific achievements, let us praise the Great Brain who is actually controlling all living beings by directing His material en
ergy, and who regulates the immense machinery of the universe. Let us follow Lord Brahm\'e4, who sings in the Vedic scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.52}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub worship Govinda [K\'e5\'f1\'eba], the primeval Lord, by whose order the sun assumes immense power and heat and traverses its orbit." The sun
 is a creation of God; it is not a creation of the scientists. So also are the oceans and the great mountains, the resources of nature, and outer space\'97all are works of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As for machine-making, the material energy of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Energetic, has expertly fashioned male and female forms that go on reproducing themselves without further assistance from Him. And this happens over and over in millions of species. Can the scientists create such replicating m
achines? Can they create a sun and keep it floating perpetually in space? Can they create the oceans, the brain of a great scientist like Einstein, or even an ant or an amoeba? No. All these scientific achievements are the works of God. And when God Hims
elf speaks through authorized scriptures like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He explicitly says, "Do no
t waste your time trying to go to the moon; that is not your place." If the godless human scientists defy this Supreme Scientist and Supreme Controller, then disaster will befall them and whoever follows them. Therefore we are protesting a godless scienc
e that defies God's laws.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub written back in 1959, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da warned us that attempting to reach the moon by materialistic methods is a waste of time. In a speech ten years later he further explained:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub If we go to live on the moon-assuming that it is possible\'97even with an oxygen mask, how long could we stay
? Furthermore, even if we had the opportunity to stay there, what would we gain? We might gain a little longer life perhaps, but we could not live there forever. That is impossible. And what would we gain by a longer life?\'85 Near San Francisco I have s
een a forest where there is a tree 7,000 years old. But what is the benefit? If one is proud of standing in one place for 7,000 years, that is not a very great credit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, scientists, journalists, and politicians are not known for considering things in the philosophical light of transcendental knowledge, but a sober fact to
 consider is this: if, even after all the scientists' achievements, we must still die and suffer the miseries of repeated birth and death, then what is the benefit of that science? K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us not to waste our valuable time with things that a
re only temporary and do not lead to liberation from birth and death. "Don't waste your time going from this planet to that planet," He says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Your material miseries will only follow you." So the moon excursion is a hoax in yet another, all-important sense: the scientists are leading people to believe they will be happy 
if they go to the moon, but when considered in the context of the eternal soul's welfare, going to the moon and living there for many, many years }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub still }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub won't solve the problems of life. It is a hoax to claim that the endeavor to travel to other planets will bring happiness. A person can be happy only if he receives information from authorized scrip
tures about the nature of the soul and the method of liberating the soul from his suffering condition. This liberation is the goal of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And yet, when we warn people not to waste their lives in temporary achievements, when we warn them not to engage in sinful activities that will force them to transm
igrate to lower planets and lower forms of life\'97they accuse us of being duped and spreading false propaganda. But we will not be quieted by their accusations. As devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we must go on repeating His instructions for everyone's benef
it. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells us in His incarnation as \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, "Instruct everyone to follow the teachings of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as they are given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in the world."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So you have to decide who is actually cheating: the materialist, who promises happiness in the context of temporary advancement and enjoyment, and who thereby ignor
es the eternal soul, or the spiritualist, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person, who says, "Always think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and become His devotee. Worship Him and bow down before Him. If you practice in this way, at the end of life you will certainly retur
n to the supreme spiritual planet, which is eternal and free from all miseries, because of your full absorption in and devotion to the Lord."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p11: MUSEUM EXHIBIT NO, 13  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ROCKS fro
m the MOON  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our grateful acknowledgment to the American people for their generous contribution of $24 billion for this recent acquisition. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mapras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Calling the Blind Scientists' Bluff
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub CALLING THE BLIND SCIENTISTS' BL
UFF
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When we state that the material scientists are mistaken about where the planets are situated in space, we go against the deep faith of most people. The common man t
hinks, "But they have figured everything out mathematically. They have Ph.D.'s and Nobel Prizes, and they are using gigantic telescopes to measure the heavens with great accuracy." In fact, however, the scientists themselves are the first to admit that t
hey constantly make mistakes and have to revise their theories.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The real point is that no matter how huge a telescope is, or how precisely the data it reports is handled by a computer, the scientists themselves, being ordinary c
onditioned souls, suffer from four basic defects that completely invalidate their conclusions. These defects are stated in the Vedic scriptures to be }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhrama, pram\'e4da, vipral
ips\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kara\'eb\'e4p\'e4tava.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first defect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bhrama) is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the tendency to make mistakes. For example, Columbus discovered America, but he thought it was India. Similarly, the so-called "astronauts" may have gone somewhere, but it wasn't to the moon, as they believe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The second defect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (pram\'e4da) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the tendency to become illusioned. A good example of mass illusion is that almost everyone identifies himself as his body rather than as his real s
elf, the soul }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub within }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the body. This indicates a nearly universal lack of the most basic knowledge
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The third defect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (vipralips\'e4) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the tendency to cheat. There are many cases on record of researchers attempting to prove a pet theory by doctoring up their laboratory findings. But doubtless the most harmful deception occurs when the scientists, knowing t
hemselves prone to error and illusion, still put forward their jerry-built theories as gospel truth before an innocent public.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fourth defect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (kara\'eb\'e4p\'e4tava) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the imperfection of our gross senses. For instance, re
gardless of how perfect a telescopic lens may be, it is the defective eyes and brain of a human being (the scientist) that have to perceive and interpret the data. Therefore his conclusions are bound to contain some error.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These are some serious reasons to reject the material scientists' contention that they possess real, factual knowledge. We should not give them much credit, nor sho
uld we accept what they say about the nature of the universe. Rather, we should realize that they are fallible men, subject to great imperfection. Perfect knowledge is beyond them.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Locana d}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Transcendental Sounds
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Transcendental Sounds
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#10
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v12#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 10 T
EXT 28\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 11 TEXT 14
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar    v12#5
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl

\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
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\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 491, Caitanya Era\line Vai
\'f1\'ebava month of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Trivikrama}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (May 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 1, 1977)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Trivikrama 10)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 May 14 }{\b0\i0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 "Deprogramming" Smashed in NY Court
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement has defeated a highly publicized challenge to the authority and value of its spiritual teachings. On March 17, New York St
ate Supreme Court Justice John J. Leahy threw out indictments charging two leaders of the Society's New York chapter with attempted extortion and illegal imprisonment of members through "brainwashing."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Last October, Queens District Attorney Michael Schwed had raised many eyebrows\'97and spurred scholars, lawyers, Hindus, devotees, and many others to protest\'97whe
n he jailed Trai d\'e4sa and \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami on the "brainwashing" and extortion charges. At that time Schwed had spoken of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement as a "frightening group that uses mind control to create an army of zombies, or r
obots, who could undermine the government and law enforcement."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the District Attorney fled the courtroom in embarrassment on March 17 when Justice Leahy handed down his decision. "The entire and basic issue before this court
," said the judge, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whether or not the two alleged victims in this case [Merylee Kreshower an
d Edward Shapiro] and the defendants will be allowed to practice the religion of their choice\'97and this must be answered with a resounding affirmative.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba religion is a bona fide religion, with roots in India that go back thousands of years. It behooved Merylee Kreshower and Edward Shapiro to 
follow the tenets of that faith, and their inalienable right to do so }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not be trammeled upon
\'85 The presentment and indictment by the grand jury was in direct and blatant violation of the defendants' constitutional rights.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It appears to the court that the people rest their case on an erroneous minor premise to arrive at a fallacious conclusion. The record is completely devoid of one 
specific allegation of a misrepresentation or an act of deception on the part of any defendant."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Justice Leahy stressed that his decision was a "dire caveat to prosecutional agencies throughout the length and breadth of the land." Citing the constitutional guar
antee of freedom of religion, he said:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The freedom to practice a religion is not to be abridged because the religion is unconventional in its beliefs and practices or because it is approved or disapprov
ed by the mainstream of society or more conventional religions. Without this proliferation and freedom to follow the dictates of one's own conscience in one's search for and approach to God, the freedom of religion will be a meaningless right as provided
 for in the Constitution.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Any attempt, be it circuitous, direct, well-intentioned or not, presents a clear and present danger to this most fundamental, basic and eternally needed right of a
ll American citizens\'97freedom of religion."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has commented in this connection that "by false propaganda you cannot suppress the truth." Certainly those i
nterested in God consciousness may have to tolerate criticism, or even persecution, for that is the way of history. But we are sure that in due course of time all sincere, intelligent persons will appreciate \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's great benediction 
to humanity: devotional service to the Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Scholars Shed Light On "Cult" Controversy
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An increasing number of academicians are taking strong objection to the accusation of a few self-proclaimed "deprogrammers" that the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is
 a type of "brainwashing cult." Protesting the charge that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness robs an individual of his freedom of thought, dozens of members of the New England Psychological Association recently signed a petition decrying "the use of colloquia
l terms [like 'brainwashing' or 'mind control'] as legal weapons against a legitimate religious minority." And in St. Louis, at a joint convention of the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the American School of Orienta
l Literature, over two hundred scholars declared the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement to be a bona fide spiritual organization in the Indian tradition. Indeed, scholars all over the world have expressed their deep appreciation of ISKCON's work, particularly 
the publication of many volumes of classic Vedic texts in English, French, German, Spanish, and other languages.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of ISKCON's most outspoken supporters has been Dr. Joseph T. O'Connell, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at St. Michael's College and Assistant Director
 of the Center for Religious Studies at the University of Toronto. He recently wrote as follows:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is but the most recent phase of an ancient tradition of religious piety known in India as Vaishnavism. The devotees in the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba temples live a full and active life of study, prayer, singing, and day-to-day management of the temple's activities. Many are also active in a variety of more practical tasks, such as the publishing and sale of books, the manufacture of inc
ense, the operation of vegetarian restaurants, and the launching of a small dance-drama company. All observe abstention from meat, intoxicants, and drugs. Only between married couples is sexual union permitted. In my judgement, it is indeed fortunate for
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub these individuals and for the society in which they live that there has been available this outwardly exotic but inwardly authentic and well-rounded way of religious communal
 life. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Accordingly, it is deeply disturbing to me to find young men and women who are finding personal religious authenticity in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement being su
bjected to gross misrepresentation, kidnapping, and other harassment of their personal integrity and religious convictions. I can well appreciate that many parents are baffled and disappointed to find their children alienated from their former way of lif
e. To such parents I would say, 'Please try to be calm and talk with persons who have some understanding of young adults and of the new communities into which they have gone. But please, do not be misled by the professional "deprogrammers." They are enga
ged in a parasitic business that feeds upon fear and misunderstanding and uses illegal and brutal means. Whatever may be the mixture of misguided zeal and pecuniary interest motivating the "deprogrammers;" what they are doing is wrong and should be stopp
ed.' "
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Thousands Attend ISKCON Festival in Bengal
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each spring hundreds of ISKCON devotees from all corners of the world assemble in the sacred Indian villages of M\'e4y\'e4pur and V\'e5nd\'e4vana for a joyous celeb
ration. The occasion is the anniversary of the appearance of Lord \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the incarnation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba who inaugurated the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement some five hundred years ago.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This year more than four hundred devotees undertook the pilgrimage. For many it meant over twenty-five straight hours of travel by chartered 747 jet. After the flig
ht from New York City landed in Calcutta, the devotees boarded buses for the short ride to ISKCON temple grounds in M\'e4y\'e4pur, on the bank of the Ganges in West Bengal. Finally, the weary but joyful pilgrims settled into newly-built quarters just a f
ew minutes' walk from Lord Caitanya's birthplace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Each day of the two-week M\'e4y\'e4pur festival was packed with a variety of K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious activities. The devotees toured local holy spots, attended cla
sses on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and saw the Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha Players of New York perform dance and drama from
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramayana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub traditional Indian histories. The highlight of the program was the evening lectures on K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious culture given by His Divine Grac
e A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of ISKCON, and prominent Indian ci
tizens like M. Bannerjee, Minister of Education for West Bengal. And, of course, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (spir
itual food) was freely distributed, both to the devotees and to the hundreds of thousands of Indian guests who visited the center during the festival. The climax was a ten-course feast for ten thousand on the full-moon night of Lord Caitanya's appearance
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From M\'e4y\'e4pur, the devotees traveled 750 miles to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the rural village ninety miles south of Delhi where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed His childh
ood pastimes five thousand years ago. The V\'e5nd\'e4vana festival featured daily workshops in such arts as Deity worship and Vedic cooking. And in nearby Mathur\'e4, the actual birthplace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the devotees put on a lavish exhibition o
f chanting, lectures, plays, and ISKCON art and books-as well as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  distribution to thous
ands.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Chief Justice Praises Book That "Breathes Devotion on Every Page"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. P.B. Mukharji, the eminent former Chief Justice of the province of West Bengal, India, recently expressed his great delight with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (The 
Character of the Living Force i}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n Immortality}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabh
up\'e4da:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I was delighted to read }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. It is an account of the life of Lord Caitanya, the central themes of whose life were love for God, love for humanity, and love for the entire creati
on. This book breathes divinity and devotion on every page, and it brings an eternal message for the temporal world.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Although He lived five hundred years ago, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Caitanya is relevant to every aspect of modern life. Intellectually, He was the most supreme and
 superb scholar, learned in all the scriptures and an adept in all the yogic disciplines. Philosophically, His profoundly penetrating intellect cut through all the cobwebs of human thinking and pointed to the sure and final goal. In religion He is releva
nt today because He was cosmopolitan and universal, and socially He is relevant today because for Him there was no division, no difference, no castes, no priests, and no sects. In fact, all wealth, privilege, birth, and even tradition lost all validity b
efore Him. From that point of view He was a great revolutionary. But His revolution did not hurt or defeat; it transformed human nature. Politically He is relevant today because He showed the way to passive resistance against evil.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This book, with the commentaries, is an intellectual, cultural, and spiritual landmark in the world. It is a book which should be in the library of every reader wh
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23: \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba at a festival in Gainesville, Florida.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Joseph O'Connell,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  religion professor at the University of Toronto, listens to arguments on the subject of "deprogramming." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ph
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks Out
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks
 Out
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On "Brainwashing"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Last October a Queens, New York, grand jury leveled charges of extortion and "imprisonment through brainwashing" agai
nst New York ISKCON Temple President \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami. In mid-February of this year, one month before State Supreme Court Justice John J. Leahy threw the case out of court, \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava traveled to ISKCON's temple in M\'e4y\'e4pur, India, to ta
ke advice from his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. The following excerpts from their conversations on the subject of "brainwashing" are reproduced from the journal of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's secretary.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub February 17, 1977: \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said, "The whole world is under a misconception, and we are giving them knowledge. And yet t
hey say we are brainwashing. People in general do not know that the body is valuable only as long as the soul is there. Therefore, their brain is rubbish and must be washed, or human civilization is lost."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave this argument: "We are not brainwashing, but brain-giving. Where is your brain? You mu
st first }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub have }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub brain; then we can talk of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub washing }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub it. You don't know who you are. Take a dead man and a living man\'97what is the difference? Because you do not know, you have no brain, and therefore you misunderstand. We can give evidence in court from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to show this. We can prove that you have no brain. You are like the cats and dogs, even if you pose as a p
hilosopher. For centuries this information has been missing: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara pr\'e4pti\'f9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
'The soul is changing, one body after another.' A person who has a brain will understand this simple logic. The body is changing from childhood to youth. When the important thing, the soul, is missing, it is a dead body. Where is your brain to understand
 it? Arjuna was chastised for this by K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who said, 'You have no brain, and you are lamenting about the body.' They don't know the real thing, despite their big talk. They say life is a combination of chemicals; but then mix them and let life
 come. You can't do it. You are cheating people. You have no brain at all."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami [playing the part of an opponent]:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "B
ut I have a brain; therefore, I am able to talk with you."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the difference between th
at talking and the barking of a dog? A dog is alert to someone coming from a distance, even more than a man. Your talking is not proof of a brain.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "But we have art and science."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Whatever you have, you cannot ans
wer the ultimate question. Within the body is the real power. Because }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there, the body is changing. 
The body is like a dress. You should quote the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Another complaint is that they say w
e make a person lose his identity by brainwashing him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But who are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They do not know who they }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They are identifying the self with the body. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brainwashing.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, they may say that "all this di
scussion of the soul is beyond our knowledge."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "It is beyond our knowledge" mean
s you can't understand.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub February 19, 1977: This morning \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da called for all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [fully renounced preachers of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness]. "Be convinced of this," he said. "I am saying that everyone in t
he world has no brain, and we only are brain-giving. Why do I say this? Because I challenge the world's scientists and great thinkers: 'You just produce a machine like the body.' But they cannot. This machine is produced by God. Actually, God Himself doe
s not make this machine. His servant, the material energy, makes the machine: Just see His intelligence. 'The Supreme Lord is seated in everyone's heart,' says the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an
 ordinary man, and yet I can get things done\'97not directly, but by asking my disciples. So why can't God do this? The machine of the body is made by His material nature. How is it made? They don't know. If I challenge them to produce such a machine, th
ey cannot. How this machine is being made by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or the material energy, we shall give th
em the brain to know. We should not be dull and simply accept whatever the scientists say, by noting, 'Yes, you are right.' No. At every step we must say, 'You are wrong. You have no brain.' "
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, they say they have actually cr
eated a machine which is more complex than a man.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But that machine is worked by ano
ther man. And who made that man? They cannot even understand God's material nature, what to speak of the Supreme.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we argue like this, they just c
hange the subject.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why do you let them? Capture them
.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, they will say, "You are talkin
g of religion\'85 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We are not talking of religion! Y
ou don't know religion. We are talking of machines. An animal has no religion. Later we can talk of that. Now talk of machines. Religion is far away from you. And even if you could manufacture one living machine, these machines are now being created in s
uch numbers that you are trying to stop their creation by abortion. So, so many are already being produced by nature. If you can create one, what will be your credit?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They will say, "We will make a bette
r machine than God has made."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh. You cannot capture a garter s
nake, and now you are saying you will catch a cobra.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-Ke\'e7ava Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'93Well, you can\'92t make a brain 
either.\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We don\'92t say that we have a gr
eat brain. We are a servant. Our Master will show the brain. But you are a godless rascal. You have the onus of proof on you.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Spreading the Holy Life Around
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Spreading the Holy Life Around
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Report from France
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now that they've seen everything from bad priests to bogey yogis, the French are more than a little embittered. But when
 they see people living the authentic life of devotion to God, they feel enlivened.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Text and Photos by Yoge\'e7vara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6:00 P.M. on a chilly September day, rural France has already slipped into darkness. Passing swiftly through villages and towns in our Citroen van, we look out at row upon row o
f churches silhouetted against the moonlit evening sky\'97flimsy bastions against the forces of evil. We ride quickly down cobblestone streets, past small shops where old ladies in long black dresses weave precious }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dentelles }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub for altars and parlors. The typical smell of French bread and cheese pervades the air.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For a few weeks I have put aside my work of translating K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious books into French and joined the devotees in the field for book distribution. It ha
s been three years since I went on traveling }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9r
tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
, is the congregational chanting of the names of God. Here it also refers to the distribution of literature about the unlimited glories of the Lord.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but I seem to be making the adjustment well. We are five in the van and the hardy mood of spiritual pioneering predominates. There is a distinct sense of mission, devoid of false prestige. \'c7r\'e9
 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the munificent incarnation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared in Bengal, India, five hundred years ago, once predicted, "In every town and village My name will be chanted." Now, as we travel to the remotest corners of France to 
distribute the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, I am seeing the fulfillment of that prophecy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The other devotees in our party (P\'e9tav\'e4sa, Jagadva\'e7\'e9, Sahasram\'fcrdhan, and Prasannatma) are enthusiastic to interest the French people in the life of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And the French are a receptive audience. Every month more than forty thousand French BACK TO GODHEADS circulate in France and French-speaking Switzerland. The French edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is (La Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 Telle Qu'Elle Est) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has already sold out two printings of twenty-five thousand copi
es in one year. In addition, despite recent controversy over the tactics and political ambitions of certain pseudoreligious sects in France, the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement has emerged with a unique reputation for integrity and authenticity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the road, our party's daily routine is rigorous. Up at 4:00 A.M., we are more often than not parked in an open field, by a running stream if possible. We shower 
from jerry cans of fresh water, dress by candlelight. The resilience of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devotees
 comes from a combination of youthful exuberance and a strong faith in the potency of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's mission. Simply by giving}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  out books and magazines on the science
 of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the devotees are helping people all over the world lend spiritual strength to th
eir lives. Unlike communism, which is also popular among French youth, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's movement accomplishes with a few regulative principles and the chanting of the holy names what no political or social revolution could do: it cleanses the hea
rt of lust, anger, and greed, and plants the seed of love of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Often the devotees speak with priests in charge of particularly historic cathedrals, but these structures are mere vestiges of a Church once awesome in its politica
l power and wealth. Today the youth of France are openly hostile to religion or anything reminiscent of Divine Right, because Church leaders have failed both to present God consciousness on a platform of intelligent dialogue and to practice what they pre
ach. Thus, spiritualism in contemporary France has atrophied for lack of substance. The pages of Marxist-Leninist publications ("Bibles" for a large section of French youth) are best read between the lines. They reveal a bitterness toward Christian dogma
 and the threat of damnation, and a defiant affirmation of man's absolute independence, without need of any God to help him. This hubris finds its expression in popular French songs, such as "Ni Dieu Ni Maitre" ("No God, No Master").
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, the majority of French people, both young and old, have had a Catholic training early in life. There are relatively few political activists outsi
de hot spots like Paris and Marseilles, and despite the prominence of communist sentiment (the President defeated his communist-supported opponent by less than one percentage point in the last national election), interest in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness 
is strong. Two years ago over twenty-five hundred people turned out to hear \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da lecture at the Salle Pleyel in Paris; every Sunday 150 to 200 guests attend the festival at the Paris temple; and every week hundreds of letters stream 
into our New M\'e4y\'e4pur farm in central France, requesting information, books, and membership.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, with full faith in the impact our preaching is having in France, we are now traveling from town to town and introducing hundreds of people to K\'e5\'f1\'eba con
sciousness each day. A typical encounter might go like this:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Bonjour, we are from the K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. We have an album of traditional Indian songs [recorded by the Paris temple music group, "Vrindavan"] and books on
 the philosophy of Vedic culture. People make donations for our publications, and the money goes to maintain our programs in France. We have a farm near Valencay and a school for children."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After some discussion people often ask, "Do you work?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh yes, not only do we work the land on our farm, but many of us work outside the community as well. The President of our association, Monsieur Dilhaire, is a prof
essional architect. In addition, apart from our own studies, we have lecture programs at the high schools and universities, a publications bureau that produces French translations of ancient Sanskrit texts\'85"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On rare occasions, someone in a shop or office will ask, "What is your philosophy?" This is an opportunity for us to explain how the living being is not the materia
l body but an eternal spirit soul, how each spirit soul is part and parcel of God, how K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the name of God given in the Vedic scriptures, how He is the cause of all causes, and how He can be known by serving Him with devotion under the guid
ance of a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we talk with people, two topics appear foremost in their minds: the failing economy and the incompetence of organized religion to offer any viable solutions. Hav
ing so often had their confidence betrayed and their hopes for miracles shattered, people have become disillusioned with religion or anything related to it. In addition, outsiders masquerading as spiritual mentors have encouraged cynicism by creating an 
aura of politics and money around the search for truth. And rumors of nefarious tactics ("mind control," "brainwashing") have simply added fuel to the fire. Still, people are anxious to voice their concern to us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Regarding the miserable economy, one merchant in the Massif Central remarks, "What's happening today reminds me exactly of the conditions preceding World War II. Th
ings are going down so fast, I expect a revolution of some kind."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "So what to do?" I ask.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I thought you were the ones with all the answers. Maybe one day I'll join your movement. One never knows. What do I have to do\'97shave my head?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The combination of his friendly derision and frank helplessness strikes me as ironic, and many others echo his sentiments. Here are people who have seen Nazi occupa
tion. They have known fanaticism. So naturally they are extremely cautious when approached by someone presenting an unfamiliar philosophy. Nonetheless, their desire to know an alternative to the present difficult conditions is unmistakably real. Thus, de
spite their reluctance and doubts, these people of rural France commonly establish a unique rapport with the devotees, as if the devotees were gradually replacing the village chaplains in their role of confidante and spiritual advisor. But suddenly the "
chaplain" is no longer an agent of ecclesiastical manipulation ("Mr. Dupuy, we didn't see you in Mass last Sunday"), but a student of spiritual science, qualified to answer questions on practical spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "No, you don't have to shave your head," I reply. "You can keep your usual dress. The only necessity is to read the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub regularly, offer your food in devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and not do anything to hinder your spiritual progress. We 
are having a conference next month at the Saint Etienne Cultural Center. Why don't you come? We're going to show slides of our farm community and discuss programs for this part of the country."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Perhaps," replies the merchant, "if I have the time. Not much time for anything these days. Business is so bad. But you're very nice. Here's a donation for your fa
rm, and sure, I'll read your magazine."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As I leave his shop, I can see several people in the street with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4s 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub under their arms. (They obviously have met my Godbrothers down the street.) By the end of the week, people are}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stopping us to ask for another book}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or record for a friend or relative.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e9tav\'e4sa remarks later in the van, "They're really interested. In one shop I met the head librarian and showed her the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub She said, 'Oh, un autre petit bijou! [Oh, another little gem!]' and gave me seventy francs. She has all the
 other French editions of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books, from the time devotees were here last year."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagadva\'e7\'e9 recalls an evening we spent with some interested people from Firminy. "There were about a dozen people. They had heard about the meeting from the la
dy who owns the health food shop. So when we arrived, cars were parked all up and down the road. We prepared a feast of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pakoras, sa\'e0osas, subji, lassi, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and sweet rice\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pakora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub : a delicious savory prepared by dipping small chunks of eggplant, cauliflower, or green pepper into a batter made from chickpea flour, spices, and water-and deep-frying in pure butter; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0osa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a savory that looks like a small turnover: a light crust filled with a spicy vegetable paste and deep-fried in pure butter; }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub subji}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : any vegetable preparation; lassi a refreshing drink prepared with yogurt, water, sugar, and spices; }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sweet rice}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : a thick drink made with milk, rice, and sugar.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * and offered it to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and we talked with everyone during the feast. They appreciated that we offered our food to God. They were already interested in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub so}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they had a lot of questions about different s
piritual masters, exercises, and so on."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "What do you tell people," asks Sahasram\'fcrdhan, "when they want to know our opinion of such-and-such swami or guru?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I cite those verses from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ima\'e0 vivasvate yoga\line proktav\'e4n aham avyayam\line vivasv\'e4n manave pr\'e4ha\line manur ik\'f1v\'e4kave \'92brav\'e9t
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A real spiritual master is coming in disciplic succession from the Lord, therefore, whatever he presents is authentic spiritual knowledge. And it can be verified by
 reference to scripture. Also, he must practice the teachings of scripture in his own life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But they always say, 'Yes, so-and-so was the disciple of so-and-so, and he was always in trance.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Then I would explain that you must judge a guru by the results of his teachings. If his teachings are authentic, then his followers will develop love of God. And t
he proof will be that they obey the orders of God, such as 'Thou shalt not kill.' And there are other indications of a true spiritual master given in the scriptures. One is that he never claims to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God, but rather the humble }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub servant }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of God, and he petitions people to become God's devotees."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But then they argue\'85\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If they are looking to argue, then what can you do?" interjects Sahasram\'fcrdhan. "If they are sincerely interested, they will be sensitive to what is real and wh
at is bogus. But if they are just trying to haggle with us, how do you expect them to understand? The best reply I have heard was the one \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave the Theosophists who came to see him in Geneva. He said that only one who is in knowl
edge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba can speak about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If people want to know about something else, they can go elsewhere. That is their own concern. But in our movement we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba on the basis of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and the predecessor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c
\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [spiritual masters]. If someone wants to know about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he can come to us.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone agrees that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's approach would be better than trying to argue the pros and cons of various other practices and teachers}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The discussion returns to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub program and its great success in France. "Sometimes," says Prasann\'e4tm\'e4, "I have to walk for half an hour in these small towns before coming to a house. But then someone will open the door and say, 'Oh, I have
 been hoping you would pass by this way. Do you have the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4?' }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It's incredible, b
ut many people greet us as if they'd been waiting patiently at the door."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagadva\'e7\'e9 responds, "That's happened to me, too. Even in the poorest sections of town, people show such real interest."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "That proves real religion is not something dependent on economic or political factors," remarks Prasann\'e4tm\'e4. "The old lady in the pastry shop or the big boss
 from the local textile factory\'97you meet people in all kinds of social conditions, people frustrated by materialistic life and looking for spiritual knowledge. Their questions are often very elevated, about the nature of the soul or the purpose of yog
a\'85\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is an important point. George Hegel, the German historian (much read in France), hypothesized that religion was a by-product of social necessity. He saw the fu
nction of religion as being what French youth call "white communism," the class struggle hidden behind a mask of self-righteousness and piety. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of Vedic times, said Hegel, were like today's bourgeoisie, feeding off the labor of the lower classes, the proletariat. Thus, according to Hegel, the ultimate issue in human society\'97th
at of the haves versus the have-nots, the exploiters versus the exploited\'97was found even in the Vedic culture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are numerous fallacies in Hegel's arguments, but the most outstanding is simply that he has taken the India of recent history, a country twisted by colonialis
m and the influences of Western materialism, and drawn general conclusions about the intrinsic value of a God-conscious culture. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba con}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub scious}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devotees, however, are living proof of a contrary conclusion. Their example of active devo
tion to God, decorated with the rare qualities of austerity, compassion, cleanliness, and honesty, disproves the theory that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is another brand of religious hypocrisy. The devotees are offering the greatest service to mankind b
y distributing God consciousness and introducing practical programs for the spiritual upliftment of society. In exchange for publications on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they ask people to make some contribution. This should not be seen a
s charity, but rather as an insignificant price to pay for the most invaluable knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After several weeks of distributing books with the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub party, I have now returned to the New M\'e4y\'e4pur farm. I see many new faces, and the farm is buzzing with activity: publishing work at the press, teaching at the Gurukula (the children
's school), construction of houses and beehives, planting and harvesting, classes and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtanas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub It is at moments like these that I feel closest to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, seeing how, by his mercy, people everywhere are becoming happy in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Song of God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 \line The So
ng of God
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  IN ENGLISH VERSE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Hira\'ebyagarbha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Based on the }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.)
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , originally composed in Sanskrit five thousand years ago, is the literal record of the words of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The essence of all Vedic scriptures, it contains the most advanc
ed science of God consciousness in the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There have been many translations of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but the translation of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is the only one that imparts the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4's}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  original spirit and not the commentator's self-interested opinions. In essence, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  tells us that we should accept \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme Lord and surrender to Him\'97this is the very purpose of human life. Hira\'ebyagarbha d\'e4sa, a disciple
 of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, has carefully followed the authorized teachings without attempting to change the message. He has simply rendered it in his own poetic style. Here are a few excerpts from the second and fourth chapters, prefaced by a dedicat
ion and a glorification of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 DEDICATION
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Prabhup\'e4da! You hold the torch\line Which opens blinded eyes;\line In this entire maddened world\line Just you alone ar
e wise.
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are the only preacher here,\line Just you deserve all praise,\line While I'm an ignorant weakling\line Unlearned in Vai
\'f1\'ebava ways.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Vai\'f1\'ebava ways: the ways of a Vai\'f1\'ebava\'97the\line ways of a devotee of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}*
\par }\pard \s2061 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2880\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But my purpose is to please you;\line Be merciful, please, to me.\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bless my pen with understanding\line Of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4's}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  mystery.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 IN PRAISE OF THE G\'c9T\'c4
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , song of God,\line I bow down at your feet. \line Nondifferent from the Supreme Lord,\line You therefore are complete.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You shower spiritual nectar\line Throughout a hundred ages,\line Praised by poets and by gods\line And glorified by sages.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As one takes bath to cleanse himself\line In water day by day,\line So one who bathes in your nectar\line Cleans all his sin
s away.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By your words alone we'll be freed\line From }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4
y\'e4's\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : illusion; forgetfulness of our relationship with Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub *}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  nasty hooks,\line You spring from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus lips,\line What need of other boo
ks?
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So let there be just one scripture\'97\line The song of Devak\'e9's son.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn [Mother] Devak\'e9's son: K
\'e5\'f1\'eba.}*\line And let the son of Devak\'e9 be \line Worshiped by everyone.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And let \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy names\line Be the one song to be sung,\line And His transcendental service\line The 
one work to be done.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 From Chapter Two: "The G\'e9t\'e4 Summarized"}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0  
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Seeing intimate relatives and teachers on the enemy side, Arjuna loses his resolve to fight and sits down on his chariot in great fear an
d confusion. K\'e5\'f1\'eba then teaches him not to fear the outcome of the fight, because the soul is eternal and can never be killed.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord said:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In matters for which learned men\line Would never grieve, My friend,\line You are absorbed in grief and still\line You speak
 like learned men.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who don't know the scriptures' truths\line Mourn at a man's demise;\line In life or death from sorrow freed\line Is he
 who's truly wise.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Neither you nor I nor all these kings\line Here on this field of war\line Did not exist before this birth,\line Nor will we 
die hereafter.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just as we pass from child to youth\line Old age to final breath,\line We simply make another change\line Reaching the time 
of death.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although we all must go through this,\line One who's sober, calm, and clear\line Remains undisturbed at that time\'97\line F
rom death he knows no fear.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The higher truth, which never dies,\line Pervades the body whole,\line It's conscious and is consciousness\line And is known
 as the soul.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The body meets destruction,\line But one can't destroy the soul,\line Who's eternal and without death\line And has eternal g
oals.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So therefore you should fight, Arjuna,\line Knowing there is no death;\line All these foes of yours won't die.\line They'll 
just take other births.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa300\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 From Chapter Four: "Transcendental Knowledge"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally describes His own transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord and His purpose in coming to the material world.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Supreme Lord said:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Through many births we both have passed\line Without a start or end;\line I can remember all of them,\line But you cannot, M
y friend.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna, My friend, you too were there,\line But in another form;\line You have forgotten this because\line You died and were
 reborn.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But Arjuna, I am never born,\line And neither do I wane,\line I am the Lord of all creation\'97\line By My own will I came.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I have no need to come to earth;\line I have no duty here.\line For these reasons nonetheless\line In each age I appear:
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When irreligion dominates\line And religion's in decline,\line And the world situation\line Follows no scriptural line,
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When no one else but I could do\line The thing that must be done\'97\line Establish the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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e.
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\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And there is peace again.
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o Me.
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Feast-ISKCON centers    v12 #5
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub enjoy a free full-course vegetarian yoga dinner ... and plays, music, mantra meditation ... \line every Sunday at the ISKCON
 center nearest you.
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a E. Africa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Muhoroni Close, Ngara Rd, P.O. Box 28946 / 331568; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Louis, Mauritius}{\b0\i0
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ona, Spain}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 157; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dublin, Ireland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adelaide, S. Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9713-A Frome St. / 020-253-160; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Alexandria, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 170, N.S.W. 2015; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Auckland, New Zealand}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 668-666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lautoka, Fiji}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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Park, Melbourne, Victoria 3206/ 329-9844; 
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Amherst, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97219 Amity St., 01002; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Ann Arbor, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97718 W. Madison St. 48103/ (313) 665-6304; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atlanta, Georgia}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971287 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE 30306/ (404) 378-9182; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Baltimore, Maryland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97200 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville 21228/ (301) 788-6783; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Berkeley, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bloomington, Indiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97214 No. Dunn St. (812)336-4666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonwealth Ave. 021
16/ (617) 247-7300; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b\i0\ul0
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\cb1\nosupersub Cincinnati, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972717 Glendora Ave. 45219/ (513)751-0354; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Lenox 48215/ (313
) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Durham, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973109 Chipol Hill Rd. 27707 / (919)489-4057; }{\b\i0\ul0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9751 Coelho Way 96817/ (808) 595-3947; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 528-9004; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indianapolis, Indiana}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97415 S. St. Paul St. 46201/ (317)639-1633; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kansas City, Kansas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973232 Sewell Ave. 66104/ (913)621-1993; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy, 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972600 Demetrius, Las
 Vegas 89101/ (702)642-0968; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madison, Wisconsin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97111 N. Few St. 53703; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Memphis, Tennessee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973533 Highway 61 South; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Minneapolis, Minnesota}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97216 Ridgewood Ave. 55403 / (612)874-8780; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 
10019/ (212) 765-8610; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. Woodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }
{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 S.E. Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o ISKCON, New York; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis,
 Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Diego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973300 Third Ave. 92103/ (714) 291-7778; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 329-9348; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D. C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710310
 Oaklyn Rd., Potomac, Maryland 20854/ (301) 299-2100.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ISKCON FARMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Buffalo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601
) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Costa Rica, South America (New Viraj\'e4)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(Contact ISKCON San Pedro, Costa Rica.);
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Delaplane, Virginia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 1. Box 22, 22025/ (703) 364-2156; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dixon, Missouri (New Godruma)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Box 81 Tavern Route, Dixon, Missouri 65459 / (314) 422-3966; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay-Le-Male, 36600 Valency Chateau d'Oublaise; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London, England}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 8EP/ Radlett 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Mayapur); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moundsville,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub West Virginia (New Vrindaban)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'97RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mulberry Tennesse (Murari Sevak)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt.
 No. 1, Box 146-A 37359/ (615)75901058; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Petropolis, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Rio de Janeiro); }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 17082/ (717) 527-2493.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Read these books     
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub READ THESE BOOKS-IMPROVE YOUR LI
FE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 What if one book said it all? 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What if one book said it all?
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#7
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
12 No. 6, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 Festival: East Meets West
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma\line Hare R\'e4ma\line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma\line Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chant and be happy...
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be happy...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here at ISKCON's farm community in Indre, France, everyone chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, including the children. Chanting is simple to understand. It isn't
 anything artificial to be imposed on the mind\'97it's something sublime to purify our hearts. We're all originally K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious spiritual entities, and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the easiest method for reviving our dormant, pure state o
f God consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD magazine.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha d\'e4sa, Sanskrit student:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "There are thousands of verses in the Sanskri
t scriptures that explain the unlimited, eternal benefit we gain by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kalisantara\'eba Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub there's no better process of self-realization. That's also the verdict of thousands of great self-realized souls who've reac
hed the topmost spiritual platform (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prema\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pure love of God). And out of kindness they've writt
en volumes praising the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra and urging us to try it. If we follow the process carefully and regularly, as directed by the previous sages, certainly we can also attain perfection."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hector Salas, artist:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives me peace and comfort that I 
couldn't find before. Chanting reassures me that there's something higher than just trying to make a living. I can definitely feel spiritual energy when I chant."
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guruttama d\'e4sa, book distributor:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I've been chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and readi
ng authorized books about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for four years, and now I'm finding a higher happiness than I've ever experienced before. Chanting and reading give me the conviction to introduce this experience to others. My work takes me to publi
c places where I meet all types of people, working so hard to achieve their goals\'97fame, money, power, beauty, knowledge. But what they don't know is that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the source of all these opulences. So, what I've learned can benefit every
one. They can have their goal of life by linking up with K\'e5\'f1\'eba through chanting His name."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: (Los Angeles) Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa, Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ART DIRECTOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Indrapramada d\'e4sa, Navadv\'e9pa d
\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vic\'e4ru d\'e4sa\line }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub CONTRIBUTING EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Drutakarma d\'e4sa, Nalin\'e9
-kantha d\'e4sa, Navayauvana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4me\'f1ta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTIST}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, R\'e4man\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHY }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa (Picture Editor);
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photographers:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vipra d\'e4sa, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7anta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4\'e7raya d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa
, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Ve\'ebudhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v12#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1967 His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da gave the West a special gift: Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, the ancient I
ndian "Festival of the Chariots." From the very first, his beloved disciple Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa engineered the huge chariots of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, the Lord of the Universe. In this photo (New York, 1976) Jay\'e4nanda steers one of the many chariots he 
built through the years. As we were going to press, Jay\'e4nanda's Godbrothers and Godsisters celebrated his thirty eighth birthday. Despite his leukemia-stricken condition, he said he was "just thinking about Lord Jagann\'e4tha and all the festivals thr
ough the years." Only four days later Jay\'e4nanda passed away, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, thinking of the Lord he'd served during his life. (Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4nta d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Secret of the "Superman"
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Secret of the "Superman"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Friedrich Nietzsche thought of the "superman" as someone totally self-controlled, unafraid, simple, aware, self-reliant.
.. and nonexistent. But here His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da tells us about real supermen\'97who they are and how they get that way.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philo
sopher and poet of the last century who has become very influential in modern philosophy. Schopenhauer spoke of the "blind will" of the individual as being the basic propelling force that keeps the soul tied to material existence, to transmigration from 
body to body. Nietzsche, on the other hand, spoke of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub der Wille zur Macht, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the "will to power," which is a
 different kind of will. This will is not used for subjugating others but for mastering one's lower self. It is characterized by self-control and an interest in art and philosophy. Most people are envious of others, but it is the duty of the noble man, t
he philosopher, to transcend this envy by sheer willpower. In Nietzsche's own words, the philosopher "shakes off with one shrug much vermin that would have buried itself deep in others." When the philosopher has rid himself of resentment and envy, he can
 even embrace his enemies with a kind of Christian love. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : This is called spiritual power. E
nvy is a symptom of conditioned life. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated that the neophyte wh
o wants to understand the Vedic literatures should not be envious. In this material world, everyone is envious. People are even envious of God and His instructions. Consequently people do not like to accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions. Although K\'e5
\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is accepted as such by all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [self-re
alized teachers], there are nonetheless foolish men called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fc\'f2has }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who either reject K\'e5\'f1\'eba'
s instructions or try to screw out some contrary meaning from them. This envy is symptomatic of conditioned souls. Unless we are liberated from conditioned life, we will remain confused under the influence of the external material energy. Until we come t
o the spiritual platform, there is no possibility of escaping from envy and pride by so-called willpower. A person in the transcendental }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (brahma-bh\'fcta) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub stage is described in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u: }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He can look at everyone with the same spiritual understanding.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Nietzsche calls the man who possesses 
spiritual power the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a word meaning literally "above-man" and often translated as "superman." 
The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is totally self-controlled, unafraid of death, simple, aware, and self-reliant. He is so p
owerful that he can change the lives of others simply on contact. Nietzsche never referred to any historical person as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nor did he consider himself such.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : We accept the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub as the genuine superman because he is worshiped like God. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By the mercy of the superman one can get in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu also accepts this: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru-k\'e5\'f1
\'eba-pras\'e4de p\'e4ya bhakti-lat\'e4-b\'e9ja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [the superman, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one receives information about spiritual life so that he can return home, back to Godhead." \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya
 Mah\'e4prabhu requested everyone to become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or supermen. The superman distributes transcendental k
nowledge strictly according to the authorized version he has received from his superior. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub parampar\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub the disciplic succession. One superman delivers this supreme knowledge to another superman, and this knowledge was originally delivered by God Himself.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus Spake Zarathustra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nietzsche concludes that all men want power. At the top of this hierarchy in the quest for power is the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would be one who has conquered his passions and attained all good qualifications. His actions are creative, and he does not envy others. He is constantly aware that death is always 
present, and he is so superior to others that he is almost like God in the world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : In Sanskrit the real }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or superman is called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sv}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who is described by R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 as one who can control his words, mind, anger, tongue, belly, and genitals. These are the six forces that drive men to comm
it sinful activities. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
m}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub can control these forces,
 especially the genitals, belly, and tongue, which are very hard to control. Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t\'e4ra madhye jihv\'e4 ati-lobhamaya sudurmati: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The force of the tongue is very great, and for its gratification we create many artificial}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  edibles. Nonsensical habits like 
smoking, drinking, and meat eating have entered society simply due to the urges of the tongue. Actually, there is no need for these things. A person does not die simply because he cannot smoke, eat meat, or drink liquor. Rather, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub without }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub these indulgences he can elevate himself to the highest platform. It is therefore said that one who can control the ton
gue can control the urges of the other senses also. One who can control all the senses\'97beginning with the tongue\'97is called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or, as Nietzsche would say, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But this is impo
ssible for an ordinary man.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nietzsche believed that everyone has a
 "will to power," but that the weak seek power vainly. For instance, in his will to power, Hitler sought to subjugate as much of the world as possible, but he was ultimately unsuccessful, and he brought disaster upon himself and Germany. Instead of tryin
g to conquer himself, he attempted to conquer others, and this is the will to power misdirected or misinterpreted.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Men like Hitler are not able to c
ontrol the force of anger. A king or national leader has to use anger properly. Narottama d\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura says that we should control our powers and apply them in the proper cases. We may become angry, but our anger must be controlled. For example,
 although Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu taught that we should be very submissive\'97humbler than the grass and more tolerant than a tree-He became angry upon seeing His dear devotee Nity\'e4nanda Prabhu hurt by Jag\'e4i and M\'e4dh\'e4i. Everything can be prope
rly utilized in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but not for personal aggrandizement. In the material world, everyone is certainly after power, but the real superman is not after power for himself. He himself is a mendicant, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub but he acquires power for the service of the Lord. For instance, I came to America not to acquire material power but t
o distribute K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. By the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all facilities have been afforded, and now, from the material point of view, I have become somewhat powerful. But this is not for my personal sense gratification; it is }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The conclusion is that power for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service is ver
y valuable, but power for our own sense gratification is condemned.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hitler twisted Nietzsche's philosophy,
 claiming that he was the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub although Nietzsche clearly says that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not intent on subjugating others but on subjugating his own passions. Such a superman is beyond good and evil and
 is not subject to mundane dualities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, because the superman acts on
 behalf of God, he is transcendental. At the beginning of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arjuna was thinking li
ke an ordinary person in his reluctance to fight. From the material point of view, nonviolence is a good qualification. Arjuna was excusing his enemies, although they had insulted him and his wife and usurped his kingdom. He pleaded before K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 that it would be better to let them enjoy his kingdom\'97"I am not going to fight." Materially this appeared very laudable, but spiritually it was not, because K\'e5\'f1\'eba wanted him to fight. Finally Arjuna carried out K\'e5\'f1\'eba's order and fou
ght. Clearly, this kind of fighting was not for personal aggrandizement but for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So by using his power for the service of the Lord, Arjuna became a superman.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his writings on religion, Nietzsche
 expressed a dislike for the nihilism of the Buddhists and the caste system of the Hindus, especially the Hindu treatment of the untouchables.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is a later concoction by the
 caste Hindus. The true Vedic religion does not speak of untouchables. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself demonstrated His system by accepting so-called untouchables like Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, who was born in a Mohammedan family. Although Harid\'e4sa 
\'d6h\'e4kura was not accepted by Hindu society, Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu personally indicated that he was most exalted. Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura would not enter the temple of Lord Jagann\'e4tha because he did not want to create a commotion, but Caitanya 
Mah\'e4prabhu Himself came to see Harid\'e4sa every day. It is a basic principle of the Vedic religion that one should not be envious of anyone. K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself says }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.32
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4\'e0 hi p\'e4rtha vyap\'e4\'e7ritya\line ye \'92pi syu\'f9 p\'e4pa-yonaya\'f9\line striyo vai\'e7y\'e4s tath\'e4 \'e7\'fcdr
\'e4s\line te \'92pi y\'e4nti par\'e4\'e0 gatim
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter of Me, though they be of lower birth\'97women, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [merchants], as well as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [workers]\'97can approach the supreme destination." So despite birth in a lower family, if one is a devotee he is eligible to return home, back to Godhead. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [scriptures] do not speak of untouchables. Everyone is eligible to practice K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and return to the Godhea
d, provided the necessary spiritual qualifications are there.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nietzsche believed that by stressing t
he value of going to the transcendental world, a person would come to resent this world. He therefore personally rejected all formal religions.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This material world is described 
as a place of suffering }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (du\'f9kha-\'e4laya). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We do not know whether Nietzsche realized this or not, but 
if one actually understands the soul, he can realize that this material world is a place of suffering. Being part and parcel of God, the soul has the same qualities possessed by God. God is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sac-cid-\'e4nanda-vigraha, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternal, full of knowledge and bliss, and the living entities in the spiritual world have the same nature. But in material life their eterna
lity, knowledge, and bliss are absent. It is therefore better that we learn to detest material existence and try to give it up (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6va nivartate }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  2.59]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub enjoin that we understand the spiritual world and try to return there (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamaso m\'e4 jyotir gamaya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual world is the kingdom of light, and this material world is the ki
ngdom of darkness. The sooner we learn to avoid the world of darkness and return to the kingdom of light, the better it is.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nietzsche was greatly influenced by th
e Greeks, and he was astounded that out of so few men, so many great individuals emerged. He attributed this to their struggling with their evil instincts, and he thought that even today, with the help of favorable measures, great individuals might be re
ared who would surpass all others. Thus Nietzsche believed that mankind ought to be constantly striving to}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  produce great men\'97this and nothing else is man's duty.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone is trying to be a great 
man, but one's greatness is genuine when he becomes God-realized. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub veda }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "knowledge," and a 
person is great when he is conversant with the lessons of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The object of knowledge, as describe
d by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is God or the self. There are different methods for self-realization. However, 
since every individual is part and parcel of God, if one realizes God, he automatically realizes himself. God is compared to the sun. If the sun is out, we can see everything very clearly. Similarly, in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasmin vij\'ef\'e4te sarvam eva\'e0 vij\'ef\'e4ta\'e0 bha
vati: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "By understanding God, we understand all other things." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Up.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then we automatically become jolly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prasann\'e4tm\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "jolly." At that time, we can see that everyone is exact
ly like ourselves }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for everyone is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. At this point, service of the Lord begins, and we attain the platform of knowledge, bliss, and eternit
y.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Nietzsche was emphatic in stating that
 there has never yet been a superman. He writes, "All too similar are men to each other. Verily, even the greatest I found all too human." Nor does the superman evolve in the Darwinian sense. Nietzsche thought the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a possibility at present if man uses all his spiritual and physical energies. He wrote, "Dead are all the gods; now do we desire the
 superman to live." But how is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pos}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sible without an object for his spiritual energies?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We become supermen if we engage i
n the service of the Supreme Person. The Supreme Being is a person, and the superman is also a person. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "God is the chief amongst all personalit
ies." The superman has no other business than carrying out the orders of the Supreme Being. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, wants to make everyone a superman. He therefore orders: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sarva-dh
arm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Give up everything and simply surrender to Me" }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.66}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we can understand and follow this instruction, we are supermen. The ordinary man thinks, "I have my ind
ependence and can do something myself. Why should I surrender?" However, as soon as he realizes that his only duty is to surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that he has no other duty in this material world, he becomes the superman. This consciousness is attaine
d after many, many births }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bah\'fcn\'e4\'e0 janm\'e4n\'e4m ante }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  7.19}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After many lifetimes, when one actually attains full knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he 
surrenders unto Him. As soon as he surrenders, he becomes the superman.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Nietzsche would reject dependence on a
nything exterior to the superman himself. In other words, he would reject "props." But isn't it impossible for a man to elevate himself to that platform without depending on the Supreme Lord?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Of course, and therefore K\'e5
\'f1\'eba says, "Depend upon Me." You have to be dependent, and if you do not depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you have to depend on the dictations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub illu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sion. There are many philosophers and politicians who depend on others or on their own whimsical ideas, but we should depen
d on the perfect instructions of God. The fact is that every living being is dependent; he cannot be independent. If he voluntarily depends on the instructions of God, he becomes the genuine superman, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Nietzsche's superman appears to resemb
le the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yog\'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who elevates himself by his own efforts, seemingly independent of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub seemingly. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yog\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gets some extraordinary mystic powers, he thinks that he has become God. This is another mistake, for no one can become God. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub yogi }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may attain some mystical powers by practice or by the favor of the Lord, but these powers are not sufficient to enable him to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub become }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God. There are many who think that through meditation or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is possible to become equal to God, but this is another illusion, another dictation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4. M\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is always saying, "Why depend on God? You can become God yourself."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Independence seems to be central to Ni
etzsche's philosophy. In a sense, his superman is somewhat like Hira\'ebyaka\'e7ipu, who performed so many penances to gain immortality and who made the demigods tremble to see his austerities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, and ultimately he was outwit
ted by the Supreme Himself. Actually, it is not good to struggle for material power and control over others. If one becomes a devout servant of God, he becomes the superman automatically and acquires many sincere followers. One does not have to undergo s
evere austerities; everything can be mastered in one stroke.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And what of sense control?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If one becomes a devotee of the S
upreme Lord, he controls his senses automatically, but he never thinks that he has become God, or the supreme controller.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One last point on Nietzsche. He believ
ed in what is called eternal recurrence-that is, after this universe has been destroyed, it will be repeated again after many eons.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it is stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 
pral\'e9yate: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This material world is created at a certain point, maintained for a certain period, and then destroyed" (Bg. 8.19). This material world is created for the condition
ed soul, who is put here in order to learn his position as the eternal servant of God. Lord Brahm\'e4, the first created being in the universe, is given the Vedic instructions, and he distributes them through the disciplic succession, which descends from
 Brahm\'e4 to N\'e4rada, from N\'e4rada to Vy\'e4sadeva, from Vy\'e4sadeva to \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, and so on. These instructions enjoin the conditioned soul to return home, back to Godhead. If the conditioned soul rejects these instructions, he rem
ains in the material world until it is annihilated. At that time he remains in an unconscious state, just like a child within the womb of his mother. In due course of time his consciousness revives, and he again takes birth. The point is that anyone can 
take advantage of the Vedic instructions, become a superman or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ubermensch, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and go back to Godhead. Unfort
unately, the conditioned living entities are so attached to the material world that they repeatedly want to take up material bodies. In this way history actually repeats itself, and there is again creation, maintenance, and destruction.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5: ''One superman delivers this supreme knowledge to another superman, and this knowledge was originally delivered
 by God Himself." Supermen throughout history (from upper left to lower right) \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4m\'e4nuja (A.D. 1017-1137), \'c7r\'e9 Madhva (A.D. l239-1319), \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 (1874-1936), and, today, His Divine Grace 
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: "No one can be the teacher of the Truth except the devotee of God."\'97\'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvat\'e9
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: "If one becomes a devout servant of God, he becomes the superman automatically."\'97\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Festival of the Chariots
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Festival of the Chariots
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Festival to Cherish
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by D\'e4modara d\'e4sa and Nalin\'e9-ka\'eb\'f6a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "East is East and West is West," said Kipling, "and never the twain shall meet." But in Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, the Festival 
of the Chariots, East and West are not only meeting but becoming fast friends.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every summer in dozens of cities across the earth, Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4\'97the Festival of the Chariots\'97blossoms like a multicolored lotus flower. Red, yellow, and 
green silk canopies tower above the chariots and sway serenely. Their silver decorations glitter in the sunlight. Colossal wooden wheels creak on their axles as singing celebrants haul the ancient vehicles along the parade route, tugging on thick hawsers
. By their spirited service they invoke the mercy of Jagann\'e4tha, the Lord of the Universe. He is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and He has come along for the ride, sitting on the lead cart in His form as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4ru-brahman}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (God manifested through wood). His big round eyes and blissful smile shower benedictions upo
n everyone. In the next two chariots sit the Lord's brother and sister, Balar\'e4ma and Subhadr\'e4. The three vehicles are flower-decked boats rocking on an ocean of friends and devotees, thousands strong, waves of lovers of God singing and dancing. At 
the parade's end (a park or a beach) the crowd enjoys a vegetarian feast and entertainment by musicians and dramatists until sunset, and everyone goes home saturated with transcendental peace and joy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How ancient is the Festival of the Chariots? It's hard to say exactly, but Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 is one of the world's oldest religious festivals. At the 1976 New }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub York }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da explained its origins
:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Five thousand years ago K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma, and Subhadr\'e4 visited Kuruk\'f1etra in Their chariot }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the occasion of a solar eclipse. One king, Indradyumna, there became very anxious to establish a temple of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Balar\'e4ma, and Subhadr
\'e4. Therefore he got a sculptor to carve the Deities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "But there was a contract between the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sculptor and the king that the sculptor would w
ork behind closed doors and the king could not disturb him. When many days had passed the king thought, 'What is this worker doing?' So he forcibly opened the door, and he saw that the forms were unfinished. But after that the sculptor would not finish c
arving the Deities. Therefore the king said, 'Never mind; I shall worship this unfinished Deity.'
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "So you see Jagann\'e4tha in this form because King Indradyumna wanted to worship Him in this form. And the king started the temple of Jagann\'e4tha in Orissa, at P
ur\'e9. It is a very old temple\'97according to modern calculation not less than two thousand years old. The Jagann\'e4tha Deity is there. So K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma and Subhadr\'e4 went to Kuruk\'f1etra for the festival, and at Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 
we also are observing this festival."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Until very recently, Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 was a strictly Indian celebration. It made its way indirectly into Western culture when the British first watched it in Pur
\'e9 and coined the term }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub juggernaut, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub after the chariots of Jagann\'e4tha, to indicate an overwhel
ming, irresistible force. They felt moved by the immensity of the canopies and wheels, and by the fervor of the devotees' exultant chanting of the holy names of the Lord. However, the name Jagann\'e4tha does not directly mean what }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub juggernaut }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagann\'e4tha }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub indicates "the Lord of the Universe"\'97the Lord not just of India and Indians but of the whole universe and all living beings. Therefore, a hundred years ago a devotee of Jagann\'e4t
ha known as Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura started writing books about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in English and sending the books to libraries in the West. His son, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Goswami, carried on the international educational program.
 The fruition came in 1966, when the Goswami's most dedicated disciple, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New York City.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the summer of 1967, the city of San Francisco saw the Western world's first Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4. Although earlier many other swamis and yogis had journeyed to the 
West, none of them had brought the purity and devotion of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. And none of them had had the vision of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: to establish ancient India's K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious culture around the world }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on its own }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub terms\'97not watered down, but as it is. Thus, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da introduced Lord Jagann\'e4tha as He
 is, in the original format of the ancient and glorious Festival of the Chariots. Before, no one had dared think it possible, but \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da dared and was triumphant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa, one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's early disciples, took part in every San Francisco Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 since the first one back in 1967-and an
 unusually active part at that. In fact, his expert engineering of the huge chariots used in the San Francisco festivals earned him the nickname "Mr. Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4." For each of the first four Ratha-yatras, Jay\'e4nanda built the chariots from the gr
ound up. And although in the last few festivals the same vehicles were used each year, still he continued to improve them. To find out the inside story on Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 past, present, and future, BACK TO GODHEAD interviewed Jay\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb480\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 Inside }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4\'85With }{\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 an Old Insider
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Jay\'e4nanda; how did you first get involved }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I heard \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da spea
king in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Fran}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cisco, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and somehow }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  knew he didn't want 
to cheat me. So I just wanted to work for him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And now for ten years you've worked on the Ratha-y\'e4t
r\'e4 carts. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What were the first Ratha-yatras like?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The first year, 1967, we just rented a
 flatbed truck and started out in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. We decorated the truck with flowers and put the Deities on the back, and the girls passed out fruit. A good crowd walked along with us at the beginning, and when we turned of
f Haight Street a smaller group of maybe fifty people came with us and we went }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the way to the beach.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The second year we made our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub own }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cart, with saffron silk canopies, small ones. And we had the parade through Golden Gate Park to the beach. By that time the San Francisco temple had grown a little\'97we had maybe thirty devotees\'97and
 about one hundred people came with us through the park. The chanting was very nice that year.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1969 we built a much bigger cart, with a tall silk canopy, like the ones they build in Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 in India. But in 1970 we worked for two months straight and built the three big carts, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub basically the same ones we use now. Also we had all kinds of publicity\'97TV, billboards, posters. And \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to that Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4. So a lot of people came, maybe twelve thousand p
eople. It was big\'97a tremendous success. We had a few mishaps, though. One cart broke down in the middle of the parade. And it was a bitter cold day. But even though it was so cold at the beach, thousands of people stayed there with us and ate a lot of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [spiritual food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba]. We brought twenty fifty-gallon bar
rels of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and they ate it all.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Later that year the auditorium we used at the beach was torn down. So in 1971 we decided to end the parade in the park, at Lindley Mead
ow. That year, and in 1972 and 1973, the parade was a little smaller than in 1970.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1974 Bhakta d\'e4sa came to San Francisco to be temple president, and he decided to expand the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4. He spent more mone
y on it than before, and maybe twenty thousand people attended that year. The police remarked that we were the only group that could get such a large gathering together without creating a problem for them. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came that year and gav
e a speech at the Meadow. He was sitting beneath the Jagann\'e4tha Deities on Their opulent three-tiered stage. Even without much understanding everyone could appreciate that here was a majestic, awe-inspiring celebration. Another wonderful thing we star
ted that year was the fairground-type booths at the Meadow. You could see the unlimited scope of the Vedic culture. We had a Deity workshop booth, a transcendental art booth, a literature booth, and of course many booths selling food. Now that's become a
 regular feature of the festival.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1975 I tried out making steel wheels, but the chariots were so heavy they flattened the steel and made the ride very bumpy for the D
eities. So now we're back to the standard wooden wheels.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What instructions has \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da given y
ou about Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I never got much personal instruction.
 He just told me to make everything strong. I'm not a real visionary about it\'97I just built the carts. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Which Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 do you think has been the best 
so far?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In New York last year-that was the mos
t festive. Not until then had I experienced so many of the transcendental qualities of Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4. You know\'97for a parade there's nothing like Fifth Avenue; it's the most important street in the world. And when we went to Washington Square Park 
to pull the carts home, hours after the parade had finished, thousands of people were still there chanting. They were everywhere. People were coming out of their apartments and coming out of bars shouting "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" Only in New York could you
 get such a response.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Tell us, from your own experience, what the public gets
 out of Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The impact is so powerful that everyon
e's affected. In New York there were thousands of people out on the streets, and they were astounded. It's not that I'm claiming it; the people were interviewed on TV and that's what they said. Also I remember one man with his girl friend (she didn't lik
e us at all) who told me some time after the festival that when he saw the carts coming down the street he felt a parade had just come down from heaven, and that he often remembers the carts and the chanting with pleasure. So people are hit by it. It's s
o far beyond their usual experience. You can't measure the impact. All year long they do more or less the same things. Maybe they catch a few parades, like the Thanksgiving Day parade. They stand and watch some big balloons go by. But it's all the same. 
Then, when you have a whole troupe of devotees singing and dancing around these lofty, transcendental chariots\'97then the people are transformed. They used to be mundane creatures, but when they see the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, they're angels. It brings out t
he best in people to see Lord Jagann\'e4tha smiling at them. I tell you, at first their faces looked like they hadn't changed in twenty-five years, and then all of a sudden it was like glass cracking, and you'd see the whole face transformed just by a fe
w moments\'92 association.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And what to speak of those who take part? Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 encourages everybody to take part. "Come on, walk with us, dance, grab a ro
pe and pull." We don't say, "Don't touch." No\'97"Join in, have fun." By our nature we all want to participate. Nobody wants to be a bystander. And those who take part are purified of all their sinful karmic reactions just by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 and seeing Lord Jagann\'e4tha.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are there people who regard it as idol worship?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes\'97they may feel that before, but 
the impact of the festival is so strong that after it they feel otherwise. They see Lord Jagann\'e4tha, and they see how merciful He is, and they can feel that it's not idol worship. And if they read \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books, then they'll unders
tand logically how Lord Jagann\'e4tha is not an idol. Of course, at the festival there are always a few faultfinders. Last year in New York one of them had a bullhorn and was shouting, so one of our men poured water down it and that stopped him. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is your understanding of the purpose of Ratha-y
\'e4tr\'e4? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To celebrate the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's so kind; He comes to earth and displays so many wonderful pastimes. Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 celebrates His going to Kuruk\'f1etra with Balar\'e4ma and Subhadr\'e4, and His meeting there with the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where He wa
s born. The expressions of love shared between the Lord and His devotees make that one of the sweetest pastimes. Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 offers a chance for so many people to be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. People don't come to our temples much, bu
t millions are out on the streets. Now here's a chance for them to advance in spiritual life\'97here comes Lord Jagann\'e4tha's festival! They're touched\'97they become part of the transcendental vibration, and they're purified.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also, for the devotees it's very beneficial\'97maybe more for me; Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 is the service that's given me so many of my realiz
ations, the flowering of whatever K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness I have. It's not a long-term occupation. It happens all at once, like a big explosion, in the summer. It brings together so many devotees all working together under the spiritual master with 
one plan. And all the transcendental paraphernalia is there-the Deities, the pras\'e4da, the chanting, the booths, the theater\'97it's such a surcharged atmosphere. You never forget it. For a devotee to be able to participate in Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 is very
 good for his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When you have these festivals, it gives you a big, powerful event to look forward to, and to work towards. It helps your devotion.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How about the future growth of Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One thing that's important is that all
 the temples should celebrate this wonderful festival. But it isn't practical for each center to construct three carts. So now in Los Angeles we're putting together a traveling party that can go from city to city, with displays and carts that you can ass
emble and take apart. Then the great expense will be eliminated. Also, we'll have year-round Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4s\'97the South in the winter, the North in the summer. It can be expanded so people will be hearing about Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 all year round-and t
hat will be the perfection of their lives!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It sounds wonderful. Thank you very much, Jay\'e4nanda.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thank you. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p8-9: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : in Puri, India, the chariots of Lord Jagann\'e4tha, Lady Subhadr\'e4, and Lord Balar\'e4ma are ready to roll. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d
\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Far left}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : after leaving New York's Central Park, Lord Jagann\'e4tha and His friends and well-
wishers journey down Fifth Avenue to Washington Square. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \line }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : Lord Jagann\'e4tha's attendants in Puri escort Him to His waiting chariot; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in San Francisc
o's Golden Gate Park, eager arms tug hard to help Lord Jagann\'e4tha's six-ton chariot get going. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p10: The morning of the festival. Below \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da inspects a wheel. \line Next down: devotees pull 
the chariots crosstown to their starting place in Central Park. \line Bottom: Jay\'e4nanda readies Lord Jagann\'e4tha's chariot for the trip through Golden Gate Park. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photos: Mura
l\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p11: Left: with the band playing a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba march (horns and drums to the tune of the mah\'e4-mantra), t
he chariots roll through Golden Gate Park. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below: in Lon
don, with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sitting beneath Lord Jagann\'e4tha, the chariot makes its way from Regent Street to Trafalgar Square. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Left: in San Francisco (and everywhere else) Ratha-y\'e4tra brings out thousands of people. \line Above: also, as Jay\'e4nanda said, "It brings out the best in people to see Lord Jagann
\'e4tha smiling at them. I tell you, at first their faces looked like they hadn't changed in twenty-five years, and then all of a sudden it was like glass cracking, and you'd see the whole face transformed . . . . " }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p12: "Chanting and Dancing ... Feasting for Thousands"\'97that's what the billboards and posters have announced thr
ough the years. Below: you can be sure that the devotees will take care of chanting and dancing to the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, and that thousands more will join in. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vil
\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Right: another kind of chanting\'97a talk on the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, the Song of God. (The scene for this and the other shots on this spread Golden Ga
te Park's Lindley Meadow.) With Lord Jagann\'e4tha above him, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da speaks from the dais, and thousands listen. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p13: After the people have heard the talk on the }{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the source book of self-realization), and after they've seen a transcendental drama about the Lord's pastimes, they like to taste pras\'e4da ("K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy," food offered to Him). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vil\'e4sa-vigraha d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below, left: you can
 sit down and the devotees will serve you. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Below: also, you can visit one o
f the booths for special sweets and savories. Amazingly, self-realization begins with the tongue\'97chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and tasting pras\'e4da.\line Above: at parade's end, Lord Jagann\'e4tha takes a palanquin ride to the dais; from there He can
 cherish the sights and sounds of thousands chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and feasting on pras\'e4da. As Jay\'e4nanda put it, "People don't come to the temple so much ..... Now here's a chance for them to advance in spiritual life\'97here comes the festiv
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Single LP .... $4.95}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub     R3\line }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cassette ... .. $3.95}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub     C3
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gop}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A beautiful arrangement of this Bengali song blending both Eastern and Western instruments.\line 45 rpm .. .. $1.25  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub       R4
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Golden Avatar Productions,\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dept. BTG 12-6
\line 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles. Ca 90034
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please rush me these K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious tape cassettes and records Enclosed find $___ in ( ) check,  ( ) money order. I
 understand that if for any reason I'm not satisfied with these cassettes or records. I may return them within 10 days and receive a complete refund.
\par }\pard \trowd\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \cellx1440
\cellx2880\cellx4320\cellx5760\cellx7200\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] Set A}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] Set C}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] R2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] R4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub [  ] C2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\cellx4320\cellx5760\cellx7200\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] Set B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] R1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] R3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0
\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] C1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [  ] C3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Name ___________________________________________________
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Address__________________________________________________
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub City____________________________State____________Zip______
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (outside U.S.A. and Canada please add $1.00 for postage except for tape subscriptions)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam   v12#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 11 T
EXT 14\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 11 TEXT 32
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar    v12#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai
\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 491, Caitanya Era\line Vai
\'f1\'ebava months of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (June 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 16, 1977) and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1ottama}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (June 17}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 16, 1977)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 12 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana 11)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 13 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana 12)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 June 16 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1ottama 11)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:22 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la Gad\'e4dhara Pa\'eb\'f2ita and \'c7r\'e9la Saccid\'e4nanda Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub June 28 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Puru\'f1ottama 12)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0
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\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell}
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a, Hawaii observe E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 on July 11)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village     v12#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Determined Devotee Foils \'93Deprogrammers\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On April 20, 1977, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Washington }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Post}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  reported yet another victory for a K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious devotee over "deprogramming" adversaries. Titled "Deprogramming Failure," the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Post }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub article recounts twenty-four-year-old Megha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9's kidnapping, her attempted "de
programming," and her successful effort to fool her captors and return to the Washington, D. C., R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ordeal began last February 26, when Megha and her fiance (Eke\'e7vara d\'e4sa) went to Baltimore to attend a bridal shower for them, hosted by her widowed mothe
r and sister.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "They welcomed me and told me how well I looked," Megha told reporters at a press conference after her escape. But there was no shower. Instead, Megha was hustled o
ff to a Baltimore motel, where "several 'deprogrammers' locked me into a room with the windows nailed shut...." Inside the room the "deprogrammers" ("a lot of big men") told her they had legal custody over her. Sadly, they were telling the truth. Two day
s earlier Megha's mother had obtained a temporary conservatorship order from Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Richard B. Latham. It paved the way for Megha's "legal" kidnapping.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "They yelled and screamed at me," Megha recalled. "They very much blasphemed my spiritual master.... They burned my sacred prayer beads right in my face." They also
 forced her to change from her traditional }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sari }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub into ill-fitting blue jeans and repeatedly told h
er that ISKCON had brainwashed her. They even made her read tracts about "mind control."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I was treated exactly like a prisoner. It reminded me of what it must feel like in the Iron Curtain Communist countries, where freedom of thought is so limited."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On March 1 she convinced her captors that her loyalty to K\'e5\'f1\'eba had been shaken, and they took her to a private "rehabilitation center" in Bradford, New Ham
pshire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "They kept telling me I should adjust to the 'real world,' but their 'real world' was full of meaninglessness and sinful activities like meat-eating."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On March 27, after nearly four weeks, the "deprogrammers" permitted Megha to go to her sister's house in Baltimore. "I kept begging them, 'Let me go home! Let me go
 home!' when all the time I simply wanted to return to the temple," Megha related.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day, Judge Latham dissolved the conservatorship order, and on the 30th Megha made her escape. "I was finally allowed to go shopping with a girl friend. I l
eft her trying on dresses in a dressing room and took a bus to the [K\'e5\'f1\'eba] center in Baltimore. That was the end of it. From there I called my fiance and he came and got me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On April 16, one day after her 24th birthday, Megha married Eke\'e7vara d\'e4sa at ISKCON's 15-acre Potomac, Maryland farm (New Hastin\'e4pura).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since her abduction, Megha has had no contact with her mother or sisters. "I expect them to come to me," she said. "The fault is on their part; the mistakes are the
irs.... They didn't understand or respect my devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.... But I don't hate my mother or hold what she's done against her."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Megha, meanwhile, is very happy to be back at New Hastin\'e4pura, where she spends her days cooking, distributing books about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and teaching Sunday sc
hool.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 French Professor Praises }{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Bha}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 g}{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 avad-}{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 g}{\b\ul\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The International Society for Krishna Consciousness embodies the essence of what is commonly known as Hinduism\'97a religion practiced by more than five hundred mil
lion people. Dr. Jean Varenne, Professor of Sanskrit Studies at the University of Aix-en-Provence in Marseilles, France, explains ISKCON's authenticity in the following review of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is Indian tradition that all important spiritual masters explain for their disciples the fundamental text of Hinduism, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4\'85}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The founder of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement (Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba) has followed this tradit
ion; and now we have the French translation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As for the teachings of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, they are obviously faithful to those of Caitanya, the celebrated apostle of a renaissance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (ardent devotion to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba), who appeared in the sixteenth century. From this point of view, this magnificently presented book is of inestimable value, for the West knows little of this major current in Hinduism. For many reasons, until now it has been the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of \'c7a\'eckara or the yoga of Pata\'efjali which has been the most easily accessible to us. The
se are, however, far from a complete representation of this multi-facetted, complex religion. The Hindus themselves, however, profess that all these paths converge and ultimately become one. Untiringly, Swami Bhaktivedanta insists on this one path as bei
ng }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the sure
st path of salvation (a conclusion supported everywhere in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  itself). One cannot hel
p but enthusiastically recommend that others read such a work, which, from so many points of view, merits applause."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p15: Jubilant newlyweds Megha-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 and Eke\'e7vara d\'e4sa enjoy a walk at ISKCON's 15-acre Potomac, 
Maryland, farm after her escape from "deprogrammers."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks Out
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks
 Out
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On "The Hare Krishna Puzzle"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [The following conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa G
osv\'e4m\'e9 took place in Calcutta, India, in January 1977.]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, a newspaper came today from America\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boston Globe\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub with}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a long article titled "The Hare Krishna Puzzle." A statement by one wo
man describes the devotees as "parasites."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We are not parasites. We are publ
ishing the best literature in the world. Does this literature come from illiterate hippies? We are accepted by so many scholars\'97how are we parasites? An intelligent person is not supposed to work like an ass. If we are parasites, then a high-court jud
ge is also a parasite. A rascal sees a judge sitting\'97talking a little and getting a high salary\'97so he calls the judge a parasite.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A parasite is one who lives off
 others.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  If I enjoy another's property wit
hout his approval, then I'm a parasite. But we aren't doing that; we are enjoying our father's property. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the proprietor. We are good children of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to everyone who takes shelter }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Him, "Don't worry, I shall give you everything." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You just surrender to Me; I will give you protection." Why do they say we are "parasites"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They are referring to the devot
ees' begging in the streets.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What we are doing is not begging,
 it is humbleness. People are puffed up, so we are approaching them in humbleness. Besides, if I sell a book about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is that begging?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They see it as begging.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, it is humbleness. In India ma
ny highly scholarly persons beg. They are titled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhik\'f1u-trida\'eb\'f2i-sv\'e4m\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They beg to learn 
pridelessness and humility. In Vedic culture it is allowed; the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s, sanny\'e4s\'e9s, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }
{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are allowed to beg alms. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what if the culture is enti
rely different, as in the West?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, your culture is different, a
nd therefore the youth are bec}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub oming hippies, and the mothers are killing their own children in the womb-all in the name of "freedom." Actually, there is no culture in the West; th
erefore, the whole atmosphere is abominable. But in a civilized culture a young boy may beg, as a discipline, just to learn humbleness. Even though he may be from a big family, he begs in order to become meek. And Christ said, "To the meek God is availab
le." You are right when you say you have an entirely different culture. You don't know real culture. You have a culture that kills children, so how will you understand the higher Vedic culture? Our disciples are going out and selling books on K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness just to give you a chance to understand what real, spiritual culture is\'97and you are calling them "parasites." What else are they saying? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The opposition is claiming that
 joining K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not an exercise of freedom of religion, but that we are guilty of "mind control."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Him whose mind is already in K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness the "deprogrammers" want to control by force. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are guilty of mind control
, not we. They kidnap him and force him to think like them.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Many times our opposition consi
sts of businessmen and parents of devotees. They are very alarmed.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  They should be alarmed. If the Ha
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement goes on, their culture is finished. Now we are being recognized as the enemy of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub [illusion]. A fight is a fight. They are using their tactics; we are using ours. We will prove that they have no intelligence. As long as they don't know K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they remain fools.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One man was challenging, "What 
if everyone became like you devotees?" He was worried. He thought the economy would collapse if everyone took to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, anyway, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub he }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will not take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and the materialistic economy will go on. As long as there is a class of m
en like him, there is no problem\'97the economy will go on. "If the prisoners become reformed, how will the prison continue?" Is that a very intelligent question? Their thinking is like that. We are giving up meat, and the slaughterhouse proprietors are 
sorry\'97"How will the business go on?"\'97as if that were a very wonderful business. The sooner you close that business, the better. That will be good for you. Liquor shops, breweries, cigarette factories-they are all worried how business will go on. Co
w slaughter is the greatest sinful activity. They don't know what they are doing. Therefore, a thorough overhaul is required; otherwise their stool-bound brains can't be cleansed. Yes, we are washing your brain, because you have so much stool in your bra
in. We are sweepers engaged on behalf of God to wash the stool from your brain. We have to do it. You modern civilized atheists can't even sleep peacefully\'97which a dog can do\'97yet you claim education. We are teaching that if you have illicit sex lif
e you'll be implicated in so many ways. So if I say, "No illicit sex," what is the harm? But you are so sinful that you are killing your own children, and you don't even know it is sinful. We have to wash your brain.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This article from the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Boston Globe }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says it is a great puzzle whether the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is good or bad.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  At least they are now considering
. Formerly they said it was bad. Now they have come to the marginal point\'97whether the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement is good or bad. Finally the day will come when they say, "Yes, it is good. "
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Condolences
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Condolences
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On May 1, just four days after his thirty-eighth birthday, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's very dear disciple Jay\'e4nanda d\'e4sa passed away in his quarters at the Lo
s Angeles Temple complex (New Dv\'e4rak\'e4). For the last few months his body had been ravaged by leukemia, and recently he had abandoned all attempts at recovery and, preparing for the crucial time of death, moved to New Dv\'e4rak\'e4 to immerse himsel
f in the pure association of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Deity and His devotees. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jay\'e4nanda joined the San Francisco R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Temple early in 1967, just after it opened and less than a year after \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da fou
nded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New York City. Though he had both an engineering degree from Ohio State University and a San Francisco State Teachers College degree, Jay\'e4nanda was then supporting himself by driving a taxica
b. He was looking for a way to make life simple. At twenty-eight, he became the senior devotee in San Francisco, and soon the temple president.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mukunda d\'e4sa, who was there at the time, told us about Jay\'e4nanda's rare qualities: "He proved himself to be the most responsible and selfless person. You coul
d never detect even the most subtle type of wish to satisfy his own personal needs. He had that very unique attribute\'97whatever needed to be done, he would do. He was driving his taxicab fifteen hours a day or more to get overtime to pay the temple's r
ent and various other expenses, and he was looking after fifteen or twenty new brahmac\'e4r\'e9s [celibate students]."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Over the years Jay\'e4nanda took special interest in the annual Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival (please see "The Festival of the Chariots," page eight). He would plan th
e festival, build the carts, cook and distribute the pras\'e4da (spiritual food offered in love to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba). During his last days he was always planning how to expand Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 so that more temples could participate. Incapacitated as 
he was, he still helped design the special carts now being built in Los Angeles, which can be disassembled for easy transportation from city to city.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back in 1967 Jay\'e4nanda gave \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da his life savings of five thousand dollars, and then again, with his last letter to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4d
a, Jay\'e4nanda enclosed a second gift of five thousand dollars\'97money that had been earmarked for medical expenses. Jay\'e4nanda was so anxious to serve \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da that he even gave up the desire to go back to the spiritual world. "When
 I leave my body," he said near the end, "I want very much to come back to continue serving \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in this world." These are the sentiments of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's most exalted devotees (Vai\'f1\'ebavas), of whom \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda 
\'d6h\'e4kura, our great-great-grand-spiritual master, once wrote:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He reasons ill who says that Vai\'f1\'ebavas die \line When thou art living still in sound! \line The Vai\'f1\'ebavas die t
o live, and living try \line To spread the holy name around.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following letter, dated May 5, arrived from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da just before we went to press:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My Dear Jay\'e4nanda,
\par }\pard \s936 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Please accept my blessings.
\par }\pard \s936 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am feeling very intensely your separation. In 1967 you joined me in San Francisco. You were driving my car and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. You were the first man to give me some contribution ($5000) for printing my Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. After that, you have rendered very favorable service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in different ways. I so hope at the time of your death you were remembering K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and as such, you have been promoted to the eternal association of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If not, if you had any tinge of material desire, you have gone to the celestial kingdom to live with the demigods for many thousands of years and enjoy the mo
st opulent life of material existence. From there you can promote yourself to the spiritual world. But even if one fails to promote himself to the spiritual world, at that time he comes down again on the surface of this globe and takes birth in a big fam
ily like a yogis' or a br\'e4hma\'ebas' or an aristocratic family, where there is again chance of reviving K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness. But as you were hearing K\'e5\'f1\'eba-k\'e9rtana, I am sure that you were directly promoted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba-loka.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah/ tyaktva deham punar janma naiti man eti so' rjuna: ["One who knows the trans
cendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna." (Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, 4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).]
\par }\pard \s936 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba has done a great favor to you, not to continue your diseased body, and has given you a suitable place for your service.
 Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s1357 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\fi0 {\v\f0\fs20\cf25 Your ever well-wisher,\line A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
\par }\pard {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Breaking the Bonds of False Fatherhood
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Breaking the Bonds of False Fath
erhood
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An enlightened father is glad when a bona fide spiritual master takes his son as a disciple. But an ignorant father sees the spiritual master as his enemy ...
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When a young person joins the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, his parents often doubt the wisdom of his decision. Admittedly, to join the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 movement is to commit oneself to values completely contrary to the "normal" way of life in today's Western civilization. A K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person strictly avoids the four pillars of sinful life\'97meat eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gam
bling\'97which the average Westerner takes to be life's basic necessities. Yet after observing the fine character their sons and daughters attain through spiritual discipline, most parents of devotees adjust to their acceptance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness. However, a small group of parents, especially in America, consider the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement a great evil and are violently opposed to their adult children's choice of living in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. These parents' attempts to recov
er their sons and daughters by kidnapping and "deprogramming," as well as their accusations of "brainwashing" directed against K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious preachers, have ignited a major civil rights issue: whether parental control can take precedence over 
the individual's right to freely choose his own course in life.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn In a landmark judicial decision handed down last March 17, New York State Supreme Court Justice John J. Leahy threw out indictments charging two leaders of ISKCON's N
ew York chapter with attempted extortion and illegal imprisonment of members through "brainwashing." Declared the judge, "The entire and basic issue before this court is whether or not [the Hare Krsna devotees] {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be allowed to practice the religion of their choice-and this must be answered with a resounding affirmative."}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub *
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This bitter conflict is not new. We find a similar case in the five-thousand-year-old Vedic history }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There we read of a very powerful father named Dak\'f1a, who became outraged when his sons renounced material life to follow the tea
chings of a K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious sage, N\'e4rada Muni.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn N\'e4rada Muni is a direct representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Throughout Vedic history N\'e4rada helps the conditioned souls by teaching
 the topmost science of {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or love of God. His disciples include many great devotees, li
ke Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva. His mission, the mission of the Supreme Lord, is to deliver humanity from the cycle of birth and death.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub * In light of the modern controversy, the account of how N\'e4rada preached to the young men to convince them to give up family life, how Dak\'f1a cursed N\'e4rada, and how N\'e4rada persisted in his K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious mission makes
 a revealing case history.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Our story begins at the dawn of creation. The Supreme Personality of Godhead has instructed Brahm\'e4, the first living entity in the universe, to increase human po
pulation through his married sons, the Praj\'e4patis (progenitors). One of the chief progenitors was the demigod Dak\'f1a. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dak\'f1a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "expert," and this particular Dak\'f1a was expert in producing offspring through sexual intercourse. In union with his wife P\'e4\'efcajan\'e9 he fathered ten thousand sons, known as the Harya\'e7vas. Dak\'f1
a intended that they also marry and increase progeny, following their father. Being devoutly religious, Dak\'f1a wanted to train his sons in the disciplines of Vedic culture to make them responsible, productive householders. So he sent them on pilgrimage
 to a holy place named N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-saras, where, in the past, many saints and sages had meditated and performed other religious practices.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In that holy place, the Harya\'e7vas began regularly touching the lake's waters and bathing in them, gradually becoming very purified. They became inclined toward a
ctivities of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paramaha\'e0sas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (the most highly advanced, renounced saints). Nevertheless, beca
use their father had ordered them to increase the population, they performed severe austerities to fulfill his desires.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day the great sage N\'e4rada Muni entered N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-saras. Seeing the boys performing such fine austerities, N\'e4rada approached them. He saw that alth
ough Dak\'f1a's ten thousand sons were preparing for materialistic family life, they were simultaneously becoming eligible to hear of the path of liberation due to their austerities. N\'e4rada thought, "Why should they become entangled in family life, wh
ich is so dark that once one enters it, he cannot leave?" (Generally, when one becomes too involved in his material environment, he does not look within the core of his heart to find the situation of the soul and the Supreme Soul.) One may argue that sin
ce increasing progeny is also a necessary function of the material creation, why should N\'e4rada disturb these boys in their preparation? Later, Dak\'f1a put forth this very argument when he confronted N\'e4rada. However, N\'e4rada had no doubt that ete
rnal liberation is of far greater value to a person than good progeny. Therefore, he approached the Harya\'e7vas to divert their attention towards spiritual life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada intrigued them by speaking in an allegorical way: "My dear Harya\'e7vas, you have not seen the extremities of the earth. There is a kingdom where only one
 man lives and where there is a hole from which, having entered, no one emerges. A woman there who is extremely unchaste adorns herself with various attractive dresses, and the man who lives there is her husband. You have not seen all this, and therefore
 you are inexperienced boys without advanced knowledge. Alas, your father is omniscient, but you do not know his actual order. Without knowing the actual purpose of your father, how will you create progeny?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Harya\'e7vas could understand the meaning of N\'e4rada's allegory. When he said that they did not know the earth's extremities, they knew he meant the "earth" o
f the body, or the field of material activities. Every one of us is an eternal spirit soul, encaged in material bodies life after life. But out of ignorance we take each body to be our real self. The Harya\'e7vas immediately understood that N\'e4rada wan
ted them to become enlightened about the self-not to continue in perpetual bondage, taking material bodies birth after birth, but to use this human life for becoming free from this encagement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada mentioned a kingdom where there is only one king, with no competitor. The Harya\'e7vas understood him to mean the kingdom of God, which encompasses the co
mplete spiritual world and all material universes, and where there is only one proprietor and enjoyer, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Although sometimes appearing within the creation by His own sweet will, the Supreme Lord is never forced to take bi
rth like the infinitesimal living entities. He is completely transcendental, and thus He is never destroyed, even with the destruction of the universe. One who misunderstands this transcendental position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a fool, and his hopes for kno
wledge, wealth, and liberation are all baffled. The Harya\'e7vas realized, therefore, that their duty in human life was to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the sage N\'e4rada spoke of entering a hole from which one does not return, the Harya\'e7vas could understand that he was referring to entering eternal, blissf
ul Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha (the spiritual planet). K\'e5\'f1\'eba teaches this same subject to Arjuna in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , where He says: "One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in the material world, but attains my eternal abode, O Arjuna" (Bg. 4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Harya\'e7vas agreed with N\'e4rada's instructions: "Yes, if there is a place from which, having gone,
 we will not have to return to this miserable material life, what is the use of impermanent fruitive activities?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada had described a woman who was a professional prostitute. The Harya\'e7vas understood this woman to be the living entity's unsteady intelligence. As a pros
titute changes dress to attract a man's attention for sense enjoyment, so, when one's intelligence is not turned toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, it is a prostituted intelligence and will force the living being to change bodies, one after another. If
 one becomes the husband of a prostitute he cannot be happy. Similarly, one who follows the dictates of material intelligence and material consciousness will never be at peace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada had said that the Harya\'e7vas did not know the order of their father. They understood that N\'e4rada meant their spiritual father, the bona fide spiritua
l master, who imparts scriptural knowledge to the faithful disciple. Therefore, the spiritual master is the real father. The scriptures instruct that one should end his material way of life. The Harya\'e7vas expressed their enlightenment: "Yes, if one do
es not know the purpose of the father's orders, the scriptures, he is ignorant. The words of a material father who endeavors to engage his son in material activities are not the real instructions of the father. "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This brings us to the crux of the parent-child issue. In every form of life, one takes birth from a mother and father. (Even cats and dogs have their kittens and pu
ppies.) However, human life is more advanced than other forms, because in the human form one has the chance to escape from the misery of birth and death by accepting a spiritual master and being }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub educated in scriptural knowledge. The material mother and father are important only if they are interested in educating their child to become free from the clutches of death. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the saintly king and father \'c5\'f1abhadeva advises his one hundred sons that no one should strive to become a parent 
if he cannot save his dependent from the imminent danger of death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, parents who actually wish their children well will not object to their taking shelter of a bona fide spiritual master and getting the opportunity to achi
eve the perfection of life. Opposition is raised only by those parents who have no idea that the goal of human life is liberation from material bondage, and who, in ignorance\'97"good intentions" have no value\'97want to force their children to remain li
ke themselves, trapped in the dark well of material life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, defying the orders of their materialistic father, Dak\'f1a, the Harya\'e7vas accepted N\'e4rada Muni as their spiritual master. Dak\'f1a had instructed them to 
increase the population, but, after hearing the words of N\'e4rada Muni, they could no longer heed that instruction. Rather, they followed N\'e4rada's advice to give up material life and become devotees of the Lord. (Incidentally, all the world's scriptu
res advise relief from material life. In the Buddhist scriptures Lord Buddha advises that one achieve }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by giving up the materialistic way of life. In the Bible one will find the same advice: cease materialistic life and return to the kingdom of God.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Needless to say, Praj\'e4pati Dak\'f1a was not very happy to hear that all his sons had defied his order and taken up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. When Dak\'f1a wa
s lamenting for his lost children, Lord Brahm\'e4 pacified him, and thereafter Dak\'f1a begot one thousand more sons in the womb of his wife P\'e4\'efcajan\'e9. This time his sons were known as the Saval\'e4\'e7vas. Here we can see that, whereas N\'e4rad
a was very expert in delivering all the conditioned souls back to home, back to Godhead, Praj\'e4pati Dak\'f1a was expert in begetting children. Unfortunately, the material expert did not agree with the spiritual expert. Be that as it may, nothing could 
deter N\'e4rada from chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra and imparting spiritual knowledge to his qualified disciples. In this regard His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has written:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is preaching this higher knowledge of retiring from materialistic l
ife to return to Godhead, but unfortunately many parents are not satisfied with this movement.... However, we have no alternative other than to teach our disciples to free themselves from materialistic life. We must instruct them in the opposite of mater
ial life to save them from the repetition of birth and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ordered by Dak\'f1a to beget children, the Saval\'e4\'e7vas went to N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba-saras, the same holy place where, by the grace of N\'e4rada, their brothers ha
d previously attained perfection. One might wonder why Dak\'f1a risked sending his second set of sons to the same place where he had lost his first set. The answer is that, despite his materialistic outlook, Dak\'f1a was a dutiful father who followed the
 principles of Vedic culture. Therefore, he did not hesitate to let his sons receive spiritual instructions concerning the perfection of life. He allowed them to choose whether to return home, back to Godhead, or to remain in the material world, transmig
rating life after life in various species. In all circumstances, the duty of a responsible father is to give a spiritual education to his children and then allow them to freely decide whether to adopt a spiritual or a material way of life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Saval\'e4\'e7vas performed the same penances as the Harya\'e7vas had. They bathed in holy water, and its touch cleansed away all the dirty material desires in t
heir hearts. They also chanted sacred mantras and underwent a severe course of austerities. Soon, N\'e4rada Muni approached the Saval\'e4\'e7vas and spoke enigmatic words to them, just as he had spoken to the Harya\'e7vas. Then, before departing, N\'e4ra
da advised them to follow the same spiritual path as their beloved elder brothers. Deeply affected by the words of N\'e4rada, the Saval\'e4\'e7vas also gave up the idea of producing children and took up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Dak\'f1a heard that the Saval\'e4\'e7vas had also defied him, he became very angry at N\'e4rada and almost fainted in despair. N\'e4rada then approached Dak
\'f1a, thinking that since Dak\'f1a was lamenting, he would be a suitable candidate to appreciate spiritual instructions. But when N\'e4rada came before Dak\'f1a, the bereaved Praj\'e4pati confronted him and angrily accused him, "Alas, N\'e4rada Muni, yo
u wear the dress of a saintly person, but you are not actually a saint. By showing my sons the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub path of renunciation, you have done me an abominable injustice."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dak\'f1a finds his counterpart in today's angry parents, who accuse \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da of misleading their inexperienced children. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da 
replies,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub We are instructing all the young boys and girls in the Western countries to follow the path of renunciation. 
We allow married life, but even a }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious householder] has to give up so many bad habits that his parents think his life has been practically destroyed. We allow no meat eating, no illicit sex, no gambling, and no intoxication, and consequently
 the parents wonder how, if there are so many no's, one's life can be positive. In the Western countries especially, these four prohibited activities practically constitute the life and soul of the modern population. Therefore, parents sometimes dislike 
our movement, just as Praj\'e4pati Dak\'f1a disliked the activities of N\'e4rada and accused him of dishonesty. Nevertheless, although parents may be angry at }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub us, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub we must perform our duty without hesitation, because we are in the disciplic succession from N\'e4rada Muni.
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The point is that every human being must prepare himself for his next life. It will not do simply to remain in materialistic household li
fe without regulation or spiritual discipline. One cannot expect to be happy in this life or the next without following the injunctions of the scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dak\'f1a next accused N\'e4rada of obstructing his sons' good fortune by making it impossible for them to repay their debts\'97especially their debt to Dak\'f1a. Th
e Vedic culture recognizes that everyone is born a debtor, being obligated to great saints, to the demigods, and to his father. To liquidate one's debt to his father, one must beget children. Similarly, today's parents sometimes appeal to their children 
in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement: "Don't you appreciate all we've done for you? Please return to your family." However, scriptures such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4ga
vatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  state that although everyone is indebted to his family, if he surrenders to K\'e5\'f1\'eba he is freed from all debts. Unfortunately, Dak\'f1a did not understand the gre
at service rendered by N\'e4rada Muni, so he called him a sinful person. N\'e4rada Muni, however, being in reality a great saint, tolerated the accusations of Dak\'f1a, performed his duty, and delivered Dak\'f1a's sons back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Along these same lines, Dak\'f1a accused N\'e4rada of breaking the natural ties of family affection. We have already pointed out that one may maintain an affectiona
te relationship with his mother and father\'97provided they help and not hinder him on the path of spiritual enlightenment. But since Dak\'f1a's sole motive was to engage his sons in producing progeny, clearly the best course they could have followed for
 their K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was to break their family ties with him. Today we find that many members of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement have left family situations beset with fighting, divorce, hypocrisy, and sin. Breaking such family c
onnections cannot be considered bad. Sometimes modern parents also say that taking up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is bad because it destroys a young person's budding career. But, again, if that career is one of materialistic ignorance\'97if it involves 
no consideration of spiritual values\'97it is better to leave such a career and become K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. This does not mean that one should stop working at an honest occupation, but if the career is an impediment to spiritual advancement, better 
to leave it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One may argue that although N\'e4rada was a saint and his advice authoritative, still, this incident took place in a culture entirely different from our own; theref
ore its lessons cannot be applied to our modern situation. But spiritual culture is not a matter of East or West; it is the eternal, inalienable right of every human being, for it leads to the perfection of life. Certainly our Western culture differs fro
m the Vedic culture. Ours is a culture that permits slaughter of the cow; that neither respects nor protects saintly persons (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), who are much needed to guide society; that allows the murder of children within the womb; that encourages illicit sexual relations outside sanctified marriage; and that has a government which supports s
inful activities like intoxication and gambling. So ours is certainly a different kind of culture from the Vedic one, but must we necessarily follow the culture in which we were born and raised, if it is so entirely opposed to the progressive values of l
ife?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, Dak\'f1a cursed N\'e4rada: "You made me lose my sons once before, and now you have again done the same inauspicious thing. Therefore, you are a rascal who 
does not know how to behave toward others. You may travel all over the universe, but I curse you to have no fixed residence anywhere." This curse was considered a great punishment by Dak\'f1a, who, as a householder, wanted to remain in one spot and enjoy
 family life. However, this "punishment" was a boon for a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious preacher like N\'e4rada, because a preacher always travels for the benefit of human society. Thus, N\'e4rada replied, "Yes, what you have said is good. I accept this curse
." Then N\'e4rada Muni departed, and since that time he has been traveling throughout the spiritual and material worlds, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, playing his }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v\'e9
\'eb\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and enlightening everyone in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Epilogue
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We hope this narration from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  may stimulate the few parents who oppose K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to reconsider their condemnation of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement for diverting their offspring from the material p
ath. Unlike Dak\'f1a, many parents of devotees, as well as many important citizens, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub do}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  appreciate
 the immense value of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the younger generation and to people in general. Recently, Governor Jerry Brown of California personally called on the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement to help him bring spiritual encouragement to hospita
l patients in his state. Learned scholars in virtually every major university around the world have written warm appreciations of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In addition, many devotees' parents have helped form orga
nizations for the protection of their children\'92s right to practice the religion of their choice.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The small minority of modern-day Dak\'f1as who cannot or will not try to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness may continue their efforts to hinder this movement 
and its preachers, but we shall not fear them. We shall simply go on humbly performing our duty, trying to follow the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has said, "Teach everyone to follow the instructions of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
as they are given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In this way become a spiritual master and try to liberate everyone in the world."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: R\'e4man\'e4tha d
\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: "The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is preaching this higher knowledge of retiring from materialistic li
fe to return to Godhead, but unfortunately many parents are not satisfied with this movement . ... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-576 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: However, we have no alternative other than to teach our disciples to free themselves from materialistic life. W
e must instruct them in the opposite of material life to save them from the repetition of birth and death."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Christian Tribute to K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Christian Tribute to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The following is a statement by Dr. Harvey Cox, theologian at Harvard Divinity School, at a symposium titled "Krishna 
Consciousness and Religious Freedom," conducted at the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, November 22, 1976.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whenever a spiritual movement or a spiritual leader has emerged and has set forth a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub w
ay }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of life which appears to be deviant or different from the conventional values or conventional religion of the time, a person who adheres to that way of life is almost alway
s viewed with suspicion, generally is thought to be a little crazy, very often has the state }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub au}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t
hority brought down upon him or her, and generally has problems with his family.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, without appearing to be overly pious, I would like to refer}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to a section in the Gospel of Mark. It's the third chapter of the Gospel of Mark, recounting some of the early e
xperiences in the life of Jesus\'85. It begins with the seventh verse of the third chapter of Mark, which we think is probably the oldest and maybe in some ways the most authentic of all the four gospels:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And many who had
 diseases pressed in upon him to touch him. And he went up into the hills and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve to be with him and sent them out to preach.
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And then he came to his hometown and the crowd came together, so many of them that they could not even eat. And
 when his family heard about this, they went out to seize him, for they said, "He is beside himself." And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub and by the prince of demons.\'94 And Jesus said to them, "If the house 
is divided against itself, that house will surely not be able to stand."
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li360\ri360\fi360\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub And then his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside the house where he was, they sent a message int
o him, calling him. And a crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers are outside and they are asking for you." And Jesus replied, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking around on those who sat about him he
 said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub will of}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub God, he is my brother and my sister and my mother."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, I don't read that passage to engage in any cheap prooftexting or to justify or to legitimatize anything. It simply is to say that at the heart of the Biblical 
faith, the Christian faith, I think there is this tragic note: that the need for a personal decision about one's own lifestyle, one's own philosophy, one's own faith, one's own spiritual path, often results in tragic brokenness and pain in the relationsh
ips to those with whom one is close. This is the price that is required by any kind of freedom of choice. I think there's no one in this room who would want to deny that each one of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub us }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has eventually to make this ultimate choice, which we all have to make for ourselves\'97not to have it made for us by a family which }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pressuring }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub us, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by policemen or "programmers" or "deprogrammers" or "unprogrammers" or anybody else who }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pressuring }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub us, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but somehow or other to b
e given the possibility and the dignity to make that choice ourselves. And that's not an easy thing to do. But I think all of us here would want to underline the need for that. And we can feel some empathy not only with Jesus, who, as a young man, was be
ginning to engage in his ministry, but perhaps also with his family and his friends and his brothers and sisters who were baffled and distressed by his activities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub let me make just one other point. I've asked myself in recent weeks, as there ha
s been more and more controversy about the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement (many devotees of which I've personally known and respected highly), "Why is it that suddenly this movement and other movements have come in for such attention, to the point that one
 might even begin to speak of harassment? Why is this? And I have to confess now, as a theologian mainly committed to Christianity, that I think it indicates a feeling of guilt and a feeling of failure on the part of those who have tried to preserve some
thing of the critical and creative spiritual possibilities that Christianity itself offers. Could it be that we have allowed Christianity itself and perhaps Judaism to be so identified with the values of accumulation, profit, performance, success, and ma
terial gain\'97which are, after all, the main values of our society\'97that it takes something as apparently esoteric and exotic as a movement coming from India to remind us that there is, in fact, another way of life, that there is a way of life that is
 not built on accumulating profit, property, success, and degrees, but has at its core a certain kind of simplicity and plainness of living, if you will? Isn't it strange that that message can now be presented to us by movements coming from so far away, 
when the prophets of our own tradition\'97the ones that we officially celebrate but often ignore\'97have a message so similar? Jesus of Nazareth; St. Francis of Assisi, who certainly worried }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub his }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parents when he made his strange decision to put on a new kind of clothing, to go out to sing and dance in the streets and to talk to the birds; Baal-Schem
-Tov, in the Chassidic Jewish tradition, who was viewed as a little strange, but who brought a kind of gaiety and affirmation to life and a rejection of the values of mere profit and accumulation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why is it, I asked myself, that we can't hear the voices of these prophets from our own tradition, and yet somehow people from as far away as India can bring a mess
age which in some ways sounds so similar? Maybe this is a way that we are being called back to something more essential in our own tradition\'97a way that God has of reminding us of what we've left behind and forgotten and ignored. What is the meaning fo
r us of this movement's coming into our midst in this century? I would put it in a very theological sense: What is God saying to us? What does it mean? Is it merely a legal issue? Is it merely an issue of civil liberties, however important that may be? O
r is there something else which is happening here? Are we uncomfortable with some of these movements because at a certain level we're very uncomfortable with ourselves, with the kind of materialistic society we've built? Maybe one of the results of this 
Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement will be to stimulate us to rediscover some things that we've ignored}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
and suppressed in our own religious heritage. I think it may happen. And if it does, then I'm very grateful for the kind of gift that they bring.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Science of God-realization
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Science of God-realization
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Questions and Answers
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Can I take any spiritual path and arrive at the same goal? Is God a person or just energy? Can I become God? ... When it
 comes to the science of God-realization, most people are pretty much in the dark. In this conversation with Professor Alphonso Verdu of the University of Kansas, Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami uses ancient India's Vedic literature\'97"the torchlight of kno
wledge"\'97to clear things up.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This conversation took place on the program "Public Access," aired over Sunflower Cablevision of Lawrence, Kansas.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Maybe we could talk about the basis of your
 programs, ideals, religion, and philosophy. Earlier you were saying that your main goal is to attain K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. What do you understand by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a transcendental name of God which means "all-attractive." We understand that God may have many names, but ultimately He is one.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one of the main works translated by your spiritual master. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub talks about K\'e5\'f1\'eba as being an incarnation of Vi\'f1\'ebu.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Actually, according to the 
Vedic literature, Vi\'f1\'ebu is an expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (5.48)}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub states, "I adore the primeval Lord, Govinda, of whose subjective personality Maha-Vi\'f1\'ebu is the portion of
 a portion." Also, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva himself, the author of the Vedic literatures, declares in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (1.3.28):}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ete c\'e4\'e0\'e7a-kal\'e4\'f9 pu\'e0sa\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'ebas tu bhagav\'e4n svayam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After listing the different incarnations of God, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original source.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When many candles are lit by on
e original candle, the quality of each candle's light is the same, although they burn separately. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the original personality from whom all other incarnations come. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So how do you understand the text of the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where it says that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the eighth incarnation of Vi\'f1\'ebu, and that K
\'e5\'f1\'eba is just a human, corporeal manifestation of Vi\'f1\'ebu?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is not a statement of the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the eleventh chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba reveals His cosmic form to Arjuna, within which are contained all the universes. Then Arjuna sees the four-armed form of V
i\'f1\'ebu, and finally the original, two-armed form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's body is never to be considered material. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (5.1),}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 parama\'f9 k\'e5\'f1\'eba\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who is known as Govinda, is the supreme controller. He has an eternal, blissful body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin, and He is the prime cause of all causes." Also, from an analytical examination of the 
personalities of Vi\'f1\'ebu and K\'e5\'f1\'eba we can understand that, whereas Vi\'f1\'ebu is worshiped with awe and reverence up to the relationship of servitude, only in K\'e5\'f1\'eba can you worship or adore God as your dearmost friend, or even as y
our child, or ultimately engage with God in a reciprocal relationship of lover and beloved. These are found only in K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right. Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Therefore, because these are no
t displayed in Vi\'f1\'ebu, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's form and personality are considered, in a sense, superior.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub talks about three different ways towards emancipation, or towards ultimate salvation-that is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , karma-yoga, j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga. }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First, what do you understand by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub And what of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub itself?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "action pertaining to the development of the material body." Just as we study in physics or chemistry that for every actio
n there is a reaction, so the original pure consciousness of the soul is now covered by a material body in terms of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or work. Good actions produce good results\'97such as physical beauty, good parentage, and less suffering\'97and bad actions produce bad results. "As a man sows, so shall he reap."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, this material body\'97do you include t
he mind as part of the material body, as the subtle body?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ],}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po \'92nalo v\'e4yu\'f9\line kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca\line aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me\line bhinn\'e4 prak
\'e5tir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This means that God has eight material energies: five gross (earth, water, fire, air, and space) and three subtle (mind, intelligence,
 and false ego). The material body is a combination of these elements. The specific form and qualities of each body are determined by the desire and activities of the individual soul }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (j\'e9va), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub whose essential nature is superior to matter, being sentient and eternally unchanging.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub often talks about three qualities of matter\'97goodness }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (sattva), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub passion }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (rajas), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub and ignorance }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (tamas). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What role do they play in your conception? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The mode of passion is characte
rized by hankering and by great endeavor for the results of one's activities, and by sense enjoyment. Ultimately it is characterized by sex life. Just like this nation\'97it is very passionate.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You would say, then, that Americans are pre
dominantly overpowered by the passionate mode of nature?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. And we see that the third 
mode, ignorance, is also present. Those in this mode are characterized by intoxication, too much sleep, uncleanliness, sloth, and lethargy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Right, right. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just like I have seen that many
 of my young brothers and sisters who are taking drugs have become very dirty and lazy. That means they are becoming ...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Overpowered by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tamas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ignorance\'97right! Even if they claim they are accumulating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub sattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97the element of light, the element of understanding and knowledge?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. What they are perceiving i
s hallucination or illusion. We can understand a tree by its fruits. They may claim great enlightenment from taking some intoxicants, but then we see that they are performing the most degraded activities. That is not the mode of goodness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Several of my own students have taken 
drugs for the sake of "experience" and so on, but they gradually realized that it was not the right way.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Great saints and mystics have s
pent their whole lives in penance and austerity, performing sacrifices to realize God. To think that by simply taking some pill one can automatically understand God\'97this is a cheap understanding.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, quite right. Now we've been talking ab
out }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . What about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yog
a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whether one is in goodness, pas
sion, or ignorance, one is bound by the results of his activities. So if one gives up the results of his activities (although not necessarily the activities themselves) for the higher purpose of serving God, that is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which means the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of pure intellectual knowledge? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes\'97j\'ef\'e4na }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means philosophical speculation to ascend to the impersonal understanding of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Now, wasn't \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya a
n advocate of this state of mind, which is totally impersonal? Didn't he say that the ultimate state to be attained by the soul is the dissolution of personality, and ultimately the disintegration of individuality?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No, that is not the ultimate st
ate.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But \'c7a\'eckara proposed that as the ulti
mate state. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But we have to understand the c
lass of men he was teaching. At the time, Buddhism was the predominant mode of thinking in India. Buddha drove the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub out of India. \'c7a\'eckara meant to reestablish the Vedic authority, but he couldn't present the personal understanding, because the people were too impersonalistic. They were into the voidistic thought of Buddhism\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nirv\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , nothing. So he thought to elevate them to accept the Vedic authority by presenting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in an impersonal way. But at the time of his leaving this material world, he himself told his disciples:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhaja govinda\'e0 bhaja govinda\'e0\line bhaja govindam m\'fc\'f2ha-mate\line sampr\'e4pte sannihite kale\line na hi na hi rak
\'f1ati \'f2uk\'e5\'ef-kara\'ebe
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You fools and rascals, all your grammatical word jugglery and philosophical speculation will not save you at the time of death. Just 
worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda." (Govinda is another name for K\'e5\'f1\'eba.) And \'c7a\'eckara himself has written many poems glorifying K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the Supreme, transcendental to this cosmic manifestation: }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba\'f9}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  paro 'vyakt\'e4t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . And he has admitted in his commentary on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the
 Supreme Personality of Godhead, who appeared as the son of Vasudeva and Devak\'e9.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. But generally the system of \'c7a\'eck
ar\'e4c\'e4rya is understood as a whole, taking into account all the commentaries he wrote on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of B\'e4dar\'e4ya\'eba. He does propose a personal aspect of 
the divinity of Brahman, an aspect which appears as \'c9\'e7vara, but he claims that that aspect is conditioned by the quality of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sattva, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and only in that sense does Brahman personalize itself. He says that the devotee's union with \'c9\'e7vara, the personal manifestation, is a transitory state. This state, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is a state of loving union, but it contains a duality, because it implies a distinction between the worshiper and the Supreme Person of God. 
\'c7a\'eckara said that in the ultimate state you have to transcend this distinction and enter into the total oneness of unity with Brahman. And that's why he called his own system }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
keval\'e4dvaita, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which means unqualified, nondualistic, pure monism.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. But this was \'c7a\'eckar
\'e4c\'e4rya's word jugglery. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He was simply cheating the athe
ists, who want to deny God His individuality. Later, R\'e4m\'e4nuj\'e4c\'e4rya and Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, and ultimately \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, gave the complete understanding. Lord Caitanya explains that the Absolute Truth and the living entities
 are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acintya-bhed\'e4bheda-tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97inconceivably }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one and different simultaneously. In other words, the living entity (the atomic soul), and God (the Supreme Soul), are one in quality, but they are }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub different i
n quantity. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We may possess a minute degree of knowledge, beauty, strength, wealth, fame, or renunciation, but God has all these opulences simultaneously, to an infinite degree. Th
us we can never be equal to Him in all respects.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Are you saying, then, that the distinction 
between Brahman and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9va}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  soul is not qualitative, but quantitative?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, and we are also saying tha
t the impersonal Brahman is coming from, or is an emanation from, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub personal }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para-brahman, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is Caitanya's conception.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is the authentic Vedic versi
on, as confirmed in the fourteenth chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: brahma\'ebo hi prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4ham: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub "I}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am the basis of the impersonal Brahman"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. 14.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . And it is also confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (5.40)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub where Lord Brahm\'e4 states: "I worship Govinda, the prime
val Lord, whose effulgence is the source of the nondifferentiated Brahman mentioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
etc."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, the third way of self-realization, and
 the highest according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the way of love.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. God has three features: fi
rst, the impersonal, second, the localized Supersoul within the heart of every living entity; and ultimately, the Supreme Person. So by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (or philosophical discrimination) and austerities, one may understand the impersonal feature. And by the practice of the Pantanjali system of eightfold mysticism, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a\'f1\'f6\'e4\'ecga-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub one may realize the localized Supersoul within the heart. But it is only by devotion and love and service that one ca
n realize the personal, supreme feature of God. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakty\'e4 m\'e4m abhij\'e4n\'e4ti\line y\'e4v\'e4n ya\'e7 c\'e4smi tattvata\'f9\line tato m\'e4\'e0 tattvato j\'ef\'e4tv\'e4
\line vi\'e7ate tad-anantaram
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One can understand the Supreme Personality as He is only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of the Supreme 
Lord by such devotion, he can enter into the kingdom of God" (Bg. 18.55}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tells us that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dhy\'e4na-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\dn14  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4na-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is the impersonal way, is cumbersome and difficult, whereas }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the easy way. In what sense is it the easy way?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the means, service to God, is the same as the ultimate end. And it is completely natural to every living thing; 
it's natural to be personal and individual and to want to serve God. As Lord Caitanya said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'e9vera 'svar\'fcpa' haya\'97k\'e5\'f1\'ebera 'nitya-d\'e4sa': }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It is the living entity's constitutional position to be an eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 20.108}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are even examples of animals attaining love of God through }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What kinds of methods do you rely on in you
r practice of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yoga ? }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For instance, in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dhy\'e4na-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there has always been, since Upanishadic times, the stress upon repetition of certain sacred syllables\'97like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is supposed to be the supreme synthesis of all conscious things, and which therefore can be compared to white light, the synthesis
 of all the different colors. Now, you would not rely on the repetition of the syllable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub would you?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pra\'ebava\'f9 sarva-vede\'f1u: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Of all syllables, I am the syllable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in the Vedic mantras." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 7.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This syllable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is the alphabetic representation of God and is used to address the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It's like "O My Lord." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What kind of mantras do you use?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is the same as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub o\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but which is also a more personal way of address: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This means "O My Lord, O energy of the Lord, please engage me in Your serv
ice."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Do you chant together or alone?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Both. We have our }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub beads for private meditation ... 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Like a Catholic rosary...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, for helping the concentrat
ion. We also chant together in a group, because in this age of quarrel and dissension the recommended process of God-realization\'97it doesn't matter what religion you have, or what name of God you use, provided it is authorized\'97the recommended proces
s is to glorify the holy name of God in the association of saintly persons.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For the effectiveness of this mantra in bri
nging about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, do you conceive }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub need for relying on the grace of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba to help you?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. Because we are finite, we 
cannot understand the infinite by our own tiny endeavor. But the infinite has the power to descend to our plane of cognition and reveal Himself to us. Indeed, that is the only way of understanding the ultimate truth. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra is a p
rayer to the Supreme Lord and His energy to engage the tiny soul in His eternal service. Our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, has told us not to be anxious to see God, but to act in such a way that God will want 
to come and see us. By chanting God's name, the heart becomes cleansed. In the first of his eight verses on the holy name, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu has said, "Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, whic
h can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries of the blazing fire of material existence. This chanting is the waxing moon that spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living entities. It is the life and soul of all education. The ch
anting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to taste full nectar at every step." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Professor Verdu:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It seems we're out of time. I think this ha
s been a most interesting conversation, and I thank you very much for meeting together with me. I hope to meet you again.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba! 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p26: A disciple of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da since 1970, Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami
 received sanny\'e4sa (the renounced, scholarly order of life, signified by the title "swami") in 1976. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Vipra d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord Caitanya - The Joy of Mother \'c7ac\'e9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LORD CAITANYA  The Joy of Mother
 \'c7ac\'e9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appears within the material world in every age. Sometimes He appears as Lord R
\'e4ma or some other incarnation, and sometimes He appears in His original, supreme form of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But although He appears in different forms and different lands and among different peoples, His mission is always the same: to teach lov
e of God as the prime necessity for humanity. Five hundred years ago He appeared in Bengal, India, as Lord Caitanya and showed the perfect example of devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba by adopting the role of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pure devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An especially touching instance of Lord Caitanya's exemplary behavior was His loving relationship with His mother, \'c7ac\'e9dev\'e9. Theirs was the ideal relations
hip between an enlightened, loving mother and her K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious son.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Lord Caitanya was still a boy, His older brother Vi\'e7var\'fcpa accepted the renounced order of life }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (sanny\'e4sa) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and left home to travel as a missionary. Vi\'e7var\'fcpa's leaving greatly upset His parents, but Lord Caitanya assured them that by acc
epting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'e7var\'fcpa was rendering the best service to His family. (The Vedic scrip
tures confirm that if one becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pure devotee, his parents and many generations of his forefathers are liberated from material bondage and attain the kingdom of God.) To further comfort His parents, Lord Caitanya remained at home. And l
ater, after His father's passing, He married.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, at the age of twenty-four Lord Caitanya left His mother and young wife and also entered the renounced order. He wanted to expand His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement, to propagate more widely the congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. The 
Lord immediately departed for V\'e5nd\'e4vana, but being overwhelmed with ecstatic love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He lost all awareness of the external world and wandered for three days on the banks of the Ganges at Navadv\'e9pa. Finally, His chief associates,
 \'c7r\'e9 Advaita and Nity\'e4nanda Prabhus, induced Him to come to Advaita's home.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the Lord went to \'c7r\'e9 Advaita's home, a meeting with His mother occurred that was surcharged with feelings of both joy and grief. Upon seeing one another,
 they both became overwhelmed with emotion. When Mother \'c7ac\'e9 saw the Lord's head without hair (a sign that He had taken }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ),}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub she became distressed. She kissed the Lord and tried t
o observe Him carefully, but because her eyes were filled with tears, she couldn't see. She implored Him, "Do not act like your elder brother Vi\'e7var\'fcpa, who took }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny
\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and never visited me again."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya replied, "My dear mother, though I have accepted the renounced order, I shall never be indifferent to you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So the Lord stayed at \'c7r\'e9 Advaita's house for many days, conversing with \'c7r\'e9 Advaita and other devotees by day, and at night chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a in divine ecstasy. During this time Mother \'c7ac\'e9 took charge of cooking for her son. When the Lord danced in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He would jump high in the air and sometimes fall to the ground, and Mother \'c7ac\'e9 would pray that Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu would protect her son from hurting Himself.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After some days the Lord assembled all His devotees and said, "My dear friends, as long as I remain manifest I shall never give you up. Nor shall I be able to give 
up My mother. But after accepting }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub should not remain at his birthplace encircled by relatives. Please make some arrangement so that I may not leave you and at th
e same time people may not blame Me for remaining at home after taking }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees then approached Mother \'c7ac\'e9 with the Lord's request. Mother \'c7ac\'e9 said, "It will be a great happiness for me if Nim\'e4i [Lord Caitanya] sta
ys here in Navadv\'e9pa. But at the same time, if someone blames Him, it will be my great unhappiness. So here is my proposal: Let Nim\'e4i live at Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9. Then he will not leave any of us, and at the same time He can remain aloof as a }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 and Navadv\'e9pa are so close, I shall be able to get n
ews of Nim\'e4i frequently. I do not care for my personal happiness, but only for His happiness. Indeed, I accept His happiness as My happiness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With these words Mother \'c7ac\'e9 gave the example for all mothers whose sons turn to genuine spiritual life. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4
da comments as follows:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "It is a great happiness for a mother if her son does not leave home to search out K\'e5\'f1\'eba but remains
 with her. At the same time, if a son does not search after K\'e5\'f1\'eba but simply remains at home, he is blamed by experienced saintly persons. Such blame certainly causes great unhappiness for a mother. If a mother wants her son to progress spiritua
lly, she should allow him to go out searching for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But if she does not allow her son to search for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, she is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub , which indicates }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  (illusion). By allowing her son
 to become a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub and search for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7ac\'e9m\'e4t\'e4 instructs all mothers of 
the world. She indicates that all sons should become devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and should not stay at home under the care of an affectionate mother."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, except for six years}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in which he toured South India, Lord Caitanya stayed at Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 for the remaining twenty-four years of His life. Every year the devotees from Navadv\'e9pa would come and visit the Lord, bringing food cooked by His mother
. Lord Caitanya would also send }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (spiritual food) from the Jagann\'e4tha temple to His 
mother in Navadv\'e9pa and ask her forgiveness for His entering the renounced order. In this way, despite their physical separation, Lord Caitanya and His mother associated spiritually. And the devotees glorify their eternal relationship of mother and so
n by chanting, "Jaya, \'c7ac\'e9nandana! Jaya, \'c7ac\'e9nandana! All glories to Lord Caitanya, the joy of Mother \'c7ac\'e9!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa
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\nosupersub Alexandria, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 170, N.S.W. 2015; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Auckland, New Zealand}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 125; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melbourne, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Middle 
Park, Melbourne, Victoria 3206/ 329-9844; (Mail: c/o P.O. Box 125, Melbourne, Australia).
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bloomington, Indiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97214 No. Dunn St. 47401/ (812)336-4666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonweal
th Ave. 02116/ (617) 247-7300; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Charlotte, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971824 E. 7th St., 28204 / (704)596-5151; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cincinnati, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972717 Glendora Ave. 45219/ (513)751-0354; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, 
Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Leno
x Ave. 48215/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Durham, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973109 Chapel Hill Rd. 27707 / (919)489-405
7; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesville, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 S.W. Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97415 S. St. Paul St. 46201/ (317)639-1633; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kansas City, Kansas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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ius, 89101/ (702)642-3884; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madison, Wisconsin}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97111 N. Few St. 53703; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Boulevard  H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97293
6 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 10019/ (212) 765-86
10; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Ontario, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971429 Cyriville Rd. K1B 3L7/ (613)741-3518; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 S.E. Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4m
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ant Ave. Pacific Beach 92109/ (714)483\'b72500; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ 
(206) 322-3636; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Ontario, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Avenue  Rd., M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0
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\nosupersub \'97(contact ISKCON Buffalo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601
) 798-6705; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Costa Rica, South America (New Viraj\'e4)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97(Contact ISKCON San Pedro, Costa Rica.);
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\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indre, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Lucay-Le-Male, 36600 Valency Chateau d'Oublaise; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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KCON Rio de Janeiro); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 17082/ (717) 527-2493.
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 The Festival of the Chariots     v12#6
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Festival of the Chariots
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It\'92s the world\'92s oldest celebration\'97Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4, The Festival of the Chariots. At Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 every
one works together\'97pulling the majestic vehicles of the Lord of the Universe and chanting His holy names. Come and help draw Him along the path to the park, the meadow, or the square. And at the end of the parade enjoy a sumptuous feast and transcende
ntal music.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Sat., July 9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Starts 12:00 noon
, Kalakaua Ave. Feast 3:00 p.m., Kapiolani Park
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Sat., July 16\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Starts 12:00
 noon, Eakin\'92s Plaza Feast 3:00 P.M., Independence Mall
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atlanta, Fri., July 22\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Starts 1:00 p.m.,
 Baker & Peach Sts. Feast 2:00 p.m., Central City Park
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, July 23 & 30 \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sat., July 23: S
tarts 12:00 noon, Central Park. Feast 3:00 P.M., Washington Square Park \line Sat., July 30: Starts 12:00 noon, Washington Square Park Feast 3:00 P.M., Central Park
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Francisco, Sun., July 24\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Starts 12:0
0 noon, Golden Gate Park Feast 3:00 P.M., Mark's Meadow
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Sat., Aug. 13\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Starts 12:00 noon
 at the Temple Feast 3:00 P.M., City Hall Square
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, Sun., Aug. 14\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Starts 12:00 
noon, Bay St. at Santa Monica Beach Feast 3:00 p.m., Venice Beach
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
12 No. 7, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma\line Hare R\'e4ma\line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma\line Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chant and be happy...
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be happy...
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here at ISKCON's center in Montreal, Quebec, everyone chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, including the children. Ch
anting is simple to understand. It isn't anything artificial to be imposed on the mind\'97it's something sublime to purify our hearts. We're all originally K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious spiritual entities, and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the easiest metho
d for reviving our dormant, pure state of God consciousness.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this issue }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of BACK TO GODHEAD magazine.
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4deva d\'e4sa, book distributor:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I've been chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba for over three years, and the more I chant the more I can see that this chanting is an ever-fresh experience. By absorbing m
y mind in the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I feel the spiritual strength and conviction t
o offer this chanting process to everyone. I feel this is the highest welfare work. People are suffering, because they're ignorant of their real, spiritual self. But as the scriptures say, 'if one simply chants the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, this holy 
name will rise within his heart like the powerful sun and immediately dissipate all the darkness of ignorance.' "
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dv\'e4rak\'e4n\'e4tha d\'e4sa, schoolteacher, with family:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93We knew that family life would be most successful if it had a central purpose. So we tried country living, gardening, a VW bus, a good-paying job, and natural f
oods. But none of these satisfied us. Now, by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we\'92ve made Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba the center of our lives. We chant together every day and read about K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the books of our spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4
da. More and more we\'92re feeling unselfish in our family relationships and happy just being together to glorify K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His pure devotees.\'94
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mike Gabbard, Dean of Students, American Samoa Community College:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Like most people, I often get caught up in the rush of events that go on around me. Chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba helps me remember the real purpose in my life\'97l
oving service to God."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: (Paris) Yog\'e7vara d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#7
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami 
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa, Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada d\'e4sa, Navadv\'e9pa d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vic\'e4ru d\'e4sa\line }{\b\i0\ul0
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\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTIST}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
, Parasatya d\'e4sa, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, Pu\'f1kara d\'e4sa, Ra\'efcora d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Drgh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Sulak\'f1mana-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHY }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa (Picture Editor);
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photographers:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Yadubara d\'e4sa, Yog
\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhanaguru}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dev\'e4m\'e5ta d\'e4sa,}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4\'e7raya d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa
, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover    v12#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supreme Lord once appeared as \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4macandra, the ideal God conscious king. And He accomplished His mission\'97to 
establish the principles of religion and destroy demonic, irreligious influences\'97despite being exiled to Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya Forest (with his eternal consort Sit\'e4 and brother Lak\'f1ma\'eba, shown here. As Lord R\'e4ma's Triumph was inevitable
, so today is the triumph of His holy names (Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare). \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, "The kingdom of R\'e4ma was immensel
y popular and beneficial. and the spreading of this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement can immediately introduce a similar situation, even in this Age of Quarrel."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What Thomas Aquinas Knew and Didn't Know About the Kingdom of God
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What Thomas Aquinas Knew and Did
n't Know About the Kingdom of God
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thomas Aquinas saw through the eyes of logic and gave us a logical but incomplete picture of God and His kingdom. The K
\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious spiritual master sees through the eyes of his own spiritual master and the Vedic literatures-and gives us the complete picture.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Thomas Aquinas compiled the entire Chu
rch doctrine in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Summa Theologica, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which constitutes the official philosophy of the Roman Catholic Church.
 He also systematized a good deal of Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. Aquinas believed that religious truths are attained through both reason and revelation. He also agreed with Augustine, who said: "I believe in order that I may understand" and "I 
understand in order that I may believe." Thus reason and revelation complement one another as means to truth.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Since human reason is not perfect
, revelation is also needed. As \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Goswami has stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sevonmukhe hi jihv\'e4dau svayam eva sphuraty ada\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "When we engage our senses in the Lord's service, the Lord reveals Himself to us." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The truth is attained through logic, philosophy, and revelation. Accordi
ng to the Vai\'f1\'ebava tradition, we arrive at the truth through the guru, the spiritual master, who is accepted as the representative of the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead. The guru can transmit the message of the truth because he has seen
 the Absolute Truth through the disciplic succession [the chain of authorized spiritual masters]. If we accept the bona fide spiritual master and please him by submissive service, by virtue of his mercy and pleasure we can understand God and the spiritua
l world by revelation. We therefore offer our respects to the spiritual master in the prayer }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'f9: "By }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the thirteenth century, Church scho
lars considered logical proof for God's existence important, and Aquinas set forth five basic arguments. The first maintains that God necessarily exists as the first cause. The second states that the material world cannot create itself but needs somethin
g external, or spiritual, to bring it into existence. The third argument claims that because the world exists, there must necessarily be a creator capable of creating it. Fourth, since there is relative perfection in the world, there must be an absolute 
perfection underlying it. Fifth, since the creation has design and purpose, there must be a designer who has planned it. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We also honor these arguments. Wi
thout a father and mother, children cannot be brought into existence. Modern philosophers do not consider this strongest argument for the existence of God. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-
sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-k\'e4ra\'eba-k\'e4ra\'ebam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the cause of all causes. Everything has a cause, and God is the ultimate cause.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas also states that the relative 
perfection we find in this material world necessitates an absolute perfection.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, the spiritual world is absol
ute perfection, and this temporary material world is but a reflection of that spiritual world. Whatever perfection we find in this material world is derived from the spiritual world. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11
\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S\'fctra 1.1.2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub   janma-adi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and destruction; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub That Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) is He from whom the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universe arise.}}}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub , janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9:
 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub "Whatever is generated comes from the Absolute Truth." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are some scientists today who ac
knowledge Aquinas's argument that since we can see nothing that can create itself in the material world, something external, or spiritual, is required to bring the material world into existence.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, a mountain cannot create any
thing, but a human being can give form to a stone. A mountain may be very large, but it remains a stone incapable of giving shape to anything.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Unlike Plato and Aristotle, Aquinas ma
intained that God created the universe out of nothing. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. God created the universe by H
is various energies, but God and his energies are always there. You cannot logically say that the universe was created out of nothing. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas would say that since the mater
ial universe could not have arisen out of God's spiritual nature, it had to be created out of nothing.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Material nature is also an energy
 of God's. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (7.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bh\'fcmir \'e4po \'92nalo v\'e4yu\'f9\line kha\'e0 mano buddhir eva ca\line aha\'eck\'e4ra it\'e9ya\'e0 me\line bhinn\'e4 prak
\'e5tir a\'f1\'f6adh\'e4
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Earth, water, fire, air, ether, mind, intelligence, and false ego\'97all together these eight comprise My separated material energies
." All of these emanate from God, and consequently they are not unreal. They are considered inferior because they are God's separated material energies. They are like the sound that comes from a tape recorder, which may sound exactly like a person's orig
inal voice. The recorded sound is not the person's voice itself, but it has come from the person and is now separated from him. If one cannot see where the sound is coming from, one may suppose that the person is actually speaking, although the person ma
y be far away. Similarly, the material world is an expansion of the Supreme Lord's energy, and we should not think that it has been brought into existence out of nothing. It has emanated from the Supreme Truth, but it is His inferior, separated energy. T
he superior energy is found in the spiritual world, which is the world of reality. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e4sya \'e7aktir vividhaiva \'e7r\'fcyate }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'c7vet.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God has multienergies, and the material energy is but one. Since God is 
everything, you cannot say that the material universe comes from nothing.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like Augustine, Aquinas believed that 
sin and man are concomitant. Due to Adam's original sin, all men require salvation, and salvation can only be obtained through God's grace. The individual living entity has to
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub assent by his free will in order for God's grace to function.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, we call that assent }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devotional service to the Lord. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is our eternal engagement, and when we engage in our eternal activities, we attain salvation, or liberation. When we engage in false activities, we are in illus
ion (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Mukti }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (liberation) means remaining in our constitutional position as an eternal servant of God. In the material world we engage in many different activities, but they all refer to the materi
al body, In the spiritual world we engage in the Lord's service, and that is liberation, or salvation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas considered sins to be of two k
inds: venial and mortal. A mortal sin is one that will send a person to eternal damnation unless it is forgiven. But a venial sin will not. In other words, according to Aquinas a mortal sin stains the soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When a living entity disobeys the
 orders of God, he is put into this material world, and that is his punishment. If he does not rectify himself by good association and once again surrender to the Lord, he must undergo repeated transmigration. By taking on one body after another, he is s
ubjected to the tribulations of material existence. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In any case, how can any sin be said t
o "stain" the soul?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is not stained, but he c
an participate in sinful activity. Although you cannot mix oil and water, oil floating on water is carried away by the water. Similarly, as soon as we are in contact with material nature, we come under the clutches of the material world }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (prak\'e5te\'f9 kriyam\'e4\'eb\'e4ni gu\'ebai\'f9 karm\'e4\'ebi sarva\'e7a\'f9). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As soon as the living entity enters
 the material world, he loses his own power. He is then completely under the clutches of material nature. Oil never mixes with water, but it may be carried away by the waves.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas did not believe in a soul divo
rced from a particular form. According to Aquinas, God did not simply create a soul capable of inhabiting any body or form; rather, He created an angelic soul, a human soul, an animal soul, or a plant soul. Aquinas felt that the creation of a pure soul w
ould be tantamount to God's creating Himself. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is not created, but is e
ternally existing along with God. The soul has the independence to turn from God, in which case he becomes like a spark falling from a great fire. When the spark is separated, it loses its illumination. In any case, the individual soul always exists. The
 master and His servants exist eternally. We cannot say that the parts of a body are separately created. As soon as the body is present, all the parts are there with it. The soul is never created, and it never dies. This is confirmed by the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.20}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub na j\'e4yate mriyate v\'e4 kad\'e4cin\line n\'e4ya\'e0 bh\'fctv\'e4 bhavit\'e4 v\'e4 na bh\'fcya\'f9\line ajo nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4
\'e7vato \'92ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo\line na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For the soul there is never birth or death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, un
dying, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain." It may appear that the soul comes into existence and dies, but this is because he has accepted the material body. When the material body dies, the soul simply transfers to another body. When t
he soul is liberated, he doesn't have to accept another material body. He can return home, back to Godhead, in his original spiritual body. The soul was never created but is always existing with God. If we say that the soul was created, the question may 
be raised whether or not God, the Supreme Soul, was also created. Of course, this is not the case. God is eternal, and His parts and parcels are also eternal. The difference is that God never accepts a material body, whereas the individual soul, being bu
t a small particle of spirit, sometimes succumbs to the material energy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the relationship between the s
oul's original, spiritual form and the form of the material body? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The material body is an imitation
. It is false. Because the spiritual body has form, the material body takes on form. The material body is like a coat. The cloth originally has no form, but a tailor can cut the cloth and make a coat to fit you. Similarly, in actuality this bodily form m
ade of material elements is illusory. The material elements originally had no form, but they take on form for a while, and when the body becomes old and dies, they return to their original position. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub the physical body is compared to a machine. The soul has its own form, but he is given a machine, the body, which he uses to wander throughout the universe, attempting to enjoy himself.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas thought that one should not tr
y to restrict scriptures to one meaning, that it belongs to the dignity of divine scripture to contain many meanings in one text so that, in this way, the scripture may be appropriate to the various understandings of men.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The meaning of scripture is one. 
It is the interpretations that are different. In the Bible it is stated that God created the universe, and that is a fact. One may conjecture that the universe was created out of some chunk or whatever, but we should not interpret scripture in this way. 
We present }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub without interpretation or motive. We cannot change the words of 
God. Unfortunately, many interpreters have spoiled the God consciousness of society.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas says that the scriptures may c
ontain many meanings according to one's degree of realization. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. No one should interpret the w
ords of scripture. "Interpretation" means "change." Man is imperfect, so how can he change the words of God? If the words are changed, there will be doubt whether they are spoken by God or by an imperfect person. As soon as you interpret or change the sc
ripture, the scripture loses its authority. Then another man will come and interpret things in his own way. Another will come and then another, and in this way the original purport of the scripture is lost.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas believed that it is not possib
le to see God in this life. He writes, "God cannot be seen in His essence by one who is merely man, except he be separated from this mortal life\'85 The divine essence cannot be known through the nature of material things."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What does he mean by "divine esse
nce"? For us, God's divine essence is personal. When one cannot conceive of the Personality of Godhead, he sees the impersonal feature everywhere. When one advances further, he sees God as the Param\'e4tm\'e4 [Supersoul] within his heart. That is the res
ult of yogic meditation. Finally, if one is truly advanced, he can see God face to face. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba came, people saw Him face to face. Christians accept Christ as the son of God, and when he came, people saw him face to face. Does Aquinas think 
that Christ is not the divine essence of God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For a Christian, Christ must be the di
vine essence incarnate. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And didn't many people see him? T
hen how can Aquinas say that God cannot be seen? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This seems to be contradictory. It's d
ifficult to tell whether or not Aquinas is basically an impersonalist or a personalist.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means he is speculating.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas writes about the personal feat
ure of God in this way: "Because God's nature has all perfection, every kind of perfection should be attributed to Him. Every individual with rational nature is spoken of as a person, and since the dignity of divine nature certainly surpasses every other
 nature, it is entirely suitable to speak of God as a person." Aquinas is no more specific than this. Concerning the nature of the personality of God, the Church fathers have never been more specific.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Christ is accepted as the son of 
God, and if the son can be seen, why can't God the father be seen? If Christ is the son of God, who is God? In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub aha\'e0 sarvasya prabhava\'f9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Everything is emanating from Me." Christ says that he is the son of God, and this means that he emanates from God. Just as he has his personality, God also has His personality. Thus we refer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba as the S
upreme Personality of Godhead. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning God's names, Aquinas felt t
hat the less determinate God's name, the more universal and absolute it is. He therefore believed that the most proper name for God is "He who is."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why? If God is active and has cre
ated the entire universe, what is wrong with addressing Him according to His activities and attributes? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Aquinas claims that the very essence o
f God is the sheer fact of His being, the fact that He is.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He is, certainly, but "He is" mea
ns that He is existing in His abode with His servants, playmates, hobbies, and paraphernalia. Everything is there. We must ask what is the meaning or nature of His being. One of God's attributes is being. Similarly, one of His attributes is attraction. G
od attracts everything. The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "all-attractive." What, then, is wrong with address
ing God as K\'e5\'f1\'eba? Because K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the enjoyer of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, His name is R\'e4dhik\'e4-rama\'eba. Because He exists, He is called the Supreme Being. In one sense God has no name, but in another sense He has millions of na
mes according to His activities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It seems that Thomas Aquinas basically
 took an impersonalistic stand.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. He could not determine whethe
r God is personal or impersonal. His inclination was to serve God as a person, but he had no clear conception of His personality. Therefore he speculated.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub there an equivalent to "He who is"?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat sat, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub which is impersonal. This mantra, however, can also be extended to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 namo bhagavate v\'e4sudev\'e4ya. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4sudeva }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means "one who lives everywhere"
 and refers to Bhagav\'e4n, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. God is both personal and impersonal, but the impersonal feature is secondary. According to Bhagav\'e4n \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (14.27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma\'ebo hi prati\'f1\'f6h\'e4ham\line am\'e5tasy\'e4vyayasya ca\line \'e7\'e4\'e7vatasya ca dharmasya\line sukhasyaik\'e4nti
kasya ca
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And I am the basis of the impersonal Brahman, which is the constitutional position of ultimate happiness, and which is immortal, impe
rishable, and eternal." What purport did I write to that verse?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "The constitution of Brahman is immort
ality, imperishability, eternity, and happiness. Brahman is the beginning of transcendental realization. Param\'e4tm\'e4, the Supersoul, is the second stage in transcendental realization, and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate realization
 of the Absolute Truth" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14.27}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub purport].
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the divine essence in ful
l.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5: "God attracts everything. The word K\'e5\'f1\'eba means 'all-attractive.' What, then, is wrong with addressing God
 as K\'e5\'f1\'eba?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li2160\ri1440\fi-720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6-7: God creates the material universes out of His external energy-not out of nothing, as Thomas Aquinas thought. He
re we see the process of creation: God in His form as Mah\'e4-Vi\'f1\'ebu exhales billions of universes from His transcendental body. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Ra\'efcora d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 How to Uplift the Unfortunate
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub HOW TO UPLIFT THE UNFORTUNATE
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wherever you go\'97India, America, and points between\'97you find certain people who seem to be getting less of life's p
leasures and more of its pains. What's the solution? Increase public aid? Provide better job opportunities? Demand equal rights? After reading an article on the plight of India's "untouchables" (Harijans), Tam\'e4l K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9 wrote to t
he author about the real solution. It's education\'97but not just any education ...
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 14 April 1977
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Professor Parmar,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I read with keen interest your article "100 Million Harijans\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn India's "untouchables": the poorest, least educated members of society.}* Seek 
A New Messiah" in the Bombay }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sunday Standard, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub April 10, 1977. I can certainly appreciate your com
passion for the suffering of so many unfortunate people. In view of the new government's interest in taking knowledge from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to help find solutions to the many problems India faces, I thought you might find the following illuminating as well as helpful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Harijan movement was started by Mohandas Gandhi. Seeing the suffering of millions of "untouchables," Gandhi thought to elevate them in their own eyes and in the
 eyes of others by designating them "Harijans." The actual definition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harijan is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "a person }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (jana) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who has been elevated to the position of associating with the Supreme }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Hari)." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An actual Harijan, therefore, is a saint, a great personality. But since Gandhi has popularized the term to in
dicate the "untouchable" class, and since you have used it in the same sense, I will also use it in that way.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, Gandhi's rubberstamping has not actually improved the Harijans' condition, as you have so thoroughly pointed out in your article: "The Indian governm
ent has launched numerous projects and schemes, allocating more than Rs. 3,200 crores [about $3.5 billion] in Five-year Plans, for the welfare and amelioration of Harijans. However, all efforts to raise their status and improve their living conditions by
 granting special rights\'97social, economic, political\'97have not made any significant impact on their condition of life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus neither Gandhiji, Dr. Ambedkar, nor any other leader has succeeded in uplifting the Harijans: Why? Because they have not properly understood the real cause for
 man's suffering. On this point we can get insight from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub where Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba explains to Arjuna, "While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief. Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor the dead\'85 As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth 
to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not bewildered by such a change" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have to understand that the self is not the outer body but the soul within and that at death the self transmigrates to another body, according to the way he has 
lived his life. This understanding is the beginning of the solution to India's Harijan problem. The government leaders and all their planning commissions have applied themselves only to the outward body, not to the soul within the body. Therefore, measur
es meant for the upliftment of the Harijans have fallen short of the mark; they have aimed at adjusting some physical or mental situation, but they have ignored the needs of the self. All the land grants, work plans, and defense forces (as well as the ot
her economic, social, and political arrangements that you have suggested) will be of no use until India's leaders concern themselves with not only the body but also the soul within the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In your article you have asked, "Who are these Harijans? What is their origin? What sins did they commit so that they should be permanently 'persecuted? There are n
o authentic answers to these basic questions." If you don't know the answers to these questions about the Harijans, then how can you expect the solutions which you have suggested to work?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, there }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub authentic answers to these questions, and they have been known to authorities like Sv\'e4yambhuva Manu, N\'e4rada Muni, Lord \'c7iva, the Kum\'e4ras, \'c7r\'e9 Kapiladeva, Prahl\'e4da, and so many others. All of these great personalities 
have themselves taken instruction from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (Hari), and therefore they are the real Harijans. This instruction is still available in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and if you take it exactly as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke it, then you too can become a genuine Harijan and help to elevate the one hundred million so-called Harijans.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You have asked about the origin of these "untouchable" Harijans. For the answer we need merely turn to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The living entity in material nature follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to his associatio
n with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil amongst various species" }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This verse describes how one is forced by the laws of nature to take birth in a particular species of life. One's birth is not a matter of chance. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 2.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the soul changes bodies just as a man changes his dress, and this change is due to one's attachment to a particular mode of material nature. As long as one is captivated by t
he allurements of material nature, he has to change bodies. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And at the time of death, the extent of his desire to lord it over matter determines what kind of body he will have
 in his next life, and how much he will suffer or enjoy. This is nature's law. Whether we believe in it or not, we still are controlled by it. We also may not believe in the laws of the government, but if we violate them we have to suffer. How much more 
stringent, then, are the laws of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If India's government leaders are ignorant of God's laws, how can they uplift the citizens? A government may be powerful, but it is not so powerful that it can prot
ect its citizens from the results of sinful activities performed in previous lives. Though you may award all kinds of privileges to the Harijans in an effort to counteract their sufferings, those benefits will be of little avail. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba says
, "This divine energy of Mine, consisting of the three modes of material nature, is very difficult to overcome" (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.14). This verse explains why the position of the Harijan community as a whole has not significantly changed. Who is checking them from improving? Neither the government, nor social pressures, nor economic impediments. (No on
e prevented Dr. Ambedkar and Jagjivan Ram from rising to leadership.) No. The checking is from within, and from the modes of material nature. This is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-
g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in a verse I have already quoted: "The living entity in material nature follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of material nature. This is due to his a
ssociation with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil amongst various species" }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bg. 13.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In the fourteenth chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba further explains: "Material nature consists of the three modes\'97goodness, passion, and ignorance. Whe
n the living entity comes into contact with nature, he becomes conditioned by these modes." Association is very strong. It is just like an infection: when you contact germs, you must suffer disease. Similarly, if you associate with the lower qualities of
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub material }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nature (passion and ignorance), then you must suffer accordingly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To the civil libertarian all this may seem very unjust\'97that one man is condemned to sweep the latrines, while another sits comfortably in his white-collar job, w
orking in the government offices. And out of sentiment, suppose you enact some legislation to adjust this imbalance. By your legislation you may arbitrarily elevate ten percent of all the sweepers to jobs in the government offices, but the result will be
 chaos. A dog may be placed on the king's throne, but toss him an old shoe and he'll jump down to chew it. Similarly, by legislation you may appoint anyone to a high position, but if he }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub not qualified, his nature will betray him and he will do only nonsense. The current world political scene sufficiently demonstrates this.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, the kind of work a person does is directly related to the modes of nature affecting him. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "According to the modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of hu
man society were created by Me" (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . And in the eighteenth chapter: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Br\'e4hma\'ebas, k\'f1atriya
s, vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (intellectuals, administrators, merchants or agriculturalists, and laborers) are distinguished by their qualities of work, O chastiser of the enemy, in accordance
 with the modes of nature" (Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.41}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus the tendency of a particular man towards a particular type of work is determined solely by the modes of material nature which he has acquired\'97not by politic
al, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub social, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or economic pressures. This statement by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba may bring rancor to the
 hearts of the modern-day libertarians, who are demanding equality for all. But we must discern whether everyone actually }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub deserves }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub equality. No one can be more fair than K\'e5\'f1\'eba: He is equally disposed to all creatures (Bg. 9.24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and He claims all living entities as His children (Bg. 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub . So when K\'e5\'f1\'eba designates one person as an intellectual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (br\'e4hma\'eba) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and another as a laborer }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\'e7\'fcdra), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He is not doing so out of prejudice; He is si
mply describing their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub gu\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub their work and the particular modes of nature that affect them. K\'e5\'f1\'eba never mentions birth as a consideration, though some selfishly motiva
ted individuals have used this argument of birth to justify their falsely elevated position above those of supposedly lower birth. Undeniably, this misconception has caused hatred for the caste system, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system, and cries for abolishment are now being heard from all sides. But if the eyes are diseased, they should be cured,
 not plucked out. Similarly, the caste system should be properly established on the basis of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub teachings; it should not be abolished.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, in this age everyone is born a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra (kalau }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sambhav\'e4\'f9). }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is only by proper education that someone may rise to the position of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For as we have already seen, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub known by his qualification, not by his birth. (My father may be a high-court judge, but that does not qualify me to be a high-court judge.) Though everyone is born a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in this age, everyone is also free to cultivate the qualities of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4
hma\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub These qualities are listed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as peacefulness, self control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness. But to call someone who has not developed these qualities a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or a Harijan is simply rubberstamping.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original Messiah of all Harijans, openly invites everyone: "O son of P\'e5th\'e4, those who take shelter of Me, though they be of lower birth
\'97women, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vai\'e7yas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (merchants), as well as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (workers)\'97can approach the supreme destination" (Bg. 9.32}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . By proper education and association, anyone\'97no matter how degraded his birth\'97can attain to the highest position. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also says,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-bh\'fcta\'f9 prasann\'e4tm\'e4\line na \'e7ocati na k\'e4\'eck\'f1ati\line sama\'f9 sarve\'f1u bh\'fcte\'f1u\line mad-bha
kti\'e0 labhate par\'e4m
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'93}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One who is transcendentally situated at once realizes the 
Supreme Brahman. He never laments, nor does he desire to have anything. He is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me" (Bg. 18.54}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Since God is full, a living entity engaged in God's service (in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness) also becomes fully satisfied by self-realization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is no doubt that the one hundred million Harijans deserve to become happy. They are feeling frustration because they lack a qualified leader. We of the Intern
ational Society for Krishna Consciousness (a society dedicated to living by the teachings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are prepared to take responsibility for all one hundred million Harijans and guide them to the highest perfection of life. The founder and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of our movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, has in the last eleven years successfully uplifted hundreds of thousands of unfortunate souls worldw
ide to the platform of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. By K\'e5\'f1\'eba's grace, I happen to be \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's personal secretary, and it is by his direction that I write this letter. He read your article, and feeling great concern for the we
lfare of the Harijan community, he requested me to write to you and invite you to meet with us at our headquarters at Juhu, Bombay, for practical discussions. If you are actually sincere in your desire to uplift the Harijans, please do not miss this oppo
rtunity.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yours faithfully, \line Tam\'e4l K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9 \line (Personal Secretary to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Demons Among Us
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE DEMONS AMONG US
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There are always two kinds of living beings in the creation\'97the divine and demonic. But a demon need not be a huge m
onster with ten heads and a thousand arms, nor a little red fiend with a pitchfork. In fact, the demons who live among us generally appear quite ordinary."
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY JAY\'c4DVAITA D\'c4SA
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Demons exist\'97millions of them. And they live among us, mostly unrecognized, wherever we go. Who are they? What are they like? How do they exhibit their powers, a
nd how can we be safe from their influence? These are the questions we shall deal within this article.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The answers will not be invented fictions, the products of fanciful philosophical speculations conjured up out of the mind. Nor shall we waste our time recounting t
ales of chain-clanking ghosts and spirits. The analysis you are about to read will be a scientific presentation based on the words of Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as spoken thousands of years ago and recorded in the 
Sanskrit language in the book known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You may find this analysis enligh
tening, or, indeed, depending on your sympathies, you may find it offensive. You may accept it or reject it. Our only request is that you open the gates of your mind and allow these ancient ideas to enter for your thoughtful consideration. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Divine and the Demonic
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There are always two kinds of living beings in the creation\'97the divine and the demonic. Just as every state has two kinds of citizens\'97those who abide by the l
aws and those who do not\'97the state of the universe is filled with two kinds of living beings: those who abide by its natural laws and those who try to defy them. The former are called divine; the latter, demonic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In other words, a demon need not be a huge monster with ten heads and a thousand arms, nor a little red fiend with a pitchfork. Of course, there may very well be de
mons with grotesque features and supernatural powers, but the demons who live among us generally appear quite ordinary. Your mailman might be a demon. So might your grocer, your congressman, or anyone else you know. For that matter, so might you.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How, then, can we tell whether a person is divine or demonic? By observing his qualities. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub clearly explains which qualities are divine and which demonic. The good qualities include truthfulness, fearlessness, charity, self-control, au
sterity, and simplicity. They also include nonviolence, cleanliness, gentleness, modesty, and steady determination. These are all spiritual qualities that anyone can appreciate. Other good qualities are compassion, tranquility, renunciation, vigor, forgi
veness, and fortitude. A good person should also be free from anger, greed, envy, and the passion for honor. Purification of one's existence, cultivation of spiritual knowledge, aversion to faultfinding, and study of the revealed scriptures are also good
 qualities. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub these are the best human qualities. Anyone deco
rated with even a few of them could well be considered saintly or godly, therefore they are called divine qualities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demonic qualities are just the opposite. Arrogance, pride, anger, conceit, harshness, ignorance\'97these qualities indicate a demonic person. Such persons are a
verse to the principles of religion and to the cultivation of spiritual knowledge. They are lustful, and they think that life's only aim is to gratify the senses. They are unclean, dishonest, envious, and mischievous. Such are the qualities that degrade 
the demons. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Killers of the Soul
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub further explains the demon's nature\'97and his fate\'97as follows:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asury\'e4 n\'e4ma te lok\'e4\line andhena tamas\'e4v\'e5t\'e4\'f9\line t\'e4\'e0s te prety\'e4bhigacchanti\line ye ke c\'e4tma-h
ano jan\'e4\'f9
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The killer of the soul, whoever he may be, must enter into the planets known as the worlds of the faithless, full of darkness and ignora
nce" }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This verse describes the demons as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub atma-hana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub killers of the soul. How is that? According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub the soul is eternal and can never be killed. Even when the temporary body dies, the soul continues to exist }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re). }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So how can anyone be a "killer of the soul"? The answer is also in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub when the eternal soul }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub identifies }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub himself with the temporary body, he becomes subject to repeated birth and death. Therefore, when one does not cultivate spiritual understanding, when he does not try to free the eternal soul\'97himself\'97from the cycle of repeated birth and 
death, he becomes a killer of the soul. He is killing himself by refusing to accept spiritual instruction about the soul and how it can be liberated from material bondage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Achieving liberation from birth and death is not difficult, but one must take guidance from a bona fide, self-realized spiritual master who has understood the Absol
ute Truth. This Truth is conveyed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and other revealed Vedic scriptures, and the bona fide spiritual master presents this Truth without any change or interpretation. Any deviation from the literal meaning of the scriptures makes a so-called spiritual master disqualified. If one
 learns the science of spiritual understanding from the Vedic scriptures with the help of a bona fide, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious spiritual master, one can cease identifying himself with his material body and make swift progress on the path of self-realiza
tion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Identifying oneself (the soul) with the body is the great mistake of modern civilization, and it represents the grossest ignorance\'97ignorance of one's real identi
ty as a spiritual being. The root cause of this ignorance is the demonic mentality\'97or, in other words, the refusal to accept the principles of spiritual consciousness found in the revealed Vedic scriptures. These scriptures explain that the spirit sou
l receives the gift of a human body only after passing through 8,400,000 species of life in the evolutionary cycle. In lower forms of life, our consciousness is undeveloped, and we are therefore unable to inquire about spiritual realization. In the human
 form, however, we have sufficient intelligence to understand our spiritual identity, and this is our primary responsibility. But one who adamantly refuses to accept this responsibility must be termed a killer of the soul and a demon.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 The }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Blind Leaders
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, our modern materialistic civilization is filled with so-called leaders who are devoid of spiritual knowledge and who refuse to take guidance from gen
uine spiritual authorities. Such leaders are blind in the truest sense, and therefore both they and their blind followers waste their time in a hopeless, meaningless struggle to be happy by gratifying the senses of the temporary material body. In defianc
e of God's laws for spiritual life in harmony with the laws of nature, such leaders encourage all sorts of sinful activities, such as gambling, intoxication, meat eating, and illicit sex. As a result they make civilization hellish, and in their next live
s both they and their followers are thrown into hellish planets. Such leaders should certainly be known as demons.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub further explains:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prav\'e5tti\'e0 ca niv\'e5tti\'e0 ca\line jan\'e4 na vidur \'e4sura\'f9\line na \'e7auca\'e0 n\'e4pi c\'e4c\'e4ro\line na satya
\'e0 te\'f1u vidyate
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Those who are demonic do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them" }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because demons do not know what to do and what not to do, they become involved in unclean dealings. For example, the highest elected official in the world's most in
fluential country was recently implicated in all sorts of dirty dealings intended to increase his own wealth and power. And even after his dirty tricks were brought to light, he refused to admit the truth. As clearly indicated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub these are classic symptoms of a demonic personality. As long as such demons falsely occupy resp
onsible government posts, the people in general will not be peaceful, prosperous, or happy. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleanliness and truthfulness are basic principles of proper behavior. Unless one is clean and truthful, how can he qualify as a political, religious, or intellectua
l leader? And this purity must be more than just skin deep. Anyone who bathes regularly with soap and water may be considered superficially clean, but one must also be clean within. In other words, one's heart must be free from the dirt of lust, greed, e
nvy, false pride, anger, and so on. Because of these material contaminations, one thinks that his body is his self and that temporary material possessions and arrangements for bodily comfort will actually satisfy him. This spiritual blindness disqualifie
s one for leadership of any kind.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To cleanse the heart of all misconceptions, the Vedic authorities recommend that one chant the holy names of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, especially as found
 in the mah\'e4-mantra\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Also, one should live in accordance with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's instructions in the }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the Absolute Truth, and th
erefore one who follows His instructions is truthful in the deepest sense. Thus, by avoiding the four great sins (meat eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gambling), by chanting God's names, and by following the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4's }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub instructions, a God conscious leader can fulfill his responsibility to the general mass of people, who are his wa
rds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The real duty of a government leader is to govern in such a way that everyone has both proper employment and the opportunity to advance spiritually. Without favorin
g one religious sect over another, the government must nevertheless foster God consciousness as vigorously as possible. That will make for a happy and contented citizenry, free from the degrading activities of meat eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and 
gambling. Unfortunately, because demonic leaders reject the principles of God consciousness put forth in the revealed scriptures, the world must bear the burden of corrupt governments in which self-interested politicians exploit the populace. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Godless Scientists
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Demons oppose God consciousness in all respects\'97even to the extent of concocting their own atheistic philosophies. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub explains:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub asatyam aprati\'f1\'f6ha\'e0 te\line jagad \'e4hur an\'e9\'e7varam\line aparaspara-sambh\'fcta\'e0\line kim anyat k\'e4ma-haituk
am
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The demons say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation, and that there is no God in control. They believe it is produced 
of sex desire, and has no cause other than lust" (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This material world, with all its complex details, is itself irrefutable evidence of the existence of God. From the grand arrangement of the stars and planets down 
to the intricate workings of the atom, the affairs of the material world are so perfectly planned that they couldn't possibly exist without the supervision of a higher intelligence. Unwilling to acknowledge that supreme intelligence, however, the demons 
conjure up various philosophical theories to deny the obvious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chief offenders in this respect are the materialistic scientists, who misuse their God-given intelligence to contend that there is no God in control of the cosm
ic manifestation. They have many theories about the creation of the universe\'97all of them fantastic, and all of them foolish and implausible. According to one such theory, everything began from a concentrated mass of gases. According to another, everyt
hing began from atomic interactions. Other theories postulate that vast clouds of cosmic dust coagulated to form planets. But where have the gases, the atoms, or the cosmic dust come from? The demons cannot answer. And no wonder! As the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Encyclopedia Britannica }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub admits, "It should be emphasized that no theory of the origin of the solar system ha
s as yet won general acceptance. All involve highly improbable assumptions. But the difficulty is in trying to find a theory with any degree of probability at all." Thus, with such "highly improbable" theories the demons try to deny God as the origin and
 controller of the universe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub emphasizes not only that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has generated the material elements, but also that He controls the material nature in all phases of creation, maintenance, and dissolution. But despite their
 sharp, inquisitive minds, the materialistic scientists cannot understand this fact, because their so-called intelligence has been stolen by illusion. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The foolish demons, who are the lowest among men, do not surrender to Me, for their intelligence has been plundered by My illusory energy" (}
{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.15}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having failed to concoct any plausible theory to discredit the Supreme Personality of Godhead as the origin of the universe, the demonic scientists (as if to add in
sult to injury) also put forward godless propaganda about the origin of life. Abandoning logic and good sense, the demons say that order, by chance, arises from disorder, and that life springs spontaneously from matter. For example, according to one scen
ario for the creation of life, billions of years ago the earth spun off from the sun. Over many millions of years, the earth gradually cooled, and various elements interacted to create the earth's atmosphere and oceans. By chance some of these elements f
ormed a "primordial chemical broth" of amino acids. Then, again by chance, various kinds of radiation stimulated this broth to give rise to organic chemicals, such as proteins. As a result of further coincidences too complicated to explain here, these pr
oteins (with a little help from some accidental thunderbolts, or some other unknown cause) finally changed into living organisms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is supposed to be a highly evolved, sophisticated theory\'97made possible by the latest advances in scientific knowledge\'97but in fact it is the same demonic 
philosophy described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub five thousand years ago: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aparaspara-sambh\'fcta\'e0 kim anyat k\'e4ma-haitukam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The demons believe that everything in this world is a product o
f the random attraction of various material bodies" (Bg. }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 16.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Foolish demons, although sometimes honored as great scientists and philosophers, do not properly understand the workings of the material world because they do not know the difference between matte
r and spirit. They try to explain everything in terms of matter, and therefore they are materialists of the most blatant sort.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even an ordinary person, however, if he uses his common sense, can see the difference between matter and spirit. For example, he need only consider the difference b
etween a living body and a dead body. Once our spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, addressed a meeting of students and faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He began by saying, "This is a great unive
rsity, and you have many different departments for study and research\'97engineering, chemistry, and so on. But do you know the difference between a living body and a dead body?" No answer. That was something their technology hadn't gotten around to. The
y had only the haziest notions: in a dead body the heart isn't beating, the dead body has stopped breathing, and so on. Huge buildings, thousands of students, millions of dollars\'97but no common sense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The difference between a living body and a dead body, His Divine Grace explained, is that the living body has consciousness. When a child is born dead, what's missi
ng? All the organs are intact. All the necessary organic chemicals are present in abundance. Nothing has been ruptured or destroyed. The cells have not yet begun to deteriorate. Why, then, can't the dead child be brought back to life? The answer is that 
consciousness is not a product of matter and is therefore beyond the purview of material science.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This consciousness, which is the essential, nonmaterial element within the body, can never be understood by a demon. A doctor may artificially make the heart beat o
r the lungs pump air, but he cannot artificially create consciousness. There is no way that he can inject consciousness into a body which has died. Consciousness is spiritual, and no one can ever create it by any combination of material elements.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, the demons may boast that they are "just on the verge" of creating life, but these}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are empty words, like the promise of a bankrupt man to pay a huge sum of money with a post-dated check. Suppose someone says, "Right now I have no money, but in a
 few days I'll be rich, so let me pay you with a post-dated check." Will any intelligent person accept it? Of course not. First get the money, then come back and purchase what you want. Similarly, why should we believe the so-called scientists who boast 
that they can create life? So far, they haven't been able to create even an ant or a tiny germ, nor can they point to even a single instance in which a living organism has been spontaneously created from matter. Yet they are proud of their hypothetical e
xplanations of how life came from matter, and they have the unscientific brashness to boast that they can create life in their laboratories. It's time for us to stop accepting these sophisticated braggarts as scientists and recognize them for what they a
re\'97demonic rascals who are squandering their God-given intelligence and public-given funds to fight God consciousness and promote utter materialism as the Absolute Truth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p11: Demons think everything in the world is a product of the random attraction of various material bodies. Abandoning logic and good sense, they say that order, by
 chance, arises from disorder, and that life springs spontaneously from matter. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Parasatya d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Hopeful Note
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Hopeful Note
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If scientists and political leaders become God-conscious, they can do tremendous good for all of society. So what we are bemoaning is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub simply }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the sickness that today's scientists and political leaders are suffering from. We might call it "demon disease"\'97the 
compulsion to deny and decry the existence and superintendence of the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In reality, as Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba confirms }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all living beings are p
art and parcel of Him. The reason we're here in this material world in the first place is that we have forgotten our intimate relationship with the Lord. So in the strict philosophical sense of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all of us are demons\'97unless and until we reconcile ourselves with K\'e5\'f1\'eba by again taking up our devotional service to 
Him. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub other words, all of us are really the Lord's devotees, but for now we're playing the rol
e of demons. Many people are }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub open }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to reconciling themselves with K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and giving up the demonic role, but sad to say, at the present moment }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub scientists, philosophers, and political leaders are not only holding on to the role but also playing it quite convincingly
\'97and as a result the whole world is in chaos.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Actually, our cultural and political leaders can end the chaos and use their professions for everyone's benefit, if they learn the secret. In his English rendering 
of ancient India's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup
\'e4da makes it an open secret:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Human intellect is developed for advancement of learning }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub art, science, philosophy, physics, chemistry, psychology, economics, politics, and so forth. By culture of such knowledge the human society can attain perfection of life. This perfection of life cul
minates in the realization of the Supreme Being, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [K\'e5\'f1\'eba]\'85 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.5.22}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can our cultural and political leaders help us all to come to the perfection of life?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Philosophy and science should be engaged to establish the glory of the Lord. Advanced people are eager to understand the Absolute Truth through the medium of scien
ce, and therefore a great scientist should endeavor to prove the existence of the Lord on a scientific basis. Similarly, philosophical speculations should be utilized to establish the Supreme Truth as sentient and all-powerful. Similarly, all other branc
hes of knowledge should always be engaged in the service of the Lord\'85}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  1.5.22}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purport),
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The political leader is the representative of the Supreme Lord, and therefore his interest must be identical with that of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord wants 
all living beings to be obedient to Him and thereby become happy. Therefore the political leader's interest is to guide all citizens back to the kingdom of God. Hence the activities of the citizens should be so coordinated that they can at the end go bac
k home,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  back to Godhead\'85" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhag. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.4.13 purport).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In practical terms, scientists and philosophers as well as writers, dramatists, poets, artists, and musicians should keep themselves and the rest of the populace me
rged in the ecstasy of hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord\'97through learned dissertations, narratives, plays, poems, paintings, and songs. After all, the one special quality that makes human culture different from animal culture is that human 
culture can be filled with God consciousness, with remembrance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whereas animals can remember only their bodily demands (eating, sleeping, mating, and defending), human beings can remember the Lord and thus go back to Him at the time of 
death. So scientists, philosophers, and men of the arts should help us to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba during life and, at life's end, go back to Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For their part, political leaders should knock away the four pillars of sinful life\'97meat eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gambling\'97and such attendant at
rocities as cow killing and abortion. In that way they will free the populace from the terrible karmic reactions to these sinful activities-namely epidemics, droughts, famines, and wars. On the positive side, political leaders should see to it that the c
itizens live in harmony with nature\'97each person taking only his quota and thus being assured of both receiving his quota and going back to Godhead. To put it simply, our cultural and political leaders should be K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious\'97then they ca
n make all of our lives both peaceful and successful.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters    v12#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Brothers,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I salute you for trying to spread }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [spiritual practice], and I'll agree that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [devotional service to God] is the most effective means in this age. But it saddens me to see you butchering the concepts of the yogic systems so much. This is not ancient India (thank God) and it is fruitless to t
ry to make it so.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub don't really disagree with modern science. Most }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub real }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub scientists are searching for truth, and they will agree that our present science is not perfect or complete. Those who say they know it all are just as pigheaded as those who say that some ten-thousand-year-old, incomplete book is the Absolut
e Truth. Mind you, I'm not running down your beliefs, because they're based on fact. But the modern sciences are also gifts of God and are based on truth. We don't need to fight or argue; let's just share the love.
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li2160\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Namaskara,\line Chandresvar
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Chandresvar,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How in the world can you say that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub don't really disagree with modern science? First of all, modern science says the moon is closer to the earth than the sun is, whereas the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub clearly say that the sun is closer (please see the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fifth Canto, Chapter 22). Similarly, modern science generally holds that life arises from the interactions of material chemicals, where
as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say that life is eternal\'97that it is never destroyed or created\'97and that it ema
nates from the Supreme Life, the Personality of Godhead. Also, modern scientists almost universally believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unequivocally reject. If these aren't disagreements, we don't know what are.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We would agree with you that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub real }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub scientists are searching for truth. However, we must point out that the supreme truth is spiritual. With our material vision we cannot see the truth, even if we look through the most 
powerful microscopes and telescopes for millions and billions of years. One can't find spiritual truth through material science, any more than one can find the stars by digging in the ground. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 15.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , pa\'e7yanti j\'ef\'e4na-cak\'f1u\'f1\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub : one can see the truth only by developing eyes of knowledge, or spiritual vision. As you have correctly stated, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the most effective means in this age (and, the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say, in any age) for developing this spiritual vision. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the real science, and one who is following the path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the real scientist.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is presenting the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub exactly as it is found in the Vedic literature. (If common misconceptions about yoga get butchered along the way, so much the better.) 
This is the actual method of spreading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That we are not in ancient India doesn't matter: t
he truth is the truth. In India or America, millions of years ago or today, the truth is the same.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In one sense every living being is searching for truth. The philosopher searches for truth in books and in the mind; the 
drunkard searches for truth in the barroom; the hog searches for truth in the garbage. But if one wants to know the highest truth }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (para\'e0 satyam), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one must look for it by following the highest method of inquiry. Since you have already accepted that the highest, most effective method is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub need only follow this method }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as it is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with the help of a bona fide spiritual
 master, and your success is assured. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the yoga of love\'97love for God, or K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. Unlike modern scientists, God is perfect and complete, and whatever He says is also perfect and complete. Therefore, if we accept the process of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as explained by God Himself in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we will surely be able to understand the highest truth and share the highest love.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sincerely yours, \line The Editors
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We Want to Hear from You
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Hear the timeless wisdom
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Hear the timeless wisdom of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG v12}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub #6
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks Out
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks
 Out
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On "Science" and "Belief"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The following conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and one of his disciples was recorded durin
g an early morning walk in Perth, Australia.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [taking the part of a materialistic scientist] Wh
y do you call K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness a science? It seems like it\'92s only a belief.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Your so-called science is also belief. If you call your way science, then our way is also science. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But with our science we can prove our beliefs.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then prove that chemicals make life. Your belief is that life is made from chemicals. So prove it; then it is science. But you cannot prove it; therefore it remains a belief.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, you believe in the soul, but you can\'92t pro
ve that it exists. Since we cannot see the soul, we have to conclude that life comes from matter.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You cannot see the soul with your gross senses, but it can be perceived. Consciousness can be perceived, and consciousness is the symptom of the soul. But if, as you say, life comes from matter, then you must
 demonstrate it by supplying the missing chemicals to make a dead body live again. This is my challenge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It will require some time to find the right chemica
ls.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That means you are talking nonsense. Your belief is that life comes from chemicals, but you cannot prove it. Therefore, you prove yourself to be a rascal.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But you accept }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on faith. How is that scientific? It\'92s only your belief, isn\'92t that correct?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why isn\'92t it scientific? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [3.14] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ann\'e4d bhavanti bh
\'fct\'e4ni}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "All living entities subsist by eating sufficient food grains, and grains are produced from rain." Is that belief?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That must be true.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Similarly, everything in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is true. I
f you think about it carefully, you will find it is all true. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba s
ays that in society there must be an intelligent class of men, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , who know the soul and
 God. That is civilized man. But where is such a class of men in today's society?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  There are many rabbis, priests, and ministers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But what do they know about God? Just try to see this one point clearly. There is a supreme authority. You are not independent; therefore, you have to accept that a supreme authority exists. But you do not kn
ow who that supreme authority is. So if you do not know the supreme authority, what is the value of your knowledge? Suppose a man does not know about the government of his country. What kind of man is he? He is simply a third-class man, a rascal. A civil
ized man knows about his country's government. Similarly, there is a government of the whole universe, but if you do not know it, you are a third-class, uncivilized man. Therefore, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba teaches in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that in human society there must be an intelligent class of men, who know God and who understand the whole universal manage
ment\'97how it is running under the order of God. We K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees know these things. Therefore we are civilized. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was written five thousand years ago, so it doesn\'92t pertain to today.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was not written five thousand years
 ago: it was already there. It has always existed. Do you study the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then where do you find in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that it w
as written five thousand years ago? It was first spoken more than 120 million years ago (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ima\'e0 vivasvate yoga\'e0 proktav\'e4n aham avyayam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [4.1]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, \'93I spoke this science to Vivasvan more than 120 million years ago.\'94 You do not know this? What kind
 of reader of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are you? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub avyayam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97it is eternally existing. So how can you say it was written five thousand years ago? [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  points to the rising sun with his cane.] Here we see the sun is just rising. But it is always there, in space. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is like that: it is eternal truth. When the sun is rising we don't say it is just now coming into existence. It is always there, but we can\'92t see it until it rises. Men used to think 
that at night the sun would die, and in the morning a new sun was created. They also used to believe the earth was fiat. This is your scientific knowledge: every day a new opinion. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means that we are discovering the truth.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. It means you do not know what the truth is. You are only speculating. Now you accept something as true, but after a few days you say it is not true. And you call this science! 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, you\'92re right. Many of the scientific textbo
oks that were written just a few years ago are outdated now.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  And the scientific books you are now using will be useless in a few years. This is your science. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But at least what we know now is more true than wha
t we knew before, and if we keep trying we will know more. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This means you are always in ignorance. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is not like that. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Arjuna, \'93I first instructed this science 120 million years ago, and today I am teaching you the same thing.\'94 That is scientific knowledge. The truth is always the same, but you scientists are al
ways changing\'97\'93discovering the truth,\'94 you call it. That means you do not know what truth is.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [as himself] The problem is, everyone is a cheater.
 Everyone is speculating and presenting his own knowledge as the truth.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, therefore we have accepted K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the person who does not cheat. And since I am presenting only what K\'e5\'f1\'eba has said, I am also not a cheater. That is the difference between us and the s
cientists.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam     v12#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 11 T
EXT 33\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 12 TEXT 7
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village     v12#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Breakthrough for Book Distribution
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub An important breakthrough has occurred in ISKCON's efforts to open all U.S. airports to unhampered book distribution. For years devotees have gone out to the crowde
d airports and sold the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da to literally millions of travelers\'97and for years the devotees have met opposition from angered airport managers. Now, finally, a meeting of minds seems at hand.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the May issue of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Airport Services Management }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazine, editor Richard Coffey calls for an open dialogue between ISKCON and airport }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub officials}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The Hare Krishna [people] are in the airports\'97protected by the First Amendment\'97and they will remain in the airports. 
So what do we do about it? Manage it. We'd make a stupid mistake underestimating the ability of the Krishna movement to meet us on every level of confrontation\'85 So it appears someone will have to open a dialogue. The Krishna [people] are willing; so s
hould we be."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another article by Mr. Coffey in the same magazine describes his visit to the Minneapolis R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple. He comes away impressed with the sincer
ity of the devotees and the seriousness of their mission to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He also confirms ISKCON's longstanding claim that all collections are used only to support the temples and book publication and distribution\'97"not for indi
vidual gratification."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since every airport official reads }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Airport Services Management }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazine, Mr. Coffey's advice and observations should go a long way toward creating a more liberal atmosphere for book distribution at the nation's airports.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Books Draw Flood of Praise
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Plaudits for the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da continue to pour into our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub offices}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from professors throughout the world. Dr. Geddes MacGregor, Emer
itus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, recently sent us this comment on \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the West, no work in all Indian literature is more quoted (because none is better loved) than the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Translation of such a work demands more than just knowledge of Sanskrit; it demands an inward sympathy with the theme of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as well as verbal artistry, for the poem is a symphony in which God is seen in all things.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is, of course, profoundly sympathetic to the theme. He brings to it, moreover, a special interpretative ins
ight, a powerful and persuasive presentation in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tradition\'85 The swami does a real se
rvice for students and laymen by investing the beloved Indian epic with fresh meaning. Whatever our outlook may be, we should all be grateful for the labor that has led to this illuminating work."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And from Dr. V. N. Shukla, Professor of Sanskrit and Hindi at Aligarh University in India, we received this appreciation:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Before I met \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da about a year ago, I had known him through his enormous works on K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub works which comprise the nucleus of all Indian-Vedic spiritual literature. To name a few of these works: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is; The Nectar of Devotion; K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Teachings of Lord Caitanya; \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam; \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m
\'e5ta; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All of these works are with commentary, and it is noteworthy to mention that the commentary on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's 
greatest contributions, for it completely refutes the impersonalist arguments of \'c7a\'eckar\'e4c\'e4rya. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is a book to be possessed by every Western scholar.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Words fail me as I attempt to describe the height of scholarship and devotion manifested in the volumes mentioned above. Future generations will definitely find a 
better world to live in through the efforts of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, for he stands for the feelings of international brotherhood and the spiritual integration of all mankind\'97sentiments which are the very backbone of India's Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [eternal religion]. Members of the literary world outside India, particularly in the West
, should feel highly indebted to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, who has so scientifically acquainted them with what is best in K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious India. I heartily call to the attention of all scholars, professors, and religious teachers the great impo
rtance and contribution of the books of \'c7r\'e9 Swami Prabhup\'e4da."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar    v12#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
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\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
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\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15
\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 491, Caitanya Era
\line Vai\'f1\'ebava months of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (concluding half, July 17-30, 1977) and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0
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\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 28}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 17 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana 16)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 18 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana 17)}{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 July 22 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana 21)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 July 26 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana 25)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 July 27 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana 26)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0
\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Gu\'eb\'f2ic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rjana.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 of Lord Jagann\'e4tha-deva (North America, Central America, Hawaii observe Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 on July 17)
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9 Svar\'fcpa D}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub modara Gosv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 break-fast after sunrise and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:22 a.m.\cell\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Her}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -pa\'efcami.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Return }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rathay\'e4tr\'e4 of Lord Jagann\'e4tha-deva.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ayana-ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9.\line Beginning of C\'e4turm\'e4sya-vrata if started fro
m the Dv\'e4da\'e7\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 28 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e4mana 27)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub July 30 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub V\'e4mana 29)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ridhara 5)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0
\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 7 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7ridhara 8)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 10 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ridhara 11)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1
\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub August 11 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7ridhara 12)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 break-fast after sunrise and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub before 9:31 a.m.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'fc}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 F.A.T.E. - the First American Theistic Exibition
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub F.A.T.E. - the First American Th
eistic Exibition
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Combine India's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ancient Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub wisdom }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and doll-making artistry with America's multimedia technology... and you get an unforgettable spiritual experi
ence}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Text by Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa  Photos by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he inspirational seed for the First American Theistic Exhibition (just opened at the
 Los Angeles R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple) was planted in India more than forty years ago by \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, the grand-spiritual-master of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. It was then that he deve
loped an impressive diorama exhibit to present the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness clearly and convincingly to all classes of people. That original theistic exhibition, consisting of dozens of dioramas, still draws hundreds of thousands of vie
wers on its annual tour of India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da came to America in 1965, he brought with him his spiritual master's dream of an American theistic exhib
ition. To fulfill that dream, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked some of his own disciples to go to India and learn the art of making "dolls," the figures displayed in a diorama. Now, by the grace of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, those 
disciples have returned to America and developed a unique and fascinating multimedia presentation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness: the First American Theistic Exhibition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The director of F.A.T.E. is Baradr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, one of the first devotees \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da sent to India to learn the doll-making art. After becoming pro
ficient, Baradr\'e4ja has spent most of the last three years making dioramas and training others in the technique. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub He }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sees his assignment as a special favor from his spiritual master\'85
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I was working as an artist," Baradr\'e4ja relates, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "doing paintings for \'c7r\'e9la 
Prabhup\'e4da's books at ISKCON's press in New York. As a devotee I had been painting for three years, and I was also doing art editing for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazine. Then, in March of 1973, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to New York. At that time I told him, \'91\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, I want to preach.\'92 He looked at me like I was a lu
natic. \'91What are you doing now?\'92 he said. \'91You are not preaching? This painting is not preaching? Please understand, this is preaching. If you do not do this painting, then who will? No, this is very important preaching.\'92 So that was the end 
of that\'97painting illustrations for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books was preaching.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "A few days later, all the artists were talking with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in his quarters. (This was at the old Brooklyn temple.) He was asking about the vario
us paintings we were working on, and there was a lot of discussion. Then suddenly he said something that surprised everyone; no one knew what to say. \'91I want someone to learn how to make dolls,\'92 he said. What did he mean? Of course, none of us actu
ally knew what he was talking about. He just kept speaking of \'91dolls.\'92 He told us that these dolls were made in India. \'91These doll makers are very expert. I want one of you to learn from them.\'92 It was a complete mystery. What were these dolls
? \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da looked around the room. He looked at all the artists. Then he turned to me and said, \'91Baradr\'e4ja, you will go.\'92
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Well, I began to feel a very strange combination of emotions. In my heart there was both horror and joy: joy at having a chance to go to India, horror at the idea 
of having to make dolls. At the time, I thought of myself in quite a vain fashion\'97as an }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub artiste}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
, one of good taste and aesthetic judgments. The idea of making dolls seemed really outlandish. But aside from my feelings, I knew the importance of the spiritual master's order. Here was an opportunity for spiritual advancement, and my wife and I were b
oth eager and thankful for our new service to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Practically speaking, this order to make dolls was the first real spiritual challenge in my whole life as a devotee. It was the first time that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had actuall
y asked me to do something I didn't want to do. It was a very exciting time."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub About this time \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began to inspire other disciples to take up the mission of preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness through dioramas. He wan
ted these disciples to go to India, learn the art of doll making, and then return to the West and assemble an American theistic exhibit. In a letter to \'c4di-deva d\'e4sa, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote: "In London there is a museum\'97Madame Tussaud's
 Wax Museum\'97and people are lining up for blocks just to see some mundane dead bodies. You should go to India and learn how to make dolls. Then we will have our own museum, and simply by seeing our exhibits people will make spiritual advancement."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Training in India
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the summer of 1973, the small group of devotees chosen by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to pioneer the diorama project arrived in India. Their destination was \'c7r
\'e9 M\'e4y\'e4pur, the holy birthsite of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. (Lord Caitanya is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He appeared five hundred years ago to teach love of God through the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba m
antra\'97Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.) "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was staying at our ISKCON headquarters in M\'e4y\'e4pur," Baradr\'e4ja contin
ued, "so of course I went there as soon as my plane landed in Calcutta. When I arrived in M\'e4y\'e4pur, I immediately went upstairs to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's quarters. It was wonderful to see him there in M\'e4y\'e4pur. He was relaxed and very much
 at home.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As we talked he began to outline my new work. I was immediately to begin learning all about making dolls. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had already chosen a teacher, a
nd I was to attend his classes. As I was leaving \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's quarters, I ran into a Godbrother I hadn't seen in about four years. I told him what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had asked me to do\'97why I had come to M\'e4y\'e4pur\'97and he st
arted telling me a few things about India. We had stood there maybe five minutes at the most when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's secretary ran out and called to me, \'91Baradr\'e4ja, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wants to speak with you.\'92 I couldn't imagine 
why. I had just finished talking with him. I ran back upstairs to his room and offered obeisances. I looked up. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was looking at me very sternly. He said, \'91So, you can immediately begin this training program. There is so much t
o do; there will be no time for talking.\'92 I don't know how he could have heard us talking, but from that moment on I knew: I had a lot of work to do, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da expected me to get a lot accomplished."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di-deva, another pioneer of F.A.T.E., recalls his early experiences in M\'e4y\'e4pur\'97learning the art of doll-making from his teacher and imbibing devotion t
o K\'e5\'f1\'eba from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. "I remember the first thing we made in our class. The teacher had us sit down and make a clay mango. We showed it to him, and he rejected it and had us make another one, and another, and another. I must ha
ve made a dozen mangos, but he wanted us to make it exactly like the one he made.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Once we got over the mango, he had us make a banana. Then an eggplant. Then a squash, and so on. Finally we graduated to making animals. We made monkeys and peacoc
ks\'97all quite small. It was really tedious, and we sometimes felt like quitting. But the thing that kept us all going was that we knew that one day this work would give pleasure to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Of course, at this time none of us could beg
in to understand the scope of this project, the vision of our spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In the scriptures it is said that the disciple has to pass the test of the spiritual master. So this was my test: to stay in M\'e4y\'e4pur and work only because my
 spiritual master wanted me to. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da once told us, '}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You should simply make and break.' We'd make a doll very carefully and exactly, and then we'd break it
 and start another one. That's the way he wanted us to learn. I can see now it was just like tearing off layer after layer of false egotism. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da used to come up every morning after his lecture in the temple to see what we'd made, an
d if we'd broken any."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Dispelling Doubts
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The dearest thing to a sincere disciple is the order of his spiritual master. Baradr\'e4ja explains, "We had our order, and through the whole thing \'c7r\'e9la Prab
hup\'e4da confirmed that order and again and again enlivened all of us with his kindness. Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da went to Bombay on a visit. Without his daily encouragement I gradually began having some doubts about the whole idea of making dolls.
 So finally I flew to Bombay to see \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. I had been in the hospital in M\'e4y\'e4pur, and when I arrived in Bombay \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had heard of my illness. He asked, How is your health?\'97he was very kind\'97and I said, '
Now that I am with you I'm perfectly all right. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Early that same morning, as the sun was coming up, I went with him on his walk along Juhu Beach. What he said to me that morning has become my life and soul. These
 words are what make me tick right now. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da instructed me that morning on Juhu Beach: '}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Learn this art of doll making. Become expert. If you take this to 
the West, then my preaching mission will become successful all over the world. So these words actually changed my life. From that day on. making dolls was a lot more than just a job or a task. It became my life's mission. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I learned another important lesson, you might say, when }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da ask
ed us to make an exhibit in M\'e4y\'e4pur for Lord Caitanya's appearance day. It was our first real project, and there wasn't really enough time to finish it all. I made a doll of Lord Caitanya in His six-handed form, and one of Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva [
the half man, half-lion incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba], We finished on time, barely, and everyone who came was impressed. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to the doll of Lord Caitanya he asked, "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who has made this?" Someone said, "Baradr\'e4ja did it." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da thought for a minute as he looked at it. Then he turned to me and s
aid, 'The hands are not yet perfect;}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  you must study further. That was the first time I had noticed how very perceptive and critical }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was of this diorama art. He actually wanted us to learn how to make everything perfect. Everyone else thought the Lord Caitanya doll was nice, but \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wasn't going to
 overlook anything.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "After that I began to feel a bit humble. When he came to the diorama of Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva and asked, 'Who made this?' I replied that I had. 'Very good,' he s
aid. 'Now you can teach others.' From these two incidents I could understand that, yes, he wanted me to teach, but on the other hand I had much more to learn. So I decided to remain in India and continue with my training.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Finally, \'c4di-deva and I had the opportunity to go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana [the small village (ninety miles from Delhi) where Lord Krsna appeared five thousand years 
ago]. We lived and worked in a little shed right next to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's quarters. Every day he would visit us during our work and point something out: 'This is too big. That is too small. Do this.' Whenever he was out he would almost always 
come over to the shop and see what we were doing. Then \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da became very sick. For almost two weeks we didn't see him at all. We just kept working on the dolls. When we had finished them, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's health was a littl
e better, but he was still feeling very ill. One morning, after he had left his quarters for a short walk, we hurried in and put the newly finished dolls in his room as a surprise. And were we surprised! When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da saw the dolls he be
came very happy. That morning his whole disposition changed and he felt in good health again. The significance, I think, was that by our work we were showing him we had learned what he had brought us to India to learn and that we were enthusiastic to go 
and begin theistic exhibitions in the West. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "A few days later I went with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da on his morning walk and he told me, 'Yes, I have often thought that I have brought you here and given you so
 much trouble just so you would learn to do this important work. And now I see it was not in vain.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This marked the conclusion of fifteen months' training in India. Looking back over this period of preparation, \'c4di-deva recalls that the real motivation for all 
the devotees involved was the desire to please their spiritual master (which is actually the basic principle of spiritual life). "Going through that whole experience together helped everybody sense the importance that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was puttin
g on this work. All the way through, whenever we would become discouraged or unsure, we'd either write to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, or Baradr\'e4ja would go see him, or Prabhupada would come to visit us. And he just kept encouraging, always encouraging.
"
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 F.A.T.E. Comes to America
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After returning from India, Baradr\'e4ja, \'c4di-deva, and many other devotees (some who received training in India and others who simply felt attracted to F.A.T.E.
) met at ISKCON\'92s Western world-headquarters, in Los Angeles. Here they began the second phase in the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub development of theistic exhibitions in America.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Before we constructed the present exhibit in Los Angeles,\'94 Baradr\'e4ja explains, \'93we presented the whole idea to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, with models o
f all the dioramas. We marked off a corridor in the exhibit hall and set up models of the proposed dioramas all along the way. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da toured the whole display and approved all our proposed exhibits. \'91Very good,\'92 he said, \'91This
 is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub buddhi-yoga: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are utilizing your intelligence to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This is very nice.\'92 \'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93F.A.T.E. is a far-reaching project,\'94 says Baradr\'e4ja. \'93Making dioramas incorporates every facet of the arts and crafts. Someone is a potter; someone is 
a jeweler; someone a carpenter, an architect, an engineer. We are engaging tailors, painters, photographers, stained-glass artisans. There is no field of art that the diorama construction doesn't touch. It opens up a whole new scope of activities for peo
ple in every field.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees make the dolls at F.A.T.E.'s Los Angeles studio, using methods essentially the same as those used in India. The basic materials\'97bamboo, rice straw, vari
ous clays, and rice husk\'97are the same, as are the processes of finishing, painting, and dressing the dolls. But if you closely observe the doll makers at their daily work, you'll find many arts, crafts, and sciences\'97and a lot of paraphernalia and e
quipment\'97that definitely are not imported from India. For example, to make lighter, stronger, more portable exhibits, the devotees have developed a system of making rubber molds of the original dolls. From each mold a devotee can cast dozens of replic
as much quicker than he could construct another clay doll. The cast forms are made of polyester resin, a light, strong material that can hold up under frequent shipping and handling.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub F.A.T.E. even has its own electronics department, a vital part of the multifaceted project. At the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0
\cb1\up14 ,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub new museum in Los Angeles, one specially designed computer synchronizes the entire exhibition, including varieties of lighting, a sixteen-track sound system, numero
us film and slide projectors, and special visual effects. \'93We built our own computer,\'94 says F.A.T.E.'s electronics engineer Amey\'e4tm\'e4 d\'e4sa, \'93because we just couldn't find anything on the market that could handle such sophisticated progra
mming.\'94
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub The Significance of F.A.T.E.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The development of F.A.T.E. points up the essence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious philosophy: we achieve our natural and happy condition when we employ our intelligence
, our talents, our possessions\'97everything\'97in the service of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the source and proprietor of all that is. Thus, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has taught his disciples how to become expert in using everything in the service of the Lord.
 Cars, printing presses, electronics, the technical and fine arts\'97all can help spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and devotees should use them. Actually, these things are meant solely for serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. But unfortunately our technological s
ociety does not know the eternal science of devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and therefore misuses everything for temporary sense gratification. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains that without dedicating everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we waste ou
r opulence and our technological advancement, and they become so many worthless zeros. Only by adding "one"\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97can we turn all our zeros into millions and billions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To give everyone a chance to add K\'e5\'f1\'eba to his life is \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's mission\'97a mission given him by his spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Bhakt
isiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, and the mission of a long line of spiritual masters dating back five hundred years to Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu Himself. The First American Theistic Exhibition is an important step toward fulfilling that missio
n. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains that people in this age aren't interested in reading philosophical books, and those who do read hardly understand. People aren't patient. They want to use their eyes and ears; they want an experience. So for such peo
ple, seeing a diorama that makes a profound, clear philosophical statement is equivalent to many weeks of reading. Even if they see these dioramas only once, they will never forget the experience.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Says Baradr\'e4ja, \'93\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told me that these dioramas are \'91living books.\'92 People say that pictures are worth a thousand words. Well, we
 have another saying: \'91A diorama is worth a thousand pictures.\'92 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p16: Baradr\'e4ja and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di-deva}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  put finishing touches (above) on the "Changing Bodies" exhibit (right) the soul changes bodies through millions of species until\'97with human intelligence\'97he can at last un
derstand what is happening. He sees that although his bodies are changing (from species to species and, within each species, from birth to youth to old age) he is the same person. So he realizes, "I'm not my changing bodies but pure soul." }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: India's Vedic tradition spells out all the essentials for the exhibits (both photos below)\'97from the raw mate
rials (bamboo, rice straw, various clays, and rice husk) on up to the dolls' gracefully rounded forms. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19: About the dolls' graceful forms and finely detailed features (upper and lower left), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di-deva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has this to say "When you visit the old temples in India, this is the way the figures look. As soon as you 
see these transcendental personaliites\'97Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the great sages, the demigods\'97right away you feel peaceful and satisfied. They put you in a reflective mood, and you can experience your inner, spiritual self." This same transcendental mo
od carries over even into the background scenery (below). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lower left photo: Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da visited the F.A.T.E. studios last year, he was happy to see the devotees using everything to serve the Supreme Lord. Otherwise, Prabhup\'e4da explained, all their artistic and technological advancem
ent would be just so many zeros. By adding " one"\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba they're turning all their zeros into millions and billions. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s universal form (above) made His devotee Arjuna awestruck: \'93My dear Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
I see assembled together in Your body all the demigods and various other living entities. I see Brahm\'e4 [the progenitor] sitting on the lotus flower [which sprouts from the navel of the reclining Garbhodaka\'e7\'e4yi Vi\'f1\'ebu (the maintainer, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's plenary expansion)] as well as Lord \'c7iva [the destroyer, at left, attired in a leopard skin] and many sages and divine serpents. O Lord of the universe, I see in Your universal body many, many forms-bellies, mouths, eyes-expanded without l
imit.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: Besides the Vedic doll-making art (top), F.A.T.E. boasts a special computer (above) that synchronizes lighting,
 sixteen-track sound, projectors, and visuals. "We built our own computer, because we just couldn't find anything on the market that could handle such sophisticated programming."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: Whereas material life is full of danger (see exhibit pictured at far right), spiritual life is full of delight.
 We can relate to K\'e5\'f1\'eba ("the all-attractive one") as our master, our friend, our child, or even (see the exhibit pictured at right) as our beloved. Here K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal consort \'c7r\'e9mati R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 (whose hand is on H
is shoulder) and the other gop\'e9s (cowherd girls) serenade K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the sandy bank of the River Yamun\'e4, in the transcendental land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23: Our body is a chariot (left and below) made of the material elements. Ordinarily, we let the driver, our intell
igence, be pulled around by the reins, our mind, which in turn is pulled around by the horses, our senses. In other words, as in the exhibit at left, ordinarily we let our senses carry us away. But as in the exhibit below, we can let K\'e5\'f1\'eba be th
e driver of our chariot. We can ask Him to guide our intelligence and take the reins, just as He does here for His great devotee Arjuna.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub      As we see in the exhibit pictured below, child K\'e5\'f1\'eba often disturbs His mother by His naughty activiti
es, and sometimes she wants to bind Him up. Once mother Yasod\'e4 tried to tie K\'e5\'f1\'eba up, but the rope was too short. She tied together many ropes, but the rope was still too short. After a while she was perspiring. At that time K\'e5\'f1\'eba ag
reed to be bound up by His mother, in other words, no one can bind K\'e5\'f1\'eba by any means other than love.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub     All these exhibits come from descriptions in the books of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4
da, who himself is portrayed above right, translating the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 (at V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'92s R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple, just before his journey to America). Of course, as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says, people today are impatient with book
s; they want to make full use of their eyes and ears. So for many people, seeing a diorama will be as good as weeks of reading. Even if they see the dioramas only once, they'll never forget the experience. As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also says, these di
oramas are \'93living books.\'94
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Advent, Exile, and Triumph of Lord }{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 R\'e4macandra
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Advent, Exile, and Triumph of
 \line }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub LORD R\'c4MACANDRA
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub da (Adapted by Drutakarma d}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just to attract us to His service, God appeared on earth more than one million years ago as Lord R\'e4macandra\'97the mo
st benevolent ruler and valiant hero the world has ever known.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub T}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he incarnations of Godhead are as numerous as the waves of the sea, yet K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, the original Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the source of them all. Just as from one original candle we may light many other candles equal in potency, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba expands Himself in many incarnations, each as powerful as Himself. Each in
carnation has the same objective in human society\'97namely, to establish the principles of religion and to destroy demonic, irreligious influences. To accomplish this mission, the Lord once appeared as \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4macandra, the ideal God-conscious ki
ng. The poet V\'e4lm\'e9ki tells the full history of Lord R\'e4macandra in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,
 and the great sage \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9 summarizes the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . To this day people in India worship Lord R\'e4macandra in thousands of temples a
nd regard His reign\'97the famous "R\'e4ma-r\'e4jya"\'97as the model of God-conscious government.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord R\'e4macandra appeared in India more than one million years ago as the son of the great saintly king Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Da\'e7aratha. Early in His life the Lord be
gan ridding the world of unwanted, irreligious elements. In the sacrificial arena of the sage Vi\'e7v\'e4mitra, He killed many R\'e4k\'f1asas (demons). Later He married S\'e9t\'e4, who is actually the Goddess of Fortune (His eternal consort) and the univ
ersal mother. Lord R\'e4macandra entered the assembly of kings and heroes from whom S\'e9t\'e4 was to choose her husband. S\'e9t\'e4's father, King Janaka, had declared that whoever could break the bow of Lord \'c7iva would win S\'e9t\'e4's hand in marri
age. This bow was so heavy that it took three hundred men to carry, but Lord R\'e4macandra bent it and strung it and broke it in the middle, just as a baby elephant breaks a stick of sugar cane. In that way He achieved the hand of S\'e9t\'e4, who was equ
al to Him in the transcendental opulences of beauty, behavior, age, and nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Vedic times it was the custom that a man could have more than one wife, and Lord R\'e4macandra's father, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Da\'e7aratha, had three. Since the one na
med Kaikey\'e9 had served him very pleasingly, King Da\'e7aratha had granted her a benediction. However, the prudent Kaikey\'e9 had said she would ask for this benediction later, and the king had agreed. When the time came for the coronation of Prince R
\'e4macandra, who was the son of one of Kaikey\'e9's co-wives, Kaikey\'e9 requested her husband to enthrone her own son, Bharata, instead\'97and to send R\'e4macandra to the forest. Aggrieved but nonetheless bound by his promise, Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Da\'e7ara
tha ordered R\'e4macandra to go to Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya Forest for fourteen years, and the Lord, as an obedient son, followed the order immediately. He gave up His kingdom, palace, opulence, friends, and everything else. Then He went to the forest wi
th S\'e9t\'e4 and His brother Lak\'f1mana.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While wandering in Da\'eb\'f2ak\'e4ra\'ebya}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Forest, Lord R\'e4ma and His companions faced many dangers. On one occasion they encountered \'c7\'fcrpa\'ebakh\'e4, the sister of the ten-headed demon R\'e4va\'eba. Because \'c7\'fcrpa\'ebakh\'e4 approached Him wi
th lust, Lord R\'e4macandra cut off her ears and nose. Then he annihilated her fourteen thousand demonic friends with His invincible bow and arrows.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When R\'e4va\'eba heard about the beautiful features of Lord R\'e4macandra's wife}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub S\'e9t\'e4, he also became agitated with lust-and he formulated a plan to kidnap her. R\'e4va\'eba ordered the mystic yogi M\'e4r\'e9ca to assume the form of a golden deer, appr
oach R\'e4macandra's forest campsite, and in that way distract the Lord. By the Lord's own arrangement, the ruse worked. When Lord R\'e4macandra saw that wonderful deer, He followed it for a great distance and finally killed it. Meanwhile, seeing that bo
th Lak\'f1mana and R\'e4macandra were out of the way, R\'e4va\'eba swiftly kidnapped S\'e9t\'e4, just as a tiger seizes unprotected sheep when the shepherd is absent.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (In this connection His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da comments, "A woman, however powerful she may be in the material world, must be given pro
tection, for as soon as she is unprotected she will be exploited by R\'e4k\'f1asas like R\'e4va\'eba." According to the Vedic system, a woman must be protected at every stage of life\'97first by her father, then by her husband, and finally by her grown-u
p sons.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although a large bird named Ja\'f6\'e4yu tried bravely to stop R\'e4va\'eba's attack, R\'e4va\'eba defeated him and cut one of his wings. When Lord R\'e4macandra re
turned and found S\'e9t\'e4 missing, He behaved as if very much distressed, and He and Lak\'f1mana began to search for her. They came upon the dying Ja\'f6\'e4yu, who told R\'e4macandra how R\'e4va\'eba had taken S\'e9t\'e4 Then Lord R\'e4macandra went o
n to kill a demon named Kabandha, and afterward He made an alliance with Sugr\'e9va, N\'e9la, and Hanum\'e4n, the chiefs of the monkeys. They promised to help Him save S\'e9t\'e4 from R\'e4va\'eba, who had removed her to his island kingdom of La\'ebk\'e4
, present-day Ceylon.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord R\'e4macandra proceeded with His monkey allies to the shore of the Indian Ocean, where He fasted for three days, awaiting the appearance of the personified oce
an. When the ocean did not come, Lord R\'e4macandra glanced angrily over the waters with red-hot eyes, and the ocean became so hot that all the sharks, crocodiles, and other aquatic creatures were in great distress. Finally, the personified ocean fearful
ly approached the Lord, fell at His lotus feet, and began to pray: "O all-pervading Supreme Person, I am dull-minded and did not understand who You were, but now I understand that You are the Supreme Person, the master of the universe, the unchanging and
 original Personality of Godhead. My Lord, You may }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub use my water as You like. You may cross it and go to the abode of R\'e4va\'eba. Please go kill him and thus regain Your wife
, S\'e9t\'e4. Please construct a bridge over my waters. Upon seeing this great deed, all the exalted heroes and kings in the future will glorify You."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord R\'e4macandra thus ordered His mighty monkey soldiers to lop off mountain peaks\'97trees and all\'97and throw them into the water. By the Lord's supreme will, 
they began to float. (This is not very remarkable. By the same supreme will, countless planets are floating in the vast ocean of space. The Lord is never limited by the laws of nature, because nature is under His complete control.) Then, to rescue Mother
 S\'e9t\'e4, Lord R\'e4macandra and the monkey armies headed by Sugr\'e9va, N\'e9la, and Hanum\'e4n marched across the Indian Ocean on the bridge of floating stones and launched an assault on La\'ebk\'e4, R\'e4va\'eba's capital. The monkey soldiers immed
iately occupied all the strategic points, such as the city gates, granaries, treasuries, and assembly houses. The attack was so devastating that the entire city of La\'ebk\'e4 appeared like a river disturbed by a herd of elephants.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When R\'e4va\'eba saw what was happening, he summoned his army of R\'e4k\'f1asas and led them into a fierce battle with the forces led by Lord R\'e4macandra. The R
\'e4k\'f1asas had all kinds of sophisticated weapons and rode proudly on elephants, horses, and chariots. However, condemned by the curse of Mother S\'e9t\'e4, the R\'e4k\'f1asas had lost all good fortune. Thus, even though Lord R\'e4macandra's devoted m
onkey soldiers were armed with little more than tree trunks, huge boulders, and crude clubs, they were able to kill all of R\'e4va\'eba's henchmen. Transcendental, spiritual power always defeats the power of materialistic demons. Although the monkeys' we
apons were primitive, the Lord fought on the monkeys' side-that was the decisive factor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When R\'e4va\'eba saw that his soldiers had all been killed, he became furious. The ten-headed demon boarded his mystic flower-decorated airplane and steered it tow
ard Lord R\'e4macandra, who sat on an effulgent chariot. When R\'e4va\'eba began shooting razor-sharp arrows at R\'e4macandra, the Lord loudly rebuked him: "R\'e4va\'eba, you are an abominable, sinful, and shameless dog, for just as a dog steals food fro
m the kitchen when his master is gone, so in My absence you kidnapped My wife, S\'e9t\'e4. Today I shall punish you without fail."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After rebuking R\'e4va\'eba, Lord R\'e4macandra shot an arrow that pierced his heart like a thunderbolt. Vomiting blood from each of his ten mouths, R\'e4va\'eba fe
ll down dead from his airplane. Seeing their leader so ignominiously slain, all of R\'e4va\'eba's followers cried tumultuously, "Alas! Alas! What has happened!" Then R\'e4va\'eba's wife Mandodar\'e9 and the other slain R\'e4k\'f1asas' wives came out of L
a\'ebk\'e4, striking their breasts and crying piteously. Seeing her husband's corpse, Mandodar\'e9 said, "My husband, you were always causing others to weep, and thus you were called R\'e4va\'eba. Driven by lust, you could not know Mother S\'e9t\'e4's in
fluence. But now, because of her curse, you have been destroyed by Lord R\'e4ma. O delight of the demons, you have made your body fit to be eaten by vultures and your soul fit to go to hell!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thereafter, Lord R\'e4macandra found S\'e9t\'e4 sitting inside a small cottage deep within a forest of A\'e7oka trees. Seeing how lean and thin she had grown due to
 her captivity and separation from Him, the Lord felt great compassion for her and came before her. When she saw her beloved husband, her joy knew no bounds. Then Lord R\'e4macandra raised S\'e9t\'e4 onto a flower-bedecked airplane and boarded the plane 
Himself, along with Lak\'f1mana, Hanum\'e4n, and Sugr\'e9va. Together they flew back to Lord R\'e4macandra's capital, Ayodhy\'e4. The Lord's fourteen-year exile had ended.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Lord R\'e4macandra approached Ayodhy\'e4, the princely order greeted Him with showers of beautiful, fragrant flowers, and common citizens offered Him garlands an
d danced in great jubilation. Women sung poetic prayers and professional reciters chanted His glories. Seated beside Mother S\'e9t\'e4 on His airplane of flowers, Lord R\'e4macandra appeared like a beautiful full moon rising amidst glowing stars and plan
ets.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Bharata had been ruling Ayodhy\'e4 in His brother R\'e4macandra's absence. When Bharata heard the news of R\'e4macandra's return to the capital, He immediately
 took R\'e4macandra's wooden shoes upon His own head and came forth with His retinue to receive Him. Ministers, musicians, priests, and learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub joined the royal reception party. The musicians vibrated pleasing music while the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub loudly chanted the Vedic hymns, and beautiful horses with golden harnesses drew gaily decorated chariots. Many soldiers and servants bearing precious gifts followed in the procession.
 His heart melting with affection and His eyes overflowing with tears, Lord Bharata approached His brother and fell at His feet in deep ecstatic love.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After offering the wooden shoes before Lord R\'e4macandra, Lord Bharata stood before Him with folded hands. Then R\'e4macandra embraced Bharata for a long time, all
 the while bathing Him with tears of joy. Finally, Bharata fervently requested His elder brother to accept the throne, and R\'e4macandra agreed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord R\'e4macandra began His reign as emperor by sending His brothers out to conquer the world and establish His authority. Meanwhile, He personally supervised the 
affairs of His kingdom for the benefit of all the citizens. In fact, He cared for the citizens exactly like a father. He saw to it that everyone observed religious principles, and as a result everyone was completely happy. During the reign of Lord R\'e4m
acandra, the bountiful earth freely supplied the necessities of life for all living beings, and all physical and mental suffering\'97disease, old age, bereavement, lamentation, distress, fear, fatigue\'97were completely absent. For those who did not want
 it, there was even no death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord R\'e4macandra vowed to accept only one wife and to have no connection with any other woman. He was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4jar\'f1i }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (saintly king) and everything in His character was perfect. Thus He taught the general public by His personal example. Especially exemplary w
as His behavior towards the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the spiritual teachers of society, who in Vedic time
s held a higher social position than even the ruling kings and princes. Thinking that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas' }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub unselfishness entitled them to possess the entire world, Lord R\'e4macandra gave them all the land and wealth in His kingdom\'97east, west, north, and south. Upon receiving the gift, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were very pleased and spoke to the Lord with great affection: "O Lord, You are the master of the entire universe. What have You not gi
ven us? You have entered the core of our hearts and dissipated the darkness of our ignorance by Your effulgence. This is the supreme gift. We do not need anything else." So the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub remained satisfied with only the bare necessities of life and returned all the land to Lord R\'e4macandra for Him to rule, with their blessings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To ascertain what the citizens of Ayodhy\'e4 thought of Him, Lord R\'e4macandra would sometimes walk among them incognito. One night while He was walking about in d
isguise, He happened to hear a foolish man of heinous character criticize Mother S\'e9t\'e4. To his own unchaste wife the man said, "You go to another man's house, and therefore you are unchaste and polluted. I shall not maintain you anymore. A henpecked
 husband like Lord R\'e4ma may accept a wife like S\'e9t\'e4, who went to another man's house; but I am not henpecked like Him, and therefore I shall not accept you again." Although such talk was sheer nonsense, Lord R\'e4macandra nonetheless feared that
 it might ruin His reputation as a religious ruler. Thus He parted from His wife, who was then with child, and she retired to the hermitage of V\'e4lm\'e9ki Muni. After giving birth to two sons, S\'e9t\'e4 absorbed herself in meditation upon the lotus fe
et of Lord R\'e4macandra and then entered into the earth, unable to bear the separation from her beloved husband.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon hearing of S\'e9t\'e4's fate, Lord R\'e4macandra was apparently overcome with grief. (Actually, the Lord can never be disturbed by any mundane emotion. In real
ity He felt the intense spiritual bliss of separation from the beloved, which can be experienced only on the highest transcendental platform.) Thereafter, Lord R\'e4macandra observed complete celibacy and performed an uninterrupted fire sacrifice for thi
rteen thousand years. After completing the sacrifice, He returned to His eternal abode in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha, the spiritual sky\'97though He remains in the hearts of those who always think of Him. All the citizens of Ayodhy\'e4 accompanied Lord R\'e4macandr
a to His planet, where He reigns eternally with Mother S\'e9t\'e4 (the Goddess of Fortune), His brother Lak\'f1mana, and His faithful monkey servant Hanum\'e4n.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Epilogue
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whereas in an age long ago K\'e5\'f1\'eba descended in the form of R\'e4macandra, in the present age He has descended in the form of His holy names: Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. When we chant these transcendental names according to the directions of the bona fide spiritual master, R\'e4ma and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba are still present in this age. This is because the names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma are absolute and thus non-different from K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma Themselves. So the holy name of R\'e4ma has the same power as R\'e4ma Himself to defeat the m
odern R\'e4va\'ebas. As His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da says, "The kingdom of R\'e4ma was immensely popular and beneficial, and the spreading of this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement can immediately introduce a similar situation, even
 in this Kali-yuga [Age of Quarrel and Hypocrisy]."
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bloomington, Indiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97214 No. Dunn St. 47401/ (812)336-4666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonweal
th Ave. 02116/ (617) 247-7300; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Charlotte, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971824 E. 7th St., 28204 / (704)334-9952; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cincinnati, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972717 Glendora Ave. 45219/ (513)751-0354; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, 
Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Leno
x Ave. 48215/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Durham, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973109 Chapel Hill Rd. 27707 / (919)489-405
7; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesville, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 S.W. Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9751 Coelho Way 96817/ (808) 595-3947; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 528-9004; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indianapolis, Indiana}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97415 S. St. Paul St. 46201/ (317)639-1633; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kansas City, Kansas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973232 Sewell Ave. 66104/ (913)621-1993; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy, 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972600 Demetr
ius, 89101/ (702)642-3884; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{
\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Louisville, Kenlucky}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971212 E. Boradway 40204/ (502)583-0417; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Memphis, Tennessee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973533 Highway 61 South 38109/ (901) 785-0661; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Milwaukee, Wisconsin
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971219 W. Cherry St. 35205 / (414)344-3801; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Minneapolis, Minnesota}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97216 Ridgewood Ave. 55403/ (612)874-8780; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Quebec, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Boulevard  H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 
10019/ (212) 765-8610; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Ontario, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971429 Cyriville Rd. K1B 3L7/ (613)741-8518; }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. Woodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 S.E. Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R
\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975431 Jonesto wn Rd., Harrisburg, Pa . 17112/ (7 17) 657-0418; S}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub alt Lake City, Utah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97859 Park St. 84102/ (801)521-3445; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Diego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971030 Grant Ave. Pacific Beach 92109/ (714)483-2500; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 322-3636; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Ontario, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243
 Avenue  Rd., M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971774 East 16th Ave.
, V6J 2M1 / (604) 732-8422; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D. C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710310 Oaklyn Rd., Potomac, Maryland 20854/ (301)
 299-2100.
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falo); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 449, 39426/ (601) 798-6705;  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dixon, Missouri (New Godruma)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Box 81 Tavern Route, Dixon, Missouri 65459 / (314) 422-3966; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moundsville,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub West Virginia (New Vrindaban
)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mulberry Tennesse (Murari Sevak)}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No. 1, Box 146-A 37359/ (615)759-7058; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port Royal, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 17082/ (717) 527-2493.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Read these books     v12#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub READ THESE BOOKS-IMPROVE YOUR LI
FE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#6
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 If one offers Me with love     v12#7
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'93If one offers Me with love a
nd devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water, I will accept it\'94 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [9.26]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The speaker of these words is Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since He already possesses every
thing, surely He has no need of food. Yet He accepts His devotees' offerings to help them awaken their natural love for Him. As we can see, K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepts only vegetarian preparations offered to Him with love. This food then becomes }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97\'93the mercy of the Lord," The devotees are eager to distribute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , because they know that whoever tastes it advances rapidly in spiritual life. And every Sunday afternoon thousands 
of people do just that\'97by visiting any of more than one hundred Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba centers and partaking of the world-famous, incredibly delicious, transcendental Love Feast. So why not join us this Sunday? And after the feast, be sure to stay for th
e movie, play, or puppet show. (Please see page twenty-eight for the center nearest you.) 
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
12 No. 8, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Birth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Times Square}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vipra d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma\line Hare R\'e4ma\line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma\line Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chant and be happy...
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be happy...
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Yorkers will be the first to admit that "Fun City" is often a hard place to be happy in. But the devotees at ISKC
ON's center on Manhattan's West 55th Street know the secret. By chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra they've opened their minds to a whole new dimension of consciousness\'97God consciousness, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In other words the pleasure t
hey get from chanting doesn't come from their senses contacting something outside; it comes from their soul contacting the Supreme Soul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, within. Since K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the reservoir of all pleasure, by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba they e
njoy being with Him at all times, everywhere, and they stay happy and peaceful in all circumstances.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub issue }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazine.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Krishan Bhalla, Los Angeles businessman:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "When
 I visit the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple and hear the devotees chanting so blissfully, I am very happy to see Americans deriving so much benefit from India's K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious culture."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Datt\'e4treya d\'e4sa, book distributor:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I've
 distributed books about the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in the airports, the shopping malls, the downtown streets-and everywhere I've seen that people are simply trying to find pleasure through their senses. But they get about as much pleasu
re from that as a thirsty man gets from a drop of water in the desert. These K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious books, though, show us how real pleasure comes from serving God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba brings us in direct contact with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, the reservoir of pleasure."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4sini-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Head Cook, Los Angeles Temple:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  "Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is never hungry. He's completely self-sufficient. But just as a father is pleased when his small child offers him a morsel from his plate, so K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Father, is pleased when we offer back to Him w
hat He has given us. Everyone knows that God provides the sun, rain, fruits, vegetables, and grains; we can't manufacture any of these things in our factories. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also gives us the intelligence to make nice combinations of foods.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Here in Los Angeles we cook for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His hundreds of guests and devotees every day. It's a big job, so I cha
nt Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba to stay in touch with the Supreme Energetic\'97the source of all strength and ability\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: (Mayapur) Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING ED ITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Drutakarma d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa, Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub DESIGNERS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadv\'e9pa d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4mapras\'e4da d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vic\'e4ru d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTIST}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, R\'e4ma d\'e4sa Abhir\'e4ma d\'e4sa, R\'e4man\'e4tha d\'e4sa, Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Drgh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Sulak\'f1mana-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Tribhuvane\'e7var\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHY }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa (Picture Editor);
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photographers:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Vipra d\'e4sa, Nityat
\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rak\'f1ana d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhanaguru}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4\'e7raya d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa
, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Venudhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover         v12#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's original birthday celebration, .. says artist Mural\'e9dh\'e4ra d\'e4sa. "The cowherd men and women, 
the musicians\'97everyone is giving something to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Of course, K\'e5\'f1\'eba ... through His father Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja ... is giving everyone gifts, too. It's a far cry from today\'97when so many people don't even believe in God, or if th
ey do believe, they just ask Him for things but don't give Him anything. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means giving everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba." On September 5, join us in celebrating the birthday of K\'e5\'f1\'eba; and on September 6, the birthday of H
is Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who is teaching the whole world how to give everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 What Augustine Knew and Didn\'92t Know About The Science of the Soul
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub What Augustine Knew and Didn\'92
t Know About The Science of the Soul
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Early Church father Augustine thought that God eternally abandons some souls to \'93soul-death.\'94 \'93This is not so,
\'94 says His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'93Our consciousness can always be revived, and that is the conviction of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement\'85\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Augustine considered the soul to be sp
iritual and different from the material body-but he also believed that the soul did not exist before the body's birth. He simply supposed that the soul is the superior part of the person and the body the inferior part. He also thought that the soul attai
ns immortality only after God creates it only after God brings it into being. At death, Augustine said, the soul goes on to live eternally. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if the soul is created, how i
s it immortal? How is it eternal? How can the soul sometimes not be eternal?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, first of all, Augustine consider
ed that because of Adam's fall, all men are subject to the death of the body. In addition, Augustine believed that while God destines some men to enjoy everlasting happiness after death, He destines others to undergo everlasting suffering. In other words
, Augustine said that some people endure both physical death when the soul abandons the body and "soul-death" when God abandons the soul. Thus, when one is damned he faces not only physical death but also "soul-death."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Figuratively speaking, when one f
orgets his identity as a servant of God, he undergoes a kind of death but actually the soul is eternal. So, what Augustine calls "soul-death" is actually forgetfulness of God. Of course, until one acquires his freedom from material existence, he is "spir
itually dead," even though still existing in the material form. Forgetfulness of one's real identity is a kind of death, because only when one is alive to God consciousness is he actually alive. In any case, the soul is eternal and survives the annihilat
ion of the body.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Augustine would consider that in some 
cases the forgetful stage is everlasting, that God eternally abandons the damned soul to eternal perdition.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is not so. Our consciousness
 can always be revived, and that is the conviction of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. A man is unconscious when he is sleeping, but if you call him again and again, the sound of his name enters his ear, and he awakens. Similarly, this process
 of chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra awakens one to spiritual consciousness. Then one can return to his normal, spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, one may be "eternally abandoned" in the sense that one may remain forgetful for millions of years. It may }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub seem }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eternal, but actually one's spiritual consciousness can be revived at any moment by good association, by the me
thod of hearing and chanting about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Devotional service therefore begins with }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava\'ebam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
\'97hearing. In the beginning especially, hearing is very important. If one hears the truth from a self-realized soul, one can awaken to spiritual life and remain spiritually alive in devotional service.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Augustine rejected the idea that the v
arious material bodies in this world are like prisons for the punishment of sin.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The soul is essentially part and 
parcel of God, but in this material world the soul is factually imprisoned in different types of bodies. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 14.4}{\cs3774\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavanti y\'e4\'f9\line t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-p
rada\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunt\'e9, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I a
m the seed-giving father." From material nature\'97the mother\'97different species are coming. The living entities are found in earth, water, air, and even fire. The individual souls, however, are part and parcel of the Supreme Lord, who impregnates them
 within this material world. The living entity then comes out into the material world through the womb of some mother. It appears that the soul is coming out of matter, but the soul is not composed of matter. The soul, always part and parcel of God, simp
ly assumes different types of bodies according to his pious or impious activities and desires. The desires of the soul actually determine higher or lower bodies. But in any case the soul is the same. It is therefore said that those who are advanced in sp
iritual consciousness see the same quality of soul in each and every body, whether it is the body of a dog or a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [a saintly person]. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Also, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Augus
tine considered the soul to be created to inhabit only one particular body, which he felt was a gift from God. Augustine thus rejected reincarnation or transmigration. He wrote, "Let these Platonists stop threatening us with reincarnation as a punishment
 for our souls\'85 Reincarnation is ridiculous\'85 There is no such thing as a return to this life }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub t
he punishment of souls\'85 If our creation, even as mortals, is due to God, how can the return to bodies, which are gifts of God, be punishment?" So if the body is a gift of God, Augustine would ask how it could also be a punishment.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Does he think that if someone tak
es the body of a hog or a similar lower creature, that is not punishment? Why does one person get the body of King Indra or Lord Brahm\'e4 and another the body of a pig or insect? How does he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub explain }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the body of a pig? If the body is a gift from God, it can also be a punishment from God. When one is rewarded, he gets the body of a Brahm\'e4 or an Indra, and
 if he is punished he gets the body of a pig.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the degree of punishment or sufferi
ng is proportionate to the kind of body one has?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. There are many men who are w
ell situated, and there are others who are suffering. Suffering and enjoyment take place according to one's body. That is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4tr\'e4-spar\'e7\'e4s tu kaunteya\line \'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9kha-d\'e4\'f9\line \'e4gam\'e4p\'e4yino \'92nity\'e4s
\line t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appeara
nce and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed." A man may perceive cold very acutely, while a fish may not perceive it. So the percept
ion is relative to the body. Thus the body is a source of suffering and enjoyment\'97or we may consider it as punishment and reward.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What about the human body? Is that a g
ift or a punishment?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It is both. In the human form of 
life, as in other forms, material nature punishes the living entity with so much suffering. But at the same time, you can consider human life a gift\'97because in the human form we can approach God. We should think that if God has given us this body for 
our punishment, it is His mercy; for by undergoing His punishment willingly and practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we may become purified and progress toward God. Devotees think in this way. Although the body is a form of punishment, they consider 
it a reward because by undergoing the punishment, they are progressing toward God-realization. Even when the body is given by God for our correction, it can thus be considered a gift.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Augustine, the physical b
ody precedes the spiritual. He writes, "If there is a natural [physical] body, there is also a spiritual body\'85 but it is not the spiritual that comes first, but the physical, and then the spiritual\'85"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. Every living entity has an et
ernal spiritual body, which exists before he takes on a material body. As we said, entering the material body is a kind of punishment. Every soul is eternally part and parcel of God, but because of some sinful activity, the living entity comes into this 
material world. In the Bible it is said that due to disobedience to God, Adam and Eve lost paradise and had to come into the material world. The soul belongs to the paradise in heaven\'97the planets of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97but somehow or other he falls with
in this material world and takes on a material body. According to one's activities one is elevated or degraded\'97as a demigod, human being, animal, or plant. In any case, the soul is always aloof from the material body. This is confirmed by the Vedic li
teratures. Our actual, spiritual life is revived when we are freed from material contamination, or, in other words, from reincarnation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Augustine conceived of a spiritual wor
ld in which all the souls would be in bliss, and would be eternally loving and glorifying God. They would still possess freedom of will, but sin would have no power to tempt them. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, sin cannot touch one who rem
ains in contact with God. According to our desires, we associate with the modes of material nature and acquire different types of bodies. Nature, the agent of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, affords us facilities by giving us a body which is like a machine. When a son i
nsists, "Father, give me a bicycle," the affectionate father complies. This is similar to our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as He explains in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 18.61}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9\'e7vara\'f9 sarva-bh\'fct\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line h\'e5d-de\'e7e \'92rjuna ti\'f1\'f6hati\line bhr\'e4mayan sarva-bh\'fct\'e4ni
\line yantr\'e4r\'fc\'f2h\'e4ni m\'e4yay\'e4
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The Supreme Lord is situated in everyone's heart, O Arjuna, and is directing the wanderings of all living entities, who are seated as
 on a machine, made of the material energy." The Supreme Father, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, is within the core of everyone's heart. As the living entity desires, the Father supplies a body manufactured by material nature. This body is destined to suffer, but the sp
iritual bodies in the Vaiku\'eb\'f6has [spiritual planets] are not subject to birth, old age, disease, or death, or the threefold miseries.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Miseries arising from our own body and mind, miseries caused by other living beings, and m
iseries caused by natural disturbances.}* The spiritual bodies are eternal and full of knowledge and bliss.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Augustine seems to admit the transcend
ence and omnipresence of God, but he seems at the same time to reject His existence as the localized Param\'e4tm\'e4 [Supersoul] accompanying each individual soul. He writes, "God is not the soul of all things but the maker of all souls."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then how is God omnipresent? The 
Param\'e4tm\'e4 is indicated as the all-pervading Supersoul both in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Besides the verse I have just mentioned, elsewhere in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upadra\'f1\'f6\'e4numant\'e4 ca\line bhart\'e4 bhokt\'e4 mahe\'e7vara\'f9\line param\'e4tmeti c\'e4py ukto\line dehe \'92smin pu
ru\'f1a\'f9 para\'f9
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yet in this body there is also a transcendental enjoyer, who is the Lord. He is the supreme proprietor, overseer, and permitter, and 
He is known as the Supersoul" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 13.23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The Supe
rsoul is also present within every atom: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'f6abhy\'e4ham ida\'e0 k\'e5tsnam ek\'e4\'e0\'e7ena sthito jagat: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub "With a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe" (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.42). So God's all-pervading Param\'e4tm\'e4 feature cannot be denied. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Augustine, the human mind and soul
\'97he called it the "reasonable soul"\'97were one and the same.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. These are different identitie
s. The soul is placed in various bodies that have different ways of thinking, feeling, and willing\'97different minds. For instance, a dog's mind is not equal to that of a human being, but this is not to say that a dog does not have a soul. So the mind d
iffers according to the body, but the soul always remains the same.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, because he lumped together the s
oul and the mind, Augustine held that the souls of animals are not the same as the eternal, "reasonable" souls of human beings. In this way he could justify animal killing. He wrote, "Indeed, some people try to stretch the prohibition \'91Thou shalt not 
kill\'92 to cover beasts and cattle, and make it unlawful to kill any such animal. But then, why not include plants and anything rooted in and feeding on the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub soil?\'85 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Putting this nonsense aside, we do not apply \'91Thou shalt not kill\'92 to plants, because they have no sensation; or to irrational animals that fly, swim, walk, or creep, because they a
re linked to us by no association or common bond. By the creator's wise ordinance they are meant for our use, dead or alive. It only remains for us to apply the commandment \'91Thou shalt not kill\'92 to man alone\'97oneself and others."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Bible says, "Thou shalt not k
ill"\'97without qualification. Of course, our Vedic philosophy does admit that one living entity serves as food for another living entity. That is a natural law. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub those animals who have hands eat animals without hands. And the four-legged animals eat animals that cannot move, as well as vegetables. So the weak ar
e food for the strong. One must eat an animal or a vegetable\'97whatever the case, one must inevitably eat some living entity. It thus becomes a question of selection. However, our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness philosophy does not teach us to select our f
oodstuff on the basis that plant life is less sensitive than animal life, or that animal life is less sensitive than human life. We consider all human beings, animals, and plants to be living entities, spirit souls.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, apart from vegetarian or non-vegetarian diets, we are basically concerned with K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ["K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy," food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with love and devotion.] We simply take the remnants of whatever 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba eats. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba says:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0\line yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati\line tad aha\'e0 bhakty-upah\'e5tam\line a\'e7n\'e4m
i prayat\'e4tmana\'f9
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it." This is our philosophy. We are concerned
 with taking the remnants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's food, which we call }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mercy.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Since we want to act on the level of loving devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we have to find out what He wants and offer Him only that. We c
annot offer Him anything undesirable or unasked for. So meat, fish, and eggs cannot be offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If He desired such things He would have said so. Instead He clearly requests that a leaf, fruit, flower, and water be given to Him. Therefor
e we should understand that He will not accept meat, fish, or eggs. Vegetables, grains, fruits, milk, and water are the proper foods for human beings and are prescribed here by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Whatever else we might wish to eat cannot be off
ered to Him, since He will not accept it, and thus we cannot be acting on the level of loving devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba if we eat such foods.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Concerning peace, Augustine writes: "P
eace between a mortal man and his Maker consists in ordered obedience, guided by faith, under God's eternal law\'85\'94
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Peace means coming in contac
t with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A man in ignorance thinks that he is the enjoyer of this world, but when he contacts the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme controller, he understands that God is the enjoyer. A servant supplies the nee
ds of his master, and we are servants meant to supply enjoyment to God. Actually God has no needs to fulfill, yet He enjoys the company of His servants, who in turn enjoy His company. A servant is very happy when he receives a good master, and a master i
s happy to acquire a very faithful servant. This is the relationship between the individual soul and God, and when this relationship is destroyed, it is said that the individual soul exists in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [illusion]. When the relationship is restored, the individual is situated in his spiritual consciousness\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97by which he 
understands that the Supreme God is the actual enjoyer and that we are His servants. God is the actual enjoyer and proprietor as well as the Supreme Being. When we understand God's transcendental qualities, we become happy and attain peace.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb360\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Augustine wrote, "Reincarnation is ri
diculous. There is no such thing as a return to this life for the punishment of souls . ... " "The soul is essentially part and parcel of God," says \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, "but in this material world the soul is factually imprisoned in different type
s of bodies . ... The desires of the soul actually determine higher or lower bodies. \line "Left: the soul (indicated by a star) makes his long journey up through millions of lower bodies\'97aquatics, plants, birds, beasts-to the human body. In the human
 body he at last gets the chance to revive his long-forgotten relationship with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His eternal consort R\'e4dh\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: R\'e4manatha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: ... In any case the soul is the same. It is therefore said that those who are advanced in spiritual consciousness
 see the same quality of soul in each and every body, whether it is the body of a dog or the body of a br\'e4hma\'eba [saintly person]." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: "The soul belongs to the paradise in heaven}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the planets of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Our actual, spiritual life is revived when we are freed from contamination}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub or, in other words, from reincarnation." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Birthday
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub KRSNA\'92S BIRTHDAY
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A Worldwide Celebration 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not long ago, few people outside India had even heard of Him. Now people allover the world celebrate the day that Krsna, the S
upreme Personalityof Godhead, appeared on earth. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba tooka humble birth, in the North Indian district of Mathur\'e4 (above }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )\'97inside King Ka\'e0sa's prison. The demonic Ka\'e0sa (whom a devotee dramatizes, above right, dr
iving a chariot }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) even tried to kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but K\'e5\'f1
\'eba defeated him and delivered His devotees. Despite modern-day Ka\'e0sas posing as cultural and political leaders, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pure devotee His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has delivered the devotional science of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba to all the people of the world. And just as people celebrate the birth of Christ, God's son, so, at places like London's Bhaktivedanta Manor (the scene of the above gathering), millions celebrate the birth of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Father of all 
living beings. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From India to California (as at far left }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo
: Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), people find K\'e5\'f1\'eba attractive. They like to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 churning butter (and K\'e5\'f1
\'eba stealing it). And they like to remember K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His eternal consort R\'e4dh\'e4 (left, shown in Their Deity forms on the Manor\'92s altar }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d
\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). Great minds like Emerson and Thoreau have always felt attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B
hagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the guidebook to God-realization. So on September 5 visit an ISKCON center, feel the attraction of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and feasting on food offere
d to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and bring home the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, "th
e all-attractive."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 Establishing the Proof: }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Who Is a Real Guru?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Establishing the Proof: }{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Who Is a Real Guru?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Among the naive, of course, one may pass for a spiritual master by wearing robes and a beard, bearing a twinkle in one's
 eye, performing some magic tricks, or speaking riddles. But intelligent people won't settle for these outer trappings. . . ."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Special Article by the Back to Godhead Staff
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A recent Gallup poll revealed that more than nineteen million American adults are now practicing some form of yoga, meditation, or other "self-renewal" process. To 
meet this great demand, many "gurus" have appeared on the scene, each teaching his version of spiritual truth. Some have attracted large followings, and every disciple undoubtedly feels that his guru is the best. But for the serious seeker of truth, choo
sing a spiritual master cannot be a matter of mere sentiment. Spiritual life is factual and scientific, and we have to test the qualifications of any spiritual teacher by referring to the standard authority. This authority is scripture, especially the Sa
nskrit Vedic scriptures, which throughout history have provided the philosophical basis for the guru-disciple relationship. By referring to Vedic scriptures we can know the criteria for a bona fide spiritual master. Then we can easily see who is actually
 a spiritual master, and who is a fraud.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Examining the Guru's Teachings
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first criterion, according to the Vedic scriptures, is the quality of the words the teacher speaks. (Even a fool may be highly esteemed\'97until he speaks.) In 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the original spiritual master, tells his d
isciple Arjuna, "The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth." In other words, a genuine guru must have realized the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, and he must be able to impart this truth to his discip
le, thus freeing him (or her) from repeated birth and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should therefore immediately reject as outright charlatans those so-called gurus who pretend to have some spiritual knowledge, but who teach their disciples only
 how to gain some material advantage\'97a slimmer body, better sex life, success in business, and so on. Real spiritual life means getting free from the agony of birth and death. How can a common man, unable to distinguish spirit from matter\'97and thus 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub himself }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub caught in the cycle of birth and death\'97claim to be a spiritual master? Such cheaters g
enerally take up the "guru business" just to earn a living. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t
he essence of all Vedic scriptures, sternly warns, "No one should become a guru unless he can free his disciple from birth and death."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A true spiritual master must not only be able to distinguish spirit from matter; he must also be able to distinguish the minute, individual spirit (the soul) from t
he supreme spirit (the Supersoul, or God). Failure to make this important distinction disqualifies many of today's so-called spiritual masters. In fact, blurring the difference between God and the living entity is the most common philosophical flaw among
 modern gurus. Their reasoning goes something like this: "The eternal spirit soul within the body is Brahman, and the supreme spirit beyond the body is also Brahman. Therefore, we are all equal to the Supreme Brahman\'97or in other words, everyone is God
."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself denies this idea in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (15.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The living entities in this material world are eternally My fragmental parts." It is certainly true that t
he Vedic scriptures, especially the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub teach meditation on Brahman, the eternal spirit
. And they also teach the realization that each one of us, as a spirit soul, is also Brahman, separate from our material body. But beyond this all the Vedic scriptures explain that although each of us is spirit, we are only minute sparks of the supreme s
pirit, God. In other words, God is supreme and infinite, and we are all His infinitesimal expansions; therefore, our duty is to serve Him. This simple axiom is the essence of theism, and all the world's religions loudly declare it. For a guru to omit or 
distort this teaching is a serious philosophical lapse. Behind his negligence we will usually find a cheating mentality\'97a strong aversion for surrendering to the mastership of God. So, when the teachings of a spiritual master are inimical to }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub or loving devotion to God\'97when he teaches that there is no personal God, or that God is only 
an energy, or that we can become God\'97then we should reject him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just as it is a fraud for a so-called guru to offer only gross material benefits, or to collect money from his disciples for selfish aims, or to teach the disciples
 that they are God or can become God\'97so it is an even greater fraud for the so-called }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru to proclaim that he himself is an incarnation of God. The Vedic scriptures predic
t the incarnations of God and describe their extraordinary qualities and activities. So any ordinary person who poses as a guru and says }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub he }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an incarnation of God exposes himself as the 
greatest fool in human society. The truth is that everyone, including the spiritual master, is an eternal servant of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since we are all servants of the Supreme Lord, a bona fide guru must be a devotee of the Supreme Lord and teach others how to become His devotees. In fact, unless t
he guru is a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he cannot understand transcendental knowledge\'97what to speak of imparting it to others. An ideal example of a qualified recipient of transcendental knowledge is Arjuna, whom Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba empowered to 
understand the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub because of his devotional attitude. K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in
 the fourth chapter, "O Arjuna, this very ancient science of the relationship with the Supreme is today told by Me to you because you are My devotee as well as My friend; therefore you can understand the transcendental mystery of this science" (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Though K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub five thousand years ago, His words still hold true today: only the Lord's devotees can understand transcendental knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another important criterion for a guru is that he himself must be a disciple of a bona fide spiritual master\'97one who is part of a succession of spiritual masters
 coming from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. A guru's teachings cannot be genuine unless he has received his knowledge by this process of disciplic succession, because one who is not part of a genuine disciplic chain can have no access to the Vedic knowledg
e. So we cannot overemphasize the importance of the disciplic succession in determining the credibility of a spiritual teacher. No matter how learned a scholar one may be, he cannot understand the import of Vedic knowledge by the speculative approach. In
 other words, no one can know the Transcendence by his imperfect sense perception. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7vet\'e4\'e7vatara Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (6.23) explains, "Only unto those great souls who simultaneously have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Examining the Guru's Life
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A genuine guru must not only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub speak }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the truth; he must also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub live }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it. In other words, his character must b
e perfect and his behavior exemplary. In the West we commonly see that a professor or philosopher achieves renown on the basis of his teachings alone, regardless of his personal life. But in Vedic society, if a man is a drunkard or in some other way viol
ates the ideal principles he teaches, then he is considered not a teacher but a cheater. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a real guru, who teaches by example, must have the qualities of peacefulness, sense control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, and faith in God. So-called gurus who indulge in abominable things like meat eating, cigarette
 smoking, and illicit sex, and who covet wealth for purchasing various other forms of sense gratification, are all disqualified. One who cannot control his senses cannot rightfully bear the title "guru."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since renunciation is a criterion for a genuine guru, then what about yogis who remain alone in silent meditation, seeking to stay pure by avoiding all material con
tact? Are they the ideal gurus? No\'97because such withdrawal from the mass of people does not help those who are suffering without God consciousness. One of the greatest God-realized gurus, \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, states in his }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhakti-ras\'e4m\'e5ta-sindhu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If one rejects material things which could be used in the service of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba [God], his renunciation is incomplete." Everything should be used to serve God. By not withdrawing from the world. but rather by using worldly things (including money, cars, public media, buildings, and so on) to spread God consciousness, a gen
uine guru can actually attain complete renunciation and also help humanity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sometimes a so-called guru seeks to help humanity by performing some social welfare mission, such as opening hospitals or uplifting the poor. Such a man is generall
y an atheist, devoid of any real spiritual knowledge. A true spiritual master engages wholeheartedly in glorifying the Supreme Lord, fully convinced that this alone will bring the highest happiness, even within the material sphere. Such a true guru has c
omplete faith in N\'e4rada Muni's words in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As pouring water on t
he root of a tree energizes the trunk, branches, twigs, and leaves; and as supplying food to the stomach enlivens the senses and limbs of the body; so simply worshiping Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba through devotional service automatically satisfies the Lord's par
ts and parcels, the demigods [who supply the rain, air, sunlight, and all other necessities for man]." So a bona fide spiritual master makes broadcasting the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead his only business. He never wastes time making mat
erialistic plans or concocting dry philosophical speculations about God, for he knows full well that all people will be completely satisfied if they simply glorify God. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba describes such genuine }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (great souls) as follows: "Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion" (Bg. 9.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The perfect example of such a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, an incarnation of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba who appeared five hundred years ago in Bengal, India, to teach pure devotional service. Lord Caitanya taught that one should perfect his own life by practicing the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, and that one should also teach others t
his science. In one sense, then, He taught that everyone could become a guru simply by telling others about the pastimes and teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. During His manifest existence on earth, Lord Caitanya acted as a devotee and always tried to engage 
others in chanting the glories of the Lord. Thus, He set the example of an ideal spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To summarize, we can see that six chief criteria mentioned in the authoritative Vedic scriptures determine the authenticity of a guru. First, the guru's teachings m
ust be fully spiritual: he must not cheat his disciples by promising them material benefits; rather, he must teach them how to become free from material life and obtain liberation from the miseries of repeated birth and death. Second, the guru must have 
attained the highest realization of the Absolute Truth\'97the personality of God\'97which is beyond the incomplete impersonal conception. In this way the guru will be competent to distinguish between the infinite Supreme Spirit (God) and the infinitesima
l spirit souls. Fully aware of this distinction between God and the individual soul, he should engage himself as a devotee of the Supreme Lord and teach devotional service to his disciples. The third criterion is that the guru must have received his know
ledge from a bona fide spiritual master through the authorized process of disciplic succession, as explained in the Vedic literature. The fourth is that the guru's character must be pure: he must rigidly follow all the religious principles governing sain
tly behavior. Fifth, he must engage himself and others in the glorification of the Lord as the ultimate activity for human society, and he should not divert his energies to material welfare work. And sixth, a guru of the highest order must spread the mes
sage of God (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) consciousness throughout the world.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, let's apply these six criteria to the Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4d
a, so that we can see whether he is in fact a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First, are \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's teachings purely spiritual\'97free of any material tinge\'97and can they liberate one from the misery of repeated birth and d
eath? Yes. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da bases all of his teachings on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and t
hroughout the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares that His devotee attains the highest pe
rfection: "Devotional service is the highest activity\'85 Only by devotional service can one achieve transcendental knowledge\'85 One engaged in devotional service is already liberated from birth and death\'85" Again and again Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba declare
s that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devotional service, is the best method for spiritual realization. Although the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub teach many other paths besides }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub bhakti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (such paths as knowledge, severe austerities, karma-yoga, and mystic yoga) the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the final word in Vedic literature, refers to all these as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub kaitava-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dharma}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub or "cheating religion." In truth only unalloyed devotional service }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (bhakti) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can give 
satisfaction to the soul; other practices are of value only insofar as they lead to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus,
 at the conclusion of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba declares, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Give up all other so-called religious activities and surrender unto Me alone" (Bg. 18.
66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . On K\'e5\'f1\'eba's authority, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is teaching only }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub love of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Second, has \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da realized the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, and is he imparting that realization to his disciples? Yes. It is sai
d that one can recognize the fully God-conscious spiritual master by his ability to raise many fallen souls to the level of god consciousness. Unquestionably, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da exhibits this strength to a remarkable degree. Simply by coming into 
contact with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, thousands of people have devoted their lives to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples are popularly known as "K\'e5\'f1\'ebas" and "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba people"
\'97evidence of how totally dedicated to God they have actually become. Also, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples strictly avoid the four sinful activities: meat eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gambling. These four activities, the pillars of sin
ful life, are an integral part of our modern society. That so many young people have given them up so unreservedly is certainly revolutionary, and is but another tribute to the bona fide guru.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Third, has \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da received his knowledge from a bona fide spiritual master through the authorized process of disciplic succession? Yes. \'c7r\'e9
la Prabhup\'e4da is the present representative of the most authorized disciplic succession, the Brahm\'e4-Madhva-Gau\'f2\'e9ya-sampradaya. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, has blessed this disciplic succession by appearing first a
s its original preceptor and again, only five hundred years ago, as Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu. In the beginning of creation, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba taught the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to Brahm\'e4, the "cosmic engineer," who in turn instructed his son and chief disciple, N\'e4rada Muni. N\'e4rada then passed down the transcendental knowledge to Vy\'e4sadeva (the litera
ry incarnation of God), who compiled all the Vedic literature, including the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads, Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra, Pur\'e4\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4bh\'e4rata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (which contains the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the twelfth century the great Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya, who defeated both Buddha's voidist philosophy and \'c7a\'eckara's impersonalist philosophy, also appeared in this disciplic success
ion. \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9, the most renowned authority on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-bhakti, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and
 J\'e9va Gosv\'e4m\'e9, India's greatest scholar, are two more links in this unbroken chain of spiritual masters. And today \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da represents the entire line as the disciple of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura.
 Certainly no other genuine guru has such credentials\'97what to speak of the cheaters who concoct their own philosophies and deceive the public for their personal aggrandizement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This brings us to the fourth point: the extraordinary purity of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's character. Unlike those pseudo gurus who preach one thing and practice a
nother, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da exemplifies all the qualities of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (great soul) d
escribed in the scriptures. He is peaceful, tolerant, merciful, austere, totally self-controlled, humble, perfectly clean (externally and within his heart), and friendly to everyone. Above all, he has perfect, unshakable faith in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Any
one who has met him can testify that, without question, he is a modern saint in the most profound sense.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fifth, does \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da teach glorification of God as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub only }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means for self-realization, and does he shun materially motivated welfare work? Yes. In perfect accord with the scriptures and the preceding spiritual masters, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4
da is exclusively propagating the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement\'97the congregational chanting of God
's names and engagement in His devotional service. Many parts of the Vedic literature proclaim that of all spiritual practices, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the most effective for this materialistic age: the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub explains that no other method of God-realization is possible for the people of this age, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kali-}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub santara\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Upani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub declares that the holy name will cure the chanter of the poisonous effects of the present materialistic age of Kali; and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pancaratra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says that the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra (composed entirely of God's names) is equal to all other mantras and sacrifices combined. Lord Ca
itanya Mah\'e4prabhu also taught glorification of God through }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and He particular
ly stressed the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K
\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. As for material well-being, Lord Caitanya explains in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m
\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 22.
62) that anyone who glorifies Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba through devotional service automatically performs all subsidiary activities. In other words, he attains both spiritual }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub material fulfillment. So what need is there for materialistic philanthropy?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Since \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is teaching the conclusion of the scriptures and is supported by the past authorities, the knowledge he is giving is the purest and 
most authorized. None of today's gurus is even nearly as qualified in this respect. If a would-be guru is not teaching the message of the disciplic succession from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and if he does not put forward the philosophy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and if he does not stress the glorification of God by chanting His holy names-then he cannot be
 accepted as genuine.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, the conclusive evidence that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is the only real guru today is that he is effectively spreading God (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) consciousness t
hroughout the world. Some persons object when we praise \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da so highly. They think we are saying no one can become a guru except our guru. But actually Lord Caitanya says that everyone\'97especially }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub those born in India\'97should make his }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub life perfect by practicing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and then teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness to others. Only \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, however, has taken up the Lord's order with so much determination and so much success. Twelve years ago, while living in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the land of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da saw th
at his elder Godbrothers were not carrying out the order of Lord Caitanya and \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura to spread the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Now that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub taken up that order, he deserves not criticism but praise. Indeed, the entire world should cooperate with such a se
lfless universal teacher.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Miracle of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Books
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Certainly there is abundant evidence of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's greatness, but the most conclusive of all is his books. First, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is the 
only guru who has presented the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub purely, without misleading commentary. As lon
g ago as the end of the nineteenth century, many Hindu gurus came to the United States claiming to be great saints and scholars of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub They presented the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in many 
versions\'97nearly one hundred\'97but not one produced even a single devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In other words, these false gurus put forth the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with self-interested interpretations, simply to popularize their own philosophies. Thus they ignored the G\'e9t\'e4's real philosophy of surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And the result? Altho
ugh many people admired the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no one could understand it, and no one cared to 
become a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. However, since \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's publication of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub thousands of people have become purified by this knowledge and have taken up devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Among \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's other books are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (a work in progress) and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub two of the most important Vedic scriptures. To date \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has written more than sixty volumes, and he is currently producing one complete book nearly every month. These publications (and their author)
 have won the praise of leading scholars throughout the world, as the following comments will attest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Professor Garry Gelade of Oxford University writes, "This }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is a book to be treasured\'85 The clarity and precision of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's commentaries on the text can rarely have been equaled. No }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub whatever faith or philosophical persuasion who reads this book with an open mind can fail to be moved and impressed."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Shaligram Shukla, Professor of Sanskrit at Georgetown University, praises \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is a deeply felt, powerfully conceived, and beautifully explained work\'85I have never seen any other work on the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with such an ardent voice and style."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And Dr. Kailash Vajpeye, Visiting Professor of Indian Studies at the University of Mexico, expresses himself in this way: "Of all commentaries on the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that have appeared until now in the West, this present edition by \'c7r\'e9 A.C. Bhaktiv
edanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is the best\'85 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Sanskrit scholarship is without parallel. His penetration into the meaning of the text indicates the deepest realization and understanding of the profound meaning of the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ''
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Conclusion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From every angle of vision and on every count, it is clear that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub jagad-guru\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pure devotee empowered by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to teach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the entire world. Indeed, more than a century ago \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura one of the great spiritual masters in the line of d
isciplic succession, predicted the advent of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda wrote, "A personality will soon appear to preach the teachings of Lord Caitanya and move unrestrictedly over the whole world wi
th His message."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In 1965, at the advanced age of seventy, with no companion and practically no money (about five dollars)\'97but with the ardent desire to execute the instruction of
 his guru\'97\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da left his home in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, and sailed to America. On his arrival in Boston Harbor, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wrote, "I do not know, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, why You have sent me here. These people are all demon
ic, engaged in meat eating and illicit sex. How will they be able to hear the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba?" \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wasn't patronized by any organization in the United States, nor was he helped by His Godbrothers in India. Yet as a surren
dered servant of his spiritual master, he tried to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, beginning from a humble storefront on New York's Lower East Side. The success of the worldwide K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement today is a testimony to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's favor upon His pure devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da started the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement single-handedly, and in only eleven years he has laid the foundation, organized the fram
ework, and imparted the philosophy for a universal movement to establish God consciousness throughout human society. In only eleven years \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has circled the globe more than a dozen times\'97preaching, translating, opening more than
 one hundred centers, managing worldwide affairs, and accepting thousands of disciples\'97all at a pace that none of his youthful followers has been able to match. His sixty-plus books have been translated into fifteen major languages, and they are stand
ard texts in colleges and universities throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and parts of Asia.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has taught businessmen to do business for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, artists to paint and sculpt for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and scientists to use their brai
npower and know-how for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He has taught mothers to raise K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious children, actors to perform dramas depicting the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and anyone and everyone to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and eat }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He has transformed his fortunate disciples (who had formerly been brainw
ashed by today's demonic propaganda of sense gratification) into peaceful, self-controlled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the most intelligent members of human society. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jagad-guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub the spiritual master of all of us (all of us who agree to hear him submissively), and he is teaching the world how to have peace, both individually and internationally, by using everything in the service of its rightful owner\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a\'97and by chanting K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy names.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The glory of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da as the representative of God surpasses any attempt to define his greatness. Beyond the proofs cited in these few pages, a clo
ser study of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's life and teachings will reveal many more unprecedented achievements and afford further transcendental enlightenment. The reader of this humble attempt to praise a great soul has been very kind to consider our pres
entation. To you our concluding words are these: we respectfully request you to read the books of this highly exalted bona fide spiritual master. If you submissively hear his message, certainly it will touch your heart and benefit you eternally.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p11: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A genuine guru must not only }{
\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub speak}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the truth; he must also }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub live}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it. His character must be perfect and his behavior exemplary. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Trib
huvane\'e7vari-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 An Emergency Prayer for the Health of Our Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub An Emergency Prayer for the Heal
th of Our Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On a recent tour of India, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da became ill and returned }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub home }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Deeply concerned, many of his elder disciples went there to be with him. When they asked how they could }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub assist }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub him, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub his}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub recovery depended }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. R\'fcp\'e4nuga d\'e4sa, one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's eldest disciples, wrote this prayer:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O superior Vai\'f1\'ebavas! \chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebavas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : devotees of Vi\'f1\'ebu (K\'e5\'f1\'eba).}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 1\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O compassionate \'c4c\'e4ryas\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub : spiritual masters who teach by setting a personal example.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the Holy Name!\line O
 supreme authorities, Masters of our fate! Have }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mercy }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upon us! \line (We }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub not able to make any prayers, but this is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub an }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub emergency!)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e4stra\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7\'e4stra
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : the scriptures}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub teaches that because of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub disciples\'92}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bad behavior, or to allow }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub some }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub personal service, or to exhibi
t ecstatic symptoms, the spiritual master may display bad health (although he }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub so }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kindly }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub says }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub simply due }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to old }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub age and per
sonal neglect of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub his }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub health\'97meaning that he }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub has }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub worked too hard to save us).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But we may not speculate upon the mind of the \'c4c\'e4ryas.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please hear our petition!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We pray; for the kindness of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Grandfather, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : the spiritual master of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub by nature merciful upon his spiritual grandchildren.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We pray for the continued compassion of the Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
The Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : the immediate disciples of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who are already famous in all the three worlds for saving conditioned }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub souls.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We pray. for the benediction of Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the most magnanimous Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We pray to R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9,\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : K\'e5\'f1\'eba's eternal consort.}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Queen of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, protector of our neophyte }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (devotional service].
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pray }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, whom we cannot even approach without the guidance of our \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We, the fallen servants of His Divine Grace; beseech }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub all }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Masters\'97Please give \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da more time! }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Time }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to insure the stren
gth of this movement. Time to finish the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And a little more time for }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub us }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to spend a
t the lotus feet of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Divine Grace\'97that we may become pure devotees by his mercy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We implore you\'97these ten years have passed }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
so }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub quickly, and we are caught far too short of perfection (You know that actually only ten milliseconds have passed in eternal }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub time). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore kindly extend his stay, lest we fall from the spiritual path.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava saints!\line O Bhaktisiddh\'e4n
ta Sarasvat\'e9 \'d6h\'e4kura, Our eternal grandfather,\line O Six Gosv\'e4m\'e9s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 
\line O R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, Mother of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub O Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the Master of all,\line O Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the final repose of our love \line O Vai\'f1\'ebava \'c4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97
\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kindly have mercy }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub upon }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
us: \line Please don't yet take \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da away!\line Kindly grant this emergency prayer\'85
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Your most fallen servant, R\'fcp\'e4nuga d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Note: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub since gradually }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub recovered from his illness and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub again engaging in his regular }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub activities, including }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub his translation of and commentary on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Hear the timeless wisdom
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Hear the timeless wisdom of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG v12}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub #6
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam     v12#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 12 T
EXT 7\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 12 TEXT 22
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 College Students Discover Higher Taste\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub College students on two American campuses have discovered that they can add K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to their college life by studying the philosophy of }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and eating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (vegetarian food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with devotion).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every week at the University of Maryland, in College Park, sixty to ninety students attend a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -cooking class taught by Gabh\'e9ra d\'e4sa, who is an authorized chaplain there. While deftly demonstrating how to whip up some curried rice or milk swe
ets, Gabh\'e9ra expounds the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He also teaches yoga meditation through the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra, }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and four days a week he distributes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious literature outside the Student Union. In addition, Gabh\'e9ra has been a guest lecturer in history, American studies, anthropology, and health education courses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some of the other university-recognized chaplains (there are ten in all) take a dim view of Gabh\'e9ra's enthusiastic preaching. Rabbi Robert Saks, Hillel chaplain,
 disagrees with Gabh\'e9ra's idea that a chaplain's role is to elevate the spiritual climate of the campus. "We're not university chaplains," Rabbi Saks said. "We're here to serve our denominations as guests of the university\'85 I'm scared of opening th
e door to proselytizing."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gabh\'e9ra responds, "K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is non-sectarian: we want to elevate everyone's consciousness. We're basically teaching surrender to God\'85 some
thing like a spiritual peace corps. We're showing that there is another way of life, a spiritual way." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, Amarendra d\'e4sa has established a similar }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -oriented program at the University of Florida, in Gainesville. But he had to win the right to hold his transcendental picnics on campus. Last April campus police arrested him and another devotee
 on three occasions and charged them with various violations of civil codes. The third incident drew a crowd of students, who cheered Amarendra and booed the police. The overwhelming majority of the students saw the incident as a clear-cut case of religi
ous persecution, and they came out for the devotees in the school newspaper, the Alligator. Finally the local circuit court lifted its injunction banning the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  distribution, and now Amarendra is back on campus to stay\'97dispensing rich, creamy Gaur\'e4\'ecga potatoes; buttery, flat-bread chapatis; fruit nectar; and generous helpings of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious philosophy.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is Breaks Records, Draws }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Praise 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Through the efforts of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh
agavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is enjoying a resurgence of popularity in the West. In fact, each of the last three years has seen \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples double their sales o
f his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . (To meet the great demand in 1977, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Coordinator Rameswara Swami ordered one and one-half }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub million}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  copies\'97one of the largest single-title book orders ever placed!) What accounts for so much interest in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da's unique edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ? A few of the hundreds of scholarly testimonials tell t
he story:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back in 1968, just after the first printing of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the well-known clergyman and author Thomas Merton became one of the first to praise it. He wrote at that time, "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can be seen as the main literary support for the great religious civilization of India, the oldest surviving culture in the world. The present trans
lation and commentary is another manifestation of the permanent living importance of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Swami Bhaktivedanta brings to the West a salutary reminder that our highly activistic and one-sided culture is faced with a crisis that may end in self-destruction because it lacks the inner depth of an authentic metaphysical consciousness.
 Without such depth, our moral and political protestations are just so much verbiage."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub More recently, Dr. Davis Herron, Professor of Religion at Manhattan College, had this to say: "This definitive edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is, due to its extensive purports, a storehouse of ancient Vedic wisdom, poetry, politics, and history. It should serve as a
 useful textbook for students and as a reference book for scholars of religion, as well as a general introduction to Vedic culture and practical philosophy for the layman. It is written for serious readers in general, not only from a scholar's point of v
iew, but from that of a life-long practitioner of the yoga of devotion. It is this sense of devotion that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has captured in his discussion of the verses, and which other commentators have failed to reveal."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar    v12#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
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\'f1\'ebava months of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7ridhara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
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\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f6am\'e9-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a before 9:31 a.m. \line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Nandotsava.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of O\'e0 Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da 108 \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Prabhup\'e4da
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks Out         v12#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks
 Out
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 On Illicit }{\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Sex }{\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 and Public Opinion
\par }\pard \s754 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa540\fi0 {\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 The following conversation between His Divine Grace }{\b0\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A.C}{\b0\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 . Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and a social worker took place in Melbourne, Aus
tralia.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I deal with divorce cases and adoption. Nowad
ays it has become very easy to get a divorce.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So, the first defect of today's l
eaders is that they allow divorce. That is very dangerous for society, because it encourages illicit sex.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Society wants it that way. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Society is just like a child. If 
a child wants to go to hell, should the father allow it? Society may want so many nonsensical things, but }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub it }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub is the duty of the government to know how to uplift the citizens.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It would be impossible for my department to t
each\'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It's not impossible. Simply the g
overnment does not know how to do it. That is another defect\'97there is no method for training first-class members of society. But the ideal man is described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9
t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and. we are training our men to that standard. That is the purpose of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Now there are no ideal men in the society, because you allo
w the young people to commit all kinds of sinful activities. Yesterday I was talking with a priest about illicit sex life. He said, "What is the harm? It is a great pleasure." But my first condition before accepting a disciple is that he must give up ill
icit sex, meat eating, intoxication, and gambling.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the people you can train will be only a t
iny percentage of the population.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but example is better than p
recept. If even one percent of the population is trained as ideal men, the other ninety-nine percent will see and follow. But that example is lacking in society today. Even the priests have become licentious, and thousands of priests are going to the hos
pital to cure their drinking habit. They are sanctioning homosexuality. In a Christian newspaper I read about a priest even performing marriage between two men. So outside of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, I don't find any group of ideal men
. Therefore, if you want to help society, you must learn from us how to train men of ideal character.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What you call "ideal character" is only your 
opinion. It may not be ideal to someone else.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, it is not my opinion\'97it is
 the verdict of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7astra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [scripture]. Opinion\'97what is the value of opinion when the people are li
ke dogs and asses? What is the use of taking the opinion of an ass? This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vox populi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97taking the opinion
 of the public\'97is degrading modern society. If the public is composed of drunkards, smokers, meat eaters, gamblers, and woman hunters, then what is the value of their opinion? Why take the opinion of fourth-class men? What K\'e5\'f1\'eba says\'97that 
is the standard. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme, and His version is final. No other opinion is allowed. When I introduced the principle "No illicit sex life," I didn't }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ask }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub for opinions\'97"It must be done."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You don't think the people have any mind of t
heir own? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, they have a mind, just like 
a madman has a mind. But what is the value of his mind? Are you going to take the opinion of a madman? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4yay\'e4pah\'e5ta-j\'ef\'e4n\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The miscreant's knowledge has been t
aken away by }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [illusion]; therefore, his mind is distorted." So a madman's opinions have no val
ue.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our business is to look after those who are i
n trouble.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the present moment even the go
vernment leaders are in trouble.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well\'97that is not part of our public\'85
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why don't you send your superviso
r to us for training? These leaders are also drunkards, woman hunters, meat eaters, and gamblers.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You want to change the whole society!
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless you change the society, ho
w can you do social welfare? If you keep society in the same condition it is in now, then where is the question of social welfare? You are working with the public, and we are also working with the same people. We take the same people\'97those addicted to
 drinking, addicted to prostitution, addicted to meat eating\'97and we make them into saintly persons. So our method is practical. You can see what their previous history was, and what they are now. You must train up one class of men like them\'97men of 
ideal character.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, I'm a public servant, and we just try t
o follow public opinion.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the public elects a President 
Nixon, and then they drag him out of office. This is your public opinion.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is how the society works. If you ch
ange society, then we must change. I do what I'm asked; otherwise, I'll lose my job.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our program is not }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vox populi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . We are saying only what the authoritative scriptures say. If you actually want to do social welfare, the
n you }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub must }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub take to the standard formula as given in the scriptures. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains how one can become peaceful\'97a first-class man. But if you don't accept His authority
\'97if you'd rather follow public opinion\'97you will never be successful. You want to make a peaceful society, but you do not know how. Therefore you must adopt this process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If anyone\'97even a madman\'97agrees to follow
 our principles, then he can become peaceful. He can become a first-class man.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How do you explain the fact that you are such
 a small percentage of the population?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the sky there are so many star
s, but there is only one moon. In terms of percentage, the moon is nothing. But in terms of its }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub value, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub th
e moon is far more important than all the stars combined. So in our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, our aim is to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub educate a few men of ideal character. If you and other lea
ders of society support this movement, you will be performing the highest social welfare.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The head of the Social Welfare Bureau is also
 a servant of the people.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  That is the defect: the people ar
e rascals, and they elect another rascal. But the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go on witho
ut depending on these rascals. We are publishing our books, we are spreading our movement, and we are training first-class men. For example, we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub don't }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prohibit sex, but we say, "No illicit }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sex." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Have you
 any objection?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, a private one. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have illicit sex? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, I couldn't live without it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just see! This is the defect }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub society. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are like a patient who wants treatment from a physician, but who at the same time wants }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub continue with his diseased activities. You have failed to help society, therefore }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub have come to me for help with your social welfare work. So why do you reject my advice? If you reject the medicine prescribed by the physician, you will not be cured. But when I give you the prescription, you want the 
other patients to vote on it first. Daily one or two gentlemen like you visit me. They also find our prescription very strict. But we are not going to change it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Social worker:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, I do believe you should maintain a stan
dard.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, and that is making us succes
sful. We do not make any compromise. This is our method. If you like it, you can take it; if you don't like it, you can reject it. We don't mind. We are not interested in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vox popul
i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Letters      v12#8
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Letters
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Satsvar\'fcpa Mah\'e4r\'e4ja,
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I am the Indian boy who talked with you at the K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in Los Angeles during the Sunday festival. I also 
spoke to you once over the phone in Dallas. Now I am staying here at the temple in Atlanta, and this has upset }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub my }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parents very much. They started crying }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the phone, and my mother even fain
ted once. Now I see what you meant when you told me that the family ties are much stronger in Indian families than }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub American families.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub My parents are going to come Sunday to take me home for a week. They want me to show them that my staying at the temple
 for the summer is really my }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub own }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub choice. They think }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I've }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub been brainwashed by the devotees. Mainly they are worried about the future\'97who will take care of them in old age\'97because the
ir only children are my sister and I.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I would deeply appreciate your writing to them. They think being a devotee means never seeing one's parents anymore. Th
ey also think that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement somehow brainwashes the devotee to make him accept what, in my parents' opinion, is an impractical life of serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba all the time.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I want to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and in my heart I know this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub give the greatest benefit to my family, myself, and all people. But when I talk to my parents on the phone, sometimes I am overcome with grief because
 of their attachment to me. So again I humbly request you: please write to my father and mother. Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your servant,\line Bhakta Rakesh
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb446\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dear Mr. Sharma,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recently I met }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub your son }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rakesh when }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and your family visited our Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba center }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in Los }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Angeles. Since then I've corresponded with him and learned that he sincerely wants to be a ful
l-time devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba at our Atlanta temple. But he also }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub very concerned that 
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and your wife not think }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub his }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub taking up spiritual life is something bad. So he asked me to write }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you on }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub his behalf.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub would like }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub call your attention to an article }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub published in BACK TO GODHEAD, Vol. 12, No. 6. It is an excerpt from the scripture }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and is called "Lord Caitanya, the Joy of Mother \'c7ac\'e9." It tells how the great devotee Lord Caitanya too
k up the renounced order of spiritual life: He did not neglect His mother (His father had passed away), nor did she try to dissuade Him from leaving home. Rather; Lord Caitanya and His mother maintained a sweet spiritual relationship even after He entere
d the renounced order.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Certainly you and Rakesh should also be able to maintain such a }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub loving }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub relationship\'97so that he }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub be allowed to perform his duties in service }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba (as his conscienc
e dictates) and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may visit, write, or phone him as often as you like. On the other hand, if o
verly possessive affection causes you to obstruct your' son's entry into spiritual life, then, according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , you are open to criticism.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I humbly pray that these words from a stranger do not offend you. I know how you feel toward Rakesh, but all scriptures declare that service to the Lord takes prece
dence, even over close family ties.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another thing concerns me. Rakesh wrote me that you suspect K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to be some kind of "brainwashing." I can see that the demonic propaganda pr
evalent in the West has affected your judgment. Certainly no one in India regards worshiping Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba as "brainwashing." "Brainwashing" refers to a form of extreme coercion that convinces a person, against his will, to do something completely 
contrary to his nature. I would not expect you, an Indian and a Hindu, to think that if someone worships K\'e5\'f1\'eba with his heart and soul, he must be a victim of some kind of devious control by K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious devotees.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, we were not born Hindus, so you might find some shortcomings in our practice. But we are all sincerely trying to follow our spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la
 Prabhup\'e4da, who is a bona fide guru coming in the line of Lord Caitanya and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You can know that our movement is authentic, because we have all given up meat eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gambling, and we have taken up chan
ting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, which all the Indian Vedic scriptures strongly recommend for the troubled age we live in.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Finally, I beg you to please look upon us kindly. Talk things over with Rakesh and the K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees at the Atlanta temple. I'm sure you will then be able
 to understand how K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is beneficial not only for your son, but for yourself as well.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi720 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yours in the service of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
\par }\pard \s1291 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9\line Editor-in-chief\line BACK TO GODHEAD magazine
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Comes to Earth
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Comes to Ear
th
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An Excerpt }{\b\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs32\cf0 from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s Work-in-Progress
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Fifty centuries ago Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba came, to protect His devotees and id the world of demonic politicians. Now K
\'e5\'f1\'eba comes again in another form\'97the Tenth Canto of the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("
The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead"), translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For many years His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has been preparing a multivolume English translation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ("The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead")\'97a monumental Sanskrit work known as "the ripened fruit of the tree of Vedic literature." Recently, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da reached a mi
lestone as he began translating the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tenth Canto, the essence of this five-thousand-year-old classic.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The imminent publication of the Tenth Canto is momentous not only for the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but for the entire world Scholars, theologians, and librarians throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and India have already placed more th
an two thousand orders for all sixty volumes of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97even
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub many of the books have been translated and printed! Many scholars, aware of the exalted 
place the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  holds in Vedic literature, have personally expressed their appreciation for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's unequaled English rendering. For these scholars (and, even more, for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's thousands of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub disciples), }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the appearance of the Tenth Canto marks a spiritual and literary event of the highest magnitude.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The reason the Tenth Canto has such special significance is that it describes Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in His original and most attractive feature\'97as a cowherd boy in
 the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There He plays on His flute, steals butter from His mother's churning pot, and charms His dear friends with His irresistible personality. With eyes like lotus petals and a complexion like a dark bluish cloud, He possesses
 an ever-fresh beauty that defies description. Other Vedic literatures give only a small hint of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's own intimate, spiritual abode, but in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97and especially in the Tenth Canto\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba personally appears and reveals His supremely attractive and most confidential pastimes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There is one great advantage that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's long-awaited translation of the Tenth Canto holds over previous translations. Because \'c7r\'e9la Prab
hup\'e4da is a pure devotee of the Lord, one who submissively hears K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes from him experiences a change of heart, and the hearer's self-defeating disposition to enjoy the material world slackens. Thus his long-forgotten natural love f
or K\'e5\'f1\'eba awakens and he develops an attraction for hearing more and more about the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, those who receive the message of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from someone other than an expert spiritual master\'97a pure devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the disciplic succession coming down from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself\'97generally misinterpret the Lord's pas
times described in the Tenth Canto. Instead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of becoming puri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fied by hearing of the Lord's loving
 affairs with His devotees, such careless interpreters, casual readers, and mental speculators offend the Lord, and their spiritual advancement is checked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub conclusion, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub therefore, is that one must learn the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub book Bh\'e4gavata }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub person bhagavata, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one whose very life
 embodies the teachings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If one hears about the Lord in this authorized way,
 his feeling for loving devotional service to Lord}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of God
head, awakens within his heart and extinguishes the. fire of material suffering. Ultimately, the sincere student of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  realizes his original, transcendental relationship with the Lord and, upon giving up his b}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ody }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub at death enters }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub into }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s e
ternal pastimes in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What follows is an excerpt from the completed third chapter of the Tenth Canto, prepared by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da at ISKCON's K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple 
in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Advent of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the auspicious time for the appearance of the Lord, the entire universe was surcharged with all the qualities of goodness, beauty, and peace. The constellation R
ohini appeared, as did stars like Asvini. The sun, the moon, and the other stars and planets were very peaceful. All }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub directions }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub appeared extremely pleasing, and the beautiful stars twinkled in the cloudless sky.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Decorated with towns, villages, mines, and pasturing grounds, the earth seemed all-auspicious. The rivers flowed with clear water, and the lakes and vast reservoirs
, full of lilies and lotuses, were extraordinarily beautiful. In the trees and green plants, which were full of flowers }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub leaves, pleasing to the eyes, birds like cuckoos and swarms of been began chanting with sweet voices for the sake of the demigods. A pure breeze began }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub to blow, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pleasing the sense of the hearer's touch and bearing the aroma of flowers, and when the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who were engaged in ritualistic ceremonies ignited their fires according to Vedic principles, the fires burned steadily, undisturbed by, the breeze
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus when the birthless Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was about to appear, the saints and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who had always been disturbed by demons like Ka\'e0sa }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub his 
men, felt peace within the core }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub their hearts, and kettledrums simultaneously vibrated from th
e upper planetary system. The Kinnaras and Gandharvas, inhabitants of the heavenly planets, began to sing auspicious songs; the Siddhas and C\'e4ra\'ebas offered }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub auspicious }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub prayers; and the Vidy\'e4dhar\'e9s, along with the Apsar\'e4s, began to dance in jubilation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods and great saintly persons showered flowers in a joyous mood, and clouds gathered in the sky and very mildly thundered, making }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sounds }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like those of the ocean's waves. Then the Supreme Personality of Godhead, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who is situated in the core of everyone's heart, appeared from }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub heart of Devak\'e9 in the dense darkness of night, like the full moon rising }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the eastern horizon, because Devak\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the same category as \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.37}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibh\'e4vit\'e4bhis\line t\'e4bhir ya eva nija-r\'fcpatay\'e4 kal\'e4bhi\'f9\line goloka eva nivasaty 
akhil\'e4tma-bh\'fcto\line govindam \'e4di-puru\'f1a\'e0 tam aha\'e0 bhaj\'e4mi
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This verse indicates that K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His entourage are of the same spiritual potency }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4nanda-cinmaya-rasa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba's father, His mother. His friends the cowherd boys, and the cows are all expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as will be explained }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-vimohana-l\'e9l\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Brahm\'e4 took away K\'e5\'f1\'eba's associates to test the supremacy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lord
 expanded Himself again in the forms of the many cowherd boys and calves, all of whom, as Brahm\'e4 saw, were }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu-m\'fcrtis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [forms of K\'e5\'f1\'eba]. Devak\'e9 is also an expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and thus the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [10.3.7-8]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub devaky\'e4\'e0 deva-r\'fcpi\'eby\'e4\'e0 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vi\'f1\'ebu\'f9 sarva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub -}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guh\'e4-\'e7aya\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The objection }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub may}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub be raised that since Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared on the eighth day of the waning moon, there could be no rising of the full moon. In answer to this it may be sai
d that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in the dynasty which is in the hierarchy of the moon; therefore, although the moon was incomplete on that night, because of the Lord's appearance }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the dynasty wherein the moon is himself the original person, the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub moon }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub was in an overjoyous condition, so by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba he could appear just as a full moon. To welcome the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the waning moon became a full moo
n }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jubilation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Those who are not in full knowledge that the appearance and disappearance of the Lord are transcendental }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
me divyam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  4.9
]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are sometimes s
urprised that the Supreme Personality of Godhead can take birth like an ordinary child. Actually, however, the Lord's birth is never ordinary. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is already situated within the core of everyone's heart as }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub antary\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the Supersoul. Thus because He was present in full potency }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devak\'e9's heart, He was also }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub able }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to appear outside her body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.9.42), Bh\'e9\'f1ma, a great authority to be followed by devotee
s, says that the Supreme Personality of Godhead }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub situated in the core of everyone's heart, jus
t as the sun may be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub everyone's head. Yet although the sun may be on the heads of millions and
 millions of people, this does not mean that the sun is variously situated. Similarly, because the Supreme Personality of Godhead has inconceivable potencies, He can be within everyone's heart and yet not be variously situated. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ekatvam anupa\'e7yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c9\'e7opani
\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  7). The Lord is one, but He can appear in everyone's heart by His inconceivable potency. Thus although the Lord was within the heart of Devak\'e9, He appeared as her ch
ild. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'f1\'ebu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , therefore, the Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ap}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub peared like the sun (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub anugrahasya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). The }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Brahma-sa\'e0hit\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (5.35) confirms. that the Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub situated even within the atom (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a\'eb\'f2\'e4ntara-stha-param\'e4\'ebu
-cay\'e4ntara stham}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). He is situated in Mathur\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha; and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub core }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the heart. Therefore }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub one }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub should clearly understand that He did not }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub live }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like an ordinary child in the heart or the womb of Devak\'e9. Nor did He appear like an ordinary human child, although He seemed to do so in order to bewilder }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub asuras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (demons) like Ka\'e0sa. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub wrongly }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub think that K\'e5\'f1\'eba took birth like an or
dinary child and passed }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub away }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub from this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub world }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub like an ordinary man. Such asuric conceptions are rejected by persons }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ajo \'91pi sann avyay\'e4tm\'e4 b
h\'fct\'e4n\'e4m \'e9\'e7varo \'91}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pi san }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 4.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . As stated }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the Lord is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aja, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub unborn, and He }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the supreme controller of everything. Nonetheless, He appeared as the child of Devak\'e9. This verse describes the inconcei
vable potency of the Lord, who appeared like the full moon. Understanding the special significance of the appearance of the Supreme Godhead, one should never regard Him as having taken birth like an ordinary child.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva then saw the newborn child, who had very wonderful lotuslike eyes and who bore in His four hands the four weapons }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7a\'eckha, cakra, gad\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub padma}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [conchshell, disc, club, and lotus]. On His chest was the mark of \'c7r\'e9vatsa and on His neck the brilliant Kaustubha gem. Dressed in yellow, His body blackish like a dense cloud, His
 scattered hair fully grown, and His helmet and earrings sparkling uncommonly with the valuable gem Vaid\'fcrya, the child, decorated with a brilliant belt, armlets, bangles, and other ornaments, appeared very wonderful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Vasudeva saw his extraordinary son, his eyes were struck with wonder. In transcendental jubilation, he mentally collected ten thousand cows and distributed the
m among the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as a transcendental festival.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva could understand that this child was the Supreme Personality of Godhead, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba. Having concluded this without a doubt, he became fearless. Bowi
ng down with folded hands and concentrated attention, he began to offer prayers to the child, who was illuminating His birthplace by His natural influence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva prayed, "O my Lord, proprietor of all creation, You have now appeared in my house, desiring to give protection to this world. I am sure that }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub will kill all the armies that are moving all over the world under the leadership of politicians who are 
dressed as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  rulers but who are factually all demons. They must be killed by You for th
e protection of the innocent public."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [K\'e5\'f1\'eba appears in this world for two purposes, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub paritr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya s\'e4dh
\'fcn\'e4\'e0 vin\'e4\'e7\'e4ya ca du\'f1k\'e5t\'e4m:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to protect the innocent, religious devotees of the Lord and to annihilate all the uneducated, uncultured }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asuras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who unnecessarily bark like dogs and fight among themselves for political power. It is said, }{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kali-k\'e4le n\'e4ma-r\'fcpe k\'e5\'f1\'eba-avat\'e4ra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4di }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 17.22]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement
 is also an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the form of the holy name (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub n\'e4ma-r\'fcpe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). 
Every one of us who is actually afraid of the asuric rulers and politicians must welcome this incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, 
Hare Hare. Then we will surely be protected from the harassment of asuric rulers. At the present moment these rulers are so powerful that by hook or by crook they capture the highest posts in government and harass countless numbers of people on the plea 
of national security or some emergency. Then again, one }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asura }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub defeats another }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asura, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub but the public continues to suffer. Therefore the entire world is in a precarious condition, and the only hop
e is this Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva appeared when Prahl\'e4da was excessively harassed by his asuric father. Because of such asuric fathers\'97that is, the ruling politicians
\'97it is very difficult to press forward the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, but because K\'e5\'f1\'eba has now appeared in His holy name through this movement, we can hope that these asuric fathers will be annihilated and the kingdom of God will be estab
lished all over the world. The entire world is now full of many }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asuras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the guise of politician
s, gurus, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s\'e4dhus, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogis, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub and incarnations, who are misleading the general public away from K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, which can offer true benefit to human society.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vasudeva continued, "O my Lord, Lord of the demigods, after hearing the prophecy that You would take birth in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub our }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub home and kill him, this uncivilized Ka\'e0sa killed so many of Your elder brothers. As soon as he hears from his lieutenants that You have appeare
d, he will immediately come with weapons to kill You."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [Ka\'e0sa has here been described as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asabhya, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub meaning "uncivilized" or "most heinous," because he killed the many children of his sister. When he heard the prophecy that he would be killed by her eighth son, this uncivilized }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub man, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ka\'e0sa, was immediately ready to kill his innocent sister on the occasion of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub her }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub marriage. An uncivilized man can do anything for the satisfaction of his senses. He can kill children, he can kill cows, he can }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kill}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  br\'e4hma\'ebas, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub he can kill }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub old}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub men; he has no mercy for anyone. According to the Vedic civilization, cows, women, children, old men, a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nd}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  br\'e4hma\'ebas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub should be excused even if they are at fault But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asuras, }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uncivilized men, do not care about that. At the present moment, the killing of cows and the killing of children are going on unrestrictedly, and there}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fore }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this civilization is not at all human, and those who are conducting this condemned civilization are uncivilized }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asuras.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Such uncivilized men are not in favor of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. As public officers, they declare without hesitation that the chanting of the Har
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a nuisance, although the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.14] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub clearly says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub satata\'e0 k\'e9rtayanto m\'e4\'e0 yatanta\'e7 ca d\'e5\'f2ha-vrat\'e4\'f9}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub According to this verse, it is the duty of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
mah\'e4tm\'e4s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra and try to spread it all over the world to the best of their ability. Unfortunately, society is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub such }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub an }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub uncivilized }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub state }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that there are so-call
ed }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4s }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who are prepared to kill cows and children and stop the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mov
ement. Such uncivilized activities, like those of history, were actually demonstrated in connection with the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement's Bombay center, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Land. As Ka\'e0sa was not expected }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to kill }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the beautiful child of Devak\'e9 and Vasudeva, the uncivilized society, although unhappy about the advancement of the K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness movement, cannot be expected to stop it. Yet we must face many difficulties in many different ways. Although K\'e5\'f1\'eba cannot be killed, Vasudeva, as the father of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, was trembling because in affection he thought tha
t Ka\'e0sa would immediately come and kill his son. Similarly, although the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement and K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not different and no }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asuras }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can check it, we are afraid that at any moment the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub asuras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub can stop it in any part of the world.]
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thereafter, exactly when Vasudeva, being inspired by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was about to take the newborn child from the delivery room, Yogam\'e4y\'e4,
 the Lord's spiritual energy, took birth as the daughter of Ya\'e7od\'e4, the wife of Mah\'e4r\'e4ja Nanda.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By the influence of Yogam\'e4y\'e4, all the doorkeepers fell fast asleep, their senses unable to work, and the other inhabitants of the house also fell deeply aslee
p. When the sun rises, the darkness automatically disappears; similarly, when Vasudeva approached the closed doors, which were strongly pinned with iron and locked with iron chains, they opened automatically. Since the clouds in the sky were mildly thund
ering and showering, Ananta-n\'e4ga, an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, followed Vasudeva, beginning from the door, with hoods expanded to protect Vasudeva and the transcendental child.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Because of constant rain sent by the demigod Indra, the River Yamun\'e4 was filled with deep water, foaming about with fiercely whirling waves. But as the great Ind
ian Ocean had formerly given way to Lord R\'e4macandra by allowing Him to construct a bridge, so the River Yamun\'e4 gave way to Vasudeva and allowed him to cross.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When Vasudeva reached the house of Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, he saw that all the cowherd men were fast asleep. Thus he placed his son on Ya\'e7od\'e4's bed, picked up h
er daughter (an expansion of Yogam\'e4y\'e4) and then returned to the prisonhouse of Ka\'e0sa. Vasudeva then placed the female child on the bed of Devak\'e9, bound his legs with the iron shackles, and thus remained there as before. Exhausted by the labor
 of childbirth, Ya\'e7od\'e4 was overwhelmed with sleep and unable to understand what kind of child had been born.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Aggrieved by the world's demonic
 politicians, Lord Brahm\'e4 and the other demi-gods went to the planet Svetadvipa. There, at the shore of the milk ocean they prayed for Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu (K\'e5\'f1\'eba) to come to earth.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Drgh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On hearing that the eighth child 
of his sister Devak\'e9 would kill him, Ka\'e0sa was about to kill her. But Devak\'e9's husband Vasudeva pacified Ka\'e0sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ananta's hoods shielded Vasudeva 
and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and the River Yamun\'e4 allowed Vasudeva to cross.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: R\'e4mad
\'e4sa Abhir\'e4ma d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods offered songs and prayers for K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Devak\'e9's womb. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Sulak\'f1mana-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After learning that Vasudeva and 
Devak\'e9's eighth child would be the Supreme Lord (K\'e5\'f1\'eba), Ka\'e0sa arrested them. When Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba finally appeared within Ka\'e0sa's prisonhouse (right), He reassured His parents by showing them His four-armed form; then He appeared a
s an ordinary child. \line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birth, Ka\'e0sa tried ro kill K\'e5\'f1\'eba's younger sister Yogam\'e4y\'e4, but she rose to the sky in her eight-armed form.
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Dh\'e5ti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Long }{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 Arm }{\v\f0\fs20\cf8 of the Law Catches }{\v\expnd0\expndtw0\f0\fs20\cf8 Lord Caitanya's Mercy
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Long }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Arm }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub of the Law Catches }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya's Mercy
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs28\cf0 a true story from London\'97by S\'e4k\'f1\'e9 Gop\'e4la d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Come on!" the constable said. "You know as well as I do you're causing an obstruction. Down to the station; you're all
 under arrest!" "Obstruction?" we protested. "All around you there's drug addiction, prostitution, crime, and violence, and you can't find anything better to do than arrest us for chanting the names of God! What kind of policemen are you?}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Arrest
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It was the Thursday before Christmas, and London's Oxford Street (the longest shopping street in the world) was brimming over with Christmas shoppers. Twice already
 that week plainclothes police had arrested devotees chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba there, but today we were intending to avoid any trouble. The five of us took a new route, profusely distributing the holy name to everyone within earshot. As we made our wa
y through Piccadilly Circus (London's "Times Square") and then along crowded Regent Street, we brought smiles to many faces and raised eyebrows on many others. Finally we reached Oxford Circus, where we reluctantly stopped chanting and started back along
 Oxford Street toward the temple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But all the shops were staying open late, so the street was still filled with pedestrians, though traffic had died down. The rustle of hundreds of footsteps filled 
the air. With so many materially conditioned souls surrounding us, there we were, chanting quietly to ourselves on our beads, and just holding our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karat\'e4las }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (hand cymbals) and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub drums! It was hard to restrain ourselves from the loud glorification of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, it was impossible! Casting aside any thoughts of our inevitable arrest, we launched into the most ecstatic chant ever! The tall buildings echoed to the sounds of Lord Caitanya's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub party\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn Lord Caitanya (left, wearing yellow) is the incarnation of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appea
red in Bengal, India, to spread {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -the congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub * while dumbfounded shoppers stood open-mouthed and bus lines of bewildered souls turned their heads to see the source of the transcendental sound vibrations. Single file, we chanted and danced along the clear space at the edge of the pavemen
t, which widened as the crowds thinned out. Tottenham Court Road Tube Station, the end of the gauntlet, loomed up ahead. We were almost there, with no police trouble, when three highly suspicious figures suddenly appeared, blocking our path a few yards a
head.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All right, lads, yer nicked!" said the young "student," flashing his police I.D. card with immense relish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "What! How can you arrest us? We're not doing anything illegal."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His two hard-faced confederates, similarly disguised, moved in closer. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Come on! You know as well as I do you're causing an obstruction. Down to the station; you're all under arrest!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Obstruction? The pavement's fifteen feet wide, we're walking in the gutter, and there's hardly anybody to obstruct\'92!" we protested. "All around you there's drug
 addiction, prostitution, crime, and violence, and you can't find anything better to do than arrest us for chanting the names of God! What kind of policemen are you?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The retort seemed to catch him by surprise, but he quickly regained his composure and barked, "Look lad, you're under arrest. Anything you say may be used as eviden
ce. Now move!" Then, adding a liberal quantity of unsavory words (quite unbefitting a constable of Her Majesty's Police Force), he joined his two colleagues in forming a rear guard, and the three of them escorted us toward the police station.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We were thinking of how unfortunate they were. Not only were they obstructing Lord Caitanya's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub party and harassing devotees, but these were the same policemen who had arrested the chanting party twice earlier that week! What demons! For prot
ection we started chanting the glories of Lord N\'e5si\'e0ha-deva\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba's half-man-half-lion incarnation\'97very softly at first, and then a little louder. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m
\'e5da\'ecga }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub crept in, marking the rhythm, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub karat\'e4las }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub soon followed. With no complaints from our police escort as yet, we chanted louder and louder until the street once more resounded with the holy names. Amazed that they made no objection, we turned and saw
 that the three policemen were grinning from ear to ear! We were incredulous. Here was the mercy of Lord Caitanya! By repeatedly arresting the chanting party, these previously offensive policemen had become purified by associating with devotees, and now 
they were taking great pleasure in the chanting of the holy names!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Now stop or you'll cause an obstruction," directed our police guide as we approached a large bus line, which engulfed the pavement. We obediently stopped, consider
ing it our good fortune that we had been allowed to chant at all.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then something totally unexpected happened. After we had passed the bus line, our captor definitely proved himself to be no ordinary police constable when he ordere
d, "Okay, start chanting again."!!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So we did, all the way to the police station, accompanied by the three blissful police constables, who, grinning from ear to ear, made no objection as the ecstatic 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub party passed right into the police station, past the main doors, through the hal
lway, and into the charging room itself!!!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone was thunderstruck. Arrestors and arrested alike couldn't believe it. Shaven-headed Hare K\'e5\'f1\'ebas chanting their way into the cop shop. With drums an
d cymbals? It was unthinkable! The sergeant on duty turned a vivid scarlet and exploded in a fit of anger, threatening to "throw the book" at us and charge us with all manner of subversive criminal activities. We apologized profusely, pleading that we di
dn't quite realize where we were, and he became somewhat pacified. As we answered philosophical questions from some of the interested constables, the sergeant charged us with obstruction, one by one, and we had to wait as he filled in numerous forms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "All right, boys, tomorrow morning at ten o'clock you'll be appearing in the Magistrates Court," said the sergeant, now quite amiable. And with that he allowed us t
o go. Feeling very blissful at the way things had turned out, we filed into the hallway and prepared to return to the temple for the evening }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4rati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (temple worship) of Their Lordships \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-London\'e9\'e7vara. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub London\'e9\'e7vara}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Lo
rd of London.") On our way out of the station, we passed a high-ranking plainclothes detective-inspector. He paused and turned in our direction. Not knowing what to expect, we were surprised when he glanced over us in an almost fatherly way and said in a
 concerned voice, "Don't be discouraged, lads; keep up the good work!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Next morning in court we pleaded "not guilty" to the charges against us, and the judge deferred our case to February 2. At the time, we were unaware of the signific
ance of the appointed date. Our trial was to be on the appearance day of Lord Nity\'e4nanda\'97the incarnation of God who helped spread Lord Caitanya's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub movement, and who personifies His mercy.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Trial
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As is customary on such holy days, the five of us fasted through the morning of Lord Nity\'e4nanda's appearance day and chanted His glories. At noon we attended a b
lissful }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub arati }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and then broke our fast with a splendid feast. Afterward, we set off for Great Marl
borough Street Magistrates Court, confident that Lord Nity\'e4nanda would protect us. We were accompanied by a new and enthusiastic visitor to the temple, the Reverend Norman Morehouse (second only to the Bishop of Norwich), who came along to observe the
 court proceedings.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We arrived at the courthouse a few minutes before our appointed time of 2:00 P.M. and waited in the big hallway while the Reverend went through to the public galler
y. The plainclothesmen who arrested us soon turned up, now in uniform, and waited with us. (It took a little persuasion before they cautiously took some of the hazelnut cookies we had earlier offered to Lord Nity\'e4nanda.) At last we were beckoned into 
the courtroom itself and ushered into the dock. A stir went through the assembly. Shaven heads and saffron robes were the last things anyone expected to see in Magistrates Court on a Tuesday afternoon. The Magistrate (a balding, portly man in his late mi
ddle age, sporting a red rose in the lapel of his dark gray suit) surveyed us over the top of his gold-rimmed spectacles. After we reaffirmed our plea of "not guilty" to the court clerk, one of the constables, who had been sworn in at the witness box, pr
oceeded to report the alleged conditions of our arrest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the constable's version of the story, the chanting party miraculously grew from the original five members to seven\'97and later to eight when he described how th
ree devotees "ran off and escaped arrest." According to his description, it seemed that there were many more people on Oxford Street than we had been aware of. Indeed, we had supposedly forced unlimited numbers of pedestrians into the road and had expose
d them to the grave risk of being run over by the almost nonexistent traffic! The judge listened impartially and then, since we had no lawyer to speak on our behalf, he asked us if we would like to comment on the policeman's evidence. We humbly pointed o
ut that the constable, like everyone else, had imperfect senses, and that he had contradicted himself in assessing the number of devotees on the chanting party. The judge politely suggested the constable had made "a mathematical error." At this a titter 
of laughter rippled through the courtroom, while the constable shuffled his feet and looked embarrassed.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The magistrate then asked if we would like to speak in our own defense. Having been previously chosen as spokesman, I stepped forward to be sworn in at the witness 
box\'97and was taken aback when the usher asked me to hold a copy of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in m
y right hand. He handed me a card, and I read out the words: "I swear by almighty \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba that the evidence I give shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Heartened by smiles from the devotees in the dock, I began to describe the circumstances of our arrest\'97this time as they actually had happened. The magistrate li
stened as I went on to say, "We understand that the police have a duty to perform, sir; but we also have a duty. We have been instructed by our spiritual master\'97indeed, we are instructed by all the principle scriptures of the world\'97the Koran, the T
orah, the Bible, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we should glorify God by chanting His holy names. Whether you know the Lord by the name of Allah, Jehovah, R\'e4ma, Govinda, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba, God is one
."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Oh, quite so, quite so," affirmed the magistrate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Encouraged, I went on: "In the Vedic scriptures, in the }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya
 Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it is said, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub harer n\'e4ma harer n\'e4ma harer namaiva kevalam\'97"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In English\'97but what does it mean in English, please?" he interjected.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93\'97Kalau n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva n\'e4sty eva gatir anyath\'e4. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This was writte
n in the Sanskrit language five thousand years ago. It means, 'In this age of Kali [the present age of materialism and quarrel] there is no alternative, there is no alternative, there is no alternative for making positive spiritual advancement but the ch
anting of the holy name, the holy name, the holy name of the Lord.' " 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The judge\'97in fact the whole courtroom\'97sat there fascinated. I remembered \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's introduction to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and began to speak further.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Although mankind has made great material advancement in so many spheres, we can see that factually there is a fault in the social body at large. People are not hap
py with their day-to-day activities, and there is an increasing disturbance of drug addiction, prostitution, violence, and crime. The root of the problem is lack of God consciousness. People are unaware of the actual purpose of life."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Intrigued by this sound philosophy coming from the witness box, the judge relaxed his judicial appearance, sat back, and took a sip of water from his glass.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even more encouraged, I asked, "Sir, with your permission, I would like to read a short passage that appeared in the London }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Observer }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in October 1972. It is an excerpt from an article written by that eminent English historian, Arnold Toynbee."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon hearing the name of such a distinguished personality, the judge smiled slightly, and nodding his head in approval, he asked that I continue.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub " 'The cause of it [the world's malady] is spiritual. We are suffering from having sold our souls to the pursuit of an objective which is both spiritually wrong and
 practically unobtainable. We have to reconsider our objective and change it. And }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub until }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub we do thi
s, we shall not have peace, either amongst ourselves or within each of us.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I continued, "As devotees of the Lord we strictly follow four principles: mercifulness, truthfulness, cleanliness, and austerity. These are the higher qualities of 
human life, and the absence of these qualities means the degradation of society. So the spreading of spiritual understanding among humanity at large is the highest welfare work. And an essential part of this program is the distribution of literature, and
 the congregational chanting\'97in the street\'97of the holy names of God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Is that all?" inquired the judge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Yes, sir," I replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Then you may step down." Adjusting his spectacles and regarding the devotees, who were once more assembled in the dock, the judge then said in a very firm yet amic
able manner, "In legal terms you are guilty of obstruction, although it is of a very minor degree. Taking this into consideration, and seeing your obvious sincerity, I have decided to dismiss the case."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We smiled jubilantly, thanked the magistrate, and were about to step down, when K\'e5\'f1\'eba prompted me to add, "Sir, we were wondering if you had a court librar
y here, in which case we would like to present a book for addition to the collection."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Thank you," he replied. "I am quite sure we can accommodate it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub I gave a copy of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub to one of the clerks, who promised to pass it on to the judge. Then we left the courtroom, thanking Lord Nity\'e4nanda for His mercy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Outside, our friend Reverend Morehouse greeted us with an ecstatic "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba!" Beaming from ear to ear, he shook each of us warmly by the hand. "Congratu
lations!" he exclaimed. "It was wonderful! I am so proud of you all. I must say, though, I was somewhat surprised at the decision of the judge. In the cases before yours he had been quite severe. I'm sure that the Lord must have had a hand in the matter.
"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And so were we. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub always successful, but it is especially so on Lord Nity\'e4nanda's
 appearance day: even a judge will take a book!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the way back to the temple, I read one verse in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Caitany
a-carit\'e4m\'e5ta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that summed up our whole wonderful experience:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub apar\'e4dha k\'f1am\'e4ila, \'f2ubila prema-jale\line keb\'e4 e\'f2\'e4ibe prabhura prema-mah\'e4j\'e4le
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Lord Caitanya excused all the offenders, and they merged into the ocean of love of God, for no one can escape the unique loving network 
of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu" (Cc. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.37).
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb269\sa89\li1440\ri1440 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p25: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
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 they merged into the ocean of love of God . ... " }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975 Tavewa Ava./ 61-633 ext 48 (mail: c/o P.O. Box 125); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melbourne, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Middle Park, Melbourne, Victoria 3206/ 329-9844; (Mail: c/o P.O. Box 125).
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE UNITED STATES and CANADA:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ann Arbor, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97718 W. Madison St. 48103/ (313) 665-6304; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atlanta, Geo
rgia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971287 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE 30306/ (404) 378-9182; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Baltimore, Maryland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97200 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville 21228/ (301) 747\'b79815; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Berkeley, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\cb1\nosupersub \'97214 No. Dunn St. 47401/ (812)336-4666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonweal
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\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Charlotte, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971824 E. 7th St., 28204 / (704)334-9952; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave., E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
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\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Leno
x Ave. 48215/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Durham, North Carolina}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973109 Chapel Hill Rd. 27707 / (919)489-405
7; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesville, Florida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 S.W. Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
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\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 528-9004; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indianapolis, Indiana}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97415 S. St. Paul St. 46201/ (317)639-1633; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kansas City, Kansas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973232 Sewell Ave. 66104/ (913)621-1993; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy, 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972600 Demetr
ius, 89101/ (702)642-3884; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Milwaukee, Wisconsin
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971219 W. Cherry St. 35205 / (414)344-3801; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Minneapolis, Minnesota}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97216 Ridgewood Ave. 55403/ (612)874-8780; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Quebec, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Boulevard  H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'972936 Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 
10019/ (212) 765-8610; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Ontario, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971429 Cyriville Rd. K1B 3L7/ (613)741-8518; }{\b
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\nosupersub alt Lake City, Utah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97859 Park St. 84102/ (801)521-3445; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971030 Grant Ave. Pacific Beach 92109/ (714)483-2500; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 322-3636; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto, Ontario, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243
 Avenue  Rd., M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971774 East 16th Ave.
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 299-2100.
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\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 17082/ (717) 527-2493.
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nd devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water, I will accept it\'94 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [9.26]
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#7
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
12 No. 9, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in St. Louis, Missouri.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma\line Hare R\'e4ma\line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma\line Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chant and be happy...
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be happy...
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In Gainesville (home of the University of Florida) there's one fraternity that's quite different from the others. At 
the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple (pictured left) everyone chants the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . So they naturally relate to one another (and to everyone else) as kindred souls-fully happy and satisfied in their relationship with the Supreme Friend, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub issue }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub magazine.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 (right): }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "
When I first met the devotees, I had no interest in spiritual life. But my work as a writer forced me to talk and argue with them. Eventually I met \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the spiritual master of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, and read his books. M
y faith and understanding slowly grew, despite myself. The scriptures and the saints and spiritual masters through the ages all say that chanting the Lord's holy names is the bestway to make spiritual advancement in this difficult time. Besides, it's pra
ctical; it works. Materially and spiritually, my life has changed for the better since I've been chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Satyasena d\'e4sa, book distributor (above):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "
Each day when I go out to distribute my spiritual master's books, I see that everyone is looking for happiness from sensual satisfaction. My job is to let them know they can get a higher pleasure from chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Since God is absolute, He is personally present in His name\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which means 'the all-
attractive.' So chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the most satisfying, beautiful experience, because it puts you directly in touch with the most satisfying, beautiful person." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tur\'e9yasa\'ebg\'e9t\'e4nanda (Alice Coltrane), musician (left):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "When you're chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , your soul responds, because the so
ul knows these names. The soul relates to them, the soul is enlivened,the soul is lifted up upon hearing the names of the Lord. It's something people should open their hearts to and experience. They don't have to be musicians. They don't have to be any c
ertain age\'97they can even be children. And they don't even have to understand the meaning of the words. Whether they understand or not, the hearing of that chanting is going to produce their spiritual good." 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
\par }\pard \qr\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: (Los Angeles) Bal\'e9 Mardan d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara d\'e4sa
 Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING ED ITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Drutakarma d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa, Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub DESIGNERS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadv\'e9pa d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vic\'e4ru d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTIST}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, R\'e4ma d\'e4sa Abhir
\'e4ma d\'e4sa, R\'e4man\'e4tha d\'e4sa, Drgh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHY }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Hasti Gop\'e4la d\'e4sa, 
Mohana d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhanaguru}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4\'e7raya d\'e4sa, Rak\'f1ovanda d\'e4sa
, Satyar\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Venudhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover         v12#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This scene takes place five thousand years ago, in India's V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the land of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "As K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 leaves the village," says artist Drgh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [cowherd girls] are 
concerned that He might hurt His lotus feet on the forest trail, and they're feeling such intense separation from Him that they're almost fainting .... Today, if people have any notion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they think He should serve }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub them}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub God is }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub their}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  servant. So naturally everything (like the weather) is topsy-turvy. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and all the other people in V\'e5nd\'e4vana think they should serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they're }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub His}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  servants. So V\'e5nd\'e4vana gets rain at night and sun all day}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub everything is nice. If you pay attention to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you don't have any worries. He pays attention to you, too."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Nirvana - Annihilation or Devotion?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Nirvana - Annihilation or Devoti
on?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub German pessimist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) thought that nirv\'e4\'eba, (freedom from suffering) means becom
ing desireless\'97putting an end to our will. But His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da disagrees....
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Arthur Schopenhauer was a nineteenth-c
entury German philosopher who took some of his ideas from the Indian Vedic literature. For Schopenhauer, happiness meant inactive satisfaction\'97nirv\'e4\'eba. Since he thought that the will to enjoy the material world is the irrational urge that brings
 about all suffering, he advocated the extinction of the will. In his main book, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The World as Will and Idea}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , he wrote, "The Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Pur\'e4\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have no better simile than a dream for the actual [material] world, which they call 'the web of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,' and they use none more frequently." From this Schopenhauer concluded, "Life is a long dream... What is this world of perception but my idea?" He 
goes on to conclude that life is a projection of the will.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, material life is a projectio
n of the material will, or material desire. And nirv\'e4\'eba means that material desires are finished. But the living entity cannot be desireless, because he is an eternal spiritual being. Thus, even when he finishes his material desires, he still has s
piritual desires. In the materially conditioned state, these spiritual desires are covered by material desires, but in any case desire is the constant companion of the soul, or living entity.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The soul transmigrates in this material world from one body to another, and he creates desires according to the type of body he gets. G
od's supreme will affords the living entity various bodies so that he can fulfill his minute will, which is made up of material desires. In other words, the living entity wills something, and the supreme will (God, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba), understanding the f
inite will of the living entity, gives him facilities to fulfill his particular desire. In this way, the will of the living entities is the cause of this material existence.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, Schopenhauer was wrong in thinking that you can become happy by extinguishing your will. Since you are a living being, you mus
t always have desires. If your desires are stopped, you become like a stone. So instead of trying to put an end to all desire, you should try to cleanse the diseased form of desire (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). That cleansing process is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Presently our desires are desires of the body. When the living entity acquires the body of an American, a European, a Chinaman, or whatever, he desires like a human being. When
 he changes his body to that of a dog, he spends his time barking. According to his desires he has received a particular type of body. But these desires are temporary, and thus the living entity moves from one body to another. Because he is materially co
vered, he considers the temporary world to be reality; but because it is constantly changing, it is not. Therefore, in one sense, this material world is all a dream.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And trying to enjoy this dream is the 
source of frustration?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, because it is a fact that we
 cannot fulfill our material desires, which come and go like dreams. All material activities, subtle or gross, are manifestations of various dreamlike desires. Therefore the impersonalist M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9 philosophers say }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma satyam, jagan }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mithy\'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The dreamer is a fact, but the dream is false." Our Vai\'f1\'ebava philosophy agrees that the dreamer is the factual living entity; b
ut we say that the dream of this material world is not false\'97but temporary. Therefore the dreamer has to come to the real, eternal spiritual platform so that his flickering material dreams can be extinguished. As explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub N\'e4rada Pa\'efcar\'e4tra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarvop\'e4dhi-vinirmukta\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tat-paratvena nirmal
am\line h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'eba h\'e5\'f1\'e9ke\'e7a-\line sevana\'e0 bhaktir ucyate
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or devotional service, means engaging all our senses in the service of the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all the senses. When the spirit soul renders service unto the Supreme, there are two side effects
: he becomes free from all false material designations, and his senses become purified." When one abandons the dream and awakens to reality, that is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then will, or desire, can never be ann
ihilated?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, not even for a second. It is 
stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.5}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  that
 we cannot live for a second without desires. Because we are living, we must will and desire. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What about the Buddhists? They advocat
e a state of desirelessness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub They believe that if you dismantl
e this material body, there will no longer be will, desire, or suffering. But this is not a fact. The fact is that you are an eternal spirit soul; you do not die after the destruction of the body. Consequently, thinking, feeling, and willing are actually
 carried from this body to another body in the process of transmigration. When the body dies, the living entity's will carries him away, and according to the quality of his will, he receives another body. That body may be the body of a demigod, a dog, a 
human, or whatever. In any case, will or desire is the carrier. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer was greatly influenced by
 some of the Vedic writings. He wrote, "Every keen pleasure is an error and an illusion, for no attained wish can give lasting satisfaction.... All pain rests on the absence or passing away of such illusory pleasure. Thus both pain and pleasure arise fro
m defective knowledge. The wise man, therefore, holds himself equally aloof from joy and sorrow, and no event disturbs his composure."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In this material world people say
, "This is good, and that is bad." But actually there is no question of good and bad, because everything material is on the temporary platform. Also, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  states that the pains and pleasures experienced in the material world do not touch the spirit soul. When a spirit soul is under the illusion that he is his material body, he becomes c
oncerned with the body's pains and pleasures\'97because he thinks that those pains and pleasures are his. But this is not a fact. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4tr\'e4-spar\'e7\'e4s tu kaunteya\line \'e7\'e9to\'f1\'eba-sukha-du\'f9kha-d\'e4\'f9\line \'e4gam\'e4p\'e4yino \'92nity\'e4s
\line t\'e4\'e0s titik\'f1asva bh\'e4rata
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appeara
nce and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O descendant of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 2.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Since pleasures and pains come and go in due course, they are not the reality. So why bother about them? If I feel pain, let
 me tolerate it and go about my business of serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer saw happiness in the worl
d as at best a negative state\'97simply a momentary suspension of suffering.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is explained by Caitany
a Mah\'e4prabhu. Sometimes when a man is to be punished, he is held under water to the point of suffocation. Then he is let up, and when he can finally breathe, he thinks, "Ah! Happiness at last!" But he is then immersed in the water for another period o
f suffering. So the point is that real happiness means to be relieved of suffering permanently, not for just a few moments.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer felt that the greatest cr
ime of man was that he was ever born.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That's all right, but when you un
derstand that there is a crime, you must understand that there is someone to punish you for that crime. If you suffer because of that crime, you must understand that there is someone who has judged you to be a criminal.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer would disagree. He wrote,
 "Human life must be some kind of mistake." And because he thought the world mad or irrational, he concluded that it could not possibly have an author. He believed that if there were a God, He would have set the world in order.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have certainly experienced tha
t there are madmen in the world, but there are also hospitals where such men can be treated. The world may be mad, but God is providing hospitalization and treatment\'97the process of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Unfortunately, Schopenhauer had no knowl
edge of the hospital or the treatment. He speaks of sinful life, but he does not accept the judge who gives the punishment for sinful life. He sees that the world is mad, but he does not know the treatment for madmen.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The World as Will and Idea}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Schopenhauer wrote, "If we narrowly analyze the reality of our body and its actions... we find nothing in 
it except the will; with this the body's reality is exhausted." He goes on to state that "the genitals are the focus of the will."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I said before, one wills in ac
cordance with his body. We should understand that we have nothing to do with this material world, which is the production of the material will. We are spiritual, and when we will spiritually, we are K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious. When we will materially, we g
et different types of material bodies. It is true that the basis of material life is sex. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yan maithun\'e4di-g\'e5hamedhi-sukha\'e0 hi tuccham: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The basic principle of those who are addicted to the material world is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub maithuna}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , sexual intercourse." This strong desire for sex will continue as long as we are in material existence, because sex is the center of all material pleasure. However, when we get a taste of spiritual pleasure\'97pleasure in K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness\'97we can give up sex. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 nivartate: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by experiencing a super
ior pleasure, we can give up an inferior one.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer considered sex to be self
ishness, whereas real love means sympathy. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sex is animalistic. It is not lov
e but lust. Sex simply means the mutual satisfaction of the material senses, and that is lust. All this lust is taking place under the name of love, and out of illusion people mistake this lust for love. One who has real love\'97love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba a
nd for all living entities\'97thinks, "People are suffering from a lack of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Let me do something for them so that they can understand the value of life."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer considered that immoral a
cts result from a sense of egoism.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is so. To be immoral me
ans to avoid surrendering to the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Immoral people think, "Why should I surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba? K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a person, and I also am a person." Such thinking is demonic. Rascals cannot understand that by surrendering unto t
he supreme will and satisfying the supreme will, they can attain salvation. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer felt that it is possible 
to crush egoism and desire by love.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes\'97but we must direct that lo
ve toward K\'e5\'f1\'eba. If I do not love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I cannot surrender to Him, and if I do not surrender to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, my false egoism will continue. So the more you love K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more your surrender is perfect. But when there is a
 lack of love, the mentality by which you can surrender will not develop. For instance, if you have some love for me, you will carry out my orders. There is no question of forcing you to surrender. Or take the example of a child: a small child naturally 
surrenders to his parents because there is love for the parents. In the same way, the living entity is free to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba or to reject Him. Without freedom, there cannot be love. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness means learning to love K
\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer looked on love as compass
ionate sympathy for one who is suffering. Through this compassionate love we can lose our selfish desire. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why should we love those who are 
suffering but not those who are enjoying? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer saw everyone as suffering
. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, we agree to this. Everyone w
ithin material nature is suffering. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends and speaks the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
to deliver all fallen souls. Similarly, a Vai\'f1\'ebava [a devotee of Vi\'f1\'ebu (K\'e5\'f1\'eba)] takes }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub , the renounced order, out of compassion for others\'97because a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9\'92s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  only
 duty is to preach the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. People in this world are suffering because of ignorance. They think, "Oh, now I have a nice car, an apartment, and a girl friend; therefore I am happy." Actually, this is not happiness but s
uffering. Because the Vai\'f1\'ebava loves K\'e5\'f1\'eba and understands that he is part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he realizes that the conditioned living entities are suffering for want of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Therefore, out of compassion 
the Vai\'f1\'ebava takes sanny\'e4sa and goes forth to preach. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer saw the pleasures of this
 world as ultimately frustrating.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If he had taken his frustration s
eriously, it might have made him successful. I receive many letters from frustrated students who understand that frustration is hell. Eventually they come to understand that they should seek the real shelter\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So frustratio
n is really not so bad. If you are put into a dangerous position and you know how to save yourself from it, that very danger can become a source of pleasure for you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The World as Will and Idea}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Schopenhauer wrote, "Eternal becoming, endless flux, characterizes the inner nature of will. Finally, the 
same thing shows itself in human endeavors and desires, which always delude us by presenting their satisfaction as the final end of will. As soon as we attain our desired objects, they no longer appear the same; therefore, they soon grow stale or forgott
en, and we throw them aside as vanished illusions."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, all this is going on, and th
erefore the living entity acquires one body after another.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer saw everyone going throug
h a constant transition from desire to satisfaction, and from satisfaction to a new desire. For Schopenhauer, it is this flux from desire to satisfaction that characterizes the will's activities in the phenomenal world. Outside this flux, he thought, the
re is only nirv\'e4\'eba, extinction of the will.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is not a fact. One has to un
derstand that behind the will and its satisfaction is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub person who is willing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Schopenhauer did not take 
that person into consideration; he considered only the will and its satisfaction. It is the individual soul who is willing. If the soul succeeds in stopping this flickering willing, what next? Even the stopping of the will is temporary. You may stop one 
kind of willing, but you will adopt another kind of willing and another kind of satisfaction. We must understand that behind the whimsical will is the spirit soul. When that spirit soul understands his real identification as the eternal servant of K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, his will is purified. One should not be satisfied by simply annihilating the whimsical will. One should understand the real will of the real person. That is the beginning of spiritual life.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It will not help simply to negate the temporary material will. One has to will in reality, and that is his eternal willing\'97that is K
\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In the material world, the living entity directs his will toward sense satisfaction, because he has forgotten the spiritual field of willing. When the same will is directed towards satisfying the senses of the Supreme\'97K
\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97that is the eternal willing of the living entity. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub J\'e9vera 'svar\'fcpa' haya k\'e5\'f1\'ebera 'nitya d\'e4sa':}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "When one comes to the platform of real knowledge, he understands that he is the eternal servant of God." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 20.108}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When we concentrate our will on how to serve God, we attain our real position of eternality, bliss, and knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer apparently believed in li
fe after death. He wrote, "If a man fears death as his annihilation, it is just as if he were to think that the sun cries out at evening, 'Woe is me! For I go down to eternal night....'" 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, because the will is eternal,
 death is not the stoppage of life. One simply gets another body. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tath\'e4 deh\'e4ntara-pr\'e4pti\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "When the body dies, the soul transmigrates to another b
ody." This is proof that the life of the person is eternal. And because the person is eternal, his desire and will are also eternal. But Schopenhauer did not know what that eternal willing is. The eternal will of every living entity is to serve K\'e5\'f1
\'eba always.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Schopenhauer looked on Indian philosop
hy as a philosophy of the denial of the will...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But he did not study Vedic philos
ophy and religion perfectly. He simply had some idea of some portions of the impersonalist and Buddhistic philosophies. Evidently he did not know about Vai\'f1\'ebavism. Although he touched the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he did not study it thoroughly. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that if he simply tries to attain knowledge of God\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97his will and his life will be purified, and he will return back to Godhead upon givin
g up his body. In the fourth chapter K\'e5\'f1\'eba says,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam\line eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9\line tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma\line naiti m\'e4m eti so \'92rj
una
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this
 material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg. 4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Either Schopenhauer did not study the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  very thoroughly, or he could not understand it for want of a real spiritual master. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9
t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  itself, one should go to a bona fide guru who has actually seen the truth. Schopenhauer simply speculated on the basis of his own experience, and consequently, although ever
ything is there in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , he could not see it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Schopenhauer, the man of 
knowledge is imperturbable in any condition. He wrote, "Such a man would regard death as a false illusion, an impudent specter which frightens the weak but has no power over him who knows that he is himself the will of which the whole world is the object
ification or copy, and that therefore he is always certain of life...."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is contradictory. On the one
 side Schopenhauer has a desire for the certainty of life, and on the other he says that nirv\'e4\'eba, annihilation, is the only answer. Which does he want? He simply tried to adjust things to fit his theory. But he couldn't understand the philosophy be
hind purification of the will.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Apparently he had no other solution th
an the suppression of the will.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But that is not possible. In orde
r to be happy, you must change the quality of your willing through purification. The purification process is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub chanting and hearing the pastimes of the Lord (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ). That purifies the will. Schopenhauer missed the point. Although he accepted the fact that life is eternal, he thought that its purpose is nirv\'e4\'eba, putting an end to the will. Unfortunately, he did not know what nirv\'e4\'eba is. Nirv
ana means putting an end to the whimsical will and coming to the platform of willing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Schopenhauer, there were three mea
ns of salvation\'97aesthetic, ethical, and religious. Through aesthetic salvation\'97contemplation of the Platonic ideals\'97we rise above passion through poetry, music, and art. Through the contemplation of these higher ideals, we reach a plane of desir
elessness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is not a new idea; it is men
tioned in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [2.59]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub para\'e0 d\'e5\'f1\'f6v\'e4 nivartate}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The students of this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mo
vement have abandoned their abominable living habits because they have received a better life\'97with superior thoughts, philosophy, food, song, poetry, and art. When the mind is filled with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there is no chance of its engagin
g in the contemplation of nonsense. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Schopenhauer, aesthetic salvation 
is a temporary experience. For instance, when one looks at a beautiful painting, he transcends the lower levels of consciousness and for a few moments becomes "will-less," or desireless.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, we admit that this may be th
e case, but we wish to remain in that higher consciousness continuously\'97not momentarily. This is possible if we practice. By practice a child learns to read and write, and thus he becomes educated. It is not a momentary thing. If we practice K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness daily, lower consciousness will automatically vanish. For instance, we worship the Deities in the temple-thai is actual aesthetic salvation. But unless you apply the aesthetic sense with reverence and respect, you cannot derive benefi
t from worshiping the Deities.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Schopenhauer, you achieve
 ethical salvation by attempting to satisfy your will. When you satisfy your will, no new desires can arise, and you experience happiness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Apart from the individual will, t
here is the supreme will. If we satisfy the supreme will, we are happy. But we cannot know the supreme will directly, and therefore we must approach a spiritual master. Our philosophy is that by satisfying the spiritual master, the representative of God,
 we satisfy the supreme will (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasya pras\'e4d\'e4d bhagavat-pras\'e4da\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Schopenhauer, the third and most e
ffective type of salvation is religious salvation. He felt that by denying the will through asceticism, you can attain the state of nirv\'e4\'eba, nothingness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But Schopenhauer did not know tha
t since the soul is eternal, willing is also eternal\'97although the will may be suppressed for some time. For instance, after death, when a living entity enters a mother's womb, he spends nine months developing his next body, and there is a temporary su
spension of the will. But when he emerges from his mother's womb, he resumes the willing process. Death simply means a suspension of the will for a few months\'97that's all. If you fail to train your willing process properly you have to suffer, life afte
r life, but if you train your will properly\'97to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme will\'97you can go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme planet immediately after death.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Desirelessness" in action\'97devotee
s serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba: "Even when the living entity finishes his material desires. he still has spiritual desires."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub consciousness: "a better life\'97with superior thoughts, philosophy, food, song, poetry, and art. For instance, we worship the 
Deities [Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His eternal consort R}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dh}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , above] in the temple\'97that is actual 'aesthetic salvation.' " }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo
:}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Hasti Gop\'e4la d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Death simply means a suspension of the
 will for a few months\'97that's all. If you fail to train your willing process properly you have to suffer, life after life, but if you train your will properly\'97to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme will\'97you can go to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's supreme planet i
mmediately after death." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Compassion Means Spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Compassion Means Spreading K\'e5
\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub India's greatest gift to civilization is her highly advanced spiritual culture, based on the eternal truths of the Vedic literatures. Sometimes, however, we hear the st
range idea that this culture is not meant to be shared with others. I have heard more than one Western professor of Indian religion say, "The idea of preaching about God in a missionary spirit is not part of India's religion. That's something the Christi
ans introduced into India a few hundred years ago." And self-styled yogis sometimes say to me, "People should be left alone to realize God in their own way, in their own time. You can't go out and preach about inner life." I have also heard seemingly dev
out Hindus say, "Why are you teaching of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in America? To follow the Vedas you have to be born in India." Is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's message, then, just for a few?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. Both the Vedic literatures themselves and the living examples of India's greatest saints disprove that idea. Moreover, such disdain for preaching Vedic truths revea
ls a sad lack of compassion for fallen humanity.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In fact, the Vedic literatures (the world's most time-honored scriptures) fully support the idea of preaching the gospel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In the five-th
ousand-year-old }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the self-realized sages who compiled the Vedas at the beginni
ng of creation offer their prayers to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Personality of Godhead: "All glories unto You! O Lord, You can deliver all suffering conditioned souls from the clutches of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [illusion]. O Lord, we fervently pray that You do so. As the personifications of Vedic knowledge, we always try to help the conditioned souls understand You
" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 10.87.14}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unless devotees of God broadcast His message, the ignorant living entities can never know that the ultimate purpose of life is liberation from material bondage. Thus, i
n mad pursuit of sense gratification, they will commit sinful acts and have to suffer the painful reactions, according to the law of karma. They will have to transmigrate from one body to another, repeatedly suffering the miseries of birth, old age, dise
ase, and death. Since surrender to the will of the Lord is the only way to nullify karma and stop the process of transmigration, the merciful devotees of the Lord always preach His glories widely. And the Supreme Lord Himself regularly visits the earth t
o reclaim the fallen souls. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "In order to deliver the pious and
 annihilate the miscreants, as well as to establish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium." And in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we find that the sage Vy\'e4sadeva, who compiled the Sanskrit Vedic scriptures, also felt the same compassion for the suffering souls: "The material miseries of the living entity, which are 
superfluous to him, can be directly mitigated by the linking process of devotional service, but the mass of people do not know this. And therefore the learned Vy\'e4sadeva compiled this Vedic literature, which is in relation to the Supreme Truth" }{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.7
.6}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Thus, thousands of years before Christianity appeared in the world, the Vedic literature
 stated emphatically that souls suffering in darkness should be helped by the torchlight of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. From the historical perspective, then, the Christians could not have introduced the preaching spirit to India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another misconception is that one should cultivate spiritual knowledge only by private meditation and should not "bother" those who are spiritually ignorant. But the gr
eat devotee Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja rejects this view in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.9.44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : "My dear Lord, I see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own deliverance. Not caring for the big cities and towns, they go to the Himalayas or the fore
st to meditate with vows of silence. They are not interested in delivering others. As for me, however, I do not wish to be liberated alone, leaving aside all these poor fools and rascals. I know that without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, without taking s
helter of Your lotus feet, one cannot be happy. Therefore, I wish to bring them back to the shelter of Your lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus, while there undoubtedly is a kind of yogi who neglects others' welfare, he is hardly of the highest standard. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the highest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yogi}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is His devotee\'97and that His dearmost devotee is he who takes all risks to approach others and give them the same liberation and bliss he has found in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, we must also take issue with the sectarian notion that Vedic knowledge is meant only for people born in India. This idea finds support neither in any scriptura
l statement nor in the heart of any intelligent and compassionate person. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  states, "If someone is ignorant and addicted to the path of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [birth and death],
 how can one who is actually learned, merciful, and spiritually advanced engage him in material activity, and thus further entangle him in material existence? If a blind man is walking down the wrong path, how can a gentleman allow him to continue on his
 way to danger? No wise man can allow this."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The greatest of India's saints\'97R\'e4m\'e4nuja, Madhva, Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta\'97toured as widely as possible to broadcast K\'e5\'f1\'eba's message. (Outside India, spir
itual teachers like Jesus Christ and Hajrat Muhammad displayed the same preaching spirit). And the most enthusiastic preacher of all was Lord Caitanya, the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared in India five hundred yeras ago to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a consciousness in the form of the chanting of God's holy names: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Lord Caitanya taught that chanting the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba mantra is the best form of God consciousness for the present fallen age, and He predicted, "The names of God shall be chanted in every town and village in the world." Thus, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the science of God, is universal; it is m
eant not just for Indians but for every living soul in creation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, came to America in 1965, impelled by the very same desire that moved Vy\'e4sadeva, Prahl\'e4da, Madhva, Lord Caitanya, and other great saints of
 the past. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wanted to rescue the unfortunate souls who are blindly trying to enjoy material pleasure in this life, oblivious of the suffering they will inevitably experience in their next life. Despite great personal inconvenienc
e, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came here at the advanced age of seventy to fulfill the order of his spiritual master. He introduced the same message that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba taught in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and that Lord Caitanya practically demonstrated through His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rt
ana\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the congregational chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub * movement.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has taught is the sum and substance of India's spiritual message\'97to glorify the name, fame, and pastimes of the Supreme Lord, K\'e5
\'f1\'eba\'97and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has delivered this message without adulteration. Thousands of young Westerners who had never heard of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and who certainly had no plans to give up sinful life, have taken up devotional service to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba and are now becoming purified.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we can see that an essential part of the Vedic teachings is that one should first perfect his own life, and then try to teach others how to perfect their lives. In t
hat way one most quickly attains K\'e5\'f1\'eba's recognition, and he performs the greatest welfare work for humanity. Teaching people to become devotees of God is far more beneficial than any mundane altruism in the form of food, Shelter, hospital care,
 or materialistic education. Why? Because if a person overcomes the disease of his soul, he attains the Supreme Lord's eternal abode and never has to come back again to this miserable material world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p10: "In this age of Kali, the holy name of the Lord, the Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -mantra, is the incarnation of Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Simply by chanting the 
holy name, one associates with the Lord directly. Anyone who does this is certainly delivered" ({\*\bkmkstart Sri Caitanya-caritamrta}{\*\bkmkend Sri Caitanya-caritamrta}\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta, {\*\bkmkstart Adi-lila}{\*\bkmkend Adi-lila}
\'c4di-l\'e9l\'e4 17.22). 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub      "In the age of Kali (Quarrel and Hypocrisy) the chanting of the holy name is the best means of God-realization.
 There is no other alternative, no other alternative, no other alternative" (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e5han-n\'e4rad\'e9ya Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo top & lower: (London, England) Mohan d\'e4sa; Photo low-right: (Los Angeles) Nitya-t\'e5pt\'e4\'b7dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Mantra for Everyone
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Mantra for Everyone
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In India saints and ordinary people alike have long known about these holy names of God\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or great chanting for deliverance. In 1965 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, a pure devotee of the Lord, brought the chanting to the West.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is an address to God's energy, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "God, the all-attractive," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is another of God's names, meaning "the highest pleasure." Chanting these names frees the mind from anxiety and illusion and revives our eternal loving relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Five hundred years ago Lord Caitanya (the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the mood of a devotee) began spreading the chanting of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . He stressed its benefits for the people of this materialistic age and predicted that out of compassion, devotees would
 take the chanting to every town and village in the world. And now \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples\'97the members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness\'97are fulfilling that prediction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p11: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Glory to the chanting of the Hare K
\'e5\'f1\'eba mah\'e4-mantra, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and death.... It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste t
he nectar for which we are always anxious" (\'c7r\'e9-\'c7r\'e9-\'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1taka }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1]}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo top: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (New York) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa; Photo lower: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
(Hyderabad, India) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa; Photo lower right: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Puerto Rico) }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa;
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 After Thirteen Years With a "Yoga Cheater", How I Found A Real Yoga Teacher
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub After Thirteen Years With a "Yog
a Cheater"\line How I Found A Real Yoga Teacher
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Amala-bhakta d\'e4sa (as told to Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The path from the ha\'f6ha-yoga ashram to the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple is a well-worn one. Many people who are now ISKC
ON devotees had in the past performed various stretchings, contortions, breathing exercises, headstands, and silent meditations\'97before they learned of the higher yoga of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. But Amala-bhakta's case is extraordinary: not only 
was he an expert ha\'f6ha-yog\'e9 when he came to the Los Angeles temple in February of 1976, but he was also in the most respected order of spiritual life }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa)}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and he had been running a major yoga center in New York for almost thirteen years. Here is his account of why he took up ha\'f6ha-yoga\'97and then left it and his teacher for K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1957 my life was pretty much up in the air. I had dropped out of New York University at twenty-five and had gone to Los Angeles to "find myself." I was working at od
d jobs and reading a lot of philosophy when, in July of that year, I began to read a book on yoga. This book set off a volcanic eruption in my life. I suddenly realized\'97very starkly, very pointedly\'97that all of us fear death. We may not know we fear
 death, but our every step, our every glance, our every gesture, our every word betrays this fear. And I realized that I certainly feared death. I also saw that no one, myself included, was really happy, and that I could achieve happiness only by giving 
myself to God and His work\'97in other words, by realizing Him. I felt that since God is eternal and transcendental to the world's miseries, I could conquer fear and gain happiness by becoming God conscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With this idea burning in my mind, I hitchhiked back to my parents' country home in New Jersey and started practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and meditation. But soon it became clear that I needed some personal instruction. One day, after some searching, I stopped into a book shop i
n downtown Manhattan and saw an ad for a yoga teacher. Soon I began studying under him. My teacher showed me }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which included a lot of stretching and bending exercises, and also breath control and meditation. He didn't instruct me in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the yoga of devotion to God. But before coming to him I had read about some of the techniques of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and I had felt impressed and charmed by them. Since my basic desire was to realize God, meditation on God's form, or on His holy names, appealed to me more than meditation on silence or lig
ht, which was what my teacher showed me. So I began incorporating some of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  techniques into my o
wn program.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In 1963, after five years in the United States, my teacher went back to India. At that time he asked me to take charge of the yoga ashram he had begun in a Manhattan ho
tel. The same classes I had been studying in I was now teaching. Now it was my responsibility to carry on my teacher's lecture program and classes in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and meditation, and to talk with people who felt they wanted guidance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During the first few years I headed the ashram, I gradually added more of the devotional practices of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . I considered them enjoyable and effortless ways to concentrate the mind. Then, in 1967, I started noticing the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees on Fifth Avenu
e. (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness a year earlier on Manhattan's Lower East Side.) The place where they chanted every day was close to my ashram. And although I looked upon them as an odd bunch a
nd thought they were too far-out to succeed in the West, I was nonetheless fascinated by their cymbal and drum playing and chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. So I thought the best thing to do would be simply to adopt some of ISKCON's practices i
n my own program and see if I could interest my own students in devotional yoga.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I began giving over a portion of each evening\'97from about 7:00 to 9:30\'97to congregational chanting of God's holy names. At that time I was also deeply immersed in e
diting an English translation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the story of Lord R\'e4macandra, an incarnation o
f God who lived millions of years ago). I was becoming enraptured by the pastimes of Lord R\'e4ma and His consort, S\'e9t\'e4. So, in imitation of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees I had seen on Fifth Avenue, I would chant "S\'e9t\'e4 R\'e4ma, S\'e9t\'e4 
R\'e4ma ..." several times, my students would answer, and we would go on like that for some time, in call-and-response fashion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also, on Sunday nights, I would read to my students from an abridged version of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4m\'e4
ya\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Some time previously I had also read the story of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and I knew that He and R\'e4ma were actually the same divine person. So another thing I did to increase 
my devotion was to mount beautiful posters of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and R\'e4ma on the walls of the classroom where I taught }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, my teacher had not taught me how to devote myself to a personal God. He wasn't a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub bhakta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a devotee; basically he was an impersonalist. He neither wrote, talked, nor acted in the mood of a devotee. Rather, he acted like a cool businessman. So I bega
n feeling more and more that the devotion I had cultivated by reading Lord R\'e4macandra's pastimes and chanting His holy names needed a new outlet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, in June of 1975, someone sent me a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  magazine. I carefully read an article by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, entitled "What Is a Guru?" After studying the Vedic principles \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da revealed there, I concluded that my teacher was a c
heater, a charlatan\'97he was exploiting gullible seekers, squeezing money out of them under the pretense of spirituality. I further understood that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was not using such deceitful methods. He was giving the Vedic philosophy straig
ht\'97speaking boldly yet compassionately, without caring what anyone thought. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was trusting completely that the Lord's mercy would sustain the big projects he had started. He was sincere, and he was attracting the sincere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just after I read that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , something happened that quickened my coming to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One day a man came to me for a consultation. He was contemplating suicide. (He was out of money and out of work and had about six kids to take care of.
) He had known of my fifteen-dollar-for-fifteen-minutes consultation fee\'97a policy set up by my teacher\'97but he had been too embarrassed to ask for a "pay later" appointment. Finally, after two weeks, he had been able to scrape up the money. When I s
aw him he cried like a baby for a long time. Finally, he told me how desperate he was to talk to me because he considered me his spiritual advisor. He said that if he had had to wait another day, he just might have finished himself off. I then told him t
hat from then on, he could see me whether he could pay or not. I decided this was simply what I had to do. I no longer cared about the rules or the regulations or the principles or the policies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This incident really stung my conscience. I realized that this consultation-fee policy could have killed a man! And I also thought, "How can I inspire this man to love 
God if my love for him is conditional?" I knew beyond a doubt that I could not produce a change in his heart unless I gave freely of my understanding and knowledge. At the same time, I was well aware that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees would never think of 
charging anything for consultation and guidance. The contrast with my own teacher's policy had a very powerful effect on me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That wasn't my teacher's only shortcoming. For one thing, he would offer initiation only to people who could pay him $191.00. You didn't have to take any vows, follow a
ny principles, or serve him before initiation, nor did you have to serve him even afterward. The whole thing seemed like an assembly line: it took just five or ten minutes to turn out each new disciple, and then my teacher would call the next candidate i
nto his room.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the other hand, the initiation that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gives is free, but generally one must serve faithfully for six months. At \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's i
nitiation ceremony the disciple vows to abstain from meat, fish, eggs, and intoxicants, as well as gambling and illicit sex. He also promises to chant sixteen rounds of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub japa}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (1,728 repetitions of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra) each day. There is a beautiful fire ceremony, along with a lecture on the real meaning of initiation and the eternal obligations 
of the disciple toward the spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another thing that disturbed me was that whenever my teacher visited the United States, he would stay at a first-class Manhattan hotel. Once he stayed there for six mon
ths at seventeen hundred dollars a month, when he could have stayed at our ashram at no expense. On the other hand, I noted that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da always stayed with his devotees at the temples. He wanted all available money to be used for educat
ing people in the science of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which would alleviate their suffering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, for one thousand dollars my teacher would sell a "mystic amulet" to disciples who lived outside our ashram. He claimed they could "get more benediction and pro
tection from God" if they wore this amulet. In other words, the name of God that they had received through initiation wasn't powerful enough\'97the amulet had a little something extra going for it! God's name needed help from an amulet? This was totally 
illogical to me.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, however, emphasized that if you sincerely chanted the holy names and steadily performed devotional service, that was all you needed to receiv
e the mercy of God. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da did not deprecate God's name by saying that some cheap charm could enhance its power.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So all these contrasts had a huge effect upon my life. It became obvious that my so-called teacher was not really interested in spreading the science of yoga. Rather, h
e was interested in spreading out his pocket, filling it up, and carrying away the cash.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Somehow, before 1976 I had never actually visited an ISKCON temple. (I had gathered all my information from some fellow disciples who would visit temples and report bac
k to me.) By this time I had been in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  order, the senior order of spiritual life, for three
 years. Consequently, I had vowed to follow my teacher's instructions as if they were God's, and I did not want to break my vow by visiting another yoga center. But as I watched my teacher's crookedness come to light, I began to think seriously of leavin
g.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, I paid a visit to the New York K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple, on 55th Street. I had a four-hour discussion with Kap\'e9ndra d\'e4sa, the receptionist, and after talkin
g with him I no longer had any question in my mind: I would leave my cheating "guru" and take up K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So, at four the next morning I packed a couple of bags and left the quarters of the yoga society I had been part of for eightee
n years. Glad to be out of this intolerably depressing environment, I checked into a hotel near the New York temple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That night I attended the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  ceremony, in which the devotees lavishly worship the Deities of R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What a beautiful experience! As I watched the devotees singing and dancing for the Deities, I felt enthralled.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The next day I attended the morning program, which began with an \'e4rati at 4:30 a.m. and continued with an inspiring talk by H\'e5day\'e4nanda Gosv\'e4m\'e9. The weal
th of Vedic philosophy he expounded greatly impressed me\'97and cleared up any lingering doubts I might have had that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness was really what I wanted. The next day I left for Los Angeles to visit my mother, who had moved there from 
New York. And two days later I moved into the Los Angeles R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the weeks flew by, I discovered the world of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97especially in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books. It was then that the full magnitude of 
my former teacher's cheating became clear to me. This so-called "guru" had taught that everyone was God, though each of us had "forgotten" his divinity. Supposedly, when our impurities dissolved we would regain our true, divine position. As he had explai
ned it, God realization meant realizing "I am God" and merging with the "infinite light."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, in view of what I had learned from reading \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books, nothing seemed more absurd than the idea that the Absolute Truth\'97who controls the 
entire universe\'97could become deluded and forget His divinity. Had God forgotten His divinity just to undergo the pain of birth and death? Could He be fond of suffering? No, the whole idea that the individual soul and God are identical was patently rid
iculous.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, the living entity is an infinitesimal particle of spirit. As such, he is never equal to God, the Supreme Spirit. So to equate the living entity with God is no
nsense; it's just a disguised form of atheism. The real reason why someone poses himself as God is so that he won't have to worship anyone but himself. This is generally what people like, especially in the present degraded age of Kali. People don't want 
to serve God; they want to be God. They want to be served, adored, and glorified\'97like my teacher in that lavish hotel suite.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the whole idea is absurd. The part can never be equal to the whole, any more than the hand can be equal to the entire body. Nor can we enjoy like the Lord\'97althou
gh we try to, and this is our downfall. Our real enjoyment is to give enjoyment to the Lord, just as the hand's enjoyment is to give enjoyment to the whole body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suppose your hand had a will of its own, and that it tried to directly enjoy your food\'97instead of placing it in your mouth and letting it go to your stomach. Could t
he hand enjoy the food that way? No, of course not, and if it persisted it would simply wither away from lack of nourishment. Similarly, people today are withering away from a lack of spiritual pleasure\'97because instead of giving whatever they have to 
God, they're trying to hoard it for themselves.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How different K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is. I am now directly experiencing that the more I serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba through \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the more blissful 
I become. Every day I'm learning more about my personal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. (That's what makes the relationship with Him so beautiful: it's personal.) I'm reading about K\'e5\'f1\'eba every day, and the more I learn about the way K\'e5\'f1
\'eba looks and talks and acts, the more I realize that serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba is infinitely more pleasurable than the best of this world's pleasures. Everything here is limited and temporary, but our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is eternal and full 
of bliss and knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We have to realize that our relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only thing that will last, and that hearing about Him, chanting about Him, remembering Him, serving 
Him, worshiping Him, offering prayers to Him, carrying out His orders, establishing friendship with Him, and surrendering everything to Him are the only activities that can make our lives full.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now my goal is to serve \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da purely\'97realizing that the little drop of gratitude I offer him can never compare with the ocean of mercy he has giv
en me. May I always remember how fortunate he has made me, and more, may I always remember to tell other people about K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so that they may one day become just as fortunate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Hear the timeless wisdom
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Hear the timeless wisdom of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG v12}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub #6
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam     v12#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 12 T
EXT 22\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 13 TEXT 3-4
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar    v129
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
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\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 491, Caitanya Era\line Vai
\'f1\'ebava months of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1ike}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub a}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (August 29}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub September 27) and}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Padman\'e4bha}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (September 28}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub H\'e5\'f1ike}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a 28)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Sept 27 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct 8 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 11)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Appearance of \'c7r\'e9la Saccid\'e4nanda Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura\cell
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \'c7r\'e9 Ananta-caturda}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e9-vrata. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of 
\'c7r\'e9la Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \'c7r\'e9 Vi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v
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\cb1\nosupersub im\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indir\'e4-e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 (fasting from grains and beans).\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Oct 9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 12)}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct 22 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 25)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct 23 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 26)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Oct 24 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padman\'e4bha 27)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 b
reak-fast after sunrise and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 10:25 a.m.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vijayotsava of Lord R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
macandra.\line Appearance of \'c7r\'e9p}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da Madhav}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rya.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'e4\'e7an\'e9ku
\'e7\'e4-e}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 (fasting from grains and beans).\line Beginning of K\'e4rtika-vrata if
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa Gosv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Raghun}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tha Bha\'f6\'f6a Gosv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9, and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la K\'e5\'f1\'ebad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa Kavir}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ja Gosv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the \line International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ISKCON Goes on the Air in Memphis
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every Tuesday night in Memphis, Tennessee, the transcendental sounds of a two-and-a-half-hour Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba radio show fill the Southern airwaves, courtesy of sta
tion WEVL, 90.3-FM. The program, aired live, includes a variety of guest interviews, comedy/satire, and music\'97all centered on the dynamic philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Station manager Dennis Badson explains that the community-owned station seeks out unusual programs not normally broadcast on commercial radio. Not long ago Brahm\'e4 d
\'e4sa, the president of ISKCON's Memphis center, offered to do a show called "The Cheaters and the Cheated." He told the station's board members that the show would expose the shortcomings of modern society and present the alternative society\'97one bas
ed on God consciousness, "simple living and high thinking." Program director Bart Lipman liked the idea and asked to hear more.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4 d\'e4sa took the opportunity to explain, "We want to show how the big leaders have systematically conditioned ordinary people to search for happiness under a 
completely false conception of life. They have directed people toward acquiring useless paraphernalia that only drives them deeper into the realm of hopelessness. The leaders are misguiding everyone into thinking that advancement means concrete, steel, m
oney, and the selfish pursuit of pleasure. As a result, everyone feels constantly driven and repeatedly frustrated by an unending network of artificial desires. And, of course, that mentality simply results in crime, poverty, and social unrest. Then the 
masses\'97and even the so-called leaders\'97try to shelter themselves from despair with alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, pornography, and so forth. We should rise to a higher state of consciousness and happiness. Unless we realize that the real goal of life i
s God consciousness, we will never achieve any real advancement\'97only a shadow advancement that leads to chaos and destruction."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Summer of the Chariots
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This summer, for the eleventh-straight year, the chariots of Lord Jagann\'e4tha (the Lord of the Universe) rolled down the avenues of American and Canadian cities. The 
International Society for Krishna Consciousness was restaging a festival held since time immemorial in the city of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , India. Hundreds of thousands of amazed and delighted people witnessed Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4\'97the Festival of the Chariots.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This year's festival in New York City was as memorable as ever. Three huge, bright-canopied, hand-drawn wooden chariots left Central Park and journeyed down Fifth Avenu
e to Washington Square Park. Harvard University religion professor Harvey Cox rode on one of the carts and later spoke to the crowd on the importance of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. "I'm here to pay tribute to a movement which has meant a lot to me,
 spiritually and intellectually," said Dr. Cox. He went on to condemn the attacks of "deprogrammers": "They are trying to deprive the devotees of the most valuable possession in life\'97faith in the Supreme Lord."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For a full week the chariots stayed in Washington Square Park, until at last devotees and well-wishers drew them back along Sixth Avenue to the temple. The week of fest
ivities peaked at the day's free feast and festival in Central Park. Musician-composer Alice Coltrane delighted the crowd with her Gospel-flavored renderings of traditional K\'e5\'f1\'eba chants. And VEDA (ISKCON's new Vedic Ensemble of the Dramatic Arts
) presented an enchanting original dance performance based on the ancient Indian epic R\'e4m\'e4ya\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similar festivals took place in Honolulu, Toronto, and Atlanta; at Philadelphia's historic Independence Mall; in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, where Ratha-y\'e4tr
\'e4 in the West began; and along Venice Beach in Los Angeles, where police estimated the crowd at 200,000.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Scientific Conference: "Life Comes from Life"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From October 14 to 16, in the historic and holy city of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, ISKCON's Bhaktivedanta Institute will hold an international scientific conference titled
 "Life Comes from Life." Scientists from around the world will gather to discuss the central theme\'97that life arises not from material but from spiritual causes\'97in light of both modern theories and the ancient Vedic literatures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Bhaktivedanta Institute, the academic division of ISKCON, comprises professional scientists and scholars who are also devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. These men study th
e Vedic information on nature, the self, consciousness, and God, and they present their gleanings to the world academic community. For further details, please contact Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara d\'e4sa Brahm\'e4car\'e9 (Thoudam Damodar Singh, Ph.D.), Directo
r of the Bhaktivedanta Institute, at 70 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116. Phone: (617) 266-8369.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Parliament Member Praises the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We recently received the following warm appreciation for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from \'c7r\'e9 R. Subrahmanyam, Deputy Director of Research at the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Indian National Parliament (New Delhi).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "For the welfare and happiness of mankind, His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from Sanskrit into English in about sixty volumes. It is really astonishing how he is able to do this single-handedly, consideri
ng the enormity of the task itself as well as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's ceaseless travels and other multifarious activities in the service of the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "So far twenty-eight volumes of this most beautiful literature on God have been brought out by ISKCON, and the rest are under preparation. The publishers have seen to i
t that the printing, format, and pictures are of the highest quality, so that they serve as an ornament to the divine contents of the books.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The people and leaders of every country, race, and community in the world now have a rare opportunity to understand the glorious science of God and follow it for their
 own perfection. I would say that this encyclopedia of spiritual knowledge is more important and fundamental than the encyclopedia of any other branch of knowledge. It should, therefore, find its rightful place not only in the libraries of educational in
stitutions but also in every household, and above all, in the hearts and minds of every man and woman."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba Conscious Fete for Walter Reuther's Daughter
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Everyone who attended had the highest praise for the Vedic wedding of Lekha\'e7ravant\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 (Elisabeth Luise Reuther, daughter of the late labor leader Walter 
Reuther) and Bh\'fc\'e7aya d\'e4sa (Bruce Dickmeyer) at ISKCON's fifty-five-room Detroit center, the former Lawrence P. Fisher mansion. Best man was Amb\'e4r\'e9\'f1a d\'e4sa (Alfred Brush Ford, the great-grandson of automobile magnate Henry Ford).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The ceremony featured a Vedic fire sacrifice and chanting of ancient hymns and mantras. In addition, each of the two hundred guests received a garland of Hawaiian flowe
rs, and at the end of the ceremony fragrant flower petals showered the newlyweds.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'fc\'e7aya and Lekha\'e7ravant\'e9 plan to stay active in the Detroit center's preaching programs, and they spoke briefly about the wedding and their involvement in 
the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Bh\'fc\'e7aya noted that fewer and fewer of today's young people regard marriage as a sacred obligation. Then he said, "We would like to show that if you put K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God) at the center of your married li
fe, you'll have a harmonious, lasting family situation that grows in meaning. Lekha\'e7ravant\'e9 and I decided that we could help each other advance in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and also help others see how a married couple can cooperate for spiritua
l progress."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "My father was always talking about human dignity," Lekha\'e7ravant\'e9 observed. "So in one sense Bh\'fc\'e7aya and I are working for the same goal: awakening people t
o a higher awareness of themselves. But we want people to know that they're really spiritual beings." Explaining the wedding's opulence, Lekha\'e7ravant\'e9 said, "We don't try to attract attention to ourselves\'97we do everything nicely, just to please 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 An Open Letter
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub An Open Letter
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\i\v\f0\fs32\cf0 One Christian's Comment: "ISKCON Is of God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In recent years there has been an abundance of controversy concerning "cults." Jesus forewarned about false prophets and religions that would appear in this last age. T
he Bible clarifies this issue of which "cults" are of God and which aren't. Sad to say, in this Age of Quarrel people would rather create a disturbance than look to God's word for the answers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Biblical book of Acts (5:38-39), we find the case of Peter and other Apostles before the Jewish council. A respected teacher of the law named Gamaliel gives soun
d instruction to the council: "And so in this present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if their plan or action should be of men, it will be overthrown; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or el
se you may even be found fighting against God."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Presently there are many false cults that only pretend to be "of God," but I assure you the International Society for Krishna Consciousness is not one of them. I strong
ly believe this, because Jesus said (in Matthew 7:18), "A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree produce good fruit," and (in Matthew 7:20) "So then, you will know them by their fruits."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Galatians (5:19-23) we learn how to "know them by their fruits": "Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorc
ery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, carousings, and things like these, of which I forewarned you that those who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, p
eace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." It should be evident to anyone with even a little impartial vision that the fruits of the spirit and not of the flesh predominate in ISKCON.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jesus gave the commandment that we love one another (Galatians 5:14): "For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this statement, 'You shall love your neighbor as y
ourself.' " And the devotees of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba are laying down their lives daily to perform the highest welfare activities for the suffering people of this world\'97spreading God consciousness. They suffer insults, mockery, trials, and tribulations 
because of their love of God and mankind, and though they seek no reward, they will not go unrewarded.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So I feel sure that after impartially examining the facts, all will conclude that ISKCON is of and for God, and God is for ISKCON. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li1080\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub David Hoover 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1080\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Holland, Ohio
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks Out      v12#9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks
 Out
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On Absolute Authority
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The following conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and one of his disciples took place i
n Bhuvane\'e7vara, India.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, one criticism against ou
r K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is that we are following absolute authority. People are critical because we rigidly adhere to your authority and to the authority of the scriptures. They say this is not a healthy psychology. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da; }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their criticism is a contradictio
n. If they say authority is not good, then why are they criticizing us? They are trying to impose their own authority on us.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee [in the role of an antagonist]: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I don't say you have
 to accept me as an authority.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then you are talking nonsense. Yo
u are like a merchant selling his wares, but telling the customer, "You don't have to buy from me." What is the use of his selling? And what is the use of your instruction, if I don't have to accept you as an authority?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, everyone has his own life to live, so each pe
rson should take the best from many authorities. I might accept some ideas from your philosophy and some from various other philosophies as well. I can take whatever I think is best for me.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if you find the best of every
thing all in one place, then why should you run here and there? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, history teaches us that whenever there is abs
olute authority, it isn't healthy\'97like Hitler's Germany, for example.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Absolute authority is bad when th
e authority is wrong. But if the authority is right, then it is good\'97because you can submit to one authority and receive all knowledge. It's like going to a supermarket; we can get everything there in one place.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  But people often confuse our allegiance to scriptur
al authority with totalitarianism. One professor told me that if the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement ever became powerful, we would probably be intolerant towards all other religions.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That means he does not understand
 us.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Suppose someone didn't want to be a devotee in a so
ciety with a K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious king or president. What would happen to him?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The king must chastise him\'97he 
has that power. For example, if a child says, "Father, I don't believe in education; let me play," the father will never allow it. The king's duty is to guide the citizens like that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if someone wanted to be a Christian in a societ
y governed by a K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious leader, would that person be chastised?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The father does not chastise alwa
ys, but only when his son does something wrong. To practice the Christian religion means to believe in God and abide by His orders. A faithful Christian would not be persecuted in a society with K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious leadership. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So the Christians would be allowed to follow the Bi
ble?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. To follow the Bible is certa
inly religion. But the Christians today do not follow their scripture. The Bible says, "Thou shall not kill," but they are killing millions of cows and eating their flesh. What kind of Christianity is that?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So they should be chastised. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, they should be punished. Tha
t is the duty of the king. You may follow any bona fide religion and receive all protection by the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious government. But if you don't follow your own religion faithfully, then you must be corrected. That is the king's duty. A king cann
ot dictate that you must follow one particular religious faith, but he can order that you follow some religion. If you have no religion, then you're an animal, and you must be chastised. Religion means the instruction given by God (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e0 tu s\'e4k\'f1\'e4d bhagavat-pra\'eb\'e9tam }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 6.3.19]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). And to be religious means to obey God and to love Him. So it doesn't 
matter through what religious process you have understood God. The important thing is that you love God and abide by His orders. Then you are religious. But if you do not know God\'97or if you have some imaginary god-then you must learn who God actually 
is. And if you refuse to learn, then you must be punished.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If someone says, "I know God," what is the test to 
see if he really does?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The test is that he must be able 
to explain about God to others. Ask him, "Can you say what God is?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "God is the force moving the universe."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So that means you do not know God
. Who is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub behind}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the force? Whenever there is force, there must be a person who is forceful\'97who is forc
ing. Who is that? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I don't have such vision. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then learn about God from me. And
 if you refuse, then you must be punished. You see, the king has to see that the citizens are God conscious. That is his duty.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then a K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious leader has to be li
ke a father.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. That quality was personally 
exhibited by Lord R\'e4macandra. He treated His subjects like His own sons, and they treated Lord R\'e4ma as their father. The relationship between the king and the citizens should be like that between a father and his sons.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Devotee: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The chastisement that the king gives...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is out of love, not enviousn
ess. Chastisement means correction. If a citizen is acting wrongly, he has to be corrected. This is actually K\'e5\'f1\'eba's business in human society: to chastise the miscreants, to give protection to the godly persons, and to establish the true princi
ples of religion. This is the mission of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the world, and we have to execute His mission. Gradually K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious devotees have to take the posts of leadership and correct the whole human society.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Abortion: Setting the Matter Straight
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Abortion: Setting the Matter Str
aight
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Life in the Womb Begins at Conception
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa540\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Amarendra d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of today's most disturbing, confusing, and hotly debated issues is whether abortion is right or wrong. Feelings run deep, and both sides offer complex arguments. Bu
t at the heart of the controversy lies one crucial question: When does life begin within the womb? Ironically, despite so much progress in economics, education, technology, and so on, even our leaders are still unable to answer this basic question.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Take, for example, the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1973 the Court ruled that women could legally have an abortion during the first three months of pregnancy. Although they l
acked any relevant evidence whatsoever, the justices decided that the element of life does not enter the fetus until after the third month. In effect, the justices turned their court into a pseudoscientific laboratory and legalized an act that had been v
irtually outlawed throughout the United States. The result? A staggering increase in the number of known abortions\'97from several thousand in 1973 to over one million in 1976.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, in a 6-to-3 decision handed down a few months ago, the Supreme Court appeared to be back-tracking from its previous pro-abortion stand. Now, in an obvious reac
tion to grass-roots anti-abortion pressure, he Court has ruled that state and local governments can refuse to finance abortions for needy women. Although lot outlawing abortions altogether, the Court's latest ruling has made them exceedingly more difficu
lt to obtain\'97and has proved beyond a doubt that even the highest judges in the land are more concerned with public opinion than with scientific fact.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After all, if the justices had had some scientific basis or their first ruling\'97that the fetus is not really "alive" until after the third month of pregnancy\'97then 
why should hey now reverse themselves and make abortions during he first three months more difficult to obtain? What would be the harm in getting rid of a "lifeless lump of flesh" to protect the welfare of an unwed mother, for example? On the other hand,
 if some new scientific evidence has recently come to light proving that life in the womb begins at the point of conception, then why won't he Supreme Court outlaw abortions altogether? Why should they continue to condone mass infanticide? Clearly, the S
upreme Court has shown its ineptitude at solving the abortion issue.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So we are left still facing our basic question: When does life begin within the womb? In searching for answers to this question, we must first understand hat we are not
 dealing with something gross\'97something we can measure in a laboratory. The life principle is the subtlest substance in existence. We can't see it with the most powerful microscope or weigh it on the most sensitive scale. In fact, the Vedic Upani\'f1a
ds explain that the dimension of the soul, or life force, is one ten-thousandth part of the tip of a hair. This is even smaller than the atom! Therefore, if we want to understand this life force, we must approach authorities who are beyond the limitation
s that our imperfect mind and senses place upon us. In other words, the Supreme Court won't do; we must approach a transcendental source of knowledge\'97the revealed Vedic scriptures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At this point the reader may object that our method of acquiring knowledge is dogmatic and blind. But think for a moment: Is there really any other way to find out abou
t something as subtle as the soul? Suppose you want to know the identity of your father, but you've never seen him before? Can you perform some experiment to find out? No: there's only one way to know for sure who your father is\'97ask your mother. Only 
she can authoritatively say, "That man is your father."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Similarly, if we want to know about the soul\'97which is beyond our sensory experience, beyond our experimental knowledge\'97then we must accept the Vedic authority. Ve
da means "knowledge," and the Vedic knowledge comes from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, and is therefore infallible. If we accept the words of the Vedic literature we can truly understand the nature of life, and when it begins in the womb. Then we can fina
lly resolve the abortion issue.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, according to modern scientific theory, various chemical reactions in the body of the developing fetus produce the life force, or consciousness. Until those chemica
l reactions occur, the scientists say, no life is present. From this point it is easy to take our logic one step further and conclude that up to a certain age\'97say, three months\'97the child within the mother's womb is not alive, but is simply a lump o
f dead matter. The final grisly conclusion is that since the body of the developing child is like a tumor, what is the harm if a surgeon removes the tumor and throws it away?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In contradiction to this distorted idea, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the essence of all Vedic knowledge, declares, "Under the supervision of the Supreme Lord, and according to the result of his previous work, the living entity (the soul), dwelling within the male sperm
 cell, enters a woman's womb to assume a particular type of body" }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{
\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3.31.1)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This a
uthoritative statement resolves the crucial question of when life begins in the womb. Most emphatically, life begins from the point of conception\'97the point at which the sperm, carrying the soul, enters the ovum.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another important point to note is that the right to life is determined by divine law, not by our whimsical decisions. It is the law of karma, working under the supervi
sion of the Supreme Lord, that determines when an individual spirit soul will enter a human womb. (A common-sense proof of this is that conception often occurs despite the most extensive contraceptive measures. Also, a previously sterile woman or impoten
t man may sometimes conceive a child.) So if, through violent abortion, we try to deny a soul a human birth due him by the laws of karma, we defy God's will in a most heinous fashion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By that same law of karma, anyone who destroys a developing fetus must suffer severe punishment after death. "As you sow, so shall you reap," declares the Bible, and th
e Vedic literatures confirm that both the person performing the abortion and those sanctioning it are forced at the time of death to enter wombs where they themselves become victims of the same vicious act. Abortion is a grave transgression of the laws o
f nature and of God. So those who are anxious to enjoy sexual pleasure, yet wish to avoid the responsibility of rearing children, should soberly consider abortion's severe consequences. Unlike the edicts of the Supreme Court, the laws of nature and of Go
d are always strictly enforced.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Real Problem... and the Solution
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 A Comment from the BTG Staff
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Behind the abortion crisis we'll find an even deeper problem: the recent vast increase in the number of unwanted pregnancies. This is another crisis\'97a crisis so seve
re that millions of Americans are resorting to murder of unborn infants as the only apparent solution. "Without legal and affordable abortion," wrote Lance Morrow in a recent Time editorial, "many lives in progress are hopelessly ruined; the unwanted chi
ldren very often grow up unloved, battered... and criminal." We certainly agree that we must rectify these social conditions. But what sane person, understanding that the fetus is fully alive from the moment of conception, would then consider abortion a 
valid solution to unwanted pregnancy?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We seem to be caught on the horns of a cruel dilemma: the horror of abortion, or the misery of broken lives, broken homes, and masses of unwanted children. But the trut
h is that the crises of abortion and unwanted pregnancy, as well as those of veneral disease, child abuse, and divorce, have arisen from the same basic cause\'97unrestricted illicit sex life. The Vedic scriptures allow sex for only one purpose\'97to prod
uce God-conscious children. Therefore sex only for pleasure is a violation of God's law, and a society of sex mongers must suffer punishment in the form of the abortion, pornography, and VD plagues, widespread child abuse, and so on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub American society is feeling the agonizing reaction to its own godlessness, and discussions about whether states should or should not help pay for abortions are like so 
much aimless chatter aboard a sinking ship. By ignoring the scriptural rules governing sex, we have descended to the level of animals. What good is "reasoned discussion" among the beasts? By killing more than one million unborn babies every year, America
ns are committing the largest mass murder in recent history\'97and now they're trying to decide how to do it fairly and morally!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. The only moral issue here is how to stop illicit sex. Everyone, from the nation's leaders on down, must understand God's purpose for sex\'97to produce God-conscious
 children. Furthermore, all government leaders must strictly adhere to this principle in their own lives and vigorously propagate it throughout society.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Unfortunately, our so-called leaders do not have the moral strength to live by God's laws. Therefore they do not care to enforce God's laws within society. The laws God
 presents in the revealed scriptures are meant to insure peace and prosperity, and ultimately to guide the citizens toward God consciousness. But our demonic leaders' nefarious business is to perpetrate the philosophy of unrestricted sense pleasure\'97es
pecially sex pleasure. As the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 explains, "The demons believe that to gratify the senses up to the end of life is the prime necessity of human civilization. Thus there is no end to their anxiety."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Abortion, divorce, child abuse\'97the list of anxieties will simply increase unless we stop illicit sex. And the only way to do this is to replace the present leaders w
ith trained K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious leaders, who will have the spiritual strength to control their own senses and turn society back from its hell-bent course.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: A recent Time editorial got to the crux of the abortion issue: \'93Both technically and morally, the most diff
icult problem is to decide at which precise instant life occurs.\'94 But ancient India Vedic literature has no problem setting the matter straight: life in the womb begins at conception}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and there are no arguments that can prove otherwise. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sculpture: Bharadr\'e4ja d
\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub   
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Weather Emergency
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE WEATHER EMERGENCY
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Why\'97and What to Do?
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Balavanta d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub During last winter's big freeze, all our slick technology couldn't heat the nation's factories or keep traffic moving. Now, 
in the middle of one of the worst droughts ever, our scientists are resorting to "cloud seeding"\'97but they can't find any worthwhile clouds to seed.... Could it be that amid all their attempts to control nature, the scientists are forgetting the Suprem
e Controller?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At present the entire world is experiencing severe irregularities in the natural weather pattern. For example, whereas fifty years ago India had two monsoon seasons eve
ry year, now she has only one, and her food production has significantly decreased. In fact, just ten years ago a drought in India brought starvation to millions, and to this day parts of South India have yet to receive sufficient rain for even subsisten
ce agriculture. In Africa the Sahara Desert is rapidly spreading southward, which is creating an acute food problem for many. Russia's Ukraine once was known as Europe's breadbasket, but for the last three years insufficient rain has forced the U.S.S.R. 
to import millions of tons of grain from the United States. Earthquakes have devastated large cities in China, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. And in Western Europe, especially in England, last summer's drought drastically reduced food production.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although still the most economically prosperous nation in the world, the United States is also experiencing its share of problems. In the South this year, portions of b
oth Georgia and Florida have been declared disaster areas because of severe drought. The West is now sizzling from the worst drought on record\'97one in which even the usual solution of irrigation is proving futile. And last year in the North, one of the
 worst winters in history killed hundreds of men and animals, tortured thousands more, and cost millions of dollars in damage. Without a doubt, irregular and uncontrollable weather has become a critical problem all over the world. Without sufficient rain
, moderate temperatures, and a stable earth, how can we survive\'97what to speak of living happily and peacefully?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, anyone can point out the problems, but real intelligence means finding a workable solution. Should we, then, look to our so-called brain trust of advanced sc
ience and technology? Certainly not. The scientists are scurrying to produce theories and answers, but by their own admission they are becoming hopeless. They are being forced to admit that whatever progress they have made toward "weather control" is at 
best experimental and theoretical. Last winter, with much of the United States in the grip of sub-freezing weather and with snow piled up everywhere, our scientists' slick technology was powerless to heat the nation's factories and keep traffic moving. N
ow the scientists are trying to seed the clouds\'97but they can't find any worthwhile clouds to seed! Time and again modern science has proved helpless in the face of nature's fury. So instead of presenting yet another pseudoscientific pipe dream, I offe
r here a practical solution to our modern weather dilemma\'97the time-tested program of the ancient Vedic civilization.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Literatures such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the Song of God) and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (the Beautiful Story of the
 Personality of Godhead) form the basis of the Vedic culture\'97the culture that prevailed throughout the world millions of years ago. These great literatures declare that the purpose of human life is not simply to enjoy sense gratification. Nor are we m
eant to exploit nature, vainly trying to conquer her through technological advancement. Rather, following the process outlined in the Vedic literatures, we should live simply and use our advanced human intelligence to revive our original God consciousnes
s. Becoming God conscious means living in harmony with God's plan for universal management. When we live in this way, then we are automatically in harmony with nature, and the Lord bestows bounteous natural gifts upon us. Otherwise\'97if we avoid surrend
ering to God and foolishly try to conquer nature\'97then as we see today, nature's stringent laws will put us into difficulty, just as the state puts a criminal into difficulty.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  tells how in Vedic times the people's high level of God consciousness resulted in benevolent weather conditions everywhere. There was plenty of rainfall\'97but only during the night, while the people were asleep\'97and the climate was neithe
r too hot nor too cold. Consequently, all the fruit trees, vegetables, grains, and grasses grew profusely. The lush pastures enabled large herds of cows to eat their fill\'97any time they liked. Cow slaughter was unknown in those days, so the cows were a
lways very happy. In fact, because of their jolly dispositions, they produced so much milk that it would often leak out of their milk bags and muddy the pastures. (Modern "beef cows" are so miserable that they can't produce enough milk to feed even their
 own calves!) Because there was plenty of milk, butter, cream, yogurt, fruit, grain, vegetables, herbs, minerals, jewels, and so on, the people were peaceful and happy in all respects. Even if someone were to leave a valuable object in a public place, he
 could always find it when he returned, because everyone was so satisfied by nature's opulences that they had no inclination to steal.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "What happened to the Vedic culture?" you may ask. "If it actually existed, and if it really had such a workable solution to the world's problems, then why did it disap
pear?" Even a young, healthy person gradually becomes old and diseased. And in the same way, although the Vedic civilization was perfectly constituted (according to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g
\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , God Himself provided the guidelines), gradually it degraded. In fact, \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, the author of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , foresaw our present troubles over five thousand years ago. He wrote that the present age (the Age of Kali) would be characterized 
by increasing Godlessness, which would cause severe conflicts and hypocrisy. \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva also foresaw that because of the lack of God consciousness, natural disturbances (especially drought) would harass the people more and more.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then are we doomed to worsening weather conditions? No. Vy\'e4sadeva also pointed out that although the present age would be full of faults, it would have one very good
 quality. In this age we can very easily satisfy the Lord\'97and everyone can thus live very happily and peacefully\'97simply by coming together and chanting the Lord's holy names: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, 
Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. If people perform this sacrifice, which is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , they will counteract all the Godlessness and ill effects of the Kali Age.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Does this seem too simple a solution to the myriad problems we face? Actually, it is a very logical and scientific one. Consider: weather conditions are part of nature,
 but nature cannot exist or function independently. As soon as we speak of nature, we must ask, "Whose nature is it?" As soon as we say "mother nature," we must ask, "Who is the father?" The father\'97and the controller of nature\'97is God, the Supreme P
ersonality, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This fact is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{
\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.10}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , whe
re K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub may\'e4dhyak\'f1e\'eba prak\'e5ti:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Nature works under My direction." Nature cann
ot produce the millions and millions of living organisms without the help of the supreme father (God) any more than a mother can produce children without the help of her husband. If mother nature exists, and if the "children" (the living entities) exist,
 then on what grounds can we deny the existence of the father. God?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The orderly management we see in nature is proof of God's existence. Without the controlling intelligence of God, how could things be going on as they are? When a child
 sees a light bulb, he may think that it is producing light automatically. But we know that behind the light bulb is the arrangement of the electric company, the power generators, and ultimately the government. Similarly, behind the sun, behind the rain,
 behind all the forces of nature is the Supreme Lord. Less intelligent people argue that since they cannot see God, He must not exist. But we can't always see the power station or the president, either. Does that mean they don't exist? Wherever we see co
mplex organization, we know that there is intelligent management going on behind the scenes. For example, if a large city is to have order, it must also have elaborate management\'97otherwise, there will be chaos. Also, everyone has experienced that if a
 building or farm has no management, it quickly deteriorates to weeds and cobwebs. And, in every case, management means that there is a manager. How, then, can we imagine that the universe\'97with its regularly changing seasons, its orbiting planets, its
 extraordinarily intricate biological and ecological systems\'97is working automatically, without a supreme manager? This is simply a childish idea.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So God exists, and He controls nature in every galactic and atomic detail. Actually, God has two "natures"\'97the material and the spiritual. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the Sanskrit term for nature is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "that which is controlled." Now, material nature is made of inert, dead matter and is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub apar\'e4 prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or inferior energy, and spiritual nature is composed of the conscious living entities and is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub par\'e4 prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or superior energy. Both the material and spiritual energies are controlled by God. But the living entities are designated as sup
erior energy because they are conscious and because they try to exploit material nature. Material nature, being unconscious, cannot move itself, any more than a car can move itself. We may not see the car's driver, but we know that he must always be ther
e. In the same way, we may not see God, but we should know for certain that He is "driving" or controlling the whole universe.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic literatures tell us, therefore, to stop foolishly denying God and start learning to work cooperatively with Him. As we have seen, prosperity depends not on ou
r work but on the background arrangement of the Supreme Lord. He supplies all our necessities\'97food, water, heat, light, air, soil\'97none of which we can manufacture. Even manufacturing enterprises require raw materials like iron, sulfur, manganese, m
ercury, and so on. Obviously, we cannot live except by the grace of the Lord. And how do we achieve His grace? By performing sacrifices to please Him. But one who will not do that will soon find himself in scarcity, as we are seeing so plainly today.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Performing sacrifice simply means that we reciprocate the Lord's kindness. This is only natural. A father gives everything to his son, and when the son offers him a gif
t in return, the father gladly accepts it and they both enjoy the loving exchange\'97though the father actually doesn't need anything from the son. In the same way, we should offer something to the Lord in sacrifice\'97to express our appreciation for His
 gifts and to reciprocate His love. God doesn't actually need anything from us, but if we aren't grateful enough to try to please Him in some way\'97and, indeed, if we are so foolish as to deny His very }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub existence}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97why should He continue to supply us with rain and other necessities?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, once again: if we want to live happily and prosperously, we have to perform sacrifice to the Supreme Lord. If we satisfy Him, He will bestow all wonderful and bount
eous things upon us; but if we ignore Him, what can our puny material science and technology do? This world exists just so that we can have a chance to learn the spiritual science of devotional service, the science of satisfying K\'e5\'f1\'eba (God). Thi
s is the eternal occupation of the self, or soul, but now we have forgotten it. So out of kindness K\'e5\'f1\'eba provides us with all the necessities of life simply so that we can use them to revive our consciousness of Him. But if we keep ignoring the 
purpose of life and simply take everything from the Lord for our own sense gratification, we're thieves\'97and we have to suffer punishment under the laws of material nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Such is the state of the world now. We have become a civilization of gross materialistic thieves, and we have forgotten everything about sacrifice to the Lord. But the 
situation isn't hopeless. As previously mentioned, just for our degraded society the Lord has given the very easy process of sacrifice called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare 
Hare. In fact, all the Vedic literatures recommend this sacrifice for the present age. (Of course, chanting any genuine name of God will help, but the Vedic literatures say that in the Kali Age the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra is the most effective.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Clearly, we should give up our elaborate arrangements for conquering nature and enjoying sense gratification. Instead, we should live simply and meet together as often 
as possible to chant the holy names of God. If we offer the Lord this sacrifice, surely He will be pleased with us and provide all the natural resources we need to live comfortably and become God-conscious.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On the national level, government leaders should arrange for large-scale performances of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa
\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . They should discontinue their stop-gap efforts to alter or control the weather, which are all destined to fail because they ignore God. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  affirms that government leaders are responsible for everything that happens within their jurisdictio
n\'97including weather conditions. So all of us should immediately demand that our leaders arrange to satisfy the Lord through sa\'eck\'e9rtana\'97which will bring an end to all the natural disturbances that now plague us.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The purpose of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is to spread }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  as widely as possible. At present people all over the world are suffering, but if they will just take the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement seriously, give up their sinful activities
, and chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, they will solve all their problems without difficulty and become supremely peaceful and happy.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: For harmonious weather conditions (as at ISKCON' s farms, shown on this spread), we should live in harmony wit
h God's plan. In Vedic times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub with cow slaughter unknown}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub regular rainfall produced plenty of lush pastureland .. . . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, vegetables, grains, and fruit of all kinds grew in abundance .... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23: And there were no droughts (or floods)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub just plenty of rainfall, and only at night, while people slept. ... }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural
\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Br\'e4hma\'eba Boy Who Strode the Universe
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Br\'e4hma\'eba Boy Who Strod
e the Universe
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With the whole universe as his realm, King Bali gladly promised to give the little br\'e4hma\'eba boy just three steps of lan
d... . No one could have foreseen how colossal those steps would be\'97or how colossal the king's truthfulness and generosity would be.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. (Adapted by Drutakarm\'e4 d\'e4sa.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indrapur\'e9, the capital of Indra, the king of heaven, overflowed with pleasing orchards and gardens where graceful, gliding swans played in ponds full of lotus flower
s. The city was shaded by canopies decorated with pearls, and the domes of the palaces had flags embroidered with gold and precious gems. All through the city there were sitting places made of diamond and coral, and breezes bore the fragrance of the flow
ers falling from the hair of the demigods' wives, who were everlastingly beautiful and youthful. For protection the city was surrounded both by trenches full of Ganges water and by a high wall the color of fire. Yet even in the carefree 'capital of King 
Indra there is sometimes cause for fear....
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Desiring to conquer Indrapur\'e9, the powerful king of the demons Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja once performed the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub vi\'e7vajit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sacrifice. Because Bali had served his guru faithfully, he achieved success, and from the sacrificial fire appeared a celestial chariot of gold, powerful y
ellow horses, a flag emblazoned with a lion, a gilded bow, two quivers of infallible arrows, and a suit of invincible armor. Thus equipped for war, Bali assembled his vast army and set out for Indrapur\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and his countless soldiers reached Indra's abode, they furiously attacked it from all directions. Overwhelmed, the demigods fled the heavenly k
ingdom in great haste and scattered here and there, assuming different forms to escape detection. Then the victorious King Bali entered Indrapur\'e9 and brought the three worlds under his control.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Lord V\'e4manadeva Appears
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aditi, the mother of the demigods, began to lament the fate of her sons, who had been forced to leave the heavenly planets. She pleaded with her husband, the great sage
 Ka\'e7yapa, saying, "O best of sages, please bestow upon my sons a benediction by which they can regain what they have lost."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'e7yapa, who was also a great devotee of the Lord, replied to his wife, "Only K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, can bestow such a benediction. You 
should engage in His devotional service, and He will surely fulfill your desire."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So with full and undiverted attention, Aditi began to meditate on the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this way she subdued her mind and senses, which were as strong 
as strong horses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At last the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared before her in His original Vi\'f1\'ebu form. He wore yellow garments and bore a conchshell, disc, club, and lotus in
 His four hands, and His eyes looked like the petals of a blooming lotus. On seeing the Lord, Aditi was overwhelmed with transcendental bliss and stood silently with tears in her eyes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You have prayed to Me and properly worshiped Me," the Supreme Lord said, "Therefore I shall agree to become your son, and in this way I shall act to help your other so
ns regain their rightful positions."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So on the twelfth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Bh\'e4dra, when the moon came into the lunar mansion \'c7rava\'eb\'e4, at the auspicious moment of Abhijit
, Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu appeared in this universe as the son of Ka\'e7yapa and Aditi. Then, in the presence of His supremely fortunate parents, the Lord assumed the form of V\'e4mana, a dwarf }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritual student). Just as an actor may play different roles, but remains the same man, so the Lord assumes many thousands and millions of forms\'97
and yet these forms are not different from one another.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the great sages saw the Lord in the role of a dwarf }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , they were very pleased. They held many auspicious ceremonies and initiated Him as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (spiritual teacher of society). According to the Vedic culture a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  goes out to beg alms to learn the spiritual qualities of humility and pridelessness. And Lord V\'e4manadeva determined that He would follow this custom, even though He was actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the pr
oprietor of all the universes.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Lord V\'e4manadeva Begs Charity From Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the conqueror of the three worlds, was performing a huge sacrifice in the field known as Bh\'e5gukaccha, on the northern bank of the Narm
ad\'e4 River. When Lord V\'e4manadeva heard this, he immediately went there to show His mercy to Bali.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja was jubilant on seeing the beautiful form of Lord V\'e4mana. With great satisfaction he offered Him a seat and washed His lotus feet. Then Bali said
, "O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , I offer You my hearty welcome and my respectful obeisances. Please let us know what 
we may do for You. It appears that You have come here to ask me for something. Therefore, whatever You want You may take from me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Apparently, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja did not know that the dwarf }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  was actually the Supreme Personality of Godhead. But since the Vedic custom prescribes that a king give lavishly in charity\'97especially to the}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97Bali offered Lord V\'e4manadeva whatever He might desire. Then the Lord made what seemed to be an insignificant request.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O King of the demons, from Your majesty I ask only three paces of land, to the measurement of my footsteps."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja replied, "My dear }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  boy. You don't know what is in your own best interest. I could give you a whole planet, for I have conquered the entire universe. But you are asking me for only three paces of land. You are not very intelligent, I can
 see. O small boy, you should take this opportunity to ask me for as much as you want. That way you will never have to ask for anything more from anybody, ever."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord V\'e4manadeva replied just like a perfect }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "If I were not satisfied with three paces of land, then surely I would not be satisfied even with possessing a whole planet. If I possessed one planet, I would hope to get others. One should be content with 
whatever comes his way by providence, for discontent can never bring happiness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Therefore, O King, from you I ask only three paces of land. By such a gift I shall be very pleased."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the Supreme Personality of Godhead had thus spoken to Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Bali smiled and told Him, "All right. Take whatever you like."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya, the family priest of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, could understand that the dwarf }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  V\'e4mana was none other than the Supreme Lord Himself, so he spoke quickly to dissuade his patron.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O King," he said very earnestly, "you have promised to give Him three steps of land in charity, but when you give it He will occupy the three worlds. You are a rascal!
 You do not know what a miserable mistake you have made. After He takes everything from you, how shall you live?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya was more concerned over how he himself would live. As a non-K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious, professional spiritual master, he was completely dep
endent on his disciple for his upkeep. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja remained silent for some time, deliberating on the words of his greedy guru, and then he replied.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "How can I withdraw my promise out of greed when I have already said that I shall give this land? How can I behave like an ordinary cheater, especially toward a saintly
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ? There is nothing more sinful than untruthfulness. In any case, if V\'e4mana is the Supre
me Lord, then what choice do I have but to offer Him the tract of land He has requested\'97even if He is coming as my enemy? He is all-powerful."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On hearing this, \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya angrily cursed Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja. "Although you have no knowledge, you pretend to be learned, and therefore you dare disobey my o
rder. You are very impudent. Because of your disobedience, you shall very soon lose all your opulence."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But even after being cursed in this way by his so-called spiritual master, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja never deviated from his decision to offer charity to the young }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  who had appeared before him. Thus, according to custom, he first offered water to V\'e4manadeva
 and then gave Him the gift of land he had promised. At that time the residents of the higher planetary system\'97namely the demigods, Gandharvas, Vidy\'e4dharas, Siddhas, and C\'e4ra\'ebas\'97all became so pleased by Bali's simple and sincere action tha
t they praised his character and showered millions of flowers upon him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, as Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and the members of the assembly watched stunned in amazement, V\'e4mana began increasing in size\'97until everything in the universe was wi
thin His body, including the earth, planetary systems, sky, oceans, birds, beasts, human beings, demigods, and great saints. Now the Lord stood before Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in His universal form\'97holding a conchshell, sword, shield, flaming discus, arrow
, bow, lotus flower, and club in His eight arms. Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja saw the surface of the globe on the Lord's feet; on the surface of His calves, all the mountains; on His bosom, all the clusters of stars and also the goddess of fortune; and on the Lor
d's hair Bali saw the clouds. The Lord wore a yellow garment covered by a jeweled belt, and He was decorated with a flower garland surrounded by bees. Manifesting Himself in this way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead covered the entire surface of the e
arth with one footstep, the sky with His body, and all directions with His arms.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the Lord took His second step, He covered the heavenly planets\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and not even a spot remai
ned for His third step}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . With His second step the Lord actually kicked a hole in the covering of the universe, and through that hole the water of the sacred Ganges River descended 
to the material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then Lord V\'e4manadeva reduced Himself to His original form, and all the predominating deities of the various planetary systems began to worship Him by offering fragra
nt flowers, water, sandalwood pulp, incense, grain, and fruits.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the demonic followers of Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja saw that their master had lost all his possessions to V\'e4manadeva, they were very angry, and without the approval of
 Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, they pushed forward to kill Lord V\'e4manadeva.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the associates of the Lord, who were each as powerful as ten thousand elephants, saw the demons coming forward so violently, they smiled. Then they took up their o
wn weapons and began to kill them. When Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja saw that his soldiers were all being killed, he remembered the curse of \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya and forbade his soldiers to continue fighting.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O demons, please hear my words! Don't fight! Stop immediately, for the present time is not favorable. When we conquered the heavenly kingdom, providence was in our fav
or, but now that same providence is against us."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In accordance with the order of their master, all the chiefs of the demons and their followers entered the lower regions of the universe. Then suddenly Garu\'f2a, the h
uge bird-carrier of Lord Vi\'f1\'ebu, arrested Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja with the ropes of Varu\'eba [the demigod in charge of the seas]. V\'e4manadeva then spoke to the captive Bali.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O King of the demons, as far as the sun, the moon, and the stars shine, and as far as the clouds pour rain\'97to that extent all the land throughout the universe was i
n your possession. Now, with my first two steps I have taken all this. But you promised me three steps of land. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Where shall I place my third step?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You have broken your promise, so now you must descend for a few years to a hellish condition of life."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 King Bali Surrenders Everything
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja understood why the Lord was acting so mischievously, and he said, "Your Lordship, You have disguised Yourself to cheat me, saying you wanted only th
ree steps of land. But now You have expanded Your body and taken my whole kingdom with just two steps. Because You have done this on behalf of Your devotees, the demigods, You do not regard this as cheating. And since You came to beg from me, I will keep
 my promise to You\'97I do not want to cheat You. You have taken my wealth, but I still have my body. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, please put your third step upon my head}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , for the possessor is even more valuable than what he possesses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Only by providence have I been forcibly brought under Your lotus feet and deprived of all my opulence. Because of the illusion created by temporary opulence, people in
 general, who live under material conditions, facing accidental death at every moment, do not understand that this life is temporary. Only by providence have I been saved from that condition. It is to bring me to the right platform of eternal life that Y
ou have put me into these circumstances."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja could see that although the Lord was apparently acting as an enemy. He was actually acting for Bali's own best welfare. In this inst
ance the Lord was a better friend to the demon than to the demigods. The demigods worship the Lord for temporary material benefit, and thus they are not pure devotees. But because the Lord took away all his possessions, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja rose to the pl
atform of pure devotion\'97which is very rare.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just then Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Bali's illustrious grandfather, a most dear devotee of the Lord, appeared there, like a moon rising in the nighttime. Standing tal
l and elegant, he was dressed in yellow garments, and his beautiful eyes resembled lotus petals."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My Lord," said Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, "it is Your Lordship alone who gave Bali his heavenly opulence, and now, today, it is You who have taken it all away. Because
 his exalted position as king of heaven was putting him in the darkness of ignorance, You have done him a very merciful favor. Wealth, women, followers, and prestige are so bewildering that they make even a learned, self-controlled man forget to search f
or the shelter of Your lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bound tight by the ropes of Varu\'eba, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja could simply bow his head respectfully. His eyes filled with tears of shame.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then Lord Brahm\'e4, the chief demigod in charge of creation, spoke. "My dear Lord V\'e4mana, please consider that those who sincerely offer even a little water, some n
ewly grown grass, or a few flower buds at Your lotus feet achieve the most exalted position in the spiritual world. This Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja has now offered You everything that exists within the three worlds, including his own body. How, then, can he des
erve to suffer arrest like this?" 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Lord V\'e4manadeva said, "My dear Lord Brahm\'e4, in truth Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja has satisfied Me greatly. First I took away his kingdom, and then My soldiers defeated hi
m and arrested him with the ropes of Varu\'eba. His spiritual master has cursed him, and his friends and relatives have rejected him. And in spite of all this, he has kept his promise to Me. Therefore not only shall I release him, but I shall also give h
im a position not attainable even by the demigods themselves. He will again become king of the heavenly planets in a future age. Until that time he will live on a special planet called Sutala, which is hundreds of times more opulent than heaven."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, turning to Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, Lord V\'e4manadeva said, "There you will live peacefully with all your friends and relatives, including your grandfather Prahl\'e4
da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and all good fortune will come to you. O great hero, I shall always be with you and give you protection in all respects."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When the ancient and eternal Supreme Personality of Godhead had spoken, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja\'97his eyes filled with tears, his hands folded, and his voice faltering in 
devotional ecstasy\'97responded by saying, "O my Lord, the causeless mercy You have shown me, a fallen demon, has never been achieved by the pious demigods."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After Lord V\'e4manadeva had released him from the ropes of Varu\'eba, Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja entered the planet Sutala in full satisfaction. Then the Lord returned all th
e lands He had taken from Bali Mah\'e4r\'e4ja to their original owners\'97Indra and the demigods. Now that He had fulfilled Aditi's desire, the Supreme Personality of Godhead continued to rule the affairs of the universe, protecting the devotees and refo
rming the demons, as always.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24: After appearing in His four-armed form (far right, bottom), the Lord assumed the form of a br}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'eb}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a boy (right), like a theatrical actor.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25: Earlier (top), when King Bali and his vast army had stormed the heavenly kingdom, Indra and the other demigods 
were overwhelmed.
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\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27: Vam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub na told Bali, "With two steps I have taken all this. Where shall I place My third step?" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Drgh\'e4-dev\'e9
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\'97Bhaktivedanta Manor, Letchmore Heath, Watford, Hertfordshire WD2 8EP/ Radlett 7244; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paris, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
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o. 53 Anglo Christopher Colombo-2. Rome 00154/ 5740416; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stockholm, Sweden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Korsnas Gard, 140 32
 Grodinge/ 0753-29151.
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gustine, Trinidad and Tobago}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gordon St. at Santa Margarita Circular Rd., St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago/ 662-4605; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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\'971824 E. 7th St., 28204 / (704)334-9952; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chicago, lllinois}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971014 Emerson St., Evanston 60201
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\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 S.W. Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara traveling temples)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
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St. 77004/ (713) 528-9004; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kansas City, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975301 Lydia Ave., 64110/ (816)523-2378; }{\b
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy, 92651/ (714) 494-9172; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
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land, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 S.E. Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Read these books 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub READ THESE BOOKS-IMPROVE YOUR LI
FE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#6
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 If one offers Me with love    
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'93If one offers Me with love a
nd devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water, I will accept it\'94 
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa266\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [9.26]
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#7
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
12 No. 10, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Laguna Beach, California.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma\line Hare R
\'e4ma\line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma\line Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chant and be Happy...   v12#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be Happy...
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach\'97vacationers visit this southern California haven to enjoy the sun, surf and exotic shops. But the dev
otees at the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple there know a much better way you can enjoy yourself. Anytime you want to, and anywhere you happen to be, you can simply chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and dive into an ocean of transcendental pleasure.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in this issue of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Back to Godhead}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  magazine.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pavamana d\'e4sa, cook (Laguna Beach):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "I've be
en chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba for five and a half years, and I've never found anything more pleasurable. A devotee once promised me,'If you chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba you'll be happy. Just try it for a week\'97you'll feel the difference if you chant jus
t five minutes a day.' He pointed out that there would be no loss on my part, but if there was something to gain, why not give it a try? So I did. I chanted for a week and I had to admit that I felt a keen pleasure\'97very much different from anything I 
had felt before. The chanting didn't cost anything, and it was natural and easy to do. So now I know that there isn't anything better than chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah
\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , because it puts you in touch with the reservoir of all pleasure\'97Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Tusti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, teacher (Los Angeles):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
 "I'd been teaching grammar school for eight years before I began chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Until then I had really nothing to give my students, because I didn't know what the goal of life was. By chanting and practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , I'm now able to give my students, and myself, the perfection of life\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ugresa d\'e4sa, book distributor (Toronto):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Fo
r over two years I've experienced the transcendental pleasure of chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And this transcendental pleasure increases when I tell other people about the chanting\'97by giving them books on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. 
So every day I go to the places where the most people are and pass out as many of these books as I can. The more people that hear about chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4
-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the happier I feel."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara d\'e4sa
 Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING ED ITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Drutakarma d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa, Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub DESIGNERS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Indrapramada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadv\'e9pa d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vic\'e4ru d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTIST}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
, Parik\'f1it d\'e4sa, R\'e4ma d\'e4sa Abhir\'e4ma d\'e4sa, Devah\'fcti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, \'c7\'e4\'e7tram\'e4y\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Sulak\'f1ma\'eb\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHY }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, 
Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rak\'f1na d\'e4sa, K\'f1am\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhanaguru}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4\'e7raya d\'e4sa, Satyar\'e4ja d\'e4sa,
 Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Ve\'ebudhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover         v12#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After five thousand years, people all over India still cherish the memory of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba stealing butter from the ladie
s of V\'e5nd\'e4vana village. Here we see Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 about to catch K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the act. (See \'93Binding the Butter Thief,\'94 page 13.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Why would God steal?\'94 we might wonder. \'91\'91He\'92s supposed to be perfect. Why would He do something like that?" B
ut we learn from Vedic literatures like the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (\'91\'91The Beautiful Sto
ry of the Personality of Godhead") that everything comes from God\'97including stealing. Whatever we find in ourselves, including stealing, we'll find in K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97except that K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'92s stealing, like everything else about Him, is perfe
ct.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still, how can stealing be so obnoxious when we do it and so charming when K\'e5\'f1\'eba does it? For one thing, when we ste
al we\'92re taking something that doesn't belong to us, but when the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba steals He's taking what is already His. And more importantly, while an ordinary thief brings only grief to the people he steals from, K\'e5\'f1\'eba steals j
ust to bring pure transcendental pleasure to His devotees. And though the village ladies went to Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 and her son and lodged \'93complaints,\'94 they were actually bringing pure transcendental pleasure to K\'e5\'f1\'eba;
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Dear Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, why don't you restrict your naughty K\'e5\'f1\'eba? He finds great pleasure in stealing our stock 
of yogurt and butter from wherever we keep it. Sometimes [as in this painting by Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa] K\'e5\'f1\'eba steals butter, yogurt, and milk and distributes them to the monkeys."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From Despair to Love
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub From Despair to Love
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part 1: Dealing With the Existential Dilemma }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 [part 2]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soren Kierkegaard was a mid-nineteenth
-century Danish philosopher who is generally regarded as the father of existentialism. A devout Christian, he believed that religious truth is not innate within man, and that man must therefore receive this truth from God. According to Kierkegaard, God w
ould overawe us if He Himself came to teach, so He comes instead as His own servant in human form. For a Christian, this teacher is Jesus Christ. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Generally men are on the animal p
latform. But when a man's consciousness becomes a little advanced, he can be educated in the understanding of God through the teachings of spiritual authorities. That is the Vedic system. In the human form the living entity is sometimes very inquisitive 
and wants to understand God. That inquisitiveness is technically called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , interest
 in the Absolute, which is possible only in the human form of life.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, if one is actually anxious to know about God, he has to approach a guru, who is God's servant and His representative. Unless one a
pproaches a bona fide guru, he cannot understand the nature of God, or man's relationship with Him. So accepting a guru is not a fashion but a necessity. However, a guru is not a person who simply manufactures gold or juggles words just to attract foolis
h people and make money. An actual guru is one who is fully trained in the ocean of spiritual knowledge, or Vedic knowledge. Vedic words are not ordinary material sound vibrations. They are completely spiritual. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , for instance, is a purely spiritual sound. Once a person is fully trained in the ocean of spiritual 
sound, he becomes a guru and is no longer interested in material life. In fact, the definition of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is
 "one who is no longer interested in material things." He has taken shelter of the Supreme Lord, and his material desires have completely ceased. One should approach such a bona fide guru, surrender unto him, serve him, and then question him about God an
d our relationship with God. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is Kierkegaard correct in maintaining 
that man would be overawed if God, as He is, came to teach? Didn't K\'e5\'f1\'eba, as He is, come to teach the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba came as He is, but
 people misunderstood Him because He appeared as a human being. Consequently, they could not surrender to Him. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba came later as a devotee, \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, to teach men how to approach God. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah
\'e4prabhu taught the very same philosophy that K\'e5\'f1\'eba taught in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . However
, instead of coming as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Lord Caitanya came as K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee. R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 [an exalted devotee who in the sixteenth century wrote some of the most important books on devotional yoga] appreciated Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu as
 the most munificent incarnation, because He gives not only K\'e5\'f1\'eba but also pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub namo mah\'e4-vad\'e4ny\'e4ya k\'e5\'f1\'eba-prema-prad\'e4ya te }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Madhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  19.53}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). In exchange for Himself, K\'e5\'f1\'eba demands full surrender from the devotee. But Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, wit
hout making any demands, gave pure love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Because we are all His sons, K\'e5\'f1\'eba the Supreme Lord is affectionate towards us. He sees us rotting in this material world, and He comes Himself\'97or He comes as His devotee\'97and leave
s His instructions. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always anxious to enlighten the human beings and show them how to return home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard thought that the ordinary 
man does not wish to have a personal relationship with God. Kierkegaard wrote, "The truth is that there are no longer men living who could bear the pressure and weight of having a personal God."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, a personal God makes demands
, just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba demands in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [9.34],
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub man-man\'e4 bhava mad-bhakto\line mad-y\'e4j\'e9 m\'e4\'e0 namaskuru\line m\'e4m evai\'f1yasi yuktvaivam\line \'e4tm\'e4na\'e0 m
at-par\'e4ya\'eba\'f9
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Being completely absorbed in Me, surely you will 
come to Me." This is God's demand. And if we carry it out we attain perfection. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tyaktv\'e4 deha\'e0 punar janma naiti m\'e4m eti }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  4.9]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba clearly states here that when a devotee gives up his material body, he does not accept another\'97he returns back to Godhead in his original spiritual
 body. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard observed three basic stage
s in life: the aesthetic stage, the ethical stage, and the religious stage. In the first stage\'97the aesthetic stage\'97a person may be either a hedonist in search of sensual pleasure or an intellectual interested in philosophical speculation. Kierkegaa
rd says that both are uncommitted. Neither has any ultimate goal in life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can a philosopher have no ult
imate goal?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard says that people on this p
latform are not really philosophers but simply mental speculators. They become bored with themselves, and their lives become empty of meaning and full of despair.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Despair is a result of impersonal
ism and voidism. Impersonalists and voidists must necessarily be overcome by despair\'97because they are always disgusted with their lives, and because they do not know the goal of life. When one has no goal he becomes disappointed, and that disappointme
nt is the cause of despair.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard sees this despair as the f
irst stepping-stone towards self-realization. Understanding that the aesthetic life ends in despair, in hopelessness, a person abandons this type of life for the next stage.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We agree with this. According to 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta-s\'fctra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , people begin to inquire about self-realization after they have worked very hard 
and still have not attained life's goal. At this point people begin to think, "What is the purpose of life?" That is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahma-jij\'ef\'e4s\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , inquiry into the ultimate truth of life. Such an inquiry is natural, and it is necessary for further development. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Kierkegaard, to attain se
lf-realization we must confront certain choices\'97we must become aware that life is an "either/or" decision. Realizing this, we advance to the second stage\'97the ethical stage. At this point we take an active part in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dealing with}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  life rather than aimlessly taking pleasure from life. We may act piously or attempt humanitarian deeds.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what is the ultimate }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub goal}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of these decisions? Why should people become moral? Simply to feed the poor and open hospitals? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Kierkegaard, the important thing i
s not so much what one chooses, but how one makes the choice. Through choosing one discovers his own integrity.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But it is not clear how a person 
can make the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub right}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  decision. One man may choose to slaughter, and another man may choose to help others. 
Or a man may give charity to others and yet at the same time encourage killing animals. For instance, on the one hand Vivekananda [an impersonalist yogi who came to America from India at the turn of the century and lectured widely here] was advocating fe
eding the poor, but on the other hand he was suggesting feeding them with Mother Kali's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97the
 flesh of bulls. So what kind of ethics is that? What is the value of ethics if it is based on imperfect knowledge?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard did not give so much impor
tance to the basis of the decision.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if one's decision is not base
d on truth, what is its value? You must go further than the mere making of decisions. You must know which is the proper decision to make. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard would say that by turning 
inward you would naturally make the proper decision. This \'93turning inward\'94 entails self-knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But of what value is that inwardn
ess? You may simply think, \'93I will protect my brother by killing someone.\'94 What is the ethics involved? You must have some standard by which to make the right decision.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard\'92s standard would be 
\'93choose yourself\'94.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But without }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub knowing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  yourself, how can you }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub choose}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  yourself? And how can you know yourself unless you go to one who knows the self and the Supreme Self perfectly? That means you must go to a bona fide spiritual master. Most people think that
 they are their body. What kind of self-knowledge is this? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub yasy\'e4tma-buddhi\'f9 ku\'ebape tri-dh\'e4tuke}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
: \'93If one thinks he is his body, he is no better than an ass.\'94 }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4g.}{\cs2873\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 10.84.13]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What is the value of an
 ass\'92s philosophy?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard\'92s philosophy emphasizes
 the act of deciding. The decision itself is not so important.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But unless we know the aim of lif
e, how can we make the right decision? It is simply childish to say that by choosing either this or that we become enlightened. A child chooses this or that\'97sometimes he plays with one toy and sometimes with another\'97but where is his enlightenment? 
Animals also make their decisions. The ass decides to eat a morsel of grass and work all day carrying this or that. If the basis of our decision is not important, why not decide for unrestricted sense gratification?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard would say that unrestricte
d sense gratification leads to boredom, and ultimately to despair.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if you think that sense grati
fication is the aim of life, then it is not boring to you. If you choose according to your whims, you can make any decision.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard would say that we should c
hoose not by whim but by an inward, objective, passionate search. Then the truth will naturally emerge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But a Bowery bum may make a passi
onate decision to purchase a bottle of whiskey as soon as he gets some money.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard would say that in his deci
sion there is no commitment to a higher ethic. There is simply the desire for sense gratification. If his decision were made on the ethical level, he would take up a good cause and act on that basis.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But such \'93good causes\'94 are 
relative. You may consider one thing to be a good cause, and I may consider another. Who will ultimately decide?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard believed that if we begin 
to anticipate death, we will make the right decisions. In other words, we should act in such a way that we consider each act to be our last. In this way, he believed, the truth will emerge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Every man should think, \'93I do 
not wish to die, but death is overcoming me. What is the cause of this? What should I do?\'94 No one wants to die, but death overcomes everyone. No one wants to be diseased, but diseases are inevitable. These are real human problems that cannot be solved
 by making some whimsical decision. We should decide, \'93I do not wish to suffer, but suffering is coming upon me. Now, I must find a solution to this problem.\'94 This is the real decision we have to make. We must decide to put a permanent end to suffe
ring\'97to birth, old age, disease and death. We should understand that the body exists for a few years and then is doomed to perish. We should also understand that the body is external and that we should not make our decisions on the basis of the body. 
Rather, we should make our decisions on the basis of the soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Kierkegaard, the third and highest
 stage of life is the religious stage. On this platform a man submits himself to God and obeys God totally.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, this is the stage
 of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. We agree that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the topmost stage of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard thought that in the religi
ous stage, there is intense suffering\'97suffering comparable to that of Job.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why is this? If one is K\'e5\'f1
\'eba-conscious, why should he suffer?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard was a Christian, and he em
phasized the importance of suffering. The Bible says that Christ suffered for our sins, and Kierkegaard believed that the process of overcoming sin involves suffering.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But that is a wrong theory. If Ch
rist is God or the son of God, why should he suffer? What kind of God is subjected to suffering? Why should either God or man suffer? The whole point is that if there is suffering, you must put an end to it.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Kierkegaard, religious commitment 
is epitomized by inward suffering.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. Suffering arises because we i
dentify with the body. When a person's car is damaged in an automobile accident, he may not actually be injured, but because he identifies himself with matter\'97with his car\'97he suffers. Similarly, the spirit soul is riding within the car of the mater
ial body, and because the spirit soul identifies himself with the body, he suffers when the body is injured or becomes sick or dies. But because the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious man is always in full knowledge and is always transcendental to the material wor
ld, he never suffers. Whether we suffer or not depends on our knowledge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But don't penance and austerity involv
e suffering?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. For those who are advanced in
 knowledge, there is no suffering. Of course, there may be some bodily pain, but a person in knowledge understands that he is not the body. Therefore, why should he suffer? He thinks, "Let me do my duty. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." That is the advanced stage o
f K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Suffering is due to ignorance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But don't we have to give up bodily co
mforts to serve God? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa and San\'e4tana Gosv\'e4m
\'e9s were high government ministers, but they abandoned their material opulence to bestow mercy upon the common people. So they wore only loincloths and slept under a different tree every night. Of course, foolish people might say that they were sufferi
ng, but actually they were merged in the ocean of transcendental bliss. They simply engaged their minds in thought of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes with the gop\'e9s. And from day to day they wrote books about these pastimes. There was no question of their s
uffering, although a fool may think, "Oh, these men were ministers, high government officials, and they were so comfortable with their families and homes. Now they have no home, and they are going about in loincloths, eating very little." A materialist w
ould think the Gosv\'e4m\'e9s were suffering. But they were not suffering\'97they were enjoying. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Many of the Christian monks and asceti
cs emphasized suffering. They thought to abandon worldly life means to abandon pleasure and take on suffering.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This shows that they have a poor 
fund of knowledge. They have developed this philosophy after the demise of Jesus Christ. It is more or less concocted.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Aside from suffering, Kierkegaard emph
asized the importance of love in the religious life. In his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Works of Love}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Kierkegaard considered Go
d to be the hidden source of all love. He wrote: "A man must love God in unconditional obedience and in adoration. It would be ungodliness if any man dared to love himself in this way, or dared to permit another man to love him in this way.... You must l
ove God in unconditional obedience even if that which He demands of you may seem injurious to you, . . . for God's wisdom is incomparable with respect to our own. . . ."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is also the instruction of t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . God demands that we give up all our plans, as well as the plans of others, and ac
cept His plan:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya \line m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja \line aham tvam sarva-papebhyo \line moksayisyami ma suc
ah 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reaction. Do not fear"}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (Bg}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . If we fully depend on K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme 
Personality of Godhead, He will guide us home.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In defining love, Kierkegaard said, "L
ove is a matter of conscience, and hence it is not a matter of impulse and inclination; nor is it a matter of emotion, nor a matter for intellectual calculation.... Christianity really knows only one kind of love: spiritual love."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes, love in the material world i
s impossible, for in the material world, everyone is interested only in his own sense gratification. The love experienced between a man and a woman is not actually love but lust, because both parties are interested only in their own sense gratification. 
Love means that one does not think of his own sense gratification but of the sense gratification of his beloved. That is pure love. But that pure love is not possible in the material world. When we speak of love in the material world, we are actually mis
using the word. Lustful desires take the place of real love.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, we do see examples of pure love in the Vedic descriptions of V\'e5nd\'e4vana village. There the men, women, animals, fruits, 
flowers, water, and everything else exist only for the sake of loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are not interested in any return from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now, that is real love (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub any\'e4bhil
\'e4\'e7it\'e4-\'e7\'fcnyam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Brs.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 1.1.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). On the
 other hand, if we love God with some motive, that is material love. Pure love means that we are simply interested in satisfying the desires of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus real love\'97individual, collective, or any other kind\'97applies onl
y to God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the supreme object of love, and this love can be expressed through admiration, service, or friendship. Or we can love Him as our child or conjugal lover. There are five basic relationships 
expressing true love of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Kierkegaard, love of God is the de
cisive factor, and from it stems love of our neighbor. He wrote, "If you love God above all else, then you also love your neighbor, and in your neighbor every man.... To help another man to love God is truly to love the other man; to be helped by another
 man to love God is truly to be loved."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the basis of our K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. We are learning how to love God, and we are teaching the same principle to the whole world. If love of God is taught by a religion, that religion should be considered first class\'97be it Christian, Hindu, Muslim, or wha
tever. The test of a religion is this: "Have the followers learned how to love God?" God is the center of love, and since everything is God's expansion, the lover of God is a lover of everyone. A lover of God does not discriminate by thinking only man sh
ould be loved and given service. No. He is interested in all living entities, regardless of the forms in which they happen to be existing. A lover of God loves everyone, and his love reaches everyone. When you water the root of a tree, you are nourishing
 all the parts of the tree\'97the trunk, branches, twigs, and leaves. When you give food to the stomach, you are satisfying the entire body. And when you love God, you love everyone and everything. [To be continued]
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soren Kierkegaard, "the father of exi
stentialism, "said that at some point in life each of us has to deal with the "either /or" dilemma. It doesn't matter so much what you choose, but how ''passionately" you "turn inward" when you make your choice\'97you have to "choose yourself." \line "Bu
t," says His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, "without knowing yourself, how can you thoose yourself? And how can you know yourself unless you go to one who knows the self and the Supreme Self perfectly?"
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "We see examples of pure love in the Ve
dic descriptions of V\'e5nd\'e4vana village. There the men, women, animals, fruits, flowers, water, and everything else exist only for the sake of loving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. They are not interested in any return from K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Now, that is real love." 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Great Spiritual Masters Throughout History - Madhvacarya
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Great Spiritual Masters Througho
ut History - Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (A.D. 1239-1319)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Knowledge of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is a treasure that has come down through the ages\'97down through an unbroken chain of t
eachers and disciples that reaches back to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. In this, the first in a series of articles on great K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious teachers, we will look at one of the greatest of all\'97Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "one who teaches by his life") lived in thirteenth-century India and appeared in the Brahm\'e4-Gaudiya Vaisnava-sampraday\'e4\'97the disciplic chain now represented by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4d
a. In this long disciplic chain of pure teachers, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya is a most important link.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba stresses in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the essence of all Vedic knowledge is that God is a person: "By all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I am to be known." But the spread of the Buddhist doctrine of ultimate voidness eclipsed this knowledge for a time, until the great teacher \'c7a\'eckara (A.D. 788-820) drove Buddhism out of India. Instead of sayi
ng "All is nothing," \'c7a\'eckara said "All is one." In other words, he upheld an all-pervasive spiritual reality, but said it was ultimately impersonal. Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya (and other K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious spiritual masters like R\'e4m\'e4nuja) soundl
y defeated this impersonalist view and at last reestablished that the Absolute Truth is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya took his birth in a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (priestly) family at U\'f2up\'e9, a South Indian town on the Arabian Sea. There are some amazing stories surrounding Madhva's early life. It is said that his father piled up many debts and that to pay the
m off, Madhva converted tamarind seeds into coins. It is also said that near Madhva's house a demon named Ma\'ebim\'e4n lived in the form of a snake. Madhva killed him with the big toe of his left foot. We are further told that whenever Madhva's mother w
as feeling anxious, he would come before her in one jump\'97from wherever he happened to be playing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even as a young boy Madhva was renowned as a scholar. When he was only five he received spiritual initiation, and when he was twelve he accepted }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the most renounced order of spiritual life. At that tender age Madhva gave up all family ties to travel
 the length and breadth of India in quest of spiritual knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the course of his travels Madhva visited Badarik\'e4\'e7rama, a place of pilgrimage high in the Himalayas. There he met the great sage \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva
\'97Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's literary incarnation and the author of the Vedic literatures. By studying under \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, Madhva grew even greater in his scholarship.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After coming down from the Himalayas, Madhva at last returned to his birthplace, U\'f2up\'e9. Once, when he was sitting at the seashore and meditating on Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, Madhva saw a huge merchant ship in danger and signaled the crew safely to shore. Since the boat's owners wanted to reward him, Madhva agreed to accept a chunk of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop
\'e9-candana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , clay from K\'e5\'f1\'eba's land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana. As the crew members were bringing the big chunk before him, it broke apart and revealed a Deity form of Lord 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with a stick in one hand and a lump of food in the other. At that moment Madhva composed a beautiful prayer to express his gratitude. Although the Deity was so heavy that not even thirty ordinary people could lift Him, Madhva carried Him 
back into town all alone. The people of U\'f2up\'e9 still worship that K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deity in the way Madhva established.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhva showed his overwhelming physical and spiritual strength on still other occasions. While he was walking on the road a band of thugs attacked him, but he kille
d them all. Another time a tiger attacked Madhva's companion Satya Tirtha, but Madhva pulled the fierce animal off with his bare hands. People began to say his strength had no limit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya's learning and devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba were famous throughout India. His life's mission was to defeat the views of the impersonalist philosophe
rs. They say that God's form is simply illusion (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ), and thus they are called M\'e4y\'e4
v\'e4d\'e9s. "Even if God was a person in the beginning," these people say, "He has distributed Himself throughout the creation and thus lost His individual identity." Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya smashed this monistic ("all-is-one") idea with the philosophy of }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7uddha-dvaita}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97pure dualism. He proved logically that God is always a person and is always dis
tinct from His creation. As anyone can see, the sun is producing volumes of energy but remains the same sun. Similarly, a tree may produce many fruits, but it remains the same tree. Likewise, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba produces the material world, but He Himsel
f remains separate from it\'97He remains the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here is the real teaching of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Thus, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya 's teaching is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva-v\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tattva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "truth," and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v
\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "philosophy."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s go on to say that the soul's unique and individual identity is also an illusion\'97that in the end the soul will merge into an impersonal 
light. But Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya taught that the soul is actually the eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and that by practicing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97devotional service\'97each of us can return to our original position in the spiritual world. Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya especially emphasized that even after the individual soul returns to the spiritual world, he and th
e Supreme Soul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, retain their separate identities. They do not become "one."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In many ways Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya set the stage for the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. For instance, he stressed the chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba. Commenting on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mu\'eb\'f2aka Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , he wrote that in the present age one can sati
sfy and worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, simply by chanting His holy names. Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya also wrote, "There are many lands, fields, mountains, and oceans throughout the creation, and everywhere the Supreme Personality of G
odhead is worshiped by the chanting of His different names."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Specifically, Madhva prepared the way for Lord Caitanya, who appeared two centuries later in the same line of spiritual masters. Lord Caitanya is the incarnation of
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba who spread the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra throughout India and ordered His followers to spread it to every town and village in the world. To fulfill this order, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da came 
to America in 1965 and founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Under his guidance we his disciples are carrying on this mission, but we must give all the credit to him and the other spiritual masters in the Brahma-Madhva-Gau\'f2\'e9y
a disciplic chain\'97including, of course, Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p11: Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya's legacy: "Supreme" means "Supreme Person." \line Left: an artist's conception of Madhv\'e4c
\'e4rya worshiping the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deity that he found hidden within a chunk of clay. \line Right: each year the people of U\'f2up\'e9, Madhva's birthplace, take the Deity out in a beautiful procession featuring huge carts. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Below: the priest attendant carries the Deity from the temple to the palanquin that wil
l lake Him to His waiting cart. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Religion: Separating the Bogus from the Bonafide
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub RELIGION: SEPARATING THE BOGUS F
ROM THE BONAFIDE
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 BY RAV\'c9NDRA SVAR\'dcPA D\'c4SA
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If the religious "cult "phenomenon has proved anything, it's that the established religions aren't providing our young p
eople with real spiritual life. Of course, this is not to say that the "cults" are. To be bona fide, any religion\'97new or old\'97must pass a rigorous nonsectarian test....
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The infamous "anti-cult" groups, who have attempted by kidnapping and "deprogramming" to break members of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, have failed to 
enlist the support of either the government or the general public. But the issues raised by the "cult" controversy are still with us. Most importantly, the very cause of the "cult" phenomenon\'97the spiritual void plaguing human civilization, and especia
lly young people\'97remains. Only bona fide religion can fill that void, so it is essential that we learn just what bona fide religion is and how to practice it. But who will say which religion is false and which genuine, which harmful and which benefici
al? What we need is not someone's self-interested opinion but a reliable, nonsectarian standard for separating the bogus religions from the bona fide.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The problem of distinguishing true religion from false is not new. Some five thousand years ago the most learned sages in the world assembled in a sacred forest in 
India to solve just this problem. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a record of their deliberatio
ns, which began with the question, "What is the essential or real religion?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The chief sage in the assembly answered, "The essential religion for all people is that which brings a person to the point of pure, unalloyed devotional service to 
God. Such loving service, if it is to fully satisfy the self, must be both unmotivated and uninterrupted" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bh\'e4g. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.2.6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Clearly, this definition of religion is nonsectarian. What Hindu, Muslim, Jew, or Christian would dispute that religion means to follow the orders of God and become His servant?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  sets a high standard for this service. If we want to practice genuine religion, we must serve God without any desire for personal material gain, and without interruption. This statement of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  finds support in the Bible, which commands us to "love God with all thy heart, all thy soul, and al
l thy mind." So here is our practical standard by which we can test any purportedly religious group: Is it or is it not providing its members the opportunity to render pure loving service to the Lord? 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Established Religions Fail The Test
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Leaving aside for a moment the question of whether the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub new}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  religions pass the test, we find that the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub established, mainline}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  religions fail it miserably. Even the anti-cultists can see that the mainline religions must not be spiritually satisfying to their young people. Otherwise, why would so many be leaving to search out genuine spirituality elsewhe
re?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Louis Moore, religion writer for the Houston }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chronicle}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , has observed that young people are joining these "cults" in reaction to "meaningless, dull sermons," "the impersonalized nature of too many churches," and "archaic depersonalized forms of evangelism and 
pompous, largely ceremonial church worship."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Marc Silver and Barbara Pash of the Baltimore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jewish Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wrote, "The cults' popularity is a reflection of the ills and failings of modern Western society and of that society's established religions. Those religions, including Judaism, have to a large deg
ree become sterile, bland, and very unspiritual. Over and over, Jewish cult members say that ... they never thought it possible to find holiness within Judaism. That statement presents a tremendous challenge to the Jewish community." The newspaper goes o
n to castigate contemporary Judaism for selling out to "secular humanism, Americanism, and modernism." Significantly, the paper finds the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, unlike some other groups, to be neither exploitative nor corrupt.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Recently a concerned Christian group made this assessment of mainline Christianity: "The ultimate spiritual counterfeit is a Christianity which has been squeezed so
 far into the world's mold that all distinguishing authenticity has been squeezed out of it\'97a Christianity which is culturally co-opted, socially irrelevant, doctrinally correct, and spiritually dead."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All God's Children}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , Caroll Stoner and JoAnne Parke discuss at length the established churches' failure to fulfill "man's search for transcendental experience." They also attack American society as a whole for failing to provide ultimate values that young p
eople can live by.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And finally, in a recently published book on the "cults," Ronald Enroth writes, "The spiritual quest of hundreds of thousands of American youth indicts our society 
as a whole, but it raises urgent questions for the church in particular. Young people are highly idealistic; many have rejected the materialistic sham that passes for the \'91good life\'92 in America. Is the church speaking to the gross materialism of We
stern society, or has it been co-opted? Young people are asking the big questions\'97but are the churches providing more than fun-and-games youth programs in response?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, a consensus seems to be forming that there are serious deficiencies both in our modern materialistic culture and in the mainline religions that have sold out 
to it. That this truth is widely acknowledged, even by many anti-cultists, is perhaps the first step toward a reconciliation of the "cult" issue.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But precisely what is it that the mainline religions fail to provide? According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the Bible, it is the chance to render "pure, unalloyed, devotional service to God" the chance to love God with all thy heart, all thy soul, and 
all thy mind." So secular society and its secularized religions ultimately fail because they cannot fulfill the natural, inborn need of the soul\'97the need to serve the Supreme unreservedly. Religion, as we have seen, means to obey and to serve and to l
ove God. Yet the hallmark of most followers of contemporary, mainline religions is that rather than trying to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub serve God}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , they try to have God }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub serve them}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . This is the antithesis of religion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Real religion does not aim at increasing our sense pleasure, but the pleasure of the Lord. A sincere servant of the Lord knows full well that since God is already m
aintaining every living creature, there is no need to petition Him for personal necessities or desires. Instead, a truly religious person simply trusts in God and puts all his energy into serving God. It is only the pseudoreligionists who believe life is
 meant for sense enjoyment and God is our order supplier\'97the servant of our senses.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Another kind of pseudoreligion says that each of us can become God. Especially today in the United States, many so-called gurus and swamis teach that they are God a
nd that their disciples can also become God. Of course, to these pseudoreligionists the idea of becoming God's eternal servant is anathema.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, a "cult" or bogus religion is one that aims at the practitioner's personal satisfaction\'97either by trying to make God the practitioner's servant or by tryin
g to make the practitioner into God Himself. A religion is pure to the degree that it is free from such taints.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Some Suggestions for the Pseudoreligions
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The main-line religions\'97which have now seriously deteriorated into full-fledged pseudoreligions\'97could conceivably revive their original purity. Unfortunately,
 so deeply rooted is their involvement with mundane concerns that their leaders cannot imagine how to return to real spiritual life. We would therefore like to offer a few suggestions. If the leaders of today's mainline religions take these suggestions t
o heart, then there is every chance that their groups will become pure religions.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub stop killing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Second, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub glorify God by chanting His names}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If the Christians and Jews take up these two practices, they can cleanse their minds and hearts of material desires and develop genuine love of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Jesus Christ taught, "Thou shalt not kill." If the Christians actually love Lord Jesus, then they should obey his commandments and refrain from slaughtering in
nocent animals simply to gratify their own tongues.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jewish scholars argue that the commandment not to kill is actually one not to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub murder}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97not to kill a human being. However, the Jewish scholars also admit that God originally instructed Adam to eat only vegetarian foods. People began eating meat only later (aft
er the flood), because they had become corrupt. So, ultimately, the Jews agree that slaughtering animals for food is not good, and that God originally prohibited it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic literatures we learn that all living creatures\'97not just humans\'97have souls. Since every soul is a spiritual particle of God (the Supreme Soul), al
l living creatures are God's children. Thus we are not meant to inflict pain on animals by slaughtering them. Rather, we should protect animals as our brothers. This is one of God's basic laws\'97and if we break it we can have no real religion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The second requirement for practicing genuine religion is to chant the names of God. The Vedic literatures teach that in this age the only means of reviving God con
sciousness is to chant His names. Certainly no Christian or Jew can find any reason to object to the congregational glorification of God. The Bible is full of exhortations to glorify and praise the name of God. In Psalm 113 King David sings,
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of th
e Lord from this time forth and forevermore. From the rising of the sun until the going down of the same, the Lord's name is to be praised.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement we chant the name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5
\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is not a sectarian name; it simply means "the all-attractive." By definition God must be all-attractive, since He surpasses all others in wealth, strength, beauty, k
nowledge, fame, and renunciation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But we do not insist that everyone chant the name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Other names, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jesus Christ, Jehovah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , and so on, can be chanted. The Torah forbids the Jews to pronounce the Tetragrammaton (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yahweh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ), but they may chant many other names, like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Elochim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Addonai}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . The Supreme Lord has an infinite number of wonderful attributes and activities\'97and for each of them He has a name,
 which anyone can chant to purify his heart and attain the perfection of God consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So there is nothing in the scriptures of the Western religions that would prevent their adherents either from abstaining from killing or from chanting the names of 
God. And it is certain that if the mainline religions of the West take up these two practices, then currents of real spirituality will once again begin to flow within their congregations.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The failure of the mainline religions has indeed left a terrible void in the life of the American people. In desperation many young people have turned to drugs and 
sex. Others have joined the new religions. Unfortunately, almost none of these groups are bona fide religions, and some are extremely harmful to their followers. But the anti-cultists are too bewildered and too attached to their own rotting institutions 
to distinguish the true from the false. Thus they have quite mistakenly attacked the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement as a harmful \'93cult\'94.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On the other hand, we have seen that even some of the harshest critics of the new religious groups (the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jewish Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , for instance) are acknowledging that the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is authentic. Clearly, no parents should object to their son o
r daughter's joining the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, for it is a fully authorized movement solidly based on the classical Vedic literatures and guided by a pure, selfless devotee of God\'97His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4d
a. Nonetheless, if you do not want your children to join the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, we don't mind\'97as long as you teach them in your own religious tradition how to serve God without motivation or interruption. Then their spiritual needs
 will be fully satisfied, you will "keep" your children, and we in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement will consider that our mission has been successful.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So the choice is simple. You can join us and learn to refrain from the sinful activities of meat eating, intoxication, illicit sex, and gambling\'97and you can also
 learn how to chant the names of God recommended in the Vedic literature, namely Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. Or, if you find some insurmountab
le impediment to joining the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, then you can remain in your own faith\'97but begin following God's orders by becoming a vegetarian and chanting the names of God that appear in your own scripture. If you accept one of t
hese alternatives, and if you engage your offspring in serving the Lord as well, then the problem of "pseudoreligious cults\'94\'97old or new\'97will be permanently solved.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p10: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literatures teach that
 in this age the only way to revive our consciousness of God is to chant His names. Here His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da hands a new disciple the beads upon which he will chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mah\'e4-mantra. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Binding the Butter Thief
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Binding the Butter Thief
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's most delightful pastimes occurred when Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 caught Him stealing butter and to
ok a rope to bind Him. We may wonder, "Is it possible to bind the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead?" Yes, but a rope alone is not enough.... (From the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh
\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, seeing that her maidservants were engaged in various household duties, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 personally took charge of churning butter. And while she churned, s
he sang the childhood pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and enjoyed thinking of her son. Her saffron sari was tightly wrapped around her broad hips, and on account of her intense love for her son, milk moistened her shaking breasts. The bangles and bracelets on
 her wrists tinkled as they touched each other, and her earrings shook as she labored very hard, churning with two hands. Drops of perspiration appeared on her face, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m
\'e4lat\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers in her hair scattered here and there.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before this picturesque sight child K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared. He felt hungry, and just to increase Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4's transcendental pleasure, He caught hold of t
he churning rod to stop her from churning. He indicated that her first business was to let Him suck her breast. She could churn butter later.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 took her son on her lap and pushed the nipple of her breast into His mouth. And while K\'e5\'f1\'eba was sucking the milk, she was smiling, e
njoying the beauty of her child's face. Suddenly the milk on the oven began to boil over. Just to stop the milk from spilling, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 at once put K\'e5\'f1\'eba aside and went to the oven. Left like that by His mother, K\'e5\'f1\'eba became 
very angry. His eyes red with rage, He bit His reddish lips, took up a stone, and broke the butter pot. With false tears in His eyes, K\'e5\'f1\'eba took some butter out of the pot and went to a secluded place to eat it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 had set the overflowing milk pan in order and returned to the churning spot. She saw the broken pot that had held the yogurt used for
 churning. Since she could not find her boy, she concluded that the broken pot was His work. She began to smile as she thought, "The child is very clever. After breaking the pot He has left this place, fearing punishment."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By following K\'e5\'f1\'eba's tiny butter-smeared footprints, she finally found Him sitting upon a big upside-down grinding mortar. He was taking butter from a pot 
that hung from the ceiling on a swing, and He was feeding the butter to the monkeys. When Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba looking anxiously this way and that, she could tell that He was afraid of her because He knew He had been naughty. With a sti
ck in her hand, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 very silently and cautiously approached K\'e5\'f1\'eba from behind. But K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw her coming, and He quickly got down from the grinding mortar and fled in fear.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 chased K\'e5\'f1\'eba to all corners, trying to capture the Supreme Personality of Godhead\'97Him whom even great yogis never approach in their 
meditations. But Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 could not easily catch her fast running child, because her heavy breasts overburdened her thin waist and slowed her down. Still, she tried to follow Him as quickly as possible, and as she ran her hair loosened and the
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4lat\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  flowers in her hair fell to the ground.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although she was tired, she somehow reached her naughty child and captured Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba admitted to being an offender, and His eyes became restless from fear
. He was just on the point of crying, and He rubbed His eyes, smearing His black eye ointment all over His face. Then, as Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 looked upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba with great love, she mildly chastised Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 saw that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was unnecessarily afraid. Being the topmost well-wisher of her child, she thought, "If the child is too fearful of m
e, I don't know what will happen to Him." So Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 threw away her stick.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then she thought she would bind K\'e5\'f1\'eba with a rope, to prevent Him from creating any more mischief. Of course, no one can actually bind the Supreme Personal
ity of Godhead, who has neither inside nor outside, nor beginning nor end. He is unlimited and all-pervading. Indeed, He is Himself the whole cosmic manifestation. Still, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 was thinking that K\'e5\'f1\'eba was her tiny child; she did no
t know that He had no limitation. Thus, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba is far beyond the reach of any restrictions, she endeavored to bind Him up to the wooden grinding mortar.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But when she tried to bind Him, she found that the rope she was using was too short\'97by two inches. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 gathered more ropes from the house and add
ed them, but again she found the same shortage. In this way she connected all the ropes available in the house, but when the final knot was added, she saw that the rope was still two inches too short! Astonished, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 smiled and thought, "
How is this happening!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While attempting to bind her son, Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 became tired. Her whole body became covered with perspiration, and the remaining flowers in her hair fell to t
he ground. Seeing His mother's labor, and being compassionate toward her, K\'e5\'f1\'eba then allowed Himself to be bound up by the ropes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba played as a human child in the land of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, performing His own selected pastimes for the pleasure of His dear devotees l
ike Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4\'97and showing the whole world that He can be bound only by the rope of His dear devotees' love.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p12: "Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 reached her naughty child and captured Him. She then thought she would bind K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a with a rope, to prevent Him from creating any more mischief." Especially during the month of November, people all over India fondly remember this scene. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Mural
\'e9dhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Hear the timeless wisdom
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Hear the timeless wisdom of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG v12}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub #6
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam     v12#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 13 T
EXT 3-4\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 13 TEXT 23
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar    v12#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you wil1 gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
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\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 491, Caitanya Era\line Vai
\'f1\'ebava months of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (October 27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 25)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Appearance of \'c7r\'e9la V\'e9racandra Prabhu. \line From today, until November 15, place lamps.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \'c7r\'e9 R}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov 9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4modara 14)}
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\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov 13 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la V\'e4sudeva Gho\'f1a \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Gop\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9 and Gosth\'e4\'f1\'f6am\'e9.\line Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la \'c7r\'e9nivasa Acarya, \'c7r
\'e9la Dhana\'efjaya Pa\'eb\'f2ita and \'c7r\'e9la Gad\'e4dhara \'d6h\'e4kura.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village    v12#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Fiji Welcomes A Dancing K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There's a striking new landmark in Lautoka, the second largest city in the Fiji Islands. It's the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-K\'e4liya temple, opened last August 28 by the Inte
rnational Society for Krishna Consciousness. With three glittering, gold-plated spires atop huge white domes, the new building is the largest K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in the South Pacific\'97and the first in Fiji. The temple has three spacious altars, in wh
ich thirteen exquisite Deities receive worship. ISKCON craftsmen at the Los Angeles center designed and molded the Deities and then shipped them fifty-five hundred miles to the Fiji temple. The main Deity is K\'e5\'f1\'eba, who dances upon the heads of a
 serpent named K\'e4liya.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The new temple will serve as a cultural and religious center for the three hundred thousand Fijians of Indian descent, who make up more than half the nation's popul
ation and play a prominent role in its social, economic, and political life. Of course, the temple will also attract many non-Indians as well. In fact, the Fiji }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sun}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  reported that Fijians of all races participated in the opening ceremonies in huge numbers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub About the new temple His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has written this: "Everyone in Fiji should take advantage of this human life by regular
ly visiting this temple and making his life perfect. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is not at all difficult. Everyone can come and offer obeisances to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and take K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [vegetarian food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba]. The temple is open to all."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The temple's main sponsor is local businessman Deoji Punja (Vasudeva d\'e4sa), whom \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da initiated as his disciple in 1976. While visiting Aust
ralia early in 1974, Mr. Punja had dropped in at the ISKCON's Sydney temple and had come away deeply impressed with the devotees\'97especially with their authentic Deity worship, and their strict adherence to the Vedic way of life. Later in 1974 Mr. Punj
a had met \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in Fiji and promised to organize the construction of an ISKCON temple there. Mr. Punja had long felt an urgent need to restore the fast-fading Vedic culture among Fiji's Indian population. He concluded that this would 
be possible only with the help of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'97the world's foremost representative of India's K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious heritage. Recently Mr. Punja pointed out that in the past many unscrupulous so-called swamis and gurus "came from India
 and went so quicklyas soon as they had collected their money from our pockets they were gone, and no one was any better."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mr. Punja donated a choice site in Lautoka, and the local Indians united to build the temple there. In May of 1976 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da himself came to Lautoka
 to lay the foundation stone. Now completed, Fiji's first K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple is already functioning as the focal point of the revival of Vedic culture in Fiji. The local ISKCON devotees are popularizing the reading of K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious literatu
res such as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in all of the island's major languages. The devotees are also
 building a school to train children of all races in the principles of God-conscious spiritual life, and they are organizing a Vedic farm community to counter the trend toward materialistic, over-urbanized civilization. In addition, the devotees are dist
ributing thousands of strings of chanting beads\'97to make chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba a national pastime.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba-K\'e4liya temple gets its name from a famous encounter between Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the hundred-headed serpent K\'e4liya, in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, 
India. K\'e4liya once entered the waters of the River Yamun\'e4 and began to kill the people and cows with his poisonous fumes. K\'e5\'f1\'eba defeated the serpent by dancing on his heads, and as history relates, He banished him to Ramanik\'97present-day
 Fiji. Interestingly, the natives of Fiji have long told of a huge multiheaded serpent hiding in a lake in the island's interior.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Main Deity: K\'e5\'f1\'eba dances upon the beads of the K\'e4liya serpent, whom history relates He banished to Fiji.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Traditional sacrifice: Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana Swami (second from left) leads a sacrifice inaugurating the Fiji temple.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 German Ph.D. Acclaims Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Parameshwara Aithal of the University of Heidelberg's Institute of South Asian Studies recently sent us this assessment of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "For a proper understanding of India's spiritual heritage, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has been well recognized as the authoritative and authentic source book. Although there exist innumerable editions of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97in both Indian and Western languages\'97few of them satisfy the needs of a modern, seriously inquiring reader, particularly of 
the West. Most are too superficial, failing to impart the profound knowledge hidden in the text. Having taught the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  over the last twenty years, I have always felt the necessity of a more satisfactory edition. I am glad to note that A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da's edition of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub completely fills this need. I am sure that this valuable edition will prove to be of great help in imparti
ng to any reader the transcendental knowledge of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and of India's past. I would recommend to it anyone who seeks truth and spiritual knowledge." 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks Out     v12#10
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks
 Out
\par }\pard \s1279 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What follows is a conversation between His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and one of his disci
ples, Dr. Thoudam Singh. It took place during an early morning walk on Los Angeles's Venice Beach.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On Darwinian Evolution
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Your Divine Grace, are all the species of life cr
eated simultaneously?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The species already exist, a
nd the living entity simply transfers himself from one womb to the next, just as a man transfers himself from one apartment to another. Suppose a person comes from a lower-class apartment to a first-class apartment. The person is the same, but now, accor
ding to his capacity for payment\'97according to his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97he is able to occupy a higher-class apartme
nt. Evolution does not mean physical development, but development of consciousness. Do you follow?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think so. Do you mean that evolution is actuall
y the soul's transmigration from the lower species of life up to the higher species?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. As you get more money you ca
n move to a better apartment. Similarly, as your consciousness develops, you move up to a higher species of life. The species already exist, however. It is not that the lower species become higher species\'97that is Darwin's nonsensical theory.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub And each living entity is made to live in a parti
cular type of body according to his desires?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. God knows the various desire
s of all the living entities in the material world. Therefore, to accommodate all the conditioned souls, He creates the 8,400,000 species of life from the very beginning.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da; what is the difference
 between the transmigration of souls in animal bodies and the transmigration of human souls?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Animals transmigrate only in one 
direction\'97upward\'97but human beings can transmigrate to either a higher or a lower form of life. By nature's law, the lower species are coming up from animal forms to the higher, human forms. But once you come to the human form, if you don't cultivat
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, you may return to the body of a cat or dog.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The scientists have no information that evolution
 can operate in either direction.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, I say they are fools a
nd rascals. They have no knowledge, yet they still claim to be scientists.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One of the prominent scientific arguments is that
 before Darwin's biophysical type of evolution could take place, there had to be something they call "prebiotic chemistry" or "chemical evolution."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But from what have the chemicals 
evolved? The term "chemical evolution" implies that chemicals have an origin. And we know from the Vedic science that the origin is spirit, or life. For example, a lemon tree produces citric acid. Also, our bodies produce many chemicals through our urine
, blood, and bodily secretions. So there are many examples of how life produces chemicals, but there are no instances where chemicals have produced life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Russian biologist in 1920 developed the idea of
 chemical evolution. He demonstrated that before biochemical evolution, the earth's atmosphere was composed mostly of hydrogen, with very little oxygen. Then, in due course. . .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a side study. First of al
l, where did the hydrogen come from? The scientists simply study the middle of the process\'97they do not study the origin. You must know the beginning. There is an airplane [\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da points to an airplane appearing on the horizon]. Woul
d you say the origin of that machine is the sea? A foolish person might say that all of a sudden a light appeared in the sea, and that's how the airplane was created. But is that a scientific explanation? The scientists' theories are just like that. They
 say, "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub existed, and then all of a sudden, simply by chance, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  occured." This is not real science. Real science must explain the original cause.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Singh: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What you have been saying completely contradicts 
Darwin's theory of evolution. Darwin and his supporters say that life started from matter and evolved from unicellular organisms to multicellular organisms. They believe higher species like animals and men didn't exist at the beginning of creation. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Darwin and his followers are rasc
als. If the higher species have evolved from the lower species, then why do the lower species still exist? At the present moment we see both the human species, with its advanced intelligence, and the foolish ass. Why do both these entities exist simultan
eously? Why hasn't the ass form simply evolved into a higher species and thus become extinct? Darwin thought that human beings evolved from the monkeys. But why do we never see a monkey giving birth to a human being?
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Darwinists' theory that human life began in such-and-such an era is nonsense. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says that on leaving this present body you can directly transmigrate to any species of life, according to your karma. Sometimes I
 travel to America, sometimes to Australia, and sometimes to Africa. The countries already exist; I am simply traveling through them. It is not that because I have come to America I have }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub created}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub become}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
America. And there are many countries I have not yet seen. Does that mean they do not exist? Any scientist who supports Darwin is unintelligent. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  clearly says that all the species of life exist simultaneously, and that you can go to any of them\'97that will depend on your consciousness at the time of death. If you become K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a conscious, you can even go up to the kingdom of God. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains all this very clearly in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Disciple Speaks Out
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Disc
iple Speaks Out
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On Life After Death
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To whom it may concern,
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This letter is in reply to an article by Dr. Abraham Kovoor published recently in the Colombo }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Sunday Times}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (\'c7r\'e9 La\'ebk\'e4). In this article (a reaction to a lecture I had given a week earlier in Colombo's R\'e4ma-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mission Hall) Dr. Kov
oor argued against the existence of the soul, and against life after death. Surely Dr. Kovoor and other men of his stamp stand proudly on their platform of knowledge. But the innocent public, who are not so expert in sophistry and word jugglery, should k
now that these self-styled guardians of logic, reason, and the advancement of science are sailing on a sinking ship when they unceremoniously meddle in matters which lie beyond the purview of their limited senses\'97namely "life after death."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The very first line of Dr. Kovoor's article, "I do not hold the view that my life is located in a particular spot in my body," betrays the flimsiness of the platfor
m upon which he stands. Throughout the article Dr. Kovoor gives his views, beliefs, and opinions about a subject completely beyond his power of observation, and he tries to pass these imaginative speculations off as scientific truths.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub With all due respect to Dr. Kovoor, I beg to point out that the process of direct sense perception, the basis for his many statements about "life after death," is u
tterly limited and imperfect. Take, for example, our eyes. They function only under certain conditions. If there is no light, we cannot even see our hands in front of our face. We cannot see the nearest object, the eyelid; nor can we see what is farthest
 away, the outskirts of the universe. Clearly, the eyes are imperfect. And the senses of touch, taste, smell, and hearing are likewise limited. The mind is also imperfect. If one is asked to remember what he was doing fifteen years earlier on a given dat
e, he will surely fail the test\'97most people would be hard-pressed to recall exactly what they were doing even }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub fifteen minutes}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  previously. Therefore, since our mind and senses are imperfect, any knowledge based on mental speculation and sensual perception must also be imperfect.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now the reader may ask, "If knowledge of the soul is beyond the limited reach of our mind and senses, then how can we acquire this knowledge?" The answer is that we
 must look to the revealed Vedic scriptures, which are not the product of imperfect human minds, but which are spoken by either God Himself or by perfectly self-realized souls, who are transcendental to our limitations. For example, in the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , which learned men all over the world accept as the essence of Vedic knowledge, Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba declares that there is the soul, and the rebirth of the soul, and there is the supreme soul, God. K\'e5\'f1\'eba also describes the spiritual science by which we can perceive the soul and God. Just as we have a material science, which deals
 with material phenomena, so there is a spiritual science, which allows the practitioner to penetrate the wall of gross and subtle matter and directly experience and realize the soul, its rebirth, and its relationship with God, the supreme soul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A true scientist would never prematurely declare, "I do not believe that I have a soul or spirit that survives my death." Rather, if he really wished to perceive th
e soul, or self, he would embrace the process of self-realization Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba outlines in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97a process accepted as standard by men recognized in the field of spiritual science. Such a sincere seeker of truth (the true scientist) would then submit himself to that process, and only after perfectly applying all its tech
niques to himself, under the guidance of an authorized professor of spiritual science (the spiritual master), would he dare speak on the matter in question. Theory, practice, and observation\'97that is the true process of science, and it applies equally 
to both material and spiritual science.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We must know the right technique for probing into the subject matter. If I want to recognize diamonds, rubies, sapphires, or pearls, I have to be trained in the tec
hniques for testing such gems; otherwise, I may accept glass for diamonds and be cheated. For want of the spiritual techniques described in the ancient Vedic scriptures, we are foolishly accepting the body as the self and missing the real point\'97the so
ul. Therefore, on the basis of revealed scriptures and under the guidance of an authorized teacher, anyone who wants to speak on spiritual subject matters should learn spiritual science and become qualified to distinguish matter from spirit.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All the Vedic scriptures teach that life is not generated from a combination of chemicals, as men like Dr. Kovoor would have us believe, but that life comes only fr
om life. The living combination of man and woman in sexual intercourse generates a living child. A dead man and a dead woman have no power to generate a child. A living tree can bear fruit; a dead tree, however, has no such power. The difference between 
life and death is the soul, which the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  describes as superior energy (}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub par\'e4-prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ). It is this superior energy which manifests all material phenomena within our experi
ence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If life were a product of chemical combination only, as material scientists suggest, then why don't they inject the "life-giving chemical" into dead bodies and make
 men live forever? Or if we give the scientists the chemical ingredients of the material body, can they combine them and bring them to life? When confronted with these questions, material scientists can only answer, "We are trying, we will do it in the f
uture." But this is not science\'97this is bluffing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So here is my challenge to Dr. Kovoor and his fellow scientists: Let them take a dead body and inject into it the appropriate chemical to bring it back to life. How
ever, since they obviously find this task too difficult, perhaps they could just produce a simple form of life like a mosquito or a bedbug. Of course, it may well be that their so-called science is "not yet ready" to produce a finished product of life, s
o perhaps they could make a synthetic eggshell, inject yellow and white chemicals into it, incubate the whole business, and thereby produce a chicken. Still, this task may be a little too difficult for them. So, if they could just produce a drop of milk 
or a grain of rice by chemical combination, we could perhaps begin to take them a little seriously. But until they do, we must conclude that Dr. Kovoor and other men like him are simply ignorant bluffers, and that they are totally incompetent to speak on
 subjects like the nature of life, life after death, the soul, and God.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qr\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Respectfully,\line Ha\'e0sad\'fcta Swami
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Six Lessons on Transmigration
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub SIX LESSONS ON TRANSMIGRATION
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Transmigration," "reincarnation," "astral travel," "life after death"\'97topics once hardly mentioned but now much talk
ed about. Is there a soul? Can the soul live outside the body? What happens to the soul when the body dies? Many people have their theories, but ancient India's Vedic literatures have the facts.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LESSON ONE: Each of Us Is a Living Soul Within a Material Body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At every moment our bodies are changing. The billions of cells that are the building blocks of our bodies are continuously dying and being replaced by new cells. In
 this way the body that each of us had a few years ago no longer exists\'97our present body has replaced it. In one lifetime we actually have many different bodies\'97baby, child, youth, adult, and so on\'97but we remain the same person. We do not change
 our identity as the body changes, because we are not the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But almost every one of us thinks that he is his body, Why is that? The Vedic literatures explain that there is a spark of life within the body that animates it. Th
is spark of life\'97the spiritual soul\'97is the real self, the real person. When encased within, say, a white male body born in America, the self thinks, "I am a white American man." When in a black female body born in Europe, the self thinks, "I am a b
lack European woman." And so on. This is illusion or (in Sanskrit) }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97"that which is n
ot." This illusion is very strong\'97right from birth everyone identifies himself with his body\'97so we require education. We have to learn that science which comprehends not only the material body but also the soul within the body. Although such a scie
nce is not taught in any Western university, it is taught in the Vedic literatures especially in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  explains the first concept of Vedic science in this way: "As the embodied living soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, so the same soul passes into another body at death" (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Our bodies grow and change because the living soul is present within the heart\'97it's that spark of life, the soul, that makes the body alive. But when the soul leaves the body, then all physical
 activities cease, and the eternally living soul transmigrates to another body. This experience is known as death. In other words, even during the course of one lifetime the eternally living soul is imperceptibly moving from body to body, and "death" is 
simply another move\'97a "transmigration" to a totally new body\'97for the deathless, changeless soul. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  explains transmigration with an analogy: "As person puts on new garments, giving up the old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LESSON TWO: The Living Souls Are Evolving Through the Species. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literatures describe 8,400, 000 species of life: aquatics, trees and plants, insects and reptiles, birds, four-legged beasts, and human beings. The spirit
ual soul transmigrates from one species to the next, evolving up through the 8,400,000 forms of life until he attains a human body. The human form of life has a special significance, for only in the human form is the soul's consciousness developed enough
 to understand that the body is just his encagement, and that there's a way to free himself from that encagement. Now let's examine how the spirit soul's consciousness evolves and how he manifests his consciousness in various bodies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Consciousness, an often used but rarely understood term, is actually the symptom of the spiritual soul. Or, in other words, consciousness is spiritual energy radiat
ing from the soul\'97just as sunshine is material energy (heat and light) emanating from the sun. Just as the sun's heat and light pervades the entire solar system, so the consciousness radiating from the spiritual soul within the heart pervades the enti
re material body. But until the soul evolves up to the human form, his consciousness is so covered that he has very little chance for self-realization\'97realization that the self is not the material body but the living soul within.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here we have the actual explanation of evolution. God creates the 8,400,000 species simultaneously, and as each spiritual soul transmigrates from lower to higher sp
ecies, his consciousness progressively develops. Finally he attains a human body, with keen human intelligence. So evolution does exist, but it's an evolution of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub consciousness}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97not of species, as the Darwinists theorize.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, just as there is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub evolution}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of consciousness, there is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devolution}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of consciousness. If, hav
ing evolved up to the human species, a spiritual soul misuses his human faculties, he must descend again into the lower species. Although the soul in the human form of life still identifies with his body, he can also glimpse his spiritual identity. This 
spiritual consciousness is like a small flame covered by a cloud of smoke. If we fan that flame by cultivating spiritual knowledge, we can rekindle the fire of pure consciousness\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. To put it simply, the human form of life i
s a crossroads for the spiritual soul: he is free either to descend again into the darkness of lower species, or to end his torturous sojourn through repeated births and deaths by rekindling the full fire of his K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LESSON THREE: Actions We Perform in the Human Body Determine Our Future Bodies.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This vast universe is filled with untold billions of eternally living spiritual souls, or sparks of life, and all of them are transmigrating from one body to the ne
xt. From the tiny one-celled amoeba to the great blue whale, from the smallest }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bacillus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to the gi
ant sequoia\'97all living organisms within our vast universe consist of two basic components the material body and the spiritual soul. The material body is a lifeless yet complex arrangement of physical elements, and the spiritual soul is actually a spar
k of life\'97a spark of the supreme life, God. Though only one ten-thousandth the tip of a hair in size, the soul animates one body after another. In some species he remains for only a few seconds, in others for as long as several thousand years. When a 
particular body is no longer fit for habitation, the soul leaves it and enters a seed, egg, or womb to begin developing his next body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Does the soul's transmigration from body to body take place in a random way, or does some higher authority supervise? In one lifetime the spiritual soul may enjoy a
s the lusty rogue, and in the next lifetime he may be kicked as the neighborhood dog. What determines a particular soul's next body?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One answer given in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is that each soul receives punishment or reward for the sinful or pious acts he performs during his human lifetime. This is known as the law of karma. Every act a human being performs is either in accord with the 
universal laws that God gives in the revealed scriptures, or it is contrary to those laws. God's scriptural laws govern only those souls in the human form, because unlike the dull creatures in the lower species, the human being has sufficient intelligenc
e to freely obey\'97or reject\'97the Lord's scriptural instructions. However, along with that freedom comes accountability. Thus a sinful soul\'97one who breaks God's laws\'97may be born as a dog in his next life, a pious soul may take his next birth as 
an aristocrat, and a self-realized soul may break free from the bonds of karma altogether and enter into the deathless spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  further explains that a living soul receives a particular kind of body according to his particular desires. For example, if my heart is filled with animalistic desires, then although I now possess a human body, my next body will be an an
imal body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So we may think of the body either as the soul's vehicle for expressing his material desires, or as the end result of good or bad acts the soul performed in his las
t human birth. Both concepts are correct. But in either case, we see that there must be a witness and controller who fulfills the particular desires of each spiritual soul, and who rewards or punishes each soul as he deserves. That witness, controller, a
nd judge is the Supersoul.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LESSON FOUR: In the Human Body the Soul Can Discover the Supersoul.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Who is the Supersoul? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  says, "Besides the atomic spiritual soul, in this body there is another enjoyer\'97a transcendental enjoyer\'97who is the Lord. He is the supreme proprietor, overseer, and permitter, and He is known as the Superso
ul" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.23}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . In other words, within each body there are two souls\'97the atomic soul (the individual spark o
f life) and the Supersoul (the supreme source of all life). The atomic soul and the Supersoul reside together within the heart of each and every body throughout the universe, and at the time of death the Supersoul accompanies the atomic soul to his next 
body. But the Supersoul is not an ordinary living entity. Only by the Supersoul's arrangement does each atomic soul receive his proper body; only by the Supersoul's sanction can the atomic soul fulfill his desires for happiness; and only by the Supersoul
's grace can the atomic soul think, feel, and act.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Supersoul is the personal expansion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whereas the atomic souls are expansions of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's spir
itual energy, the Supersoul is an expansion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. The atomic soul dwells within the material body, and he suffers and enjoys the various pains and pleasures arising from his particular body. But the Supersoul, although fully aware of
 these pains and pleasures, is aloof from them. And because He is always aloof from the changing body, the Supersoul always stays in the same situation\'97transcendence par excellence\'97whether He accompanies the atomic soul within his insect body, his 
dog body, or his human body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, when we hear that the Supersoul is present along with the atomic soul in each body, we should not assume that there must be many millions of Supersouls. There 
are an unlimited number of atomic souls, but there is only one Supersoul. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
 explains: "Although the Supersoul appears to be divided, He is never divided. He is situated as one" }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. 13.17}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . A good analogy is the sun with its reflections: there is 
one sun in the sky, but if we place thousands of waterpots on the ground, the sun will at once appear within each waterpot. Similarly, the Supersoul is a single transcendental entity, but He can expand Himself into the hearts of all living creatures.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the constant companion of each individual atomic soul, the Supersoul fulfills the desires and awards the particular material bodies of every living entity. And H
e accompanies them on their course of birth, old age, disease, and death\'97life after life. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba explains in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "One who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies, and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul is every destroyed\'97he actually sees" }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Bg.}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 13.28}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, this may seem surprising: the Supersoul\'97God\'97is always with the individual atomic souls, yet they are suffering. Why doesn't the Lord in the heart divert 
the atomic souls from their suicidal course of repeated birth and death? If the Supersoul is actually our well-wisher, why doesn't He end our suffering? The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  answer with the analogy of the two birds in the tree.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LESSON FIVE: The Soul and the Supersoul Are like Two Birds in the Tree of the Body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  compare the body to a tree and the soul and Supersoul to two friendly birds sitting within the tree. The first bird (representing the atomic soul) is eating the tree's fruits, which are of two kinds\'97happiness and distress. The second 
bird (representing the Supersoul) is self-satisfied, so He doesn't bother with the fruits. He simply watches His friend, the first bird. Although these two birds have similar qualities and could enjoy the most pleasurable spiritual friendship, the first 
bird is captivated by the fruits of the tree, so he ignores the second bird. Meanwhile, the second bird is simply witnessing the activities of His friend. Though they are friends, still one is the master and the other is the servant. Because of forgetful
ness of this relationship, the first bird (the atomic soul) must change from one tree to another, or from one body to another. The atomic soul is struggling very hard on the tree of the material body, but as soon as he agrees to accept the guidance of th
e Supersoul (represented by the friendly witnessing bird), he becomes fulfilled and free from suffering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Unfortunately, very few souls within this material universe desire to serve the Supersoul, break free from the bonds of karma, and return home, back to the spiritua
l world. Although this material world is always miserable and dangerous, most people's hearts are filled with so many desires to enjoy this world that they doom themselves to stay here. Everyone has this freedom, and the Supersoul within the heart, perce
iving each spiritual soul's desires, helps him try to enjoy the material world as he wishes, birth after birth.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 LESSON SIX: The Evolution of the Soul Culminates in K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As we can clearly see, the Supersoul is our dearest friend. And since the Supersoul is but an expansion of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that means K\'e5\'f1\'eba is our dea
rest friend. However, although K\'e5\'f1\'eba always wants us to return to Him\'97to get free from the suffering we've been going through in one material body after another\'97He will not interfere with our minute free will. Without that freedom, we can'
t develop any real love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and without developing love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can't break our attachment to things of this world and go back to the spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub It is only by surrendering to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and accepting His instructions that the spiritual soul can evolve to the highest state of existence\'97pure K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness, pure love of God. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  explains that the soul who has
 attained love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not again take birth in this material world after leaving his present body. Such a pure soul attains a spiritual body in the spiritual world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Covered by illusion, we have been desiring and obtaining body after body in this miserable material world. Now, if we awaken our spiritual desires, our love for K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will award us an eternal spiritual body in the spiritual world. The spiritual world has none of the disappointment, despair, fear, and pain that plague this world. That's because in the spiritual world every soul is engaged in his etern
al, natural activity\'97rendering loving devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Unlike the so-called loving relationships of this material world, which are mere shadow relationships, our loving relationship with K
\'e5\'f1\'eba in the spiritual world is our original, eternal relationship, and it is the only real satisfaction and solace for the soul. Having now attained a human body, we should all take up the process of developing our love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba as our
 most important task\'97and reach the pinnacle of evolution within this lifetime.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19: The eternal living soul within the body is the real self. Thus each of us is an eternal soul. Actually, since 
the body is constantly changing, the living soul is imperceptibly moving from body to body during the course of one lifetime. Death is simply another change of body for the deathless soul. This change is known as transmigration of the soul. }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: The living soul transmigrates from one species to the next, evolving up through the millions of different life 
forms until he attains a human body. This is real evolution. It is an evolution of the soul\'97not of species, as the Darwinists theorize. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa 
and \'c7\'e4\'e7tram\'e4y\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: Each soul receives punishment or reward for the sinful or pious acts be performs during his lifetime as a human
 being. So in his next life a sinful soul may be born as a hog or other abominable species.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: Within each body there are two souls\'97the individual soul and the Supersoul. The Supersoul is the personal ex
pansion of God. There are an unlimited number of individual atomic souls, but there is only one Supersoul. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub      This is an analogy from the Upani\'f1ads: one bird (the soul) is struggling hard to enjoy the fruits of the tree
 (the body), but he becomes satisfied only when he finally accepts the guidance of the friendly witnessing bird (the Supersoul, K\'e5\'f1\'eba). }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Bharadr\'e4ja d
\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23: By surrendering to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the soul evolves to the pinnacle of consciousness pure love of God. Aft
er leaving his present body he never again takes birth in this material world. Instead, he attains a spiritual body in the spiritual world, where he renders loving devotional service in his eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Devah\'fcti-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 King Ambar\'e9\'f1a and the Great Yogi
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub King Ambar\'e9\'f1a and the Grea
t Yogi
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Pure Devotion Versus Mystic Magic
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4
da (Adapted by Navayauvana d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1080\ri1080\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Ambar\'e9\'f1a was famous as a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "But why,\'94 Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni wondered, "sh
ould people respect him more than a great mystic yogi like me? I will teach him a lesson. . . .\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Ambar\'e9\'f1a was a greatly celebrated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r\'e4jar\'f1i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (saintly monarch) who lived millions of years ago, during the Age of Truth. He presided over a royal household with many wives, children, friends, and relatives. He also possessed many elephants, c
hariots, horses, jewels, ornaments, garments, and an inexhaustible treasury. Yet amazingly, he was not the least bit attached to all these opulences\'97because he had completely given up the desire to use temporary material things for flickering sense en
joyment. So rather than abandon his opulences, he accepted everything for serving Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For generations devotees have celebrated how King Ambar\'e9\'f1a absorbed all the activities of his body and mind in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. He always engaged his
 mind in meditating upon the lotus feet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his words in describing the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his hands in cleaning the temple of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and his ears in hearing the words spoken by K\'e5\'f1\'eba or about K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He e
ngaged his eyes in seeing the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the temple of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and places connected with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, like V\'e5nd\'e4vana. He engaged his sense of touch in touching the bodies of the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his sense of smel
l in smelling the flowers offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and his tongue in tasting the spiritual food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. He engaged his legs in walking to holy places and temples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, his head in bowing down to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and all h
is desires in serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba, twenty-four hours a day.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Yet despite his full absorption in transcendence, King Ambar\'e9\'f1a did not neglect his worldly royal duties. Rather, he acted as an ideal God-conscious head of s
tate and never issued a single order for his own selfish enjoyment. He saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, as he ultimate enjoyer of all his endeavors\'97political, social, economic, cultural, and religious\'97and he always offered th
e results of his activities to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. A perfect devotee, the king acted with full knowledge of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's words\'97and full faith in them. And since King Ambar\'e9\'f1a's subjects followed his example of hearing and chanting about K
\'e5\'f1\'eba, everyone was naturally peaceful and prosperous. To satisfy the Lord even further, the king organized huge Vedic sacrifices and offered Him the best of everything. As a result, climatic conditions were ideal. Rain was plentiful, and even de
sert areas flourished.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just to satisfy the Lord, King Ambar\'e9\'f1a and one of his queens once observed a year-long vow of austerity. After observing that vow for the prescribed year, Ki
ng Ambar\'e9\'f1a fasted for three days and bathed in the River Yamun\'e4. Then, with great attention and care, he worshiped the Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with fine incense, flowers, flaming lamps, and other items. Finally, he gave gifts in charity to sati
sfy all the guests who arrived at his palace. To the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he gave innumerable cows wit
h gold-plated horns and silver-plated hooves. Afterward the king sumptuously fed all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub , and when they were fully satisfied, he prepared himself to end his year of austerities by breaking his fast.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Just then the great and powerful mystic Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni unexpectedly appeared on the scene. After standing up to receive him, King Ambar\'e9\'f1a offered him a n
ice seat and humbly requested him to dine. Durv\'e4s\'e4 gladly accepted, but he first wanted to bathe in the River Yamun\'e4. There he waded into the water and became absorbed in trance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Meanwhile, only a few minutes remained before the auspicious time for King Ambar\'e9\'f1a to break his fast would elapse. The king became anxious. On the one hand, 
he knew that if he didn't break his fast during the prescribed period, the vow's effects would be lost. But on the other hand, he also knew he would commit a great offense if he ate before Durv\'e4s\'e4 returned. To resolve this dilemma, King Ambar\'e9
\'f1a quickly consulted his learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  advisors and reached a decision: he would brea
k his fast by drinking a little water only since drinking water may be accepted as both eating and not eating.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After sipping some water, the king meditated on the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart and awaited Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni's return. When Durv\'e4s\'e4 retu
rned from the river he could understand by his mystic powers that King Ambar\'e9\'f1a had drunk water without his permission. Hungry and trembling in anger, Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni chastised the king, who stood before him with folded hands. "Alas, just see th
e behavior of this cruel man\'97considering himself God, he has transgressed the laws of religion! King Ambar\'e9\'f1a, you have invited me to eat as a guest, but instead of feeding me, you yourself have eaten first! Because of your misbehavior, I shall 
create something to punish you!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Suddenly, with his face flushed and fiercely twisted, Durv\'e4s\'e4 uprooted a tuft of hair from his head and created a demon resembling the blazing fire of devasta
tion. That frightful creature carried a trident in his hand and shook the surface of the earth with his footsteps, and now he was coming before the king to kill him! But King Ambar\'e9\'f1a remained supremely placid and did not move even slightly. He was
 totally unafraid of death, for he was simply absorbed in thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the core of his heart. The king didn't even consider asking the Lord for protection. But Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba well knows how to protect his devotees. Immediately He se
nt His personal weapon, the Sudar\'e7ana disc, to rescue the king. And as a forest fire quickly burns an angry snake to ashes, so the blazing Sudar\'e7ana disc did away with the demon.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon seeing that his attempt to kill King Ambar\'e9\'f1a had failed\'97and that the Lord's Sudar\'e7ana disc was rapidly moving toward him\'97Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni bec
ame very frightened and fled. By his mystic powers he fled everywhere\'97to the sky, to caves, to the ocean, even to the heavenly planets\'97but wherever he went he felt the unbearably hot Sudar\'e7ana disc following close behind him. Finally, by an inco
nceivable yogic perfection he crossed beyond the covering of the material universe and entered one of the planets in the self-effulgent spiritual sky. Still feeling the Sudar\'e7ana disc's scorching heat, Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni fell at the lotus feet of the 
Supreme Lord, N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba (N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba means "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the shelter of all living beings").
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As he spoke Durv\'e4s\'e4 once again trembled\'97this time in great fear: "O infallible, unlimited Lord! O protector of the universe, I am a great offender. Please 
give me protection."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub However, Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba told him, "O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , I cannot act independently, for I am completely under the control of my pure devotees. Since they give up their homes, wives, children, relatives, riches, and even their very lives simply to serve
 Me, how can I ever give them up? The pure devotee is always within the core of My heart, and I am always in the core of My pure devotee's heart. Indeed, My devotees do not know anything but Me, and I do not know anyone but them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub ," the Lord continued, "now let Me advise you what to do to escape danger. Please listen closely. When employed against My devotee, one's so-called prowess inevitably harms him who employs it\'97so by offending King Ambar\'e9\'f1a you have ac
ted against your own best interest. Therefore, you should immediately go to the king and beg his forgiveness. Do not delay even a second! If you can pacify him, then there will be peace for you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still feeling very much harassed by the Sudar\'e7ana disc, Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni immediately left Lord N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba and retraced his flight back to earth. Upon re
aching King Ambar\'e9\'f1a's palace, he quickly entered the main hall, fell down, and clasped the king's lotus feet. When Durv\'e4s\'e4 touched his feet, King Ambar\'e9\'f1a felt ashamed and aggrieved, and out of deep compassion for the sage he began pra
ying to the great weapon of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "O Sudar\'e7ana disc, I offer my obeisances unto you. You are fire, you are the most powerful sun, and you are the moon, the master of all luminaries. You are relig
ion, you are truth, you are the maintainer of the entire universe, and you are the supreme transcendental prowess in the hands of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Your very name\'97Sudar\'e7ana\'97indicates that you serve as the Lord's auspicious vision. You have cr
eated everything by your activities, and therefore you are all-pervasive. O protector of the universe, the Lord has engaged you as His all-powerful weapon in killing the envious enemies. Yet, for the benefit of our entire dynasty, I pray that you kindly 
favor this poor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is one without a secon
d, who is the reservoir of all transcendental qualities, and who is the life and soul of all living entities\'97if that Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba be pleased with us, we wish that you free the suffering Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni from your searing heat."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The king's humble prayer pacified the Sudar\'e7ana disc, and he stopped burning Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni. Deeply grateful, Durv\'e4s\'e4 began to praise King Ambar\'e9
\'f1a: "My dear king, today I have experienced the greatness of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees\'97for although I greatly offended you, out of mercy you have overlooked my offense and prayed for my good fortune. O king, I am very much obliged to you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub While awaiting the return of Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni, the king had not taken any food, but had maintained himself simply by drinking water for one whole year. Now the ki
ng still did not eat. Instead, he fell at Durv\'e4s\'e4's feet and fed him all varieties of delicious food. After eating, Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni was so satisfied that with great affection he requested the king to eat also. "Please take your meal," said Durv
\'e4s\'e4. "I am very pleased with you, my dear king. At first I thought of you as an ordinary human being and accepted your hospitality, but now I see that you are the most exalted devotee of the Lord. Therefore, simply by seeing you, touching your feet
, and talking with you, I have been pleased and have become obliged to you. All the people of this world will continuously chant the glories of your spotless character."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In this way Durv\'e4s\'e4 redeemed himself. True, his mystic perfection was like a valuable jewel, but he had misjudged the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotee and
 had acted enviously. Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni was like a snake\'97and a snake with a valuable jewel on its head is just as dangerous as one without such a jewel. But in the end Durv\'e4s\'e4 came to realize the true position of the Lord's devotees and praised
 both them and Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. Thus he became fortunate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like Durv\'e4s\'e4 Muni, many of the present-day opponents and critics of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement have high qualifications (learning, beauty, weal
th, influence). But they are just like serpents with jewels on their heads\'97because they misjudge the position of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His devotees and act enviously. Yet if, like Durv\'e4s\'e4, these people at last use their high qualifications in K\'e5
\'f1\'eba's service, they too will become glorious. If they refuse, no power on earth will be able to save them from ultimate destruction.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24-25: Left: with great attention and care, the king worshiped the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities. }{\b0\i0
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 a demon to kill the king. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: R\'e4mad\'e4sa Abhir\'e4ma d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: As the blazing flames of a forest fire pursue a snake, the disc of the Supreme Personality of Godhead began fol
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o Antonio Acuna F, Segundo Centro, Madrid 9; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paris, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974 rue Le 
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olombo-2. Rome 00154/ 5740416; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Stockholm, Sweden}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Korsnas Gard, 140 32 Grodinge/ 0753-29151.
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\nosupersub \'97Gob. Tiburcio Montiel 45, San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico D.F. 18/ (905)277-3124; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rio de Janeiro, Brazil}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
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, E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Columbus, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9799 East 13th St. 43201 / (614) 299-5084; 
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Read these books 
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 How You Can Go Beyond Vegetarianism    
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ism
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like millions of other people, you may be realizing that eating meat isn't so good for your health or your budget. You
 may have also heard that it brings bad karma. But then again, you may also be asking your-self, "Would a vegetarian diet give me enough protein?\'94 or "Would it taste good?\'94 So here's a suggestion: Why not join us this Sunday for some vegetarian }{
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\nosupersub da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the most incredibly delicious food you've ever tasted, and not only does it provide you with every vitamin, mineral, and protein you need \'97but also, because 
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\nosupersub  gives you a unique spiritual pleasure that no other food can. So why not join us this Sunday for the free, world-famous transcendental Love Feast? And after the feast be sure to stay for the movie, play, or puppet show. (Please see page twen
ty-eight for the center nearest you.)
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12 No. 11, 1977
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\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
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s}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Palace [left], none of us had ever designed a building or worked with marble or anything like that. But we chanted Hare }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and gradually }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  revealed these skills."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  consciousness in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kul\'e4dri d\'e4sa, president of the New Vrind\'e4ban farm community, with family (W.Va.):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "What we're interested in here is simple living and high thinking. We work hard building, ploughing, and tending the cows, and it's all a pleasure because we're always reading our spiritual master's books
 and chanting the Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub B\'e4la-}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  d\'e4sa, manager, Govinda's Mobile Kitchens (Berkeley):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Lots of people ask how the things we serve here can taste so good, a
nd I always tell them it's because we offer everything to Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . "You might find it a 
little amazing," I say,"but actually, if you're after yoga and self-realization, the best way to get started is with your tongue: you taste delicious foods offered to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1
\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and chant the Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Param\'e4nanda d\'e4sa, president of the G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gari farm community (Pa.):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Chanting Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is a big part of our lives. B
y chanting we get a deeper and deeper understanding that all of us are really servants of God. Even these oxen are serving }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they pull the ploughs, and the fruits of their labor nourish the whole community. For my part, I'm trying to serve }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  by running the farm and seeing that everyone is working happily. The Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is so powerful
 that if everyone chanted it, they'd love God and everyone else, and we'd have a peaceful, God-centered world."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: (Indre, France}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara d\'e4sa
 Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING ED ITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Drutakarma d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa, Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub DESIGNER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadv\'e9pa d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vic\'e4ru d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTIST}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa, R\'e4man\'e4tha d\'e4
sa, Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Tribhuvane\'e7vari-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHY }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, 
Vipra d\'e4sa, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rak\'f1na d\'e4sa, K\'f1am\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhanaguru}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4\'e7raya d\'e4sa, Satyar\'e4ja d\'e4sa,
 Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Ve\'ebudhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover         v12#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How can we end the world's economic woes? "Just depend on nature's beauty and the cows,\'94 says His Divine Grace A. C. Bha
ktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da started the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in 1966, \tab  he had much more in mind than a discussion group. Concerned about the suffering caused by today's overurbanized civiliz
ation, he began setting up farming communities where people could delight in ancient India's God-conscious culture\'97"simple living and high thinking.\'94 In this issue we feature two of those communities (see page 16): the oldest (New Vrind\'e4ban, nea
r Wheeling, West Virginia) and one of the newest (Git\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9, near Port Royal, Pennsylvania), pictured here. (Photo by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa.)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 From Despair to Love 2
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub FROM DESPAIR TO LOVE
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Part 2: How to Make the "Leap of Faith" }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 [part 1]
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soren Kierkegaard, "the father of existentialism," said we have to make the "leap of faith," and he saw the goal as God. He
 wrote, "There is a God\'97His will is made known to me in holy scripture and in my conscience." "That's all right," says His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, "but to know God's will you need more than that...."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soren Kierkegaard lamented the disinte
gration of Christianity as an effective form of worship and considered modern Christendom to be a kind of sickness\'97a corruption of Christ's original message.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christianity is Christianity. You
 cannot call it modern or ancient, nor can you say God is modern or ancient. Either a person is a Christian, or he is not. In other words, either he follows the orders of Christ, or he doesn't. If he does not follow the tenets of his religion, how can he
 claim to belong to that religion? This is applicable to all religions. For instance, there are many so-called Hindus who do not believe in anything, yet they consider themselves Hindus and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [priests]. This is insulting.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Concerning the purpose of prayer, Kier
kegaard wrote in his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Journals}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "The true success in prayer is not when God hears what is prayed for, but 
when the person praying continues to pray until he hears what God wills." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, that is very nice. Through p
rayer one becomes qualified to understand God, to talk with God, and to receive His directions. As stated in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 10.10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub te\'f1\'e4\'e0 satata-yukt\'e4n\'e4\'e0\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhajat
\'e4\'e0 pr\'e9ti-p\'fcrvakam\line dad\'e4mi buddhi-yoga\'e0 ta\'e0\line yena m\'e4m upay\'e4nti te
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me." Our ultimate go
al is to give up this material world and go back to home, back to Godhead. Prayer is just one form of service. There are nine kinds of devotional service that we can perform, as explained by Prahl\'e4da Mah\'e4r\'e4ja in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 7.5.23}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7rava\'eba\'e0 k\'e9rtana\'e0 vi\'f1\'ebo\'f9\line mara\'eba\'e0 p\'e4da-sevanam\line arcana\'e0 vandana\'e0 d\'e4sya\'e0
\line sakhyam \'e4tma-nivedanam
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Hearing about the transcendental name, form, qualities, paraphernalia, and pastimes of the Lord, chanting about these things; remembe
ring them; serving the lotus feet of the Lord; offering the Lord respectful worship with incense, flowers, water, and so on; offering prayers to the Lord; becoming His servant; considering the Lord one's best friend; and surrendering everything unto Him
\'97these nine activities constitute pure devotional service."
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whether you perform all nine processes or some of them or only one of them, you can progress in spiritual life. For example, when a Chr
istian or a Muhammadan offers prayers, his service is as good as the Hindu's service to the Deity in the temple. God is within, and when He sees that we are sincerely serving Him, He takes charge and gives us directions by which we can swiftly approach H
im. God is complete in Himself;
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He is not hankering after our service. But if we offer Him service, we can become purified. When we are completely purified, we can see
 God and talk with Him. We can receive His instructions personally, just as Arjuna did in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Kierkegaard, faith in God develops
 when the soul is "willing to stand transparent before God in his full integrity."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Standing transparent before God m
eans engaging in God's service. But to engage in God's service we must understand that we are His parts and parcels. Just as each part of the body engages in the service of the entire body, so every living entity is meant to engage in the service of God,
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As soon as you engage in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service, you are self-realized. That is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mukti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ,
 liberation from the miseries of material life. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub karm\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [fruitive workers], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub j\'ef\'e4n\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [mental speculators], and yogis are trying to realize the self, but because they are not engaged in rendering s
ervice to the Supreme Self, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they are not liberated. We are therefore teaching this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for the ultimate self-realization of everyone.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But Kierkegaard sees self-realization 
arising out of the expression of the will. He thought that the more self-realized a person is, the more powerful is his will and the better he is able to make proper decisions.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if you are part and parcel of
 the whole, you have to take decisions from the whole. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot make the decisions. The finger does not
 make decisions for the entire body. The only decision you have to make is the decision to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97the orders come from Him. K\'e5\'f1\'eba ordered Arjuna to fight, and at the end of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Arjuna decided to abide by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's will. This is the only choice we have: either to abide by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's will or to defy 
His will. After we decide to obey K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba or His representative makes all the other decisions.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then what is the meaning of full will?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Full will means to surrender to K
\'e5\'f1\'eba fully\'97to obey the orders of the Supreme absolutely.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Concerning despair, Kierkegaard though
t that despair can actually bear fruit in that it can lead one to desire a genuine life of self-realization. In other words, despair can be a springboard to higher consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In Sanskrit this is called }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nir\'e4\'e7a\'e0 parama\'e0 sukham:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "When one despairs, that is a great happiness." When a person despairs, it
 means that everything is finished, all responsibility is gone, and he is relieved. Out of despair Arjuna was thinking of becoming a mendicant. When we despair of all happiness in material life, we may then turn to spiritual life. Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a smashes all of our material resources\'97so that, out of despair, we may fully engage in His devotional service. In other words, when we want to become God-conscious but at the same time, out of strong attachment, we want material enjoyment, K\'e5\'f1
\'eba will sometimes wreck us materially. At such times we often think that He is being unkind to us, and we despair. We don't realize that this is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mercy\'97that He is removing all impediments so that we can fully and absolutely surrende
r.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once Indra, the Lord of heaven, was forced to take on the body of a hog, and he had to come down to earth as that lowly animal. As a ho
g, Indra had a hog wife, hog children, and so on. After some time Lord Brahm\'e4 came down and told him, "My dear Indra, you have forgotten your position. You were once the Lord of heaven. You once possessed great opulence. Now that you are a hog, you ha
ve forgotten your previous exalted position. Please leave this filthy life and come with me." Yet despite Brahm\'e4's pleadings Indra was not convinced. He said, "Why should I go with you? I am very happy. I have my wife, children, and home." Seeing that
 Indra had become very much attached to his hog existence, Brahm\'e4 began to kill all his hog children. Finally, Brahm\'e4 killed Indra's hog wife. When Indra saw that his wife was killed, he despaired: "Oh, you have killed my whole family!" It was only
 then that Indra agreed to go back to the heavenly kingdom with Lord Brahm\'e4. Similarly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba sometimes creates a situation in which the living entity will despair and, out of despair, turn to Him and fully surrender unto Him. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So faith grows out of despair?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, to strengthen our faith in G
od, we have to give up all hope of happiness in this material life. We have to despair of material happiness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Concerning individuality, Kierkegaard 
wrote, "God is the origin and wellspring of all individuality. ... [This individuality] is the gift of God through which He permits me to be, and through which He permits everyone to be."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This idea is explained in the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Ka\'f6ha Upani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 2.2.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub : }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nityo nity\'e4n\'e4\'e0 cetana\'e7 cetan\'e4n\'e4m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . God is a living being, and we are also living beings. Just as He is eternal
, we are also eternal. But the difference is that whereas qualitatively we are the same, quantitatively we are different. God is infinite, and the living entities are infinitesimal. Therefore, all the living entities are being maintained by God. We are a
ll individual and eternal parts of God, so our natural position is to serve Him and to love Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard thought that each of us is
 in a constant state of becoming.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Becoming what? What is the goal? 
The goal is K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thus in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat\line ki\'efcid asti dhana\'efjaya\line mayi sarvam ida\'e0 prota\'e0\line s\'fctre ma\'ebi-ga
\'eb\'e4 iva
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. Everything rests upon Me, as pearls are strung on a thread" }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Bg. 7.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the ultimate
 truth\'97the supreme goal\'97and completeness means coming to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But even when one is fully K\'e5\'f1
\'eba-conscious and in association with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, isn't there still a process of becoming?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. The becoming process ends. Th
ere are, however, spiritual varieties. Everything is complete in the spiritual world, but the living entity enjoys varieties of service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Sometimes he sees K\'e5\'f1\'eba as a cowherd boy, sometimes as Ya\'e7od\'e4's child, sometimes as 
R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9\'92s consort. Sometimes K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in Mathur\'e4; sometimes He is in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There are many spiritual varieties, but everything is complete in itself\'97there is no question of becoming. One reaches the point wher
e he is simply enjoying variety\'97that's all. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the difference between enjoyin
g spiritual variety and enjoying material variety?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is artificial to try to enjoy 
material variety. Material variety is like a plastic flower. A plastic flower has no aroma, so the enjoyment of a plastic flower cannot be the same as the enjoyment of a real flower. It is not satisfying. It is simply artificial, a bluff.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whereas Hegel emphasized speculative t
hought, Kierkegaard emphasized action. Kierkegaard saw freedom in proper action.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, spiritual life means proper 
action. It is improper to think that when we attain the perfectional stage we become inactive. That is the impersonalistic, M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da theory. M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s contend that the living entity is like a jug. A jug makes some sound only as long 
as it is not full of water. Similarly, the M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s say, when we become spiritually "full," we are "silent," or inactive. But from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we understand that the soul is never inactive. When inactivity is recommended, this simply means that we should not speak or act foolishly. If we cannot talk intelligently, we had better sto
p talking. But you cannot equate that inactivity with perfection.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard felt that truth is relativ
e and subjective. He thought we could discover truth through personal, individual reflection, which he called "inward passion." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Truth is truth, and it is absolut
e. You may manufacture many relative truths, but the Absolute Truth is one. If you have no knowledge of the Absolute Truth, you emphasize relative truths. You may have "inward passion" or whatever, but if you do not know the ultimate goal, you may be mis
led. It is all right to say that passion leads to truth. But passion means activity. Where will your activity end? What is the purpose of your activity? You may drive your car, but if you do not know where to go, what is the point? You are simply wasting
 your energy. Of course you may say, "I do not know where to go, but that doesn't matter. Simply let me start my car and go." But is this a very good proposal? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Kierkegaard it is not what is done
 that counts, but how it is done.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is a dog's obstinacy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is the kind of subjectivity that 
is always uncertain. And uncertainty creates anxiety. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. One who does not know life's
 aim will always be in anxiety.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Kierkegaard, this anxiety and unce
rtainty are dispelled by what he called the "leap of faith." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, but you must make your leap 
toward a goal. Unless you know the goal, the fixed point, your action and energy may be misdirected. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard saw the goal as God. He fe
lt that after passing through the aesthetic and ethical stages of life [see BTG 12/10], we should then use all our energy to reach God through Jesus Christ.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is a good position. That is 
our process\'97to approach God through the bona fide spiritual master. But it is not necessary to pass through any lower stages. If you can reach God through Jesus Christ, why not take to God immediately? Our process is that you must surrender yourself t
o the spiritual master in order to understand the highest truth. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eb
a says,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad viddhi pra\'ebip\'e4tena\line paripra\'e7nena sevay\'e4\line upadek\'f1yanti te j\'ef\'e4na\'e0\line j\'ef\'e4ninas tattva-d
ar\'e7ina\'f9
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto Him. The self-re
alized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [Bg. 4.34}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This is the process. It is not that we continue on our own way, hoping to take the right path through experience. If you do not know the right direction, your endeavors will be frustrated. This mat
erial world is like the vast ocean, and in the middle of the vast ocean, you do not know where to direct your ship. If you simply have a ship without a captain, you will go one way and then another and simply waste your energy. A captain is needed to giv
e direction. That captain is the guru. If Kierkegaard accepts Christ, then he is accepting some guidance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard felt that the directions o
f God are expressed through scripture and the individual conscience. In his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Journals}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he wrote, "There is 
a God\'97His will is made known to me in holy scripture and in my conscience."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That's all right, but to know God
's will you need more than that. Besides following the holy scriptures and your conscience, you have to associate with saintly persons and follow the instructions of the bona fide spiritual master. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub S\'e4dhu, \'e7\'e4stra, guru v\'e4kya, cittete kariy\'e4 aikya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "We can approach God by understanding a saintly person [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sadhu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ], studying the Vedic scriptures [shastra], and following the instructions of the bona fide spiritual master [guru]." Sadhu, shas
tra, and guru corroborate one another. A sadhu is he who talks and acts in terms of the scriptures. And the guru is he who teaches according to the scriptures. A guru cannot manufacture words that are not in the scriptures. When we receive instructions f
rom all three, we can progress perfectly in our understanding of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard thought that because God s
ees "everything as equally important and equally insignificant, [He] can only be interested in one thing: obedience."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, and God demands that full ob
edience (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 vraja }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  18.66]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Our primary obedience should be to the Supreme
 Personality of Godhead, and we should obey the spiritual master because he is the representative of God. If a person carries out the orders of God, he can become a bona fide spiritual master, or guru. A guru does not manufacture anything. He simply pres
ents what God speaks in the scriptures. It is not that we accept just anyone's proclamations about God. Statements must be corroborated by the standard scriptures.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Kierkegaard said, "As an act of worshi
p offered to God, we should renounce everything...."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Worship begins with the renunciat
ion of ulterior motives. Our only business is to love God, and a first-class religious system teaches its followers to love God without ulterior motive. Such worship cannot be checked by material considerations. In any condition we can love God, and God 
will help us to love Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Tribhuvane\'e7vari-dev
\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5: " ... Besides following the holy scriptures and your conscience, you have to associate with saintly persons and f
ollow the instructions of the bona fide spiritual master. "The bona fide spiritual master comes from a line of bonafide masters that starts with God Himself. As a result, he knows God's will and can impart it to the sincere seeker.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: "}{\b0\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  cannot make the decisions ... . at the end of the Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 Arjuna decided to abide by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's will. This is the only choice we have: either to abide by }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's will or to defy His will."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p7: "You may have 'inward passion ' or whatever, but if you do not know the ultimate goal, you may be misled .... you
 must surrender yourself to the guru in order to understand the highest truth."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Great Spiritual Masters Throughout History: M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub GREAT SPIRITUAL MASTERS THROUGHO
UT HISTORY: M\'c4DHAVENDRA PUR\'c9
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 (FIFTEENTH CENTURY A.D.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Western religion usually teaches us that God is someone to fear and revere. In India, though, great spiritual masters have l
ong taught that we can go beyond this limited conception and worship God as our master, friend, or child. And about five hundred years ago M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 taught that we can even worship God as our dear beloved.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, most Indians worshiped Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in a ritualistic fashion, according to strict rules and regulations. Such formal worship is ne
cessary for those who have not awakened their natural desire to serve the Lord with love and devotion. But M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 was fully absorbed in spontaneous affection for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and therefore he was able to rise above the forms of worship
 prescribed for the neophytes.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 appeared almost mad in his love of God. He loudly chanted and sang the names and glories of the Lord without thinking of the time or place. Somet
imes in his ecstasy he didn't know whether it was day or night. Sometimes he laughed and sometimes he wept. Sometimes he danced wildly and sometimes he fell to the ground unconscious. He took absolutely no interest in anything not connected with K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, and for fear of talking about anything other than the Lord, he always lived without a companion. He would eat only if someone offered him food\'97otherwise he would simply fast.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In many remarkable ways K\'e5\'f1\'eba returned M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9's intense love. Once M\'e4dhavendra was fasting and meditating beneath a tree in the forest of V
\'e5nd\'e4vana, where thousands of years before K\'e5\'f1\'eba had played as a child. Suddenly a beautiful cowherd boy (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) came with a pot of milk and placed it before M\'e4dhavendra. "Please drink the milk I have brought you," the boy said. Seeing the beauty of the boy, M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 became satisfied in his mind, and hearing these sweet wo
rds, he forgot all hunger and thirst. Then within an instant, the boy left the place and did not return. M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9's heart was filled with wonder. Later, he realized who the boy actually was and cried out in; great ecstatic love: "I saw Lord
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba directly\'97but I could not recognize I Him!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soon afterwards, the same cowherd boy appeared to M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 in a dream and revealed to him the location of the Gop\'e4la Deity. A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  priest had tried to hide this Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba from marauding Muhammadan soldiers and had buried Him near
by. In the dream K\'e5\'f1\'eba told M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, "For many days I have been observing you, and I have been wondering, 'When will M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 come to serve Me?' Now that you have come, please unearth the Gop\'e4la Deity, who is none
 other than My very self." So out of intense love M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 excavated the Gop\'e4la Deity, built an exquisite temple for Him, and arranged for lavish daily worship. "I have accepted your service," said Gop\'e4la, "because of your ecstatic lo
ve for Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To test M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9's love still further, in another dream Gop\'e4la asked him to bring a special kind of sandalwood pulp to cool His body. Gop\'e4la was sti
ll feeling hot from being buried in the jungle for so many years, and sandalwood pulp is well known for its soothing, cooling effect. "Bring sandalwood pulp from Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9," said Gop\'e4la. "Kindly go quickly. You must. No one else can do thi
s for Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Delighted with this chance to serve his dear Lord, M\'e4dhavendra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  set off on foot on the arduous eight-hundred-mile journey to Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9, on the Bay of Bengal. Along the way he stopped in Remu\'eb\'e4 at the temple of Gop\'e9n\'e4tha, and this 
Deity of K\'e5\'f1\'eba showed him another loving favor. Every day the temple priests offered Gop\'e9n\'e4tha twelve pots of the most delicious sweet rice in the world. (Sweet rice is a preparation made with milk, rice, and sugar and served cold.) M\'e4d
havendra Pur\'e9 wanted to taste a little of it so that he could prepare a similar sweet rice for his own Deity, Gop\'e4la. But M\'e4dhavendra immediately checked this thought and felt that he had committed a great sin by wanting to eat what was being of
fered to the Lord. Without saying a word to anyone, M\'e4dhavendra }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pur\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  left the temple and went 
to get some rest in a stall in the town marketplace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile, the Gop\'e9n\'e4tha Deity spoke to one of His br\'e4hma\'eba priests in a dream: "Please get up and open the door to the temple. There you will find a pot of
 sweet rice I have kept for M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9. Take it to him. He is sleeping in the marketplace."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dutifully the priest awoke, found the pot of sweet rice, and took it to the marketplace. Then he began to call out, "M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9! M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9! Ple
ase come and take this pot of sweet rice\'97Lord Gop\'e9n\'e4tha has stolen it for you! Please take it and enjoy it to your heart's content! You are the most fortunate person in the world!" On hearing this invitation, M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 came out, and
 with ecstatic love he ate the sweet rice the Lord had sent to him. To this day the Deity in the temple at Remu\'eb\'e4 is known as K\'f1\'e9racora Gop\'e9n\'e4tha\'97the Deity who stole sweet rice for His pure devotee.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After this incident M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 pondered, "The Lord has given me a pot of sweet rice, and when the people hear of this tomorrow morning, there will be great 
crowds." Thinking in this way, M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 offered his obeisances to Gop\'e9n\'e4tha on the spot and left Remu\'eb\'e4 before the morning light.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After much walking he reached Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 and obtained eighty-two pounds of Malayan sandalwood\'97a valuable burden of love to bring back to his Gop\'e4la Dei
ty. Even though he had to pass through provinces heavily patrolled by Muhammadan soldiers and infested with bands of thugs, M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 was not at all anxious. He was concerned only about carrying the sandalwood back to his beloved Gop\'e4la, 
and he didn't even take personal inconveniences or impediments into consideration. He just wanted to serve the Lord.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When he arrived at Remu\'eb\'e4, M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 again visited the temple of Gop\'e9n\'e4tha, and the priest there again served him the famous sweet rice. Now M
\'e4dhavendra still had the longest and most difficult part of the journey ahead of him. But as he slept that night his own Gop\'e4la Deity appeared in a dream and said, "O M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, there is no difference between My body and Gop\'e9n\'e4th
a\'92s body. They are one and the same. Therefore, if you smear the sandalwood pulp on His body, you will also be smearing it on My body. Thus the temperature of My body will be reduced. You should not hesitate to act according to My order. Believe in Me
 and just do what is needed." In this way Gop\'e4la saved His devotee from possible injury at the hands of enemies. M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 had passed the Lord's test of his love and devotion. To this day people who travel to India can visit the Deities o
f Gop\'e4la and K\'f1\'e9racora Gop\'e9n\'e4tha and experience some of the same devotional feelings that inspired M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9's Love: The Pinnacle of Devotion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We can experience God in different ways. Some worshipers know Him as the formless, all-pervading spiritual effulgence. Others experience Him in their own hearts as the 
Supersoul (Param\'e4tm\'e4)\'97the witness, guide, and well-wishing friend. But the most advanced worshipers, such as M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, see God face to face in His original form as K\'e5\'f1\'eba the cowherd boy, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
 To accept loving service from His pure devotee M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, the Lord appeared personally before him, spoke to him, and gave him a pot of milk to drink.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In all religions there is some feeling of love of God, but such love varies in degrees of intensity. In his book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Nectar of Devotion}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the great K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious spiritual master \'c7r\'e9la R\'fcpa Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has analyzed the different kinds of love of God.
 First we may passively appreciate the sublime qualities of the Lord, as did the Kum\'e4ras, the four celibate sons of Lord Brahm\'e4. Progressing further, we come to the stage of desiring to serve the Lord as the supreme master. Hanum\'e4n, the monkey s
ervant of Lord R\'e4macandra, exemplifies this kind of love. In time, when the relationship of servant and master becomes more intimate, we may advance to the stage of friendship with the Supreme Lord. K\'e5\'f1\'eba's cowherd boyfriends are examples. St
ill more advanced is the worship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba as our child. At this stage K\'e5\'f1\'eba allows the worshiper to take the superior role of His mother (like Ya\'e7od\'e4) or father (like Nanda). The highest form of love of God is that displayed betwe
en lover and beloved. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (milkmaids) of V\'e5nd\'e4vana love K\'e5\'f1\'eba in this way. And of
 all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the Lord's eternal consort \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 displays this con
jugal love of God to the highest degree.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At his life's end M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 was deeply absorbed in conjugal love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. In great ecstasy he repeatedly uttered a famous verse beginning with t
he lines "O my Lord! O most merciful master! When shall I see You again?" It is said that this verse was originally spoken by \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 Herself. Before the time of M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9, nearly all devotees worshiped K
\'e5\'f1\'eba alone\'97without His female counterpart\'97but after M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 introduced conjugal love of God into India's spiritual life, more and more devotees began worshiping K\'e5\'f1\'eba together with His eternal consort R\'e4dh\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Before M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 appeared, the disciplic succession of Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya (see BTG }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 12/10}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) had been full of ritualistic ceremonies\'97with hardly any sign of love of Godhead. M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 was the first successor of Madhv\'e4c\'e4rya to e
xhibit the symptoms of love of Godhead. In fact, it is said that the tree of devotional service to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba sprouted in him and later grew tall and broad in Lord Caitanya, the incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba for this age of quarrel. Himself a di
sciple of M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9's disciple \'c9\'e7vara Pur\'e9, Lord Caitanya spread devotional service throughout India and ordered His own disciples to spread devotional service to every town and village in the world. Now, after years of careful cult
ivation by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the devotional tree that sprouted in M\'e4dhavendra Pur\'e9 has produced a fast-growing branch called the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p8: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Jadur\'e4\'eb\'e9 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Discovering the Transcendental Taste
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Discovering the Transcendental T
aste
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Yoge\'e7vara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can you imagine a more enjoyable way to learn to love God? Offer Him delicious preparations\'97like samos\'e4s (spicy vegeta
ble-filled turnovers, deep-fried in clear butter), or lass\'e9 (whipped yogurt, fruit juice, and berries, over ice), or Gaur\'e4\'ecga potatoes in sour cream sauce. .. and eat the "leftovers " as His mercy!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At first I was bewildered. The word "yoga" had always summoned up images of thin men with austere eating habits. Yet here we were, being encouraged to eat our fill. The
 scene was the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple in Rome; the occasion, a delicious ten-course feast in memory of \'d6h\'e4kura Bhaktivinoda, a great K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious saint. Our spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, was there with us parta
king of the feast, so I asked if he'd please clear up a doubt I'd been entertaining for some time.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da," I said, "in all yoga practices control of the senses is of first importance. But how is that control possible when there are so many feasts
 in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Why should you hesitate?" he replied. "This is not material food. You should take to your full satisfaction. But not too much\'97then you will be sick and have to fast
 for two days."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He went on to describe how all food comes from Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and should therefore be prepared sumptuously, as an offering to Him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Eating is a very important function," he continued. "It should be done in a spiritual atmosphere and without disturbance. If you are disrupted while taking }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [vegetarian food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with devotion], then there will be loss of appetite, and indig
estion."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In his books and private instructions, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da often stresses the significance of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in developing spiritual consciousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is Sanskrit for "mercy." As mentioned above, vegetarian foods offered with devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba become }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "the mercy of the Lord," and the remnants of such offerings are highly prized by spiritualists of all kinds. For eleven years now, ISKCON centers throughout the world have held a free "
Love Feast" every Sunday (see back cover), at which devotees distribute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to anyone and everyone
. And at ISKCON's M\'e4y\'e4pur center near Calcutta, devotees distribute simple but nourishing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 free to more than ten thousand people every week.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recently, at several K\'e5\'f1\'eba temples around the world, devotees have established Govinda's Restaurants and made the health-giving, spiritually nourishing experie
nce of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  even more widely available. To comply with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s instruction t
hat }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  be taken in a spiritual atmosphere, the devotees decorate each restaurant with paintings o
f Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes, and they pipe in soft temple music called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . As far as possibl
e, the ingredients that go into the restaurants' fare are grown on farms run by devotees, and all the cooks are initiated }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . (One of the main brahminical qualities is scrupulous cleanliness.)
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is also available from a fleet of eighteen food carts in New York City and from a p
air of "Govinda's Mobile Kitchens" in Berkeley, California. The most popular items are the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub samos\'e4, lass\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  and Gaur\'e4\'ecga potatoes (see above). Another favorite is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pakora}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , a bite-size chunk o
f vegetable dipped in spicy batter and deep-fried in clear butter. Bala-K\'e5\'f1\'eba d\'e4sa, who heads up }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  distribution in Berkeley, explained the program this way: "If we distribute K\'e5\'f1\'eba's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  profusely, people's eating habits will gradually be purified, and they'll become more and more attracted to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So we have definite plans to make the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
amos\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  more popular than the hamburger\'97and Govinda's Kitchen more popular than McDonald's."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Philosophy Behind Pras\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meat eating is one of the greatest obstacles on the path of spiritual progress. Despite farfetched interpretations, no scripture in the world recommends meat eating\'97
although some scriptures may make a concession for individuals who are unable to control their tongues. But even these authorities strictly forbid cow killing; they advise substituting some less important animal instead. Because we drink the cow's milk, 
the Vedic literatures consider her one of human society's mothers. Cow protection is thus imperative, for cow's milk stimulates the growth of healthy brain tissues required for understanding the principles and executing the practices of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , devotional service to God. On the other hand, meat contains poisons and cholesterol that simply dull th
e mind and debilitate the body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, vegetarianism in itself is not spiritual. We must also offer our food to God with devotion. Then our eating becomes part of a loving exchange with the Lord. Wh
en devotees prepare food, they're aware that the preparation is for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure, not their own. This is genuine spiritual feeling, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  aims at reawakening our lost sense of God consciousness. Thus the rules governing 
the preparation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  are very strict: the cook must bathe and put on fresh clothes before enteri
ng the kitchen; the kitchen itself must be spotless; the cook must never touch his mouth or any other part of his body while cooking; and most important, he must never taste the preparations before offering them to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97even to test the
m. K\'e5\'f1\'eba must be the first to relish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba doesn't need to eat. He is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4tm\'e4r\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , or completely self-sufficient. But He appreciates the devotion with which we prepare foods for Him. The more our consciousness is fixed on pleasing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the more successful is the offering.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This, then, is real yoga, or linking up with the Supreme. It is not a question of stopping eating, but rather of spiritualizing our food by first offering it to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba. This simple process gradually makes us aware of the essential teaching of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub that ever
ything comes from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that He is the real enjoyer of all our endeavors.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Lunch with a Friend
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Whenever friends come to visit me at the New York temple, I take them to Govinda's Restaurant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This is very tasty," one old high-school friend told me recently. "What is it?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "It's a sweet-and-sour preparation, made with pineapple, plantains, eggplant, tamarind water, and spices."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Is it Indian?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You would probably find similar dishes in India."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I suppose if the food tastes this good, it isn't hard to be a vegetarian. But how do you compensate for the missing proteins?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There are great quantities of protein in cheese, milk, nuts, and that split-bean soup [I pointed to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]\'97even more protein than in meat. But equally important is the proper blend of spices. Because the cooks prepare everything for K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure, they 
must learn how to select and properly balance spices. In that proper balance are many minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients needed for good health."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub My friend appreciated the care and thoughtfulness with which K\'e5\'f1\'eba's devotees prepare food.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "What do you mean by 'spiritual food'?" he asked.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  explains the difference between proper and improper foods. According to our conditioning by material nature, we are attracted to food characterized by the quality of goodness, passion, or ignorance. We can offer to K\'e5\'f1\'eba only foods 
having the quality of goodness. These are fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy products (excluding eggs), which are conducive to long life, health, strength, and happiness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "What about people who don't live in the temple? Do they have to get their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  from the temple, or can they make it themselves?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Many people prepare }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  at home. In fact, there are thousands of people around the country who have altars in their homes and offer their food to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba every day. If you write to the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust [please see coupon on inside back cover], t
hey'll send you a R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba altar kit and a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Cookbook. The idea is that every day when you cook, you cook for K\'e5\'f1\'eba and offer the food to Him. Before long, your home will start to feel like a temple\'97and you
'll be well on your way back to Godhead."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p11: Above: two New Yorkers sample }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5
\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ,
 delicious vegetarian dishes offered to Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  with devotion. "From cow's milk," says }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , "you get butter and so many other things, and you can add fruit, vegetable
s, and grains to make hundreds and thousands of preparations}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that is real enjoyment." }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, Photo, bellow: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks Out
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks
 Out
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On Christianity and Cow Killing
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The following conversation between His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da and Cardinal Jean Danielou took p
lace at ISKCON's Paris center.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jesus Christ said, "Thou shall no
t kill." So why is it that the Christian people are engaged in animal killing?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Certainly in Christianity it is forbidden
 to kill, but we believe that there is a difference between the life of a human being and the life of the beasts. The life of a human being is sacred because man is made in the image of God; therefore, to kill a human being is forbidden.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the Bible does not simply say
, "Do not kill the human being." It says broadly, "Thou shall not kill."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We believe that only human life is sacred
. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is your interpretation. The 
commandment is "Thou shalt not kill."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is necessary for man to kill animals i
n order to have food to eat.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. Man can eat grains, vegetable
s, fruits, and milk. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No flesh? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. Human beings are meant to eat
 vegetarian food. The tiger does not come to eat your fruits. His prescribed food is animal flesh. But man's food is vegetables, fruits, grains, and milk products. So how can you say that animal killing is not a sin? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We believe it is a question of motivation
. If the killing of an animal is for giving food to the hungry, then it is justified. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But consider the cow: we drink he
r milk; therefore, she is our mother. Do you agree? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, surely. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So if the cow is your mother, how
 can you support killing her? You take the milk from her, and when she's old and cannot give you milk, you cut her throat. Is that a very humane proposal? In India those who are meat eaters are advised to kill some lower animals like goats, pigs, or even
 buffalo. But cow killing is the greatest sin. In preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we ask people not to eat any kind of meat, and my disciples strictly follow this principle. But if, under certain circumstances, others are obliged to eat meat, then
 they should eat the flesh of some lower animal. Don't kill cows. It is the greatest sin. And as long as a man is sinful, he cannot understand God. The human being's main business is to understand God and to love Him. But if you remain sinful, you will n
ever be able to understand God\'97what to speak of loving Him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think that perhaps this is not an essen
tial point. The important thing is to love God. The practical commandments can vary from one religion to the next.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So, in the Bible God's practical 
commandment is that you cannot kill; therefore killing cows is a sin for you.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God says to the Indians that killing is n
ot good, and he says to the Jews that...
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, no. Jesus Christ taught, "Tho
u shall not kill." Why do you interpret this to suit your own convenience?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But Jesus allowed the sacrifice of the Pa
schal Lamb. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But he never maintained a slaught
erhouse. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [laughs] No, but he did eat meat.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When there is no other food, some
one may eat meat in order to keep from starving. That is another thing. But it is most sinful to regularly maintain slaughterhouses just to satisfy your tongue. Actually, you will not even have a human society until this cruel practice of maintaining sla
ughterhouses is stopped. And although animal killing may sometimes be necessary for survival, at least the mother animal, the cow, should not be killed. That is simply human decency. In the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement our practice is that we do
n't allow the killing of any animals. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub patra\'e0 pu\'f1pa\'e0 phala\'e0 toya\'e0 yo me bhakty\'e4 prayacchati: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Vegetables, fruits, milk, and grains should be offered to Me in devotion" [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 9.26}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]. We take only the remnants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's food (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). The trees offer us many varieties of fruits, but the trees are not killed. Of course, one living entity is food for another living entity, but that does not mean you can kill your mother f
or food. Cows are innocent; they give us milk. You take their milk\'97and then kill them in the slaughterhouse. This is sinful.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Student: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, Christianity's sanction 
of meat eating is based on the view that lower species of life do not have a soul like the human being's.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is foolishness. First of all
, we have to understand the evidence of the soul's presence within the body. Then we can see whether the human being has a soul and the cow does not. What are the different characteristics of the cow and the man? If we find a difference in characteristic
s, then we can say that in the animal there is no soul. But if we see that the animal and the human being have the same characteristics, then how can you say that the animal has no soul? The general symptoms are that the animal eats, you eat; the animal 
sleeps, you sleep; the animal mates, you mate; the animal defends, and you defend. Where is the difference?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We admit that in the animal there may be 
the same type of biological existence as in men, but there is no soul. We believe that the soul is a human soul.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub says }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "In all species of life the soul exists." The body is like a suit of clothes. You have black clothes; I am dressed in saffron clothe
s. But within the dress you are a human being, and I am also a human being. Similarly, the bodies of the different species are just like different types of dress. There are 8,400,000 species, or dresses, but within each one is a spirit soul, a part and p
arcel of God. Suppose a man has two sons, not equally meritorious. One may be a Supreme Court judge and the other may be a common laborer, but the father claims both as his sons. He does not make the distinction that the son who is a judge is very import
ant, and the worker son is not important. And if the judge son says, "My dear father, your other son is useless; let me cut him up and eat him," will the father allow this?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Certainly not, but the idea that all life
 is part of the life of God is difficult for us to admit. There is a great difference between human life and animal life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That difference is due to the dev
elopment of consciousness. In the human body there is developed consciousness. Even a tree has a soul, but a tree's consciousness is not very developed. If you cut a tree it does not resist. Actually, it does resist, but only to a very small degree. Ther
e is a scientist named Jagadish Chandra Bose who has made a machine which shows that trees and plants are able to feel pain when they are cut. And we can see directly that when someone comes to kill an animal, it resists, it cries, it makes a horrible so
und. So it is a matter of the development of consciousness. But the soul is there within all living beings.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But metaphysically, the life of man is sa
cred. Human beings think on a higher platform than the animals do.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is that higher platform? The
 animal eats to maintain his body, and you also eat in order to maintain your body. The cow eats grass in the field, and the human being eats meat from a huge slaughterhouse full of modern machines. But just because you have big machines and a ghastly sc
ene, while the animal simply eats grass, this does not mean that you are so advanced that only within your body is there a soul, and that there is not a soul within the body of the animal. That is illogical. We can see that the basic characteristics are 
the same in the animal and the human being.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But only in human beings do we find a met
aphysical search for the meaning of life.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. So metaphysically search out
 why you believe that there is no soul within the animal\'97that is metaphysics. If you are thinking metaphysically, that's all right. But if you are thinking like an animal, then what is the use of your metaphysical study? "Metaphysical" means "above th
e physical" or, in other words, "spiritual." In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 14.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "In every living being there is a 
spirit soul." That is metaphysical understanding. Now either you accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba's teachings as metaphysical, or you'll have to take a third-class fool's opinion as metaphysical. Which do you accept?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cardinal Danielou: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But why does God create some animals who 
eat other animals? There is a fault in the creation, it seems.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is not a fault. God is very ki
nd. If you want to eat animals, then He'll give you full facility. God will give you the body of a tiger in your next life so that you can eat flesh very freely. "Why are you maintaining slaughterhouses? I'll give you fangs and claws. Now eat." So the me
at eaters are awaiting such punishment. The animal eaters become tigers, wolves, cats, and dogs in their next life\'97to get more facility.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Hear the timeless wisdom
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\cb1\nosupersub 76 Jiron Juan de la Fuente, San Antonio Miraflores/ 47-18-10; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Maracaibo, Venezuela}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'97Carretera Perija Km. 2, Colonia John Kallimnios, Casa No. 6; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mexico City, Mexico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gob. Tibu
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\'97Estrada Velha da Tijuca, 102, Usina; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Salvador,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
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\nosupersub \'97Caile "D" Oeste No. 11, Barrio Sirari (Guaypay); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Santiago, Chile}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Eyzaguirre, 2
404 Puente Alto; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Cayetano Rodriguez No. 36/ 688-1318; }{\b
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria 3206/ 699-5122; (Mail: c/o P.O. Box 125). }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sydney, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0
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, Ontario}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Avenue  Rd., M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, British Columbia}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971774 East 16th Ave. V6J 2M1 / (604) 732-8422.
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\cb1\nosupersub \'972717 Glendora Ave. 45219/ (513)751-0354; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave.
, E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Columbus, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9799 East 13th St. 43201 / (614) 299-5084; 
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ling temples)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975431 Jonestown Rd., 17112/ (717) 657-0418; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
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ia Ave, 64110/ (816)523-2378; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy, 92651/ (714) 494-9172
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\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam     v12#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the continuing presentation of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , India's great spiritual classic written 5,000 years ago by K\'e5\'f1\'eba Dvaip\'e4yana Vy\'e4sa, and now presented in a new translation with comme
ntary by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pro
vides the key to how humanity can become united in peace, prosperity and friendship around a common cause. That common cause is the spiritual oneness of all living beings, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  presents a revolutionary ideology which can serve as the basis for the respiritualization of society. There is no lack of mundane scient
ific advancement in today's world, but what is lacking is knowledge of the science of God. Therefore, in a world suffering from universal discord, anxiety and confusion, there is no more important literature than this brilliant }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . If you would like to obtain any single volume or the entire series of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  currently in print, use coupon on last page.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (Reprinted herewith are texts }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and 4 with purport, including some material inadvertently omitted from the last issue.)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 13 T
EXT 23\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 13 TEXT 40
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village     v12#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 New Era Begins for ISKCON in India
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recently, a bullock cart filled with ISKCON devotees rumbled along the back roads of the east Indian province of Orissa. When they and their leader Lokan\'e4tha Swami r
eached Badrak, they led crowds of delighted townspeople in chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 and served out a feast of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (vegetarian food offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba with devotion). Als
o, the devotees left many Badrak residents with inexpensive editions of the ancient Vedic literatures, as translated by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Observing all these goings-on was Bhakti Vikash Mah\'e4-yogi Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, the manager of the local K\'e5\'f1\'eba temple. He felt so impressed with the devotees' ent
husiasm for spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness that he asked them to take over the management of his temple and use it as a base for their missionary work.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This brief encounter marked a real breakthrough for K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in modern India. Now, the Badrak temple is part of the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha, a multi-tem
ple federation that dates back to the first part of the century, when \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Goswami (\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's own spiritual master) started a campaign for reviving K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness throughout the world
. \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta opened sixty-four Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha temples in India and asked his disciples to open similar temples everywhere, especially in the United States and Western Europe. But after he passed away in 1936, his disciples split 
into factions and fought in the courts for property and power.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This petty legal wrangling has carried on through the years, but \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has stayed clear of it and mindful of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta\'92s pla
n to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness throughout the world. In 1965, at age seventy, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da journeyed to America to found the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In a dozen years he has opened more than one hundred K
\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious centers worldwide, but the members of the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha have been slow in acknowledging his achievements. Now, at long last, this acknowledgment is coming\'97at least in Badrak.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When Bhakti Vikash Mah\'e4-yogi Mah\'e4r\'e4ja saw the vigorous missionary work of the ISKCON devotees, he knew that they and their spiritual master \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da are bona fide followers of \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta. At that moment he determined to place the Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha temple in Badrak in their charge, and not long afterward, he and the ISKCON devotees approached the temple's board of trustees
 to see whether they would agree to the proposal. After interviewing the devotees, the trustees concluded, "These ISKCON members are devotees of the highest order." And without hesitation the trustees pledged their support.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ISKCON leaders hope that other Gau\'f2\'e9ya Matha temples will follow after their sister temple in Badrak and fully support the nonsectarian mission of spreading K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness to every town and village in the world.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Godbrother Hails \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Work
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To fulfill the plan of his spiritual master \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Goswami, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da has not only st
arted many temples but has also translated the primary works of ancient India's Vedic literatures into English. Dr. O.B.L. Kapoor, Emeritus Chairman of the Philosophy Department in Benares's Government Postgraduate College and himself a disciple of \'c7r
\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, has this to say about \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's translation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya -carit\'e4m\'e5ta:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "\'c7r\'e9 Caitanya is the pioneer of a great social and religious movement that began in India a little less than five hundred years ago. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is the most authoritative biography of this great saint and social reformer. But the work is more 
than a biography. Its greatness consists not so much in the literary skill with which the story of Caitanya's life is told, but in its complete exposition of the profound tenets of the philosophy and religion of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya as exemplified in His l
ife. Thus, it is a remarkable document of great historical and sociological importance.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This English edition translated by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is superb. It contains the original Sanskrit and Bengali verses with their E
nglish transliterations, word-for-word synonyms, translations, and elaborate purports, easily bearing testimony to the author's profound knowledge of the subject."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar    v12#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
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\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs
\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0
\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you will gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
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\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15
\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 491, Caitanya Era
\line Vai\'f1\'ebava months of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4modara}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (October 27}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub November 25), }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (November 26-December 25) and }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (December 
26-January 24)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell\cell\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr
\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0
\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 21 }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4modara 26)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nov. 22 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4modara 27)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Nov. 25 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub D\'e4modara 30)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Dec. 7 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ke\'e7ava 12)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs
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\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr
\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0
\brdrcf0\cellx3600\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx4320\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0
\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 Utth}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub naik}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 (fasting from grains and beans).\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9l
a Gauraki}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ora d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa B}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub b}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub j}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Mah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ja.\line Bh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1ma-pa\'efcaka.\cell\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 break-fast after sunrise and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:35
 a.m.
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub End of C}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sya-vrata and K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rtika-vrata if started from Dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da
\'e7\'e9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Haimantika-r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub say}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tr}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.\line End of C}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub turm}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sya-vrata 
and K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rtika-vrata if started from P\'fcr\'ebim}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .\line Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la Bh\'fcgarbha Gosv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9la K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4\'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vara Pa\'eb\'f2ita Gosv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e9. \'c7r\'e9 Dh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tr\'e9-vrata.\cell\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Trip\'e5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -mah}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 (fasting from grains and beans).\cell}
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\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Farming With K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Mind
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\v\f0\fs36\cf1 Farming With K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Mind
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Human prosperity flourishes by natural gifts, and not by gigantic industrial enterprises, "says His Divine Grace A.C. Bhakt
ivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, who has founded many K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious farming communities all over the world. "The gigantic industrial enterprises are products of a godless civilization, and they cause the destruction of the noble aims of human lif
e.... What we need, therefore, is to be obedient to the laws of the Lord and achieve the perfection of human life by devotional service to Him. "Here's a look at two ' ISKCON farms in action.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Village In West Virginia
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Taru d\'e4sa\line }{\b\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Photography by Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About the last thing anyone would expect to find tucked away in the rolling hills of West Virginia is a community of shaven-headed, saffron-robed Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba de
votees. Yet, about ten miles south of Wheeling, near Route 250, just such a community is flourishing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Begun in 1968, New Vrind\'e4ban embodies the ancient way of life that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da calls "simple living and high thinking." I
n 1966, when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in New York City, he stated that one of ISKCON's primary purposes would be \'93to erect for the members and for society at large a holy place of transcende
ntal pastimes dedicated to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, K\'e5\'f1\'eba." Just two years later K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami, one of Prabhup\'e4da's original disciples, came to West Virginia to carry out this mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub New Vrind\'e4ban began as a 133-acre, inaccessible hill farm with one rundown shack, but in nine short years it has grown to more than one thousand acres with dozens of
 houses, barns, temples, and workshops spread over six well-developed farms. The community even has its own monthly magazine, The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brijbasi Spirit}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Yet with all this economic growth the residents have never strayed from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s original instructions on the nature of New Vrind\'e4ban: "The Vrind\'e4ban conception is that of a trans
cendental village without the botherations of the modern industrial atmosphere. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba's Vrind\'e4ban the people can fully depend on nature's beauty and the cows, and this New Vrind\'e4ban should be such an ideal village\'97where the residents
 will have simple living and high thinking." So the aim of New Vrind\'e4ban is not to provide a comfortable material situation for those who live there, but rather to establish a transcendental land where the atmosphere automatically reminds everyone of 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami, New Vrind\'e4ban\'92s director and a former history instructor at Columbia University, points out how important it is that the devotees see K
\'e5\'f1\'eba as the center of all they do:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The most successful communities throughout history have tended to be those that were strongly religious\'97those that could unify on the common worship of God. And obv
iously, when the concept of God is most agreed upon, the community will be most united and harmonious. All our activities center upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His eternal consort R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9, who reside here in Their Deity forms of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r
\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-V\'e5nd\'e4vana Candra [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana Candra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the moonlike Lord 
of V\'e5nd\'e4vana"]. We assemble in the temple every morning and evening for worship, and this gives meaning and direction to all our diverse activities. In other words, this temple is our spiritual center. We come early in the morning and see K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and glorify Them by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare/ Hare R\'e4ma, Hare R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. In this way our minds remain peaceful and fixed on
 K\'e5\'f1\'eba all day."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The 165 devotees live in several dormitories and small houses near the temple. While they eat and dress and live very simply, they accord the Deities, \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r
\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-V\'e5nd\'e4vana Candra, the most regal opulence. The temple floor and altar are made of marble that devotees cut and polished at the community marble shop. On the altar rests a beautifully carved teakwood Deity platform called a }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4sana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (complete with gold and silver decorations), and the Deities Themselves wear bejeweled sil
k garments and pearl necklaces. Although the devotees desire no opulence for themselves, they realize that nothing is too nice for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the center of their lives, and simply by giving something nice to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, they sa
tisfy everyone\'97just as by pouring water on the root of a tree, one simultaneously nourishes all the leaves and branches.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Across from the temple we find a new four-story building called a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e7\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (roughly, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e7\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "
lodge"). The upper floor contains guest rooms, while the entire second floor serves as a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  room,
 a room where the devotees eat. (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is vegetarian food offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba with devotion.) 
The walls and floor of the pras\'e4da room are set in marble. Although it's as big as a basketball court, during the recent festival on K\'e5\'f1\'eba's birthday it overflowed with devotees and guests. On the first floor of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e7\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a spacious kitchen area containing five large stoves, each big enough to hold a sixty-gallon pot. New Vr
ind\'e4ban boasts the best }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the world, with over seventy-five preparations cooked daily.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the community's early-morning activities are centered in these two buildings, the temple and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dharma\'e7\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The devotees rise early\'972:30 or 3:00 a.m.\'97and go to the temple for two hours of individual chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, an }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4rati}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  celebration (which resembles the Christian mass), and classes on the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead") and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("The Song of God"), two ancient Vedic texts that explain the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. At 6:30 everyone goes to t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e7\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  for breakfast. The rest of the day the devotees engage in a flurry of activities a
ll around the farm.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Directly beside the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e7\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stands the old Bahulaban barn, now divided into two halves\'97one for woodwork (with table saws, routers, band saws, and the like) and the other for black-smithing, ironworking, and so forth. Also, the devotees plan to expand the op
eration into a foundry for casting ornamental metals and Deities.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Across the road we find a seemingly inexhaustible supply of firewood, neatly cut and stacked in cords. But surprisingly, the wood will last no more than half the winter
. Woodcutting and land clearing are year-round jobs. Bahulaban farm alone has five large buildings, whose boilers need wood all through the winter. Fully sixty percent of New Vrind\'e4ban 's thousand acres is woodland, and all summer and winter devotees 
thin the forests to secure firewood and lumber.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub About two blocks down the road from the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'e7\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  we find the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go\'e7\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ("the cow shelter"), where K
\'e5\'f1\'eba's cows live. New Vrind\'e4ban's cow population has grown to 150, mostly Holsteins and also some Brown Swiss and Jerseys. From the very start, one of the community's main purposes has been to demonstrate the humaneness and practicality of co
w protection. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes, "In New Vrind\'e4ban people should live an ideal spiritual life, completely depending upon agricultural produce and milk from the cows. If there are sufficient grains and milk, the whole economic problem is
 solved. However, we have to maintain the animals throughout their lives. We must not sell them to the slaughterhouses. K\'e5\'f1\'eba, through His practical example, taught us to give all protection to the cows, and cow protection should be the main bus
iness of New Vrind\'e4ban.\'94
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cows graze all around the Bahulaban area. The go\'e7\'e4l\'e4 itself holds forty cows at a time for milking. "Last spring we were getting almost sixteen hundred pounds 
of milk a day," K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami explained. "And one cow hit just under 120 pounds per day for several months. From this ocean of milk we produce about six gallons of butter every day, most of which we turn into ghee [clarified butter] and use he
re or send to the Society's restaurants. We consider ghee very important, because \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has said that once people develop a taste for foods cooked in ghee, they will give up meat eating.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "When K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself appeared on this planet, He lived among the cowherds, and cows are very dear to Him," says K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami. "Consequently, \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba is celebrated as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go-br\'e4hma\'eba-hit\'e4ya ca,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the protector of cows and }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (saintly intellectuals]. In a God-conscious, Vedic civilization the cow is fundamental both econ
omically and spiritually, and by protecting the cows and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , people are guaranteed both 
material and spiritual success. Conversely, when people slaughter the cow and disrespect the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , their so-called civilization becomes hellish.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Naturally, cow protection includes bull protection. The bull is our father and the symbol of religion. At present a few boys are working the oxen and hauling wood, plo
wing fields, and cutting hay. Of course, we do have tractors, but we want to develop skill working the oxen. They are our future."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Beside the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go\'e7\'e4l\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  stand two steel-and-glass Harvestore silos, the first twenty by fifty feet and the second twenty by thirty-five feet. The larger silo holds hay, and the smaller one holds ground ear corn. A third silo, erected this fall, holds three hundred 
tons of corn silage.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This year K\'e5\'f1\'eba has given us very good weather," K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami says, "and the harvest has been wonderful. We're bringing in practically twice as mu
ch as usual, and it looks as though for the first time in our history we'll have a surplus for sale. We generally get three good cuttings of hay, but this year we may get four. In addition, we're constantly planting new crops. We planted twenty-five new 
acres of alfalfa this year, and we'll seed another twenty-five acres with red clover in the spring. Both improve the quality of the hay. Offhand I'd say that each year we cut about 125 acres of meadowland and bring in about ten thousand bales of hay."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The devotees also grow grains for human consumption\'97buckwheat and wheat, for instance. This year they are also growing mung beans for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (soup). The community's mill grinds the wheat into flour for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub chapatis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (flat, puffed bread patties) during the week and buckwheat pancakes on Sundays. Of course, the bulk of the grain harvest goes to the cows and comes to the dev
otees as milk, cheese, and butter.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vegetables grow luxuriantly in the main garden, located next to R\'e4dh\'e4 V\'e5nd\'e4vana Candra's temple. Generally, the vegetable garden supplies the community all 
summer and part of the winter, and this year the crop was better than ever.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Although most of the community's activities take place at Bahulaban, the main construction is going on at another farm about two miles away. At this hundred-acre farm (
called Guruban, in honor of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da) we find what a major newpaper calls "a masterwork of design and painstaking effort." Now nearly completed, "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's Palace" sits atop the highest hill for miles around and has a v
iew that is truly celestial. In fact, the Palace itself appears to have descended from another world. Its concrete dome, intricately cut marble floors, hand-molded concrete work, and portico entrances recall the temples of ancient India. Actually, the Pa
lace beautifully combines Eastern and Western styles, thanks to the sincere dedication of Bh\'e4gavat\'e4nanda d\'e4sa, a seven-year devotee who designed and helped build the entire structure. The main dome is flanked by two smaller domes, and the facing
 of the building is of Italian marble. Around the perimeter we find a walkway enclosed with lotus arches. The walkway is a checkerboard of red and green marble, and the columns have facings of geometrically carved marble. Throughout the interior are fine
ly sculptured doorjams, windowsills, cornices, railings, and so on.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Inside the Palace's main room, Italian white Cremo marble covers the walls above a finely carved wainscot. K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami points out that the devotees are als
o fashioning stained-glass windows and crystal chandeliers. Large paintings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious spiritual masters throughout history will complete the temple.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami says that the major event in New Vrind\'e4ban's history has been the building of the Palace. "Originally we were planning Govindaj\'e9 Temple t
o be our first major construction effort. But after a while I began to think this was not exactly right. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [revealed scriptures] say that one has to approach K\'e5\'f1\'eba through the spiritual master. So we decided first of all to construct a residence for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Actually, we can see that everything that has happene
d has been simply by K\'e5\'f1\'eba's plan. After all, before this none of us had ever designed a building or worked with crystal chandeliers or marble or anything like that. But gradually, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has revealed these skills, up to the point that n
ow we have become convinced that whatever we think of we can actually execute. Simply because we wanted to give something wonderful to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, K\'e5\'f1\'eba has brought all of this here. It has certainly not developed from our skill.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "We hope to attract many people to the Palace," K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami says. "We don't shun publicity\'97our mission is to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. The Pa
lace is devotion; it's K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in action. People may come here simply because they are attracted by a beautiful building, but when they come we can instruct them on the importance of accepting the guidance of a bona fide spiritual ma
ster."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Connected to the Palace and Guruban is Madhuban, which consists of eighty-eight acres of pine trees and corn and wheat fields. The center of Madhuban is Lord Jagann\'e4
tha's temple, and apart from Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 in India, the Jagann\'e4tha Deities here are the largest in the world. They are five feet tall and are carved out of an old elm that once fell down on the Vrind\'e4ban Road.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Behind the main house at Madhuban are a number of individual residences shaped like aboriginal huts and composed of a mixture of cement and clay. These are called "Prab
hup\'e4da houses," because \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da himself designed them back in 1969. They take only a couple of days to build, and they provide an economical dwelling for devotees who like more privacy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But anyone looking for a really quiet, meditative atmosphere will discover that the original Vrind\'e4ban Farm is the best. Though visible from across the valley at Mad
huban, the old Vrind\'e4ban farm is virtually inaccessible. Its 133 acres connect to Madhuban along a peaked ravine that's impossible to climb during winter. The only practical access to Vrind\'e4ban is a muddy two-mile road starting at Bahulaban. Vrind
\'e4ban Farm is the place where \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first visited in 1969, and now it is the home of thirty-six }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [celibate students] and the Deities \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-V\'e5nd\'e4vana-n\'e4tha. The devotees have converted the 150-year-old farmhouse into a small temple to shelter the Deities. And nearby are a number of ind
ividual dwellings, including two A-frames and a geodesic dome.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Only two or three boys stay at Vrind\'e4ban Farm during the day," explains K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami. "Everyone else leaves to work at Bahulaban or the Palace. Vrind
\'e4ban is more like a retreat, and its atmosphere is one of special seclusion. It is not our goal, however, to become recluses. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has warned us that it's not a good idea for a conditioned soul to try to retire from his normal act
ivities. Our main concern here is rendering service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and in that way advancing in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub On a ridge to the west of Vrind\'e4ban Farm lies a 208-acre tract of land called Nandagr\'e4ma. This farm is accessible by a half-mile gravel road. Like the Vrind\'e4ba
n farm, Nandagr\'e4ma is very isolated. It consists mostly of corn and alfalfa fields, magnificent hardwood forests, and pastureland for about forty calves and heifers. The creeks running between the ridges have many waterfalls where the devotees sometim
es bathe during the summer. Also, the Gurukula school is located at Nandagr\'e4ma, and three teachers and fourteen little }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  now live there year-round. The boys spend much of their recreation time playing with the calves and heifers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami has this advice for new communities: "Don't try to start one without K\'e5\'f1\'eba at the center. We never would have lasted through the first
 winter without faith in the instructions of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and a lot of chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra. In the beginning, real community living isn't all milk and honey, although there is plenty of both.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Here at New Vrind\'e4ban we hope to show that regardless of occupation or skill, everyone can serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba by applying his energy to help us establish a transc
endental village devoted to Him. People are always coming here with new skills, new devotion, and new help. The only requirement for living here is the desire to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Of course, one has to be willing to purify his life and give up sense 
gratification, especially gambling, illicit sex, intoxication, and meat eating. By chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba we can come to realize that all of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's creation is holy and that K\'e5\'f1\'eba deserves our eternal service. And through this se
rvice we can ultimately attain the sweetest relationship and the goal of life\'97deep love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The son of a Baptist minister, K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami was born in 1937 and came to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movem
ent in 1966. In 1967, at the famed R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara temple in India's V\'e5nd\'e4vana, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da conferred on him the sanny\'e4sa, or renounced, order (and hence the title "swami"), a first in ISKCON's
 history. Under \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's guidance, he started New Vrind\'e4ban in 1968.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p17: Far left: Manohara d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa, New Vrind}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ban's head g
ardener, gathers vegetables at the main farm. This year's crop may be large enough to feed the community all winter long, without any help from the Pittsburgh markets. Left: the forty-cow milk herd grazes on the upper pasture at dawn. "Last spring we wer
e getting almost sixteen hundred pounds of milk a day," director Kirtan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanda Swami explains. Abo
ve: "All our activities center upon Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and His eternal consort }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who reside here in Their Deity forms of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4-V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Candra." "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Candra" means "}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the moonlike Lord of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p18: Above: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Galim d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa and a few of his s
tudents take a dip in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ku}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'eb\'f2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a ("}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub 's lake," named after a holy place near the original }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , in India). Rig
ht: \'c5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ikum}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa checks a piece 
of marble cut for the portico of "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 's Palace." A major newspaper calls the P
alace "a master work of design and painstaking effort." Already, some have styled it "the Western Taj Mahal." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb180\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p19: Above: at the season's peak these devotees will can up to sixty quarts of tomatoes a day. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  has asked residents to "live an ideal spiritual life, completely depending upon agricultural p
roduce and milk from the cows." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub     Above: Mother R\'fcpa and Mother Am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e5t}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub aprad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  pick w
ildftowers for the Deities. Simply by offering something nice to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , you satisfy everyon
e. Left: each Sunday the devotees offer }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a feast, and when this wandering cow came upo
n the serving pots, she, too, was satisfied. (The startled devotees here want her to leave a little for them.) 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Singing and Living "The Song of God"
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Singing and Living "The Song of 
God"
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Near Port Royal in central Pennsylvania is a spiritual farming community called G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9, literally "a transcendental village where the teachings of the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are lived and sung." Like every other ISKCON farm, G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9 has two pu
rposes: first, to provide a working model of ancient India's Vedic culture as a positive alternative to today's technological culture; and, second, to provide a perfect setting where anyone can attain the highest perfection of life\'97unalloyed devotiona
l service to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The wisdom of the Vedic culture is that it recognizes the ultimate authority of the Supreme Lord in all matters. Thus the Vedic culture directs its members to serve the
 eternal Personality of Godhead rather than the things of this temporary and miserable material world.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9 \'c9\'e7opani\'f1ad}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Mantras }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Two}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub   "Why serve at all; I'll simply remain independent," you might say. But if you think about it, you'll agree that every living entity, in whatever species of life, is rendering service to someone or something. A man se
rves his wife and children, his boss, his car, his city and nation, and (most basically) the demands of his body for food, rest, pleasure, safety, and so on. Animals also have their "families" and their bodies' demands to serve, and the plant kingdom ser
ves man by supplying fruits, flowers, grains, herbs, and so forth. Through reincarnation one's body or object of service may change, but the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mentality}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of service remains. This mentality of service is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  our eternal occupation.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As mentioned above, Vedic culture directs everyone's service toward the Supreme Lord. By the institution of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the leaders of a Vedic society scientifically divide the citizens into four social orders (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) and four spiritual orders (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'e7ramas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). Without this systematic division, everyone's service is misdirected and society degenerates into chaos.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The four social orders function together much as the various limbs of our body cooperate for the well-being of the whole body. Just as our body must have a brain for th
inking, arms for defending, a stomach for digesting, and legs for giving support, so the social body must also have an intelligent class (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) for giving spiritual direction, an administrative and military class (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'f1atriyas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) for managing and defending, a mercantile class (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) for pro
viding the economic base, and a laboring class (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ) for giving manual assistance to the other c
lasses. If we think carefully about this analogy, we can see that these divisions of labor have existed in all civilizations at all times, no matter what the political or economic system.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why are these divisions of labor always present in society? Because they are created by God. As Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba states in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "According to the three modes of material nature and the work ascribed to them, the four divisions of human society were c
reated by Me" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 4.13}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So you can't artificially create a classless society, any more than you can make 
a dog the king. You can put a dog on the throne, adorn him with all the finest raiment, and place the royal scepter in his paw, but when you throw a bone on the ground he'll jump down and gnaw it. Similarly, if unqualified men occupy intellectual and adm
inistrative posts, then society is doomed to chaos, confusion, and decline. The Vedic literatures explain that one proves himself by his qualities and his work (not by his birth in a good family!)\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.11.35}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and that everyone should find sa
tisfaction in his particular occupation by offering all the results of his work to God.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 48}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub 3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  first describes the qualities for the intellectual class: peace-fulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, and religiousness. Next, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  lists the qualities of work for the administrators and warriors: heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity, and leadersh
ip. In addition, the G\'e9t\'e4 explains that the kinds of work proper for the merchants and farmers are agriculture, cow protection, and trade, and that the laborers assist the three other classes.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  18.41-44}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Interwoven into the social fabric are the four spiritual orders\'97student life (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), married life (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e5hastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ), retired life (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), and renounced life (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). These orders provide the necessary spiritual discipline to keep society from descending to the animal platform\'97simply worrying
 about the problems of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending. No matter how sophisticated their technology, men who concern themselves only with these four problems are no better than polished animals. And any amount of philosophy which does not solve 
life's real problems\'97birth, death, disease, and old age\'97is merely intellectual animalism. So the four spiritual orders insure that the primary goal of human life\'97self-and God-realization\'97is not lost in the day-to-day struggle for existence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In student life (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahmac\'e4r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ) one learns to control his senses and humbly serve a bona-fide spiritual master. Generally, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  remains celibate throughout his life. Although some }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  get married and
 enter household life, they indulge in sex only under the guidance of the spiritual master and only for begetting God-conscious children.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7.12.11}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Purport)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Because the c
hild's consciousness will reflect the parents' consciousness at the time of conception, the Vedic system stresses the chastity of women and prohibits free mixing between the sexes. Marriage is a solemn, life-long vow, and there is no such thing as divorc
e.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.20.22}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Purport)}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As the First Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  describes, unrestricted association of men and women leads to unwanted progeny\'97which creates a hellish situation in society.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
1.39-43}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Just witness 
today's social scene: broken homes, illegitimate children, abortions, and urban decay all bear out these age-old truths.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After their children are grown, the parents should retire from worldly pursuits and family affairs and travel to holy places of pilgrimage. This }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4naprastha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  stage prepares the parents for leaving this world behind at death and attaining the eternal spiritual world. Whe
n the husband is sufficiently detached, he leaves his wife in the care of his eldest son and takes sanny\'e4sa, the renounced order. Then he travels and preaches the message of God from village to village.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, from all this you shouldn't get the idea that devotees compete for better positions in a social or spiritual hierarchy. Whatever their status of life, devote
es of the Lord are above ordinary material designations. In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
learly states that if someone offers Him all the fruits of his activities and takes shelter exclusively of Him, then he is above the actions and reactions of nature and attains the supreme goal\'97an eternal, blissful life of knowledge in Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba's direct association.\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 18.56-58}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  So devotees of the Lord have nothing to gain through mundane "social climbing." However, to provide an example for the world at large, devotees may take
 up any position in society, whether seemingly inferior or superior. In this way the devotees follow the Lord's instructions in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "As the ignorant perform their duties with attachment to results, similarly the learned may also act, but wit
hout attachment, for the sake of leading people on the right path" (Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 3.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, here at G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9 we live and work according to the divine Vedic institution called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . This way we facilitate our own journey back to Godhead and show the proper social and spiritual system to a lost world floundering in the dark
ness of various "isms"\'97communism, capitalism, altruism, egotism, and so on\'97which can never bring the peace and prosperity everyone hankers for.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another purpose of farms like G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9 is to provide the International Society for Krishna Consciousness with economic self-sufficiency. The responsibili
ty for economic development rests on the farmers and mercantile men (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vai\'e7yas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ), most of whom are marrie
d, and the economy itself centers upon the land and cows. If there are sufficient grains and milk, then there is no economic scarcity. This year we harvested twelve tons of wheat, twelve tons of potatoes, thirteen tons of barley, twenty-five acres of cor
n, twelve acres of oats, five acres of soybeans, and ten thousand bales of hay and alfalfa. The Brown Swiss cows are delivering more than eight hundred pounds of milk a day, and to minimize our dependency on machines and come closer to that ideal of "sim
ple living and high thinking," we're training the oxen to till the fields.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The idea of simple living and high thinking is so essential that one of America's founding fathers considered it paramount. In his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Notes on the State of Virginia, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thomas Jefferson wrote this:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "Those who labor on the land are the chosen people of God. Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators of
 the land is a phenomenon of which no age or nation has furnished an example. Corruption is a mark set on those who, not looking up to the heavens for their subsistence (as does the husbandman), depend on workshops and selling to the caprice of customers
. While we have land to labor, let us never wish to see our citizens occupied at workshops. Carpenters, masons, smiths [simple technology] are needed in husbandry, but for general operations of manufacture let the workshops remain in Europe. The mobs of 
great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the body."\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\up6 (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Jefferson, Thomas. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Query XIX on Farming and Manufacturing}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub )}}}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub 9
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Just see how far our nation has strayed from the vision of the founding fathers! The more we go on expanding our huge and troublesome industries and squeezing out our v
ital human energy, the more we'll feel unrest and dissatisfaction, though the few cunning exploiters among us may live lavishly for a time. We already have more than enough grain, fruit, vegetables, minerals, water, fresh air, and milk to live comfortabl
y and cultivate spiritual life. So why should we hanker after terrible industrial enterprises that prey on the masses of unfortunate men? Better an honest living in the fields than a false standard of living that can never lead to lasting happiness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As its main purpose the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  system trains everyone to become the Lord's pure devotees\'97eligible to return at death to the spiritual kingdom and thus escape repeated birth in this material world. So all the residents of G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9 strictly fol
low the rules and regulations of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub bhakti-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , as prescribed by our beloved spiritual master \'c7r\'e9la P
rabhup\'e4da. For instance, we rise before sunrise, chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, worship the R\'e4dh\'e4-K\'e5\'f1\'eba Deities, attend classes in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g
avatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub , avoid the four sinful activities (meat eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gambling), and offer all the results of our day's work for the Lord's pleasure. This reciprocation of service and love between the devotees and the Lord\'97always
 under the guidance of the expert spiritual master\'97is the secret of success at G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9 and other ISKCON centers around the world. As the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavat
am}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.2.13}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  confirms, "The highest perfection anyone can achieve by discharging his occupational duties is to please L
ord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dh\'e5\'f1\'f6adyumna Swami, director of ISKCON's G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9 farm, was born in 1950 in White Plains, New York.
 He attended Dartmouth University before coming to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement in 1970. Since that time he has helped coordinate the nationwide distribution of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books and has spoken on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness
 in numerous schools and colleges. He received the sanny\'e4sa order in M\'e4y\'e4pur, India, in 1976.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: Right: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  farm, near Port Royal, Pennsylvania, ranks among the best in the state in both milk and crop production. Below: the devotees dedicate all that they do to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub r}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4\'eb\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , who reside here in Thei
r Deity forms of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub -Damodara. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photos: Vipra d\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  This reciprocation of service and love between the
 devotees and the Lord}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub always under the guidance of the expert spiritual master}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is the secret of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4
gar\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 's success.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: Below and lower left: dairyman Devak}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nandana d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa (
shown at the County Fair) has reason for rejoicing: last year blue-ribbon-winner Dv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pa and the re
st of her well-protected herd produced some of the state's creamiest milk.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2160\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: Right: the devotees have nearly finished building a new temple for Their Lordships }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'e4dh\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -Damodara. Below: Bh\'fcrijana d
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa often takes his students on field trips through }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 's countryside. Bottom Mother Satyabh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  spins wool into yarn that s
he'll use for sweaters. "Better an honest living in the fields than a false standard of living that can never lead to lasting happiness."
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s Thoughts...
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s T
houghts...
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On Vedic Society Versus Modern Society
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The prosperity of humanity does not depend on a demoniac civilization that has no culture and no knowledge but has only gigantic skyscrapers, and huge automobiles alwa
ys rushing down the highways. The products of nature are sufficient" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 5.16.24}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If there is enough milk, enough grains, enough fruit, enough cotton, enough silk, and enough jewels, then why do the people need cinemas, houses of prostitution, slaug
hterhouses, etc.? What is the need of an artificial luxurious life of cinema, cars, radio, flesh, and hotels?" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.10.4)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Advancement of civilization is estimated not on the growth of mills and factories to deteriorate the finer instincts of the human being, but on developing the potent s
piritual instincts of human beings and giving them a chance to go back to Godhead" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 1.11.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On Cow Protection
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba advises }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub go-r\'e4k\'f1ya,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the protection of cows. This is essential, because if cows are cared for properly they will surely supply sufficient milk. We have practical experience in America that in our various ISKCON farms we are giving proper protection to t
he cows and receiving more than enough milk. In other farms the cows do not deliver as much milk as in our farms; because our cows know very well that we are not going to kill them, they are happy, and they give ample milk" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.15.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "... they are killing cows in the thousands. Therefore they are unfortunate in spiritual consciousness, and nature disturbs them in so many ways, especially through inc
urable diseases like cancer and through frequent wars... among nations. As long as human society continues to allow cows to be regularly killed in slaughterhouses, there cannot be any question of peace and prosperity" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 8.8.11}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ).
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the Distribution of Grains
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "... the earth produces sufficient grain to feed the entire population, hut the distribution of this grain is restricted due to trade regulations and a desire for profi
t. Consequently in some places there is a scarcity of grain and in others profuse production. If there were one [K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious] government on the surface of the earth to handle the distribution of grain, there would be no question of scarcity,
 no necessity to open slaughterhouses, and no need to present false theories about overpopulation" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.17.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On the Need for Sacrifice to God
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "One is mistaken if he thinks that by applying modern machines such as tractors, grains can be produced. If one goes to a desert and uses a tractor, there is still no p
ossibility of producing grains. We may adopt various means, but it is essential to know that the planet earth will stop producing grains if sacrifices are not performed" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9
mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.19.1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
 sacrifice [the congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra] is performed, there will be no difficulty, not even in industrial enterprises. Therefore this system should be introduced in all spheres of life\'97social, political, industrial, 
commercial, etc. Then everything will run very peacefully and smoothly" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.19.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Because people are without K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, they have become thieves, and consequently they are being punished by the laws of material nature. No one can 
check this, not even by introducing so many relief funds and humanitarian institutions. Unless the people of the world take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, there will be a scarcity of food and much suffering" (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4g.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 4.18.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 K\'c5\'d1\'cbA The Lifter of Govardhana Hill
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub K\'c5\'d1\'cbA The Lifter of Gov
ardhana Hill
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Being assured by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the inhabitants of the village\'97men, women, children, and animals\'97entered b
eneath the great hill and remained there for a whole week. They were simply astonished to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba holding up Govardhana Hill with the little finger of His left hand. ..."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub From the }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. (Adapted by Drutakarm\'e4 d\'e4sa.)
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustrations by Mural\'e9dhara d\'e4sa and R\'e4man\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub One day, in the village of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, child K\'e5\'f1\'eba saw His father Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja and the other cowherd men preparing a big sacrifice. "My dear fathe
r," K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "who is this sacrifice for? What is it all about? Please tell Me\'97I want to know."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so He actually knew that the sacrifice was for Indra, the Lord of heaven. But because He was playing the part of N
anda's child, He questioned His father just like a curious boy. Nanda remained grave and silent and went on with his business. "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is too young to understand such complicated rituals," he mused. Under the spell of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's divine ener
gy, Nanda thought that the all-knowing Personality of Godhead was just his little boy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But K\'e5\'f1\'eba persisted with His questions. "My dear father," He protested, "it's not very nice for you to keep secrets from your own family members. You may keep 
secrets from people who wish you ill, but you shouldn't keep secrets from Me. Please tell Me. Who is this sacrifice for?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nanda turned to his child and said, "My dear boy, if You must know, this sacrifice is for Indra, the Lord of heaven. Indra controls the clouds that bring rain. Without 
rain we can't grow nice grains, fruits, and vegetables, or grasses for our cows to graze on. So we're holding this sacrifice to show our gratitude to King Indra."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In reality, demigods like Indra are simply servants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub B
hagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub clearly says that whatever benefits the demigods can bestow actually come from K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and that instead of worshiping these lesser personalities, we sho
uld just worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To teach Nanda and the other inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana this lesson, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "My dear father, I don't think you have to offer this sacrifice to Indra. Even if you don't
 please Indra, what can he do? He must pour water everywhere, whether anyone worships him or not. That's his duty. Let's have nothing to do with Indra, father. Instead, let's hold a big sacrifice to honor Govardhana Hill."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Govardhana Hill already occupied a special place in the hearts of V\'e5nd\'e4vana's residents, who cared very little about what went on in the wide world outside their 
forest village. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (cowherd girls) would praise Govardhana Hill in this way: "Govardhana Hill i
s most fortunate\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Balar\'e4ma always take Their cows and walk on its slopes, so Govardhana always enjoys the touch of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. In joyful gratitude Govardhana Hill supplies nice fruits and cool water to K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and the cowherd boys, and newly-grown grass to the cows. So we can understand that K\'e5\'f1\'eba finds this hill very pleasing."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Understanding how dearly K\'e5\'f1\'eba loved Govardhana Hill, Nanda replied, "All right, my dear boy, since You are asking, we shall hold }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub another}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sacrifice for Govardhana Hill. But for now just let me finish }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub this}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sacrifice for Indra."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Oh no, father," said child K\'e5\'f1\'eba. "Please don't wait! Making another sacrifice for Govardhana Hill will take too much time! Just please take all the things yo
u were going to offer to Indra and take them to Govardhana Hill as quickly as you can."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba insisted, very politely and gently, and finally Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja relented. "All right. You just tell us what You want us to do." Then Nanda and the o
ther simple-hearted cowherd men did exactly what K\'e5\'f1\'eba said. First they cooked all kinds of delicious foods in great quantity. They cooked first-class rice and spicy split-bean soup (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub dahl}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). They made zesty }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pakoras}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  by dipping vegetable chunks in spiced batter and frying them in clear butter. They also prepared }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub puris}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  (flaky, puffed flat-breads), sweet rice (a thick drink made with milk, rice, and sugar), and many kinds of traditional Indian milk sweets, such as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sande\'e7a, rasagull
a, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub am\'e5takeli}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After preparing this feast, the cowherd men decorated their cows with silk hangings, gilded their horns, and fed them fresh, green grass. Then they dressed themselves v
ery beautifully and helped the cowherd women climb into the gaily decorated bullock carts. Keeping the cows in front, everyone then circled Govardhana Hill and sang songs in praise of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Finally the village }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'ebas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  chanted Vedic hymns and offered the feast\'97a huge mountain of food\'97to Govardhana Hill.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suddenly, to the amazement of all, K\'e5\'f1\'eba expanded Himself into a colossal transcendental form. Child K\'e5\'f1\'eba (who remained as He was) and all the reside
nts of V\'e5nd\'e4vana fell to the ground and began to offer prayers. The giant figure of K\'e5\'f1\'eba spoke for all to hear: "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I am Govardhana Hill.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub " Then the mammoth form began to eat the mountain of food with great satisfaction. Everyone could clearly see that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and Govardhana Hill were one and the same. To this very day, pilgrims take
 stones and pebbles from Govardhana Hill and worship them in the same way that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  priests wor
ship the Deity form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the temples. Out of reverence for Govardhana Hill, devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba will not even set foot on its sacred slopes. Instead they walk around the twelve-mile path circling its base\'97such is their devotion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Afterwards, K\'e5\'f1\'eba ordered the cowherd men to worship Govardhana Hill every year. And to this day, each October or November the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana g
ather around Govardhana Hill to observe this festival. They drive their cows around the hill and offer a huge feast. ISKCON temples worldwide also celebrate the festival of Govardhana Hill.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When King Indra saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba stop the sacrifice meant for him, he became very angry. "These cowherd men shall suffer," he said. "I'll teach them to defy the demig
ods! Just because that boy K\'e5\'f1\'eba told them to worship Govardhana Hill, they stopped }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub my}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  sacrifice
. That boy talks too much. He's just a child. What does He know about the cosmic situation? I will punish Him for being such an upstart."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Indra called his most powerful clouds, including the deadly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0vartaka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , which usually comes to destroy the world at the time of devastation. Indra told the clouds, "Go to V\'e5nd\'e4vana and flood that village! Destroy V\'e5nd\'e4vana! Drown all the cowherd men and all
 their cows with them. Don't be afraid. I shall be flying behind you on my elephant. I shall attack V\'e5nd\'e4vana with furious storms. Together we shall punish those impudent residents."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Soon the dark, threatening clouds appeared over V\'e5nd\'e4vana and began hurling down streams of rain and chunks of ice. Lightning crashed. Thunder roared. The wind ho
wled and shrieked, driving the rain like piercing arrows. Floods covered all of V\'e5nd\'e4vana's fields and pastures. The men and animals shivered and trembled, and the cows bowed their heads and sheltered their calves beneath them.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In complete helplessness all the residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana came to take refuge at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. They prayed, "O K\'e5\'f1\'eba, You are all-powerful a
nd You are very kind to Your devotees. Please protect us from Indra's wrath."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Don't be afraid," K\'e5\'f1\'eba said. "You are all My pure devotees and have no shelter but Me. I shall protect you. Indra is trying to prove his supremacy, but I sha
ll take care of him. Actually, Indra is My devotee, but somehow he has become puffed up and mad with power. I'll take away his false prestige and bring him back to his senses."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then, with one hand. Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba picked up Govardhana Hill, just as an ordinary child picks up a mushroom. "My dear brothers. My dear father, My dear friends, n
ow you can safely enter under the umbrella of Govardhana Hill. Don't be afraid. I will not let the hill fall from My hand."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Being assured by Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, all the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana\'97men, women, children, and animals\'97entered beneath the great hill. They remained there
 for a whole week and yet did not feel hungry, thirsty, or at all uncomfortable. They were simply astonished to see K\'e5\'f1\'eba holding up Govardhana Hill with the little finger of His left hand.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When King Indra saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mystic power, he was thunderstruck and baffled. He called off all the clouds and made the strong winds stop. In a short time the sk
y over V\'e5nd\'e4vana became completely clear and the sun shone brightly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, "My dear cowherd men, now you can return to your homes along with your wives, children, cows, and valuables. The danger is over. The rain has stopp
ed and the floodwaters are going down." The cowherd men loaded up their carts and slowly departed with their cows and families. After they had gone, K\'e5\'f1\'eba carefully put down Govardhana Hill, exactly where it had been before and where it remains 
to this day.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana came to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and embraced Him in great ecstasy. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, Nanda, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba's elder brother Balar\'e4ma blessed Him over and over again. From the heavens the demigods beat their drums, p
layed their tambouras, sounded their conchshells, and poured down showers of flowers.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had saved the inhabitants of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, King Indra appeared before Him in a secluded forest glade. Indra's golden crown was dazzling like 
the sun, but still he fell down at K\'e5\'f1\'eba's lotus feet. "My dear Lord," he said, "I am very sorry I sent floods and hailstorms to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. I became angry because You stopped the sacrifice that the cowherd men were going to hold for me. I 
was puffed up with false pride and behaved like an ignorant fool. But now, by Your grace, I can see that You are the Supreme Lord. I beg You to forgive me. I am Your eternal servant."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba accepted Indra's sincere apology and said, "My dear Indra, please return to your kingdom, but always remember this: no one is superior to Me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Before departing, King Indra and all the other demigods bathed K\'e5\'f1\'eba with the milk of cows from the spiritual world and with Ganges water from the trunk of Ind
ra's elephant. The wives of the demigods danced with joy and satisfied the Lord by pouring showers of flowers from the sky. K\'e5\'f1\'eba was very pleased with this worship, and therefore the earth became bountiful with natural gifts. The happy cows ove
rflooded the land with their milk. The water of the rivers nourished the trees, which put forth all sorts of delicious fruits and fragrant flowers. Also, the trees began pouring drops of honey, and the hills and mountains produced potent medicinal herbs 
and valuable jewels. Because of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's presence, all these things happened very nicely, and the lower animals, who are generally envious, were envious no longer. At last, King Indra and the other demigods took K\'e5\'f1\'eba's permission and we
nt back through cosmic space to the heavenly kingdom.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  said, "My dear father, I don't think you have to offer this sacrifice to Indra. Even if you don't please Indra, what can he do? . .. Instead, let's hold a big sacrifice to honor Govardhana Hill."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  accepted Indra's apology and said, "My dear Indra, please return to your kingdom, but always remember this: no one is superior to Me."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Read these books 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub READ THESE BOOKS-IMPROVE YOUR LI
FE
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#6
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 How You Can Go Beyond Vegetarianism   v12#11   
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa180\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub How You Can Go Beyond Vegetarian
ism
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Like millions of other people, you may be realizing that eating meat isn't so good for your health or your budget. You
 may have also heard that it brings bad karma. But then again, you may also be asking your-self, "Would a vegetarian diet give me enough protein?\'94 or "Would it taste good?\'94 So here's a suggestion: Why not join us this Sunday for some vegetarian }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97zestful Indian dishes that Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 's devotees offer to Him with love, just the way He requests in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub . Not only is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the most incredibly delicious food you've ever tasted, and not only does it provide you with every vitamin, mineral, and protein you need \'97but also, because 
it's been offered to }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub pras}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  gives you a unique spiritual pleasure that no other food can. So why not join us this Sunday for the free, world-famous transcendental Love Feast? And after the feast be sure to stay for the movie, play, or puppet show. (Please see page four
teen for the center nearest you.)
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
12 No. 12, 1977
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 A short statement of the philosophy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A short statement of the philoso
phy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG  v11#8
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Devotees chant Hare }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  at the New Vrind}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ban farm commu
nity in West Virginia.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4 dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma\line Hare R
\'e4ma\line R\'e4ma R\'e4ma\line Hare Hare
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Chant and be happy...     v12#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Chant and be happy...
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India\'92s most sacred and joyful village is V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where five thousand years ago Lord }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Himself played as a child. And to this day everybody here remembers }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Everybody chants His names. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Including these children at the local }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5
\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -conscious academy. They come from all over the world just to live and learn in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. After all this is the village where }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'92s names have always been the most popular song. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Whether you live in a sacred village or a not-so-sacred village, chant Hare }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Then your village will be as joyful as V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Find out more about V\'e5nd\'e4vana and }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5
\'f1\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  consciousness in this issue of BACK TO GODHEAD magazine.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jagat Sakh\'e4 d\'e4sa (left), book distributor, Los Angeles: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'93What\'92s a Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  person doing dressed up like Santa? That's what 
a lot of people want to know. Nowadays we usually think of Santa assome kind of wintertime Daddy Warbucks who'll satisfy our craving for more and more material things. But 'Santa' really means 'saint.' The original Santa taught people all about God and h
ow to love God. So that's what I\'92m doing dressed up like Santa. I'm passing out these books about love of God and asking everybody to chant the Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ramesh Lai (right), Toronto health spa proprietor: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub "When you go into business, you're letting yourself in for all kinds of problems and anxieties. But by chanting the Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and reading the authorized books
 on }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  consciousness, I've learned how to dovetail my work in the service of the Supreme
 Lord, \'c7r\'e9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97and this has brought me great peace."}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Karana Karana-devi dasi (above, on right), book distributor, Chicago: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Right now everybody is thinking, \'91I\'92m from America,\'92 'I\'92m from Chicago,\'92 'I\'92m from the Smith family,' and like that. But when you chant the Hare }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , you see yourself a whole lot more dearly. Sure, your body might come from America, from Chicago, from the Smith family, but when you chant you start seeing that you're the spirit within your body\'97you come from }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , from God. That\'92s when the real pleasure comes into your life."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktiveda
nta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Founder-\'c4c\'e4rya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub    The founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD is His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. In Se
ptember, 1965, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in the United States. In July 1966, in a storefront in New York City, he began the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. And from those beginning days, BACK TO GODHEAD has been an integral part 
of ISKCON.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, since 1944, when he started writing, editing, printing and distributing BACK TO GODHEAD, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has often called it "the backbone of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement." Although over the years it has changed in some ways, BACK TO GODHEAD remains, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's words, "an instrument for training the mind and educating
 human nature to rise up to the plane of the soul spirit."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Photo: (Hyderabad, India}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Back To Godhead    v12#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub FOUNDER
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub (under the direction of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da)
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub His Divine Grace}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub EDITOR IN CHIEF  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST COORDINATOR  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rame\'e7vara d\'e4sa
 Swami
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MANAGING ED ITOR }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Dravi\'f2a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ASSOCIATE EDITORS}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Drutakarma d\'e4sa, Jagaj\'e9vana d\'e4sa, Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub DESIGNER}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Navadv\'e9pa d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PRODUCTION MANAGER }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Vic\'e4ru d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub LAYOUT ARTIST}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  Yamar\'e4ja d\'e4sa 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ILLUSTRATORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa, R\'e4man\'e4tha d\'e4
sa, Sulak\'f1mana-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub PHOTOGRAPHY }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bh\'e4rgava d\'e4sa, Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa, 
Pu\'eb\'f2arika d\'e4s, Vipra d\'e4sa, Nityat\'e5pt\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COPY EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Rak\'f1na d\'e4sa, K\'f1am\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s
\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub SANSKRIT EDITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Duryodhanaguru}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sa, Gopav\'e5nde\'e7a d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub COMPOSITORS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bal\'e4i-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, P\'fcr\'ebacandra
-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9, S\'e9t\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub TECHNICIANS }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Mah\'e4\'e7raya d\'e4sa, Satyar\'e4ja d\'e4sa,
 Si\'e0he\'e7vara d\'e4sa, Ve\'ebudhara d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Published monthly $7.00 per year ($8.00 outside USA) by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 3764 Watseka Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. 90034.
 
\par }\pard \s671 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb94\sa0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub \'a9 1977 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.\line All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub PRONUNCIATION OF SANSKRIT WORDS
\par }\pard \s671 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG #67
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Cover         v12#11
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub ON THE COVER
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Why has ISKCON placed its main academy in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India? (See page 18.) Instructor R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa d\'e4sa says,
 \'93V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the land where Lord }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  displayed His most attractive pastimes. [
Often, as shown here, child }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  delighted the townspeople by stealing and eating their bu
tter.] Most of our boys have been hearing about }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  since they were three or four years o
ld. So now that they\'92ve come to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they can see the very things they've heard about: the Yamun\'e4 River, the groves, the cows and peacocks. In fact, for a devotee, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and the spiritual world actually become manifest in V\'e5nd\'e4vana.\'94 To put it simply, V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the best place in the world for learni
ng how to love God\'97and learning how to love God is the real business of life. (Artist: Par\'e9k\'f1it d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Searching for the Place of No Anxiety . . . .
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Searching for the Place of No An
xiety . . . .
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Atheist-existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre writes that because man wants to be God but cannot, he is a "useless passion" in a u
niverse that has no purpose\'97and thus, he is always in anxiety. "That is foolishness," says His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. "You are not God but God's servant.... Sartre believes the universe has no purpose because he is blind.
 He has no power to see that there is a plan. We are trying to introduce K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in order to make the world into a place where there is no anxiety."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jean-Paul Sartre, perhaps the most fam
ous philosopher of this century, calls himself an "atheistic existentialist." He sees man as having been thrown into the world and abandoned. For him. God is dead.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub God is not dead, nor has He aband
oned us. If you feel abandoned, it is because you have done something that has brought about this condition. If you rectify your position, you will again feel accepted. Now you are condemned to the material world. But just because you are condemned, you 
should not think that God is also condemned. God is always in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha [the spiritual world]. God is not dead.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In any case, having defined himself as
 an atheistic existentialist, Sartre denies God's existence\'97particularly the existence of a personal God. Sartre wants to set aside the whole question of God's existence and place emphasis on man, on "human reality." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the question of God's existen
ce is the main question of philosophy. God has created everything\'97your mind, intelligence, and body, and the circumstances surrounding you. How can you deny His existence? In the Vedic literatures it is stated that in the beginning God existed, and th
e Bible also states that in the beginning there was God. In this material universe, existence is temporary. According to the laws of material nature, the body is created on a certain day, it exists for some time, and is then eventually finished. Similarl
y, the entire cosmic manifestation has a beginning, a middle, and an end. But before the creation of the cosmos, who existed? If God did not exist, how could the creation be possible?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre would not admit the existence o
f an originator for the creation. He would say that man simply exists, he turns up, appears on the scene. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A person appears due to his fathe
r and mother. How can this be denied? Does Sartre mean to say, "I appeared all of a sudden\'97I dropped from the sky"? Only a fool would say that he appeared without parents. From our experience we can understand that all species of life are manifest fro
m some mother. Taken as a whole, the mother is material nature. And as soon as the mother is accepted, the father, God, must also be accepted.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why shouldn't God exist? If you believe in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub your}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  existence, why not believe in the existence of God? There are 8,400,000 different species existing in multifarious forms. According to the Vedic understanding. God is also a living being, bu
t He is different from all others in that He is the chief\'97the supreme living being. According to the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [7.7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub matta\'f9 paratara\'e0 n\'e4nyat: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "There is no living being superior to God." We all experience that ther
e are beings more intelligent than us. And God has the ultimate intelligence. Why can't a person who exceeds all others in intelligence exist? There is no question of "if God exists." God }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub must}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  exist. In the shastras [scriptures] He is described as the superlative personality, the super-powerful and super-intelligent being. We can see that everyone in th
e world is factually not on an equal level: there are varying degrees of perfection. This indicates that there is a superlative person, and if we go on searching for the person with the greatest wealth, intelligence, power, beauty, or whatever, we will f
ind that God possesses all these qualities in the superlative degree and that every other living entity possesses them in degrees relative to Him. How, then, can we rationally deny God's existence? Actually, Sartre's proposal means that he does not want 
God to exist. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub According to Sartre, because there is 
no God to conceive of human nature, the first principle of existentialism is that "man is nothing else but what he makes of himself.... Existentialism's first move is to make every man aware of what he is and to make the full responsibility of his existe
nce rest on him." It is this very responsibility\'97this freedom to change himself and the world\'97that overwhelms modern man with anguish and anxiety.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This means that modern man is in 
an awkward position. He wants peace, but he does not know how to attain it. Peace is not possible for a man in ignorance, but this does not mean that peace is impossible. You are certainly responsible for your own life, so why not take the responsibility
 to transfer yourself to a safe place where there is no anxiety? Now you do not know of such a place, but there }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub might}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  be such a place, so why not ask someone who knows? Why constantly remain disappointed and anxious? The safe place where there is no anxiety is called Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha. The very word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "no anxiety."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre believes that men could live to
gether peacefully if they assumed responsibility not only for themselves but for others as well.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suppose I want to benefit you and
 you are free. Your freedom means that you can accept or reject my good instructions. How can I be responsible for you if you don't obey me? Sartre claims that we are responsible for others, but if others do not follow our instructions, how can we be con
sidered responsible for them? This is all contradictory. Unless there is some standard knowledge, there must be contradiction. According to the Vedic literatures, God is the supreme person, and we should all be His obedient servants. God gives us some du
ty, and we are responsible to carry out that duty. Our real responsibility is to God. If we reject God, society becomes chaotic. Religion means avoiding chaos and meeting our responsibility to God by fulfilling our duty. Responsibility rests on us, and i
t is given by God. If we make spiritual progress by fulfilling our duty, we can finally live with God personally in Vaiku\'eb\'f6ha.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre writes, "Since we have discarde
d God the father, there has to be someone to invent values.... Moreover, to say that we invent values means nothing else but this: life has no meaning a priori. Before you become alive, life is nothing; it's up to you to give it a meaning, and value is n
othing else but the meaning that you choose." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore everyone invents his ow
n meaning? If this is the case, how will people live peacefully in society? Since everyone has his own idea of life, there can be no harmony. What kind of government would exist?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Recently Sartre has turned to Marxism.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But in communist countries there 
are very strong governments. It is not possible for people to avoid government or leadership.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre believes that regardless of the
 form of government under which men live, the structure of human consciousness is essentially free. What's more, Sartre maintains that man is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub condemned}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to be free\'97that freedom is a fate which man cannot escape.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If man is condemned, who has cond
emned him?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre would say that man is condemned
 by accident.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In other words, it is simply an a
ccident that one person is condemned and another is blessed. It is simply an accident that one person is in jail and another is not. What kind of philosophy is this? Such so-called philosophers simply mislead others. Actually, nothing is accidental. We a
gree that the living entity is condemned to this material world, but when we speak of condemnation we mean that man has lost his freedom. He is tightly under the control of the material nature. This material world is like a vast sea, and when you are pla
ced into the sea you have no freedom. You move according to the waves. This means that there is a power controlling you. Because you have placed yourself under the control of material nature, you act according to the modes of material nature. K\'e5\'f1
\'eba says in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "The bewildered spirit soul, under the influence of the three mode
s of material nature, thinks himself to be the doer of activities, which in actuality are carried out by nature" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 3.27]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub . Because you are conditioned by the material nature, you are feeling its check\'97although you }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub think}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  that you are free. When you are thrown into the ocean of material existence, you lose your freedom. However, if you put yourself in better circumstances, you can regain your freedom. Therefore, it is your duty to get yourself liberated by be
coming K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because we are one thing today and som
ething else tomorrow, Sartre says that our essential nature is "nothingness."
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You are "nothing" in the sense th
at you are under the full control of a superior power. You are being carried away by the waves of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  [material nature]. In the ocean of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you may say, "I am nothing," but actually you 
are something. Your "somethingness" will be very much exhibited to you when you are put on land, or, in other words, when you become K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious. Out of despair you conclude that your nature is "nothingness." Sartre's philosophy is a philoso
phy of despair, and we say it is unintelligent. Despair is the result of ignorance.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre maintains that although the bas
is of our nature is nothingness, man chooses or creates his own nature.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Man's basic nature is not "nothin
gness," but "somethingness." That "somethingness" is to be an eternal servant of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, you should choose to be "something," not "nothing." But in order to do that you have to take lessons from a higher personality. Before philosophiz
ing one should learn from a knowledgeable person. That is the Vedic injunction\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub tad vij\'ef\'e4nartha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub in order to learn the transcendental science, you must approach a bona fide spiritual master. }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MU}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  A person can mold his nature by deciding to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, not by dismissing the whole matter out of confusion and disappointment and claiming that man is nothing. The attempt to make life zero is due to a poor fund of knowle
dge.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre says that we are constantly cho
osing or making our life, but that everything ends at death.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Death simply means changing to an
other body. The soul, the active principle upon which the body stands, does not die. Death is simply like changing apartments. A sane man can understand this.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre believes that man's fundamental
 desire is the "desire to be." In other words, man seeks eternal existence rather than mere nothingness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is so. Because man is eterna
l, he has the desire to exist eternally. He is seeking eternal, spiritual life. Unfortunately, he puts himself under certain material conditions that are not eternal, and he must suffer repeated birth and death. Nothing in the material world exists etern
ally. A tree may exist for ten thousand years, but eventually it will perish. In the material world, nothing abides. But in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [8.20}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba speaks of another world, which is per
manent (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ). After the annihilation of this material universe, that spiritual world will abide. 
Through the practice of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness one can attain his eternal position in that spiritual world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre writes that man's fundamental d
esire is the desire to be God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This is more or less impersonal, 
M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4da philosophy. The M\'e4y\'e4v\'e4d\'e9s believe that when they attain complete knowledge, they become God. Because man is part and parcel of God, he wants to be united with God. It is like a man who has been away from home for a long time
. Naturally he wants to go home again.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre maintains that this attempt to 
be God is bound to fail. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Certainly, because man }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God. His very desire to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub be}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God means that he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub is not}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God at th
e present moment. And if he once was God, how has he become something else? No. If man could become God, there would be no question of his ever being something }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub other}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  than God. There would be no question of being ignorant. Another name for K\'e5\'f1\'eba is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . The word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub acyuta}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means "He who never fall
s down." This means that God never becomes non-God. God is God always. So it is not that one can become God through some mystic practice. A man cannot become God, but he can become god}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub ly}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When we are in darkness, we desire light and come into the sunshine. But this does not mean that we }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub become}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the sun. Similarly, when we come to the platform of perfect knowledge, we become godly, but we do not become God. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Because Sartre knows that man's attemp
t to become God is futile, he calls man a "useless passion." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A man is not useless if he attemp
ts to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious. The attempt to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious and the attempt to be K\'e5\'f1\'eba are totally different. One is godly, and the other demonic.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre then reasons that because it is
 impossible to become God, everything else is useless.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is foolishness. You are not 
God but God's servant. You have chosen to attempt to become God, but you have found this to be impossible. Therefore you should give up this notion and decide to become God's servant. That is the proper decision.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre concludes that since things hav
e no reason to exist, life has no essential purpose.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is nonsense. Everything has 
a purpose. Nothing can exist without a purpose, because there is a supreme cause for everything. The defect in such philosophers is that they do not have sufficient brain substance to go further than what they superficially see. They are not capable of u
nderstanding God, the cause of all causes. Many modern scientists also maintain that nature, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub prak\'e5ti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , 
is the sole cause of existence, but we do not subscribe to such a theory. We understand that God is behind nature and that nature is not acting independently. Nature is phenomena, but behind or beyond nature is noumena. God, K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 16.8}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub philosophy like Sartre's is called demonic: "The demons say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation, and that there is no God in con
trol. The world is produced of sex desire and has no cause other than lust." Demons do not believe in a superior cause. They consider that everything is accidental. They say that a man and a woman unite accidentally, and a child is simply the result of s
ex. They claim that there is no purpose to existence. This type of philosophy is called demonic because it is of the nature of darkness and ignorance, and because it denies the existence of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre writes that because man is free
 he is susceptible to what Sartre calls "bad faith." This bad faith is a kind of self-deception\'97a failure to take responsibility for one's life. Through bad faith one loses his freedom. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Certainly you have limited freedo
m to choose, but if you act irresponsibly you must suffer. Responsibility and freedom go hand in hand. So we must use discrimination. Without discrimination our freedom is blind\'97we cannot understand right or wrong.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Sartre, bad faith means to avoid m
aking decisions. A man in bad faith simply drifts from day to day without being involved, without making responsible decisions.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That means he has decided to drif
t. His drifting is a decision. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre believes that bad faith must be
 replaced by a solid choosing and by faith in our choice. For instance, if one chooses a certain path of action, he must have the faith to carry out that action valiantly and heroically. Then he will be doing the right thing. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But if he makes the wrong decisio
n, what is the value in his action? Moths fly very valiantly and courageously into the fire. Is that a very good decision? ... Sartre speaks of bad faith, but what about good faith? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If bad faith is the avoidance of decis
ions, then good faith would mean making decisions courageously and following them up, regardless of what the decisions are. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what if your decision is wron
g?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub For Sartre, there is no question of ri
ght or wrong. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Then whatever decision I make is 
final and absolute? This means that the insect's decision to enter the fire is the proper decision. This is the philosophy of insects.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hayagr\'e9va d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre's philosophy has been called pe
ssimistic because he maintains that man is a "useless passion" vainly striving in a universe without a purpose.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sartre may be a useless passion, 
but we are not. No sane man is useless. A sane man will follow a superior authority. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tad vij\'ef\'e4nartha\'e0 sa gurum ev\'e4bhigacchet: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "If one approaches a bona fide spiritual master, he will not be bewildered." }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs3545\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub MU}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1.2.12}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub That is Vedic civilization. Sartre believes the universe is without a purpose because he is blind. He has no power to see that there is a plan. We are trying to introduce K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness in order to make the world into Vaikuntha,
 into a place where there is no anxiety. But our decision is not blind. It is the decision of a higher authority\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97and therefore it is perfect.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p4: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub This detail from "The Subway" (by Geo
rge Tooker, 1950) typifies the acute anxiety that Sartre sees in modern life}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "man is nothing, " "the u
niverse has no purpose." Thanks to Sartre's atheistic-existential philosophy, many of us now accept this anxiety as inevitable.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: Collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p5: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Photo: Time-Life
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p6: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  consciousness}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the place of no anxiety. In his quar
ters, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  accepts a flower from a disciple. Right, from top to bottom: at the Spirit
ual Sky factory in Los Angeles, Bh}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub skara d}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa dips incense sticks; not far from the Empire State Building, D}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nta-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9 shows a serviceman }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 's Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is; in Portland, Oregon, D\'e9na-bandhu d}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa chant
s Hare }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Peace on Earth Or Earth in Pieces?
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Peace on Earth Or Earth in Piece
s?
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 At Christmas Mandale\'e7vara d\'e4sa and an airman talk of peace
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b0\v\f0\fs24\cf0 Photos: Mural\'e9vadana d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "This book will tell you about }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub real}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  peace on earth," I promised.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "All right, sir, I'll give it a look." The young airman smiled as he tucked the volume under his arm.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Have a nice Christmas," I added. "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I'd been distributing my spiritual master's books to San Antonio servicemen since nine o'clock that morning. Now I had to catch the bus from the base back into the city
 to join the other members of my group. It was late afternoon, and the mid-December air was cold and still. With numbed fingers I fumbled for the exact fare (thirty-five cents) and shuffled up the narrow metal steps onto the bus, along with half a dozen 
young airmen. I tried to seem casual about slipping into the only available seat. Whew! It had been a busy day. I glanced at the airman beside me. He squinted back from beneath a blue service cap pulled low over his brow.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Hi," I said. "How's everything going for you?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Fine, sir." Then relaxing his newly acquired military formality, he pushed his cap up. We recognized each other and smiled. On his lap he held the book I had handed hi
m back at the bus stop: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BHAGAVAD-G\'c9T\'c4 AS IT IS, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhu
p\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You're a Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, aren't you?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "That's right. My name's Mandale\'e7wara d\'e4sa."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We shook hands. "Mine's Steve," he said. "Where are you headed?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I'm going downtown to meet some friends at the Alamo. I'm not quite sure which stop...."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Easy. I'll let you know when we get there." He paused. "You religious groups talk a lot about peace this time of the year, huh?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Excuse me?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You know. Back at the bus stop."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We both leaned back as the bus pulled away from the curb.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The book I gave you\'97the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97contains the scientific formula for peace on earth. That's why I asked you to read it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I know, but this is an old scripture from India. I'm the type that likes to be involved with what's happening in the world }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub today}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . You know what I mean? Practical things, like SALT talks, disarmament, the UN. Do Hare K\'e5\'f1\'ebas believe in that?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Believe in what\'97peace through disarmament? But that's not really practical." Steve turned in his seat to face me. "Even if we got rid of every nuclear bomb and warh
ead in the world," I said, "that wouldn't solve the real problem. If we leave God out of our thinking, we'll just become more and more greedy and envious, and finally we'll start a third world war. America and Russia might sign an arms limitation treaty,
 but everyone knows that's a joke. The way it is now, both sides just try to get the advantage by finding loopholes in the treaty, right? And then one side comes up with a neutron bomb or something and swears that they haven't }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub exactly}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  broken the treaty. So even if, by some miracle, they }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub did}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  ban the bomb, what good would that do?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "So you're a pessimist," he concluded. "You don't believe in disarmament or peace."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A pessimist?" I thought about it. "No, I'm not a pessimist. I believe in peace, all right, but I know we'll never have peace as long as we hold on to our greed and env
y. It's an impure mentality. That's what these books I distribute say."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You said 'impure mentality'?" "Yes. The mentality of exploiting God's world as if it were ours and God didn't even exist\'97that's impure, don't you think?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Sure, but don't you think it's possible to negotiate peace? After all, most of our men in Washington do have the people's interest at heart."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "America's leaders? That reminds me of a story I once heard. There were these two brothers who were always getting into trouble. One day they started a fire in their ba
sement, but they were able to put it out\'97after it had done a lot of damage to the house. Right after that they said, 'Maybe Mom and Dad will be pleased with us for putting out the fire.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub With his thumb and index finger Steve was tracing the crease in his woolen military trousers. "So, what are you trying to say?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "That our national leaders are just like those two brothers. But instead of one little fire, it's a worldwide nuclear threat. Now they're boasting about their 'non-prol
iferation treaty' and promising disarmament\'97and we're supposed to be pleased and keep them in office. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub they're}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  the ones who led us into this mess in the first place. They lit the fire. So whether they blow up the world or sign a new peace treaty, these guys are real rascals."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He looked down, and in the shifting light he began leafing through the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in his lap. We sat thoughtfully, sharing the silence for a few moments. He turned to the portrait of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. "I never have talked with you people before. I guess I'm just 
curious." He frowned. "This is like your Bible, isn't it? All your beliefs are in this book?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You have the key to world peace right there in your hands." I suddenly realized that my words must have sounded crazy to him. Sure they were true, but why should this 
airman think that some book that had just dropped out of the blue at a bus stop could do more for world peace than SALT talks or the UN? As I searched for a way to explain, Steve gave me a clue.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Hmmm, I see. You're saying you believe in world peace, but not the way they're trying for it."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yes. And that's exactly where this book comes in. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  says you can't have peace on earth until you understand that everything belongs to God. You'll just fight over who gets which part of God's earth."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "You mean like the conflicts in the Middle East?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yes, the Middle East. Or even the middle of San Antonio. The whole world belongs to God. You'll understand this when you read the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord, is the real proprietor of everything in the creation. But when you forget K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, you have chaos and war."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Well, I'd say that's a pretty safe generalization."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Sure it is, but it's true. Look at Russia and America\'97they're always competing for land, oil, money, influence. But neither side sees that the real owner is God. So
 you have dissension and the nuclear arms race."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He looked down at the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  on his lap. The bus stopped rather roughly\'97bad driver\'97and the book slid forward, closing shut as he caught it between his knees. "I don't know," he said, "it seems impractical to me. If everything is God's ... if we're all 
stealing ... how could you tolerate living in a world where you can't own anything? If everything is God's ... then what about us? What do we get? See what I'm talking about?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yes, I see your point." I watched him lean back and open the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  again on his lap. "Everyone gets his quota," I said. "How many children were there in your family?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Seven. I have three brothers and three sisters."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "And every child was provided for, wasn't he? Your father earned all the money, paid all the bills, and owned all the property in the family. But you all got your neces
sities. Sometimes if the kids would get into little fights over whose toy or whose piece of candy was whose, your father would step in and settle things: 'This is yours, this is his, this is hers\'97now don't fight anymore.' So it's like that on a larger
 scale as well. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is everyone's father, and everything in the universe is His. But since we're all K\'e5\'f1\'eba's children. He gives each of us the right to enjoy our own little portion of His property." 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yeah, I follow what you're saying."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "That's the way my spiritual master explained it to me. If the leaders of the world's nations would just admit that Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the rightful owner of everyth
ing, and if they would just see themselves as His children and try to follow His instructions in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub then we'd have peace all over the world."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Just one big happy family, I suppose."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Yes, exactly. Everyone's got his quota: 'This is your America, this is your Russia\'97now don't fight anymore.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "But the Russians don't even believe in God\'97not officially, anyway. But a lot of Americans read the Bible and pray. You know, America\'97'In God We Trust.' "
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Sure, we stamp 'In God We Trust' on the currency and put the Bible on display in the White House."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He grinned.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "But when you get right down to it, most Americans really put their trust in exploiting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pr
operty}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of God. They just want to improve the economy\'97with or without God. Isn't it a fact? It's the American way of life: raise our standard of living, increase our gross natio
nal product, raise our average yearly income\'97and then build bigger and better bombs to protect all the loot. So now Americans are worried about crime, energy, morals, drought, nuclear weapons. But if we actually trusted in God, then we'd be at peace."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "So how can you Hare K\'e5\'f1\'ebas really bring peace to the world?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Like I was saying, the key to world peace is in these books, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples are distributing them all over the world. The real enemy of peac
e is ignorance of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. By distributing these books we're spreading K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the scientific formula for peace. And as soon as the world's leaders start reading \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and taking it to heart, then you'll know that the enemy of peace has been defeated\'97then we can have peace on ea
rth."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "But you've got to admit the odds are really against you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I'm not saying I have any special power to bring world peace, Steve. But these books are powerful transcendental sound. My spiritual master, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da,
 says they're like a moon of transcendental knowledge. You know how the moon appears small at first\'97just a sliver in the sky\'97but it grows bigger every night until you see a beautiful full moon. So \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da says the light of transce
ndental knowledge will spread more and more as we distribute these spiritual books. Gradually the darkness of ignorance\'97and that's the real enemy of peace\'97will be destroyed, and then we can really have peace on earth."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Sounds mystical," he mused. He had been leaning back, but suddenly he sat up and looked out the window. "The Alamo. I completely forgot." He reached up and pulled the 
cord to buzz the driver. An abrupt end to our talk, I thought.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Okay, here's where I get off," I said. "I really enjoyed talking with you. Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I stood up to leave and Steve smiled. "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba." I walked up the aisle to the metal railing at the front of the bus. Then I remembered.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Oh, Steve, here's our card. Why don't you keep in touch." I reached across two empty seats with the card in my outstretched hand, and he stood and leaned forward, hold
ing the open }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  flat against his chest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Thanks, I think I'll do that." He took the card from my hand. I looked out from the open bus doorway and saw my friends in front of the Alamo, still distributing \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books. And as I stepped out I saw that night was coming but so was the moon.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Things Christ Had to Keep Secret
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE THINGS CHRIST HAD TO KEEP SE
CRET
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What does God's abode look like? What does God Himself look like? "I have yet many things to say unto you," Christ told a world, f
illed with crudeness and ignorance, "but ye cannot bear them now" (John 16:12). The son of a Baptist minister now looks to ancient India's Vedic literature\'97for the facts about God that Christ left unsaid.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 An Interview with K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Can you say a little bit about your backgro
und? I understand you were raised a Christian and that your father was a Baptist minister.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. I was a very devout child, an
d I used to gather my friends together and preach to them. My father was such a conservative minister that he considered all other Christian denominations to be somewhat pagan. In any case, as a child I used to try to convert my friends to the Baptist ch
urch. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So you were very much convinced at that time?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Oh, yes. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why did you give up that faith? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In our American culture, when you 
become a teenager it is fashionable to reject everything. So as I grew up I gradually began to question my religion, and I was unable to get satisfactory answers. I wanted to know who I was and why I was here. I wanted to know why I should believe in God
. I began asking questions like "What is God?" and "What is the relevance of God to modern man?" When I didn't get satisfactory answers, I rejected my religion. But when I met \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da some years later, he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub did}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  give me satisfactory answers to these questions and I accepted him as my spiritual master.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I'm not condemning any bona fide religion, because the principles of bona fide religion are the same everywhere. When we speak of relig
ion, we speak of the law of God, and anyone who abides by the law of God is religious. The law of God is stated in all scriptures, and it demands that the soul surrender to God. This surrender was taught by Lord Jesus Christ when the Pharisees asked him,
 "Which is the great commandment in the law?" Christ answered, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment" (Matthew 22:37-38). In other words, the first reli
gious principle is to surrender to God. \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba imparted the same message in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4: sarva-dharm\'e4n parityajya m\'e4m eka\'e0 \'e7ara\'eba\'e0 v
raja:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  18.66}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Has your understanding of Jesus Christ changed since yo
u came to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. For the first time I feel tha
t I have a real understanding of Jesus Christ. Previously I had been taught that Jesus Christ was competing with all other religious teachers and that if I wanted to be a Christian, I would have to condemn all others. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, on the
 other hand, condemns only those who deny God. In K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness we consider Jesus Christ to be the perfect son of God. And as God's perfect son, he is doing the work of his father. Since this is the case, it is not surprising to see a simi
larity between the New Testament of Jesus Christ and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Inde
ed, we often hear the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  being called "the New Testament of India." Also, there is an ob
vious similarity between the Greek word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christos}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the Sanskrit word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Then you don't find any basic difference between the te
achings of Christ and the teachings of K\'e5\'f1\'eba? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No, not at all. Jesus Christ says 
to love God, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says the same. What is the difference? Jesus Christ says to love the father, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sarva-yoni\'f1u kaunteya\line }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'fcrtaya\'f9 sambhavan
ti y\'e4\'f9\line t\'e4s\'e4\'e0 brahma mahad yonir\line aha\'e0 b\'e9ja-prada\'f9 pit\'e4
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "O son of Kunt\'e9, it should be understood that all species of life are made possible by birth in this material world, and that I am 
the seed-giving father" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . 1
4.4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . So there is no contradiction when Jesus Christ says, "Love the father," and K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, "
Love Me." 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What of Christ's contention that no one can come to the
 father except through him?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We say something similar\'97that w
e have to approach the Supreme Lord through the pure devotee, who is known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad-guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the "univer
sal teacher." It is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad-guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub who speaks the Word that Saint John referred to at the beginning of hi
s gospel: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). Jesus Christ himself claimed to be this very Word, and this Word is one. Christ said that no one can approach God directly; one must approach Him throu
gh the Word. We also say that no one can approach God directly, but that one must approach Him through the Word\'97the spiritual master, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub jagad-guru.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christ's claim to be the only son of God is often misunderstood. This claim is meant not }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub quantitatively}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , but }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub qualitatively}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When a devotee reaches the perfect position by rendering complete service to the Lord, the Lord reciprocates in a unique relationship. In this relationship it appears that the pure devotee is the only one in the enti
re universe. For example, each and every }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [cowherd girl] who danced with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba thoug
ht that He was dancing with her alone. Also, when Lord Caitanya [an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared five centuries ago] danced before the Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 cart. He appeared in each and every chanting party, and the chanters in each party thou
ght that the Lord was dancing exclusively with them. Similarly, two thousand years ago when Jesus Christ taught his doctrine in the Middle East, he appeared to be God's only son, or pure devotee.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By His inconceivable energy the Supreme Lord can expand Himself into the hearts of His devotees in such a unique way that each one seem
s to be His only devotee, or "son." Indeed, St. John instructs us that anyone can become a son of God by "believing in His name" (John 1:12). Why should God have only one son? Even a mere human being can have dozens of sons. Being infinite. God can have 
billions and trillions of sons, and by His inconceivable energy each and every one can be His "only" son. That is the mystery of the relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which we can awaken only by pure devotional service.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The Bible condemns "strange gods and graven images" (De
uteronomy 5:7-8). Don't the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees worship idols of God?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If an imperfect human being manufa
ctures an idol of God, that is certainly a "strange" god, or graven image. God certainly cannot be manufactured by a finite creature. Therefore, in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness mental speculation is condemned. We cannot hope to figure out God simply by u
sing our tiny brain power.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub However, God can reveal Himself to His pure devotee. If we accept the form of the Lord as it is revealed by the Lord Himself, that form
 cannot be considered an idol. It is a form given directly by the Lord out of His causeless mercy. No one can say that God cannot appear before man or that God cannot appear in a form made of wood, stone, jewels, or anything else. In the shastras [Vedic 
scriptures] it is stated that God can incarnate in wood, stone, paint, and so forth, because all these are part of His energy. Since everything comes from God, God can reveal Himself through anything He desires. But the initiative comes from God, not fro
m man. We can't make some statue and say, "Here is God." That is called idolatry. Rather, we must worship in the authorized way.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not manufactured by any individual. It is not something that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has
 made up. No. It is an authorized process, enunciated in the Vedic literatures and handed down by all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub  [spiritual teachers]. The Vedic literatures were written down by \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, "the literary incarnation of God," and they are older and more detailed than the Bible.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You say there are no essential differences between Chri
stianity and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, but obviously there are some differences.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub There are differences in degree, b
ut the basic principle is the same. Both Christ and Lord Caitanya taught surrender to God, but Lord Caitanya taught surrender up to the very point of conjugal love. This was never taught before. In Christianity we are taught to love God in the father-son
 relationship. God is worshiped as a father, and the father's duty is to provide for his children. In this relationship the duty of the children to provide for the father is only secondary. K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious philosophy calls this relationship the 
master-servant relationship, in which God is viewed as the supreme master or father, and all living entities are seen as His servants or sons. It is certainly possible for a loving relationship to develop between a master and his servant, but that love i
s not as intimate as the love between friends. When two friends love and serve each other, their relationship is very intimate. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness teaches that we can even enter into this intimate friendship with God. And even higher than this 
fraternal love is the love that parents feel for their child. When K\'e5\'f1\'eba appeared in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Ya\'e7od\'e4 and Nanda Mah\'e4r\'e4ja took the role of His parents. Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4 would think, "If I do not feed K\'e5\'f1\'eba, He will 
die." Here we find the same principle of love as in the other relationships, but the love is more intense. And even higher than parental love is the love between lovers, which we call conjugal love. K\'e5\'f1\'eba became the lover of R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb
\'e9 and the other gop\'e9s, and this most intimate loving relationship is explained only in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. It is the unique contribution of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But what is the test for love of God? Many people say, 
"Well, I love God very much." How can we tell if their love is genuine?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub When we speak of love of God, ther
e is no question of "very much." Divine love means "all." Bh\'e9\'f1madeva, one of the twelve great authorities on K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, defined love of God as "reposing one's complete affection in the Lord." As long as our affection is divided b
etween matter and spirit, there is no love of God.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Love is actually impossible in the material world, because no one can "repose his complete affection" in another imperfect soul. Actual
ly, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the only lovable object in the universe, because He possesses all lovable qualities\'97beauty, strength, wealth, knowledge, fame, and renunciation. He is the complete reservoir of all attractive, lovable qualities. Only He can accep
t all of our love, and therefore love of God is the only real love possible. So-called loving feelings in the material world are actually manifestations of lust\'97the desire for personal sense gratification.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How can K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness claim to be nonsec
tarian? The movement has its own books and spiritual master, which differ from those of other religions.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In mathematics two plus two equals
 four, and this equation is true regardless of which mathematics book it is found in, and regardless of who reads or does not read the mathematics book. So "two plus two equals four" can be called a nonsectarian fact. Similarly, a religion is nonsectaria
n when it is factual. It is a fact that God is the Supreme Being and that all living entities are His servants. This basic philosophy of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement makes it nonsectarian. We do not propose that people worship a new God. The
re is only one God, one Supreme Lord, regardless of what we call Him. God has millions of names, which was pointed out by Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu in His }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7ik\'f1\'e4\'f1\'f6a
ka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Eight Instructions on the Holy Name of God}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub ]: "O My Lord, Your holy name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have millions of names, such as K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Govinda, and so forth."
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is not restricted to a particular name of God. The main principle is God consciousness, su
rrender to God. It is not that one simply says, "Oh, I love God," and then goes on to act as he likes. This type of lip service was condemned by Jesus Christ when he said, "Not everyone that sayeth to me, 'Lord, Lord' shall enter the kingdom of God, but 
he that doeth the will of my father" (Matthew 7:21).
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Why not be content to follow Christ? Why introduce some
thing new? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub are}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  following the teachings of Christ. Why distinguish between Christ and K\'e5\'f1\'eba?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you mean to say that Christ didn't say anything diff
erent from what K\'e5\'f1\'eba said?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I have explained, it is not a d
ifference in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kind}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  but in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub quanti
ty}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Jesus Christ himself told his disciples, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now" (John 16:12). In the Old Testament God appears as a burning bush
, a dove, a pillar of fire by night, a cloud by day, and so forth\'97but He does not appear as He is. God the father remains a voice on high. Christ himself said, "Ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His shape.... No man hath seen the f
ather save he which is of God; he hath seen the father" (John 5:37, 6:46). In the Bible we find God described as great, angry, terrible, greatly to be feared, almighty, the everlasting father, the alpha and omega, and so forth. But God's all-attractive p
ersonality remains unexplained. What are God's opulences? His activities? What does His abode look like? What does He Himself look like? What are His various manifestations? Specifically, how does He create? How does He pervade His creation? These and ma
ny other questions are neither raised nor answered in the Bible because of the time, culture, and circumstances in which the Bible was recorded.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nonetheless, the essential meaning in Christianity and K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the same. The difference is in quantity. Is an a
bridged dictionary different from an unabridged one? Yes and no. The basic definitions are there in the abridged dictionary, but only one or two definitions may be given, whereas in the unabridged dictionary dozens of definitions and nuances are describe
d. The Vedic literatures contain the most complete information about God available. From Genesis we understand that "in the beginning God created the heaven and the earth," and we receive a description of the creation. But exactly }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub how}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  God created is not explained. In the Vedic literature the complete process of creation, maintenance, and annihilation of th
e cosmos is described. For instance, the Vedic literatures state that in the beginning everything was generated from sound.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  St. John states that in the beginning there was the Wor
d, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Logos}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Does this indicate sound?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. The Supreme Lord creates ever
ything from sound. And by the transcendental sound of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, we can reverse the process and return to the Supreme Absolute. The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a transcendental sound because it is composed purely of God's names. Since God is absolute, everything about Him\'97His name. His form. His abode\'97is also absolute. Therefore 
God and His name are not different. They are both spiritual. This is acknowledged in the Old Testament, where Moses says, "Thou shall fear the Lord thy God; Him shalt thou serve, and to Him shalt thou cleave, and swear by His name" (Deuteronomy 10:20). A
lso, "I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God" (Deuteronomy 32:3). There are also many examples in David: "Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His deeds among the people. Sing unto Him, sing ye psalms 
unto Him, talk ye of all His wondrous works. Glory ye in His holy name" (I. Chronicles 16.8).
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We do not say that one has to chant the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m
ah\'e4-mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Any bona fide name of God is spiritual, and by chanting it we become spiritualized. When we contact electricity, we become electrified, regardless of the appliance 
carrying the electricity. Similarly, by associating with God through His bona fide names, we become spiritualized.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Why didn't Jesus Christ mention chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba? Why didn't he mention the discipline followed by the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba devotees? Why didn't he specifically condemn meat eating and wine drinking?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I stated before, Christ said, "
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now" (John 16.12). We have to consider the circumstances and the culture at the time Christ taught. After all, one can only speak according to the understanding of the audience. In the begin
ning arithmetic class we cannot mention the principles of higher mathematics like calculus and trigonometry. We have to teach according to time and place. So Christ taught only the basics. He instructed his disciples to go forth and preach among all men 
that "the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you" (Luke 10:9). This kind of preaching is also }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , G
od-praise. Therefore, whether one says, "Repent, the kingdom of God is at hand," or chants Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the message is basically the same.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The masses of people Christ was speaking to had to be taught very basic principles of morality, such as "Thou shalt not kill." This mea
ns that the people had to be educated from the ground up. On the other hand, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  was spoken by the great sage S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 to other great sages in the sacred forest of Naimi\'f1\'e4ra\'ebya. So we can be sure that S\'fcta Gosv\'e4m\'e9 would not waste time telling his audience not to kill one another. Nor do we 
find this type of moral prohibition in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , because mundane morality is taken for gra
nted. Rather, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  immediately come to the point of love of God.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub All living entities are certainly equal in the eyes of God because they are all His sons, but this does not mean that everyone is equal
 in the sense of being on the same level. There is kindergarten, elementary school, high school, college, and graduate school. Although the soul within all living entities has the same qualities, there are nonetheless 8,400,000 species of life, and each 
species represents a different level of the soul's consciousness. Therefore K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God, is understood differently by different types of men.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In the Vedic literatures it is stated that there are four hundred thousand different types of human beings throughout the universe. In 
terms of God consciousness, who is the highest? In the Sixth Chapter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , \'c7r
\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba tells Arjuna that the yogi is the highest:
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "A yogi is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist, and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all cir
cumstances be a yogi" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.4
6)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . And since there are many different types of yogis, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba specifically states in the next verse, "And of all yogis, he who always abides in Me with great fai
th, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the highest of all" }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 6.47}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . Thus the topmost teaching of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is surrender to God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Around Christmastime people are always curious to know 
whether Christmas has any particular meaning for people in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. What is the significance of Christmas for you? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christmas is meant to celebrate th
e appearance of God's pure devotee on the earth. Unfortunately, this meaning is almost lost today. Most people will tell you that Christmas means getting too many bills,' giving too many presents, eating too much turkey, or going on vacation. Hardly anyo
ne thinks about the real meaning of Christmas\'97how God's son has descended just to reclaim the fallen, conditioned souls.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do the devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba celebrate Christmas?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually we celebrate Christmas ev
ery day of the year\'97because our whole lives are dedicated to glorifying the Lord and His pure devotee \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. We should not think of Christmas as simply one day when we receive presents. Rather, we should think of it as a time to gi
ve presents to the Lord and His pure devotee. After all, the Magi came and gave presents to Christ. It was not the other way around. Christ's present was his very presence, his appearance in the world. Therefore we should celebrate his appearance in the 
world every day, and this means giving to God every day. This means giving Him our whole lives and everything we have. If we do this, we will not be losers. This is also Christ's teaching to the rich young man: "If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell what 
thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me" (Matthew 19:21). When we give up everything for God, we are not the losers. Rather, we become gainers millions of times over.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Sometimes devotees are criticized for dressing up as Sa
nta Claus. Since this isn't part of your tradition, isn't this cheating?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub No. This isn't cheating, because t
he books we are selling are worth millions of times more than what we get for them. Why? Because they contain instructions on how to achieve eternal, blissful life. They are the greatest Christmas presents of all. If necessary, we will wear any kind of s
uit to distribute this transcendental knowledge. Our business is simply distributing K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. If we were dressing up like Santa Claus to extract money for our own sense gratification, that would certainly be cheating. But we are simp
ly interested in spreading this transcendental information about God and His abode. When a devotee hands someone on the street a book by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, the devotee is essentially saying, "The kingdom of God is at hand." After all, this is the
 essential message not only of Christmas but of Christianity and every other bona fide religion.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p11: Christ taught everybody to love his father, K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Why didn't he give more details about Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba? "We have to consider the circumstances and the culture at the time Christ taught," says K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami. "After all, one can only speak according to the understanding of the audience. In the beginning arithmetic class we cannot mentio
n the principles of higher mathematics like calculus and trigonometry. We have to teach according to time and place. So Christ taught only the basics." }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Illustration: R\'e4man\'e4t
ha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p12: K\'e9rtan\'e4nanda Swami on Christ and K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Not a difference in kind but in quantity.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub p13: ''In the Bible we find God described as great, angry, terrible, greatly to be feared, almighty, the everlasting 
father, the alpha and omega, and so forth. But God's all attractive personality remains unexplained."
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Hear the timeless wisdom
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Hear the timeless wisdom of K
\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s1291 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa360\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Same as BTG v12}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub #6
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam     v12#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --Intro same as prevous issues--
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter 13 T
EXT 41\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 14 TEXT 1
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar    v12#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf1\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl
\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0
\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Vai\'f1\'ebava Calendar
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li2880\ri2880\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious devotees follow a spiritual calendar that divides the year into twelve months, each name
d for a different form of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The year is full of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious festivals, and some of the upcoming ones are listed here. The devotees of the ISKCON center nearest you will gladly tell you more about the meaning of these festivals.
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clmgf\clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clmrg\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li360\ri360\fi360 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Year 491, Caitanya Era\line Vai
\'f1\'ebava month of }{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (December 26-January 24, 1978)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\cell\cell\cell}
\row \trowd\trqr\trbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrh\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\trbrdrv\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0 \clbrdrl\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 5 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 11)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 6 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 12
)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 January 7 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 13)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 January 11 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 17)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
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\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Saphal}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub -ek}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 (fasting from grains and beans).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 break-fast after sunrise and }
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 9:56 a.m.\line Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9 Dev}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nanda Pa\'eb\'f2ita.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la Uddh}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ra\'eba Datta \'d6h}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kura and \'c7r\'e9la Mahe}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a Pa\'eb\'f2ita.\cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 Disappearance of \'c7r\'e9la J\'e9va Gosv}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e9 and \'c7r\'e9 Jagad\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub a Pa\'eb\'f2ita.\cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub January 20 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 26)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 January 21 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 27)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0
\li0\ri0\fi0 January 24 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba 30)}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 \cell}
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\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx720\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0
\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx1440\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2160\clbrdrl\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrr\brdrs
\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrt\brdrs\brdrw15\brsp0\brdrcf0\clbrdrb\brdrs\brdrw30\brsp0\brdrcf0\cellx2880\pard\intbl
\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vyanjuli-mah\'e4d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9
\par }\pard\intbl \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (E}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 fasting observed today).}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4d}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub v}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4da\'e7\'e9 break-fast after sunrise and }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub before 7:08 a.m.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y\'e4bhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'f1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub eka-}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub y}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tr}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell\ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi0 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \cell}
\row \pard
\qc\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 
\par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A look at the worldwide activities of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 ISKCON Scientists Disclose Life's Origin
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In mid-October, as the world's attention turned to the 1977 Nobel Prize science awards in Stockholm, a group of scientists met in the holy town of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, Indi
a, to begin changing the direction of modern scientific research. The First International "Life Comes From Life" Conference, sponsored by ISKCON's Bhaktivedanta Institute, drew government and academic scientists from around the world. Also present was Hi
s Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  of both ISKCON and the In
stitute.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Meanwhile, in Stockholm, Russian-born Ilya Prigogine was receiving an award for his thermodynamic mathematical models, which other scientists have tried to use in their
 as yet fruitless attempts to prove that life comes from chemical combinations. (Despite Prigogine's models, no scientist has ever observed life coming from chemical combinations, either in nature or in the laboratory. Nevertheless, Prigogine received $1
45,000 for his work.) On the other hand, the Bhaktivedanta Institute members at the "Life Comes From Life" Conference in V\'e5nd\'e4vana conclusively proved that life can't possibly come from chemicals and that\'97as we see daily\'97life comes from life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The members of the Bhaktivedanta Institute describe themselves as "a body of scientists and scholars who have recognized the unique value of the teachings of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba consciousness brought to the West by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da." "One reason for the increasing interest of modern intellectuals in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's teachings," they explain, "is doubtlessly the growing awar
eness that despite great scientific and technological advancement, the real goal of human life has somehow been missed. The philosophy of the Bhaktivedanta Institute provides a meaningful answer to this concern by proposing that life\'97not matter\'97is 
the basis of the world we perceive." The members add, "The Institute is clearly demonstrating that the Vedic philosophy is not a matter simply of \'91faith\'92 or \'91belief\'92 but is scientific in the strict sense of the term."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The "Life Comes From Life" Conference took place in the pleasant surroundings of ISKCON's modern K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple complex, with its blend of traditiona
l Indian architecture and Western conveniences. Guests stayed at the temple's International Guest House and dined on delicious vegetarian fare from the guest house restaurant, all free of charge. Mild sunshine during the day and cool breezes at night mad
e for a serene atmosphere.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The main speakers at the conference were Dr. Thoudam Damodar Singh (Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara d\'e4sa) and Dr. Richard Thompson (Sad\'e4p\'fcta d\'e4sa), both of the Bhakt
ivedanta Institute. Dr. Singh, the Institute's director, was born in Manipur, India, in 1941 and became a disciple of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in 1970. He has written a book entitled }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub The Scientific Basis of K\'e5\'f1\'eba Consciousness}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and holds a Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry from the University of California.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub To support the conclusion that life comes from life. Dr. Singh presented his findings in the field of molecular biology. Modern science is based on quantum mechanics, w
hich reduces physical phenomena to pushes and pulls among certain particles. Having made these assumptions, scientists go on to say that life and life symptoms result from complex combinations of molecules. But Dr. Singh showed clearly that such theories
 do not adequately explain the varied phenomena of life (including thought, emotions, and will). Life is based on consciousness, he proposed, and this consciousness obeys higher-order non-physical laws imposed by the supreme consciousness described in th
e }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Born in 1947 in Binghamton, New York, Dr. Thompson received his Ph.D. in probability theory from Cornell University in 1974. In 1975 he became an initiated disciple of 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. At the conference he delivered a well-received address called "Demonstration by Information Theory that Life Cannot Arise from Matter." A fundamental proposition of information theory states that the information content of a cl
osed mathematical system cannot increase. Now, modern science describes physical nature in terms of mathematical models of low information content, and yet the physical structures of living organisms are so complex that they indicate a very high informat
ion content. So, according to information theory, it is impossible to suppose that life's high-information structures can arise from physical nature's low-information structures. On this basis Dr. Thompson discredited the now widely accepted theory that 
life forms do in fact evolve spontaneously from the ingredients of physical nature. Such evolution requires an outside source of information\'97namely, the supremely conscious controller of matter described in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Among other Bhaktivedanta Institute members who spoke was Dr. Michael Marchetti (M\'e4dhava d\'e4sa), who lectured on the philosophical foundations of science. Geologis
t Robert S. Cohen (Brahmat\'e9rtha d\'e4sa) demonstrated that fossil records actually give little support to Darwin's theory of evolution. Finally, Oxford's D.J. Webb (J\'ef\'e4na d\'e4sa) demonstrated how the laws of thermodynamics contradict current th
eories of chemical evolution.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At the end of the V\'e5nd\'e4vana conference Dr. Singh announced that similar conferences will take place soon in Europe and North America. For further information abou
t the Bhaktivedanta Institute, readers may write to 70 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, or Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Land, Gandhi Gram Road, Juhu, Bombay 400 054, India.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p15: Speakers at the "Life Comes From Life" Conference: (foreground) Dr. Thoudam Damodar Singh and Dr. Michael Marc
hetti; (rear) D. J. Webb, Robert S. Cohen, and Dr. Richard Thompson.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks Out     v12#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks
 Out
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 On Christ, Christians and K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s763 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs28\cf9\nosupersub The Tolerance And Compassion of Christ
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub titik\'f1\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  (tolerance) and karu\'eb\'e4 (compassion). In the character of Lord Jesus Christ we find both these qualities. He was so tolerant that even while he was being crucified, he didn't condemn anyone. And he was so compassionate that he prayed to
 God to forgive the very persons who were trying to kill him. (Of course, they could not actually kill him. But they were thinking that he could be killed, so they were committing a great offense.) As Christ was being crucified he prayed, "Father, forgiv
e them. They know not what they are doing."
\par }\pard \s763 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Christ, the Friend Of All Living Beings
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A preacher of God consciousness is a friend to all living beings. Lord Jesus Christ exemplified this by teaching, "Thou shall not kill." But the Christians like to misi
nterpret this instruction. They think the animals have no soul, and therefore they think they can freely kill billions of innocent animals in the slaughterhouses. So although there are many persons who profess to be Christians, it would be very difficult
 to find one who strictly follows the instructions of Lord Jesus Christ.
\par }\pard \s763 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Christ Goes On Suffering for Your Sins?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub A Vai\'f1\'ebava [a pure devotee of the Lord] is unhappy to see the suffering of others. Therefore, Lord Jesus Christ agreed to be crucified\'97to free others from thei
r suffering. But his followers are so unfaithful that they have decided, "Let Christ suffer for us, and we'll go on committing sin." They love Christ so much that they think, "My dear Christ, we are very weak. We cannot give up our sinful activities. So 
you please suffer for us."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jesus Christ taught, "Thou shalt not kill." But his followers have now decided, "Let us kill anyway," and they open big, modern, scientific slaughterhouses. "If there i
s any sin, Christ will suffer for us." This is a most abominable conclusion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christ can take the sufferings for the previous sins of his devotees. But first they have to be sane: "Why should I put Jesus Christ into suffering for my sins? Let me 
slop my sinful activities."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Suppose a man\'97the favorite son of his father\'97commits a murder. And suppose he thinks, "If there is any punishment coming, my father can suffer for me." Will the l
aw allow it? When the murderer is arrested and says, "No, no. You can release me and arrest my father; I am his pet son," will the police officials comply with that fool's request? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub
He}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  committed the murder, but he thinks }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub his father}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should suffer the punishment! Is that a sane proposal? "No. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  have committed the 
murder; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub you}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  must be hanged." Similarly, when you commit sinful activities, you must suffer\'97not Jesus C
hrist. This is God's law.
\par }\pard \s763 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs28\cf9\nosupersub We Adore Lord Jesus Christ
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jesus Christ was such a great personality\'97the son of God, the representative of God. He had no fault. Still, he was crucified. He wanted to deliver God consciousness
, but in return they crucified him\'97they were so thankless. They could not appreciate his preaching. But we appreciate him and give him all honor as the representative of God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, the message that Christ preached was just according to his particular time, place, and country, and just suited for a particular group of people. But certain
ly he is the representative of God. Therefore we adore Lord Jesus Christ and offer our obeisances to him.
\par }\pard \s763 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs28\cf9\nosupersub Jesus Is Our Guru
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Once, in Melbourne, a group of Christian ministers came to visit me. They asked, "What is your idea of Jesus Christ?" I told them, "He is our guru. He is preaching God 
consciousness, so he is our spiritual master." The ministers very much appreciated that.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, anyone who is preaching God's glories must be accepted as a guru, Jesus Christ is one such great personality. We should not think of him as an ordinary human 
being. The scriptures say that anyone who considers the spiritual master to be an ordinary man has a hellish mentality. If Jesus Christ were an ordinary man, then he could not have delivered God consciousness.
\par }\pard \s763 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f6\fs28\cf9\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Christ, The Name Is the Same
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christ}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  comes from the Greek word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\nosupersub Christos}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Christos}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  is the Greek version of the word }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . When an Indian person calls on K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, he often says "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ." }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a Sanskrit word meaning "the object of attraction." So when we address God as "Christ," "K\'e5\'f1\'f6a," or "K\'e5\'f1\'eba," we indicate the same a
ll-attractive Supreme Personality of Godhead. When Jesus said, "Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name," that name of God was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'f6a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . "Christ" is simply another way of
 saying "K\'e5\'f1\'f6a," and "K\'e5\'f1\'f6a" is another way of pronouncing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, the Christian clergymen should cooperate with the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. They should chant the name Christ or Christos and should stop condon
ing the slaughter of animals. This is not some philosophy that I have fabricated; it is taught in the Bible. If the Christians follow these principles, the world situation will improve. If they simply stop killing animals and chant the holy name of Chris
t, everything will be perfect. The Bible also demands this. So the Christians should cooperate with us and chant.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, it doesn't matter\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba or Christ\'97the name is the same. The main point is to chant the name of God. The easiest way is to chant the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare /Hare R\'e4ma, Ha
re R\'e4ma, R\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Are We Really Free
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Are We Really Free
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Human Rights Crusade
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Freedom of thought, of religion, of assembly; freedom of speech; freedom of the press; freedom of movement both within and outside one's own country; freedom to take pa
rt in government: these are basic human rights that we Americans freely exercise and perhaps even take for granted. But oppressive governments throughout the world are presently denying their citizens even these basic human rights.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub It is this grievance which has become the centerpiece in President Carter's foreign policy. The Carter administration wants to dissuade the Communist states and the Lat
in American rightist regimes, among others, from all unwarranted denial of their people's rights. In his March address before the United Nations, the President affirmed, "Because we are free, we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, for America to fly the banner of "human rights for the world" presupposes that human rights flourish in our own land. True, we have a representative government and
 the Bill of Rights, and we enjoy many civil liberties not found in other countries. But if we could lift our sights for a moment beyond the Carter administration and beyond the Bill of Rights\'97to the ageless and unchanging standard of ancient India's 
Vedic civilization\'97we would discover that we are still missing out on the most important human right of all. President Carter may plead for the rights of others, but the time-honored Vedic literatures say, "What are you doing about your human rights
\'97your right to become self-realized and God-realized? You are still a prisoner. Wake up!" The Vedic literatures assert that the rights and freedoms that we Americans hold so dear today are actually not very important. The most important human right is
 the right to become self-and God-realized and thus gain freedom from all miseries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Let's look closely at this most important human right. According to the Vedic literatures, the eternal soul transmigrates through millions of lower species of life befo
re he gets a human body. Of all the varieties of species, the human form of life is the most developed\'97because only the human being can inquire into his ultimate spiritual identity. Of course, in our human life we still engage in the animal functions 
of eating, sleeping, mating, and defending; but we have the added opportunity\'97the human right\'97to achieve perfection by becoming a self-realized soul. We can utilize the highly developed rational faculties of the human form of life to discover our e
ternal spiritual relationship with God. This is the ultimate human right, and with proper guidance we can easily take full advantage of it.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "I am not this body; I'm the soul within the body." Once we understand this simple fact, we become self-realized\'97and free from the miseries of transmigrating to anot
her body at death. On the other hand, if we do not achieve self-realization, we will be forced at the time of death to take another birth and to go on transmigrating from one species of life to another, birth after birth. After all, no nation is so stron
g and no citizen so free as to be able to overcome the laws of nature.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Like many statesmen before him, President Carter contends that America is a free nation, but the Vedic literatures answer "No"\'97no one is free until he becomes libera
ted from the cycle of repeated birth and death. Neither the U.S. Constitution nor the Bill of Rights nor our awesome national defense force can protect us from the miseries of birth, death, disease, and old age. Even we Americans have to die, and we may 
die at any moment. It may be our karma to die in an auto or plane accident with more pain than can be inflicted by any political dictator. Or our karma may be to die of cancer, to be murdered, or to be burned alive in the sanctity of our own home. Even J
ohn F. Kennedy, in the topmost position in America, was not free to prevent his death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "That's rather grim," we may say. "Sure, life has its share of miseries, but the rights and freedoms we Americans enjoy are real and satisfying."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Not really. If we think that way, we're overlooking some basic facts of life. For example, how long can we remain in our materially superior position as Americans? And 
who among us can guarantee that after death his good fortune will continue and he'll again be born as an American?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here's what happens when somebody gets too attached to the idea of being an American and fails to become self-realized. According to the laws of transmigration, in his 
next life such a person may again be awarded an American body, but perhaps not a human body. In his last life he didn't use his advanced human intelligence to inquire into his true, spiritual nature; he didn't take advantage of his most important human r
ight. Instead of realizing that "I'm not this body\'97I'm a spirit soul, an eternal servant of God," he's figured that "I'm an American, and America is my beloved homeland." As a result, he may be born as an American cow or pig and suffer in the stockyar
ds until he is slaughtered.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other words, right now it's foolish for us to say, "Our national pride is that we exercise our human rights and we're free." After all, this world\'97with its string
ent law of repeated birth and death\'97is a prison. So maybe we're privileged prisoners, because we exercise certain }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub relative}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  rights (the right to vote as we please and to have a fair trial, for instance) that lots of other people don't have. But we will not be really free until we exercise our }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub fundamental}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  human right to become K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious\'97only then can we escape nature's law of repeated birth and death.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Our position is exactly like that of a prisoner shackled in gold chains who looks at another prisoner's iron chains and says, "You are imprisoned, and I am free." Chain
s of gold are as binding as chains of iron. And since one who is bound cannot free anyone else, America's current crusade for human rights has no meaning.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Again, we all should feel concerned about human rights, but the problem is that very few of us today know what our real human rights are. So the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciou
sness movement is urging that all people throughout the world exercise the priceless human right to become self-realized and free from all suffering\'97the right to revive our loving devotion to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. To igno
re this most important human right is the worst misuse of our human life.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As the Vedic literatures explain, human life is very precious and rare\'97because if we use it properly we can attain self-and God-realization, the perfection of our ex
istence. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement exists for the sole purpose of offering everyone nonsectarian, nonpolitical information about our most important human right.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Training Tomorrow\'92s Leaders
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Training Tomorrow\'92s Leaders
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 Text by Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Goswami\line Photos by Vi\'e7\'e4kh\'e4-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa446\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub We all know that education is for training tomorrow's leaders. But today's schools are little more than training grounds fo
r criminals. Last year's U.S. statistics bear witness to the horror: 100 school murders, 17,000 armed robberies, 200,000 aggravated assaults against teachers, 2 70,000 school burglaries, and $600 million lost to vandalism. So where are we going to get to
morrow's leaders? From among these students at ISKCON's new academy in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So many of today's social ills persist simply because we lack qualified leaders. Recently, of course, we have even seen many highly-posted political leaders exposed as 
complete incompetents. But then, if our society is materialistic and our education is materialistic and our leaders and teachers are all materialistic, how can we expect to produce a generation of spiritually strong adults\'97people competent to solve to
day's crises? True, we may hold technological know-how and university degrees in high esteem. But these things can't take the place of spiritual strength and purity of character.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub If a young boy has no spiritual training, how can he have a sense of morals or know anything about God? And if such a spiritually ignorant person gets to be a leader, h
ow can we expect anything but a criminal? So when His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da came to the West, he brought the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , "the school of the spiritual master"\'97the school for real leaders.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's first American disciples were eager to help him start the gurukula: we wanted our own children to get training in spiritual life from the ve
ry beginning. Most of us had come to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness only after twenty years of being misled. We didn't want our children to follow us in watching all kinds of nonsense on television, or in being chronically addicted to liquor, drugs, and ci
garettes, or in growing up with a taste for mere temporary happiness and no knowledge of the next life. Also, we wanted our children to escape the disgust that cheating religious and political leaders had produced in us. So under \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4d
a's guidance we started a school whose enrollment grew in a few years to more than a hundred students. Recently, I visited this school (in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, its new location) and spoke with the teachers and students.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Talking with the Teachers
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub First, I interviewed Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa, ISKCON's minister of education.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Back To Godhead: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What is the purpose of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub , the school of the guru? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da explains t
hat in the Vedic culture, when a boy turns five he should go to the ashrama of the guru and gets training. Then when he's an adult he'll have a solid spiritual background.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The Vedic scriptures state that human life is not meant for working hard like the animals, just to satisfy the senses. Human life is me
ant for practicing austerity, by which we can escape the miseries of material existence. The Vedic scriptures emphatically state that no one should become a teacher, mother, father, or government leader unless he can free those under his charge from birt
h and death. So here in our Gurukula we are fulfilling our responsibility as teachers and parents: by training our Society's children in the principles of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness given to us by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, we're not only freeing the c
hildren from birth and death, but we're also helping them reach the ultimate goal of life\'97love of God.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Is your moving to India a rejection of Western civiliza
tion? And if so, what is superior in Indian civilization?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As in all of ISKCON, ours is a rejec
tion not of Western civilization but of materialistic civilization. We are certainly not opting in favor of modern Indian culture. We aren't interested in any materialistic culture-Western or Eastern. We live according to the Vedic scriptures, which reco
mmend simple living and high thinking.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Of course, India is the home of the ancient Vedic culture, which is founded on spiritual values. Although that heritage has been abando
ned now (chiefly because of the British influence), India is still the best place in the world for spiritual life. Here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana no one will complain that we are chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba or wearing traditional garb.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Si}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub nce India is the home of your culture, will the children stay here after growing up?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Not necessarily. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness movement is also known as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  movement, which means that our mission is to
 spread the chanting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba to every town and village in the world. This is the order of Lord Caitanya, an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba who appeared five hundred years ago in Bengal, and our spiritual master \'c7r\'e9la Prabh
up\'e4da is part of the disciplic succession of pure devotees coming from Him. Lord Caitanya introduced the congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba mantra, and He ordered His followers to chant it publicly to give everyone a chance to come to 
God consciousness. So our missionary work\'97especially the chanting of Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the distribution of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books\'97must go on in both the Western and Eastern countries. But as far as educating our children goes, we a
re doing that wherever we find it most safe. After the children are trained, they can join in the missionary work. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub How did you get this new place? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The land was donated by a good frien
d, Bishangar Dayal, who wanted to see a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. And the construction was funded by o
ur Society and private donations. We now have facilities for five hundred students. We also have a qualified staff, headed by our principal Dr. Onkar Sharma, who is very experienced in education. All our teachers have teaching certificates and several ye
ars of practical experience.
\par }\pard \s574 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Next, I interviewed Dr. Onkar Sharma, the principal of the Gurukula.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Dr. Sharma, you'd had a lot of experience in the educat
ional f}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub eld, both in America and in India, before you began teaching at our Gurukula here in V\'e5nd
\'e4vana. Can you tell us how you came to be associated with ISKCON?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Sharma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In 1973 I retired and came to V\'e5nd\'e4vana to
 stay. One day I saw some very handsome devotees from the West chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the market. I was much impressed. Then I visited the devotees and one brought me to see the foundation for the present K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple and Gu
rukula school.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub At that time I had plans to build my own ashrama. So I left V\'e5nd\'e4vana and started an ashrama in Hardwar [a holy city at the foot 
of the Himalayas]. But I wasn't satisfied with the atmosphere there\'97it was not very spiritual. So, in 1975 I returned to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. It was in April of that year that I saw the opening of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub After the ceremony I requested to see \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and I was brought into his presence. We talked for some time, and when
 he heard that I had been a principal for many years, he asked me what my thinking was on }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub . I sai
d, "A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  should be run on the old pattern, not the modern one. It should be based on the original I
ndian model."
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub As I spoke with him, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da listened to me very calmly and quietly. He was very pleased at my description of the old
 educational system. Then he asked me, "Why don't you become the principal of our V\'e5nd\'e4vana Gurukula? You be the principal," he said, "I'll give you full charge." He also gave me a personal copy of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 As It Is.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How does an old-style }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  education differ from a Western one? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Sharma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  The main purpose of a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is not, as in your colleges in the West, to obtain a degree and employment. The goal is more religious. Actually, a bo
y is allowed to stay in school up to his twenty-fifth year, studying the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Upani\'f1ads.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In this way he becomes a first-class Vai\'f1\'ebava [devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba].
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How does this V\'e5nd\'e4vana Gurukula compare with oth
er }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurukulas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in India?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Sharma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  This is the most authentic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guruku}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub l}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  because it is the most Vai\'f1\'ebava. It emphasizes Vai\'f1\'ebava programs, and it devotees more than six hours a day to religious studies.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  How are the Western boys adjusting to this old-style }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub ?}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub  
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Dr. Sharma:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Oh, they have adjusted nicely. They are happy. T
hey are always inquiring. They are fully adjusted\'97to the Indian climate, to the customs of the local people\'97to everything.
\par }\pard \s573 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally, I had a ta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub l}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub k with R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa d\'e4sa, who holds a masters degree in education from the University of Florida. He has been with the Gurukula since it began }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30
\nosupersub i}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub n America, and his experience is particularly valuable, since it includes living with the boys in their dormitory and guiding them both in their classroom activities a
nd in every aspect of their daily lives, including cleaning}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub ,}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  duties, recreation, worship, and meditation.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa, how do you feel the Gurukula here in
 V\'e5nd\'e4vana compares to the way it was when it was in the West?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  It's much nicer here. Here in V\'e5nd\'e4
vana K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the rule\'97there is no opposition\'97while in the West the whole culture is opposed to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Western culture is sinful\'97the people engage in animal slaughter, intoxication, and other such de
grading activities. Of course, India has fallen far from her original Vedic standard, but there is still a favorable atmosphere here.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I'll give you an example. In the West, when we went out on a walk we ran the risk of being spit at and jeered. But here in V\'e5nd\'e4v
ana, when we go out on our daily excursion all the people encourage us. Everyone is favorable. There is nothing odd in having a shaved head here. In fact, many of the people look just like us. In India, and especially in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, our Vai\'f1\'eba
va style of living is still accepted as the purest way of life. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What change do you see in the boys that came with you f
rom the West? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Well, they're more satisf}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ed and peaceful, and their lives are simpler. For example, in America we used the laundromat, but here the boys wa
sh their own clothes. This simple responsibility helps build their character.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Their health is better, too. For most illnesses they simply fast one or two days and drink water\'97and they get well. But in the West 
I was always taking them to the hospital or giving them medicine.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But the main improvement I see is spiritual. The boys have become spiritually strong. If something goes wrong, they don't take it as an
 emergency. They\'92re more enthusiastic to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That's because in V\'e5nd\'e4vana everyone is chanting. Here we may have fewer material conveniences, but on the whole the boys are more peaceful without the hectic atmosphere they ha
d in the West. In the West you have so many distractions, but here it's easier for the boys to be peaceful and chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Can you tell me something about why V\'e5nd\'e4vana is 
such a special land for devotees?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. V\'e5nd\'e4vana is the land where Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba displayed His most attractive pastimes. Most of our boys have been hearing about K\'e5\'f1\'eba since they were three or four years old. So now that they've come to V\'e5nd\'e4vana, they can see the very things they've heard about from 
the scriptures: the Yamun\'e4 River, the groves, the cows and peacocks. In fact, for a devotee, K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the spiritual world actually become manifest here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. So it's not surprising that all the boys have become much more attach
ed to V\'e5nd\'e4vana than they were to their old home. The scriptures con}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub fi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub rm that anyone who becomes 
attracted to the beauty of V\'e5nd\'e4vana loses all interest in ordinary landscapes within the material world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People in the West sometimes object to our sending our 
children here to an exclusive training center. These critics claim that we want to make the children just like us\'97and that we neglect to put them in touch with reality.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually, the children are more in touch 
with reality here than in the West. Take death, for example; that's certainly a reality. Several times the boys have seen dead bodies taken on procession and cremated. When I ask them to explain what they're seeing, they say, "The body is being burned be
cause the eternal soul is no longer there. The soul is the real person, and he has already gone back to Godhead."
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I can give you another example. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da often compares particularly lusty people to stool-eating hogs. Here in V\'e5n
d\'e4vana the boys see stool-eating hogs daily, and the boys understand that they are the epitome of degradation. They understand that within that abominable hog body is a spirit soul who thinks he is enjoying the most, while in reality he is suffering t
he most. So they see the pitfalls of materialistic life.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Another example \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gives is the ass loaded down with huge bundles by the washerman. He works hard all day so tha
t in the evening his master will feed him some grass. He can't see that he doesn't have to work for his master and that there is an endless supply of grass growing all along the roadside. That's the way it is with people who don't know that their real ma
ster is K\'e5\'f1\'eba: they work hard day and night for material necessities\'97just like the ass. So it seems to me that if anyone says these Gurukula boys are not in touch with reality, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub that}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is a fantasy.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You and Jagad\'e9\'e7a both mentioned austerity. Could 
it be fairly said that there's too much austerity here in India\'97that by coming to India you've overdone it in your attempt to impose austerity upon the children?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. We don't force the boys to undergo ha
rsh austerities. Of course, by the arti}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub fi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub cial Western standards their lives do seem simple and austere,
 but the boys are all very healthy and happy.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Actually, the building here is nicer than the one in the West; it's a new three-storey complex with spacious living quarters. We have m
odern showers and toilets. And the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [vegetarian food offered to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba] is excelle
nt. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about general cleanliness and personal hygiene? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  We do our own cleaning; that's a brahmini
cal quality. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da said that the boys should clean their own clothes and eating utensils. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\nosupersub "}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub Cleanliness is next to Godliness."
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Here the boys are more physically active than they were in the West, and they get sick less. They swim and wrestle every day. They're j
ust happier. In the West we used to go to a nearby lake, and we'd see people floating in life rafts and drinking beer. Sometimes someone would speed by in a motorboat and shout at us or throw something. But here I take the boys to the Yamun\'e4 River eve
ry day. And what do they see? They may see some old lady chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba on her beads, or they may see a ricksha driver. But in V\'e5nd\'e4vana even a ricksha driver is more pious than some}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub big Western aristocrat.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What about the children's relationships with their pare
nts? Are they completely cut off here in India? 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub R\'fcpa Vil\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  No. They often get packages from their pa
rents. They like to get letters and hear what's going on in the West. But they're not preoccupied with their families. They have a full life and a full schedule here, though they're very glad to see their parents when they come.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Leader To Look Up To
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The boys have a day-to-day guide and friend in headmaster Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana Swami. In his extensive travels throughout India, Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana has addressed la
rge gatherings and talked with local scholars on the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. And though an American, Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana has won wide respect for his erudition and strict spiritual discipline. As the title "Swami" signifies, he is one of
 a select number of disciples to whom \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has given }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the highes
t order of spiritual life\'97awarded for scholarship and purity. In other words, Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana Swami teaches both by what he says and by what he does.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  usually spends his time traveling and preaching, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da specifically asked Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana Swami to live with the Gurukula boys and tutor them. This way they benef}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t from both his academic instruction and his personal example. So while their counterparts in the West are idolizing some sports hero, rock
 star, or local gang leader, the Gurukula boys look up to Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana and hope to be like him some day.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4s\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  stays free of family life just to devote all his energy to preaching K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness to the larger family of mankind. Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana Swami hopes that in this respect some of the boys will follow his lead. But thanks to the 
spiritual background they gain at the Gurukula, even the students who marry will go on learning and speaking about the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana Swami says that one of the most im}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub portant qualifications of a spi
ritual leader is conviction, and that the V\'e5nd\'e4vana Gurukula is the best place in the world to develop it. \'93In India }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub it's very easy for these children to become convi
nced that K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is genuine. In the West, where K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness seems to be something new, this conviction doesn't come so easily. But here in India, where the roots of }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  culture go back thousands of years\'97and especially here in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where everyone is practicing (to some 
extent) the devotional principles\'97this conviction becomes strong. With this strong conviction these children will make solid spiritual leaders and benef}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t all humanity.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p20: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  headmaster Ya\'e7od\'e4nandana Swami spends most of his time-both in class and out guiding the boys. Here he's helping some ten-year-olds learn Sanskrit, so that they can dive deep into the ancient
 Vedas, "the eternal wisdom." }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dr. Sharma, the principal, has a Ph.D. in Sanskrit and a rev
erence for gurukula, "the school of the spiritual master."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub      Bright-eyed Dh\'e9roddhatta d\'e4sa says he and his parents came to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement wh
en he was three. He was one of the Gurukula's first students.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p21: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the new school building (adjoining the International K\'e5\'f1\'eba Balar\'e4ma Temple) has classrooms and quarters for up to five hundred students. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Minister of Education Jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa and Dr. Sharma the principal work together to train the boys in the spiritual vision that 
will make them real leaders. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p22: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the ideal classroom\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  forest, where Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba enjoyed many pastimes. Here the boys can sense life's real goal, love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the boys learn to act as spiritual leaders. Ekendra d\'e4sa is worshiping the Deities in the temple. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p23: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the boys like playing transcendental tag\'97as long as you keep chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, nobody can touch you. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Abo
ve left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cows seem to love living in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , because Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the local K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious leaders have always protected them. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from the Vedic literatures the boys learn how to spread the peaceful, K\'e5\'f1\'eba-conscious }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  atmosphere over the whole world.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p24: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Cleanliness is next to Godliness." Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba used to play in the River Yamun\'e4, so when the boys take their daily swim here they find it marvelously cleansing, for both body and soul. 
And just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba once sported in the Yamun\'e4's waters, the boys like to horse around and wrestle. }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Far right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  en route they carry sticks, so that hogs, dogs, and monkeys will keep their distance. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub      }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Above:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  here, on the second-floor veranda of the new building, the boys play blind man's bluff. It brings to mind what the Vedic literatures say: "In this age the so-called leaders are blind to God-realiza
tion, life's real goal" }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Right:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on your way to take a dip in the Yamun\'e4, you can walk barefoot 
through the soft, beach like sands of the lush }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub V\'e5nd\'e4vana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  forest. At 4 P.M. or so, you're l
ikely to meet the cows coming home. A simple life for the spiritually minded. 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p25: }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Left:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the boys look on the cow as their mother\'97her milk gives them the intelligence they'll need to become br}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hma\'ebas, spiritual leaders. And in a world rife with cow slaughter and spiritual ignorance, they await the day when everyone bows to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the protector of the cows and br
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub hma\'ebas and the real leader of us all. 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Royal Road to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Royal Road to K\'e5\'f1\'eba
\par }\pard {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub From the \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam, translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. (Adapted by Drutakarm\'e4 d\'e4sa.)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa266\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.}{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub "}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Yet even a king\'97the richest man\'97can enter into God}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub '}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub s kingdom if he knows the science.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub ..
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Generosity of King Rantideva
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For himself, King Rantideva was always satisf}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ed and depended completely on the Lord's providence. At the same time, when guests came to his palace the generous king would personally look after their every comfort, as if it all depended not on provide
nce but on him. Once King Rantideva fasted for forty-eight days, but he never complained or made any attempt to get food. On the morning of the forty-ninth day, he received a sizeable quantity of well-prepared food. But just as he was about to take his m
eal, a learned }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  priest arrived as a guest.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Rantideva was very advanced in spiritual knowledge, so he could see that the Supreme Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba dwells in the heart of every living being. As a result
, he received his guest with faith and respect and gave him a share of the food. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  ate to his satisfaction and went away.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now King Rantideva again prepared to break his long fast, but just as he was about to take his f}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1
\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rst bite, a low-class laborer entered the palace. King Rantideva could also see K\'e5\'f1\'eba dwelling in the heart of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , so he gave him a portion of the food as well.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  had gone away, a bearded and bedraggled man surrounded by a pack of dogs arrived before King Rantideva. "O King," he said, "my company of dogs and I are very hungry. Please give us something to eat." With great respect King Rantideva gav
e what was left of his food to the dogs and their master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now only some drinking water remained, and there was only enough for one person. When the king was just about to drink it, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (a dog-eater, the lowest of men) appeared before him and said, "O King, a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub l}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub though I am lowborn, kindly give me some drinking water."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Touched by these pitiable words, the good-hearted King Rantideva said, "By offering water to maintain the life of this poor }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4la,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I shall not be the loser\'97by this act of charity I shall free myself from all hunger, thirst, fatigue, and illusion
.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I do not pray to the Supreme Personality of Godhead K\'e5\'f1\'eba for the powers of mystic yoga, nor for salvation from repeated birth and death in the material w
orld. I want only to stay on this earth among all the living creatures and suffer all their pains for them. In that way they may be freed from all distress."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The ravages of hunger and thirst had brought King Rantideva to the verge of death, and yet he gladly gave even his last drop of water to the wretched }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2\'e4la.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Just then Lord Brahm\'e4, Lord \'c7iva, and other great demigods appeared before the king 
and revealed that it was they who had presented themselves as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'fcdra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ca\'eb\'f2
\'e4la}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , and the man with the dogs.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The demigods were very pleased with King Rantideva and wanted to bestow great wealth and opulence upon him. But the king had no desire to enjoy such things. He simp
ly wanted to keep his mind focused on the lotus feet of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and render devotional service unto Him. Rantideva knew that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the eternal master of all the demigods and that the demigods' gifts are temporary\'97they pass away 
with the passing of time. A pure devotee, King Rantideva cared only about his eternal loving relationship with the Supreme Lord.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 King Yay\'e4ti Regains His Youth
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub King Yay\'e4ti was much inclined to sex and once had a child by his wife's maidservant. His wife, Devay\'e4n\'e9, was frenzied with anger and returned to the house 
of her father, \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya. \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya possessed great mystic powers, and when he saw Yay\'e4ti tagging along pathetically after Devay\'e4n\'e9, he cursed him to immediately become an old man. But he also gave the king a way out. "You ma
y get back your youth," said \'c7ukr\'e4c\'e4rya, "if you f}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nd someone who will agree to take y
our old age and transfer his youth to you."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ng 
Yay\'e4ti wanted desperately to regain his youth, so that he could enjoy many more years of sex indulgence with young women. So he went to his eldest son Yadu and asked him to make the trade of youth for old age. But Yadu replied, "I do not welcome your 
old age and invalidity now, father, for unless I properly fulf}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ll my material desires in my you
th, I will not be ready to devote myself fully to spiritual life in later years." King Yay\'e4ti similarly requested his sons Turvasu, Druhyu, and Anu to exchange their youth for his old age, but their response was not as admirable as Yadu's. They refuse
d to carry out their father's order because they thought their fleeting youth was eternal. King Yay\'e4ti then approached P\'fcru, his youngest son.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub P\'fcru replied, "O your majesty, who in this world can repay his debt to his father? By the mercy of one's father one gets this human body instead of an animal bod
y. Thus one gets the chance to become a devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Lord." P\'fcru was more than pleased to accept his father's old age. So King Yay\'e4ti took his son's youth and began to enjoy life once again. He became emperor of the entire
 world and enjoyed as much material happiness as he desired. Especially, he enjoyed the company of his young and beautiful wife, Devay\'e4n\'e9.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For some years King Yay\'e4ti enjoyed himself in this way, but somehow he never felt satisf}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1
\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ed. Finally, he became completely disgusted with sex life and everything connected with it\'97power, prestige, wealth, and so forth. One day he told Devay\'e4n
\'e9, "O my dear wife with beautiful eyebrows\'97I am so poor in intelligence that I am no better than a lusty goat. I was bewildered by your beauty and forgot my real task of realizing my eternal spiritual identity. I never succeeded in satisfying my lu
sty desires, no matter how much so-called enjoyment I had. Pouring butter on a f}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub re does not pu
t the f}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub re out\'97it blazes higher and higher. Sexual desires are diff}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf30\cb1\nosupersub i}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub cult to give up, but I must and will learn to give them up. Henceforward I shall not even sit in the same room with m
y mother, sister, or daughter. Sex desire is so relentless that even the greatest sages become disturbed by the slightest sexual stimulus. For years I have tried in vain to satisfy my desires, but now I shall give them all up. I will go alone to the fore
st and meditate upon the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Having given up all his lusty material desires (and having inspired Devay\'e4n\'e9 to give hers up, also)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf30\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  King Yay\'e4ti called for his son P\'fcru, returned P\'fcru's youth, and took back his own old age. Then, although P\'fcru was younger than all his brot
hers, Yay\'e4ti enthroned him as emperor of the world. The king and his wife Devay\'e4n\'e9 had enjoyed sense pleasure to the fullest extent, but now they gave it all up in an instant. At last, Yay\'e4ti and Devay\'e4n\'e9 became great devotees of Lord K
\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p26: Though he was nearly dead from hunger and thirst, King Rantideva shared his food and drink with beggars. }{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: R\'e4man\'e4tha d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi-504 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p27: Because lusty King Yayati had been unfaithful to his wife, her father cursed the king with old age and invalidi
ty. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Illustration: Sulak\'f1mana-dev\'e9 d\'e4s\'e9
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\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhuvaneswara, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97P.O. Box 173, Bhuvaneswara, Orissa; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bomb
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cutta 700017/ 44-3757; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chandigarh, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97ISKCON, Hare Krishna Land, Dakshin Marg, No. 566, Sec
tor 36-B; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chhaygharia (Haridaspur), India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Thakur Sripatbari Sevashram, P.O. Chhaygharia, P.S. 
Bongaon, Dist. 24 Pargonas, W. Bengal; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Colombo, Sri Lanka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97188 New Chetty St., Colombo 12;}{\b
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\nosupersub Hyderabad, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Hare Krishna Land, Nampally Station Rd., Hyderabad, A.P. 500 001; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Mayapur, India}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97\'c7r\'e9 M\'e4y\'e4pura Chandradaya Mandir, P.O. Sree Mayapur Dham, W. Bengal (District Nadia); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
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dia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Krishna-Balarama Mandir, Bhaktivedanta Swami Marg, Raman Reti, Vrindaban, Mathura, U.P.
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\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97c/o Antonio Acuna F, Segundo Centro, Madrid 9; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Paris, France}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974 rue Le 
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\'97Carretera Perija Km. 2, Colonia John Kallimnios, Casa No. 6; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mexico City, Mexico}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Gob. Tibu
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\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Adelaide, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9713-A Frome St. / 2235115; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
Auckland, New Zealand}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9767 Gribblehirst Rd., Mt. Albert/ 686-763; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lautoka, Fiji}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975 Tavewa Ave./ 61-633 ext 48 (mail: c/o P.O. Box 125); }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Melbourne, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97197 Danks St, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria 3206/ 699-5122; (Mail: c/o P.O. Box 125). }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sydney, Australia}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9750 Buckingham St., Surry Hills/ 699-4563 (mail: c/o PO. Box 170, Alexandria, N.S.W. 2015);
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FARMS:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Murwillambah, Australia (New Govardhan)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97'Eungella' Tyalgum Rd. Via Murwillambah N.S.W. 2484 / 066-721903 (mail: c/o P.O. Box 687)
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub NORTH AMERICA (CANADA):}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Montreal, Quebec}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971626 Pie IX Boulevard  H1V 2C5/ (514) 527-1101; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ottawa, Ontario}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971429 Cyriville Rd. K1B 3L7/ (613)741-8518; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Toronto
, Ontario}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97243 Avenue  Rd., M5R 2J6/ (416) 922-5415; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vancouver, British Columbia}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971774 East 16th Ave. V6J 2M1 / (604) 732-8422.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (U.S.A.): Ann Arbor, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97718 W. Madison 
St. 48103/ (313) 665-6304; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Atlanta, Georgia}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971287 Ponce de Leon Ave. NE 30306/ (404) 378-9182; 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Baltimore, Maryland}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97200 Bloomsbury Ave., Catonsville 21228/ (301) 747-9815; }{\b\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Berkeley, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972334 Stuart St. 94705/ (415) 843-7874; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bloomington, Indiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97412 North Park, 47401/ (812) 336-4666; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
Boston, Massachusetts}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9772 Commonwealth Ave. 02116/ (617) 247-7300; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Buffalo, New York}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97132 Bidwell Pkwy. 14222/ (716) 882-0281; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Chicago, lllinois}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971014 Emerson St., Evanston 60201/ (312) 273-3960; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cincinnati, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'972717 Glendora Ave. 45219/ (513)751-0354; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Cleveland, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9715720 Euclid Ave.
, E. Cleveland 44112/ (216) 851-9367; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Columbus, Ohio}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9799 East 13th St. 43201 / (614) 299-5084; 
}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dallas, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975430 Gurley Ave. 75223/ (214) 827-6330; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Denver, Colorado}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971400 Cherry St. 80220/ (303) 333-5461; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Detroit, Michigan}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97383 Lenox Ave. 48215/ (313) 824-6000; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gainesville, Florida}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97921 S.W. Depot Ave. 32601/ (904) 377-1496; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (R\'e4dh\'e4-D\'e4modara trave
ling temples)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975431 Jonestown Rd., 17112/ (717) 657-0418; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honolulu, Hawaii}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9751 Coelho Way 96817/ (808) 595-3947; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Houston, Texas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971111 Rosalie St. 77004/ (713) 528-9004; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Kansas City, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'975301 Lyd
ia Ave, 64110/ (816)523-2378; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Laguna Beach, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97644 S. Coast Hwy, 92651/ (714) 494-9172
; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Las Vegas, Nevada}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972600 Demetrius, 89101/ (702)642-3884; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Los Angeles, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973764 Watseka Ave. 90034/ (213) 871-0717; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Louisville, Kenlucky}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971212 E. Boradway 40204/ (502)583-0417; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Memphis, Tenne
ssee}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'973533 Highway 61 South 38109/ (901) 785-0661; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Miami, Fiorida}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710900 Coral Way 33165/ (305) 552-1766; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Minneapolis, Minnesota}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97216 Ridgewood Ave. 55403/ (612)874-8780;  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New Orleans, Louisiana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972936 
Esplanade Ave. 70119/ (504) 488-7433; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub New York, New York}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97340 W. 55th St. 10019/ (212) 765-8610
; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Philadelphia, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97424 E. Woodlawn St. 19144/ (215) 849-1767; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974626 Forbes Ave. 15213/ (412) 683-7700; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Portland, Oregon}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'972805 S.E. Hawthorne St. 97214/ (503) 234-1755; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub St
. Louis, Missouri}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'974544 Laclede Ave. 63108/ (314) 361-1224; S}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub alt Lake City, Utah}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97859 Park St. 84102/ (801)521-3445; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub San Diego, California}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'971030 Grand Ave. Pacific Beach 92109/ (714) 483-2500; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Seattle, Washington}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub \'97400 18th Ave. East 98102/ (206) 322-3636; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Washington, D. C.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'9710310 Oaklyn R
d., Potomac, Maryland 20854/ (301) 299-2100.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb0\sa160\li0\ri0\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub FARMS: Carriere, Mississippi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No 2. Box 44
9, 39426/ (601) 798-6705;  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dixon, Missouri (New Godruma)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Box 81 Tavern Route, Dixon, Missouri 
65459 / (314) 422-3966; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Moundsville,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub West Virginia (New Vrindaban)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97RD. No 1. Box 620, Moundsville 26041/ (304) 845-2790; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Mulberry Tennesse (Murari Sevak)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97Rt. No. 1, Box 146-A 37359/ (615)759-7058; }{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Port R
oyal, Pennsylvania (G\'e9t\'e4-n\'e4gar\'e9)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97R.D. No 1, 17082/ (717) 527-2493.
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Read these books 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub READ THESE BOOKS-IMPROVE YOUR LI
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\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Same as BTG v12#6
\par }\pard \s7 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf9 Spiritual India has come to you
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Spiritual India Has Come to You
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spiritual India has come to you. Wherever you happen to be\'97Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, New Orleans, New York, Philade
lphia, L.A.\'97you\'92re just moments away from spiritual India....
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This week come join us for the world-renowned K\'e5\'f1\'eba Sunday Festival. Come and experience\'97come see, hear, sm
ell, and taste spiritual India....
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li1440\ri1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The depth and mystery of Indian devotional art and drama, the joy and serenity of chanting the names of the Supreme, th
e taste and fragrance of a cuisine fit for the Lord Himself... you\'92ll find all this and more at the K\'e5\'f1\'eba Sunday Festival.... Spiritual India has come to you. This Sunday afternoon come to your nearby Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba center (see page 28) 
and make your rendezvous.
\par }\pard \s333 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb900\sa0\li1440\ri1440\fi0\brdrl\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw14\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrr\brdrs\brdrw59\brsp43\brdrcf1\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw45\brsp43\brdrcf1 {\b\v\f12\fs48\cf12 Back to Godhead Magazine Vol. 
13 No. 1-2, 1978 \line Remembering \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa0\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Godhead is Light, Nescience is Darkness. Where there is Godhead there is no nescience
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub THE MAGAZINE OF THE HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Dedication 
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Dedication 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Around the turn of the century, the great spiritual master \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura made this prediction: "Soon there will appear a personality who wi
ll preach the holy name of Hari [Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba] all over the world. "As we have witnessed for the past twelve years, that personality was His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. Throughout his life, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da prepar
ed himself for his great mission, and from his arrival in America on September 18, 1965, to his passing on November 14, 1977\'97through some seventy books and thousands of letters, interviews, and lectures-he gave the world the holy names of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and the Vedic science of self-realization. Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura also wrote a short stanza about the influence that a Vai\'f1\'ebava (a pure devotee of the Lord) carries in this world even after his passing:
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He reasons ill who tells that Vai\'f1\'ebavas die When thou art living still in sound! The Vai\'f1\'ebavas die to live, and
 living try To spread the holy name around!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub So, while it is natural for us to be sorrowful that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has passed away, we can know for sure that he will never pass away, for he is "living 
still in sound.\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As he himself said, "I will never die. I will live forever in my books." In the da
ys and years to come, may everyone come to remember \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da in the same way that he remembered his spiritual master: "He lives forever by his divine instructions, and the follower lives with him.}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Qualifications of the Spiritual Master
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub The Qualifications of the Spirit
ual Master
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An address given at the University of Stockholm in September of 1973 by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb266\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In order to enter into spiritual life, two things are required. As enunciated by \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, one nee
ds the mercy of the Supreme Lord and the mercy of the spiritual master:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub brahm\'e4\'eb\'f2a bhramite kona bh\'e4gyav\'e4n j\'e9va\line guru-k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4de p\'e4ya bhakti-lat\'e4-b\'e9ja
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The living entities are wandering throughout the universe changing bodies, transmigrating from one body to another, from one place to ano
ther, and from one planet to another. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Brahm\'e4\'eb\'f2a bhramite:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  they are rotating within this material
 universe. This science is unknown to the modern educators-how the spirit soul is transmigrating from one body to another, and how he is being transferred from one planet to another. But we have explained this in our book }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Easy Journey to Other Planets.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In fact, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  can help you transmigrate from this planet directly to the spiritual sky, Vaiku\'eb\'f6haloka, where there are innumerable spiritual planets. The topmost planet in the spiritual sky is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's planet, called Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. 
The K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement is trying to give information of how one can be transferred directly to the Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana planet, K\'e5\'f1\'ebaloka. That is our mission.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub What is the difference between this material world and the spiritual world? The difference is that in the material world you have to change your body, although you 
are eternal. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ajo nitya\'f9 \'e7\'e4\'e7vato \'92ya\'e0 pur\'e4\'ebo na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub You are not destroyed after the annihilation of your material body, but you transmigrate to another body, which may be one of 8,400,000 forms. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Jalaj\'e4 nava-lak\'f1\'e4\'ebi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  
There are 900,000 forms in the water, 2,000,000 forms of trees and plants, 1,100,000 forms of insects, 1,000,000 forms of birds, and 3,000,000 forms of beasts. Then you come to this human form of life. Now it is your choice whether to be transferred agai
n, by the cycle of transmigration, from one body to another in the lower species of life, or whether to be transferred to the spiritual sky\'97to the highest spiritual planet, known as Goloka V\'e5nd\'e4vana. That is your choice. You have been given the 
chance of this human form of body to make your choice. In the lower species you are completely under the control of material nature, but when the material nature gives you a chance to get the human form of body, you can choose whatever you like.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub That is confirmed in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 9.25}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub )}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub y\'e4nti deva-vrat\'e4 dev\'e4n\line pit\'e8n y\'e4nti pit\'e5-vrat\'e4\'f9\line bh\'fct\'e4ni y\'e4nti bh\'fctejy\'e4\line y
\'e4nti mad-y\'e4jino \'92pi m\'e4m
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Those who are trying to be elevated to the higher planets\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub de
va-loka,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the planets of the demigods, where the standard of living and the life span are very great\'97may worship the demigods. Or you want you may be transferred to the Pitrl
oka, to the planets of the ghosts, to the planet where K\'e5\'f1\'eba lives }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub (y\'e4nti mad-y\'e4jino \'92pi m\'e4m).}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub  This all depends on your activities. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra\'97rotating, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub wandering within this ma
terial world from one body to another or from one planet to another\'97is not advised. Material existence is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra. Bh\'fctv\'e4 bh\'fctv\'e4 pral\'e9yate }{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Bg.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  8.19]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  you take your birth in some form of body, you live for some time, then you have to give up this body. Then you have to accept
 another body, again live for some time, then go up that body, and then again accept another body. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The material world is compared }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4v\'e4nala,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a forest fire. As we have experienced, no one goes to the forest set a fire, but still it takes place. Similarly, no one within this material world wants to be unhappy. Everyone is trying to be very happy, but one
 is forced to accept unhappiness. In this material world, from time immemorial to the present moment, there have been occasional wars, world wars, even though people have devised various means to stop wars. When I was a young man there was the League of 
Nations. In 1920, after the First World War different nations formed the League Nations, just to arrange for peaceful living among themselves. No one wanted war, but again there was a forest fire the Second World War. Now they have}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub devised the United Nations, but war still going on\'97the Vietnam war, the Pakistan war, and many others. So you may try you
r best to live very peacefull but nature will not allow you. There must be war. And this warlike feeling always going on, not only between nation and nation, but also between man and man, neighbor and neighbor\'97even between husband and wife and father 
and son. This warlike feeling is going on. This is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub d\'e4v\'e4nala,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a forest fire. No one g
oes to the forest to set fire, but automatically, by the friction of dried bamboo, sparks arise, and the forest catches fire. Similarly, although we do not want unhappiness, by our dealings we create enemies, and there is fighting and war. This is called
 }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This forest fire of material existence goes on perpetually, and th
e authorized person who can deliver you from this fire is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How does he deliver you? What is his means? Consider the same example. When there is a fire in the forest, you cannot send a fire brigade or go there yourself with 
bucketfuls of water to extinguish it. That is not possible. Then how will it be extinguished? You need water to extinguish fire, but where will the water come from\'97from your bucket or your fire brigade? No, it must come from the sky. Only when there a
re torrents of rain from the sky will the blazing forest fire be extinguished. These rains from the sky do not depend on your scientific propaganda or manipulation. They depend on the mercy of the Supreme Lord. So the spiritual master is compared to a cl
oud. Just as there are torrents of rain from a cloud, so the spiritual master brings mercy from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A cloud takes water from the sea. It doesn't have its own water, but takes water from the sea. Similarly, the spiritual ma
ster brings mercy from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Just see the comparison. He has no mercy of his own, but he carries the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the qualification of the spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spiritual master will never say, "I am God\'97I can give you mercy." No. That is not a spiritual master\'97that is a bogus pretender. The spiritual master will 
say, "I am a servant of God; I have brought His mercy. Please take it and be satisfied." This is the spiritual master's business. He is just like a mailman. When a mailman delivers you some large amount of money, it is not his own money. The money is sen
t by someone else, but he honestly delivers it\'97"Sir, here is your money. Take it." So you become very much satisfied with him, although it is not his money he is giving you. When you are in need and you get money from your father or someone else\'97br
ought by the mailman\'97you feel very much satisfaction.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Similarly, we are all suffering in this blazing fire of material existence. But the spiritual master brings the message from the Supreme Lord and delivers it to you
, and if you kindly accept it, then you'll be satisfied. This is the business of the spiritual master
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka-\line tr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya k\'e4ru\'ebya-ghan\'e4ghanatvam\line pr\'e4ptasya kaly\'e4
\'eba-gu\'eb\'e4r\'ebavasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1
\'f6aka}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Thus the spiritual master is offered obeisances: "Sir, you have brought mercy from the Supreme Lord; therefore, we are much obliged to yo
u. You have come to deliver us, so we offer our respectful obeisances." That is the meaning of this verse: the first qualification of the spiritual master, or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  is that he brings you the message to stop the blazing fire in your heart. This is the test.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Everyone has a blazing fire within his heart\'97a blazing fire of anxiety. That is the nature of material existence. Always, everyone has anxiety; no one is free fr
om it. Even a small bird has anxiety. If you give the small bird some grains to eat, he'll eat them, but he won't eat very peacefully. He'll look this way and that way\'97"Is somebody coming to kill me?" This is material existence. Everyone, even a presi
dent like Mr. Nixon, is full of anxieties. What to speak of others. Even Gandhi, in our country\'97he was full of anxiety. All politicians are full of anxiety. They may hold a very exalted post, but still the material disease\'97anxiety\'97is there. So i
f you want to be anxiety-less, then you must take shelter of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru, }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub the spiritual master. And 
the test of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is that by following his instructions you'll be free from anxiety. This is t
he test. Don't try to find a cheap }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or a fashionable }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Just as you sometimes keep a dog as a fashion, if you want to keep a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  as a fashion\'97"I have a guru \'94\'97that will not help. You must accept a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who can extinguish the blazing fire of anxiety within your heart. That is the first test of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The second test is, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4prabho\'f9 k\'e9rtana-n\'e5tya-g\'e9ta-v\'e4ditra-m\'e4dyan
-manaso rasena }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub .}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The second symptom of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub is that he is always engaged in chanting, glorifying 
Lord Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu\'97that is his business. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabho\'f9 k\'e9rtana-n\'e5tya-g\'e9ta.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  The spiritual master is dancing and chanting the holy name of the Lord, because that is the remedy for all calamities within this material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At the present moment, no one can meditate. The so-called meditation now popular in the West is humbug. It is very difficult to meditate in this disturbing age of K
ali [the age of quarrel and hypocrisy]. Therefore }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [scripture] says, }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5te yad dhy\'e4yato vi\'f1\'ebum.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In the Satya-yuga [the age of truth], when people used to live for one
 hundred thousand years, V\'e4lm\'e9ki Muni attained perfection by meditating for sixty thousand years. But now we have no guarantee that we are going to live for sixty years or even sixty hours. So meditation is not possible in this age. In the next age
 [the Treta-yuga], people performed rituals, as they are described in the Vedic }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7\'e4stra. Tret\'e4y\'e4\'e0 yajato makhai\'f9.. Makhai\'f9 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub means performing big, big sacrifice. That requires huge amounts of money. In the present age people are very poor so they cannot perform these sacrifices. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Dv\'e4pare paricary\'e4y\'e4m\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in the Dv\'e4para-yuga [the age just prior to the present age] it was possible to worship the Diety opulently in t
he temple, but nowadays in the Kali-yuga, that is also an impossible task. Therefore, the general recommendation is }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub kalau tad dhari-k\'e9rtan\'e4t: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub in}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub this age of Kali one can attain all pe
rfection simply by chanting the holy names of the Lord. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious movement is meant to spread chanting. \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu inaugurated this movement of chanting and dancing. It has been going on for last five hundred year
s. In India it is popular, but in the Western countries have just introduced it five or six years ago. Now people are taking to it they are feeling happy. This is the process.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  is always engaged in chanting. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabho\'f9 k\'e9rtana-n\'e5tya-g\'e9ta\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub chan
ting and dancing. Unless he performs it himself, how can he teach his}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub disciples? So his first sym
ptom is that he will give you such instructions that immediately you will feel relief from all anxiety, and his second symptom he is always personally engaged in chanting the holy name of the Lord and dancing. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Mah\'e4prabho\'f9 k\'e9rtana-n\'e5tya-g\'e9ta-v\'e4ditra-m\'e4dyan-manaso rasena }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub : }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub spiritual master enjoys transcendental bliss within his mind by chanting and dancing. Unless you become blissfull, you cannot dance. You cannot danc
e artificially. When devotees dance, it is not artificial. They feel some transcendetal bliss, and therefore they dance. It is not that they are dancing dogs. No. Their dancing is performed from the spiritual platform. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Rom\'e4\'ecca-kamp\'e4\'e7ru-tara\'ecga bh\'e4ja\'f9.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  There are sometimes transformations of the body with spiritual symptoms
\'97sometimes crying, sometimes the hairs standing on end. There are so many symptoms. These are natural. These symptoms are not imitated, but when one is spiritually advanced, they are visible.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The third symptom of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru is :
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-vigrah\'e4r\'e4dhana-nitya-n\'e4n\'e4-\line \'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4ra-tan-mandira-m\'e4rjan\'e4dau\line yuktasya bhakt\'e4
\'e0\'e7 ca niyu\'efjato 'pi\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  3}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master's duty is to engage the disciples in worshiping the Diety, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-vigraha.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In all of our one hundred centers, we engage in Deity worship. Here in Stockholm this worship has not yet been fully established, but we wo
rship the pictures of Lord Caitanya and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In other centers, such as the ones in England and Ameri
ca, there is Deity worship. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-vigrah\'e4r\'e4dhana-nitya-n\'e4n\'e4-\'e7\'e5\'ecg\'e4ra-tan-mandira-m\'e4rjan\'e4dau:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Deity worship means to dress the Deity very nicely, to cleanse the temple very nicely, to offer nice foodstuffs to the Deity, and to accept the remnants of the Deity's foodstuffs for our eating. This is the method of Deity worship. 
Deity worship is done by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  himself, and he also engages his disciples in that worship. This is the
 third symptom. The fourth symptom is:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub catur-vidha-\'e7r\'e9-bhagavat-pras\'e4da-\line sv\'e4dv-anna-t\'e5pt\'e4n hari-bhakta-sa\'ecgh\'e4n\line k\'e5tvaiva t\'e5pti
\'e0 bhajata\'f9 sadaiva\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master encourages distribution of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  (remnants of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's foodstuffs) to the public. Ours is not dry philosophy\'97simply talk and go away. No. We distribute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  very sumptuous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In every temple, we offer }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to anyone who comes. In each and ever
y temple we already have from fifty to two hundred devotees, and outsiders also come and take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub 
 So }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  distribution is another symptom of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you eat }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub bhagavat-pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  then gradually you become spiritualized; it has this potency. Therefore it is said that realization of God begins with the tongue. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sevonmukhe hi jihv
\'e4dau }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Padma Pur\'e4\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub ]}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub :}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  if you engage your tongue in the service of the Lord, then you realize God. So
 what is that engagement of the tongue? You chant the holy name of the Lord, and you take this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  remnants of foodstuffs offered to the Lord. Then you become self-realized, God-realized\'97by these two methods. You don't have to be very highly educated or be a philosopher, a scientist, or a rich man to realize God. If you just sincerely 
engage your tongue in the service of the Lord, you will realize Him. It is so simple. It is not very difficult. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the spiritual master, introduces this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub program. }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Sv\'e4dv-anna-t\'e5pt\'e4n hari-bhakta-sa\'ecgh\'e4n. Hari-bhakta-sa\'ecgh\'e4n}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means "in the assoc
iation of devotees." You cannot do it outside. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5tvaiva t\'e5pti\'e0 bhajata\'f9 sadaiva:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  when
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is fully satisfied that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  distribution is going on, he is very much pleased, and he engages himself in the devotional service of the Lord by chanting and dancing. This is the
 fourth symptom.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The fifth symptom is:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7r\'e9-r\'e4dhik\'e4-m\'e4dhavayor ap\'e4ra-\line m\'e4dhurya-l\'e9l\'e4 gu\'eba-r\'fcpa-n\'e4mn\'e4m\line prati-k\'f1a\'eb
\'e4sv\'e4dana-lolupasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  5}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master is always thinking of the pastimes of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with His consort \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and 
the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Sometimes he is thinking about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pastimes with the cowherd boys. This means 
that he is always thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba engaged in some kind of pastime. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Prati-k\'f1a\'eb\'e4sv\'e4dana-lolupasya. Prati-k\'f1a\'eba }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub means he is thinking that way twenty-four hours a day. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. One must be engaged twenty-four hours a day in thinking of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. You have to make yourself a program like this. We,
 at least, have made such a program\'97all the boys and girls in the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement are engaged twenty-four hours daily\'97not just officially, not that once a week they meditate or go to some temple. No, they engage twenty-four ho
urs a day. The next symptom is:
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub niku\'efja-y\'fcno rati-keli-siddhyai\line y\'e4 y\'e4libhir yuktir apek\'f1a\'eb\'e9y\'e4\line tatr\'e4ti-d\'e4k\'f1y\'e4d ati-
vallabhasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1\'f6aka}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  6}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub The spiritual master's ultimate goal is that he wants to be transferred to the planet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, where he can associate with the 
}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to help them serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Some spiritual masters are thinking of becoming assistants to
 the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gop\'e9s,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  some are thinking of becoming assistants to the cowherd boys, some are thinking of becomin
g assistants to Nanda and Mother Ya\'e7od\'e4, and some are thinking of becoming God's servants. Some are thinking of becoming flower trees, fruit trees, calves, or cows in V\'e5nd\'e4vana. There are five kinds of mellows: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e7\'e4nta }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub [veneration], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub d\'e4sya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [servitorship], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sakhya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [friendship], }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4tsalya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [parenthood], and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e4dhurya}
{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  [conjugal love]. Everything is there in the spiritual world. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Cint\'e4ma\'ebi-prakara-sadmasu:}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  in the spiritual sky, even the land is spiritual. The trees are spiritual, the fruit is spiritual, the flowers are spiritual, the water is spiritual, the servants are spiritual, the friends 
are spiritual, the mothers are spiritual, the fathers are spiritual, the Lord is spiritual, and His associates are spiritual. It is all absolute, although there are varieties.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the material world these spiritual varieties are merely reflected, just like trees on a riverbank. A tree is reflected in the water, but reflected how? Upside do
wn. Similarly, this material world is a reflection of the spiritual world, but a perverted reflection. In the spiritual world there is love between R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always young\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub nava-yauvana.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  And R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 is always young, because She is K\'e5\'f1\'eba's pleasure potency. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9-r\'e4dhik\'e4-m\'e4dhavayor ap\'e4ra. Jaya r\'e4dh\'e4-m\'e4dhava.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  We worship not K\'e5\'f1\'eba alone but K
\'e5\'f1\'eba with His eternal consort \'c7r\'e9mat\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9. There is eternal love between R\'e4dh\'e4r\'e4\'eb\'e9 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ved
\'e4nta-s\'fctra }{\cs2873\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [\chftn{\*\footnote\chftn \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf11\nosupersub Ved\'e4nta S
\'fctra 1.1.2
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub o\'e0 janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9
\par }\pard \s1773 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf9\nosupersub SYNONYMS
\par }\pard \s1705 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub   janma-adi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97creation, sustenance and destruction; }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub asya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97of the manifested universe; }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2
\nosupersub yata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf2\nosupersub \'97from whom.
\par }\pard \s1814 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb72\sa72 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub That Brahman (the Supreme Spirit) is He from whom the creation, sustenance and destruction of the manifested universe arise.}}}{\b\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub 1.1.2}{\cs2873\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf6\nosupersub ]}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  says, }{\b\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub janm\'e4dy asya yata\'f9:}{\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf6\nosupersub  the Absolute Truth is that from which everything emanates. In this world we find love between mothe
r and son, love between wife and husband, love between master and servant, between friend and friend, between the master and the dog or the cat or the cow. But these are only reflections of the spiritual world. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is also the good lover of th
e animals, the calves and cows. Just as here we love dogs and cats, there K\'e5\'f1\'eba loves cows and calves. You have seen this in pictures of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. So the propensity to love even an animal is there in the spiritual world. Otherwise, how can
 it be reflected? This world is simply a reflection. If in the reality there is nothing like that, how can it be reflected here? So everything is there in the spiritual world. But to understand that original propensity to love, you have to practice K\'e5
\'f1\'eba consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here in this world we are experiencing frustration. Here we love\'97a man loves a woman, or a woman loves a man\'97but there is frustration. After some time they ar
e divorced, because their love is a perverted reflection. There is no real love in this world. It is simply lust. Real love is in the spiritual world, between R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Real love is there between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gop\'e9s}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . Real love is there in the friendship between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and His cowherd boys. Real love is the
re between K\'e5\'f1\'eba and the cows and calves. Real love is there between the trees, flowers, and water. In the spiritual world, everything is love. But within this material world, we are satisfied merely by the reflection of the things in the spirit
ual world. So, now that we have this opportunity of human life, let us understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97let us understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And as the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (4.9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ) says, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub janma karma ca me divyam eva\'e0 yo vetti tattvata\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97you should 
understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba in truth, not superficially. Learn the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This is the instruction\'97you should simply try to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The process is that you worship the Deity, you take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , you chant K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy names, and you follow the instruction of the spiritual master. In this way you'll 
learn how to understand K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and then your life will be successful. This is our K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. Thank you very much.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Gifts of His Divine Grace
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE GIFTS OF HIS DIVINE GRACE
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 In just a dozen years, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da gave the world a legacy that will last forever.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Jay\'e4dvaita d\'e4sa
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sa\'e0s\'e4ra-d\'e4v\'e4nala-l\'e9\'f2ha-loka-\line tr\'e4\'eb\'e4ya k\'e4ru\'ebya-ghan\'e4ghanatvam\line pr\'e4ptasya kaly\'e4
\'eba-gu\'eb\'e4r\'ebavasya\line vande guro\'f9 \'e7r\'e9-cara\'eb\'e4ravindam\line }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub [}{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub Gurv-a\'f1
\'f6aka}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  1}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub ]
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "The spiritual master is receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire to extinguish it, so
 the spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic teachers compare the material world in which we live to a forest fire. Although no one wants a forest fire, sometimes a fire spontaneously takes place in 
the forest, inflicting suffering on the helpless creatures who live there. But if, by the grace of God, storm clouds gather and shower their water, drenching the forest with rain, the forest and its creatures are saved. Similarly, when a bonafide spiritu
al master, by the grace of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, showers upon human society the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, that benediction can save us from the eternal problems of material ignorance and suffering and give us the chance to return to our real
 life of eternal bliss and knowledge in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. We should therefore glorify and offer our respectful homage unto the lotus feet of such a bona fide spiritual master.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee poet has written that no one can fully understand the words, activities, and characteristics of a pure devotee. Nonetheless, let us try to appreciate some
 of the extraordinary gifts given to the world by the beloved spiritual master of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Of course, although the movement \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da started has great tangible manifestations, his contribution is ultimately spiritual, not material, and th
erefore it will be appreciated according to one's spiritual understanding. Just as an intellectual contribution is truly appreciated only by intellectuals, a spiritual contribution will best be appreciated by those who are advanced in spiritual culture a
nd knowledge.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Generally speaking, gross material accomplishments win immediate popular applause, but they are also quickly forgotten. Although an intellectual contribution may ta
ke longer to be widely acclaimed, its benefits are more profound and long-lasting. A spiritual contribution, however, though perhaps least appreciated immediately, is ultimately the most profoundly significant and enduring. Therefore, let us try to under
stand and appreciate the myriad spiritual contributions of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The first point we might consider is that whatever \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da did, he did not to serve any personal self-interest or create an individual charismatic
 mission, but rather to serve the will of the Supreme Lord, as expressed by the Lord Himself in the Vedic literature and handed down since time immemorial by the Vedic chain teachers. In the recent era, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's spiritual master, \'c7r
\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Saraswati. \'d6h\'e4kura, was the most outstanding representative
 of this Vedic line, and the spirit of full, unalloyed devotion to this great Vedic teacher and to the Supreme Lord Himself was the essence of all that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da did.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Now, let us see the gifts \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has given us, one by one
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Mantra
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began his movement in the Western world simply by chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or the Great Chant for Deliverance: Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba, Hare Hare Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma, R
\'e4ma R\'e4ma, Hare Hare. The Vedic scriptures repeatedly emphasize that no other method of spiritual realization can be as effective in the present age as the chanting of this }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub maha mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  It is the sublime method for reviving our transcendental consciousness. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub R\'e4ma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  are names of the Supreme Lord, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Hare}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  calls upon the spiritual energy of the Lord.
 By chanting these holy names, one can derive unlimited benefit, for this chanting can free one from all material entanglements and revive one's dormant natural consciousness of unalloyed love of God . \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the great apostle 
of love of God who appeared in India some five hundred years ago, desired that the benediction of these holy names of God be bestowed upon all living entities, and He predicted that one day the chanting of these holy names would be heard in every village
 and town of the world. It was \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da who established a worldwide movement\'97the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement\'97to fulfill \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya's prediction and desire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Wherever \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da went, on fourteen journeys around the globe, he constantly spread the chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and when he finally departed he was surrounded by loving disciples from around the world, loudly yet sweetly ch
anting these names of God he had given them. He began his movement by chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and when he left, "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14 \'94 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub were the last words he spoke. This was \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's mission: Let the chanting of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy name be glorified!
\par }\pard \s2063 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li720\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\line K\'e5\'f1\'eba K\'e5\'f1\'eba Hare Hare\line Hare R\'e4ma Hare R\'e4ma\line R
\'e4ma R\'e4ma Hare Hare
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub No one can find the limits of the glories of these holy names, carried around the world by His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 A Vedic Library Of Transcendental Knowledge
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Although \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave us a way of transcendental realization by which even a child can very easily make advancement in spiritual life\'97simply by
 chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97he also left the world a unique library of profound philosophical literature, literature studied and praised by scholars and intellectuals, eagerly acquired by professors and librarians, and treasured by devotees of Vedic
 philosophy and culture.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was the author of nearly seventy volumes of translations and summary studies of, and commentary upon, India's immortal Vedic scriptures. H
is books have already been translated into twenty-eight different languages.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub To a world afflicted by a lack of spiritual knowledge and plagued by sentimental, vague, flimsy ideas of wisdom and truth, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books offer t
he rigorously consistent, all-conquering, deeply rewarding transcendental philosophy of the Vedic literature. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books are unique because they present the Vedic literature }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub as it is,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  without personally motivated interpretations. Consequently, his books, apart from their immense scholarly and literary value, offer one the 
opportunity to understand and actually attain the perfection of self-realization and ultimately realize the Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, and see Him face to face. In other words, by reading his books, not only can one gain access to a weal
th of Vedic history, poetry, philosophy, culture, and guidance in down-to-earth, practical affairs, but also one can traverse the path to the highest perfection of human life. Those who have lost their spiritual vision due to the darkness of the present 
age of quarrel can get light from the books of His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Distribution of Vedic Knowledge
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was never satisfied merely to write books, nor to print them and keep the copies in stock. Rather, earnestly desired that books of Vedic w
isdom be profusely distributed for the enlightenment of human society. Thus in 1972 His Divine Grace established the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, which in six years has become the world's largest publisher and distributor of books concerning the philosophy,
 religion, and culture of India. It was his desire that BBT books be placed everywhere, every library and home.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Indeed, nearly every college and university library in the United States has at least one of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s books, and more than twenty-five hundred
 college professors and public and university libraries have placed orders for full sets. Inspired by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, his disciples have distributed more than sixty million books of Vedic knowledge. Thus, by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's desire,
 the true glory of Vedic knowledge and culture is now being recognized, for the first time, throughout the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Here we may also mention that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was the founder and original editor of BACK TO GODHEAD, which he began in India in 1944 and which continues 
to be published according to his eternal directions.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Society of Devotees
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Some of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's earliest disciples recall that in 1966, when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, newly arrived in New York City, first began holding clas
ses in an old loft in the Bowery, he had a small, handwritten sign downstairs near the mailbox: "International Society for Krishna Consciousness." In those days, the Society was not very extensive. Practically speaking, there was only \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da himself. But where others may have seen only an elderly Indian }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and a few young
 men coming to hear him, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, with his usual transcendental vision, saw the hope for an international society of devotees that could spread all over the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub A devotee poet has sung, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub t\'e4\'ecdera cara\'eba }{\cs2873\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sevi}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  bhakta-sane v\'e4sa:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "Let me serve at the f
eet of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gosv\'e4m\'e9s\'97the }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub predecessor spiritual masters\'97and let me always associate wit
h devotees."}{\cs3755\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub This is the essence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Alone, one may find it very
 difficult to make spiritual advancement, but in the company of devotees, all sharing the same objective, advancement becomes swift and easy. Moreover, a society of devotees, all cooperating for the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, can act wonderfully to sprea
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for the benefit of others. A pure devotee knows that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme enjoyer, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme proprietor of everything, and K\'e5\'f1\'eba is the supreme friend of every living being. Therefore, 
although a pure devotee is himself completely God-realized, for the benefit of others he desires: "Let there be a society of devotees. Let the people of the world serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba together and be happy." This was \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's desire. H
e confidently began his tiny society, carefully nurtured and expanded it, and trained his disciples to expand it further and maintain its purity. Thus by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's grace, we now have a strong, healthy spiritual society of devotees, devo
tees from all walks of and all nations of the world\'97a United Nations, in which everyone unite on the spiritual platform, in service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, years ago, an astrologer took count of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's horoscope and remarked, "This person can build a house big enough for the whole world to li
ve in." We are grateful to be able to live in that house\'97the society of devotees that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da began\'97and share the warmth and joy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness with others under its roof.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Purity Is the Force
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In particular, we may note that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da never compromised principles. The standard Vedic discipline requires that one strictly follow the basic ru
les\'97no gambling, no intoxication, no meat-eating, and no illicit sex. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first arrived America and saw for himself the high fever of Western materialistic life, thought, "Who will agree to follow these rules? As soon as I m
ention them, everyone will go away." Nonetheless never seeking to become popular catering to the public taste, he always insisted that his disciples adhere to these basic rules for spiritual purity. His mission was to present the right medicine for the m
aterialistic disease, even though that medicine might at first seem a little bitter, for he knew that what might seem bitter at first would very soon taste sweet. Only when an aspiring devotee was regularly chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and following thes
e basic Vedic principles would \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da accept him as an initiated disciple.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Temples Around the World
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the context of his International Society, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, in the brief span of ten years, established more than one hundred temples of K\'e5\'f1\'eba 
consciousness in thirty-six countries-in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia. Some of them he started personally, and others through his disciples. That was another aspect of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's genius: he was expert
 not only in serving Lord \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, but also in training others to assist him in Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. He personally demonstrated how to conduct all the temple affairs\'97how to clean the temple (he showed us on his hands and kne
es); how to hold classes and festivals; how to cook food for K\'e5\'f1\'eba, offer it to Him, and then serve it to devotees and guests; how to grow flowers for K\'e5\'f1\'eba; and even how to keep accounts and acquire temple property. He did everything p
erfectly, and with unceasing devotion he traveled around the world, perfectly teaching his disciples how to follow in his footsteps and spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mission for the benefit of others.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Service to the Deity
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In each of his temples, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da established the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'fcrti,}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or Deity, of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To a materialist, the Deity appears to be no more than a statue of wood or stone, but an advanced transcendentalist, seeing through the eye of Vedic
 knowledge, understands that the Deity is nondifferent from K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself and that without worshiping the Deity one cannot fully develop and mature one's love for God. Because the form of the Deity is exactly described in the Vedic scriptures, i
t is the answer to all imaginative iconography about the form of God. By appearing as the Deity, K\'e5\'f1\'eba frees the conditioned soul from false ideas that God is impersonal or void, and by worshiping the Deity, one learns how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 and becomes eligible to go back home, back to Godhead. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came before the Deity, he saw not a statue but Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself, and with tears of love in his eyes he bowed down before Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba in devotion, co
nsidering himself but a humble servant of the Deity. The extent of the struggle \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da personally, willingly undertook in London and Bombay for the service of the Deity is only partially known, even to his disciples. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhu
p\'e4da's glories are fully known only to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba becomes increasingly celebrated and the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba more fully understood, so too will the glories of His dearly beloved servant, His Divine Grace A.C.
 Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Spiritual Food
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would often say, is not dry. Devotees of K\'e5\'f1\'eba are not dry renouncers. To prove it, \'c7r\'e9la Pra
bhup\'e4da introduced the transcendental art and pleasure of cooking and eating in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. He personally showed his disciples how to cook many varieties of palatable vegetarian dishes, offer them to the Supreme Lord, K\'e5\'f1\'eba,
 for His satisfaction, and then accept the food thus sanctified as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da\'97the}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  mercy of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. This was another of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's transcendental desires: Let the whole world taste }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da!
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub By eating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  not only can one fulfill the demands of the tongue in a very nice way, but also, as understood from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one becomes free from the reactions of all past sinful deeds and makes advancement in spiritual life. Thus purified, one is released from dualities and illusions, and one becomes eligible to ren
der devotional service to the Supreme Lord. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, therefore, was always pleased to see that his disciples were eating only }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da.}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  On many occasions, he personally cooked }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and then served the devotees with his own hand. This was \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's program: chanting, dancing, philosophy, and feasting. Anyone may come to any of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's temples and take sumptuous }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and especially on Sundays each temple invites guests to enjoy opulent }{\b0
\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  feasts. Directed by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, many temples have started }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  restaurants and even mobile kitchens to distribute the mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. And in India, whe
re hunger is for many people a very real day-to-day problem, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da started ISKCON Food Relief\'97a program to distribute }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in massive quantities to the needy.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Even in his final days on earth, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da asked to hear in detail about how }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  was being distributed in his temples, and although he himself was eating nothing at all and drinking only a few ounces of fruit juice, he took particula
r care to see that the devotees and guests who visited him in Vrndavan were all fed sumptuous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da..
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Festivals of Transcendental Life
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Every year since time immemorial, millions of people have journeyed to India's holy city Jagann\'e4tha Pur\'e9 to take part in a joyous transcendental festival-Rath
a-y\'e4tr\'e4, the Festival of the Chariots\'97to glorify the Lord of the universe. When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was small child in Calcutta, he insisted to his father that he too wanted to celebrate Ratha-y\'e4tr\'e4 festival. Thus his father built hi
m a small cart, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da led his neighborhood friends in chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and celebrating the festival as their childhood play. Later in life, when \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da became the spiritual master of the Hare K\'e5
\'f1\'eba movement, he led his disciples in celebrating the same transcendental festival, on a large scale, in major cities throughout the world\'97San Francisco, New York, London, and many others. Thus he showed how to give millions of people the opport
unity to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, dance in ecstasy, take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'e5\'f1\'eba-pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and begin t
he journey back home, back to Godhead.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs32\cf0\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In addition to establishing temples for festivals in major cities of the world, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also inspired and organized his disciples to travel from c
ity to city, town to town, to preach the message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere. From American suburbs to African tribal villages, \'c7r\'e9 Prabhup\'e4da's disciples, following in the-footsteps of their spiritual master, chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and dist
ribute literature about K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness for the benefit of others. Feeling compassion for those unfortunate souls who had forgotten K\'e5\'f1\'eba, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was always immersed in the mood of the great, devotee Prahl\'e4da M
ah\'e4r\'e4ja, who once prayed to the Lord: "O best of great personalities, I am not at all afraid of material existence, for wherever I stay am fully absorbed in thoughts of Your glories and activities. My concern is only for the fools and rascals who a
re making elaborate plans for material happiness and maintaining their families, societies and countries. I am simply concerned with love for them."
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Science and Art for Purified Senses
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We should not think that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was the leader of a sectarian religion. On the contrary, the principles taught by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da were 
universal, far transcending the superficial, man-made boundaries between one religious sect and another, and even transcending religion itself. "Gold is natural," \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da taught. "We do not speak of 'Hindu gold' or 'Christian gold.' Gol
d is always gold. Similarly, when we speak of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, we refer to the natural pure consciousness lying dormant within the heart of every living being." \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da didn't care about the temporary "isms" of this materia
l world. Rather, he sought to awaken that dormant spiritual consciousness\'97unalloyed love of God. Let our senses be cleansed of all material, bodily designations, and let the purified senses be engaged in the service of the Supreme Lord. This was \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's desire.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Thus, far from being a sectarian religious figure, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was the leader of a cultural movement for the respiritualization of all human society. 
Literature, music, dance, drama, painting, sculpture, film\'97all can serve to purify our senses and awaken and express our eternal love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was the spiritual master who taught how this can be done.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And why only the arts? The sciences also, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da taught, should be directed towards the Absolute Truth. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da boldly challeng
ed scientific theories that make matter alone the basis of everything and fail to acknowledge a spiritual energy and supreme controller. Such theories, he said, were the notions of rascals and fools. Indeed, he so logically and convincingly presented the
 science of spiritual realization that even scientists stepped forward to become his disciples. Later, these disciples formed an educational society of Ph.D.'s\'97the Bhaktivedanta Institute\'97to introduce this Vedic understanding to their colleagues.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Ideal Life in Harmony With God and Nature
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The spiritual master, as the representative of the Lord, conveys the Lord's instructions and shows how to put them into practical effect. In the Vedic scriptures, t
he Supreme Lord perfectly teaches how to live happily in this world and at the end of life go back home, back to Godhead. He gives the perfect system of social organization, known as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4\'e7rama-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and He tells us how to solve all economic problems simply\'97by depending on the natural fertility of the earth and by protecting cows 
and drinking the milk He's arranged for them to give us. Thus \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, to demonstrate the practical value of "simple living and high thinking" according to the Vedic way, established twelve K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious farm communities in N
orth America, South America, Europe, Australia, and India. There, devotees work hard in a simple, natural life, dedicating their thoughts, their words, and their work to the devotional service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. As life in the world's cities becomes incr
easingly hellish, as it surely will, those who wish to turn away from their artificial mode of life and return to the way prescribed by the Lord Himself will be increasingly grateful to His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da for giving them the chanc
e to do so, not only in theory but as a working day-by-day reality.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 The Mercy of K\'e5\'f1\'eba in India
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Vedic literature repeatedly emphasizes the spiritual importance of India. Since time immemorial, India has been a center of spiritual knowledge and culture. Fro
m the Vedic scriptures we understand that in former ages the world was one unified kingdom, with its capital in India, and the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tells us that even if spiritual culture declines, as it has in the present age, in India it may at any time be very quickly revived. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, therefore, especially in his last y
ears, devoted great energy toward revitalizing India's declining spiritual culture. He personally traveled in India extensively, from city to city, always preaching, and started several branches of his International Society. In Hyderabad he began a large
 farm project, and in Bombay he under took the ambitious construction of a modern Center for Vedic Education and Culture, including a magnificent temple, a 450-seat theater, a recording studio, an extensive Vedic library, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub restaurant, and a comfortable eight-story guesthouse.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Throughout India there are also many sacred places especially favorable for spiritual advancement, but among them all, the holy cities V\'e5nd\'e4vana and M\'e4y
\'e4pur are especially important. In these places, therefore, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da established special centers so that visitors from around the world may go there to cultivate K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where Lord \'c7r\'e9 K
\'e5\'f1\'eba performed His youthful pastimes five thousand years ago, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da established the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma Temple and International Guesthouse, now a place of pilgrimage for visitors both from India and from abroad. And i
n \'c7r\'e9dh\'e4ma M\'e4y\'e4pur, the birthplace of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, the already completed guesthouse, temple, and residence buildings mark the initial stages of what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da planned to be a full-scale K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onscious city. When completed, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's "Vedic Planetarium and Temple of Understanding," in the center of the city, will be the largest temple and cultural center in India. Moreover, the city will set an ideal example\'97for India and 
for the world\'97of how society should be organized for a life of Vedic culture and spiritual advancement, culminating in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. This was but another of the many ways by which \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da desired to bestow the benedic
tion of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness\'97the perfection of life\'97upon the people of India, and of the entire world. 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Schools for Self-realization
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Looking forward toward the welfare future generations, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da also reestablished the age-old }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurukula }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub system of education, by which a child learns early in life how to control his senses, fix his mind upon K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and make his whole
 life successful in spiritual values. The human form of life, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da taught, is a rare gift and although it is short, it offers one the greatest opportunity\'97the chance to go}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub back home, back to Godhead. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da therefore established }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
gurkula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  schools around the world, and especially in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, to enable children to take full advantage of the great opportunity. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had great af
fection for his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurukula}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  children as they had great affection for him. Much earlier in his life, 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was a K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious child, and later he most kindly attended to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious children of the present\'97and the future
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb300\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Conclusion
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  In many wonderful and varied way; \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da worked to bestow upon the world the benediction of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Yet perhaps his greate
st contribution was the personal change he brought about in the hearts of his disciples. The joy and purity of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples, their dedication and their freedom from sinful life\'97these are outward signs. But the inner gratitude 
each disciple feels to his spiritual master for having changed the course of his life is practically inexpressible. We can best echo the words of the great devotee Prahl\'e4da, who prayed to the Lord: "My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, beca
use of my association with material desires, one after another, I was gradually falling into blind well full of snakes, following the general populace. But Your servant, my spiritual master, kindly accepted me as his disciple and instructed me how to ach
ieve the transcendental position . Therefore, my first duty is to serve him. How could I leave his service?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da factually rescued his disciples from the materialistic life of today's misdirected world and led then on the path back home, back to K\'e5
\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da himself has left this world and gone back to the spiritual world of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Yet although physically His Divine Grace is no longer with us he lives eternally by his inst
ructions, by the movement he began, and by the memory of his personal example of how to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba in unalloyed love and devotion.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Remembering \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub REMEMBERING \'c7R\'c9LA PRABHUP
\'c4DA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa300\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An interview with his personal secretary, Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BACK TO GODHEAD:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's personal sec
retary, you came to know him quite intimately. Most of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples have only seen him seated on his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vy\'e4s\'e4sana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  giving a formal lecture. And, of course, there are millions of people around the world who have read \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's books but never seen him. But I think you can give our readers a very personal glimpse o
f what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was like. Now, my first question is, what one thing pleased \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da more than anything else?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  What pleased \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da most was a willingness to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Whenever he could detect within a person a willingness to engage in the service of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, that pleased him more than anything else. He would simply look for that quality in eac
h person, no matter how hidden it was. If he saw even the slightest spark in anyone, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would be pleased. Sometimes I or another disciple could not see any spark of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness within a particular person, so we wou
ldn't want him to talk with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and waste Prabhup\'e4da's time. But \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would seem to push us aside, bring the person close, and engage him in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. In fact, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's 
greatness was such that even if a person had practically no K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, somehow \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would engage him in service to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or at least make him favorable to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Now, on the other hand, maybe you could tell us what di
spleased \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. Did you ever see him angry?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes. Sometimes \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da would become very angry if a disciple would disobey his instructions. Of course, this was not ordinary anger; because disobedience to the spiritual master's order causes the disciple to lose his spiritual standing. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhu
p\'e4da, out of love, would become angry at the disobedient disciple. But apart from that, Prabhup\'e4da would not very often become angry.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Also, during the years \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da spent traveling to preach around the world, he used to preach to anyone and everyone h
e met. Sometimes during those years, I saw \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da become angry at certain persons who came to visit him or attended his lectures. You see, those people were all potential devotees, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da wanted to defeat their n
onsensical philosophies and arguments, so he would become angry. But his anger was always compassionate, just like the anger of a father and mother toward their naughty child who is doing something that will hurt him. That anger is actually love.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  In the talk you gave earlier, you eulogized \'c7r\'e9la
 Prabhup\'e4da as "a beautiful devotee." Would you elaborate on that.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Yes. If someone want
s to understand what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was like, he should read about K\'e5\'f1\'eba's intimate devotees and associates in transcendental books like }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  Actually, \'c7
r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da manifested all the qualities of the eternal associates of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. His humor was completely sublime, his compassion was sublime and transcendental. Courage, competitiveness\'97all the qualities we read about in }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Nectar of Devotion }{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub were manifested in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He was the living embodiment of K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative. We learned about K\'e5\'f1\'eba by seeing \'c7r\'e9l
a Prabhup\'e4da. And we learned to believe in K\'e5\'f1\'eba by seeing Prabhup\'e4da, because we could see that here was a person who had actually come from the spiritual world to be among us. So "beautiful devotee" means that he was a pure devotee of Lo
rd K\'e5\'f1\'eba, with all transcendental, beautiful qualities. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da called a chapter of one of his books "Wonderful K\'e5\'f1\'eba." And \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was K\'e5\'f1\'eba's representative\'97so, "wonderful Prabhup\'e4da.
" Everything he did was wonderful. Everything. All the qualities possessed by the greatest personalities were present in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to a wonderful degree. 
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Could you think of some incident that closely reveals 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s character?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, what stands ou
t the most in my mind right now is how in the last few months \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da constantly asked to allowed to pass away peacefully, and then how he repeatedly yielded to our quests for him to please stay with us. Our relationship with \'c7r\'e9l
a Prabhup\'e4da as disciples has always been one of total obedience to his orders and desires. As his menial servants, we weren't in a position to deny his requests or insist having things our way. Yet at the end, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da seemed to be e
xpecting exactly that from his personal servants. And he responded lovingly to our affectionate requests that he not leave us, that he please stay with us longer.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub But first he brought us to the point of complete despair: he stopped all doctors and medicines and told us, "So now there is nothing le
ft for me to do but die." This brought within us such a great anxiety that we just begged him "Please, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, we need you. Please stay with us." And when the intensity of our appeal reached a high enough level, then he said, "All righ
t, I won't leave. Let the doctor come. I\'92ll stay with you." He did this several times during the last few months.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Finally I could understand that he was deepening our affection for him. After the last time he dealt with us like that, I told him, "Fi
rst you bring us to the point of utter despair, and then you give relief by agreeing to remain with us. This is simply deepening our affection for you." And \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da calmly replied, "That is my duty." It was clear\'97he was teaching us h
ow to 1ove }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub him,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and thereby how to love K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub In fact, that's how we have to understand \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's last few months with us. Physically, he didn't really do much. He
 translated some, but only a very little. He didn't open any new temples. He didn't give any lectures. In fact, he hardly left his room. He simply lay on his bed. But he was giving all his disciples an opportunity to approach him render very intimate ser
vice to him, to deepen their affection and love him. And that was actually the purpose.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He told me, "I want to travel around the world one more time. If I can visit my temples, I can strengthen this movement and the discip
les. I can strengthen their love for K\'e5\'f1\'eba more." Of course, his physical condition did not permit this, but that didn't stop \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. He accomplished the same end, simply by lying in bed. By his expertise, he trained us and he
lped us become more and more lovingly attached to him and in that way to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Therefore, I feel that these last months with Prabhup\'e4da were the most important months I ever spent with him.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  People generally want to know just what accounts for th
e greatness of a great personality. Even to the common man, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da appeared great\'97the founder of a successful worldwide movement, author of dozens of books. What traits did you see in him that contributed most to his greatness?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Above all, there was
 one. And this was the real reason, the actual cause of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's greatness: he was a completely surrendered servant of God. The Supreme Lord is the creator and maintainer of the entire creation. And He is the controller of all activiti
es as well. If someone is completely surrendered unto the supreme controller, K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then K\'e5\'f1\'eba empowers that person to perfectly carry out the mission of the Supreme Lord within the world. So, because \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da chose to
 carry out Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba's mission, and because he completely submitted himself to K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desires and control, he was fully successful. He was a great personality simply because he was a pure devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba. K\'e5\'f1\'eba
 could act perfectly through him, so there was nothing impossible for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. God can do anything. And by God's grace, His pure devotees become empowered. So this was actually \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's greatness.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  You've been talking about the few of you who were perso
nally with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, and the lessons that you learned from him. This raises a question. Sometimes people want to know how \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da could relate to all his disciples. He had so many. Certainly, they weren't all able to be
 with him personally. In fact, they were in distant parts of the world. So how could he teach them all?'
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That was one of \'c7
r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's great qualities\'97he knew how to preach according to time, place, and circumstance. In the very beginning, even before he came to the West, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da based this movement primarily on the instructions within his bo
oks. He called the press the big }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga\'97b\'e5hat m\'e5da\'ecga.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  When someone plays on a }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  drum, you can hear it for some distance. But the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub b\'e5hat m\'e5da\'ecga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  the printing press, can be heard all around the world. So before he even came to the West, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da first of
 all published the first three volumes of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and then, with that big }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  he began to play. And automatically, results sprang up all over the world. He was able to reach all h
is disciples. Only a few months ago he jokingly said to me, "People are wondering if this old man is still living. Now they should know that I am here, and that I am still beating on my }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub m\'e5da\'ecga,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  and it is going all over the world."
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub So even in his weakest physical condition, he was still able to create and instruct disciples, completely defeating the forces of mater
ialistic civilization. Therefore it is said that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub v\'e4\'eb\'e9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  or the instructions of a spiritual master
, are more important than }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub vapu\'f9,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  his physical presence. And in this respect we have to understand that
 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has not left us. He is present in his instructions. And those faithful, sincere disciples who are able to repeat his instructions perfectly, without changing them, can preserve and expand all the effects of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da's accomplishments.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I think it would be good if you could explain the signi
ficance of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's life to the millions of people who were not actually followers of his teachings. Beyond the rather limited idea of being the leader of a particular sect, what relation does he have to our times and the world?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da did not preach a sectarian philosophy. He taught }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  eternal religion. }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub San\'e4tana-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means the principles enunciated for all humanity by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. \'c7r\'e9
la Prabhup\'e4da taught the constitutional nature of all living entities in their eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. That is called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub sanatana-dharma.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  For example, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub the constitutional nature
\'97of sugar is sweetness; you can't separate sweetness from sugar. You cannot separate heat from fire, so heat is the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub dharma }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\nosupersub of fire. Similarly, you cannot sever the living entity's connection with God; every living entity has a relationship with God. In that sense, to revive one's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub s
an\'e4tana-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  means to revive one's eternal relationship with Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, or God.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That is the teaching of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'97the most essential message for all living beings. The movement \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da has created, and the teachings he has given, will guide human civilization for centuries to come. The Vedic scriptures predict that over the next ten thousand years there will be a revival of God consciousness throughout the world. We understand t
hat \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has laid the foundation for this revival. Whereas cult leaders, faith leaders, and so-called religious teachers may have presented religious principles limited to their particular groups, the teachings of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba
, Chaitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da are eternal and are intended for all humanity. They explain the eternal soul's eternal relationship with God. These teachings are not subject to a particular time or place. They deal with the most 
basic eternal quality within the living entity: how he can again become a devotee of God.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Therefore, we have to realize that the disappearance of such a great spiritual master is the most unfortunate thing which can happen on
 this planet. The newspapers, due to their materialistic nature, have not at all comprehended the significance of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's presence on this planet. But time will show that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's presence in the world was the great
est positive influence in this age. He made the teachings of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Vedas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  available to the world, and he gav
e us the chanting of the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, which is the only means for obtaining liberation in this age. These are just a few of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's lasting gifts to the world.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Do you think he left untimely, prematurely?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Well, of course we w
anted \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to stay with us for hundreds of years. But just as he came here by his causeless mercy, he also left us. His coming was perfect, and his departing was also perfect. Just as his appearance was full of meaning, so also there
 was great meaning in his timely departure. We should not think that he left untimely. He left when K\'e5\'f1\'eba desired and he himself wanted to leave.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Could you explain more fully what you meant when you sa
id that there was meaning in his having left at this particular time?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub He and Lord K\'e5
\'f1\'eba must have felt that this movement now had a sufficient basis on which to endure. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da did his work. He laid the foundation and provided the framework for a worldwide movement to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. So he an
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba felt satisfied that this movement will endure.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Did \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da give any special instruct
ions at the end?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub His instructions, of
 course, are given in his books. But this last instruction he gave to all of his disciples: now that this movement has attained a prestigious, respected position all over the world, now that our institutions throughout the world are substantial and we ar
e well represented everywhere\'97now, please maintain this. Do not let it deteriorate or decrease.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da emphasized that even if we do not increase, if we simply maintain what has already been established, that wil
l suffice to alleviate the suffering and ignorance in this world for many generations to come. So our first responsibility, as \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples, is to see that whatever \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da gave to us\'97and we have to understan
d that whatever we have is the gift of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'97is cherished and maintained.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now, if we can increase even more, that is very good, and he would like that also. But at least we should not allow what he has given u
s thus far to be in anyway diminished. First of all care for your father's property; then think of accumulating further property.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By "property" do you mean the actual money and the buil
dings?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  I mean the money, th
e buildings, the writings, the teachings, the institutions\'97everything \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has given. That should not be in any way neglected. I think this is the most important duty of his disciples\'97this loving concern. They should maintain w
hat they have inherited from their father. If a son neglects or squanders his father's property, that is the greatest disgrace for the son.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub What do you think \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's feelings 
were on this matter? Did he think that his disciples would fulfill his dreams?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  He repeatedly said t
o me that he had great hope that this K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement would endure. "I am feeling that everything is in good hands," he said.
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub BTG:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  One of our Godbrothers read a scriptural quotation sayi
ng that when the spiritual master appears he brings order to chaos, and when he leaves, the chaos returns. So, now that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is no longer physically present, what is your feeling about ISKCON's future?
\par }\pard \s574 \sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86\fi0 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Tam\'e4la K\'e5\'f1\'eba Gosv\'e4m\'e9: }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub That depends on our 
strength in keeping \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da with us\'97not by his physical presence, but by his sound vibration. He'll stay with us eternally if we follow his instructions. As long as all of his disciples constantly look to his instructions and remain 
faithful, there will not be any chaos. But if they look away from or neglect the teachings of their spiritual master, or if they fail to follow them, then there will be chaos. Prabhup\'e4da's presence in his instruction is more important than his physica
l presence.
\par }\pard \s573 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb0\sa86 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Yes, by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya's}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  presence he brings order to the chaos, and who's to say that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is not still present? We do not feel that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has died. If we felt that way, we could not bear to l
ive. We regret the loss of his physical presence, but we are consoled by his eternal presence in the form of his instructions, and therefore we are very hopeful that the order he has established will continue to exist for thousands of years to come
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9mad-Bh\'e4gavatam     v12#12
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7R\'c9MAD-BH\'c4GAVATAM\line 
}{\b\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf1\nosupersub The Beautiful Story of the Personality of Godhead
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li720\ri720\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub --Intro same as prevous issues--
\par }\pard \qc\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Begins}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'97First Canto "Creation" Chapter Chap
ter 14 TEXT 2\'97}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Ends}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Chapter 14 TEXT 32-33
\par }\pard 
\s0 \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa160\li0\ri0\fi360 \par \pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Every Town and Village
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Departs
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At 7:20 p.m. on November 14, 1977, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, the founder-}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4rya }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, departed from this world. At the time, he was in his quarters at the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Ba
lar\'e4ma temple in V\'e5nd\'e4vana, India, surrounded by loving disciples chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  The chanting continued throughout the night as devotees performed the last ceremonies for their revered spiritual master. The following morning, the devotees took \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's body on procession to the main temples in 
V\'e5nd\'e4vana, the holy city most sacred to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and finally they performed the burial ceremonies in the temple's outer courtyard.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Vedic tradition prescribes that when an exalted spiritual personality departs, a wake and cortege be held to honor him. Accordingly, soon after \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da's departure, his body (dressed in simple saffron robes, garlanded, and seated on a palanquin) was taken into the temple, before each of its three altars, and then carried several times around the temple. After placing the palanquin on the }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub vy\'e4s\'e4sana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (the seat of honor used only by the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , the devotees remained in the temple throughout the night, chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba and singing songs of bereavement. Guiding the ceremon
y was }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub tri\'f2a\'eb\'f2\'e9 sv\'e4m\'e9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9mad Bhaktivedanta N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4j
a, a disciple of \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhakti Praj\'ef\'e4na Ke\'e7ava Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's respected Godbrother.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next morning, at daybreak, devotees carried \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da on his palanquin through the streets of V\'e5nd\'e4vana, giving the residents a chance to 
see him for the last time. \'c7r\'e9mad N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja led the chanting as the procession visited each of the eight main temples in the holy city. When the procession returned to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba-Balar\'e4ma temple, devotees performed
 the final ceremonies and interred \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's body. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples then began a daily program of twenty-four-hour chanting and offerings of flower garlands, incense, and other tokens of devotion at \'c7r\'e9la Prab
hup\'e4da's }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (tomb). The morning ended with a devotional feast in his honor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub All over the world, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's disciples felt profound shock and grief when they heard of his passing. For them, the most beloved person in the uni
verse, the dearmost teacher and friend, the very source of spiritual life and knowledge, was now gone. Many wept for hours, and others wondered how the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement could go on without its powerful founder and guide.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As the days passed, devotees sought solace in the timeless philosophy \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da had preached so untiringly. Buoyed by this philosophical understandi
ng and consoled by many sincere friends and well-wishers, devotees resolved to work together even more vigorously to spread the teachings of their beloved preceptor.
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 An Outpouring of Appreciation for \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During the eleven years of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's worldwide preaching, he touched the lives of millions through his personal presence, his books, his temples, 
and his disciples. With his passing, many people felt moved to express their remorse and sent notes of condolence to V\'e5nd\'e4vana. Characteristic of the response from devotees' parents was the following letter:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "Dear Satsvar\'fcpa d\'e4sa Gosv\'e4m\'e9,\line "Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. I have just returned from a visit to th
e K\'e5\'f1\'eba center in New York. I went to attend the memorial service for His Divine Grace \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da.\line "I was very emotionally overcome as I listened to each devotee express his love, devotion and extreme gratitude to \'c7r\'e9la
 Prabhup\'e4da. Even in their sadness, there was such a strong expression of joy and thankfulness for having been blessed with K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness.\line "I am writing at this time to express my sincere sympathy and deep understanding to you, to 
my son, and to all the devotees who have been so dear to His Divine Grace since the start of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement. I know that his physical presence will be greatly missed by all of you, but he has left behind a legacy of great wisdom and muc
h love for all of you, his devoted disciples. \line Most sincerely, \line Polly C. Perlmutter\line Bloomfield, Connecticut"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nowhere more than in India was \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's greatness appreciated by the leaders of society. The following letters from the Governor of Tamil Nadu an
d from one of India's foremost scholars evince \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's broad following in his homeland:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "I was deeply shocked to hear of the demise of your beloved }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub gurudeva,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. The death of this great world teacher of God consciousness is a severe loss not on
ly for you and for myself, but for all Indians and indeed the whole world.\line "As an Indian and a devotee of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I feel I must express my eternal gratitude to Swami Bhaktivedanta for spreading the Lord's message so far and wide through
out the world. His truly remarkable achievements have greatly deepened my own faith, and that of my countrymen, that traditional Indian culture and Western technology can in deed work hand in hand.\line "\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was not a flashy orator 
or a worker of cheap miracles. Yet large numbers of people were attracted by him because of his simplicity, openness, and genuine love for God.\line "I spoke several times with \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da on the importance o spreading }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub san\'e4tana-dharma}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  [eternal religious principles] throughout the world. Several times he quoted \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4pr
abhu, the divine fountainhead of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, to the effect that especially those born in India should first perfect their lives by becoming K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious and then preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba's message all over the world. His words 
deeply struck me then with their urgency and strength of purpose. Now with the demise of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da who so perfectly fulfilled this order of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya, it remains for all of us\'97Indians, Americans, Europeans, etc.\'97to carry on
 His mission to the full extent of our abilities. Let us all cooperate to bring K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness and true, lasting peace all over the world.\line Prabhudas B. Patwari\line Governor of Tamil Nadu}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\up14 \'94
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub "By his spotless example of service. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da showed us the wa
y in which a true son of Bh\'e4rata M\'e4t\'e4 (Mother India) should live. In his daily life, he never compromised the sacred principles held most dear to our ancients, the learned and holy guides of mankind. Rather, he fearlessly preached against the de
adly mistakes Western society is making and never for a moment became overawed or illusioned by their scientific advancement. Yet because he saw the hand of God at work everywhere, he always held high his ideal that Western technology could be utilized i
n such a God-conscious way that all mankind could benefit. It is only through God consciousness, he taught us, that any form of permanent good could }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub be }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub done for the world. \line \'93The effects of his supremely beneficial social work can be found all over the world. Tens of thousands of today's youth have adapted to the self-controls of }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub  their master prescribed, and so they have made themselves into more fit young men and women, capable of leading
 an enlightened world of tomorrow. "I have no doubt that those who follow the master's divine instructions live eternally with him and that the great Swamiji remains with his disciples as their eternal guide\line S.D. Joshi \line Director of the Center o
f Advanced Study in Sanskrit, University of Poona, India" 
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 Devotees Pay Homage To \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The weeks following \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's passing saw a number of special commemorative events.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On November 27, a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub viraha-mahotsava }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (festival in honor of the spiritual master's passing) was held in all the Society's centers throughout the world. Devotees chanted Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba, expressed their eternal gratitude and devotion to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4d
a, and served feasts for the thousands who attended. At the Society's center in M\'e4y\'e4pur, near Calcutta, devotees held a second festival on December 2. Besides several moving eulogies by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's God-brothers and senior disciples,
 the M\'e4y\'e4pur }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahotsava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  included the establishment of a shrine in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da'
s honor.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The V\'e5nd\'e4vana }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mahotsava}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on November 27 was especially significant; some of the world's leading Vai\'f1\'ebavas (devotees of Vi\'f1\'ebu, or K\'e5\'f1\'eba) came together in the most important Vai\'f1\'ebava city\'97V\'e5nd\'e4vana, where Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba appeared fifty centuries ago\'97to pay homage to the most glorious Vai\'f1\'ebava of our era. Prabhup\'e4da's disciples deeply appreciated this glorification of their spiritual master. The following are excerpts from the statements of \'c7r\'e9 Vi
\'e7vambhara Gosv\'e4m\'e9 (priest of the R\'e4dh\'e4-rama\'eba temple) and \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja.
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7vambhara Gosv\'e4m\'e9:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Respected guests, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from V\'e5nd\'e4vana, devotees of ISKCON from around the world, and residents of V\'e5nd\'e4vana: Today we are all assembled here in an atmosphere of great pain and separation. Until 1953 I had a very intimate relationship with 
\'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedanta Swami Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, and for the last six years I have also been in quite close touch with him. I have one very clear impression of \'c7r\'e9 Swamiji Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: that he had unalloyed devotion to and faith in the name of \'c7
r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. On the strength of the name of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and with great attachment to and consciousness of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, he went to foreign countries in every corner of the world to spread the glory and message of K\'e5\'f1\'eba c
onsciousness. He spread the pure teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu: "Simply chant the name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and your life will be successful. The only real meaning and goal of human life is to love Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba and be a servant of Lor
d K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Take shelter of the lotus feet of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and you will easily reach self-realization and be released from all anxieties and miseries caused by the entanglement of birth and death. 
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Spreading these teachings all over the world cannot be done by any ordinary man. Only one who is specially empowered by God and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to fulfill the mission of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu can do what \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has done. Today I would 
like to assure all the members of ISKCON\'97both those known to me and those unknown to me\'97that whenever you require help, we will work together with you shoulder to shoulder, to propagate the names of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba. To finish the work of 
\'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da and \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, we are even ready, if required, to sacrifice our own lives.
\par }\pard \s762 \ql\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4r\'e4ya\'eba Mah\'e4r\'e4ja:
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Honored guests, devotees, and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e4c\'e4ryas}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  of V\'e5nd\'e4vana: Whether he believes it or not, every living being is the eternal servant of God. But when the living being turns away from God and forgets God, he comes under the control of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [illusion] and becomes entangled in the cycle of birth and death wandering through 8,400,000 forms of lif
e. God and the devotees of God do no like to see the living beings suffer. So out of compassion for them, to bless them they incarnate within this material world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Five hundred years ago the Lord appeared as \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu for the deliverance of the fallen souls of Kali-yuga [the present age of quarrel and hy
pocrisy]. He spread the glory of K\'e5\'f1\'eba and love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba all over India. After \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's disappearance. His followers carried on His mission. But in the course of time, owing to the influence of Kali-yuga, peopl
e in general became degraded. They became mad after sensual enjoyment. Contending parties arose, and the true purport of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya's message was lost. The teachings and the love of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu were forgotten, and the success
ion was broken.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then, in 1874, to reestablish the mission of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu - to revive love of God for the welfare of the world\'97\'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta
 Sarasvat Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja, an eternal servant of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, appeared on this earth. It was he who revived the work of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya. To assist him he had so many great disciples, but out of these disciples \'c7r
\'e9la Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da was the most prominent, for he actually spread the message of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurudeva}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the Western countries.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was born in 1896 into a very aristocratic and religion family. His parents and his grandparent were all Vai\'f1\'ebavas. From his very chi
ld hood he was worshiping \'c7r\'e9 R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and he was observing all Vai\'f1\'ebava festivals by the age of twelve years. It can be seen from his life that he was attached to the name of God from his childhood. After he graduated 
from college in Calcutta, he became the manager of a chemical manufacturing firm. But \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was not one to remain in worldly activities. He was great saint, who appeared in this world to fulfill a specific mission. So when the time wa
s ripe he left his worldly activities without hesitation. Later he lived for four years in Mathur\'e4, where, seeing his enthusiasm to preach K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, I advised him to enter the renounced order, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  I told him that it would be most beneficial to the world if he would take }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and he accepted my prayers. At the same time my own }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Om Vi\'f1\'ebup\'e4da \'c7r\'e9 \'c7r\'e9mad Bhakti Praj\'ef\'e4na Ke\'e7ava Gosv\'e4m\'e9 Mah\'e4r\'e4ja came to Mathur\'e4, and \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da t
ook }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sanny\'e4sa}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from him.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was twenty-five years old he left his studies and joined Gandhi's movement for independence. Shortly thereafter, he went with a frien
d to see \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9 for the first time. \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told me how fortunate he was that he went to see \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta, who, after seeing \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's English educat
ion and strong faith, spoke for two hours about God: "Human life is not meant for sensual enjoyment. The human form is very rare and should not be wasted in sensual enjoyment. If we simply engage in eating, sleeping, mating, and defending, we have to tak
e birth again and again. The only duty of human life is to practice devotion to \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba so that, at the time of death, we can return to His lotus feet."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da told me he was fascinated and deeply influenced by the lecture of \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktisiddh\'e4nta Sarasvat\'e9 Gosv\'e4m\'e9, who at that ver
y first meeting asked him to spread the teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu all over the world.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub India can teach the world the eternal religion\'97that the real nature of all living beings is to be the eternal servant of God. It is the pride of India that she c
an give this teaching to foreign countries. So this great saint, \'c7r\'e9la A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da, has not done any ordinary thing. He acted as a humble servant of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and with full confidence he followed H
is order: "Preach the message of \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba in every corner of the world." When he went to America he didn't have any money\'97just a few rupees. With a trunk full of his }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9mad-Bhagavatams,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  some chanting beads, and a pair of hand cymbals, he went to America. He didn't have any other belongings. In New York City he would sit i
n a park where people gathered for walking and enjoyment, and he would sing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  an
d play his cymbals. He would explain the teachings of \'c7r\'e9 Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu to those who would come to sit with him and inquire. So he was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  in the real sense\'97an empowered }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub because without being empowered by God, no one can distribute the name of God or teach devotion to God.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic scriptures we find many similar examples of empowered }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (\'e7akty\'e4ve\'e7
a)}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  incarnations: \'c7r\'e9la Vy\'e4sadeva, \'c7r\'e9 \'c7ukadeva Gosv\'e4m\'e9, \'c7r\'e9 N\'e4radaji. N\'e4radaj\'e9 is a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'e7akty\'e4ve\'e7a}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  incarnation of devotion; God's energy works through this great soul to spread devotional service. In the course of time we will
 realize that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was also an incarnation of devotion. So this is a festival of separation from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, for by feeling the pain of separation from him our devotion to him will increase. If one 'does not feel the p
ain of separation from God or }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  one's devotion has not yet begun; one whose heart is filled w
ith this pain of separation has already developed devotion to God. Actually, though, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has not died. He is still with us in our hearts\'97if we ask his mercy. Then, wherever we are, at any time, he will direct us and give us stren
gth.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Today we no longer have \'c7r\'e9la Bhaktivedanta Swami Mah\'e4r\'e4ja with us in his physical form, but in his words he is present without any doubt. So we should 
not think that because Parama-bhagavata \'c7r\'e9 Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da is not present here physically, there is no more work to be done. Instead, we should all take his mission seriously and work more to spread K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness a
ll over the world. That will be our real homage to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da. We should all work together, ignoring the small differences among us. As \'c7r\'e9 Vi\'e7vambhara Gosv\'e4m\'e9 has already said, we will help you in every respect. Please don'
t feel that you are alone. We are all behind you and will help you according to our strength.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We pray to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da to please have mercy on us, that we can be successful in spreading his words and the words of Lord Caitanya. We pray that he ma
y give us strength, and that he may give us the same faith in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and faith in the Lord that
 he had.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks Out
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da Speaks
 Out
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 His Final Instructions
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub During his last months, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was not very active physically, and he spoke relatively little. Yet when he did speak, his words were full of spiri
tual strength. These excerpts from \'c7r\'e9la Prabhupada's last statements reveal the mind of the pure devotee and universal teacher. And they show that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da is indeed a transcendental personality, whose devotion to Lord K\'e5\'f1
\'eba and to the mission of spreading love of K\'e5\'f1\'eba is undying.
\par }\pard 
\par \pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I cannot speak. I am feeling weak. I wanted to travel to Chandigarh and other places, but I changed my program because my h
ealth is deteriorating. I decided to come here to V\'e5nd\'e4vana (the land of Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba). If death takes place, let it take place here." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There is nothing new to be said. Whatever I had to say, I have already said in my books. Now you must all try to understan
d it and continue with your endeavors. Whether I am present or not present doesn't matter. Just as K\'e5\'f1\'eba is living eternally, the living being also lives eternally. But especially... }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub k\'e9rtir yasya sa j\'e9vati:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  'One who has done service to the Lord lives forever.\'92 You have been taught to serve K\'e5\'f1\'eba, and with K\'e5\'f1\'eba we
'll live eternally. Our life is eternal. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Na hanyate hanyam\'e4ne \'e7ar\'e9re:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the disappearance 
of this temporary body doesn't matter. The body is meant for disappearance. So, live forever by serving K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Thank you very much." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There are two things\'97life and death. So if I die, where is the wrong in that? If I die, that is natural."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Our money is only spent for K\'e5\'f1\'eba\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba's palace, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's temple, K\'e5\'f1\'eba's worship, 
'K\'e5\'f1\'eba's glorification. It is not for our personal enjoyment. This is human life." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "And I also want you to organize }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub var\'eb\'e4
\'e7rama}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  society [the Vedic social structure]. Divide society: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub br\'e4hma\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [intellectual class], }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub k\'f1atriya}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [ad
ministrators], and so on. There should be social division, just as there is a division of the different parts of our body. This will help people. Don't waste the human form of life by sinful living. I have already given the ideas in my books, so you shou
ld all read them. You are intelligent, all of you. Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu said}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  para-upak\'e4ra\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
do good to others, do not exploit them. Any human being has the ability to chant Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Give them chanting. And also make the situation favorable. Is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14  }{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub that clear ?
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "This is our mission: whatever we have, teach others. The whole world is filled with distress. Therefore our Gurukula schoo
l is meant for this purpose: to teach the students, and let them go all over the world to teach others. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Durlabha m\'e4nava janma sat-sa\'ecge/ taraha e bhava-sindhu re}{\b0\i0
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  ['Human life, especially in the association of devotees, is very rarely obtained. So please take advantage of this opportunity to cross over the ocean of material existence']."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja [spiritual master] said, 'Whatever money there is, use it to print books.' He was so happy to print
 books. So, do it all very nicely. My Guru Mah\'e4r\'e4ja used to say, 'Go on printing, go on printing.' I printed my books, now you do the same \'91
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Printing of spiritual books is our life-force. Print more books. This material body is only bones. But go on printing\'97t
his is life. We are not concerned with bones and stones. Our concern is the living force: }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub apareyam itas tv any\'e4\'e0 prak\'e5ti\'e0 viddhi me par\'e4m. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The living force is sustaining these bones. In the material world, people are all simply protecting bones and flesh; they have no [spiritual] idea.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Take matter\'97you mix earth, water, put it into fire, and then make a building. But matter cannot act automatically. Matt
er cannot have mind or consciousness or impetus. It is nonsense to say that matter gives rise to life. Matter has no sense. Life is the superior energy; matter is useless. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bh
\'fcmir \'e4po 'nalo v\'e4yu\'f9}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [the material elements] are useless. But there is another, superior nature. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub Yayeda\'e0 dh\'e4ryate jagat }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub And that nature is actually governing the whole, universe.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "You [disciples] are all intelligent and experienced men; you can go on managing this movement. If I depart, there is no ca
use for lamentation. I will always be with you through my books and my orders. I will always remain with you in that way." 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I didn't waste a single moment. I tried my best, and it has been successful ,to some, extent" 
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Have }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sa\'eck\'e9rtana}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [congregational chanting of God's holy names]. All Europeans, Americans, Africans-United Nations under Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu's flag. Do everything just as I have shown you. It is possible. This
 is the real United Nations. You try, under the protection of Caitanya Mah\'e4prabhu, and things will be successful. Others will simply waste their time and be disappointed. They will change from one body to another and suffer."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "As soon as one forgets K\'e5\'f1\'eba and wants to enjoy life independently, he falls down.\'94
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Material motives should be given up, and everything favorable should be engaged in K\'e5\'f1\'eba's service. Then there
 will be success."
\par }\pard 
\par \pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When asked who would}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub succeed him as the leader of the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replied:}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  "All of my disciples will take the legacy. If }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub you }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub want, you can also take it. Sacrifice everything. I\'97one\'97may soon pass away. But }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub they }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are hundreds, and this movement will increase. It's not that I'll give an order: 'Here is the next lead
er.' Anyone who follows the previous leadership is a leader. I don't make any distinction between Indian and European. All my disciples are leaders... as much as they follow purely. If you want to follow, then you can also lead. But you don't want to fol
low. 'Leader' means (one who is a first-class disciple. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Eva\'e0 parampar\'e4-pr\'e4ptam.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  One who 
is perfectly following. Our instruction is, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru mukha-padma-v\'e4kya.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub [}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Guru-vandan\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  2}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ] }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do you know this? }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c4ra n\'e4 kariha m
ane \'e4\'e7\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [My only desire is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from the lotus mouth of my spiritual master']. To become a leader is not very dif
ficult, provided one is prepared to follow the instructions of the bonafide }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru.
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Great Soul Who Walked Among Us
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE GREAT SOUL WHO WALKED AMONG 
US
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Consider this example: when the sun is in the sky, there is no question of darkness. Similarly, when the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  is vibrating on your tongue and you are hearing attentively, then your consciousness
 becomes K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, or clear consciousness, and there is no question of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  or hazy consciousness. Just as when light and darkness come together the darkness cannot stand before the light, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  cannot remain in the presence of K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to offer Him at least a leaf or a flower. It is not that K\'e5\'f1\'eba needs a flower or leaf. He is full. He does not need you. But He wants you to come to Him in love. The
refore K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, 'Just stop all your nonsense and surrender to Me.' "
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "People are thinking that if they get a car and an apartment, everything will be all right. But the problems are still ther
e. Still they must undergo death, old age, and disease\'97so how is everything taken care of? They are thinking in terms of this spot life. They do not know that they are eternal. There are so many kinds of bodies, and they don't know which kind they wil
l have to take in their next life. But if they take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, all problems are solved."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Once, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da commented on some big buildings being torn down: "They are torn down and rebuilt\'97so many
 strong buildings. There is no pleasure in it either way. Either in building them or tearing them down, nobody is happy. It is like with a small child: he is happy to get a toy and then is happy to break it\'97but there is no real happiness. Or just like
 a boy and girl: they come together in union, and then they separate, divorce. There is no real happiness either in the union or in the separation. Real happiness is in union with K\'e5\'f1\'eba and separation from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  [illusion]."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Nobody knows what love is. As soon as you say 'love,' there must be a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub person. }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub We have no experience of impersonal love. Everybody talks big words about 'universal love' and 'brotherhood'\'97simply word jugglery\'97but
 no one has personal realization. Love means giving! I give something, and you give something in return. It is not that you can give K\'e5\'f1\'eba just a flower and leaf and keep one hundred dollars for yourself. If you do that, He won't love you in exc
hange; He is very clever. But if you give everything to K\'e5\'f1\'eba, then He will give you intelligence by which to come back to Him."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "People think it wonderful that K\'e5\'f1\'eba had sixteen thousand wives. For an ordinary man to have }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sixteen}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wives is very difficult. But God is omnipotent. Why sixteen thousand wives? He could have had sixteen millio
n or sixteen billion wives. But fools say that it is all imagination that He could have had sixteen thousand wives. As K\'e5\'f1\'eba says in }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  \'91Fools and rascals deride My human form.' He is inconceivable. They have no idea of the spiritual. They try to think of K\'e5\'f1\'eba materially, but He is inconceivable. So they say
 that He doesn't exist, that He is impersonal. They say that the sky is greater than K\'e5\'f1\'eba because it is not limited by form. But they do not know that millions of skies are within the mouth of K\'e5\'f1\'eba! They think it is all imagination, b
ut He is simply inconceivable. You have to accept this. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, 'All the universes are held up by one quarter of My energy.' Fools and rascals do not know what even one universe is, and yet K\'e5\'f1\'eba is upholding countless universes wit
h one quarter of His energy. Just imagine what three quarters of His energy is. Even though Lord \'c7iva and Lord Brahm\'e4 have meditated on K\'e5\'f1\'eba for thousands of years, still they do not know Him."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Even if men go to the moon, they won't have attained perfection. Anywhere you go in the material world, you have to come b
ack to birth and death. On any planet, you'll find the four principles of material suffering\'97birth, death, disease, and old age. The period of my life may be very long, but after leaving this body I may be pushed into the womb of a mother on the moon 
planet and come out there. Wherever there is birth, there is death\'97and in between there is disease and old age. But I am a spirit soul: I have nothing to do with these miseries. "The present life is meant for preparation, and you can prepare to go to 
any planet you desire. But if you go to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba planet, you haven't got to come back. So why not prepare to go to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba planet?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The spirit soul is eternal\'97the oldest\'97but he is always fresh. For instance, although I am the oldest man here and yo
u are all young, I have the same propensities as you. The body hampers my real happiness. Therefore, our problem is how to get out of taking one body after another. K\'e5\'f1\'eba gives the solution. 'If you go to My planet,' K\'e5\'f1\'eba says, 'you wi
ll not come back again. You will get eternal life, full of knowledge, and you will enjoy with Me. Here is real information about the highest perfection of the living entity. It is not a bluff, nor is it artificial."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The name }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub K\'e5\'f1\'eba}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0
\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself are identical, on the spiritual platform, everything is identical. In this material world you may talk on the telephone with someone a thousand miles away. You are hea
ring his voice, but you cannot derive the full benefit of being with the person himself. But with spiritual sound there is no such difference. You immediately make contact. In spiritual life there is no use thinking of something void\'97simply struggling
 for it and wasting your time. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is tangible. Why not contact K\'e5\'f1\'eba? He is so nice and beautiful. He is accepted as the Supreme Personality of Godhead by saintly persons, great scholars, and they have achieved success.
"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The more you make advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, the more you will see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere\'97on the b
ank of the river, on the streets, trees and lamp posts, and everywhere else. The more you see like that, the more you know you are making tangible advancement in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Actually, there is nothing but K\'e5\'f1\'eba all around us. T
his is explained in the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub G\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He is the taste of water, the light of the moon, the fragranc
e of the flower, the light of the sun, the sound in the sky, the power of the strong, and so on. So one who is actually making progress in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness can see K\'e5\'f1\'eba everywhere. At every stage of life, who can avoid the sunlight,
 the moonlight, the fragrance of the flower, the taste of water? But one has to learn that K\'e5\'f1\'eba is in all these varieties of existence. Without K\'e5\'f1\'eba there is nothing. It is simply by the influence of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  that we forget the relationship of K\'e5\'f1\'eba with everything that be."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "There are two things you may want to ask about a flower\'97how this flower is being produced by the energy of K\'e5\'f1
\'eba, and how you can create a flower the way He does. The first thing is to appreciate K\'e5\'f1\'eba's energy\'97that He can produce a flower\'97and the second is' \'91How shall I get yogic power so that as soon as I attempt, I can produce a similar f
lower?'
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "In Benares there was a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogi}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  who could just take a plate and you'd find a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasagull\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a sweetmeat. Because of this power, many scholars said, 'Oh, he is a great }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogi\'97he}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  can manufacture a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasagull\'e4.'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  People are captivated by magic\'97so f
oolish. What is its worth? One }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub rasagull\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  four cents. And another, again four cents. Don't be 
allured by a magician. He can play so many tricks, but that is not perfection. Just try to revive your eternal relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba. What magic can anyone show before God?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Cleanse the mind and intelligence, and the body is automatically cleansed. The }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  system is for those who have a gross bodily concept of the self. K\'e5\'f1\'eba says to Arjuna, 'You are grieving for tho
se for whom you shouldn't grieve\'97the living and the dead.' This is the first 'slap' by K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the Second Chapter of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  When Arjuna surrendered, K\'e5\'f1\'eba at once gave him a verbal slap\'97'You are nonsense.' A spiritual master can do that. They were talking as friends, but then Arjuna surrendered: 'You just te
ach me.' This is only in the Second Chapter, yet this principle is at once established. See how much of the book is left.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba says that the wise man doesn't care for the material body. But }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0
\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub ha\'f6ha-yoga}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  mainly concentrates on the body. By bodily exercise one wants to have K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love! If this were possible, all wrestle
rs and sportsmen would have achieved K\'e5\'f1\'eba's love.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "The preliminary stage is to make the body suitable for elevating one's consciousness. We in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness k
eep the body clean, just as we keep a coat clean, but we don't think we }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub are}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the coat. The mind is
 the controller of the senses. Therefore, Lord Caitanya's program of chanting begins with the cleansing of the mind, and this takes care of the cleansing of the body. Otherwise, where is the time? Separately, it takes a long time to make the body fit and
 perfect to receive Knowledge. That is why it is said that only a high-class intellectual can accept K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. After many births, one surrenders\'97but why not surrender at once and become a wise man? If someone is offering me a milli
on dollars, why should I say, 'No, thank you\'97I'll earn it myself, ten dollars at a time'?"
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba is very kind, but He is especially kind to His sincere devotees. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is always with us, within o
ur hearts, and He is always ready to give us directions. But because everyone is independent, K\'e5\'f1\'eba responds according to our mentality. If one voluntarily cooperates with K\'e5\'f1\'eba's desire, K\'e5\'f1\'eba responds to one's call very eager
ly. K\'e5\'f1\'eba descends to teach us }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  begging our cooperation, and anyone 
who cooperates with Him is blessed."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "If you really want K\'e5\'f1\'eba, you will realize Him quickly. But most people want }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  on the plea of wanting K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Somebody goes to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and asks, 'Please supply me this }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.'}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  People go to church and pray, 'Please give us our daily bread.' They aren't asking for God\'97t
hey're asking for bread, for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But even if I want }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  it is better that I ask K\'e5\'f1\'eba for it. One day my relationship with K\'e5\'f1\'eba will be so nice that I 
will forget }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and want K\'e5\'f1\'eba.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "So if you have a desire for }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub m\'e4y\'e4,}{\b0
\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  you should still take to K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Just like Dhruva Mah\'e4r\'e4ja: he wanted to worship K\'e5\'f1\'eba with the desire to achieve the kingdom of his father. O
f course, when he finally saw K\'e5\'f1\'eba he said, 'I don't want anything but You.' But K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so kind: 'You came to Me for this purpose\'97come on, take it.' Dhruva said, 'No,' but K\'e5\'f1\'eba told him, 'No, take it. You will enjoy it
\'97but then you'll leave it behind, and I assure you that you'll come to Me.' Without separate desires, K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is very nice, but even with desires, one should come forward to K\'e5\'f1\'eba. One's other desires will be fulfilled. I
f one follows some path besides K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness, one's separate desires may be fulfilled, but he won't get K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Someone asked, "What is the K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person's attitude towards others?" \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da replied, 
"He sees everyone as part and parcel of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. The K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious person thinks, 'They are suffering from not knowing K\'e5\'f1\'eba, so let me bring them to K\'e5\'f1\'eba.' This is the highest service. Everyone is suffering, so to ac
t in K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness is the highest service. After all, they are suffering on account of detachment from K\'e5\'f1\'eba."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness never becomes old, it is fresh eternally. Do you know of any book five thousand years old tha
t reads as fresh as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4?}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Live in spiritual understanding and you'll never become 
faded."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Don't try to do something artificial. K\'e5\'f1\'eba does not say, 'Come to Me after being qualified by studying Ved\'e4nt
a No. He says, 'Come as you are\'97simply surrender.' And you should say, 'K\'e5\'f1\'eba, I surrender to You.' K\'e5\'f1\'eba makes no condition. He doesn't say, 'Yes, you can surrender if you have undergone courses in gymnastics and Ved\'e4nta and have
 gotten your M.A.' This is all nonsense. Simply surrender. The more you surrender, the more you advance. If you are not sincerely surrendered, you are missing the point. I have told you the secret, now make your choice. K\'e5\'f1\'eba is guiding everyone
."
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "We want unlimited life, unlimited pleasure, unlimited knowledge\'97but this is not possible in conditional life. Liberatio
n from the material condition is recommended. If you want to get free from the material clutches, the first prescription is that you should go to a }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4tm\'e4. Mah\'e4tm\'e4
}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  means one whose heart and mind and life are expanded. }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  recommends seva\'97you have to approach a person who knows the science of how to get out of the clutches of material life, and then you have to surrender fully to him.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Surrender does not mean that you don't question, that you simply have to take everything blindly. After explaining the }{
\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to Arjuna, K\'e5\'f1\'eba said, 'My dear Arjuna, I have now explained the most 
secret knowledge. Consider what I have said, and then do whatever you like.' The spiritual master\'97whether he is the representative of K\'e5\'f1\'eba or is K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself\'97does not force. Force has no effect: even a child, if forced, won't ac
t.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa180\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "With a cool head we have to approach a person who knows the science. Find a person you can surrender to. Don't surrender t
o one who's not an authority. And if you approach a real authority, don't think, 'Oh, let me accept this spiritual master\'97so many people have accepted him.' Try to understand the science nicely. If you think the man teaching you is a real authority, s
urrender to him. Try and understand with all reason and argument. You'll find something sublime." 
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 A Tribute to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub A Tribute to \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup
\'e4da
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Where are you now ? \line Savior of the universe,\line Like a celestial swan \line you have taken flight\'97\line Closing yo
ur pastimes, \line leaving us to the shelter \line of your example.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub You have gone, \line and yet you remain, \line for your voice, vibrating in the wind,\line will continue cutting the knots 
\line of illusion and attachment.\line You have gone, \line and yet you remain, \line for your compassion continues to melt\line The stone\'97and steel like hearts\'97\line filling the world with love of God,\line pouring forth sublime knowledge.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Now I understand \line that life doesn\'92t end \line when the skin ends;\line you made me see \line that the body is tempor
ary \line but I am eternal.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub By your grace I now know \line that I am not the owner\line Of what I thought myself to be, \line and that the illusion of p
leasure\line Glides through my fingers \line without satisfying my desires.\line By your grace I can see \line that the creation has a master\line And that I am His servitor, \line and His friend as well.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Where are you now?\line I know that you are there \line with R\'e4dh\'e4 and K\'e5\'f1\'eba in Their kingdom.\line I know th
at you are here \line in your words of roses and fire.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub I can\'92t bear to think you are no longer here,\line But when I do I feel your hand upon me\line And your voice guiding me,
 \line as in the night the moon,\line Lights the wanderer\'92s way.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub Where are you now?\line I ask myself at every instant, \line and in relief my mind responds:\line For him who serves you, 
\line you will always be here.
\par }\pard \s2059 \sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li1440\fi0 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub \'97by Prapanna d\'e4sa\line (translated from Spanish by Jaya-jagad\'e9\'e7a d\'e4sa)
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 The Passing of Harid\'e4sa Thakura
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub THE PASSING OF HARID\'c4SA \'d6H
\'c4KURA
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 To better understand the significance of \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da\'92s passing, we can look back Five hundred years, to another historic moment.
\par }\pard \s754 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs28\cf0 by Drutakarm\'e4 d\'e4sa
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub If you visit the town of Pur\'e9 on the Bay of Bengal, you will find, amid palm trees and small houses, a stone shrine marking the place where the great saint Harid
\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura sat alone or with a devotee companion and worshiped K\'e5\'f1\'eba. There he passed almost the whole day and night simply chanting the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub 
mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub . He softly repeated the sacred syllables hour after hour, keeping count on his prayer beads until, long after sunset, the holy names had crossed his lips no les
s than three hundred thousand times.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Not far from Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura's secluded hermitage lived Lord Caitanya and His followers, who loudly chanted the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  proclaiming the glories of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. People honored Lord Caitanya as an extraordinary devotee, and a select few k
new that He was an incarnation of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and that He had come to this world to spread the chanting of the mahamantra. Since Harid\'e4sa was fully dedicated to chanting the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub mah\'e4-mantra}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , Lord Caitanya felt especially affectionate towards him and numbered him among His inner circle. Lord Caitanya 
and His followers visited Harid\'e4sa often.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub One day Lord Caitanya\'92s personal servant Govinda brought Harid\'e4sa a present of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub p
ras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , vegeterian food first offered to K\'e5\'f1\'eba and then distributed to others. In India devotees of the Lord traditionally share pras\'e4da among themselves to exp
ress spiritual friendship. Govinda wanted to give Harid\'e4sa the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , but he saw that Har
id\'e4sa was lying on his back and chanting Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba very slowly.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93Please get up and take your }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'94, Govinda said.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'93I am fasting today," said Harid\'e4sa ."I have not yet fulfilled my daily vow of chanting three hundred thousand names. How , then, can I eat in good conscience
?" After a moment, Harid\'e4sa reconsidered. "You have brought }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub maha-pras\'e4da"}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  he said, "so how 
can I neglect it?" He then offered prayers and took a little portion.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day, Lord Caitanya Himself came to see Harid\'e4sa. With great concern He inquired, "Harid\'e4sa, are you well?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Harid\'e4sa bowed down to the Lord and replied, "My body is all right, but my mind and intelligence are not well. My disease is that I cannot finish my prescribed a
mount of chanting."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya tried to console Harid\'e4sa. "Now that you are old," He said, "you may reduce your chanting. You have already done more than enough to spread the glo
ries of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's names in this dark material world."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub But Harid\'e4sa remained in a somber mood. He had something else on his mind. "My Lord," he said, "kindly hear my real plea. I feel in my heart that You will soon e
nd Your pastimes in this world and return to Your spiritual home. Before that time comes, kindly let my poor body fall dead at Your lotus feet. I do not wish to witness Your last days."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya answered gravely, "My dear Harid\'e4sa, K\'e5\'f1\'eba is so merciful that He must do whatever you want\'97but whatever happiness is Mine is all due t
o your being present with Me here in Pur\'e9, and it is not at all fitting that you go away and leave Me aside."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Still, Harid\'e4sa would not be dissuaded. Catching Lord Caitanya's feet, he cried, "My Lord, do not create an illusion! You have millions of devotees more useful t
han me. If an insignificant insect like me dies, what is the loss? Besides, You are always affectionate to Your devotees, and although I am only an imitation devotee, I still hope that You will fulfill my desire."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya then embraced Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura, and after agreeing that He would return the next day, He left to perform His noontime duties.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The next day, the Lord returned with all His associates, and upon seeing them Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura bowed down with deep humility. Lord Caitanya inquired, "My d
ear Harid\'e4sa, what is the good news?" Harid\'e4sa replied, "My Lord, the good news is whatever mercy You can bestow upon me."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Upon hearing this. Lord Caitanya began great congregational chanting of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub mantra,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and all His devotees surrounded Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura and joined the chanting. Then Lord Caitanya began praising Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura for his sain
tly qualities. The more the Lord praised Harid\'e4sa, the more the pleasure the Lord felt. All the devotees were struck with wonder, and they bowed down at Harid\'e4sa's lotus feet.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Then Harid\'e4sa asked Lord Caitanya to sit down before him, and he fixed his eyes on the Lord's moonlike face and placed the Lord's lotus feet upon his chest. As h
e chanted the Lord's name, tears fell from his eyes. Soon he gave up his life\'97his soul passed from his body.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At that very moment, everyone was roaring K\'e5\'f1\'eba's holy names, and Lord Caitanya became Overwhelmed with spiritual ecstasy and love for His departed devotee
. He raised Harid\'e4sa's body and placed it on His lap and then danced in the courtyard in great ecstatic love. All the devotees joined Him in dancing and chanting.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Later, the devotees raised Harid\'e4sa's body onto a carrier and took the carrier on their shoulders toward the sea. All the way there they chanted, and Lord Caitan
ya danced in front. Upon reaching the shore, Lord Caitanya bathed Harid\'e4sa's body in the waves and declared, "From this day on, this sea is a great pilgrimage site."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The devotees dug a hole on the beach and placed Harid\'e4sa's body in it. Then Lord Caitanya started covering the body with handfuls of sand and chanting }{\b0\i
\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "hari bol! hari bol!"\'97}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "Chant the holy name of the Lord!" The devotees took up the chanting and threw 
more sand, and then they constructed a platform to mark the spot. Lord Caitanya danced and chanted all around the platform, and the whole universe became filled with the vibration of K\'e5\'f1\'eba's names. Afterward, Lord Caitanya and His devotees swam 
and sported in the sea.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub At last Lord Caitanya went to the temple of Jagann\'e4tha ("the Lord of the universe"\'97K\'e5\'f1\'eba) to get }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0
\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  from all the shopkeepers near the main gate.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "I am begging }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  for a festival to celebrate the passing of Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura," the Lord said. "Please give Me alms."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Greatly pleased with the Lord's request, all the shopkeepers came forward with big baskets of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub pras\'e4da.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But just then Svar\'fcpa D\'e4modara, one of the Lord's chief devotees, stopped the shopkeepers, and after they returned to their shops, he and other d
evotees went around to the shops, gathered all the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and found servants to carry it to 
Lord Caitanya's residence.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub There, after asking all the devotees to sit in rows, Lord Caitanya personally started distributing the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28
\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Since Lord Caitanya was not accustomed to eating small amounts of }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  He put enough on each plate for at least five men. After some time, the devotees begged the Lord, "Please sit down and watch\'97we shall distribute the }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub When the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1
\nosupersub  was served, all the devotees waited for Lord Caitanya to start eating, and then they themselves started. Before long, everyone was filled to the neck, because the Lord kept telling the servers, "Give them more! Give them more!"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub After all the devotees finished their }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya garlanded them with flowers. Then the Lord gladly informed the devotees, "Anyone who has seen the festival of Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura's passing, anyone who has chanted and danced here, any
one who has thrown sand over Harid\'e4sa's body, and anyone who has partaken of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub pras\'e4da}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  wi
ll very soon achieve K\'e5\'f1\'eba's favor."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The Lord praised Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. "Being merciful upon Me, K\'e5\'f1\'eba gave Me the company of Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura. but now He has separated us. W
hen Harid\'e4sa wanted to leave this world, I could not stop him\'97he simply gave up his life and went away. And now, without him, this world has lost its most valuable jewel."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Lord Caitanya then ordered everyone: "Say \'91All glories to Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura!\'92}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs16\cf0\cb1\up14 
 }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub and chant the holy name of K\'e5\'f1\'eba." After saying this He began to dance, and everyone chanted and danced with Him. Finally, Lord Caitanya bade all the devotees farewe
ll, and then with mixed feelings of happiness and distress He rested.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Surely Lord Caitanya and His associates lamented the passing of Harid\'e4sa but they also knew that he had gone back to K\'e5\'f1\'eba in the spiritual world\'97and
 for that reason they rejoiced.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Near Pur\'e9, in a grove by the seashore there still stands a small, grayish temple of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the Tota Gop\'e9n\'e4tha temple. II you were to walk from thi
s temple to the sea, along the way you would find the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (tomb) of Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4k
ura There the devotees hold a yearly festival to honor his passing.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub On a wall of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub sam\'e4dhi,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0
\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  a marble plaque bears a verse by the great devotee Bhaktivinoda \'d6h\'e4kura (1838-1914). It explains how Lord Caitanya and His devotees were able to rejoice at the passing of a great Vai\'f1\'ebava, a great devotee of the Lord
:
\par }\pard \s1272 \qj\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\li360\ri360\fi0\tx360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs24\cf0\nosupersub He reasons ill who tells that Vai\'f1\'ebavas die, \line when thou art living still in sound. \line The Vai
\'f1\'ebavas die to live, and living try\line to spread the holy name around.
\par }\pard {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub The history of Harid\'e4sa \'d6h\'e4kura's passing is more fully described in }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub \'c7r
\'e9 Caitanya-carit\'e4m\'e5ta}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub , translation and commentary by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da
\par }\pard \s6 \qr {\v\f0\fs20\cf8 Notes from the Editor
\par }\pard \s430 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb540\sa540\fi0\brdrt\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\brdrb\brdrs\brdrw105\brsp156\brdrcf11\shading10000\cfpat12 {\b\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs36\cf1\nosupersub Notes from the Editor
\par }\pard \s762 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb120\sa120\fi0 {\b\v\f0\fs32\cf0 What Now?
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How many times have we recently been asked, "Who will succeed His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da as the spiritual leader of the Hare K\'e5\'f1
\'eba movement?" And how often have we been confronted with the ominous inquiry, "Will the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement be able to survive without His Divine Grace?"
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub First of all, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub no one}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub  can replace His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhup\'e4da. You cannot simply elect a person to the post of the most exalted sainthood.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub In the Vedic tradition there is an unbroken chain of disciplic succession from }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru}{
\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub guru,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  going all 
the way back to Lord K\'e5\'f1\'eba Himself. The Vedic teachers affirm that }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub all}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  the devotees shou
ld be given respect. But on rare occasions, }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub jagad-gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (spiritual leaders of the world) have app
eared who are not to be replaced. For example, \'e4}{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub c\'e4ryas }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub (teachers by example) like R\'e4m
\'e4nuja (eleventh century), Madhva (twelfth century), and Lord Caitanya Maha-prabhu (sixteenth century) are still worshiped and followed, even today. Yet sincere disciples may still act as }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\cb1\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  to maintain the eternal }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parampar\'e4}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  (disciplic succession).
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub For decades before \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da came to the United States, so-called }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub svam
is}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  and }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub yogis}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  had b
een coming here from India, supposedly to teach Vedic philosophy and religion. Yet they created not a single devotee of K\'e5\'f1\'eba. Like \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, these }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub "g
urus\'94}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  also introduced India's greatest book of knowledge, the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  But unlike \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, they could not present it purely, as it is, because they were not unalloyed devotees of the Supreme Lord, \'c7r\'e9 K\'e5\'f1\'eba, the speaker of t
he }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Bhagavad-g\'e9t\'e4.}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  Lord Caitanya, the inspiration for the present-day K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscio
usness movement, predicted that the chanting of the holy names of K\'e5\'f1\'eba would spread to every town and village in the world. But only since \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da arrived in America in 1965 has this prediction been fulfilled. Only by \'c7r
\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's compassion, intelligence, and complete surrender to the will of K\'e5\'f1\'eba were Westerners able to receive the rare gift of K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness. Thus \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's contribution proves that he was empowere
d by God to spread love of God all over the world. Such a unique world-teacher is not to be replaced.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Nonetheless, speculations abound. Shortly before \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's passing, one scholarly "expert" on the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, an anthropologist,
 conjectured that \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da was keeping his choice of successor a secret, but that he would reveal it before his departure. This is simply not a fact: he picked no such single person to succeed him as leader.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub How then will ISKCON\'97the International Society for Krishna Consciousness\'97go on? The answer is that our spiritual master has given us a complete arrangement fo
r pushing forward the worldwide K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement. As early as 1970, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da created a Governing Body Commission (GBC), which now consists of twenty-four senior devotees, all personally selected by His Divine Grace t
o supervise ISKCON's missionary activities in various zones around the world. These GBC devotees have been trained (some of them for ten or eleven years) under \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's direct guidance. For years now they have been conducting all the s
piritual management of this mission within their assigned zones, and now they will continue to do so. The GBC meets yearly in India, and together its members plan how to execute the will of His Divine Grace.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Also, during his last months in this world, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da selected eleven senior disciples to act as initiating }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0
\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub gurus }{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub who could accept disciples after his disappearance. In this way he insured the continuation of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0
\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub parampar\'e4.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub As for spiritual leadership in general, \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da has often quoted to us from the scripture,
\par }\pard \s2038 \qc\sl240\slmult1\sb180\sa180\fi0 {\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub kib\'e4 vipra, kib\'e4 ny\'e4s\'e9, \'e7\'fcdra kene naya\line yei k\'e5\'f1\'eba-tattva-vett\'e4, sei 'guru' haya
\par }\pard \s170 \sl240\slmult1\sb89\sa89 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub "Whoever you are, regardless of your birth or social position, if you know the science of K\'e5\'f1\'eba you can become a }{\b0\i\ul0
\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub guru."}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da, then, expects }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0
\nosupersub all}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  his disciples to become pure devotees, or instructing }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0
\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  capable of bringing pure spiritual life to the conditioned souls of this material world. Thus, now that His Divine Grace has left us and gone to the eternal, spiritual world of K\'e5\'f1\'eba, there sh
all be not just one leader but numerous }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub gurus}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\nosupersub  to carry on this tradition.
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Do we sound optimistic, even on the loss of our dear most preceptor and guide? Yes, it is a fact. We devotees of the Hare K\'e5\'f1\'eba movement, while feeling dee
p personal loss at the physical passing away of our spiritual master, are certain that he is still with us and that we can successfully pass all tests, as long as we follow his instructions. This faith rests upon a basic tenet of K\'e5\'f1\'eba conscious
 philosophy: the spiritual master is served in separation by disciples who follow his teachings. As \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da writes in his Bhaktivedanta purports, "The service of the spiritual master is essential. If there is no chance to serve the spir
itual master directly, a devotee should serve him by remembering his instructions. There is no difference between the spiritual master's instructions and the spiritual master himself. In his absence, therefore, his words of direction should be the pride 
of the disciple."
\par }\pard {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Therefore, in \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da's absence, we, his disciples, feel more dedicated to his mission than ever before, more determined to cooperate amongst ours
elves and present purely his sublime teachings. He never instructed us on the basis of charisma. Rather, he always taught that he was delivering without change the words of the }{\b0\i\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub
parampar\'e4,}{\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub  or 'disciplic succession, which are handed down from spiritual master to disciple and confirmed by the eternal scriptures. We always understood that by serving h
im we were serving all the past spiritual masters, and through them the Supreme Lord Himself.
\par }\pard \ql\sl0\slmult1\sb86\sa626\li0\ri0\fi360 {\b0\i0\ul0\strike0\v0\expnd0\expndtw0\outl0\shad0\f0\fs28\cf0\cb1\nosupersub Discussion about the future of ISKCON shouldn't be regarded merely as talk about the inner workings of a sectarian religion
. K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness should be seen for what it offers to society and humanity. It is not an insular, sectarian religious faith, but a universal science of the soul. The Vedic scriptures predict, and we can readily see, that the present leaders
hip of the world is moving rapidly toward destroying the spiritual values of life. As the madness mounts, those who can maintain their sanity will look more and more to the K\'e5\'f1\'eba consciousness movement, set up by \'c7r\'e9la Prabhup\'e4da as a b
eacon of hope and a real spiritual shelter.\'97SDG.}}